Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 2) DVD Review

Nominated for 58 Emmys, including one for Outstanding Drama Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation fulfilled all the potential and promise anticipated of a long-awaited successor to the original 1960s series: Star Trek. Created by a former L.A. police officer, Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its audience. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) became the first TV series to follow on the heels of the original, and its success would spark the creation of three additional series – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). But The Next Generation remained the most popular spin-off. Despite new characters and new episodes, the mission remained the same as before – “to boldly go where no man has gone before…” And to continue the rich tradition of the Star Trek name – a mission Star Trek: The Next Generation accomplishes with relative ease…

Star Trek: The Next Generation takes place in the 24th Century, almost one-hundred years after Captain Kirk’s crew set out to explore strange new worlds. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart – I Claudius) commands the USS Enterprise-D and its diverse crew of humans, cyborgs, and varying life forms. Accompanying him on his voyage is an entirely new cast of passengers and crew including Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes – North & South), Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn), Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), and her son Ensign Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton)… Together, they struggle against numerous obstacles to carry out the mission of the USS Enterprise: “To explore strange new worlds… To seek out new life; new civilizations… To boldly go where no one has gone before!” This pioneering attitude, coupled with imaginative and brilliantly-produced alien worlds, provides Star Trek with its unique allure and special place within American pop culture – especially those episodes from the original series, widely regarded as the most popular of the Star Trek franchise…

The Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 2) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere “The Child” in which Enterprise crewmember Trois experiences an unexplained pregnancy as the Enterprise rushes to escape from a system wrought with a dangerous plague… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include “A Matter of Honor” in which Riker joins an officer exchange program which places him on a Klingon ship while the Enterprise must learn to deal with its own officer exchange participant, and “Pen Pals” in which strange earthquakes and tectonic activity upon the planet where Data’s pen pal lives prompts members of the Enterprise to get to the bottom of the mystery…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 27 (The Child) Air Date: 11-21-1988
Episode 28 (Where Silence Has Lease) Air Date: 11-28-1988
Episode 29 (Elementary, Dear Data) Air Date: 12-05-1988
Episode 30 (The Outrageous Okona) Air Date: 12-12-1988
Episode 31 (Loud as a Whisper) Air Date: 01-09-1989
Episode 32 (The Schizoid Man) Air Date: 01-23-1989
Episode 33 (Unnatural Selection) Air Date: 01-30-1989
Episode 34 (A Matter of Honor) Air Date: 02-06-1989
Episode 35 (The Measure of a Man) Air Date: 02-13-1989
Episode 36 (The Dauphin) Air Date: 02-20-1989
Episode 37 (Contagion) Air Date: 03-20-1989
Episode 38 (The Royale) Air Date: 03-27-1989
Episode 39 (Time Squared) Air Date: 04-03-1989
Episode 40 (The Icarus Factor) Air Date: 04-24-1989
Episode 41 (Pen Pals) Air Date: 05-01-1989
Episode 42 (Q Who?) Air Date: 05-08-1989
Episode 43 (Samaritan Snare) Air Date: 05-15-1989
Episode 44 (Up the Long Ladder) Air Date: 05-22-1989
Episode 45 (Manhunt) Air Date: 06-19-1989
Episode 46 (The Emissary) Air Date: 06-29-1989
Episode 47 (Peak Performance) Air Date: 07-10-1989
Episode 48 (Shades of Gray) Air Date: 07-17-1989

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Kim Basinger winning Best Supporting Actress

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THE HURT LOCKER WINS BIG AT OSCARS, BULLOCK & BRIDGES FETED AS WELL

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James Cameron on The View / Avatar – February 17, 2010

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Poker Rules and Variations

Game variations
Recently the popularity of poker has exploded in all forms; Online gaming, land-based casinos, television tournaments, and impromptu games in dining rooms across the country. Texas Hold’em has enjoyed the majority of the attention but there are many classic and new versions that deliver the same excitement.

Texas Hold’em is played with 3-10 players. Each player is dealt two cards, followed by a round of betting. Three table cards are flipped followed by another round of betting. A fourth table card is turned with more betting. Finally the fifth card (the river card) is flipped accompanied with the final round of betting. Your hand consists of the best 5 card hand composed of any 5 of your 2 cards and the 5 table cards.

