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I need help with the html unicode for this symbol ➤. Can anyone help me out with this? im trying to add the compass arrow for the maps app on my css iPhone project which you can view here. http://codepen.io/anon/full/ktrva
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Using this site: http://shapecatcher.com/
I got the following: http://shapecatcher.com/unicode/info/10148
@joshuanhibbert, that's a pretty slick site..I was looking at wikipedia's unicode directory..haha
Thanks for the help. i love that Unicode recognition site.
Another site I use is [CopyPasteCharacter](http://copypastecharacter.com/all-characters)
Simple : Escape It , on HtML Escpe tool. It can exchange your arrow into unique code
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By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. Somewhere that year we decided to professionalize our logo (you should have seen the first one.) With a massive leap of creativity we decided that it should it should have our company name and the letter "E" with a swoop over it.
The patent wars are coming to a head this week, but let's not forget that tech has always been a lawsuit sideshow. Like this flareup from 1997 that entrepreneur and author Steve Blank shares from his days at E.piphany.
1997 was also that year that Microsoft was in the middle of the browser wars with Netscape. Microsoft had just released Internet Explorer 3 which for the first time was a credible contender. With the browser came a Microsoft logo. And with that same massive leap of creativity Microsoft decided that their logo would have their product name and the letter "E' with a swoop over it.
One of E.piphany's product innovations was that we used this new fangled invention called the browser and we ran on both Netscape and Microsoft's. We didn't think twice about.
That is until the day we got a letter from Microsoft's legal department claiming similarity and potential confusion between our two logos.
They demanded we change ours.
I wish I still had their letter. I'm sure it was both impressive and amusing.
I had forgotten all about incident this until this week when Doug Camplejohn, E.piphany's then VP of Marketing somehow had saved what he claims was my response to Microsoft's legal threat and sent it me. It read:
Response Letter to Bill Gates
Dear Bill,
We are in receipt of your lawyer's letter claiming Microsoft's
ownership of the look and feel of the letter "e". While I understand
Microsoft's proprietary interest in protecting its software, I did not
realize (until the receipt of your ominous legal missive) that one of
the 26 letters in the English language was now the trademarked
property of Microsoft.Given the name of your company, claiming the letter "e" is an unusual
place to start. I can understand Microsoft wanting exclusive rights to
the letter "M" or "W", but "e"? I can even imagine a close family
member starting your alphabet collection by buying you the letters "B"
or "G" as a birthday present. Even the letters "F" "T" or "C" must be
more appealing right now then starting with "e".In fact, considering Microsoft's financial health and legal prowess
you may want to consider buying a symbol rather than a letter.
Imagine the value of charging royalties on the use of the dollar "$"
sign.I understand the legal complaint refers to the similarities of our use
of "e" in the Epiphany corporate logo to the "e" in the Internet
Explorer logo. Given that the name of my company and the name of your
product both start with the same letter, it doesn't take much
imagination to figure out why we both used the letter in our logos,
but I guess it has escaped your lawyers.As to confusion between the two products, it is hard for me to
understand why someone would confuse a $250,000 enterprise software
package (with which we require a customer to buy $50,000 of Microsoft
software; NT, SQL Server and IIS), with the free and ever present
Internet Explorer.Given that Microsoft sets the standard for most things in the computer
industry, I hope we don't open the mail next week and find Netscape
suing us for using the letter "N", quickly followed by Sun's claim on
"J". Perhaps we can submit all 26 letters to some sort of standards
committee for arbitration.Come to think of it, starting with "e" is another brilliant Microsoft
strategy. It is the most common letter in the English language.Steve Blank
Given later that year Microsoft ended up being a large multi-million dollar E.piphany customer all I can assume is that cooler heads prevailed (more than likely our new CEO,) and this letter was never sent and the threatened lawsuit never materialized.
Ironically, since the turn of the century Microsoft has done great things for entrepreneurs. Their BizSpark and DreamSpark programs have become the best corporate model of how a large company can successfully partner with startups and students worldwide.
But I am glad we helped keep the letter E in the public domain.
Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur-turned-educator who is changing how startups are built and how entrepreneurship is being taught. He created the Customer Development methodology that launched the lean startup movement, and wrote about the process in his first book, The Four Steps to the Epiphany. His second book, The Startup Owner's Manual, is a step-by-step guide to building a successful company. Blank teaches the Customer Development methodology in his Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, Columbia University and the National Science Foundation. He writes regularly about entrepreneurship at www.steveblank.com.


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Coffee vendors teaching wholesale customers to brew'em right
Posted by TheShot on 10 Mar 2007 | Tagged as: Barista, Quality Issues
This AP story ran across the wire yesterday: KOMO-TV – Seattle, Washington – Local & Regional – Coffee vendors teaching wholesale customers to brew'em right. It is about espresso training for the competitive professional market. Roasters such as Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea Co. and Caffe D'Arte of Seattle have been successfully offering weekend training courses.
One of the training attendees mentioned in the article is a manager at Satura Cakes in Palo Alto and Los Altos. The location in Palo Alto is just across the street from Caffé del Doge — and may be something I'll need to check out.
UPDATE: March 27, 2007
Today the Sydney Morning Herald published a related article on the barista training offerings in Australia: Lessons in lattes – Good Living – Entertainment – smh.com.au.
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Friends or Foes: Detecting Dishonest Recommenders in Online Social Networks
Viral marketing is becoming important due to the popularity of Online Social Networks (OSNs) and the fact that many users have integrated OSNs into their daily activities, e.g., they provide recommendations to their friends on the products they purchased, or they make decision based on received recommendations. Nevertheless, this also opens door for "Shill attack": dishonest users may give wrong recommendations so as to distort the normal sales distribution. In this paper, the authors propose a detection mechanism to discover these dishonest users in OSNs. In particular, they present two fully distributed algorithms to detect attackers in both the baseline shill attack and the intelligent shill attack.


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Canada and the Kyoto accord
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Maybe this will help for us to understand why Canada opted out..long but good read
if you disagree, go debate with Lorrie G.
Dishonest cowards
The real reason Canada gets attacked on Kyoto
By Lorrie Goldstein, QMI Agency
Theres a reason Canada is always disproportionately attacked at the United Nations annual gabfests on global warming the latest version now underway in Durban, South Africa.
Its that most of the 190 countries which attend, along with the global environmental movement, dont want to call out the U.S. and China, the two key players on which any post-Kyoto agreement to lower global greenhouse gas emissions depends.
China and the U.S. are the respective leaders of the developing and developed worlds, they are responsible for a combined 40% of global emissions, they are the worlds number one and number two emitters and neither has to reduce emissions by a single tonne under Kyoto.
And yet Canada, responsible for 2% of emissions including the oilsands at one-10th of 1% routinely gets hysterically bashed at these never-ending UN confabs.
So whats really going on?
First, diplomats from other countries are afraid of offending the two biggest economies in the world because of the potential diplomatic and economic fallout on other issues, so they use Canada as a whipping boy for the U.S. Environmentalists who constantly engage in juvenile and asinine attacks on Canada at these conferences do so because they dont want to take on U.S. President Barack Obama.
They see him as a kindred spirit and their best hope for drafting a successor agreement to Kyoto.
