Residential and commercial insurance in the UK

Personally, I would say that there is nothing more important for me than protecting the things that I love the most in my life. In fact, I tend to find the best insurance deals so that everything in my life is protected against some unexpected events that often surprise us!

Keeping this in mind, if you live in the UK and if you are looking for the best residential and commercial landlord insurance solutions for your needs, then you definitely need to take some of your time to visit the website to which I have linked just above and see with your own eyes how incredibly easy it is to find a insurance solution, in just a few minutes, that really fits your needs!

Preventing train crashes

Train crashes are not as frequent as car crashes but the truth is that authorities still find the current number of train crashes way to high! In fact, there are some new procedures and solutions being studied so that this problem can be solved as you will be able to conclude from the msnbc.com article below:

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WASHINGTON - The Washington-area transit agency has temporarily reassigned the superintendent of the automatic control system that is supposed to prevent train crashes following this week's crash that killed nine people, officials said Friday.

The deadliest crash in Metrorail's 33-year history occurred Monday when a train plowed into another that was stopped. The moving train was operating in automatic mode, which means it was primarily controlled by a computer.

Matthew Matyuf, who led the Automatic Train Control Division, has been temporarily assigned to a "special project," Metro officials said. They would not elaborate on what that project was.

The reassignment is not an indication of any wrongdoing, spokeswoman Candace Smith said.

"It's not meant to be a negative reflection on him at all," Smith said. "It's just a precaution until the investigation is complete."

Matyuf has worked for the transit agency for more than 20 years, Smith said.

Federal investigators said Thursday that Metro's signaling system failed to detect a test train stopped in the same place as one that was struck during this week's deadly crash.

Test results indicate the oncoming train involved in Monday's crash may have lacked information that another train was stopped on the tracks ahead.

Meanwhile Friday, a memorial service was being held for the train operator who was among those killed in the crash.

The service for Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va., was being held at the Temple of Praise Fellowship Hall in Washington.

"She will truly be missed by everyone she touched," said McMillan's brother Vernard, of Upper Marlboro, Md.

Jeanice McMillan and eight passengers were killed in the crash when her train barreled down the tracks and hit a stopped train. About 70 people were injured.

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The importance of our job

Even considering the fact that I am a successful businesswoman who has a very decent job that can really allow me to travel all around the world whenever I want, the truth is that I am aware of the fact that it is extremely important that I do my best in order to make sure that I have enough skills for the tasks that I have to complete at work. In fact, I do my best in order to be job ready and that’s exactly why I often take part in some courses to be able to produce a better job in the company.

Keeping this in mind, I would personally advise all of you to take some time to discover the best elearning courses which are now provided by Learn.com, which is a the worldwide leading company on on-demand workforce development and productivity, making sure that you always have the needed skills to do a great job and, who knows, get promoted in just a few months! Moreover, with the courses provided by Learn.com you will have the chance to take part in courses that will help you understand the current business world and courses that will make sure that you have all the computer skills needed to produce a great job in your company.

So, would you like to produce a better job so that you could be promoted? If that’s the case, then you definitely need to read more about these courses on the link above.

Games are playing an important role

Do you still think that games are only for children? Do you honestly think that there is nothing you may learn from them? If you think they do, then you definitely need to read the msnbc.com article just below and see with your own eyes how that industry has developed:

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By Winda Benedetti

Citizen Gamer

msnbc.com

I’ve spent the last several days carefully crafting a little something I like to call “A Foul Fowl.” It’s a game that requires players to traverse a strange planet and get to the bottom of a vast conspiracy. There are innocent lives to be saved. There are mutant farm animals to be subdued. There is lots and lots of shooting to be done.

Or at least, I hope there will be by the time I’m finally finished. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit obsessed with “A Foul Fowl” which, to be honest, is not exactly a full game per se, but rather one mission within the larger game known as “Spore Galactic Adventures.” Still, I can’t stop tinkering with it. I want to get my mission just right before I share it with the world.

And share it I will.

“Galactic Adventures,” which launched this week, is the first expansion for “Spore” and one that gives players the tools they need to create their own gameplay adventures and to then share those adventures so that other people can play them. It’s also the latest entry in the growing gaming phenomenon known as “user-generated content.”

Increasingly, gamers aren’t just “players,” they’re often “creators” as well. “Player expression” and “user-generated content” were two of the phrases buzzing about this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. It seems game makers everywhere are trying to come up with ways to help game players unleash their inner creative genius.

In April, the online game “City of Heroes” launched “Mission Architect” — an expansion that gives players the tools to create missions and then publish them for others to play. At E3, Nintendo showed off “WarioWare D.I.Y.” — an upcoming DS game that will let players design their own micro-games from scratch and then share them with others. Meanwhile, next week, Microsoft will launch “Kodu,” a programming tool that allows even novice players to create and share their very own Xbox 360 games.

Express yourself
Blame it on the Internet … and YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Everywhere you look these days, media consumers are becoming media makers. It seems everyone wants to create stuff and share it with the world … gamers included.

“I think players and people in general have stories they want to tell,” says Matt Miller, “City of Heroes” lead designer. “Everybody has that Great American Novel in them, and this is our outlet for them.”

With “Mission Architect,” “City of Heroes” players craft their own unique missions and story arcs by using a series of easy-to-navigate menus. They type in the story details and dialogue they want players to encounter. They select the goals players will be tasked with and design the enemies they’ll face off against. And then they post it for all to play.

Miller says they’ve been stunned by the response: Within 24 hours of the launch, players had put together 3,800 story arcs. As of this week, more than 200,000 missions have been published.

“I think that the desire to create is universal and has always been there, but now the tools are making it more accessible,” says Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo executive VP of sales and marketing.

Indeed, user-generated content in gaming is not new. For years, games like “Quake” and “Half-Life” have spawned communities dedicated to creating their own modified levels. But these days, it’s no longer just the savviest gamers who are getting in on the action.

When Sony launched “LittleBigPlanet” last year, they brought the user-generated concept into living rooms in a big-big way. The game gave PlayStation 3 owners approachable tools with which they could craft some seriously stunning levels. And players loved it — so far they have designed more than 800,000 of their own “LBP” levels.

At E3, Sony executives unveiled the next installment in what they’re calling their “Play, Create, Share” line of games. “ModNation Racers” is a PS3 kart-racing game that allows gamers to craft their own tracks for others to take a spin on. Check out this video to see just how easy it will be.

And that’s the key — ease of use. At long last, companies are coming up with ways to make gaming creation so easy that even a child can do it. In fact, that’s exactly what “Kodu” aims to be — a programming environment that even 9-year-olds could use to build their very own games. Scheduled to arrive via Xbox Live next week, “Kodu” is currently being used in schools to teach programming.