Technology

Architecture and rock-n-roll are dead

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INTRODUCTION

Architecture is dead…

Oh yeah… In case you forgot, Rock-n-Roll is dead too. Europe is dead. Civilization is dead… Too many bodies, don’t you think?

Don’t worry, I know how unoriginal exclamations like this are since Oswald Spengler’s prophecies. Unfortunately, authors rarely provide a justification for such raw emotion. Therefore, I will try to give you some logic by comparing my beloved Architecture (which is quite a narrow field) with Rock Music, an industry with billions of fans and huge interest from the masses.

So let’s get started. You can put “Rock-n-Roll is dead” by Lenny Kravitz in the background. You will enjoy the trip. Lenny always delivers great tunes.

Generally speaking, since Roman times there have been two types of operating systems: “Business” and “Show” (the Romans justly called it “Panem et circenses” – “Bread and circuses”). The “Business” template works well in industrial production, high-tech, banking, retail, construction, energy, and even science. It’s called capitalism. (Ultimately we might have a problem, but this would be a totally separate discussion.) The “show business” model works even better for all the so-called entertainment industries, mainly sports, film and music (gladiator fights in Rome). Before that, the main entertainment industries were called Art. But the show business model works so well that no one seriously considers modern cinema or pop music to be art. Today the world of entertainment is omnipotent. The rest are marginal occurrences (theatre, opera, auteur cinema, independent labels, etc…) supported by governments or private charities. That is the basic structure of our society and there is no field of human activities that can escape the fate of rapid commercialization and a greater exaltation of its substance. (I guess the TV commercials are the apotheosis of this.)

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

As technical progress gained momentum, the architecture had no choice but to move towards a commercialized model. At first, however, it was a different type of business compared to Ford’s conventional a-conveyor-belt capitalist template. The architect was still a highly respectable figure with an influential individualist position (think Mies or Frank Lloyd Wright), regardless of tax benefits. The architect’s primary concern was creative design carefully balanced between the newest building science and traditionally accepted aesthetics.

Then the ideologies of mass production and mass consumption came into play. There is no point in discussing the objective necessity of it. Obviously, the 20th century (wars, population growth, scientific development, etc.) has required new paths for the development of the architectural profession. However, I am not so convinced that the chosen path that has transformed an Art of Architecture into the business of architecture (a tedious mechanical business full of standards, licences, and bureaucracy) is the only answer to the challenges of time. As a result, however, we have had a boring business environment (glimpsed by Corbu’s dogmatic utopias) where architects were running orthodox businesses and people were getting boring boxes of orthogonal housing. On a public front it was even worse. After the chic, innovative elegance of the Chicago School (architecture was still an art) and the pseudo-classical but impressive fascist architecture (architecture served the pride of dictators), the ugly brutalism of the 1950s and 1970s with those monsters of oversized concrete was a very explainable result. That was the price architects paid for becoming entrepreneurs.

However, the 60’s were the best years for Rock-n-Roll. It wasn’t business yet. It was like the architecture of the 1920s. Smart, melodic, bold. It’s funny, but the best rock ballad of all time sounds very architectural, it’s called “Stairway to Heaven”… I think Frank Lloyd Wright would love Led Zeppelin, after all, at the Guggenheim Museum he presented a cool solution for that ladder… .

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME…

But rock-n-roll has changed very quickly. In the ’70s, his free hippie spirit was replaced by a serious business dress code. Producers have quickly produced numerous furry clones, flamboyant clowns called glam-rockers or disco stars.

At that time, architecture and rock music were practically in sync: scary brutalism has been replaced by an architectural version of glam-rock: postmodernism.

They were both really “bad medicine” (remember Bon Jovi I hope?).

