Legal Law

The 5 steps to take if you are accused of selling counterfeit products

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Long the province of street corner hawkers and car trunk sellers, counterfeit goods are now available almost everywhere. Even large retailers known for the quality of their products have been caught accidentally selling counterfeit products. To compound this problem, the quality of counterfeit products has improved and they have become much easier to obtain. Worse still, many of the major suppliers claim to be licensed wholesalers. This has led to many fake products being sold on Amazon.com, eBay, and other internet marketplaces, and sellers often have no idea that the products they are selling are fake. Worse still, the producers of counterfeit products generally reside in “justice-free” countries, where it would be prohibitively expensive, and perhaps impossible for brand manufacturers, to sue them.

However, branded companies have started to fight hard. Many have hired law firms to attack counterfeit products in any way they can; for example, the California firm Johnson & Pham has been hired by many brands to shut down counterfeit sellers. They have targeted online vendors who reside and are willing to receive processing services in the United States. Many of these online marketers are ordinary people looking to make a few extra bucks. And none of them are prepared for costly lawsuits that demand tens of thousands of dollars in compensation and potentially require tens of thousands of additional dollars to hire an attorney.

Brand makers will generally go after online sellers for one of the following causes of action:

A. Trademark infringement: Section 32 (l) of the Lanham Act specifically prohibits the unauthorized use, sale, offer for sale, distribution or advertising of counterfeit products. Most state trademark statutes have analogous sections. Counterfeit product trafficking is often described as “first degree trademark infringement”.

B. Unfair competition: Even if a trademark is not registered, unfair competition action can be brought to avoid consumer confusion. If the trademark is not registered, this may be the most viable cause of action.

C. Trademark dilution: As counterfeiters generally only go after famous brands, most counterfeiting cases will also allege trademark dilution.

D. Copyright infringement: In many cases, the counterfeiter will duplicate the brand logo, packaging designs, instruction manuals, etc. Many of these are copyrights.

Generally, the law firm hired by the brand contacts counterfeit sellers before filing a lawsuit. If you receive such a letter, you must act quickly to defend yourself. Below is an action plan that I recommend to clients.

Action plan

1. Don’t ignore the letter. These cases will not go away if you ignore them. Instead, the very aggressive firms that brands hire to go after counterfeiters will file a complaint and increase their demand. And if you continue to ignore the problem, the brand will get a default judgment against you, probably for many times the damage it would have otherwise suffered.

2. Do not contact the law firm. If you call the brand manufacturer’s law firm, you will speak with an experienced attorney who will do his best to represent his clients. This includes getting your admissions, which are very likely to happen. For example, the lawyer may ask you “Where did you get the counterfeit products?” Answering that question is possibly an admission that he was dealing in counterfeit goods.

3. Get the facts. The most important fact to determine is whether the trademark owner will be able to describe you as an intentional infringer. In particular, if the brand manufacturer can convince a jury that you knew you were dealing in counterfeit goods, the damages can be much greater. In particular, if you are an innocent infringer, the damages that a brand-name manufacturer can recover are extremely limited and may be nil. On the other hand, if the brand manufacturer can prove that you knowingly trafficked counterfeit goods, your profits, the brand’s actual damages, tripled damages, counterfeit legal damages, and attorneys’ fees. In particular, when actual knowledge of the forgery is proven, damages awards can easily exceed one million dollars ($ 1,000,000).

4. Hire an attorney. Given the large number of these cases now being pursued by brand manufacturers, many attorneys now offer affordable special programs to help individuals and small businesses resolve these lawsuits. When hiring such an attorney, keep in mind that you want an experienced intellectual property attorney who can actually litigate a case if necessary; Forget about hiring an attorney who helped you with your will or even one who may have handled the divorce of someone you know. . Ask the attorney how much experience they have in counterfeiting cases and if the attorney has actually litigated trademark matters. And of course, ask the attorney how much the action is likely to cost if the case is resolved without litigation and how much it is likely to cost if litigation is necessary.

5. Have your attorney pursue a lawsuit. Once you know what the brand manufacturer wants, you and your attorney can determine the best approach to take with your case. In particular, if the demand is low enough, consider paying it or asking your lawyer to negotiate more. If the demand is very high and you are an innocent infringer, litigation may be required to reduce the demand from the brand manufacturer. If you are not an innocent offender, litigating a case like this can have disastrous consequences. In particular, the damages against you can be staggering (and probably not releasable in bankruptcy), and there is a real possibility of criminal enforcement.

