Let us first investigate and digest the dictionary meaning of the word "Proffer" and let us make it into a verb by expanding it into a sentence fragment such as "To proffer . . . ".
The act of proffering or "To proffer" is something to be proposed for acceptance by someone to someone else. In real world comedic circles it is bantered around that psychologists become psychologists so that they can find solutions to their own problems. As said in the entertaining movie Finding Nemo, Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat . . . and I guess shrinks gotta over analyze, or as in the context of this Blog entry, Personal or Life Coaches gotta tell you all the things that are not working in your (their) life so that they can make some kind of sense out of things or find a solution to their own personally created situation.
I predict that one day this burgeoning industry is going to be regulated somehow because every one thinks that they can be a Priest or a Counselor without any formal "in the soup training". Somebody writes a book or a thesis or some short Jerry McGuire essay and they are then under this huge misconception that they are now fully qualified to go out and tell other people how to achieve greatness when in fact they themselves are searching for the keys to unlock the made up door that keeps them locked inside their own prison cell.
One guy I recently interacted with wrote a book on laws that govern interactions in the bedroom and markets himself as a romance expert yet my recent interactions with him clearly demonstrated to me that if a woman wants to get into a relationship with an asshole, he would surely fit the asshole mold to within .001 of an inch. This same fellow Proffers himself as a Coach's Coach, where those that aspire to be a Coach can receive certification through HIS organization. Not too bad for a guy whose academic credentials peaked prior to any collegiate endeavors. I guess you can always proffer yourself as a self made man. Such a catch all phrase does have its appeal to some, not to me, for I am a man of more substance and self awareness and have worked hard all my life and snake oil salesmanship never worked well with me.
My big take away from the majority of Personal or Life Coaches is that they were so unhappy with what they were doing for a living that being a Life Coach offered so much more interaction with other people and was a "cool" alternative to what was.
I believe in Personal Revelation. I believe that answers come from within, not from some hockey stick salesmen trying to make a buck off of the personal pain that someone else is experiencing.
I believe that the Creator gave each of us unique talents. Some play music. Some build. Some are Doctors, Lawyers and such. There are many talents. Each one of us is given a special talent. The Creator gave each of us Personal Revelation, the ability to ask for guidance and answers to our dilemmas. I believe that if you want something, you must jump in with both feet, knowing that you might get burned a little along the way, but that is the price of admission. If you ask for guidance you will be given a confirmation that your actions are correct. You do not need some snake oil Personal or Life Coach to tell you "How to be" or "How to get there". They themselves are trying to find out how to get there and unless they are sitting up on a hillside inside a crystal cathedral how in the world would they know how to get where it is that you want to go. I know a woman who Coaches on relationships yet she herself is not in one and has been burned and hurt by men. I say enough of searching for others to tell you how to be. Be YOURSELF! The Creator gave you all that you need. Just ask. Let no man or woman be your Prophet for their driving concern is not your welfare but the welfare of their own self significance and pocket book. Ask yourself via Personal Revelation granted you from on high if your actions are going to lead you towards or away from what it is that you seek.
In conclusion, To Proffer is to ask of another for acceptance. To be accepted is to have acknowledgement of your own self worth. To have this acknowledgement is to feel loved. To feel loved is an internal experience yet most seek it externally. Any one Proffering their Coaching services to you is a request for acceptance. Ask yourself what it is that they themselves are seeking, for if they have not gotten it themselves how could they offer it to you.
The last time I wrote a business plan regarding the Personal Development space was when I was a partner in a satellite radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. If my memory serves me correctly, at the time that I wrote this business plan for an $8 million Private Placement (PPM), the Personal Development space was a $65 billion industry. There are a lot of people out there that are vying for your dollar. I say hold onto it. Everything that you desire is inside of you. Not everyone has the same capabilities - that is life - but perseverance and Personal Revelation are far more important than giving your dollars to someone who is trying just like you to "get" something.
I came home angry and frustrated after building a beautiful work of art at the studios. As I was working on this piece of art throughout the day, I was mulling over and over what had been brought into my awareness the prior evening and as this mulling progressed and intensified, it simply inflamed every one of my senses. After eating a bowl of Cheerios I headed off to the gym where I had the best work out in many - many - many months. Everything that I had learned over the past 15 years regarding personal motivation and performance came flooding back to me. I remembered quotes and strategies and mantras and I was able to unlock energies I had not experienced in a very long time. I worked out extremely hard for 90 minutes and at the time of this writing - well past one in the morning - I am still filled with energy and motivation and clarity.
