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Just read the description: Sudoku - combinatorial number-placement puzzle in which the objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid (also called “boxes,” “blocks,” “regions,” or “sub-squares”) contains all of the digits from 1 to 9. Need I say more...
...with this painting and try to figure out how I was handling it.” The diptych is a masterful amalgamation of abstract symbols used to represent the personalities of the artist and her parents, as well as the relationships between them. Distorted images of hands, the placement of the figures, and the colors employed in the two paintings all serve to metaphorically depict the three subjects and their interactions with the world around them.“I used hands to express my parents’ personalities and how they view the world,” Escobedo says...
...Harvard, I have found myself having to explain that, actually, Atlanta and its surrounding areas are highly metropolitan. We even have schools. In fact, my high school offered every Advanced Placement class and was more diverse than Harvard. Atlanta is home to CNN, Coca-Cola, the world’s busiest airport, and the fifth-largest number of Fortune 500 companies, falling behind two shockingly Southern cities—Houston and Dallas. True, you can find serene, peaceful farms if you drive for a few hours outside of Atlanta, a similar experience to taking the train out from Paris...
What is underlying this comeback is not only amped up recruitment and placement in a new division, but also a close community capable of overcoming both team tragedy and past defeat. Perhaps the best representation of this community—bound by a sport that is rough yet highly personal—is what team members call a unifying facet of the game: rugby songs...
Ironically, the overtures come as Michigan shrinks its own inmate population: since 2006, it has dropped from 51,700 to about 46,000. Officials here attribute the decline to several factors, including an overall drop in crime, the placement of more people on parole and a lower recidivism rate. But in June, as the state's budget crisis deepened, Michigan announced that it would close eight prison facilities by the end of the year, including Standish, which could save some $30 million annually. Standish is expected to be shut down by the end of October, and many...