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Editor's Note: Wilf Mbanga is the founder and editor of The Zimbabwean, an independent newspaper. He lives in self-imposed exile in the UK after being declared an enemy of the state by the Zimbabwean government in 2004.
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Robert Mugabe declared winner of Zimbabwe election: Opposition disputes result
Opposition leader Tsvangirai calls election "fraudulent," plans to fight in court
Mbanga: Ruling Zanu-PF party rigged voter rolls, threatened police officers
Mbanga: Zimbabwe is despondent after Mugabe re-election
In the absence of a proper voters' roll and credible international observers, no one can honestly say with any degree of certainty whether last week's elections reflected the will of the Zimbabwean people. One thing is certain – the numbers simply do not add up.
And isn't it strange that there have been no jubilant celebrations by the "winners?" It's as though the Zanu-PF and Robert Mugabe, elected to yet another term as Zimbabwe's president, can't quite believe it themselves. The general mood across the nation is one of despondency. Everyone seems depressed. No one knows what to do next. It would seem the will of the people has not triumphed at all. Riot police patrol quiet streets. No one sings or dances.
What happened on July 31 was a demonstration of what can be done by a small group of people who have everything to lose and who have spent more than 30 years cementing their grip on power and wealth. It certainly was not a popularity contest.
Mercifully it was peaceful. Memories of the 2008 election – burnt and lacerated bodies, weeping girls and women who had been raped, swollen, bleeding feet and dead bodies – were fresh in the minds of many.
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The Zanu-PF's "victory" must be considered in the light of the following: This is a country where 95% of the population is unemployed; an estimated 25% live and work in the diaspora to keep their relatives back home fed and at school; 15% are orphans (largely as a result of the AIDS pandemic). It is therefore pretty easy to buy people – and votes.
All those in the top echelons of the army, the police, the judiciary and the body responsible for elections are hand-picked, self-avowed Zanu-PF loyalists – rewarded over the years via a well-orchestrated patronage system with land, farming implements, luxury vehicles, plasma TVs, diamonds and business opportunities.
Robert Mugabe is a very wily politician. After losing the election in 2008, he and his generals threw everything into this election – determined to win at all costs. They left nothing to chance. They also enlisted the help of the controversial Israeli company Nikuv, which has been accused of manipulating the vote in Zambia during the last election.
The Registrar General's office was used to disenfranchise young people mainly in the urban areas, and to overstate the number of old people in rural areas over 80. According to their own figures, the RG registered just 8% of those in the 18-19 age group – and 220% of those in the over-80 age group, according to analysis by the The Research and Advocacy Unit, an NGO based in Harare. Younger people tend to vote for the MDC, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe's main rival, and older people for the long-time president's Zanu-PF party.
The office also disenfranchised millions of people in the diaspora, despite having signed up to the Southern African Development Community election guidelines, which stipulate that provisions should be made for those in the diaspora to vote.
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A chaotic registration process registered just 1.8 million voters in the urban areas that are a stronghold for Tsvangirai's MDC, many of whom spent days queuing up to vote. Hundreds of thousands were disenfranchised – either their names had been removed completely from voter rolls, or they appeared in a different ward or even a different constituency. The voter's roll was only made available to parties other than Zanu-PF on the eve of the election after a High Court injunction had been granted, which meant that other parties did not have the time to raise the alarm about the myriad irregularities. Neither could people check that their names were on the list, and in the right place. This caused enormous confusion on the day and many would-be voters simply gave up.
The opposition MDC party and civil observers have documented thousands of examples of impossible numbers related to the election. In the rural area of Uzumba, for instance, 21,000 people allegedly voted in 12 hours at 15 polling stations – that's one voter every two seconds. No village in Zimbabwe has that many adults, and the process of finding one's name on the list, dipping a finger in the special ink and placing one's X next to a candidate would clearly take longer than 120 seconds.
There was documented evidence of Zanu-PF bussing rural people into urban areas to vote. Although their names did not appear on the roll, they had voting slips produced by the registrar's office which allowed them to cast their votes. It is believed that this is what led to the MDC losing most of its urban seats.
Zanu-PF covertly continued to enroll more voters right up until the eve of the poll, after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission refused to extend the registration days. The African Union and SADC observers brushed this off as inconsequential.
Matabeleland province consistently voted for Tsvangirai in the past, yet in this election Mugabe made almost a clean sweep. These are people who hate Zanu-PF – people who have bitter memories of the Gukurahundi genocide allegedly perpetrated by Mugabe's men in the early 1980s. It is inconceivable that they would vote en masse for Zanu-PF.
Intimidation also played a huge role in the contest. In the weeks leading up to the election, and even as early as January when Mugabe first started agitating for elections to take place, The Zimbabwean and other independent media were inundated with reports from all over the country of threats by Zanu-PF's traditional leaders, youth militia, army and police officers of a repeat of the 2008 violence if the party and Mugabe did not win.
There is, of course, some support for Mugabe in the rural areas, where he has given hundreds of thousands of families land, agricultural inputs and food – which was given as humanitarian aid by the international community and re-bagged and distributed in Mugabe's name strictly to Zanu-PF members during the past 15 years. Many families were threatened with the loss of their land and homes if Zanu-PF did not win in their area.
Police officers and their families were warned that they would lose their homes if Mugabe did not win the election. Add to this the tight control by Zanu-PF of the mass media the constant demonization of Morgan Tsvangirai, his MDC party and Western sanctions, and the exhaustion of a populace ground down by decades of poverty, lack of access to independent information, violence and the threat of violence – and you begin to understand the toxic recipe for a Zanu-PF "success" at the polls.
The MDC also failed Zimbabweans on several counts during the five years since they won the election but were forced by the SADC into a power-"sharing" coalition with Zanu-PF. These failures included Tsvangirai's indiscretions after his wife died, corruption in urban councils controlled by the party, failure to bring meaningful legislative change through parliament and greed on the part of some MPs who sided with Zanu-PF in pursuit of more pay and perks.
I doubt there will be any serious violence now. People are shell-shocked and Mugabe's loyal forces are well prepared with Chinese weapons and Israeli water cannons. Riot squads are out in full force.
Tsvingirai's options are limited. He seems inclined to appeal to the Constitutional Court for a nullification and a re-run. But it is highly unlikely that judgement would go in his favour given the compromised nature of the judiciary. Just a few weeks before the election, Mugabe packed the courts with hand-picked loyalists.
The MDC could appeal to the SADC to nullify the result. But this is also unlikely to succeed given that the SADC and the AU have already endorsed the results.
Passive resistance in a country where 95% of people are unemployed is a non-starter. Any other resistance would be met with greater force and give Mugabe the chance he is waiting for – to lock up all MDC leaders.
The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of Wilf Mbanga.


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Waterloo Police Cite One Following Alcohol Compliance ChecksOn Tuesday, September 9, 2008 Waterloo Police officers conducted alcohol compliance checks at local businesses to ensure that merchants are selling alcoholic beverages according to the State Code of Iowa. Officers randomly selected forty businesses to check for compliance. Of the forty that were checked, thirty-nine of the businesses were found to be compliant while one was found to be non-compliant.
One person was issued a citation for sale of alcohol to a person under age. Also listed is the business the person was working at when the violation occurred.
Janice Porter M. Jordan, age 36, was working at Broadway Liquors, 821 Broadway Street in Waterloo.
The business where the offense occurred is also subject to a civil penalty and suspension of their liquor license.
