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Elevation gain: 1164m
The climb from Mt. Beauty to Falls Creek* is one of the longest in the Victorian Alps and also one of the most picturesque. While there are several downhill sections and plenty of opportunity to rest in the middle section of the climb, the overall length means you'll need good endurance to get through this climb.
The Falls Creek climb begins at the roundabout intersection of the Kiewa Valley Highway, the Bogong High Plains Road and Lakeside Drive in Mt. Beauty.
The Falls Creek (Mt. Beauty side) climb ends at the brick wall at the entrance to the Falls Creek Ski Resort.
A long and varied climb that can be broken into three distinct sections.
The climbing is consistent for the first 4.2km until a right-hand hairpin.
From 4.2km to 16.7km the climb is undulating with several flat sections and descents.
The climbing from the bridge at 16.7km is consistent with only a couple flat spots.
After the tollbooth at the 26km mark, the road gets slightly steeper.
The climbing starts as soon as you leave the roundabout in Mt. Beauty and for the next 4.2km the road doesn't really let up. After 700m of the climbing you'll pass the Big Hill mountain bike park on the right-hand side of the road while the gradient sits at around 4%.
As the road begins to wind its way along the ridgeline you'll get some great views on the left-hand side, particularly from the 1.5km mark onwards. The gradient fluctuates between 3% and 6% for most of the opening 4.2km section with the road winding gently from side to side. There are a number of sharper bends though — including a right-hander at 2.6km and a left-hander at 2.8km.
After 4.2km of consistent climbing out of Mt. Beauty (at an average of 4.9%) you'll reach a right-hand hairpin where the road flattens off and you'll start descending. This is the end of the first section of the climb so sit up and take a quick breather.
Over the next 12.5km the road only climbs 190m (an average gradient of 1.5%) and you'll notice there's a fair bit of descending in addition to the climbing.
Most of the first 700m after the hairpin at the 4.2km mark are downhill before the road heads up again for a couple hundred metres. You'll descend again briefly for a few hundred metres before the road flattens off once more.
Over the next few kilometres you'll cover a bunch of small rises and small descents and it's not until the 8km mark that you'll get to another section where the climbing is sustained for more than a kilometre. Take the time during this middle section of the climb to enjoy the views off to the left of the road. It really is one of the nicest stretches of road in the Alps.
Roughly 9km in you'll descend briefly before climbing for another couple hundred metres. You'll then descend and climb and descend and climb until 10.9km at which point you're only 27m higher than you were after 4.2km.
But from that point on the climb is a little more consistent and apart from a few very brief descents (the longest being 300m long at the 14.5km mark which takes you to the Bogong Village) it's mainly uphill until the 15.5km mark. At that point you're 817m above sea level — the highest you've been on the climb so far — and you'll spend much of the next 1.2km heading downhill until you reach the bridge over the East Kiewa River — the start of the third and final section of the climb.
The climbing from the 16.7km mark to Falls Creek is very consistent with only a few short sections where the road flattens off. As soon as you cross the East Kiewa River the gradient kicks to around 5% and it's worth trying to find a comfortable rhythm quite quickly. When the road bends around to the left after 17.1km of climbing, you'll notice lush ferns on either side of the road, a sight that you'll enjoy throughout the final section of this gorgeous alpine climb.
After 17.5km the road bends around to the right then sharply around to the left before flattening out momentarily. At the 17.7km mark you'll take a long right-hand bend which then opens out to views of the mountain ahead of you. 300m later you'll reach another sharp right-hand bend, Junction Spur, which provides terrific views to the left of the road but has the tendency to sneak up on careless riders on the descent.
After 18.2km the road has flattened off somewhat and for the next couple kilometres you'll wind your way gently upward with great views often available to the right-hand side of the road. By the 20.7km mark the gradient has returned to around 5% and beautiful ferns line both sides of the road once more.
After 21.5km the road has flattened off slightly again as it bends around to the left. 300m later you'll head around a very sharp right-hander where the tree cover becomes noticeably heavier. The gradient remains gentle over the next few kilometres before a short downhill section at the 23.0km mark ends at a sharp right-hand hairpin at which point the gradient kicks back up to around 5-6%.
Before long the road has flattened off slightly once again and after a sharp right-hander at 23.7km and a long sweeping left-hander 100m later the road winds its way along the ridgeline and into another slight downhill after 24.3km. At the 24.5km mark you'll reach one of the climb's most iconic bends, a very sharp left-hand hairpin that kicks the gradient up to around 7% for a couple hundred metres.
With valley views now possible to the left of the road, the gradient returns to around 3-4% at the 24.7km mark and the gentle winding continues. For the next kilometre or so the road winds left and right through beautiful ferns and native eucalypts with the gradient fluctuating between flat and around 4%.
After passing the Howman Gap YMCA building at the 26km mark the road has emerged from the trees and shortly after you'll pass the Falls Creek tollbooth on your left. At this point the road becomes fractionally steeper.
For the remaining 3.8km the gradient sits at around 5-6% as the road winds its way ever closer to Falls Creek . At the 26.9km mark you'll pass through a steep little left-hander and 400m later you'll bend back the opposite way as the road sweeps tightly around to the right.
After 28km of climbing you'll catch your first glimpse of the Falls Creek Ski Resort which only serves as further motivation to get through the remaining few kilometres. Climbing at around 5% the road winds its way gently along the ridge with valley views available on the left-hand side of the road.
At the 28.6km mark the gradient eases off slightly and 800m later you'll bend around to the right and catch a fuller glimpse of the resort ahead of you. From this point it's roughly 400m to the end of the climb, as designated by the end of the brick wall, opposite the Gateway Cafe.
This profile was created using BikeRouteToaster. To see a full version of this climb, including full elevation details, click here.
