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1 Wheat byproduct 6 Australian boots 10 Ensemble 14 Burj Khalifa locale 15 It comes before a fall? 16 Italian volcano that has been erupting through most of 2021 17 Opinion that the ordinal suffix from 4 onward is the worst of the group? 19 They may rehabilitate injured animals 20 Turn into 21 Songs to Wear ___ To (early 2000s website with humorous music) 22 Jason’s mythical vessel 25 Drive into hard 26 Highly decorated 27 Personal notification that nothing but dense, flavorful bread is available? 30 A little off 31 Soothing ointment 32 The color of money (if that money is a Brazilian 10 real note) 33 “___ Doubtfire” (movie turned into an upcoming Broadway musical) 36 Louis XVI, once 37 Sunscreen letters 40 South American mammal that looks like a raccoon 42 Like some roof panels 44 The physics of a Spanish bear tying its shoes? 48 Figures on some Valentine’s Day cards 49 Pantone selection 50 Added color to white canvas shoes, maybe 51 Lounges around 52 Formidable 54 Leaning type (abbr.) 55 Request for Garfield’s canine pal to hurry up? 59 Self-referential 60 Actor Steve of “Superstore” 61 Person from Malmo 62 Maverick of “Maverick” 63 Plays like Diz 64 Garden creeper

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1 It ends in Chicago in Nov. 2 “Wait, what?” 3 “Aladdin” monkey 4 Some Comic-Con attendees 5 Bona ___ 6 Hoo-ha 7 23 so far for Jay-Z, e.g. 8 7 to 10, on the Beaufort Scale 9 2011 World Series winners, or short 10 Degas contemporary 11 Like many group renditions of “Happy Birthday,” to music students? 12 Condescending 13 Cup, in France 18 Beige-like shade 21 Qualifying clause 22 Distant 23 Capital on the Tiber 24 Graph paper pattern 26 World capital where parts of “Tenet” were filmed 28 Pop music family from Utah 29 Daith piercing locale 34 “Peanuts” expletive 35 Poker Hall of Famer Ungar 37 Kill it on the runway 38 Treasure hunter’s step 39 Mister Rogers 40 “Try” singer Colbie 41 Egyptian considered to be history’s first architect 43 “___ Road” (Lil Nas X song) 44 One making citations 45 Still awake 46 They might not retain lint as well 47 Give the appearance of 48 Reach new heights? 52 Walt Kelly comic strip 53 Mike of Social Distortion 55 Apprehend 56 “Breaking Bad” org. 57 Despot Amin 58 Migratory swimmer

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NEW ON DVD

LeBron’s squad takes the court in ‘Space Jam’ update

A sequel to Michael Jordan’s beloved ‘90s Looney Tunes mashup starring LeBron James tops the DVD releases for the week of Oct. 5.

“Space Jam: A New Legacy”: The Tune Squad is back in action, this time led by a new No. 23 as King James, the Los Angeles Lakers star, takes center stage as a father whose teenage son would rather design video games than follow in his father’s footsteps on the hardcourt.

The sequel, which finds James and his son sucked into the Warner Bros. Serververse and features nods to much of the company’s intellectual property, “is just as manic as the first,” Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh writes in her review, “leaving one feeling as if they’ve been hit by a truck driven by Bugs Bunny, synapses fried by one of Wile E. Coyote’s sticks of dynamite.”

In updating the film after 25 years, Walsh asks “what is the lens through which we should view ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’? A nostalgic one? An ironic one? The filmmakers try to do both, while also trying to amuse new audiences, and the result is a strange brew, a frenetic piece of filmmaking that is incredibly meta, but deeply lacking in self-awareness.”

LeBron James dunks on the Goon Squad in “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” COURTESY OF

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Also new on DVD Oct. 5

“Escape Room: Tournament of Champions”: Taylor Russell returns as Zoey, who again finds herself an unwilling participant in a deadly escape room contest, this time a tournament of champions.

“Six Minutes to Midnight”: Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench star in this espionage drama set at an English boarding school just before the outbreak of World War II.

