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Several pages have been redesigned to enhance both the mobile and desktop experience. The homepage, My Account, Order History Summary and Order History Details pages are optimized for users on mobile devices.
Post date: April 17, 2017
You can now select where you see item images for both screen and print views. This setting can be changed in your Shopping Preferences.
Post date: April 17, 2017
You can now easily bypass the associated dealer page by setting your preferences when you log in. Select the "Skip this step" box, and you'll bypass selecting your dealer next time you log in. At any time, you may change these settings in My Account > Shopping Preferences > Quick Login.
Post date: April 17, 2017
You can now select language and see links in the site footer.
Post date: April 17, 2017
You can now see not only the date, but also the time of an order or quote placed.
Post date: April 17, 2017
Authorized users may now set the ordering limit for users in their organization to "No Limit."
Post date: April 17, 2017
You can now print or export the details of your quote from the quote details under your 'My Account' pages.
Post date: April 17, 2017
A combination of new functionalities allows you to order parts from a dealer without creating an account! If you are on an eSite of any dealer with a territory in your country, you can see pricing information and add parts to your shopping cart.
Post date: March 21, 2017
As you add parts to your cart using the 'Quick Order' feature, calls to your dealer's business system to show you alternate parts are faster, improving the response time for you to see other part options.
Post date: March 21, 2017
If your dealer has enabled this feature, then when you place an order, you will see shipment tracking information in your order history details, and you will receive shipment confirmation updates. You can also set your notification preferences to affect when you receive emails about your shipments.
Post date: March 21, 2017
In order to provide a more user-friendly print view and maintain consistency, checkout pages have been redesigned to include more information and a more standard format.
Post date: March 21, 2017
There is now a deep link into parts.cat.com from my.cat.com. The Parts.Cat.Com feature, Find by Equipment (FBE), is automatically activated from either my.cat.com or another application. If you are already filtering your results by equipment serial number in my.cat.com, for instance, when you navigate to Parts.Cat.Com, your selections will persist as you search the site.
Post date: March 21, 2017
Dealer store locations are now in alphabetical order as you navigate the site, making it easier for you to choose the correct dealer store.
Post date: March 21, 2017
In Internet Explorer, you can follow these steps:
Tools > Internet Options > Content Tab > AutoComplete, Settings > Ensure the boxes are checked next to "User names and passwords on form" and "Ask me before saving passwords"
In Chrome, you can follow these steps:
Settings > Show Advanced Settings > Under "Passwords and Forms" ensure the boxes are checked next to "Enable Autofill to fill out web forms in a single click" and "Offer to save your web passwords" > Click on Manage Passwords, and if Parts.Cat.Com is in the "Never saved" list, delete it.
Post date: December 12, 2016
This month's updates were focused on enhancing site performance. In particular, you will see improved speed on the Quick Order, Shopping Cart, and Login pages.
Post date: December 12, 2016
We appreciate your feedback! In addition to the improvements below, we also fixed a number of bugs that were affecting performance. Every month, the Parts.Cat.Com team updates our website to make it faster and easier to get the parts you need.
Post date: November 22, 2016
Shared Frequent Order Lists are now loaded and available. For customers that access multiple dealers and/or multiple Dealer Customer Numbers, shared Frequent Order Lists are Dealer Customer Number specific.
Post date: November 22, 2016
A new carousel on the homepage has been added that shows the best-selling products on your Dealer's Parts.Cat.com website. There are as many as 24 products listed, and the list, which is refreshed hourly, is based on the number of sales by line item during the past 30 days.
Post date: November 22, 2016
Now depending on your Dealer, when you enter a part number in Quick Order that is not formatted with hyphens and leading zeroes, and click enter, the value will be returned as the auto-formatted part number with Source of Supply or pricing information as necessary.
Post date: November 22, 2016
Several improvements have been made to Frequent Order Lists, including: Empty Frequent Order Lists cannot be added to cart, "shared" or "private" frequent order list options are both in the dropdown where applicable, and "Add List to Current Order" button appears for all customers.
Post date: November 22, 2016
Several updates have been made to the checkout process on mobile devices, reducing the number of screens in the process from 4 to 2, including: Order Summary page includes "Ordered By" field, images appear on the "Order Confirmation" page, back arrow available at the top of the screen, Discounted and core charges are displayed, and the Dropbox tab is displayed.
Post date: November 22, 2016
We appreciate your feedback! In addition to the improvements below, we also fixed a number of bugs that were affecting performance. Every month, the Parts.Cat.Com team updates our website to make it faster and easier to get the parts you need.
Post date: October 18, 2016
If you complete a site search that returns no results, some additional help is now provided. Recommendations to search using 'Parts Manuals' or serial number, and direction to the Resource Center are shown, and direct links to those tools are provided. If you enter not only a keyword, but also a serial number, an example of a serial number plate is shown to provide clarity.
Post date: October 18, 2016
Attaching a document to your order is now even easier. Simply select "Upload Attachment" near the billing information on the 'Order Summary' page, select the document you wish to attach, and proceed placing your order. If you have attached a document to an order, then it is attached to the order confirmation emails sent to both you and your dealer, it is visible in the "Order Details" section in your account, and it has been added to the pages for submitting and approving orders. You can also now remove the attachment by clicking the "x" next to the file name.
Post date: October 18, 2016
The layout of the delivery options section of check out has been changed to make your selection as simple as possible. If your dealer has enabled this, you will see multiple tabs for different methods, based on what options your dealer offers. After you select the tab, or shipping option, you will be instructed to complete the information relevant to that option.
Post date: October 18, 2016
You can now:
You can now reorder an order you have placed when you are on an order's detail page.
Post date: September 23, 2016
While registering, user name and password requirements are called out, and if the requirements are not met, you will be instructed that "Username does not meet minimum requirements." Where you are directed to "Create a unique user name that is between 6 - 25 characters." You will see that a username can contain numbers' letters or the following special characters: @ _ . " and you will be notified if the user name you enter has already been taken. Once you have entered a username that meets the minimum requirements that has not already been taken, you will see a green checkmark indicating success.
Similarly, when creating a password, the minimum requirements are clearly displayed. Passwords must be at least 8 characters, and have at least one of each of these: number, upper-case letter, lower case letter, and a special character. Acceptable special characters are *, &, :, =, -, !, ., %, ?, _,|, @, #, or $ If requirements are not met, you will see a warning that "Password does not meet requirements." When changing your password, you may not use a password that has been used the past 13 times. Once you have entered a password that meets the minimum requirements and reentered it with a successful match, you will see a green checkmark indicating success.
Registration has been simplified. The following fields have been removed:
However, another field has been added but is not required. You will now see "Enter Dealer Account Number if known" when registering.
Post date: September 23, 2016
When you enter specific special characters that might be in a dealer's part number via the Quick Order functionality, correct part numbers are added to your shopping cart. This is the list of special characters accepted by Quick Order: !#$()*+,-./:;=?{}_`
Post date: September 23, 2016
When you navigate to SIS from parts.cat.com, return to Parts.Cat.Com and then return to SIS, you will be directed to the last page you were on in SIS.
Post date: September 23, 2016
When you select and order parts using SIS, the serial number in the Order Summary automatically matches the one you selected in SIS, regardless of what you have selected on the Parts.Cat.Com Associated Dealer page. This means that your order summary information automatically contains the serial number you entered in SIS. Also, if you go back into SIS, the serial number you entered the first time persists.
Post date: September 23, 2016
By default, this field will be populated with the name of the user currently logged in. The user has the option to change this field if desired.
Post date: September 23, 2016
Serial number and "Ordered by"/"Requested by" are now included in Order Confirmation emails, to indicate for which equipment the purchase was meant and by whom the order was placed. Also:
Post date: September 23, 2016
When you search for your dealer using your location, you will now see all stores within a 1,000 mile radius, instead of seeing only 50 results.
Post date: August 23, 2016
In addition to the attribute names visible on the left-hand side of the page while navigating the catalog of parts, you will now see the unit of measure associated with that attribute, so you can more effectively narrow your search and find the parts you need quicker.
Post date: August 23, 2016
The "Standard/Stock" labels currently in PartStore are now the same on Parts.Cat.Com.
Post date: August 23, 2016
As you place an order, the payment method now appears before the billing address.
