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Video blogging, sometimes shortened to vlogging^[1] (pronounced 'vlogging', as opposed to 'v-logging'^[2]) or vidding^[3][4][5] or vidblogging^[6] is a form of blogging for which the medium is video,^[7] and is a form of Web television. Entries often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts. It is also a very popular category on YouTube.

Video logs (vlogs) also often take advantage of web syndication to allow for the distribution of video over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for automatic aggregation and playback on mobile devices and personal computers (See video podcast).

History[link]

On January 2, 2000, Adam Kontras posted a video alongside a blog entry aimed at informing his friends and family of his cross-country move to Los Angeles in pursuit of show business, marking the first post on what would later become the longest-running video blog in history.^[8][9][10] In November of that year, Adrian Miles posted a video of changing text on a still image, coining the term vog to refer to his video blog.^[11][12] In 2004, Steve Garfield launched his own video blog and declared that year "the year of the video blog".^[13][14] In an effort to fulfill this prediction, Miles and Garfield soon joined their online colleagues Jay Dedman, Peter Van Dijck, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen, and Christophe Bouten in creating a group on Yahoo! Groups devoted to video blogging.^[15]

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev's videoblog posted after his visit to Latin America in November 2008.

Vlogging saw a strong increase in popularity beginning in 2005. The Yahoo! Videoblogging Group saw its membership increase dramatically in 2005.^[16][17] The most popular video sharing site to date, YouTube, was founded in February 2005. By July 2006, it had become the 5th most popular web destination, with 100 million videos viewed daily and 65,000 new uploads per day.^[18]

Many open source content management systems have enabled the inclusion of video content, allowing bloggers to host and administer their own video blogging sites. In addition, the convergence of mobile phones with digital cameras allows publishing of video content to the Web almost as it is recorded.^[19] Radio and television stations are now using video blogging as a way to help interact more with listeners and viewers.^{[citation needed]}

Miscellaneous video blogging events[link]

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• 2005, January - Vloggercon, the first videoblogger conference, is held in New York City.^[20]
• 2006, March 17 - the show with zefrank is launched. A short video program produced Monday through Friday for one year (March 17, 2006–March 17, 2007).^{[citation needed]}
• 2006, November — The Vloggies, the first annual videoblogging awards, is held in San Francisco.^[21]
• 2007, May and August — The Wall Street Journal places a grandmother on the front page of its Personal Journal section.^[22] In August she is featured on an ABC World News Tonight segment^[23] showing the elderly now becoming involved in the online video world.

See also[link]

• Blog
• History of blogging
• Lifecasting (video stream)
• Photoblog
• Video podcast
• YouTube

References[link]

External links[link]

• A Certain Tendency in Videoblogging and Rethinking the Rebirth of the Author, academic essay on videoblogging
• A Post-Cinema of Distractions: On the Genealogical Constitution of Personal Videoblogging, academic essay on videoblogging
• ASL Vlog & Video Directory

Asmaa Mahfouz
Born	(1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 27) Cairo, Egypt
Residence	Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Alma mater	Cairo University
Known for	2011 Egyptian revolution
Religion	Islam

Asmaa Mahfouz (Arabic: أسماء محفوظ‎, pronounced [ʔæsˈmæːʔ mɑħˈfuːz, ˈʔæsmæ-], born 1 February 1985) is an Egyptian activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement.^[1] She has been credited by journalist Mona Eltahawy and others with helping to spark mass uprising through her video blog posted one week before the start of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.^[2][3] She is a prominent member of Egypt's Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution and one of the leaders of the Egyptian revolution.^[4]

In 2011, she was one of five recipients of the "Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought" awarded for contributions to "historic changes in the Arab world." The other joint recipients were Ahmed al-Senussi, Razan Zaitouneh, Ali Farzat and Mohamed Bouazizi of the Arab Spring.

