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Glenn Beck is a Douchebag
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Drunken Idaho
Re: Glenn Beck is a Douchebag
Postby Drunken Idaho » 09 Sep 2009 15:38
SandRider wrote: Glenn Beck, by his own admission, is an alcoholic & drug-addict
(reformed, recovered or whatever) and has (untreated) adult ADHD.
Beck admitted to having ADHD?
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Crysknife
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Postby Crysknife » 09 Sep 2009 17:18
For some reason, Glenn Beck reminds me of the Dan white character in the movie "Milk". Of course, many republicans do.
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Postby SandRider » 09 Sep 2009 18:07
Drunken Idaho wrote:
he jokes about it often on his clown show, and I can't find a quote of him
talking about medications - and believe me, I done been lookin' ...
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Postby Nekhrun » 09 Sep 2009 21:29
Do any of you remember on his Headline News show when he was all fucked up on pain meds after his ass surgery going off on the medical system in this country which he now claims is the best in the world? That was good TV.
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Postby Ampoliros » 10 Sep 2009 00:14
yeah the daily show did a juxtaposition of it over his rant on how our system now was the best ever.
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Postby A Thing of Eternity » 10 Sep 2009 12:05
It's kinda sad that a sense of reason can only be found on the comedy network.
Jon Stewart is pretty much the one thing assuring me that the US is still sane.
Postby Freakzilla » 10 Sep 2009 12:15
A Thing of Eternity wrote: It's kinda sad that a sense of reason can only be found on the comedy network.
Polls say most Americans consider John Stewart their most trusted news anchor.
Freakzilla wrote:
Considering how utterly useless the "news" is (all of them, FOX is just the worst of the shit pile) I'm not surprised that people are looking to alternatives.
A Thing of Eternity wrote:
I love his show. The way he uses humor to lampoon politics is genius. I like Colbert too, but he acts a little too full of himself. I'm sure it's part of the act but it makes me a little sick.
I think its because John Stewart show us the bullshit in the story first wheras the mainstream media gives us a story and leaves us wondering where the bullshit is.
Postby Nekhrun » 02 Oct 2009 14:58
Has Glenn Beck said anything about the rumor that he was having sex with Roman Polanski while Roman was raping a 7th grader?
Postby SandRider » 02 Oct 2009 15:04
Nekhrun wrote: Has Glenn Beck said anything about the rumor that he was having sex with Roman Polanski while Roman was raping a 7th grader?
I have never in my life heard someone talk against
bringing the Olympics to an American city, until it was
announced that Obama would go to the Copenhagen meeting.
then, here's Beck talking about how the Olympics are a
financial blackhole for the host city, & blah blah blah
btw, I totally called Rio as the winner -
only logical choice among the finalists ...
Postby A Thing of Eternity » 02 Oct 2009 15:07
To be fair to this asshole who should be either shot at or shat on upon sight - the Olympics are a financial black hole for the host city.
this is true - ask Atlanta, Salt Lake City, &etc.
my point was Beck's motivation - naysaying anything
Obama does ...
Hence this thread!
Postby Crysknife » 02 Oct 2009 17:10
A Thing of Eternity wrote: To be fair to this asshole who should be either shot at or shat on upon sight - the Olympics are a financial black hole for the host city.
That's not exactly true, Atlanta and Los Angeles both turned a profit on the Olympics because they had existing infrastructure and they didn't have to build a bunch of useless crap like the Chinese. And don't let anyone tell you Salt Lake came out worse than before. We now have light rail and over all better mass transit and some very cool facilities that get plenty of use. Not to mention the exposure which we will make money on for years to come. I know my business did very well right before and durring the Olympics.
I think Chicago would have come out just fine, and it would have boosted the jobs in that area which is sorely needed.
http://gb1990.net/legal/response/D2009- ... 0Brief.pdf
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER
Mercury Radio Arts, Inc &
Complainants
Disputed Domain Name:
glennbeckrapedandmurderedayou
nggirlin1990.com
Isaac Eiland-Hall
(Rules, ¶ 5(b))
On September 21, 2009, the Respondent received a Notification of
Complaint and Commencement of Administrative Proceeding from the
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Center) by both email and fax
informing the Respondent that an administrative proceeding had been
commenced by the Complainant in accordance with the Uniform Policy
for Domain Name Dispute Resolution, adopted by the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on August 26,
1999 (the UDRP), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy, approved by ICANN on October 24, 1999 (the UDRP Rules), and the
WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy (the WIPO Supplemental UDRP Rules). The Center set October 11,
2009 as the date for the submission of a Response by the Respondent.
The Respondent hereby responds to the statements and allegations in
Complaint and respectfully requests the Panel to deny the remedy
requested by the Complainant.
Respondent's Contact Details
(UDRP Rules, ¶ 5(b)(ii) and (iii))
For the purposes of the administrative proceeding, the Respondent's
contact details are as follows:
Name: Isaac Eiland-Hall
Address: c/o Marc J. Randazza, Esquire
E-mail: marc@mjrpa.com
The Respondent's authorized representative in this administrative
proceeding is:
Marc J. Randazza, PA
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
The Respondent's preferred method of communications directed to the
Respondent in the administrative proceeding is as follows:
Electronic-only material
Method: e-mail
Address: marc@mjrpa.com
Contact: Marc John Randazza
Material including hardcopy
Method: fax
Address: P.O. Box 5516, Gloucester, MA 01930
The Parties stipulated on September 21, 2009 that unless required by
technological limitations, that all communications should be transmitted
electronically between the parties and the Centre.
Response to Statements and Allegations Made in Complaint
The Requested Relief Should be Denied
(Policy, ¶¶ 4(a), (b), (c); Rules, ¶ 5)
The Complaint fails for multiple reasons. The Complaint fails to establish
rights as required by the UDRP. Even if the Panel accepts that the
Complaint establishes these rights, the Respondent has legitimate rights to
the domain name.
To evaluate this case, the Panel must understand the cultural, social, and
political background behind the Respondent's website. Without this
knowledge, the Respondent's selection of the domain name might seem
puzzling, mean-spirited, and at first blush might seem to carry indicia of a
false accusation against the Complainant. However, none of this is true.
The website is a legitimate criticism site, consists of political satire, and thus
the Respondent has legitimate rights in the domain name.
Mr. Beck's attempt to censor this criticism is improper and should be
rejected.
A. Why Are We Here? This is not a UDRP Issue.
The UDRP is not designed to resolve all Internet-related grievances. It is
designed to handle a "relatively narrow class of cases of 'abusive
registrations.'" See Second Staff Report on Implementation Documents
for the UDRP ¶ 4.1(c).1
None of the factors in ¶ 4(b) of the UDRP apply. There is no evidence that
Respondent has registered and used the domain name for the purpose of
selling it for profit. Respondent is not engaged in a pattern of
cybersquatting. Respondent did not register the domain name to disrupt
the business of a competitor, he registered it to pay homage to an
existing internet meme that poked fun at Glenn Beck, to poke fun at
Glenn Beck directly, and to express his political opinions.
There is no indication that the Respondent has intentionally attempted to
confuse anyone searching for Mr. Beck's own website, nor that anyone
was unintentionally confused – even initially. Only an abject imbecile 1 http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-second-s ... 4oct99.htm
could believe that the domain name would have any connection to the
Complainant.
We are not here because the domain name could cause confusion. We
do not have a declaration from the president of the international
association of imbeciles that his members are blankly staring at the
Respondent's website wondering "where did all the race baiting content
go?" We are here because Mr. Beck wants Respondent's website shut
down. He wants it shut down because Respondent's website makes a
poignant and accurate satirical critique of Mr. Beck by parodying Beck's
very rhetorical style. Beck's skin is too thin to take the criticism, so he
wants the site down. Beck is represented by a learned and respected
legal team. Accordingly, it is beyond doubt that his counsel advised him
that under the First Amendment to the United States' Constitution, no
action in a U.S. Court would be successful. See, e.g., Hustler Magazine,
Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988). Accordingly, Beck is attempting to use
this transnational body to circumvent and subvert the Respondent's
constitutional rights.
B. The UDRP is not for Defamation Claims.
Mr. Beck attempts to gather sympathy by arguing that he is being
defamed. That is quite clearly not the case, as Respondent's site is
satirical political humor, not unlike the famous Campari ad in Hustler v.
