4A / ENTERTAINMENT / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Conceptis SudoKu
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4/14
Answer to previous puzzle
Answer to previous puzzle
6 7 9 4 8 1 3 2 5
4 3 8 5 2 9 1 7 6
2 5 1 3 7 6 4 8 9
3 8 4 7 1 5 6 9 2
7 1 5 9 6 2 8 4 3
9 6 2 8 4 3 7 5 1
1 9 7 2 3 8 5 6 4
8 2 3 6 5 4 9 1 7
5 4 6 1 9 7 2 3 8
Difficulty Level ★★★
CHICKEN STRIP: 2010
Charlie Hoogner
SKETCHBOOK
LITTLE SCOTTIE
THE NEXT PANEL
Todd Pickrell and Scott A. Winer
Nicholas Sambaluk
MUSIC
Fans invest for VIP status
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA—Planning to catch some of your favorite bands live this spring or summer? You may want to consider investing in a golden ticket.
Seeking to boost profits in a music business increasingly driven by concert revenues, performers, promoters, and venues are collaborating to offer fans elaborate—and expensive—perks, usually peddled as "VIP packages"
Take the Eagles' show at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia June 14. Ticket prices range from $50 to $225. But if you're willing to shell out $750 to $895, you get a
Perhaps as significant for some, the extra fee also buys convenience. You get parking close to the building, "hasse-free entrance," and your own merchandise booth far from the maddening crowd.
front-row seat, access to a private lounge serving dinner and drinks before the show, and a laminated pass just like the one the roadies wear.
"Exclusivity comes at a high price, and that's what people are looking for," says Ray Waddell, the senior editor for touring at Billboard magazine.
Because the number of front-row seats is limited, the top-tier packages may cap out at as few as
a dozen customers, so they tend to sell quickly. There could be 200 other "gold" and "silver" packages at the same show, with different seats and perks. More than half of arena and stadium tours offer bonus arrangements of this type.
Whoever suggested that you "get away from it all" didn't have the whole picture. You need to handle responsibilities first. This leads to much-appreciated results.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 6
No amount of pushing will bring everything into alignment. Take time to determine which part needs to be replaced. Don't break anything else.
HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is 6
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a F
Opportunities presented today come with hidden problems. Analyze the situation from the get-go. Don't let anything slide without comment.
You can't quite find your balance today. Think about expenditures carefully, and limit them to what you need right now. Future requirements may shift.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 5
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
When someone close to you reveals his or her innermost thoughts and desires, you're perfectly positioned to fulfill them. Call in a favor to speed up the process.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
The world beats a path to your door today. Accept the mission to perform services as required. Love grows in the process, so don't resist.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Everyone recognizes that change needs to occur. Do you need to start a revolution? Maybe not. Instead, envision your completed goal and dive in.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
You wonder where others came up with their issues. You need to figure out a way to satisfy them while also caring for yourself.
Check which way the wind is blowing concerning personal responsibilities. If you work more creatively, you'll get by and spend less.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Today is a 5
Management sets goals that you feel are overly ambitious. What to do? Separe the wheat from the chaff in order to focus on what's most important.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 5
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
With today's list of demands,
follow the principle of divide and
conquer. Parcel out tasks fairly,
then help others as needed.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
Today is a 6
Don't let it be said that you put your head in the sand today.
You're better off counting the grains instead. Or let it all go and just enjoy the sun.
ACROSS
1 Toward the stern
4 Cisterns
8 Serenades the moon
12 Cattle call?
13 October birthstone
14 Hollywood clashers
15 Hostel
16 Complete
18 Lieu
20 Chest protector?
21 Nitwit
24 Enticed
28 Where sailors go
32 Wild wind
33 Blond shade
46 Church council
50 "Speak up!"
55 Lawyers' org.
56 Small songbird
57 Franc replacement
58 Old hand
59 Odds' mates
60 Part of Miss
Muffet's meal
61 Storm center
DOWN
1 Writer Kingsley
2 Type choice
Solution time: 21 mins.
E CH O S P E C O W L
G U R U Y E A R B O A
O B S T I N A T E S K I
L O C K D A T E D
G R O A N L I M E
R U B Y T E E T O T A L
I N S S A M O S R N A
D E T R I T U S P I T S
R I G S L I C I T
GLU O N T E E N
E E C O B S T A C L E S
N E T R O A N E A S E
E S S A G R A R O P E
3 Color quality
4 Puts a hex on
5 "Simpsons" store-keeper
6 Tit for —
7 Eventual sculpture?
8 Nocturnal nipper
9 Past Thee
11 Erstwhile flier
17 Zero
19 German composer Franz
22 Norway's capital
23 Lollapaloza
Social engagement
50 Have bill
51 Coffee vessel
52 Bill's co-adverter
53 "Wha'dja say?"
49 Social engagement
51 Coffee vessel
52 Bill's co-adverter
53 "Wha'dja say?"
Yesterday's answer 4-14
NEW YORK — "Cat, cat, cold, cold, doll, doll" were Helen Keller's first handwritten words, and they represent an important moment in the remarkable life of a woman who helped bring about meaningful change for the disabled.
4-14 CRYPTOQUIP
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SZVIEMZ ZFW BNBGSVFGRN
GIVA? R WOIGD ONEM.
Yesterday's Cryptoquip: IN THIS FILM, THE MAIN FEMALE ARGUER IN THE COURT CASE IS PROBABLY CALLED THE PLEADING LADY.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: A equals D
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Written on a single page in a neat handwriting, the words are the first document to greet visitors at a new exhibition," Helen Keller: A Daring Adventure;" opening May 7 at the midtown Manhattan headquarters of the American Foundation for the Blind.
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