Falls Creek is located around 400km north east of Melbourne in the heart of Victoria's alpine district. Driving from the state capital to Falls Creek makes for a long day behind the wheel, taking over 5 hours via the Hume Freeway (M31), Great Alpine Road (B500) from Wangaratta, the Tawonga Gap Road (C536) from Germantown and the Bogong High Plains Road (C531) from Mt. Beauty.
Popular launch sites for an attempt at the Falls Creek (Mt. Beauty side) climb include Bright (including the Tawonga Gap climb as a warm-up), Mt. Beauty or any number of other townships in the area.
If you're the sort of cyclist that likes the added challenge of racing against the clock, why not see how your climb compares to others? Click here to see the Falls Creek (Mt. Beauty side) climb on Strava.
*Note: this page was updated on May 1, 2013 to cover the full climb from Mt. Beauty to Falls Creek. It previously only covered the final 13.2km from the bridge over East Kiewa River to Falls Creek.
rod / Jan 27 2016
of note here if you are doing the 7 peaks there is a after hours stamp outside the cafe. I havent seen this at any of the climbs but it is a great idea
ilya / Oct 13 2014
WATER!!!!!!!!!! yes, there is water at the toll booth. there is a little tap between the two booths and water is good for drinking. i ran out of water before i even got there. when i reached the resort, guess what? all thinkgs closed and no water. luckily i asked another rider who told me about the tap at the toll booth. after a quick look around, i raced down and filled up. aahhhhh, thats better.
Matt M / Apr 7 2014
30/3/14, last chance for a 7 Peaks Stamp and I wasn't leaving empty-handed! Stunning terrain, along with perfect conditions: light rain cooling me down on the way up and then the sun coming out at the top for the roll down (with some short rises back up in the middle of the descent).
Reasonably gentle all the way, just really long if you're not used to length – I wasn't, apparently. That last 4 kms got really weird for me… After stopping for a bit at that handy vending machine it took me ages to get to the village from Howman's Gap! Embarrassing ultra-slow grind aside, it was great to roll up to the 'real' village (past the oversnow terminal) and get that stamp.
If you're hardcore about it, or REALLY determined not to miss out on a 7 Peaks stamp (a bit of both for me), it's definitely doable in a day: driving up from Melbourne, enjoying a gorgeous climb and then driving back home in time for dinner. I left home at 6:30 via the M80 from the east, got in to Mt Beauty at 10:45 and started climbing around 11. I'm not really that fit or "in-shape" either, but I managed it pretty easily!
A suggestion for those driving to Mt Beauty- avoid Tawonga Gap and take the Happy Valley Rd turnoff just after Myrtleford. Assuming you've got the petrol, it seems to be quicker than winding up and down Tawonga Gap and slowing down through the towns along the Great Alpine Rd.
Tony / Mar 28 2014
This is great! I'm riding this tomorrow for a charity ride on a tandem bike with a blind person on the back. This is gold!
Lukeycuz / Jan 18 2014
Thanks Matt! Saved the day! $2 water at the vending machine at the toilets just before the toll booth.
Does anyone know where to so and refill water bottles on the way up? It's gonna be a hot one tomorrow!!
Matt de Neef / Jan 18 2014
There's a vending machine at the tollbooth (4km to go). Not sure where else! If the store/restaurant in Bogong is open (no guarantees this time of year!) they might be able to help.
Hamish / May 1 2013
Is the last few km really only 5-6%? It feels like more after the rest of it. I did think sections hit 8% though. Thanks for the update with the bottom half included.
Robert / May 1 2013
In 3 Peaks it felt like a brick wall and the downhill bits were far too infrequent! The whole time I kept thinking "it's only 5/6% that's nothing", but the bodies littered on each bend made it clear that's not the case. Thanks again.
Owen Bentley / Mar 26 2013
G'day Matt, I've always considered the FC climb really starts from Mount Beauty so it's about 30 km all-up from Mount Beauty to the resort. How would this change the rating of the climb? Thanks for a great resource with the site. Cheers, Owen.
Matt / Apr 1 2013
Hi Owen, stay posted. 😉
Goonie / Feb 28 2012
Having ridden both climbs on a number of occasions, I'd say Matt's rating is accurate: Falls Creek is considerably easier than Donna Buang.
Matt's profile doesn't include the initial climb and (short) descent from Mount Beauty to Bogong Village, which you have to do on the way to the bottom of the Falls climb proper. It's about 30 km all-up from Mount Beauty, and there's over 1000 metres of ascending in total. Even so, it's not steep, it's just long.
If you want to add a bit more climbing to your ride, the road doesn't actually stop ascending at the village, though the "Falls Creek climb" ends by tradition there. The road continues to climb about a kilometre further up to the Rocky Valley Dam.
Jay / Jan 1 2013
Last I checked if you go past Falls, the total length of the climb is about 15.7km.
damian / Feb 20 2012
mmmmm, cat 2 ?? not really in agreement with that. reckon its more cat 1, as its arguably the same difficulty as Donna Buang, which you've ranked as cat 1. In fact Donna is easier, as its a consistant gradient, whilst Falls is continuosly changing its gradient, which makes it very difficult to get into a good tempo on.
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Lisbon No voter converted to YES
paulbrowne June 10, 2008 economics, Ireland, politics
Update: It looks like 862,415 Irish people (53% of the electorate) don't read this blog and voted no. Note to self: must increase blog readership. Looks like we're all going to find out what the consequence (big or small) of a No vote is.
I don't normally talk about politics on this blog, but this one is important , so excuse me if I make a rare exception. For readers from outside of Ireland, we're the only country that is holding a referendum vote on the Lisbon treaty next Thursday (12th), which changes how the European Union (EU) is going to go about it's internal business.
