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That Nice Roof Deck Could Put You at Fire Risk
Jaya Saxena
Modified Jul 14, 2010
After two lower Manhattan blazes that stemmed from wooden roof decks, fire commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano is warning New Yorkers that all that extra rent you pay for the comfort of enjoying that view could put you in danger. He says that wooden roof decks, when left uncared for, will dry out and become prone to lighting on fire in the warmer months. "It may be nice to have a roof deck, but make sure it's done according to the law, according to the codes."
It took more than 70 firefighters to quell the fire that erupted from a wooden deck atop the Mercantile Exchange building on Broadway on Monday. Four firefighters and one civilian suffered minor injuries, and firefighters had to cut into the roof to extinguish flames that had burnt the roof's support beams. The previous Thursday, the roof of 240 East Houston Street caught fire, and investigators suspect it was caused by renovations taking place on the roof.
For all the newfound concern over fire-prone wood decks, there seems to be little on the FDNY site about preventing such a fire. They do have, however, plenty of tips on rooftop BBQ safety. For instance, "Don't use grills in a garage, porch, deck or on top of anything that can catch on fire," and "Have a fire extinguisher, a garden hose attached to a water supply, or at least 16-quarts of water close by in case of a fire." Oh, and in case of fire, call Ted.
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Ghostface Posts A Video Response to The Action Bronson Beef & Here is Bronson's Surprising Response! (Video & Tweets) - T.V.S.T.
I'm not sure exactly where this is all going, but it's very clear how it started. Just to let everyone know where I'm coming from, Ghostface is in my "Top 5 Dead or Alive". I respect him as an artist and in my opinion his style is like no other. That being said, Action Bronson's voice does sound like Ghost's. This is where and how this Beef all started.
Action Bronson was on ESPN's "SportsNation" and he was asked the question regarding the fact that he gets compared to Ghost face. Bronson then ignited the beef by saying.
If you think about it, Action was just being more honest then throwing shade, however it's just more exciting to think the worse.
We only moving forward. It's a beautiful life.
Kudos to Action Bronson for taking this approach. As we witnessed firsthand, Ghostface fans can not only be unreasonable, they can be unreasonably violent, (See video of fans defending Ghostface at a concert). Wu Tang fans are world wide and the last thing you want to do is be on the receiving end of a stupid fan that can't tell the difference between real beef and studio beef. The sad part is that lawyers and police can't tell the difference either. If something was to happen to Bronson, this video would be evidence and could possibly be used against Ghost. That same crazy fan that actually does set Bronson's beard on fire could say that Ghost told him to.
There would literally be no upside to Bronson responding in any other way except how he did and it's admirable that he was able to put his ego aside and apologize. Not saying he was right or wrong, but he did the right thing because an apology from Ghost was not going to happen.
Unfortunately, in order for this apology to stick, he will probably have to repeat it at his next 10 shows. For Ghostface, putting out this video is free promotion. He has more buzz now than when he put out his last album….and I' not joking. That video received over half a million views in just 14 hours. So as stupid as the video might appear, it was actually a good move for his career. He just needs to capitalize on it and put out a mix tape.
In a clip from Vlad TV Ghost face Killah admits that even he heard a verse from action and thought he was him! How funny is that? Notice…..Ghost doesn't disrespect Bronson.
This was fun…lets hope it's over.
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert Are Officially History!
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De Krabbeplas is een recreatieplas in de gemeente Vlaardingen en maakt deel uit van Recreatieschap Midden-Delfland. Het recreatiegebied met strandjes, lig- en speelweiden beslaat 214 ha. Het recreatiegebied grenst aan de A20.

De resten van de Krabbeplasman (naar schatting ruim 3300 jaar oud) werden hier in 1990 gevonden.

Externe link
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Oppervlaktewater in Vlaardingen
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HomeCELEBRITIESOld Man Ebro Says Tory Lanez "Deserves What He's Getting"
Old Man Ebro Says Tory Lanez "Deserves What He's Getting"
WWETV-admin January 12, 2023 CELEBRITIESNo comment
posted on Jan. 12, 2023 at 5:10 pm
Ebro calls Tory an "idiot" who had a ego and gaslit Megan. He also says Tory "deserves what he's getting."
Next month, Tory Lanez will learn his fate, and Ebro Darden is clearing up his comments about the incarcerated star. Lanez was convicted of three counts related to the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. He has long argued he wasn't the person responsible, but Megan named him as the shooter. A jury agreed, and the singer will find out his prison sentence during a hearing on February 28.
Last year, Darden went viral after he shared his thoughts on the case. "There's also a world where we can be sad for Tory Lanez and sad for Megan Thee Stallion," he said during an episode of Rap Life Review last April.
"He was apologetic to her," Darden also stated at the time. "In public, he was doing something else. But the reason I say that is I don't want to see another Black man go to jail. That's not what I want to see. That's part one."
He continued: "Part two, I also believe he was probably highly intoxicated, right? And was being completely ridiculous… Her version of him standing up just shooting talking about, 'Dance, b*tch, dance,' that sounds insane. You are not in your right mind. That sounds like you was off… He sounds like he was off the full Pusha T album. He shoved it up his nose."
Megan's supporters didn't appreciate the hot take, and now, Darden is clarifying his statement.
A post shared by Ebro (@oldmanebro)
"I expressed how I felt about Tory going to jail, which, you know, I never wanna see a Black man go to jail," Darden stated. "But he deserves it, and he deserves what he's getting. So, when I was asked about it, I was like, 'I hope he doesn't have to go to jail."
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"But, the truth is, I'm sad. Even as Megan is getting justice, she's not a winner in this scenario. She was abused. And then, she's being verbally abused, and then she's being framed in a bad way. Then, when she goes to put out music, this is gonna continue to come up all the time. That's sad to me."
Darden further said Lanez is "an artist we watched grow" to a hitmaker with several No. 1 projects. "His ego gets out of control," he said. "He starts doing dumb sh*t and his toxic behavior is on display. Next thing we know, here we are in this scenario."
A man shot a woman.
She was not armed.
She was getting out of the car.
She says "I was the victim and this was intended to harm me.."
Why are ya'll acting like we should consider other facts?
Until I hear from Megan I can't support Tory…
— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) July 23, 2020
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Q: can't deserialize javascript object to c# I want to pass a model from the controller action to the view.. so I sent the list of objects and converted it to javascript object to use it for displaying markers in google maps.
Then I want when marker clicked, send the selected object (selected marker) to the controller action.
@model List<FleetDesignerMVC.ViewModel.VehicleFullInformations>

This is my model class

public class VehicleFullInformations
{
    public Vehicle Vehicle { get; set; }
    public Brand VehicleBrand { get; set; }
    public Model VehicleModel { get; set; }
    public VehicleType VehicleType { get; set; }
    public GpsTrack VehicleCurrentPosition { get; set; }
    public FuelType VehicleFuelType { get; set; }
}

The markers are displayed in the map but when I select one marker and click send button, The object sent is of type [object object], I tried to deserialize it but I got an error "Primitive JSON non valide : object"

This is my action method

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(string model)
{
    var jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
    var dataObject = jss.Deserialize<VehicleFullInformations>(model);
    Console.WriteLine(dataObject);
    // .. do something with data object
    return Json("OK");
}

Any suggestions please ?
thanks in advance and sorry about my poor english

A: f.data = JSON.stringify({model}) seems suspicious. You are creating an object here with model inside it. The object looks like:
{
  model: {
    ... your actual model ...
  }
}

You probably just want f.data = JSON.stringify(model) which will not wrap your JS model in another object before sending it to the controller.
Also, in your debugger, you can set a breakpoint on the line var dataObject = jss.Deserialize<VehicleFullInformations>(model); and inspect model in C# to see if that contains what you expect.
UPDATE
<button onclick="postData(\'' + model[i]+ '\')">Send</button> is almost certainly not doing what you want it to. Once your page has loaded, inspect the button element in your dev tools and you'll see that it probably looks like <button onclick="postData('[object object]')">...
You probably want to do something like <button onclick="postData(' + i + ')">... and then:
function postData(modelIndex) {
   let postModel = model[modelIndex];
   ...
       f.data = JSON.stringify(postModel);
   ...
}

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Q: Proving a Definite Integral Inequality without Geometrical Intuition I solved an integral inequality problem using geometrical methods. However, I just cannot satisfy with them and want a without-geometrical-intuition proof, and I couldn't find one.
Proof the following inequality holds when $a>0, b>0$
$$\int_{0}^{a}{\ln(x+1)\mathrm{dx}}+\int_{0}^{b}{(e^x-1)\mathrm{dx}}\geqslant ab$$
I would prefer a solution which does not involve actually solving the integral, but any proof without geometry would be a big help.
Thank you in advance!