If you have received a letter accusing you of trafficking in counterfeit goods, you are undoubtedly under a lot of stress. I hope the above action plan helps you approach your decision on how to resolve such a case with care and calm.

Lifestyle Fashion

The value of a wristwatch: factors experts use to determine the price of a watch

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Wristwatch experts determine values ​​by considering all internal and external components of the watch, as well as current market conditions and trends.

Elements that determine the value of a wristwatch:

BRAND

The manufacturer of the wristwatch is undoubtedly one of the factors that determine the value of the watch. The world’s most popular and sought-after wristwatch is one from Patek Philippe of Geneva, Switzerland, other things being equal; ie: box style, metal, features, type, etc. Other important brands, but not necessarily in order of importance, are A. Lange & Sohne, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Blancpain, Breguet, Breitling, Bvlgari, Cartier, Chopard, Concord, Chronoswiss, Corum, Ebel, FP Journe, France Muller, Gerald Genta, Girard-Perregaux, Glashutte, Hublot, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, Panerai, Parmigiani, Piaget, Roger Dubuis, Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, Vacheron & Constantin and Zenith.

Of course, there are many quality brands in addition to these, but for those looking for the best watches in the world, these manufacturers are at the top. Values ​​are always based on what someone is willing to pay. For these fine watches, collectors and others who value fine craftsmanship are willing to pay more than a million dollars for the finest luxury wristwatch.

STYLE:

Public popularity, fashions and fashion determine which contemporary style is preferred at any given time.

Today, women wear larger style watches … even men’s watches like the Rolex Daytona, Datejust, Submariner and Yacht-Master. The great Cartier Tank Americaine is very popular now, as is the Cartier Ballon Bleu. Glamorous and glitzy ladies like diamond watches … the Chanel J-12, the Chopard Ice Cube, the Patek Philippe Twenty-4 and the Piaget Protocol. Always popular is the classic Rolex President for ladies, as well as the Rolex Pearlmaster.

The men wear the A. Lange & Sohne ref. 1815, Patek Philippe, ref. 3919, as well as the Breitling Bentley and Panerai Ferrari models. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore in rose gold is highly sought after, and of course Rolex remains popular, particularly the two-tone steel and gold Rolex Submariner with a blue dial.

UTILITY:

A wristwatch has the advantage over most other collectibles: it is useful. This single factor puts the wristwatch at the top of the list of vintage collectibles, both for wearing enjoyment and for future long-term investments. An originally expensive wristwatch will always have some value. Commercial grade “junk” will always be junk.

THE CASE:

Case metal: The intrinsic value of the metal in the case is the only value that some antique watches have. Many metals and materials have been used for the cases over the years, including platinum, 9-10-14-18-22 karat gold, silver, gold fillings, gold plated, nickel, stainless steel , plastic and ceramics. The Patek Philippe watch in platinum is one of the most sought after contemporary watches today.

Box Brands: Many vintage wristwatches from manufacturers and jewelers such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, Rolex, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Tiffany, Hamilton, etc., were boxed, boxed, and timed at the factory. These watches, in their original marked boxes, are worth much more than the watches in unmarked boxes. All wristwatch companies, which perform movements, at one time or another and sometimes throughout the life of the business, sold movements ONLY, with dials marked according to the buyer’s specifications, which were then encased in custom cases or standard supplied by many American and European case creators. They are sometimes described as “Contract Cases”.

Box Style: The style of the case of both the contemporary watch and the antique watch plays an important role in determining its value. Hinged lugs, curved cases, enameled cases, “Art Deco” style cases make the vintage piece stand out from the rest, thus increasing the value for collectors. The style and shape of the contemporary piece are factors in the current price based on current popular trends.

CONDITION:

Here are some things that are particularly important when pricing a watch:

Mark: Is it the original dial? Most wristwatches have metal dials. If metal, has it been refinished or does it need to be? Is the dial bent or scratched? Are there damaged or missing markers? Are the hands damaged? Is there discoloration? The more valuable the watch movement, the more valuable the dial.

Case: Observe the amount of wear. If it is a gold case, is it bent or dented in the rough or has the gold worn away? Have the lugs been bent, damaged, or replaced? Are the spring bar holes worn? Initials or other inscriptions often diminish the convenience and value of the watch.

