I agree that there has to be a slight challenge. If I think its hard, and then persevere and beat it, I will feel good about my self. Then I will want to play more and more. Its a basic self-efficacy formula... I have to consider it as a teacher all the time.

Yeah, you have a good point but unfortunately it isn't ideal because not as many people are into gardening or creating bee-attractive environments. But you are definitely right because I recently saw a commercial vegetable farm that is trying to do this by bordering vegetable beds with a diverse collection of flowers that bees like.

China wiped out its bee population because of pesticides, so be careful about the advice you give.

Yeah I think its related because one factor of CCD is that bees are dying of exhaustion looking for plants to pollinate.

I just got stung by a bunch of yellow jackets at work the other day.... apparently they make nests in plants and hate water. And as pissed as I am that I got stung, yellow jackets are important bees because they eat other insects.

Wouldn't someone who is looking for sex with little kids.. or whatever the deal is... just use a fake name??? I think that Illinois might be underestimating the intelligence of people here...

I'm also an educator and I recently picked up a book called "Over the Top Cranium Challenges" written by Ivan Moscovich and published as part of the Mensa group... which I think is some organization for people who are have genius level intelligence. Its a really great book that covers a wide variety of math concepts giving information along with puzzles and games. I suggest you look into books by Moscovich and the Mensa group. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=mensa+math&x=0&y=0 -check this for more Mensa math books

I don't really see how Microsoft could take 1st place. 360 has been very lame for the extremely high amount of attention it grabbed at its launch. There has yet to be a spectacular, fresh game for the system which it needs to get more sales/ popularity. Right now I see Nintendo taking first just because of all the interest it has generated from so many different audiences. Sony definitely has the potential to take first, but they need to outshine Wii since PS3 will have such a big price tag.