From Novice To Expert: Tips For Perfecting Your Place Bets At The Racetrack

There are few more popular sports to bet on than horse racing. The sport is most popular around the time of the biggest meetings on the calendar, with record numbers of bets typically wagered on events such as the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Breeders’ Cup.

A wealth of betting markets are available when it comes to making selections on horse racing, making it straightforward to make selections when you’re at the racetrack.

However, a prominent betting selection for many novices can be found the form of the place betting option. You can find out more about finding winners in this market and how you can improve your returns when making selections here.

What Is A Place Bet?

A place bet is slightly different to the popular win opt…

Are 3.5ct Oval Lab Diamonds from Rare Carat the New Trend in Engagement Rings?

This company, Rare Carat, boasts of its 3.5 carat oval lab diamond that is increasingly becoming popular in the jewelry industry as far as engagement rings are concerned. Last but not least, Rare Carat’s inventory includes the highly sought-after, 3.5ct oval diamonds: at once perfect and sleek and a great way to stand out when it comes to an engagement ring choice for sure. Additionally, these Rare Carat diamonds come with their respective D color grade which stands for the topmost level of whiteness only and ensures that each diamond looks genuinely white and bright. Therefore, this size/shape/color combination sets apart Rare Carat’s 3.5ct oval lab-grown diamonds as superior among others thereby demonstrating their strong commitment to quality services in the lab-created pear cut …

OP-ED: Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables and Toxins Driving People from Homes

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 2011 (IPS) – People do not normally leave their homes, their families, and their communities unless they have no other option. Yet as environmental stresses mount, we can expect to see a growing number of environmental refugees. Rising seas and increasingly devastating storms grab headlines, but expanding deserts, falling water tables, and toxic waste and radiation are also forcing people from their homes.
Advancing deserts are now on the move almost everywhere. The Sahara desert, for example, is expanding in every direction. As it advances northward, it is squeezing the populations of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria against the Mediterranean coast.

The Sahelian region of Africa the vast swath of savannah that separates the southern Sahara desert from the t…

Investigation Exposes Cruelty at Foie Gras Farms

Force-feeding ducks at a foie gras farm in Catalonia, Spain. Credit: Animal Equality

NEW YORK, Aug 2 2012 (IPS) – Roasted foie gras fillet, with fresh chestnuts and soymilk skin. This dish from Mugaritz, considered the third-best restaurant in the world, sounds exotic. But how this delicacy foie gras means fat liver is produced and at what cost have been unmasked in an investigation led by .

The organisation the internal management of multiple foie gras farms six in Spain and four in France. In the undercover study, which began in July 2011, activists shot footage and photographs and conducted interviews by pretending to be interested in the industry.

They want to hid…