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I'm innocent of all charges and I'm badly needed back on the WAVX board.
Those claims are pretty good reason NOT to let you out.
But I do not think I am from saxet -- at least not unless I am PUI.
No question that the $200 is high. I figured it was in the $100-$125 range, but after the a-hole set it at $50, I figured that getting it at $200 served them right.
I doubt it is me they appreciate -- just my $$.
The last session, I got pretty pissed at the pit boss after I was done playing. SOB only rated me at $50 a hand when I was averaging around $100-$125. I made it real clear how disappointed I was in his lack of observation. He started to cop an attitude. I had just dropped $1500 and the friend with me who was playing with money borrowed from me had dropped $1000 and he was hesitating on giving me a measly $50 meal comp. I mentioned the low rating to the dealer and she said she would say something to him about it. He came back two minutes later and told me that he had changed it to $200 a hand and the meal comp was no longer a problem. It pays to give the dealers good tips even when the cards suck.
Now, it is time for me to get to work and earn back some of the money I left in LA.
Please don't confuse me with Derf.
Another suggestion. AOL's IM function now contains a live alert that the person you are talking to via IM is typing a reply. It lets you know that the conversation is ongoing.
It would be neat when a compose window opens on IHub to have the post to which is applies show a "A Reply is Being Composed" message. The "A Reply is Being Composed" would toggle on only so long as the compose window was open. When the compose window closed -- either by submitting a post or by simply closing it, the "A Reply is Being Composed" would also toggle off.
The search this board option is ONLY on the IBox page, but not on every page on along with all of the other search options. Look at the top of the page you are looking at right now.
At the top of each page (window) are two boxes related to Search: one is for the search term the other is a drop down menu of what you want to search. The drop down menu currently contains 5 options: Subjects, Tickers, Members, Public Message, and My Private Message. I would like it to contain a sixth option: "This Board," which would apply to whatever board one was viewing at the time.
How about adding a "This Board" option on the Search drop down menu at the top of all pages. It is a real pain, sometimes, to have to go to the boards main page to search that thread.
Shouldn't that have been sent to derf?
Just imagine what would have happened to her in China. Texas is down right liberal in comparion.
Try this:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200312/17/eng20031217_130607.shtml
The notorious mass prostitution case relating to a group of Japanese tourists in September in Zhuhai was adjudicated Wednesday, with two Chinese defendants sentenced to life imprisonment and another 12 sentenced to 2 to 15 years in prison for organizing prostitution or assisting the organization of prostitution.
The Zhuhai Intermediate People's Court made the verdict after its trial of first instance.
Chinese police has also requested the Interpol to issue red notices targeting three Japanese citizens involved in the crime.
The three Japanese, namely Hirobe Isao, Takahashi Shunji and Fukunaga Koji, were accused of organizing prostitution for over 200 Japanese tourists during their stay at a hotel in Zhuhai during Sept. 16 to 18, police sources said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry has made representations with the Japanese side, requesting assistance to the Chinese police for the capture of the three suspects.
The three-day party, allegedly involving hundreds of Chinese prostitutes, ended on Sept. 18, and triggered wide anger among theChinese public as it coincided with the sensitive anniversary dateof a 1931 Japanese attack on Northeast China, an event marking thestart of Japan's invasion and occupation of China.
The Zhuhai Intermediate People's Court opened the trial on Dec.12 with 14 Chinese defendants accused of organizing prostitution, but the public and non-essential court employees were barred from the courthouse due to privacy concerns
According to the court hearing, Ye Xiang and Ming Zhu, employees of an unspecified Zhuhai hotel, two prime offenders, were sentenced to life imprisonment and all their property was confiscated.
Liu Xuejing and Zhang Junying, another two organizers from the hotel, were sentenced to 15 year's imprisonment and 12 years respectively and both were also fined. Another 10 defendants were sentenced to prison terms of two to 10 years in addition to fines.
According to the hearing, Hirobe Isao of an Osaka-based construction company first contacted the hotel in March to arrange a meeting for the company. But the plan was postponed due to the SARS crisis in China.
At the end of August, Isao came to Zhuhai with his colleagues Takahashi Shunji and Fukunaga Koji to sign an agreement with the hotel and clearly requested sexual services for the tourist group during talks with Liu Xuejing, a manager with the hotel, the courtwas told.
With this request, Ye Xiang, who worked for the hotel, contacted prostitutes Ming Zhu and Zhang Junying, who later gathered a group of prostitutes from a number of entertainment outlets.