Arabian Business placed Mahfouz at #381 on its list of the World's 500 Most Influential Arabs.^[5]

Overview[link]

Born in 1985 in Egypt, Asmaa graduated from Cairo University with a BA in Business Administration.^[6] She would later join several other young Egyptian in founding the April 6 Youth Movement.^[7] She currently works for a computer company.^[8]

January 2011 uprising in Egypt[link]

Mahfouz has been credited with having sparked the protests that began the uprising in January 2011 in Cairo. In a video blog posted to Facebook on 18 January, she called on Egyptians to demand their human rights and to voice their disapproval of the regime of Hosni Mubarak. The video was uploaded to YouTube and, within days, went "viral".^[9] In an interview with al-Mihwar TV, she said that a week before 25 January, she posted a video to Facebook announcing that she would be going to Tahrir Square to protest. Mahfouz said that four other young Egyptians joined her, and that the internal security services quickly surrounded and moved the group away from the square.^[10]

Following this, she posted another video announcing her intention to go to the square again on 25 January, a national holiday in Egypt honoring police who died in a confrontation with British forces. In this video, she challenged Egyptians to take to the street, saying,

If you think yourself a man, come with me on 25 January. Whoever says women shouldn’t go to protests because they will get beaten, let him have some honor and manhood and come with me on 25 January. Whoever says it is not worth it because there will only be a handful of people, I want to tell him, 'You are the reason behind this, and you are a traitor, just like the president or any security cop who beats us in the streets.'^[9]

Later in 2011, Mahfouz was arrested on charges of defaming the Egyptian military rulers for calling them a "council of dogs".^[11] She was referred to a military court, prompting activists, as well as presidential hopefuls such as Mohamed El Baradei and Ayman Nour, to protest her being charged in a military court.^[12] Mahfouz was released on bail in the amount of 20,000 Egyptian Pounds, equivalent to approximately 3,350 US dollars and after that the supreme council of Armed forces renounced the charge and charges were released of Asmaa and another activist called Loay Nagaty.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Support of Occupy Wall Street[link]

On October 23, Mahfouz held a teach-in at Liberty Plaza, in a show of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. When asked why she came to the OWS protest she replied, "Many of U.S. residents were in solidarity with us. So, we have to keep going all over the world, because another world is possible for all of us."^[17]

See also[link]

• Ahmed Maher
• Waleed Rashed
• Civil resistance
• Israa Abdel Fattah
• Wael Ghonim
• Nonviolent resistance
• Malalai Anaa
• List of women who sparked a revolution

References[link]

External links[link]

• "Meet Asmaa Mahfouz and the vlog that helped spark the revolution" (Facebook video with English subtitles added). YouTube. 18 January 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/iyadelbaghdadi#p/u/3/eBg7O48vhLY. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 

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Brandon Curry (born October 19, 1982) is a U.S. professional bodybuilder who competes in the heavyweight class.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Curry was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He first became interested in weight training when he received a pair of Hulk Hogan-branded dumbbells for his sixth birthday.^[1] Curry would later recall in a magazine interview that he was motivated by superhero action figure G.I. Joe and the Rocky and Rambo films to develop his body to its fullest muscular capacity.^[1]

As a child, Curry's parents enrolled him gymnastics classes, but he lost interest in the sport.^[1] Curry was involved in wrestling, track and field and football while he was a student at Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School in Nashville.^[2]

Curry attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he majored in exercise bnn science. He initially played on the university's football team, but later left the team and switched his athletic focus to bodybuilding-related weight training.^[2] Outside of bodybuilding, Curry works as a personal trainer. He divides his residency between Nashville and Oceanside, California.

Bodybuilding career[link]

Initially competing in the light-heavyweight class, Curry won his first bodybuilding competition, the 2003 Supernatural Bodybuilding & On June 17, 2006, he came in second in the light-heavyweight division at the NPC Junior National Championships; the five-foot-seven Curry weighed 189 pounds for that event. The following year, with 28 additional pounds added to his frame, he moved up to the heavyweight division for the NPC USA Championships on July 28, 2007, where he finished second in his division. On November 17, 2007, he came in second in the heavyweight division for that year's NPC National Championships.

