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Love spooky stories? See what Curbed readers have to offer with truly unforgettable stories about awful landlords, roommates, and rental apartments. You will be able to vote on which Horror Story beats all the rest on Thursday, June 4. The poll will begin at 12 p.m. EST and will stay open until midnight EST. The victor of Curbed DC's Renter Horror Story contest will face off against other Curbed sites' Renter Horror Story victors to get the chance to claim a two-night staycation at a local boutique hotel. If interested in submitting your own Renter Horror Story or seeing all of the official rules, go here. For now, see what one Curbed reader has to offer with the following Horror Story:
Immediately after my new roommate moved into my historic, three-story rowhouse in Baltimore, I had an uneasy feeling about it. Sure, he was slightly strange but didn't come across as dangerous. When he'd cross paths with my friends visiting, they'd ask me why on earth I chose him to which I never had a great answer. Fast forward about three months, I'm on the first floor of the house doing some ironing, which was right beneath his bedroom. I did witness him leave for his night job, and I was under the impression that I was home alone. As I was trying to complete the mundane task of ironing work shirts, I heard footsteps above my head coming from the second floor. I ignored it at first, but minutes later I heard movement again. I ran up the stairs and through the door, asking if anyone was home. No answer.
I went back downstairs to resume laundry, and the movement and footsteps began. At this point, I felt uneasy. I ran upstairs again and begged whoever was behind the door to announce themselves. I reassured the mystery person that I wouldn't be mad if they were guests of my roommate, but that I strongly wanted them to identify themselves. After careful thought, I decided to invade my roommates privacy and open the door.
The room was fairly large, so I was immediately concerned when I tried to swing the door open only to feel unknown objects blocking it. I make my way into the room only to be hit by a moist, scorching cloud of hot air as it was the dead of summer, and the windows were sealed shut, and the window AC unit hadn't even been installed. The room normally had dark, historic wood floors with two tall windows, but it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire floor was covered with various piles of organized garbage. There was one mountain with crumpled up fast food bags, and there was one neatly organized pile of my dishes that were stacked according to size, but they were covered with dry, rotting food. I noticed my one favorite T-shirt missing earlier in the month, but not only did I spot it, but I also saw dozens of other articles of my clothing in a pile. The blanket of garbage was so high that it blended right into his bed, essentially burying his mattress, forcing him to sleep on garbage.
Needless to say, my jaw was on the floor as I nearly had to pole vault from one end of the room to the other as there was not one inch of floor visible. As I was trying to absorb what I'm seeing, I did notice one particularly large pile in the center of the room. I shined my flashlight on it and figured out that it was a cage, a large one. I got closer to the cage to inspect what could possibly be living in it when all of a sudden, there was a large shuffling sound behind me. I jumped in the air six feet and shined my flashlight in that direction, revealing a rabbit the size of a small child! I freaked out and left the room, shaking in disbelief at my newfound bad situation.
The next morning, I requested a meeting with my roommate and he gladly and happily sat down on the couch, totally unaware of what was coming. I explained to him that I heard footsteps in his room, that I became concerned and that I had opened his door. I didn't elaborate, but his facial expression told me that he knew what I was talking about. I told him that I didn't want an explanation for why he had organized piles of rotting dishes in his room, I didn't want to hear why he had a pile of my clothes that had been turned into a bathroom for his rabbit, and I didn't want to hear why he was living in a bedroom with the windows closed in 90 degree heat. I told him that I didn't feel safe in my own home, and that I was giving him seven days to vacate. This young man was not the smartest person in the world, so I told a little white lie. I said that I felt so unsafe with him in the house that I contacted the police just in case I should go missing. That was the only time he seemed to show any emotion. He explained that he'd never hurt anyone.
Several uncomfortable days passed and as the deadline neared, I asked him if he had found a place. He said he had, but that he'd be moving at the end of the month. I asked him where he planned on living until then, and he replied, "You're legally obligated to give me 30 days notice, so I'll be staying right here." Naturally, I flipped my lid, but this insane person is right. Had I actually called the cops like I said I had, that would have given me the option to have removed him. So the month comes and goes, and he naturally skips out on paying rent. I decided to take him to court after a friend told me that she saw him frequently walking outside her place of employment. We served him with legal papers and several months later before our trial date, I was organizing my evidence against him when I received a letter from the city. It stated that I had served my roommate improperly and that the case was thrown out of court. There was nothing I could do. The end. I couldn't believe that this was how the story would end, but I was also shocked that a guy that was capable of destroying a room in my home would be smart enough to know how to work the legal system to get a case thrown out of court.
I took comfort in knowing that this guy was a creep and would never see the places I've traveled or experience the fruit of hard work like I had. I just kept my fingers crossed that it wouldn't destroy me financially to restore the room that he trashed with garbage and rabbit feces. In the end, I was able to fix the damage he had caused, and I chalked this up to being able to tell people that I had the worst roommate story ever.
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A pioneering figure in the history of modern Syrian art, Fateh Moudarres was born in 1922 in a village near Aleppo. Moudarres gained recognition for his remarkable talent during his secondary...
FATEH MOUDARRES, Syria (1922 - 1999)
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A pioneering figure in the history of modern Syrian art, Fateh Moudarres was born in 1922 in a village near Aleppo. Moudarres gained recognition for his remarkable talent during his secondary education at the Aleppo American College, from which he graduated in 1940. From 1956 to 1960, he earned a bachelor's degree at the Academia Di Belle Arti in Rome, later pursuing graduate studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1969 -1972). Upon his return to Syria, he taught at the University of Damascus, where he headed the Department of Fine Arts and became the Dean of Fine Arts Association, until 1993. Throughout his life, he continued to develop his skills under the tutelage of Wahbi Al Hariri (1914-1994), his mentor and lifelong friend, who introduced him to fellow artist Louay Kayali. Moudarres and Kayali represented Syria together in the 1961 Venice Biennale.
Self-taught at an early age, he focused on learning realist techniques before beginning his formal education, when he took an interest in surrealism. During his education he pursued this interest and developed his skills in abstraction. Though Moudarres had already begun to tap into his cultural heritage for artistic inspiration before he even arrived in Europe, he was encouraged further in this direction by his valued teacher, Franco Gentilini (1909-1981), during his time in Italy. Drawing from Sumerian, Assyrian, and Islamic visual traditions, as well as Christian iconography, Moudarres developed a personal style marked by warm tones and plays between figuration and abstraction, transparency and solidity, becoming lighter in color and more abstract in form as his career progressed. Enthralled by the magic of nature and its limitless spectrum of hues, he painted sprawling, euphoric landscapes reminiscent of the countryside where he grew up. His figures took on flat, rectangular forms, evoking Sumerian figurines and Assyrian rulers though they depicted ordinary Syrian peasants, women such as his mother, and children, stacked next to each other in an ambiguous, depthless setting.