Omaha Hold’em is the same as Texas Hold’em except each player receives 4 cards on the deal. Also, the final hand must use 2 of the 4 personal cards and 3 of the 5 table cards.

Caribbean Stud can be played with 3-8 players. All players are dealt 5 cards and put up an ante. The dealer shows 1 of her cards. You now have the option to fold; If you decide to stay in, bet twice the ante. The dealer must have A, K or better to qualify. If she doesn’t qualify and you stayed in, you get the ante back. Should the dealer qualify and you have a better hand, you get paid a multiple of your bet on a scale from 2x – 200x depending on the strength of your hand. And of course if the dealer has a better hand, you help them pay the light bill.

7-Card Stud begins with each player being dealt two cards face-down and one face-up then a round of betting. After the bets, each player gets 3 cards face-up, then more betting. Finally, everyone gets a 7th card face-down and a last round of wagering. The best poker hand wins.
(5-Card Stud differs in that it progresses 1 card up & 1 down – bet – 3 up – bet.)

There are numerous alternate versions of poker; however, these are among the most common. Most games follow a similar premise as the games mentioned above.

Poker Hand Ranks (in descending order)

Individual cards are ranked A,K,Q,J,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2. No one suit is any more powerful than another.

Royal Flush

Straight Flush

Four of a Kind

Full House

Flush

Straight

Three of a Kind

Two Pair

Calculating odds
In order to play successfully you need a method for play decisions. Going on instinct or ‘a feeling’ typically isn’t a good idea. You have two channels of information to help with decisions in a sit down game with other people: Statistics and Player tells. When playing online your only friends are the cold hard numbers. To calculate odds you need to know what it is you are calculating:

Outs => number of cards which would complete your hand. (I have 4 hearts, 9 cards would complete the hand.)

You do not consider cards you think another player may have or cards that have been discarded in the burn stack. That is purely speculation and will have a negative effect on the statistical result.

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Avoid These 4 Roulette Myths and Play Like a Pro!

Roulette is a fun exciting and simple game to play, requiring no skill. This makes it very popular.

With its popularity a number of roulette myths have grown up and players who believe them cut their chances of success dramatically. Here are the most common ones:

Roulette Myth 1: All Roulette Wheels Are the Same

The first roulette myth is that all roulette wheels are the same – they are not.

For example, you have the European and American wheels to choose from and the European is the best one to play, as your odds of success are better.

Why? Quite simply, you have 37 slots rather than 38; this means the house advantage is just 2.70% on European wheels, whereas it is 5.25% on American wheels on all bets.

So it’s obvious, get the odds in your favour from the start and play European roulette wheels only.

Roulette Myth 2: Each spin of the roulette wheel is not random

The second and perhaps the most common of the roulette myths is: The history of previous spins has an affect on the outcome of the next spin.

For example, if the ball falls on red 10 times in a row players feel that black has a higher chance of coming up next – this is not true.

The odds remain 50% – 50% and this would be the same if the ball had fallen on red 20, or even 30 times. The reason for this is that every spin is an independent event and previous history is irrelevant to predicting future spins.

Many players also like to look for and bet on ’sleeping numbers’ – numbers that has not been hit for a long time.

There is no logic behind such a bet as we have seen – the chances of that number coming up is 1 out of 36 numbers on every spin.

Just because one number has been ’sleeping’ does not make it more likely that the number picked will come up on the next spin.

Roulette Myth 3: You can beat roulette with a mathematical system

This leads on from myth 2 and sees many people buying mathematical systems to beat roulette consistently.

They can’t work by their very nature. Why? Quite simply if there is no past data that can analysed – so how can you have a mathematical system with no reliable past data? You can’t!

Roulette is a game of pure chance and a system that claims to make money consistently from such a game is a contradiction in terms.

Roulette Myth 4: Money management systems

Money management cannot affect the house advantage on any bet, nor guarantee that you will win more money.

The house has an advantage before you apply a money management system and has that same advantage after you apply money management systems, the house edge does not change.

If the house always has this advantage, you cannot change it, or manage it.

So How Do You Make Money?

Well you are half way there by not falling for the above roulette myths!

Furthermore, while roulette is a game of chance you can take certain steps to put the odds in your favour as much as possible and you can find a variety of roulette strategies, tips and ways to increase your profit potential on our website at: online-roulette-strategies.com

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