Top 10 World Dictator

In this article, 10 of the world's most respected dictator by the people. Tenth dictator partly derived from the real world, there is also the fictional world comes from Let's see who they are.

Criteria for assessment:
1. Characters characters.
2. How can he lead and govern.
3. How many people liked it.
4. The name of the person.

1. Ramesses II / Pharaoh (ANCIENT EGYPT):
Spoiler for number 1:


For number one, we took the two holy books (Koran and the Book). Indeed the figure of Pharaoh is very special for anyone. Especially when it comes to arrogance during the era of Prophet Musa AS. He even arrogantly claim to be God who is also a direct descendant of the sun god. Whatever his claims about himself, ended up dead Pharaoh drowned while pursuing Moses with the U.S. army in the red sea. His body was later rescued by the Lord YME, according to the sound of the verses of the Quran, letter Yunus verse 90 which reads: "This day we save your body, so you can be a lesson to those after you in the future."


2. Adolf Hitler (GERMANY):
Spoiler for number 2:


One of the special figure most demanding at the same time by the world community. Born of a Jewish father, where as an adult he was determined to exterminate the Jews in Germany through his Nazi party. But after he was trapped and near defeat, he finally decided to commit suicide with his wife in a basement.


3. Megatron / Galvatron (Decepticon):
Spoiler for number 3:


We joke huh? No, this is the only fictional dictator in our list. Wizard magazine put it as the world's legendary dictator in position 68. All crimes would be very upset and miserable people all over the world, if if he was in reality. Thankfully, he was only in fairy tales ...


4. Saddam Hussein (IRAQ):
Spoiler for number 4:


We will take reference from the World Islamic history books. In the book, maybe Saddam Hussein is a Muslim head of state who likes to kill its own people. Eternal feud with the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran in the early 1980s to raise the oil crisis and the Gulf War due to do own. Devastated in 2003 after he attacked the UN troops under the command of the United States and Saudi Arabia, until he finally executed on Eid al-Adha 2005.


5. Benito MUSOLINI (ITALY):
Spoiler for number 5:


This is a successful Italian through his understanding of Fascism in Italy and some countries such as Austria companions when World War II past. Conspiring with Adolf Hitler, to obey almost all of Europe before finally defeated by U.S. troops, and finally Italy instead turned supports block German allies and betrayed.


6. Slobodan Milošević (Yugoslavia):
Spoiler for number 6:


Serbia origin ruthless dictators have slaughtered millions of Muslims of Kosovo. He also had grounded faired Bosnia and Herzegovina and made some international crimes. Eventually he was sentenced to death by international courts, and a dark note for this Yugoslavia.


7. SOEHARTO (INDONESIA):
Spoiler for number 7:


We admit the excess to the former president of this second RI. But to be honest, when the Suharto era in power in Indonesia, all the elements of freedom is limited by a man who claimed himself as the father of this development. Even political parties have only a limited three, the press is forbidden to do much, also the kidnapping of activists to the truth, if anyone dared to fight. Died at the age of 86 years on January 27, 2008.


8. Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union):
Spoiler for number 8:


Experts communist Soviet Union was successfully destroy millions of innocent people for the sake of unification into a communist state called the USSR superpower. Unfortunately, after he died, his goal is to make the world a communist does not happen. The USSR broke up in late 1990, and then his legacy can only be enjoyed now with a Russian name.


9. Herman Willem Daendels (INDIAN THE NETHERLANDS):
Spoiler for number 9:


This is the Dutch governor-general's most ruthless when ordered in Indonesia. Expense of the common people for construction of the highway heading Anyer-Panarukan which we now can enjoy when going home to the village home page. Ironically, perhaps he, too, who teaches corruption to the Indonesian people. He was greedy for money, so that instead of development projects faltered, and then called back to Holland and was replaced by the Governor-General Janssens.


10. Emperor Hirohito (JAPAN):
Spoiler for number 10:


For some people, it is the main actor's involvement in World War II Japan. But precisely because he himself caused, Japan should be willing to lose two cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the atomic bomb by the allies. Finally he gave up only a few days before Indonesia's independence.

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Top 10 Most Modern Windmills in the World

Here’s a list of most modern windmills in the world. A windmill is a machine which convert the energy of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. On July 8, 2009 ago AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) report on all existing windmills in America. The report says that 20% of all energy used throughout the country generated from wind energy. Here’s the list of the modern windmills in the world.

