How Crowdfunding will affect Investors | Small Business Consulting ...

Thursday afternoon, President Obama signed off the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act ? not only will it be affecting startups, but it will affect investors as well. How so?

Remember when we talked about crowdsourcing a while back? Well the JOBS Act now officially recognizes the impact of a community investment and created some important rules and regulations to address certain needs and responsibilities. The bill is allowing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 270 days to review crowdsourcing and deliver policies for the public. What do these 270 days mean to investors though? It means they may have to wait until 2013 to make a legal investment towards your startup.

Investors waiting until 2013 may have restrictions to the amount of money they can invest and may have to fill out more forms, including a suitability questionnaire which prepares you for the risks associated with crowdfunding investments.

To read more about how crowdsourcing will affect investors, read the full article at Mashable.

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You want to trademark a name.? You thought you figured out how to file for trademark registration and filled out the online application form at www.uspto.gov.? Several months after filing your trademark to be registered, you received an office action from the examining attorney at the trademark office.? The office action states that the specimen you submitted for your services is inadequate.? An experienced trademark registration attorney can help you understand what to do next in order to fix your trademark application and proceed successfully through trademark registration.?

Here is an example of a trademark specimen refusal from the USPTO.?

Specimen Refusal ? Does Not Show Use With Specified Services The specimen is not acceptable because it does not show the applied-for mark used in connection with any of the services specified in the application. An application based on Trademark Act Section 1(a) must include a specimen showing the applied-for mark in use in commerce for each class of goods and/or services. Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. ??1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. ??2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a); TMEP ??904, 904.07(a).

A specimen for a service mark must show use of the mark ?in the sale or advertising of services.?

Trademark Act Section 45, 15 U.S.C. ?1127; see 37 C.F.R. ?2.56(b)(2); TMEP ?1301.04. Indeed, ?[w]hile the nature of the services does not need to be specified in the specimens, there must be something which creates in the mind of the purchaser an association between the mark and the service activity.? In re Adair, 45 USPQ2d 1211, 1215 (TTAB 1997) (quoting In re Johnson Controls Inc., 33 USPQ2d 1318, 1320 (TTAB 1994)). There must be sufficient reference to the services in the specimen to create this association. In re Monograms Am., Inc., 51 USPQ2d 1317, 1318 (TTAB 1999); see TMEP ??1301.04 et seq.

If the specimen does not show the mark with reference to, or association with, the services, the specimen fails to show service mark usage. See In re Osmotica Holdings, Corp., 95 USPQ2d 1666, 1668 (TTAB2010) (stating that ?[a]t a minimum, the specimen must show a direct association between the services and the mark sought to be registered?); In re DSM Pharms., Inc., 87 USPQ2d 1623, 1624 (TTAB 2008) (finding the mark must be used in a manner on the specimen so as to identify the applicant?s services and their source ?via a direct association?).

Therefore, applicant must submit the following:
(1) A substitute specimen showing the
mark in use in commerce for each class of goods and/or services specified in the application; and
(2) The following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. ?2.20: ?The substitute specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application.? 37 C.F.R. ?2.59(a); TMEP ?904.05; see 37 C.F.R. ?2.193(e)(1).If submitting a substitute specimen requires an amendment to the dates of use, applicant must also verify the amended dates. 37 C.F.R. ?2.71(c); TMEP ?904.05.

Examples of specimens for services are signs, photographs, brochures, website printouts or advertisements that show the mark used in the actual sale or advertising of the services. See TMEP
??1301.04 et seq.

If applicant cannot satisfy the above requirements, applicant may amend the application from a use in commerce basis under Section 1(a) to an intent to use basis under Section 1(b), for which no specimen is required. See TMEP ?806.03(c). However, if applicant amends the basis to Section 1(b), registration will not be granted until applicant later amends the application back to use in commerce by filing an acceptable allegation of use with a proper specimen. See 15 U.S.C. ?1051(c), (d); 37 C.F.R. ??2.76, 2.88; TMEP ?1103.

To amend to Section 1(b), applicant must submit the following statement, verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. ?2.20: ? Applicant has had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods and/or services listed in the application as of the filing date of the application.? 37 C.F.R. ?2.34(a)(2); TMEP ?806.01(b); see 15 U.S.C. ?1051(b); 37 C.F.R.??2.35(b)(1), 2.193(e)(1).

Pending receipt of a proper response, registration is refused because the specimen does not show the applied-for mark in use in commerce as a trademark and/or service mark for the identified goods and/or services. Trademark Act Sections 1 and 45, 15 U.S.C. ??1051, 1127; 37 C.F.R. ??2.34(a)(1)(iv), 2.56(a); TMEP ??904, 904.07(a).

Although applicant?s mark has been refused registration, applicant may respond to the refusal(s) by submitting evidence and arguments in support of registration.

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Hello. I would like to reserve one of the pluser kids. Could you confirm with me if they can be a teenager like 13 or 14, or do you want more of a 10 year old. I don't care, I just want to confirm what it is. Thank You.

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Either or, I just want it good. There is a reason I had to make him the age he is....

