HAVERFORD, Pa., Nov. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In a class action lawsuit pending in federal court against IAC/InteractiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC), a media and Internet company, and its operating business, HomeAdvisor (formerly ServiceMagic), Chimicles & Tikellis LLP filed an Amended Complaint on November 14, 2016 on behalf of tens of thousands of home service professionals nationwide, comprised primarily of small to mid-size home contractors. The Amended Complaint, filed in AirQuip, Inc, et al. v. HomeAdvisor, Inc, IAC/InteractiveCorp, et al, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-01849 (U.S.D.C. District of Colorado), by three home service professionals based in New York, Florida and Indiana, charges IAC and HomeAdvisor with violations of RICO - the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – and state law claims, and seeks monetary and injunctive relief on behalf of the home service professionals.
The Amended Complaint alleges how IAC and HomeAdvisor charge home service professionals (and often automatically debit from their bank accounts) hundreds of thousands of dollars for business leads, sight unseen, that are purportedly qualified new business opportunities from targeted, serious, qualified and project-ready homeowners who are seeking the services of home service professionals. Based on a months' long investigation by Plaintiffs' Counsel, including interviewing former employees, home service professionals and homeowners from around the country, the Amended Complaint details how IAC and HomeAdvisor hard-sell the service to unsuspecting home service professionals so as to charge them for thousands of leads that are actually illusory and the product of a systemically defective process that is incapable of producing project-ready and quality leads.
The Amended Complaint alleges that leads are generated through third-parties, including from sweepstake entries premised on free giveaways, and the home service professionals are then charged for the leads, notwithstanding that IAC and HomeAdvisor have not vetted nor taken any measure to ensure that the "leads" are of the necessary nature and quality to constitute a qualified lead. Consequently, Plaintiffs' Counsel's investigation uncovered, as detailed in the Amended Complaint, that the home service professionals are charged for leads comprised of: persons not interested in the offered services; wrong or disconnected phone numbers; wrong contact information; persons who are not homeowners; persons who never even heard of HomeAdvisor; projects that were completed months or years prior; contacts for homes that were listed for sale; contacts for vacant or non-existent residences; and leads sent to a number of home service professionals far in excess of the number represented by HomeAdvisor.
Such conduct on the part of IAC and HomeAdvisor, as detailed in the Amended Complaint, is uniform and systemic, and appears to be motivated by the objective to materially pump up revenues and report "record" growth at HomeAdvisor so as to position it as the next IAC spin-off. As the Amended Complaint alleges, "Such purported growth however, has been built on a fraudulent business model, and has been achieved at the expense, livelihoods and on the backs of the Home Service Professionals." The Action seeks to bring an end to this conduct.
A copy of the Amended Complaint is available at www.chimicles.com. If you are or were a HomeAdvisor home service professional and are interested in discussing your legal rights, and/or you have information relating to this Action and the claims asserted therein, please contact Plaintiffs' counsel Nicholas E. Chimicles, Kimberly Donaldson Smith or Stephanie E. Saunders toll free at 1-888-805-7848 or via e-mail at KMD@chimicles.com or SES@chimicles.com.
For over 30 years, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP has pursued hundreds of securities, consumer and shareholder rights cases and recovered billions of dollars for its clients. The firm is nationally recognized, and its litigators hold many professional honors and distinctions. .


Topic title explains itself. Something like showing your desk.
I know that the HUD can look different, so I picked CTF to take a picture because I play that the most. I also picked the flag and Shield to show their place in the HUD. The weapons panel only fades in if I switch/pick up a weapon.
I hope some people post it.
But You are right. Its better to have everything in the perfect order.
I always wondered why Justin plays so good.
Very nice Justin, and btw, did I send the right demo? And could you open it at all?
MINE IZ MOAR KEWLER THAN URZ!1!!!!1!one!! This one is loosely inspired by the one used in the original Unreal and it's expansion pack.
(09-20-2011, 10:54 AM)[CCC]KINGSHOT[CCC] Wrote: I always wondered why Justin plays so good.
(09-20-2011, 10:59 AM)Mepper Wrote: Very nice Justin, and btw, did I send the right demo? And could you open it at all?
What does it mean if omploader says to you: "You're a trad."?
Except that I am a trad.
And what should I do to make it work again?
But can't I just put it as an atachement to a mail and just mail it?
I drew my hud on my laptop's screen with a permanent marker. And I can't make a screenshot of that. Sorry.
I did something similar with my television.
I play Playstation games sometimes. In some games you haven't got a crosshair with the sniper (you have to zoom) so I drew a black point in the middle of the screen. That helps a lot to do epic unscope kills.
I heard that it helps to stick some paper to mark the diameter of the circle given to you by the King in one level of Katamari 1.
Also does anybody use hide weapon? If so, what setup do you use to know what weapon your using?
It should also be noted that I play with a Cyber Snipa keypad that has all ten numbers in easy striking distance.
And, well, addressing question of hiding weapons... isn't your own memory enough to hold the weapon you chose in it?
That, of course, if you already know your binds and weapons of the game, and if you don't, it's better to first get acquainted with these.
Also there are weapon specific cross-hairs you could use.
i'm a left-handed, but no major modifications.
Talking about binds, I have now a new bind setup. Optimised for duels of course.
Rest is just the default keys.
MIDDLE MOUSE (press) - electro!
this hotkey for the win!
I don't use separate keys for each single weapon.


So in short: the best way to learn UI design is to realize that the "design" in "UI design" is a byproduct of doing all the hard IA / UX work beforehand and then "dressing" your carefully-crafted concept so that it serves it's purpose best and provides a memorable and lasting user-experience. That you'll learn a ton after each of your projects.
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本文是[Spring MVC Testing](@/posts/2016-04-09-spring-mvc-testing-content.md)集成测试系列的第1篇,原文链接:[Integration Testing of Spring MVC Applications: Write Clean Assertions with JsonPath](http://www.petrikainulainen.net/programming/spring-framework/integration-testing-of-spring-mvc-applications-write-clean-assertions-with-jsonpath/)。

