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Audio books, which still represent only about 3 percent of all books sold, do not exactly herald a return to the Homeric tradition. But their growing popularity has sparked debate among readers, writers and cultural critics about the best way to consume literature.An audio book is simply a book produced in a format that is audible. Audio Books have recently started being explored in Indian Market. People have adopted this trend for a better learning experience. mallxs has been a great help to buy audiob... Read More...
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Women are beautiful Women are graceful Women are compassionate Women have concern for fellow beings Women are care takers Women work all through the year Women are to be admired,supported and encouraged Women have courage Women are intelligent Read More...
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With the changing phase of the society, the concept of healthy and nutritious eating has been replaced by a new food mantra called JUNK FOOD. This new concept of quick, delicious and elegant meal easily available at every corner of the street has engulfed people of every age and race, little children being the brand new entrants. The so called street food is not only popular in India, but people from across the world are seemed to be a hard core fan of it. If you love to eat pizza, burger, fries, noodles, hot-dog, and other suc... Read More...
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In hindi cinema, BALRAJ SAHNI is shining star like sun. He is totally different among all the actors. His memorable roles in GARM HAWA, DO BEEGHA ZAMEEN, WAQT, KABULIWALA, EK PHOOL DO MALI and so many films, in which he shows his acting talent. I stands him in first line of actors who, is the iconic and versatile like ASHOK KUMAR, MOTILAL, DILIP KUMAR, RAJ KAPOOR, PRITHVI RAJ KAPOOR, GURU DUTT, etc. He is MA (English) in English Ruling Period. After marriage he went to Calcutta, and join Satya Niketan as employee. After some time ... Read More...
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Submited by- Rashmi on 2013-05-01 15:03:53 CAREER
Are you a fresher and looking for a job? You must be ready with your formal outfits, neat appearance, and smile on face while attending your job interview. But, are you sure that you have prepared a right cover letter? If not, read on to get some tips on writing a suitable cover letter. Convincing an employer at the time of job interview is a tricky task. Writing a resume for fresher involves a right approach. Cover letter plays a crucial role in applying for a job. It is the first thing that your recruiter comes across while calling y... Read More...
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Do you remember the last time when you received a lovely and romantic gift from your partner or you gave him something that your partner would have cherished? Answer of this question by most people would be a yes! Obviously, how can anyone forget those special moments when you were gifted a beautiful dress or jewelry or just a bouquet of flowers and chocolates by your partner. Gifts bind a relationship and act as a reminder to those lovely and memorable moments spent between you and your partner. How important gifts are in relationships? U... Read More...
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Submited by- Saranya on 2013-04-08 11:00:04 PREGNANCY & PARENTING
Parenting - A word very much loved by women. Almost all women I come across consider themselves experts in parenting. If you are in India, and if you happen to have a child, you will receive advices and guidance on this subject from almost every woman you come across. I was walking down the street the other day with my 10 month od daughter sleeping on my shoulders. A woman called out to me from inside her boutique shop. Curious, I stopped only to get a long advice on how I should cover my baby's head while taking her out etc. I had the ... Read More...
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Delhi, 2nd April, 2013: "I extend my heartiest congratulations to all those who have been associated with the concept of Asian Union and have been working on this subject now for a long time" said Sandeep Marwah Ambassador of International Human Rights Organization affiliated to United Nation on 2nd April at India International Centre on the occasion of Asian Unity Day. "It was from 23 March, to 2 April 1947 that Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Minister, Sarojini Naidu, C. Rajagopalachary and Maulana Abul kalam Azad and o... Read More...
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Hats off to our designers, for their efforts to make Sari a global fahion phenomenon. Once could view the new sizzlinkg looks at the Lakme India and Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Weeks in March 2013. A few looks: Read More...
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Regardless of the tradition or religion, tying the knot is an occasion that is considered to be both sacred and festive. Available high-quality Indian wedding cards online are a testament to that. With just one look, family and friends who get them will have an idea on how memorable and regal the upcoming event is. Indian wedding cards online make it easier for the couple to obtain elegant invitations that are bound to impress those who will receive them. The elaborate designs and exquisite color combinations of invitations on the web speak ... Read More...
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The Clippers sit atop the IL West Division with a record of 11-7. It's the best start in Columbus since 1999. Tonight the Clippers finish this seemingly never-ending series (five games) against Toledo. First pitch is 6:35pm and it's a Dollar Deal Night!
* The Clippers Booster Club is taking a bus trip to Cleveland on Saturday, May 8th to see the Indians vs. Tigers. The trip includes a pre-game party at Progressive Field.
* Shelley Duncan was just 7-for-40 (.175) to start the season, but he's 8 for his last 20 (.400). He still leads the league with 17 RBIs. Carlos Santana is second (16).
