THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HOROSCOPES
Because the stars know things we don't.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Ages (March 21-April 19)
Today is an 8
Surround yourself with supportive friends. Listen and provide comfort and resources in return.
Avoid charging ahead without checking the blueprint first. Ask your family for counsel.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Communications improve greatly and so does your attitude. You find excellent inspiration in a partner and friends. Take the next step with confidence.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
As you care for your investments,
watering the seeds that you
planted, you may have to make a
difficult decision that ultimately
results in future growth.
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Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
You're both your best and worst critic today. Take your diatribes with a grain of salt, and pay attention to any brilliant ideas. Let others moderate. Make decisions later.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Everything's possible today, especially if you can work as a team. Take advantage of new openings in the interaction channels. Do what seems right. Share the glory.
Today is a 7
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Draw a new door on the wall with a piece of chalk. Make your own opportunities. Dare to imagine invisible possibilities. Bring the chalk along. You never know when you'll need it.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Follow the rules to keep things in order. The impossible is beginning to look manageable ... even easy. Your friends are there to help. Take a class or seminar to increase skill.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Find strength with structure. You could take on a home improvement or decoration project. Get in communication with a distant friend for advice. Use your connections.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Consider a simple, direct (yet creative) solution, rather than the more convoluted way. Stay calm to save money. Your spiritual practices clear your mind.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 9
Your typical persistent efficiency serves you well today. Call for reinforcements, if needed. An investment in your home could work. Draw the blueprints, and line up financing.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 9
Work may require some travel. See if you can squeeze in some fun, too. Follow an educated hunch, and collaborate with a colleague who has the knowledge you lack.
Persistent action can open new doors. Try to guess the magic words, and send them out. Follow your intuition (and a map). Trust your heart.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Door-frame parts
6 Carpentry tool
9 Explosive letters
12 End, NASA-style
13 “— Had a Hammer”
14 Travail
15 Craze
16 Tropical perennial herb
18 What a hothead may lose
20 "Casa-blanca" lead role
21 — Khan
23 Skillet
24 Unruly hairdos
25 Greedy one's cry
27 Ritzy fiddle
29 Mars, e.g.
31 Zoroastrian sacred text
35 Puts on
37 Urban pall
38 Rural home
41 Chances, for short
43 Storm center
44 Birds, to Brutus
45 Surgical instrument
47 "Black Magic Woman" band
49 Mirror's offering
52 Family
53 Trail the pack
54 Money of Jordan
55 Cunning
56 Gorilla
57 Obliterate
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DOWN
1 Predica-ment
2 "The — Daba Honey-moon"
3 Cyrus after ego
4 Soft cheese
5 Postage
6 Mum
7 At a distance
8 Triumph
9 Clemens pseudo-nym
10 (For the) time being
11 Ship-building materials
17 Swaps
ligatoni,
e.g. lock and'seed
hodges of baseball
24 Dallas basket-baller, for short
26 Sign up
28 Hoarse
30 Lo-o-ong time
32 “The Bartered Bride” composer
33 Plaything
34 Census statistic
36 Time of senility
38 Barrels
39 Use
40 Comic Jack
42 Play-ground fixture
45 Break suddenly
46 Mideast ruler
48 Chicken-king link
50 Petrol
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7,2011
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ODD NEWS
Off-duty officer subdues robber
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A would-be robber picked the wrong time to steal a jar of money from a north Florida convenience store.
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The Gainesville Sun reports that as Sgt. William Dietrich tried to take Auriel into custody, they fell through a plate glass door.
Williston Police Chief Dennis Strow said 27-year-old Michael Wayne Auirulo took the jar with $55.78 from the Kangaroo store Wednesday. But he didn't realize an off-duty Manor County Sheriff's deputy was there.
The money was intended for a charity that sponsors recreational events for terminally ill children.
Williston police arrived and took the man into custody. Both men were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Associated Press
Thief takes time to stop and pray
A man stopped to pray while he robbed a woman in a wheelchair after breaking into her home.
The New Castle News reports Perretti forced open a door at the woman's house on sept. 30. He demanded money and she gave him $5, but he wanted more. The woman began praying as Perretti pushed past her to take $20 from her purse. Perretti apologized and knelt down before running away.
Thirty-two-year-old Christopher Peretti II, from New Castle, is awaiting a hearing on charges for burglary and robbery.
Police found him a short time later.
Associated Press
TELEVISION
"The Simpsons," Fox debate salary
ASSOCIATED PRESS
However, it is not as if Murdoch takes that big pile of money and puts it under his pillow every night like he's Homer's boss C. Montgomery Burns. After everyone involved in the show, including the folks lucky enough to be profit participants in "The Simpsons," gets his or her cut, the bulk of the leftover dough gets pumped back into the company.
A salary dispute between the actors who provide voices for "The Simpsons" and 20th Century Fox Television, the studio that produces the hit cartoon for its sister Fox network, has shone a light on just how much News Corp., parent of both the studio and network, has made from the show.
No doubt Bart, Homer, Marge and the rest of the Springfield gang have been a cash cow for Rupert Murdoch's media empire. Between reruns, DVDs and the slew of merchandise that has come out over the more than two decades that "The Simpsons" has been on the air, the show has generated more than $1 billion in profits.
There it is used to sign writers and producers to make other shows, most of which will fail. That $15 million that was spent by 20th Century Fox Television to make the pilot for "Terra Nova?" "The Simpsons" helped pay for that.
The actors' contributions to the show's success should not be minimized, and they too have earned millions off of the success of "The Simpsons" The main voices on "The Simpsons" —Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardle Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe the bartender, Chief Wiggum and Apu) and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns) — make about $440,000 per episode, according to a person authorized to speak public on
Nick Sambaluk
The reason the studio is trying to cut the show's costs is because over the years "The Simpsons" has become a lot more expensive to produce. The longer a show is on the air, the bigger the salaries get for all involved. That's how it should be. With ratings success comes financial rewards.
For the Fox network, though, "The Simpsons" has entered into the loss leader category. Its audience has shrunk by almost 20 percent over the last five years, and at more than $5 million per episode the network no longer makes money on it, people familiar with the matter said. That's why Fox is pressuring the studio to lower the license fee and the studio in turn wants the creative team to take a pay cut.
the matter. They also typically get paid for any use of their voices in "Simpsons"-related merchandise or commercials.
The studio wants to cut that by 45 percent, to roughly $240,000 per episode. Producers and others involved in the show also have been asked to take reductions in pay.
Interestingly, the studio and parent company News Corp. also know that even if new episodes of "The Simpsons" end, that doesn't mean the money train will stop running. In fact, it could get bigger.
That's because once the show goes off the air, the syndication unit of News Corp. will be able to cut new rerun deals for "The Simpsons" and find other ways to monetize the show, including starting a cable channel devoted to the antics of Bart.
David Bank, a managing director at RBC Capital Markets estimated that News Corp. could generate as much as $750 million in new rerun deals. The studio has set a deadline of Friday afternoon for the actors to agree to the terms.
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