Depressed Rabbit Attempts Suicide

A male rabbit named Furball had lost all hope. The female rabbit he had lived with for an entire year had left him for another rabbit. The owner of the garden he usually dined at had just put a fence around it. A fox had nipped one of his ears. And, at his most depressed, it seemed to him that all life is mere ephemera in the eye of time.

The only thing to do was bring an end to his sorrow, hunger, pain, and inability to find meaning even in a moment. He would take his own life. The question became, how?

The first thing he did is look for a cliff to jump off of, but, alas, he lived on farmland that was pretty flat. He did find one high rock beside the pond the cows waded into each day. Up he scampered.

The challenge was to jump and hit the ground, not the pond. He resolved to end his troubled existence and off he leaped. But when he hit the ground, unfortunately, he landed on his feet. He just stood there, regretting the rock wasn’t higher.

Next, he decided to back up and run at the rock as fast as he could, head first. He hopped back far enough to give himself a good running distance and then headed for the hard immensity. He banged into at full speed and knew nothing else, because the force knocked him out.

As luck would have it, after a while, he woke up, with a thundering headache. He rubbed his aching head with his paw and decided to drown himself. He leapt toward the pond and did a belly smacker. He waited to drown. The terrible thing is, he couldn’t stop swimming. Much as he tried, there was a reflex in him that he couldn’t control. So, filled with regret, along with water that had splashed into his mouth, he paddled out and sat down by the bank to dry off.

He thought about human beings and how many ways they had to commit suicide. Why didn’t rabbits have even one? In fact, why didn’t he ever hear of a rabbit, or any other animal, committing suicide?

No, it seemed that only humans knew how to do that. What was wrong with other animals? he wondered. He signed, realizing there were just no examples in the rabbit world or the entire animal kingdom he could follow.

He felt more miserable than ever and his vision blurred, because tears welled up in his eyes. He tried to wipe them away but his paw was still wet, so the clumpy fur only irritated them and made him blink. Oh, how hopeless his life was! He could see no reason to go on. Nothing good, he was certain, would ever happen to him.

But just then something good did happen. An exceptionally cute female rabbit hopped around the corner of the rock. He saw her and just the site of her made his sullen spirits leap up.

She hopped over to him, and said, “You look very sad. What’s wrong?”

“I want to kill myself but I don’t know how,” he confessed.

“Now, why would a handsome rabbit like you want to kill himself?” she asked.

“Because nothing is going right. My girl friend left me. My favorite garden has been fenced off. A fox bit my ear. And I feel insignificant.”

He leaned forward to show her the bite mark.

“My, oh, my,” she said. “Let me lick it.”

“You’d do that for me?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said. “If a fox bit my ear, I’d want somebody to lick it for me.”

“OK,” he said, “but take it easy. It hurts a lot.”

So the female rabbit licked his ear. He felt good.

“What’s your name?” she asked.

“Furball.”

“I like that,” she said. “Very cute.”

“What’s yours?” he asked.

“Sweet Thing.”

“Me?” he wanted to know.

“Yes, you’re very sweet,” she told him. “But that’s also my name.”

“Oh,” he said, and tested it with is own lips. “Sweet Thing. I like that.

“Good,” she said. “And I like the way you taste.”

“You do?” he asked.

“Yes.”

“Great,” he exclaimed, and continued to enjoy her soothing licks. He couldn’t believe it, but what felt like a new life was swirling all through is body.

“How’s that?” she asked, finishing her TLC of his ear.

“Much better,” he told her.

“You know,” she said, sitting down beside him, “I live by a great garden. There’s no fence, and you’re welcome to come there and eat.”

“I am?” he asked.

“Yes.”

“Don’t you have a male rabbit who loves you?”

“No,” she said, “he left me for another rabbit.”

“I’m sorry,” Furball said.

“Don’t worry,” I’ll get over it,” Sweet Thing sort of sighed. “But I wish I could meet another male rabbit, one I really like.”

By now our suicidal rabbit was thinking, Hey, who would have believed it just a few minutes ago? My life just might work out! And, even if life is just ephemera in the eye of time, I might be able to fit in enough happiness to be glad I’m alive.

“How about me?” he asked.

“Well, I like you a lot, but I’m not sure I could be happy with a rabbit who is so depressed he would take his own life.”

“Oh, I’m all over that now,” he told her. “And, if you were my girl friend, I’d be all over it forever.” “You would?”