A: Both these are straightforward integrals. The first is
$$((x+1)\ln(x+1)-x)\bracevert_0^a=(a+1)\ln(a+1)-a$$ and the second is $$(e^x-x)\bracevert_0^b=e^b-b-1$$
Let us put $b=ka$. Then we have to show that for all $a>0,k>0$ we have $$f(a,k)=(a+1)\ln(a+1)-a+e^{ka}-ka-1-ka^2\ge0$$
Differentiating wrt $k$, we get $$\frac{\partial f}{\partial k}=a(e^{ka}-1-a)$$ Putting $k_a=\frac{\ln(1+a)}{a}$, we see that $\frac{\partial f}{\partial k}$ is $<0,=0,>0$ according as for $k<k_a,k=k_a,k>k_a$. So we have a minimum at $k=k_a$. We have $$f(a,k_a)=(a+1)\ln(a+1)-a+(1+a)-\ln(1+a)-1-a\ln(1+a)=0$$ This result holds for all $a>0$ so the result is established.
$\textbf{Comment}$
At first sight this is an irritating result, because it seems really weak. The exponential will surely swamp everything else, except maybe for small $b$. Then it turns out to be much harder to prove than expected. The argument above shows that for any $a$ you can find a $b$ which gives equality and vice versa, so the result is not as weak as it looks.
For example, if we take $a=1$, then $k_a=\ln2$, so the corresponding $b=\ln2\approx0.6931$ and $\int_0^1\ln(x+1)\ dx=2\ln2-1$ and $\int_0^{\ln2}e^x-1\ dx=1-\ln2$. So their sum is $\ln2=ab$.

A: As pointed out by almagest, I illegitimately disregard one term. As it is right now, this is not a proof.
Notice that for all $x\geqslant 0$, one has the following inequalities: $$\begin{align}\ln(x+1)&\geqslant x-\frac{x^2}{2}\\e^x&\geqslant x-1\end{align}.$$
Therefore, one gets: $$\int_0^a\ln(x+1)\,\mathrm{d}x+\int_0^b(e^x-1)\,\mathrm{d}x\geqslant\frac{a^2+b^2}{2}-\frac{a^3}{6}\geqslant\frac{a^2+b^2}{2}.$$
Besides, since $(a-b)^2\geqslant 0$, one has: $a^2+b^2\geqslant 2ab$. Whence, the result.

A: The function
$$f(a,b):=\int_0^a\log(1+x)\>dx+\int_0^b(e^x-1)\>dx$$
grows without bounds when $a\to\infty$ or $b\to\infty$. It therefore assumes a global minimum under the constraints $$a>0,\quad b>0,\qquad ab=M$$
for given $M>0$, and this minimum will be brought to the fore by Lagrange's method. We obtain the equations
$$\log(1+a)-\lambda b=0,\qquad e^b-1-\lambda a=0,$$
which immediately lead to
$$a\log(1+a)=b(e^b-1)\ .\tag{1}$$
Given $a>0$ one easily guesses that $b=\log(1+a)$ solves $(1)$, and since the right hand side of $(1)$ is monotone for $b>0$ this is the only solution. The condition $ab=M$ then determines $a$ via $a\log(1+a)=M$. Call the pair of values so obtained $(a_M,b_M)$.
Now let arbitrary $a>0$, $b>0$ be given, and put $ab=:M$. Then
$$f(a,b)\geq f(a_M,b_M)=\ldots=a_M\log(1+a_M)=M=ab\ .$$


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Q: Magento 2: how to set background color for product photo anyone know how or it is possible to set background color for product photo?
example when I added clean product photo then final I want after save magento display (now display on white bg):

@ Kalyan Chakravarthi V
Now when I added product with image and save then display on white background:

I want after add product with image (background transparent or white) and save then display on website with an automatic background (grey) added by magento.
example:

@update code theme.less
.label,
label {
    font-size: 13px;
    color: #5f5f5f;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0 0 9px;
    font-weight: 400;
    text-align: left;
    line-height: inherit;
}

::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #c1c1c1
}

:-moz-placeholder {
    color: #c1c1c1
}

::-moz-placeholder {
    color: #c1c1c1
}

:-ms-input-placeholder {
    color: #c1c1c1
}
.gallery-placeholder {
    background-color: yellow;
}

A: Just add this to your _theme.less

app/YourVendor/YourTheme/web/css/source/_theme.less

.gallery-placeholder {
    background-color: yellow;
}

but I check your website you load images with background
For your theme:
I tried and swap image to transparent one and this worked for me on your page on product page.
img.img-responsive {
    background-color: red;
}

this one for carusel
img.img-responsive.product-image-photo.img-thumbnail.owl-lazy {background-color:red;}

for Deal of the day
img.img-responsive.product-image-photo.img-thumbnail {
    background-color: red;
}

.products-grid .product-item-info .product-top a.photo {background-color:red;}


We have this same box of Duplo blocks forever.
Zachary got his first box of Duplo when he was 1 year old. He's almost 6 now. They are still one of the most played toys in my house.
My children love building everything with them.
And their mom, yep that's me, loves finding fun ways to repurpose them in our learning activities!
I made these hearts cutouts using a heart squeeze punch and red cardstock paper. Cut the hearts in halves and attach each half on each Duplo block. I used glue dots as they keep the hearts on the blocks well but do not leave a sticky stain when I remove them.
The blocks provide something tangible for the children to hold, play with and put together eventually. That's a great fine motor grip exercise for children too.
There are SO many ways to adapt this activity to suit the learning needs of your child!
For young preschoolers, try shape matching, all uppercase/lowercase letter matching, numbers matching.
TIP: Keep letters to around 8 to 10 for young children. Finding letter matches among 26×2 blocks can be too overwhelming!
For the older preschoolers or kindergarteners, try addition problems to answers matching, sight words matching, CVC words, numbers to dots matching.
Make your Duplo worth every buck with more hands-on Duplo learning activities. Though the Duplo is our favorite, other brands of blocks will work too!
Don't forget to pin this activity for later!


