Crossing the River Game: Strategy and Solution

Crossing the river game is considered one of the most popular IQ games as it requires lots of concentration, strategy and critical thinking in order to beat the game. The objective of this IQ game test is very simple: the player must transfer all the characters from one side of the river to the other side using a raft. However, the tricky part here is the game’s rules; making it more interesting and mind bugging. The characters in this game are a policeman, a criminal, a mother, a father, 2 daughters and 2 sons. The restrictions/constraints of the game are listed below.

1. The raft can only carry at most 2 passengers at a time.
2. Only the police, the mother and the father can operate the raft.
3. The father cannot be on the presence of the daughters without the mother
4. The mother cannot be on the presence of the sons without the father.
5. The criminal cannot be left alone with the family without the policeman

Click here to play the game: http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

It would be great if you solve this IQ game without looking at the strategy and solutions below. But if you’ve already had enough and decided to give up on trying, then the solution of the game is written below.

Solution to the Crossing the River Game:

Only about 10% who tried have solved this problem. So it'll be great if you solve this IQ problem by your own analysis and logic and not relying on this solution. But if you aren't tough enough to face the challenge, here is the solution to the problem.

1.     Move the Policeman and Criminal to the other side of the river.

2.     Move the Policeman back to the other side.

3.     Move the Policeman and a child (boy/girl) to the other side of the river.

4.     Move the Policeman and criminal back to the other side.

5.     If the child you transferred on step 3 is a boy, move the father and the boy child to the other side, otherwise move the mother and the girl to the other side.

6.     Move the father/mother (based on step 5) to the other side of the river.

7.     Move father and mother to the other side of the river.

8.     If the children on you transferred on step 3 are boys, then transfer the mother back to the other side, otherwise transfer the father.

9.     Move the police and the criminal to the other side.

10. Move the father/mother to the other side.

11. Move the father and mother to the other side.

12. If the children left on the other side are girls, transfer the mother to the other side, otherwise transfer the father.

13. Move the father/mother and a child to the other side.

14. Move the policeman and the criminal to the other side.

15. Move the policeman and the child to the other side. This step must left the criminal alone on the other side of the river.

16. Move the policeman to the other side.

17. Move the policeman and the criminal to the other side.

18. GAME END

Those are the algorithm or the steps I made to solve the game. As what I have mentioned earlier, it'll be great if you solve this game on your own without cheating.

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The Dangers in Drinking Too Much Softdrinks

I found this interesting infogram on facebook pages that is definitely worth sharing. This infogram is all about the health risks of drinking too much softdrinks. Softdrinks can be considered as one of the most common and widely consumed beverages today, with some people drinking without knowing the negative effects of softdrinks in our body.

After seeing this graphic, I urge you to stop from drinking too much softdrinks at the same time share this relevant health information to your  family and friends.

Here's a message by a nine year-old Chip Gatmaytan on drinking too much softdrinks:

"Please stop drinking soft drinks because soft drinks are not healthy for you and they have a lot of dangerous things in it that can harm you and make you sick,". Chip campaigns against the consumption of sugary drinks, particularly soft drinks, because of their negative effects.

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TNT 2 Days Unlimited Texts to All Networks for only 15/Day

Here’s another affordable unlimited texts promo from TalkNText to its million subscribers; this time it's not just unlimited texts to smart to talk n text subscribers, but unlimited texts to all networks. It’s a great news isn’t it? Now you can contact all your friends, classmates, relatives, etc. regardless of what mobile networks they are into; Smart, Globe, TM, and Sun.
 
To avail this promo, all you need is 15 pesos load and of course your cellphone. Just type UA 15 and send it to 4445. You will receive a confirmation message that you're registration is successful. Now you can enjoy unlimited texts to all networks for 2 days.

You are required to maintain 1 peso balanced while enrolled in this service.

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Health Benefits from Drinking Water

Human body is made up of 75% water; bones and tissues, muscles, blood, etc. In other words, water is the most important element in our body and the ultimate reason why we need to drink water regularly. By drinking 7-8 glasses of water a day, we can achieve all the health benefits water provides. There are several health benefits that our body can only get by drinking water. Listed below are some of the health benefits of drinking water.

1. Body Element

Water and blood are also made up of 73% and 80% water respectively. Our body in general is made up of 75% water. Even our brain is made up of 90% water.  These percentages are more than enough reason for us to drink water everyday.

2. Lose Weight

Drinking water basically removes the hunger feeling, thus drinking water helps you lose weight. In addition, drinking water is also of great help in reducing weight since it helps in removing fats.