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AEMC flags plan to lower costs, improve efficiency of demand response
Energy consumer advocates note "welcome changes" in draft determination proposing "enhancements" to emergency demand response mechanism.
Sophie Vorrath Posted on 7 February 2019 5 March 2019 0 Comments
Australia's energy market rule maker has acknowledged the vital and growing role demand response has to play in the smooth running of the national grid, but says it is also vital to lower costs and clarify the role of the emergency supply service.
In a draft determination published on Thursday, the Australian Energy Market Commission recommended a "range of enhancements" to the reliability and emergency reserve trader (RERT) mechanism – a safety net used by AEMO to procure 'out of market' generation or demand response at times of peak power demand and shortages of supply.
The draft ruling – which also pushes out the date for a final determination to May* – acknowledges the importance of demand response as a tool for the grid operator, but says changes need to be made to lower procurement costs and improve transparency.
In a statement released alongside the ruling, the AEMC outlines a number of these enhancements, including the improvement of incentives for demand response, including via retailers encouraging customers to reduce energy use during heatwaves.
It also proposes "encouraging a lower-cost competitive market response," by only letting providers enter into contracts for emergency reserves if they have not been in the market for the past 12 months, and thus preventing the development of a 'RERT-only market.'
AEMC says rule changes would also clarify the conditions of when the RERT can be triggered, as "when AEMO forecasts a breach of the reliability standard which requires enough generation to service 99.998% of consumer demand." And they would increase the lead time to buy reserves from nine to 12 months.
"With a longer lead time, AEMO can get better deals from a larger pool of providers, including demand response providers. This would ultimately lead to lower costs for consumers," the ruling says.
The AEMC draft document also proposes providing a price guide for emergency reserves, noting that "price should typically be less than the cost of load shedding."
And it says that it would have AEMO provide regular updates on how the RERT is procured and how much emergency reserves cost, to increase transparency and awareness of options in case of emergency.
As the AEMC ruling notes, the very nature of the RERT as an expensive, last-ditch emergency measure – through which AEMO can direct network businesses to interrupt supply to some customers to help avoid a system-wide blackout – means it has been used on "only a few occasions" in the last decade.
One of those occasions, however, was just last month in Victoria, when extended heatwave conditions and significant coal plant failures meant that the state experienced a shortage of supply even with emergency reserves.
AEMC chair John Pierce said in a statement that emergency reserves were "just that – for emergencies."
"Price signals through the spot and contract markets, along with forecasts and notices from AEMO, give the market incentives and information to supply longer-term generation and demand response when and where it is needed," he said.
"Emergency reserves are more expensive, which is why we need to keep them to a minimum. That's why we also need a well-functioning market with clear price signals and information, backed up by policy certainty from governments, with tools like the retailer reliability obligation which is being developed by the Energy Security Board right now.
"Today's draft rule is designed to minimise the cost of emergency reserves. It also directly links the level of strategic reserves to the reliability standard, which is set by an independent panel of experts including large energy users, consumer groups and industry," Pierce said.
Consumer advocate group the Energy Users Association of Australia said in a statement on Thursday that its initial review of the draft rule indicated some welcome changes, including increased transparency, and methods to recover RERT costs.
It also noted the "important reference to the Retailer Reliability Obligation" – which if approved by COAG could be in place as early as mid-year – as an important mechanism to ensure the market efficiently meets the Reliability Standard without the need to call on RERT.
"Importantly, the draft determination proposes more flexibility be given to AEMO in how it forecasts RERT requirements which takes into account ongoing changes in the generation mix to more intermittent renewables," said EUAA CEO Andrew Richards.
"The best outcome for our electricity market and consumers is that it operates efficiently, utilising a range of tools to incentivise both supply and demand response so that we rarely require the use of the RERT," he said.
Mark Byrne, energy market advocate from Total Environment Centre, said the draft determination, and the delay of the final ruling, showed the AEMO were determined to introduce a substantial reform.
Byrne – who co-authored this piece on the potential for demand response in the wholesale market, with Craig Memery – said the AEMC needed time to work through some of the technical details to make it work.
Submissions on the AEMC's RERT draft determination are due by 21 March 2019.
*CORRECTION: The AEMC's final determination on the RERT is due to be delivered in May of this year. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that this date had been pushed out to November.
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1. Thaw dough in refrigerator 12 hours; cover and bring to room temperature (about 1 hour).
2. Preheat oven to 350°F. While oven is heating, combine 1 tablespoon Madhava Coconut Sugar and cinnamon.
3. Roll dough into a 16 x 12-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface; coat with cooking spray, and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.
4. Coat dough again with cooking spray. Roll dough tightly, starting with short end, pressing to eliminate air pockets; pinch seam and ends to seal. Cut dough crosswise into 12 (1-inch-thick) slices.
5. Place Madhava Organic Honey in a small microwave-safe bowl; heat at high 20 seconds. Pour honey into a 9-inch round cake pan, tilting pan so honey covers bottom; sprinkle with remaining Organic Coconut Sugar and pecans. Place rolls in pan.
6. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Remove rolls from oven and flip on to serving platter immediately; cool 5 minutes.


Prepares a SQL statement for execution, returning a function which can be called with parameters to execute the statement, returning no result.
Implemented since Saxon 9.9. Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. Not available on the .NET platform.
The function prepares a SQL statement for execution. The statement will typically be one that does not return a result, but which uses question marks as place-holders for parameters, for example INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (?, ?, ?). A call on sql:prepared-statement returns a function which can be called with parameters to execute the statement.
The arity of the returned function (the "invocation function") is equal to the number of question-marks appearing in the source statement.
The invocation function expects the supplied arguments to be atomic values. The data types of the arguments should correspond to the types of the values expected by the SQL statement: for example, xs:string for a VARCHAR column, xs:decimal for a SQL decimal, and so on.
The invocation function always returns an empty sequence, though to avoid over-aggressive optimization, it is declared as returning item()?. Because the invocation function is called for its side-effects, it is recommended to call it in the action expression of a saxon:do instruction.


