They Named Me The 'Most Notorious Card Counter in America.' This Is The Wild True Story.
"My work order was straightforward. I was handed tens of thousands of dollars in cash and directed to the casino to play beatable blackjack."


Reading "Bringing Down the House," a team of MIT students who bested casinos by using counting strategies at blackjack, inspired the author to try it himself.

My career in card counting began in a church lobby. A casual conversation led to a meeting which led to joining a team of card-counting parishioners, and together we beat casinos at the game of blackjack from coast to coast for seven years, banked by investors for a million dollars. Casinos would eventually label me the “most notorious card counter in America.” No wonder I had to start wearing disguises.

In 2004, I was fired from my copy editor job. My wife and I had a 2-year-old at the time, and had just found out another was on the way. Maybe I should have suspected something was up. My desk had moved four times in four months, most recently into a storage closet.

Just as I started my job hunt, my car died on the side of the freeway on the way to an interview. This was the car my wife and I drove from our Texas wedding to a new life in Seattle, Washington. This was the car we’d driven home from the hospital when our son was born. I watched the salvaging company truck tow it away.

I happened to read a book called “Bringing Down the House,” which told the story of a team of MIT students who bested casinos by using counting strategies at blackjack. The game was beatable and doing so was completely legal. Players gained an advantage by using simple math. Card counting — what if?

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Man finds rare purple pearl in his clam at Delaware restaurant



A Pennsylvania man eating with his family at a Delaware restaurant made a surprising discovery inside of a clam: a purple pearl.

Scott Overland of Phoenixville was eating at the Salt Air restaurant in Rehoboth Beach with his wife and children when the discovery was made inside a northern quahog clam.

"At first my wife thought it was, like, a bead, or one of those -- it looked like one of those 'Dot' candies on the paper," Overland told WCAU-TV. "We thought the chef dropped something in there."

The family soon realized the object was a pearl.

"We had never heard of a pearl in a clam. I always thought they came in oysters," Overland told Delaware Online.

Ballard Clams and Oysters spokesman Tim Parsons said both oysters and clams are known to produce pearls. He said he hears of diners making similar discoveries two or three times a year.

"Usually, it's over a dentist claim," he joked. "But you can definitely get it graded and they are worth money."

Overland said he is planning to have the pearl appraised.

[Fatima99]

Woman adopts stray cat after 'fate' brought them together during visit to dad's grave



Pet owners often wax lyrical about how much emotional support they glean from their furry friends. Whether you and your pooch are attached at the hip or your beloved cat is more aloof, one thing we can rely on is our animals helping us through times of hardship.

Many pet lovers praise their companion's ability to sense emotions - some even claim that animals help communicate messages from lost loved ones to grieving owners. One such woman believes that fate brought her and her cat together, after they met in an unusual circumstance that made her believe a family member was there in spirit.



Taking to TikTok to share her heart-warming story, former model Jade Sezer shared clips of her adorable adopted cat Yoshi whom she met during her first ever visit to her father's grave.

The caption on the tear-jerking clip reads: "The first day I visited my dad's grave [sic], this stray cat came out of nowhere and jumped on my lap".

"He wouldn't leave my side and sat with me until I left," she continued.

Sezer, an ambassador for UN Women who has a MA degree in child psychotherapy, felt an instant connection with the feline who just so happened to be a stray in a beautiful twist of fate.

She explained that charmingly-named Yoshi 'didn't have a microchip' when he got checked out at the vets, and no owners came forward for him.

[PennySerenade]

Dartmouth woman transforms 1970s speedboat into 'beautiful' backyard pool



One Dartmouth, N.S., woman has decided that having water inside a boat doesn't have to be cause for alarm.

After about a month of work, Olivia Kendall says she's completed turning an old motorboat into a backyard pool.

"It looked really beautiful. It was obviously very old," Kendall said of the boat. "But I thought if it could keep water out, it could probably keep water in."