Bracelet: If you are buying a watch with a permanently attached strap, make sure the strap is the correct length. Some types, particularly mesh bracelets, are expensive to shorten and even more expensive to lengthen. Leather straps show wear and tear, but are generally replaceable. A generic strap will cost considerably less than a factory-made strap. Does it have a tongue buckle or a folding clasp?

Crown: The original crown is important when they were marked, such as Patek or Rolex.

Movement: Whether the movement is original or not and whether it is in good working order and complete with no failed repairs are factors that determine the price of the watch. The finish must be good, without corrosion, rust or scratches.

Of course, there are several other factors involved in the price of antique and contemporary watches, which will be included in future articles. In general, the true value of a watch is the price that a collector or investor, who wants the wristwatch and has the money, will pay to another collector or dealer, who knows the value.

Pets

Talk to Melinda Metz’s Paw

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If you love cats you will love this book. If you love modern Cinderella stories where the reader sees what the characters don’t see and you can’t turn the pages fast enough to know if they ever get out of their way and allow nature to take its course, then you you will love this story. If you are a reader who simply enjoys a quick read, full of engaging and credible characters, Talk To The Paw will appeal to you.

MacGyver is Jamie Snyder’s cat. Well, he’s actually “the man of her life.” She trusts him, trusts him, and since she swore to real men as partners, MacGyver is her number one. MacGyver isn’t convinced his human is really done with men … he can smell their loneliness. Whether Jamie knows it or not, MacGyver knows that his human needs companionship that he cannot provide. Surprisingly, MacGyver notices that his neighbor, David, exudes the same smell as his Jamie. Could it be that they both sit alone and differ in a scent that only the cat recognizes?

MacGyver (the TV character) could have been top-notch, he can do, he can do anything with anything. But the Macgyver cat is a loyal, loving, and capable cat that resorts to becoming a cat thief to help its human. Jamie’s neighbor David recently lost his wife Clarrissa and despite the urging of his friends, he is simply not ready to leave his mourning behind. He has a dog named Diogee who has no idea that his human is alone. MacGyver seems to be the only one, human or pet, who recognizes how perfect Jamie and David could be together. All they need is a push. Then the cat starts stealing David’s clothes … a sock here, a towel there. Jamie also realizes who the strange pieces of clothing belong to, but sees David simply as a friend. MacGyver is like “what’s wrong with these people?” “Why do humans complicate something that is so natural in the animal world?”

Can Jamie and David look beyond their personal problems and see the big picture in front of them? Or are they meant to complicate what should happen so naturally?

MacGyver the cat will conquer you quickly. You will be silently encouraging the humans in the story to become as smart as the cat. Her loyalty and dedication to Jamie are admirable and positively lovable. Talk To The Paw is a quick read that keeps you wrapped up in the story down to the last page.

I loved the story. Being a cat lover, with four of the adorable, distant and highly intelligent fur babies at home, Talk To The Paw made me wonder if they smell my feelings too. (They sure act like that!)

Happy reading,

RJ

Real Estate

Keeping Japanese bathtubs clean

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One of the many reasons Japanese bathtubs are popular is that the water in them is rarely changed. This is because the actual “cleaning” part of the bathroom with a Japanese bathtub takes place outside of the bathtub. The actual washing done by the bather is done in a separate area and when he enters the tub he is already clean. This means that the water in these bathtubs does not need to be changed as often as in Western bathtubs (i.e. after every bath).

However, this does not mean that the water in these bathtubs should never be changed. The water in a Japanese bathtub is run at higher temperatures than the average Western-style bathtub, and over time the water will cool down, even if it has a bathtub lid. What’s more, although bathers are usually clean when they get into the bathtub, that does not mean that they are sterile. Your skin still contains dirt particles or other toxins that are released into the water. After a while, this can lead to a serious build-up on the bathtub walls. It is also important not to forget that the water used in these bathtubs also contains its own microbes and particles and, if left unchecked, those microbes and particles can pose a health risk.

It is important that the water runs out of the bathtubs regularly and that those Japanese bathtubs are thoroughly rinsed and cleaned before refilling.

So how do you clean Japanese bathtubs?

The first step, obviously, is to let all the water out of the tub. This happens differently in each tub, as each tub’s drain is configured differently. Follow the directions for your bathtub to make sure all of the water is sent down the drain. Once the water has run out, the cleaning method you use will vary depending on the type of material your bathtub is made of.

