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Crazy Kicker of Week 12
Week 12 featured one of the craziest kicker plays we've seen all season. Bills PK Dave Rayner, who is filling in for the injured Rian Lindell, was kicking off from the Bills' 20-yard line after the much-discussed excessive celebration penalty against Buffalo WR Stevie Johnson. But Lindell mis-hit the kick, making it look like an onside kick that went just 15 yards before it hit the Jets' Emmanuel Cook. Cook recovered at the Jets' 36, and a few plays later Plaxico Burress – the player Johnson had mocked – scored a touchdown that tied the game at 14.
Rayner redeemed himself with a 53-yard go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough in the Bills' 28-24 loss. However, it was more than enough to earn Rayner the crazy kicker of the week honors.
Bills PK Dave Rayner, via knoxnews.com
Crazy Kickers of the Week 2011
Week 11: P Michael Koenen, Buccaneers
Week 10: PK David Akers, 49ers
Week 9: P Chas Henry, Eagles
Week 6: P Shane Lechler, Raiders
Week 5: P Daniel Sepulveda, Steelers
Week 4: PK Mason Crosby, Packers
Week 2: P Michael Koenen, Buccaneers
Week 1: P Sam Koch, Ravens
Preseason Week 4: P Dustin Colquitt, Chiefs
Preseason Week 2: P Andy Lee, 49ers
Preseason Week 1: PK Josh Brown, Rams
Filed under Crazy Kicker of the Week, Football Relativity
Tagged as buffalo bills, dave rayner, emmanuel cook, Football Relativity, new York jets, NFL, NFL games, plaxico burress, rian lindell, stevie johnson
December 5, 2009 · 11:59 pm
Over the next several weeks, we're going to look at several different positions (I can't yet promise all) to identify the best players wearing each jersey number at each position. If this goes as planned, we'll then compile a list of the best player wearing each jersey number in the league.
If you have quibbles, or want to add someone I forgot, leave a comment and we'll update this post. And please have patience – this is a big job.
We started this project with wide receivers in this post and then with tight ends in this post and quarterbacks in this post and running backs in this post and offensive linemen in this post. Now we move to kickers and punters, who wear numbers between 1 and 19, although the vast majority sport single numbers.
1 – PK Neil Rackers, Cardinals – Rackers hasn't shown off the big leg he featured earlier in his career, but he has developed into a consistent threat on field goals. He gets the nod over Dallas' Mat McBriar, a supersolid punter. Other notable 1s: Pat McAfee, Colts; Matt Turk, Texans
2 – P Dustin Colquitt, Chiefs – He doesn't get much credit, but Colquitt may be the NFL's best punter not named Shane Lechler. With 31 punts inside the 20 vs. just four touchbacks, and with an incredibly low average return rate of just 5.2 yards, it's no wonder that Colquitt is second in the NFL in net punting with a 41.9-yard average. We give him the nod over good placekickers like David Akers of Philly, Mason Crosby of Green Bay, and Rob Bironas of Tennessee. Other notable 2s: Brandon Fields, Dolphins; Nick Harris, Lions; Reggie Hodges, Browns
3 – PK Stephen Gostkowski, Patriots – Gostkowski has developed into a solid clutch field goal kicker as well as a strong kickoff specialist. It's rare to find a single kicker who does both jobs so well. Other notable 3s: Kris Brown, Texans; Josh Brown, Rams; John Carney, Saints; Jeff Reed, Steelers; Jay Feely, Jets; Matt Stover, Colts; Adam Podlesh, Jaguars; Hunter Smith, Redskins; Matt Bryant, Falcons
4 – P Andy Lee, 49ers – Lee is another underrated punter with terrific averages both gross and net. He gets the nod over long-time placekickers Jason Hanson of Detroit, John Kasay of Carolina, and Adam Vinatieri of Indianapolis, who has missed much of the season. Other notable 4s: Sam Koch, Ravens; Brad Maynard, Bears; Phil Dawson, Browns
5 – P Mike Scifres, Chargers – Scifres' numbers don't completely reflect it, but he can be a game-changing punter, as he showed in San Diego's playoff win over Indianapolis last season. Other notable 5s: Dan Carpenter, Dolphins; Garrett Hartley, Saints; Rhys Lloyd, Panthers; Matt Prater, Broncos; Ben Graham, Cardinals; Donnie Jones, Rams; Chris Kluwe, Vikings
6 – PK Joe Nedney, 49ers – There aren't dominant kickers or punters at this number, so we'll give the nod to Nedney, who has long been a solid kicker with a big leg. The fact that he's about the funniest kicker I ever interviewed doesn't hurt either. Other notable 6s: Nick Folk, Cowboys; Ryan Succop, Chiefs; Shaun Suisham, Redskins; Chris Hanson, Patriots; Brett Kern, Titans; Thomas Morstead, Saints; Sav Rocca, Eagles
7 – P Jason Baker, Panthers – Few kickers wear this number, so Baker, who isn't having his best season but has been solid in his time in Carolina, gets the nod. Other notable 7s: Jeremy Kapinos, Packers; Billy Cundiff, Ravens
8 – PK Ryan Longwell, Vikings – Longwell has long been one of the NFL's most reliable kickers, and he's 18-for-19 on field goals this year, including 2-of-2 from 50-plus. That gives him a slight nod over Buffalo P Brian Moorman. Other notable 8: Dirk Johnson, Buccaneers
9 – P Shane Lechler, Raiders – Lechler is on his way to a record-setting season. As Bill Simmons pointed out on Friday, Lechler has a chance to break the single-season record of 51.4 yards per punt (held by Hall of Fame QB Slingin' Sammy Baugh). Lechler is currently averaging 51.7, and his net average of 44.7 yards is nearly three yards better than the single-season record, which Lechler already holds. He's the best punter in the league and might be the best punter ever. Other notable 9s: Josh Bidwell, Buccaneers; Michael Koenen, Falcons; Jon Ryan, Seahawks; Daniel Sepulveda, Steelers; Steven Weatherford, Jets; Robbie Gould, Bears; Rian Lindell, Bills; Lawrence Tynes, Giants
10 – PK Nate Kaeding, Chargers – Kaeding has had his playoff problems, but he's been a reliable regular-season producer. That gives him the nod over Seattle's Olindo Mare, who is having a good season but has been inconsistent in recent years. Other notable 10s: Connor Barth, Buccaneers; Josh Scobee, Jaguars; Kevin Huber, Bengals
11 – PK Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders – The kicker also known as Sea Bass (think Dumb and Dumber) has a powerful leg and has the distinction of being one of the very few kickers to be a first-round pick in the NFL draft.
15 – P Craig Hentrich, Titans – Hentrich hasn't played this season, but we'll recognize his strong career as a punter in Green Bay and Tennessee here. Other notable 15: Dave Zastudil, Browns
17 – PK Shayne Graham, Bengals – Graham has developed into one of the most solid kickers around. Although his consistency this season has been lacking, Graham remains a good threat for Cincy. Other notable 17: Mitch Berger, Broncos
18 – P Jeff Feagles, Giants – Feagles has been punting in the NFL forever, but he still has a roster spot. He's one of the few practicioners of the art of directional punting left in the league as well. Other notable 18: David Buehler, Cowboys
Filed under Jersey Numbers, Local Knowledge
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FR: Clutch kickers
If you're paying attention to Football Relativity, you know that we have a bit of an obsession with kickers. From our Crazy Kicker of the Week award to the songs of kickers that are constantly running through our head, we spend way too much time considering the status of these soccer-stylers. (I blame my days writing the kicker reports for Pro Football Weekly's fantasy football preview mag.) Since we're thinking about them, we thought we'd use a Football Relativity comparison to assess the most clutch and least dependable placekickers in the league. The 10 level is for the kicker you'd want taking the game-winning kick in the Super bowl; the 1 level is for a kicker you wouldn't trust to keep you out of overtime in the preseason.
