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During his innovation keynote speeches, Jeremy Gutsche shares his breakthrough business tips that can be easily applied by a wide range of professionals in different industries. As an innovation keynote speaker, he integrates lessons from his book as well as his own experience as a management consultant and as the CEO of Trend Hunter, the world's largest collection of trends.
When brands are looking to reinvent themselves or ensure they remain relevant among their competitors, Jeremy urges his audiences to avoid retreating to their comfort zones. He believes that testing new waters and constantly tracking new opportunities is crucial for becoming breakthrough. Businesses need to be willing to take a risk and to not allow themselves to grow complacent.
He shares the story of Smith Corona, a typewriter company that missed out on a huge opportunity when it backed out of a partnership with Acer to sell personal computing devices.
"When the world became chaotic, Smith Corona did what most organizations do: they retreated to their comfort zone.
It had only been one year, but the board killed the Acer partnership. Three years later, Smith Corona declared bankruptcy. Acer went on to become the fourth-largest PC company in the world."
The failure to commit to new frontiers will likely result in unfavorable circumstances like it did for Smith Corona.
For more breakthrough business tips, check out the FREE copy of 'Exploiting Chaos' here.
Jeremy Gutsche Discusses His Breakthrough Business Tips
Jaime Neely — April 19, 2013 — Business
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Trend Themes
1. Committing to Innovation - Businesses should take risks and track new opportunities to avoid becoming complacent.
2. Comfort Zone Retreat Prevention - Businesses may fail if they retreat to their comfort zones and avoid new frontiers.
3. Learning From Failure - Success may come from the failure of others who did not commit to new frontiers.
Industry Implications
1. Technology - Partnering with new companies and testing new products can lead to breakthrough success in the tech industry.
2. Retail - Innovation and maintaining relevance is crucial in the competitive retail industry.
3. Finance - Taking risks and exploring new opportunities may lead to disruptive innovation and success in finance.


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5 eggs
3 cups + 1 tablespoon flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
1 cup water / soda
2 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon vanila extract
Using an electric mixer whip eggs with sugar. While still mixing add oil, flour with baking powder and water / soda (I recomend soda).
Divide tha batter into two parts. To one part add cocoa, to the other add 1 tblsp flour.
Transfer the batter into the prepared pan, one spoon at a time alternating tha white and the chocolate batter.
Bake about 40 - 60 minut at 170C.
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Kate Winslet has dropped a bombshell on Titanic fans, revealing that she never actually fancied her nineties co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. The actress, who is still good friends with The Revenant star, opened up about their close bond on Lorraine. "We did [stay friends]. I think for Leo and I it was seven months of very intense work, we were both really very young. And luckily, and this was the fortunate thing, we never fancied each other! I know that's really annoying to hear, sorry. We really never did. So, it did mean that we were able to have this… be able to tease each other, which we still do, which is really amazing."
Kate also shared her fondness for the Academy Award-winning film, which turned her into Hollywood's woman of the moment. "I can [believe it's been 20 years] because I've lived with it for 20 years," she said. "The lovely thing about Titanic for me now, my children and their friends… their friends say, 'Oh I love the bit in Titanic when you did…'
"We never fancied each other!" said Kate
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"They are reciting lines from Titanic that, I mean, I've long forgotten! I'm like 'Oh my god is that really what I said?' And they're like, 'Then Jack does this and then Rose does this...' and I'm like goodness! I say to them, you weren't born when that film was made, which makes me feel very old. There's another generation of children who are enjoying it and loving it for the first time. It's like Mary Poppins I like to think."
The pair have remained good friends since Titanic
The 41-year-old actress famously starred opposite Leonardo, 42, in the drama based on Titanic's true story. Leonardo has also previously opened up about his relationship with Kate. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, he said: "In a lot of ways, Kate and I have really grown up in this industry together; we've been a support mechanism for each other for such a long period of time. We've been there for each other and helped guide each other."


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The secret of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) success
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The secret of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) success
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a very well known restaurant in the world. It is rated at number 60 as the world most well known brand by BusinessWeek (McDonalds at number 9 and Nescafe, 23).
Its history spans almost 80 years when it started at Corbin (Kentucky-USA), in the 1930s. During this period the United States was under The Great Depression with almost 25% unemployment rate. The hard time was probably one of the biggest factor in forcing Harland Sanders ("The Colonel") to start experimenting with various mix of spices and herbs, trying to get the best formula for his recipe. (If we still remember the Asian Economic Crash 1997-2002, one of the last remaining business that kept going during the recession was the food industry).
By 1939, the recipe was already perfected and the Colonel had expanded his restaurant to accomodate 142 seats. This was a fairy large restaurant, the size is equivalent to several tennis courts.
However there was one problem. The WAITING time! It took almost 30 minutes for the chicken to properly cooked. Turn the gas bigger and you risk of having the chicken cooked on the outside but still red with blood inside.
Saved by the Pressure Cooker
Thanks to technology, in 1939 pressure cooker was introduced. Pressure cooker allow liquid to boils at higher temperature. Water for example normally boils at 100 degree Celcius, but with a pressure cooker the sealed lid doesn't allow air or liquid to escape and enable water to boils higher at 125 celcius.
This significantly shortened the time for cooking and as an added advantage, the nutrients (hence the taste) are retained making the food more delicious. Since the boiling point is much higher, this would also kill more germs and make the food last longer.
It should be noted that The Colonel spotted the pressure cooking technique just weeks after it was introduced. This means he was always looking for ways to improve the taste and the time it takes to cook the famous kentucky fried chicken.
Time means money
Every minutes saved means less time waiting and more satisfaction to the customers. This would also encourage a first time buyer to become repeat customers.
The Colonel is also a smart guy. He can read the writing on the wall. By early 1950s, he probably heard rumours that an Interstate Highway is going to be built BYPASSING his town. This could have a devastating effect on his business. He is now probably under serious dilemma. When the Interstate was finally opened in 1955, it caused a huge diversion of traffic away from his town.
Owning a big percentage in a small town VS Owning a small percentage in a large country.
Seeing an end to his business, the Colonel auctioned off his operations. Confident with the quality of his fried chicken, the Colonel started travelling from town to town franchising his recipe. He visited countless restaurants, promoting his recipe by cooking fried chickens for the owner and the workers.
The first franchise was awarded to Pete Harman of Salt Lake City. A handshake agreement stipulates a payment of a nickel to the Colonel for each chicken sold. This is one of the real strength of the franchise system. It provides a stream of money albeit the sum is initially very small.
Building a franchise network is like building a pipe for money to flow to you. In the beginning, the cost is huge because you have to set the infrastructure, digging the earth, linking pipes, bypassing obstacles etc. In the beginning the volume of water flow (money) in your pipe is also dismal.
