The Crafty Puzzles Company: 07/28/13

Sunday, 28 July 2013

'Big Brother' recap: Will Aaryn keep her promise to Helen? - HitFix (blog)

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Editorial: State slices 'Pineapple' from tests - The Journal News | LoHud.com

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 29, 2013)

Word Jumble 6 - The Gemstone Series

Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser:

MTHEE Take letters 3 & 4

TTLERA Take letters 1 & 2

XETNDE Take letters 1 & 6

AYL Take letter 1

Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?

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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Jul 29, 2013)

Do You Know Your Smilies?

Whether it is a friendly e-mail or chatting with your friends, the computer keyboard can produce many smiles. But do you know some of the smilies that letters can make? Take this quiz to find out!

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Minatory

min-a-to-ry

adj. :: Threatening; menacing.

"The motorist was making minatory gestures with his arms at the biker who had cut him off."

Creativity : Mental Taste II

Close your eyes and try to imagine the taste of the following things. Once you get good at this, try to do it without visualizing an image of the item.

1. Apple pie

2. Hamburger

3. Orange juice

4. Carrots

5. Plastic

Make up your own items to repeat this exercise.

Does this exercise make you hungry? Studies show that just thinking about food can make your stomach think that it's about to get fed.

Memory : Space it Out

Taking breaks is very beneficial to studying as it gives your mind a chance to digest and organize the information that you have absorbed. Even a 15 minute break every 45 minutes can be a huge help. Cramming is studying for long periods without taking breaks and is not recommended. Spacing out your learning will actually decrease the total amount of study time that you need to learn a subject. Additionally, taking a break between studying two different subjects will help prevent interference, especially if the two subjects are similar.

Walnut Puzzle Picture Frame 2

This Black Walnut Picture Frame was built using Mortise and Tenon joiner, it is finished with Boiled Linseed Oil and

Amber Shellac. This is the second picture frame I have made using Mortise and Tenon to hold a 1000 piece Disney Puzzle.

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Daily Sudoku: Mon 29-Jul-2013

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Daily Monster Sudoku: Mon 29-Jul-2013

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Daily Squiggly Sudoku: Mon 29-Jul-2013

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Science Prodigy Zhao Bowen Wants to Crack a Genetic Mystery: What Makes ... - Wired

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Richard Stockton College research project studying how brain ages - Press of Atlantic City

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Walnut Game Table

I made this for a friend who found a similar table on the internet. (Google “geekchick”) He and his wife and mom did most of the hand-sanding. I designed this from available photos and, I believe, made a few design improvements. It is designed to serve as a game table with a depressed vault area for the games. In one configuration, you can install a single leaf on each side to form a bar area on each side. Two-piece closures for these two bars prevent dice or game pieces from rolling under the bar leaves. Six cup holders attach to the rim along the bottom so their location is variable. There is a center support for the leaves to prevent sagging of the leaves. Leaves are all made from 5/4 stock so I’m not sure the center support was really necessary. The table’s functions, with leaves in, as a regular dinner table. Both end drawers are equipped with the flip-up privacy cover for the “game master”, flip-out side leaves and a drop-in center table. This makes for a large work surface on each end of the table. The four side drawers are covered with a table surface with storage under the table. There is no privacy cover on the side drawers. All of the drawers have a locking function that holds the drawers out in the extended position to prevent accidental closing while in use. Legs are removable for easier transport. The vault area has a drop-in panel that is covered with felt and there is an acrylic cover that can be placed over this felt-covered panel. The acrylic cover can be used to protect the felt during use as a dinner table and it can be used to cover game maps thus allowing the use of dry-erase markers. I am not a “gamer” so I really don’t know all the details of how the games are played. Apparently, some games go on for days or weeks and the table allows the game to stay setup in the vault while allowing the “dinner table” function with the installed leaves. All loose parts store in the vault area. One of the design improvements was to make the sidebar closures to be two-part so they fit inside the vault. The cupholder design was another improvment over the original. It was made entirely of walnut bought from a local saw mill here in St. Joseph, MO. The drawer fronts were cut directly from the side panels to give a matching grain pattern on all sides of the table. It was a fun project and the owner is quite pleased with the result.

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