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Bridge: April 19, 2023

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

Here’s a head-scratching memo from a real-life project manager:“Success depends on teamwork. Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say.”Winning defense is a joint effort. In today’s deal, West led the queen of hearts against three spades. East signaled with the eight, and South ducked and won the next heart. He led the queen of diamonds, and West took the ace and led the king of clubs: four, three, deuce. He led another diamond, and South won and let the jack of trumps ride.HIGH DIAMONDWest took the king and led a third diamond, and South played low from dummy. He drew trumps, then threw a club on dummy’s remaining high diamond. Making three.East let his partner down. He can beat the contract if he overtakes West’s queen of hearts at Trick One. If South wins and leads the queen of diamonds, West wins and leads the king of clubs, ducked. Then West can lead a low heart to East’s ten for a club return, setting up five tricks for the defense.DAILY ...

Word Game: April 19, 2023

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — RUSTLED (RUSTLED: RUS-uld: Moved with soft fluttering or crackling sounds.)Average mark 29 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 37 or more words in RUSTLED? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — CARTAGE cage carat care caret cart cater crag crate acre agar agate area race rage rate react reata tear trace gate gear grace grate greatTo 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 nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

The Discord Leaker: The Case of the Most Unorthodox National Security Leaks in History

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

Last week, federal officials arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, accusing him of having leaked hundreds of pages of classified Pentagon documents on a Discord server. The documents offer rare insights into the war in Ukraine and the extent of military casualties and reveal the presence of U.S. and other NATO nations’ special forces clandestinely operating in the war zone. They also document how the conflict is spilling over into the Middle East and shed light on U.S. penetration of Russian military plans and U.S. spy efforts, including against American allies and the United Nations secretary general. This week on Intercepted, Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain, and national security editor Vanessa Gezari discuss the document leak and analyze what we know and don’t know about the young airman accused of distributing the documents, initially to a small group of gamers and gun enthusiasts in a private internet chatroom. They also dis...

New UN report shows India on track to become world’s most populous country by mid-year, overtaking China

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — New UN report shows India on track to become world’s most populous country by mid-year, overtaking China.Source

German unions to hit railway, airports with new strikes

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union is calling for railway workers to stage an eight-hour strike on Friday to back calls for an inflation-busting pay raise. Walkouts are also scheduled at three airports this week in a parallel pay dispute. The EVG rail workers’ union called for members to walk off the job from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday. It said Wednesday that it had “to increase pressure on employers, who think that they can ignore the demands of their workforce and conduct wage negotiations in a patronizing way.”EVG’s walkout will affect around 50 companies that provide rail services — including the main operator, state-owned Deutsche Bahn.Deutsche Bahn personnel chief Martin Seiler described the strike as “completely pointless and unnecessary” and claimed that EVG’s aim was to score points in a bitter long-term rivalry with the other main railway workers’ union, GDL, which is not involved in the current pay dispute. Deutsche Bahn said it expected Friday...

1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

AYODHYA, India (AP) — Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn’t recognize anymore.It’s a country, the 68-year-old says, where Muslims are ignored, where rising attacks against them are encouraged, and where an emboldened Hindu majoritarian government is seizing its chance to put the minority community in its place.Swami Ram Das thinks otherwise, echoing a belief system central to Hindu nationalism.The 48-year-old Hindu priest says India is on a quest to redeem its religious past and that the country is fundamentally a Hindu nation where minorities, especially Muslims, must subscribe to Hindu primacy.Abidi and Das are two ordinary citizens living in one city in a country of more than 1.4 billion people that is on the cusp of becoming the world’s most populated nation. Together they embody the opposing sides of a deeply entrenched religious divide that presents India with one of its biggest challenges: to safeguard freedoms for its Muslim minority at a ...

New Oriental: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — BEIJING (AP) — New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (EDU) on Wednesday reported net income of $81.6 million in its fiscal third quarter.The Beijing-based company said it had net income of 48 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 56 cents per share.The educational services provider posted revenue of $754.2 million in the period.For the current quarter ending in May, New Oriental said it expects revenue in the range of $801.8 million to $822.7 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on EDU at https://www.zacks.com/ap/EDUSource

Hieren a 14 policías durante desalojo de terrenos en Colombia

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

(CNN) — Al menos 14 policías resultaron heridos durante un enfrentamiento registrado este martes entre autoridades y civiles en la población colombiana de Yondó, Colombia, informó el gobernador de Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria.Gaviria condenó los hechos y anunció que se está ofreciendo una recompensa para quienes den información de quienes atacaron con explosivos a las autoridades.La riña se produjo cuando se estaba ejecutando la orden de desalojo de un terreno que había sido invadido, dijeron agentes.El comandante de la policía del Magdalena, Luis Cubillos, dijo que los manifestantes lanzaron bombas molotov, piedras y artefactos explosivos, agregó que tres de los policías lesionados presentan heridas graves y se encuentran recibiendo asistencia médica.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Earth Day 2023: How to celebrate and give back around the DC area

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

Earth Day is on Saturday, April 22, and here are some ideas of how you can give back to Mother Earth around the D.C. area.Whether you plan to get your hands and boots dirty in a river cleanup or volunteer at your local farmers market, here are some Earth Day events and activities happening in the D.C. area this weekend.VirginiaJennie Dean Park — EcoAction ArlingtonOn Sunday, the environmental advocacy group EcoAction Arlington will be holding a park cleanup at Jennie Dean Park. From 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to noon, volunteers can join the organizers in paying tribute to Earth Day by cleaning up the park.Virtual Marathon — Moon JoggersVirtual Run Events, sponsored by Moon Joggers, is holding a virtual 1K to 26.2-mile run with 15% of proceeds going toward Wild Earth Allies, whose mission is to protect vital areas and inspire collaborative action.Arlington Mount Vernon — Trail Earth Day Invasive Honeysuckle RemovalThe Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail group are celebrating Earth...

Denver weather: Rain, snow bring a cooler end to week

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:44:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver will have cooler temperatures Wednesday with extra clouds and late showers. Snow pushes into the high country and lingers into the weekend in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Afternoon showersHighs on Wednesday will stay in the upper 50s with a light afternoon breeze. Snow showers will be in the mountains with the Front Range and Eastern Plains seeing light rain throughout the evening. The rollout of Colorado’s new psychedelics law hit another milestone Most of the state will also be under cloudy skies.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on April 19. Weather tonight: Change to snow, coolerLight rain can change over to snow Wednesday night with a light dusting possible along the Palmer Divide. Mountain towns can see a few inches of snow by Thursday morning. Overnight lows dip into the upper 20s with a light wind.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on April 19. Looking ahead: Cooler end of the weekThursday has partly cloudy skies with highs in the low...