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welcome Chelsey so glad you joined us,oh i love your sewing room and space you have set so nice and i fell in love with your sewing room sign, it,s so pretty and cute
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
welcome Chelsey so glad you joined us,oh i love your sewing room and space you have set so nice and i fell in love with your sewing room sign, it,s so pretty and cute
we can make our plans but the out come is in god,s hands nellie diaz
Can you come to my house for about a year. I think it really needs you. LOL.
Oh I got so excited about your beautiful organized room I forgot to say welcome to the QB. I think you'll love it here.
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Great to have you with us. Love your sewing room. I don't think mine will ever look that neat though!
Great space with lots of neat ideas! Thanks for sharing.
What a great room! Nice and neat...just like mine! I love your vintage machines. I just got a Kenmore like yours. I bought it because it is just like my first machine that I bought in 1972.
Welcome Welcome to this site. girl you had better get busy and make some quilts. lol
SMILE- it will make everyone wonder what you are up to.
Stay strong and keep looking up.
Welcome Chelsey...Wow, you have a nice room.....Thanks for sharing....
WOW!!! That is one GREAT room. It looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
so many quilts to make, so little time.
Awesome room !!!
I host monthly 10.5 Layer cake swaps..
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How great space you have. So much easier to work when you have room and can be organized. Let us see when you make a quilt and what else you make for the critters too.


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Love letter to a modest country
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Peter Conrad says many aspects of Australia frustrate him, including hedonism and a lack of ambition.
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Peter Conrad aims to be kind to Australia but also sees the flaws. He doesn't want us being touchy about this, writes Peter Fray.
Academic Peter Conrad has been spying on his native land several times a week for years. He watches Neighbours on the BBC. "It tells you an enormous amount about the country," he says. "It's one of my most reliable sources of information about Australia."
And not everything in Ramsay Street, or Australia, is to his liking. At the risk of sounding like a snob, he says: "Apart from the doctor, everyone in that street is in the working class, and happy about being in the working class.
"All the kids - they are working behind the counter in a coffee shop. It kind of depresses me that those people are not going to uni to do pre-med or to law school. Ambition is thought to be a bit uncool."
Vaulting ambition was never uncool for Conrad. It drove him from Tasmania in 1968 with a Rhodes scholarship under his arm, and for almost four decades has fuelled his career as an academic in English literature at Oxford. It has been a powerful force.
He is the author of a dozen books on topics as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock, growing up in Tasmania and the cultural history of the 20th century. As a journalist/cultural commentator, his work appears regularly in The Observer, The New Yorker and The New York Times.
Though not as well known as fellow expats Germaine Greer, Robert Hughes or Clive James, Conrad, 56, is widely acknowledged as their intellectual equal. His agenda takes in the highbrow and lowbrow, from David Beckham and Britney Spears to French film theory, Patrick White and opera. As James says: "Peter Conrad is just about as bright as a man can be without bursting into flames."
Australia will now have its own chance to judge. From tomorrow, Conrad will present this year's Boyer Lectures on Radio National, titled Tales of Two Hemispheres. He investigates Australia's changing place in the world, from a wilderness to a colonial hell and on to its current reputation as a virtual paradise. The six-lecture series ends on December 19.
Peter Conrad is just about as bright as a man can be without bursting into flames.
The lectures are in part a love letter to a country Conrad couldn't wait to leave and part poke at the two nations that adopted and nurtured him thereafter, the United States and Britain. The subjects are personal and universal, a lament and a clarion call.
"Australians are very modest, unduly modest, and reluctant to raise their voices in the world," he says. "I think it's one of the most admirable qualities of the national character when you compare it with the braggatory of Americans."
But then he adds: "If only we'd had a little bit of that kind of American pride in ourselves, but we never thought we were God's own country, did we? We were hell or the arsehole of the world, which was exactly how those British politicians referred to Australia in the 19th century, as a sphincter. And somehow or other we internalised that view of ourselves."
Conrad says Judy Davis has a feistiness and an intelligence that are extraordinary.
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Conrad argues that this view of Australia persisted in the northern hemisphere beyond the 1950s. In Stanley Kramer's movie version of Neville Shute's On the Beach, shot in Melbourne in 1959, Ava Gardner's Australian character says that even the trees in Europe and America must be better than the local gums.
"Fair enough that Australians should have been a bit shifty about their own culture, or what there was of it, in the 1950s, but to be apologising for the landscape?" Conrad says.
"It's been awfully satisfactory for me to watch Australia turn into this object of desire for the British. They are all desperate to go there and, wonderfully, they are not allowed in or only allowed in for a year or so at a time. It's a kind of sweet revenge in some respects."
Conrad does not blame or overtly attack Australia, and has come to terms with his dull background in suburban Hobart. "I really love Australia," he says. "Here's hoping it's not an unrequited love."
His intention, he says, is to be kind to Australia. But in doing so, he chips away at its lack of ambition, its hedonism and its missed opportunities.
What's wrong with the kids in Neighbours just enjoying life? "It's not very good for the national economy is it? It means the Aussie dollar is so low and we are not producing wealth or that the bright young things will go off to Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York, Frankfurt and so on."
He is particularly upset at the way some of the country's brightest exports of his generation, Hughes, Greer, and so on, are treated back home. He cites the gleeful way Hughes' inadvertent plagiarism incident in the late 1990s was reported in some of the Australian media. "It was a minor story in the United States," he says, but "it made front page of The Australian. There was a feeling, 'Great, he's f---ked up, we can all crow with delight.' They should be reading Hughes' books and admiring him."
Conrad has been primed by ABC chairman Donald McDonald, who asked him last October to do the lectures, to be ready for a similar reaction. Given that he has not lived in the country for 36 years, some Australians may wonder if he has any position from which to speak. The last expat to deliver the Boyers was writer Shirley Hazzard 20 years ago, he says.
"I think it's a bit sad that Australians should be touchy in this way. It's kind of grim, mean- minded and small-minded that people might make that sort of criticism. I came here from Tasmania and after being here four or five years I wrote a book on Victorian literature in the English 19th century. No one in this country said I had no qualifications for doing this because I had only been living here for four or five years.
"It's the touchiness, the defensiveness that I find odd, and the desire to disqualify other people from having an opinion. We should be large enough to tolerate debate and dissension.
"When I think of the way American writers, some of them expatriates, some not, have quarrelled with the United States all the way through its history . . . The US is large enough to acknowledge the life of a country is one long, boisterous and vigorous argument that everyone has the right to take part in. The attempt to control the discussion by silencing some people because they happen to be living abroad, that's kind of odious, it's narrow-minded. It riles me a little."
But he identifies many compensations in the Australian pysche that, for example, are apparent in the adaptive, chameleon-like qualities of our actors - the likes of Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Judy Davis and Eric Bana - as the antidote to Hollywood pretension and blandness.
"What makes Judy Davis so extraordinary is that she has this feistiness and intelligence. She's got an intelligent ferocity, an edge to her, a dangerous edge that is absolutely Australian, it seems to me. That is the reason these people get the jobs. American actors and actresses can't do this. Even (Mel) Gibson in his early days had this explosive craziness that American actors really don't have. If they have it, like Jack Nicholson, then they send it up or they turn it nonsensical."
Conrad did not visit Australia for 11 years after he left, but since then he has been returning every year or so, first mainly for family reasons and more recently as Australian cultural institutions have tapped into his perspective and wisdom. He is chuffed about being asked to do the Boyer Lectures, now in their 45th year, despite the inherent risks of exposing his views. But he doesn't expect them to presage any permanent shift back to his native land. Asked if he would return, he replied: "To be buried, maybe."
Peter Conrad's Boyer Lectures will be broadcast on Radio National tomorrow and for the following five Sundays at 5pm. They will be repeated on Tuesdays at 1pm.