10 – Adam Vinatieri, Colts – Vinatieri is the gold standard of clutch in the league, since he's made not one but two Super Bowl-winning kicks. From the time he made a 45-yarder in the snow to advance the Patriots in the 2001 playoffs, he's been almost automatic in the biggest moments. In fact, he didn't miss a potential game-winning fourth-quarter kick between 1999 and 2007, an amazing string of clutchness. He's still the best.
9 – Ryan Longwell, Vikings – Longwell has long been well above average as an NFL kicker. (I have long been well intentioned but susceptible to bad puns.) But he's still at the top of his game, as he proved by kicking three game-winners and hitting all 6 of his attempts from 50-yards plus. The career 82 percent kicker is still one of the best.
9 (con't) – Robbie Gould, Bears – Gould's most famous kick was a 49-yarder in overtime that won a playoff game against the Seahawks three seasons ago. That's an impressive achievement in the wintry, windy conditions of Soldier Field. He has an 86 percent success rate in his four-year career, which speaks even more about his ability. The fact that Gould made the one big money kick he's tried so far indicates that his clutch ability is pretty strong.
9 (con't) – Josh Brown, Rams – Brown was incredibly clutch when he was in Seattle, making two famous game-winners from 50-yards-plus. He's still as clutch as he ever was – his 49-yard game-winner against Washington last year proves it – but he doesn't have as many clutch chances as he once did. But kicking indoors will allow Brown to keep his range, and his 19-of-30 success rate on 50-plus yarders shows that Brown is an elite kicker in the league.
9 (con't) – Shayne Graham, Bengals – Graham bounced around the league before finding a home with Cincinnati in 2003, but since then he has been one of the most accurate kickers in the league. He's made 87.5 percent of his tries as a Bengal, which is a remarkable rate of consistency. He has three career game-winners and is 7-for-14 from 50-yards plus. And he's done this in a city where the winter weather creates adverse kicking conditions. If Graham played on a better team, more of us would know how clutch he is, but the one-time Pro Bowler and current Bengals franchise player is among the very best in the league.
8 – Jeff Reed, Steelers – Reed hit the first game-winner of the 2009 season in overtime against the Titans, and he has proven to be a solid kicker in his eight years in Pittsburgh. He's hit nearly 83 percent of his career field goals and has one playoff game-winner as well. He doesn't have a howitzer for a leg, but in maybe the NFL's toughest stadium to kick in, Reed continually makes the big ones.
8 (con't) – Jason Hanson, Lions – Hanson has spent his entire 18-year career with the Lions, and as such he's been a forgotten kicker in recent years. But he's an 82 percent career kicker who still has a big leg, as he proved by making 8-of-8 tries from 50-plus-yards last year. Hanson hasn't had a lot of pressure kicks recently, but his performance elsewhere shows that he still has the chops to make those big kicks.
8 (con't) – Jason Elam, Falcons – Elam has long had one of the league's biggest legs, as he proved by tying the NFL record with a 63-yarder in 1998, and he had a streak of 30 straight field goals into last season. Elam got off to a rough start this season, but his career 81 percent average and 60-plus percent rate from 50-yards-plus shows that he's still a great security blanket in the clutch.
8 (con't) – John Carney, Saints – Carney is 45 years old, but he's still a quality kicker, as his Pro Bowl campaign last year showed. The fact that he's connected on 83 percent of his kicks in his now 20-year career shows his reliability. He no longer has eye-popping range, but if you have a pressure 40-yarder, there are few kickers you would want more than Carney.
8 (con't) – Rob Bironas, Titans – In his five years in Tennessee, Bironas has hit 83 percent of his field goal tries, and he's also shown late-game chops. He famously had four game-winning kicks in 2005, including a 60-yarder to beat the Colts. He also had eight field goals in a single game against the Texans. Bironas is one of the best young kickers in the league.
7 – Nick Folk, Cowboys – Folk, a third-year kicker, has been extremely consistent for the Cowboys. Last year he hit on 20-of-22 field goal tries, and for his career he's over 87 percent on kicks. He's also 5-for-8 career on tries of 50 yards or longer. He's also made some long game-winning or game-tying kicks, including a 52-yarder that forced overtime against Arizona last year and a 53-yarder to beat Buffalo in a 2007 Monday-night game.
7 (con't) – Stephen Gostkowski, Patriots – Gostkowski faced the unenviable task of replacing Adam Vinatieri in New England, but he has performed well, going to the Pro Bowl last season. He's connected on about 85 percent of his career field goals and has a strong leg both on kickoffs and on field goals, and his playoff performance has been solid as well. Gostkowski hasn't had the moments Vinatieri had so far, but his performance indicates that he's ready to handle them.
6 – Joe Nedney, 49ers – Of all the kickers I've ever interviewed, Nedney was one of my favorites. He's a huge guy – 6-foot-5 – who has always had leg strength but who took a while to gain consistency. But he has made 88 percent of his field goals since coming to San Fran in '05, which goes to show that he's become a dependable guy.
6 (con't) – Lawrence Tynes, Giants – Tynes is an 80 percent career kicker, and he also made a big-time 47-yard kick in overtime against Green Bay in the NFC championship to put the Giants into the Super Bowl, even though he had missed two shorter field goals earlier in the game. He doesn't have a huge leg – he hasn't made a 50-yard-plus field goal since 2006 in Kansas City – and the fact that the Giants chose John Carney over Tynes throughout the 2008 season is a red flag too. But Tynes has established himself as a trustworthy option.
6 (con't) – John Kasay, Panthers – Kasay has been with Carolina since the franchise took the field in 1995, and by and large he has been a consistent force. He's shown the ability to make long field goals in the clutch, but he famously failed in a couple of big spots in the Panthers' lone Super Bowl appearance. He has 12 game-winners in his career, and even approaching age 40 he's still a good if not great clutch option.
5 – David Akers, Eagles – Akers hit 19 straight postseason field goals before finally missing one in last year's NFC championship game, which goes to show that he's ultra-dependable in big spots. He's a career 80 percent kicker, but last year was his first season in four where he surpassed the 80 percent mark for the year. Akers has a good pedigree, but his numbers are starting to leak, which makes that miss vs. the Cardinals last year loom a little larger. Still, most teams would be happy to ride on Akers' leg.
5 (con't) – Phil Dawson, Browns – Dawson is in his 11th season as the Browns' kicker, and he's made nearly 83 percent of his kicks in weather that can often be the opposite of kicker-friendly. He also has 11 game-winning kicks in that time. He's a solid 10-of-15 on tries of 50-yards-plus, which shows he can make those kicks but doesn't often take them. He's provided a good comfort level for the Browns over the years.
5 (con't)- Kris Brown, Texans – Brown, who started his career with the Steelers, has been in Houston since the Texans were born, has 11 career game-winning field goals, including eight with Houston. One of those was a 57-yarder to beat the Dolphins in 2007. His career percentage is just under 80 percent, but he has made 55 percent of his 50-yard-plus attempts. Brown has the chops to make a long field goal in the clutch, but he's not the sure-fire three-point producer that some other kickers are.
4 – Neil Rackers, Cardinals – Rackers' career percentage of 77.4 percent isn't great, but he has a strong leg (19 career 50-plus field goals), and he has one Pro Bowl season in '05. He made an NFL record 40 field goals that year. In recent years, he's been a very solid option for the Cards, but he's never been the ultraconsistent option other kickers are.
4 (con't) – Mason Crosby, Packers – In his three years in Green Bay, Crosby has shown a big leg that is a little wild at times. He's completed just under 79 percent of his kicks, which is a percentage lower than most teams would prefer. He does have the ability to hit from deep, making 7-of-12 from 50-yards-plus. He's a great touchback guy and a long-range threat, but for a clutch 42-yarder there are better options in the league.
4 (con't) – Dan Carpenter, Dolphins – In his first season last year, Carpenter hit 21-of-25 field goals, including a last-minute game winner vs. Oakland and one 50-yarder. His only misses were from 40 yards and further, which means he was automatic on short-to-midrange tries. His career is off to a good start, but we have a long way to go before we can truly call him clutch. But like Vinatieri, Carpenter was an undrafted free agent found by Bill Parcells, so at least the pedigree is there.