3. Relieves Fatigue

Water also removes toxins inside the body through urine. So, drinking water is essential. Aside from cleansing, scarcity of water inside the body imposes huge risk in the heart, lungs, blood cells and other body organs.

4. Improved Work Productivity

As mentioned earlier, human brain is made up of 90% water, which means that when the brain's water level decreases, so is the productivity level. Drinking water is essential for it helps you think properly, thus increase productivity.

For other health benefits of drinking water visit http://www.iwebstreet.com/top-10-health-benefits-of-drinking-water/

References:

http://www.iwebstreet.com/top-10-health-benefits-of-drinking-water/http://www.cleanwateraction.org/programinitiative/protecting-drinking-water-0(for the picture used in this post)

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PhilHealth Premium Contribution Rates Increased in 2014

PhilHealth announced in 4th quarter of 2013 that they will implement new premium rates in January 2014 - and this rate increase has already begun.

The new premium rates will reach P2,400 annual premium for individually paying members (IPMs, Self-Employed or Voluntary) with a monthly income of P25,000 and below. Also mentioned in PhilHealth Circular no 27 Series of 2013, the new premium rates for the employed sector will now be at 2.5% of their monthly salary. In addition, salary bracket shall start at P8,000 up to P35,000. That means that employees who were paying previously P175 per month will now have to pay P200 for the same salary bracket. Also, self-paying individuals (self-employed and voluntary members) will now be paying P 200 a month from P150 before the said increase.

The good thing about this new rates for premium are now entitled to in-patient hospital care, which include all case rate packages as well as catastrophic illnesses in Case Type Z Benefit Package. Also included is the out-patient coverage and other special health benefits under the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). Below is the latest Premium Contribution Table from PhilHealth for 2014.

Premium Contribution Table

Salary Bracket	Salary Range	Salary Base	Total Monthly Premium	Employee Share	Employer Share
*Employee share represents half of the total monthly premium while the other half is shouldered by the employer.
1	8,999.99 and below	8,000.00	200.00	100.00	100.00
2	9,000.00 - 9,999.99	9,000.00	225.00	112.50	112.50
3	10,000.00 - 10,999.99	10,000.00	250.00	125.00	125.00
4	11,000.00 - 11,999.99	11,000.00	275.00	137.50	137.50
5	12,000.00 - 12,999.99	12,000.00	300.00	150.00	150.00
6	13,000.00 - 13,999.99	13,000.00	325.00	162.50	162.50
7	14,000.00 - 14,999.99	14,000.00	350.00	175.00	175.00
8	15,000.00 - 15,999.99	15,000.00	375.00	187.50	187.50
9	16,000.00 - 16,999.99	16,000.00	400.00	200.00	200.00
10	17,000.00 - 17,999.99	17,000.00	425.00	212.50	212.50
11	18,000.00 - 18,999.99	18,000.00	450.00	225.00	225.00
12	19,000.00 - 19,999.99	19,000.00	475.00	237.50	237.50
13	20,000.00 - 20,999.99	20,000.00	500.00	250.00	250.00
14	21,000.00 - 21,999.99	21,000.00	525.00	262.50	262.50
15	22,000.00 - 22,999.99	22,000.00	550.00	275.00	275.00
16	23,000.00 - 23,999.99	23,000.00	575.00	287.50	287.50
17	24,000.00 - 24,999.99	24,000.00	600.00	300.00	300.00
18	25,000.00 - 25,999.99	25,000.00	625.00	312.50	312.50
19	26,000.00 - 26,999.99	26,000.00	650.00	325.00	325.00
20	27,000.00 - 27,999.99	27,000.00	675.00	337.50	337.50
21	28,000.00 - 28,999.99	28,000.00	700.00	350.00	350.00
22	29,000.00 - 29,999.99	29,000.00	725.00	362.50	362.50
23	30,000.00 - 30,999.99	30,000.00	750.00	375.00	375.00
24	31,000.00 - 31,999.99	31,000.00	775.00	387.50	387.50
25	32,000.00 - 32,999.99	32,000.00	800.00	400.00	400.00
26	33,000.00 - 33,999.99	33,000.00	825.00	412.50	412.50
27	34,000.00 - 34,999.99	34,000.00	850.00	425.00	425.00
28	35,000.00 and up	35,000.00	875.00	437.50	437.50

References:

1. http://scoopboy.com/philhealth-premium-contribution-rate-table-2014/ (for the info on new contribution)

2. http://www.philhealth.gov.ph/partners/employers/contri_tbl.html (for the 2014 Contribution Table)

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