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The Usage of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine:
Suitable for roasting/drying different oil-materials, such as rapeseeds, peanut, soybean, sesameseeds, cottonseed, coconut, palm, olive, etc
Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines advantages :
1. The steel of the machine come from the steel companies not steel market ,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. want to make sure all the steel is high quality .
2. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. have top engineers in the steel industry,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. supply the top design for our customers.
3. Our workers is professional ,all of they received a full professional training before.
4. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. supply the high grade, the low end, the consummation post-sale service .Any time , any problem, contact us .
FAQ of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine:
1.Ask:What is your guarantee of Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines?
Answer:usually our guarantee is 1 years.
2.Can you arrange your technicians to install the Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines for us?
Answer:Yes,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will assign our engineers to go abroad for installing machines for our users.
3.Ask:About the machine voltage or power of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine?
Answer:Usually in our country is 220v,50hz, single phase,or 380v, 50hz, 3 phase .if you have the special requirement,pls tell us, Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will vetify the voltage according to your requirement.
4.Ask:how to install Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine?
Answer:Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can intrust the install Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines by vedio, email ,picture.....if large project,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can arrange the worker help you to install Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines in your country .
After Sale Service of Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines:
1. Warranty policy one year from shipment
2. Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. will send you the replacement after received the broken part
3. Evaluate the customs rish and choose safest shipping company before shipping.
4. Follow status up time by time until the goods arrived.
Used Flour Mill MachinesCompany Information
|Brief Introduction Of Our Company
Shandong LD Grain And Oil Machinery Co., Ltd. founded in 1976, with nearly 40 years of development and growth, has become a well-known grain and oil machinery manufacturing enterprises with import and export rights in home and overseas, in 2002 passed the ISO9001 quality management system certification, National Food Processing Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center, the National agro-processing technology and equipment research and development sub-centers and the provincial post-doctoral research base development platform.
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|Our Services About Used Flour Mill Machines
1.Pre-sale services
System evaluation:Project basic situation.
Solution: The investment budget, feasibility, rationality.
Product selection: Factory inspection; Site measurement; Technical discusion; Supply professional drawing and lists.
Win-win Cooperation: Sign the contract; Establish mutual benefit, strategic cooperative partnership.
Design evaluation: Detailed technical assessment & arrangement; Design of process and equipment layout.
Procurement: Strictly inspection, optimized selection.
Installation: Quality and quantity guaranteed; Completion of hand over.
Acceptance: Acceptance test; Accepted deliverables.
Technical training: On-site installation and products training; Operation skills training; Maintenance training; Centralized technical training.
3. After-sale
Technical service: Long time technical service.
Accessories supplying: Supplying spare parts with cost price.
Complaint handling: 12--24 hours response mechanism.
Client Review: Call-back; Regular return visit.
|FAQ About Used Flour Mill Machines
Q1: How is the quality of your oil machine?
A1: Our oil machine are manufactured strictly according to national and international standard, and we take a test on every equipment before being delivered out. We have got CE certification and all kinds of testing report; if you want please just ask us for it.
Q2: What is the warranty for the oil machine?
A2: Our products have the high quality, we can offer 12 months warranty. The time for the warranty is much longer than any other similar products.
Q3: Can you manufacture the special products according to customers?
A3: Of course the answer is YES. You can contact with us directly.
Q4: How can costumers be sure they can get the products on time?
A4: If we can not deliver the products during the ordered time, we can give back 100% your money. The third part, SGS can also help you check the machine before the delivery.
Q5: Can engineer go to installing and trainig?
A5: The answer is YES YES YES .
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Product Description
|Brief Introduction Of Used Flour Mill Machines
Complete set of Corn flour milling machine can be divided into four main parts:
1. Cleaning part Wheat Flour Milling Machines With Price
To clean out the middle and small impurity from wheat. e.g., dust, stone, magnetic material, wheat was bitten by insect and so on.Includes beating, screening, destoner, magnetic separator and dampening. This section is to prepare for milling part and to protect the machinery as well.
2. Milling part Wheat Flour Milling Machines With Price
To mill the grain and separate the flour, bran and other by-product:
(1) Mill: mill the grain to break the integrity by the roller moving
(2) Sifter: to separate the flour, bran and other by-product, also separate large size and small size to ensure flour quality.
3. Packing part Wheat Flour Milling Machines With Price
Tthe packing machine can be manual or automatic weighting and packing.
4. PLC controlling system Wheat Flour Milling Machines With Price
To control the whole set of machinery to work well and showing the process of working.
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Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. is one of the leading Manufacturers and Suppliers of Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines.Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. manufacture Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines making machine using cutting-edge technology,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. have many kinds of Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine for you reference,such as Rational Construction Used Flour Mill Machines ,Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. can meet your different requirement in Sesame Seeds Roasting Machine.Welcome to contact Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd.,contact name:Ms.Myra for a quotation
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All In The Family... Life in the Nebraska Sandhills...
The phrase "count the dead ones" will be familiar to my sister and brother if they happen to read this post. My father always said he was "going out to count the dead ones" when he went to check the pregnant cows and newborn calves.
We had a lot of trouble with scours (neonatal diarrhea) in the calves, and in fact, my dad fought a particularly virulent strain of scours for years. Hence, at times my dad's black humor was close to the truth.
The University of Nebraska experts advised him that the scours germ or virus lived in the soil of the pasture that we generally used for calving, and so we began calving in another pasture. It helped, but scours was always a problem.
I read on Sarpy Sam's blog that he's doctoring calves for scours, and this brings back memories of the long plastic and aluminum "pill shooters" and "pill guns" that were used to put a large capsule of medicine (probably terramycin) straight into a calf's stomach. My dad kept them in the pickup at all times so he could take care of sick calves.
Someone (maybe a vet?) posted some advice anonymously on Sam's blog about how to cope with scours. It's good to see that some new preventive measures and treatments have been developed in the last 40 years.
I followed one of the links the anonymous poster gave to some information about the "Sandhills method". It seems that newborn calves have a period of extreme vulnerability to scours between 6 and 15 days of age. That's the time between the end of the colostrum in their mother's milk and the point that they have developed a bit of ability to resist disease.
Scours also become more of a problem as the calving season progresses. This is because of the accumulation of pathogens in the calving pasture, and because of older calves exposing newborns to the illness.
One main idea of the Sandhills method is to move cows with young calves out of the pasture where there are newborns, and to keep the calves segregated by age groups until they are old enough that they have developed some immunity to the scours germs.
The second main idea is to rotate pregnant cows through a series of pastures to help insure that pathogens don't build up in any particular place and to limit the exposure of newborns to a set of pathogens.
I noted in the anonymous poster's comment that there are also rehydration products to give sick calves nowadays. That makes sense.
Why are developments like this important to ranchers? The opening paragraph of the paper "Preventing Neonatal Calf Diarrhea with the Sandhills Calving System" answers that question very well.