For many, the simplicity of Moudarres' forms elicited "primitive," childish connotations. This style was, however, carefully and thoughtfully developed over a lifetime; when asked if his 'childish' paintings could be imitated, the artist's second wife, Shoukran, replied in the negative, exclaiming that "it took him 50 years to paint like a child!"
Moudarres was a sensitive soul who wrote, played the piano, enjoyed Sufi music, and cherished the sound of the wind. In keeping with the principles espoused by European Surrealists, he considered his subconscious as a tool for creation, using techniques such as automatic drawing to give form to repressed memories and unconscious desires. His emotionally-charged works draw from deeply personal sources, including the loss of his father at the age of four, and the untimely deaths of his two children. Influenced by the existentialist philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, whom he met in Europe, Moudarres acknowledged the transformative power of death and the importance of confronting it as a means of sharpening one's relationship to life itself. He expressed feelings of distress and abandonment in works depicting crucifixion, martyrdom, and mythology. The artist also believed that by mastering the art of effective form and plasticity of color, he could essentially "reinvent time," manipulating the temporal dimension in a painting. Though much of his work draws from the personal subject matter, it also addresses humanitarian and socio-political issues that surrounded the artist, specifically after he moved to Damascus following the agricultural crisis of 1960. His societal critique usually takes the form of the symbolic, expressed through animals; the horse, the beast, and the cat, for example, appear in his paintings to represent the hero, the tyrant, and temptation.
Moudarres's paintings are texturally rich, alternately using dense applications of oil paint, often mixed with sand and applied with scratchy brush strokes, and loose, gestural applications of thinned paint evocative of watercolor. Color, however, is the most distinctive element of Moudarres's visual language. He related himself to Van Gogh in his dedication to the natural harmony of color. Van Gogh's use of color, however, was primarily formal, drawing from Delacroix's color theory in order to exploit principles of simultaneous and tonal contrasts, while Moudarres ascribed symbolic roles to each color he used. He considered red to be a primitive, aggressive color, which he used cautiously in politically oriented paintings due to its associations with battle and bloodshed. "Despite its power, I use red with kindness, and I often soften it with strokes of black or gold to overpower its strength," the artist explained in a documentary produced in the late 1990s. Specific colors purportedly frightened or offended the artist; in the same documentary, he referred to Verona Green as a "whorish color," one that "screams like an eggplant vendor on the streets!" He saw blue as a noble, witty color that served best in political critique; gold – often applied in gold leaf – as symbolic of Byzantine art and useful in containing or negating the dominance of other colors; white as a color of majesty, a generous host to the other hues on his canvas.
Moudarres passed away at the age of 77, in 1999.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
He held many solo exhibitions, the first of which was in Aleppo, then in Sweden, New York, Rome, Munich, Paris, Beirut, and Dubai.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Tajreed, CAP Kuwait, Kuwait
Retrospective of his work, L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris in 1995.
Cairo Biennial
Seoul Biennial,
New York International Art Fair,
Contemporary Arab Art Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris,
Sao Paulo Biennale, was granted a Medal of Honor
Venice Biennial
Moudarres has also written several collections of poetry and short stories
Mathaf, Doha, Qatar
Jordanian National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman , Jordan
Khalid Shoman Collection, Amman, Jordan
Atassi Foundation, UAE
Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
Nabu Museum, Heri, Lebanon
Al-Hariri Family Currently the largest private collection of the works of Fateh Moudarres is kept by Mokhless Al-Hariri, son of Syrian artist, Wahbi Al-Hariri of The Al-Hariri Family.
The Collection of Rudolf and Maria Fechter Dr. Rudolf Fechter, a German diplomat and statesman, was also a friend of Moudarres and bought several pieces; arguably it was the second major collection of the artist's work before slowly being auctioned recently at Christie's.
Moudarres' works were shown in the embassy rooms in Damascus, Adis Ababa and Dublin.
The Collection of Walter Scheel, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Germany, and later President,was exposed to Moudarres's work through Dr. Fechter and, an avid collector, acquired several pieces and maintains a small but sizeable collection.
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USA confirmed it will carry the tagline "Characters Welcome" when it re-brands in June. The slug is meant to draw attention to the strong characters in several of its acquired and original programs, and to keep things "light" at the NBC Universal general entertainment network, which has anticipated the re-brand since last year's NBC/Vivendi Universal Entertainment merger.
"We'll have levity–it won't be a dark and edgy channel," said Sci Fi/USA President Bonnie Hammer last week. "A bit broader with lighter fare—inviting and relatable."
Hammer said USA is putting the finishing touches on a development slate of original programming that fits the new brand. With originals including Monk and The 4400, and exclusive off-net rights to Law & Order: SVU, USA is consistently among the top-five most viewed cable networks.
USA hopes to coast to number one when it regains World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw, which it acquired earlier this month for around $30 million. USA will get the program, along with the show's advertising, after its five-year run ends on Spike in October.
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The 1925 "Oriental Revival" apartment complex features hand-carved dragons and a pagoda roof and is currently undergoing renovations. Apparently, builders in the 1930s loved any architecture that smacked of "revival" - Asia, Egypt, you name it, and architect E.M. Erdaly was no exception. And there is NOTHING we love more than over-the-top Hollywood architecture. The Nirvana is surrounded by the Magic Castle, Yamashiro's, Mann's Chinese, and of course, the Hollywood and Highland complex. By comparison, the Nirvana seems like an exercise in architectural restraint. A quaint throwback to simpler times.
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Yingli Introduces CleanARC(R) Coated Solar Panels for Tough Climates and Harsh Conditions
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BAODING, China and ABU DHABI, Jan. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, also known as "Yingli Solar," today announced at the World Future Energy Summit that innovative CleanARC® anti-reflective (AR) glass coating is now available on all Yingli product lines. Developed by California-based Enki Technology and offered through Yingli, CleanARC® coating enables panels to generate more energy over time while simultaneously reducing cleaning requirements, creating additional project value in comparison to conventionally coated panels.
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To celebrate the latest edition of the QS University Rankings: BRICS, we've investigated some of the lasting behaviors and quirks you may pick up after studying abroad in China. Although you probably won't notice any major changes until, say, you've gone back home for the Christmas or summer break, it's likely that a few months in China will have changed you somewhat! So, stay on the lookout for these six signs you've studied abroad in China…
1. You've got WeChat.
A few months in, and your Facebook addiction will likely to be replaced by a new-found dependence on WeChat. China's most popular messaging and social media app owes its success to its use of QR codes, which gets around the awkwardness of having to type links and words in Chinese characters on QWERTY keyboards, and impressive functionality. Often wrongly described as China's WhatsApp, WeChat fulfills a number of roles. It can be used to connect with your friends, hail a taxi, book a doctor's appointment, or send cash digitally to a friend or relative.
2. You like your water hot.
Drinking hot water sans tea is just one of those strange habits that are hard to shake off once you've spent a few months studying abroad in China. Expect meals in Chinese restaurants to be served with hot, rather than iced, water. This practice is rooted in Chinese medicine and the belief that everything you eat and drink should match your internal body temperature.