His Biggest success is in 2011 MR.olympia competitions where he stands 8th while first time coming to the olympia's Ring just above Roney Rockel and below Tony Freeman.^[3] On July 25, 2008, Curry won both the heavyweight division and the overall of the NPC USA Championships, which secured him ranking as a professional bodybuilder.^[3]

Pro contest history[link]

• 2003 Supernatural Bodybuilding, 1st
• 2006 NPC Junior National Championships, 2nd
• 2007 NPC USA Championships, 2nd
• 2011 Mr.Olympia, 8th

References[link]

External links[link]

• Brandon Curry’s MySpace page
• USAMuscle.com competitor profile

Josef Newgarden
Nationality	American
Born	(1990-12-22) December 22, 1990 (age 21) Nashville (United States)
2012 Firestone Indy Lights
Debut season	2011
Current team	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Car no.	11
Starts	14
Wins	5
Poles	3
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st in 2011
Previous series
2010 2009 2009 2007–08 2006–07	GP3 Series British Formula Ford Formula Palmer Audi Skip Barber National S. Barber Southern Regional

Josef Newgarden (born December 22, 1990 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American racing driver who competes in single seater formulae.

Career[link]

Karting[link]

Newgarden drove a kart for the first time at the age of thirteen. In 2006 he took titles in two classes of the Kart Racers of America – Junior Yamaha championship and won the Junior TAG World Championship.^[1]

Skip Barber[link]

Newgarden started his single-seaters career in the Skip Barber Racing School series in 2006. He finished as runner-up in the Southern Regional Series with three wins and another seven podiums.^[2] He next competed in the 2007 BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda championship, finishing sixth with two wins.^[3] Newgarden remained in the series for 2008 and improved to second place in standings, scoring three wins.^[4]

Formula Ford[link]

After some participations in Formula Ford races in 2008 and a win in the Kent Class at the Formula Ford Festival, he moved to the British Formula Ford Championship in 2009. Again he was runner-up, amassing 550 points and nine wins.^[5]

Formula Palmer Audi[link]

Newgarden competed in the opening round of the 2009 Formula Palmer Audi season at Brands Hatch, taking two wins^[6][7] and a fourth in the third race.^[8]

GP3 Series[link]

Newgarden move into the new-for-2010 GP3 Series with the Carlin team.^[9] He finished 18th in points, winning a pole at Hockenheimring and had a best finish of fifth in the season finale at Monza.

Indy Lights[link]

In 2011 Newgarden returned to North America to race in the Firestone Indy Lights series for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.^[10] He won his first Indy Lights race in the season opener on the Streets of St. Petersburg.^[11] Josef followed up his opening win in St. Petersburg with 4 additional wins, and 10 podiums total out of 13 races in 2011,^[12] clinching him the points championship with 1 race left to go.^[13] In New Hampshire, the 11th race of 2011, Josef lapped the entire field, and went on to win; he is the first Indy Lights driver to do this since Thiago Medeiros in March 2004.^[14]

IndyCar[link]

On December 7, 2011, Newgarden was announced as the driver for the newly named Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, renaming itself from Sarah Fisher Racing. He is running his first full season schedule in an Izod Indycar in 2012.^[15]

Racing record[link]

Career summary[link]

Complete GP3 Series results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

American open–wheel racing results[link]

(key)

Firestone Indy Lights[link]

IZOD IndyCar Series[link]

* Season in progress.

Indianapolis 500[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Josef Newgarden career statistics at Driver Database

Dana White
Born	(1969-07-28) July 28, 1969 (age 42) Manchester, CT, U.S.
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Nationality	American
Occupation	President
Known for	Managing The Ultimate Fighting Championship
Style	Boxercise [1]
Net worth	US$150 million (2010)[2]
Height	5 ft 11 in
Spouse	Anne
Children	3

Dana White (born July 28, 1969) is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.

Biography[link]

Born in Manchester, Connecticut on July 28, 1969, White grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ware, Massachusetts and Levant, Maine. White is a passionate Boston Red Sox fan. During his youth, he bounced back and forth between Boston and Maine. He attended the University of Massachusetts Boston but did not finish; however, while there he did launch a boxing program for inner-city youth.^[3]

White has a background as an aerobics instructor. In 1992, White established Dana White Enterprises in Las Vegas. He conducted aerobics classes at three gyms^[4] in the Las Vegas area and began managing MMA fighters Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell.