Like a lot of Irish people I was initally going to vote 'No', partly because of unhappiness with the current political and economic outlook. Also partly by the poor 'Yes' campaign – loads of posters with policiticans faces, but no reasons why I should cast my vote in favour.
There's been no official explanation of the (incomprehensible) treaty text. But the guide on RTE's website shows the treaty changes and gives clear explanations as to what the changes mean.
Why I've changed my mind to vote yes. And not because of the patronising 'jobs jobs jobs' or 'laughing stock of Europe' arguments. (For the record , I find the no campaigns scaremongering about neutrality / taxes / take-away-our-babies equally offensive). Here's why
Europe has been good for Ireland – and not just the free roads. A large part of the peace process happened because the EU removed the differences between Ireland and Britain. I remember stopping at the customs post on the (single lane) main road between Dundalk and Newry. Very different now , with the M1 Motorway crossing what was previously 'bandit country'.
Europe has been good to me personally. I've been able to work (visa free) in 3 other European countries. It's allowed me to study (with the host government paying the fees) in two more. Very different from the alternative of being an undocumented worker in the US.
This is not a 'free' protest vote. There are consequences to voting no (maybe big, maybe small, nobody can guess at this stage). We're not teenagers any more; it's a big decision and should be treated as such.
Without Europe, we're more or less just a region of the UK. Before we signed up to EMU (the prequel to the Euro) in the 70's the Irish pound was tied one-to-one to UK sterling. All economic decisions were effectively made in London. We may have only a small voice at the big European table, but it's better that what we had previously – no voice at all.
I still think there is a lot that could be better with the EU – despite the increase in the powers of the European Parliament, the EU isn't (yet) democratic enough. It's far from perfect. It's messy. But that's life, and previous generations of Irish people would love to have a choice like this.
But what pushed me over the edge to vote yes is the Spoofers guide to the Lisbon treaty. Read it. Then decide.
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Martin Luther says:
traight Irish men and women. Please do our european continent a favor and vote NO to the lisbon treaty.
I ask your help for us all from germany. Most people in the 27 country's are NOT AGAINST the european union but AGAINST an EU of the big busineses. Against an antidemocratic not even to say a faschist EU which do not care about their people. Wich do not care about our children and which do not care about peace.
They only care about foreign ressources which they want to "secure" for europe by means of war if neccessary.
They want send our children into death, just to secure their profits.
Again, good people of ireland. Remind your history as a strong and free nation as well as remind your responsibility for other european nations who dont have the opportunity to decide.
Pascal Bleser says:
Thanks for the link. A very enjoyable read, indeed, even though I live in Belgium, work in Germany and have English as my 3rd language.. oh, and I don't get to vote about adhering to the treaty but that's fine, I'm all for it.
It is certainly worth knowing that what happened with the Constitution was that in France, it was solely about French politicians having a game of influence over the next best topic. Which happened to be the EU Constitution. There was the yes camp and the no camp, and it was only about purely French concerns for the up-coming presidential elections. It had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the Constitution. Obviously, the text being pretty dry and long, no one actually read it, and just believed what one or another French politician told them. Which is why work like Jason O'Mahony's is refreshing and immensely useful.
Voting no "because of unhappiness with the current political and economic outlook" would have been a very stupid thing to do btw, glad you noticed. I'm sure there are good reasons to vote no, although I personally believe the good reasons to vote yes outweigh them, which is what it's all about: compromise, not only agreeing to something if you like 100% of it. But a protest vote is just an extraordinary dumb idea: that's how France ended up with Le Pen in the second round of presidential elections, and then with a corrupt Chirac as prez.
"lange Rede kurzer Sinn", thanks again for the link, just wanted to share my 0.02€ about it 🙂
Piaras MacDonnell says:
What ever you opinion on Lisbon the "Spoofers guide to the Lisbon treaty" was a funny read 🙂
A frenchA says:
Help you,why thefrench said NO?
The new president Sarkozy use the parlement to vote the new constitution, the text is the same.
The Yes said "remmber that the europe was good for you, you must show that you are good europe people".
The president Chirac decide to send the paper at all the people, a big error for the yes.
Have you receive the "constitution", because after, the french people ask was on the write, not on the speech,
on the futur with this text.
Yes at the peripherical of the text, good intention but in the center, the most is an econmical project completely close.
Cut the apple in two, do pragmatic said yes, but the cut is not right!
At 56% the french said that it is not the place in a constitution, changing the name is the solution!.
The french people was not opposite to europe, but the people europe to help and complement not the economical war
the only solution in the text.
Vote NO, only because you are alone, you cans stop and at minimum ask that all europe of people vote.
When the YES see that the NO shoud be the winnner, the yes said: "dangerous, the french will be the bad, no minister, no good think for you".
In french "la carotte et le baton"
Thank.
A french
Dear Mr Luther and 'FrenchA' (if that is your real name!).
To paraphrase one of your key arguments – 'Vote No on behalf of the German and French people'.
I'm sorry to hear that you don't have a referendum in your contry, but please talk to your local politicians about it.
It's my vote and it's very important to me, but thanks for your advice.
Steffino says:
after the irish 'no' everybody tries to explain and many foolish things are said e.g. 'the irish people have no idea of the treaty' or 'they just wanted to take revenge on their government'
so i'd like to get some personal statements from people who voted 'no' and publish them in my weblog
Frank Boyle says:
The above reasons for voting 'yes' are probably the most trivial I have seen to date. The EU has been good to us? The EU has taken our fish stocks. We are now expected to pour money into the new states. The EMU has been disasterous to Ireland. It has ruined our economy and businesses are moving to Poland which has retained its currency and more importantly its right to adjust its interest rates.
We have been flooded by migrants from Eastern Europe, and lower skilled Irish workers cannot compete with them.
We do have a nice road leading North, but there is a toll to pay.
