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Be Safer on the Internet
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What Do You Have to Hide?
Who Wants Your Private Data?
Privacy Strategy
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Passwords Intro
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Encryption
Erasing
Internet Connection
Wi-Fi
VPN
Malware
Unnecessary Services
Firewall
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Correct Site
HTTPS
Manage Data
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Anonymity, Encryption
Talk and Chat
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CROSSWORDS and YOU
Why Do We Solve?
Fun; Humor; Distraction
Challenge; Creativity
Language Skills; Vocabulary
General Knowledge; Trivia
Financial
Health; Cognitive Fitness
Relationships
Fame
Why Not?
The Art of Crosswords
History: Milestones and Media
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Future
References
Practice
Terminology & Types
Scrabble
Wordle
Solving Strategies
Appropriate Difficulty
Practice, Patience, Persistence
Clue/Puzzle Order
Acquire Vocabulary, Knowledge
Decode Clues
Discover the Theme
Tools: Search, Dictionaries
Blogs, Discussions
References, Cryptics, AI
Puzzle Sources
Web Sites
Misc. Sites
Steve's Crosswords
Applications
Gallery. Across Lite
Gallery. Crosswords Classic on iPad
Gallery. Crosswords on iPad
Gallery. CrozzWord
Authoring
Applications
Gallery. Crossword Compiler
References
Constructors
Setters
WordPlay (movie)
Constructing Crosswords
Why?
Approach: Format, Rules, Process
Free-Form
Process
Tools
Formats
Themes
Examples: CCH
Examples: Johnston
Examples: OLLI
Grid
Example: OLLI
Fill
Example: OLLI
Clues
Example: OLLI
Publish
Examples: OLLI
Example: JCLS
Example: OLLI#1
Example: OLLI#2
Gallery: Solving Applets in Browsers
Gallery: Solving Applications
Gallery: Constructing Applications
Disaster Preparedness
Emergency vs. Disaster
1. Be Informed
2. Evacuation Process: Ready, Set, Go
3. Evacuation Planning
4. Family Disaster Planning
5. 2 Weeks Ready
6. Prepare for Wildfire
7. When Smoke is in the Air
8. Earthquake
9. Flood
10. Get Involved
11. Disaster Resources
Interest Group: Sci-Fi Movies
P@s$w0rdz
Passkeys
Weak Passwords
Stronger Passwords
Generating Passwords
Testing Passwords
Storing Passwords
Password Managers
Updating Passwords
Security Questions & Answers
Recovery & Usernames
2-Factor Authentication
Steve's Crosswords
Software
CrozzWord
JavaScript
Newton
Swift
Waba
Zaurus
Enneagram
Crucigram (crossword)
Map
Emergency
Ham Radio
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