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    FIRST BLACK ASTRONAUT
    August 30, 1983 - United States

    Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space, aboard the third flight of the shuttle Challenger on the eighth Space Shuttle Mission. This was the first mission to launch and land at night. During 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours, the crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System with the Payload Flight Test Article; operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System with live cell samples; conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects on space flight. STS-8 landed on 5 Sep 1983. By 1992, Bluford had spent 688 hours on four space shuttle flights.

    LEONA HELMSLEY
    August 30, 1989 - U.S.A.

    Leona Helmsley the billionaire New York City hotel operator and real estate investor is convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison ( Later Most charges were dropped and she served served 18 months in federal prison ) 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. 3 counts of tax evasion. 3 counts of filing false personal tax returns. 10 counts of mail fraud. She is best known for a quote to a former housekeeper Elizabeth Baum when asked about her taxes. "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."

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The article is devoted to the description of such popular casino games as on-line slots. Much attention is paid to how to choose a website for online gambling and to the tactics of the game.

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Casino games, in particular their on-line version, are highly popular today amongst players, since they are easy to understand and quite effective. Their principal advantage over land-based casinos is the level of expenses. Internet casino games are much more profitable since land based casinos have bigger costs. In addition to this advantage, Internet slots games enjoy great popularity due to some other reasons where convenience of playing from your house takes not the last place.

The kinds of Internet slots games are various depending on the website. Some of them are free, so that you may simply try your good fortune. For a novice it is sometimes difficult to select the slot to play among the variety of the slots in the World Wide Web. You should know that fundamental criteria for the choice are the next: if there are big jackpots, whether you're given some bonuses when you're registered, what the rates of payments are and so on. To make certain that you select a slot that will be the most suitable for you make some Google search, familiarize yourself with the reviews of players or consult people you trust.

While making your research take into consideration the casino status. Take into account such factors as customer service speed and payout percentage, the quantity of advertisements on the web page and the quality of online casino slots. Furthermore, one of the most important parameters is whether the casino is known for integrity and honesty. At least, check if there are any negative reviews.

There are two common kinds of casino slots progressive and standard. A progressive slot means that jackpots will augment with putting money through machine. The jackpot goes on growing till it runs some pre-set limit. After that the sum of money is reduced to the basic figures and starts growing again. It is the progressive slot that is known for big prizes of enormous sums of money. The standard slot provides small jackpots, but they allow to gain the maximum out of the money involved. The wins here are lower, but more frequent.

It's up to you to make your choice. Good luck in your game!

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