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Want to get good at Blackjack? You can memorize some odds tables and then go have some fun! But remember, the house odds ALWAYS win in the long term. However, if you hold your own for a long time, you can often rack up a lot of perks.

For single decks, you can memorize the above table and play here https://www.arkadium.com/games/blackjack/

If you go to Vegas, things change up a little because they use different rules and often a lot more decks.

Ever had that experience of being at a high place and image falling or even jumping? Maybe you even get a little shiver when you do – even if you don’t feel suicidal?

“L’appel du vide” is a French term that roughly translates to ‘call of the void’ – and describes just that feeling.

Atomic Marvel has a few Blender creations on his Youtube page. This particular one asks – what if I fell into a running jet engine? Fortunately, it’s a particle-based animation – so it saves you from the horrific gore that would be the actual result.

Lets just get this out of the way. This is not a scholarly article. This is not medical advice, nor should it be taken as such. The internet is probably the worst place to diagnose or get information about health matters. You should always go FIRST to your doctor for medical advice and care. What this is, instead, is information about some accredited medical research and programs that might be helpful to those suffering from Long COVID. Research programs you can bring up with your doctor and see if it might be a good option.

While many infected by COVID-19 recover without seeming issue – Long Covid is something that’s increasingly being recognized as affecting a lot of people. The condition has been hard to understand because it usually consists of a whole host of strange symptoms: chest pains, tiredness, brain fog, migraines, etc. These symptoms last for months and often change for unknown reasons.

For those suffering from Long COVID – there is some hope. Congress recently approved $1.15 billion over 4 years for the NIH to research the long term consequences of COVID infection. Across the country, various research hospitals are opening long COVID centers and they are starting to get a little traction.

What they are finding so far is that the strange symptoms list also matches up with something some doctors already know about: dysautonomia. Dysautonomia is a group of possible medical conditions that are caused by problems with the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system controls a whole host of involuntary body functions like your heartbeat, breathing, digestion, and so forth. While this is all in early stages and may not be the root cause, there is some interesting research going on. John Hopkins is starting to call what they are researching POTS – postural osrthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Other centers are in various stages of setting up, taking patients, or even in active research.

If you are suffering from Long COVID, I would urge you to contact some of these new long COVID research centers and hopefully you can find some help – and help researchers and others by sharing your battle with Long COVID.

Pretty awesome!

I think anyone with kids has had the experience this momma bear is having.

Even more fun is the fact a person from the other side caught the same scene