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4/27
Answer to previous puzzle
5 9 8 3 4 6 2 1 7
2 3 6 7 8 1 9 5 4
1 7 4 9 5 2 8 3 6
8 2 7 1 6 3 5 4 9
6 4 1 2 9 5 7 8 3
3 5 9 4 7 8 1 6 2
7 6 2 8 1 4 3 9 5
9 1 5 6 3 7 4 2 8
4 8 3 5 2 9 6 7 1
Difficulty Level ★★
COOL THING
ANTIMATTER
Sam Gharaiheh
FILM
Fury to be a movie fixture
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — Think of Nick Fury as the spy who came in from credits.
During the making of the first "Iron Man," Samuel L. Jackson was invited to film a quick scene in the role as "a tag," the name for those short (and often funny or sequel-suggesting) snippets of film that roll after the credits. The Fury tag was especially fun because in Marvel Comics, the modern incarnation of spy-chief Fury was in fact modeled after Jackson — which made the "Iron Man" after-credit scene one of the most memorable ever, right up there with "Ferris
Bueller's Day Off" and "Napoleon Dynamite."
fun to get Sam since the comics version of Fury is based on him," said "Iron Man" and "Iron Man
The tag also one heck of a job audition, for Jackson signed a nine-movie deal with Marvel Studios to make his fictional espionage czar the unifying crossover character as Marvel moves forward with the plan to
"In the film he has a significant role and becomes the entry point to connect Tony Stark to ... S.H.I.E.L.D."
JON FAVREAU Director,' Iron Man' films
2" director Jon Favreau. "Now it's become much more than that. In the film, he has a significant role and becomes the entry point to connect Tony Stark to the agency called S.H.I.E.L.D.
interlock all of its superhero films.
"The idea was just to do this tag,
and we thought it would be really
and, thereby, the rest of the Marvel Universe, with Captain America, Thor, the Avengers."
MUSIC
Haggard shows softer side
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
INDIO, Calif. — Parking at the Stagecoach festival was a journey to the dark side for all concerned this weekend.
Even a musician of Merle Haggard's stature got caught in the fracas, his bus pulling in about an hour behind schedule to the area in back of the Palomino Stage, where he would play later in the evening.
But the esteemed singer and songwriter was relaxed when I caught up with him on the bus.
Haggard's new album "I Am
What I Am" came out last week,
and
"it's pretty personal," Haggard, 73, said. "There're not a lot of politics. I guess it's a little more from the heart than the last few albums."
and he spoke about the intimate tone of many of the homespun songs. There's no flash, little outward fire in the gentle collection.
There's a sweetly reflective remembrance about growing up in Bakersfield, "Oil Tanker Train"; a song about his home in Northern California, "Down at the End of the Road"; and a bittersweet observation that love is "Pretty When It's New"
general tone of songs of the heart and hearth is "Ive Seen It Go Away," the new album's lead track. Without throwing barbs, he gently but sadly notes how the best of what defines America to its citizens and the rest of the world has, over time, "gone away."
The one exception to the
Is the man famously "proud to be an Okie from Muskogee" getting disillusioned with the land he's loved for so long?
"Some people might say that," he said. "Maybe I am," he added with a little chuckle. "But I think there are some people who are going to agree with it, too."
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today is a 6.
Today is a 6 When you open your mouth, be sure that something nice comes out. The challenge is to be pleasant even while working on a serious problem.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7
AURORA (April 20)
Today is a 7
Everything you've worked for comes together and hits the mark precisely. You receive karmic benefit, and your self-esteem grows.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6
Duty forces you to deal with emotionally painful matters. Choose your words carefully to soften the impact. Everyone feels better when it's out in the open.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7 Take care of essential business with your partner first. Then allow time in seclusion to recharge your batteries. Enjoy the evening out.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Today is a 6 You become more aware of circumstances that affect education or work. Subtle undercurrents will cause far more stress if you ignore the implications. Find balance.
Today is a 6 You've put in the hours. Now you reap the benefit of all that effort. Frame your public announcement to take advantage of prevailing sentiments.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
You feel logically challenged. Talk to a female or seek information on the Internet, then apply the results to your immediate situation. It works out.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 5
You understand that change is necessary. Explaining this presents a major challenge. Try logic first, and reserve the right to use force.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.22-Dec.21)
Today is a 6
Your challenge is to adapt to both the circumstances and your partner's insistent desires. Lower your expectations or delay a decision.
When life gives you lemons,
don't just make lemon-
ade; make it the best ever
tasted. Only you know what
it took to get this done.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is a 6
Travel or educational deadlines cause you some concern, as obstacles block your path. A female can help focus your ideas and get them organized.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 5
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
Tell everyone early on that you want extra effort before lunch so you can take off early. You'll make it to the event on time with their help.
ACROSS
1 Have on
5 Taxi
8 Distort
12 "It's a Sin to Tell —"
13 Eggs
14 "Do — others ..."
15 Jeff Probst's show
17 Nevada city
18 Thickness
19 Morning moisture
20 Sandwich necessity
21 Adjective for 22-Down
22 Adversary
23 Debate topic
26 Prime Minister's street
30 Norse thunder god
31 Carton
32 Defeat decisively
33 Greedy
35 Tilts
36 Lingerie item
37 Otologist' subject
38 What Nixon denied being
41 Over-active one?
42 Center
45 Tibetan monk
46 Take unawares
48 Gray hair cause
49 Favorite
50 Looked at
51 Repair
52 Blond shade
53 Root beer brand
DOWN
1 Nasty stinger
2 Hebrew month
3 Ethereal
4 Gun the engine
5 Small flock
6 Acknowledge
7 Tavern
8 Cry uncle
9 Dandling site
10 Sicilian spouter
11 Unfinished furniture?
16 Between assignments
20 Acknowledge applause
21 "Hanging ten" need
22 Hounds' prey, perhaps
Solution time: 21 mins.
23 "Monty Python" opener
24 That girl
25 Scale member
26 Homer's interjection
27 A Gersh win
28 Sister
29 "Pygmaion" play wright's mono-gram
31 Merit badge org.
34 Annoy
35 Genie's quarters
37 Third rook from the sun
38 Untalkative one
39 Anger
40 Portent
41 Colors
42 Casual greeting
43 Second-hand
44 Foundations
46 Hot tub
47 Roulette bet
Yesterday's answer 4-27
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Animal Planet's Wade reflects on beginnings
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Wade is a big-game angler constantly in search of freshwater monsters that make sharks seem as docile as dolphins.
PASADENA, Calif. — Jeremy Wade is full of fish stories, only he's not exaggerating when he describes his latest catch.
The host of Animal Planet's "River Monsters" plies his skill with heavy fishing equipment and a passion, he admits, that borders on obsession.
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fishing for carp. "There was a lot of mystique surrounding them. They were supposed to be hard to catch. But while this was happening, fishing was becoming much more popular generally and because it was a small country generally and more people interested, it became less of an escape."
In India he began to hunt for a fish called a mahseer. He wrote some articles about that battle, which led to working as a part-time journalist and a copywriter. A zoology graduate, he also taught biology for a while. For 15 years he would trek to some exotic location, try to snag some scaly Sasquatch for three months and return to his erratic day jobs.
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"It took me six years going to the Amazon, three months at a time, to actually track down the arapaima," he says. "That's commonly said to be the biggest fresh-water fish in the world. Nobody knows for sure, but a lot of people think so."
Wade, 54, always fishes in fresh water. "There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water," he says. "If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on whales, on coral reefs, the deep oceanic trenches. There's loads of stuff. But as soon as you look for anything about fresh water, the information is very sketchy."