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Interview With crowdSPRING’s John Yang - (USA)
We’re very lucky. We have a great community and an awesome team. Meet one of our newest crowdSPRINGers - John (one of our senior software engineers). John is a true nomad. He came to the US from China at the age of 16, and while working towards his college degree, he enjoyed life and culture in Michigan, California, Utah, and Illinois. He eventually settled down and earned a computer science degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. While in school, he conducted research in GI
http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/08/07/interview-with-crowdsprings-john-yang/
Forget Polo and Fox Hunting. The Queen Loves Hockey - (USA)
After seeing in my previous post the photo of the Queen as a Habs fan, Kevin at Ya! The Habs Rule.com sent me this. Maybe I have some kind of sixth sense. The queen? A puckhead? Who knew! By Scott Burnside ESPN.com Archive LONDON — So, Erik Janssen was at Buckingham Palace and Queen Elizabeth II came up to him started talking about hockey and the NHL. In fact, the queen got so wound up talking about the game, she touched Janssen on the wrist — twice. Seriously. The quee
http://dennis-kane.com/forget-polo-and-fox-hunting-the-queen-loves-hockey/
School house blues - (USA)
I don’t know what has happened to me. While I was in my undergraduate studies at Texas Tech University, I was a pillar of discipline. I juggled at least 15 hours of coursework per semester with 30 hours a week at my part-time job. During my final year, I actually worked another 10 hours per week at another job. I would often begin studying for big exams and lab practicals two or three weeks in advance and always earned very good grades. I also found time to hang out with friends, work out and t
http://www.thisordinaryday.com/2008/11/25/school-house-blues/
Frugal Dates and Family Activities - (USA)
If you don't do anything on this list precisely the way we do it, that does not make you a cultural low-life. These are suggestions, not commands. Neither are they a list of standards to which you must attain if you ever hope to be good enough. Good enough for what? Well, good enough to measure up, you say, because you do not measure up right now. But measure up to what? What is your measuring stick? It ought not to be my family. Your own budget should have something to do with it. "
http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2007/01/frugal-family-fun.html
Russian Baseball Player Vasilyev signs Professional Contract in America - (USA)
Press Release Russian International Baseball (Rockford, Illinois – USA - May 12, 2009) Russian baseball player Viacheslav Vasilyev has signed a professional baseball contract with the Rockford RiverHawks of the Frontier Professional Baseball League located in the United States of America. Vasilyev (6’3” & 195lbs. / 190.5cm & 88.5kg) is a 24 year old right-handed pitcher, and is a native of Moscow, Russia. Vasilyev has also been a top right-handed hitter as an outfielder, and
http://www.mister-baseball.com/russian-baseball-player-vasilyev-signs-professional-contract-america/
First Amendment Scholarship Update - (USA)
« Mock Trial Competition Schedule Adjusted to Accommodate Orthodox Jewish Team's Sabbath Observance | Main Here is this week’s collection of newly available First Amendment scholarship: 1) Christopher C. Lund (Mississippi College Law School), Keeping the Government's Religion Pure: Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, forthcoming in Nw. U. L. Rev. in June, 2009. The abstract states: This short essay reviews the Supreme Court's recent decision in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum. The case a
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/firstamendment/2009/05/first-amendment-scholarship-update-.html
Monday Inspiration: User Experience Of The Future | Monday Inspiration | Smashing Magazine - (USA)
Over decades we've used to adapt our habits, behavior and mindset technology. We've improved productivity by using tools devices designed especially for the tasks we have deal with regularly. But also constrained abilities features of
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/26/monday-inspiration-user-experience-of-the-future/
MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror? - (USA)
Many say that the best speculative fiction stories are those with strong characters. But sometimes we run across characters that outshine the story. We asked this week's panel: Q: Who are the most memorable characters in science fiction, fantasy and horror? What makes them so memorable? Here are their answers... Mike Resnick Mike Resnick is the author of 50 novels, 200 short stories, a pair of screenplays, and the editor of 50 anthologies, as well as the executive editor of Jim Baen's Univ
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007469.html
Player1's GameBlog: Literaturliste - (USA)
http://player1-gameblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/literaturliste.html
GameCareerGuide Feature – Game Curricula: Differences in Focus - (USA)
Confused about the different kinds of game curricula offered at colleges and universities today? Game prof Lewis Pulsipher sorts out the three major types in GameCareerGuide’s latest feature article. Says Pulsipher, “There seems to be a lot of confusion — some of it deliberate, unfortunately — about several categories of academic programs devoted to games. I’m going to try to describe the differences between ‘game studies,’ ‘game development/production,’ and ‘game design.’” The problem is compou
http://webnhance.com/2009/08/04/gamecareerguide-feature-game-curricula-differences-in-focus/
Tabula Rasa - Tobold discusses the end of shooters - (USA)
Recently Tobold discussed how the fact that with the loss of Hellgate earlier this year and now Tabula Rasa, is it possible that the "Shooter" based MMO is at it's end. Tobold states : "It is totally possible that there is a large demand for good shooter MMOs, but neither Hellgate nor Tabula Rasa were good enough. But then, I kind of liked Tabula Rasa, especially the instances, and wouldn't say it was a terrible game. Is it a statistical fluke that over the last 10 years games with swords sold
http://simple-n-complex.blogspot.com/2008/11/tabula-rasa-tobold-discusses-end-of.html
Get ready for Kindergarten with Little Hands Learning Company - (USA)
In late April, The Mom Entrepreneur ran a contest to find the best mom entrepreneur company written introduction . Members of our Online Support Group competed for a gift package valued at $150. With 101 readers casting their votes, Traci Geiser, owner of Little Hands Learning Company , received more than 50% of the votes (58 votes total). Her winning entry was very creative according to feedback from voters. Here is her company introduction: A B C D E Preschool and K our spec
http://bizzywomen.com/2009/get-ready-for-kindergarten-with-little-hands-learning-company/
the DAEDALUS PROJECT: MMORPG Research, Cyberculture, MMORPG Psychology - (USA)
Online Research of MMORPG's. Studies, Essays, Forums. MMORPG Research. By Nicholas Yee.
