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The teenage pop star is friends with the sportsman and his wife Victoria and recently gifted their three sons with signed guitars. He has now revealed he has made a deal with Beckham to sing for the family, as long as the Los Angeles Galaxy star teaches him some soccer moves.
Bieber tells Britain's Closer magazine, "I've agreed to give the boys a private concert at their house -- if David gives me some private soccer lessons! David's an amazing dad, and he told me how happy it would make the boys, so I had to say yes ... David tells me my records are always played in their household, and David and Victoria are both really cool, so I'm happy to oblige."
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The "Baby" hitmaker is also considering asking his girlfriend Selena Gomez to join in now the Beckhams are parents to a baby girl called Harper, who was born earlier this month.
He adds, "Maybe now they have a girl, Selena will have to come too, and dedicate a song to Harper."
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Snowflake Computing’s data warehouse as a service today opens for business to all Microsoft Azure customers, bringing the cloud platform into line with AWS. The news should come as little surprise as Snowflake had already announced its intentions with a spoiler alert in July.
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REMOVAL trucks have arrived at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Los Angeles home.
Things are moving fast for the couple as they begin carve out their separate lives following the announcement of their divorce this week.
As their Californian mansion becomes the centre of attention for the world's media, the vans rolled in to start work on the items inside what was previously the family home.
The former Hollywood pair have been together for 12 years - two of them as man and wife - so it's likely that divvying up their belongings will not be an easy task.
The couple have six kids together — Maddox, 15, Pax, 12 Zahara, 11, Shiloh, ten, and eight-year-old twins, Knox and Vivienne. Maddox, Zahara and Pax were adopted from orphanages in Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam, respectively.
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“I’ve spent most of my life trying to escape the sound of the electric guitar,” says Steve Marion. That’s a rather surprising confession considering that, under the name Delicate Steve, Marion has spent the better part of the last decade establishing himself as one of the most wildly innovative and widely revered players in the game. He’s recorded with Paul Simon, been sampled by Kanye West, toured in the Black Keys, and released four critically acclaimed albums of genre-bending instrumental music. He’s your favorite musician’s favorite musician, a virtuoso songwriter, producer, and performer who occupies a lane entirely his own in the modern indie landscape, but he’s never liked the sound of the electric guitar? “I’ve tried everything under the sun to get away from it,” he explains. “Until now.”
Born and raised in New Jersey, Marion first came to widespread attention with the release of Wondervisions, his 2011 debut under the Delicate Steve moniker. The New York Times raved that the album “slyly eludes generalizations,” while NPR hailed it as “the year’s most epic sun-bleached back porch jam session,” and Mojo proclaimed that “whether this is post rock, space rock or ad hoc it’s hard to say, but who needs taxonomy when music feels this good?” Delicate Steve’s 2012 follow-up, Positive Force, was met with similar acclaim, with Pitchfork declaring that “Marion is one of those rare guitarists whose instrument sings in the place of vocals.” In the years that followed, Marion would go on to release two more highly lauded studio albums; record with the likes of Paul Simon, Amen Dunes, and Sondre Lerche; perform live with Yeasayer, Mac DeMarco, Built To Spill, Dr. Dog, and Tune-Yards among others; have his songs sampled by Kanye West not once, but twice; and join the Black Keys on the road as a touring guitarist in support of 2019’s Let’s Rock. If that all sounds like a lot for one man, that’s because it was, and by the time 2020 rolled around, Marion needed to step away from the noise.
That chemistry is obvious from the outset on After Hours, which opens with the aptly titled “Playing in a Band.” Lush and immersive, the track showcases Marion’s knack for sonic world building, conjuring up its own little universe of swelling tones and swirling colors underneath a lilting, lyrical melody line that feels as effortless as it is infectious. The intoxicating “Street Breeze” evokes the kaleidoscopic sights and sounds of a brisk walk through the city, while the languid “I Can Fly Away” dips into hazy ’70s soul as it learns to harness its own raw power, and the surrealist “Looking Glass” stirs up an air of mystery and restlessness atop a churning, perpetually unsettled groove. Though Delicate Steve’s catalog has traditionally consisted of crisp, tightly constructed songwriting, the tunes on After Hours are more loose and fluid, unfurling in their own time with grace and gratitude.
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The movie follows the story of Mira Kapoor, who is a divorced woman and a former lawyer. She spends her days drinking and riding the train back and forth to work in the industrial district, watching the world go by outside the window. Every day she sees a couple whom she believes are deeply in love and has romanticised their perfect life. However, one day, Mira becomes a witness to a shocking incident during her daily commute that changes everything.
As Mira's life spirals out of control, the police begin to investigate the disappearance of Nusrat John, the woman she saw from the train. Mira's obsession with the missing woman drives her to investigate the case herself, putting herself in danger as she becomes more involved with the life of Nusrat and the people around her. The movie explores themes revolving around mental health, guilt, and the dark consequences of obsession.
Parineeti Chopra shines in her role as Mira Kapoor, bringing depth and nuance to her character's struggles with addiction, trauma and depression. She delivers a commendable performance as a woman who is struggling to come to terms with her past and trying to make sense of her present while dealing with her addiction to alcohol.