Post date: July 29, 2016
If you sign into Parts.Cat.Com and you do not have a Unique Customer ID (UCID), then you will see a window indicating "You are currently logged in with {cwsID} and are not associated to any dealers. Please click here to {register button}, or click here to {logout button}, and sign in with a different account." This will ensure that your orders are processed correctly and that you see the correct pricing information.
Post date: July 29, 2016
Similar to PartStore behavior, if a country does not need a zip/postal code, then it is not required for you to register or place an order.
Post date: July 29, 2016
For all customers worldwide, an address validation service now returns matching addresses based on the information you provide. You can select the correct address and continue with your order or registration.
Post date: July 29, 2016
You can now view deleted orders, and you are now able to filter your view of orders using the notification limit preferences you have set. By default, when you click on "Order Approvals," the orders you see will be those within the limits you have set. By clicking "Search Options" you are able to refine the results based on monetary amount or other criteria.
Post date: July 29, 2016
Now when you enter parts into Quick Order, selecting the source of supply and replacement or alternate parts is easier. The source of supply (SOS) for all parts is visible and selectable from one screen, as are replacement and alternate parts.
Post date: July 29, 2016
You can now print your order details from the Order Summary Page, Order Confirmation Page, Shopping Cart Page and Order History Page by clicking the "Print" button. The printer-friendly view shows only the key information, order number, shipping and billing information, parts included in the order, and a summary of the costs, in a simple, compact format. Additionally, you can export the contents of an order from the Order Summary Page and the Order Confirmation Page. After clicking "Export," you can select from three formats - XLS, CSV and PDF - and download the file. A .CSV file can be used to load into "Quick Order" for future orders.
Post date: July 29, 2016
The Frequent Order List functionality included in the April release is now expanded to include shared lists, in addition to private lists. You can create, view and edit shared lists. You can also now create lists using the items in your shopping cart. On the shopping cart page, you can click "Create Frequent Order List," which will add the items in your cart to a new list.
Post date: July 29, 2016
The Quick Order page now displays alternate, replacement, Reman or Classic parts associated with a part added on the 'Quick Order' page. If there is an alternate or replacement part option, you will be directed to an exception screen where parts can be added and removed. This functionality is for the desktop site only, and this will only be displayed for you if you have associated yourself with a dealer. On the mobile site, these exception screens will not appear in June, though that functionality is scheduled for a later release.
Post date: June 18, 2016
The Frequent Order List functionality has expanded to include shared lists, in addition to private lists. You can create, view and edit shared lists. Adding parts to lists is also now more user-friendly. When adding parts to a list, there are always two more rows than the current row you are using. For instance, when you tab to or click on "Qty" on the second row, an additional row to line 4 automatically appears.
Post date: June 18, 2016
While on the 'Quick Order' page, if you have added parts to the fields on the page and attempt to leave 'Quick Order,' you will now receive a warning, "You are about to navigate away from a page with a form that has not been submitted. By doing so, you will lose any information you've entered. Would you like to proceed?" with options to "Cancel" or "Proceed." If "Cancel" is selected, you will stay on the 'Quick Order' page and can "Add All Items to Cart" and all items will be added to the shopping cart. If "Proceed" is selected, you will lose the parts entered into the 'Quick Order' page; those parts are not added to the cart and do not remain in the form.
Post date: June 18, 2016
The new 'Order History' tab under 'My Account,' shows the history of orders placed in PartStore and on Parts.Cat.Com (online orders only). Order histories are shared among users within an organization as well, as long as the user is not an Instant Access customer. When viewing order details, you can see the parts included in the order and "Add All to Cart." The details shown include all of the information entered along with the order.
Post date: June 18, 2016
A "Recently Viewed" carousel of parts is now shown on the homepage for all customers. From there, you can scroll through the carousel, or click "View All." Browsing history can also be accessed by logged in users from the 'My Account' page. After clicking 'View All,' a page is shown on which you can adjust the quantity of the parts and add to cart. The results on the page can be filtered by category or attributes associated with the recently viewed parts.
Post date: June 18, 2016
Additional functionality has been added to the Customer Authority Management capabilities included in the May release. Specifically, order approvers are now able to edit orders in their approval queue, after which they can save, delete, approve or reject them. If the new edited order total is higher than the approver's approval limit, it will automatically be placed in the queue of the next order approver. Also available are notifications to users. The email notifications contain links to the related order, and users can set notification preferences by monetary value amount. Note: Rejection notifications now contain the reason for the rejection.
Post date: June 18, 2016
This feature allows you to search the order histories on your accounts and identify outstanding cores not yet returned to the dealership, for all dealers with this integration.
1. Navigate to 'My Account' and click the 'Core Tracking' link under 'Settings.'
2. Enter key criteria to narrow your search, including: Customer accounts, store locations, date ranges, part number, order number, equipment, serial number and PO number.
3. Your search results will be displayed as a list of sortable columns that can be exported as an .xls, .csv or .pdf.
Post date: May 14, 2016
This functionality allows the administrator to view and approve orders as well as set and change limitations on order totals for individual users within their organization. The administrator needs to approve any orders that exceed the set limits, allowing more control over purchases made by your organization.
1. Navigate to 'My Account.'
2. Select 'Organizations and Users,' all users assigned to your organization will be displayed.
3. Click the 'Actions' icon and select 'View Details' to access and edit user permissions. Once an order has been approved or denied by the administrator, the user is notified via email. Regardless of approval status, the order will appear on the user's order history page.
Post date: May 14, 2016
Want a customized quote from your dealer? If your dealer has this functionality enabled, you can now create a quote, which locks in the price of your order for a certain number of days set by your dealer.
1. To request a quote, click 'Create Quote,' in the 'Order Summary' page of your cart.
2. To view pending quotes, navigate to 'My Account.'
3. Click the 'Pending Quotes' link under 'Settings' and all available dealer quotes will be displayed.
4. Select 'Details' next to each quote to view individual parts and quantities.
5. From 'Order Summary,' you can choose to place the order, delete the quote or select cancel to leave the quote as is.
Post date: May 14, 2016
In the top navigation bar, you'll notice that we changed the 'Part Lookup' section to 'Parts Manuals.' From there you can drill down through major component systems to find groupings of parts specific to your equipment. Like a parts manual, you can view engineering drawings of many parts to ensure you are selecting the right part for your equipment. At a part level, you can check your dealer price and complete the checkout process. If you have access to SIS, you'll be able to navigate to it through this page. Click here for a quick tutorial on how to utilize 'Parts Manuals.'
Post date: May 14, 2016
Frequent order lists provide a quick and convenient way for you to create, save, and re-use lists of parts that you plan to order repeatedly. This function can now be found on the 'My Account' page. New lists can be created by manual entry or by uploading a .csv file following the format of the sample file available on the site. If you were a previous PartStore customer, you will be able to find PartStore orders dating back to January of 2015. Order history for orders placed on Parts.Cat.Com date back to October 2015. NOTE: Currently all lists are private, meaning they can only be viewed by the user that created them. Sharing lists within a company is an enhancement planned for a future release.
Post date: April 16, 2016
It's easier than ever to search parts using the 'Find by Equipment' function, which allows you to enter a serial number and
part keywords to get a listing of matches based on factory settings for your criteria.
1. From the homepage, enter the serial number of your equipment and a part keyword.
2. Click the 'Find Parts' button and you'll be directed to a search results page that shows only parts associated with the criteria you entered. Parts may be filtered either by serial number prefix and range (indicated by a 'Verified at Serial Range' note) or exact serial number (indicated by a 'Verified at Serial Number' note).
3. Scroll through the parts listing and click on the part you need. You'll be directed to the part detail page. Here, you can update the quantity you wish to purchase, check availability, or select 'Add to Cart' to place the item(s) in your shopping cart.
You can also access this feature by adding a serial number in the search field on category and product pages. Once you've filtered your search by serial number, the whole site is filtered so you know you're getting the right parts for your equipment
Post date: April 16, 2016
To make the login and checkout process faster, Parts.Cat.Com has created a Shopping Preferences page where you can customize your preferences.
This can be found in the 'My Account' section under 'Settings' and 'Shopping Preferences'. Your customization options include:
Dealer Settings: Set your default Dealer Store location
Quick Login: Set the default equipment for your order based on all of the serial numbers associated with the selected customer number.