This Enforcing Under Age Drinking Laws (EUDL) project is funded through the Cedar Valley Promise and is intended to help businesses remain compliant with the law.
Over the next several weeks Waterloo Police officers will continue checking local businesses to ensure they are selling alcoholic beverages according to the State Code of Iowa.
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U.S. Firm Finds Shipwreck Thought To Hold Tons Of Silver
More than 94 years after being sunk by a torpedo, a ship carrying tens of thousands of pounds of silver has been located by a marine salvage company. Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. says it has found the SS Mantola, which came under attack by a German ship in 1917, as it sailed from London to Calcutta.
The wreck was found at a depth of around 8,000 feet, near the coast of Ireland. The ship's cargo was insured for 110,000 British pounds — a figure that has been used to deduce that the cargo contained nearly 19 tons of silver bars.
"Odyssey will retain 80 percent of the value of the silver that's recovered," the AP reports. "At current market prices, that much silver would be worth more than $19 million."
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The SS Mantola was a 450-foot British-flagged steamer which set sail from London on February 4, 1917, carrying passengers and cargo - including a shipment of silver - to Calcutta, India. On February 8, 1917, she was struck by a torpedo from a German submarine.
The Mantola was under the command of ship's captain David James Chivas, whose great-uncles were the Chivas Brothers — yes, the men who brought the world Chivas Regal Scotch Whiskey.
The ship was reportedly sailing in a zig-zag pattern in an attempt to elude German submarines — but that's precisely what found the Mantola. She was struck by a torpedo, and began taking on water. According to a history available at the Odyssey site,
The 165 crew members and 18 passengers abandoned the ship. All but seven crew members, who drowned when their lifeboat overturned, were rescued by the HMS Laburnum.
The Mantola is the second silver-laden wreck to be found by Odyssey Marine this year — just last month, the salvage company announced that it had located the SS Gairsoppa, which went down in 1941. Both ships were originally owned by the British Indian Steam Navigation Company.
Salvage of the cargo and other items from the Gairsoppa and Mantola is not expected to begin until the spring, when conditions in the North Atlantic will be more favorable to the expedition.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly elected speaker John Boehner hailed the Republican Party's return to control of the House Wednesday, vowing a more open legislative process but acknowledging that "a great deal of scar tissue has built up on both sides of the aisle."
GOP lawmakers, who picked up 64 House seats in the November elections, cheered loudly when Boehner defeated Democrat Nancy Pelosi in the roll call for speaker. The veteran Ohio lawmaker's rise to the speakership was virtually guaranteed by his party's midterm triumphs, which ended Pelosi's four-year reign.
The new Senate also convened Wednesday, with Vice President Joe Biden administering the oath to lawmakers he had campaigned for and against last fall. Senators moved quickly to a debate over filibuster rules, with Democratic and Republican leaders accusing each other of obstructing progress and trying to game the parliamentary system.
But most eyes were on the House, where the new GOP majority has vowed to battle President Barack Obama on health care, spending, taxes and other issues.
Boehner, the perpetually tanned legislator who rose, fell and rose again in Republican leadership contests over the past two decades, told a packed chamber that Congress must tackle tough issues such as cutting spending and reducing the deficit.
"No longer can we kick the can down the road," he said.
But far-reaching accords will be difficult in Washington, where Democrats still control the Senate and Obama wields veto powers.
In the House, children and grandchildren of new lawmakers fidgeted, temporarily lending lighter moments to a chamber certain to see fierce debates and partisan votes in the next two years. House Republicans, for instance, plan to vote within days to overturn Obama's 2010 health care overhaul, but they acknowledge it's a symbolic gesture because the Senate will not concur.
Nineteen House Democrats refused to vote for Pelosi as speaker, baring the lingering wounds from last fall's bitter elections. Countless GOP campaign ads had depicted Pelosi and her allies as out-of-touch liberals. Eleven House Democrats kept campaign promises Wednesday by voting for fellow centrist Heath Shuler, D-N.C.
The GOP's dramatic election gains will give them a 242-193 edge in the House. Many freshman Republicans are hardcore conservatives with tea party connections, and Boehner may struggle at times to keep his caucus unified, especially on contentious matters such as raising the federal debt limit.
The day's ceremonies ended two years of Democratic dominance in Washington and ushered in a divided government in the run-up to the 2012 congressional and presidential elections. With campaigns but a short time away, Obama and congressional Republicans are set to square off over the size of government and the taxpayer dollars it spends.
Fresh from a Hawaii vacation, Obama told reporters he expects Republicans initially to "play to their base."
"But I'm pretty confident that they're going to recognize that our job is to govern and make sure that we are delivering jobs for the American people," he added. "My hope is that John Boehner and (Senate GOP leader) Mitch McConnell will realize that there will be plenty of time to campaign for 2012 in 2012."
Biden reveled in his role as president of the Senate, swearing in 35 senators — several of whom he campaigned against last fall.
A congenial, back-slapping atmosphere prevailed, and numerous former senators — including former Vice President Dan Quayle — escorted home state colleagues to the Senate well to be sworn in. His son, Ben Quayle, was among the new House members being sworn in on the other side of the building.
Several tea party favorites, like Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., promise to make life complicated for returning Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., himself a survivor of a costly campaign against tea party-backed Sharron Angle.
The first order of Senate business was passing a resolution honoring Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., on becoming the longest serving female senator. Then, the chamber turned to a Democratic-initiated debate on changing the chamber's rules to tame the filibuster and other ways to grind the Senate to a halt.
For now, both parties will build their election-year cases in the congressional arena.
It began Wednesday morning when Boehner joined Pelosi and others at a bipartisan prayer service at St. Peter's Catholic Church near the Capitol. It continues when Pelosi, the Californian who made history by becoming the first woman speaker four years ago, hands the gavel to Boehner, the affable Ohioan with blue collar roots, and the new Congress is sworn into office. Republicans have promised to run the House with an eye toward saving and cutting spending, and in a manner more open to public scrutiny and debate.
Boehner said the voters "have reminded us that everything here is on loan from them. That includes this gavel, which I accept cheerfully and gratefully, knowing I am but its caretaker."
Flexing its newfound muscles, the incoming GOP majority is preparing to break its own new rules next week when it votes, without hearings or a chance to make changes, to cancel Obama's signature health care law.
"It's not like we haven't litigated this for over a year," Boehner said Tuesday.
Across the Capitol, the Senate opened for business with the Democrats' majority down from 60 votes two years ago to 53 — making it harder to enact legislation Obama seeks. But it gives them more than enough clout to block passage of bills like the health care repeal House Republicans want.
The shrunken Democratic ranks give Republicans leverage to bargain for a reduction in spending on items like a $1.4 billion food safety measure Obama signed Tuesday.
In the House, the GOP's new "cut and grow majority" envisions curbs on government spending and regulations to spur the economy, Cantor said.
The first spending cut vote is set for Thursday, a 5 percent reduction in the amount ticketed for lawmakers' and committees' offices and leadership staff. Aides estimate the savings at $35 million over the next nine months.
Republicans have pledged to vote at least once a week on bills that cut spending. And Cantor challenged Obama to include significant spending cuts in his State of the Union address on Jan. 25.
But Republicans acknowledge they must do more than oppose Obama's every proposal, as they did the past two years of Democratic rule. That might mean compromise, anathema to GOP hardliners, setting up the potential for conflicts in the party.
The effort to repeal health care overhaul appears to be exempt from some of the new majority's stated priorities and reforms.
