Ticks are repulsive disease carriers and we all hate them; here's what to do.
June is arguably the best month, while ticks are surely one of the worst things ever. Ever. Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis – all caused by ticks. While June brings vacations, hiking and gardening it should also bring tick checks. Oh, the tick check. Not confined only to June. that most glorious of months, but from May through August those scarily ballooning blood suckers are active and looking for their next meal.
Franklin VNA & Hospice has these tips to remind us of some great ways to keep tick- free and also how to get rid of those hematophagic, ectoparasitic arachnids if one finds its evil little tick way onto you or anyone you even remotely like.
First, avoid tick-infested areas such as overgrown grass, brush, and leaf litter and keep your lawn short and leaf-free so they have fewer places to hide.
Then, wear protective clothing (long pants and long sleeves) to keep ticks off skin. This helps decrease your sun exposure also, and you're already wearing your sun block daily, right?
Oh, the tick check! Do daily tick checks on yourself, family members, and pets after being outdoors. Check between toes, all skin creases and on the scalp.
Now, if one of those tiny blood-sucking critters does bite you and is imbedded in the skin, use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible or if none is available use your fingernails. Pull upward with steady, even pressure. You don't want to squeeze them or tear the body off the head. After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water. If you can, trap the tick between some clear tape to keep it from escaping and make identifying it easier.
Last, speak with your doctor or other healthcare provider if you are bitten by a tick or if you notice a large bull's-eye rash anywhere on you. Isn't it good you have that tape-trapped tick to bring with you?
The Department of Health and Human Services has a great website (www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/lyme/index.htm) with more information and tick facts. Because you should keep your friends close, but your enemies closer….


*Note that magic do not work on bosses and enemies with immunity.
Screenshot A single Fire Ball will do 2 HP worth of damage to opponents affected by it. It will travel in a direct line ahead of you until it strikes something. It is possible to fire multiple Fire Balls in a row quite rapidly.
Screenshot A large Fire Ball will shoot out of your staff, splitting into three and heading right, left and center after a little distance. Quite useful for getting rid of enemies that pack or are too quick to hit properly.
Screenshot A Fire Ball streaks into the sky, and a few small fireballs drop down like snowflakes. About ten of them, over 10 seconds. Kind of a time-wasting animation sequence, but it's an okay spell.
Screenshot A large flaming dragon flashes on the screen and deals damage to all enemies on screen.
Screenshot A small spinning scythe spins out from Nasir and gets bigger as it goes along or until it hits something. Quite useful in the dungeon where you first get it, as now you have two elements of magic to work with.
Screenshot Any monsters within the immediate vicinity of Nasir gets pounded with green light that hurts for quite a bit. Useful for killing off weak monsters that horde around you.
Screenshot A big pentagonal thing which is supposed to represent a typhoon spins on the screen, and every enemy on the screen is damaged for a large amount of damage. Very, very powerful, but MP consuming.
Screenshot The ground shakes and damage all enemies (flying enemies also seem to be affected by this).
Screenshot Three waves of water will shoot out in a front center, front left and front right positions. If you use it at close range two or three of the waves may all hit.
Screenshot 8 waves of water will shoot out from the cardinal points plus the points between each cardinal point. If you're surrounded, this is the spell to use.
Screenshot A large column of water will shoot out from underground, damaging all enemies in view. Most useful when there's a lot of enemies surrounding you.
Screenshot A Water Dragon streams around the screen, dealing damage to all enemies on screen.
Screenshot A Thunder Ball flies in a straight line out from Nasir.
Screenshot Three small Thunder Balls fly out and home in on the nearest enemy.
Screenshot Large thunderbolt hits the ground and damages all enemies.
Screenshot A thunder bolt hits the ground, then explodes and damages all enemies on screen.


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Marvel Still Committed To Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, According To Sean Gunn
By Michael Briers @briersytweets 6 months ago
Marvel Studios is still very much committed to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – with or without James Gunn.
That's the latest from Sean Gunn, the man responsible for Kraglin and much of Rocket Raccoon's motion capture performance throughout the Guardians series. Asked straight-up if the third (and perhaps final?) chapter was still in development, Gunn – Sean, not James – took the opportunity to reassure MCU fans that, while his brother currently has his hands full with The Suicide Squad relaunch at Warner Bros., Vol. 3 is coming down the pike.
Via AP:
Well, my brother is doing Suicide Squad 2 right now, which I'm really excited about and I know he's really excited about. I don't know what's going on beyond that. I mean, Guardians 3 is gonna get made. We're gonna make that movie, and we'll figure out what happens there, but you know, everything ends up having a way of working itself out, I think.
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As you'll no doubt recall, Disney and Marvel Studios severed ties with James Gunn in 2018, when a number of gross and insensitive tweets were discovered. The subsequent fallout led to Gunn's removal from Guardians 3 and the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, though there are those who believe the decision was unjust, particularly when you consider the accusations leveled against Bryan Singer, who somehow – almost inexplicably – continues to land plum $10 million gigs despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Regardless, Sean Gunn later touched on the issue of his brother's dismissal:
Things got a little bit crazy for a minute because outrage overwhelmed common sense. We're gonna get there, we're gonna make our movie and we're gonna find our way. Maybe it took a couple of years longer than it was supposed to, but so what.
The search for a replacement director on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 continues unabated, though Marvel Studios is clearly in no rush, given there are bigger fish (see: Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame) to fry.
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NOW UPDATED FOR MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM.
To install, first rename your existing file to eq2_recipe_filter_backup.vdl - this is a good practice any time you make changes.
Any can easily be deleted, renamed, or modified using the standard tools in the Tradeskill window.
EDIT: Version 8.2 - Newly Feathered Quills was renamed Newly Tipped Quills. Added new Perfectly Serious Items to Craft recipes for Bristlebane Day.
EDIT: Version 8.1 - Added an Anchorage recipe I had missed.
EDIT: Version 8.0 - Added recipes for Mischief and Mayhem, including the Anchorage missions.
EDIT: Version 7.2 - Added recipes for Mount Gear.
EDIT: Version 7.0 - Added recipes for the Chaos Descending crafting timeline; T13 recipes; and updated holiday recipes as needed.
EDIT: Version 6.0 - Added recipes for PoP quests and crafting timeline; T12 recipes; new grandmaster and ancient spells, infusers, runes, adorns; Thunderous potions; items made from dropped no-trade rares; and updated holiday recipe as needed.
EDIT: Version 5.0 - Added recipes from Scribbleclaw in Twark, Obulus Frontier. Although it's really not needed, I added a category for Kunark Ascending crafting quest recipes also.
EDIT: Version 4.0 - I've added and corrected spelling on some Far Seas recipes, added the annual updates for Frostfell and Erollisi Day, and added several special categories for crafting in particular zones/levels.
EDIT: Version 3.0 - I've added the recipes from Terror of Thalumbra's tradeskill quests and faction based tradeskill books.
EDIT: Version 2.0 - I've added additional recipes that I'd overlooked, including more Far Seas Mission Recipes and new Holiday Recipes.
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Great List though! I really like it!
These recipes are included (you can verify by right-clicking on the file name and selecting "edit" then searching or scrolling down).
"Recipe: A Sturdy Boiled Apron"
"Recipe: A Sturdy Carbonite Knife"
"Recipe: A Sturdy Ferrite Knife"
Edit: Also just added "Recipe: A Sturdy Ash Mallet" and "Recipe: A Sturdy Lichenclover Root Basket"
"Brewday Accoutrements to Craft VIII"
"Perfectly Serious Items to Craft VI"
"Perfectly Serious Items to Craft VII"
"Perfectly Serious Items to Craft VIII"
"Romantic Gifts to Craft IX"
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Added to "Holiday: Nights of the Dead"
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Apparently the last upload didn't get the newest version. I have corrected this, and the download now definitely has the version with Kunark Ascending stuff in it!
Thanks for updating this. My list was lo9okng pretty bad too so this it terrific!
Here's the thing tho: I can't edit the file and have the changes show in game. I used to always be able to change and add the various new items with no issues. Now, it's just not seeing them. I am baffled as to what could be happening, except that the file is now being read from some other location.
Very frustrating. Any ideas on what I might try?
EDIT: Actually, the news is much worse. I have no other copy of this file on my computer, however the new one keeps being overwritten by an old one I had. I have deleted it before adding yours, etc. but it is still there when I log out. Any idea how this could happen? Is the file somewhere else in the game memory? This is Windows 10, the most recent update.
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I just downloaded this and it seems to still have the old file because none of the new recipes are in the download.


