Poker

Francis Brett Hart was born August 28, 1836 in Albany, New York. His parents were Elizabeth and Henry Hart. Bret Harte did not have a great relationship with his, in fact, his father had included the “e” in Hart to distance himself from Francis. His father had worked in an Albany private school which eventually got run out. The family kept moving around in the North Atlantic states so Henry Harte could have a job as a teacher. In 1845, Henry dies, which leaves the the family to ask for money…

Rubin and Shapiro’s inspiring documentary, Murderball, associates with the notion of “masculinity” as expressed in Cynthia Barounis’ “Crippling Heterosexuality” by zeroing in on the combative habits of a quad rugby player, the essence of the sport, and the relationships of the players with their significant others. Murderball illustrates the game previously known as “Murderball,” now referred to as wheel chair rugby, and the experiences of Team U.S.A. and Team Canada to the 2004 Paralympics. It…

Quiet was a luxury in the Edwards’ family home. The air was normally filled with the raucous vulgarity of Lyle’s bi-weekly poker games or the non-stop chorus of “amen” from Sadie’s Bible study. Except this particular cool Sunday evening. James had the house to himself and he was spending it the only way any introverted teenage boy would, reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. He was still in early in the novel but was engrossed in it. James had just reached the scene where Ender was…

possible. Keeping it simple Leone sticks to tight close ups and blocking to show characters power. In The Good The Bad & The Ugly the three main characters have very distinct glares that inform the viewer of their character. Blondie, The Good has a poker face very focused and hard to read exemplifying his sheer confidence in controlling any given situation. Tuco, The Ugly also called the Rat by Blondie has a look like rat with his shifty eyes giving different characters short glances that mask…

on a routine visit to the bar under the guise of a “business trip”. Once at the bar, Jeannette’s father reveals his true intensions as he allows a man by the name of Robbie attempts to grope and assault Jeannette to try and earn money from playing Poker games with Robbie. Even as Robbie drags Jeannette to his apartment above the bar with clear sexual intent, the senior Walls remains apathetic, a side of her father…

Similar kinds of backdoor derivatives deals resulted in some U.S. cities and counties filing for bankruptcy as well. In 2011, Jefferson County, Alabama entered into the largest municipal bankruptcy at that time with $4 billion in debt. Remember the example with the treasurer of Orange County, CA who relied upon psychic advisors? In that instance, Merrill Lynch representatives roped him in with a derivatives contract. On the other hand, JPMorgan Chase took the ethical high road by refusing to…

the teams like real life sports betting. At the same time gambling websites that used the skins as casino tokens were opening up and lots of people played on them. The websites had all of the games that are in regular casinos such as blackjack, poker, roulette and more. It was estimated that over 7.4 billion dollars a year are wagered in these forms of gambling generating millions of dollars in revenue…

“Yeeww gunna taaake awl dat?” the mealy mouthed Beaumont native asked me. A question that still haunts me when I think about a certain weekend I went camping along the Neches River. Looking at his displaced eyeball, and the huge wad of tobacco juice he spat onto the ground, a quickly delivered response of “Yes, yes we are!!!” was retorted. Planned and necessary, every item was personally deemed necessary in order to “survive” the weekend. Even though I had never camped before, no one was going…

a system failure is P(A) + P(B) = 0.30 + 0.20 = 0.5 or 5% 9. (5 points) What is the probability of selecting a club from a deck of cards? A deck of card has 52 total and each suit has 13 total. So 13/52= 0.25 or 25% 10. (5 points) You have eight poker chips, six red and two blue. What is the probability of selecting one red chip? Probability of selecting on red chip is 6/8 = 0.75 or…

to do with everything that a worthy woman will do to survive. How a worthy woman fights. Not with her fists but with her actions. I saw her wake up, wash tears off her face from the night before. Tears of anger, frustration and stress. Put on her poker face and with her head held high, walk out the door. She never let setbacks hold her down. All this time, I had the epitome of a worthy woman as my mother. I am grateful that circumstances did change. If not for them, I would never be the woman…