3. You carry cash on your person at all times.
You'll realize quickly enough how important it is to have cash on you in China. On account of a general nation-wide aversion to credit and debt, many shops in China don't accept credit cards. Of course, this is less of an issue in bigger cities, though you may still pick up this practice from your friends.
4. You've mastered the art of crossing any street.
A few weeks in China and you'll be able to cross any street – be it a 54-lane highway or a two lane-road. Your ability to spot a gap, dodge and weave will likely impress your peers when you return home!
5. You're no longer overwhelmed by huge crowds.
Studying abroad in China, you'll have to learn how to cope with crowds. And this is no small feat, being perhaps the biggest challenge for exchange and overseas students moving to China. With a population of over 1.4 billion, China is home to quite a few people. From your commute to university to grocery shopping, your daily life will involve moving through waves of people.
6. Your notion of what constitutes rudeness may change.
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Comprised of 25 paintings by artists Asha Kama, Pema "Tintin" Tshering, Phurba Namgay, and Gyempo Wangchuk, the Voice of the Thunder Dragon offers unique insight into the Himalayan kingdom's burgeoning contemporary art scene.
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Which are the Best Active Sportswear Pants for Gym and Camping for Men?
My favourite quality of Reebok Classics Vector Pants is the ability to dry quickly, breathability along with its stretchiness. These are washable by a washing machine and you will not find any colour fade despite many washes. You also do not need to wash iron these clothes after washing.
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Good gym pants that can double up for camping are more crucial than you might think of. My camp counsellor had initially suggested Reebok Classics Vector Pants to me as the terrain was wet and damp. On top of that, we had to cross a river on the way. I have been on camping trips before but wearing these pants gave me more freedom for my legs and it was body-hugging but not tight. The drawstring did not leave any red marks after I opened it and the whole camping trip went very smoothly.
Since then I have also been using the same pants for going to the gym and I am very impressed with the overall results. It has two vertical big pockets to keep your phone and other valuables. You can zip it up for moments you think that their safety is under concern or you will be going on a rough terrain where you do not want your pocket items to fall out by any chance.
There is a mesh panel in the back for ventilation along with the whole pant being super lightweight, thin, and comfortable. They absorb sweat very fast and also dry out fast enough. These help you to keep going all day without worrying much as wet clothes and for people who sweat a lot like me, it's a blessing for them.
Nike Sportswear premium essentials is the best sports pant I have ever bought to date. These woven trousers are the best fit for me for the gym, outdoor activities, and camping. I am pretty impressed with the quality of these sports pants and loving them like a second skin.
Credits : NIKE
I took these pants on a camping tour with my friends and loved the way their tapered legs design added grace to my pictures on tour. The free-flowing and nearly weightless material of these pants made me wonder why my wardrobe was missing these pants to date. It was pretty easy for me to match my T-shirts with it for great pictures as it is very stylish when we speak of its looks.
One more thing which I liked the most about these pants is that it comes with the woven webbed belt and clip allowing me to make adjustments while on the move. I am a person who likes to show off my shoes, and their trim look does it best for me. Its military-style looks also impressed me a lot, and its fittings are best for the warm weather conditions.
My phone and wallet are very safe in their inset back pockets, and that was one of the great feelings while camping or going to the gym. I can use these pants for doing easy runs or even doing hard workouts in gym sessions. I can easily wash these trousers in the machine and recommend that they can prove to be relaxed and easy feel sportswear pants for you like they did to me. I prefer to shirk those irritating sports pants now as Nike sportswear premium essentials pants are so comfortable.
If we talk about the best Pants, then Adidas is a great choice. It is a famous brand so we can easily trust their product. Suppose the thing is about the best sportswear pants and gym. In that case, Adidas Tiro 19 Asymmetrical Pants are an excellent option.
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We always go for the comfort if we are buying anything for gyming and camping. The pattern of this track pant is quite remarkable. It comes with a 3-layer lining on the left side and a big Adidas print on the right side. It is a Sweat-Weaking product that makes it quite comfortable to wear, and the sweat will never disturb you while playing. This track pant material is made up of Primegreen, which is a very high-quality recycled material. So going with these track pants will be the right choice.
The Track pant has front zip pockets and angle pockets. The track pant color is black, and the imported material makes them more reliable and comfortable. It doesn't need more ironing, as imported material doesn't demand it. For the best washing care, the user needs to do a regular machine wash, as it will not harm the cloth. Do not wash in too hot water and keep it away from bleaching.
There are many sizes available in this track pant to buy a perfect size for them. So if you are looking for the best sports pants for gyming and camping, then this Adidas Trackpant is a great option that will provide you an excellent and comfortable experience while wearing it.
IconX 2 Joggers is a camping, sports and gym wear, that is designed by Virus. There are made of 90% polyester and 10% spandex with a silk lining for unmatched performance, and a casual look designed for any eventualities during workout routines.
Credits : VIRUS INTERNATIONAL
From my experience, these pants can outshine any exercises from squats to weight lifting since they are made of tough fabric. They are made of bioceramic material that increases endurance and ensures you are always ready for adventure. From jogging to gym workouts the pants aim at providing extra legroom, which gave me an edge while exercising.
The IconX 2 jogger pants allow users to cool down, warm up and relax in just one wear, a rare experience in most pants. These features allowed me to participate in adventures and daily activities with ease. The extra legroom around the squat space brought much-needed comfort especially when camping. The stylish look of the pant enabled me to take care of any emergencies during my routine without the worry of my appearance.
The pants have a spacious pocket with a long zip-lining to keep your media devices, this assures maximum security with an external drawstring that helps with accessing the spaces easily. The reflective side designs have an appealing look, this worked for me since I like keeping my stylish look throughout the day.
The stretchable fabric used in these pants is amazing because it breathes in the air bringing much-needed comfort in tightened areas. Iconx 2 Joggers only require liquid soap to clean and you only hang to dry. The hem is cuffed for the best fitting around my ankles. The waist is fitted with a gentle rubber and string to ensure that I always have a compact and relaxed feel throughout the day.
As an active person who works out a lot, I always invest in good sweatpants. I found Essential Sweat Pants Dark Grey Men ideal for my everyday gym session.
Credits : ICIW
Essential Sweat Pants are made of quality fabrics that wick away sweat and are stretchable. Their loose fit is perfect for most kinds of physical activities. These sweatpants have an adjustable waist and look great with the attractive ICIW logo embroidered on them. Moreover, the dark gray shade lends an understated elegance to the pants.
Made with 74.2% Cotton 25.8% Polyester, the Essential Sweat Pants are a good mix of natural and artificial fabrics. The cotton allows for breathability, while the polyester helps wick away sweat. I judge sweatpants by how they fare while doing squats. This one ticked all the boxes. There was no tightness around the crotch and the fabric stretched to accommodate even the most vigorous movements.