* Durham's Dan Johnson leads the IL with 7 HRs, Santana is second with five.
* Jose Constanza's .413 batting average tops the circuit. He is 18-for-42 (.429) against right-handers, but just 1-for-4 against lefties. Constanza was a switch-hitter unless about three seasons ago when he gave up hitting right-handed. I think it's safe to say he won't see very many at-bats against southpaws.
* Tuesday is the season debut of the Indians Minor League Magazine Show on SportsTime Ohio. Al Pawlowski and Jason Stanford with cover all the Tribe affiliates and the show will feature my recent chat with Clippers ace Carlos Carrasco.
* On Friday and Saturday, the Clippers beat Toledo. Those are the first back-to-back wins over the Mud Hens since 2008.
* Brian Buscher is out of the Clippers lineup for a couple days because of tightness in his back. Buscher was 1-for-20 during the road trip and he's 2 for his last 31.
* Jason Donald and Trevor Crowe are both exactly 19-for-66 this season. Donald is second in the league in doubles (7), 1 HR, 10 RBIs, 9 walks and 5-for-6 in stolen bases. Crowe has two doubles, 1 HR, 6 RBIs, 4 walks and he's 4-for-4 on the bases. Donald and Crowe played together at the University of Arizona; Trevor is one year older (26).
* Jordan Brown (26) played at Arizona with Crowe and Donald. Shelley Duncan is also an Arizona Wildcat, but wasn't a teammate, he's older (30).
* Brian Bixler homered twice in the Clippers 7-1 win at Toledo Saturday. Bixler only hit 40 career homer runs, but has three multi-homer games. He has never hit more than nine in a season.
* Brian Horwitz was released to make room for Michael Brantley, leaving just two Brians on the roster (Buscher and Bixler). However, the Clippers still have two Carlos' (Carrasco and Santana), two Hectors (Rondon and Ambriz) and three Michaels (Brantley, Gosling and Sarbaugh). FYI… Louisville leads the league in Chris' with three (Burke, Heisey, Valaika).
* Hector Ambriz, the Indians Rule 5 selection, has pitched six scoreless innings for the Clippers this season. He is with Columbus on a Major League rehab assignment which can only last 30 days. Once that time period expires, the Indians will have to decide whether to put Ambriz on the big league roster, offer him back to Arizona for $25,000 or make a trade to keep him permanently.
* Saul Rivera still holds the title of Clipper closer, but has only recorded two saves so far this year. There have only been four save opportunities thus far with Jess Todd and Frank Herrmann scooping up the others.
* I went down to Mike Sarbaugh's office in Toledo to record our pre-game radio interview and spotted the remote control to the television. It's the largest remote I've ever seen. Try losing this thing in the sofa!

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PHILADELPHIA Its not unusual for Doug Collins to send Jrue Holiday to the 76ers bench, in a clandestine fashion, at the start of the fourth quarter.
Give the guy credit. Hes trying to rest his point guard under the guise of a TV timeout.
In doing so Sunday, with Holiday off the floor, the Sixers committed two turnovers in as many possessions and allowed the Phoenix Suns to build an 11-point run. So there was Holiday, springing off the bench and poised to re-enter with 10:02 left in the fourth.
I can only rest him a minute and eight seconds, Collins said, with a giddy grin. Tonight I had him out for (1:55 in the fourth quarter) and I had to bring him back. He ended up playing 39 minutes.
Holiday poured in a career-best 33 points, handed out 13 assists and scored the final three points of the Sixers 104-101 victory over the Suns at Wells Fargo Center, snapping a two-game skid.
Only two Sixers in the last 25 years have eclipsed 30 points and 13 assists. One is Holiday. The other was some guy named Iverson.
When hes not in the game, you definitely can feel it, Thad Young said of Holiday. The ball, it doesnt move around a lot. Jrue is our distributor whos going to get into the paint and make plays. Sometimes the offense gets stagnant without Jrue in there.
That stagnant streak coincided with the Suns 11-0 run, which carried over from the third to the fourth quarter. This game featured 16 lead changes, and five of them occurred in the fourth quarter, three with Holiday off the floor.
This was one of those games where I kept looking at our coaches, saying, We better keep scoring, because we werent stopping them, Collins said.
So Collins sent Holiday back onto the floor in the fourth, and he never left. The Sixers were a plus-11 with Holiday in the game, a number that came in handy in the final minute.
Holidays 16-foot, pull-up jumper with 26 ticks left made it a three-point game, at 102-99, until the Suns Markieff Morris dropped in a layup. Holiday left the door open for the Suns, making one of two freebies at the other end to make it a 103-101 game. But the Suns Michael Beasley missed a 1-footer, Evan Turner pulled down the rebound and got it to Holiday, who with one of two free throws made it official.
