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Category Archives: Tough Times
To Learn to Love Ourselves
"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us." — Oscar Wilde
Just as we don't have the right to judge someone else, we don't have the right to judge ourselves. Our unhealthy script in the past was that when we did something we felt ashamed of, we judged ourselves guilty. All too often, we then punished ourselves. Was that behavior an expression of our shame and sadness because of our defects? Punishing ourselves won't stop our unhealthy behaviors; loving ourselves will.
We are grateful that our growth in our emotional health has taught us the difference between guilt and shame. Guilt lets us feel remorse and sadness when our actions violate our values. Guilt helps us know when we've acted badly; shame tells us we are bad. Guilt gives us a way back to ourselves through making amends; shame leaves us hopeless. To give in to shame and self-hatred only harms us and intensifies the power of our unhealthy behaviors. There is a better way, and that's to learn to love us.
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Ask for Help
"Asking for help does not mean we are weak or incompetent. It usually indicates an advanced level of honesty and intelligence." — Anne Wilson Schaef
I've received a lot of help lately. Most from my dearest friend and some from people I never imagined I would receive so much of their time or efforts. I don't like to ask. I'll spend more energy talking about how hard it is for me to ask, than the energy I'd expend simply asking for what I need.
Many of us may have grown up in isolation and with shame being constantly reinforced the way I did. Help began to feel like a luxury reserved for other people. I thought I didn't deserve it. I thought I should be able to handle everything. I failed to realize just when I needed help, because I'm so accustomed to living life in a "crisis mode." I tell myself that my concerns and problems aren't important enough to bother somebody with. Then, when life becomes really complicated, I blame myself for feeling overwhelmed and almost unable to act.
But we all deserve help. We deserve all the help that we may want and need, whether it's a ride to an appointment or for someone's shoulder to cry on when we're sad or upset. We are worth the time, effort and concern of others – not because any of us is different, but because we are the same.
Related Articles
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Bitch, Bitch, Bitch
"Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always." –Sophocles
"That guy on Facebook is being a total ass to me today."
"What the fuck is her problem? Did you see how that woman just looked at me?"
"That is so fucked up! What's wrong with this world?"
— Mark on a bad day.
"Bitch, bitch, bitch. That's all you seem to be doing today" my friend Scott said to me; after listening to me spew negativity for a bulk of one morning together. His words got my attention. Why would I blame the world, when it's me that is out of sorts?
Life after all, is neutral. It is our moods and attitudes that affect our view of things and the responses we receive. If we are seeing life through the dark glasses of downheartedness, then we can't blame the world for seeing grim.
I know that when I'm at ease with myself and feel at home in my life, other people seem friendly and serene. A smile begets a smile; the simplest greeting elicits a friendly response. And when I'm considerate to a neighbor or friend; it sets good deeds in motion. Kindness is contagious. I really do believe that it is kindness and love that make the world a brighter, better place.
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The Miracle of the Butterfly
A butterfly is a miracle,
A divine creation that fleets,
After propelling the caterpillar within,
An array of predators he cheats!
— Dr. Maisie
Do you suppose it's true; for a human being to ever see a butterfly in our lifetime is a miracle? Someone shared this factoid with me a few years ago, and then I heard Katie Couric mention it just before she left the "Today" show. After hearing that, I did some searching of the Internet, looking for some data that would give me the odds of one seeing a butterfly or not in one's life. Surely, someone has done the research and worked the numbers, haven't they? I found that someone worked the odds for the Monarch butterfly; specifically those that have been tagged to give scientists the ability to track their migratory path and successful arrivals to their seasonal home. For someone to see a tagged monarch, the odds are over 3,500,000 to 1.
I love butterflies. The butterfly is a symbol of hope in for me. This past October and November found me riding the bus back and forth to the same appointment each day. From the bus stop, I walked along a jogging path used by a middle school or high school. From the very first trip I made, to my very last, each day I was "escorted" by a pair of Monarch butterflies that would fly seemingly while performing the tango. I can't be sure if it was the same pair each day, but I am telling you honestly that every day two butterflies flew right along me for that one-third of a mile hike I made. At a time when I was feeling so lost, alone and afraid, there was my symbol of hope, right there at my side.
From what I can recall from Katie Couric's brief mention of the odds of seeing a butterfly on this earthly plane and in our lifetime, it is important to note that even though our population has exploded, we still are not populating the planet all that densely. There is still about 7.5 miles between each human on earth if the entire surface was livable. Then there is the butterfly's struggle from larvae, to pupae, to the big show of the transformed winged creature all worth noting. There are so many predators and things that could go wrong in this transformation. Perhaps it just isn't necessary to know the odds. I think I'll just be satisfied knowing that each time I see a butterfly, I'm witnessing a miracle!
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Tired of Turmoil and Clutter in Life?
Keep a Clearer Vision of the Simpler Things in Life.
"No objects of value…are worth risking the priceless experience of waking up one more day" – Jack Smith
Last night was spent in long, deeply personal conversation with my dearest friend Noah about his recent eviction which resulted in his loss of some furniture and possessions which were so important and even sentimental in their value to him. We talked about all the "stuff" I move with each time I changed locations, relationships and lives. Sadly, my friend lost some treasures, partly because his friends, who committed their help or use of their vehicle, simply didn't show.
During my own experience with eviction more than five years ago, I was frantic to get everything out and safely into the moving truck before the Constable would arrive to "lock us out", leaving behind whatever wasn't out when the deadline arrived. I was fortunate to have been able to get every single possession out and into the moving truck. Most everything I own has a story; Nana's silverware she received from her parents as a wedding gift in 1939, the crystal stemware Nana's parents received on their wedding date some 25 years earlier in Poland, artwork and furniture all associated with family or a close friend.
Preparing for an in-state move soon to Tucson, I have once again evaluated the possessions I still plan on hauling around. Pared down significantly, I am realizing there were things I simply didn't have to have, or that there were others who I knew could make better use of a certain item.
Every now and then, it's a good thing to strip life down at least closer to the essentials, maybe even the bare necessities. It opens our eyes to the opportunity to see the world anew and with a fresh start.
In the past, I wasn't ready nor was I prepared to take extreme measures or act impulsively to realize the validity, the importance of being in touch with the simple things in life. I have learned however, when one becomes too involved with "Big Boy Toys", luxuries, or "things" that give to a busier or more stressful life, we are buffering ourselves against reality and exist and not live.
The early morning sunrise, a walk with the dogs, reading the morning paper, watching the evening news and to bed right after, the taste of Trish's Lasagna brought on her last visit, the smell of a barbecue on my patio, and a beautiful full moon – these are the most simple gifts of life that add texture and bring genuine thrill to life. What many of us in this world need is the wonder and joy that comes with a simpler, healthier life. I am tired – finally tired of turmoil and clutter. I'm going to have a much clearer vision with the simple things in life.
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We Are All In This World Together
"Many brave men lived before Agamemnon, but all unwept and unknown, they sleep in endless night, for they had no poets to sound their praises." — Horace
A friend of mine told this story recently: "I was living in San Francisco which has a large population of homeless and poor. Each day it was painful to notice the contrast between the beautifully dressed, seemingly self-confident people, and the poor who shared the streets with them."
"One day I realized I could empathize with how those homeless people felt. I'd lived my whole life feeling I didn't belong, with no family I could turn to, and not knowing if I would survive another day in my misery. The compassion I felt was a reminder to me not to form my opinions about people by how they look. It doesn't matter what people think they see in me, or anyone else. Each one of us is wounded. It's just that some wounds are on the inside instead of the outside."
We are all in this world together and for a purpose, no matter what the circumstances of our life.
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See That Storm Just Ahead? Confronting Issues
"Maybe you can't see the storm that lies just ahead. But I can. Believe me, it's there."
Confronting issues openly and honestly can be difficult. Many, like me are afraid of the reaction they'll get from the person they are confronting. With that fear firmly embedded in one's psyche, looking the other way and acting like the problem isn't there becomes the easy way out. Or so it seems. Looking the other way really doesn't make matters easier at all. In fact, it makes them worse. Problems often just don't go away without some action.
I haven't faced some very big issues and challenges that have been in my life for too long now. But I see clearly that I can't let these problems linger. In my situation the problems have grown and the result is more and more hurt to me. I feel fear of the reaction I expect to receive. My fears I know after giving it long thought are grounded in reality and not based on my imagination. To get myself beyond this fear, I will have to have the necessary support around me to protect me. With my support in place I will face my problems. I must remember that storms don't last forever. Eventually the sun does shine again, and life was nourished by the rains. I will come out of this a better person.
Desire Realized is Sweet to the Soul
"Desire realized is sweet to the soul." — Proverbs 13:19
Christmas is approaching. I can recall as a child, every Christmas Eve coming home from church and running up to the Christmas tree, seeing presents – mounds of them, four huge stacks, one for each sibling, towering as high as the top of the tree itself. But even with that kind of excess, one can still experience a lifetime of deprivation. If we were deprived as children, we may still live with emptiness inside. Of what were we deprived; love, security, validation, acceptance, caring, or compassion?
I know that I like many others compensated by learning to bear the deprivation and survive. As an adult, I find myself still surviving. I settle; I don't ask for things because I believe I don't deserve anything. But making do with life's crumbs has brought me to resentment, self-pity and feeling deprived. I remain a child, instead of becoming an emotionally healthy adult who feels competent and worthwhile.