Environmentalists wont attack China because the green movement has deep roots in anti-Western, anti-capitalist, anti-development and anti-growth ideologies, and they see China as the last best hope for their discredited ideas. Indeed, many environmentalists, particularly in Europe, are Marxists, who were put out of business when the Soviet Union collapsed and communism was discredited in the early 1990s.
They transformed themselves into anti-global warming crusaders just as the Soviet Union was falling apart and the global warming movement was gathering steam.
Of course, pretending China is a bastion of communism is a joke. China today is a capitalist hybrid that is ardently pro-growth and pro-development, motivated by the need to feed its people, and building one greenhouse-gas spewing, coal-fired electricity plant a week.
Its equally absurd for environmentalists and diplomats to attack Canada as a proxy for the U.S., while not taking on the U.S., because the American and Canadian positions in Durban are virtually identical.
Both countries have the same, self-imposed emission reduction target 17% below 2005 levels by 2020.
Both have said they wont sign a post-Kyoto agreement unless, unlike Kyoto, it contains hard targets to reduce emissions for China and the rest of the developing world, which oppose them.
Both countries have expressed major concerns about contributing to a
$100-billion-a-year climate mitigation fund to help poor nations, without these targets.
Both have rejected national carbon pricing.
The only difference between Canada and the U.S., both of which failed to meet their Kyoto emission targets, is that Jean Chretien idiotically ratified the economy-destroying deal, while the U.S. was never stupid enough to do so, starting with the Bill Clinton/Al Gore (surprise!) administration.
For environmentalists and diplomats to blame Canada ad nauseam at these annual UN conferences for the ongoing impasse on climate talks, instead of dealing with the key impasse of the U.S. versus China is not only disingenuous, but dishonest, cowardly and craven.
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Love my new board
By Corey
from via Alliance Wake
Comments about Ronix One ATR Edition Wakeboard 2012:
I got the defy boots along with it and it rides great. It holds up very well in all the choppy water I ride in and has such a mellow transition when you are edging. The pop off the wake is very consistent and boosts you to huge (Danny Hard Like) levels. Anyone who really wants a great board, then this is the board for you.
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Ronix does it again
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The ONE ATR board is another great board from Ronix. I love how this board rides. It sits a little higher on the water and cuts in to the wake really smooth as well as provides a nice pop. The colorway is very eye catching and gets a lot of attention. I am 5'11" 175 lbs. and purchased the 142. I always stay in the 140-142 board size range and that has served me well.
Good for doing tricks
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I use this Ronix wakeboard for cable wakeboarding and it goes with a Ronix One binding to make them good for doing tricks.
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Great Board!
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First of all the board looks great. It is a very forgiving board with the surf style edges for beginner type riders but will grow with you has you progress. so far i love the board. Super easy to do surface tricks.


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The Bachelorette Emily Maynard Cheats on Fiance Jef Holmes
So much for happily ever after? The Bachelorette Emily Maynard cheated on her fiance Jef Holmes according to US Magazine.
The headline of the magazine claims Emily was caught cheating and Jef confronted her with evidence of her affair. Of course to add to the drama, Emily fled their family vacation in tears. This sounds more like a romance novel than anything. How did Jef catch her? The magazine claims Jef went through Emily's cell phone and found some racy text messages — that weren't from him.
Meanwhile, the magazine claims this all happened on Sunday, the same day that Emily tweeted,
"The happiest I've ever been in my life with my two favorite people in the world. I love you to the moon @jefholm !"
And today Maynard tweeted a video for Jeff saying, 'bringing him to the dark side.' Get your minds out of the gutter – it was a cat video.
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AT&T Network Goof Causes Erroneous Facebook Logins
Jan 18, 2010, 11:30 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
AT&T has admitted that several of its customers who attempted to log into Facebook were mistakenly redirected into other users' accounts. AT&T spokesman Michael Coe told the Associated Press that a network problem was behind some of the misdirected Facebook logins, and that only a small number of customers were affected. In a separate case, other users were also directed to the Facebook pages of other users due to flawed cookies. The cookies weren't properly recognizing the phone and failed to associate them with the right users' account. AT&T is still investigating how the cookies were incorrectly routed.
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It's Luke Wilsons fault!!!!!!!!!!!!
They both suck
But Facebook has absolutely no respect for users, and this isn't the only case. Give us your email password! Allow this "application" to access all of your data without knowing what it does! We're sharing all of your info by default, unless you figure out our weird multi-level privacy settings! And to hell with encryption!
at&t still screwing up at every turn.
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a company of this size and with this much clout in ip/internet should not have these types of problems. i guess it just goes to show what type of company it is under ralph de la vega. ignorant. randall needs t
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totally should have gone into my Christmas Art Journal. But I got excited, started punching Christmas cards and adhering and all of a sudden I was done. And it makes me happy, regardless of size or album location. Simple and easy, kind of like last year, but still its own creation.
Once again, my square punch has worked it's magic.
Edited: Ok friends, let's see if I can address some of your comments and questions on this one.
The punch I used for this layout is from Marvy Uchida. It is either this one or this one. The body of the punch is red and the width of the square on the punch is just a bit larger than 1.5 inches. Too bad they don't put the product number right on the punch.
Since I am all about simplifying I came to the conclusion that I do not need to keep all the Christmas cards I received this year. I loved getting them. I celebrated each one that came through the mailbox. And now that Christmas is over I would still like to have a bit of a record of the cards from this Christmas, but I certainly don't need to hang on to them all.
How do I decide which part of the card to punch? I think what I have always loved about punching is that I am taking a bit of something and bringing it together with other somethings to create an entirely new something. When I was punching I tried not to think too hard. I laid my punch with the metal side up, slid the card in, and moved the card around using the window as a guide. When I saw something that looked just fine and I punched. Some of the photos were too large to get everyone in the square and that was totally OK. My vision was to bring together a bunch of bits of this year's cards - not preserve each one in its orginal state.
How did I keep it all straight? I actually debated a bit about not lining it all up this time. But in the end, the lines won out. I think the secret to keeping it straight is by starting with one of the top or bottom corner squares. If you want you could even measure to make sure the distances are the same from the edge of the square to the top edge and the side edge. I have gotten so I can eyeball it pretty good. I also laid all the squares out before I started adhering to get a general idea where the "big" square would be placed on the 12x12 cardstock.
Did I scan and reduce the cards? Nope, just punched them as is - big or small I found something to punch and then moved on to the next one.
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Mon, 25 December 2006
George shares press releases about the renaming of MyFamily.com, Inc. as The Generations Network and about the new features of the Ancestry.com personal family trees. The mailbag brings mail from listeners whose ancestors are from "Whales", who use portable applications (from portableapps.com) stored on a USB flash drive, and who are interested in DNA testing and whether or not census index errors are caused by an OCR process. Drew follows up previous podcasts with information about his new Western Digital My Book external hard drive (used for backups) and about online phonebooks. George describes the surprise in discovering what an old photo is made of, and talks about how Christmas Day was spent. Finally, genealogist Jana Sloan Broglin returns for another interview by Drew.
Mon, 18 December 2006
Announcements include the relaunch of Ancestry Magazine, the purchase of ProQuest Information and Learning (the division of ProQuest that includes HeritageQuest Online) by Cambridge Information Group, the release of Calico Pie's Family Historian 3.1 (more info at www.family-historian.co.uk), The National Archives (UK) online release of UK Outbound Passenger Lists (with a 10% extra free if you buy units using code AOB10PCX) with more info at ancestorsonboard.com, and the ISFHWE Annual Writing Contest (more info at www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/contest.htm). Listener e-mail asks about how to present (and sometimes limit) information shared with newly found cousins. George and Drew, following up on last week's podcast in which they discussed the hardware they use, identify their favorite genealogy-related software tools (even when they aren't specifically for genealogy). Finally, George and Drew review the new series of surname books published by Ancestry.com entitled "Our Name in History".