3 – Josh Scobee, Jaguars – Scobee is in his sixth year in Jacksonville, but his success rate on field goals is less than 80 percent, which is not ideal. He did make four 50-yarders last year, which along with his touchback percentage shows his value, and he made back-to-back game-winners early last season. Scobee is the ultimate good but not great NFL kicker who you think can make the big one but who will always leave a shadow of doubt.
3 (con't) – Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders – The former first-round pick (you read that right) has always had one of the league's biggest legs, as he showed by making a 57-yard game-winner last year vs. the Jets. But his consistency level has been spotty, as shown by his 77 percent career success rate. Sea-Bass is a great option for long clutch kicks of 55 yards or more, but at more reasonable distances there are many other guys you'd rather have.
3 (con't) – Jay Feely, Jets – Feely has bounced around a little, but his career accuracy rate is 81.5 percent, and he has five career game-winners. He doesn't have a big leg, which shows in his scattershot rate on field goals of 40 yards or more (65 percent). So Feely is a dependable guy on the short field goals but not the guy you want taking a long attempt in the clutch.
3 (con't) – Mike Nugent, Buccaneers – Nugent has three career game-winners, but his career percentage of 79.8 is only average among NFL kickers. Now that he's in Tampa Bay where the environment is more kicker-friendly, he could up his percentage. But he needs to take advantage of his strong leg by making more of his long attempts before he can be considered a real clutch threat.
3 (con't) – Olindo Mare, Seahawks – Mare landed in Seattle last year and beat out Brandon Coutu in the race to replace Josh Brown. Mare had a solid season, making 24-of-27 field goals including a game-winner against the Rams. But last year was only the second time since 2002 that Mare made more than 78 percent of his field-goal tries. He has a strong leg for kickoffs but has been scattershot on his longer attempts, making just 18-0f-39 from 50-yards-plus in his career. Mare deserves credit for holding off Coutu two years in a row, but he's no longer an elite clutch kicker in the NFL.
2 – Nate Kaeding, Chargers – Kaeding has a big leg and great regular-season results (86 percent success rate), but his playoff results are lacking. He missed game-tying tries that eliminated the Chargers in the '04 and '05 seasons, and missed in four straight postseason games. So despite the fact that his stats look good, Kaeding isn't the guy you want taking a clutch kick.
2 (con't) – Rian Lindell, Bills – Lindell has made his chops as a bad-weather kicker in Buffalo, and he has made 80 percent of his career field-goal tries along with every extra-point he has ever tried. But Lindell's clutch performance has been less than ideal, which means that there are better options out there.
1 – Matt Prater, Broncos – Since replacing Jason Elam in Denver last year, Prater has showed a big leg with good range, but his consistency is lacking (only 70 percent success rate). He has hit 6-of-7 from 50-plus, which helps, but he's still someone who needs to prove his clutch chops.
1 (con't) – Shaun Suisham, Redskins – Suisham struggled last season after performing consistently in his first two years in Washington. His career percentage is just 78 percent, and he missed a 30-yarder in his long playoff game. Suisham could still grow into a consistent kicker, but that consistency has been lacking so far.
1 (con't) – Steven Hauschka, Ravens – Hauschka replaces long-time Ravens kicker Matt Stover this year because he's got a longer leg both on kickoffs and field goals. The former N.C. State kicker had two long attempts last year as the kickoff specialist, hitting from 54 and missing from 52, and he's 1-of-2 thus far this season. But he has a long way to go before he provides a comfort level.
1 (con't) – Ryan Succop, Chiefs – Succop, who was Mr. Irrelevant in the NFL draft this year, made his first career field goal, a 53-yarder against Baltimore. It remains to be seen how clutch Succop will be, but he is one of the most intriguing to watch because his kicking leg is about three times as muscular as his plant leg. Believe me – it's hard to stop staring at the difference.
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England Rugby and Comic Relief have launched the largest grants program (inaugural) after the success of the program small grants, which was launched in February 2017.
Last year England Rugby and Comic Relief joined the forces to launch the Try for Change Fund (TFCF) which uses the community of the rugby and rugby union to deliver social change across the world as well as within the England.
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Die Rossmoosalm ist eine 169 Hektar große Alm in der Gemeinde Bad Goisern im österreichischen Bundesland Oberösterreich. Die im Besitz der Österreichischen Bundesforste befindliche Alm liegt östlich des Predigstuhls, im Westteil des Toten Gebirges, in einer Seehöhe von  Die Rossmoosalm ist eine Servitutsalm mit 12 berechtigten Almbauern. Auf einer Weidefläche von 7 Hektar werden etwa 5 Rinder behirtet. Zur Alm führt eine nicht öffentliche Forststraße.

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During O Music Awards, Lips set new Guinness World Record for most concerts performed in multiple cities in a 24-hour time period.
What a long, strange, sonorous trip it's been: The Flaming Lips have officially made history by setting a new Guinness World Record for the most concerts performed in multiple cities in a 24-hour time period.
The legendary rockers began their journey Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee, where they boarded their tricked-out bus, aptly named Endeavor, to zigzag across the region and treated fans to mini-sets in eight cities. Their efforts have bested the record for Most Live Concerts in 24 Hours (Multiple Cities), which was previously held by Jay-Z.
This extra-special record-breaking event featured unforgettable performances by the Lips themselves, as well as duets with special guest stars like Grace Potter and Jackson Browne. Highlights include a rousing take of David Bowie's "Heroes" with Neon Indian in Jackson, Mississippi, a thundering version of Led Zeppelin's "Song Remains the Same" with Grace Potter in Oxford, Mississippi, and a stripped-down cover of Jackson Browne's "These Days" — featuring Browne himself — in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Other special surprises included an opening performance by up-and-comer Hunter Hayes in Hattiesburg, Neon Trees in Biloxi, Mississippi, the New Fumes, Gary Clark Jr., Neon Indian, Givers and an appearance by "Jackass" and "Wildboyz" star Chris Pontius.
The O Music Awards ceremony doled out a total of 24 awards, one for each hour of the festival. This year's winners included: Adam Lambert (Must Follow Artist on Twitter), Selena Gomez (Best Artist With a Cameraphone), 30 Seconds to Mars (Best Online Concert Experience), Karmin (Best Web-born Artist), Tokio Hotel has the Fan Army FTW, and Riot in Paris took home the win for Most Extreme Fan Outreach.


The moat around the old city wall.
A protector outside a wat.
A spirit house, found outside of most homes or businesses. Providing a dwelling for spirits away from people.
Wat Jedi Luang, it's spire destroyed by an earthquake.
The Sunday night walking street market.
Shopping for ingredients at the fresh market.
Chilies, an essential ingredient for Thai cooking.
Bree at our cooking class.
It turned out that my uncle Jim has a house in Chiang Mai and was nice enough to let us stay there. We took a pretty painless bus ride up to Chiang Mai from Mae Sot (via Tak). Once in Chiang Mai, we met up with Ning, who is my cousin-in-law once removed(?-Jim's wife's niece). She took us for a tour around the city and for some late night pad thai.
Chiang Mai is the largest city in Northern Thailand but it doesn't have any of that crazy chaotic feel of Bangkok. The central area is part of the old walled city which was once the capital of the Lanna Kingdom. Almost everywhere we went there was a Wat (Buddhist temple). There are over 200 Wats in Chiang Mai and some of them are dated as far back as the 1300's. We did a lot of walking around and some scootering around, including a visit to the Sunday walking street which is a night market that spans the width of the old city.
A big highlight was the cooking class at Morning Glory Restaurant & Cooking School that Ning help arrange for us. We learned all our favorites: curry pastes, green and massaman curries, pad thai, veg. w/ cashew nut, tom yum and tom kha soup, green papaya salad, spring rolls, peanut sauce, mango w/ sticky rice, pumpkin hummus and soup. All of this within four hours! We ate along the way and took home enough food for a big dinner later that night.
Special thanks to my uncle Jim for letting us stay at his place and to Ning for being a great host. It was nice to stay in a real house again. We got to do laundry, sleep in a bit, cook our own breakfast, and pretend that we lived in Thailand for a few days.