Aditi Rao Hydari, as Nusrat John, brings a lot of subtlety and depth to her character. Kirti Kulhari, as the investigating officer, provides a steady presence in the film, as she calmly but effectively navigates through the complex web of lies and half-truths that surround the case.
The Girl on the Train from 2021, is a well-acted, suspense-filled mystery thriller with a taut pace that keeps the audience engaged from start to finish. The film makes excellent use of flashbacks and non-linear storytelling structures to keep the viewer guessing till the end. The tension-filled scenes and the beautifully crafted cinematography add to the overall impact of the movie, making it an absolute must-watch for lovers of thrillers and mysteries.
In conclusion, The Girl on the Train from 2021 is an expertly crafted mystery thriller that keeps the audience enthralled from start to finish. The engaging performances by Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Kirti Kulhari bring depth and insight to the characters they portray. If you are looking for a well-crafted, suspense-filled Hindi thriller, then The Girl on the Train from 2021 is worth watching.


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The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and MUFG have jointly financed the purchase of equipment by Uzbekistan’s biggest telecommunications company to the tune of ¥19.3bn (US$145mn).
Under the agreement, signed on January 27, JBIC will contribute a buyer’s credit of ¥11.6bn (US$87.5mn) while MUFG is lending ¥7.7bn (US$52.8mn). MUFG’s portion of the loan is insured by Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (Nexi), one of Japan’s two official export credit agencies alongside JBIC.
The deal will help state-operated Uzbektelecom to buy telecommunications equipment from Japanese exporter Toyota Tsusho Corporation, with the aim of improving the Central Asian country’s communications infrastructure.
The agreement follows a 2019 memorandum of understanding between JBIC and the Uzbek government on “structuring projects in the Uzbek telecommunications sector”, according to JBIC.
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Celebrate one of Australia’s iconic animals - the koala - and the outstanding work of the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital - the first facility in the world solely dedicated to care and conserve the koala, based in Port Macquarie.

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What happens when major video game characters want a change?
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Actor Dileep’s upcoming film has been titled 'Thankamani'. Earlier, the film was tentatively titled ‘D 148.' Directed by Ratheesh Reghunandan of ‘Udal’ fame, the movie is jointly produced by RB Choudary under Super Good Films and Raaffi Mathirra under Iffar Media.
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Monday, May 2
According to the Wyoming State Historical Society, this week was a full one in history. On May 3, 1980, the first Wyoming History Day was held in Casper. On May 4, 1900, "the Carbon County sheriff decided not to allow drunken hobos arrested in Rawlins to be put in county jail because of a smallpox outbreak along the railroad." On May 6, 1884, Fremont County was organized.
On May 2, 1924, the Greybull Standard and Tribune warned readers that "the annual assortment of stories about freak eggs laid by lady chickens are beginning to appear in newspapers."
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The MoD is considering how the ruling will affect its policy on single parents.
A tribunal is considering how much the MoD must pay a female soldier after she won her case against the Army for sexual and racial discrimination.
Tilern DeBique, 28, was disciplined after not appearing on parade because she had to look after her daughter.
The corporal could be paid up to £100,000 for loss of earnings, injury to feelings and aggravated damages.
The MoD said personnel with children "are responsible for ensuring they have childcare arrangements in place".
Cpl DeBique was told the Army was "unsuitable for a single mother who couldn't sort out her childcare arrangements".
The judge who ruled on the MoD's appeal called it an unusual case, because Cpl DeBique was a Foreign and Commonwealth soldier serving in the British Army, as well as being a single mother.
Her daughter was initially cared for by her family in St Vincent. She then brought her child to England, and asked if a relative could come to the UK to help with childcare - but was told immigration rules did not allow it.
The corporal missed work when her child was ill, and was late for parade, resulting in disciplinary action.
Her commanding officer told Cpl Debique she was expected to be available for duty at any time.
The MoD said Cpl Debique was offered an alternative job, but left.
The tribunal criticised the Army for not helping to make childcare arrangements.
An MoD spokesman said: "The armed forces aim to achieve a working environment free from harassment, intimidation and discrimination.
"Serving personnel who are parents are responsible for ensuring they have childcare arrangements in place so that they can fulfil all of their Army duties.
"Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland citizens have access to the same levels of Army welfare support as their British counterparts."
BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the military will be studying the case to see what they have to do better under the law with regard to single parents.
The Army will have to look very carefully at what they are asking single parents to do, she added.
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I was talking to a friend recently about their work. Specifically, about a problem individual at work. What was really interesting about our talk was how greatly it contrasted the way we thought about this situation. Unfortunately, I believe most people would agree with my friend. So I have decided to lay out my argument and beliefs and hope that some people find it thought-provoking enough to comment on.
First, the situation: At my friend’s work there is a coworker who is not very good at their job. I am not just saying that they can’t get their own job done satisfactorily, but that they even drag down the work of anyone else they interact with. My friend also related the fact that every person they had talked to about this coworker agreed completely with their assessment.
My first question was, “Have you told your boss this?” To which I got the reply, “I don’t want to be the rat!”
That stopped me. I had in no way considered that it would be a negative thing to do something that, in my mind, would improve the work environment. I started to consider this point of view and one question came to mind: who are you being the rat to?
Your boss? I know that if I was the boss, I would be very happy to find out about someone that I was paying that was not pulling their weight. I would also see it as a team morale issue. If this one person is pulling down my entire team, how much better would they perform without the, pardon the term, dead-weight? So I ruled the boss out.