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Glad to hear JR is back. I don't care how bad he played we still need him.
Glad to hear JR is back. I don't care how bad he played we still need him.
Im really not happy about the Knicks offseason they have manged to overpay on every single transaction which I guess is their thing. They resign Pablo but not for the vet min what he is worth but instead give him part of the LLE so no they cant resign Copeland. No 1 offered Prigs anything but multiple teams were after Copeland which tells me we signed the wrong player. I feel like the whole offseason could of played out much better.
People dont like the JR deal because they know the Knicks cant win and are looking hopefully towards 2015 and the Knicks are adding salary they dont want there
JR pissed me off at the end of the season out partying getting drunk till 5:00 AM in the playoffs,Playing like crap. Hard for me to be happy thats the player we have to count on
i like pretty much every move so far. whether you think the knicks are good enough to win or not is irrelevant because we're all in for these next 2 years. no reason to sit around and wait for 2 years without making moves that make us better (adding bargs and keeping JR/pablo make us better than not doing so)
people hating on the resigning of JR has nothing to do with them thinking we're not good enough to win, they simply hate JR and think we'd be better off without him. which anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that is ridiculous. at worst he is a trade-able contract down the road.
i'd like you to post some examples of how the off season could have played out better. would you have preferred using the entire mmle on cope, let JR walk and not trade for bargs? we don't have our pick this year so there's no reason to tank at this point lol
maybe if they were more patient a good player would have settled for the mmle. i could agree with that i guess.
you think we overpaid for bargs? how so? he's clearly the best player in the deal and the 2nd round picks are essentially worthless. a late first round pick 2 years from now that the nuggets have the option to swap, for bargs. good deal if you ask me.
o and novak's contract is fully guaranteed. camby's contract is fully guaranteed this year and partially guaranteed next year. they are negative value players/contracts which is why we had to include the picks to get bargs.
it comes down to is cope worth more than bargs, plus the ability to retain pablo and possibly kmart/brand.
the answer is easily no. even straight up player to player it's no comparison, bargs > cope.
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4th year is a player option that he'll likely opt out. essentially it's a 3 year deal.
also he is streaky as a shooter, but his energy and effort was fairly consistent all year... whether that was because he was in a contract year is yet to be seen... but hopefully he continues to play hard for us. he offers more than just streaky shooting/scoring. he's an athletic rebounder and decent defender at his position.
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How Can a Parent Help Their Student Make Good Career Decisions
It is important to recognize that career decision-making is a process, not an event. A sound decision is an informed decision based on information about oneself (interests, skills and values) and the world of work. The individual should own the decision as his/her own choice.
Parents want the best for their children. You can be most helpful if you see your role as supporting your student as they navigate the decision-making process so that they can make choices that are right for them. If they are struggling with their decision making, encourage them to visit the Fleishman Career Center where they can work with a counselor and utilize the many resources available.
Four Important Ways to Help:
1. Help Them Understand Their Interests, Skills, Values and Passions
- Listen for interests, look for skills, and acknowledge values and personality.
Some students have an easier time than others in articulating what they like, what is important to them, and what they excel in. If your student seems unsure, talk about personal qualities you see as talents and strengths. You can also recommend that they meet with a counselor in the Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development to discuss a "self-assessment inventory," such as the Strong Interest Inventory or Discover.
- Review past accomplishments.
Initiate a discussion about what your student has accomplished, learned, explored and even abandoned. Ask: what did you learn about yourself from that experience?
- Encourage participation.
Part of college life is to be involved and active outside the classroom. Interpersonal and leadership skills – qualities valued by future employers - are often developed through extracurricular activities.
- Find their passion.
Are there things that they have a passion for? Talk to them about how this can translate into majors and/or careers.
2. Promote Learning About Majors and Careers
- Encourage your student to explore different classes, majors, internships, and career
fields to help them determine the best fit for their skills, values, and personality.
- Talk to your student about their thoughts and ideas regarding majors or careers based
on their interests, skills and values. What do they know about these fields (based
on information not hearsay or assumption)? Offer ideas as to how they might gain experience
or find out more information.
- Don't judge, but listen carefully to what they are saying. Before offering your opinion
or coming to your own conclusions, get your own information on the majors and careers
your student is considering. Use the links on Fleishman Career Center's website to
help. Many careers and majors have stereotypes attached to them and it can be difficult
to discuss these options in an unbiased manner with limited information on your part.
- Keep in mind that "major" does not equate to "career", and it is not unusual for a
student to change majors. Many students change majors after gaining more information
about different disciplines and/or career fields of interest. Many students end up
doing something very different than they originally planned, so don't overreact when
they come up with what seems to be an outrageous or impractical career idea. Chances
are plans will develop and change. it's okay to change majors – and careers. (Source:
National Association of Colleges and Employers).
- Promote career curiosity. When you watch a movie, television or observe someone in a certain career, ask: "What do you think it's like to be in that field?"
3. Help Them Understand the Value of Networking and Professionalism
- Networking is a proactive strategy for career success. Students who take advantage of opportunities will have a competitive
edge in the job market.
- Encourage your student to actively seek opportunities to talk with professionals in their field of interest. Teach them the value of networking.
- Introduce them to other professionals including co-workers, friends, and others in your network. People you know through
professional, community, and social experiences may themselves know a whole different
set of people to whom they would be happy to connect your son or daughter.
- Encourage meaningful use of social media. LinkedIn is rapidly becoming a critical part of professional networking and students
can use this tool to connect with not just friends and family members, but also to
Binghamton alumni and other professionals. Sites like Twitter and Facebook can be
extremely useful as well. Talk with your student about paying close attention to his/her
online persona and how that image affects personal brand. It might affect internship
or job opportunities later on.
- Encourage your student to "shadow" someone in the workplace to increase awareness of interesting careers. Harpur College students should consider the Liberal Arts to Careers Externship (LACE) program which provides the opportunity to build career relationships by shadowing
alumni in their workplace. Students can explore how their major relates to career
options, observe workplace etiquette firsthand, and begin to develop valuable career
- Reinforce and model the importance of using good manners in person, on the phone, at work, and at meals.
4. Affirm the Value of Gaining Experience and Building a Resume
Colleges grant degrees, but not job guarantees, so having relevant experience in this competitive job market is critical. Your student can sample career options through internships, summer employment opportunities, extracurricular activities or volunteer work.
Employers value internships because they provide students with important training and experience. Approximately 60 percent of 2012 college graduates who took part in paid internships received at least one job offer, according to the results of a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
- Employers are interested in communication, problem-solving, and administrative skills,
which can be developed through internships.
- Employers look for experience on a student's resume which tells that they've tested
their interests and learned some of the basics of the workplace.
- Employers often hire from within their own internship programs.
- Having a high GPA is not enough.
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The good things about today were that I was able to re-reserve my bungalow, so no packing and moving or uncertainty. Additionally, I have my sweet private bathroom. If I could carry a bathroom around on my back I really would; I love them so.
The bad thing was the oppressive sun turning my non-air conditioned bungalow into a convection oven. My sickness has not just been upset stomach, but also general malaise and likely a low-grade fever. Therefore, I just want to lay down, and do so only to be awakened completely wet from sweat and feeling like I'm suffocating. I couldn't even lay in my hammock because the material does not allow wind through. I had to go lay down in the restaurant associated with these bungalows. Thankfully, it's really laid back so someone laying down at their tables is not a big deal. The tables are Asian style as well---elevated platforms with short tables. You sit on cushions. So, me and the cats laid on cushions. I drank lots of water as well. Ignoring the cost (which was minimal), I just drank.
Gav is still stickin by me and checked on me this morning after I left dinner abruptly last night. He was on the bus with me for two days so he knew something was wrong because I wasn't eating anything. ---I thought those of you that knew me would get a kick out of that---only takes two days to understand my preoccupation with food. lol. He decided to stay on another day and we'll go up to the cave we want to see tomorrow. I think I'll be up for it. Worst case scenario is I just drug myself with my motion sickness pills and let Gav figure out where we're supposed to be going when they inevitably kick us off the bus.
No pictures today and bad news on the picture front. My camera lens is stuck at 17 mm and can't really focus anymore. I suspect it is jammed from dirt and sand that is so prevalent and invasive here. If I were in a larger town such as Siem Reap or Phnom Penh, I believe I could have it fixed. I'm going to hold on to it and see if I can have it fixed in northern Laos. Hopefully so because my phone doesn't take anywhere near the pics as the real camera. Until then, everything I shoot will have to be at least 70 mm away. lol...gonna get some great telephoto shots.