I kept mulling over and over in my mind how a woman I know has once again selected a man identical to the type of men she has selected so many times in the past, with disastrous results. He is an aggressive, if not oppressive individual. I formally introduced myself to him early last year while working out at a former World’s Gym in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and the words formulated by my instincts began to bounce off of all the corners of my brain cavity until I almost shouted out loud, “What an Asshole!” I have learned that my first impression is correct more often than not.
My intent here is not to degrade him or her but rather to work through my own “stuff” and to foster some ideas or “readings” that will help others learn about their own skewed decision making process and why “they are” at “where” they “are” in “their lives” for a “reason”. People just do not come up to you and say “I am not in love with you any more, I am leaving”. The decision to “leave” may happen in an instant, but there is a whole serious of events that build up to that moment of decision. If a person jumps from one relationship to another without taking a “timeout” to understand their contribution to the “failed” relationship, then they will continue to “fail” in “relationships”.
A loving and respectful relationship requires the continuous “rekindlement” of love. A loving and respectful relationship continues because both are always looking for ways to keep the love alive and never think of the relationship as an “all about them” relationship.
Both the man and woman in this story – everything is a story, is it not - are recently divorced and both have aggressive personalities, but I believe that the woman’s aggressive personality developed more out of a self defense mechanism due to an abusive marriage in contrast to what I sense is her carnal innate soft nature. His on the other hand, I foretell, will bring out the worst in the relationship in due time – true self takes about 60 to 180 days to reveal itself - and a repeat movie shall be played out once again. Every relationship has a dominate participant and equal relationships are a fallacy. Respectful and loving relationships are not a fallacy, but equality and duality are not nature’s plan. If there is no love and respect for her and the greatness that she possesses and has to offer, then her flower shall see no sunshine and her Glory shall be nullified.
People in abusive relationships tend to repeat prior selection practices until there is a sense of resolution or in other words until prior transgressions are resolved and personal self worth has been restored. People tend to gravitate towards “what they know” and learning “something new” takes time and effort and sadly, at the expense of a great deal of pain. If a woman only knows sex as an act of love, or aggression as a sign of love, or dominance as security, then that is all she will feel comfortable with even though it snuffs out her beauty and glory. There has been no time for this woman to resolve prior transgressions and restore self worth and the steps to disaster have been cast unless she senses that her decision process is skewed and elects to take a pause before entering into the mate selection process once again. My heart cries out for I foresee more heartache for her and her children. I have seen this time and time again and typically, no matter how many bells and whistles and warnings are sounded, the die is cast, and what is . . . is . . . and what happens . . . happens.
This aforementioned man proudly proclaimed to me yesterday that their marriage date is set for June and I walked away in a state of disbelief for no other reason than, “Wow, this will be interesting to see how it develops and what does it take for people to learn? How much pain do they have to endure before enough is enough and they make the changes in their life that they so desperately want to make?” Someone last year suggested that I entertain her as a possible spouse and my response was, “she is charming and beautiful, but I would never place myself in line as the first person she dates after such an abusive prior marriage”.
Such is life. So I wrote the above following what I wrote below in an attempt to bring into focus my driving force behind my words. Sometimes you stand around hoping that someone will get it. I have evolved – I pray and hope – into an individual that does not attempt to cram my thoughts and views down into the minds of others. If what I say makes sense, then use my opinion to formulate your own. If what I say stirs up inside of you confusion or a sense of disbelief, then simply disregard my opinions, for that is all they are, opinions. Or even better yet, ask why I have the opinions that I do. They are not contrived out of some inexperienced set of readings, but formulated from a very long list of adventures in the field “helping others”, or perhaps more accurately, attempting to help others, because ultimately, it is an individual process.
I have talked down on more than a few occasions those who have held the cold steel front end of Colt 45 in their mouth with one finger on the trigger and eyes begging for help. I have released the inner child trapped and hidden for many years due to the molestation by those who should have cherished and protected that same child. I have worked with the betrayed mother of two who was taught by father and husband that she was an evil woman who should just die and who learned that “EVIL” spelled backwards was “LIVE” and as far as I know that is what she is now doing, living her life instead of the concepts pummeled into her mind contrived by others.