Tue, 12 December 2006
A podcast listener writes in about free census worksheets and tutorials at www.censusmate.com. In response to another listener question, George and Drew discuss their computer hardware: desktop computers, notebooks, smartphones, wireless networks, scanners, multi-function printers, and digital cameras. George talks about sources of information for learning about an ancestor's occupation. Drew points out another source for relatively current newspapers: LexisNexis Academic.
Mon, 4 December 2006
As December begins, George suggests a place to shop for genealogy gifts: The Ancestry Store (theancestrystore.com), and he announces the new 1851 and 1861 Scotland census databases. George also mentions the new test for U.S. citizenship. The mailbag brings information about newspaper projects (www.library.uiuc.edu/inp and www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html), and a question about a Texas application for a mortuary warrant. Drew interviews Deborah Abbott about collateral lines research, slaveholder records, and things not to be overlooked on the U.S. census. Finally, Drew thanks a listener for visiting the grave of Drew's uncle and sending along photos from the U.S. military cemetery near Cambridge, England.
Tue, 28 November 2006
After some brief items from genealogy news and listener mailbag, George and Drew discuss the recent Thanksgiving visit of George's relatives (including their photos and other family materials), and give their opinions about the relative merits of genealogy cruises vs. national genealogy conferences. Fletcher the cat weighs in near the end of the podcast, but it turns out later that she is merely happy to have re-discovered a long-lost stuffed cat toy.
Sun, 19 November 2006
George announces the new Ancestry.com store (theancestrystore.com), and reminds listeners of Ancestry's new German genealogical site (ancestry.de). George shares listener e-mail about Canadian passenger lists at Collections Canada (www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/passenger/). George also talks about using the Internet Public Library to find links to newspaper sites (www.ipl.org). Drew talks about using newspapers, including the NewsBank database Access World News. George shares a tip about using date ranges in Google. And Drew mentions metasearch tools, including the Copernic Agent Basic software (www.copernic.com).
Tue, 14 November 2006
George returns from speaking at the Florida State Genealogical Society conference in Melbourne, and spreads the news about the new passenger lists at Ancestry.com. Drew talks about two new services that provide a way to listen to podcasts (including the Genealogy Guys Podcast) using an ordinary phone: Podlinez (podlinez.com) and Fonpods (fonpods.com). Drew shares his interview with Irish genealogical expert Eileen O'Duill. Drew also receives a two-volume family history in the mail that gives details about his Eidson ancestry, and he talks about the virtual world of Second Life (secondlife.com), where librarians and genealogists are collaborating on new ways to teach and learn genealogy.
Tue, 7 November 2006
George and Drew return from the genealogy cruise and give listeners an idea of what it is like. Drew also shares his visit to a cemetery on St. Maarten. The first issue of Digital Genealogist (which includes an article by Drew) is now available for free online at www.digitalgenealogist.com. George announces a new Welsh database, and reminds listeners of the November special for RootsMagic's new software, Family Atlas.
Fri, 27 October 2006
George announces Ancestorsonboard.com, a new database for passenger lists for those leaving the British Isles between 1890 and 1960. Other topics include the new online magazine, Digital Genealogist; and the new GenealogyBank.com database service; George and Drew dig into the podcast listener mailbag and discuss such topics as a fascinating story from a cemetery visit, strange 1820 U.S. Federal census columns, birth information supplied to the Social Security Administration, and death dates that appear in the Social Security Death Index. Podcast listeners are also encouraged to check out the genealogy segments appearing on ABC's Good Morning America show.
Tue, 24 October 2006
George and Drew mention the new Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 browsers. Ancestry.com has added German content. George and Drew have taken their first look at the new NewsBank genealogy databases product, GenealogyBank.com. George discusses an online map browsing service for Ireland, www.pasthomes.com. Drew interviews genealogy blogger Steve Danko (www.stephendanko.com) and discusses his research into his Polish ancestry. Finally, George and Drew talk about how easy it is to set up a genealogy research blog using Blogger or LiveJournal, and they also discuss some techniques in using pre-1850 U.S. censuses. Drew invites listeners to visit his personal research blog at drewsmith-genealogy.blogspot.com.
Mon, 16 October 2006
George announces RootsMagic's new software product, Family Atlas, and its introductory price (www.familyatlas.com/introspecial.htm). Drew interviews professional genealogist Linda Woodward Geiger, where they talk about things to avoid when creating genealogy websites, what goes on in a state chapter meeting of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the fun of "ancestor roadshows" at state and national conferences, and the Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance (www.rigsalliance.org). Finally, George and Drew discuss the importance of geography in genealogical research, and suggest a number of books as well as online historical map collections (the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection at www.davidrumsey.com, and the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT-Austin at www.lib.utexas.edu/maps).
Mon, 9 October 2006
News includes the new RootsTelevision site (www.rootstelevision.com). Drew shares his interview with Paul Milner, where they discuss Paul's career and Paul offers advice on conducting British research. George talks about the usefulness of voter registration records. Finally, has George discovered that he and Drew are related? Listen and find out!
Mon, 2 October 2006
News items include the tragic death of genealogy librarian Ryan Taylor, an update to last week's naturalization topic including the Italian Genealogical Group's database project (www.italiangen.org/databaselist.stm), the upcoming conference of the North Carolina Genealogical Society (www.ncgenealogy.org) in Raleigh, the soon-to-be-available first issue of Digital Genealogist (www.digitalgenealogist.com), the availability of British Telecom telephone books on Ancestry.com, and George's book regarding London research repositories (www.lulu.com/content/253150). George suggests things to do during Family History Month and swaps stories with Drew regarding genealogical serendipity. Drew shares his interview with well-known genealogist Laura Prescott.
Sun, 24 September 2006
George and Drew take the Genealogy Guys Podcast on the road to a monthly meeting of the Lee County Genealogical Society in Ft. Myers, Florida, where they discuss naturalization and take questions from the audience. They share images of naturalization records and Drew points out the great example of Steve Danko's blog (www.stephendanko.com). Drew also shares a statement from Chris Cowan, Vice President of Publishing for ProQuest Information and Learning, announcing the latest updates to the PERSI database available through HeritageQuest Online.
Mon, 18 September 2006
Drew interviews Audrey Collins, a reader advisor from The National Archives' Family Records Centre in London (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/planfrc.htm). George and Drew discuss the past Saturday's annual fall seminar of the Florida Genealogical Society (Tampa), and the amount of work that goes into planning and executing an all-day genealogy seminar. The Genealogy Guys also pass along a few genealogical research tips and techniques they learned from the seminar's speaker, Hank Jones (www.hankjones.com), an expert on Palatine research and a collector of interesting and unusual stories of genealogical research experiences.
