Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 16, 2013)

Wild Encounter



They turn themselves over to me

Completely voluntarily



Knowing before they've departed

They'll end up near where they started



I may be called emotional

Loopy, perhaps commotional



For those brave souls who seek a thrill

I'm sure to nicely fit the bill



By a force of nature propelled

I'm courage-testing those compelled



Greeted with anxiousness and fret

Seldom exited with regret



What am I?





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Apr 16, 2013)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

This is a quiz on the Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".



Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Sinecure

si-ne-cure



noun :: An office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.



"There being only five prisoners at Loewestein, the post of turnkey was not a very onerous one, but rather a sort of sinecure, given after a long period of service." --Dumas, Alexandre

Creativity : Imagine What You Read

Whenever you are reading a novel, a magazine or a newspaper, make the extra effort to visualize what you are reading. Try to form a clear mental picture of the events about which you are reading. This will improve your ability to make good visualizations and improve your comprehension and enjoyment of the material. You can also do this if you listen to radio programs or audio books.

Memory : Remember it in the Morning

Do you ever remember something that you need to do right as you're about to fall asleep? After that, you can't fall asleep anymore because you are too worried that you'll forget it in the morning.



An easy way to solve this problem would be to have a pencil and paper next to your bed with a little flashlight. But if you don't have this handy, try putting something out of place. For example, throw a magazine or wadded tissue at the door. When you wake up in the morning, you'll notice the out-of-place item and be reminded of what you almost forgot.



You can use this technique for other situations besides falling asleep at night. For example, if you are in the car and need to remember something but can't write it down, open the glove box or ashtray and leave it open. When you park, it will be a reminder.

Westfield Students Crowned Odyssey of the Mind State Champions - Patch.com

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Japan's GungHo slays rivals with dragon game - Yahoo! News

Japan's GungHo slays rivals with dragon game Yahoo! News But the phenomenal success of a single mobile game, Puzzles & Dragons, has sent the company's shares up more than 1,000 percent since October, valuing the company at $4.4 billion - far more than better known rival Zynga's $2.7 billion market value.

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Daily Sudoku for Kids: Tue 16-Apr-2013

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KidDIY: 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge aims to shape future of ... - Engadget

KidDIY: 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge aims to shape future of ... Engadget Aside from offering encouragement, the panelists doled out real-life advice to the kids about their pitches. One group made an amazingly detailed game called The Big Puzzle, which tasked the player with avoiding enemies and solving puzzles, while ...

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Daily Sudoku: Tue 16-Apr-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Tue 16-Apr-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Tue 16-Apr-2013

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Capital Quiz: Tuesday, April 16 - The Dominion Post

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The Path Found: Solutions to the Maze of Games Campaign Puzzles - Wired (blog)

The Path Found: Solutions to the Maze of Games Campaign Puzzles Wired (blog) For the last month and a half, Decode readers have gotten an inside look at the puzzles from the campaign for The Maze of Games , which was a Kickstarter campaign run as an alternate reality game. The puzzles, created by Gaby Weidling, Eric Harshbarger ...

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If I Made Another Monkey Island - Kotaku

If I Made Another Monkey Island Kotaku Four - It would be a hardcore adventure game driven by what made that era so great. No tutorials or hint systems or pansy-assed puzzles or catering to the mass-market or modernizing. It would be an adventure game for the hardcore. You're going to get ...

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Daily Planner: April 14 - Enterprise-Record

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Akki, Imran and Sonakshi indulge in some brain teasers - Mid-Day

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My Entry in the "Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts" Best Project Design Contest

Hi fellow lumberjocks,

The image here is of my Snake Puzzle design which, from last weekend’s email from one of the magazine’s contact people, “was voted an Editor’s Choice Nominee in the 2013 Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Best Project Design Contest.”

The Editor’s Choice is the first pass and now it’s on to the People Choice voting on the Editor’s Choice Nominees, which takes place online at http://www.scrollsawer.com/features/vote-now-2013-best-design-contest.html

There are several categories, with my Snake Design being in the Puzzle Category.

If you like the design I would really appreciate your vote.

Thanks for looking in,

Russ

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A few baseball brain-teasers for Opening Day - SILive.com

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Book Review: Of Course: The Greatest Collection of Riddles and Brainteasers ... - Blogcritics.org (blog)

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The Cerebral Bundle gets Puzzlier with 5 new Brainteasers! - Gamasutra

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KLG, Hoda's minds boggled by brainteasers - Today.com

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