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42

42 is a movie about the late 1940s in America when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. It is set for release on Friday April 12th, 2013; one week from now. I strongly recommend seeing the movie as it is excellent.

In the classic “who you know” situation, a group of people in the community where I live were invited to a pre-release screening of the movie arranged by the mother of the president of Legendary studios, the producer of the movie. I was fortunate to be part of the group.
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Solve Some Sudoku Puzzles

Games, Sudoku

We’ve covered some of the basic methods of solving Sudoku puzzles on other pages here. Now it’s time to practice some. Thanks to a program named Magnum Opus, that is possible here.

Magnum Opus is a program that allows you to both build and solve a large number of puzzle types including crossword and Sudoku and many more puzzle types. I’ve used it to create the seven Sudoku puzzles shown here…

UVTO Book

Books, General

University Village at Thousand Oaks (UVTO) residents have put together a book describing their experiences during the Great Depression and World War II. It consists of 50 true stories and carries the title: “Tales of Challenge and Courage.” The book is no longer available for sale.

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Solving Sudoku Part 5

Games, Sudoku

We’re almost at the end of this series of posts now. Here’s where we left off…

We just filled in the two marked rows and now need to move to the rest of the puzzle. [Read more…] about Solving Sudoku Part 5

Solving Sudoku Part 4

Games, Sudoku

Last post we left the puzzle looking like this…

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Solving Sudoku Part 3

Games, Sudoku

We left off last time finishing all the horizontal and vertical gimmies in the puzzle. These are the numbers that it takes little effort to find. Remember the technique (check rows and columns of containers for duplicates and then see if the remaining container has a unique position for the number in question) as you will use it throughout the puzzle solution. Every number you put into the puzzle should trigger another gimmie search in both the horizontal and vertical directions for the container in question.

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