Your coworkers? My friend had just told me that every coworker they had talked to had come to the exact same conclusion about this person. They all believed that this coworker was hampering them from doing their job to the level that they wanted. Removing this person would not only make them better at their jobs, but it would also improve their work experience because they would not have to deal with the frustration this person creates. So I ruled out the coworkers.
The dead-weight? Now I have two answers. The first believes that the dead-weight is dead-weight because they either do not like their job, do not care about their job, or for some other reason have stopped being passionate about their job. For this person, it seems to me like it would be somewhat of a release to not have to do that job anymore. They would be free to pursue a vocation that they are actually passionate about. They would be forced to consider what they really want in their life and to chase after it. In this case, my friend is not being a rat, but is instead helping the dead-weight to go find something they are truly passionate about.
The second scenario is that the dead-weight is hiding in their job, knowing that they are not being helpful, but just holding the space in order to collect a paycheck. They have found an “easy” paycheck that they think they can just sit on, at everyone else’s expense, forever. In this one case, my friend is being the rat to them. But in this case, is there anyone out there who cares? I most definitely would not.
In that case, they are taking a job away from someone who would be passionate about it. They are hurting the company they work for. They are hurting their coworkers. They are hurting my friend. In that case, be the rat.
I would love to hear what people think about my take on this situation. Please leave a comment, or feel free to email me at Ryan Lynch at 47LLC dot com.

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Victoria is known for its thriving business community, and now there’s a remarkable opportunity for local businesses to come together and make a significant impact on the lives of others. The Canadian Blood Services’ Partners For Life (PFL) program provides an avenue for businesses to unite, donate blood as a team, and support a vital cause. We will explore the benefits of team blood donation, highlight the Donor Centre’s convenient location, and provide examples of how businesses can go above and beyond to spread the message and encourage others to join in.
The Partners For Life program, organized by Canadian Blood Services, brings businesses together in a collective effort to make a positive impact on the community. By joining this program, businesses commit to donating blood as a team, thereby amplifying their impact and fostering a sense of camaraderie among employees. This initiative not only benefits the local community but also enhances team spirit and builds stronger connections within the workplace.
Donating blood as a team offers numerous benefits that go beyond the altruistic act itself. When employees come together for a common cause, they develop a sense of unity and purpose. Team blood donations promote teamwork, boost morale, and strengthen relationships among colleagues. Additionally, it fosters a positive image for the company, showing a commitment to social responsibility and community engagement.
The Victoria Donor Centre is located at 3449 Saanich Rd, conveniently across from Uptown Shopping Centre. The center provides a safe and welcoming environment for donors, with highly trained staff who prioritize the comfort and well-being of every participant. By choosing this location, businesses can conveniently organize group donations and make a tangible difference in the lives of patients in need. The Victoria Donor Centre team also happens to be the winner of the 2023 Canadian Blood Services National Award of Distinction. That means you’re in some incredible hands.
While donating blood as a team is a remarkable initiative, there are additional ways businesses can contribute to the cause and encourage others to join in. One inspiring local partnership example is Browns Socialhouse, a proud partner of Canadian Blood Services since 2017. They have taken their commitment to the next level by offering incentives to blood donors. For the entire month of April, Browns Socialhouse provides $5 off vouchers to blood donors, further motivating individuals to participate in this life-saving act. With two participating locations, Browns Socialhouse actively encourages their staff to donate and even offers internal prizes to recognize their commitment. The two supporting managers, Norm and Matt, say that working with Canadian Blood Services is easy and, “there’s a dire need for it”. Their team actively rallies behind this cause and have fun donating together.
Browns Socialhouse uses internal communication and social media channels to share stories of employees who have donated blood and have inspired others to generate awareness of the cause. Not to mention, the many new donors that join in April to take advantage of their generous coupon.
Victoria’s business community has an incredible opportunity to unite, make a difference, and save lives through team blood donations. By joining the Canadian Blood Services’ Partners For Life program and donating blood together, businesses can foster team spirit, enhance relationships, and demonstrate a commitment to community well-being. Moreover, businesses can take inspiration from local partnerships like Browns Socialhouse, offering incentives and prizes to encourage employees and the community to participate. Let us come together as a community, go beyond donating blood, and spread the message to inspire others to join this life-saving mission.
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All of us want to produce more nutritious choices with what we eat and drink, but many times, we have been either too busy or we merely don't understand how to start. This post contains some solid
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I had seen a few adverts for this brain training game for the Nintendo DS before I purchased the DS. Being a lover of puzzles it was one of the first games I bought when I finally got my DS. Overall I was a little bit disappointed with the game, there are a few things that annoy me about it which I will go into later.
I paid around £5 for a used copy in a game shop. The game is available on Amazon used from £0.40 plus delivery.
WHAT IS BRAIN TRAINING?
Brain training is selection of puzzles to complete. Before you start you enter your name, age and whether you are right or left handed. You then complete an age test which consists of 3 random puzzles, the results will give you an age for your brain. In this game the lower your brain age the better. The lowest the brain age can get to is 20 therefore this is what the player is to aim for. Each day you can complete a brain age check with a graph showing your brains improvement/decline in comparisons with other days.