The 200-member Japanese tourist group arrived in Zhuhai on the afternoon of Sept. 16. After the meeting, some of the tourists brought the prostitutes to their hotel rooms for sex, the court heard. All the members of the tourist group left China at 8:00 am, Sept. 18.
Investigations have indicated that no Party or government officials in Zhuhai were involved, government sources said. But 15officials in the local public security and tourist administration departments have been disciplined for negligence.
By People's Daily Online
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From AP:
BEIJING (Dec. 17) - A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced two people to life in prison, while 12 others got up to 15 years for organizing a three-day sex party for hundreds of Japanese tourists that caused an uproar in China. The incident in September at a hotel in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai fell on a sensitive wartime anniversary and caused outrage in China. The Chinese government complained officially to Tokyo.Chinese authorities also have issued arrest warrants for three Japanese accused of organizing the sex party and asked Japan to help in detaining them, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.It said China also asked the international police agency Interpol to circulate the warrants, suggesting that Chinese authorities didn't know where the three were.Xinhua identified the three Japanese as Isao Hirobe, Shunji Takahashi and Koji Fukunaga. It didn't give any other details about them or how they were involved in the incident.Japan hadn't decided how to respond to the request, a foreign ministry spokesman said in Tokyo. He said the two governments have no extradition treaty.''These things would probably be decided on a case by case basis, with consideration for the legal issues of each individual case,'' he said on customary condition of anonymity. ''But we haven't decided on a response for this case yet.''As many as 400 Japanese men and 500 Chinese hostesses had sex at the Zhuhai International Conference Center Hotel over a three-day period that ended on Sept. 18, according to earlier Chinese news reports.The period in which the party occurred coincided with the anniversary of a Japanese attack on a city in China's northeast in 1931 that many Chinese regard as the start of Japan's World War II invasion and occupation.The 14 defendants - all of them reportedly Chinese - were charged with prostitution, soliciting, conspiracy and other offenses, according to an earlier report.The trial began Friday and ended Saturday amid tight security in the Zhuhai Intermediate Court. The public and nonessential court employees were barred from the courthouse by officials who cited privacy concerns.On Wednesday, the court sentenced Ye Xiang, assistant to the hotel's general manager, and Ming Zhu to life in prison, Xinhua said. It didn't give any other details about Ming.The hotel's deputy sales manager, Liu Xuejing, was sentenced to 15 years.Another defendant, Zhang Junying, was sentenced to 12 years, and the 10 others received between two and 10 years in prison, the report said.Previous Chinese news reports have described the 14 defendants as two hotel employees and 12 organizers of prostitution.Prostitution, though illegal, is common in China and often practiced openly in tourist hotels in major cities.But the timing of the event in Zhuhai drew anger as word spread over the Internet in China, where many feel that Japan has failed to atone for its wartime brutality.Many of the Japanese involved were said to be employees of a Japanese construction company that sponsored their trip.Japan's Foreign Ministry has said the company acknowledged paying for ''companions'' at a reception but denies sponsoring the events that followed. Japan has launched its own investigation into the incident.News reports have not identified the company involved, but said it was based in the western Japanese city of Osaka.
12-17-03 0558 EST
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Death in this one:
http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/200104/24/eng20010424_68486.html
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court has sentenced to death the ringleader of a gang forcing women including minors to serve as prostitutes.
The culprit, by the name of Miao Changshui, was also deprived of his political rights for life and all his personal property confiscated.
Miao was the manager of the Jinbao Restaurant in Shijingshan District of the city.
Between October of 1999 and March of 2000, he and his wife, Geng Xiuzhen, together with four other criminals to coerce four young women and two minors to serve as prostitutes in the restaurant and other places, by restricting personal freedom, beating them and monitoring them.
Miao also raped a young woman and incited his accomplices to beat up the victims.
The court sentenced Miao's wife to 15 years in prison, with her political rights deprived for three years and given a 30,000 yuan (3,614.50 US dollars) fine.
Another four criminals involved in the case were also punished severely and fined heavily.
Isn't it about time for the Ad-Hoc window to be open?
Lake Charles, LA Casino Report
Hotel old and not even close to a real casino hotel, but the room was comped and was only in it for four hours of sleep. Dealers very friendly.
Cards sucked -- really sucked. Lost money.
Only high point was four blackjacks in a row. But, it was just a tease. Was never in the black.