Now, I am a guy who sweats a lot while working out. My old sweatpants that were almost wholly made up of cotton always made my legs clammy with perspiration. This made me extremely uncomfortable and itchy. These pants, however, were dry throughout even the most grueling sessions. The nature of the fabric allows the moisture to dry up quickly.
Apart from the sterling qualities mentioned above, these pants are light and comfortable. They are so comfy that I find excuses to wear them even when I am not working out. In fact, during the warmer days, I lounge about in them. The fact that they are easy to wash and quick-drying is a bonus.
It is important to have the correct type of pants when partaking in activities related to the gym or camping. Tracksmith session pants give a top-notch level of comfort and ensure that activities run smoothly and successfully every time I wear them.
Credits : TRACKSMITH
Tracksmith pants are made of Italian Veloce fabric that is very lightweight ensuring that I can do gym activities with ease without necessarily getting tired from wearing them. Further, these pants are non-absorbent in nature and when I sweat it is not absorbed in the clothes but rather the sweat is left to dry on its own on the clothing's exterior. This helps me to stay dry during exercises and when I am done I can comfortably hop into the car and head home.
Unique stretch-knit body fabric and mesh calf panels give my attire a fashion statement. With this cool design, I find myself not only using these pants for gym workouts or camping activities but also when I sometimes go out with my friends. Malleability and stretch-resistant capabilities give me full mobility as I use them in workouts, ensuring comfortability is not compromised.
Being windproof pants, they ensure that my body retains as much heat as possible during outdoor camping by protecting me against the wind which steals the body's heat by blowing the warm air that is around the skin. Lastly, the apparel is compressional and this protects my muscles from inflammation as it allows blood to flow properly. This reduces the chance of my body producing lactic acid to convert glucose into energy and in turn causes muscle pains.
If you are a gym lover then you must need active sportswear pants, the best thing about sportswear pants is that you can wear them for the outing as well, you can use them on camping and hiking and other stuff. I think this PUMA brand Activate Men's Training Pants will fulfill all your needs.
Credits : PUMA
One of the best key features of these pants is it's sweat absorbing ability, the pant has PUMA's drycell moisture-wicking technology which makes it super dry. I am a person who sweats a lot but these pants have helped me with that problem, now my sweat is absorbed by these pants so I don't feel wet while doing exercise. The fitting of the pants is another admirable feature Pant's elastic waistband gives you the desired fitting and comfortable outing when it comes to outdoor activities.
The Pants are made of 100% Polyester which is a man-made fiber, so the pants will not tear easily and last longer. The pants have side seam pockets so you can keep your phone and other accessories inside your pockets while gymming and running. One problem I used to face was I had the habit of putting my phone anywhere in the gym and ended up forgetting about it, then I had to go searching for my phone. So these pants have helped me with that problem.
The other key feature of the pants is it's looks. The pants are Black in color and you can pair them up with any color t-shirt you want, it will give you the trendy look. Also, the PUMA logo on the left thigh makes it more attractive and pleasing to the eyes. I personally feel more confident when I wear these pants due to the good looks it provides.


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Blues Guitarist
James 'Buddy' Rogers
JBR's blues music has been nominated for a variety of awards over the past decade including a Canadian JUNO Award.
What we do
If you want to categorize it, call it Blues Music!
There are a variety of blues music styles from Robert Johnson traditional, amplified 40s and 50s traditional all the way to today's more contemporary & indie blues. Whatever you classify a specific sound as, this band classifies their sound as simply, BLUES.
Blues are the roots, the rest are the fruits!
Cover Songs
JBR plays a variety of blues cover songs and changes them up in a variety of ways to make them his own with his own sound
Original Songs
JBR writes and records his own original tunes. These originals have garnered him a variety of award nominations over the years
Co-write Songs
From time to time JBR writes and records music with his musical colleagues. His JUNO nominated album was co-writes with Tom Lavin
Live Shows
Solo & duo acts are becoming more popular these days. On special request and a gig by gig basis JBR can put together a duo act.
Typically JBR performs as a trio. This means JBR on guitar & vocals with a bass player and drummer to total 3 musicians on stage.
When festival or venue budgets allow, we will bring on a fourth band member. This is typically a keyboard player. On occasion it can be a harp player, sax player or even second guitar player.
There are times where JBR will put together or perform with larger bands. Typically this happens during fundraiseing events, jam sessions or other special events with a variety of artists and limited stage time.
why we do it
It's in our blood!
JBR has been playing guitar since the age of 11. He has been playing in blues clubs since the age of 13 and began touring at age 15.
For over 30 years now JBR has played shows all over North America and parts of Europe.
What they say
BillieBoy Lucas
"Tone to the bone and phrasing from Blues heaven, James "Buddy" Rogers delivers with a sweet voice and a big bounce!"
Tom Lavin
"If I wasn't a huge fan I'd have never produced his album. Buddy's blues guitar ranks with the very best."


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Certified Attendants Position Statement
Upon employing a certified attendant, employers are responsible to provide orientation and training in facility emergency procedures and safe work practices. Certified Lifesaving Society Attendants (Amenity Attendant, Shallow Water Attendant, Beach Attendant, Wading Pool Attendant) are not in part, or in whole considered to be assistant lifeguards or lifeguards. The use or implementation of Attendants into an aquatic facility's safety system does not impact lifeguard to bather ratios. Attendants do not replace National Lifeguards. A National Lifeguard must be in a surveillance role on deck and able to respond to verbal and visual signals from the Attendant at all times.
Owners/owner's agents have been utilizing attendants to monitor areas of recreation facilities for many years and the use of attendants has been increasing with the design of new multipurpose recreation centres. Training of these facility attendants varies widely and is inconsistent amongst each organization. The recreation industry approached the Lifesaving Society and requested the Society develop and support a series of attendant programs to provide consistent standardized training and certification for attendants. With the use of facility attendants becoming more common facility owners/owner's agents have requested clarification regarding how the use of a certified attendant impacts the existing lifeguard systems.
Attendants may be used to assist in the monitoring of patron behavior, enforcing facility safety rules, and performing public education/relation activities. Attendants are not trained or certified as a National Lifeguard and it is not reasonable to expect an attendant to meet or perform to the standard required of a National Lifeguard. The Lifesaving Society Attendant Program(s) provide for a standardized base level of training and certification for facility attendants. Training facility attendants in a single standard and requiring attendants to hold a certification from a standard setting certifying body is a risk management best practice.
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On the seafood trails in Tasmania
In an industry first, the Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council has launched a dedicated Seafood Trails app to encourage consumers and holidaymakers to engage with Tasmanian seafood and the Tasmanian seafood industry.
The digital Seafood Trails app is a user-friendly tool that allows people to create their own self-drive seafood holiday around Tasmania or to just source some fresh Tassie seafood nearby. There are different layers of information, including seafood restaurants, retail, farms, marine parks, industry awareness and local seafood history.