Anything positive that has happened Ireland because of EU membership has happened without Lisbon. We must never give up our sovereignty. If we really want to thank Europe then we should uphold the 'No' votes that have been cast against it. We should show our gratitude to the people of the member states, and not to the political elite in Brussels.
@Frank,
Disagree with your point of view – apart from the fish. You're right that Farmers gained less from the CAP than we lost in the fish stocks!
Europe's not perfect, but the alternative is worse. Dev tried the 'ourselves alone' hoarding (not sharing) of sovereignty back in the 1930's, and condemned generations to the scourge of immigration. EMU's not great when it goes against you (e.g. now with a fixed exchange rate) but being tied to Sterling (which we were immediately before turning to the prequel to EMU) wasn't any better.
So Lisbon Yes or No? We'll probably get another chance to decide pretty soon …


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← From College drop out to MBA earning 12 lakh p.a.
A published author at 15, he's still not satisfied →
At 18, he runs an anti-hacking company
At 18 years of age he is one of the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Systems administrators. His claim to fame, however, stems from the fact that his organisation endeavours to reduce cyber crime.
He gives lectures to officers of the Indian Army and Indian corporates on how to safeguard their networks and the Internet infrastructure backbone from potential raids by malicious cyber hackers.
As a mark of appreciation, Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates [Images] invited him to the launch of Biztalk servers in India in 2006.
Meet Vineet Kumar, the founder and CEO of the Global Ethical Hackers Association (GEHA) and the National Anti-hacking Group (NAG); the latter is a non-government organisation which 10,000 hackers have joined as members since its inception back in 2003).
Vineet and these NAG members belong to a category of hackers that take pride in calling themselves 'whitehat hackers' These are ethical individuals who are opposed to the abuse of computer systems by malicious hackers known as 'blackhats'.
Interestingly, despite his expertise in a field as arcane as hacking, Vineet has had no formal training in his trade. He was attracted to computers as a child and managed to get the hang of surfing the Internet and chatting online. During one such session in an online chatroom, he met his mentor, who he refuses to name.
"He was a 'greyhat' hacker," reminisces Vineet. "He was based out of Chicago and gave me hacking lessons over IRC (Internet Relay Chat)."
How does Vineet know that his mentor was somebody based out of Chicago?
"I used some of the techniques he taught me on him," chuckles Vineet, explaining that one can obtain the IP address (Internet Protocol address) of a machine without its owner knowing. "I did it for fun and to know if it actually works."
It's hardly surprising, then, to learn that this mischievous streak caused Vineet's teachers to brand him 'naughtiest kid in school' back when he attended the Army High School in Ranchi, his hometown. By his own admission, he misses those school days. Today he is pursuing a four-year course in Information Technology and Infrastructure Management Services, ITIMs, from Sikkim Manipal University.
Vineet spoke to rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore about ethical hacking, his responsibilities as CEO of GEHA and NAG and the pressure of handling such a career while he is still in his teens.
So you are an ethical hacker. What exactly does that mean and what made you pursue becoming one?
I prefer to be called a cyber/ information security advisor. Ethical hackers are hackers who work for a good cause — in other words, they are security researchers who plug the vulnerabilities and loopholes of online networks.
I do not concern myself with the philosophy of ethics, but with the simple knowledge of right and wrong engrained in my character. I work in favour of national interest, to save my country from cyber criminals who have a personal axe to grind.
You are only 18 now and CEO of the National Anti-hacking Group, NAG. What responsibilities does the position entail?
My responsibilities include managing the team, security projects, conferences, seminars, consultancy/ advisory assignments, taking important decisions and enabling the smooth functioning of the organisation.
You mentioned that you are pursuing a four-year course in Information Technology and Infrastructure Management Services from Sikkim Manipal University. Doesn't being CEO of an organisation interfere with your academics?
Yes, at times I do feel that my job responsibility interferes with my academic success. However, my ambition to be different from others belonging to my age group gives me the strength and will to work. Nothing worth achieving comes without concentrated effort.
How did you manage to accomplish so much at such a young age?
I think, that old adage holds true — "Where there is a will there is a way". I also believe that at 18, I am at the most creative stage in my life — I'm young, imaginative, full of positivity and inspired by the potential that the future holds for me.
Who are the people that are benefited by the NAG initiative?
We constantly try to solve social problems that stem from online activities by creating awareness in the field of cyber/ information security. Our efforts serve to protect children, students, families, individuals, and organisations (government as well as non-government) from the unseen criminals of the wired and wireless worlds, because we genuinely believe that social conscientiousness is primary to achieving a peaceful cyber co-existence.
We also voluntarily render our security services on a regular basis to providers who cater to society and the service sectors. The target beneficiaries includes schools, colleges, universities, educational institutions, financial institutions, the government sector, national and multinational organisations.
Our social commitment is to "enable people to use information and communication technology without fear". Our issue concerns not just our country, but the world — today, a wired or wireless existence is almost as important as the physical.
Can you narrate any incident where NAG helped protect India from a dangerous cyber attack?
We protect many organisations, both government as well as non-government, from being violated. I am, however, bound to keep quiet by my professional commitment and therefore cannot disclose any information, nor the nature of my work. My friend Yash Kadakia and I have created a special security brigade to plug the vulnerabilities and loopholes in websites and networks and to provide them with timely guidance and security advice. According to a recent survey we conducted on Indian websites, 90 percent of them are vulnerable to violation; some of them possess critical information that should not be compromised under any circumstances. I would say that cyber security is still not given a priority in India.
What's the difference between a white hat hacker and a black hat hacker?
The basic difference is not in the nature of the work but in their objectives and motives. The techniques and strategies used by both are the same. However, whitehats work in the positive interest of online security, whereas blackhats work to disrupt it. A white hat generally focuses on securing IT systems, whereas a black hat will focus on breaking into them.