Quick Checkout: Select your default billing and shipping addresses, payment and shipping methods.
From the 'My Account' section you can also view Pending Quotes, Core Tracking and Frequent Order Lists, as well as reorder in a single step from your order history by clicking the 'Reorder' button next to any previous order.
Post date: April 16, 2016
The Cat Financial Commercial Account (CFCA) payment method has been added as an additional payment method during the checkout process.
When you select CFCA as a payment method you will be required to enter a valid account number and the name on the account.
Below are two conditions that must exist for this payment method to appear in your payment drop down list:
1. Your selected Dealer has enabled CFCA
2. You have been enabled to place credit card orders by your dealer (i.e. have credit card as a payment method)
Post date: April 16, 2016
Now you can purchase a wide variety of buckets for Cat Skid Steer and Backhoe Loaders at the touch of a button. You can also equip buckets with different teeth for your specific applications. Browse the bucket lineup, check compatibility and review specifications. Shop the selection under the Machine Attachments category or search by part number using the search function in the top navigation. Keep an eye out for more attachment options coming soon.
Post date: April 16, 2016
Create your account by following these simple steps and get faster ordering with the 'Quick Order' and 'Quick Checkout' features.
For future purchases, you can even reorder in one simple step from your order history.
1. Click on the 'Sign In / Register' link in the top navigation.
2. Click on the 'Register' button.
3. Input your location and follow the instructions to identify your dealer and your preferred store by clicking the 'Select Dealer' button associated with the dealer listing below the map.
4. Complete all required fields on the 'Dealer's Registration' form and click 'Submit.'
It's easier than ever to search parts using the 'Find by Equipment' function, which allows you to enter a serial number and part
keywords to get a listing of matches based on factory settings for your criteria.
1. From the homepage, enter the serial number of your equipment and a part keyword.
2. Click the 'Find Parts' button and you'll be directed to a search results page that shows only parts associated with the criteria you entered. Parts may be filtered either by serial number prefix and range (indicated by a 'Verfied at Serial Range' note) or exact serial number (indicated by a 'Verified at Serial Number' note).
3. Scroll through the parts listing and click on the part you need. You'll be directed to the part detail page. Here, you can update the quantity you wish to purchase, check availability, or select 'Add to Cart' to place the item(s) in your shopping cart.
You can also access this feature by adding a serial number in the search field on category and product pages. Once you've filtered your search by serial number, the whole site is filtered so you know you're getting the right parts for your equipment.
Another way to find parts is by clicking 'Parts Manuals' in the main navigation. From there you can drill down through major
component systems to find groupings of parts specific to your equipment. Like a parts manual, you can view engineering drawings
of many parts to ensure you are selecting the right part for your equipment.
1. Enter a specific serial number and keyword to narrow the results.
2. Click the search button to retrieve all the information stored about this serial number from the SIS parts books, including specific part numbers, engineering drawings, descriptions, dealer price and recommended quantities.
3. Adjust the quantity if necessary and select 'Add to Cart' to place the item in your shopping cart.
You can click the 'Shop by Category' link in the top navigation or select one of the many categories from the left navigation.
Further narrow your search by selecting any available sub-categories. If you already know your part number, enter it or key search
terms such as 'batteries' or 'filters' into the search feature in the top navigation.
1. Enter your part number into the Search field.
2. You will be taken to the 'Parts Detail' page where you will be able to see a picture of the part, the description, specifications and the part's price and availability with your local dealer.
3. Update the quantity you wish to purchase and check availability. Select 'Add to Cart' to place the item in your shopping cart.
If you have access to the Caterpillar Service Information System (SIS), including digital parts books, 3D technical drawings and other materials,
you can utilize it by following the steps below:
1. To access SIS, click 'SIS' in the top navigation or click the 'Visit SIS' link on the 'Parts Manuals' page.
2. Enter the serial number or 3-digit prefix of your equipment or select a serial number from the drop down menu.
3. Narrow your search with the 'Filter Search' function to view all the options for your machine.
4. Type in a key word, such as battery, to view the batteries on your machine or you can 'Select As Shipped.'
5. After creating your parts list, select the desired parts and quantities needed for the repair and click 'Add to Shopping Cart.'
Need to order parts fast? Then login to shop with 'Quick Order.'
1. In the 'Dealer Association' window, select the dealer, account, and store you are ordering from.
2. Select or enter a serial number for your machine.
3. Click on the 'Quick Order' link in the top navigation.
4. You can manually enter the quantity and part numbers needed or upload a .CSV file from your computer in a predefined format.
5. Click 'Add to Cart' to see availability, price and choose your source of supply.
6. Select 'Next' and add the parts to your shopping cart.
7. Save the list of parts as a file or frequent order list, print the list of parts, change your store location and update price and availability, select a delivery date, add notes and serial numbers to each part. Then proceed to check out.
From checkout to payment methods and delivery options, getting the parts you need has never been faster or easier.
1. Once you are ready to buy, click the 'Checkout' button, which directs you to the 'Shipping and Billing' page.
2. Select your delivery method, choose your payment option, and/or enter a promotion code.
3. Choose the 'Ship to Me' option if you would like to have your order delivered. If you want to pick your order up from the dealer, simply select 'Store Pick Up.'
4. Select your payment method and input the requested information and/or promotion code.
5. Click 'Next' and review your order on the 'Order Summary' page.
6. Select 'Order' to submit your parts order and receive your confirmation number.
7. If you would like to have a parts quote instead of placing an order, you can 'Create Quote' instead of choosing 'Place Order'. Once the quote is created it is available to view from your account where you can see the details, place an order, or delete the quote.
To make the login and checkout process faster, you can customize your preferences in 'My Account' under 'Settings.' Your customization options include:
Quick Login: Set the default equipment for your order based on all of the serial numbers associated with the selected customer number.
Quick Checkout: Select your default billing and shipping addresses, payment and shipping methods.
From the 'My Account' section you can also view Pending Quotes, Core Tracking and Frequent Order Lists, as well as reorder in a single step from your order history by clicking the 'Reorder' button next to any previous order.


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AT&T U-Verse Wireless Connection Problem with Apple Devices
I have been using AT&T U-verse since last year. It has been better than AT&T DSL service which I used prior to U-verse. But sometimes the internet connection was not successful from only my Apple devices. Actually the fact that the problem is only from Apple devices was known to me quite lately. My son is using a Windows laptop. I found out that he never complained about his connection. I am not sure that my wired connection was also problematic since I didn't check it because most of my networked devices are wireless.
I asked AT&T technical support to help me. They were very kind and eager to solve my problem. After listening to my problem, the technical support changed my modem settings. I believed it helped since I didn't have the disconnection problem anymore. But another problem, maybe more serious one arose. Network speed got seriously slow down. I called again AT&T technical support. All they said was that my modem and wire were OK. The technical support asked me to cold-reset my modem. So I did. The speed came back to normal. I believed that it helped and solved the problem. But it was not. The network speed got slow down again after a while.
I had decided to solve this problem by myself and checked out some relevant articles from the Internet. Many complaints existed here and there. But there were not many clear answers for the problem. So, my second approach was to check out my son's Windows laptop which was getting network connection even though all my Apple devices weren't. I found out the laptop's wireless setting was using WPA-Personal as the wireless security. So I changed the security setting of my MacBook Pro's AirPort. It didn't solve the problem. I googled one more time. And I found an interesting answer for this disconnection problem. The guy said that the modem's wireless setting should be changed.
I figured out that Apple's AirPort Security settings have missing compared to Windows wireless settings. Among authentication types of WPA and WPA2, we can choose either TKIP or AES in the Windows settings but not in the AirPort settings. I suspected that Apple devices do not support one of types. The default setting of the U-verse modem is "WPA-PSK (TKIP) and WPA2-PSK (AES)." I selected
"WPA2-PSK (AES)" "WPA-PSK(TKIP)" instead of the default setting and clicked the 'save' button. This solved my wireless connection problem of my Apple devices without sacrificing network speed.
Here is a short version of what I did to solve my problem.
- Start a web browser. Go http://192.168.1.254
- Click the "Wireless" icon on the "Home" screen or select the "Settings" tab –> LAN –> Wireless. Either can bring you to the same setting page.