However, there was an opportunity. In the 80’s, the most talented musicians and architects were trying to break the rotten system. They openly defied the fundamental rules of business. Metallica refused to produce music videos for MTV, U2 recorded their legendary “Streets…” live fighting the police on rooftops, Zaha and Libeskind were obsessed with their creative codes and artistic freedom without tax restrictions or building codes. (I bet Lebbeus Woods could have created a super stylish album cover for Metallica.) In the early ’80s, amid fake glam-disco-post-modern tunes, those rock bands and deconstructivist architects played real rock-n-roll. It was loud. I was angry. It was real. It was an Art, a wonderful mirage in the middle of a business desert…

OH I DID IT AGAIN…

If you can’t kill them, buy them. That’s how it works in show business and that’s how it worked for Architecture and Rock-n-Roll in the last decade or so. Mirage has evaporated. Amidst a business desert landscape of hard-working, low-paid, and primitive-thinking architectural practices (which is an architectural profession today), great superstar figures have been formed. It’s no surprise that the stars were recruited from among such talented ex-rebels: Zaha and Libeskind sold their souls just like Metallica or U2. For showbiz architects, they found a catchy nickname: STARchitects. STARchitects happily joined the club of their rock-pop star friends and started… making money. His current projects and albums are big and loud but empty and soulless. The music is gone… the touch of God is gone.

Let’s be fair, those ex-mavericks were extremely skilled artists. And while his current creations are fully commercialized, they’re pretty solid professionally. Bono has a great voice just like Libeskind has a great imagination.

Now I would like to know “what’s next”. I think we will soon remember those glam-rockers and post-modernist buildings with great sympathy, as the new generation is entering. There are no more architectural motifs in the songs. There is no music in the buildings.

The new tune is: “Oops, I did it again…” Frankly, doesn’t that sound like Britney Spears looking at those latest proposals from star architects?

FINAL AGREEMENT

Today there are tons of records on the web, thousands of great bands and concerts, new high-tech gadgets making music available everywhere for virtually free (pay 99c to iTunes, don’t steal)…

Architects easily produce super-accurate drawings based on CAD applications; enthusiastically design super-tall buildings. Today we need to design and build on a much larger scale than in any previous period of time…

However, as an art form, as an exclusive intellectual position of the creator, as an independent expression of human talent, Architecture is very dead. And so is Rock-n-Roll.

Sports

#18 Arizona Devils Forward St. Sun

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Fall camps are underway and the regular season will be here soon, which means getting an early jump into the 2006 NCAA football season. Knowing the teams now will save you time, and Matt Fargo is here to help you understand. what to expect next year. We go from worst to first in this 2006 college football trailer.

#18 – Arizona St. Sun Devils 7-5 SU; 6-6 ATS

Fargo’s Take The Sun Devils have been to three bowl games in the five years Dirk Koetter has been head coach, but none of them have been very glamorous and that needs to change. The offense has been spectacular all those years, but it’s been the defense that has held Arizona St. back. After finishing 48th in total defense in 2004, the Sun Devils fell to 114th last year and lost three games in which the offense amassed at least 31 points. With such an explosive offense, losing four games by at least 10 points is inexcusable. Immediate help is needed and it appears that help may be on the way. The quarterback controversies occurred at the start of fall camp but have since died down, so the Sun Devils have one goal and that is to become more competitive in the Pac Ten. If the defense can improve to anywhere near its 2004 numbers, that goal is very achievable.

Returning starters on offense – 8 The quarterback situation was shaky throughout the spring and fall, but that’s no longer the case. Sophomore Rudy Carpenter has been named the starter and that led to Sam Keller leaving school and transferring to Nebraska. Carpenter was terrific filling in for the injured Keller, as he completed more than 68 percent of his passes while throwing 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions. Now the task at hand is finding a replacement for All-Pac Ten catcher Derek Hagan. Junior Rudy Burgess looks ready for the challenge after catching 59 balls last year. Tight end Zach Miller is one of the best in the country at his position and is a preseason All-American. The offensive line returns largely intact as running back Keegan Herring rushed for 870 yards as a freshman. Basically all systems work.