No spoilers, but il give you a hint. It has to do with his third ability he's keeping secret.

EDIT: actually, for that reasoning, most of the kids would have to be 13 or older, with a few exceptions

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Easter bomb attack near Nigeria church kills at least 20

A car bombing near a church in northern Nigeria on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people and put the country on alert over fears of further attacks, rescue officials and residents said.

The explosion, a stark reminder of Christmas Day attacks that left dozens of people dead in Africa's most populous nation and largest oil producer, hit the city of Kaduna, a major cultural and economic centre in the north.

Motorcycle taxi drivers and passers by appeared to have borne the brunt of the blast, and body parts littered the area.

As news of the attack spread, security forces boosted patrols in key areas, including in the capital Abuja, where soldiers were sent to reinforce police posted near churches, an AFP correspondent reported.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Details were still emerging of the attack, but at least one car said to be driven by a suicide bomber was believed involved. A rescue official speaking on condition of anonymity said two vehicles packed with explosives detonated.

"Now we have 20 dead from the twin explosions," the rescue official, who was not authorised to speak publicly, told AFP. Officials were still counting the number of wounded, he added.

"Bombs concealed in two cars went off just opposite this church," he said.

A police officer at the scene said a man believed to be a suicide bomber driving a car was stopped at a checkpoint near another church, the Evangelical Church of West Africa, and turned back.

He then drove to a nearby area in front of a hotel, close to the Assemblies of God church, and detonated the bomb. The church did not appear to have any significant damage.

Other cars in the area were damaged, but it was unclear if they were also carrying explosives, he said.

"We have a bomb explosion. We are trying to sort things out," police spokesman Aminu Lawal told AFP.

A spokesman for the national emergency management agency said most of the victims appeared to be motorcyle taxi drivers.

Residents reported seeing dead and injured being taken away. An AFP correspondent said he saw 10 bodies, while one resident said he counted at least 10 wounded. Body parts littered the area.

"From my balcony, I could see policemen loading the dead and the injured into waiting vans," another resident said.

Another said the explosion was strong enough to shake his house and cause his ceiling to cave in.

Islamist group Boko Haram carried out a series of attacks on churches and other locations on Christmas day, the bloodiest at a church outside Abuja, where 44 people died.

The Nigerian authorities as well as foreign embassies had warned of the possibility of an attack on Easter Sunday.

Boko Haram's increasingly bloody insurgency has left more than 1,000 people dead since mid-2009. Police and soldiers have often been the victims of such attacks, though Christians have been targeted as well.

The group also claimed responsibility for the August suicide bombing of UN headquarters in the capital Abuja which killed 25 people.

Its deadliest attack yet occurred in the northern city of Kano on January 20, when coordinated bombings and shootings left at least 185 people dead.

An attempt to hold indirect talks between Boko Haram and the government last month appears to have collapsed, with a mediator quitting over leaks to the media and a spokesman for the Islamists saying they could not trust the government.

Nigeria's 160 million population is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.

Despite a number of high-profile arrests and heavy-handed military raids, Nigerian authorities have appeared unable to stop the attacks.

President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the oil-producing Niger Delta region, said in his Easter message that "as people of faith, we must never succumb to hopelessness and despair."

There has been intense speculation over whether Boko Haram has links to outside extremist groups such as Al-Qaeda's north African branch.

Diplomats say such links so far appear limited to training for some Boko Haram members in northern Mali with Al-Qaeda elements, without significant evidence of operational ties.

Analysts say deep poverty and frustration in Nigeria's north has fed the violence, pushing young people toward extremism.

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Caryn Brooks: Live and Let Dye: When Will TV's Women Show Their True Colors?

NBC news anchor Matt Lauer will do something most women on television try desperately not to do. He will age before our eyes.

Of course there are women of a certain age in strong powerful roles on television -- Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Katie Couric to name a few. But none has gone there without fighting to stay younger looking.

Lauer, who just announced a new multi-year, multimillion-dollar deal with NBC's Today, seemed nonchalant about aging on the small screen. The 54 year-old news anchor even poked fun at his longevity on the show when he talked about the new contract.

"Truth be told I was developing an idea for a new show, where viewers could tune in every morning and see someone they know lose a little more of his hair every single day right in front of their eyes. But then I thought, I could just stay here and do that," Lauer joked.

Women on television don't get to show their age, they are expected to conceal, cover and conquer it. Paula Dean is an exception. She wears her gray hair proudly on her cable cooking show and guest appearances here and there. The only other woman on network television who is top of mind, is not a grandmotherly, sweet little old lady type and has gray hair, is Jaime Lee Curtis.

Along with her Activia yogurt ads, Curtis has a recurring guest role on the CBS show NCIS as a vibrant, sexy character. She is a potential love interest for the gorgeously gray-haired Mark Harmon character.

But, while Dean and Curtis are anomalies, Harmon and Lauer are far from the only men aging gracefully on the small screen. Ted Danson has gone from the hunky bartender on Cheers to the silver sleuth on CSI. And how about Law and Order?