- Scroll down to the Security section.
- Select
"WPA2-PSK (AES)""WPA-PSK(TKIP)" in the Authentication Type.

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VCDiscounter is proud to offer you these Original STAIN-X Brand Stain Remover Cleaning Care Products at the lowest prices you'll find online!
For over 50 years the STAIN-X family has promoted an environmentally positive approach to leaving your house and our world a cleaner place. The STAIN-X brand conserves resources and minimizes waste by promoting material reduction and recycling; organically based biodegradable products; utilizing recycled and recyclable packaging and manufacturing products that are nonhazardous during manufacturing, use and disposal.


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MORE THAN 500 American Society of Agronomy (ASA) certified crop advisers (CCA) from 37 states and Canada have completed an accredited continuing education course offered free online at the Farm Industry News (www.farmindustrynews.com) and the Farm Press University (www.farmpressuniversity.com) Web sites.
The course on spray drift management developed by Delta Farm Press, Farm Industry News's sister publication, was launched six months ago and has drawn strong support nationwide, says publisher Greg Frey. "We have been gratified by the positive response received from certified crop advisers from Maryland to Florida and from Georgia to New Mexico and California," he says.
The course features a series of texts and 27 multiple-choice questions. The participant can proceed only if he or she answers the questions correctly. An incorrect answer takes the CCA back to the area of the text where the correct answer is found.
"This is a great way to earn CCA credits," said CCA Irving Gates of Madera, CA. "I often struggle finding time to attend events offering CCA credits. Having the capability to do it online, late at night or early morning, is a great option."
After completing the course, the CCA e-mails the course administrator, who then notifies ASA of the completion. The CCA can print a verification of completion for his or her records.
The ASA has accredited the course until August 2008 for one continuing education unit (CEU) in integrated pest management.


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A fungal culture is a test to find a fungus that can cause an infection.
Your doctor will collect a sample of skin and/or nail
fragments (debris) under the infected nail. If a sample of debris cannot be
removed, he or she will take a nail sample by lightly scraping the nail near
the infected area or by using a small blade to shave off a piece of
Nail or debris samples are added to a substance that
promotes the growth of fungi. If no fungus grows, the culture is negative. If a fungus grows, the culture is positive. The type of fungus may be identified using a microscope or chemical tests. Sometimes other tests are done to find the right medicine for treating the fungal infection. This is called sensitivity testing.
A fungal culture will show whether a
fungal nail infection is present and what type of
fungus it is. A fungal culture is typically done when a diagnosis is unclear or
when treatment of a fungal infection has not been successful. If uncommon fungi
are identified, the infection can then be treated with different
No fungal growth is present. But the test
may be done again using more samples taken from other parts of the infected
nail. This is because there may no longer be fungi on the edge of the infected
area, where it is easiest to scrape for a sample, or in the dead tissue, even
if you have a fungal nail infection.
Fungal growth is present, and the type of
fungus is identified. Your treatment may depend on the type of fungus
Although fungal cultures can
identify the type of fungus infection, they are not routinely used because they
take a long time and are expensive. Another type of culture test, called the
dermatophyte test medium (DTM) culture, can tell if dermatophytes are present.
The DTM culture costs less than a traditional fungal culture, can be done in a
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Simple information searches -- name lookups, word searches, etc. -- are often implemented in terms of an exact match criterion. However, given both the diversity of homophonic (pronounced the same) words and names, as well as the propensity for humans to misspell surnames, this simplistic criterion often yields less than desirable results, in the form of reduced result sets, missing records that differ by a misplaced letter or different national spelling.
This article series discusses Lawrence Phillips' Double Metaphone phonetic matching algorithm, and provides several useful implementations, which can be employed in a variety of solutions to create more useful, effective searches of proper names in databases and other collections.
This article series discusses the practical use of the Double Metaphone algorithm to phonetically search name data, using the author's implementations written for C++, COM (Visual Basic, etc.), scripting clients (VBScript, JScript, ASP), SQL, and .NET (C#, VB.NET, and any other .NET language). For a discussion of the Double Metaphone algorithm itself, and Phillips' original code, see Phillips' article in the June 2000 CUJ, available here.
Part I introduces Double Metaphone and describes the author's C++ implementation and its use. Part II discusses the use of the author's COM implementation from within Visual Basic. Part III demonstrates use of the COM implementation from ASP and with VBScript. Part IV shows how to perform phonetic matching within SQL Server using the author's extended stored procedure. Part V demonstrates the author's .NET implementation. Finally, Part VI closes with a survey of phonetic matching alternatives, and pointers to other resources.
Part I of this article series discussed the Double Metaphone algorithm, its origin and use, and the author's C++ implementation. While this section summarizes the key information from that article, readers are encouraged to review the entire article, even if the reader has no C++ experience.
The Double Metaphone algorithm, developed by Lawrence Phillips and published in the June 2000 issue of C/C++ Users Journal, is part of a class of algorithms known as "phonetic matching" or "phonetic encoding" algorithms. These algorithms attempt to detect phonetic ("sounds-like") relationships between words. For example, a phonetic matching algorithm should detect a strong phonetic relationship between "Nelson" and "Nilsen", and no phonetic relationship between "Adam" and "Nelson."
Double Metaphone works by producing one or possibly two phonetic keys, given a word. These keys represent the "sound" of the word. A typical Double Metaphone key is four characters long, as this tends to produce the ideal balance between specificity and generality of results.
The first, or primary, Double Metaphone key represents the American pronunciation of the source word. All words have a primary Double Metaphone key.
The second, or alternate, Double Metaphone key represents an alternate, national pronunciation. For example, many Polish surnames are "Americanized", yielding two possible pronunciations, the original Polish, and the American. For this reason, Double Metaphone computes alternate keys for some words. Note that the vast majority (very roughly, 90%) of words will not yield an alternate key, but when an alternate is computed, it can be pivotal in matching the word.
To compare two words for phonetic similarity, one computes their respective Double Metaphone keys, and then compares each combination:
Obviously if the keys in any of these comparisons are not produced for the given words, the comparisons involving those keys are not performed.
Depending upon which of the above comparisons matches, a match strength is computed. If the first comparison matches, the two words have a strong phonetic similarity. If the second or third comparison matches, the two words have a medium phonetic similarity. If the fourth comparison matches, the two words have a minimal phonetic similarity. Depending upon the particular application requirements, one or more match levels may be excluded from match results.
The .NET implementation of Double Metaphone is very similar in design and use to the C++ implementation presented in Part I. To use the .NET implementation, simply add the Metaphone.NET.dll assembly to your project's references in Visual Studio. NET, import the nullpointer.Metaphone namespace into the source files, and instantiate the DoubleMetaphone or ShortDoubleMetaphone classes, for string and unsigned short Metaphone keys, respectively.
For example, to compute the Metaphone keys for the name "Nelson", code similar to that listed below may be used (C# code listed; the .NET implementation is callable from VB.NET, J#, and all other .NET languages):
using nullpointer.Metaphone;
DoubleMetaphone mphone = new DoubleMetaphone("Nelson");
System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} {1}",
Note that the Metaphone keys are obtained via the PrimaryKey and AlternateKey properties.
As with the C++ implementation, an existing instance of a DoubleMetaphone or ShortDoubleMetaphone class can be used to compute the Metaphone keys for a new word, by calling the computeKeys method:
using nullpointer.Metaphone;
DoubleMetaphone mphone = new DoubleMetaphone();
System.Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} {1}",
As with all of the implementations presented in this article series, a sample application—CS Word Lookup--written in C# is presented to demonstrate the use of the .NET implementation. CS Word Lookup uses a Hashtable collection class to map Metaphone phonetic keys to an ArrayList class, containing the words which produce the said Metaphone keys.
While the .NET CLR performs reasonably well, it must be stated that the C++ implementation of Double Metaphone will likely perform significantly faster than the .NET version, due primarily to the fact that the C++ version judiciously avoids memory allocation and buffer copies, while the .NET implementation is unable to avoid such constructs. The ambitious reader is encouraged to optimize the .NET implementation, perhaps through the use of the unsafe keyword, to perform direct memory access, at the expense of CLR compliance.
