...One Night with Blue Note “One Night with Blue Note” directed by John Jopson is based on a jazz concert performed at The Town Hall in New York City on February 22, 1985. This film brings together some of the jazz legends associated with Blue Note over the years as well as some newly signed artists. The concert introduces more than 30 of the world’s most revered jazz musicians in the form of all-star bands and is considered by many to be one of the most important nights in jazz history. Some of the great jazz musicians we heard were Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Jimmy Smith, Woody Shaw, Walter Davis Jr., Michel Petrucciani Art Blakey, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Grover Washington, Jr., and Tony Williams. My favorite artist in the film was Michel Petrucciani. He is not only a great talented pianist but an inspiration as well. Michel Petrucciani was born with osteogenesis imperfecta which is a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and short stature. He still became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation, despite having arms which caused him pain. I believe that he teaches us that anything is possible with hard work and dedication no matter how hard things may seem. Although I am not a big music fan, I feel this concert was worthwhile watching as well as listening too. At the end I am glad I watched this film because it allowed me to be more open minded to music and the different styles and forms. These people and countless more, and innumerable...
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...Top 10: Greatest Inventions Of All Time Inventions are pretty useful things, in fact, inventions are very useful things. People are inventing new things all the time - unfortunately, the vast majority of inventions tend to be utterly useless; but every now and then someone comes up with something that completely changes the world and it is these few ideas that this hub is about. Now, there are, undoubtedly many equally great inventions as those on this list, but unfortunately it's had to be cut down to just 10. Things such as language have been omitted from this list for, while they are, indeed, quite useful, they were more developed out of necessity than invented; the same applies to fire - it has always been present on this earth, all we did was work out how to create it on a whim! So what are they? Read on.... 10 - The Wheel: I know what you're thinking: "what, those round things?" well, the short answer is "yes", the long answer: "yes it is". Point is, the wheel is the simplest invention in the universe - you need only scoop up a handful of mud, pat it into a circle and leave it in the sun to dry! So what's so great about it? Well, almost every land vehicle in existence uses wheels as do many many other things like anything with a belt drive (car engines, conveyor belts etc.) In fact, life would be pretty hard without it - but not impossible. The Incas and Aztecs, for example, despite coming up with fully working calendars and a vast knowledge of astronomy, didn't use wheels...
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...positive. She knew that because her technology was going to improve the licensee’s profits that she would benefit financially as well. She chose to license her technology in the domestic market because she discovered that depending on the county, government policy might prevent competition in the licensee’s market. Susan knew that this was just the beginning and that she still had a lot to investigate and learn, but she felt up to the challenge. She was amazed to discover that there was so many avenues one could take when trying to fund a business. My preferred source of funding is to license the technology. Unit 2_Glossary.pdf, when a company develops a special, unique, technology it will frequently allow other firms to license that invention, in return for giving the firm, which developed it, a share of the revenues the second firm earns. I chose this source of funding because I didn’t want to borrow from a bank because I didn’t want start the business with debt financing. I think that this decision speaks to my fear of owing anyone. I know that in the business world that this is expected and that it is virtually impossible not to borrow especially when you need to expand or you need to purchase more equipment or inventory, and a loan may be the only option available. I know that I will have to change...
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...affected by their losses. Several characters in the book are going through some sort of grief through loss. Searching for answers that will probably never be found each of them is brought together and deal with their respective issues differently. Most of them spend years of their lives attempting to understand and find closure, but some don’t find any at all. No grief is greater than the other, no matter how miniscule some seem. It’s how they responded to the losses that defined what kind of person they are. Oskar Schell finds his own unique ways of dealing with his grief. Dealing with his issues in his own unique way, Oskar is doing his best to prevent the loss of his father from destroying his entire world. He uses the key he found, his inventions, and even self-harm to help grieve the untimely loss of his father. Using his journey to find what the key opens as way to cope with the grief of losing his father, Oskar struggles to understand why this is happening to him. One would suspect his intelligence would help play a factor in his grieving process, but it is shown that he is still very much a 9 year old kid to the core. Embarking on his journey he searches for not only what the key opens but also answers to what really happened to his dad. While searching for some sort of answer he also is extending to memory of his father. This answer however is not found and Oskar even states this when he’s says, “The whole point was to stop missing him” (Foer 255). After finding out what...