“Yes,” he said, and snuggled up to her. “I’d have so much to live for!”

“Wow,” she said, “and so would I. Would you like to come to my garden and eat something?”

“Love it,” he told her.

“Great. Then off we go!” she replied.

And so off they hopped, to live happily ever after.

Tom Attea, humorist and creator of NewsLaugh.com, has had six shows produced Off-Broadway. Critics have called his writing “delightfully funny,” “witty,” with “great humor and ebullience” and “good, genuine laughs.”

Kentucky Derby Analysis

Analysis of the Kentucky Derby is hard any year, but 2007 Kentucky Derby analysis is particularly challenging. Rarely have we seen a field with so many questions and so few horses of which we have a clear picture of their capabilities or what we can expect. At this point it’s almost impossible to know if the field seems so congested because it is so full of good horses, or if the problem is that this is a substandard class. If it’s the former then the challenge becomes picking the best of the best. If it’s a second-rate class, however, then the trick is to figure out if there is a horse among them that has a class advantage that it will be able to exert. A look at the top contenders in the field illustrates the problems in drawing a clear picture:

Curlin – The likely favorite has been ridiculously dominant in three races this year, but those are the only three races he has ever run. He’s facing several historical precedents that would make it seem logical to dismiss him. On the other hand, we’ve seen horses like Bernardini and Discreet Cat recently, which, against well-matched competition, are absolute freaks. Curlin certainly has the look of belonging in that category. In that case, the inexperience may not matter. D. Wayne Lukas, perhaps the most qualified living trainer to have an opinion about the Triple Crown given his success and that of his protégés, has been vocal in his support of the horse despite what could be potential problems on paper.

Street Sense – If Curlin isn’t the favorite then this horse likely will be. His biggest challenge is overcoming the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile jinx – no horse that has won that race has ever gone on to win the Derby. He’s been dominant at times, but he’s always had a perfect trip when he’s raced at his best. Perfect trips are exceptionally rare during the Derby. Though his performance this year may have raised some concerns, the most compelling reason to look at this horse is that he absolutely crushed fellow Derby hopefuls Circular Quay, Great Hunter, Stormello and Scat Daddy in the Juvenile, and that was over the same Churchill Downs track as the Derby.

Circular Quay – This horse clearly illustrates the problems with 2007 Kentucky Derby analysis. On one hand, you have a horse that looked dominant in winning the Louisiana Derby, and one that is trained by Todd Pletcher, easily the hottest trainer on the planet for the last several years. On the other hand, though, you have a horse that is coming into the Derby off an eight-week rest (no horse since Morvich in 1922 has won in those conditions), with only two races as a three-year-old (Only two horses in the last 60 years have won with so little preparation). This horse also hasn’t run at least a mile and an eighth (It’s been 58 years since a horse with that limitations has triumphed).

Nobiz Like Shobiz – This horse fits the prototype of how to prepare for the Derby best. He ran three times at two and had a big stakes score in the Remsen. He’s had three prep races this year, including the Wood Memorial, long one of the final launching pads for Derby success. Sounds ideal. The only problem is the middle of those three races this year. The first – the Holy Bull – was incredibly powerful, and the Wood was very solid. The Fountain of Youth in between, though, was a disappointing and largely inexplicable third. He had a bit of a rough trip that he didn’t react to well. He’s almost certain to have another rough trip at Churchill.

Scat Daddy – The horse that beat Nobiz Like Shobiz in the Fountain of Youth also succeeded Barbaro as the Florida Derby champion. He’s among the more seasoned horses in the field, having run in four graded stakes races last year and three more as a three-year-old. This Todd Pletcher trainee seems to fit the bill as a horse worth backing, but before last year laying off for five weeks after the Florida Derby was seen as a detriment. No horse since Needles in 1956 had won off the Florida Derby until Barbaro did last year. Was that just a coincidence, or would lightning have to strike twice for Scat Daddy to win here?

Tiago – This horse will get more attention than he probably warrants because he is a half-brother to a previous winner Giacomo, and because he is the Santa Anita Derby winner, and therefore at the head of what shapes up to be a very weak California contingent. It seems like every horse in the field will have to overcome some sort of historical disadvantage to win the Derby, and Tiago is no exception. He has run just four career prep races, and Exterminator back in 1918 was the last Derby winner with that type of experience.