So the following is what I wrote upon my immediate return from the gym. I walked in, stripped naked, sat on a towel on my couch, placed the lap top upon my lap and began to type. I wrote these words out in length after coming to the realization that I can no longer hold back from what I myself am destined to become.
Losers continue to lose for they never attempt to learn, to endure, to be resilient, to adapt and to overcome those adversities thrown onto their paths which serve to teach humility and strength, first appearing as pebbles evolving into stones which then become boulders and then mountains to move.
Winners are winners for it is the winners that take the biggest risks, and winners may stumble and winners may fall, yet winners continually ask questions along the path, picking up nuggets of wisdom as they pick themselves up, such that adapting and overcoming adversity and persevering is of a second nature.
Valiant souls are those that thirst after deeper waters, swimming against tide and current, knowing that there is no net or bottom to catch them if they fall are drink of salted waters. Valiant souls do not succumb to the temptations of need or of man’s idolatry. Valiant souls hoist up scepters of limitless and boundless thought and bear the immeasurable burden upon which others gauge themselves.
Not only am I a Winner, I have been Blessed with a Valiant Soul and as was said in the movie Jerry McGuire, “I'm over it. Now I want all my clients and yours too.” I declare that I am soundly back, that I rise up now from the ashes of yesteryear and go forth with vigor and foresight, with direction and concise purpose of heart and mind. I am as wise as the serpents yet I shall avoid sin and all things shall be ordered for my taking as fast as I put forth the effort to bring them into my fold. I shall no longer be denied that which is and has been rightfully granted me from On High nor fight against my natural talents for I shall speak with strength and act with courage and precise execution. I have most of what was . . . back . . . and now I want it all.
I am in Spokane, Washington attending my last semester at Washington State University where I am undergoing a Masters Degree in Public Health and Administration. Over the last several weeks I have been working out my lower back and abs like nothing else. When I was a child I spent a considerable amount of time in a back brace due to being born with a curved lower spine. Along with wrenching my back terribly while on Active Military Duty, this lifelong medical condition has at times been very discomforting.
So as I am walking out of the local gym after another intense workout of the lower back and abs seeking relief from the pain I was experiencing, not from the work out, but from the medical condition mentioned above, I asked the lady at the receptionist area if she knew of any great massage therapists. She rattles off a couple of names and I opted to call a gal named Sasha White who does massage therapy in Spokane and closer to my new home in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
I met Sasha for the first time at her studio space in Post falls, Idaho. I am a connoisseur of sorts of massage therapy having experienced Lomilomi (Hawaiian: masseur - male, masseuse - female) while living in the State of Hawai’ian (get the pun) over the years, as well as deep tissue and many other variations.
When you meet a masseuse (or masseur) for the first time it is difficult to know what to expect. Such was the case with Sasha. You do not know if the facilities are going to be quiet, which is so very important with this therapy modality, or if the masseuse is going to have the “right” touch or if he or she is going to be able to provide you with the muscular relief that you are seeking.
Towards the end of my “treatment” I made a comment to Sasha regarding being able to find a good masseuse. I said you can judge a good masseuse by his or her ability to find the “right” spot and . . . then there was a huge pause as I took in a very long and deep breath and then said . . . “and you just found it”.
I had tremendous sciatic and leg muscle tenderness and once the “right” spots were found and “worked” on, there was this equally tremendous release of tension such that I could feel my body come back into balance and if it was not for the fact that I had to meet with a lighting company right after this treatment, I would have simply faded off into a very nice and healing sleep.
In summary, Sasha White is an excellent masseuse and I highly recommend her. My original session was to be a full hour but I extended it to an hour and half. Her rates are very competitive and I even gave her a large tip as a good masseuse is extremely difficult to locate and the reward the body receives is well worth any amount.
She told me she works with clients on the South Hill, Washington area as well as in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls, Idaho areas.
Sasha White can be reached at the “All About You” Salon located at 205 East Seltice Way Street in Post falls, Idaho, off of the Spokane I90 exit or you can contact her at 509.991.5925.