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With: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Georgina Cates, Spike Jonze
Written by: Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, based on a story by Adam Small, Fax Bahr, Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
MPAA Rating: R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use
Bad Grandpa (2013)
Serving of Irving
Unlike the episodic Jackass movies, the new Bad Grandpa -- with Jeff Tremaine at the helm, and with Spike Jonze as a co-writer/co-producer/all around cohort -- has a very loose plot upon which to hang its gross-outs and stunts. It requires the 86 year-old Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville) to reluctantly drive his 8 year-old grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll) from Nebraska to North Carolina, to live with his delinquent dad. Also, they are transporting the corpse of Irving's late wife in the trunk.
Oddly, the movie plays the old Hollywood card in which grandpa comes to love the little tyke and becomes a better person, but only in "Jackass" style (also Bad Santa style), wherein not much is really compromised. Irving learns that he can use the boy in his vain attempts to pick up women. He's not picky, but he prefers the company of African-American women. ("They used to call me Jizzy Gillespie.")
Some of the bits, with unknowing spectators, take place in an all-black male strip joint, a bingo parlor, a funeral, a wedding, and in a biker bar. Fear not: in a couple of slapstick stunts Knoxville is thrown through a window or folded in half.
It's far from genius, or even coherence. However, the best bit comes close to Borat-like satire. It sends up one of those creepy child beauty pageants: Billy, disguised as a girl, does an adult-worthy stripper dance. The shocked, disgusted pageant parents seem ignorant of the very fine line between this and their own prefect children's performances. Coming near the end, this sequence, coupled a few others, send Bad Grandpa (a.k.a. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa) off with a warm, dirty smile.


The Arab-Israeli Cookbook: Docudrama. By Robin Soans. Directed by Clive Chafer. (Through Sun. TheatreFirst, Old Oakland Theatre, 461 Ninth St., Oakland. Also Dec. 1-4 at Traveling Jewish Theatre, 470 Florida St., San Francisco. Two hours, 10 minutes. Tickets: $9-$22. Call (510) 436-5085 or visit www.theatrefirst.com).
The recipes range from the most traditional Middle Eastern fare -- hummus, fattoush, stuffed vine leaves -- to a Thai noodles and veal concoction. The people are even more varied, all Arabs and Jews, to be sure, but the Arabs are Christian and Muslim, devout and secular, and the Jews are every bit as diverse. The actors are as finely tuned and affecting as the recipes are mouthwatering.
That's very good news for TheatreFirst, the intrepid little company performing "The Arab-Israeli Cookbook" at its new Old Oakland Theatre. Robin Soans' docudrama of Arab and Israeli viewpoints is the kind of thing Clive Chafer's company does best: the local premiere of an English drama exploring weighty issues. It's also the group's strongest bid yet to put down roots in Oakland and end its chronic homelessness.
It looks like a potential win-win situation for both the company and downtown Oakland, which could benefit from more such nightlife. The Old Oakland looks like the best fit Chafer has yet found for his intimate brand of theater. A cozy storefront just off Broadway in the Old Oakland district, with plenty of fine dining nearby, it's much more centrally located and accessible than TheatreFirst's home in residency at Mills College last season.
The space is flexible, easily converted for different stage configurations and a hoped-for audience growth from its current 50 seats to a possible 100. That's a definite improvement for a company that had been using only the stage -- for audience seating as well as performance -- in the much larger theaters at Mills and at Berkeley's Julia Morgan Theater. The acoustics and sightlines are fine. If the decor is barebones, the building is attractive enough to invite more creative uses of the lobby.
"Arab-Israeli," TheatreFirst's Old Oakland debut, is also a nod to its peripatetic past. The show played the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center before opening the new theater over the weekend (and moves on to San Francisco's Traveling Jewish Theatre in December). The rest of the season -- the American premieres of Moira Buffini's sexual time-travel "Loveplay" in February and Steve Waters' Rwanda drama "World Music" in April -- will take place in the new theater.
All of which makes it all the more important that "Arab-Israeli" is exceptionally well performed. The material has its own built-in interest, being drawn verbatim from interviews conducted by playwright Soans and the original English directors, Tim Roseman and Rima Brihi, in Israel and the occupied territories in 2003.
Roseman and Brihi, who are Jewish and Arab respectively, had the idea of building a play from interviews with Jews and Arabs. Soans, seeking to avoid as much outright propaganda or didacticism as possible, came up with the approach of centering the interviews on food preparation (an accompanying cook book is available in the lobby). The result gets a little long-winded at times, and can be too predictable in its dramatic structure, but is also often fresh, intense and strikingly immediate.
Partly it's the intriguingly varied cast of characters Soans offers in often cleverly intersecting solo portraits and occasional ensemble scenes. Some figures recur throughout the two acts; others are cameos. Each comes from a distinct part of Israeli life with his or her unique point of view.
Baruch Porras-Hernandez is engagingly thoughtful, conflicted and articulate as Fadi -- one of the anchor characters -- a secular Christian Arab student pursuing simultaneous law and medical degrees and trying not to worry about bus bombings. Jennifer Weil's recurring Nadia, a devout Christian grandmother, prepares a traditional feast with delightfully offhand expertise before turning bitter about the innocent collateral victims of an Israeli army ambush outside her door.
Anne Hallinan's sharply etched Rena, an urbane former New Yorker, segues from general observations to her widowhood and defiance of the intifada. Hallinan is even more touching as Rose, an elderly Christian Arab chafing under her increasing isolation with her husband (an affecting Stephen Steiner) and recalling the outrages of the Israeli siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Under Chafer's smooth direction, each actor plays many roles, Arab and Jewish, in Tammy Berlin's apt costumes. Porras-Hernandez is a delight as half of a gay couple, reveling in the freedoms of Tel Aviv as he prepares a Thai dish with his attentive lover played by Richard Frederick. Frederick is engaging as a dedicated hummus maker and deeply moving as a veteran Israeli bus driver on an oft-bombed route. Ric Prindle is striking as a cafe owner defusing a bomb panic and in other roles.
Every actor has a memorable moment, from Weil's moving and graphic description of surviving a Palestinian terrorist bombing to Sara Razavi's beautifully understated account of getting shot by Israeli soldiers while trying to attend to the wounded, or Sandra Schlechter's intense monologue about being the mother of a martyr. But that's also one of the play's problems. Soans' structure becomes too predictable in its segues from food or social banter to accounts of the ongoing tragedy.
Another drawback is the interview sample. Soans' process seems to have preselected mostly liberals who yearn for Arab-Israeli amity and believe "the enemy is the huge accumulation of hatred that both sides have for each other" -- a laudable but not very representative attitude. Still, the depth and resilience of the portraits offer hope for humanity. And if Chafer could pay more attention to visual values (the set is unusually ugly), the strength of his cast offers hope for TheatreFirst's future in Old Oakland as well.


