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• The list of rules and requirements a film must meet in order to be considered for an Oscar are just slightly little less complicated than those printed in the United Nations Charter. For example, submitted films must be of a certain running time, must be recorded on an approved film stock, and must have been publicly exhibited to paying audiences for a specified length of time in certain cities.
DEAR BERNIE: This type of treatment is available (for humans) in a kit at drugstores featuring a diluted solution of hydrogen peroxide. I would exercise caution in using this treatment with small dogs, however. I also strongly recommend that owners whose pets are experiencing an ear infection, either for the first time or recurring, go to their veterinarian first to have the ears examined. The vet should test for evidence of ear mites, a yeast infection or other cause. Ear mites can be quickly treated, but recurring ear infections can be trickier -- topical medicines often only treat the symptoms, and the cause, such as allergies, can take more time and effort to diagnose.
• Oscar, as the Academy Award statuette is known, measures 13½ inches tall and is heavier than you might expect, at 8½ pounds. It’s made of tin and copper and then plated with gold. Since the identities of the winners are kept secret until the actual awards ceremony, the plaques on the pedestals of the statuettes handed out onstage are blank. Winners return them to the Academy the next morning to have their name, award category, and the year engraved on the plaque. As a protective measure, a unique serial number is engraved on the back of each Oscar, since they remain the legal property of AMPAS.
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THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE (continued): • Once the preliminary voting commences, all AMPAS members are allowed to nominate candidates for Best Picture and the Best Actor categories. Only those who work in the same specialization are allowed to nominate choices for technical awards. Only directors, for instance, can suggest a film for Best Director. Once the preliminary votes are tabulated, the top choices in each category become the official nominees. • After the nominees have been selected, ballots are sent out to all AMPAS members. All members get to vote in every category, even those in which they have no experience. This procedure has been the subject of much criticism. Few AMPAS members bother to screen the foreign film submissions, for example. As a result, a voter may have to select a film he or she has never even seen! • The final ballots are mailed to the public accounting firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers. Three PWC representatives retire to a locked, guarded room to tabulate the votes and prepare the sealed envelopes that contain the names of the 22 main winners. Those envelopes are given to a senior PWC official, who brings them to the auditorium and hands them to the presenters just before each winner is announced. A back-up representative travels to the ceremony in a separate car with a duplicate set of winners’ envelopes, just in case something happens to the first official (or the original envelopes) en route.
Parity Isn’t Working To hear NASCAR tell it, Brian France is a regular Thomas Jefferson. The NASCAR chairman and CEO wants equality. He wants all his race cars to be created equal. NASCAR, like so many other professional sports, has been “trending parity” for well over a decade now, but the new car, implemented partially two years ago and fully last year, is the ultimate step. Trouble is, parity isn’t working. In 2001, 19 different drivers won races. Last year there were 12. The number has gone down in six of the last eight seasons. Two years ago, one multi-car team, Hendrick Motorsports, won half the races. Last year three drivers -- Carl Edwards (9), Kyle Busch (8) and Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson (7) -- combined to win two-thirds of the races. Four teams divided up the 12 spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. In short, while NASCAR was making everything just alike, the rich were getting richer and the poor poorer. This comes to no surprise to one of the sport’s elite owners, Jack Roush, who doesn’t much mind. “It’s not going to be the case that a change in the car is really going to dramatically change the makeup of who wins the races and which manufacturers are dominant and other things,” he said. “I think the cream will rise to the top regardless.”
