More and more people ask us what Tagcrumbs is about. We are about placemarks -- personal places that you would like to remember and share. Let's look at two use cases to illuminate our point.

Wow. I don't often agree with the Canonical COO, Matt Asay, on many things and even when I do in general, I often find myself in disagreement with details. In Asay's recent piece "IBM patent claims show open source has arrived", that's not a problem -- because I disagree with everything, filled as it is with inaccuracies and sloppy thinking.

The contamination of the rotavirus vaccine Rotarix with porcine circovirus 1 DNA was revealed by deep sequencing. The same technique was also used to demonstrate that oral poliovirus vaccine does not contain viruses that can cause poliomyelitis.

I want a consumer-priced and compact HD camcorder that has a built-in wireless microphone system. I have a Flip HD, which I love for its ease of use. This is my first camcorder that makes native digital files and I find myself much more willing to use it than a tape-based camcorder that requires a conversion operation.

This past summer, I had the fantastic opportunity to spend ten weeks working for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Florida. I had tremendous opportunities to gain hands-on experience and take on substantial responsibility even with only one year of law school experience.

Drinking and driving is never condoned but what happens when a vast majority of the youngest drivers on the road turn a blind eye to this longstanding danger? According to a recent Liberty Mutual survey, 90 percent of teens believe they have an increased chance of drinking and driving on their prom night yet only 29 percent admit the higher percentage warrants cause for concern.

The first-ever Canadian team to compete in America's biggest bike race will ride against the world's best St. Catharines, Ontario - Canada's only UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) continental squad, Team SpiderTech powered by Planet Energy is ready for their close up. The cycling team comprised of Olympians and national champions will make their debut at the fifth Amgen Tour of California.

The OVA format was a format in which anime took shape and lived one of its most vibrant period of its ever-extending history. A lot of today's older, well-spoken fans look back to those times fondly. I don't blame them, as I too have some time-endured favorites from the 80s and 90s where such well-loved stories were only available on a direct-to-video mode of sale.

Xenotropic murine leukemia virus related virus (XMRV) has been implicated in prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Because XMRV is a retrovirus, it might be susceptible to antiviral drugs that are licensed for the treatment of AIDS. AZT (azidothymidine) was previously found to block XMRV replication.

Last week I wrote about my summer working in the private sector, so this week it's time to give my public service summer a turn. I was beckoned to the Windy City by the Chicago Mayor's Fellowship during the summer between my 1L and 2L years, and it was among the most amazing things I've done in law school.

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