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THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE by Dallas Wasmund

It’s that time of year when Hollywood hopefuls don their Sunday best and pervade the Kodak Theatre… whether to win a statuette or just to “be seen.” Read on for some behind-the-scenes Tidbits all about the Academy Awards. • When winners wish to “thank the Academy,”

they’re referring to the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, or AM-PAS. It was founded as a non-profit organi-zation in 1927, with the goals of promoting the quality of the film medium and providing a forum for the many branches of the indus-try. (That is, a platform on which to honor not only actors and directors, but all contri-butors to film production).

• How does one join AMPAS? The member-ship expands solely by invitation. Each year, about 100 invites are sent out to actors, writ-ers, and other film industry personnel. Those who accept the invitation must pay an annual membership fee of $100 and sign documents promising to follow the organization’s rules. Those invited to join in 2008 included Josh Brolin, Jet Li, and Sacha Baron Cohen.

• Much like the American population in gener-al, only about 50 percent of Academy mem-bers bother to vote each year.

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NATIONAL BOSS DAYby Stanley Drummond

Bosses are people, too. (Really!) And every year on October 16, America pays tribute to them.• Actually, National Boss Day was created in

1958 by an Illinois secretary named Patricia Haroski. She chose October 16 because it was her father’s birthday. Her father also happened to be her boss at the time. Nevertheless, she felt that bosses in general were underappreciated, and registered the date with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an official observance.

• Interestingly enough, a 2005 survey done by an international human resources consulting firm revealed that the majority of employees would not trade places with their boss. The primary reason given was the change that would result between them and their co-workers. They could no longer ignore or laugh at any slackers in their department; they’d be responsible for any poor performers.

• Hallmark started selling Boss Day cards in 1979. While they don’t reveal actual sales figures, they do disclose that the “holiday” is poised to break into the list of top 10 card-send-ing events within the next few years.

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• On Feb. 19, 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Three more rescue parties arrived to help, but of the 89 original members of the group, only 45 reached California.

• On Feb. 16, 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen. King Tut lived around 1400 B.C. and died when he was still a teenager.

• On Feb. 18, 1930, the planet Pluto is discovered by the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz. In August 2006, however, the International Astronomical Union announced that Pluto would no longer be considered a planet as Pluto’s oblong orbit overlaps that of Neptune.

• On Feb. 22, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines, as the American defense of the islands collapses. MacArthur at first balked -- he was fully prepared to fight alongside his men to the death if necessary -- but finally obeyed the president’s order in March.

• On Feb. 21, 1952, Elizabeth Taylor, 20, marries Michael Wilding. It was Taylor’s second marriage: At age 18, she had married hotelier Nicky Hilton, less than two weeks before the debut of her 1950 movie “Father of the Bride.” She would be married six more times, twice to Richard Burton.

• On Feb. 17, 1979, Garrison Keillor’s popular radio variety show “Prairie Home Companion” is first broadcast nationally as part of National Public Radio’s Folk Festival America. The show, which had been running locally on Minnesota Public Radio since 1974, is still on the air today.

• On Feb. 20, 1986, France and Britain announce that a tunnel under the English Channel between the two countries would soon become a reality. Trains, cars and buses would be able to speed through the tunnel in less than half an hour. Construction began in December 1987, and the “Chunnel” was finally completed in 1994.

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THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE (continued): • 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 record-ed on an approved film stock, and must have been publicly exhibited to paying audiences for a specified length of time in certain cities.

• 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 cere-mony, the plaques on the pedestals of the sta-tuettes handed out onstage are blank. Win-ners 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.

• The Oscar statuettes are manufactured by R.S. Owens and Company of Chicago; the same company that produces the trophies for Miss America, the NFL’s Most Valuable Player, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. AMPAS usually orders about 100 Oscars (at $200 each) to ensure that they have extras to hand out in categories with multiple winners.

• AMPAS rules prohibit studios from using certain methods to promote their films, in-cluding direct mail, telephone campaigns, and elaborate banquets. Instead, studios take out expensive “For Your Consideration” ads in film industry magazines like The Holly-wood Reporter or Variety. Does this tactic work? DreamWorks Pictures spent over $750,000 on Variety ads to promote 1999’s American Beauty, which won five Oscars.

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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 Ac-tor 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 Di-rector. Once the preliminary votes are tabu-lated, the top choices in each category be-come the official nominees.

• After the nominees have been selected, bal-lots 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 criti-cism. Few AMPAS members bother to screen the foreign film submissions, for ex-ample. 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 ac-counting 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 en-velopes are given to a senior PWC official, who brings them to the auditorium and hands them to the presenters just before each win-ner 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.

• If the first courier makes it to the auditorium safe and sound, the back-up sits in the au-dience and opens the envelopes along with the presenter. This double-check measure al-lows 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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THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE (continued): • There are always more AMPAS members

than there are seats in the venue where the Academy Awards ceremony is held. Nomi-nees 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 col-lect 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 entou-rage (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 tick-ets are offered for $200 each to AMPAS members on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Those bleacher seats outside the theater be-side 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 they spent the night before waiting on the pavement in hopes of grabbing a vacant spot.

• Even though the stars won’t begin arriving until 4 in the afternoon, spectators with bleacher tickets must arrive at the theater by 9:30 a.m. They’ll be rewarded for their pa-tience 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.