This brief article introduced the author's .NET implementation of Double Metaphone, including code snippets and a brief discussion of performance issues. Continue to Part VI for a review of alternative phonetic matching techniques, and a list of phonetic matching resources, including links to other Double Metaphone implementations.
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A James Tedesco masterclass almost subjected his soon-to-be teammates to a disappointing loss. Yet a late try to Latrell Mitchell saw the Roosters maintain their spot in the Top Four with a 22-18 win over the Tigers on Saturday night in front of over 9,000 fans.
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Lights On-Prayer Vigil for Newtown, Connecticut Victims
My cousin Kelly gave me the heads up on this. I think it is a very thoughtful idea.
Lights On-Prayer Vigil for those friends and families mourning a loss in Newtown, Connecticut. Let us guide their way with our lighted prayer... Please put your porch light on now and leave it on throughout the day Sunday, December 16, 2012. It will be our way of sending our love and prayers to the families of Newtown. Please share.


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Ariana Grande & Jennette McCurdy Starring In New Series 'Sam & Cat'
Plus, the network is also planning a spin-off for 'iCarly' fan-favorite character Gibby! Will you watch these new series?
Two of Nickelodeon's biggest stars are colliding! iCarly's Jennette McCurdy and Victorious' Ariana Grande are co-starring in a pilot for a new Nick show which could very well become the network's next phenomenon. And here's the best part: They'll be playing the characters you already know and love!
Entertainment Weekly reports that the new series, titled Cat & Sam, finds Ariana's Cat and Jennette's Sam becoming roommates and starting a babysitting business. (I know that sounds ridiculous, but this is Nickelodeon we're talking about. It's not supposed to make sense.)
The pilot is coming from iCarly creator and executive producer Dan Schneider, who is also working on a spin-off for iCarly's oft-shirtless Gibby (Noah Munck), approriately titled Gibby! That new series follows Gibby as he (somehow) becomes a mentor for "four off-beat middle school students."
Do these shows sound like good ideas to you? Drop me a comment with your immediate reaction to both (even if it's just "WTF?") below!
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Movie Forum: Here comes Superman
The Movie Forum discusses the hot new 'Man of Steel' trailer, offers thoughts on 'Oblivion' and 'World War Z' and accidently savages Dean Cain.
Every Wednesday, the Movie Forum convenes to discuss the latest news from the film world and answer questions submitted by you, the reader.
This week, USA TODAY movie reporters Bryan Alexander and Brian Truitt tackled the MTV Movie Awards, from our favorite moments to the best new trailers. We also discussed the brand new Man of Steel trailer that's been setting the internet aflame and whether the expectations for the film have been elevated. Additionally, we took a look at Oblivion and the "Tom Cruise Effect" on movies, and debated the merits of World War Z and zombie media in general. Finally, we answered a reader's question about where Oblivion will rank in the pantheon of sci-fi flicks.
Also, we managed to savage Dean Cain. Sorry, Dean Cain!
LAST TIME: Play ball, Han Solo
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Ask the Movie Forum
John Elliot: Welcome to the USA TODAY Movie Forum!
We're feeling SUPER today! (ha, ha)
I'm John Elliot, online producer for USA TODAY Movies and I will serve as your moderator. Joining me today are USA TODAY movies reporters Bryan Alexander and Brian Truitt
How this works - Each week we solicit questions, online, from our readers on the latest news from the world of film.
This Week? MTV Movie Awards, hot new trailers, Oblivion, World War Z, and Cannes!
Remember: you can submit questions right here and now and we will tackle them later in the chat.
So let's get started!
Let's start with Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, certainly one of the more laid back movie awards, and host to a bunch of memorable moments (perhaps one MORE memorable than most), but Brian Truitt, what was your favorite moment from this year's Awards?
Brian Truitt: What's up, peeps! My favorite moment, because I'm not a teenage girl, was seeing the Avengers not only get best fight but also best movie. Take that, Oscars! Rebel Wilson in an Iron Man suit was pretty funny too.
Bryan Alexander: I thought Rebel rocked it in general
Brian Truitt: For sure.
Bryan Alexander: There might have been too much of a good thing. But she was pretty on
I loved the movies she got cut from. I'm a sucker for those
But she has such a great deadpan.
There were some great moment.
Brian Truitt: And while I am not a teenage girl, I did kinda heart Pitch Perfect so it was cool seeing her win for that.
Bryan Alexander: Agreed. That movie didn't rock the box office, but it's amazing the power it has with that age set
People love it. And of course we have the sequel announced.
The movie was a lot of fun.
Brian Truitt: Taylor Lautner winning best abs or whatever and then coming out with a fake beer gut was slightly amusing.
Bryan Alexander: True. But my favorite moments are the small things. Like Jamie Foxx removing the gum from his mouth before getting his Generation award. Classy.
Wasn't subtle enough.
Brian Truitt: I wish he would have come as Electro.
Bryan Alexander: And here's a big one. The ratings were off the charts.
A lot of that goes to Rebel Wilson really.
And the fact that you know something crazy is going to happen...paging Aubrey Plaza
John Elliot: So the real question… Was the Aubrey Plaza/ Will Ferrell "Kayne West Moment" scripted or not?
Brian Truitt: Well, she did have a hashtag of her new movie sharpied across her chest, which makes me think it was a publicity stunt. I am hoping it was unplanned, because otherwise that was really bad. Will Ferrell was the only thing keeping that somewhat entertaining.
The hazards of an open bar.
Bryan Alexander: Is it open bar at the MTV?
I think Globes are open bar. MTV you bring it in a brown paper bag
Brian Truitt: is it run by the Foreign Press Association? If so yes.
Bryan Alexander: I think it's run by MTV suits
Brian Truitt: I bet somebody had a 40.
Bryan Alexander: A couple of 40s and a Sharpie. Dangerous
John Elliot: Aside from reviving long dormant memes, the MTV Movie Awards showcased a bunch of new trailers. What was the best looking trailer you saw awards night?
Bryan Alexander: Hunger Games!
For sure. I love that Katniss is going to be portrayed as the baddie. Turn the masses on her. Love it.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman always has that gleam in his eyes when he plays evil.
Brian Truitt: Or, Plutarch Heavensbee, as he likes to be called.
Bryan Alexander: Doesn't roll off the tongue
Brian Truitt: It's no Benedict Cumberbatch, that's for sure.
Here's my thing with the Hunger Games trailers: The first movie was good and all but dang, the trailers always make them look like Syfy original movies on Saturday nights but with less Dean Cain.
Bryan Alexander: Please explain
You're thinking cheesy?
Brian Truitt: They look hella low budget. And cheesy.
Bryan Alexander: Or the whiff of cheese
Brian Truitt: More than a whiff.
Bryan Alexander: A strong breeze.
Brian Truitt: Like an aerosol can of it.
Bryan Alexander: That's the gig with that those movies. You have to build it in.
It is amazing that they don't put in a little bit more, considering the cash they are going to pull out of it
Brian Truitt: Yeah, and it'll look good finished. It wouldn't be a problem if they all didn't look like hoity-toity peacocks.
Yes, I am looking at you Elizabeth Banks.
Bryan Alexander: Wait, that's the best part! Elizabeth Banks is pushing it to new awesome levels.
Brian Truitt: The purple lipstick is a bit much though.
Bryan Alexander: Never. Enough. Purple
John Elliot: And speaking of new trailers…What are your thoughts on the new Man of Steel trailer?!?! Brian, you've already written some about this, and the internet as been joyfully squealing all morn. It seems like the expectations game has been kicked up a notch…
Brian Truitt: I would say. I mean, I'm not a HUGE Superman fan - always found him a bit boring - and while I wasn't crying like half my Twitter feed, I thought the trailer looked amazing. I'm finally buying Cavill as Supes, Russell Crowe looks awesome as Jor-El and OMG Michael Shannon looks EPIC as General Zod. Any time when Supes is punching dudes in midair is an auto-win.
Bryan Alexander: How can you not on the Henry Cavill train from the start. His jaw alone was born to play the part
Brian Truitt: And we also got to see Lois Lane for more than a second here. I kinda dig Amy Adams in the role, and her and Supes have a nice moment.
Brian Truitt: Brandon Routh still looks more like Supes than Cavill to me. Cavill just might get the better movie.
