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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film producer Richard Zanuck, who won the best picture Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" and was involved in such blockbuster films as "Jaws" and "The Sting" after his father, Hollywood mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, fired him from 20th Century Fox, died Friday. He was 77.
Zanuck's publicist says he died of a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home.
Zanuck's run of successes as an independent producer rivaled the achievements of his legendary father who reigned over 20th Century Fox from the 1930s until age and changing audience tastes brought him down.
The production company the younger Zanuck founded with David Brown produced "The Sting" in 1973, as well as Steven Spielberg's first feature film, "The Sugarland Express," in 1974 and Spielberg's first blockbuster, "Jaws," in 1975. "The Sting" also won the best movie Oscar, although Zanuck and Brown were not listed as its producers. "Jaws" was nominated for best picture, as was the Zanuck-produced "The Verdict."
"In 1974, Dick Zanuck and I sat in a boat off Martha's Vineyard and watched the mechanical shark sink to the bottom of the sea," Spielberg recalled in a statement Friday. "Dick turned to me and smiled. 'Gee, I sure hope that's not a sign.' That moment forged a bond between us that lasted nearly 40 years. He taught me everything I know about producing. He was one of the most honorable and loyal men of our profession and he fought tooth and nail for his directors."
Zanuck most recently produced the big-screen adaptation of the cult classic TV series "Dark Shadows," directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, which was released by Warner Bros. in May.
Other Zanuck films include "MacArthur" and "Cocoon."
In 1976, Zanuck and Brown announced a much-publicized deal with the estate of novelist Margaret Mitchell to produce a sequel to "Gone With the Wind." A book and script were prepared, but the project never materialized on film.
In 1988, Zanuck and Brown dissolved their partnership amicably, and Zanuck formed a new venture with his third wife, Lili Fini Zanuck. They won the Oscar with their first movie together, 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy." (Zanuck's first wife also was named Lili.)
The contrasts between Richard and Darryl Zanuck were many and led to father-son clashes throughout their respective careers.
Richard Zanuck was reserved, soft-spoken and friendly with directors, writers and actors, and he liked to operate from behind his desk.
His authoritarian father, on the other hand, paced his office, issuing orders in a squeaky voice and sometimes wielding a polo mallet (in his early years he had played polo with other Hollywood figures). He would reach decisions quickly, and once he did they became studio law.
But after decades of success, the studio began to flounder under his rein in the 1960s when the big-budget movie musical era died and films such as "Doctor Dolittle," "Star" and "Hello, Dolly" failed to earn their money back.
Under pressure from the board of directors, he fired his son in 1970 in an effort to save his own job, but the maneuver failed and he soon followed him out the door.
The dismissal shattered the younger Zanuck, and it was not until shortly before Darryl Zanuck's death in 1979 that the pair resolved their differences.
"It was different from the usual father-son relationship," Zanuck told The New York Times in 2003. "But I was able to patch everything up before my father died."
His ouster had not been the first time the Zanucks left Fox.
During an earlier period of financial trouble, Darryl Zanuck was fired in 1956 by the studio's board of directors and had become an independent producer, operating from Paris, where he had affairs with three French actresses in succession. He also sponsored their careers, but with little success.
While he was making a film in Africa, he appointed his son Richard, who had left Fox after his father's ouster, to produce a drama based on the Leopold-Loeb murder case of the 1920s. The result, 1959's "Compulsion."
Soon after, Zanuck's father embarked on "The Longest Day," a costly film about World War II's D-Day and its aftermath, with realistic battle scenes and dozens of well-known actors. He brought his son on as executive producer, and the film was one of the biggest hits of 1962.
Fox, still struggling, decided to rehire Zanuck in 1962 as company president and he appointed Richard as production chief. His reign brought one huge hit, "The Sound of Music" but such other so-so films as "Crack in the Mirror," William Faulkner's "Sanctuary" and "Star!"
After his success with "Driving Miss Daisy," Richard Zanuck continued as an independent producer. Among his films: "Rush" (directed by Lili Fini Zanuck), "Chain Reaction," "Along Came a Spider," "Rules of Engagement," "Planet of the Apes 2001," 2002's "The Road to Perdition" and 2005's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Richard Darryl Zanuck was born in 1934, the third child and only son of the mercurial mogul and his wife, former actress Virginia Fox Zanuck. His mother had appeared in several Buster Keaton shorts in the years before her marriage to the elder Zanuck in 1924.
Richard Zanuck had grown up at 20th Century Fox, once recalling, "When I was a kid I was playing hide-and-seek on the movie back lot."
As a student at a military school and later at Stanford University, he had worked summers at the studio in various departments, including editing and story. After graduation, he became a special assistant to his father.
Richard Zanuck's first wife was actress Lili Gentle and the couple had two daughters, Virginia and Janet. His second wife was also an actress, Linda Harrison, and they had two sons, Harrison and Dean. Both marriages ended in divorce.
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This is my write up and explanation of the virus from a scientist's point of view. Basically, I wanted to virus to first spread like the flu, then change to where it started overtake the infected and kill them and then resurrect them. After this, the only way for the virus to be transmitted was via zombie bites and scratches. But the scientist is presently unaware of any rumors of reanimations.
Just let me know if this sounds legit. It was a hard attempt to write, because I'm not in any medical field, nor do I watch house, er, or anything of the sort.
The ZNR-001 virus is very perplexing. After attempting numerous tests, theories, and every trick in my book. My diagnosis has still come up inconclusive. What we do know is that the virus isnt airborne, doesnt need air or water, and can survive in the vacuum of space. The main bulk of the virus seems to reside in blood cells, and salivary glands. Which is how we theorized it spread originally. It has now since mutated and seems to need a certain x-factor in which I am unable to duplicate. In humans weve seen a variety of flu like symptoms, all appearing fairly quickly when infected. But when injected into live specimen it kills the host within minutes without any of the cataloged symptoms weve seen. When injected into dead tissue cells the virus becomes dormant. When using these samples further, it seems that there is a unusual change in cells between the pre or post mortem treatment. The virus seems to have lost its infectious nature when injected into previously dead tissue, but seems to keep its transmittable capabilities when the host is alive. My hypothesis is that the virus requires a host that can sustain it as it matures. Unfortunately the mice at my disposal cant seem to facilitate in which it needs to display the symptoms or cellular behavior that humans are experiencing. So I am currently unable to conclude any of my findings.
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Globally, it would be fine even if the science isn't strictly accurate, given that you already have to cut round the corners to make zombies sound plausible. I'll make an effort to nitpick, and you take what seems pertinent out of the list:
"After attempting numerous tests, theories, and every trick in my book. My diagnosis has still come up inconclusive."