Well, sort of.
The game clock didnt start upon Phoenix inbounding the ball. Rather, it only began to click after a full-court heave from Jared Dudley. The officials reviewed the play and the game ended with a wave of the arms, not the clanging of a ball hitting the rim.
Odd way to go out, but the Sixers will take it.
Coming down the stretch, we made the right plays, said Holiday, who with five double-doubles is tied for second most in the NBA when it comes to the points-assists variety. We had to come out and be sharp, and we were sharp.
Turner finished a rebound shy of a double-double, with 16 points and nine boards. Lavoy Allen had 11 points and six rebounds and Thad Young shot 5-for-7 for 10 points for the Sixers (8-6), who host Dallas Tuesday night.
Phoenix entered the contest with the leagues worst defense against 3-pointers. The Sixers fired away early, hitting their first two attempts from long range. Their hot string didnt last long, though, as they missed nine of their next 12.
A see-saw second quarter went to the Sixers, who got a spot-up 3-pointer from Jason Richardson to send them into halftime with a 46-41 lead. Richardson played 34 minutes, showing no sign of a left ankle sprain from a night earlier.
The Sixers, who have allowed fewer points per game than anyone in the league, have had to rely on their defense in crunch time. This time, Holiday and the offense carried the load.
He has a chip on his shoulder, Young said of Holiday, and thats the way we like it when Jrue plays. Hes aggressive when hes handling the ball, hes making good decisions, finding himself shots.
Turner and Holiday connected for a highlight-reel play midway through the third, when Turner pulled down a defensive rebound and then sent a baseball pass full-court to Holiday for an easy, uncontested lay-up.
Scorching the nets to the tune of 11-for-15 shooting at one stretch, Holiday seemed to have lost his scoring touch at one point in the fourth quarter. He clanged three consecutive attempts at crucial junctures, with Phoenix keeping the game within two possessions.
He kind of made up for it in the final 60 seconds.
He was on today. He was fantastic, Collins said.
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lorilee's yard ball | |||
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My 6" yard ball | ||||
another view of mine | ||||
a smaller one Lorilee made | ||||
a smaller one I made | ||||
You two were busy! What kind of ball did you cover? Summers are just this side of hell, but you don't have to shovel sunshine... Click on the left to show albums http://s76.photobucket.com/use...brary/?sort=3&page=1 | ||||
They were styrofoam balls. 4 and 6" | ||||
I have not seen these made before. They would look lovely in your yard. | ||||
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Good Job and a whole lot lighter than my bowling balls, LOL. | ||||
they are 6" styro and yard glue. put some on the ball and some on the 1/2 marble. set the timer for 3-4 minutes and then bond. | ||||
I used the bowling balls too lol. In fact, I've got to get someone to help me pound the rebar back in my one flower bed to put my frog back up. Those are pretty. | ||||
what is yard glue? never heard of it and where can you find it? All you did is just put the glue on the ball with the marble. you don't have to put anything else on to protect it from the weather Be happy Be safe | ||||
GOOP is the brand they have several kinds you get it at Home Depot or Lowe's.I squeezed a tad out of the tube and dragged a toothpick over it to apply to the marble and ball. Let them sit 4 minures before putting them together.. when you put the 2 pieces together if it oozes too much just use a q-tip to drag it off. you do have to seal it with grout or cement sealer. the stuff I used was grout sealer but may try something else....Several kindsThis message has been edited. Last edited by: 7575EH, | ||||
Thanks 7575EH for the info will look for it the next time at either store. Thanks for sharing the pic of your crafting enjoyed seeing them Be happy Be safe | ||||
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Breakfast links: Bike and street smarts
by JC_Thomson on Mar 22, 2012 8:56 am • link • report
Walkable? More like laughable. I'd never want to walk around that area.
Mill Creek, a 628 unit development of which phase 1 is currently under construction is doing precisely that. Its taking the lot closest to the station entrance.
Also, not sure if this exists, but they really need to come up with a comprehensive plan to update 29. The area has so much wasted potential.
Although we some yearned for more Lydia (WCP) her recent article criticizing Alexander for not wanting a marijuana cultivation center in a "fragile business district" and characterizing her opposition to a ploy to win votes..or not lose them. Outside of that, she couldn't (according to Lydia) possibly think that a cultivation center would actually impede development.
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That said, there are some quick fixes being made in Merrifield to improve walkability/bikeability and the place will look a LOT better and be MUCH easier to navigate on foot once the construction is out of the way.
So this blog is ignoring the latest allegations about the Gray campaign, that he ran a highly illegal shadow campaign?