Sometimes the character of Dr Kawashima pops up on the screen to give you hints or may ask you to draw a picture. Some days he may ask you a question, for example"what did you have for breakfast today?" he will then pop up a few days later and say "What did you have for breakfast on the 17th August?" to see if you can remember.
WHAT ARE THE BRAIN TRAINING PUZZLES?
-There are three types of calculation puzzles, calculations x 20, calculations x 100 and voice calculations. You can also select a difficulty for the puzzles. There are no division calculations if you select the easier option. The screen will show a list of calculations and you are to use your stylus to write the answer. At first the game may not recognise your numbers as you write them but you will soon figure out how to write them clearly so they will be correct. In voice calculations you say our answers aloud.
-A syllable count puzzle will display a sentence or phrase. You are to count the syllables and write the number on the screen with your stylus.
-The head count puzzle shows a picture of a house, a number of people will enter the house through a door and some may leave, you are to keep track of how many people are left in the house and write the number at the end. This starts off quite simple but soon speeds up and adds more and more people so can get tricky.
-Low to high is a memory game. A few boxes appear on the screen with numbers on them. After a couple of seconds the numbers disappear and you need to remember which numbers were in which boxes and touch the boxes in order or low to high. The further you get with this the more boxes are added for you to remember.
-Reading aloud is a puzzle which gives you a few pages of text to read. You need to tap the next button at the end of the page, this tests how quickly you read the text. If you try to cheat and just keep tapping next the puzzle will end.
-Time lapse shows two times of two different clocks and you are to calculate the difference in the times by writing the number.
-Triangle math is available in two difficulties, there are numbers shown in the shape of a triangle. You are to solve the sums you are given to fill in the next row of the triangle. The hard mode has an extra row to the normal mode.
BRAIN AGE CHECK
Other puzzles are included in the brain age check. You can do this more than once but it will only save your first result for each day. At the start of this test it will ask you if you can speak. I always say no now as I feel like an idiot talking into the machine but I've tried it a few times before. If you select yes the first test is known as the stroop test.
-The stroop test - The word of a colour will be shown in front of you. Say for example the word reads 'red', it may be written in a blue font and you are required to say aloud the colour of the font NOT the word as it reads. You are to say as many of these as you can in an allotted time, it's very frustrating as there's always a couple I slip up on.
-Speed counting requires you to count clearly up to 120 as fast as you can.
If you say no you cannot speak aloud you will be given three of the following puzzles-
-Word memory - this is my favourite puzzle. The two sides of the screen display a list of 30 words. You have 2 minutes to try and memorise as many of these words as you can. You then get 3 minutes to write as many of these words as you can onto the screen using the stylus. You must write clearly or the word may not be accepted. I personally try to remember words in small groups that rhyme or start with the same letter but I'm not sure if it helps much.
-Connect Maze - A bit like dot to dot but with letters instead of numbers, starting at 'A' going through the alphabet to 'M' you must draw a line from one letter to the next as fast as you can without touching the other letters.
-Calculations x20 as described in the puzzles section
-Number cruncher - A screen full of numbers is shown on the left hand side, some numbers may be written in different colours and come may be moving in circles or sliding from side to side. Questions will come up on the opposite screen for you to answer such as 'How many yellow numbers?' or 'How many moving numbers?' or ' How many number 5's?'. You must then write your answer in the box provided and get through as many of these as you can within the time limit.
A popular number grid game found in many magazines/puzzle books/newspapers etc., this puzzle is included as a fun extra on this game. It is not necessary to do as part of your brain training or age check it's just an extra which in no way affects your results. There are three levels, beginner, intermediate and advanced. The idea of this game is you have a 9x9 grid in which you have to insert numbers from 1 to 9. No column, row or 3x3 square should contain the same number twice. There is a tutorial which will explain this better than I can for those who are unsure how to play.
Good for having a quick game or letting friends have a go as you dont need to put in your details and can just play. You can do a quick age check, training or sudoku that will not be saved.
If you have the game and somebody else hasn't got it but has a DS and would like to try it they can download the quick mode from your game or one of the calculations games to try out. I have never tried this before.
The game is for ages 3+. I think it may be a bit difficult for a 3 year old, but for children who can add up and know there alphabet all the way through to the elderly, this game is suitable for all ages. It does seem to work and just doing the few puzzles a day you will notice that your speed improves as the days and weeks go by.
After a few days I was a bit bored of doing the same puzzles over, I wish there was a bit more variety. When I had done the sudoku puzzles I had no interest in doing them again although they are timed so you could try to beat your speed if you wanted to.
I used it every day when I first got it but it soon got a bit repetitive doing the same sort of puzzles and it doesn't last long each day and I got bored after a few weeks. Although written down it may look like a lot of puzzles but a lot are similar puzzles, just different lengths and difficulties.
If you can pick this up for a few pounds it is definitely worth getting. It is good value for money as the whole family can use it.
At first the buzz about Dr Kawashima's Brain Training was all over the media, but slowly the hype started to die down and is now practically non existent.
I just like everyone else was drawn into the popularity of this game, and at first it seemed like a great way to 'train your brain' but after a while the boredom set in and turned me against every aspect of this game.
Entertainment- As there is a wide variety of games and tasks, it is fairly entertaining and fun, finding out your true brain age was always tense and full of expectations, usually ending in a happy reply.