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I upgraded from Vista Home Premium 32 bit to Win 7 64 bit. The graphics seem to have downgraded for some reason. Vista's Aero really seemed like glass but Win 7 is dull. It seems that Aero is off but I cannot figure out how to turn it on.
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The delays are expected for up to three weeks as contractors work to repair joints.
The works will take place during the day and at night, and will involve weekend work.
The NZ Transport Agency issued a statement which said the road would remain open but would be reduced to a single lane in each direction. The work is expected to be completed by June 9.
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It's true–the Ben Fama/Andrew Durbin art-poetry collab Wonder has announced its first-annual book prize, to be judged by Macgregor Card! Wow! Here're the details:
Wonder is accepting manuscripts March 15-May 15 for our first annual Wonder Book Prize, judged by Macgregor Card. We are accepting full-length manuscripts of any genre. The author of the selected manuscript will receive a $300 prize and publication.
Please send a cover letter, your manuscript and a $10 submission fee ($15 if you would like a final copy of the selected book). Please do not include your name in the manuscript. Each submission will be read blindly by the judge.
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Hello,I am car shopping and came across a 2012 Hyundai Sonata GLS that sounds too good to be true. The car is listed at $14,700 with 38,357 miles. The Carfax is clean, no accidents or damages reported. However, there is an odd gap in the detailed history of the vehicle. From the manufacture date of 7/12/2011 to 8/22/2012, the vehicle racked up 38,332 miles. After which, it has been sitting in the lot of two different dealerships. I found it odd that the car had acquired so many miles in only a year. I took the car for a test drive, drove great, visual inspection of the body and tires checked out. Im just curious about the mileage acquired in one year and why this car (being a great deal on paper) has been sitting around for so long. Any ideas? or does it sound like a legit deal?
Sometimes, people drive a lot. Derpsicle.
-------------------Chortle Chamber!"You can tell a lot about a person by the way they eat a handful of mayonnaise."-Five Iron Frenzy fan
Gotcha. Another concern is that the price and miles are very low considering the market place. According to KBB this car should be priced at 17K. On Carsoup 2011 Sonatas are average 15K with 50+ miles. Could it be just a good deal, or would it be worth having a mechanic look at it before purchase?


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We came to Scottsdale to drop Riley off at a Kennel while we are gone. Turns out it is actually a girl who dog sits at her home. Riley will love playing with the other dogs. The dog sitter, as well as the salon where we all got our hair cut, was on barter of course.
The boys are still recovering. Collin's fever keeps coming back, but they are improving.
Tonight we are staying at a Mariott suites.(on barter)


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Popular property highlights
Located in Perth Central Business District, Sullivans Hotel is a short distance from popular attractions such as Perth Convention Exhibition Centre and Elizabeth Quay. This 71-room, 3.5-star hotel welcomes guests with a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and free self parking. Kings Park and Botanic Garden is 1.4 mi (2.3 km) from this centrally located Perth hotel.
Explore the hotel and meet new friends over drinks at the bar/lounge, or enjoy a bite to eat at the onsite restaurant. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning with continental breakfast, available for a fee from 6:30 AM to 10 AM.
Sullivans Hotel's 71 rooms are recently renovated and provide refrigerators, coffee makers, and phones. LCD TVs come with digital channels. Pillowtop beds sport Egyptian cotton sheets and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Ironing boards and desks are also standard.
Guests of Sullivans Hotel enjoy features like an outdoor pool, free WiFi in public areas, and free use of bicycles. If you decide to drive, there's free parking. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, tours or tickets, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a computer station, laundry facilities, and a garden.
Property features
- Steps from Kings Park War Memorial
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free parking
- Onsite dining
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Sullivans Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Sullivans Hotel features an outdoor pool and complimentary bicycles. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This Perth hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and a garden. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Sullivans Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 71
- Number of floors - 4
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Pool sun loungers
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
Sullivans Hotel offers 71 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets. LCD televisions come with digital channels.
Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily. Renovation of all guestrooms was completed in November 2015.
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Digital TV service
- Room service (limited hours)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Pillowtop mattress
- Day bed
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Sullivans Hotel has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and complimentary bicycles.
Children under 11 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.
- Free bicycles on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
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Check-out time is 10 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Noise-free rooms not guaranteed
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between AUD 15 and AUD 23 per person (approximately)
- Onsite credit card charges are subject to a surcharge
Hotel Name
- Sullivans Hotel
- Sullivans Hotel Perth
- Sullivans Perth
We should mention
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
National Rating
This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.


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I am no expert.
Why lose the Mini-14? They are great little tools that will last longer than most of the plastic guns around. The rifle has been around for many decades and is still a very strong competitor. Besides, I love the wood stocks!!!
That said, the Ruger SR-556 has a very good reputation. I also personally like the Core15. Sig has a good reputation as does FNH, HK, SCAR, Colt, etc.
The Core15 gas impingement happily ate the really cheap steel cased ammo, spit it out, and asked for more! Behaved very nicely. Also accepted a very cheap magazine without issue as well as pmags.
Read alot about piston guns. There are pros and cons. From my reading it appears I would never want to buy an entry level piston gun due to issues they may have of becoming loose after a 1000 or so rounds of shooting. Again, I have no real world experience just internet quarterbacking from reading around the web.
What about gas impingment systems? They will run less money and can run quite well with tonnes of rounds through them.
I would also peruse the used guns sections of everywhere. What brands are prevelent on the resale market? Might there be a reason for this? Which pieces can you almost never locate used? Why might that be?
Hope I have given good food for thought.