Bryan Alexander: That's like saying Mario Mendoza looks more like a ballplayer than Don Mattingly
Brian Truitt: What will be really interesting to see is if Warner Bros. really is going all in with Man of Steel here, they may be seeding some stuff for a Justice League movie down the line a la Avengers. And if Gina Carano shows up as Wonder Woman, I will nerd out mightily.
Woz says:
There is only one General Zod and his name is Terence Stamp. Get that straight from someone who has seen Far From the Madding Crowd at least 30 times.
Bryan Alexander: I love it.
Brian Truitt: Woz! I will give you that Stamp is so far the ultimate of Zods — KNEEL!!! — but Shannon has some chops and an attitude.
Bryan Alexander: I'm liking seeing the trim Russell Crowe. He looks amazing. Big workout to get into that part.
Clearly came off it before the Oscars
John Elliot: Readers...USA TODAY"s own Susan Wloszczyna!
Brian Truitt: I wonder if he'll sing before Krypton blows up.
Bryan Alexander: But it just goes to show that when he's motivated, he can still kick a little ass
And then sing about it afterwards.
Off key.
Brian Truitt: He plays nightly at the bottle city of Kandor.
Bryan Alexander: That's a good one.
Brian Truitt: #NERD
Bryan Alexander: I love geek jokes
John Elliot: Okay, prediction time: Bigger box office - Iron Man 3 or Man of Steel?
Bryan Alexander: It's going to be hard to argue with Man of Steel
I just feel that is the ONE movie of the summer that EVERYONE is looking forward to
Not that Iron Man 3 is going to suffer, especially with its dynamic star.
It will be huge. But I feel like the guy in the blue suit will come out on top. What do you think BT?
Brian Truitt: Agreed, Bryan. Iron Man 3 has all that Avengers heat, but Iron Man 2 was not that well-received among fanboys and it will make a crapload of money, but Man of Steel may be its Kryptonite. There is so much interest in this Superman movie, it's insane.
Plus, we're forgetting The Wolverine. I would not be surprised if it's good and overtakes Iron Man 3 by a smidge.
John Elliot: Alright, now moving on to upcoming releases…
The new Tom Cruise sci-fi/action flick Oblivion opens this weekend. What have you seen/heard about the film? Classic Cruise?
Bryan Alexander: I saw it the other night. It was not The Minority Report even though it was true, true Sci Fi. More than I expected. I wasn't blown away. But it has rocked the overseas box office and it's going to rock this box office. That's my prediction.
The movie opened very strong overseas already.
It's incredibly complex and there are moments of confusion. There's a part in the middle where I was like "What the what the?" But they bring it all back together, for the most part. And Cruise will carry it.
Best thing about it. The Jetsons style house he lives on in the bang up Earth. And that space ship kind of rocks. He does a lot of flying.
Brian Truitt: I think like many action movies these days, it'll be strong overseas where Cruise is like a god, but I'm not sure it'll do THAT well here. My nerds in the field aren't too impressed by it, and it looks like a mess. Though some of the sci-fi-ness looks cool. Plus, will Tom Cruise just make a movie where he's not spending so much time running? Buy a treadmill.
Bryan Alexander: It has the whiff of a lot of movies.
Brian Truitt: It seems Avatar without all the cool fauna.
Prometheus without the deep thinking.
Bryan Alexander: I felt sort of Matrix like. And 2001 ultimately.
John Elliot: Let's talk about the Tom Cruise effect for a moment… Has Tom been able to recreate the box office success he received pre-Oprah's couch/Lauer interview?
Bryan Alexander: He goes up and down. Much like the couch. He was on such a role again with Mission Impossible. Then it was Rock of Ages, which totally tanked (though I liked him in it) And then there was Jack Reacher. And that franchise went off like a dud.
So all eyes will be on this weekend to see the state of the union
Brian Truitt: I think MI has been his one true hit most recently, which is odd considering how big a star he is. But not sure how much tabloid publicity equates to ticket sales.
For me, he's best in roles where he's not "Tom Cruise" like when he's rocked out in Rock of Ages and especially as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder. That's the one role I think he should have been nominated for an Oscar for because it was genius but also sooooo outside of himself.
John Elliot: He seemed to redeem himself publicly somewhat with his Tropic Thunder cameo, but the box office numbers still haven't returned. Is that still a function of that fallout? Or are the movies not as good? Or is Tom Cruise just getting older and not as much of a draw with younger audiences? OR…is it something else?
Bryan Alexander: It's just the vehicle really. MI did well because it was a rocking yarn. Jack Reacher was not. If he continues to get these great parts, which he will because he is Tom Cruise, he can still pull these parts off.
But there is a finite number of these parts. This was the first time in a while, and certainly not the case in MI, where I sort of felt, he looks a little bit past his prime
Don't get me wrong, I would love to look like that. But at some point, even Tom Cruise is going to have to stop sprinting. But he still has a few more of these in the tank.
Brian Truitt: The thing is, he always going to be TOM CRUISE and will always have his choice of roles. You won't see him on Syfy original movies with Dean Cain. (Sorry, Dean Cain.) But I don't think he adds much to movies anymore other than a subliminal hint to go jogging.
Bryan Alexander: Why are you beating on Dean Cain today?
Brian Truitt: I'm not hating on Dean Cain. He's Dean Cain. I'm adding to his Google rank right now.
Bryan Alexander: But onto Tom. I think the movie is going to do well, not super well. And it will obviously win the weekend respectably. And then all will be right in the universe. Because Tom Cruise has his touch back
Brian Truitt: Oh yeah! Dean Cain was Superman too! The world revolves around Dean Cain apparently.
John Elliot: From Oblivion to another apocalypse…Brad Pitt has continued his promo tour for World War Z this week with a surprise appearance at CinemaCon. Bryan, you've seen the film. Should people be excited for this latest zombie fare?
Bryan Alexander: Full disclosure. I have not seen the whole movie. I saw a significant amount of footage presented by Mr. Pitt himself.
I think it was the same clip they showed in CinemaCon, once again presented by Mr. Pitt. I think he gave the exact same opening line when he presented up there. So it might have been a recording of Mr. Pitt.
But the movie rocked my world.
Or at least the footage. I jumped in my seat twice.
The taking down of the helicopter and the zombies on the airplane are going to take it to new levels.
Zombies on a plane. I love it.
Brian Truitt: I am getting a little tired of zombies, but this does look interesting especially from how it looks.
Bryan Alexander: Mostly it's a great ride from Pitt slowly starting to figure out that suburbia life has disappeared forever and suddenly caught up in this madness. Like 24 but with zombies running at full speed and breaking into your car with their head.
Really, interesting. I think this will pump the juices back into it.
Brian Truitt: I like Brad Pitt as an actor more so than Tom Cruise, but I do wonder how much he'll add to all the random carnage.
If he turns out to be a zombie the whole time, that would be THE BEST.
Bryan Alexander: Zombie mole would be new
interesting that you are getting tired of the genre
Brian Truitt: It's played out.
Bryan Alexander: I just needed it to go in a new direction. And I cannot wait for this to open.
Brian Truitt: Even on The Walking Dead, it's more about people shouting at each other than the zombies.
Bryan Alexander: Onto the next undead please
Brian Truitt: WHAT ABOUT THE ZOMBIES????
John Elliot: Second prediction time: Bigger box office - Oblivion or World War Z?
Brian Truitt: Witches, man. Witches.
Bryan Alexander: This is easy for me. World War Z.
Brian Truitt: Oh yeah. WWZ. Not even close.
John Elliot: Alright, let's finish up with a reader question!
Guest asks:
How do you think Oblivion will rate among sci-fi movies?
Brian Truitt: Not very high, I don't believe.
Bryan Alexander: I don't feel like it's a classic for sure. I feel it will do well at the box office. But it's going to be swallowed up by the churn of movies.
It's next year's trivia question
Brian Truitt: If Oblivion does well, it'll get pummeled by Pain & Gain next week.
Bryan Alexander: What's Rock's signature wrestling move?
Brian Truitt: That would be The Rock Bottom.
Bryan Alexander: That's what is going to happen to it next week
Brian Truitt: BOOM.
