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Crossword

Across

3 Inferior end of neck ofmutton (5)

8 Wept (5)10 Greek epic poem (5)11 Unit of work or energy

(3)12 Italian prefix meaning

'half way' (5)13 Take in - migratory bird

(7)15 Helps in dirty deeds (5)18 Own, for the Scottish

people (3)19 Pluck (6)21 Valley-of-bonesprophet

(7)22 __-Coburg-Gotha (4)23 Helps or assists (4)

24 Normal contraction ofthe heart (7)

26 Souvenirs, keepsakes (6)29 Cartesianwords (1,2)31 Godly behaviour (5)32 Pleasant and easy-going

(7)34 A narrow passage be-

tween buildings (5)35 Short sleep (3)36 Con man's confederate

(5)37 Mathematics (5)38 Threads (5)

Down

1 Makes beer or co�ee byinfusion ? (5)

2 Fit new glass (7)

4 Gnaw at or masticate ?(4)

5 Capital of Mizoram (6)6 A spherical object (5)7 Ballroom dance (5)9 Lyricist Gershwin (3)12 Apes (7)14 ___ low : wait patiently

for the right opportunityto develop ? (3)

16 Strangely frightening (5)17 "The Cat in theHat" au-

thor (5)19 Bearwitness or give evi-

dence (7)20 Assume forciblywithout

right (5)

21 Banish from one's owncountry (5)

23 Annual calendar (7)24 ___ and Charybdis : two

dangers such that onecan be avoided only byapproaching the other ?(6)

25 Aclumsyor a stupidper-son (3)

27 Number of oarsmen in arowing crew (5)

28 European country (5)30 -- &Omega (5)32 Great age (4)33 ___ -man :Robin's senior

partner ? (3)

SOLUTIONTOMAY7

WORDYWORLDSUDOKU SOLUTION TO MAY 7

ambiguity[am-bi-gyoo-i-tee]noun, plural ambiguities.1. doubtfulness or uncertainty of

meaning or intention:to speak with ambiguity; anambiguity ofmanner.

2. anunclear, indefinite, or equiv-ocal word, expression, mean-ing, etc.:

a contract free of ambiguities;the ambiguities of modern po-etry.

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Every day there are new studies,surveys andpolls. Somearevalu-able but most are irrelevant,

don't you think? I think so. In fact injust the first four months of 2016 I'vecome across 8 dump research studiespaid for by donors, tuition, grants andtaxpayer money. Can an entrepreneurlearn anything from this dumb re-search? Believe it or not, we can. Butfirst, let's go to the data, shall we?

Spiderman doesn’t existAfter an extensive analysis, re-

searchers at Cambridge Universityhave concluded that the larger a personis, the more adhesives he would needto stick to awall,making it virtually im-possible for a normal sized human be-ing to have the characteristics of Spi-derman. “If a human, for example,wanted to climb up a wall the way agecko does, we’d need impracticallylarge sticky feet -- and shoes in Euro-pean size 145 or US size 114,” saidWal-ter Federle, senior author also fromCambridge’s Department of Zoology.As for Batman, the jury’s still out.

Most of your Facebook friends are notreally your friendsA studydonebyanOxfordUniversity

professor ofmore than3,300Facebookusers in the UK concluded that therewere only 4.1 “dependable” friends outof a typical user’s 150Facebook friends.

“Friendships,” our braveprofessor con-cluded. “Have a natural decay rate inthe absenceof contact, and socialmediamaywell function to slowdown the rateof decay. However, that alone may notbe su�cient to prevent friendshipseventually dying naturally if they arenot occasionally reinforced by face-to-face interaction.”Social networks “typically encourage

promiscuous ‘friending’ of individualswho often have very tenuous links toego.”Darn, and Iwas just going to inviteall my Facebook friends over to watchGoT next Sunday.

PlayingTetris for just threeminutes stops your craving forsex, alcohol and foodA team of psychologists from Ply-

mouthUniversity andQueenslandUni-versity ofTechnologyhavedetermined,after many hours of Tetris, that thegame can be addicting and distractusers from doing other stu� for a whilelike eating, drinking and having sex. Itkind of makes you wonder how theymanaged to finish the study.“We think the Tetris e�ect happens

because craving involves imagining theexperience of consuming a particularsubstance or indulging in a particularactivity,” said one researcher. “Playinga visually interesting game like Tetrisoccupies themental processes that sup-port that imagery; it is hard to imagine

something vividly andplayTetris at thesame time. As a support tool, Tetriscould help people manage their crav-ings in their daily lives and over ex-tended time periods."Tetris addicting? Noway.

