...The Theory of Poker By David Sklansky A product of Two Plus Two Publishing SIXTH PRINTING October 2004 1 About David Sklansky David Sklansky is generally considered the number one authority on gambling in the world today. Besides his nine books on the subject, David also has produced two videos and numerous writings for various gaming publications. His occasional poker seminars always receive an enthusiastic reception including those given at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City and the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. More recently David has been doing consulting work for casinos, Internet gaming sites, and gaming device companies. He has recently invented a new game called Poker Challenge, soon to appear in casinos. David attributes his standing in the gambling community to three things: 1. The fact that he presents his ideas as simply as possible (sometimes with Mason Malmuth) even though these ideas frequently involve concepts that are deep, subtle, and not to be found elsewhere. 2. The fact that what he says and writes can be counted on to be accurate. 3. The fact that to this day a large portion of his income is still derived from gambling (usually poker but occasionally blackjack, sports betting, horses, video games, casino promotions, or casino tournaments). Thus, those who depend on David's advice know that he still depends on it himself. Other Books by David Sklansky Hold 'em Poker Getting The Best of It Sklansky on Poker Poker, Gaming, and Life Sklansky Talks...
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...The Theory of Poker By David Sklansky A product of Two Plus Two Publishing SIXTH PRINTING October 2004 1 About David Sklansky David Sklansky is generally considered the number one authority on gambling in the world today. Besides his nine books on the subject, David also has produced two videos and numerous writings for various gaming publications. His occasional poker seminars always receive an enthusiastic reception including those given at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City and the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. More recently David has been doing consulting work for casinos, Internet gaming sites, and gaming device companies. He has recently invented a new game called Poker Challenge, soon to appear in casinos. David attributes his standing in the gambling community to three things: 1. The fact that he presents his ideas as simply as possible (sometimes with Mason Malmuth) even though these ideas frequently involve concepts that are deep, subtle, and not to be found elsewhere. 2. The fact that what he says and writes can be counted on to be accurate. 3. The fact that to this day a large portion of his income is still derived from gambling (usually poker but occasionally blackjack, sports betting, horses, video games, casino promotions, or casino tournaments). Thus, those who depend on David's advice know that he still depends on it himself. Other Books by David Sklansky Hold 'em Poker Getting The Best of It Sklansky on Poker Poker, Gaming, and Life Sklansky Talks...
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...just taking a life. It is also hard for women after they get an abortion. Women can die from getting an abortion, and they pay so much money to kill their baby. Abortion should be illegal because it is cruel and is killing a human being; adoption is a better way than getting an abortion. When the egg is fertilized, that is when a human life begins and exists (10 why). The baby's heart starts to beat at 20 days. Brainwaves then develop in the baby’s brain at 40 days (10 evil). At 20 weeks, the baby...
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...Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Definition of crowd funding 2 1.2 The history of crowd funding 3 1.3 Objectives of Research 4 2.0 Review of literatures 5 2.1 Awareness about crowd funding mechanism 5 2.2 Legal Challenges 8 2.2.1 Navigating the Prospectus Rules 8 2.2.2 Information Requirements Often Overlooked 8 2.2.3 Role of Crowd funding Platforms and Further Considerations 8 2.3 Finance Challenges 9 2.4 Interest rate 10 2.5 Success factors 11 2.5.1 Crowd funding fit 12 2.5.2 Realistic pricing 12 2.5.3 Building trust 12 2.5.4 Media expertise 12 3.0 Methodology 14 3.1 Introduction 14 3.2 Research approach qualitative 14 3.3 Sampling strategy 14 3.4 Data collection 14 3.5 Data analysis approach 16 3.6 Interview questions 16 3.7 Validity and reliability 16 4.0 Findings 17 5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations 23 5.1 Conclusion 23 5.2 Recommendations 23 6.0 Bibliography 25 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Definition of crowd funding Crowd funding is a way for businesses, organizations and individuals to raise a fixed amount of money via the Internet, the purpose of the money refers to amount of efforts by different entrepreneurs, such as business cultural, social responsibility, and for profit. The funding of one company was drawing on relatively small contributions from many investors, and without standard financial intermediaries. In one of the whole published overviews of the topic, Schwienbacher & Larralde (2010) define crowd funding...
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...How to Raise Meat Chickens ©2009 Scott Kelland Page 1 of 56 More New Terra Farm Books How to Raise Meat Chickens ©2009 Scott Kelland Table of Contents Introduction: Chickens on your small farm.....................................................................................4 Chickens fit this model................................................................................................................5 Chicken Raising Do' s and Don'ts....................................................................................................8 Getting Started...............................................................................................................................10 Planning – How many birds should you start with?..................................................................11 Chicken Raising Production Schedule...........................................................................................13 Planning subsequent batches.....................................................................................................14 Marketing – How will you sell your meat birds?...........................................................................15 Management – Where to raise your birds......................................................................................18 Production – Sources and supplies.................................................................................................20 Find a source for your...