"Fresh local seafood is an integral part of Tasmania's culture, and we hope locals can get on board the first taste of the Seafood Trails app while out and about this school holidays," says Julian Harrington, Chief Executive of the Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council.
"We have a proud past and a very exciting future, and we want to share this with all Tasmanians, as well as mainland tourists when they're allowed back in the state.
"Imagine learning more about what a certain boat in a certain location catches, or that the obscure building in Dunalley is in fact one of three oyster hatcheries in Tasmania. The app tells you all that and best of all, will lead you to some freshly cooked seafood."
Getting ready for summer
The brains behind the free-to-use Seafood Trails app are Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council Project Manager Emma Woodcock and Chris Toselli from Globalnet ICT.
"We've developed a simple but functional web-based app, which works on your mobile, tablet or computer," says Woodcock. "The end result is a truly interactive experience with the Tasmanian seafood industry, from our past operations to how we operate today.
"We hope that the app will enable more visitation to seafood experiences around the state and help local seafood businesses and foodservice outlets to recover from COVID and reengage with consumers as they ramp up for summer."
The Seafood Trails app is an extension of the #EatMoreSeafood campaign. For more information, head to seafoodtrails.com.au


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I guess Marty is not teaching "how to stay on topic". Or he actually does, and it's why so many of his students have a messed up understanding of English.
The utter lack of self-awareness in this post....
There is likely a selection bias at work here. Those (NETs) that go to Korean classes are likely to be more incentivized and enthusiastic at learning Korean than the NET population as a whole.
Im on the fence on whether studying Korean is a good use of ones time. Hard to know.
Or we could not consider it and just wag a finger at them and congratulate ourselves on being better. Which do YOU think is the better approach- self-examination, consideration and putting ourselves in others' shoes OR going "That's whataboutism. Don't bring that up"?
the latter, since it'd save us from you repeating the same tired arguments ad nauseum. you have this weird habit of spamming wordsalad to avoid actually talking about issues you don't want to talk about directly. if you don't want to engage with the point, simply don't engage with it.
Thats a short opinion piece of speculation written by a language teaching company. Huge conflict of interest.
I actually do want to talk about it. The point was "Koreans are frustrated/weird/whatever about learning English."In order to understand why THEY feel that way, I think the best way to do so is to understand why WE do such things and have such feelings.
Are ethnically Korean? Were you exposed to Korean at a young age?


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Written by Brandon Adibe & Eddie Benhin
The CPL-USports draft was created to form an official pipeline for players to follow to transition from the university level to the professional level. This isn't a novel idea as most professional sports in North America have a university/college level draft, including the CFL. The draft is an essential aspect of building the game here in Canada, yet the Canadian Premier League is treating the draft with an immense amount of unprofessionalism.
When looking at other sports around North America, the importance of having a draft is clear. In football and basketball, the draft is a secure method for the league to have a consistent flow of players entering the pipeline. Most of these players are scattered across America in various universities, all vying for attention from the professional leagues. In the 2021 NFL Draft, 89 different schools were represented.
This relationship between the schools and the professional leagues is important for growing the game. As mentioned before, a pipeline is created for young players who have ambitions to play professionally. These players know that if they can play at a high college level, there is a chance that they can be drafted into the professional leagues. This same logic should be applied to soccer.
The pathway for young Canadians trying to reach the professional level has become more attainable. Although it is more attainable, there is still a noticeable gap that needs to be filled. This gap is most evident when a young Canadian finishes their academy days. After U18/19, they either must travel abroad looking for opportunities via open trials with pro clubs, which are often not successful or take a more secure route of post-secondary education. The latter gives an aspiring soccer player the best chance to play in a secure structure that allows them to flourish as a player and young adult.
Creating a clear pathway for players too young to make impacts on professional clubs but too old for academies is crucial. It's vital for them to play in an environment that allows for development while being entrusted with playing minutes against other motivated and capable young adults. With no draft, it stagnates a player's career the second they enter university. Although there are a few examples of players going on to play pro after graduating university without the help of a draft, the reality for an overwhelming number of footy players is that a draft is a necessary part of their career to get their foot in the door of a professional club.
It's not a terrible thing to be a late bloomer; in fact, most players are. A great example of a player who has benefited from a draft is none other than current CANMNT player Tajon Buchanan. He played in academies then in League 1 Ontario like many other university soccer students are currently doing. He has been making waves recently in World Cup qualifying and has earned a move to a Champions League quality side with Club Brugge. Having a draft allows for those late bloomers who aren't ready to make the jump while they are still teens to the pro game. The whole point of the CPL is to be a div one league in this nation and to provide a larger player pool to choose from for the National Team. So, to continually miss out on players year after year who can make an impact on professional sides would be a great miss.
The draft is important for the players and the development of the league as well. The CPL in the North American soccer pyramid is at best a 3rd division league, meaning that the pool of players available is very limited. Therefore logically, the league should tap into the university scene to help fill rosters. On top of this, one of the CPL's mission statements is "We place Canada's interests first. Creating a pathway for our homegrown players to develop and showcase their skills in front of passionate supporters." This pathway requires the USports draft to be part of it. There is a noticeable gap between academics and professionals, and USports Soccer fills that gap.
The USports Draft is an important aspect of the league's growth, so why isn't the Canadian Premier League taking it more seriously? Every other league in North America that has a draft, treats it with respect and publicity. It's not even necessary to look at our neighbours down south. The CFL and CEBL both have drafts for USports that are treated with the respect and professionalism they deserve. They market the event and give the media opportunities to help promote the event by releasing needed information. The CPL has failed on this part at all levels. At the time of writing this article, it is January 4th, and the league has yet to announce a date for the draft. The league ended on December 5th and since then the only information we have had is from November 5th when the league said that the draft will happen sometime in mid-January. On top of this, there is no draft eligibility list as players have up to draft day to make themselves eligible. From a media point of view, how is anyone supposed to produce content on this draft? If national media outlets such as CBC, Sportsnet and TSN or smaller media outlets wanted to discuss the draft, they have absolutely nothing to work with. They cannot make a draft ranking list since no one knows what players are entering the draft, and they can't even bring attention to the draft as there is no date listed. It is understandable if the league wants to keep scouting reports close to their chests, however from a marketing and promotional point of view the CPL needs to give media something to work with so they are able to create coverage for this event. The league can't complain about the lack of mainstream coverage on one hand and then refuse to share needed information on the other.
This pattern of unprofessionalism is not a coincidence as releasing information tends to be a touchy subject with the league. This is made apparent by the lack of information available to the public, such as contracts, salaries and player caps. However, the bare minimum is to treat the USports draft with the respect it deserves by treating it like a professional event. To grow the game of soccer in Canada, USports soccer will play a massive part in the pipeline plan. The CPL needs to market USports properly and, more importantly, the USports draft so that players growing up will aspire to follow the path laid out that eventually leads to the Canadian Premier League.