It is impossible for me to express the anguish that I feel as images of little Sandra Cantu and her alleged murderer flood the media. I peer into the swollen red eyes of Melissa Huckaby in order to grasp the pain that she must feel. Not the pain that she feels for what she has allegedly done, but the pain that was causal in her actions. Something obviously went horribly wrong and became a totally out of control situation, and the panic she must have been overwhelmed with led to the terrible act of taking the life of such a beautiful little girl. I strive to know the root cause, the causal event in her life that took her closer and closer to where she now is. There is an individual who perpetrated an act upon her in her young life such that it was then “re” in acted many years later on such a beautiful little girl named Sandra Cantu.
My heart aches for both of them, the little girl whose life was taken and the little girl inside of Melissa Huckaby who experienced some type of trauma in her own life and whose prior actions were screams for help but never heard.
Melissa Huckaby is not the only woman – or man – walking around out there, filled with a rage, if not a quiet sense of desperation. Melissa Huckaby appears to have attempted to take her own life prior to her arrest, swallowing razor blades, an act to which most would state is an indicator if not an admission of her guilt.
I found myself shedding rivers of tears today as I read the latest news regarding Sandra Cantu’s funeral. I find myself searching the net for news of the case and I asked myself why is it that I am putting myself through such anguish over a little girl so many hundreds of miles from my location. Some people reach out in various ways such that the reaching out results in them experiencing emotion, a cutting such that they bleed so that they can have a sense of certainty that they themselves are actually alive and not walking around in a numb and detached way. Is there a sad, sick, sadistic fascination with such events as the murder of little Sandra Cantu?
I have dated a few women with so much rage and I know that the opposite is true, that rage is alive and well and expressed in many men. The last woman I dated had three little kids. The father had become addicted to Meth and was out of the lives of these three adorable little kids. The woman herself was molested and “raped” by a foreign object at the age of two, much like what has been claimed to have happened to little Sandra Cantu prior to her death. The rage that this woman held was intense and no matter how much love I expressed, that rage presented a huge barrier to our relationship. This woman had a little girl and two little boys. I took them all to Disneyland and the children began to call me “dad”. I loved them all and the kids I would have done anything for and I would have totally gone ballistic if anyone would have hurt any of the kids or done to the little girl what was done to little Sandra Cantu prior to her death.
All I know is what I know. All I know is who I am. When I watch the father of Adam Walsh on Oprah speak of his loss, or hear of the other horrible acts that have transpired of late, I want to take action, to “Saddled-Up” and do something to make this world a safer place for those that are the most vulnerable. Yet even in the safest of environments, horrible things happen, and I ask my Heavenly Father why. The response I receive is about Free Choice, about learning, about growing, about learning to love even when it seems impossible to do the very thing that we are all asked to do at all times.
This video was sent to me on this Easter Sunday of the Year 2009. It is so very moving and compelling that I simply wanted to share the message.It is in my heart that I feel the hope that one day we will all learn to simply get along. So many terrible events have occurred during the days that have filled the past few weeks, from the murder of little Sandra Cantu to the massacre of entire families in various States throughout this Nation, to the continued rise of selfish white collar crime and greed. I would hope that each Easter brings us closer to the message that the Lord Jesus Christ shared just a little over 2000 years ago and we as a species have to date, failed to heed. What was most peculiar to me was the number of web hits made to a previous posting regarding little Sandra Cantu within minutes of its posting. The spirit of little Sandra occupied a physical body for only a short period of time until some evil person or persons sucked the life from that body and released Sandra’s spirit back into the arms of her Heavenly Father.
Are those coming to read what I wrote simply curious or are they as equally outraged that such a grotesque and evil event has occurred to such a pretty little girl who moments prior to her murder was happily skipping down a street being simply, a little girl.
Some who have come to read my posting search on words like “last” and “words”. Did little Sandra have any last words, did she look at her attacker with eyes of disbelief, of fear, of pain? She was only eight years old. I do not want to contemplate it, I do not want to attempt to imagine. I want the perpetrator found and I want to put a gun to his head and I want to pull the trigger. But then I am returned to the sanity of my mind and realize that we are a nation of laws, that justice must be served, the Lord shall hold those accountable and judge those as He sees prudent. All I know is that if little Sandra was my daughter, I would surely want to be the one to pull the switch, inject the syringe, drop the door, or pull the trigger.
My years of studying human behavior and psychology brings me no solace and my heart still cries out for those that have been harmed in such terrible ways.