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FSRA is the governing body of scholastic-aged youth rowing in the state of Florida. FSRA operates as a non-profit organization (By-Laws) established to promote rowing as a sport among the youth of Florida. All FSRA member youth teams (club and high school) active during the Florida spring racing season will be invited to participate in the season ending Florida State Championship Regattas (Regatta Rules).
As a service to the greater Florida rowing community, FSRA hosts an annual fall coach's meeting (open to everyone but only member organizations, high school and club, may vote), organizes a spring regatta schedule, and maintains a contact list of Florida high school and youth teams. Member fees are due at the annual fall meeting. Please contact the association officers for more information on membership or the championship regattas.
Anyone may join FSRA YahooGroups. Most communication is done via FSRA YahooGroups email service. Membership and messages are reviewed to eliminate junk email and viruses. You must subscribe to FSRA YahooGroups to use the services provided: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Etymotic, the headphone manufacturer is designing a range of headphones aimed at the military, or indeed anyone else wanting to look after their hearing.
Dubbed the Blastplugs, they will cancel out noise above 85dB, but amplify it under this level. The idea isn't just to let soldiers listen to their favourite playlists in peace, but to help them to communicate with each other under noisy conditions, such as, say, a battlefield.
One of the debilitating effects of hearing loss is the inability to locate sounds, which is something of a major problem for soldiers returning to the field. That said, the Blastplugs should interest anyone wanting to look after their hearing.
The good news is that Etymotic will be selling the headphones to the rest of us too. The company has said that it will be aiming them specially at firing range enthusiasts and, not that we approve, at hunters.
We've generally been pretty impressed by Etymotic's efforts in the past, so we look forward to getting our ear canals around the Blastplugs when they launch later in the year.
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text: The guide and driver will pick you up at hotel on New Year Eve Morning. You will head to the local markets for shopping just as locals do to buy some New Year souvenirs or gifts. Then, take a Hutong tour. You can hop on a rickshaw to ride through the narrow alleys as well as visit a local family then walk on the Silver Ingot Bridge (Yinding Bridge) and find out about the different thresholds of the courtyards. After touring the Hutong by rickshaw, you will join your host family to prepare the coming of the New Year. Learn how to write Chinese lucky expressions by Chinese calligraphy. You can also join them to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner – dumplings and enjoy your fruit of labor. At midnight bells from the local bell tower sound out the New Year and the deafening sound of thousands of firecrackers will erupt from every household and go on for ever to welcome in the New Year. You can also join in burning fireworks with locals. Around midnight, you will return to the hotel as celebrations continue through the night.


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1. The WiFi in TVs and players is shorter than usual so you want to be withing 20 feet.
2. TRUE!!! The TV is no PC and the web site has to follow some rules if they want Smart TV viewers. It's explained at this link -> http://forums.cnet.com/7723-13973_102-571556/wh-samsung-smart-tv-web-browser-closed-uneexpectedly/?messageId=5354305&tag=rb_content;forums06#message5354305
3. Now that's one you call in.
We bought the player at Costco 3 days ago and I notice the following problems. Are they resolvable?
1. Flaky wireless connection, while all other wireless smart devices work fine. I ended up applying wired approach.
2. I use the web browser to watch Grey's Anatomy on ABC.com. It always crashes (exit page and back to homepage) after initial load.
3. It keeps saying "Invalid Applications" when I click on hulu plus, YouTube, Pandora icons. Apparently these apparently are not downloaded. How to download the apps?
#2 and 3 annoy me the most. I may return the player if I can't resolve them.
Any suggestions? Thank you.


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Date of Stay: July, 2012
Our wish on this vacation was to have a quiet carefree time to spend with our family. Our first experience was such a great one that we decided to come back a week later. Atmosphere of personnel is very friendly and helpful. Accommodations are clean, sites are big. The lake is just across the street, which allows you to be on the beach regardless on where you wish to lay your towel. The access road is quiet, well paved and close to the highway. We loved our time here on both occasions and will definitely return. We will recommend this place to anyone wishing to visit.
Date of Stay: July, 2012
Newly opened RV site part of the Holiday Trails Resorts. Great for Big Rigs and sites have full facilities and are pull throughts. Allows ATV's camping, cabins, various pools, hot tubs and recreational facilities. For us it was a great way to split our drive to the Okanagan Valley in comfort and enjoy the wonderful mountainous region. Open year round close to Manning Park and ski facilities as well.


text: Unfortunately, because I DO think we need to start looking. If Tyler Wilson or Tyler Bray are there in the second, can we really say no? But as I look around the league, I realize that there are really few worse situations for a young QB to come into than Dallas. Think about it -- do you really trust Jason Garrett and Wade Wilson to properly develop a young QB? We've got a makeshift line that has nearly gotten Romo killed on a handful of occasions. Skill position players who don't know where to line up most of the time. Your most explosive player is a RB who can't be depended on to stay in the lineup. Your best WR constantly runs the wrong route. All that combined with the typical Cowboys media scrutiny. It seems like such a lose-lose situation for any young QB to be in. There's too much the guy would have to overcome.


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The Kings sure didn't start strong enough to suit coach Darryl Sutter on Thursday night.
They didn't play all that well in the middle, either.
As for the ending?
Well, Sutter said it best after a defenseless 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars at Staples Center.
"We couldn't handle the Benn line," he grumbled after Dallas center Jamie Benn and ageless winger Jaromir Jagr skated circles around the Kings, ending their six-game home winning streak. "Nobody answered, took responsibility. Goalie, defense and forwards. We couldn't handle that line.
"Benn and Jagr were too much for us."
The 41-year-old Jagr scored twice, including the back-breaking goal a little more than four minutes after Brenden Morrow gave the Stars the lead for good at 3-2 only 5:16 into the third period. Sutter wasn't happy about Jagr's goal, but Morrow's really irritated him.
"Stoll in the corner, Slava shouldn't go there. Scuderi? I don't know," Sutter said, breaking down the Kings' coverage breakdown by pointing out with Jarret Stoll marking his man in the corner, defenseman Slava Voynov should have stayed near the net.
Voynov's defense partner, Rob Scuderi, also should have covered the net, according to Sutter.
"If you're giving up four goals a game, you can't win," Sutter said, referring to the Kings' losses last Saturday to the Vancouver Canucks, their victory Tuesday over the St. Louis Blues and their loss to the Stars.
"You need better goaltending and better defense. Simple."
The Kings' losses to the Canucks and Stars included late empty-net goals. They rallied from a 4-1 deficit to beat the Blues by scoring five consecutive goals. Whatever momentum they generated from wins Monday over the Nashville Predators and Tuesday over the Blues disappeared Thursday.
Sutter refused to blame the Kings' lackluster play on a stretch of three games in four nights.
"No excuse for it," he said. "I felt good. I'm almost 55. I felt awesome."
Sutter then addressed what he believed to be lackluster play in net from Jonathan Quick, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the MVP of the playoffs last spring. Sutter didn't spare Quick, who simply hasn't been as sharp as he was during the Kings' Stanley Cup championship run.
"Well, I think we didn't get good enough goaltending tonight," Sutter said.
"We need to raise the save percentage. It's a stat that tells the truth. If there's one stat that doesn't lie - right? (Dallas' Kari) Lehtonen was at about .940 or so. That's a stat that always holds true."
The Kings took an all-too-brief 2-1 lead thanks to Jeff Carter's 12 th goal in as many games, an even-strength lightning bolt that seemed to come out of nowhere at 15:30 of the second period. Carter's casual flip from the faceoff circle struck a retreating defender and ricocheted into the net.
"He's money," Sutter said of Carter at the Kings' morning skate.
Dallas tied the score at 2-all on Cody Eakin's power-play goal on a nifty backhander that caught Quick by surprise at 18:46 of the second period.
Morrow then scored 5:16 into the third period to give the Stars a 3-2 lead, and the Kings couldn't answer back.


