-- All we ask from you is that you donate a small amount from your inadequate income to the IASL.

-- Your money will be kept for good use and freely returned as conceptual knowledge and more valuable than when first offered. "Knowledge is Golden."

-- "5 Tips for Using Colleges and Universities to Help Your Business" --

You, my friend, must get connected with the creative Inventors Association of St. Louis.
--- You'll pool your god given brainpower and resources with the very best.

-- I was only a kid when I took a St. Louis County Bus and asked for a 'transfer' when I got on. --
-- I rode that bus until I came to my next bus-transfer-stop and waited and got on the next bus. I asked the driver that my 'transfer' be 'stamped' so that I could continue onto my next bus without paying more money. -- When I finally boarded my third bus and the driver saw where I had come from in using that wrinkled 'transfer,' he said, "Did you get your nickel's worth, kid?"

-- Those where the days when you got your money's worth for very little. When ideas were worth a dime a dozen.

-- I guess, it's pay-back time?

-- Aren't you amazed at what you read on the IASL's Website -- and it doesn't cost you even a penny?

-- -- But please -->

Come to an IASL Meeting and contribute $5.00 [inexpensive to what others charge] - or more and make your donations there. --> (Bring it in concealed in a plain brown wrapper :-))

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-- --> > Feel good about it, get an "Attaboy."

-- --> > "Attaboy, kid, you're doing real good! Give yourself a Gold Star."

-- Give yourself a Gold Star remembering this: "Fasten your seatbelts, listen to your heart and be kind as often as possible."

-- Good thoughts to follow, and still more for you to remember is your silent t in fasten - listen and often. Pronounce each as fassen - lissen - and offen. Do as the American patriots did at Boston Harbor, they dropped the Tea. ;-)

-- -- Continue A Kindness Chain -- --

-- -- "It is the source of art and science. The most beautiful thing we experience is the mysterious." -- Albert Einstein

-- Oy, speaking of meeting of the minds..
Two Martians landed on Earth and ran into each other.
"Hi!" said the first Martian. "What's your name?"
"428,629,352! And what's yours?"
"Mine's 664,935,715."
"That's funny," said the second! "You don't look Jewish!"

The first spaceman says, "The dominant life forms on the earth planet have developed satellite-based weapons."

The second alien, who looks exactly like the first, asks, "Are they an emerging intelligence?"

The first spaceman says, "I don't think so...They have them aimed at themselves."

-- -- Patent Pending -- "While your patent application is being evaluated you can produce your product, sell it, and label it "Patent Pending." That means you have a patent application in the U.S. Patent Office that hasn't issued yet. -- This should have a seizing effect on competition because any Tuesday your patent may issue, and you can then stop competition from selling your invention, if they are infringing.

-- -- An important variation is the phrase, "Patent Applied For." Should you run into serious problems and your patent is not issued, you have to remove the "Patent Pending" statement; but if you state, "Patent Applied For," you're allowed to keep that designation as long as you applied for a patent sometime in the past. -- It doesn't matter whether the patent application has been granted, expired or abandoned." -- [www.inventorprise.com]

-- [1]35 USC §287(a) reads as follows: "Patentees, and persons making, offering for sale, or selling within the United States any patented article for or under them, or importing any patented article into the United States, may give notice to the public that the same is patented, either by fixing thereon the word "patent" or the abbreviation "pat.", together with the number of the patent, or when, from the character of the article, this cannot be done, by fixing to it, or to the package wherein one or more of them is contained, a label containing a like notice. In the event of failure so to mark, no damages shall be recovered by the patentee in any action for infringement, except on proof that the infringer was notified of the infringement and continued to infringe thereafter, in which event damages may be recovered only for infringement occurring after such notice. Filing of an action for infringement shall constitute such notice.."

-- "The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind." -- John Allston

-- “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.”

-- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine

Five-year-old Becky answered the door when the census taker came by. She told the census taker that her daddy was a doctor and wasn't home, because he was performing an appendectomy.

"My," said the census taker, "that sure is a big word for such a little girl. Do you know what it means?"

"Sure! Fifteen hundred bucks, and that doesn't even include the anesthesiologist!"

-- Answer 5: Don Kelly

  -- Molding an idea into a product and getting it to market is a business proposition ... similar to investing in a parcel of land,  building a house on the lot and selling it all for a profit ... except that land and buildings have established relative values usually well known to investors and buyers in a community.  Not so with inventions.

--  Ideas and new products must have a value established on their behalf ... and this simply can't be done without investment funds.  It often requires legal work (patenting for example) and always requires some kind of sales or promotion effort to engender a demand. -  Getting other peoples money (OPM) is not easy for such ventures.

-- You mustn't spend money you don't have ... especially if you have medical issues in your family. [i.e.] This just may not be the time to go into a new business ... particularly one that stands only a small chance of turning a profit.

-- But take heart.  Since you have this idea, that "everyone loves," chances are you will have others in the future. Then, perhaps, you'll be at a stage in your life when you can better handle the risks.