If you have one of the wooden bathtubs installed, you will want to find cleaners that are appropriate for wood, as the cleaner you use on porcelain could damage the structural integrity of the wood. Find out what type of wood your bathtub is made of, and then ask at your home building or grocery store what type of cleaner will work best on that type of wood without damaging your skin.

These bathtubs that are made from western materials like stainless steel, fiberglass, ceramic, or porcelain can carry pretty much any bathtub cleaner you can find in the store. For the least impact on your skin (once the tub is refilled), use cleansers made with natural products or make your own with ingredients from the kitchen.

Regardless of how you clean your Japanese bathtub, make sure it has been thoroughly rinsed before refilling it with hot water. You don’t want any chemicals to get on your skin!

Shopping Product Reviews

The 5 best FPS games for Android of 2016

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Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Modern Combat 5: Blackout tops the list of the best FPS games of 2016. Although it was released in 2014, it has held its position ever since. In the first mission of the game, the beautiful city, Venice, is shown under a terrorist attack and, as always, an American Marine, Caydon Phoenix, has shown up to save the world.

The game really deserves its position on the list for its incredible story, the hero has revealed a conspiracy, involving Gilman, the world’s largest private security contactor, and outstanding graphics with all the minor details underwater and the movement of the camera when the hero performs a trick. The game has a variety of missions. Sometimes you find yourself saving someone and other times you are destroying the destructive plans of the terrorists. The game is quite addictive and you don’t stop until you kill the last terrorist in the world.

Dead trigger 2

Another game on the list of best FPS games is Dead Trigger 2, which provides a lot of fun for crazy people for whom killing zombies is the best activity to pass the time. Super fun gameplay and incomparable graphics will make you fall in love with this game. The plot is that: more than half of the world’s population is infected by an incurable disease and has made the world hell for those who have managed to survive, but the battle for survival continues until all the undead are truly dead. . .

The game gives you many options to choose the killing tool, from a simple wrench to heavy weapons that you can buy at the end of the mission with the money that is collected during the mission or these weapons can also be bought with real money. if you can’t wait to smash the zombies with the big guns.

Deer Hunter 2016

Another amazing first person shooter game whose amazing and realistic graphics make you feel like a real predator jumping on you. Contrary to the name of the game, you can not only hunt deer, but also the most ferocious animals in the world in places, which, apparently, have never been visited by any human before. You are provided with a double barrel shotgun which makes killing animals more enjoyable.

Battlefields

Fields Of Battle is one of the best strategy games I have ever known. It is actually a paintball shooting game with dozens of weapons and locations.

You have to be really cunning to survive on the battlefield. They take you out with a single shot, making you take each step very carefully. This game has a left / right tilt feature at the corners. Field skills can be improved by playing in practice mode. The game becomes more fun when played in multiplayer mode, where you can create your own team with your friends. It is played like a console game.

Zombie Gunship

Another game for those who feel enmity with the zombies and revive by killing the undead. This game features sharp graphics with detailed reflections, shadows, and explosions. Unlike other zombie games, you don’t run the risk of being bitten by a zombie because you are airborne in the AC-130 which is loaded with a 25mm Gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors autocannon and a Howitzer cannon. 105 mm. All you have to do is target and kill the supernatural creatures.

Sports

When a player refuses to lose

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It was an unusually warm winter in North Carolina in 1982. In fact, Clemson showed up in Durham on the warmest day in February: the 24th reached a touch of over 80 degrees. Earlier in the season, Duke had beaten Clemson 50-44 in a defensive dogfight and Clemson was hot in more ways than one. The Tigers could not tolerate being beaten at their own country house. Interestingly, this was the only ACC game in ’81 -’82 that was even featured in overtime.

Taylor deserves a little respect

Vince Taylor was one of the few players to serve under both Coach Bill Foster and Coach Kryzewski, playing two years each. Kryzewski had changed him from wing guard to point guard in 1981, but he was able to adjust to the change without a hitch. You may not see Vince Taylor’s name on Duke’s elite lists of highlights, but he deserves genuine recognition. Taylor’s last year at Duke was excellent, shooting more than 50% from the floor and leading the ACC in points per game at 20.3.

About Taylor’s corpse

It was senior day, Taylor’s last home game for Duke, and his teammates had never seen him so excited. The game was a killer from the first minute. The scoreboard was balanced at all times and neither team was able to establish a considerable advantage. The only other Duke player to score significant points was Chip Engelland at 16. It essentially became a test of Vince Taylor’s will. Every time it looked like Clemson was going to run away, Taylor put out the fire with a score. Regulation ended in a tie, then the first and second overtime periods were tied. Taylor must have given his parents that stubborn streak – he just refused to lose.

