--Texas hold 'em--

Texas hold 'em (also known as hold'em or holdem) is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three ("the flop") then two additional single cards ("the turn" and "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet, raise or fold after each deal, i.e. betting may occur prior to the flop, "on the flop", "on the turn", and "on the river".

Texas Hold 'em is the "H" game featured in H.O.R.S.E and in H.O.S.E.

Although little is known about the invention of Texas hold 'em, the Texas State Legislature officially recognizes Robstown, Texas, United States as the game's birthplace, dating the game to the early 1900s.

After its invention and spread throughout Texas, hold 'em was introduced to Las Vegas in 1967 by a group of Texan gamblers and card players, including Crandell Addington, Roscoe Weiser, Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim.^[3] Addington said the first time he saw the game was in 1959. "They didn't call it Texas hold 'em at the time, they just called it hold 'em.… I thought then that if it were to catch on, it would become the game. Draw poker, you bet only twice; hold 'em, you bet four times. That meant you could play strategically. This was more of a thinking man's game."

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_'em

~http://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/texasholdemhistory.htm

~http://www.texas-holdem-poker-history.com/
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~http://www.pokerlistings.com/texas-holdem

--Hosni Mubarak--

Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني سيد مبارك‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmːæd ˈħosni ˈsæjːed moˈbɑːɾɑk], Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak; born May 4, 1928^{[citation needed]}) is the fourth and current President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

He was appointed vice president in 1975, and assumed the Presidency on October 14, 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. He is the longest-serving Egyptian ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Before he entered politics Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force, serving as its commander from 1972 to 1975.

Beginning on January 25, 2011, a popular uprising called for his resignation as president of Egypt. On February 1, 2011, Mubarak announced that he will not seek another term in the upcoming presidential election. On February 5, 2011 Egyptian state media reported that senior members of the ruling National Democratic Party, including President Hosni Mubarak, had resigned from leadership roles within the party. It was later clarified that Mubarak would stay on as president however.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubarak
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

--Egyptians Want Mubarak Out?--

NBC, msnbc.com and news services
updated 12 minutes ago

Breaking news
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CAIRO — Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak was expected to step down tonight, two sources have told NBC News, losing his 30-year grip on power after 17 days of dramatic mass uprisings across the nation.
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NBC's Richard Engel reported that a high-ranking source inside the president's office said the newly appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, would take over. That was confirmed by a second source.
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Egypt's military announced on national television it had stepped in to secure the country and promised protesters calling for Mubarak's ouster that all their demands would soon be met.
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~http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41506482/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/?gt1=43001

--红鸡蛋--

在中国民间流传着这样一首民谣：“红鸡蛋，满脸串，今年吃你的喜馍馍，明年吃你的红鸡蛋。”喜馍馍是一种婚庆吉祥的风俗食品，俗传：喜馍馍带回去，亲人吃了得吉利。因此，这句歌谣属于祝福的吉语， 再从字面上理解，此句开头和结尾的两处红鸡蛋代表的含义并不相同，前一个“红鸡蛋”是作为一种圣物出现，有祈子赐福之功；而后一个“红鸡蛋”则成为了孩子 降生的报喜标志，也是一种起宣告作用的物体。向亲友分发用颜料染红的鸡蛋，是通行于全国各地的一种表达喜庆的方式，常用于结婚、生育、做“满月”等各种喜 庆场合，以示庆贺并图吉祥。
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/10466.htm

--拜天公 2011--

福建人拜天公，除了感恩外，也祈求天公在新的一年，赐福给全家人，让合家大小平安，步步高升。 大年初九凌晨，成千上万的烧猪和鸡、鸭，将是祭拜天公的主要祭品，以祈求新春大吉大利。天公诞的祭拜仪式，是从大年初八深夜开始，一直持续到初九凌晨。 烧猪，是孝敬天公的重点祭品之一，一些经济不错的家庭，甚至订购大烧猪供 拜，而普通的家庭也以小金猪或烧肉祭拜，以祈求天公带来好运。 所以，拜天公这一天，烧猪的销量非常可观。当天祭拜天公的大小烧猪，超过数万只之多。 而早在大年初八，烧猪店推出的大、小烧猪，非常抢手，销量也可观，大家都赶早买烧猪及其它祭拜用品，为夜晚的祭拜天公作好准备。

