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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
MONDAY JANUARY 29. 2007
SUDOKU
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 6x6 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each side contains exactly one number. The Concepts Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday.
Conceptis Sudoku
by Dave Green
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| | 2 | 9 | 6 | | 1 | 7 | 4 |
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| 9 | | | 5 | | | 7 |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | | 2 | 6 |
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Difficulty Level ★★★★
Solutions to Friday's puzzle
Difficulty Level ★
Solution to Macy's puzzle
5 3 4 7 9 6 1 8 2
2 1 8 3 5 4 9 7 6
9 6 7 2 8 1 5 3 4
4 9 2 5 1 3 7 6 8
1 5 3 8 6 7 4 2 9
8 7 6 4 2 9 3 5 1
6 2 1 9 3 5 8 4 7
3 4 9 6 7 8 2 1 5
7 8 5 1 4 2 6 9 3
>> PARENTHESIS
CHRIS DICKINSON
DAMAGED CIRCUS
GREG GRIESENAUER
ENTERTAINMENT Immigrant director wins Sundance best film award
PARK CITY, Utah — Sundance Film Festival's grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama went to "Padre Nuestro," an immigrant saga about a Mexican teen's heartbreaking search for his father in America.
"Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)," another Latin American story recounting government corruption and kidnapping in Brazil, earned the grand-jury award Saturday in the U.S. documentary competition at the festival, the nation's top showcase for independent film.
"Grace Is Gone," a tear-jerker starring John Cusack as a father who takes his young daughters on a road trip to postpone breaking the news that their Army sergeant mother has been killed in Iraq, won
the audience award for favorite U.S. drama as chosen by balloting among Sundance movie-goers.
Writer-director James C. Strouse won the Waldo Salt screenwriting award for "Grace Is Gone."
The U.S. audience award for documentaries went to Irene Taylor Brodsky* "Hear and Now," a portrait of her aging, deaf parents as they undergo risky surgery that could allow them to hear.
Writer-director Christopher Zalla's debut film "Padre Nuestro" is the story of a Mexican youth (Jorge Adrian Espindola) who sneaks into the United States to find the father (Jesus Ochoa) he never met, only to have his identity usurped by a conniving fellow illegal immigrant (Armando Hernandez) he meets along the way.
"Padre Nuestro" followed last year's "Quinceanera" as the second straight Mexican-immigrant tale
to win top dramatic honors at Sundance.
Jason Kohns"Manda Bala" connects such discharge elements as a frog farm used as a front for money-laundering and a plastic surgeon who works on mutilated kidnap victims to capture the violence pervading life in Brazil.
The jury prize for world cinema was awarded to the Israeli film "Sweet Mud," director Dror Shaul's narrative of a boy coping with his mother's mental illness on a kibbutz in the 1970s.
The Danish film "Enemies of Happiness," Eva Mulvad and Anja Al Erhayem's study of an Afghan woman who bucks patriarchal tradition and runs in her country's 2005 parliamentary election, won the documentary jury prize for world cinema.
Associated Press
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》 HOROSCOPE
New information does not remove all speculation, yet more likely, it raises new questions. Continue your research.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
The lead-acting honors were favored to go to Mirren as British monarch Elizabeth II in "The Queen" and Whitaker as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." Mirren and Whitaker have dominated earlier film honors throughout the awards season.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
Don't tap into your own reserves
—let somebody else help out.
There'll be enough for everybody, if everybody contributes.
Murphy and Hudson were solid bets to take home supporting prizes as soulful singers in the
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Great wealth and countless other goodies can be yours, but not for a while. Don't pitch a fit; it's good for you to practice discipline.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
It's a good idea not to rely completely on other people. Odds are good somebody will not be there for you, when expected.
Be patient, as the argument goes on. This is a good thing. You'll get to know everyone better, and see which side they're really on.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
More work's coming in, which cuts into your private time. Don't be afraid; in a day or two, you can have a team organized. Get help — you'll need it.
ELISA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is an 8
Don't rely on others to be there
when they said they would. Travel
conditions are complicated now.
Telecommute.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
By tomorrow, you'll be able to cink the deal, if you can be patient. You also want to wiggle around and get into position.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is 6
Today is a 6 Direct your conversation to practical matters. Staying with pure theory doesn't produce results. It won't pay the rent, either.
As you're racing from one responsibility to another, start training an assistant. You need a good support person so you don't run yourself ragged.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is an 8
With 19 of the 20 SAG nominees also earning Oscar slots, the guild awards were poised to give winners a chance to practice their academy thank-you for Hollywood's top prizes Feb. 25.
identical to contenders announced at the Oscar nominations last week, including front-runners Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson.
Home isn't the only place you run into controversy. You're in a good position to help them reach a com promise. Teach them to be more objective.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a7
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 6
As you listen to all the arguments, you're forming an opinion. You will be asked about it, so give the matter
The category for overall ensemble cast, the guild's equivalent of a best-picture award, included three of the best-picture Oscar contenders: the sprawling global drama "Babel," the mob epic "The Departed" and the edgy road-trip comedy "Little Miss Sunshine."
ENTERTAINMENT Guild awards foreshadow Academy Awards
musical "Dreamgirls."
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES—This year's Screen Actors Guild Awards appeared to be a dress rehearsal for the Academy Awards.
Nominees in the four film-acting categories for Sunday's 13th annual guild awards were virtually
ACROSS
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1 — Baba
4 Some statuary
9 Homer Simpson's "Dratt"
12 Lair
13 Phantom's ballwick
14 "Got a Were"
15 Were of two minds
17 Vast expanse
18 Mai — (cocktail)
19 British king who abdicated
21 Apple drinks
24 Thick chunk
25 Kyoto cummer-bund
26 Afternoon social
28 Burst forth
31 Fail to hit
33 Pinch
35 Birthright barterer
port
38 Happy companion?
40 Screw up
41 Typewriter type
43 Turn blue?
45 Musical about Charle-magne's son
47 Numerica prefix
48 Praise in verse
49 Repudiation
54 Meadow
55 Mirror's offering
56 Wall climber
DOWN
1 Put together with
2 Floral neckwea
3 Office holders
4 "Maltese Falcon" star
5 Out of bed
6 Catch a glimpse of
7 Kilmer classic
8 Bareback lack
9 Free from error
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58 Frolic
59 Born
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11 Be the leader
16 Consumed
20 Piece of merchandise
21 "Catch a Falling Star" crooner
22 Wading bird
23 Vanish
27 Help
28 Rid of rind
30 Swerve
32 Leave out
34 Stamps
37 Tart
39 George Washington —
42 The inner self
44 God (Italian)
45 Horse play?
46 Notion
50 Potential syrup
51 Victory
52 "Hail, Caesar!"
53 Caustic solution
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