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Last week brought news that Microsoft has quietly released an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works. Called Works "SE" — which stands for "Sponsored Edition" — the software is available free to PC makers, though they don't get any cut out of the ad revenue.
Users who run the software see a small ad as they are writing their document or editing their spreadsheet. Although the program has the ability to update its set of ads online, today it runs mostly ads for Microsoft and a few partners, all of which ship with the product itself.
While it is highly unlikely that this software will be used at all in a corporate setting, it is not inconceivable that there will be a deluge of similarly positioned software should this selective experiment prove to be a success. Now, pre-installed ads aren't that much of a security problem. Unfortunately, I just don't see how companies can resist from slipping in a real-time advertisement feed eventually.
It is with this train of thought that I posted this blog — I figured it'll be interesting to see how TechRepublic members in charge of security deal with ad software at the moment.
As users become inundated with and accustomed to ad-funded software, do you reckon this vector will eventually become a major security concern?
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Paul Mah is a writer and blogger who lives in Singapore, where he has worked for a number of years in various capacities within the IT industry. Paul enjoys tinkering with tech gadgets, smartphones, and networking devices.

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When Jennifer Aniston attributed her chin-length cut to damage incurred by a Brazilian (aka keratin) straightening treatment, even more buzz around the somewhat controversial chemical process ensued. While companies and salons that promote the expensive and widely popular service say it's healthy and won't take a toll on strands, real life scenarios the likes of Aniston as well as what stylists are seeing firsthand may suggest otherwise.
Although it's easy to book the appointment and plop in a salon chair, what's actually happening to strands during a keratin straightening treatment is quite intense. "It's a semi-permanent hair smoothing system that targets the cuticle, or the outside layer, of the hair," says David Babaii, a celebrity hair stylist in Los Angeles who although he doesn't do Aniston's hair, A-listers such as Kate Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow have him on speed dial. "It deposits a liquid version of the protein keratin that your hair is made up of along with a chemical preservative—this is then blown dried directly into the hair followed by flat ironing the strand into a straight position."
While Babaii admits that there are pros—for example, if you want to soften your curl but not permanently alter your hair texture, then it could be a good fit. However, there are alarming aspects about the treatment that could be far more concerning than how good your hair looks for photo ops. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the treatment is a potential health hazard—both for those getting and administering them. The biggest concern centers around formulas that contain formaldehyde as well as or only methylene glycol (a compound that can turn into the former if the right chemical reaction is set up in a formula, like that of some hair straightening treatments), both of which are known carcinogens. And the FDA also notes that even those that say they're natural, organic or formaldehyde-free may not stand up to these claims so truly knowing what ingredients they contain and how much is crucial—and if might require not simply taking what the label says at face value. "The other negative aspect to these treatments is the temperature at which you must heat the hair to accomplish the goal," explains Babaii. "Subjecting a fine or heavily highlighted head of hair to a 450 degree flat iron, too, may not leave your hair feeling as wonderful as these treatments tend to claim. However, if your stylist is a rock star and knows exactly what they are doing these treatments can leave the hair in amazing condition."
And Babaii says that it's also essential to know that keratin straightening and Japanese straightening are not the same—as the latter targets deeper down into the hair shaft and doesn't stick to the external layer like with Brazilian variations. "The traditional method of permanent straightening swells the hair cuticle using an ammoniated chemical set as well as another chemical to break down the internal bonds that hold your curls together," explains Babaii. "After those bonds have been broken down enough the hair is blown dry and flat ironed into its final position and treated with a hydrogen peroxide solution that reforms a portion of these bonds effectively making your hair permanently straightened and possibly in a damaged state as well."
The good news? If hair does get fried a la Aniston, a good old cut could be the simple cure all. "Also, remember that seeing a stylist that is an expert in these types of treatments can be an expensive endeavor but if you are sick of the curls and frizz, seek out a reputable stylist and expect to pay for the quality of work," says Babaii. "It really is about putting your hair in the hands of a true professional instead of opting for the best Groupon."
And the benefit of all the hazard and damaging hype, is a push to debut new, and gentler, innovations. But only time—and ample testing—will tell if they can deliver. In the mean time, if you're a diehard fan of your smoother albeit chemically straightened strands or still want to take the curl-free plunge, Babaii says that before you opt for a keratin treatment, you (and your stylist) need to do a healthy hair overview. "If your hair is damaged, traditional keratin treatments can still be OK, but remember that there is a level of damage that eliminates even these products as an option," he says. "Again, it is up to the stylist to be open and honest with you about these treatments and remember that this may only reduce your curl for a time and not completely straighten it." And regardless of whether you decide to keratin or not, healthy hair has universal appeal. Here, Babaii's simple tips that he dishes to all of his celebrity clientele:
Your hair is what you eat. "It is key to have a balanced diet that includes plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables," says Babaii. Plus, load up on ample protein (which is what keratin is and the building block of hair) with foods such as eggs, poultry and Greek yogurt as well as iron, which are found in chia seeds and leafy greens like spinach.
Good hair starts in the shower. "With my clients I preach the importance of daily cleansing with a hair care line that has high grade and levels of healthy hair ingredients," says Babaii. Look for hydrators as well as ingredients that help repair and shield from environmental aggressors such as antioxidants and protein.
Condition, every single day. "Hydrate with a daily conditioner as well as styling products even if hair is oily it is so important because the ends still need TLC," says Babaii, who will soon be launching David Babaii Miracle Elixir Nourishing Oil Spray, $35, amazon.com. "The most important thing I stress is rinse, rinse and rinse. Leaving any residue in the hair will dry it your and make it appear dull and lifeless."
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Chances for prosecution unclear in CIA-Senate spat
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fight between the Senate and the CIA over whether crimes were committed in the handling of sensitive classified material appears unlikely to be resolved in the courts, legal experts say.
The simmering dispute erupted in public this week when Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., accused the CIA of improperly searching and removing documents from a computer network used by Senate investigators to compile a report on the George W. Bush-era interrogation program for suspected terrorists. CIA Director John Brennan has denied that the CIA hacked into the computers but says an audit was necessary to determine whether Senate staffers had improperly obtained sensitive CIA documents.
The matter has landed in the lap of the Justice Department, which has been asked to investigate whether laws were broken.
In this March 11, 2014, photo, CIA Director John Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. A dispute between the CIA and the Senate that flared into public view this week has no obvious path toward criminal prosecution and may be better resolved through political compromise than in a court system leery of stepping into government quarrels, legal experts say. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
But legal experts say prosecutors will likely be hesitant to wade into a separation-of-powers dispute between two branches of government that involves a muddled area of the law and raises as many policy questions as it does legal ones. The Justice Department receives far more requests to open criminal probes than it chooses to pursue. Federal courts, too, are reluctant to referee power disputes between the two other branches of government.
"There's an ongoing debate about what the proper role of each of these branches of government is," said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. "Who's watching the watchers? Is Congress watching the CIA or is the CIA watching Congress? And who's in control here?"
If prosecutors were to get involved, they would confront murky legal questions. Any inquiry would turn on highly specific facts, which are still in dispute, about whatever agreement on computer access existed between the CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee, whose staff has produced a 6,300-page classified report about waterboarding and other harsh methods used to interrogate suspected terrorists in overseas prisons. Neither the full report nor a shorter summary has been released to the public.
At the committee's request, the CIA provided 6.2 million pages of material on CIA-provided computers and allowed them to be reviewed under strict ground rules at a secure site in northern Virginia. But Senate investigators noticed that documents they once had been able to access had vanished from the computers, and Feinstein accused the CIA of interfering in the committee's investigation. Brennan denied the allegations, but said an audit was needed to determine if there was a computer system security breach.
In her floor speech, Feinstein cited possible violations of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which bars unlawful searches and seizures, as well as a presidential executive order prohibiting the CIA from conducting domestic spying. She also singled out the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, an often-used but contentious statute that makes it a crime to use a computer without, or in excess of, authority. Legal experts say it's not clear that the statute would apply here.
"This is a disagreement among the branches at a high level, but I doubt that there's going to be criminal charges," said Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor and former computer crimes expert at the Justice Department. He said it was not clear in the dispute exactly who controls access to the computers or whether the CIA's access to the computer system would have been illegal.
"It's not obvious that there's a criminal violation," he added.
The computer fraud statute has figured in, among others, the cases of Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who gave documents to WikiLeaks; whistleblower Thomas Drake, a former NSA official who disclosed government waste and fraud to a reporter; free-information activist Aaron Swartz; and Lori Drew, a Missouri woman who was convicted for her role in an Internet hoax involving a 13-year-old girl who hanged herself.
But the law also has been derided as ambiguous and overly broad in its reach, and federal appeals courts have split on how it should be interpreted. In Drew's case, a judge tossed out her misdemeanor convictions, citing the vagueness of the statute.
Exactly what authorized computer access means "is not defined, and it has produced a lot of uncertainty in a number of cases, and has been accused of encouraging prosecutorial excess because of the lack of definition," said Stewart Baker, a former National Security Agency general counsel who also served as assistant secretary for policy in the Homeland Security Department.
Baker said arguments could be made for criminal prosecution if either the Senate staff went beyond what it was authorized to do on the computer network or the CIA exceeded agreed-upon limitations on its authority to examine the computers used by the Senate staff. But he said he'd be "very surprised if indictments resulted, unless it's quite clear that the parties who were doing this knew that they were acting in excess of the understanding and were doing it surreptitiously."
One thing that clouds the law's use in the CIA case is its exemption, cited by Brennan in a letter last month to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., for any authorized intelligence agency investigation.
Frederick Hitz, a former CIA inspector general, said he sees the airing of the dispute as a sign that members of Congress, including those like Feinstein who have been supportive of intelligence agencies, will be stepping up their oversight of those agencies. "It is not going to be a happy period," said Hitz, who now teaches at the University of Virginia.
Executive encroachments on Congress' turf can provoke strong reaction on Capitol Hill.
The last major clash involved the FBI's unprecedented raid on a lawmaker's office in the Capitol complex as part of a 2006 corruption investigation. A federal appeals court ruled that the search of then-Rep. William Jefferson's office was legal but that investigators reviewed legislative documents in violation of the Constitution.
While the Justice Department appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court, there was relief on both sides when the justices declined to get involved. Jefferson was eventually convicted and is serving a 13-year prison sentence.
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In this March 11, 2014, photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, leaves the chamber just after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department, at the Capitol in Washington. A dispute between the CIA and the Senate that flared into public view this week has no obvious path toward criminal prosecution and may be better resolved through political compromise than in a court system leery of stepping into government quarrels, legal experts say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Lady Bisons open spring season with eighth place finish
The Lady Bisons finished eighth in a field of 10 teams in the Ann Rhoads Invitational in Birmingham, Ala., hosted by Birmingham-Southern.
It was the first tournament of the spring season.
West Florida won the event with a team score of 648. The Lady Bisons finished with a team score of 699 for the two rounds.
Catherine Musser led the Lady Bisons with a score of 168 (86-82). She tied for 15th.
Lindsey Beard tied for 19th with a score of 169 (85-84).
Sabrina Ferrari fired a 179 (90-89) for tie for 39th place.
Mackenzy Carter was 45th with a score of 183 (94-89).