One of the first House votes on Wednesday will be the enactment of a series of rules changes that Republicans crafted to increase openness in Congress' proceedings. Despite that, the new majority intends to pass the health care repeal next week without committee hearings or permitting Democrats a chance to seek changes.
Republicans also have decided to ignore estimates from the Congressional Budget Office that the bill as it originally passed would cut spending by $143 billion over the next decade.
In the Senate, a group of Democrats led by Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico called for changes that would make it harder for the minority to delay legislation by filibuster. It's a key question now that Democrats are seven senators short of the 60 required to break such logjams.
Associated Press writers Charles Babington and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.
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12. Lay Off the DrinkI came to a sad realization the other day that I have not kissed a girl sober in a very long time. Naturally, I haven't been in relationship that worked out for a long time. Sure, it's fun to split a bottle of wine and smooch a bit, but I bet that the best kisses occur when we are sober.
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Great breed! - Robin,
I found a picture of my grandma in the 1920's with a flock of chickens. I took it to my farm store and a man identified the flock as Dominiques. I wanted to honor my grandmother since I never really knew her by getting my own flock, I ordered 15 from Cackle Hatchery in Missouri, they threw in 2 extra. all 17 survived, after 3 years I am down to only 5. I call them the Fab Five. They are all out at our county fair this week for the 4 H poultry show, my 8 year old son is using them for his poultry project. They have always been calm, friendly and good egg layers. I love when they see me carrying the feed pail, they all run down the hill to me!
Our most reliable breed - Dee,
Our 1st chickens were Dominiques. Years later we have 11 breeds, but hubby's fave is the Doms. They are not as visually striking as some breeds, but are super friendly, even the roosters. They are protective of the hens even from hawks ( the hawk lost the fight and hasn't come back). We have cats, Pomeranians, German shepherds, goats etc, and nothing phases them. They are our most reliable layers even through winter in an unheated, unlit barn. 6-7 eggs per week until they were about 4 years old, now about half that. They are excellent foragers, very hardy. We are planning on getting some more to add to our breeding program. You won't be disappointed! We crossed some with our Americaunas and got our own cream-leghorn type, even seems to autosex!
CURIOUS UNAFRAID AS CHICKS - Sylvester017,
Got a hatchery Dom chick which was the last one from a feed store. We wanted two as companions but it wasn't to be. She was a delightful spritely little 8 day chick who immediately bonded on the ride home. She didn't like being alone and continually chirped to us. We set her up on the computer table so she could run from her cage to our work area at will. If we left we kept conversing with her little chirps from the other rooms so she didn't panic. She slept in our arms, got on the computer mouse or keyboard to sleep until an itch would wake her up. If she wasn't eating or sleeping she was constantly preening her growing feathers. All chicks curiously come running, get bored and run off. Not her. She further explored our clothes, our hair, our eye glasses, always chirping. We knew this was a unique temperament compared to other breeds we've had. Sadly we lost her to a very sudden seizure at 19 days old - chick mortality is always a possibility - maybe because she was an end of season hatchery chick? Doms for centuries have acclimated to hardy outdoor free-range conditions and love their freedom. We're told they also adapt to roomy pens. Breeders tell us that the curious outgoing temperament of Doms continues from chicks to adulthood. Their feathers are very soft. We can't tell about laying but understand med to lrg up to 4x week. We will get more Doms. Not huge hens but adequate as layers with good feed conversion and calm temperaments.


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Ramadan in GermanyA Test of Faith and Strength of Character
For weeks now Germany's four million or so Muslims have been eagerly anticipating the onset of the fasting month of Ramadan. It means no food or drink from dawn till dusk over a period of four weeks – a massive strain on the body. During this time, the fast dominates daily life in Islamic countries.
Towns and villages are garlanded with lights while the market stalls, piled high with fruit and vegetables and other mouth-watering goodies, become livier and more bustling than usual. In especially hot regions work is carried out at night, and snack bars and restaurants open for business only after the sun has set.
Harder to hold out
For Muslims in the West, fasting provides a particular challenge. As members of a religious minority, it is a challenge that not all of the faithful are ready and willing to take on.
Azima Moustafa und Haidar Omar have lived in Germany for 13 years. As Syrian Kurds they faithfully observed Ramadan every year in their homeland. Now, however, they find it increasingly difficult to do without food and drink in the fasting period.
"I fasted every year in Syria. I managed to keep it up in Germany, too, until recently. Last year I only managed to hold out for a couple of days," says Azima Moustafa. A Ramadan that falls in the summer months leaves Muslims facing long hours of daylight until the fast can finally be broken. With her asthma being made worse by the heat, Azima preferred to leave off fasting.
Haidar Omar gave up fasting years ago. "Of course, I fasted in Syria, but since I came here I can't do it anymore. I work in the dry construction industry, it is hard physical work and you are thirsty all the time. To be able to keep the fast I would have to stay home for a whole month – easier said than done."
The 38-year-old construction worker is well aware that his employer cannot afford to be without any of his workers during the peak period.
It will be difficult this time, too, for the 31-year-old Azima. As mother of two children and with her own fashion boutique in Cologne to run, she is kept busy from morning till night – employing help is out of the question at the moment.
Seeking strength in the mosque
Azima also misses the sense of community and togetherness from which the faithful can draw strength in Muslim countries. In Syria she would be able to hold out, of that Azima is positive.
Muslims in Germany look to their mosques to provide them with the strength and sense of community to see them through moments of weakness and struggle. Abdelwahab Alioui is imam at the Al-Qods mosque in the city of Krefeld. He knows full well that this year, as always, he will see many of the old occasional faces.
"The mosque is much busier during Ramadan than at any other time – men and women, old and young, parents and children. For us imams it is a chance, too, to remind the faithful of their other religious obligations. That is, not to insult others, not to tell lies to or to steal from them, irrespective of which religion they follow," he says.
Whereas Haider and his wife Azima are forced to face up to their physical limitations during Ramadan, Mohammed Al-Ibrahim spends weeks in advance preparing himself mentally for the fasting period. The 42-year-old doctor who lives in Cologne has been observing Ramadan faithfully for the past 20 years. The Kuwaiti does find life in Germany a challenge however – and not only due to fact that the takeaways and restaurants are all open.
"I see other people eating and drinking, I walk past snack bars and takeaways and smell all the wonderful aromas. It stimulates the appetite and makes you more aware that you are hungry. But it is finding the will to resist female charms, particularly in summer, that is the real challenge." Ramadan is not only about renunciation of food and drink; smoking and sex are taboo also until the fast is broken in the evening.
Ramadan and social awareness
Muslims practice four weeks of self-restraint. Of course there is a religious purpose to this but through the deprivation of food and drink, the fasting is also meant to make its adherents aware of the sufferings of the poor. Even the rich should be made to experience hunger, and a donation for the poor is an obligation for every Muslim during Ramadan.
More than 73 per cent of Turkish Muslims in Germany fast according to a survey carried out by the Center for Turkish Studies in Essen in 2005. Fasting is thus the most commonly observed religious obligation for Muslims.
Those who choose not to observe it, however, are made aware of a certain disapproval directed towards them from within the Muslim community. "Some Muslims give anyone who chooses not to fast in Ramadan a hard time. They tend to point the finger disapprovingly and don't respect your decision. But it is, after all, a decision between myself and God," says Azima Moustafa. Her decision has even brought her verbal abuse, the 31 year old says.