Final minutes of a great

By the third overtime, Taylor had to be tired as a dog. He had played about 50 minutes and hit 16 of 25 shots. With 3:33 remaining in regulation time, Clemson’s Mike Eppley hit a 20-foot shot to tie the score at 70. Duke’s Tissaw made one of two free throws to put the Blue Devils ahead, but Fred Gilliam responded. with a shot at 2:05 to score. is 72-71. Taylor missed a jump shot, then fouled the Tigers’ Vince Hamilton with 51 seconds left. However, he caught the rebound when Hamilton missed the front one-on-one. Taylor made a final jump with 27 seconds remaining. Hamilton tried to fight his way onto the track and score unaided, but Taylor slapped him and in the wild fight, Hamilton got a whistle for a fatal trip call. The game was over, Duke had won it 73-72. Vince Taylor left the court after scoring 35 huge points in the victory, along with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.

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Are you planning to move? Ask a relocation astrologer

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More and more people are contacting me these days for an astrology reading because they want a new lease of life. That new lease could include a better place to live, starting a home business, earning money, or retiring.

Sometimes they are simply fed up with the area they live in, the people they work with or associate with, themselves from staying there too long, the quality of life or the lack of it, and they want to get out of Dodge NOW.

Astrology is a perspective to find your best city, location or place here or abroad. It’s not the only one. I want to point that out. Checking your daily horoscope for entertainment is one thing, making a major life change, that’s another story.

This article is from notes taken recently from a conversation between relocation astrologer Cait Benten, that’s me, and my friend Christine Troward.

Cait, what can people expect from a relocation astrology reading?

When you contact me, I know that you want to find your best city or location to work in, have a successful career, maybe start a home business, raise your family safely or retire and therefore one of the first questions I have. I am usually asked, “What is relocation astrology? What do you do?”

What information do you need to do a relocation astrology reading?

The astrology of relocation begins with your natal chart, what we astrologers call your natal chart. Where were you born? What was the EXACT time of your birth? Check your birth certificate. I spend many hours moving your birth chart to find what appear to be your best places in the world to live. It’s a long, demanding, and tedious process, and it takes many hours to find the best spots that match your natal chart.

What about those cheap computer programs? What are its limitations?

A computer program is not going to find what I am looking for when I work on your astrological chart. There are too many variables and computer programs are not intuitive. That is why I interview you and ask you what you are looking for in your life, all this happens before starting your astrology reading that I record and send you. Listen, then we continue with a session where you ask me all your questions.

As I understand it, your astrology readings don’t tell people that they have to move to a certain place to be successful.

I’ll tell you up front that even your most favorable location will present its own unique set of challenges. Oh that life was perfect! Before you visit or move to a certain location, I encourage you to count the costs.

Relocation astrology is not about packing up and moving simply because I tell you “This seems to be your most favorable location.” I encourage you to COUNT YOUR COSTS before moving in. Are you ready for what will be a great life change? Every move I have made has required a period of adaptation and adjustment and I am sure this will be true for you as well.

Moving takes a lot of planning and thinking before you pack your things and go somewhere, doesn’t it? Moving becomes even more complicated if you move abroad, although more and more Americans are retiring abroad.

You have moved now! Settling in your new area is just the first phase of many new things to deal with, including a decision that may include buying a home, registering your vehicles, finding where the schools are located, and it is much easier if, when you move. , you already have a job ready, unless you are retired. If you are retired, how much will you miss seeing your children or grandchildren? Some handle this problem better than others.

Do you use relocation astrocartography or Vedic astrology in your work? I realize that a lot of people like to do the astrocartography chart.

I know both systems, but over the years I have incorporated the best techniques I have come across. However, I trust my intuition and higher wisdom when I see a difficult board. That is the only way to overcome what seems like an insurmountable obstacle in a person’s astrology reading.

Have you ever had the feeling that people want you to make the decision about what to do for them?

I won’t do that and neither will any other big-name relocation astrologer. Check out my disclaimer page at http: www.astro-earth-relocation.com and you will see where I am honest in telling you that “WHEREVER we move, our EMOTIONAL SELF travels with us.” Some people, more than others, will need medical, financial and emotional advice and I urge you to use these professional resources if your life situation requires such help.