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Women might have equal rights in the US, but they don't have equal pay. In the marijuana industry, three groups have formed to help preserve the rights of women: Women Grow, the Marijuana Business Association Women's Alliance, and the NORML Women's Alliance.
For every dollar a white man makes, the average woman makes less than 80 cents in the same job with the same responsibilities. For women who have a higher education, the wage gap widens. Hispanic women feel the pinch the worse – they don't even make 60 cents on the dollar compared to white men.
The goal of these groups is pretty simple. They're fighting to make sure that female creativity can be brought to the legalized marijuana industry. Women have already proven that they are very capable entrepreneurs – on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter, for example, women raise more money than men and have more successfully funded campaigns. It's that attitude that is being brought to the industry and the results speak for themselves.
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The early success of ShareChat had convinced investors that it was possible to create a local social network.
Bengaluru: About six months after its valuation jumped six-fold, user growth at regional language social media start-up ShareChat seems to have slowed.
According to numbers tracked by mobile analytics firm App Annie, the ShareChat app has seen its daily active users (DAU) plateau over the last three months of 2018 at 5 million as of December-end. The reason: Deep-pocketed Bytedance entering the space with a ShareChat-clone Helo in mid-2018.
The early success of ShareChat, which became the biggest new content start-up within a short span, had convinced investors that it was possible to create a local social network. While the investor sentiment in regional content start-ups is still bullish, there is a growing concern about Chinese apps giving regional peers a run for their money.
"The premise has been that these (regional social media) companies will acquire users and grow, after which they will figure out a way to monetize," said an investor, requesting anonymity. "But ever since Bytedance launched its apps in India, companies such as ShareChat have witnessed a slowdown in growth, which is a concern."
ShareChat currently claims to have more than 40 million monthly active users (MAU), while Helo claims to have 25 million MAUs as of December with the expectation of a 300% increase in 2019.
ShareChat's success was a validation of the content consumption need of the internet users beyond metro users. This wasn't the case before, due to the dominance of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and YouTube.
The current trend of ShareChat's sluggish growth could be worrisome as it questions the thesis of venture capitalists (VC) who have invested in regional content companies in the hope that the high rate of user acquisition will lead to eventual monetization.
Prior to the launch of Helo, ShareChat was growing at about 20% month-on-month, which has plummeted to 6% after Bytedance's Helo and TikTok launched around June and September, respectively, according to a person directly aware of ShareChat's growth rate.
Helo has been growing consistently from about 2 million DAU in October to approximately 4 million DAU as of December-end, according to App Annie data. The growth in user-base for Helo can be attributed to its robust algorithm and unlimited supply of marketing dollars from its parent company, Bytedance, which is also the world's most valuable start-up.
In November, ShareChat took Bytedance to court for copying its design and indulging in unfair practices such as placing bids on 'ShareChat' as a keyword on Google's AdWords platform for better discovery of Helo. The court ordered Bytedance to desist from using 'ShareChat' as an ad-word.
Helo with its deep-pockets is now turning to college campuses, among other places to market their product, understand users better, localize content and on-board talent to create content, according to one person familiar with the company's customer-acquisition strategy.
In addition, Bytedance-owned short video sharing app TikTok has surged to the top of the charts in the social category in the app store. Its daily active user increased from 12.5 million in October to about 20 million as of December-end, according to App Annie data. The launch of TikTok has made things difficult for homegrown video-sharing app Clip backed by Matrix Partners and Shunwei Capital.
Bytedance spends about $15-20 million per month on marketing of both its products Helo and TikTok, according to industry estimates.
During 2018, regional content start-ups attracted the most amount of investor interest with ShareChat leading the charge.
Launched by three IIT-Kanpur alumni Ankush Sachdeva, Farid Ahsan and Bhanu Singh in October 2015, ShareChat had slowly become the investors' darling in the regional content space. The company attracted several investors including the likes of Shunwei Capital, smartphone maker Xiaomi, SAIF Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, among others.
From being valued at $67 million in December 2017, the company's valuation shot up to $460 million in less than a year when it raised money in the following year during September.
Despite the sluggish growth and cut-throat competition being given by its Chinese peers, ShareChat's investors seem unperturbed as they believe unlike e-commerce, content is not a discounting game.
"When Amazon came to India, it gave Flipkart a tough competition by spending heavily on discounts, but this did not kill Flipkart. In fact, the war between Amazon and Flipkart, killed the other players in the sector," said one of the company's investors, requesting anonymity. "Something similar is expected in the battle between ShareChat and Bytedance. ShareChat will have a better product which will help it survive in the long-run."


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Tsunami Preparedness
Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height, but as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases. The speed of tsunami waves depends on ocean depth rather than the distance from the source of the wave. Tsunami waves may travel as fast as jet planes over deep waters, only slowing down when reaching shallow waters. While tsunamis are often referred to as tidal waves, this name is discouraged by oceanographers because tides have little to do with these giant waves.
Updated 2021 Tsunami Hazard Maps
Los Angeles County updated its Tsunami Hazard Maps to now include a 1,000-year event. View the presentation given to the community on April 13, 2021. For more information, visit the State of California Conservation webpage or the California Office of Emergency Services My Hazards Map.
Tsunami PREPAREDNESS Week 2021
Although Tsunami Preparedness Week 2021, which took place from March 22-26, has passed, it's never too late to go over your family evacuation plan and update your disaster supply kits. Although Malibu doesn't face the same risk from a tsunami as from other disasters, it is important to always be prepared as a tsunami can strike any coast, at any time.
How to Find Out If a Tsunami is Approaching
Natural Warning
Strong ground shaking, a loud ocean roar, or the water receding unusually far and exposing the sea floor are all nature's warnings that a tsunami may be coming. Immediately go to higher ground or inland. A tsunami may arrive within minutes and may last for eight hours or more. Stay away from coastal areas until officials announce that it is safe to return.
Tsunami Warnings may come via radio, television, telephone, text message, door-to-door contact by emergency responders, or NOAA weather radios. Move away from the beach and seek more information. Follow all directions from emergency personnel, and use your phone only for life-threatening emergencies.
When Should I Evacuate?
Evacuation should not be automatic. Before evacuating, you should determine if you are in a hazard zone and consider possible hazards that may exist along your evacuation route.
GO ON FOOT. Roads may be damaged. Remember what PCH looks like on a Saturday in July - the last place you want to be when a tsunami strikes the coast is trapped in gridlocked traffic.
Move at least 90 feet above sea level. If this is not possible, move as far inland as you can.
If you are outside of a tsunami hazard zone, take no action. You are safer staying where you are.
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Following a tsunami, even those who live outside the tsunami hazard zone could find themselves in a dire situation. PCH is vulnerable to tsunami damage, and many neighborhoods depend on PCH as their only means of egress. In other words, you might live, work, or go to school well out of the reach of even the largest tsunami, but your main transportation route may not be.
As with any disaster, preparation is the key to survival. You should always keep on hand enough food and water to provide for you, your family, and your pets for at least seven to 10 days following a disaster. Remember, in a wide-scale event, Malibu may not be the first priority for outside help. Each Malibu resident should be prepared to maintain their own livelihoods until help arrives.
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Erice is a real place. Sometimes, when I look back, I think I may have imagined it. A bit like Brigadoon. But no, I have the pictures.
A View of Trapani from Erice. Copyright: aesta1
Go back a thousand years or so. Back then, your friends were the people you lived with. The people in the valley or the next mountain were as foreign as fish. So if you could find a mountain with sheer sides and a good view of your farms, invading ships and noxious neighbours, and fierce Moors you had a winner. Voila, we give you Erice, a medieval village perched atop a mountain looking down the coastline of Trapani in Sicily.
In the summer time, the beauty of this medieval village is breathtaking. Views from the mountain perch as well as its fort and churches are taken from the pages of dungeons and dragons.
Like a magnet, a wave of tourists are drawn up the magnificent snake of a road that twists endless 180s up the side of the mountain. Here's a map of Erice to guide your trip.