With all the games it's very tricky to decide my favourite, as they are all, at first, brilliant.
Included- This game came included with my DS, so I didn't have to pay anything for it, which was a bonus and was why I didn't overly judge this game.
Boredom- While the games are fun at first, after a while they just get extremely boring, finding out your brain age is just the same old thing, this game seems to be a one time only hit and after that is deemed useless.
Repetitive- The mini games get extremely repetitive, to the stage where you just get fed up and turn the DS off.
When I was bought my Nintendo DS a few years ago it came as a bundle with the Brain Training game but the game is still available to buy new for about £15.
The game is used under the premise that keeping your mind active and well exercised is important to good brain function both now and in the future.
Starting The Game
On beginning the game it is necessary to fill in a few details about yourself and you sign yourself into a game slot. The game can hold information for 4 different people and it sometimes compares your behaviour to that of other players.
You begin the game with a Brain Age check. This is done by completing three random games, some are spoken and some are completed by using the touch screen. I found some of these tricky as it takes a while to get the hang of writing numbers in such a way that the DS always recognises the correct numeral. I also find it seemed to have trouble when I said the word "Blue", I do not have a particularly strong accent and it had no trouble with any other colour but Blue always seems to cause trouble. You could always tell when someone in the house was using the game as you would hear the word Blue being shouted louder and louder until it got recognised.
When you first begin the game there are only a few training games available to you, I have played this on and off for a few years so I am trying to remember which games appeared first. I think it was Calculationsx20, Reading Aloud and Low to High. As you clock up more days on the game and achieve required scores the you have access to more games.
Calculationsx20 brings up a list of basic maths questions on the left screen and you have to write the results on the right screen. I like maths and enjoyed this game but it took me a while to work out exactly how to write the figures so that they were recognised correctly, it was quite frustrating until I got the hang of this. The next level is Calculations x100 which is the same level of difficulty at first but a lot more questions. I found that doing this regularly really helped me to remember my Timetables which I had mainly forgotten.
Reading Aloud was probably my least favourite game. It brings up a random passage from a book and you are supposed to read it as fast as you can out loud and then press stop when you have finished. I found this boring as the texts were really rather odd and I couldn't see the point of gabbling words out without thinking about their meaning. I never choose to play this game now I have other ones I can play instead.
Low to High is a tricky game that requires you to look at a pattern of numbers on the left screen which appears very quickly and then click the blank right screen following the number order that you have memorised. My daughter always excels at this one and I always struggle as the numbers appear and disappear so quickly.
Syllable Count is one of my favourites. Sentences appear and you have to count the syllables and write the answer as quickly as possible as, trickier than it sounds!
Head Count is a fun game that becomes trickier the more advanced that you get. You see figures entering and leaving a little house and you have to say how many are left at the end of the sequence, it is a bit like the old pub game of watching the balls under the cups and it is very easy to get confused with the rapid mental arithmetic.
Triangle Math can be completed on Normal or Hard mode and is a basic maths game where you keep adding a pyramid of numbers until you get to a total. Since I enjoy maths I like playing this one too.
Time Lapse is a clever little game which shows you two clocks and you have to work out how many hours and minutes have elapsed between the two times. This is much harder than it looks and really gets the grey matter working.
Voice Calculation is a basic maths game but you have to speak the answers out loud. The idea is fine but it does suffer from the basic problem that the voice recognition isn't perfect so it can be a trifle frustrating.
Every day that you go on and complete at least one game you get to stamp the date on the calendar on the game. Once you have completed a set number of stamps you can design your own stamp to use in future. It is nice to see the number of stamped days building up.
After each game you get a scoreboard of your three best results and also a graph that plots your development over a period of time, this can be a good incentive as improvements can be seen quite quickly.
When you log into your game sometimes you will be asked a question such as what you had for dinner or what was the top news story that day. Several days later when you log in again it will ask you to try to remember your answer to try to help your powers of recall.
Occasionally you will be asked to draw a selection of pictures. Since I have the artistic prowess of a 3 year old I particularly hate this as when it pops up. It is quite difficult for me to produce anything that looks like Sphinx or Henry VIII on demand and the shame is compounded when one of my family members logs on and they get to compare their pictures to mine!
The Brain Training game also lets you access Sudoku games as an extra feature. I like doing these puzzles so this is a nice extra for me as you can just pick it up and play this game without going into the Training function.
Would I Recommend It?
I enjoy playing this game but it is certainly not suitable for anyone who wants excitement. I am very much a geek and love Maths so those parts of the game are definitely my favourite but I imagine that many people would hate them. I would certainly say that when I use this regularly I definitely feel that I can add-up quicker, my brain definitely feels quite kick-started but I don't think the effects are very long lasting. It is nice to do another Brain Age check occasionally and see the number fall.
I would have liked there to be a larger variety of games and for them not to have been unlocked as quickly as there were no more challenges to work towards. I tend to play the game regularly for a while then get bored and put it away and then drag it out again after a few months and thoroughly enjoy playing it again.
The graphics on this game are exceedingly basic and functional, there are no exciting frills.
People who enjoy puzzles will probably enjoy playing this and the Sudoku is handy too so I would certainly recommend it if that is your sort of thing.