Returning starters on defense – 5 After allowing just 24 points per game in their first four games, the defense imploded. He allowed 35 second-half points to USC and it all went downhill from there. Easily the worst defense in the conference, Arizona St. enters this season ranked fifth best in the Pac Ten. That’s because of a defensive line that sits just behind USC, and for good reason. Three transfers, Loren Howard (Northwestern), Tranell Morant (Fla.) and Michael Marquardt (BYU) will handle the line and the run defense that ranked 89th in the country could be one of the best. Linebackers remain a concern with the departure of Dale Robinson and Jamar Williams, but the secondary should be vastly improved. Two starters are back at safety and while corners need replacing, anything can be better than last year after finishing 112th in passing defense.

Schedule Facing Northern Arizona in Game 1 should show us how the defense has fared even though it’s against a 1-AA opponent. The real test comes the following week at home against Nevada, which will also have one of the best offenses in the nation. The schedule really stiffens after that with a trip to Colorado followed by three games against the other three contenders in the conference: California, Oregon and USC. To make matters worse, the games against the Bears and Trojans are outside of Sun Devils Stadium. After that four-game stretch, the rest of the slate will feel like child’s play with four indoor wins followed by the final two games against UCLA and at Improved Arizona.

You can bet on… At least the Arizona St. games will be entertaining. The offense is going to score a ton of points, and even though the defense is improved, there are still issues. Koetter hopes he made the right decision with Carpenter as his quarterback and if something goes wrong, there’s no help waiting in the wings. At least Keller will start next season at Nebraska. Arizona St. is just 4-13 ATS as an underdog on the road since Koetter took over in 2001 and much of that failure has to do with defense that couldn’t stop anyone. Whether or not that changes this season remains to be seen, but the Sun Devils will be in that role for their first three road games of the season. Arizona St. has also covered just six of its last 20 conference games on the road.

Business

Are you an adult bully?

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There has been a lot in the news lately about children committing suicide due to bullying. The tragedy is lifelong for the family and perhaps for those who did the bullying. Bullying, however, does not stop in childhood. Those who were bullies as children often continue their pattern of oppression into adulthood.

Signs that you are a stalker

  1. You make fun of someone. You insult them, make fun of them, or make derogatory comments.
  2. You “accidentally” spill drinks on people or cause them to drop papers, supplies, or belongings.
  3. You post embarrassing photos of another person on social networking sites.
  4. You twist the truth or tell lies about someone.
  5. You campaign to make someone look bad or incompetent.
  6. Post anonymous comments in forums that you would never attach your name to.
  7. Someone embarrasses you or does something you don’t want them to do and you “get even.”

what to do about it

Many bullies lack empathy. This guy is not someone who would be reading this article. If you are a stalker and you are reading this, then you are someone who is at least open to change. The following requires honest reflection.

  1. You must first realize that what you are doing is harmful. If you want to know how harmful, imagine yourself being a victim of the behavior you are engaging in. Imagining this is probably not difficult. Most likely, he has numerous events in his own life where he was bullied by his peers and maybe even his parents.
  2. Recognize that your desire to harm another has to do with your need to feel more important or better than another. This means that you are insecure. You have little sense of your own gifts and talents. You think that your only recourse is to hurt another person so that you feel better.
  3. When you feel the urge to put someone down, stop and take a deep breath. You need to break this habitual pattern.
  4. It is important that you get in touch with how you feel. Has something happened where you felt the need to make yourself look more important or better than someone else through bullying?
  5. See how old you feel when you want to bully. Just take a moment to ask yourself, “How old do I feel?” This information gives you the age at which you were hurt in a way that resulted in you expressing your anger, fear, or insecurity by harming another.

Do something proactive to heal yourself. This could be a therapist, a healing prayer, or another method to help you heal yourself. You deserve healing and others deserve to be safe.

Home Kitchen

Why the need to remodel your kitchen and the options available

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The kitchen is one of the most important areas of your home as it is where your loved ones spend much of their time preparing meals. Therefore, having a spacious, comfortable and practical kitchen is one way to ease your load in the kitchen. Kitchen cabinets do more than just keep things like food and cooking supplies stored in their rightful places.

