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Show aljr Salt i'nlvf aribnnr Lifestyle Wednesday Morning, October 8, .Section 1 Page OHO 1 1 Shmuzzles are not difficult, just devious r Shmuzzles is the name given to his puzzles that he has the tementy to describe as "not difficult, just devious He admits that regular puzzle people might find Shmuzzles frustrating Weve been cautioned to take out product liability insurance Instead, we made the puzzles d The reverse side features three different colors of salamander shapes that people can put together any way they wish a kind He refers to this technique as Shmuzzling of tranquilizing activity in which a person can put or puzzle pieces together By Carolyn Monson lifestyle Wnter Sam Savage has created a puzzle that has pieces to give you fits, but rarely the solution Unlike the conventional jigsaw puzzle, in which pieces have different shapes and fit together only one way, Savages puzzle has 168 identical pieces shaped like salamanders They fit together in trillions of ways, he But there is only one correct way. explained in Salt Lake City last week to promote was Savage his puzzles There are six designs and they sell for $10 each Shmuzzles Is Name His home is Chicago, where he is a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. Before that, he was professor of applied mathematics s"wns f f ff f K , 'z -- t Z foot-to-fo- head-to-hea- tail-to-tai- l. He says he was talking to someone about the pieces and kind of blurted out the salamander-shape- d name Shmuzzles. It left us both speechless, he said r , , 'ttr v' , two-side- From Shmuzzles came Shmuzzling and from Shmuzzling a person can build Shmowflakes, Shmushrooms and Shigure eights Inspiration for his creation came from an ancient form of moasic design called tessellation Tessellated figures, Savage explained, are all the same shape and fit together with no spaces in between. No matter how many you have, you can always add more f - '. AS ii i j T-'" -- X' i .v1vq'L 'Lx ' L ft y 1 i T V V ' ' 4TJ A?' v Inspired Savage The work of Dutch artist M C. Escher inspired Savage. Escher did several pictures using tessellated patterns with figures that looked like something recognizable such as fish, butterflies and salamanders. Using computer and laser technology, Savage developed a technique for cutting the salamander shapes Unlike other puzzles, where a cutter may be a little off on a certain piece and that piece will still fit, a Shmuzzle with a wart on his nose does not Savage admits to hating puzzles He ha .ever put a jigsaw puzzle together nor has he completed one of his own designs. Savage is more adept, by his own admission, at wasting time creatively. He is a graduate of Boston University with a Ph D. in computer science from Yale. It was while he was at Yale that he composed what he says is one of the worlds longest pieces of ballad for guitar called music. It is g rest Avoiding a Thesis. There is a 3,600-bemidway through the composition "so everybody can eat lunch, he said. There is also an sequel. Its called, Avoiding The Corporation, written while I was employed by General Motors. Complete The Trilogy To complete the trilogy, I composed another piece called, Avoiding Publish Or Perish, a common syndrome associated with being a professor of mathematics at a university that insists its professors write something and get it published. Shmuzzles have taken him away from all that. He does enjoy teaching, he says. It keeps you honest. I really believed I understood calculus until I tried to teach it. I discovered I really didnt understand it at all. will there be an If there were a before-Shmuzzle- V gV V rx ' Kf W a y t t , W ? v J Identical salamander-shape- d puzzle pieces will fit in trillions of ways, but there is just f. , k 9 yjty W" ftj P 1;I .. , - a 4 V- - r v s, after? oVlHV V X I havent really thought about it. Right now, were working on Shmuzzles for children, doing some one solution. Shmuzzle puzzle shows correct way to fit, left, wrong way on right. things for educational toy manufacturers, and then theres advanced Shmuzzling. Ann Landers Alcohol not always cirrhosis cause Dear Ann Landers: You are a gift from heaven! In one fell swoop you have educated more people about liver disease than we could have in 10 years. In four days we have received over 6.000 letters requesting information, and we expect at least 6.000 more. Hundreds of people who wrote said it is assumed that all liver problems are a result of drinking. Young people with hepatitis have difficulty convincing others that they dont, take drugs. We are eternally grateful for the tremendous assistance you have given us by letting people know we exist. You have given the Liver Foundation a boost that compares with the eruption of Mount St. Helens On behalf of the board of Thelma King Theil we thank you. directors (Executive Director) Dear Thelma: I am delighted that the mention in my column produced such good results. I, too, have received a great many letters of appreciation. Here is a sample: Dear Ann Landers: I am enclosing the newspaper clipping in case you dont believe me. Dear Ann Landers: You will never know how happy I was when I read in your column the common Here is a London society beauty who didnt know which one of six men fathered her child, so she invited all six to the christening and gave the baby six names one after eachof the candidates. She also bestowed on each man the honor of being a godfather. The six men, all young bachelors, e make a around the baptismal font. The mother is in her 20s. She is the daughter of an English peer. misconceptions about liver disease. My husband died of cirrhosis last year, and the man never touched a drop of alcohol. So many of my relatives and friends said, I never knew George drank. When I told them, He didnt, they looked at me as if I was a liar or a fool. No comifients were made, but I knew they didnt believe me. I clipped your column, had copies made and sent them to 15 relatives and friends. Now I can hold my and more important, I can vindicate head up Grateful In New York George. God bless you. For those of you who may have missed the original column, if you want to learn more about diseases of the bver and help fund research for the problems, please write for literature. The address: The Liver Foundation, 30 Sunrise Terrace, Cedar Grove, N.J. 07009. Its free and written in language anyone can understand. But do send a stamped envelope, please. d, upper-middle-cla- ss half-circl- The editor of a high-clas- s journal that traces bloodlines of British aristocracy was on hand to write up this event as evidence that the world is changing. What do you think of a clergyman who would participate in a fiasco like this? Disgusted In Ohio Dear Dts: Well thats show biz. Queen Victoria must have been whirling in her grave. Thanks for sharing. A iKMWnMftM ppraadi an hew to deal with life's most difficult and most rewarding arrenaement. 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