- Merge the two sentences, as the first is a fragment.
- Diagnosis probably isn't the word you mean. All I can think up in its place is research, but you may find better.
"What we do know is that the virus isnt airborne, doesnt need air or water, and can survive in the vacuum of space."
- Viruses don't need air or water as a general rule, and don't fear vacuums either. Whether a virus can go in space (where hosts are very scarce) isn't the first concern of biologists. If you want to mention space, you may want to say it as an hyperlative: "It has such a resistance to UV light and other radiation that it could even survive in space!" (viruses normally being too sensitive to light to survive in space)
"The main bulk of the virus seems to reside in blood cells, and salivary glands."
- Main bulk sounds redundant to me, but maybe that's just me.
- Sciencey note: if the virus had an affinity for epithelial cells, it would infect the inner layer of blood vessels and therefore be very concentrated in blood, and every mucosa, making it present in the mouth too. Since it hasn't been studied for long, finding what kind of cells it replicates in is more likely if there is only one.
"It has now since mutated and seems to need a certain x-factor in which I am unable to duplicate."
- If injecting it into a new host kills it within a few minutes, it doesn't seem to be missing any "x-factor". Do you mean its previous behavior couldn't be reproduced?
- When a virus mutates, the previous string still exists, so you'd still have some flu-like cases and some deadly cases. If all the flu cases turn deadly after a time, then it was part of its life-cycle all along.
"When injected into dead tissue cells the virus becomes dormant."
- Losing its infectious nature after being in dead tissue for a while is normal behavior for a virus, as they need live hosts. Since the scientist isn't aware of the reanimation stage yet, he wouldn't stress it.
"Unfortunately the mice at my disposal cant seem to facilitate in which it needs to display the symptoms or cellular behavior that humans are experiencing."
- I find this sentence confusing.
"So I am currently unable to conclude ON any of my findings."
Here. As I said, I made an effort to nitpick, so don't be alarmed by the number of comments I left! You dismiss the ones you don't find useful and that's all.
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MIT-led space instrument yields first results, hints at new physics phenomena — is it dark matter?
A space-based experiment nearly two decades in the making, led by Nobel laureate and MIT physicist Samuel C.C. Ting, has detected tantalizing — though preliminary — evidence of a signal that might be caused by dark matter, the long-sought, mysterious substance that makes up more than a quarter of the universe.
The announcement Wednesday in Switzerland, inconclusive though it is, was a major victory for Ting, who many credit with having the sheer force of will to lead the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer project through uncertain times. The 7.5-ton, $2 billion instrument was carried to the International Space Station in 2011 aboard the last flight of space shuttle Endeavor.
Speaking at a press conference from Geneva, Ting said he was pleased with the initial result and certain that the experiment would definitively answer the question of whether the signal was caused by the collision of dark matter particles. The signal could also be generated by a less interesting source — by spinning stars called pulsars.
"What we have shown today only represents less than 10 percent of the data, and so with longer data collection times … I think with AMS, there's no question we are going to solve this problem,'' Ting said. Asked how much longer data would need to be collected, he said, "we do not know, because it really doesn't depend on us; it depends on nature.''
For years, scientists have known that dark matter is abundant in the universe. Although it does not interact with light and has never been directly detected, scientists know from gravitational measurements that it makes up a little more than a quarter of the universe. Understanding dark matter and detecting it directly is one of the major challenges facing physics.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer provided one possible way to measure dark matter, because of a theory that predicts that when particles of dark matter smash into and annihilate one another, the collision will generate particles called positrons. Positrons are the reverse of ordinary electrons — carrying the opposite charge.
The theory predicts the collision leaves a trail, which would be seen as an excess of positrons that seem to emanate from all around, not from any particular direction. Theories also predict that as their energy increases, the excess of positrons should rise and then drop off rapidly.
The observations reported by Ting fulfilled part of those requirements. The instrument picked up an excess of positrons that increased at higher energies, improving on previous measurements by other instruments that had detected a similar rise. Those positrons did not come from any particular area of the galaxy. And there were signs that the excess of positrons might be levelling off — a signal consistent with positrons created by dark matter, but still not enough to rule out that they were generated by pulsars.
"The results of AMS can be read as the first episode of a thriller,'' Piergiorgio Picozza, a physicist who works on a smaller, rival experiment, called PAMELA, wrote in an e-mail. Picozza said that what was exciting was a graph that curved upward, but seemed to flatten out at the very end, possibly suggesting that the top of a peak had been reached. What he and others will be watching for is to see whether, as the instrument gathers more data beyond that peak, whether the curve will dip downward.
"One can see the clues, a hint of flatness that could herald the descent that we all desire,'' Picozza wrote. "You will know the results in the next, (final?), episode.''
Over its first year and a half of operation, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer detected 25 billion cosmic ray events. The space instrument has a lifetime of 10 years, however, and Ting and others expressed confidence that further data will allow them to draw a conclusion.
"What is impressive at this point is not the science result, but rather their putting a large complex major instrument in space that can make such precise measurements,'' Barry Barish, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, wrote in an e-mail.
"How important is the science they report? That remains to be seen. … The explanation when it comes, could be a major discovery like dark matter, or it may be due to some less exciting astrophysical phenomena. Time will tell.''
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The Department of Art & Design is comprised of a wide range of studio areas, in 3 basic locations within 2 major buildings on campus. The Fine Arts Building is home to the Department of Art & Design office (Room 1070A on the first floor), the Fine Arts Gallery, faculty offices, and over 7 studio areas within the Art Program. Located in the University Center, across from the food court "breezeway," you will find 4 additional art studios and faculty offices. The University Center (South) houses Interior Design, Computer Graphics/Design, Art History and several faculty offices as well.
VSU Art Studio Program-Areas
A comprehensive base in Foundations promotes an understanding and application of the basic elements of design, creative and analytical thinking, and problem solving, all of which are essential to pursuing a program in the visual arts. By learning to make meaningful connections between art and design, students are able to formulate informed decisions regarding their educational experience in the Department of Art & Design.
The Art Education program leads to a BFA degree and certification to teach in the public school system. Service forms a large component of the degree program, with students participating in professional activities, local, state, and national conferences, workshops, and research. Additionally, the program provides the experience of working directly with P-12 teachers and students in the classroom. Opportunities also exist for membership in the VSU chapter of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and its state-based arm, the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA). During the course of the degree program students not only learn about art, but also the art of becoming a professional educator, with outstanding opportunities for employment as a result.