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Talks on Ukraine fail to ease tensions
LONDON — An eleventh-hour bid by Secretary of State John Kerry to ease the escalating crisis over the Kremlin's intervention in Crimea ended in failure Friday, raising the likelihood of sanctions against Russia and deepening the most serious East-West rift since the end of the Cold War.
U.S. officials said they presented a range of ideas on how a compromise over Crimea might be achieved, including arrangements to expand the peninsula's autonomy and safeguard the rights of the Russian-speaking population.
But the officials said Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, appeared to have little or no leeway to negotiate and that President Vladimir Putin was determined that Crimea's referendum on seceding from Ukraine should proceed Sunday.
"I presented a number of ideas on behalf of the president," Kerry said in a news conference after the talks. "After much discussion, the foreign minister made it clear that President Putin is not prepared to make any decision on Ukraine until after the referendum on Sunday."
Kerry refused to treat Russia's possible annexation of Crimea as a fait accompli, holding out hope that Putin might yet decide to resolve the crisis diplomatically after the referendum.
But to many experts, Lavrov's apparent lack of even minimal authority to explore a political compromise suggested that Putin's decision to annex the peninsula was all but final.
That has left the two sides on a collision course, and Western officials have suggested that sanctions could be imposed as early as Monday.
"There will be consequences" if Ukraine's sovereignty is violated, President Barack Obama told reporters as Kerry and Lavrov were meeting.
Putin's decision to call a snap exercise involving thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders this week had raised fears that Russia might deepen the crisis by intervening militarily in eastern Ukraine on the pretext of defending ethnic Russians, just as it had in Crimea.
"Russia is aware of its responsibility for the lives of compatriots and fellow citizens in Ukraine and reserves the right to take people under protection," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In London, Lavrov gave public assurances that Russia "does not have any plans to invade Eastern or Southern Ukraine" despite the buildup of Russian forces in regions along the Ukrainian border. But Kerry said the Russian foreign minister offered similar assurances in the days before the Kremlin sent troops into Crimea.
Kerry said he had advanced proposals to "freeze" destabilizing military moves while talks proceeded and hoped Lavrov would transmit them to Putin. But it was unclear if the Russian president was interested in considering them.
One Western official, who asked not to be named in order to discuss intelligence reports, said that the military maneuvers Putin ordered this week were an exercise in "political coercion, at a minimum."
Adding to the worries are reports that large numbers of Russians are being bused to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk so that they can agitate against the new Ukrainian government under the supervision of Russian intelligence officers, the Western official said.
For his part, Putin spoke by telephone with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, the Kremlin said in a statement, and emphasized that the decision to hold the referendum on Crimea's status "fully complies with international law and the United Nations Charter."
Though Western officials acknowledge there is strong sentiment in Crimea for rejoining Russia, they say the referendum is illegal under Ukrainian law and is being held in the presence of as many as 20,000 Russian troops.
U.S. officials said that American and European sanctions against Russia would be put in effect early next week if the referendum took place Sunday and that more economic sanctions would be imposed if Russia escalates the conflict or annexes Crimea.
On Friday evening, the White House announced that Vice President Joe Biden would go to Poland and Lithuania next week to reassure leaders in Eastern Europe and the Baltics of U.S. and NATO support after the Crimea referendum. Biden is scheduled to meet with the Polish president and prime minister Tuesday. A day later, he will meet in Vilnius with the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — all former Soviet republics rattled by the recent Russian moves in Ukraine.
A major question for the United States and its partners is whether Putin's strategy is limited to protecting Russian interests in Crimea or is the first move in a broader campaign to undermine Ukraine's new government and weaken its authority over the eastern portion of the country.
Lavrov did not shed any light on that question, but he did blame Western nations for aggravating the crisis.
"We don't have a common vision of the situation," Lavrov said during his appearance after the talks, which he nonetheless called helpful in clarifying the seemingly intractable positions. "Our differences remain."
Lavrov brushed aside the threats of sanctions and other punitive measures, made by Obama and European leaders, saying sanctions that have been widely discussed by officials and reported in the news media would be "a counterproductive instrument."
In Kiev, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., called on the United States to quickly ship American weapons to Ukraine to fortify its army for a potential war with Russia.
The Ukrainian army has only "a few thousand combat-ready troops," McCain said. "They would be overwhelmed by the Russians if it came to that. One of their urgent requests is to have us supply them with weapons. I'll be urging our administration to arrange for that as quickly as possible."
Gordon reported from London and Myers from Moscow. Reporting was contributed by Andrew Kramer in Kiev, Alan Cowell in London, Peter Baker in Washington and Somini Sengupta at the United Nations.


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I always wanted to visit Malta, and after seeing those beautiful photos it's definitely on my 'to do' list! Valletta looks beautiful.
I have a sister, brother, nephew......in Australia
Trip Start May 02, 2012
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The Legend anchors off the port of Mgarr, on the very small island of Gozo, Malta. We are only here for the morning, so there is a limited time to look around - not that there's much to see. We decide to take a taxi to almost the other side of the island to look at some coastal rock formations called the Azure Window. We negotiate a fair price with our female taxi driver for a return trip, and off we go. Well if Malta is looking to start up a Formula One team, this girl should be the number one driver. Luckily there is not too much traffic to contend with, so we make it to our destination ahead of schedule! The area is packed with tourists, obviously as there's not too many other places to visit on the island. We spend about an hour looking around, before fastening our seat belts and heading back to the ship.
We enjoyed a buffet lunch for me, and another hot dog for John (one of the best he's ever tasted), before setting sail for Valletta, the capital of the much larger island of Malta
Tonight we have a delicious buffet dinner, followed by dancing on the sky deck, before we collapse into bed and get a good nights rest to prepare us for our adventures tomorrow.
Sunday, 3rd June
It's an early start this morning as we are going on an organised tour which is taking us to Mdina, an ancient walled city that once was capital of the island. It's history is said to go back 4000 years, and we are impressed how all the buildings and streets are so well preserved - it almost looks like a movie set.
Following our tour of the walled city, we head back to Valletta, stopping along the way to take some scenic shots of the island. In Valletta we visit the Upper Barracca Gardens, which offer a tremendous view of the harbour. We then stop at St John's Co-Cathedral, and even though the exterior is quite drab, the baroque interior is stunning. Unfortunately we are unable to spend too much time in the church as mass is being held.
We leave our organised tour and walk past the Grand Master's Palace, where we observe the changing of the guard
It was now time to make our way back to the ship, so we walked following the perimeter of the harbour walls, and again we had lovely views along the way of this beautiful city.
Back on board we experienced another spectacular sail away, followed by an enjoyable dinner in the main restaurant. Another big day tomorrow as we celebrate John's birthday on the island of Lipari, Italy.