I am learning where the balance is between wanting nothing and wanting everything. If I can continue to work on broadening my thinking to include such words as "plenty", "fulfillment", "pleasure", and "satisfaction", I know that only then will I start to believe there is enough of everything. It is then that I will become aware of the fullness of life around and within me. Living in the present helps me realize that I actually have everything I need in the moment.
This realization helps me feel worthwhile, competent – and even fulfilled. My prayer to the Universe today will be, "Please take away my fear of satisfaction and pleasure. Grant me an awareness of how good life is, whether it brings me what I expect."
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Success in achieving the highest quality of patient care at lower cost depends significantly on effective management and continuous improvement of complex, interconnected and cross-functional processes. The root cause of most organizational, quality and safety problems can be found in the process. Effective process improvement framework integrates individual healthcare providers, teams, processes, methodologies, and information technology into a cohesive system while taking into account organizational culture, structure, strategy, existing resources, and overall capabilities. The key to the successful implementation of any process improvement framework is adaptation. There are many quality, safety and process improvement frameworks, methodologies, best practices, and standards available to organizations today. Depending on specific organizational needs and objectives, they all have certain advantages and disadvantages. There is no such thing as one-size-fits-all process improvement framework. Therefore, it is essential to adapt, integrate and appropriately contextualize Lean, Six Sigma, Human Factors Engineering, Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle, Project Management, and any other complementary methodology for a specific organization. In the absence of clear process ownership and sustained leadership attention over a long period of time, most processes have tendency to become ineffective, inefficient, redundant, or simply inadequate to meet constantly changing needs and expectations. To increase the chances of achieving and sustaining operational excellence, continuous process improvement must become a way of life across the organization.
- Strategic Planning
- Lean Six Sigma
- Quality and Risk Management
- Project Management
- Human Factors Engineering


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The Minister of Education of Colombia, Mrs Cecilia María Vélez White, declared that the evaluation to teachers of English of the Colombian schools has proven their lack of preparation:
"De los once mil que nosotros habíamos evaluado más o menos unos cinco mil no sabían hablar inglés, los otros seis mil por lo menos tenían algún rudimento de hablar inglés".
"Of the eleven thousand we evaluated, some five thousand didn't know how to speak English. The other six thousand had basic knowledge of how to speak English,", said the Ministry.
Almost half of Colombia's English teachers does not speak the language
Programs to improve the knowledge of English in Colombia has been established since 2006 with the intention to prepare students for a future of best opportunities. The Ministry of Education designed strategies like the adoption of international references and the development of language standards. The optimistic works of planning gathered around the creation of a curriculum, evaluation and certifications to schools and universities.
However, the evaluation made this year to teachers of English, shows the failure of any plan. Ministry Vélez White concluded that this is not only in Colombia but in most Latin American countries.
In countries like Colombia where English language has not been appreciated like necessary, any person with an educational diploma can apply to be teacher of English without the need to demonstrate that he or she can speak that language. Most of them just follow lessons on the books, even if they do not have a good idea of pronunciation and zero level of exposure to native English speakers. It is like in United States any person feel enough ready to teach Spanish without knowing Spanish and following the manuals.
New strategies
Ministry Vélez White invited also persons who teach English in institutions of public education, to join a new program to improve the knowledge in that language. June 26 is the deadline for inscriptions in the educational site of the Minister known as "Colombia Aprende."
However, big problems ask for big solutions. The Colombian society must understand that English as an international language is necessary for a nation in development like Colombia.
English classes should be done in different ways and not like a simple lesson to fill scores. Pronunciation, for example, is considered by experts as the key in learning a second language. Now well, to do so, students should listen only native speakers. Otherwise, a confusing like-English sound will come out from our young Colombians when they would meet real English speaking persons, as Miss Yeris Paolo demonstrated before the cameras.
There are many ways, of course, to get it. One: you can send the teacher and all his/her class to stay a summer in New York or Disneyland. As this proposal must be very much expensive for the Minister of Education and visas would not be surely available, there are other two more practical and cheaper suggestions: using sources like audio, videos, Internet, etc and creating international teacher exchange programs.
Profiting circumstances
Of course there are other many ways to improve the skill of learning English in our schools. In a country that is just four hours by plane from Miami, English should be a common language. Young Colombians from the Caribbean region show more abilities to speak English because the touristic spots of Cartagena de Indias and Santa Marta are frequented by thousand of foreign tourists that come in contact with the population.
Exchange programs with English-speaking countries could be a good solutions: bringing foreign teachers to our country for periods while sending our teachers to those nations, could be an amazing situation that would exchange also cultures, experiences and promote our talents.
It is also curious that the Ministry of Education does not give importance to our English-speaking province. Yes, if you do not know, Colombia has a State that speaks English: the Archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia. San Andresans could be involved as masters of the national program of English… why no?
Funny English signs around the world
Visiting Non-English speaking countries can be funny if you take notice of some signs place to guide foreign visitors. Here some examples from Telf Travel Guide:
- It is forbidden to entertain guests of the opposite sex in your room; please use the lobby for this purpose. (Hotel in China)
- Please leave your values at the front desk (Hotel in Paris)
- Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty. (Zoo in Hungary)
- There will be an exhibition of art by 15,000 Soviet sculptors and painters. These were executed over the past two years. (Announcement in Russia)
- Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager (Restaurant in Nairobi)
- Ladies are requested not to have children at the bar (Cocktail lounge in Norway)
- Persons are prohibited from picking flowers at any but their own graves (A cemetery somewhere)
"Good morning classe… I am Mister Bonifacio Pérez para servirle y I am your nuevo ticher of Englizz"


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Noteworthy Domain Decisions for August 2015
Hugedomains.com, LLC. v. Wills, 14-cv-00946 (D.Colorado July 21, 2015).
Plaintiff, earlier Respondent Austen Pain Associates v. Jeffrey Reberry, FA1312001536356 (Forum March 18, 2014), commenced an ACPA action for declaratory judgment that its registration or use of <austinpain.com> was not unlawful under the Act; defendant capitulated to a consent judgment and agreed to pay plaintiff $25,000.
NOTE: In view of the findings by the 3-member Panel in Austen Pain its holding is inconsistent with the record: "Panel makes two preliminary findings. First, it accepts as more likely than not to be true Respondent's claim that, at the time it registered the disputed domain name, it had no knowledge of Complainant or of its trademark. . . . Secondly, Panel also accepts that on a balance of the evidence it would appear that, contrary to Complainant's submission, it was in fact Complainant who first contacted Respondent about purchasing the domain name for USD 6,000. There is no evidence that Respondent reached out to Complainant."
Notwithstanding these findings the Panel held in Complainant's favor because "it stands to reason that [it] is the only class of persons to whom the domain name would have interest." But, this is not the criterion for establishing a superior right to the domain name. By assuming Complainant has the "better right" the Panel misstates the law.
Telepathy, Inc. v. SDT International SA-NV, 14-cv-01912 (D. Columbia July 9, 2015).
Plaintiff, earlier Respondent in SDT International SA-NV v. Telepathy, Inc., D2014-1870 (WIPO January 13, 2015) (Respondent put Complainant on notice the complaint was without merit and explained why but Complainant refused to withdraw the complaint; proceeding terminated after Respondent commenced the ACPA action).
Defendant capitulated in a Consent Judgment and agreed to pay Plaintiff $50,000 together with a permanent injunction.
eWomenNetwork, Inc. v. Terra Serve c/o Domain Administrator, FA1506001622849 (Forum July 27, 2015)
Respondent prevailed because it had priority in the name Complainant subsequently chose for its trademark. In denying reverse domain name hijacking the Panel notes that "as well as the lack of merit in a claim, there must also be evidence of harassment or some ill-motivated conduct directed to the respondent, before it can be found that a finding of reverse domain name hijacking is justified." The Panel concluded that the "present case does not fall into that category but into the category of cases where the dominant motive of the complainant is not to harass the Respondent but to defend its trademark by legitimate means." Although not expressly stated, it is likely that this conclusion also rested on the Panel's sense (it declined to rule on bad faith use) that the domain name was being (or had been) used in bad faith.
Aena, S.A., ENAIRE v. John Hamblin, All England Netball Association, D2015-0996 (WIPO July 17, 2015)
A string of letters that by happenstance is a trademark for complainant is an acronym for respondent (AENA and acronym for "All England Netball Association). This decision illustrates a result in which Respondent prevails not because Complainant is unable to prove bad faith but because it affirmatively proves good faith registration.
Live-Right, LLC v. Domain Administrator / Vertical Axis Inc., FA1506001622960 (Forum July 16, 2015) (<babybanana.com>).
The 3-member Panel "finds that renewal of a disputed domain name by the original owner of the domain name is irrelevant to a Policy ¶ 4(a)(iii) [bad faith] analysis. There is no evidence that the renewal of the domain name was anything more than protecting an existing investment." See Office Space Solutions below for evidence that this misguided theory for forfeiture has spilled over to federal court.