Treating an event such as the draft with higher levels of respect; will allow for the continued pathway of young Canadian players who need more time to develop into the potential starlets they can become given a chance and the right circumstances.
The next generation is already here; all they need is an opportunity, and the draft is a great way to give them a chance. As all players know, all they are looking for to jumpstart their career is a club willing to take a chance on them so they can showcase their skills.
Lastly, if you don't believe drafts work to produce Canadian talent, just look at some of the players currently playing on the Canadian National Team who are poised to qualify for Qatar 2022.
Players who have played in university and benefitted from a draft:
- Cyle Larin, 1st overall 2015 draft
- Richie Laryea, 7th overall in the 2016 draft
- Dayne St.Clair 7th overall in the 2019 draft
- Tajon Buchanan, 9th overall in the 2019 draft
- Kamal Miller, 27th overall in the 2019 draft
- Allistair Johnston, 11th overall in the 2020 draft
Stay tuned to Capital City Supporters for more content leading up to and after the draft.


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1) School lunches started as an issue of national defense
Programs to feed students — especially poor and hungry students — date back to before the 20th century. But the federal government got involved in the 1940s, in part out of concern that kids were underfed and not fit for military service. During World War II, more than one-third of Army recruits who were turned away were rejected for poor nutrition. After the war, Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, the head of the Draft Board in World War II, delivered passionate testimony to Congress framing malnutrition as a threat to the US. That argument caught on. Democracy, warned Rep. John Flannagan, a Democrat from Virginia, "sprang from the loins of men of strong minds and bodies. And if it is to be preserved it will be preserved by the same kinds of men." The National School Lunch Program was created in 1946.
2) The National School Lunch Program feeds millions of kids
Since 1946, the program has expanded to provide milk, after-school snacks, breakfast, and summer food. Last year, about 31 million students ate meals provided by the program last year -- more than half of all students at public and private schools in in the US. Virtually all public schools, and many private schools, participate in the federal program.
Almost two-thirds of students participating in the lunch program get free lunches based on their family income, and another 8 percent pay a reduced price. The program cost the federal government $16 billion in 2013, including both cash sent to schools for the program and food that the US Department of Agriculture purchases directly.
3) School lunches used to be really, really unhealthy
If you think of school lunch, you probably think of pizza. Or chicken nuggets. Or nachos. You probably don't think about traditionally healthy food.
Nutritionally speaking, school lunches don't have a great track record. Until the recent changes to the program, pizza could be described as a serving of whole grains, a serving of protein, and as a serving of vegetables, a loophole Nicholas Confessore wrote about in the New York Times Magazine earlier this year:
Rather than count the two tablespoons of tomato paste on a serving of pizza as two tablespoons of tomato paste, they could count it as eight tablespoons of tomatoes, the theory being that at some point before being processed, the two tablespoons had existed in the form of several whole tomatoes.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in 2010 found that the most commonly offered foods at school lunch were junk foods — chicken nuggets, hamburgers, hot dogs, and the like.
This feeds worries about childhood obesity, because while all students can buy and eat the meals, students from poor families are eligible for free lunches or discounts. The lunch is free for students from families making below 130 percent of the poverty line -- about $31,000 for a family of four. Students from families making between 130 and 185 percent of the poverty line -- about $43,600 for a family of four -- pay no more than 40 cents.
Those meals really matter — and there's actually worry they could be contributing to the obesity crisis.
Students who get both free breakfast and free lunch are eating more than half their daily calories at school. And like everyone else in America, children and adolescents have been gaining weight over the past few decades. In 2012, more than one-third of children and adolescents were either overweight or obese.
Kids who receive free or reduced-price lunches are more likely than their wealthier peers to be overweight or obese. That's in keeping with national trends, where poorer adults are also more likely to weigh more. But a study published in Pediatrics suggests that nutrition guidelines on school lunches could have a role to play. Before Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, states had varying nutritional guidelines for school lunches, including some states with more stringent requirements than existed on the federal level.
In states with those stricter guidelines that required healthier meals, a lower percentage of kids getting free or reduced-price lunches were overweight, compared to kids in the same income bracket in states with looser nutrition guidelines.
4) New regulations are trying to make school lunches healthier — but they're very controversial
Lately, the school lunch program has been in the headlines because of a bipartisan law Congress passed in 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The law, which requires the federal government to issue meal guidelines based on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine.
The actual regulations require school lunches to meet higher nutritional standards — and that's proved controversial.
Meals are supposed to have more whole grains, less meat and less sodium, and include at least one fruit or vegetable. If students refuse to take the vegetable or fruit, the school isn't reimbursed for that meal. Schools also have to offer a wide variety of vegetables — in one week, they have to offer starches (such as potatoes), dark green vegetables (spinach, kale, and other greens), red or orange vegetables (such as carrots or beets), and beans or peas.
But some schools and students have complained about new rules, saying kids are throwing out the healthy food and that it's more expensive to prepare healthy meals. Congressional Republicans have started to oppose the regulations (more on that later), which some associate with First Lady Michelle Obama's related "Let's Move!" campaign for healthy eating.
5) School lunches look different around the world
School lunch in Korea. (Cali4beach)
You don't have to look too hard to find blogs chronicling the American school cafeteria lunch — many of the meals look disgusting, but every so often there's a hopeful-looking patch of salad. Buzzfeed rounded up school lunches around the world. Sweden's has lingonberry juice, like an Ikea. School lunch in Korea, above, looks delicious.
6. The federal government is also cracking down on vending machines
In the 2005 school year the USDA says students drank 452 million sodas, 26 million diet sodas, and 864 million fruit drinks. They ate 763 million candy bars and 1.4 billion desserts. On average, high school students who ate those foods consumed an extra 277 calories a day, the majority of them empty calories from foods without much nutritional value.
A lot of those calories came from vending machines and a la carte cafeteria options, which have been standard fare in American high schools.
That's no longer the case. Beginning this school year, everything sold in schools — even outside the national school lunch program — has to meet nutrition guidelines. Snacks must be under 200 calories, and foods must have some nutritional value — rich in whole grains, or have fruit, vegetables, protein, or dairy as a main ingredient, or contain 10 percent of the recommended daily value of important nutrients.
7) The new regulations are struggling because it's hard to get kids to eat their (non-pizza) vegetables
The Government Accountability Office has found some evidence that students with other options are turning away from school lunch.
1.2 million fewer students participated in the school lunch program in the 2012-13, the first year that the changes took effect, compared to 2010-11. The decline was among students paying for their lunches.
That might be because prices went up slightly for paid lunches — which was supposed to happen. The new law also required districts to charge students who don't qualify for free and reduced price lunches the full cost of their meals.