After a few years of hard work, the effort will start to bear fruits. A penny here, a penny there, ten pennies from this town, a hundred pennies from that city, a thousand pennies from this district, ten thousand pennies from that state and it happen EVERY DAY! Before long it started to make a huge impact on your income.
The KFC secret recipe: Does it matter?
It is an open secret that the KFC is made of a mix of 11 herbs & spices. Using modern spectrometer, we can blast the Colonel spice with X-ray photoelectron or burn them with a specially designed gas and study the result.
With a database of results made with similar technique using all spices & herbs known to mankind, it would take just weeks before we could identified the exact names and percentage of those 11 spices. However, DOES IT MATTER?? Does it really matter to know the exact names and compositions of those spices?
An average businessman would think the secret recipe is so valuable and willing to pay millions for a copy of it.
A genius businessman would not pay even a penny!!
It is the franchise system, not the spice recipe.
Have you been to a night market ("pasar malam") and tried the fried chickens sold by the hawkers? Have you ever been to a small restaurant or a foodstall and found out that the fried chicken was so crispy and delicious
Then you were wondering why this small time businessman did not make a fortune out of his "secret recipe"!
The next time you visited the restaurant again, did you notice that:-
- sometimes there was nobody to take orders
- sometimes it was closed without properly giving a notice in advance
- sometimes the table was in a mess and nobody to clean even after 5 minutes you were seated
- sometimes the sink was dirty and choke full with food residual.
- sometimes the fried chicken was overcooked, and at other times it was undercooked.
- sometimes the fried chicken was too hot and at other times it was not so spicy.
What is the point?
The "secret recipe" represent only a small percentage of the success of the KFC franchise. If I were to give a percent, it may not represent more than 20% of the total success.
In a franchise system, everything is documented and there are strict rules for running the business. For example:
- The chicken must be cooked in a pressure cooker and left for 15 minutes
- The size of each of the chicken parts must at least 8 cm wide and weight 300 grams
- The chicken must be marinated overnight
- The age of the chicken when they were slaughtered must be between 60-70 days
- The minimum size of the restaurant must be 24×60 feet
- The color of the logo, the chair and the table must be yellow and the floor is dark grey.
- The toilet must be cleaned every 3 hours.
- The sink must be cleaned every 30 minutes
- The windows must be cleaned every morning
- Food left unsold after 15 minutes must be discarded.
- The worker must wear company-shirt and trousers. No jeans, corduroy or leather.
- 5% of gross earning must be used for local advertisement
- 1% of gross earning must be used for national level advertisement
- 3% must be used for R&D to develop new recipes & local brand.
- The food must also be offered in discounted packages (e.g 2 chicken, 1 fries, 1 glass of pepsi)
- The food can be ordered seperately / "ala carte" but no discount applies.
- The restaurant must have air-condition.
This long list of standard operating procedures is actually the key to the success of the franchise. The long list is actually an accumulated wisdom and know-how the franchise system have developed after a few decades of operation.
Finally we found the holy grail!!
THE "SECRET RECIPE" of KFC SUCCESS IS ACTUALLY THE WHOLE FRANCHISE SYSTEM!!
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text: Download Print Dodge Continues Commercial Vehicle Onslaught Industrywide, nearly one out of every five new vehicles sold in the U.S. is a commercial vehicle Dodge has introduced six all-new commercial vehicles since 2003 New commercial standard set with all-new Dodge Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 Chassis Cabs, Dodge Ram 2500/3500 Box-Off modes, all-new Dodge Sprinter and all-new Dodge Grand Caravan cargo van With 33 percent market share, Dodge Ram 3500 Chassis Cab takes retail share lead from Ford F-350 Since 2003 introductions, Dodge Sprinter sales have increased tenfold to 21,961 units in 2006 October 22, 2007 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Maintaining its commercial vehicle onslaught while conquering new territory and setting new commercial standards, Dodge continues to extend its bold, Ram-tough leadership and heritage into the commercial vehicle market. Led by three exceptionally powerful, capable and durable work trucks, the 2008 Dodge Ram 3500, 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs – which will compete in the Class 3-5 medium-duty segments – the brand's commercial program is anchored by the 2008 Dodge Sprinter, the market's top-performing full-size van, and the all-new 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan cargo van. "The commercial vehicle market is white space for the Dodge brand," said Mike Accavitti, Director – Dodge Brand SRT Marketing and Communications, Chrysler LLC. "We continue to fill this space with bold, powerful and capable commercial-grade vehicles." U.S. Commercial Vehicle Market The overall U.S. commercial vehicle market is defined as all vehicles sold to businesses, organizations and individuals who use their vehicle primarily for business purposes.Two subsets further define the market -- dealer commercial sales of one to 49 units and fleet sales of 50 or more vehicles. Last year, overall commercial vehicle sales increased 30 percent. Of the16.2 million vehicles sold last year, 5.3 million (33 percent) were commercial vehicles. Within the dealer commercial subset, three million new vehicles were purchased with 18 percent comprising commercial vehicle sales. Dealer commercial sales also account for 34 percent of all pickup and chassis sales, and represent 78 percent of full-size van sales. "Dealer commercial sales represent a critical segment in our industry given that nearly one out of every five new vehicles sold in the U.S. is a commercial vehicle," added Accavitti. Dodge Ram 3500 Chassis Cab increases retail share In the marketplace less than a year, the Dodge Ram 3500 Chassis Cab bolted to the forefront and captured the number-one ranking in U.S. retail registrations and market share from the perennial leader, the Ford F-350, in the Class 3 conventional chassis cab market. In August 2007, this leadership position was strengthened as the Ram 3500 Chassis Cab increased its monthly U.S. retail registrations, putting it even further ahead of the Ford F-350 Chassis Cab. Registrations for the Dodge truck totaled 1,037 compared with the Ford truck, which had 984 registrations. The Dodge Ram Chassis Cab also posted a 33 percent market share versus the Ford truck's 31 percent. In addition, in April of this year, the Dodge Ram 3500 Chassis Cab's sales and market share surpassed the Chevy Silverado Chassis Cab, the perennial runner-up to the Ford big rig. Dodge Ram Leadership Extends to Class 5 Commercial Trucks With the introduction of the all-new 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs earlier this year, Dodge's Ram-tough heritage and legacy extends to the Class 5 medium-duty segment. 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U.S. Is Second-Largest Market for Sprinter With its 2003 introduction, Dodge Sprinter marked the return of the Dodge brand to the commercial vehicle market. Domestic sales in the U.S. have increased tenfold to 21,961 units in 2006, and the United States now ranks as the world's second-largest market for Sprinter vans. Since 2005, Dodge Sprinter sales have exceeded target projections every month with an overall increase of 9 percent in 2006 versus 2005. For Canada, 2006 sales increased 27 percent from 2005. The all-new Dodge Sprinter offers the segment's most best-in-class advantages, world-class quality, innovations, design and performance, comfort and safety, and builds on Dodge's rich commercial heritage, successfully bolstering the company's position as a competitive player in the commercial vehicle market. Dodge Sprinter competes in the 2500 and 3500 series large van segments along with Class 3 low-cab-over-engine (LCOE) trucks. Sprinter's addressable market is identified by 50 percent of all 2500 series vans and 100 percent of all 3500 series vans and Class 3 LCOE trucks. The Sprinter dominates the Class B segment in the recreational vehicle market. Firmly established in the Class 2-3 commercial van market, the 2008 Dodge Sprinter will appeal to a range of customers in traditional vocations including construction, plumbing, carpentry, flooring, painting, roofing, electrical, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, as well as a host of niche markets including dry cleaning; contractors and landscaping; delivery operators; and passenger transport. Dodge Sprinter has quickly become a preferred vehicle of choice embraced by the market's major courier companies, including FedEx, UPS and DHL. 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In China's heartland, concern is over prosperity, not politics. Peking's drive against `bourgeois liberalism' is irrelevant to daily life
| Guiyang, China
Deep in China's strategic heartland - in a province so little known that some Chinese confuse it with neighboring Yunnan and Guanxi Provinces - the politics of Peking are distant thunder. Here in Guizhou Province, the Communist Party's propaganda drive against ``bourgeois liberalization'' would appear to be irrelevant to the daily lives of its 30 million people.
