Can You Map the States?

Here's a small diversion that is not only fun, but educational. This is a puzzle, with nothing to download. You are presented with a blank map of the United States, and the idea is to place the states on the map in the correct locations.

Shapes of states will appear in random order at the top of the screen (so it's a little different every time you play). You just drag and drop them onto the map where you think they should go. You'll be rewarded with a phrase like "excellent," or "good," if you get the state in the correct location, and it will snap itself to a perfect fit before the next state appears.

At the end you'll be shown your score. Have fun!

US State Map Puzzle

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Free Rice and Word Fun!

Here's a great way to have some word fun, stretch your brain and help feed someone- all for FREE!

Free Rice shows you a word and you try to match the definition from four choices, in English. The game quickly adapts to the level of your vocabulary skills. If you get one wrong the correct answer is shown. If you keep playing after you get a few wrong those words will appear again soon giving you the chance to reinforce their correct meaning.

For every answer you get correct 10 grains of rice will be donated to help fight world hunger. I know this doesn't sound like much, but the grains multiply quickly. I just played this morning, for only a few minutes, and made it to 160 grains. I just weighed that many grains and it was 0.2 of an ounce, enough to register on my kitchen scale. Think about hundreds of people doing that every day! In fact, as of today, they say that over 65 billion grains have been donated. A simple calculation puts that at over 5 million pounds donated!

And there are other categories of learning. You can also try English Grammmar. You can try learning French, German, Italian or Spanish. Like Art? Try identifying famous paintings! Other subjects are Pre-algebra math, and the multiplication tables- let your kids brush up on their math skills and help feed children around the globe! In Geography you can identify countries on a map, or be quizzed on world capitals. There is also a quiz on the symbols for chemical elements.

I'm adding a permanent link to this great resource in the sidebar of this blog. FreeRice.com

I'll post the May income totals soon

VIrtual Horse Racing's First Millionaire

In its 24th season, a virtual stable owner at Digiturf.com has become an actual millionaire. Identified as Pillbutt (his online name), he has been racing since 2001. Through good strategies he has bought and sold virtual horses around the globe, and has won 33 of Digiturf.com's Championship race titles.

Digiturf.com is an extremely realistic virtual horse racing venue. Players buy and train horses, manage stables, and enter their steeds in virtual races. Race entries come from around the world, and race in 3-D live animation. Digiturf.com is in its 24th racing season.

Bloodlines and training are important for a horse’s success. When a horse is purchased it comes at a 50% fitness level which can be improved through training and care. Conditions in the virtual races are simulated with various track and weather conditions, and a random element is added to provide that unpredictability associated with real life.

It costs real money to buy a horse and stable it at Digiturf.com. Racing silks are free, but vet services and medicines cost real money. There are entrance fees for races, but the winnings are also real.

For new members, the first horse is free, and can also be entered in some races for free for 30 days.

Digiturf.com

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Marble Lines Game- Just For Fun

Thanks to UpFront News I learned of a free flash game that is way too addictive. It's called Marble Lines. As soon as it was said that this will appeal to lovers of Tetris I had to go check it out.

Too true! You try to clear the levels by shooting a colored marble at a line of marbles moving in a track. When three marbles of the same color are together they will disappear. If the marbles reach the drain hole before you clear them, you lose.

There are three tracks, and the levels rotate through these. Levels 1-3, 2-3, and 3-3 are much harder than the first two tracks in the levels. I've cleared 3-3 (the 9th screen) once, and then also 4-1, and 4-2, but 4-3 was impressively hard. Actually 3-3 is pretty tough. UpFront lists his(?) High Score as 64990 points and highest level 11 (4-2).

I've also now made it to 4-2, but a high score of only 54360. Gotta practice!

If you want yet another game to become addicted to, check it out.

Marble Lines

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