A / ENTERTAINMENT / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
HOROSCOPES
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Someone close to you experiences a depressing moment. To shift the mood, offer alternative plans of action that they are blind to.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7
Someone begins the day in a funk. You can shift that by providing independent activities that emphasize personal strengths.
Today is a 7
Your actions take place in your mind's eye. The variety of possibilities seems endless. Come down to earth tomorrow after a night of dreams.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 6
Your imagination carries you away, and that's all right. Today you hatch new plans and wait until later to put them into action. Enjoy the process.
LEO (July 23-Aug.22)
Today is a 9
Recall a dream or create one today as you seek excitement in a relationship. Doubt falls away as you move closer. Generate and amplify the energy to build it up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
Where relationships are concerned, you're on a roll this week. Continue that trend by working to balance your urge for independence with passion.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 9
You begin to wonder what you were thinking when you started out. Don't be disheartened; just re-examine the logic to get back on track.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is an 6
If you worry by yourself, you won't get your questions answered. Say what's on your mind out loud. Then listen. This provides an entirely new outlook.
Today is a 7
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21)
Emails or calls leave you wondering if you want to be part of the group. Define the structure and plan first. Then make your decisions.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Your imagination has been working overtime. You may have felt a bit depressed, but now your thoughts move ahead toward logical, harmonious outcomes.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 7
Urgent travel requires multiple changes of plans. Act with compassion, and take care of business. Handle crucial details yourself,
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 5
After a few moments of pondering financial news, you shift into an imaginative sphere to create more expansive possibilities. Tell your partner.
Concept is SudoKu
Difficulty Level ★★★
Answer to previous puzzle
| | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |
| 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
Difficulty Level ★★★
MONKEYZILLA
FOLLOWING THE EATING CONTEST, MONKEYZILLA WAS ACCUSED OF USING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISQUALIFIED
COOL THING
Kevin Cook
LITTLE SCOTTIE
ACROSS
1 Bed-frame piece
5 Cribbage scorer
8 News-paper page
12 Cab The whole enchilada
14 Heming-way or Haydn In the thick of Carnival city
17 “— go bragh!” Pacific discoverer
20 Threaten Squid squirt Longing Longest abbr. on many calendars
27 Nero and Napoleon Eggs
34 Debtor's letters 35 1974 John Carpenter movie
38 Chess soldier 39 Blackbird 40 Commotion 42 Hardly colorful 45 Lizard's place? 49 Blunder 50 Common soccer score 52 Cranny 53 Competent 54 Geological period 55 "Unforgettable" singer
Solution time: 25 mins.
B A L D A L P C E L L E R I E LE A H I Y A E I N S T E I N I D E S S A T I E G A L O S H R A T S M I L T R E E R E A M O D D S U I E I E I O N O R P E G L L O R D A S H Y H A S SE A S L E T T E R C L A R E O L I O E I T H E R O R B I E N A V E E G O S E A S E D Y E P O K E
56 Interpret 57 Kinsey topic 58 Odds'mates
DOWN
1 Impala 2 Dalai — 3 Botanical angle 4 Morsel 5 Pet bird, often 6 Actor Wallach 7 — onto (snatch) 8 Church key, e.g. 9 Irritational distrust 10 Grand-scale tale 11 Hamlet, e.g.
19 Broadcasting 21 CBS logo 24 Turf 25 A Gabor sister
26 Geometric curve 28 Urban transit letters 29 Seeming displacement, to astronomers 30 Tier 31 Baltimore news-paper 36 Stabbed 37 Sermon subject 38 Swoop and seize 41 Coiffure 42 Culture medium 43 Ear part 44 Individuals 46 Midday 47 Olympian's prize 48 Supplements, with "out"
Yesterday's answer 9-9
9-9 CRYPTOQUIP
RET A ELA Z FP C TT Q U. Yesterday's Cryptoquip: SINCE A BLOODSUCKING ARACHNID BECAME CAUGHT IN SOME MIRE, ONE COULD CALL IT A TICK IN THE MUD.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: R equals T
KICKER
'The Social Network' generating buzz among Facebookers
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When Facebook recently unveiled its new location-sharing feature, one executive fondly mentioned Antonio's Nut House in Palo Alto, Calif., as the sort of establishment that might inspire plenty of posts. The next day, an ACLU leader, addressing privacy concerns raised by the new feature,
complained that she would like to hang out at the Nut House without Facebook asking "again and again and again if I want that shared with everyone nearby!"
So what better place than this irreverent, bustling watering hole, located just a short jaunt down California Avenue from Facebook headquarters, to assess Silicon Valley buzz about "The Social Network," the upcoming Hollywood film about Facebook's messy genesis.
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Trailers now appearing at the cineplex and online hint at a portrait of founder Mark Zuckerberg as a 19-year-old Harvard discipline problem who is Machiavellian in his pursuit of success. ("Your best friend is suing you for $600 million?") Facebook employees may be understandably reticent if their leader, who in person evinces an
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At a pool table, Maya and her girlfriend Aubrie were celebrating Maya's 22nd birthday with some guys. Like a few other patrons, Maya, Aubrie and Mike declined to offer their last names. Funny that a generation that plasters party photos on the Internet is so guarded. But whatever.
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Another engineer said he was intrigued by the preview, although he is not a Facebook user. Andrzej, who also declined to give his full name, sensed in the Facebook story a classic moral: "Whenever something becomes a success, all of a sudden there are multiple fathers."
Just the night before, when they'd gone out to see "Inception," Maya and Aubrie caught the trailer for "The Social Network." It changed Maya's mind. When she had first heard there would be a movie about Facebook, "Honestly, I thought that sounded stupid," Maya said. But the trailer looked cool, the young women agreed, so
At another table, political scientist Karla Lopez de Nava of Mexico City and her friend Peri Gonzales of Spain represented the Nut House's appeal with Stanford's international culture. As for the movie, Lopez de Nava couldn't
Aubrie, who described herself as a Facebook addict, said she's intrigued by the story of Zuckerberg and his cohorts and hope Hollywood depicts the truth. "I hope it's an accurate picture of how it all started."
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But are people at work talking about the movie? Not so much, one said. "They probably know about it, but they're just so busy," one said.
An unscientific sampling of 17 Nut House patrons revealed a wide range of perspectives.
now they plan to see the movie.
unpolished geeky charm, can be as ruthless as he wants to be.
Whether "The Social Network" does big box office remains to be seen.
The search for actual Facebook employees led to a booth in the corner, where three men were working through two pitchers of beer, then were joined by a fourth with a third pitcher. Yes, they said, they indeed worked at Facebook and no, they didn't want to offer even their first names.
resist a wisecrack: "Is it going to be as bad as the security on Facebook?"
"I don't think," one Facebook employee said, "it will be as big as Facebook."