Yet Islam does allow for exceptions. Fasting only becomes a religious duty after puberty. The sick and the elderly as well as travellers are exempt from fasting and can make up for lost fasting days at a later time. It is health and the cleansing of body, mind and soul, after all, that is the ultimate objective of the fast.
Ulrike Hummel
© Deutsche Welle/Qantara.de 2010
Translated from the German by Ron Walker
Editor: Lewis Gropp
Muslim Professional Footballers during Ramadan
To Fast or Not to Fast?
Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, began on 21 August. No exception is made for Muslim professional footballers, who are also obliged to practice abstinence for four weeks. But is it not a bad idea for those involved in competitive sport to observe such a strict fast? By André Tucic
Jailhouse Fast
Ramadan in Heilbronn Prison
Ramadan, a very special time in the religious calendar for many Muslims, began in early October. Steffen Felger reports on what Muslim prisoners in Heilbronn, Germany, do during Ramadan
Ramadan in Germany
A Time for Spiritual Reflection and Self-Restraint
During Ramadan many worshippers attend special services in Mosques where the Qur'an is read and they also celebrate the so called "Iftar" – when they break their fast at sunset. Arian Fariborz witnessed one Iftar ceremony in the German city of Cologne


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Edward Norton has been on the town, dining at Twenty Five Lusk restaurant with about 14 people (including his brother) at the chef's table (he ordered soup and risotto). Executive chef Matthew Dolan also sent out a 16-pound red snapper for the group.
He also came in to Park Tavern with a group that included his dad and his new fiancée, comedy producer Shauna Robertson, who works with Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Superbad). They had the crudités, chicken, and tuna.
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Messrs. Charles J. Williamson and Frank S. Appleman, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.
The Attorney General, Mr. Frank Davis, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Messrs. Daniel L. Morris, and Edward G. Curtis, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for the United States.
Mr. Justice CLARKE delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit to recover damages for the infringement of 5 of the 41 claims of letters patent No. 1,057,397, applied for March 23, 1907, and granted on March 25, 1913
The specification describes the claimed invention as an improvement in photographing and developing apparatus, and as designed primarily for reproducing writings, drawings, pictures or the like, 'novel means being also provided to convey the sensitized film through a series of receptacles containing suitable developing and fixing fluids or though suitable baths, according to requirements.' [253 U.S. 447, 448] The patent is for a machine made up of a combination of elements all of which were old, to produce a result which was old but by a method of co- ordination and operation which it is claimed is new and useful. The invention is declared in the specification to consist in 'the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of the parts,' as 'set forth and claimed' by the inventor.
Figure 1 of the drawings, forming a part of the specification, will aid in explaining the construction and function of the invention as claimed and in determining the character and extent of the disclosures of the patent.
The described mode of operation is substantially as follows:
W is a roll of sensitized paper or film placed immediately below the exposure chamber F of a camera, with its sensitized surface uppermost to receive the desired image, reflected from the mirror H. This film is fed into the chamber between the rolls b, and thence along the floor to the rollers D where it emerges from the camera and is seized by 'clips' or clamps N. These clamps are supported and carried by a rack M, and may be moved to and fro (reciprocated) by turning the pinions L on the shaft K, by means of a crank.
I, J and J' are shallow pans or 'tanks' in which suitable 'developing,' 'fixing,' and 'washing' solutions or fluids are placed and the whole of the construction to the right of the camera, as we face the print, is inclosed in a light-proof case E, referred to in the patent sometimes as a 'compartment' and sometimes as a 'chamber.' The rack M, and the clamps which hold and support the film, move above the tanks and necessarily above the level of the liquid within them. By turning the pinion L, the rack M is moved outwardly away from the camera, and the clamps draw the film after them until the required length is attained, when it is severed from the roll by a manually operated cutter, O. When the film is thus cut to the [253 U.S. 447, 449]
desired length, obviously only the free end will fall to the surface of the solution in the tank I, and by continuing the outward movement of the rack M, the specification declares, 'the film is carried through the several tanks.' The 'clips' or clamps are set and released automatically and at the limit of the outward movement the film is released and falls into the tank J'. By reversing the turning of the pinions L the rack and clamps are returned inwardly to the camera, so that the oe ration, just detailed, may be repeated.
The Court of Claims carries into its findings of fact fourteen patents as illustrative of the prior art, and with this exhibit before us we fully agree with that court that the claim of invention of appellant must be restricted to the disclosed construction and operation of the mechanism for carrying the exposed section of film 'through the developing and other solutions or liquids' after it leaves the camera.
In the description of the operation of the machine as we have just given it, there is no provision other than gravity for causing the free end of the film, when it is cut from the roll, to sink into the developing fluid, and the other end of it is held between the clamps, above the surface of the fluid, as it is drawn along from one tank to another. The Court of Claims found that under such conditions of operation all of the film would not be submerged with sufficient rapidity and uniformity to secure a proper and useful development of the image and this conclusion is not seriously disputed. But the appellant contends that the required submergence may be obtained by oscillating the rack and clamps (and thereby the film) back and forth within the range of a few inches when the film is over the first tank I, with the result that the free end of the film, first sinking into the fluid, is turned under and over and the exposed side of it wholly submerged and thereby developed. [253 U.S. 447, 451] In reply to this it is contended by the Government that the disclosures of the patent do not contain any suggestion of a short, reciprocating movement of the rack, such as is thus relied upon, and that the drawings provide for a construction of the machine which would be inoperative if such movement were resorted to.
Upon this subject the finding of the Court of Claims is, that the machine can be rendered operative only 'by resorting to a new oscillating mode of operation evolved by the claimant for submerging and developing the film,' and that such mode of operation is not disclosed in the patent. On the contrary, it is especially found that:
Treating this finding by the court as an interpretation of the patent and therefore as a conclusion of law and subject to review, we are brought to the question whether the short, reciprocating movement of the rack, confessedly necessary to successful operation of the machine, is disclosed in the patent, as it must be to render it valid. R. S. 4888 (Comp. St. 9432).
The only description of the mode of operation of appellant's machine, and the statute requires that this must be the best mode known to the patentee (R. S. 4888), is found in the specification and is as follows:
We agree with the Court of Claims that this language describes a movement of the rack M, carrying the clamps N, in one direction only- outwardly and progressively away from the camera-until the movement is completed and the film is released, and that the reciprocating movement referred to in the patent is the return of the mechanism for clamping and carrying the film to its initial position for the purpose of repeating the operation.
There is nothing in the disclosure or in the claims to suggest the arresting of the outward movement of the clamps as soon as the film is severed from the roll and the initiating thereupon of a short oscillating movement of the mechanism to and fro, until the film shall have been immersed in the developing liquid sufficiently to bring out the image photographed. It is very clear that no such operation can be derived from the disclosure in the patent, and we agree with the further finding of the Court of Claims that in order to permit 'this new oscillating mode of operation evolved by the claimant' material changes would be required in the construction of the machine, from that disclosed in the description and drawings. [253 U.S. 447, 453] The statutes, which are the source of all patent rights, provide that a valid patent may be granted for a new and useful machine, or for a new and useful improvement thereof (R. S. 4886 [Comp. St. 9430]), but they require that every applicant for a patent shall file a written description of the manner and process of making and using his invention 'in such full, clear, concise and exact' terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it relates to make and construct it, and in case of a machine the description must disclose the best mode in which the inventor has contemplated the application of his discovery. R. S. 4888.