Mon, 11 September 2006
George and Drew discuss how to find out about our ancestors' occupations. [Note: The correct URL for the USGenWeb page giving explanations of old occupation names is http://www.usgenweb.org/research/occupations.shtml]
Drew shares an interview with Maureen Taylor (the Photo Detective) and David Lambert (of the New England Historic Genealogical Society) and their project involving photographs of individuals associated with the American Revolutionary War. For details, visit http://www.maureentaylor.com/projects.html Other topics include the results of the NARA access petition drive, the availability of FGS 2006 conference recordings at http://stores.lulu.com/fgs2006. The Genealogy Guys also recommend a visit to fellow genealogist Steve Danko's blog (www.stephendanko.com). |
Mon, 4 September 2006
George and Drew return from Boston with a report of highlights from the 2006 Federation of Genealogical Societies conference. George also talks about the urgent petition regarding a proposed reduction in NARA research hours (www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006/petition.html) which must be submitted no later than September 8; the brochure for the Genealogy Guys' 2007 Research Tour to London is now online (see the menu on this site); George points out a serious problem with the way ProQuest is applying updates to the PERSI database; and the locations of the next two FGS conferences are announced. Information about the Association of Personal Historians conference (www.personalhistorians.org) in Portland on October 4-8 is provided, and George mentions a name thesaurus (www.namethesaurus.com/Thesaurus/Search.asp).
Sun, 27 August 2006
Just before the Genealogy Guys head off for the FGS Conference in Boston, Drew announces the Ebenezer, GA Heritage Day Festival on Labor Day for Salzburgers (www.georgiasalzburgers.com) and the University of Washington Extension Program's Genealogy and Family History Certificate (www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/gfh/gfh_mtg.asp), and shares listener tips regarding both WorldCat and state archives. George and Drew outline what topics they'll be addressing at the FGS Conference, and the Guys will also be at the Lee County Genealogical Society in Ft. Myers, Florida on September 20 to produce a "live" podcast. George's "Along Those Lines" column will start being seen on September 7th in the Signal Hill Tribune in Signal Hill, California (thanks to a podcast listener). Drew shares his recent experience participating in a Skypecast moderated by Dick Eastman, both of the Guys talk in detail about next year's research trip to London (e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for more info), and a listener question about a gas station leads to a discussion about locating information about businesses.
Sun, 20 August 2006
George talks about two January 2007 events in Salt Lake City: the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (www.infouga.org) and the NGS Research Trip (www.ngsgenealogy.org/edutripsaltlake.cfm). George and Drew are especially pleased to announce the 2007 Genealogy Guys Research Trip to London (July 14-24). (If you want to be placed on the list to receive information, please send an e-mail to email@example.com.) The Guys then share some recent research stories involving friends, including locating a hard-to-find marriage certificate in England, and identifying resources to find out more about a New Mexico rancher. Drew brings listeners up-to-date about the migration of RootsWeb's genealogy mailing lists to new software, and then discusses the issue of Virginia's independent cities. Finally, George reviews the latest edition of The Source.
Sun, 13 August 2006
As the days count down toward the Federation of Genealogical Society's upcoming Boston conference, Drew and George announce that Paul Milner is a new co-leader for the National Genealogical Society's Britain and Ireland Forum (www.ngsgenealogy.org/forums/britainirelandforum.cfm), and that NGS is sponsoring a January 2007 research trip to Salt Lake City (www.ngsgenealogy.org/edutripsaltlake.cfm). Following up on last week's episode regarding boxer Bob Fitzsimmons, a listener reminds the Guys about Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com). George announces Liz Kerstens' new e-magazine Digital Genealogist (www.digitalgenealogist.com). After George discusses tips for deciphering old documents (handwriting, abbreviations, and language), Drew alerts listeners to upcoming changes for RootsWeb mailing lists (lists.rootsweb.com) and to a new way to access the WorldCat database (worldcat.org). George ends the episode by sharing ways to keep track of what census columns mean, using the census charts at Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/census.aspx).
Sun, 6 August 2006
Back in Tampa, Drew and George try out their new podcasting equipment, two new microphones and a mixer, and listeners are encouraged to give feedback regarding the sound. Drew reminds listeners of the upcoming August 13-18 conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in New York (www.iajgs.org). George talks about family reunions and how they can be a good source of genealogical information. Drew recommends using the GNIS service of the USGS (geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/) to locate and map U.S. locations. And a message from a New Zealand listener leads to a discussion of a Chicago cemetery and the life of a famous heavyweight boxer.
Mon, 31 July 2006
Drew shares his interviews with Matt Helm regarding Matt's new HistoryKat.com subscription web service, and with Bill Forsyth of ProQuest regarding their many genealogy-related databases. Drew also shares some audio clips of his trip with George to Atlanta and Rome, Georgia, with the highlight being a visit to the Myrtle Hill Cemetery. While George returns to Tampa to work on a new book, Drew continues on to Newberry, South Carolina to visit with family.
Sun, 23 July 2006
George announces the upcoming annual conference of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (www.bifhsgo.ca) and makes a correction about a date for Canadian censuses in a previous podcast, and Drew mentions a handy website for viewing Canadian boundary changes over time (atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution). Continuing along a Canadian theme, Drew interviews Louise St. Denis of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (www.genealogicalstudies.com), a Canadian-based educational institution providing distance education to genealogists all over the world. George shares some websites for Moravian researchers, including www.enter.net/~smschlack, www.moravianarchives.org, and www.moravianchurcharchives.org. Drew announces the new WorldCat.org site for searching library records. And George interviews Drew about the upcoming FGS conference in Boston (www.fgs.org).
Sun, 16 July 2006
Drew shares his interview with Amy Johnson Crow, where they discuss the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors, as well as Amy's fascinating new website devoted to Deaf Americans, deafbiographies.com. George discusses congregational histories plus the U.S. Soldiers Home in Washington, DC (www.defenselink.mil/specials/heroes/history1.html and www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/231.html). Meanwhile, Drew enjoys a magazine from his hometown in upstate South Carolina. George and Drew announce upcoming conferences in Provo, Utah; Lansing, Michigan; Morrow, Georgia; and Tampa, Florida.
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Mon, 10 July 2006
Drew interviews Tom Kemp of NewsBank (www.newsbank.com) about their new product America's GenealogyBank, offering genealogists information from American newspapers dating back as far as 1690. Drew also explains the difference between Legacy's Research Guidance feature and GenSmarts software, while George talks about how to print wallcharts from RootsMagic (www.rootsmagic.com/wallcharts.htm). Drew shares a listener tip about creating PDF files inexpensively using PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) and George talks about a preview site for Irish historical maps (www.irishhistoricmaps.ie).
Tue, 4 July 2006
Drew shares the announcement from the National Archives (UK) regarding what the plans are for the Family Records Centre in Islington. George reminds listeners of the upcoming Italian genealogy conference (www.rootsintheboot.org). A number of listeners respond to a previous podcast about a tool for keeping track of census forms (www.censustools.com). Drew interviews Lou Szucs and Sandra Luebking about the new edition of The Source. Drew and George share tips on filing oversized documents (George recommends some
filing supplies from Gaylord at www.gaylord.com and Light Impressions
at www.lightimpressionsdirect.com), citing Social Security
applications, and maintaining research logs.
Mon, 26 June 2006
After the usual announcements, George and Drew share items from the listener mailbag. The Frappr map of Genealogy Guys Podcast listeners now shows a pin in South Dakota (only two more states to go!). Listeners suggest tips on using portable software applications that can be carried from computer to computer on a flash drive and on backing data files up to the Mozy website (mozy.com). Drew plays his interview with Liz Kerstens where they talk about the latest version of her genealogy filing program Clooz 2.0 (www.clooz.com). Finally, George and Drew talk about how they file their physical genealogy documents.