Last week was brutal and I am not really feeling like this week is going to be any better. I am not sure if I would go as far to say that I am burned out or wore down but there is no question that I feel frazzled and exhausted. All week I did my best to try to power through the week but each task was a struggle.
I was and am so tired. My body aches. I have not been sleeping well. I feel drained physically and mentally.
I feel like at work and in life I am currently pulled in a million directions. Everything at work is stacking up and although I sat in front of my desk for hours each day last week I just was not processing all of the research, motions, and memorandums I was reading. I was massively unproductive despite putting in even more hours trying to work than typical. Lately it has been feeling like every single moment is booked and that I never have a moment just to pause.
Right now I just really need a break. I need sleep. I need a few days where my to do list is not looming over my head and I can rest and feel at peace. I am not sure when this break can occur but I feel like a time to recharge needs to occur soon.
How do you recharge when time is limited?
Hope you get a nice break sometimes soon so you don't completely burn out. My husband has been feeling the same with with work - that he needs a break soon.
Oh no! I hope you get a break and feel back to 100% soon!!!
I know perfectly what you feel! When I can't take same days of holiday I use the weekend only for me, with a warm bath with candles, scrub, mask and all that to take care of my self and love to remain at home with my boyfriend to watch tv series and eat a pizza. These all help me very much!
I know this feeling very well! Ideally it's nice to take a whole day off and do "nothing" this clears my head and brain so I can jump back in the next day ready to go. If this isn't an option I will hop into bed for a few hours and turn on Netflix or Hulu and watch a reality show on Bravo and just let my mind take a break. Then I usually feel better and can hop back to work. If I feel I am not moving fast at any point in my day, I take a break.
ugh sorry work has been crappy - hope things get better soon. just try to take little breaks for yourself when you can. even just taking a bath or reading a book before bed can be a good way to unwind a little. hang in there.
I hope you feel a lot better and energized soon, you deserve the breaks in between :) You should try a relaxing bubble bath and a nap.
I have been in this same boat lately, and honestly, my saving grace has been the dinky little gym in our building. It was a struggle, but I've been making myself take a full hour lunch break every day to go running down in that little gym and stretching out every muscle I have. I'm pretty sure that and planning my time down to the hour (and incorporating frequent task switching) are the only reason I have been sleeping reasonably well and getting literally anything done. Hope your energy finds its way back soon!


Ae Marika! from Hone Harawira M.P.
Funny how we let government pour hundreds of millions into TVNZ for decades and say nothing while it loses millions of dollars every year, but that as soon as Maori Television gets a measly $3 million top up to help their bid for the rights to broadcast the Rugby World Cup, all of a sudden everybody is bitching and moaning about it.
John Key says it's not about racism, but at a certain level it is, and when critics say it's about the fact that thousands of people won't be able to see the rugby if MTS gets it, I say bullsh#t!!
Was this level of nastiness directed against Prime when it won the bid to free-to-air sport, even though the same thousands of people don't get to see it? No! Did rival channels take the piss out of Prime because they missed out? No! Did any of the critics point out the fact that many parts of the country still can't get TV One, TV2 or TV3? No! Did anyone moan during all those years when TV One was suckin' up hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars so we could watch our beloved rugby? No!
I got roasted for standing up for Taito when he was copping flak over the Thai tilers doing some work on his house. One article that caught my attention at the time was by Herald columnist Tapu Misa. It wasn't so much a criticism of my views as a very well written column about the emerging status of Pacific leaders and the overly high and unrealistic expectations that society placed upon him as our first Pacific Island MP.
Well Taito's just been sentenced, but am I the only person who's asking why he gets 6 years in jail for fraud and corruption, while all those finance company A-holes that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from Kiwi investors are not only still walking around free, but still got their hands on a lot of the money they stole?
By the time you read this, I'll be in Brussels (Belgium), leading a delegation including Katrina Shanks MP (National) and Dr Rajen Prasad MP (Labour).
We'll spend a couple of days meeting with various MPs from all over Europe, sharing information and discussing issues around the global economic crisis, immigrant communities, and multiculturalism.
We will also visit the World War One battlefields at Flanders including the Ramparts Cemetery at Lille Gate in Ypres where we will pay our respects to members of the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion who are laid to rest there, and to lay a wreath at the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate.
Then we'll be wingin' our way across France to Geneva (Switzerland) for a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the world organisation of parliaments of sovereign states, where we will discuss issues including youth and democracy, organised crime, prevention, and human rights.
Then a few days Pacific networking before I get back home at the end of the month.
It all looks like hard work, but somebody's gotta do it. So laters !!!


People enjoyed climbing and the spectacular climbing show. This corporate event got a lot of good feedback. More images on Images page.
On this location the ClimbStation needed to be build inside the hall on smaller components as the doors on this old building was only 1500mm wide and CS requires 1720 mm. Still it was convenient to operate the 6 hour long one day event on this prestigious old building called Wanha ylioppilastalo, "Old Helsinki University building"


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Mum confident report will ensure child's death was not in vain
By Evelyn Ring
Irish Examiner Reporter
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The mother of one of the babies who died at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise is glad the dead children will never be forgotten because of the role they played in helping to improve services.
Shauna Keyes' son, Joshua, died nearly an hour after being delivered by emergency C-section at the hospital in 2009.
Shauna said the report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) on the child deaths in Portlaoise marked the end of her family's five-and-a-half year battle on behalf of her son.
"Joshua isn't here to make his own impact on the world but now he has through this investigation. This report is going to make a real difference across the country, not just in Portlaoise."
She said it was very upsetting to learn that the State Claims Agency had raised concerns about the hospital with the HSE in 2007 — two years before she gave birth to her son.
"My family have spent so long looking for clear answers. Now we have them.
"The report will not change what happened to my family but it is very clear to us now that the blame lay higher up in the HSE."
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Shauna said she found that many of the issues highlighted by the report had already been addressed by the hospital.
"I went back to Portlaoise last December to have my daughter and saw, at first hand, the massive changes that have been introduced over the past year.
"They treated me very well the second time round," said Shauna, who feared she would never get pregnant again.
"Even when I was pregnant with Maisie I believed there would be something wrong with her when she was born. I was so shocked when she cried."
Shauna said that Patient Focus should be given the resources to become an independent patient advocacy service — one of the report's recommendations.
"They are working with a shoe-string budget and stretching themselves to deal with everybody who looks for their help.
"There is no need to set up a brand new advocacy service. They should use what they have and improve it."
Meanwhile, Roisín and Mark Molloy, whose son Mark died at Portlaoise three years ago, said they had wanted to find out what happened to their child and ensure it would not happen to someone else's child.
The Molloy family have four children, all of whom were born in the hospital, but found that when additional help was needed for baby Mark, things appeared to go wrong.
Roisín said they were horrified by the gaps in the service that they found when they tried to find out why their son died.
She had always maintained that the HSE knew there were issues at the hospital and was responsible for further deaths for failing to act.
Mark said the matter had taken over their lives for more than three years and their family had suffered as a result - they had less time to spend with their other boys.
The Molloys said they had lost their baby because he did not get the care he needed – he died just minutes after being born.
There had been warning signs that he was in trouble but they were ignored.
"We are not going to let the report sit on a shelf and gather dust as seems to be the case with other reports. We are going to make sure that this is driven home now," said Mark when interviewed on RTÉ television last night.
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Dan Shechtman Quote
"Colleges will try to get the good students. That's the way to go. When I chaired my department of Materials Engineering at the Technion in 1990, we started a program for which we set the bar very high. It was the highest at the Technion, above electrical engineering and medicine."
―Dan Shechtman
Born: January 1, 1941 (age 78)
Nationality: United States of America,Israel
Occupation: engineer,physicist,chemist,pedagogue,university teacher
Bio: Dan Shechtman (Hebrew: דן שכטמן; born January 24, 1941) is the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University. On April 8, 1982, while on sabbatical at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., Shechtman discovered the icosahedral phase, which opened the new field of quasiperiodic crystals. Shechtman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, making him one of six Israelis who have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Pedagogue
Born on January 1