Erice. Copyright: aesta1
In early spring when we were visiting the southern part of Italy, the beauty of the place was mixed with a sense of lonely isolation that made imagining the 14th century a very easy trick. Thus, the Brigadoon dream feeling.
The streets are so narrow Grumpy had to walk sideways. The spring flowers are enjoying their moment of freedom before the gaggle of chirping girls ascend to crush them in photo ops.
Narrow Streets of Erice. Copyright: aesta1
Treats in Erice. Copyright: aesta1
A wonderful wine bar and coffee shop seems permanently open next to the Chiesa Madre.
It features cakes and marzipan produced by the trolls that poke about in the village all winter.
You will rarely have an equal chance to feel and savour a thousand years of history stripped of dates and pompous kings and laid bare to call back the temper of the times. No tourist guides, no Chinese dolls, no Malaysian biscuits, just history.
Our Lady of the Assumption in Erice. Copyright: aesta1
Dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, this Gothic style Chiesa Madre was built in 1314.
The present bell tower was formerly a look-out during the War of the Sicilian Vespers in the 13th century. Inside on the main altar is a famous art work, a marble icon by Giuliano Mancino dated 1523.
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Chris Turner found a golden ring on White Rock's East Beach this week. He hopes to connect with the owner. (Chris Turner photo)
Treasure hunter looking for owner of long-lost ring recovered on White Rock's beach
Chris Turner believes the ring belongs to a senior who reported it missing up to seven years ago
Aaron Hinks
Feb. 10, 2022 11:21 a.m.
A Surrey native who spends much of his free time reconnecting people with their lost treasure is searching for a woman who lost a gold ring on White Rock's beach several years ago.
Chris Turner, who acknowledges that the effort is a long shot, was walking with a metal detector along White Rock's East Beach about five to seven years ago. During his walk, he was approached by a lady who asked if he had found a gold, plain ring with an inscription written on the inside.
Turner looked up and down the beach, but wasn't able to help the lady. However, he never forgot about the interaction. From that point, he said, he always knew that somewhere on the beach there was a gold ring waiting to be found.
A friend, who was accompanying Turner on the walk, took down the woman's contact information and they promised to connect with her if they came across the ring. However, somewhat ironically, Turner and his friend lost the contact information.
This week, while once again searching White Rock's beach, Turner discovered a gold ring that perfectly matches the description of the lost band reported to him all those years ago.
RELATED: Lost a ring? This White Rock man will find it for you
"Right away I remembered this lady that I was talking to with my friend," Turner said.
"You can just tell by how upset she was… she was so upset that she had lost it. She was coming in with the tide, floating in, and at one point she lost it. It just hit me when I found it, oh my God, this could be that ring," Turner said.
The golden, plain wedding band has a date engraved on the inside. Turner said the year is 1957, however, he's withholding the exact month and day engraved on the ring. Turner said he will hold the ring until its owner, or relative of the owner, reaches out to him and provides that information.
"I just thought what an amazing story if you can reach out to your readers. I know she lived there and she walked the beach all of the time. I know she lived in White Rock," Turner said, estimating that the woman is in her 80s.
"Somebody knows about that story because when people lose stuff, they're gutted and they tell everybody."
Turner has been metal detecting for more than 50 years and has been helping people find their lost rings for the last 28 years.
He is the founder of the The Ring Finders, which is an international directory of independent metal detecting specialists in 25 countries. To date, Ring Finders members have recovered more than 9,000 lost items and have returned upwards of $10 million worth of jewelry to its proper owners.
Metal detecting as a hobby has exploded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Turner noted. Along with the explosion was a dramatic increase in the number of items that are being reported lost.
"2020 and 2021 was probably the busiest year for searches," he said. "I think because nobody was working and everybody was going out and doing things."
Turner finds people's rings on a "pay-what-you-can" basis. He's not in it for the money, but rather the reaction of people when they are finally reconnected with their ring, he said. He posts many of those reactions on his YouTube channel.
"The connection I find is the most beautiful thing," he said. "The connection attached to these things means so much to people… I see the beauty in these stories and these stories need to be continued."
Among those who have turned to Turner for help in the past is Two and a Half Men actor Jon Cryer, who lost his wedding band while walking along Vancouver's seawall in October 2020.
RELATED: Actor Jon Cryer turns to former White Rock ring-finder to search for lost wedding band
Turner also found a signet ring on White Rock's beach about five years ago. He's holding onto it in the hope that he can find the person who lost it. The ring is engraved with someone's initials.
Although Turner could sell his collection of found rings for scrap, he said he holds on to each discovery on the off-chance, he'll have the opportunity to return it to its rightful owner.
"I've got close to 100 rings in my (safety deposit box) that I cannot sell because I'm hoping one day someone finds the Ring Finders and says 'Hey, this is a long shot, but like eight years ago I lost my ring here.' And if they describe it, I can go, 'Guess what? I've got it."
If you believe you might be the owner of the gold ring, or know who owned it, contact Turner at 778-838-3463 or email goturners@shaw.ca
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a fake video shows teen gun control activist Emma Gonzalez tearing up the U.S. Constitution.
This fall, when the White House released a video of CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta appearing to hit a White House intern, the video became emblematic of the political battle over truth. Even as a video expert took to social media in a widely shared tweet that broke down the ways in which the video had clearly been altered, the White House press secretary stood by the video that was shared from her official Twitter account.
Suddenly, a live interaction watched all over the country became a vehicle for another partisan tug-of-war. People saw what they wanted to see.
In our age of lightning-fast image sharing and easy editing, images have become highly vulnerable to distortion—with profound impact. Along with that rapid shift, visual literacy has become a critical skill for young people. With today's students scrolling through Instagram posts and memes, and watching YouTube videos on demand, often all at the same time, knowing how to parse what they see is vital.
Visual literacy involves the ability to observe an image or video and recognize visual strategies, possible alterations, and their effect on meaning. Every 60 seconds, 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube, along with 3.3 million Facebook posts, according to SmartInsights.com. Reports released by the Senate Intelligence Committee recently confirmed that a trove of Facebook and Instagram images were posted by Russian trolls in an effort to influence American opinion during the 2016 presidential election. Meanwhile, deep fake technology—artificial intelligence that can synthesize audio, faces, photos, and videos, effectively swapping someone else's voice and face into a video—is on the rise. In a widely circulate deep fake video of Barack Obama, for example, it is virtually impossible for the lay viewer to detect that image and sound were altered.
In an increasingly image-saturated culture, humans still have an innate trust that what we are seeing can be believed, says Hany Farid, professor of computer science at Dartmouth College and a leading expert on video manipulation. Thomas Jefferson once said that the health of democracy depends upon an informed electorate, but it's hard to be informed when the veracity of what we see with our own eyes becomes suspect.
Altered photos (l. to r.): An image shared by Donald Trump Jr. changed a CNN graphic to show a 50 percent approval rating for the president; a falsified video interview with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; a blue whale inserted in a photo of a surfer riding a huge wave.
For this generation, the news is social, visual, and fast. Criteria that educators use to assess credibility aren't so effective with newer social media forms, say 56 percent of the nearly 6,000 college-age respondents in a Project Information Literacy (PIL) report from October 2018.
While there aren't any easy solutions yet, developing technologies will allow a digital signature using a blockchain, meaning that the original image will have a timestamp at the time of capture and can be compared with any subsequent images in order to detect manipulation. In a couple of years, Farid predicts, this tech will be available for use on devices, either through an app or directly on smartphone cameras.
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a nonprofit promoting visual literacy in schools through a curriculum designed to develop critical thinking skills, strongly advocates slowing down. Students in Katharine Amaral's social studies class at Gilbert Stuart Middle School in Providence, RI, for example, are asked to look at an image. Really look at it, study it, discuss it, think about it, and look some more.
Amy Chase Gulden, a VTS educator, shows Amaral's students a painting of a woman sitting serenely in the woods. With her are a fox and a deer. The students look for a while. Then, taking their time, they start to discuss the image.
Students first recognize detail, such as that the image includes both a fox and a woman sitting calmly next to it. Second, students move to interpretive and narrative remarks, such as, "Why are the fox and the woman sitting next to each other?" Students then infer beyond what they see and, using their knowledge of the world, note that such a scenario would likely never happen. Reasoning and applying evidence, speculative thinking, and mental flexibility follow.
