Got a cold, flu, aching muscles or seasonal allergies? Choose the right over-the-counter drug!
Minor aches, pains and ailments regularly have us running to the drugstore for relief in the form of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. But how do you know which one is right for you?
When you reach the OTC drug aisle, the first thing you probably notice is the availability of a number of products to treat the same ailment. They come in various forms and formulas and address different symptoms.
Here is what you need to keep in mind: do not just rely on the label claims printed on the box or packaging (e.g. for back pain, muscle aches, bronchial congestion, phlegm relief). If you do, you could end up with two products that have completely different packaging but contain the exact same active ingredients.
Read, ask , follow the instructions!
Here are a few guidelines to help you make an informed decision about OTC drugs.
• Identify the active ingredients in the product. Active ingredients are the compounds that have medicinal properties which act on symptoms. Acetaminophen, ibuprofen and diphenhydramine are a few examples.
Certain products contain more than one active ingredient. Combining different OTC drugs without knowing their active ingredients carries the risk of overdosing.
For example, someone suffering from muscle pain and seasonal allergies could decide to take Advil Nighttime® and Benadryl®, having read only the main label claims presented on the box. This could be harmful (risk of overdose), since both drugs contain the same ingredient. That's why it is important to read the label or talk to a pharmacist before taking an OTC drug.
• Look for the concentration (usually expressed in mg) and dosage (total quantity and dosing frequency) of the OTC drug.
Children's doses need to be calculated based on weight, not just age. Your family pharmacist can calculate the right dose for your child. Adults doses can generally be given to children starting at age 12. If you have any doubts or questions, talk to your pharmacist.
• Ask about contraindications and possible side effects.
• Make sure the OTC drug you choose will not interact with any prescription drug you are currently taking. The product must also be right for you based on your particular health condition or situation (chronic disease, pregnant or breastfeeding , etc.).
When it comes to medication, your family pharmacist is the expert. So if you have any questions on prescription drugs, OTC medications, vitamins and natural products , just ask !


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1. What is the difference between Swapping and Paging?
Swapping: Whole process is moved from the swap device to the main memory for execution. Process size must be less than or equal to the available main memory. It is easier to implementation and overhead to the system. Swapping systems does not handle the memory more flexibly as compared to the paging systems.
Paging: Only the required memory pages are moved to main memory from the swap device for execution. Process size does not matter. Gives the concept of the virtual memory. It provides greater flexibility in mapping the virtual address space into the physical memory of the machine. Allows more number of processes to fit in the main memory simultaneously. Allows the greater process size than the available physical memory. Demand paging systems handle the memory more flexibly.
2. What is major difference between the Historic Unix and the new BSD release of Unix System V in terms of Memory Management?
Historic Unix uses Swapping - entire process is transferred to the main memory from the swap device, whereas the Unix System V uses Demand Paging - only the part of the process is moved to the main memory. Historic Unix uses one Swap Device and Unix System V allow multiple Swap Devices.
3. What is the main goal of the Memory Management?
It decides which process should reside in the main memory,
Manages the parts of the virtual address space of a process which is non-core resident,
Monitors the available main memory and periodically write the processes into the swap device to provide more processes fit in the main memory simultaneously.
4. What is a Map?
A Map is an Array, which contains the addresses of the free space in the swap device that are allocatable resources, and the number of the resource units available there.
Address Units
This allows First-Fit allocation of contiguous blocks of a resource. Initially the Map contains one entry - address (block offset from the starting of the swap area) and the total number of resources.
Kernel treats each unit of Map as a group of disk blocks. On the allocation and freeing of the resources Kernel updates the Map for accurate information.
5. What scheme does the Kernel in Unix System V follow while choosing a swap device among the multiple swap devices?
Kernel follows Round Robin scheme choosing a swap device among the multiple swap devices in Unix System V.
6. What is a Region?
A Region is a continuous area of a process's address space (such as text, data and stack). The kernel in a "Region Table" that is local to the process maintains region. Regions are sharable among the process.
7. What are the events done by the Kernel after a process is being swapped out from the main memory?
When Kernel swaps the process out of the primary memory, it performs the following:
Kernel decrements the Reference Count of each region of the process. If the reference count becomes zero, swaps the region out of the main memory,
Kernel allocates the space for the swapping process in the swap device,
Kernel locks the other swapping process while the current swapping operation is going on,
The Kernel saves the swap address of the region in the region table.
8. Is the Process before and after the swap are the same? Give reason.
Process before swapping is residing in the primary memory in its original form. The regions (text, data and stack) may not be occupied fully by the process, there may be few empty slots in any of the regions and while swapping Kernel do not bother about the empty slots while swapping the process out.
After swapping the process resides in the swap (secondary memory) device. The regions swapped out will be present but only the occupied region slots but not the empty slots that were present before assigning.
While swapping the process once again into the main memory, the Kernel referring to the Process Memory Map, it assigns the main memory accordingly taking care of the empty slots in the regions.
9. What do you mean by u-area (user area) or u-block?
This contains the private data that is manipulated only by the Kernel. This is local to the Process, i.e. each process is allocated a u-area.
10. What are the entities that are swapped out of the main memory while swapping the process out of the main memory?
All memory space occupied by the process, process's u-area, and Kernel stack are swapped out, theoretically.
Practically, if the process's u-area contains the Address Translation Tables for the process then Kernel implementations do not swap the u-area.
11. What is Fork swap?
"fork()" is a system call to create a child process. When the parent process calls "fork()" system call, the child process is created and if there is short of memory then the child process is sent to the read-to-run state in the swap device, and return to the user state without swapping the parent process. When the memory will be available the child process will be swapped into the main memory.
12. What is Expansion swap?
At the time when any process requires more memory than it is currently allocated, the Kernel performs Expansion swap. To do this Kernel reserves enough space in the swap device. Then the address translation mapping is adjusted for the new virtual address space but the physical memory is not allocated. At last Kernel swaps the process into the assigned space in the swap device. Later when the Kernel swaps the process into the main memory this assigns memory according to the new address translation mapping.
13. How the Swapper works?
The swapper is the only process that swaps the processes. The Swapper operates only in the Kernel mode and it does not uses System calls instead it uses internal Kernel functions for swapping. It is the archetype of all kernel process.

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Deep Thought: How much to "give"?
"…Tithing is an Old Testament concept. The tithe was a requirement of the Law in which the Israelites were to give 10 percent of the crops they grew and the livestock they raised to the tabernacle/temple (Leviticus 27:30; Numbers 18:26; Deuteronomy 14:24; 2 Chronicles 31:5). In fact, the Old Testament Law required multiple tithes—one for the Levites, one for the use of the temple and the feasts, and one for the poor of the land—which would have pushed the total to around 23.3 percent. Some understand the Old Testament tithe as a method of taxation to provide for the needs of the priests and Levites in the sacrificial system.
The New Testament nowhere designates a percentage of income a person should set aside, but only says it is to be "in keeping with income" (1 Corinthians 16:2). Some in the Christian church have taken the 10 percent figure from the Old Testament tithe and applied it as a "recommended minimum" for Christians in their giving. The New Testament talks about the importance and benefits of giving. We are to give as we are able. Sometimes that means giving more than 10 percent; sometimes that may mean giving less. It all depends on the ability of the Christian and the needs of the church. Every Christian should diligently pray and seek God's wisdom in the matter of participating in tithing and/or how much to give (James 1:5). Above all, all tithes and offerings should be given with pure motives and an attitude of worship to God and service to the body of Christ. "Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians 9:7).
"…So why does He ask us to give 10% to Him? Tithing was created for our benefit. It is to teach us how to keep God first in our lives and how to be unselfish people. Unselfish people make better husbands, wives, friends, relatives, employees and employers. God is trying to teach us how to prosper over time.
Many people have observed that after they stopped tithing, their finances seemed to get worse. In the Book of Malachi, God promises that if you do not rob Him of your tithing, He will rebuke your devourers and protect you.
With a garden and an orchard in their back yard, Frank and Gail Smith are experts at growing a variety of fruits and vegetables.
Sal: I currently give 10% of my pay check (ft-job) to the local church and then give an offering (extra-from pt-job or other financial blessings) to missions or community needs.
Deep Thought: Are all "sins" equal?


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This is the unaired pilot of Full House. As you can see they have a different Danny.
Mary-kate and Ashley are both in this picture.
Some numbers of TV guide with the Full House cast.
Do you have a request of a Full House picture? Maybe pictures of Michelle Tanner, the Tanner sissters or behind the scene pictures from Full House. Tell me in a comment!
An old photoshoot with the Full House cast.