I mean, a daily roundup of milquetoast "Yay, cycling!" articles is great and all, but this is news that affects everyone in this city -- at the very least, it looks like Gray is going to be federally indicted, and at worst, he's going to have to resign because of this -- and GGW ignores it completely. That's pretty telling.
actually a bunch of us (contributors and regular commentors) don't live in DC. While DC politics certainly impacts the shape of the region, I think GGWs comparative advantage is strongly in transportation, zoning, and development issues, not in general political coverage.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Mar 22, 2012 11:33 am • link • report
Don't you hate when you submit links to GGW for publishing and yet they consistently ignore your requests? Wait, you did submit the link for consideration right?
Any blog that makes political endorsements engages in "general political coverage," I think. When it suits their goals, anyway.
The Gray article was up on the Post's Web site at like 6:30 p.m. last night and was above the fold on A1 in the paper today. Pretty hard stuff to ignore.
Drivers arent as conscious here as they are in other cities, she said before pedaling away, helmet-free.
This is wrong on just so many levels:
1) After getting doored once, you'd think she would have realized rule #1 of not getting doored:
2) Don't ride in the door zone! Folks, it really is that simple. Never, ever ride in the door zone for any reason. Just don't. If the bike lane puts you in the door zone, ride on the edge of the lane and in the car lane if needed.
3) It's futile to rely on the "conscientiousness" of drivers to avoid getting doored. You ride by hundreds of cars and it only takes one of them to door you. Riding in the door zone is playing Russian Roultette.
4) Helmets. That piece of styrofoam on your head isn't made of magic. Wearing a helmet is a lot less important than not getting hit in the first place.
If you have been doored twice in one year you are probably doing something wrong. Take a WABA class or something. Ride on the left side of the bike lane so if a door does open, you can take evasive action to avoid it.
The most dangerous thing I see my fellow bike riders do on a daily basis? The "MUST KEEP TO THE RIGHT" mentality. Weaving to the right every time there's a break in parked cars, passing on the right of vehicles you KNOW people are going to be exiting (TAXIS, BUSES!) People are just putting themselves out there to get creamed.
The one fact everyone on a bike should know: getting hit from behind by a car is the last thing you have to worry about. Yes, it is scary because you can't see behind you. But the people behind you CAN see you. As long as you are predictable and don't weave in and out of the parking lane/sidewalk, people coming up behind you will see you and avoid you. You are 100X more likely to be hit with a door, right-hooked by a vehicle, hit by someone turning left across you etc. THOSE are the things you should be worried about and watching for. Forget "getting out of the way as much as possible" so that you don't get hit from behind. It almost never happens.
I come here to read about transit and planning and housing in DC, so I don't really care if the latest political news from the Post isn't here. Why would I, when I can just read the Post in the first place?
I did not say they don't cover local politics. I just don't think thats their relative strength.
I try not to complain about inadequate coverage from news sources I don't pay for (and that don't even have ads)
by AWalkerInTheCity on Mar 22, 2012 12:04 pm • link • report
I would surprised if most people here "didn't" know about the Gray affair. The question is whether you followed DAl's oft-mentioned suggestion of submitting links to stories we would "like" to read about in the b'fast links. They're plenty of things GGW is aware of that they choose not to publish. I would surprised if there was any sort effort to not publish unfavorable stories about Gray.
by J.D. Hammond on Mar 22, 2012 1:14 pm • link • report
It was a cultivation center (where they manufacture the medicine) not a dispensary (where they sell it). Also, DC's medical marijuana regulations are by far the nation's strictest (as they will receive lots of congressional scrutiny) and it will be far more difficult to obtain a prescription for questionable needs than in other states.
by J.D. Hammond on Mar 22, 2012 1:38 pm • link • report
Yes, starting w/Lydia who doesn't think n'hoods should have much say over who/what business occurs w/in their communities.
by J.D. Hammond on Mar 22, 2012 1:56 pm • link • report
To me this is a good reason NOT to include it here. I come here for information i'm not likely to see otherwise. A WP A1 above the fold story is one i'm likely to see and/or hear reported on in other media.
What if he is indicted and then pleads guilty like his pal HTJ?
by H Street Landlord on Mar 22, 2012 4:37 pm • link • report
No it doesn't. If there were more meat to the story..possibly.
by J.D. Hammond on Mar 22, 2012 8:37 pm • link • report
LOL, this is DC. There's neighborhood opposition to ANYTHING.
I was involved in preliminary work for the facility and the contact person said they had worked hard and invested money and time in the project to work through the bureaucratic hoops and alleviete FUD-based concerns. It's an unassuming industrial building way back on a access road that's currently vacant; there were to be security measures added, but overall nothing on the outside to indicate what it was so little would be changed about it. The bulk of the work was interior.
