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The drive from Montreal to my next casino destination gave me some time to think about certain ways to make more money when shooting from the Darkside.
The drive from Montreal to my next casino destination gave me some time to think about certain ways to make more money when shooting from the Darkside.
❒ The idea is to increase my per-hand profitability without increasing the risk or increasing the amount of table-time it would require to do so.
❒ It occurred to me that I wasn't taking anywhere close to full advantage of my Come-Out roll Darkside shooting ability.
❒ Though I wanted to approach things in a systematic and methodical way, I also didn't want to unnecessarily squander any opportunities.
❒ Part of the reluctance to evolve things too quickly may have been due to my wariness of trying to combine too many new elements into my Darkside game all at the same time.
❒ In reality, I knew it was much more attributable to my long held reluctance to arouse too much Pit-attention by betting and hitting back-to-back-to-back-to-back parlayed or heavily-pressed Prop-bets…thereby raising my profile just a little too high for my own good or for that of the dicesetting community in general.
To my mind, a skilled Precision-Shooter has to balance his money-making abilities against the overall health and longevity of what we do as an entire dicesetting community. While many accomplished shooters have taken the "Piss on everyone else, I'm gettin' me a piece of the brass ring while I can" attitude, I take a slightly longer, more mature view of this skill…just in case the world DOESN'T end tomorrow.
I know that doesn't mesh well with those who would whore out their own mother for a buck (or a $1.50 for the package deal that would include their own children), but you have to draw the morality-line somewhere…and destroying the game of craps just because a person can't control their ego or their greed, doesn't seem like such a great idea.
Admittedly, Horn-bets, World-bets and straight-up or split-action wagers in the center of the layout do hold tremendous Come-out potential without raising as much unwanted notice from the Pit as the same number of repeating Hop-bets will. That's not to say that if you hit seven or eight Horn-numbers in a row that no one will notice…rather, it's to say that you'll raise a Pitmeisters unibrow a little more slowly by avoiding the Hops and sticking to the smaller-headline Props during a betting period (the Come-Our roll in my case) when Prop-action bets are the expected norm.
Instead of blasting 600 watts of tunes between my ears as I normally do when I'm driving, the only sounds that filled those road miles was the whirring hum of my brain-cogs engaged in semi-lucid thoughts of ways to increase the cash-flow from my Darkside Come-Out shooting.
I was formulating a plan, and the tables were coming into sight.
Casino du Lac-Leamy
Located across the river from Canada's capital of Ottawa, the city of Gatineau, Quebec is home to one very fine casino.
Casino du Lac-Leamy is another in the Caesars Entertainment crown of international jewels and it holds up quite well when compared to the best of their Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Biloxi and Atlantic City counterparts.
I had no problem getting pre-comped into a Deluxe King room at the Hilton Hotel that anchors the property. One of the advantages of corporate-casino ownership families like Caesars, MGM, Mandalay, Harrah's, etc., is that it's so much easier to get upfront comps at places that you've never played at or in this case, at a casino that I hadn't played at in quite a while.
Since I had been on the road for quite some time, the last thing I wanted to do was to hit the tables, but I did a little advanced table-scouting. I must have looked like a neophyte because one of the female dealers beckoned me closer and offered to show me how the game worked. I thanked her for the kind offer and told her I'd definitely take a rain-check for another time.
I had an outstanding dinner at Le Baccara with a couple of friends who have run the political office of an infamous bureaucrat who they've managed to keep out of jail (and kept hungrily feeding on the public teat) for the past 20 years or so. He's one of those guys from the Edwin Edwards mold of "The only thing worse than being caught in a hotel-room bed with a dead hooker, is being caught in bed with a live boy" political mandarin types, so their hands are always full (but they keep them relatively blood-free).
The pheasant appetizer at Le Baccara was fantastic…the rack of caribou and fan of ostrich (shared) was shamelessly magnificent…the pannacotta with passion fruit coulis was too good to be true…and the wine-fueled ribald conversation about the political landscape was strictly off-the-record.
Session One
Plenty of sleep…plenty of steam after a solid morning workout…and plenty of 109-octane coffee put me in the right frame of mind to tackle the tables in the morning.
The first thing I've got to say about the tables at Lac Leamy is that they feel like the base is made out of concrete instead of your normal run of the mill 6/4 plywood. Think in terms of a sidewalk with a layer of 32-ounce felt over top of it and you start to get the idea.
The night before when I was scoping out the tables, I did notice a discernibly different sound as the dice hit the felt, but it didn't register enough for me to take more of an interest in it. Now it may have been the short conversation with that dealerette that diverted my attention away from what I should have been paying attention to, so I had to figure it out now that I was actually in the game and not just a casual observer anymore.
The dice were several players away from me when I bought in. I intentionally fumbled with my stack of chips when the dealer sent them out to me in order to get a good feel of the felt as well as bouncing a few chips on their edges just to see how the base-material was going to affect any type of impact. Surprisingly it felt normal to the touch and to the bounce of the chips, but when the dice struck at the far end of the table, it had more of a dull "thwomp" sound instead of the usual one.
I made a $5 line-bet in case they enforced the "You have to have a table-minimum bet of the previous shooter if you want to throw the dice" policy…which by the way they do have and they mostly enforce. That bet went down in very quick order, so when they came to the player beside me, I sent in another fiver but this time I put it on the Don't.
I figured if I'm going to shoot from the Don't, and the table is trending to the Don't; then why the heck aren't I betting on the Don't? It took that guy exactly two rolls to get into the game and then get out of the game. My bankroll was now back to even when the dice came to me.
I'll go into the details of how I've revised my Come-Out betting in a moment, but suffice it to say that my Session One experience with it paid off in spades. I can say quite unequivocally that the Come-Out roll, when shooting from the Don'ts, can be just as or even MORE profitable than the Point-then-7-Out cycle itself.
I managed to get my paws on the dice three separate times during that session, and each hand provided a fairly long Come-Out sequence of ~4 tosses before establishing the PL-Point, and a Point-cycle sequence of ~3 rolls before I got the sought after 7-Out I was looking for.
Each time that I established my PL-Point (or more appropriately, my anti PL-Point), I didn't do anything fancier than laying maximum Odds against it and looking for the All-7 variation of either the Straight-Sixes, Parallel-Sixes or very rarely the double-pitched Hardways All-7 set to get the job done.
As a Darksider, 7'ing-Out should not be overly complicated, and there's absolutely no reason to make it so.