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Women's Jr AHF Cup
Bangladesh lose to Singapore
Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:00, Sep 10,2019
Bangladesh women's hockey team began their Women's Junior AHF Cup 2019 campaign with a 0-3 defeat against hosts Singapore at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium on Monday.
Bangladesh, who are taking part at any girl's hockey international event for the first time, kept their post intact up to the second quarter before conceding the first goal in the 40th minute when Johana Hajaratih scored a field goal for Singapore.
SIM Valerie scored a brace in the fourth and final quarter with a penalty corner and a field goal in the 45th and 58th minutes respectively.
In their remaining matches of the six-nation meet, Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka on September 10 before facing Hong Kong, Uzbekistan and Chinese Taipei on September 11, 13 and 15 respectively.
The top two teams of the competition will qualify for the Women's Junior Asia Cup in October 2020 in Japan and will join China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, who have already qualified directly based on their results in the Women's Junior Asia Cup 2015.
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When I saw the Daring Baker's challenge for this month, I couldn't help marvelling at the irony of life. You see, in September, I developed an obsession to make the perfect French macaron. It wasn't an over night fixation. It developed slowly after drooling over many many perfect creations from accomplished food-bloggers like Helen of Tartelette, Aran of Cannelle et Vanille and Julia of Melanger. And, ofcourse my own repetitive failed attempts (my woe-filled post on that here) at recreating that magical bite of French pastry elitism, only fuelled that craze.
You know the other irony, for all my compulsion with this petit-four, I tasted it for the first time in the US. Not Paris, where, we visited a couple of years ago and stayed just a stone's throw away from the infamous Laduree where the current french sandwich macaron originated. In fact, I did not know of their existence then. It was all about foie gras, genuine baguettes and custard creams that trip.
I started my fourth attempt with great trepidation. I had not prayed for something as much since my B-school admission! I only had a week to go before the post was due. I had read a looot of material on all the blogs I adore about everything that could go (and had gone) wrong and I tried to prepare for it as much as I could.
I scaled down the recipe to just one egg white because, as I was telling Deeba of Passionate about Baking (who, btw, fuelled my desire with her pistachio cream filled chocolate macaron), the disappointment is just exponential with a larger batch. Yes, I was trying to brace myself as much as I could.
As I piped out the little rounds, I dared not to hope, because they all looked good at this point. The test was the first minute in the oven. After an hour of drying, I popped them in and stood there looking through the oven glass, not daring to breathe. Honest to God, I am sure I set the record for the longest time one can hold your breath!
They seemed to be fine; with healthy looking 'feet' and shapely heads. I breathed. I still stood there for five more minutes, just to make sure that it was actually happening (and I was not just dreaming my eternal hopes). Couple of minutes more and they were ready to be taken out. YES!! There wasn't a single crack. The next test for me was to remove them in one piece. This part had been giving me a lot of trouble. But, it was my day and my turn to be happy with a lovely batch of Cardamom Macarons.
Humidity is the biggest enemy. I dried everything out. The egg whites need to be aged and should be dried out at room temperature covered with plastic wrap for the 24 hours before making macarons.
I made my almond flour by grinding the almonds with the powdered sugar. Then, I dried it out by placing it in a bowl inside an off oven for atleast an hour, to remove any moisture that may have been there.
The meringue is ready when it holds stiff, glossy peaks and does not fall out when you hold it upside down.
Do not overmix the tant pour tant (almond-sugar mixture) into the meringue. It's done, when the dry is incorporated into the wet. If you over mix, the batter will be too runny and the macarons will want to socialise with each other when you pipe them.
Rap the baking sheet hard on the counter (use your strength, great stress reliever!) after piping out the macarons. This will remove any air bubbles and help keep the heads intact while baking.
I left the piped macarons out for an hour or two to create a crust. This again is part of the removing moisture process and ensures that the heads don't crack while baking.
Oven temperatures for baking macarons vary by recipe from 285 degrees to 375 degrees. This, honestly, can be figured out only by trial. Start at the lower end and keep going higher. 375 worked best for me.
Keep an eye on the buggers. The timing in the recipe is indicative. They brown easily once done.
Use a Silpat. It will be one of the best purchases you make. It makes sliding off the macarons (or anything else for that matter) so easy because nothing sticks to it. And, that was my secret to a clean break from sheet to rack!
Beat the egg whites in the clean dry bowl until they hold soft peaks. Slowly add the granulated sugar and beat until the mixture holds stiff glossy peaks. You are basically making meringue (refer pointer #3 above).
Add the cardamom to the almond mixture and fold in to the meringue in three parts. Mix just enough each time to incorporate. If you are planning on adding zest or other flavorings to the batter, now is the time.
Pipe inch-sized (2.5 cm) mounds of batter onto baking sheets lined with nonstick liners (or parchment paper). Rap the sheet hard on the counter to release any air bubbles. Rest at room temperature for an hour or more until a crust develops over the rounds.
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Bake the macaroon for 5 minutes. Then turn around the pan and bake for another 2-3 minutes until lightly colored. Slide off the macarons to a rack. Let them cool completely before filling.
Meanwhile, microwave, the ganache ingredients together in 30 second intervals till the chocolate has melted into the cream. Bring to room temperature.
Please visit Daring Kitchen to see more spectacular creations from inspired and truly daring bakers!