That show has had more than its share of gray-haired legal eagles and detectives who would rather die than dye. Sam Waterston's character aged so well that he went from a dark-haired assistant D.A. to the platinum-headed grand poo-bah of the office. The detective played by Dennis Farina had to be my favorite silver fox. That man can rock a full head of shiny hair and an expensive suit!

I don't understand why women can't do the same. Law and Order has a powerful woman in charge. S. Epatha Merkerson plays Lieutenant Anita Van Buren, who is strong enough to deal with a squad of detectives and to battle cancer, but bows to social norms when it comes to her hair color.

The list of strong women on TV who prefer to hit the bottle for their hair color is a long one. Just a few include Kyra Sedgwick from The Closer, Dana Delany and Jeri Ryan from Body of Proof, Christine Baranski from The Good Wife, Joy Behar from The View, Joan Rivers from Fashion Police, and Dancing With the Stars contestants Gladys Knight and Martina Navratilova.

Certainly our culture has role models elsewhere who dare to go gray. Bonnie Raitt, Barbara Bush, Helen Mirren, Dame Judy Dench and Emmylou Harris come to mind. Comparing the two lists -- those who dye and those who don't -- you have to wonder if dying your hair is a preference, as L'Oreal would have us believe, or an expectation.

The 2010 census found 11.4 million women age 50-54 in the U.S., up 26.6 percent from the 2000 census. I suspect the majority of those women subscribe to my sister's philosophy of, "Why would you look older if you don't have to?"

The numbers confirm my suspicion. Among the "major findings" of the 2010 Professional Salon Haircolor Study by a beauty industry data source called Professional Consultants & Resoures, "hair color makes a big comeback and is projected to grow to mid-to-single digit numbers by 2015." Basically that means as the population of older women in the U.S. grows so does the use of hair dye.

I admit to only embracing my gray roots when I was laid off from my previous job and couldn't afford the $200.00 trip to the fancy salon every six weeks (yes, I realize that seems crazy when I could by a box of hair color at the drug store for 10 bucks, but when I did that my hair came out orange and I swore I'd never do it again). Even though I quickly got a job I love and could have gone back to the salon, I didn't. I now wonder why I didn't stop hiding my real hair color sooner. The time and money I would have saved is only part of the reason. There's something to be said for being free to be me -- gray hair and all.

I am happy to watch Matt Lauer lose some hair, but I am pulling for Jaime Lee Curtis. She recently said she hoped her role on NCIS became more than a guest appearance and talked about being the face of the anti anti-aging movement.

"We're aging from the moment we're born," Curtis said. "It's going to happen. It's much more about the content of my character than the contour of my face." And I would add the color of her hair.

When more women feel the same way as Curtis they will dye their hair by choice, not by expectation. In the meantime I propose a tax on the $10 box of hair color and the $200 trip to the salon. The money collected could go to a national mentoring program where the next generation of women learn that aging is something they don't have to hide, just like their roots.

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Childrens is funny beings. The key of your happy is when you see their smile. So, How to make Young children happy and smiling? The one method is actually using Toys or Game titles. Here i want to go into detail the leading kids store. It?s Toys?R?Us.

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Playthings R Us has numerous amazing deals and is at general a great keep. The only negative I?m able to think of is in which sometimes branch stores aren?t informed or as informed of deals about the main website. That is just a couple of days ago I called a neighborhood store about the acquire 1, get 1 at 50% away from ds games deal and in addition they said that the stores don?t provide same deals. I?m not sure if that has been a misunderstanding on the part, because on the website it stated that a number of the video games were intended for in store purchases.

I?m over forty but It is suggested going to toys r us around my kids. I love the way the store is scheduled up and size. It?s just the right size When the kids were little they could walk around the store and pay attention to everything before they obtained tired. I love how you?ll be able to always find someone if you want help and the sales rep is always smiling regardless how many times my own child screams. When you go on the bigger stores it?s difficult to get someone to defend you and when you will you, you have walked half a mile in the item you had a new question about. When my kids will be ready to look at toys they dont want to walk through the market aisle. They just want just a little part of my day which is just about them in addition to Toys R Us helps me provide them with that. They don?t have to stress about me getting side tracked when i see the eggs. I just smile when i see their eyes light when I pull in the parking lot. I?m the greatest mom and they are the happiest kids on the globe while we are there.

You will find so many fun things here! The double bladed light saber is a coveted item for guaranteed, and the Darth Maul steps figure will fit very well with my son?s huge bunch of Star Wars characters. His favourite Star Wars character is Darth Vader (exactly why do they always choose the bad guys?), so he will be thrilled while using Darth Vader bobble mind, the 3D Darth Vader greeting cards and the Darth Vader UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS. The Star Wars lego will probably thrill him too!

Toy?R?Us has partnered having Air Miles, which makes me happy. I love to obtain Air Miles, and when I can perform that while shopping for items I would buy anyway, I am especially content. I already earn at some of my favourite clothing outlets, and now that Toys?R?Us has partnered with him or her, I can earn miles with the majority of my holiday shopping!

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