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On the corner of Emlen Street and West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, a brand-new folding sign on the sidewalk announces, in preparation for Father's Day, that dads like beer better than ties.
Inside Malt House Ltd., Mt. Airy's newest corner store, you can still smell the paint. Founder and owner Scott Wikander, 40, who has just opened the neighborhood's first home-brewers' supply store, lives five blocks away. It's a good thing the commute is so short, since Malt House Ltd is open seven days a week and so far, Wikander is the only employee.
"I'm the cashier, the janitor, the marketer," he laughs. "I'm doing the ordering, and I'm stocking the shelves."
Wikander, a 20-year veteran of the TV industry, had a full-time job just two months ago.
Over the years, his work for Channel 57 involved audio, production and video-editing. "I could spend a year researching this, or I could just jump in and do it," he thought of starting his store. "The only way I can really learn is by doing."
Wikander's interest in beer began when he was a teenager, growing up in New Jersey. He studied German in high school and took a class trip to Germany. The travelers had to give a special permission slip to Mom and Dad – would they be permitted to drink during the trip, as their age would let them imbibe legally in Germany?
His parents signed it, but Wikander didn't go to Germany planning to drink any beer.
"I thought beer was gross," he said. He had only ever sampled America's cheap, mass-produced beverages. But once the class arrived for dinner at their first German tavern, he decided he would try just one beer, to say that he had done it, and ordered the local house brew.
It was delicious.
"It was nothing like what I thought beer tasted like," he says. He sampled a new beer in every town, and his appreciation grew.
Years later, his interest in gourmet beer led him to consider home-brewing, but he found the prospect intimidating. Brewing seemed like "a hard, complex thing" with its own highly technical language. But when a friend offered him some used equipment, he decided to take the plunge.
"I was shocked at how simple it was," he says of completing his first five-gallon batch. He began brewing a new batch every few weeks, experimenting with different varieties. He soon noticed it was hard to get the ingredients he needed, like specialty malt and hops. He found himself battling downtown traffic, or driving 40 minutes into the suburbs, to reach home brewers' supply stores. Since their hours mirrored his own working hours, he was lucky to be able to run in five minutes before closing.
He began to think how nice it would be to have a brewing shop in northwest Philadelphia with accessible hours, but the idea didn't go further until and he and some fellow members of the Wissahickon Brewers Guild manned a demonstration table at last year's Mt. Airy Village Fair.
All day, locals were full of questions about home-brewing and where to get the supplies. "That really triggered it in my head," he says. "When I decide something, I jump right in. I love the Mt. Airy community, and I wanted to open a business here."
He was ready for a career change. In February, he found the location for his store, and he quit his job in March. Friends, family and members of the Northwest's enthusiastic brewing community helped him to prepare the rented space.
Since his official opening on May 5, "the response has been really positive," he says.
The finished shop, with its wood flooring, custom-made wooden tables and shelves from real wine barrels which still bear their purple stain, is home-like and inviting. In addition to carrying a wide variety of ingredients, including yeasts, hops, a range of malts and sweeteners from corn sugar to orange blossom honey, Wikander offers a range of equipment, from testing and sterilizing needs to beakers, pots, bottle-caps and oak-aging barrels.
Other more whimsical products include a collection of vintage decorated German beer steins and dog collars made with recycled bike tires from a small Oregon-based company. Wikander carries the latter because they have a built-in bottle opener.
Today, contrary to some brewing enthusiasts, he appreciates beer more as a culinary art than a feat of chemistry or engineering. He enjoys the recent "explosion" of craft beer in America, with Philadelphia leading the way.
"Even the diviest of dive bars in Philadelphia has a good beer selection," he says, something that can't be taken for granted in other cities. "Not only do they have all these beers, people are drinking them.
"There's good beer out there," he says of shaking the frat-boy stigma of drinking beer, versus the respect that wine-drinkers enjoy. "You sip it, you don't shot-gun it."
Education is an important part of Wikander's mission; he has just launched the Mt. Airy Learning Tree's first home-brewing class, with enrollment available for sessions coming up in June. Locals can also catch him at upcoming Philly Beer Week festivities, offering a demonstration at the Trolley Car Diner's Beer-BQ event from 2-5 p.m. on June 9.
"People used to call me a beer snob, but now everybody's doing it," he says of the rise of beer connoisseurs. "Why drink cheap bad beer when you could drink good, well-made beer?" Especially when you can invent your own.
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Since the war started the POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY has published photographs of big British and French field pieces covered with shrubbery, railway trains "painted out" of the landscape, and all kinds of devices to hide the guns, trains, and the roads from the eyes of enemy aircraft.
Until recently there was no one word in any language to explain this war trick. Sometimes a whole paragraph was required to explain this military practice. Hereafter one word, a French word, will save all this needless writing and reading. Camouflage is the new word, and it means "fooling the enemy." ["Popular Science Monthly," August 1917]


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I am just wondering what everyone thinks about homeschooling? My son will be going into kindergarten next year and I am not sure if I will homeschool or put him in public school.
What are the pros and cons for you???
Is anyone homeschooling or going to homeschool?
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We tried an online public school this year with our kindergartner, it was called Connections Academy. We ended up dropping out when I got really sick at the end of my pregnancy and was hospitalized but I think it was an awesome program.
I would love to homeschool my children, but I am just too busy. I would have to completely change my life to homeschool them all.
I homeschool and love it! It takes time and commitment but I enjoy just about every minute. Some minutes are very exhausting...lol...and even frustrating but that's life anyway, right?
You control what your child learns and your child's influences which I believe is necessary in the early years.
Your child can move at his own pace be that fast or slow.
Your child can explore and learn on different levels and in different settings.
You can take your child to places for field trips any time to get hands on experience.
You have to be able to afford it.
You will have to find social outlets...this is only a con if you live in a place that would make that challenging.
That's the short answer. lol
Hi Robyn,
We are in the same boat. In our situation, our school ratings are not high and therefore I have considered homeschooling. I have read as many books as I possibly can and started "teaching" in my home with the my preschooler and toddler.
Through the state of Maryland, technically - they don't have to turn anything in until age 7. Is Kindergarten is required in your state? Perhaps you could hold on to him and see if a little bit more time changes your mind.
The only con that I have come up with is interaction with others. It seems that my 4 year old is wanting a "boy" who is a friend. (He has as sister but to him, "she's a baby!") We have placed him in Sunday School and Gymnastics class (he's truly a monkey) but I wonder if that's good enough.
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I have a whole bevy of nephews & nieces who want to try kiteboarding every time they visit or I visit them - so I am in the market for a trainer kite to introduce them to the sport.
I could not find a thread on specific trainer kite recommendations so asking here.
-- they range in age from 20s to 9yrs old, and weight from about 70 lbs to 180lbs.
I want to introduce them in a way that they will find exciting but not overpower them and scare them - so not looking for a 4-line.
I am looking for recommendations on the better flying trainers & would like to keep it under $200. Might go a bit above that to get one of the water relaunchables, but thinking I can use the smaller trainer on the beach, then use a small 4-line on lighter wind days to introduce them to water dragging and getting used to a 'real' kite?