Individuals seeking instruction in Ceramics are exposed to a variety of methods and concepts, such as coil, pinch, slab construction, extruding, and wheel throwing techniques in a traditional studio environment. Emphasis is placed on the creation of both functional and sculptural forms which employ a wide range of materials including stoneware and porcelain, with an exploration of techniques such as electric/oxidation, raku, soda firing, and high fire reduction. Advanced ceramics students gain exposure to methods and concepts which include plaster mold making, multiples, sets, installation, and digital transfers.
The Art History section offers students courses covering periods from Prehistoric through Contemporary, including classes on aesthetics and art criticism. Additionally, special offerings courses familiarize students with a diverse range of arts traditions, from African American and Native American to the arts of Latin American peoples. Critical thinking, written communication, and the role and function of the arts in a holistic context as they relate to global culture are emphasized. Students may also pursue directed studies with an emphasis on research and art historical methodology.
GRAPHIC DESIGNGraphic Design offers instruction through project based assignments that introduce students to the many facets of the design field, and provides practical experience in the applications of typography, layout, illustration, web design, and animation. The Graphic Design section has a state of the art Macintosh lab with twenty networked computers and large format printers for the creation of high quality comprehensives. Not only are students introduced to the field of Graphic Design, but they are also provided the opportunity for individual exploration through advanced courses. The advanced courses focus on the creation of quality works comprising a professional portfolio which facilitates entry into the job market.
ANIMATIONState of the art computer graphics labs provide students interested in Animation exposure to this facet of the arts, with an advanced course focusing solely on computer animation. Utilizing Lightwave 3D©, students are grounded in the production of high quality animation. Each student produces a digital portfolio comprised of personal animation projects as well as traditional studio art experience. This lab is shared with the photography courses and contains imaging software to support both areas.
Interior Design is a four year program leading to a BFA in Interior Design. The program is structured around standards for professionalism, and incorporates aspects that focus on the creation of sustainable, safe, and healthy environments that enhance the quality of life. Courses also emphasize design fundamentals, design history, knowledge of business principles, and building codes and regulations. Students develop communications skills through construction documents, color renderings, and oral presentations. The curriculum provides students with the necessary skills to effectively plan for both residential and commercial interior spaces, with electives that enrich and encourage individual creativity.
JEWELRY / METALSMITHINGIn the Jewelry/ Metalsmithing area students learn metal fabrication and construction methods used to create jewelry and small-scale sculpture. Students are encouraged to think creatively, explore alternative materials, and work across disciplines and media. Metalsmithing is a medium rich with history and tradition, where artists have the opportunity to create meaningful, lasting objects of adornment and art.
PAINTINGPainting instruction in the Department of Art & Design includes both perceptually based study as well as more conceptual and experimental approaches to the medium. Students work with oils, acrylics, watercolors, encaustics, and mixed media. Introduction to the fundamental concepts of painting and materials is emphasized in introductory courses, while courses at all levels are designed to foster knowledge of the historical and theoretical background of painting. Upper division students are encouraged to explore the development of individual style and personal vision, preparing them for continued growth and excellence in a professional context.
PHOTOGRAPHYPhotography provides a wide based experience in the visual arts with course offerings satisfying requirements for electives in the Department of Art & Design degree programs and minors offered through a number of University departments. Instruction includes exposure to techniques incorporating black and white wet media processes as well as digital imaging. Students learn the fundamentals of shooting, presentation (matting and dry mounting), and analytical assessment of photographic works in a professional yet intimate studio setting.
PRINTMAKINGPrintmaking provides students with experience in another traditional studio area. The Department of Art & Design's printmaking section provides instruction in intaglio, lithography, and screen printing. The facilities include two etching presses, one lithographic press, and one combination press. Introductory courses expose students to a variety of printmaking techniques, while advanced courses provide opportunities for individual exploration and development in selected media. All levels of instruction emphasize safe studio practices and use of less toxic printmaking techniques.
SCULPTUREFor students interested in sculptural arts, the Sculpture area offers instruction in a variety of media and techniques, including subtractive sculptural processes in stone and wood, as well as bronze and aluminum casting. Students gain experience in three dimensional design, beginning and advanced sculpture, and workshops focusing on advanced techniques. Facilities include a large and well equipped tool room housing both hand and power tools, pneumatic equipment, welding facilities, kilns, a nineteen foot saw mill, work tables and storage. The sculpture studio is located adjacent to a well equipped wood shop.
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Herald-Sun: 'Pink Ribbon Build' planned
The inspiration for an exciting new Habitat for Humanity home came in June 2011, when Margaret Rubiera visited the Duke Cancer Center following her diagnosis of breast cancer.
Although she was initially anxious, the warmth, kindness, compassion, and optimism with which she was treated throughout her journey made it easier to handle. She came to appreciate the nurses, lab techs, and other members of the support staff – the unsung heroes – who extend that same kindness and encouragement daily to the countless cancer patients who are engaged in a difficult and often heartbreaking struggle.
Rubiera and her committee of volunteers, several of whom are breast cancer survivors, envision the "Pink Ribbon Build" as an opportunity for cancer survivors and their family and friends to express their gratitude in very tangible ways to these outstanding caregivers and to honor people they have known who have been treated for cancer.
There are many caregivers and cancer survivors who work full-time; however their income is not sufficient to qualify for a conventional mortgage, and therefore they cannot experience the security and dream of owning their own home. Habitat for Humanity offers families the chance make a down payment of at least 250 hours of "sweat equity" as well as zero percent interest mortgages on safe, affordable, energy-efficient homes. A Habitat home will provide stability and pride to a family for years to come and will allow them to build equity for their future.
Rubiera and her committee invite the community to help the Pink Ribbon Build by donating or volunteering. To make a secure online donation, go to www.durhamhabitat.org, and click on "Donations." Please designate the Pink Ribbon Build in the comment section. To honor someone with your gift, simply provide the name and address of that person, and the committee will gladly send an acknowledgment.
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Police want to go from 100+ to 1,000 cameras
Police in Cincinnati want to add more than 800 surveillance cameras in public places over the next two years to help with crime prevention and emergency response situations.
The Cincinnati Police Department intends to increase the number of cameras from the current 118 to 1,000 by the end of 2014, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The cameras can be manipulated to turn 360 degrees, tilt and zoom up to more than a half-mile.
Along with helping prevent crime, police say the cameras could assist with crowd control during events and be used to organize emergency responses including situations like one last summer when paramedics had to find a man needing medical help at a festival, said Capt. Jeff Butler, planning, resource and development commander for the police department.
Police also say footage might be used convict criminals. But questions have been raised about the potential costs of more cameras.
"There's no doubt that all of this technology can be used for good and positive things," said Gary Daniels, spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio. "The question is whether it's worth the cost in both money and the erosion of people's privacy."