Diarrhea remains an important cause of illness and death of young beef calves. The economic effects of calf scours can be profound. Some beef cattle herds annually experience death rates of 5 to 10 percent or greater, sometimes with up to 100 percent of calves being ill. Economic costs of the disease include loss of performance, mortality, and the expense of medication and labor to treat sick calves. In addition, herd owners and their employees often become disheartened after investing long hours to treat scouring calves during an already exhausting calving season. (Source)
The cost can be physical too. Sometime in the early 1960's, my father was injured by a belligerent cow while he was attempting to medicate her sick calf. She mashed him against the pickup with her head. I don't know what exactly happened to his leg. It wasn't broken but it was apparently kind of crushed and almost broken.
Mama picked us up from school that day on the way to the doctor with Daddy lying down in the back seat. It would have required surgery to break the bone and a cast to set it, and my dad couldn't afford to be down that long during calving. He limped with that weakened leg for the rest of his life.
Update: Sarpy Sam says the Sandhill method isn't practical for him because it would take too much fence. He says he'll just turn his pregnant cows into a 2000 acre pasture (over 3 square miles!) and let them behave naturally. Mother cows who are about to give birth usually seek out an isolated spot anyway and keep their calf separated for a while. I can see that this would work.
Of course, some people don't have 2000 acre pastures. They don't even have 2000 acres. In Kentucky, 2000 acres might be half a dozen farms or more. When you have only 200 to 400 acres, maybe the idea of rotating your cattle through a series of small pastures for calving isn't so impractical.
I see quite a few people here who rotate their cattle through a series of small pastures for grazing. Often the perimeter of a pasture has a conventional barb-wire fence, and the divisions inside are just electric fences.
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Department of Revenue News Release
March 07, 2011New Sales & Use Tax E-Filing Option Means Convenience for Businesses and Savings for Taxpayers
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Revenue is now offering a new service that allows many businesses to file monthly sales and use tax returns online.
Since Feb. 22, most businesses (those with less than 150 locations) have been able to file their sales and use tax returns online with the Department of Revenue. By law, businesses collect state and local sales and use taxes from their customers, then file their tax returns with the state. The businesses must also send the actual collected receipts to the Department of Revenue, which in turn distributes the money to local governments and state funds.
The new online filing program is voluntary - not mandatory - for sales and use tax filers.
"The new filing system has a lot of advantages," said Alana M. Barragán-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. "This new option is more accurate, it's quicker, and businesses can file any time of the day without having to worry about mail delivery. I urge eligible businesses to take a look at this new option and decide if it works for them."
In the past, businesses had to fill out paper forms and mail them to the Department. The system implemented on Feb. 22 is paperless. Each business has assigned personal identification numbers to access the new system. There is also an option for businesses to use a third-party vendor to remit the taxes that are due once confirmation of the electronic return has been established.
The new system is more accurate because it automatically performs math calculations for the numbers that are entered on the return. It also shows the correct tax rate for each business location, which will cut down on the number of businesses that use the wrong tax rate when completing their returns. Businesses also receive a confirmation that acknowledges that their returns were received by the Department.
There are about 142,000 sales and use tax filers eligible to use the new system. It is likely that this new system will primarily appeal to businesses with a smaller number of locations.
Use of the system will also save taxpayers money. For example, if 25 percent of eligible businesses participate, taxpayers will save about $120,000 because the Department will not have to manually process the sales and use tax forms. Taxpayers would also save an additional $80,000 because the Department could cut down on the printing and mailing of voucher booklets that businesses use when mailing in tax returns.
The first phase of the online project began in December of 2010. That phase allowed businesses that owed no sales taxes to file electronically. A third phase that will allow large businesses to directly send information from their own sales and use tax collection computer programs is scheduled for implementation in the spring.
More information about electronic filing of business sales and use taxes can be accessed at http://dor.mo.gov/online.php.
The Missouri Department of Revenue is now on Twitter! To follow the Department on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/MoRevenue.


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August 10, 2006, 05:42:06 PM »
Well as alot of you know I recently had to put my best friend (pepper) to rest after a short 15 years. I sure do miss him! Anyway shortly after that horrible day the decision was made, I have looked for another dog. Not to replace him but to fill the void that was left of him not being around! I could never replace him with any dog. He was simply the best there was. I feel like I just need another dog as silly as it sounds. I have looked all over the place locally, and even out of state. I found one I sort of liked in Gainesville but after making the two hour trip and spending 2 hours with him, I decided he might grow into a BIIIIGGGG dog! Well with me getting older, I felt he may outlive me and there come a time I wouldn't be able to hold onto him so I'm still looking for another SMALLER dog. I found one shortly after that vist and he is in Tucker Ga.. Ok it's not that far away and I'm willing to take the trip. I found him on Petfinder.com which by the way has zillions of dogs of every known breed listed. Problem is they (the lister) only communicate thru e-mail. That's really not a problem except I thoink they check it every week. I DID receive an adoption paper and quickly filled it out but still haven't heard back from them. That's been three days and counting. I'm waiting for an answer and hopefully I can give this homeless dog a loving home and love that he surely deserves. He's only 4 moths old (maybe 5 by the time I get him (IF I do) so there's plenty of time to train him to ride in the bus. He kind of looks like Pepper when he was a young pup that strayed up, but he has a tail where Pepper didn't. Don't ask me why, He came that way! Anyway, I sit here every night waiting patiently for an answer. It's getting to be worse than waiting for your first born to arrive! Oh well, just thought I'd write something about my recent days and nights while sitting here doing nothing.
I DID manage to get a light bar assembled in the bus and it works pretty darn good and it looks good too! It's over top of our counter with the bar stools.
By the way, before I forget, there are a lot of dogs in a lot of places that really need homes so if your a dog lover, visit petfinder.com and read some of the horrible stories about the lives these guys have had. Some of them really make you think!
If you got this far, thanks for reading and wish me luck. Maybe Just maybe I'll have to go up around Atlanta real soon to pick up my new found buddy!
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Good luck and Godspeed!
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That's super!!! So many people after suffering the loss of a pet get selfish and say they won't ever have another, but I feel that is wrong. NOTHING can ever replace Pepper, but there is nothing wrong with making a new friend. I strongly urge people to consider a rescue dog they make some of the best friends. I have a rescue Carin Terrier and he is probably the best buddy I could ever find. I know I am rambling here, But as my life goes by I realize how short it is. I hope all works out for you!
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Ace - I had a dog named Angel - she lasted 13 1/2 years. Before Eddie and I had our son, she was my baby. She was a small maltese with a bitch of a personality - she bit Eddie every chance she got! Mostly, she was loving and gentle. She stayed right by my side, I never had to put a leash on her. I rescued her. She was in a home that didn't like dogs - she was abused by a small boy and terrified when we first got her. She needed a lot of medical attention because of her abuse - she was malnourished and had an infection in the lining of her heart. After she got better we had a lot of great years together. In the end, her heart took her - but only after having her on diuretics and heart medicine for 3 months (which was VERY expensive!) But truthfully, I would have paid anything to keep her around. Thankfully, I didn't have to make the decision, she died in her sleep. After about 9 months of not having a dog in the house, and feeling the void, we rescued a dog from petfinders.com - she is part Newfoundland. She was found on Route 17 in New York State, wandering on the highway with a rope tied around her neck. She was 9 months old at the time. While no dog could ever replace Angel, Lady sure has filled the void and in a much different way has become a very special member of our family. We now have two dogs - we got another pedigree Newfoundland - another rescue. I know how it feels - they are much more than a dog - they are part of the family. One thing that you need to consider - big dogs are great - Newfs are gentle giants - but their life span is only 8 - 10 years. Smaller dogs usually live longer than larger dogs do. Pedigrees live shorter life spans generally, than do mutts. EVERY dog deserves a good home - and blessed will be the pup that gets to live in your home - you sound like you have a lot of love to share with the lucky pup. Good luck - petfinders is a great place to get a dog from.