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Poor kitty :) My cat does exactly the same things, mostly watching chipmunks.
Good things there's that widow between them! Your animals are sweet - love the soft colors.
This is Great, Sara! The pieces on your website are so creative too... I don't know how you come up with such wonderful ideas!
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"For every Rory there's an Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth and Sergio Garcia and a Tiger and a Phil (Mickelson)," Graeme McDowell said in this story in Sporting Life on why Rory McIlroy is unlikely to become a dominant player. "There's too many good players now…I don't think we're going to see that dominance again for a while unless somebody comes out who has perfected the imperfectable."
Rory McIlroy's British Open victory was celebrated in his hometown of Holywood in Northern Ireland. "I remember young Rory walking up to the club with his golf bag which was the same size as him," Brian McAuley said in this Belfast Telegraph story. "There is a real sense of pride in the town. Just wait and see, his picture will on on buns in the local bakery tomorrow, he is really celebrated here."
"Where does McIlroy go from here?" Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press asks in this follow-up story to Rory McIlroy's British Open victory. The headline: "McIlroy will emerge even stronger than ever."
Lydia Ko, 17, won the Marathon Classic to become the youngest in LPGA history to reach $1 million in earnings. "I don't really think about money when I'm out here," she said. "When they give [me] the check I go, Oh, it's $210,000.'" "The way Lydia figures, she earned $150," Dave Hackenberg writes in the Toledo Blade. "The rest goes into an account managed by her mother. Ko gets an allowance."
LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan invited Carol Mann to Baltimore for the International Crown this week. It is a homecoming for Mann, who was taught by Andy Gibson and Bill Strausbaugh at the Country Club of Maryland in Towson. Don Markus of the Baltimore Sun has the story of Mann's return and the important role she played in the development of the LPGA.


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Q: Why can't a blob url be shared by two video elements? I am working on a Firefox extension, where I want to be able to load a video element I create and insert into the page, and load it with the same content as the main video which plays on an Odysee page.  The src url for the video in the Odysee page is a Blob, something like: blob:https://odysee.com/0f30d1d7-af80-9243-9ea1-52c5492ead50
I have attempted this by simply using:
myVideoPlayer.src = odyseeVideoPlayer.src;
but it doesn't work, getting a "No video with supported format and MIME type found" error on my player.
From the research I have done on using blob urls, I have understood that a Blob is actually just an object containing the raw data for the video (in this case,) which is stored within the browser's memory.  (I am a bit confused regarding the fact that the blob url contains an http protocol with a domain, but from what I have read, this doesn't change the fact that the blob is stored locally.)
I am not understanding why two video elements using the same src url won't both play that file, as it seems that the url is pointing to the same Blob in memory.  I have searched and read many SO and SE questions regarding using blobs for video element src, but none have answered this question.

A:
"I am a bit confused regarding the fact that the blob url contains an HTTP protocol with a domain, but from research, this doesn't
change the fact that the blob is stored locally"

Regarding the above problem...
I take a look into this video which contains a video src as blob url.
When you take a look into the dev-tools network panel, you will see, that the response for the blob url is not binary data, instead it is javascript.
This is a self-executing js function and it look like, that is used to setup a hls video stream.
When you hit the play button, you can see also following request:
https://watchman.na-backend.odysee.com/reports/playback

with following (example) payload:
{
    device: "web"
    duration: 866
    player: "eu-p1"
    position: 1000
    protocol: "hls"
    rebuf_count: 0
    rebuf_duration: 0
    rel_position: 0
    url: "@LittleApostate#5/trust-the-experts,-even-though-the#1"
    user_id: "213731445"
}

Which also indicates, that the video is a hls stream.
You can see the same behavior with videojs(a js video player) and hls.
An example page where the code is not minified.

A:
...The src url for the video in the Odysee page is a Blob, something like:
blob:https://odysee.com/0f30d1d7-af80-9243-9ea1-52c5492ead50
I have attempted this by simply using:
myVideoPlayer.src = odyseeVideoPlayer.src;

but it doesn't work, getting a "No video with supported format and MIME type found" error on my player.

The only working video stream link I found is on the page's source code itself (eg: not as blob object). The URL is located at "contentUrl" section. The solution is to read that information and then use for the .src of a video element.
For example: https://odysee.com/@MovieGasm:d/the-vault-official-trailer-2-(2021):d
You can see...
"contentUrl": "https://odysee.com/$/stream/the-vault-official-trailer-2-(2021)/df2442ea839b5d0b98728a663a255121c92cd228

So the code of using that contentURL in a video element "src"...
//# using same url as "odyseeVideoPlayer.src;"...
myVideoPlayer.src = "https://odysee.com/$/stream/the-vault-official-trailer-2-(2021)/df2442ea839b5d0b98728a663a255121c92cd228";

PS:
As you can see in source-code they put the contentURL inside a <script type="application/ld+json">
Unfortunately it does not have an element id so you cannot read it by using this method or similar Answer on S.O.
Solution:
If you can find a way to access that  data block, then use it or else you'll have to read page URL into some String variable and use String functions to extract required text.


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The Major Assignments are described in this Syllabus. Please read it carefully. Ask for clarification on any items you are not sure about.
It is assumed that you have had or are now taking Art 309: Art for Children. Secondary School Art is intended to complement Art for Children. During class you are asked for brief reports based on your experiences, observations, and reading.
Some may also be registered for Education 314: Senior High and Middle School Curriculum and Instruction during the same term. Field work, journals, and assignments are to be coordinated.
This course is a major part of student preparation for the Indiana State Standards for teachers of art.
See the Indiana Standards for Teachers of Fine Arts at this Internet location.
At this site you will find the proposed Indiana Certification Standards explained.
Philosophy and Justification for Art in High School, Junior High School, and Middle School.
The Curriculum. Ways to decide what to include in a secondary art curriculum.
What values should students acquire?
What skills, what awareness, and what knowledge are important?
What things are actually learned in an art course?
What are the theories and methods needed to plan and teach a DBAE (discipline based art education) curriculum?
C Questions to guide reading, journal, and discussion about Art Instruction and Student Learning.
What are the attributes of a good art assignment? Integrating art history, criticism, and aesthetics with creative production.
How to critique (discuss) student artwork with them?
Ways to evaluate and grade students.
What attributes can be graded in student work?
What else is graded by an art teacher?
Learn about the use of rubrics for grading art students and their work.
Study and compare art teacher styles, approaches, personalities, attitudes, and motivations.
Relating to administrators, parents, and the pubic.
Professional development by practicing art, exhibiting, research, continuing education, membership in art education professional organizations, and relating to other art teachers.
What about exhibits and contests? What are their benefits and problems.
Effective politics and getting what is needed. See Hatfield's book and other more current sources for ways to advocate for better art education support.
E. Management styles in art rooms. How to work with people, especially adolescents .
IV. Reading expectations A. Text: Creating Meaning Through Art by Simpson. et. al.
B. Library books and periodicals. See bibliography . Select topics related to Jr. and Sr. High Art.
Reading assignment: Turn in reading cards with 14 or more sources by mid-term and 28 by the end of term. List author, title, (c) date, and publisher. Include your own informative response to the authors' ideas, descriptions, some direct quotes and list pages read. Some of the cards must be based on web page URL locations. Reading cards may be in the form of a computer file turned in on a disk or attached to an e-mail message. For each source, include your own interpretation and evaluation of how the reading seems relevant or useful to you now or in the future as an art teacher.
V. Teaching Display Assignment Prepare a display students can use as a reference while learning a new process or concept in art.
Something like an educational web site or Powerpoint looping presentation that can be running on its own in an art class may be an alternate to this assignment.
Field experience is at least 2 days per week and at least 4 hours per week. Two hour students need to observe at least 3 hours per week. Students also in Educ314 need to add an hour per week to their observation time. It may be any combination of hours agreeable with the teacher which totals the hours per week needed. Observe and assist in the classes of two art teachers in whose classes you have not previously observed.
Journal the experience. In your journal, always give other teaching and learning methods that might also work. Evaluate the methods observed in the light of your own reading and experiences. See " How to Journal Art Observations " page. Report to our class to process your observations.
Get copies of two teacher's actual supply budgets or orders for one year of full time art teaching.
Conduct two art critiques in real classes (10 or 15 minutes each) on campus or in secondary classes. These may be with small groups. Audio or videotape required. Use methods we learn in class. Audio or video tape these.
Conduct two short Art History presentation segments (10 or 15 minutes each) that are designed to follow a class creative project. Include visuals, and handouts, or a classroom poster with key information points and concepts. Administer tests several days later to assess students recollection. Audio or video tape your presentations.
Involvement with studio sessions in Art for Children class. Details to be planned in our class sessions.
VIII. Tests and grades in this course Students write essay tests at mid-term and final time. Grades are based on tests and other course expectations listed above.