Ever since Grant et al. v. Raymond, 6 Pet. 218, 247, it has been consistently held that a correct and adequate description or disclosure of a claimed discovery (which, in the case of a machine, involves particularly the operation of it) is essential to the validity of a patent, for the reason that such a disclosure is necessary in order to give the public the benefit of the invention after the patent shall expire. The source of the power to grant patents, and the consideration for granting them, is the advantage which the public will derive from them, especially after the expiration of the patent monopoly, when the discoveries embodied in them shall become a part of the public stock of knowledge.
The application of these requirements of the law to our conclusion that the only form of construction of the machine and the only method of operation of it which are disclosed in the patent would not produce a sufficiently uniform and rapid development of the film to render it useful, must result in the approval of the judgment of the Court of Claims, that the patent is invalid and void, for the reason that it fails to disclose a practical and useful invention.
This result renders it unnecessary to consider the further conclusion of the court below that the use by the [253 U.S. 447, 454] United States of photo-copying machines of a type known as 'Photostat,' manufactured and sold under warrant of letters patent issued to D. S. Green No. 1,001,019, would not have constituted an infringement of appellant's patent had it proved to be valid. However, for its bearing on future possible controversy we add that the construction and relation of the two appliances, designed to produce the same result or product, have been fully considered and that we agree with the conclusion of the Court of Claims.
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How To Get Noticed By Editors And Publishers
How To Get Noticed By Editors And Publishers
To be a successful writer and get noticed, being good often isn't good enough. You have to shine. You have to have something that puts you above all others. Of course though, nobody is perfect. Everyone has faults and flaws. But everyone has talents and abilities too. What's your talent?
Find your talent and focus on it. Develop it. Showcase it in your writing so it really shines through. Remember, one thing that stands out is far easier to notice than ten things that are good, but not great. Make sure your best skill stands out.
Stacey's Story: Start With Something Special
I had my breakthrough while taking a break from writing. I was watching the movie Bring it On and decided to watch the bonus features. One of them was an interview with the director and he talked about how the screenplay got noticed because it opened with the cheer song. That stood out, that got their attention, that made them want to read the rest. I decided to take the same approach. I took chances with the start. I started with a letter, a poem, a snippet from a diary. It must have made the difference because with that one change, a manuscript that had been rejected 14 times got purchased. –Stacey, Novelist
Carmen's Story: Use Your Strengths
I was told by my teachers and by readers that my dialogue was really strong. So I decided to stop hiding it away and I put it right out front. I made the first chapter of my novel almost all dialogue. It got the attention of an agent, who has since told me that the individuality of the first chapter told him that he had found a new writer with a clear sense of style. He took me on and is now trying to sell that sense of style to publishers. Even better for me, he's not just trying to sell my first book, he's trying to sell me as the next new thing, a young writer to look out for! –Carmen, Novelist
Editor Says: "Forget Modesty"
Writing is not a business where you can afford to be modest. You have to get in there and show what you've got. Whatever you do better than everyone else, show it off. Build your work around your best skill. Otherwise, you're going to be lumped in with the rest of the writers that are good, but don't stand out. –James, Editor
Editor Says: "I'm Looking for One Thing"
Many writers make the mistake of trying to show me everything they do well. Forget it. I'm glancing at hundreds of manuscripts a day. To catch my attention, you have to hit me between the eyes with one strong point that I can't not notice. There will be time later to show me your other strengths. For the first contact, focus on making one clear point about yourself and make it a good one.
–Darryn, Editor
Susan's Story: Is it Really a Flaw?
In the early days of Susan's career, everyone advised her that she relied on dialogue too much. So she cut out the dialogue. She kept writing but found her work lacked energy. Years later, she decided to ignore all the advice. The novel came naturally to her and it was almost all dialogue. The book reviews praised her unique style and voice. Susan learned her lesson—never suppress what comes naturally to you. Remember, what comes naturally to you might be your greatest gift, not your greatest flaw.
Top Six Ways to Find Your Strength
1. Ask other people what stands out about your work.
2. Read some of your best work and make a list of what makes it good.
3. Read through the contents of a book about writing and ask yourself if there is an area you are good at.
4. Think about what other people have said about your work. Are there any comments that keep being repeated?
5. Ask yourself what you care about when you write.
6. What do you like about other people's work? Often the things you notice in other people's work are also the things that you are good at.
How To Get Noticed By Editors And Publishers To be a successful writer and get noticed, being good often isn't good enough. You have to shine. You have to have something that puts you above all others. Of course though, nobody is perfect. Everyone has faults and flaws. But everyone has talents and abilities too.…


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Elton John and his husband David Furnish have called their new baby boy Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John and have confirmed he was born on Friday evening in Los Angeles (11.01.13)
Elton John and David Furnish have revealed their new son is called Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John.
The couple - who are already parents to two-year-old son Zachary - has confirmed the birth of their second child took place in Los Angeles on Friday (11.01.13) and admitted they are over the moon to have expanded their family.
The 'Rocket Man' singer and his husband told Hello magazine: ''Both of us have longed to have children, but the reality that we now have two sons is almost unbelievable.
''The birth of our second son completes our family in a most precious and perfect way. It is difficult to fully express how we are feeling at this time; we are just overwhelmed with happiness and excitement.''
Elijah was born on Friday night and weighed 8lbs 4oz.
The little boy was brought into the world via the same California-based surrogate who gave birth to Zachary on Christmas Day 2010, according to reports.
Last November, it was revealed Elton and David were expecting their second child but had decided never to reveal the identity of the surrogate.
A source said: ''Elton and David love this lady like a sister and they feel indebted to her for life.
''Naturally she has been well rewarded. But her identity will never be revealed. They are over the moon.''
Elton, 65, loves being a dad and has previously said he regretted waiting so long to have a child.
He said: ''I think it changes everybody. It's the most wonderful thing that you could possibly go through.
''I regret a little bit that I didn't do it sooner, but he has changed our lives. Everything is about him now.
''He's gorgeous, he travels brilliantly, he so loves people, and it makes our lives - he's the icing on the cake.
''The first thing I do every morning is have breakfast with him. He shares my breakfast. Whatever I have, he wants.''
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U.S. States and Cities — "Still In" to the Paris Agreement — and Great Progress is Being Made
Posted on June 4, 2018 by Hank Boerner – Chair & Chief Strategist#Business & Society #Cities & Sustainability #Climate Change #Community Investing #Conservation #Corporate Citizenship #Corporate Governance #Corporate Responsibility #Corporate Sustainability #Environmental Protection #Global Warming #Impact Investing #Public Sector Governance #States & Sustainability
By Hank Boerner – Chair & Chief Strategist, G&A Institute
This is our second commentary this week on the occasion of the first anniversary of the decision by the Trump White House in June 2017 to begin the multi-year process of formal withdrawal of the United States of America from the Paris COP 21 climate agreement…
The action now is at the state and municipal levels in these United States of America.
Where for years the world could count on US leadership in critical multilateral initiatives – it was the USA that birthed the United Nations! – alas, there are 196 nations on one side of the climate change issue (signatories of the 2015 Paris Agreement) and one on the other side: the United States of America. At least at the sovereign level.
Important for us to keep in mind: Individual states within the Union are aligned with the rest of the world's sovereign nations in acknowledging and pledging to address the challenges posed by climate change, short- and longer-term.
Here's some good news: The United States Climate Alliance is a bipartisan coalition of 17 governors committed to upholding the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. These are among the most populous of the states and include states on both coasts and in the nation's Heartland.