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August 10, 2006, 09:14:45 PM »
Hey Ace,
I saw your post and can sympathize having recently lost my pet weasel (ferret). I had adopted her from a friend in NYC who had to let her go when Guiliani past a law banning them in NYC. Had a long life and was a great little friend, so I can identify with your loss. Had a very special miniature poodle before her which I rescued from Bogata, Columbia SA. We were inseperable. After many years, surviving 6 strokes and many thousands expended to get her healthy again, just to get run over by the power company truck when I was out of town.....
Good luck on your search for a new furry friend
BTW, I am new to the bus craze, having been bitten hard by it and am still looking for my first shell to convert. I am also new to this board, having been lurking on BNO for a while and just found this site.
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August 11, 2006, 05:42:34 PM »
Thank you everyone for the great support! I finally received a phone call today regarding my adoption papers and about the little fella I was wanting to adopt. This could be good and it could be bad. It appears the lady in charge of the kennel where he was first listed has not been at work due to a death in her family. The lady that posted him is trying to find out more and all she could tell me was she got to talk to the Kennel mgr. (a different lady, maybe 2nd in charge) and was told that the dog in question was definitely not there at this time. It could be that he was fortunate enough to have a family foster him or he got the dreaded gas. It's sad to hear that they do about 25 at a time and it's based on if they (the kennel) feel the dog is ill, a threat, or just ugly to them! The ladt told me that she would desperatly try and find out more in the morning when another lady would be working, (maybe 3rd in charge) who happens to be a friend of hers. The main lady won't be back until Monday so worse scenario would be to wait until then. I hope he was fostered into a home. The lady I'm dealing with DID say that other dogs she had listed at the same time as the one I want were still there at the kennel and that was a good sign! Maybe not for them but you know what I mean!
Anyway, I'm all packed and ready to go to Atlanta in the morning once I get the call.Again, wish me and the pup luck! I guess not knowing what his future is or where he is at at this time makes want him even that much more!
Thanks agian for all the support. It really DOES help!
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August 13, 2006, 07:55:17 PM »
Hey buddy,
good luck on getting your new family friend / pet / buddy for sure. Remember we too also felt like you when our little Renee died and now we have not one puppy but two of them and they sure make our days brighter every minute they are not sleeping in their little house. You will see them in "Timmonsville" in October. Bring your new family baby now too.
Safe traveling to you and Susan to get your new baby.
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August 13, 2006, 08:35:09 PM »
Thanks Gary but actually, I met up with a friend and I'm in Montgomery, AL. doing some track testing with the car/s. The BITCH lady that supposedly lsted the dog has yet to return my phone calls or my emails. I get a feeling she is running a scam using dogs for money. Luckily I haven't paid her anything. I was either going prior to being here or first thing in the A.M. but with no calls, looks like I will be heading South. I WILL call again before leaving just in casebecazuse it's really not that far out of the way from here!
There IS a dog out there somehwhere that needs me as bad as I need him. I'll keep looking along the way!
Take care and keep in touch...
Ace, from a god awful motel room instead of my bus!
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FINALLY after almost harrassing the contact that I had, that calls herself a volunteer to help people adopt pets in need, did I find out the truth about the little dog I was interested in adopting. Aftyer a complete run a round all week long andveryhigh hopes, I was informed via e-mail that the little fella was put to sleep. I have no idea as to why she couldn't have just called me to tell me instead of letting me go on and hope that we could hook up! After all the phone calls and inquiries I made, I kind of feel like the little guy was mine even though I hadn't adopted him. Oh well the quest to adopt a dog continues and I WILL say, the last email to this so called volunteer was worse than one of my replies to my bussin buddies on these boards. In other words I un-loaded big time on her via return e-mail since her phone is always on fax connection!
It truly makes me wonder how these shelters operate behind the scenes expecially when they ask for CASH ONLY and NO information on the dog can be given out except thru the volunteer. I would think that ANY shelter would jump up and down to find a home and offer any info they could, just to please and place a dog or cat in a lifed long home!!
Oh well again thanks for all the support and hopefully there is a dog somewhere that will want to be PART owner of a nice newly converted H3 Prevost. Ok that makes it official. It's not an Off Topic issue now!
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There IS a dog out there somehwhere that needs me as bad as I need him. I'll keep looking along the way!
You are a very fine person! The statement above proves that to me. And the people who denied you your pup are pure trash.
Our 'Bear' passed after 13 years in which she provided companionship, comfort, and enjoyment plus so much more. Just like Pepper did for you, she was the best! Now she resides in our front yard.
We knew that we needed a friend, not a replacement, but that hole in our lives was big!
A year and a half later, a friend told us about a litter available while we were on the road. We picked 'BUSter' from that litter. The owner said 'Dogs are expensive to keep, we don't want any money.' BUSter has been a joy!! He isn't Bear, we didn't look for a replacement. He is a Border Collie and is so full of energy we want to pull our hair out sometimes. But, he is OUR BORDER COLLIE! And each year when we return to King City, CA, the owner of the litter comes to visit BUSter with his kids. It is like the best family reunion you could imagine.
You'll find the same joy! Pepper will make sure you do! It may take some time, but that will make the wait all the more worthwhile. I'm 400 miles south of my wife and BUSter as I write this and she has him, I have the bus. I'd rather have the 'BUSter'. We will be back together come Monday. Her presence will mean just a bit more than his, but just a bit! The happiness he'll show in seeing me will be just a little less that the happiness I'll feel in seeing him.
Enjoy the memories of Pepper untill Pepper chooses the new one for you.
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If they are a public shelter or any shelter at all sounds like you, for the sake of other animals which could be adopted, maby should try to go over the idoits heads and find out just what the h===l is going on. I just had one of my cats, 16 years old, go to sleep and not wake up. He had a good life and provided a lot of affection and love.
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Understanding Jesus: The Rev. Davis talks on 'He is calling Elijah' at lenten lunch
The Rev. R.J. Davis, of First United Methodist Church, spoke to the congregation at the latest installment of Lenten Lunch about understanding.
His meditation was on "He is calling Elijah," which is one of the words spoken to Jesus as he died on the cross.
After reading Mark 15:33-36, Davis said that the words spoken by Jesus had great emotion, especially when Jesus cried out in a loud voice "EliEli, EliEi, lemalema sabachthanisabachthani?" which is translated to "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?"
A bystander who watched Jesus hang from the cross translated this into "This man is calling for Elijah."
At once, one of the bystanders to the crucifixion got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. But the others said, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him."
"What we see is an act of elicit emotions," Davis said.
The Roman soldiers may have given Jesus something to drink, but if they did, they did it out of ignorance, and the Jewish leaders may have given Jesus something to drink, but if they did, they did it out of spite.
The bystanders waited because they wanted to see if Elijah would come and rescue Jesus.