Great Hunter – This horse had an impressive resume as a two-year-old – seven races and he ended up in the money in all of them. He even beat Street Sense before the Juvenile. He went from a surprising high number of races at two to a disappointingly low number at three – just two. That makes him one of several horses that will have to overcome that particular historical disadvantage. He won the Robert B. Lewis nicely, but his final prep was very concerning. He was supposed to go head-to-head with Street Sense in the Blue Grass, but instead he floundered badly and ended up at the back of the pack. His ability to rebound, especially given his limited experience this year, has to come into question.

Any Given Saturday – He’s gathering a good deal of momentum in the racing media and will likely be viewed as a good shot at a decent price. He’s also had a lot of people that are prominent in the racing game rave about him. The problem is that he hasn’t really got it done when it matters. After a win in the fairly meaningless Sam F. Davis, the horse opened eyes with an impressive stretch drive in the Tampa Bay Derby. The problem is that it wasn’t quite enough to catch Street Sense – he lost by a nose. He was next pointed at the Wood Memorial because that looked like a soft spot, but he only finished third. Excuses were flying in both cases – he covered more ground than the rest of the field in Tampa Bay, and he bobbled out of the gate in the Wood Memorial. He’ll need to run without excuses to win the roses.

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Poker Trend: College Kids Get Rich Quick, But Don’t Pay Taxes

The Reality of Poker Almost As Glamorous as TV

Away from the glitz of TV “reality” poker, college students are making the serious money in poker. Two years ago, many of these twenty-somethings started playing poker with a $10/hour job and less than $1,000 to their names. Now they play for the highest stakes on the Internet, many making $200,000 a year or more.

Behind much of this rags-to-riches success is a figure well known in hardcore poker circles. Ed Miller, lead author of the landmark book Small Stakes Hold ‘em: Winning Big with Expert Play (2 2 Publishing), has been teaching struggling players to be big winners for several years.

“Many people think television poker is the way to make money playing poker. For most people, though, chasing that one big score will be just an expensive frustration. Readers of my books play poker for relatively consistent incomes, often $10,000 a month or more. You won’t see them on TV, but through study and dedication, they’ve established excellent careers for themselves,” says Miller.

“What’s so remarkable is that many of these guys are very young, often still in college. After class, instead of firing up the computer to play a shoot-em-up game, they play poker, sometimes six or eight games simultaneously. Some play extremely well, and they can win hundreds of dollars an hour from their opponents, making themselves a small fortune in the process.

“Many are so young, their only previous job experience was mowing lawns or shoveling snow,” says Miller. “Now they’ve won $100,000 in a year playing poker, and they’re so green, they don’t know that they have to pay taxes on it. They’ve never even filed a return before.”

A typical story comes from Drew Pruitt, a recent college grad from Southern California: “I picked up poker in college purely as a hobby. I played recreationally for about a year, and, thanks to 2 2 Publishing’s website and books on poker, was able to pay for about half my college tuition out of my winnings. By the time I reached my last semester at school and started thinking about job interviews, I was making significantly more money playing poker than I could hope to earn at any job I could get. Ever since then, I have been able to earn a very healthy living on poker alone.”

Barely older than his youngest readers, Miller, 26, has also carved himself out a niche career in poker. “Three years ago I picked up poker as a diversion. At the time, I was an entry-level software developer at Microsoft. Soon poker was making me a nice side income, and shortly thereafter, I took the plunge and quit my job. I’ve always been a teacher at heart, though, so I wanted to write books so others could learn to do what I’d done.”

“Poker has changed my life and the lives of many of my readers. It provides financial freedom for thousands of young people who otherwise would be fighting over the same low paying, entry-level jobs. Instead of struggling to pay rent and hefty student loans, they’re debt-free, buying homes, and saving for retirement.”

Ed Miller is author of three poker books and four DVDs. The beginner-level Getting Started in Hold ‘em (2 2 Publishing) retails for $17.95. The intermediate-level Small Stakes Hold ‘em: Winning Big with Expert Play, co-authored by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth, (2 2 Publishing) retails for $24.95. The advanced No Limit Hold’em: Theory and Practice, co-authored by David Sklansky (2 2 Publishing) retails for $29.95 and will be in book stores in June. The DVDs, entitled, Reading Hands, Adjusting Your Play, Advanced Pre-Flop Concepts, and Protecting Your Hand were filmed in London and retail for $24.95 each (Expert Hold $Em). Miller’s website it at notedpokerauthority.com/

Elaine Vigneault lives in Las Vegas with her husband and pets.