The department is required to keep recordings for 14 days and conduct random checks to make sure cameras are not used inappropriately to spy on private settings, according to police.
The current camera program costs about $4.7 million, with almost all of that paid for with federal grants and donations. While federal grants will mostly pay for the new cameras, police would need to create partnerships with groups that would be willing to share access to existing cameras, Butler said.
Barry Whitton, a computer systems analyst and civilian Cincinnati police employee who has been building the city's camera program since 2008, said there is "definite value in the fact you have an extra set of automatic eyes."
Cameras are now used in the Ohio River Basin/Port Security program and in more than a dozen city neighborhoods. More than 30 cameras operate in The Banks development area on Cincinnati's riverfront, and five cameras came online last week around the new Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati.
Cameras that scan license plates also are being tested with the surveillance cameras. Currently, those types of cameras are found mostly on police cruisers.
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A little crude, but Chris' Arduino-powered, motion-detecting, RC-scootering, ssssss-booming Creeper from Minecraft does the trick. Especially if the trick is pissing you off after a hard day's work. Inside the cardboard shell is a speaker, a Wave Shield that plays back two sounds (the fuse, and the requisite bang) and the Arduino-powered guts, mounted on the chassis of a $15 remote control tonka toy he got at a local drugstore.
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PAT CAPUTO: Bitter end should not diminish the Tigers' otherwise sweet journey
It would be wrong to remember the 2012 Tigers by the way the season ended.
There was much more to it than being swept by the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.
There was a disappointing start after high expectations, and a resurgence in the middle of the season.
There was what seemed to be a collapse. When the Tigers fell three games down to the Chicago White Sox with 16 to go, they were essentially buried. They not only won the American League Central, but beat the A's and swept the Yankees in the playoffs.
This season was not a failure for the Tigers.
"If somebody told me before the season we'd be in the World Series, I'd taken that," manager Jim Leyland said.
The World Series, however, could not have been more disappointing.
While the Tigers won their second American League pennant in seven years, and as such are one of Major League Baseball's elite teams, they aren't the best of the best.
The Giants clearly are after completing the rout with a 4-3, Game 4 victory Sunday night at Comerica Park.
"There were no bad breaks, no flukes, they just played better than we did," Leyland said.
It was a rough series for the Tigers, ending fittingly when Miguel Cabrera, who did not come through in the clutch in the set, took a called third strike from Giants' closer Sergio Romo.
The Tigers were a tale of two teams this season.
The good Tigers were a club that would hit with runners in scoring position, surprisingly make a good play when it mattered despite a reputation for being defensively challenged and pitch well, especially the starters.
There were reasons, however, the Tigers compiled only the seventh-best record in the American League during the regular season. The biggest was the lack of consistency among the hitters.
The Tigers didn't just go through dry spells. The visited endless deserts of outs.
Their two best hitters, Cabrera and Prince Fielder, were not immune from the lumber slumber in the end. Cabrera gave the Tigers a wind-aided, two-run homer Sunday, and the Tigers took a brief lead. It was only time they led in the series.
"We got into the World Series and just sputtered offensively," Leyland said.
The Tigers were huge favorites entering the series, but in retrospect, it's impossible not to wonder why.
The Giants won 94 games this season. The National League West was a stronger division than the American League Central, too.
The National League was better than the American League overall, as well.
The Cincinnati Reds and the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals were more formidable conquests for the Giants than the Tigers beating the overachieving A's and the imploding Yankees.
The Giants are the club with the championship pedigree, having won the World Series as recently as 2010 with many of the same players.
The Giants made all the plays defensively - and from virtually every spot on the field. Tigers ace Justin Verlander faltered in Game 1. None of the Giants starting pitchers struggled. In a match of bullpens, it wasn't even close. The Giants bullpen is considerably better.
"We just didn't do enough," Leyland said. "I mean, if it goes to a seventh game and you lose on a freak play, you might say, 'We are as good as they are.' But in this series, we were not as good as they were. It was simple."
The four-game sweep says it all about the World Series, but not nearly enough about the Tigers' season in totality.
It was a great ride as much as a bitter end.
Pat Caputo is a senior sports reporter and a columnist for The Oakland Press. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com and read his blog at theoaklandpress.com. You can follow him on Twitter @patcaputo98


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Saturday, March 15, 2008
A Nickel And A Nail
"Oh I once had love
and plenty of money
But some way, somehow
You know I failed, yes I did
Now all, all I have
in my pocket, its a shame
All I can give account of
right now is a nickel and a nail..."
Born in Leno, Tennessee in 1939 Overten Vertis Wright was something of a musical prodigy, his professional gospel singing career began when he was just six years old at the Temple in Eads. Stints with other gospel acts such as The Jubilee Hummingbirds, The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet and the Harmony Echoes followed.
Possessed of a voice that Barney Hoskins memorably described as being like "Sam Cooke in terrible pain" O.V Wright was tempted from the path of gospel righteousness by Roosevelt Jamison.
Jamison was a remarkable man. Starting as a mere orderly in the City of Memphis hospital he managed to qualify as a medical technologist. To learn what he needed Roosevelt attended the lectures of Dr L.W. Diggs working as his slide projectionist since segregation at the University of Tennessee made it impossible for him, as a black man, to be a student there.
At one time Jamison had harboured ambitions as a singer but decided concentrated on songwriting and managing gospel acts instead as friends had told him his timing wasn't good.
One of the acts he was involved in was The Harmony Echoes which featured both James Carr and O.V. Wright as vocalists.
Jamison recalled in a 1988 copy of Soul Survivor magazine:"O.V. was very concentrative. He would think about a single note or phrase for a long time and note arrangements aloud... O.V. worked on perfection. He used to like spending hours at the piano hitting notes and trying to reproduce them with his voice."
Wright who in addition to gospel singing was working as a garbage man at this time and wanted to break into R&B field, where he saw an opportunity for commercial success.
In 1963 Jamison, who was married with a child, had fallen in love with a nurse who worked at the same hospital as him:
"One day we were sitting at a little drive-in place where we would all go and get sandwiches and things and the moon was shining bright, and I just started messing with this poem about how I roamed the prairies, searched the universe, trying to find ways to express just how strong my love is." (Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick)
This poem would form the basis of Wright's first hit on the tiny Goldwax label but not before Jamison had tried to pitching it to Memphis' big R&B label Stax.
"Well y'know, I had written this song and I wanted to find out if there was any interest in it, so I brought it to Stax. Steve Cropper was there when I walked in and I showed him the song I had written on paper. He asked me to sing it if I could, but I found it difficult without any musical accompaniment. So Steve began plunking on the piano while I sang onto a tape machine." Jamison recalled (Soul Survivor number 9 Summer 1988).
