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when hugo arrived in the united states in 1904, even he could not have predicted the impact his lush imagination and storytelling drive would have on the global literary landscape.
related content predictions from the father of science fiction
young, haughty and dressed to the nines,, who had received a technical education in europe, soon established himself not only as a new york electronics salesman and tinkerer, but also as a prolific, publisher with a knack for blending science and style.
modern electrics, his first magazine, provided readers with richly illustrated analyses of technologies both current and speculative. always sure to include a prominent byline for himself, delved into the intricacies of subjects like radio wave communication, without fail on untapped potential and unrealized possibilities.
owing to their historical import, many of's publications are now preserved at the smithsonian libraries on microfiche and in print, 50 years after his death on august 19, 1967. enduring legacy was not on the young man's mind in his early days, modern electrics efforts were quick and dirty, hurriedly written and on flimsy, paper.
with a hungry readership whose size he did not hesitate to boast of, found himself constantly under the gun. running low on modern electrics content one 1911 april evening, the science junkie made a fateful decision: he decided to whip up a piece of narrative fiction.
centered on the exploits of a swashbuckling astronaut called ralph (“one to foresee”), the tale intermixed with a damsel in frequent, elaborate explanations of inventions.
to’s surprise, his filler ended on a moment of high a smash hit among readers. his audience wanted more, and was all too happy to oblige.
in the next 11 issues of modern electrics, he parceled out the adventure in serial fashion, ultimately creating enough content for a novel, which he published in 1925.
nothing gave hugo more joy than sharing his visions of the future with others, and with the success of his flamboyant “romance of the year he realized that he had a genuine audience.
eager to deliver exciting and prophetic content to his followers, founded amazing stories in 1926, it as the perfect outré complement to the more rigorous material of modern electrics and the similarly themed electrical experimenter (first published in 1913). the purview of the new publication was to be “scientifiction”—wild tales rife with speculative science.
in an early issue of amazing stories, laid out his foundational mission statement. "having made a hobby since i was 8 years old, i probably know as much about it as any one," he wrote, "and in the long run experience will teach just what type of stories is acclaimed by the vast majority." within the text of the editorial note, exhorted himself to "give the readers the very best type of stories that you can get hold of," while recognizing fully that this would be a "pioneer job."
gernsback wasn't the first to pen a science fiction story, inaugural issue of amazing stories featured reprints of h.g. wells and jules verne, and indeed there are far older works that could plausibly fit the description. what he did do was put a name to it, and collect under one roof the output of disparate authors in search of unifying legitimacy.
in the eyes of prominent sci-fi critic gary westfahl, this was a heroic achievement unto itself. "i came to recognize that had effectively created the genre of science fiction," westfahl recalls in his book hugo and the century of science fiction., he wrote, "had an impact on all works of science fiction published since 1926, regardless of whether he played any direct role in their publication."
though’s writing is at times stilted and dry, despite his best intentions, his laser focus on imagining and describing the technologies of with uncanny the way for all manner of sci-fi successors.
isaac asimov has termed the “father of science fiction,” without whose work he says his own career could never have taken off. ray bradbury has stated that “gernsback made us fall in love with the future.”
hugo was by no means a man without ceaseless mismanagement of contributors’ money made sure of that. nor is he wholly free from column of his detailing a theoretical device is especially likely to raise eyebrows.
but while acknowledging such character flaws is, of course, necessary, it is equally so to highlight the passion, vitality, and vision of an individual committed to disseminating to his readers the wonder of scientific advancement.
it was for these traits that was chosen as the of hugo award, and it is for these traits that he is worth remembering today, 50 years after his passing. between television, skype and wireless phone chargers, the great would find our modern world pleasingly familiar.
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wɪn ˈjugoʊ əraɪvd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn 1904 ˈivɪn hi kʊd nɑt hæv prɪˈdɪktɪd ðə ˌɪmˈpækt hɪz ləʃ ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən ənd ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ draɪv wʊd hæv ɔn ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈlɪtərˌɛri ˈlænˌskeɪp. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈkɑntɛnt priˈdɪkʃənz frəm ðə ˈfɑðər əv saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən jəŋ, ˈhɔti ənd drɛst tɪ ðə naɪnz,, hu hæd rɪˈsivd ə ˈtɛknɪkəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪn ˈjʊrəp, sun ɪˈstæblɪʃt hɪmˈsɛlf nɑt ˈoʊnli ɛz ə nu jɔrk ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ˈseɪlzmən ənd ˈtɪŋkərər, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɛz ə proʊˈlɪfɪk, ˈpəblɪʃər wɪθ ə næk fər ˈblɛndɪŋ saɪəns ənd staɪl. ˈmɑdərn ɪˈlɛktrɪks, hɪz fərst ˈmægəˌzin, prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈridərz wɪθ ˈrɪʧli ˈɪləˌstreɪtɪd æˈnælɪˌsiz əv tɛkˈnɑləʤiz boʊθ ˈkɑrənt ənd ˈspɛkjələtɪv. ˈɔlˌweɪz ʃʊr tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ə ˈprɑmənənt ˈbaɪˌlaɪn fər hɪmˈsɛlf, dɛlvd ˈɪntu ðə ˈɪntrəkəsiz əv ˈsəbʤɪkts laɪk ˈreɪdiˌoʊ weɪv kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən, wɪˈθaʊt feɪl ɔn ənˈtæpt pəˈtɛnʃəl ənd ənˈriəˌlaɪzd ˌpɑsəˈbɪlətiz. oʊɪŋ tɪ ðɛr hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˌɪmˈpɔrt, ˈmɛni əv ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz ər naʊ prɪˈzərvd æt ðə smɪθˈsoʊniən ˈlaɪbrɛˌriz ɔn ˈmaɪkroʊˌfiʧ ənd ɪn prɪnt, 50 jɪrz ˈæftər hɪz dɛθ ɔn ˈɔgəst 19 1967 ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ ˈlɛgəsi wɑz nɑt ɔn ðə jəŋ mænz maɪnd ɪn hɪz ˈərli deɪz, ˈmɑdərn ɪˈlɛktrɪks ˈɛfərts wər kwɪk ənd ˈdərti, ˈhəridli ˈrɪtən ənd ɔn ˈflɪmzi, ˈpeɪpər. wɪθ ə ˈhəŋgri ˈridərˌʃɪp huz saɪz hi dɪd nɑt ˈhɛzəˌteɪt tɪ boʊst əv, faʊnd hɪmˈsɛlf ˈkɑnstəntli ˈəndər ðə gən. ˈrənɪŋ loʊ ɔn ˈmɑdərn ɪˈlɛktrɪks ˈkɑntɛnt wən 1911 ˈeɪprəl ˈivnɪŋ, ðə saɪəns ˈʤəŋki meɪd ə ˈfeɪtfəl dɪˈsɪʒən: hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ wɪp əp ə pis əv ˈnɛrətɪv ˈfɪkʃən. ˈsɛntərd ɔn ðə ˈɛkˌsplɔɪts əv ə sˈwɑʃˌbəklɪŋ ˈæstrəˌnɑt kɔld rælf tɪ foresee”*”), ðə teɪl ˌɪntərˈmɪkst wɪθ ə ˈdæmzəl ɪn ˈfrikˌwɛnt, ɪˈlæbərˌeɪt ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz əv ˌɪnˈvɛnʃənz. tɪ səˈpraɪz, hɪz ˈfɪlər ˈɛndɪd ɔn ə ˈmoʊmənt əv haɪ ə smæʃ hɪt əˈməŋ ˈridərz. hɪz ˈɔdiəns ˈwɔntɪd mɔr, ənd wɑz ɔl tu ˈhæpi tɪ əˈblaɪʤ. ɪn ðə nɛkst 11 ˈɪʃuz əv ˈmɑdərn ɪˈlɛktrɪks, hi ˈpɑrsəld aʊt ðə ədˈvɛnʧər ɪn ˈsɪˌriəl ˈfæʃən, ˈəltəmətli kriˈeɪtɪŋ ɪˈnəf ˈkɑntɛnt fər ə ˈnɑvəl, wɪʧ hi ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn 1925 ˈnəθɪŋ geɪv ˈjugoʊ mɔr ʤɔɪ ðən ˈʃɛrɪŋ hɪz ˈvɪʒənz əv ðə fˈjuʧər wɪθ ˈəðərz, ənd wɪθ ðə səkˈsɛs əv hɪz flæmˈbɔɪənt əv ðə jɪr hi ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət hi hæd ə ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪn ˈɔdiəns. ˈigər tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ ənd prəˈfɛtɪk ˈkɑntɛnt tɪ hɪz ˈfɑloʊərz, ˈfaʊndɪd əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈstɔriz ɪn 1926 ɪt ɛz ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt outré*é ˈkɑmpləmənt tɪ ðə mɔr ˈrɪgərəs məˈtɪriəl əv ˈmɑdərn ɪˈlɛktrɪks ənd ðə ˈsɪmələrli θimd ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ɪkˈspɛrəˌmɛntər (fərst ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn 1913 ðə ˈpərvˌju əv ðə nu ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən wɑz tɪ bi teɪlz raɪf wɪθ ˈspɛkjələtɪv saɪəns. ɪn ən ˈərli ˈɪʃu əv əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈstɔriz, leɪd aʊt hɪz faʊnˈdeɪʃənəl ˈmɪʃən ˈsteɪtmənt. "ˈhævɪŋ meɪd ə ˈhɑbi sɪns aɪ wɑz 8 jɪrz oʊld, aɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli noʊ ɛz məʧ əˈbaʊt ɪt ɛz ˈɛni wən," hi roʊt, "ənd ɪn ðə lɔŋ rən ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪl tiʧ ʤɪst wət taɪp əv ˈstɔriz ɪz əˈkleɪmd baɪ ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti." wɪˈθɪn ðə tɛkst əv ðə ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl noʊt, ɪgˈzɔrtɪd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ "gɪv ðə ˈridərz ðə ˈvɛri bɛst taɪp əv ˈstɔriz ðət ju kən gɪt hoʊld əv," waɪl ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzɪŋ ˈfʊli ðət ðɪs wʊd bi ə "ˌpaɪəˈnɪr ʤɑb." ˈwəzənt ðə fərst tɪ pɛn ə saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən ˈstɔri, ˌɪˈnɔgərəl ˈɪʃu əv əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈstɔriz ˈfiʧərd riˈprɪnts əv h.g*. wɛlz ənd ʤulz vərn, ənd ˌɪnˈdid ðɛr ər fɑr ˈoʊldər wərks ðət kʊd ˈplɔzəbli fɪt ðə dɪˈskrɪpʃən. wət hi dɪd du wɑz pʊt ə neɪm tɪ ɪt, ənd kəˈlɛkt ˈəndər wən rʊf ðə ˈaʊtˌpʊt əv ˈdɪspərɪt ˈɔθərz ɪn sərʧ əv ˈjunəˌfaɪɪŋ lɪˈʤɪtəməsi. ɪn ðə aɪz əv ˈprɑmənənt ˌsaɪˈfaɪ ˈkrɪtɪk ˈgɛri ˈwɛstˌfɑl, ðɪs wɑz ə hɪˈroʊɪk əˈʧivmənt ˈəntu ˌɪtˈsɛlf. "aɪ keɪm tɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðət hæd ˈifɛktɪvli kriˈeɪtɪd ðə ˈʒɑnrə əv saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən," ˈwɛstˌfɑl ˈriˌkɔlz ɪn hɪz bʊk ˈjugoʊ ənd ðə ˈsɛnʧəri əv saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən., hi roʊt, "hæd ən ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ɔl wərks əv saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən ˈpəblɪʃt sɪns 1926 rəˈgɑrdləs əv ˈwɛðər hi pleɪd ˈɛni dɪˈrɛkt roʊl ɪn ðɛr ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən." ðoʊ ˈraɪtɪŋ ɪz æt taɪmz ˈstɪltɪd ənd draɪ, dɪˈspaɪt hɪz bɛst ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz, hɪz ˈleɪzər ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˌɪˈmæʤənɪŋ ənd dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤiz əv wɪθ ənˈkæni ðə weɪ fər ɔl ˈmænər əv ˌsaɪˈfaɪ səkˈsɛsərz. ˈaɪzɪk ˈæzɪmɑv həz tərmd ðə əv saɪəns fiction,”*,” wɪˈθaʊt huz wərk hi sɪz hɪz oʊn kərɪr kʊd ˈnɛvər hæv ˈteɪkən ɔf. reɪ ˈbrædˌbɛri həz ˈsteɪtɪd ðət meɪd ˈjuˈɛs fɔl ɪn ləv wɪθ ðə future.”*.” ˈjugoʊ wɑz baɪ noʊ minz ə mæn wɪˈθaʊt ˈsislɪs mɪsˈmænɪʤmənt əv contributors’*’ ˈməni meɪd ʃʊr əv ðət. nɔr ɪz hi ˈhoʊli fri frəm ˈkɑləm əv hɪz dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ə ˌθiərˈɛtɪkəl dɪˈvaɪs ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˈlaɪkli tɪ reɪz ˈaɪˌbraʊz. bət waɪl ækˈnɑlɪʤɪŋ səʧ ˈkɛrɪktər flɔz ɪz, əv kɔrs, ˈnɛsəˌsɛri, ɪt ɪz ˈikwəli soʊ tɪ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ðə ˈpæʃən, vaɪˈtæləti, ənd ˈvɪʒən əv ən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ dɪˈsɛməˌneɪtɪŋ tɪ hɪz ˈridərz ðə ˈwəndər əv ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ədˈvænsmənt. ɪt wɑz fər ðiz treɪts ðət wɑz ˈʧoʊzən ɛz ðə əv ˈjugoʊ əˈwɔrd, ənd ɪt ɪz fər ðiz treɪts ðət hi ɪz wərθ rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ təˈdeɪ, 50 jɪrz ˈæftər hɪz ˈpæsɪŋ. bɪtˈwin ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən, skaɪp ənd ˈwaɪrlɪs foʊn ˈʧɑrʤərz, ðə greɪt wʊd faɪnd ɑr ˈmɑdərn wərld ˈplizɪŋli fəˈmɪljər.
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madrid (reuters) - industry minister miguel sebastian buoyed hopes in the solar power industry on monday just days after announcing a dramatic cut in subsidies.
a worker takes a rest under solar panels at a completed solar park at la mayor, near seville, february 13, 2008. del pozo
madrid last week announced plans to cut by almost 90 percent its subsidies for solar photovoltaic (pv) power after a stampede for support left madrid with a euro liability.
but the cuts will not apply to solar thermal, a technology that concentrates the light to produce heat and steam which in turn drives turbines, rather than producing electricity directly in silicon panels.
“it is spanish companies which are exporting technology to generate this (solar thermal) energy, including to the united states,” said industry minister miguel sebastian.
sebastian was speaking as work started on monday on a new 50 megawatt plant in the southern town of ciudad real, slated to come on line in 2010 and which could power around homes.
the cobra unit of spanish construction company will build the plant.
“this makes us the standard for clean technology with a great future,” he said, suggesting the government was committed to this form of solar power.
sebastian’s comments buoyed hopes among investors, some of whom expect madrid to cut support for solar thermal from 2010. shares in solaria, a spanish company which makes both solar thermal panels and panels, rose more than 25 percent directly as a result of comments, traders said.
solar thermal, also known as concentrated solar power (csp), has been slower to take off than other, smaller scale alternative energy technologies such as wind and solar, because it requires more investment.
but it may be the next big thing as coal and oil prices rise and because of new subsidy support in hot, sunny countries like spain, where it works best.
germany’s solar millennium helped develop 1 solar thermal project, first such plant, which is due to start power production in october.
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“the tariff (subsidy) in spain gives a lot of confidence to banks,” henner gladen, solar millennium chief technology officer, told reuters.
“the next big market will be the united states, once we see the investment tax credit in law, which we expect either end this year or next year,” he added, expecting 200 or 400 units there which would rival the capacity of conventional gas and coal plants.
other expected markets where subsidies are planned or in operation include australia, italy and greece.
spain’s planned solar cut, announced last week, will grant subsidies annually to 100 large installations, compared with expected installations this year of at least. the cap will also allow for 200 of smaller, units.
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məˈdrɪd (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈɪndəstri ˈmɪnɪstər mɪˈgɛl səˈbæsʧən buid hoʊps ɪn ðə ˈsoʊlər paʊər ˈɪndəstri ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ʤɪst deɪz ˈæftər əˈnaʊnsɪŋ ə drəˈmætɪk kət ɪn ˈsəbsɪdiz. ə ˈwərkər teɪks ə rɛst ˈəndər ˈsoʊlər ˈpænəlz æt ə kəmˈplitɪd ˈsoʊlər pɑrk æt lɑ meɪər, nɪr səˈvɪl, ˈfɛbruˌɛri 13 2008 dɛl ˈpoʊzoʊ məˈdrɪd læst wik əˈnaʊnst plænz tɪ kət baɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst 90 pərˈsɛnt ɪts ˈsəbsɪdiz fər ˈsoʊlər ˌfoʊtəˌvoʊlˈteɪɪk (pv*) paʊər ˈæftər ə stæmˈpid fər səˈpɔrt lɛft məˈdrɪd wɪθ ə ˈjʊrə ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti. bət ðə kəts wɪl nɑt əˈplaɪ tɪ ˈsoʊlər ˈθərməl, ə tɛkˈnɑləʤi ðət ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪts ðə laɪt tɪ ˈproʊdus hit ənd stim wɪʧ ɪn tərn draɪvz ˈtərbaɪnz, ˈrəðər ðən prəˈdusɪŋ ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti dɪˈrɛkli ɪn ˈsɪləkən ˈpænəlz. ɪz ˈspænɪʃ ˈkəmpəˌniz wɪʧ ər ɪkˈspɔrtɪŋ tɛkˈnɑləʤi tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ðɪs (ˈsoʊlər ˈθərməl) ˈɛnərʤi, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd states,”*,” sɛd ˈɪndəstri ˈmɪnɪstər mɪˈgɛl səˈbæsʧən. səˈbæsʧən wɑz ˈspikɪŋ ɛz wərk ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ɔn ə nu 50 ˈmɛgəˌwɑt plænt ɪn ðə ˈsəðərn taʊn əv ˌsiuˈdæd ril, sˈleɪtɪd tɪ kəm ɔn laɪn ɪn 2010 ənd wɪʧ kʊd paʊər əraʊnd hoʊmz. ðə ˈkoʊbrə ˈjunɪt əv ˈspænɪʃ kənˈstrəkʃən ˈkəmpəˌni wɪl bɪld ðə plænt. meɪks ˈjuˈɛs ðə ˈstændərd fər klin tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɪθ ə greɪt future,”*,” hi sɛd, səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wɑz kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ðɪs fɔrm əv ˈsoʊlər paʊər. ˈkɑmɛnts buid hoʊps əˈməŋ ˌɪnˈvɛstərz, səm əv hum ɪkˈspɛkt məˈdrɪd tɪ kət səˈpɔrt fər ˈsoʊlər ˈθərməl frəm 2010 ʃɛrz ɪn solaria*, ə ˈspænɪʃ ˈkəmpəˌni wɪʧ meɪks boʊθ ˈsoʊlər ˈθərməl ˈpænəlz ənd ˈpænəlz, roʊz mɔr ðən 25 pərˈsɛnt dɪˈrɛkli ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈkɑmɛnts, ˈtreɪdərz sɛd. ˈsoʊlər ˈθərməl, ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn ɛz ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd ˈsoʊlər paʊər (csp*), həz bɪn sloʊər tɪ teɪk ɔf ðən ˈəðər, sˈmɔlər skeɪl ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈɛnərʤi tɛkˈnɑləʤiz səʧ ɛz wɪnd ənd ˈsoʊlər, bɪˈkəz ɪt rikˈwaɪərz mɔr ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt. bət ɪt meɪ bi ðə nɛkst bɪg θɪŋ ɛz koʊl ənd ɔɪl ˈpraɪsɪz raɪz ənd bɪˈkəz əv nu ˈsəbsɪdi səˈpɔrt ɪn hɑt, ˈsəni ˈkəntriz laɪk speɪn, wɛr ɪt wərks bɛst. ˈsoʊlər məˈlɛniəm hɛlpt dɪˈvɛləp 1 ˈsoʊlər ˈθərməl ˈprɑʤɛkt, fərst səʧ plænt, wɪʧ ɪz du tɪ stɑrt paʊər pərˈdəkʃən ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər. juz. ˈmɑrkɪt ˈtɛrəf (ˈsəbsɪdi) ɪn speɪn gɪvz ə lɔt əv ˈkɑnfədɛns tɪ banks,”*,” ˈhɛnər gladen*, ˈsoʊlər məˈlɛniəm ʧif tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈɔfɪsər, toʊld ˈrɔɪtərz. nɛkst bɪg ˈmɑrkɪt wɪl bi ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, wəns wi si ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt tæks ˈkrɛdɪt ɪn lɔ, wɪʧ wi ɪkˈspɛkt ˈiðər ɛnd ðɪs jɪr ər nɛkst year,”*,” hi ˈædɪd, ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ 200 ər 400 ˈjunɪts ðɛr wɪʧ wʊd ˈraɪvəl ðə kəˈpæsɪti əv kənˈvɛnʃənəl gæs ənd koʊl plænts. ˈəðər ɪkˈspɛktɪd ˈmɑrkɪts wɛr ˈsəbsɪdiz ər plænd ər ɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ˌɪnˈklud ɔˈstreɪljə, ˈɪtəli ənd gris. plænd ˈsoʊlər kət, əˈnaʊnst læst wik, wɪl grænt ˈsəbsɪdiz ˈænjuəli tɪ 100 lɑrʤ ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz, kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ ɪkˈspɛktɪd ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz ðɪs jɪr əv æt list. ðə kæp wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlaʊ fər 200 əv sˈmɔlər, ˈjunɪts.
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a visitor tours an exhibit depicting the main gate of the auschwitz concentration camp at the holocaust museum in jerusalem, israel. a woman was charged with counts of accessory to murder for her role as a radio operator in the camp. photo by debbie | license photo
kiel , germany, sept. 22 (upi) -- german prosecutors charged a woman with counts of accessory to murder for her alleged world war role at a nazi death camp.
prosecutors accused the unidentified woman of being a member of the, the armed wing of the nazi party, and a radio operator for several months in 1944 for the camp commandant of the auschwitz, poland, concentration camp. they argue she can be charged because she facilitated in the deaths of inmates at the camp. her trial, in the city of kiel, is likely to begin next year.
state prosecutor heinz said she will likely be prosecuted in a juvenile court because she was a minor when she was assigned to the facility in 1944. he said he presumed she is fit to stand trial, and that the court would consider documents from germany's central archive of nazi crimes in ludwigsburg, near stuttgart, before deciding if a trial is required.
in july 2015, oskar groning, 94, a former bookkeeper, received a four-year prison sentence under similar circumstances, convicted as an accessory to murder. he claimed his auschwitz assignment did not include the deaths of any inmates.
related former auschwitz nazi guard on trial in germany over holocaust murders
a written judgement by the court in lunenberg, released monday, said "all the defendant's activity in auschwitz was characterized by the fact that it supported multiple murders, without providing support to specific individual acts."
the ruling departed from a practice in german courts of requiring proof that members committed at least one direct crime before they could be convicted.
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ə ˈvɪzɪtər tʊrz ən ɪgˈzɪbɪt dɪˈpɪktɪŋ ðə meɪn geɪt əv ðə ˈɔʃwɪts ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən kæmp æt ðə ˈhɔləˌkɔst mˈjuziəm ɪn ʤərˈusələm, ˈɪzriəl. ə ˈwʊmən wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ kaʊnts əv ækˈsɛsəri tɪ ˈmərdər fər hər roʊl ɛz ə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɑpərˌeɪtər ɪn ðə kæmp. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ ˈdɛbi ˈlaɪsəns ˈfoʊˌtoʊ kil ˈʤərməni, sɛpt. 22 (upi*) ˈʤərmən ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ʧɑrʤd ə ˈwʊmən wɪθ kaʊnts əv ækˈsɛsəri tɪ ˈmərdər fər hər əˈlɛʤd wərld wɔr roʊl æt ə ˈnɑtsi dɛθ kæmp. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz əˈkjuzd ðə ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˈwʊmən əv biɪŋ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə, ðə ɑrmd wɪŋ əv ðə ˈnɑtsi ˈpɑrti, ənd ə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɑpərˌeɪtər fər ˈsɛvərəl mənθs ɪn 1944 fər ðə kæmp ˌkɑmənˈdɑnt əv ðə ˈɔʃwɪts, ˈpoʊlənd, ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən kæmp. ðeɪ ˈɑrgju ʃi kən bi ʧɑrʤd bɪˈkəz ʃi fəˈsɪləˌteɪtɪd ɪn ðə dɛθs əv ˈɪnˌmeɪts æt ðə kæmp. hər traɪəl, ɪn ðə ˈsɪti əv kil, ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ bɪˈgɪn nɛkst jɪr. steɪt ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər haɪnz sɛd ʃi wɪl ˈlaɪkli bi ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪd ɪn ə ˈʤuvəˌnaɪl kɔrt bɪˈkəz ʃi wɑz ə ˈmaɪnər wɪn ʃi wɑz əˈsaɪnd tɪ ðə fəˈsɪlɪti ɪn 1944 hi sɛd hi prɪˈzumd ʃi ɪz fɪt tɪ stænd traɪəl, ənd ðət ðə kɔrt wʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈdɑkjəmənts frəm ˈʤərməniz ˈsɛntrəl ˈɑrˌkaɪv əv ˈnɑtsi kraɪmz ɪn ludwigsburg*, nɪr ˈstətgərt, ˌbiˈfɔr ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ɪf ə traɪəl ɪz rikˈwaɪərd. ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2015 ˈɔskər groning*, 94 ə ˈfɔrmər ˈbʊkˌkipər, rɪˈsivd ə ˌfɔˈrjɪr ˈprɪzən ˈsɛntəns ˈəndər ˈsɪmələr ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz, kənˈvɪktəd ɛz ən ækˈsɛsəri tɪ ˈmərdər. hi kleɪmd hɪz ˈɔʃwɪts əˈsaɪnmənt dɪd nɑt ˌɪnˈklud ðə dɛθs əv ˈɛni ˈɪnˌmeɪts. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈfɔrmər ˈɔʃwɪts ˈnɑtsi gɑrd ɔn traɪəl ɪn ˈʤərməni ˈoʊvər ˈhɔləˌkɔst ˈmərdərz ə ˈrɪtən ˈʤəʤmənt baɪ ðə kɔrt ɪn luˈnɛnbərg, riˈlist ˈmənˌdeɪ, sɛd "ɔl ðə dɪˈfɛndənts ækˈtɪvɪti ɪn ˈɔʃwɪts wɑz ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪzd baɪ ðə fækt ðət ɪt səˈpɔrtɪd ˈməltəpəl ˈmərdərz, wɪˈθaʊt prəˈvaɪdɪŋ səˈpɔrt tɪ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ækts." ðə ˈrulɪŋ dɪˈpɑrtɪd frəm ə ˈpræktɪs ɪn ˈʤərmən kɔrts əv rikˈwaɪərɪŋ pruf ðət ˈmɛmbərz kəˈmɪtɪd æt list wən dɪˈrɛkt kraɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ kʊd bi kənˈvɪktəd.
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the reality of peak oil sinks in oil revival or harvard hype?
too much optimism can be a dangerous thing.
sure, it's easy to sit back and say everything is fine and dandy for the u.s. oil industry right now. after all, success stories from our oil patch are saturating media headlines (i've read a few dozen in the past few days alone).
the latest report out of harvard is adding fuel to the fire.
it predicts u.s. oil production will climb to nearly 16 million barrels per day within the next four and a half years!
now, understand i'm not trying to be pessimistic or rain on anyone's parade...
but seeing the glass as half full in this case can lead to delusion. and delusion allows people to blindly accept whatever story the media or politicians are spewing on any given day that u.s. oil production is booming! instead of educate themselves with the details behind the u.s. shale boom.
had they been informed, these people would understand that some of the shale plays that have become household names in the last few years have misled them...
what the media isn't shouting from the rooftops is that several states have been unable to reverse their production declines.
the truth is many states are locked in a bitter struggle against peak oil.
we've covered some of the more famous cases in the past.
alaska is still a shining example as to what happens when you aren't a part of the shale bonanza.
during the last five years, the state's oil production plummeted nearly barrels per day, or roughly 26%.
to put that into perspective, the oil production we lost from alaska practically negated the increase we saw in oklahoma, new mexico, wyoming, and colorado during the same period. of course, that doesn't include the nearly of lost oil production from both california and montana.
and keep in mind this boom isn't taking place evenly across the board.
you can break down the numbers easily with a quick look at the data.
i'll warn you, things can be deceptive at first glance...
take a careful look at those figures, and you'll find that between 2007 and 2012, 18 states were able to increase their oil production by a total of approximately million barrels per day.
sounds like a boom to me.
but remember the devil is in the details...
look again and you'll see that north dakota and texas accounted for 83% of that increase! what's more, output in 12 of those states grew less than barrels per day.
so yes, the u.s. is still enjoying a boom but only in a select few regions.
16 million barrels a day or bust
the harvard report out last month is perfectly clear on where we will get our future oil.
according to the report, texas' crude production is expected to double from current levels. contrary to popular belief, however, it won't be the same story going forward.
dig deeper and you'll find the rosy outlook for u.s. oil production will come with a hefty price tag...
the report explains the fact that producing oil from shale formations requires an intensive amount of drilling. and over shale wells were brought online last year.
that's certainly true in north dakota. but let's not forget what it took for them to get to this point...
as of last april, the state had more than producing wells, practically all of which were targeting the forks formations.
that means roughly wells started producing oil during the last five years.
but there's another important tidbit to remember, and that's that companies are getting much more efficient at drilling into the bakken.
to give you an idea of what i'm talking about, in april 2007, the average north dakota well produced barrels of oil. by 2012, that amount nearly tripled!
the harvard report noted that a few years ago, a typical bakken well would take up to two months to drill...
today these companies are taking advantage of a highly specialized drilling technique that drastically cuts the time and cost to finish a single well.
so it's not necessarily about finding companies that are sitting on oil, but rather the companies with the technical savvy to efficiently extract that crude. and some are simply better at extracting the light, sweet crude oil out of the bakken formation than others...
distinguishing between the two means all the difference in today's volatile market.
i want to give you a leg up on the investment herd...
my readers and i have our eyes set on the next round of these shale profits. i'll tell you all about these opportunities on thursday.
in the meantime, if you're interested in reading the harvard report in full, you can find it here.
until next time,
keith kohl
@keithkohl1 on twitter
a true insider in the energy markets, keith is one of few financial reporters to have visited the alberta oil sands. his research has helped thousands of investors capitalize from the rapidly changing face of energy. keith connects with hundreds of thousands of readers as the managing editor of energy & capital as well as investment director of angel publishing's energy investor. for years, keith has been providing coverage of the bakken, the shale, and the marcellus natural gas formations all ahead of the mainstream media. for more on keith, go to his editor's page.
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ðə ˌriˈæləˌti əv pik ɔɪl sɪŋks ɪn ɔɪl rɪˈvaɪvəl ər ˈhɑrvərd haɪp? tu məʧ ˈɑptɪˌmɪzəm kən bi ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs θɪŋ. ʃʊr, ɪts ˈizi tɪ sɪt bæk ənd seɪ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪz faɪn ənd ˈdændi fər ðə juz. ɔɪl ˈɪndəstri raɪt naʊ. ˈæftər ɔl, səkˈsɛs ˈstɔriz frəm ɑr ɔɪl pæʧ ər ˈsæʧərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈmidiə ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz (aɪv rɛd ə fju ˈdəzən ɪn ðə pæst fju deɪz əˈloʊn). ðə ˈleɪtəst rɪˈpɔrt aʊt əv ˈhɑrvərd ɪz ˈædɪŋ fjuəl tɪ ðə faɪər. ɪt prɪˈdɪkts juz. ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən wɪl klaɪm tɪ ˈnɪrli 16 ˈmɪljən ˈbɛrəlz pər deɪ wɪˈθɪn ðə nɛkst fɔr ənd ə hæf jɪrz! naʊ, ˌəndərˈstænd əm nɑt traɪɪŋ tɪ bi ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪk ər reɪn ɔn ˈɛniˌwənz pəreɪd... bət siɪŋ ðə glæs ɛz hæf fʊl ɪn ðɪs keɪs kən lɛd tɪ dɪˈluʒən. ənd dɪˈluʒən əˈlaʊz ˈpipəl tɪ ˈblaɪndli əkˈsɛpt ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈstɔri ðə ˈmidiə ər ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ər spjuɪŋ ɔn ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn deɪ ðət juz. ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən ɪz ˈbumɪŋ! ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈɛʤəˌkeɪt ðɛmˈsɛlvz wɪθ ðə ˈditeɪlz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə juz. ʃeɪl bum. hæd ðeɪ bɪn ˌɪnˈfɔrmd, ðiz ˈpipəl wʊd ˌəndərˈstænd ðət səm əv ðə ʃeɪl pleɪz ðət hæv bɪˈkəm ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld neɪmz ɪn ðə læst fju jɪrz hæv mɪsˈlɛd ðɛm... wət ðə ˈmidiə ˈɪzənt ˈʃaʊtɪŋ frəm ðə ˈrufˌtɑps ɪz ðət ˈsɛvərəl steɪts hæv bɪn əˈneɪbəl tɪ rɪˈvərs ðɛr pərˈdəkʃən dɪˈklaɪnz. ðə truθ ɪz ˈmɛni steɪts ər lɑkt ɪn ə ˈbɪtər ˈstrəgəl əˈgɛnst pik ɔɪl. wiv ˈkəvərd səm əv ðə mɔr ˈfeɪməs ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn ðə pæst. əˈlæskə ɪz stɪl ə ˈʃaɪnɪŋ ɪgˈzæmpəl ɛz tɪ wət ˈhæpənz wɪn ju ˈɑrənt ə pɑrt əv ðə ʃeɪl bəˈnænzə. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst faɪv jɪrz, ðə steɪts ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən ˈpləmətɪd ˈnɪrli ˈbɛrəlz pər deɪ, ər ˈrəfli 26 tɪ pʊt ðət ˈɪntu pərˈspɛktɪv, ðə ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən wi lɔst frəm əˈlæskə ˈpræktɪkəli ˈnigeɪtɪd ðə ˌɪnˈkris wi sɔ ɪn ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə, nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, ˌwaɪˈoʊmɪŋ, ənd ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə seɪm ˈpɪriəd. əv kɔrs, ðət ˈdəzənt ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈnɪrli əv lɔst ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən frəm boʊθ ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ənd mɑnˈtænə. ənd kip ɪn maɪnd ðɪs bum ˈɪzənt ˈteɪkɪŋ pleɪs ˈivənli əˈkrɔs ðə bɔrd. ju kən breɪk daʊn ðə ˈnəmbərz ˈizəli wɪθ ə kwɪk lʊk æt ðə ˈdætə. aɪl wɔrn ju, θɪŋz kən bi dɪˈsɛptɪv æt fərst glæns... teɪk ə ˈkɛrfəl lʊk æt ðoʊz ˈfɪgjərz, ənd jul faɪnd ðət bɪtˈwin 2007 ənd 2012 18 steɪts wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ðɛr ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən baɪ ə ˈtoʊtəl əv əˈprɑksəmətli ˈmɪljən ˈbɛrəlz pər deɪ. saʊnz laɪk ə bum tɪ mi. bət rɪˈmɛmbər ðə ˈdɛvəl ɪz ɪn ðə ˈditeɪlz... lʊk əˈgɛn ənd jul si ðət nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə ənd ˈtɛksəs əˈkaʊntɪd fər 83 əv ðət ˌɪnˈkris! wəts mɔr, ˈaʊtˌpʊt ɪn 12 əv ðoʊz steɪts gru lɛs ðən ˈbɛrəlz pər deɪ. soʊ jɛs, ðə juz. ɪz stɪl ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ ə bum bət ˈoʊnli ɪn ə səˈlɛkt fju ˈriʤənz. 16 ˈmɪljən ˈbɛrəlz ə deɪ ər bəst ðə ˈhɑrvərd rɪˈpɔrt aʊt læst mənθ ɪz ˈpərfəktli klɪr ɔn wɛr wi wɪl gɪt ɑr fˈjuʧər ɔɪl. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt, ˈtɛksəs' krud pərˈdəkʃən ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈdəbəl frəm ˈkɑrənt ˈlɛvəlz. ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ ˈpɑpjələr bɪˈlif, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt woʊnt bi ðə seɪm ˈstɔri goʊɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd. dɪg ˈdipər ənd jul faɪnd ðə ˈroʊzi ˈaʊˌtlʊk fər juz. ɔɪl pərˈdəkʃən wɪl kəm wɪθ ə ˈhɛfti praɪs tæg... ðə rɪˈpɔrt ɪkˈspleɪnz ðə fækt ðət prəˈdusɪŋ ɔɪl frəm ʃeɪl fɔrˈmeɪʃənz rikˈwaɪərz ən ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv əˈmaʊnt əv ˈdrɪlɪŋ. ənd ˈoʊvər ʃeɪl wɛlz wər brɔt ˈɔnˌlaɪn læst jɪr. ðæts ˈsərtənli tru ɪn nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə. bət lɛts nɑt fərˈgɛt wət ɪt tʊk fər ðɛm tɪ gɪt tɪ ðɪs pɔɪnt... ɛz əv læst ˈeɪprəl, ðə steɪt hæd mɔr ðən prəˈdusɪŋ wɛlz, ˈpræktɪkəli ɔl əv wɪʧ wər ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ðə fɔrks fɔrˈmeɪʃənz. ðət minz ˈrəfli wɛlz ˈstɑrtɪd prəˈdusɪŋ ɔɪl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst faɪv jɪrz. bət ðɛrz əˈnəðər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈtɪdˌbɪt tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər, ənd ðæts ðət ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ˈgɪtɪŋ məʧ mɔr ɪˈfɪʃənt æt ˈdrɪlɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈbækən. tɪ gɪv ju ən aɪˈdiə əv wət əm ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt, ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2007 ðə ˈævərɪʤ nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə wɛl prəˈdust ˈbɛrəlz əv ɔɪl. baɪ 2012 ðət əˈmaʊnt ˈnɪrli ˈtrɪpəld! ðə ˈhɑrvərd rɪˈpɔrt ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ə ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈbækən wɛl wʊd teɪk əp tɪ tu mənθs tɪ drɪl... təˈdeɪ ðiz ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ˈteɪkɪŋ ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ə ˈhaɪli ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd ˈdrɪlɪŋ tɛkˈnik ðət ˈdræstɪkli kəts ðə taɪm ənd kɔst tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ə ˈsɪŋgəl wɛl. soʊ ɪts nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli əˈbaʊt ˈfaɪndɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌniz ðət ər ˈsɪtɪŋ ɔn ɔɪl, bət ˈrəðər ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz wɪθ ðə ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈsævi tɪ ɪˈfɪʃəntli ˈɛkˌstrækt ðət krud. ənd səm ər ˈsɪmpli ˈbɛtər æt ɛkˈstræktɪŋ ðə laɪt, swit krud ɔɪl aʊt əv ðə ˈbækən fɔrˈmeɪʃən ðən ˈəðərz... dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃɪŋ bɪtˈwin ðə tu minz ɔl ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn ˈtudeɪz ˈvɑlətəl ˈmɑrkɪt. aɪ wɔnt tɪ gɪv ju ə lɛg əp ɔn ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt hərd... maɪ ˈridərz ənd aɪ hæv ɑr aɪz sɛt ɔn ðə nɛkst raʊnd əv ðiz ʃeɪl ˈprɑfɪts. aɪl tɛl ju ɔl əˈbaʊt ðiz ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ. ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, ɪf jʊr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə ˈhɑrvərd rɪˈpɔrt ɪn fʊl, ju kən faɪnd ɪt hir. ənˈtɪl nɛkst taɪm, kiθ koʊl ɔn tˈwɪtər ə tru ˌɪnˈsaɪdər ɪn ðə ˈɛnərʤi ˈmɑrkɪts, kiθ ɪz wən əv fju ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl rɪˈpɔrtərz tɪ hæv ˈvɪzɪtɪd ðə ælˈbərtə ɔɪl sændz. hɪz ˈrisərʧ həz hɛlpt ˈθaʊzənz əv ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz frəm ðə ˈræpədli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ feɪs əv ˈɛnərʤi. kiθ kəˈnɛkts wɪθ ˈhənərdz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈridərz ɛz ðə ˈmænəʤɪŋ ˈɛdɪtər əv ˈɛnərʤi ˈkæpɪtəl ɛz wɛl ɛz ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈeɪnʤəl ˈpəblɪʃɪŋz ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪnˈvɛstər. fər jɪrz, kiθ həz bɪn prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈkəvərɪʤ əv ðə ˈbækən, ðə ʃeɪl, ənd ðə mɑrˈsɛləs ˈnæʧərəl gæs fɔrˈmeɪʃənz ɔl əˈhɛd əv ðə ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈmidiə. fər mɔr ɔn kiθ, goʊ tɪ hɪz ˈɛdɪtərz peɪʤ.
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there is a “war on cash” going on from the central banks, trying to reduce the usage (and personal storage) of cash. this is something that makes sense as a power move against the common people in a time of forced negative interest rates, but it is a shocking reduction of liberty and privacy (of finance), not to mention that the official justifications hold a shred of water. really behind this trend?
would you like your government to have more insight into your personal finances than you have yourself? where heading with the ongoing “war on cash” into a world where every transaction is not just by the government (or a agent), but where you can also be held responsible for anything and everything you buy and sell.
there’s both a carrot and a stick in this scheme of making everything traceable and trackable. the stick consists of outright bans on cash transactions several european countries have banned cash transactions exceeding euros. uruguay has banned cash transactions over $5,000. even switzerland has proposed banning cash transactions over swiss francs (admittedly a high number, but once a government declares a right to ban cash transactions, the number is a matter of degree and not principle).
the carrots and incentives for not using cash, meanwhile, mostly take the form of making it easier to pay using cards. the latest example of amazon go, a store where no checkout at all but you just grab what you want and leave, is one example of such a carrot. it is undeniably more convenient than standing in an annoying checkout line. combine this with various fees for withdrawing cash from your own account in the bank, and the incentives become clearer.
but why pursue this direction? there are many conceivable reasons for wanting to eliminate cash from circulation altogether. has homed in on the elimination of cash being an absolute necessity to maintain a (or even negative-interest) policy, which in turn remains necessary to prevent a financial bloodbath. others have talked about the costs inherent in transporting cash in armored cars, or the risk of robbery being eliminated.
from a national policymaking perspective, though, the general excuse seems to be to “make it difficult for organized crime”. this was the excuse behind the elimination of the note, for example.
but from a national perspective, this excuse makes absolutely no sense at all. at the national level, the game is to dominate other countries. petty organized crime is not really relevant at that level, unless it is useful in the context of dominating other countries. and where we find that this excuse this “we need to be tough on organized crime” is a complete maskirovka, a complete façade, an utter lie. it make sense at all.
the notion of a currency being used as a default currency in global organized crime is a concept that has geopolitical strategists positively salivating.
organized crime which in many cases is just free and consensual trade which is still governmentally banned is a significant part of the global economy, an estimated ten per cent. a very significant part, one that uses large amounts of currency in cash format. if responsible for dominating other countries, one of the best and safest ways to do this is to pull strings that increase the value of your currency. we know from lessons that this can take the form of causing the demand for the currency to increase.
if your currency is the default trade currency for organized crime, this brings an enormous benefit to your economy as a whole it has been estimated that it means as much as 25% higher standard of living, for everybody. given this number, there are two immediate and obvious observations:
1) a crackdown on cash transactions with the excuse of “combating organized crime” is utter of the highest order. when working on the national policy level, doing your utmost to have organized crime use your currency and nobody else’s. the equivalent of printing lots of free money roughly the equivalent of 10% of the.
2) more concerningly, given the enormous benefit of having organized crime use your own currency, what concern is more pressing than this 10% global essentially for free that is the actual cause for these actions to fight cash?
liberty and privacy, including financial privacy, remain your own responsibility.
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ðɛr ɪz ə ɔn cash”*” goʊɪŋ ɔn frəm ðə ˈsɛntrəl bæŋks, traɪɪŋ tɪ rɪˈdus ðə ˈjusɪʤ (ənd ˈpərsɪnəl ˈstɔrɪʤ) əv kæʃ. ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət meɪks sɛns ɛz ə paʊər muv əˈgɛnst ðə ˈkɑmən ˈpipəl ɪn ə taɪm əv fɔrst ˈnɛgətɪv ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts, bət ɪt ɪz ə ˈʃɑkɪŋ rɪˈdəkʃən əv ˈlɪbərˌti ənd ˈpraɪvəsi (əv ˈfaɪˌnæns), nɑt tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ðət ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˌʤəstɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz hoʊld ə ʃrɛd əv ˈwɔtər. ˈrɪli bɪˈhaɪnd ðɪs trɛnd? wʊd ju laɪk jʊr ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ hæv mɔr ˈɪnˌsaɪt ˈɪntu jʊr ˈpərsɪnəl ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz ðən ju hæv ˈjɔrsɛlf? wɛr ˈhɛdɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ɔn cash”*” ˈɪntu ə wərld wɛr ˈɛvəri trænˈzækʃən ɪz nɑt ʤɪst baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt (ər ə ˈeɪʤənt), bət wɛr ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi hɛld riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ənd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju baɪ ənd sɛl. boʊθ ə ˈkɛrət ənd ə stɪk ɪn ðɪs skim əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈtreɪsəbəl ənd trackable*. ðə stɪk kənˈsɪsts əv ˈaʊˈtraɪt bænz ɔn kæʃ trænˈzækʃənz ˈsɛvərəl ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkəntriz hæv bænd kæʃ trænˈzækʃənz ɪkˈsidɪŋ ˈjuˌroʊz. ˈjərəgˌweɪ həz bænd kæʃ trænˈzækʃənz ˈoʊvər ˈivɪn sˈwɪtsərlənd həz prəˈpoʊzd ˈbænɪŋ kæʃ trænˈzækʃənz ˈoʊvər swɪs fræŋks (ædˈmɪtɪdli ə haɪ ˈnəmbər, bət wəns ə ˈgəvərnmənt dɪˈklɛrz ə raɪt tɪ bæn kæʃ trænˈzækʃənz, ðə ˈnəmbər ɪz ə ˈmætər əv dɪˈgri ənd nɑt ˈprɪnsəpəl). ðə ˈkɛrəts ənd ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz fər nɑt ˈjuzɪŋ kæʃ, ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈmoʊstli teɪk ðə fɔrm əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈiziər tɪ peɪ ˈjuzɪŋ kɑrdz. ðə ˈleɪtəst ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈæməˌzɑn goʊ, ə stɔr wɛr noʊ ˈʧɛˌkaʊt æt ɔl bət ju ʤɪst græb wət ju wɔnt ənd liv, ɪz wən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv səʧ ə ˈkɛrət. ɪt ɪz ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbli mɔr kənˈvinjənt ðən ˈstændɪŋ ɪn ən əˈnɔɪɪŋ ˈʧɛˌkaʊt laɪn. ˈkɑmbaɪn ðɪs wɪθ ˈvɛriəs fiz fər wɪθˈdrɔɪŋ kæʃ frəm jʊr oʊn əˈkaʊnt ɪn ðə bæŋk, ənd ðə ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz bɪˈkəm ˈklɪrər. bət waɪ pərˈsu ðɪs dɪˈrɛkʃɪn? ðɛr ər ˈmɛni kənˈsivəbəl ˈrizənz fər ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt kæʃ frəm ˈsərkjəˌleɪʃən ˌɔltəˈgɛðər. həz hoʊmd ɪn ɔn ðə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən əv kæʃ biɪŋ ən ˈæbsəˌlut nəˈsɛsɪti tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ə (ər ˈivɪn negative-interest*) ˈpɑləsi, wɪʧ ɪn tərn rɪˈmeɪnz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈblədˌbæθ. ˈəðərz hæv tɔkt əˈbaʊt ðə kɔsts ˌɪnˈhɛrənt ɪn trænˈspɔrtɪŋ kæʃ ɪn ˈɑrmərd kɑz, ər ðə rɪsk əv ˈrɑbəri biɪŋ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd. frəm ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑləsiˌmeɪkɪŋ pərˈspɛktɪv, ðoʊ, ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ɪkˈskjuz simz tɪ bi tɪ ɪt ˈdɪfəkəlt fər ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd crime”*”. ðɪs wɑz ðə ɪkˈskjuz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən əv ðə noʊt, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl. bət frəm ə ˈnæʃənəl pərˈspɛktɪv, ðɪs ɪkˈskjuz meɪks ˌæbsəˈlutli noʊ sɛns æt ɔl. æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈlɛvəl, ðə geɪm ɪz tɪ ˈdɑməˌneɪt ˈəðər ˈkəntriz. ˈpɛˌti ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm ɪz nɑt ˈrɪli ˈrɛləvənt æt ðət ˈlɛvəl, ənˈlɛs ɪt ɪz ˈjusfəl ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ˈdɑməˌneɪtɪŋ ˈəðər ˈkəntriz. ənd wɛr wi faɪnd ðət ðɪs ɪkˈskjuz ðɪs nid tɪ bi təf ɔn ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd crime”*” ɪz ə kəmˈplit maskirovka*, ə kəmˈplit façade*, ən ˈətər laɪ. ɪt meɪk sɛns æt ɔl. ðə ˈnoʊʃən əv ə ˈkərənsi biɪŋ juzd ɛz ə dɪˈfɔlt ˈkərənsi ɪn ˈgloʊbəl ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm ɪz ə ˈkɑnsɛpt ðət həz ˌʤioʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈstrætɪʤɪsts ˈpɑzətɪvli ˈsæləˌveɪtɪŋ. ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm wɪʧ ɪn ˈmɛni ˈkeɪsɪz ɪz ʤɪst fri ənd kənˈsɛnʃuəl treɪd wɪʧ ɪz stɪl ˈgəvərˌmɛntəli bænd ɪz ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt pɑrt əv ðə ˈgloʊbəl ɪˈkɑnəmi, ən ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd tɛn pər sɛnt. ə ˈvɛri sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt pɑrt, wən ðət ˈjuzɪz lɑrʤ əˈmaʊnts əv ˈkərənsi ɪn kæʃ ˈfɔrˌmæt. ɪf riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈdɑməˌneɪtɪŋ ˈəðər ˈkəntriz, wən əv ðə bɛst ənd ˈseɪfəst weɪz tɪ du ðɪs ɪz tɪ pʊl strɪŋz ðət ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈvælju əv jʊr ˈkərənsi. wi noʊ frəm ˈlɛsənz ðət ðɪs kən teɪk ðə fɔrm əv ˈkɔzɪŋ ðə dɪˈmænd fər ðə ˈkərənsi tɪ ˌɪnˈkris. ɪf jʊr ˈkərənsi ɪz ðə dɪˈfɔlt treɪd ˈkərənsi fər ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm, ðɪs brɪŋz ən ɪˈnɔrmɪs ˈbɛnəfɪt tɪ jʊr ɪˈkɑnəmi ɛz ə hoʊl ɪt həz bɪn ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðət ɪt minz ɛz məʧ ɛz 25 haɪər ˈstændərd əv ˈlɪvɪŋ, fər ˈɛvriˌbɑdi. ˈgɪvɪn ðɪs ˈnəmbər, ðɛr ər tu ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ənd ˈɑbviəs ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃənz: 1 ə ˈkrækˌdaʊn ɔn kæʃ trænˈzækʃənz wɪθ ðə ɪkˈskjuz əv ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd crime”*” ɪz ˈətər əv ðə haɪəst ˈɔrdər. wɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑləsi ˈlɛvəl, duɪŋ jʊr ˈətˌmoʊst tɪ hæv ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm juz jʊr ˈkərənsi ənd ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi else’s*. ðə ɪkˈwɪvələnt əv ˈprɪnɪŋ lɑts əv fri ˈməni ˈrəfli ðə ɪkˈwɪvələnt əv 10 əv ðə. 2 mɔr concerningly*, ˈgɪvɪn ðə ɪˈnɔrmɪs ˈbɛnəfɪt əv ˈhævɪŋ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm juz jʊr oʊn ˈkərənsi, wət kənˈsərn ɪz mɔr ˈprɛsɪŋ ðən ðɪs 10 ˈgloʊbəl ɛˈsɛnʃəli fər fri ðət ɪz ðə ˈækʧəwəl kɔz fər ðiz ˈækʃənz tɪ faɪt kæʃ? ˈlɪbərˌti ənd ˈpraɪvəsi, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈpraɪvəsi, rɪˈmeɪn jʊr oʊn riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti.