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...Skeletons is the Closet The case begins with David Fisher, and Donna Cooper, exploring in the archives for nostalgic items to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of GPC. The two happen across a series of love letters which implied that the formula of Parkelite, was in fact stolen. In the world of competition, the reputation of your company is paramount. Ironically, General Parkelite Company (GPC) founded itself upon the quality of its work it produces. Should GPC be completely honest when this discovery was found or kept it public? GPC is regarded for its honesty, integrity , and a deeply entrenched culture of good work ethic. This is the foundation of GPC’s strength and is felt on every level of the organization. These are the companies values and they work from them. This newfound information could potentially ruin the prestige reputation of the company and the Parker name. Given the situation that their founder was a theif, must make the correct decision. Ethically, they should go public with the new information, accept the damage to the reputation and accept the lighter punishment. The ethics of the company were core to this dilemma. Obviously, GPC’s competitors would utilize this situation to punish them and try to take the upper hand. The name GPC would be subject to bad publicity, as well as its image. Sales could potentially drop if there are many close substitutes causing lay offs and potentially further decline until the end of GPC’s existence. Competitors have the...
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.... Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired. What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed during the patent protection phase? Once the main patent on the Gore-Tex fabric expired it opened the door for other companies to duplicate it and possible make it better. When a patent expires the technology of the inventor no longer has the exclusive rights to his or her invention opening it up to everyone. At this point other companies can offer comparative products at reduced prices. I think that Gore-Tex was smart to take advantage of their own patent and expand the product line to include other products using the same technology. The company is overall smart by also not relying on only the Gore-Tex technology but expand into other areas which makes the brand very unique. 2. List some of the wide range of products where the Gore-Tex fabric has been applied. According to Gore-Tex web site they offer Raincoats, coats, back-packs, shoes, trousers, soft shell jackets, gloves, socks, hunter hats, baseball hat, gaiters, and bike hats all for men, women and kids. 3. It seems that Gore Associates is heavily oriented towards technology; what are some of the dangers of being too heavily focused on technology? It seems that sometimes when we too heavily into just technology we overlook the simple things that help develop into products. When too many projects are going on based on technology the costs can become astronomical and can...
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...I do think that people who develop new technology should be required to have their innovation screened. The reason I think that one should have their innovation screened is because it’s a core essential part of the idea being developed. It also allows technology to grow and transform into something even better. Technology is transforming innovation at its core. It allows many companies and new industries to test new ideas and with the help of technology speed has become everything, the development can be posted on web sites, and one can tell the results within hours on how customers respond to the new product. If the product does good during the testing session this can result getting in stores and promoting the product, this can boost the process and productivity very quickly. With a trial base I also think this does not allow the inventor failure because there will be feedback before moving forward on a product. This makes innovation and growth, more efficient and cheaper to be screened. Companies are able to give prior feedback and better ideas on how their customers like this product and what they want. This allows for prior marketing if the product is a success through prior screening. once the accessible technology is in place, including new technology, it is rolled out to the organization. This step also involves increasing awareness among employees about the availability of accessible technology and training employees on how to use the accessibility features, and last...
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...Many of you have heard the tale of Agapito Flores, Fe Del Mundo, and Daniel Dingel. We’ve all heard the stories of Filipinos making their mark on the world, be it in writing, singing, or inventing. But really, which of them really created their “invention?” Singers, writers, and athletes don’t have to worry about having their achievements stolen from them. Sure, some writers may worry about being plagiarized, but now Publishers are doing their best to watch out for their own writers; attentive professors and teachers are also on the lookout for faked essays. But in inventing, it all depends on the person and the invention. Why? You can easily claim you invented this, but no one will notice until it has become very useful. Even then, many inventors are still unknown. In order to receive claim and royalties from an invention, you must patent it to the government and show it to a noteworthy organization. Alas, there are a lot of “supposed” inventors of certain products. Stealing someone’s idea is as simple as taking it, patenting it, and marketing it to the public. But here, there are a lot of people who claim to have made famous products, yet they are not being recognized. Why? Because they didn’t invent it. Pride is good for a country, but claiming that a countryman invented another person’s product is a bad thing to do. Myths likes this thrive on people who are unaware, and they have gained notoriety after the birth of the internet...