Ultimately, the students wonder if the image is Photoshopped.
Through pre- and post-tests, VTS has found that within 30 minutes of looking at and discussing an image, students advance through several levels of thought that develop critical thinking. VTS has documented the transfer of those skills gained just from looking for a little longer.
For a young generation that has grown up with memes, there's nothing notable about merging information and entertainment in a moving picture. The combinations of image and words, and sometimes jokes, create shorthand punchlines, frequently related to current events. The PIL study found that 82 percent of students engage with memes weekly, enough to classify political memes as their own news category for the first time. "That's how I find out what's going on in the world.…Even fake news starts conversations," noted one of the PIL study's participants.
Does growing up surrounded by manipulated images make digital natives more capable of recognizing them? No, says Frank W. Baker, national media literacy educator and creator of the Media Literacy Clearinghouse.
The intention of the meme is to portray Ginsburg as betraying the document upon which American governance is founded. The Sift provides a link to the Ginsburg quote, which is taken out of context, and finds no evidence that Jefferson ever said the quote above. Not all memes are false or misleading, but the fact that they are shorthand intended to convey a particular viewpoint means that they require additional due diligence and fact-checking original sources, says Baker.
As found with VTS, just learning the habit of taking the time to study an image or video can go a long way toward sharpening visual literacy. Similar to verifying a news article, verifying an image starts with slowing down and asking questions.
Designed for classroom use, The Sift analyzes viral rumors, fact-checks memes, and provides discussion fodder for classrooms every week, plus online tools teachers and students can use to do their sleuthing. The process prompts viewers to stop and ask: Where did I see that image of migrants making their way through Central America? What is the source?
Baker encourages tracing the source of a photograph, as one would for any news article, by investigating the "About" page of the website hosting the photo and interrogating URLs to make sure they are what they say they are. For instance, some URLs are designed to impersonate legitimate media organizations, but, upon closer inspection, are off by a few letters. Consider abcnews.com.co versus the actual website for ABC News, ABCNews.go.com. Fact-checking via sites including Snopes.com or FactCheck.org can also determine veracity. Additional questions to ask with photos and videos include: Is it part of a larger video production, or was it taken out of context? Triangulating the image or video can help answer those questions. In other words, compare it to the images appearing in other news sources to make sure they look the same.
For many kids and adults, editing photos on a phone—by cropping, filtering, or marking up—is second nature. Doing this makes us students of visual literacy already. Everyone knows that adding a moody filter affects how an image will be seen. While it may be challenging for amateurs to break down an image or video the way experts did with the Acosta video, they can begin to understand how and why images are altered to impact perception.
Dana Carmichael, a middle school librarian in Whitefish, MT, starts her unit on video literacy by talking to kids about the ways social media photos and videos are edited. The discussions culminate with the kids creating a green screen project, putting themselves in a fantasy photo, such as a portraying a national football team player or standing at the gates of Harvard.
"The kids are all aware of what they can create in half an hour from their own bed using these tools at their disposal. Yet they're all very trusting of other people's photos they see online. If they build their own fake photo, maybe they'll think twice about what they see online," says Carmichael.
The art of presenting images is at the heart of everything TV production teacher Don Swanson does at Armstrong Jr-Sr High School in Kittanning, PA. His introduction to television class covers a variety of visual literacy concepts, from mise-en-scène to juxtaposition. Students are asked to think about how an image shot from different angles affects the way they perceive the subject.
Students work in the studios producing news shows. For one lesson, they study news clips that show a particular bias and are then asked to create their own biased segment. They ask leading interview questions and edit the piece to demonstrate their bias.
For another project, students discuss spin using an image of President Obama walking his dog. The students view the photo on NBC, where the caption describes Obama taking a break from work, and Fox News, which captions the same photograph by describing Obama walking his dog while the Middle East falls into turmoil.
After this activity, Swanson says kids began bringing election ads into the classroom and noting the way the opponent was portrayed in an unflattering photo.
Education reporter Jennifer Snelling writes about teachers and students changing the world.


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Crime Fighters: Who killed Andrew Stengel?
When Andrew went to unlock his truck, that's when police said someone walked up behind him, shot him five times, and ran away.
ByRick Williams and Heather Grubola
A six-digit reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing Andrew Stengel.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new billboard is up reminding people that a six-digit reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for killing Andrew Stengel.
If you don't know Andrew's name, his father thinks people may recognize his face and his dog as the two were inseparable.
"He was number 501 killed in Philly last year," said his father, Mike Stengel.
Words no parent should ever have to utter when talking about their child.
"This person who did this was a cold-blooded killer and is going to wind up killing someone else," he said.
On Friday, November 26, 2021, the day after Thanksgiving, 29-year-old Andrew Stengel left his house along the 7100 block of Ardleigh Street in Philadelphia's Mount Airy section around 8:41 p.m.
His father said Andrew left his dog behind, which was unusual.
"The dog and him were synonymous with each other, and for some reason, he did not take the dog with him," he said.
Police said surveillance video shows a person of interest walking back and forth in front of Andrew's house.
"What I understand from the police is that this person was looking in the window of the house and saw him coming out and kind of went behind the bushes," he said.
Andrew was pronounced dead at the hospital.
"I don't know what to think...is it gang-related? Is it drug-related? Who knows what it could be," Mike said.
Family and friends of Andrew's are posting $80,000 in reward money.
The City of Philadelphia is also offering up to $20,000.
That amounts to a total of $100,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.
All you have to do is call the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS.
All calls will remain anonymous.
"We're fearful ourselves, and you know this gun violence in the city has got to stop," he said.
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The other morning I was in the wilds of the Cheoah Ranger District below the Cherohala Skyway sawing and dragging trees out of Forest Service roads so I could get to my bird points for this year's survey. Rather than paying attention to where my digits and/or limbs were as I was sawing and where the "pressure" points were and how to saw so that I wouldn't bind my blade, my ADD kicked in and I remembered the last Waynesville Watershed hike and Dr. Pete Bates, professor of natural resources at Western Carolina University and lead researcher of Waynesville's Watershed Management plan, talking about the watershed's restoration plan. Bates noted that the management plan's focus was on restoration of a healthy, diverse forest and the best way to achieve that was to mimic (as closely as possible) nature. One of the silviculture tools he talked of was creating gaps.
There is a lot of talk today about "edge species." These are species like white-tailed deer in the mammal world and golden-winged warblers in the bird world – species that thrive in new, often, brushy growth. If you listened to some people you would be led to believe that the survival of edge species depends on more and more frequent clearcuts.
Truth is white-tailed deer, golden-winged warbler and other 'edge" species thrived in the "New World" long before timbering and/or forestry was ever introduced. How did they do it?
The answer is gaps. In mature or old growth forests, trees often tumble to the ground. There are a myriad of reasons. It could be old age – after 500 or 600 years some trees just die. It could be hard winters or windstorms or any combination. It could, occasionally be fire.
What is lost in most of today's forests is scope and perspective. A 400-year old red oak crashing to a primeval forest floor, taking collateral damage with it as it falls could easily create a two to three acre clearing. This clearing or "gap" is home to edge species.
Forest gaps are where and how edge species survived, thrived and/or ebb and flowed as time marched relentlessly onward. The need to have burgeoning populations of white-tailed deer or other gap species as targets for hunters in hopes of keeping wildlife agency coffers full has little "natural" appeal for me.
The idea of managing properties and/or forests in a holistic way that mimics (to the best of our ability) natural processes is an idea our grandchildren and the wildlife that makes their lives complete can live with.
Damn! How did that chain get stuck!
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: The Forest Service with all its budget shortfalls and incredible workload does an amazing job with maintenance upkeep. Many of the roads I traverse to get to my bird points are "fire" roads and they are cleared regularly – thank you, thank you. Some of the backcountry roads are not fire roads and they get cleared as time and resources allow. If you're a FS employee with a chainsaw in the back of your truck and happen to bump into a tree blocking one of these roads during your travels, instead of selecting an alternate route how about cutting that tree out of the road and I will gladly compensate you with the beverage of your choice!