John Dilks v. Privacy Administrator / Anonymize, Inc., FA1506001623023 (Forum July 10, 2015) (<eht.com>)
Hijacking variant: "In order to avoid detection by the domain registrant" hijacker allowed the nameservers to function as originally set "so that the domain name appears to operate normally and to resolve to the correct web server." The Panel continues, "In this manner, the original domain registrant does not realize the domain name has actually been transferred away, until the domain name has been transferred multiple times." Held:
[Policy 4(a)(ii)] The Respondent cannot have legitimate interests in a domain name acquired by theft, nor can the Respondent claim that its use of the domain name to continue to resolve to the Complainant's website operates to confer any sort of right or interest to the Respondent.[Policy 4(a)(iii)] There is no credible explanation as to why one would purchase a domain name for the apparent purpose of resolving it to a website with which one has no association, but which is still the site of the Complainant from whom the domain name was stolen. Additionally, it is certainly the case that the Respondent could not have obtained good title from a thief through some chain of laundering transactions.
Chris Pearson v. Domain Admin / Automattic, Inc., FA1504001613723 (Forum July 3, 2015)
It cannot be emphasized too often that the claim of cybersquatting must be fully supported, or lose for insufficiency of evidence. In this case the 3-member Panel noted that "Complainant did not include an exhibit showing that <thesis.com> redirects to a webpage owned by Respondent." It continued with this suggestion, implying that if the evidence had been submitted the result may have been different: "The Panel suggests that the submissions might point toward use by Respondent that would support findings of bad faith, pursuant to Policy ¶ 4(b)(iv) if evidence had been adduced to that effect. However, Complainant failed to bring that proof to the Panel." Emphasis added)
Nicolas Gaiardo, Allan Verdu, Warning Trading Ood v. Anonymousspeech, Anonymousspeech, D2015-0575 (WIPO July 7, 2015) (<warningtrading.com>. Website displays content heavily criticizing Complainants and their activities. Panels divide into two camps about criticism websites. This Panel adheres to View 1 (WIPO Overview 2.0, para 2.4): "[T]he right to criticize does not necessarily extend to registering and using a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to the complainant's trademark [even though the content is genuine criticism]." View 2 Panels look at the content regardless whether the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to the trademark or the content characterized as defamatory.
Office Space Solutions, Inc. v. Kneen, 1:15-cv-04941 (SDNY)
The reason for reporting on this case (filed June 24 and withdrawn with prejudice July 8, 2015) is that plaintiff, owner of a newly registered trademark, charged defendant in this ACPA case with cybersquatting after it renewed its registration of a domain name originally registered in 1999. Its theory of the case aligns with outlier UDRP Panels who equate renewal of registration with registration in order to reallocate priority in complainant's favor.
It has been reported, although I've not seen the transcript of argument on July 7 yet for preliminary injunction, that Judge Kaplan made it clear that plaintiff was barking up the wrong tree, hence the reason for withdrawing the complaint. More to come when the transcript becomes available.
Withdrawal deprives us of a decision on the merits which would have been immensely interesting (alas!), but on the other hand plaintiff made a prudent call because it protects it from statutory damages up to $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking.
Toyotomi Co., Ltd. v. Digital Domains MEPE, D2015-0710 (WIPO June 29, 2015)
No bad faith in counter-offering to complainant's initiating an offer to purchase the domain name: "This is relevant because previous panels have determined that, when a complainant initiates an offer for the sale of a domain name, a respondent's willingness to engage in negotiations for the sale of the domain name does not necessarily equate to bad faith."
X-SCREAM VIDEO PRODUCTIONS INC. v. IT Manager, FA1505001619522 (Forum June 25, 2015)
The decision to terminate, suspend, or proceed to an award is discretionary with the Panel (Rule 18) regardless whether there is an already pending action or a new action timely filed under Rule 4(k)
Wirecard AG v. Telepathy Inc., Development Services, D2015-0703 (WIPO June 22, 2015)
Futile contentions in a UDRP proceeding: 1) Respondent's counter offer to sell the disputed domain name for sum Complainant is unwilling to pay "shows that [Respondent's] only intention was to fraudulently transfer the disputed domain name to the highest bidder"; 2) Respondent has not used the disputed domain name for any commercial purpose and "is thereby proven merely to have a financial interest in the disputed domain name; and 3) "It is evident that the Respondent is a professional 'domain grabber' who has only registered the disputed domain name in bad faith to sell the highest bidder."
1) No fraud in counter-offering to sell domain names acquired many years prior to complainant's trademark rights for sums complainant's believe outrageous;
2) Not illegal for domain name holders to maximize their profits;
3) No illegitimacy in being a "professional domain grabber".
win.rarGmbH v. Win Road Assistance Repairs Pvt. Ltd., D2015-0398 (WIPO June 2, 2015)
Respondent appeared and rested its defense on ownership of a registered trademark and that it was commonly known by the domain name. However, the three member Panel concluded that the registration was part of a design to hide bad faith regisstration and can be disregarded "if the overall circumstances demonstrate it was obtained primarily to circumvent the application of the UDRP."
Mark C. Spicher v. Frogi Design, s.r.o. / The Artwork Factory, s.r.o., D2015-0606 (WIPO June 3, 2015)
Complainant lacks standing to maintain a UDRP proceeding for two reasons: first, its trademark registration with the Pennsylvania Department of State is not evidence of a right—the consensus under the Policy is that Panels "have been reluctant to accord US state registered marks any evidentiary consideration on the basis that such registrations are issued with no examination, and do not give rise to the same presumptions of validity and ownership as does a federal US trademark registration"; and second, it offers no evidence that its use of THE ARTWORK FACTORY has become distinctive of its goods—"[C]onclusory allegations of common law or unregistered rights (even if undisputed) would not normally suffice; specific assertions of relevant use of the claimed mark supported by evidence as appropriate would be required."
University Athletic Association, Inc. v. Frank Apuzzo / FKLA, Inc., FA1504001613918 (Forum June 1, 2015) (floridagators.com).
Completely changing the website following receipt of Complainant's cease and desist letter is evidence of bad faith use in a udrp proceeding, which is conclusive if the website has been infringing from purchase of the domain name, regardless of the length of time held and even for domain names made up of generic words. (My emphasis).
Traffic Names, Ltd. V. Zhenghui Yiming, In Re: 224.com, 604.com; and 452.com, 1:14cv1607 (E.D. Va, Alexandria Division May 12, 2015). Magistrate's Report dated April 14, 2015.
In Rem action under the ACPA for fraudulent transfer of domain names. Magistrate Judge found: "Plaintiff's registration of the Subject Domain Names and use of them in business since that registration establishes his common law rights in the marks. Therefore, plaintiff is entitled to enforce the provisions of § 1125(d) against any domain name that violates its rights in the protected marks." The court entered default judgment ordering Verisign, Inc. to cancel defendant's registration and transfer the names to plaintiff.
Adam Summers v. Georgina Nelson, CEO and Founder of truRating Limited, D2015-0592 (WIPO May 24, 2015)
The defense of "commonly known by the domain name" can be satisfied if there is "sufficient commonality" between the domain name and the name of the business, <trueratings.com> and "tru rating Limited." citing <vaughan.com> / "Vaughan Enterprises" and <kronopol.com> / "Kronopol Marketing."
VideoLink, Inc. v. Xantech Corporation, FA1503001608735 (Forum May 12, 2015) and Playworld Systems, Inc. v. Domain Manager / Giant Distributors Inc., FA1504001613470 (Forum May 21, 2015)
These two cases decided by single Panels illustrate the attraction of equating renewal of registration with original registration, which is an unfortunate departure from consensus and precedent. If ever the complaint of bias can be made in favor of complainants whose trademarks did not exist when the domain names were registered, this is it! It would be a service to the bar to have these cases tried under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
GPZ Technology, Inc. v. Aleksandr Vedmidskiy / Private Person, FA1504001612935 (Forum May 11, 2015)
Fraudulent transfer of domain name supports abusive registration. "[W]hile Complainant does not make any contentions that fall within the articulated provisions of Policy ¶ 4(b), the Panel notes that these provisions are meant to be merely illustrative of bad faith, and that Respondent's bad faith may be demonstrated by ancillary allegations considered under the totality of the circumstances." Here, Complainant has adduced evidence to substantiate that Respondent wrongfully acquired the disputed domain name through hacking.
Kite Solutions, Inc. v. Brandon Abbey / Escrow.com, FA1503001609855 (Nat. Arb. Forum May 4, 2015)
Transfer to an escrow agent in connection with a sale of a domain name in which respondent owns a reversion interest in the event of a purchaser default is not a new registration for the purpose of establishing priority.
Beautiful People Magazine, Inc. v. Domain Manager / PeopleNetwork ApS / Kofod Nicolai / People Network Aps / Nicolai Kofod / People Network, FA1502001606976 (Nat. Arb. Forum May 4, 2015)
Respondent's lack of state, federal or common law trademarks in the US for "beautiful people" is irrelevant, since the question to be decided is not whether Respondent has a valid trademark but whether Respondent has rights or legitimate interests in the domain names that contain that phrase.
HomeAway, Inc. v. Timothy Hall (aka Tim Hall), D2015-0211 (WIPO April 21, 2015)
Complainant's allegation it is a licensee is insufficient evidence from which to "infer the existence of a license/authorization."
