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ENTERTAINMENT
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Conceptis SudoKu
THURSDAY DECEMBER 10, 2006
2 7 1 4 5 1
3 8 5
8 3 7
4 1 9
4 6
5 9 7
1 4 8 4
3
Answer to previous puzzle
Difficulty Level ★★★
3 7 9 2 1 8 5 6 4
2 4 6 3 7 5 8 9 1
5 1 8 6 4 9 7 2 3
9 6 3 8 5 7 4 1 2
4 8 5 1 9 2 6 3 7
7 2 1 4 3 6 9 8 5
6 5 7 9 2 1 3 4 8
1 9 4 7 8 3 2 5 6
8 3 2 5 6 4 1 7 9
Todd Pickerell and Scott A. Winer
LITTLE SCOTTIE
ANTIMATTER
TECHNICOLOR EYES
OK EVERY BODY, FINALS SUCK. BUT IF YOU DON'T STUDY FOR FINALS YOU WILL GET A F.A.C (FAIL ALL GLASSES) AND YOU WILL DIE. OK EVERY BODY GRAB A BLUE BOOK.
(NOTE: NO DEATH WILL ACTUALLY OCCUR IF YOU DON'T STUDY.) GOOD LUCK
HOLIDAY
Presidential preparations for Christmas underway
BY NANCY BENAC
Associated Press
Take quantities that might work in a private home — guests, cookies, parties, cards, whatever — and add some extra zen to get a feel for a White House-sized holiday season.
WASHINGTON — Christmas at the White House isn't for sissies.
As in 50,000 guests, 28 parties and open houses, a couple hundred thousand holiday cards and untold quantities of cookies, cakes, brownies, truffles and the like to feed the
Obamas' holiday throng.
"They eat like crazy," says former White House executive chef Walter Scheib, who cooked for the masses under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. "Christmas at the White House is the single most mentally and physically challenging thing that you can do."
Scheib said the staff used to joke during the holidays about "White House flextime" — when "you can work any 100 hours you want this week."
Before Halloween, Yosses already was joking about doing "mental push-ups" to prepare for the coming holiday season.
As far back as October, pastry chef Bill Yosses' team was plotting
Yosses' shop stockpiles mounds of cookie dough in the freezer to keep up with day-to-day demand for holiday sweets.
strategy and going over drawings for this year's gingerbread house — a 390-pound behemoth whose construction required the use of a band saw.
His rule of thumb for receptions: four bite-size dessert items per guest.
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HOROSCOPES
Get started early on any project that you want done by day's end. Expect interference in the form of demands from distant sources.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is an 8
You have a long list of tasks facing you. Take five minutes to discuss the plans. Then, focus on your part, and all goes well.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an B
You couldn't have asked for a better day to accomplish your favorite goal. Others get turned on to your ideas.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Everyone has an opinion, and you hear about them all. Just because you listen doesn't mean you need to take action.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 7
New projects begun today
hold promise for income in the
future. Bring the ideas of others
together into one master plan.
Today is one
You love what you do, so focus on that today. Let others pursue their own ideas. You can catch up with them later.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 5
Today is a 5 Everything works out well today if you begin on practical footing and state your needs clearly. Then, monitor feedback.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23--Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
An older person makes demands. Listen and leam. You don't have to do everything right now. But you should take steps to satisfy yourself and others.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is an 8
You get a lot more done today than you thought possible, if everyone works together. Prioritize, but also do the small stuff.
If you apply yourself to the task at hand, you'll get a lot done in a short time. Plenty of time for play this afternoon.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
Challenge yourself to say only what must be said today. Others hear criticism where none is intended. Shift gears late in the day.
There's no lack of energy now.
What's missing is careful communication. Balance the truth with compassion.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18)
Today is a 7
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
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ACROSS
1  float on air
5  Genie's home
9  Journal
12  Franc successor
13  Bassoon's cousin
14  Tokyo's old name
15  Grizzly, e.g.
17  More than mist
18  Red-light building
19  Preamble
21  Tagged player
22  Extemporize
24  North Sea feeder
27  Aviate
28  Deposited
31  Apiary dweller
32  Golfer's concern
33  Opposite of "oui"
34  Prejudice
36  Need
37  Arctic gull
38 Freeway exits
40 Exist
41 Ride into space?
43 Burns some-what
47 — and cry
48 Money storage site
51 Sprite
52 Vicinity
53 Story
54 Pesticide letters
55 Credit card result
56 Formerly, formerly
DOWN
2 Emanation
3 Kermit is one
4 Off-campus local
5 Timber wolf
6 Honest politician
7 Extinct New Zea lander
8 Danger
9 Bohemian district of Paris
10 Bloodhound's clue
11 Energetic
16 Detail to pick?
20 Zero
22 Pseudonym
Yesterday's answer 12-10
23 Self-help author Wayne
24 Suffer a recession?
25 Mainlander's memento
26 Highway sign
27 Dismal failure
29 Chit
30 "CSI" evidence
35 Frivolous gal of song
37 Power house?
39 "Oops"
40 Roy G. —
41 Lean-to
42 "— Lang Syne
43 Card game for three
44 — gum (thickening agent)
45 Right angles
46 Undo a dele
47 "All the Things You —"
50 Kan. neighbor
12-10
CRYPTOQUIP
YXNZ GLMI LRO GS HBRVM
SZ GLM OSSC RG GLM YSBO-
STG VRCHMZGCI YIJHSYXTJ:
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Today's Cryptoquip Clue: S equals O
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