The other day a woman told me: “I want you to send us to a place where my husband no longer uses drugs.” I had to tell her nicely but firmly, “Your husband makes his own decisions in life. I refuse to be responsible for whether or not your marriage works.”

As a relocation astrologer, I will tell you that our lives, no matter where we live, become what we determine to do with them. How wonderful an area is depends on you and how you treat others as much as how they treat you. Wherever I go, there you are.

However, a new location can give you a new lease on life. Maybe it’s time, after all these years, to get out of Dodge City and find a place that you appreciate and where you are appreciated.

Do you find that some people are determined in their own way and resist any suggestion, which is what they are, just suggestions, that you see as a good placement on your chart?

When you call me for a relocation astrology session, I will use everything I know to help you find your best place or city. I’ve had a handful of clients who, after searching and searching for days to find a match for them based on the movement of their birth chart or natal chart, say, “I don’t like that place.” “My kids won’t like it.” My husband says that the people of Tucson are not friendly. “I’ve heard people make judgments about places they’ve never been, a case of being too stubborn about areas they know nothing about.

It is strange to hear a relocation astrologer admit this, but there have been a handful of people that I have done astrological charts for and there is NO better place for them to live and I have told them that. Maybe there is a second or third place where they can have a very good life, so I know that I will be honest with you about my findings.

If I tell you that Santa Barbara looks favorable based on your natal chart or natal chart and you say, “No Santa Barbara” or “Oh no, not Austin, Texas,” then after you’ve pointed out all of your best geographic areas, I’ll say “So use your intuition. There are no other places I know of to send you. “

Why do you think relocation astrology is a valuable tool, even though you’ve told me on other occasions that it is just one of many tools that could be helpful to a person looking for the next place to call home?

Although I am a bit more expensive than other astrologers, I have been incredibly busy since I started Astro-Earth-Relocation five years ago, so I no longer solicit or advertise to clients.

Reputation is everything?

It helps, but you only build a reputation by doing great work for your clients. Most of my business is now word of mouth recommendations from former clients.

Do you tell people that they must move to find success or love, earn money or be happy?

No. Nor do I tell them that they have to make this move before this or that date. I tell my clients to ask themselves, “What if you were happy now and didn’t move? Would that disappoint you?” Some people are uneasy about change. That is not a good reason to move. Happiness is an inside job; you have to provide your own interior cabin pressure no matter where you live.

I’ll close my article on relocation astrology, which I hope you are curious enough to try, just to experience this kind of unique astrological reading, with a quote from my friend James Clayton Napier that he uses to open his wonderful Business & Career article. : Meet your ruling star, which you can read on the web:

“Meet your ruling star. A man [or woman] it is better received by one nation than another, or it is welcomed by one city than another. He finds more luck in one position or position than in another, and all this despite the fact that his qualifications are the same or even identical. Let each man know his luck and talents. Follow your guiding star and help her without mistaking anyone else for her. Know how to transplant yourself. There are nations with which one must cross their borders to make their worth felt. “

– Balthasar Gracian, (Spain, 1600)

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Top 50 Quotes From Women

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  1. “There are three easy ways to lose money: careers are the fastest, women are the most enjoyable, and farming is the safest.”
    – Lord Amherst
  2. “I married below me. All women do.”
    – Lady Nancy Astor
  3. “Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unfavorable truth.”
    – Gertrude Atherton
  4. “Good girls keep diaries; bad girls never have time.”
    – Tallulah Bankhead
  5. “If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving the life of a baby, she will choose to save the life of the baby without even considering whether there are men on the base.”
    – Dave Barry
  6. “Sixteen the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who said goodbye to the dessert cart.”
    –Erma Bombeck
  7. “I’m the type of woman who, when she walks into a party, all the other women leave the room … I think people are scared of me … I’m a bad girl.”
    –Lara Flynn Boyle
  8. “Boys are like dogs. They keep coming back. Women are like cats. Yelling at a cat once … they are gone.”
    – Lenny Bruce
  9. “Bandits demand your money or your life; women require both.”
    – Samuel Butler
  10. “What a strange thing man is; and what a strange thing woman is.”
    – Lord Byron
  11. “Most great men and women do not have perfect personalities, but are people whose enthusiasm is so great that it makes their flaws seem insignificant.”
    –Charles A. Cerami
  12. “The problem with some women is that they get excited about nothing ~ and then marry him.”
    — Dear
  13. “Heaven has no rage like love turned into hatred, nor hell a fury like a despised woman.”
    – William Congreve
  14. “Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and three-dollar pantyhose that don’t work.”
    – Phyllis Diller
  15. “A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. ~ An optimist is someone who hopes they are.”
    – Senator Chauncey Depew
  16. “Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract and then accepts it deserves all the consequences.”
    – Isadora Duncan
  17. “Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real. Maybe they are.”
    –Ralph Waldo Emerson