Lady Gwendolyn Jones Carswell was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida where she attended Elementary, Junior High and High Schools. She is the oldest daughter of four children born to the late David Jones and the late Aresia Mathews Jones.
Lady Carswell holds a B.S. degree from Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida, School of Education, and a M.A. degree from Atlanta University (now Clark-Atlanta University), Atlanta, Georgia, School of Education - Guidance and Counseling.
Lady Carswell, after 28 years of service, retired December 2011 from the City of Atlanta. During her tenure she held the following positions: Watershed Manager of Procurement Services, Management Analyst and Human Resource Analyst, Sr. in the Department of Watershed Management, Assistant Director for the Bureau of General Services, Contracting Officer for the Bureau of Purchasing and Real Estate and Secretary for the Bureau of Motor Transport Services.
Lady Carswell is the recipient of several awards and recognitions, among which are "Sigma of the Year", Eta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.; Scholarship Awardee, Georgia Chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing; and, "Employee of the Year", Bureau of Purchasing and Real Estate.
Lady Carswell serves and holds memberships in the following organizations: Grammateus (Financial Secretary), Chairperson, Past Project Reassurance/Community Service, Chairperson, Miss Rhomania Scholarship Contest, and Past Basileus (President) of Eta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Past Southeast Regional Chaplain, Past Southeast Regional Anti-Grammateus (Recording Secretary), and Past Southeast Regional Nominating Chairperson of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc; Charter Member #36 and Past Historian of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP), and Past Service Unit Director and Troop Leader, Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council.


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Bogner's TV Guide No. 12
Revenge is a dish best served while avoiding doing anything productive. Even though the weather was perfect for floundering about in the water and I had shitloads of work waiting at my desk, I recently decided to neglect both. Instead, I spent about 20 hours (968 minutes in a row, to be precise) of my precious time on a TV show that isn't even all that great. Why? Because this series is the newest member of the shitty-tv-shows-that-you-cannot-stop-watching-club which also includes such honorable (un)favorites as Gossip Girl, Prison Break, Dollhouse, Heroes (except for season 1, which was great), The L Word, Jericho, Spartacus, Desperate Housewives, Flash Forward and many others. The more I think about it, the more I have to admit the list is endless.
Revenge debuted in September 2011 on ABC and was created by Mike Kelly, who has already annoyed us with shows like Jericho and the much more famous The O.C. The plot is laid out pretty quickly: a young woman named Emily Thorne (Emily VanKamp) returns to the place where she spent her childhood (which happens to be the Hamptons) to take revenge on the people who conspired against her father and led to his death. Episode after episode Emily takes out another member of the tight-knit alliance that is dominated by the Grayson family, the most powerful and wealthy residents of the Hamptons. To be honest, it's as much of a cheesy, predictable, stereotype-filled soap opera as it sounds. Still, I was totally addicted to the show, for a couple of reasons:
First there's the setting. These huge stately homes in the Hamptons look better the more you realize you will never, ever enter one of those estates, let alone own one. It's endless beaches, clear blue sky, fancy cars, yachts and so on. Then there's the second reason, which helps a lot to comfort you as being a member of the 99%: every one of these filthy rich people is a fucked-up asshole of one kind or another, and you know it's just going to be a matter of time before they all bite the dust. Then there's the acting, an important part of any TV show you end up watching for hours on end. The performance of most of the cast isn't half bad, but when it comes to Emily herself and her opponent, Victoria Grayson (played by Madleine Stowe) it's damn close to exceptional.
But what's most important, once you've made it through the first few episodes, is that you'll be dying to know what comes next. Not how Revenge is going to end; that's something you won't spend a minute thinking about. As long as people are watching the show and the network earns money, Emily Thorne will continue her crusade but will always remain just shy of succeeding. What's interesting are the little twists the team of probably about ten writers have to come up with, each and every episode. Like any other guilty pleasure show, I wouldn't go as far as recommending it outright, but if you happen to be avoiding work, or heat, or just about anything else, bunker yourself in and press play.
Published August 07, 2012.