Since purchasing her home in 2017, she said she's been working on renovating the property. She was originally looking into stock tank pools — which use shallow, galvanized steel tanks that are usually found on farms for livestock — for her home, as they've recently become a trendy pool alternative.

She was discouraged, however, by the high costs of the tanks, and came across a listing for an old Mercury model "runabout" boat from the Chestnut Canoe Company on Facebook Marketplace for $300.



"On a whim, I bought it and the gentleman brought it straight to the backyard and I just started working away at it."

She began telling people about the project to keep herself accountable, she said, and started putting the pool together. The first step was choosing a place for the boat to live in her backyard. Then she levelled the ground beneath it and built a frame to hold the boat steady.

Kendall said she went back to Facebook Marketplace, where she found some second-hand equipment, including a pool pump, sand filter and a salt water chlorinator — which creates chlorine gas from salt that is dissolved in the water — to start transforming the boat's cockpit into a pool.

Complete with waterfall

"Going the second-hand route allows you to meet interesting people who are knowledgeable [about] those items," she explained, adding that the process was made a lot easier because of the help she got from sellers she purchased equipment from.

Then it was a matter of covering the deck of the boat with a pool liner, drilling into the hull of the boat to feed the pool hoses through and adding a waterfall attachment that funnels the water back into the pool once it's gone through the filters.


Some finishing touches included a bin at the back of the pool, which she uses to store drinks for herself and her three-year-old daughter Adele, who's added her own personal touch to the "reverse boat" with a variety of her toys.

"We just needed something small enough for her that was safe to splash in. And I needed something that I could relax in as well," Kendall said.

Her daughter has spent any time she can in the pool and other kids in the neighbourhood are big fans of the project as well, she said.

Landscaping and lights

There are still some things to be added to the boat, Kendall said. She plans on landscaping around the hull and adding lights to bring a tropical ambience. She called the pool a "prototype" and plans to teach herself how to build a permanent base for the boat once the swimming season is over.

She's gotten a quick lesson in everything from chemistry to construction, she said, adding that she recommends taking the boat route to people who are thinking of adding a pool to their homes, especially through the pre-owned market.

"It forced me to learn how to do things on my own and be resourceful and trick my friends [into] coming over and lifting things for me," Kendall said with a laugh.

[Governor3]

Seal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatises cat and hangs out on couch
Young fur seal slipped into marine biologist’s home through a catflap before spending more than two hours inside

A curious young seal has been returned to the sea after breaking into a New Zealand home, harassing the resident cat, hanging about in the hallway for a couple of hours while the children slept upstairs, and miraculously ruining nothing.

The Ross family of Mt Maunganui were more than a little surprised to find the New Zealand fur seal in their home, which is about 150m from the shore, on Wednesday morning.

Phil Ross, who happens to be a marine biologist, said it was unfortunate he was the only one not home at the time.

“The big joke is that this is really the only family emergency where it would be useful to have a marine biologist in the house,” he said. “I really missed my time to shine.”

Ross said his wife, Jenn, rose just before 6am on Wednesday to go to the gym.

“As she got in the car, something barked from underneath and shuffled away. She thought it was someone’s dog … and didn’t really think too much of it.”

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She returned around 7am, opening the door to find “a cute little seal”.

“It got a bit of a fright and humped its way down the hallway into the spare room.”

Ross said the seal had managed to make its way through two catflaps to get into the home. He believes it had encountered the family’s territorial cat, Coco, outside, just after Jenn had left the property, and had likely been inside for an hour.

“The cat would have gone to defend its territory and obviously the seal wasn’t as intimidated as some dogs are, so Coco must have bolted around the side of the house, into the catflap, and the seal must have followed her.”
Jenn woke their two children, Noah, 12, and Ari, 10, to come and see “their new pet”.

“They thought it was cool and pretty exciting but were totally oblivious to the fact that … not many of their mates would have seals come to visit them in their houses.”

