2-Card Poker is a fast-action table game from American Gaming Systems that is found in many casinos. The name itself is a bit misleading since both the dealer and the player are dealt four cards, but there’s already Four-Card Poker and Crazy 4 Poker, so 2-Card it is. Instructions Playing the game is really quite simple. 2-Card Poker is played with a standard deck of 52-cards. No jokers or wildcards are used....
02 of 10 Don’t Let Your Tire Pressure Drop Maintaining proper tire pressure is one of the easiest ways to improve fuel economy. Photo © Basem Wasef One of the quickest and most effective ways to boost your MPGs is to check your tire pressure. Find the pressure rating for your tire on the sidewall or owner’s manual; not only will hitting the correct PSI boost your fuel economy, it will also improve your bike’s handling....
Many important events happened during the 1940s; Mount Rushmore was completed in 1941, the “Big Bang” theory was formulated in 1946 and in 1949, George Orwell published his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In terms of music, musicals were still very much in demand with the likes of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein and Irving Berlin penning well-received show tunes. 01 of 15 Again Hulton Archive / Getty Images The melody of this song was composed by Lionel Newman and the lyrics written by Dorcas Cochran....
Jim Dine (b. 1935), a modern American painter, sculptor, photographer, printmaker, and poet, is known for finding a subject that is important to him and repeating it many times over. He has said, “I always need to find some theme, some tangible subject matter besides the paint itself, otherwise I would have been an abstract artist. I need that hook … Something to hang my landscape on."(1) Closely identified with the Pop Art style, he maintains that whereas Pop Art was outward-looking and impersonal, his work is inward-looking and personal, even autobiographical....
Inspired by two separate tragedies—a journalist who had interviewed him just weeks before dying in Northern Ireland as a result of the IRA conflicts, and the story of a Cambodian boy who was forced to murder his mutilated sister or be executed himself—Andrew Lloyd Webber took to writing music as a way to cope with and express his grief. When he finished his Requiem, Webber dedicated it to his father who passed away in 1982....
Knee injuries, especially damage to the ACL, have long been synonymous with the sport of skiing. Anterior cruciate ligament injuries typically occur during twisting falls where the ski binding fails to release. For many skiers, especially older skiers, this injury often means an end to their skiing days. Fortunately, snowboarding has proved to be much kinder to the knee joint, with a significantly smaller number of knee injuries having been recorded over the years....
You’re downsizing, right-sizing, cutting staff and experiencing layoffs, for all the right reasons. Your goal was to increase productivity, quality, customer care, and profitability, and to reduce costs and waste. Like the Phoenix in ancient mythology, you’ve succeeded. You rose from the ashes and regenerated yourself. Those who remain with you, the layoff survivors, have fulfilled your highest expectations in this process. They’ve stepped up to the challenge and soared to new heights of accomplishment....
So you’ve taken the first steps, learned how to ride a motorcycle, picked up all the safety gear, and maybe even started shopping for your first bike — what’s next? The Motorcycle Safety Foundation has put together a list of five common beginner mistakes, and we’ve compiled them here. Check out these tips to get one step ahead of the curve. 01 of 05 Buying Too Much Motorcycle Our lists of beginner, intermediate, and advanced beginner motorcycles have one thing in common: they feature smaller, more maneuverable features that help new riders buzz through the learning curve....
A choir director is any person who leads a vocal ensemble. Choir directors may lead such ensembles at church, in school or in other performance venues. Choir directors do more than conduct and lead a choir, they also have the responsibility of making sure the members attend rehearsals and are at their best when performing. They carefully choose the pieces that the group will perform and make sure everything is in order—from the vocal harmony down to the stage formation....
The history of Puerto Rico parallels that of Cuba in many ways until we reach the 20th century. When Columbus landed in Puerto Rico (1493), the island was the home of the Taino Indians who called it “Borinquen” (Island of the Brave Lord). The Taino Indians were wiped out fairly quickly and today there are no remaining Tainos, although their influence can still be felt on the island’s music. In fact, Puerto Rico’s national anthem is called ‘La Borinquena’ after the Taino place name....