School food authorities — the people who run the school lunch program at the local level — also told the GAO that students complained about the green, leafy vegetables, the red and orange vegetables, and the new whole grains. And in some schools they visited, GAO researchers saw kids throwing away fruits and vegetables. But students at other schools ate them without complaint, and the report suggests that eventually students will get used to the changes.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that about two-thirds of school administrators report that students like the new lunches. Rural schools were more upset about the changes than urban schools — which could suggest either that rural schools are having more trouble with the new rules, or that the issue has become politically charged in historically conservative areas.
Meanwhile, Congress stepped in. The proposed 2014 omnibus spending bill would give schools a break on the whole grain requirements if they can prove they're struggling to find acceptable products.
8) School meals might still be too unhealthy
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently analyzed school meals and found that many school meals still contain too many processed foods and added sugars. Schools can serve canned fruit, fruit juice, and chocolate and strawberry milk, all of which can pack on the sugar. And while the guidelines limit sodium, saturated fat, and calories, they don't say anything about sugar or processed foods.
One big hurdle is cost. Another is tradition: feeding hundreds of kids every day at lunch is a challenge, and when school lunch workers have relied on frozen chicken nuggets and frozen pizza for years, shifting to less processed, more healthful foods is a big change.
9) Congressional Republicans want to scale back the new rules
The House agriculture budget for the 2015 fiscal year would have allowed districts to get waivers from the nutrition rules if their food service programs are operating at a net loss. The House appropriations committee voted to approve the budget, but a vote from the full House was put on hold until after the elections. Would a Republican Senate go along? It's not clear.
The waiver issue is just the latest political controversy around the school lunch program, which once enjoyed bipartisan support. In recent years, it's become a target of Republican criticism for encouraging government dependency. One member of Congress suggested students should have to do janitorial work to pay for the lunches. Rep. Paul Ryan accused the program of offering "a full stomach and an empty soul."
All this means that when the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is up for reauthorization any time after next year, it could become a source of political conflict.


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worth a look if you have not seen it.
worth a look if you have not seen it.
Regards Cam
Tudor Pelagos, Omega Speedmaster 3510.50, Oris 1965 Diver, Tissot Visodate, Junghans Max Bill Auto, Helson Blackbeard, Seiko PADI Turtle, Tag Heuer F1
Nice, I just wish they hadn't time-lapsed the reassembly.
Very cool.
The first half would have been as fast as the second if he'd have used a cordless drill instead of those wussy little screwdrivers
Maybe the nails are for the job, LOL. Or maybe he likes to feel pretty. Either way that's a great insight to the 3135.
Nice - I hadn't seen that.
Here's one from nomos
Both are great viewing and the Nomos one is really interesting.
"Either He's Dead, Or My Watch Has Stopped....."
Groucho Marx
Oh my God this is insane


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202-362-4433 | email@example.com
Congregation: Congregation Kol Shalom
Location: Congregation Kol Shalom, 9110 Darnestown Road, Rockville, MD 20850
Denomination: Conservative
Ordained From: Jewish Theological Seminary
Programs/Services you run/offer: Young Professional's Shir Delight Shabbat Services, YP Kol Nidre, Jewish meditation, and integral workshops.
Specialty within Judaism: Jewish mindfulness, meditation, yoga, eastern ideas in a Jewish context, and innovative Jewish Learning,
Hobbies: Meditation, running, swimming.
Fun fact about you: I'm synesthesia, I see sounds and hear what I see.


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I was poking through my blog posts from 5 years ago and found one referring to GMail invitations. I had forgotten that GMail was by invitation only for the first few months of its existence.
Those were the days!
I was poking through my blog posts from 5 years ago and found one referring to GMail invitations. I had forgotten that GMail was by invitation only for the first few months of its existence.
Those were the days!
Over the years, Experts Exchange has become quite the repository of tech advice, where people go to ask questions, then the experts compete to give the best answer and win the asker's vote. It's a pretty slick system, I suppose, if you are an 'expert', and your goal in life is seeing your username at the top of a list on their site, or if you have a question and have been unable to find an answer to it on any of the completely free message boards across the internet.
Whatever your reason for paying the fee to join their site, you have probably run across one of their pages if you have been searching for answers to a technical problem online. Their search engine placement has been historically good for a wide variety of key words and phrases.
A Bit of History
You have also probably run across Expert Exchange's efforts to protect their paid content from the casual observer. If you are like me, you have seen them at the top of a search results page, cussed them out in your head, then moved on to the next result. That is because you know they often seem to have people asking the exact same thing you are in search of, and they seem to have people who have provided answers/solutions, but when you go there you are asked to pay to see the answers. But being the freebie seeking geek you are, you haven't ever signed up for their site.
I remember that it used to be they would obfuscate their experts' answers to a question with Javascript. That worked for a few minutes, until Firefox gained popularity and it became really easy to turn off Javascript.
For a long time, I thought that they had ended up removing their experts' answers altogether. However, I learned that Experts Exchange is using a simple visual cue to make you think this so that you won't find the coveted content for which they take great lengths to protect (and charge you $12.95 a month for access to).
The Hack
The secret is, if you just keep scrolling down the page, you will see all the answers to the question at the top of the page! What they do to make you think there is nothing there is show several empty bars of "Expert Comment" and "Accepted Solution", followed by a "Sign up to view this solution" section, making you think the content is hidden. Below that, you will see a ton of "footer links", making you think you are at the bottom of the page. However, keep going, and you will find the hidden pot o' gold.
Why would they do this? Because they need Google to be able to crawl their content so they can maintain the excellent search engine placement they usually have. If they only showed the question, and not the answers, they would have much less worthy text to index, so it really behooves them to have that text shown somewhere in plain view. Obfuscating it with Javascript or CSS will only end up hurting them because Google looks at those things as 'trickery' due to the fact that they can be used for keyword stuffing.
This isn't to say I don't advocate paying for their service. I actually had the company I used to work for pay the fee a few years ago, but didn't find myself using it that much, so I didn't ask them to renew it.
In summary, scroll scroll scroll your way to the bottom of the page when you find an Experts Exchange result while troubleshooting on the Internet.
YouTube has implemented a three-phased attack to thoroughly rid me of any reason to ever talk nice about it again. They have succeeded.
Phase I – Google Search Drops My Site
It started in late December. I run a site called TheBestOfYouTube.com which is just a blog I use to feature random videos I find on YouTube. I write a little about them, and link to the video. No harm done, and this is completely acceptable (and encouraged through video embedding) by YouTube.
For two years, a search for "best of you tube" or "you tube best" would show my site either first or second in the search results. There is another site similar to mine (though more succesful) at bestofyoutube.com which would be right there at the top of the search results with me.
One day in late December, that all changed. I was nowhere to be found for those searches, but bestofyoutube.com was still there. If I searched Google for "thebestofyoutube.com" it would still show the site. Using Google's Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics, it was revealed the site was still being indexed by Google.
There didn't seem to be any sandboxing of my site, as it's still findable, just not using those important keywords. Needless to say, my traffic dropped by about 85%, and thus my ad revenue fell with it. Curiously, in December, I had received my largest-ever payment from Adsense, as the site had been steadily gaining traffic the previous couple of months.
