"Whatever the cost, it will be a relief for you to know that you are in good hands. They, the attorneys, take pride in their practices."

--> MAN - Achieving success through maturing/growing-up, living the life and finally fulfilling a lifetime: -->

-- MAN - Achieving success through maturing/growing-up, living the life and finally fulfilling a lifetime: --

-- Keeping your pants pulled-up when you wore diapers as a child.
-- Wearing the pants in the family 'when you are the man.'
-- Being the Boss of the House and not losing your pants in business or in the downward stockmarket.
-- Having at least two pair pants to your name, one for every-day and that good pair for Church on Sunday.

-- Having your small child or grand-child grabbing on to your pant-leg for support. Now sitting on your lap, looking into your eyes and making you feel like a million dollars. :-)

-- "Maybe things don't go as planned, but whose plan was it anyway?" -- R.S.

-- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein

--- Nothing was perfect in the Old Days
-- "Stay Off the Midway: Article Nov-Dec 1992
-- "These days, we do not have too many marks left. So, you just substitute inventor instead."

-- "In the 1960's at 3M, developers were trying to find a powerful glue. The chemist assigned to the project, Spencer Silver, often experimented with variations in formulas--one resulted in a substance that would only weakly stick and could be easily pulled apart. He worked on it for ten years but despite improvements in its stickiness, it went undeveloped. In 1974 Arthur Fry, one of Silver's co-workers, was trying to make a bookmark stick in his church songbook and in a flash of recognition discovered the application: "Post-It Notes." Silver later stated, "If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this." ==========================================
The Internet began on March 15, 1985.

Internet historians believe the Internet would have evolved "very differently if commercial interests had not asserted themselves, particularly at the dawn of the Web, but even in the pre-Web period," Rainie said.

By 1992, fewer than 15,000 .com domains were registered, but the number would flourish after Web browsers brought mainstream consumers into the World Wide Web and "made it so convenient to navigate," McLaughlin said.

Since then, .coms have defined the Internet. Now there are 84 million domain names, including 11.9 million e-commerce and online business sites, 4.3 million entertainment sites, 3.1 million finance-related sites and 1.8 million sports sites.

According to a study released today by the Information Technology & Information Foundation, the annual economic benefits of the commercial Internet equal $1.5 trillion, which is "more than the global sales of medicine, investment in renewable energy and government investment in R&D (research and development) combined."

The Internet should add $3.8 trillion to the global economy by 2020, which would exceed the gross domestic product of Germany, the report said. An estimated 1.7 billion people, 25.6 percent of the world's population, now use the Internet.

"One can rightly describe the commercial Internet as a general-purpose technology, one whose significance to society should be viewed as on par with the advent of inexpensive steel, the telephone, the internal combustion engine or electricity," according to the report, "The Internet Economy 25 Years After .Com."

VeriSign logs 53 billion Web site lookups every day, about the same number handled for all of 1995, McLaughlin said. "We expect that to grow in 2020 to somewhere between 3 and 4 quadrillion," he said.

-- The first ballpoint pens were invented by the U.S. during the first manned space exploration to solve the problem of leaking fountain pens in space. The Russians just used pencils to solve this problem. :-) --
The first ballpoint pens that were sold to the anxious public were sold at $12.50 each. They wanted to be the first to own these futuristic devices.

-- You liked the above story, did you? Well, don't believe all that you read. -- It is better for you to do your own research and then you will uncover the truth?? -->

-- "That the first ballpoint pen was invented by a Hungarian journalist Lasalo Biro and his chemist brother Georg, in 1938?"
-- -- However another resource contradicted this and stated: --
-- "June 10, 1943, the ballpoint pen was invented by Lasalo Biro of Budapest, Hungary. As necessity is the mother of invention, the British Royal Air Force had commissioned him to invent the pen. They needed a pen to write at high altitudes during the war."

-- What do you believe? Are you sure? Always check it out.

-- "The Battle of the Ballpoint Pens.

-- "If you believe everything you read, better not read." -- Japanese proverb

-- -- THE BALLPOINT PEN -- --

-- -- "We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge."

-- --> The IASL is opening windows of opportunity. We learn from each other - that friendship is only a click-away on the Internet.

--> "Hungarian Academy of Sciences

--> --> :-( "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" -- --
Screenshot of actor Peter Finch as Howard Beale, in the 1976 film Network

--> --> Chew on this for a while: "Inventors, there's a hairs-breadth of difference between insanity and eccentricity." --

-- "A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men." - Willie Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

- Everybody thinks inventors are crazy. ?? - Well, not quite that many 'are' crazy and not that many 'outsiders' think that far ahead to make this momentous determination.

- Any time that 'they' don't understand - they might say, "That's crazy!" or "You're crazy!" -- They really mean you no harm. :-)

- You'll be laughing all the way to the bank someday, so let them think what they will. -- "Small minds are within small thinkers," I say. -- The IASL will 'better your odds' that you will succeed or know the reason why? Stick with us. I'll repeat: --> "Jot down your inventive ideas before you forget them." "Keep your eyes and ears open for 'the' opportunities." "Weigh these offers before taking any unwarranted chances." "Acquire resources to refer, recall, and question, -- for what was true years ago may have been disproven lately, -- and what wasn't known or isn't known -- gives you a niche." "Explore, explain, and venture forth."

-- "FOXNews.com - Dutch Company Uses Road Asphalt to Heat Buildings - Science News" --

-- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people; those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." -- Indira Gandhi

--> "Stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?"

--> Woman: He's very successful. I'm sure he's a millionaire by now, and he's only 26. He never even graduated from college.
--> Girl Airhead: I'm soooooo jealous. I wish I didn't have an education. -- ---> -- --> -->

-- --> "This is where the United States is falling behind. “Most U.S. high school students don’t take advanced science; they opt out, with only one-quarter enrolling in physics, one-half in chemistry,” the National Science Foundation found. The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century concluded that U.S. students were “devastatingly far” from leading the world in science and math."

-- "BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Computers enter learning 'core'" --

--> When you are inventing, remember "KISS" -- Keep It Simple, Stupid.

-- --> "National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council (NIPLECC) Annual Report Released" --> Logon -->

 -- OH THIS IS VERY TRUE (female comment!!)

Subject: TO BE 6 AGAIN

-- A man was sitting on the edge of the bed observing his wife turning back and forth, looking at herself in the mirror.

-- Since her birthday was not far off, he asked what she'd like to have for her Birthday?

--"I'd like to be six again." she replied, still looking in the mirror.

-- On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and then took her to a Six Flags Theme Park.

-- What a day!! He put her on every ride in the park; the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, The Screaming Monster Roller Coaster... everything there was. Five hours later, they staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down..

-- He then took her to a McDonald's where he ordered her a 'Happy Meal with Extra Fries' and a 'Chocolate Shake.'

-- Then it was off to a movie, popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy.. M&M's.

-- What a fabulous adventure!

-- Finally, she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed, exhausted.

-- He leaned over his wife with a big smile and lovingly asked, "Well Dear, what was it like being six again?"

-- Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. !!

-- "I meant my 'Dress Size,' you dumb a** !!"

-- The moral of the story: "Even when a man is listening, he is going to get it wrong." :-))

** *** ( Pet Peeve )
-- "One of my pet peeves is women who don't put the toilet seat back up when they're finished ;-)