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Texas Holdem is a variety of Poker, a card game which originated
in the 19th century. The origins of Poker are still disputed to
this day, with a number of conflicting accounts about where it
came from, and who first played it; similar games exist back to
the Renaissance period. The word ‘Poker’ actually comes from the
German word ‘pochen’, which means “to knock”.

However, most accounts generally agree that it was French
settlers who first played Poker in New Orleans around 1830. It
may have been introduced to them by Persian traders, as it bears
strong similarities with the 16th century Persian card game As
Nas. The popularity of Poker meant that it quickly spread
throughout the USA, along the transport routes of rivers and
railroads. It became especially popular when played amongst
cowboys in the Old West.

Texas Holdem, or Hold’em as it is also known, is today one of
the most popular versions of Poker in the world. Although nobody
is really sure where this version was first played, it seems
clear that Texas was the state of origin! Some reports say that
the first ever game was played in Robstown in the 1900s and it
spread to Dallas in 1925. Texas Holdem has enjoyed widespread
recognition ever since.

The popularity of Texas Holdem was widely increased in 1970. In
this year, the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino was opened in Las
Vegas by Benny Binion. Binion decided to take over a small
invitational Poker tournament from Riverside Casino’s Tom
Morehead. What as the name of the tournament? The World Series
of Poker and the game of choice was Texas Holdem.

Binion focused on the gambling element of the game by devising
the idea of rapidly increasing antes and blinds, so that a
winner could be produced within a relatively short space of
time. In 1972, 8 players took part in the World Series of Poker
tournament; thirty years later, the 8 had increased to 800! This
annual tournament is now recognised as the most important in the
world. In the last five years, the increasing popularity of
televised tournaments means that Texas Holdem has become a part
of mainstream television.

Additionally, through modern innovations in technology, Texas
Holdem Poker has branched off in new directions. Games can now
be played directly through the internet, or even on a cell
phone! The game’s simplicity and huge entertainment value have
contributed to its popularity, which shows no sign of decrease.
Texas Holdem is clearly the most famous Poker game in the world.

The Nintendo Fusion Tour featuring Fall Out Boy is a hot shoq
for October, here are all the venues, times and date for the
month of October.

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Tsongas Arena
Lowell, MA Saturday 10/8/2005 7:00 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Electric Factory
Philadelphia, PA Sunday 10/9/2005 8:00 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Roseland
Ballroom-ny New York, NY Tuesday 10/11/2005 6:00 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy NTELOS Pavilion
Harbor Center Portsmouth, VA Friday 10/14/2005 6:30 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy House Of Blues -
Myrtle Beach North Myrtle Beach, SC Saturday 10/15/2005 6:30 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy The Tabernacle-ga
Atlanta, GA Sunday 10/16/2005 5:25 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Hard Rock Live -
Orlando Orlando, FL Tuesday 10/18/2005 6:30 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Revolution Fort
Lauderdale, FL Wednesday 10/19/2005 6:00 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Jannus Landing
Fort Myers, FL Thursday 10/20/2005 7:00 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Graham Central
Station Odessa, TX Monday 10/24/2005 6:00 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Marquee Theatre-az
Tempe, AZ Wednesday 10/26/2005 6:30 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, CA Thursday 10/27/2005 6:20 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Soma San Diego, CA
Friday 10/28/2005 TBD

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy Rialto
Theatre-Tuscon Tucson, AZ Saturday 10/29/2005 6:20 PM

Nintendo Fusion Tour: featuring Fall Out Boy UCI Bren Events
Center Irvine, CA Monday 10/31/2005 6:25 PM

Being successful as a magician relies just as much on your stage
persona and your ability to be engaging as it does on the tricks
you choose to perform or the technical skills you possess.

The reason for this is because tricks in and of themselves can
fall flat if not presented in the right way. A sleight of hand
that dazzles when performed by an engaging magician can leave an
audience yawning when in the less capable hands of an
under-whelming performer.

So if you want your tricks to go over well, you’ve got to learn
how to sell them to your audience.