Mon, 19 June 2006
George and Drew notify listeners about the deadline for early FGS conference registration (www.fgs.org), the new Canadian and Scottish resources at Ancestry.com, and the July 15-22, 2007 research trip to London with the Genealogy Guys (limited to 40 people). The mailbag brings tips about using Google Notebook (www.google.com/notebook) to keep track of bookmarks wherever you are, and a reminder about the genealogy cruise on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas. Drew shares his fun interview with Elissa Scalise Powell, highlighting the recent NGS conference, the first statewide Pennsylvania Genealogy Conference (September 29-30) in Pittsburgh (www.pagenealogyconference.com), the July 14-15 Roots in the Boot Italian genealogical conference also in Pittsburgh (www.rootsintheboot.org), the joys of networking at conferences, the great BCG-related lectures at NGS, the dos and don'ts of writing family histories, and the not-to-be-missed educational opportunities at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research held every June at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. George discusses what he has discovered about his ancestors in microfilmed agricultural censuses.
Tue, 13 June 2006
George and Drew return from the annual conference of the National Genealogical Society. Roots in the Boot (an upcoming mid-July Italian Genealogy and Heritage Conference in Pittsburgh) is announced (www.rootsintheboot.org). Reading the mailbag, George and Drew clarify some issues relating to ProQuest's HeritageQuest Online product (as it relates to remote access for genealogical and historical societies), bring up concerns about the closing of the Sullivan County (NY) Historical Society/Museum, and discuss affidavits as they relate to birth and marriage certificates. Podcast listeners will find out if Drew was successful in completing his 5-item to-do list for the NGS conference. George talks about the vendors (especially the ones selling books).
Thu, 1 June 2006
Just prior to their trip to Chicago for the National Genalogical Society conference (www.ngsgenealogy.org), George tells Drew about the great time he had at the Ontario (Canada) Genealogical Society conference, and George reviews the book Genealogy, Geography, and Maps (written by Althea Douglas and available from www.ogs.on.ca). George also reviews Frank Smith's A Genealogical Gazetteer of England, published by Genealogical Publishing Co. (www.genealogical.com). Next is one more reminder of the 2006 Genealogy Seminar at Sea (www.genealogycruise2006.com), and news about new Canadian data at MyFamily.com's new Canadian site (ancestry.ca). Drew talks about searching for genealogy data using Ask.com's new blog search tool (www.ask.com), compares The Red Book to The Source, and clarifies the distinction between original/derivative documents, primary/secondary information, and direct/indirect evidence.
Tue, 30 May 2006
While George rests up from his recent trip to Ontario, Canada, Drew handles the hosting duties. Drew begins with an explanation of all of the menu choices on the righthand side of the Genealogy Guys website (they've been updated a bit). He then provides a checklist of 5 things he plans to do at the upcoming National Genealogical Society conference in Chicago (which are 5 things that anyone should do at any genealogy conference). Drew then describes the workspace he uses at home to work on his genealogical research (and the advantages of displaying those historical maps). Finally, he discusses the pros and cons of splitting his genealogical research database into two parts (and asks for feedback from listeners).
Mon, 22 May 2006
George announces that Ancestor Detective has released Clooz 2.0, a genealogy-oriented electronic filing cabinet program (www.clooz.com). And RootsMagic will be having a free class at the NGS Conference in Chicago. George's book on doing English research at the London repositories is available at the Lulu site (www.lulu.com/content/253150). Genealogy Guys Podcast listeners have been busy: Steve Danko has a new genealogy blog at stephendanko.com, and Bill Puller has just started recording a technology-oriented genealogy podcast at genealogytechpodcast.com. George explains why every genealogy society should be sure to have a complete run of their publications at the Allen County Public Library (all due to PERSI), and Drew describes exactly what hardware every genealogist needs.
Mon, 15 May 2006
Drew addresses listener comments and questions regarding brute-force searching of census districts and how to specify the repository when citing sources. George brings up the idea of using a combination of geographical reference books, county histories, and courthouse books to locate ancestors and discover where their records are kept.
Mon, 8 May 2006
George and Drew share a number of announcements, including the roommate service being offered for the August 2006 FGS Conference (contact Bobbi King at firstname.lastname@example.com), the upcoming new message board system at Ancestry.com, reminders about Genealogy Cruise 2006 (see the link to the right), the "Along Those Lines..." column (which is now at ahaseminars.livejournal.com), and a July 2007 London research trip being planned by George and Drew. Drew opens up the listener mailbag to address a number of questions involving copyright, research trips, privacy, and free online research sources. And Drew points out some strange goings-on with some of the Social Security Death Index data. George talks about county heritage books as a research source.
Tue, 2 May 2006
George returns from the Ohio Genealogical Society just held in Toledo, and shares announcements about the 1841 English/Welsh census at Ancestry.com, the newly designed Society of Genealogists (UK) website at www.sog.org.uk, the new managing editor of Everton's Genealogical Helper (old friend Leland Meitzler), the updated Helm's Genealogy Toolbox (www.genealogytoolbox.com), and George's upcoming presentations at the Ontario Genealogical Society at the end of May (www.ogsseminar.org). George and Drew discuss some issues relating to finding people in the census. Drew explains why it is important to understand both copyright and plagiarism. And George shares reviews of books about John Adams and Irish genealogical research.
Sun, 23 April 2006
George returns from a visit to the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society and announces Family Historian (version 3), talks about special promotions at 1837online.com, and covers important information from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a list of U.S. ports with published records. Drew corrects some information regarding the online version of NUCMC, points out when it is safe (copyright-wise) to use old photos, and discusses the importance of using the Social Security Death Index.
Sun, 16 April 2006
George and Drew begin this podcast at the Largo Library in Largo, Florida, in front of an audience of the Pinellas Genealogy Society (plus some guests from the Florida Genealogical Society of Tampa and the Brandon Area Genealogical and Historical Society). George shares news regarding Missouri death certificates, as well as genealogical librarianship courses at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (University of Toronto). After answering some questions from the Largo audience, George and Drew return to the usual Genealogy Guys home studio to talk about various kinds of death records.
Mon, 10 April 2006
A passle of announcements, including the deadline for early-bird registrations for NGS (www.ngsgenealogy.org), new online registration for FGS and a deadline for FGS award nominations (www.fgs.org), and George's newest book on researching in London respositories (www.lulu.com/content/253150). George talks about his recent visit from a first cousin and the use of upcoming holidays to learn more about family history. Drew uses the opportunity of a visit from an old roommate to do some U.S. census research, and develops some new search tricks.
Sun, 2 April 2006
George announces new databases at ScotlandsPeople (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), the new Ancestry Weekly Journal, the new 24/7 Family History Circle blog (blogs.ancestry.com/circle), the early bird deadline for the upcoming NGS conference in Chicago (www.ngsgenealogy.org), and George's new blog that will continue his "Along Those Lines..." column (ahaseminars.com). Drew discusses how to choose the right genealogy database software. George shares his recent experiences in using Lulu (www.lulu.com) to publish his latest book on doing research in London repositories.
Mon, 27 March 2006
George returns from his trip to Muskogee, Oklahoma (which is why the podcast is a day late). Drew talks about using PERSI, an index to genealogy periodicals produced by the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library and available via HeritageQuest Online, and George shares his successes in searching for and obtaining WWII-era civil marriage records from England.
