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Bridge: July 7, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

This week’s deals have treated declarer’s play when he must choose among two or more finesses. It’s better to try everything — combine your chances — than to rely on a single chance.Cover the East-West cards. West leads the jack of spades against four hearts. How will you try for 10 tricks?Say you win the first spade and draw trumps. At IMP scoring, take the best play for the contract. You can finesse in diamonds by leading to the jack, but only after taking the K-A. You guard against a doubleton queen with East.OVERTRICKWhen the queen falls, you can finesse in clubs for an overtrick. If East’s diamonds were Q-10-9-8, you would finesse in clubs.At matchpoint duplicate, your play would be different. The contract is “normal” — every pair will reach four hearts — so you would try for the maximum number of tricks: You would take the ace of diamonds and lead to the jack. If the cards lay perfectly, you would make two overtricks,...

Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

Centrist and right-wing economists continue to advocate for laying off workers and engineering a recession to address inflation. But why not set commodity price controls instead? This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim is joined by James K. Galbraith, a professor of government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. Galbraith has an extensive history of working in government, including as executive director of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and an economist for the House Banking Committee. Galbraith and Grim discuss the implementation of price controls by the U.S. government, how it brings down prices, how the Biden administration has used it and could use it more, and how Galbraith’s father — economist and politician John Kenneth Galbraith — was instrumental in setting commodity price controls during the post-World War II era.Transcript coming soon.The post Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers appeared first o...

El balón cruzó la lína de la portería… pero el árbitro no cobró el gol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

(CNN) — Los jugadores y aficionados del fútbol en Chile quedaron estupefactos después de que un árbitro y sus oficiales no concedieran un gol luego de que el balón cruzara la línea por cerca de medio metro.En los primeros 10 segundos del partido de Copa Chile entre Colo-Colo y Unión La Calera, el defensa de Colo-Colo Alan Saldivia dio un pase al portero Fernando de Paul.Algunos jugadores de La Calera empezaron a celebrarlo, pero se detuvieron rápidamente cuando se dieron cuenta de que el árbitro Víctor Abarzúa no había señalado el gol y Colo-Colo siguió jugando.Para colmo de males, antes de que La Calera pudiera reclamarle a los árbitros, Colo-Colo subió por el otro lado e inmediatamente anotó el 1-0.Las cosas no fueron nada bien para La Calera, puesto que Colo-Colo ganó el partido 6-1 y se clasificó para las semifinales regionales, mientras que La Calera terminó el encuentro con 10 hombres.Un arquero argentino marca un gol de saque de arco: podría batir el récord del gol con ...

Cordell Tinch was selling cell phones 7 months ago. Now he’s the world’s fastest hurdler this season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

Just seven months ago, the hurdler with the fastest time in the world this season wasn’t even hurdling at all. Cordell Tinch was selling the latest versions of cell phones and watches at a store in Green Bay, Wisconsin.The 22-year-old was just waiting to unlock the newest version of himself after a three-year hiatus and a training schedule that included nothing more than an occasional pickup basketball game.A sales pitch by friends lured him back to the track. They convinced him to join them at Pittsburg State in southeast Kansas.In no time — he started in January — Tinch rebooted his career. He won the 110-meter hurdles, long jump and high jump at the NCAA Division II championships in May.This weekend, he will compete in the hurdles and long jump at the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon, for a spot at worlds. He very well could be the one to give two-time reigning world champion Grant Holloway a run for his hurdles title next month in Hungary.“Every time I ...

STEAMY, STORMY AND SAHARAN DUST

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

Happy Friday, South Florida!Hopefully everyone has had a great holiday week!  Friday is finally here and conditions across South Florida remained the same through the entire week. Warm and muggy conditions in the morning have given way to steamy conditions each afternoon, as our feels-like temperatures have soared well into the triple digits. On Thursday, a few areas saw showers and thunderstorms, however, many areas also simply remained steamy through a big chunk of the day. This morning there were showers and thunderstorms over the Florida Bay lifting northward away from the Florida Keys but the storms fizzled before affecting any land areas.Unlike yesterday’s steering pattern out of the South, the weather pattern for South Florida will begin to change starting today. The wind direction across South Florida will veer out of the Southwest, which means showers and thunderstorms will favor the East Coast metro during the afternoon. With a warm Southwest wind flow in place, very...

A Lyft driver who fled the Taliban in Afghanistan was fatally shot in Washington, DC, police and charity say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

(CNN) — A former Afghan interpreter who immigrated with his family to America in 2021 was shot and killed early Monday in Washington, DC, while on an extra shift as a Lyft driver, and police now are searching for suspects, authorities and a charity said.Nasrat Ahmad Yar, 31, was found with a gunshot wound just after midnight Monday in his vehicle by officers responding to reports of an unconscious person, police said in a news release. He was taken to a hospital and died.Ahmad Yar, an interpreter who served alongside US Army Special Forces in Afghanistan for a decade before the Taliban takeover, had been working an extra rideshare shift when he was slain, according to a verified GoFundMe page.Four people ran away from the scene shortly after he was shot, video released by police shows. No suspects have been named.Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest, the release said.Ahmad Yar brought his family to the US in 2021 after the Afghan governm...

Florida scientist utilizes high-tech solution to combat dangerous mosquitoes nationwide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WSVN) — In the battle against mosquitoes, University of South Florida biologist, Ryan Carney, has employed cutting-edge technology to track and monitor these disease-carrying pests. Experts said malaria stands as one of the most significant health threats worldwide which emphasizes the urgent need to address the mosquito problem. “For malaria in particular, that’s only spread by anopheles mosquitoes as far as human malaria is considered,” said Carney.Recognizing the significant health risks posed by mosquitoes, Carney and his team have developed an innovative online tool called MosquitoDashboard.org. “So it’s basically an online interactive dashboard that maps the mosquito data and photos that citizen scientists take using one of our three partner apps,” said Carney.With mosquito-borne diseases resurfacing in Florida, this advanced tracking system aims to empower citizens and enhance public health efforts. MosquitoDashboard.org...

Police investigating fatal shooting in Dorchester

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

Boston police are investigating a deadly shooting overnight in Dorchester. Officers responding to a report of shots fired on Leyland Street found the victim dead at the scene, according to Boston police. Their name has not been released.Detectives could be seen scouring an area of the street that had been blocked off with crime scene tape.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Boston police conducting investigation in Roxbury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

Police are conducting an investigation in Roxbury.Officers with K-9 units could be seen gathering evidence in the area of Dunmore Street.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Heat On Repeat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:10:40 GMT

Back to back 90 degrees for some inland communities are in the books. Today, we’ll add day 3 for some. Places like Norwood, Bedford, Fitchburg, and Nashua, NH will have their chance of clinching the heat wave today as highs soar to 90 or just above it inland. At the beaches, it’ll be another fun one in the sun as temps hover around 80 with a breeze bending in from the ocean. We look dry from start to finish as showers and storms stay northwest of Worcester County, keeping it quiet across Central and Eastern Mass. Tomorrow, we’ll knock off a couple degrees, but it’s an overall solid start to the weekend. While a few pop-up showers and storms are possible, most of the favor inland locations (mainly near and northwest of 495), and even there, much of the day is dry. Highs run 75-80 at the beach to 85-90 inland. Sunday has more clouds and a passing isolated showers/storm, but most of the rain holds off, to our west during the day. That wet weather does move in Su...