Developer “All-in-One Game Software” now has BlackJack!! Black jack adds to the already addictive fun of games like backgammon, poker, and perudo.

Of all the sites I have gone to and enjoyed this is the only one that allows you to play free, in an animated client. It allows you to use 10 languages. (Spanish, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew, French, Japanese, Danish, Greek and German, and English). This particular provider of interactive entertainment boasts thousands of players networked at any given time. And now that they have BlackJack on the menu you can expect the number to grow exponentially.

The game itself offers high speed play, coupled with stunning visual graphics, each table holding up to 5 players. Each player can choose to create his own avatar which i had a bit of fun with. You can chat with fellow players, and even more interesting, the games possess a “view” mode, which allows other players to sit out and just watch the action!

Backgammon

Backgammon is a board game for two people in which pieces are moved based on the roll of dice. The first player to remove all of one’s own pieces from the board is said to be the winner. It is a part of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of games in the world.

Perudo

Perudo is popular dice game played in Peru, Chile, Bolivia and other South American countries. This game may be played by two or more people and, basically, is made up of guessing how many dice, under cups, there are on the table showing a certain number. The player who loses a round loses one of their dice. The last player having a die is the winner.

Blackjack

Blackjack is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Blackjack’s popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting . Blackjack’s precursor was vingt-et-un (”twenty-one”), which originated in French casinos around 1700, and did not offer the 3:2 bonus for a two-card 21.

Poker

Poker is a popular type of card game in which players gamble on having the better card combination (”hand”), by placing a bet into a central pot. The winner is the one who holds the hand with the highest value according to an established hand rankings hierarchy, or otherwise the player who remains “in the hand” after all others have folded (the player who makes an un-called bet.

Enjoy playing Backgammon, Perudo, Poker, and Blackjack.

   Two firefighters were killed and a half dozen others injured in a fire in an abandoned skyscraper adjacent to the Twin Towers site.

Smoke was seen from the fire and it panicked people concerned with toxicity.

These fears  appeared to be unwarranted.

It seems the NYC fire department keeps taking hits. We salute these fine men and the efforts they put forth and the risks they take.

The injured men are recovering well. The cause of the fire is not apparent.

Dubai announced Saturday it now has the world’s tallest building.The Dubai Tower is 1,680 feet tall and is on schedule to be  completed a year before it was scheduled to.

The Dubai Tower interestingly is built by Sumsung, and is 141 stories tall. The developer claims that the finished building will exceed 2296 feet, and more than 160 floors. The building was designed by Adrian Smith of Chicago.

One of the Dubai Towers big competitors int he tower competiton is just 30 miles away. “Al Burj”’s size is also a secret  but the estimated height will likely be about 3,937 feet, and more than 200 stories.

Another possible competitor, would be the Murjan Tower. Its planned for Bahrain. The blueprints call for a 3,353 foot tall structure, containing 200 stories.

My comment is when is it too tall? Perhaps it stems from a fear of heights but, if i was 200 plus stories up and it got stormy… thats just damn scary. I live on the 47 th floor for a time, and i would leave every time the weather was due to go bad.

It’s a common thing for New Yorkers that want to go to Times Square to watch the festivities involving New Year’s Eve.  If you are one of those people you should probably think ahead and plan on certain things that you may not consider when previously conceiving the idea to go to Times Square from your state.  If you’d rather see in person than watch it on TV one of things you can want to do is make sure you wear layers of clothing in order to stay warm during the lengthy time you’ll spend outside in January.

Also allow you one have good standing shoes that are comfortable on because you’ll be standing for a long time. you should probably consider a folding chair to bring along.  If you have no friends bring a magazine if you have friends at private good idea to bring them keep you company in an celebrate the new year.  You should consider something with an interior pocket as opposed to having them on your pants in the event that you would get pickpocketed.  My personal suggestion would be to also bring a camera and if you’re inclined take pictures of the event.  You’ll want to prepare yourself mentally and emotionally to be surrounded by loud drunken people.  I would not drink a lot a liquid prior to going to Times Square to to the fact you have to use their disgusting Porta Johns and then attempt to fight your  way back to the position which you may or may not have been taken by the crowd.  There would be beverages available at various vending stations in the area, but they would be very expensive and not worth the money.  And bear in mind you’re going to have to go to Times Square to reserve your spot.  At least 10 hours in advance due to the popularity of the event but the excitement and fun it will be yours.  When a thousand people yell happy new year after counting down and make it worth all the hassle and you will gain a lot of interesting stories to tell your friends and years to come

Theres no one place that can open your way of thinking, but i think that travel in general, especially on a world scale will definately open your mind. When you experience the life of another culture, and if you enjoy it, and embrace it, whether you choose to or not, you will grow as a person.

Europe is a wonderful place, if for no other reason than the fact you can simply board a train and make a day  out of going to another country and back home again. You can go to Germany and then train to Switzerland, or Italy, or France etc. Then go see the Alps, its all right there. Couple that with the history thats visible and palpable in Eurpoe.

Imagine further, Africa.  The culture there is still primarily intact. The  vegetation unchanged. The animals more exotic and beatiful than that of any other place.  The people  are far kinder than the media would have you believe.