Falwell, supra. See Annex A. Even if Beck's defamation claims were valid,
these claims are not properly brought under the Policy. See, e.g., Jules
Kendall v. Donald Mayer, WIPO Case No. D2000-0868; Norton Peskett v.
Domain Privacy / Tom Hampson, WIPO Case No. D2009-0724.
The majority of the comments appearing on the website
which are detrimental to the Complainant are worded as
opinion rather than fact. After moving past the title and the
graphic on the landing page, it becomes obvious that the
website is a criticism website. Whether statements on the
website are defamatory is not within the scope of the Policy,
and is therefore not a matter for this Panel to decide.
II. The Complaint fails under ¶ 4(a) of the UDRP.
In order for the Complainant to prevail, he must prove:
(i) The domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark
in which the Complainant has rights; and,
(ii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the
domain name; and,
(iii) The domain name has been registered and used in bad faith.
A. The Respondent has rights and legitimate interests in
the domain;
The Panel must understand the concept of Internet memes, must
understand the particular internet meme in play, and should apply the
First Amendment to these proceedings.
1. Internet Memes
The Panel cannot evaluate this case unless it understands the underlying
internet meme. The website is the name of an internet meme that came
into existence just prior to the Respondent's registration of the domain.
"The term Internet meme is a phrase used to describe a catchphrase or
concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet,
much like an esoteric inside joke."2 See Internet For Beginners (Annex B)
From "Mr. Spock Ate My Balls," (defunct) to ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG
TO US3 to "Leeroy Jenkins"4 to a slew of sub-memes based on the movie
"300"5, internet memes are as old as the internet itself, and almost as
ubiquitous as actual cybersquatters. See Squidoo "Top 10 Internet
Memes" (Annex C). Memes are often puzzling to those who have never
encountered them before, and they are similarly puzzling to the subjects
of the memes when they involve real people.
For example, the director of the movie "Downfall" is likely baffled at the
Internet meme that has grown from that film. At the end of the film, there
is a dramatic scene depicting Adolf Hitler's inner circle breaking the news
to him that the war is lost. As Hitler pounds the table, the actual dialogue
from the movie depicts his frustration with the impending end. However,
amateur editors have turned the English subtitles from that scene into a
humorous meme, changing the dialogue to Hitler being angry about
countless disappointments. See, e.g., Hitler finds out the truth about 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme.
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_b ... long_to_us
4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeroy_Jenkins
5 http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/TO ... NE_IN_HELL
Santa,6 Hitler hates Kanye West,7 and Hitler gets banned from World of
Warcraft.8 Nobody believes that the director of the critically acclaimed
"Downfall" would have directed a script in which Hitler screams "YOU
HOMOSEXUAL BLOOD ELF!"
Similarly, nobody really thinks that "Every time you masturbate… God kills
a kitten," which was an internet meme that originated on the same
website that spawned the Glenn Beck meme, Fark.com. See Wikipedia
"Every time you masturbate … God kills a kitten" (Annex D). Memes are
not supposed to be statements of fact, and audiences understand this.
Memes often involve famous people, and they are often unflattering.
Richard Gere has never dignified the infamous "Gerbil story" meme with a
response, even though the story is nasty and false, and it too has entered
the culture as an irrepressible meme, even making an appearance in The
Simpsons, Episode 183. This is the price of celebrity – you just might wind
up in a meme, and you might not deserve it. Richard Gere did nothing to
bring the meme monster to his door. On the other hand, Mr. Beck has all
but begged to become the subject of a meme. His wish has been
granted, and then some. In a hilarious example of geometric memetics,
the Beck Meme is now merging with other memes such as the Hitler in
"Downfall" meme. 9 See also Reddit post10 (commenter "ytknows"
merging Beck meme with the "Spock ate my Balls" meme).
2. The Glenn Beck 1990 Meme
The raw materials of the Glenn Beck Raped and Murdered a Young Girl in
1990 meme (hereinafter, the "Beck Meme") are twofold. The meme is a
parody of from Glenn Beck's own argumentation style mated with a
Gilbert Gottfried routine performed during the Comedy Central Roast of
"comedian" Bob Saget. During Gottfried's speech, he kept repeating (in
his trademark nasally voice) that there were rumors that Bob Saget had
raped and killed a girl in 1990. Gottfriend admonished listeners to stop
spreading this rumor – which had never existed in the first place. As there
is no more sure fire way to destroy a joke than to explain it, much less in 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isig_09MGTg
7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqhQMYX8lM
8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JF03i7NfIU
9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nleNP_APkWo
10http://hu.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/9gfm4/78_of_americans_believe_glenn_
beck_was_involved/
legal papers, the Panel is asked to view this short video of the
performance.11 The humor equation is simple: (Outrageous Accusation) +
(Celebrity) + (Question Why the Celebrity Does Not Deny the Accusation)
= (Confirmation of the Falsity of the Accusation + Laughter)
A poignant example of Beck using the Gottfried Technique is this Glenn
Beck interview with Congressman Keith Ellison, a Muslim. Beck famously
"No offense and I know Muslims, I like Muslims, I've been to
mosques, I really don't think Islam is a religion of evil. I think it's
being hijacked, quite frankly. With that being said, you are a
Democrat. You are saying let's cut and run. And I have to tell
you, I have been nervous about this interview because what I
feel like saying is, sir, prove to me that you are not working
with our enemies. And I know you're not. I'm not accusing you
of being an enemy. But that's the way I feel, and I think a lot
of Americans will feel that way."
See transcript at Annex E. Video available here.12
The rhetorical style is simple. Beck attacks Ellison by asking Ellison to prove
that Ellison is not "working with our enemies," thus placing the burden
upon Ellison to "prove" that the accusation is untrue.
Quite simply, Beck's shtick is simply a cheap imitation of Gilbert Gottfried,
sans the humor.
This kind of behavior led a poster on Fark.com to give the meme wheel a
spin on August 31, 2009. On that forum, a user by the name of "oldweevil"
gave birth to the Beck Meme at precisely 08:32:26 PM by posting the
following comment:
Why haven't we had an official response to the rumor that
Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990?
Others joined in the fun, and the internet had its newest meme. See Fark
discussion board (Annex F). Immediately thereafter, "Glennbeck"
became a verb on urbandictionary.com meaning "To rape and murder
someone (especially a young girl in 1990)." See Annex G. The meme 11 http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=41913.
12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbg604XqPY
spread to Yahoo Answers. See Annex H. And the next day, Respondent
registered the domain name in order to memorialize the meme and to
further the meme's criticism of Beck. Both are legitimate interests and
neither constitute bad faith under the Policy.
For a full discussion of the history of the Beck Meme see Sam Bayard, Will
Glenn Beck Sue a Defamatory Website in 2009? (Annex I); Jeffrey Weiss,
'Glenn Beck as Murderer' Meme: Vaccine or Infection? (Annex J);
Michael Stone, Glenn Beck 1990: Politics of Retribution (Annex K).
The Respondent's site itself invokes the Glenn Beck – Keith Ellison interview:
"Why won't Glenn Beck deny these allegations? We're not
accusing Glenn Beck of raping and murdering a young girl in
1990 -- in fact, we think he didn't! But we can't help but
wonder, since he has failed to deny these horrible allegations.
Why won't he deny that he raped and killed a young girl in
1990?"
Beck has tried to paint himself as a "babe in the woods" who has fallen
victim to a vicious character attack. In reality, Beck is an accomplished
and deliberate manipulator of public opinion, and it is absurd to suggest
that he himself does not understand the nature and function of
Respondent's website. Given his long history of using the Gottfried
Technique, Beck must have recognized that the respondent has merely
presented Mr. Beck with a mirror. If Beck does not like what he sees, the
Respondent is not to blame.
3. The Respondent, who registered and used the domain
name to criticize the Complainant and pay homage to,
and participate in, an Internet meme, has legitimate
Rights in the domain name.
Although this seems to be the first time a subject of an Internet meme has
tried to kill the meme by filing a UDRP action, there are many UDRP
decisions involving complainants attempting to take down legitimate
criticism websites, and those decisions should guide this Panel.