Jim Stewart, head of Stax apparently passed on the song believing it too gospel and so Jaminson turned up one night at Goldwax founders Quinton Claunch's place;
"I heard a knock on my door at about ten o'clock and found Roosevelt Jamison, James Carr and O.V. Wright standing there. They had this little portable recorder so we sat right down on the floor and listened to some tapes. Both of them just knocked me out, and I made moves to sign 'em on the spot" said Claunch. (Say It One Time For The Brokenhearted Barney Hoskins).
Claunch didn't much care for the That's How Strong My Love Is either:
" I brought a tape of that song to Quinton's house and played it for them but they didn't really care too much for it. The song that they were interested in was There Goes My Used To Be. When the single was released, That's How Strong My Love Is was the B-side and There Goes My Used To Be was on the A-side. When the D.J. 's got it they preferred the B-side and played it instead." recalled Jamison.(Soul Survivor)
At about the same time Stax ,despite their purported lack of interest in the song, decided to cut That's How Strong My Love Is with their biggest star, Otis Redding.
Jamison says "My understanding is that later, while they were working on an Otis Redding session, Steve brought out this song. Otis liked it and wanted to record it. When they went to cut the song, they found it wasn't long enough. They tried to get in touch with, me but couldn't reach me, so Steve came up with a little sketch at the end that went something like: "I'd be the ocean, so deep and wide / To catch all your tears whenever you cried." I had nothing at all to do with that particular verse. I wasn't even aware that Otis was cutting the song until after it was released. If I had known, I would've supplied them numerous other verses..."(Soul Survivor)
DJ A.C. Williams, known as "Moohaw" , at WDIA in Memphis suggested to Stax that Otis' single be flipped to plug Mr.Pitiful in order to give O.V.'Wright's version a chance to break.
A more serious problem came in the shape of Peacock Records owner Don Robey.
Robey, a Texan, owned the Memphis gospel label Duke to which The Sunset Travellers were signed when O.V. Wright had sang with them. Wright did not believe the contract included his work as a solo artist but Robey felt differently. Goldwax owners came to a deal whereby they retained the rights to the hit single That's How Strong My Love Is but surrendered any claims to the artist O.V. Wright.
Speaking to Tim Perlich for Soul Survivor magazine in 1988 Roosevelt Jamison said:
"Y'know, personally, I doubt that any such contract between O.V. and Don Robey ever existed. If there was, I never saw it. That was only part of the reason why O.V. left Goldwax though. O.V. had an engagement to do a show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for some local D.J. named Dickie Doo, but Quinton Claunch refused to give us the money for gas to get there. Ricky Sanders, Earl Forrest and I went with O.V. and did the show anyway, but after that incident O.V. went straight to Texas."
Jamison stayed with Goldwax and he and Wright never worked together again:
"Me and O.V. shook hands, and O.V. told me if I ever wanted to go with him, and leave all this other stuff alone, I could have fifty percent of his salary. But I never did do that" (Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick).
So in 1966 Robey put O.V.Wright on his new R&B label, Back Beat, and, in a stroke of genius, assigned Willie Mitchell to produce him.
From Ashland Mississippi, Willie Mitchell was a music man through and through. Whilst at school Mitchell had become a trumpet player and played on early B.B. King sides.When drafted into the army, in 1950, he had a job DJing for Special Services and subsequently worked with Vic Damone's 18 piece road band.
From the middle of the fifties he had settled in Memphis and his band ,which had a residency at The Plantation Inn, was the acme of cool. Mitchell was also a face on the recording scene A&Ring, producing and arranging for a variety of Memphis' independant labels including most famously for Hi Records.
Mitchell had a vision which he articulated thus:
"I wanted to cut a record that would sell black and white, combine the two, you know in a pleasant kind of music. With O.V. Wright and Bobby Bland (who Robey had also brought to Mitchell to work his production magic on), their style was too strong in one direction, it was too rough. I wanted to add more class to it. O.V.'s music was a little more laid back; Bobbys had a little more spark to it. But I was trying to get a combination of the two" (Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick)
In his autobiography Take Me To The River Al Green, with whom Mitchell would most profitably realise this vision says of Mitchell :
"He was by inclination, a jazzman, given to a smooth uptown instrumental sound that made the most out of every note. By trade however he had become familiar with the stompin', shoutin' dance floor rattlin' style of cut loose R&B"
This is not to say that the records Mitchell cut with Wright were not a success. Commercially the sides Mitchell cut with Wright at Back Beat, such as Eight Men and Four Women and You're Gonna Make Me Cry, were hits. Artistically they and others like, say, Lets Straighten It Out or A Nickel and a Nail represent something of a high water mark in Southern Soul.
Wright recorded with Mitchell at Hi records for much of the seventies but drug abuse took its toll and in November 1980 aged just 41 Wright died of a heart attack.
Wright had never been careful with money as his brother Eddie Lewis said: "O.V. went to the top, he had some of the greater things. I thought he would settle down and take some of the money where it would keep coming back to him. He didn't. He just wanted diamonds and fast cars." (Sweet Soul Music Peter Guralnick)
Willie Mitchell paid for a funeral and the gravestone was supposed to be covered by insurance, but somehow it just never came through so O.V. Wright lay in an unmarked grave at New Park Cemetery.
On the 9th March this year Preston Lauterbach of the excellent Back Roads Of American Music blog posted to the Southern Soul Group that anonymous soul fans had placed a marker on James Carr's grave at the same cemetery.
Preston's comment: "Hopefully the same group has some love and a little more dough for O.V. Wright who still lies in an unmarked grave nearly 30 years after his premature death." spurred the group into action with people asking how they can help mark the resting place of this great artist.
So Preston, Red Kelly (of the awesome B -Side blog ) and Southern Soul Group member Ricky Stevens joined forces to make this dream a reality by establishing The O.V. Wright Memorial Fund.
You can donate to this fund via PayPal (or any credit card) by visiting either The B- side, Backroads or clicking the image in the sidebar here.
UPDATE (from Red Kelly and the O.V. Wright Memorial Fund)
Just a note to let you know that we have set up a home page for The O.V. Wright Memorial Fund: http://www.ovwright.org/
Hopefully it will provide all of us with a central location for news and updates on our joint project, as well as an easier URL
to direct potential contributors to in the future.
We would also like to acknowledge thodse who have donated already (that would be you) on the site, however we didn't want
to do it without your permission. If you'd rather we didn't print your name, please let us know.
