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    PATENT FOR PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH
    December 21, 1999 - U.S.A.

    A U.S. patent was granted for making a "Sealed Crustless Sandwich," (No. 6,004,596), to David Geske and Len C. Kretchman of Menusaver, Inc. From 1995, they had successfully marketed their product to schools. Smucker bought the company and introduced "Uncrustables." Shortly, Smucker alleged patent infringement by Abbie's Foods, Inc., a grocer and caterer, warning them to cease selling a crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Albie's appealed to federal court (11 Jan 2001). Challenging the patent, Albie's and requested (9 Mar 2001) a Patent Office re-examination. A patent requires non-obviousness, and is invalidated by any prior useage. Despite Smucker's further patent filings and appeals, the Patent Office finally cancelled the improvident patent (8 Dec 2006).

    FULL-LENGTH ANIMATED FILM
    December 21, 1937 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full-length (83 minutes), animated film opened in Los Angeles, California. Using the story adapted from Brothers Grimms' Fairy Tales, it was the first commercially successful film of its kind. This pioneering film made use of the multi-plane camera to achieve an effect of depth, introduced human characters modeled on live actors, and used larger painted cels. After two years and a then astronomical $1.5 million to create, it was released for its premiere during Christmas of 1937. Disney had to mortgage his house to pay for the film's production. This followed within a span of just 12 years since the first black and white talking Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie (1928).

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How to Sell Your Home and Continue to Stay in It By: Oliver Wingrove
Are you having problems with mortgage repayments being unable to keep up with the repayment schedule? If it is any consolation to you, every year there are numerous homes being reacquired through the courts? In case you want to avoid such a situation, then you need to act swiftly regarding your mortgage repayments. When you fail to meet the repayment obligations, your lender might expect you to dispose off your property, so that you are able to repay the loan to them, but this may warrant your immediate vacation of the house. There is another alternative by which you could sell the house, clear your mortgage dues and at the same time retain your property.

Under this option, you may decide to sell your home to a company, repay your mortgage loan from the sale proceeds, and then you may stay put in your home by paying a monthly nominal rent to the company. This way, you would not only pay off your dues, you get to stay in your property too, thereby avoiding unnecessary humiliation of moving out of the house.

You may browse the internet and look for a reputed and dependable company that allows you to rent back your house within a day and you will also get a picture as to the market value of your property. You will receive an oral figure and if both of you are agreeable, then a representative from the company will inspect your home, assess the value and give you a written estimate, which would depend on the area, quality of construction and the maintenance, etc. The company will also let you know about your rent liability if you want to stay put in your home and what you will need to pay in order to buy back the house when your financial situation eases in due course.

This option of selling your property to a company and paying back the mortgage loan from the sale proceeds takes a lot of pressure off your mind and there is no fear of the lender seizing your property or running behind you every month, demanding mortgage repayment. In case you have some money left with you after repaying the mortgage loan, you could also pay off any other dues which have to be paid. You will now be able to heave a big sigh of relief.

Mortgage dues and the looming fear of repossession of the property can have devastating repercussions on all the members of the family, monetarily as well as psychologically. Loan arrears and dues can trigger unnecessary depression, worry, harrowing moments as also lack of sleep, and when you suffer; it is likely that other members of family might suffer too consequently, as they cannot watch you suffering silently. When you are not in a position to repay your mortgage loan at regular intervals, then it is prudent to sell it and rent it back so that you may put an end to all your worries and start your life afresh from then on.

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