The seal spent time in the spare room and on the couch before Jenn managed to usher it out the front door and into the garden. A Department of Conservation ranger turned up at 10am to take the seal back to the sea, after a busy morning of seal-related call-outs.

The seal, which the family nicknamed “Oscar” in a long tradition of giving seals that name in the community, proved to be polite company, Ross said, and thankfully had not defecated inside. “I think that would have been pretty terminal for the furniture.”

Meanwhile, Coco the cat had scarpered to the neighbour’s house. On returning to its own home, it refused to go downstairs because it was “clearly pretty traumatised”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... t-on-couch
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So a teenage seal breaks into the home of marine biologist and terrifies the cat and family? Wasn't this the storyline for Fatal Attraction? - Gov

[goldie0608]

Hero Cat Saves Owner from Heart Attack by Pounding Paws on Her Chest: 'Very Grateful'

"I do think he saved my life and so does everybody else around me," cat owner Sam Felstead told BBC



Cats have nine lives, but one recently gave his owner a second chance at life.

During the early hours of Aug. 8, Sam Felstead, 42, suffered a heart attack while sleeping at home in Nottinghamshire, England, BBC reported on Tuesday. Her 7-year-old cat, Billy, seemingly noticed a change in his owner and began jumping on Felstead's chest and meowing as loud as he could.

"He doesn't normally sit with me but he knew something was wrong because he wouldn't leave me alone," Felstead recalled to the outlet. "I do think he saved my life and so does everybody else around me."

"I was a bit shocked; I went to bed and I felt fine. I'd even been out with [my] dogs, and I didn't feel ill or have any pains whatsoever," Felstead added to the India Times. "Suddenly I woke up in the early hours covered in sweat and couldn't move. Billy was on my chest and was meowing loudly in my ear hole."

With Billy's efforts, Felstead woke up, realized she could not move on her right side and asked her mother Karen to help her get to a hospital.

"Mum was quite shocked. I told her [Billy] woke me up and she was even more shocked. You don't hear about that with cats," Felstead told the India Times.

"The doctors said it was a good job I got to hospital in time," she added to BBC.

Felstead stayed in the hospital for three days and underwent an angioplasty. Now on heart medication, she's back to work as a receptionist at Queen's Medical Center in Nottingham.

Feline behaviorist Lucy Hoile spoke to BBC about what Billy could have been thinking at the moment.

"It could be that the fact he jumped on her and was meowing was a sign of his anxiety," she said to the outlet, adding that the cat probably noticed some physiological changes in his owner.

"I do believe he probably did save her life," the expert stated, "because that's what enabled her to get medical help." She continued, "I wouldn't go down the route of saying he did it on purpose. It was him reacting to the situation."

According to Felstead, Billy does not seem too bothered about the whole ordeal. "When I came out of hospital he wouldn't go near me for a good few hours, whether I smelt funny from coming out of the hospital I don't know," she told BBC.

"I don't think he has one bit of a clue what's happened," she added. "As long as I feed him, he's not bothered."

[lush]

USA Mullet Championships seeks America's best mullets
Aug. 19, 2022 / 10:48 AM*



Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Voting is underway for the kids and teens divisions of the USA Mullet Championships, an annual contest to find the best "business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back" haircuts in the country.

The online polls to pick the best kid mullet and teen mullet in the United States opened Monday and will close Friday.

The kids division includes 25 finalists, whittled downfrom a field of nearly 700 entries, and the teens division features 11 finalists, narrowed down from 80 entries.

The winners in each category will earn the title of America's best mullet, as well as a $2,500 prize.

Registration for the 2022 Men's Open competition is available until the end of August. The winner will receive $2,500 and the USA Mullet Championships Trophy. The $10 registration fee goes to charity group Stop Soldier Suicide.