In the interwiev she talks about being a mom and going back to acting after Full House.
I just think the picture is so cute!
Some behind the scenes pictures of Bye Bye Birdie with John Stamos.
Jodie goes back to acting by co-staring in the new movie "Redefining Love".
An Interwiev with Jodie about her new book 'UnSweetined'.
There's alot of Jodie Sweetin interviews as you can se, It's beacuse her new book just come out so It may be more.
Jodie Sweetin about her drug problems on Today Show. I don't now the date but it was in the beginning of November.
Here's an exlusive video from the on-air interwiev with Jodie Sweetin who played Stephanie Tanner on Full House. She talks about here new book 'UnSweetined' and her drinking problems.
Michelle Tanner "You Got It Dude!"


Laura joined Women In Need Society (WINS) as the Executive Director in September, 2014. Laura brings close to 20 years of experience in the public and not for profit sectors in Alberta and Ontario. Prior to joining WINS, Laura served for two and a half years as the Chief Operating Officer of the Calgary Homeless Foundation as part of the team that launched Canada's first 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. Passionate about women's economic participation, affordable housing and social justice, Laura is committed to helping women and their families flourish. Laura holds an MBA in Executive Leadership from Royal Roads University in Victoria B.C., a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Post-degree Certificate in Health Promotion from Canadore College in North Bay.
In May, 2016 Laura was one of Calgary's top 20 Business Leaders recognized through this annual leadership award.
An article that is partially biographic about Laura's passion and commitment for helping others achieve their full potential.
WINS finds a new donor to help 300 students return to school ready to learn.
Human interest news story airing on CTV news Calgary featuring Laura Dickson.
If the purpose of traditional business is to create shareholder value and that of a charity is to raise donations to further its charitable mission, is there a third option that considers the generation of profit through business activities designed to benefit society? A social purpose business, or social enterprise, creates value for individuals and the community – as a whole – by 'doing business while doing good'. Women In Need Society (WINS) is a tenured social enterprise operating four retail locations in Calgary with the goal of helping women and their families to help themselves.
Today, we celebrate the success of women in social, economic, cultural and political achievements. And yet, the World Economic Forum predicts the gap in gender parity will not close until 2133. Research shows that over a lifetime, a woman with a bachelor's degree can expect to earn a third less than a man with the same degree and that gains in salary made through the 1980s and 90s have levelled off with salaries earned by men once again pulling ahead.
The economics of sufficiency balance privilege with moderation and reasonableness. Business growth and sustainability, positive social impact and global citizenship can co-exist to create prosperity. The thinking behind the economics of sufficiency reveals new possibilities for doing business that balance the values shaping our society with a desire for wealth and prosperity. A social enterprise creates opportunity by offering, for example, a first Canadian employment experience while delivering value to customers through the goods and services provided.
What if a business' real reason for existence was the very purpose that drove it into existence in the first place – a collective pain resolving, light shone into the darkness kind of purpose? Enter a new way of thinking about business and the value created for a wider span of stakeholders – and yes, its shareholders (we'll call them financers) are one such stakeholder – but equally important are its customers, employees, suppliers and the community (be it real or virtual) where it resides. In a new business model, equally important are the stakeholders upon whom the business relies to deliver its solutions. Equally important are those who depend upon their delivery.


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Comedian Steve Coogan has received a six-figure sum in damages from Mirror Group Newspapers after it admitted hacking his phone.
Speaking after the High Court judgement today, the Alan Partridge actor said that most of the money would be distributed to good causes.
It follows an action for misuse of private information, and Coogan described the outcome as "vindication".
Coogan's counsel, David Sherborne, said the case related to 62 articles that were "likely" to have been produced by phone hacking.
"Much of what was published caused enormous distress and significant damage to Mr Coogan's relationships with those he wrongly suspected had leaked private information or who believed he was the cause of their private information being made public," he said.
Lawyers representing MGN, which is part of Trinity Mirror, said it "acknowledges that Mr Coogan was the target of unlawful activities and that these activities were concealed until years later".
Phone-hacking claims have already been settled with celebrities including Jeffrey Archer, Natasha Kaplinsky and Kevin Keegan.
Trinity Mirror has set aside more than £50m to cover the costs of the scandal.


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First attempts at media punditry
A couple of interviews done for BBC Radio Northampton's Helen Blaby programme
Were the media right to use images of the murdered U.S. journalists? (Phone quality)
Favourite programmes on ITV as Radio Times launches a new poll
Author Matt WalshPosted on August 27, 2015 November 26, 2015 Categories Media law, Teaching journalismTags BBC, journalists murdered, media punditry, radio, Radio Times, social media1 Comment on First attempts at media punditry
Endless debates about TV debates
I'm not going to rehearse the debate about TV election debates; I've made clear I think they should happen and will happen in the short campaign.
But I think it's worth noting that in trying to do David Cameron's bidding in scuppering the debates, Craig OIiver seems to have managed to achieve the worst of all worlds.
Cameron consistently said he thought they sucked the life out of the 2010 campaign – although politicians are always likely to say this about debates they haven't won.
Still, the Prime Minister's determination not to let them take place again has led to a confrontation with the broadcasters at precisely the wrong point in the electoral calendar.
I know Craig from ITN and he's a smart operator. But it's clear he thought the broadcasters would back down when faced with a point-blank refusal from No 10.
That strategy has blown up in his face because of a surprisingly firm response from the broadcasters.
Now Labour's chicken charge is sticking, it's getting traction with the public, and that can only get worse from now on.
If Cameron doesn't take part in the debates, he's a chicken. If he does take part, he's a flip-flop chicken.
Downing Street's only hope for a way out of the impasse is a failure of nerve and splits among the broadcasters to emerge. Cue Lord Grade.
Author Matt WalshPosted on March 11, 2015 Categories Future of News, Political news, TV newsTags BBC, Channel 4, Conservative, Craig OIiver, David Cameron, election debates, Green Party, ITV, Labour, Lib Dem, Lord Grade, Politics, Sky News, TV debates, UKIPLeave a comment on Endless debates about TV debates
UK election leaders' debates to go ahead
We're doing it with or without you is the threat from the broadcasters.
ITV, BBC, Sky and Channel 4 have offered a new formula for the televised leaders' debates. One debate with the Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition alone; and two debates with the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the SNP, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru.
The debates would take place during the General Election campaign – with proposed dates of 2,16 and 30 April.
That sounds like a tough couple of programmes to produce. Presumably we're now into the formal realms of "You have a minute to state your position on the NHS".
But equally, it's very hard to see how David Cameron can continue to refuse to take part without the "frit" allegation sticking. He wanted the minor parties, he's got the minor parties.
Expect complaints from the DUP, Respect and others though.
Author Matt WalshPosted on January 23, 2015 January 23, 2015 Categories Political news, TV newsTags BBC, Channel 4, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, General Election, ITV, Leaders Debates, Leanne Wood, Natalie Bennett, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Sky2 Comments on UK election leaders' debates to go ahead
ITV's special pleading to parliament
Interesting story on The Guardian about ITV calling for top slicing of the licence fee.
ITV wants a fund set up, allowing broadcasters to bid for funds to support their news operations.
It's an interesting argument – the actual submission to parliament is very interesting.
ITV points out it spends £100 million a year on news. Sounds like a lot, but it's trifling compared to the BBC.
As anyone who's looked into this knows, there's very little publicly available information about how much the BBC spends on news. The £45 million figure is often quoted – but that's merely the operational costs of the BBC News Channel. You also need to add in newsgathering, BBC World, and Nations and Regions plus the costs of the bulletins, Newsnight and BBC Breakfast. And that's just TV – what about radio new, 5 Live and the World Service?
The actual figure for news could easily be ten times what's spent on the news channel.
But the really stand out stat for me was the BARB quote:
each adult watched an average of around 114 hours of national or international news on television in 2012, of which around 80% was on the BBC. The next closest is ITV with 13% share of viewing, with Sky News in third place with 6%.
That is a disaster for ITV.
Forget the comparison with the BBC for a moment, ITV is only recording twice as much news viewing as Sky News. Sky News is a brilliant product – but it doesn't deliver mass audiences and the viewership is notoriously fickle. It may well be that there's more to that stat than meets the eye, and I'm going to have a look into it. But on first reading, it's hard to under-estimate how badly it suggests ITV has mismanaged its news brand.
Perhaps it shouldn't have canned the ITV News Channel.
Author Matt WalshPosted on January 15, 2014 Categories Future of News, TV newsTags BBC, ITV, ITV News, ITV News Channel, news channel, Sky NewsLeave a comment on ITV's special pleading to parliament
Five predictions for 2014
Trying to predict the future is a mug's game.