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Intellectual Property Keyed to Merges
There are no principal cases in Chapter 1 of this casebook
Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. v. Sed Non Olet Denarius, Ltd. 817 F. Supp. 1103 (S.D.N.Y. 1993).
Dawn Donut Company, Inc. v. Hart's Food Stores, Inc 267 F.2d 358 (2d Cir. 1959)
KP Permanent Make-up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc 543 U.S. 111 (2004)
Mattel, Inc. MCA Records 296 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2002).
Lindy Pen Company, Inc. v. Big Pen Corporation 982 F.2d 1400 (9th Cir. 1993)
Big O Tire Dealers, Inc. v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 561 F.2d 1365 (10th Cir. 1977)
Zazu Designs v. L'Oreal, S.A. 979 F.2d 499 (7th Cir. 1992)
In re Nantucket, Inc C.C.P.A., 677 F.2d 95 (1982)
Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park and Fly, Inc 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc n. 562 F.3d 123 (2d Cir. 2009)
AMF, Inc. v. Sleekcraft Boats 599 F.2d 341 (9th Cir. 1979)
Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. Haute Diggity Dog, LLC 507 F.3d 252 (4th Cir. 2007)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Doughney 263 F.3d 359 (4th Cir. 2001)
Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., Inc. 514 U.S. 159 (1995)
Zatarain's, Inc. v. Oak Grove Smokehouse, Inc 698 F.2d 786 (5th Cir. 1983)
Lamparello v. Falwell 420 F.3d 309 (4th Cir. 2005)
The Murphy Door Bed Co., Inc. v. Interior Sleep Systems, Inc. 874 F.2d 95 (2d Cir. 1989)
Tiffany Inc. v. eBay Inc 600 F.3d 93 (2d Cir. 2010)
Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc. 505 U.S. 763 (1992)
Johnson & Johnson * Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. 960 F.2d 294 (2d. Cir. 1992)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc. 529 U.S. 205 (2000)
TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc. 532 U.S. 23 (2001)
State Intellectual Property Law and Federal Preemption
Intellectual Property > Intellectual Property Keyed to Merges > Trademark Law
Lamparello v. Falwell
Citation. Lamparello v. Falwell, 420 F.3d 309, 76 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1024 (4th Cir. Va. Aug. 24, 2005)
CitationLamparello v. Falwell, 420 F.3d 309, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 18156, 76 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1024 (4th Cir. Va. Aug. 24, 2005)
Brief Fact Summary. Lamparello (Plaintiff) argued that his gripe website, www.fallwell.com, aimed at criticizing the views of Reverend Jerry Falwell (Reverend Falwell) (Defendant), an outspoken, nationally known minister, did not infringe on Defendant's trademarks; did not constitute false designation of origin; and did not constitute illegal cybersquatting.
Synopsis of Rule of Law. (1) A gripe website, the domain name of which contains an almost identical spelling of a trademark owned by the target of the site's criticism, does not infringe the owner's trademark or cause false designation of origin where there is no likelihood of confusion that the site is sponsored by the trademark owner.
(2) Under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999, the use of a trademark in a domain name for a gripe site criticizing the markholder does not constitute cybersquatting where the use is not for profit and the site's operator does not engage in selling domain names.
The factors to be considered in determining likelihood of confusion are: (1) the strength or distinctiveness of the mark; (2) the similarity of the two marks; (3) the similarity of the goods or services the marks identify; (4) the similarity of the facilities the two parties use in their businesses; (5) the similarity of the advertising used by the two parties; (6) the defendant's intent; and (7) actual confusion.
Facts. Reverend Jerry Falwell (Reverend Falwell) (Defendant) is a nationally known and outspoken minister who actively comments on politics and public affairs. He holds the common law trademarks "Jerry Falwell†and "Falwell,†and the registered trademark "Listen America with Jerry Falwell.â€Â Jerry Falwell Ministries can be found online at www.falwell.com, a website that receives 9,000 hits a day. After hearing Reverend Falwell's (Defendant) views on homosexuality, Lamparello (Plaintiff) registered the domain name to respond to what he believed where "untruths about gay people.â€Â The homepage prominently indicated that the website was not affiliated with Defendant or his ministry and provided a link to Defendant's site for those who wished to visit that site. Plaintiff's site received about 200 hits per day, and no goods or services were sold on it. Defendant sent Plaintiff cease and desist letters to stop using www.fallwell.com or any variation of Defendant's name as a domain name. Ultimately, Plaintiff filed an action against Defendant seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement. Defendant counter-claimed, alleging trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114 (2000), false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1126 and state common law and cybersquatting under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d). The district court granted summary judgment to Reverend Falwell (Defendant), enjoined Lamparello (Plaintiff) from using Defendant's mark at www.fallwell.com, and required Plaintiff to transfer the domain name to Reverend Falwell. The court of appeals granted review.
Issue. (1) Does a gripe website, the domain name of which contains an almost identical spelling of a trademark owned by the target of the site's criticism, infringe the owner's trademark or cause false designation of origin where there is no likelihood of confusion that the site is sponsored by the trademark owner?
(2) Under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999, does the use of a trademark in a domain name for a gripe site criticizing the markholder constitute cybersquatting where the use is not for profit and the site's operator does not engage in selling domain names?