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Legacy Skates in the Crossroads aims to unite the city's roller skating community
Isabella Ferrentino
Legacy Skates in the Crossroads/Photo by Samantha Levi
Before the pandemic, there was often tension in skate parks as skateboarders, roller skaters and inline skaters all competed for space.
"The skateboarders didn't like the roller skaters going into the skate park, inline skaters didn't like roller skaters, and roller skaters didn't like the inline skaters," says Legacy Skates co-owner Luke Powell.
Those attitudes changed quickly amid the global pandemic, as roller skating had a resurgence that just kept rolling. The sport's on-trend retro aesthetic has brought skaters from all generations back together. "We're not just seeing people throw away their skates in their garage," Powell says. "We're seeing them go to the rinks, we're seeing them continue to create content for social media, and we're seeing the excitement, the love and that passion."
Legacy, which is a block from Boulevard Brewing in the Westside neighborhood, bills itself as the city's only roller skate shop. It opened in 2019 and found customers who were looking to be correctly fitted for skates—too many were buying online and only discovering that their skates didn't fit properly when it was too late. The base of the business is the local roller derby community.
Inside the shop, you're met with nostalgic bright colors. The atmosphere encompasses an open space to hang out, pick up skates, watch videos and listen to music. "You'll just see people talking about what they're going to do at the skatepark, what new routine they're going to put together at the rink," says Legacy Skates designer Maranda Davies. "We're just seeing such a melting pot here."
However, there's been a new shift in the business. "We are going back to core skating styles, whether it be roller derby, rhythm skaters, skate park skaters or indoor skaters going to the local rinks," Powell says.
The company has had the opportunity to buy a roller rink. "You turn into a rink rat," Powell says. "You've got to go every time the rink opens. It's such a niche community, and once you're in, you start feeding off of other people's love for what you're doing."
The Kansas City community has vastly different rinks and skateparks. "We want you to come back to relive that nostalgia," Powell says. "Embrace it and give it to your child or your friend." Break out those old skates or break in some new ones. Whatever you decide, please skate at your discretion in becoming a rink rat and joining the colony.
Where To Roll: Picks from Luke Powell' and Maranda Davies, on where to roller skate around KC
Winnwood Skate Center
Powell: "Honestly, there is not one bad rink within the KC metro. Each one has its own image along with fantastic features for anyone looking to roller skate. I am going to be slightly biased, but Winnwood is the biggest skating center in the metro, with a beginner rink for the littles or adults looking to practice their moves."
Skate City
Davies: "I personally grew up skating at what used to be Skateland South and is now Skate City Overland Park, so I have a big soft spot for that location. It actually sparked my love for skating. My elementary school had skate parties for us there and that evolved into my friends and I going every Friday and Saturday night."
Pierson Park
Powell: "The best outdoor skatepark for beginners. This is where every beginner park skater gets their feet wet, as it's always clean, easily accessible and very accommodating for all skill levels."


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Arctic Ocean 2018
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Scope of porject
For about one month, the icebreaker Oden will be moored at a large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. Around 40 researchers will work on board to take measurements as well as collect samples and data from both the ocean and the ice as well as the air. The data will help us to better understand the important role of the clouds in the Arctic climate system.
The climate in the Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on earth. One of the clearest effects of warming is shrinking sea ice, especially in late summer. Today's weather forecasts and climate models tend not to work well in the Arctic. Many processes that control the climate cannot be described directly in our climate models, but must be described indirectly. Methods for this have often been developed from measurements from lower latitudes. Since environmental conditions are different in the polar regions, calculations of the Arctic's future climate are more uncertain than for other places on earth. A better understanding of how climate change affects the Arctic, as well as the interaction with the global climate system, is key to making predictions for the future climate.
PSI Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry Contribution to Arctic Ocean 2018 - MOCCHA
We will contribute to the Microbiology-Ocean-Cloud-Coupling in the High Arctic (MOCCHA) project on board, led by Paul Zieger, University of Stockholm, through quantifying the sources of cloud condensation nuclei. See U. of Stockholm project webpage: https://www.aces.su.se/research/projects/microbiology-ocean-cloud-coupling-in-the-high-arctic-moccha/
1. What is the main research question?
- High Arctic fog and low-level clouds are poorly characterized but occur frequently during the summer season. It is unclear which fraction of the aerosol population is activated and what the origin and state of atmospheric processing is of the activated and non-activated particles. The potential sources are: primary particles emitted from the sea surface (in various degrees of atmospheric aging), secondary particles nucleated from oceanic emissions, particles nucleated in free troposphere, or long-range transport (pollution).
- Observations of new particle formation (NPF) in the high Arctic over the open ocean and sea ice are very limited. In addition the chemical constituents that contribute have hardly been observed. This is why the sources of NPF are hitherto unclear. It is also unclear how much these particles grow and potentially contribute to the cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) budget.
2. How does the project contribute to the overall science programme in the expedition Arctic Ocean 2018?
The main objective of MOCCHA (Microbiology-Ocean-Cloud-Coupling in the High Arctic) is to further our understanding of how microbial activity in the ocean modulates the properties of aerosol particles that function as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) or ice nucleating particles (INP). Our focus is on CCN. With the real-time instrumentation we bring, we will investigate which fraction of particles contains chemical constituents that originate from the microbial activity in the ocean. Our measurements will run continuously and hence provide a highly time resolved characterization of the chemical and microphysical state of the aerosol population, i.e. information useful to the entire expedition for the interpretation of the data.
3. In what geographic area would you like to work and why there?
We are interested in the transects as well as in the drift in the sea ice region. Data from the transects will provide the broader context across latitudes with a variable microbial activity along the way. The longer stay in the sea ice region will allow us to thoroughly characterize the aerosol population when it is highly likely that it is influenced strongly by microbial activity. Microbial activity is known to be increased in the sea ice area because of nutrient availability. We are especially interested in the opening of leads, because new particle formation can potentially occur there and respective measurements from a ship-base of such occasions are extremely scarce.
4. What technology or specific methods do you plan to use in the field work?
We will operate our instruments from within the Swiss aerosol container on deck 4. Air will be sampled from a new particle formation inlet mounted on the Swiss container specifically built for this expedition. The new particle formation will be studied with:
- Nitrate Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (CIMS): provides the chemical information of the molecules and ions that form new particles
- Neutral Cluster and Air Ion spectrometer (NAIS); provides information on the size distribution of the smallest particles and ions,
- Particle Size Magnifier (PSM) : provides particle number concentration information down to particles with a diameter of 1 nm.
For the investigation of whether particles activate as cloud droplets or not and which properties are associated with which particle population air will be drawn from the triplet aerosol container (total inlet: all particles, PM 1 inlet: not activated particles, CVI: only activated particles). We will use the following instruments:
- Particle counters behind all inlets for comparability
- Aerodynamic particle sizer (APS): provides information on large particle size distribution, e.g., the contribution of sea spray particles
- An aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS): provides information on the chemical constituents of submicron aerosol, this information provides hints on the sources of particles
- Scanning Particle Size Spectrometer (SMPS): provides the size distribution of particles that are characteristic for certain sources
- Cloud condensation Nuclei Counter (CCNC): provides the particle number that activates as cloud droplet under a given supersaturation
- Trace gas monitor: provides a general characterization of the air mass, e.g., whether polluted conditions are present or not.
- Thermodenuder (TD): The SMPS and CCNC will be operated alternatingly behind the thermodenuder. The TD will remove highly volatile chemical components. The thermograms give information about the chemical composition of particles.
- All instruments (except the gas monitor) will switch behind the various inlets.
5. What are the expected results and the next phase of the project?
a) learn about the significance of new particle formation as a source of CCN, i.e. understanding under which conditions they form and whether they grow to sizes large enough to function as CCN.
b) Quantify the amount of biogenic material contributing to the aerosol mass and number concentration.
c) Constrain the fractional contribution of each particle source to the whole CCN population.
Online blog: https://www.psi.ch/lac/arctic-ocean-blog
Offical webpage: https://polarforskningsportalen.se/en/arctic/expeditions/arctic-ocean-2018
Press release: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/su-cts052818.php
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Denise Verhoeven
e-mail: denise.verhoeven@psi.ch
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Dr. Imad El Haddad
e-mail: imad.el-haddad@psi.ch
Claudia Indlekofer
e-mail: claudia.indlekofer@psi.ch