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The B.A. in Environmental Studies requires the completion of at least one hundred twenty credit hours. The student will complete an Environmental Studies Core (fifty-one credit hours), providing a broad appreciation of the interrelationships inherent in any study of the environment, and a more specific concentration (twenty-one credit hours) which will provide the depth and focus for the degree programme. Students must ensure that their chosen combination of required and elective courses meets the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Core Programme requirements.
Students will be required to take the following courses:
Anthropology 3083. Cultural Crises and the Environment
Economics 2010. Introduction to Microeconomics
Environmental Science 2370. Global Environmental Change
Environmental Studies 1000. Introduction to Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies 2000. Introduction to Mapping, Remote Sensing, and Geographical Information Systems
Environmental Studies 3000. Issues in Environmental Economics
Environmental Studies 4000. Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Studies 4010. Seminar in Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies 4950. Independent Research Project
Folklore 2600. Regional Folklore
Geography 1000 and 1001. Introduction to Physical and Human Geography
Geography 2102. Physical Geography
Geography 2220. Research Design and Quantitative Methods
Geography 3325. Natural Resources
Philosophy 2809. Environmental Ethics
Political Science 3731. Environmental Policy
In addition to the courses listed above, students will be required to take a concentration of twenty-one credit hours from one of two designated concentrations:
Geography 3901. Special Topics in Geography - "State of the Earth"
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Anthropology 3080. Third World
Biology 2041. Modern Biology and Human Society II
Environmental Science 2371. Oceanography
Folklore 2401. Folklife Studies
Geography 2001. Cultural Geography
Geography 2302. Economic Geography
Political Science 3550. Politics and the Environment
Religious Studies 3880. Spirituality and the Earth
Sociology 2120. Technology and Society
Geography 4405. Outdoor Recreation Resources and Planning
Physical Education 3550. Outdoor Recreation Management
Environmental Studies 2210. Outdoor Environmental Pursuits I
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Automatic Transmission Temperature MonitoringPosted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on March 1, 2012
There is no denying that heat kills auto- matic transmissions faster than a coronary will take out a fat man who has won free unlimited doughnuts for life. We've talked a lot about transmission coolers, but not so much about what is too hot or how to monitor the transmission. The fact of the matter is that you might need to add an auxiliary cooler, but the only way to be sure is to first install a gauge and monitor just how hot your junk is getting. This, of course, opens a whole other can of worms. Where do you put the sensor? How hot is too hot for your transmission? Well, read on and we'll sort out the mysteries.
You really only need one gauge, but Trasborg runs two full-sweep Auto Meter gauges in his '98 Cherokee. The red-backlit gauge reads the temperature right as it comes out of the transmission and the green-backlit gauge reads it after the cooler. If you are only running one gauge, then put it in the transmission pan since that is the fluid that the transmission is drawing from. Many aftermarket pans offer locations for temp sensors as well as offering more fluid capacity. Otherwise, we recommend installing it in the line before the fluid returns to the transmission.
The AW4 transmission can be found in '87-'01 XJs and the '93 ZJ with an inline-six and has an operating range of between 125-176 degrees. Most other Jeep autos need to run between 150-200 degrees. That includes the TF727 that was used in '80-'92 Jeeps behind the V-8; the TH400 found in full-size Jeeps from the late '60s through 1979 and in '76-'79 CJs; the TF999 that was frequently found behind the 258ci inline-six from 1980-1991; its descendant, the 32RH, that came behind the 4.0L up through 2002; and finally the '03-'11 42RLE four-speed.
Normally we'll see an approximate 50-degree drop across our B&M SuperCooler, but 70-80 degrees isn't uncommon when really working the transmission. If you see over 200 degrees on your gauge, you don't need to panic or immediately pull over and stop. Just bear in mind that the longer it runs over 200 degrees (or 176 degrees for an AW4), the shorter the life of the fluid will be. The severe-duty maintenance schedule for our '98 Cherokee suggests changing the automatic transmission fluid every 12,000 miles, but we usually end up doing it around every 10,000 miles (every other oil change) because we frequently see temperatures over 176 degrees.
As shown here, there is a direct correlation between how hot the transmission gets and how long it is expected to last. Even synthetic fluids are subject to this kind of accelerated wear, and while the mileage values might bump up, all fluids will break down if you get them hot enough-so keep it cool.


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Criteria for patentability
The exact criteria for patentability vary between countries, and vary within countries by whether you look at patent office granting or court rulings, but the theories behind the general criteria are quite similar around the world. Some specifics will be found on pages about each patent office (such as USPTO, EPO).
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The general criteria are:
- new/innovative
- unobvious or have an "inventive step"
- useful or have "industrial application"
- patentable subject matter
The last one is what's really interesting to us.
[edit] 1. New / Innovative
The invention must be novel. In industry this is known as the "duh" clause. One example is the KSR v. Teleflex case, where the patent in question covered the shape of a lever. In effect the invention must not have been previously invented. This is not simple however, as the rules disallow certain types of evidence, so it is possible to patent something that has been in general use for years prior to the patent being applied for.
[edit] 2. Unobvious
Non-obvious means that the idea shouldn't be obvious. Simple modifications of existing devices are not allowed, nor are combinations of existing components. An example would be the motorcycle. If an automobile already exists, taking the engine from an automobile and mounting it on a bicycle frame to make a motorcycle will not be patentable. Lawyers however can write patent applications to obscure the obviousness factor, and sometimes do.
[edit] 3. Useful
Useful. This is known as "You can't fool Mother Nature" clause (from the Chifton Margarine commercials of the 1970's). In simple terms, the invention has to work. If it doesn't work, it's not eligible for patent protection. While this sounds like a no brainer, a lot of patents are issued by the USPTO for inventions that cannot and do not work, as they break natural laws.
[edit] 4. Patentable subject matter
- (see: patentable subject matter)
The invention must be something that the patent office can legally issue a patent for, this is defined in the regulations, but generally it is taken to be a physical invention. There is considerable argument at the present time about "business method" patents, which according to the in re Bilski ruling are disallowed, however it is being argued by Gene Quinn that the only requirement is that a computer be included in the application for the patent to be issued. Patent lawyers make money from filing patent applications, and herding them through the process, and thus have an interest in the range of patentability being as wide as possible. This may not be in the best interests of society as a whole.
[edit] Other formalities
In addition to the 4 criteria above there are two other rules requirements for applications:
- Prior art must be listed. If prior art is not listed, and it is provable that the filer knew about the prior art the patent may be invalidated. Where this is most important is with the obviousness clause, as it may be decided that based on the prior art that the invention was obvious, and therefore not eligible for patent protection.
- The patent application must contain a description that would allow a person with "knowledge of the art" to build the invention. Deliberate obscuration of the description to block someone from building the device is not allowed (note that this is a also common complaint about software patents, that the description is not clear enough to allow someone to build a device).
[edit] Non-standard "quick" patents
Some countries have two types of patent, the normal kind and a special type of "quick" patent that is granted without anyone examining the application. This page doesn't deal with "quick" patents, just the normal sort. The validity of those "quick" patents happens only when the holder tries to enforce them. Countries where such systems exist include Australia, South Africa, and previously Netherlands. The media sometimes misunderstand this and think that the patent office has examined and accepted an application for something extremely trivial, but in truth they're just pieces of paper that would be invalidated the moment anyone tries to enforce them.
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
- Software patents, with notes on definitions
- Category:Applying tests to specific ideas
[edit] External links
- Wikipedia: Patentability
- Bitlaw: Patent Requirements (USA)
- German original: Patentgesetz.de on "technical teaching" (English translations[?]: Google, bing translator) - The German equivalent of "inventive step"
[edit] References
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Things to see and do in Leicestershire
Leicestershire cannot fail to inspire you. From great family attractions to top class restaurants, there's plenty to discover.
You might prefer to visit a museum or gallery, or hire a boat on the Grand Union Canal or travel back in time on a steam train at the Great Central Railway. You could enjoy a local festival, or explore a Leicestershire stately home.
Experience contemporary, inspirational shopping in Leicester or browse the markets in our market towns, and once you're all shopped out, why not relax in a stylish city bar or restaurant. Alternatively, take life at a more leisurely pace and relax with friends over a pub lunch, or jump on a bike and explore the countryside.
Download a copy of the latest Great Days Out guide and find more ideas for places to visit in Leicester and Leicestershire. Alternatively, request a copy to be posted to you.
Visitor attractions
The 1620s House and Gardens at Donington le Heath – formally Donington le Heath Manor House, has undergone a stunning refurbishment in order to tell the story of its former owners and residents.
The perfect country park to head to for those that enjoy the outdoors. Enjoy scrambling on the rocks or an afternoon walk through the rhododendrons.
Melton Mowbray
Belvoir Brewery was established in 1995 and has been growing and expanding as a company ever since.
Melton Mowbray
Enjoy a visit to Belvoir Castle where you can find out about the fascinating history of this Regency period castle and its picturesque gardens.
Ullesthorpe Court Hotel and Golf Club is situated in the Heart of England. The ideal venue for golf and leisure breaks and conferences.
Market Bosworth
Enjoy windsurfing, canoeing and fishing at this 50 acre leisure park. Great for a weekend away camping or caravanning. Refreshments available onsite.
Enjoy peace and tranquility in the magical surroundings of this medieval deer park, the childhood home of Nine Day Queen Lady Jane Grey. Take along a picnic or buy a cup of tea or lunch at one of our two tearooms.
Enjoy a number of top class events facilities all on one huge and impressive site, designed to accommodate just about any kind of event.
The Century Theatre is Britain's oldest surviving mobile theatre built between 1948 & 1952. It continues to provide high quality performances, shows, comedy, live music and films all year round.