No matter how right you think you might be, you're always going to be wrong about something. Nothing ever turns out quite as you might expect.
And publishing predictions on the internet is particularly foolish. Every sceptic from now on can come back here and say "Well, you were wrong about this, so you're almost certainly wrong about that."
So, what better way to start a new blog than five predictions for 2014….
On first sight that might not seem like much of a prediction. After all, people retire all the time. But 2014 marks a change point for TV journalism. The BBC's new Director of News, James Harding, is getting into his stride, outlining his vision of a scoop orientated BBC. While over at ITV new Editor Geoff Hill is still dealing with the fallout from his generation skipping appointment. Behind the scenes there's been movement among the newsroom big beasts but, so far, that's not been reflected in on-screen talent.
Expect that to change.
The biggest set-piece event for any British newsroom is a General Election. For the BBC and ITV it's the product of months of planning, with senior staff seconded to deliver comprehensive, fast and reliable results programmes and, perhaps more importantly, to shaft the opposition.
Get it right and barely anyone notices. Get it wrong and expect it to be endlessly dredged up by the press and your rivals.
So, with new boys in charge at ITN and the BBC what's it going to mean for the on-screen talent? Well, the easiest way to put your new and improved stamp on a broadcaster is to shake up the presentation teams.
First up the BBC. David Dimbleby is, of course, a broadcasting institution having presented the BBC's election coverage since 1979. However, by 2015 he will be in his late seventies and, despite the new tattoo, his on-screen performances have started to look a little doddery. During the seemingly never-ending coverage of the 2010 election and coalition negotiations he appeared increasingly exhausted.
It's time for Harding to bite the bullet and bring in a new presenter. Naturally, Huw Edwards is the Dimbleby in waiting, although it's clear Jeremy Paxman would like to bring a more abrasive style to the cosy election programmes. But perhaps the time has come for a bolder choice: both Martha Kearney and Emily Maitlis would make interesting appointments.
For ITV it's a tougher decision. Political presenter of choice Alastair Stewart is still going strong. Bringing encyclopedic knowledge and a high level of professionalism to the role, he'd be a difficult presenter to leave on the subs bench. But the fact remains that during the 2010 programme, the grey haired Alastair, sat on a grey set, in a charcoal grey suit, interviewing a succession of grey pundits.
This is not the image ITV wants to present.
The obvious replacement is Political Editor Tom Bradby. Already performing well on his own mini-me Question Time, The Agenda, Tom's cut his presenting teeth. But if he's still more needed as pundit than presenter then it's time to give Julie Etchingham a shot at the top job.
The long, inexorable decline of the printed press has continued through 2013. Although proving more resilient than some of the Noughties' digital evangelists had expected, the fact remains that even the most ardent supporter can see the current status quo at the newsagents can't last. Even some of the big regional newspapers are being wiped out.
At first sight, it appears logical to predict that at some point newspapers will go entirely digital. That's almost certainly the case in the medium to long term. But the savings that could be made by axing the legacy elements, such as printing and transporting newspapers, haven't yet outweighed the big commercial problem: digital advertising just isn't worth as much as selling adverts in newsprint.
So, my guess is that one of the national newspapers will announce it's going weekly. The means that it will keep a premium product in newsagents, but cut some of the costs of daily printing and production. It's a model which is already being trialled by Variety in the United States. It doesn't mean an end to daily journalism. But the output will truly be digital first.
Who will it be? The Independent's position looks the most precarious of the serious press. And its owner has shown himself to be willing to take risks. Will he be the first to stop daily printing?
The imminent departure of Chief Digital Officer Vivian Schiller for Twitter has given new NBC News President Deborah Turness a chance to make some changes. Deborah is a creative dynamo, brought into NBC to shake it up and make it more competitive with it's traditional TV rivals and the new digital upstarts. It's a tough challenge. And her recent appointments show she's not afraid to cherry-pick former colleagues from ITN to help her do it.
Chief among them is ITV's Director of Online, Julian March, soon to be NBC's Senior Vice President of Editorial and Innovation. Quite a title.
Jules is a smart, resourceful editorial leader who has turned ITV from a digital zero to, if not quite a hero, at least to a something. He's put ITV's VOD strategy on the right path, got the commercial and editorial teams working together to try and innovate their way towards a commercially sustainable future.
And he built his reputation at ITV by relaunching the moribund news website as a digital stream of live, rolling digital news. Expect to see something similar happen at NBC.
Why, ask the digerati, hasn't the commercial disruption wrought upon newspapers by the internet been replicated in television? The imminent end of linear TV has been predicted many times, so why does it still seem to be surviving in rude health?
Some of the reasons are pretty obvious. Linear TV still produces content people want to watch in a way that they want to watch it. Viewers prefer the experience of switching on the TV to watch Eastenders to wading through quirky cat videos on YouTube.
Plus, there's also the fact that broadcasters have been smart about making sure that their content is consumed online in a way which hasn't cannibalised the core product.
But the main reason that linear TV is till the mass medium product of choice is that it's brilliant at creating and broadcasting live events and has learnt to create instant communities around them.
Take a look at Twitter when the X-Factor final is underway. People like to watch a live unveiling drama and to share that experience with others. The fabled water-cooler is still delivering it's moments, but they're happening simultaneously with the broadcast rather than the next day at work or school.
Broadcasters want more of this. They'd also like it if they could capture that interaction on a platform where they could monetise it too. So, expect Twitter to try and kill that idea at birth and to find ways of sharing the love, and the revenue, with broadcasters. The live events drive the traffic on Twitter, which drives the audiences to the live events. What's not to like? Could Twitter be the X-Factor series sponsor in 2014? Stranger things have happened….
The difficult thing about genies is that once they're out of the bottle, it's hard to get them to go back in again. During the 2010 General Election, the campaign was dominated by the televised debates. "I agree with Nick" became the catchphrase of both Gordon Brown and David Cameron.
But the debates had some big issues. Firstly, there were too many of them. Three leaders' debates for the BBC, ITV and Sky, plus a Chancellors' debate for Channel 4 was overkill for a three week long campaign. Secondly, the format owed too much to the United States's Presidential Debates and wasn't engaging enough for viewers. We're more used to the cut-and-thrust of Question Time, rather than the formalised minute long answers of American television.
And for a lot of politicians the debates over-shadowed the election. It became more Presidential, less about getting the message out in the constituencies. The media event seemed to be sharing equal footing with the political event. And no-one likes to share the spot-light.
So, that's the end of that then, right?
Not so fast. Yes, the format needs some work and yes there's always a feeling that incumbents don't need to do it. But it's hard to give up those three hours of primetime coverage, hard to give up the feeling that you're making connections in a way that speeches and events never do, hard to give up the sense that you're going to make mincemeat of the opposition.
Now the question the media will ask is "why do you want to stop holding TV debates", not whether you'll allow them. And no-one wants to appear frit. So, expect some changes, but expect an announcement.
Author Matt WalshPosted on January 2, 2014 January 31, 2014 Categories Future of News, Industry moves, TV newsTags Alastair Stewart, BBC, David Dimbleby, Deborah Turness, Emily Maitlis, ITV, James Harding, Martha Kearney, NBC, Question Time, Television, Twitter4 Comments on Five predictions for 2014


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New MIRROR MIRROR International Trailer
New Trailer For AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
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Mirror, mirror upon the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
Very beautiful, but so proud and haughty Julia Roberts will ask in the role of the evil Queen Clementianna, just two months before also very beautiful, but so proud and haughty Charlize Theron will say the same words in role of the evil Queen Ravenna. The Brothers Grimm fairy tale 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' will bring the fairytale revolution in theaters this year. Now I must leave further introduction or you will either lose interest. Well, I have to say that fans of Tarsem Singh's comedic Snow White film, Mirror Mirror, will have to wait a little longer before the movie arrives in theaters as the family-friendly movie, starring Lily Collins as Snow White and Julia Roberts as the Queen has moved its release date by two weeks, to March 30th, 2012 (to grab Easter audience's attention). In support of this new release date announcement, Relativity Media unleashed a colorful sneak-peek trailer for the Snow White movie. The fresh promo video gives a longer look at the fair skinned princess, while the first trailer focused much more the Roberts' eccentric Queen. Lily Collins as Snow White Mirror Mirror scribes Melisa Wallack and Jason Keller (Machine Gun Preacher) have taken a fairly satirical approach to the tale and Collins also revealed in the film's behind-the-scenes featurette that:
In our story, it's a little bit different. They train me physically and emotionally. I've read so many stories where the prince saved the princess. It's time we change that ending.