Picking Your Poison
Once you establish the Passline-Point that you are now trying to avoid…and seeking to roll a 7-Out in the process; you have to select an appropriate dice-set that helps evade the Point but assist the 7.
It's actually far easier than it sounds…well, let me correct that…choosing the Point-determined dice-set itself is much easier than it sounds…the execution of the toss and the on-axis, primary-face delivery and outcome is entirely up to you.
I always point to Heavy's Dice Set Distribution Chart as a quick-reference source for you to determine which set is appropriate for a given situation…though frankly, most of this should be second-nature to you once you've been doing this for a while.
❒ If my PL-Point is 5 or 9, then the S-6 set with neither of those two numbers (on-axis) is the Point-cycle prescription.
❒ If my PL-Point is 6 or 8, then the P-6 set with only one each of those numbers (on-axis) would be my primary choice.
❒ If my PL-Point is 4 or 10, I have a wider choice of sets that each offer only one on-axis occurrence of each of those numbers. In this case, I'd call upon either the S-6, the All-7 variation of the HW-set, the X-6 or even the V-3 set. Of those, I generally opt for the All-7 variation of the HW-set and hedge my anti PL-Point with a Hardway-bet that will cover my DP line-bet and Odds exposure in the event that I accidentally throw an on-axis Point-winner.
Hedging With The Hardways
At first blush, hedging your even-numbered DP-Points with a Hardway-bet looks like a fairly good idea. I mean after all…you have a ton of cash on the DP-line and an even bigger heap backing it up with inverse-Odds…so a sizeable bet on the Hardway-form of the Point that you are trying to avoid, looks like a common sense approach.
As with many things in life…not everything is as simple or even as attractive as they might at first appear.
Hardway DP-hedges are no exception.
❒ For me, it's a matter of how I feel and more specifically how the dice feel and are reacting in terms of double-pitch outcomes.
❒ If I'm having any sort of control problems, then I DO "insure" my DP line-wager with a Hardway-hedge.
❒ If my throwing is zoned-in and the dice are landing the way that all this Precision-Shooting stuff is supposed to work; then I expressly avoid using a HW-hedge and shoot with a confidence that the 7-Out is close by.
Session Two
I know this is going to sound boring, but my second session was pretty much a replay of Session One.
My Come-Out cycle was lasting a little longer than four rolls (~4.1 by my reckoning), and my Point-cycle throws were taking just over three rolls (~3.6 on average) before the 7-Out brought in the DP cash.
I'll readily admit that doing the same thing in the same way throw after throw and hand after hand might seem overly boring to some people, but to me, if it brings in the cash then there's no need to add any more excitement (or RISK) to the equation. Precision-Shooting is all about reducing the risk to your money, and increasing the predictability of your dice outcomes. That pretty much sums up my philosophy on the subject…and my approach to the game.
The random-rollers prevailing trend during the Second Session was much choppier than the first. There were a few players who started throwing what looked like potentially promising hands, but as soon as everyone at the table was convinced they were going to see it turn into a somewhat warmer trend, the dice did what the dice do in an aggravatingly frequent way…the 7-Out would show up to dash their Rightside-betting hope and dreams.
I stayed for two full rotations of the table (and three hands for me); then headed back to my room to make a few calls. I had to see a guy over in Ottawa about a thing, and I got back to the hotel fairly late so I didn't get any more sessions in on Day One.
Come-Out Betting For Fun and Profit
As most of you know, I treat the Come-Out roll-sequence as a distinct revenue-source that is totally separate from the Point-cycle itself.
I sometimes allow one cycle to influence the other especially if I'm trying to establish a specific PL-Point or rather to AVOID establishing a specific PL-Point. I'll have more to say about that particular subject in Part Four of this series, but for now I just want to take a detailed look at the Come-Out sequence from a Darkside Precision-Shooters perspective.
While we know that certain 7-dominant dice-sets favor the Passline-players Come-Out roll, the situation gets a little trickier when shooting from the Don't. The Darksider wants Horn-hits but doesn't want to shoot himself in the foot with the appearance of a lot of C-O 7-losers.
Though I've looked at and carefully considered EVERY dice-set and permutation, I'm always drawn back to the Straight-Six set even when shooting from the Don't's. While it is admittedly 7-heavy (with an on-axis 7 ratio of 4:1), it also has such an attractively large array of on-axis Horn-numbers (a 2 and a 12, plus two 3's as well as two 11's).
So how do we reconcile the possibility of an on-axis C-O 7-loser with the charm, appeal and profit-potential of all those Horn-numbers?
Well, to my mind, we first have to consider how good we actually are with our dice-throwing abilities.
❒ If we are fairly good (up to ~51% on-axis) or pretty good (up to ~55% on-axis) at influencing the dice outcomes; then we still have a decent shot at Horn or World profit-production during the C-O.
❒ With that skill-level, Horn-repeaters are not something that a disproportionate amount of our money should be spent on chasing (or at least, we shouldn't spend a whole lot of money in parlaying our first win…although some Press-action may be prescribed), depending again on your on-axis consistency. In other words, Horn or World-betting can be very net-profitable with moderate on-axis control, but that same profitability can quickly disappear if you use too much (to high of a ratio) of your newly-minted income on trying to hit two or more hits in a row without first locking in SOME of it as RETAINED profit.
❒ In other words, if your on-axis consistency isn't high enough; then the volatility that accompanies parlayed or too-rapidly-pressed Horn or World betting can easily wipe out any apparent edge that you have over this particular wager.
❒ Now if your shooting is more than 55% reliably on-axis; then the whole Come-Out cycle offers revenue prospects that begin to make PL or DP line-bet earnings quickly pale by comparison. In other words, the better you get at keeping the dice on-axis using the S-6 set (or any other set for that matter); the better your profit-prospects are (as long as you bet that advantage in a responsible way).
To be completely fair, you also have to consider the lesser number of 7's on a 7-avoidance (but still Horn-heavy) set like the Crossed-Sixes.
❒ While the X-6 set has less on-axis 7's than the S-6, it also has less of those tasty looking Horn-numbers too (the X-6 has four Horns and two 7's, while the S-6's have six Horns, and four 7's).
❒ At first blush the X-6 set has a 66% versus 33% ratio when comparing Horns-to-Sevens, while the S-6 is a little more even with its 60% versus 40% H:7 ratio…but there's much more to it than that.
❒ The relatively small difference in those two comparative ratios is more than compensated for by the higher-ratio payouts that the Horn-numbers offer versus the even-money rewards when a DP Come-Out winner rolls (or when a DP bet has to be replaced because a C-O 7 eliminated it).