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"My journey begins on an old and dusty attic. A little boy unveiled a passage to another world and prepared his backpack. The moment is there - the moment of gathering courage and doing the first step.
I wanted to paint a picture about the nature of journeys. I wanted to show, that you always have to leave something behind if you want to reach for a distant goal. The boy's belongings are on the left side, as well as his cat and the place he calls home, which shines a warm light from below the attic trapdoor. On the right side I arranged things that symbolize the journey. There you find the globe, the telescope, the ship, the bust of the great Homer and the skeleton which stands for the last journey. My goal was to create a tension between the two worlds, so the perspective lines are arranged to build a subtle drag into the glowing painting.
I also wanted to paint a picture about us artists. We constantly struggle to open doors to other worlds with our artwork and by creating foreign landscapes and fantastic creatures we fuel the imaginations of our spectators. Our paintings literally become portals into the realm of fantasy and that's why in my painting the zig zag path formed by the road in the painting and the carpets on the attic floor ultimately leads to the viewer - to invite him to venture on a journey of his very own."
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"maɪ ˈʤərni bɪˈgɪnz ɔn ən oʊld ənd ˈdəsti ˈætɪk. ə ˈlɪtəl bɔɪ ənˈveɪld ə ˈpæsɪʤ tɪ əˈnəðər wərld ənd priˈpɛrd hɪz ˈbækˌpæk. ðə ˈmoʊmənt ɪz ðɛr ðə ˈmoʊmənt əv ˈgæðərɪŋ kərɪʤ ənd duɪŋ ðə fərst stɛp. aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ peɪnt ə ˈpɪkʧər əˈbaʊt ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ˈʤərniz. aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ʃoʊ, ðət ju ˈɔlˌweɪz hæv tɪ liv ˈsəmθɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ riʧ fər ə ˈdɪstənt goʊl. ðə bɔɪz bɪˈlɔŋɪŋz ər ɔn ðə lɛft saɪd, ɛz wɛl ɛz hɪz kæt ənd ðə pleɪs hi kɔlz hoʊm, wɪʧ ʃaɪnz ə wɔrm laɪt frəm bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈætɪk trapdoor*. ɔn ðə raɪt saɪd aɪ əreɪnʤd θɪŋz ðət ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪz ðə ˈʤərni. ðɛr ju faɪnd ðə gloʊb, ðə ˈtɛləˌskoʊp, ðə ʃɪp, ðə bəst əv ðə greɪt ˈhoʊmər ənd ðə ˈskɛlətən wɪʧ stændz fər ðə læst ˈʤərni. maɪ goʊl wɑz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈtɛnʃən bɪtˈwin ðə tu wərldz, soʊ ðə pərˈspɛktɪv laɪnz ər əreɪnʤd tɪ bɪld ə ˈsətəl dræg ˈɪntu ðə gloʊɪŋ ˈpeɪnɪŋ. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ peɪnt ə ˈpɪkʧər əˈbaʊt ˈjuˈɛs ˈɑrtɪsts. wi ˈkɑnstəntli ˈstrəgəl tɪ ˈoʊpən dɔrz tɪ ˈəðər wərldz wɪθ ɑr ˈɑrtˌwərk ənd baɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˈfɔrən ˈlænˌskeɪps ənd fænˈtæstɪk ˈkriʧərz wi fjuəl ðə ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃənz əv ɑr ˈspɛkteɪtərz. ɑr ˈpeɪnɪŋz ˈlɪtərəli bɪˈkəm ˈpɔrtəlz ˈɪntu ðə rɛlm əv ˈfænəsi ənd ðæts waɪ ɪn maɪ ˈpeɪnɪŋ ðə zɪg zæg pæθ fɔrmd baɪ ðə roʊd ɪn ðə ˈpeɪnɪŋ ənd ðə ˈkɑrpəts ɔn ðə ˈætɪk flɔr ˈəltəmətli lidz tɪ ðə vjuər tɪ ˌɪnˈvaɪt ɪm tɪ ˈvɛnʧər ɔn ə ˈʤərni əv hɪz ˈvɛri oʊn."
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premier christy clark has recused herself from all involvement regarding an oil refinery proposal for northern b.c., due to a conflict of interest involving her ex-husband.
clark's former husband, mark marissen, has ties to pacific future energy which is pitching a $10-billion dollar facility for the region.
"i certainly don't have any business ties or financial ties with my ex-husband, although we do have a child together and share that responsibility," clark said at a press conference tuesday.
"as premier of the province though, i have another responsibility, and that is to every single british columbian."
the premier has expressed support in the past for a similar proposal being pitched by newspaper publisher, david black, which also looks to refine oil in b.c., rather than ship raw alberta bitumen to asia.
b.c. premier christy clark has recused herself from decisions regarding an oil refinery proposal for the province over a potential conflict of interest involving her ex-husband mark marissen. (cbc)
clark said she sought out the opinion of the province's conflict of interest commissioner in, what she called, "an abundance of caution".
"i sought the conflict commissioner's guidance and i will continue to seek his guidance," clark said.
"it is my understanding that this proposal doesn't depend on, or is not linked to, any pipeline proposal. and i don't know if mr. black's [proposal] would have had the same distinction."
clark said she will hand over any and all contacts and decisions on the pacific future energy proposal as well as any other oil refinery proposal in b.c. to finance minister, mike de jong.
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prɛˈmɪr ˈkrɪsti klɑrk həz rɪˈkjuzd hərˈsɛlf frəm ɔl ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ən ɔɪl rɪˈfaɪnəri prəˈpoʊzəl fər ˈnɔrðərn b.c*., du tɪ ə ˈkɑnflɪkt əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ hər ˈɛksˈhəzbənd. klɑrks ˈfɔrmər ˈhəzbənd, mɑrk marissen*, həz taɪz tɪ pəˈsɪfɪk fˈjuʧər ˈɛnərʤi wɪʧ ɪz ˈpɪʧɪŋ ə ˈdɔlər fəˈsɪlɪti fər ðə ˈriʤən. "aɪ ˈsərtənli doʊnt hæv ˈɛni ˈbɪznɪs taɪz ər ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl taɪz wɪθ maɪ ˈɛksˈhəzbənd, ˌɔlˈðoʊ wi du hæv ə ʧaɪld təˈgɛðər ənd ʃɛr ðət riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti," klɑrk sɛd æt ə prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns ˈtuzˌdeɪ. "ɛz prɛˈmɪr əv ðə ˈprɑvɪns ðoʊ, aɪ hæv əˈnəðər riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti, ənd ðət ɪz tɪ ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˌkoʊˈləmbiən." ðə prɛˈmɪr həz ɪkˈsprɛst səˈpɔrt ɪn ðə pæst fər ə ˈsɪmələr prəˈpoʊzəl biɪŋ pɪʧt baɪ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈpəblɪʃər, ˈdeɪvɪd blæk, wɪʧ ˈɔlsoʊ lʊks tɪ rɪˈfaɪn ɔɪl ɪn b.c*., ˈrəðər ðən ʃɪp rɑ ælˈbərtə ˌbɪˈtumən tɪ ˈeɪʒə. b.c*. prɛˈmɪr ˈkrɪsti klɑrk həz rɪˈkjuzd hərˈsɛlf frəm dɪˈsɪʒənz rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ən ɔɪl rɪˈfaɪnəri prəˈpoʊzəl fər ðə ˈprɑvɪns ˈoʊvər ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈkɑnflɪkt əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ hər ˈɛksˈhəzbənd mɑrk marissen*. (ˈsiˌbiˈsi) klɑrk sɛd ʃi sɔt aʊt ðə əˈpɪnjən əv ðə ˈprɑvənsɪz ˈkɑnflɪkt əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst kəˈmɪʃənər ɪn, wət ʃi kɔld, "ən əˈbəndəns əv ˈkɔʃən". "aɪ sɔt ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt kəˈmɪʃənərz ˈgaɪdəns ənd aɪ wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ sik hɪz ˈgaɪdəns," klɑrk sɛd. "ɪt ɪz maɪ ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðət ðɪs prəˈpoʊzəl ˈdəzənt dɪˈpɛnd ɔn, ər ɪz nɑt lɪŋkt tɪ, ˈɛni ˈpaɪˌplaɪn prəˈpoʊzəl. ənd aɪ doʊnt noʊ ɪf ˈmɪstər. blæks [prəˈpoʊzəl] wʊd hæv hæd ðə seɪm dɪˈstɪŋkʃən." klɑrk sɛd ʃi wɪl hænd ˈoʊvər ˈɛni ənd ɔl ˈkɑnˌtækts ənd dɪˈsɪʒənz ɔn ðə pəˈsɪfɪk fˈjuʧər ˈɛnərʤi prəˈpoʊzəl ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɛni ˈəðər ɔɪl rɪˈfaɪnəri prəˈpoʊzəl ɪn b.c*. tɪ ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈmɪnɪstər, maɪk də ʤɔŋ.
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henrico county, va. a virginia firefighter has been reassigned after she was arrested for rioting in washington d.c. on inauguration day.
court documents state rosa was a part of an anarchist group that disrupted inauguration events by smashing windows and setting things on fire.
roncales was charged with felony rioting in connection to the incidents that caused damage in excess of $100,000, according to court documents.
the documents said officers with the metropolitan police department were monitoring a planned assembly of individuals that were known to be associated with an anarchist group.
they said they had prior knowledge of the intent to disrupt activities, in part because of social media postings.
many members of the group, estimated to be in excess of 300 people, were carrying anarchist flags, wearing black clothing, and black bandanas and masks, police said. members of the group were also carrying weapons, like a hammer and a baseball bat, according to court documents.
the incident in question happened around 10 a.m. inauguration morning near the intersection of and o street.
officers observed members of the group tear trash cans and newspaper boxes off of the street, drag them onto the road, and set them on fire, according to court documents.
those documents stated the group then proceeded to smash out the windows of a d.c. fire and vehicle outside of a firehouse.
then, after following the group for approximately 28 minutes, officers said members of the group smashed out large plate glass windows from starbucks coffee, bank and wells fargo bank and lit a limousine on fire.
police said the group incited a riot by organizing, promoting, encouraging and participating in acts of violence.
cbs 6 reached out to county fire for comment.
someone in human resources said was still employed, but has been reassigned to an administrative position. they also say would remain in that role until a decision was made in the case, but she likely would not be able to remain a firefighter if she was convicted of a felony.
she is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on march 9, 2017.
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pliz ɪˈneɪbəl ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt tɪ wɔʧ ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkaʊnti, va*. ə vərˈʤɪnjə ˈfaɪrˌfaɪtər həz bɪn ˌriəˈsaɪnd ˈæftər ʃi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd fər ˈraɪətɪŋ ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən d.c*. ɔn ˌɪˌnɔgjəˈreɪʃən deɪ. kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts steɪt ˈroʊzə wɑz ə pɑrt əv ən ˈænərˌkɪst grup ðət dɪsˈrəptɪd ˌɪˌnɔgjəˈreɪʃən ɪˈvɛnts baɪ sˈmæʃɪŋ ˈwɪndoʊz ənd ˈsɛtɪŋ θɪŋz ɔn faɪər. wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˈfɛləni ˈraɪətɪŋ ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ðə ˈɪnsədənts ðət kɔzd ˈdæmɪʤ ɪn ˈɛkˌsɛs əv əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts. ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts sɛd ˈɔfɪsərz wɪθ ðə ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt wər ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ə plænd əˈsɛmbli əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ðət wər noʊn tɪ bi əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ən ˈænərˌkɪst grup. ðeɪ sɛd ðeɪ hæd praɪər ˈnɑlɪʤ əv ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnt tɪ dɪsˈrəpt ækˈtɪvɪtiz, ɪn pɑrt bɪˈkəz əv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpoʊstɪŋz. ˈmɛni ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə grup, ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd tɪ bi ɪn ˈɛkˌsɛs əv 300 ˈpipəl, wər ˈkɛriɪŋ ˈænərˌkɪst flægz, ˈwɛrɪŋ blæk ˈkloʊðɪŋ, ənd blæk ˌbænˈdænəz ənd mæsks, pəˈlis sɛd. ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə grup wər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkɛriɪŋ ˈwɛpənz, laɪk ə ˈhæmər ənd ə ˈbeɪsˈbɔl bæt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts. ðə ˈɪnsədənt ɪn kˈwɛʃən ˈhæpənd əraʊnd 10 a.m*. ˌɪˌnɔgjəˈreɪʃən ˈmɔrnɪŋ nɪr ðə ˌɪntərˈsɛkʃən əv ənd oʊ strit. ˈɔfɪsərz əbˈzərvd ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə grup tɪr træʃ kænz ənd ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈbɑksɪz ɔf əv ðə strit, dræg ðɛm ˈɔntu ðə roʊd, ənd sɛt ðɛm ɔn faɪər, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts. ðoʊz ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈsteɪtɪd ðə grup ðɛn prəˈsidəd tɪ smæʃ aʊt ðə ˈwɪndoʊz əv ə d.c*. faɪər ənd ˈviɪkəl ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ə ˈfaɪərˌhaʊs. ðɛn, ˈæftər ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə grup fər əˈprɑksəmətli 28 ˈmɪnəts, ˈɔfɪsərz sɛd ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə grup smæʃt aʊt lɑrʤ pleɪt glæs ˈwɪndoʊz frəm ˈstɑrˌbəks ˈkɔfi, bæŋk ənd wɛlz ˈfɑrˌgoʊ bæŋk ənd lɪt ə ˈlɪməˌzin ɔn faɪər. pəˈlis sɛd ðə grup ˌɪnˈsaɪtɪd ə raɪət baɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzɪŋ, prəˈmoʊtɪŋ, ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ənd pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ɪn ækts əv ˈvaɪələns. ˈsiˌbiˌɛs 6 riʧt aʊt tɪ ˈkaʊnti faɪər fər ˈkɑmɛnt. ˈsəmˌwən ɪn ˈjumən ˈrisɔrsɪz sɛd wɑz stɪl ɪmˈplɔɪd, bət həz bɪn ˌriəˈsaɪnd tɪ ən ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv pəˈzɪʃən. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ seɪ wʊd rɪˈmeɪn ɪn ðət roʊl ənˈtɪl ə dɪˈsɪʒən wɑz meɪd ɪn ðə keɪs, bət ʃi ˈlaɪkli wʊd nɑt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ə ˈfaɪrˌfaɪtər ɪf ʃi wɑz kənˈvɪktəd əv ə ˈfɛləni. ʃi ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ əˈpɪr ɪn kɔrt fər ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ˈhirɪŋ ɔn mɑrʧ 9 2017
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nine inch nails lashed out at promoters and saying they 'fucked us'
biffy have responded to comments made by nine inch nails trent after he insulted the band at reading festival, accusing the us of having “basically spat his dummy out”.
reznor lashed out at reading festival promoters and, saying they “fucked us” on the production prior to their performance directly before the scottish headliners. this afternoon before nine inch nails were due to play, about the performance, writing “should be an unusual show tonight at lying promoter and the band following us (whoever the fuck they are) fucked us on our production.”
biffy simon neil has now responded to’s claims, stating that, “he basically spat his dummy out.” he added: “nine inch nails are a huge band and been headlining loads of festivals everywhere and i think their manager or someone told him they headlining reading and leeds, god forbid, and he decided to take it out on us.”
speaking to faster louder, neil continued: “he played with us on the friday night and there was no problem. he care about the leeds bands obviously and he knew damn fine who we were, so i think he was just being obnoxious.”
earlier this year, told that his brand new stage show, inspired by talking heads‘ 1983 stop making sense tour, was redesigned from scratch to work outdoors. “in terms of physical components, actually low-tech,” he said.
reading and leeds festival boss melvin benn also responded to’s tweets, saying: “the truth is no truth in the statement. the contract changed since they signed up to it.” asked if was perhaps feeling a bit sore about playing before a band he heard of, he said, “i possibly comment.”
check out our gallery of all the best photos from reading and leeds festival 2013
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naɪn ɪnʧ neɪlz læʃt aʊt æt prəˈmoʊtərz ənd seɪɪŋ ðeɪ 'fəkt ˈjuˈɛs' hæv rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnts meɪd baɪ naɪn ɪnʧ neɪlz trɛnt ˈæftər hi ˌɪnˈsəltɪd ðə bænd æt ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈfɛstɪvəl, əˈkjuzɪŋ ðə ˈjuˈɛs əv ˈhævɪŋ spæt hɪz ˈdəmi out”*”. læʃt aʊt æt ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈfɛstɪvəl prəˈmoʊtərz ənd, seɪɪŋ ðeɪ us”*” ɔn ðə pərˈdəkʃən praɪər tɪ ðɛr pərˈfɔrməns dɪˈrɛkli ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈhɛˌdlaɪnərz. ðɪs ˌæftərˈnun ˌbiˈfɔr naɪn ɪnʧ neɪlz wər du tɪ pleɪ, əˈbaʊt ðə pərˈfɔrməns, ˈraɪtɪŋ bi ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl ʃoʊ təˈnaɪt æt laɪɪŋ prəˈmoʊtər ənd ðə bænd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs (huˈɛvər ðə fək ðeɪ ər) fəkt ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ɑr production.”*.” ˈsaɪmən nil həz naʊ rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ kleɪmz, ˈsteɪtɪŋ ðət, ˈbeɪsɪkli spæt hɪz ˈdəmi out.”*.” hi ˈædɪd: ɪnʧ neɪlz ər ə juʤ bænd ənd bɪn ˈhɛˌdlaɪnɪŋ loʊdz əv ˈfɛstɪvəlz ˈɛvriˌwɛr ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ˈmænɪʤər ər ˈsəmˌwən toʊld ɪm ðeɪ ˈhɛˌdlaɪnɪŋ ˈrɛdɪŋ ənd lidz, gɑd fərˈbɪd, ənd hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ teɪk ɪt aʊt ɔn us.”*.” ˈspikɪŋ tɪ ˈfæstər ˈlaʊdər, nil kənˈtɪnjud: pleɪd wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ðə ˈfraɪˌdeɪ naɪt ənd ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈprɑbləm. hi kɛr əˈbaʊt ðə lidz bændz ˈɑbviəsli ənd hi nu dæm faɪn hu wi wər, soʊ aɪ θɪŋk hi wɑz ʤɪst biɪŋ obnoxious.”*.” ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, toʊld ðət hɪz brænd nu steɪʤ ʃoʊ, ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ˈtɔkɪŋ heads‘*‘ 1983 stɑp ˈmeɪkɪŋ sɛns tʊr, wɑz ˌridɪˈzaɪnd frəm skræʧ tɪ wərk ˈaʊtˈdɔrz. tərmz əv ˈfɪzɪkəl kəmˈpoʊnənts, ˈæˌkʧuəli low-tech,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈrɛdɪŋ ənd lidz ˈfɛstɪvəl bɔs ˈmɛlvɪn bɛn ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ tweets*, seɪɪŋ: truθ ɪz noʊ truθ ɪn ðə ˈsteɪtmənt. ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt ʧeɪnʤd sɪns ðeɪ saɪnd əp tɪ it.”*.” æst ɪf wɑz pərˈhæps ˈfilɪŋ ə bɪt sɔr əˈbaʊt pleɪɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ə bænd hi hərd əv, hi sɛd, ˈpɑsəbli comment.”*.” ʧɛk aʊt ɑr ˈgæləri əv ɔl ðə bɛst ˈfoʊˌtoʊz frəm ˈrɛdɪŋ ənd lidz ˈfɛstɪvəl 2013
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biggie smalls: the voice that influenced a generation
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he recorded as the notorious b.i.g. people knew him as biggie smalls, or biggie. he was murdered when he was only 24 years old. yet he's one of the most revered, emulated and rappers in the game.
biggie's voice doesn't sound like anybody else's. it's plummy, wheezy, humid. it sounds like it comes from deeper in his chest than other people's voices.
he learned diction and phrasing from jazz saxophonist donald harrison, when biggie was just a teenager in brooklyn and still went by the name chris wallace.
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"the first time i spoke with chris, the notorious b.i.g., he was on the stoop," harrison says. "i was passing by and he just said 'hello.' we started talking and it grew into a friendship. he was a lot younger, but he wanted to learn about music. and that was magic words to my ears."
harrison wanted to make his neighbor a jazz musician. he gave him homework, made him learn how to scat a cannonball adderley solo and listen to charlie parker and ella fitzgerald. "we worked on various and speed and agility," harrison says. "you have to slow things down really slow and take the time to phrase each note."
biggie started rapping with his friends sam hubert and mike bynum when they were 10 or 11 years old. hubert met biggie in day care, and he became.
"we tried to go to the studio at the age, i believe, of 13. my man mike's dad dropped us off. it was crazy. people don't know that he really did take it serious at a young age," hubert says. "things kind of seemed to come easy to him, but that was from a lot of really being focused on getting as good as you could. so all of these things were part of chris' early development, when he was mc cwest, and it was like he was on a quest to become the greatest of all time."
hubert says even after all that hard work and despite his obvious talent, big lost focus for a while.
"he was on course to just be a brilliant student, college grad, possible doctor, lawyer," he says. "but the pull of the streets it grabbed him, and he went that route. by 16 he was already gone. neck deep in it. so him and his mom had a big fallout because he basically stepped off the path." hubert says there wasn't much mom, a teacher, could do about his choice. "what are you gonna do? go out to the corner every day and bring him in the house by his ear? it's not gonna happen."
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big dropped out of high school after his freshman year. he reportedly began selling drugs, but he kept practicing. at least one person shot video of him on the street in brooklyn when he was 17.
a local named 50 grand made a for big that ended up in the source magazine's unsigned hype column. puff daddy heard it and eventually signed big to a deal. by 1993, he had a song in the movie who's the man? called "party and bulls--t."
with the wit and presence evident on that song, biggie put other rappers on notice. but what he had more than anything else was flow. that's how rappers pace the voicing of their lyrics. they choose a rhythmic pattern to match each beat. rapper met biggie when big was rapping on street corners. he describes flow this way: "flow is like water. it's like current. it's the fluidity of your words and how you can slow it up, pick it up, chop it up. you can take a slow beat and flow fast on it because it's the structure of the words. or you could take a fast beat and really screw it up and make it slow. flow is a beautiful thing."
az says you can hear that on song "warning."
"i don't care where, what part of the earth you're from, when you listen to it, the dialogue is slow enough for you to digest it," he says. "when you actually tell a story and be descriptive, that takes talent."
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biggie so impressed his peers in the that almost every new york rapper has recorded a song that includes a to him. "big influenced a generation. this whole generation took pieces and bits," says. "everybody took a piece out of big that's on the charts right now. everybody."
and he only released two albums. on some of his songs, big tells true stories. but on some of them he spins the kind of homeric tales of street lore that can be heard in a lot of rap. there's violence in them, and guns and drugs.
"the chris i knew was a good guy," harrison says. "he wasn't the guy who did all these things. he was really looking for love and acceptance at the end of the day. that's what he was looking for. and he paid a price for looking for love."
biggie was shot to death march 9, 1997, only 6 months after tupac shakur was murdered. the two rappers had been friends, and there's a lot of speculation that their killings were connected.
big's friends still have a hard time talking about the music that he made. after all, in a way, their friend lost his life because of rap. "i can't wear a biggie t-shirt, you know that, right?" hubert says. "the pain is deeper than just, than what you could imagine. it's not on the surface."
hubert says if big had lived, the rap game would be very different today. he was so young just starting to push the boundaries of his genre and tell stories about people whose voices don't get heard.
as says, at the end of the day, rapping is about bringing people into your world. that's what big used his voice for.
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ˈbɪgi smɔlz: ðə vɔɪs ðət ˈɪnfluənst ə ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən bæd bɔɪ ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt hi rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɛz ðə noʊˈtɔriəs b.i.g*. ˈpipəl nu ɪm ɛz ˈbɪgi smɔlz, ər ˈbɪgi. hi wɑz ˈmərdərd wɪn hi wɑz ˈoʊnli 24 jɪrz oʊld. jɛt hiz wən əv ðə moʊst rɪˈvɪrd, ˈɛmjəˌleɪtɪd ənd ˈræpərz ɪn ðə geɪm. vɔɪs ˈdəzənt saʊnd laɪk ˈɛnibədi ˈɛlsɪz. ɪts plummy*, wheezy*, ˈjumɪd. ɪt saʊnz laɪk ɪt kəmz frəm ˈdipər ɪn hɪz ʧɛst ðən ˈəðər ˈpipəlz ˈvɔɪsɪz. hi ˈlərnɪd ˈdɪkʃən ənd ˈfreɪzɪŋ frəm ʤæz ˈsæksəˌfoʊnɪst ˈdɑnəld ˈhɛrɪsən, wɪn ˈbɪgi wɑz ʤɪst ə ˈtiˌneɪʤər ɪn ˈbrʊklɪn ənd stɪl wɛnt baɪ ðə neɪm krɪs ˈwɔlɪs. ˈjuˌtub "ðə fərst taɪm aɪ spoʊk wɪθ krɪs, ðə noʊˈtɔriəs b.i.g*., hi wɑz ɔn ðə stup," ˈhɛrɪsən sɪz. "aɪ wɑz ˈpæsɪŋ baɪ ənd hi ʤɪst sɛd 'hɛˈloʊ.' wi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈtɔkɪŋ ənd ɪt gru ˈɪntu ə ˈfrɛndʃɪp. hi wɑz ə lɔt ˈjəŋgər, bət hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ lərn əˈbaʊt mˈjuzɪk. ənd ðət wɑz ˈmæʤɪk wərdz tɪ maɪ ɪrz." ˈhɛrɪsən ˈwɔntɪd tɪ meɪk hɪz ˈneɪbər ə ʤæz mjuˈzɪʃən. hi geɪv ɪm ˈhoʊmˌwərk, meɪd ɪm lərn haʊ tɪ skæt ə ˈkænənˌbɔl əˈdərli ˈsoʊˌloʊ ənd ˈlɪsən tɪ ˈʧɑrli ˈpɑrkər ənd ˈɛlə fɪtsˈʤɛrəld. "wi wərkt ɔn ˈvɛriəs ənd spid ənd əˈʤɪləti," ˈhɛrɪsən sɪz. "ju hæv tɪ sloʊ θɪŋz daʊn ˈrɪli sloʊ ənd teɪk ðə taɪm tɪ freɪz iʧ noʊt." ˈbɪgi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈræpɪŋ wɪθ hɪz frɛndz sæm ˈhjubərt ənd maɪk ˈbɪnəm wɪn ðeɪ wər 10 ər 11 jɪrz oʊld. ˈhjubərt mɛt ˈbɪgi ɪn deɪ kɛr, ənd hi bɪˈkeɪm. "wi traɪd tɪ goʊ tɪ ðə ˈstudiˌoʊ æt ðə eɪʤ, aɪ bɪˈliv, əv 13 maɪ mæn maɪks dæd drɑpt ˈjuˈɛs ɔf. ɪt wɑz ˈkreɪzi. ˈpipəl doʊnt noʊ ðət hi ˈrɪli dɪd teɪk ɪt ˈsɪriəs æt ə jəŋ eɪʤ," ˈhjubərt sɪz. "θɪŋz kaɪnd əv simd tɪ kəm ˈizi tɪ ɪm, bət ðət wɑz frəm ə lɔt əv ˈrɪli biɪŋ ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ˈgɪtɪŋ ɛz gʊd ɛz ju kʊd. soʊ ɔl əv ðiz θɪŋz wər pɑrt əv krɪs' ˈərli dɪˈvɛləpmənt, wɪn hi wɑz ˈɛmˈsi cwest*, ənd ɪt wɑz laɪk hi wɑz ɔn ə kwɛst tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə ˈgreɪtəst əv ɔl taɪm." ˈhjubərt sɪz ˈivɪn ˈæftər ɔl ðət hɑrd wərk ənd dɪˈspaɪt hɪz ˈɑbviəs ˈtælənt, bɪg lɔst ˈfoʊkɪs fər ə waɪl. "hi wɑz ɔn kɔrs tɪ ʤɪst bi ə ˈbrɪljənt ˈstudənt, ˈkɑlɪʤ græd, ˈpɑsəbəl ˈdɔktər, ˈlɔjər," hi sɪz. "bət ðə pʊl əv ðə strits ɪt græbd ɪm, ənd hi wɛnt ðət rut. baɪ 16 hi wɑz ɔˈrɛdi gɔn. nɛk dip ɪn ɪt. soʊ ɪm ənd hɪz mɑm hæd ə bɪg ˈfɔˌlaʊt bɪˈkəz hi ˈbeɪsɪkli stɛpt ɔf ðə pæθ." ˈhjubərt sɪz ðɛr ˈwəzənt məʧ mɑm, ə ˈtiʧər, kʊd du əˈbaʊt hɪz ʧɔɪs. "wət ər ju ˈgɑnə du? goʊ aʊt tɪ ðə ˈkɔrnər ˈɛvəri deɪ ənd brɪŋ ɪm ɪn ðə haʊs baɪ hɪz ɪr? ɪts nɑt ˈgɑnə ˈhæpən." ˈjuˌtub bɪg drɑpt aʊt əv haɪ skul ˈæftər hɪz ˈfrɛʃmən jɪr. hi rɪˈpɔrtədli bɪˈgæn ˈsɛlɪŋ drəgz, bət hi kɛpt ˈpræktɪsɪŋ. æt list wən ˈpərsən ʃɑt ˈvɪdioʊ əv ɪm ɔn ðə strit ɪn ˈbrʊklɪn wɪn hi wɑz 17 ə ˈloʊkəl neɪmd 50 grænd meɪd ə fər bɪg ðət ˈɛndɪd əp ɪn ðə sɔrs ˈmægəˌzinz ənˈsaɪnd haɪp ˈkɑləm. pəf ˈdædi hərd ɪt ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli saɪnd bɪg tɪ ə dil. baɪ 1993 hi hæd ə sɔŋ ɪn ðə ˈmuvi huz ðə mæn? kɔld "ˈpɑrti ənd bulls--t*." wɪθ ðə wɪt ənd ˈprɛzəns ˈɛvədənt ɔn ðət sɔŋ, ˈbɪgi pʊt ˈəðər ˈræpərz ɔn ˈnoʊtɪs. bət wət hi hæd mɔr ðən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls wɑz floʊ. ðæts haʊ ˈræpərz peɪs ðə ˈvɔɪsɪŋ əv ðɛr ˈlɪrɪks. ðeɪ ʧuz ə ˈrɪðmɪk ˈpætərn tɪ mæʧ iʧ bit. ˈræpər mɛt ˈbɪgi wɪn bɪg wɑz ˈræpɪŋ ɔn strit ˈkɔrnərz. hi dɪˈskraɪbz floʊ ðɪs weɪ: "floʊ ɪz laɪk ˈwɔtər. ɪts laɪk ˈkɑrənt. ɪts ðə fluˈɪdəti əv jʊr wərdz ənd haʊ ju kən sloʊ ɪt əp, pɪk ɪt əp, ʧɑp ɪt əp. ju kən teɪk ə sloʊ bit ənd floʊ fæst ɔn ɪt bɪˈkəz ɪts ðə ˈstrəkʧər əv ðə wərdz. ər ju kʊd teɪk ə fæst bit ənd ˈrɪli skru ɪt əp ənd meɪk ɪt sloʊ. floʊ ɪz ə ˈbjutəfəl θɪŋ." sɪz ju kən hir ðət ɔn sɔŋ "ˈwɔrnɪŋ." "aɪ doʊnt kɛr wɛr, wət pɑrt əv ðə ərθ jʊr frəm, wɪn ju ˈlɪsən tɪ ɪt, ðə ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ɪz sloʊ ɪˈnəf fər ju tɪ ˈdaɪʤɛst ɪt," hi sɪz. "wɪn ju ˈæˌkʧuəli tɛl ə ˈstɔri ənd bi dɪˈskrɪptɪv, ðət teɪks ˈtælənt." ˈjuˌtub ˈbɪgi soʊ ˌɪmˈprɛst hɪz pɪrz ɪn ðə ðət ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri nu jɔrk ˈræpər həz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ə sɔŋ ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ə tɪ ɪm. "bɪg ˈɪnfluənst ə ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. ðɪs hoʊl ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən tʊk ˈpisɪz ənd bɪts," sɪz. "ˈɛvriˌbɑdi tʊk ə pis aʊt əv bɪg ðæts ɔn ðə ʧɑrts raɪt naʊ. ˈɛvriˌbɑdi." ənd hi ˈoʊnli riˈlist tu ˈælbəmz. ɔn səm əv hɪz sɔŋz, bɪg tɛlz tru ˈstɔriz. bət ɔn səm əv ðɛm hi spɪnz ðə kaɪnd əv hoʊˈmɛrɪk teɪlz əv strit lɔr ðət kən bi hərd ɪn ə lɔt əv ræp. ðɛrz ˈvaɪələns ɪn ðɛm, ənd gənz ənd drəgz. "ðə krɪs aɪ nu wɑz ə gʊd gaɪ," ˈhɛrɪsən sɪz. "hi ˈwəzənt ðə gaɪ hu dɪd ɔl ðiz θɪŋz. hi wɑz ˈrɪli ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ləv ənd əkˈsɛptəns æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ. ðæts wət hi wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ fər. ənd hi peɪd ə praɪs fər ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ləv." ˈbɪgi wɑz ʃɑt tɪ dɛθ mɑrʧ 9 1997 ˈoʊnli 6 mənθs ˈæftər ˈtupɔk ˈʃɑkər wɑz ˈmərdərd. ðə tu ˈræpərz hæd bɪn frɛndz, ənd ðɛrz ə lɔt əv ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən ðət ðɛr ˈkɪlɪŋz wər kəˈnɛktɪd. frɛndz stɪl hæv ə hɑrd taɪm ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə mˈjuzɪk ðət hi meɪd. ˈæftər ɔl, ɪn ə weɪ, ðɛr frɛnd lɔst hɪz laɪf bɪˈkəz əv ræp. "aɪ kænt wɛr ə ˈbɪgi ˈtiˌsərt, ju noʊ ðət, raɪt?" ˈhjubərt sɪz. "ðə peɪn ɪz ˈdipər ðən ʤɪst, ðən wət ju kʊd ˌɪˈmæʤən. ɪts nɑt ɔn ðə ˈsərfəs." ˈhjubərt sɪz ɪf bɪg hæd lɪvd, ðə ræp geɪm wʊd bi ˈvɛri ˈdɪfərənt təˈdeɪ. hi wɑz soʊ jəŋ ʤɪst ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ pʊʃ ðə ˈbaʊndəriz əv hɪz ˈʒɑnrə ənd tɛl ˈstɔriz əˈbaʊt ˈpipəl huz ˈvɔɪsɪz doʊnt gɪt hərd. ɛz sɪz, æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, ˈræpɪŋ ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈpipəl ˈɪntu jʊr wərld. ðæts wət bɪg juzd hɪz vɔɪs fər.
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it sounds crazy, but million people in the united states still use aol to connect to the internet.
beep-beep-beep. chcck. eeeerrrhhrr. bhrrrh. hccccchhh-zzzzzzzzz. that. they hear that.
that number was in quarterly earnings report friday.
it's shocking, given that 70% of americans connect to the internet over much faster broadband. the average u.s. broadband speed is per second. that's 200 times faster than's 56 per second.
even are more than 100 times faster than that.
that modem connection essentially means million people experience the web like it's 1995, with simple pictures slowly downloading top-to-bottom. remember that?
except it's actually worse. nowadays, the most popular websites are layered with software that slow down your experience.
facebook (fb) has videos that automatically play themselves. youtube displays interactive advertisements with buttons. twitter (twtr) is full of -- moving images that are a few seconds long and repeat endlessly.
on broadband, these extra lines of computer code add to the data we download.
and get ready for this. some of these aol customers are still paying for this. the average aol user is paying $20 a month -- a dollar more than last year.
aol (aol) says its million customers include some subscribers who are paying "reduced monthly fees." there are some who aren't paying at all, because they threatened to leave aol, so the company gave them a discount. (this is an old trick to reducing your bill.) it also includes people on free trials. (who just joined this club?).
but if you crunch the numbers, that means some people are actually paying more than $20 a month to get internet from aol. and it would take these people about four minutes to download this popular of an old man dancing at a party.
so, who are these people? a 2009 study from the pew research center sheds some insight: 32% of users said they couldn't afford to upgrade. most of the rest said broadband either wasn't available -- or they just didn't care to change.
the numbers from aol show these people are stubborn. the number of subscribers plummeted in the mid-2000s, but since then the decline has been pretty slow. aol counted million users in 2010, and only people or so leave every year.
at this rate, there will still be users out there in 2019.
keep in mind, this comes at a time when the federal communications commission says staying connected is so important, it's regulating high-speed internet as a public utility. that's why the adopted historic internet rules in february.
but if you're reading this on aol, don't bother to click that last link. there's an video. we at don't want to blow up your desktop computer.
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ɪt saʊnz ˈkreɪzi, bət ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts stɪl juz əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn tɪ kəˈnɛkt tɪ ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. beep-beep-beep*. chcck*. eeeerrrhhrr*. bhrrrh*. hccccchhh-zzzzzzzzz*. ðət. ðeɪ hir ðət. ðət ˈnəmbər wɑz ɪn kˈwɔrtərli ˈərnɪŋz rɪˈpɔrt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ɪts ˈʃɑkɪŋ, ˈgɪvɪn ðət 70 əv əˈmɛrɪkənz kəˈnɛkt tɪ ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈoʊvər məʧ ˈfæstər ˈbrɔdˌbænd. ðə ˈævərɪʤ juz. ˈbrɔdˌbænd spid ɪz pər ˈsɛkənd. ðæts 200 taɪmz ˈfæstər ðən 56 pər ˈsɛkənd. ˈivɪn ər mɔr ðən 100 taɪmz ˈfæstər ðən ðət. ðət ˈmoʊdəm kəˈnɛkʃən ɛˈsɛnʃəli minz ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ɪkˈspɪriəns ðə wɛb laɪk ɪts 1995 wɪθ ˈsɪmpəl ˈpɪkʧərz sˈloʊli ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪŋ top-to-bottom*. rɪˈmɛmbər ðət? ɪkˈsɛpt ɪts ˈæˌkʧuəli wərs. ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz, ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈwɛbˌsaɪts ər leɪərd wɪθ ˈsɔfˌwɛr ðət sloʊ daʊn jʊr ɪkˈspɪriəns. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk (fb*) həz ˈvɪdioʊz ðət ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli pleɪ ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ˈjuˌtub dɪˈspleɪz ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts wɪθ ˈbətənz. tˈwɪtər (twtr*) ɪz fʊl əv ˈmuvɪŋ ˈɪmɪʤɪz ðət ər ə fju ˈsɛkəndz lɔŋ ənd rɪˈpit ˈɛndləsli. ɔn ˈbrɔdˌbænd, ðiz ˈɛkstrə laɪnz əv kəmˈpjutər koʊd æd tɪ ðə ˈdætə wi ˈdaʊnˌloʊd. ənd gɪt ˈrɛdi fər ðɪs. səm əv ðiz əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn ˈkəstəmərz ər stɪl peɪɪŋ fər ðɪs. ðə ˈævərɪʤ əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn ˈjuzər ɪz peɪɪŋ 20 ə mənθ ə ˈdɔlər mɔr ðən læst jɪr. əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn (əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn) sɪz ɪts ˈmɪljən ˈkəstəmərz ˌɪnˈklud səm səbˈskraɪbərz hu ər peɪɪŋ "rɪˈdust ˈmənθli fiz." ðɛr ər səm hu ˈɑrənt peɪɪŋ æt ɔl, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ θˈrɛtənd tɪ liv əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn, soʊ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni geɪv ðɛm ə ˈdɪskaʊnt. (ðɪs ɪz ən oʊld trɪk tɪ rɪˈdusɪŋ jʊr bɪl.) ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludz ˈpipəl ɔn fri traɪəlz. (hu ʤɪst ʤɔɪnd ðɪs kləb?). bət ɪf ju krənʧ ðə ˈnəmbərz, ðət minz səm ˈpipəl ər ˈæˌkʧuəli peɪɪŋ mɔr ðən 20 ə mənθ tɪ gɪt ˈɪntərˌnɛt frəm əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn. ənd ɪt wʊd teɪk ðiz ˈpipəl əˈbaʊt fɔr ˈmɪnəts tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðɪs ˈpɑpjələr əv ən oʊld mæn ˈdænsɪŋ æt ə ˈpɑrti. soʊ, hu ər ðiz ˈpipəl? ə 2009 ˈstədi frəm ðə pju ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnər ʃɛdz səm ˈɪnˌsaɪt: 32 əv ˈjuzərz sɛd ðeɪ ˈkʊdənt əˈfɔrd tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd. moʊst əv ðə rɛst sɛd ˈbrɔdˌbænd ˈiðər ˈwəzənt əˈveɪləbəl ər ðeɪ ʤɪst ˈdɪdənt kɛr tɪ ʧeɪnʤ. ðə ˈnəmbərz frəm əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn ʃoʊ ðiz ˈpipəl ər ˈstəbərn. ðə ˈnəmbər əv səbˈskraɪbərz ˈpləmətɪd ɪn ðə mid-2000s*, bət sɪns ðɛn ðə dɪˈklaɪn həz bɪn ˈprɪti sloʊ. əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn ˈkaʊntɪd ˈmɪljən ˈjuzərz ɪn 2010 ənd ˈoʊnli ˈpipəl ər soʊ liv ˈɛvəri jɪr. æt ðɪs reɪt, ðɛr wɪl stɪl bi ˈjuzərz aʊt ðɛr ɪn 2019 kip ɪn maɪnd, ðɪs kəmz æt ə taɪm wɪn ðə ˈfɛdərəl kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz kəˈmɪʃən sɪz steɪɪŋ kəˈnɛktɪd ɪz soʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt, ɪts ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪŋ ˈhaɪˌspid ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɛz ə ˈpəblɪk juˈtɪləti. ðæts waɪ ðə əˈdɑptəd hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈɪntərˌnɛt rulz ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri. bət ɪf jʊr ˈrɛdɪŋ ðɪs ɔn əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn, doʊnt ˈbɑðər tɪ klɪk ðət læst lɪŋk. ðɛrz ən ˈvɪdioʊ. wi æt doʊnt wɔnt tɪ bloʊ əp jʊr ˈdɛskˌtɑp kəmˈpjutər.
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we describe a machine learning technique for reconstructing image sequences rendered using monte carlo methods. our primary focus is on reconstruction of global illumination with extremely low sampling budgets at interactive rates. motivated by recent advances in image restoration with deep networks, we propose a variant of these networks better suited to the class of noise present in monte carlo rendering. we allow for much larger pixel neighborhoods to be taken into account, while also improving execution speed by an order of magnitude. our primary contribution is the addition of recurrent connections to the network in order to drastically improve temporal stability for sequences of sparsely sampled input images. our method also has the desirable property of automatically modeling relationships based on auxiliary input channels, such as depth and normals. we show significantly higher quality results compared to existing methods that run at comparable speeds, and furthermore argue a clear path for making our method run at realtime rates in the near future
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wi dɪˈskraɪb ə məˈʃin ˈlərnɪŋ tɛkˈnik fər ˌrikənˈstrəktɪŋ ˈɪmɪʤ ˈsikwənsɪz ˈrɛndərd ˈjuzɪŋ ˈmɑnti ˈkɑrloʊ ˈmɛθədz. ɑr ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈfoʊkɪs ɪz ɔn ˌrikənˈstrəkʃən əv ˈgloʊbəl ˌɪˌluməˈneɪʃən wɪθ ɪkˈstrimli loʊ ˈsæmplɪŋ ˈbəʤɪts æt ˌɪnərˈæktɪv reɪts. ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ˈrisənt ədˈvænsɪz ɪn ˈɪmɪʤ ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən wɪθ dip ˈnɛtˌwərks, wi prəˈpoʊz ə ˈvɛriənt əv ðiz ˈnɛtˌwərks ˈbɛtər ˈsutɪd tɪ ðə klæs əv nɔɪz ˈprɛzənt ɪn ˈmɑnti ˈkɑrloʊ ˈrɛndərɪŋ. wi əˈlaʊ fər məʧ ˈlɑrʤər ˈpɪksəl ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz tɪ bi ˈteɪkən ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt, waɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən spid baɪ ən ˈɔrdər əv ˈmægnəˌtud. ɑr ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən ɪz ðə əˈdɪʃən əv rɪˈkərənt kəˈnɛkʃənz tɪ ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈdræstɪkli ˌɪmˈpruv ˈtɛmpərəl stəˈbɪlɪti fər ˈsikwənsɪz əv ˈspɑrsli ˈsæmpəld ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈɪmɪʤɪz. ɑr ˈmɛθəd ˈɔlsoʊ həz ðə dɪˈzaɪərəbəl ˈprɑpərti əv ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli ˈmɑdəlɪŋ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps beɪst ɔn ɑgˈzɪljəri ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈʧænəlz, səʧ ɛz dɛpθ ənd normals*. wi ʃoʊ sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli haɪər kˈwɑləti rɪˈzəlts kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈmɛθədz ðət rən æt ˈkɑmprəbəl spidz, ənd ˈfərðərˌmɔr ˈɑrgju ə klɪr pæθ fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɑr ˈmɛθəd rən æt ˈriəlˌtaɪm reɪts ɪn ðə nɪr fˈjuʧər
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according to the deal, anyone involved in the "crime of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity" was to be denied amnesty.
the top un official in the country welcomed the agreement struck on sunday (10.05.2015) between ten armed groups and the defense ministry during a peace forum in the capital,. "on the path towards peace, the step made today is a very important one," said gen. gaye, the special representative of the u.n. for central african republic.
under the agreement, the militia groups committed to renounce "armed fighting as a means of making political claims and to enter into the process of disarmament, demobilisation, and repatriation (ddrr)." some members of armed factions are to be absorbed into the army, a process which will be supported by un peacekeepers.
country's future at stake
the agreement came at the end of a peace and reconciliation forum in, where about 700 politicians, representatives of civil society groups and others came together to discuss the country's future.
among the recommendations adopted at the conference was the extension of the mandate of the transitional government.
the demobilization process will be supported by un peacekeepers
the forum called for the transitional authorities to delay planned elections amid concerns the country would be unable to prepare for them on time.
the peace forum had been convened to help end the country's conflict, which has killed thousands and displaced nearly a million people in the impoverished country.
challenge of implementation
while the top un representative in car believes a new page has now been turned, roland marchal, a senior research fellow at the centre for international studies and research in paris, remains skeptical. he argues that the nature of the groups made any agreement signed by their presumed leaders very difficult to implement at the grassroots level.
marchal estimates that the political leaders of the groups may represent only half of them, while was a movement that had been split from the very beginning. so it is unclear whether people will obey their leaders.
armed factions have agreed to release all child soldiers
he was also worried that while most fighters wanted to enter the process, the international community may only be willing to fund a much cheaper process that would not include many of those fighters. "therefore it would create a lot of bitterness among those who are left out," marchal told dw.
the expert on car said because the groups behaved like thugs, people tended to overlook a number of social grievances reflected by the groups. "i'm not sure those grievances are being addressed in any decent manner by the so-called forum," he said.
social grievances not fully addressed
"sociologically, those armed groups are quite different, and you have to assess those differences in order to make any disarmament and demobilization plan work," marchal said. "you need some kind of a political process to make people believe that there is an option for a better car." unfortunately this was left to the elections, he said, while a number of grievances concerning citizenship, the national languages, the question of reparations for the victims as well as the status of migrants who have settled in car for a long time were not being resolved.
interim president catherine has been given more time
a transitional government led by catherine has been charged with organizing elections and restoring democratic rule, and some order has returned to the country, although there are still sporadic killings.
but roland marchal thinks the government is very much centered around and the social and political elites. "the sense that they will have to reach out to populations far away and that they will have to share the national cake with the poorer section of the population is absolutely not in the minds of those in government," he said.
political process requires leadership
"i believe the government has no interest in going to elections and addressing and shaping the political process of national reconciliation and disarmament," marchal said. "it will just move as far as the foreigners and donors are asking it to move."
for marchal the only discernible message of hope was that in many parts of the country people were taking the initiative to calm the situation and repair the social fabric of the country. but this was not due to government action; it was being done by the people themselves.
"we are still very early in a peace settlement, and my concern is that through this forum the government just gets the ability to be extended at least for six months," marchal said. he said he could not see who was going to lead the reconciliation and the political process.