The comedy/action-adventure also stars Armie Hammer as Prince Andrew Alcott, Sean Bean as the King and Nathan Lane as the Queen's hapless and bungling servant, Brighton.
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A Day in Agra
by Ruthanne Terrero
Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth.
When Luxury Travel Advisor headed off to New Delhi a few weeks ago for a conference we realized we'd little time left to see many of the main attractions nearby, namely the Taj Mahal. Enter Greaves Tours, whose experts took our very limited time frame and carved out a full day of adventure in Agra, where the iconic monument is located.
Here's how it all went. We flew in to New Delhi via Emirates, connecting from JFK through Dubai. Safely landed in New Delhi, we were met at the airport by representatives of the Leela Palace hotel, who quickly took hold of our large quantities of luggage (when you're going to the Taj Mahal you need options), and whisked us to a luxury car that was awaiting us curbside. It was a Tuesday afternoon; we'd left our home on Monday morning. Safely in our cushy room, we saw we had a message to call Greaves Tours. We called and made arrangements to meet at 5:15 a.m. in the lobby the next morning. That suited us just fine as we were exhausted and headed to sleep even though it was early evening. We awoke full of energy at our 3:30 a.m. wake-up call and thoroughly enjoyed the pot of coffee and pitcher of hot milk our butler brought to us the moment we popped out of bed. Downstairs, we met with a representative from Greaves, who escorted us to a luxury vehicle with a private driver. He explained that they were taking us to the New Delhi Railway station, where we would take the Shatabdi Express to Agra. The ride would take just about two hours. We were pretty pleased to have a private escort to the train, since there were throngs of people at the station even at this very early hour. Our Greaves guide walked us to the train, boarded with us, found our reserved seats, and once we were seated, gave us the letter that confirmed our train reservation as well as his cell phone number. He stayed with us to ensure we were comfortable and felt secure and told us that we would be met curbside when we arrived in Agra.
The train was great fun since we felt we were traveling quite independently even though we had Greaves watching our backs at either end of the ride. It isn't super modern, but it was perfectly accommodating and because this was reserved seating, the car was not crowded. In fact, from what we could see, a policeman patrolled the car regularly to ensure anyone who didn't belong to our carriage was promptly told to leave.
Humayun's Tomb, one of the amazing ancient attractions in Delhi, was the inspiration for the Taj Mahal.
The Shatabdi Express even serves breakfast, which first came in the form of a big red thermos filled with piping hot water and tiny biscuits in cellophane. A while later we were given a hot plate of vegetarian curry, toast and juice. All along the way, we passed the countryside. We saw the sun rise and all sorts of sites; people living in very rural conditions, others in towns and villages. By the time we reached Agra we'd seen a lot.
When we disembarked the train, we were immediately met by another Greaves representative, who knew our name and brought us through the crowds right away to a luxury car with a private driver. The representative explained he was taking us to meet our private guide, Raj. We mentioned that we'd like to have lunch at The Oberoi Amarvilas; he cautioned us that because it was high season (we were traveling in October, a good time to visit India because the weather cools down), it might be difficult to get a table. However, 45 minutes later he was able to confirm our reservation. We reached Greaves' office, said good-bye to our rep and met Raj, our guide.
That's the most important part of the story. The Taj Mahal did not disappoint; in fact, it's even more stunning in person and Raj was a very informative guide who knows every intricacy of the amazing fortress, which was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth. Raj also brought us to a crafts center where you can buy Indian goods and to the Agra Fort.
After lunch at The Oberoi, we were ready to head back to New Delhi. Greaves had arranged a private car and driver and we were able to take a new highway, which cuts the time down to just a few hours instead of five.
Lessons learned here were: You cannot go all the way to India and not see the Taj Mahal because when you come home, everyone will ask you if you saw it and if you didn't you will just feel like a loser. Another lesson? Go with a luxury tour guide such as Greaves, which will help you avoid any pitfalls in a new country that you're just not familiar with. Aside from their excellent ability to escort us through each step of the way, we found their communication to be great. We were never left wondering what would come next, which is vital when you're not quite sure of your footing.
Last lesson: A day trip to Agra can be added on to a business trip to New Delhi but we suggest allowing yourself even more time than just a day, since Delhi itself is home to some amazing ancient attractions, including the Qutub Minar Complex and Humayun's Tomb, which was the inspiration for the Taj Mahal. Greaves provides excellent day tours with knowledgeable guides to both.
Your contact at Greaves is its president, Carole Cambata ([email protected]; 800-318-7801 or 224-765-4545) who gladly works with travel advisors. Greaves has a number of itineraries coming up, including the World Sufi Spirit Festival (six-day tour will take place February 24-March 1, 2013); a Yoga Festival Tour, which takes place in February 2013; and the ongoing Best Exotic Marigold Tour, which combines several of India's top attractions with some of the best parts of the British comedy-drama.
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Puzzly World Records: Redux!
Posted on December 10, 2019 by gmdirect
[Image courtesy of Amazon.]
A few years ago, I wrote a post chronicling some of the puzzly world records I'd found while reading the latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Back then, I was surprised to see a two-page spread dedicated to puzzle-centric records.
As I perused this year's edition of the iconic record-keeping tome, there was a two-page spread dedicated to Rubik's Cube world records alone. (There were numerous other puzzly records scattered throughout the book as well.)
So, since 2019 is drawing to a close in the next few weeks, why not dedicate one of the last blog posts of 2019 to the most up-to-date puzzly world records I can track down?
Shall we? Let's shall.
Let's start with a few Scrabble records.
On January 21, 2012, Singapore's Toh Weibin amassed the highest score ever recorded in a Scrabble tournament at the Northern Ireland Scrabble Championship in Belfast, scoring 850 points.
January is apparently a good month for word-tile world records, as on January 5, 2015, Lakshan Wanniarachchi set a record for playing the most opponents in Scrabble simultaneously — 40! — in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He defeated 31 of the 40 players in order to qualify for the record.
(So, yeah, you might have more Words with Friends games going at once than Wanniarachchi did, but did you win that many? Probably not.)
[Image courtesy of Chess.com.]
Instead of multiple opponents, how about one opponent for 20 hours and 15 minutes?
That's how long chess masters Ivan Nikolic and Goran Arsovic faced off in Belgrade on February 17, 1989, where they set a world record for the most moves played in a single chess game: 269.
We can stick around Europe for one more puzzly world record, this time in Wageningen, Netherlands, as the Ceres Student Association teamed with Hasbro to create a Monopoly board the size of three-and-a-half tennis courts. Yes, on November 30, 2016, they unveiled a 9,687-square-foot version of the famously frustrating game board.
9,687 square feet? That's pretty big, I guess. Unless, of course, you're talking about a world record set in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where everything is ludicrously oversized and lavish.
[Image courtesy of DMCC.]
On July 7, 2018, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) unveiled the world's largest jigsaw puzzle, a 65,896-square-foot puzzle that commemorated the late Sheikh Zayed.
And speaking of jigsaw puzzles, students at the University of Economics Ho Chi Mihn City in Vietnam set a record by completing the jigsaw puzzle with the most pieces — 551,232 pieces! — on September 24, 2011, breaking the record previously set in Singapore — 212,323 pieces — which had stood since 2002.
[Image courtesy of Guinness.]
According to the Guinness article covering the event:
It took the students 17 hours to first break up the 3,132 sections, each containing 176 pieces, into which the jigsaw puzzle had been divided, and then re-assemble them to create the puzzle.
Seventeen hours of puzzling is ambitious, but what about 24 hours of puzzling?
That's what Richard Bragg, Daniel Egnor, Amanda Harris, and Ana Ulin — aka Bloody Boris's Burning Bluelight Brigade — tackled when they set the world record for most escape rooms attended in one day. On October 3, 2018, they visited 22 escape rooms in 24 hours in Moscow, Russia. The team's success rate was just as impressive; the team escaped all but one of the rooms in the allotted time.
Now that's an escapade.
Of course, we couldn't have a world records puzzling post without talking about the Rubik's Cube.
The official fastest time for solving a standard 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube is held by Feliks Zemdegs, who set an average time of 5.8 seconds in the 2017 Malaysian Cube Open. (In competition solving, the average time across three different solves comprises your official time.)
The unofficial record for the fastest 3x3x3 solve — meaning it was outside of tournament conditions — was set in China: 3.47 seconds by Du Yesheng.