10. WhalePower
WhalePower’s company purposely designed their windmill like a blade, this is believed that it can enhance the efficiency of electricity generated up to 20%.

Whalepower

9. Quiet Revolution qr5
Qr5 windmills was designed for used in urban areas that have low wind speeds. If a conventional windmill rotates to follow the direction the wind is not the case with qr5, it was able to catch wind from all over the place and this makes it efficient.

Quite Revolution qr5

8. Windspire
Windspire is the vertical windmill that almost similar to the Quiet Revolution, with a height of 30 feet, the turbine generate 2000 kilowatts per hour and able to face the brunt of winds up to 105 mph.

Windspire

7. Mageen Air Rotor System (MARS)
MARS is a windmill that is placed on very high places. It contains helium, the object is able to survive to a height of 1000 feet in the air. The wind that caught will make Mars rotates on its axis, this will produce energy that is transferred directly to the cable ashore. Until now, Mars is still a prototype and still in the testing phase, if successful then this thing is planned to be used from 2010. Suggested places to MARS is the offshore area, an island in the middle of the sea, and mining.

Mageen Air Rotor System

6. Windbelt
Windbelt was designed by award-winning Breakthrough PM, Shawn Frayne. Despite of small size of these windmills capable of generating wind speeds of 40 milliWatts at 10mph. The cheap cost for production is expected to help the people who are less able to obtain good electrical supply.

Windbelt

5. Honywell Wind Turbine
Honywell is a windmill that is placed on the roof of the house and able to work even at wind speed of 2 mph. There is no gear like a conventional windmill, Honywell work with magnets on the fin-fin.

Honywell Wind Turbine

4. WePOWER
WePOWER is a vertical wind turbine that can work well at low wind speeds. The creators of WePOWER claims that it will be most effective when placed on agricultural land, housing, and buildings.

WePower

3. Spiral Drag Wind Turbine
Although still in the research phase, but the surface of the turbine are made of aluminum material is able to capture the wind effectively.

Spiral Drag Wind Turbine

2. Architectural Wind

Architectural Wind is a small windmill that can be placed on a roof or building edge. With the assumption that the wind which had crashed into the roof of the building resulted in more rapid air flow so it is able to take advantage of windmill-blade knives to capture the flow.

Architectural Wind

1. Sky Serpent
Sky Serpent uses some rotors that is placed in a generator, but that each rotor is designed with a certain distance and angle so that each get a ‘fresh air’. Sky Serpent made and tested in California in order to finance the California Energy Commission.

Sky Serpent

From the list of the most modern windmills above, do you ever been seen for these windmills?

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Top 10 Most Creative Websites In The World

Here’s the list of most creative websites in the world. The creative term here is in term of the graphics. Most of these websites using Adobe Flash to create a stunning animation that combined with creativity on the making of the graphic elements. Please note that these websites is based on personal choice of the writer. Let’s take a look at those most creative websites in the world:

1. Wonder Wall (http://wonder-wall.com)
Wonderwall is used for portfolio show up for wondewall interior design firm that established by Masamichi Katayama. You can see how the effect of the wall is very good implemented with the mouse over action on the wall.

Wonderwall

2. Theoleg (http://theoleg.com)
Theoleg is a website of Theoleg the freelance designer. The website is full of flash with stunning graphics and animation.

Theoleg

3. Laudi Vidni (http://www.laudividni.com)
Laudi Vidni is a website that facilitate the customer to design their own purse and handbag. This website is very interesting that they can enable the customer to get new experience on buying purse and handbag.

Laudi Vidni

4. thetoke ( http://thetoke.com/)
Thetoke is portfolio website of Darek Nyckowiak. He’s a freelance designer that implement concept, design motion and action script.

thetoke

5. ZZZ (http://zzz.drinkzzz.com)

ZZZ is very good flash animated website that used for promotion of a beverage product.

ZZZ

6. St. Francis is Happy in Greenville (http://www.happyingreenville.com)

The website is a homepage of St. Francis health system. The website is designed with fun kid theme. All the pictures is alike kid’s picture.

St Francis is Happy in Greenville

7. Centrostoy (http://centrostroy.ru/flash/)

This Russian website is all written in Russian. The website itself is unique in term of design with some other additional flash element.

Centrostoy

8. Original Source (http://www.originalsource.co.uk)

The website is used for promotion of shower gels and shampoo. The theme of the website is nature. So the background is all about nature.