INVISTA North America S.a.r.l. v. Whois Privacy Service, FA1502001607177 (Nat. Arb. Forum April 14, 2015)
While constructive notice is generally regarded as insufficient to support a finding of bad faith, the Panel here concludes that Respondent had actual notice of Complainant's mark because of its fame which has been established by the evidence and the absence of any known meaning of TERATE other than as an identifier of Complainant's products and that Respondent thus registered the disputed domain name in bad faith under Policy ¶ 4(a)(iii).
Daredevil Brewing Company LLC v. Matthew O'Brien, FA150300 1608504 (Nat. Arb. Forum April 23 2015).
Renewal of registration of domain name registered prior to complainant's trademark right does not reset priority and "cannot justify the inference of Respondent's bad faith registration unless it is coupled with other circumstances." Complainant's predecessor owned a registered international and U.S. mark in DAREDEVIL CROSSING that it claimed gave it priority as a family mark but the mark was cancelled on October 4, 2013 due to the failure of filing an acceptable declaration of use of the mark: "However, the Panel is of the view that the filing date or the priority date of a family mark cannot be the priority date of the Complainant's DAREDEVIL BREWING CO mark with the USPTO."
Aspect Capital Limited v. Fluder (aka Pierre Fluder), D2015-0475 (WIPO April 14, 2015); Riverbed Technology, Inc. v. Nicholas Bonner, FA1503001608365 (Nat. Arb. Forum April 17, 2015).
In determining whether a domain name is identical or confusingly similar to trademark the dot can be ignored. In Aspect, Respondent coupled "aspect" with the new TLD "capital" to form <aspect.capital>. In Riverbed, Respondent coupled "riverbed" with the new TLD "technology" to form <riverbed.technology>.
Chiu Tsen Hu v. Andy Rose, HK-1500719 (ADNDRC April 16, 2015), citing several other cases from ADNDRC including Dracco Company Ltd. v. NJ T Ech Solutions Inc., HK-1400577 (ADNDRC April 14, 2014).
Panelists have not hesitated to condemn fraudulent transfers and return domain names to complainants on the theory of abusive registration. "Abusive registration" is the highest level of actionable conduct; it subsumes cybersquatting.
Domain Name Vault LLC v. John C. Bush and EClinical Works LLC, 14-cv-2621 (District of Colorado April 15, 2015).
Trademark owner's submission to choice of court under the "mutual jurisdiction" provision does not extend to submission of personal jurisdiction of its attorney who represented it in the UDRP proceeding.
iSystems v. Spark Network, 3:08-CV-1175-N (N.D. TX, Dallas Div. Sept. 19, 2014).
In a declaratory judgment action under the ACPA the court is not deciding whether the domain name infringes defendant's trademark, but whether defendant materially misrepresented "that a domain name is identical to, confusingly similar to or dilutive of a mark. The "NAF arbitration award was not based on any misrepresentation that the JDate Domain was dilutive of the JDATE Mark, but rather on the true representation that the JDate Domain was identical to, or confusingly similar to, the JDATE Mark." Paragraph 10 Conclusions of Law).


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This is a pretty small park with short trails. What we weren't expecting, though, was the natural springs there. We saw Island Spouter and Geyser.
Island SpouterAfter a quick session at the playground, we decided to head to our hotel in Albany to get checked in so we could head downtown to eat dinner. After checking in, Nolan and I went for a quick dip in the pool so he could splash around and use up some energy.
We then headed downtown Albany for site seeing and dinner. You would not guess that this was the capital except for that there are a couple tall buildings. We got downtown around 5:30 and it had already pretty much shut down. We searched for a place to eat dinner and happened across Katrinella's Bistro. It was decent (and priced far better than the other two Italian restaurants near by). We talked with the gal that owns the place with her husband; they opened the place earlier this year and have been doing ok so far. I got Ziti Genovese (pesto with marinara sauce added). It was different but good.
Tuesday morning we woke up to head up to Lake George in the Adirondacks. I had previously written down a couple possible hikes, but I wanted, as always, to stop at the Visitors Center and ask the locals. We were directed to drive up Prospect Mountain and then hike Buck Mountain. I also asked for a sandwich recommendation and was told to visit the Sandwich Works. Since Nolan was sleeping, we decided to drive up Prospect Mountain first. As we entered the area I noticed many signs "selling" this drive which I thought strange, we are already on the road to drive to the top. That is when I assumed "Oh, they are going to charge me to drive up". I was right. For $8/car, you drive up ~4 miles with three scenic overlooks along the way. Nolan woke up as we entered the first lookout, so we let him out to run around some. At the top parking lot they have a shuttle you can take to the very top or you can just walk up (not far at all). We walked up, not getting our $8 worth, but it was a nice, quick, steep climb. The weather was good Tuesday so we could see probably almost to Albany.
We headed back in to the village to get sandwiches and get moving to our hike. The sandwiches were not too bad and the price was reasonable considering this is a little tourist town. We drove on to the Buck Mountain trail head near Pilot Knob, about 10-15 minutes north of the village on the east side of the lake. We drove up, ate in the parking lot, and then thought about the climb. We had 3.3 miles up, 2000' ascent, and it was about 1:30. We also realized we didn't fill up all the water bottles. We decided to drive back and stop at the first place that looked like we could get water. Kacey noticed the Post Office and she figured she could get water there, and it worked. So by 2pm, we started a climb up the mountain. The first mile of the trail was easy so I wanted to make good time as I assumed it would get harder. We did the first mile in about 20 minutes but then the grade picked up. This was not a difficult trail (except for maybe the last 5% at the top), but a steady, steep grade. As the forest thinned, I knew we were close. About 90 minutes in to the climb was the last push, a pretty daunting rock face; especially since I am carrying about 30 pounds on my back! My legs were burning on the rocks, but with the end in sight I forced my legs to lift us up. The best map I could find to show the summit is this. This is the Bing Bird's Eye View of the summit rock. There are almost two lookouts here. The first one we sat at for 10 minutes or so while Nolan ran around because it was a great view looking south, and it felt like the top. I knew it wasn't, and another couple on their way down told us it was not much farther to the summit. We decided to ascend and made it to a north and west looking view.
It was around 4pm and I was not looking forward to the pain of using unused muscles climbing down with 30 pounds on my back, but I knew we had to get going. We rationed out some water and headed down. We stopped maybe half way to share an apple and that was the only food we really ate on the hike. It took us about 100 minutes to get up and about 80 minutes to get down. I thought this was a very successful hike! Luckily it is almost all shaded until the summit which made it much easier. There are a few creeks to cross so old shoes with good grip should be worn. There are two rock climbing sections toward the top, but they are definitely doable without any rock climbing experience if you take your time.
For dinner Kacey had found a restaurant online and we wanted to try it, but our appetites were off after the strenuous hike with probably not enough water. We walked around the village a bit and decided to go for it. The Taste of Poland restaurant is not to be missed if you enjoy this type of food ($4 off for mentioning the web site)! The homemade pierogies were fantastic (on par with the Fetcho Christmas celebration) and the homemade polish kielbasa was great! We asked the waitress what technique they use for making their pierogies. She said the family makes about 1000 per week on the weekends using the assembly line method the Fetchos use; and I thought 350 were a lot! They also sell frozen pierogies by the dozen to take home. We then walked around just a little more, long enough to find some ice cream at Nina's Sweet Shoppe. It was good!
Wednesday we woke up to start the hour drive to Bennington, VT. I had a couple ideas for trails in the Green Mountains National Forest, but we stopped at the Visitor's Center to ask for their opinion. We picked one hike I had found online - Harmon Hill. We decided to first check out the large war memorial seen driving in to town, get lunch, and then go hike.
Bennington Battle Monument was neat. It is the second tallest monument in the country, is the tallest structure in Vermont, is only $2 to ride the elevator up, and has some great views! We then drove in to town to get sandwiches at Izabella's Eatery. I got the Figgie Sandwich; while good it just isn't a lot of food. Kacey's sandwich was so-so. I think other options in town may satisfy better than this place.
We then headed down the road a few miles to the trail head. The trail description indicated that the ascent is immediate, steep, and rocky.
here is about 45° looking toward Bennington. It was still a nice hike and we got a move on to beat the rain getting out of the forest. Unfortunately along the way, our efforts to keep the Nikon dry resulted in the loss of my beloved lens cap. Luckily the Hoya UV filter is really the lens protector, not the cap. Any suggestions on good, cheap 72mm lens caps?
Once we returned to the car, we changed out of wet clothes and started our drive toward the interstate in Brattleboro. Kacey wanted to go ahead and eat here, so we drove around a bit and happened across the Flat Street Brew Pub and Tap Room. This place, along with several others in Vermont, includes all taxes in the price of items. I personally love this, which is why I mention it. The prices looked very fair and selection adequate. I got the Texas in Vermont burger which had chili and Vermont cheddar cheese; over cooked but good. They sell Berkshire Brewing Company beer at a pretty good rate so I enjoyed a BBC River Ale. I definitely recommend this place if you are passing through!
My last thoughts on this trip are simple. I am glad I got to spend some time in Vermont, and I have now been to every state east of the Mississippi. I still have 8 states left to do and 4-5 I hope to do all in one trip to the northwest some day. The Adirondacks are touristy due to the skiing aspect of the region, but a good time can definitely be had.


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Customizing OBI EE – GO URL Parameters
Posted by Venkatakrishnan J on July 30, 2007
While I was working on the data mining pieces, I got a request from a customer who basically wanted to completely customize OBI EE. Well, it got me thinking about the various customization options that we have with OBI EE. In my customer's case, they wanted to integrate OBI EE into their web application. Let's see what options we have with OBI EE customizations.