“Broken Diamonds”: Ben Platt, star of “Dear Evan Hansen,” is a young writer getting ready to move to Paris when his father’s death means he becomes the caretaker of his mentally ill sister.

“Clarice: Season One”: CBS drama that debuted earlier this year follows FBI agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field a year after the events of “Silence of the Lambs.”

“Fried Barry”: Horror comedy about Barry, a drug addict abducted by aliens who then assume control of his body and take it on a debauched journey through Cape Town, South Africa.

“The Nevers: Season 1 Part 1”: The first six episodes of HBO’s steampunk sci-fi drama set in Victorian England in which a group of people, mostly women, suddenly gain a range of supernatural powers.

“The Stand”: Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic tale gets a new treatment in this Paramount+ limited series starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard and James Marsden.

“Audrey Hepburn 7-Movie Collection” (Blu-ray): Celebrating the 60th anniversary of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” originally released on Oct. 5, 1961, this set also includes “My Fair Lady,” “Funny Face,” “Sabrina,” “Roman Holiday,” “Paris When It Sizzles” and “War and Peace,” as well as bonus content for most of the films.

Out on Digital HD Oct. 5

“Old”: A family on vacation starts aging rapidly after some leisure time on a secluded beach, reducing their life expectancy to one day, in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller.

“The Amityville Moon”: Two girls try to escape from the church home that holds them captive, only for one of them to be killed by a werewolf.

“Because of Charley”: An estranged stepfamily reluctantly gathers in Florida for an anniversary party, fully intending to keep things brief, but Hurricane Charley changes their plans.

“Paul Newman – The Paul Newman Trilogy”: Three early live TV performances starring Paul Newman as a college student, clothing manufacturer and cowardly soldier respectively that have not been seen since their original 1956-57 air dates.

“The Power and the Glory”: 1961 TV movie adaptation of the Graham Greene novel about a priest in 1930s Mexico, starring Laurence Olivier, Julie Harris and George C. Scott.

“Saving Sloane”: Family drama about a spoiled city girl sent to the country by her parents, where she forms an improbable bond with a horse.

“Sunset on the River Styx”: A chance meeting of two young lovers sends them spiraling down a surreal rabbit hole into their pasts, futures and even a vampire death cult in this horror thriller.

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How could refugee assistance programs stand to improve?

One of the things that’s less well developed in refugee services is that we don’t draw on the experience of people who have been refugees in terms of leadership or giving them decision making power and ability or help in designing programs. We have so many people from refugees or forced migrant backgrounds in this country but very few of them work in leadership positions at these organizations. More work in direct services roles like translators but I would love to see more of an effort made to bring in people who have that lived experience to help create programs. They might look a little different than what was put together by people who have not had that experience.

What stokes this fear of difference?

There’s this mismatch between people’s fears and the actual tiny, tiny number of people in the resettlement pipeline. But what’s at the basis of these fears? That’s a question a lot of us in the field could ask. Why is it less scary to have 15,000 students come every September? I think people have a fear of difference and there are very few programs that try to consider the integration needs of the current population. The shift that I’m trying to do in my own work is to think about integration — it’s not necessarily a one-way process but multi-directional. We have lots of programs for teaching English but none for teaching settled people to communicate with those who don’t speak English that well. It’s very hard to learn English but much easier to learn how to listen to understand a foreign accent.

Settled populations have very high expectations but there are things we could do that affect strategies for accommodation.

Like with your father?

Exactly — become as similar as possible as fast as possible. But what I would say about Worcester is that it’s amazing in its ability to accommodate both slow shifts and rapid new situations.

How do you best help refugees based on what part of the world they come from?

The thinking on that has changed over the past 10 years or so — not just in the refugee field but other social services. Understanding people’s languages and cultural norms is all well and good but there are certain commonalities that apply to everyone. Learning to listen and that other people’s ways are not the same as your ways. We’re talking more about cultural competence rather than competence in a specific culture. A broad competence in inter-cultural relations rather than treating people differently based on where they come from — but also recognizing that people will have deep nostalgia for the life they left behind. That’s a common thing for all humans.