We will find you, the perpetrator or perpetrators of such a cowardice act. We will find you and we will judge you and you will serve out the sentence handed down to you and you will find yourself in the coldest darkest dungeon of hell. Until that time, and I know this to be true, you shall live in your own mortal hell, for no human can live with himself after such a horrendous act. The cancer will eat you up from the inside and your death will be slow and painful.
I was writing a letter on my computer when this headline flashed across my field of vision. I was immediately sickened and my heart fell through the floor. I knew from the moment of the first news cast reporting that she was missing that she would not be found alive but I prayed and hoped that she would. I have traveled through the town of Tracy, California so many times and the mother of a close friend still lives there.
I immediately posted this on my Facebook account: "Timothy B. Morgan is just absolutely SICKENED that Sandra Cantu was stuffed into a piece of luggage and thrown into a pond like a piece of garbage. I am so sick I want to throw up . . . find these bastards and hang them in a courtyard . . . such a beautiful little girl whose life was snuffed out by a PIG . . ."
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho was also a place of a horrible crime committed by a single sick and twisted man. Earlier today a married couple turned themselves into Law Enforcement officials in the State of Nebraska. Both wife and husband were in violation of probation and both of their kids, 8 and 11, were taken by Child Services.
I am a man who would love to have a wife and children and it just breaks my heart to see such deplorable acts perpetrated upon fellow human beings. I am to the point that I cannot watch the news for it is these types of stories that cause the tears to flow from my heart.
So why did I select Benway Quality Homes of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to be the builder of my new home?
Initially, I had been working with another developer in the Hawk’s Nest area of Coeur d’Alene and the reasons that prompted my decision to leave them and move over to Benway Quality Homes was multi-faceted. If you are going to put out hundreds of thousands of dollars for a home, I think the developer should be willing to give you what you want for a reasonable and fair price. More precisely, if a developer is not willing to work with you, is not willing to give you what you want, is not willing to make alterations, is not willing to give certain concessions, then I think the developer is serving themselves and not serving you and since I am the one doing the paying, I want to be the one being served.
From the moment I walked into the Benway Quality Homes model home located in The Landings off of Prairie, I felt like they were willing to work for my business. If I am the one putting out the hundreds of thousands of dollars for a new home, I find it annoying if not downright rude by a “take it or leave it” attitude presented to prospective buyers by some of the larger developers who feel that their market share affords them the ability to dictate prices and a home’s configuration. What it really comes down to is that the larger developers have a cookie cutter mentality and are “into” the land to such a degree that they must “get” a certain number of units per acre at a certain price and any deviation from the standard not only messes with their head but also messes with their bottom line and it is easier for them to go “next” than to serve the buyer. This mentality is slowly changing but I think some of the bigger developers in the Coeur d’Alene area have not yet felt enough pain such that they will adjust out of the “Big Dog” mentality and into the “Buyer is King” mentality.
Not only did Benway Quality Homes work hard to get my business, they offered a superior product, a product that had many items as standard features, not add on cost items. They have an in house architect that will make alterations of the standard model, from wall socket layout, to studio additions, to where you want the water bib. I am a musician and maker of Exceptionally Crafted guitars and I wanted a sound studio. I wanted the house built upon a foundation and not a slap and I wanted the walls built with certain materials and with a certain thickness and I wanted the garage built to specific and demanding specifications. All of my requests were met with an attitude of absolute willingness on the part of Benway Quality Homes and I am equally thrilled with the workmanship and the end result.