Using OBI EE GO URL parameters
Almost most of the functionality that a customer would need or expect out of OBI EE is available for them via URL parameters. One can leverage these URL parameters into their application. What this would do is that rather than having OBI EE as a separate reporting tool, it would enable an end customer to call various reports via iframes into their application.
A sample URL with the parameters for OBI EE would look like this
When one needs to use the URL parameters the fundamental part of the URL should include http://hostname:port/analytics/saw.dll?GO and following that options are to be entered. Lets look at the various URL parameters for OBI EE
1. &NQUser – Username for logging into Answers
2. &NQPassword – Password for login. One must realize that entering password directly into the URL is not very secure. Its recommended to use the post method wherein the password is not explicitly shown. (People who know discoverer, entering password, as a parameter is no more available. Only post method is supported)
3. &Options=mdfr – Each of the letters in mdfr have a specific function.
m – To include the modify report link under the report
d – To include the download link under the report
f – To include the printer friendly link under the report
r – To include the refresh report link under the report
All the above can be interchangeably used. For example &Options=md for including modify and download links alone.
4. &Action – This allows the developers to request specific formats for the reports. For example, &Action=print (can also have excel etc)
5. &ViewName – This argument allows one to specify a view. For example, &ViewName=Chart1
6. &Style – Specify a style sheet For example, &Style=Lime
7. &Format – Specify the format of the output, html or xml
8. &Path – Specify the path for the report. For example, &Path=/Shared/administrator/testReport
9. &SQL – Logical Sql – One can even issue logical sql via the URL parameter. For example, &SQL=select+region+from+Sales. Here Sales is the subject area.
The above are some of the parameters that you might find useful. But for more detailed and some parameters refer the Documentation here.
The above picture is actually a simple application that calls out 2 different reports based on the data entered. This kind of integration is very strong and infact the entire OBI EE is integrated into the Oracle Siebel CRM using this methodology. One can use Post methods; execute scripts etc using this type of methodology.
Following are some examples for simple HTML form elements using post method.
Access to Answers:
<form action="http://hostname:port/analytics/saw.dll?" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="Cmd" value="Answers">
<input type="hidden" name="nqUser" value="Administrator">
<input type="hidden" name="nqPassword" value="Administrator">
<input type="submit" value="Answers">
To open a report in Answers (for edit), include the Path parameter:
<form action="http://hostname:port/analytics/saw.dll?" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="Cmd" value="Answers">
<input type="hidden" name="nqUser" value="Administrator">
<input type="hidden" name="nqPassword" value="Administrator">
<input type="hidden" name="Path" value="/Shared/SH/Category analysis">
<input type="submit" value="Open a Report for editing in Answers">
To open BI Publisher use "AdvancedReports" as the Cmd value
<form action="http://hostname:port/analytics/saw.dll?" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="Cmd" value="AdvancedReports">
<input type="hidden" name="nqUser" value="Administrator">
<input type="hidden" name="nqPassword" value="Administrator">
<input type="submit" value="BI Publisher">
71 Responses to "Customizing OBI EE – GO URL Parameters"
August 21, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Hello, Can you please explain how to pass parameter values in the url. For example, I want to run an answers query and pass into the url something like this: &Region=West
September 4, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Hi Venkat,
Again, very informative entry, although some typos
like &Options instead of &mdfr and the picture in this entr
points to the web services stuff instead
of your sample application.
September 6, 2007 at 4:05 am
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October 22, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Hi Venkat, When I use the GO URL for a request which contain the column filter prompt then the column filter prompt is not appearing, instead I am directly being directed to request. How do I make sure that , I get proper column filter prompt before displaying the data.
October 23, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Hi Venky,
I want use to use the prompt list to select the data rather then specifying the data in URL.
What I am trying to achive here is the a link in our application which will take the user to request and user should be able to select the data (, from prompt filter dropdown list )before displaying the table/chart.
October 24, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Hi Venky,
How can we pass dashboard Group as a variable in the URL?
October 24, 2007 at 6:00 pm
I meant dashboard Group as a Parameter in the URL
October 24, 2007 at 6:28 pm
November 4, 2007 at 10:28 pm
How Does External Authentication Work When You Do External Launch
That is Presentation Manager Lauches BI Publisher.
http://l000702057.hphc.org:9704/analytics/saw.dll?AdvancedReports&_scid=uFQ9jZvvsXM does not work
December 5, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Is there a way I can specify which particular page in a dashboard should be displayed on clicking the url?
Like in my Dashboard I have the default page, then another for sales info , another for profits etc…
I want to provide separate links to each of these pages..
Is is possible?
December 5, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Sorry, what I actually wanted to ask in my previous comment was that how can I specify to go to a required dashboard. Ex: If I have more than one dashboard, Dashboard1 and Dashboard2 along with the default one, how do I specify in the URL that I want to display Dashboard1 when I click?
December 11, 2007 at 8:34 am
Hi Venkat,
I created three repository. Now I want to create different url for different repository. How can I Create? Please help me out.
December 18, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Deear Venkat,
Is it also possible to use the parameters to authenticate via SSO. In the documentation I read something about SSO and HTTP Headers. Do you (or someone) else have experience on this topic?
Thanks and thumbs up for this nice OBIEE community
Best regards,
December 19, 2007 at 3:15 pm
How to Pass Parameters to external URL page. How to use Action Link with external url page?
January 9, 2008 at 1:59 am
I want to build a dashboard with two pages.
Page 1 will be a Chart view with drill capability, built from a very stripped down Answers Request.
Page 2 will be a different Answers Request, with a lot of detail. I built it with 4 "Is Prompted" filters.
I want users to be able to drill down to any level in the Chart on Page 1 and then navigate to Page 2.
The Page 2 Request will take the context from Page 1 at whatever level the user has drilled down
to in the Chart.
On my Page 1, I added a Guided Navigation Link. I set the Source Request to be the Page 1 Request.
I set the Target to be a URL, and I specified the Request on Page 2.
When I tried it out, I got an error: Path not found (/users/sjones/Quote+Counts/quote_count_SLAVE)
Here's my URL:
First, is my design supported?
Second, what's wrong with my Path?
Third, how do I dynamically pass values for the Prompts in the request on Page2?
— Steve
January 18, 2008 at 6:14 pm
I am trying to display BI Portlet within webcenter, but it is giving an authentication error.
According to the guide – "Authenticate with administrative credentials — With this approach, the Portlet remembers the credentials of the Oracle BI Administrator (that is, user name and password) and passes them to Oracle BI Presentation Services along with the login name of the current user. Because Oracle BI Presentation Services knows the user name and password of the Oracle BI Administrator, it knows that it can trust that the login name of the current user is actually the name of the user
who was properly authenticated."
Currently the application is not secured. I am not sure how it is trying to get the login info for the current user, so that I could mock the same.
It would be great if you could provide some input.
January 28, 2008 at 5:17 pm
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January 30, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Actually, the doc and, echoing the doc, what is written here is incorrect on one point. The name of the view to display is the name of the view as found in the XML. For the first chart, this would be staticchart!1 (but check the XML to be sure), not Chart1.
February 15, 2008 at 3:25 am
Hi Venkatakrishnan
My client has a requirement to navigation link to be setup from the values in report which are basically calculated metrics with a case statement. For example a report having SR Number, SR Status, # of SR's. Here #SR's has a case statement based calculation. Requirement is to have drill functionality on any number displayed for #SR's to a report which shows a report with status as closed. I understand it might be possible with GO URL and pass parameters method. I would appreciate your guidence
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February 19, 2008 at 5:06 am
Hi Venky,
February 19, 2008 at 5:11 am
This feature of passing filters through GO URL is interesting but I am not able to implement it in my system.I tried dynamic sql and viewing a report with given path in the GO URL. But when I try filter with "&Action=Navigate&P0=1&P1=eq&P2=Markets.Region&P3='CENTRAL%20REGION'",
it doesn't work for me.The report simply ignores the filter and comes as it is. I tried this with the paint demo and the url is here:
Please help me resolve this.
February 29, 2008 at 4:23 am
Hi Venkatakrishnan,
Your blog is very informative, but I still have a question.
How can I access Dashboard input parameters (used in prompts) in my BI Publisher reports? Actually my requirements is that these input parameters must be printed in the BI Publisher reports.
March 9, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Great blog and helpful for OBI developers like me. A question, I tried this for my dashboard and keep getting an error – any ideas?
Error Codes: IVL7WLMD:OQ78YWIW
Assertion failure: rDocument.getRootElement()->getName() == ksReport at line 719 of ./project/webreport/reportquery.cpp
March 13, 2008 at 12:09 am
The GO URL can only be used for a report and does not work for the dashboard. This is an issue for my team as we present a collection of reports to our users. That said, GO URL is *not* a new feature for OBIEE, there is a hidden unsupported feature (Version 7.8.4 or higher) for the complete dashboard that does work, example –
March 24, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I have this requirement where I need to pass 2 values (one is the YEAR (a Global dashboard prompt) and the other a column value of a column in an Answers report to an external application. Currently we pass the column value through a URL. How do I additioanlly pass the other YEAR parameter? Is it possible. As far as the documentation for GO URL is concerned, I havent seen a way where we can pass on multiple parameters to an external application.