Original Source

9. McCafe (http://wakeuptowhatsnew.com)

The website is interactive of McCafe promotion while the user can pour the milk to the cup of coffee. Then the user can save the art of milk pouring to the gallery.

McCafe

10. We Choose The Moon (http://www.wechoosethemoon.org)

We Choose the Moon is an interactive Website to feel the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing.

We Choose The Moon

Creating a stunning and creative website is a pride for a freelance designer. Lot of freelance web designer London, Paris, New York, Moscow even Mumbai try to create very good web design so that people will be interested on their works.

Do You want to create a website like those most creative websites in the world?

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10 Great People You Should Know But Don’t

As a child the things that most interested me were things little known by others. I am not sure what drew me to love all things obscure and unknown, but that passion remains with me to this day – and can certainly be considered the greatest motivation for making Listverse. On this list we look into the lives of ten people (or groups of people) that we should know about, but don’t. I don’t know why there is such a plethora of historical events and people that we seem to universally forget, but at least that gives good fodder for more lists like this!
Aside from sources on the Internet I also used the excellent book History’s Forgotten Milestones (Kindle edition), by Joseph Cummins, in researching the historical figures for this list. It is an excellent and interesting book that I recommend to all who like this list, as well as his fascinating History’s Great Untold Stories.

10. Nicolas Steno

 

Nicolas Steno (11 January 1638 – 25 November 1686) was a Danish pioneer in both anatomy and geology. In 1659, he decided not to accept anything simply written in a book, instead resolving to do research himself. The consequences of this self-study is that he is considered the father of geology and stratigraphy. He was responsible for the the recognition of geological strata, and the theory that successive layers of geological formations (strata) contained a fossil record of life in chronological order. He eventually became a tutor to the de Medici family and, ultimately, became a Bishop and a strong leader in the Catholic Counter-Reformation. He is largely unknown, despite his many great achievements, which may have been due to his religious zeal in a time that was moving away from reasoned science and towards observational science.

9. Cleisthenes

 

Who is the father of democracy? Not Thomas Jefferson, as many people oddly seem to think. It was, in fact, the little known Cleisthenes. He first introduced democracy to the Greek city states (undoubtedly following some of the principles previously set forth by Solon) in 508 BC, after he gained political power in Athens. From 508 to 502 BC, he began to develop a series of major reforms, leading to the formation of Athenian Democracy. He made all free men living in Athens and Attica citizens, giving them the right to vote as part of a democratic society. He also established a council (boule). All citizens over the age of thirty were eligible to sit on the council, encouraging public involvement in the government. While the format may not be the same as the many democracies around the world today, there is no doubt that this was the first step.

8. Elisha Kane

 

It is astounding that Elisha Kane is known to so few people – especially considering that his funeral was said to be the largest in US history, second only to that of Abraham Lincoln. Kane (28 February 1820 – 16 February 1857) was a US Navy Officer who was a member of two Arctic expeditions to attempt to rescue (without success) the explorer Sir John Franklin (a British Arctic explorer who vanished while attempting to chart and navigate the Canadian Arctic). Though suffering from scurvy, and at times near death, he resolutely pushed on and charted the coasts of Smith Sound and the Kane Basin, penetrating farther north than any other explorer had done up to that time. His ship was eventually icebound and so, on 20th May 1855, he led his party on an 83 day march across the frozen north, carrying their sick with them. They lost only one man on the journey and were eventually rescued. However, the toll on his health was too extreme and he died two years later in Havana, where he was trying to recuperate. His body was carried from New Orleans to Philadelphia, and nearly every platform on the trip was met by a memorial delegation.

7.Rabban Sauma

 

Rabban Bar Sauma (c. 1220–1294) is the Marco Polo of the East, and yet is relatively unknown. He was a Turkic/Mongol monk, turned diplomat, of the Nestorian Christian faith. He is known for embarking on a pilgrimage from Mongol-controlled China to Jerusalem with one of his students, Rabban Markos. Due to military unrest along the way, they never reached their destination, but instead spent many years in Mongol-controlled Baghdad. Markos was eventually chosen as Nestorian Patriarch, and later suggested his teacher, Rabban Bar Sauma, be sent on another mission, as Mongol ambassador to Europe. The elderly monk met with many of the European monarchs, as well as the Pope, in attempts to arrange a Franco-Mongol alliance. The mission bore no fruit, but in his later years in Baghdad, Rabban Bar Sauma documented his lifetime of travel. His written account of his journeys is of unique interest to modern historians, as it gives a picture of medieval Europe at the close of the Crusading period, painted by a keenly intelligent, broadminded and statesmanlike observer. His travels occurred prior to the return of Marco Polo to Europe, and his writings give a reverse viewpoint of the East looking to the West.

