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2	SUDOKU											The Santa Vista Canine Obedience School
3	Sudoku puzzles originated in Japan. They are a 9x9 grid that you complete											The Santa Vista Canine Obedience School just grduated a series of dogs that just completed their training. Using only the clues below, match each dog to its trainer, how long it took to train the dog and the dog's town.
4	so that each row, column and 3x3 sub-grid within the puzzle contains
5	each number from 1 to 9.
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8		5		8		4		6							dogs					trainers					towns
9			9	2		3	5			7					Bister	Cooper	Gizmo	Jake	Lucky	Martha	Nadine	Paula	Rachel	Teresa	Delhi	Ida Grove	McFarland	Port Hueneme	Zwingle
10			7				2		1
11			4		5					6
12		7		3	6		1	9		4
13		1					9		3				training	6 weeks
14			2		7				9					7 weeks
15		9			3	1		4	5					8 weeks
16				5		9		7		1				9 weeks
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18													towns	Delhi
19														Ida Grove
20	Queens													McFarland												Answer box:
21														Port Hueneme												dogs				training	trainer	town
22														Zwingle												Buster
23													trainers	Marth												Cooper
24														Nakdine												Gizmo
25														Paula												Jake
26														Rachel												Lucky
27														Teresa
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32	How to play:
33	1. You goal is to have one					in each row, column and color.								CLUES:
34	2. Two		cannot be in adjacent spaces, not even diagonally.											1.The dog that was in obedience schoo; for 10 weeks is from Zwingle.
35	3. Move the			's onto the board.										2. Buster wasn't trained by Rachel.
36	4. Place an x in the spaces that cannot be occupied by a .													3. Jake, the dog that Teresa trained, and the canine fromZwingle are three different dogs.
37	5. For example, you place a					in the top-left space. Then fill								4. Of the dog from Delhi and Gizmo, one was trained by Nadine and the other took 8 weeks to train.
38	the top row, left column, and any diagonal spaces with an "x".													5. The dog Teresa trained had a trainiing period that was somewhat shorter than the dog from Delhi.
39														6. The dog Paula trained was trained for 3 weeks more than than the dog from Ida Grove.
40														7. The canine from Delhi is eother the dog Rachel trained of the dog that spent 6 weeks in obedience school.
41														8. The dog from Port Hueneme is either the dog Nadine trained or Cooper.
42														9. The canine that was in school for 9 weeeks, Buster, the canine that Teresa trained and the dog from McFarland are all diffeent dogs.
43														10. Cooper is either the canine from Zwingle or the dog that Rachel trained.
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47	What do you mean?
48	How well do you know the definition of some less commonly used words?
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50		1. Which sentence uses "zephyr" correctly?								2. What does "pervasive" mean?						3. What is the modern equivalent of the word "alack"?									4. What does "inane" mean?							5. What is the modern equivalent of the word "nay"?
51			The zephyr weather was stormy and unpredictable.								Deviant						I understand									Simple							No
52			She made a zephyr comment that was very forceful.								Widespread						Oh no									Complicated							Maybe
53			The zephyr brought a gentle breeze to a hot day.								Lomited						I see									Intelligent							Yes
54			His zephyr actions were very harsh.								Hidden						Oh yes									Silly							Sometimes
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