You are a regular on the lecturer circuit. How did it begin? What kind of lectures do you give and how do they benefit your audiences?
It all started a couple of years ago when I was attending Ranchi's Army High School. My father is an army officer and his colleagues, my teachers and friends all recognised the hidden potential in me. That's how I began giving lectures to create awareness on cyber security.
I make the audience aware of the techniques adopted by cyber criminals and provide tips on how they can keep themselves secure. Those who fall prey to hackers are usually victims of ignorance – my mission is to dispel the darkness of ignorance by kindling the light of knowledge.
The audience usually accepts the stark truth that both the wired and the wireless worlds are vulnerable. They exhibit interest in knowing more about security and are ready to pay a price for a secure existence. They also appreciate my social initiatives.
Can you tell us something about your childhood? Who is your inspiration and what are the respective futures of Vineet Kumar the white hat and Vineet Kumar the student?
I was always an average student, but was quite dedicated when it came to computers. Sometimes I spent all night working on my machine and would end up sleeping in the classroom! My teachers branded me naughtiest kid in the school — I was always up to some mischief, but the strong discipline enforced by them ool helped me follow a straight path. How I miss those memorable days!
AS for my future, Vineet Kumar the white hat and Vineet Kumar the student are the same person. As a white hat I provide security to Internet users. As Vineet Kumar the student, I try to increase my knowledge. These two aspects of my life are like two sides of one coin — one manifests work, the other stands for growth and the urge to make a success of myself.
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Q: Search with id mechanism in javascript I have a problem implementing search feature in my project. I have html like:
Html:
<input type="text" id="search">
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<video src="smth2.mp4" id="secondvid">
<video src="smth3.mp4" id="thirdvid">

The js I tried:
var inp = document.getElementById("search")
var inpval = inp.value;
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I know it is dumb.
All i want is that when user types id of a video in search bar, let's say firstvid, only firstvid should appear while all other videos should disappear. Is it possible with js? I searched a lot but could not find any example.
By appearing and disappearing, I meant that the search bar is on top of page and the videos are under it just like youtube. So when id of a video is searched all other videos should hide.
Thanks in advance :)

A: I have solved the issue in the sense. When user types in the input field. If the input field value matches with the id of the video tag then it will set the display property of the video tag from none to block
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Meghan Markle just wrapped and left her series Suits last week—and, true to what sources have been suggesting to outlets for months—was spotted in London Monday. Movers were seen at her Toronto apartment, and now People is reporting that Markle is in the process of moving in with Prince Harry at Kensington Palace. "It's not a question of if she's moving in, it's just a matter of when," a source told the outlet.
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Their official engagement announcement, Us claims via an insider, "will likely be some time in January. It gives Meghan some to get settled and will be a great start to 2018."
Markle and Prince Harry will live together in his two-bedroom Nottingham Cottage on the Kensington Palace grounds. Prince William and Kate Middleton also lived together in a North Wales farmhouse before they got married.
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Google registrar dumps .com for dot-brand
Kevin Murphy, March 30, 2016, Domain Registrars
Google has started using its primary dot-brand gTLD for its registrar business.
The URL domains.google.com now bounces users to domains.google. The site sells domains from $12 a year with free Whois privacy.
Is this move a big deal for improving new gTLD awareness? I don't think so.
Anyone visiting any major registrar's storefront is likely to become aware that new gTLDs exist really rather quickly, regardless of the registrar's own choice of domain.
A registrar using its dot-brand is not going to work wonders for new gTLD awareness in the general populace.
If Google were to start using .google for any of its non-domain projects, such as search.google, that would be different.
The company was already using registry.google for its registry business's web site.
Ralph Lauren can't have .polo, panel rules
Kevin Murphy, October 17, 2013, Domain Policy
Ralph Lauren's application for the dot-brand .polo is likely at an end, after the International Chamber of Commerce ruled that it would infringe the rights of polo players.
The Community Objection to the gTLD was filed by the US Polo Association, the governing body of the sport in the US, and supported by the Federation of International Polo, along with seven national and 10 regional US-based polo associations.
The FIP letter was crucial in ICC panelist Burkhard Hess' decision to find against Ralph Lauren, persuading him that there was "substantial opposition" from a "clearly delineated" polo-playing community.
The word "polo" was often used in straw man arguments when the new gTLD program and its objection mechanisms were being designed. Who gets .polo? Ralph Lauren? Volkswagen? Nestle? The sport?
Well, now we know: according to the ICC, the sport will probably trump any dot-brand.
The precedent might be bad news for Donuts and Famous Four Media, which are facing Community Objections from the international governing bodies of rugby and basketball on .rugby and .basketball.
However, none of those applications are for dot-brand spaces.
Under the Community Objection rules, the objector has to show that the gTLD would harm its interests is delegated.
In the case of .polo, the panelist found detriment largely due to the fact that Ralph Lauren's plan was for a single-registrant space from which the sports associations would be excluded.
With open, unrestricted .basketball and .rugby applications, it's likely to be much harder for the objectors to prove that the gTLDs would damage the sport.
String confusion in disarray as Demand's .cam loses against Verisign's .com
Kevin Murphy, August 20, 2013, Domain Policy
Demand Media is demanding an ICANN review of its objections policy, after its applied-for new gTLD .cam was beaten in a String Confusion Objection by .com registry Verisign.
A International Centre for Dispute Resolution panelist has ruled (pdf) that .cam and .com are too confusingly similar to coexist, meaning Demand's bid for .cam must be rejected by ICANN.
But the ruling by Urs Laeuchli conflicts with two other ICDR panel decisions on .cam, which both found that the string is NOT confusingly similar to .com and therefore can be delegated.
So while Demand's .cam bid, under a strict reading of the rules, is now supposed to be rejected, applications for identical strings filed by AC Webhosting and dotAgency can go ahead.