Some people make pilgrimages to the places they have roots, Ireland, England, Scotland, Norway, china etc. I think these are deep and meanful trips to many, much akin to a spiritual pilgrimage

Video game creation is difficult. Developers must make a quality, function product, it has to be enjoyable to play, they must dance around the ESRB so they can reach their target market, then the publishers have to liek the game as well. And hopefully the creators will still be proud of it when this is all said and done.

The creation of games is chaotic, you throw things about, shift it in and out, like pieces of a puzzle, finding things that fit and things that do not, what works and what wont. After a few weeks of that, the process really begins.

Often things areleft out of the game, but the code remains intact and within that game. Thats odd you think. But if ti were removed then it may create other bugs in the code.

Example: A dev creates a jumprope minigame and he decides it should be a rhythm type excercise, he goes on to develop the system for the rhythm(algorhtyhms and such), he adds some things like related graphics, and gets it approved and ready to go

Now,the other developers will review this work and see what of it they can build upon, the graphics people will add good graphics to the original devs stuff. These graphics might be exclusive to the jump rope sequence, and they may also be found elsewhere in the game.

In a few months time, the original coders work is used by several other devs in their code, and the art is spread around as well. Then suddenly some higher up cuts the jump rope sequence.

How can you remove such an embedded portion of development? It is present, and functional. Other portions of the development are built upon it, dependant even, the praphics are there as well. What now? Simple, you simply never have the jump rope sequence called by the game, essentially the main program never calls for that function. It doesnt alter any of the code, the sequence is just never seen by consumers.

Most games have “easter eggs”. We see this all the time, and the example above is likely what happened in GTA:SA. Most hidden code is not sexual, but then again GTA:SA is a “mature” rating.

Do we blame the ESRB? Of course not! The hot coffee minigame is only there if you hack it. Sure, its just a single bit, but its a modification to the game files, to play the game in a manner not intended by the publisher/developer.

I used to be really afraid of flying. Days before a trip I would get so stressed i would be sick, and i would stay sick.
I had to get meds from my doctor just so i could calm down some.

Over time i did get over my phobia. Now i can fall asleep during takeoff. Heres my strategy:

Try to sit in view of the attendants. This is routine for them, and they done it a million times, its just another day to them, and perhaps you will find that comforting.

If you cant feel the vibrations of the aircraft, it makes the flight seem a bit less real, and you can imagine you are simply in a a movie theatre. Try putting your feet on your luggage, or use the bar from chair in front of you.

Its a blessing when the pilots announce prior to trubalence that the chance is likely that the plane will see some. Its nice to be prepared, and its nice ot know that the pilots are prepared as well.

Bring a book, or a crossward  puzzle.  Anything that can hold your attention and  shift your focus. A good magazine is excellent.
In  the end, after you do this enough, it will become a second nature to you, and you will find yourself increasingly more comfortable with air travel.

Use Knowledge to Overcome Violence…study  the situation at hand and look for a  peaceful  solution. Violence stems from wanting  to recover what a person believes was taken. Maybe this was valuables, property, pride, etc—violence is only a short term fix to try to recover these lost items and calm, enlightened methods to repair yourself give the best results.

Use Understanding to Overcome Anger…stop, listen and understand and comprehend what the anger is saying. Rage  is frustration and when its not heeded it becomes more loud. Many times anger can be reduced drastically when given a calm audience. You dont have to agree with the thought of the argument to be supportive to the person behind it.

Use Love to Overcome Hate…hate is cancerous. Every person has qualities that are wonderful and some that are less than so. Demonstrating love slows down the chance you will get hate in return.  Hating the hate breeds more hate, but answering hate with love weakens the hate..

1. Video games lead to violence in youth.

Citing national crime statistics, youth violent crime hasnt been lower in 30 years. 99% of gamers dont commit antisocial acts. In fact, studies have shown that mental stability and home life are the contributors to violence and not games. How can the guy at home pwning his friends be out and commiting crimes?

2. Video games are marketed at children.

While most kids do play video games, the market is shifting to adults. In fact, 62% of platforms, and 66% of pc gamers is over 18. The original gamers have hit adulthood and are now the focus of developers.

3. Girls arent gamers.

Once that was an accurate statement. The female population of gamers has increased steadily for years. Females out number males on web based games. World of Warcraft is also played heavily by the female market.
4. Video game play is isolating.

On the contrary, much video game play is social. 60 percent of gamers play with their friends. 33% percent play with their brothers and sisters.
5. Video game play will desensitize the masses.

Animal studies show that primates differentiate between play fighting, and that of true violence. Sometimes they seem to be quite amused wrestling each other. Other events see them ripping each other to shreds. Are we not smarter than the apes?

The eyebrows do serve a  function.  Eyebrows function to keep sweat and rainwater out of your eyes.  While this is not important anymore, in primitive times they were very important, for  the human was escaping a predator perhaps they start sweating, that salty water in the eyes would blind them and make them food  for whatever was chasing them. Eyebrows still plays an important role in our culture because they’re useful for communicating nonverbal expression and women seem to enjoy plucking and pruning them to convey themselves to be more beautiful.  Younger people tend to pierce eyebrows, but even with all these things, they still function to wick water from  the eyes  to the sides of the face.  You might consider them the eyes’ is umbrellas.