College Football: Auburn Rising

Do you believe in Auburn?

Do you believe that in the rugged Southeastern Conference, a team can actually go undefeated in 2006, then win the SEC title game in Atlanta, to play in the BCS championship game? Can a team vanquish LSU, Florida and Georgia in the same year, and then struggle through a possible rematch (or a date with Tennessee) for all the marbles?

Your answer to that question may have been greatly influenced by Auburn’s milquetoast performance last Thursday night in South Carolina. Favored by 13, the Tigers struggled to hold off the game Gamecocks (to coin a phrase), nearly blowing a 24-10 lead before stopping Steve Spurrier’s troops, 24-17, at the Auburn 6 with under 20 seconds to play. RB Kenny Irons was great, rushing for 117 yards and two scores, and QB Brandon Cox did the caretaker thing, not turning the ball over while completing 13-of-19 passes. But the Tigers’ pass defense was shaky, allowing South Carolina wideout Kenny McKinley to get open time and time again, to the tune of eight catches for 110 yards and a score. Auburn had been a top-20 defense against the pass, but the tight coverage it showed against LSU was nowhere to be found in Columbia last week.

So this weekend Auburn has what’s supposed to be a relative breather: a home game against the extremely young Arkansas Razorbacks. Irons is a Heisman candidate, and Arkansas is ranked right around 100th in Division I-A in stopping the run. The Razorback run game is pretty strong itself — sophomore Darren McFadden has two 100 yard rushing games so far this year and will play on Sundays someday — and certainly Houston Nutt will try and keep the ball away from Irons & Co. for as long as possible. Do Cox and his receivers, primarily big junior Courtney Taylor and sophomore Rodgeriqus Smith, have enough firepower to cover a big spread in a conference game?

In a word: yes. Auburn has covered three consecutive seasons against the Razorbacks, and has the matchups all in its favor. Irons will not take his foot off the accelerator if he wants to keep pace with Ohio State’s Troy Smith for the Heisman. As I mentioned, Arkansas’ rush defense has struggled against the likes of Alabama and Vanderbilt; Auburn’s ground attack is in a completely different stratosphere. And the Hogs want to run like crazy, too (they’ve got a 5.6 yards-per-carry average), but Auburn is only allowing 2.4 yards per carry, which puts them in the top 20 nationally. There’s simply no comparison between these defenses in terms of size and speed.

The trends mostly favor the Tigers as well. Auburn is 11-4 against the spread in its last 15 overall. It’s also 7-2 ATS in its last nine home games, 23-9-1 ATS in its last 33 conference games, and 5-1 ATS in its last six games in which it was favored by 10.5 or more points. In other words: when this team is favored to win big, it wins big. Arkansas is 0-4 ATS in its last four games (all this year), and 2-7 ATS in weeks following a straight-up win. True, the Hogs are also 3-0 ATS in their last few games where they’ve been a 10.5-point underdog or worse, so they historically know how to keep would-be blowouts close. But my issue is that the Arkansas teams who did that have since graduated; this year’s team, led by a freshman QB named Mitch Mustain, is extremely green, and it showed when the team got decimated by USC (at home), 50-14 as a 7.5-point underdog. For sure, Auburn doesn’t throw like SC does, but I don’t think it matters, because the Razorbacks won’t be able to stop Irons. I’m taking Auburn (-15.5) hosting Arkansas, and hoping that the Tigers won’t be looking ahead to their huge matchup with Florida next week.

Last Week: Another sweat-free Saturday night. I had Houston, getting 17 points, at Miami, and the Hurricanes struggled to even win the game, let alone top the Cougars by 17. In the end, Miami was able to pull out the game, but only by a score of 14-13. So another easy, non-ulcer-inducing cover for us. For the year, we’re now 4-1 against the spread, and on a four-week winning streak.

Christopher Harris is a featured writer for the Professional Handicappers League.
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Spiderman Comic

Spiderman comics are a great series to start reading if you’re a super hero fan. What makes this comic so great is the hero. Spiderman is Peter Parker, a teenager in the early Amazing Spiderman comics. He is just a normal every day teenager going to school and studying. He loves science but one day when he goes to a science demo on radioactivity a small spider drops down in the ray’s path. The same spider bites Peter Parker. He then get spider powers.