Held. (Motz, J.) (1) No. A gripe website, the domain name of which contains an almost identical spelling of a trademark owned by the target of the site's criticism, does not infringe the owner's trademark or cause false designation of origin where there is no likelihood of confusion that the site is sponsored by the trademark owner. While trademark law protects product identification, it cannot be used to control language, otherwise much useful social and commercial discourse would be nearly impossible if speakers were under threat of an infringement lawsuit every time they made reference to a person, company or product by using its trademark. On one hand, it is arguable that the Lanham Act reaches only "commercial speech†so that trademark law does not become a tool for unconstitutional censorship. Some courts have endorsed this view, and it is clear from Congress's more recent enactments in the trademark area that it intended for trademark laws not to impinge the First Amendment rights of critics and commentators. On the other hand, the trademark infringement and false designation of origin provisions of the Lanham Act (Sections 32 and 43(a), respectively) do not employ the term "noncommercial.â€Â They state that they relate only to the use of a mark "in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of any goods or services,†or "in connection with any goods or services.â€Â However, have been reluctant to define those terms narrowly. In any event, it is not necessary to reach the issue of whether the Lanham Act reaches only "commercial speech,†since here it is clear there is no likelihood of confusion—the hallmark of trademark infringement and false designation claims.  A review of the likelihood of confusion factors leads to the conclusion that those viewing the content of "'s website probably would not confuse Defendant with the source of that material. In addition, Defendant's contention that he must prevail under the "initial interest confusion†doctrine must be rejected. This relatively new and seldom-use doctrine provides that "the Lanham Act forbids a competitor from luring potential customers away from a producer by initially passing off its goods as those of the producer's, even if confusion as to the source of those of the producer's even if confusion as to the source of the goods is dispelled by the time any sales are consummated.â€Â Under this doctrine, the court would compare his Reverend Falwell's (Defendant) mark with Lamparello's (Plaintiff) website domain name without considering the content of Plaintiff's website. Defendant argues that some people who misspell his name may go to www.fallwell.com assuming it is his site, thereby giving Plaintiff an unearned audience—although one that quickly disappears when it realizes it has not reached Defendant's site. There are two reasons this argument fails. First, this court has never adopted the "initial interest confusion†doctrine, but instead has required a determination as to whether a likelihood of confusion exists by "examining the allegedly infringing use in the context in which it is seen by the ordinary consumer.â€Â In the context of domain names, this means that the allegedly infringing domain name must be evaluated together with the content of the website identified by the domain name. Second, even if the doctrine were to be applied in this case, it would not be helpful to Defendant as it requires that the use of another's mark be for financial gain. That element clearly is absent here, given that Lamparello (Plaintiff) is not competing for a share of Reverend Falwell's (Defendant) market; use of another firm's mark to capture the markholder's customers and profits simply does not exist when the alleged infringer establishes a gripe site that criticizes the markholder. To hold otherwise would enable the markholder to insulate himself from criticism—or at least minimize his access to it. Such use of the Lanham Act as a shield from criticism has been rejected. Accordingly, the district court erred in granting summary judgment to Defendant on his infringement, false designation, and unfair competition claims. Reversed as to this issue.
(2) No. Under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999, the use of a trademark in a domain name for a gripe site criticizing the markholder does not constitute cybersquatting where the use is not for profit and the site's operator does not engage in selling domain names. To prevail on a claim under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 (ACPA), a markholder must show that the defendant (1) "had a bad faith intent to profit from using the domain name,†and (2) the domain name "is identical or confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, the distinctive and famous mark.â€Â The ACPA was primarily intended to prevent the registration of multiple marks in the hope of selling them to their legitimate owner or to the highest bidder, not to prevent criticism of a markholder or such noncommercial uses. In this case, Plaintiff did not have a bad faith intent to profit from using the www.fallwell.com domain name, which he clearly used simply to criticize Defendant's views. In addition, Plaintiff did not engage in the kind of conduct at which the ACPA was aimed primarily: he did not create a likelihood of confusion as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the site, and he did not attempt—or even indicate a willingness—to transfer, sell, or otherwise assign the domain name to Reverend Falwell (Defendant) or any third party for financial gain. He also registered just one domain name, not multiple names. Therefore, consistent with the holdings of other Circuits in similar cases, Lamparello (Plaintiff) did not engage in cybersquatting under the ACPA. Reversed and remanded for entry of summary judgment for Lamparello (Plaintiff).
Discussion. This opinion, among other things, manifests the court's skepticism about the "initial interest confusion†doctrine. This is in keeping with traditional precepts of trademark law, which has always protected against only a substantial likelihood of confusion by the reasonable consumer, and not against "temporary confusion†or confusion caused solely by consumer carelessness. By rejecting the "initial interest confusion†doctrine, the court seems to have rendered a decision that establishes trademark law principles that go beyond the specific issue of domain names and the Internet, and that can be applied in other contexts as well.