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...for 30 to 45 seconds. If you can’t hold that long, stay up as long as you can and then repeat until you’ve held for 30 seconds total. Switch sides and repeat. Russian Twist The Russian Twist targets the obliques, transverse abdominus, rectus abdominus, and multifidus. This exercise can be done with or without weight, depending on the difficulty level you are trying to achieve. Sit on glutes with feet raised up, then twist side to side with or without a weight (like a medicine ball). Doing 3 sets of 10-20 repetitions will get a good burn in the muscles and a great workout. Use weight to increase difficulty. Standing Oblique Crunch The Standing Oblique Crunch targets the obliques, transverse abdominus, multifidus, and rectus abdominus. Being that this is a standing exercise, it makes your muscles activate to stabilize the body when balancing on one foot to lift the leg to crunch. Depending on the difficulty level you wish to achieve, lift one leg and keep it lifted throughout 10-20 repetitions, then switch sides. If you wish the difficulty level to be lower, tap the lifting foot down between repetitions. Do 3 sets on each side. Burpees Burpees are a combination cardio/strengthening exercise. This exercise targets the triceps, shoulders, upper back, abdominals and legs. Therefore, this is considered a full-body exercise and can be very beneficial to tone up...
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...to write about? Example: Persuasive Writing Task In this writing test, you will write a persuasive essay or letter. Your writing will be scored on how well you: • state your position on the topic • describe the points in support of your position, including examples and other evidence; • anticipate and address readers’ concerns and arguments against your position; and • use grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. 2. Decide on a topic or issue. If you get to choose your topic, select something that you feel strongly about or that you feel competent discussing. If the topic is assigned, think about the best way to approach it. 3. Make a list of pros and cons for your issue. PROS - What makes your idea a good one? CONS – Consider your audience. What arguments might they make against your idea? 4. Write a thesis statement. In a single sentence, state your proposal or position. What’s the main idea that you’re trying to get across to your audience? What do you want the reader to agree to? 5. Organize and outline ideas. Select your best arguments to support your opinion. Use one paragraph to address a reader counterargument. Topic Sentence: First reason why your idea is a good one. Supporting Details: #1: Facts, Examples, Statistics, Interview Quotation, Expert Opinion, Anecdotes #2: Facts, Examples, Statistics, Interview Quotation, Expert Opinion, Anecdotes #3: Facts, Examples, Statistics, Interview Quotation, Expert...
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...see your family member or family is $2,406 per person. I believe that our citizens fighting for our lives should be paid more because if it wasn't for the army we wouldn't be free and we sure wouldn't have the NFL. In the National Football League a player makes 860,000, mean while a rookie makes between 860,000 and 435,000 a year. From 2010-2014 a player only made 770,000 dollars but in the last year they got a raise of 90,000 dollars. Every position makes different amounts of money. A quarterback makes 5 million dollars a year, defensive line makes between 1,223,925 and 1,267,402....
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...technique of rank of employees by General electrical (G.E.) and Yahoo! are looked at. Both companies have used ranking scales and are now looking for a more innovative style to rank employees but still foster a motivational atmosphere. In the past, G.E. has used a 20/70/10 split (top 20 percent, the middle 70 percent, and the low-performing 10 percent) which required managers to place employees into one of the three groups hence comparing employees against one another (Ivancevich, Konopaske, Matteson, 2011). The managers rank employees against each other and then use the ranking to determine who receives a raise, bonus, promotions, and sometimes who gets fired. Forced ranking allows the top-ranked employees to be rewarded for their hard work. Yahoo! used a similar ranking system but compared employees against a standard, not against each other (Ivancevich et al., 2011). The importance of rank is what determines any extra compensation that the employee receives. A study done by Steve Scullen, an associate professor at Drake University found that forced ranking systems, including firing the bottom 5-10% results in an increase of productivity by 16% over the first couples years, but later drop off to zero by year 10. Forced rankings are a quick fix, and other group...
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...less than skilled workers, it is now a way for the government to take and spend more money. As of now, it is proposed that the minimum wage be increased to $9.00 by the year 2015. I do not believe it has, or ever will, solve today’s economic crisis by raising the minimum wage. We all know that Uncle Sam takes a certain amount of taxes from each person in the working field. When the minimum wage is raised, Uncle Sam receives more tax revenue. He tells the lower working class that he will help them by increasing the minimum wage and will not raise taxes. Mathematically, the lower working class will have an increase in taxes regardless of the raise unless he lowers their tax bracket significantly. These raises will not only affect the worker, but it will create an economical domino effect that will bite everyone in the workforce along the way and the poor person will feel it worse than anyone. Imagine, the government raised minimum wage once again. The minimum wage workers that work for the manufacturer, the distributor, and the retailer just added a few pennies to their bank. Although the poor person just received a raise, it is not long before they realize they are still poor due to inflation. The manufacturer had to increase prices to pay his minimum wage workers. The distributor had to increase his price even more to compensate for the wage increase and his increase in product cost from the manufacturer. The retailer had to raise his...
