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 Between their own releases and session work on other artists' records, Toto members can be heard on an astounding 5,000 albums. Keyboardist David Paich is featured on Boz Scaggs' "Silk Degrees," Michael Jackson's "Thriller," and USA for Africa's "We Are the World." Paich met blue-eyed-soul vocalist Michael McDonald in 1977, when working on a Doobie Brothers album. Toto-McDonald collaborations continued on McDonald's 1982 solo debut, "If That's What It Takes," and Toto's 1986 release, "Farenheit." The artists are reuniting for a summer co-headlining tour. Catch Toto on its summer tour with Michael McDonald. (Credit: Darek Kawka) You've worked with Michael McDonald for decades. What is it about him that makes you keep coming back? Michael has such a unique voice and is such a great person to back that voice. I don't think that if I had that voice I'd be as nice as him. [Laughs] I met Michael back in the '70s, when he and I worked on the Doobie Brothers album, "Livin' on the Fault Line." I asked him to join ...
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| Get your free copy of AOMEI Backupper Pro
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 Creating and maintaining regular backups is not only good practice but essential to preserving your personal and professional files. That is why for this week only, Download.com is glad to offer you AOMEI Backupper Pro completely free, courtesty of AOMEI Tech. Just head on over to the giveaway page and sign up with your email. Key features • System, hard disk, partition, file, and folder backup and restore. • Supports full, incremental, differential, and automatic backups. • Disk and partition clone for upgrading HDD or transferring data. • Backup disk space management helps delete old backups automatically. • Create WinPE or Linux boot recovery environment in case of system fails. • Compress, comment, split, encrypt, explore, and check backup images. • Supports Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and XP. • Supports dynamic disk, MBR disk, GPT disk, and EFI/UEFI boot mode. Freeware version AOMEI Backupper Standard regularly receives 4 stars from our users. Backupper Pro (a $39 value) unlocks ...
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| Software week in review for August 1
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 Apple's getting closer to releasing its new OS, iOS, and iPhone. Microsoft needs to convince users to kick out the old Windows. Facebook has a new Bolt and updated Slingshot, but Messenger's on its own and there are no more Gifts. Read on for our recap of the software news, and to get the latest reviews and features from our editors in your inbox, subscribe to our weekly newsletters. Apple Apple hasn't announced the iPhone 6, let alone given it a release date, but speculation says it will launch on October 14. In the meantime, iPhone owners are wondering if there's a nefarious reason their phones seem slower before the new one comes out. There will be a 1Password extension for third-party iOS 8 apps, so you'll be able to use the password manager to log in to any apps that support the add-on. If you have an iPhone and actually use the phone part, there's now a free, open-source app called ...
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| Factory Blast Kills at Least 65 in China
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 At least 65 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a major blast at a company in eastern China that supplies the country's massive automobile industry, state media reported.
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| Aid workers with Ebola head to U.S.
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 Two American aid workers, both seriously ill after being infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, will be flown to the United States and treated in isolation at an Atlanta hospital, officials said on Friday. A plane equipped to transport Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol can carry only one patient back at […]
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| Nasa's new plan: To make O2 on Mars
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 The Mars 2020 mission will be based on the design of Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity. The new rover will carry more sophisticated, upgraded hardware and new instruments.
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| Resist The Urge To Check The Clock For A Better Night's Sleep
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 Everyone wakes up in the middle of the night, and it's natural to glance at the clock or reach out for your phone to check the time. One sleep expert suggests you'll get a better night's sleep if you avoid checking how long is left until you have to get up.
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| Press Report breaks duck in stewards' room
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 AS if anticipating controversy, chief steward Ray Murrihy went straight onto the front foot explaining why the protest was upheld in Press Report's favour at Rosehill on Saturday. Liberation was first past the post but the heavily-backed favourite had ducked out badly under pressure inside the final 100m and inconvenienced Press Report. To most, Liberation was safely ...
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| Employers added 209,000 jobs to U.S. economy in July: report
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 A sixth straight month of solid 200,000-plus U.S. job growth in July reinforced growing evidence that the economy is accelerating after five years of sluggish expansion. Employers added 209,000 jobs last month. Though that was fewer than in the previous three months, the economy has now produced an average 244,000 jobs a month since February […]
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