"If Jesus was indeed special to God, Elijah would come and rescue him," Davis said.
The Jews misunderstood Jesus's cry for Elijah, because he was crying for God — not Elijah.
"Already feeling abandoned by God, he willingly gave his life, but no one seemed to understand or care," Davis said during his meditation.
Jesus was crying for a thirst for God.
"This is evidence that God's heart breaks for humanity," Davis said, "and the question is, do ours?"
The words that Jesus spoke that day were not just for those in attendance, but for all generations.
This is a representation of a world that misunderstood, because the bystanders misunderstood what Jesus was staying on the cross.
Before Davis concluded his meditation, he left the congregation with a few questions to think about. They were, "Do you today seem to follow in the footsteps of Jesus?" "Like Jesus, do you thirst for God?" "Are you seeking to fully understand Him?" and "Do you accept Him today?"
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On Saturday, Feb. 6 at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium the Gaucho baseball team will host its annual alumni game - featuring former UCSB greats currently in the majors and minor leagues. The event is open to the public and costs just $5.
Beginning at 11 a.m. current and former UCSB players will be available to sign autographs and talk to Gaucho fans before taking part in a home run derby. Following the home run derby, the 2010 Gaucho squad will face the alumni in a game.
Scheduled to attend are Colorado Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Virgil Vasquez, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Justin Lehr and minor leaguers Ryan Cavan, Chuck Huggins, Joe Gardner, Andy Graham, Brian Gump, Chris Malec, Chris McMurray, Eric Oliver, Patrick Rose, Chris Valaika and Mike Zuanich.
Also scheduled to attend are former UCSB greats who enjoyed some time in the minor leagues - Robbie Blauer, Jim Bullard, Andy Campanella and Matt Wilkerson, who still holds the Gaucho record for career home runs.
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George Edward Munn, 79 of Lincoln, died Jan. 14, 2013, after he lost his battle to lung cancer. George was born April 15, 1933, in Mason City, to George Emerson Munn and Flora Cecil Spencer.During January 1953, George enlisted in the U.S Air Force during the Korean War. He served 10 1/2 years as an Air Force aircraft mechanic. During one of his overseas tours at the Panama Canal Zone, he met his beautiful Panama born wife, Louise Gloria Grote. Together they had four children: George Jr, Mary, Fritz and David.In 1964, George accepted a position in federal law enforcement as a Canal Zone Police Officer. He remained in that position until the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaties in 1981. In 1982, he returned to Omaha.In 2004, George and Louise relocated to Lincoln. In 2010, Louise lost her battle with pancreatic cancer.He is survived by his four children, George Munn (Jr.) of Yankton S.D., Mary and Mike Layton of Vero Beach, Fla., Fritz and Sheri Munn of Gainesville, Fla., and David and Cheryl Munn of Lincoln; six grandchildren, Seth, Sarah, Mike, Cassidy, Samantha, Cierra and Connor; one great-granddaughter, Ariya, and his sister Bonnie Wilson of Litchfield.He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise; three brothers, John, Marvin and Gerald; six sisters, Iola, Georgina, Rowena, Naomi, Betty and Donna.Services will be at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home.Visitation will be from noon to 8 pm Friday. Interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be left at www.lincolnfh.com.Published in Custer County Chief, Jan. 17, 2013


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It was a late autumn morning on the coast of a Portuguese fishing village when I steeled myself to attempt something completely unnatural for a child of the landlocked prairies: riding the waves.
My first surfing lesson was about to take place in Ericeira, about 40 kilometers north of Lisbon.
My sister and I arrived in Ericeira on the tail end of a dream holiday through some of the most historic and cultural cities of Portugal and southern Spain. Travelworn, we were ready for a place with a slower pace to cap off our trip - lots of sun, sand and not so many tourists.
Ericeira was ideal. The tiny village is sprawled high on rocky cliffs overlooking a bold, untamed stretch of Atlantic Ocean.
Cobbled streets in the old village cut narrow paths through rows of whitewashed houses decorated in traditional blue tiles. The day's laundry, strung high between windows, flaps in the wind. During coffee hour, white-haired gents sip um galao (coffee and milk served in a glass) at outdoor cafes, and nibble the country's favourite pastry, pastel de nata, made fresh that morning.
Marisqueiras, or seafood joints, offer - as one proud resident told me while I polished off a footballsized crab - the "best seafood in the world." Catch-of-the-day restaurants, where diners can choose their seafood from a tank and watch it grilled, are a local specialty.
For sun-seekers, three beaches are within walking distance of the village square. Travellers looking for the calm blue sea of tourist resorts further south along Portugal's coast, however, are in the wrong place.
The beaches are windy in Ericeira, and the ocean waves are strong.
Shellfish, sun and sand make up a beguiling part of the village's draw - but Ericeira's true allure is as a surfer dude's paradise.
In the past 30 years, the village has become a European surf mecca. International competitions are regularly held here, and in February 2011, the village became Europe's first approved World Surfing Reserve.
And so, while my sister and I had come to Ericeira for some rest and relaxation, after a few days of lolling on the beach, we couldn't resist the surfing scene.
The chance to learn how to surf in such a fantastic place seemed, well, pretty rad.
We signed up for lessons from Semente Surfing School, offered by the operators of the ocean-side hostel where we were staying.
At 10 a.m., instructor Joao Santos pulled up outside our hostel behind the wheel of a cubed van with surfboards stacked high on the roof and shoved lengthwise inside.
It took less than 15 minutes to get to Foz do Lizandro beach - just enough time for my stomach to start flip-flopping, but not enough to talk myself out of the surfing adventure.
Joao, who taught himself to surf 15 years ago, lives to ride the waves.
"For me, it is a selfish sport. It's you, the water and the board. It's a lifestyle," he said.
"You can share the waves, but the feeling is, it's only you."
As for my beginner's jitters?
"It's good," he said, as I revealed I'd never tried surfing before. (To be more precise, I grew up in a city where the most significant body of water for about 100 kilometers was a small, manmade dam, and now live in a place locked in by mountains on one side, far-reaching prairies on the other.) "Better this way," Joao declared.
In the beach parking lot, Joao handed out wetsuits we slipped on over our swimsuits. We grabbed boards - massive beginner ones coloured a glaring banana yellow - and awkwardly hefted them out to the beach.
Various intermediate lessons were also taking place, but in the newbie class, it was just my sister and I, and a rather shy young Portuguese man who seemed, amazingly, even more ill at ease with the prospect of surfing than us Canadians.
Joao showed us how to attach the surf leash to our ankles and, helpfully, how to hold the giant banana board so that it didn't "smash you in the face." Thanks!
"And now I'm going to teach you how to catch the waves," he said.
It's simple, really, he assured us. Chest down on the board, push up with your arms, bend one knee so it makes a sort of "four shape" with the opposite leg. Then hop up, and crouch low on the board.
Voila, surfing.
And always, always, always, look to the beach, not the board. The beach is a stable place, Joao explained.
The lesson was relatively brief. Freakishly to the point, some (me) might say. But Joao said it was time to get in the water.
The sky was an unpromising shade of grey overhead. From my vantage point on the pebbly beach, the thrashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean took on a metallic tint that, to a novice surfer, seemed ominous.