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...countries have its own registration process and protection. A patent or trademark granted in one country does not provide protection in other countries. But some treaties try to simplify and to standardize the process. For example with trademark, The Madrid Agreement which concerns the international registration of marks and the Madrid Protocole are the Madrid Union. It enables registration with the trademark office of a country member and the obtention of an international registration that provides protection in many other Madrid Union countries as the appliquant chooses ( 85 members in 2012). For Copyright the Berne union gives a minimum level of copyright protection for all members coutries. A Citizen of any member country may patent an invention in any of the member countries and enjoy the same benefits of patent protection as if the inventor were a Citizen of those countries. With respect to patents, the Patent Cooperation Treaty facilitates the application for patent in multiple countries, enabling the firm to pay only the single PCT application fee. But other factors have to be considered : Publication of information about the technology. The firm must apply for a patent before publish information about the technology. The publication before applying will bar the right to a patent except America where there is a « one year grace » and you can publish information one year before apply for a patent. But if an american firm wants a patent protection in multiple countries...
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...The Invention of Television Language Arts March 6, 2014 The Invention of Television You use this all the time, it is part of your everyday life, it can even teach you how to do things, and it is called the Television (TV). The TV is in every house, but people do not usually ask who invented it. The first all-electric TV was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. The TV had already been invented by others, but Mr. Farnsworth was the one to use electrons to send the pictures. He is no longer alive, but is famous for many inventions. Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born in Beaver, Utah on August 19, 1906. He learned to play the violin and liked music. He went to Rigby High School and Brigham Young University. He married Elma Gardner Farnsworth on May 26, 1926 Farnsworth died on March 11, 1971 at 64 years old from pneumonia. Mr. Farnsworth is buried in Provo, Utah. Philo Taylor Farnsworth moved to a new home with his family in 1918 to Rigby, Idaho. On the way he dreamed of making inventions. In the attic of the new house he found some science magazines. He read the science magazines and learned about the TV and many other inventions. After reading the science magazines he decide he could make TV better. He applied for patents for the TV in 1927 and got them in 1930. In 1939 the TV was shown at the World’s Fair in Queens, New York. Philo Taylor Farnsworth was walking behind the plow horses when he saw the rows in the dirt and thought of the idea of electrons lining up to...
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...Thomas Alva Edison was the most prolific inventor in American history. He amassed a record 1,093 patents covering key innovations and minor improvements in wide range of fields, including telecommunications, electric power, sound recording, motion pictures, primary and storage batteries, and mining and cement technology. As important, he broadened the notion of invention to encompass what we now call innovation-invention, research, development, and commercialization-and invented the industrial research laboratory. Edison's role as an innovator is evident not only in his two major laboratories at Menlo Park and West Orange in New Jersey but in more than 300 companies formed worldwide to manufacture and market his inventions, many of which carried the Edison name, including some 200 Edison illuminating companies. Early Life Edison was born in 1847 in the canal town of Milan, Ohio, the last of seven children. His mother, Nancy, had been a school teacher; his father, Samuel, was a Canadian political firebrand who was exiled from his country. The family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when Thomas was seven. He attended school briefly but was principally educated at home by his mother and in his father's library. In 1859 Edison began working on a local branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad, selling newspapers, magazines, and candy. At one point he printed a newspaper on the train, and he also conducted chemical experiments in a baggage-car laboratory. By 1862 he had learned enough...