Mon, 20 March 2006
Drew completes his discussion of locating family history books by suggesting the use of metasearch sites Addall (www.addall.com) and Bookfinder (www.bookfinder.com) for finding new and used books to purchase. George points out the value of using eBay to locate genealogy-related material. Finally, George gives advice on British research sites GENUKI (www.genuki.org.uk), 1837online (www.1837online.com), and the General Register Office (www.gro.gov.uk).
Mon, 13 March 2006
George returns from his all-day seminar in Tallahassee to talk about upcoming conferences: the National Genealogical Society (www.ngsgenealogy.org), the International Assocation of Jewish Genealogical Societies (www.jgsny2006.org), and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (www.fgs.org). Drew gets feedback from the fine folks at OCLC about their genealogy site (www.oclc.org/worldcat/genealogy/). A discussion of where to find books online (including the BYU site at www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) is followed by an introduction to using the interlibrary loan services of libraries.
Sun, 5 March 2006
Drew and George discover a new resource for biographical information about U.S. federal lawmakers (www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/). Then Drew continues a discussion of using sources written by others, this week focusing on manuscript collections. The free trial of ArchiveGrid (www.archivegrid.org) is mentioned, as is NUCMC and ArchivesUSA. The A2A database of the UK is another source (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a). Finally, George shares 5 reasons that things aren't found in a courthouse. This week's podcast welcomes a new sponsor, Moorshead Publishing.
Sat, 25 February 2006
George recommends the new magazine "Internet Genealogy" (www.internet-genealogy.com). George and Drew discuss using deeds as a resource. Finally, Drew and George talk about using the Library of Congress catalog (catalog.loc.gov) and the WorldCat database to locate books about your family.
Mon, 20 February 2006
George identifies a handy Australian site (www.coraweb.com.au), reminds listeners of the annual ISFHWE writing contest (www.rootsweb.com/~cgc), announces an upcoming Scandinavian seminar (www.scandinavianseminar.org), and encourages listeners to consider becoming certified genealogists (www.bcgcertification.org). Drew continues his discussion of genealogical goals and projects by starting with reviewing past research done by others, beginning with the family histories found in the Family History Library Catalog (www.familysearch.org). Drew also chats with Wendy Elliott, president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (www.fgs.org), about a contract job opportunity, FGS publications, national genealogical awards, and a new way to encourage youth to engage in genealogical research.
Sun, 12 February 2006
George recommends an online tutorial that teaches beginning Latin for reading pre-1733 documents (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/). Then Drew and George begin a detailed discussion regarding genealogical goals and projects, including preparing for trips, referencing published sources, and saving time and money in doing research.
Sun, 5 February 2006
George announces the annual ISFHWE writing contest (www.rootsweb.com/~cgc/writing_contest_home.htm), and mentions that he'll be speaking at the Palm Beach County (FL) Genealogical Society (www.pbcgensoc.org) on February 11 and the Muskogee County (OK) Genealogical Society (www.rootsweb.com/~okmuscgs) on March 23. Drew interviews Jana Sloan Broglin, and they talk about being a certified genealogist (www.bcgcertification.org), doing Ohio genealogical research (www.ogs.org), and becoming a member society of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (www.fgs.org). And don't miss Jana explaining about a certain unusual costume...
Sun, 29 January 2006
George talks about educational opportunities for genealogists, and Drew shares some of the insights he gained in using microfilmed records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
Sun, 22 January 2006
George and Drew discuss finding genealogy-related materials on eBay and sites for used books; and Drew interviews Paula Stuart-Warren on the subjects of Native American research, using professional genealogists, and doing research at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
Thu, 12 January 2006
As Drew gets ready to head off to Salt Lake City for a board meeting of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, he talks about Lulu (www.lulu.com), a service for printing books on demand. George wraps up his discussion of ecclesiastical records.
Sun, 8 January 2006
Drew catches up on the wide variety of topics found in the Genealogy Guys Podcast listener e-mailbag, and George starts a discussion of ecclesiastical records.
Tue, 3 January 2006
George is a bit under the weather, so Drew turns this podcast into a rare all-Smith program when he is joined by his special guests: husband-and-wife genealogy writers/speakers Gary and Diana Crisman Smith. But first, loyal Genealogy Guys Podcast listeners are given the opportunity to locate themselves on a Frappr map!


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How beautiful! Thank you for the virtual vacation. :) I hope you have a lovely visit with your mom.
I want to be there! So peaceful looking. Although, I have to admit, Western Michigan is awesome, also!
Looks like the perfect spot for knitting. Just lovely. Have a great time!
I'm already looking forward to seeing WHAT you are knitting on that lovely swing.
Enjoy your vacation, relax and recoupe and we will see you when you get home.


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Whatever the cause, edema should be treated seriously
Have you ever had a sprain or a bee sting that swells up like a balloon? The swelling is called edema, a normal response to injury and inflammation. In the case of a sprain, it helps to rest, apply ice, use compression and elevate the injury. For a bee sting, remove the stinger, wash with soap and water and apply cold compresses or ice (unless you are allergic to bee stings, in which case, use your EpiPen and seek medical treatment).
What about edema that appears without known injury?
Besides being caused by injury, edema can be caused by disease, genetic conditions, medication, an allergic reaction, pregnancy, weakening of the valves in your veins, staying in one position for too long and too much salty food.
Congestive heart failure causes edema when the heart pumps blood less efficiently and fluid "backs up" in your legs. Liver disease can cause edema in your abdomen and legs because your body is not producing enough of the proteins that help keep fluid in blood vessels where it belongs. Kidney disease causes edema in your legs and sometimes your whole body. Blood clots and tumors can block the normal flow of fluids anywhere in your body and cause localized edema. Each of these conditions requires special medical evaluation and treatment.
Newborn girls with swollen hands and feet may have a genetic condition called Turner syndrome. Although Turner syndrome is a lifelong condition, detection at birth allows individuals to be monitored for heart problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney problems and treated early if they are detected.
Mild edema caused by medications may only require elevating the swollen area, but more severe edema caused by medication may need a change in dose or type of medication.
Mild leg swelling is often experienced during pregnancy and is not serious, but more severe leg swelling can be a sign of the potentially life-threatening conditions of preeclampsia or deep vein thrombosis and requires medical intervention.
Lymphedema is a type of swelling that is common in legs or arms after any injury, when you have an infection or after surgery that damages lymph node drainage. Women like me who have had mastectomy surgery with lymph nodes removed can be at higher risk for lymphedema for a number of years afterward. Avoiding injury, infection, bug bites, or other damage to the affected arm or leg reduces the risk of lymphedema. Treatment and prevention usually include compression stockings and physical therapy.
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Because eating too much salty food and sitting or standing for too long can sometimes worsen edema, I recommend to people who have edema to avoid salty foods and move around more when possible.
Causes and treatments for edema are numerous. Mild edema is usually treated with elevation, a dietary change or exercise, but some causes require medical intervention.
New edema should always be treated seriously. You should work with your health care provider to find its root cause. Untreated swelling can worsen with time. It may be curable but even if it is not, appropriate treatment to manage the cause can improve your quality of life and may help you live longer.