My wetsuit felt clammy and skin-sucking.
Full disclosure: I'm an unenthusiastic swimmer who failed introductory lessons (the "yellow" level in the old colour-coded system), not once, but twice, for reasons I can't remember but can only imagine involved a reluctance to blow bubbles underwater. In my childhood, I persevered in lessons only until my mother was confident I could tread water and .swim well enough to save myself in an emergency. I still don't understand why people willingly put their face underwater.
But I also like trying new things, and once I get an idea in my head - like trying surfing for the first time in a cool European surf hotspot - it's hard to shake it.
I gracelessly lugged my board towards the ocean.
Wading in, I felt the chill through my suit.
Joao gave us each two practice tries floating on a wave, bellytoboard, toward the beach, without trying to stand up.
Then, it was time.
Joao waved me over.
I heaved myself onto my board. I could feel the water churning and without looking back, I knew a wave was rolling in.
My board streamed forward. "Up, up, up," Joao called.
"Eyes on the beach. Eyes on the beach."
Water skimmed beneath me and I pushed up hard with my arms. My mind was blank - how the heck do you make a "four" with your feet? - but all I knew to do was jump.
I pushed up.
I crouched low over the board.
I surfed.
I spilled.
Salt water streamed into my mouth, my nose, my eyes. It burned as I surfaced, coughing and spitting. The leash on my ankle jerked roughly as the big old surfboard floated away.
But I'd done it. For a second - OK, more a nanosecond - I'd actually glided on top of the ocean. Gnarly, dude!
In the hour and a half that followed, my sister managed some honest-to-goodness surfing - actually catching a couple waves and riding them all the way to the beach.
I never did get up again. Over and over, I clambered onto the board, kept my eyes on the beach, paddled like a madwoman, pushed, hopped, fell.
My knees wobbled, my arms felt like jelly. With each attempt, the ocean I tumbled into was fierce and unrelenting.
Overhead, the clouds began to clear and the water took on enticing shades of green and blue. After dozens of clumsy tries to ride the waves, the lesson was over and we finally returned to the beach.
Weary, but oddly jubilant, I transported my trusty surfboard to the parking lot and to the van that would take us back to the hostel and its more restful beach. Maybe there was still time to join coffee hour with the old folks.
If You Go
Where to stay
? We stayed at the brand new Blue Buddha New Hostel, run by the exuberant, multilingual Luzia. The ocean-side beach house's true allure is the balcony that offers each room breathtaking sea views and sunsets. A short walk away, the Blue Buddha Hostel offers similar accommodations in a condo development near the heart of old Ericeira. www.bluebuddhahostel.com
? Vila Gale Ericeira: another restored guesthouse with beautiful, panoramic Atlantic Ocean views. The four-star hotel also offers a pool, health club and a restaurant. www.vilagale.pt
? Hotel Vilazul: An affordable, family-run hotel in old Ericeira, 300 metres from South Beach. www.hotelvilazul.com
Where to eat
? Mar a Vista: one of the best of the many shellfish restaurants Ericeira is famous far. Choose your own crab or lobster from the counter up front, and snack on enormous shrimp while you wait for your main course.
? Mercado Municipal: if you're looking to do your own cooking, the local market offers fresh produce and food.
Surf Lessons
? Many surf businesses have sprung up throughout the village. We tried Semente surf shop and school, operated by Blue Buddha's owners. Single lessons range from 30 to 60 euros, depending on the size of your group. www.semente.pt/
Day trip
? If lush forests, craggy mountains and misty castles strike your fancy, the amazing Sintra is just a short bus ride away. The stunning, fairytale village has a rich history, drafted by its ancient Celtic and Moorish forebears. Its quaint village centre is a Unesco World Heritage listed site.


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Can anyone explain how the author grades his puzzles? I ask because I've discovered several fairly obvious inconsistencies.
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Both contain 26 clues, 44 naked singlets and 11 hidden singlets. Both are easy.
Example 2:
8th April - Hard
3rd October - Very Hard
Both contain 26 clues, 43 naked singlets, 12 hidden singlets, 1 naked couplet and 1 hidden couplet. Both are medium-hard.
Example 3:
25th May - Medium
15th August - Easy
Both contain 26 clues, 53 naked singlets and 2 hidden singlets. Both are easy.
Example 4:
13th May - Medium
Contains 26 clues and 55 naked singlets. Should be rated easy. Compare with 15th August above.
Example 5:
22nd January - Medium
26th January - Medium
27th January - Medium
15th February - Medium
22nd February - Medium
26th February - Medium
1st March - Medium
2nd March - Medium
15th March - Medium
23rd March - Medium
4th April - Medium
15th April - Medium
18th April - Medium
25th April - Medium
29th April - Medium
26th May - Medium
1st June - Medium
23rd June - Medium
All the above have 28 clues and 53 naked singlets. All should be rated easy. Compare with 15th August above.
Example 6:
28th May - Very Hard
24th August - Hard
Both contain 30 clues, 36 naked singlets, 15 hidden singlets, 1 hidden couplet and 1 group interaction. The former has 1 naked couplet while the latter has 2. Both are hard at best.
During my analysis of these puzzles I noticed that every puzzle (including the so called Very Hard ones) can all be solved with a combination of naked subsets (singlets, couplets and triplets), hidden subsets (singlets couplets and triplets) and group interaction (column/row and block interactions). Although many can also be solved using certain combinations of the other logical methods (e.g., block interaction, x-wing, swordfish, xy-wing, colouring, forcing chains and Nishio), they are not required to solve any of the Daily SuDokus (so far at least).
Personally, I think the ratings are far too high for a lot of these puzzles. Indeed, I don't regard any of them as very hard at all. A very hard puzzle should have at the very least an x-wing, a swordfish or an xy-wing -- and preferably any two of them.
Anyhow, here's a "Diabolical" grade puzzle to amuse yourselves with :-)
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Posts: 275
Location: Munich
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:41 am
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After a nacked pair, X-wing and XW-wing I got to:
2 48 9 38 45 6 1345 7 13
7 5 48 39 19 18 34 2 6
6 3 1 7 45 2 45 9 8
8 14 24 6 7 9 123 5 13
3 79 27 1 8 5 29 6 4
19 6 5 2 3 4 19 8 7
4 89 3 89 2 7 6 1 5
5 2 68 4 16 18 7 3 9
19 179 67 5 69 3 8 4 2
And takeing a look at the statistics:
Nr=1 occurs=13 still to set=6 times
Nr=2 occurs=4 still to set=2 times
Nr=3 occurs=7 still to set=3 times
Nr=4 occurs=9 still to set=4 times
Nr=5 occurs=4 still to set=2 times
Nr=6 occurs=4 still to set=2 times
Nr=7 occurs=4 still to set=2 times
Nr=8 occurs=8 still to set=4 times
Nr=9 occurs=11 still to set=5 times
I can see that I have to follow chains of double digits because there are a lot of them.
Asuming: 4 in r4c2 and following the chain I will get to a contradiction
4 in r4c2
2 in r4c3
7 in r5c3
9 in r5c2
8 in r7c2
9 in r7c4
3 in r2c4
8 in r1c4
4 in r1c2
and now setting the 1 in r4c2 will solve it.