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H.R.4961 - Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 198699th Congress (1985-1986)
|Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] (Introduced 06/10/1986)(by request)
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Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989.
Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of an emergency fund for use by the National Transportation Safety Board (the Board) for accident investigations.
Repeals the requirement that the National Transportation Safety Board publish notice of the issuance and availability of its accident reports in the Federal Register.
Empowers the Board to conduct schools for the training of Board employees, and to authorize attendance at such schools by U.S. and foreign government personnel as well as transportation industry personnel.
Authorizes the Board to require payment from governmental entities for the reasonable cost of goods and services supplied, and to apply the funds received to the Board's appropriations.
Authorizes the Board to require reports from persons involved in accidents and incidents involving civilian public aircraft.
Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to present an interim and a final report to the Congress concerning the increasing costs of general liability insurance coverage for United States public use airport sponsors.
Requires the Administrator to contract with a nonprofit foundation for the establishment of a clearinghouse to disseminate general liability insurance information for public use airports.


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The Warrior Spirit
Posted on Mar 22, 2011 by Gugel.
Don Juan was a Spanish badass that seduced women and then beat up their boyfriends. Even though hes fictional, he spoke these wise words:
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or as a curse.
Thats also the difference between a winning online poker player and a loser. The winners see every setback as a challenge that they need to overcome. If they lost a couple of buy-ins against an opponent, theyll go back and analyze their hands. Theyll figure out where they went wrong and make sure it doesnt happen again.
The losers think they lose because they got unlucky. If they have a brutal session, they just say to themselves the jerk got lucky. Now, sometimes theyre right. Sometimes their opponent DOES get lucky. But even if they did, they should still review their hands after a losing session. You learn more from your mistakes than from your successes.
I admit I havent always analyzed my hands after a losing session (shame on me). But heres what I found effective:
- Dont tell yourself youll review those hands later youll never do it
- You have to get in the habit of reviewing hands immediately after a session. That doesnt mean you have to review your hands for hours. Just spend 5 minutes looking at questionable situations. Holdem Manager or PT3 lets you conveniently sort by biggest losing pots
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My 2006 UIGEA Conspiracy Theory Confirmed?
Posted on Dec 06, 2010 by Gugel.
The UIGEA passed the House and Senate on September 30, 2006. It served to restrict gambling transactions for financial institutions. For players, that meant it became harder to deposit and withdraw money.
On October 2, 2006, I made a prediction that the domestic casinos would rise from the ashes:
Here was my conspiracy theory:
- Harrahs Entertainment was the 13th largest contributer to Frists 2000 Senate campaign. (Bill Frist was the senator that pushed through the UIGEA).
- It approaches the senator with a deal that seems to be a win-win-win situation. Frist wins, the casinos win, and the U.S. wins.
- Frist wins by displaying his morality for future presidential campaigns to the U.S. public by banning online gambling. After a period of consideration another senator that in cahoots with the casino decides to try to legalize.
- Casinos start up their own versions of online poker. American casinos quickly gobble up the U.S. market.
- The U.S. government gets hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue.
Itd be a win-win situation.
Now, it looks like my prediction is coming to pass. Harry Reid recently put a bill to license, regulate and tax the online poker industry (though I admit hes probably not in cahoots with Bill Frist). The proposed measures would absolutely destroy foreign rogue operators like Full Tilt and PokerStars. F-Train does an excellent job summarizing the 75-page bill, but heres a a quick rundown.
- All current poker rooms have to exit the U.S. market and return customer deposits.
- No licenses will be given out for the first 15 months. To be clear, that means that there will be no legal online poker in the U.S. for 15 months.
- Only companies that have owned or operated a casino for 5 years prior to the passage of the bill will be eligible to receive a license after the initial 15-month waiting period.
- That means foreign poker operators have to wait 15 + 24 months (3 years and 3 months) before they can come back to the U.S. market.
And when they do try to return to the U.S., theyll be faced with entrenched domestic competition.
It looks like I was pretty spot on with my 2006 prediction. The only question is whether the bill will pass (it looks somewhat unlikely), and if it does, how it will be modified.
Post a comment on what you think this bill means for the poker industry.
UPDATE: It looks like the language of the bill changed to allow all foreign poker rooms to get their license within 15 months (though this is still subject to change).
Free HU SNG Video
Posted on Nov 14, 2010 by Gugel.
Cog Dissonance is one of the lead instructors on HUSNG.com. Hes played over 15,000 SNGs with a 7% ROI and a total profit of $98,961. Check out his graph:
Cog Dissonance sent me an exclusive sample strategy video just for AnskyPoker.com readers. In the video, he gives a brief overview about the general strategy for HU SNG SuperTurbos and then gets into some actual gameplay.
The first part of the video is the PowerPoint presentation where he talks about 20-25 BB play from the button. Here are the bullet points:
- Against unknown opponents, min-raise a fairly wide range including Ax, Kx, Qx, suited connectors, broadway cards, and pocket pairs
- Adjust your raising range according to opponent type.
- Tight passive opponents: widen your raising range.
- Loose passive opponents: Limp average hands, raise only good hands for value.
- Tight aggressive opponents: widen your raising range.
- Loose aggressive opponents: consider a limping style and narrow your raising range.
So heres my recommendation: Check out the free video and if you learn a thing or two, subscribe to HUSNG.com. Its only $25/month, but it can definitely help you skyrocket your ROI no other training site comes close to having such awesome HU SNG content.
How the Poker Economy Works
Posted on Oct 09, 2010 by Gugel.
Heres my simplified model of how the poker economy works:
- The bucket represents the poker room.
- There are two holes on the bottom. One hole is the rake and the other hole is withdrawals.
- Theres also a faucet that brings new water into the bucket. That water represents new deposits.
The poker room needs to keep the water level in the bucket stable or rising. A decreasing water level will eventually spell disaster.
Before we proceed, I want to point a few weaknesses of this model.
- The poker economy is actually LOCALIZED. That means that $100NL could be a very healthy game, but $200NL could be on the verge of collapsing.
- This model doesnt really factor in bankroll management. A fish that deposits $10,000 and plays $5/$10 NL is one thing. A fish that deposits $10,000 and plays $0.01/$0.02 is another. Same kind of thing for withdrawals. Its one thing to withdraw your entire roll and stop playing poker, its another to be playing $50NL with a $10,000 roll and withdraw $1k.
Lets consider some scenarios:
Scenario 1
The poker economy is booming. The water is flowing into the bucket faster than its leaking out of the holes. The right step for poker rooms is try to open up the rake hole. Theyre leaving money on the table if they dont. To open up the rake hole, they can increase the rake structure or they can try to attract players that play a TON of hands. Back when poker was booming, the poker rooms did just that. They started to let players play 16 tables at once, gave VIP rewards based on the number of hands played, etc. Many poker rooms probably understand were not in this phase anymore, but theyre not adjusting that well.
Scenario 2