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Aaron Enriquez
University of Alaska Anchorage
Yellowstone National Park, 2021
AJ Enriquez and DC Finnoff. (2021). Managing mortality of multi-use megafauna.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 107: 102441.
Download: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102441
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears, which are currently federally protected under the Endangered Species Act, are a high-profile multi-use species. As the number of grizzly bears has increased, there have been increases in the number of grizzly bear-human conflicts and human-caused grizzly bear mortalities. A bioeconomic model is constructed in which a representative wildlife agency considers these relationships and maximizes discounted social net benefits by deciding whether to enact direct population control. A linear specification is employed to reflect the realities of negotiated and rigid active management programs. The agency accounts for how stock-dependent benefits and damages adjust along the recovery path, which tracks the natural capital value of a live grizzly bear as the population changes over time. Benchmark results indicate that the grizzly bear population has surpassed the size at which protections ought to have been removed. The natural capital value of an additional animal in the wild, given by its in-situ marginal net benefits, may actually be negative for an interval of time, during which it is optimal for society to continue conserving the species by developing a buffer. The results of the analysis are sensitive to key economic and ecological parameters, especially on the benefits side.
DA Bagdonas, AJ Enriquez, KA Coddington, DC Finnoff, JF McLaughlin, MD Bazilian, EH Phillips, and TL McCling. (2022). Rare earth element resource evaluation of coal byproducts: A case study from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 158: 112148.
Download: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112148
Rare earth element sources and production are limited in the United States and currently rely on final processing overseas. Increasing demand and resource security has led to significant investigation into domestic rare earth elements. Much of this work focuses on unconventional potential ore stocks, including coal and coal byproducts. This investigation focuses on coal byproducts generated as ash from coal-burning power stations. Wyoming's Powder River Basin hosts the largest U.S. coal stocks for energy production, providing approximately 40% of all thermal coal mined in the U.S. In Section I, we study coal byproducts for rare earth element concentrations and compare these data to current alternative resource knowledge. We find that coal byproducts are consistently high enough in rare earth element concentration (above the current Department of Energy 300 ppm cutoff grade) to warrant consideration as a promising potential resource. Rare earth element behavior within the host coal seams is also considered in an effort to better understand resource prospecting and ore body description. In Section II, we evaluate the economic feasibility of rare earth extraction from Powder River Basin coal byproducts using net present value analysis and the rare earth concentrations data from Section I. We calculate the break-even ash-to-oxide output and input unit costs for four coal stations in the Powder River Basin. All four stations have break-even unit costs that are higher than the mine-to-oxide operating cost reported for a traditional rare earth element mine. This is a promising result, especially given that it is more costly to refine rare earths from mined material than from ash. The results are highly sensitive to rare earth prices: given low long-term prices, none of the stations can feasibly break even. Section III summarizes federal policy considerations in rare earth element resource development. The history of policy development, most recently focused on rare earth element-specific funding legislation, paired with the results from Sections I and II herein, suggest a robust opportunity for the development of Wyoming-based coal byproducts as a partial solution to current domestic rare earth element shortfalls and strategic needs.
The economic value of wildlife tourism and implications of marginal population changes
LA Richardson and AJ Enriquez
Status: In preparation for submission
Wildlife tourism is a highly demanded recreation activity in parks and protected areas globally, yet economic benefit measures are lacking. Estimates of the effect of small-scale losses of wildlife on viewing values are virtually non-existent, leading to a dearth of information crucial for answering key wildlife policy and management questions (e.g., appropriate compensation for incidents of human-caused wildlife mortality). We estimate a travel cost model of bear viewing trips in Yellowstone National Park and demonstrate how the resulting consumer surplus estimate can be incorporated into a model of visitor sightings as a function of wildlife population size to evaluate the effect of marginal population changes on sighting value. Results indicate aggregate values of $6 and $7 million annually for viewing grizzly bears and black bears, respectively. The corresponding marginal values are around $38,000 and $12,000 per single grizzly bear and black bear. Our approach and general findings have significant relevance for incidents of poaching, wildlife-vehicle collisions, and other policy applications in which there is a need to determine how marginal changes in a species' population size affects the economic benefits associated with wildlife resources.
The pain of paying with other people's money
AJ Enriquez, BT Gilbert, and LH Thunström
Status: Invited for revision and resubmission
Spending decisions are at the heart of consumer research, and factors that impact spending have been studied for many decades. So far, research has focused on spending decisions based on own money. However, people often spend money earned by someone else (e.g., partners spend each other's earned money, government officials spend tax payer money, employees spend employer money, people in need spend social benefits). We take a first step towards understanding how spending depends on who earned the money. We focus on the shortest social distance between consumer and earner - intra household spending - and survey 166 couples on how pain of paying from a fixed purchase is affected by who earned the money. Pain of paying regulates consumer spending; the higher the pain, the lower the spending. We find that people feel higher pain of paying when spending money earned by their partner, compared to when earned by self, suggesting they might be more frugal with money earned by others. Their pain of paying increases if they believe their partner will be unhappy with their purchases. Their ability to accurately predict the partner's feelings about the purchase increases with partner similarity in spendthriftiness.
Free riding toward personal protection: Relating parental cooperation behavior to vaccine hesitancy
AJ Marchal, AJ Enriquez, MD Ehmke, and CA Camargo, Jr.
Small urban clusters and rural communities, which have historically had low vaccination rates, are especially vulnerable to healthcare system overloads. We conducted a study in which parents from these locations participated in a voluntary contribution mechanism experiment and then answered survey questions about influenza vaccinations. We observe whether parents' cooperative actions in the experiment (i.e., contributions to a shared group account) relate to their flu vaccination decisions for themselves and their children. We classify different player-types based on parents' propensities to cooperate and react to their partners' actions, including "free riders" (keep the majority of tokens), "contributors" (contribute the majority of tokens), and "responders" (adjust contributions based on partners' actions). We also control for the intensity of reciprocation among all players. We find that free riders and parents who tend to reciprocate are most likely to vaccinate, which is a departure from previous literature. The findings shed light on the behavioral motives behind people's vaccination decisions. Policies that amplify free riding and reciprocation may increase vaccination rates, which would be critical for mitigating the damaging effects of COVID-19 and other preventable diseases.
In-Progress Survey Projects
Nonmarket valuation of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
AJ Enriquez, SC Newbold, and DC Finnoff
Use stated preference components (i.e., choice experiments) to estimate people's willingness to pay for changes in the following grizzly bear-related attributes: chance of seeing a grizzly bear, risk of being injured by a grizzly bear, number of grizzly bear-human conflicts, and grizzly bear extinction probability
Use a revealed preference component to estimate people's aggregate demand for recreational trips to the area as a function of trip cost, grizzly bear-related attributes, and other key control variables
Integrate the stated and revealed preference components with a utility-maximization framework that can be used to derive people's average willingness to pay for future grizzly bear management policies
Compare average willingness to pay between locals and non-locals
Completed Work:
Obtained Institutional Review Board approval
Pretested the survey by running five focus group sessions and a one-on-one interview
Secured funding for an expected sample size of 2,500 respondents
Communicated with and sought feedback from grizzly bear experts in three agencies
Finalized the experimental design and conducted power analysis and simulations in R
Programmed and administered the survey in Qualtrics
Currently analyzing the data
Preferences for Wind Energy in Wyoming
AJ Enriquez and RW Godby
Elicit Wyoming residents' attitudes about competing energy sources, including fossil fuels and renewable energy
Determine what drives Wyoming residents' preferences for (or against) wind energy
Use a set of economic experiments in which respondents assign credits to signal how important they find various impacts from potential future wind energy developments. The impacts span the following categories: economic considerations, electricity generation, effects on wildlife, effects on climate and environment, and physical characteristics, location, and viewshed
Pretested the survey by running four focus group sessions
Secured funding for an expected sample size of 800 respondents
BIOECON XXII Annual Conference
September 2021 in Jackson, Wyoming
Presenter: "The economic value of wildlife tourism and implications of marginal population changes"
UW-CSU Graduate Student Symposium
April 2019 in Laramie, Wyoming
Presenter: "Bioeconomic grizzly bear management"
International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade Biennial Conference
July 2018 in Seattle, Washington
Presenter: "From the shore or from the water? Enforcement of resource rights under discrete enforcement technologies"
Abstract: Poaching is a major problem under the Chilean system of territorial use rights in fisheries (TURFs). Organizations of artisanal fishers that are granted spatial property rights through TURFs combat poaching by establishing their own enforcement. Although an organization must protect its benthic resources against poachers from both within the organization ("insiders") and outside of the organization ("outsiders"), existing literature has shown that fishers are more concerned about enforcement against outsiders. Organizations know that their enforcement is imperfect - increasing enforcement increases the probability that poachers will be caught but does not guarantee that poachers will be caught. This probability depends on an "effectiveness of enforcement" parameter. With a high effectiveness of enforcement, an organization's enforcement is more likely to lead to poacher capture. Using an optimal control framework, we analyze how a representative organization maximizes expected profit by choosing its levels of harvest and enforcement, over time. The organization incorporates the poacher's best-response function, in which a poacher's decision of how much to illegally harvest is influenced by the organization's harvest and enforcement levels, the size of the stock, and exogenous parameters. In the case where the organization chooses positive levels of both harvest and enforcement, there are multiple equilibria in the steady state. One equilibrium is associated with a high level of stock while the other is associated with a low level. We show comparative dynamics on key parameters, including the effectiveness of enforcement.
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
September 2016 in Denver, Colorado
Presenter: "Economic feasibility of rare earth element extraction from Wyoming coal ash/char"


