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URL icon « on: October 24, 2007, 06:06:23 AM »
Started on October 7th, Free Rice is a word game where you match a word with it's description.  For every right match you donate (via sponsors) 10 grains of rice to the UN World food program.

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

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URL icon « Reply #1 on: October 24, 2007, 10:39:27 AM »
How much fun was that! Thanks JohnR. When I saw "Free Rice" I thought there was a Tony Rice show up for grabs!  LOL Thanks for helping us give back!  Thumbs Up

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P.S. - open book ok! Grab your dictionary and help a good cause!
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URL icon « Reply #2 on: October 25, 2007, 11:23:33 AM »
I LOVE this game!!  And no open book, that's cheating!!!

I've donated 2560 grains of rice in 24 hours with no dictionary.  I want to get above a 44 on vocab, but alas...
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URL icon « Reply #3 on: October 25, 2007, 05:24:09 PM »
geez this thing is addictive.... You must be really smart Garian, I can only get up to level 42. And I 'm not looking at the dictionary - yet. Wink Wink

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URL icon « Reply #4 on: October 28, 2007, 12:23:26 AM »
The FAQ says 50 is the highest level of vocab but that no one ever gets above 48.  I want to get to 48!!! 

What a geek, huh?
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URL icon « Reply #5 on: November 10, 2007, 11:01:45 AM »
hi  Wave
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URL icon « Reply #6 on: November 12, 2007, 10:39:57 AM »
 Wave in the spirit of free rice:

HI
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HI or Hi can mean:

    * An informal way to say hello.
    * Hi (magazine), an Arab-English language magazine.
    * (AAR reporting marks HI)
    * Hindi language (ISO 639-1, 'hi)
    * Hi (kana), the Japanese characters ひ and ヒ pronounced as IPA: [çi].
    * H I (note the space), an astronomical spectral line
    * Hi Records, a record label
    * "HI" can also be an acronym or abbreviation:
          o Humorous Interpretation, a National Forensics League category(ies)
          o Hawaii (United States postal abbreviation)
          o Holiday Inn hotels
          o Hormonal imprinting
          o Hostelling International
          o Hydrogen iodide, an ionic diatomic compound which can be dissolved in water to form hydroiodic acid

See also:

    * High


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URL icon « Reply #7 on: November 12, 2007, 12:46:01 PM »
or, it could be the shortform of 'bump'

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URL icon « Reply #8 on: November 20, 2007, 09:38:56 AM »
the game is challenging, also good for the vocabulary, however I was pretty scepticle that the "free rice" would actualy materialize?? then I found this in my inbox this morning.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp    Thumbs Up
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URL icon « Reply #9 on: November 20, 2007, 03:51:05 PM »
Way Cool!

Thanks... itsRick! HEY! EVERYBODY! IT's REALLY RICK!!!!!!!
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URL icon « Reply #10 on: December 05, 2007, 04:00:52 PM »
Quote from: itsRick on November 20, 2007, 09:38:56 AM
the game is challenging, also good for the vocabulary, however I was pretty scepticle that the "free rice" would actualy materialize?? then I found this in my inbox this morning.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp    Thumbs Up

I heard the story behind this web site on NPR the other day and it was very smilar to the email that itsRick received.  The one thing that stood out was that it was developed as an easy way for kids to study for the vocabulary section of the SAT and at the same time contribute to a very good cause...so get on there to enhance your vocabulary skills and feed those in need.

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URL icon « Reply #11 on: December 24, 2007, 07:50:11 AM »
holiday rice.
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URL icon « Reply #12 on: February 04, 2008, 07:43:21 AM »
day after paula abdul lip sync rice.
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URL icon « Reply #13 on: March 30, 2008, 12:39:04 PM »
bumpity...
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URL icon « Reply #14 on: May 01, 2008, 06:45:34 AM »
more rice than a costco limit
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