--   Having said all that, however, you may want to pursue getting some grant money or other support from one of the many "assistive technology" promotion  organizations across the country.  The US Dept. of Education has a program, for example, that invests in technology that helps disabled people.  I think a principal research center is in Buffalo, NY.  Try "Google" for >>> assistive technology Your State <<< and perhaps you'll find some help nearby.
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Does anyone have advice on who could make/market a unique bra for mastectomy patients? thanks.... leonardi24

Mastectomy industry You'll find several if you Google >>mastectomy bra manufacturers<<. As a side note, Barbie inventor Ruth Handler was a pioneer in that industry. Don Kelly,...
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***** E-health and Web 2.0: "The doctor will tweet you now" --

-- Symptom of Cold / H1N1 Flu:

Fever:
- Fever is rare with a cold.
- Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.

Coughing:
- A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.
- A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).

Aches:
- Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold.
- Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.

Stuffy Nose:
- Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week.
- Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.

Chills:
- Chills are uncommon with a cold.
- 60% of people who have the flu experience chills.

Tiredness:
- Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold.
- Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.

Sneezing:
- Sneezing is commonly present with a cold.
- Sneezing is not common with the flu.

Sudden Symptoms:
- Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days.
- The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.

Headache:
- A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold.
- A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.

Sore Throat:
- Sore throat is commonly present with a cold.
- Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.

Chest Discomfort:
- Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold.
- Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.
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The only way to stop the spread of the epidemic is to spread the awareness.

If you have any questions, please contact your health care professional..

Stay healthy and enjoy your winter.
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-- "1 in 5 prescriptions never filled, study shows"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> >

-- --> > "Google Health" < <-- --

-- "Inventors Assistance League *** Patent, Copyright and Trademark Information Center *** Help Protect and Market Your Invention!" --

Q: I recently saw an interesting giveaway offer online. It said I could be sent a free MacBook Air. All I have to do is write a review. Could this be for real?

A: This falls into the category of Too Good to Be True. The MacBook Air runs around $2,000. That's quite a bit for a simple review. These offers are pretty common. They usually go like this: You first fill out a form. Then you have to sign up for various services. You may have to buy things.. And the prize will always be one step away. Someone will benefit from this, but it probably won't be you. Plus, your address and other information could be sold to crooks and spammers. This may not be illegal. But it's still a scam. -- Kim Komando

Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome. One has a cross in front of him, the other one the Star of David. Many people go by and look at both beggars, but only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the cross. A priest comes by, stops and watches throngs of people giving money to the beggar behind the cross, but none give to the beggar behind the Star of David.
Finally, the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star of David and says, "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Catholic country; this city is the seat of Catholicism. People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who has a cross. In fact, they would probably give to him just out of spite,"
The beggar behind the Star of David listened to the priest, turned to the other beggar with the cross and said: "Moishe, look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing!" :-)

-- Halo! - Statue? Telling It Like It Is --
-- Danny Thomas, comedian of years ago, liked to tell this story: "A dear little Italian mama was rewarded by her grown sons who owned a building construction company. They built for her a brand-new home of her own. They followed her every whim. When she insisted that in every room they have a 'hallo statue,' they put in niches in the walls for religious statues. Every room -- living room, dining room, den, bedroom, kitchen, and hallway -- just to make her happy. Even the bathroom!
-- The day came for the whole family to take Mama, her furniture and belongings to her new home. -- They waited for her praise. They waited for those tears of joy. They got, instead, ".. So.. wheridey put-em? ..Ya-know, .. I allawaze needa one? .. When I socialize wida my frenz, .. callin-em-up anasayin, "Halo! - statue?!!"

-- You're Not the Next Caller In-line --

-- "Albert Einstein Action Figure" --

--Great discoveries are made by mistake.
-- [Not really.] - Luck is whenever your experience meets opportunity. --

-- "Device could aid production of electricity NOVEMBER 27, 2001"

-- "Technology Review: High-Energy Batteries Coming to Market" --

-- "Cable TV Without the Cable--or the Satelite" --

-- "The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money." -- unknown

-- "60-Second Guide to Coming-Up with a Powerful Business Idea"

-- Try this, it really works --> >

-- To try Google 411, all you have to do is enter in this phone number on any phone: 1-800-GOOG-411, which is also 1-800-466-4411. You can do this from a home phone, a cell phone, etc. It doesn't matter, as long as you're using a working telephone.

-- Once you dial the number, you will hear a man's voice. He will ask you for your city and state and you just have to speak them into the phone. For example, I just tried this and I said "Toledo, Ohio." The recording will then go on to ask you for the business' name or a category you want to search under. So, keeping with my example above, I said "pizza" into the phone and Google 411 gave me the top 10 results for Toledo. There was everything from Papa John's to Pizza Hut to Inky's (a great pizza place in Toledo!) It gave me the option of starting over at any time as well. Pretty cool, huh?!

-- When you search by a category, listen for the result you're looking for and then just type in the appropriate number and Google 411 will automatically connect you to that business. And don't worry, all the connect charges are free too. That goes along perfectly with the toll free number, don't you think?! Now, if you're using a cell phone to do this, you can also receive a text message with the information if you'd like. This works along with the Google SMS service that's been around for awhile now. So, if you prefer text messages, just say "text message" into the phone and you can go on getting your information that way.

-- Like I said before, Google 411 is a free service, but depending on your phone service provider, standard phone charges may apply. This goes for text messages too, depending on what your cell phone provider's rules are.

-- Check it out today! Erin