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Discuss Japan > Back Number > No.40 > Remembering Ooka Makoto The Poet from Mount Fuji
Culture, No.40 Jul. 31, 2017
Remembering Ooka Makoto The Poet from Mount Fuji
YAMAZAKI Masakazu
Yamazaki Masakazu, playwright
I didn't want to come from Mount Fuji," Ooka Makoto once recollected matter-of-factly. But even as he said the words, he didn't look particularly unhappy at the idea. Ooka Makoto was born in Mishima, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture at the base of the Izu Peninsula. In other words, he could see that sacred mountain from his home, and as a baby he was bathed in the water that flowed into the Kakita river from Fuji via underground tributaries. Many people have places of beauty as their hometown, but for a contemporary poet it's no small matter.
From ancient times to the present day, Mount Fuji has held a sacred place in the hearts of Japanese people, something you might describe as "special." For Yamabe Akahito, Katsushika Hokusai, and Lafcadio Hearn among others, Fuji has been an expressive motif that symbolizes Japan itself. And unfortunately, for that reason Fuji has also been used by nationalism. The mountain symbolized the flawless Japanese nation in patriotic popular songs. Popularity and specialness were two sides of the same coin.
OOKA Makoto
Born 1931 in Shizuoka Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. Recognized as a poet since a student. Worked as a reporter in the Foreign News Department of the Yomiuri newspaper, then as a professor at Meiji University and Tokyo University of the Arts. His best known collections of poetry include, "Memory and Present," "Spring. For a Young Girl," "Suifu," "The Dark Dark Night. The Vacuum Cleaner of the Night Comes Closer," "Crouching at the Turn of the Century." His books include, "Ki no Tsurayuki" (winner of the Yomiuri Prize), "The Banquet and the Fox Heart," and "The Japanese of Poetry." Has been active in composing anthologies with poets such as Ishikawa Jun, Ando Tsuguo, and Maruya Saiichi, and renshi linked poems with poets from overseas. From 1967 to 1968 succeeded Yamazaki Masakazu as the writer of Chuokoron's "The Arts Today" column, which were later collected and published as "Thoughts of the Naked Eye." Ooka Makoto passed away April 5, 2017.
On the other hand, contemporary poets (not to mention other modern artists) are dedicated to destroying the special, the popular, the established, and good sense. Of course, Japan has its tradition of haiku and tanka poetry, and compared to other countries there is a strong tendency to maintain rules of subject and form. But perhaps because of that, professional poets aiming to be avant-garde react against those rules even more fiercely. When it comes to form or to content, they break all the established rules. Not a few avant-garde poets put Japanese grammar and vocabulary on the torture rack and stretch it until its screams become their verse. For them, to compose poetry about sacred Mount Fuji would be a near disgrace.
For Ooka Makoto, who was well versed in poetry of all times and places, and shared similar attitudes to avant-garde poets of his time, coming from an area near Mount Fuji was surely something of an inconvenience. But human beings have no choice but to accept reality. In one of his last poetry collections, Kujira no kaiwatai (Conversing like whales), he wrote that "humans carry the mountains and rivers on their backs (as their identity or even destiny)," and that the mountains and rivers he personally carried only happened to be an inexpressible something of "huge, dark, and pure" waters that ran down underground from the mountain.
He wrote "by accident," yet Ooka grew up in a place without fear of authority or opposition to it; an environment that evoked affection and nostalgia. In other words, a lion was brought up like a gentle house cat, but it would be wrong to see that fact lurking deep in the poet's world view. In fact, it was Japanese poetry that should be considered the true hometown of Ooka's soul; that was the huge mountain, the special cultural heritage. It is not too much to say that, for Japanese people, poetry is a special cultural resource, something that links and unites the people at a basic level.
Side by side in the Manyoshu are poems by both emperors and soldiers who came from the farmers class, while poetry contests were an important ceremony in the imperial court. Traces of that remain in the present day New Year's Poetry Reading, at which the emperor reads poems together with ordinary members of the public. This bringing together of the highest authority in the land with ordinary citizens through poetry is surely a beautiful and unique Japanese tradition.
For 1,000 years collections of poems were frequently produced at the behest of the emperor, and history features the names of many professional verse writers recognized as famous poets. Even more surprising than that is the extent to which poetry spread to general society. Almost all samurai left a death poem. What's more, poetry was considered a tool of social communication. Parties for the composition of haiku, renga, and renku were loved equally by aristocrats and by merchants. Notably, at these poetry meetings the barriers between social classes were swept away; it was not unusual to see someone like the aristocrat Sanjonishi Sanetaka sit alongside the poet Sogi, who came from a humble family. Incidentally, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry collection was used as a card game, and is still enjoyed as a kind of competitive game today; it is a tradition that would be hard to imagine in any other country.
Furthermore, poetry wasn't limited to tanka and haiku. It took the form of popular songs and entranced Japanese of all classes. The most famous anecdote is of how the retired emperor Go-Shirakawa was fond of imayo (modern style) poetry. He invited courtesans from Kanzaki to the imperial court, encouraged them to practice reciting poetry until their throats were sore, and ultimately let them compile an imperial anthology of imayo songs known as Ryojin hisho (Songs to Make the Dust Dance on the Beams). Later, during the early medieval period, songs known as kouta became popular, and among them were works of considerable literary merit, such as those collected in the Kaginshu and Ryutatsu-kouta.
Faced with the towering peaks of Japanese poetry, people either bow and retreat, or get ready to become a specialist researcher. And if they have decided to become a specialist, they narrow down their field and produce an account of one writer, or at least decide to closely investigate one short period. Although in various forms, only three people in the post-war period have attempted a history of Japanese literature: Donald Keene, Konishi Jinichi and Maruyama Saiichi.
Here too, Ooka made a unique choice. Of course Ooka wrote well-known books on individual authors such as Ki no Tsurayuki and Sugawara no Michizane, but really the most remarkable thing for me is his "Oriori no uta: Poems for All Seasons" column. This column ran on the front page of the Asahi newspaper and was later collected in a book published by Iwanami Shoten. There were some 7,762 columns in all.
He ignored genre, order of era, and any kind of organization, and used the column to play with poems old and new. One might have expected explaining ancient works and introducing avant-garde poets to the readers of a daily newspaper to be extremely difficult, but he wrote simply and the prose never seemed strained. This labor of love that aimed to make "common sense of Japanese poetry," itself came across as a straightforward person talking common sense.
And all the time, hidden beneath the prose was Ooka's true poetic sensibility, which could sometimes astonish easy-going readers. To give just one example, quoting Maeda Fura's verse, "Yukige-gawa/ meizan kezuru/ hibiki kana (the snow melts into the river/ cuts through the distinctive mountain/ and the sounds," Ooka picks up on the words "and the sounds." These solid words absorb the emphasized expression "cuts through the distinctive mountain" and prevent the verse from becoming frivolous. But how many readers would have been able to follow and match this feeling for words, I wonder?
In fact, the finely honed sensitivity hidden in these words is the key to understanding Ooka's own poetry. As everyone knows, Ooka's poems can be understood at a glance, and there is absolutely no tortured language or complicated expressions. That this was a conscious artistic stance is evident; when he warmly introduced Ozaki Hosai's avant-guard haiku in his Oriori no uta he dropped in the comment, "simple imitation [of Ozaki's haiku style] has to be carefully avoided." As Ooka's collected works of poetry show, however, the easier writing is to understand, the more its composition requires an uncommon talent and a delicate sensitivity towards language.
Then, one day this possessor of an expert sensitivity towards language went beyond the sphere of poetry, and started work on the elucidation of Japanese itself. This was his textbook for first-year elementary school children: Japanese. As the book was written together with Tanikawa Shuntaro, Anno Mitsumasu, and Matsui Tadashi it is hard to know how much is Ooka's own work. Nevertheless, it is clear that the basic principles running through the book, and the way it thinks about Japanese, reflect Ooka's beliefs. The most important aspects of that essentially consist of three distinct themes.