Those of you with 'blogs' and websites, we will be linking to you as well... so if you have any cool sidebar images or anything to send us, we'll definitely use them...
Together we can do anything.
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The Timna Valley has been the location of copper mines from the days of King Solomon. The site is still mined today and the red rock of the region has several unique formations carved into the rock. All of these make a wonderful place for a ride, and nice way to see the region around Eilat.
Take your bike 15 km north of Eilat to Be'er Ora. From Be'er Ora, take the service road north leading to the modern Timna mines. At the mines, enter the park and pass the Nehustan Lake and campground. Follow the road through the park leading you to the ruins of the biblical town that stood here in the time of King Solomon. Nearby, you will find the Shlomo Pillars; large natural pillars carved into the red rock.
Further down, a dirt road will lead you to three more interesting sites. First you will pass the "Mushroom", another formation carved by water into the red rock. Further north lay the ancient mines of King Solomon and at the end of this road, you will reach a site of murals from Ancient Egyptian times. The paintings describe mining copper and the camel caravans that took the metal to the port on the Red Sea.
Head back to the park's main road and head to the visitors center. From the visitors center, ride to road #90 and turn south. Enjoy a tail wind south towards Eilat, but beware of traffic in this area. Ten Kilometers south of Timna, turn into the Dom Palms site; these trees, commonly found only in Africa, have been growing in two locations around Eilat, and are the only trees of their kind for thousands of kilometers. From there, use the service road along road #90 which will take you all the way to the beach on the north shore of Eilat.


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Sunday Recipe – Apple Pecan Quick Bread
Do This recipe is from my godmother, Betsy Meeuwsen.
1 2/4 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 c. sugar
1 T. baking powder
2/3 c. orange juice
1/3 c. unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 c. coarsely chopped apples
1/2 c. coarsely chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, making a well in the center. Set aside. Mix together remaining ingredients except apples and pecans. Pour into well in center of dry ingredients. Stir until just combined, being careful not to over mix. Gently stir in apples and pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into center of loaf comes out smoothly with moist crumbs attached. Do not over bake.
Apple of the Day…Viking
The Viking is highly aromatic, crisp, juicy and tart. Outstanding flavor retention when cooked. Keeps about 1 month. Developed by the PRI (Purdue, Rutgers, Illinois Co Op) program but introduced by Wisconsin in 1969. This is also one of the first to ripen at our orchard…around August 8th…give or take a week.
When doing research on this apple I found a recipe using it on www.kitchencaravan.com . Now, I haven't tried it but it looks yummy! If anyone makes it and tweeks anything about it please let me know and we'll use it in our next cookbook!
Viking Apple Cake
This cake is pretty light. We use yogurt instead of butter, and give the cake body with lots of apples. The batter starts out looking like more apples than batter, but then as it bakes the apples shrink and the cake forms beautifully. This is a delicious pairing of apples, cardamom, and buckwheat. It is quick and easy to put together for dessert.
1 cup yogurt
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp orange blossom water
1 cup all purpose flour
½ cup buckwheat flour
1 tsp ground cardamom
pinch of cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
3 cups apples, peeled and diced
½ cups almonds, ground
Garnish: Crème Fraîche
Whisk together the yogurt and the sugar in a bowl. Add the eggs and orange blossom water and whisk.
Sift together the flours, cardamom, cinnamon, and baking powder in a separate bowl.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and stir.
Stir in the apples and ground almonds and pour into a 10" spring-form cake tin.
Bake at 350ºF for 45-50 minutes.
Garnish with a spoonful of fresh crème fraîche.
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2 oranges
1 c. sugar
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And for the next recipe. I took this recipe from the Wisconsin Apple Grower's Association Cookbook. We will have a limited supply of these for sale in our apple store this fall. (This one has LOTS more recipe's for Apple Salad's!)
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1/3 cup pecan pieces
* lettuce leaves
*2 apples for slicing
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3 T. lime juice
1 t. celery salt
1/4 t. paprika
3/4 c. yogurt
Blend over medium heat, stirring constantly, just until sauce begins to simmer. Remove from heat. Cool slightly. Blend in 3/4 cup yogurt. Cover and chill before tossing.
Yield: 6 servings
*Original Recipe*
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Apple of the Day…Duchess
The Duchess apple is one of the first varieties that ripens on our orchard. We start picking these around August 8th…give or take a week. The Duchess tree is very winter hardy and does well in our climate. This apple originated in Russia. Duchess is a medium fruit with smooth yellow skin overlaid with a red wash, will turn completely red when exposed to the sun. The flesh of Duchess is tender, crisp, and juicy with a tangy flavor. As with most of the early apples, the Duchess has a short storage life, so if this is your favorite I would be one of the first one's here. Many have said this is wonderful for making pies!
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Of course, my favorite part about the Self-guided wine tour was that we were able to have samples of wine all along the way. Our first sample was the Prairie Fume.
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Another taste test - yum! This time our sample was of the White Riesling. I would give you my opinions on the wine but I am by no means a connoisseur and I honestly don't remember which one was my favorite...I just know I was having free wine!
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Apple Cinnamon Rolls
by Kim Van Grunsven (Lapacek now)
1 pkg. Pillsbury Grand Cinnamon Rolls
3 apples, peeled and sliced
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Put cinnamon rolls into greased round pan. Mix apples, sugar, and nutmeg. Pour mixture over rolls. Bake as directed on cinnamon roll package.
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Sunday Recipe - Creamy Apple Squares
-Karma Lapacek
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1/2 c. soft butter
2 apples (thinly sliced)
1 c. sour cream
1 egg
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Combine cake mix and butter. Mix until crumbly. Reserve 2/3 cup for topping. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of ungreased 9x13-inch pan. Arrange apple slices over base. Blend sour cream and egg. Spread evenly over apples. Add brown sugar and cinnamon to reserved topping mix. Mix well. Sprinkle over apples. Bake at 350-degrees for 25-30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and bubbly.
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Winter Dyeing Day with Kim and Diane!
On Monday, February 23rd, Diane and I decided to do some fabric dyeing. I have a custom order for seven different shirts/tanks/rompers for one family and I was going to fill that order. As I was going through our white clothing inventory I discovered that I was ONE large t-shirt short…so, it turned out into a 'just for fun' dyeing day.
I am trying to increase my fabric stash because I have all the ideas for art quilts in my mind and need to have a wide variety of colors for these projects. Since I own/operate an apple orchard my first art quilt is probably going to be some sort of orchard image which means I need lots of different browns, greens and reds. That was my plan along with a few bins of fun! I have included a picture of one of my fun pins here! Don't worry I'll make sure to take a few 'after' pictures of the fabric and post them later so you can see what that bin made!