You can reach Benway Quality Homes by contacting their designated sales representative, Jim Fox of Century 21 Beutler & Associates, at (208) 704-1723 or (800) 786-4555
I had moved from what I refer to as “My Home State of Hawaiʻi” back to the continental United States in August of 2006. I had lived in Hawaiʻi more than once and know the island of Oʻahu like the back of my hand. I most likely would have stayed in Hawaiʻi after moving back in August of 2004, but the housing market was at its peak during this time and it seemed to be escalating upward at a ten to twenty percent clip per month. I actually did attempt to purchase property on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and even came close, but multiple bidders were ever present, pushing me further away from owning a home. This was my good fortune however, because since I had left, volcanic activity has picked up substantially, coating the Big Island of Hawaiʻi with what is referred to by locals as “vog”, a caustic layer of sulfur filled smoke created as the lava flows into the ocean. On my way back to Hawaiʻi in 2004, I traveled through the small resort town of Coeur d’Alene, spending the 4th of July of 2003 on top of the Coeur d’Alene Resort and it was there, on top of that hotel, where I became impressed by the Lake Tahoe like beauty that this North Idaho area offered, all without the California crowds and the associated in your face mentality. Little did I know that I would return to this beautiful City by the Lake. I landed back upon the shores of the continental United States two years to the month after I had left for Hawaiʻi, picking up my previously shipped car up from the docks of the pacific coast city of San Diego. From San Diego I traveled Northeast on my way to attend an Ivy League Law School (an entirely different story). I found myself “stuck” in the glamorous Ernest Hemingway endorsed resort town of Sun Valley, Idaho. I remained in Sun Valley for one winter season, not by choice, but because my legs had swollen up so severely that I could not walk and my health fell into a very dark and dire state and I found myself in need of substantial repair. I left Sun Valley on my birthday and traveled up to the Coeur d’Alene area. A month after I left Sun Valley, Idaho, a large portion of the area experienced a horrendous forest fire. While in Sun Valley, I traveled up to Coeur d’Alene for various reasons and it was here that I found myself mesmerized by the music orchestrated by Mother Nature as she blew the wind through the Ponderosa Pines. The sky was crisp and clear. The more I stayed and walked and listened, the more I wanted to remain and to make Coeur d’Alene, Idaho my home, a home I never had but always wanted. In 2007 I attempted to buy once again, but everything I sensed was that a huge market correction was about to take place. I held back from pulling the property purchase trigger and I am so glad that I did. When I first began my property search in the Spring of 2007, I focused on the Spirit Lake, Idaho area. One acre lots were selling for $109,000 at the time and now, in the Spring of 2009, the asking price for these very same lots float around the $25,000 watermark. Instead of settling in the Spirit Lake area, I decided to purchase property and build my home a little closer to the City by the Lake, actually my zip code is a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho zip code. After searching for the right property and the right builder, I selected Benway Quality Homes of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. To find out why I chose Benway Quality Homes, read this story. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) assigned serial number 76516127 to the Trademark application filed on April 25, 2003 by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) located at 8860 E. Chaparral Road, Suite 100 in Scottsdale Arizona. FMIC sought Trademark protection for the Fender Precision Bass® body style design.
In the application, FMIC claimed that first use occurred in 1954. The year 2003 minus the year 1954 equals a forty-nine (49) year lapse of good judgment regarding possible Trademark protection. On March 25, 2009, the USPTO rejected FMIC’s application for a Trademark for the Precision Bass® body design shown by the Mark Drawing Code in the application. The Precision Bass® word mark Trademark application, serial number 72314187, was filed by Columbia Broadcasting System Incorporated (CBS) on December 11, 1968. The USPTO granted this Trademark on January 13, 1970 to CBS which then subsequently assigned it to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). The Precision Bass® word mark Trademark remains in effect and was not part of the action or holding opined by the USPTO.
Leo Fender, the father of the electric guitar, was born on August 10, 1909 in Buena Park, California and died in Fullerton, California on March 21, 1991. Leo Fender founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company in 1946 and sold it to Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) nineteen years later in 1965. The Precision Bass® Trademark application pursued by CBS was not initiated until three years after the acquisition of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. In 1985, employees purchased the company and renamed it Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). Fender Musical Instruments Corporation did not pursue the body design Trademark until twenty-four (24) years after the acquisition of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company from CBS.
Management of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, far removed from the manufacturing facilities that are located in Corona, California, Ensenada, Baja Mexico, Japan and Asia.
FMIC is equally removed from those initial seeds planted and grown by Clarence Leo Fender back in 1946. Only the original body shapes remain as the behemoth stature of today’s FMIC was formed in part by the acquisition of other musical instrument related companies such as the Guild Guitar Company (originally founded in New York, New York in 1953, then moved to Westerly, Rhode Island where Guild remained for thirty years until FMIC purchased it in 1995 and moved operations to Corona, California, then to Tacoma, Washington and now close to it original roots in New Hartford, Connecticut), Tacoma Guitars, the Sunn Amplifier Company, SWR Sound Corporation and the Kaman Music Corporation (Bloomfield, Connecticut) which owns Ovation and also maintains the exclusive worldwide distributorship of Takamine guitars and Gretsch Drums.