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Check contractors' work: Ask for and check references, read online reviews and ask local experts about any experience they have with the contractor. Make sure you and the contractor agree on a written description of the work, the timeframe for completion and the price. If the contractor offers an estimate instead of a firm bid, you should ask what might cause the final bill to be higher than the estimate.
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Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd; Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc. v Telmex Management Services
The Complainants are Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd of 161 Commander Blvd., Agincourt, Ontario, M1S 3K9, Canada and Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc. of 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153, United States of America.
The Respondent is Telmex Management Services of Pasea Estate, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
The Domain Name is <macosmetics.com>, and the Registrar is Tucows, Inc.
The Complaint was filed on December 6, 2001. WIPO verified that the Complaint satisfies the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("the Rules") and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("the Supplemental Rules") and that payment was properly made. The Panelist is satisfied this is the case.
The Complaint was properly notified in accordance with Paragraph 2 (a) of the Rules. The Respondent responded informally on December 10, 2001, and January 9, 2002, however no formal Response has been received.
The Administrative Panel was properly constituted. The undersigned Panelist submitted a Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence on January 23, 2002.
No further submissions were received by WIPO or the Panel as a consequence of which the date scheduled for the issuance of the Panel's decision was February 8, 2002.
The Complainants are affiliated companies engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of personal products including skin care, makeup, perfume, and related products under the MAC trade mark.
The Respondent registered the domain name <macosmetics.com> with Tucows, Inc. on January 25, 2001, and is using the domain name to point to an adult escort services site. It has offered the Domain Name for sale to the Complainants for $2,000. The Respondent owns other domain names containing third party famous marks.
5. The Parties Contentions
A. Complainants
The Complaint maintains the following:
Complainants Have Exclusive Rights in the MAC® Mark
The Complainants sell skin care products, makeup, and perfume in many countries worldwide. For more than 15 years, companies affiliated with Complainants have continuously provided high quality cosmetic products under the MAC® trademark and trade name.
Complainants both own exclusive rights to the MAC name, design and logo, in distinct geographical areas. Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. owns exclusive rights to the MAC name, design and logo in the United States and Canada and is the owner of many federally registered trademarks in the United States that consist of or include the MAC® mark, including the following registrations:
Registration No.
M-A-C (stylized)
M-A-C (and design)
MAC GYM (and design)
MAC PRO (and design)
Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc. owns exclusive rights to the MAC name, design and logo internationally outside the United States and Canada. Since the Complainants are affiliated companies and own all rights in the MAC name, design and logo, all necessary parties have been joined. Viacom Int'l Inc. and MTV Networks Europe v. Mahon, WIPO Case No. D2000-1440 (affiliated companies were justified in bringing joint action).
Complainants have invested and continues to invest substantial amounts of money and effort in advertising and promoting the MAC® mark and a multitude of goods and services under the MAC® mark. By virtue of Complainants' extensive and exclusive use, advertising and promotion of the MAC® mark, this mark has achieved significant consumer recognition and fame and serves as the exclusive designation of origin of Complainants' goods and services, and as a symbol of the goodwill and excellent quality and reputation of Complainants' goods and services. The MAC® mark is famous and is entitled to a wide scope of protection, including protection against dilution. Virtually every cosmetic consumer is familiar with the MAC® mark.
Complainants' uses of the MAC® mark include marketing numerous skin care, makeup, perfume, and related products through the domain name registered to joint complainant Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc. "maccosmestics.com." The associated website, located at <www.maccosmetics.com>, is available internationally, including in the British Virgin Islands where Respondent is purportedly located.
Respondent Has Registered and Used the Infringing Domain Name Improperly
According to the WHOIS record, Respondent registered the Infringing Domain Name in January 2001. Respondent uses the Infringing Domain Name to host an active website (the "Infringing Website") offering adult-escort services.
When the Complainants learned that the Respondent had registered the Infringing Domain Name, Counsel for Complainants wrote to Respondent on October 11, 2001, notifying Respondent that its registration and use of the Infringing Domain Name infringed Complainants' trademark rights and demanding that Respondent transfer that domain name to Complainants.
Respondent replied to counsel for Complainants on October 11, 2001, via e-mail. Respondent denied that it was infringing the MAC® mark. Respondent also asserted that <macosmetics.com> cannot be mistaken with <MACcosmetics.com.> Respondent demanded $2000 for the transfer of the Infringing Domain Name, and stated that the fee was "not negotiable."
Despite its original contention that the Infringing Domain Name could not be confused with Complainants' domain name <maccosmetics.com>, Respondent sent an e-mail to a senior manager at the affiliated Estèe Lauder company on October 17, 2001, stating: "we regularly receive e-mail addressed incorrectly as we own the domain name <macosmetics.com>. In this email, Respondent again offered the Infringing Domain Name for sale at a price of $2000, this time directly to Complainants.
Respondent's Infringing Domain Name Is Identical Or Confusingly Similar to The Famous MAC® Mark
The Respondent's Infringing Domain Name – <macosmetics.com> – incorporates wholesale the famous MAC® mark. It also is virtually identical to the Complainants' official domain name <http://maccosmetics.com> which points to the website on which Complainants promote their products, <www.maccosmetics.com>.
Respondent has (a) appropriated the MAC® mark; (b) combined the MAC® mark with the word "cosmetics," as Complainants do in their official domain name; and (c) joined the MAC® mark and the word "cosmetics" into a single word with only one "c." ICANN panels consistently have held that domain names that contain obvious misspellings or close variants of a trademark owner's mark are identical or confusingly similar to that mark. See, e.g., AltaVista Co. v. Fairbairn, WIPO Case No. D2000-0849 (Oct. 13, 2000) ("altakista.com" infringes ALTAVISTA); Yahoo! Inc. v. Eitan Zviely, et al., WIPO Case No. D2000-0273 (June 14, 2000) ("yashoo.com" and 36 other domain names containing misspellings or close variations of YAHOO! infringe complainant's trademark); Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. v. Zuccarini, et al., WIPO Case No. D2000-0330 (June 7, 2000) ("brtanica.com," "bitannica," "encyclopediabrittanica.com," and "britannca.com" infringe encyclopaedia britannica); Aurora Foods, Inc. v. David Paul Jones, WIPO Case No. D2000-0274 (June 7, 2000) ("duncanhine.com" infringes DUNCAN HINES).
Besides being virtually identical to Complainants' famous MAC® mark and official domain name, the infringing Domain Name is confusingly similar thereto. Specifically, Respondent merely builds on the famous MAC® mark and website address by adding the word "cosmetics" that is part of Complainants' company name and which logically would refer to a cosmetic product or service offered by Complainants. Prior ICANN panels have found that the addition of a generic word or modifier to a famous trademark in a domain name does not eliminate confusion and is evidence of bad faith. See Microsoft Corporation v. StepWeb, WIPO Case No. D2000-1500 (panelist transferred domain name, finding that "[i]n particular, consumers looking for information regarding the 'Microsoft Home' or 'Microsoft Home' products would assume that the website address www.microsofthome.com would take them to an official Microsoft site that provides such information"); GA Modefine SA v. Armani International Investment, WIPO Case No. D2000-0305 (panelist transferred domain name "armaniinternational" to owner of ARMANI mark since "the adjunction of the trite adjective 'international' would not modify the attractive power of the word 'Armani'"); Dell Computer Corp. v. Ewaldsson, WIPO Case No. D2000-1087 (domain names incorporating "Dell" with addition of generic terms were confusingly similar to mark and evidenced bad faith). Thus, the Infringing Domain Name is identical or at the very least confusingly similar to the MAC® Mark.
Further, courts have recognized that consumers expect to find a company on the Internet at a domain name address comprised of the company's name or marks. See, e.g., Panavision Int'l, L.P. v. Toeppen, 141 F.3d 1316, 1327 (9th Cir. 1998) ("A customer who is unsure about a company's domain name will often guess that the domain name is also the company's name. . . . [A] domain name mirroring a corporate name may be a valuable corporate asset, as it facilitates communication with a customer base.") (citations omitted). This is all the more so when, as in the case of Complainants, the companies use the Internet to market or sell their goods and services.
Because MAC® is the trademark and "MAC Cosmetics" constitutes a company name and the <www.sportsbook.com> associated with the official MAC® skin care, makeup, perfume, and related products sales and information website, consumers would expect to find an official MAC company website at "macosmetics.com." Respondent's registration of the Infringing Domain Name and use of that domain name in connection with an adult-escort-services website thus causes or is likely to cause consumer confusion. See, e.g., Yahoo!, WIPO Case No. D2000-0777 at § 6 (domain names comprised of misspellings of a trademark are identical or confusingly similar to the mark when those domain names are associated with competitive Internet goods and services); State Farm Automobile Ins. Co. v. Douglas LaFaive, NAF Case No. 95407 (Sept. 27, 2000) ("statefarm-claimshelp.com" nearly identical or confusingly similar to STATE FARM when used in connection with a competitive site). Furthermore, Respondent has openly admitted to Complainants that actual consumer confusion has resulted.
Respondent Has No Legitimate Interests in the Infringing Domain Name
Respondent has no connection or affiliation with Complainants. Respondent has not received any license or consent, express or implied, to use the MAC® mark in a domain name or in any other manner.
Respondent has not used the Infringing Domain Name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. Respondent does not have a trademark registration for "macosmetics.com" and could not obtain one because the MAC® mark is owned by, and is registered to, Complainants. While it appears that Respondent may offer adult-escort services through the Infringing Website that is connected to the Infringing Domain Name, Respondent's unauthorized provision of information and services under Complainants' mark is not a bona fide offering of goods and services. State Farm Automobile Ins. Co. v. Douglas LaFaive, NAF Case No. 95407 (Sept. 27, 2000).
Respondent has not made a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the Infringing Domain Name. Instead, Respondent is "[t]aking advantage of consumers' known disposition to misspell domain names . . . [and] divert[ing] Internet traffic to [its] web sites . . . ." Encyclopaedia Britannica, WIPO Case No. D2000-0330 at § 3 (finding no legitimate use under those circumstances). Indeed, Respondent admitted as much in its e-mail of October 17, 2001.