There are two views under the Policy when it comes to criticism sites. See
"WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions",
Paragraph 2.4.13 Under either view, the domain name is a permissible use. 13 http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/sear ... ex.html#24
View 1 states: "The right to criticize does not extend to registering a
domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to the owner's
registered trademark or conveys an association with the mark."
View 2 states: "Irrespective of whether the domain name as such
connotes criticism, the respondent has a legitimate interest in using the
trademark as part of the domain name of a criticism site if the use is fair
and non-commercial."
View 1 only applies if the Panel rejects the notion that this dispute
between two Americans should not be guided by the First Amendment.
It is the Respondent's position that the Panel's decision should be guided
by the U.S. Constitution, and presumably Mr. Beck would prefer to take
the American view rather than the transnational view.14 Nevertheless, in
the event that the Panel is inclined to adopt the internationalist view, the
Respondent will provide arguments against both Views.
a) Under the disfavored View 1, the Complainant's
claim fails unless the Panel rejects the "Moron in
a Hurry" test.
View 1 should be the easiest to dispense with. The claimed "mark" is
GLENN BECK. This is clearly not identical to the domain name.
Accordingly, in order for the criticism to fail under View 1, the mark must
be "confusingly similar to" GLENN BECK.
While the Respondent prefers to apply U.S. law, the principles of U.S. law
and that of other common law countries are the same when it comes to
the likelihood of confusion between a junior user and a senior user of a
"mark." However, U.K. and Canadian jurists have a much pithier and
more to-the-point way of discussing clear cases where no confusion could
issue – the "moron in a hurry" test.
The Panel must examine the alleged mark and the domain name and ask
whether any sensible member of the public would ever be confused. To 14 This presumption is founded in Beck's own expressed views. Specifically, Beck rejects
any attempt to have international law supersede U.S. Constitutional Law when the two
are in tension. For example, on April 2, 2009, Beck described Harold Koh's legal views
(Koh is a transnationalis) as a "threat to American democracy." See Annex L, a transcript
of Beck's show on that day. As such, Respondent would presume that Mr. Beck would
wish for the Panel to adopt View 2, as does the Respondent.
further immortalize the words of Mr. Justice Foster, the only person who
could possibly be misled would be "a moron in a hurry". See Morning Star
Co-Operative Ltd. v. Express Newspapers Ltd [1979] FSR 113, 117;
Newsweek, Inc. v. British Broadcasting Corp., [1979] RPC 441, 444 (Mr.
Justice Walton approving of Foster's analysis). Canadian courts have also
approved of this short-cut analysis rather than a tortured multi-factor
analysis that is favored by we Americans. See, e.g., Ratiopharm Inc. v.
Laboratoires Riva Inc., [2006] F.C.J. No. 1130 (Fed.C.C. 2006); Mattel, Inc.
v. 3894207 Canada, Inc., 2006 SCC 22 (Can. Sup. Ct. 2006); Molson
Canada v. Oland Breweries Ltd., [2001] O.T.C. 129 at P 21. ('It is not
sufficient that the only confusion would be to a very small, unobservant
section of society; or as Foster J. put it recently, if the only person who
would be misled was "a moron in a hurry'.")
b) Under View 2, the Complaint fails because the
Respondent's domain and website are used as
part of a non-commercial criticism site.
Generally speaking, the UDRP is not intended to apply the law of any
particular nation, but when the Complainant and the Respondent are
citizens of the same country, it is appropriate to do so.
In this case, it is imperative to do so, as the Complainant and the
Respondent are both Americans, the website is based in the US, and the
registrar is in the US. See Xtraplus Corporation v. Flawless Computers, WIPO
Case No. D2007-0070 ("UDRP panels have in applicable cases repeatedly
stated that a U.S.-based website engaged in noncommercial criticism of
a U.S.-based trademark owner's activities enjoys First Amendment
protection, even if the domain name incorporates the complainant's
trademark").
In Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Paul McCauley, WIPO Case No.
D2004-0014, the Panel clarified how and when the First Amendment
should apply to UDRP proceedings.
[T]he United States' robust free speech tradition, which derives
from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,
tends to tolerate more criticism than the laws of other
The Panel explained that in most UDRP cases over criticism sites resulting in
a transfer, the parties were not Americans, and non-U.S. law was applied
to the case. The prevailing view, as the Howard Jarvis case outlined, is
that in cases involving U.S. parties, Panels apply U.S. law and find that
legitimate criticism sites are protected under the First Amendment.
The best example of this principle is the case noted above, Jerry Falwell v.
Gary Cohn WIPO Case No. D2002-0184, which rejected Falwell's claim not
only because he did not have trademark rights in his name, but because
the domain names at issue in that case, <jerryfalwell.com> and
<jerryfallwell.com> were used to mock Jerry Falwell by actually making it
seem as if the websites at those domains were themselves published by
Mr. Falwell. Even though an unsuspecting visitor could have typed in
either of the domain names in that case in seeking to find Falwell's own
website, his attempt to stifle his critics through the UDRP process was
turned back. In this case, the facts are not so sympathetic to the
Complainant – as anyone looking for Glenn Beck's website would be very
unlikely to type in the Respondent's entire domain name in a quest for Mr.
Beck's particular shtick.
UDRP complaints involving Americans are routinely denied when the
website criticizes or offers commentary about the complainant. See, e.g.,
Sermo, Inc. v. CatalystMD, LLC, WIPO Case No. D2008-0647 (transfer of
criticism site denied even when respondent defaulted); Bridgestone
Firestone, Inc. v. Myers, WIPO Case No. D2000-0190 (claim denied as
bridgestone-firestone.net was a criticism site); TMP Worldwide Inc. v.
Potter, WIPO Case No. D2000-0536 (claim denied as tmpworldwide.net
and tmpworldwide.org criticized the complainant); Bruce Springsteen v.
Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Club, WIPO Case No. D2000-1532
(denying Bruce Springsteen's attempt to seize <brucespringsteen.com>
from a fan site); Bosley Medical Group v. Kremer, WIPO Case No. D2000-
1647 (denying complaint when respondent merely planned to launch a
criticism site); Bakers Delight Holdings Ltd. v. Andrew Austin, WIPO Case
No. D2008-0006 (website with no commercial content "dedicated to
genuine criticism" without commercial gain nor an attempt to divert users
looking for complainant's site was legitimate fair use); Pensacola Christian
Coll. v. Gage, NAF Case No. FA101314 (claim denied as
pensacolachristiancollege.com was a criticism site); Action Instruments,
Inc. v. Technology Associates, WIPO Case No. D2003-0024 (same).
In U.S. courts, would-be censors meet the same fate. See Taubman v.
Webfeats, 319 F.3d 770 (6th Cir. 2003). In that case, the Court held that
<taubmansucks.com> was protected speech, even if there was
economic damage to the plaintiff, stating:
"We find that Mishkoff's use of Taubman's mark in the domain
name <taubmansucks.com> is purely an exhibition of Free
Speech, and the Lanham Act is not invoked. And although
economic damage might be an intended effect of Mishkoff's
expression, the First Amendment protects critical commentary
when there is no confusion as to source, even when it involves
the criticism of a business. Such use is not subject to scrutiny
under the Lanham Act."
"Hence, as per the language of the Lanham Act, any
expression embodying the use of a mark not 'in connection
with the sale . . . or advertising of any goods or services,' and
not likely to cause confusion, is outside the jurisdiction of the
Lanham Act and necessarily protected by the First
Amendment."
See also, Lamparello v. Falwell, 420 F.3d 309 (4th Cir. 2005) (no bad faith
intent to profit, thus no ACPA violation for a website criticizing the views of
Jerry Falwell); TMI Inc. v. Maxwell, 368 F.3d 433 (5th Cir. 2004) (noncommercial
criticism site not a violation of the dilution act nor the ACPA);
Lucas Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. v. Grosse, 359 F.3d 806 (6th Cir. 2004).
(<lucasnursery.com> used for legitimate criticism site and defendant
showed no intent to mislead visitors or commercially profit from use of the
domain).
Recognizing these principles, the UDRP tolerates nominative fair use of
trademarks in the context of a criticism site. In this particular case, since
the likelihood of confusion is nonexistent and there are no other indicia of
bad faith, the Panel should find for the Respondent. See, e.g., Covance,
Inc. and Covance Laboratories Ltd. v. The Covance Campaign, WIPO
Case No. D2004-0206; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Paul
McCauley, WIPO Case No. D2004-0014.
c) Beck misapplies tarnishment theory
Beck argues that "the domain name constitutes classic tarnishment."