And then, it's all flushed down the toilet at the last minute for either irrational reasons or self-righteous ones. GG Yvette. I can't believe taxpayers are providing a six-figure salary to you. I know people who make a fraction of that who work harder and provide something of value.
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Phoenix's summer show
2007 proved a glorious year for one of England's foremost current composers - John Rutter, for in that year he received a CBE in the New Year's Honours list for his services to music. His joyous Magnificat will feature in Phoenix Choir's summer concert. That year was also a happy celebration for Michael Fields, since this saw the premiere of his own composition Midsummer Mass.
Ex-Hearsay singer to star in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
The fabulous Priscilla Queen of the Desert sashays into the Congress Theatre this summer from August 12-17 starring Noel Sullivan.
Welsh singing star at the Hippodrome
Welsh singing star Sophie Evans will be coming to the Royal Hippodrome Theatre on June 8.
The Billy Fury Years
2013 marks the 30th anniversary of Billy Fury's untimely death and the music of Britain's own Elvis, is celebrated by Michael King and his fantastic musicians in The Billy Fury Years, at Congress Theatre, Eastbourne on Friday, May 24.
Gods and heroes descend upon All Saints Chapel
Eastbourne may never have experienced anything quite like the volume of sound produced during the Wagner, Verdi and Britten concert on Saturday, May 4.
Choir's concerts in aid of blind
Sovereign Polyphony, the Eastbourne-based female harmony choir, presents the first of their 2013 concerts next Friday (May 17, 7.45pm).
Operatic delights at Chapel
All Saints Chapel, Meads, hopes a major musical event this Spring Bank Holiday week (May 3-5). Star attraction at Gods & Heroes is Sir John Tomlinson, a Sussex resident, who has sung major roles in the world's top local opera houses.
Opera set the mould for G&S
The Eastbourne Gilbert & Sullivan Society is putting on The Sorcerer from Tuesday, May 7 to Saturday, May 11 at the Devonshire Park Theatre. The Sorcerer is the opera which set the mould for Gilbert and Sullivan. A lively story with all the usual characters, muddles and final happy ending.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:51 am
Post subject: 1
Here are the rules; pick a strategy and follow it. Three doors; one car, two goats. You point to a door but do not open it. Monty discloses the contents of a different door. You choose a door and win its contents.
Prove or disprove:
p[car] = 2/3
Did I omit the part about Monty knowing where the car is? Yes. Do you need that to know your winning chances? That's the question.
Vidi, vici, veni.
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Trojan Horse
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:51 am
Post subject: 2
My answer:
Sneaky wording. Apparently, after Monty opens a door, I get to switch to ANY of the doors, including the one Monty just opened. So if he opens the door with the car, I'll just choose that door! Bwa ha ha!
If I know nothing about Monty's procedure for picking a door to open, then my best strategy does indeed give me a probability of 2/3 of winning the car. I just make sure to never stick with my original choice. If Monty reveals the car, I grab it. Otherwise, I switch from my door to the door that Monty didn't open. The only way I lose is if I pick the car at the start, which happens 1/3 of the time. So I have a 2/3 chance of winning.
Now, if I DO know something about Monty's behavior, then my chances could be even better. If I know that Monty always will open the door with the car whenever I don't pick it, then my chances rise to 100%. (If he shows the car, I grab it. Otherwise, I stick with my original door.) But without knowing anything about Monty's behavior, I better stick with the 2/3 strategy.
By the way: I'm currently reading Jason Rosenhouse's book on the Monty Hall problem. So this was already on my mind when you posted this puzzle.
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Unintentionally offensive old coot
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:58 am
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LOL. Nice move, TH!
I assume we are not allowed to pick the car when Monty picks it, we are just stuck.
If we know that Monty is picking as randomly as we are, and we are immediate losers in the cases where he opens the car, then it doesn't matter if we switch.
Say we always pick A. Before we picked, it was equal chance of there being a car behind A, B, or C. Monty open door B and it is a goat. We have eliminated only one case of our original 3 cases, the case where B is the winner; and the remaining choices still have equal probability. In one case, switching helps, in the other case, it doesn't, and neither has a preference.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:03 am
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Under your assumptions, I agree with your conclusion, Zag.
Now we just have to wait and see which scenario was the one bonanova intended.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:22 am
Post subject: 5
Yeah, that's most of it.
TH, you must pick a single a priori strategy and stick with it. None of this "If Monty knows ..., then I'll ..." stuff. You don't know anything about Monty. That's what the tag asserts.
Final time that I edit this response. You got it. Your 1st strategy is general.