Moreover, Respondent's Infringing Website offers adult-escort services. Using the famous and highly-regarded MAC® mark in association with adult-escort services is likely to tarnish the MAC® mark. See Fairchild Publications, Inc. v. Saeid Yomtobian, WIPO Case No. D2000-1003 at § 6 (Feb. 14, 2001) (no legitimate interest in using <childrenbusiness.com>, a domain name that bears no logical relation to Respondent's adult-sex website); Chef America, Inc. v. Sean Murray, WIPO Case No. D2000-1481 at § 6.11 (Feb. 13, 2001) (use of "hot-pockets.com" domain name resolving to a website bearing the caption "Midget Porn Outlet" tarnished or could tarnish HOT POCKETS mark and therefore Respondent had no legitimate interest in domain name); MatchNet plc. v. MAC Trading, WIPO Case No. D2000-0205 at § 6 (May 11, 2000) (use of domain name to offer sexually explicit and pornographic material is calculated to mislead consumers and tarnish complainant's service mark); Toys "R" Us, Inc. v. Akkaoui, 40 U.S.P.Q.2d 1836 (N.D. Cal. 1996) (use of the name "adultsrus" to advertise sexual devices and clothing on the Internet diluted Toys "R" Us line of "'R' US" trademarks). Using a domain name to tarnish a trademark is precisely the kind of conduct that does not demonstrate a legitimate interest in a domain name. See Dispute Policy at ¶ 4(c)(iii).
There is no evidence that Respondent, whose purported corporate name differs from the Infringing Domain Name, is commonly known by the Infringing Domain Name. Indeed, the Infringing Domain Name bears no logical relation to adult-escort services offered by Respondent. Rather, the evidence suggests that Respondent registered the Infringing Domain Name with the intent of trading on the reputation of and goodwill associated with Complainants. See Marriott Int'l, Inc. v. Thomas Burstein & Miller, WIPO Case No. D2000-0610 at § 7 (Sept. 14, 2000) (no legitimate interest when there is no evidence that respondent is commonly known by the domain name). Thus, Respondent has no legitimate interests in the Infringing Domain Name.
Respondent has Registered and Used the Infringing Domain Name In Bad Faith
As Complainants' numerous registrations attest, the MAC® mark is a famous mark. The fame and reputation of a trademark owner's mark can demonstrate a Respondent's bad faith intent in registering a domain name that contains the famous mark. See Telstra Corp. Ltd. v. Nuclear Marshmallows, WIPO Case No. D2000-0003 at § 7 (February 18, 2000); see also eBay, Inc. v. Sunho Hong, WIPO Case No. D2000-1633 at § 6 (January 18, 2001) (actual or constructive knowledge of a complainant's trademark rights suggests bad faith); Seek America Networks, WIPO Case No. D2000-0131 at § 6.9 (bad faith inferred from using a hyphen as a device to obtain a domain name that is to all intents identical to trademark owner's famous mark); Viacom Int'l Inc. v. Sung Wook Choi and M Production, WIPO Case No. D2000-1114 at § 6.5 (November 20, 2000) (respondent's admission that he knew of fame of complainant's mark is evidence of bad faith).
Moreover, Respondent has purposely demanded an amount larger than its out-of-pocket costs for registration, namely $2000, as its price for selling the Infringing Domain Name to Complainants. Registering a domain name for the purpose of selling or transferring the domain name for excessive consideration is evidence of bad faith registration and use under Paragraph 4(b)(i) of the Dispute Policy. See also Nabisco Co. v. The Patron Group, Inc., WIPO Case No. D2000-0032 at § 5(c) (February 23, 2000) (offering to sell infringing domain names for a profit is evidence of bad faith); Cable News Network v. Manchester Trading, Forum No. FA 0093634 (February 8, 2000) (offering to sell an infringing domain name for $8,875 is evidence of bad faith); Parfums Christian Dior v. QTR Corp., WIPO Case No. D2000-0023 at § 6(c) (March 9, 2000) (public notice that "this domain name is for sale" is evidence of bad faith intent to register the domain name primarily for selling it for a valuable consideration).
Given the fame of the MAC® mark, "it is not possible to conceive of a plausible circumstance in which the Respondent could legitimately use the [Infringing Domain Name]. It is also not possible to conceive of a plausible situation in which the Respondent would have been unaware of this fact at the time of registration." See Telstra, WIPO Case No. D2000-0003 at § 7.7.
Respondent has further evidenced bad faith by linking the Infringing Domain Name to an active website. This unauthorized use creates a likelihood of confusion with Complainants and the MAC® marks. See Xerox Corp. v. Imaging Solution, WIPO Case No. D2001-0313 at § 6(c) (April 25, 2001) (use of trademarks on website linked to Infringing Domain Names creates a likelihood of confusion).
Further, as emphasized above, the active website to which the Infringing Domain Name resolves offer adult-escort services. Numerous ICANN panels have held that registering and using a infringing domain name in connection with a website that offers adult services or material is evidence of bad faith. See, e.g., Fairchild Publications, WIPO Case No. D2000-1003 at § 6 (use of trademark in a domain name linked to an adult-sex website show bad faith registration and use); Chef America, WIPO Case No. D2000-1481 at § 6.16 (same); AltaVista Co. v. Geoffrey Fairbairn, WIPO Case No. D2000-0849 at § 6(c) (Oct. 13, 2000) (using domain name to direct users to pornographic sites is evidence of registration and use in bad faith); MatchNet, WIPO Case No. D2000-0205 at § 6 (use of domain name to offer sexually explicit and pornographic material is prima facie evidence of tarnishment and therefore bad faith).
Even if Respondent had not used the Infringing Domain Name to host an active website, however, its actions would still constitute registration and use in bad faith. Respondent must have expected that any use of the Infringing Domain Name would cause the Complainants harm. The Infringing Domain Name contains a mark that is so "obviously indicative" of the trademark owner that Respondent's use of the domain name would "inevitably lead to confusion of some sort." AT&T v. Fred Rice, WIPO Case No. D2000-1276 at § 6 (November 25, 2000). "Nobody registers domain names for no purpose. . . . [T]he Respondent either registered them in order to sell them to the Complainant hoping that the Complainant would offer a large sum of money for them or he registered them in order to use them to connect to an internet facility." Id.; see also eBay, WIPO Case No. D2000-1633 at § 6 (use of complainant's entire mark in infringing domain names makes it difficult to infer a legitimate use).
Finally, a domain name registration search has revealed that Respondent has engaged in a pattern of registering famous marks in domain names. Some or all of these appear to be connected to adult websites as well. This illicit pattern further evidences bad faith under Paragraph 4(b)(ii) of the Dispute Policy.
Accordingly, Respondent has registered and used the Infringing Domain Name in bad faith and it should be transferred to its rightful owner, MAC.
The Respondent has not filed a formal response. It did, however send an e mail to WIPO denying any misuse of the Complainants' MAC mark and maintaining the following:
<Macosmetics.com> cannot be mistaken for <MACcosmetics.com>.
The Domain Name was originally purchased for their client company Medical Allergy Cosmetics of London UK. The Respondent developed a web site for this company with regard to a cosmetic surgery service.
The Domain Name now points to a number of female related sites, the content of which is changed randomly on a weekly basis.
The Respondent has never claimed to be MAC Cosmetics.
The Domain Name is for sale at $2000 and is not negotiable.
According to Paragraph 4(a) of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Procedure Policy ("the Policy"), the Complainant must prove that:
The Complainants have registered trade marks for their MAC mark in logo form in the US for cosmetics and related goods. They also have a significant reputation in many countries worldwide in the mark MAC for cosmetics. The Complainants' web site is attached to the domain name <maccosmetics.com>.
The Complainants maintain that the Domain Name will be read as a misspelling, close variant or combination of "MAC" and "cosmetics". The Panelist agrees. The Domain Name incorporates the Complainants' MAC mark and there is only one letter difference between the Domain Name and the way the Complainants use their trade mark MAC combined with the generic word "cosmetics" for the Complainants' web site. The additional element "osmetics" does not distinguish the Domain Name from the Complainants' trade mark, in fact it makes confusion more likely as this element is likely to be read as the generic term "cosmetics", the field in which the Complainants are well known.
Further, the fact that the Respondent has received e mail intended for the Complainants would suggest that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's domain name <maccosmetics.com> in which the Complainant has built up goodwill. Accordingly, the Panelist finds that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to a trade mark in which the Complainants have rights.
The Respondent filed an informal Response maintaining that the Domain Name was originally purchased for a client company Medical Allergy Cosmetics who it had worked for in relation to a cosmetic surgery site. There is no documentary evidence to back up this assertion. In fact, the Domain Name was still pointed to the same adult escort service at the date of the decision as indicated in the Complaint. The Domain Name bears no logical relation to content of this kind. The Panelist notes that a other domain names registered by Respondent featuring famous third party brands e.g. <discountedcartier.com> also point to the same site. The Respondent does not appear to have any rights or legitimate interest in the Domain Name.
C. Bad Faith
Paragraph 4 (b) of the Policy sets out four non exclusive criteria which shall be evidence of the registration and use of a domain name in bad faith including follows:
- the Respondent has registered or has acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trade mark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant for valuable consideration in excess of the Respondent's documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name (Paragraph 4 (b) (i)); and
- by using the domain name, the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its web site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of its web site or location or of a product or service on its web site or location (Paragraph 4(b) (iv)).
The Respondent has offered to sell the Domain Name to the Complainants for $2000. Further, the Respondent appears to be engaged in the practice of registering domain names containing the trade marks of others for example <theholidayinn.com> and <ahiltonhotel.com> both of which also point to adult sites. This indicates to the Panelist that the Respondent is either in the habit of registering the famous trade marks of others in domain names to sell the domain names to the owners concerned for profit (attempting to increase the price by attaching the domain name to undesirable adult material) or the Respondent has intentionally attempted to attract for commercial gain Internet users to its web site or other on-line location, by creating confusion as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement of its products or services. The Panelist, therefore, finds that bad faith has been demonstrated under Paragraph 4 (b)(i) and (iv) of the Policy.
Further the grounds set out in Paragraph 4 (b) are not exhaustive. Whilst it is not necessary for the decision, the Panelist also finds that attaching a misspelled version of the Complainants' Domain Name to content of an adult nature also constitutes registration and use in bad faith per se.
In light of the foregoing, the Panelist decides that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to the Complainants' trade mark MAC, the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in respect of the Domain Name, and the Domain Name was registered and used in bad faith.
Accordingly, it is ordered that the Domain Name <macosmetics.com> be transferred to Make-Up Art Cosmetics Inc.
Dated: February 8, 2002


