World Equestrian Games - Where Once There Were Six Separate Championships

The events, now standing at 8 in total, which make up the World Equestrian Games were once deliberated and contested separately. There used to be a world dressage, eventing, jumping, vaulting, driving, endurance, and reining champion determined under very individual programs and shows. As these events became more and more popular, and the schedules more and more rigorous for all involved, the FEI decided to combine all of the top, elite venues into one huge championship show which runs every four years, during the even years between the Olympics. There are many different reasons for this, but one of the most prominent ones had to do with the physical and financial toll that competing was taking on the teams who participated.

Many of these championship horse and rider teams used to find themselves traveling from one competition to the next, as they were involved in more than one discipline at a time. Combination venues are also available, but scheduling these world championships with enough time in between for the athletes and riders to recoup and get on to the next one was a very difficult and time consuming feat. Travel can be tough on horses, especially when done across the country or overseas, so it made more sense to everyone that these champions be given the chance to compete on an all-inclusive and level playing field.

The first FEI World Equestrian Games took place in 1990, though planning for the knew venue was accepted and begun in 1988. Since then, there have been many up and downs, near misses and amazing moments, and more people have been able to witness these fine events than ever before. 2010 marks the first year ever that the world games will be hosted on American shores, and more appropriate grounds could never have been supplied than those available at the famous Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Tickets for all events, as well as a fully and consistently updated schedule of the championship show, will become available on September 25th, 2009, exactly one year before the opening ceremonies and commencement of the recently incepted reining event. New to the forum this coming year is the 8th event to be contested at the world games, para dressage. For those wishing to find lodging information or home rental opportunities, the Alltech FEI comity is hard at work compiling available accommodations and a list of prospective tenants for the upcoming two week show.

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Video Game Tester Jobs - What is There Available?

If you're interested in getting a job as a video game tester, then I will describe to you the different opportunities you have available. If you interested in the different types of jobs you can explore, pay close attention.

When it comes to video game tester jobs, they can be split up into two basic categories -- paid testing jobs and unpaid testing jobs. Why would anybody want to take an unpaid job? Well, there are actually several reasons. First, it is an excellent way for a gamer to get his hands on a free copy of an upcoming video game. Second, it is a great way for a gamer to prove himself as one, which can lead to actual paying gigs in the future. Third, it helps to develop valuable connections in the gaming industry.

The video game tester job that is most appealing, obviously, is the one that results in a fat paycheck. Traditionally, these jobs allow you to work from the comfort of your own home and at your own pace. Testers are sent video games through the mail, and attached to each game is a "bug/glitch report" form which is used by the game tester to detail the glitches he has found. The overall goal is to basically explore all the levels in the game while looking for different glitches and bugs that are causing problems; whether they be big or small. In addition to that, they are required to give general feedback on the game itself. This is to help the video game developers improve upon the beta version and get the video game up to the standard "playability level" accepted by most gamers.

As a video game tester, you can either work full-time or part-time; it really just depends on how many jobs you're up for. Whether this is something you want to do on the side to supplement your income or something you wish to make a career out of, there are various "testing options" to choose from. These options include different gaming platforms and encompass all different genres of the video game industry. In layman's terms; you can choose what system you want to test on and what types of games you primary want to get paid to test (usually).

No matter what type of video game tester job you decide upon, you must be willing to devote most of your time to the completion of testing assignments. This doesn't mean just playing a video game and telling the developer "yeah, I saw a few bugs here and there"; it means you have to explain, in detail, how you came across a bug and what it effects it has on the player or the environment. To put it in perspective for you: you're being paid to professional test video games, not to simply play them and have a good time.

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Are There Medical Benefits to Video Games?

Video games have always been given a modest nod of tolerance by parents who struggle to see the benefits of learning how to crash a car into a tree at 120 miles per hour. But new evidence is proving that video games have a new respect in the medical field. And if you suffer from chronic pain, you soon may be knocking on your children's door asking, "can you show me how that controller-thingy works?"

One of the best benefits is that there are now video games like Dance Dance Revolution that can help you get physically fit. If you've been to a movie theater or mall lately, you may have noticed the 3-foot square platform with an arrow on each side of the square pointing up, down, left and right. The player may appear as though they have joined the toddlers in a dance along with The Wiggles, but the game does take skill. The player faces a video screen that has arrows scrolling upward to the beat of a song, and the player steps on the correlating arrow. Tempted to try it but not in a public place? The home version costs about $80 for the game and plastic dance pad and it includes a "workout mode" that actually will track how many calories you are burning.

Another study has just been released about the ability for video games to actually reduce chronic pain. A group of students from Wheeling Jesuit University reported from their study that playing sports and fighting video games produces a dramatic level of pain distraction. The students presented the results of the study, "Effects of Video Game Play Types on Pain Threshold and Tolerance," during the University's Seventh Annual Student Research and Scholarship Symposium, April 4, 2006. The study examined 6 genre types (action, puzzle, arcade, fighting, sport, and boxing).

Sports games and fighting games were able to "produce a dramatic level of pain distraction." Some are suggestion that physicians install more video game consoles in their waiting rooms to lower the tension of upcoming surgical procedures. That seems fair, since many surgeons are now requesting Ipod players in their surgical rooms.

The video game may not help just the patient either! If you must have surgery, you should be glad to hear that your doctor actually spends some down time playing video games. Surgeons who play video games three hours a week have 27 percent fewer errors and accomplish tasks 27 percent faster, claims Dr. James Rosser Jr., a top surgeon and director of the Advanced Medical Technologies Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Rosser and his colleagues recently brought together surgeons, movie makers, and video game designers to discuss ways that better tools to train physicians can be developed. Players are hooked up with heart-rate and skin-conduction monitors on their fingers and they must calm their body and mind to make the game respond.

All good news, but don't be surprised if your teenagers here about this news soon too. When they ask for the next PlayStation sports game and you say no, he may just respond with, "but it's good for my health and I may even be training to be a surgeon!"

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