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əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dil, ˈɛniˌwən ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə "kraɪm əv ˈʤɛnəˌsaɪd, wɔr kraɪmz ənd kraɪmz əˈgɛnst juˈmænɪti" wɑz tɪ bi dɪˈnaɪd ˈæmnəsti. ðə tɔp ˈjuˈɛn əˈfɪʃəl ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ˈwɛlkəmd ðə əˈgrimənt strək ɔn ˈsənˌdi bɪtˈwin tɛn ɑrmd grups ənd ðə dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstri ˈdʊrɪŋ ə pis ˈfɔrəm ɪn ðə ˈkæpɪtəl,. "ɔn ðə pæθ təˈwɔrdz pis, ðə stɛp meɪd təˈdeɪ ɪz ə ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt wən," sɛd ʤɛn. geɪ, ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv əv ðə u.n*. fər ˈsɛntrəl ˈæfrɪkɑn riˈpəblɪk. ˈəndər ðə əˈgrimənt, ðə mɪˈlɪʃə grups kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ rɪˈnaʊns "ɑrmd ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɛz ə minz əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ pəˈlɪtɪkəl kleɪmz ənd tɪ ˈɛnər ˈɪntu ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv dɪˈsɑrməmənt, demobilisation*, ənd riˌpeɪtriˈeɪʃən (ddrr*)." səm ˈmɛmbərz əv ɑrmd ˈfækʃənz ər tɪ bi əbˈzɔrbd ˈɪntu ðə ˈɑrmi, ə ˈprɔˌsɛs wɪʧ wɪl bi səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ˈjuˈɛn ˈpiˌskipərz. ˈkəntriz fˈjuʧər æt steɪk ðə əˈgrimənt keɪm æt ðə ɛnd əv ə pis ənd ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən ˈfɔrəm ɪn, wɛr əˈbaʊt 700 ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz, ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz əv ˈsɪvəl soʊˈsaɪɪti grups ənd ˈəðərz keɪm təˈgɛðər tɪ dɪˈskəs ðə ˈkəntriz fˈjuʧər. əˈməŋ ðə ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz əˈdɑptəd æt ðə ˈkɑnfərəns wɑz ðə ɪkˈstɛnʃən əv ðə ˈmænˌdeɪt əv ðə trænˈzɪʃənəl ˈgəvərnmənt. ðə diˌmoʊbələˈzeɪʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs wɪl bi səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ˈjuˈɛn ˈpiˌskipərz ðə ˈfɔrəm kɔld fər ðə trænˈzɪʃənəl əˈθɔrətiz tɪ dɪˈleɪ plænd ɪˈlɛkʃənz əˈmɪd kənˈsərnz ðə ˈkəntri wʊd bi əˈneɪbəl tɪ priˈpɛr fər ðɛm ɔn taɪm. ðə pis ˈfɔrəm hæd bɪn kənˈvind tɪ hɛlp ɛnd ðə ˈkəntriz ˈkɑnflɪkt, wɪʧ həz kɪld ˈθaʊzənz ənd dɪˈspleɪst ˈnɪrli ə ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ɪn ðə ˌɪmˈpɑvrɪʃt ˈkəntri. ˈʧælənʤ əv ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən waɪl ðə tɔp ˈjuˈɛn ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv ɪn kɑr bɪˈlivz ə nu peɪʤ həz naʊ bɪn tərnd, ˈroʊlənd ˈmɑrʧəl, ə ˈsinjər ˈrisərʧ ˈfɛloʊ æt ðə ˈsɛntər fər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈstədiz ənd ˈrisərʧ ɪn ˈpɛrɪs, rɪˈmeɪnz ˈskɛptɪkəl. hi ˈɑrgjuz ðət ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ðə grups meɪd ˈɛni əˈgrimənt saɪnd baɪ ðɛr prɪˈzumd ˈlidərz ˈvɛri ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt æt ðə ˈgræsˈruts ˈlɛvəl. ˈmɑrʧəl ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ðət ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈlidərz əv ðə grups meɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ˈoʊnli hæf əv ðɛm, waɪl wɑz ə ˈmuvmənt ðət hæd bɪn splɪt frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ. soʊ ɪt ɪz ənˈklɪr ˈwɛðər ˈpipəl wɪl oʊˈbeɪ ðɛr ˈlidərz. ɑrmd ˈfækʃənz hæv əˈgrid tɪ riˈlis ɔl ʧaɪld ˈsoʊlʤərz hi wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwərid ðət waɪl moʊst ˈfaɪtərz ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ˈɛnər ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs, ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kəmˈjunɪti meɪ ˈoʊnli bi ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ fənd ə məʧ ˈʧipər ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət wʊd nɑt ˌɪnˈklud ˈmɛni əv ðoʊz ˈfaɪtərz. "ˈðɛrˌfɔr ɪt wʊd kriˈeɪt ə lɔt əv ˈbɪtərnəs əˈməŋ ðoʊz hu ər lɛft aʊt," ˈmɑrʧəl toʊld dw*. ðə ˈɛkspərt ɔn kɑr sɛd bɪˈkəz ðə grups bɪˈheɪvd laɪk θəgz, ˈpipəl ˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈoʊvərˌlʊk ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈgrivənsɪz rɪˈflɛktɪd baɪ ðə grups. "əm nɑt ʃʊr ðoʊz ˈgrivənsɪz ər biɪŋ əˈdrɛst ɪn ˈɛni ˈdisənt ˈmænər baɪ ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈfɔrəm," hi sɛd. ˈsoʊʃəl ˈgrivənsɪz nɑt ˈfʊli əˈdrɛst "sociologically*, ðoʊz ɑrmd grups ər kwaɪt ˈdɪfərənt, ənd ju hæv tɪ əˈsɛs ðoʊz ˈdɪfərənsɪz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk ˈɛni dɪˈsɑrməmənt ənd diˌmoʊbələˈzeɪʃən plæn wərk," ˈmɑrʧəl sɛd. "ju nid səm kaɪnd əv ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɔˌsɛs tɪ meɪk ˈpipəl bɪˈliv ðət ðɛr ɪz ən ˈɔpʃən fər ə ˈbɛtər kɑr." ənˈfɔrʧənətli ðɪs wɑz lɛft tɪ ðə ɪˈlɛkʃənz, hi sɛd, waɪl ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈgrivənsɪz kənˈsərnɪŋ ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp, ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz, ðə kˈwɛʃən əv ˌrɛpərˈeɪʃənz fər ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˈstætəs əv ˈmaɪgrənts hu hæv ˈsɛtəld ɪn kɑr fər ə lɔŋ taɪm wər nɑt biɪŋ riˈzɑlvd. ˈɪnərəm ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈkæθərɪn həz bɪn ˈgɪvɪn mɔr taɪm ə trænˈzɪʃənəl ˈgəvərnmənt lɛd baɪ ˈkæθərɪn həz bɪn ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzɪŋ ɪˈlɛkʃənz ənd rɪˈstɔrɪŋ ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk rul, ənd səm ˈɔrdər həz rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈkəntri, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr ər stɪl spərˈædɪk ˈkɪlɪŋz. bət ˈroʊlənd ˈmɑrʧəl θɪŋks ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz ˈvɛri məʧ ˈsɛntərd əraʊnd ənd ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl ɪˈlits. "ðə sɛns ðət ðeɪ wɪl hæv tɪ riʧ aʊt tɪ ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz fɑr əˈweɪ ənd ðət ðeɪ wɪl hæv tɪ ʃɛr ðə ˈnæʃənəl keɪk wɪθ ðə ˈpurər ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪz ˌæbsəˈlutli nɑt ɪn ðə maɪndz əv ðoʊz ɪn ˈgəvərnmənt," hi sɛd. pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɔˌsɛs rikˈwaɪərz ˈlidərˌʃɪp "aɪ bɪˈliv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz noʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn goʊɪŋ tɪ ɪˈlɛkʃənz ənd æˈdrɛsɪŋ ənd ˈʃeɪpɪŋ ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˈnæʃənəl ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən ənd dɪˈsɑrməmənt," ˈmɑrʧəl sɛd. "ɪt wɪl ʤɪst muv ɛz fɑr ɛz ðə ˈfɔrənərz ənd ˈdoʊnərz ər ˈæskɪŋ ɪt tɪ muv." fər ˈmɑrʧəl ðə ˈoʊnli dɪˈsərnəbəl ˈmɛsɪʤ əv hoʊp wɑz ðət ɪn ˈmɛni pɑrts əv ðə ˈkəntri ˈpipəl wər ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv tɪ kɑm ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ənd rɪˈpɛr ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈfæbrɪk əv ðə ˈkəntri. bət ðɪs wɑz nɑt du tɪ ˈgəvərnmənt ˈækʃən; ɪt wɑz biɪŋ dən baɪ ðə ˈpipəl ðɛmˈsɛlvz. "wi ər stɪl ˈvɛri ˈərli ɪn ə pis ˈsɛtəlmənt, ənd maɪ kənˈsərn ɪz ðət θru ðɪs ˈfɔrəm ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ʤɪst gɪts ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ bi ɪkˈstɛndɪd æt list fər sɪks mənθs," ˈmɑrʧəl sɛd. hi sɛd hi kʊd nɑt si hu wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ lɛd ðə ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən ənd ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɔˌsɛs.
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warning: this post is picture heavy. seriously, it has a ton of pictures of this amazing mani.
we took so many pictures of this mani featuring bits blue eyed beer drinking music loving lawyer and colors by come dance the hora because these are both so intense and complex.
the bits polish is kind of like a glistening pool of deep blue ocean water. it's so intense and sparkly and complex, you need to see it in person to fully appreciate it's beauty. it's a stunner!
as for come dance the hora by, i knew i had to have it the first time i saw it: a linear holographic base with blue glitter dispersed throughout? amazing! it applies so well and looks stunning as well.
now both colors by and bits make fantastic - long wearing, resistant, amazing payoff, and unique colors. i am so in love with both of these brands. i should mention i used 2 coats of each polish in this mani.
okay, here's one more picture for good measure.
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ˈwɔrnɪŋ: ðɪs poʊst ɪz ˈpɪkʧər ˈhɛvi. ˈsɪriəsli, ɪt həz ə tən əv ˈpɪkʧərz əv ðɪs əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈmɑni. wi tʊk soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpɪkʧərz əv ðɪs ˈmɑni ˈfiʧərɪŋ bɪts blu aɪd bɪr ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ mˈjuzɪk ˈləvɪŋ ˈlɔjər ənd ˈkələrz baɪ kəm dæns ðə ˈhɔrə bɪˈkəz ðiz ər boʊθ soʊ ˌɪnˈtɛns ənd ˈkɑmplɛks. ðə bɪts ˈpɑlɪʃ ɪz kaɪnd əv laɪk ə ˈglɪsənɪŋ pul əv dip blu ˈoʊʃən ˈwɔtər. ɪts soʊ ˌɪnˈtɛns ənd ˈspɑrkli ənd ˈkɑmplɛks, ju nid tɪ si ɪt ɪn ˈpərsən tɪ ˈfʊli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ɪts ˈbjuti. ɪts ə ˈstənər! ɛz fər kəm dæns ðə ˈhɔrə baɪ, aɪ nu aɪ hæd tɪ hæv ɪt ðə fərst taɪm aɪ sɔ ɪt: ə ˈlɪniər ˌhɔloʊˈgræfɪk beɪs wɪθ blu ˈglɪtər dɪˈspərst θruaʊt? əˈmeɪzɪŋ! ɪt əˈplaɪz soʊ wɛl ənd lʊks ˈstənɪŋ ɛz wɛl. naʊ boʊθ ˈkələrz baɪ ənd bɪts meɪk fænˈtæstɪk lɔŋ ˈwɛrɪŋ, rɪˈzɪstənt, əˈmeɪzɪŋ peɪɔf, ənd juˈnik ˈkələrz. aɪ æm soʊ ɪn ləv wɪθ boʊθ əv ðiz brændz. aɪ ʃʊd ˈmɛnʃən aɪ juzd 2 koʊts əv iʧ ˈpɑlɪʃ ɪn ðɪs ˈmɑni. ˌoʊˈkeɪ, hɪrz wən mɔr ˈpɪkʧər fər gʊd ˈmɛʒər.
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posted on: october 26, 2016 pm
[acns, by gavin drake] an australian bishop has spoken out after it was announced that the australian football league (afl) will next year stage its first match to be played on good friday. the stadium in the docklands area of melbourne is the football stadium in australia, and the home of the. the full fixtures for the 2017 season will be published tomorrow (thursday) but the have already confirmed that north melbourne will take on the western bulldogs at the stadium on 14 april.
the approved playing matches on good friday in 2014; but this is the first match to be scheduled for the holy day. the match will have a start to avoid clashes with any good friday services taking place that afternoon.
“we accept that some football fans remain opposed to scheduling a match on good friday”, the’s general manager of clubs and operations, travis auld, said. “the decision to now schedule a match was made on the basis that our society has changed in recent decades and the majority of football fans, who are our ultimate decision-makers, share the view of our clubs who have expressed their wish to play on this day
but bishop philip huggins, from the diocese of melbourne, has the move, saying it was “another win for market, not for people.”
“we have always been ‘kicking against the wind’ but the has been one entity that has exercised restraint not least because many people of faith who also enjoy football have conveyed the depth of their feeling about good friday,” bishop huggins said. “but now, in 2017ad, this is to change.
“the trouble with this approach to life is that the heart dies a little each time the relentless and logic of the market overwhelms all other considerations. even the most sacred days, for which our forebears had the wisdom to make holy days holidays are then invaded.
“we are then left with a society full of products but short of meaning. that is what is happening and no amount of marketing spin fills the void.”
north melbourne is known by its nickname the kangaroos, or just roos, for short. their managing director, carl, told the website that they were “absolutely thrilled by the announcement.”
“it’s a tribute to this track record of innovation and a credit to all the great north people . . . who initially proposed this game in the late and early 90s,” he said.
the, the two clubs and official broadcaster channel 7 will use the match to support an appeal by the royal hospital. “there are a lot of great things we can do together to achieve some great outcomes and we will sit down in due course to discuss those with all the key stakeholders,” said.
explaining the importance of good friday, bishop huggins said that it was called good because “it spoke to people about the profound love of god, so visible in jesus.”
he continued: “the meaning of jesus’ death and resurrection is so profound that our forebears knew they needed separate days holy days to take this in and live by the truth it revealed. they knew, for their own sakes, that they must keep these days free of distraction.
“hence, we in the anglican church have taken a lead in reminding our community of this wisdom amidst the endless marketing of more products to distract and the gift of life, even on holy days.
“the fact that faithful fans will be hurt and further alienated is swept aside as a consideration. behind the rationales lies mere greed greed and a refusal to think there is any wisdom in traditions that have fed the souls of millions for countless centuries, across all kinds of cultures.”
bishop huggins himself a “passionate supporter” of victoria side said that the’s restraint until now in not scheduling matches on good friday when other codes had done so was appreciated and he urged the league to reconsider its decision to change this practice, even at this stage.
the is the senior league in australian rules football a competition played with oval balls on oval pitches. australian rules football is not the same as association football, or soccer.
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ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn: ɑkˈtoʊbər 26 2016 piɛm [acns*, baɪ ˈgævɪn dreɪk] ən ɔˈstreɪljən ˈbɪʃəp həz ˈspoʊkən aʊt ˈæftər ɪt wɑz əˈnaʊnst ðət ðə ɔˈstreɪljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl lig (afl*) wɪl nɛkst jɪr steɪʤ ɪts fərst mæʧ tɪ bi pleɪd ɔn gʊd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ðə ˈsteɪdiəm ɪn ðə ˈdɑkləndz ˈɛriə əv ˈmɛlbərn ɪz ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈsteɪdiəm ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə, ənd ðə hoʊm əv ðə. ðə fʊl ˈfɪksʧərz fər ðə 2017 ˈsizən wɪl bi ˈpəblɪʃt təˈmɑˌroʊ (ˈθərzˌdeɪ) bət ðə hæv ɔˈrɛdi kənˈfərmd ðət nɔrθ ˈmɛlbərn wɪl teɪk ɔn ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈbʊlˌdɔgz æt ðə ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn 14 ˈeɪprəl. ðə əˈpruvd pleɪɪŋ ˈmæʧɪz ɔn gʊd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ɪn 2014 bət ðɪs ɪz ðə fərst mæʧ tɪ bi ˈskɛʤʊld fər ðə ˈhoʊli deɪ. ðə mæʧ wɪl hæv ə stɑrt tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈklæʃɪz wɪθ ˈɛni gʊd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ pleɪs ðət ˌæftərˈnun. əkˈsɛpt ðət səm ˈfʊtˌbɔl fænz rɪˈmeɪn əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈskɛʤʊlɪŋ ə mæʧ ɔn gʊd friday”*”, ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər əv kləbz ənd ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, ˈtrævɪs ɔld, sɛd. dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ naʊ ˈskɛʤʊl ə mæʧ wɑz meɪd ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs ðət ɑr soʊˈsaɪɪti həz ʧeɪnʤd ɪn ˈrisənt ˈdɛkeɪdz ənd ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈfʊtˌbɔl fænz, hu ər ɑr ˈəltəmət decision-makers*, ʃɛr ðə vju əv ɑr kləbz hu hæv ɪkˈsprɛst ðɛr wɪʃ tɪ pleɪ ɔn ðɪs deɪ bət ˈbɪʃəp ˈfɪlɪp ˈhəgɪnz, frəm ðə ˈdaɪəˌsiz əv ˈmɛlbərn, həz ðə muv, seɪɪŋ ɪt wɑz wɪn fər ˈmɑrkɪt, nɑt fər people.”*.” hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn əˈgɛnst ðə wind’*’ bət ðə həz bɪn wən ˈɛntɪti ðət həz ˈɛksərˌsaɪzd rɪˈstreɪnt nɑt list bɪˈkəz ˈmɛni ˈpipəl əv feɪθ hu ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ˈfʊtˌbɔl hæv kənˈveɪd ðə dɛpθ əv ðɛr ˈfilɪŋ əˈbaʊt gʊd friday,”*,” ˈbɪʃəp ˈhəgɪnz sɛd. naʊ, ɪn 2017ad*, ðɪs ɪz tɪ ʧeɪnʤ. ˈtrəbəl wɪθ ðɪs əˈproʊʧ tɪ laɪf ɪz ðət ðə hɑrt daɪz ə ˈlɪtəl iʧ taɪm ðə rɪˈlɛntlɪs ənd ˈlɑʤɪk əv ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmz ɔl ˈəðər kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃənz. ˈivɪn ðə moʊst ˈseɪkrɪd deɪz, fər wɪʧ ɑr ˈfɔrˌbɛrz hæd ðə ˈwɪzdəm tɪ meɪk ˈhoʊli deɪz ˈhɑləˌdeɪz ər ðɛn ˌɪnˈveɪdɪd. ər ðɛn lɛft wɪθ ə soʊˈsaɪɪti fʊl əv ˈprɑdəkts bət ʃɔrt əv ˈminɪŋ. ðət ɪz wət ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ ənd noʊ əˈmaʊnt əv ˈmɑrkətɪŋ spɪn fɪlz ðə void.”*.” nɔrθ ˈmɛlbərn ɪz noʊn baɪ ɪts ˈnɪkˌneɪm ðə ˌkæŋgərˈuz, ər ʤɪst ruz, fər ʃɔrt. ðɛr ˈmænəʤɪŋ dɪˈrɛktər, kɑrl, toʊld ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðət ðeɪ wər θrɪld baɪ ðə announcement.”*.” ə ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ðɪs træk ˈrɛkərd əv ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən ənd ə ˈkrɛdɪt tɪ ɔl ðə greɪt nɔrθ ˈpipəl hu ˌɪˈnɪʃəli prəˈpoʊzd ðɪs geɪm ɪn ðə leɪt ənd ˈərli 90s,”*,” hi sɛd. ðə, ðə tu kləbz ənd əˈfɪʃəl ˈbrɔdˌkæstər ˈʧænəl 7 wɪl juz ðə mæʧ tɪ səˈpɔrt ən əˈpil baɪ ðə rɔɪəl ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. ər ə lɔt əv greɪt θɪŋz wi kən du təˈgɛðər tɪ əˈʧiv səm greɪt ˈaʊtˌkəmz ənd wi wɪl sɪt daʊn ɪn du kɔrs tɪ dɪˈskəs ðoʊz wɪθ ɔl ðə ki stakeholders,”*,” sɛd. ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv gʊd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈbɪʃəp ˈhəgɪnz sɛd ðət ɪt wɑz kɔld gʊd bɪˈkəz spoʊk tɪ ˈpipəl əˈbaʊt ðə proʊˈfaʊnd ləv əv gɑd, soʊ ˈvɪzəbəl ɪn jesus.”*.” hi kənˈtɪnjud: ˈminɪŋ əv jesus’*’ dɛθ ənd ˌrɛzərˈɛkʃən ɪz soʊ proʊˈfaʊnd ðət ɑr ˈfɔrˌbɛrz nu ðeɪ ˈnidɪd ˈsɛpərˌeɪt deɪz ˈhoʊli deɪz tɪ teɪk ðɪs ɪn ənd lɪv baɪ ðə truθ ɪt rɪˈvild. ðeɪ nu, fər ðɛr oʊn seɪks, ðət ðeɪ məst kip ðiz deɪz fri əv dɪˈstrækʃən. ““hence*, wi ɪn ðə ˈæŋglɪkən ʧərʧ hæv ˈteɪkən ə lɛd ɪn riˈmaɪndɪŋ ɑr kəmˈjunɪti əv ðɪs ˈwɪzdəm əˈmɪdst ðə ˈɛndləs ˈmɑrkətɪŋ əv mɔr ˈprɑdəkts tɪ dɪˈstrækt ənd ðə gɪft əv laɪf, ˈivɪn ɔn ˈhoʊli deɪz. fækt ðət ˈfeɪθfəl fænz wɪl bi hərt ənd ˈfərðər ˈeɪliəˌneɪtɪd ɪz swɛpt əˈsaɪd ɛz ə kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən. bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˌræʃəˈnælz laɪz mɪr grid grid ənd ə rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ɪz ˈɛni ˈwɪzdəm ɪn trəˈdɪʃənz ðət hæv fɛd ðə soʊlz əv ˈmɪljənz fər ˈkaʊntləs ˈsɛnʧəriz, əˈkrɔs ɔl kaɪnz əv cultures.”*.” ˈbɪʃəp ˈhəgɪnz hɪmˈsɛlf ə supporter”*” əv vɪkˈtɔriə saɪd sɛd ðət ðə rɪˈstreɪnt ənˈtɪl naʊ ɪn nɑt ˈskɛʤʊlɪŋ ˈmæʧɪz ɔn gʊd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ wɪn ˈəðər koʊdz hæd dən soʊ wɑz əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd ənd hi ərʤd ðə lig tɪ ˌrikənˈsɪdər ɪts dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðɪs ˈpræktɪs, ˈivɪn æt ðɪs steɪʤ. ðə ɪz ðə ˈsinjər lig ɪn ɔˈstreɪljən rulz ˈfʊtˌbɔl ə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən pleɪd wɪθ ˈoʊvəl bɔlz ɔn ˈoʊvəl ˈpɪʧɪz. ɔˈstreɪljən rulz ˈfʊtˌbɔl ɪz nɑt ðə seɪm ɛz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl, ər ˈsɑkər.
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lululemon's boutique in dallas is in some hot water of the variety after posting a sign on its store window that stated, "we do partners yoga. not partners card." the missive was a response to an annual charity initiative run by the family place, a non-profit that works to protect and shelter victims of domestic violence. locals can buy its "partners card," which offers discounts at participating local retailers, for $70—money that goes to fund the charity. a long list of stores like anthropologie, veneta, calypso st. barth, diane von furstenberg, gap, intermix and kate spade are offering the card at their dallas locations.
unsurprisingly, their clever turn of a phrase landed like a lead balloon in the community. after shoppers responded with anger, the lulu staff claimed that it had an existing relationship with the charity and that instead of funds, would be bringing yoga to battered women's shelters. on facebook, they posted, "we are working in collaboration with family place to offer the gift of yoga, and what we can create together."
which sounds nice, but apparently wasn't true. the retailer reached out to the charity after the fact, reports dallas, and no agreement is in place. said the family place's executive director, "yoga is so much of apart of their lives that they think everyone would love yoga, but yoga for a woman who was beaten is not the first thing on anybody's mind at the family place."
here is the full message that posted on their facebook wall about the controversy:
we are truly sorry for the window display over the weekend. even though it was not our intention to offend anyone, that is in fact what happened. we have the utmost respect for the important work that the family place does in domestic violence prevention and never intended to suggest otherwise. supporting you and our community is our most important job, and we are partnering with the family place to create a wellness program for their staff. we've learned a great deal from this and thank you all so much for your honest feedback about such an important cause.
· at tries to make amends after lying about existing family place partnership dallas]
· window display draws criticism [nbc]
· taking its spandex to hong kong and london [racked]
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rækt ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ. θæŋk ju tɪ ˈɛvriˌwən hu rɛd ɑr wərk ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz. ðə ˈɑrˌkaɪvz wɪl rɪˈmeɪn əˈveɪləbəl hir; fər nu ˈstɔriz, hɛd ˈoʊvər tɪ vox.com*, wɛr ɑr stæf ɪz ˈkəvərɪŋ kənˈsumər ˈkəlʧər fər ðə gʊdz baɪ vɑks. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ si wət əp tɪ baɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp hir. buˈtik ɪn ˈdæləs ɪz ɪn səm hɑt ˈwɔtər əv ðə vərˈaɪəti ˈæftər ˈpoʊstɪŋ ə saɪn ɔn ɪts stɔr ˈwɪndoʊ ðət ˈsteɪtɪd, "wi du ˈpɑrtnərz ˈjoʊgə. nɑt ˈpɑrtnərz kɑrd." ðə ˈmɪsɪv wɑz ə rɪˈspɑns tɪ ən ˈænjuəl ˈʧɛrɪti ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv rən baɪ ðə ˈfæməli pleɪs, ə ˌnɑnˈprɔfɪt ðət wərks tɪ prəˈtɛkt ənd ˈʃɛltər ˈvɪktɪmz əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns. ˈloʊkəlz kən baɪ ɪts "ˈpɑrtnərz kɑrd," wɪʧ ˈɔfərz ˈdɪˌskaʊnts æt pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ˈloʊkəl ˈriˌteɪlərz, fər ðət goʊz tɪ fənd ðə ˈʧɛrɪti. ə lɔŋ lɪst əv stɔrz laɪk anthropologie*, veneta*, kəˈlɪpˌsoʊ st*. bɑrθ, daɪæn vɔn ˈfərstənbərg, gæp, ˌɪntərˈmɪks ənd keɪt speɪd ər ˈɔfərɪŋ ðə kɑrd æt ðɛr ˈdæləs loʊˈkeɪʃənz. ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ðɛr ˈklɛvər tərn əv ə freɪz ˈlændɪd laɪk ə lɛd bəˈlun ɪn ðə kəmˈjunɪti. ˈæftər ˈʃɑpərz rɪˈspɑndɪd wɪθ ˈæŋgər, ðə ˈluˌlu stæf kleɪmd ðət ɪt hæd ən ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ðə ˈʧɛrɪti ənd ðət ˌɪnˈstɛd əv fəndz, wʊd bi ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈjoʊgə tɪ ˈbætərd ˈwɪmənz ˈʃɛltərz. ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ðeɪ ˈpoʊstɪd, "wi ər ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən wɪθ ˈfæməli pleɪs tɪ ˈɔfər ðə gɪft əv ˈjoʊgə, ənd wət wi kən kriˈeɪt təˈgɛðər." wɪʧ saʊnz nis, bət əˈpɛrəntli ˈwəzənt tru. ðə ˈriˌteɪlər riʧt aʊt tɪ ðə ˈʧɛrɪti ˈæftər ðə fækt, rɪˈpɔrts ˈdæləs, ənd noʊ əˈgrimənt ɪz ɪn pleɪs. sɛd ðə ˈfæməli ˈpleɪsɪz ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər, "ˈjoʊgə ɪz soʊ məʧ əv əˈpɑrt əv ðɛr lɪvz ðət ðeɪ θɪŋk ˈɛvriˌwən wʊd ləv ˈjoʊgə, bət ˈjoʊgə fər ə ˈwʊmən hu wɑz ˈbitən ɪz nɑt ðə fərst θɪŋ ɔn ˈɛnibədiz maɪnd æt ðə ˈfæməli pleɪs." hir ɪz ðə fʊl ˈmɛsɪʤ ðət ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ðɛr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk wɔl əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi: wi ər ˈtruli ˈsɑri fər ðə ˈwɪndoʊ dɪˈspleɪ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd. ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt wɑz nɑt ɑr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən tɪ əˈfɛnd ˈɛniˌwən, ðət ɪz ɪn fækt wət ˈhæpənd. wi hæv ðə ˈətˌmoʊst rɪˈspɛkt fər ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt wərk ðət ðə ˈfæməli pleɪs dɪz ɪn dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns priˈvɛnʃən ənd ˈnɛvər ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ səˈʤɛst ˈəðərˌwaɪz. səˈpɔrtɪŋ ju ənd ɑr kəmˈjunɪti ɪz ɑr moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ʤɑb, ənd wi ər ˈpɑrtnərɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈfæməli pleɪs tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈwɛlnəs ˈproʊˌgræm fər ðɛr stæf. wiv ˈlərnɪd ə greɪt dil frəm ðɪs ənd θæŋk ju ɔl soʊ məʧ fər jʊr ˈɑnəst ˈfidˌbæk əˈbaʊt səʧ ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt kɔz. æt traɪz tɪ meɪk əˈmɛndz ˈæftər laɪɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈfæməli pleɪs ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp ˈdæləs] ˈwɪndoʊ dɪˈspleɪ drɔz ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm [ˈɛnˌbiˈsi] ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪts ˈspændəks tɪ hɔŋ kɔŋg ənd ˈləndən [rækt]
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next weekend is the vintage computer festival west, held at the computer history museum. is once again proud to sponsor this event that brings together the people and hardware that drove the information revolution. [bil herd] and [joshua vasquez] will be on hand representing the crew.
this talks show an impressive lineup of people. [bil herd] will be on stage with a collection of other engineers who secured place in history. the computer history museum has a very active restoration program for original computer hardware. friend of, [ken shirriff], has been working on a restoration of the xerox alto and is on the panel giving a talk about the process. and just to one more highlight, a talk on system debugging before you even turn the thing on a topic that can save you from having a very bad day with very ancient hardware.
a great part of is that the exhibits are often either hands-on or demonstrations so you can actually play around with hardware which most people have never even seen in person. add to that the collection at the computer history museum plus some extra exhibits they have planned for the event and likely to run out of time before you make your way through everything.
since mentioned the computer history museum, we also have some upcoming news. a bit later this month, antonic] has been invited to visit the museum, record his oral history, and deliver to their collection an original computer wildly successful first as a kit and then as a manufactured computer which he built in yugoslavia 1983.]!
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nɛkst ˈwiˌkɪnd ɪz ðə ˈvɪntɪʤ kəmˈpjutər ˈfɛstɪvəl wɛst, hɛld æt ðə kəmˈpjutər ˈhɪstəri mˈjuziəm. ɪz wəns əˈgɛn praʊd tɪ ˈspɑnsər ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt ðət brɪŋz təˈgɛðər ðə ˈpipəl ənd ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ðət droʊv ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˌrɛvəˈluʃən. [bɪl hərd] ənd [ˈʤɑˌʃuə væˈskɛz] wɪl bi ɔn hænd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪŋ ðə kru. ðɪs tɔks ʃoʊ ən ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv ˈlaɪˌnəp əv ˈpipəl. [bɪl hərd] wɪl bi ɔn steɪʤ wɪθ ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈəðər ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz hu sɪˈkjʊrd pleɪs ɪn ˈhɪstəri. ðə kəmˈpjutər ˈhɪstəri mˈjuziəm həz ə ˈvɛri ˈæktɪv ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræm fər ərˈɪʤənəl kəmˈpjutər ˈhɑrdˌwɛr. frɛnd əv, [kɛn shirriff*], həz bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ə ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən əv ðə ˈzɪrɑks ˈæltoʊ ənd ɪz ɔn ðə ˈpænəl ˈgɪvɪŋ ə tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ənd ʤɪst tɪ wən mɔr ˈhaɪˌlaɪt, ə tɔk ɔn ˈsɪstəm diˈbəgɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ju ˈivɪn tərn ðə θɪŋ ɔn ə ˈtɑpɪk ðət kən seɪv ju frəm ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈvɛri bæd deɪ wɪθ ˈvɛri ˈeɪnʧənt ˈhɑrdˌwɛr. ə greɪt pɑrt əv ɪz ðət ðə ɪgˈzɪbəts ər ˈɔfən ˈiðər ˌhænˈzɔn ər ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃənz soʊ ju kən ˈæˌkʧuəli pleɪ əraʊnd wɪθ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr wɪʧ moʊst ˈpipəl hæv ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn sin ɪn ˈpərsən. æd tɪ ðət ðə kəˈlɛkʃən æt ðə kəmˈpjutər ˈhɪstəri mˈjuziəm pləs səm ˈɛkstrə ɪgˈzɪbəts ðeɪ hæv plænd fər ðə ɪˈvɛnt ənd ˈlaɪkli tɪ rən aʊt əv taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ju meɪk jʊr weɪ θru ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. sɪns ˈmɛnʃənd ðə kəmˈpjutər ˈhɪstəri mˈjuziəm, wi ˈɔlsoʊ hæv səm ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ nuz. ə bɪt ˈleɪtər ðɪs mənθ, antonic*] həz bɪn ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ðə mˈjuziəm, ˈrɛkərd hɪz ˈɔrəl ˈhɪstəri, ənd dɪˈlɪvər tɪ ðɛr kəˈlɛkʃən ən ərˈɪʤənəl kəmˈpjutər ˈwaɪldli səkˈsɛsfəl fərst ɛz ə kɪt ənd ðɛn ɛz ə ˌmænjəˈfækʧərd kəmˈpjutər wɪʧ hi bɪlt ɪn ˌjugoʊsˈlɑviə 1983]!
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28 october, 2012 theodore roosevelt on african americans from his state of the union message, 1906 in connection with the delays of the law, i call your attention and the attention of the nation to the prevalence of crime among us, and above all to the epidemic of lynching and mob violence that springs up, now in one part of our country, now in another. each section, north, south, east, or west, has its own faults; no section can with wisdom spend its time jeering at the faults of another section; it should be busy trying to amend its own shortcomings. to deal with the crime of corruption it is necessary to have an awakened public conscience, and to supplement this by whatever legislation will add speed and certainty in the execution of the law. when we deal with lynching even mote is necessary. a great many white men are lynched, but the crime is peculiarly frequent in respect to black men. the greatest existing cause of lynching is the perpetration, especially by black men, of the hideous crime of most abominable in all the category of crimes, even worse than murder. mobs frequently avenge the commission of this crime by themselves torturing to death the man committing it; thus avenging in bestial fashion a bestial deed, and reducing themselves to a level with the criminal.
lawlessness grows by what it feeds upon; and when mobs begin to lynch for rape they speedily extend the sphere of their operations and lynch for many other kinds of crimes, so that two-thirds of the lynchings are not for rape at all; while a considerable proportion of the individuals lynched are innocent of all crime. governor candler, of georgia, stated on one occasion some years ago: "i can say of a verity that i have, within the last month, saved the lives of half a dozen innocent negroes who were pursued by the mob, and brought them to trial in a court of law in which they were acquitted." as bishop galloway, of mississippi, has finely said: "when the rule of a mob obtains, that which distinguishes a high civilization is surrendered. the mob which a negro charged with rape will in a little while lynch a white man suspected of crime. every christian patriot in america needs to lift up his voice in loud and eternal protest against the mob spirit that is threatening the integrity of this republic." governor jelks, of alabama, has recently spoken as follows: "the lynching of any person for whatever crime is inexcusable is a defiance of orderly government; but the killing of innocent people under any provocation is infinitely more horrible; and yet innocent people are likely to die when a mob's terrible lust is once aroused. the lesson is this: no good citizen can afford to countenance a defiance of the statutes, no matter what the provocation. the innocent frequently suffer, and, it is my observation, more usually suffer than the guilty. the white people of the south indict the whole colored race on the ground that even the better elements lend no assistance whatever in ferreting out criminals of their own color. the respectable colored people must learn not to harbor their criminals, but to assist the officers in bringing them to justice. this is the larger crime, and it provokes such atrocious offenses as the one at atlanta. the two races can never get on until there is an understanding on the part of both to make common cause with the against criminals of any color."
moreover, where any crime committed by a member of one race against a member of another race is avenged in such fashion that it seems as if not the individual criminal, but the whole race, is attacked, the result is to exasperate to the highest degree race feeling. there is but one safe rule in dealing with black men as with white men; it is the same rule that must be applied in dealing with rich men and poor men; that is, to treat each man, whatever his color, his creed, or his social position, with justice on his real worth as a man. white people owe it quite as much to themselves as to the colored race to treat well the colored man who shows by his life that he deserves such treatment; for it is surely the highest wisdom to encourage in the colored race all those individuals who are honest, industrious,, and who therefore make good and safe neighbors and citizens. reward or punish the individual on his merits as an individual. evil will surely come in the end to both races if we substitute for this just rule the habit of treating all the members of the race, good and bad, alike. there is no question of "social equality" or "negro domination" involved; only the question of relentlessly punishing bad men, and of securing to the good man the right to his life, his liberty, and the pursuit of his happiness as his own qualities of heart, head, and hand enable him to achieve it.
every colored man should realize that the worst enemy of his race is the negro criminal, and above all the negro criminal who commits the dreadful crime of rape; and it should be felt as in the highest degree an offense against the whole country, and against the colored race in particular, for a colored man to fail to help the officers of the law in hunting down with all possible earnestness and zeal every such infamous offender. moreover, in my judgment, the crime of rape should always be punished with death, as is the case with murder; assault with intent to commit rape should be made a capital crime, at least in the discretion of the court; and provision should be made by which the punishment may follow immediately upon the heels of the offense; while the trial should be so conducted that the victim need not be wantonly shamed while giving testimony, and that the least possible publicity shall be given to the details.
the members of the white race on the other hand should understand that every lynching represents by just so much a loosening of the bands of civilization; that the spirit of lynching inevitably throws into prominence in the community all the foul and evil creatures who dwell therein. no man can take part in the torture of a human being without having his own moral nature permanently lowered. every lynching means just so much moral deterioration in all the children who have any knowledge of it, and therefore just so much additional trouble for the next generation of americans. let justice be both sure and swift; but let it be justice under the law, and not the wild and crooked savagery of a mob.
there is another matter which has a direct bearing upon this matter of lynching and of the brutal crime which sometimes calls it forth and at other times merely furnishes the excuse for its existence. it is out of the question for our people as a whole permanently to rise by treading down any of their own number. even those who themselves for the moment profit by such maltreatment of their fellows will in the long run also suffer. no more shortsighted policy can be imagined than, in the fancied interest of one class, to prevent the education of another class. the free public school, the chance for each boy or girl to get a good elementary education, lies at the foundation of our whole political situation. in every community the poorest citizens, those who need the schools most, would be deprived of them if they only received school facilities proportioned to the taxes they paid. this is as true of one portion of our country as of another. it is as true for the negro as for the white man. the white man, if he is wise, will decline to allow the negroes in a mass to grow to manhood and womanhood without education. unquestionably education such as is obtained in our public schools does not do everything towards making a man a good citizen; but it does much. the lowest and most brutal criminals, those for instance who commit the crime of rape, are in the great majority men who have had either no education or very little; just as they are almost invariably men who own no property; for the man who puts money by out of his earnings, like the man who acquires education, is usually lifted above mere brutal criminality. of course the best type of education for the colored man, taken as a whole, is such education as is conferred in schools like hampton and tuskegee; where the boys and girls, the young men and young women, are trained industrially as well as in the ordinary public school branches. the graduates of these schools turn out well in the great majority of cases, and hardly any of them become criminals, while what little criminality there is never takes the form of that brutal violence which invites lynch law. every graduate of these for the matter of that every other colored man or leads a life so useful and honorable as to win the good will and respect of those whites whose neighbor he or she is, thereby helps the whole colored race as it can be helped in no other way; for next to the negro himself, the man who can do most to help the negro is his white neighbor who lives near him; and our steady effort should be to better the relations between the two. great tho the benefit of these schools has been to their colored pupils and to the colored people, it may well be questioned whether the benefit, has not been at least as great to the white people among whom these colored pupils live after they graduate.
be it remembered, furthermore, that the individuals who, whether from folly, from evil temper, from greed for office, or in a spirit of mere base demagogy, indulge in the inflammatory and incendiary speeches and writings which tend to arouse mobs and to bring about lynching, not only thus excite the mob, but also tend by what criminologists call "suggestion," greatly to increase the likelihood of a repetition of the very crime against which they are inveighing. when the mob is composed of the people of one race and the man lynched is of another race, the men who in their speeches and writings either excite or justify the action tend, of course, to excite a bitter race feeling and to cause the people of the opposite race to lose sight of the abominable act of the criminal himself; and in addition, by the prominence they give to the hideous deed they undoubtedly tend to excite in other brutal and depraved natures thoughts of committing it. swift, relentless, and orderly punishment under the law is the only way by which criminality of this type can permanently be supprest.