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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 22: The Fatwa and Legislation Department appealed the verdict of the First Instance Court to cancel the disqualification decision of the Elections Committee.
The court then upheld the decision of the committee. In a related development, the Court of Appeals will hold a session on Tuesday to take a decision on the appeal filed by the disqualified candidates.
Meanwhile, Kuwait Society of National Integrity (KSNI) has submitted a complaint to Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) about the commercial contracts signed between certain candidates for the 2020 National Assembly elections and some election analysts who are not authorized to do such a job. In its complaint, KSNI pointed out the abovementioned analysts usually publish surveys based on wrong data in order to influence the voters' decision.
It called on the concerned authorities to prevent the publication of the results of such surveys to maintain fairness of the elections. On the other hand, former MP and Fourth Constituency Askar Al-Anzi urged Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmed Al-Mansour to revise the decision to refer some colonels for retirement. He argued this is not the right time to refer these colonels for retirement as such a step will have a negative impact on their pension from the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS), considering they will be treated like civilian employees. He asked Al-Mansour to either delay their retirement or promote them to brigadier as part of the powers given to him by law.
Second Constituency candidate Dr Aliaa Al-Khalid said Kuwait lacks freedom of speech and free journalism, indicating it is pointless to take reform steps in a chaotic environment. She cited as an example the referral of some individuals accused of involvement in visa trading to the Public Prosecution, only to acquit them later; pointing out that Kuwait has no law criminalizing visa trading. She added the results of investigations on the leakage of State Security records are similar to that of the Watergate scandal. She also stressed the need to enforce laws on protecting whistleblowers and develop the role of the fourth authority – the media.
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He added the files of two former MPs are in the custody of Kuwait Financial Investigations Unit, in addition to four files in Nazaha; while unveiling his plan to divulge the identifies of these former MPs if their files are set aside and he will present strong evidence to support his claim. He also wondered how the government could announce the public budget deficit and then submit a bill on granting KD 3 billion loan to businesspersons. He considers it an honor to challenge the issuance of the economic document which is aimed at imposing tax, reducing subsidy, increasing prices, and suspending promotions, allowances and appointments.
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Hillary Clinton's 'Meme Queen 2016' ad is her most effective yet
Don't let your memes be dreams.
Tess Cagle
Published Aug 11, 2016 Updated May 26, 2021, 6:53 am CDT
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to hear Hillary Clinton utter the word "noob," now's your chance. A video titled "Hillary Clinton: Meme Queen 2016" has graced the internet, and it's everything we could have never imagined.
"Here come dat boi," a Clinton lookalike on a unicycle says right off the bat. "Just kidding, it's me Hillary."
The video was directed by Mike Diva and published by Super Deluxe, a community of "creative weirdos making videos that are (we hope) more substantial than much of what you see on the internet today," according to their YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXDe8HxHBA
The video spoofs any number of normal campaign ads. The Clinton lookalike talks about many of her campaign goals, like education reform and gun control, while sprinkling in web culture references.
"People are always asking me what's the best method of gun control," the Clinton lookalike says. "I say no-scoping some weak-ass noobs across the map."
The compilation is pretty overwhelming. It includes nods to Dat Boi, damn Daniel, Kermit sipping tea, the Harlem shake, gaming, Nyan Cat, Grumpy Cat, doge, vaping, Pokémon Go, and plenty of dabbing—all in under two minutes.
Screengrab from Youtube Video
Hillary for America did pay for the ad, according to the credits. Super Deluxe's original Facebook post has been viewed almost 675,000 times, while the YouTube video has been viewed over 13,000 times as of this writing. The internet is pretty excited, albeit confused, about this work of art.
Tbh @HillaryClinton should just use this as her real campaign ad https://t.co/9dX94QQymh
— Alyssa Onofreo ✨ (@omgchomp) August 11, 2016
I'm dying. I'M DYING.https://t.co/2wx0M3AexA
— aubrey sitterson (@aubreysitterson) August 11, 2016
here come dat boihttps://t.co/LhVKvVsTq2
— Hella_SJ (@cvlt_member) August 11, 2016
This meme wouldn't be quite as meaningful if there weren't at least a couple haters. Some millennials already see Clinton as a candidate trying too hard to get their vote by seeming hip, so not everyone finds the video all that amusing.
This is the most effective Trump ad I've seen yet. RIP to all the may mays. https://t.co/gMRfdcaX8n
— Nic Erdman (@MoeThirteen) August 11, 2016
Whether you're a fan of Clinton or not, you've got to admit: Meme Queen 2016 is pretty dank.
*First Published: Aug 11, 2016, 5:27 pm CDT
Tess Cagle is a reporter who focuses on politics, lifestyle, and streaming entertainment. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, Damn Joan, and Community Impact Newspaper. She's also a portrait, events, and live music photographer in Central Texas.
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Building approvals have risen to a 20-year high and are up almost 15 per cent on an annual basis.
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In introducing its first 5G phones on Tuesday, Apple said it had tested them on more than 100 networks. That's a significant achievement, because 5G operates across a confusing patchwork of frequencies, meaning Apple had to pack additional chips, radio frequency filters, and multiple antennas into the iPhone 12.
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So far, US network providers have only offered some 5G spectrum slices. T-Mobile and AT&T have focused on low- and mid-frequencies, providing greater coverage but speeds barely above 4G. Verizon has mostly offered ultrawideband 5G, providing download speeds of almost a gigabit per second but only in very small downtown areas. Overall, the US lags behind many other countries in terms of average data speeds for both 4G and 5G, according to an October report from Opensignal.
At Apple's Tuesday event, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said the company would roll out 5G nationwide. This will run on low frequencies meaning less spectacular speed boosts but broad coverage. The company says this will involve technology that lets 4G and 5G users share the same spectrum.
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Q: Why release fences added to Scala collections in 2.13 are enough in absence of matching acquire fences? The process of creation of some of Scala immutable collections, most notably List, is mutable. In 2.13 the concurrency issues were addressed by adding a release fence basically to every builder. A release fence prevents memory writes coming after the fence from being reordered before the fence - so, if you have a 'final write' (such as 'payload_ready' in many examples), it means that anything you wrote (and read) before is commited to shared memory (or at least visible to other threads). When I was reading on fences, I came under impression that a release fence needs a matching acquire fence in the code reading the data commited by the other thread. I accepted it as it coincided with an old adage that no synchronisation will work if it happens only at one site (vide the famous 'double-check locking/singleton pattern is broken' warning). I know that Java's (and C++) memory model is more abstract than any contemporary physical architecture, so some aspects of it are irrelevant.
I freely admit that I have no experience with such low-level control as memory barriers, so I do not feel comfortable with using them. In particular, I can't see how writes being reordered after a release fence (which, as I understand, is still possible) is any different from writes from after the fence actually happening before it, the latter being forbidden. The fence location is irrelevant, what matters is the happens-before relationship. I would like to understand why the lone release fence is enough, or ''when'' it is enough, and when in that case an acquire fence will still be needed.