With income levels well below the national average, people in Guizhou are struggling more for their share of China's new-found prosperity than to maintain ideological purity. And because fewer than 1,000 foreigners visited Guizhou last year, there is little threat of antisocialist ideas spreading from that source.
``I am very interested in this subject,'' a provincial official commented with earnest candor. ``Fighting `bourgeois liberalization' doesn't mean you can't live a comfortable life or enjoy Western culture, but it means you must support the Communist Party and socialism.''
This summary of the party's political line appeared practical and to the point. As with other Guizhou residents, the official appeared untroubled by the confusion common in Peking and Shanghai over how to define ``bourgeois liberalization.'' Clearly, whatever it is, there is little of it in Guizhou.
Faced with the challenge of developing this region, rich in resources but geographically remote, the priorities of Guizhou's government have been down to earth. The province's population, which has tripled in less than 50 years, strains food production and large amounts of grain must be imported from other parts of China. Industry, much of which was moved here in the early 1970s from eastern China as a protection in case of war, suffers from serious logistical and manpower problems.
To meet such challenges in recent years, Guizhou has called upon from some of the most progressive and flexible leadership the party could muster. A pragmatic approach to party work was the hallmark of Zhu Houze, who served in top party posts in Guizhou and later became China's powerful propaganda chief in 1985. Mr. Zhu was hand picked for the central government post by now-ousted General Secretary Hu Yaobang. According to local residents, Zhu rose quickly because he was ``very open.''
Previously unknown in Peking, Zhu turned out to be well liked in some circles for his open-minded, some say liberal, views. But he was dismissed from his post in Peking last winter when some veteran party leaders reasserted their power and regained control of the party's propaganda organs. Zhu is now assigned to a research institute in Peking, but he is still popular in Guizhou.
``Personally, I think Zhu Houze did much to break down the obstacles in Guizhou and to open it to the outside world,'' said Zhang Miao Gu, editor of the Guizhou Daily, the party's leading newspaper in the province.
The editor of the Zunyi News, located in the province's second-largest city, agreed. ``If the party decided to send him back to Guizhou, we'd welcome him,'' said Lei Ming Zhong.
There have been few casualties here in the recent propaganda warfare. The editors said that here, unlike in neighboring Guanxi, no magazines or newspapers have been suspended or closed down as a result of the party's strict new guidelines for the press. One small-town newspaper, however, was criticized for reprinting an article that originally appeared in the Shenzhen Youth News last year. The article reportedly called for senior leader Deng Xiaoping to resign.
The liberal Shenzhen Youth News, closed down several months ago, was blamed as a leading source of antisocialist, antiparty influence in the region since it had subscribers here.
Zunyi News editor Lei said his newspaper had also been influenced by the ideas of expelled party member and nationally known journalist Liu Binyan. But Mr. Lei and others said that no one had been criticized personally and no one had had to write a self-criticism.
Mr. Zhang of the Guizhou Daily said that, since Guizhou was a remote area, the influence from Western ideas was less than elsewhere. ``We've done much work to control the influence and now the problem of `bourgeois liberalization' is under control,'' he said.


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By Oriana Ott, Staff Writer
Monday, April 2, 2012
Accessibility as an issue extends beyond the physical spaces we inhabit. Consider how much of your own time is spent using technology or even just the Internet. For most of us, it is a critical part of our social and working lives.
The Internet has been praised as a means of accessing information in more egalitarian ways than has ever previously been possible, removing historic barriers of financial and social accessibility. It is fundamentally a network of public spaces. However, for people with certain physical disabilities, new barriers make it difficult to navigate an increasingly Internet-dependent world.
We use public spaces on the Internet to work, communicate, learn, and participate in communities and the market. As long as people with disabilities are not recognized as equal participants in these spaces, they will continue to experience discrimination.
Businesses lose customers without even knowing they existed, and public resources become privileged. Websites are frequently designed in ways that are often difficult to navigate and impossible for screen viewers to read. If you've ever visited a government website, for instance, you have probably felt frustrated by its poor design.
Speaking of visual features, websites often lack basic readability. Using color contrasts in background and font can render contents invisible to people with atypical color vision and neurological disabilities. The annoying flashing gifs that people pepper across their websites can be dangerous to users with seizure conditions. For example, an attack by the hacktivist group Anonymous sent many people to the hospital with seizures by posting triggering files on a forum for people with epilepsy.
Another major problem you may have encountered is the CAPTCHA system that most websites use to distinguish human users from automated spammers. Unfortunately, this tool is often unusable for people with visual impairments.
Designs that contain multiple side buttons with alternatives cannot be navigated via keyboard, making these alternatives inaccessible as well.
The sound alternatives that some sites use are heavily garbled and obscured by background noise, to the point where the vast majority of users cannot distinguish correct information. Yet CAPTCHAs are a gateway to all kinds of public spaces—from online pharmacies to social networking sites.
When it comes to individual differences, software and hardware exists to modify the way computers can be used. For people with severe motor impairments, a mouth-operated mouse and programs that use voice commands to operate a computer or take dictation can circumvent inaccessible keyboards. Programs that can read the contents of a screen aloud help people for whom screens are inaccessible.
