Winning at roulette

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Player earnings Bet on a number (straight) → 35 times the bet Bet on two numbers (split – example: 7-10) → 17 times the bet Bet on three numbers (street – also called “full cross”: eg 7-8-9) → 11 times … Read More

A is for Atom – Physics cartoon, 1953

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Run time 14:26 Producer Sutherland (John) Productions Sponsor General Electric Company Audio/Visual Sd, C Presents in lay terms what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peace-time uses of atomic energy and the by-products … Read More

How to recognize a vampire

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The vampire is a legendary creature. Following various folklore and the most common superstition, this undead feed on the blood of the living in order to draw its lifeblood. The legend of the vampire has its origins in ancient and … Read More

Gambling games in Germany

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Casino Gaming As with other sectors of the gambling market in Germany, the development of the casino sector has been limited by the strict regulations and exceptionally high tax rates and duties. There is no direct regulation of the German … Read More

Prospective of short and medium term for abrupt climate changes

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(The Permian–Triassic extinction event, labelled “P-Tr” here, is the most significant extinction event in this plot for marine genera, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Extinction_intensity.svg) In the years 1980-1990, such risks imagined for the future were those related to the consequences of a major nuclear … Read More

Ghosts and science

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For Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), “one can never be sure that the Academy of Sciences will choose such a subject, for the contest; not that each member be convinced of the futility and lies of all these narratives, but because the … Read More

Gambling taxes, laws and barriers in Ireland

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Taxes Betting services are not subject to VAT, bookmakers do not need to register nor can they claim VAT paid. The applicable rate of tax for betting has now been reduced to 2% of turnover on «away events» and off-course … Read More

Typology of ghosts

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Despite the proposals of the British researcher Hilary Evens, there is no universally accepted classification of ghostly apparitions. However, one can distinguish the major categories. In the Valley classification system, poltergeists are “anomalies of physical effects” of type AN-II, while … Read More

Limit in poker

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The term limit defines a betting of poker game. A limit game thus indicates to players that the amount and number of raises are limited, unlike the games in No Limit (open raise). Games using this betting system A limit … Read More

Graveyards (Cemeteries)

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(Buddhist Cemetery (Tokyo, Japan), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JapaneseGraveyardTokyo.jpg) A cemetery is a group of monumental tombs sometimes attached to a place of worship. Funerary space that appears in the Middle Ages, it differs from prehistoric burial field that is not home to monuments, … Read More

Duplicate bridge competitions

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(Bridge bidding box) Bidding and convention systems Combinatorial richness of the bridge allows to implement, in accordance with the rules, various techniques to communicate information, both in the bidding phase than that of the card play. These techniques are conventions … Read More

Bucharest etymology

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(Unirii Square in Central Bucharest, Romania, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Over_unirii_square_2.jpg) Halfway through the eighteenth century the oriental traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote in his memoirs that the name of the capital city of the Romanian Country comes from that of the son of Gebel … Read More

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