The Paris meetings were in 2015 and at that time, the USA was fully on board. That was in a universe now far far away, since the election of climate-denier-in-chief Donald Trump in 2016.
On to the COP 23 and the USA
In 2017, two years after the Paris meetings, the USA officially snubbed their sovereign colleagues at the annual climate talks. A number of U.S. public and private sector leaders did travel to Bonn, Germany, to participate in talks and represent the American point-of-view. This included Jerry Brown, Governor, California (the de facto leader now of the USA in climate change); former New York City Mayor (and Bloomberg LP principal) Michael Bloomberg; executives from Mars, Wal-mart and Citi Group.
While the U.S. government skipped having a pavilion at the annual United Nations-sponsored climate summit for 2017, the US presence was proclaimed loud and clear by the representatives of the U.S. Climate Action Center, representing the climate change priorities of US cities, states, tribes and businesses large and small who want action on climate change issues.
Declared California State Senator Ricardo Lara in Bonn: "Greetings from the official resistance to the Trump Administration. Let's relish being rebels. Despite what happens in Washington DC we are still here."
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As the one year anniversary of President Trump's announcement to leave the global Paris Agreement (June 1, 2018), state governors announced a new wave of initiatives to not only stay on board with the terms agreed to in Paris (by the Obama Administration) but to accelerate and scale up their climate actions.
Consider: The Alliance members say they are on track to have their state meet their share of the Paris Agreement emission targets by 2025.
Consider: The governors represent more than 40 percent of the U.S. population (160 million people); represent at least a US$9 trillion economic bloc (greater than the #3 global economy, Japan); and, as a group and individually are determined to meet their share of the 2015 Paris Agreement emissions targets.
Consider: Just one of the states – California – in June 2016, according to the International Monetary Fund, became the sixth largest economy in the world, ahead of the total economy of France (at #7) and India (#8).
Consider: The US GDP is estimated at $19.9 trillion ("real" GDP as measured by World Bank); the $9 trillion in GDP estimated for the participating states is a considerable portion of the national total.
The states involved are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The initiatives announced on June 1, 2018 include:
Reducing Super Pollutants (including hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one of the Greenhouse Gases, and harnessing waste methane (another GhG).
Mobilizing Financing for Climate Projects (through collaboration on a Green Banking Initiative); NY Green Bank alone is raising $1 billion or more from the private sector to deploy nationally).
Modernizing the Electric Grid (through a Grid Modernization Initiative, that includes avoidance of building out the traditional electric transmission/distribution infrastructure through "non-wire" alternatives).
Developing More Renewable Energy (creating a Solar Soft Costs Initiative to reduce costs of solar projects and drive down soft costs; this should help to reduce the impact of solar tariffs established in January by the federal government).
Developing Appliance Efficiency Standards (a number of states are collaborating to advance energy efficiency standards for appliances and consumer products sold in their state as the federal government effort is stalled; this is designed to save consumers' money and cut GhG emissions).
Building More Resilient Community Infrastructure and Protect Natural Resources (working in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the National Council on Science and the Environment, to change the way infrastructure is designed and procured, and help protect against the threats of floods, wildfires and drought).
Increase Carbon Storage (various states are pursuing opportunity to increase carbon storage in forests, farms and ecosystems through best practices in land conservation, management and restoration, in partnerships with The Nature Conservancy, American Forests, World Resources Institute, American Farmland Trust, the Trust For Public Land, Coalition on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation).
Deploying Clean Transportation (collaborating to accelerate deployment of zero-emissions vehicles; expanding/improving public transportation choices; other steps toward zero-emission vehicles miles traveled.
Think About The Societal Impacts
The powerful effects of all of this state-level collaboration, partnering, financial investment, changes in standards and best practice approaches, public sector purchasing practices, public sector investment (such as through state pension funds), approvals of renewable energy facilities (such as windmills and solar farms) in state and possibly with affecting neighboring states, purchase of fleet vehicles…more.
California vehicle buyers comprise at least 10% (and more) of total US car, SUV and light truck purchases. Think about the impact of vehicle emissions standards in that state and the manufacturers' need to comply. They will not build "customized" systems in cars for just marketing in California – it's better to comply by building in systems that meet the stricter standards on the West Coast.
US car sales in 2016 according to Statista were more than 1 million units in California (ranked #1); add in the other states you would have New York (just under 400,000 vehicles sold); Illinois (250,000); New Jersey (250,000) – reaching to about million more. How many more vehicles are sold in the other Coalition states? Millions more!
(Of course, we should acknowledge here that the states not participating yet have sizable markets — 600,000 vehicles sold in Florida and 570,000 in Texas.)
Project that kind of effect onto: local and state building codes, architectural designs, materials for home construction; planning the electric distribution system for a state or region (such as New England); appliance design and marketing in the Coalition states (same issues – do you design a refrigerator just for California and Illinois?).
There are quotes from each of the Coalition governors that might be of use to you. (Sample: Jerry Brown, California: "The Paris Agreement is a good deal for America. The President's move to pull out was the wrong call. We are still in.") You can see them in the news release at: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4cfbfe18b27d4da21c9361/t/5b114e35575d1ff3789a8f53/1527860790022/180601_PressRelease_Alliance+Anniversary+-+final.pdf
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In covering the 2017 Bonn meetings, Slate published a report by The Guardian with permission of the Climate Desk. Said writers Oliver Milman and Jonathan Watts: "Deep schisms in the United States over climate change are on show at the U.N. climate talks in Bonn, where two sharply different visions of America's role in addressing dangerous global warming have been put forward to the world.
"Donald Trump's decision [to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement] has created a vacuum into which dozens of city, state and business leaders have leapt, with the aim of convincing other countries that the administration is out of kilter with the American people…"
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At the US City Level
Jacob Corvidae, writing in Greenbiz, explains how with the White House intending to withdraw, cities are now in the driver's seat leading the charge against climate change.
Cities have more than half of the world's populations and have the political and economic power to drive change.
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is the Coalition helping cities to make things happen. The C40 Climate Action Planning Framework is part of a larger effort to make meaningful progress toward carbon reduction goals and build capacity at the municipal level. Cities are expected to have a comprehensive climate action plan in place by 2020. This will include 2050 targets and required interim goals.
The cities have the Carbon-Free City Handbook to work with; this was released in Bonn in 2017 at COP 23. There are 22 specific actions that can (1) drive positive impacts and (2) create economic development. This September the Carbon-Free Regions Handbook will be available. There is information for you about all of this at: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/every-action-how-cities-are-using-new-tools-drive-climate-action
The clarion call, loud and clear: We Are Still In! Watch the states, cities and business community for leadership on meeting climate change issues in the new norms of 2018 and beyond.


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Some exciting (and, unfortunately, vague) news came out of the D23 Expo Disney Parks and Resorts event today! Here's what we heard about food and restaurants:
Carthay Circle Restaurant
As we reported back in 2009, the Carthay Circle Theater replica, which will soon take center stage in Disney California Adventure, will house an exclusive restaurant. Acclaimed Napa Rose Chef Andrew Sutton is in charge of menu development for this new dining spot, and we expect it to be extremely high end.
Possible Club 33 Program Extension
In fact, in that long-ago reporting, we mentioned that Disneyland was looking to extend its exclusive Club 33 membership program and that the Carthay Circle Restaurant could be a new exclusive club option ("The Carthay Circle Club", or Triple C). Today, Disney execs again mentioned a teaser about extending the Club 33 program in some form, but no mention was made about whether or not the Carthay Circle Restaurant would be included in that effort.