from "how not to help our poorer brother", an article in the review of reviews, january, 1897
the difference between what can and what cannot be done by law is well exemplified by our experience with the negro problem, an experience of which mr. watson must have ample practical knowledge. the negroes were formerly held in slavery. this was a wrong which legislation could remedy, and which could not be remedied except by legislation. accordingly they were set free by law. this having been done, many of their friends believed that in some way, by additional legislation, we could at once put them on an intellectual, social, and business equality with the whites. the effort has failed completely. in large sections of the country the negroes are not treated as they should be treated, and politically in particular the frauds upon them have been so gross aud shameful as to awaken not merely indignation but bitter wrath; yet the best friends of the negro admit that his hope lies, not in legislation, but in the constant working of those often unseen forces of the national life which are greater than all legislation. contributed by gifford, katya
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ˈhɪstəri sɔrt baɪ ˈriʤən sɔrt ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkli sɔrt baɪ ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti ˈtaɪmlaɪnz ˈtɑpɪks ˈglɔsəri twit sərʧ ˈkəstəm sərʧ gɪt jʊr dɪˈgri! faɪnd skulz ənd gɪt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈproʊˌgræm raɪt fər ju. paʊərd baɪ ˈkæmpəs ɪkˈsplɔrər ˌɛtˈsɛtərə ˈfidˌbæk ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. saɪt læst ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd 28 ɑkˈtoʊbər, 2012 ˈθiəˌdɔr ˈruzəˌvɛlt ɔn ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkənz frəm hɪz steɪt əv ðə ˈjunjən ˈmɛsɪʤ, 1906 ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ðə dɪˈleɪz əv ðə lɔ, aɪ kɔl jʊr əˈtɛnʃən ənd ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv ðə ˈneɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈprɛvələns əv kraɪm əˈməŋ ˈjuˈɛs, ənd əˈbəv ɔl tɪ ðə ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk əv ˈlɪnʧɪŋ ənd mɑb ˈvaɪələns ðət spərɪŋz əp, naʊ ɪn wən pɑrt əv ɑr ˈkəntri, naʊ ɪn əˈnəðər. iʧ ˈsɛkʃən, nɔrθ, saʊθ, ist, ər wɛst, həz ɪts oʊn fɔlts; noʊ ˈsɛkʃən kən wɪθ ˈwɪzdəm spɛnd ɪts taɪm ˈʤirɪŋ æt ðə fɔlts əv əˈnəðər ˈsɛkʃən; ɪt ʃʊd bi ˈbɪzi traɪɪŋ tɪ əˈmɛnd ɪts oʊn ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋz. tɪ dil wɪθ ðə kraɪm əv kərˈəpʃən ɪt ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ hæv ən əˈweɪkənd ˈpəblɪk ˈkɑnʃəns, ənd tɪ ˌsəpləˈmɛnt ðɪs baɪ ˌwəˈtɛvər ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən wɪl æd spid ənd ˈsərtənti ɪn ðə ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən əv ðə lɔ. wɪn wi dil wɪθ ˈlɪnʧɪŋ ˈivɪn moʊt ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri. ə greɪt ˈmɛni waɪt mɛn ər lɪnʧt, bət ðə kraɪm ɪz pɪˈkjuljərli ˈfrikˌwɛnt ɪn rɪˈspɛkt tɪ blæk mɛn. ðə ˈgreɪtəst ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ kɔz əv ˈlɪnʧɪŋ ɪz ðə perpetration*, əˈspɛʃəli baɪ blæk mɛn, əv ðə ˈhɪdiəs kraɪm əv moʊst əˈbɑmənəbəl ɪn ɔl ðə ˈkætəˌgɔri əv kraɪmz, ˈivɪn wərs ðən ˈmərdər. mɑbz ˈfrikwɛntli əˈvɛnʤ ðə kəˈmɪʃən əv ðɪs kraɪm baɪ ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈtɔrʧərɪŋ tɪ dɛθ ðə mæn kəˈmɪtɪŋ ɪt; ðəs əˈvɛnʤɪŋ ɪn ˈbɛsʧəl ˈfæʃən ə ˈbɛsʧəl did, ənd rɪˈdusɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ ə ˈlɛvəl wɪθ ðə ˈkrɪmənəl. ˈlɔləsnəs groʊz baɪ wət ɪt fidz əˈpɑn; ənd wɪn mɑbz bɪˈgɪn tɪ lɪnʧ fər reɪp ðeɪ ˈspidəli ɪkˈstɛnd ðə sfɪr əv ðɛr ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ənd lɪnʧ fər ˈmɛni ˈəðər kaɪnz əv kraɪmz, soʊ ðət ˌtuˈθərdz əv ðə ˈlɪnʧɪŋz ər nɑt fər reɪp æt ɔl; waɪl ə kənˈsɪdərəbəl prəˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz lɪnʧt ər ˈɪnəsənt əv ɔl kraɪm. ˈgəvərnər ˈkændələr, əv ˈʤɔrʤə, ˈsteɪtɪd ɔn wən əˈkeɪʒən səm jɪrz əˈgoʊ: "aɪ kən seɪ əv ə ˈvɛrɪti ðət aɪ hæv, wɪˈθɪn ðə læst mənθ, seɪvd ðə lɪvz əv hæf ə ˈdəzən ˈɪnəsənt ˈnigroʊz hu wər pərˈsud baɪ ðə mɑb, ənd brɔt ðɛm tɪ traɪəl ɪn ə kɔrt əv lɔ ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ wər əkˈwɪtɪd." ɛz ˈbɪʃəp ˈgæloʊˌweɪ, əv ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi, həz ˈfaɪnli sɛd: "wɪn ðə rul əv ə mɑb əbˈteɪnz, ðət wɪʧ dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃɪz ə haɪ ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən ɪz sərˈɛndərd. ðə mɑb wɪʧ ə ˈnigroʊ ʧɑrʤd wɪθ reɪp wɪl ɪn ə ˈlɪtəl waɪl lɪnʧ ə waɪt mæn səˈspɛktɪd əv kraɪm. ˈɛvəri ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈpeɪtriət ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə nidz tɪ lɪft əp hɪz vɔɪs ɪn laʊd ənd ɪˈtərnəl ˈproʊˌtɛst əˈgɛnst ðə mɑb ˈspɪrɪt ðət ɪz θˈrɛtənɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti əv ðɪs riˈpəblɪk." ˈgəvərnər ʤɛlks, əv ˌæləˈbæmə, həz ˈrisəntli ˈspoʊkən ɛz ˈfɑloʊz: "ðə ˈlɪnʧɪŋ əv ˈɛni ˈpərsən fər ˌwəˈtɛvər kraɪm ɪz ˌɪnɪkˈskjuzəbəl ɪz ə dɪˈfaɪəns əv ˈɔrdərli ˈgəvərnmənt; bət ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ əv ˈɪnəsənt ˈpipəl ˈəndər ˈɛni ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃən ɪz ˈɪnfənətli mɔr ˈhɔrəbəl; ənd jɛt ˈɪnəsənt ˈpipəl ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ daɪ wɪn ə mɑbz ˈtɛrəbəl ləst ɪz wəns əraʊzd. ðə ˈlɛsən ɪz ðɪs: noʊ gʊd ˈsɪtɪzən kən əˈfɔrd tɪ ˈkaʊntənəns ə dɪˈfaɪəns əv ðə ˈstæʧuts, noʊ ˈmætər wət ðə ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃən. ðə ˈɪnəsənt ˈfrikwɛntli ˈsəfər, ənd, ɪt ɪz maɪ ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən, mɔr ˈjuʒəwəli ˈsəfər ðən ðə ˈgɪlti. ðə waɪt ˈpipəl əv ðə saʊθ ˌɪnˈdaɪt ðə hoʊl ˈkələrd reɪs ɔn ðə graʊnd ðət ˈivɪn ðə ˈbɛtər ˈɛləmənts lɛnd noʊ əˈsɪstəns ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪn ˈfɛrətɪŋ aʊt ˈkrɪmənəlz əv ðɛr oʊn ˈkələr. ðə rɪˈspɛktəbəl ˈkələrd ˈpipəl məst lərn nɑt tɪ ˈhɑrbər ðɛr ˈkrɪmənəlz, bət tɪ əˈsɪst ðə ˈɔfɪsərz ɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðɛm tɪ ˈʤəstɪs. ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈlɑrʤər kraɪm, ənd ɪt prəˈvoʊks səʧ əˈtroʊʃəs əˈfɛnsɪz ɛz ðə wən æt æˈtlæntə. ðə tu ˈreɪsɪz kən ˈnɛvər gɪt ɔn ənˈtɪl ðɛr ɪz ən ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ɔn ðə pɑrt əv boʊθ tɪ meɪk ˈkɑmən kɔz wɪθ ðə əˈgɛnst ˈkrɪmənəlz əv ˈɛni ˈkələr." mɔˈroʊvər, wɛr ˈɛni kraɪm kəˈmɪtɪd baɪ ə ˈmɛmbər əv wən reɪs əˈgɛnst ə ˈmɛmbər əv əˈnəðər reɪs ɪz əˈvɛnʤd ɪn səʧ ˈfæʃən ðət ɪt simz ɛz ɪf nɑt ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈkrɪmənəl, bət ðə hoʊl reɪs, ɪz əˈtækt, ðə rɪˈzəlt ɪz tɪ ɪgˈzæspərˌeɪt tɪ ðə haɪəst dɪˈgri reɪs ˈfilɪŋ. ðɛr ɪz bət wən seɪf rul ɪn ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ blæk mɛn ɛz wɪθ waɪt mɛn; ɪt ɪz ðə seɪm rul ðət məst bi əˈplaɪd ɪn ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ rɪʧ mɛn ənd pur mɛn; ðət ɪz, tɪ trit iʧ mæn, ˌwəˈtɛvər hɪz ˈkələr, hɪz krid, ər hɪz ˈsoʊʃəl pəˈzɪʃən, wɪθ ˈʤəstɪs ɔn hɪz ril wərθ ɛz ə mæn. waɪt ˈpipəl oʊ ɪt kwaɪt ɛz məʧ tɪ ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz tɪ ðə ˈkələrd reɪs tɪ trit wɛl ðə ˈkələrd mæn hu ʃoʊz baɪ hɪz laɪf ðət hi dɪˈzərvz səʧ ˈtritmənt; fər ɪt ɪz ˈʃʊrli ðə haɪəst ˈwɪzdəm tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ɪn ðə ˈkələrd reɪs ɔl ðoʊz ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz hu ər ˈɑnəst, ˌɪnˈdəstriəs,, ənd hu ˈðɛrˌfɔr meɪk gʊd ənd seɪf ˈneɪbərz ənd ˈsɪtɪzənz. rɪˈwɔrd ər ˈpənɪʃ ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ɔn hɪz ˈmɛrɪts ɛz ən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl. ˈivəl wɪl ˈʃʊrli kəm ɪn ðə ɛnd tɪ boʊθ ˈreɪsɪz ɪf wi ˈsəbstəˌtut fər ðɪs ʤɪst rul ðə ˈhæbət əv ˈtritɪŋ ɔl ðə ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə reɪs, gʊd ənd bæd, əˈlaɪk. ðɛr ɪz noʊ kˈwɛʃən əv "ˈsoʊʃəl ɪkˈwɑləti" ər "ˈnigroʊ ˌdɑməˈneɪʃən" ˌɪnˈvɑlvd; ˈoʊnli ðə kˈwɛʃən əv rɪˈlɛntləsli ˈpənɪʃɪŋ bæd mɛn, ənd əv sɪˈkjʊrɪŋ tɪ ðə gʊd mæn ðə raɪt tɪ hɪz laɪf, hɪz ˈlɪbərˌti, ənd ðə pərˈsut əv hɪz ˈhæpinəs ɛz hɪz oʊn kˈwɑlətiz əv hɑrt, hɛd, ənd hænd ɪˈneɪbəl ɪm tɪ əˈʧiv ɪt. ˈɛvəri ˈkələrd mæn ʃʊd ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ðə wərst ˈɛnəmi əv hɪz reɪs ɪz ðə ˈnigroʊ ˈkrɪmənəl, ənd əˈbəv ɔl ðə ˈnigroʊ ˈkrɪmənəl hu kəˈmɪts ðə ˈdrɛdfəl kraɪm əv reɪp; ənd ɪt ʃʊd bi fɛlt ɛz ɪn ðə haɪəst dɪˈgri ən əˈfɛns əˈgɛnst ðə hoʊl ˈkəntri, ənd əˈgɛnst ðə ˈkələrd reɪs ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, fər ə ˈkələrd mæn tɪ feɪl tɪ hɛlp ðə ˈɔfɪsərz əv ðə lɔ ɪn ˈhəntɪŋ daʊn wɪθ ɔl ˈpɑsəbəl ˈərnəstnəs ənd zil ˈɛvəri səʧ ˈɪnfəməs əˈfɛndər. mɔˈroʊvər, ɪn maɪ ˈʤəʤmənt, ðə kraɪm əv reɪp ʃʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ˈpənɪʃt wɪθ dɛθ, ɛz ɪz ðə keɪs wɪθ ˈmərdər; əˈsɔlt wɪθ ˌɪnˈtɛnt tɪ kəˈmɪt reɪp ʃʊd bi meɪd ə ˈkæpɪtəl kraɪm, æt list ɪn ðə dɪˈskrɛʃən əv ðə kɔrt; ənd prəˈvɪʒən ʃʊd bi meɪd baɪ wɪʧ ðə ˈpənɪʃmənt meɪ ˈfɑloʊ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli əˈpɑn ðə hilz əv ðə əˈfɛns; waɪl ðə traɪəl ʃʊd bi soʊ kənˈdəktəd ðət ðə ˈvɪktɪm nid nɑt bi ˈwɔntənli ʃeɪmd waɪl ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni, ənd ðət ðə list ˈpɑsəbəl pəˈblɪsɪti ʃæl bi ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ðə ˈditeɪlz. ðə ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə waɪt reɪs ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd ʃʊd ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ˈɛvəri ˈlɪnʧɪŋ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts baɪ ʤɪst soʊ məʧ ə ˈlusənɪŋ əv ðə bændz əv ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən; ðət ðə ˈspɪrɪt əv ˈlɪnʧɪŋ ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli θroʊz ˈɪntu ˈprɑmənəns ɪn ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɔl ðə faʊl ənd ˈivəl ˈkriʧərz hu dwɛl ðɛˈrɪn. noʊ mæn kən teɪk pɑrt ɪn ðə ˈtɔrʧər əv ə ˈjumən biɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ˈhævɪŋ hɪz oʊn ˈmɔrəl ˈneɪʧər ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli loʊərd. ˈɛvəri ˈlɪnʧɪŋ minz ʤɪst soʊ məʧ ˈmɔrəl dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪʃən ɪn ɔl ðə ˈʧɪldrən hu hæv ˈɛni ˈnɑlɪʤ əv ɪt, ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ʤɪst soʊ məʧ əˈdɪʃənəl ˈtrəbəl fər ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən əv əˈmɛrɪkənz. lɛt ˈʤəstɪs bi boʊθ ʃʊr ənd swɪft; bət lɛt ɪt bi ˈʤəstɪs ˈəndər ðə lɔ, ənd nɑt ðə waɪld ənd ˈkrʊkəd ˈsævɪˌʤɛri əv ə mɑb. ðɛr ɪz əˈnəðər ˈmætər wɪʧ həz ə dɪˈrɛkt ˈbɛrɪŋ əˈpɑn ðɪs ˈmætər əv ˈlɪnʧɪŋ ənd əv ðə ˈbrutəl kraɪm wɪʧ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz kɔlz ɪt fɔrθ ənd æt ˈəðər taɪmz ˈmɪrli ˈfərnɪʃɪz ðə ɪkˈskjuz fər ɪts ɪgˈzɪstəns. ɪt ɪz aʊt əv ðə kˈwɛʃən fər ɑr ˈpipəl ɛz ə hoʊl ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli tɪ raɪz baɪ ˈtrɛdɪŋ daʊn ˈɛni əv ðɛr oʊn ˈnəmbər. ˈivɪn ðoʊz hu ðɛmˈsɛlvz fər ðə ˈmoʊmənt ˈprɑfɪt baɪ səʧ mælˈtritmənt əv ðɛr ˈfɛloʊz wɪl ɪn ðə lɔŋ rən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsəfər. noʊ mɔr ˈʃɔrtˈsaɪtɪd ˈpɑləsi kən bi ˌɪˈmæʤənd ðən, ɪn ðə ˈfænsid ˈɪntəˌrɛst əv wən klæs, tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ðə ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən əv əˈnəðər klæs. ðə fri ˈpəblɪk skul, ðə ʧæns fər iʧ bɔɪ ər gərl tɪ gɪt ə gʊd ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, laɪz æt ðə faʊnˈdeɪʃən əv ɑr hoʊl pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ɪn ˈɛvəri kəmˈjunɪti ðə ˈpurɪst ˈsɪtɪzənz, ðoʊz hu nid ðə skulz moʊst, wʊd bi dɪˈpraɪvd əv ðɛm ɪf ðeɪ ˈoʊnli rɪˈsivd skul fəˈsɪlɪtiz prəˈpɔrʃənd tɪ ðə ˈtæksɪz ðeɪ peɪd. ðɪs ɪz ɛz tru əv wən ˈpɔrʃən əv ɑr ˈkəntri ɛz əv əˈnəðər. ɪt ɪz ɛz tru fər ðə ˈnigroʊ ɛz fər ðə waɪt mæn. ðə waɪt mæn, ɪf hi ɪz waɪz, wɪl dɪˈklaɪn tɪ əˈlaʊ ðə ˈnigroʊz ɪn ə mæs tɪ groʊ tɪ ˈmænˌhʊd ənd ˈwʊmənˌhʊd wɪˈθaʊt ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən. ənkˈwɛsʧənəbli ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən səʧ ɛz ɪz əbˈteɪnd ɪn ɑr ˈpəblɪk skulz dɪz nɑt du ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə mæn ə gʊd ˈsɪtɪzən; bət ɪt dɪz məʧ. ðə loʊəst ənd moʊst ˈbrutəl ˈkrɪmənəlz, ðoʊz fər ˈɪnstəns hu kəˈmɪt ðə kraɪm əv reɪp, ər ɪn ðə greɪt məˈʤɔrəti mɛn hu hæv hæd ˈiðər noʊ ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ər ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl; ʤɪst ɛz ðeɪ ər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌɪnˈvɛriəbli mɛn hu oʊn noʊ ˈprɑpərti; fər ðə mæn hu pʊts ˈməni baɪ aʊt əv hɪz ˈərnɪŋz, laɪk ðə mæn hu əkˈwaɪərz ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ˈlɪftɪd əˈbəv mɪr ˈbrutəl ˌkrɪməˈnælɪti. əv kɔrs ðə bɛst taɪp əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən fər ðə ˈkələrd mæn, ˈteɪkən ɛz ə hoʊl, ɪz səʧ ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɛz ɪz kənˈfərd ɪn skulz laɪk ˈhæmptən ənd ˈtəskəˌgi; wɛr ðə bɔɪz ənd gərlz, ðə jəŋ mɛn ənd jəŋ ˈwɪmən, ər treɪnd ˌɪnˈdəstriəli ɛz wɛl ɛz ɪn ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈpəblɪk skul ˈbrænʧɪz. ðə ˈgræʤəˌweɪts əv ðiz skulz tərn aʊt wɛl ɪn ðə greɪt məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈkeɪsɪz, ənd ˈhɑrdli ˈɛni əv ðɛm bɪˈkəm ˈkrɪmənəlz, waɪl wət ˈlɪtəl ˌkrɪməˈnælɪti ðɛr ɪz ˈnɛvər teɪks ðə fɔrm əv ðət ˈbrutəl ˈvaɪələns wɪʧ ˌɪnˈvaɪts lɪnʧ lɔ. ˈɛvəri ˈgræʤəˌweɪt əv ðiz fər ðə ˈmætər əv ðət ˈɛvəri ˈəðər ˈkələrd mæn ər lidz ə laɪf soʊ ˈjusfəl ənd ˈɑnərəbəl ɛz tɪ wɪn ðə gʊd wɪl ənd rɪˈspɛkt əv ðoʊz waɪts huz ˈneɪbər hi ər ʃi ɪz, ˈðɛrˈbaɪ hɛlps ðə hoʊl ˈkələrd reɪs ɛz ɪt kən bi hɛlpt ɪn noʊ ˈəðər weɪ; fər nɛkst tɪ ðə ˈnigroʊ hɪmˈsɛlf, ðə mæn hu kən du moʊst tɪ hɛlp ðə ˈnigroʊ ɪz hɪz waɪt ˈneɪbər hu lɪvz nɪr ɪm; ənd ɑr ˈstɛdi ˈɛfərt ʃʊd bi tɪ ˈbɛtər ðə riˈleɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ðə tu. greɪt ðoʊ ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt əv ðiz skulz həz bɪn tɪ ðɛr ˈkələrd ˈpjupəlz ənd tɪ ðə ˈkələrd ˈpipəl, ɪt meɪ wɛl bi kˈwɛsʧənd ˈwɛðər ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt, həz nɑt bɪn æt list ɛz greɪt tɪ ðə waɪt ˈpipəl əˈməŋ hum ðiz ˈkələrd ˈpjupəlz lɪv ˈæftər ðeɪ ˈgræʤəˌweɪt. bi ɪt rɪˈmɛmbərd, ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ðət ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz hu, ˈwɛðər frəm ˈfɑli, frəm ˈivəl ˈtɛmpər, frəm grid fər ˈɔfəs, ər ɪn ə ˈspɪrɪt əv mɪr beɪs ˈdɛməˌgɑʤi, ˌɪnˈdəlʤ ɪn ðə ɪnˈflæməˌtɔri ənd ˌɪnˈsɛndiɛri ˈspiʧɪz ənd ˈraɪtɪŋz wɪʧ tɛnd tɪ əraʊz mɑbz ənd tɪ brɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈlɪnʧɪŋ, nɑt ˈoʊnli ðəs ɪkˈsaɪt ðə mɑb, bət ˈɔlsoʊ tɛnd baɪ wət ˌkrɪmɪˈnɑləʤɪsts kɔl "səˈʤɛsʧən," ˈgreɪtli tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈlaɪkliˌhʊd əv ə ˌrɛpəˈtɪʃən əv ðə ˈvɛri kraɪm əˈgɛnst wɪʧ ðeɪ ər inveighing*. wɪn ðə mɑb ɪz kəmˈpoʊzd əv ðə ˈpipəl əv wən reɪs ənd ðə mæn lɪnʧt ɪz əv əˈnəðər reɪs, ðə mɛn hu ɪn ðɛr ˈspiʧɪz ənd ˈraɪtɪŋz ˈiðər ɪkˈsaɪt ər ˈʤəstəˌfaɪ ðə ˈækʃən tɛnd, əv kɔrs, tɪ ɪkˈsaɪt ə ˈbɪtər reɪs ˈfilɪŋ ənd tɪ kɔz ðə ˈpipəl əv ðə ˈɑpəzɪt reɪs tɪ luz saɪt əv ðə əˈbɑmənəbəl ækt əv ðə ˈkrɪmənəl hɪmˈsɛlf; ənd ɪn əˈdɪʃən, baɪ ðə ˈprɑmənəns ðeɪ gɪv tɪ ðə ˈhɪdiəs did ðeɪ ənˈdaʊtɪdli tɛnd tɪ ɪkˈsaɪt ɪn ˈəðər ˈbrutəl ənd diˈpreɪvd ˈneɪʧərz θɔts əv kəˈmɪtɪŋ ɪt. swɪft, rɪˈlɛntlɪs, ənd ˈɔrdərli ˈpənɪʃmənt ˈəndər ðə lɔ ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli weɪ baɪ wɪʧ ˌkrɪməˈnælɪti əv ðɪs taɪp kən ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli bi supprest*. frəm "haʊ nɑt tɪ hɛlp ɑr ˈpurər ˈbrəðər", ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn ðə ˌrivˈju əv rəvˈjuz, ˈʤænjuˌɛri, 1897 ðə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin wət kən ənd wət ˈkænɑt bi dən baɪ lɔ ɪz wɛl ɪgˈzɛmpləˌfaɪd baɪ ɑr ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ ðə ˈnigroʊ ˈprɑbləm, ən ɪkˈspɪriəns əv wɪʧ ˈmɪstər. ˈwɑtsən məst hæv ˈæmpəl ˈpræktɪkəl ˈnɑlɪʤ. ðə ˈnigroʊz wər ˈfɔrmərli hɛld ɪn sˈleɪvəri. ðɪs wɑz ə rɔŋ wɪʧ ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən kʊd ˈrɛmədi, ənd wɪʧ kʊd nɑt bi ˈrɛmədid ɪkˈsɛpt baɪ ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. əˈkɔrdɪŋli ðeɪ wər sɛt fri baɪ lɔ. ðɪs ˈhævɪŋ bɪn dən, ˈmɛni əv ðɛr frɛndz bɪˈlivd ðət ɪn səm weɪ, baɪ əˈdɪʃənəl ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, wi kʊd æt wəns pʊt ðɛm ɔn ən ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl, ˈsoʊʃəl, ənd ˈbɪznɪs ɪkˈwɑləti wɪθ ðə waɪts. ðə ˈɛfərt həz feɪld kəmˈplitli. ɪn lɑrʤ ˈsɛkʃənz əv ðə ˈkəntri ðə ˈnigroʊz ər nɑt ˈtritɪd ɛz ðeɪ ʃʊd bi ˈtritɪd, ənd ˈplɪtɪkli ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ðə frɔdz əˈpɑn ðɛm hæv bɪn soʊ groʊs ɔd ˈʃeɪmfəl ɛz tɪ əˈweɪkən nɑt ˈmɪrli ˌɪndɪgˈneɪʃən bət ˈbɪtər ræθ; jɛt ðə bɛst frɛndz əv ðə ˈnigroʊ ədˈmɪt ðət hɪz hoʊp laɪz, nɑt ɪn ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, bət ɪn ðə ˈkɑnstənt ˈwərkɪŋ əv ðoʊz ˈɔfən ənˈsin ˈfɔrsɪz əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl laɪf wɪʧ ər ˈgreɪtər ðən ɔl ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. kənˈtrɪbjutɪd baɪ ˈgɪfərd, ˈkɑtjə 21 sɛpˈtɛmbər 2004 pərˈsoʊneɪ tərmz dɪˈfaɪnd ˈrɛfərənst wərks twit
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the trade deadline is tuesday in the nfl and it appears the are going to stay pat.
but that prevent trent from adding another player to the practice squad, and yep, this player has torn his before.
the added safety vinnie sunseri to the practice squad tuesday. a pick out of alabama from the 2014 draft class, has spent time with the saints and patriots. he replaces spot on the practice squad. once considered one of the better safety prospects, sunseri tore his his senior year at alabama and was a medical exclusion from the nfl combine.
we’ve been down this road before.
knbr’s john lund put together this extensive list on all the players has acquired who have had an history. his compilation is below.
tank (2013- round, pick 40): suffered a right knee tear at florida state in november 2012. one career start, 39 tackles, four sacks. moved to outside linebacker this season after dropping significant weight and should be a factor with aaron lynch missing the first four games.
marcus lattimore (2013- round, pick 131): after an injury in which lattimore tore all his knee ligaments, dislocated his kneecap and suffered nerve damage, the still drafted the former south carolina star. he never played in a regular season game and is now retired from football.
brandon thomas (2014- round, pick 100): suffered an tear in a workout with the new orleans saints. never played a game in the regular season for the. traded to lions for jeremy kerley. cut by lions, added to their practice squad.
keith reaser (2014- round, pick 170): torn in 2013 and also had a surgery in february of 2014. played in 13 games last season, zero starts. made’ initial 53 man roster this season. listed as a back up to jimmie ward at right cornerback.
deandre smelter (2015- round, pick 133): torn at georgia tech. was going to be raw anyway coming from a run dominant offense. missed 2015 season the knee, missed 2016 preseason with a hamstring injury. waived with an injury settlement on the cut down to 53. never played a preseason, let alone regular season, down for the.
will redmond (2016- round, pick 68): after playing in the’ final two preseason games, redmond was placed on injured reserve. each team can designate one player to return per season from ir, so redmond could play this season after week 8.
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ðə treɪd ˈdɛˌdlaɪn ɪz ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɪn ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ənd ɪt əˈpɪrz ðə ər goʊɪŋ tɪ steɪ pæt. bət ðət prɪˈvɛnt trɛnt frəm ˈædɪŋ əˈnəðər pleɪər tɪ ðə ˈpræktɪs skwɑd, ənd jɛp, ðɪs pleɪər həz tɔrn hɪz ˌbiˈfɔr. ðə ˈædɪd ˈseɪfti ˈvɪni sənˈsɛri tɪ ðə ˈpræktɪs skwɑd ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ə pɪk aʊt əv ˌæləˈbæmə frəm ðə 2014 dræft klæs, həz spɛnt taɪm wɪθ ðə seɪnts ənd ˈpeɪtriəts. hi rɪˈpleɪsɪz spɑt ɔn ðə ˈpræktɪs skwɑd. wəns kənˈsɪdərd wən əv ðə ˈbɛtər ˈseɪfti ˈprɑspɛkts, sənˈsɛri tɔr hɪz hɪz ˈsinjər jɪr æt ˌæləˈbæmə ənd wɑz ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪkˈskluʒən frəm ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈkɑmbaɪn. bɪn daʊn ðɪs roʊd ˌbiˈfɔr. ʤɑn lənd pʊt təˈgɛðər ðɪs ɪkˈstɛnsɪv lɪst ɔn ɔl ðə pleɪərz həz əkˈwaɪərd hu hæv hæd ən ˈhɪstəri. hɪz ˌkɑmpəˈleɪʃən ɪz bɪˈloʊ. tæŋk 2013 raʊnd, pɪk 40 ˈsəfərd ə raɪt ni tɪr æt ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2012 wən kərɪr stɑrt, 39 ˈtækəlz, fɔr sæks. muvd tɪ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækər ðɪs ˈsizən ˈæftər ˈdrɑpɪŋ sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt weɪt ənd ʃʊd bi ə ˈfæktər wɪθ ˈɛrən lɪnʧ ˈmɪsɪŋ ðə fərst fɔr geɪmz. ˈmɑrkəs lɑˈtimɔr 2013 raʊnd, pɪk 131 ˈæftər ən ˈɪnʤəri ɪn wɪʧ lɑˈtimɔr tɔr ɔl hɪz ni ˈlɪgəmənts, ˈdɪsloʊkeɪtɪd hɪz ˈniˌkæp ənd ˈsəfərd nərv ˈdæmɪʤ, ðə stɪl ˈdræftɪd ðə ˈfɔrmər saʊθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə stɑr. hi ˈnɛvər pleɪd ɪn ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən geɪm ənd ɪz naʊ rɪˈtaɪrd frəm ˈfʊtˌbɔl. ˈbrændən ˈtɑməs 2014 raʊnd, pɪk 100 ˈsəfərd ən tɪr ɪn ə ˈwərˌkaʊt wɪθ ðə nu ˌɔˈrlinz seɪnts. ˈnɛvər pleɪd ə geɪm ɪn ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən fər ðə. ˈtreɪdɪd tɪ laɪənz fər ˈʤɛrəˌmi ˈkərli. kət baɪ laɪənz, ˈædɪd tɪ ðɛr ˈpræktɪs skwɑd. kiθ ˈrisər 2014 raʊnd, pɪk 170 tɔrn ɪn 2013 ənd ˈɔlsoʊ hæd ə ˈsərʤəri ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri əv 2014 pleɪd ɪn 13 geɪmz læst ˈsizən, ˈziroʊ stɑrts. meɪd 49ers’*’ ˌɪˈnɪʃəl 53 mæn ˈrɑstər ðɪs ˈsizən. ˈlɪstɪd ɛz ə bæk əp tɪ ˈʤɪmi wɔrd æt raɪt ˈkɔrnərˌbæk. sˈmɛltər 2015 raʊnd, pɪk 133 tɔrn æt ˈʤɔrʤə tɛk. wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi rɑ ˈɛniˌweɪ ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ə rən ˈdɑmənənt əˈfɛns. mɪst 2015 ˈsizən ðə ni, mɪst 2016 ˌpriˈsizən wɪθ ə ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ ˈɪnʤəri. weɪvd wɪθ ən ˈɪnʤəri ˈsɛtəlmənt ɔn ðə kət daʊn tɪ 53 ˈnɛvər pleɪd ə ˌpriˈsizən, lɛt əˈloʊn ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən, daʊn fər ðə. wɪl ˈrɛdmənd 2016 raʊnd, pɪk 68 ˈæftər pleɪɪŋ ɪn ðə 49ers’*’ ˈfaɪnəl tu ˌpriˈsizən geɪmz, ˈrɛdmənd wɑz pleɪst ɔn ˈɪnʤərd rɪˈzərv. iʧ tim kən ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪt wən pleɪər tɪ rɪˈtərn pər ˈsizən frəm ir*, soʊ ˈrɛdmənd kʊd pleɪ ðɪs ˈsizən ˈæftər wik 8
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eight films are vying for best picture at this academy awards. but have past winners actually been the “best” films of their respective years, or just the most popular?
quartz has taken a stab at answering this question by looking at data from rotten tomatoes, a site that aggregates film ratings from both critics and everyday viewers. the graphic below shows how scores from these two groups have differed for every nomination since 1990. tap or hover to see a specific score.
averaged across all best picture winners, the scores are almost% audience versus% among critics. still, not all winners do well on both counts.
forrest gump, for example, is liked by only 71% of critics. titanic has an audience score of just 69%. critics’ scores were higher for 13 of the 24 winners above. audiences scores were for nine, and the scores were the same for two others.
which film will win this year? leave that to hollywood astrologers.
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eɪt fɪlmz ər vaɪɪŋ fər bɛst ˈpɪkʧər æt ðɪs əˈkædəmi əˈwɔrdz. bət hæv pæst ˈwɪnərz ˈæˌkʧuəli bɪn ðə ““best”*” fɪlmz əv ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv jɪrz, ər ʤɪst ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr? kwɔrts həz ˈteɪkən ə stæb æt ˈænsərɪŋ ðɪs kˈwɛʃən baɪ ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈdætə frəm ˈrɑtən təˈmɑtoʊz, ə saɪt ðət ˈægrəˌgeɪts fɪlm ˈreɪtɪŋz frəm boʊθ ˈkrɪtɪks ənd ˈɛvriˈdeɪ vjuərz. ðə ˈgræfɪk bɪˈloʊ ʃoʊz haʊ skɔrz frəm ðiz tu grups hæv ˈdɪfərd fər ˈɛvəri ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən sɪns 1990 tæp ər ˈhəvər tɪ si ə spɪˈsɪfɪk skɔr. ˈævrɪʤd əˈkrɔs ɔl bɛst ˈpɪkʧər ˈwɪnərz, ðə skɔrz ər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔdiəns ˈvərsəz əˈməŋ ˈkrɪtɪks. stɪl, nɑt ɔl ˈwɪnərz du wɛl ɔn boʊθ kaʊnts. ˈfɔrəst gəmp, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪz laɪkt baɪ ˈoʊnli 71 əv ˈkrɪtɪks. taɪˈtænɪk həz ən ˈɔdiəns skɔr əv ʤɪst 69 critics’*’ skɔrz wər haɪər fər 13 əv ðə 24 ˈwɪnərz əˈbəv. ˈɔdiənsəz skɔrz wər fər naɪn, ənd ðə skɔrz wər ðə seɪm fər tu ˈəðərz. wɪʧ fɪlm wɪl wɪn ðɪs jɪr? liv ðət tɪ ˈhɑliˌwʊd əˈstrɑləʤərz.
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rafael da silva is out of manchester united 's champions league clash with real sociedad and facing a battle to be fit for sunday's old trafford encounter with arsenal after suffering ankle ligament damage.
the brazilian sustained the injury during united's victory at on saturday before being substituted at half-time by manager david moyes.
rafael reported for training at carrington this morning wearing a protective boot and will miss the trip to spain.
but moyes may now be forced to face premier league leaders arsenal without a specialist right back if the youngster fails to respond to treatment this week.
united's medical staff have yet to rule rafael out of the arsenal game, but he is understood to be 'touch and go' for the clash with team, who could move 11 points clear of united with a win on sunday.
if rafael fails to prove his fitness, moyes will turn to either phil jones or chris smalling to fill the gap.
meanwhile, michael carrick and evans are both doubts for the sociedad game after missing training today.
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ˌrɑfaɪˈɛl ˈdiˈeɪ ˈsɪlvə ɪz aʊt əv ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd 'ɛs ˈʧæmpiənz lig klæʃ wɪθ ril ˌsoʊsiˈdæd ənd ˈfeɪsɪŋ ə ˈbætəl tɪ bi fɪt fər ˈsənˌdiz oʊld ˈtræfərd ɪnˈkaʊnər wɪθ ˈɑrsənəl ˈæftər ˈsəfərɪŋ ˈæŋkəl ˈlɪgəmənt ˈdæmɪʤ. ðə brəˈzɪljən səˈsteɪnd ðə ˈɪnʤəri ˈdʊrɪŋ juˈnaɪtədz ˈvɪktəri æt ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ ˈsəbstəˌtutəd æt ˈhæfˌtaɪm baɪ ˈmænɪʤər ˈdeɪvɪd mɔɪz. ˌrɑfaɪˈɛl ˌriˈpɔrtəd fər ˈtreɪnɪŋ æt ˈkɛrɪŋtən ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈwɛrɪŋ ə prəˈtɛktɪv but ənd wɪl mɪs ðə trɪp tɪ speɪn. bət mɔɪz meɪ naʊ bi fɔrst tɪ feɪs prɛˈmɪr lig ˈlidərz ˈɑrsənəl wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈspɛʃəlɪst raɪt bæk ɪf ðə ˈjəŋstər feɪlz tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ˈtritmənt ðɪs wik. juˈnaɪtədz ˈmɛdɪkəl stæf hæv jɛt tɪ rul ˌrɑfaɪˈɛl aʊt əv ðə ˈɑrsənəl geɪm, bət hi ɪz ˌəndərˈstʊd tɪ bi 'təʧ ənd goʊ' fər ðə klæʃ wɪθ tim, hu kʊd muv 11 pɔɪnts klɪr əv juˈnaɪtɪd wɪθ ə wɪn ɔn ˈsənˌdi. ɪf ˌrɑfaɪˈɛl feɪlz tɪ pruv hɪz ˈfɪtnəs, mɔɪz wɪl tərn tɪ ˈiðər fɪl ʤoʊnz ər krɪs sˈmɔlɪŋ tɪ fɪl ðə gæp. ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈmaɪkəl ˈkɛrɪk ənd ˈɛvənz ər boʊθ daʊts fər ðə ˌsoʊsiˈdæd geɪm ˈæftər ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈtreɪnɪŋ təˈdeɪ.
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this week, the 4 remaining crews joined forces with one other crew to go head to head with the other squad! gotta love the collabs.
check out all of the performance videos from week 4 below! spoiler on who was the next to go at the end.
illiance x super) (major lazer & snake lean on)
iamquest x quest crew) (andy mineo ft. & trip lee the saints)
kinjaz the dance box)
super (kendrick lamar i)
iamme (wolfgang gartner fire power)
quest crew (jack u take you there)
despite all these dope performances, someone had to be cut. this week it was’s time to go. only getting harder from here.
good luck to the rest of the crews! looking forward to next week!
in case you missed the past episodes, here are the videos!
abdc season 8 week 1 performances
abdc season 8 week 2 performances
abdc season 8 week 3 performances
which performance was your favorite for week 4? leave a comment in the section below!
it’s fun to watch them dance, but even more fun to get involved and learn from other dancers. take your skills to the next level online at studio! got some awesome choreographers who can help you become a better dancer. let that inspiration go to waste!
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ðɪs wik, ðə 4 rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ kruz ʤɔɪnd ˈfɔrsɪz wɪθ wən ˈəðər kru tɪ goʊ hɛd tɪ hɛd wɪθ ðə ˈəðər skwɑd! ˈgɑtə ləv ðə collabs*. ʧɛk aʊt ɔl əv ðə pərˈfɔrməns ˈvɪdioʊz frəm wik 4 bɪˈloʊ! ˈspɔɪlər ɔn hu wɑz ðə nɛkst tɪ goʊ æt ðə ɛnd. ɛks ˈsupər) (ˈmeɪʤər ˈleɪzər sneɪk lin ɔn) ɛks kwɛst kru) (ˈændi ˈmɪnioʊ ft*. trɪp li ðə seɪnts) ðə dæns bɑks) ˈsupər (ˈkɛndrɪk lɑˈmɑr aɪ) (ˈwʊlfˌgæŋ ˈgɑrtnər faɪər paʊər) kwɛst kru (ʤæk ju teɪk ju ðɛr) dɪˈspaɪt ɔl ðiz doʊp pərˈfɔrmənsɪz, ˈsəmˌwən hæd tɪ bi kət. ðɪs wik ɪt wɑz taɪm tɪ goʊ. ˈoʊnli ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈhɑrdər frəm hir. gʊd lək tɪ ðə rɛst əv ðə kruz! ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ nɛkst wik! ɪn keɪs ju mɪst ðə pæst ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz, hir ər ðə ˈvɪdioʊz! ˈsizən 8 wik 1 pərˈfɔrmənsɪz ˈsizən 8 wik 2 pərˈfɔrmənsɪz ˈsizən 8 wik 3 pərˈfɔrmənsɪz wɪʧ pərˈfɔrməns wɑz jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt fər wik 4 liv ə ˈkɑmɛnt ɪn ðə ˈsɛkʃən bɪˈloʊ! fən tɪ wɔʧ ðɛm dæns, bət ˈivɪn mɔr fən tɪ gɪt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ənd lərn frəm ˈəðər ˈdænsərz. teɪk jʊr skɪlz tɪ ðə nɛkst ˈlɛvəl ˈɔnˌlaɪn æt ˈstudiˌoʊ! gɑt səm ˈɔsəm ˌkɔriˈɑgrəfərz hu kən hɛlp ju bɪˈkəm ə ˈbɛtər ˈdænsər. lɛt ðət ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən goʊ tɪ weɪst!
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prime minister abe of japan and president obama at the lincoln memorial. on the discussion agenda are a variety of economic, security and global issues, including the partnership and climate change. (pete marovich / pool/epa)
seventy years after the end of world war ii, president obama will welcome japanese prime minister abe to the white house on tuesday for a state visit to highlight new partnerships on defense and economics with the united states’ most durable ally in asia.
but the success of the visit for the obama administration could turn on how abe handles another, more incendiary, geopolitical issue his imperial wartime past.
abe’s ambivalent signals about wartime behavior, along with his push to reassert the role in the security of the region after more than half a century of pacifism, have alarmed its neighbors, including china, but especially south korea, another crucial u.s. ally.
since abe reassumed power in 2012, relations between tokyo and seoul have been mired in distrust and bitter recriminations, forcing obama into the uncomfortable role of mediator. last year, on the sidelines of an international security summit at the hague, obama took time to broker an unusual trilateral meeting with abe and south korean president park in a bid to warm their relationship.
the implications are broad as the obama administration seeks to refocus and intensify its foreign policy efforts in asia, a strategy aimed at deepening regional alliances to confront growing military and economic clout.
president obama and japanese prime minister abe toured the lincoln memorial on monday. abe is scheduled to address a joint meeting of congress on wednesday. (reuters)
beijing, recognizing the discord, has sought to exploit the mistrust and sow doubts about u.s. standing, foreign policy analysts said.
obama’s personal engagement helped open minimal lines of communication between japan and south korea, but tensions are high as washington rolls out the red carpet for abe, who will become the first japanese prime minister to address a joint meeting of congress on wednesday.
ahead of the visit, south korean diplomats have lobbied administration officials, congress and the news media, making clear their expectations that abe apologize for wartime operation of “comfort stations” that forced up to women into sexual slavery. many conservatives in japan contend that the women were prostitutes, and some say other countries, including korea and the united states, did similar things during the war.
during remarks to students monday at harvard university, abe said: “my heart aches when i think about the people who were victimized by human trafficking and who were subject to immeasurable pain and suffering, beyond description. on this score, my feeling is no different from my predecessor prime ministers.”
abe emphasized that he has repeatedly affirmed a 1993 statement by former japanese chief cabinet secretary yohei kono that the military had forced women into brothels during the war, contradicting previous statements from the government.
but that is unlikely to satisfy the south koreans, who have doubted sincerity. grandfather, kishi, served as prime minister more than half a century ago on a nationalistic platform aimed at restoring military, which had been downgraded by the united states and the war.
japanese school textbooks have misrepresented some of the atrocities, and abe in 2013 visited the shrine, which honors the war dead, angering seoul and beijing. (he passed up chances to visit the shrine last year, paving the way for two meetings with chinese president xi jinping.)
citing “historical revisionism,” a senior south korean diplomat told the washington post last week: “we expect to hear prime minister abe say something that would go in the direction of outlining this concern.”
“our bar is not high,” the diplomat added, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue. he said seoul expects abe to endorse previous statements of contrition from kono and two former japanese prime ministers “in a clear and unambiguous way.”
white house aides are wary of the potential for the issue to overshadow the concrete accomplishments of the trip, which include the formal release in new york on monday of revised bilateral defense guidelines that would give the japanese self-defense forces power to act when u.s. forces are threatened by a third country.
the administration also hopes to make progress with japan on the partnership, a and regulatory pact that obama has called one of his top priorities.
obama aides declined to say whether they had specifically asked abe to apologize during his visit. abe and obama visited the lincoln memorial on monday afternoon, but they did not address reporters.
“we always stress that important to address history questions in an honest, constructive and forthright manner that promotes healing, but also in a way that reaches a final resolution,” said evan medeiros, asia director at the national security council. “so very supportive of diplomatic efforts between japan and [south korea] to improve their relationship.”
korean american organizations have pressured lawmakers on capitol hill to demand that abe apologize. rep. michael m. honda (d-calif.) sent a bipartisan letter signed by 25 house members to japanese ambassador kenichiro calling on abe to “lay the foundation for healing and humble reconciliation by addressing the historical issues.” an activist group brought yong soo lee, 86, who was a teenager forced to work in the comfort stations, to washington last week to tell her story.
abe aides said the prime minister, who has been practicing his congressional speech in english, will deliver an upbeat message to congress, lauding 70 years of liberal democracy and economic transformation, and close cooperation with the united states.
on the wartime history, the speech is expected to be modeled on an address he gave to the australian parliament last year, in which abe expressed remorse for aggression singling out two chapters that were particularly deadly for australian troops but did not apologize.
abe is likely to follow that template in washington, possibly mentioning the american prisoners of war who died in the bataan death march.
“it will be a deep reflection of the wartime past and an appreciation for the help and support that the united states extended to japan, and a pledge for the future,” said an abe adviser, who was not authorized to speak on the record. “this is a golden opportunity for abe to show how balanced he is, that not an extremist and not challenging the world order but is here to safeguard the existing order.”
obama administration officials said privately that they expect abe to address the issues of the korean “comfort women” at a joint news conference at the white house after his bilateral meeting with obama on tuesday.
but whether he will go far enough to satisfy seoul remains unclear. the two countries have had several rounds of discussions aimed at resurrecting a fund to provide reparations to the comfort women and their families; a previous plan was rejected by seoul after tokyo refused to accept full responsibility and use public money.
park is scheduled to visit the white house in june, and xi will arrive in september on his first state visit to washington.
“some people get emotional,”, the japanese ambassador, said at a briefing last week at the national press building. “but i think this is a security question, to be honest . . . i see all those issues about so-called history will be major issues to address or even stumbling blocks moving ahead.”
he added: “to be honest, this is not something we need to focus on as part of the major agenda between washington and tokyo.”
steven contributed to this report. fifield reported from tokyo.
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praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər eɪb əv ʤəˈpæn ənd ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə æt ðə ˈlɪŋkən məˈmɔriəl. ɔn ðə dɪˈskəʃən əˈʤɛndə ər ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk, sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ˈgloʊbəl ˈɪʃuz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp ənd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. (pit ˈmɑrəvɪʧ pool/epa*) ˈsɛvənti jɪrz ˈæftər ðə ɛnd əv wərld wɔr ii*, ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɪl ˈwɛlkəm ˌʤæpəˈniz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər eɪb tɪ ðə waɪt haʊs ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ fər ə steɪt ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt nu ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪps ɔn dɪˈfɛns ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd states’*’ moʊst ˈdʊrəbəl ˈælaɪ ɪn ˈeɪʒə. bət ðə səkˈsɛs əv ðə ˈvɪzɪt fər ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən kʊd tərn ɔn haʊ eɪb ˈhændəlz əˈnəðər, mɔr ˌɪnˈsɛndiɛri, ˌʤioʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl hɪz ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈwɔrˌtaɪm pæst. æmˈbɪvələnt ˈsɪgnəlz əˈbaʊt ˈwɔrˌtaɪm bɪˈheɪvjər, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hɪz pʊʃ tɪ ˌriəˈsərt ðə roʊl ɪn ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti əv ðə ˈriʤən ˈæftər mɔr ðən hæf ə ˈsɛnʧəri əv ˈpæsɪˌfɪzəm, hæv əˈlɑrmd ɪts ˈneɪbərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈʧaɪnə, bət əˈspɛʃəli saʊθ ˌkɔˈriə, əˈnəðər ˈkruʃəl juz. ˈælaɪ. sɪns eɪb riəˈsumd paʊər ɪn 2012 riˈleɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ ənd soʊl hæv bɪn maɪrd ɪn dɪˈstrəst ənd ˈbɪtər rɪˌkrɪmɪˈneɪʃənz, ˈfɔrsɪŋ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈɪntu ðə ənˈkəmfərtəbəl roʊl əv ˈmidiˌeɪtər. læst jɪr, ɔn ðə ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnz əv ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsəmɪt æt ðə heɪg, ˌoʊˈbɑmə tʊk taɪm tɪ ˈbroʊkər ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl traɪˈlætərəl ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ eɪb ənd saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈprɛzɪdənt pɑrk ɪn ə bɪd tɪ wɔrm ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp. ðə ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz ər brɔd ɛz ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən siks tɪ riˈfoʊkəs ənd ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪ ɪts ˈpɑləsi ˈɛfərts ɪn ˈeɪʒə, ə ˈstrætəʤi eɪmd æt ˈdipənɪŋ əˈlaɪənsɪz tɪ kənˈfrənt groʊɪŋ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk klaʊt. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə ənd ˌʤæpəˈniz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər eɪb tʊrd ðə ˈlɪŋkən məˈmɔriəl ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ. eɪb ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ə ʤɔɪnt ˈmitɪŋ əv ˈkɑŋgrəs ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ, ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈdɪskɔrd, həz sɔt tɪ ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ðə mɪˈstrəst ənd soʊ daʊts əˈbaʊt juz. ˈstændɪŋ, ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi ˈænəlɪsts sɛd. ˈpərsɪnəl ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt hɛlpt ˈoʊpən ˈmɪnəməl laɪnz əv kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən bɪtˈwin ʤəˈpæn ənd saʊθ ˌkɔˈriə, bət ˈtɛnʧənz ər haɪ ɛz ˈwɔʃɪŋtən roʊlz aʊt ðə rɛd ˈkɑrpət fər eɪb, hu wɪl bɪˈkəm ðə fərst ˌʤæpəˈniz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ə ʤɔɪnt ˈmitɪŋ əv ˈkɑŋgrəs ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. əˈhɛd əv ðə ˈvɪzɪt, saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈdɪpləˌmæts hæv ˈlɑbid ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz, ˈkɑŋgrəs ənd ðə nuz ˈmidiə, ˈmeɪkɪŋ klɪr ðɛr ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz ðət eɪb əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər ˈwɔrˌtaɪm ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən əv stations”*” ðət fɔrst əp tɪ ˈwɪmən ˈɪntu ˈsɛkʃuəl sˈleɪvəri. ˈmɛni kənˈsərvətɪvz ɪn ʤəˈpæn kənˈtɛnd ðət ðə ˈwɪmən wər ˈprɑstəˌtuts, ənd səm seɪ ˈəðər ˈkəntriz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌkɔˈriə ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, dɪd ˈsɪmələr θɪŋz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɔr. ˈdʊrɪŋ rɪˈmɑrks tɪ ˈstudənts ˈmənˌdeɪ æt ˈhɑrvərd ˌjunəˈvərsəti, eɪb sɛd: hɑrt eɪks wɪn aɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpipəl hu wər ˈvɪktəmaɪzd baɪ ˈjumən ˈtræfɪkɪŋ ənd hu wər ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ˌɪˈmɛʒərˌæbəl peɪn ənd ˈsəfərɪŋ, bɪɔnd dɪˈskrɪpʃən. ɔn ðɪs skɔr, maɪ ˈfilɪŋ ɪz noʊ ˈdɪfərənt frəm maɪ ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər praɪm ministers.”*.” eɪb ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ðət hi həz rɪˈpitɪdli əˈfərmd ə 1993 ˈsteɪtmənt baɪ ˈfɔrmər ˌʤæpəˈniz ʧif ˈkæbənət ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈjoʊˌheɪ ˈkoʊnoʊ ðət ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri hæd fɔrst ˈwɪmən ˈɪntu ˈbrɑθəlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɔr, ˌkɑntrəˈdɪktɪŋ ˈpriviəs ˈsteɪtmənts frəm ðə ˈgəvərnmənt. bət ðət ɪz ənˈlaɪkli tɪ ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriənz, hu hæv ˈdaʊtɪd sɪnˈsɛrəti. ˈgrænˌfɑðər, ˈkiʃi, sərvd ɛz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər mɔr ðən hæf ə ˈsɛnʧəri əˈgoʊ ɔn ə ˌnæʃənəˈlɪstɪk ˈplætˌfɔrm eɪmd æt rɪˈstɔrɪŋ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri, wɪʧ hæd bɪn ˈdaʊnˈgreɪdəd baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd ðə wɔr. ˌʤæpəˈniz skul ˈtɛkstˌbʊks hæv ˌmɪsrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd səm əv ðə əˈtrɑsətiz, ənd eɪb ɪn 2013 ˈvɪzɪtɪd ðə ʃraɪn, wɪʧ ˈɑnərz ðə wɔr dɛd, ˈæŋgərɪŋ soʊl ənd ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ. (hi pæst əp ˈʧænsɪz tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ðə ʃraɪn læst jɪr, ˈpeɪvɪŋ ðə weɪ fər tu ˈmitɪŋz wɪθ ʧaɪˈniz ˈprɛzɪdənt ʃi jinping*.) ˈsaɪtɪŋ revisionism,”*,” ə ˈsinjər saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈdɪpləˌmæt toʊld ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst læst wik: ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ hir praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər eɪb seɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət wʊd goʊ ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv ˈaʊˌtlaɪnɪŋ ðɪs concern.”*.” bɑr ɪz nɑt high,”*,” ðə ˈdɪpləˌmæt ˈædɪd, ˈspikɪŋ ɔn ðə kənˈdɪʃən əv ˌænəˈnɪmɪti bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈneɪʧər əv ðə ˈɪʃu. hi sɛd soʊl ɪkˈspɛkts eɪb tɪ ɛnˈdɔrs ˈpriviəs ˈsteɪtmənts əv kənˈtrɪʃən frəm ˈkoʊnoʊ ənd tu ˈfɔrmər ˌʤæpəˈniz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstərz ə klɪr ənd ˌənæmˈbɪgjəwəs way.”*.” waɪt haʊs eɪdz ər ˈwɛri əv ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl fər ðə ˈɪʃu tɪ ˈoʊvərˈʃædoʊ ðə ˈkɑnkrit əˈkɑmplɪʃmənts əv ðə trɪp, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈfɔrməl riˈlis ɪn nu jɔrk ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ əv rɪˈvaɪzd baɪˈlætərəl dɪˈfɛns ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ðət wʊd gɪv ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns ˈfɔrsɪz paʊər tɪ ækt wɪn juz. ˈfɔrsɪz ər θˈrɛtənd baɪ ə θərd ˈkəntri. ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ˈɔlsoʊ hoʊps tɪ meɪk ˈprɑˌgrɛs wɪθ ʤəˈpæn ɔn ðə ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp, ə ənd ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri pækt ðət ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz kɔld wən əv hɪz tɔp praɪˈɔrətiz. ˌoʊˈbɑmə eɪdz dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ seɪ ˈwɛðər ðeɪ hæd spəˈsɪfɪkli æst eɪb tɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˈvɪzɪt. eɪb ənd ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈvɪzɪtɪd ðə ˈlɪŋkən məˈmɔriəl ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun, bət ðeɪ dɪd nɑt rɪˈpɔrtərz. ˈɔlˌweɪz strɛs ðət ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ˈhɪstəri kˈwɛsʧənz ɪn ən ˈɑnəst, kənˈstrəktɪv ənd ˈfɔrθˈraɪt ˈmænər ðət prəˈmoʊts ˈhilɪŋ, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ə weɪ ðət ˈriʧɪz ə ˈfaɪnəl resolution,”*,” sɛd ˈɛvən meɪˈdɪroʊz, ˈeɪʒə dɪˈrɛktər æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkaʊnsəl. ˈvɛri səˈpɔrtɪv əv ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˈɛfərts bɪtˈwin ʤəˈpæn ənd [saʊθ ˌkɔˈriə] tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðɛr relationship.”*.” ˌkɔˈriən əˈmɛrɪkən ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz hæv ˈprɛʃərd ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz ɔn ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl tɪ dɪˈmænd ðət eɪb əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈmaɪkəl ɛm. ˈhɔndə (d-calif*.) sɛnt ə baɪˈpɑrtɪzən ˈlɛtər saɪnd baɪ 25 haʊs ˈmɛmbərz tɪ ˌʤæpəˈniz æmˈbæsədər ˈkɔlɪŋ ɔn eɪb tɪ ðə faʊnˈdeɪʃən fər ˈhilɪŋ ənd ˈhəmbəl ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən baɪ æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl issues.”*.” ən ˈæktɪvɪst grup brɔt jɔŋ su li, 86 hu wɑz ə ˈtiˌneɪʤər fɔrst tɪ wərk ɪn ðə ˈkəmfərt ˈsteɪʃənz, tɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən læst wik tɪ tɛl hər ˈstɔri. eɪb eɪdz sɛd ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər, hu həz bɪn ˈpræktɪsɪŋ hɪz kənˈgrɛʃənəl spiʧ ɪn ˈɪŋlɪʃ, wɪl dɪˈlɪvər ən ˈəpˌbit ˈmɛsɪʤ tɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs, ˈlɔdɪŋ 70 jɪrz əv ˈlɪˌbərəl dɪˈmɑkrəsi ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən, ənd kloʊz kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ɔn ðə ˈwɔrˌtaɪm ˈhɪstəri, ðə spiʧ ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi ˈmɑdəld ɔn ən ˈæˌdrɛs hi geɪv tɪ ðə ɔˈstreɪljən ˈpɑrləmɛnt læst jɪr, ɪn wɪʧ eɪb ɪkˈsprɛst rɪˈmɔrs fər əˈgrɛʃən ˈsɪŋgəlɪŋ aʊt tu ˈʧæptərz ðət wər ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈdɛdli fər ɔˈstreɪljən trups bət dɪd nɑt əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz. eɪb ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ðət ˈtɛmplət ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˈpɑsəbli ˈmɛnʃənɪŋ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈprɪzənərz əv wɔr hu daɪd ɪn ðə bəˈtɑn dɛθ mɑrʧ. wɪl bi ə dip rɪˈflɛkʃən əv ðə ˈwɔrˌtaɪm pæst ənd ən əˌpriʃiˈeɪʃən fər ðə hɛlp ənd səˈpɔrt ðət ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪkˈstɛndɪd tɪ ʤəˈpæn, ənd ə plɛʤ fər ðə future,”*,” sɛd ən eɪb ædˈvaɪzər, hu wɑz nɑt ˈɔθərˌaɪzd tɪ spik ɔn ðə ˈrɛkərd. ɪz ə ˈgoʊldən ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər eɪb tɪ ʃoʊ haʊ ˈbælənst hi ɪz, ðət nɑt ən ɪkˈstrimɪst ənd nɑt ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ðə wərld ˈɔrdər bət ɪz hir tɪ ˈseɪfˌgɑrd ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ order.”*.” ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd ˈpraɪvətli ðət ðeɪ ɪkˈspɛkt eɪb tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðə ˈɪʃuz əv ðə ˌkɔˈriən women”*” æt ə ʤɔɪnt nuz ˈkɑnfərəns æt ðə waɪt haʊs ˈæftər hɪz baɪˈlætərəl ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. bət ˈwɛðər hi wɪl goʊ fɑr ɪˈnəf tɪ ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ soʊl rɪˈmeɪnz ənˈklɪr. ðə tu ˈkəntriz hæv hæd ˈsɛvərəl raʊnz əv dɪˈskəʃənz eɪmd æt ˌrɛzərˈɛktɪŋ ə fənd tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˌrɛpərˈeɪʃənz tɪ ðə ˈkəmfərt ˈwɪmən ənd ðɛr ˈfæməliz; ə ˈpriviəs plæn wɑz rɪˈʤɛktɪd baɪ soʊl ˈæftər ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ rɪfˈjuzd tɪ əkˈsɛpt fʊl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ənd juz ˈpəblɪk ˈməni. pɑrk ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ðə waɪt haʊs ɪn ʤun, ənd ʃi wɪl əraɪv ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər ɔn hɪz fərst steɪt ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ˈpipəl gɪt emotional,”*,”, ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz æmˈbæsədər, sɛd æt ə ˈbrifɪŋ læst wik æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl prɛs ˈbɪldɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ɪz ə sɪˈkjʊrəti kˈwɛʃən, tɪ bi ˈɑnəst aɪ si ɔl ðoʊz ˈɪʃuz əˈbaʊt ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈhɪstəri wɪl bi ˈmeɪʤər ˈɪʃuz tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ər ˈivɪn ˈstəmbəlɪŋ blɑks ˈmuvɪŋ ahead.”*.” hi ˈædɪd: bi ˈɑnəst, ðɪs ɪz nɑt ˈsəmθɪŋ wi nid tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈmeɪʤər əˈʤɛndə bɪtˈwin ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd tokyo.”*.” ˈstivən kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt. ˈfɪfild ˌriˈpɔrtəd frəm ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ.