That means you’ve got to work on your showmanship just as much
as you have to work on the tricks themselves. Learn how to get
the audience eating out of the palm of your hand!

If you are not sure how to do this, don’t worry. Showmanship is
something you can easily learn and improve upon with practice.
It’s not necessary an inborn trait that you either have or don’t
have-it’s a learned skill that even the best magicians are
constantly honing and perfecting.

Here’s how to make good showmanship part of your magic routine:

Build a Bridge to the Audience

Whether you are onstage in front of ten people or ten thousand,
your success is directly related to how much your audience feels
inclined to trust you and suspend their disbelief for you.

To win them over, talk directly to them. Make eye contact. Make
use of volunteers. Don’t confine your show to the stage. Invite
audience members up, or go down to mingle with them.

Don’t Wait to Warm Up-Be “On” Right from the Start!

Don’t wait to “warm up”-you’ve got to be “on” right from the
start! Most magic shows last only about an hour or less, so make
it a point to create your relationship with the audience quickly.

Cultivate a Stage Persona

Ideally, magic tricks should bring about a sense of wonder and
excitement, not a sense of being tricked or fooled. And you as a
magician should therefore aim to be mystical and wise, not
hokey.

Of course, there are many ways to be entertaining. Some of the
most successful magicians in the biz are very serious in terms
of their demeanor. Others, however, are jocular and love to
crack jokes during their shows.

Your “stage persona” is really up to you. If you’re naturally
inclined toward being chatty and making jokes, go for it on
stage.

If you’re naturally more reserved and quiet, you can think about
adopting a more “David Blaine-like” character when you’re
performing.

The trick (pun intended!) is just to make sure you approach it
as a role or a performance. Give the audience the dazzling
entertainment they want and you will always be a hit.

Just Believe

Believe in what you are doing and suspend your disbelief as much
as you can. The illusions work best when you truly trust in your
abilities and honestly belief that you are creating miracles! In
reality you know that they are tricks, but if you act like
they’re just fakes or frauds then you’ll never win over your
viewers. Put it this way: if you don’t believe in yourself, why
on earth should your audience?

If you listen to rap music on a regular basic you will notice the stark differences between rap lyrics and hip hop lyrics. It is widely known that rap came up from the streets where the artists would use their rhyming skills to tell the world about their sense of isolation and not being part of the American mainstream.

Hip hop lyrics from the same place, but this time it was middle class children who did not like how they were treated as their families moved into the suburbs and edge cities.

So what happened?

Along the way, hip hop went mainstream as it was cleaner and dance friendly. Hip hop lyrics made their way from the streets, to the clubs, to MTV and finally to the top of the music charts. Rap lyrics remained where they began, as the music of the down trodden and this gives emerging artists the freedom to experiment without worrying about their best camera angle.

You can still get a good rap album onto the charts with very little time on MTV.

How do rap artists maintain such complete control over their music:

1. Rap lyrics are seen as more raw so the artists can get away with more explicit and sensitive subjects. Whether it’s gangs, drugs, homophobia, or domestic violence, rappers have total creative freedom to address taboo subjects with out turning off their fans.

2. Rap lyrics are mostly created by individual artist and not song writing committees. An artist could free style in person or on paper. It doesn’t matter because you don’t get the huge song writing teams that dominate pop, country and even hip hop music.

3. Rap lyrics are not music reliant. They actually sound better without huge overpowering beats behind them. Most professional rappers do their best work when they have mike without any musical accompaniment

4. Rap lyrics are not easily recycled since they are based on personal rather than universal experiences. The original lyrics can touch the audience but it is not easily transferred from one artist to another. Rappers can inject pieces of their personality, family history, educational background and more into their songs.

Of course, you can put samples into hip hop or pop songs, but it is very different for a middle class thirteen year old to remake your song and not sound like an idiot.

In the end, I still listen to all types of music. It’s just that when it comes to originality and raw musical styles, I’ll take rap lyrics over hip hop.

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