While working as a manager, White learned that Semaphore Entertainment Group, the parent company of the UFC, was looking for a buyer for the UFC. White contacted childhood friend Lorenzo Fertitta, an executive at Station Casinos, and a former commissioner of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Within a month, Lorenzo and his older brother Frank bought the UFC, with White installed as its president.^[5] White currently owns about 9% of Zuffa, LLC, the entity the Fertitta brothers created to own and manage the UFC.^[3]

White failed to comment on a potential network broadcast deal at the UFC 136 press conference. The next day it was confirmed that the UFC and Fox broadcast networks had made a multiple year deal.^[6]

Controversy[link]

Loretta Hunt[link]

On April 1, 2009, White was videotaped in a verbal tirade against Loretta Hunt, a sportswriter for Sherdog, in response to an article she wrote. In the video posted on his YouTube account, White used derogatory language in an obscenity-laced rant. The video was pulled from his official UFC YouTube page but has been widely republished across the internet and come under fire, including by GLAAD for his use of anti-gay slurs.^[7][8][9] White would later apologize for his slurs. He specifically did not include Hunt in the apology.^[10] Hunt responded by saying "I stand by the story. It's accurate."^{[citation needed]}

Miguel Torres[link]

In December of 2011, White cut fighter Miguel Torres from the UFC after Torres tweeted "If a rape van was called a surprise van, more women wouldn’t mind going for rides in them. Everyone likes surprises." In an interview with Sports Illustrated confirming Torres' firing over the controversial remarks, White claimed "Now there's no explanation for that. There's absolutely nothing I could say to make any sense of that. And the fact that he even thinks that's funny or that's a joke, it disturbs me. It bothers me." The firing of Torres immediately sparked controversy after it was revealed that White did not similarly punish two fighters of greater marquee value – Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans, both of whom have fought in the main event of multiple Pay-Per-View cards and the latter slated to fight in the main event of a fight card scheduled to air on the FOX network on January 28, 2012 – for making similarly offensive remarks:^[11] Griffin commenting that "Rape is the new missionary"^[12] and Evans evoking the recent child abuse scandal involving Penn State University while promoting a fight.^[13] Torres has since re-signed with the UFC after having a talk with Dana.

Charity[link]

In December 2010 White donated $50,000 to the Fransisco Espinoza foundation. White donated approximately $8,000 to help pay for the brain tumor treatment of two-year-old British girl, Ruby Owen. The young girl's family had described themselves as being "shocked and over the moon". Ruby Owen's uncle, being a UFC fan had contacted White via email and asked if he could help by donating to the Ruby Owen fund raising website. White and Owen have never officially met.^[14] In an act of compassion towards a fan, he gave $300 to one man without hesitation who said that he "just received a speeding ticket while racing across town to meet him".^[15] Shortly after being named 2009 Nevada Sportsman of The Year, White added $100,000 from his pocket to the $250,000 total raised for the fund raising marathon sponsored by ESPN Radio 1100 for Las Vegas.^[16]

Feud with M-1 Global[link]

After signing negotiations with M-1 Global Russian Heavyweight MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko fell through in 2009,^[17] White and the UFC became the subject of debate and criticism from fans and experts alike. On several occasions, White referred to Emelianenko as "a fake, a phony and a farce.^[18][19]

On June 26th, 2010 following Emelianenko's first legitimate defeat of his career to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Fabricio Werdum, White shared a simple ":)" via Twitter.^[20] The same symbol was expressed by White following Emelianenko's 2nd round doctor stoppage loss to Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva in the opening round of the 2011 Strikeforce GP.^[21] White followed this with an insult to Fedor's manager and M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelstein.^[22] This began a war of words on the social networking site. M-1 Global’s director of operations, Evgeni Kogan, stood up for Finkelstein and invited White to repeat his words to Finkelstein in person. When fans attempted to reason with White, they were met with similar contempt and insults.^[23]

There is controversy over whether Fedor Emelianenko and White have actually met.^[24] White has claimed to have met Emelianenko on a "crazy island in the middle of nowhere".^[25] In 2011, Emelianenko denied that this encounter ever took place.^[26]

Personal life[link]

White and his wife have two sons and a daughter.^[27] He is an atheist, and has stated that he is "fascinated" by religion.^[28]

Accomplishments[link]

• Nevada Sportsman of the Year (2009)^[29]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
  • Promoter of the Year (2005–2011/present)^[30][31]
• World MMA Awards
  • Leading Man of the Year 2011
  • Leading Man of the Year 2010
• Armed Forces Foundation
  • Patriot Award^[32]

References[link]