Dyeing in the middle of winter is nowhere near the fun as dyeing in the summer. It's also a lot more difficult to 'see' what you have done. But, it's still fun and I really enjoy dyeing. My favorite part of it is that I go into it with an extremely laid back attitude. All the bottles of dyes just sit in front of me and I just mix a little of this and a little of that and go for it! I have a fairly decent knowledge of what colors I'm going to achieve by mixing certain things but I never know EXACTLY how it's going to turn out or the pattern it's going to make on the fabric.
Diane and I have gotten much more efficient in dyeing as well. We used to put each item in its own bucket or bin….we have learned that we can get a fairly decent variety by putting many fabrics in one bin. I think I had six bins that I dyed that day and still a few individual buckets. I was dyeing hats and I was being a bit picky that had a certain 'look' about them.
I was almost about to tell you our process of dyeing (what we do first, then next and to finish it up) but I realized that's why you are going to sign up for our 2009 Summer Dyeing Workshop on June 20th! We will teach you the 'formula's' for dyeing in the morning and then teach you the more creative side of dyeing.
One thing I will say is that HEAT is extremely important in our dyeing process…which can be hard to come by in a cold basement in February. My husband has built us special insulated box that hooks up to our outdoor woodstove. Pex tubing coils around on the inside of this box and super hot water flows through it to heat up our fabric. It fits LOTS and LOTS of bins and buckets! It is amazing!
Diane gave me a quick 'sneak peek' at our fabrics yesterday and I am so excited to start ironing! (Trust me…that is HUGE for me to say…I HATE to iron, but that's how you can really see just how amazing your fabrics are). One washout is complete…lots more to go but hopefully I'll be able to post some end result pictures next week!
Sunday Recipe - Bavarian Apple Torte
Bavarian Apple Torte
by Betsy Meeuwsen
1/2 c. butter
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 c. flour
Cream butter and sugar. Blend in vanilla and flour. Spread on bottom and sides (up 1 1/2 inches) of a 9-inch spring form pan. Dip fingers in flour to spread.
1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/4 c. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
Blend cream cheese and sugar. Add vanilla and egg. Pour into pan.
4 c. sliced apples
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. sliced almonds
Toss apples with cinnamon and sugar. Spread on top of cream cheese layer. Sprinkle with almons. Bake at 400-degrees for 25 minutes.
I hope you enjoy today's recipe! You can purchase your very own copy of Apple-tizing Recipes from Lapacek's Orchard from my only etsy store, www.kimscraftyapple.etsy.com.
When you attend our Holiday Craft Sale this coming November please note that many of the knit items were created by my Aunt. Not only is she talented in the kitchen but she is talented with her knitting needles as well!


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Back in the 1950's, Cessna Aircraft produced this gem… "Wings for Doubting Thomas"
This little documentary clearly spelled out the value proposition for Private Aviation 2 generations ago.
I rarely talk about "General Aviation."
Like most people who read this blog, I'm much more interested in, "Private Aviation."
You might think quickly that it's the same, thing, but it's not. General aviation is broadly defined as as all aviation except for military and airlines. That's great, but I'm not a, "General Aviation enthusiast." Frankly I don't care much about, "General Aviation." I don't fly biz jets, cargo, fly much for hire, (Though I have the certificate for, it's just not a big part of my life these days.) spray crops, perform in air shows, whatever…
While I may aspire to sit in the back of a something with turbines, drinking Cristal… It does not inspire me. I'd rather be up front flying the jet.
"Private aviation is the part of civil aviation that does not include flying for hire."
"In most countries, private flights are always general aviation flights, but the opposite is not true: many general aviation flights (such as banner towing, charter, crop dusting, and others) are commercial in that the pilot is hired and paid. Many private pilots fly for their own enjoyment, or to share the joys and convenience of general aviation with friends and family."
You see "General Aviation," is doing just fine. Ask anyone running a jet charter business these days. Business is up, folks who choose to afford it are buying jet cards and getting to where they want to go in style, and plenty of people are making a good living helping them get there. I'm fine with all that. "General Aviation," is not dying. It's growing.
But "Private Aviation" is the community that inspires me. It's Private Aviation that's what we're really talking about when we fry bacon at Camp Scholler, or eat pancakes at the fly in. The ability to climb into a plane and fly myself and my friends or family someplace is like a magic power.
It's Private Aviation that we built OpenAirplane to serve.
So you see, I don't talk much about General Aviation. When I speak to the press about OpenAirplane. I explain that it is a marketplace for Private Aviation. I get asked all the time if OpenAirplane will let them hail a jet like they can hail a cab, or if we can help them charter a flight. My answer is always, "Not yet." It's just not the business we're in right now. There are plenty of smart people working to offer charter for businesses and pleasure. That part of General Aviation is well served. I explain that we are focused on Private Aviation, because that's where the opportunity lies today to unlock more value than anywhere else right now. General Aviation is a competitive, well served market with a healthy ecosystem. But Private Aviation hasn't seen much innovation since Cessna commissioned that film. This is strange to me, because GPS, iPads, and composites sure have made it a lot easier. Private Aviation can create entirely new use cases for the over 5,000 airports, thousands of aircraft, and hundreds of thousands of certificates in the wallets of pilots across the country.
Private Aviation has been in decline since the airlines we're deregulated in 1978. The value proposition of Private Aviation has been evolving ever since. The industry and the community need to both step up to communicate the value proposition for Private Aviation to a new generation of "doubting Thomases," updating what you see in the old documentary film above to speak to the value proposition we can offer today.
For most of us, the conversation isn't about General Aviation, it's about Private Aviation. Let's call it what it is. I have no time sit back and complain. I believe we can make it better than ever.


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Workers are more productive than ever. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "nonfarm business sector labor productivity" increased 3 percent in the third quarter of 2013 over the same period a year earlier.
Much of the increase in worker productivity can be attributed to technology. But as anyone who uses a computer at work can attest, technology giveth and technology taketh away.
These tips will help ensure you're on the positive side of the technology equation.
A 5-minute video that can save you hours
Last spring, New York Times technology writer David Pogue gave a 5-minute talk at TED 2013 that described 10 ways to save time. Pogue's tips cover everything from how to blank a PowerPoint slide during a presentation to how to skip those irritating voice-mail instructions.
If you're too rushed to watch the video, here are two simple shortcuts covered in Pogue's entertaining presentation: press the spacebar to scroll down a Web page (Shift-spacebar scrolls up); and on your phone and tablet, press the spacebar twice to enter a period at the end of a sentence.
