| Inaugural Vex Robotics World Championship Competition Announced
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,000 high school students from across the globe will join together to compete in the inaugural Vex Robotics World Championship competition, playing the game "Bridge Battle" developed by Innovation First, Inc., at California State University, Northridge on May 2-3, 2008. Winning teams from Vex Robotics Bridge Battle local and state competitions will be invited to participate in the World Championship along with 30 winning teams from the Asian Robotics League (ARL) Bridge Battle competition. Additionally, top teams from other competitions using the Vex Robotics Design System, including the FIRST Tech Challenge Quad Quandary and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Savage Soccer Vex- based competitions will be invited to participate. "The Bridge Battle game provides students with a fun and challenging robotics competition that is easily accessible and extremely affordable to all schools," said Jason Morrella, senior director of education and competition at Innovation First.
PRESS RELEASE: FuturePlay 2007 - Only one week away
Get out of your office or cubicle! The investment is small and the benefits great, plus it is a wonderful professional development opportunity. Future Play 2007, November 15-17, at the Novotel in Toronto, Ontario, is just a week away! Learn about the gaming industry, current trends and research. Who’s going to be at Future Play 2007? Game development experts and researchers from across Canada, the US, the UK, Sweden, Norway, and New Zealand. You’ll meet people from Microsoft, Garage Games, Groove Games, MIT, UOIT, Western, the MARS Discovery District, Carleton University, Michigan State University, Silicon Knights, Artificial Mind and Movement, and many other keen minds from in and around the gaming world. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to improve your skills, expand your business, leverage academic research for game design, and network with potential partners and prospective employees.
Eating Well, Harvard-Style
These days, it's a piece of (low-calorie) cake to find sugar-free, fat-free, or even carb-free foods. Politic-free foods, on the other hand, are not so easy to come by. If you're worried about how food industry lobbyists have corrupted the government's dietary guidelines, fret no more: Harvard has created its own food pyramid! In 2005, the USDA replaced its 1992 food pyramid with a new version, which Walter C. Willett, Frederick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, dubbed “a complete joke." The pyramid's recommendations (heavy on dairy, meat, and grains) are rife with political undertones, according to Jami M. Snyder, Communications Coordinator of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). “It's very convenient for the industry," Willett said. “Everyone's in the game." So Willett created his own food pyramid, displayed in Harvard's dining halls and his book “Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy." Willett's design distinguishes between good and bad fats and carbohydrates, less dairy than the government's dietary guidelines, and “sparing" servings of red meat and white bread.
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