http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/
Raph’s Website » GDC2008: Game Studies Download 3.0 - (USA)
Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books.
http://www.raphkoster.com/2008/02/20/gdc2008-game-studies-download-30/
The Jiu Jitsu Theory of Education - (USA)
Image courtesy of ADD Photography Woohoo! I found it! An education system that works! As you might know, I’m a big fan of rebuilding the education system. What we have now does a dozen things reasonably well… but helping students learn isn’t one of them. Thankfully, I recently came across a model of teaching that REALLY works! My Jiu Jitsu club. I joined up at the beginning of October. And now, after two months, I figured out what they do so well. And a lot of the things could be transf
http://anamazingmind.com/blog/2008/11/the-jiu-jitsu-theory-of-education/
Senator Leland Yee is Taking His Case to the United States Supreme Court - (USA)
The United States Supreme Court is still mulling over the friend of the court brief filed by Senator (and child psychologist) Leland Yee , the California Psychiatric Association, and the California Psychological Association - it’s all about minors and the regulation of violent video games. The team behind the brief: A psychiatrist, psychologist/Senator and a lobbyist, that’s what it takes. As they appeared at a recent news conference at the State Building in San Francisco: The
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2009/08/04/senator-leland-yee-is-taking-his-case-to-the-united-states-supreme-court/
Gamasutra - Features - "Guidelines for Developing Successful Games" [08.15.01] - (USA)
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010815/shelley_01.htm
Energy Dumb Dana Shows His Face - (USA)
Energy Dumb Dana Rohrbacher showed his face on the House floor with a studied effort at willful ignorance a year ago several weeks before Senate Republicans stooped to the lowest forms of obstructionism to avoid having to have a substantive and meaningful debate about Global Warming legislation. Rohrbacher’s speech is worth a few minutes of notice since it is such a studied effort, with strong framing language, of misleading deceptiveness and outright deceit on what might be the most critical
http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/05/13/energy-dumb-dana-shows-his-face/
Free Game - Play 50 States - (USA)
Free Games -> Tons of free flash games from arcade classics to original games. Play them without pop ups and download games.
http://www.venusarcade.com/50-States.htm
Steps to a nimble mind: Physical and mental exercise help keep the brain fit - (USA)
Steps to a nimble mind: Physical and mental exercise help keep the brain fit Neuroscience is uncovering techniques to prevent cognitive decline. The brain -- containing 100 billion neurons, 900 billion glial cells, 100 trillion branches and 1,000 trillion receptors -- reacts to stimuli in a series of electrical bursts, spanning a complex map of connections. Whether calculating an algorithmic equation or learning the tango, our brain continuously changes in response to our ideas, actions an
http://www.medicalgeek.com/health-lifestyle/14446-steps-nimble-mind-physical-mental-exercise-help.html
USA Geography - Map Game - Geography Online Games - (USA)
US geography games galore - over 38 fun online map games teach capitals, state locations, and more. Also info on the United States culture, history, and much more
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Dark Cloud, Meet Silver Lining. - (USA)
I guess I should have paid more attention to Will Carroll. Carroll, you might recall, was the one saying “I don’t feel good about this one” when Hillman finally came clean about Joakim Soria’s shoulder even while downplaying the extent of the injury.It turns out that the injury was not something that would clear up with a few days of rest, which opens up a whole ton of questions. Like, wouldn’t the Royals have been better off putting him on the DL back on April 19th? That was over three weeks ag
http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/2009/05/dark-cloud-meet-silver-lining.html
Terra Nova - (USA)
http://terranova.blogs.com/
Reconstruction: An Interdisciplinary Culture Studies Community - (España)
Reconstruction is an innovative culture studies journal dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars and their audience, granting them all the ability to share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work in contemporary interdisciplinary studies. Reconstruction publishes new issues three times a year, with reviews regularly updated, and solicits both academic studies and reviews of music, movies, performances, and fiction and non-fiction works.
http://reconstruction.eserver.org/
Pervasive games book - (USA)
It seems that the book “ Pervasive Games: Theory and Design - Experiences on the Boundary between Life and Play ” by Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros and Annika Waer (editors) is finally out, published by Morgan Kauffman: “ Quickly emerging from the fast-paced growth of mobile communications and wireless technologies, pervasive games provide a worldwide network of potential play spaces. Now games can be designed to be played in public spaces like streets, conferences, museums and other n
http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/05/13/pervasive-games-book/
Brent Cook Helps Investors Navigate Rocky Road to Riches - (USA)
Source: The Gold Report You don’t hear a lot about "peak gold," but the fact is that great gold deposits are harder and more costly to find these days. Then getting the few finds into production takes more time and money than ever before. So why bother? Because the occasional success story makes it all worthwhile for the intelligent investor. "It’s those few that really keep all of us in this game and keep all the money coming in," renowned exploration analyst and geologist Brent Coo
http://jutiagroup.com/2009/08/10/brent-cook-helps-investors-navigate-rocky-road-to-riches/
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