❒ For that reason, I've stuck with the S-6 set because of it's net-profitability for me on the Come-Out, but my mind remains completely open to any improvements or better approaches that I may not yet be aware of.
For now, here's how I approach the whole Come-Out sequence when I'm shooting from the Don't:
My Darkside Straight-Sixes C-O Progression
❒ Using the S-6, I wager so that my DP-bet equals my C-O World-bet.
❒ That is, if I've got a $25 wager on the Don't Pass line; then I'll also make a $25 World-bet (aka "whirl" bet), which cover the 7, 2, 3, 11 and 12 with one $5 betting-unit on each.
❒ I also make a $5 bet on the Hard-4 and Hard-10 that I have "working on the Come-out".
❒ In some jurisdictions, the Hardways are automatically "on" during the C-O, while in other places they are "off" unless called (and marked with a lammer) as "on".
❒ The S-6 set contains both an on-axis H-4 and H-10. As a Darksider, I want to avoid the C-O 7 so I set two of the primary-faces on the H-4 and H-10, while the other two faces are the two aces (2), and the two sixes (12).
❒ Obviously if I was using this set as a Rightside shooter, I'd be transposing those Hardways into intentional 5/2 and 2/5 7's and looking for dedicated C-O PL-winners as well as the Horn/World hits.
❒ You could just as easily modify this approach with a more conservative approach by using a $5 DP-bet, a $5 World-bet, and $1 each on the Hard-4 and Hard-10.
❒ If my Darkside C-O outcome is a double-pitch 7...then my World-bet stays at its initial value, and I replace my DP wager along with the two HW-bets on the 4 and 10.
Let me add another side-note on the element of intentionally using a 7-dominant set knowing full well the S-6 has four on-axis 7-losers on it.
❒ If a 7 rolls on the C-O, the World-bet is self-sustaining in that it's a "push" (no gain and no loss), but your DP flat-bet has to be replaced.
❒ I balance that off with the single appearance of the 2 and 12, along with the double appearance of the 3 and 11.
❒ With the high-ratio payouts on each of those Horn-numbers, the sting of having to replace your DP bet if a 7 or 11 shows up, is offset with the quinella-type double payoff if a 2, 3 or 12 shows up.
In addition to that, the appearance of a $5 Hard-4 or Hard-10 not only pays off quite nicely, it concurrently sets a (relatively) tough-to-repeat PL-Point.
Though it's not a perfect-world scenario, I've found that the S-6 still generates net-profit…and does so in spades when the dice end up on one of their primary-faces, and especially if I bring in back-to-back-to-back Horn-number repeaters.
So let's continue our look at how I book a progression when I get repeating Horn-outcomes.
❒ If the first outcome is an 11...I keep the World-bet at its initial level and I replace my DP-wager. That means that my first hit on an 11 generates a net-profit of $30.
❒ If the outcome is a 3...I double the World-bet to $50, and maintain the same initial $25 bet for my DP-wager. That means that a 3 (along with the DP even-money payment) generates a net-profit (after the World-bet is pressed) of $55.
❒ If the outcome is a 2 or 12...I once again double the World-bet to $50, but still keep the same initial bet for the DP-line. That means that a 2 generates a net-profit (after the World-bet is pressed) of $130, while a 12 generates a net-profit (after the World-bet is pressed) of $105.
On the very next C-O decision...
❒ If the outcome is a 7...I keep the same bet for both the World and the DP. If the World is at $50, then it stays at $50, but I almost always keep my DP base-bet at $25 no matter how large the World-bet grows. Again, this acts to minimize the impact of an on-axis C-O DP 7-loser. I concurrently replace the two $5 wagers on the working Hard-4 and Hard-10 once again if the Come-Out 7 rolls.
❒ Though this may look like a very costly way to get the profit from those six possible on-axis Horn appearances, a couple of months of closely tracked in-casino play validates the net-profitability (some would even say, the OUTSTANDING net-profitability) of this betting-method. However, let me say right here and now that you have to do your own homework to find out what betting-approach and set-selection works best for YOU. Obviously everyone's mileage may vary.
❒ Please DO NOT use ANY of my methods without first validating them while using YOUR dice-rolling performances and factoring in your own bankroll and bet-making comfort levels. It is your money and your responsibility to determine whether or not ANY betting-method is right for you, your bankroll and your dice-throwing skills. I urge you to use the utmost caution when you are trying any new method or betting-approach out for the first time.
❒ If on the second Come-Out roll the outcome is an 11...I replace the DP and increase the World-bet by one $25 unit.
❒ If the outcome is a 3...I increase my current World-bet by two more base-units (of $25 each for a current total of $100 on the World), but I still keep the same initial $25 bet on the DP.
❒ If the outcome is a 2 or 12...I increase my current World-bet by three base-units (a $75 increase).
On any subsequent Horn-payers, I add one additional unit to the previous scale.
❒ I press the World with a further two-unit ($50) increase if the 11 rolls.
❒ I press the World with a further three-unit ($75) increase if the 3 rolls.
❒ I press the World with a further four-unit ($100) increase if the 2 or 12 rolls.
As you can see the required replacement of a lost DP line-bet has less and less significance as your World-action increases. If I'm fortunate enough to get another Horn-hit, I do the same "add one unit to the previous scale" thing, as in…
❒ I press the World with a further three-unit increase if the 11 rolls.
❒ I press the World with a further four-unit increase if the 3 rolls.
❒ I press the World with a further five-unit increase if the 2 or 12 rolls.
I haven't gotten all of this press-the-World action past the next progression more than a couple of times, but the net revenue-generation has been quite amazing WITHOUT causing any undue pit attention. Yes, the pit does notice when the Horn is repeating more than four or five times in a row, especially if more than a couple of players are on (or there are big stakes on it), but it hasn't resulted in more than a passing interest to make sure that the stickman calls out the correct Prop-payments to the base dealer.
In any event, the next progression (if another Horn repeats again), looks like this:
❒ I press the World with a further four-unit increase if the 11 rolls.
❒ I press the World with a further five-unit increase if the 3 rolls.
❒ I press the World with a further six-unit increase if the 2 or 12 rolls.
At this point, your World-bet can reach the $500 mark (using $25 base-unit bets) if you've had the C-O results that see you using the maximum unit-increase on each one of those steps (especially if the 2 or 12 has been rolling), and this is also the point where you will very likely reach the maximum allowable payout level at many casinos.
Since some houses restrict the maximum Prop-bet to a level that would see the maximum allowable payout to be made (as set by casino policy), you're likely not going to be allowed to raise your World-action much beyond this point.