Unfortunately, many of these programs are limited in capability and are very expensive, partly because their development is supported by a niche market of people who tend not to have a great deal of disposable income. Voice recognition is still limited in its functionality, but since it has been recognized as commercially useful, a lot more research has been directed to this area. Logistics matter, but often businesses neglect to realize the diverse implementations that accessibility software can have. Ergonomic keyboards, for example, are becoming increasingly common as more people spend more time using keyboards and begin to feel the strain they can put on vulnerable joints.
Many modifications are very easy to implement, but are not commonly used. Adding descriptive text to images and transcripts to videos has become increasingly simple. For example, YouTube allows users to add closed captions by uploading a transcript. It can automatically add appropriate time stamps that link these captions to appropriate times in the video. These features help users who cannot hear or watch the video, making it accessible to a much wider audience, including people on mobile devices and in public spaces.
Alternatives exist, and projects such as the Web Accessibility Initiative provide information on how to increase accessibility. Software used to test website functions can also scan for accessibility features. Especially as Internet-dependent generations grow older, these features become increasingly important to more people. It might not seem that pressing now, but these features may eventually dictate whether you will continue to be able to use the Internet.
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Unlike most birdwatchers, Dato' Dr Amar Singh HSS is still fascinated by the common urban birds after 36 years of watching birds. But then he is no run-of-the-mill birdwatcher. When he watches birds, he sees their antics, photographs them and then shares his observations with whoever is interested.
His latest contribution is the feeding behaviour of the Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense javanense) that regularly visits his urban garden (female, above left; male, baove right).
"This female was foraging with her mate in a clump of Acacia auriculaeformis trees. The pictures show her getting a juicy bite (caterpillar) out of the knot of the tree trunk (below left). She was engrossed and allowed a close approach.
"Meticulously searching as she progresses up the tree trunk, isolating the prey and using the tree trunk to mash the prey before a delightful swallow and a beak cleaning (above middle). One picture shows her using the long tongue to probe for grub (above right)."
Dato' Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh City, Perak, Malaysia
21st December 2009


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UNF Music Students Czech-ing Out
July 5, 2017
In the small town of Teplice, students walk the path previous musicians and composers like Beethoven walked. This group of 14 vocal performance students will perform Italian operas in professional theatres throughout the Czech Republic through the UNF Opera Study Abroad in Europe program.
"It's an entire month of singing," Director of UNF Opera Krzysztof Biernacki said. "It is the best month ever."
Students left for the Czech Republic on July 1. They will rehearse until July 19 when they start to perform at different venues.
The students will perform Gioachino Rosini's "Barber of Seville" and Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme." The two operas are complete opposites. "Barber of Seville" is a fast-paced comedy that made the students dance in their chairs as they sang. In "La Boheme," people die. However, the opera has that unique, beautiful style that made the students make big dramatic gestures while singing. According to Biernacki, Puccini's style is like "nobody out there, and it will stay with you during your lifetime."
The program is a collaboration with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, so UNF students will be rehearsing and performing the opera with another group of students. The number of roles in each opera are split in half for each school to give out.
All students will perform each opera four times. They will perform at four professional theaters including the Prague Municipal Concert House or Smetana Hall, which according to Biernacki is "the most prestigious venue in Prague."
The opera will be accompanied by the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Maestro Norbert Baxa. Biernacki will be the stage director for "La Boheme," but Director of Pilzen Opera Martin Otava will direct "Barber of Seville."
When they are not rehearsing, students will participate in voice master classes, individual voice lessons, diction classes and even get to attend live opera performances if the schedule allows. Students will also have the opportunity to perform additional concerts of opera arias and ensembles accompanied by the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Of course, students will also get to go sightseeing through Vienna, Prague and Dresden. They will be staying in Teplice, a spa town where famous musicians and composers like Beethoven have visited.
"It is the perfect environment to transform them from young students to young professional opera singers," Biernacki said.
Biernacki started the UNF Study Abroad in Europe program in 2010 in collaboration with the European Music Academy and the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in hopes of giving students the opportunity to perform abroad with professionals.
"Summer programs are so hard to find," said Keith Smith, one of the 14 students going to the Czech Republic. "It is a unique opportunity to be able to perform with master students."
Adina Pavlesich has gone to the Czech Republic through the program twice. She is now the graduate teaching assistant who helps this year's group of students prepare for their performances overseas.
"It is opera boot camp overseas," Pavlesich said. "It's intense, but it's what we love."
For some students, it will be their first professional opera with an orchestra. Other students are returning to the program, but they are all looking forward to making new memories and are excited to be performing overseas.
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TO USA, AUS, and Mission 7600 is a versatile SIGINT collection system designed to downlink unprocessed SIGINT data. Mis- sion 7600 satellites are in geostationary orbits designed to allow near continuous coverage of the majority of the Eurasian landmass. Signals processed at the Mission 7600 MGSs (RAF Menwith Hill Station, UK and the Joint De- fense Facility Pine Gap, Alice Springs, Australia) are primarily military COMINT targets located on the Eurasian landmass, although a variety of non-communications emitters can be processed as well. Some analysis of the col- lected data is done at the MGS, but the great majority of the collected signals are forwarded to NSA for exploitation. Dissemination of intelligence from the collection is primarily through NSA reporting channels. K) The geostationary orbit of the Mission 7 600 satellites allows them to provide continuous coverage of the maiority of the Eurasian landmass and Africa. (Movement of the satellite within its orbit results in partial daily coverage The satellites' con?guration of ?xed and steerable feeds allows simultaneous collection against multiple signal types (COMINT, ELINT, MASINT, etc.) located across a broad geographic area. Geolocation computations can be performed at the MGS against signals which are simultaneously collected by at least two satellites. Currently geolocation is possible against signals Geolocation accuracy Varies? Unprocessed SIGINT signal intercepts are downlinked to the MGS in real-time for processing, recording and/or dissemination as required. High priority COMINT data is forwarded in real-time to NSA, with some data also sent to the Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center (RSOC) for immediate processing by NSA and re- porting as a TACREP. Lower priority data is forwarded to NSA for later processing. 4.5.1 (U) Primary System Mission Mission 7600 was designed originally as a FISINT collector but now is primarily used as a COMINT col- lection system against known targets of high intelligence value. Currently, about 85% of Mission 7600 collection is against these COMINT targets. 4.5.2 (U) Secondary System Missions Mission 7 600 also has the capability to collect against the following target types: a. ISINT b. MASINT c. Technical ELINT d. e. Other COMINT f. Satellite links (uplinks, cross-links, and downlinks) 4.6 Mission 8300 Program Overview The Mission 8300 system, the earth orbit (GEO) component of IOSA, is a four satellite con- stellation, and replaces both Mission 7500 and Mission 7600 current systems. Mission 8300 satellites has command and control located at two overseas mission ground sites. The ?rst Mission 8300 spacecraft was launched 9 Sep 03. 4.6.1 (U) System Missions 188.8.131.52 The Mission 8300 system is designed to collect, process, record, and report Sig- nals Intelligence (SIGINT) information. 220.127.116.11 SIGINT support to US military combat operations 220.127.116.11 Crisis monitoring 184.108.40.206 Indications and warning support to the United States and deployed US forces TO USA, AUS, and GBRII25X1
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The confrontation between U.S. and Chinese warships in the South China Sea brings Freedom of Navigation operations back to the forefront of U.S. international relations.