The poker economy is declining. The water is flowing out of the bucket faster than its flowing out. The right step for poker rooms is to try to increase the flow of water OR decrease the flow of water out of the holes. You can increase the flow of water by marketing, deposit bonuses, etc. You can decrease the water flowing out of the withdrawal hole by VIP rewards and limiting withdrawals. Why are poker rooms not encouraging a guy playing $5/$10 with a $10k bankroll to keep his bankroll on the site? You can also plug up the rake hole. I know, raising or lowering prices is generally a crappy way to compete against other poker rooms. But thats NOT the point of lowering the rake. You lower the rake to maintain the health of YOUR poker room. Its similar to what the U.S. Federal Reserve System does when it lowers the interest rate during a recession.
Scenario 3
The poker economy is stable. The water is flowing into the bucket as fast as its flowing out. Poker rooms can try to grow the economy the same way described in Scenario 2.
Now, its pretty obvious that Scenario 1 is great for poker players, Scenario 3 is OK, and Scenario 2 is disastrous. If I were to guess the state of the poker economy, Id guess we were in Scenario 2. So why dont I see any incentives to limit withdrawals? Why dont I see more deposit bonuses? Why are poker rooms not lowering rake? Are poker rooms too focused on new customer acquisition when they can take easy, immediate steps to better the poker economy?
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The History Behind 7 Popular Poker Terms
Posted on Aug 22, 2010 by Gugel.
You probably use these 7 poker terms all the time. The origin and history of these words is actually pretty funny
The Nuts
To have the best possible hand.
There are two possibilities about how this term originated.
- Back in Old West, players could wager almost anything they had at a poker game. That included the nuts that held their wagon wheels in place. Without the wagon wheel nuts, the player would be stranded and might die.
To the others at the table, it would seem that a player would only make such a bet with an unbeatable hand. Since many games were played indoors in the winter time, the wagon wheel nuts were often very cold and were sometimes referred to as the stone cold nuts.
- Nuts in Old English means a source of pleasure.
To play a ton of poker. Usually this involves mass-multitabling in games that are typically below your skill level.
Originally, grinding referred to using a hand mill to grind grain. You would basically be spinning a wheel and make a couple of bags of flour by the end of the day. It was an extremely boring and tedious job.
Fast forward to the 20th century and the definition of grinding began to take on a much broader meaning. People started to call almost any job the daily grind.
In the 21st century, grinding started to be used in videogames. In World of Warcraft, people would spend countless mind-numbing hours to kill weak enemies and level up.
To lose your entire bankroll.
In blackjack, the goal is get as close to 21 as possible. If you go over, you "bust" and automatically lose the hand.
To win lots of money in a short period of time.
There are two possibilities about how this term originated.
- Cuban Robusto cigars are around $250 each. If you go on a good run, you might open a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne and whip out a Cuban Robusto.
- Robust is defined as "exhibiting vigor, strength or firmness". Robusto works as a funny-sounding antonym of busto and the definition fits.
A successful high-stakes poker player that is flashy with his money and makes insane prop bets.
Originally, a baller referred to someone that's very successful in basketball. Now, it can refer to almost anyone that's rich and flaunts their wealth.
Playing sub-optimally due to emotional distress.
Pinball started to become popular in the 1930's. Early machines had a serious flaw – players could lift up a corner of the machine and be guaranteed not to lose. By the 1950's pinball machines started to penalize players that tilted the machines by making them lose a turn. Some players continued to tilt, kick and punch the machine out of frustration even though it lowered their score.
Texas Hold'Em
A game that started in the South or Southwest United States in the early 1960s.
It was originally called "Hold Me Darling", "Tennessee Hold Me" and "Texas Hold'Em". Predictably, "Texas Hold'Em" is the name that stuck.
Originally from the German word "pochen" which means to "to brag as a bluff". The literal translation is "to knock" (that's why you knock on the table to check). The earliest version of poker in English was called "brag".
Multi-Tasking is for Losers
Posted on Jul 05, 2010 by Gugel.
I have an assignment for you. I want you to run a mile, juggle 3 balls for 15 minutes and spin a hula hip around your waist 100 times. Unless youre a well trained circus performer, you instinctively know that you wont get ANYTHING done if you do everything at once. You have to split it up and concentrate on ONE THING AT A TIME.
So why do you think its different when youre playing poker?
- Why do you play poker and watch TV?
- Why do you play poker and browse TwoPlusTwo?
- Why do you play poker and talk to your friends on the phone?
When you multi-task, your energy is being spent on just paying attention to everything thats happening. Instead, you SHOULD be concentrating on adjusting to your opponents and improving your game. You might feel like your accomplishing more when you multi-task, but thats an ILLUSION.
Multi-tasking isnt always a bad idea. Its fine if its a simple task and the stakes arent high. You can obviously drive your car and listen to music (but I bet that a professional race car driver keeps the radio off).
When youre playing poker, RESIST the temptation to multi-task. Shut off your browser and TV. Dont answer your cell phone. Remove all distractions. Respect the game and give it your full attention.
Money Doesnt Motivate
Posted on Jun 08, 2010 by Gugel.
I guarantee youre not gonna be a great poker player if money is the only thing that keeps you going.
Ill prove it to you. A study by M.I.T. researchers had students try to beat a series of challenges. They did stuff like memorize strings of numbers, solve word problems and shoot basketballs into a hoop.
- If the students had average performance, theyd get a small reward.
- If they were significantly above average, they got a medium reward.
- And if they were way above average, they got a big cash prize.
Youd expect that the bigger the reward, the better the students would perform, right? In other words, if the big cash prize was $5,000, youd think the students would perform way better than if the prize was only $100.
The study had a surprising result. If the students were required to do even a little bit of thinking, the large cash prize led to WORSE performance.
Now thats a really surprising result. So they replicated the study across the world. They tried it in India were the huge cash prize was 2 months salary. Again, the higher cash rewards led to WORSE performance. The only time cash incentives actually work is for purely physical labor.
There is a catch though. You do need SOME money to be motivated. You need just enough so you dont worry about paying your rent and you can just concentrate about thinking about poker.
So if money doesnt motivate people, what does? There are 3 main factors that are important to motivation.
- Autonomy do what you want to do, when you want to do.
- Challenge & Mastery humans just like to get better at stuff.
- Purpose whats the big picture, what do you want to accomplish in life?
To be a motivated professional poker player, you need to be self-directed, have a unyielding desire to master the game, and have a clear sense of purpose (not just I want to make a lot of money).
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3 Crazy Conspiracy Theories About the UIGEA
Posted on May 05, 2010 by Gugel.
The UIGEA was passed in 2006 and made it harder for U.S. players to deposit money on poker sites. But how and why was it pushed through Congress so quickly (and sneakily)? Put on your tin foil hats here are 3 crazy conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy Theory #1: U.S. based casinos pushed through the UIGEA legislation.
Consider these facts:
- In 2000, Harrahs Entertainment was the 37th largest contributor to Bill Frists re-election campaign.
- In 2002, Harrahs Entertainment was the 18th largest contributor.
- In 2006, Frist pushes through the UIGEA legislation.
Harrahs wanted to push out international competitors. It would be too hard dislodging PartyPoker, PokerStars and FullTilt from their dominant positions. Harrahs figured the UIGEA would be repealed in a year and two and that would give them enough time to develop their software. Unfortunately, they miscalculated and the legislation is lasting far longer than they anticipated.
Conspiracy Theory #2: Credit card companies pushed through UIGEA.