I personally never got my World-bet past this point during the Casino du Lac-Leamy portion of the trip although my ego would have LOVED to reach that max and be told that they wouldn't permit a bigger bet.
Session Three
Day Two (my third day in town) saw significant improvement in a couple of areas.
First, I was able to bet with the prevailing random-roller trend much better than I had at Casino du Montreal. Instead of zigging when I should have been zagging; my trend-determinations (trend-tracking) and "I-think-it's-a-smart-time-to-wager" predictions were much more accurate.
I'm willing to admit that in fact I might have been lucky in making bets on the prevailing trend and having them work out so well and so consistently…and that luck may have been the chief cause of those earnings. The fact is that during my couple of days at Casino du Montreal, my trend-awareness (which is usually very accurate as far as sniffing out a good betting prospect goes) seemed to be WAY off. Here at Casino du Lac-Leamy, it seemed to be getting back on track.
Now I'll also admit that betting on ANY random-rollers carries inherent risk and it can be a hit-or-miss situation; but my batting-average up until then had been alarmingly dead-on, balls-accurate in terms of getting in while the trend was good, and getting out before my bets got swept away. Montreal had temporarily sapped some of that trend-spotting confidence and I was elated to have it back.
The other significant improvement that I noticed (which is based more on the skill of throwing the dice than on the luck and volatility of a randomly-determined game), was the fact that my Come-Out cycle rolling and betting took on a life (and a repeatable profitability) all its own.
During the four hands that I had during Session Three, each one saw me go higher in the Horn-progression than I had been averaging up until that point. Though my C-O roll average remained the same, I was able to eliminate a few more C-O 7's and replace them with higher-paying primary-hits on the 2 and 12 (as well as the 3 and 11). By eliminating a few more double-pitch 7's, I saw my Horn-number income rise dramatically.
The third significant improvement was the fact that I was able to hit a few more of my working C-O Hardway 4's and 10's. Up until this point, I had been hitting them, but also knocking them down with regularity due to those C-O double-pitched 7's. By eliminating a few more Come-Out 7's, I was able to accomplish two complimentary things at the same time.
❒ I was able to derive some Hard 4 or 10 profit on the Come-Out.
❒ I was also able to establish the 4 or 10 as the PL-Point.
Frankly, I was starting to feel a little giddy at the way this Come-Out strategy was coming together.
Though I didn't have to pinch myself to convince myself that it was real…I found myself shaking my head in disbelief at the seeming ease at which it was happening. I tempered all those high-spitited thoughts with the fact that craps…no matter HOW GOOD you get at Precision-Shooting…can make you humble real fast if you allow your head to get too big or if you allow yourself to get distracted from your game-plan, your discipline or your dice-tossing focus.
Session Four
My mid-afternoon brunch actually carried me much further into the day than I had projected when I left the craps table for what was supposed to be a short late lunch.
I got back to the tables just after 8 pm and of course they were as busy as one would expect them to be on a weekend evening. The neat thing though, was that many random-rollers at my table had back-to-back-to-back hot rolls. Have you noticed that I never call R-R's "chicken feeders"? Anyway, one rotation of the table took a few minutes less than three hours to complete…yes, it was THAT hot!
I like a good thing just as much as the next guy, and I can tell you that some random-shooters were blazing the dice all over the layout (and frequently off the table) without any disruption to the relentless cascade of Box-numbers and PL-winners for that entire three hour period.
Normally, I don't jump right on the Passline during a hot roll…opting instead for Place-betting; however in this situation the random-rollers were throwing as many C-O winners as I had been throwing during my two previous sessions so I just HAD to bet into THAT trend too.
If you had asked me at that moment whether I preferred the steady profit-reliability of Precision-Shooting or whether I liked the profit-making high that randomly-thrown ten or eleven hot shooters in a row can generate; I would have admitted that I like the excitement of ANY hot hand even if it is thrown by a R-R (and I like them even more if there are many hot hands in a row as was the case on this occasion), but I still prefer the lower volatility and higher-predictability that skillful dicesetting brings to my game. If I had to choose one over the other, I'd always go for the predictability of Precision-Shooting.
Three-hour hot-streaks don't come along all that often, but consistent Precision-Shooting can bring the bacon home nearly every day of the week.
By the time the dice got around to me during that marathon hot-streak, the boxman had solicited voluntary partial color-up's from the players because his chip-bank had run out of white, red and green chips again despite a supplementary chip-fill about halfway through the heat wave.
During that short break in the action, I contemplated shooting the dice from the Rightside, and yes, I even considered shooting them from the Don't's.
Instead I simply passed the dice to the next player who just happened to be the first player who had started the hot-streak almost three hours earlier (and who I had gotten into the game on after he made his second PL-winner). Although he once again did quite well, the magic soon disappeared as player after player that shot after him managed to 7-out in such short order that it took less than twenty minutes for the dice to come back around to me again. This time, I definitely wanted to shoot and the choice of which line I would be shooting from would be NO CONTEST. This was my Darkside-shooting journey, and I was determined to make the most of it.
My C-O roll lasted for five tosses before establishing the Point, and from there it took just one additional toss to bring about my winner-7.
My rail and two of my pockets were full of green, black and purple chips as I prepared to leave the game, but less than 2% of those winnings were attributable to my own one hand of DP shooting. Like I said, I like a good thing just as much as the next guy, and when a great betting opportunity (especially a sustainable hot streak) shows up, then I'll be all over it in a BIG way.
I headed off to catch up on my e-mail along with the latest postings on both the Dice Institute's and Heavy's excellent Message Boards.
Sessions Five, Six and Seven
I won't bore you with the details of all three of these sessions that I took part in the following day. Suffice it to say that my C-O average still hovered in the low-4 toss-range, while my Point-cycle shooting took a little less (in the high-three toss-range), although there was one hand during Session Six that required 18 tosses to bring about the 7-Out (yes, I was a little concerned…no, I wasn't overly worried or frustrated)…although it did remind me of the importance of humility (and the need to avoid feelings of dice-setting omnipotence) once again.
Though Day Two had seen me throw the dice for a relatively small number of times, my overall profit (even after backing out all that R-R hot-streak marathon profit from the night before) was beginning to look pretty good.
Keep in mind that my original intent was to work my Darkside shooting up to a point where it could potentially generate about a thousand dollars a day, with about three to four hours of craps table exposure per day. While Days One, Two and Three each got me to that point, I definitely saw more than just fleeting glimpses of exactly HOW I could pump up the profit-volume even further and potentially curtail the number of hours it would take me to get there in the first place.