According to an FMIC website, FMIC's U.S. facilities are located in Arizona, California, Washington and Tennessee, with international facilities in Mexico, England, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and Japan. FMIC owns the following registered Trademarks: Fender®, Squier®, Guild®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, Charvel®, SWR®, Tacoma®, Olympia® and Orpheum®.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) assigned serial number 76515928 to the Trademark application filed on April 25, 2003 by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) located at 8860 E. Chaparral Road, Suite 100 in Scottsdale Arizona. FMIC sought Trademark protection for the Fender Telecaster® body style design.
In the application, FMIC claimed that first use occurred in 1949. The year 2003 minus the year 1949 equals a fifty-four (54) year lapse of good judgment regarding possible Trademark protection. On March 25, 2009, the USPTO rejected FMIC’s application for a Trademark for the Telecaster® body design shown by the Mark Drawing Code in the application. The Telecaster® word mark Trademark application, serial number 72314199, was filed by Columbia Broadcasting System Incorporated (CBS) on December 11, 1968. The USPTO granted this Trademark on June 24, 1969 to CBS which then subsequently assigned it to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). The Telecaster® word mark Trademark remains in effect and was not part of the action or holding opined by the USPTO.
Leo Fender, the father of the electric guitar, was born on August 10, 1909 in Buena Park, California and died in Fullerton, California on March 21, 1991. Leo Fender founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company in 1946 and sold it to Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) nineteen years later in 1965. The Telecaster® Trademark application pursued by CBS was not initiated until three years after the acquisition of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. In 1985, employees purchased the company and renamed it Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). Fender Musical Instruments Corporation did not pursue the body design Trademark until twenty-four (24) years after the acquisition of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company from CBS.
Management of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, far removed from the manufacturing facilities that are located in Corona, California, Ensenada, Baja Mexico, Japan and Asia.
FMIC is equally removed from those initial seeds planted and grown by Clarence Leo Fender back in 1946. Only the original body shapes remain as the behemoth stature of today’s FMIC was formed in part by the acquisition of other musical instrument related companies such as the Guild Guitar Company (originally founded in New York, New York in 1953, then moved to Westerly, Rhode Island where Guild remained for thirty years until FMIC purchased it in 1995 and moved operations to Corona, California, then to Tacoma, Washington and now close to it original roots in New Hartford, Connecticut), Tacoma Guitars, the Sunn Amplifier Company, SWR Sound Corporation and the Kaman Music Corporation (Bloomfield, Connecticut) which owns Ovation and also maintains the exclusive worldwide distributorship of Takamine guitars and Gretsch Drums.
According to an FMIC website, FMIC's U.S. facilities are located in Arizona, California, Washington and Tennessee, with international facilities in Mexico, England, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and Japan. FMIC owns the following registered Trademarks: Fender®, Squier®, Guild®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, Charvel®, SWR®, Tacoma®, Olympia® and Orpheum®.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) assigned serial number 76516126 to the Trademark application filed on April 25, 2003 by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) located at 8860 E. Chaparral Road, Suite 100 in Scottsdale Arizona. FMIC sought Trademark protection for the Fender Stratocaster® body style design.
In the application, FMIC claimed that first use occurred in 1954. The year 2003 minus the year 1954 equals a forty-nine year lapse of good judgment regarding possible Trademark protection. On March 25, 2009, the USPTO rejected FMIC’s application for a Trademark for the Stratocaster® body design shown by the Mark Drawing Code in the application. The Stratocaster® word mark Trademark application, serial number 0839997, was filed by Columbia Broadcasting System Incorporated (CBS) on April 28, 1967. The USPTO granted this Trademark on December 5, 1967 to CBS which then subsequently assigned it to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). The Stratocaster® word mark Trademark remains in effect and was not part of the action or holding opined by the USPTO.
Leo Fender, the father of the electric guitar, was born on August 10, 1909 in Buena Park, California and died in Fullerton, California on March 21, 1991. Leo Fender founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company in 1946 and sold it to Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) nineteen years later in 1965. The Stratocaster® Trademark application pursued by CBS was not initiated until two years after the acquisition of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. In 1985, employees purchased the company and renamed it Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). Fender Musical Instruments Corporation did not pursue the body design Trademark until twenty-four (24) years after the acquisition of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company from CBS.