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The Bush administration lost credibility over Kyoto, and can't get it back over Iraq
By Bill McKibben on Mar 13, 2003
Every European poll shows enormous percentages of people who oppose the pending war on Iraq: 70 percent, 80 percent, 90 percent. That's an extraordinary consensus; it's rare when 70 percent of people agree about anything.
Taking their anti-Bush sentiments to the streets in Prague.
Photo: Punchdown.org.
The consensus is all the more extraordinary because people aren't really making an informed judgment. None of us, here or in France, are really capable of knowing with much accuracy whether the Bush administration's argument — that Saddam Hussein represents such an immediate threat that he must be taken out — makes sense or not. We simply lack the necessary data.
But given that information vacuum, what's stunning is how few people will give Washington the benefit of the doubt. You might imagine that our government has the best intelligence on Iraq (we're the ones with the spy satellites, the U2s), but next to no one is buying it. Why? That's among the most interesting, albeit not the most fateful, questions hanging over our march to war.
This deep, fundamental distrust seems to shock a lot of Americans, Colin Powell among them. But it's completely explicable. In fact, I think the battle for world public opinion was lost two years ago, long before Sept. 11 (though that tragedy bought us enough sympathy to postpone the realization of our isolation). It was lost when we reneged on, refused, and sabotaged a series of international agreements, most notably the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change. And the main problem was not that we were perceived as arrogant, though we were. The main problem was that people simply couldn't believe that we were willing to ignore what they had come to see as a clear and present danger, namely the Earth's increasing climatic instability.
Their lips are sealed on Kyoto.
Photo: U.S. State Department.
Here was a situation in some ways like the war on Iraq. A threat is identified, and a course of action proposed. In this case, the threat of global warming had been painstakingly mapped out over the course of 10 years. This was no secret intelligence data, no low-resolution photo of trucks outside bunkers. This was a process as transparent as humanly possible, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change producing a massive scientific consensus that humans were heating the Earth. In addition, there was more than enough anecdotal evidence to convince most Europeans — a decade-long siege of bizarre winter storms, record river flooding, and stunning summer heat waves. Beyond that, the computer models were clearly beginning to show not only the threat of long term warming, but also the more-than-outside chance of violent destabilization. Western Europe, for instance, is kept temperate by the Gulf Stream, a deep-ocean circulation threatened by the intrusion of fresh water melting off the polar ice cap.
Climate change isn't precisely the same kind of threat as an unstable dictator, but it's not totally different, either. Saddam Hussein is this year's problem, and global warming is this century's. Both are ominous and unpredictable, but climate change will be permanent and planetary in its effects. The response to it — the Kyoto Protocol — is, by every account except the oil industry's, moderate to the point of timidity, and by itself insufficient to dent the momentum of global warming. Nonetheless, it is clearly a necessary first step, hammered out over a decade of painstaking negotiations.
But in one impatient speech, President Bush managed both to suggest that the threat wasn't really much of a threat, and that the response was some kind of well-honed dagger aimed at the heart of the U.S. economy. In other words, he proved unable to assess risk in a way that made sense to people who knew at least a little about the issue — the European public, for instance. His proposal to study the situation more was viewed as ridiculous, so much so that most people assumed it was simply an intellectually corrupt effort to help campaign contributors.
That one decision drew down Bush's intellectual credit so far that there's nothing left to write a check on. He is the president who cried "no wolf." And so it should come as no great surprise that people are yelling it back at him across the Atlantic.
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Irene Godfrey
Statement 2012
Irene Godfrey paints fragmented landscapes. Her references are from life, found images and historical paintings. She is inspired by the methods and free brushwork of contemporary artists, such as Katy Moran and Nadine Feinson. Whereas Moran paints in thick luscious layers to create a non-illustrational form (which uses sensation to engage the viewer), Godfrey employs thinned oil on board to draw in monotone concentrating on chiaroscuro, tone and varied mark making. She initially engages the viewer by creating apparently highly representational works that upon closer scrutiny become more abstract and fanciful. Although Godfrey's work resembles Feinson's Head series (2011) in the use of washy monochrome oil, it is conceived differently: Feinson often starts painting with no end point in mind, work emerging in response to the paint, while Godfrey usually bases her work on an image or idea that later gets broken down.
The increasing fragmentation of the natural environment is at stake in Godfrey's work. This fragmentation has been likened to the cutting up of a Persian carpet into many pieces. Each piece begins to unravel when not connected to the whole, and gradual 'ecosystem decay' ensues. The artist's earlier work, painted from life, depicted actual urban fragments of the natural world. This began her exploration into the residues or negative spaces of the urban environment. She embraces what Francis Alÿs describes as an attitude to the world, which entails valuing what already exists rather than either creating new objects or working with avant-garde destructive aspirations. Godfrey's more recent landscapes continue this theme and can be viewed as either macro or microscopic in scale. Both futuristic and botanical motifs appear in the work.
China Green (oil on board, 46 x 38 cm, 2012) is a composite of vignettes, depicting 18th century rural life. These scenes are partially obliterated and fragmented by blank areas suggesting pathways. While the whole work resembles a classical Chinese painting, its colour and style is suggestive of English transferware pottery and Toile de Jouy fabric of the 18th century. Such underlying references to progress and industrialisation, together with the fragmentation and breakdown of the work's surface, create disquieting elements that threaten to disrupt the stability and stillness of the painting. The resulting melancholy alludes to the ecological decay present in today's unravelling environment.
Godfrey is investigating the interconnectedness of our globalised world. She draws inspiration from Patrick Keiller and Doreen Massey's political investigation of the English landscape that underlies the film "Robinson in Ruins". In it they reference the following dichotomies, which Godfrey is exploring: Darwinism/ co-operation; capitalism/ socialism; flow/ stillness; migration/ 'becoming' in situ; globalism/ localism. A web of interdependence spreads not only across the globe but also backwards and forwards through time. What is happening globally today both parallels and is effected by Europe's leap into industrialisation in the 18th century. The artist employs the influence of painters from the 16th to the 18th centuries to express her ideas. For her the distant vistas featured in Northern Renaissance painting (such as that of Gerard David, active from 1484 to 1523) represent an idyll; while Rococo work, e.g. Fragonard's 'The Swing' (1767), is more knowingly melancholy in its representation of an ideal that cannot last. Godfrey's resulting fragmented landscapes are imbued by turns with a sense of vibrancy, beauty, melancholy, fragility and unity.
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Nanjing (China): Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu continued her incredible run of form in the World Championships, earning a second successive final spot after seeing off Japan's Akane Yamaguchi at the women's singles semifinals on Saturday.
World number three Sindhu, who had finished runners-up at the Glasgow edition last year after losing to another Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in an epic summit showdown, notched up a superb 21-16 24-22 win over world number two Yamaguchi in a 55-minute hard-fought match.
"It was a good match overall. I hope this time it would be a better result then the last time. I have to prepare well for tomorrow, so its not yet over," Sindhu said after the match.
Sindhu entered the match with a 6-4 head-to-head record against Yamaguchi, who had defeated the Indian in big-ticket events such as All England Championship this year and Dubai Superseries Final last year. The duo faced off twice this year with each registering a win.
"We know each other's game, we play very often, we played at the All England Championship. So we needed to be patience and consistent to win. I was prepared for long matches because both Yamaguchi and Okuhara are very good players and can go on and on in the rallies," Sindhu said.
"So I had to be on the court always. In the second game when I was down, I still had hope that till the last point it wasn't over for me, so I kept trying. I had to work hard to get each point."
The 23-year-old from Hyderabad, who also won two bronze medals in 2013 and 2014, will face Olympic champion and former two-time gold medallist Carolina Marin of Spain on Sunday.
Marin had robbed Sindhu off a gold medal at the Rio Olympics after defeating the Indian in the summit clash.
Overall, Marin has a 6-5 advantage over Sindhu, who had beaten the Spaniard in their last encounter at the Malaysia Open in June.