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We\'re following the action in stocks live right here. You can read a wrap of pre-market actions here and get a compact rundown of Thursday\'s trading session in Market Snapshot.
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- 9:56 am
- Early gains erode
- by William Watts
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After a positive start, stocks are slipping into the red.
S&P 500 — down 0.1% at 1,827.39
Dow Jones — down 0.1% at 16,027.01
Nasdaq Composite — down 0.1% at 4,232.07
- 10:03 am
- Tesla jumps, Wal-Mart sinks
- by William Watts
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Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA is a big gainer, hitting an intraday high of $215.21 and holding on to a rise of around 9.5% in early action.
Tesla topped estimates as it reported earnings and offered an upbeat outlook.
Meanwhile, the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart /quotes/zigman/245476/delayed /quotes/nls/wmt WMT was among the S&P 500′s biggest decliners, falling 2.5% after offering a weak forecast.
- 10:09 am
- Weak Philly Fed survey doesn't help tone
- by William Watts
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The tone wasn't helped as the February Philadelphia Fed index came in at minus 6.3, well below the consensus forecast for a reading of 7.3.
Stocks are maintaining losses:
S&P 500 — down 0.1% at 1,826.68
DJIA — down 0.1% at 16,027.04
Nasdaq Composite — down 0.1% at 4,233.35
- 10:19 am
- Philly Fed echoes China, Europe
- by William Watts
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That Philly Fed manufacturing index is more in line with the downbeat tone seen earlier in the day from purchasing managers' index readings in China and the euro zone. Oddly enough, it was a stronger-than-expected reading in the Markit "flash" PMI for the U.S. manufacturing sector — an indicator that usually isn't a big mover — that helped set the tone for a positive, albeit short-lived, start on Wall Street.
So what's one to make of the Philadelphia data? Annalisa Piazza at Newedge Strategy says the main takeaway is that weather may have moderated activity in the first quarter while other uncertainties hang over the U.S. business cycle.
- 10:27 am
- Stocks nudge back into positive territory
- by William Watts
- Add a Comment
It's been a choppy morning so far, with major indexes edging back into positive territory after an early dip.
S&P 500 — up 0.1% at 1,830.84
DJIA — up 01% at 16,060.37
Nasdaq Composite — up 0.2% at 4,244.22
- 10:35 am
- Facebook slips
- by William Watts
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Shares of Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB were down more than 2% after the social network paid $19 billion in stock and cash for mobile messaging app developer WhatsApp.
The deal drew a mixed reaction from analysts. MarketWatch's Therese Poletti says the staggering price, which may be a Silicon Valley record — and that's saying something — means the company will be held to task by investors.
- 10:41 am
- Gains extended after choppy start
- by William Watts
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Stocks are pushing on to new session highs after a brief dip lower, shrugging off that weak Philly Fed.
S&P 500 — up 0.3% at 1,834.81
DJIA — up 0.4% at 16,099.13
Nasdaq Composite — up 0.4% at 4,252.84
- 11:28 am
- BlackBerry pops on Facebook deal
- by Sue Chang
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The surprising winner of Facebook Inc.'s /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB $19-billion buyout of mobile-messaging company WhatsApp is BlackBerry Ltd. /quotes/zigman/19622165/delayed /quotes/nls/bbry BBRY which rallied 5%. Facebook's move apparently suggests that there may be value in the struggling mobile phone company's messenger service.
The deal sets up BlackBerry with its BlackBerry Messenger as a close second for potential acquisition, said analysts at Global Equities Research.
- 11:35 am
- Major indexes trading higher
- by Sue Chang
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All three major indexes are higher as of late Thursday morning.
The S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX is up 0.3% to 1,833 with network installer Quanta Services Inc. /quotes/zigman/210980/delayed /quotes/nls/pwr PWR in the lead.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA rose 0.4% to 16,101 with Verizon Communications Inc. /quotes/zigman/262341/delayed /quotes/nls/vz VZ topping the index.
The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP edged up 0.2% to 4,246 with Tesla Motors Inc. /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA in pole position.
- 12:00 pm
- This year will be better
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Stocks are up, shaking off early losses. What gives? Here's insight from one strategist.
"Panic if you must over discussion of a shift in interest rates or use WalMart's earnings as a barometer for consumer health if you choose," says Andrew Wilkinson, chief market analyst at Interactive Brokers, in emailed comments on Thursday.
There are also "changing probabilities of financial tempest in other parts of the globe" he added.
But in the absence of such problems overseas, "the bull is likely to charge unchecked," Wilkinson said.
He also said: "The domestic economy continues to heal nicely and this year will undoubtedly be better than last."
Perhaps he's listening to that Counting Crows song with the "this year will be better" refrain as he writes.
- 12:05 pm
- Resistance near prior high
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The S&P 500 has wavered this week as it nears its Jan. 15 record close of 1,848.38, but technical analysts say that's not surprising.
Market prognosticators "feel the need to rationalize every retreat in equity prices," said Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, in a note late Wednesday.
But the market is actually just "following the traditional pattern required to break above price resistance by making several attempts before that rusty door finally swings open," Stovall said.
The strategist added: "From a technical perspective, the S&P 500 is challenging the January high after recovering more than 100 points from the early February lows, and we continue to anticipate further upside on this run."
- 12:07 pm
- S&P 500 chart
- by Victor Reklaitis
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This chart shows the S&P 500's year-to-date action and some of those levels mentioned by S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall (quoted earlier).
- 12:17 pm
- Apple cut to neutral
- by Sue Chang
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Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL is a bright shade of red after analysts at Barclays cut the stock's rating to neutral.
Ben Reitzes at Barclays noted:
We are changing our rating for Apple to Equal Weight based on our view that shares may stick close to a trading range for the next year or so. Frankly, we just couldn't quite bring ourselves to use smart watches or TVs as reasons to raise numbers – nor were we fully convinced that these products could move the needle like new categories did in the old days.
Apple is down 1.1% to $531.09 in recent activity.
- 12:40 pm
- Dow breaks into triple-digit territory
- by Wallace Witkowski
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA is testing triple digit territory, topping a 100-point gain recently following a rough start on the day.
The Dow touched an intraday high of 16,142.54, before pulling back a bit to 16,138, or a gain of 98 points on the day.
- 1:11 pm
- Daily trading volume poised to hit February average
- by Wallace Witkowski
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A little more than halfway through the trading day, stocks appear to be on track to at least reach the February average for daily trading volume, following a string of below-average days.
Composite volume for NYSE-listed stocks topped 1.79 billion shares, while composite volume for Nasdaq-listed stocks topped 1.08 billion shares at last check.
The February average for NYSE-listed stock stands at 3.69 billion shares, while the Nasdaq-listed average is at 2.07 billion shares, according to Barclays data.
While trading volumes have been light over the past few sessions, they're still well above 2013 averages. Plus, concern about light trading volume may be misplaced given 2013′s stock rally and the relatively low volumes that fueled the last bull market.
- 1:31 pm
- Facebook shares bounce back from smackdown
- by Wallace Witkowski
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After Facebook Inc. shares got smacked down following the social network's late Wednesday announcement it was buying WhatApp Inc. for $16 billion in cash and stock and $3 billion in restricted stock units over the next four years, the stock has finally broken into positive territory.
Shares of Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB were up 0.1% at $68.12 in recent activity, after touching an intraday high of $68.45.
- 1:37 pm
- Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq at weekly gains
- by Wallace Witkowski
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Thursday's rally in stocks has put all three indexes — the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA , the S&P 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX , and the Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP — into the black for the week.
At last check, the Dow was up 0.04% for the week, the S&P 500 was up 0.08%, and the Nasdaq was up 0.37%. Not staggering, but technically gains.
- 2:04 pm
- Most shares of after-hours earnings reporters up on the day
- by Wallace Witkowski
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As stocks bounced back on Thursday from Wednesday's selloff, shares of pretty much every company scheduled to report earnings after the bell were seeing gains on the day.
Here's a snapshot of companies reporting after the bell and how their stock was performing on the day at last check:
Hewlett-Packard Co. /quotes/zigman/229301/delayed /quotes/nls/hpq HPQ : up1.2%.
Groupon Inc. /quotes/zigman/7212269/delayed /quotes/nls/grpn GRPN : up 2.3%.
Express Scripts Holding Co. /quotes/zigman/9438326/delayed /quotes/nls/esrx ESRX : up 0.6%.
Aruba Networks Inc. /quotes/zigman/105849/delayed /quotes/nls/arun ARUN : up 3.9%.
Intuit Inc. /quotes/zigman/53304/delayed /quotes/nls/intu INTU : up 0.6%.
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. /quotes/zigman/82457/delayed /quotes/nls/mrvl MRVL : up 0.8%.
Newmont Mining Corp. /quotes/zigman/235723/delayed /quotes/nls/nem NEM : up 2.2%.
Nordstrom Inc. /quotes/zigman/235890/delayed /quotes/nls/jwn JWN : up 0.7%.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. /quotes/zigman/13509380/delayed /quotes/nls/ppc PPC : up 1.7%.
WebMD Health Corp. /quotes/zigman/98206/delayed /quotes/nls/wbmd WBMD : up 1.2%.
The only stocks trading lower leading up to their earnings reports were Priceline.com Inc. /quotes/zigman/90481/delayed /quotes/nls/pcln PCLN , down less than 0.1%, and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. /quotes/zigman/221094/delayed /quotes/nls/cog COG , down 1.3%.
- 2:28 pm
- Today's drivers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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More than one stock-market roundup is describing today's economic data as a "mixed bag."
On the plus side, Markit's U.S. flash purchasing managers index jumped to its highest level in almost four years.
On the down side, the Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index dropped sharply to a reading of negative 6.3, well below forecasts. China and Europe also had some downbeat economic reports.
Beyond econ data, there's that Facebook-WhatsAapp deal. It comes shortly after M&A activity in the cable, pharmaceuticals and jewelry industries, indicating some optimism in corporate boardrooms.
- 2:36 pm
- Just blame the weather & move on?
- by Victor Reklaitis
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So if economic reports are mixed today, why is the Dow up 100 points?
Perhaps it's because traders are just ignoring economic weakness after blaming it on the weather, according to Jason Pride, director of investment strategy at Glenmede.
Any weaknesses over the next few weeks may be waved aside as a temporary phenom — leading to a potential upswing, according to Pride.
The title for his note is "Forget the Snow (If You Can)."
In addition, Sam Stovall and Andrew Wilkinson have offered some useful perspective. See quotes from them in the live blog posts at noon Eastern and 12:05.
- 2:49 pm
- What to expect from H-P, Groupon
- by Victor Reklaitis
- Add a Comment
With a new site up and running, Groupon /quotes/zigman/7212269/delayed /quotes/nls/grpn GRPN is prepared to give a look into whether it sustained its streak of improving business fundamentals, says MarketWatch's Rex Crum in a preview story.
The daily-deals provider has earnings after the close.
Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard /quotes/zigman/229301/delayed /quotes/nls/hpq HPQ is reeling from sluggish corporate IT demand and a shrinking PC market, says Ben Pimentel in his preview of H-P's report after the bell.
- 3:09 pm
- Checking in on big movers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Quanta Services /quotes/zigman/210980/delayed /quotes/nls/pwr PWR climbed was last up 7.8% to lead the S&P 500, after the network installer reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings.
Citrix /quotes/zigman/55934/delayed /quotes/nls/ctxs CTXS was last up 6% for the second-best gain among S&P 500 names. Earlier this week, analysts were getting fired up about the hiring of a new CEO for the software company.
Allegian /quotes/zigman/24787204/delayed /quotes/nls/alle ALLE , which makes security products, was up 5.6% for the third-best gain, boosted by an earnings report.
Read more in the Movers & Shakers column.
- 3:15 pm
- More movers
- by Victor Reklaitis
- Add a Comment
Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA continues to lead the Nasdaq 100 after its earnings report, while Wal-Mart /quotes/zigman/245476/delayed /quotes/nls/wmt WMT is still the biggest drag on the Dow after its quarterly report.
MarketWatch's Andria Cheng has written today about how Wal-Mart's CEO is vowing to make changes.
Verizon /quotes/zigman/262341/delayed /quotes/nls/vz VZ is up more than 3% to lead the Dow, after Jefferies analysts reportedly said the telecom's stock should be purchased after its recent pullback.
- 3:20 pm
- A take on Tesla
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Analysts' comments on Tesla's targets for 2014 have been overwhelmingly positive, reports MarketWatch's Jim Jelter.
Read more here: Why Wall Street is not scoffing at Tesla's charge-ahead outlook
- 3:50 pm
- Reactions
- by Victor Reklaitis
- Add a Comment
Some market watchers on Twitter are sounding off on today's gains:
Typical mkt… doing exactly what most thought wasnt going to happen…
— stt2318 (@stt2318) February 20, 2014
Remember: The Market Abhors A Failed Rally. Market indexes must make new highs in order to end the correction that started in January
— Ralph Acampora CMT (@Ralph_Acampora) February 20, 2014
- 4:03 pm
- The close
- by Laura Mandaro
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The Dow average didn't quite hang onto a triple digit gain but the bounce from the morning lows was nothing to shirk at. Here's Vic's pulse with the full numbers.
S&P 500 + 11 points
Nasdaq Composite + 30 points
What helped? The U.S. Markit PMI. The rest of the session's manufacturing reports weren't great. Also – Facebook's $16 billion-plus deal for WhatsApp may have gotten investors thinking about the next buyout candidate.
- 4:06 pm
- Groupon, H-P after hours
- Add a Comment
Groupon shares are jumping 14% after hours. H-P is up 0.6%.
- 4:15 pm
- Priceline tops $1,300
- by Laura Mandaro
- Add a Comment
Priceline.com is also up after hours, topping $1,300 a share. Sales and profit topped forecasts.
- 4:23 pm
- Volume - 90%
- by Laura
- Add a Comment
And to close – what about the volume? It's about 90% of average for both NYSE and Nasdaq-listed stocks. Low volume on an up day isn't such a bad sign, some strategists have been pointing out.
- 4:28 pm
- Cheap promo to our live blogs
- by Laura Mandaro
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To get your next live blog fix, follow our Groupon earnings call , our H-P earnings call, and tonight, MarketWatch's Asia Markets live blog.
You can follow the writers of this blog on Twitter @vicrek , @wmwitkkowski , and @suechangmw
- 4:28 pm
- Cheap promo to our live blogs
- by Laura Mandaro
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At the very top of the building are antennas with airline warning strobe lights that flash 40 times a minute. Visible to pilots over great distances, the lamps are changed about every 18 months by a climber who scales the antenna towers. New digital antennas were recently installed for Chicago's major television stations so they can broadcast high-definition TV.
West antenna tower height = 294'-5" (from 109 roof level to top of strobe light)
East Antenna tower height = 290'-7" (from 109 roof level to top of strobe light)
Tower Bases = 12' diameter solid wall steel cylinders