But that's only the official size. What about other Cubes? Let's look at the fastest solves (that I can verify):
7x7x7: 1 min 47.89 sec by Max Park
5x5x5: 37.28 sec by Max Park
4x4x4: 18.42 sec by Max Park (starting to see a pattern here…)
2x2x2 (average solve): 1.51 Lucas Etter
2x2x2 (single solve): .49 sec by Maciej Czapiewski
And, just to show off, Stanley Chapel holds the record for a blindfolded 4x4x4 solve: 1 minute, 29 seconds.
[A different blindfolded solver. Image courtesy of Le Rubik's Cube.]
Of course, now that we've mentioned one weird way to solve a Cube, let's explore a few others.
Feliks Zemdegs set another world record by solving a 3x3x3 one-handed in 6.88 seconds. On March 1, 2015, Bhargav Narasimhan solved five Rubik's Cubes one-handed in a blistering 1 minute, 23.93 seconds.
Daniel Rose-Levine holds the record for solving a 3x3x3 with his feet: 16.96 seconds. Not to be outdone, Que Jianyu unscrambled a trio of Rubik's Cubes with his hands and feet simultaneously in just 1 minute, 36.38 seconds, in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China. (For the record, he solved one in each hand and one with his feet).
He later hung from a pole to record the fastest time to solve a Rubik's Cube upside-down: 15.84 seconds. (He also holds the record for solving three Cubes while juggling, doing so in 5 minutes, 2.43 seconds.)
Jack Cai solved one blindfolded in 16.22 seconds. On July 22, 2018, at the Delhi Monsoon Open in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Shivam Bansal shattered the field with the most Rubik's Cubes solved while blindfolded: 48 out of 48 in under 1 hour.
George Turner holds the record for solving on a pogo stick: 24.13 seconds.
Krishnam Raju Gadiraju solved 2 Cubes simultaneously — underwater! — in 53.86 seconds. Kevin Hays achieved a world record for solving eight 3x3x3 Cubes underwater on August 19, 2015. He held his breath for 2 minutes and 4 seconds.
[Here's a YouTube video of a different, but still impressive, underwater solve.]
Now let's get truly ridiculous.
Phillip Kwa'han Espinoza holds the world record for most 3x3x3 Cubes solved while running a marathon. On November 14, 2015, he solved 839 Cubes over the course of 4 hours, 56 minutes, and 1 second during the 26.2 mile run in the REVEL Canyon City Marathon in Azusa, California, shattering the previous record of 175 Cubes.
26.2 miles is pretty good. But what about 12,000 feet?
That's how high up Dan Knights was in June of 2003 when he jumped from a plane and solved a Rubik's Cube in freefall while skydiving. He solved it in 34 seconds… which is good, because he only had 40 seconds before he'd have to deploy his parachute to safely execute a 12,000-foot fall.
To close things out today, let's look at some Rubik's records about quantity.
What about the most cubes solved:
one-handed while treading water in one hour? 137 by Shen Weifu
on a unicycle? 250 by Caleb McEvoy
on a bicycle? 1,010 by P K Arumugam
Finally, in January 27, 2018, the Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Group of Schools set a world record by bringing together the most people simultaneously solving Rubik's Cubes — 3,997 — at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, India. The average time to solve for the assembled students? A few minutes.
Imagine the records people will set in the 2020s.
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PuzzleNation Product Review: Bananagrams Duel
[Note: I received a free copy of these games in exchange for a fair, unbiased review. Due diligence, full disclosure, and all that. /end disclaimer]
When it comes to word-forming tile games, the folks at Bananagrams are the masters. Their fruit-inspired packaging is synonymous with that particular brand of puzzling, giving Scrabble a run for its money in terms of letter-tile games. And they have an uncanny knack for putting new spins on classic puzzle-game tropes, breathing new life into the genre.
For instance, Bananagrams Duel replaces the iconic Bananagrams tiles with letter dice. Does this really make a difference in the game play? Let's find out together.
Bananagrams Duel is a two-player word/grid-forming game, consisting of 24 six-sided letter dice, a handful of banana cards, and a handy carrying case. When it comes to travel-friendly puzzle games, it doesn't get much simpler than this.
Instead of pulling from a shared pool of letter tiles, each player gets 12 of the 24 letter cubes. The goal is the same as a traditional Bananagrams game: to create a criss-crossing grid of recognizable words. You're allowed to shift and flip any of your dice to other letters as needed, and the grid can change at any time. (Unlike, say, Scrabble, you're not locked into a word if you've already spelled it. Anagramming is always an option.)
The first player to use all 12 letter dice and call out "Bananas!" wins the round and is awarded one banana card for the victory. First player to 10 banana cards wins.
But those little banana cards do more than help you keep score. On the other side of each card is a theme. In one of the variant rule sets detailed in the little instructional guide, your completed grid must now contain at least one word that fits the given theme.
That little tweak can make a traditional Bananagrams game much more challenging. After all, if you've ever played the regular version of the game, you know how words can just evaporate from your vocabulary during play, only to suddenly return once your opponent has completed a grid. Now imagine that same feeling, but with a theme of sports or six-letter words attached to it.
In one of our test games, we actually made this harder on ourselves by trying to make EVERY word in the grid fit the theme.
As you can see here, we were allowed to choose our own theme, and we chose "Space/Astronomy." I was devilishly close to completing my grid, but lacked the "L" I needed to spell Pluto. Meanwhile, my opponent went with a two-word grid that gelled nicely.
I don't recommend trying it this way — unless you're looking for a serious challenge — because the usual themed rules are tough enough.
Although an occasional bad pool of letter cubes can leave you without a letter — like, for instance, an L you really need — for the most part, it didn't feel like the letter cubes were more restrictive or limiting than a traditional pool of Bananagrams letter tiles. All the dice shifting made for a different, yet familiar solving experience.
Plus it's super-easy to come up with your own variant rules to enrich repeated games. The instructions list 5 alternate rule sets, and I would gladly recommend one that went well with us: having your opponent roll one of your dice for you and making you use it as the starting letter for a grid word.
Bananagrams Duel manages to boil down the Bananagrams formula to its most essential and playable form yet. And with a much faster clean-up (or pack-up and stash-away, if you're on the road/in the airport), it's more travel-friendly than ever before. They're not lying when they call it a small space word race.
Bananagrams Duel is available from Bananagrams and participating local and online retailers, and it's featured in this year's Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide!
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Saving Puzzle Games for Posterity
[Image courtesy of Medium.]
One of the coolest things about the Internet is how it facilitates the gathering of information. Not only does it connect you to valuable sources around the world — experts, researchers, scholars, and collectors — but it grants you access to libraries and repositories of knowledge unlike anything the world has seen before.
I mean, think about it. Looking for a famous text? Google Books or Project Gutenberg probably has you covered. A movie? The Internet Movie Database is practically comprehensive. Different fandoms and franchises have their own individual Wikis that cover episodes, characters, and more.
Although there's no single repository for all things puzzly — though we here at PuzzleNation Blog certainly try — there are some online repositories of puzzle knowledge available, like XwordInfo, the Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project, and Cube Index.
And other place online that's helping to preserve puzzle history is The Internet Archive.
[Puzzling out a jailbreak in The Secret of Monkey Island with a curious piece of equipment. Image courtesy of Final Boss Blues.]
The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that archives computer games, books, audio recordings and videos. In terms of computer games, that means everything from text adventures to more well-known '80s and '90s games, and even early experiments with 3D modeling.
Recently, more than 2,500 MS-DOS games were added to the Archive. Adventure and strategy games were among the numerous entries included in the latest update, as well as a fair amount of puzzle games, both famous and obscure.
"This will be our biggest update yet, ranging from tiny recent independent productions to long-forgotten big-name releases from decades ago," Internet Archive software curator Jason Scott wrote on the site's blog.
In addition to Sudoku, Chess, and Scrabble games, there were loads of Tetris variants (like Pentix), a crossword-inspired game called Crosscheck, and even TrianGO, a version of the classic game Go played on a hexagonal field.
[Image courtesy of Google.]
In this update alone, you can find virtually every kind of puzzle to enjoy. If you like building Rube Goldberg devices, there's The Incredible Machine 2. If you're looking for a puzzly version of the beloved Nintendo game Bubble Bobble, then try Puzzle Bobble.
You can building dungeon romps with The Bard's Tale Construction Set or crack challenging cases in Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel. You can find your way out of maze-like platforming traps in Lode Runner or enjoy the tongue-in-cheek humor and devious point-and-click puzzles of one of my personal favorites, The Secret of Monkey Island.
There are even iconic horror puzzlers like Alone in the Dark and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream if you're looking for something a bit spookier and more sinister.
This is a treasure trove of old puzzle-game content, and it's all available with the click of a button. These games will be joining such previously archived classics as Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and The Oregon Trail in the Internet Archive's vast and ever-growing library.