March 27, 2008 at 9:12 am
Hi Venkatakrishnan,
Great blog.
We are trying to generate a chart that Oracle BI EE is not able to generate and integrate it into a dashboard.
To do this we need to use a product called Dundas that we understand can use the Oracle BI Server as an ODBC data source.
In Answers, a table is generated with the correct data and a narrative view is created where code is used to call an ASP page, where the Dundas created chart is generated.
We have to pass to this page the "logical SQL" generated by Answers for it to use against the ODBC of the Oracle BI server. This removes the processing of the large data set in the code in the narrative which is more efficient.
The asp page uses the return set of this query and renders the graph of the wind rose in the page, which appears embedded in the dashboard.
Has anyone done this type of integration before and Does it seem like a plausible workaround?
How do I get the "logical SQL" into the external app? Is it using tyhe GO URL statement?
April 2, 2008 at 4:43 am
Hi Venkat,
Greetings. I wanted to know whether each time Go URL is used by passing NQUser & NQPassword as parameters, I think the presentation services create session each time. Is there anyway we can handle not to create more than one session?
April 11, 2008 at 11:33 am
Hi Venkat,
Is it also possible to use the &Options=mdfr directly in an answers-navigation?
I have a measure from where i navigate to another report. So i set the column property to navigate and set the path. However, when i add behind the path &Options=fr then i get an error message.
I'm trying to achieve that i also have a "printer friendly" button in the report I navigate to.
June 5, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Hi, thanks for theses informations.
But I still have a question. How to add a return link (back) on a page?
I use "&done=…MyDashboard…" as parameter and it works to go to a specific page BUT how to implement a back functionnality? (what to enter after '&done=' to go back to my previous page).
Do you know something about 'stateid' and 'viewstate' parameters?
June 13, 2008 at 3:02 am
1. The Back functionality of a standard browser will generally work unless you are looking for a data refresh (which can be done by user using the Refresh dashboard link)
2. The viewstate is like a session id and visible only for a short time and is dynamic. We have used this feature to copy the contents of a dashboard via a script. Example…
June 13, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Thanks for your answer Rajesh Nadipalli,
Point 1:
Indeed, you are right, the Back functionality of a standard browser works. I was just looking for a custom way of doing.
Point 2:
How do you "find/get/generate" the actual stateid of the current page? Do you use a function? (like getstate() for example!?)
Best regards,
June 21, 2008 at 7:27 pm
For "2" we had a Java servlet written that was first calling the dashboard using the parameterized URL (10.1.3.3 makes it real easy) and then scan for the text stateid and then replace the URL with a action=print command to finally generate an archived file that users can later view. I have been talking to Oracle regarding the lack of this feature and no success yet. OBIEE prompts work well for a single report but for a dashboard, it has several limitations.
July 8, 2008 at 10:09 am
Hi Venkat,
Could you plz let me know how to pass values from GCM to external application.To be more clear,I have few metrics for Initiatives which are not captured in GCM Analytics.So inorder to show those metrics,I need to pass these Initiative values from GCM to external application.
Could please let me know how do I accomplish this.
August 6, 2008 at 7:18 am
How to pass the column selector values in url?
August 20, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hi Venkat,
We have a dashboard report in that few requests has the last column "download" hyperlink. when user click on that link the report should download either excel or pdf format and sent to logged in user's mail id.
Could you please explain me what is best solution to achive this functionality in detail.
September 7, 2008 at 10:58 am
I'm creating 4 different views that drill into one another.
Meaning- A into B. B into C, and so on.
After i drilled for the second time, i loose the filter
that was prompted on the first view, which creates wrong
info in the third view.
How can i keep the first prompt still relevant in the fourth
Appreciate your help,
September 14, 2008 at 8:38 pm
i'm trying to supply an url to user without username & password to navigate reports. i log on the BI Server via webservice logon method, and i get a session id, then i generate the url like http:/…../saw.dll?NGID=sessionid….. format. But pages seems unformatted no color, no layout,etc. What's wrong?
September 19, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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September 30, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Hi Venkat,
We have an issue with GO URL. When passing the values as parameters to the URL, if there is any space in the values, the complete value is not getting to the URL and no results are returned as the value is in-complete. There was a BUG in 2003, i could not find the solution, though it was mentioned as fixed. Please help me if there is any solution for this.
March 25, 2010 at 2:52 am
Hello Mallesh,
I am having a similar problem. Did you find any solution for this? If you did, can you please forward me the same.
- March 25, 2010 at 2:52 am
October 18, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Hi Venkat,
I am new to BI. I have a requirement as follows.In one of my Dashboard pages(is created with Dashboard prompt as asprompted and we are passing Monthlastdate and areaname).This report will display the quantity of sold items for that month for that area.
for the month 31-Jul-08 area Dallas( These two are coming from Presentation variables)
Item name quantity sold item number
When user clicks on AMN which is a row it should open another AMN detail report as
ItemName customer area itemnumber
AMN philip Dallas 1
AMN Derrik Dallas 1
AMN zang Dallas 1
if user clicks on ZAB
it should go to its detail report. Can you please give some idea how to do this.
Thanks in advance.
October 18, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Hi Venkat,
I am new to BI. I have a requirement as follows.In one of my Dashboard pages(is created with Dashboard prompt as asprompted and we are passing Monthlastdate and areaname).This report will display the quantity of sold items for that month for that area.
for the month 31-Jul-08 area Dallas( These two are coming from Presentation variables)
Item name quantity sold item number
When user clicks on AMN which is a row it should open another AMN detail report as
ItemName customer area itemnumber
AMN philip Dallas 1
AMN Derrik Dallas 1
AMN zang Dallas 1
if user clicks on ZAB
it should go to its detail report. Can you please give some idea how to do this.
Thanks in advance.
November 27, 2008 at 11:52 am
When we click on the link report the link goes to the page where the report is. Now theres a prompt and report in that page. I do as many operations in the page.
I want to Create a Button Which will take it to the previous page from where it came.I mean the page where the link was.
I have used html but it doesn't works. Can u provide the solutions regarding this.
With Regards,
December 9, 2008 at 7:02 am
Hi Venkat,
do you know if OBIEE supports dynamic number of prompts? For example, if the user picks 'States' from the first prompt then only 1 other prompt would be displayed in the prompt area. If the user selects 'City' then 2 prompts (1 for zipcode and 1 for State) would show up. I've been working with Sales Analytics and now with OBIEE for the last 4 years and haven't seen this implemented. Your help is very much appreciated. Thank you. Hermilo Quintero.
February 13, 2009 at 2:42 pm
What about print to PDF? If I have an URL on Dashboard and I want to print this in PDF I get the link and it is very ugly and usless. This is not visible in Dashboard but is visible when I go to PDF.
February 17, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Hi Venkatakrishnan,
Good Day!!!
I am an ETL Developer and am into my current assignmnet to be a Report writer.
We are going to use, "Oracle Hyperion Performance Reporting Suite" as the front end.
I am not very sure what essentially does this suite consists of.
All that I have is Application server to be Oracle Hyperion 9.3
I got your mail id from one of my friends and approaching you.
Request you to clarify about the suite.
Please do the needful,
Thanks in advance,
February 17, 2009 at 7:26 pm
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September 10, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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September 23, 2009 at 9:32 pm
hi venkat
i am trying to pass a value (ups tracking number) from my report to http://www.ups.com
What I need is when the user clicks the tracking # on the report, it should retain that value of the tracking # and pass it on to ups website
October 2, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Please some body help me
I want to show one dashboard calls cuadro1, whithin show the banner and menus.
October 26, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Is there a way to pass a column value from one request to another by clicking on it? For example, you have a request with a list of order numbers. You set the 'navigate to' option on the column order number. When you click on order number to navigate to the next request, can you pass the value of the order number you selected? Any help with be very appreciated.
November 6, 2009 at 5:00 am
I need generic Go URL format i.e I can keep the IFrame code in any other system alsi it should wrk without changing the http//server:host/
November 18, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I am new to OBI, Is there any ways I can execute dynamic SQL in OBI?
For eg., I have a Configuration Table named "ConfigTable" and it has columns like
ReportType EmployeeType QueryType SQL
Report1 Manager Type1 SELECT FROM
and in one report, I will write the query "Select SQL from ConfigTable where ReportType=@ReportType and EmployeeType=@EmployeeType and QueryType=@QueryType".
The resultant sql needs to be executed.
Any help would be appreciated
December 10, 2009 at 10:22 am
I would like to put in the column headig column
instead of numbers 1,2,3, … should be the name of the month.
but so that they are dynamically changing. For a given condition I expect to get a name month instead number of months.
for example
I have column name 5 and instead 5 expected to be the column name oct
MONTHname(TIMESTAMPADD(SQL_TSI_MONTH, 5,CAST('@{year}{2009}/@{month}{05}/@{day}{01} 12:00:00 AM' AS timestamp))) ..
(year,month,day) is presentation variable
Thanks, azob
December 29, 2009 at 4:25 pm
The GO URL looks like using a REST API.
I want to integrate presentation services features with our web applications (frontoffice+backoffice). I know solution depends on what exactly I want to do but what would be the best choice using GO URL or OBIEE webservices API ?