Respondent is at a loss as to what "classic tarnishment" means. In the
UDRP context, "tarnishment" means something different than whatever
Mr. Beck is trying to imply it means (which is unclear).
Criticism and tarnishment are not the same thing. Associating an existing
mark with unwholesome products is "tarnishment." For Example, in
Hasbro, Inc. v. Internet Entertainment Group, Ltd., 40 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1479
(W.D. Wash. 1996), there was an adult entertainment site at
<candyland.com>. The registrant of that website was not trying to
critique the children's board game, but rather was simply selling
pornography under a venerable existing trademark. There is no
tarnishment if Respondent makes a "[n]oncommercial use of a mark," 15
U.S.C. § 1125(c)(4)B), which is the case when the site is used for criticism.
See L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Drake Publishers, Inc., 811 F.2d 26 (1st Cir. 1987) (First
Amendment is defense to dilution tarnishment claim when use is
noncommercial parody).
The panel in Britannia Building Society v. Britannia Fraud Prevention, WIPO
Case No. D2001-0505 explained this in the context of the UDRP:
Tarnishment in [the UDRP] context refers to such unseemly conduct
as linking unrelated pornographic, violent or drug-related images or
information to an otherwise wholesome mark.
In Newell Operating Company v. HostMonster.com and Andrew Shalaby,
WIPO Case No. D2008-1805, the panel explained the difference between
tarnishment and merely speaking ill of a complainant:
In contrast, fair-use criticism, even if libelous, does not
constitute tarnishment and is not prohibited by the Policy, the
primary concern of which is cybersquatting.
See also Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Richard MacLeod d/b/a For Sale, WIPO
Case No. D2000-0662 (protection for genuine criticism sites is provided by
Policy's legitimate interest and bad faith prongs).
d) There is no commercial use
Beck makes a desperate play to characterize the Respondent's site as a
commercial enterprise by noting that it has a link to another criticism site,
<foxnewsboycott.com>, which in turn sells items to support its protest
message. See Complaint at ¶ 24. The mere fact that Respondent's site
may have a link to another site that may itself sell something does not
make the Respondent's site a commercial enterprise.
In fact, in many of the cases cited in part (b), supra, the protest sites had
direct commercial elements to them. Nevertheless, when the overall
purpose of a site is to communicate a message, and the message is not a
mere subterfuge to infringe on an existing trademark, there is no bad faith.
B. The Complainant has failed to prove "Rights" under the Policy, and
even if he had, the domain name is neither identical nor confusingly
similar to the claimed mark.
Although the Complaint fails for the above reasons, it must be noted that
Beck has even failed to make a case that he has rights, as that term is
defined by the UDRP.
Although Mr. Beck is famous, fame does not automatically vest his name
with trademark rights.
1. Personal Names are Not Protected Under the UDRP
"While the UDRP does not specifically protect personal names, in situations
where an unregistered personal name is being used for trade or
commerce, the complainant can establish common law trademark rights
in the name." WIPO Overview ¶1.6.15
2. The Complainant has no registered rights
The Trademark Application shown in Complaint Exhibit C has been filed
on an "Intent to Use" basis. ITU applications are granted no weight under
the Policy. The Application shown in Exhibit D is, admittedly, likely to issue
given recent events in the trademark file. However, this was not the case
when the original complaint was filed – as this did not occur until
September 16, 2009, and this was after the date that the domain name
was registered – September 1, 2009.
Given these facts, the USPTO documents in Exhibit C and D to the
Complaint are of no value.
3. The Complainant has failed to provide adequate evidence of
The Rules compel the Panel to "decide a complaint on the basis of the
statements and documents submitted in accordance with the Policy,
these Rules and any rules and principles of law that it deems applicable."
Complainant relies upon common law rights and it was incumbent upon
him to provide evidence of those rights with the complaint. He has failed
to do so. "Where there is uncertainty as between conflicting allegations,
insufficiency of evidence is a basis for finding against the party with a
burden of proof," Percy Miller dba Boutit, Inc. Soldier University, Inc. v.
Divine Mafa dba The New No Limit Records, Inc., NAF Case No. 114771.
15 http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/sear ... index.html
Mr. Beck's complaint is replete with arguments of counsel that he is
famous. See Complaint at ¶ 13-19. These were wasted arguments, since
nobody, especially not the Respondent, disputes this. Mr. Beck seems to
believe that because he is famous, his name is therefore a trademark. This
is neither the case under the UDRP, nor under U.S. law.
The record is void of evidence of Mr. Beck's "common law rights." They
may exist, but it was incumbent upon Mr. Beck to make the case for it,
and he offered only six paragraphs of conclusory statements of counsel.
Bald assertions of counsel are not sufficient to prove rights under the UDRP.
See David Pecker v. Mr. Ferris, WIPO Case No. D2006-1514. No evidence of
secondary meaning is provided. The only piece of evidence that was
given is a printout of Mr. Beck's website. The mere fact that Mr. Beck is a
celebrity with a website, without more, does not demonstrate trademark
rights.
Jerry Falwell was much more famous than Mr. Beck, and like Mr. Beck, he
was notoriously thin skinned about being criticized or mocked, and he
deployed phalanxes of lawyers to make ill-fated attempts to silence his
critics. See Hustler v. Falwell, supra.
Falwell, realizing that the U.S. Constitution would not tolerate his attempts
to censor his critics, also turned to the UDRP in an attempt to circumvent
the U.S. Constitution. See The Reverend Dr. Jerry Falwell and The Liberty
Alliance v. Gary Cohn, Prolife.net, and God.info, WIPO Case No. D2002-
0184. In that case, Falwell's claim failed on two independent grounds –
one being that despite Jerry Falwell's far-reaching fame, his rights in his
personal name were not protectable under the Policy (the other is
discussed below)
Similarly, when Anna Nicole Smith attempted to seize
<annanicolesmith.com> from its Registrant, the learned panelist in that
case clearly articulated how these cases are viewed under the Policy in
Anna Nicole Smith c/o CMG Worldwide v. DNS Research, Inc. NAF Claim
No. FA0312000220007:
[T]he mere fact of having a successful career as an actress,
singer or TV program star does not provide exclusive rights to
the use of a name under the trademark laws. The cases
require a clear showing of high commercial value and
significant recognition of the name as solely that of the
performer.
It is specious at best for Mr. Beck to assert that his fans, or the public as a
whole, would confuse Respondent's website with Mr. Beck himself—unless
of course it is Mr. Beck's view that his fans and the average internet user
are in fact hurried morons. Respondent presumes that this is not how Mr.
Beck regards his audience. And, even if he does so regard his audience,
this is not a basis for upholding his complaint.
Given that Mr. Beck cannot genuinely believe or reasonably assert that
Respondent's website will cause such confusion, there can be only one
purpose to filing this complaint: as an attempt to silence a critic because
he doesn't like being criticized.
However, Mr. Beck's lawyers are no fools. They are well aware that the
First Amendment will give full protection to the Respondent's website.
Therefore, we find ourselves mired in a bogus "defamation" claim under
the guise of this UDRP complaint. But, this is not the forum to raise such a
claim. If the "defamation" alluded to in the Complaint were truly believed
to have legal validity, this case would have been brought in a U.S. court.
As the learned panel stated in La Quinta v. Heartland Times, WIPO Case
No. D2007-1660, "something more than criticism is required to establish
illegitimacy and bad faith within the meaning of the Policy." In this case,
nothing more exists and the claim must be denied.
Administrative Panel
(Rules, paras. 5(b)(iv) and (b)(v) and para. 6; Supplemental Rules, para. 7)
The Respondent accepts the Complainant's decision to have this matter
resolved by a single member panel.
Other Legal Proceedings
(Rules, para. 5(b)(vi))
(Rules, paras. 2(b), 5(b)(vii); Supplemental Rules, para. 3)
A copy of this Response has been sent or transmitted to the Complainant
on September 28, 2009 by email to Mr. Beck's attorney, Matthew Kaplan
via email to mkaplan@cdas.com and by facsimile to 212.974.8474.