Zag, don't add assumptions. The OP is sufficient. I think. I think... I've said that before when it wasn't, but I think this one works on its own.
OK, the OP needs this additional bit:
Assume [only] that Monty acts as your opponent. Translation: He won't knowingly show you the car.
Vidi, vici, veni.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:20 am
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TH, since you're into this, FWIW let me pursue it a bit. You say that p[car|original door] =1/3, so you should open another one, just be careful which, altho it's obvious. A subtle point about p[car|original door] is that when Monty doesn't know where the car is and shows you a goat, it
increases to 1/2. Accordingly, p[car|door3] drops to 1/2. Not that it matters. Fortuitously they're equal. Thus you can get p[car]=2/3 by applying a single strategy in every case. Open the third door unless you see the car.
Here's how I thought of it.
If Monty does not know, 2/3 of the time he shows a goat, and your winning chances are only 1/2. But 1/3 of the time he unknowingly shows you the car. 1/3 x 1 + 2/3 x 1/2 =
Vidi, vici, veni.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:33 pm
Post subject: 7
Surely, if Monty is running the show and knows where the car is, he isn't going to open a door knowing that the car is behind it. It's not good TV. That takes us back to the same-old Monty Hall problem that everybody knows about.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:57 am
Post subject: 8
Got it.
Monty either knows (k) or doesn't know (1 - k) where the car is.
If he does know, he will not reveal it. So your best bet is to switch for a k.2/3 chance of winning.
If he doesn't know and accidentally reveals the car, steal it, for a (1-k).1/3.1 chance of winning.
If he doesn't know and doesn't reveal the car, switch anyway for a (1 - k).1/3.1/2 chance of winning.
k.2/3 + (1 - k).1/3.1 + (1 - k).1/3.1/2 = 2/3
Now for another. This time Monty has an assistant, Wilbur. Either Monty or Wilbur (but not both) know the location of the car. Either Monty or Wilbur (but not both) is instructed to lie at all times (the other is instructed to tell the truth). You select, but don't open, a door. Monty then selects a door, peeks behind it, and states its contents (or lies, if applicable). Wilbur takes the third door, peeks behind it, and states its contents (or lies, if applicable). You may then select any of the doors for your prize. What is your optimal strategy?
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:32 am
Post subject: 9
Optimal strategy: If Monty and Wilbur both claim to see the car, or neither claims to see the car, choose my original door. If one claims to see the car and the other doesn't, choose one of the other two doors at random.
I win 2/3 of the time.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:56 am
Post subject: 10
If Monty and Wilbur both claim to see the car, that means that one of them actually does see the car, and so you should switch, no?
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:03 am
Post subject: 11
Yeah, I got things backwards.
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Daedalian Member
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:14 pm
Post subject: 12
The original problem doesn't say that Monty must open a door, only that he does in this particular case. It might be that Monty doesn't have to open a door and does so only if there's a car behind your original choice. If this is the case then you should never switch if given the opportunity since you get the opportunity only if your original choice is the car.
Or maybe Monty gives you the opportunity to switch only if your first choice was a goat. Then you should always switch.
What's the best strategy if you don't know whether or not Monty was required to open a door and don't know his motive in any case?
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:22 pm
Post subject: 13
Ralph has it, despite the backwards bit.
Now, an apology in advance for the following monster that I call "The Full Monty"...
The usual setup - three doors; one car, two goats.
Monty and Wilbur are hosting the show they are stuck in a strange contract in which they have to pay for the car themselves (thus it is in their interests for the contestant to win a goat).
Before the show starts one of the two hosts (picked at random) is told the location of the car. Whichever one of the two it is, he may not under any circumstances divulge this information to his co-host unless it is through the normal playing of the game (work on the assumption that this is impossible to do). Additionally, one of the hosts (again picked randomly) is told that he must lie about what he sees behind the door he will later pick. This may or may not be the same host who knows the location of the car.
By deduction, the host who is not selected to know the cars location will know that the other host does. Similarly, the non-liar will know that the other host is the liar. Only the contestant is in the dark about all this, although he does know that one of the hosts knows the cars location and that one of them (maybe the same one) is compelled to lie.
The game is played like this: First, Monty picks a door, peeks behind it, and tells the contestant what he sees (he may lie, if he is the selected liar). Second, Wilbur picks one of the two remaining doors, peeks behind it and tells the contestant what he sees (again, lying if required). This leaves a third door which nobody has looked behind. Finally, the contestant gets to choose to open any of the three doors and claim as a price whatever is behind it.
(1) Assuming the contestant is very canny, has a profoundly logical mind, and wants to win the car, what strategy should the hosts use to minimise his chance of winning?
