Six Amazing Songs That Illustrate What it Means to Be Human | Raptitude.com Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. ~Confucius I just took a look at CNN’s site and it was, as usual, boasting its favorite palette of troublesome nouns and verbs. Terror, death, murder, destruction, Bush. No, these ‘news’ items aren’t new. Linguistic and cultural barriers keep us from recognizing these two universal similarities in others, but there is a human invention that can circumvent all that. I find it fascinating, but also completely unsurprising, that music has developed in every single human culture. Music unites us by telling stories with which we can all identify. I’ve compiled a short list of songs that, to me, embody the universal theme of what it means to be a living, breathing, loving and hurting human being. Before you listen I have two requests. First, I politely ask that you don’t ‘scan’ the songs, listening for a few seconds and then skipping to the next one. And secondly, turn up the volume. We’ll start off with something familiar.
Tutorial 4: Make a Game in 60 Minutes - StumbleUpon This tutorial helps you learn about the process of game construction, while guiding you through writing a relatively complete game. The code in this tutorial illustrates the technique described in the text. A complete code sample for this tutorial is available for you to download, including full source code and any additional supporting files required by the sample. Understanding the basics of game coding is the single most-difficult step for a beginning game programmer. Think of the idea of your ship on the screen. If, for instance, you wanted to add a second ship that would also draw on the screen, and had the ability to move and turn, you would have to create a copy of each of the variables you were using for the first ship. For a game that will ultimately have more than a dozen objects all drawing and moving around, this is unworkable. Start by right-clicking on your project in Solution Explorer, and select Add, then Class. Start with drawing the ship's model. Figure 1. Figure 2.
40 Belief-Shaking Remarks From a Ruthless Nonconformist | Raptitude.com If there’s one thing Friedrich Nietzsche did well, it’s obliterate feel-good beliefs people have about themselves. He has been criticized for being a misanthrope, a subvert, a cynic and a pessimist, but I think these assessments are off the mark. I believe he only wanted human beings to be more honest with themselves. He did have a remarkable gift for aphorism — he once declared, “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” Even today his words remain controversial. Here are 40 unsympathetic statements from the man himself. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. More of Nietzsche’s genius here. Have a lot on your mind? Everyday mindfulness has transformed my life, and the lives of many others.
Metrics 2.0: Video Game Addiction: 81% of American Youth Play; 8.5% are Addicted Reports from around the world suggest that gaming addiction is real and on the rise. With nearly 8 in 10 American youth (81%) playing video games at least one time per month, including 94% of all boys playing, this certainly raises concerns about video game addiction. In US, 8.5% of youth gamers (ages 8 to 18) can be classified as pathological or clinically “addicted” to playing video games. 23% of youth say they that have felt “addicted to video games”, with about one-third of males (31%) and a little more than one in ten females (13%) feeling ”addicted.” 44% of youth also report that their friends are addicted to games. Video game playing time differs by age as well as gender. The average 8- to 12 year-old now plays 13 hours of video games per week, while the average 13- to 18 year old plays 14 hours of video games per week.
Happy Japanese Kirby, Angry American Kirby Posted on Monday, May 5 @ 17:55:46 Eastern by Duke_Ferris Seriously, is it something in our water supply? Do the Japanese think that when Kirby comes to America, he suddenly gets angry and belligerent? Possibly even Xtreme? I am U.S. Kirby! Kirby Air Ride Kirby and the Amazing Mirror Kirby: Canvas Curse Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby Squeak Squad
Ontario News: Brandon Crisp found dead BARRIE–It was a heartbreaking end to a remarkable three-week search for a teen who had run away over an Xbox. On the ground, hundreds of police and volunteers trudged through muddy fields outside Barrie, while in cyberspace police officers probed the virtual world of online gaming. But yesterday morning, all hope of finding 15-year-old Brandon Crisp alive was lost when deer hunters found the body of a teen in a heavily wooded area. Police said the body, which appears to be Brandon, was found about two kilometres from where the boy's abandoned bicycle was found two weeks earlier. "We're definitely all moved by this ... (it's) obviously a very tragic day. Brandon's father Steve Crisp told CBC News yesterday the clothes police had described on the body matched what Brandon was wearing when he disappeared on Oct. 13. Goodbrand told a news conference Brandon's parents were "obviously distraught" about the discovery of the body. Neighbours said they found the news extremely saddening.
cole rise 4 Brilliant Remarks From History’s Wisest American | Raptitude.com If I have a hero, it’s Ralph Waldo Emerson. He represents to me humanity’s potential: wise, self-reliant, honest, unencumbered by conformity, and able to enjoy every little detail of life as if they were all miracles. He possessed the hallmark of a human being ahead of his time: he was hailed as a genius and simultaneously reviled as a subvert. I am convinced that all of the secrets to personal peace and freedom reside within the ideas recorded in Emerson’s essays and lectures. Perhaps this is why he is so widely quoted and so scarcely read. It’s worth the effort. “People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character A person’s opinion of the world they live in really seems to be a foolproof litmus test for their strength of character. The wisest people I know invariably revere the world, and the most ineffective ones hate it. I have been on both sides. “There is an optical illusion about every person we meet “I hate quotations. And my favorite:
88 Important Truths I’ve Learned About Life | Raptitude.com Everyone gets drilled with certain lessons in life. Sometimes it takes repeated demonstrations of a given law of life to really get it into your skull, and other times one powerful experience drives the point home once forever. Here are 88 things I’ve discovered about life, the world, and its inhabitants by this point in my short time on earth. 1. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. Photo by Philgarlic Have a lot on your mind? Everyday mindfulness has transformed my life, and the lives of many others.