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This Is Only The Beginning-- Philadelphia Eagles 2018 Season Kickoff video--"This is only the beginning"--#FlyEaglesFly #NFL #Eagles--source: PhiladelphiaEagles.com.

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— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) September 6, 2018

The NFL season opens on the evening of September 6, 2018, with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons.

Analysts have pointed to the start of the college and pro football seasons as the first real indication of the upside potential for casino operators, bookmaking companies and gaming platform developers in the wake of recent legalization of sports betting in several U.S. states. Reports on casino traffic and the popularity of in-game betting as football season starts may be indicative of the future market potential.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and retiring Senator Orrin Hatch have said they will push for federal sports betting legislation, although full approval may take some time.

Companies looking to profit from sports betting include GVC Holdings (OTCPK:GMVHF), Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD), Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR), Betfair (OTC:PDYPF), DraftKings (DRAFT), Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN), Fanduel (DUEL), International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT), Stars Group (NASDAQ:TSG), William Hill (OTCPK:WIMHY) and MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM).
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ICANN CDAR Internet Root Server System Stability Draft Report Comments

"Having already made the worst mistake in its organizational history in the way it implemented the new gTLDs program, ICANN appears content to continue in its misguided ways until it wrecks the internet and/or domain name system, global public resources over which ICANN is not, and never has been, a good steward."--Comment to ICANN's CDAR study (see below) (links and emphasis added).

The Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root (CDAR) Server System Stability Draft Report comment period has been extended to 15 Jan 2017 23:59 UTC.

Comments submitted by the original deadline 22 Dec 2016 23:59 UTC:

• CDAR Comment from John Poole, Editor, DomainMondo.com (full comment below*)
• ISPCP Comments on the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability Draft Report (Chantelle Doerksen)
• CDAR comment (Rubens Kuhl)
• RSSAC Comment (Carlos Reyes)
• Business Constituency (BC) comment on Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability Draft Report (Steve DelBianco)
• ALAC Statement on the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability Draft Report 

*Comment to ICANN from the Editor of Domain Mondo re: Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability Draft Report:

"The Draft Report is inadequate and fails to assure the global internet community of the Root Zone security and stability, nor does the report definitively answer the essential questions:

"The study’s primary research question is: Did the delegation of new gTLDs degrade the stability or security of the root DNS system? And based on the analysis carried out for this research question, our second research question is: Can we expect that the delegation of more new gTLDs will degrade the stability or security of the root DNS system in the future?" ("Draft Report" 27 Oct 2016, p.2).

"The ONLY thing the authors of the Draft Report can definitely state is: "We did not find any degradation of the stability or security of the root DNS system in this period that we could attribute to the new gTLDs." (Draft Report, p.2)

"That finding is hardly reassuring given the admission the authors of the Draft Report make on p. 3:

"our conclusion is limited to the results of the analyses that we designed and executed and is confined by the imperfections of the available measurement data."

"In addition, both ICANN and the authors of the Draft Report have been careless and negligent in failing to acknowledge and address the substance of the comments of Daniel Karrenberg Chief Scientist RIPE NCC, (speaking individually, not on behalf of the RIPE NCC)--CDAR Study Cannot Predict Stability of the Root Server System--https://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-cdar-study-plan-02dec15/msg00001.html dated 26 Jan 2016, which stated in part:

"Our main comment and advice to ICANN is: do not expect the study to predict the absence of instabilities in the DNS root name server system including absence of instabilities that may be wholly or partly caused by root zone expansion. ICANN therefore must make proper contingency plans for the unpredictable cases where root zone expansion causes or contributes to instabilities in the DNS root server system." (emphasis added)

"ICANN has a long history of being foolish, careless, incompetent, and grossly negligent, when it comes to coordination and management of the internet, including root zone, in adding new generic top-level domains (new gTLDs)--see e.g., News Review: ICANN Used 'Junk Science' Firm to Justify New gTLDs.

"Having already made the worst mistake in its organizational history in the way it implemented the new gTLDs program, ICANN appears content to continue in its misguided ways until it wrecks the internet and/or domain name system, global public resources over which ICANN is not, and never has been, a good steward."

See also on Domain Mondo:

• Did ICANN Just Break the Internet? No, But It Could Have, and May Yet
• ICANN New gTLD Program Plays Roulette With Internet Root Zone Stability
• Internet DNS Root Stability, New gTLD Domains, ICANN Study RFP
• Verisign, ICANN, Internet Root Zone, Risk Factors to the Root Domain
• ICANN, IANA Functions, Internet DNS Root, Root Server Operators

For more information:

• New top-level domains a money grab and a mistake: Paul Vixie | ZDNet.com
• How DNS Works In Six Steps | Verisign.com
• http://a.root-servers.org/index.html
• https://www.iana.org/domains/root/servers
• http://www.root-servers.org/

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UPDATE: ICANN enjoined from delegating .AFRICA by California State Superior Court Judge

ICANN Webinars Dec 2, CCWG-Accountability Draft Proposal (slides)

Third UPDATE December 20, 2015: see on Domain Mondo: ICANN CCWG Accountability Proposal: CWG Legal Counsel Approval

Second UPDATE: CCWG-Accountability co-Chairs to Hold Additional Briefing Webinar on Draft Proposal of Work Stream 1 Recommendations on December 16 from 20:00-21:30 UTC (time zone converter here). Webinars will be conducted in English. Live interpretation services are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. For Webinar details and how to attend go here.