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mumbai: according to a report by national skill development corporation (nsdc), india will need around million strong workforce in booming transportation, logistics, warehousing and packaging sector. the sector, which currently employs over million employees, is slated to employ more than million employees by 2022. hence, this sector will have one of the highest incremental human resource requirement of million from, across the 24 sectors that have been mapped for assessing incremental human resource requirement in the to the report, rising investment, rapidly evolving regulatory policies, mega infrastructure projects and several other developments in recent times have driven the indian logistics market, simultaneously, also overcoming constraints and report further states that key growth drivers are the logistics activities which are currently outsourced and growing rapidly at a rate of 52%. thrust on marquee projects dedicated freight corridors, dmic, container terminal, inland waterways. rapid growth in retail, e-commerce, qsr, containerisation, etc. 100 percent through automatic route. expected to grow at over 12 percent during 2020. also, the increasing income levels among consumers makes product affordable and hence, provides scope for innovative packaging to attract consumers to purchase the product. and food and beverage, which contributes 85 percent of total packaging user segments, is one of the biggest driving on the report, dilip , & ceo, said, “the biggest challenge for the sector is to attract talent. the sector clearly sees poor working conditions and low pay scales in comparison to other career options because of poor or non-existent manpower policies. the industry is expected to give a push to indian economy with emergence of e-commerce, retail & quick service restaurants more approach towards transport and logistics activities due to emergence of global logistics (3pl) players, the demand for trained employees with specific skill sets is expected to further increase,” he further per national sample survey (nss) round survey, the districts with maximum employment in the transportation and logistics sector are mumbai, kolkata, hyderabad, delhi and. the high growth clusters as identified by incremental human resource requirement studies are mumbai, kolkata, hyderabad, and bangalore, surat and indore.
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ˌmʊmˈbaɪ: əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt baɪ ˈnæʃənəl skɪl dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən (nsdc*), ˈɪndiə wɪl nid əraʊnd ˈmɪljən strɔŋ ˈwərkˌfɔrs ɪn ˈbumɪŋ ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən, ləˈʤɪstɪks, ˈwɛˌrhaʊzɪŋ ənd ˈpækɪʤɪŋ ˈsɛktər. ðə ˈsɛktər, wɪʧ ˈkərəntli ɪmˈplɔɪz ˈoʊvər ˈmɪljən ɪmˈplɔɪiz, ɪz sˈleɪtɪd tɪ ɪmˈplɔɪ mɔr ðən ˈmɪljən ɪmˈplɔɪiz baɪ 2022 hɛns, ðɪs ˈsɛktər wɪl hæv wən əv ðə haɪəst ˌɪnkrəˈmɛntəl ˈjumən ˈrisɔrs rɪkˈwaɪrmənt əv ˈmɪljən frəm əˈkrɔs ðə 24 ˈsɛktərz ðət hæv bɪn mæpt fər əˈsɛsɪŋ ˌɪnkrəˈmɛntəl ˈjumən ˈrisɔrs rɪkˈwaɪrmənt ɪn ðə tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt, ˈraɪzɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt, ˈræpədli ɪˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈpɑləsiz, ˈmɛgə ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˈprɑʤɛkts ənd ˈsɛvərəl ˈəðər dɪˈvɛləpmənts ɪn ˈrisənt taɪmz hæv ˈdrɪvən ðə ˈɪndiən ləˈʤɪstɪks ˈmɑrkɪt, ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈoʊvərˌkəmɪŋ kənˈstreɪnts ənd rɪˈpɔrt ˈfərðər steɪts ðət ki groʊθ ˈdraɪvərz ər ðə ləˈʤɪstɪks ækˈtɪvɪtiz wɪʧ ər ˈkərəntli ˌaʊtˈsɔrst ənd groʊɪŋ ˈræpədli æt ə reɪt əv 52 θrəst ɔn mɑrˈki ˈprɑʤɛkts ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd freɪt ˈkɔrɪdərz, dmic*, kənˈteɪnər ˈtərmənəl, ˈɪnˌlænd ˈwɔtərˌweɪz. ˈræpɪd groʊθ ɪn ˈriˌteɪl, e-commerce*, qsr*, containerisation*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. 100 pərˈsɛnt θru ˌɔtəˈmætɪk rut. ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ groʊ æt ˈoʊvər 12 pərˈsɛnt ˈdʊrɪŋ 2020 ˈɔlsoʊ, ðə ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈɪnˌkəm ˈlɛvəlz əˈməŋ kənˈsumərz meɪks ˈprɑdəkt əˈfɔrdəbəl ənd hɛns, prəˈvaɪdz skoʊp fər ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ˈpækɪʤɪŋ tɪ əˈtrækt kənˈsumərz tɪ ˈpərʧəs ðə ˈprɑdəkt. ənd fud ənd ˈbɛvərɪʤ, wɪʧ kənˈtrɪbjuts 85 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈtoʊtəl ˈpækɪʤɪŋ ˈjuzər ˌsɛgˈmɛnts, ɪz wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈdraɪvɪŋ ɔn ðə rɪˈpɔrt, ˈdɪlɪp ˈsiˌiˈoʊ, sɛd, ˈbɪgəst ˈʧælənʤ fər ðə ˈsɛktər ɪz tɪ əˈtrækt ˈtælənt. ðə ˈsɛktər ˈklɪrli siz pur ˈwərkɪŋ kənˈdɪʃənz ənd loʊ peɪ skeɪlz ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ˈəðər kərɪr ˈɔpʃənz bɪˈkəz əv pur ər ˌnɑnəgˈzɪstənt ˈmænˌpaʊər ˈpɑləsiz. ðə ˈɪndəstri ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ gɪv ə pʊʃ tɪ ˈɪndiən ɪˈkɑnəmi wɪθ ˈimərʤəns əv e-commerce*, ˈriˌteɪl kwɪk ˈsərvɪs ˈrɛˌstrɑnts mɔr əˈproʊʧ təˈwɔrdz ˈtrænspɔrt ənd ləˈʤɪstɪks ækˈtɪvɪtiz du tɪ ˈimərʤəns əv ˈgloʊbəl ləˈʤɪstɪks 3pl*) pleɪərz, ðə dɪˈmænd fər treɪnd ɪmˈplɔɪiz wɪθ spɪˈsɪfɪk skɪl sɛts ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈfərðər increase,”*,” hi ˈfərðər pər ˈnæʃənəl ˈsæmpəl ˈsərˌveɪ (nss*) raʊnd ˈsərˌveɪ, ðə ˈdɪstrɪkts wɪθ ˈmæksəməm ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ɪn ðə ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ənd ləˈʤɪstɪks ˈsɛktər ər ˌmʊmˈbaɪ, kolkata*, ˈhaɪdərəˌbæd, ˈdɛli ənd. ðə haɪ groʊθ ˈkləstərz ɛz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd baɪ ˌɪnkrəˈmɛntəl ˈjumən ˈrisɔrs rɪkˈwaɪrmənt ˈstədiz ər ˌmʊmˈbaɪ, kolkata*, ˈhaɪdərəˌbæd, ənd ˈbæŋgəˌlɔr, sərɑt ənd indore*.
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it may be widely regarded as the universal book of wisdom, but one truth even its strongest proponents, the, seem to fathom: when was the, one of holiest books, composed?
external affairs minister and chief mohan attended a meeting by the and other hindu religious groups last week that said the was composed years ago, but the history wing of the pegs the age of the sacred text two years later at years. attended the closing session on sunday and called for the to be named the national book.
“we do not want to dispute them as they are a cultural body but if they consult us we will tell them that our calculations based on historical facts show the to be years old,” bal mukund, national secretary of the, the history wing of the, told ht.
how did the arrive at that date? simple, it based its calculation on the wheel of time.
“kalyuga began on february 18, 3102 bc,” says mukund. “the began 36 years before near the end of, meaning 3139 bc. the sources we have used are the, the and others. these texts also show the position of the stars (grah-dashaa) and we have been able to locate the exact dates based on these.”
the says it is a professional historical body. its website says it was registered in 1994 -- years” into -- though its work began in 1978. is the last of four in the hindu concept of cyclical time.
other hindu groups have a more bizarre explanation. former dal prakash sharma elaborates on the. “one human year equals one day of the gods. one year of the gods is 360 human years. one cycle of four sat,, and is 12000 years of the gods or human years,” he says. “satyuga is years long, years long, years long and years long.”
veteran historian jha, however, disagrees with both dates, saying the cannot be dated in this manner. according to him, the is an within the, which itself developed over centuries and while some historians place the at around 900 bc, it is difficult to place a precise date.
however, sharma has a different take: “why should western chronology be followed to date the? our own systems have to be used to date our texts.”
first published: dec 10, 2014
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ɪt meɪ bi ˈwaɪdli rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəl bʊk əv ˈwɪzdəm, bət wən truθ ˈivɪn ɪts ˈstrɔŋgəst prəˈpoʊnənts, ðə, sim tɪ ˈfæðəm: wɪn wɑz ðə, wən əv ˈhoʊliɪst bʊks, kəmˈpoʊzd? ɪkˈstərnəl əˈfɛrz ˈmɪnɪstər ənd ʧif ˈmoʊhɑn əˈtɛndəd ə ˈmitɪŋ baɪ ðə ənd ˈəðər ˈhɪnˌdu rɪˈlɪʤəs grups læst wik ðət sɛd ðə wɑz kəmˈpoʊzd jɪrz əˈgoʊ, bət ðə ˈhɪstəri wɪŋ əv ðə pɛgz ðə eɪʤ əv ðə ˈseɪkrɪd tɛkst tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər æt jɪrz. əˈtɛndəd ðə ˈkloʊzɪŋ ˈsɛʃən ɔn ˈsənˌdi ənd kɔld fər ðə tɪ bi neɪmd ðə ˈnæʃənəl bʊk. du nɑt wɔnt tɪ dɪˈspjut ðɛm ɛz ðeɪ ər ə ˈkəlʧərəl ˈbɑdi bət ɪf ðeɪ kənˈsəlt ˈjuˈɛs wi wɪl tɛl ðɛm ðət ɑr ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz beɪst ɔn hɪˈstɔrɪkəl fækts ʃoʊ ðə tɪ bi jɪrz old,”*,” bæl mukund*, ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə, ðə ˈhɪstəri wɪŋ əv ðə, toʊld ht*. haʊ dɪd ðə əraɪv æt ðət deɪt? ˈsɪmpəl, ɪt beɪst ɪts ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən ɔn ðə wil əv taɪm. bɪˈgæn ɔn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 18 3102 bc,”*,” sɪz mukund*. bɪˈgæn 36 jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr nɪr ðə ɛnd əv, ˈminɪŋ 3139 bc*. ðə ˈsɔrsəz wi hæv juzd ər ðə, ðə ənd ˈəðərz. ðiz tɛksts ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊ ðə pəˈzɪʃən əv ðə stɑrz (grah-dashaa*) ənd wi hæv bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈloʊˌkeɪt ðə ɪgˈzækt deɪts beɪst ɔn these.”*.” ðə sɪz ɪt ɪz ə prəˈfɛʃənəl hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈbɑdi. ɪts ˈwɛbˌsaɪt sɪz ɪt wɑz ˈrɛʤɪstərd ɪn 1994 years”*” ˈɪntu ðoʊ ɪts wərk bɪˈgæn ɪn 1978 ɪz ðə læst əv fɔr ɪn ðə ˈhɪnˌdu ˈkɑnsɛpt əv ˈsɪklɪkəl taɪm. ˈəðər ˈhɪnˌdu grups hæv ə mɔr bɪˈzɑr ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən. ˈfɔrmər dæl prɑˈkɑʃ ˈʃɑrmə ɪˈlæbərˌeɪts ɔn ðə. ˈjumən jɪr ˈikwəlz wən deɪ əv ðə gɑdz. wən jɪr əv ðə gɑdz ɪz 360 ˈjumən jɪrz. wən ˈsaɪkəl əv fɔr sæt,, ənd ɪz 12000 jɪrz əv ðə gɑdz ər ˈjumən years,”*,” hi sɪz. ɪz jɪrz lɔŋ, jɪrz lɔŋ, jɪrz lɔŋ ənd jɪrz long.”*.” ˈvɛtərən hɪˈstɔriən ʤɑ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, dɪsəˈgriz wɪθ boʊθ deɪts, seɪɪŋ ðə ˈkænɑt bi ˈdeɪtɪd ɪn ðɪs ˈmænər. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɪm, ðə ɪz ən wɪˈθɪn ðə, wɪʧ ˌɪtˈsɛlf dɪˈvɛləpt ˈoʊvər ˈsɛnʧəriz ənd waɪl səm hɪˈstɔriənz pleɪs ðə æt əraʊnd 900 bc*, ɪt ɪz ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ pleɪs ə prɪˈsaɪs deɪt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈʃɑrmə həz ə ˈdɪfərənt teɪk: ʃʊd ˈwɛstərn krəˈnɑləʤi bi ˈfɑloʊd tɪ deɪt ðə? ɑr oʊn ˈsɪstəmz hæv tɪ bi juzd tɪ deɪt ɑr texts.”*.” fərst ˈpəblɪʃt: dɛk 10 2014
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dunkin' donuts slips after scorching debut
shares of dunkin' brands fell 5 cents on thursday after jumping 47% on wednesday, causing some to wonder if investors are setting themselves up to get soaked.
the parent of dunkin' donuts and ice cream parlors found a strong reception as investors pushed shares to $27.85, up from the $19 initial price.
such a strong welcome for dunkin' brands' initial public offering sets the tone for the rest of the week, a robust one for deals. nine companies plan to go public this week, making it the busiest week since dec. 13, says john fitzgibbon of scoop.
yet, such a rabid response to dunkin' is potentially positioning investors for disappointment, because of the:
•record of another high-profile doughnut chain. debut hearkens back to the 2000 of. shares jumped 76% its first day.
like dunkin', was heralded for its loyal customer base and great opportunity to expand beyond the east coast. but expansion, aggressive accounting practices and other problems turned into a textbook debacle for investors who bought the hype. shares are down 14% from their closing price and off 83% from their all-time high of $49.37 in august 2003. "people's memories are short," says fitzgibbon.
•recent struggles of high-profile restaurants. given the uncertainty of the economy, restaurants continue to show their struggles. two other popular restaurants, pizza chain sbarro and casual dining chains perkins & marie have filed for bankruptcy protection this year, says bankruptcydata.com.
big year for big debuts big year for big debuts ?
•poor showings by some recents with big first days. chineses china and soared 87% and 27% on their first days, only to fall 60% and 42% since.
investors are so hungry for companies that can grow amid the sluggish economy, they're making a big leap as to how successfully dunkin' can expand into the western u.s., says francis gaskins ofdesktop.com. "i'm skeptical," he says, adding that the company keeps just 5 cents of every dollar in profit and has high interest expense.
investors are focusing on the company's bright spots, including relatively untapped markets in the west and internationally, says linda killian of renaissance capital.
ipos of other popular retailers are also faring well, she says. investors are eager to buy into companies "that offer consumers the satisfaction of buying what they want," she says.
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ˈdəŋkɪn' ˈdoʊˌnəts slɪps ˈæftər ˈskɔrʧɪŋ ˈdeɪbju ʃɛrz əv ˈdəŋkɪn' brændz fɛl 5 sɛnts ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈæftər ˈʤəmpɪŋ 47 ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ˈkɔzɪŋ səm tɪ ˈwəndər ɪf ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ər ˈsɛtɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz əp tɪ gɪt soʊkt. ðə ˈpɛrənt əv ˈdəŋkɪn' ˈdoʊˌnəts ənd aɪs krim ˈpɑrlərz faʊnd ə strɔŋ rɪˈsɛpʃən ɛz ˌɪnˈvɛstərz pʊʃt ʃɛrz tɪ əp frəm ðə 19 ˌɪˈnɪʃəl praɪs. səʧ ə strɔŋ ˈwɛlkəm fər ˈdəŋkɪn' brændz' ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈpəblɪk ˈɔfərɪŋ sɛts ðə toʊn fər ðə rɛst əv ðə wik, ə roʊˈbəst wən fər dilz. naɪn ˈkəmpəˌniz plæn tɪ goʊ ˈpəblɪk ðɪs wik, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ðə ˈbɪziəst wik sɪns dɛk. 13 sɪz ʤɑn ˌfɪtsˈʤɪbən əv skup. jɛt, səʧ ə ˈræbɪd rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈdəŋkɪn' ɪz pəˈtɛnʃəli pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɛstərz fər ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt, bɪˈkəz əv ðə: əv əˈnəðər ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈdoʊˌnət ʧeɪn. ˈdeɪbju ˈhɑrkənz bæk tɪ ðə 2000 əv. ʃɛrz ʤəmpt 76 ɪts fərst deɪ. laɪk ˈdəŋkɪn', wɑz ˈhɛrəldɪd fər ɪts lɔɪəl ˈkəstəmər beɪs ənd greɪt ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ɪkˈspænd bɪɔnd ðə ist koʊst. bət ɪkˈspænʧən, əˈgrɛsɪv əˈkaʊnɪŋ ˈpræktɪsɪz ənd ˈəðər ˈprɑbləmz tərnd ˈɪntu ə ˈtɛkstˌbʊk dəˈbɑkəl fər ˌɪnˈvɛstərz hu bɔt ðə haɪp. ʃɛrz ər daʊn 14 frəm ðɛr ˈkloʊzɪŋ praɪs ənd ɔf 83 frəm ðɛr ˌɔlˈtaɪm haɪ əv ɪn ˈɔgəst 2003 "ˈpipəlz ˈmɛməriz ər ʃɔrt," sɪz ˌfɪtsˈʤɪbən. ˈstrəgəlz əv ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈrɛˌstrɑnts. ˈgɪvɪn ðə ənˈsərtənti əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, ˈrɛˌstrɑnts kənˈtɪnju tɪ ʃoʊ ðɛr ˈstrəgəlz. tu ˈəðər ˈpɑpjələr ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ˈpitsə ʧeɪn sˈbɑroʊ ənd ˈkæʒəwəl ˈdaɪnɪŋ ʧeɪnz ˈpərkɪnz mərˈi hæv faɪld fər ˈbæŋkrəptsi prəˈtɛkʃən ðɪs jɪr, sɪz bankruptcydata.com*. bɪg jɪr fər bɪg ˈdeɪbjuz bɪg jɪr fər bɪg ˈdeɪbjuz ʃoʊɪŋz baɪ səm ˈrisənt wɪθ bɪg fərst deɪz. ʧaɪˈniz ˈʧaɪnə ənd sɔrd 87 ənd 27 ɔn ðɛr fərst deɪz, ˈoʊnli tɪ fɔl 60 ənd 42 sɪns. ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ər soʊ ˈhəŋgri fər ˈkəmpəˌniz ðət kən groʊ əˈmɪd ðə sˈləgɪʃ ɪˈkɑnəmi, ðɛr ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə bɪg lip ɛz tɪ haʊ səkˈsɛsfəli ˈdəŋkɪn' kən ɪkˈspænd ˈɪntu ðə ˈwɛstərn juz., sɪz ˈfrænsɪs ˈgæskɪnz əv ipodesktop.com*. "əm ˈskɛptɪkəl," hi sɪz, ˈædɪŋ ðət ðə ˈkəmpəˌni kips ʤɪst 5 sɛnts əv ˈɛvəri ˈdɔlər ɪn ˈprɑfɪt ənd həz haɪ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪkˈspɛns. ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ər ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈkəmpəniz braɪt spɑts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈrɛlətɪvli ənˈtæpt ˈmɑrkɪts ɪn ðə wɛst ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli, sɪz ˈlɪndə ˈkɪljən əv ˌrɛnəˈsɑns ˈkæpɪtəl. əv ˈəðər ˈpɑpjələr ˈriˌteɪlərz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfɛriŋ wɛl, ʃi sɪz. ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ər ˈigər tɪ baɪ ˈɪntu ˈkəmpəˌniz "ðət ˈɔfər kənˈsumərz ðə ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən əv baɪɪŋ wət ðeɪ wɔnt," ʃi sɪz. brɛnt ʤoʊnz. fər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər, sɛnd ˈkɑmɛnts tɪ fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt riˈprɪnts pərˈmɪʃənz ˈvɪzɪt ɑr faq's*. tɪ rɪˈpɔrt kərˈɛkʃənz ənd ˌklɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz, ˈkɑnˌtækt ˈstændərdz ˈɛdɪtər. fər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər, sɛnd ˈkɑmɛnts tɪ ˌɪnˈklud neɪm, foʊn ˈnəmbər, ˈsɪti ənd steɪt fər ˌvɛrəfəˈkeɪʃən. tɪ vju ɑr kərˈɛkʃənz, goʊ tɪ
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addressing the country in a nationally televised speech monday night, president donald trump described his commitment to continuing the war in afghanistan, but did not say how many more troops might be heading to the region. the address, delivered to troops at fort myer in virginia, laid out the trump administration's revised strategy for the war in afghanistan. during his campaign, trump frequently criticized us involvement overseas, including in afghanistan. in 2013, he in favor of a "speedy withdrawal."
why are we continuing to train these afghanis who then shoot our soldiers in the back? afghanistan is a complete waste. time to come home!
acknowledging his history of criticizing the us military presence there, trump said monday that he had changed his mind after discussions with defense advisers.
"my original instinct was to pull out, and historically i like following my instincts," trump said. "but all my life i have heard decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office, in other words, when you are president of the united states." a hasty departure of american troops from afghanistan would create a power vacuum that would foster the spread of terrorist groups in the region, trump said. he hinted that the us would increase its presence in the country, and urge nato allies to do the same. but he did not give specifics about how many additional troops the us plans to send under his new policy. "we will not talk about numbers of troops or plans for other military activities," he said. supporters did not appear to be on board. news called it a flip-flop, and other media figures bemoaned the president's departure from the nationalist message he promoted during his presidential campaign.
in the meantime, republican defense hawks including senators john mccain and lindsey graham praised the president's speech.
between afghanistan and syria is showing the will to stand up to radical islam... ....unlike president obama.
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sɔl loʊb ˈgɛti ˈɪmɪʤɪz æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðə ˈkəntri ɪn ə ˈnæʃənəli ˈtɛləˌvaɪzd spiʧ ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt, ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp dɪˈskraɪbd hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ðə wɔr ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, bət dɪd nɑt seɪ haʊ ˈmɛni mɔr trups maɪt bi ˈhɛdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈriʤən. ðə ˈæˌdrɛs, dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ trups æt fɔrt maɪər ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə, leɪd aʊt ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃənz rɪˈvaɪzd ˈstrætəʤi fər ðə wɔr ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn. ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz kæmˈpeɪn, trəmp ˈfrikwɛntli ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ˈjuˈɛs ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ˈoʊvərˈsiz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn. ɪn 2013 hi ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ə "ˈspiˌdi wɪθˈdrɔəl." waɪ ər wi kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ treɪn ðiz æfˈgæniz hu ðɛn ʃut ɑr ˈsoʊlʤərz ɪn ðə bæk? æfˈgænəˌstæn ɪz ə kəmˈplit weɪst. taɪm tɪ kəm hoʊm! ækˈnɑlɪʤɪŋ hɪz ˈhɪstəri əv ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈprɛzəns ðɛr, trəmp sɛd ˈmənˌdeɪ ðət hi hæd ʧeɪnʤd hɪz maɪnd ˈæftər dɪˈskəʃənz wɪθ dɪˈfɛns ædˈvaɪzərz. "maɪ ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɪnstɪŋkt wɑz tɪ pʊl aʊt, ənd hɪˈstɔrɪkəli aɪ laɪk ˈfɑloʊɪŋ maɪ ˈɪnstɪŋkts," trəmp sɛd. "bət ɔl maɪ laɪf aɪ hæv hərd dɪˈsɪʒənz ər məʧ ˈdɪfərənt wɪn ju sɪt bɪˈhaɪnd ðə dɛsk ɪn ðə ˈoʊvəl ˈɔfəs, ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, wɪn ju ər ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts." ə ˈheɪsti dɪˈpɑrʧər əv əˈmɛrɪkən trups frəm æfˈgænəˌstæn wʊd kriˈeɪt ə paʊər ˈvækjum ðət wʊd ˈfɑstər ðə sprɛd əv ˈtɛrərɪst grups ɪn ðə ˈriʤən, trəmp sɛd. hi ˈhɪnɪd ðət ðə ˈjuˈɛs wʊd ˌɪnˈkris ɪts ˈprɛzəns ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, ənd ərʤ ˈneɪtoʊ ˈælaɪz tɪ du ðə seɪm. bət hi dɪd nɑt gɪv spɪˈsɪfɪks əˈbaʊt haʊ ˈmɛni əˈdɪʃənəl trups ðə ˈjuˈɛs plænz tɪ sɛnd ˈəndər hɪz nu ˈpɑləsi. "wi wɪl nɑt tɔk əˈbaʊt ˈnəmbərz əv trups ər plænz fər ˈəðər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ækˈtɪvɪtiz," hi sɛd. səˈpɔrtərz dɪd nɑt əˈpɪr tɪ bi ɔn bɔrd. nuz kɔld ɪt ə flip-flop*, ənd ˈəðər ˈmidiə ˈfɪgjərz bɪˈmoʊnd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm ðə ˈnæʃənəlɪst ˈmɛsɪʤ hi prəˈmoʊtəd ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn. ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, rɪˈpəblɪkən dɪˈfɛns hɔks ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɛnətərz ʤɑn məˈkeɪn ənd ˈlɪndzi græm preɪzd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts spiʧ. bɪtˈwin æfˈgænəˌstæn ənd ˈsɪriə ɪz ʃoʊɪŋ ðə wɪl tɪ stænd əp tɪ ˈrædɪkəl ˌɪsˈlɑm... ....ənˈlaɪk ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə.
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u.s. president barack obama handed the torch of progressive politics to prime minister justin trudeau wednesday in a warm, rousing speech to parliament, in which he also bluntly urged canada to spend more on defence to meet its international obligations.
he praised the extraordinary alliance and deep friendship between canada and the united states.
"we see ourselves in each other and our lives are richer for it," obama said.
"the enduring partnership between canada and the united states is as strong as it has ever been and we are more closely aligned than ever before."
the american president reserved heartfelt mention for trudeau, who he said has brought "new energy and hope" to the relationship.
"my time in office may be nearing an end, but i know that canada and the world will benefit from your leadership in the years to come."
but he also included pointed comments on a perennial sore spot, one that has taken fresh urgency in the face of a resurgent russia and rising islamic extremism.
"as your nato ally and your friend, let me say, we'll be more secure when every nato member, including canada, contributes its full share to our common security," obama said to sustained applause from both liberals and conservative and senators, who returned from summer break for the historic event.
u.s. president barack obama is greeted by a standing ovation in the house of commons in ottawa on wednesday. (adrian press)
"because the canadian armed forces are really good. and if i can borrow a phrase, the world needs more canada. nato needs more canada. we need you."
washington has been ratcheting up the pressure on ottawa to spend more for two years, ever since russia annexed crimea and set off a shadow war in eastern ukraine.
at the moment, canada spends just under $20 billion on defence or 1 per cent of its gross domestic product, which is half the nato standard.
obama: 'the world needs more canada'
the trudeau government has also waffled on a call by nato to contribute to a brigade destined for eastern europe as a deterrence measure.
although the federal government has privately expressed interest, it has yet to formally declare this publicly.
obama's remarks will put more pressure on the liberal government for a public pronouncement.
his appearance on the floor of the house of commons, alongside trudeau and his wife, sophie gregoire greeted with a thunderous ovation.
"it tempts me to shut up and leave. it can't get any better than this," he said, as usual decorum was abandoned and snapped photos with their phones.
but the american leader, noted for his eloquence, did not disappoint.
obama on the values of great countries
"from this vibrant capital we can look upon a world that has benefited enormously from the international order that we helped build together. but we can see that order increasingly strained by the accelerating forces of change," he said.
but the economic values of liberal economies are stronger than one event, such as the exit of britain from the european union.
the world is more prosperous than ever before, but obama said it's witnessing a troubling rise in wage stagnation and inequality.
"if the benefits of globalization accrue only to those at the very top, if our democracies seem incapable of assuring growth and opportunity for everyone, then people will push back out of anger or out of fear," he said.
his progressive message of racial tolerance, social equality and justice, which is routinely and often vehemently challenged in his own his country, was embraced enthusiastically.
trudeau, in his opening remarks, left no doubt he looked up to obama.
"history books will record the signature policies. what i will remember; what i hope we all will remember are the lessons you taught us, not by executive order, but by example," he said.
obama and trudeau greet kids on parliament hill
provinces in the house
the speech was watched closely by canada's resident political and even entertainment establishment.
mps, senators and even singer nelly furtado were among the invited guests.
premiers from alberta, quebec, ontario, manitoba and the northwest territories were there.
that's not surprising, since those provinces and the territory are likely among the most affected by obama's signature environmental initiative.
there were moments earlier in the day as two leaders met with mexican president enrique pena nieto.
the president gave a discreet to reporters at the closing news conference when trudeau ribbed obama about repeated references to his impending "retirement" from public office.
before that, as photographers snapped the family outside the national gallery, the trio turned an awkward three-way handshake into a light and breezy moment.
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rich tradition
friendships between leaders may come and go, but speeches to parliament by american leaders have, over the decades, developed their own groove.
former u.s. president john f. kennedy addressed parliament in 1961. (ted grant)
they hit all of the important symbolic points in the relationship between the two countries and may never have been as elegantly expressed as they were in john f. kennedy's may 17, 1961, address.
"geography has made us neighbours. history has made us friends. economics has made us partners. and necessity has made us allies. those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man tear asunder."
it was a theme that justin father picked up 20 years later when he introduced the newly elected ronald reagan to the house of commons.
"our being neighbours is not simply a matter of geography, it is a state of mind," said pierre trudeau on march 11, 1981.
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juz. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈhændɪd ðə tɔrʧ əv prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈpɑləˌtɪks tɪ praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈʤəstɪn truˈdoʊ ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ɪn ə wɔrm, ˈraʊzɪŋ spiʧ tɪ ˈpɑrləmɛnt, ɪn wɪʧ hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈbləntli ərʤd ˈkænədə tɪ spɛnd mɔr ɔn dɪˈfɛns tɪ mit ɪts ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃənz. hi preɪzd ðə ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri əˈlaɪəns ənd dip ˈfrɛndʃɪp bɪtˈwin ˈkænədə ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. "wi si ɑrˈsɛlvz ɪn iʧ ˈəðər ənd ɑr lɪvz ər ˈrɪʧər fər ɪt," ˌoʊˈbɑmə sɛd. "ðə ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ˈkænədə ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪz ɛz strɔŋ ɛz ɪt həz ˈɛvər bɪn ənd wi ər mɔr ˈkloʊsli əˈlaɪnd ðən ˈɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr." ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈprɛzɪdənt rɪˈzərvd ˈhɑrtˌfɛlt ˈmɛnʃən fər truˈdoʊ, hu hi sɛd həz brɔt "nu ˈɛnərʤi ənd hoʊp" tɪ ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp. "maɪ taɪm ɪn ˈɔfəs meɪ bi ˈnɪrɪŋ ən ɛnd, bət aɪ noʊ ðət ˈkænədə ənd ðə wərld wɪl ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm jʊr ˈlidərˌʃɪp ɪn ðə jɪrz tɪ kəm." bət hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈpɔɪntɪd ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ə pərˈɛniəl sɔr spɑt, wən ðət həz ˈteɪkən frɛʃ ˈərʤənsi ɪn ðə feɪs əv ə rɪˈsərʤənt ˈrəʃə ənd ˈraɪzɪŋ ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm. "ɛz jʊr ˈneɪtoʊ ˈælaɪ ənd jʊr frɛnd, lɛt mi seɪ, wɪl bi mɔr sɪˈkjʊr wɪn ˈɛvəri ˈneɪtoʊ ˈmɛmbər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈkænədə, kənˈtrɪbjuts ɪts fʊl ʃɛr tɪ ɑr ˈkɑmən sɪˈkjʊrəti," ˌoʊˈbɑmə sɛd tɪ səˈsteɪnd əˈplɔz frəm boʊθ ˈlɪˌbərəlz ənd kənˈsərvətɪv ənd ˈsɛnətərz, hu rɪˈtərnd frəm ˈsəmər breɪk fər ðə hɪˈstɔrɪk ɪˈvɛnt. juz. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪz ˈgritɪd baɪ ə ˈstændɪŋ oʊˈveɪʃən ɪn ðə haʊs əv ˈkɑmənz ɪn ˈɑtəˌwɑ ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. (ˈeɪdriən prɛs) "bɪˈkəz ðə kəˈneɪdiən ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz ər ˈrɪli gʊd. ənd ɪf aɪ kən ˈbɑˌroʊ ə freɪz, ðə wərld nidz mɔr ˈkænədə. ˈneɪtoʊ nidz mɔr ˈkænədə. wi nid ju." ˈwɔʃɪŋtən həz bɪn ˈræʧətɪŋ əp ðə ˈprɛʃər ɔn ˈɑtəˌwɑ tɪ spɛnd mɔr fər tu jɪrz, ˈɛvər sɪns ˈrəʃə ˈænɛkst kraɪˈmiə ənd sɛt ɔf ə ˈʃæˌdoʊ wɔr ɪn ˈistərn juˈkreɪn. æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt, ˈkænədə spɛnz ʤɪst ˈəndər 20 ˈbɪljən ɔn dɪˈfɛns ər 1 pər sɛnt əv ɪts groʊs dəˈmɛstɪk ˈprɑdəkt, wɪʧ ɪz hæf ðə ˈneɪtoʊ ˈstændərd. ˌoʊˈbɑmə: 'ðə wərld nidz mɔr ˈkænədə' ðə truˈdoʊ ˈgəvərnmənt həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɑfəld ɔn ə kɔl baɪ ˈneɪtoʊ tɪ kənˈtrɪbjut tɪ ə brɪˈgeɪd ˈdɛstɪnd fər ˈistərn ˈjʊrəp ɛz ə dɪˈtərəns ˈmɛʒər. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt həz ˈpraɪvətli ɪkˈsprɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst, ɪt həz jɛt tɪ ˈfɔrməli dɪˈklɛr ðɪs ˈpəblɪkli. ˌoʊˈbɑməz rɪˈmɑrks wɪl pʊt mɔr ˈprɛʃər ɔn ðə ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈgəvərnmənt fər ə ˈpəblɪk prəˈnaʊnsmənt. hɪz əˈpɪrəns ɔn ðə flɔr əv ðə haʊs əv ˈkɑmənz, əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd truˈdoʊ ənd hɪz waɪf, ˈsoʊfi grɪgˈwɑr ˈgritɪd wɪθ ə ˈθəndərəs oʊˈveɪʃən. "ɪt tɛmpts mi tɪ ʃət əp ənd liv. ɪt kænt gɪt ˈɛni ˈbɛtər ðən ðɪs," hi sɛd, ɛz ˈjuʒəwəl dɪˈkɔrəm wɑz əˈbændənd ənd snæpt ˈfoʊˌtoʊz wɪθ ðɛr foʊnz. bət ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈlidər, ˈnoʊtɪd fər hɪz ˈɛləkwəns, dɪd nɑt ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt. ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɔn ðə ˈvæljuz əv greɪt ˈkəntriz "frəm ðɪs ˈvaɪbrənt ˈkæpɪtəl wi kən lʊk əˈpɑn ə wərld ðət həz ˈbɛnəˌfɪtɪd ɪˈnɔrməsli frəm ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈɔrdər ðət wi hɛlpt bɪld təˈgɛðər. bət wi kən si ðət ˈɔrdər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli streɪnd baɪ ðə ækˈsɛlərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈfɔrsɪz əv ʧeɪnʤ," hi sɛd. ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈvæljuz əv ˈlɪˌbərəl ɪˈkɑnəmiz ər ˈstrɔŋgər ðən wən ɪˈvɛnt, səʧ ɛz ðə ˈɛksət əv ˈbrɪtən frəm ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən. ðə wərld ɪz mɔr ˈprɑspərəs ðən ˈɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr, bət ˌoʊˈbɑmə sɛd ɪts ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ ə ˈtrəbəlɪŋ raɪz ɪn weɪʤ stægˈneɪʃən ənd ˌɪnɪkˈwɑləti. "ɪf ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts əv ˌgloʊbəlɪˈzeɪʃən əˈkru ˈoʊnli tɪ ðoʊz æt ðə ˈvɛri tɔp, ɪf ɑr dɪˈmɑkrəsiz sim ˌɪnˈkeɪpəbəl əv əˈʃʊrɪŋ groʊθ ənd ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər ˈɛvriˌwən, ðɛn ˈpipəl wɪl pʊʃ bæk aʊt əv ˈæŋgər ər aʊt əv fɪr," hi sɛd. hɪz prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈmɛsɪʤ əv ˈreɪʃəl ˈtɑlərəns, ˈsoʊʃəl ɪkˈwɑləti ənd ˈʤəstɪs, wɪʧ ɪz ruˈtinli ənd ˈɔfən ˈviəməntli ˈʧælənʤd ɪn hɪz oʊn hɪz ˈkəntri, wɑz ɛmˈbreɪst ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪkli. truˈdoʊ, ɪn hɪz ˈoʊpənɪŋ rɪˈmɑrks, lɛft noʊ daʊt hi lʊkt əp tɪ ˌoʊˈbɑmə. "ˈhɪstəri bʊks wɪl ˈrɛkərd ðə ˈsɪgnəʧər ˈpɑləsiz. wət aɪ wɪl rɪˈmɛmbər; wət aɪ hoʊp wi ɔl wɪl rɪˈmɛmbər ər ðə ˈlɛsənz ju tɔt ˈjuˈɛs, nɑt baɪ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɔrdər, bət baɪ ɪgˈzæmpəl," hi sɛd. ˌoʊˈbɑmə ənd truˈdoʊ grit kɪdz ɔn ˈpɑrləmɛnt hɪl ˈprɑvənsəz ɪn ðə haʊs ðə spiʧ wɑz wɔʧt ˈkloʊsli baɪ ˈkænədəz ˈrɛzɪdənt pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˈivɪn ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt., ˈsɛnətərz ənd ˈivɪn ˈsɪŋər ˈnɛli fʊrˈtɑdoʊ wər əˈməŋ ðə ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd gɛsts. prɛˈmɪrz frəm ælˈbərtə, kwəˈbɛk, ɑnˈtɛrioʊ, ˌmænɪˈtoʊbə ənd ðə ˌnɔrθˈwɛst ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz wər ðɛr. ðæts nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋ, sɪns ðoʊz ˈprɑvənsəz ənd ðə ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ər ˈlaɪkli əˈməŋ ðə moʊst əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈsɪgnəʧər ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv. ðɛr wər ˈmoʊmənts ˈərliər ɪn ðə deɪ ɛz tu ˈlidərz mɛt wɪθ ˈmɛksəkən ˈprɛzɪdənt ɛnˈrikeɪ ˈpɛnə ˈniətoʊ. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt geɪv ə dɪˈskrit tɪ rɪˈpɔrtərz æt ðə ˈkloʊzɪŋ nuz ˈkɑnfərəns wɪn truˈdoʊ rɪbd ˌoʊˈbɑmə əˈbaʊt rɪˈpitɪd ˈrɛfərənsɪz tɪ hɪz ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ "rɪˈtaɪərmənt" frəm ˈpəblɪk ˈɔfəs. ˌbiˈfɔr ðət, ɛz fəˈtɑgrəfərz snæpt ðə ˈfæməli ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈgæləri, ðə ˈtriˌoʊ tərnd ən ˈɔkwərd θˈriˌweɪ ˈhændˌʃeɪk ˈɪntu ə laɪt ənd ˈbrizi ˈmoʊmənt. .<ə href="https://twitter.com/canadianpm">@canadianpm</a*> <ə href="https://twitter.com/potus">@potus</a*> <ə href="https://twitter.com/epn">@epn</a*> teɪk ə breɪk ˈdʊrɪŋ <ə href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nals2016?src=hash">#nals2016</a*> fər ə kwɪk ɪn frənt əv <ə href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/parliament?src=hash">#parliament</a*> hɪl <ə href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash">#cdnpoli</a*> <ə href="https://t.co/ck3g5u0tpt">pic.twitter.com/ck3g5u0tpt</a*> rɪʧ trəˈdɪʃən ˈfrɛndʃɪps bɪtˈwin ˈlidərz meɪ kəm ənd goʊ, bət ˈspiʧɪz tɪ ˈpɑrləmɛnt baɪ əˈmɛrɪkən ˈlidərz hæv, ˈoʊvər ðə ˈdɛkeɪdz, dɪˈvɛləpt ðɛr oʊn gruv. ˈfɔrmər juz. ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤɑn ɛf. ˈkɛnədi əˈdrɛst ˈpɑrləmɛnt ɪn 1961 (tɛd grænt) ðeɪ hɪt ɔl əv ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt sɪmˈbɑlɪk pɔɪnts ɪn ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈkəntriz ənd meɪ ˈnɛvər hæv bɪn ɛz ˈɛlɪgənˌtli ɪkˈsprɛst ɛz ðeɪ wər ɪn ʤɑn ɛf. ˈkɛnədiz meɪ 17 1961 ˈæˌdrɛs. "ʤiˈɑgrəfi həz meɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˈneɪbərz. ˈhɪstəri həz meɪd ˈjuˈɛs frɛndz. ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks həz meɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˈpɑrtnərz. ənd nəˈsɛsɪti həz meɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˈælaɪz. ðoʊz hum ˈneɪʧər hæθ soʊ ʤɔɪnd təˈgɛðər, lɛt noʊ mæn tɪr əˈsəndər." ɪt wɑz ə θim ðət ˈʤəstɪn ˈfɑðər pɪkt əp 20 jɪrz ˈleɪtər wɪn hi ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə ˈnuli ɪˈlɛktɪd ˈrɑnəld ˈrigən tɪ ðə haʊs əv ˈkɑmənz. "ɑr biɪŋ ˈneɪbərz ɪz nɑt ˈsɪmpli ə ˈmætər əv ʤiˈɑgrəfi, ɪt ɪz ə steɪt əv maɪnd," sɛd piɛr truˈdoʊ ɔn mɑrʧ 11 1981
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detroit takes six bullets to save mom detroit girl, 7, takes six bullets to save mom
detroit a is being hailed as an "angel from heaven" and a hero for jumping in front of an enraged gunman, who pumped six bullets into the child as she used her body as a shield to save her mother's life.
alexis goggins, a at campbell elementary school, is at children's hospital in detroit recovering from gunshot wounds to the eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm.
"she is an angel from heaven," said aisha ford, a family friend for 15 years who also was caught up in the evening of terror.
the girl's mother, parker, 30, was shot in the left side of her head and her bicep by a former boyfriend, who police said was trying to kill parker. the gunman was disarmed by police and arrested at the scene of the shooting. police identified him as calvin tillie, 29, a convicted felon who parker had dated for six months before breaking off the relationship.
parker, who was treated at detroit receiving hospital and released, is at her daughter's bedside. she declined to comment tuesday.
the drama began to unfold just before midnight saturday, when parker called ford and asked if she and alexis could spend the night at ford's home.
"she said she had no heat and they were very cold, and i said, sure i'll come and get you," ford said.
ford said she drove her burgundy 1998 ford expedition to parker's home on dwyer. she said as parker and alexis walked up to her vehicle she saw a man on the porch, who she assumed was a furnace repairman. she said alexis, who walks with a limp, slipped momentarily on the icy sidewalk and as she helped the girl up, she saw the man and recognized him as tillie. he was holding a gun.
tillie ordered them into the vehicle, cursed at the women and angrily told ford to drive him to six mile road, she said.
"he looked like he was enraged and didn't care what he did. i knew if we went to six mile, he would kill us," ford said. instead, she told him she needed gas and drove to the fast stop gas station in the 5000 block of east seven mile road, a station that requires customers to pay the attendant inside.
"i figured if he got out to pump the gas, i was going to take off," ford said.
instead, tillie gave her $10 and told her put in $5 worth of gas.
ford said she dialed 911 on her cell phone as she walked into the station.
"the first operator clicked off and i dialed again and told that operator a guy with a gun was holding me hostage with a mother and baby and threatening to kill us. i told her the name of the gas station and then she said they didn't have a unit to send."
ford said she paid for $5 of gas and slowly returned to the vehicle, stalling for time as she handed tillie the change. she said she kept stopping and starting the pump, hoping the police would show up.
"i told him i needed more gas and took money out of my purse and went back into the station," she said. the attendant, mohammad, 30, said he noticed ford was crying and she told him what was happening. he called 911 as he heard shots coming from the vehicle.
"it was very scary. she (ford) was scared and screaming when the guy was shooting. i was scared, too. i was on the phone talking to the police when he started shooting," he said
parker told police that tillie said ford was taking too long
she said she pleaded with him but he pointed the gun at her and shot her in the side of the head. she told police she was shot in the arm as she lunged at tillie.
before tillie could fire again, alexis jumped over the seat between her mother and the gunman and begged him not to shoot her mother.
the police report said tillie "without hesitation" pumped six shots into the child.
as police arrived, they saw parker, covered in blood, running from the truck, screaming, "he just shot my baby."
the officers said tillie came out to the vehicle holding a blue steel semi automatic and dropped the weapon when ordered to do so. officers said they found alexis huddled on the floor under the steering wheel, covered in blood, surrounded by spent cartridge casings, a spent bullet on the floor and teeth on the seat. there were bullet holes in the windshield and blood inside.
alghazali said a police car on a street nearby arrived in less than a minute after his call.
marvin bodley, a detroit public schools attendance agent, spent two days at alexis' hospital bedside and said it's miraculous that she's alive.
"what a courageous, courageous little girl," he said. "you see more bandages than child," he said. "it's a horrific sight."
bodley said alexis receives special education services at school, in part because of a weak left eye, which is the result of a massive stroke she suffered as an infant.
ford said doctors at the time had predicted that when alexis got older she would have trouble with tasks such as writing, but she is now able to write her name.
"she is a good little girl who is very protective of her mother," said tonya colbert, parker's cousin.
tillie is being held in the wayne county jail facing kidnapping, assault with intent to murder, child abuse, felony firearms and habitual criminal charges.
a preliminary examination is scheduled for dec. 13.