To me, the answer was two-fold.
The first part lay in the Come-Out-cycle betting that I had been working on; and the second part was by increasing the free-Odds component of my DP-Point to the level where each hand would generate AT LEAST as much per-shooting-opportunity as my Rightside PL-Point/Odds/and Place-betting combo had been averaging up until the time when I embarked on this trip.
Though I had some distance to go, the journey to sustainably high Darkside profitability sure seemed much closer than it had just a couple of days earlier in Montreal.
Their Standard Buffet and a Gourmet Throwback to the '70's
Banco is name of their buffet with its standard 100 items feeding-trough. Since I can't think of anything that differentiates this from any other semi-upscale buffet that has become the norm across North America, I'll just say that if you are hungry…it'll fill you up…oh, and it's an easy comp for very minimal casino play.
On the other hand, I DO have something to say about one of Casino du Lac-Leamy's gourmet restaurants.
Okay, I'll admit it, I honestly thought that fondue went out of style with Starsky and Hutch, shag carpeting, Alias Smith and Jones, white men with afro's, Room 222, elephant pants and Robert Blake's Baretta…along with the rest of the anachronistic things that the '70's had to offer. Well, at La Fondue Royale it is very much alive and doing quite well, thank you very much.
The Salon Royal offers a unique Franco-Swiss concept where you cook your own food (on skewers) in pots of boiling oil, pots of melted cheese, and dessert pots full of melted chocolate for dipping various and sundry fruits and biscuits. Do-it-yourself fondue cooking was something that I definitely wasn't expecting in a casino setting, but it was a pleasant surprise and my dinner companions thoroughly enjoyed it as a totally new experience that they hadn't ever heard of before.
It made for a great social gathering that is quite a few steps away from what ordinarily passes for gourmet casino dining. I highly recommend La Fondue Royale, especially if you can get a full-ride comp for the evening.
On the Road Again
I hit the road with a better attitude than I had had when I left Casino du Montreal to head towards this place.
My attitude was buoyed by two facts.
❒ I had made an obscene amount of money off of that ultra-searing non-stop random-roller marathon.
❒ My Come-Out World-betting was spinning much more gold on its own than I expected to earn on both my C-O and Point-cycle shooting combined.
That in and of itself was gratifying enough, but I had also advanced much further on the profit-curve than I thought I would be by this point in my Darkside journey.
I hope you'll join me as that evolution continues.
Mad Professor


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David Inouye
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Saturday, March 29th 9:45-10:45 AM
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Bartuska is an ecosystem ecologist with degrees from Wilkes College (B.S.), Ohio University (M.S.) and West Virginia University (Ph.D.). She represents USDA on the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability of the White House National Science and Technology Council and also is co-chair of the Science and Technology for Sustainability Roundtable of the National Academies. Bartuska is currently on the Multi-disciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), chartered by UNEP, and is active in the Ecological Society of America, serving as Vice-President for Public Affairs from 1996-1999 and as president from 2002-2003. She has served on the Board of the Council of Science Society Presidents and is a member of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) and SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science).
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Seeing this LED deck lighting instantly makes me wish two things: the first, that I had a porch to pimp out with LED lighting, and the second, that I would get sucked into an arcade machine and find myself in Tron. Unfortunately, finding a place with porch space is just about as likely as getting to meet the Master Control Program here in NYC.
I'll just have to live vicariously through whoever owns the deck in the video below, which is made all pretty by the installation of 12 LED rope lights. You can try your own hand at it if you've got a fancy outdoor space of your own, as company usLEDsupply has posted a full tutorial on how they did it at Instructables.
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2007-08: Michael Keranen joined Tampere-based Ilves in Finland after skating in the cross-town rival Tappara program the previous three seasons. He appeared in one game with the Ilves U20 team, with no points nor penalties, and was the fourth-leading scorer for the Ilves U18 team. He scored 8 goals with a team-high 19 assists and 22 penalty minutes in 26 regular season games.
2008-09: Keranen skated in 35 games for Ilves' U20 team as an 18-year-old. He scored 6 goals with 6 assists and 22 penalty minutes. Ilves finished ninth in the Finland A Juniors — three points behind Pelicans Lahti for the final playoff spot.
2009-10: Keranen made his first appearance in the SM-Liiga — seeing six minutes of ice time in Ilves' 6-5 loss to KalPa with no points nor penalties — and was the leading scorer for the bronze medal-winning Ilves U20 team. Keranen scored 22 goals with 28 assists and was +9 with 50 penalty minutes in 41 regular season games. Ilves finished seventh in the regular season but advanced to the playoff semifinals and defeated fourth-place Lukko Rauma in the bronze medal game. Keranen scored 4 goals with 7 assists and was +6 with 6 penalty minutes in nine playoff games. He skated in three games for the Finland U20 team during their tour of the Mestis League — scoring 1 goal with 1 assist and 4 penalty minutes — but was not selected to play in the 2010 World Junior Championship. He was ranked 102nd among international skaters in the CSS final rankings in his third year of draft eligibility but was not selected.
2010-11: Keranen skated in 42 games for Ilves in his rookie SM-Liiga season and played nine games in Mestis with LeKi; joining the Ilves U20 team at the end of the season as it captured its second straight bronze medal in A juniors. Keranen scored 5 goals with 6 assists and was -3 with 45 penalty minutes as Ilves finished 10th in the SM-Liiga; securing the final playoff spot. Ilves swept a two-game preliminary series with HPK before being swept in four games by JyP Jyvaskyla. Keranen did not play in the playoffs. He scored 7 goals with 4 assists and was +3 with 4 penalty minutes in Mestis play with LeKi. Keranen scored 3 goals with 4 assists in four regular season games for the Ilves U20 team and scored 4 goals with 2 assists in six playoff games.
2011-12: Keranen saw increased ice time with Ilves in his second SM-Liiga in what was a disappointing season team-wise for the Tampere club. Averaging just under 15 minutes of ice time per game, he scored 6 goals with 5 assists and was -10 with 20 penalty minutes in 44 regular season games. Ilves finished last in the 14-team league and was forced to defeat Mestis champion Vaasa Sport in a relegation series to maintain its spot in the top league. Keranen skated in all five relegation games and was an even plus/minus with no points and 2 penalty minutes.