This Response is submitted to the Center in electronic form only, as
stipulated to by the parties and as accepted by WIPO on September 22,
(Rules, para. 5(b)(viii), Supplemental Rules, para. 12)
The Respondent agrees that, except in respect of deliberate wrongdoing,
an Administrative Panel, the World Intellectual Property Organization and
the Center shall not be liable for any act or omission in connection with
the administrative proceeding.
The Respondent certifies that the information contained in this Response is
to the best of the Respondent's knowledge complete and accurate, that
this Response is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to
harass, and that the assertions in this Response are warranted under the
Rules and under applicable law, as it now exists or as it may be extended
by a good-faith and reasonable argument.
synopsis: Glenn Beck is, in fact, a douchebag. STFU & GTFO.
The Complaint fails for multiple reasons.
Cat Herder
Postby Mandy » 02 Oct 2009 18:24
More Glenn Beck douchebaggery http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert ... s-revealed
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hypatia approaches one.
Nipples has the best links !!
led to this one:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... n-beck.ars
Postby Freakzilla » 02 Oct 2009 19:53
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Postby Seraphan » 03 Oct 2009 07:48
SandRider wrote: Nipples has the best links !!
Glenn Beck's busted.
"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand." - Frank Herbert
"This tutoring is dialectical. Literature makes us better noticers of life; we get to practice on life itself; which in turn makes us better readers of detail in literature; which in turn makes us better readers of life. And so on and on." - James Wood
How long ago were those? I heard somewhere that no one has made money off one in decades, I know Calgary didn't, though we have some neat ski jumps, and Vancouver sure as hell won't (there is a huge FUCK2010 movement in Vancouver, people are pissed as hell that money is getting wasted on the olympics when people need affordable housing). It does create jobs, but they're short term (not that that isn't better than nothing).
Sorry, I've developed a distaste for the olympics, boycotted the chinese one, and will boycott the vancouver one. After that, we'll see.
Postby Drunken Idaho » 05 Oct 2009 10:19
SandRider wrote: http://gb1990.net/legal/response/D2009-1182%20Response%20Brief.pdf
That response is full of win! If Beck didn't get it before, he sure does now. Not that I think getting the joke would stop him. I just love how it spells out clearly for him why the joke exists, and why he sucks.
I had no idea about the Gottfried connection though.
I think my favorite part now is how Beck got all butthurt & lawyer'd up,
but just didn't think poor little Isaac could get some Boston Legal himself.
typical internet crap, too - I'll sue you !
go ahead ... wait, you can't sue, no slander or libel exists here ...
I'll take you to internet court, then you'll be sorry, boy, will you be sorry !!
and a bunch of Dutch guys (or who-ever) in robes & white wigs are shaking their heads...
WTF ? Whoo iss Glenn Beck ? This too stoopid, GTFO my internetz court now, pleaze ...
These brain-dead AM radio idiots caint' deliver a pizza, much less an election.
-James Carville
Return to "Politics!"


I am very sorry I forgot to do a blog post yesterday so today I'm going to talk about both. Okay lets start with yesterday. well yesterday I rode Storm and did groundwork with Paris. with Storm I took her on a trail ride and with Paris I worked her on the with desensitizing her to me running up to her. I also did some C lunging like usual and getting her at a trot look at me in the inside instead of looking at all the trees to the outside. That's what I did yesterday and today I rode Storm and did ground work with Paris and Faith. Instead of going on a trail ride with Storm I worked on my arena stuff such as my spins( which are those who don't know it's when you get the horse to turn on it's hindquarters) and my small circles with her body nice and bent the inside. I also worked on my lead departures. When I was on the ground with Paris and Faith I worked on getting them to look to the inside not the outside and I also did some desensitizing with me running at them and using the umbrella. I also did some C lunging. these last few days have been great theirs been so much nice sunshine it actually seems like Spring!!!


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Like many other areas in law Juvenile dependency is evolving by the day. It is therefore imperative that you seek the services of a juvenile lawyer who is up to date with changes in the law. At our family law firm, we keep tabs on new developments in dependency law, and court rulings to be able to take the best legal course of action. There has been a sharp increase in these cases in California. The Judicial Council of California reports that in the year 2006 to 2007 the courts handled more than 100, 000 dependency cases. This caused the court system in California to re-examine dependency laws. San Diego Family Law Attorney stays abreast with all the laws that govern dependency to prevent any mistakes that could negatively impact your case.
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These courts have their jurisdiction just like any other courts in the land and are mandated to hearing cases on juvenile dependency. The purpose of these courts is to safeguard children's well-being, and safety by resolving and hearing cases concerning children who have been emotionally or physically neglected or/and experienced abuse from their guardians, parents or other people charged with the responsibility of taking care of them. A child is a minor or a person who is 18 years or below who hasn't been emancipated legally by a court.
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The authorities can intervene if your child has purportedly been neglected or abused; they first have to secure the safety of your child and then decide whether there is a perpetration of a crime against your child for an arrest to be carried out. When a child is neglected or abused they should hand over the child to the county's CPS immediately.
The law permits Child Protection Authorities to detain your child for not more than 72 hours to protect them. If the Social Worker who investigates the allegations of neglect or abuse believes the child is not safe living at home. When your child is moved to protective custody, the social worker from Child Protective Services should immediately notify the parents or guardians. If the child is not at imminent risk when the allegations are being investigated the child may be permitted to continue living with the parents or guardian as they await court proceedings. If a record exists of past abuse and neglect dependency should be initiated, and the child detained. At this point, you should engage the services of San Diego Family Law Attorney.
Sometimes complaints are made by relatives, neighbors, regular citizens or by mandated reporters (people in authority including teachers and police officers). They are obligated to report any neglect or child abuse cases.
When a child is taken from your home and put in protective custody, an investigation is conducted to determine if the child can safely be returned to your care. This investigation is conducted by a social worker from Social Services. During the initial visit, it is the social services officer who determines if the child is at major risk of neglect or abuse. If not the child should be permitted to remain in the custody of their care giver.
Depending on the kind of danger the child is exposed to the court may take action during the preliminary investigation. A petition may be filed by the investigating officer stating that the child is a dependent, if the child is not at sufficient risk to detain them. They may also pursue and close the case or request the care giver to get into a Voluntary Family Maintenance Agreement (VFM).
What is a Voluntary Family Maintenance Agreement "VFM"?
This is an agreement between the child protection agency and parents or guardians. The child protection agency can decide not to petition or detain the child if the care giver agrees to undertake parenting classes and other recommended counseling. If for six months the parents abide by this agreement or undertake the programs recommended by the child protection agency, then no action will ensue. If the parents fail to uphold the agreement or neglect or abuse is reported thereafter the child may be withdrawn from their care and a suit filed in court.
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In some cases, parents and guardians opt not to get into a voluntary family maintenance agreement and require that the child protective services present their grievances in court. The CPS can offer a VFM except in cases where children have been put at risk for instance where there are allegations of drug use. In such cases, there is likelihood that the CPS agency may not be able to table sufficient proof that warrants the detention of the child or sustain a petition that the caregivers have subjected the child to maltreatment. If you experience this, we will be there to protect you from being coerced into getting into a VFM to let the government determine how you parent, when you have not maltreated your child. Many parents fall into the trap of CPS agencies as they try to regain custody of their children, yet the juvenile courts completely trust these organizations and completely doubt parents.
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The initial hearing is commonly referred to as a detention hearing when the child is withdrawn from home. If there was not enough reason to detain the child, it is referred to as an arraignment hearing. In this case, the court reviews the claims, if necessary, attorneys are appointed, and the next hearing date is set. If the child was detained, this should take 24 hours after filing of the petition. If the child was not detained the initial hearing can take place within 15 days.
At this stage, the court must first determine if it has the required legal authority to handle the case. It should then determine if the abuse and neglect allegations are valid. This is required to take place in a period of 15 days after the detention hearing if the child has been placed in custody. However, if the child is not in custody, it can take place within 15 days.
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At this stage, the court will review how the family is progressing. It then decides if the child can stay at home under supervision. If the child is placed out of home, the court determines if the child can be returned home.
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At this stage of the dependency hearing, the court will continue reviewing the family in terms of progress. It also decides if the child should remain home under supervision. This is the final hearing when the court has an opportunity to decide if a child placed out of home can be returned.