[johngriffen]

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It's always about a global pandemic threatening life as we know it,
protests around the world, stupid politicians, natural disasters,
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​Naked sunbather chases wild boar through park after it steals his laptop bag

A naked sunbather was seen chasing wild boar through a park after it stole his laptop bag.
Amusing photographs from Germany show the man running after the animal to try and claim the plastic bag back.
But the cheeky boar and its two piglets appear to be too quick for the sunbather, who can't keep up with their speedy little trotters.
As the incident unfolds, groups of friends and family sat on the grass watch on and laugh.
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[ozswede]

This European Football Stadium Has an Active Railway Track Passing Right Through It

Slovakian amateur football club TJ Tatran Cierny Balog prides itself on having one of the most unique stadiums in the world, complete with a railway track and a steam engine running straight through it.

Cierny Balog, a small Slovakian town of about 5,100 people, has become somewhat of a tourist spot in the last seven years or so, and it was all thanks to its football stadium. In 2015, a video of a steam engine passing through the stadium, on tracks positioned right between the field and the only existing grandstand went viral online, leaving a lot of people scratching their heads. Was it CGI, was it just part of a one-time event, or was there actually a train regularly passing right through the stadium? Well, as weird as it sounds, that last one was actually correct. The Čiernohronska Railway goes right through Cierny Balog stadium, and a steam-powered tourist train passes through it all summer long.



Cierny Balog stadium was built sometime during the 1980s, at a time when the old railway was not in use anymore. It’s unclear why the municipality chose that exact location to build a football stadium, but for an entire decade, the train tracks passing through it were just part of the decor. Things changed in the early 1990s, when a group of Slovakian enthusiasts started repairing the train tracks. In 1992, it was officially reopened as a heritage railway for tourists.



During the summer, tourists wanting to admire the beauty of the Lower Tatras mountains from aboard a train can buy tickets for a vintage steam engine-powered train that runs on a 17-km-long line between Chvatimech and Vydrovo. Passing through the Cierny Balog stadium is one of the highlights of the trip.

Seeing the steam train rolling through the stadium during a football match is quite a surreal experience. The players try to ignore the train and its powerful whistling signal, while in the grandstand, some spectators wave to the train, while others try to keep their focus on the game.

Cierny Balog is believed to be the only stadium in the world with an active railway track passing straight through it.

[Fatima99]

Pig caught running through people’s gardens and eating their food



Great Yarmouth PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon were called to the Southtown area of the Norfolk resort on Saturday.

They tracked down the large black hog and took him into their care.

Inquiries at the scene suggested the pig was someone’s pet, but his owner has not been found.



The officers decided it ‘seemed a bit harsh to arrest the pig for criminal damage’, so instead referred him to a local animal sanctuary.

Police said they were grateful to Hillside Animal Sanctuary for taking the pig in ‘before he turned to bacon in the heat’.

Posting on Facebook, they wrote: ‘As an officer, you think you’ve seen it all, but PCs Joe Pike and Richard Bladon had a new experience on Saturday morning (13 August) after they were called to the rescue of a big black piggy munching its way through gardens in the Southtown area of Yarmouth.’

Trapped puppy rescued from muddy sinkhole in Texas



Animal rescuers in Texas said they came to the assistance of a puppy found buried up to its chest in mud in a sink hole.

The Houston SPCA said a member of the public called to report the dog, a great pyrenees estimated to be about 8 months old, was trapped in a sink hole near Sims Bayou.

Rescuers discovered the dog was buried in mud up to its chest and was unable to climb out due to a leg injury.

The dog was hoisted from the hole and taken to the Houston SPCA Animal Medical Center, where it received a bath and treatment for its injured leg.

The organization said the dog will be made available for adoption if no owner comes forward to claim it.

Massive atlas moth found in the United States for the first time


A University of Washington professor snapped photos of a massive moth he spotted on his Bellevue garage. The Washington State Department of Agriculture said the insect is the first atlas moth documented in the United States.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture said a massive moth spotted on a resident's garage was identified as the first atlas moth ever documented in the United States.