UPDATE: Replay Webinars and transcripts available on CCWG Wiki. Other links:

• CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations - ICANN
• Survey form (use to submit your comment)
• Read the comments
• Comment period CLOSES 21 Dec 2015 23:59 UTC.
• Current Date/Time UTC:

Above: December 2 Webinar Slides

In order to brief the community on the contents of their Draft proposal, the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) will host two identical briefing webinars on Wednesday, 2 December at different times to facilitate participation across time zones. The webinars will take place on:

• 2 December from 11:00 – 12:30 UTC (time zone converter here) - 6AM EST (US)
• 2 December from 20:00 – 21:30 UTC (time zone converter here) - 3PM EST (US)

The webinars will be run online via Adobe Connect room (Strategic Initiatives Webinar).

If you are interested in attending the webinar but would like to receive phone dial-in details, please send an email to acct-staff@icann.org and indicate your language request (if needed). The webinars will be recorded and transcribed. Live interpretation will be made available in English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Russian and Portuguese. More info here.

CCWG-Accountability - Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations now open for comments.  Comments close 21 Dec 2015 23:59 UTC. More information below and here.

Recommendations:

1. Establishing an Empowered Community for Enforcing Community Powers
2. Empowering the community through consensus: engage, escalate, enforce
3. Redefining ICANN's Bylaws as 'Standard Bylaws' and 'Fundamental Bylaws'
4. Ensuring community involvement in ICANN decision-making: seven new Community Powers
5. Changing aspects of ICANN's Mission, Commitments and Core Values
6. Reaffirming ICANN's Commitment to respect internationally recognized Human Rights as it carries out its mission
7. Strengthening ICANN's Independent Review Process
8. Fortifying ICANN's Request for Reconsideration Process
9. Incorporation of the Affirmation of Commitments
10. Enhancing the accountability of Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees
11. Board obligations with regards to Governmental Advisory Committee Advice (Stress Test 18)
12. Committing to further accountability work in Work Stream 2

Current Status: The CCWG-Accountability seeks community feedback on its Draft Proposal. You are invited to indicate your support for recommendations (see above) using the survey the CCWG-Accountability put together to facilitate submission of your comments--survey form located here. The questions align with each recommendation contained in the Draft Proposal on Work Stream 1 Recommendations. Each proposal contains one question designed to determine whether the broad community supports the recommended enhancements as well as a comment box to capture feedback for each proposed change. In addition, a box for any additional input, including on broader topics e.g. Stress Tests, compliance with NTIA criteria and CWG-Stewardship requirements is included in the survey.

Next Steps: Each of the Chartering Organizations shall, in accordance with their own rules and procedures, review and discuss the Draft Proposal(s) and decide whether to adopt the recommendations contained in it. The Chairs of the Chartering Organizations shall notify the Co-Chairs of the WG of the result of the deliberations as soon as feasible.

After synthesis of the comments received, and assuming no major changes, the group currently projects submission of Work Stream 1 Recommendations to the ICANN Board in late January 2016. 

Source of the above: ICANN CCWG-Accountability, icann.org.

Addendum:
Charter - Enhancing ICANN Accountability - 6 Chartering Organizations and their members on CCWG-Accountability:

ALAC
Sebastien Bachollet (Europe)
Tijani Ben Jemaa (Africa)
Alan Greenberg (North America)
Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Asia/Asia Pacific)
León Sanchez (Latin America) – Co-Chair

ASO
Fiona Asonga
Athina Fragkouli
Izumi Okutani
Jorge Villa

ccNSO
Jordan Carter (.NZ, AP Region)
Eberhard Lisse (.NA, African Region)
Roelof Meijer (.NL, European Region)
Giovanni Seppia (.EU, European Region)
Mathieu Weill (.FR, European Region) – Co-Chair

GAC
Par Brumark (Niue)
Olga Cavalli (Agentina)
Alice Munyua (African Union Commission)
Suzanne Radell (USA)
Julia Wolman (Denmark)

GNSO
James Bladel (RrSG, North America Region)
Becky Burr (RySG, North America Region)
Steve DelBianco (CSG, North America Region)
Robin Gross (NCSG, North America Region)
Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council, Europe Region) – Co-Chair

SSAC
Lyman Chapin
Julie Hammer

See also on Domain Mondo: IANA, ICANN Accountability, CCWG Crunch Time! Midnight Deadlines!

[Disclosure: John Poole, Editor of Domain Mondo, has already submitted his comment (via the survey form), supporting all 12 recommendations. His comment may be reviewed here (pdf).]

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