In case you were late to the meeting and didn't hear, Google owns YouTube.
Was this a penalization of some sort by Google? Did the bestofyoutube.com guys do something to get my site unlisted for those keywords? I have no idea, and I have no idea how to figure it out. Either way, the fact that my site is still in Google's index leads me to believe it was something that targeted me specifically.
Phase II – The Empire Strikes Back
On January 18, I received a letter from YouTube stating that Warner Music Group was claiming infringement on my "Star Wars on a Banjo" video. This was simply a video of me loosely interpreting the Star Wars theme on my banjo. It had been up for over 2 years, had garnered over 1.5 million views, and was featured on the front page of sites such as Fark.com and Metafilter.com. It led to me being interviewed by the local paper.
So they yanked it down, and I inquired about what to do on both Reddit.com and Metafilter.com. I received many varied responses, but the general consensus was that people were supportive of me, and that YouTube was overreacting.
Even though Warner claimed infringement, the video could easily be considered a parody, in which case it falls under fair use. Still, YouTube has to take things like this down if a copyright holder complains, just to protect themselves under the DMCA laws. The procedures state that it is now my turn to file a counter-claim, which might get my video back online if Warner doesn't respond in 10 days.
I have filed the counter claim with YouTube, and am hoping to see the video return. Stay tuned.
Phase III – Shock and Awe
This morning, I got another email from YouTube. This time, they were letting me know that my Fingernail Collection video had been yanked for violating the YouTube Community Guidelines.
I guess that a video of someone licking fingernail clippings is considered a "shock" video. The funny thing is, in my opinion, it is completely ironic that people get grossed out by it. What is the difference between biting your fingernails while they are on your finger and merely touching your tongue to them when they are off your finger?
I just don't get it.
The video has been up for nearly two years, and for this to happen just a few days after my Star Wars banjo video takedown got a lot of attention in the Internet press, seems too coincidental to me.
In Summary
I have been disheartened by all of this. I've always been a big fan of Google and their ventures (YouTube included), and to get the triple smackdown in three different areas has been quite demoralizing.
I do plan on contesting the Star Wars On A Banjo and fingernail video takedowns.
If the person at the other end of the line has an iota of reasoning abilities, they will hopefully see my point of view and put the videos back online.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this matter. Please comment!
Google says the recent GMail account breeches were due to typical phishing scams, not a vulnerability in GMail itself.
With help from affected users, we determined that the cause was a phishing scheme, a common method used by malicious actors to trick people into sharing their sensitive information. Attackers sent customized e-mails encouraging web domain owners to visit fraudulent websites such as "google-hosts.com" that they set up purely to harvest usernames and passwords.
They don't say exactly how the usernames and passwords were harvested, however. Were people just dumb/gullible enough to type their Google usernames and passwords into some other web site? Or was there a way for these phishing sites to grab the authentication info from the user's browser? Is this the fault of the web browser or a faulty plugin?
While the fingers continue to be pointed, the specific methodology for adding malicious filters to a GMail account by way of a phishing attack remains a threat.
I've been following the story about the domain name hijacking of MakeUseOf.com the last few weeks with interest. All signs are pointing to the domain thief having cracked the MakeUseOf.com Gmail account in order to retrieve their GoDaddy.com password and transfer the owenership of the domain.
This is not good for any GMail user, let alone domain name owners who have registered their domains through GMail.
Apparently, this one hacker has stolen over 850 domains this way, and holds them for ransom at $2000 a piece.
The latest part of the saga details how the MakeUseOf.com folks think this happened, right down to the hacking of the GMail account. If there is indeed a security flaw in GMail, which there appears to be, MakeUSeOf.com offers prudent steps to take in order to secure yourself (emphasis added by me):
(1) Well, my very first advice would be to check your email settings and make sure your email is not compromised. Check fowarding options and filters. Also make sure to disable IMAP if you don't use it. This also applies to Google Apps accounts.
(2) Change contact email in your sensitive web accounts (paypal, domain registrar etc.) from your primary Gmail account to something else. If you own the website then change the contact email for your host and registrar accounts to some other email. Preferably to something that you aren't logged in to when browsing web.
(3) Make sure to upgrade your domain to private registration so that your contact details don't show up on WhoIS searches. If you're on GoDaddy I'd recommend going with Protected Registration.
(4) Don't open links in your email if you don't know the person they are coming from. And if you decide to open the link make sure to log out first.
I would add to that list:
(5) Always use secure, encrypted GMail. There is an option at the bottom of the main Settings page in GMail for "Always use https" under the "Browser Connection" heading. Select this and leave it selected! Otherwise, anything you do in GMail is sent unencrypted over the Internet. Not good!
Keep in mind that this security flaw not only matters to domain name owners, but to anyone who has any sensitive email in their GMail account, whether it be online banking info, love letters, or whatever.
This will be interesting to watch, and I hope Google takes notice of this.
UPDATE: This fellow here has posted a proof-of-concept on creating malicious filters in someone's GMail account.
Chrome just came out, and I downloaded it and have it installed. Expect a review here once I have time to kick the tires a little bit.
One thing that made me chuckle during the installation was a dialog box that popped up when I told Chrome to import my settings from Firefox:
Sadly? I'm impressed they feel so compassionate about the fact that Firefox was open on my computer.
Anyway, the first 3 minutes of messing with Chrome have been a series of "oooh cool!" moments for me. Look for more opinions soon…


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SAPS, Security and Retail Industries Action towards Safer Shopping Welcomed
Statement by Dan Plato, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety
I welcome the swift response to the Western Cape Government's call for greater cooperation between the relevant role-players to urgently address the recent spate of mall robberies in this province.
With a clear and cooperative strategy involving the South African Police Service (SAPS), private security, and relevant retail industry authorities, retail and mall robberies in this province will come to a quick end.
The onus, however, remains on mall management to ensure quality security services are employed to protect their establishments and their patrons. The information supplied by the SAPS should be used by these establishments to improve any shortcomings in security provision. As part of the working strategy going forward, SAPS should update mall management, business owners and the general public about ongoing developments in these cases.
The announcements made yesterday by the SAPS and Business Against Crime that they will team up with the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) in order to address the problem is the kind of urgent action that the people of this province expect when it comes to their safety.
I am confident that through working Better Together, the strategy to ensure the safety of shoppers and malls will be implemented well ahead of the coming festive season and will have a lasting positive impact on safety.
As part of the Western Cape Government's oversight role over policing in the province, I will continue to monitor the effectiveness of any strategy to keep shoppers in the province safe. I also extend an open invitation to the SAPS, SACSC, retail owners and industry role-players to include the Department of Community Safety so that we can assist where possible.
Safety is everyone's responsibility and knowledge of what to be on the lookout for is vital in preventing and combatting these types of robberies.
Ewald Botha
Cell: 079 694 1113