Las Vegas "Whales"Written by Iulia Pascanu
What Las Vegas jargon names "whales" is in fact creme of high rollers species. They are a handfull of people that in some opinions don't exceed 500 individuals in world. Las Vegas hoteliers are nuts about them; some claim four or five of those whales bet much more than rest of thousands customers they receive daily. No wonder they are suspected of going as far as selling their first born child to get one of those whales into their gaming area. Five tips to recognise a whale * size of bet: $50,000 is low end; Australian tycoon Kerry Packer likes to play seven blackjack hands at one time; his top bet was $375,000; * line of credit: 4 to 5 million dollars for one weekend; a fortune for us ordinary earthings, pocket money for a "whale"; * treat: whales get all freebies from hotel they play: fine dining, luxury accommodations, private jet transportation, expensive gifts... often US visa for Asian high rollers; * escort: it usually includes bodyguards, beautiful gals and close friends; Las Vegas history saved for record a legendary tale in which Saudi Prince Adnan Khashoggi dropped for a bet at Stardust with an anturage of a dozen people; * generosity: whether they win or loose, everybody's happy as long as they play; "whales" don't spare tips & gifts.
| | Play The Piano Like A ProWritten by Ismael D. Tabije
Meet 12 Major Notes:1.C (do) 2.C# - Db (do sharp or re flat) (one-key only) 3.D (re) 4.D# - Eb (re sharp or mi flat) (one key only) 5.E (mi) 6.F (fa) 7.F# - Gb (fa sharp or so flat) (one key only) 8.G(so) 9.G# - Ab(so sharp or la flat) (one key only) 10.A (la) 11.A# - Bb(la sharp or ti flat) 12.B (ti) Meet 12 Major Chords: 1.C major - do, mi, so {C, E, G keys} 2.D major - re, fa#, la {D, F#, A keys} 3.E major - mi, so#, ti{E, G#, B keys} 4.F major - (lower) fa, (lower) la, (middle) do{F, A, C keys} 5.G major - (lower) so, (lower) ti, (middle) re{G, B, D keys} 6.A major - (lower) la, (middle) do#, (middle) mi {A, C#, E keys} 7.B major - (lower) ti, (middle)re#, (middle) fa# {B, D#, F# keys} 8.C# or Db - do#, fa, so# {C#, F, G# keys} 9.D# or Eb - re#, so, la# {D#, G, A# keys} 10.F# or Gb - (lower) fa#, (lower) la#, (middle) do# {F#, A#, D# keys} 11.G# or Ab - (lower) so#, (middle) do, (middle) re# {G#, C, D# keys} 12.A# or Bb - (lower) tib, (middle) re, (middle) fa {Bb, D, F keys} Notes some one of most important things to learn and digest when it comes to learning music. The foundation of every tune is note. This is also what makes music lesson quite difficult to learn. It is because music is another language. There are lots of music notes to memorize. However, there are some techniques to better understand and not just to memorize notes then eventually digest all of them. The first technique is to know first twelve (12) major notes. Enumerated above are twelve major notes. Most of us have encountered do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti notes in early stage of our education. Whether we liked it or not, music has always been a part of academe. The alphabet notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B are also used along with do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti notes. However, most people especially those who are not totally musically inclined are more familiar with latter.
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