One of the games I have for my DS Lite is brain training. I think its important to not only exercise your body but also your mind and as swell as that this is just a fun game. I am quite a competitive person so anything that makes me push myself and my knowledge to achieve better results time after time is good for me. This game is meant to be played a little everyday to improve your brains mental age as well as exercising your brain and keeping you focused and alert however I have read articles that say this really doesn't do anything to improve these functions but who knows. Actually, according to an article I read, Nintendo has been careful not to claim the game has been scientifically validated, however stating that it is an "entertainment product 'inspired' by Dr. Kawashima's work in the neurosciences so maybe they recognise too that this game is just for entertainment purposes but even so its still fun and a game I enjoy.
The game is quite a collection of puzzles and brain teasers and nice because you can play for just a few minutes if you wish or longer and you will still get enjoyment out of it. The game is played with the DS on its side so it looks like a book rather than a laptop. You can then use either the stylus to play the games or you use your voice. To firstly begin playing you have to enter a bit of information about yourself such as name, date of birth, and importantly hand you write with. I'm right handed so the touch screen is on the right as you look at it.
Puzzles on this include Sudoku where you fill in the numbers on the screen with your stylus, mathematical calculations such a multiply, divide, etc, and lots of counting and number games.
One of my favourite games is the colour game as it call it where the name of a colour will come up on the screen and you have to say what colour it is written in rather than the word that is there. It is quite confusing and can get really funny especially watching someone else shout out colours into a little machine. It's sometimes more difficult than you think but very entertaining. Sometimes however I find the voice recognition doesn't always pick up my voice or the word I am saying so you really need to shout!
At the end of each game you will be assessed on the speed at which you completed the task. You can go from walking speed which is very slow and not a score you want to rocket speed which is the highest. When you first begin you are pretty much guaranteed to get walking speed but as you progress and continue to play you will get better. You also get given your brain age and its fun to compare this to your real age and see how well you've done.
I think what's nice about this game is that its fun for kids and adults too as you can compare how you've done against your family of different ages. You may not be training your brain to be better than it is or improving your intelligence much but it is fun and entertaining.
When this was advertised on the telly several years ago it sounded really interesting and was actually the reason why I bought a Nintendo DS in the first place!
This game is advertised as a way to see how old your brain is and also a good way to keep your brain as young as possible. I am not surprised it was so popular, I mean what a great claim that this game has! I'm sure we are all interested in how old our brains are and would like to keep them functioning in as young a way as possible for as long as possible.
The game is set out so that you can do daily tests where you can see if your brain has aged over night or not and it also helps you to train your brain. There are also brain training exercises that you can do. As well as this there is a sudoku section to help keep your mind active.
The daily contests keep track of your scores and stores them so you can compare them. It will also store other peoples' results too so both my husband and I have profiles on this game.
The various tasks are all quite straight forward and easy to understand. They include memory games, navigation games, basic maths and several others.
An example is the memory game. In this you are shown 30 words and have 2 minutes to memorise as many as possible. Afterwards you then write the words on the screen within a set time and see how many you can recall. What I find is limiting to this is that all the words are 4 letters long so it makes it slightly easier. Also when you are writing sometimes the screen doesn't recognise the letters you are writing, I find it is hopeless as recognising when I write a 'j' and so I can spend a good few seconds writing a word out several times before it recognises it which then impacts upon the words I'm trying to store in my short term memory!
The maths game shows basic sums which you need to answer as quickly as possible. Again the flaw to this is that sometimes the screen won't pick up the right number you are putting in and so will mark you wrong because it's interpreted your 5 as a 6 or something. This can be frustrating and obviously makes the end result inaccurate.
Another game is where there are four colours and they are written as words but coloured an opposite colour to what the word is, so for example the word Blue may appear in green. You then have to say what the colour is and not the word. Again this is inaccurate as the microphone element is so poor that it often doesn't understand what word you are saying, you have to try to say it very clearly and even then sometimes that doesn't work.
At the end of the various tasks (you do three at a time) your brain age is calculated. This does generally get better over time but I think this is just because you get used to how this machine works and realise what is expected of you.
The sudoku element is the part which I use on a daily basis, I like to do a sudoku before bed and I like doing it on this machine as if you make a mistake you can just erase it and go back whereas if I do it on paper I find myself getting annoyed if I make a mistake as it looks messy.
What I dislike about the Sudoku part is that before you can play the game you are asked to draw several pictures first whereas I would prefer to just go straight into the game and get on with it.
There are three levels- basic, advanced and intermediate each having about 30 games inside it. These games get more difficult as you go on.
It is easy to do, again though sometimes the machine won't recognise your numbers so you have to try to write them as clearly as possible. At the end it will give you your score and tell you if you have beaten your previous one. I like this, it makes it more competitive and it's good to compare.
All in all I will say that this game is rather limited especially considering how much hype it got. I found that I grew bored of using it, the daily tasks were simply just rather dull after a while with not enough variation, it would be good if there were plenty more tasks but sadly there isn't. I used this for several weeks but then grew bored and now never look at the brain training part of it, maybe once a year or so I will look at it again but it isn't 'daily brain training' like it was made out to be.
I like the Sudoku part of this and find it is much more enjoyable to play but this is only an extra on the game and not it's main selling point.
