THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Power increases, and you're on top of the world. Stay on top of your deadlines. Listening is the key to communication. Someone else's crazy idea inspires a solution.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
A hunch could be quite profitable, and the game is on! For the next two days,
you're in the spotlight (and you like it just fine). Deliver your lines with passion.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
The party is just getting fun. Your friends showed up, and there's good music and chow. Choose your words well, and new doors open. Encourage another's creativity.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Expand a little at a time.
Consider new opportunities,
and step into leadership,
even (especially) if it makes
you nervous. You can do it.
You're a quick study.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Conditions look good for travel and romance. You'd rather play than work.
Imagine your next adventure.
Check finances and craft a plan. You could be pleasantly surprised.
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Discuss shared finances.
The details hold the key, and careful planning sets you up to win. Discover that more is possible than you thought. A brilliant idea arises.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Consult with experts and partners. Work out the strategy. Write down a brilliant insight. You're very creative and can solve the puzzle. Fix whatever is broken.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9
Being as busy as a bee can be very productive. Think about all those projects that you want to complete, and find a way to make them bloom. You may need help.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.21)
Today is a 7
You're exceptionally creative
(and romantic) for the next
couple of days. You have a
lot to say. Let it out. Listening
is part of the communication
equation.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Write a letter to your parents or to your future self. Put in extra effort and you can solve a puzzle. The next two days are good for making changes at home.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
You're more valuable than
you think. Put your resources
to good use, and don't throw
your money away. Think
outside the box, and recycle it.
Use it in the garage.
Your imagination empower as you enter a lucrative phase. Catch up on finances and invoicing. Get outside the box that's limiting your creativity. Play with the box.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 9
ACROSS
1 Painter Chagall
5 One time around
8 Over-confident
12 Do as you're told
13 Man-mouse link
14 Lima's land
15 Tofu
17 Falls behind
18 Divest
19 Compact piano
21 Money
24 Mel of baseball lore
25 Probability
28 Iodine source
30 "Rocks"
33 Finder's charge
34 Cars
35 Cattle car
36 Peninsula st.
37 Author
Bellow
38 "Where've
you —?"
39 To the
—
degree
41 Tactic
43 Hunters'
lures
46 Bracelet
location
50 Money of
China
51 1972 Bill
Withers
hit
54 Ms. Brock-
ovich
55 Prepare
to fight
56 Computer
brand
57 Finished
58 Energy
59 Sunrise
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22 Gull-like bird
23 Excited
25 Vacationing
26 Tierra — Fuego
27 TV Superman portrayer
29 Hang around
31 Miler Sebastian
32 A billion years
34 Wan
38 Secondary route
40 A million grams
42 Possess
43 Changed color
44 Continental coin
45 Sharp rebuke
47 Erstwhile Peruvian
48 Merganser duck
49 Fork-tailed flier
52 Before
53 Pump up the volume
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UN promotes Jolie to special envoy
CELEBRITY
terms of the attention that she is getting for the plight of the world's displaced."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"She has donated substantially to refugees," said Edwards, noting that the actress/director won't receive any money for her role. "There is to my knowledge absolutely no connection between any donation of money and this role."
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Apart from her time, Jolie has also given large personal donations to the organization, which relies entirely on voluntary contributions from governments, companies and individuals.
Jolie's new position will focus on the complex crises that result in the mass displacement of people, such as in Afghanistan and Somalia. In addition, on special occasions she will represent the U.N.'s High Commissioner for refugees, Antonio Gutierres.
Difficulty Level ★★★
GENEVA — After a decade of promoting refugee causes around the world. Angelina Iolie herself has been promoted.
'Good Morning America overthrows 'Today Show'
TELEVISION
The United Nations refugee agency has elevated the Hollywood star from being a goodwill ambassador to a special envoy, a role that will see her represent the organization to governments and diplomats. It is the first time the U.N. refugee agency has named a special envoy, said its spokesman Adrian Edwards.
LITERATURE
"Her work does go substantially beyond what we would typically see as being the normal role of a goodwill ambassador." Edwards told reporters in Geneva. "I don't think you need a rocket scientist to see the benefits that she is bringing in
"This is an exciting day, but we will save any celebrating for when the final numbers come in on Thursday," Tom Browski, "GMA's" senior executive producer, said in a statement.
ABC's a.m. "Good Morning America" finally overthrew NBC's "Today" last week, ending its 16-year grip atop the weekly ratings.
— McClatchy-Tribune
"GMA," hosted by George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts — drew an average of 5,147,000 total viewers last week, just 13,000 more than "Today," according to Nielsen. While "GMA" has beaten "Today" before now on individual days, it hasn't done so in the weekly averages since 1996.
'Harry Potter' author writes book for adults
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — It may lack wizards and witches, but J.K. Rowling and her publisher are hoping her first novel for adults, "The Casual Vacancy," will have the magic touch.
It opens with the sudden death of a popular man whose unexpected demise shocks the town. The battle for his seat on the local council sets off "the biggest war the town has yet seen," with rich people fighting poor, parents battling their teenagers, and wives in conflict with their husbands.
The publisher said the "blackly comic" tale of rivalry and duplicity in a small English town would be available worldwide on Sept. 27.
The book's title was announced Thursday by Little, Brown & Co. along with a brief plot synopsis and publication date.
The book will be Rowling's first post-Potter effort. Her seven-volume saga about the adventures of a boy wizard became one of the most successful fictional series in history and led to a series of extremely popular films.
The new book, aimed at a grown-up audience, will be set in a seemingly idyllic English town called Pagford which is described as far more menacing than its pretty faade would indicate.
The publisher said the 480-page novel will be sold as an e-book and audio download as well as in traditional hardback form.
The seven Harry Potter novels have sold 450 million copies and have been translated into 74 languages.
Rowling's final Potter offering, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was published in 2007. She published a short Potter spin-off collection of stories, "The Tales Of Beedle The Bard," in 2008.
Rowling said earlier this year she wanted to reach an adult audience, but kept the book's name and publication date secret until Thursday.
In the past, many successful children's writers have struggled to remake themselves as adult authors. Winnie the Pooh creator
A. A. Milne, a successful playwright in his early years, once confessed that he was forced to say "goodbye to all that" after his beloved books about the bear and friends.
Jon Howells of British book store chain Waterstones said "The Casual Vacancy" would likely be the year's best-selling novel.
But Rowling has one advantage: the Potter books had a huge adult, as well as child, audience.
He said the synopsis came as a surprise and suggested similarities to the work of popular mystery writer Alexander McCall Smith and Mark Haddon, a children's writer who had a huge adult hit with "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
"We were all expecting some sort of crime or mystery novel, but she has, refreshingly, surprised us all," Howells said.
"The plot sounds like it will have hints of Mark Haddon and McCall Smith, and the promise of black comedy is very beguiling."