    18. “The feminist agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness.”
    –Susan Faludi

  18. “A woman can look moral and exciting, if she also looks like it’s a great fight.”
    – Edna Ferber
  19. “The big question ~ that I haven’t been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research on the female soul, is ‘What does a woman want?'”
    – Sigmund Freud
  20. “There is nothing so bad in this world that a sensitive woman cannot fix it in the course of an afternoon.”
    – Giraudoux
  21. “Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house.”
    – Lewis Grizzard
  22. “A woman’s mind is cleaner than a man’s. She changes it more often.”
    – Oliver Herford
  23. “The man has a will, but the woman gets her way.”
    – Oliver Wendell Holmes
  24. “One of the hardest things in the world is convincing a woman that even a bargain costs money.”
    – Edgar Watson Howe
  25. “A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares.”
    – Elbert Hubbard
  26. “The whole life of a woman is a story of affections.”
    – Washington Irving
  27. “You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”
    – Erica Jong
  28. “A woman’s assumption is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.”
    – Rudyard Kipling
  29. “Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.’ ~ ‘They will say,’ Women don’t have what it takes. ‘
    – Clare Boothe Luce
  30. “Behind every successful man there is a woman, behind her is his wife.”
    – Groucho Marx
  31. “A woman will always sacrifice if you give her the chance. It’s her favorite form of complacency.”
    –W. Somerset Maugham
  32. “High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.”
    – Christopher Darlington Morley
  33. “I wonder why young men are always warned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad girl. They are the good girls that men should be warned against.”
    – David Niven
  34. “If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would be meaningless.”
    – Aristotle Onassis
  35. “Women are like tea bags; put them in hot water and they get stronger.”
    – Eleanor Roosevelt
  36. “Not being there when a man wants her is a woman’s greatest sin, except being there when he doesn’t want her.”
    – Helen Rowland
  37. “Men forget everything; women remember everything. That is why men need instant replay in sports. They have already forgotten what happened.”
    –Rita Rudner
  38. “Someone once asked me why women don’t play as much as men and I replied with common sense that we don’t have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, the total instinct of women for the game is satisfied . by marriage “.
    – Gloria Steinem
  39. “Given the expectations of society in general, men are generally correct in their assumption that it is important for a woman to have a man. What they don’t understand is how pathetically little difference WHAT man makes.”
    – Gloria Steinen
  40. “There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman’s pulse.”
    – Laurence Sterne
  41. “Why does a woman work for ten years to change a man’s clothes and then complain that he is not the man she married?”
    – Barbara Streisand
  42. “Men at most differ like heaven and earth, but women, the worst and the best, like heaven and hell.”
    – Alfred Lord Tennyson
  43. “It’s strange what a man can do, and a woman still considers him an angel.”
    – William Makepeace Thackeray
  44. “I hate women because they always know where things are.”
    – James Thurber
  45. “From birth to 18, a girl needs good parents; from 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. Starting at 55, she needs a lot of cash. I’m saving my money.”
    – Sophie Tucker
  46. “Women are like stars, there are millions of them, but only one can make your dreams come true.”
    –A stranger
  47. “When women make mistakes, men persecute them.”
    – Mae West
  48. “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express feelings that differentiate me from a doormat.”
    – Rebecca West
  49. “Whatever women have to do, they have to do twice as well as men to be considered half as good. Fortunately, this is not difficult.”
    –Charlotte Whitton
  50. “I would dare to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
    – Virginia Woolf
Technology

Is Snapshot the next Facebook?

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Today, technology advances so fast that it is essential that the major players stay current, otherwise they will be overtaken by one of the startups. One of the newer companies is Snapchat and people ask themselves the following question:

“Is Snapchat the new Facebook?”

Snapchat was started in 2011 by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown at Stanford University. The original idea was to create an application that would allow users to share images that were short-lived and automatically deleted. Because photos are short in duration, they would normally be fun photos. As is often the case with new technologies, the uses are very often expanded from the original idea. Snapchat became a mix of private messages and public content that includes live events like sports and music.

