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cut dy are adversaries said in I a beat penny 3NT game. as partners deal, Cy had opened in In Wendy, West, led the deuce spades, so Cy against 3NT. Cy took the ace and returned the 10: jack, king, eight. Wendy then led her won, took the ace last spade, and South of diamonds and raced six club tricks. You hold: 8 3 7 5 2 Opening lead 2 end, Cy to come down to hearts to and two Q-7 of diamonds, the ace of jumps and South greedily exited with a heart to end-play him.
Making four. Last word word is never Wendy said sourly, Cy had to have the last word, of course. He said I beat 3NT if I shift to the jack of hearts at the third trick. The a Cy must cash the king of hearts at Trick Two, then lead a spade. When Wendy wins, she will have no trouble leading the jack of hearts next.
Daily question You hold: 8 3 7 5 2 10 6 4 A 10. Your partner opens one club. The next player jumps to two spades (pre- emptive), you double and partner bids three hearts. What do you say? Answer: Your negative double promised heart length, plus diamond length or club tolerance, and enough strength to compete to at least the three level. three hearts the suit you showed.
His hand may be mini- mum; he could have bid four hearts but Pass. East dealer Both sides vulnerable BRIDGE deuce FRANK South won, took the ace of diamonds and raced off six club tricks. At the Word for word wait for your answers? Find all the puzzle answers at answers.usatoday.com Daily Bridge Club Tuesday, May 7, 2024 my feminist, me. try to defend with Cy, a constant heart rate Cy the Cynic, a chauvinist, and strength to compete to at least the Wendy are adversaries even when three level. three hearts they cut as partners in a penny game.
the suit you showed. His In deal, Cy had opened hand may be minimum; he could in spades, so Wendy, West, led the have bid four hearts but Pass. against 3NT. Cy took the ace ten: jack, king, eight. Wendy then led her last spade, and end, Cy had to come down to the ace of hearts and Q-7 of diamonds, and exited with a heart to end-play him.
LAST WORD word is never 8 5 2 sourly, He if I shift to the jack of hearts at the third trick. The a must cash the king of hearts at Trick Two, then lead a spade. When Wendy wins, she will have no trouble leading the jack of hearts next. DAILY QUESTION 10 6 4 A 10. Your partner club.
The next player spades (preemptive), you double partner bids three hearts. you say? ANSWER: negative double promised heart length, plus diamond length or club tolerance, and enough East dealer Both sides vulnerable NORTH 8 3 7 5 2 10 6 4 A 10 WEST EAST 7 2 A 10 9 6 4 8 6 4 A 9 7 3 had to 6 5 2 8 4 SOUTH 5 10 3 A 9 9 7 3 East South West North 1 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT All Pass Tribune Content Agency, LLC Word for word By FRANK STEWART Tribune Content Agency are crucial to preventing some padding reduce stress on the words on a blank sheet We put special brain-busting words into the grid of letters. Can you find them? By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek words. Boggle BrainBusters Bonus INSTRUCTIONS: Find as as you can by linking letters up, down, side-to-side and diagonally, writing words on a blank sheet of paper.
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Turner Classic morning and afternoon lineups today all at least feature the names of flowers in their titles, if not focusing on flowers in their stories. Up first is the romantic comedy Bed of Roses (1933), led by Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea. Next is the romantic Western drama Honeysuckle Rose (1980), starring Willie Nelson and Dyan Cannon, and introducing Oscar-nominated classic song the Road Next, Best Actress Oscar nominee Patricia Neal and Best Sup- porting Actor winner Jack Albertson lead the drama The Subject Was Roses (1968), followed by Fritz film noir The Blue Gardenia (1953), starring Anne Baxter and Richard Conte; the drama Inside Daisy Clover (1965), fea- turing Natalie Wood and Best Support- ing Actress nominee Ruth Gordon; the comedy Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Broth- er Orchid (1940), a crime comedy led by Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart; and Black Narcissus (1947), a British psychological drama headlined by Deborah Kerr. CATCH A CLASSIC Subject Was WARNER BROS.
Network broadcasting shows are listed in Time, unless noted otherwise. Shows air one hour earlier in Time. Cable broadcasting shows are listed in Eastern Time. MOVIES CONTENT BY TV WEEKLY How myopia develops While having two myopic parents does mean more likely to be near- sighted, no single myopia gene. That means the causes of myopia are more behavioral than genetic.
Optometrists have learned a great deal about the progression of myopia by studying visual development in infant chickens. They do so by putting little helmets on baby chickens. Lenses on the face of the helmet cover the eyes and are adjusted to how much they see. Just like in humans, if visual input is distorted, a eyes grow too large, resulting in myopia. And progres- sive.