Back in the day, you could send money via FTP or Stars to buy PokerTracker. Transferring money via poker rooms provided a way for consumers to bypass credit card fees. The credit card companies were worried that peer-to-peer transfers would catch on for regular consumers. Anyone could pay for anything without any fees (and kill their profits)! Even if the chances are small that P2P money transfers would take off, the potential consequences for credit cards are enormous. Therefore, pushing through UIGEA might have been a +EV move.
The credit card industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. They definitely have the resources and connections to get it done.
Conspiracy Theory #3: The UIGEA was pushed through to stop money laundering.
Lets say you want to transfer your friend $10,000. If you give him a check, that automatically triggers your bank to send an alert to the U.S. government.
But now, lets say you transfer $10,000 to your friend on Full Tilt. The U.S. government has no idea that happened. The only way it would know is if you reported it on your tax returns. Guess what? Criminal enterprises arent gonna be honest on their tax returns. Theres only a tiny, tiny percentage of people that are using poker rooms for money laundering or other illegal purposes, but unfortunately, that tiny percentage is enough to ruin it for everyone else. The U.S. government doesnt wanna give criminal enterprises free reign. The UIGEA was passed to stop money laundering.
These conspiracy theories may be a little far-fetched, but theyre definitely thought-provoking
Exclusive Sneak Peak at PokerTableRatings Premium
Posted on Apr 26, 2010 by Gugel.
My friends over at PokerTableRatings.com gave me an exclusive sneak peak at the new PTR Premium section. To take this bad boy for a test drive, I looked up some stats for Isildur1.
General Tab
So the first part of the Premium section is the General tab. You get to see some of the data thats available to all users total number of hands, bottom line, their winrate, etc. Premium-only stats like VPIP, PFR, and Aggression Frequency are here too. The chart on the right compares Isildurs stats to Top Winners. You can see that hes looser and more aggressive than the Top Winners because his trangle (the red one) overlaps the triangle of Top Winners (the gray one).
General Tab: Pre-flop
Now, as we scroll down the page, we get into more detailed Pre-flop stats. You can see his VPIP in the SB and the BB, his 3betting, 4 betting and shoving tendencies, and the likelihood he will fold his blinds to a steal.
General Tab: Pre-flop 3Bet
We can also drill down deeper into all of the pre-flop stats. For example, if I click 3bet, I can see how Isildurs 3betting tendencies compare with Top Winners using the chart on the right.
General Tab: Flop
Further down on the page, we can get into more detailed flop, turn and river statistics.
General Tab: Showdown
Showdown stats are here too.
Results Tab
The Results tab shows a line graph with the overall amount of money Isildur won and a bar graph with the number of hands he put in on a specific day.
Results Tab: Adjusting Stakes
You can also adjust the graph to include hands from just a specific game/level. In this case, I chose $500/$1000 PLO HU. You can also set a specific date range. That could be particularly useful if youre looking at a player with a long history. He might have been a poor player 3 years ago, but he could be really good now
Positions Tab
In the Positions tab, you can see how much money he won (or lost) in the BB and the SB. As expected, Isildur1 has lost money in the BB and won money on the button.
Vs Tab
The Vs tab gives you a ton of sorting options on who he lost money to and who he won money from. It also lets you easily see how Isildur1s VPIP, PFR, CR, and Aggression compares with other players using the graph on the right.
Premium Table Finder
The Premium Table Finder is my favorite part of the Premium section. It gives you a score on how juicy a table is and you can drill down to see the stats of the individual players sitting in. In this case, Pinedale looks pretty fishy. There no one with over 20,000 hands of experience and the majority of players are losers.
PokerTableRatings Premium is still in beta. Expected launch date is still to be determined.
5 Best Countries in HU NL
Posted on Apr 13, 2010 by Gugel.
In my previous post, I talked about the 5 countries that have the worst HU NL players. Now, as promised, here are the 5 countries with the best heads up players. (At this point, I figured Id just share the whole list). Congrats to you Russians. You are the best HU NL players.
Personally, Im really surprised that Americans are so far down the list. I thought wed be high up since we invented the game
Again, this data is from PokerTableRatings.com which looked at Full Tilt players that played over 1,000 hands in 2010.
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Re: Problem with reading version 4.2 DumpSave files,...
terry wrote:
> Dear Mathematica Guru's,
> Because of a Mathematica bug (which still isn't fixed in the just
> released version 6), my version 4.2 DumpSave files cannot be read by
> my version 5.2. So as a result I'm trying to find a way to _exactly_
> write out these numbers to a pure ascii text file from within 4.2,
> then read them in as text and convert them back into number form
> within 5.2 without losing any digits. Any idea's how I could
> accomplish this simply?
> Note that simply saving the approximate real numbers with Save[] and
> retreiving them will not work in this case because Save[] 'distorts'
> the numbers even if they are loaded back into the same version of
> Mathematica (when it converts to base 10 and back).
> Thanks in advance!
> Regards,
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ToString and NumberForm should be what you need before Export. Knowing
nothing about the kind of numbers you are dealing with and the data
structure, it is hard to tell more. You can check the following thread
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The Abashiri Prison and Abashiri
This is a story that took place about 115 years ago. The Edo era ended and the Meiji era began. Around that time, Men cropped their topknots and wore their hair bobbed. Less and less people wore
swords. This story took place in this desolate fishing village at the edge of Japan Island 20 years after the Meiji Restoration. In winter, the ocean near the village was frozen. So the
life was hard for the pioneers. Ten years passed, and the number of people who remain in the village in winter finally started to increase. That was what Abashiri was like at that time.
One day, a government official with a fine beard came to the village. The official walked around the village and then climbed a mountain. And the found a spot he was looking for. On the north
here was the Sea of Okhotsk, and Lake Abashiri was on the south. Lake Notori lied on the Westland a big river drifted at the foot of the mountain.
"Oh, great. This is it! It is hard to escape from here. And it is easy for us to keep an eye on them."
One month later, Fifty tough-looking men came to the village with their hands and legs tied in iron chains. The men cut down big trees in the forest near the river, following the instruction of their watchman.
Then they built a hut for themselves using the trees they cut down.Next month, Fifty more men came to the village with their hands and legs chained together.
And the people in the village found out that the men had built a large prison could take in 1000 prisoners. At the entrance it was written "Kushiro Prison." Abashiri Foreign Affairs Office,
Prison staff who watched 1000 prisoners came to the village with their families.The population of the village multiplied suddenly. Before long, More and more merchants came
and open shops around this area, The village became the most lively place in the area.
Story of "Abashiri and Abashiri Prison" now starts. The town of Abashiri and the prison sometimes joined in their efforts of cultivating the area. At other times, people in Abashiri
worked against the prison because they did not like the idea of Abashiri being famous for the prison. People wanted the prison to move to somewhere else. However, there is something
that we must remember. The roads and railroads that connect Abashiri to other towns, The airport where many people fly in and out every day now, The port where fishing boats
arrive with large amount of sea products from the Okhotsk, And the large farming land that produces plenty of crops in the fall, these are all made by the prisoners in Abashiri.
Many prisoners died here in Abashiri because of hard labor. So Abashiri and Abashiri Prison are in close relation in the history.
In this museum, the buildings that were actually in use in the Meiji era have been kept and shown to the public. The oldest building was built 109 years ago. It was built 6 years after the prison was established.
In those days,construction wood was made by hands, not by machines So you can see the rough surface of the big beams and pillars that the prisoners made.
Through visiting this museum would you like to get to know the mysterious historical story?
If so, please visit this web site.