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Spelling Central – A Spelling Game
Text Instructions:
Step 1.) First, click "input words " and type in the spelling words you would like included with these activities. You can use up to 25 words.
Step 2.) Then, click "online activities" or "printable activities." You can choose from four different activities: word search, alphabetical order, word scramble, or missing letter. These can be completed by students online, or, printed out to be completed on pencil or paper. For the online word search, the user must find the words in the word grid and click on each letter of the word. When the entire word is highlighted, click "try word." It will be eliminated from the word list. For the online alphabetical order activity, the user must use the arrows at the bottom of the page to arrange the words in the correct order. For the online word scramble, the user must use the arrows to put the letters of the word in the correct order. For the missing letter exercise, the user must simply type in the letter that is missing from the word and press the"enter" key on the keyboard.


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What do you think motivated the Pope and the Catholic Church in general to cover up the sex abuse scandal?
Do you think it was simply embarrassment? Reputation?
Maybe they thought it would all go away if it was all swept under the rug.
Does this say something about how dangerous religion is itself? That its "squeky clean" image must come before the truth.
There is nothing squeaky clean about the image of the Catholic hierarchy unless you are a Catholic. A Catholic is merely avoiding reality in their worship of a cosmic dictator of some antiseptic corner of the universe. A Cathoilc corner.


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Joan Morris 703-259-1799
Jennifer McCord 703-259-1779
July 15, 2011
Community meeting to be held July 27
Rendering of improvements at Route 29 and Gallows Road in Merrifield.
FAIRFAX―After three years of major utility relocation and right of way acquisition, the Virginia Department of Transportation begins construction on the $110 million project to improve the congested Route 29 and Gallows Road intersection in Merrifield. The project will be complete by late November 2012, and is located at the heart of ongoing redevelopment in this area to improve multi-modal options around and to the nearby Dunn Loring Metro Station.
Improvements to the intersection will increase safety, reduce congestion and enhance bicycle and pedestrian access, and include:
- Widening Route 29 from two to three through lanes in each direction between Merrilee Drive and I-495 (about 0.6 miles)
- Widening Gallows Road from two to three through lanes in each direction between Gatehouse Road and Prosperity Avenue (about 0.8 miles)
- On Route 29, a six-foot sidewalk on the westbound side and 5-foot sidewalk on the eastbound side
- On Gallows Road, a 10-foot asphalt shared-use path on the west side, and six-foot sidewalk on the east side
- Dual left-turn lanes on Route 29 at Gallows Road
- Landscaped medians on both approaches
The $23 million contract to construct the improvements follows a massive, three-year utility relocation and right of way effort, including $76 million in 70 right of way parcels, extensive utility work to move seven underground fuel tanks and a separate $8 million project to relocate and upgrade water mains. With $10.6 million in preliminary engineering, the entire project cost is about $110 million.
Traffic Impacts
Crews will work to minimize traffic disruptions while the intersection is under construction, and access to businesses will be maintained during the project. As early as next week, motorists can expect to see traffic periodically reduced to one lane through the area during off-peak evening hours.
One section of Gallows Road just north of the intersection, between Providence Forest Drive and Park Tower Drive/Prosperity Avenue, will be reduced to one lane in each direction for approximately four months. VDOT will announce this scheduled closure in advance.
Community Meeting
A "pardon our dust" meeting for the local community will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 27 at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road in Falls Church. A brief presentation will begin at 7:30, followed by a question-and-answer period.
At the intersection, Route 29 carries about 35,000 vehicles per day, with about 38,000 per day on Gallows Road. By 2035, up to 57,000 vehicles per day are expected on Route 29 and 46,000 on Gallows Road.
A&W Contracting Corporation is the contractor for the project. More information, including updates on construction and traffic impacts, will be posted to VDOT's website throughout the project here.
Information in VDOT news releases was accurate at the time the release was published. For the most current information about projects or programs, please visit the project or program Web pages. You may find those by searching by keyword in the search Virginia DOT box above.