And thanks to their efforts, more than a few puzzle games will be saved from obscurity or oblivion.
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Inclusiveness in Puzzles: New LGBTQ+ Scrabble Words!
Posted on June 25, 2019 by gmdirect
From time to time, someone will ask me whether a certain word is appropriate for a crossword. It could be a new constructor, or an aspiring constructor, or a fan of crosswords. It could be about a relatively new slang term, or an obscure word, or a foreign word, or a celebrity. Sometimes, they're wondering if it's too hard, or too new, or too niche, or whether it's appropriate for crosswords at all.
That's the thing. There is no one source you can go to for all your crossword questions. There's no definitive list of appropriate words or phrases, because the language is constantly changing and evolving. Pop culture is dynamic, and new ideas, concepts, and personalities are always cropping up. In that way, crosswords are essentially eternal, because the source material constantly shifts in popularity and familiarity. There are always new words to fill those iconic black-and-white grids.
But, if you were looking for that mythical definitive list of appropriate words, it's not unreasonable to assume you'd go to the International Scrabble Dictionary, the official source for what is allowed as a valid answer word in a game of Scrabble.
Recently, for the first time since 2015, new words were added to the approved list. Over 2800 fresh entries are now officially eligible for tournament and at-house use, and they'll all appear in the latest edition of Collins Official SCRABBLE Words. (Collins, which also publishes the Collins English Dictionary, added the words after they were approved for use in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary last year. These 2800 words join over 276,000 already approved for Scrabble play.)
It's quite appropriate that we're covering this story in June. As many of you are aware, June is Pride Month, and awareness of LGBTQ+ issues and culture affects all aspects of life, even puzzle games!
Among those 2800 newly-approved entries are non-binary and gender-neutral words like "genderqueer" and "agender," as well as related terminology like "misgender" and "cisgender."
But the LGBTQ+-friendly term that's getting the most attention in Scrabble circles is "ze". This two-letter word is a gender-neutral pronoun, allowing individuals who don't identify as strictly male (he/him) or female (she/her) to better differentiate themselves and their gender identity.
For Scrabble players, the word opens up a whole host of new possibilities. After all, "ze" allows far greater opportunity to score big points by playing that valuable Z tile. ("Ze" is only the third two-letter z-word to be authorized for the game, joining "za" and "zo.")
Now, obviously, in the grand scheme of things, this is a very small step for LGBTQ+ representation, but it is a step. After all, every opportunity to include LGBTQ+ culture and embrace it is part of making it a more familiar part of life for all of us.
In this small way, Scrabble includes previously marginalized individuals by not only accepting these new words, but by changing and adapting in order to do so. It's an act of welcoming.
Here's hoping there are far more acts like this, big and small, to come.
[Sources: Pride.com, New York Times, Collins Dictionary.]
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The PN Blog 2018 Countdown!
It's one of the final blog posts of the year, so what do you say we revisit all of 2018 with a countdown of my ten favorite blog posts from the past year!
But before we get to the countdown, I want to briefly mention two interesting landmarks for the blog in 2018.
In January, we were cited as a source in a college term paper, which is pretty gratifying.
And in April, we were name-dropped in a CNET article about friend of the blog Hevesh5.
Okay, enough bragging. Let's get to the countdown!
#10 Robot Invasion
With the rise of puzzle-solving programs like Dr. Fill and game-playing AIs like AlphaGo, we've been joking for years about machines trying to topple humanity from the top spot as Earth's resident puzzle-solving masters.
But this year, it kinda stopped feeling like a joke. With Scrabble-playing robots, self-solving Rubik's Cubes, and a computer program that might've cracked one of the most celebrated unsolved mysteries in puzzles, the machines might just be taking over.
#9 Crossword Fun
Crosswords are still the #1 paper puzzle in the world. With more than a hundred years of creativity, cluing challenge, and cunning construction behind them, they continue to fascinate and frustrate us. And we had a lot of fun with crossword topics this year in the blog. Two of my personal favorite entries were asking questions about common crossword clues and the post where we explored the brief-lived moral panic sparked by crosswords.
#8 Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide
Every year, one of my favorite activities is putting together our Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide. I get to include the best products sent to me for review by top puzzle and game companies, mix in some of my own favorites, and draw attention to terrific constructors, game designers, and friends of the blog, all in the hopes of introducing solvers (and families of solvers) to quality puzzles and games.
#7 Unsung Heroes
They say history is written by the victors, and that's true in the short term. But in the long term, history belongs to truth, and more and more, unsung heroes are coming to the fore and getting the well-deserved recognition denied to them earlier.
This is true in the world of puzzles as well, and this year, we had the privilege of putting the spotlight on two iconic women from puzzle history that had previously been lost to time and revisionism: codebreaking visionary Elizebeth Smith Friedman and spymaster Alexandrine, the Countess of Taxis.
#6 Citizen Shoutout
Interacting with the puzzle community is one of the highlights of doing social media for PuzzleNation. And some of the most enjoyable blog posts from this year involved focusing on members of the community and giving them kudos for their contributions to PuzzleNation and the world of puzzles in general.
As such, we created our Citizen Shoutout series to honor those folks, and along the way, we've thanked game shops, local escape rooms, and dedicated solvers who make the puzzle community a better place.
#5 PNVR
April Fools Day pranks are an Internet tradition at this point. Some websites go all out in celebrating the holiday. (Heck, ThinkGeek has started using the holiday to tease the public's interest level in "fake" products, going on to actually release some of those April Fools pranks as real items later in the year!)
So after last year's Puzzles for Pets gag was a big hit, we couldn't resist getting in on the pranking fun again this year. The result — PNVR, a fake virtual reality puzzling experience — was as layered as it was silly, complete with fake quotes, splash pages, photos of people riding bikes while playing, and more. The visuals were amazing and hilarious.
#4 Puzzle Events
There are few things better than spending time with fellow puzzlers and gamers, and we got to do a lot of that this year. Whether it was cheering on our fellow puzzlers at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament or putting our hands dirty with some knock-down, drag-out, game-playing ferocity during our Tabletop Tournament, these interactions were both invigorating and encouraging. Events like these really help solidify the spirit of community that comes with being puzzly.
#3 International Puzzle Day Puzzle Hunt
And speaking of interacting with fellow puzzlers, for International Puzzle Day this year, we masterminded a little online puzzle hunt for PuzzleNation solvers. Involving clues hidden in both that day's Daily POP Crosswords puzzle and Penny Dell Crosswords App free daily puzzle, solvers had to anagram and solve their way around the website in order to earn a prize. It was a serious challenge to design, and great fun to unleash on the world.
#2 Women in Crosswords and Roleplaying Games
Using the blog as an amplifier to get the word out about important causes and worthwhile projects is one of the best things about writing here. And this year in particular, we can be proud of doing our damnedest to vocalize the incredibly valuable role that women have played (and continue to play) in the puzzle/game community.
Whether it was discussing the gender disparity in published constructors in the major crossword venues or pulling back the curtain on misogynist gatekeeping in roleplaying games, we were privileged to ally ourselves with a brilliant, underappreciated contingent of the puzzle community.
#1 Wordventures
There's nothing more exciting than getting to announce the launch of a product that has been months or years in the making, so picking #1 was a no-brainer for me. It had to be the announcement of Wordventures.
But it's not just the app, it's everything behind the app. I've watched it grow and evolve in development, and it's truly unlike anything we've released before. The mix of music, imagery, storytelling, and puzzle-solving is so atmospheric and engaging.
It may sound self-serving or schlocky to talk about our flagship products as #1 in the countdown, but it's something that we're all extremely proud of, something that we're constantly working to improve, because we want to make our apps the absolute best they can be for the PuzzleNation audience. That's what you deserve.
And it's part of the evolution of PuzzleNation and PN Blog. Even as we work to ensure our current products are the best they can be, we're always looking ahead to what's next, what's on the horizon, what's to come.
Thanks for spending 2018 with us, through robots and Rubik's Cubes, through discoveries and daily delights, through puzzle launches and landmark moments. We'll see you in 2019.
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A World of Puzzle Luxury
As recreational pastimes go, puzzles are pretty affordable.
A New York Times crossword subscription runs you $40 for the year. Many top constructors — like those featured in our Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide — offer outstanding puzzles on a weekly basis for less than that.
Puzzle magazines like those from our friends at Penny Dell Puzzles run $5 to $10 (even for the big ones!) and puzzle collections by constructors and puzzle outlets rarely crack double digits.
(Heck, our apps are free downloads!)
So you can imagine my surprise when I saw some constructors on Twitter discussing a subscription service called Puzzlelux that costs nine hundred dollars a year!