ICANN has been thrown a curve ball it is not yet fully prepared to deal with.
As Akram Atallah, president of ICANN's Generic Domains Division, told DI last week, it's possible that the policy or the implementation of that policy may need to be revisited by ICANN and the community.
United TLD, the Demand Media subsidiary that applied for .cam, is now calling for precisely that, with vice president of business and legal affairs Statton Hammock writing today:
String confusion objections are meant to be applicant agnostic and have nothing to do with the registration or use of the new gTLD. What matters in string confusion objections is whether a string is visually, aurally or, according to ICANN's Applicant Guidebook, otherwise "so nearly resembles another that it is likely to deceive or cause confusion." Individuals may disagree on whether .CAM and .COM are similarly confusing, but there can be no mistake that United TLD's .CAM string, AC Webhosting's .CAM string, and dotAgency Limited's .CAM string are all identical. Either all three applications should move forward or none should move forward.
The .cam cases are not alone in presenting ICANN with SCO problems.
Last week, Donuts' bid for .pets was ruled confusingly similar to Google's .pet, despite previous ICDR cases finding that plurals and singulars are not too confusing to coexist.
Where the .cam panelists disagreed
While there were three .cam cases, two of them were decided by the same panelist. It seems that both panelists were provided with very similar sets of evidence in all three cases.
It's relevant to note that neither panelist — unlike some of their colleagues in other cases — thought it was appropriate to apply trademark law such as the DuPont factors in their decisions.
They did, however, consider the expected use cases of .cam.
All three applicants take .cam as short for "webcam" or "camera" and would target registrants interested in those fields (a lot of the use will likely be pornographic — AC Webconnecting is a porn firm after all).
But all three applicants also want to run "open" gTLDs, with no registration restrictions.
ICDR panelist Murray Smith was in charge of both the AC Webconnecting and dotAgency cases. He addressed expected usage explicitly in dotAgency, and explained why:
It is not just the visual, phonetic and conceptual similarity between the words that must be taken into account. In my view the greater emphasis should be focused on the use of the disputed extensions in the context of modern Internet usage. It is this context that compels the conclusion that an average Internet user would not be confused and would know that a .com website is probably a commercial website while a .cam websites would be something more focused in a particular field.
In AC Webconnecting, he wrote:
I agree that a consumer would quickly realize that a .cam website is likely associated with photography or camera use and is different than a .com website in use generally by a myriad of commercial entities.
So he's putting the "greater emphasis" on usage — a factor that is not explicitly mentioned in the Applicant Guidebook's description of the SCO and which may quite often differ between applicants.
Right there, in Smith's interpretation of his task, we have a reason why SCOs will produce different results for identical strings.
I find Smith's thinking baffling for a couple of reasons.
First, "a consumer would quickly realize that a .cam website is likely associated with photography" seems to ignore the existence of a bazillion .com web sites that are also associated with photography.
When did "commercial entities" and "photography or camera use" become mutually exclusive? Is photographyblog.com not confusingly similar to photographyblog.cam?
Second, he ignores the fact that basically anyone will be able to register a .cam web site for basically any purpose. None of the applicants want to restrict the gTLD to camera-related stuff.
ICDR panelist Laeuchli, in the Demand Media .cam case, raised this precise point, saying:
".com" and ".cam" would use the same channels appealing to a broad audience. Even though according to Applicant, its envisioned TLD will "likely appeal" to a specific audience, it plans to operate ".cam" as an open gTLD. This would lead to extensive overlap.
Panelist Smith has some other notions about confusion that seem to defy common sense. He wrote in the AC Webconnecting case:
The .com TLD is the most widely recognized string in the Internet world. No reasonable Internet user would fail to recognize the .com TLD. The very reputation of the .com name serves to limit the potential for an average Internet user to be confused by the proposed .cam TLD. It is indeed unlikely that an online consumer would confuse a .com website with a .cam website.
Does this not strike anyone else as bad thinking?
It seems to me to be a little like saying that it's perfectly okay to market a brand of carbonated beverage called Cuke, because Coke is so famous that nobody could possibly be confused. I don't know where the law stands on that issue, but I'm pretty sure Coke wouldn't be happy about it.
There's also some weirdness in Laeuchli's decision in the Demand case.
He puts some weight on the similarity scores produced by the controversial Sword algorithm in his decision, but apparently without doing even the basic research. He writes in his findings:
No matter what the standards and purpose the ICANN SWORD algorithm includes, it has comparative value.
Since pairs such as "God" and "dog" (85%) reach similarity scores of 84% and higher, how much more similar would "cxm" and "cxm" be (x being replaced with a vowel)!
The answer is that, according to Sword, they're less similar. Sword scores "cam" v "com" at 63%.
Laeuchli knows it's 63%, because he makes reference to that fact in his summary of Verisign's evidence. He doesn't need to speculate about the number based on what "god" v "dog" scores (and if he did the "dog" v "god" query himself, why on earth didn't he just query "com" v "cam" too?)
His finding that .cam and .com will cause probable confusion seems to be based largely on expert witness testimony provided by both Verisign and Demand, in which he found Verisign's more persuasive.
This evidence seems to have largely comprised the opinions of linguists, examining mouth shapes and acoustic frequencies, and market research looking into internet user behavior. As none of it has been published, it's difficult to judge which side had the better arguments.
But it's undeniably about the similarity of the strings, rather than the proposed usage, which makes Demand Media's statement today — that SCOs "are meant to be applicant agnostic and have nothing to do with the registration or use of the new gTLD" — quite confusing.
Demand lost its case based on the string similarity, whereas the other two applicants won theirs based on the usage.
Perhaps Demand senses that its .cam application will not be immediately rejected if ICANN reopens the debate about string similarity. If think it's probably correct.