They are also made with the intention of enhancing the overall look of a kitchen. Also, if your kitchen is spacious enough, you could even have a bar counter. Having a romantic yet comfortable bar counter allows you to spend time with your loved ones, enjoy a few drinks while chatting or having a heart to heart. That’s why it’s a good idea to take a look at renovating the kitchen with built-in cabinets and countertops.

There are a number of designs that you can have for your kitchen cabinets. The most popular design currently would be high gloss smooth surface kitchen cabinets. This can be achieved by laminating your cabinet doors with formica, spray paint, 3G glass, acrylic, and PU paint. You don’t need to go for just one color for your kitchen cabinets. There are some owners who prefer the two shades and it looks perfectly well designed. Another modern kitchen cabinet design would be a wood grain design. You could also have a contemporary design by combining both.

In addition to kitchen cabinets, countertops are equally important in the kitchen area. Kitchen countertops are almost always placed on top of kitchen cabinets or cupboards. In the old days, people loved to have concrete countertops. Although concrete countertops are very good in terms of durability, granite countertops transform your kitchen into a more luxurious look. Worried about the cost of a granite countertop? With improvements in technology, man-made granite countertops, also known as solid surfaces, are now more popular due to their cost.

In addition to choosing the design of their kitchen cabinets and countertops, homeowners may also want to ensure that the fixtures used by their joiners are of good quality. You can make your cabinet doors close automatically, and you can also install other necessary accessories according to your requirements. Most of the time, your interior designer or carpenter will be able to advise you on which accessories to install in your home, as well as where to place them, based on their experience.

One of the most neglected areas of a kitchen remodel would be lighting. Not to mention that lighting can enhance the ambiance of your kitchen, it’s also very important to make sure you install enough lighting, especially in the area where you do most of your shopping and cooking activities. You can also install some lights with your wall cabinets.

Another design that homeowners might want to consider would be to have rounded edges for the kitchen cabinets, especially if babies and small children are around. These are practical considering that it would reduce operational risk in your house and protect them from sharp edges.

Digital Marketing

Common Social Media Marketing Mistakes

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Chances are, the person reading this right now has Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Social media surrounds our world, but some companies still think of social media as an afterthought. Any digital marketing company will tell you that your business can thrive with the right social media marketing strategies.

About 20 percent of customers use social media channels to find information about any business. That means your role as a business owner should be to maintain your brand’s online presence.

What some entrepreneurs don’t understand is that it’s not just for fun, it’s a force to be reckoned with. When used correctly, it can bring energy to your business. On the other hand, social media failures can be bad for business. These are the main social media marketing mistakes that companies make.

1. Having too many social channels

Alright, if you’re on social media, you don’t have to be on every platform. Your company just needs to be among those that can best reach your customers. After all, the content you post on LinkedIn may not apply to Snapchat, as your audiences on both platforms may differ as well.

Also, every channel you sign up to is another platform to maintain regularly. It is a real-time channel, which means that the content should always flow on your page. So if you have five different channels (which you can), you need to make sure you can manage all of them on a regular basis.

2. Ignore comments

This applies to both good and bad comments. Customers love hearing about a brand they follow because it gives your company a human and friendly face. While it can be tricky to keep track of your followers’ interactions, the more (and faster) you respond to their comments, the better chance you have of giving them a good experience.

It is said that 71 percent of customers who have a good experience with a brand are more likely to recommend it to others. This is also your opportunity to express the personality of the brand. You don’t have to sound like a robot. Use a voice that works for your brand. Spotify’s brand identity is aimed at millennials, so its tone is fun and modern.

3. Post Content Manually

Creating content and managing social channels on a regular basis are difficult tasks. It takes a lot of time and effort, so some companies do not update often. Fortunately, there are many tools that can help you optimize the management of your social networks.

There are tools for different needs. For publishing, there’s Hootsuite, Buffer, and Sprout Social; for quick graphics, there’s Canva. These are just some of the examples of tools you can use to save time and make it easier to manage.