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Q: Report viewer throws out of memory exception error while exporting to excel Out of memory exception thrown - I tried to export a large record from report viewer into excel in windows forms. I have applied grouping for page breaks since excel does not allow above 65535 rows. Below expression is used for Group On expression,
=Int((RowNumber(Nothing))/10000)

Page Break at end Checkbox is enabled for this grouping

while exporting by clicking on the default export option available in report viewer control. But results in out of memory exception thrown.
Am i doing right? is there any solution or work around for this?
Thanks in advance,

A: I would instead add column to dataset for your "page_grouping_number" and populate it based on number of records in your dataset and only if the export option selected is Excel.
Then, add this column to your report data source definition and add row group by that column (with page break option enabled). This should push each page into new sheet of Excel file.
More information on pagination is here.
Also, this question is similar to yours and answers may have some useful info.

A: After more surfing on the net, found that 32 bit(x86) application uses only maximum of 1.8 GB of memory will be shared for each application. while generating report it crosses the memory limit and leads to out of memory exception.
Tried to run the application in x64 and report is generated without any exceptions.

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The Illinois State Board of Education is reporting school districts are employing 2,600 fewer teachers.
The decline may be part of the reason fewer school districts are in serious financial trouble in the current school year.
According to data released by the board, 32 school districts made the "financial watchlist" this school year, down from 39 districts last school year.
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Jedi Mind Tricks For Picking Up Girls
By: john sinn
Sneaky Jedi Mind Tricks for Seducing Women
Today I have a quick article for you with one of my "Jedi Mind Tricks" for picking up chicks.
Specifically I'm going to teach you a weird trick that is going to make women feel like they have a great emotional connection with you, even if you've just met them.
Creating an emotional connection is one of the most important things you can do when it comes to meeting, attracting and seducing beautiful women. In fact a lack of a sense of emotional connection is one of the biggest causes of phone flaking and last minute resistance.
So you're going to want to pay extra close attention to this article if you have problems with flaking or getting physical with the women you desire.
This idea was actually borne out of desperation when I was specifically working on Breakthrough Comfort, my 7 step process for getting any woman to fall in love with you in two weeks or less. I was on a date with a girl I had nothing in common with (though she was hot) and I decided to see what I could get away with, but it's actually pretty good.
Use the force
And that's the idea of talking about your connection. This is one of those Jedi mind trick because whether or not you have a connection with a woman, if you tell her you feel like you have a connection she's almost always going to agree.
Then thanks to the amazing psychological power of commitment and consistency (I'll explain this more later, but basically what people agree with they stay consistent with). The woman will actually begin to rationalize that the two of you have a connection. All simply because you told her you did.
I noticed that if you just told the girl you had the connection, if you say something like:
"I usually don't tell people this but for some reason I really felt this cool connection with you when we started talking."
"For some reason I feel really strangely comfortable with you. Like there's some kind of weird connection between us."
"You know, I just feel a connection between us. Like I feel like there's some sort of connection here, don't you think?"
Sometimes I'll use the term "clicking" instead of the word connecting, so for example I'd say something like:
"It's really rare that I click with someone right away like this. You know usually I meet girls and they're really pretty or interesting but for whatever reason I don't feel like there's really that moment where we clicked and I really felt like this was someone I could get to know better."
The girls would actually start to act like we had a connection. It sounds amazing, but just saying that and getting the girl to agree is really powerful because of the idea of consistent commitment and consistency, so even if the girl doesn't feel like you have an emotional connection, if you say it a couple times and she agrees to it, every time she agrees she's going to feel more and more like, yeah, we do have an emotional connection.
And so two or three times, you don't need to do that a lot. Like two or three times over like an hour and a half is more than enough to really bolster that connection.
Now keep in mind that this trick is only to be used in comfort once the girl is already attracted to you. If you start to bust this out too early you're going to sound super needy like a certain pick up guru who told me he loved me like a brother after knowing me for a week. But if you use this crazy little trick at the right time the results will be awesome!
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Kings of the Dot. Photo via Poison Pen.
Against all odds, Saturday was a great night for battling. Despite the no-shows, the chatty crowd and dead energy on Friday, Day 2 featured some outstanding battles, bringing the much-hyped Blackout 4 to a satisfying close. You can read our Day 1 recap here.
First off, a quick note on the no-shows. Six battlers did not show up in Toronto this weekend. (Organik went into specifics in this RMBVA post.) Here is the list of them, along with their opponents in brackets: RemyD (Osa), JC (Rone), Ill Will (Real Deal), Aye Verb (Shotty Horroh), Rich Dolarz (Loe Pesci) and Big T (Bender). It sounds as if King of the Dot is trying to make Shotty/Verb and T/Bender happen soon, even if that means sending Bender and Shotty to the States. Stay tuned.
Back to Saturday's battles. Credit must be given to the MCs on the bottom half of the card. They set a good tone for the day and did a fine job of engaging the crowd. Speaking of which, the crowd for Day 2 was not only better than the previous day's, but was arguably the most respectful KOTD audience in Toronto in some time. It's amazing the degree to which a receptive, engaged crowd can enhance the quality of the battle.
Now, onto the battles. And remember: there will be plenty of spoilers.
You can also check the battles yourself with the KOTD pay-per-view.
Don't Flop has had an incredible year. They continued to develop a strong stable of domestic rappers able to compete with international opponents, and built a massive fanbase. Twice they hit mainstream media coverage, first with the Probposal (currently at 1.6 million views and counting) and again with Micky Worthless bodybagging pop idol James Arthur's career.
They've hosted stacks of international battles, featuring some of the biggest names in battle rap, including Math Hoffa, Conceited, Real Deal, The Saurus, Daylyt and about a dozen more. But as you'll see from our list, most of the best battles came from U.K. on U.K. matchups.
High-visibility disagreements between Eurgh and a variety of North American MCs clouded the league's shine and left fans wondering if they'd ever see some of their favourites in Don't Flop again. Still, it could be the impetus to draw fresh international faces in 2014.
In this edition of Battles of the Week, we give shine to some sleeper hits and break down the battles fans from around the world were talking about.
The first battle to drop from KOTD West Coast's Alcatraz event, and the highest resolution rap battle to date. 3840x 2160? 4k resolution? 16:9 aspect ratio? Using the Red's Scarlet camera? All I know is that Avocado is the man and we can expect this kind of quality from the rest of the videos.
Props to JC for putting in work for his first KOTD battle, and props to Caustic for being the first one to finally land a solid Bargate punch.


I must be honest: I've had every iPad ever made. I try to resist but I cannot. My husband and son and grandkids have my older iPads. I am currently the happy owner of the iPad mini and when the new one comes out, I know I will have one. Why? It will be faster and clearer!
I love being able to carry so much in a tiny package. I love electronic books. My oldest son, Chris (the literature PhD student) does not agree. He's right that there are times when paper trumps electric. This video is a good illustration of that. It's short and funny (not as funny as the goats or the test drive, but still funny) and worth a click.
I will acknowledge that some things are better in paper (toilet paper for one). Children's books, art books, magazines I want to cut up… all better in paper. But my current read (Wool) is just fine as an ebook. I bought it from Apple iBooks and darned if I didn't just find out that there are more books! That's a good thing because I know I'm going to want to read more when I finish this one.
I still love paper!! The book sounds good:) Kim and I got to see your quilt exhibit and I have to say we were blown away! We knew you were good but the pieces were so beautiful!!


GORUCK Constellation is a scenario-driven event led by GORUCK's Special Forces Cadre, all experts in urban survival. You and your small cell will move through a series of tasks and checkpoints–the stars that form the constellations in the urban terrain. You'll learn how to prepare and plan for chaos and how to connect the dots of your city, on the move. The goal, of course, is to sharpen your mind into the greatest weapon you have. Upon successful completion, you'll earn the GORUCK Constellation patch, which will never be for sale.
GORUCK Constellation trains you to be a hard target and a protector of what you hold dear. This is not an "offensive" event by design. Firearms and combatives training are not part of this event. You and your cell will move throughout the city with a rucksack of supplies and learn what escape and evasion looks and feels like in a time of chaos. Once you see the constellations, you know exactly how to find them no matter where you are. This knowledge makes you a hard target.
Scenarios are based off of natural and manmade disasters such as hurricanes in Florida, earthquakes in San Francisco, or riots anywhere. There is no "cookie-cutter" Constellation event, and no two are alike.
You will be broken down into small teams aka cells. You can choose your cell or your Cadre will assign you to one at the start. The members of your cell may evolve depending on ground truths at the Cadre's discretion. Complacency is the enemy.
Following Cadre Instruction Modules, your cell will execute a series of tasks as outlined by the Cadre to ensure that you "get it." You learn best by doing, not just listening. So you'll do and do some more.
Your Cadre's job is to instruct and provide feedback to any and all who show up. You will operate autonomously, as a cell, for much of the event. More effort on your part leads to more lessons, same as with everything in life. All local laws are in effect at all times.
Moderate/Low. Constellation events are "gentleman's courses" with rucking components. No push-ups, no logs. You will be on the move throughout, each task further sharpening your mind. You move at your own pace, via various methods.