Blur leads to eye growth, which causes more blur, which makes the eye grow even larger, and so on. Two recent studies featuring exten- sive surveys of children and their par- ents provide strong support for the idea that an important driver of the uptick in myopia is that people are spending more time focusing on objects immedi- ately in front of our eyes, whether a screen, a book or a drawing pad. The more time we spend focusing on some- thing within length of our faces, dubbed the greater the odds of having myopia. So as much as people might blame new technologies like smartphones and too much for hurting our eyes, the truth is even activities as valu- able as reading a good book can your eyesight. Outside light keeps myopia at bay Other research has shown that this unnatural eye growth can be interrupt- ed by sunlight.
A 2022 study, for example, found that myopia rates were more than four times greater for children who spend much time outdoors say, once or twice a week compared with those who were outside daily. At the same time, kids who spent more than three hours a day while not at school reading or looking at a screen close-up were four times more likely to have myopia than those who spent an hour or less doing so. In another paper, from 2012, re- searchers conducted a meta-analysis of seven studies that compared duration of time spent outdoors with myopia in- cidence. They also found that more time spent outdoors was associated with lower myopia incidence and progres- sion. The odds of developing myopia dropped by for each hour spent out- side per week.
Other researchers have reported sim- ilar and argued for much more time outdoors and changes in early-age schooling to reduce myopia prevalence. driving the epidemic That still explain why on the rise so rapidly. Globally, a big part of this is due to the rapid development and industrializa- tion of countries in East Asia over the last 50 years. Around that time, young people began spending more time in classrooms reading and focusing on other objects very close to their eyes and less time outdoors. This is also what researchers observ- ed in the North American Arctic after World War II, when schooling was man- dated for Indigenous people.
Myopia rates for Inuit went from the single dig- its before the 1950s to upwards of by the 1970s as all children began at- tending schools for the time. Countries in Western Europe, North America and Australia have shown in- creased rates of myopia in recent years but nothing approaching what has been observed recently in China, Japan, Sin- gapore and a few other East Asian coun- tries. The two main factors as leading to increased myopia are in- creased reading and other activities that require focusing on an object close to eyes and a reduction in time spent outdoors. The surge in myopia cases will likely have its worst 40 or 50 years from now because it takes time for the young people being diagnosed with nearsightedness now to experience the most severe vision problems. Treating myopia Fortunately, just a few minutes a day with glasses or contact lenses that cor- rect for blur stops the progression of my- opia, which is why early vision testing and vision correction are important to limit the development of myopia.
Eye checks for children are mandatory in some countries, such as the U.K. and now China, as well as most U.S. states. People with with high myopia, how- ever, have increased risk of blindness and other severe eye problems, such as retinal detachment, in which the retina pulls away from the the back of the eye. The chances of myopia-related macular degeneration increase by for each diopter of myopia.
A diopter is a unit of measurement used in eye prescriptions. But there appear to be two ways to or delay these Spend less time focusing on objects close to your face, like books and smart- phones, and spend more time outside in the bright, natural light. Given the one is advice to take in our mod- ern age, the next best thing is taking fre- quent breaks or perhaps spend more time reading and scrolling outside in the sun. Andrew Herbert receives funding from NSF. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
Read the original ar- ticle here: https://theconversation.com/ nearsightedness-is-at-epidemic-levels- and-the-problem-begins-in-child- hood-225255 Myopia Continued from Page 1 The two main factors as leading to increased myopia are increased reading and other activities that require focusing on an object close to eyes and a reduction in time spent outdoors. GETTY IMAGES tions become more resistant to treat- more ergonomic-friendly yard and gar- ment the longer symptoms are present. den tools available every year. General- prevention For this reason, problem. Warm-up: Before Wendy, you that a few grumbled minutes to to get raking, take minute walk at a moderate pace can do the job.
It is also a good idea to perform an active warm-up for your arms, back and neck. Choose the right tool: There are and early ly, tools with a slightly larger grip and elbows hands. Chunk What it: do Break up large tasks into ones. Your Instead of spending 2-3 raking then 3-4 hours in the gar- den, it would be better to alternate be- tween the two ever hour or so. You should also be sitting down for a 20-30 minute break every 2-3 hours or so to give your joints and muscles a chance to rest for short periods throughout the day.
Get it checked early: If been having elbow pain for more than 10 days, it is recommended that you make a trip to your doctor or physical thera- pist. Again, elbow tendonitis can be stubborn to treat if it has been present longer than a month or two, so wait too long. Fortunately, diagnostic tests such as an X-ray or MRI are usually not neces- sary, especially in acute cases. In most patients, a couple weeks of avoiding ag- gravating activities, along with the proper stretches and exercises, will al- low the body to heal itself and the symp- toms will vanish. nothing worse than going into the summer dealing with an injury, so practice an ounce of prevention with your spring cleaning.
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