4. Not optimizing content for each platform

Your hashtags on Instagram make sense, but on Facebook, not really. At the same time, the ideal character count on Facebook isn’t the same on Twitter, and the amount of emoji you put on Instagram won’t work on LinkedIn. Each social media platform has different ideal posts, so you should optimize your posts for each channel.

Any digital marketing company knows that social media marketing is about more than just signing up for accounts. Maintaining your channels is a lot of work, but it can build brand loyalty, which is a hard thing to find. So the next time you register your business on a social media account, remember to keep it a regular business.

Relationship

Fibromyalgia Blues – Depression, Anxiety and Stress

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How can you have chronic pain and fatigue and NOT be depressed? Everyone, healthy or not, struggles every day with the stress of raising a family, their jobs, financial problems, family illnesses, and yes, death and taxes. You have to get the kids to school on time, pay the bills, go to work (if you can work), clean the house, feed the pets, water the lawn, pick up the kids, take them to soccer, piano. classes, making dinner, getting the kids to do their homework (good luck) and you have to do all of this AND MORE with debilitating pain, fatigue, migraines, IBS, TMJ, RLS, etc. Just thinking about it is depressing!

Fibromyalgia patients are often misdiagnosed with anxiety disorders and depression, implying that “it’s all in your head,” but research has consistently shown that fibromyalgia is not a form of depression or hypochondria. Anxiety and depression COEXIST with FM and treatment is important because both can worsen FM and interfere with symptom control.

From my own experience, I can tell you how easy it is to let it get the best of you. There were days when I would just lie down in my dark room that I called “the cave” and isolate myself from my family and friends. I avoided leaving the house unless absolutely necessary and when I did, all I could think about was getting home and getting into bed. The more depressed I got, the more pain I was in. The more pain I was in, the more depressed I got!

I had anxiety attacks and the stress of a bad financial situation was more than I could handle, or so I thought. There were times when I wondered how the hell I was going to spend the next day: how much longer can I deal with this? I felt hopeless, powerless and useless. My self image was horrible and my confidence level was non existent. I was ashamed.

Have you ever felt like this? I hope not, but IF YOU HAVE, there is a way to get yourself out of the pit of depression and anxiety! You can become a productive member of your family and of society as a whole. It’s not easy, but what choice do you have? You know you don’t want to live like this forever.

I always hated the idea of ​​therapy! First of all, the effort it would take me to leave the house was an important factor. Second, I didn’t want to tell my whole sorry story to a stranger and wasn’t even sure they would believe me about the fibromyalgia part. There are still some mental health professionals who believe that FM is more psychological than physiological. I didn’t want to hear it.

About a year ago my son needed therapy for depression and anger issues. I took him to several professionals and one suggested (in front of my son) that he could cure my fibromyalgia because it was more emotional and psychological stress than a physical problem. The next day, we went to another therapist. I didn’t trust him to help my son if he was going to say that to me. We finally found one that was a good fit for our family as we would all be participating in my son’s therapy. It didn’t take long for me or the therapist to discover that I needed help too. He saw right through me!

Therapy has changed my life in so many ways and with a caring professional guiding me, I have regained the control I had given my fibromyalgia. It helped me see my worth, my positive traits, and taught me how to deal with my pain, stress, anxiety, and depression. Talking about it with an objective party is also a way to heal emotional scars and it was such a relief to expose it all! He also recommended a new antidepressant to my doctor which has helped me a lot.

Perception is everything. I perceived myself a certain way and became exactly that.

My father was recently diagnosed with small cell lung cancer; he never smoked. It is the rarest form of lung cancer that is fast-acting and incurable. He was devastated when I heard the news! My dad is my hero and my rock: life without him is something I can’t even comprehend. I really lost it for a while, but with counseling, I’m finding my own way to cope. I still have bad days, but I’m trying to get through them in a healthier way. The woman she was two years ago would have returned to his cave and never come out.

There are many medicines, supplements, and herbs that can help. Talk to your doctor about which ones might work for you and always check for interactions and side effects! I have a lot of information on prescription drug alternatives, therapies, and other resources on my website that might be of help.