Tensions between the United States and the People's Republic of China increased on September 30, when the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy vessel Lanzhou (DDG 170), a Type 052C Luyang II-class destroyer, nearly collided with American destroyer U.S.S. Decatur (DDG 73) in the South China Sea.
The American Arleigh-Burke Class destroyer came into contact with the Chinese vessel as it sailed past Gaven Reef, part of the Spratly Islands. The People's Liberation Army claims the Spratly Islands, where it is constructing airfields and naval bases on artificial land.
Following this close shave, a U.S. defense official speaking to Fox News asserted that the Navy was conducting a routine "freedom of navigation" operation in order to "uphold the rights and freedoms of all states under international law."
In an Oct. 4 speech at the Hudson Institute, Vice President Mike Pence acknowledged the Decatur's mission parameters and reaffirmed the U.S. policy of conducting freedom-of-navigation operations in the South China Sea. Calling the Chinese ship's behavior "reckless harassment" Pence said that "the United States Navy will continue to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows and our national interests demand."
FONOPS in the Regular Course
Freedom-of-navigation operations, or FONOPS, are not new in the U.S. Navy playbook. According to Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Southeast Asia Program and a fellow at the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, FONOPS conducted by the Trump administration are "fundamentally the same policy tool wielded by the Obama administration, and indeed by every U.S. administration since [Jimmy] Carter."
According to an Oct. 9 article in maritime analysis publication The Maritime Executive, a recent U.S. Department of Defense report noted that the Navy had conducted FONOPS against 22 nations since January.
The U.S.'s freedom-of-navigation exercises take their legitimacy from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The 1994 UNCLOS treaty sets the framework for how states can define their sovereign territory at sea.
A report from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs & the Harvard Kennedy School describes how these ground rules are blurred in the South China Sea. According to the report, UNCLOS dictates that shorelines and islands, in addition to a 12-nautical-mile "territorial sea" zone, also have a 200-nautical-mile "Exclusive Economic Zone" in which a state can utilize natural resources or conduct other economic activity. Other maritime formations, the Belfer report says, only have a territorial sea zone of 12 nautical miles and no Exclusive Economic Zone.
In the South China Sea, the People's Republic of China is building islands on top of reefs and low-tide elevations. According to UNCLOS, these islands constitute only a territorial sea zone, with no Exclusive Economic Zone, as the natural formations underneath them do not qualify as islands.
We will not be intimidated and we will not stand down.
-Vice President Mike Pence
The U.S. Navy conducts FONOPS to signal to Beijing that Washington doesn't recognize the legitimacy of the South China Sea's artificial islands under UNCLOS. The Chinese government challenged the American rationale for the near collision. In an Oct. 2 statement reported in the South China Morning Post, the Chinese Ministry of Defense said that "The Chinese vessel took quick action and made checks against the US vessel in accordance with the law, and warned it to leave the waters."
The Post also reported that Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called U.S. FONOPS "wrong behaviour." She called on Washington to "stop the provocations to avoid damaging China-US relations and regional peace and stability."
Vice President Pence was firm on the U.S. policy towards freedom-of-navigation operations in his Oct. 4 speech. "We will not be intimidated and we will not stand down," he said. Despite the saber-rattling between Washington and Beijing, Gregory Poling suggested that U.S. Navy FONOPS have not been successful in preventing China from militarizing the South China Sea.
"If they proved insufficient to achieve U.S. goals and prevent China from bullying its way through the South China Sea for the last several years, it would be naïve to think they would suddenly become effective now," he said.
However, Poling does not discount the potential for FONOPS to play a role in denying China's objectives in the region.
"They are necessary as a demonstration of U.S. commitment to international law and as a record of objections to Chinese claims," he said, "but they can only be effective as part of a larger whole-of-government South China Sea strategy. And the Trump administration has no such strategy."
This Thursday at the opening of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, China's Defense Minister, Wei Fenghe, remarked that "If someone tries to separate Taiwan from China, the Chinese armed forces will take action at any price." Wei added, "The islands in the South China Sea have long been China's territory. They're the legacy of our ancestors and we can't afford to lose a single inch of them."
As for whether or not freedom-of-navigation operations will contribute to the growing tensions between the U.S. and China — only time will tell.
Benjamin S. Weiss, for Lima Charlie News
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With Arizona Shooting in Mind, Debate Over High-Capacity Clips Continues
My Congresswoman, Jane Harman, was one of the only ones on the floor of the House yesterday to use the assassination attempt on Gabrielle Giffords as an opportunity to talk about gun control efforts.
Representative Jane Harman, a California Democrat, used her floor remarks on the resolution to urge Congress to restrict access to assault weapons and extended magazine clips. A federal ban on the sale of assault weapons expired in 2004 and wasn't renewed by lawmakers.
"We should revisit sensible federal laws to control access to guns and ammunition," she said.
Harman said the exact same thing in 2007, after the Virginia Tech shooting. Needless to say, her position isn't shared by the majority of the Congress.
Short of reinstating the entire assault weapons ban, is there an opening to perhaps pass the McCarthy/Lautenberg bill, which would restrict access to high-capacity magazine clips, because of the facts of the Tucson shooting, where Jared Loughner was able to shoot 31 bullets without reloading, and gave bystanders the moment of opportunity to disarm him only after the clip ran out?
I'm skeptical, but this was interesting:
A leading gun-rights advocate says there is no constitutional barrier to restricting the sale of high capacity gun magazines such as the one used by accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner and that such proposals are justified to prevent "looney tunes" from committing more gun massacres.
Robert A. Levy, who served as co-counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case that established a Second Amendment right to bear arms, said there was no reason the court's decision in that case should apply to the purchase of high-capacity gun magazines.
"I don't see any constitutional bar to regulating high-capacity magazines," Levy said in an interview with NBC. "Justice [Antonin] Scalia made it quite clear some regulations are permitted. The Second Amendment is not absolute."