“Movie tie-in edition” or “TV tie-in edition” (sometimes simply referred to as a “movie tie-in” or a “TV tie-in”) as it relates to book publishing is a book whose jacket, packaging, contents, or promotion relates to a feature film or a television show, respectively. Promotional Tie-Ins and Marketing Synergy The relationship of a movie or TV show to a book, or vice versa, creates a marketing synergy between the book and the film (or television series) to which it relates....
Oklahoma salvage title laws are administered through the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Oklahoma used car salvage title laws are pretty good for consumers when compared to other states. Insurance companies may not like them as much. Rebuilt titles in Oklahoma can also be a good value. The best aspect of the law is a low threshold for declaring a vehicle salvaged: if the cost to make a vehicle that is 10 years or newer roadworthy is more than 60% of its fair market value at the time of the loss....
“We Shall Overcome” became particularly popular in the 1960s, during the Civil Rights movement in America, after Pete Seeger learned it, adapted it, and taught it to his audiences to sing. While most people attribute the song to Seeger, however, it had a half-century (or so) to evolve and expand its meaning before revivalists like Seeger, Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, and Joan Baez popularized it during the folk revival. History of the Song...
Have you found out that your personality type is INFP (standing for Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Perception)? Perhaps you learned you’re an INFP from a career counselor after he or she administered the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) or maybe you determined it yourself after reading about psychiatrist Carl Jung’s personality theory. If you’ve never heard of Carl Jung and his personality theory or the MBTI, here’s some background....
New Orleans in the first two decades of the 20th century was a musical melting pot of musical styles. African music was still prominent, as drumming and dancing were some of the few freedoms allowed slaves before emancipation. Ragtime was popular, and its up-tempo and syncopated rhythms had a profound influence on later styles. Military marching bands had begun to influence New Orleans music, in terms of musical forms and also the types of instruments that were available....
The lightsaber: an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Seven lightsaber colors have been seen in legitimate, canonical Star Wars productions. According to Lucasfilm, lightsaber colors have never been addressed or explained within the boundaries of official canon, aside from confirming that it is the Kyber crystal in the saber’s core that determines the color of the blade. In other words, blue crystal = blue blade, red crystal = red blade, and so on....
Actor Billy Flynn plays Chad DiMera on “Days of Our Lives.” He took over the role as Stefano DiMera’s youngest son from Casey Deidrick in 2014 and has enjoyed success as a regular on the popular soap. Central to Chad’s story is his relationship with Abigail Deveraux. He is the tall, blue-eyed man whom she can’t get out of her head or heart. Yet Flynn didn’t think he’d land the role....
A tenant is usually responsible for paying money to a landlord. This is usually in the form of monthly rent. There are situations in the landlord-tenant relationship where a landlord will actually be responsible for paying a tenant. Here are seven times a landlord has to give a tenant money. Pay Tenant for Repairs There are two separate situations where a landlord may have to pay a tenant for repairs. This includes directly reimbursing a tenant for repairs and indirectly collecting less rent when a tenant makes a repair and deducts it from their rent....
An Air Force Air Battle Manager has a very important role in the service, using strategy, experience, and a knowledge of aircraft and weapons to “control the outcome of an air battle,” according to the Air Force. It’s a demanding job that requires the individual be able to keep composure in stressful situations while acting with confidence and decisiveness. This job is separated into three codes: AFSC 13B4, StaffAFSC 13B3, QualifiedAFSC 13B1, Entry...
Painters rely on their paints, and it is important to take care of those valuable tubes at all times. While oil paints can be more accepting of temperature fluctuations, acrylics are not. If you work with acrylic paints, you will need to pay attention to the temperatures in which they are stored. Many acrylics will become unusable if they freeze and thaw multiple times. It is best to store them in a location that you would be comfortable living in....