We'll have to wait until 2012 for more details about the Club 33 extension.
Possible Haunted Mansion "Dine With An Imagineer" Dinner
While this was just a teaser and may or may not turn into anything concrete, Disney execs did ask the audience at today's event to "imagine if" there were more exclusive dining experiences available to guests, such as "dining in the Haunted Mansion with Disney Imagineers, or sitting down to tea with two of your favorite princesses… ."
There were no other details given about these two statements, but we can only hope they're suggestions of experiences to come.
Shanghai Disneyland Castle Restaurant
It's confirmed that a table-service restaurant, as well as a full-fledged ride, will be built into the new Shanghai Disneyland castle. No further details were given about the restaurant.
We're excited to see the details about these events as they unfold. All information is subject to change, as always.


text: Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas are ushering in a new phrase for divorce: the "thoughtful and consensual" breakup. After 18 years of marriage, Griffith and Banderas have announced that they're going their separate ways. "We have thoughtfully and consensually decided to finalize our almost 20-year marriage in a loving and friendly manner honoring and respecting each other, our family and friends and the beautiful time we have spent together," the couple said in a joint statement on Friday. Their announcement comes after reports that Griffith, 56, has filed for divorce from her 53-year-old husband. The couple have one child together, 17-year-old Stella. According to People magazine, Griffith is seeking spousal support from Banderas and physical custody of Stella with visitation rights for Banderas. The date of the separation is unknown, and a source tells TMZ the split is amicable. This marriage was the second for Banderas and the fourth for Griffith. She was previously wed once to Steven Bauer and twice to Don Johnson, with whom she had daughter Dakota Johnson, the actress starring in the upcoming "Fifty Shades of Grey."


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Garlic Cream Sauce Ingredients:
- 1.5 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- ½ Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 2–3 Garlic Cloves, Minced
- ½ cups Heavy Cream
- ¼ cup Milk
- 1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese
- Salt
- Pepper
- Red Pepper Flakes
Nacho Ingredients:
- 1 Bag of Tortilla Chips
- ½ cups Garlic Cream Sauce (recipe below)
- ¼ cups Onion, diced
- ½ cups Pepperoni, cut into quarters
- ½ cups Black Olives, sliced
- ½ whole Bell Pepper, diced
- 2 Green Onions, sliced
- 1 cup Colby-Jack Cheese, Shredded
Garlic Cream Sauce: Melt the butter and olive oil in a saucepan Once the butter is melted, add the minced garlic. Stir. After a minute or two, add in the cream and milk. Stir until it comes to a boil. Add salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and cheese. Stir until sauce has thickened. Once it has thickened, remove from fire and set aside.
Nachos: Grab your cast iron skillet and add the tortilla chips. Drizzle the garlic cream sauce all over the chips.
Top with the onions, pepperoni, olives, bell pepper, and Colby jack cheese. The best approached is to layer it between tortilla chips so every bit gets plenty of toppings.
Place over the open fire and cover. Cook until the cheese is nice and bubbly and the veggies are warm, about 5-8 minutes.
- Calories: 580
Find it online: https://cookingwithjanica.com/campfire-pizza-nachos-recipe/


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When it comes to weddings, it's probably best for the groom to be as simple as possible. A glen plaid may be a bit bold for her big day. That being said, you should look and feel good too. If the ceremony is an outdoor affair, a khaki suit is literally the coolest thing a guy can wear when dressing up in warm weather. This cotton three-piece by John Varvatos has slim peak lapels for a crisp, more formal look. And unlike her dress, you'll be able to wear it all summer long—either as a suit or sporting the elements seperately.
What should I pack for my first business trip?
- Matt, OH
With nearly every airline imposing a baggage fee nowadays, if you can get away with flying with just a carry-on, do it.
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Bury Your Dead
Author: Louise Penny
Series: Three Pines Mysteries #6
Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Published: 09/28/2010
It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache hascome not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. But violent death is inescapable, even in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society— where an obsessive historian's quest for the remains of the founder of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, ends in murder. Could a secret buried with Champlain for nearly 400 years be so dreadful that someone would kill to protect it?Although he is supposed to be on leave, Gamache cannot walk away from a crime that threatens to ignite long-smoldering tensions between the English and the French. Meanwhile, he is receiving disquieting letters from the village of Three Pines, where beloved Bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder. "It doesn't make sense," Olivier's partner writes every day. "He didn't do it, you know." As past and present collide in this astonishing novel, Gamache must relive the terrible event of his own past before he can bury his dead.


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He just returned home.
DailyDirt: Bring Out Your Dead…
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Dying is usually not a pleasant eventuality, but no one has figured out how to live forever yet. So in the meantime, there are all sorts of ways for folks to bury their loved ones. Here are just a few out-of-the-ordinary ways to be laid to rest.
- Elvis Presley's original crypt is being auctioned off, and a really big fan of Elvis will be able to rest in peace where Elvis once did. The bidding starts at $100,000 — but as the saying goes, "You can't take it with you…" [url]
- There are a bunch of companies that will turn ashes of loved ones (human or pet) into diamonds. Maybe they'll start engraving decoded genomes onto the diamonds, and that'll help preserve even more of our dearly departed. [url]
- Actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on the original Star Trek series, has been launched into orbit to his final resting place — as (some of) his ashes were aboard the second stage of the SpaceX rocket that met up with the International Space Station. Celestis is the company that provided the service for Doohan, and it usually charges about $3,000 for a gram of ashes to reach Earth orbit. [url]
- To find some more bizarre/crazy stuff, check out some things that other StumbleUpon users have found. [url]
By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
Filed Under: ashes, burial, crypt, diamonds, elvis presley, james doohan, scotty, space, star trek
Companies: spacex


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The good news is this Phoenix Suns team isn't led by old folks who are burdened by playing back-to-back games. In fact, you could -- and probably should -- argue that the best possible thing for Alvin Gentry's youngish gaggle of misfits on Monday is to take their limited talents to South Beach and climb right back on the bucking bronco that is the NBA schedule.
It's probably a given that LeBron James and his merry cast of Heatsters care not one whit for the travails of Jared Dudley's missing jump shot, Michael Beasley's attempts to Melo-ize his game, Alvin Gentry's whacky rotations, or the carnival that is Suns basketball all of three games into the season.
There was a sweet time a few years back when confident Phoenix fans looked at "Miami" on the schedule and mentally assured themselves a win. Then a win would happen.
Now the golden hightop is on the other foot and the tanned gods and goddesses of South Florida are rightly convinced that they will be treated to a victory (once they bother to show up around halftime).
Knowing what we've seen from the Suns, it's pretty hard to argue with them. Also, they are just so damned good looking that any attempts at basketball discussion quickly dissolve into a drooling puddle of bikini mush. (And that's with the male Heat fans.)
Highly Detailed Analysis of Miami Heat Roster
LeBron James is amazing.
Game Schedule
The game starts at 7:30pm ET and likely will be over by 8:00pm ET. Doing some quick daylight savings time adjusted math, that means...carry the one...subtract the remainder...take off the shoes....that for Suns fans in sunny Arizona, be sure to have your TeeVees on by 5:30pm and you can confidently make dinner plans starting at 6:00pm.