6. Mary Anning

Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was a British fossil collector, dealer and palaeontologist who became known around the world for a number of important finds she made in the Jurassic age marine fossil beds at Lyme Regis, where she lived. Her work contributed to the fundamental changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the earth that occurred in the early 19th century, and yet she is barely known today, while Darwin has become a household name. Her discoveries included the first ichthyosaur skeleton to be correctly identified, which she and her brother, Joseph, found when she was just twelve years old, the first two plesiosaur skeletons ever found, the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany, and some important fish fossils. Because of her sex and religious rebellion, much of her work was never published and, in fact, she rarely even received credit for her scientific contributions.

5.Fighting Women of Dahomey

 

The Dahomey Amazons, or Mino, were a Fon (a major West African ethnic and linguistic group in the country of Benin, and southwest Nigeria) all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin), which lasted until the end of the 19th century. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the semi-mythical Amazons of ancient Anatolia and the Black Sea. The Mino were recruited from among the ahosi (“king’s wives”), of which there were often hundreds. They trained with intense physical exercise. Discipline was emphasized. In the latter period, they were armed with Winchester rifles, clubs and knives. Units were under female command. Captives who fell into the hands of the Amazons were often decapitated. The French army lost several battles to them due to the female warriors’ skill in battle that was “the equal of every contemporary body of male elite soldiers from among the colonial powers”. The last surviving Amazon of Dahomey died in 1979.

4.Jan Wnęk

 

Since reading about Jan Wnęk a year ago, I have desperately sought an opportunity to include him on a list. I am very glad that today that opportunity has arisen, for Wnęk truly was a remarkable man who is little known outside of his native Poland. Wnęk was an illiterate carpenter, born in 1828, who went on to become a prolific sculptor, artist and aviation pioneer. All of this with only natural talent. He studied the wings of ducks to try to learn how to fly, and ultimately built a glider that allowed him to make a number of short flights. His fame was great in the towns around where he lived because of his flying ability. He died at the age of 41, when one of his flights went wrong. He left no written records or drawings of his work in aviation. Above is one of the incredible sculptures he created. You can see many more here.

3. Pope Leo the Great

 

Most of us know Pope Saint Gregory the Great – the inventor of our calendar, but far fewer have heard of Pope St Leo the Great (400 – November 10, 461) who single handedly did what no army could do: stop Attila the Hun. In 452, when the King of the Huns, Attila, invaded Italy and threatened Rome, Pope Leo went to meet him personally to beg him to withdraw. Attila, so impressed by Leo, simply turned around and left. Unfortunately, Leo’s intercession could not prevent the sack of the city by the Vandals in 455, but murder and arson were repressed by his influence. In addition to this great achievement, St Leo is remembered for his writings on equality of all men, and the call for all to live in dignity. His feast day is April 11. Pictured above is the famed meeting between St Leo and Attila.

2. Empress Myeongseong

 

Empress Myeongseong (19 October 1851 – 8 October 1895), also known as Queen Min, was the first official wife of King Gojong, the twenty-sixth king of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. At the age of 16 she was married to the then 15 year old King. But, instead of being the demure queen expected of her, she was assertive and ambitious. She gave up many of the royal functions such as hosting tea parties for the aristocracy, and, instead, read books reserved for men only, teaching herself philosophy, history, science, politics and religion. When her husband took full power (at 22), Queen Min took a very active role in politics, and placed her own family members into high positions, solidifying her power. It was during her so-called rule that Korea began to open to modernization – first with the help of the much despised Japanese (due to forced treaties and threats of war) and later from the West. The Queen reorganized government to deal with the influence of Westernization, and allowed freedom of religion which had previous been suppressed. This caused great upset amongst her own political leaders. The Japanese, seeing her power, decided to assassinate her – which they did, in 1895, by stabbing her multiple times. The King, despairing from the loss of his wife, began to sign treaty after treaty with the Japanese, which eventually led to their colonial rule from 1910-1945. Pictured above is a purported photograph of the Queen.