Business travelers like it more whenthey haveTSAPreCheckAccording to this report “a new

study from the Global Business TravelAssociation (GBTA) found that busi-ness travelers who are enrolled in theTransportation Security Administra-tion’s expedited screening program,TSA PreCheck, are much more satis-

fiedwith air travel than thosewhohavenot signed up.”TSA PreCheck is the program that

allows pre-registered travelers to skipthe long security lines and instead gothrough a much shorter, pre-screenedqueue. You don’t have to take o� anyclothing or remove your computerfrom your bag. The data shockingly re-veals that people prefer this. If you’vebeen through O’Hare in the past fewmonths you get it.

“Dark” websites are most commonlyused for crimeThere’s theweb.And then there’s the

“dark”web, a secret part of the Internetthat hackers and computer nerds canreach through a series of special com-mands, passwords and search algo-rithms not known to the typical onlinebrowser.Whoknew, but this area of theInternet is more commonly found tohave nefariouswebsites that sell drugs,prostitutionandblackmarketproducts.“The results suggest that the most

common uses for websites on (these)hidden services are criminal, includingdrugs, illicit finances and pornographyinvolving violence, children and ani-mals,” Daniel Moore and Thomas Rid,both of King’s College London, wroteinCryptopolitik and the Darknet, anessay and research project looking intothe relationship between privacy andsecurity.

There’s a simple trick todetermine lib-erals from conservatives.Phew, someone’s figured this out.

It seems that it’s all just in the words.Conservatives like to use nounsmorethan liberals. For example, theywould tend to call people “optimists”instead of “optimistic” or an “idealist”instead of “idealistic.” The findings,published in the Journal of PoliticalPsychology, were consistent acrossthe three countries, looking atspeeches in three different languages.The study found, for example, thatGeorgeW. Bush (a conservative) usedmore nouns in his speech than his lib-eral counterparts. Of course, most ofthose nouns only contained three orfour letters, but still…

A healthy diet will help you live longerThis study looked at tens of thou-

sands of Japanese men and womenand concluded that “balanced con-sumption of energy, grains, vegeta-bles, fruits, meat, fish, eggs, soy prod-ucts, dairy products, confectionaries,and alcoholic beverages can con-tribute to longevity by decreasing therisk of death, predominantly from car-diovascular disease, in the Japanesepopulation.”So, basically you can eat everything

you want as long as you figure out theright balance. Oh, and did someone sayalcoholic beverages?

Exercisemakes ourmuscleswork better with ageIn a study conducted by researchers

at McGill University and other schoolsand published in the Journal of AppliedPhysiology, researchers compared agroup of world class athletes to normal,olderpeopleand foundthat theathletes'legs were "much stronger" and had"about 14 percent more total musclethanthecontrol group."Thisreport con-cluded that "In essence, the sedentaryelderly people had fewermotor units intheirmuscles, andmoreof theunits thatremained seemed to be feeling their agethan in the athletes’ legs."

Athletesare inbetterphysical shapethanold people and couch potatoes.Got itWhat’s all thismean to the typical en-

trepreneur? Three things. For starters,a lot of themoney you saved to put yourkids through college is being spent onsomepretty silly stu�.Second, youdon’thave to feel so guilty playing Tetris any-more. But most importantly you don’tneed a lot of expensive research and su-per-intelligent academics to tell you theobvious.Datahelpsvalidate.But it’sonlypart of your thought process. The mostsuccessful entrepreneurs I know usecommonsensewhen it comes tomakingthe big decisions.Never ignore your gut – it’s likely as

good as a PhD.- Source: entrepreneur.com

Eight dumbest research studies of this year

Choosing a right career is indeed a verydi�cult and tricky job to do , speciallyfor yourself.

Whether you are starting out as a fresher orhave someexperience, themost di�cult ques-tion to answer is 'What do I want to do?'Youmight have an idea ofwhat you are good

at and what you like to do, but where do youstart to get a job that lets you to do what youare good, lets you follow your passion and ofcourse pay you the right salary?I would suggest you follow these basic steps

to understand what you want to do and howyoushouldfind the right job thatwill helpbuildthe right career for yourself.