[In this actual photo from the website, a woman from a 1990s Calvin Klein TV ad appears to be mildly inconvenienced by an elegant puzzlenado that has swept her into the air, risking all sorts of luxurious papercuts.]
Yes, Puzzlelux offers seasonal bundles of puzzles — Sudoku, crosswords, Cryptograms, and word scrambles — for $75 a month.
Now, not having solved any of their puzzles, I cannot fairly judge whether they're worth that kind of cash splashing. But I am skeptical, given that I can get awesome puzzles elsewhere for 1/30th that price.
I mean, $899 dollars is pretty steep. A trip on Cunard's crossword cruise last year was cheaper than that!
Of course, I shouldn't be surprised that someone came along to corner the market on high-end puzzlesmithing, since in the past, I have encountered a few examples of puzzle luxury items in my travels.
Every year in the Holiday Puzzly Gift Guide, I jokingly mention that the folks at Hammacher Schlemmer offer a $12,000 Scrabble game in their catalog.
Yes, The World's Largest Scrabble Game takes up an entire wall of your home, but the odds are slimmer that you'll ever misplace one of the game tiles in your couch cushions.
Then again, $12,000 looks reasonable next to $100,000, which was the price tag for a specialty version of Monopoly produced for FAO Schwarz.
With a solid gold board, emeralds and sapphires embedded in the board (as well as in hotels and houses), and real U.S. currency in place of the play money, this might be the peak of puzzle-game excess.
Unless, of course, you commission your own labyrinth, or want to solve Sudoku in space, or something like that. But who knows what the future holds for super-wealthy puzzlers out there?
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This poster was designed for a special performance of Freud's Last Session produced by The 5 & Dime, a non-profit theatre company from Jacksonville, FL.
On September 3, 1939, a young, promising, and outspokenly devout Oxford professor, CS Lewis, arrives at the office of the well-established and famously nihilist psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. In what would be Freud's very last session before his death two weeks later, both men defend their work and challenge each others' worldviews with gusto, cunning, and humor. Together, against the backdrop of airstrikes and impending war, they each wrestle with mankind's greatest questions, confront their own greatest fears, and hope to make a believer of the other.


Each December, we like to look back at the year in PCB design news. January seems like yesterday, doesn't it? Since then, we've seen plenty of innovative new tools and a variety of partnerships, and we've said goodbye to a couple of longtime friends. As we approach 2016, enjoy this list of the 10 most-read news items on PCBDesign007 in 2015.
Steve was a power and signal integrity guru with a variety of patents to his name. A fixture of DesignCon and a constant presence on the SI-List signal integrity forum, Steve wrote over a dozen papers on power integrity. He also had a crazy, irreverent sense of humor that you don't find among most engineers. He will be missed.
Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced its newest version of the HyperLynx Signal Integrity/Power Integrity (SI/PI) tool for high-speed printed circuit board (PCB) designs. HyperLynx addresses high-speed systems design problems throughout the design flow—starting at the earliest architectural stages through post-layout verification.
The OrCAD and Arena integration provides a number of benefits for organizations using both systems. Components from the enterprise PLM system are available directly within the OrCAD Capture CIS design environment making search, selection, and placement very simple. Parts listed as obsolete in the PLM system can be easily identified and swapped out in an OrCAD design.
Sunstone Circuits has purchased Orbotech's InSight PCB pre-sales and pre-engineering software. InSight PCB is a web-based tool for managing and assessing incoming customer PCB data for salespeople and engineers who are not CAM experts. From automatically retrieving comprehensive product information to generating precise summary reports, InSight PCB empowers sales and engineering people to work more independently, efficiently and profitably.
WestDev Ltd. has released the latest version of Pulsonix 8.5, Build 5902. This maintenance update is issued as part of our on-going process of product improvement and response to customer feedback. In addition to bug fixes, the latest release contains several additions to the Report Maker function.
Heading up the design service is Neil Day, who has completed the IPC PCB Designer Certification Program and became qualified as an Advanced Certified Interconnect Designer (CID+). In addition, Technical Support Manager Paul Beech has completed the IPC CID training course and attained CID certification.
Polar Instruments has launched new language versions of Speedstack, the industry's best-selling PCB layer stackup design system. In addition to English, Speedstack is now available in German, Japanese, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese versions. Speedstack allows PCB fabricators to fine-tune the stackup design by assessing the impact of different PCB materials on cost, performance and manufacturing yield.
Longtime EDA analyst Gary Smith died July 3 in Flagstaff, Arizona at the age of 74. Gary worked at Dataquest from 1994 to 2006, and later founded Gary Smith EDA. He knew more about the EDA market than anyone I've ever known. I once asked Gary, "How many PCB design seats do you think are in China?" He sent me numbers for all of Asia and broke them down by country. He loved EDA.
In-Circuit Design Pty Ltd (ICD) has released the 2015 version of its popular software. Impedance plots have been incorporated into this new release. "The impedance plots are simulated by multiple passes of the field solver (in the background) to create heads-up graphs of how to adjust the particular variables to achieve the target impedance," said Barry Olney, CEO.


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Home War Russia suffers significant losses in Donbas
Russia suffers significant losses in Donbas
The troops of the Russian Federation are conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions and suffer significant losses in manpower. This was announced on January 16 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of 16 settlements: Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Krasnopolevka, Disputable, Sol, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Novobakhmutovka, Velyka Novoselka, Prechistovka, Krasnogorovka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Vodiane, Mayorsk, Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
No enemy offensive groupings were found in the Volyn, Polessky, Seversk directions. At the same time, the settlements of the Sumy and Kharkov regions were subjected to enemy shelling.
Also, numerous enemy shelling from various types of weapons was recorded in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions.
The General Staff clarified that during the day on January 15, the Russian army launched two missile strikes and carried out more than 55 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, on the civilian infrastructure of the Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kherson regions.
"The threat of air and missile strikes by the enemy remains," the Ukrainian military leadership emphasized.
The rocket and artillery units hit one command post, six areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, one ammunition depot and one enemy electronic warfare equipment.
Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted nine strikes on the concentration areas of the invaders and two strikes on its air defense systems.
The General Staff announced the reflection of attacks on Kupyansk
Most grocery stores in Ukraine are equipped with generators


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Decca matrix 105723. Somebody loves you / Kay Armen
Somebody loves you (Primary title) Ruppli Decca
Kay Armen (vocalist)
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Ruppli session personnel note: Kay Armen (vocals), with Orchestra directed by Ralph Burns or Jack Pleis.
Ruppli session note: All titles issued on Decca DL(7)-8835.
Documentation of Decca Records derives from Michel Ruppli's "The Decca labels: a discography" (Greenwood Press, 1996). Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated.
9/25/1958 New York, New York [A] Master Decca DL7-8835 LP
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca matrix 105723. Somebody loves you / Kay Armen," accessed January 27, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000324025/105723-Somebody_loves_you.
Decca matrix 105723. Somebody loves you / Kay Armen. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000324025/105723-Somebody_loves_you.
"Decca matrix 105723. Somebody loves you / Kay Armen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 27 January 2023.


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Accreditation and State Authorization Webinar: Overview of the U.S. Department of Education's final rule on accreditation and related matters
On November 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education released its official final rule on accreditation and related matters, including state authorization requirements for institutions offering distance education or correspondence courses. The final rule culminates over a year of robust discussion and debate which sought to balance the need for eliminating burdensome federal regulations, promoting innovation in higher education, and maintaining educational quality. The final regulations increase student access, improve teach-outs for students at closed or closing institutions, restore focus and clarity to the accreditor recognition process, and integrate risk-based review of accreditors. Join CECU Senior VP of Policy and Research Nicholas Kent for this exclusive 60-minute webinar for an overview of how the final regulations will impact accreditors, institutions, and students when they go into effect next year.
Presenter: Nicholas Kent, Senior VP of Policy and Research, CECU
Date: Tuesday, November 19th
Time: 2pm EST
Education Politics and Policy
Trump Admin Backtracks on Effort to Stop $100k Fine Over Violation of Court Order – Politico
The Trump administration on Tuesday evening withdrew its request that a federal judge reconsider the $100,000 fine she imposed on the Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos when she found them in contempt for violating a court order on the collection of student loans.
Trump Apprenticeship Plan Under Fire for Alleged Misuse of Funds – Bloomberg Law
The Trump administration intended for the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program to be the centerpiece of President Donald Trump's labor policy, but the Labor Department has yet to finalize a rulemaking that would establish the new apprenticeship system—and Congress hasn't provided any funding for it.