1. Baldwin IV

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161–16 March 1185) was the King of Jerusalem, from 1174 to 1185. In his youth it was discovered that he had contracted leprosy and, due to his young age, most people thought he would not reign long. He was crowned at the age of 13, and so Jerusalem was ruled by two regents, one of whom signed a treaty of peace with Saladin. When Baldwin came of age he did not renew the treaty, and, instead, began a series of wars against him – fighting on horseback despite suffering from leprosy. He had numerous successes in his battles, which led the Muslim population to refer to him as “the pig”. Baldwin was courageous in battle and wise in politics – organizing marriages that would fortify the kingdom and his power. He ended up reigning for eleven years – the last two years of which he co-reigned with his five year old nephew, King Baldwin V. Oh – and unlike the movie Kingdom of Heaven, Baldwin IV did not wear a mask.


source : http://listverse.com/2011/04/12/10-great-people-you-should-know-but-dont/

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Blackjack History - Origin of the Game

How it all began

The origin of Blackjack history is one of the most debatable points in the history of all gambling games. Some say the game traces its roots to back to the French game "vingt-et-un" (21), which was popular in French casinos in the 17th century. Others believe the history of blackjack started from Italy, as an Italian game "Thirty one" appeared a lot earlier, in the 13th century. Let's find out all about these games.

Blackjack Evolution

The game of
Thirty One
Francois Rabelais
Seven and a Half
and Vingt-et-un
French Revolution,
Blackjack in America

Nevada Gambling Act
First variant
Of Card Counting
First variant of
Basic Strategy

The Game of Thirty One

The Italian game Thirty one was first mentioned in the XIV century.
The aim of the game was to get a hand totaling 31.

The Italian game "Thirty One" has lots of similarities with the current game of blackjack, though the aim of it was to get a hand totaling 31 from 3 cards. The fact the game appeared in the XIV century makes this game the first predecessor of blackjack as we know it today. The first time this game was mentioned was in an anti-gaming sermon by an Italian monk - St. Bernardine of Siena. This sermon led to public burnings of dice, cards and backgammon boards. This sermon dates back to 1440.

Fun Fact: The first deck of cards was printed by Johan Guttenberg, also famous for printing the first Bibles. The deck had 22 trumps and 4 suits of 14 cards. Each suit had 10 numbered cards, a King, a Queen, a Knight and a Valet (Jester).

The game "Thirty One" was also mentioned in the classic and famous work by Francois Rabelais - "Gargantua and Pantagruel". The game was listed in Chapter XXII as one of the 100 games played by Gargantua: "… Then the carpet being spread, they brought plenty of cards, many dice, with great store and abundance of chequers and chessboards. There he played at flush, primero, the beast, trump…one-and-thirty…..". The reference dates back to between 1532 and 1542.

The game was then mentioned in one of the stories of the famous Spanish writer - Miguel de Cervantes, where he described a great blackjack, or "Trentuno", cheat. The story was called "Riconete and Cortadillo" and was published in 1613, which is over 150 years later than the first mention of 31 in Bernardine's sermon.

Seven and a Half

Seven and Half was very popular in Italy and brought lots of its features to modern blackjack.
Unlike in modern blackjack, the dealer could choose what to do in the game.

Another Italian game of the 17th century brought lots of features that make blackjack today the way we know and love it.
The Italian game "Seven and a Half" was very popular entertainment pastime with some similarities with the game of blackjack you will definitely notice. According to the rules of the game, it was played with only 8's, 9's, 10's and face cards. The values of cards were the following: Aces were counted as 1; Face cards all counted as a ½ and all the rest cards were counted according their values. The King of diamonds in the game was considered as a wild card. Any player that received a total higher than 7.5 would automatically go bust. The player who got a value of 7 ½ won and was paid more than even money. The dealer unlike in modern blackjack, was allowed to hit and stand when he wanted.

French Vingt-et-un

The game Vingt-et-un differed in many aspects from the game blackjack as we know it today, though there are still many common features. The cards in this game were dealt in rounds allowing players to bet on each of the rounds. Though the aim of the game was partly the same - to get a hand of 21, the game was different as only dealer could double and if he got a Natural, all the players would pay him triple. Player's Natural paid double and a busted hand was an automatic loser. In Vingt-et-un the Ace could be 1 or 11 which has carried on to the modern game
As you can see, the game of Vingt-et-un is similar to blackjack game, therefore it is mostly considered to be the true predecessor of modern Blackjack.

Vingt-et-un more than any other game is similar to modern blackjack.
The game was loved by the French elite and was even played by the mistress of the king Louis XV.