The department said a University of Washington professor snapped photos when he spotted the gargantuan moth perched on the exterior wall of his Bellevue garage July 7, and state officials examined the photos and confirmed the insect was an atlas moth, one of the world's largest species of moth.

Atlas moths are native to the tropics and have never been documented in the United States.

"This is a 'gee-whiz' type of insect because it is so large," Sven Spichiger, the agriculture department's managing entomologist, said in a news release. "Even if you aren't on the lookout for insects, this is the type that people get their phones out and take a picture of -- they are that striking."

View: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/08/18 ... 660853541/

[goldie0608]

Pastor Apologizes After Calling Congregants 'Poor' and 'Cheap' for Not 'Honoring' Him with Luxury Watch

“No context will suffice to explain the hurt and anguish caused by my words," Carlton Funderburke, the senior pastor at Church at the Well in Kansas City, said after video of his sermon went viral



A Missouri pastor apologized after a video of him calling his congregation "poor, broke, busted and disgusted" for not buying him a luxury watch during a sermon went viral on social media.

On Tuesday, Carlton Funderburke, the senior pastor at Church at the Well in Kansas City, addressed the controversy surrounding his Aug. 7 sermon in a live Facebook video.

"Though there is context behind the content of the clip, no context will suffice to explain the hurt and anguish caused by my words," he said in the video. "I've spoken to those I am accountable to and have received their correction and instruction."

Funderburk added that he privately apologized to the church, which has continued to extend its "love and support" to him.

"The video clip does not reflect my heart or my sentiments toward God's people, yet that's not discernible in the clip. Therefore, I offer this sincere apology to you today," he said. "No context could erase the words I used. I apologize to all who have been hurt, angered, or in any way damaged by my words. The zeal of any presentation must be tempered with love and respect, and that was not displayed."

"To those who know and love me, thank you for your support. To those who now know me because of this video clip, I regret that your first impression of me is one of anger, hate and resentment. My actions and my words are inexcusable," he added. "I offer no justification or defense. That moment was mishandled and mismanaged. I deeply regret this moment."

He concluded, "I solicit your prayers and your forgiveness as we grow forward."

Church at the Well did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

In a viral TikTok from his Aug. 7 sermon, which was shared by the Kansas City Defender, a digital media company, Funderburke spoke animatedly about not receiving a luxury watch from his congregation.

"That's how I know you're still poor, broke, busted and disgusted, because of how you've been honoring me," he said. "I'm not worth your McDonald's money? I'm not worth your Red Lobster money? I ain't worth your St. John Knit? Y'all can't afford it no how. I ain't worth y'all Louis Vuitton? I ain't worth your Prada? I'm not worth your Gucci?"

"You can buy a Movado watch in Sam's [Club]," he added. "And y'all know I asked for one last year. Here it is the whole way in August, I still ain't got it. Y'all ain't said nothing. Let me kick down the door and talk to my cheap sons and daughters."

Funderburke and his wife Sylvarena founded Church at The Well, which is described as a "charismatic non-denominational church" on its Facebook page.

[PennySerenade]

Ontario authors pen children's book that teaches kids about disability



A new children's book is making young children more aware about a topic that does not always get much attention —disability.

Charlotte's Shadow is about a dog named Shadow and his human, Charlotte. The book is told from the perspective of Shadow, and the end of the book features a surprise.

"Over time, we had this idea, and with COVID, it gave us the opportunity to actually sit down and put something together," said co-author Anne-Marie DePape. "Based on the need in the field, and then also based on our professional experience."

DePape is a developmental psychologist, and her co-author, Christine Quaglia, is a social worker.

Quaglia, an advisor with the University of Windsor's Office of Student Accessibility Services, has lived with a disability and is a wheelchair user.

She and DePape noticed a lack of books about disability during their childhoods.

"I think kids imaginatively put themselves in stories, and I did that as well," Quaglia said. "But whenever I would put myself into any of the books I read, I was never in a wheelchair because I had never seen myself between the pages of those books. I think that planted the seed in my mind about representation in children's literature."