January 15, 2010 at 10:11 am
Please some body help me
I need to show answer report in a pop up window using the Go Url Paramerts with post method(hide UID and PW).
Please do the needful,
Thanks in advance,
March 25, 2010 at 10:16 am
Can we hide the uid and pw when using the GO url in OBIEE? This cannot pass security department because user name and password is shown in url. Need this ASAP. Thanks in advance guys!
- March 25, 2010 at 10:16 am
January 15, 2010 at 5:58 pm
good post and the solution is impressive and easy to follow. now-a-days everyone started to use business intelligence software, as it helped a lot in this Global World.
February 9, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Global recession accompanied with growing competition among businesses has forced various firms and organizations to squeeze their budget. This has lead to reduction in investment for business enhancement technology. But it is necessary for these companies and firms to realize that recession is a great time to give priority to investment in technology that can help their business to overcome the impact of recession and lead to the organization's growth in future.
Peter s. Thomas
business intelligence software
March 22, 2010 at 6:49 am
In the data field of the column i used an hyperlink instead of the data.. the hyperlink was http://www.google.com. now i want the word "link" to be displayed in the data field instead of http://www.google.com… any idea how to do this?
March 22, 2010 at 6:50 am
In the data field of the column i used an hyperlink instead of the data.. the hyperlink was http://www.google.com. now i want the word "link" to be displayed in the data field instead of http://www.google.com… any idea how to do this?


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Photo Finish: The Lexington Medical Center Governor's Cup Road Race
More than 180 Lexington Medical Center employees participated in the Governor's Cup Road Race on Saturday, February 22. The event included a 5K and half marathon. Hospital staff dressed in matching green "Team LMC" shirts. Here are some of our favorite photos.


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Being a spin-off of a University, education and training are still an integral part of GeoSUN Africa. We support the short courses presented by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES), and our staff are involved in teaching some of the courses. These courses include topics such as Renewable Energy Systems, Introduction to Solar Energy and Advanced PV Systems.
GeoSUN Africa will also provide custom made courses relating to solar energy. A number of such courses have been presented on World Bank funded projects in Zambia and Malawi.


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Nature In My Life started its journey in early 90's initially known as Neha Interiors. It was an era when people were not even aware of the name of Interior Designer and their actual role in home interiors. At that time, we were pioneer in carving furniture which was in tremendous demand. But gradually, the things changed and people started recognizing the vital role of an Interior designer.
Our vision is to make the Design Services available to each person who is planning for their home interiors. Even more, we are working towards eradicating the various myths associated with an an interior designer.
Our team takes pride in creating value for money and innovative home interior designs. We build a very intimate connection to our clients and their families. We understand that each project we begin has its own specific needs, budget and a level of quality with the work involved. Consequently, each home begins with a personalized concept that directly correlates to the needs of our clients and their individual style. We rely on our professional knowledge and advanced experience in the design field to walk our clients through the process of home interior design with exceptional customer service.
We Offer
We provide turnkey solutions ensuring a single point of contact for interiors, thereby, minimising the risk of dealing with multiple suppliers. Turnkey, as the name suggests, incorporates end-to-end processes within a project by providing all the required services to design and build your interior space, by managing the project from the first point of contact, through to handing over of the keys. A bare-shell apartment/office space/greenfield site, is turned into a fully functional residence/office as per the client's requirements and handed over.
The solutions include but are not limited to, civil, interiors and modular furniture, electrical services, carpentry works, plumbing and furniture. Single point sourcing for all the requirements help provide effective control and management during the course of any project. With our in-house capacity for manufacturing furniture, It helps in servicing clients effectively, with a quick turnaround time.
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My foray into 'better' knives began a handful of years ago, as many knife 'careers' have, with a Spyderco Tenacious. I carried that knife daily for at least a full year. Occasionally I'd peek my head out and take a look at other offerings but ultimately I was impressed with the venerable Chinese blade. Especially for the $22 I paid for it. I'd browse through numerous catalogs and eye the blades, only to decide that a $50 Delica was my ABSOLUTE upper limit. $100 for those Benchmade blades? Crazy.
The one day, I ran across the 580 Barrage. I don't mean to get all cliche here in TTAK, but it was love at first sight. Seriously. And I still lust after that blade shape. I had acquired a few Amazon credits, and I decided I wanted, neigh, NEEDED this knife. Thus began my adventure, hacking and slashing my way into the belly of the beast.
Introduced at the SHOT show in 2009, the 580 Barrage marked the first assisted-opening Axis lock folder for Benchmade. Available in two sizes, this Warren Osborne design features 154CM steel and Valox handles. Later, in 2012, a G10 handle became available with stainless bolsters. Special one-offs of this design have been available in a multitude of configurations, even as recently as last week.
The Steel
154CM is produced by Crucible Industries (data sheet http://www.crucible.com/PDFs/DataSheets2010/ds154cmv12010.pdf). It is a corrosion-resistant stainless steel, with high hardness, toughness, and edge retention. This steel has a proven track record from numerous manufacturers. 154CM is akin to 440C, but with added molybdenum. This addition increases the corrosion resistance, wear-resistance, and edge retention as compared to 440C.
154CM, as seen in this knife should not be confused with CPM154, also a Crucible product. The CPM version is a powder metallurgy version of the 154CM. This process creates a uniform distribution of carbides, which helps increase toughness. As with everything, there is never a free lunch, and this improvement comes at an added stock cost.
The Blade
The blade on the 580 is a 3.6" long, drop point. I actually refer to it as a spear point, as the swedge begins at the midpoint of the blade, and runs the full length. This is probably my favorite aesthetic of this knife. In addition, the swedge runs along the drop point, and meets the blade grind right at the end, helping to re-enforce the tip. Dual sided thumb studs adorn the spine, helping to actuate the lightning fast assisted opening. The venerable butterfly can be found on one side, and on the other the blade steel marking, and the designer, Warren Osborne's mark. The other available blade options include: drop-point or tanto, partial serrated or plain edge, DLC coated or satin finish. This yields a possible 8 permutations of the Barrage family. Overall, the 580 has a distinct blade shape, and I make no reservations preaching my love for it.
The is something to be said about Benchmade's construction. I have owned half a dozen knives from them, all with impeccable build quality. And you certainly can't ignore their lifetime warranty.
The 580 has Valox handles, on top of 420J stainless liners. Valox is a glass filled nylon, that although feels a bit cheap in the hand, is a light yet strong material. The handles are sculpted, with scallops adorning the lower section, and grooves closer to the blade. These additions help to increase the traction in your hand. It is a closed construction, with a full length, ribbed back spacer, which looks to be of the same Valox material. At the top of the spacer is the safety latch. When activated, it prevents the axis bar from being disengaged. This, in effect, acts as a safety from the knife firing in your pocket, or from the blade unexpectedly closing. Just to note, in the approximately three years I have owned this knife, I have never had an accidental issue with the action. This, despite never utilizing the safety.
The knife is assembled with torx screws, and the pivot is blind: it resides behind the handle scales. This, I suspect, is to prevent over-tightening, which would slow down the action. On the backside is Benchmade's 'arrow' pocket clip. This knife isn't particularly low riding, but in my opinion, is a very happy medium. The clip itself has great retention, and due to the smooth finish of the Valox, the knife is easy on your pockets.
Lockup and Action
The Axis mechanism has a reputation for being one of the strongest locks on the planet. There isn't much more to say about it which would boost it's credentials. Check out the 580 test video linked at the end of this review.
Blade deployment is a sight to behold. Merely flicking the thumb stud causes the earth to rumble, the heavens to quake, and the blade to extract from the handles with the speed of the lightning bolt that just struck a tree behind my house. No really, I'm writing this in a thunderstorm, and I thought it would be funny to compare this action to the chaos that is occurring 5 feet beyond this window. Humor me, ok? The blade deployment is impressive, and satisfying. How many times have you flicked open an 'assisted opening' blade and been utterly disappointed? Not this time, I can assure you.
The knife fits very comfortably in your hand. The front 'choil' is set away from the edge of the blade, so there is no real chance of slipping and getting bitten. Due to the assisted opening spring, this knife cannot 'wave' closed. However, due to the comparatively light spring pressure the Omega springs apply to the lock bar, just a thumb is needed to disengage the lock. This leaves my index finger to close the blade.
Favorite Feature:
Is this a surprise? The action on this thing is just flawless. Runner up is the blade shape.
Least-Favorite Feature:
The Valox handles can feel cheap, but I learned to overlook that quickly. They just plain work.
RATINGS (out of five stars)
Styling: * * * * *
The long 'spear point' blade compliments the sleek handle.
Blade: * * * * *
This blade is a great shape for everyday tasks, and the reenforced tip should prove very durable.
Ergonomics: * * * * 1/2
The knife fits comfortably in the hand. Closing it takes some muscle memory, but that's par for the course in assisted openers.
Ruggedness/Durability: * * * *
I have no worry this blade will last a lifetime. It's not really a 'rugged' folder, however. It's more suited for general everyday tasks.
Overall Rating: * * * * 1/2
This is a fantastic EDC knife, especially if you like longer blades.
Type: Assisted Opening Locking Folding Knife
Blade style: Drop Point
Blade dimensions: 3.6" long, by .121" thick
Steel: 154CM
Grip: Valox
Overall length: 8.35" open, 4.75" closed
Weight: 4.2 oz.