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ˈdiˌtrɔɪt teɪks sɪks ˈbʊləts tɪ seɪv mɑm ˈdiˌtrɔɪt gərl, 7 teɪks sɪks ˈbʊləts tɪ seɪv mɑm ˈdiˌtrɔɪt ə ɪz biɪŋ heɪld ɛz ən "ˈeɪnʤəl frəm ˈhɛvən" ənd ə ˈhɪroʊ fər ˈʤəmpɪŋ ɪn frənt əv ən ɪnˈreɪʤd ˈgənmən, hu pəmpt sɪks ˈbʊləts ˈɪntu ðə ʧaɪld ɛz ʃi juzd hər ˈbɑdi ɛz ə ʃild tɪ seɪv hər ˈməðərz laɪf. əˈlɛksɪs ˈgɑgɪnz, ə æt ˈkæmbəl ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skul, ɪz æt ˈʧɪldrənz ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɪn ˈdiˌtrɔɪt rɪˈkəvərɪŋ frəm ˈgənˌʃɑt wundz tɪ ðə aɪ, lɛft ˈtɛmpəl, ʧɪn, ʧik, ʧɛst ənd raɪt ɑrm. "ʃi ɪz ən ˈeɪnʤəl frəm ˈhɛvən," sɛd ˈaɪʃə fɔrd, ə ˈfæməli frɛnd fər 15 jɪrz hu ˈɔlsoʊ wɑz kɔt əp ɪn ðə ˈivnɪŋ əv ˈtɛrər. ðə gərlz ˈməðər, ˈpɑrkər, 30 wɑz ʃɑt ɪn ðə lɛft saɪd əv hər hɛd ənd hər ˈbaɪˌsɛp baɪ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd, hu pəˈlis sɛd wɑz traɪɪŋ tɪ kɪl ˈpɑrkər. ðə ˈgənmən wɑz dɪˈsɑrmd baɪ pəˈlis ənd ərˈɛstɪd æt ðə sin əv ðə ˈʃutɪŋ. pəˈlis aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɪm ɛz ˈkælvɪn ˈtɪli, 29 ə kənˈvɪktəd ˈfɛlən hu ˈpɑrkər hæd ˈdeɪtɪd fər sɪks mənθs ˌbiˈfɔr ˈbreɪkɪŋ ɔf ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp. ˈpɑrkər, hu wɑz ˈtritɪd æt ˈdiˌtrɔɪt rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ənd riˈlist, ɪz æt hər ˈdɔtərz ˈbɛdˌsaɪd. ʃi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ðə ˈdrɑmə bɪˈgæn tɪ ənˈfoʊld ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmɪdˌnaɪt ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, wɪn ˈpɑrkər kɔld fɔrd ənd æst ɪf ʃi ənd əˈlɛksɪs kʊd spɛnd ðə naɪt æt fɔrdz hoʊm. "ʃi sɛd ʃi hæd noʊ hit ənd ðeɪ wər ˈvɛri koʊld, ənd aɪ sɛd, ʃʊr aɪl kəm ənd gɪt ju," fɔrd sɛd. fɔrd sɛd ʃi droʊv hər ˈbərgəndi 1998 fɔrd ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈpɑrkərz hoʊm ɔn dwaɪər. ʃi sɛd ɛz ˈpɑrkər ənd əˈlɛksɪs wɔkt əp tɪ hər ˈviɪkəl ʃi sɔ ə mæn ɔn ðə pɔrʧ, hu ʃi əˈsumd wɑz ə ˈfərnəs rɪˈpɛrˌmæn. ʃi sɛd əˈlɛksɪs, hu wɔks wɪθ ə lɪmp, slɪpt ˌmoʊmənˈtɛrəli ɔn ðə ˈaɪsi ˈsaɪdˌwɔk ənd ɛz ʃi hɛlpt ðə gərl əp, ʃi sɔ ðə mæn ənd ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ɪm ɛz ˈtɪli. hi wɑz ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə gən. ˈtɪli ˈɔrdərd ðɛm ˈɪntu ðə ˈviɪkəl, kərst æt ðə ˈwɪmən ənd ˈæŋgrəli toʊld fɔrd tɪ draɪv ɪm tɪ sɪks maɪl roʊd, ʃi sɛd. "hi lʊkt laɪk hi wɑz ɪnˈreɪʤd ənd ˈdɪdənt kɛr wət hi dɪd. aɪ nu ɪf wi wɛnt tɪ sɪks maɪl, hi wʊd kɪl ˈjuˈɛs," fɔrd sɛd. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ʃi toʊld ɪm ʃi ˈnidɪd gæs ənd droʊv tɪ ðə fæst stɑp gæs ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ðə 5000 blɑk əv ist ˈsɛvən maɪl roʊd, ə ˈsteɪʃən ðət rikˈwaɪərz ˈkəstəmərz tɪ peɪ ðə əˈtɛndənt ˌɪnˈsaɪd. "aɪ ˈfɪgjərd ɪf hi gɑt aʊt tɪ pəmp ðə gæs, aɪ wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk ɔf," fɔrd sɛd. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ˈtɪli geɪv hər 10 ənd toʊld hər pʊt ɪn 5 wərθ əv gæs. fɔrd sɛd ʃi daɪəld 911 ɔn hər sɛl foʊn ɛz ʃi wɔkt ˈɪntu ðə ˈsteɪʃən. "ðə fərst ˈɑpərˌeɪtər klɪkt ɔf ənd aɪ daɪəld əˈgɛn ənd toʊld ðət ˈɑpərˌeɪtər ə gaɪ wɪθ ə gən wɑz ˈhoʊldɪŋ mi ˈhɑstɪʤ wɪθ ə ˈməðər ənd ˈbeɪbi ənd θˈrɛtənɪŋ tɪ kɪl ˈjuˈɛs. aɪ toʊld hər ðə neɪm əv ðə gæs ˈsteɪʃən ənd ðɛn ʃi sɛd ðeɪ ˈdɪdənt hæv ə ˈjunɪt tɪ sɛnd." fɔrd sɛd ʃi peɪd fər 5 əv gæs ənd sˈloʊli rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈviɪkəl, ˈstɔlɪŋ fər taɪm ɛz ʃi ˈhændɪd ˈtɪli ðə ʧeɪnʤ. ʃi sɛd ʃi kɛpt ˈstɑpɪŋ ənd ˈstɑrtɪŋ ðə pəmp, ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðə pəˈlis wʊd ʃoʊ əp. "aɪ toʊld ɪm aɪ ˈnidɪd mɔr gæs ənd tʊk ˈməni aʊt əv maɪ pərs ənd wɛnt bæk ˈɪntu ðə ˈsteɪʃən," ʃi sɛd. ðə əˈtɛndənt, moʊˈhɑmɛd, 30 sɛd hi ˈnoʊtɪst fɔrd wɑz kraɪɪŋ ənd ʃi toʊld ɪm wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ. hi kɔld 911 ɛz hi hərd ʃɑts ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ðə ˈviɪkəl. "ɪt wɑz ˈvɛri ˈskɛri. ʃi (fɔrd) wɑz skɛrd ənd ˈskrimɪŋ wɪn ðə gaɪ wɑz ˈʃutɪŋ. aɪ wɑz skɛrd, tu. aɪ wɑz ɔn ðə foʊn ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ðə pəˈlis wɪn hi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈʃutɪŋ," hi sɛd ˈpɑrkər toʊld pəˈlis ðət ˈtɪli sɛd fɔrd wɑz ˈteɪkɪŋ tu lɔŋ ʃi sɛd ʃi ˈplidɪd wɪθ ɪm bət hi ˈpɔɪntɪd ðə gən æt hər ənd ʃɑt hər ɪn ðə saɪd əv ðə hɛd. ʃi toʊld pəˈlis ʃi wɑz ʃɑt ɪn ðə ɑrm ɛz ʃi lənʤd æt ˈtɪli. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈtɪli kʊd faɪər əˈgɛn, əˈlɛksɪs ʤəmpt ˈoʊvər ðə sit bɪtˈwin hər ˈməðər ənd ðə ˈgənmən ənd bɛgd ɪm nɑt tɪ ʃut hər ˈməðər. ðə pəˈlis rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ˈtɪli "wɪˈθaʊt ˌhɛzəˈteɪʃən" pəmpt sɪks ʃɑts ˈɪntu ðə ʧaɪld. ɛz pəˈlis əraɪvd, ðeɪ sɔ ˈpɑrkər, ˈkəvərd ɪn bləd, ˈrənɪŋ frəm ðə trək, ˈskrimɪŋ, "hi ʤɪst ʃɑt maɪ ˈbeɪbi." ðə ˈɔfɪsərz sɛd ˈtɪli keɪm aʊt tɪ ðə ˈviɪkəl ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə blu stil ˈsɛmi ˌɔtəˈmætɪk ənd drɑpt ðə ˈwɛpən wɪn ˈɔrdərd tɪ du soʊ. ˈɔfɪsərz sɛd ðeɪ faʊnd əˈlɛksɪs ˈhədəld ɔn ðə flɔr ˈəndər ðə ˈstɪrɪŋ wil, ˈkəvərd ɪn bləd, sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ spɛnt ˈkɑrtrɪʤ ˈkeɪsɪŋz, ə spɛnt ˈbʊlət ɔn ðə flɔr ənd tiθ ɔn ðə sit. ðɛr wər ˈbʊlət hoʊlz ɪn ðə ˈwɪndˌʃild ənd bləd ˌɪnˈsaɪd. sɛd ə pəˈlis kɑr ɔn ə strit ˈnɪrˈbaɪ əraɪvd ɪn lɛs ðən ə ˈmɪnət ˈæftər hɪz kɔl. ˈmɑrvɪn ˈbɑdli, ə ˈdiˌtrɔɪt ˈpəblɪk skulz əˈtɛndəns ˈeɪʤənt, spɛnt tu deɪz æt əˈlɛksɪs' ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈbɛdˌsaɪd ənd sɛd ɪts mərˈækjələs ðət ʃiz əˈlaɪv. "wət ə kərˈeɪʤəs, kərˈeɪʤəs ˈlɪtəl gərl," hi sɛd. "ju si mɔr ˈbændɪʤɪz ðən ʧaɪld," hi sɛd. "ɪts ə hɔˈrɪfɪk saɪt." ˈbɑdli sɛd əˈlɛksɪs rɪˈsivz ˈspɛʃəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈsərvɪsɪz æt skul, ɪn pɑrt bɪˈkəz əv ə wik lɛft aɪ, wɪʧ ɪz ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ə ˈmæsɪv stroʊk ʃi ˈsəfərd ɛz ən ˈɪnfənt. fɔrd sɛd ˈdɑktərz æt ðə taɪm hæd prɪˈdɪktɪd ðət wɪn əˈlɛksɪs gɑt ˈoʊldər ʃi wʊd hæv ˈtrəbəl wɪθ tæsks səʧ ɛz ˈraɪtɪŋ, bət ʃi ɪz naʊ ˈeɪbəl tɪ raɪt hər neɪm. "ʃi ɪz ə gʊd ˈlɪtəl gərl hu ɪz ˈvɛri prəˈtɛktɪv əv hər ˈməðər," sɛd ˈtɑnjə ˈkoʊlbərt, ˈpɑrkərz ˈkəzən. ˈtɪli ɪz biɪŋ hɛld ɪn ðə weɪn ˈkaʊnti ʤeɪl ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ, əˈsɔlt wɪθ ˌɪnˈtɛnt tɪ ˈmərdər, ʧaɪld əˈbjuz, ˈfɛləni ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz ənd həˈbɪʧuəl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz. ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld fər dɛk. 13
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we don't want to be naff, but this is definitely the second summer of grime. "that's not me", "german whip", back not being shit, went down to basement and now back with this silly season workout anthem.
but this might be the one top them all. last night, dizzee, jme, lethal, skepta, footsie, and jammer squeezed into the studio to take 32 bars a piece. and even then, they all got shown up by general levy who showed up at the end, them all by pointing out that "incredible" is two decades old: "we don't need three summer tunes, this one lasts for 20 years".
it's friday afternoon, so this would be a great time to stop what you're doing and just watch this:
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wi doʊnt wɔnt tɪ bi næf, bət ðɪs ɪz ˈdɛfənətli ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈsəmər əv graɪm. "ðæts nɑt mi", "ˈʤərmən wɪp", bæk nɑt biɪŋ ʃɪt, wɛnt daʊn tɪ ˈbeɪsmənt ənd naʊ bæk wɪθ ðɪs ˈsɪli ˈsizən ˈwərˌkaʊt ˈænθəm. bət ðɪs maɪt bi ðə wən tɔp ðɛm ɔl. læst naɪt, dizzee*, jme*, ˈliθəl, skepta*, footsie*, ənd ˈʤæmər skwizd ˈɪntu ðə ˈstudiˌoʊ tɪ teɪk 32 bɑrz ə pis. ənd ˈivɪn ðɛn, ðeɪ ɔl gɑt ʃoʊn əp baɪ ˈʤɛnərəl ˈlɛvi hu ʃoʊd əp æt ðə ɛnd, ðɛm ɔl baɪ ˈpɔɪntɪŋ aʊt ðət "ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl" ɪz tu ˈdɛkeɪdz oʊld: "wi doʊnt nid θri ˈsəmər tunz, ðɪs wən læsts fər 20 jɪrz". ɪts ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun, soʊ ðɪs wʊd bi ə greɪt taɪm tɪ stɑp wət jʊr duɪŋ ənd ʤɪst wɔʧ ðɪs:
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posted by ben gooden on mon, 10, 2017 @ am
all city councils have an asset register detailing the value of assets like roads, parks, street furniture, and so on. increasingly and rightly so trees are being included as quantifiable assets. in the past, it has been hard to quantify the value of trees, but today there are a number of methodologies for doing so. one such method, the burnley method developed by dr greg moore at the victorian college of agriculture and horticulture limited, burnley campus is now being widely used and accepted. available for download here
the city of melbourne are pioneers in valuing their trees and looking after them accordingly. in fact, residents can even email local trees to raise concerns about their health or express their appreciation and affection for the tree. by putting a value on trees, councils are able to protect them in new and quantifiable ways. for example, if a developer is building near a valuable tree, the council may require them to pay a bond refunded provided the tree is unharmed post construction. if a developer destroys or removes a tree without permission, the council is able to sue that developer for the value of the tree per their register. all of this is effective and motivation to keep our valuable urban trees safe.
a asset register forms a key part of their balance sheet. as the assets degrade over time, there is depreciation. spend money on their assets, and there is growth. naturally, councils want to spend money wisely in order to generate the greatest return on investment.
internationally, providing enough shade in is a big issue. not only does shade drastically improve the shopping experience, it also prolongs the life of the pavement. in the city of belmont, perth, system had a massive impact on the bottom line. in an asphalt next to an oval, five london plane trees were planted in quite narrow islands, with adequate space and soil volume provided using the system beneath the pavement. the cost for the five trees (including the system) was $50,000.
four years later, as reported by council, the trees have grown at an unprecedented rate from a trunk diameter at time of planting, to. today, according to the burnley method, these trees are valued by council at $17,500 each an amazing return on investment in just four years, with so much growth (literally and financially) still to come.
as a comparison, the same council has the same species growing in a nearby using the conventional method. the was laid, a square cut in the pavement, some curbing placed around the edges, dug out, and a soil loaded into the hole. planted 15 years ago (versus only four), these trees are valued at only $510 each. of course, the initial outlay was much less ($250 per tree), but the return on investment does not compare.
essentially, using the soil vault system, this innovative council was able to grow trees worth 34 times as much in one quarter of the time!. as more emphasis is placed on generating roi in relation to the value of trees, adopting innovative technology which enables trees to thrive in urban environments must be a priority. of course, this is not just about improving councils’ bottom lines, but also improving the health and wellbeing of the communities they serve.
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ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ bɛn ˈgʊdən ɔn mɑn, 10 2017 æm ɔl ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsɪlz hæv ən ˈæˌsɛt ˈrɛʤɪstər dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ðə ˈvælju əv ˈæˌsɛts laɪk roʊdz, pɑrks, strit ˈfərnɪʧər, ənd soʊ ɔn. ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ənd ˈraɪtli soʊ triz ər biɪŋ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɛz kˌwɑntɪˈfaɪəbɛl ˈæˌsɛts. ɪn ðə pæst, ɪt həz bɪn hɑrd tɪ kˈwɑntɪˌfaɪ ðə ˈvælju əv triz, bət təˈdeɪ ðɛr ər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˌmɛθoʊˈdɑləʤiz fər duɪŋ soʊ. wən səʧ ˈmɛθəd, ðə ˈbərnli ˈmɛθəd dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ˈdɑktər grɛg mʊr æt ðə vɪkˈtɔriən ˈkɑlɪʤ əv ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər ənd ˈhɔrtɪˌkəlʧər ˈlɪmɪtɪd, ˈbərnli ˈkæmpəs ɪz naʊ biɪŋ ˈwaɪdli juzd ənd ækˈsɛptɪd. əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈdaʊnˌloʊd hir ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈmɛlbərn ər ˌpaɪəˈnɪrz ɪn ˈvæljuɪŋ ðɛr triz ənd ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈæftər ðɛm əˈkɔrdɪŋli. ɪn fækt, ˈrɛzɪdənts kən ˈivɪn iˈmeɪl ˈloʊkəl triz tɪ reɪz kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt ðɛr hɛlθ ər ɪkˈsprɛs ðɛr əˌpriʃiˈeɪʃən ənd əˈfɛkʃən fər ðə tri. baɪ ˈpʊtɪŋ ə ˈvælju ɔn triz, ˈkaʊnsɪlz ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛm ɪn nu ənd kˌwɑntɪˈfaɪəbɛl weɪz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪf ə dɪˈvɛləpər ɪz ˈbɪldɪŋ nɪr ə ˈvæljəbəl tri, ðə ˈkaʊnsəl meɪ ˌrikˈwaɪər ðɛm tɪ peɪ ə bɑnd rɪˈfəndɪd prəˈvaɪdɪd ðə tri ɪz ənˈhɑrmd poʊst kənˈstrəkʃən. ɪf ə dɪˈvɛləpər dɪˈstrɔɪz ər riˈmuvz ə tri wɪˈθaʊt pərˈmɪʃən, ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ su ðət dɪˈvɛləpər fər ðə ˈvælju əv ðə tri pər ðɛr ˈrɛʤɪstər. ɔl əv ðɪs ɪz ˈifɛktɪv ənd ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən tɪ kip ɑr ˈvæljəbəl ˈərbən triz seɪf. ə ˈæˌsɛt ˈrɛʤɪstər fɔrmz ə ki pɑrt əv ðɛr ˈbæləns ʃit. ɛz ðə ˈæˌsɛts dɪˈgreɪd ˈoʊvər taɪm, ðɛr ɪz dɪˌpriʃiˈeɪʃən. spɛnd ˈməni ɔn ðɛr ˈæˌsɛts, ənd ðɛr ɪz groʊθ. ˈnæʧərəli, ˈkaʊnsɪlz wɔnt tɪ spɛnd ˈməni ˈwaɪzli ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ðə ˈgreɪtəst rɪˈtərn ɔn ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt. ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli, prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ɪˈnəf ʃeɪd ɪn ɪz ə bɪg ˈɪʃu. nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪz ʃeɪd ˈdræstɪkli ˌɪmˈpruv ðə ˈʃɑpɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈlɔŋz ðə laɪf əv ðə ˈpeɪvmənt. ɪn ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈbɛlˌmɑnt, pərθ, ˈsɪstəm hæd ə ˈmæsɪv ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðə ˈbɑtəm laɪn. ɪn ən ˈæsˌfɔlt nɛkst tɪ ən ˈoʊvəl, faɪv ˈləndən pleɪn triz wər ˈplænɪd ɪn kwaɪt ˈnɛroʊ ˈaɪləndz, wɪθ ˈædəkˌweɪt speɪs ənd sɔɪl ˈvɑljum prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈsɪstəm bɪˈniθ ðə ˈpeɪvmənt. ðə kɔst fər ðə faɪv triz (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈsɪstəm) wɑz fɔr jɪrz ˈleɪtər, ɛz ˌriˈpɔrtəd baɪ ˈkaʊnsəl, ðə triz hæv groʊn æt ən ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd reɪt frəm ə trəŋk daɪˈæmətər æt taɪm əv ˈplæntɪŋ, tɪ təˈdeɪ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈbərnli ˈmɛθəd, ðiz triz ər ˈvæljud baɪ ˈkaʊnsəl æt iʧ ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ rɪˈtərn ɔn ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn ʤɪst fɔr jɪrz, wɪθ soʊ məʧ groʊθ (ˈlɪtərəli ənd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli) stɪl tɪ kəm. ɛz ə kəmˈpɛrəsən, ðə seɪm ˈkaʊnsəl həz ðə seɪm ˈspiʃiz groʊɪŋ ɪn ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈmɛθəd. ðə wɑz leɪd, ə skwɛr kət ɪn ðə ˈpeɪvmənt, səm ˈkərbɪŋ pleɪst əraʊnd ðə ˈɛʤɪz, dəg aʊt, ənd ə sɔɪl ˈloʊdɪd ˈɪntu ðə hoʊl. ˈplænɪd 15 jɪrz əˈgoʊ (ˈvərsəz ˈoʊnli fɔr), ðiz triz ər ˈvæljud æt ˈoʊnli 510 iʧ. əv kɔrs, ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈaʊˌtleɪ wɑz məʧ lɛs 250 pər tri), bət ðə rɪˈtərn ɔn ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt dɪz nɑt kəmˈpɛr. ɛˈsɛnʃəli, ˈjuzɪŋ ðə sɔɪl vɔlt ˈsɪstəm, ðɪs ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ˈkaʊnsəl wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ groʊ triz wərθ 34 taɪmz ɛz məʧ ɪn wən kˈwɔrtər əv ðə taɪm!. ɛz mɔr ˈɛmfəsɪs ɪz pleɪst ɔn ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ rɔɪ ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈvælju əv triz, əˈdɑptɪŋ ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɪʧ ɪˈneɪbəlz triz tɪ θraɪv ɪn ˈərbən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts məst bi ə praɪˈɔrəti. əv kɔrs, ðɪs ɪz nɑt ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ councils’*’ ˈbɑtəm laɪnz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ðə hɛlθ ənd ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ əv ðə kəmˈjunɪtiz ðeɪ sərv.
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the new federal environment minister has granted montreal permission to dump billions of of raw sewage into the st. lawrence river so the city can make critical repairs to its system.
catherine mckenna, who is in paris preparing for the united nations summit that begins at the end of the month, broke from her mission to give the green light on what she admitted was a "far from ideal" decision on her sixth day in office.
ms. mckenna imposed a handful of conditions on the sewage spill, including that the city improve monitoring, as well as cleanup and emergency response plans, and consult more with first nations communities along the riverbank. the work, which involves pouring a billion of sewage into the river a day, is expected to last a week and must be completed by dec. 5.
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"i wish there were a magic bullet here, i wish there were other options," ms. mckenna said in a conference call from paris. "this release is far from ideal, but it is needed for the city of montreal to perform critical maintenance on their infrastructure before winter.
"if we do not allow this to go ahead and there was an unplanned discharge, the long-term impact to flora and fauna could be significantly more."
montreal mayor denis coderre said monday night the city will go ahead with its plan as soon as possible. it will outline the next steps on tuesday.
the mayor welcomed the decision, calling it "science-based" and saying it was unlike the political of the previous federal government. "i have no problem with the conditions, and i have no problem with a postmortem," mr. coderre said. "it's positive and constructive."
the file, which had been before the federal government for 18 months, landed in ms. lap after it emerged as an issue in the recent election campaign. the former conservative government suddenly put montreal's plan on hold, citing concerns about fish habitat. it also named a panel to review the plan.
the burst of publicity caught the attention of first nations groups and other communities along the river, who objected. while some environmentalists did, too, many experts in water and wildlife management said damage would be limited because of the immense water flow of the st. lawrence. most experts also said the city seemed to have no other choice.
ottawa's report, released friday, said the planned dump could cause harm, but an unplanned release triggered by a possible system failure if the sewage system breaks down would be more harmful. this dump will be the third time in eight years that montreal has poured billions of of sewage into the river. the report suggested future mitigation efforts, and ms. mckenna said the city will participate in an environment canada review to find better ways to handle future repairs.
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"all i can say is i inherited this file on the first day. things were not conducted in the way i would have hoped for," ms. mckenna said. "we can do better and we will do better."
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ðə nu ˈfɛdərəl ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈmɪnɪstər həz ˈgrænɪd ˌməntriˈɔl pərˈmɪʃən tɪ dəmp ˈbɪljənz əv əv rɑ suɪʤ ˈɪntu ðə st*. ˈlɔrəns ˈrɪvər soʊ ðə ˈsɪti kən meɪk ˈkrɪtɪkəl rɪˈpɛrz tɪ ɪts ˈsɪstəm. ˈkæθərɪn məˈkɛnə, hu ɪz ɪn ˈpɛrɪs pərˈpɛrɪŋ fər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz ˈsəmɪt ðət bɪˈgɪnz æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə mənθ, broʊk frəm hər ˈmɪʃən tɪ gɪv ðə grin laɪt ɔn wət ʃi ədˈmɪtəd wɑz ə "fɑr frəm aɪˈdil" dɪˈsɪʒən ɔn hər sɪksθ deɪ ɪn ˈɔfəs. mɪz. məˈkɛnə ˌɪmˈpoʊzd ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv kənˈdɪʃənz ɔn ðə suɪʤ spɪl, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðət ðə ˈsɪti ˌɪmˈpruv ˈmɑnətərɪŋ, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈkliˌnəp ənd ˈimərʤənsi rɪˈspɑns plænz, ənd kənˈsəlt mɔr wɪθ fərst ˈneɪʃənz kəmˈjunɪtiz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈrɪvərˌbæŋk. ðə wərk, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ˈpɔrɪŋ ə ˈbɪljən əv suɪʤ ˈɪntu ðə ˈrɪvər ə deɪ, ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ læst ə wik ənd məst bi kəmˈplitɪd baɪ dɛk. 5 ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt "aɪ wɪʃ ðɛr wər ə ˈmæʤɪk ˈbʊlət hir, aɪ wɪʃ ðɛr wər ˈəðər ˈɔpʃənz," mɪz. məˈkɛnə sɛd ɪn ə ˈkɑnfərəns kɔl frəm ˈpɛrɪs. "ðɪs riˈlis ɪz fɑr frəm aɪˈdil, bət ɪt ɪz ˈnidɪd fər ðə ˈsɪti əv ˌməntriˈɔl tɪ pərˈfɔrm ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈmeɪntənəns ɔn ðɛr ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˌbiˈfɔr ˈwɪntər. "ɪf wi du nɑt əˈlaʊ ðɪs tɪ goʊ əˈhɛd ənd ðɛr wɑz ən ənˈplænd ˈdɪsˌʧɑrʤ, ðə ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˌɪmˈpækt tɪ ˈflɔrə ənd ˈfɔnə kʊd bi sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli mɔr." ˌməntriˈɔl meɪər ˈdɛnɪs kəˈdɛr sɛd ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt ðə ˈsɪti wɪl goʊ əˈhɛd wɪθ ɪts plæn ɛz sun ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ɪt wɪl ˈaʊˌtlaɪn ðə nɛkst stɛps ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ðə meɪər ˈwɛlkəmd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪt "science-based*" ənd seɪɪŋ ɪt wɑz ənˈlaɪk ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl əv ðə ˈpriviəs ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt. "aɪ hæv noʊ ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ðə kənˈdɪʃənz, ənd aɪ hæv noʊ ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ə poʊstˈmɔrtɛm," ˈmɪstər. kəˈdɛr sɛd. "ɪts ˈpɑzətɪv ənd kənˈstrəktɪv." ðə faɪl, wɪʧ hæd bɪn ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt fər 18 mənθs, ˈlændɪd ɪn mɪz. læp ˈæftər ɪt ˈimərʤd ɛz ən ˈɪʃu ɪn ðə ˈrisənt ɪˈlɛkʃən kæmˈpeɪn. ðə ˈfɔrmər kənˈsərvətɪv ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsədənli pʊt ˌmɑntriˈɑlz plæn ɔn hoʊld, ˈsaɪtɪŋ kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt fɪʃ ˈhæbəˌtæt. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ neɪmd ə ˈpænəl tɪ ˌrivˈju ðə plæn. ðə bərst əv pəˈblɪsɪti kɔt ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv fərst ˈneɪʃənz grups ənd ˈəðər kəmˈjunɪtiz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈrɪvər, hu əˈbʤɛktəd. waɪl səm ɛnˈvaɪrənˌmɛnəlɪsts dɪd, tu, ˈmɛni ˈɛkspərts ɪn ˈwɔtər ənd ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ˈmænɪʤmənt sɛd ˈdæmɪʤ wʊd bi ˈlɪmɪtɪd bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˌɪˈmɛns ˈwɔtər floʊ əv ðə st*. ˈlɔrəns. moʊst ˈɛkspərts ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ðə ˈsɪti simd tɪ hæv noʊ ˈəðər ʧɔɪs. ˈɑtəwəz rɪˈpɔrt, riˈlist ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, sɛd ðə plænd dəmp kʊd kɔz hɑrm, bət ən ənˈplænd riˈlis ˈtrɪgərd baɪ ə ˈpɑsəbəl ˈsɪstəm ˈfeɪljər ɪf ðə suɪʤ ˈsɪstəm breɪks daʊn wʊd bi mɔr ˈhɑrmfəl. ðɪs dəmp wɪl bi ðə θərd taɪm ɪn eɪt jɪrz ðət ˌməntriˈɔl həz pɔrd ˈbɪljənz əv əv suɪʤ ˈɪntu ðə ˈrɪvər. ðə rɪˈpɔrt səˈʤɛstɪd fˈjuʧər ˌmɪtɪˈgeɪʃən ˈɛfərts, ənd mɪz. məˈkɛnə sɛd ðə ˈsɪti wɪl pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈkænədə ˌrivˈju tɪ faɪnd ˈbɛtər weɪz tɪ ˈhændəl fˈjuʧər rɪˈpɛrz. ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt "ɔl aɪ kən seɪ ɪz aɪ ˌɪnˈhɛrətɪd ðɪs faɪl ɔn ðə fərst deɪ. θɪŋz wər nɑt kənˈdəktəd ɪn ðə weɪ aɪ wʊd hæv hoʊpt fər," mɪz. məˈkɛnə sɛd. "wi kən du ˈbɛtər ənd wi wɪl du ˈbɛtər."
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the has removed an officer from his position after investigations found that he had acted wrongly when a force under his commander broke the cameras of foreign journalists in the west bank last week.
on september 25, brigade soldiers at bet smashed the cameras of two agence reporters who had arrived to film a palestinian demonstration.
in a story it wrote about the incident, said the threw italian video journalist andrea bernardi to the ground, jabbed him with a weapon and held him down until he produced a press card and that soldiers took away the camera of palestinian photographer abbas that incident “in which a force commander behaved in a manner that is incompatible with expectations of an commander, an operational investigation was launched by the head of the sector, and an additional investigation was launched by the commander of the brigade, col. yaron finkelman,” the thursday, the southern command headquarters chief, brig.-gen. ben mohad, accepted position that the officer had failed in his duties, and should be ejected from his will examine the continuation of the service,” the military source week, nachman shai wrote a letter to defense minister moshe demanding that he instruct the to investigate the incident and make it clear that such behavior must cannot be that soldiers harm and attack members of the press,” shai said. “the job of the press is to be everywhere all the time. it is an inseparable part of reality. breaking cameras and exercising violence teaches the journalists that the soldiers and their commanders do not understand the basic values of democracy first and foremost, freedom of edited video from the incident, two men are wearing helmets and flak jackets marked “press,” and a soldier can be seen throwing one of their cameras to the ground, breaking two photographers then walk away, but a soldier runs after them. a jeep pulls up and other soldiers come out. again, the soldiers take one of their cameras and break foreign press association issued a statement denouncing the conduct of the lazaroff and jerusalem post staff contributed to this report.
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dɪr ˈridər, ɛz ju kən ˌɪˈmæʤən, mɔr ˈpipəl ər ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə ʤərˈusələm poʊst ðən ˈɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəlz ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər səˈsteɪnəbəl ənd ˌhaɪkˈwɑləti ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz, laɪk ɑrz, ər biɪŋ fɔrst tɪ lʊk fər nu weɪz tɪ kip goʊɪŋ. ənˈlaɪk ˈmɛni ˈəðər nuz ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, wi hæv nɑt pʊt əp ə paywall*. wi wɔnt tɪ kip ɑr ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ˈoʊpən ənd ækˈsɛsəbəl ənd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kip prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ju wɪθ nuz ənd æˈnælɪsɪs frəm ðə əv ˈɪzriəl, ðə ˈmɪdəl ist ənd ðə ʤuɪʃ wərld. ðə həz riˈmuvd ən ˈɔfɪsər frəm hɪz pəˈzɪʃən ˈæftər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz faʊnd ðət hi hæd ˈæktɪd ˈrɔŋli wɪn ə fɔrs ˈəndər hɪz kəˈmændər broʊk ðə ˈkæmərəz əv ˈfɔrən ˈʤərnəlɪsts ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk læst wik. ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 25 brɪˈgeɪd ˈsoʊlʤərz æt bɛt smæʃt ðə ˈkæmərəz əv tu ˈæʤəns rɪˈpɔrtərz hu hæd əraɪvd tɪ fɪlm ə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən. ɪn ə ˈstɔri ɪt roʊt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪnsədənt, sɛd ðə θru ˌɪˈtæljən ˈvɪdioʊ ˈʤərnəlɪst ˌɑnˈdreɪə bərˈnɑrdi tɪ ðə graʊnd, ʤæbd ɪm wɪθ ə ˈwɛpən ənd hɛld ɪm daʊn ənˈtɪl hi prəˈdust ə prɛs kɑrd ənd ðət ˈsoʊlʤərz tʊk əˈweɪ ðə ˈkæmərə əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən fəˈtɑgrəfər əˈbɑs ðət ˈɪnsədənt wɪʧ ə fɔrs kəˈmændər bɪˈheɪvd ɪn ə ˈmænər ðət ɪz ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl wɪθ ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz əv ən kəˈmændər, ən ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən wɑz lɔnʧt baɪ ðə hɛd əv ðə ˈsɛktər, ənd ən əˈdɪʃənəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən wɑz lɔnʧt baɪ ðə kəˈmændər əv ðə brɪˈgeɪd, col*. ˈjɛrən finkelman,”*,” ðə ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈsəðərn kəˈmænd ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz ʧif, brig.-gen*. bɛn mohad*, ækˈsɛptɪd pəˈzɪʃən ðət ðə ˈɔfɪsər hæd feɪld ɪn hɪz ˈdutiz, ənd ʃʊd bi ɪˈʤɛktɪd frəm hɪz wɪl ɪgˈzæmɪn ðə kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən əv ðə service,”*,” ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri sɔrs wik, ˈnækmən ʃaɪ roʊt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstər ˈmoʊʃə dɪˈmændɪŋ ðət hi ˌɪnˈstrəkt ðə tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ðə ˈɪnsədənt ənd meɪk ɪt klɪr ðət səʧ bɪˈheɪvjər məst ˈkænɑt bi ðət ˈsoʊlʤərz hɑrm ənd əˈtæk ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə press,”*,” ʃaɪ sɛd. ʤɑb əv ðə prɛs ɪz tɪ bi ˈɛvriˌwɛr ɔl ðə taɪm. ɪt ɪz ən ˌɪnˈsɛpərəbəl pɑrt əv ˌriˈæləˌti. ˈbreɪkɪŋ ˈkæmərəz ənd ˈɛksərˌsaɪzɪŋ ˈvaɪələns ˈtiʧɪz ðə ˈʤərnəlɪsts ðət ðə ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd ðɛr kəˈmændərz du nɑt ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈbeɪsɪk ˈvæljuz əv dɪˈmɑkrəsi fərst ənd ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, ˈfridəm əv ˈɛdɪtɪd ˈvɪdioʊ frəm ðə ˈɪnsədənt, tu mɛn ər ˈwɛrɪŋ ˈhɛlməts ənd flæk ˈʤækɪts mɑrkt ““press,”*,” ənd ə ˈsoʊlʤər kən bi sin θroʊɪŋ wən əv ðɛr ˈkæmərəz tɪ ðə graʊnd, ˈbreɪkɪŋ tu fəˈtɑgrəfərz ðɛn wɔk əˈweɪ, bət ə ˈsoʊlʤər rənz ˈæftər ðɛm. ə ʤip pʊlz əp ənd ˈəðər ˈsoʊlʤərz kəm aʊt. əˈgɛn, ðə ˈsoʊlʤərz teɪk wən əv ðɛr ˈkæmərəz ənd breɪk ˈfɔrən prɛs əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈɪʃud ə ˈsteɪtmənt dɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ ðə ˈkɑndəkt əv ðə ˈlæzəˌrɔf ənd ʤərˈusələm poʊst stæf kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt. ʤɔɪn ʤərˈusələm poʊst ˈprimiəm pləs naʊ fər ʤɪst 5 ənd ˈəpˈgreɪd jʊr ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ ən ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ənd ɪkˈsklusɪv ˈkɑntɛnt. klɪk hir>>
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tˈwɪtər həz ʤɪst roʊld aʊt ə nu ˈsərvɪs fər dɪˈvɛləpərz tɪ ˈɪnəˌgreɪt ˈɪntu ðɛr æps kɔld ˈdɪʤɪts, wɪʧ ʃʊd meɪk ɪt mɔr sɪˈkjʊr fər kənˈsumərz tɪ saɪn ˈɪntu æps ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz. ˈrəðər ðən ˈkɑmplɛks ənd ˈpæsˌwərdz, ˈdɪʤɪts hoʊps tɪ ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ ðə saɪn ɪn ˈprɔˌsɛs baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ jʊr foʊn ˈnəmbər ənd ən ˌɛˌsɛˈmɛs ˌvɛrəfəˈkeɪʃən tɪ əˈlaʊ ju tɪ lɔg ɪn. əˈnaʊnst æt flaɪt dɪˈvɛləpər ˈkɑnfərəns, ˈdɪʤɪts kʊd bi ə gʊd tul ɪn ðə dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈmɑrkɪt wɛr ˈmɛni doʊnt pəˈzɛs ə kəmˈpjutər nɔr hæv ən iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs fər ə tɪ lɔg ɪn tɪ ˈsərvɪsɪz ənd æps. ðiz ˈpipəl du hæv ə ˈmoʊbəl foʊn ənd ə foʊn ˈnəmbər, ənd ˈdɪʤɪts wɪl tæp ðət tɪ meɪk mɔr sɪˈkjʊr. ɪn ə weɪ, ɪts ˈsɪmələr tɪ ɔˌθɛntəˈkeɪʃən. sɪz əv ðə ˈsərvɪs:
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dear lovers,
as promised we present you an interview with, the enveloping, electronic dub infused music project of producer and artist, tyler smith. for almost two decades he has been at the controls of music production, experimenting with different styles and emotions in sonic art form. after four albums plus various compilations,s, and to the name, the project will soon release the studio album entitled imbue. this release will be free (pay what you want) for download through the page and for purchase in limited edition cd format directly through the project and altar records.
this interview was taken by gagarin project in september 2014 in awaiting the fresh release. enjoy!
hi tyler, i am very happy to be able to chat with you and to ask this questions!
hello and thank your for your interest in the project. :)
:) it looks like an important event is happening in the life of project. you are releasing “imbue”, your fourth full length album, on october 17th, 2014. i would like to ask you some question about it. how long did it take you to write it and which was the oldest track from it written and which track was it ?
overall, it took me roughly 2 years to finally get what it is on the record. the oldest track is root of pharmacology. i think i started it in august 2011 but i spent at least 9 months or more aside from this album working on the release in the time between then and now.
and how can you describe the sound of new release, in comparison with your previous works ?
the sound of the new release is what i was feeling over the course of the past few years. i attempt to describe the sound but i can compare it with previous works in that it has a lot of diversity of style, bass, and feelings.
how would you say your music has evolved over the years? your first album was released in 2004, how can you compare your first production with the latest ones, are they more complex, are they more or less organic, etc?
my production quality and song structures have been up and down over the 10 years span as. i just write what i feel so anything that seems more or less complex be apparent to me. music is mostly about feeling to me which is why sometimes my work always sound the best, but it hopefully is conveying a feeling i was feeling at the time or hoped others would feel. maintaining a suitable balance of organic and inorganic is what i seem to be always trying desperately to achieve.
tell us, what was your inspiration to write this album?
this album is about my personal evolution. during the creation of it was a time of immense inner reflection to understand who i am now and what i have grown from.
we’ll change the subject a bit. what do you think about the piracy ?
in one way, it is free promotion as i know of people who downloaded pirated copies of my music first and then bought it directly from me later. or they at least donated to me directly. i have a donation system set up at my website and people who download my music through free pirate websites can actually be cool and kick me some coin. but when i have found my music for sale through pirated websites, it has been a bit disconcerting. what does one do? waste time merely “trying” to stop piracy and be angry or be happy, smile on, and keep writing new music that they do not have access to yet? the choice is simple for me.
positive approach) what would you like to say to your listeners who would like to buy the album ?
when released on october 17th, 2014, you will be able to get the new album on cd from both the record label and directly from myself.
it will feature original cover art by artist jack shure:
www.jhsart.com
quality mastering by colin @ mastering,:
www.oood.net/mastering
cd will be available direct from the artist at:
www.androcell.com
the cd will also be available for purchase from altar records webpage:
www.altar.bandcamp.com
what would you like to say to your listeners that would like to download the album for free?
a free (pay what you want) digital download will only be available through my webpage:
www.androcell.com
how did you find your way to altar records ?
if i recall correctly, in the summer of 2013, label owner gabriel zen) and i were at a festival in quebec and discussed the possibility of altar records releasing my next album on cd. i either pitched him the idea or vice versa, but either way we quickly became on the same page, so to speak, about releasing a in alliance. being friends already and having released and distant system songs on his label in the past, i knew gabriel would be a trusted and quality source for presenting this album on cd. gab is a great guy and i really appreciate his support with this release!
cool! since how long the album is ready? did you have to wait to be able to release it or the september date was “reserved” before the album was finished?
it was just wrapped up in the second week of september and sent off to the manufacturers so everything will hopefully be in order for a release date.
who did the mastering ? was it an easy process or there was several iteration on sound?
colin @ mastering in bristol, did the mastering for this release.
www.oood.net/mastering
sure, there were iterations but only due to minor, subjective elements. colin knows what he is doing with his gear and that was clearly evident. any changes were due in part to my personal sonic taste and nothing more. i had some personal preferences and colin did an outstanding job working with those parameters while still using his professional judgment to achieve maximum sonic potential with my provided mixes.
we would like to hear your opinion on what you think about modernchedelic music?!
the sound design and sound quality is pretty amazing sometimes. i feel pretty disconnected from what is modern but some tunes out there occasionally pass by my ears that just seem so absolutely it is ridiculous.
do you listen to any of music ? if yes what are your recent favourite artists or albums ?
i feel i am too out of the loop with what is “recent” to be able to answer. but i am constantly hearing amazing ideas and production / engineering from people all across the planet. a lot of people are finally finding an affordable approach to their creativity and so we are living in times of abundant musical output.
right! what about the trance or techno music ? do you like it ?
they are music styles that have their time and place for people wanting that vibe. i really listen to either anymore but that is not to say i do not like it.
fair enough. what music do you listen in the car?
whatever cd i happened to remember to grab. if i forget one, then road noise becomes my driving soundtrack.
what kind of music do you listen at home ?
if i am not working in the studio, i generally am not listening to music as my ears generally get enough action in there during the days. if listening at home, the ipod is usually on random with stuff from my older music collection. if i really get in the mood for something specific i will put on the cd and lounge back with eyes closed to give it my full attention.
nice) cds , digital or streaming?
i prefer cds but i am from an outmoded generation.
what do you enjoy in life apart from music ?
aside from music i enjoy family and friends, good food, chilling out, being outdoors, and gardening to name a few.
great! tv or books?
if i had to choose one over the other i would take books.
alright, sound production or internet?
if you are asking would i rather be on the internet or creating music the answer is sound production. my studio machine is not connected to the internet for a reason. ;)
perfect idea) what is sounds ?
saiko sounds was a music distributor and music retail website based out of hong kong. unfortunately, they are no longer in business.
what are your sites in internet?
www.synthtopia.com
www.soundonsound.com
www.synthmuseum.com
where do you get your music news from ?
artist websites and facebook pages.
we are curious if you visitbient.org?! what do you think about this project and our current interface ?
i do not but i really appreciate the support and awareness that you are helping to generate for artists. thank you!
you are more than welcome, tyler! we are working on the web forum project now, do you think that it is something that will be popular and in need?
i know as i spent any time in a forum in years.
got you! do you have any musical education? if no, have you ever felt a lack of it?
i know if i would call my background “musical education”. i rejected a lot of the formality of reading music and played by ear most of the time. i definitely feel a lack of musicianship and ability when it comes to playing stringed instruments and as i fumble around on the keys. i also feel a severe lack of training in sound engineering as i struggle on my own to learn how to make things sound better.
to go deeper into the music creation, tell me about your production tools, what daw do you use now? what are your favourite ?
i currently use live 8 and apple logic 8. i really like the heckmann stuff. that guy is a real wizard.
www.u-he.com
i know you have some analog gear in your studio, what did you use for this album ?
access virus indigo b keyboard
korg
roland
moog
boss
what are the monitors and sound card that you use in production?
i have a few different monitor setups depending on the referencing situation.
mackie
blueroom (original)
boston
alesis
in the studio, my is a unit which connects via a cable to a dedicated card in a quad core.
tell us, what other musical projects are you in? what are their styles?
i create music also as distant system. it has been described as “ambient trance” but some of it also has slow break beat type rhythms as well. it is a great outlet for exploring a purely electronic sound scheme and the science fiction / space motif.
– many of your listeners and readers of interview would like to start producing, what would you recommend them to to start with? did you learn sound production with somebody or are you a artist ?
i am 100% self taught. there are probably many shortcomings to my work with this approach. but i will always say to anyone interested that they should just a get a decent laptop running logic or live along with a decent keyboard controller with knobs and teach their self if they are passionate enough. that is enough stuff to try and learn the ropes and keep a novice busy for a few years. if you lose interest, then you break the bank. if you gain interest, just move on to what naturally feels is the next evolution in your process, like possibly buying a nice outboard synthesizer. i originally taught myself digital performer and wrote the first two albums in on a powerpc tower by sequencing and recording a lot of outboard gear i had in my studio at that time. today the processing power for music applications seems light years beyond what i was dealing with then and virtual instruments are sounding so much better and reliable. it seems if you keep fun at the center what you are doing instead of frustration then good things naturally seem to kind of start making sense.
agree! what about live shows, did you play at any recently ? do you have any dates planned to promote your new album ?
i have not played for a couple months now. nothing is currently locked down as of now. i hope to be able to expose the new material as much as possible.
yes, we sincerely wish you that! how do you usually play your live sets: which soft do you use? any analogue equipment? in your setup, how easy is it for you to change the order of the tracks? can you a track on the fly or the main structure is “fixed” ?
i use live 8. it depends on the set construction as to whether i can change up a song order or not. sometimes the main structure is generally fixed with additional elements that can be manipulated along with additional real-time live improvisation. other times i create a set where i can randomly choose the song and manipulate mapped parameters on an external controller.
what are your future plans related to music?
most likely i will just keep trying to focus on getting better at the craft.
good) what will be the next or distant system?
the next music will probably be a follow up down the road. i am planning to get back to work on the second distant system album later this fall and through winter.
thanks for your time, tyler! this was a very interesting interview. we, atbient.org, wish you much more inspiration for your next project and we hope that many people will buy the album!
thank you for your support and exposure of my work! i really appreciate all you are doing for underground artists. cheers! ;)
we love what you are doing and beautifulchedelic, cheers! any last words for our readers?