Fun fact: Vingt-et-un was very popular among French and even the mistress of Louis XV, Madame du Barry loved this game so much she made the king organize "Vingt-et-un" parties to make her happy. Another interesting fact is that Napoleon, who was against card games as they distracted his soldiers, played Vingt-et-un daily on his exile on Elba to kill time.

All in All

All things considered, there are no hard facts and no one can say for sure what the origin of blackjack is. Some researchers believe this game has derived from other similar French game , however those games are based on accurate and well-balanced calculations. Also the fact that casino games very rarely mutate into other games is a strong argument that blackjack did not come from vingt-et-un or any other game.
Still, there are such scholars that think blackjack belongs to the family of games that includes Baccarat, Seven-And-A-Half and Vingt-et-Un, 21 and Pontoon. These games may be very familiar to you, and as there are lots of common features they all are considered to be the ancestors of modern blackjack.

Blackjack in America

When the game of 21 came to America it started a new era and soon became the most popular gambling game.

From its origins in Europe, blackjack has spread out throughout the world and came to America after the French Revolution in 1789. The game became hugely popular after casino owners offered amazing bonuses (for a hand of Jack and Ace of Spades the player got a 10 to 1 payout which brings us to the origin of the name of Blackjack).


The first name for the game however was Twenty-One which has been used in New Orleans since 1823.
As in Europe the game of blackjack was mainly a game of entertainment, then professional gamblers in the USA tried to make it a source of gain by manipulating gaming odds and varying bets. There were no specific governmental regulations for the gambling industry and that is why the game developed quickly and became more and more popular. It continued like this until the 19th century when the government of the US found out how gambling, influenced corruption and led to organized crime.

According to many researchers, the modern history of the game of blackjack started with the Nevada Gambling Act of 1931 that legalized gambling in all Nevada casinos.

This led to many changes for blackjack history. As most of US states criminalised gambling, Las Vegas in Nevada attracted gamblers from all over the world to its casinos, and blackjack became one of the most popular games at all casinos. The interest in the game grew and was boosted with the book by Edward Thorp "Beat the dealer", and you can read about it in the History of card counting.

Modern Blackjack

The first green-felted table was made in 1919 and the game was the third most popular after Roulette and Craps in 1931. In the next 15 years blackjack overtook Roulette to become the second most popular game, after Craps. The first variant of blackjack basic strategy appeared in 1958, around the same time as card counting (1949 - first version, though the first blackjack basic strategy that gave the odds appeared in 1962 according to the history of card counting) as blackjack became the most popular gambling game. Nowadays each and every online and land casino has not only traditional but several more blackjack variations.

The game of blackjack is mostly played online nowadays allowing millions of players from all over the world to play this well-adored game even if the nearest casino is hundreds of miles away. Online blackjack has all the features of a land casino game and can offer players a lot more options. However, online blackjack leaves no chance for card counters as it is impossible to track the cards whilst playing online.

History of Blackjack - Summary

1440

First mentioning of a game Trentuno in a sermon by St. Bernardine of Siena.

1532 - 1542

Francois Rabelais mentioned the game one and thirty in "Gargantua and Pantagruel".

1613

The game was mentioned in a story by Miguel de Cervantes "Riconete and Cortadillo".

XVII beginning

The beginning of the XVII century brought us two games Seven and Half and Vingt-et-un, both believed to be predecessors of blackjack.

1789

After the French Revolution, the game came to America.

1931

Nevada Gaming Act legalized gambling in Nevada.

1949

The first book on card counting appeared.

1958

Blackjack Basic Strategy appeared in its first form.



 source :
http://blackjackdoc.com/blackjack-history.htm?r=mg

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Yuri Gagarin: First man in Space

Today we are going to be discussing one of the most inspiring human achievements of the twentieth century, space travel, and its pioneer, the then Major Yuri Gagarin, who completed the historic first orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961, which is fifty years ago on Tuesday. A new edition of "Starman: the Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin" by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony is timed to this event. I will be talking in the studio to Patrick Buzzard, the head of the NASA mission in Russia, who is just back from watching a memorial launch at Baikonur, the place from which Gagarin set off into space, and on the phone to Anatoly Zak, one of Russia's leading historians of space exploration and publisher of RussianSpaceWeb.com.

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The Most Expensive iPad

For those who find a regular iPad isn’t enough of a status symbol, London based Camael Diamonds unveiled a stunning product – an iPad in 18 carat gold and festooned with 300 carat flawless diamonds while the home button and backside features black diamonds . Priced at $1.2 million.

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