Management of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, far removed from the manufacturing facilities that are located in Corona, California, Ensenada, Baja Mexico, Japan and Asia.
FMIC is equally removed from those initial seeds planted and grown by Clarence Leo Fender back in 1946. Only the original body shapes remain as the behemoth stature of today’s FMIC was formed in part by the acquisition of other musical instrument related companies such as the Guild Guitar Company (originally founded in New York, New York in 1953, then moved to Westerly, Rhode Island where Guild remained for thirty years until FMIC purchased it in 1995 and moved operations to Corona, California, then to Tacoma, Washington and now close to it original roots in New Hartford, Connecticut), Tacoma Guitars, the Sunn Amplifier Company, SWR Sound Corporation and the Kaman Music Corporation (Bloomfield, Connecticut) which owns Ovation and also maintains the exclusive worldwide distributorship of Takamine guitars and Gretsch Drums.
According to an FMIC website, FMIC's U.S. facilities are located in Arizona, California, Washington and Tennessee, with international facilities in Mexico, England, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and Japan. FMIC owns the following registered Trademarks: Fender®, Squier®, Guild®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, Charvel®, SWR®, Tacoma®, Olympia® and Orpheum®.
. . . applicant refers to the “iconic” status of these outlines in American popular culture; however, we must resolve a narrow issue: Do consumers associate these two-dimensional outlines, depicted in the drawings, as indicators of source? After a thorough review of this extensive record, we conclude that applicant has not established acquired distinctiveness such that these two dimensional outlines of guitar bodies, standing alone, serve to indicate source.
Accordingly, based upon consideration of all the evidence in the record, we find that opposers have made a prima facie case that applicant’s evidence of acquired distinctiveness is inadequate and that applicant has failed to establish that the configurations involved in the applications before us have acquired distinctiveness within the meaning of Section 2(f).
Decision: Each of the consolidated oppositions is sustained against the application(s) against which they were brought based on the claim of genericness and in the alternative that the configurations have not acquired distinctiveness; and application Serial Nos. 76516126, 76516127 and 76515928 are refused registration.
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Anthony Robbins may have made CANI®, or Constant and Never-ending Improvement, a Trademark phrase on everything from audio and video tapes to live seminars, but the concept was borrowed from William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993), the man credited with taking Total Quality Management (TQM) over to Japan after World War II in a quest to rebuild that country's economy.
More specifically the origin of this term – I am sure – came from the word Kaizen, a Japanese term that does in fact mean betterment, improvement, or incremental and continuous improvement.
Always attempting to do better than previous is a noble goal. I would like to think it is a natural or innate make up of man. One can see all around in the environment that we as humans live, a constant pushing of the boundaries, a process of getting more out of less, to increase productivity, pushing out the frontier and maximizing expected monetary values (EMV).
I play the guitar and the piano. I personally think I suck at it when compared to anyone else in the room, but I practice every day. Sometimes I will play for three or more hours a day. I read books about music all the time and most of the information and meaning I read seems to vaporize somewhere between the words read and my neurology designed to interpret those words read. But I continue with this pursuit because I love the experience I feel when I discover a new pattern of music that fits together in such a wonderful and pleasing way. One could say that I am passionate about it. On my Company Website, MOKANA.COM, I even use a Trademarked phrase, “Explore Your Passion”. Constantly improving oneself comes easy if you can find what you are passionate about.
My main personal website, TimothyMorgan.com, is designed to retrieve stories from various Blogs that I post to on an ongoing basis. The front page of this website is labeled “LIFE” and it pulls stories from a Blog called Until the Last Moment. I think the two terms go together. It is my belief that “LIFE” must be lived “Until the Last Moment”. Even when you get knocked down, you must get back up, you must continue on, there is no other option, suicide is not an option, quitting is not an option. I know these to be truths. If you are reading this, you cannot convince me otherwise. You must find within yourself the strength to overcome whatever adversity is being presented to you. The presentation is actually a gift so that you can discover who you really are as a human being and to ascertain that you are a creation far beyond that of simple flesh and bones.
Why is this the case? How do I know this to be true? You will have to continue reading other stories to find out. The stories presented here on my blogs and website are not contrived but rather are the textual versions of what I truly experienced in the flesh. The experiences I have been presented were not presented to only serve me, but to serve others as well.