STEP 1Know yourself -- Understand your strengths,weaknesess, values, skills and personalityThere are various assessments that are avail-

able in the Indian market today that will helpyou assess your skills.If youarea fresher, youwillneedto takeaBe-

havioralAssessmentthatwill assessyourattrib-utes such as :� Whatdo you enjoydoing?� What are you good at?� What are younot good at?� Whatyoucouldimproviseonwithlittlehelp?

� What kind of jobs would be best suitedfor you?Consider a commerce graduate, fresh out of

college, looking for a job.If his behavioral traits show that he has an

outgoing personality, likes tomeet people andis good at communication, a customer servicejob such as financial sales, customer serviceetc would be apt for him rather than a backoffice job.

STEP 2Know your options and learn about each oneDepending on which industry you are look-

ing at making a career in, you need to under-stand what are the various job role optionsavailable.You need to read about the industry, what

skills they look for and the kind of people theygenerally hire.Check the websites of a few organisations

from the industry, talk to people within andoutside yournetwork tounderstand their viewof the industry.

Never ever take up a job for the followingreasons:� I didn't knowwhere to go.� My friend/family member was working in

the company.� It seemed like an easy job to do.� The o�cewas close to where I stay.Make an informed decision about what job

you want to get started with and how your ca-reer path can grow.

STEP 3Ask for advice, but don't always take itYes, you need to seek advise from your par-

ents, peers, teachers, family member andfriends.All of them will have nothing but good in-

tentions for you, but ultimately the decisionabout your career is yours.So, it is not always necessary to take all the

advise given to you.You need to process all the advise you get

frompeople and takeonlywhat you feel is rightfor you.Youcan't be going invariousdirections

by following di�erent people's advice.You will need to identify the right path for

youand then take those recommendations thattake you along that path.

STEP 4Be open to all possibilitiesIt doesnotmatterwhether you are a fresher

or an experienced personnel, themost impor-tant thing to remember when selecting a jobor a career is to keep your options open.Spend time inunderstanding your interests

andexploredi�erent careerpaths aroundyourskills and interests.Since work is an important aspect of our

lives and we spend much time either at work,or thinking/doing work outside of o�ce, it isimportant that we enjoy what we do.If you are bored or unsatisfiedwith the type

of work you do , you will not be productive atyour job and neither will you be satisfied.Hence finding the right job and a growth

path for your career are very important.Equally important though is to enjoy whatyou do.� Try and find some value in what you do at

work.� Balance your work and personal life.� Pursue an interest outside of work.� Network with people who you find inter-

esting and enriching.� Understand the culture of the organisation

you work with and whether it aligns withyour views and values.

� Constant learning and upgrading skillswill give you the edge to be on the rightcareer path.

� If needed, seek help from professionalcounselling agencies that can guide you tothe right path.

- Source: Redi�.com

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SPIDERMAN

1 What landlocked, mountainous,

Central Asian country is bordered

by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajik-

istan and the People's Republic of

China?

a) Kyrgyzstan

b) Afghanistan

c) Azerbaijan

2 Which of these lies off the coast of

Vietnam?

a) Straits of Johor

b) Gulf of Tonkin

c) Iwo Jima

3 Key Largo, KeyWest, Plantation

Key and Big Pine Key are islands of

the coast of are part of which US

state?

a) Alaska

b) Texas

c) Florida

4 Which of these cities lies between

Philadelphia and Washington, DC?

a) Baltimore

b) Allentown

c) Richmond

5 What region covers most of the "toe"

of "the boot of Italy"?

a) Tuscany

b) Lombardy

c) Calabria

6 Where is the volcano called Kraka-

toa?

a) Japan

b) Indonesia

c) Madagascar

7 Which of these countries is on the

continent of Africa?

a) Jordan

b) Bolivia

c) Nigeria

8 Aberdeen is known as what?

a) The City of Love

b) The City of Churches

c) The Granite City

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1 Kyrgyzstan2 Gulf ofTonkin

3 Florida4 Baltimore5 Calabria6 Indonesia7 Nigeria8 The GraniteCity

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