We call this technique "Nishio" (if I am not wrong).
see u,
P.S. could be that there is a "shorter" chain that leads to a contradiction.
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Posts: 275
Location: Munich
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:50 am
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Here a shorter contradiction chain:
9 in r9c1
6 in r9c5
7 in r9c3
2 in c5r3
4 in r4c3
1 in r4c2
9 in r6c1
see u,
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Site Admin
Joined: 17 Jul 2005
Posts: 106
Location: Cambridge
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Puzzle Grading
The Fugitive wrote:
Can anyone explain how the author grades his puzzles? I ask because I've discovered several fairly obvious inconsistencies.
A dull but straightforward reason -- the grading has evolved a little over time.
Although many can also be solved using certain combinations of the other logical methods (e.g., block interaction, x-wing, swordfish, xy-wing, colouring, forcing chains and Nishio), they are not required to solve any of the Daily SuDokus (so far at least).
Indeed -- this is semi intentional, but probably won't remain the case. x-wing and the like have not yet been *required*, but various posts here show that they often form part of a route used by the solver.
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Steve R
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 289
Location: Birmingham, England
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:46 am
Post subject: Puzzle Grading
I share your scepticism of the published gradings. I suspect they are programmed. If so, they are not programmed well.
Prompted by your posting, I ran my own tiny archive. The score is
0 if the puzzle is solved by trivial means
1 is added each time it is necessary to refer to possibilities not entered on the grid
10 is added each time a pair etc needs to be identified
100 is added for each advanced technique.
It is easy to criticise the method but I find programming the way puzzles are attacked by real people very time consuming.
The results are:
Difficult: 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Fiendish: 8, 6, 16, 25, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 1, 11, 3, 3
Ultra Fiendish: 37, 34
Superior: 28, 131, 120, 144, 14
Hard: 31, 18, 3, 1, 4, 10, 1
Very Hard: 17, 30, 16, 19, 11, 14, 16, 13, 60, 5, 4, 18, 40, 37
They suggest to me that:
(a) You are right.
(b) There is a tendency for The Times puzzles to get easier (the results are in chronological order of publication).
(c) The target for puzzles rated at about 40 should be 15 30 minutes (the winner of the recent Times competition took 13).
Your "diabolical" rated 1, 115, the extra 1,000 representing the need to guess. Incidentally, I think you are right in taking "Nishio" to be synonymous with "guess."
This is not to support the publication of an excess of hard puzzles according to your definition: my preference is for about 20 minutes and no guessing or writing down lots of numbers outside the grid. Call me easy.
Steve R.
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The Fugitive
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 10
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:30 am
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Thanks to all who responded.
To Sam:
OK, I now understand why some of your earlier puzzles have such odd gradings. But yesterday's medium (23rd October) had 28 clues and 53 naked singlets. How can that possibly be medium? It's quite clearly an easy. How do you arrive at a medium rating for such a trivial puzzle?
Nonetheless, I'm glad to hear you will be employing more advanced techniques as standard in future. Can we expect a "Challenging" rating?
To someone_somewhere:
Instead of using the XY-Wing (leading to the Naked Couplet and Nishio solutions), you can also use Forced Chains (XY-Wings are really just short Forced Chains). For example:
CHAIN #1: R5C2, R7C2, R1C2 and R4C2
7->9, 9->8, 8->4 and 4->1
CHAIN #2: R5C2, R5C3, R4C3 and R4C2
9->7, 7->2, 2->4 and 4->1
CONCLUSION: R4C2 must be 1
From there it's Naked Singlets all the way. No need for Nishio.
To Steve:
I agree that it can sometimes be difficult to grade puzzles according to how a human might solve them. And I'm glad you agree with me that the Daily SuDoku gradings are a bit off. But to my mind at least, the grade should reflect the logic that a computer program *will* employ, not the logic that a human *might* employ.
However, we'll have to agree to disagree on Nishio because I don't regard it as guesswork. All techniques -- even Brute Force -- will either prove a value exists in a particular cell, or will prove it does not. In that respect they are all logical. To me, a "guess" is putting a value into a cell without even proving if it can exist in that cell. If it turns out it can, and it is correctly placed, then it is pure "luck" that got you there, not logic.
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Location: El Cajon, California USA
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:42 pm
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The Fugitive wrote:
Thanks to all who responded.
To Sam:
OK, I now understand why some of your earlier puzzles have such odd gradings. But yesterday's medium (23rd October) had 28 clues and 53 naked singlets. How can that possibly be medium? It's quite clearly an easy. How do you arrive at a medium rating for such a trivial puzzle?
Nonetheless, I'm glad to hear you will be employing more advanced techniques as standard in future. Can we expect a "Challenging" rating?
Hi Fugitive,
It's interesting to see how you categorize the puzzles and grade them. I thought the Oct. 23 puzzle took a long time even though there weren't any difficult techniques required. My paper had a lot of numbers on it! I would be curious as to how you solved it. It must be a challenge for Sam to cater to beginners as well as advanced puzzle solvers. This is a great website.
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The Fugitive
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Posts: 10
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:47 am
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It's interesting to see how you categorize the puzzles and grade them. I thought the Oct. 23 puzzle took a long time even though there weren't any difficult techniques required. My paper had a lot of numbers on it! I would be curious as to how you solved it. It must be a challenge for Sam to cater to beginners as well as advanced puzzle solvers. This is a great website.
It's difficult to compare the ways in which humans solve SuDoku. This one in particular has many routes to a the final solution.
For instance, you might start with the X-Wing in R6 and R9, which eliminates the 4 from R1C8, R2C8, R2C9 and R3C8.
Or you might start with the block interaction between B7, C1 and C2, eliminating 7 from R7C2, R8C1, R8C2 and R9C2.
Or the group interaction between B8 and R8, eliminating 2 from R8C1 and R8C2, and 8 from R8C8.
Or the hidden couplet in C3, eliminating 9 from R2C3.
Or the naked couplet in B8 eliminating 6 from R8C4, R8C5 and R8C6, and 7 from R8C4.
Or the hidden singlet in R7, forcing R7C8 to be 8.
Or the naked singlet forcing R2C5 to be c.
These are just examples -- there are certainly more ways to start this puzzle, each of which could lead you to any number of alternate routes.
However the fact remains that, at any one time, there will always be a naked singlet. There are no tricks or breakthroughs that *have* to be performed, so long as you can find those naked singlets -- the only really difficult part of this puzzle. Even if you use alternative methods to reveal other naked singlets they simply lead to a more speedy solution, not a more difficult one.
So, how would I have gone about it? That's difficult to answer because I'm a self-proclaimed expert. I guess you really need to ask yourself why you found it so difficult. However, I'll try and look at the puzzle as a beginner might have looked at it.
Firstly, I try to avoid writing down large lists of candidates in each cell as it makes for a messy solution, and is generally just a waste of time at the start of any game. Had I actually done so, the solution would have been immediately obvious (hence I give it an easy rating).
So I start by first looking at column 5. It's only got 3 unknowns, 268. R2C5 can't be 2 or 8 since they're already in the same block, so it must be 6. Bingo! The first naked singlet. I then pencil mark the remaining 28 in both R5C5 and R8C5 to remind me later.