"Tomorrow is going to be an aggressive match. Again we know each other's game, so no easy matches, no easy points, just have to turn up and give my best tomorrow," Sindhu said.
Marin on Saturday beat Chinese eighth seed He Bingjiao 13-21 21-16 21-13 to make her third World Championship final.
Sindhu looked a bit nervous and took time to get into the groove, resulting in Yamaguchi racing away to a 5-0 lead.
The Indian earned the first point with a precise smash but a couple of wide strokes on both sides of the court helped the Japanese move to 6-3.
At 4-8, Sindhu reeled off five straight points to grab a 9-8 lead. However, the Japanese managed to hold a slender 11-10 lead at the break after Sindhu failed to cross the net.
After the breather, Sindhu stepped up her retrieving skills and covered the court better as Yamaguchi tried to put the shuttle close to the lines and ended up committing many unforced errors.
At 10-12, Sindhu rode on eight straight points to reach 18-12. However, she went out twice and also sent the shuttle long once to allow Yamaguchi make a recovery.
However, the Indian eventually grabbed four game points after capitalising on a weak return from the Japanese and converted it immediately when Yamaguchi faltered at the forecourt.
Just like the opening game, Sindhu again lagged 2-6 initially in the second game, before the Indian managed to reduce the gap to 7-8. But after Sindhu went out Yamaguchi unleashed a whipping cross court smash and one at the back court to move to the interval with a 11-7 advantage.
The Japanese extended the lead to 14-9 with two precise smashes. But she went long thrice after that and Sindhu too found the net twice. It was 16-12 advantage for Yamaguchi at that point.
Sindhu then scripted an incredible recovery from 12-19, reeling off eight straight points to grab one match point. Yamaguchi saved one before holding a game point herself. However, the Japanese goofed up during the serve to squander her advantage.
After another intense rally, Yamaguchi went long to hand over Sindhu a second match point but what ensued next was the longest rally of the contest, comprising 41 shots, which ended with Sindhu hitting wide.
However, Yamaguchi hit wide again to gift Sindhu her third match point and this time she converted it after the Japanese went wide again.


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KAST California
January 22, 202028/09/2016
Branch expansion
Increased volunteering and fundraising efforts
Leveraging tech environment in Silicon Valley
Allan Wu is the current president of the California branch, which he founded in 2015 after hearing about KAST from Matthew Sun. Since then, the California branch has been one of the fastest growing branches, reaching over 100 elementary school students. Today, the California branch is formed by Cupertino High School (Brandon Wu, Naren Ramesh, Ethan Qi) and Evergreen Valley High School (Shannon and Megan Du) and is aiming for further expansion in Sunnyvale and Palo Alto.
Through hands-on, interactive science lessons, KAST California focuses on preserving curiosity and creativity in STEM education and wants to remind its students that science and fun often go hand in hand. KAST California currently teaches on a semester-system at all its elementary schools. Looking forward, the California branch is seeking expansion outside the Bay Area, increased efforts in volunteering and fundraising, and opportunities to leverage tech resources from the Silicon Valley.
Allan Wu is the current president of the California branch, which he founded in 2015 after hearing about KAST from Matthew Sun. Since then, the California branch has expanded quickly, with the goal of starting branches all across the state!
Allan Wu, current leadership team: Cupertino — Brandon Wu, Naren Ramesh, Ethan Qi; Evergreen — Shannon and Megan Du. ScgiiksL Cupertino and Evergreen Valley High School; Eaton, Sedgwick, and Carolyn Clark Elementary School.
We are from California.


It's been an exciting time in the A Year of Reading the World camp over the past few weeks. First, BBC Culture asked me to write an article about the project (you can see it here, unless you're in the UK, in which case you'll have to paste the link into a proxy site such as anonymouse.org to access it). They even sent a photographer round to my flat to capture me with some of the books – I'd never realised how tough it is to smile continuously before!
When the article went live, a flood of visitors came pouring onto the blog and with it media requests from all over the world. This led to articles in newspapers in Denmark, Sweden, Serbia, Macedonia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary and many other places besides, as well as approaches from radio stations in Australia, Ireland and the US. In fact, I'm still getting requests more than three weeks after the event.
If that wasn't enough, some mysterious person then posted The List on Reddit and things got crazier still. More than 42,000 people piled through to this site in a single day, making my head spin. It was humbling to think that so many people could take an interest in what I'd been up to – and very exciting to know that the idea of reading world literature appeals to so many others.
In other news, the World Bookshop Challenge has got off to a good start with feedback from various sources in the UK and abroad (so far, it seems, you're unlikely to find literature from more than 70 countries represented on the shelves of a single bookshop).
However, Paul's labour of love and my own foray into nearby Kirkdale Bookshop (which, the manager estimates, carries literature from 25–30 nations) have made me realise just what a tall order counting up the number of books from different countries can be in many shops. For one thing, most places don't even demarcate books that way. You'll find The White Tiger and Things Fall Apart rubbing shoulders with Rebecca and Cloud Atlas in the general fiction section – not to mention the international free-for-all that is the bestsellers list.
With that in mind, I've decided to modify the challenge slightly. Where counting is not possible, it's more than OK to ask staff to give you a rough estimate. Though it won't be exact, it will nevertheless provide an interesting insight. Of course, if you are as diligent as Paul, I'd love for you to hit me with your pie charts, but whatever you can find out would be great.
Thanks again for all your support. None of this would have happened without you.
Maybe, you can share your list of books that you have recently read, the favorite ones, that is!
After the project finished, I did do a list of favourite commercially available reads on the A Year of Reading the World Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Year-of-Reading-the-World/344253838955473). Have rootle on there and you should find it!
Love this – thanks Camila. I hope you enjoy the ride.
How wonderfully exciting for you! Congrats!
Great stuff, thanks – hope you like it.
I did like the article. After following your adventures and knowing what challenges you went through, it is nice to see you get some recognition.
Thanks. I appreciate that. I hope you have a good day.
196 books in one year?
This project is so amazing and inspiring! You've inspired me to take a good hard look at my bookshelf. Like you, I read mostly British and American titles. I shall work to remedy that.
Thanks – I know. I think it's true of most English-language readers, certainly in Britain and the US. I hope you enjoy making some new discoveries.
Dear Ann, it's a wonderful blog and initiative to discover! I came to know through a tweet by Elif Shafak. I want to do the same! I will also start reading the world 🙂 Thank you so much!
Thanks very much. I didn't realise Elif Shafak had tweeted it. That's great to know. Good luck with your own reading adventures.
Wow! I love reading your blog! I am from the Philippines. Have you read a book from my country. I read an article about from BBC.
Yes – you can find my choice for the Philippines on the list. Thanks for stopping by.
Great story and project! We're a Shanghai-based short story reading group called Micro Readers United (MRU) and we've been reading short stories from around the world since 2009. It's quite a challenge to find English translations online!
Wow – your group sounds great. What have some of your favourite stories been so far?
Korean and Caribbean short stories have been delightfully mind-blowing.
Wow – I've just come across here, but can see I have lots to catch up on! Congrats, on all the madness!
I know – it does seem a bit weird doesn't it! Thanks all the same.
Thanks John. No friends in the BBC – I wish! Just a lucky coincidence. All the best with your project.
I am a student from China.When i readed your story in my class ,i felt very amazing.
Thanks Huangyao. That makes me smile.


Jay-Z released a teaser for his new music video for "Family Feud," which will probably drop in full on Friday.
"Family Feud" is one of the tracks from his most recent album, "4:44."
In the teaser, Jay-Z is seen walking into a church with daughter Blue Ivy and going into a confessional, seemingly entering into the building to confess his sins.
Another scene of the teaser shows Beyoncé standing in the front of the room with a dark dress and an intense stare, and later sitting on the other side of the confessional.
Jay-Z sings the line, "We all lose when the family feuds," and the teaser cuts to a scene that features a man and woman kissing, which turns ugly after he gets stabbed in the back.
The teaser and "Family Feud" lyrics appear to allude to Jay-Z's infidelity, which he spoke about during an interview in November.
Watch the teaser for "Family Feud" below.