Price: $130
Origin: USA
Manufacturer's Links: Web
Benchmade 580 Barrage Demo and Testing – YouTube


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Taken at 42nd St / Port Authority in NYC this was an unusually quiet time for what is usually one of the busiest subway stops in the city.
For those who have been to NYC and made use of the subway you will know just how busy it can get hence why it is unusual to find such a quiet moment and to capture 2 people sharing a moment of peace and tenderness prior to commencing the rest of the journey.
Opened in 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the world's most used metro systems, and the metro system with the most stations and the most trackage. It offers service 24 hours per day and every day of the year.


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Okay, this would be one of the most unusual session I have photographed in a while.
I photographed Ashley and Ben's wedding about eight? years ago. Since then, I have photographed a family portrait with them and their two dogs. I was excited to hear they were expecting. It's always fun to see couples start families after you have photographed their wedding. Well, Ashley wanted some maternity photographs to chronicle this time in their lives. As I talked with here, it became clear that she was not looking for the normal, dramatic lighting, black-and-white, highly glamorized, maternity photographs. She was after something different. This is not unusual for Ashley. She wanted something outside and with buildings. As the session progressed, I began to catch "a vision" for what she was looking for.
Ashley specifically asked for an image that showed her "big ole belly". Make it look big? No problem. I called this one, "the belly that ate Oklahoma City".


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Artist Track Album / Format Year Comments Hank Levine and his Orch Image, Part One (45) 1961 Show Opening Theme NRBQ And The Whole Wheat Horns Made to Love Live at The Wax Museum (CD) 1982 / 2003 NRBQ And The Whole Wheat Horns Don't she Look Good Live at The Wax Museum (CD) 1982 / 2007 NRBQ And The Whole Wheat Horns Well oh Well Live at The Wax Museum (CD) 1982 Dave Douglas Freak In Freak In (CD) 2003 Jon Raskin Quartet Swing Sing Jon Raskin Quartet (CD) * 2007 Fay Victor Ensemble It's Coming Cartwheels Through The Cosmos (CD) 2006 George Russell Sextet Kige's Tune Ezz-Thetic (CD) * 1961/ 2007 Ensemble El Salaam Traces of Trane The Sojourner (LP) 1974 Music behind DJ:
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Soul Men 60's / 2003 Aqua Velvet Lady Blue A Splash of... (CD) * 2007 Fraternity of Man Coco Lollipop Get It On (LP) 1969 Lowell George And The Factory Smile, let your life begin Lightning Rod Man (CD) 1967 / 2003 Charlie Jones Sunday Charlie Jones (CD) * 2007 Incredible Casuals Blind World World Championship Songs (CD) * 1991 / 2007 Hi-Risers I'll wait for you (CD-R) * 2007 From upcoming CD Old Time Relijun A Wild Harvest Catharsis in Crises (CD) * 2007 Music behind DJ:
Booker T. and the MGs
Soul Men Canned Heat An Owl Song Boogie with... (LP) 1968 Faces Sweet Lady Mary Long Player (CD) 1971 Pentangle The Best Part of You (from the film "Tam Lin") The Time Has Come 1967-1973 (Boxed set) * 1970 / 2007 Steve Lacy / Roswell Rudd Quartet Think of one Early And Late (CD box set) * 1962 / 2007 Thelonious Monk Orchestra Thelonious At Town Hall (CD) 1959 / 2007 Music behind DJ:
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Yesterday's Universe (CD) * 2007 The Bird And The Bee Man Please Clap Your Hands (CD) * 2007 Of Montreal Miss Blonde your Papa is Failing Icons abstract Thee (CD) * 2007 Smokey And His Sister Where there's Fire Smokey And His Sister (CD) * 1967 / 2007 Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band Django's Castle (CD-R) 62? Grayson and Whitter Tom Dooley People Take Warning! (Boxed set) * 1929 / 2007 Var. artist set Music behind DJ:
Yesterday's New Quintet
Yesterday's Universe Yesterday's New Quintet (The Jazzistics) (The Jazzistics) Marcus Martin and Malcolm (excerpt) Yesterday's Universe (CD) * 2007
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8:08pm ted porter:yr show is a large treat. polease keep it going! 1:34pm Jay:Wonderful show - I really enjoyed the Aqua Velvet, the Lowell George, the Lacy/Roswell, and lots of other stuff. "Karma" by Pharoah Sanders which includes "The Creator Has a Master Plan" is on Impulse, not Strata/East. Thanks for the great show. 1:26pm Bob B.:Hey Jay,
You are correct sir on Impulse album Karma, but Pharoah and Leon also did 'Creator' on Pharoah's Izipho Zam album on Strata East.
Thanks for your nice comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the show!
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Hello everyone!
I have done quests for all Floating university, Hibaraki and Greenwitch Villages, Pokyograd, Fairycraft hill and Pearl Shore as well. All through those quests I hadnt found a npc that would advance me in quests Investigate the attack and Locate Kozney's lair. It is entirely possible that I misread parts of dialogue, but still, these two along with Find the spices are only quests from HOL III in my quest log and I have no idea how to complete them.
Please can anyone (or, Cat, please can you, since you seem to be only one alive here ) point me in right direction? I feel like I was all through the map, on every island, in every village, tomb, tunnel, castle and I can't advance. This being said, I am almost sure that your answer will be obvious (just escaping my attention)
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Well, I did it!!! I worked right up until the day before my great-granddaughter's birthday party and finished her album. I still can't believe I stuck with it, even though I was trying to prepare for the holidays. Did you know that there are 62 pages in one of Stampin' Up's! This and That albums? I'm sure glad I didn't count the pages until I finished, as I probably would have been overwhelmed. And yes, you can still get this album from Stampin' Up, under the Clearance Rack -- so very worth the price and perfect for a project like this. You really don't have to do anything but attach your pictures and it will still look beautiful with the page designs. I just did mine different because her mother (my granddaughter) loves vintage (just like me), so I tried to incorporate a lot of pages keeping that in mind. I so hated giving it up, but here are a few more pages (a lot of the product is discontinued, but the design is there for copying):
Until next time,
"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world may be saved by Him." -- John 3:17


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Often we make stupid mistakes in our lives and we must learn the hard way, educated from our own faults. Yet sometimes we are granted a gift and the dummy sitting next to you--or maybe a fool from miles away--uses that thick skull of theirs to tutor the rest of world. The only thing we have to do is listen.
For example, a 19-year-old man decided it would be a great idea to take his car and fly down the highway at 225 km/h. Though it likely wasn't the brightest move ever, others have preceded him. However, the foolishness continues further: he taped his wild ride and then decided to show this, and himself, to the world on YouTube.
Somehow the police got ahold of the video and now the unnamed man has been arrested. Sergeant Scott McLachland in London describes the situation best, stating "to post a recording of such driving on the Internet is entirely stupid... [and] completely foolish behavior." Well put.
Nobody's really sure what he was trying to prove. Perhaps he was attempting to demonstrate that he'd win in a drag race between himself and brick, or maybe he was trying to show cars can indeed go really really fast. Whatever his motive, there is an important lesson here to remember as classes settle in.
Now let's be clear, I'm not telling you to stop doing unwise things. Let's face it, we all are a little dense from time to time and periodically--sometimes with a little help from our friend Jack Daniels--regretful actions can take place. Regardless of how many times we are reminded to avoid such events, they will still happen and such a request to stop them altogether is ludicrous.
Just don't keep any evidence of this happening, that's all I'm saying. Don't broadcast it to the world either. Maybe the audience is part of the problem, egging on the eggheads of society for our entertainment. But the blame clearly cannot be laid on the side of those who merely observ, so peer pressure is off the hook.
I'm sure there are those out there thinking this would never apply to them and slough it off as nothing. For the older students, you might remember an incident a few years back involving somebody who we'll refer to only as "Darwin." Although the exact details are unknown except to those involved, the story goes something along these lines: a group of guys, possibly drinking, find a girl, who was probably drinking too, at a C-Train station, only to bring her back to rez and tape themselves, well, with her. A LimeWire upload followed, and we can now see how close to home these sorts of things are. The result is that Darwin is no longer attending the U of C.
Be forewarned though, I'm not just talking about reckless stunts such as the ones mentioned above. Carelessness happens to everyone, even that four-eyes playing games on his high school TI-83. Everyone can be a victim of not only pulling a dim-witted move, but also 'taping' evidence for the world to see.
Example: if you're going to play hooky at work one day, use an untraceable excuse. Avoid picking an illness with lingering effects, or half way through the day you'll forget you had a massive head cold yesterday with a nasty cough that keeps others at a distance. This will surely be noticed, and then you'll have to deal with the real headache of being fired. And no, I'm not telling you the best excuses, because then you'll know when I blow off your lame party for something better.
So while we are going to try to keep the brainless actions to a minimum, our speed-demon friend shall always be remembered when irrational action takes place. The events cannot always be prevented, and they will take place- there is no doubt about that. Just remember denial soon becomes your best friend, so long as no hard evidence exists of that idiotic move you just pulled. Eye-witnesses can be dealt with, but avoid evidence of that too, if you catch my drift.
Stay smart. If you can't, avoid showing the world what you've done because that's just not smart.
See? It's a vicious circle.