The game isn't good enough as it doesn't recognise what you write or say at times so this impacts upon your score. I think it is just a bit of fun and maybe good for if you have friends round and you want to compete over who has the youngest brain but it certainly isn't a game which you will want to use every day.
I was given the nintendo DS and with it came Brain Training which i was quite excited about!
Brain training has a collection of games such as sudoku, maths, reading and syllabol count. The maths one can come in sets of 20 or 100. Each game you complete gives you a brain age. You need to complete the games as quickly as possible, which means a lot of brain power is needed!
After each days training you get to stamp the day, and after a number of stamps have been collected you can unlock harder levels.
My favourite game is the maths game, it really makes you think. it has simple maths problems like 6+4 or 5x3 etc.. but when your having to do it quickly its not as easy as it sounds. The more you practice, the easier it gets though.
This game is quite relaxing and enjoyable and it also passes the time. Once I start playing it I can get addicted as I want to beat my score!
They say it's good for your brain, i'm not so sure, but it's fun and if it helps then even better!
This is Brain Training, one of the first games out on Nintendo DS. It makes very good use of the touch screen, which is where you write your answers or tap on the answer. It has a variety of games on this, some are really fun and some are really boring. For example... the one where you have to read, its too long and gets really boring. You only have to do three challenges a day but I liked doing all the oens I enjoyed even if it was more than three. I like the number challenges the best. The problem I have with this game is it gets quite boring, after you've unlocked everything you've unlocked its just boring. You can have four games saves so other poeple can use your ds and play. Its quite good have more than one player because every now and then it gives you challenges for eachother, for example. It'll ask me to draw something, then when the other person goes on, it will ask them what they think the drawing is. Its also good to have mroe than one player because it gives you someone to beat as it tells you there high score. I do wonder though if this game is training your brain, you seem to get better at the challenges, but sure your bound to if your playing them everyday. You can get this game for about £20. You can get it cheaper if you dont mind having it used. This game is for all ages.
My daughter was desperate for Ads so we gave in a purchased one for her birthday I decided that I would see what all the fuss was about and treated myself to Brain training.
What is Brain training?
Basically this "game" is full of Sudoku puzzles and simple mathematics sums alongside memory exercises and reading aloud. The idea is that by doing these sorts of exercises that you can stimulate your brain.
How to Play
First of all you enter your date of birth and name and also your writing hand you then do a series of tests which determines your Brain age shockingly mine was the same as a 80 year old which is evidentially not good although I want to disagree as surely I would have lots more information!
Once you have determined your brain age you can then exercise your brain with tasks such as mental arithmetic, reading aloud, memory games after each exercise it will tell you the speed you achieved for example I read at the speed of a rocket but do sums at the speed of walking.
Each day you can test your brain age and I am pleased to say mine is the age of a 60 year old still not great but better than before.
I think this game is excellent especially at game's pre-owned price of £5 it really is addictive so much so that my daughter had to ask for her DS back!
My favourite are the memory games which involve numbers being shown to you or three seconds and then you have to remember them and touch them smallest to biggest much harder than it sounds!
One game I hate is the number maze you have to go along connecting the letters and numbers so A=1 right through to M=13 I find that really hard but it is good fun .
I find this brain training relaxing and very interesting as also tells you which part of the brain you are exercising. My husband also enjoys the Sudoku puzzles so a really good grown up time something different from watching T.V
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain, is a puzzle game for the Nintendo DS. There are a number of different types of puzzles to complete which can test your maths, word skills and memory, along with toher types of games. There are three options from the main menu, these are; Brain age check, training and suduko.
The brain age check is the area where you can test your brain age, which is calculated based on how well you perform in the puzzles. The game will remember what age you brain is recorded as and will plot it on a graph so you can see how much you are improving over time.
The training mode lets you pick which puzzles you want to do and can practice at the specific areas you want to improve on.
Sudoko is as you'd expect, the game has lots of sudoko puzzles packs into it with easy to hard difficulty. There are over 100 suduko puzzles in total to complete so will keep you well occupied.
The maths puzzles have you working out a series of basic math problems such as multiplying, division, addition and subtraction. As well as being rewarded for getting the answer correct, speed is also rewarded, as you can get them all right but slow answers may still lead to a higher brain age.
Also you may be given two clocks with different times, and you have to calculate how much time has passed between the times shown on the two clocks.
In another puzzle, letters and numbers are randomly placed around the screen and you have to make a line going through the letter and numbers in the right order, this being: A-1-B-2-C-3-d.......
Word games may have you counting the number of syllables in a given sentence. Another one will have you speaking into the microphone on the DS, saying the colour of a word of screen, for example blue may be written in red ink, you would have to say blue.
An example of the memory games is that a list of words will be displayed on screen, and you will be given a set time to remember them. Once the time is up you will be given a time limit to write in as many word as you can remember.
All the puzzle use either the touch screen for writing or the microphone for saying the answers. I found that overall this was very good and recognised what you were saying/typing very well. Sometimes when writing in numbers it does give a different one to what you were trying to type, and thus giving you the wrong answer and wasting time, which was quite annoying. Overall however it was mostly responsive and had good recognition.
There was a good variety of puzzles, with lots more than the ones I have already mentioned. The more you train, then you can unlock different puzzles to do, so there is good incentive to carry on.
I graphics are simple as there is mostly only text being displayed, and the text is very clear and easy to read, and makes it easy to answer questions, as you not staring too hard into the screen.
