Mitchell Tsai

Never knew astigmatism can come and go. Good to know. And congrats! =) - ronin

wow i never knew it could go away! - Liz

The recession officially began in December 2007, and he noticed the change early in 2008, as room rates sank. "There are more cigarette burns on the carpet, more flat screen TVs broken, more holes in the walls." People are throwing things and breaking televisions that cost $2,000 to $3,000. Plus, there are more cases where security responds to domestic violence in the rooms. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

In March 2003, bemoaning that with war looming in the Middle East, the average Strip midweek room rate was down 24 percent to $104 and the average weekend rate was down 11 percent ... to $249. By the end of 2007, the average daily rate was more than $132. - Mitchell Tsai

Fast-forward to last Fourth of July, a three-day weekend, when the average room rate was just over $94, barely higher than the most recent average rates. This August, the average daily room rate was not quite $93, a year-to-date drop of 25 percent from last August, when it was $124. - Mitchell Tsai

Landry’s Restaurants Tuesday reached a buyout deal with its top executive to take the parent company of the Golden Nugget private in a transaction valued at $1.2 billion including debt. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tilman Fertitta had his offer of $14.75 per share in cash accepted by the company’s board of directors, a 37 percent premium on Monday’s closing price of $10.76 per share. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

Fertitta, who owns nearly 55.1 percent of the company’s stock, would acquire all shares of Landry’s that he does not own. The transaction is subject to Landry’s refinancing a portion of its $915.3 million debt load. Bond analyst Barbara Cappaert of KDP Investment Advisors priced Fertitta’s out-of-pocket expense to acquire the stock he does not already own at $108 million. - Mitchell Tsai

People in the company of Clark County prostitutes collectively reported having $1.4 million in cash and goods stolen from them during the first nine months of this year — dupes of a larceny genre better known to police as the “trick roll.” - Mitchell Tsai

Passage of Issue 3, as it was called in Ohio, is expected to lead to opening as early as 2012 of casinos providing both table games and slot machines in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

And at Mountaineer, where more than half of the customers come from Ohio, revenue was off 11 percent in the third quarter of 2009 from a year ago. - Mitchell Tsai

Owned by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. Red Hawk has underperformed since opening last December. Red Hawk cut staffing to around 1,500 full-time equivalent employees, down from 1,750 on opening day. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

Lakes Entertainment, based in Minnetonka, Minn., said operating earnings in the third quarter came to $723,000, compared with a $484,000 loss the year before. Net income totaled $2.3 million, or 9 cents a share, compared with last year's loss of $5.7 million, or 23 cents a share. Revenue fell to $6.6 million from $8.4 million, mainly because of a one-time gain in revenue last year of $1.8 million. - Mitchell Tsai

ChexSystems Consumer Assistance The Chex Systems, Inc. network is comprised of member Financial Institutions that regularly contribute information on mishandled checking and savings accounts to a central location. ChexSystems shares this information among member institutions to help them assess the risk of opening new accounts. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

See http://ff.im/b6llw - Mitchell Tsai

I really wonder, sometimes... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

...about what? - Mitchell Tsai

How are video poker hands dealt? - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

The Standards for Gaming Devices document on GLI's site implies that they prefer that video poker machines select replacement cards only after the Draw button is pressed, but that it is not required. The method used depends on the regulations in your jurisdiction. - Mitchell Tsai

3rd picture is a 10-Play Dealt Royal in hearts ( Video Poker ) The odds of a dealt royal flush are 1 in 649,740. I've seen two. Saw a 3-play dealt royal at the Orleans ($6,609.00 for a $3.75 bet) a few months ago. - Mitchell Tsai

Picasa Album is http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... Slideshow http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... This collection is of other people's hands that I saw during my last trip to Las Vegas (10/21/09-11/2/09). None of these hands are mine. - Mitchell Tsai

Contact improvisation (CI) is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement improvisation. Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation and is one of the best-known and most characteristic forms of postmodern dance. - Mitchell Tsai

The first performance work recognized as Contact Improvisation is Steve Paxton's Magnesium (1972) which was performed by Paxton and dance students at Oberlin College. Five months after Magnesium Paxton led the first Contact Improvisation performance series at the John Weber Art Gallery in New York City where dancers performed Contact Improvisation in marathon fashion on mats. - Mitchell Tsai

Job Offer [One project]: Lisa at Contact Quarterly (CQ) is looking for a web programmer for a project. http://ff.im/b6H9k - Mitchell Tsai