The company grew rapidly and by November 2012 users had shared more than 1 billion photos and 20 million photos were shared every day. New facilities continued to be added, such as the ability to send video snapshots in addition to photos in December 2012.

According to Snapchat’s own statistics, in May 2015 users were sending 2 billion videos per day, which grew to 6 billion in November. By 2016, daily video views had risen to 10 billion. In May 2016, the company raised $ 1.81 billion in capital, demonstrating the strong financial interest in the company.

In September 2016, Snapchat Inc. was renamed Snap Inc, and the company released Spectacles, which is a pair of smart glasses with a built-in camera that can record 10 seconds of video at a time. These glasses are sold in pop-up stores across the country.

Recent performance

In the last quarter of 2016, Snapchat announced that it has 158 million daily active users. Sales are generated primarily through advertising and increased from $ 58.7 million in 2015 to $ 404.5 million in 2016. However, losses increased from $ 306.6 million in 2015 to $ 514.6 million in 2016. On average, Snapchat earns $ 1.05 from each user per quarter. That compares to the $ 4.83 that Facebook earns. However, Facebook is well established and Snapchat is less than 6 years old. Revenues tend to be seasonal, with the most dollars spent on advertising in the last quarter of the year.

Demography

In 2014, researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific designed a group of user surveys to try to understand why the app was being used. Rather, it was used for applications such as “stupid faces”, and 59.8% of respondents reported that this use was the main reason for using Snapchat. As a result, the study suggests that the success is not due to its security properties, but rather because users found the app fun to use.

Monetization

Snapchat’s first paid ad was shown to users in October 2014, which was a trailer for the horror movie Ouija. Like all businesses, it recognizes the need for an income stream. In 2015, McDonald’s paid for a branded geofilter that covered its restaurant locations in the United States. The initiatives continued to generate revenue, one of which involved the National Football League to present live stories of selected games. In 2016, the company announced an agreement with NBC Olympics to allow stories from the 2016 Summer Olympics to be featured on Snapchat in the US The stories covered a combination of images from NBC, athletes, and attendees.

New York listing

Snap Inc., the parent company, has unveiled plans to go public in what is expected to be the biggest US tech listing in recent years. This has surprised many people as the losses have increased every year.

Business

Newspapers Vs Internet News

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Once, it was hard to imagine the morning without a newspaper. We get up, have a cup of coffee and read the newspapers to get the latest news from the country and the world. Today the world has changed. Every hour there is news, every minute something happens. To get the latest news, just go online. And if you prefer, you can even receive updates (the results of football matches, for example), directly on your mobile phone. And this, of course, not to mention the television news channels, which broadcast 24 hours a day. So who really needs newspapers and does the future of this industry still exist?

First of all, many people read newspapers out of habit. In fact, why change anything? Why turn on a computer or a television, if tomorrow morning we will find a newspaper at the door. And if there has been something abnormal before, we probably hear about it on television. The feeling of reading the newspaper like reading books, and it is ingrained in many people. You can read during meals, in bed before sleeping, or even in the bathroom. You can certainly use the laptop in these places, but it is much less convenient.

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Major newspapers around the world have been aware of this problem for a long time. They understand that news on the Internet is the future. You should also join this trend and this will help in particular to promote the newspaper. Whoever does not, will be left behind. The creation of a new and popular site with interesting material is not detrimental to the newspaper, but also expands the sources of funding. Many of those who advertise on the Internet are not always advertised in the newspapers. Thus a circle, in which the newspaper promotes the website and the website, brings new readers to the newspaper. Of course, the website that belongs to a well-known newspaper has an excellent starting point on the Internet.

Statistics from around the world show that the number of newspaper readers is decreasing every year, and this is very reasonable. The younger generation does not have a natural attraction to paper, newspapers and books and is more attracted to buttons and screens. Therefore, it is clear that little by little, most of the budget for articles will be transferred to the Internet. During this transition period, they must retain their best reporters, or their level drops and they will lose many readers.

Personally, my family and I have long since stopped reading the newspapers, and it happened as soon as I realized that all the news that I read there, I already knew from the websites or television. If the newspaper does not give new information, then why buy it and waste precious time? Online news sites save time, allow you to filter content, and make information retrieval convenient and efficient. I like sites that collect the latest news from different sources. This way you can get more reliable and convenient objective information.