The court makes a determination if either adoption or legal guardianship is how the child should be permanently placed. This is required to take place within a period 120 days after the conclusion of family reunification services.
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By D.M. Gutierrez
Squid are cephalopods (the Greek term for head-footed) and belong to the same family as the nautilus, octopus and cuttlefish. They live in saltwater all over the world and range in size from 1 foot to 60 feet. Squid are important to the ecosystem as both predator and prey. Along with sharks and sperm whales, humans enjoy eating squid, often called calamari on a restaurant menu.
The squid is an invertebrate (without bones) and has a large head, a beak-like mouth, eight arms (tentacles), a brain and three hearts. The squid grabs food with its tentacles, tearing the organism to bits with its powerful mouthparts. All squid emit ink when threatened and some are bioluminescent. The squid jet-propels itself by sucking in and then shooting out water from its body.
Squid live in every saltwater region in the world. Some species live near the surface while others live as deep as 1,000 feet. The giant squid (over 60 feet long) lives in trenches so deep that only a rare few have ever been sighted.
The Squid As Prey
Squid contribute to the ecosystem by providing food for other creatures. Humans are probably the squid's greatest natural enemy, but sharks, seals, whales, dolphins, seabirds, deep-sea fish, and other squid also eat these tubular, multi-armed cephalopods.
The Squid As Predator
Squid help maintain the ecosystem by eating enormous quantities of food. Their specific diet differs depending on the region they live in, but the majority of their diet is krill, fish, crustaceans (like shrimp) and other squid.
Squid have a relatively short lifespan, primarily from 12 months to 18 months long. This is probably why squid reproduction is so prolific. One female squid can lay thousands of eggs, emitting them in long streams into the ocean. Some aquatic creatures feed on these eggs, while others eat the juvenile squid.
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A woman was mugged late at night in Hartlepool while waiting for a bus.
The 48-year-old had her handbag snatched from her by a man on a bike.
It happened at 11.30pm on Sunday, November 25, at the junction of Sydenham Road and Stockton Road.
Fortunately, she was not hurt and police are appealing to the public for information.
The robber, who wore a dark hooded top, rode off towards Brenda Road.
Cleveland Police said in a witness appeal: "The 48 year old lady was at the junction of Stockton Road and Sydenham Road at around 11.30pm last night (Sunday 25th November) when the unknown man pedalled past her grabbing her handbag, which contained her phone, purse and bank cards, from her shoulder.
"She was not injured during this incident and the cyclist who was wearing a hooded top in grey or dark blue rode off towards Brenda Road.
"Anyone who saw this robbery, or who has information which could help our inquiries, is asked to contact DC Becky Alderson of Hartlepool Operational Crime Team via the 101 number."


Facebook and Google have both been given a hefty warning shot by Apple after it was revealed that the two companies had been using internal security certificates to bypass restrictions on iOS applications in order to release data-gathering apps that would otherwise be banned. Unlike Facebook that has tons of employees on iOS, Google at least employs plenty of users of its own Android platform, so the disruption may have caused fewer problems in Mountain View than Menlo park.
Considering how important testing apps is to both Facebook and now Google, it's likely the companies are rushing to fix their strained relationship with Apple - not to mention access to their iOS testing systems.
Google and Apple faced off this week over privacy.
According to sources familiar with the matter, all of Google's internal iOS apps are now disabled.
But that move didn't placate Apple, which presumably revoked Google's Enterprise Certificate for violating the terms. "To be clear, this didn't have an impact on our consumer-facing services".
Apple's intuitive developer program allows the developers for the objective of testing and using the software outside of Apple's App Store. Regarding TechCrunch's original story, Facebook said: "Key facts about this market research program are being ignored ..."
Apple has restored Google's access to its iOS apps, according to Bloomberg's Mark Bergen. The latter is a VPN app that gives Facebook users $20 a month in exchange for root access to participants' phones. Whether Apple was punishing Facebook and Google as a deterrent to other companies that have or might have distributed apps externally using enterprise certificates, or it will go after all offenders, remains to be seen.
Apple said Facebook was abusing the tool, known as a developer enterprise certificate, to distribute the app in a way that allowed the social network to sidestep Apple restrictions on data collection. The apps even refused to launch on Facebook's employees' phones. This further clears that Apple will soon restore the search giant's enterprise development certificate. That app also relied on an Apple certificate to run on iOS devices. This means that the app can now take full advantage of the larger screens, and show more content.
Mashable reports that Facebook shows no remorse for their latest scandal in which they were caught possibly spying on teenagers via an app for the objective of "market research".
After the row with Facebook, Google was brought into the limelight too.
A Google spokesperson told Download.com: "I can confirm that our internal corporate apps have now been restored".


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Of cults and zealots, or,
The case of the blind leading the blind
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I found this book, "The Cult at the End of the World - The Incredible Story of Aum", at the library. Since, we're always being called Mac zealots or Mac cultists, I thought I'd go read what a real cult feels like. I'll let you know when I've finished it.
Now, the thing that irks me about Michael Malone's book "Infinte Loop" is the pointed jab in the direction of Mac users who stayed loyal to the platform through all those lean years - zealots and cultists, indeed. Like we're so blind, we couldn't see through the faults of the company who built those machines we insist on using.
But the question is, who's the one that's really blind?
The thing I learnt while working in an IT company is that there're two kinds of people. The ones who put their heads down and build stuff. And the ones who hate to build stuff but love sitting in committees and making pronouncements - like who's "standard" and who's not, and which ones win and which loses, which products are "wildly successful" and which won't get pass the door.
The thing is, I much rather make stuff, but I've learned that you've got to look up from your work and join in the debate. Otherwise, those other guys can do a lot of harm.
Where the problem is, if you're not into "building stuff", is that you don't have any real point of reference. Your head becomes an empty vessel those confident, influential people like Malone and Jim Carlton can do weird things with.
For example, when you're into "building stuff", you know your enemy is not Steve Jobs but Chaos. Anarchy. Entropy. You're forever struggling with keeping things from popping out. You're watching the interfaces, keeping things simple, making sure things will work with just one click.
You understand about trade-offs. You know what's practical, and what's purely theoretical. You start to get a feel for design. For simplicity. And a healthy fear of what a monster Complexity can turn out to be.
The thing is : what Apple has chosen to do - building the whole widget (what's called vertical integration) and taking responsibility for delivering the whole usage experience - that's a pretty reasonable, defensive, complexity-containing engineering design strategy.
But in Malone's and Carlton's book, that's greed and myopia, not-invented-here. They're right because Microsoft won.
Look around you, in nature, in a water droplet. It's firm and round. Engineers understand surface tension. Things occur in nature up to a certain size and then they get tucked in.
Megalomania. That's what Malone and Calton wants us to believe is the natural order of things. Horizontal integration. The things we use have to be used by everybody. Or not at all. Everybody's got to use Windows.
Building things in layers is, actually, another reasonable, engineering way of building things.
Except that it's not one or the other. You often use both, horizontal and vertical integration, in combination. The trick is to know when to use one and when to use the other.
The Microsoft Way, where things are built wholly in layers; it doesn't work. But working, I mean, working well, and not working as in being dictated upon, by political will. We all know Mac users love their machines, while Windows users barely tolerate using it. Nobody (is it Dell, MS, or Intel?) takes responsibility for anything.
Malone talked about how the Mac was a closed, dead-end system. Yet, my experience was, the Mac had built-in networking, first with LocalTalk (admittedly slow but it worked, even an idiot could use it). Then it had peer-to-peer networking. Then ethernet, then mail, then it connected to Novell and DEC and IBM. I went through all these progressions. The Mac was the easiest to network. The PCs. We had ethernet cards for PCs that worked with DEC but not Novell, and worked with Novell but now Microsft's own server, and you need to understand things like "shims". It was a whole tortuous mess with lots of options. Reading Malone, you could believe it was the other way round. Like the Tao, "Those who know do not speak, those who speak, do not know".
If the Microsoft model really works, you would see it occurring more in nature. For example, we must all be of one race, one physical specimen, otherwise how could we all talk together. ("Everybody must standardise on Windows, otherwise how could we exchange correspondence efficiently").
We all know how God did it. We're all splendidly different from each other - singularly compact and graceful in design. How we're able to communicate is that we agreed upon the interfaces - like the English language (or the Internet protocols) - which is where we agree to keep things non-proprietary. We know what's proprietary. You, me, myself, I.