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Combine finely chopped hard-boiled eggs and pickles with mustard and mayonnaise, then spread on a slice of multigrain bread. Combine drained canned tuna, finely chopped celery and onion, mayonnaise and lemon juice, then spread on another slice of bread. Sprinkle with torn basil leaves and assemble.
ON BON APPETIT: Hummus and Crudités


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Three and half minutes into this interview with star FOX Business reporter Shibani Joshi, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen begins talking about Apple's decision to ban Adobe's Flash from its iPhone, iPad, and iPods. He says "flash is synonymous with the Internet" and that Apple "hurts customers." Watch:
Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com
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stiphen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Ellénius Buss
Ellénius Buss is a family owned company with 30 years of history. We have several buses and run everything from conference guests, charters to short transfers.
We are in many ways a business in the offline world and we haven't put enough effort to our online opportunities.
With your excellence in Design you can help us and our customers get a better online experience when they charter a bus from us.
With our online effort we hope to reach online searches who are more first time customers looking for a charter bus for their next.. conference, wedding or other types of transfers. We have larger returning customers too so it's important for them to feel "welcome" when the visit us online.
The main focus for this design task will be designing a landing page that will clearly inform our potential customers of our key benefits and with simple and easy call to actions such as "call" or "e-mail". The site will be built on Wordpress but will have a Page as the home page rather then the traditional layout of different posts. To support the main landing page we will have regular pages with more information about who we are, our environmental policy, drug policy, our buses, our drivers, our values etc.
The main colors we would like to use are blue, red and white.
The site layout should fit within 1024x768 and the call to action should be visible above the fold, this means try to keep the heading to a minimum.
I have attached a mockup of the landing page design, our logo and images of our buses. Feel free to use other images also to support the message and call to action (reserve a bus or call for information about our services).
I would like the site to be free from clutter and be easy and accessible to read so try to keep it as clean as possible.
Our current site, which by no means should be reason for inspiration, is http://www.elleniusbuss.se/.
One of our competitors are http://www.stromma.se/buss/interbus/
Focus on delivering the landing page and create a design and layout that s easy to apply on regular post posts/pages as well as simple category pages.


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Rendezvous Park
Closer To Being Here - reprise (2012)
"Closer To Being Here - reprise" contains both extended and re-mastered versions of our first EP of the same name. The first version was put together in 2008 and delivered to friends and relatives as a gift. Only six hand-crafted copies were ever made. The re-recorded version extends the original ideas and brings them out in an improved production. And in the case of "ascension", the song is taken to whole new dimensions from the original's minimalistic and acoustic roots.
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I digress; Coming back to the original subject, the startup founded by Pete and James Halliday is called StackVM. We know that virtualization has a lot of potential and is going to play a vital role in future. StackVM takes it one step ahead by taking the VM to web. It is a much more accessible online virtual machine, making it sharable and usable from anywhere. That means, at one point I would be able to access my personal, preferred operating system from a public library. StackVM also allows you to share your virtual machine with its state through Internet in the same way you share your photos or videos. This means that you do not have to type verbose description about your problem in Ubuntu's forum. Picture = 1000 words; Movie = 1000 pictures; Shared VM = 1000 movies => Shared VM = 1,000,000,000 words.
Fasten your seat belts. This is just the beginning of their scope. As I said earlier, one of author is wrote asynchronous RMI for node.js. So what do you expect from him? Yes. They are making networking between the StackVMs easy, just drag and drop to create any virtual network topology you wish, with firewalls, switches, bells and whistles. Also they are making something called "vmcasts" - to explain in Pete's own words: "much like a screencasts, except the computation is recorded, meaning that at any point you can break into the playing vmcast and change the course of computation (and return back to it later)."
So what are the potentials uses of such a system? I can think of a lot many, but Pete has listed a few of them:
Here are a few use cases:Running virtual machines on web requires a lot of infrastructure. They are working on it and until then we have to use their demo site. StackVM is completely open source and idea open, which means any of you smart guys can contribute through code and idea.
- Suppose you're selling software and you want your users to try it before they buy it. Perfect use of StackVM - put your software in the virtual machine and embed it on your products page. The potential customers can try your software before they buy it right from your website!
- Suppose you're an application developer and have written a program that should work cross-platform. You can easily rent 10 virtual machines with Linux, Windows, MacOS, and other operating systems and test your software. Just drag and drop it into the virtual machines, and you can test your software!
- Suppose you want to teach someone how to work in Perl in a series of blog posts (like I do), you can embed the terminal with a vmcast in your blog post, and everyone can follow your tutorial, and also try out the examples interactively, in a real shell!
- You can build a virtual honeypot network and have hackers break into it, then analyse how they did breakins. Or, you can build a huge network and learn routing and networking concepts!
- Suppose you want to share your work with a group of people. You can easily do it in stackvm! Just send the other people link to your VM and they can connect to it with any web browser. They'll be able to see what you're doing, comment on your work, and if you allow fix your bugs (think pair programming!)
To Pete, Good Luck with your startup! Let this small and humble beginning take you to greater heights!!


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Big Thanks and follow-up....so flow is coming thru, and I have erratic performance. allow me to explain:You could have messed up the common wire while replacing those valves
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The gate valves could have broken or you didn't turn them on all the way?
turn them both down until it's taught- then all the way back up- lefty loosey righty tighty- should be at least 5 or 6 revolutions both ways.
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But it only installed 50MW in 2012 to add to the 6MW it already had. However, German turbine maker Nordex is hoping to start construction on at least two of its five 50MW projects in 2013.
The country's Alternative Energy Development Board announced a target of financing eight projects totalling 550MW and worth $1.6 billion in the southern Sindh province in January 2012. It aimed for them to be generating electricity by this year.
However, by December, the only project to be installed was the 50MW Jhimpir project, developed by FFC Energy using 33 Nordex S77 wind turbines. Earlier in the year, a 56MW project by Turkish developer Zorlu Enerji reached financial close. This was due to be completed by the end of 2012, but has not yet achieved this.
Pakistan is crippled by daily power shortages and has racked up debt of more than $3 billion by importing large amounts of gas and oil. To encourage rapid expansion of the wind sector, the government has introduced a generous feed in tariff (FIT). This pays PKR 12.61/kWh ($0.13/kWh) for foreign-financed projects and PKR 17.28/kWh ($0.18/kWh) for locally-financed projects. The FIT was limited to a maximum capacity of 1.5GW and expired at the end of 2012. The industry expects that the FIT programme will be extended, but this has not yet been formally approved.
This has led to market insecurity among developers and lenders and has prevented the market from really taking off, according to Wim Lansink, head of sales at Nordex Asia. Realising Pakistan's substantial wind power potential would depend largely on the availability of debt funding, he adds. "Wind power is new for Pakistani banks, and though they are interested and have the ability to finance projects, they will take it step by step," Lansink says. International banks have little interest in funding projects in Pakistan due to security risks in the country.
Elsewhere in the region, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka remain at 1MW and 30MW installed capacity respectively.


