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Russia outplay Sweden in Karjala Cup
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Russia’s hockey squad have claimed a difficult 3-2 win in their Karjla Cup game which kicks off the 2012 Euro Tour season. Read Full Article at RT.com More... |
Driving into the Sunset
We say good bye to Indian Technology Week today with this picture of a group of Indians riding in a Toledo Automobile. The picture was taken in 1905. Well, the Evil Nate Maas continues to pester this blog by raising doubts in people's mind about the goings on in Chickie Town. Maybe I will have a domestic update on Sunday to catch people up on things. Then, hopefully Nate will go back to being a nuisance somewhere else. Oh, and notice DADD did come back to his good senses and posted yesterday. No one really wants to be on Nate's side on this. https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...s.blogspot.com http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/...CzDb3mdb0/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/...CzDb3mdb0/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogs...~4/ey4lopyG4iw More... |
CIA chief resigns over extramarital affair
David Petraeus' exit marks sudden end to public career of a man credited with salvaging US military campaign in Iraq.
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Bernie
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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New York Officials Reportedly Consider Closed Prison For Displaced Sandy Victims!
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Stanford takes lead in Mexico
Angela Stanford carded a five-under par 67 to secure a two-stroke lead over South Korea's Inbee Park after the second round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.
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Martian Impact Ejecta
This observation shows a cluster of impact craters that formed between August 2005 and November 2010.
What\'s unusual about this site is that it isn\'t as dusty as most places where new impacts are discovered. Often the airblast disturbs the dust to create a dark spot much larger than the crater and its ejecta, so the new impacts are most easily discovered over dusty terrains. The dark ejecta is obvious while the larger dark spot here is subtle, but detectable in the CTX image. There is a tight cluster of craters rather than a single crater because rocky bolides often break up in the Martian atmosphere. Written by: Alfred McEwen Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona More... |
Cygnus Star Cluster
The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star clusters and associations that each contain hundreds to thousands of hot, massive, young stars known as O and B stars. The star cluster Cygnus OB2 contains more than 60 O-type stars and about a thousand B-type stars. Deep observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have been used to detect the X-ray emission from the hot outer atmospheres, or coronas, of young stars in the cluster and to probe how these fascinating star factories form and evolve. About 1,700 X-ray sources were detected, including about 1,450 thought to be stars in the cluster. In this image, X-rays from Chandra (blue) have been combined with infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (red) and optical data from the Isaac Newton Telescope (orange).
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Debate Over “Shot Clock” In Poker Rises Again
Although the 2012 World Series of Poker Championship Event was one of the more exciting final tables in quite some time, there is a new debate raging across the internet regarding one aspect of poker that, some believe, has become a problem…the “tanking” by players as they make a decision. This discussion has brought out the question once again of putting a “shot clock” in place in poker to speed the game up.
Poker player/blogger Scott Clark brought up the issue as he discussed the WSOP Championship Event final table on Wednesday. “During the live play of the 2012 Main Event, fans that were following the action complained about the excessive tanking by the competitors,” Clark notes. Clark particularly targets eventual runner-up Jesse Sylvia as the worst offender, pointing out a Tweet from poker professional Daniel Negreanu which read, “If there was any doubt about the need for a clock in poker, this (the Main Event play) is Exhibit A. This is painstakingly tilting for casual viewers.” “Wouldn’t it be cool,” Clark queries. “Doesn’t it make too much sense?” There are several aspects that would have to be examined with the implementation of a “shot clock” in the game, however. What Tournaments? One of the big questions would be what tournaments do you put the shot clock on. Does the $40 buy in tournament at your local casino have the need for such action? At what stakes would a shot clock be implemented for? Poker’s rules are already different enough by locations and adding in a shot clock for tournaments would put another layer of rules out there that would be different by what location you play at. How Long? Another big question would be how long would be the time limit on the shot clock. It has often been said that players know what they will do within fifteen seconds of looking at their hole cards. Anything beyond that is simply “Hollywooding” to try to get responses from your opponents or masking the fact that you were making a move without the proper ammunition. If a shot clock were to be implemented in poker, it would have to be long enough to allow for complete thought while also moving the game along. While the online standard (approximately fifteen seconds) is a bit too strict, making a decision within two minutes shouldn’t be too much to ask for someone to come to a conclusion. When Do You Put The Shot Clock On? Rules in poker go across the entirety of a tournament. With this theory in mind, if a shot clock was placed on poker, you should have it from the start of the event to its conclusion. When the blinds are 25/50, however, this would more than likely be a waste of time (no pun intended). Instituting the shot clock “on the bubble” or once the players have made the money would, in fact, change the style of the game if the clock isn’t used from the start of the tournament. Does The Money Matter? This is an offshoot of the “which tournament” question. If the prize pool is only a few thousand dollars, would the shot clock have less time (or even be used)? If, for example, we’re talking about the WSOP Championship Event, wouldn’t you want to give some time to a player making a multi-million dollar decision? Don’t We Already Have A Clock? In theory, the shot clock is already in place in the game of poker. It is something that is anathema for most poker players, however (remember how Tiffany Michelle still gets derision for her usage of it in the WSOP Championship Event a few years ago), because of its “nitty” appearance. There are also different thoughts as to individual poker players as to how long is “too long.” Clark believes a shot clock is not a bad idea for the game of poker. A two minute clock, used at the final table, might be the best situation but, as Clark also states, there are few ideas on how to institute it. “At the very least,” Clark concludes on his blog, “players should move the game along out of respect to your fellow players.” More... |
The Nightly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker Reveals FTOPS XXI Schedule, UKIPT Bristol, and Mor
Full Tilt Poker released the schedule for the upcoming Full Tilt Online Poker Series, and the UKIPT Bristol Main Event is underway with many big names in the field.
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