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Bridge: May 28, 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

Progress in bidding is evident. The rise of play-for-pay has let full-time pros devote themselves to devising better methods. What constitutes progress, however, is open to debate.In a team match, both Wests upgraded their hand and opened one diamond, and East bid one heart. At one table, South risked two clubs (on a broken five-card suit between two bidding opponents!). West doubled, and the rout was on.West led the ace and ten of hearts, and East won and shifted to his singleton diamond: jack, queen. West cashed the ace — East threw a spade — and gave East a diamond ruff, and East led another heart. South ruffed with the ten, and West overruffed with the jack and gave East a diamond ruff.East next took his ace of spades and led a fourth heart. South should have pitched his king of spades, but he ruffed with the queen, and West overruffed and gave East a spade ruff. Then a fifth heart from East promoted a trump trick for West’s nine. Down six.In the replay, believ...

Word Game: May 28, 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — RELAPSE (RELAPSE: ree-LAPS: A recurrence of symptoms after a period of improvement.)Average mark 44 wordsTime limit 60 minutesCan you find 56 or more words in RELAPSE?TODAY’S WORD — RELAPSE rale rasp real reap reel repeal repel resale reseal earl ease easel elapse else erase lapse lase laser leap leaper lease leer leper aper apse asleep pale paler pare parse peal pear pearl peel peer perse plea please pleaser prase presale sale saree seal sealer sear seep seer serape sere slap sleep spar spare spear spreeTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper n...

French Open Results

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

SundayAt Stade Roland GarrosParisPurse: €23,352,500Surface: Red clayPARIS (AP) _ Results Sunday from French Open at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses):Women’s SinglesFirst RoundMagdalena Frech, Poland, def. Zhang Shuai (29), China, 6-1, 6-1.Nadia Podoroska, Argentina, def. Jessika Ponchet, France, 6-0, 6-2.Aryna Sabalenka (2), Belarus, def. Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.Source

Asiana Airlines suspende la venta de algunos asientos en salidas de emergencia tras el incidente de la puerta del avión

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

(CNN) — Asiana Airlines suspendió la venta de algunos asientos de salida de emergencia de aviones A321-200, según informó la compañía este domingo, tras un reciente incidente en el que un hombre abrió la puerta de un avión en pleno vuelo.A partir de este domingo, Asiana Airlines suspendió la venta del asiento 26A de 11 aviones A321-200, que operan con 174 plazas, y la del asiento 31A de tres aviones A321-200, que operan con 195 plazas, informó la aerolínea en un comunicado.“Esta medida es una precaución de seguridad y se aplica incluso si el vuelo está completo”, añadió.Momentos de terror en un avión de Asiana Airlines: la puerta se abrió mientras seguía en el aireUn hombre abrió la puerta de emergencia de un avión de Asiana Airlines justo antes de aterrizar el viernes por la tarde. Un funcionario de la aerolínea dijo que un hombre de unos 30 años que estaba sentado en el asiento de emergencia parecía haber abierto la puerta.Un total de 200 personas iban a bordo, e...

Indy 500 arrives with clear favorites, plenty of off-the-radar spoilers

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The favorites are well known after two weeks of qualifying and practice ahead of the Indy 500, which rolls off Sunday for its 107th running with one of the largest crowds in more than three decades expected to pack Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IndyCar points leader Alex Palou, the series champion two years ago, sits on the pole to lead the powerful quartet from Chip Ganassi Racing. Palou is the betting favorite at 5-1 odds, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, ahead of Pato O’Ward, the Mexican star for the equally stout Arrow McLaren, and Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon, who is still searching for a second Indy 500 win.Palou and Dixon have two more teammates capable of winning in defending champion Marcus Ericsson and two-time winner Takuma Sato, while O’Ward has McLaren teammates Felix Rosenqvist and former winners Alexander Rossi and Tony Kanaan.Things rarely go according to script in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” though. The chaos of 33 cars flying down th...

Crews cut through steel walls to fight warehouse fire in Everett

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

A warehouse on Beacham Street in Everett was ablaze early Sunday morning, and crews were having difficulty reaching the flames.The firefighters could be seen breaking windows and cutting through the steel walls to get to the fire.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

3 nap-ready baseball observations, including Ricketts vs. the Roys from ‘Succession’ and Milwaukee Brewers’ relocation drama

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

Former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija once insisted “you can always get a good nap in during the Sox game.”It was meant as a compliment to Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, though Samardzija later had to explain himself to the Sox broadcaster.As baseball turns the first corner in its speeded-up season this Memorial Day weekend, White Sox and Cubs fans turn to their porches and patios to soak in warm summerlike breezes and perhaps sneak in a quick nap with the ballgame as mere backdrop.No apologies necessary. And to help get to your REM cycle, here are three topics for a lazy Sunday.South Side Brew Crew?Commissioner Rob Manfred appeared out of the blue in Milwaukee last week and suggested Wisconsin politicians need to get their act together and pony up for stadium improvements at the ballpark formerly known as Miller Park.The other option, naturally left unsaid, was the Brewers pulling up stakes and moving, as the Oakland A’s currently are doing with the...

Montreal filmmaker documents race to save vanishing North American Chinatowns

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

MONTREAL — Chinatowns across North America don’t just share a similar look — they also face similar existential threats and David-versus-Goliath-like battles for survival. Whether it’s residents of New York City’s Chinatown protesting a proposed mega jail in their community, or Montreal’s Chinese diaspora fighting to save heritage buildings or struggling to keep family restaurants alive during COVID-19, these common threads are a recurring motif of Karen Cho’s documentary “Big Fight in Little Chinatown.”Cho, a fifth-generation Chinese Canadian with roots in the Chinatowns of Montreal and Vancouver, documents how these urban pockets of Chinese culture across North America are facing similar pressures from gentrification. In an interview, Cho said the neighbourhoods are prime targets for redevelopment due to their age and proximity to downtown, but also to what she calls “the intersection of racism and urban planning.” Urban renewa...

3 shot in Lakeview

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating a triple shooting in the Lakeview East neighborhood.It is the third shooting in the area in just four days.Chicago police say three men were walking on the sidewalk in the 600 block of  West Barry Avenue around 1 a.m. Sunday when shots were fired.It is not known at this time where the gunfire came from. All three of the men were struck.One of the men was hit in the back and chest and transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital in serious condition, police said.According to police another man, 22-year-old, was shot in the leg and is in good condition and the third man, a 32-year-old, was hit in the back and is in good condition.The shooting just the latest of several recent incidents in the area.Early Saturday morning another man was shot just a few blocks away in the 500 block of West Surf Street. He died from his injuries. The Medical Examiner has identified him as 35-year-old William Hair. Related: 3 killed, several shot Saturday in C...

Real World Economics: Target a case study in culture war headaches

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:54:31 GMT

Edward LottermanWith apologies to the great literary figures Sir Walter Scott and Bullwinkle J. Moose, here is some wisdom for rueful Target execs: “Into what a sticky morass we fall, when first we practice to please all!”I buy stuff at Target but am not one of those Minnesotans who thinks “our” national retailer holds vast moral superiority over its competitor from Arkansas. Looking at its political contributions and the past era as a member of the retrograde American Legislative Exchange Council, it is clear to me that the company’s leadership has an understanding of national economic issues on a par with that of Gomer Pyle.However, Target makes great efforts to be “a good corporate citizen” including reaching out to and respecting an increasingly diverse U.S. population. So one genuinely feels for them when they stepped on a land mine in the broken, treacherous terrain of our nation’s culture wars by trying to market to and recognize the broad and heterogeneous LGBT+ segment of o...