Levy is chairman of the board of the Cato Institute. If he's willing to acknowledge that banning high-capacity clips makes sense, can we hope that others will come to the same conclusion when the question is put to them?
This will call for some leadership. So far in the President's two years, despite campaigning on renewing the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole, the only gun legislation he's signed expanded concealed carry rights to national parks. But as Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig note, this is literally the least we can do. . . [cont'd.]:
A high-capacity magazine in effect turns a semiautomatic firearm into a weapon of mass destruction. The public interest in getting such weapons off the street was recognized by Congress back in 1934, when, with the support of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the National Firearms Act was enacted. It effectively stopped commerce in machine guns of the sort wielded to such deadly effect by John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and the employees of Murder Inc.
Banning high-capacity magazines is a modest, incremental step that would achieve modest benefits. Research by Koper and others shows that in the majority of gun homicides in the U.S., only a few shots are fired. Only about 3% of all criminal homicides involve multiple killings. But as Tucson tragically reminds us, mass shootings have a vastly disproportionate impact on our sense of well-being and security.
Sadly, the President has said almost nothing on this issue so far. In his speech last night he called the debate over how to prevent such tragedies as we saw in Tucson "an essential ingredient in our exercise of self-government." So he can show that by going ahead and engaging in it.
UPDATE: Another New York Democrat, Gary Ackerman, will introduce a bill to stop gun dealers who have had their license revoked from selling weapons from "their personal collections." That's fine, and I support it because it allows these sales outside the typical background check, but it has no connection to the actual event from Saturday, which I feel is the only way to break the NRA deadlock. Looking at the history of gun laws responding to violent events, you probably need that connection.


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Theatre to Perform Award Winning Play for Benefit
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Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre (WRCT) is giving the first of two free performances of D.L. Coburn's The Gin Game on Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the WRCT auditorium at the Centralia Center in the Rapids Mall.
WRCT is currently competing in the American Association of Community Theatre's bi-annual nationwide play competition. In February, the group won the state competition along with a production from cwACT in Stevens Point.
Both groups will be competing at the five-state regional competition in Champaign, Ill. at the end of the month. From there, winners advance to the national competition in Rochester, Minn. June 26 – July 1.
The second benefit performance will be Tuesday, April 18, also at 7:00 p.m. in the WRCT auditorium. Though the performances are free, they are designed to raise funds for the costs associated with competing – registration fees, rooms, gas, etc.
For the regional competition, costs are approximately $2500.
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Each EcoStitch melter from adhesive dispensing machinery manufacturer Valco Melton has a litany of state-of-the-art features and options. All EcoStitch melters do not require compressed air and use precision gear pumps to deliver adhesive in a constant, reliable and repeatable fashion. There are 4 pump size options on all EcoStitch melters to fit specific application requirements. Digital Closed Loop Pressure Control is one of the "industry firsts" for Food and Beverage packaging glue melters. Now you can digitally monitor, adjust and have built in "key to line" adhesive pressure control.
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Welcome to Charismatic Car's advice page.
Obviously we are biased and think that we provide the perfect wedding cars for your special day. However, we have tried, as far as possible to give some unbiased advice to help with your choice of bridal vehicle.
To make the navigation of the page a little easier the questions are listed below, just click on the question to jump to the answer, or just scroll down the page.
- How many people need to go in the bridal vehicle(s)?
- How big will the dress be?
- What will the weather be like?
- How long is the journey?
- Are you going to look dignified exiting your chosen vehicle?
- Do any of the passengers have ability or other issues?
- Looking good?
- Why not use your friend's classic car?
How many people need to go in the bridal vehicle(s)?
This may sound like a basic question but it is an important one. If the journey is short, say less than ten minutes, then using the wedding car to do two or even three trips is not unreasonable.
If the journey is much more than fifteen minutes we would suggest a single trip only, which may mean that you need two or more cars.
When selecting the wedding cars you hire it is important to consider carefully how many people they will comfortably take. You will also need to consider the size of the people you plan to transport, if they are six-foot-five rugby players, then trying to squeeze four or them into a car billed as three to four seats would be a little mean.
How big will the dress be?
Some dresses are bigger than other and some cars are smaller than others. You may have always dreamt of arriving at the church in an Aston Martin DB5 or a Mini Cooper but even a moderately large dress is going to make that tricky. If your perfect day includes a gorgeous huge dress then you and the dress may take up two or even three passenger places. If you are a fan of voluminous dresses or very long trains then the size of the vehicle door may be an issue you have to consider. A number of pre-war vehicles have surprisingly small doors, which even modest dress may struggle with.
What will the weather be like?
All brides hope for good weather on their wedding day. However, in England, it is something that cannot be predicted or relied upon so your vehicle needs to be able to accommodate glorious summer days or chilly, grey, rainy ones. Vehicles that are open to the elements, without the option of some kind of hood will always be something of a gamble whatever the season. Always have a look at the vehicle with the hood up – you might not like it !
If you opt for a winter wedding then the weather is an even greater consideration. An open topped vehicle in December would be a very bold but foolish move! Most pre-war vehicles do not have any heating so this may be something worth considering if you are looking at a pre-war car – for shorter journeys this may not be a significant issue, but for longer journeys it is worth considering.
How long is the journey?
All our vehicles will easily cope with long journeys to the church. If you are hoping, for example, to use one car to transport eight people in two separate journeys then the journey time is a very important consideration. Even if the trip is only twenty minutes, then a round trip will be at least forty and if you allow enough time for dignified loading and unloading of passengers then the first group will need to arrive about an hour before the second bridal group.
For almost all motor powered vehicles distance will not be an issue for the vehicle itself. However, an open topped vehicle is unlikely to deliver the bride in perfect condition if there is even a short dual carriage way or worse still a motorway section to the route. Even twenty miles per hour in an open vehicle can destroy a well-built wedding hair do!
A horse and carriage may seem like a lovely idea and it is if the journey is short. Ascot carriages (a business we recommend) states the following: "We recommend carriage journeys are no more than 2-3 miles each stage, with a maximum distance of 6 miles in total, as a 2 mile journey can take 20 minutes." So even if you can find a company willing to cover larger distances you could be looking at over an hour for even a fairly short journey.
Are you going to look dignified exiting your chosen vehicle?
Whatever vehicle you chose for your wedding day we strongly recommend that you try getting into and out of the vehicle – you have to imagine that you are wearing your wedding dress whilst doing so basically you need to try a vehicle on for size. Also ask yourself will everyone who uses your vehicle on the day be able to get in and out and remain dignified?
Do any of the passengers have ability or other issues?