Bryan Alexander: The movie landscape right now does look a lot like Earth in Oblivion however
Bryan Alexander: Small pockets of life
And a lot of Tom Cruise
John Elliot: Unfortunately, it's time for us to wrap up!
Thank you Brian and Bryan! And a VERY big thank you to all our readers who participated and submitted questions.
Bryan Alexander: Thank you very much. Off to work out so I can look good the Pain and Gain premiere on Monday.
Aiming to have a bicep
Brian Truitt: Thanks John and fellow Bryan! And thanks to the readers for asking questions and tuning in.
John Elliot: Remember: you can submit your burning movie questions all week long, right here.
Thank you all for joining us for the USA TODAY Movie Forum! Please join us again next Wednesday at 3 PM EST/12 PM PST for another edition of Movie Forum.


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Art Goya: The Portraits
To celebrate Credit Suisse's sponsorship of the landmark exhibition 'Goya: The Portraits' at the National Gallery in London, the bank is exploring the lives of the artist's subjects through mobile technology.
Central to Credit Suisse's support of the National Gallery – a collaboration that began in 2008 – is widening access to the arts, and a striking hoarding in Trafalgar Square, displaying a selection of Goya's portraits, is attracting the attention of passers-by.
The hoarding encourages you to 'bring Goya's portraits to life using your smartphone'. Users photograph Goya's subjects displayed on the hoarding; image-recognition technology then generates exclusive audio guides about the sitters.
Each minute-long audio guide has been created by Credit Suisse to mark the first exhibition to focus solely on Goya's portraits, with the show running from 7 October 2015 until 10 January 2016. Once an audio guide has finished, the listener has the option of replaying it, exploring a different portrait, or finding out more about Credit Suisse's partnership with the National Gallery.
The people behind Goya's portraits
This formidable-looking woman is Maria Antonia Gonzaga de Caracciolo, the Dowager Marchioness of Villafranca. At around the time Goya painted her in 1795 she was sixty years old and had been widowed for almost two decades. But she was evidently still interested in fashion, even if it was a little out of date. Her crimped and frizzed hairdo was a style that had been all the rage in Spain a decade earlier. It is clear The Dowager Marchioness was content with her look, however, and in sitting for Goya, she appears to have been fully conscious of her senior position within one of the best-connected aristocratic families in late 18th century Spain.
The National Gallery's exhibition gathers many of her illustrious relatives. Along with the Dowager Marchioness herself you can meet her daughter, the Duchess of Altamira, her son, the Duke of Alba and her fabulously wealthy and powerful daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Alba – the subject of perhaps Goya's most famous portrait which is here in London for the very first time.
Around half of Goya's surviving portraits feature in the exhibition, with pictures lent by private and public collections from Sao Paulo to New York, and from Stockholm to Mexico, alongside important loans from Madrid's Museo Nacional del Prado. A number of the portraits have never been hung before in a public gallery, having only been on display in the private homes of the descendants of the sitters.
The exhibition explores Goya's technical, stylistic, and psychological development as a portraitist, tracing his career from his early days at the court in Madrid, as well as his appointment as the First Painter to Charles IV, while becoming the favoured portraitist of the Spanish aristocracy.
In addition to Goya's life-sized paintings on canvas, the exhibition showcases his miniatures on copper and his fine black and red chalk drawings. Of all the portraits assembled for this exhibition, one which is bound to generate great interest is the iconic 'Duchess of Alba', which has only left the United States once before, and has never previously been displayed in Britain. Lent by the Hispanic Society of America in New York, the picture, painted in 1797, shows Goya's friend and patron as a 'maja', in a black costume and 'mantilla'.
The exhibition's curator, Dr Xavier Bray, intends that 'Goya: The Portraits' brings about a "reappraisal of Goya's status as one of the greatest portrait painters in art history.
"His innovative and unconventional approach took the art of portraiture to new heights through his ability to reveal the inner lives of his sitters, even in his grandest and most memorable formal portraits," said Dr Bray.
Credit Suisse's audio guides will serve as an introduction to some of those lives. Credit Suisse's commitment to the arts is reflected in its long collaboration with the National Gallery, which attracts more than 6.5 million visitors a year. The partnership provides funding for the Gallery's exhibitions and educational programmes, as well as its late-night opening programme.
Garrett Curran, the CEO of Credit Suisse in the United Kingdom, said: "We are delighted to support the National Gallery's 'Goya: The Portraits', which is the first exhibition to focus solely on Goya's work as a portraitist and will give visitors a rare opportunity to witness the significant changes that took place in European political and social history as well as its key protagonists during Goya's long life."
Dr Gabriele Finaldi, Director of the National Gallery, said: "This exhibition constitutes the best possible survey of portraits by one of the most profound and incisive painters to ever put brush to canvas. Goya's gaze pierces through outward appearances and reveals human frailty, fortitude, folly, and wisdom."


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Ellie Greenwich, the New York songwriter behind a string of 1960s hits that gave effervescent voice to unbridled teen romance including "Da Doo Ron Ron," "Chapel of Love" and "Be My Baby," many of them in collaboration with producer Phil Spector, died Wednesday of a heart attack, according to her niece, Jessica Weiner. She was 68.
She was being treated for pneumonia and "some other heart issues" at St. Luke's- Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York when she suffered the heart attack, Weiner said.
"She was the greatest melody writer of all time," Brian Wilson told The Times on Wednesday. The chief creative force of the Beach Boys, whose music was strongly influenced by many of the hits Greenwich and her husband Jeff Barry wrote with Spector, has often cited "Be My Baby" as his favorite record of all time.
An earlier version of this story included an incorrect word in the lyrics for "Do Wah Diddy Diddy." The correct line is "There she was just walkin' down the street," not "There she goes just walkin' down the street." —
"Those songs are part of the fabric of forever," said songwriter Diane Warren, whose compositions have been recorded by Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige and dozens of others. "Her songs were written in the '60s, and it's 2010 almost, but they are as relevant and meaningful today as the day when they were born. "
Greenwich and Barry were part of the fabled Brill Building stable of professional songwriters that also included the teams of Hal David and Burt Bacharach, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil as well as Paul Simon, Neil Sedaka and Neil Diamond.
Greenwich also broke ground as one of the first female record producers, working with Barry in crafting Diamond's early recordings, including "Cherry Cherry," "Solitary Man" and " Kentucky Woman."
Diamond had struggled as a songwriter until he came under the wing of Greenwich and Barry, who'd already logged numerous shimmering pop hits for groups such as the Ronettes, the Crystals, the Dixie Cups and Ronnie Spector.
After recording some demos of his songs with Greenwich supplying backup vocals, Diamond recalled her telling him, " 'I think you're pretty good -- maybe you'd like to meet my husband, and we could sit and talk.' . . . They got me a contract, as a writer with [Jerry] Leiber and [Mike] Stoller's Trio Music."
The songwriting-production team of Leiber and Stoller, who had written many of Elvis Presley's hits and dozens of other chart-topping '50s songs, had been impressed with Greenwich's songs and brought her into their company.
"The songs that they wrote were simple but very wonderful," Stoller said Wednesday. "She was very gifted at writing that kind of a song. She was just terrific."
Their collaborations with Wall of Sound creator Spector are regarded among the greatest singles ever created. The music publishing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. lists more than 200 songs she wrote or co-wrote, including "Then He Kissed Me" (the Crystals), "I Can Hear Music" (The Ronettes, Beach Boys), "Hanky Panky" (a hit for Tommy James & the Shondells), "Maybe I Know" (Lesley Gore) and the song Spector considered his greatest recording, "River Deep, Mountain High" (Ike and Tina Turner).
Greenwich has said that the title phrase of "Da Doo Ron Ron" was never intended to be part of the song; it was improvised as a nonsensical space filler until she and Barry could come up with a real line to follow the tune's opening lyric: "I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still."
"We got all the rest of the words and music together, but we couldn't find anything for this bit," she said in 2005. "Believe me, it doesn't mean a thing." On the other hand, when she and Barry wrote "There she was just a walkin' down the street" to start another song, she responded with what she imagined a young girl skipping down a street would sing: "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do." "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" became a No. 1 hit in 1965 for the British group Manfred Mann.
Eleanor Louise Greenwich was born Oct. 23, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a Catholic father and a Jewish mother. They moved to Levittown, Long Island, when she was about 11, and she began studying accordion before switching to piano.