Each spider power is different. One is called spider sense which alerts him when danger is near. The comic books shows this by putting some rays of energy around his head. He also gets spider agility. This power gives him speed and balance. Spider strength allows Peter to pick up cars and other heavy items. He also becomes able to stick to walls like a spider would.

Now you would think he can shoot webbing too, but in the comics he can’t do this on his own. Being the science student he is, he made a device called a web shooter. The devices go on both his wrists and he loads them with web cartridges. By a touch of his fingers with a certain amount of pressure, he can shoot a thin web and a thick web. He uses his webbing to tie up criminals and to swing through the city. Sometimes his webbing runs out, so he has to use refills to continue web swinging.

Peter Parker is normally a shy guy and does not talk much, but when he is Spiderman he tells funny jokes when he is facing off against a villain. Speaking of villains, the Spiderman comics have a lot of them. If you happen to start reading the comics you may see Electro, a villain who uses electricity, Shocker shooting shock waves, and Green Goblin flying on a hover-like board. These are only few of the villains that can fight Spiderman in the air.

The Spiderman stories take place in New York City, and when Peter Parker is not Spiderman, fighting villains and crime, he spends his time taking pictures at the Daily Bugle. Since Peter Parker knows that Spiderman pictures are worth a lot, every time he fights a criminal he sets up his camera up to automatically take a picture of himself then he takes the picture to the Daily Bugle to get paid.

Spiderman is a great comic for anyone who likes this type of reading. Spiderman has many different comic series, but one of the most recent is the Ultimate Spiderman comic. It’s basically the same as the original comic, but the story is retold putting Spiderman in the 21st Century. Every adventure is a great one. So if you’re interested in Spiderman comics go to a book store and purchase an issue today.

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Sportsbook – Money Lines

A simple way to understand money lines is to think of it as an indication of the amount of money you need to bet to win $110 and the amount of money you will win if you bet $100. Money lines are preferably explained based on a $100 value since it used in most of the games but it doesn’t mean you can only bet a $100 on a game. You can bet with money lines with any amount of many and it will become proportional to the money lines odds.

Money lines are used mostly in popular sports like football and basketball. Let me explain you an example of money lines with a game of NFL where it is widely used.

For example, the Patriots are the favorite against the Steelers on an AFC game. Since the Patriots are the favorite, the money lines are fixed so they have a money line of -110. The Steelers being the underdog has a money line of 110. If the Patriots are your preference and you choose to bet for them, you have to bet $110 to play a chance on winning $100. If you decide the Steelers are in a come back still not more of a favorite like the Patriots but you still think they can win the game then you bet $100 to play the chance of winning $110. This is because the probabilities calculated by the oddsmakers that are made into money lines are balanced to win less money for betting on a team that has more probability of winning and winning more money for betting on a team that has less chance of winning.

It is not necessary to bet a $100 on money lines. You can choose to bet more or less and your winning will be proportional to the $100 and $110 value. For example if you bet $55 on the Raiders with a money line of -110 while the Jets have a money line of 110 and they win, you will receive $50. If you plan to bet $50 on the Jets and they win you get the amount of $55.

Money lines are very easy to understand and explain probability with an approach on showing who has a better chance to win and who doesn’t. Anyway, the easier way to understand money lines is by wagering. It is by experience of the process that you gain knowledge and your future hollywoodsportsbook.com/ sportsbook betting experience will be really worth full.

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Understanding the Camera and its Medium

I would like to apologize to the people who have had some experience in photography. I am going to start this with the mind set that none of you have ever used a camera properly. Ok? Good. As always, I go into more detail in my secret package.

Now then, if you feel something is missing, etc. please contact my support team and I will be informed immediately. We will make the proper changes.

First off, we will start with the camera. As you remember, I said that a camera is JUST a light-tight box with a hole (lens) on one side and a medium (film/digital chip) on the other. However, I lied. It is much more complex than that, but all in all, it doesnt matter. Speaking of things that don’t matter, I am NOT going to give you a history of the camera. Go to Wikipedia if you want one.

First off, there are two type of cameras: SLRs and Point-and-Shoots.

Point-and-shoots are considered by many to be “consumer cameras”. To be quite honest, they are. You can not do much with them. But that does not matter; a good photographer can manipulate the camera to do his or her bidding.