It is important to consider how easily your passenger will be able to get in and out of the vehicle you are hoping to use. Suppose you are transporting elderly relatives then getting them in or out of a Ferrari may be difficult and undignified. Similarly at the other end of the spectrum a Humvee may require a ladder for entry or exit for that elderly great uncle…
Looking good?
OK, this is a real car snobbery point, but it may be one you want to consider. There are "replica" classic and vintage cars out there. Although you may not be able to tell the difference, there is a good chance that some of your guests will spot that it is not the genuine article. If any of your guests are car connoisseurs then a Ford Sierra dressed up to look like a vintage car will look exactly like modern Ford in fancy dress. These cars can look nice enough to the untrained eye, but from the purists point of view they are rather disappointing.
Why not use your friend's classic car?
This may be an option you have considered and will obviously save you money and you may have a friend with a lovely car. However, it does put a lot of stress on the friend – getting to the church on time is a huge responsibility. Also there is a good chance, if they are doing the driving, that they will miss the wedding and possibly some of the reception. Furthermore, if they get it wrong then the friendship may well be tested to the extreme! They may sell the car before the wedding, it could break down, you may have a row etc.etc. Every year we pick up bookings where similar things have happened. As a rule, where your special day is concerned, leave it to the professionals because you will have a contract with them that you certainly do not have with a friend.
As a footnote to all this we would recommend leaving it to the professionals for almost all things concerned with your wedding. I have been the only photographer at two of my friend's weddings, it is a stressful thing to do and my experience was that it was rather like not being there as you are "working".


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Hannah's Breastfeeding Journey
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Initially I was quite intimidated by breastfeeding. I'd heard a lot of stories about how painful and taxing it can be. I was also doubtful that my A cup boobs could ever produce any milk, especially as they hadn't grown at all during pregnancy. Turns out size doesn't always matter! My journey, with my twin boys, has definitely been a slow burner. During the last few weeks of pregnancy, I was diligent in expressing colostrum ready for my boys planned arrival at 37 weeks. Even though I didn't get masses, I had enough frozen to use for those first few important feeds while I was recovering from the c-section. But... drum roll... the hospital lost it all!
After that, my supply got off to a slow start. The boys (Leo and Xander) were both in intensive care for the first few days, so I didn't feed them immediately. As a result my boobs didn't get any action on those first days (sadly I wasn't told in hospital that I should have pumped) which meant my supply didn't ramp up quite as much as it may have otherwise. As a result, the boys were mix fed from birth - a combination of breast and formula.
The plan after that was to transition over to just breast milk - where I used pumping, herbal supplements, increasing my water intake, eating more oats than I ever thought possible (a low point was an oat curry) and tonnes of skin on skin contact to increase my supply. As the weeks went on I just felt a lot of pressure and disappointment that my supply wasn't supporting both of them (I have so much respect for women that exclusively breastfeed twins) and it was tainting my feeding experience with them. And so, I took a moment to ask myself why I was choosing to breastfeed - which was mainly for connection and bonding. It was so wonderful when I would tandem breastfeed them and they would gaze into each other's eyes across the boobs and then up to me, so considering that, I decided to continue with the mix feeding and use our breastfeeding sessions as just that - a special time with my boys rather than purely to feed them.
I expressed for the first 8 weeks to increase my supply - I found it tricky to get the right flange size and ended up with 4 different sizes! Once I'd found a good fit (Cinderella of breastfeeding) it was relatively pain free and convenient. Overtime this method has worked so well for us as it means I can still feed without the pressure, they get all the calories they need (they were small babies and so weight gain was very important) and my husband can help out too which is wonderful for him and essential for me!
My husband, Matt, was incredibly helpful during those early breastfeeding days. He would help me set up for a tandem feed and would then set the atmosphere for me to maximise milk production (increasing oxytocin). He would make me warm porridge (there are those oats again), turn on my breastfeeding playlist (a collection of beautiful songs that I could sing to my babies and that made me feel good) and light candles. There is an inverse relationship between anxiety levels and milk production, so I always tried to carve out time for myself to relax: lots of yoga and meditation (I'm a teacher), baths, reading, resting, cooking nutritious food, zoom calling my friends and self-care like washing my hair (basic but made me feel normal).
I found the pressure I applied to myself the hardest part of all. Xander had a tongue tie that meant he didn't feed perfectly, although it was never painful for me, luckily - it just meant he didn't get much milk from me. He has had it cut since and feeds so much better. For me, the midwives were rather unhelpful at hospital - almost like they didn't have time for a first-time mum and that I should have just known how to do it. The intensive care team, on the other hand, were so supportive and seemed genuinely really invested in helping us. Being that it was during the height of COVID, Matt wasn't allowed in at the same time as me, so I really appreciated having that support. I gritted my teeth in preparation for the intense pain I'd read about, trying to get the boys to latch, but there was none! They both latched on immediately and stayed on until I had to head back to my room from being so tired post c-section.
I generally feel comfortable with breastfeeding in public, but appreciate it makes other people uncomfortable sometimes, so I choose to use breastfeeding jumpers (classic people pleaser) which have a clever zip from armpit to just below boob. It's discrete but also very practical. One of my favourite places to feed is in the forest when walking our dog Arthur. Something very special about the most natural process of feeding in nature.
If I had any tips for Mum's just starting their breastfeeding journey, it would be this:
- Do what is best for you and your babies. Fed is best, not breast is best.
- You don't need big boobs to breastfeed!
- Trust your instincts - it's like you get some crazy superpower. Suddenly you have these answers that you never knew you knew!
- Make time for yourself.
- Ask for and accept help - from a partner, hospital staff and GPS.
- Be prepared but not scared. It's not all doom and gloom - it can hurt, but it can also not.


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When I think of Twitter, I think of — it's really hard to define because we're still coming up with the vocabulary — but I think it's defined a new behavior that's very different than what we've seen before.
— Jack Dorsey, Twitter Co-Founder in 2009
My, how time flies. Only four years ago, co-founder Jack Dorsey was still trying to figure out how, exactly, to define Twitter. Last week, Twitter filed its Form S-1 — the public prospectus required ahead of an initial public offering — with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In it, Twitter describes itself as "a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time" that has "democratized content creation and distribution." Analysts evaluating Twitter's S-1 suggest the company is worth $12 billion.
Trademark-types reading news coverage of Twitter's S-1 discovered something else: Twitter is concerned that its trademarked 140-character messages, called "Tweets," may become generic. Discussing the risks to its intellectual property assets, Twitter warns potential investors that "there is a risk that the word 'Tweet' could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with any short comment posted publicly on the Internet, and if this happens, we could lose protection of this trademark."