If this pattern doesn’t change this year, NASCAR’s got problems. The facts are undeniable. In the short term, making the cars almost just alike has made the outcomes of too many races just alike. That wasn’t the plan. The teams with the most resources figured out the new car more quickly, and Victory Lane has become more and more exclusive. Last year Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick didn’t win any races. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won one. Fans of those four drivers take up a hefty share of the seats in NASCAR grandstands. There is, however, hope. Perhaps there’s still a bit of “tomorrow” left in the new car. Maybe the haves will start catching up this year. It remains to be seen whether or not that is just wishful thinking. Kurt Busch finished only 18th in the standings last year -- he won the championship in 2004 -- but he sees light at the end of the tunnel. “Quite a bit of work is going down, but in the end, this Car of Tomorrow is going to be a good thing,” he said. “I can’t say that right now it’s approved by everybody’s standards, but for us and myself, the interjection of safety is obviously the key thing.” Michael Waltrip has the perspective of both driver and owner, and he’s been struggling recently in both capacities. NASCAR’s decision to ban most testing hasn’t diminished his optimism. “I might be wrong,” said Waltrip, “but I do believe that we’re learning as much or more about the new car than we ever have before with computer simulation, and with seven-post shaker machines and the wind tunnel. “I feel real confident that things are going to get better this year.” (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
• If the first courier makes it to the auditorium safe and sound, the back-up sits in the audience and opens the envelopes along with the presenter. This double-check measure allows a PWC representative to interject if the presenter happens to read the incorrect name or title onstage. Thus far in Oscar history, such a correction has never been necessary.
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Q: The hardwood floor in my loft apartment is beautiful. It’s very old and has a rough look from generations of use, but the floorboards squeak loudly in several places. The landlord says the floors are as-is and won’t repair them, but he did say I could try to fix the problem myself. How do I do that? -- Tony B., Boston A: Squeaky floorboards are an annoying problem, and can be an expensive fix depending on the cause of the squeak. If the boards just squeak when stepped on and don’t sag under your weight, the sound can be minimized without too much work. Floorboards squeak because one board is rubbing against another. On a perfect floor, boards don’t rub against one another because they lie flat against the subflooring and are placed firmly side by side. Over the years, however, heat, cold and damp, as well as everyday use, cause the boards to swell and contract, sag under heavy weight, and spring up away from the subfloor.
children make all their own cards for birthdays and holidays. We save cards that they were sent, and the kids cut out the pictures and write their own sayings. The grandparents and extended family really love these cards, and the kids are able to express themselves.” -- T.D. in North Carolina ¥ To keep pets off furniture, try using a piece of tinfoil to cover the areas where your pet likes to go. You can use it to wrap around the arms of furniture or the corners, where cats like to scratch. ¥ “Use the return envelopes found in junk mail as grocery lists and coupon carriers. I write my list in bold, dark marker on the front, then carry the coupons I need for that trip inside the envelope. When I’m done, I recycle it.” -- I.L. in Massachusetts A quick fix, one that works on minor squeaks, is to squeeze graphite powder between the boards. (Some folks use talcum powder instead.) This lubricates the joints, and although the boards still rub against each other when you walk over them, the squeak will be minimized or disappear -- but only for as long as the lubricant stays in place. Larger squeaks and sagging boards take a bit more work. If you have access to the subflooring (unlikely in an apartment building), stand beneath it as someone walks across the floor above and pinpoint the squeaky areas. Then, hammer shims (thin wedges of wood) between the joist nearest the squeak and the subflooring, and put wood screws up through the subfloor to the center of each board to reattach them to the subfloor. Chances are you don’t have access to the subfloor, so you’ll have to work from the top. In this case, locate the squeaky spots and hammer finishing nails into the edges of the boards at several spots. Angle the nails slightly so they’ll have less chance to work back out. You can also re-anchor the boards to the subfloor from this direction by placing either nails or screws along the center of each board. Drill a pilot hole first, and then either drive a nail or a screw into the board, sinking the head of the nail below the board surface. Fill the small hole that results with wood putty to hide the nail head. If a floorboard squeaks and sags so much that you’re afraid you’ll fall through, it’s time to re-engage the attention of the landlord. Check the lease laws in your state -- most lean in favor of the tenant. If the flooring problem is so severe that it impacts your ability to live comfortably in the apartment, the landlord has an obligation to fix it.
THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE (continued): • There are always more AMPAS members than there are seats in the venue where the Academy Awards ceremony is held. Nominees and presenters are given seats in what is called the “golden horseshoe.” It’s close to the stage so that their faces can be seen when the camera scans the audience, and also so they don’t have to walk far to present or collect their awards. When someone leaves the audience, a designated “seat filler” quickly rushes over and sits in the abandoned chair so that no empty seats appear on camera. • Of course, those in the golden horseshoe also require seats for their escorts and their entourage (personal assistants, family members, etc.), so another dozen seats or more may be spoken for. The families of executives from companies that sponsor the ceremony get the next batch of free seats. Any remaining tickets are offered for $200 each to AMPAS members on a first-come, first-served basis. • Those bleacher seats outside the theater beside the red carpet are available only to those who win a lottery. Interested attendees must submit an application – along with a photo – and then wait to hear whether or not their name has been “pulled out of the hat.” The 400 or so spectators who “win” are given an official acceptance letter from AMPAS. No one else is allowed in the bleachers, even if theyWANT spentTOthe waiting on the RUNnight YOURbefore OWN BUSI NESS? pavement a vacant Publish ain hopes of grabbing Paper in Your Area spot. If You Can Provide: Sales Experience · A Computer · • Even though the stars won’t begin arriving Desktop Publishing Software · A Reasonable Financial Investment until We 4 provide in thetheafternoon, with opportunity forspectators success! bleacherCall tickets must arrive at the theater by 1.800.523.3096 9:30 a.m. www.tidbitsweekly.com They’ll be rewarded for their patience with a view from a ringside seat when the stars arrive and walk the legendary red carpet. At 6 p.m., the bleacher crowd will cross the street to enjoy the TV broadcast of the event at the El Capitan Theatre. Information in the Tidbits® Paper is gathered from sources considered to be reliable but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed.
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If you can properly decipher the numbered clues below, you’ll find that each one results in a word sequence where the first term is the exact reverse of the second, like LOOT TOOL or REMIT TIMER. The answers appear at the end of the article. Have fun! 1. Long-tailed rodent celebrities. 2. A prophetic sign viewed by the captain in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. 3. Something pinned to the uniform of an adult male officer tasked with allowing people in and out of a structure. 4. A circular swimming structure. 5. A place where money is kept until given to those who do good deeds. 6. One whose expression is angry because she didn’t have her morning caffeine might be deemed… 7. A Greek god on a famous canal? 8. What cigar smokers do after biting off the end of their stogies. 9. If you’re poor at using needles to loop together yarn to make a garment, someone might say that your… BACKWORDS (continued): 10. Students make a mistake. 16. A person who dug deep into the ground and 11. The noises a female dog makes when she’s found nothing but jeans might be said to at the veterinarian being “fixed.” have done this. 12. A baby’s loincloth, given to someone from 17. What they might call actor Matt if he dewhom it was previously borrowed. cided to wander around without a home. 13. Skin protuberances that mimic something 18. To put used (but usable) tires on an old used to drink liquids. AMC model. 14. If actor Peter from Casablanca named his 19. Put together a tasty Dutch cheese. son after actor Flynn from Captain Blood, 20. Soup-eating utensils brandished by Calvin the young man might be known as… Broadus, Jr. 15. One who tells fibs about the time he spent 21. A beer fit for a king… or queen. aboard trains. 22. Intelligent streetcars. 23. The Menace did something very bad.
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Payday Loan Can Put Monkey on Back Just a few years ago it was folks who lived paycheck to paycheck who were more likely to take out a payday loan. Not so anymore. With the down economy, many people are scrambling to get cash from anywhere they can -- including payday loans. Payday loans aren’t always the quick fix that borrowers hope. Sometimes they lead to increased debt. Here’s how a payday loan works: You apply for a loan, say for $250. You’ll be charged a fee, possibly $50, which comes off the top. You write a postdated check for the full $300 (the check is your collateral) and receive $250 in cash. At the end of the period, perhaps two weeks, the lender deposits the check -- or you go in and pay the $300 in cash. If you don’t have the money, the lender will be happy to roll it over into another loan, which will include more fees. If another $50 fee is tacked on, you’ll then owe $350 on a $250 loan. If you
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The second Friday of each month from 6-10pm. Come visit the stores, restaurants and art displays in Old Towne Petersburg. The March celebration of Friday for the Arts! will feature two highly acclaimed artists at the Petersburg Area Art League. Bryant White and Pamela Patrick White will provide an exciting and educational evening during the March 13 opening night celebration. Both will showcase their original oils and limited edition giclee prints which masterfully depict the lives and times of 18th Century America.
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