Demand Media hit with first new gTLD objection
Kevin Murphy, March 11, 2013, Domain Policy
With the deadline for filing objections against new gTLD applications fast approaching, the first such objection has been revealed.
Starting Dot, which has applied for .immo and other strings, has filed a String Confusion Objection against Demand Media's .immobilien bid, according to the International Center for Dispute Resolution.
"Immobilien" is German for "homes" in the real estate context, while "immo" is a shorthand for the same term in a number of European languages.
The objection itself does not appear to have been published, but one can only assume that it's based on the similarity of meaning between the two strings, rather than visual or audible confusion.
While it's the first objection to be published, based on conversations with many interested parties I'm expecting a LOT more.
The deadline for filing objections using any of the four available mechanisms, is Wednesday.
First TAS security bug details revealed
Kevin Murphy, April 18, 2012, Domain Registries
The data leakage bug in ICANN's TLD Application System was caused when applicants attempted to delete files they had uploaded, the organization has revealed.
In his latest daily update into the six-day-old TAS downtime, chief operating officer Akram Atallah wrote this morning:
ICANN's review of the technical glitch that resulted in the TLD application system being taken offline indicates that the issue stems from a problem in the way the system handled interrupted deletions of file attachments. This resulted in some applicants being able to see some other applicants' file names and user names.
This sounds rather like an applicant's file names may have become visible to others if the applicant attempted to delete the file (perhaps in order to upload a revised version) and the deletion process was cut off.
Speculating further, this also sounds like exactly the kind of problem that would have been exacerbated by the heavy load TAS was under on April 12, as lots of applicants simultaneously scrambled to get their gTLD bids finalized to deadline.
Rather than being a straightforward web app, TAS is accessed via Citrix XenApp virtual machine software, which provides users with an encrypted tunnel into a Windows box running the application itself.
As you might expect with this set-up, performance issues have been observed for weeks. Every applicant logged into TAS last Thursday reported that it was running even more slowly than usual.
A security bug that only emerged under user load would have been relatively tricky to test for, compared to regular penetration testing.
But ICANN had some good news for applicants this morning: it thinks it will be able to figure out not only whose file names were leaked, but also who they were leaked to. Atallah wrote:
We are also conducting research to determine which applicants' file names and user names were potentially viewable, as well as which applicants had the ability to see them.
This kind of disclosure would obviously be beneficial to applicants whose data was compromised.
It may also prove surprising and discomfiting to some applicants who were unwittingly on the receiving end of this confidential data but didn't notice the rogue files on their screens at the time.
ICANN still plans to provide an update on when TAS will reopen for business this Friday. It will also confirm at the time whether it is still targeting April 30 for the Big Reveal.
US quietly revises IANA contract
Kevin Murphy, November 23, 2011, Domain Policy
ICANN will not be allowed to do business with groups designated by the US government as terrorists, according to one of many changes that have been quietly made to the IANA contract.
The IANA contract, which gives ICANN its ability to delegate top-level domains, is up for renewal following the publication of an RFP by the Department of Commerce earlier this month.
But Commerce substantially modified the RFP a week after its initial publication. It's now about 20 pages longer than the original document, containing many new terms and conditions.
A few changes struck me as notable.
Among the changes is a ban on dealing with groups classified as supporting terrorism under the US Executive Order 13224, signed by President Bush in the aftermath of the the 9/11 attacks.
That Order bans US companies from working with organizations including the IRA, Hamas and Al Qaeda.
While the addition of this clause to the IANA contract doesn't really change anything – as a US corporation ICANN is bound to comply with US trade sanctions – it may ruffle some feathers.
The new top-level domains Applicant Guidebook banned applicants involved in "terrorism" in its fourth draft, which caused complaints from some quarters.
It was revised over a year ago to instead make reference to US legal compliance and the US Office of Foreign Assets Control and its List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
Khaled Fattal of the Mulitlingual Internet Group, who first described the unqualified Guidebook ban on "terrorism" as "racist", continued to voice opposition to this rule, most recently at the ICANN public forum in Dakar, suggesting it betrays ICANN's American bias.
The revised IANA RFP also contains a new section detailing the US government's "unlimited rights" to data and software produced by the IANA contractor.
The new RFP states: "The Government shall have… Unlimited rights in all data delivered under this contract, and in all data first produced in the performance of this contract"
"Data," it says, "means recorded information, regardless of form or the medium on which it may be recorded. The term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management information."
It's not entirely clear what this clause could potentially cover.
By it's very nature, much of the data produced by IANA is public – it needs to be in order for the DNS to function – but could it also cover data such as redelegation communications with other governments or private DNSSEC keys?
There are no big changes to the section on new gTLDs, just one minor amendment.
Whereas the old RFP said that IANA must show that ICANN "followed its policy framework" to approve a gTLD, the new version says it must have "followed its own policy framework", which doesn't seem to change the meaning.
Other amendments to the RFP appear to be formatting changes or clarifications.
The more substantial additions – including the terrorism and data rights sections – appear to be standard boilerplate text designed to tick some boxes required by US procurement procedure, rather than being written specifically for ICANN's benefit.
You can download the original and revised RFP documents here.
AusRegistry drops the "Aus", sets up in US
Kevin Murphy, October 5, 2011, Domain Registries
AusRegistry International has rebranded itself as ARI Registry Services and will now offer new gTLD clients the option to host their domains in either Australia or the US.
The company has built itself a registry back-end in an undisclosed location on US soil to support the move.
Dropping the "Aus" appears to be specifically designed to address the perception that locating a gTLD in Australia is somehow technologically or politically risky, which ARI says isn't the case.