2012-13: Keranen was the second-leading scorer for Ilves behind one-time Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Matias Sointu in what was another tough season for the club. He scored 13 goals with 14 assists and was minus-23 with 10 penalty minutes as Ilves finished last for the second straight year. Keranen scored 1 goal with 4 assists and was +2 in the relegation series as Ilves defeated Mestis champion Jukurit Mikkeli four games to one.
2013-14: Keranen finished with 52 points for Ilves in his fourth pro season; tying Lukko Rauma veteran Ville Vahalahti for the league scoring lead in the re-christened Liiga. He scored 17 goals with 35 assists and was +12 with 47 penalty minutes in 52 games. Ilves finished in 11th place — three points behind HPK for the final playoff spot. Keranen skated for the Finland national team for the first time. In eight international games he scored 5 goals with 1 assist and was +6 with 2 penalty minutes. He signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild on June 5th, 2014.
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Kundalini Yoga as Taught By Yogi Bhajan
Yoga is an ancient set of techniques designed to get us working in harmony with ourselves. It delivers benefits for the mind and the body - something different from normal exercise. It changes the way we react to things and as we change we gain insight into how we function physically and emotionally and how these two aspects of ourselves are related - the mind/body connection.
Kundalini Yoga was brought to the west by Yogi Bhajan in the late 1960's and has been spreading throughout the western world ever since. It differs from most other forms of yoga in using faster acting techniques which are unusual, surprising even.
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State Sen. Stan Bingham said Monday he will seek support for a proposal that would exempt newer cars and trucks from state-mandated auto inspections.
Bingham, a Davidson County Republican, said he would push the idea with lawmakers when they meet next week.
"How many new cars do you see where the brakes don't work and the tires fall off? Why go through this?" Bingham asked.
The comments came a day after The Charlotte Observer and The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported that garages that perform inspections have undermined the program by passing unsafe vehicles or cheating customers with unneeded repairs.
Nationally, 10 of the 33 states that require mandatory emissions testing exempt cars three years old or newer, according to a 2008 state report. New Jersey, Missouri and Washington, D.C., among others, have repealed safety inspections or exempted vehicles from those tests in recent years.
In North Carolina, most vehicles under 35 years old must undergo safety checks of tires, brakes and other parts.
For about half the state, including Mecklenburg County, emissions tests connected to federal clean air rules are also required for vehicles built in 1996 or later.
Bingham proposed a bill earlier this year that would have abolished safety inspections, but it was dismissed without a vote. An Observer report Monday detailed how lobbying from garages and auto dealerships who profit from inspections defeated the bill.
Asked about the report, Bingham said he will speak with lawmakers about exempting vehicles 4 years old or newer from emissions and safety inspections to measure support before introducing legislation.
"If I am going to get as much resistance as the last time, I would just as soon not waste my time," he said.
Told of Bingham's comments, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger said he favors keeping inspections. Lawmakers, however, might ask a committee to look into exemptions for newer vehicles, said Berger, an Eden Republican.
"It's something worth talking about," he said.
Requirement questioned
Safety inspections started in North Carolina in 1966, as part of a traffic safety package proposed by Gov. Dan K. Moore.
But some states began abolishing their programs in the 1970s when Congress waived a law allowing the federal government to withhold highway construction money from states without regular safety checks. Some experts say technology has vastly improved auto safety, making inspections unnecessary. In Nebraska, the number of auto crashes caused by vehicle defects dropped when the state eliminated inspections, one study noted.
Today, 17 states require vehicle safety inspections compared with a peak of 31. South Carolina is among states that don't require the inspections.
DMV Commissioner Mike Robertson said he is open to considering exempting cars 3 years old or newer from safety inspections.
But Robertson said he distrusts the accuracy of studies showing crash rates are unaffected by whether or not a state has an inspection program.
"I'm not sure North Carolina and this commissioner are willing to take the chance and say 'Gee, we don't do any more safety inspections and let's see how many people we kill,' " he said. "I don't think that's a good way for the state to do business."
David Harkey, director the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, said he would prefer North Carolina keep its inspection requirement, but acknowledged "trying to definitively say it reduces crashes is virtually impossible."
Lawmakers should exempt newer vehicles or those with fewer miles from safety inspections because auto manufacturing has improved to the point "that all the things they are inspecting aren't going to fail for several years," Harkey said.
Program 'upside down'
In the 1980s, emissions testing started in North Carolina in Mecklenburg County before it spread to 47 other counties.
A report from the N.C. Program Evaluation Division three years ago recommended lawmakers exclude vehicles 3 years old or newer from safety and emissions inspections because they rarely fail. The move would save motorists millions of dollars a year, the report said.
Washington, D.C., officials used the report to justify ending that city's safety inspection program in 2009.
John Turcotte, director of the Program Evaluation Division, said North Carolina's emissions program is "upside down" because it mandates tests for new cars but exempts older vehicles that are more likely to fail inspection.
During an emissions inspection, a vehicle is hooked up to a machine that checks its computerized emissions system, or onboard diagnostics.
Cars built before 1996 are not equipped with such technology so the state does not require they undergo emissions testing, said Marge Howell, a spokeswoman for the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, which oversees inspections.
A test used in the past that measured the amount of toxins emitted through a vehicle's tailpipe is now considered unreliable, Howell said.
Donald Stedman, a professor at the University of Denver who has conducted research on auto emissions testing, said emissions and safety inspections are unnecessary for newer vehicles. Instead, he said, they should focus emissions testing on autos most likely to pollute.
More states changing course
Missouri state lawmakers approved a measure two years ago exempting cars less than 5 years old from safety inspections.
Former Missouri state Senator Charlie Shields, who helped pass the measure, said reforming inspection laws is difficult politically because police and other inspection supporters give dire warnings.
They "tell politicians if you eliminate this, people will die," Shields said. "This was a powerful argument, but I don't know if anybody knows if it is a true argument."
New Jersey eliminated its safety inspection program in 2010, citing a federal government study that found driver behavior is far more likely to cause a traffic crash than mechanical failure. The move saved the state $17 million, said Elyse Coffey, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Coffey said the benefits from inspections "did not justify the expense."
Officials said North Carolina's safety and emission inspections generates revenue, more than $30 million last year.
Maine state Sen. Doug Thomas, a Republican, has been trying to abolish that state's auto inspection law. He said legislators are reluctant to end programs that generate revenue for government.
Garage owners also lobby lawmakers vigorously against any attempt to reduce requirements for newer vehicles, Thomas said.
"If a new car isn't safe, what car is?" he said.
Bingham, the Davidson County lawmaker, anticipates an uphill fight to change North Carolina's inspection rules. Legislators are resistant, often arguing "a lot of people will lose their jobs," Bingham said.