Don’t be afraid to take the first step and find a good mental health professional! Really worth it. I am now a working “fibromyth” and although I still have pain and other problems, I can get through them one day at a time. If I can do it, so can YOU!

More articles on this topic to come!

Health Fitness

How to write engaging social media posts

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One thing you can do on social media is write content for your posts. Posts are what keep your social networks active and your audience engaged. However, it is imperative that you have a strategy so that you can get the most out of your social media interactions.

Understand your customers

You need to know who your target audience is so you can recognize what kind of posts will get the most traction with them. For example, some audience members will be insulted by certain types of comedy. Others will respond very well to it. Know who they are so your posts can be targeted.

look at your competition

It’s always a good idea to check what your competition is doing with regards to social media posts. Don’t just copy what they are doing. Instead, look at whether or not the competition is getting a result from their actions, and look at how you can do better or differently.

Know the purpose of the publication

What action do you want your customers to take when they read the post? Do you want them to click to read more? Do you want them to like, follow and share? You must be clear about what you want them to do in order for them to act.

Add a relevant image

People respond better to relevant images on social media. You can create memes and infographics with free software like Canva.com for your social media posts. A good image, watermarked with a relevant quote will do wonders.

Write attention-grabbing content

When you share a meme or a blog post or other type of post, write content about it and what you want your readers to do about it.

Ask your audience to share

Never forget to ask your audience to share your posts. You can also invite them to pull memes and infographics from your website to share. Simply set up a new page that lists all the watermarked images your audience can share.

reply to comments

Don’t just ignore the interaction that’s happening on your social media pages. Always reply and add comments to the discussion. Answer the questions and be nice. Even if someone is rude, don’t respond rudely. If necessary, delete the rude comment and let it go.

Writing social media posts that start a discussion and inspire people to share and interact is an art. You will need to try different tactics to see what works for your particular audience. But make sure you always have a call to action in the post so your audience knows what to do.

Legal Law

Best Online Law Degree Programs

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With the increasing number of crimes being committed in this world, many lawyers are needed.

But these days it’s not just about getting a lawyer who can represent you in a normal case. They have to be outstanding and not like any other well known lawyer in town.

The first thing is to know how to choose a law school that ensures you obtain the best knowledge in law. And what is normally believed and said is that there is no better law school than the one that comes to you. This is what is known as online law degree programs.

Before one can choose an institution where one wants to study law, it is advisable to do some good research. It should be one that meets all your needs. But why would one need to do law degree programs online?

There may be several reasons among them, their lives may be full of busy schedules and therefore they cannot make it to class every day. Others might be that they find it easier to read online, which is a more personal work schedule than attending conferences.

Some would like to learn in a certain institution but do not want to leave their country and go to read in other countries. And for some it is just a preference they have while for others it is cheaper.

Whatever the reason, it is certain that online law degree programs are widely offered and it is up to one to choose what one wants. Some of the institutions that offer are Concord online law degree programs.

There are two ways in which one can acquire law degree programs there.

There is the Juris Doctor and the Executive Juris Doctor. Both come as part-time programs and last for four years and three years respectively. This is one of the preferred institutions due to its quality learning and the prosperous students who have graduated there.

The only thing that these online institutions offer is that once you have graduated there, you will instantly become a practicing lawyer.

You don’t have to run around and look for a job, it comes hand in hand with your graduation scroll.

And with new technology you will never have to think about big books to carry all you need is your personal computer or laptop.

Lifestyle Fashion

10 books for success with horse racing

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Horse racing can be difficult to start for novices learning about form, track conditions, and which jockey is doing well at the time. For those of you looking to get a head start, here is a list of ten of the best books to help you improve your knowledge of horse racing. This list is totally subjective and the opinion of the best books will be different. I invite you to publish any other books that you may feel are beneficial to other members.