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1. Great Lake
Mortadella pie
[Nick Lessins's] cheese pie, prepared with fresh mozzarella made in-house, grated Wisconsin sheep's-and-cow's-milk cheese, and aromatic fresh marjoram instead of basil, was slightly shy of unbelievable. The next day I returned to try the same pie topped with fresh garlic and mortadella, the dirigible-sized Italian sausage that looks like bologna, tastes like salami, and is usually cut into chunks. He sliced the meat very thin and laid slices of it over the pie the moment it came out of the oven. The mortadella, with its combination of burliness and creaminess, was a meaty addition to the earthy, bready crust. This pie—creative, original, and somewhat local—represented everything irresistible about the new American style of pizza-making.
Editor's note: Sadly, this location closed in 2013. Let us know if you have a candidate to replace it!
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
2. Lucali
Plain pie
Lucali, around since 2006, is an old candy store done up to look like an old pizzeria, and there's an eerie glow about it. I'm not getting spiritual. There really is. Owner and pizzamaker Mark Iacono stands behind a candlelit counter, wearing a white T-shirt, looking mysterious and troubled, our first poster-boy pizzaiolo. I picked the simplest of his creations, in essence a Margherita, although there's no menu and none of the pies have names. When I asked what to call it, I was told "plain pie." It has tomato, mozzarella, fresh basil, buffalo mozzarella, and a sprinkling of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, enormously satisfying for a pie so simple. The crust stands firm. The mozzarella melts exquisitely. The basil is wildly fresh. Should you need additional toppings, go for thinly shaved porcini mushrooms, so good I was tempted to put a second Lucali pie on my list.
575 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY; 718-858-4086
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
3. Pizzeria Delfina
Panna pie
Delfina has easily the best crust in San Francisco, an unusually successful fusion of Neapolitan and American styles. The pie placed before me looked slightly pale, but it had a yeasty aroma and a lovely sweetness. It was unlike any other I found, prepared with tomato sauce, heavy cream, basil, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and olive oil—and priced at a remarkable $10. Indeed, heavy cream does seem peculiar, but if you think about the Italian evolution of cheese for pizza—mozzarella becoming fresh mozzarella and then becoming fresh buffalo-milk mozzarella, each one richer and milkier than the one before—heavy cream is the natural expression of where Italians intend to go. The final addition, shavings of tangy, salty Parmigiano-Reggiano, is a brilliant step in the creation of an extraordinarily well-balanced pie.
3611 18th Street, San Francisco, CA; 415-437-6800; www.pizzeriadelfina.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
4. Pizzeria Bianco
Margherita with prosciutto
…Waiting outside is like a big communal party, and had I not become chummy with one regular, I would never have ordered a Margherita pie topped with prosciutto. This fellow had three of them on his table, and he said it was all he ate. Chris Bianco's fabled Margherita has a smoky and slightly scorched crust, too delicate to handle most toppings, but the uncommonly subtle, tender, and porky Italian prosciutto was a superlative option. Prosciutto is usually not one of my preferred toppings, because it's often tough, but here it was icing on the crust.
623 East Adams Street, Phoenix, AZ; 602-258-8300; www.pizzeriabianco.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
5. Bob Timmy's
Spinach-and-mushroom pizza
The menu is vast, but I stuck to simple variations, and every one was expertly prepared. The pies came in standard grilled-pizza format, irregularly round but cut into squares. The crust appeared too skinny to be interesting, but it seemed about the best flatbread I'd ever eaten. The vegetable toppings were remarkably fresh, and it occurred to me that freshness is something we rarely think about when contemplating what pizza we admire. The pie I loved most had three cheeses, the dominant one being feta, which adds tang and saltiness. Now I understand what every Greek must already know: Feta, spinach, and mushrooms are an astonishingly compatible combination.
32 Spruce Street, Providence, RI; 401-453-2221; www.bobandtimmys.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
6. Sally's Apizza
White pie with potato
Sally's is ancient, in an old Appalachian way. I can't believe the men's bathroom has been cleaned since 1938, when the pizzeria opened for business. Service was equally dismal. The customers weren't impressive, either, especially the lady in the booth across from mine, fast asleep. Out of this agonizing ambience appeared a pie of incredible finesse, a tour de force, a white (no tomato sauce) pizza prepared with thinly sliced potatoes cooked to an artful golden brown, a scattering of equally faultless onions, and a masterful touch of rosemary, all perfectly complemented by Sally's crust, a bit denser, chewier, and thinner than the one up the block at the equally fabled Pepe's. By the way, I bet Sinatra got great service when he ate here.
237 Wooster Street, New Haven, CT; 203-624-5271; www.sallysapizza.net
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
7. Tomato pie
The Grandma
The pizza is old New York. The mood is old L.A. On this day, a friend and I were seated indoors, in a tiny room entirely devoid of comforts, admiring crusts that I thought were the best in the city. Then I bit into a slice of the Grandma—a traditional and gorgeously assembled pizza with crushed tomatoes, fresh garlic, and a scattering of mozzarella, basil, oregano, and Pecorino Romano—I'm a sucker for Romano cheese. My friend and I simultaneously looked up and said, "This is great." Indeed it was, the ingredients fresher than most, the crust unusually soft and tender, with a crisp bottom and a fluffy, nutty center. We shared a slice with a young mom named Katie, who insisted the pizza was better a few blocks away. Note to Katie: Your favorite pizza is no good.
2457 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles; 323-661-6474; www.tomatopiepizzajoint.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
8. Co.
The Margherita here has buffalo-milk mozzarella, but the cheese is applied so expertly and melts so perfectly that the center of the pie doesn't become a watery mess. All of us in New York who thought owner Jim Lahey knew only about bread now know otherwise. His Margherita, modest in size at a mere eleven inches in diameter, is so delicate that you will be inclined to finish the whole thing and immediately ask for another. I asked the waiter why the leafy basil had been blasted into a shriveled green blob, rather than being tossed on fresh immediately before serving, and was told that Lahey preferred cooked basil. In fact, customers can have it either way, so I recommend eating one of each.
230 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY; 212-243-1105; www.co-pane.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
9. Tacconelli's
White pie
I suggest ordering too much, because every pizza here is wonderful, the crust from the huge, oil-burning oven an example of how tremendously satisfying an amalgam of thin, chewy, and crunchy can be. I loved the white pie, so much better than the sum of its packaged parts: ordinary part-skim mozzarella, granulated garlic, salt and pepper. In essence, it's the ultimate expression of cheese on bread. A note on decor: The hydrangeas, roses, and African violets in the window are artificial. Of course.
2604 East Somerset Street, Philadelphia, PA; 215-425-4983; www.tacconellispizzeria.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
10. Totonno's
Margherita with pepperoni
The fire reportedly started from coals that had been removed from the pizza oven and stored overnight in a firebox. Damage was extensive. If this turns out to be an epitaph for the great Totonno's in Coney Island, in business for eighty-five years until that fire closed it this past March, I hope it's a worthy one. The pies come in gorgeous hues, an artist's palette of reds, blacks, and golds. The crusts are supple but crunchy. A friend who ate there with me a month before the fire said, "I know very good crust from the sound of it. As the roller cut through it, I heard the crispness." The pies tend to be mild and understated, so the best option here is pepperoni, which adds heat and spiciness, and a good dose of dried oregano from one of the shakers scattered about the room. If you love old-style pepperoni pizza as much as I do, you'll be looking forward to the day when Totonno's returns.
(under renovation)_ 1524 Neptune Ave., Brooklyn, NY; 718-372-8606_ (number currently out of order); www.totonnos.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
11. Tarry Lodge
Clam pie
The clam pie, legendary in New Haven, is an oddity that seldom succeeds, since clams taken out of their shells and cooked atop a pizza invariably turn into rubbery bits. At Tarry Lodge, an Italian restaurant run by Mario Batali, something profoundly simple and fundamentally correct is done: The clams remain in their shells. On my visit they were Manila clams, delicate and sweet, briny and fresh, tiny beauties accented by the garlic, oregano, red pepper, and Parmigiano-Reggiano atop a thin, nicely charred crust. You have to work to remove the clams from their shells, but compared with everything else required to access great pizza these days, that isn't much effort.
18 Mill Street, Port Chester, NY; 914-939-3111; www.tarrylodge.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
12. Frank Pepe
The Original Tomato Pie
I love the crust here—rather thick, quite soft, with nooks, crannies, colors, and char. I felt the same about the tomato sauce, not exactly what you would expect on pizza, a little more like a mild, chunky cooked pasta sauce. As I chewed and ate, ate and chewed, going through seven pies, trying one topping after another, it came to me: Keep it simple. The small, plain tomato pie without mozzarella and stunningly priced at $6.10 is pretty perfect when topped with plenty of silky, salty Pecorino Romano from the shaker on your table. The cheese is freshly grated each day. The single flaw in this pie? After adding so much cheese to so much sauce, you might have to use a knife and fork.
157 Wooster Street, New Haven, CT; 203-865-5762; www.pepespizzeria.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
13. Luigi's "the Original"
Gourmet veggie pizza
My nearly endless and seemingly futile quest to find a wonderful vegetable—not merely vegetarian—pizza somehow led me to Luigi's, which looks like a roadhouse but is apparently a greenhouse. Topping a pie with broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, squash, mushrooms, and onions, as is done here, seems to promise a chaotic chorus of sad, shriveled, sacrificial plant life, and that isn't the end of the potential problems. The crust contained sesame seeds, and the grated cheese was Asiago. The combination succeeded magnificently. The seeds contributed nuttiness and the cheese pungency to an array of vegetables that tasted remarkably fresh, to say nothing of cooked to order. The secret, according to the waitress: Toss everything on the pie, cook. That's it.
36691 Jefferson, Harrison Township, MI; 586-468-7711; www.luigisoriginal.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
14. Gialina
Wild-nettle pie
My friend said the wild nettles reminded her of newly mown artichokes, a lovely if implausible image. I found them a little like broccoli, but fear not: They're better than that. These were bright forest green as well as earthy, and they came with a spectacular supporting cast of pancetta (unsmoked bacon), sliced portobello mushrooms, and provolone cheese. The pie, prepared without tomatoes or mozzarella in a standard commercial pizza oven, nevertheless lacked for nothing. The crust, cooked longer than most, was bubbly, luscious, and buttery, a little like warm Italian bread.
2842 Diamond Street, San Francisco, CA; 415-239-8500; www.gialina.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
15. Buddy's
Cheese pizza
Buddy's pizza crust is one of the best in America, although it's unlikely you knew it was in the running for the championship. That's because Buddy's, as much a bar and sandwich shop as it is a pizzeria, specializes in Detroit-style square pizza, almost unknown outside the city. The interior slices on a Buddy's pizza are light, slightly crunchy, and extremely satisfying, but the goal in any Detroit experience is those slices at the four corners of the pan, where maximum blackening occurs. If you love the burnt ends on pork ribs, Buddy's isn't to be missed.
17125 Conant, Detroit, MI; 313-892-9001; www.buddyspizza.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
16. Antica Pizzeria
Pizza del cafone
Antica was one of those pizzerias that endeavor to create a classic Neapolitan experience, not easy when you're located on the second floor of a Los Angeles mall. Pizza labeled del cafone—fool's or peasant's pizza—isn't uncommon, and it doesn't always have precisely the same ingredients, but the combination here was brilliant. Uniting crumbled sausage, broccoli rabe, and smoked mozzarella seems mighty sophisticated to me.
_Editor's note: Sadly, this location has also closed, in 2011. _
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
Romana pie
The crust is Neapolitan-style, well prepared, which means soft, soothing, and a little spongy, with pleasing burned spots. The sauce contains anchovies, which I absolutely can't abide whole, although I appreciate them as well as the next open-minded fellow when they're chopped up as a flavor element. That's what's done here, as it is so often in Southern Italy. I had another fright: Plopped on top of the pie were whole olives, but in this case French Niçoise olives, which are not aggressive enough to scare me away. In Naples such a pie is known as pizza romana, whereas in Rome it's a pizza napoletana. Before I'd tried A16's spicy, bold, exuberant version, I would have guessed that each city wanted to blame this pie on somebody else.
2355 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, Marina, CA; 415-771-2216; www.a16sf.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
18. Al Forno
Grilled pizza with roasted eggplant
Al Forno's grilled pizzas are more than legends; they're beauties. Our roasted-eggplant pie consisted of creatively arranged toppings on a flat and irregularly shaped crust, perhaps unintentionally resembling an artist's palette. The pie was assembled with two cheeses, mild and creamy Bel Paese plus sharp and salty Pecorino Romano; dabs of impossibly delicious tomato sauce intensely flavored with eggplant; flecks of parsley for color; and shreds of mild, bright scallions that added a feathery texture.
577 South Main Street, Providence, RI; 401-273-9760; www.alforno.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
19. Galleria Umberto
Square slice
Galleria Umberto is as big as a cafeteria, rarely crowded but always with a line. The slices are Sicilian, which means squares, thick ones, airier and lighter than most, with a subtle crunch, a splash of tomato sauce, a scattering of cheese. It represents what Boston's North End once was: bedrock Italian, absolutely old-world. When you get close, you're sure it's almost your turn, but an old lady who looks like she's off the boat from Bari steps in front of you, and you let her, because she was here first and sat down to rest her feet. Strange thoughts come to those in line. Is it possible this place has only one pan?
289 Hanover Street, Boston, MA; 617-227-5709
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
20. Famous Joe's
Once, this slice defined New York City. That was before pizza slices were supersized, became entire meals laden with wacky toppings and extra cheese. Joe's crust, thin and flexible but not too soft, is perfect for street pizza. Atop it is not much cheese and not much sauce, merely enough, in ideal symmetry. You can ask for a topping, but then everybody in the tiny, cramped shop will know you're from out of town. The crust has a few lovely burned spots, but the New York slice isn't about the search for the perfect crust or the perfect sauce. It's the perfect New York experience.
7 Carmine Street, New York, NY; (212) 366-1182; www.famousjoespizza.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
21. Tomatoes Apizza
Pepperoni pie
Here you'll find a coal-fired oven big enough to barbecue a cow, and here I found the purest expression of pepperoni pizza as I love it. Forgive me if you prefer your pepperoni thick (I don't) or soft (I don't) or covered by cheese and sauce—as is traditional in Detroit, but thankfully not at Tomatoes Apizza. The non-Sicilian crust was soft, slightly charred, and entirely appealing, the tomato sauce and cheese more than satisfactory. All was swell, but the precise pepperoni preparation was most appealing. There was lots of it, sliced thin, sprinkled with Parmigiano-Reggiano, and allowed to curl and crisp up in the oven.
29275 14 Mile Road, Farmington Hills, MI; 248-855-3555; tomatoesapizza.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
22. Osteria
Zucca pie
Zucca means "squash." Yes, I know. Nobody sitting around the house suddenly says to the wife and kids, "Hey, let's go out for a squash pizza." I'm telling you, it's terrific. The crust is thin and crispy, not ordinarily my preference, but the sweetness of this pizza is great when matched with crunchiness and char. Oh, I didn't say it was sweet, did I? Don't worry. There's a little sweetness, not too much. It comes from the golden raisins and the toasted pine nuts, not from the puree or cubes of squash. There's cheese, too, mozzarella. That helps, right?
640 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA; 215-763-0920; www.osteriaphilly.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
23. Santarpio's
Homemade-sausage pie
Talk about old-world. As we walk in, the guy up front yells, "Tony, table for two." Cases of beer are stacked in the back, next to the jukebox and a bank of gumball machines. All the pies are exactly right, but the one with sausage is better than that. Santarpio's crusts are hearty, a little roughhouse, very much in the baked-bread family, and the homemade sausage comes crumbled, skillfully integrated into the tomato sauce. I know for certain that the owners are proud of that sauce: On the steps outside, where you might find stone lions guarding the entrance to a library, stand two industrial-size Pastene tomato cans.
111 Chelsea Street, East Boston, MA; 617-567-9871; www.santarpiospizza.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
24. Niki's
Cheese pizza with feta
I searched for the meaning of Greek pizza, a topic often discussed, undoubtedly because so many Greeks own pizzerias. I never found it, but the quest was worthwhile, because at Niki's I discovered feta cheese as a topping. Niki's doesn't have Greek pizza. It has Detroit pizza, and one optional topping is feta cheese, which adds creaminess and tanginess while brightening up (and somewhat dominating) any pie. The feta here is crumbled, tossed atop the pizza, and baked. It becomes toasty and crispy, giving any pizza from plain to pepperoni a singular zip.
735 Beaubien Street, Detriot, MI; 313-961-4303; www.nikispizza.com
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.
25. Una Pizza Napoletana
This was the most beautiful pizza in America, the outer ring grand and pillowy, the San Marzano tomatoes bright, the buffalo mozzarella dazzlingly melted. Neapolitan pizzas are undeniably gorgeous, and Una Pizza Napoletana replicated their style and attractiveness better than any other pizzeria in this country. This Margherita, an expression of purity and restraint, could be immortalized in a painting entitled Still Life in Pizza. Many admirers considered this the best pizza in America. I don't go that far, but I believe it was more enjoyable than almost any pizza in Naples—maybe in all of Italy.
_Editor's note: Sadly, this location has also closed, in 2011. _
_Click here to read Alan Richman's full article, from the June '09 issue of _GQ.


