Columns&Games A6 Monday, November 23, 2020 — DAILY REPUBLIC
Crossword
Celebrate life, occasion with natural resources, not plastic Dear Annie: We all ways or consumed know plastics are pollutby wildlife. Like you, ing our oceans. I don’t I’m curious if readers have numbers, but the have additional suggestions or comments. proportion of balloons Dear Annie: I am amidst us is frightening. In my family, we a 23-year-old single released balloons to mom of three children. send love to a child lost I just had a newborn too young. Although Annie Lane son last month, and Dear Annie we did it before plastic my daughters are in statistics were the preschool and kindergarten. I live with my mom, norm, it still makes me cringe. my 18-year-old sister and my Please ask your readers to celebrate a life or occasion with 15-year-old brother. I do everynatural resources. Maybe your thing for my kids. Is it wrong for me to ask readers can even write to you for help getting them ready with some suggestions. — No or washing bottles or even More Balloons watching the baby every Dear Balloons: Thank you now and then? for your letter. While balloons I have mental health probare celebratory, you are correct lems, and my whole family that they can pose a risk to knows this, yet I get up every wildlife and the environment. two hours with the baby and The most responsible thing to still have to get up at 5 a.m. to do is to find a natural resource get everyone ready for school. for celebrations instead, such The purpose of my moving as flowers, candles or even in with my mom was to help planting a tree. If you do use me out because my husband balloons, make sure they are died. Annie, am I being entideflated and cut up and put tled, or is it OK to ask for into the trash so they don’t help? — Young Mommy end up in oceans or water-
Horoscopes ARIES (March 21-April 19). One way to leave a party is to slip out without saying goodbye. It’s quick, but it only works well in a lively crowd. There’s something you want to get out of. You dread a long discussion. Wait for a diversion. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It would be easy to blame a new person for what the old person did. You’ll know you’re doing this because your reaction will be disproportionate to what caused it. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If the meaning of life is to give life meaning, you’ll be most fulfilled by today’s experience. You take it all in, make sense of it and then assign significance accordingly. CANCER (June 22-July 22). In an effort to be strong, you might tell yourself that you don’t care (when you do) or that you’re fine with discomfort (that is heading toward unbearable). Get to a safe place where you can rectify your feelings. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). They say what’s not given freely is not worth having. On the other hand, some people are never going to give freely or fairly, so you have to extract your dues when you can instead of waiting for benevolent disbursement. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll find it hard to put a price on something, but you must, or you’re not going to be able to exchange it for what you need. Value is subjective, but you’ll
Daily Cryptoquotes
Dear Mommy: No, you are not being entitled, and YES, you should ask for help. You have trauma from losing your husband and have three children under the age of 5. Of course you need help. In fact, if your mom and siblings won’t help you out, they are being entitled. “It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that means it takes a community effort for children to grow up in a safe and healthy environment, and that definitely applies here. You also mentioned that you have mental health problems. Ask for more help – from your mom and siblings but also from your church or community. You could also seek support through government programs including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Best of luck to you and your family. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.
by Holiday Mathis
Today’s birthday The solar journey will be marked by a snappy rhythm: actions repeated, habits established, checkpoints reached to bring your goals to hand. Your schedule and the people you see regularly form a supportive infrastructure to help you accomplish your purpose. In 2021, you will experience a mysterious and beautiful process and learn it intimately so that you may teach others. Aries and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 10, 33, 38 and 42.
find the sweet spot where a deal can be struck. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don’t need to change anything about yourself today, though you may need to change who you’re sharing yourself with. The ones who get you will be curious, playful and delighted by your quirks. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). We constantly cast one another in roles according to what we each need in our lives. Play the role you were cast in if it suits you, but don’t believe for a minute it’s who you are. You’re the actor, not the part. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Focus and it’s yours. Get ahead of potential attention syphons. Think about what
might distract you, and then make contingency plans to prevent those outcomes. With disruptions to a minimum, you’re unstoppable. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19). You may say that you don’t want to get involved, but you can’t help but notice what the people you love are dealing with. Even so, resist the impulse to fix people’s problems for them. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 18). Presentation is important. Don’t leave it up to the fates. The power play is to give people something to focus on. Later, they’re going to talk. If you’re proactive, you’ll greatly influence what they talk about. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A bit of soul searching will be in order, but it’s not a long, deep process. This is a quick check-in to see how the move you’re thinking about measures up to basic tenets, such as the Golden Rule. CELEBRITY PROFILES: The new chart-topping single from Miley Cyrus embodies the brave, adventurous spirit of Sagittarius with lyrics “I was born to run, I don’t belong to anyone.” Cyrus has her natal moon, Mercury and Pluto in the charismatic and mischievous sign of Scorpio. Mars in maternal Cancer is clear in the nurturing instinct she channels toward her siblings. Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com.
Bridge
A RECORD THAT CAN ONLY BE EQUALED I read about today’s deal in Simon Cocheme’s entertaining new book, “Bridge With a Twist” (Master Point Press). It occurred during the 2010 European Championships. It was played at 82 tables with 19 different contracts and 27 different results. What can each side make?
Sudoku
by Phillip Alder We will look at one table in the match between Denmark and Ireland in the senior division. If the bidding looks strange, it is because Rex Anderson (South) thought West had opened one heart, when he had actually bid two hearts, a strong two-bid. Over two hearts, three clubs by Pat Barry (North) was natural, but if West had opened one heart, then three clubs would have been Ghestem, at least 5-5 in spades and diamonds. Anderson, liking the apparent double fit, took a shot at four spades. But North thought that his partner had a long spade suit. So, after West used the Grand Slam Force, asking his partner to bid seven hearts with two of the top three trump honors, North judged to bid six spades. Yes, he thought six hearts would fail, but he also believed that his partner would make six spades. Against six spades doubled, Peter Lund (West) led the diamond ace. Declarer took the first seven tricks with a crossruff. Then Steen Moller (East) tabled his six trumps, claiming the remaining tricks for down five, plus 1100 to East-West. Did you notice the rarity? Each of the 13 tricks was won by a trump. East-West cannot make a slam, but North-South are cold for six clubs! COPYRIGHT: 2020, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE
by Wayne Gould
Word Sleuth
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Bridge
WORD SLEUTH ANSWER
11/23/20
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repeats. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box. Solution, tips A RECORD THAT CAN and computer program at ONLY BE EQUALED www.sudoku.com
I read about today’s deal in Simon Cocheme’s entertaining new book, “Bridge With a Twist” (Master Point Press). It occurred during the 2010 European Championships. It was
Difficulty level: Bronze Solution to 11/21/20:
