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“We’re getting abused & shoving it under rug”- Jelena Dokic sends strongly-worded message against body shaming & social media hate after trauma years
Jelena Dokic opened up about dealing with body shaming and social media hatred after years of trauma and domestic abuse.
Zero Knowledge Proof Pods Pay Up to $300 Daily for AI Tasks, Can Polkadot’s Drop & ICP’s Surge Compete?
The post Zero Knowledge Proof Pods Pay Up to $300 Daily for AI Tasks, Can Polkadot’s Drop & ICP’s Surge Compete? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto Presales Discover how Zero Knowledge Proof and its AI-based Proof Pods redefine earning potential while Polkadot and ICP face contrasting trends. Find out why ZKP leads as the best crypto to buy for 2025. Recent market patterns highlight a major split between momentum and genuine utility across key digital assets. Polkadot (DOT) continues to slip below the $2.87 level even after launching its new Asset Hub and enforcing a hard supply cap. Meanwhile, Internet Computer (ICP) jumped 37% following the debut of its “Caffeine” AI engine, showing renewed excitement for blockchain-powered artificial intelligence projects. Yet, Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) expands this movement by offering a physical gateway through its Proof Pods, small AI devices that process computations and reward users daily. Backed by a $100 million self-funded development pool and transparent presale auction system, the project merges blockchain with artificial intelligence to create measurable and lasting earning opportunities for users. Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) Proof Pods Turn AI Computing into Passive Earnings Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) provides an interactive bridge to the growing AI sector. Instead of operating as a speculative asset, it builds real engagement through its Proof Pods, compact units performing live AI-related computational tasks. Each Proof Pod validates secure algorithmic functions and machine learning operations across the network, helping decentralize AI while rewarding participants. This structure enables users to generate consistent passive earnings by supplying processing power that supports private AI workloads. The project is already built and financed through a $100 million in-house fund, aiming to go operational from the first day of presale auctions. Currently, the whitelist is open for a limited period, granting early access to daily presale auctions where 200 million coins will be distributed transparently every 24 hours. This “build-first” concept stands apart from speculative promises often seen in the market.…
Chicago P.D. season 13 episode 8 release date & time, what’s next, and everything you need to know
Chicago P. D. season 13 episode 8 will pick up the suspense and mysteries that the previous episode left.
A behind-the-scenes look at ‘gamified’ courses at Brown
While some students trek to the Salomon Center for large lecture-based courses or gather in a Page-Robinson Hall classroom for seminars, others turn on their computers and enter the world of gamified courses. Currently, Brown offers a variety of gamified courses across the Departments of English, East Asian Studies and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies.There, the goal is not to pass exams or finish a final project, but to complete a story and become immersed in a fictional world. Assignments may come in the form of quests and levels, which involve the same general work as a traditional course, but with a related storyline and characters.The Herald spoke with Brown faculty who design and teach gamified courses.Gamification entails the use of game elements and game-design techniques in non-game contexts, said Naomi Pariseault, a senior learning designer at the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning who specializes in digital learning and design.But gamifying courses is not the same as “creating a game,” she said. Pariseault works with faculty to create “a course that has game elements in it,” with assignments that are completely “story-based.”All elements of gamified courses are online and asynchronous.This is more “efficient pedagogically to achieve the (course’s) goals,” said English Professor James Egan, who teaches several gamified courses at Brown. He added that through gamification, students “become better writers and critical thinkers.”The first gamified course at Brown began nearly a decade ago after Egan read about gamification in pedagogical journals. He developed the class as an alternative to the larger lecture courses he was teaching at the time. After Egan applied to a University-sponsored program that provided funding for online-only courses, he was matched with Pariseault.The two had a common goal: create Brown’s first gamified course. Before designing the course, they were both certified with Sententia Gamification, a company that introduces educators to tools for game-based learning strategies. After the training, the two became “gamification master craftsmen.”The two then set out to build the course – using Canvas as the game’s interface – and bringing aboard Matt Rockman, a Brooklyn-based graphic designer who created both avatars and settings to be used in the courses. From there, the two designed a story that complemented the learning goals.After months of preparation, Brown offered its first gamified course in spring 2017 – ENGL 0511C: “Fantastic Places, Unhuman Humans.” The course’s narrative follows a girl named Leila, who comes from the planet Io. Students help Leila determine whether she’s human.Egan said the process of designing a gamified course can take anywhere from six to nine months. When designing the course, Pariseault said she considers the interesting and challenging aspects of the course, alongside how to introduce elements of gamification.To progress through the story of ENGL 0511C, students – who each create their own avatar – read literary texts, respond to discussion posts and perform writing exercises. Students especially enjoy the opportunity to do alternate assignments, such as diagrams and drawings, Egan said.In one of these assignments, students were given the opportunity to recreate Tarzan’s yell and explain how their rendition related to the yell in the novel – an option every student chose this semester.This fall, around 10 students are enrolled in ENGL 1190Y: “Editing as Revision,” a gamified course that introduces students to the fundamentals of editing. It took Teaching Professor of English Emily Hipchen almost 18 months to develop her course, a process that involved writing a narrative that’s “in the neighborhood of 37,000 words.”The class uses three levels – apprentice, journeyman and master – and divides students into competing historical writing guilds to teach students copy editing, proof editing and content, respectively.The course was designed in collaboration with Pariseault, and features two talking lions, Carl and Terry, which are based off of the lions in front of the New York Public Library. Their contrasting personalities – Carl as the serious, strict lion, and Terry as the flexible and playful one – represent the two sides of editing, Pariseault said.Hipchen finds that the most useful parts of gamified courses are “skills practice and skills production.” After around five exercises, students go from having little experience in a specific type of editing to being “pretty adept” at it, she said.Student feedback is a big part of how gamified courses are developed. At the end of each gamified course, there is a “focused survey” that allows students to provide feedback on the game mechanics of class, Perisault said.The course “attracts a broad range of students,” Egan said. Even though the class is entirely asynchronous, students “got to know the professor better than (they’ve) ever gotten to know another professor,” he added. Egan even voice acts as an avatar in ENGL 0511C.As Pariseault designs gamified courses, she specifically considers the interests of Brown students, who she said value “a lot of autonomy.””My hope is that students find joy in learning about the subject matter, and it’s something really different that they’ve never experienced before,” she added.
San Francisco’s (Partial) Comeback
The first direct action taken by an operative of the San Francisco 10X Project was the installation of an unauthorized tree swing on a grassy knoll in Bernal Heights. Mechanically, the operation was simple: scale the towering cypress, loop thick rope through one of the low-hanging branches, and tie up a plank. The wrinkle was […]
WWE officially confirms another departure
As the year 2025 draws to a close, WWE has officially confirmed another wrestler’s departure. Edris Enofé is no longer with the Stamford-based promotion.
LA cannabis retailers stage tax revolt over illicit market
Licensed Los Angeles cannabis shops have failed to pay about $400 million in taxes as they struggle with illegal operations. LA cannabis retailers stage tax revolt over illicit market is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
Traitors deserves a gold medal for casting this gay Olympian in Season Four
Olympic figure skating star Johnny Weir was made for Peacock’s hit eliminatino reality show sensation, ‘The Traitors.’ The post Traitors deserves a gold medal for casting this gay Olympian in Season Four appeared first on Outsports.
The Artificial Intelligence Prisoner’s Dilemma
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Humane Society’s Pet Pantry running low amid growing need
The Humane Society of Midland County’s Pet Pantry is nearly empty as demand rises, and the shelter is asking for community donations to help local families feed their pets.
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