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...Apply the Timmons entrepreneurship framework (entrepreneur-opportunity-resources) to analyze this case 1. Opportunity for entrepreneurship Discovering problem is the key for successful entrepreneurship, it means look into problem is chance to be success. Mr. Poss discovered issue that garbage trucks consume many pereoleum.This was waste energy and time. In addition, recently years, ECO friendly market has become more and more hugely in the recent years, particularly in west countries. Many west countries are more positive to improve their environment, therefore we may see Poss’ customer who are government, school and so on. Timing is other opportunity in this case. It is right time that invent right product. Mr. Poss and his team found this chance to invent Big Belly. According as our information, Jim Poss's firm, Seahorse Power Company (SPC), encourages the adoption of environmentally friendly methods of power generation by designing products which are cheaper and more efficient than twentieth-century technologies. So we can know that entrepreneurial leaders shape opportunities within the context of who they are, what they know, and who they know. Notice how Poss began with a problem he experienced directly in his life, linked that concern to his expertise in solar technology, and then connected his ideas with others in his community and his broader networks. 2. Resource for entrepreneurship In this case, SPC does not have many supports, however the other key for entrepreneurship...
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...1. I learned that, being an entrepreneur, you are required to take more risks than anybody else. Flying a plane with no direction is a constant casual situation in business. In this area of business, emotional breakdown and surprises are going to appear all the time. b. I think I earned the scores because majority of the trait that I lack are financial management. Managing my money has always been constantly a trouble for me. To be an entrepreneur, you have to be cautious on what you spend and what you purchase. Paying for mortgages , paying for rent and making key investment are some of the key examples of being a successful entrepreneur. However, I’m a big risk taker, and I’m very ambitious. Which are two of the biggest traits to be an successful entrepreneur. The reason why I like to take risk is not because I like to feel unpredictable; It is because, I believe taking calculated risks ,especially big calculated risks can increase your chance for your biggest profit. 2. My favorite entrepreneurs are Howard Schultz and Sam Walton. Both entrepreneurs are classical entrepreneurs, which they seek economics profit as the number goal in their business. Howard Schultz, he is creative, optimistic and excelling. His creativity led to the creation of more than 8000 different combination of Starbucks drink and machine that helped to save millions of dollars in his company. His creative design of Starbuck’s menu, space in the shop, store napkins to coffee bags, shows how...
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...A teacher drew a dot on the chalkboard and asked a class of college students to identify it. They responded with the obvious: a chalk dot. Same question was asked to a group of kindergartners, and they had come up with numerous examples of what it might be: the top of a telephone pole, a squashed bug, an owl’s eye, a cigar butt, a rotten egg, and so on. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood many of us lose the ability to be creative and search for more than one right answer. Master of ceremony, fellow toastmasters and most welcomed guest, very good evening. Creativity is indispensible for success in today’s competitive word, either it is professional or personal life, or any of the business it is important. Creativity is the ability to generate new ideas or invent something new. Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant, while others are just simple, good, practical ideas that no one seems to have thought of yet. So how can we as adults regain and maintain our spirit of creativity? I will take you through three simple ways by which we can be creative, before we go to these tips, look on few examples where simple creativity thinking has helped their business One side PPT attached 1. Take good care of yourself. Good nutrition, a regular exercise plan and taking time to relax are all important to the creative process. When we feel good, our senses heighten, and we can be at our best creatively. Take time for yourself each day. Overscheduling is an enemy...
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...its innovations and contributions. Ancient Chinese inventions were extremely advanced and are still in use in today. They have contributed to our world civilization’s achievements in the fields of agriculture, shipping, astronomy, printing, oil, martial arts, ammunition, and mathematics. Ancient Chinese inventions such as gunpowder, silk, paper, printing, tea, wheel barrow, iron plows, deep drilling, porcelain, toilet paper and the compass were and still are important pieces of Chinese and global life. These inventions were major blocks in the building of the world that we know today. The four main innovations that I consider essential in our lives are printing, gunpowder, compass, and paper. The method of printing and woodblock, or movable, printing are considered ancient Chinese inventions. This ancient Chinese invention was seen before the first dated book in 868 (Lad). Printing books was time-consuming, as the blackline method used required a new block to be carved for each page. Movable type in printing was invented during the Song Dynasty. Movable Chinese characters were carved from wood, which could be arranged as needed and even reused. Later versions used clay, but these broke easily. During the Ming Dynasty, the wooden movable type was refined and books were printed using the two-color printing process. After the development of paper, printing was one of the most important inventions as it led to expansion in spreading stories, news, and...
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