(2) Assuming the hosts have a perfect strategy, what can the contestant do to maximise his chance of getting the car?
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:10 pm
Post subject: 14
Interesting puzzle, Chang.
SPOILER ALERT: I discuss the results here, but didn't invis. On your own head be it. (I hate reading large blocks of invissed stuff.)
After working out all the cases just to get the simple strategy, I realized that the simple strategy is actually very simple. (But then it breaks down.)
First, ignore their actual choices and just consider if they same the same or different. By symmetry, this is all that matters, and it lets you ignore which is the liar.
If Monty and Wilbur say different things, then the contestant knows that the third one is the car. Therefore, suppose they always conspire to say the same thing. First, is this possible? (yes) Second, what is the player's win rate if he knows they are doing this? Third, can they improve on this? Fourth, what are the decision points for the hosts.
I'll answer #4 first. The only decision point for the hosts are if Monty knows which is the car. If Wilbur knows, then he should never pick the same as what Monty picked, because then the contestant always wins. (If Monty and Wilbur say different things, the contestant knows they both saw goats and the car is the third choice.)
#1. Can they conspire to always say the same thing. Yes, they can.
If Monty knows, he picks the car.
If Wilbur knows, he picks the opposite of what Monty picked. Note that Monty picks the car 1/3 of the time, because he doesn't know.
#2. What is the player's win rate against this strategy?
The contestant (assuming the two have said the same thing), should always pick what Monty picked, and he will win 2/3 of the time. (1/2 the time Monty knew, and 1/6 of the time he didn't know but picked the car.)
#3. Can Monty and Wilbur do better than 1/3 win, by sometimes risking saying the opposite?
The only time that this is relevant is when Monty knows, because clearly Wilbur should always choose to make their answers the same. Should Monty sometimes pick a goat and risk the 1/2 chance that Wilbur will also pick a goat (since he knows that the contestant is going to take his pick as long as the two declarations are the same)?
Let's say he does so x fraction of the time. Of those, half are a guaranteed loss and half are a guaranteed win for the contestant, but they were all going to be a guaranteed win, so this is a gain for the hosts.
What if x = 1. That is, Monty, when he knows, never picks correctly, then if the player sticks with the strategy of always taking Monty's choice (when they are the same), his win rate drops to 5/12. (1/6 of the time Monty doesn't know and picks the car, plus 1/4 of the time Monty knows and picks a goat but Wilbur also picks a goat.)
However, if this is the strategy the hosts use, the player can always pick Wilbur's choice (when they say the same), and he arrives at a whopping win rate of 5/6! He only loses in the cases where Monty doesn't know and happens to pick the car.
#3b. Are there other strategies?
No, since we showed with #4 above that the only interesting factor for the hosts is what they do when Monty knows.
So, the correct strategy for the hosts is to choose randomly between those two strategies, where they choose the first one x (fraction) of the time. We select x to be the Nash equilibrium point, where the contestant can not improve his odds by taking one strategy over the other.
I leave the calculation as an exercise for the grad student. However, my guess is that the best approach for the hosts is if Monty, when he knows, picks the car 2/3 of the time. I'm curious if my gut guess is right, but I'm out of time to work on this.
Last edited by Zag on Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:28 pm; edited 2 times in total
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Trojan Horse
Daedalian Member
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:19 pm
Post subject: 15
Whew. When I saw that you'd posted, Zag, I thought you'd completely beaten me to the punch. What a relief that you didn't.
Allow me to fill in the gaps.
Here's my independent solution. Looks like I'm repeating a lot of things Zag said already.
First, a couple of facts.
Fact 1: If neither of the hosts peeks at the door containing the car, then their answers will differ; one will claim to have a car, the other will claim to have a goat. The contestant will then pick the 3rd door, and win. So the hosts need to avoid this happening at all costs.
Fact 2: If one of the hosts peeks at the door containing the car, then the hosts' answers will match; they will either claim to both have cars or both have goats. Then the contestant will need to choose one of those two doors. Whether the hosts both claim "car" or both claim "goat" is irrelevant, since each host has a 50% chance of being the liar.
Now, let's talk about the strategy for the hosts.
If Monty does not know where the car is, then he will choose a door at random. If he chooses a goat, then Wilbur will choose the door with the car; it's the only way for the hosts to have a chance. If Monty stumbles onto the car by chance, then Wilbur might as well choose one of the other two doors at random.
If Monty does know where the car is, he must decide whether to pick the door with the car or a door with a goat. Seems like he should just play it safe and pick the door with the car, but let's not assume that yet. Say Monty decides to play a mixed strategy, and picks the car with probability p. Regardless, Wilbur will pick one of the other two doors at random.