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text: Bjarke Ingels sends America a valentine from Denmark this February, in the form of a 10-foot-tall heart-filled square in New York's Times Square. Whereas last year, volunteers were invited to hold aloft a metal-and-fabric heart round the clock, this year, the nonprofit New York Times Alliance asks couples to declare their love in front of BIGNYC, made of 400 transparent acrylic tubes and 90 LEDS. When lovebirds touch a sensor in front of the sculpture, the energy from their hands is converted into light. "The heart reflects what Times Square is made of: people and light—the more people, the stronger the light," Ingels says. The Bjarke Ingels Group collaborated with Brooklyn, N.Y.–based fabrication studio Flatcut to make the heart. On display Feb. 6 to 29. • bigheartnyc.org


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Hi! I'm Karen, a stay at home mom and blogger. Mostly I write about the new foods and recipes I've been making at my house. I like nutella, avocados, muddy buddies, mushrooms, tomatoes, peaches, berries, beans and rice, dark chocolate, cilantro, peanut butter, fried eggs and a million other types of foods. Most of the time, I like to make really easy and simple recipes--that's why I use my slow cooker a lot! I hope you find my posts helpful! Please comment and let me know when you make one of my recipes!
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I'm looking for one of your rib recipe and I can't find it! I dont's see your search bar either.
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I was wondering if you could tell me what kind of crock pot you use….
I am an American in Austria and about to venture into the world of cooking in a crockpot.
However, I'd like to be armed with information on what to buy. I am a bit freaked out about the crockpot because of lead recalls too.
Thanks so much in advance.
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I use a few different slow cookers. 2 hamilton beach and 3 rival crockpot brand. They all work fine for me. I'm not sure about the lead content. I think that All Clad brand is a safe bet for that…although I haven't really researched it. Karen


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That headline may seem obvious, but wow. So Total Annihilation (and, more recently, Supreme Commander) were big, but Planetary Annihilation is shooting for the stars. And potentially shooting at them, as well. It's all the absurdly large-scale mechanized warfare you've (probably) known and loved since the late '90s, but now you can zoom out into space, build a fort on an asteroid, and then crash it into an enemy planet. So basically, total insanity. After the break, you'll find a video from Super Monday Night Combat maestros Uber Entertainment explaining their ambitious RTS (ambitiouRTS, for short) and – yes – asking for money.
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Monday Night Combat is getting a sequel and it's going to be super. How do I know? Because that's its name. Super Monday Night Combat. Uber Entertainment are looking to go up against League of Legends and DOTA 2, emphasising the game's roots. Most pleasing of all, it will be free to play. That means, for now, it'll only be on PC because Sony and Microsoft simply won't allow such generosity on their stationboxes. The release date is as vague as "the next few months" but some details are already available. Overall, Uber are looking to slow the game down, giving players more time to think and plot strategies. All sounds good and as soon as we know more, you'll know more. Click for trailer and pics of the three new characters.


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Everybody knows about my llama problem right? I love llamas. I take pictures of llamas. I talk about llamas all the time. The hashtag #llamasofinstagram is a real part of my life. I know, I know. It's ridiculous.
I think that God speaks to us each in unique ways, which is why He sometimes speaks to me using llama references.
Do you ever feel sorry for yourself? I do. In fact, I sometimes spend a significant amount of my day thinking about how hard life can be and wishing that the next thing would hurry up and happen so that I could escape the reality of what is happening right now. Oh, this thinking is flawed in so many ways...
And YOU are thinking. Why? Why are we talking about llamas and feeling sorry for yourself. Don't worry the answer is coming.
The other day while I was praying this clip from Disney's The Emperor's New Groove popped into my mind.
This is the part of the movie where Cuzco is feeling sorry for himself and sitting the rain saying, "Memememememememe..."
I think God was telling me that I sometimes act like this llama. I sometimes sit there in the rain and throw myself a pity party. I talk and think about myself, "Memememememememe..." instead of facing the real feelings that are underneath. What if instead of "Memememememememe." I said, "Yes, this hurts." or "I feel sad about that." or even "That situation makes me feel angry." That is the thought that flashed into my head immediately after.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, because that would take more self awareness, and self awareness sometimes sucks.
And I'm sure that when the next thing comes along that there will be great things about it, and difficult things about it. Hopefully by then I will have left behind this silly habit of luxuriating in self pity and I won't loose out on the Joy of the present moment. Because that's the other thing about feeling sorry for yourself, not only does it mask the real emotion of the difficulty/pain/anger of a moment, it also robs you of that moment's Joy.
Joy, like llama references, is contagious.


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Ortiz primed for productive ALCS
Ortiz primed for productive ALCS
ST. PETERSBURG -- He has turned out the lights on more postseason games than the stadium electrician. He has emptied more October houses than "Last call!"
With apologies to Jonathan Papelbon and, before him, Keith Foulke, David Ortiz has been the championship-era Boston Red Sox's real closer -- the guy who steps into the batter's box after underlings have set up the deal, and closes it.
Big Papi is back on the big stage, but is he still capable of wielding the big stick?
This isn't about his left wrist, the one in which an injured tendon disabled him for seven weeks in the middle of the season and still sapped his swing long after his return. "I feel good, man. The wrist is great," said Ortiz. It's more about the changed cast around him, about being a more conspicuous threat in a lineup otherwise emptied of long-ball thugs. Plenty of Red Sox players can strike balls out of the yard, without striking constant fear in people, not the way not the way Manny Ramirez did. So the question is, can Ortiz still have his yin without Ramirez's yang? "Are you kidding? They're here for a reason," said right-hander James Shields, Tampa Bay's scheduled starter in Friday night's Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. "Manny or not, that's a good lineup. Jason Bay is a pretty solid hitter." "He's still dangerous," fellow Rays starter Matt Garza said of Ortiz. "And you have to respect Bay behind him. I've never faced [Bay] before, and it'll be a fun challenge. He's a guy who'll be quiet the whole game, then he comes up with a big clutch hit and you're saying, 'Where's he been the whole time?'Ortiz vs. Rays in 2008 | ||||
"But Ortiz ... I've had some success against him, but he got me the last time, so I'll have to give a little payback."
To be exact, Ortiz got Garza twice the last time, drilling two home runs off him on Sept. 17 in a 10-3 Tampa Bay victory. But those were Ortiz's first hits off Garza in 10 career at-bats. Those were also two of Ortiz's total of three homers this season off Tampa Bay pitching -- an amazing turn of events considering the likable designated hitter's lifetime feast against it. If you think Ortiz has maligned the Yankees through the years ... he had entered this season with 31 homers and 88 RBIs in 103 starts against the Rays. Apparently, they, too, liked him a lot better with Ramirez being gone: In six post-Ramirez run-ins with Ortiz, Rays pitching held him to a .227 average (5-for-22). Evidence of the health of Ortiz's left wrist was apparent during the AL Division Series vs. the Angels, in his ability to turn on a pitch and pull it sharply -- when, that is, the ball was delivered within easy reach. Which, from Angels pitchers, wasn't often. They stayed away from the lone remaining redwood in Boston's offensive forest, inviting him to take cuts at junk pitches, or take his walks. He got the idea during Game 3, the one which ended in a 12-inning win for Los Angeles, the one in which he accepted three walks, including in the 10th and 12th innings. "Tie game, you don't want anyone on base, I'm getting walked," said Ortiz, who claimed to not be frustrated by the aversion. "I'll take my walks, man."ALCS production | |||||||||
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is no stranger to the ALCS, posting a .320 average in 26 games. | |||||||||
Year | AVG. | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBIs |
2002 | .313 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2003 | .269 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
2004 | .387 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
2007 | .292 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2008 | .071 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | .288 | 30 | 111 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
Yet, Ortiz got himself out often enough to wind up with the least damaging of the 12 postseason series in which he has appeared, the first two with the Twins before Minnesota released him and he was swiped off the discard pile by Boston general manager Theo Epstein.