Education Groups Overwhelmingly Support Bipartisan Legislation to Simplify the FAFSA
Higher education organizations across the country have announced their support for bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) to simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that nearly 20 million families fill out every year to apply for federal student aid.
House Democrats Question Duke-UNC Inquiry – Inside Higher Ed
House Democrats have launched an inquiry into whether the Department of Education singled out a federally funded program for Middle East studies by "creating novel requirements targeted at penalizing the Duke-UNC Consortium."
Member Spotlight
Triangle Tech opens school – Echo Pilot
Triangle Tech, a well-known post-secondary technical school is opening a new state-of-the-art educational facility in Chambersburg.
(Video) U.S. Army Veteran Curtis Peters on Traditional College vs Tech School "I needed hands-on experience"
Click here to watch the video.
Legal and Regulatory Issues
Analysis: ED's Final Institutional Eligibility, General Provisions, Byrd Scholarship Program Regulations – NASFAA
ED added a definition of "additional location" as a facility geographically apart from an institution's main campus where the institution offers at least 50% of a program.
College Websites, E-mail Among the Most Important Information Sources for Prospective Students – Campus Technology
When prospective students are learning about colleges, their top information source is e-mails from the school, according to a report from Eduventures, the research arm of NRCCUA.
How higher ed is struggling to provide mental health services – University Business
Mental health among college students is poor. Only 4 in 10 students have good mental health and flourish on college campuses, according to a recent report.
Emerson College explores absorbing small liberal arts school – Education Dive
College officials announced potential plans Wednesday to transfer Marlboro's academic programs to Emerson College, a private institution in Boston, by the start of the fall 2020 semester.
CECU Annual Convention
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Öns area är  hektar och dess största längd är 230 meter i sydöst-nordvästlig riktning. I omgivningarna runt Katavakari växer i huvudsak barrskog.

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I've not posted here in a fair while, but I wanted to do a quick update to clarify why that is. Think pieces and anything about writing will still be posted here, as me. Meanwhile, gaming bits and bobs will more often than not be in video form under the Passable Gamers banner. Likewise other popular media falling under Passable Media will be posted there.
My Marvel Retrospective series is written almost in full, but I'm not going to be releasing it, since its something I want to cover for Passable Media in the future, but I'll be keeping what's already out up on the site for posterity.
As I've said before, I have a bit of a habit of deleting posts and tweets once they no longer reflect me as I am today, and I want to avoid doing that going forward. Instead, I'll just be keeping my readers up to date with what's changing and when.
That's all, no shameless plug, no Amazon links, just a quick update like the title suggested.
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After having gone to school for more than 16 years and working hard to maintain good grades to keep funding and grants coming in, sometimes the pressure becomes so great that your health suffers as a result. If you are a graduate student seeking a master's degree in your field or a higher education leadership degree, then it is imperative that you understand the pressures of graduate work and find ways to maintain your health while fighting the pressures you are under day after day. It may sound funny, but your object is to stay alive – academically as well as physically. Here are a few tips that should help.
Never before has a student been able to actually study in any way they need to in order to excel. Some students do best in a traditional classroom and others function better working on their own with nothing more than a computer and an Internet connection. If you want to avoid inordinate amounts of stress while seeking an online doctor of education degree, for example, you should take the time to understand how you learn best and stay within your style to reduce the stress you are faced with. If you study better alone then pursue an online degree. If you work better in a classroom setting because you thrive on the interaction with others, then by all means get your degree in the conventional way. If you want to eliminate stress, don't put more of it in your life than necessary.
For sure it's an old cliché, but truer words of wisdom were never spoken. Unfortunately, this isn't always something you can do in a traditional on-campus situation where you are bound by deadlines and assignments due the next day. However, with the advent of distance learning you can get an online doctor of education in higher education leadership degree. This is a high stress undertaking, but it can be much more stress free because you are pacing yourself. You are studying online so you can make your hours and step back if you need to.
Any online program such as an online EDD program gives you more freedom than in a traditional setting. This should help to alleviate much of the stress you are facing just by being a graduate student and probably even holding a full-time job at the same time. You have heard it said that stress kills and so it does. Not only is your health in jeopardy with undue amounts of stress, but so too is your academic career. You want to stay alive long enough to get that degree and you want to live life long enough to enjoy all the places having a graduate degree will take you. Perhaps the best way to reduce those levels of stress is to study online. If you are overwhelmed, it's one way to lighten your load, so in the end, it may be your very best option. Why not give it a try?


James is a commercial litigation partner. He heads up Meredith Connell's health and safety practice. He is an experienced regulatory lawyer and acts for and advises companies, boards, and government bodies in respect of health and safety compliance and litigation.
James is also a Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland Law School and, on behalf of the Crown, prosecutes jury trials involving serious criminal offending.
Acting for companies and insureds in investigations and litigation following workplace fatalities and other serious workplace incidents.
Assisting companies with enforceable undertakings under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
Advising boards of directors, governmental bodies, and District Health Boards on compliance with health and safety laws.
Acting for the Financial Markets Authority in the civil proceedings against the directors of the Hanover group of finance companies (Financial Markets Authority v Hotchin & Ors).
Advising the Commerce Commission with regard to its investigations into and settlements with three major banks in respect of the alleged mis-selling of interest rate swap contracts.
Acting for the Commerce Commission in its current case stated in relation to peer-to-peer lending (Commerce Commission v Harmoney Limited).
Acting for the Crown and the Attorney-General in criminal proceedings and judicial review in relation to the Five Star group of finance companies (R v Bowden; R v Williams; Williams v District Court at Auckland).
Published work: Finding, Freezing and Attaching Assets - A Multi-Jurisdictional Handbook (Jacobsen; 2016 Wolters Kluwer; New Zealand Chapter, Cairney and Morrison).
James has also won a number of academic prizes, including a Senior Scholarship from the University of Auckland's Law faculty, the Brookfields Lawyers Scholarship, the Brookers Prize in Torts and Contract Law, the NZ Law Review Prize, and the Allan W Mewett Memorial Prize in Evidence.


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Effects of the latest U.S. Postal Service announcements of cutbacks are already trickling down to rural Nebraska. Here in Thayer County, while villages such as Byron and Carleton wait to see if they'll lose their post offices altogether, everyone else will soon notice a time change for outgoing mail.
"It's the one-and-seven," says Hebron Postmaster Mike Prellwitz. "Mail will now be picked up one hour and seven minutes earlier than usual."
That means locals who are in the habit of posting their correspondence just a few minutes after regular business hours (5:15 p.m.) will now need to scuttle to the post office by 4:08 p.m. to catch the mail truck. "We'll still have pick up Monday through Saturday," Prellwitz said, "but it will just be an hour earlier."
At a news briefing Monday, Dec. 5, postal vice-president David Williams announced that the USPS wants to move quickly to close 252 mail processing centers – five of those are in Nebraska. The centers will move to Omaha, which will likely cause a slow-down in delivery.
Williams warned in the announcement that first-class mail, which will increase another penny to 45 cents beginning Jan. 22, will no longer arrive the next day. The move will likely slow down other mail as well, such as check payments, newpapers, magazines, or mail-order movies.
Williams said after reaching a peak in 2006, first-class mail volume, currently at 78 million, is projected to drop by half in the next eight years.
He added that right now, first-class mail is supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses in one to three days, but the delivery schedule will be lengthened to two to three days. Periodicals could take up to nine days for delivery.
Consolidating the processing centers also creates pick-up changes such as the one the Hebron office will experience on Jan. 3, 2012. Prellwitz said the time change at the Hebron office will affect Byron, Chester, Deshler, Gilead, Hubbell and Reynolds.
Alexandria, Bruning, Carleton, and Davenport are routed through Geneva and according to Postmaster Jason Harms, Geneva's pick-up time will change by 40 minutes. "Our new time will be at 5 p.m. beginning Jan. 3, instead of the current 5:30 p.m.," he said.
Prellwitz said the new pick-up time will most likely affect the local office's window service. "We've got to have our business done by the time the truck comes," he said. "If the mail is gone by 4:08 p.m., our work is done."
Prellwitz said he has not heard whether the window hours will change, but expects it to happen.
Currently the window is open from 8:15-11 a.m. and 12:15-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:15-10:15 a.m., on Saturdays. A change would most likely see the window closing up to an hour earlier, at 3:30 p.m. "We need time to get the deposits done," Prellwitz said. "We need to have everything ready before the truck gets here."
To determine the new mail pick-up times in the communities tied to the Hebron office, simply subtract one hour and seven minutes from the current posted times. The time change begins Jan. 3, 2012.
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