Given these constraints, let's find the probability of the car being behind Monty's door, Wilbur's door, or the third door. (In each of these calculations, the first term represents the possibility that Monty knows where the car is. The second term represents the possibility that Wilbur knows where the car is.
Car behind Monty's door: (1/2)(p)+(1/2)(1/3)=p/2+1/6
Car behind Wilbur's door: (1/2)(1-p)(1/2)+(1/2)(2/3)=-p/4+7/12
Car behind neither door (so contestant wins): (1/2)(1-p)(1/2)+(1/2)(0)=-p/4+1/4
Now let's look at things from the contestant's side. The contestant just needs to decide whether to choose Monty's door or Wilbur's door, when the car is not behind the 3rd door.
Chance of winning by choosing Monty's door or the 3rd door: (p/2+1/6)+(-p/4+1/4)=p/4+5/12
Chance of winning by choosing Wilbur's door or the 3rd door: (-p/4+7/12)+(-p/4+1/4)=-p/2+5/6
Basically, the hosts need to choose p so that the larger of those two probabilities is as small as possible. And that will be when they are equal.
p/4+5/12=-p/2+5/6 -> 3p/4=5/12 -> p=5/9
So, if Monty knows where the car is, he should choose the car with probability 5/9. Then it doesn't matter what the contestant does; he can choose at random when the car is not behind the 3rd door, and he wins with probability:
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Unintentionally offensive old coot
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:27 pm
Post subject: 16
, eh? My gut was close, but not quite there.
BTW, I didn't bother to invis because there is really nothing that jumps out at you as the answer, so someone won't 'accidentally' see it, and I hate reading large blocks of invissed stuff. I think it kicks my dyslexia into high gear. Hmmm. I'll make a note, at least.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:20 pm
Post subject: 17
Nice work, gentlemen.
I love the way that the problem, at first sight, seems to obviously favour the hosts. Then a quick analysis shows the fatal flaw in giving different answers, and that, when adjusting the hosts' strategy to avoid that the contestant gains another advantage. At the end, the very 'perks' that the hosts have conspire to give the contestant a better chance of defeating them.
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:47 pm
Post subject: 18
I was just looking this over, and I think the hosts have a better strategy.
Before learning where the car is, Monty and Wilbur flip a coin and remember the result.
If Wilbur knows where the car is, then Monty opens a door at random. Wilbur then chooses the car if Monty didn't; otherwise, he chooses a goat. (2/3 of the time Monty finds a goat and Wilbur finds the car; 1/3 of the time Monty finds the car and Wilbur finds the goat.)
If Monty knows where the car is, then Wilbur's strategy is:
- if the flip was heads, choose the door right of Monty's; if it was tails, choose the door left of Monty's. (Imagine the doors being in a circle.)
2/3 of the time, Monty chooses the car. 1/3 of the time, Monty chooses a goat so that Wilbur will find the car. (1/3 of the time Monty finds a goat and Wilbur finds the car; 2/3 of the time Monty finds the car and Wilbur finds the goat.)
Overall, 1/2 of the time Monty finds a goat and Wilbur finds the car; 1/2 of the time Monty finds the car and Wilbur finds the goat.
Player's strategy is: If Monty and Wilbur say the same thing, pick one at random. If they say different things (which they won't under my strategy), pick the third door. Player has a 50% chance of winnng.
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Unintentionally offensive old coot
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:28 pm
Post subject: 19
Hmmm. I'm trying to figure out if the player can glean any more information out of that, but it seems not.
The 'moderator' will have to decide if the flipping the coin technique is fair. If it isn't, then they have to agree in advance that Wilbur will, in cases where he doesn't know, always pick the one to the left of Monty's pick. If that's the plan, then it clearly gives the player more information, because sometimes (1/6) he will have to pick the one to the right to avoid picking the other goat after Monty had to guess and picked the wrong goat.
I'm inclined to say that them flipping a coin before the game is equivalent to them having a secret strategy that the player doesn't get to know, which disallows it. However, I'm pretty sure I agree that the probability has dropped to 1/2 for the player if they are allowed to do it.
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:57 pm
Post subject: 20
I took the bit about restricting communications to mean that the game can be treated as:
1) They arrive at the studio for that game.
2) They are taken to isolated rooms.
3) Monty is informed whether he knows the location of the car, and if so where it is, and whether he is truthful or a liar.
4) Monty must pick door A, B, or C.
5) Wilbur is told whether he knows the location of the car, and if so, where it is, whether he is truthful or a liar, what door Monty chose and what Monty said.
6) Wilbur must choose A, B, or C, not matching Monty's choice.
7) The player is told what doors Monty and Wilbur chose, and what they said they saw.
8) The player must choose door A, B, or C.
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