Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Sep 30, 2013)

Agents in Action



The Agents of F.C.I. have amusing anagrams to match their characteristics, for example, AGENT SOUL, whose name anagrams to LANGOUSTE, likes seafood.



Try to determine the Anagrams for the following Agents.



AGENT DEE is very young.



AGENT YIP specializes in Pharaohs and Sphinxes.



AGENT MIC has attractive abilities.





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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Sep 30, 2013)

Figures of Speech - Around the House

Odds are, many of the subjects of these idioms are around you everyday. How many of them can you remember when it counts?



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Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Profligate

prof·li·gate



adjective :: Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.



"The rest of Prince John's retinue consisted of the favourite leaders of his mercenary troops, some marauding barons and profligate attendants upon the court, with several Knights Templars and Knights of St John." --Scott, Walter

Creativity : Bug List Practice

Previously we learned how keeping a bug list can be a great way to discover unmet needs that you may want to solve. This exercise will help you get started on your very own bug list.



Get a piece of paper and a pencil. Spend 10 minutes writing down bugs that you notice in your daily life. If you are having difficulty getting started, go through your typical day starting from when you wake up and write down all the bugs that come to mind. Here are a few to get you started...



1. Alarm clocks don't work when the power goes out

2. Coffee takes too long to brew

3. Toothpaste tube is messy

4. Can't find car keys

Memory : Uses of the Phonetic System

Once mastered, the Phonetic Mnemonic System is great for remembering things. It can be used exactly like the Link, Loci, or Peg systems to form visual associations. These associations work like a mental filing system for the information that you want to learn.



Additionally, it can be used with great success to remember numbers. We have already seen how you can use pegwords to remember numbers, and the phonetic system works in a similar way. It can actually be more efficient since a word can represent more than one digit.



Suppose that you are trying to remember the telephone number 756-1286. Using the phonetic system, we know that this number can be represented by the sounds c+l+ch + t+n+f+sh which you could remember by the words "clutch tuna fish." Similarly, you could remember the first few letters of pi (3.14159265) with the phrase "Mother day will buy any shawl."

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Distract Yourself From Anxiety With These iPhone Puzzle Games - PsychCentral.com (blog)

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Comparing Risk: Plane Crashes vs Climate Change

Why are we okay with accepting the risk when it comes to the future livability of our planet? Continue reading →



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Math apps turn learning into a fun game for kids - USA TODAY

Math apps turn learning into a fun game for kids USA TODAY Players restore order to the labs by playing fun math games that cover basic arithmetic, fractions, bar graphs, decimals, factors, measurements of volume and mass, angles and more. ... For each puzzle, kids are presented with a play area that has two ...

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Orbital's Cygnus Capsule Reaches Space Station

Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo ship reached the International Space Station on Sunday, the second commercial spacecraft to fly to the orbital outpost. Continue reading →



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Jeb Corliss Lands 'Flying Dagger' Jump: Video

Wingsuit daredevil Jeb Corliss, 37, has given a narrow gap in China’s Mount Jianglang a new nickname: Flying Dagger. The three-peaked limestone and conglomerate mountain rises 2,677 feet (816 m) above sea level with a narrow fissure between two of … Continue reading →



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DeNA embraces the puzzle battle genre with Monster Match on mobile [Interview] - Inside Mobile Apps

DeNA embraces the puzzle battle genre with Monster Match on mobile [Interview] Inside Mobile Apps Inside Mobile Apps: It likely goes without saying that Monster Match has a lot in common with games like Gungho's Puzzle & Dragons. Can you go into what inspired the team to make this kind of game, and what makes it different from its competitors?

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