据乌美2道焱全烧腊中心老板卓照发说，今天大年初八，包括他已接到1000只烧猪的订单，估计可卖出超过1500只大小烧猪，销量不比去年差。往往在大年 初八，就像除夕一样，一清早巴刹就闹哄哄一片，不少人纷纷拥到巴刹购买鸡、鸭、大鱼、大肉和水果，扛着一棵棵的甘蔗回家。 忙碌烹煮一番后，深夜时辰一到，就摆好丰富祭品，安好天公座，点起香烛祭拜天公。祭拜天公的祭品，包括鸡鸭、鱼虾、甘蔗、水果、香烛、大金、小金、香烛、 龙香等等。 拜天公时，必须诚心膜拜，一点不能马虎，早年还要燃烧爆竹，彻夜响个不停，一直拜到大年初九凌晨时分，才圆满结束，这时全家人一起享用丰富年餐，才上床睡 觉。据卓照发说，从订单来看，今年的小金猪最抢手，大金猪销量也不错，他估计年初八从早到晚，会有更多人到店里买大小烧猪，门市估计可卖出数百只大小烧 猪。 卓照发说，农历新年的两个烧猪大旺日，是大年除夕与大年初八。除夕是祭拜神明、祖先的日子。大年初九拜天公，都少不了烧猪。到了大年十五的元宵节，烧猪的 销量也很可观。

拜天公源自明朝。
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~http://www.hudong.com/wiki/天公
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~http://www.praytothecreator.org/cn/cn_praying.html
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~http://baike.baidu.com/view/340720.htm

--楊家將--

楊家將是一部英雄傳奇系列故事，以話本、戲劇等形式在中國民間廣為流傳。它對北宋前期的一些人物和事件加以演義，講述了楊家四代人戍守北疆、精忠報國的動人事迹。
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楊業原是北漢名將，官至建雄軍節度使，驍勇善戰，國人號為「無敵」。北漢降宋，楊業得到宋太宗趙光義信任，繼續戍邊防備契丹。他曾在雁門以奇兵數千騎大敗契丹，自此令契丹望風而遁，但也受到上級猜忌。986年（宋太宗雍熙三年），宋軍北伐，潘美一路，楊業副之，克雲、應、寰、朔四州。曹彬軍敗績，潘美、楊業所部護送四州民眾內遷。途中遭遇契丹主力，潘美等強令楊業出戰。楊業率部血戰陳家谷，其子楊延玉戰死，楊業為契丹所擒，絕食三日而死。
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在楊業的兒子中，以楊延昭最為出色，楊業說：「此兒類我。」楊延昭本名楊延朗，在邊防二十餘年，契丹頗為忌憚，目為楊六郎。1004年（宋真宗景德元年），遼軍深入宋境，楊延昭率部突入遼境，擊破古城。
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楊延昭有三子，《宋史》僅載第三位楊將文廣之事跡。延昭長子傳永，次子德政，名字獨見於曾鞏《隆平集》。楊延昭的第三子楊文廣，字仲容，青年時代得到范仲淹的賞識，置於麾下；曾從狄青南征。楊文廣在西邊防禦西夏，而不忘燕雲。遼宋爭代州地界，楊文廣獻上陣圖及進取幽燕的方略，但不久就去世了。
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Yangjia Jiang (Chinese: 杨家将; lit. Generals of the Yang Clan) is a series of novels and plays which detail the exploits of the Yang military family over four generations of peace and turmoil during the Song Dynasty. Set during the later years of the Northern Song empire, the stories recount the unflinching loyalty (尽忠报国) of the Yang family heirs, even though most are deviating from the actual accounts.


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~http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/ 杨家将
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~http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Shao_Nian_Yang_Jia_Jiang
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangjia_Jiang

--Goodnight~Mr.Bean--

Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were written by Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The first episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the final episode, "Hair by Mr. Bean of London", on 15 November 1995. Based on a character developed by Atkinson at university, the series followed the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. During its five-year run the series gained large UK audience figures, including 18.74 million for the 1992 episode "The Trouble With Mr. Bean". The series has been the recipient of a number of international awards, including Rose d'Or. The show has been sold in 200 territories worldwide, and has inspired two feature films and an animated cartoon spin-off.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.Bean
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Atkinson
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~http://www.mrbean.co.uk/uk/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Bean%27s_Holiday