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Work with a powerful team, and listen with intent. Don't act like you already know the answer or you'll miss a great opportunity. Creative work has a bittersweet flavor. Every little bit counts.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today is a 6
Gain experience and mastery.
Share the load today and tomorrow,
but hold on to the responsibility. And
leave time in your schedule for romance.
A bit of glamour won't hurt.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
Today is an 8
Today and tomorrow, delve into the details. Hot soaks relax stressed muscles. Don't squander your resources, even if you think you have plenty. Learn from an expert.
Reserve the next two days for fun that's balanced with creative productivity. Extend your psychic antennae. Don't believe everything you've learned. Put in the work to reap rewards.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
Stick close to home for the next two days. Clean up and discover a treasure. Make room for love. Friends can help you find the perfect expert.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Practicing something you love goes very well now. Make sure you get all you earned. People know they can trust you to get down to the truth. Waste not, want not.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 6
The air is filled with romance.
Postpone travel for a few days. Start computing expenses. It'll be easier to make household changes soon, but don't obsess about it.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 8
Your power is intense over the next few days. Handle it as well as you can. It's best to have a plan in place, even if you don't follow it. Everyone benefits at the end.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 5
You're under pressure to complete a project that you've been avoiding. Roll up your sleeves and procrastinate no more (at least until later). Find out what rules apply. You win again.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
You can find the right balance between work and friends. Listen to those who support you, and let your self-esteem rise. Don't forget to support others.
Aquarius (Jan. 26-Feb. 18)
Today is a Z
Help comes from far away, possibly financial. Time to refinance? Do the homework and provide necessary information. Bring your quest for truth and social justice to work.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
Adopt rules you can keep and let go of the ones you know you won't. New opportunities arise. A private conversation soothes. Acceptance is key (and humor.)
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12 One of the Three Bears
13 Conclusion
14 TV's Dr. McGraw
15 Mideast port
16 Wrestling hold
18 Tetanus
20 Lassoes
21 High tennis shot
22 Jewel
23 Jaunty topper
26 Samson's weapon against the Philistines
30 Altar affirmative
31 London forecast
32 Hive dweller
33 Arid
36 Play-wright Henrik
38 Noon, in a way
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40 Squabble
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10 Pleasant
11 BPOE members
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19 Make marginalia
22 Choke
23 Lobster eater's aid
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Campaign ads flooding airwaves
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Is there any escape from all those political ads in the most hotly contested states in the three weeks before the presidential election?
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26 Cohort of Whoopi and Sherri
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39 Pretenious
40 Vacationing
41 Bronchia sound
42 Radiate
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45 Mad king of literature
46 Highway division
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The TV ads come in rapid succession and at all hours — in the middle of newscasts, soap operas and talk shows. They cover everything from jobs to education to trust, and they're sharply negative.
"It's just way too much," says Scot French, a history professor at the University of Central Florida. He lives along the swing-voting Interstate 4 corridor that will play an important role in deciding whether President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins the state, and perhaps the White House.
French is quick to criticize both political parties, calling the homestretch advertising deluge "a game of sowing confusion among those who are confusable."
It's all enough to turn off voters, leaving them frustrated and annoyed.
This is the risk facing the candidates and their allies as they spend huge sums of money before the Nov. 6 vote. It's a risk that both sides are willing to take, given that polls show the race remains close nationally and in the most competitive states such as Florida.
By the end, the campaigns and independent groups will have spent about $1.1 billion on television advertising this year, with $750 million already allocated in the handful of states likely to determine the outcome of the contest Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, the Kantar-Campaign Media Analysis Group estimates.
At least some voters tuned out long ago. In interviews last week, many cited the negativity and lack of specifics in the commercials; others said they had already decided which candidate to support and didn't need to be persuaded.
Florida tops the list, with more than $150 million spent by both sides so far.
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Computer-generated music impacts instrument sales
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The rise in electronic music popularity has sparked a decline in instrument brands, such as Fender. Drum sets and guitars are now replaced by computers and synthesizers.
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A recent New York Times article titled "A Guitar Maker Aims to Stay Plugged In" reported these technological developments have hurt some instrument makers. Fender's overall profits have declined this year, and sales of all musical instruments in the U.S. are down nearly 13 percent from their peak in 2005, according to Music Trades Magazine.
The electric guitar, of course, which has been a leading part of popular music since the '50s. The innovation of putting transducer pickups on a piece of wood to capture electronic sound is an early example of modern technology's constant evolving role in musical creation. Now, thanks to programs such as Garageband and Logic and Pro Tools, a laptop can be a recording studio, and virtually anyone can produce music.
This statistic isn't too surprising at a time when the fossilized guitar lords of rock's bygone golden era have to play the Super Bowl half-time show to get noticed. And, as many would argue, why take the time to learn an instrument when fans flock by the thousands to see artists like Skrillex and Deadmaus push buttons and turn knobs?
Roberta Freund Schwartz, musicology division director for the University, doesn't foresee the popularity of digitized music leading to a decline in the importance of traditional instruments.
She said other factors could have caused lower sales in recent years.
Computers and the Internet are at the heart of aesthetic changes in pop music, but bands like MGMT and the Black Keys exemplify Schwartz's assertion that instruments are alive and well, and can coexist with digital effects. Schwartz also said the perception of how artists create sound may have changed, but skill and creativity remain crucial to any musical style.
"The economy is not very good, so many people either aren't buying instruments initially or are putting that off as a purchase," Schwartz said.
"With people like Skrillex and Diplo, it's largely about what I'm
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New technology will always influence the sound of pop music for the same reason that I'm typing this article on a MacBook instead of a typewriter. But the demand for talented musicians isn't going away anytime soon. Video may have killed the radio star, but as Jimi Hendrix said, "That's all right, I still got my guitar."
going to put where, and having enough knowledge of the musical structure and what's going to get people dancing," Schwartz said. "To be able to do that well is different from just saying 'I'm an amateur in my bedroom and I made this.'"
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Murder Mystery Dinner tonight in Kansas Union
Student Union Activities will be hosting their first Murder Mystery Dinner tonight. Before the event, each audience member will be given a specific role to play in order to help solve the murder mystery. The event will be interactive between the audience and the Jest Murder Mystery Co., a Kansas City-based acting troupe. The troupe has been "providing the USA with quality, professional dinner theater and murder mystery shows since 1999," according to its Facebook page.
"I just hope that it's a fun opportunity for students to get in the mood for Halloween and the season," Ball said.
Kelsey Ball, culinary coordinator for SUA, thinks it would be a good event to have every year.
and the season", Ball said.
In addition to partaking in solving
the mystery, a spaghetti dinner will
also be served.
Aside from this event, SUA also has a Halloween Open House planned for Oct. 31, an event they have hosted in years past.
The Murder Mystery Dinner will be held in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union, located on level 5. The event begins at 6:30 p. m. Tickets are $3 with a KU ID and can be purchased at the SUA box office in the Kansas Union.
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