She enrolled at Queens College when she was 17 and in 1958 released a single with two songs she had written, "Silly Isn't It" and "Cha-Cha Charming." She transferred to Hofstra University, where she met Barry. She graduated in 1962, and married Barry the same year.
Their common interest in music also gave birth to a songwriting team. On a visit to the Brill Building, she was plunking out notes on a piano while waiting to meet with another writer, and Leiber looked in thinking he was hearing Carole King. Greenwich introduced herself, showed off some of her songs and soon Leiber and Stoller offered her a songwriting contract at Trio Music.
She and Barry recorded a few songs as the Raindrops, but their biggest hit reached only No. 17, "The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget."
Leiber and Stoller also had been working with Spector, who clicked with Greenwich and Barry and crafted many of his biggest successes with their help.
We just got Phil," she said in 2001. "We made him laugh. And we understood him. We accepted his idiosyncrasies. . . . I think he just felt safe with us. Plus, we turned out some really good stuff."
Greenwich suffered a nervous breakdown after she and Barry divorced in 1965, and the hits stopped flowing. The public's attention was shifting to the Beatles and other British invasion bands as well as a rising crop of self-contained singer-songwriters such as Bob Dylan, putting many Brill Building pros out of work.
"When my marriage fell apart and my style dropped out of fashion, it seemed there wasn't anything left," she told an Australian newspaper in 2005. "It's easy to say I had plenty left, but that's not how it seems when you're there."
In the '80s she created a musical titled "Leader of the Pack" that included many her pop hits and told the story of her rise to fame and equally steep fall. She bounced back with new songs, and scored Tony and Grammy Award nominations for her show.
As recently as 1997 one of her songs, "The Sunshine After the Rain," became a dance-pop hit in England and Australia. Cyndi Lauper, Nona Hendryx and Desmond Child were among artists who recorded her compositions in recent years.
Greenwich is survived by her sister, Laura Weiner. Services will be private.


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A Georgia State Patrol officer said the accident Wednesday that killed an Auburn bicyclist does not appear to be the result of a hit-and-run.
William C. Hubbard, 52, died at Grady Memorial Hospital around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, said Ted Bailey, chief investigator for the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner.
Hubbard was airlifted to the Atlanta hospital around 9 a.m. on July 25 after witnesses found him lying unresponsive in the middle of Boss Hardy Road, according to Barrow County Sheriff's Office report on the incident.
Trooper Gordy Wright, spokesman for the GSP, referenced the investigator's initial report, which said the cyclist apparently lost control of his 2006 Trek 5,000 bicycle as he negotiated a turn in the northbound lane of Boss Hardy Road near Easy Street.
Deputies were called to assist on the accident scene, described in the officer's report as a possible hit-and-run. Paramedics told deputies he was unresponsive and suffering from a serious head wound when they arrived to the scene. Witnesses present did not see what happened, officers said.
Hubbard was wearing a helmet and eye protection, Wright said, referencing the GSP report.
Biker death an accident, according to initial GSP report
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You can even Google people's names, although you might be surprised to learn that your ancestor from the 1700s has a Facebook page and that you can get a background check on him with credit rating for a low fee! If you get such hits, obviously it is someone with the same name. You probably will have the best luck searching for someone with an unusual name. Googling "Dawson Pompey," for example, brought to light photographs of his family members that someone had posted online.
A more planned approach to Internet searching might include looking at the homepages of public libraries, university libraries, genealogical and historical societies and courthouses in the specific areas where your ancestors lived. Any of these entities may have databases specific to the area online, or even digitized images of records, tombstone photos, and more. At the very least, you can discover the addresses and hours for the libraries and courthouses you want to plan to visit in the spring or next summer!
Cemeteries, funeral homes, colleges, fraternal organizations, governmental entities, ethnic groups, family associations and many other businesses and organizations have their own websites. And every website you land on often will have links to still more websites that may help your search.
In addition, you can look for other people to be your "legs" in a distant locale while you are snowbound. Local genealogical societies or libraries may have volunteer or for-a-fee research services. The Board for Certification of Genealogists and Association of Professional Genealogists have lists of researchers with specialties in geographic or subject areas that you can hire to further your research.
Just because you can't take a road trip does not mean your genealogy project has to come to a screeching halt. Light the fire, pour the cocoa and grab the laptop – it's time to hit the highway … the armchair research highway, that is!


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By RORY BRENNAN
I would like to announce my intention not to run for re-election for the Levy County School Board, Dist. 2 position.
I want to thank the people of Levy County for allowing me to serve in this capacity for the past 12 years. I consider this experience an honor.
Many changes are taking place at the district, state and federal level in our schools. Our teachers and staff have faced the challenge put before them in every situation. Thank you for a job well done.
By Toni Collins
Special to the Beacon
Thirty-two full and part-time employees of the Rusty Rim and Coconuts on Dock Street have been left unemployed by an early morning fire on Jan. 26.
The fire, which damaged the second floor restaurant - the Rusty Rim - also resulted in damage to Coconuts when water to extinguish the flames flowed down to the first floor operation.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve and Cedar Key Museum State Park will host the National Stars-n-Parks Programs on Monday, Feb. 20, Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 24.
Cedar Key School's Homecoming Court 2012. Pictured from left: Brooke Allen, Chloe Reynolds, Claire Brown, Josh Sills, Courtney Daniel, Brandon Register, King Stephen Bainbridge, Queen Miranda Haire, Stevie Smith, Jessi Robinson, Caroline George, Cody Beckham, Jenny Bierman, Tyler Miller and Phoebe Cahours. Front, from left: kindergarten representatives Siosaia Wilson and Alyssa Beckham.
Greg Ira, the state Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Education Director, is a man with a mission.
"We want to make sure the students get out," he said during a visit Thursday to Cedar Key Scrub. "We're taking the classroom out of the school."
Workers displaced by last week's fire at the Rusty Rim and Coconuts restaurants will be getting a helping hand when Workforce Connection brings its mobile unit to the Cedar Key Public Library on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Laura Byrnes, spokeswoman for CLM Workforce said, "It's staff supported and has satellite internet and you can do anything with job searching."
In a district game on Friday night in Bronson, the Lady Eagles defeated Cedar Key 60-28. Led by junior Shay Sherman's 15 points and eigth grader Faith Heath's 11 points, the Lady Eagles captured its fourth district win.
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Homecoming week is always a smash hit for the Sharks. Every day is something different to get the players ready and excited for Friday's game. Shark Pride was the theme for this week.
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As my online store stuff develops, it's becoming increasingly clear to me that I'm in fact building a CMS with a shopping cart. Just thought I'd check for the general level of interest in such a thing - anybody want to leap on board once it coalesces?
Current bag of high-level features*:
- user-editable content pages
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- integration with at least one credit-card processor
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- admin WUI
Oddly enough, it's not the features that's taking all the time - it's getting the right data model, and catching all the exceptions and edge-cases. At the moment, it's a couple of sites with a couple of libraries to make things easier, but I'm starting to see how the common features should be implemented. Consider this a really early heads-up.
*Disclaimer: not all these features may have been implemented yet, either fully or at all.


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Amusing Collages of Men's Adventure Magazine Figures Set in 'Better Homes and Gardens' Interiors
Nadine Boughton came across a collection of vintage men's adventure magazines from the 1950s and '60s at a flea market, and her new collage series was born. She found them somewhat shocking, but also amusing — prompting her to combine the kitsch machismo with women's mag images from the same era. Better Homes and Gardens was her resource, and the two together are great fun.
"These photo collages are set against the backdrop of the McCarthy era, advertising, sexual repression, WWII and the Korean War. The cool, insular world of mid-century modern living glossed over all darkness, which the heroic male fought off in every corner," Boughton writes on her blog. She sees the narrative in each creation stemming from a "collective psyche," and wanted to emphasize each image's opposite nature : "inner and outer spaces, wildness and domesticity, the sweat and the cool."
Get lost in the jungles of flawless 1950's living rooms below. Please use a coaster before you allow yourself to be ravaged by a wild animal. By the way, if you're in the Los Angeles area, the artist is lecturing about her work and the digital collage process tomorrow night.
Image credit: Nadine Boughton [Spotted via Coilhouse]