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  • Damian
    Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 84
    #1

    Fun/educational/possibly helpful?

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


    I have had this link for a while and thought I might share it if it has not been passed around here before. The concept is that you answer vocabulary questions. While you do this advertising is changing on the page. from the money the site makes from the ads you see they will donate 10 grains of rice per correct answer to the UN World Food Program. I just thought this might be nice to share if it has not been already.

    Gassho,
    Damian
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    • Jundo
      Treeleaf Founder and Priest
      • Apr 2006
      • 40693
      #2
      Hi,

      Being the 'Skeptic' that i am, i checked it out ... and it is what it says it is. Sounds like a great cause.

      http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp

      Thanks Damian.

      Gassho, Jundo
      ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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        • will
          Member
          • Jun 2007
          • 2331
          #3
          Great

          Thanks Damian.

          Gassho
          [size=85:z6oilzbt]
          To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
          To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
          To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
          To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
          [/size:z6oilzbt]

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            • will
              Member
              • Jun 2007
              • 2331
              #4
              I did ahem..2000 8)

              G,W
              [size=85:z6oilzbt]
              To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
              To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
              To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
              To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
              [/size:z6oilzbt]

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                • Fuken
                  Member
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 435
                  #5
                  Ahem, 3k yesterday in about 20 minutes, what dose vocabulary level 39 mean? :lol:
                  Yours in practice,
                  Jordan ("Fu Ken" translates to "Wind Sword", Dharma name givin to me by Jundo, I am so glad he did not name me Wind bag.)

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                    • Fuken
                      Member
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 435
                      #6
                      Sure :lol:
                      Yours in practice,
                      Jordan ("Fu Ken" translates to "Wind Sword", Dharma name givin to me by Jundo, I am so glad he did not name me Wind bag.)

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                        • Fuken
                          Member
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 435
                          #7
                          Or even better, in Shaku!
                          Yours in practice,
                          Jordan ("Fu Ken" translates to "Wind Sword", Dharma name givin to me by Jundo, I am so glad he did not name me Wind bag.)

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                            • Fuken
                              Member
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 435
                              #8
                              This is cool, it actualy goes to 40!
                              Yours in practice,
                              Jordan ("Fu Ken" translates to "Wind Sword", Dharma name givin to me by Jundo, I am so glad he did not name me Wind bag.)

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                                • Fuken
                                  Member
                                  • Sep 2006
                                  • 435
                                  #9
                                  You may find some resistance to that action. :evil:
                                  And I only ware the glasses for shooting at targets farther than 300M, and their not that thick :!:
                                  Yours in practice,
                                  Jordan ("Fu Ken" translates to "Wind Sword", Dharma name givin to me by Jundo, I am so glad he did not name me Wind bag.)

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                                    • Jun
                                      Member
                                      • Jun 2007
                                      • 236
                                      #10
                                      Says in the blurb that people rarely score above 48,
                                      I got a score of 50, does that make me "Word Captain"?

                                      Not that hard at all, and quite fun. Good to know there is a good cause.


                                      By genshin

                                      1240 grains of rice donated - how do they count the grains?
                                      Gassho
                                      Jun
                                      The life and teachings of Suzuki Shõsan Rõshi - http://kongoshin.blogspot.com/

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                                        • Rev R
                                          Member
                                          • Jul 2007
                                          • 457
                                          #11
                                          one at a time.

                                          they probably take the average weight of a single grain of rice multiply it by the number of grains tallied by the program per quarter and then order that many pounds (or kilos).

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