1. Handicapping 101: An Introduction to Horse Racing, Brad Free (2007)

Winning in the races does not mean that you need advanced IQ, but rather that you have a basic understanding of racing mechanics; this book teaches you. Free’s handicap basics are easy to understand for a beginner, as well as being a refresher for the veteran horse player. This book explains how a horse’s individual characteristics, such as health, habits and skill level, come into effect when deciding whether or not to bet on that horse. A horse player who learns to recognize and utilize the horse’s characteristics may realize that winning bets are in his future. This manual provides practical ways to pick winners and avoid losers.

2. Betting on horse racing, Richard Eng (2005)

Do you want to be able to go to the racetrack with a group of friends and feel like you know what you’re doing? Want to be able to make smarter bets that increase your chances of going home with dollars in your pocket? Reading this book answers those questions for you. With over 20 years of experience in the horse racing industry, Eng focused this book on learning how to bet and how to increase your chances of winning. Doesn’t go too deep into handicap skills. This book teaches you how to read the race forms, which serious bettors use to increase their odds of winning. There is an excellent glossary at the end where the author explains all the industry terminology so you can understand every word he uses to describe the horse racing experience.

3. The Complete Handicapper, James Quinn (2013)

This book can help both the beginning rider and the experienced handicapper. It has been said to be required reading for anyone serious about making more winning than losing bets. James Quinn has over 40 years of experience in the horse racing industry and has laid out the most important basic handicap skills he has learned over those years, as well as the new ideas he has learned in this 21st century of purebred racing. blood, everything in this book.

4. How to turn any race track into your own money machine (and only be one of the 2% that do), Greg Boomer Wry (2005)

The world of horse racing can be very exciting, and this book helps open it up for you. It is designed to teach you everything there is to know about handicap horse racing, from learning sound betting strategies to successfully managing your money so you have a better chance of success. Through it, you will learn lifelong skills. This inclusive book uses highly understandable terms that are defined and explained, sometimes with examples. You will learn how to analyze a race by reading and understanding The Daily Racing Form and by rating each horse to determine whether or not to bet on the race.

5. Bet With The Best: Expert Strategies From America’s Top Tipsters, DFR Press (2001)

At the time of its publication, it was the most comprehensive book on thoroughbred horse racing to have been published in over a decade. With nine different chapters written by nine different authors on nine different topics from the world of horse racing, this book will appeal to beginners as well as expert handicappers. Example chapters are Beyer on Simulcasting, Quinn on Class, and Brohamar on Pace. If you don’t want to buy 9 separate books on these 9 separate topics, then this book will be a good place to start learning about each of them.

6. Betting Thoroughbreds for the 21st Century: A Professional Guide for Horse Players, Steven Davidowitz (2009)

This book is the revised and updated third edition of the author’s classic “Betting Thoroughbreds,” first published more than three decades ago. The book is so popular and has such a dedicated following among new racing fans and veteran gamblers alike, that for decades it has been the horse racing industry standard for handicap, syndicate betting, software programs computer and more. Have you ever looked at a horse’s past performance and wondered what he was doing in today’s race? This book will answer that question, as well as many others. Among those covered are various topics, such as the tracking bias of trainer intent. This industry standard handicap book will become a favorite read for beginning riders, as well as a welcome refresher for experienced riders.

7. The Best of Thoroughbred Handicap: Handicap Advice, James Quinn (1987).

Quinn’s book contains 48 essays from some of the best Thoroughbred handicaps including Tom Ainslie, Andrew Beyer, William Quirin and himself. Individual essays explain that author’s system and give examples of how each works. Some of the systems are too complex to condense into a single chapter, and the essays are difficult to follow. But in general, the essays whet the rider’s appetite for reading the original books that are listed in an annotated bibliography. Topics ranging from betting strategy to pace handicap to visual analysis of horses in the paddock make this extensive collection of writing useful for all handicappers. If you are looking for a comprehensive book on handicap methodologies, this may be the one for you.