peace and dub! ;)
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also have a look at some selected altar releases referenced at www.psybient.org:
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dɪr ˈləvərz, ɛz ˈprɑməst wi ˈprɛzənt ju ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ, ðə ɪnˈvɛləpɪŋ, ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk dəb ˌɪnfˈjuzd mˈjuzɪk ˈprɑʤɛkt əv prəˈdusər ənd ˈɑrtɪst, ˈtaɪlər smɪθ. fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst tu ˈdɛkeɪdz hi həz bɪn æt ðə kənˈtroʊlz əv mˈjuzɪk pərˈdəkʃən, ɛkˈspɛrəˌmɛntɪŋ wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt staɪlz ənd ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz ɪn ˈsɑnɪk ɑrt fɔrm. ˈæftər fɔr ˈælbəmz pləs ˈvɛriəs ˌkɑmpəˈleɪʃənz, eps*, ənd tɪ ðə neɪm, ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɪl sun riˈlis ðə ˈstudiˌoʊ ˈælbəm ɛnˈtaɪtəld ˌɪmˈbju. ðɪs riˈlis wɪl bi fri (peɪ wət ju wɔnt) fər ˈdaʊnˌloʊd θru ðə peɪʤ ənd fər ˈpərʧəs ɪn ˈlɪmɪtɪd ɪˈdɪʃən ˈsiˈdi ˈfɔrˌmæt dɪˈrɛkli θru ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd ˈɔltər ˈrɛkərdz. ðɪs ˈɪntərvˌju wɑz ˈteɪkən baɪ gəˈgærən ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2014 ɪn əˈweɪtɪŋ ðə frɛʃ riˈlis. ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ! haɪ ˈtaɪlər, aɪ æm ˈvɛri ˈhæpi tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ʧæt wɪθ ju ənd tɪ æsk ðɪs kˈwɛsʧənz! hɛˈloʊ ənd θæŋk jʊr fər jʊr ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪt lʊks laɪk ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪˈvɛnt ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ ɪn ðə laɪf əv ˈprɑʤɛkt. ju ər riˈlisɪŋ ““imbue”*”, jʊr fɔrθ fʊl lɛŋθ ˈælbəm, ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 17th*, 2014 aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ æsk ju səm kˈwɛʃən əˈbaʊt ɪt. haʊ lɔŋ dɪd ɪt teɪk ju tɪ raɪt ɪt ənd wɪʧ wɑz ðə ˈoʊldəst træk frəm ɪt ˈrɪtən ənd wɪʧ træk wɑz ɪt ˈoʊvərˌɔl, ɪt tʊk mi ˈrəfli 2 jɪrz tɪ ˈfaɪnəli gɪt wət ɪt ɪz ɔn ðə ˈrɛkərd. ðə ˈoʊldəst træk ɪz rut əv ˌfɑrməˈkɑləʤi. aɪ θɪŋk aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ɪt ɪn ˈɔgəst 2011 bət aɪ spɛnt æt list 9 mənθs ər mɔr əˈsaɪd frəm ðɪs ˈælbəm ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðə riˈlis ɪn ðə taɪm bɪtˈwin ðɛn ənd naʊ. ənd haʊ kən ju dɪˈskraɪb ðə saʊnd əv nu riˈlis, ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən wɪθ jʊr ˈpriviəs wərks ðə saʊnd əv ðə nu riˈlis ɪz wət aɪ wɑz ˈfilɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ðə pæst fju jɪrz. aɪ əˈtɛmpt tɪ dɪˈskraɪb ðə saʊnd bət aɪ kən kəmˈpɛr ɪt wɪθ ˈpriviəs wərks ɪn ðət ɪt həz ə lɔt əv dɪˈvərsɪti əv staɪl, bæs, ənd ˈfilɪŋz. haʊ wʊd ju seɪ jʊr mˈjuzɪk həz ɪˈvɑlvd ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz? jʊr fərst ˈælbəm wɑz riˈlist ɪn 2004 haʊ kən ju kəmˈpɛr jʊr fərst pərˈdəkʃən wɪθ ðə ˈleɪtəst wənz, ər ðeɪ mɔr ˈkɑmplɛks, ər ðeɪ mɔr ər lɛs ɔrˈgænɪk, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə? maɪ pərˈdəkʃən kˈwɑləti ənd sɔŋ ˈstrəkʧərz hæv bɪn əp ənd daʊn ˈoʊvər ðə 10 jɪrz spæn ɛz. aɪ ʤɪst raɪt wət aɪ fil soʊ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət simz mɔr ər lɛs ˈkɑmplɛks bi əˈpɛrənt tɪ mi. mˈjuzɪk ɪz ˈmoʊstli əˈbaʊt ˈfilɪŋ tɪ mi wɪʧ ɪz waɪ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz maɪ wərk ˈɔlˌweɪz saʊnd ðə bɛst, bət ɪt ˈhoʊpfəli ɪz kənˈveɪɪŋ ə ˈfilɪŋ aɪ wɑz ˈfilɪŋ æt ðə taɪm ər hoʊpt ˈəðərz wʊd fil. meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ə ˈsutəbəl ˈbæləns əv ɔrˈgænɪk ənd ˌɪnɔrˈgænɪk ɪz wət aɪ sim tɪ bi ˈɔlˌweɪz traɪɪŋ ˈdɛspərətli tɪ əˈʧiv. tɛl ˈjuˈɛs, wət wɑz jʊr ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən tɪ raɪt ðɪs ˈælbəm? ðɪs ˈælbəm ɪz əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɛvəˈluʃən. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ɪt wɑz ə taɪm əv ˌɪˈmɛns ˈɪnər rɪˈflɛkʃən tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd hu aɪ æm naʊ ənd wət aɪ hæv groʊn frəm. ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt ə bɪt. wət du ju θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpaɪrəsi ɪn wən weɪ, ɪt ɪz fri pərˈmoʊʃən ɛz aɪ noʊ əv ˈpipəl hu ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪd ˈpaɪrətɪd ˈkɑpiz əv maɪ mˈjuzɪk fərst ənd ðɛn bɔt ɪt dɪˈrɛkli frəm mi ˈleɪtər. ər ðeɪ æt list ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd tɪ mi dɪˈrɛkli. aɪ hæv ə doʊˈneɪʃən ˈsɪstəm sɛt əp æt maɪ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ənd ˈpipəl hu ˈdaʊnˌloʊd maɪ mˈjuzɪk θru fri ˈpaɪrət ˈwɛbˌsaɪts kən ˈæˌkʧuəli bi kul ənd kɪk mi səm kɔɪn. bət wɪn aɪ hæv faʊnd maɪ mˈjuzɪk fər seɪl θru ˈpaɪrətɪd ˈwɛbˌsaɪts, ɪt həz bɪn ə bɪt ˌdɪskənˈsərtɪŋ. wət dɪz wən du? weɪst taɪm ˈmɪrli ““trying”*” tɪ stɑp ˈpaɪrəsi ənd bi ˈæŋgri ər bi ˈhæpi, smaɪl ɔn, ənd kip ˈraɪtɪŋ nu mˈjuzɪk ðət ðeɪ du nɑt hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ jɛt? ðə ʧɔɪs ɪz ˈsɪmpəl fər mi. ˈpɑzətɪv əˈproʊʧ) wət wʊd ju laɪk tɪ seɪ tɪ jʊr ˈlɪsənərz hu wʊd laɪk tɪ baɪ ðə ˈælbəm wɪn riˈlist ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 17th*, 2014 ju wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ðə nu ˈælbəm ɔn ˈsiˈdi frəm boʊθ ðə ˈrɛkərd ˈleɪbəl ənd dɪˈrɛkli frəm ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. ɪt wɪl ˈfiʧər ərˈɪʤənəl ˈkəvər ɑrt baɪ ˈɑrtɪst ʤæk ʃʊr: kˈwɑləti ˈmæstərɪŋ baɪ ˈkoʊlɪn ˈmæstərɪŋ,: ˈsiˈdi wɪl bi əˈveɪləbəl dɪˈrɛkt frəm ðə ˈɑrtɪst æt: ðə ˈsiˈdi wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈpərʧəs frəm ˈɔltər ˈrɛkərdz webpage*: wət wʊd ju laɪk tɪ seɪ tɪ jʊr ˈlɪsənərz ðət wʊd laɪk tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə ˈælbəm fər fri? ə fri (peɪ wət ju wɔnt) ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈdaʊnˌloʊd wɪl ˈoʊnli bi əˈveɪləbəl θru maɪ webpage*: haʊ dɪd ju faɪnd jʊr weɪ tɪ ˈɔltər ˈrɛkərdz ɪf aɪ ˈriˌkɔl kərˈɛktli, ɪn ðə ˈsəmər əv 2013 ˈleɪbəl ˈoʊnər ˈgeɪbriəl zɛn) ənd aɪ wər æt ə ˈfɛstɪvəl ɪn kwəˈbɛk ənd dɪˈskəst ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ˈɔltər ˈrɛkərdz riˈlisɪŋ maɪ nɛkst ˈælbəm ɔn ˈsiˈdi. aɪ ˈiðər pɪʧt ɪm ðə aɪˈdiə ər vaɪs ˈvərsə, bət ˈiðər weɪ wi kˈwɪkli bɪˈkeɪm ɔn ðə seɪm peɪʤ, soʊ tɪ spik, əˈbaʊt riˈlisɪŋ ə ɪn əˈlaɪəns. biɪŋ frɛndz ɔˈrɛdi ənd ˈhævɪŋ riˈlist ənd ˈdɪstənt ˈsɪstəm sɔŋz ɔn hɪz ˈleɪbəl ɪn ðə pæst, aɪ nu ˈgeɪbriəl wʊd bi ə ˈtrəstɪd ənd kˈwɑləti sɔrs fər prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ðɪs ˈælbəm ɔn ˈsiˈdi. gæb ɪz ə greɪt gaɪ ənd aɪ ˈrɪli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt hɪz səˈpɔrt wɪθ ðɪs riˈlis! kul! sɪns haʊ lɔŋ ðə ˈælbəm ɪz ˈrɛdi? dɪd ju hæv tɪ weɪt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ riˈlis ɪt ər ðə sɛpˈtɛmbər deɪt wɑz ““reserved”*” ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈælbəm wɑz ˈfɪnɪʃt? ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ræpt əp ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd wik əv sɛpˈtɛmbər ənd sɛnt ɔf tɪ ðə ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz soʊ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɪl ˈhoʊpfəli bi ɪn ˈɔrdər fər ə riˈlis deɪt. hu dɪd ðə ˈmæstərɪŋ wɑz ɪt ən ˈizi ˈprɔˌsɛs ər ðɛr wɑz ˈsɛvərəl ˌɪtəˈreɪʃən ɔn saʊnd? ˈkoʊlɪn ˈmæstərɪŋ ɪn ˈbrɪstəl, dɪd ðə ˈmæstərɪŋ fər ðɪs riˈlis. ʃʊr, ðɛr wər ˌɪtəˈreɪʃənz bət ˈoʊnli du tɪ ˈmaɪnər, səˈbʤɛktɪv ˈɛləmənts. ˈkoʊlɪn noʊz wət hi ɪz duɪŋ wɪθ hɪz gɪr ənd ðət wɑz ˈklɪrli ˈɛvədənt. ˈɛni ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wər du ɪn pɑrt tɪ maɪ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈsɑnɪk teɪst ənd ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr. aɪ hæd səm ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɛfərənsɪz ənd ˈkoʊlɪn dɪd ən ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ ʤɑb ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ðoʊz pərˈæmətərz waɪl stɪl ˈjuzɪŋ hɪz prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈʤəʤmənt tɪ əˈʧiv ˈmæksəməm ˈsɑnɪk pəˈtɛnʃəl wɪθ maɪ prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈmɪksɪz. wi wʊd laɪk tɪ hir jʊr əˈpɪnjən ɔn wət ju θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ˈmɑdərn ˌsaɪkəˈdɛlɪk mˈjuzɪk?! ðə saʊnd dɪˈzaɪn ənd saʊnd kˈwɑləti ɪz ˈprɪti əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz. aɪ fil ˈprɪti ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd frəm wət ɪz ˈmɑdərn bət səm tunz aʊt ðɛr ɔˈkeɪʒənəˌli pæs baɪ maɪ ɪrz ðət ʤɪst sim soʊ ˌæbsəˈlutli ɪt ɪz rɪˈdɪkjələs. du ju ˈlɪsən tɪ ˈɛni əv mˈjuzɪk ɪf jɛs wət ər jʊr ˈrisənt ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈɑrtɪsts ər ˈælbəmz aɪ fil aɪ æm tu aʊt əv ðə lup wɪθ wət ɪz ““recent”*” tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈænsər. bət aɪ æm ˈkɑnstəntli ˈhirɪŋ əˈmeɪzɪŋ aɪˈdiəz ənd pərˈdəkʃən ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ frəm ˈpipəl ɔl əˈkrɔs ðə ˈplænət. ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ər ˈfaɪnəli ˈfaɪndɪŋ ən əˈfɔrdəbəl əˈproʊʧ tɪ ðɛr ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti ənd soʊ wi ər ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn taɪmz əv əˈbəndənt mˈjuzɪkəl ˈaʊtˌpʊt. raɪt! wət əˈbaʊt ðə træns ər ˈtɛknoʊ mˈjuzɪk du ju laɪk ɪt ðeɪ ər mˈjuzɪk staɪlz ðət hæv ðɛr taɪm ənd pleɪs fər ˈpipəl ˈwɑnɪŋ ðət vaɪb. aɪ ˈrɪli ˈlɪsən tɪ ˈiðər ˌɛniˈmɔr bət ðət ɪz nɑt tɪ seɪ aɪ du nɑt laɪk ɪt. fɛr ɪˈnəf. wət mˈjuzɪk du ju ˈlɪsən ɪn ðə kɑr? ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈsiˈdi aɪ ˈhæpənd tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər tɪ græb. ɪf aɪ fərˈgɛt wən, ðɛn roʊd nɔɪz bɪˈkəmz maɪ ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈsaʊnˌtræk. wət kaɪnd əv mˈjuzɪk du ju ˈlɪsən æt hoʊm ɪf aɪ æm nɑt ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈstudiˌoʊ, aɪ ˈʤɛnərəli æm nɑt ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ mˈjuzɪk ɛz maɪ ɪrz ˈʤɛnərəli gɪt ɪˈnəf ˈækʃən ɪn ðɛr ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə deɪz. ɪf ˈlɪsənɪŋ æt hoʊm, ðə ˈaɪˌpɔd ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ɔn ˈrændəm wɪθ stəf frəm maɪ ˈoʊldər mˈjuzɪk kəˈlɛkʃən. ɪf aɪ ˈrɪli gɪt ɪn ðə mud fər ˈsəmθɪŋ spɪˈsɪfɪk aɪ wɪl pʊt ɔn ðə ˈsiˈdi ənd laʊnʤ bæk wɪθ aɪz kloʊzd tɪ gɪv ɪt maɪ fʊl əˈtɛnʃən. nis) ˈsiˈdiz ˈdɪʤɪtəl ər ˈstrimɪŋ? aɪ prɪˈfər ˈsiˈdiz bət aɪ æm frəm ən ˌaʊtˈmoʊdɪd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. wət du ju ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ɪn laɪf əˈpɑrt frəm mˈjuzɪk əˈsaɪd frəm mˈjuzɪk aɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ˈfæməli ənd frɛndz, gʊd fud, ˈʧɪlɪŋ aʊt, biɪŋ ˈaʊtˈdɔrz, ənd ˈgɑrdənɪŋ tɪ neɪm ə fju. greɪt! ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ər bʊks? ɪf aɪ hæd tɪ ʧuz wən ˈoʊvər ðə ˈəðər aɪ wʊd teɪk bʊks. ˌɔˈlraɪt, saʊnd pərˈdəkʃən ər ˈɪntərˌnɛt? ɪf ju ər ˈæskɪŋ wʊd aɪ ˈrəðər bi ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ər kriˈeɪtɪŋ mˈjuzɪk ðə ˈænsər ɪz saʊnd pərˈdəkʃən. maɪ ˈstudiˌoʊ məˈʃin ɪz nɑt kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt fər ə ˈrizən. ˈpərˌfɪkt aɪˈdiə) wət ɪz saʊnz saʊnz wɑz ə mˈjuzɪk dɪˈstrɪbjətər ənd mˈjuzɪk ˈriˌteɪl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt beɪst aʊt əv hɔŋ kɔŋg. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðeɪ ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ɪn ˈbɪznɪs. wət ər jʊr saɪts ɪn ˈɪntərˌnɛt? wɛr du ju gɪt jʊr mˈjuzɪk nuz frəm ˈɑrtɪst ˈwɛbˌsaɪts ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈpeɪʤɪz. wi ər ˈkjʊriəs ɪf ju ˈvɪzɪt psybient.org*?! wət du ju θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd ɑr ˈkɑrənt ˈɪnərˌfeɪs aɪ du nɑt bət aɪ ˈrɪli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ðə səˈpɔrt ənd əˈwɛrnəs ðət ju ər ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt fər ˈɑrtɪsts. θæŋk ju! ju ər mɔr ðən ˈwɛlkəm, ˈtaɪlər! wi ər ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðə wɛb ˈfɔrəm ˈprɑʤɛkt naʊ, du ju θɪŋk ðət ɪt ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət wɪl bi ˈpɑpjələr ənd ɪn nid? aɪ noʊ ɛz aɪ spɛnt ˈɛni taɪm ɪn ə ˈfɔrəm ɪn jɪrz. gɑt ju! du ju hæv ˈɛni mˈjuzɪkəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən? ɪf noʊ, hæv ju ˈɛvər fɛlt ə læk əv ɪt? aɪ noʊ ɪf aɪ wʊd kɔl maɪ ˈbækˌgraʊnd education”*”. aɪ rɪˈʤɛktɪd ə lɔt əv ðə fɔrˈmæləti əv ˈrɛdɪŋ mˈjuzɪk ənd pleɪd baɪ ɪr moʊst əv ðə taɪm. aɪ ˈdɛfənətli fil ə læk əv mjuˈzɪʃənʃɪp ənd əˈbɪləˌti wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ pleɪɪŋ strɪŋd ˈɪnstrəmənts ənd ɛz aɪ ˈfəmbəl əraʊnd ɔn ðə kiz. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ fil ə səˈvɪr læk əv ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɪn saʊnd ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ ɛz aɪ ˈstrəgəl ɔn maɪ oʊn tɪ lərn haʊ tɪ meɪk θɪŋz saʊnd ˈbɛtər. tɪ goʊ ˈdipər ˈɪntu ðə mˈjuzɪk kriˈeɪʃən, tɛl mi əˈbaʊt jʊr pərˈdəkʃən tulz, wət dɔ du ju juz naʊ? wət ər jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt aɪ ˈkərəntli juz lɪv 8 ənd ˈæpəl ˈlɑʤɪk 8 aɪ ˈrɪli laɪk ðə ˈhɛkmən stəf. ðət gaɪ ɪz ə ril ˈwɪzərd. aɪ noʊ ju hæv səm ˈænəˌlɔg gɪr ɪn jʊr ˈstudiˌoʊ, wət dɪd ju juz fər ðɪs ˈælbəm ˈækˌsɛs ˈvaɪrəs ˈɪndɪˌgoʊ bi ˈkiˌbɔrd ˈroʊlənd mug bɔs wət ər ðə ˈmɑnətərz ənd saʊnd kɑrd ðət ju juz ɪn pərˈdəkʃən? aɪ hæv ə fju ˈdɪfərənt ˈmɑnətər ˈsɛˌtəps dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈrɛfərənsɪŋ ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ˈmæki (ərˈɪʤənəl) ˈbɔstən ɪn ðə ˈstudiˌoʊ, maɪ ɪz ə ˈjunɪt wɪʧ kəˈnɛkts ˈviə ə ˈkeɪbəl tɪ ə ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd kɑrd ɪn ə kwɑd kɔr. tɛl ˈjuˈɛs, wət ˈəðər mˈjuzɪkəl ˈprɑʤɛkts ər ju ɪn? wət ər ðɛr staɪlz? aɪ kriˈeɪt mˈjuzɪk ˈɔlsoʊ ɛz ˈdɪstənt ˈsɪstəm. ɪt həz bɪn dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz trance”*” bət səm əv ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ həz sloʊ breɪk bit taɪp ˈrɪðəmz ɛz wɛl. ɪt ɪz ə greɪt ˈaʊˌtlɛt fər ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ə ˈpjʊrli ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk saʊnd skim ənd ðə saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən speɪs moʊˈtif. ˈmɛni əv jʊr ˈlɪsənərz ənd ˈridərz əv ˈɪntərvˌju wʊd laɪk tɪ stɑrt prəˈdusɪŋ, wət wʊd ju ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ðɛm tɪ tɪ stɑrt wɪθ? dɪd ju lərn saʊnd pərˈdəkʃən wɪθ ˈsəmˌbɑdi ər ər ju ə ˈɑrtɪst aɪ æm 100 sɛlf tɔt. ðɛr ər ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈmɛni ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋz tɪ maɪ wərk wɪθ ðɪs əˈproʊʧ. bət aɪ wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz seɪ tɪ ˈɛniˌwən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ðət ðeɪ ʃʊd ʤɪst ə gɪt ə ˈdisənt ˈlæpˌtɑp ˈrənɪŋ ˈlɑʤɪk ər lɪv əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə ˈdisənt ˈkiˌbɔrd kənˈtroʊlər wɪθ nɑbz ənd tiʧ ðɛr sɛlf ɪf ðeɪ ər ˈpæʃənət ɪˈnəf. ðət ɪz ɪˈnəf stəf tɪ traɪ ənd lərn ðə roʊps ənd kip ə ˈnɑvəs ˈbɪzi fər ə fju jɪrz. ɪf ju luz ˈɪntəˌrɛst, ðɛn ju breɪk ðə bæŋk. ɪf ju geɪn ˈɪntəˌrɛst, ʤɪst muv ɔn tɪ wət ˈnæʧərəli filz ɪz ðə nɛkst ˌɛvəˈluʃən ɪn jʊr ˈprɔˌsɛs, laɪk ˈpɑsəbli baɪɪŋ ə nis ˈaʊtˌbɔrd ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪzər. aɪ ərˈɪʤənəli tɔt ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˈdɪʤɪtəl pərˈfɔrmər ənd roʊt ðə fərst tu ˈælbəmz ɪn ɔn ə ˈpaʊərˈpiˈsi taʊər baɪ ˈsikwənsɪŋ ənd rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈaʊtˌbɔrd gɪr aɪ hæd ɪn maɪ ˈstudiˌoʊ æt ðət taɪm. təˈdeɪ ðə ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ paʊər fər mˈjuzɪk ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz simz laɪt jɪrz bɪɔnd wət aɪ wɑz ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðɛn ənd ˈvərʧuəl ˈɪnstrəmənts ər ˈsaʊndɪŋ soʊ məʧ ˈbɛtər ənd rɪˈlaɪəbəl. ɪt simz ɪf ju kip fən æt ðə ˈsɛnər wət ju ər duɪŋ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv frəˈstreɪʃən ðɛn gʊd θɪŋz ˈnæʧərəli sim tɪ kaɪnd əv stɑrt ˈmeɪkɪŋ sɛns. əˈgri! wət əˈbaʊt lɪv ʃoʊz, dɪd ju pleɪ æt ˈɛni ˈrisəntli du ju hæv ˈɛni deɪts plænd tɪ prəˈmoʊt jʊr nu ˈælbəm aɪ hæv nɑt pleɪd fər ə ˈkəpəl mənθs naʊ. ˈnəθɪŋ ɪz ˈkərəntli lɑkt daʊn ɛz əv naʊ. aɪ hoʊp tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ɪkˈspoʊz ðə nu məˈtɪriəl ɛz məʧ ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. jɛs, wi sɪnˈsɪrli wɪʃ ju ðət! haʊ du ju ˈjuʒəwəli pleɪ jʊr lɪv sɛts: wɪʧ sɔft du ju juz? ˈɛni ˈænəˌlɔg ɪkˈwɪpmənt? ɪn jʊr ˈsɛˌtəp, haʊ ˈizi ɪz ɪt fər ju tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈɔrdər əv ðə træks? kən ju ə træk ɔn ðə flaɪ ər ðə meɪn ˈstrəkʧər ɪz ““fixed”*” aɪ juz lɪv 8 ɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn ðə sɛt kənˈstrəkʃən ɛz tɪ ˈwɛðər aɪ kən ʧeɪnʤ əp ə sɔŋ ˈɔrdər ər nɑt. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ðə meɪn ˈstrəkʧər ɪz ˈʤɛnərəli fɪkst wɪθ əˈdɪʃənəl ˈɛləmənts ðət kən bi məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtɪd əˈlɔŋ wɪθ əˈdɪʃənəl ˈrilˌtaɪm lɪv ˌɪmprɑvɪˈzeɪʃən. ˈəðər taɪmz aɪ kriˈeɪt ə sɛt wɛr aɪ kən ˈrændəmli ʧuz ðə sɔŋ ənd məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt mæpt pərˈæmətərz ɔn ən ɪkˈstərnəl kənˈtroʊlər. wət ər jʊr fˈjuʧər plænz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ mˈjuzɪk? moʊst ˈlaɪkli aɪ wɪl ʤɪst kip traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɛtər æt ðə kræft. gʊd) wət wɪl bi ðə nɛkst ər ˈdɪstənt ˈsɪstəm? ðə nɛkst mˈjuzɪk wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ə ˈfɑloʊ əp daʊn ðə roʊd. aɪ æm ˈplænɪŋ tɪ gɪt bæk tɪ wərk ɔn ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈdɪstənt ˈsɪstəm ˈælbəm ˈleɪtər ðɪs fɔl ənd θru ˈwɪntər. θæŋks fər jʊr taɪm, ˈtaɪlər! ðɪs wɑz ə ˈvɛri ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌju. wi, æt psybient.org*, wɪʃ ju məʧ mɔr ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən fər jʊr nɛkst ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd wi hoʊp ðət ˈmɛni ˈpipəl wɪl baɪ ðə ˈælbəm! θæŋk ju fər jʊr səˈpɔrt ənd ɪkˈspoʊʒər əv maɪ wərk! aɪ ˈrɪli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ɔl ju ər duɪŋ fər ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈɑrtɪsts. ʧɪrz! wi ləv wət ju ər duɪŋ ənd ˈbjutəfəl ˌsaɪkəˈdɛlɪk, ʧɪrz! ˈɛni læst wərdz fər ɑr ˈridərz? pis ənd dəb! səm ˈjusfəl lɪŋks peɪʤ: wɛb peɪʤ: sc*: ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ə lʊk æt səm səˈlɛktɪd ˈɔltər rɪˈlisɪz ˈrɛfərənst æt www.psybient.org*:
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the library bills itself as the best way to manage your form state in redux. it provides a form component and a collection of container components for dealing with forms in a react and redux powered application. most importantly, it makes it easy to get a form up and running with state management and baked in.
to get a feel for what can do for us, let's build a simple sign in form. you can follow along below or check out the resulting source code directly.
start with react
we are going to start by getting the react portion of this application setup. the easiest way to spin up a react app is with . install it with or yarn if you don't already have it globally available.
$ yarn global add
let's generate our project.
$-sign-in
the binary that is now available on our machine can be used to bootstrap a react app with all kinds of goodies -- live code in development and production bundle building -- ready to go.
let's jump into our project and kick off a live development server.
$ cd-sign-in $ yarn start
at this point you should see your browser pointed to with a page reading welcome to react.
is this thing plugged in?
we can see the in action by altering .
return ( < = "app" > < = "app-header" > < = { logo } = "app-logo" alt = "logo" /> < > redux form sign in app < > < > < p = "app-intro" > to get started , edit < code > / app . < /code> and save to reload . < /p > < > );
change the text in the , save the file, and then switch back to the browser to see the changes almost instantly.
create-react-app made it really easy to get to a point where we can just on our app. we didn't have to fiddle with configurations or any other project setup.
next, let's change the prompt in the app intro.
< p = "app-intro" > sign in here if you already have an account < /p >
our app is now begging for a form which brings us to , the focus of this post.
satisfying some dependencies
let's add the dependency to our project.
$ yarn add
it is now available to our app, so we can import the function at the top of right after the react import.
import react , { component } from 'react' ; import { } from 'redux-form' ;
if we save the file, our development server will have a complaint for us regarding an unmet dependency.
module not found: can't resolve 'react-redux' in '/users/dev/hashrocket/redux-form-sign-in/node_modules/redux-form/es'
the same issue will arise for the dependency on redux itself. so, you'll want to add both to the project.
$ yarn add redux
trigger a reload by saving and you'll see that the code is successfully compiling again. not without warnings though. is never being used, so let's use it.
a basic form
the function is the component (hoc) that creates our form component. in particular, it wires this component up to redux for management of our form's state.
first, let's add an empty form in a component.
// let = props => { return < form /> ; };
then, let's transform it into a form using the hoc.
// = ({ form : 'signin' , })( );
the only required configuration property is form which specifies a unique name for the form component. if you wanted to create multiple instances of the same form on a page, each would need a separate name in order to manage their separate form states.
let's render our new form component into our existing react app.
// return ( < = "app" > < = "app-header" > < = { logo } = "app-logo" alt = "logo" /> < > redux form sign in app < > < > < p = "app-intro" > sign in here if you already have an account < /p > < /> < > );
saving results in successful compilation, but there is a error. the details of which are displayed in your browser.
a redux store
the first part of the error reads:
could not find "store" in either the context or props of "connect(form(signinform))".
we are missing a redux store to which can connect our form component. the store is the place where redux will manage our form's state. the error helpfully suggests two ways to address this problem. let's do the first and add a provider to/index.js .
///index.js // ... leave existing import statements intact import { provider } from 'react-redux' ; import { , } from 'redux' ; import { as } from 'redux-form' ; = ({ form : , }); store = ( ); . render ( < provider store = { store } > < app /> < /provider> , document . ( 'root' ) ); // ...
the provider is a component from that makes our store available to child components. the exact details are abstracted away by . the docs have more details if you are interested.
the provider requires one prop, the store . we set up our store with from redux. is given a that it can use to update any of our state in response to actions, such as changes to the form. weruct this, , using . don't worry if you are not familiar with core concepts, that is the extent of what we need to know for this post. if you want to know more i do highly recommend dan course, 'getting started with redux'.
save these changes and our form will render successfully. because we didn't add any form elements yet, you'll have to inspect the dom with dev tools to confirm that.
a form with fields
a form without any fields isn't much of a form. so, let's add some with the field component provided by . because this is a sign in form, we'll need an email field, a password field, and a submit button to sign in.
// let = props => { return ( < form > < label > email < /label > < > < field type = "text" name = "email" component = "input" /> < > < label > password < /label > < > < field type = "password" name = "password" component = "input" /> < > < button type = "submit" > sign in < /button > < /form > ); };
the label and button parts of the abovex are pretty standard parts of a form. the interesting bit is the field component. for each we specify the component prop as input because these, for the time being, are both simply input tags. the type prop gets passed down to each of the inputs specifying one as a standard text input and the other as a password input. the name is important because it will be used to identify the state of the fields in the redux store.
our app won't recognize the field component until we import it, so let's update this statement at the top of the same file.
// import { , field } from 'redux-form' ;
if we save our file and check out the page, we'll see our form. go ahead and inspect the dom to see how the field components were translated to <input> tags.
unfortunately, this form isn't much to look at right now. i'll leave styling it as an exercise for the reader.
form state
clicking our sign in button at this point isn't all that satisfying. we want to know that the values that have been entered into our form fields are being managed by redux. let's pass down a function that our form can call when it is submitted.
// = values => { console . log ( 'submitting the following values:' ); console . log ( `email: ${ values . email } ` ); console . log ( `password: ${ values . password } ` ); };
this function will simply spit out the form values with . this is more or less where you'd want to integrate the app to some backend system. we won't deal with a backend in this post.
if we give this handler function to our redux form, , via the prop, it will be available to us in the props of our form component.
// render () { return ( < = "app" > < = "app-header" > < = { logo } = "app-logo" alt = "logo" /> < > redux form sign in app < > < > < p = "app-intro" > sign in here if you already have an account < /p > < = { this . } / > < > ); }
the function that we passed in to our form is wrapped in the function. this can be from our form's props and passed in to the of our <form> .
// { } = props ; return ( < form = { } > // ... < /form > );
enter in a value for email and password and hit submit. you should see those values in the console output. awesome!
we don't want our form to allow just any values though.
redux-form comes with built-in support for both andhronous. to start, let's add to require both the email and password; that is, we won't allow blank values. this can be done by defining a validate function.
// validate = values => { errors = {}; if ( ! values . email ) { console . log ( 'email is required' ); errors . email = 'required' ; } if ( ! values . password ) { console . log ( 'password is required' ); errors . password = 'required' ; } return errors ; };
this function starts with errors as an empty object. if the function ultimately returns an empty object, then there were no errors and the form is valid. in fact, if you don't define the validate function, it defaults to (values, props) => ({}) -- always valid.
the conditional logic in the middle of our function is what decides whether to flag any validation errors. our current implementation checks for the presence of each field. additionally, we every time a validation check fails so that we can see it working as we develop.
to override the default implementation, we have to tell to use our implementation. this is done in the formructor using object literal property shorthand.
// = ({ form : 'signin' , validate , })( );
if you open up the dev tools console and then try typing into the fields, you'll notice that every single change to the form triggers the validate function. this ensures that we always have fresh information about the validity of our form. it also means that our form defaults to invalid. as such, we need to be discerning in how and when we display those validation errors. provided to our field component allows us to do that as we'll see in the next section.
additionally, we may want a validation that ensures the value entered into the email field looks like an email address. to achieve that, we can update our validate function like so.
if ( ! values . email ) { console . log ( 'email is required' ); errors . email = 'required' ; } else if ( ! /^.+@.+$/i . test ( values . email )) { console . log ( 'email is invalid' ); errors . email = 'invalid email address' ; }
it is a rather crude check of the email address field, but it will suffice for this post. our validate function will now ensure that even if the email is present that it still conforms to the email address we've laid out.
as long as there are validation errors on the errors object, we will not be able to submit the form. that is, our function will not be triggered. but beyond that and our statements, there is no outward expression of the validation errors.
displaying errors
earlier on i hinted that using input as the component for field was only temporary. let's extract a functional component with logic for displaying our errors. we can use that custom component, instead of input , with field .
// = ({ input , label , type , meta : { touched , error , warning }, }) => < > < label > { label } < /label > < > < input {... input } type = { type } / > < > <> ;
the props passed into include the input object, a label which we will need to specify, the type of input it is (e.g. password ), and some specific.
using , we are able to greatly simplify and dry up thex in .
// return ( < form = { } > < field type = "text" name = "email" component = { } label = "email" /> < field type = "password" name = "password" component = { } label = "password" /> < button type = "submit" > sign in < /button > < /form > );
we are now in a position to decide how we want to render our errors. better yet, thex for it only needs to be defined in one place, inside the component.
// = ({ input , label , type , meta : { touched , error , warning }, }) => < > < label > { label } < /label > < > < input {... input } type = { type } / > < > { touched && error && < > { error } <> } <> ;
we can render a with the error message when there is an error. that isn't quite good enough though. remember when i mentioned being discerning about when to render errors. the user experience of seeing an error the second the page loads is not great. fortunately, lets us know through the touched flag in the if a particular field has been focused and then blurred. by combining touched and the presence of an error we are able to display an error message only when necessary.
check it out in the browser to see the various validation messages we programmed into our form.
conclusion and next steps
that's it. we made it. a lot was covered in this post. having gone all the way through, you should now have a solid foundation for getting set up with , building out a simple form, adding, and responding to a form submission.
redux-form is capable of a lot more than what we have explored in this post. there are a number of examples on their site that i'd recommend checking out to see what is available.
looking for a next step? try connecting the form to a backend system. then, see if you can get form validation working.
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ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt riækt gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri bɪlz ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɛz ðə bɛst weɪ tɪ ˈmænɪʤ jʊr fɔrm steɪt ɪn ˈriˌdəks. ɪt prəˈvaɪdz ə fɔrm kəmˈpoʊnənt ənd ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv kənˈteɪnər kəmˈpoʊnənts fər ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ fɔrmz ɪn ə riækt ənd ˈriˌdəks paʊərd ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən. moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli, ɪt meɪks ɪt ˈizi tɪ gɪt ə fɔrm əp ənd ˈrənɪŋ wɪθ steɪt ˈmænɪʤmənt ənd beɪkt ɪn. tɪ gɪt ə fil fər wət kən du fər ˈjuˈɛs, lɛts bɪld ə ˈsɪmpəl saɪn ɪn fɔrm. ju kən ˈfɑloʊ əˈlɔŋ bɪˈloʊ ər ʧɛk aʊt ðə rɪˈzəltɪŋ sɔrs koʊd dɪˈrɛkli. stɑrt wɪθ riækt wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ stɑrt baɪ ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə riækt ˈpɔrʃən əv ðɪs ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈsɛˌtəp. ðə ˈiziəst weɪ tɪ spɪn əp ə riækt æp ɪz wɪθ ˌɪnˈstɔl ɪt wɪθ ər jɑrn ɪf ju doʊnt ɔˈrɛdi hæv ɪt ˈgloʊbəli əˈveɪləbəl. jɑrn ˈgloʊbəl æd lɛts ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɑr ˈprɑʤɛkt. ðə ˈbaɪnəˌri ðət ɪz naʊ əˈveɪləbəl ɔn ɑr məˈʃin kən bi juzd tɪ ˈbutˌstræp ə riækt æp wɪθ ɔl kaɪnz əv ˈgʊdiz lɪv koʊd ɪn dɪˈvɛləpmənt ənd pərˈdəkʃən ˈbəndəl ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈrɛdi tɪ goʊ. lɛts ʤəmp ˈɪntu ɑr ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd kɪk ɔf ə lɪv dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈsərvər. ˈsiˈdi jɑrn stɑrt æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ju ʃʊd si jʊr ˈbraʊzər ˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ wɪθ ə peɪʤ ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈwɛlkəm tɪ riækt. ɪz ðɪs θɪŋ pləgd ɪn? wi kən si ðə ɪn ˈækʃən baɪ ˈɔltərɪŋ rɪˈtərn "æp" "app-header*" ˈloʊgoʊ "app-logo*" ɑlt "ˈloʊgoʊ" ˈriˌdəks fɔrm saɪn ɪn æp pi "app-intro*" tɪ gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd ˈɛdət koʊd æp /koʊd> ənd seɪv tɪ riˈloʊd /pi ʧeɪnʤ ðə tɛkst ɪn ðə seɪv ðə faɪl, ənd ðɛn swɪʧ bæk tɪ ðə ˈbraʊzər tɪ si ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɪnstəntli. meɪd ɪt ˈrɪli ˈizi tɪ gɪt tɪ ə pɔɪnt wɛr wi kən ʤɪst ɔn ɑr æp. wi ˈdɪdənt hæv tɪ ˈfɪdəl wɪθ kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃənz ər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈsɛˌtəp. nɛkst, lɛts ʧeɪnʤ ðə prɑmpt ɪn ðə æp ˈɪntroʊ. pi "app-intro*" saɪn ɪn hir ɪf ju ɔˈrɛdi hæv ən əˈkaʊnt /pi ɑr æp ɪz naʊ ˈbɛgɪŋ fər ə fɔrm wɪʧ brɪŋz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ðə ˈfoʊkɪs əv ðɪs poʊst. ˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ səm dɪˈpɛndənsiz lɛts æd ðə dɪˈpɛndənsi tɪ ɑr ˈprɑʤɛkt. jɑrn æd ɪt ɪz naʊ əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ɑr æp, soʊ wi kən ˌɪmˈpɔrt ðə ˈfəŋkʃən æt ðə tɔp əv raɪt ˈæftər ðə riækt ˌɪmˈpɔrt. ˌɪmˈpɔrt riækt kəmˈpoʊnənt frəm 'riækt' ˌɪmˈpɔrt frəm 'redux-form*' ɪf wi seɪv ðə faɪl, ɑr dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈsərvər wɪl hæv ə kəmˈpleɪnt fər ˈjuˈɛs rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ən ənˈmɛt dɪˈpɛndənsi. ˈmɑʤul nɑt faʊnd: kænt riˈzɑlv 'react-redux*' ɪn '/users/dev/hashrocket/redux-form-sign-in/node_modules/redux-form/es*' ðə seɪm ˈɪʃu wɪl əraɪz fər ðə dɪˈpɛndənsi ɔn ˈriˌdəks ˌɪtˈsɛlf. soʊ, jul wɔnt tɪ æd boʊθ tɪ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. jɑrn æd ˈriˌdəks ˈtrɪgər ə riˈloʊd baɪ ˈseɪvɪŋ ənd jul si ðət ðə koʊd ɪz səkˈsɛsfəli kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ əˈgɛn. nɑt wɪˈθaʊt ˈwɔrnɪŋz ðoʊ. ɪz ˈnɛvər biɪŋ juzd, soʊ lɛts juz ɪt. ə ˈbeɪsɪk fɔrm ðə ˈfəŋkʃən ɪz ðə kəmˈpoʊnənt (hɑk) ðət kriˈeɪts ɑr fɔrm kəmˈpoʊnənt. ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, ɪt waɪərz ðɪs kəmˈpoʊnənt əp tɪ ˈriˌdəks fər ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ɑr fɔrmz steɪt. fərst, lɛts æd ən ˈɛmti fɔrm ɪn ə kəmˈpoʊnənt. lɛt prɑps rɪˈtərn fɔrm ðɛn, lɛts ˈtrænsfɔrm ɪt ˈɪntu ə fɔrm ˈjuzɪŋ ðə hɑk. fɔrm 'signin*' ðə ˈoʊnli rikˈwaɪərd kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃən ˈprɑpərti ɪz fɔrm wɪʧ ˈspɛsəˌfaɪz ə juˈnik neɪm fər ðə fɔrm kəmˈpoʊnənt. ɪf ju ˈwɔntɪd tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈməltəpəl ˈɪnstənsɪz əv ðə seɪm fɔrm ɔn ə peɪʤ, iʧ wʊd nid ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt neɪm ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈmænɪʤ ðɛr ˈsɛpərˌeɪt fɔrm steɪts. lɛts ˈrɛndər ɑr nu fɔrm kəmˈpoʊnənt ˈɪntu ɑr ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ riækt æp. rɪˈtərn "æp" "app-header*" ˈloʊgoʊ "app-logo*" ɑlt "ˈloʊgoʊ" ˈriˌdəks fɔrm saɪn ɪn æp pi "app-intro*" saɪn ɪn hir ɪf ju ɔˈrɛdi hæv ən əˈkaʊnt /pi ˈseɪvɪŋ rɪˈzəlts ɪn səkˈsɛsfəl ˌkɑmpəˈleɪʃən, bət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈɛrər. ðə ˈditeɪlz əv wɪʧ ər dɪˈspleɪd ɪn jʊr ˈbraʊzər. ə ˈriˌdəks stɔr ðə fərst pɑrt əv ðə ˈɛrər ridz: kʊd nɑt faɪnd "stɔr" ɪn ˈiðər ðə ˈkɑntɛkst ər prɑps əv "connect(form(signinform*))". wi ər ˈmɪsɪŋ ə ˈriˌdəks stɔr tɪ wɪʧ kən kəˈnɛkt ɑr fɔrm kəmˈpoʊnənt. ðə stɔr ɪz ðə pleɪs wɛr ˈriˌdəks wɪl ˈmænɪʤ ɑr fɔrmz steɪt. ðə ˈɛrər ˈhɛlpfəli səˈʤɛsts tu weɪz tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðɪs ˈprɑbləm. lɛts du ðə fərst ənd æd ə prəˈvaɪdər tɪ liv ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˌɪmˈpɔrt ˈsteɪtmənts ˌɪnˈtækt ˌɪmˈpɔrt prəˈvaɪdər frəm 'react-redux*' ˌɪmˈpɔrt frəm 'ˈriˌdəks' ˌɪmˈpɔrt ɛz frəm 'redux-form*' fɔrm stɔr ˈrɛndər prəˈvaɪdər stɔr stɔr æp /prəˈvaɪdər> ˈdɑkjəmɛnt 'rut' ðə prəˈvaɪdər ɪz ə kəmˈpoʊnənt frəm ðət meɪks ɑr stɔr əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ʧaɪld kəmˈpoʊnənts. ðə ɪgˈzækt ˈditeɪlz ər ˈæbˌstræktɪd əˈweɪ baɪ ðə dɑks hæv mɔr ˈditeɪlz ɪf ju ər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd. ðə prəˈvaɪdər rikˈwaɪərz wən prɑp, ðə stɔr wi sɛt əp ɑr stɔr wɪθ frəm ˈriˌdəks. ɪz ˈgɪvɪn ə ðət ɪt kən juz tɪ ˈəpˌdeɪt ˈɛni əv ɑr steɪt ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈækʃənz, səʧ ɛz ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə fɔrm. wi ˈkɑnstrəkt ðɪs, ˈjuzɪŋ doʊnt ˈwəri ɪf ju ər nɑt fəˈmɪljər wɪθ kɔr ˈkɑnsɛpts, ðət ɪz ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv wət wi nid tɪ noʊ fər ðɪs poʊst. ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ noʊ mɔr aɪ du ˈhaɪli ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd dæn kɔrs, 'ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ˈriˌdəks'. seɪv ðiz ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ənd ɑr fɔrm wɪl ˈrɛndər səkˈsɛsfəli. bɪˈkəz wi ˈdɪdənt æd ˈɛni fɔrm ˈɛləmənts jɛt, jul hæv tɪ ˌɪnˈspɛkt ðə dɑm wɪθ dɛv tulz tɪ kənˈfərm ðət. ə fɔrm wɪθ fildz ə fɔrm wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni fildz ˈɪzənt məʧ əv ə fɔrm. soʊ, lɛts æd səm wɪθ ðə fild kəmˈpoʊnənt prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ bɪˈkəz ðɪs ɪz ə saɪn ɪn fɔrm, wɪl nid ən iˈmeɪl fild, ə ˈpæsˌwərd fild, ənd ə səbˈmɪt ˈbətən tɪ saɪn ɪn. lɛt prɑps rɪˈtərn fɔrm ˈleɪbəl iˈmeɪl /ˈleɪbəl fild taɪp "tɛkst" neɪm "iˈmeɪl" kəmˈpoʊnənt "ˈɪnˌpʊt" ˈleɪbəl ˈpæsˌwərd /ˈleɪbəl fild taɪp "ˈpæsˌwərd" neɪm "ˈpæsˌwərd" kəmˈpoʊnənt "ˈɪnˌpʊt" ˈbətən taɪp "səbˈmɪt" saɪn ɪn /ˈbətən /fɔrm ðə ˈleɪbəl ənd ˈbətən pɑrts əv ðə əˈbəv ər ˈprɪti ˈstændərd pɑrts əv ə fɔrm. ðə ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ bɪt ɪz ðə fild kəmˈpoʊnənt. fər iʧ wi ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ ðə kəmˈpoʊnənt prɑp ɛz ˈɪnˌpʊt bɪˈkəz ðiz, fər ðə taɪm biɪŋ, ər boʊθ ˈsɪmpli ˈɪnˌpʊt tægz. ðə taɪp prɑp gɪts pæst daʊn tɪ iʧ əv ðə ˈɪnˌpʊts ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɪŋ wən ɛz ə ˈstændərd tɛkst ˈɪnˌpʊt ənd ðə ˈəðər ɛz ə ˈpæsˌwərd ˈɪnˌpʊt. ðə neɪm ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt bɪˈkəz ɪt wɪl bi juzd tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðə steɪt əv ðə fildz ɪn ðə ˈriˌdəks stɔr. ɑr æp woʊnt ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðə fild kəmˈpoʊnənt ənˈtɪl wi ˌɪmˈpɔrt ɪt, soʊ lɛts ˈəpˌdeɪt ðɪs ˈsteɪtmənt æt ðə tɔp əv ðə seɪm faɪl. ˌɪmˈpɔrt fild frəm 'redux-form*' ɪf wi seɪv ɑr faɪl ənd ʧɛk aʊt ðə peɪʤ, wɪl si ɑr fɔrm. goʊ əˈhɛd ənd ˌɪnˈspɛkt ðə dɑm tɪ si haʊ ðə fild kəmˈpoʊnənts wər trænzˈleɪtəd tɪ <ˈɪnˌpʊt> tægz. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðɪs fɔrm ˈɪzənt məʧ tɪ lʊk æt raɪt naʊ. aɪl liv ˈstaɪlɪŋ ɪt ɛz ən ˈɛksərˌsaɪz fər ðə ˈridər. fɔrm steɪt ˈklɪkɪŋ ɑr saɪn ɪn ˈbətən æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ˈɪzənt ɔl ðət ˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ. wi wɔnt tɪ noʊ ðət ðə ˈvæljuz ðət hæv bɪn ˈɛnərd ˈɪntu ɑr fɔrm fildz ər biɪŋ ˈmænɪʤd baɪ ˈriˌdəks. lɛts pæs daʊn ə ˈfəŋkʃən ðət ɑr fɔrm kən kɔl wɪn ɪt ɪz səbˈmɪtəd. ˈvæljuz ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg 'səbˈmɪtɪŋ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈvæljuz:' ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg `iˈmeɪl: ˈvæljuz iˈmeɪl ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg `ˈpæsˌwərd: ˈvæljuz ˈpæsˌwərd ðɪs ˈfəŋkʃən wɪl ˈsɪmpli spɪt aʊt ðə fɔrm ˈvæljuz wɪθ ðɪs ɪz mɔr ər lɛs wɛr jʊd wɔnt tɪ ˈɪnəˌgreɪt ðə æp tɪ səm ˌbæˈkɛnd ˈsɪstəm. wi woʊnt dil wɪθ ə ˌbæˈkɛnd ɪn ðɪs poʊst. ɪf wi gɪv ðɪs ˈhændələr ˈfəŋkʃən tɪ ɑr ˈriˌdəks fɔrm, ˈviə ðə prɑp, ɪt wɪl bi əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ðə prɑps əv ɑr fɔrm kəmˈpoʊnənt. ˈrɛndər rɪˈtərn "æp" "app-header*" ˈloʊgoʊ "app-logo*" ɑlt "ˈloʊgoʊ" ˈriˌdəks fɔrm saɪn ɪn æp pi "app-intro*" saɪn ɪn hir ɪf ju ɔˈrɛdi hæv ən əˈkaʊnt /pi ðɪs ðə ˈfəŋkʃən ðət wi pæst ɪn tɪ ɑr fɔrm ɪz ræpt ɪn ðə ˈfəŋkʃən. ðɪs kən bi frəm ɑr fɔrmz prɑps ənd pæst ɪn tɪ ðə əv ɑr <fɔrm> prɑps rɪˈtərn fɔrm /fɔrm ˈɛnər ɪn ə ˈvælju fər iˈmeɪl ənd ˈpæsˌwərd ənd hɪt səbˈmɪt. ju ʃʊd si ðoʊz ˈvæljuz ɪn ðə ˈkɑnsoʊl ˈaʊtˌpʊt. ˈɔsəm! wi doʊnt wɔnt ɑr fɔrm tɪ əˈlaʊ ʤɪst ˈɛni ˈvæljuz ðoʊ. kəmz wɪθ ˈbɪlˌtɪn səˈpɔrt fər boʊθ ənd ˈeɪˈsɪŋkrənəs. tɪ stɑrt, lɛts æd tɪ ˌrikˈwaɪər boʊθ ðə iˈmeɪl ənd ˈpæsˌwərd; ðət ɪz, wi woʊnt əˈlaʊ blæŋk ˈvæljuz. ðɪs kən bi dən baɪ dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ə ˈvælədeɪt ˈfəŋkʃən. ˈvælədeɪt ˈvæljuz ˈɛrərz ɪf ˈvæljuz iˈmeɪl ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg 'iˈmeɪl ɪz rikˈwaɪərd' ˈɛrərz iˈmeɪl 'rikˈwaɪərd' ɪf ˈvæljuz ˈpæsˌwərd ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg 'ˈpæsˌwərd ɪz rikˈwaɪərd' ˈɛrərz ˈpæsˌwərd 'rikˈwaɪərd' rɪˈtərn ˈɛrərz ðɪs ˈfəŋkʃən stɑrts wɪθ ˈɛrərz ɛz ən ˈɛmti ˈɑbʤɛkt. ɪf ðə ˈfəŋkʃən ˈəltəmətli rɪˈtərnz ən ˈɛmti ˈɑbʤɛkt, ðɛn ðɛr wər noʊ ˈɛrərz ənd ðə fɔrm ɪz ˈvælɪd. ɪn fækt, ɪf ju doʊnt dɪˈfaɪn ðə ˈvælədeɪt ˈfəŋkʃən, ɪt dɪˈfɔlts tɪ (ˈvæljuz, prɑps) ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈvælɪd. ðə kənˈdɪʃənəl ˈlɑʤɪk ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ɑr ˈfəŋkʃən ɪz wət ˌdɪˈsaɪdz ˈwɛðər tɪ flæg ˈɛni ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ˈɛrərz. ɑr ˈkɑrənt ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən ʧɛks fər ðə ˈprɛzəns əv iʧ fild. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, wi ˈɛvəri taɪm ə ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ʧɛk feɪlz soʊ ðət wi kən si ɪt ˈwərkɪŋ ɛz wi dɪˈvɛləp. tɪ ˈoʊvərˌraɪd ðə dɪˈfɔlt ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən, wi hæv tɪ tɛl tɪ juz ɑr ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən. ðɪs ɪz dən ɪn ðə fɔrm kənˈstrəktər ˈjuzɪŋ ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈlɪtərəl ˈprɑpərti ˈʃɔrˌthænd. fɔrm 'signin*' ˈvælədeɪt ɪf ju ˈoʊpən əp ðə dɛv tulz ˈkɑnsoʊl ənd ðɛn traɪ ˈtaɪpɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə fildz, jul ˈnoʊtɪs ðət ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl ʧeɪnʤ tɪ ðə fɔrm ˈtrɪgərz ðə ˈvælədeɪt ˈfəŋkʃən. ðɪs ɪnˈʃʊrz ðət wi ˈɔlˌweɪz hæv frɛʃ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə vəˈlɪdɪti əv ɑr fɔrm. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ minz ðət ɑr fɔrm dɪˈfɔlts tɪ ˌɪnˈvæləd. ɛz səʧ, wi nid tɪ bi dɪˈsərnɪŋ ɪn haʊ ənd wɪn wi dɪˈspleɪ ðoʊz ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ˈɛrərz. prəˈvaɪdɪd tɪ ɑr fild kəmˈpoʊnənt əˈlaʊz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ du ðət ɛz wɪl si ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈsɛkʃən. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, wi meɪ wɔnt ə ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ðət ɪnˈʃʊrz ðə ˈvælju ˈɛnərd ˈɪntu ðə iˈmeɪl fild lʊks laɪk ən iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs. tɪ əˈʧiv ðət, wi kən ˈəpˌdeɪt ɑr ˈvælədeɪt ˈfəŋkʃən laɪk soʊ. ɪf ˈvæljuz iˈmeɪl ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg 'iˈmeɪl ɪz rikˈwaɪərd' ˈɛrərz iˈmeɪl 'rikˈwaɪərd' ɛls ɪf /^.+@.+$/aɪ tɛst ˈvæljuz iˈmeɪl ˈkɑnsoʊl lɔg 'iˈmeɪl ɪz ˌɪnˈvæləd' ˈɛrərz iˈmeɪl 'ˌɪnˈvæləd iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs' ɪt ɪz ə ˈrəðər krud ʧɛk əv ðə iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs fild, bət ɪt wɪl səˈfaɪs fər ðɪs poʊst. ɑr ˈvælədeɪt ˈfəŋkʃən wɪl naʊ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ˈivɪn ɪf ðə iˈmeɪl ɪz ˈprɛzənt ðət ɪt stɪl kənˈfɔrmz tɪ ðə iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs wiv leɪd aʊt. ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðɛr ər ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ˈɛrərz ɔn ðə ˈɛrərz ˈɑbʤɛkt, wi wɪl nɑt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ səbˈmɪt ðə fɔrm. ðət ɪz, ɑr ˈfəŋkʃən wɪl nɑt bi ˈtrɪgərd. bət bɪɔnd ðət ənd ɑr ˈsteɪtmənts, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈaʊtwərd ɪkˈsprɛʃən əv ðə ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ˈɛrərz. dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ˈɛrərz ˈərliər ɔn aɪ ˈhɪnɪd ðət ˈjuzɪŋ ˈɪnˌpʊt ɛz ðə kəmˈpoʊnənt fər fild wɑz ˈoʊnli ˈtɛmpərˌɛri. lɛts ˈɛkˌstrækt ə ˈfəŋkʃənəl kəmˈpoʊnənt wɪθ ˈlɑʤɪk fər dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ɑr ˈɛrərz. wi kən juz ðət ˈkəstəm kəmˈpoʊnənt, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈɪnˌpʊt wɪθ fild ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈleɪbəl taɪp ˈmitə təʧt ˈɛrər ˈwɔrnɪŋ ˈleɪbəl ˈleɪbəl /ˈleɪbəl ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈɪnˌpʊt taɪp taɪp > ðə prɑps pæst ˈɪntu ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈɑbʤɛkt, ə ˈleɪbəl wɪʧ wi wɪl nid tɪ ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ, ðə taɪp əv ˈɪnˌpʊt ɪt ɪz (e.g*. ˈpæsˌwərd ənd səm spɪˈsɪfɪk. ˈjuzɪŋ wi ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈgreɪtli ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ ənd draɪ əp ðə ɪn rɪˈtərn fɔrm fild taɪp "tɛkst" neɪm "iˈmeɪl" kəmˈpoʊnənt ˈleɪbəl "iˈmeɪl" fild taɪp "ˈpæsˌwərd" neɪm "ˈpæsˌwərd" kəmˈpoʊnənt ˈleɪbəl "ˈpæsˌwərd" ˈbətən taɪp "səbˈmɪt" saɪn ɪn /ˈbətən /fɔrm wi ər naʊ ɪn ə pəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd haʊ wi wɔnt tɪ ˈrɛndər ɑr ˈɛrərz. ˈbɛtər jɛt, ðə fər ɪt ˈoʊnli nidz tɪ bi dɪˈfaɪnd ɪn wən pleɪs, ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə kəmˈpoʊnənt. ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈleɪbəl taɪp ˈmitə təʧt ˈɛrər ˈwɔrnɪŋ ˈleɪbəl ˈleɪbəl /ˈleɪbəl ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈɪnˌpʊt taɪp taɪp təʧt ˈɛrər ˈɛrər > > wi kən ˈrɛndər ə wɪθ ðə ˈɛrər ˈmɛsɪʤ wɪn ðɛr ɪz ən ˈɛrər. ðət ˈɪzənt kwaɪt gʊd ɪˈnəf ðoʊ. rɪˈmɛmbər wɪn aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd biɪŋ dɪˈsərnɪŋ əˈbaʊt wɪn tɪ ˈrɛndər ˈɛrərz. ðə ˈjuzər ɪkˈspɪriəns əv siɪŋ ən ˈɛrər ðə ˈsɛkənd ðə peɪʤ loʊdz ɪz nɑt greɪt. ˈfɔrʧənətli, lɛts ˈjuˈɛs noʊ θru ðə təʧt flæg ɪn ðə ɪf ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr fild həz bɪn ˈfoʊkɪst ənd ðɛn blərd. baɪ kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ təʧt ənd ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ən ˈɛrər wi ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ dɪˈspleɪ ən ˈɛrər ˈmɛsɪʤ ˈoʊnli wɪn ˈnɛsəˌsɛri. ʧɛk ɪt aʊt ɪn ðə ˈbraʊzər tɪ si ðə ˈvɛriəs ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ˈmɛsɪʤɪz wi ˈproʊˌgræmd ˈɪntu ɑr fɔrm. kənˈkluʒən ənd nɛkst stɛps ðæts ɪt. wi meɪd ɪt. ə lɔt wɑz ˈkəvərd ɪn ðɪs poʊst. ˈhævɪŋ gɔn ɔl ðə weɪ θru, ju ʃʊd naʊ hæv ə ˈsɑləd faʊnˈdeɪʃən fər ˈgɪtɪŋ sɛt əp wɪθ ˈbɪldɪŋ aʊt ə ˈsɪmpəl fɔrm, ˈædɪŋ, ənd rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ ə fɔrm səbˈmɪʃən. ɪz ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ə lɔt mɔr ðən wət wi hæv ɪkˈsplɔrd ɪn ðɪs poʊst. ðɛr ər ə ˈnəmbər əv ɪgˈzæmpəlz ɔn ðɛr saɪt ðət aɪd ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ˈʧɛkɪŋ aʊt tɪ si wət ɪz əˈveɪləbəl. ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə nɛkst stɛp? traɪ kəˈnɛktɪŋ ðə fɔrm tɪ ə ˌbæˈkɛnd ˈsɪstəm. ðɛn, si ɪf ju kən gɪt fɔrm ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ˈwərkɪŋ. ˈkəvər ˈɪmɪʤ baɪ ɔn unsplash*.