I then look at column 3 with 4 unknowns, 1789. R7C3 can't be 1 or 8 since they're both in the same block, and 9 is in the same row, so it must be 7. The second naked singlet. This in turn reveals R9C3 to be a 9, leaving 18 in both R2C3 and R5C3, which I pencil in.
Looking at row 7, I can now see it requires 3568. R7C6 must be 6 and R7C9 must be 5. This in turn reveal 3 in R7C2 and 8 in R7C8. Row 7 is now complete.
At this point, block 7 looks the best contender (with only 3 unknowns), but it has no naked singlets. I know there is one in block 8 but it's not immediately obvious unless you happen to look for one there. So at this point it's quite tempting to look at alternative routes. There are certainly lots to choose from, but let's stick to beginner tactics.
If I look at the 6's, I see that the only place a 6 may be placed in block 5 is in R5C4. A hidden singlet. Similarly with the 9's. The only place left in row 5 is R5C6. The 5's also leave R5C7 as yet another hidden singlet, which leads to R6C4. And a 3 in R5C1. At this point I'm left with only 3 unknowns in row 5, so I may as well pencil them in. I already known R5C3 is 18 and R5C5 is 28. R5C9 is 12.
If I turn my attention to column 7, I see it has 3 unknowns, 346. The 3 can't be in B3, so it must be in B9, another hidden singlet. I can pencil in 46 in R1C7 and R3C7.
The 2's show that R9C2 is yet another hidden singlet. This reveals another naked singlet in row 6. R6C2 can't be 234 so it must be 1. Therefore R5C3 is 8, R4C2 is 7 and R4C1 is 2. Block 4 is now complete.
Further naked singlets reveal R5C5 must be 2 and R5C9 a 1. R2C3 is also a 1.
At this stage there are now 4 naked singlets, including the original 7 in R9C4 that I might have missed up until this point. The 3 in R6C6 reveals two more naked singlets and from here on out it's reasonably plain sailing.
If by this time I hadn't found either a naked singlet or a hidden singlet, then I'd have started penciling in the remaining candidates -- of which there would be relatively few. Block 3 would have been a little messy, but the solution would have revealed itself in short time because there was always a naked singlet available.
Now, although I used quite a few hidden singlets in favour of the naked singlet, there was no pressing need to use them. There was always a naked singlet available which would have been found eventually with a more systematic approach. But that alone does not merit a medium rating. Indeed, it should be entirely expected that a complete beginner learn the secrets of the hidden singlet and the naked couplet within their first few easy puzzles -- skills which can be further honed with medium puzzles where the more advanced skills can be honed.
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Location: El Cajon, California USA
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:38 pm
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Thanks Fugitive for a very thorough answer to my question. I've been solving these for about a month and have learned to solve even the very hard ones on this website. But I know I tend to be slow and methodical. The Oct23 puzzle took me a long time because I had too many numbers in the boxes. I need to learn shortcuts now that I know the basics. I will start the puzzle over again and see if I can do it faster. Can you tell me what block interaction is? Thanks.
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:27 am
Post subject: Block Interaction
Thanks Fugitive for a very thorough answer to my question.
You're welcome.
Can you tell me what block interaction is? Thanks.
More commonly referred to as the block/block interaction. You're quite probably familiar with it already as most people discover it without realising it has a name, but let's go over it again for everyone's benefit.
When a candidate is known to reside in only 2 rows (or columns) of 2 interacting blocks, then the candidate MUST appear in the only remaining block in the only remaining row (or column), and can therefore be eliminated from the other two rows (or columns) in that block.
It's much simpler than it sounds. Ultimately, we can eliminate a candidate from up to 6 cells with this method.
At the start of the October 23rd puzzle, I mentioned there was a block interaction between B7, C1 and C2, eliminating candidate 7. Let's explain that in more detail...
If we look at the 7 in block 3, we see that it is on row 2. This means R2C3 can't be 7. And since R1C3 and R3C3 are already known, the 7 must therefore reside in either column 1 or column 2 of block 1.
If we now look at the 7 in block 6, we can see that it is on row 5. This means R5C3 cannot be 7. And since R4C3 and R6C3 are known, the 7 must reside in columns 1 or 2 of block 4.
Since column 3 MUST have a 7 somewhere and we know it isn't in blocks 1 or 4, it must therefore be in block 7. And since we know it must be either R7C3 or R9C3 (R8C3 being known), then it cannot possibly be R7C2, R8C1, R8C2 or R9C2 and can therefore be eliminated from all of these cells (the remaining cells in this block already being known).
All these cells reside in block 7, column 1 and column 2 -- hence the term block interaction between B7, C1 and C2.
Referring to the block/block interaction definition, we'd say that B1 and B4 are interacting with C1 and C2. However, I find this a bit of a mouthful so I prefer to refer directly to the block and columns (or rows) where the eliminations will actually occur, rather than where the interactions occur. The interactive blocks themselves are implied through the column (or row) references, of course.
Note that I also refer to the long-winded "Row/Column and Block Interactions" simply as "Group Interactions". A group is any row, column or block, but the interactions only occur between a block and either a row or a column intersecting the block.
All my other definitions are fairly standard, although I use the terms singlets, couplets, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, septuplets and octets when referring to a subset of a group. Obviously, there can never be a subset of 9 (enead) within a group, but it's rare to go beyond a quadruplet (e.g., a hidden octet would have to imply a naked singlet in the ninth cell).
Hope that clarifies things for everyone.
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Location: El Cajon, California USA
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:16 pm
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That was a good explanation and I was able to follow it. I didn't notice block interaction with the 7's when I did the puzzle before, although I figured it out in a round about way. It's best to learn how to solve these puzzles by doing them and then asking for help when stuck rather than reading about how to solve them and then trying to solve them. You can learn a lot just by trying. But then you get to the point where I am where you know there must be a faster, easier and cleaner way to solve them. Thanks.
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Mars Plastic
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:24 pm
Post subject: Puzzle Grading
Fugitive and Steve R, I agree that the ratings seem inconsistent and higher than they should be, not only on dailysudoku but everywhere.
Steve R, where are the puzzles you rated, I'd like to try some of the higher rated ones.
I've only been doing sudokus for about a month, I don't know all the names of techniques and I haven't been considering myself an expert but I really didn't find Fugitive's "diabolical" one that difficult, it was more challenging than the average one for sure. When I entered it in the draw tool, it said it couldn't solve the puzzle without guessing, Steve R said the same thing. However, I didn't need to guess and only "got stuck" once.
I did encounter one from dailysudoku last month some time that stumped me for a bit, but in general where do you go to get more challenging ones?
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David Bryant
Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Posts: 559
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:53 pm
Post subject: Here's a hard one
Mars Plastic wrote:
I did encounter one from dailysudoku last month some time that stumped me for a bit, but in general where do you go to get more challenging ones?
You might try the collection on the
blog site -- I've tried a few of his "super tough" puzzles, and they're not easy.
See if you can figure this one out. If you come up with a way to solve it, please post an explanation back in this forum.
Have a great day! dcb
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Posts: 50
Location: England
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:22 pm
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David this one has me completely baffled so far. I saw the pair in box 9 immediately, and tried to make headway with r5 and r1 or c1, but nothing was emerging.