"I am going to ask them, 'What's your objection? Will you allow it be heard in committee?' " he added. "In the past, I had to go begging and pleading."
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Three Years After Being Hit By Drunk Driver, Guy Is Finally Able to Pop the Question [VIDEO]
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Whether you're stuck trying to figure out an original way to be romantic or lamenting the fact you don't have a sweetheart, Valentine's Day definitely isn't all chocolate and good feelings.
But no matter your February 14th gripe, you are still probably having a better Valentine's Day than a Manchester, England man named Dan.
Deceased Husband Wins Valentine's Day With Romantic Gesture From Beyond the Grave
For 46 years, Sue Johnston had a pretty good idea what she'd be getting on Valentine's Day. Each February 14 her husband John would give her a bouquet of flowers with a note that read "My love for you grows."
Sadly, John passed away two years ago in April. 10 months later, Johnston received Valentine's Day flowers from somebody named John. At first she thought it was a cruel joke.


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Examples of actors on this list: James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock and many more.
If you want to answer the questions, "Who starred in the movie Vértigo?" and "What is the full cast list of Vértigo?" then this page has got you covered.
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Born: 1899
Date Born: 1899
Birthplace: Eurasia, Leytonstone, United Kingdom, London, England
Nationality: United States of America, United Kingdom, England
Height: 1.7
Films: Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, Rebecca, Easy Virtue + 32 more
Parents: William Hitchcock, Emma Jane Hitchcock
Children: Patricia Hitchcock
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Emilio Tuero
Born: 1912
Date Born: 1912
Birthplace: Europe, Cantabria, Santander, Southern Europe, Spain + 1 more
Nationality: Mexico
Films: Yo fui una usurpadora, El Camino de los gatos, The Accursed Island, Secretaria particular, Girls Boarding School + 48 more
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Born: 1922
Date Born: 1922
Birthplace: New York City, Area code 917, Contiguous United States, New York, United States of America + 2 more
Nationality: United States of America
Height: 1.61
Films: The Five Pennies, Vertigo, By Love Possessed, Fourteen Hours, Caught + 6 more
Parents: Norman Bel Geddes, Helen Belle
Children: Susan Sawyer, Betsy Lewis
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Born: 1911
Date Born: 1911
Birthplace: Racine, Wisconsin, United States, with Territories, Racine County
Nationality: United States of America
Films: Visit to a Small Planet, The Family Jewels, Little Women, Vertigo, Untamed Heiress + 23 more
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Born: 1912
Date Born: 1912
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, Area code 215, Contiguous United States, Philadelphia, United States of America + 3 more
Nationality: United States of America
Films: Vertigo, The Bad Seed, Deathtrap, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Girl He Left Behind + 24 more
Parents: Helen Jones, John Francis Xavier Jones
Children: Jocelyn Jones
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Glee Season 6: Who's Coming Back?by Matt Richenthal at Comments
Fans may need to wait many months until the premiere of Glee Season 6, but at least we can now confirm that they'll be seeing a few...Continue Reading
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Max Adler is headed back to Glee. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor behind Dave Karofsky will play a major role on Glee...Continue Reading
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'Tree-in' protest aims to stop a tar sands pipeline through Texas
Environmental groups to Obama: Any deal to approve Keystone XL would be a bitter betrayal
Amid rumors that the Obama administration might try to cut an emissions deal with Canada in order to justify approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, leaders from 25 U.S. environmental groups -- backed by millions of members and at least 75,000 individuals willing to engage incivil disobedience -- warned the president on Tuesday that such a deal would be considered nothing less than a bitter betrayal.
Direct action on Line 9: Moving beyond Keystone and Northern Gateway
On the morning of June 20, 2013, a group of people walked onto the Canadian energy corporation Enbridge's North Westover pumping station and occupied the facility. They called this blockade "Swamp Line 9". The facility is part of what is called Line 9, a pipeline that moves oil west towards Sarnia and the refining facilities there. However, the industry has been engaged in an effort to slowly gain regulatory approval to reverse the pipeline, allowing it to carry tar sands oil east for refining or to the Atlantic coast for export.
What do you think of Harper's 'offer' to Obama on climate change and Keystone XL?
On Friday reports emerged from the G20 Summit in Russia that Prime Minister Harper had written a formal letter to President Obama:
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, trying to win U.S. backing for the Keystone XL pipeline, sent a letter to President Barack Obama proposing joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector...
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Environmentalists warn that President Obama's 'climate plan' -- announced Tuesday in a speech at Georgetown University -- does not contain the urgency required by the fast-spiraling crisis of global warming and climate change and that though some aspects were welcome, the overall approach falls well short of what's needed.
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Green groups have mounted an aggressive attack against TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by filing a lawsuit in federal court Monday accusing the State Department and their latest Keystone XL Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of being "plagued by conflicts of interest."
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As President Obama weighs whether to give the Keystone XL pipeline his approval, climate scientists have warned that the volume of greenhouse gases released by the pipeline could push the planet over a climate tipping point.


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From June 8 to 28, honor your dad this Father's Day with a gift that will have a real impact: a donation that will help a single parent family with a terminally-ill child.
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Whether you realize it or not, most blood sugar meters store information about the tests you perform and also let you recall the date and time that you checked your blood sugars. Some meters keep track of the "control" and "checkstrip" quality control tests done to ensure the accuracy of your meter. More advanced meters even store additional data such as events like low blood sugar symptoms, insulin doses, activity levels, the amount of food consumed or even your HbA1c levels.
To really tap into the information in your meter, you will need a cable to hook it to a port on the back of your computer. These cables are proprietary and you will need one for each brand of meter you wish to download. Cables range in price from $5 to $140. This cable connects the meter's data port to your computer's serial port, a plug distinct from the printer port, usually on the back panel of your computer and used for transferring information. Occasionally, you might also need a nine- to 25-pin converter available in most electronic stores for about $5. For those of you with Macintosh computers, ask for the same cable that you would need for an external modem.
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- From Highway 401 Westbound: Exit south on the Don Valley Parkway, exit at Bayview/Bloor, take Bayview Southbound ramp and stay to the right, then turn onto Rosedale Valley Road. Follow to Yonge St. Then make a right and Roxborough is two blocks north. Take a left hand turn and follow Roxborough St to the corner of Avenue Rd. and Roxborough. The temple is on the corner.