SLRs stand for single-lens-reflex cameras. These cameras show you exactly what you are going to take a picture of using a combinations of mirrors and prisms. SLRs are considered to be more “professional” cameras.

You can take good pictures with either one.

Your camera will have a set of modes. You can change this through either a menu (on most P&Ss) or a dial (most SLRs). I am willing to bet that you shoot everything using the little green square. The square is the devil, honestly.

So are: “The Flower” (Macro), “The Running Man” (Action), “Star and Man” (Night), “Mountain” (Landscape), “The Woman” (Portrait) and “P” (Programmable).

Those photography modes tie your hands and feet together. If you learn how to use your camera, you will be free.

The mode you want to use the most is “M” (Manual). This lets you choose both the aperture and shutter speed (I will explain those later).

What kind of camera do you need? It doesn’t really matter (they are all the “same” remember?), but I will explain a few types of cameras anyway.

35mm: This is what most people just call “Film”. Kodak had a monopoly on this before they blew it (Remember “Kodak Moment”?)

120/220: This is in between Medium Format and 35mm. Some say it should be in MF, they are crazy (in my not-so-humble opinion). Most studios use this.

Medium Format and Large Format: These are basically giant sheets of film. Have you seen the pictures of people who take pictures by hiding under a big sheet? That is medium and large format (well, large format at least…)

Digital: The reason people have become so complacent when it comes to photography: Digital. Instant gratification for the MTV-generation.

I like to keep the lessons short, so I will continue on this in the next lesson.

To your success in photography,

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History Of Digital Photography – A Snapshot Over Time

Where does the history of digital photography really start? Looking at various historical overviews, it quickly becomes clear that the starting point depends quite a bit on your point of view…

Digital cameras use image sensors instead of film to sample light. They do this thanks to the photoelectric effect in which some metals release electrons when exposed to light.

You could probably argue that Albert Einstein – who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect – got the ball rolling in the history of digital photography!

Often incorporated into the history of digital photography, is the camera designed by Texas Instruments Inc. in 1972. However, this camera was not digital, but an analog-based, film-less device.

The next step in the history of digital photography came in 1972, when Steven Sasson of Kodak was instructed by his supervisor to try and find a way to build a camera using solid-state image sensors. These chips use photosensitive diodes called photosites to record light.

An important marker in the history of digital photography was when Sasson snapped the first digital picture in December 1975. According to Sasson the image took 23 seconds to record onto the cassette, and then another 23 seconds to read off a playback unit onto a television.

However, no consumer camera was released at that stage by the company. Later, in 1986, Kodak invented the world’s first megapixel sensor, capable of recording 1.4 million pixels that could produce a 5×7-inch digital photo-quality print.

You can probably safely say that the history of digital photography indicates that the first prototype digital camera was the Mavica (Magnetic Video Camera), released by Sony Corporation in the early 1980’s. This was essentially an electronic video camera that produced still images which were recorded on two-inch floppy disks.

The Mavica used a charge-coupled device (CCD), and the origins of the CCD can be traced back to October 1969. This was when George Smith and Willard Boyle, two of the role-players in the history of digital photography, invented the charge-coupled device at Bell Labs, where they were at the time attempting to create a new kind of semiconductor memory for computers.

The history of digital photography demonstrates that the CCD played quite a central role in the development of the digital camera. This technology is today also used in broadcasting, and in video applications that range from security monitoring to high-definition television. Facsimile machines, copying machines, image scanners, and bar code readers also make use of CCDs to turn light into useful information.

After the Mavica, it was only in 1994 that Apple introduced the first digital camera for consumers, another milestone in the history of digital photography.

The QuickTake 100 (this camera was co-developed with Kodak) worked with a home computer via a serial cable and featured a 640 x 480 pixel CCD. It could produce eight images stored in internal memory, and also featured a built-in flash.

Because of constraints around the size of the processor the QuickTake 100 looked more like a set of binoculars, but this soon changed. As the history of digital photography will show, modern digital cameras soon took on the familiar shape of film cameras.

All this technology was developed in little more than thirty years. Just imagine how the next few decades will shape subsequent installments of the history of digital photography!

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Rika Susan of Article-Alert.com Article-Alert.com researches, writes, and publishes full-time on the Web. Copyright of this article: 2006 Rika Susan. This article may be reprinted if the resource box and hyperlinks are left intact.