The first is that, while Ooka clearly has a deep love of the Japanese language, he scrupulously avoids any patriotic self-righteousness. He emphasizes how Japanese characters were born in China, how the language feature innumerable imported words, and also how the various other languages of the world are also each loved. The second is how dialects underpin our shared language, how they were appreciated as familiar language speech until recently, and regarding which Ooka gives examples. Lastly and more emphasized than anything else is the physicality of spoken language; Ooka encourages children to enjoy talking with clarity and energy.
Ooka was one of just a few poets who distilled down the language of everyday life and wrote poems that could be read aloud. He was also an international figure who wrote renji linked poems with poets overseas. On reflection, the book features the poet giving his own interpretation of his poems. But in the end, Ooka did not explain Japanese as a sacred mountain, but as a hometown.
Translated from "Ooka Makoto-san wo Tsuito suru: Fujisan wo Kokyo ni motta Shijin (Remembering Ooka Makoto: The Poet from Mount Fuji)," Chuokoron, June 2017, pp. 150-153. (Courtesy of Chuo Koron Shinsha) [June 2017]
Born 1934 in Kyoto Prefecture. Graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters, with a PhD on Aesthetics and Art History. Worked as a professor at Kansai University and Osaka University, and as the president of the University of East Asia. His principal publications include "The Birth of Soft Individualism," "The Truth of History and The Justice of Politics," and "An Attempt at a History of World Civilization." Long interviews with Mikuriya Takashi and Karube Tadashi published as "Changing the Scene. The Scene Changes. Yamazaki Masakazu's Oral History."
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The IJF indicated that "the historic decision will thus allow all nations to display their national insignia and national anthem, including Israel".
At the 2017 tournament, the UAE organizer did not permit Israeli judokas to participate under the Israeli flag and barred the playing of the Israeli national anthem at medal ceremonies.
Confirmation that Israeli athletes will be permitted to participate openly, under their own flag, in the upcoming Abu Dhabi Grand Slam tournament is welcome news.
After Israeli judoka Tal Flicker won a gold medal at last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, it was deeply painful watching him have to mouth the words to the Israeli anthem Hatikva while his hosts insisted on playing the IJF's anthem instead. If another Israeli athlete wins the gold again in Abu Dhabi next month, I am optimistic that the organizers will play the right anthem this time.
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"We are confident the Danish government will take all necessary measures to bring those responsible for these attacks to justice, and we urge them to help secure the local Jewish community against anti-Semitic violence," Lauder said.
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Khloe Kardashian Claps Back at Haters Who Give "Advice"
by Jess Cohen | Mon., May. 28, 2018 8:45 AM
Khloe Kardashian has heard enough "advice" from haters.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star took to Twitter on Sunday to share her thoughts on people who give unwanted advice, telling them to focus on their own lives.
"People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being. People these days are focused so much on someone else's life instead of their own," she began her series of tweets. "They love to give advice but are not living the advice that they are offering. Most of the ones giving advice are in no place to give anything at all. Focus on your own world. I'm sure there's cracks there that need your attention. We all got em."
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People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being. People these days are focused so much on someone else's life instead of their own.
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) May 27, 2018
They love to give advice but are not living the advice that they are offering. Most of the ones giving advice are in no place to give anything at all. Focus on your own world. I'm sure there's cracks there that need your attention. We all got em
Misery loves company… people can't stand for someone else to flourish and be happy. Nowadays people thrive off ones downfall rather than their success. Sadly
She continued, "Misery loves company… people can't stand for someone else to flourish and be happy. Nowadays people thrive off ones downfall rather than their success. Sadly."
Later on in the day, Khloe returned to Twitter to seemingly contemplate a social media break.
"Wild that people assume you're speaking about something and they run with it," she wrote. "Anything and everything gets twisted into something it's completely not. Lord, I'm remembering how much I loved my social media break LOL."
Wild that people assume you're speaking about something and they run with it. Anything and everything gets twisted into something it's completely not. Lord, I'm remembering how much I loved my social media break LOL
Khloe's surely been receiving a lot of comments on social media in the last month, seemingly in regards to boyfriend Tristan Thompson's cheating scandal that surfaced in April, shortly before the birth of their daughter, True Thompson.
Regardless of outside opinions, Khloe has decided to give Tristan "another chance."
"Khloe has given Tristan another chance at their relationship, and is trying to put the pieces back together for the sake of True," one insider told E! News in early May. "Although she is crushed by the scandal, Khloe desperately wants things to work and wants to have a complete family."
Khloe Kardashian Posts Adorable New Photo of ''Mommy's Little Love'' True Thompson
Last week, another source gave us some insight into how Khloe's family feels about Tristan following the scandal.
"It's no secret that the family is not happy with Tristan and that Khloe has forgiven him so quickly," the source told E! News. "Khloe just avoids talking about him and doesn't bring him up. She knows they don't approve and it's extremely uncomfortable to bring anything up."
"Even though behind the scenes she is happy with Tristan and their life, she doesn't want to rub it in or call attention to it with the family. So she just doesn't mention it," the insider continues. "She focuses on True and being a mom. She's living in the moment and taking one day at a time. She loves her sisters and hopes one day everything will work itself out. But for now, she's not going to bring up Tristan and what's going on with them."
Khloe Kardashian Documents Her Postpartum Weight Loss Journey
Instead of letting any social media negativity get to her, Khloe has been focusing a lot of her energy on the gym.
The E! star took to Instagram over the weekend to continue to share her postpartum fitness journey. In a video posted to her Instagram Story, Khloe showed off her stomach while working up a sweat in the gym.
A post shared by Kylie (@kyliejenner) on May 27, 2018 at 10:55am PDT
Khloe's sister and fellow new mom Kylie Jenner also shared a similar mirror post on Instagram Sunday. The Kylie Cosmetics founder can be seen wearing a bra and jeans in the bathroom snap, taken just about four months after she gave birth to baby Stormi Webster.
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A stochastic fluid model for on-demand peer-to-peer streaming services
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Asynchronous multiple source network coding for wireless broadcasting
2011, 1(4): 593-610. doi: 10.3934/naco.2011.1.593
Load distribution performance of super-node based peer-to-peer communication networks: A nonstationary Markov chain approach
Kazuhiko Kuraya 1, , Hiroyuki Masuyama 2, and Shoji Kasahara 2,
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
Received May 2011 Revised August 2011 Published November 2011
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology have become popular in recent years. In P2P-based VoIP networks such as Skype and P2P session initiation protocol (P2PSIP), super nodes are chosen from among all ordinary end-user nodes and handle particular tasks such as the management of user information, call establishment, and traffic relay. Future communication networks based on P2P technology must support a huge number of user nodes. A fundamental analysis of the load distribution in decentralized user-information management is needed to develop efficient and robust communication networks. In this paper, we analyze the performance of the P2P-based dynamic load distribution. In our analytical model, new nodes join the network according to a nonstationary Poisson process, and the stochastic behavior of the number of online nodes is analyzed approximately with an M($t$)/M/$\infty$ queue. We focus on two performance measures that significantly affect the quality of service (QoS) provided to the users: the churn rate and the load of super nodes. Numerical examples show that the performance of the P2P-based VoIP networks is sensitive to the sojourn time of super nodes and the maximum number of nodes managed by a super node.
