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Thought for Today

“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”

— Albert Einstein

Horoscope

By Horoscope.com

Monday, April 10, 2023

Aries: You should feel especially strong, motivated, and focused, Aries. Your ability to establish yourself in the world is enhanced by increased selfsufficiency. Your goals seem more attainable, and you find this encouraging. Relations with others should be warm, congenial, and cooperative, so if you’ve been thinking of starting some sort of enterprise with others, this is the day to start planning.

Taurus: Sudden positive developments regarding the family could make a big difference to your future if you make the most of them, Taurus. A family member could have a lucky break of some kind and need your support. You might be in the right place at the right time to meet the right person.

Gemini: You might want to leave the office early today to finish all those pressing errands, Gemini. Phone calls could keep you busy, as could small tasks that still need tending around the house. At some point, financial paperwork might take up a lot of your time, but the evening shows promise.

Cancer: A task that requires a lot of writing might have you discovering a new talent you never knew you had. You might be surprised, but you will want to develop this new skill. It could involve technology in some way, or it could entail working with money. A number of people could confer with you at some point during the day, Cancer, perhaps asking advice about future business trends.

Leo: Emotional reunions with friends or relatives you haven’t seen in a long time could take place today, Virgo. Some of these might be unplanned and off the wall. You might meet your sixth-grade teacher at the mall, increasing the feeling of warmth and happiness that you’ve been enjoying lately. An evening spent relaxing at home with loved ones increases your sense of security.

Virgo: Emotional reunions with friends or relatives you haven’t seen in a long time could take place today, Virgo. Some of these might be unplanned and off the wall. You might meet your sixth-grade teacher at the mall, increasing the feeling of warmth and happiness that you’ve been enjoying lately. An evening spent relaxing at home with loved ones increases your sense of security.

Libra: A quarrel with a friend might put you in the position of having to lay all your cards on the table and tell him or her exactly how you feel. It isn’t always easy to be so frank, Libra, but today the strength of your sincerity should impress your friend and make your friendship stronger.

Scorpio: A talent for writing that you haven’t tapped may surface today, Scorpio. Perhaps using a computer, particularly one with voice activation, is making it possible. Your imagination is in full swing, and your work may be very entertaining. If you’ve been thinking about writing, this is the day to start. It’s also a good day to handle paperwork relating to finances.

Sagittarius: You could either be planning or preparing for a long journey by air, Sagittarius. Your plans may still need to be confirmed. Today is the perfect day to do this. Spiritual matters might be very much on your mind right now, and you might read a lot about such subjects. Don’t be surprised if it proves difficult to put them out of your mind.

Capricorn: Unexpected social invitations might find you meeting people in the healing professions - doctors, surgeons, nurses, or technicians. You might also rub shoulders with bankers and investment advisers. Take their contact information. They may prove valuable to you later.

Aquarius: The vast social whirl of late might have overwhelmed you with new names and faces, all of which you want to remember. Today would be a good day to follow up with some of them by phone, postcard, or email. Your charisma and sincerity are likely to have made just as much of an impression on them as they did on you, Aquarius.

Pisces: Your skills with computers and other forms of technology should be growing rapidly. This will greatly increase your efficiency with these tools and your marketability, should you be thinking of changing careers or simply be looking for a new position. This would be a good day to get your resume up to date so you can act when you learn of a job that seems right for you.

Daily Bridge

By FRANK STEWART Tribune Content Agency

Monday, April 10, 2023

Unlucky Louie is sure that fate is determined to do him in. He blames his bad results on bad luck.

The real problem is that when things go wrong, Louie goes with them. When he played at today’s four spades, West found a trump lead. East let dummy’s eight win (not best). Louie then tried a club to his queen. West won and led another trump, and East took the ace and led a third trump. Louie then had nine tricks: three trumps, a ruff, two diamonds, two hearts and a club. He could have won another with astute play, but he tried unsuccessfully to set up his clubs and went down.

Good Duck

“The man finds a good lead,” Louie growled, “his partner finds a good duck, and the clubs are foul as well.”

Maybe Louie was fated to go down, but a good declarer would win the first trump, cash the A-K of hearts, ruff a heart, lead a diamond to dummy, ruff a heart, lead a diamond to dummy and ruff a diamond. He wins the first eight tricks and still has two trump winners in dummy and the ace of clubs. DAILY

Neither side vulnerable. The dealer, at your left,

Sudoku

Codeword Puzzle

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill in the grid so every row, every column and every 3-by-3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9. that means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

Sudoku puzzles appear on the Diversions page Monday-Saturday and on the crossword solutions page in Saturday’s Life section.

Crossword Puzzle

Answers to previous CODEWORD

How to play Codeword

Codeword is a fun game with simple rules, and a great way to test your knowledge of the English language. Every number in the codeword grid is ‘code’ for a letter of the alphabet. Thus, the number 2 may correspond to the letter L, for instance. All puzzles come with a few letters to start. Your first move should be to enter these letters in the puzzle grid. If the letter S is in the box at the bottom of the page underneath the number 2, your first move should be to find all cells numbered 2 in the grid and enter the letter S. Cross the letter S off the list at the bottom of the grid.

Remember that at the end you should have a different letter of the alphabet in each of the numbered boxes 1- 26, and a word in English in each of the horizontal and vertical runs on the codeword grid.

Puzzle

opens three diamonds. Your partner doubles, and the next player passes.

What do you say?

ANSWER: To double and oblige you to act at the three level, partner promises a hand worth at least 17 points, probably with support for all the other suits, especially the majors. Slam is likely. Cue-bid four diamonds. When he bids four of a major next, raise to five or six.

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