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C6 Centre Daily Times, Sunday, September 20, 2015

HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April
19): A trip, conference or
trade show will lead to new
possibilities and connections.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20): An unexpected change
in a friendship or romantic
relationship will disappoint
you. Embrace the future
with optimism and never
doubt that you can do better.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Plan to have friends or
relatives over for a gettogether, or make personal
changes to your living quarters or arrangements. Romance is highlighted along
with personal improvements and greater security.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Stay focused on the choices
you have and the changes
you can make to improve
your quality of life. Consider unusual alternatives to
the way you have been
living.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Spend time with the people
you love. Make plans to do
something youve never
done before. Challenge
yourself and play to win.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Dont believe everything
you hear. Emotions will be
unstable, and misunderstandings are likely to leave
you feeling confused or
uncertain.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Dont give in or give up.

Take action and follow
through with your plans.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Take care of unfinished
business. Emotional matters are likely to cause
some uncertainty. Dont
give up on someone who is
going through a rough
time.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21): Your emotions
will lead you into all sorts of
predicaments. Get the facts
before you react to any
situations you are facing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): Gather information, but
do your own fact-checking.
Knowledge is power and
will help you avoid being
taken advantage of by
someone unscrupulous.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Youve got everything
going for you, so dont lose
sight of your goals.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20): Keep your life simple
and your ideas down to
earth. Dont be lured into a
venture that you know little
about. Take pride in doing
your own thing and avoiding any sort of emotional
blackmail or manipulation.
Dont follow the crowd.
BIRTHDAY BABY: You are
fearless, charming and
unique. You are intense and
outgoing.
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Octogenarian values
his longtime friendships
DEAR ABBY: Last
bye. Because
Christmas I didnt
none of us has a
hear from several
contract with God,
of my longtime
I want you to
friends. I dont
know how much
have a computer,
your friendship
but someone
has meant to me
looked up online
all these years.
obituaries and was
I hope you will
able to tell me
write
to me again
Jeanne because
they had passed
Id be
away.
Phillips interested in
This Christmas
knowing what
Ill be 89. My health Dear Abby kind of response
isnt the greatest, and Im
you get.
thinking of including a note
DEAR ABBY: I
in my cards to the other few
have been married for 30
good friends Ive known for
years. A couple of months
60 years. Id like to say how
ago, my 26-year-old daughmuch their friendship has
ter discovered that my wife,
meant to me in case they
her mother, has been havdont hear from me again.
ing an affair for the past four
Is this too morbid?
years. It has been very
What can you suggest? I
traumatic for all of us. My
like to tie up loose ends.
Not Getting Any Younger wife and I are working it out
in Albany, N.Y. and attending counseling.
My wife and daughter
DEAR NOT GETTING: I
used to be close, but ever
dont think it would be
since the discovery, my
morbid as long as you
daughter has not spoken
explain the reason you
to her mom. She says she
are including that mesneeds time and doesnt
sage. Say it like this:
want me pressuring her.
During the last year I
My daughter will be in
learned that several
her best friends wedding
good friends had passed
in the fall, and I received
away.
an invitation addressed
I regret that I wasnt
only to me (with an option
able to tell them goodfor a guest). My wife cried

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for an hour. I told my

daughter I didnt want to
attend without my wife,
but she doesnt want her
mother there. Where do
my loyalties lie?
Brokenhearted
In Pennsylvania

DEAR BROKENHEARTED:
Your daughter has had
time to make peace with
her mother. If her mother
has reached out to her
and has been rejected, it
appears your daughter is
unwilling.
You cant fix that. If you
are really working things
out with your wife, your
loyalties should lie with
her. Why the wedding
invitation you received
wasnt addressed to Mr.
and Mrs. is beyond me.
But if your daughter
inserted herself into her
friends invitation process,
it shouldnt have been
allowed.

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10. Yes Please, Amy
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Dear Abby is written by

Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips.
Contact Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.

Source: Schlow Centre

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE

Fla., introduced its version of

the AR-15 assault rifle this
summer designed to never
be used by Muslim terrorists. Laser-etched on one
side is a symbol of the Christian Crusades and on the
other, language from Psalm
144.

The entrepreneurial spirit

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BRIDGE

On his newest album, The Invasion

Parade, jazz piano phenomenon
Alfredo Rodrguez recalls the people
and the culture he left in his native
Cuba when he moved to the
United States in 2009. The track
Guantanamera garnered Rodrguez
a 2015 Grammy nomination.
7:30 P.M. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

THE STATE THEATRE

advance tickets:

Quincy Jones
presents

ALFREDO
RODRGUEZ
TRIO

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Tickets also will be available in The State

Theatre lobby, but only on the evening of
the performance. Cash and checks will be
the only forms of payment accepted at
The State Theatre.

CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE

photo by Sarah Small

In September, Tennessee
Attorney General Herbert
Slatery concluded that
records of an investigation
need not be released to the
Memphis City Council
because there was no comCultural diversity
ma.
The law requires the
While Deep South
records release
states courts are
only in compliance
notorious for death
with a subpoena or
sentences, the epan order of a court.
icenter of capital
Slatery said if there
punishment in recent
had been a comma
years has shifted to
after subpoena, a
Southern California,
council subpoena
according to a Sepwould get the retember Slate.com
cords, but without
While neiChuck analysis.
the comma, only
ther Texas, Georgia,
court subpoenas.
Shepherd North Carolina, nor
And in July, Andrea
Virginia has issued a
Cammelleri prevailed on
death sentence this year,
her parking ticket challenge Riverside County, Calif., has
because there was no comrecorded seven, and since
ma. A West Jefferson, Ohio, 2010, Riverside and Los
ordinance banned parking
Angeles County have led
of any motor vehicle camp- the nation in death-row
er, trailer.
assignments. (Ironically, of
A state appeals judge
course, California rarely
ruled that, with a comma
actually executes anyone;
after vehicle, Cammelleits death row has 748 resiris truck would have been
dents, and no one has
banned, but without it, only
walked the last mile since
campers and trailers were.
2006.)
Egypts notorious
Great moments
corruption apparently
in gerrymandering
reached a new level of victimizing in the summer as
In April, the City Council of Mariam Malak, one of the
top-performing high school
Columbia, Mo., rigged a
students in the entire counspecially drawn Community
Improvement District to pass try, not only failed all six of
her final exams but rea sales tax increase. Under
ceived scores of zero in
the law, if the district had no
each. Her family, and a
residents to vote, the election would be decided by the legion of supporters on
social media, have demandtax-friendly business owners.
However, the council some- ed that the prime minister
investigate, especially
how missed that college
whether another student
student Jen Henderson, 23,
had paid to acquire Maactually lived there and had
riams scores or whether
registered to vote, meaning
Mariam was failed intenthe business owners could
tionally because she is of
not vote and that the tax
increase would be decided by Egypts Coptic Christian
... Henderson. (In late August, minority.
the council postponed the
Read more weird news at
election and at press time
www.WeirdUniverse.net;
were in a quandary, as Hensend items to WeirdNews@
derson said shes against
earthlink.net, and P.O. Box
higher taxes.)
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Eric and Colin Jacobsen, artistic directors

Your English teacher

was right

discarding a club and two diamonds

from dummy. East, who has room for
five cards, falls victim to a squeeze
without the count. If he throws a
club, dummy takes four clubs. If East
throws the king of diamonds, South
leads his jack of diamonds, setting up
his queen for the 12th trick with the
queen of clubs as an entry.
You never know what may happen
if you refuse to give up.
South dealer
Both sides vulnerable
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North
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The Knights
Music from the Great War Era
Hear works by Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel,
Anton Webern, Ernest Bloch, Karlheinz Stockhausen,
and Igor Stravinsky.

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East
All Pass

Opening lead 10
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sic
las a

In late 1941, England was still

trying to recover from The Blitz. On
October 29, Winston Churchill was
invited to address the boys at the
Harrow School, which he himself
had attended. The story goes that
Churchill rose and spoke thus:
Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,
ever, give up. Never give up. Never
give up. Never give up.
And he sat down.
The story is apocryphal since
Churchills remarks were actually
extended (and typically eloquent).
Still, his advice was and is worth
taking.
In todays deal, North-South had a
slight miscalculation in the bidding.
They had a combined 32 high-card
points and two five-card suits, so to
reach 6NT was normal. But as it
happened, seven of the missing
points were the A-K of diamonds
and there were only 11 top tricks as
well.
When West led the ten of spades,
South won with the queen and
proceeded to cash the queen, king
and ace of clubs. If the clubs had split
3-3, the slam would have been home
with an overtrick, but when West
showed out, South shrugged and
conceded down one.
If you had been South, would you
have given up so easily?
Suppose South takes his three
spade tricks and then five hearts,

By Frank Stewart

coffeehouse

FREE Classical Coffeehouse

Presented in partnership with the Blue & White
Society and the Penn State Alumni Association

8 p.m. Wednesday, September 30

Hintz Family Alumni Centers Robb Hall
Support provided by Penn State Council
of LionHearts

Experience an informal performance/discussion

featuring The Knights. The musicians have roots in
classical tradition and a passion for genres such as jazz,
pop, and indie rock. Enjoy complimentary refreshments.
Receive a Classical Coffeehouse mug, while supply
lasts. No ticket required. Seating is limited.