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~ Bob Hope, who neverreceived a nomination,introducing the Oscarceremony as its host

in 1968.

1. What actor dispatchedSacheen Littlefeather tocollect his Oscar in 1971?

2. What 1976 Best Actresswinner used American SignLanguage in heracceptance speech tohonor her deafparents?

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Scammers are becoming more creative, but one of their biggest theft tools is still the computer.

If you don’t know the differences between a virus, Trojan horse, worm and rootkit, then your computer, your personal information and your money could be at risk.

Beef up your computer’s security and set it to automatically update every day. That’s how often new viruses come out. Even one virus program might not be enough. Consider also installing spyware or malware programs. Keep your computer’s operating system current by getting the updates.

Make sure anyone in your house who uses your computer (the kids really should have their own) can recognize suspicious activity and know not to give out personal information. For young children, set their e-mail to not accept attachments and keep an eye on what they do online.

Be careful where you click. Go to the wrong Web site and you could inadvertently let a Trojan horse into your computer and end up giving control of it to thieves. Investigate programs that will scan links before you open them. AVG, a free virus-protection software, has Link Scanner, which will put a green check beside all links that are safe.

Minimize the number of occasions you check your accounts from your home computer, or call the bank’s automated teller instead. Don’t sign up for any e-mail correspondence from your bank or credit-card companies. That way if you get e-mail from one of them, you’ll automatically know it’s a scam.

Take a close look through your computer’s hard

drive (especially if you’ve had it for a few years) to make sure you haven’t stored any passwords or account numbers.

If you have a friend who loves to pass along jokes or funny links in e-mail, ask him or her to stop. You’ve no doubt already heard them, and passing along a not-so-funny bug is entirely possible. Worse is if the friend likes to paste whole Web pages into your e-mail. Your computer can be at risk of any malicious code on that page.

Best bet: Use an older computer that’s no longer hooked up to the Internet for your checking software and to store your personal information.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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• The oldest man in the United States is George Francis, who was born on June 6, 1896, which means he was already nearly 50 years old when D-Day occurred. In an interesting coincidence, the United Kingdom’s oldest man, Henry Allingham, is also 112 years old -- and was born on the exact same day of the exact same year.

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• 1965’s “Eight Days a Week” was a #1 pop hit by The Beatles. The title came from drummer Ringo Starr, known for his ability to unintentionally turn a phrase. In this case, Ringo was describing the group’s non-stop schedule of recording and touring. He sum-marized the situation by saying “I’ve been working eight days a week!”

• In the Jewish faith, baby boys undergo the Bris Milah ritual at eight days of age. The belief is that once the male child lives through a complete week, including the Sab-bath, he has experienced enough to enter into the covenant of the Jewish people.

• When W.G. Peacock introduced V8 juice back in 1933, he called it “Vegemin-8” for the combination of eight vegetable juices it contains. A distributor in Evanston, Illinois, suggested that Peacock might improve sales if he shortened the name to the snappier “V8.” For the record, V8 is 87 percent toma-to juice, along with beets, celery, carrots, let-tuce, parsley, watercress, and spinach.

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• 1965’s “Eight Days a Week” was a #1 pop hit by The Beatles. The title came from drummer Ringo Starr, known for his ability to unintentionally turn a phrase. In this case, Ringo was describing the group’s non-stop schedule of recording and touring. He sum-marized the situation by saying “I’ve been working eight days a week!”

• In the Jewish faith, baby boys undergo the Bris Milah ritual at eight days of age. The belief is that once the male child lives through a complete week, including the Sab-bath, he has experienced enough to enter into the covenant of the Jewish people.

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Vacation Home or Kennel?

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: When I’m staying in a rental home at the coast, where is the best place for my dog, “Riley,” to stay: the rental home or a ken-nel close by? -- Todd Y., Neot-su, Ore.

DEAR TODD: If you’re bring-ing your dog on vacation with you (which is fantastic, by the way), he should stay with you if at all possible. A kennel tends to be a stressful place for dogs, even if you come to pick him up every day. If you’re vaca-tioning in an unfamiliar place, you may not know how well the kennel is run, if the dogs that stay there are kept healthy and happy, and if illnesses like ken-nel cough are kept to a mini-mum.Riley will benefit from his own-er being with him in an unfamil-iar place, particularly at night. So, Riley should stay with you. If you’re bringing him on vaca-tion, he should experience the vacation with you.A caveat, however: always get clearance from the rental home’s owner before bringing a pet. Vacation-rental agree-

ments often stipulate that no pets are allowed in the house. This happens, sadly, because not all pet owners control their pets, and damage can be done to the rental property.Many rentals that allow pets will charge an extra fee, some-times per pet, to cover any po-tential damages. The fee is usu-ally nonrefundable -- but in my experience it’s much cheaper than the cost of keeping your pet in a reputable kennel.If the vacation rental you’re considering does not allow pets, look for another house in the area. Several sites on the In-ternet list pet-friendly rentals, including Oregon.com (http://www.oregon.com/lodging/pet_friendly.cfm); HomeAway.com (http://www.homeaway.com/index.cfm/tgt/oregon-pet-friendly-vacation-rentals); and DogFriendly.com (http://www.dogfriendly.com/server/travel/guides/us/usstateOR.shtml).

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