My friend Nita Little is looking for her friend Lisa....She is trying to "struggling to bring CQ [Contact Quarterly] website into a new existence while getting ready to leave [on tour] ... etc. i may as well ask you: DO YOU KNOW a javascript programmer--web maker who knows advanced programming? if you do, please send a name...." anyone know of help for her? I will pass it on. Help will be greatly appreciated. Hope this note finds you all well. Thanks, Nita Nita Little (Nelson) nitalittle@me.com nlnel@ucdavis.edu nita@nitalittle.com www.nitalittle.com - Mitchell Tsai

Contact Quarterly is about modern dance...specifically the form called "Contact Improvisation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... See http://ff.im/b6Hmg - Mitchell Tsai

Bank of Internet USA jumped to the top of our rankings of nationally-available accounts by paying 2.50% APY on its Advantage Savings, with a $100 minimum deposit. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

SFGI Direct, the online division of Summit Community Bank in Moorefield, W. Va., is paying 2.25% APY with a minimum deposit of only $500. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

It did that by raising the best rate on its “Silver CDs” to 2.55% APY from 2.50% APY at a time most banks are lowering their returns. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

Orchard Bank ($35 annual fee, waived 1st year) http://www.landing.orchardbank.com/1... http://orchardbank.com/ecare... http://in.answers.yahoo.com/questio... - Mitchell Tsai

Fifth Third Bank ($24 annual fee) https://www.53.com/wps... 0.15% interest ($1,000 = $22.50 cost) - Mitchell Tsai

Read http://fatwallet.com/forums... and https://libertysavingsbank.com/savenow... While there are no minimum deposit requirements or fees for the use of the account, participants are limited to $5,000 in the average daily balance that may be credited the three percent interest rate incentive at the end of the program period." Therefore, on $5000 at 3.25%, that's a free $162.50 in interest. - Mitchell Tsai

National City Bank also offers $75 to people who open a bank account on-line ($150 offer requires that you have received a targeted promotional letter). https://www.nationalcity.com/persona... - Mitchell Tsai

The Treasurer is limited by section 135.63 of the Revised Code to investing no more than twelve percent of the state’s total average investment portfolio in all linked deposit programs, including SaveNOW. This program would be available initially on a first-come, first-served basis until $25 million of deposits are spoken for by participants. * While there are no minimum deposit... more... - Mitchell Tsai

Some good reviews on this. Anyone tried it? MGM is offering this for 17,750 pts ($59.17) in their 2009 holiday shopping. http://holidaygiftshoppecatalog.com/catalog... - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

Sold for $48.99 on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/SDI-iHo... - Mitchell Tsai

The color, form and design looks cool to me. - TrafficBug

$285,000 (1999 sale) -> $490,000 (2002 sale) -> $708,000 (2006) -> $447,000 (2009) -> $535,000 - Mitchell Tsai

Best Credit cards (for good credit) http://creditkarma.com/creditc... - Mitchell Tsai

Daily entry form (no purchase needed) http://www.isiserver.com/cputt6... This is also better if you charge less than $200. - Mitchell Tsai from Bookmarklet

Doing my 5 entries for today... - Mitchell Tsai

Since my computer hard drive (232 GB) isn't big enough to hold all my files (~500-750 GB), my backups are scattered across 5 drives & it's a mess. I ordered a new 1 TB drive (only $87!) to help with the backup situation. Also have a 500 GB pocket drive to help when I'm on the road. My first pocket drive was 20 GB ($100), then 120 GB (also ~$100-130), and now 500 GB. - Mitchell Tsai

2009: 27,000+ pics (113 GB), 2008 28,000 pics (162 GB). ~140,000 pics since I first bought a camera in November 2005. - Mitchell Tsai

the mechanic will need 1-2 days to ship parts. I don't have to be in Las Vegas until Friday for the "Summer of 69" Blackjack tournament. - Mitchell Tsai

[Update 11/5/09] I called Access America (the insurance company which works for AAA Plus) and they said that my $504.32 claim was approved & a check mailed on 10/30/09 from Virginia. Yay! Free vacation in Lake Tahoe rocked!!! - Mitchell Tsai

Contact Lens King had a $4.95 handling fee on my last order. 1-800-Contacts has a price-match (-2%) offer with NO handling fee and FREE shipping. - Mitchell Tsai

Current contacts & glasses prescriptions. http://picasaweb.google.com/MitchTs... I have an eye appointment for Fri noon. - Mitchell Tsai

Lucky! - Anne Bouey