SWAG~~~~COMPX 12/31/2003~~~~~
Previous Close 1,960.26
1950 Phil (it was a very good year)
1959 WTMHouston
1991 Horsetrader
2000 BullNBear52
2012 Chas
2016 shao
~~~~~COMPX 12/16/2003~~~~~
Previous Close: 1,918.26 -30.70
1959 WTMHouston
I am going to be out of town for a couple days, so I'll take 1959 until I get back.
It would be nice for us to pick up Pettite and Clemens. Now, if we could just get Wagner back and pick up a real lead off hitter and center fielder, we would be in business. Unfortunately, I suspect that we may trade Hidalgo for very little (salary dump) and end up with a poorer overall team next year. Starting pitching may get better, but offense will suffer.
I would also like to see us resign Orlando Merced. He has been a steady utility player and great pinch hitter. But, I suspect he will land elsewhere for more than we would pay him. While i am glad we signed Pettite, I hope it does not end up costing us much more in the long run.
Heck, if we could spend $100+ million, we could come close to buying a world series appearance.
Boston also has some outrageous ticket prices.
I smell an over-under wagathon in the works. My guess is a week -- unless he visits NVEI in which case it could be only a couple hours.
I hope you at least made him pay for an annual subscription rather than a measly quarter.
If the glove don't fit, you must...
Stay the heck away from the Jail showers. Going gloveless is dangerous.
That is what I believe after staying at a Holiday Inn Express and watching CSI. lol
Now that is some funny stuff.
The password/e-mail thingy.
Must be a technical term. Most guy's thingies are neither password protected nor accessible via email.
There is zero chance that they have collected and analyzed a DNA sample in only a couple of hours.
As a betting man, I would wager that the DNA sample is already on its way for analysis and comparison to Uday and Qsay -- or whoever they were.
You need not apologize to me -- I am not the one you threatened to sue -- however frivolous it was. Trust me, though, everyone took your lawsuit comments with a grain of salt.
Your problem is your attitude: IHub is not a place where striking out in anger (even when justified) gets you anywhere. Focus on that and you may get out of here this year.
Not only do you get it, but since it is the jail, you are stuck with it. Just take it near the showers: someone will enjoy it.
Is that a mole or a nuclear fallout mark?
That may be the speed of time, assuming that it can have speed, but a more difficult question is:
What is time?
One must know what it is before one can know if it has speed or how quickly it moves, from a speed perspective.
Yes, your post 28882 is a grub.
It is better known as the three-titted old lady grub. Three sagging 8's held up by 2 hooks -- one on each end.
The legal system tries to avoid jokes bringing lawsuits.
That said, based on what has not been deleted on that thread, it does appear that someone's trigger finger may have been a bit itchy. You, however, ought not create justification after the fact with stupid and asinine questions about suing someone.
SWAG~~~~COMPX 12/31/2003~~~~~
Previous Close 1,960.26
1995 WTMHouston
2000 BullNBear52
How ironic it would be for him to die as the result of a terrorist action. They ought to put him secretly in a high risk building for his loyalists to target. Heck, some good disinformation could go a long way.
Hey, Saddam loyalists: George Bush (both of them) will be in this building for the next 48 hours. Plus, in order to try and keep it secret there is not much visual security. I should be an easy target.
NE-Jacksonville OVER 36
Ind-Atl OVER 48
Houston +11 (or 10 or whatver double digit number the line is at).
Tenn-Buff OVER 40
Phil +2
$1 million again
And in traditional IHub fashion, a new thread for a new topic:
Saddam
#board-2152
A firing squad would be too kind.
We probably ought to move this off this board. How about:
Saddam
#board-2152
I just wonder who was so stupid as to not put a bullet in his head. As a prisoner, he will remain to some in that part of the world a symbol of the United States political imperialism and military aggression. There will be kidnappings and terrorist activities with demands that he be set free as a condition of no further harm or damage, which we will, as we should, ignore. I am generally not in favor of killing anyone, but it is amazing how significant a difference a single bullet can make.
I just wonder who was so stupid as to not put a bullet in his head. As a prisoner, he remains to some in that part of the world a symbol of the United States political imperialism and military aggression. There will be kidnappings and terrorist activities with demands that he be set free as a condition of no further harm or damage, which we will, as we should, ignore. I am generally not in favor of killing anyone, but it is amazing how significant a difference a single bullet can make.
Michael Jackson's cousins would be thataboy and hadaboy, not attaboy.
Atom Boy has too much hair.....
Do they eat a lot of beans in Prague? I had some of that black crap acid rain last week.