A: It looks like the releaseFence appeared in List code as a result of these discussions: 1 and 2.
To be fair with you, I didn't find there clear explanations why only releaseFence was added (without accompanying acquireFence).

So I don't know the real answer, but I have a version.
As I understand, releaseFence alone could be enough.
As I've read every CPU supported by Java preserves a so called load dependency.
It looks like load dependency was used to implement final JMM guarantees (see this article), so I guess, Scala might have used the same trick.
Example of load dependency:
class Obj {
  int a = 0;
}

Obj obj = null;

void thread1() {
  var o = new Obj();
  o.a = 1;
  VarHandle.releaseFence();
  obj = o;
}

void thread2() {
  Obj o;
  do {
    o = obj;
  } while (o == null)
  var r1 = o.a;
}

*

*In thread1(): releaseFence guarantees that o.a = 1 and obj = o aren't reordered.

*In thread2()
Read var r1 = o.a means that we compute memory address for loading as [memory address of object o] + [offset of field a inside Obj].
This is a load dependency: memory address for load o.a is computed from memory address of o loaded by o = obj.
CPU preserving load dependency means that o = obj and var r1 = o.a aren't reordered.
Since in thread1() o.a = 1 and obj = o aren't reordered either, then read var r1 = o.a in thread2() is guaranteed to see 1.
Note that this works because it's one object:

*

*when the value of obj changes => we know that thread1() is done

*when we read inner fields of obj we get load dependency => we are guaranteed to see all the writes from thread1() which are before obj = o
Here is an example when we need acquireFence:
int a = 0;
int ready = false;

void thread1() {
  a = 1;
  VarHandle.releaseFence();
  ready = true;
}

void thread2() {
  while (!ready) {;}
  VarHandle.acquireFence(); // required in this case
  var r1 = a;
}

Here there is no load dependency between the reads of a and ready in thread2().
As a result acquireFence is required to prevent reordering of the reads of a and ready.
Keep in mind that this is just a version.
As you correctly noted, this all is very low level. I don't know Java on such a deep level.
(BTW as I understand fences are outside the JMM + JMM is defined only for Java (not Scala or JVM) - so I'm not sure that happens-before can be applied here, at least as it's defined in the JMM)


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