A modest proposal: Skip system backups
I recently swept about 15 years of outdated technology products from my home office, garage, and attic. Among the detritus were dozens of backups I never needed: floppies, Zip disks, CDs, DVDs, USB thumbdrives, you name it.
In past posts I have described free online backup services, a free backup utility that outshines Windows 7's built-in disk imager, and even a Firefox add-on that automatically backs up whatever you type.
Now I'm ready to break with convention and recommend that you not waste your time with system backups. That's right, forget about PC drive images and other system backups.
Cloud storage reduces the value of PC backups: nearly all of my important files are uploaded to iCloud, Dropbox, and other online storage services. I create instant backups of locally stored files by attaching the files to e-mails I send to myself.
As long as you're prepared to reinstall your applications, adopting a fix-on-failure approach to PCs lets you avoid the bother of system backups.
Not long ago I spent the better part of an afternoon wrestling with Windows 8.1's built-in backup program, which kept turning up its nose at every backup medium I chose. I soon realized all the files I was backing up were already stored online as well as on the PC's hard drive.
In fact, most of my important personal data is no longer stored permanently on my PC. My contacts are on my phone, which I back up via iTunes. My music files are on iCloud, and my documents and image files are on Dropbox.
In addition, I have gotten into the habit of attaching important files to e-mails that I send to my own Web mail account as a form of on-demand backup.
Once your files are stored online, system backups become a waste of time and effort. Computing without a net puts you on notice that you can't rely on a backup to cover your bacon if something goes wrong.
My home office has four different systems: two Windows 7 PCs, a Windows 8 laptop, and a Mac. That's a lot of backing up. The time I would have spent creating system backups can be put to more productive use.
As contradictory as this may sound, I actually feel safer knowing I don't have to rely on a system backup when a computer fails. Once you've disabled Windows' automatic backups, you have one less thing for your PC to nag you about.
Tell the software updater to wait
Speaking of nags, how many software updates are so important they require that you stop what you're doing to apply the latest patches?
There was a time when it was safest to set Windows to download updates but wait before installing them. Today the risk of a zero-day attack outweighs the risk of an update causing a problem, so it's safest and most efficient to set Windows to update automatically.
You can't do much to prevent other software updaters from popping up reminders to check for and/or install an update in the middle of your workday. The best approach is simply to close or minimize the update notification until you're ready to take a break.
Windows' Group Policy Editor lets you disable the "Restart is required" reminder that accompanies some of the OS's updates. Unfortunately, the Group Policy Editor is available only in the Professional versions of Windows 7 and 8. The How-To Geek explains how to edit the Registry to prevent the restart warning from appearing.
To do away with restart pop-ups via the Group Policy Editor, press the Windows key (if necessary), type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. In the left pane, navigate to and select Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.
In the right pane, double-click "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations." Select Disabled in the top-right corner of the dialog and click OK. You can also choose Enabled and set the number of minutes Windows will wait before prompting you to restart.
Use the paintbrush to format Office docs
When you paste information into a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or other office file, you can apply the file's own formatting by pressing Alt, E, S to open the Paste Special dialog, and then arrow up to Unformatted Text and press Enter.
The quickest way to reformat text and other elements of Office files is to use the Format Painter to copy the formatting of the current selection and apply it to anything else you choose in the file.
The Microsoft Office support site provides a short video that explains how to use Format Painter in Office 2013, as well as instructions for using Format Painter in Word 2010 and in other Office 2010 programs.
Free services helps you locate a misplaced phone
"Where did I put my phone?" has joined "Where did I put my keys?" and "Where did I park my car?" as the most common questions we ask ourselves.
If your phone is lost, you can use a free service such as Find My iPhone or LocateMyDroid (donationware) to pinpoint the phone's location on a Web map.
On the other hand, if you've simply misplaced your phone, you can just call it from another phone and locate it when the misplaced phone rings. But what if you don't have another phone handy?
Several free Web services offer to call the number you enter on the site. I hesitate to use these services because the site may resell your number to telemarketers or other third parties.
The privacy policy on Phonemyphone.com convinced me I could trust the service enough to supply it with my phone number.
My iPhone has the added protection of using the the Do Not Disturb feature to block calls from numbers not in my contact list. Since Phonemyphone's number isn't in my contacts, the service's call was blocked the first time I used the service. I simply added the caller to my contacts to allow future calls to get through.
(The Do Not Disturb feature was one of several techniques I described in post from last February on how to screen unwanted calls on iPhones and Android phones.)
Note that Phonemyphone accepts donations, and the site's developer says he may be required to charge for the service in the future.
Real-time collaboration made simple
The typical office document has many contributors. Document creation is usually a serial process: each person does their thing and passes the file on to the next contributor.
That's not necessarily the most efficient way to work. The free PiratePad service lets two or more people work on the same text file at the same time -- no registration required.
Start by clicking the frog, which opens a new public pad. Send the pad's link to others via e-mail. Links are available for collaborators and for read-only access. When I tested the service, the built-in "send e-mail" feature didn't work, so I simply copied the pad link manually and pasted it into a new e-mail message.
Each collaborator's contribution is color-coded. The text editor isn't particularly sophisticated, and when I created a document I encountered some minor formatting glitches. But the service's response time was great: changes by each collaborator appeared quickly in the pad of other collaborators. Likewise, the service's chat feature worked without any noticeable lag time in my unscientific testing.
You can save and restore versions of your document, as well as import text, HTML, Word, and RTF files, and export text and HTML files. When I tested the service's import feature, I was unable to import a one-page Word doc, but I was able to export a pad as a text file and as an HTML file.
Chrome add-on puts sites temporarily out of bounds
Self-control is all well and good, but sometimes nature can use a little assistance. If you find yourself unable to prevent your favorite sites from keeping you from the task at hand, add the Temporary Site Blocker to Google Chrome.
After you install the extension, activate it by clicking the extension icon at the right end of the address bar, choosing Temporary Site Blocker, and clicking Enable Site Blocking. Then navigate to the site you want to lock out, select Temporary Site Blocker again, and click "Block this site." The site will be added to the extension's block list, which is shown at the top of this post.
When you try to open a site on your off-limits list, you're redirected to a page that states simply "Blocked!" Of course, you could just remove the site from the blocked list or disable the extension's blocking altogether... if your conscience lets you.


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A Headstock/Tailstock with a robotic welder is the safest, most efficient method to rotate a part. It is designed for the accuracy and repeatability required for predictable results in Robotic Arc Welding Cells. Features
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XMS, the mobile messaging platform from the makers of eBuddy, today announced an update to their web messaging companion Web XMS. Instead of having to rely on a Facebook account to login, Web XMS now provides all its users the ease to log in with their phone number.
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