8. Exotic Bets: How To Bet Multi-Horse And Multi-Race And Win The Biggest Profits From Racing, Steve Crist (2006)

“Handicling a race is only half the battle, betting is the other.” Crist’s strategy teaches the horse player to win the most money by betting on numerous exotic bets, including the daily double, exacta, trifecta, quinella, superfecta, pick 3, 4, and 6. Crist says this book is not about picking winners at the track, but teaches that how you bet is as important as who you like, especially in the 21st century world of horse racing where new ways of betting, such as superfecta and the pick four, have surpassed the routine win, place and show bets of the days. past. Both serious and casual horse players will benefit from understanding the strategies and mechanics of placing these exotic bets.

9. Modern Rhythm Handicapping, Tom Brohamer (2000).

“The pace makes the race” is one of the oldest sayings you’ll hear on a race track, and this book is the reference book on pace limiting. For beginners, reading up on racing style will give you an idea of ​​how the race will run and which horses will benefit from the likely pace scenario. For experts, the Sartin Methodology chapter establishes a new method for analyzing race pace. The author used the Sartin Methodology to develop his own technique for handicap horse breeds. He looked at racing styles, lap times, track variants, energy distribution and par times to predict race strategy and outcome. Daily Racing Form charts are placed throughout the book.

10. Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, Tom Ainslie (1988)

This third edition is known as the “most comprehensive, complete and trusted guide to the handicap and understanding of Thoroughbred racing”. Although some of his ideas may seem outdated by today’s racing standards, countless generations of people have learned the basic handicap skills Ainslie teaches, skills necessary to help them become ‘expert handicappers’ and able to pick winners consistently on the track. Some of the basics the author covers are class, distance, form, speed, track conditions, riders and trainers, and breeding.

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Real Estate

Things to Consider When Buying Land in Ghana

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After the recent floods in Ghana that have killed at least thirty-five people, I am motivated to share with you the experiences I learned from my father in his ‘land-buying stories’.

The recent floods in the country, which meteorologists say are the result of global warming, are considered the most disastrous in recent years.

Ghana is a country that experiences rainfall mainly in June and July every year. The intensity of this rain fluctuates between the years with some years experiencing very heavy downpours than others.

But for the past year and this year, the downpour has been so intense that it has caused flooding in most parts of the country. These floods have caused the destruction of illegal structures, mostly houses in waterways. The government is doing it to create a track for the water to minimize the havoc caused by flooding.

This means that you should be careful about the land you buy and where it is located. The points that follow will serve as advice to follow when you go to buy land anywhere in the country.

First, I will share with you what my father says will prevent you from acquiring land that has so many court cases or land that has the potential for disputes. When you are going to buy a land, especially in the Greater Accra region, apart from the legal documents, persuade the traditional authorities to pour libations on this particular land. The serious belief in libation on the part of the Ga’s (the owners of the land in this region) will prevent them from deceiving their gods by selling this land to a second party.

One thing worth noting is which boss you buy a land from. Due to the many chiefdom disputes and court injunctions over who sells land in many of these areas, you need to ask around and know the right chief who can sell you land. There have been cases where ‘illegal’ chiefs have sold land to individuals and these lands are later confiscated.

Second, when you decide to buy land, do it in a rainy season. So when you go to the site and the depth of the pool of water in the ground is about knee height, it implies that one day that is the amount of water that will be collected in your house. If, on the other hand, the soil dries out quickly after rain, you have good soil that you can buy.

Third, you should look for a type of shrub that is locally called ‘sre3’ in the Akan language. This shrub grows easily in flood-prone terrain. When you go to buy land and see these types of plants, you may want to consider returning in the rainy season to confirm your suspicions.

Your financial situation is also very important. In this way, you can take the risk of buying flood-prone land because you can afford to erect a foundation that will prevent water from entering your house when it rains.

You must also take into account the area or town in which you buy the land. When many of the buildings in this area are on waterways, it means that when there is a heavy downpour there will be no passage for the water to escape, so the whole place will be flooded.

Lastly, and most importantly, after completing all of these background checks, contact the Land Commission or any government agency in the locality that is responsible for the land to seek further official advice on the land you wish to purchase.

Thanks for reading and have a good land buying experience.