Keywords: nonstationary queue, VoIP., nonstationary Poisson process, Decentralized user information management system, nonstationary Markov chain, online node process, QoS, P2P.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 68M20; Secondary: 60K25, 68M2.
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Home » Makeup » Are Makeup Dupes Legal to Buy?
Are Makeup Dupes Legal to Buy?
Designer makeup brands are pricey, and the budget-conscious makeup enthusiasts among us might find it tempting to reach for the increasingly popular dupes sold by drugstore makeup brands. But we have all heard the saying, "If it feels like a steal, it probably is." So, are popular makeup dupes really legal to buy?
Makeup duplicates, or "dupes," produced by low-end makeup brands are legal to buy. This is because dupes are not exact copies of the designer product, and therefore are not a violation of the designer's intellectual rights.
On the other hand, counterfeit makeup is produced in identical packaging. It fraudulently uses the original designer's branding, which violates its trademark—making it illegal to purchase them knowingly. That said, there might be a few ethical concerns when it comes to buying makeup dupes, specifically.
Makeup "dupes" are imitations of high-end designer makeup products produced by lower-cost, drugstore makeup brands.
It is totally legal to buy makeup dupes. This is because dupes are not in direct violation of intellectual property rights. As long as the dupe is different enough to be distinguished from the original designer product, it is not considered a copy and therefore escapes the legal reaches of trademark or copyright protections.
Dupes are meant to give off the same vibe as the "real thing" without the high-end price tag. They also tend to be a lower-quality product, meaning consumers sacrifice a certain amount of wear longevity and color purity when they buy dupes over the actual designer product. But for budget-conscious makeup connoisseurs, this is a trade-off they are willing to make.
The important thing is that dupes are still regulated by the FDA and are generally safe to use because they still come from reputable, albeit lower-end, brands that also produce makeup of their own.
Makeup Dupes in the Court of Law
As it stands, dupes are currently not considered illegal because they do not violate the intellectual property rights meant to protect artists and designers, but is this argument on solid ground? Let's take a look.
There are actually four types of intellectual property rights:
Patents: In the makeup industry, patents protect the formula of the physical makeup, as in what it's made of.
Trademarks: This applies to the makeup branding and includes packaging, logos, brand names, etc.
Trade Secrets: In makeup, this most often applies to the specific combination of chemicals used to create a scented product.
Copyright: This protects design aspects of a makeup product, such as the specific colors included in a pallet and how they are arranged.
When it comes to dupes, they are usually safe from allegations of patent, trademark, or trade secret violations because they use their own formulas and branding and often will exclude certain product characteristics that trade secrets might protect. So, it all comes down to copyright law.
Copyright Law for Makeup Dupes
Keep in mind copyright law applies to the visual markers that would identify a makeup product. More often than not, drugstore brands' makeup dupes make it pretty obvious who they took their inspiration from. The colors included in a dupe pallet will very nearly match the colors of the original. They just might be arranged slightly differently, and that's really all it takes to save the dupe from copyright infringement. This is known in legal terms as "fair use."
When it comes to court cases involving copyright issues, the burden of proof falls on the designers, who have to prove that the dupe can easily be visually mistaken for their product. If they cannot prove this, the dupe will win the court case.
This was enabled by the Supreme Court's decision in the KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc. court case, which stated that the defendant (in this case, the duper) is not obligated to dispel confusion about their product. Basically, this means that the duper cannot be held responsible if an ill-informed consumer mistakes the dupe for the "real thing."
The legality of dupes is decided by changing the tone of lipstick by one shade or shifting the blue eyeshadow over two spaces in a pallet. Where it is not for those small changes, dupes would violate copyright law. It's a fine legal line, to say the least, and many makeup designers are still upset about it.
Makeup Dupes in the Court of Opinion
Given the shaky legal ground of makeup dupes, many makeup devotees will boycott dupes to support their favorite designers and high-end brands. There is something to be said for "encouraging originality," as one fashion blogger calls their followers to do by saving up to financially support their favorite makeup designers via product purchases.
Others have no problem with buying dupes. The supporters of dupes believe it occurs in the fashion industry all the time, from fast-fashion dupes of runway hits to dupes of popular high-end skincare products.
Even some makeup artists vocally support purchasing lower-cost dupes, stating that some high-end products might not be available to them either due to cost or even regional availability.
There is something Robin Hood-esque about makeup dupes, and the CEOs of cosmetic companies that regularly engage in duping know it. Adam Minto, the CEO of Makeup Revolution (MUR) (a brand that is well-known for its dupes), made this exact point in defense of his brand, saying, "makeup should not be elitist, shouldn't be based on your ability or your willingness to pay more."
The Difference between Dupes and Counterfeits
Just to make sure we are being crystal clear, there is a difference between makeup dupes and makeup counterfeits.
While dupes are inspired by designer products and are often near approximations of the original, they never claim to be the "real thing."
Counterfeits are bootlegged copies of the original product that actively claim to be the "real thing."
Counterfeits directly violate the intellectual property rights of the original designer because they copped trademarked branding. This means they are not only illegal to produce, but they are also illegal to buy knowingly.
If consumers are aware that they are purchasing counterfeits, they could be prosecuted by the US Customs and Border Protection agency. However, because most makeup fakes are designed to look exactly like the real thing on the outside, most consumers can play dumb and escape legal consequences.
The Dangers of Counterfeit Makeup
Counterfeits are produced illegally by unregulated cosmetic companies, usually operated outside the United States. They are not regulated by the FDA and often contain dangerous ingredients that can cause all kinds of nasty side effects, from eczema to eye infections.
One study tested a counterfeit Jacklyn Hill eyeshadow pallet and discovered that the fake contained elevated lead levels, exceeding the FDA upper limit of 10 parts per million. This same study found that counterfeit Mac Lipsticks also contained unsafe levels of lead.
Furthermore, according to the US Customs and Border Protection agency, purchasing counterfeit makeup can support other criminal activities such as money laundering, drug trafficking, and illegal gun sales. And if that wasn't already enough of a moral conundrum, most counterfeit items manufactured aboard exacerbate unethical work conditions by promoting sweatshops, child labor, and even terrorism.
The moral of this story is, don't buy counterfeit makeup. It's both illegal and dangerous.
Are Makeup Dupes Ethical to Buy?
Hopefully, we have made it very clear that there are significant ethical problems associated with buying counterfeit makeup, but is it ethically okay to buy makeup dupes just because it's legal?
That is a more complex question that has sparked debate in both the court of law and the court of opinion. But, it essentially boils down to how much economic credit we want to give the original makeup designers for their innovations.
It is totally legal to buy the drugstore dupe of your favorite eyeshadow pallet. In doing so, you're only hurting the wallet of the designer who worked hard on the original, but let's face it, their wallets are probably already bigger than most of ours.
There is obviously hot debate surrounding the ethics of dupes. With their legality hanging by a copyrighted thread, it could easily become a matter of the legal past. All it would take is one court decision to redefine the legal president of "fair use," and dupes could find themselves in hotter legal waters.
Just watch out for the illegal, dangerous counterfeits, and you'll be golden.