Quaglia said they have gotten a lot of positive feedback from children, parents and teachers who have read the book.

"They're telling us that they love the relationship between Charlotte and Shadow," Quaglia said. "They love seeing the world through his eyes, and in particular, seeing Charlotte through his eyes. What we're hoping that parents and children and educators take away from the book, and what we're seeing that they're taking away, is that this is a universal story."

DePape also said it's a story everyone can relate to.

"Even though Charlotte is our primary character, and she has a disability, it's a message about inclusion, and it's a message about friendship and unconditional love," she said.

[Governor3]

‘Generation sensible’ risk missing out on life experiences, therapists warn
Reports of rise in social anxiety among overly cautious 11- to 25-year-olds who often interact online

They have been deemed “generation sensible” for their focus on social issues, healthy living and drinking less alcohol. But therapists say generation Z could miss out on a wealth of life experience due to their overly cautious attitude to taking risks.

Many young people increasingly choose to stay within a comfort zone of a small network of like-minded friends in which much of their social activity is virtual, according to mental health experts.

While this can give them more control over some aspects of their lives, it can also lead to social anxiety when they have to interact with people offline, the experts added.

Natalie Phillips, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people aged from 11 to 25, said: “I’m seeing a disproportionate increase in referrals for social anxiety, professional anxiety, general self-confidence and relationship issues for this generation when they are confronted with the reality of being in an office, being in a nightclub, being in a pub, or being on a date.”

Her comments came after an academic study, published in the British Journal of Sociology, said generation Z claim they drink less alcohol than their parents because they feel under pressure to perform academically, are more health conscious and do not want to lose control.

Phillips said: “I do have the sense that [this generation] are possibly missing out on making mistakes and the sense of being young. I think they’re quite old before their time.”

She added that many of the young people she works with have “restricted comfort zones” because they work from home or largely interact with colleagues online, and have a small number of friends who are of the same mindset.

“They are not in social situations to the same extent that we were generations before them. There’s a danger that your world becomes inward-looking, and that can then cause self-perpetuating anxiety. The outside world is much more scary because you haven’t got the experience to deal with that.”

This trend has been exacerbated by the pandemic, which has led to more young people working remotely and socialising in person less frequently, the psychotherapist added.

The study, entitled More Options … Less Time in the “Hustle Culture” of “Generation Sensible”: Individualization and Drinking Decline Among Twenty-First Century Young Adults, found 70% of the young people surveyed felt they were under greater pressure than their parents to achieve academically and get a good career, leaving them less time to party.

The researchers from the universities of Kent and Leeds surveyed 517 Britons aged 18 to 25 who described themselves as moderate or non-drinkers in 2020.

Seven out of 10 respondents said they felt they did not need to drink as much because they have a better choice of hobbies than their parents’ generation.

Many also said that they reduced their alcohol consumption due to the rising cost of drinks, university debt, and pressure to succeed in academia and their future careers.

The researchers also interviewed focus groups of university students who were members of “sober” societies to understand why they abstained from drinking.

One focus group member, Jennifer, said: “[We are] hyper-aware of the world as it is, and the problems with climate change and the political climate in the world, creating pressure on us to be doing our best to be making the world a better place, rather than just like living for the moment and having fun.”

Jane Darougar, a psychotherapist at Central Saint Martins school of art and design, said she was surprised to discover how many students said they were teetotal.

Darougar attributed this to their greater awareness of the adverse impact of alcohol on their mental health.

“I’ve had students who said, I have underlying anxiety, I know that if I drink my anxiety will be through the roof the next day, and I just can’t deal with that,” she added.

“I remember when I was young people would say dutch courage, and you’d take a drink before you went do something that seemed a bit frightening. I think that’s gone, people don’t see that as a sensible or constructive way of managing.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... therapists
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So sounds like interventions are going to become a whole lot more fun - Gov