The Microsoft Way is a topsy turvy world. Where things which didn't work were held together by dictate.
Let these guys, the pundits, say what they want. But they love being influential, so let's not let what they say go un-challenged. Otherwise, it'll lead to a rule by fiat.
It's not that I love Apple. I love it's products, and the way their engineers build stuff, and the way good design seems to be a way of life. But I definitely hate their sales team. And like a good Taoist, I can see the seeds of future destruction strewn in current successes. But so what? Things go round in circles. Do I cheer when Carly Fiorina got thrown out? I much rather worry about my own compay. How anyone can generate so much bile to kick a man when he's down is beyond me.
I'm getting back to building stuff. Zealot or not, you've got to say what you've got to say.
Actually I found another book I'm re-reading now, "The Outsider" by Colin Wilson. I found it among a stack of my old books. Like why do I bother to write all these things? A reviewer of the book says, "(Wilson) defines the outsider as a person that 'sees too deep but can't help it', a person that instinctively feels he doesnt fit in, becomes troubled by that, and sets out on a personal journey of discovering himself and his position in everything else."
When Sim Wong Hoo says that he's on Microsoft's camp because he thinks "Microsoft is so rich, has so much money to pour into the fight that it'll surely win the war" (I paraphrase it but that''s the gist), he's not plugged in to that other parallel universe that people live their lives in - one that is not governed by pure logic and calculation. We'll see just who The Force chooses to be with.


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Rhino Poachers Believed To Be Eaten By Lions At Nature Reserve In South Africa
Athena Chan, Tech Times 06 July 2018, 07:07 am
The human remains found at a nature reserve in South Africa are believed to be those of poachers. Evidently, the alleged poachers walked into the lions' pride in their attempt to kill the reserve's rhinos for their horns.
Early Morning Commotion
At about 4:30 a.m. on July 2, one anti-poaching dog at the Sibuya Game Reserve in South Africa alerted its handler that there might be a problem nearby. At about the same time, the handler heard a commotion coming from the vicinity of the lions and assumed that this was the cause of the dog's disturbance.
However, at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3, field guides alerted the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) of the presence of possible human remains and other items in the lions' vicinity. Upon inspection, the owner of the reserve, Nick Fox, along with the APU, discovered the human remains near the lions' vicinity as well as a backpack with food and water, wire cutters, gloves, an ax, and a high-powered rifle with a silencer among other things. According to Fox, these items serve as evidence that the individuals' likely intention was to kill the reserve's rhinos and take their horns.
"Clearly, the poachers had walked into a pride of six lions and some, if not all, had been killed," said Fox in a statement.
Police and anti-poaching authorities were alerted to the incident, and the lions were darted in order to give way to police investigations. So far, it is not clear how many were killed or if any had escaped, but it is believed that the illegal entry as well as the attack likely occurred some time between Sunday evening and the early hours of Monday.
Further investigations on the deaths are underway.
South Africa's Poaching Problem
In 2017 alone, over a thousand rhinos were illegally killed for the rhino horn trade. Although it was the third year in a row that the illegal rhino killings dropped, the deaths remain to be a major issue, especially in South Africa, where almost 80 percent of the world's rhinos live.
What truly drives the poaching problem is the demand for rhino horn, which, in parts of Asia, is believed to have certain medicinal or drug values from curing cancer to being a club drug. The truth is, there is little to no evidence to back these claims, as rhino horn is mostly made of keratin, which is the same material that is found in hair and nails.
That said, rhinos aren't the only animals to be threatened by poaching. Other animals such as African elephants and big cats are also threatened by the illegal killings and trade. Just last May, a wildlife reserve owner mourned the death of four big cats that were poisoned by poachers. In this case, the owner believes that the poachers attempted to harvest the cats' claws, heads, and teeth, likely to be sold for use in black magic.
Such illegal practices, if not stopped, may push the animals on the brink of extinction, which is why governments, as well as many wildlife organizations, continue to fight poaching and aim to stop the illegal trade for such animal items altogether.
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Soeharto and his family (Soeharto Inc.) has controlled and divided natural resources in Indonesia until now.
Soeharto and his family were the biggest "robbers" in Indonesian history. Transparency International (TI), an international institution that is widely known for its commitment to eradicate corruption, has named former President Soeharto the richest corruptor in the world. Suharto's wealth from the results of corruption reached US $ 15-35 billion. The result of looting for 32 years in power in Indonesia since 1967.
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The RSPCA is appealing for people to come forward after a man was seen attacking a dog in Runcorn yesterday.
Members of the public witnessed the man kick and punch a brindle and white Staffordshire bull terrier in the head numerous times, slamming the dog to the ground and holding him by his neck over a bridge near Brookvale Avenue at around 8.35am.
The man then made his way to Penare and down a pathway towards Redruth Close.
I am very concerned about the dog's welfare and at the moment it is our priority to find out where this dog is. There would have been more people who saw this man and his dog either before the attack, during or afterwards.
Before the attack, the man was in Costcutters in Northwich Road. The dog, which was wearing a red collar, was not on a lead and kept running up to people.
The man is around 5ft 8ins tall, stocky build with short shaven hair and is in his late 20s to mid 30s. He was wearing a blue tracksuit top and grey tracksuit bottoms.
It is so important that we urgently check on the welfare of this dog so if you know who this man is, please contact us in complete confidence on 0300 123 8018.


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Live, Europa League: LASK v. Man United, Olympiacos v. Wolves headlines
By Joe Prince-WrightMar 12, 2020, 1:36 PM EDT
Five of the six UEFA Europa League games will go ahead behind close doors across Europe on Thursday as the Round of 16 first legs, quite remarkably, will take place with Man United and Wolves in action.
[ LIVE: Europa League scores ]
With the coronavirus outbreak impacting much of Europe heavily, special conditions are in place for Europa League games as two have been called off with Inter Milan v. Getafe and Sevilla v. Roma postponed due to travel restrictions between Italy and Spain.
The two Premier League clubs who remain in the Europa League, Man United and Wolves, travel to LASK in Austria and Olympiacos in Greece for their respective first legs but both games will be played in empty stadiums.
Wolves have issued a statement criticizing UEFA after they wanted their game at Olympiacos to be postponed due to Olympiacos' owner Evangelos Marinakis being diagnosed with coronavirus. Olympiacos have since confirmed all of their staff and players have been tested and their tests have come back as negative and the game will be played in an empty stadium in Greece.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Nuno Espirito Santo will see this competition as a great way to secure Champions League qualification given the congested nature of the top four battle in the Premier League and both Man United and Wolves have taken this competition very seriously, albeit with a bit of squad rotation especially in United's case. Both United and Wolves are heavily favored to advance to the Europa League quarterfinals are United are the favorites and Wolves the third favorites (behind Inter Milan) to win the whole thing.
Looking elsewhere there is what looks like a lopsided battle between Bayer Leverkusen and Steven Gerrard's Rangers as the German side continue their uptick in form, while Rangers have struggled in the Scottish Premiership after they knocked out Braga in the last round. Their game at Ibrox is the only one scheduled to have fans in attendance.
Eintracht Frankfurt against Basel will be an intriguing clash, so too will Istanbul Basaksehir v. Copenhagen as the former have the likes of Demba Ba, Martin Skrtel and Gael Clichy in their squad. Wolfsburg v. Shakthar Donetsk also takes place with the German side favorites to advance.
Below is the schedule in full for Thursday's Europa League games, while you can click on the link above to follow all the action live and we will have analysis on Man United and Wolves right here on ProSoccerTalk.
Thursday's UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg schedule
LASK Linz v. Man United – 1:55 p.m. ET
Eintracht Frankfurt v. FC Basel – 1:55 p.m. ET
Istanbul Basaksehir v. Copenhagen – 1:55 p.m. ET
Olympiacos v. Wolves – 4 p.m. ET
Bayer Leverkusen v. Glasgow Rangers – 4 p.m. ET
Wolfsburg v. Shakhtar Donetsk – 4 p.m. ET
Inter Milan v. Getafe – Postponed
Sevilla v. Roma – Postponed


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The first week of the Trump Presidency witnessed the stark abandonment of a century of American international economic policy, but also an acceptance of the inevitability of globalization. President Trump reversed the Obama Administration's denial of a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. This reflected a renewed, classically American embrace of free globalized entrepreneurship over competing labor, environmental or other domestic concerns. At the same time, President Trump flatly rejected the principle of non-discrimination against foreign economic interests and of multilateral legal cooperation, two basic tenets of international economic law. The result is a Trumpian mix of aggressive free trade tempered by flashpoints of protectionism, foreshadowing a redrawing of the international economic architecture.