For Twitter, such loss would be an unfortunate twist of fate because the brand was so well thought out in the beginning. Reading Jack Dorsey's explanation of how the name "Twitter" (and from that, "Tweet") came about provides an enlightening peek at how start-up entrepreneurs think about trademarks:
The working name was just "Status" for a while. It actually didn't have a name. … So we did a bunch of name-storming, and we came up with the word "twitch," because the phone kind of vibrates when it moves [from receiving an SMS message.] But "twitch" is not a good product name because it doesn't bring up the right imagery. So we looked in the dictionary for words around it, and we came across the word "twitter," and it was just perfect. The definition was "a short burst of inconsequential information," and "chirps from birds." And that's exactly what the product was.
. . . So we just fell in love with the word. It was like, "Oh, this is it." We can use it as a verb, as a noun, it fits with so many other words. If you get too many messages you're "twitterpated" — the name was just perfect.
Like most start-up entrepreneurs, Jack Dorsey clearly understood the spectrum of trademark distinctiveness and the value of a suggestive name. Yet, a few other important trademark concepts eluded him.
First, he uses the dreaded D-word to tell the story of naming the company. This is a trademark no-no that has been discussed extensively here, here, and here. Second, he announces how versatile the word Twitter is: how it can be a "noun" (presumably generic?), how great it works with other words, and how it will make a great brandverb. Brandverbing – or turning a perfectly good trademark into a verb – is also a very dangerous trademark activity. It ranks right up there with with – I don't know – tweeting while rollerblading (do that too often, and you'll need a lot of band-aids.) Third, and perhaps most importantly, he is aware of trademark opportunities from extending the brand and is openly talking about them to the media, but he hasn't filed an intent-to-use trademark application to protect them.
Case in point: Twitter ran into some trademark problems soon after the interview that produced the above quotes. About a month after the interview, Twitter filed for trademark protection for the word "Tweet" as applied to telecommunication services, blogging, and social networking services. But another company had already registered the trademark "Let your Ad Meet Tweets" for related services (yes, Tweet makes a great noun), and Twitter's application for "Tweets" was refused. Adding to the refusal were two prior pending applications, one from the company Tweetdeck, Inc. for the trademark "Tweetdeck" (see how great Tweet works with other words?) and another for "Cotweet" filed by Launchability, Inc. (doesn't Tweet make a great brandverb?). Twitter subsequently acquired all three trademarks, resorting to litigation in federal court for one.
Perhaps for that reason, we saw the following statement from another Twitter co-founder, Biz Stone, in a Twitter blog post just a few months after Jack Dorsey's interview:
We have applied to trademark Tweet because it is clearly attached to Twitter from a brand perspective but we have no intention of "going after" the wonderful applications and services that use the word in their name when associated with Twitter. In fact, we encourage the use of the word Tweet. However, if we come across a confusing or damaging project, the recourse to act responsibly to protect both users and our brand is important.
In this statement, Twitter acknowledges that it didn't get its trademark act together quickly enough, but shows a sensitivity to the problem and a recognition that earning the label of a trademark bully would be even worse. When faced with the choice between managing a tribe by giving permission or building a bullet-proof brand by revoking it, Twitter clearly favored the tribe and the freedom to associate. That choice will have a huge payoff for Twitter's founders in a few months.
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What do you think, with 100 million daily Twitter users tweeting 500 million Tweets each day, is the word "Tweet" at risk for genericide? Would it matter? Will Twitter need to do an about face from Biz Stone's permissive statements to prevent genericide, or dilution? Will doing so get Twitter labeled a Trademark Bully? How should Twitter balance these seemingly competing interests?


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Mets fire hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant Tom Slater
NEW YORK — Less than five weeks into the season, the New York Mets are making significant changes.
The scuffling Mets fired hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant Tom Slater on Monday night following a 6-5 loss in St. Louis that dropped them to 11-12.
New York has struggled badly with runners in scoring position (.207 batting average, .582 OPS), a trouble area last year as well when the popular Davis worked remotely from his Arizona home because of coronavirus concerns. Several accomplished hitters are off to slow starts – including $341 million newcomer Francisco Lindor, who is batting .163 and mired in an 0-for-21 slump. He has two extra-base hits, three RBIs and a measly .494 OPS.
The team has also lacked power at the plate, a big surprise for a lineup that features Pete Alonso, Michael Conforto and Dominic Smith. The Mets rank last in the majors in runs and homers, and 27th in slugging percentage.
"It was a difficult decision to make," acting general manager Zack Scott said. "It's not about 23 games of results.
"We just felt like the players needed a different level of support and maybe some different skills brought into the mix."
Minor league director of hitting development Hugh Quattlebaum becomes the new hitting coach, and director of player development Kevin Howard takes over as assistant hitting coach under second-year manager Luis Rojas.
Scott said Quattlebaum and Howard were appointed for the rest of the season and then the team will re-evaluate. Both will be in St. Louis on Tuesday, the Mets said.
The 42-year-old Quattlebaum joined the Mets this offseason after spending the previous three years with Seattle. He was the Mariners' minor league hitting coordinator from 2018-19 and their assistant hitting coach in the big leagues last season. As a player, he spent four years in the minors with the Detroit Tigers (2000-02) and Baltimore Orioles (2003).
Howard, 39, spent the past six seasons with the Cleveland Indians, including 2019-20 as their minor league hitting coordinator. He played professionally for 12 seasons in the Reds, Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers, Mariners, Padres, Blue Jays and Cardinals systems, plus two years of Independent ball. He played college ball at Miami and won a national championship in 2001.
The 61-year-old Davis was in his third season as Mets hitting coach. Previously, he held the same job with Oakland, Boston and the Chicago Cubs.
Scott was in the Red Sox front office when they let Davis go.
Slater was in his fourth season as New York's assistant hitting coach.
The timing of the moves made them unexpected, especially after the Mets finally broke out a bit and scored 18 runs over their past three games.
"It may seem early in the calendar, but part of the reason is we know there's some risk in making change. These are both two very well-liked baseball men, good baseball men. And I appreciate everything that they've done for the Mets," Scott said.
"We know that there's some risks in making a change and disrupting what's been going on since spring training and beyond that in past seasons with our players and these coaches, but we felt like it was worth taking that risk in order to get to where we really want to be with our major league hitting program."
Scott said it was a baseball operations decision and team president Sandy Alderson was in agreement.
"This isn't about recent results. This is about the process behind the scenes," Scott said. "It's too early to be overreacting to small samples of results."
Davis played 19 seasons in the majors from 1981-99, batting .274 with 350 home runs, 1,372 RBIs and an .811 OPS with the Giants, Angels, Twins, Royals and Yankees. The switch-hitter made three All-Star teams, won three World Series titles and was the first player born in Jamaica to reach the major leagues.


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