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Rey (Daisy Ridley) leads the 'Star Wars' cast to their final conclusion in 'Rise of Skywalker.'
by Richard Von Busack
As you're composing yourself after the brassy blast of John Williams' theme song with its 42 years of weight behind it, here come the first words in the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker title crawl: "The dead speak!"
And that's the problem right there.
An enervating part of the Star Wars religion is the way the dead keep coming back as blue-tinted ghosts—as when old Obi Wan joined in on the teddy-bear picnic of Ewoks from the next world in Return of the Jedi. While the filmmakers mean for us to feel sorry about an already-demised actor who died on-screen, it's like that glitch in Facebook's algorithms that reprints a dead person's obituary on the anniversary of their death—it's sad, and it's news to some, but it lacks surprise.
Moreover, Rise of Skywalker violates the law that says you don't show the monster until the end of the movie. From the title crawl, we know that Emperor Palpatine (quavery old Ian McDiarmid) has come back to life.
He's resurrected and needs to be snuffed, and so we know where this movie will end. He and the Final Order hide on a grim, bad planet full of blue lightning. It's a Sith stronghold that can only be found with a triangular widget, which in turn can only be found with the help of an inscription on a blade in the dread language of Mordor (actually Sithese) which C-3P0 is forbidden to utter. And we know that the last of the Jedi, Rey (Daisy Ridley—sometimes beautifully fierce, sometimes blandly intrepid) must be the spearhead.
Rise of Skywalker has the disadvantage of following The Last Jedi, maybe the best in the series; during lag times in this J.J. Abrams film, you recall the energy Rian Johnson brought to the lightsaber fight in Snoke's crimson throne room, and the groans of the grizzled Chewbacca, and the closeups of Adam Driver's vaguely teenage face swollen with emotion.
Driver's Kylo Ren helps this film, and Rise of Skywalker's most attractive side is the relationship between him and Rey, the woman he loves and hates and can't stop pulling a lightsaber on. The two are so bonded that they're in each other's heads. They share the same space from separate locations at the same time—in one fight, she's on a spaceship and he's in a marketplace; he swings his saber and bursts open a bag of beans, and the beans roll at her feet, many miles away.
Their more-or-less climactic duel takes place atop the rusting ruins of the Death Star, surrounded by a turbulent sea. But there's plenty of rudderless action as the rest of the characters make a crowded-yet-uneventful chase from one planet to another.
There's constant eye candy: a Kumba Mehla–style festival in the desert called "the Festival of the Ancestors" (which the movie certainly is), a six-eyed sandworm attack and various growling muppets. And yet nothing connects. This was once a series that did things no other movies did; now every movie does them, and that's the best thing to be said about it now that it's wrapped up.
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Transport Canada backtracks on policy forcing 2-year-olds to mask-up on planes
Transport Canada has quietly raised the mandatory age for children wearing face masks on planes from two to six years old. The move follows at least two public incidents where toddlers were kicked off domestic flights for not wearing a face covering.
Back in April, Transport Canada mandated that air passengers aged two and up wear a mask when travelling, to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Under Transport Canada's new revised regulations, now children from ages two to five don't have to mask-up if they're unable to tolerate wearing one.
However, parents must still bring a mask onboard for their child — even if the child is likely to reject it.
Transport Canada said that it revised its rules on Nov. 10 in response to "updated guidance" from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), which followed new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations.
The WHO advises that children younger than age six not be required to wear a mask "based on the safety and overall interest of the child and the capacity to appropriately use a mask with minimal assistance."
According to its website, WHO published its recommendations on Aug. 21 — more than two months before Transport Canada revised its rules.
Two-year-old Emmett Munn is pictured with his mother, Carolyn. Emmett and his dad, Aaron, were told to leave a WestJet flight from Fredericton to Toronto on Aug. 24 when Emmett refused to wear a face mask. (Submitted by Carolyn Munn)
In late September — 1.5 months before Transport Canada changed its regulations — CBC News reported a story about two-year-olds getting kicked off flights in both Canada and the U.S. for refusing to wear a mask.
"It's foolishness," said air passenger Aaron Munn of Holtville, N.B. He and his two-year-old son, Emmett, were turfed from a WestJet flight departing Fredericton for Toronto on Aug. 24, because Emmett refused to keep his mask on.
"Whoever made this law, give them a case of face masks and send them to a daycare and see how successful he is," said Munn following the incident. "It's unrealistic."
PHAC changes advice for masks and children
Coverage of that September incident also highlighted the WHO's recommendations from August, and noted that many Western countries mandate mask-wearing for children starting at age six or older.
At the time, PHAC recommended that children in Canada age two and older wear a mask.
"It has been demonstrated that children two years of age and older can be taught basic infection control skills … including wearing a cloth face covering," PHAC told CBC News in an email in September.
But on Nov. 3, the agency revised its guidance. It now states on its website that children ages six and up should wear a mask in situations where it's recommended, and that children between the ages of two and five "may be able to wear a mask if supervised. This will depend on their ability to tolerate it as well as put it on and take it off."
CBC News asked PHAC why it took more than two months to update its guidelines in response to WHO's recommendations.
"The evidence on non-medical masks, which includes recommendations for the ages that non-medical masks should be worn, is continually evolving," said PHAC spokesperson Tammy Jarbeau in an email.
She added that while PHAC's revised guidance is "similar" to the WHO's recommendations, it's not identical, as PHAC also draws on advice from other domestic and international organizations.
'It was so hellish'
Air passenger Safwan Choudhry said he's glad that Transport Canada revised its rules for children wearing masks on planes, because it may prevent other families from going through what he endured.
Choudhry said his family is still traumatized four months after being turfed from a Sept. 8 WestJet flight because one of his toddlers wasn't wearing a mask.
"It was so hellish and nightmarish," he said. "Just even thinking back to it, many months later, it almost sends a shiver down your spine."
WATCH | Father describes flight being cancelled over dispute about masking his child:
WestJet says it cancelled a flight from Calgary to Toronto after a family refused to follow mask rules. Safwan Choudhry said staff were trying to force his 19-month-old daughter to wear a mask, though she isn't required to at that age. 2:01
WestJet said it was forced to cancel the flight from Calgary to Toronto when tensions on board escalated after Choudhry and his wife refused to put a mask on their three-year-old daughter — which was mandatory at the time.
Choudhry said they had placed a mask on their three-year-old as soon as she finished eating her snack.
He aruges the dispute with WestJet actually occurred when airline staff tried to force his other daughter, a 19-month-old, to wear a mask — even though passengers under the age of two have always been exempt from mask wearing.
Safwan Choudhry said his family was kicked off a flight, and the entire flight was cancelled, after a dispute about masking his 19-month-old daughter. (Hala Ghonaim/CBC)
Choudhry said the 19-month-old started screaming when he and his wife tried to comply and place a mask over her face.
"She was crying hysterically, with the crew watching over us, until she threw up, at which point they told us you all need to get off the plane," he said shortly after the incident.
Calgary police were called to the scene and according to a follow-up police report, "police were heckled by several other passengers who stated that it was not a police matter and that WestJet [was] in the wrong."
WestJet adamantly denies that it tried to force Choudhry's 19-month-old to wear a mask.
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