Then I reasoned that if I could somehow link one of the last three with box 9, then I could make some progress. No luck there.
I then tried to find a layout of box 5 that would help and connect through to box 9. The most promising were either a 6 or a 7 at r5c6, but I have yet to work these through and look at other possibilities for box 5. So often the most unpromising looking option can prove productive.
Nothing interacts. I believe the key to the puzzle could well lie in choosing one option for box 5 that results in a productive interaction between r1/c1, box 9, and that option for box 5.
Some might consider this guesswork. I don't believe that can apply to a reasonably finite number of possibilities, in this case just four possibilities for this particular cell. I prefer to consider it a logical approach to experimentation.
... and, David, are we looking for a solution, or do we have to go further and prove uniqueness?
Glassman 8)
... and a 7 at r5c6 yields some useful looking possibilities in boxes 3, 6 and 9. This looks to me like xy-wing country, not a technique I either properly understand or have yet mastered, although I must use it as I solve difficult puzzles. A problem (or, perhaps, a benefit?) of learning to solve Sudoku in isolation.
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David Bryant
Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Posts: 559
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:58 am
Post subject: Re: Here's a hard one
Glassman wrote:
... and, David, are we looking for a solution, or do we have to go further and prove uniqueness?
Well, a solution would be good. A demonstration of uniqueness would be better. :)
Incidentally, I didn't introduce this puzzle to the forum -- someone_somewhere did, about a week ago. You can read his post
right here.
My initial response to that post is
right here.
So far all we've managed to figure out is that there's a "swordfish" in the "5"s, that there's a hidden pair (the one you spotted in the lower right 3x3 box), and that the "4" in row 5 must appear either at r5c4 or at r5c6.
I did enough work with the "2"s and the "3"s to be sure they won't give one enough information to solve the puzzle. One needs to place a "7" and probably a "4" before having enough information to get to a solution. The most promising line of attack I've been able to identify involves looking for situations where one of these critical digits can only appear in one of two places.
Sorry I'm not more help, but this is a very tough puzzle. I do have good reason to believe the solution is in fact unique -- our friend in Munich doesn't like to waste his time on invalid Sudoku puzzles. dcb
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Mars Plastic
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:10 am
Post subject: Super hard one
I've got a solution for it. It was pretty tough. I didn't really like it being that hard. I guess it's a case of "be careful what you wish for".
I'm trying some of the super tough ones from that site you pointed out, they're more fun I think.
Anyway, here's the solution I found:
Sorry I can't give a play-by-play on how to solve it. Basically I reduced the 3's and 5's down as far as possible. Then determined that there were only two sets of 3's possible and two sets of 5's possible.
After that I couldn't do anything other than do trial guesses with the 4 possibilities. This one worked.
I don't like having to guess.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:10 am
Post subject: The Big "X" puzzle
Back to the Big "X" puzzle:
6 - - - 4 - - - 3
- 1 - - - - - 7 -
- - 5 - - - 8 - -
- - - 5 - 2 - - -
3 - - - 9 - - - 2
- - - 1 - 3 - - -
- - 8 - - - 9 - -
- 7 - - - - - 5 -
2 - - - 3 - - - 4
after finding the Swordfish for digit 5, we can eliminate six digits of 5.
We have than this Candidate table:
6 289 279 2789 4 15789 125 129 3
489 1 2349 23689 2568 689 246 7 569
479 2349 5 23679 1267 1679 8 12469 169
14789 4689 14679 5 678 2 13467 134689 16789
3 568 167 4678 9 4678 1567 168 2
45789 24689 24679 1 678 3 467 4689 56789
145 346 8 2467 12567 1467 9 23 167
149 7 13469 24689 1268 14689 23 5 168
2 569 169 6789 3 156789 167 168 4
Taking a look at the statistics for it:
Nr=1 occurs=28 still to set=7 times
Nr=2 occurs=21 still to set=6 times
Nr=3 occurs=10 still to set=5 times
Nr=4 occurs=26 still to set=7 times
Nr=5 occurs=12 still to set=6 times
Nr=6 occurs=44 still to set=8 times
Nr=7 occurs=28 still to set=7 times
Nr=8 occurs=28 still to set=7 times
Nr=9 occurs=34 still to set=7 times
it is not a bad idea to start working on the Nr=3 and Nr=5.
Yup, there are 2 possible configuration for each.
Only trying the 2x2 possibilities, we can get to the solution.
This is THANKS to Mars Plastic.
I could not find a better way than his one.
see u,
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Location: Munich
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:11 am
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The previous post was from me, I confess.
see u,
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There were 2 in his studio with this type of glazing. I bought the larger mouthed one plus 2 more that haven't arrived yet.IPT wrote:Tea of course. Haha. That vase is gorgeous! I saw it on his blog. Did you buy it? I'll bet it is even more beautiful in person. I'm becoming quite a fan of Seong-il's work.Tead Off wrote:Seong il blue cups. Sake? Tea?
It helps that Seong il is a devoted tea drinker. He understands the ergonomics as well as the look and feel of teaware. When you hold his teaware, you can immediately feel the weight and balance and harmony that is present in his work. His eye for color and design is very good. He is someone who has stepped away from the traditional Korean path in ceramics and has struck out on his own path but has not abandoned the traditions.


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Easton has done it again producing yet another top of the line stick. The Easton ST stick recently arrived here at IW, many have already been shipped out to some lucky saps.
The ST stick is the power stick in the Easton line. This workhorse has been given thicker shaft walls for increase strength and power. The ST stick uses a compression molding process delivering a smooth consistent flex, which offers exceptional power. This is the same molding process Easton has been using for a little while on their advanced level sticks.
Similar to the other top sticks from Easton, the ST features a Kevlar wrap. I really like seeing the Kevlar wraps on sticks. It offers some additional protection by adding that layer of woven textile around the outside of the stick. Being that it is a woven material it also helps reduce vibrations in the stick giving it a great solid feel.
The "call-out" new feature on the ST stick is the Shox™ technology. This is a Resin Transfer process in the blade. This process results in some unique blade characteristics. As a result of this process the ST stick offers a solid blade feel, and giving you a little help in corralling hard passes. It has a denser feel, making a little more of a "thud" sound. It doesn't do all the work in receiving passes but has a nice feel.
As far as graphics goes I'd say it is probably the best looking stick in the Easton line. The ST stick comes with a sweet matte gray finish. The grip version has almost a transparent dark orange top layer. Both version you can somewhat see the combination of Kevlar and carbon beneath.
All and all the ST stick is great addition to the Easton stick line. Once again Easton has continued to innovate and progress the hockey stick market.


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Southern Fig Cake
2-1/2 cups homemade fig preserve, or store bought
1/2 cup applesauce
3 large eggs
1 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons orange zest
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together fig preserve, applesauce, eggs, canola oil, vanilla, sugar and zest. Gently stir in walnuts.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Whisk dry ingredients into wet batter until well mixed.
Spray a tube pan with cooking spray and pour in batter. Make sure batter is even in pan.
Bake 50 minutes to 55 minutes checking with a toothpick for doneness.
Makes 20 servings.
— Recipe submidded by Judy Messina of Houma.
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Southern Fig Cake