The game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Arizona (the best Fox Sports in the entire state) and on NBA League Pass which is now free for a few more days. In Miami people can watch on something called "SunSpM" but honestly, if I lived in Miami and was a Heat fan I'd probably find a few other things to do tonight.
Quote and Power Ranking
Goran pretty much sums it up here:
Phoenix Suns' Jared Dudley must improve on shots
"The third quarter, we were too selfish and our defense was terrible," guard Goran Dragic said.
Good quote aside, how striking is it to see Goran's English at this level. I guarantee you this quote a couple of years ago would have read: "I think so that third quarter defense was very, very horrible and that we play selfishly."
I miss that Goran.
And here we have weekly power rankings from Seth Rosenthal (aka lil Seth) who has the Suns in his top ten!
NBA week 2 power rankings: Ignore these rankings - SBNation.com
They're not even thaaaaaat bad so far, just super flaky and unreliable, which, when you look at who's getting minutes, kind of makes sense. Regardless of context, watching Luis Scola in his new home has been fun.
What, did you believe me?
Links to stuff
- Hot Hot Hoops
- Suns vs Heat coverage
Next Game
Phoenix Suns (1-2)
@ Miami Heat (2-1)
Monday, Nov 5, 2012, 5:30 PM MST
AmericanAirlines Arena
Complete Coverage >
And because nobody loves you as much as I love you...there's this:
Writer's Notebook: There is literally no story that can't be told with K-Pop.


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College isn't just for the young.
With many people seeking a retirement that is culturally active and intellectually stimulating, colleges and universities are working to bring retirees to their campuses and towns, offering them free or reduced-rate classes, artistic performances or lectures. Some have partnered with retirement residences in the area.
For some retirees, it's a homecoming: They're returning to their former campuses with warm memories of the time they spent there as students. Others are moving to be closer to their children, who might be affiliated with the university. For still others, it's just a new adventure.
"People think seniors today are looking for sun and sand and not much else," said Jill Lillie, director of marketing at The Village at Penn State, a continuing care residence in State College, Pa. "But boomers are focused on new challenges. They want to enrich their lives, write a new chapter."
Campus life can provide plenty of opportunities to do that.
"We were tired of looking at old people, and we wanted to get to a place where there was a little more vibrancy, a little more to do," said Al Green, a 1947 Penn State graduate who moved to The Village at Penn State after first retiring to Florida. On a recent fall weekend, he was juggling sporting events, a bridge game and drinks with friends.
Students cite benefits, too. Vicki Centurelli, an Ithaca College senior from Hingham, Mass., who has volunteered with retirees, says, "Hearing about different experiences allows you to reflect on your own life and see it a little bit differently, which I think is important for college students to do."
Sure, the same types of residential facilities and programming are available in communities around the country, but there's a preponderance in college towns, said Scott Perry, president of Bankers Life and Casualty Company, which put out a study on the best U.S. cities for seniors. Among the criteria it considered were social opportunities, including the number of colleges and universities in town.
"We can't underestimate the importance of keeping our minds active as we age," he said, adding that college communities have the resources to "allow seniors to focus on what they want to pursue in the next stage of their life."
And it's not just intellectual and social. Typically, he said, many large universities will have teaching hospitals and even dental schools which provide health services for seniors. "They raise the quality of care in the community," he said.
In Ithaca, N.Y., the Longview retirement community offers independent and assisted living, and has a partnership with Ithaca College to promote intergenerational learning. Two or three residents are taking classes at the college, said Breelan Nash, Longview's recreation and volunteer coordinator. Residents also attend plays and concerts on campus, with transportation provided.
At the same time, some classes for students are held at Longview, and residents can sit in, said Rhoda Meador, director of the Gerontology Institute at Ithaca College. Talking with the seniors can provide context and reality to the students' academic subjects, she said.
Sarah Furie, 20, a junior from Windsor, Conn., who is majoring in television and radio, said student volunteers have taught Longview residents about computers, performed musical programs, and done arts and crafts.
Similarly, student interns teach fitness and art at the Village at Penn State, and help with technology. Sports teams also visit, Lillie said.
Residents can take one class a semester at Penn State. "There has to be space available and they can't preempt a paying student," Lillie said.
But retirees don't necessarily have to live in a facility partnered with a university to take advantage of programming at a school.
Sam Wolsky, who retired to Tucson, Ariz., from Chicago to be near his children and grandchildren, said he and his late wife, Roberta, found the musical, dance and theater offerings at the University of Arizona an added benefit to their lives there. "There's a smorgasbord of activities that you can be involved in," said Wolsky.
Colleges and universities also attract retirees who want to use their expertise and experience to pursue a second career ? teaching. Ron Brown, a 64-year-old patent lawyer, decided to retire to Tucson from Minneapolis in part for an adjunct teaching position at the University of Arizona law school.
He also hopes to take classes. "I have nightmares about forgetting how to do calculus," said Brown, who studied chemistry and chemical engineering and got a PhD before going to law school.
One school ? the University of North Carolina at Asheville ? has established an on-campus center dedicated to making retirement a fulfilling stage of life. The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, founded in 1988, lets retirees in the community "use their lifetime experience to solve some of the problems, make a contribution," said Catherine Frank, the executive director.
Among other programming, the center offers for a small fee some 280 classes each year, from arts and crafts to philosophy, religion and literature.
About 30 percent of the members say the center was the primary reason behind their decision to retire to Asheville, Frank said. Other reasons cited include the area's beauty and lively arts scene.


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|/* Scalar evolution detector.
|Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|Contributed by Sebastian Pop <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|This file is part of GCC.
|GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
|the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
|Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
|GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
|WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
|FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
|for more details.
|You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
|along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
|Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
|#ifndef GCC_TREE_SCALAR_EVOLUTION_H
|#define GCC_TREE_SCALAR_EVOLUTION_H
|extern tree number_of_iterations_in_loop (struct loop *);
|extern tree get_loop_exit_condition (struct loop *);
|extern void scev_initialize (struct loops *loops);
|extern void scev_reset (void);
|extern void scev_finalize (void);
|extern tree analyze_scalar_evolution (struct loop *, tree);
|extern tree instantiate_parameters (struct loop *, tree);
|extern void gather_stats_on_scev_database (void);
|extern void scev_analysis (void);
|extern bool simple_iv (struct loop *, tree, tree, tree *, tree *);
|#endif /* GCC_TREE_SCALAR_EVOLUTION_H */


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April 26, 2014 - Jonny & Daniel (Nothing More)
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Cancer Scientist Loses Laptop with Years of Research Data
[There was a video here]
Scientist Sook Shin had two years of prostate cancer research on her laptop when she and her husband stopped at a local Panera for dinner in Oklahoma City. The computer was stolen, and now prostate cancer will never be cured.
Shin said that computer has the power to save millions of lives, but she's afraid whoever took it will wipe its memory and sell it. Unfortunately, the couple didn't record the computer's serial number. Police said that makes finding it nearly impossible.
The couple has posted a flyer in metro pawn shops hoping someone can help in time.
Sook Shin and her husband are offering a $1,000 reward for the safe return of the 13-inch white Macbook that was in a dark orange laptop case with no questions asked.
What would it take for some people to back up their computers? All I have are MP3s and half-finished short stories from our undergraduate creative writing class, but I still throw it on an external hard drive every few months. This woman might have had the cure for cancer.
If anyone sees shady-looking figures applying for prostate cancer research grants, maybe you should give the Oklahoma City PD a call.