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...approved lawyer and works as a professor at Yale Law School in USA. Already from that information we can guess that she is very well educated. She mentions that she knows that there are a lot of people wondering what it is like inside a Chinese family who has all these limits and strict rules. Amy Chua knows what it is like, because she is raised by that way herself and she has done it towards her two daughters, Sophia and Louise, as well. Amy has established the ground rules, and defined some things Sophia and Louise were never allowed to do. Already in the beginning of the article Amy Chua engages the reader with the list she revalue with all these things that her daughters were never allowed to do. As readers we quickly make a picture of this way of raising children seems harsh and maybe even brutal. There are so many normal things on the list that almost every child gets to do where Chinese children are missing out. Amy Chua is very honest in her article and explains the reasons why they raise their children in a much harsher way. Of course her upbringing way seems very unreal but she arrange it in a more understandable way. One of the statements Amy Chua uses is: “All the same, even when Western parents think they’re being strict, they usually don’t come close to being Chinese mothers” (P. 6 ll. 27-28) In this...
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...United States. Even though the United States is one of the most wealthy and well off first world nations, there are still about 10% of the population that is in poverty. This was found by the 2009 U.S. Bureau of Census Statistics report. In the 2009 U.S. Bureau of Census Statistics report, Hispanics and African Americans have the highest rate of poverty at 21.3 and 22 percent respectably. Compared to Whites which is only 8.4%, there is a large difference. However, being a business major and taking many statistic courses, there are more Whites in poverty. The total percent in poverty is 10% of the population. A total of 303,820 people live in poverty, 197,164 are White-not Hispanic, 38,556 are Black and 48,811 are Hispanic. Looking at this, there are a substantial amount more of White people who live in poverty than Hispanic and Black people combined. I received all of these statistics from http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p60-238.pdf. As you can see, there are many more white people in poverty. By showing only a percentage it makes it seem like only minorities are in poverty. Even though a higher percentage of them are in poverty there are many more whites who live in poverty. Female lead households also have a higher rate of poverty than male lead households. This is due to the fact that in today’s society, women are still making their way up in the job totem pole. I am not saying that many women are not successful, because they are, but it is not as common to see a...
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...Douglas Mikkelsen November 10, 2013 According to Dr. Weider & Dr. Gutierrez (2012), worldview is defined as “ 1) a person’s philosophy of life, 2) a framework a person brings to decision-making and 3) a filter or lens which a person uses to interpret life and the world around them” (p. 51) 1. The Question of Origin (How did life begin? / How did mankind come into existence?) – God is the almighty and holds the most power. He created everything from nothing and in only seven days. He made everything what it is, including human life (Genesis 1:1). Moses claimed God to be the “first cause” (2Peter 1:21). 2. The Question of Identity (What does it mean to be human? / Are humans more important than animals?) – In Christianity, God created mankind to be put above the animals (Psalm 8:5). Both males and females were made to raise and take care of the animals (Genesis 2:15). Animals were not made for us to devote all of our time to, but to we are in charge to take care and watch over. “Christians should be leading the charge as environmentalists and animals rights activists while reaping the benefits of the earth for its natural resources and animals for food” (L. Weider & B. Gutierrez. 2012. Consider. Page 58) 3. The Question of Meaning/Purpose (Why does mankind exist? / Why do I exist?) – “The purpose of mankind is to know God” (L. Weider & B. Gutierrez. 2012. Consider. Page 60). We understand the Bible as a way to get in touch with man. (John...
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...Federal Budget Deficit/Surplus I'm looking at a comment in speech when Obama talked about the federal budget. Obama reached a deal to increase spending over the next two years by cutting some social programs and raise the federal borrow limit. He reached an agreement that would raise spending by $80 billion and an extra 32 billion dollars for the emergency war fund. By increasing spending, it would make cuts in medicare and social security disability benefits, etc… The $80 billion is just over one percent of the yearly annual budget. Obama uses Obamacare as a way to lower the debt in a way the differentiating taxation. President Obama is concerned with the people of the United States, but he is still trying to raise the money by making...
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...LRBI Checklist Differential Reinforcement Differential Reinforcement ifferential reinforcement is the reinforcement of one form of behavior and not another, or the reinforcement of a response under one condition but not another. Differential reinforcement uses positive reinforcement to differentiate or separate appropriate student behavior from inappropriate behavior by increasing one while decreasing the other. Definition D Things to Do Select behaviors to be decreased or increased. Select alternative, incompa tible or communicative behavio , rs to be taught. Determine time interval. Set criterion. Ignore inappropriate behav iors. Monitor the student’s performance. Level 1: Positive Interaction Procedures 1 LRBI Checklist Differential Reinforcement There are six strategies that comprise or make up differential reinforcement: Select behaviors to be decreased or increased. Select behaviors to be decreased or increased. These behaviors should be objectively defined and must be observable and measurable. For DRO, DRI, DRA, and DRC, there will be a specific behavior to decrease, such as talk-outs, hitting, not following directions, out of seat, disrupting other students, or tantrums. For DRH, there will be a specific behavior to increase, such as contributing in class, positive social interactions, getting to class on time, or task completion. D R H RL D problem behaviors Level 1: Positive Interaction Procedures ...
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