Overall I think this is a good game, with a large variety of puzzles to complete, and by plotting a graph of your brain age, being able to see your day to day improvement is a nice touch. It makes good use of the touch screen and for the most part recognises what your writing very well. I must admit however that wince I brought it it has gathered a bit of dust as playing every day it can become dull (as day to day training becomes repetitive), but that did take some time, and writing this now makes me want to bring it back out and start playing again.
After all the press this game recieved, I felt I needed to buy it and to be honest I was a little bit disappointed. Its a very slow start to the game, with only a few things accessible to begin with, forcing you to play regularly if you want to see what other things emerged. I was not entertained by the different tasks, remembering where 25 numbers go etc. The only ones I liked were the mathematical ones where you had to input the correct number to get the answer.
The game was quite tideously slow and it didn't make sense to me how they calculated your brain age - you could do really well at 2 of the tasks and fail miserably at one and seemingly still have quite a good age. The only fun we had with this was competing to get the youngest age now and again.
Game is not worth the money in my opinion.
This is the first brain game that is part of a series.
Brain training is a good game where you play mini exercises then using your results, the game then tells you what your brain age is. You can then improve your age by playing different mini games to help you and then on the next day, you can do the brain age test again!
If you are choosing between buying the first game, or buying the second, I would go for the second. There are more mini games on the second and it is more improved. This game, however, is still good but there just happens to be a more recent version out now.
Would I recommend this game?
If you have already played the first one, and want to give this one a try, then yes, I would. However, if you can only get one, then I would just skip this one and go straight to the second one because it is more up to date! It is still a good game though and you may still want to consider it!
I wasn't too sure what to expect from this game, thought it would be quite boring and possibly too difficult. I wasn't really a big fan of computer games and never really had an interest in them. I must say I was pleasantly surprised with the game aswell as the Nintendo DS. The first few days weren't quite as interesting as you get a new game each day so it took a few days till I had a wide range of games but then I really started to enjoy it! There is a wide range of games and you can become quite interested and competitive trying to beat your own scores, aswell as the scores of family friends. I find it very enjoyable and often can be challengable but still doable. The fact that it is also helping my brain capacity and possibly providing some benefit incomparison to most other computer games is a big bonus!
This is definately worth a try if you've not done so yet!
Brain training was the second game i purchased when i got my ds as i had seen the advertisements of Television for it and thought it looked great. It is an excellent game to i have enjoyed it, but after a while the game can get a bit repetitive after you completed all the task there is nothing left.
You hold the ds like a book and after entering your details you are ready to go, and you write you answers with the stylus pen, it some of the task you have to say your answers which proves very difficult as the game does not always recognise certain words you say which can prove annoying when you are trying win that task.
There are variety of tasks to do these include arithmetic, reading and memory tasks, the programs scores you in the form of brain age assessing how quickly and accurately you completed the tasks.
I also like the fact you can send a demo version through wireless connection to a friend so they can have a go at the same time you playing , this however is not a full version but is still a good feature.
This is a good game and i would recommend this to anyone regardless of age and ability my family and i have had hours of fun with it.
This is a game for the Nintendo DS and I find it highly enjoyable.
I like the game because there is a variety of different brain training exercises available, when you get too good for these training exercises you get upgraded and can then set the game on hard level.
As well as doing the training you get other little bits to do every now and then, such as there being lots of dots on screen and having to join them, or being told to draw something from memory on screen. At the end of the exercise Dr Kawashima appears on the screen and tells you what the point of the exercise was.
As well as training you can do a brain test, which tells you what your brain age is at the end of it. I am usually nowhere near my actual age on this!
You can also play Sudoku on this game and start with some basic training ones first and then they get increasingly harder.
I like that the game talks to you and welcomes you back and says things like "I haven't seen you here for 3 days." It makes the game seem more personal.
I also like that you only have a few training exercises at first and as you progress through the game you unlock more training exercises. This is good because it forces you to try each exercise instead of only doing the ones that you like. The brain age tests you do consist of the training exercises you do (three of them).
I would recommend this game to anyone. It isn't as enjoyable for younger audiences but is a good learning tool for them for things such as maths. I find that playing on it for long periods of time can get a bit boring though.
The game is said to help you by playing it each day but after a while you know all the answers to everything and the game becomes a little dull, but I think that you will get good usage out of it before you get to this stage.
I got given this as a present so didn't have any preconceived ideas about it, so bored on an long train trip I decided to give it a go. I found it strangely addictive and found myself desperately trying to beat myself. The game has a collection of simple maths problem which are timed, word puzzles and logic/spacial problems. As you complete them you get access to more, all these tasks act as practice for brain age check test where the goal is 20.
The game is challenging and intriging, I have played it nearly everyday since that train trip. It makes you do mental arithmetic and problem solve which is something I haven't done since I was in school, the of which has been that my brain can process mental maths issues much faster which has impressed my clients and my boss. It has also got me checking my change again, which is good because it is suprisingly how often you get the wrong change.
I heartedly recommend this game to anyone who commutes and has time on their hands.
The portable phenomenon that has taken Japan by storm finally hits the UK. Part puzzle game, part self improvement tool this is the only game thatÆs both lots of fun and good for you û and thatÆs before you even start on Sudoku!

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