A Simple 3 Stage Blackjack Strategy

I love Blackjack, but if I’m honest, I get a little frustrated having to constantly consult the strategy cards. I know why the strategy cards exist – to lower the house edge (put simply, the house edge is the percentage of money bet that the casino expects to win) to as close as 1% as possible. But because the ultimate strategy must cover every possible combination of your cards and the dealer’s cards, I find them too complex to memorize exactly. The result is that I’m taking time away from the game to pore over the charts to see what the optimal move is. All of which reduces my enjoyment of the game. And of course, this is only possible when I’m playing Blackjack online. If I were playing it at a real bricks and mortar casino, I’d be politely asked to leave before I’d made half a dozen...

Paintball -- Retreat to Win

Suppression is a way of distracting the opponent so that they fall short by not seeing the other team that is already starting to invade.  Suppression's goal is not to get rid of enemies.  Control and concentration are needed to keep a team member from shooting. A team who uses suppression as a tactic should consist of three or more players.  Each member must know that their main...

How a Panic Disorder Evolved into Scientific Theory

The Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor. The theory is anchored on the premise that “homo sapiens” or modern man came from an ape-like ancestor. It made it seem possible that even people might just have evolved quite possibly from apes and destroyed the prevailing and conventional facts on how the world began and how men were...

Will New Batteries Make Laptops Truly Mobile?

Copyright 2006 Titus Hoskins Current laptops or notebook computers have one major obstacle to overcome: short battery life. Despite their sleek style and ever increasing higher performance levels, laptops have never been truly mobile. With batteries averaging around 3 to 5 hours of usable power, most laptops are limited in the amount of time they can spent away from the warm electrical embrace of...

Baseball Games On The Radio Are A Home Run

It's often said that there's something special about listening to the hometown broadcast of a baseball game on the radio. Now, no matter where they are, baseball fans can follow the fortunes of their favorite team. Thanks to satellite radio, it's possible to listen to all the live-action coverage of the team of your choice, even if you are on the road or have moved far away from your hometown. 2006 marks the second year of an 11-year broadcast and marketing agreement between Major League Baseball (MLB) and XM, the official satellite radio network of MLB. MLB games are carried live on XM channels 176 through 189, with Spanish play-by-play and call-in shows on MLB En Espanol (XM channel 190). In addition to live game coverage, there is a varied menu of baseball-related feature programming...