Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 02, 2013)

Shuffle #2



In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'U', and then each time add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'SUPPORT'.



Not including 'U', you must do this in six (6) turns.



Good luck.



U

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S U P P O R T





Check Braingle.com for the answer.

Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jul 02, 2013)

"Summer Nights"

How well do you know the lyrics to the song "Summer Nights" from the movie "Grease"?



Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Acerbity

a-cer-bi-ty



noun :: Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.



noun :: Harshness, bitterness, or severity



"You are ignorant," Miss Bordereau remarked; not with acerbity but with a strange, soft coldness." --James, Henry

Creativity : Problem Statement Morphing

A useful thing to do when you are trying to solve a problem is to create a short and concise problem statement. Try to phrase it in your own words. Notice how each word in your problem statement has its own specific meaning. Try changing the key words or morphing the problem statement and see if this leads you to any new ideas.



Example problem statement: How can I hire qualified employees?



Morphing:

How can I hire excellent employees?

How can I hire qualified team members?

How can I keep current employees?

How can I attract qualified employees?

How can I train unqualified employees?

Memory : Three Rs of Remembering

In order to remember something, three things must happen. First, you must receive and learn a piece of information. This is the "Recording" step. Second, you must store this information in your brain (the "Retaining" step). Lastly, you must "Retrieve" the information out of your brain in a useful way.



The mind has a huge capacity to record and retain memories but it is not so good at retrieval. In fact, most memory failures occur at the retrieval step. Unfortunately, there is not much that you can do to directly improve retrieval, but learning good techniques for recording and retaining information will indirectly improve retrieval because the information will be more organized.



A good analogy is a library. If the books were randomly put onto shelves, it would be impossible to find anything. The library records each book in the card catalog and organizes the shelves so that retrieving a particular book is an easy task.



Proper "Recording" improves "Retrieval." Using good memory techniques will help you improve the way you organize information in your mind.

Daily Sudoku: Tue 2-Jul-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Tue 2-Jul-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Tue 2-Jul-2013

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The Impossible Quiz - Wall Street Journal

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Cons: Doesn't search flights; Male voice somewhat robotic; Interface a bit bland - LAPTOP Magazine

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Capital Quiz: Tuesday, July 2 - The Dominion Post

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Quell: Memento Brings Beautiful Puzzles to Google Play - PC Magazine

Quell: Memento Brings Beautiful Puzzles to Google Play PC Magazine There are a lot of puzzle games on mobile devices, but it takes true commitment from a developer to expertly craft puzzles that are at just the right level of difficulty. The Quell games are certainly in that camp, and the newest edition, Quell Memento ...

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One Direction called "freaks" and "perverts" by anti-gay religious group ... - Irish Mirror

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'Professor Layton' jumps from Nintendo to iOS with 'Layton Brothers' spin-off - The Verge

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Hurston Library announces July children's activities - TCPalm

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Watch as Marc Maron Imagines Life as a Chef Instead of a Comedian - IFC

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One Direction called "freaks" and "perverts" by anti-gay religious group ... - Mirror.co.uk

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Puzzle Pirates - Pocket Gamer

Puzzle Pirates Pocket Gamer There are two parts to the Puzzle Pirates universe. On the one hand you've got a simple, juddery MMO-lite style game that sees you wandering around a series of islands buying stuff for your pirate-y house and choosing what colour bandana to wear.

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