ARI CEO Adrian Kinderis explained the decision in a press release:
We are the first to admit that the 'Aus' reference in our previous name incorrectly positioned us as a smaller, geographically focused organisation, which did create some issues with our plans for global expansion. Despite the fact we have an office and staff in the United States and clients situated in four of the seven continents around the world, there remained some belief that our services were somewhat isolated in Australia.
Potential gTLD applicants are concerned about issues such as "overzealous governments, privacy and ownership laws, political environments and financial benefits including currency fluctuations" that can vary according to the jurisdiction a registry is hosted in, ARI said.
A choice between the US and Australia may seem like a choice between one "overzealous government" and another, but it may at least put some insular American companies' minds at rest.
While the move makes perfect business sense for ARI, I can't help but feel that ICANN's goal of increasing geographic diversity in the registry industry seems a little diminished this morning.
The rebranding does not affect the company's parent, AusRegistry Group, which provides the back-end for Australia's .au ccTLD.
ARI's new domain is ariservices.com.
Watch ICANN's president explain his departure
Kevin Murphy, September 18, 2011, Domain Policy
Rod Beckstrom explained his decision to leave ICANN next year, and gave a status report on the new top-level domains program, in a recent video.
The interview with ICANN freelancer Jim Trengrove was taped August 31 and uploaded to an ICANN video channel, but does not appear to have been made easily viewable anywhere yet.
In it, Beckstrom gives his version of events leading up to his August 16 resignation announcement, which some interpreted as a decision made by the ICANN board.
"I was only willing to make a three-year commitment in the first place and that's what we came up with," Beckstrom says. "We had some discussions with the board to make some contract changes and we did not come to agreement so I decided not to seek renewal."
"The last thing I wanted to do was leave this organization in the lurch," he says, explaining the early announcement. "As soon as I made my decision I decided the very next day to communicate that."
The 16-minute video also gives a quick update into the gTLD program.
"Is ICANN ready?" Trengrove asks (a question I posed myself the very same day). Beckstrom responds:
ICANN is preparing very well for the program… There's a lot of work to get done every single day still to prepare this program for the January 12 launch, but I'm pleased to say I think the team is performing and I think we will be ready. At the same time, it is going to put more visibility on ICANN and bring new pressures so it's hard to say exactly how ICANN will respond to all those but I think all the preparation to run a proper program is being put in place.
At the time the video was taped, the growing anti-gTLDs campaign from the advertising industry was already well-evident, which may be what Beckstrom is referring to.
He goes into some detail about his thinking when it came to the decision to cut off interminable new gTLD policy debate in favor of getting on with execution.
The interview also touches on ICANN's emerging ethical conundrum, which was most recently exemplified by Sen. Ron Wyden's call for an anti-"revolving door" policy.
Beckstrom says that enforcing ethical behaviour is "extremely important for ICANN's credibility".
If the embedded video above does not work for you, you can watch it here.
Olympic-backed .sport bidder looking for partners
Kevin Murphy, September 2, 2011, Domain Registries
SportAccord, a worldwide coalition of sports federations with Olympic support, is looking for partners to help it with a possible .sport top-level domain bid.
In a request for proposals published today, the organization said it is looking not only for expertise and potential technical partners, but also financial backing:
The objective of SportAccord is to develop the best possible promotion of Sports Themed gTLDs by leveraging its unique relationship with its members, and to establish a usage policy that ensure respect of Sports key values.
SportAccord is therefore seeking to developing partnership with entities that could bring technical expertise and financial support to the common development of Sport themed gTLDs.
The 17-question RFP reveals that the organization has evidently done its homework.
Questions cover pertinent topics such as registrar integration, trademark protection, premium name monetization, and how to beat the ICANN threshold score for community-based applications.
The deadline for replying is September 30.
SportAccord, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is an umbrella group comprising the international federations for over 100 sports, covering everything from football to tug of war.
The RFP states that the International Olympic Committee supports its gTLD initiative.
That's an endorsement that may prove the deal-breaker for any .sport application. The IOC has been a vigorous defender of its rights in the new gTLD program.
Its lobbying efforts most recently compelled ICANN to build special protection for Olympic trademarks into the Applicant Guidebook itself (as well as lumbering the GNSO and ICANN staff with a bunch of unnecessary policy-development work).
Two other organizations have previously announced .sport applications
The loudest, Ron Andruff's DotSport LLC, had appointed some of SportAccord's member federations to its policy advisory council.
But SportAccord says in its RFP that "neither SportAccord nor any of its Members have made any commitment to support or participate in any sport themed gTLD."
It looks like we may be looking at yet another push of the reset button on a well-lobbied gTLD.
The SportAccord RFP can be downloaded here.
Breaking: Ad industry piles on ICANN
The Interactive Advertising Bureau, which represents over 500 companies including Facebook, Google, eBay and Microsoft, has told ICANN to put a stop to its new top-level domains program.
The cry calls just a couple of weeks after the Association of National Advertisers said it would lobby Congress and may take ICANN to court over the controversial program.
Randall Rothenberg, CEO of the IAB, said in a press release:
ICANN's potentially momentous change seems to have been made in a top-down star chamber. There appears to have been no economic impact research, no full and open stakeholder discussions, and little concern for the delicate balance of the Internet ecosystem.
This could be disastrous for the media brand owners we represent and the brand owners with which they work. We hope that ICANN will reconsider both this ill-considered decision and the process by which it was reached.
The IAB's membership is a Who's Who of leading online media companies, purportedly responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the US.
It counts AOL, Digg, Amazon, the BBC, Bebo, CNN, Ziff Davis, LinkedIn, Time Warner, Slate, Thomson-Reuters, IDG, the Huffington Post and many other well-known names as members.
Demand Media, too.
If the ANA represents advertisers themselves, the IAB represents the places they spend their advertising money.
It looks like a large portion of corporate America is not happy about new gTLDs. ICANN may have found itself a new, extremely well-funded enemy.