Keno Strategy and Online Games

Keno really is a game of luck. You can use very few strategies while playing this casino game as it does rely so much on chance. One of the reasons that Keno is so popular with many gamblers is that it is very possible to win big money (for example, $1500 on a $1 bet or $7500 on a $5 bet. However attempting to win big is also very expensive, especially for beginning gamblers, as the house edge in this casino game is a whopping 25%.

To really play Keno strategy you would need to be an expert in hyperactive geometric mathematics. There are charts and books out there that outline systems for winning Keno however; the problem with practically using them in a real or online casino is that looking all this stuff up takes too much time. Most casinos have a five-minute period between each game or less.

Keno Strategies

You can adopt two classic strategies for playing Keno. One of them is the classic “chasing the old man” that is often applied to a game of roulette. If you notice that the same numbers keep coming up repeatedly on the Keno board then the logic would be that you should play those numbers. However before you fall into the delusion that this constitutes some kind of winning system keep in mind that there is also a fifty fifty chance that these numbers will not come up again. Those numbers could come up for another 133 rounds or they could never come up for another 500. There is just no way of telling.

Another common strategy used in games of chance like this is to play the numbers that never come up. The theory is that it is that number’s time and that it has to come up eventually. Once again, there is no real statistical theory that says this is true. Some players even play other player’s losing tickets to capitalize on this theory!

Play Keno

Another way of playing is to think of the Keno ticket itself as a point spread. Visually divide your keno ticket in half and select half of your numbers in the lower section of the ticket and the other half in the upper section of the ticket. This allows you to catch more numbers than if you just played all of your numbers in the upper half of the card and ignored the bottom. The problem with this theory is that it is more of a way of minimizing your losses. The chances are quite low that you will win a huge payoff with six numbers if you play this way as it is not likely that exactly three of those winning numbers will be located on the bottom half of the winning ticket and the other three in the top half. The reality is that Lady Luck really does not pay any attention at all to what Keno tickets look like when they are marked!

Internet and Casinos Play Online

Like all information and utility, that Internet has brought about to users the gaming scene has flourished too. Thanks to the wonder that Internet is with fast information retrieval, tremendous utility that advanced programming has brought about through software’s, thing that may not be possible offline or in land based services. The root of all Internet casino games online is the offline or land based casinos. Unlike the offline casinos, the casinos online have remarkable flexibility and are in a constant phase of development. The gaming software both online and downloadable will go a sea change in time to come as programmers work their minds and come up with greater variation and combination to make gambling more alluring and rewarding to its users. The Internet has become the most popular means for people to play bingo game and online casino game on the net. The game played in an online gaming or gambling sites (as it is also known) country wise is named as US Slot in USA online or French Roulette in France and in United Kingdom is known as UK bingo or UK casino online.

Online Games

Not only does the Internet enable you to play various exciting Internet versions of online bingo, roulette, slot, and crap but also help make interaction across the Internet possible with online resources like expert advice on strategy, rules of the games and online chat that helps the user learn about the games from regular players or experts. The chat rooms offer great place to share information and enhance the expertise of the players. Internet casino sites or portals allow you to play the games online on Net.

Immerging Technology

The new technology has brought in downloadable software (from site) to play games or you can play games online from the software that is installed there on the site itself. The online casino sites offer various Internet gambling games like online bingo, keno, craps, blackjack, roulette, poker, and online slot. These are very popular games on the Internet and are played for jackpot, bonus, and cash rewards. You can win big cash money from deposits at some online bingo portals on Net.

Gaming Resources

Alert players take assistance of gambling aid like article on strategies, tip, advice, rules, news, and reviews. Keep tab on offers for information on latest updates and promotions in casino gambling in UK and worldwide. There are various types of portals on Net to play casino online that offer free gaming or gambling, free game, cash bonus, rewards, jackpot, fortune and no deposit gaming. Many portals on gambling online offer directories of online casino sites and online casino halls offering online roulette, online bingo, craps online, online blackjack game, online slot, and video slot.

Fun Gambling on Internet

Free gaming site is the best for betting on Internet. Free gamble on Net is thrilling to play, and you can win fortune get cash rewards, bonus, and a big jackpot. Learn about gambling strategy, rules from experts and old hands.

Cyber Friends – Game players

Interaction among players through online chat rooms and casino gaming forums help players come together to share experience and knowledge of the games and find friendship among the players. Thus, a community of casino game players has appeared to make online gambling more interesting and rewarding.

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