Category: Billiard Tours

More than 500 teens and their parents packed into one of the largest lecture halls at UC Davis on Wednesday to hear Dr. David Perry, a U.S. Department of Defense cryptologist, decipher the world of encryption and break down the story of the notorious Enigma machine. Perry’s lecture was the…

July/August 2009 Issue of Inside POOL Magazine Available for Free Download The July/August 2009 issue of Inside POOL Magazine, which features Darren Appleton on the cover after his win at the Party Poker World Pool Masters, has been made available for free download at InsidePOOLmag.com.  This month the download features…

In the colorful, centuries-long history of house hunting, when have so many buyers come to the table knowing so much about prices, neighborhoods and school test scores? Probably never. Credit an average 16 weeks spent browsing the Internet before buyers contact a real estate agent to get serious. Fifteen years…

Barnes & Noble Inc., the world’s largest bookseller, announced Tuesday that it would offer free Wi-Fi at all its Barnes & Noble locations in a deal with AT&T. The stores previously provided the service for a fee. The bookstore also offers free applications, including one for iPhones or iPod Touches…

Clinical coordinator David Buettner, left, trains paramedic student Bobby Blanco on a birthing simulator at UC Davis Medical Center last week. UCD also has a lifelike dummy that can blink, breathe and on cue mimic a full-blown heart attack – one of many innovations being tried to cut costs and…

Mika Immonen Dominant in Stellar Performance at Amsterdam Billiards Written By Jerry Tarantola, NYCgrind.com A full field of 64 pool players quickly sold out the Predator Tour’s 10th event of the season. Even though it was a beautiful summer weekend, the field was filled in 40 minutes. The popular Manhattan…

Rob Allshouse of Sacramento multitasks on Mechanical Turk with his kids Jonathan, 11, center, and Jordan Hart, 8. “Turkers” make small change doing small tasks for a “requester,” such as identifying photos; Amazon gets a small cut.With the economy reeling and California’s unemployment rate moving toward 12 percent, many people…

Taylor Road Productions is pleased to announce a selection of admission packages for the Galveston World Classic, which is a $1,000,000 billiard event taking place September 11-20, 2009 at Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX. The packages are primarily for the various arenas that top professionals will be participating over the…

Shuffett, Lovely, Crockett and Miller Crowned Junior Nationals Champions Billiard Education Foundation Junior Nationals / Normal, IL Nearly 100 hopeful junior players arrived for the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) 21st Annual Junior Nationals, held July 23-26 in the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, and when…

When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, you were either in front of your TV set when it aired, or you missed it. Today – or, let’s say, if we ever return to the moon – you could save the moment using a cell phone to set your…