For the first time, Ortiz had neither a home run nor multiple RBIs, his 4-for-17 including only one extra-base hit, albeit a key ninth-inning double in Game 2. He was willing to let others play hero, and the scrum following him in the lineup took turns, from Bay to Kevin Youkilis to J.D. Drew. Ortiz seems primed for a more productive ALCS. He expects the guy in front of him, Dustin Pedroia, to again become a terror. That sounds like a good call: The league co-leader in hits (213) could collect a lot of them following his 1-for-17 ALDS. "At one point, [Jacoby] Ellsbury (who did have a solid ALDS by going 6-for-18) and Pedroia are going to get hot," Ortiz said. "What are you going to do? Walk them, too? Throw them breaking balls in the dirt? "Every game, I might see one [hittable] pitch, and if I don't hit it, I might not see another one." Ortiz didn't want to come off as making preemptive alibis. If a string of outs are to follow, credit them to the Tampa Bay pitchers, not his own impatience. "Now they have the best pitching in the AL," he said. "Those guys can pitch. What can you do? "Hey, hitting it not easy. Some guys can make it look easy. But you can go 0-for-5 on your best day. [Rays pitchers] are not afraid to get down with anybody, they aren't opposed to any challenge." Ortiz will be more than happy to give them that -- if they throw any balls in his area code.Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Dr. Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dr. John B. Gurdon for their respective discoveries that mature, specialized cells can be reprogrammed to become immature cells capable of developing into all tissues of the body. In the 2012 Nobel announcement, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinka Institutet stated that the findings of Drs. Yamanaka and Gurdon "have revolutionized our understanding of how cells and organisms develop."
Dr. Gurdon was recognized for his 1962 discovery that the specialization of cells is reversible when he replaced the immature cell nucleus in an egg cell of a frog with the nucleus from a mature intestinal cell. The modified egg developed into a normal tadpole. Dr. Yamanaka was recognized for his later discovery that intact mature cells in mice could be reprogrammed to become immature stem cells, now known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
Patents and iPSCs
In 2006, Dr. Yamanaka along with Kazutoshi Takahashi filed a U.S. patent claiming the technique to make iPSCs. The application entitled "Oct3/4, Klf4, c-Myc and Sox2 produce induced pluripotent stem cells" issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,058,065 ('065 Patent) on November 15, 2011. The sole issued claim recites:
1. A method for preparing an induced pluripotent stem cell by nuclear reprogramming of a somatic cell from a mammalian species, comprising:
a) introducing into the somatic cell one or more retroviral vectors comprising a gene encoding Oct3/4, a gene encoding Klf4, a gene encoding c-Myc and a gene encoding Sox2 operably linked to a promoter; and
b) culturing the transduced somatic cell on a fibroblast feeder layer or extracellular matrix in a cell media that supports growth of ES cells of the mammalian species, wherein one or more pluripotent cells are obtained.
On August 12, 2014, BioGatekeeper, Inc. ("BioGatekeeper") petitioned for Inter Partes Review ("Petition") of the '065 Patent on the ground that the sole issued claim is obvious in view of U.S. Patent No. 7,682,828 (the '828 Patent), entitled "Methods for Reprogramming Somatic Cells" that issued on March 23rd, 2010 when combined with additional prior art. The '828 Patent is assigned to the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and lists Rudolf Jaenisch and Konrad Hochedlinger as the inventors. Twelve claims issued in the '828 Patent. The validity of the claims of the '828 Patent were challenged in a reexamination proceeding but were reaffirmed by the USPTO.
Independent claim 1 of the '828 Patent recites:
1. A primary somatic cell comprising in its genome a first endogenous pluripotency gene operably linked to DNA encoding a first selectable marker in such a manner that expression of the first selectable marker substantially matches expression of the first endogenous pluripotency gene, wherein the cell additionally comprises an exogenously introduced nucleic acid encoding a pluripotency protein and operably linked to at least one regulatory sequence, wherein the endogenous pluripotency gene is a gene that is expressed in a pluripotent embryonic stem cell, is required for the pluripotency of the embryonic stem cell, and is downregulated as the embryonic stem cell differentiates, and wherein the pluripotency protein is a protein expressed in a pluripotent embryonic stem cell, is required for the pluripotency of the embryonic stem cell, and is downregulated as the embryonic stem cell differentiates.
According to BioGatekeeper, the invention of the '065 Patent is obvious in view of the teachings of the '828 Patent when combined with Benvenisty (Genes Dev. (1992) Dec;6(12B):2513-23) and in view of Li (Blood (2005) Jan 15:105(2):635-7, epub. Sept. 9, 2004).
Petitioner BioGatekeeper alleges that the iPSC cells of the '065 Patent are the same as the embryonic-like stem cells (ES) claimed in the '828 Patent and that prior to the '065 invention, it was known that the genes that convey pluripotencey were known as well as methods to make iPSCs. The argument is that the invention of the '065 Patent was the result of the simple and obvious substitution of one known element for another to obtain predictable results over what was taught in the prior art or the result of "choosing from a finite number of identified, predictable solutions" with a reasonable expectation of success and/or "obvious modification of prior art teachings, with a reasonable expectation of success." Petition at page 3.
The method of the '065 Patent requires the introduction of 4 genes into the cell to convey pluripotency: Oct3/4, a gene encoding Klf4, a gene encoding c-Myc and a gene encoding Sox2. BioGatekeeper finds that the '828 Patent discloses the use of Oct 4 and Sox2 genes (and the Nanog gene) to convey pluripotency. Benvenistry is alleged to teach the use of c-Myc as a pluripotency gene and the Li article is alleged to teach Klf4 as a pluripotency gene. However, because the '828 Patent also teaches the use of the Nanog gene in combination with the Oct 4 and Sox2 genes to reprogram cells, one of skill in the art would need to know to substitute the c-Myc and Klf4 genes for the absent Nanog gene and combine them with Oct 4 and Sox2 to arrive at the '065 Patent claim.
Déjà vu?
The validity U.S. Patent No. 7,029,913 entitled "Primate Embryonic Stem Cells" awarded to Dr. James A. Thomson for the in vitro culturing of embryonic stem cells also was challenged before the USPTO. See prior posts of June 15, 2014; February 3, 2014; December 1, 2013; September 15, 2013; and July 8, 2013. The USPTO upheld the validity of the patent and the challenger failed to have the decision reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit because the challenging party lacked standing to pursue the case in federal court.
Interestingly Petitioner BioGatekeeper, Inc. does not appear to have a business related to iPSCs and therefore its interest in the '065 Patent is still a mystery. No doubt the identity and interest of BioGatekeeperwill become known given the high profile and commercial success of the Yamanaka technology.
BioKeeper Petition for IPR of '065 Patent.
Special thanks to the Knoepfler Lab Stem Cell Blog for first reporting on the BioGatekeeper challenge.
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