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Q: Find day of week of any year, plusYears() function Not Working I've done a bit of searching and either haven't found an example that fits, or perhaps I just can't quite grasp some of concepts yet.
I'm trying to write a function that lets the user input a date (from a form) and return every year where the date falls on a Friday over the next 50 years. I'm sure there are several things wrong with my initial approach, but my primary concern is the .plusYears() function is not working. Thanks for any feedback!

<form>
  <input type="date" placeholder="dd:mm:yy" id="input" />
  <input type="button" value="weekday" onclick="date()" />
</form>

EDIT:
function date() {
  var input = document.getElementById("input").value;
  var date = new Date(input);
  for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
    var y = 1;
    date = new Date(date.getFullYear() + y, date.getMonth(), date.getDate());
    if(date.getDay() == 5){
      console.log("friday" + date);
    }
    else{
      console.log("other day");
    }
  }
}

Unsure why the console is displaying the date prior to whichever the user inputs.

A: plusYear()? where did you get this function from?
try something like
date.setFullYear(date.getFullyear() + i);

should work.

A: Yes, plusYears isn't a function on Date. I use the method recommended in this question to construct a new date (date = new Date(date.getFullYear() + i, date.getMonth(), date.getDate())). Also, Friday is day 5 (not day 6). See inline comments below:

<form>
  <input type="date" placeholder="dd:mm:yy" id="input" />
  <input type="button" value="weekday" onclick="date()" />
</form>

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