The Pipeline decision effectively ended a claim before a NAFTA arbitral tribunal brought by TransCanada Corporation, the Pipeline operator, seeking no less than $15BN in damages. TransCanada claimed that it invested heavily in the Pipeline in reasonable reliance on assurances that the Obama Administration would grant the permit. Its ultimate denial of the permit, TransCanada argued, violated international investment law because it was an arbitrary shift in policy, intended to boost the United States credentials ahead of the Paris climate conference, long after the environmental impact of the Pipeline had already been assessed.
President Trump sided with TransCanada's use of international investment as a vehicle to globalize entrepreneurship. This is a view long adhered to by the United States. Chapter 11 of the NAFTA, its "Investment Chapter," is among the thousands of bilateral investment treaties that have come into effect since the early 1990s. The United States and its Western liberal democratic allies had long clamored for internationally guaranteed protection of their business interests in less developed economies. Mexico had led the opposition to international standards, arguing that foreign investors should comply with local laws applied by domestic courts. Those predictably discriminated heavily against foreigners to transfer much-needed resources to the local economy. The concrete impact ranged, at the time, from the legality of measures excluding foreigners from land ownership, requiring that domestic partners or suppliers be included in foreign-held enterprises, limiting access to justice for economic claims, changing government policy to annul benefits previously granted, or nationalizing property that domestic governments believed to have been acquired at overly favorable terms.
NAFTA and its sister bilateral investment treaties were a victory for the West, which had failed to prevail upon the South to enter a multilateral investment treaty. Investment law now squarely banned discrimination against foreign investors and provided for minimum standards of economic protection against adverse government action. Equally importantly, investment law fulfilled a "signal function" that a treaty country was safely open for business and welcomed international investment and free enterprise.
Investment law, however, quickly became the subject of criticism from the Left because, like trade generally, it was used to advocate for free market over regulation. Western business interests often used the international arena to re-litigate lost regulatory battles: Philip Morris sued Australia when that country imposed a "plain packaging" rule depriving the cigarette maker of the right to use its brands (or the Marlboro Man and other logos). Methanex, a Canadian producer of methanol, sued the United States when the State of California banned the use of that gasoline additiveBusinesses challenged environmental, safety, public health, and other regulation that reflected classical left-wing goals. Although arbitral tribunals rarely ruled for the plaintiffs, the lawsuits became flashpoints for critique from the Left of unbridled globalization.
The Left's criticism mirrors its suspicion of globalized entrepreneurship taking front seat over regulation, more than displeasure with a specific case or controversy. President Obama, while a strong advocate of trade and a globalized marketplace, belonged to the more domestically liberal tradition that protected national sovereign regulation to a greater extent. Mr. Trump's Pipeline decision is in line with the alternative view of free trade and investment, which privileges the globalization of entrepreneurship. The Pipeline will create jobs in the United States, which President Trump said motivated his decision from a domestic standpoint, but the real long-term impact of the project is to bind Canada and the United States to an energy partnership managed by a Canadian operator. In the process, environmental, cultural, and other domestic regulatory concerns will be subordinated to the market expansion. That is a classical pro-globalization scenario, of the more market-oriented view, and Trump squarely endorsed it.
On this score, President Trump acted within the parameters of American trade policy, and in fact was truer to the long-standing historical objectives of the United States than President Obama. At the same time, President Trump retreated from a fundamental tenet of American international economic policy: the principle of non-discrimination. During his campaign, most of Mr. Trump's legitimate criticism of the globalized markets involved discriminatory practices against the United States interests. Currency manipulation, for example, distorts pricing in favor of foreign (Chinese) goods. While his arguments were inchoate, if properly translated Mr. Trump's arguments challenged foreign measures that handicapped our ability to access foreign markets, while ours remains wide open under fair and transparent rules. This would be a legitimate trade battle to wage. In order to pry open Chinese markets, we can threaten or even impose retaliatory tariffs. In order to uproot hidden protectionism by our trade partners, such as currency manipulation, we can aggressively assert our economic interests even if it means blocking or taxing imports.
However, Mr. Trump went one significant step further: he is retreating from the principle that the international markets have to be origin-neutral and that governments may not act unilaterally to discriminate against foreign economic interests. This week, in the Pipeline case, he is seeking to discriminate against foreign businesses by making sure that steel and other materials are produced domestically. In his battle with Mexico, he is threatening to unilaterally give preferential treatment to U.S. goods by punishing the Mexican imports with a "border tax." In his pressure on American companies to remain within the United States, he is indiscriminately favoring local jobs. This is done without any consideration of the extent to which compelling an American-based company not to outsource creates net gains greater than the inevitable loss of American export markets, jobs, and affordable consumer prices.


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Toward Independence é um filme-documentário em curta-metragem estadunidense de 1948, produzido pela United States Army. Venceu o Oscar de melhor documentário de curta-metragem na edição de 1949.

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I just want to start by thanking everyone for their continued love and support during this difficult time.
Since July of this year, I have been receiving treatment for severe pain that I was having in my right hip and leg. I have seen several different doctors and specialists, and have had countless scans and tests done, but nobody could figure out what was wrong with me.
Eventually, it was determined that I was having sciatic pain, and I received treatment for that. No matter what I did the pain just kept getting worse.
Over the past few weeks, it's gotten so bad at times that I couldn't walk, and started having to miss work as a result.
On November 22, I was having the worst pain I have ever experienced in my life. I went to the hospital, and they discovered that I had a fractured hip. I was transferred to Abbott, and then transferred to HCMC for surgery. They did an X-ray of my hip and discovered that the reason my hip had been fractured was because I have cancer that was deteriorating the bone.
They decided to do a full hip replacement, which went very well. I am able to walk with very little help!
They did a biopsy on the mass that they removed from my hip, and they also did a scan of my entire body. The results of these tests concluded that I have a glandular cancer which started in my lung and spread to the bone in my hip.
They were able to remove all of the cancer from my hip, and determined that the cancer has not spread anywhere else at this time.
We will be going to see an oncologist tomorrow morning, and will find out more.


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After a few years of working in the bridal industry designing dresses, I knew then a wedding ceremony in certain capacities just didn't fit want I wanted. Although it may seem that I like big productions--- I really don't. When Daniel proposed, I had these grand ideas that I would design my entire bridal parties garments including my own gown. I was already tired just scrolling through Pinterest for inspiration. I really got OVERwhelmed when we began looking for venues. Luckily, we did find a venue we loved that was affordable. However, the elements that were very important to Daniel became a stressful factor to figure out. A blended cultural wedding with food, drinks, y musica was becoming more and more difficult as we continued to plan. SO WE STOPPED!
My parents were married until death did them apart. I took very detailed notes of the way my mother and father navigated through marriage-both the good and the bad. My mom would always preach to me then and now about the importance of communication and understanding. She would say "Always communicate so you'll have an understanding". I took heed. Daniel and I communicate very well and I'm so fortunate for that. During the uber brief planning process, we took a quick road trip to Little Rock for salsa dancing and decided we needed to talk about the life we would build together.
Our life together consists of finding a beautiful and gracious way to blend children and culture together to make sure we have a solid foundation. It's not just about us but the kids as well. We knew we wanted to build a huge house for the kids to enjoy. Travel internationally with children was important to me. Opening new businesses to grow our wealth together as a family was also very important to the both of us. So, we couldn't justify spending 10 to 15k on a ceremony when we hadn't accomplished any of our goals together yet. We at the very least want to purchase a new home together before spending our house down payment on a ceremony.
We would love to share our love and marriage with our close friends and family in a private dinner or cute little summer party. We will do that and maybe celebrate with a ceremony at our one year anniversary AFTER we've achieved some long-term goals together. Starting our marriage on our terms and designing our lives together without outside influence was so inspiring to me. It made me so confident going into doing life with someone who I could be honest with about what I really wanted.