- From Highway 401 Eastbound: Move into the Collectors Lane for Keele St., Dufferin St. Allen Rd. Take Allen Rd. Exit. At the end of Allen Rd. turn left onto Eglinton Ave., Proceed east along Eglinton Ave. to Bathurst St. Turn south ( right ) on Bathurst to St. Clair Ave. Proceed east ( turn left ) on St. Clair to Avenue Rd. Turn south ( right ) and you will see the temple on the left at Dupont St.
- From The Gardiner Expressway Eastbound: Exit at York/Bay. Stay to the right and take the circular ramp. Follow York St. straight to the light at Front St. Then veer left onto University Ave. Follow University north around Queen's Park. This street becomes Avenue Rd. when it crosses Bloor. Continue north and you will see the temple on the right hand side of the road near Dupont.
- From the Gardiner Expressway Westbound: Exit at York St. Follow instructions as per Gardiner Expressway Eastbound above.
- There is no parking available on the temple property. Roxborough and Macpherson streets have free parking along the street between 6pm and 12am. From 10am to 6pm, there is one-hour parking on these streets. There is also metered parking on Avenue Rd. There are parking lots located on Pears Avenue (just south of the temple) and on Avenue Rd.
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- TTC -Toronto Transit Commisson: Take the subway to the Yonge Line. Proceed to Rosedale Station. Upon exiting the station cross the street and continue north to Roxborough. Walk West on Roxborough to Avenue Rd. The temple is on the corner. This is about a 10 minute walk.


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My goal in yesterday's Pikes Peak Marathon was to simply finish. I was not concerned with the time...I knew it was not going to be a PR year. So I put my "Run Happy" shirt on and did my best to follow the advice. I'd say I accomplished that most of the time but I know there were a few times that I probably had a "run...what the heck was I thinking signing up for this race?!". ;) It might be my slowest PPM to date, but I accomplished my goal and that's all that matters to me! :) I love the PPA and PPM because of the challenge, the awesome beauty of the mountain and most importantly because of the people. Every Aid Station contained volunteers ready to assist us with food, water or Gatorade, many smiles and cheers of support. They were fabulous and kept me motivated! I'm sure if the Cirque Aid Station had truly been serving the "Margaritas" that they offered on my way down, I'd have been motivated to stop right there! Living here in the Springs and knowing some of the people who were volunteering was a nice bonus...it's always nice to see a familiar face on the course and even better to get a hug at the turn-around (thanks Micky!). :) And the runners. What can I say? Runners rock!! I can't count how many times runners on their way down the mountain gave positive words of encouragement to me as I continued on my way up to the summit. How awesome is that!? Come and run the Peak again next year and if you can't run, then please consider volunteering! You'll have lots of fun helping out AND you won't be sore after the race is over. ;) Happy training everyone! :) Rita
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TSR, Inc. Reports Financial Results For The Third Quarter Ended February 29, 2012
TSR, Inc., (Nasdaq: TSRI) a provider of computer programming consulting services, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended February 29, 2012.
For the quarter ended February 29th, revenue increased 18.3% from the same quarter last year to $11.1 million. Net loss attributable to TSR increased from $67,000 in the prior year quarter to $93,000 in the current quarter. Additionally, net loss per share increased from $0.03 to $0.05.
Joe Hughes, CEO, stated, "Our revenue increase of 18.3% for the third quarter was overshadowed by an increase of 38.8% in the net loss for the period. The increase in revenue resulted primarily from the average number of consultants on billing with customers increasing from 238 in the quarter ending February 28, 2011 to 270 in the quarter ending February 29, 2012. The increase in the net loss was primarily attributable to an increase of cost of sales as a percentage of revenue and also to the increased expenses associated with hiring and training junior technical recruiters. The increase in cost of sales as a percentage of revenue resulted from far more demanding client specifications, billing rate reductions and other competitive pressures. These increased competitive pressures have negatively impacted our gross profit percentages, which pressures were evidenced in the current quarter by rate and margin reductions at several of our major financial services customers."
Certain statements contained herein, including statements as to the Company's plans, are forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the following: the impact of adverse economic conditions on the Company's business; risks relating to the competitive nature of the markets for contract computer programming services; the extent to which market conditions for the Company's contract computer programming services will continue to adversely affect the Company's business; the concentration of the Company's business with certain customers; uncertainty as to the Company's ability to maintain its relations with existing customers and expand its business; the impact of changes in the industry and the Company's ability to adapt to changing market conditions and other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company is under no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements.
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The National Archives is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to transfer and begin releasing colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives', between April 2012 and November 2013, in accordance with the published timeline on GOV.UK.
The first batch of records is now available to view in the reading rooms at The National Archives.
This release contains records from Aden, Anguilla, Bahamas, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, British Indian Ocean Territories, Brunei, Cyprus, Kenya, Malaya, Sarawak and Seychelles.
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Dental Associates, which has three clinics in the Milwaukee area and is Wisconsin's largest family-owned dental group practice, has been featured in the inaugural edition of Inc. Magazine's Hire Power Awards that recognizes private businesses that have generated significant new jobs during the past three years.
Dental Associates created 50 jobs from 2008 to 2011. During that time, the company opened two new dental clinics in Franklin and Sturtevant, hiring dental hygienists, dentists and office personnel to accommodate its growth.
Dental Associates' three Milwaukee-area clinics are located at: 11711 W. Burleigh St., Wauwatosa; 1135 S. Cesar Chavez Dr., Milwaukee; and 6855 S. 27th Street, Franklin.
"The award illustrates the success of our focus on delivering exceptional, personalized patient care," says Dr. Thomas Manos, D.D.S, M.S., president and owner of Dental Associates. "We've been able to build new clinics and hire new employees because patients trust us and value our 'patient first' philosophy."
"The top 100 companies on the list have created 73,032 American jobs in the three-year period from 2008 to 2011 – an amazing feat, given that much of that job growth came during the heart of the recession," explains Inc. editor-in-chief Eric Schurenberg. "And it isn't just the big guys that are adding jobs. Companies with less than $50 million in annual revenue make up nearly one-third of the Hire Power list."
Founded in 1973, Dental Associates is Wisconsin's largest family-owned dental group practice with 10 offices throughout the state and more than 700 staff members, including more than 100 doctors. Dental Associates provides complete family dental services, both general and specialty dentistry, under one roof – from pediatric dentistry to specialized dental services for older adults – with a focus on excellent care that is affordable, accessible and personalized. Dental Associates is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Through the company's CarePlus Dental Plans, Dental Associates provides affordable and high-quality dental health care to all Wisconsin residents. For more information regarding Dental Associates, visit www.dentalassociates.com.
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