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Praise for A Short Walk to the Edge of Life
"Think Robert Frost meets The Worst-Case Scenario handbook. Reading A Short Walk to the Edge of Life took me on the worst possible 'road not taken,' and even though I feel beaten up and drained emotionally, my spirits are lifted. Indeed, his journey has made all the difference."
—Eric Blehm, New York Times best-selling author of Fearless
"I feel and understand the writer's suffering as he clung to life in a most rugged environment. While Scott Hubbartt expresses disappointments, he still was willing to pursue the ideal point of his destination. As a Holocaust survivor, I can relate his determination to mine. In my own way I, too, walked to the edge of life. When people are in a peril of life, Scott Hubbartt's book A Short Walk to the Edge of Life could serve them well in reaching their attainable goals. I strongly endorse this book."
—Boris Kacel, author of From Hell to Redemption
"A true story that makes a compelling read. Scott Hubbartt tells it as it happened. A real-life experience and a refreshing change from the mundane."
—Norman Brackenridge, volunteer in humanitarian endeavors worldwide
"This is a gripping, real-life account of retired air force veteran Scott Hubbartt, who set off on foot for what he thought would be a simple day hike. Instead, the trek became a near-death experience. Readers will find his telling of the journey—and its unexpected and dramatic detour—is as entertaining as it is profound. You are drawn into the story, feeling as if you are walking with Scott along the treacherous slopes of the Andes or tasting the last drops of life-giving water when his very survival is in doubt. Along with witnessing his courage, you will share in Scott's epiphany
about faith and love and will celebrate his rescue and recommitment to the things that matter most in life. This is a must-read story that will entertain and inspire with each turn of the page!"
—Larry K. Grundhauser, Brigadier General, US Air Force (Retired)
"What was meant to be a short walk in the Peruvian puna turned out to be a four-day battle of survival for Scott Hubbartt in which he not only faced the edge of physical endurance in the most difficult conditions but also touched the depths of a man's solitary struggle, both emotionally and spiritually. In this precarious moment, Hubbartt gathered all his strength, hope, and confidence, while turning to higher and divine wisdom. His touching and powerful story is a plea for faith, humility, and gratefulness."
—Erika Schuh, author, traveler, and international volunteer


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Kavaratti, town and island, capital of Lakshadweep union territory, India. Kavaratti lies in the Arabian Sea about 215 miles (345 km) west-southwest of Kozhikode (Calicut) and the Malabar Coast of southern India.
The island is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long and tapers to a point at one end from a maximum width at the other of 0.75 mile (1.2 km). There is a shallow lagoon on the western side of the island, and coconut palms grow on the northern side. Kavaratti town is noted for the carved wooden pillars and roofs of its mosques and the carved stones of its graveyards. The town has administrative buildings, a bank, numerous mosques, and an aquarium. Tourism is of growing importance to the economy. Pop. (2001) 10,119; (2011) 11,210.


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'Be the Change: Save a Life'
ABC News' Global Health Series
On Friday, Dec. 17, ABC News began a year-long odyssey -- covering a story that spans the world; challenging Americans to save untold lives. "Be the Change: Save a Life" set out on a journey across three continents and into nine countries, focused on the health conditions endured by the poorest of the poor -- and some of the innovations that may be able to save them. Click on each location on the map below to learn more.
From pregnant mothers to newborns, children and adults, "Be the Change: Save a Life" -- a special-edition of "20/20" anchored by Diane Sawyer -- examined six of the world's top health problems, and shared simple and practical ways the audience can make an immediate difference. Click here to watch the special.
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