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the has some common faults, one of which being the windows not rolling up or down after some period of time. the typical cause of the problem is the black relay box located inside the window, although there are a few places to test first.
- confirm your fuse is in good shape. there is a fuse under the hood that helps power the window movement - check your to see if it's blown. if you're lazy and don't want to pop your hood, you can confirm it's still working if the opposite window still works. for example, if your driver window won't roll down, but your passenger window will, your fuse is fine.
- make sure your window motor still works. i am yet to see a window motor that has broken, but to test it you can hotwire it using a drill battery. use bullet style connectors on two lengths of wire, and put them in the harness. connect the open ends to the leads of the drill battery. if your motor doesn't move it is blown.
- test your window switch. a schematic for testing can be located by clicking here.
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ðə həz səm ˈkɑmən fɔlts, wən əv wɪʧ biɪŋ ðə ˈwɪndoʊz nɑt ˈroʊlɪŋ əp ər daʊn ˈæftər səm ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm. ðə ˈtɪpɪkəl kɔz əv ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðə blæk ˈriˌleɪ bɑks ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈwɪndoʊ, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr ər ə fju ˈpleɪsɪz tɪ tɛst fərst. kənˈfərm jʊr fjuz ɪz ɪn gʊd ʃeɪp. ðɛr ɪz ə fjuz ˈəndər ðə hʊd ðət hɛlps paʊər ðə ˈwɪndoʊ ˈmuvmənt ʧɛk jʊr tɪ si ɪf ɪts bloʊn. ɪf jʊr ˈleɪzi ənd doʊnt wɔnt tɪ pɑp jʊr hʊd, ju kən kənˈfərm ɪts stɪl ˈwərkɪŋ ɪf ðə ˈɑpəzɪt ˈwɪndoʊ stɪl wərks. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪf jʊr ˈdraɪvər ˈwɪndoʊ woʊnt roʊl daʊn, bət jʊr ˈpæsənʤər ˈwɪndoʊ wɪl, jʊr fjuz ɪz faɪn. meɪk ʃʊr jʊr ˈwɪndoʊ ˈmoʊtər stɪl wərks. aɪ æm jɛt tɪ si ə ˈwɪndoʊ ˈmoʊtər ðət həz ˈbroʊkən, bət tɪ tɛst ɪt ju kən ˈhɑtˌwaɪər ɪt ˈjuzɪŋ ə drɪl ˈbætəri. juz ˈbʊlət staɪl kəˈnɛktərz ɔn tu lɛŋθs əv waɪər, ənd pʊt ðɛm ɪn ðə ˈhɑrnɪs. kəˈnɛkt ðə ˈoʊpən ɛndz tɪ ðə lidz əv ðə drɪl ˈbætəri. ɪf jʊr ˈmoʊtər ˈdəzənt muv ɪt ɪz bloʊn. tɛst jʊr ˈwɪndoʊ swɪʧ. ə skɪˈmætɪk fər ˈtɛstɪŋ kən bi ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd baɪ ˈklɪkɪŋ hir.
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a muslim woman said sunday that her viral article explaining why she voted for donald trump has angered her liberal pals as well as other muslims.
asra declared herself one of donald silent supporters in an opinion piece she wrote in the washington post thursday called "i'm a muslim, a woman and an immigrant. i voted for trump."
“as you can tell i have horns on my head, right, but nonetheless i am now being [characterized] as a traitor, to my own liberals as an idiot, names that i even repeat on air,” she told "fox & friends."
the former wall street journal reporter also said fellow muslims have told her they hope allah sends her “to the gates of hell.”
“but you know none of that matters to me because getting more responses than in my 30 years in journalism from people who are saying, ‘thank you,’ because they too are fed up with the polarization,” she said.
the woman wrote in the post that she voted for president obama in 2008 and 2012, but she became a trump voter over the issue of islamic terrorism.
“as a liberal muslim who has experienced, islamic extremism in this world, i have been opposed to the decision by president obama and the democratic party to tap dance around the ‘islam’ in islamic state,” she wrote.
nomani told "fox & friends" she knows trump is not an or a racist or a bigot.
“he is insensitive at times with what he says and his proposals are tough, but they reflect a reality of concern people have about an issue killing people from orlando to paris,” she said.
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ə ˈməzlɪm ˈwʊmən sɛd ˈsənˌdi ðət hər ˈvaɪrəl ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ waɪ ʃi ˈvoʊtɪd fər ˈdɑnəld trəmp həz ˈæŋgərd hər ˈlɪˌbərəl pælz ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈəðər ˈməzlɪmz. dɪˈklɛrd hərˈsɛlf wən əv ˈdɑnəld ˈsaɪlənt səˈpɔrtərz ɪn ən əˈpɪnjən pis ʃi roʊt ɪn ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ˈθərzˌdeɪ kɔld "əm ə ˈməzlɪm, ə ˈwʊmən ənd ən ˈɪməgrənt. aɪ ˈvoʊtɪd fər trəmp." ju kən tɛl aɪ hæv hɔrnz ɔn maɪ hɛd, raɪt, bət ˌnənðəˈlɛs aɪ æm naʊ biɪŋ [ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪzd] ɛz ə ˈtreɪtər, tɪ maɪ oʊn ˈlɪˌbərəlz ɛz ən ˈɪˌdiət, neɪmz ðət aɪ ˈivɪn rɪˈpit ɔn air,”*,” ʃi toʊld "fɑks frɛndz." ðə ˈfɔrmər wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl rɪˈpɔrtər ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ˈfɛloʊ ˈməzlɪmz hæv toʊld hər ðeɪ hoʊp ˈɑlə sɛndz hər ðə geɪts əv hell.”*.” ju noʊ nən əv ðət ˈmætərz tɪ mi bɪˈkəz ˈgɪtɪŋ mɔr rɪˈspɑnsɪz ðən ɪn maɪ 30 jɪrz ɪn ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm frəm ˈpipəl hu ər seɪɪŋ, you,’*,’ bɪˈkəz ðeɪ tu ər fɛd əp wɪθ ðə polarization,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ðə ˈwʊmən roʊt ɪn ðə poʊst ðət ʃi ˈvoʊtɪd fər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪn 2008 ənd 2012 bət ʃi bɪˈkeɪm ə trəmp ˈvoʊtər ˈoʊvər ðə ˈɪʃu əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm. ə ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈməzlɪm hu həz ɪkˈspɪriənst, ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm ɪn ðɪs wərld, aɪ hæv bɪn əˈpoʊzd tɪ ðə dɪˈsɪʒən baɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə ənd ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpɑrti tɪ tæp dæns əraʊnd ðə ‘‘islam’*’ ɪn ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk state,”*,” ʃi roʊt. toʊld "fɑks frɛndz" ʃi noʊz trəmp ɪz nɑt ən ər ə ˈreɪsɪst ər ə ˈbɪgət. ɪz ˌɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv æt taɪmz wɪθ wət hi sɪz ənd hɪz prəˈpoʊzəlz ər təf, bət ðeɪ rɪˈflɛkt ə ˌriˈæləˌti əv kənˈsərn ˈpipəl hæv əˈbaʊt ən ˈɪʃu ˈkɪlɪŋ ˈpipəl frəm ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ tɪ paris,”*,” ʃi sɛd.
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afp/getty images
people who spoke up about their concerns over privacy suddenly found key private details, including their email and sometimes even home addresses, released by none other than president donald administration. the presidential commission charged with investigating alleged fraud that has been plagued by controversy from the start published a document of emails of public comment on its work, which to no surprise are largely negative of the presidential advisory commission on election integrity. when it published the comments, the white house remove any of the personal information, meaning many of the comments are accompanied by personal details of the person who wrote it.
“this cavalier attitude toward the public's personal information is especially concerning given the commission's request for sensitive data on every registered voter in the country,” theresa lee, a staff attorney for the american civil liberties union's voting rights project, said. lee was referring to the way the commission sent a letter to all the states requesting lots of personal information about voters. at least 45 states refused to hand over all the requested data.
buried lede:
the white house just a bunch of citizens to suppress dissent
phone numbers and addresses are intentionally not censored (@evenweirdermove) july 14, 2017
ironically enough, most of those who wrote in to the white house expressed concern about their personal information being made public. one person whose name and email address were published by the commission, for example, wrote: “do not release any of my voter data period.”
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afp/getty* ˈɪmɪʤɪz ˈpipəl hu spoʊk əp əˈbaʊt ðɛr kənˈsərnz ˈoʊvər ˈpraɪvəsi ˈsədənli faʊnd ki ˈpraɪvət ˈditeɪlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðɛr iˈmeɪl ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈivɪn hoʊm ˈæˈdrɛsɪz, riˈlist baɪ nən ˈəðər ðən ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kəˈmɪʃən ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ əˈlɛʤd frɔd ðət həz bɪn pleɪgd baɪ ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi frəm ðə stɑrt ˈpəblɪʃt ə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt əv iˈmeɪlz əv ˈpəblɪk ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ɪts wərk, wɪʧ tɪ noʊ səˈpraɪz ər ˈlɑrʤli ˈnɛgətɪv əv ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ædˈvaɪzəri kəˈmɪʃən ɔn ɪˈlɛkʃən ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti. wɪn ɪt ˈpəblɪʃt ðə ˈkɑmɛnts, ðə waɪt haʊs riˈmuv ˈɛni əv ðə ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ˈminɪŋ ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ər əˈkəmpənid baɪ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈditeɪlz əv ðə ˈpərsən hu roʊt ɪt. ˌkævəˈlɪr ˈætəˌtud təˈwɔrd ðə ˈpəblɪks ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪz əˈspɛʃəli kənˈsərnɪŋ ˈgɪvɪn ðə kəˈmɪʃənz rɪkˈwɛst fər ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə ɔn ˈɛvəri ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈvoʊtər ɪn ðə country,”*,” tərˈisə li, ə stæf əˈtərni fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz ˈjunjənz ˈvoʊtɪŋ raɪts ˈprɑʤɛkt, sɛd. li wɑz rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ðə weɪ ðə kəˈmɪʃən sɛnt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ɔl ðə steɪts rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ lɑts əv ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ˈvoʊtərz. æt list 45 steɪts rɪfˈjuzd tɪ hænd ˈoʊvər ɔl ðə rɪkˈwɛstɪd ˈdætə. ˈbɛrid lede*: ðə waɪt haʊs ʤɪst ə bənʧ əv ˈsɪtɪzənz tɪ səˈprɛs dɪˈsɛnt foʊn ˈnəmbərz ənd ˈæˈdrɛsɪz ər ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli nɑt ˈsɛnsərd (@evenweirdermove*) ˌʤuˈlaɪ 14 2017 aɪˈrɑnɪkli ɪˈnəf, moʊst əv ðoʊz hu roʊt ɪn tɪ ðə waɪt haʊs ɪkˈsprɛst kənˈsərn əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən biɪŋ meɪd ˈpəblɪk. wən ˈpərsən huz neɪm ənd iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs wər ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ðə kəˈmɪʃən, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, roʊt: nɑt riˈlis ˈɛni əv maɪ ˈvoʊtər ˈdætə period.”*.”
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git
introduction
common-flow is an attempt to gather a sensible selection of the most common usage patterns of into a single and concise specification. it is based on the original variant ofhub flow, while taking into account how a lot of open source projects most commonly use.
in short, is essentiallyhub flow with the addition of releases, optional release branches, and without the requirement to deploy to production all the time.
summary
the "master" branch is the mainline branch with latest changes, and must not be broken.
changes (features, bugfixes, etc.) are done on "change branches" created from the master branch.
rebase change branches early and often.
when a change branch is stable and ready, it is merged back in to master.
a release is just a tag who's name is the exact release version string (e.g. "2.11.4").
release branches can be used to avoid change freezes on master. they are not required, instead they are available if you need them.
terminology
master branch - must be named "master", must always have passing tests, and is not guaranteed to always work in production environments.
- must be named "master", must always have passing tests, and is not guaranteed to always work in production environments. change branches - any branch that introduces changes like a new feature, a bug fix, etc.
- any branch that introduces changes like a new feature, a bug fix, etc. source branch - the branch that a change branch was created from. new changes in the source branch should be incorporated into the change branch via.
- the branch that a change branch was created from. new changes in the source branch should be incorporated into the change branch via. merge target - a branch that is the intended merge target for a change branch. typically the merge target branch will be the same as the source branch.
- a branch that is the intended merge target for a change branch. typically the merge target branch will be the same as the source branch. pull request - a means of requesting that a change branch is merged in to its merge target, allowing others to review, discuss and approve the changes.
- a means of requesting that a change branch is merged in to its merge target, allowing others to review, discuss and approve the changes. release - may be considered safe to use in production environments. is effectively just a tag named after the version of the release.
- may be considered safe to use in production environments. is effectively just a tag named after the version of the release. release branches - used both for short-term preparations of a release, and also for long-term maintenance of older version.
git specification (common-flow)
the key words "must", "must not", "required", "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "recommended", "may", and "optional" in this document are to be interpreted as described in 2119.
tl;dr do not break the master branch. a release is a tag. the master branch a branch named "master" must exist and it must be referred to as the "master branch". the master branch must always be in a state with its test suite passing. the master branch is not guaranteed to always work in production environments. despite test suites passing it may at times contain unfinished work. only releases may be considered safe for production use. the master branch should always be in a "as near as possibly ready for release/production" state to reduce any friction with creating a new release. change branches each change (feature, bugfix, etc.) must be performed on separate branches that should be referred to as "change branches". all change branches must have descriptive names. it is recommended that you commit often locally, and that you try and keep the commits reasonably structured to avoid a messy and confusing history. you should regularly push your work to the same named branch on the remote server. you should create separate change branches for each distinctly different change. you should not include multiple unrelated changes into a single change branch. when a change branch is created, the branch that it is created from should be referred to as the "source branch". each change branch also needs a designated "merge target" branch, typically this will be the same as the source branch. change branches must be regularly updated with any changes from their source branch. this must be done by the change branch on top of the source branch. after updating a change branch from its source branch you must push the change branch to the remote server. due to the nature of, you will be required to do a force push, and you must use the "--force-with-lease" push option when doing so instead of the regular "--force". if there is a truly valid technical reason to not use when updating change branches, then you can update change branches via merge instead of. the decision to use merge must only be taken after all possible options to use have been tried and failed. people not understanding how to use is not a valid reason to use merge. if you do decide to use merge instead of, you must not use a mixture of both methods, pick one and stick to it. pull requests to merge a change branch into its merge target, you must open a "pull request" (or equivalent). the purpose of a pull request is to allow others to review your changes and give feedback. you can then fix any issues, complaints, and more that might arise, and then let people review again. before creating a pull request, it is recommended that you consider the state of your change branch's commit history. if it is messy and confusing, it might be a good idea to your branch with -i" to present a cleaner and easier to follow commit history for your reviewers. a pull request must only be merged when the change branch is with its source branch, the test suite is passing, and you and others are happy with the change. this is especially important if the merge target is the master branch. to get feedback, help, or generally just discuss a change branch with others, it is recommended you create a pull request and discuss the changes with others there. this leaves a clear and visible history of how, when, and why the code looks and behaves the way it does. a "version string" is a typically mostly numeric string that identifies a specific version of a project. the version string itself must not have a "v" prefix, but the version string can be displayed with a "v" prefix to indicate it is a version that is being referred to. the source of truth for a project's version must be a tag with a name based on the version string. this kind of tag must be referred to as a "release tag". it is optional, but recommended to also keep the version string somewhere in the project code-base. if you the version string into the code-base, it is recommended that you do so in a file called "version" located in the root of the project. but be mindful of the conventions of your programming language and community when choosing if, where and how to the version string. if you are using a "version" file in the root of the project, this file must only contain the exact version string, meaning it must not have a "v" prefix. for example" is bad, and "2.11.4" is good. it is optional, but recommended that that the version string follows semantic (http://semver.org/). releases to create a new release, you must create a tag named as the exact version string of the release. this kind of tag must be referred to as a "release tag". the release tag name can be with "v". for example the tag name can be either "2.11.4" or". it is however recommended that you do not use a "v" prefix. you must not use a mixture of "v" and tags. pick one form and stick to it. if the version string is into the code-base, you must create a "version bump" commit which changes the version string of the project. when using version bump commits, the release tag must be placed on the version bump commit. if you are not using a release branch, then the release tag, and if relevant the version bump commit, must be created directly on the master branch. the version bump commit should have a commit message title of "bump version to version". for example, if the new version string is "2.11.4", the first line of the commit message should read: "bump version to" it is recommended that release tags are lightweight tags, but you can use annotated tags if you want to include information in the release tag itself. if you use annotated release tags, the first line of the annotation should read "release version". for example for version "2.11.4" the first line of the tag annotation should read "release". the second line must be blank, and the must start on the third line. short-term release branches any branch that has a name starting with "release-" should be referred to as a "release branch". any release branch which has a name ending with a specific version string, must be referred to as a "short-term release branch". use of short-term release branches are optional, and intended to be used to create a specific release. a short-term release branch is recommended if there is a lengthy verification process to avoid a code freeze on the master branch. short-term release branches must have a name of "release-version". for example for version "2.11.4" the release branch name must be". when using a short-term release branch to create a release, the release tag and if used, version bump commit, must be placed directly on the short-term release branch itself. only very minor changes should be performed on a short-term release branch directly. any larger changes should be done in the master branch, and should be pulled into the release branch by it on top of the master branch the same way a change branch pulls in updates from its source branch. after a release tag has been created, the release branch must be merged back into its source branch and then deleted. typically the source branch will be the master branch. long-term release branches any release branch which has a name ending with a non-specific version string, must be referred to as a "long-term release branch". for example" is a long-term release branch, while" is a short-term release branch. use of long-term release branches are optional, and intended for work on versions which are not currently part of the master branch. typically this is useful when you need to create a new maintenance release for a older version. a long-term release branch must have a name with a non-specific version number. for example a long-term release branch for creating new releases must be named". long-term release branches for maintenance releases of older versions must be created from the relevant release tag. for example if the master branch is on version and there is a security fix for all releases, the latest of which is "2.9.7". create a new branch called" from the "2.9.7" release tag. the security fix release will then end up being version "2.9.8". to create a new release from a long-term release branch, you must follow the same process as a release from the master branch, except the long-term release branch takes the place of the master branch. a long-term release branch should be treated with the same respect as the master branch. it is effectively the master branch for the release series in question. meaning it must always be in a state, must not be force pushed to, etc. bug fixes & rollback you must not under any circumstances force push to the master branch or to long-term release branches. if a change branch which has been merged into the master branch is found to have a bug in it, the bug fix work must be done as a new separate change branch and must follow the same workflow as any other change branch. if a change branch is wrongfully merged into master, or for any other reason the merge must be undone, you must undo the merge by reverting the merge commit itself. effectively creating a new commit that reverses all the relevant changes. best practices all commit messages should follow the commit guidelines and format from the official documentation: you should never blindly commit all changes with commit -a". it is recommended you use add -i" or add -p" to add individual changes to the staging area so you are fully aware of what you are committing. you should always use "--force-with-lease" when doing a force push. the regular "--force" option is dangerous and destructive. more information: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/04/force-with-lease/ you should understand and be comfortable with: it is recommended that you always do pull --rebase" instead of pull" to avoid unnecessary merge commits. you can make this the default behavior of pull" with --global true". it is recommended that all branches be merged using merge --no-ff". this makes sure the reference to the original branch is kept in the commits, allows one to revert a merge by reverting a single merge commit, and creates a merge commit to mark the integration of the branch with master.
faq
why use instead of flow, and how does it differ?
common-flow tries to be a lot less complicated than flow by having fewer types of branches, and simpler rules. normal day to day development doesn't really change much:
you create change branches instead of feature branches, without the need of a "feature/" or "change/" prefix in the branch name.
change branches are typically created from and merged back into "master" instead of "develop".
creating a release is done by simply creating a tag, typically on the master branch.
in detail, the main differences between flow and are:
there is no "develop" branch, there is only a "master" branch which contains the latest work. in flow the master branch effectively ends up just being a pointer to the latest release, despite the fact that flow includes release tags too. in you just look at the tags to find the latest release.
there are no "feature" or "hotfix" branches, there's only "change" branches. any branch that is not master and introduces changes is a change branch. change branches also don't have a enforced naming convention, they just have to have a "descriptive name". this makes things simpler and allows more flexibility.
release branches are available, but optional. instead of enforcing the use of release branches like flow, only recommends the use of release branches when it makes things easier. if creating a new release by tagging "master" works for you, great, do that.
why use instead ofhub flow, and how does it differ?
common-flow is essentiallyhub flow with the addition of a "release" concept that uses tags. it also attempts to define how certain common tasks are done, like updating branches from their source branches for example. this is to help end arguments about how such things are done.
if a for you is just getting the latest code in the master branch out, without caring about bumping version numbers or anything, thenhub flow is a good fit for you, and you probably don't need the extras of.
however if your have specific version numbers, then gives you a simple set of rules of how to create and manage releases, on top of whathub flow already does.
what does "descriptive name" mean for change branches?
it means what it sounds like. the name should be descriptive, as in by just reading the name of the branch you should understand what the branch's purpose is and what it does. here's a few examples:
add-2fa-support
fix-login-issue
remove-sort-by-middle-name-functionality
update-font-awesome
change-search-behavior
improve-pagination-performance
tweak-footer-style
notice how none of these have any like "feature/" or "hotfix/", they're not needed when branch names are properly descriptive. however there's nothing to say you can't use such if you want.
you can also add ticket numbers to the branch name if your has that as part of it's process. but it is recommended that ticket numbers are added to the end of the branch name. the ticket number is essentially metadata, so put it at the end and out of the way of humans trying to read the descriptive name from left to right.
how do we release an emergency when the master branch is broken?
this should ideally never happen, however if it does you can do one of the following:
review why the master branch is broken and revert the changes that caused the issues. then apply the and release.
or use a short-term release branch created from the latest release tag instead of the master branch. apply the to the release branch, create a release tag on the release branch, and then merge it back into master.
in this situation, it is recommended you try to revert the offending changes that's preventing a new release from master. but if that proves to be a complicated task and you're short on time, a short-term release branch gives you a instant fix to the situation at hand, and let's you resolve the issues with the master branch when you have more time on your hands.
about
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license
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git* ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən ɪz ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈgæðər ə ˈsɛnsəbəl səˈlɛkʃən əv ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən ˈjusɪʤ ˈpætərnz əv ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪŋgəl ənd kənˈsaɪs ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən. ɪt ɪz beɪst ɔn ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈvɛriənt əv floʊ, waɪl ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt haʊ ə lɔt əv ˈoʊpən sɔrs ˈprɑʤɛkts moʊst ˈkɑmənli juz. ɪn ʃɔrt, ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli floʊ wɪθ ðə əˈdɪʃən əv rɪˈlisɪz, ˈɔpʃənəl riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz, ənd wɪˈθaʊt ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənt tɪ dɪˈplɔɪ tɪ pərˈdəkʃən ɔl ðə taɪm. ˈsəməri ðə "ˈmæstər" brænʧ ɪz ðə ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn brænʧ wɪθ ˈleɪtəst ˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ənd məst nɑt bi ˈbroʊkən. ˈʧeɪnʤɪz (ˈfiʧərz, bugfixes*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.) ər dən ɔn "ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz" kriˈeɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz ˈərli ənd ˈɔfən. wɪn ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɪz ˈsteɪbəl ənd ˈrɛdi, ɪt ɪz mərʤd bæk ɪn tɪ ˈmæstər. ə riˈlis ɪz ʤɪst ə tæg huz neɪm ɪz ðə ɪgˈzækt riˈlis ˈvərʒən strɪŋ (e.g*. riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz kən bi juzd tɪ əˈvɔɪd ʧeɪnʤ ˈfrizɪz ɔn ˈmæstər. ðeɪ ər nɑt rikˈwaɪərd, ˌɪnˈstɛd ðeɪ ər əˈveɪləbəl ɪf ju nid ðɛm. ˌtərmɪˈnɑləʤi ˈmæstər brænʧ məst bi neɪmd "ˈmæstər", məst ˈɔlˌweɪz hæv ˈpæsɪŋ tɛsts, ənd ɪz nɑt ˌgɛrənˈtid tɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz wərk ɪn pərˈdəkʃən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts. məst bi neɪmd "ˈmæstər", məst ˈɔlˌweɪz hæv ˈpæsɪŋ tɛsts, ənd ɪz nɑt ˌgɛrənˈtid tɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz wərk ɪn pərˈdəkʃən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts. ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz ˈɛni brænʧ ðət ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪz laɪk ə nu ˈfiʧər, ə bəg fɪks, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ˈɛni brænʧ ðət ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪz laɪk ə nu ˈfiʧər, ə bəg fɪks, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. sɔrs brænʧ ðə brænʧ ðət ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd frəm. nu ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə sɔrs brænʧ ʃʊd bi ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪtɪd ˈɪntu ðə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ˈviə. ðə brænʧ ðət ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd frəm. nu ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə sɔrs brænʧ ʃʊd bi ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪtɪd ˈɪntu ðə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ˈviə. mərʤ ˈtərgət ə brænʧ ðət ɪz ðə ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd mərʤ ˈtərgət fər ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ. ˈtɪpɪkəli ðə mərʤ ˈtərgət brænʧ wɪl bi ðə seɪm ɛz ðə sɔrs brænʧ. ə brænʧ ðət ɪz ðə ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd mərʤ ˈtərgət fər ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ. ˈtɪpɪkəli ðə mərʤ ˈtərgət brænʧ wɪl bi ðə seɪm ɛz ðə sɔrs brænʧ. pʊl rɪkˈwɛst ə minz əv rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ ðət ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɪz mərʤd ɪn tɪ ɪts mərʤ ˈtərgət, əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈəðərz tɪ ˌrivˈju, dɪˈskəs ənd əˈpruv ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. ə minz əv rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ ðət ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɪz mərʤd ɪn tɪ ɪts mərʤ ˈtərgət, əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈəðərz tɪ ˌrivˈju, dɪˈskəs ənd əˈpruv ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. riˈlis meɪ bi kənˈsɪdərd seɪf tɪ juz ɪn pərˈdəkʃən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts. ɪz ˈifɛktɪvli ʤɪst ə tæg neɪmd ˈæftər ðə ˈvərʒən əv ðə riˈlis. meɪ bi kənˈsɪdərd seɪf tɪ juz ɪn pərˈdəkʃən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts. ɪz ˈifɛktɪvli ʤɪst ə tæg neɪmd ˈæftər ðə ˈvərʒən əv ðə riˈlis. riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz juzd boʊθ fər ˌʃɔrtˈtərm ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃənz əv ə riˈlis, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ fər ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˈmeɪntənəns əv ˈoʊldər ˈvərʒən. ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən (common-flow*) ðə ki wərdz "məst", "məst nɑt", "rikˈwaɪərd", "ʃæl", "ʃæl nɑt", "ʃʊd", "ʃʊd nɑt", "ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd", "meɪ", ənd "ˈɔpʃənəl" ɪn ðɪs ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ər tɪ bi ˌɪnˈtərprətəd ɛz dɪˈskraɪbd ɪn 2119 du nɑt breɪk ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ə riˈlis ɪz ə tæg. ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ə brænʧ neɪmd "ˈmæstər" məst ɪgˈzɪst ənd ɪt məst bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ðə "ˈmæstər brænʧ". ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ məst ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ɪn ə steɪt wɪθ ɪts tɛst swit ˈpæsɪŋ. ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ɪz nɑt ˌgɛrənˈtid tɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz wərk ɪn pərˈdəkʃən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts. dɪˈspaɪt tɛst swits ˈpæsɪŋ ɪt meɪ æt taɪmz kənˈteɪn ənˈfɪnɪʃt wərk. ˈoʊnli rɪˈlisɪz meɪ bi kənˈsɪdərd seɪf fər pərˈdəkʃən juz. ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ʃʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ɪn ə "ɛz nɪr ɛz ˈpɑsəbli ˈrɛdi fər release/production*" steɪt tɪ rɪˈdus ˈɛni ˈfrɪkʃən wɪθ kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə nu riˈlis. ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz iʧ ʧeɪnʤ (ˈfiʧər, bugfix*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.) məst bi pərˈfɔrmd ɔn ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈbrænʧɪz ðət ʃʊd bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz "ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz". ɔl ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz məst hæv dɪˈskrɪptɪv neɪmz. ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ju kəˈmɪt ˈɔfən ˈloʊkəli, ənd ðət ju traɪ ənd kip ðə kəˈmɪts ˈrizənəbli ˈstrəkʧərd tɪ əˈvɔɪd ə ˈmɛsi ənd kənfˈjuzɪŋ ˈhɪstəri. ju ʃʊd ˈrɛgjələrli pʊʃ jʊr wərk tɪ ðə seɪm neɪmd brænʧ ɔn ðə rɪˈmoʊt ˈsərvər. ju ʃʊd kriˈeɪt ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz fər iʧ dɪˈstɪŋktli ˈdɪfərənt ʧeɪnʤ. ju ʃʊd nɑt ˌɪnˈklud ˈməltəpəl ˌənrɪˈleɪtɪd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪŋgəl ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ. wɪn ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɪz kriˈeɪtɪd, ðə brænʧ ðət ɪt ɪz kriˈeɪtɪd frəm ʃʊd bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ðə "sɔrs brænʧ". iʧ ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ˈɔlsoʊ nidz ə ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd "mərʤ ˈtərgət" brænʧ, ˈtɪpɪkəli ðɪs wɪl bi ðə seɪm ɛz ðə sɔrs brænʧ. ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz məst bi ˈrɛgjələrli ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd wɪθ ˈɛni ˈʧeɪnʤɪz frəm ðɛr sɔrs brænʧ. ðɪs məst bi dən baɪ ðə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɔn tɔp əv ðə sɔrs brænʧ. ˈæftər ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ frəm ɪts sɔrs brænʧ ju məst pʊʃ ðə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ tɪ ðə rɪˈmoʊt ˈsərvər. du tɪ ðə ˈneɪʧər əv, ju wɪl bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ du ə fɔrs pʊʃ, ənd ju məst juz ðə "--force-with-lease*" pʊʃ ˈɔpʃən wɪn duɪŋ soʊ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈrɛgjələr "--fɔrs". ɪf ðɛr ɪz ə ˈtruli ˈvælɪd ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈrizən tɪ nɑt juz wɪn ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz, ðɛn ju kən ˈəpˌdeɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz ˈviə mərʤ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv. ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ juz mərʤ məst ˈoʊnli bi ˈteɪkən ˈæftər ɔl ˈpɑsəbəl ˈɔpʃənz tɪ juz hæv bɪn traɪd ənd feɪld. ˈpipəl nɑt ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ haʊ tɪ juz ɪz nɑt ə ˈvælɪd ˈrizən tɪ juz mərʤ. ɪf ju du ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ juz mərʤ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv, ju məst nɑt juz ə ˈmɪksʧər əv boʊθ ˈmɛθədz, pɪk wən ənd stɪk tɪ ɪt. pʊl rɪkˈwɛsts tɪ mərʤ ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ˈɪntu ɪts mərʤ ˈtərgət, ju məst ˈoʊpən ə "pʊl rɪkˈwɛst" (ər ɪkˈwɪvələnt). ðə ˈpərpəs əv ə pʊl rɪkˈwɛst ɪz tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈəðərz tɪ ˌrivˈju jʊr ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ənd gɪv ˈfidˌbæk. ju kən ðɛn fɪks ˈɛni ˈɪʃuz, kəmˈpleɪnts, ənd mɔr ðət maɪt əraɪz, ənd ðɛn lɛt ˈpipəl ˌrivˈju əˈgɛn. ˌbiˈfɔr kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə pʊl rɪkˈwɛst, ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ju kənˈsɪdər ðə steɪt əv jʊr ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz kəˈmɪt ˈhɪstəri. ɪf ɪt ɪz ˈmɛsi ənd kənfˈjuzɪŋ, ɪt maɪt bi ə gʊd aɪˈdiə tɪ jʊr brænʧ wɪθ -aɪ" tɪ ˈprɛzənt ə ˈklinər ənd ˈiziər tɪ ˈfɑloʊ kəˈmɪt ˈhɪstəri fər jʊr rivˈjuərz. ə pʊl rɪkˈwɛst məst ˈoʊnli bi mərʤd wɪn ðə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɪz wɪθ ɪts sɔrs brænʧ, ðə tɛst swit ɪz ˈpæsɪŋ, ənd ju ənd ˈəðərz ər ˈhæpi wɪθ ðə ʧeɪnʤ. ðɪs ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪf ðə mərʤ ˈtərgət ɪz ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. tɪ gɪt ˈfidˌbæk, hɛlp, ər ˈʤɛnərəli ʤɪst dɪˈskəs ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ wɪθ ˈəðərz, ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ju kriˈeɪt ə pʊl rɪkˈwɛst ənd dɪˈskəs ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wɪθ ˈəðərz ðɛr. ðɪs livz ə klɪr ənd ˈvɪzəbəl ˈhɪstəri əv haʊ, wɪn, ənd waɪ ðə koʊd lʊks ənd bɪˈheɪvz ðə weɪ ɪt dɪz. ə "ˈvərʒən strɪŋ" ɪz ə ˈtɪpɪkəli ˈmoʊstli nuˈmɛrɪk strɪŋ ðət aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪz ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈvərʒən əv ə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ ˌɪtˈsɛlf məst nɑt hæv ə "vi" ˈprifɪks, bət ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ kən bi dɪˈspleɪd wɪθ ə "vi" ˈprifɪks tɪ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ɪt ɪz ə ˈvərʒən ðət ɪz biɪŋ rɪˈfərd tɪ. ðə sɔrs əv truθ fər ə ˈprɑʤɛkts ˈvərʒən məst bi ə tæg wɪθ ə neɪm beɪst ɔn ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ. ðɪs kaɪnd əv tæg məst bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ə "riˈlis tæg". ɪt ɪz ˈɔpʃənəl, bət ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd tɪ ˈɔlsoʊ kip ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt code-base*. ɪf ju ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə code-base*, ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ju du soʊ ɪn ə faɪl kɔld "ˈvərʒən" ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ðə rut əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. bət bi ˈmaɪndfəl əv ðə kənˈvɛnʃənz əv jʊr ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ənd kəmˈjunɪti wɪn ˈʧuzɪŋ ɪf, wɛr ənd haʊ tɪ ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ. ɪf ju ər ˈjuzɪŋ ə "ˈvərʒən" faɪl ɪn ðə rut əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, ðɪs faɪl məst ˈoʊnli kənˈteɪn ðə ɪgˈzækt ˈvərʒən strɪŋ, ˈminɪŋ ɪt məst nɑt hæv ə "vi" ˈprifɪks. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪz bæd, ənd ɪz gʊd. ɪt ɪz ˈɔpʃənəl, bət ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ðət ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ ˈfɑloʊz sɪˈmæntɪk (http://semver.org*/). rɪˈlisɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu riˈlis, ju məst kriˈeɪt ə tæg neɪmd ɛz ðə ɪgˈzækt ˈvərʒən strɪŋ əv ðə riˈlis. ðɪs kaɪnd əv tæg məst bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ə "riˈlis tæg". ðə riˈlis tæg neɪm kən bi wɪθ "vi". fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ðə tæg neɪm kən bi ˈiðər ər ɪt ɪz ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ju du nɑt juz ə "vi" ˈprifɪks. ju məst nɑt juz ə ˈmɪksʧər əv "vi" ənd tægz. pɪk wən fɔrm ənd stɪk tɪ ɪt. ɪf ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ ɪz ˈɪntu ðə code-base*, ju məst kriˈeɪt ə "ˈvərʒən bəmp" kəˈmɪt wɪʧ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðə ˈvərʒən strɪŋ əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. wɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ˈvərʒən bəmp kəˈmɪts, ðə riˈlis tæg məst bi pleɪst ɔn ðə ˈvərʒən bəmp kəˈmɪt. ɪf ju ər nɑt ˈjuzɪŋ ə riˈlis brænʧ, ðɛn ðə riˈlis tæg, ənd ɪf ˈrɛləvənt ðə ˈvərʒən bəmp kəˈmɪt, məst bi kriˈeɪtɪd dɪˈrɛkli ɔn ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ðə ˈvərʒən bəmp kəˈmɪt ʃʊd hæv ə kəˈmɪt ˈmɛsɪʤ ˈtaɪtəl əv "bəmp ˈvərʒən tɪ ˈvərʒən". fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪf ðə nu ˈvərʒən strɪŋ ɪz ðə fərst laɪn əv ðə kəˈmɪt ˈmɛsɪʤ ʃʊd rɛd: "bəmp ˈvərʒən tɪ ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət riˈlis tægz ər ˈlaɪtˈweɪt tægz, bət ju kən juz ˌænəˈteɪtɪd tægz ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪn ðə riˈlis tæg ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ɪf ju juz ˌænəˈteɪtɪd riˈlis tægz, ðə fərst laɪn əv ðə ˌænəˈteɪʃən ʃʊd rɛd "riˈlis ˈvərʒən". fər ɪgˈzæmpəl fər ˈvərʒən ðə fərst laɪn əv ðə tæg ˌænəˈteɪʃən ʃʊd rɛd "riˈlis ðə ˈsɛkənd laɪn məst bi blæŋk, ənd ðə məst stɑrt ɔn ðə θərd laɪn. ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz ˈɛni brænʧ ðət həz ə neɪm ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ "riˈlis-" ʃʊd bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ə "riˈlis brænʧ". ˈɛni riˈlis brænʧ wɪʧ həz ə neɪm ˈɛndɪŋ wɪθ ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈvərʒən strɪŋ, məst bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ə "ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ". juz əv ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz ər ˈɔpʃənəl, ənd ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ bi juzd tɪ kriˈeɪt ə spɪˈsɪfɪk riˈlis. ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ɪf ðɛr ɪz ə ˈlɛŋθi ˌvɛrəfəˈkeɪʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs tɪ əˈvɔɪd ə koʊd friz ɔn ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz məst hæv ə neɪm əv "release-version*". fər ɪgˈzæmpəl fər ˈvərʒən ðə riˈlis brænʧ neɪm məst bi wɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ tɪ kriˈeɪt ə riˈlis, ðə riˈlis tæg ənd ɪf juzd, ˈvərʒən bəmp kəˈmɪt, məst bi pleɪst dɪˈrɛkli ɔn ðə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈoʊnli ˈvɛri ˈmaɪnər ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ʃʊd bi pərˈfɔrmd ɔn ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ dɪˈrɛkli. ˈɛni ˈlɑrʤər ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ʃʊd bi dən ɪn ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ, ənd ʃʊd bi pʊld ˈɪntu ðə riˈlis brænʧ baɪ ɪt ɔn tɔp əv ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ðə seɪm weɪ ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ pʊlz ɪn ˈəpˌdeɪts frəm ɪts sɔrs brænʧ. ˈæftər ə riˈlis tæg həz bɪn kriˈeɪtɪd, ðə riˈlis brænʧ məst bi mərʤd bæk ˈɪntu ɪts sɔrs brænʧ ənd ðɛn dɪˈlitəd. ˈtɪpɪkəli ðə sɔrs brænʧ wɪl bi ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz ˈɛni riˈlis brænʧ wɪʧ həz ə neɪm ˈɛndɪŋ wɪθ ə ˌnɑnspəˈsɪfɪk ˈvərʒən strɪŋ, məst bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ə "ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ". fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪz ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ, waɪl ɪz ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ. juz əv ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz ər ˈɔpʃənəl, ənd ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd fər wərk ɔn ˈvərʒənz wɪʧ ər nɑt ˈkərəntli pɑrt əv ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ˈtɪpɪkəli ðɪs ɪz ˈjusfəl wɪn ju nid tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu ˈmeɪntənəns riˈlis fər ə ˈoʊldər ˈvərʒən. ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ məst hæv ə neɪm wɪθ ə ˌnɑnspəˈsɪfɪk ˈvərʒən ˈnəmbər. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ fər kriˈeɪtɪŋ nu rɪˈlisɪz məst bi neɪmd ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz fər ˈmeɪntənəns rɪˈlisɪz əv ˈoʊldər ˈvərʒənz məst bi kriˈeɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈrɛləvənt riˈlis tæg. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪf ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ɪz ɔn ˈvərʒən ənd ðɛr ɪz ə sɪˈkjʊrəti fɪks fər ɔl rɪˈlisɪz, ðə ˈleɪtəst əv wɪʧ ɪz kriˈeɪt ə nu brænʧ kɔld frəm ðə riˈlis tæg. ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti fɪks riˈlis wɪl ðɛn ɛnd əp biɪŋ ˈvərʒən tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu riˈlis frəm ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ, ju məst ˈfɑloʊ ðə seɪm ˈprɔˌsɛs ɛz ə riˈlis frəm ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ, ɪkˈsɛpt ðə ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ teɪks ðə pleɪs əv ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ ʃʊd bi ˈtritɪd wɪθ ðə seɪm rɪˈspɛkt ɛz ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ɪt ɪz ˈifɛktɪvli ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ fər ðə riˈlis ˈsɪriz ɪn kˈwɛʃən. ˈminɪŋ ɪt məst ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ɪn ə steɪt, məst nɑt bi fɔrs pʊʃt tɪ, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. bəg ˈfɪksɪz ˈroʊlˌbæk ju məst nɑt ˈəndər ˈɛni ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz fɔrs pʊʃ tɪ ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ər tɪ ˈlɔŋˈtərm riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz. ɪf ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ wɪʧ həz bɪn mərʤd ˈɪntu ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ɪz faʊnd tɪ hæv ə bəg ɪn ɪt, ðə bəg fɪks wərk məst bi dən ɛz ə nu ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ənd məst ˈfɑloʊ ðə seɪm ˈwərkˌfloʊ ɛz ˈɛni ˈəðər ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ. ɪf ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ ɪz ˈrɔŋfəli mərʤd ˈɪntu ˈmæstər, ər fər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈrizən ðə mərʤ məst bi ənˈdən, ju məst ənˈdu ðə mərʤ baɪ rɪˈvərtɪŋ ðə mərʤ kəˈmɪt ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈifɛktɪvli kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə nu kəˈmɪt ðət rɪˈvərsɪz ɔl ðə ˈrɛləvənt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. bɛst ˈpræktɪsɪz ɔl kəˈmɪt ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ʃʊd ˈfɑloʊ ðə kəˈmɪt ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ənd ˈfɔrˌmæt frəm ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən: ju ʃʊd ˈnɛvər ˈblaɪndli kəˈmɪt ɔl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wɪθ kəˈmɪt -ə". ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ju juz æd -aɪ" ər æd -pi" tɪ æd ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə ˈsteɪʤɪŋ ˈɛriə soʊ ju ər ˈfʊli əˈwɛr əv wət ju ər kəˈmɪtɪŋ. ju ʃʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz juz "--force-with-lease*" wɪn duɪŋ ə fɔrs pʊʃ. ðə ˈrɛgjələr "--fɔrs" ˈɔpʃən ɪz ˈdeɪnʤərəs ənd dɪˈstrəktɪv. mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən: https://developer.atlassian.com/blog/2015/04/force-with-lease*/ ju ʃʊd ˌəndərˈstænd ənd bi ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ: ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ju ˈɔlˌweɪz du pʊl --rebase*" ˌɪnˈstɛd əv pʊl" tɪ əˈvɔɪd ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri mərʤ kəˈmɪts. ju kən meɪk ðɪs ðə dɪˈfɔlt bɪˈheɪvjər əv pʊl" wɪθ --ˈgloʊbəl tru". ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ɔl ˈbrænʧɪz bi mərʤd ˈjuzɪŋ mərʤ --no-ff*". ðɪs meɪks ʃʊr ðə ˈrɛfərəns tɪ ðə ərˈɪʤənəl brænʧ ɪz kɛpt ɪn ðə kəˈmɪts, əˈlaʊz wən tɪ rɪˈvərt ə mərʤ baɪ rɪˈvərtɪŋ ə ˈsɪŋgəl mərʤ kəˈmɪt, ənd kriˈeɪts ə mərʤ kəˈmɪt tɪ mɑrk ðə ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən əv ðə brænʧ wɪθ ˈmæstər. waɪ juz ˌɪnˈstɛd əv floʊ, ənd haʊ dɪz ɪt ˈdɪfər? traɪz tɪ bi ə lɔt lɛs ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ðən floʊ baɪ ˈhævɪŋ fjuər taɪps əv ˈbrænʧɪz, ənd ˈsɪmpələr rulz. ˈnɔrməl deɪ tɪ deɪ dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈdəzənt ˈrɪli ʧeɪnʤ məʧ: ju kriˈeɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈfiʧər ˈbrænʧɪz, wɪˈθaʊt ðə nid əv ə "ˈfiʧər/" ər "ʧeɪnʤ/" ˈprifɪks ɪn ðə brænʧ neɪm. ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz ər ˈtɪpɪkəli kriˈeɪtɪd frəm ənd mərʤd bæk ˈɪntu "ˈmæstər" ˌɪnˈstɛd əv "dɪˈvɛləp". kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə riˈlis ɪz dən baɪ ˈsɪmpli kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə tæg, ˈtɪpɪkəli ɔn ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. ɪn ˈditeɪl, ðə meɪn ˈdɪfərənsɪz bɪtˈwin floʊ ənd ər: ðɛr ɪz noʊ "dɪˈvɛləp" brænʧ, ðɛr ɪz ˈoʊnli ə "ˈmæstər" brænʧ wɪʧ kənˈteɪnz ðə ˈleɪtəst wərk. ɪn floʊ ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ˈifɛktɪvli ɛndz əp ʤɪst biɪŋ ə ˈpɔɪntər tɪ ðə ˈleɪtəst riˈlis, dɪˈspaɪt ðə fækt ðət floʊ ˌɪnˈkludz riˈlis tægz tu. ɪn ju ʤɪst lʊk æt ðə tægz tɪ faɪnd ðə ˈleɪtəst riˈlis. ðɛr ər noʊ "ˈfiʧər" ər "hotfix*" ˈbrænʧɪz, ðɛrz ˈoʊnli "ʧeɪnʤ" ˈbrænʧɪz. ˈɛni brænʧ ðət ɪz nɑt ˈmæstər ənd ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪz ə ʧeɪnʤ brænʧ. ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz ˈɔlsoʊ doʊnt hæv ə ɛnˈfɔrst ˈneɪmɪŋ kənˈvɛnʃən, ðeɪ ʤɪst hæv tɪ hæv ə "dɪˈskrɪptɪv neɪm". ðɪs meɪks θɪŋz ˈsɪmpələr ənd əˈlaʊz mɔr ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti. riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz ər əˈveɪləbəl, bət ˈɔpʃənəl. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ɛnˈfɔrsɪŋ ðə juz əv riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz laɪk floʊ, ˈoʊnli ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz ðə juz əv riˈlis ˈbrænʧɪz wɪn ɪt meɪks θɪŋz ˈiziər. ɪf kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə nu riˈlis baɪ ˈtægɪŋ "ˈmæstər" wərks fər ju, greɪt, du ðət. waɪ juz ˌɪnˈstɛd əv floʊ, ənd haʊ dɪz ɪt ˈdɪfər? ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli floʊ wɪθ ðə əˈdɪʃən əv ə "riˈlis" ˈkɑnsɛpt ðət ˈjuzɪz tægz. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ əˈtɛmpts tɪ dɪˈfaɪn haʊ ˈsərtən ˈkɑmən tæsks ər dən, laɪk ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ ˈbrænʧɪz frəm ðɛr sɔrs ˈbrænʧɪz fər ɪgˈzæmpəl. ðɪs ɪz tɪ hɛlp ɛnd ˈɑrgjəmənts əˈbaʊt haʊ səʧ θɪŋz ər dən. ɪf ə fər ju ɪz ʤɪst ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ˈleɪtəst koʊd ɪn ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ aʊt, wɪˈθaʊt ˈkɛrɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈbəmpɪŋ ˈvərʒən ˈnəmbərz ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ðɛn floʊ ɪz ə gʊd fɪt fər ju, ənd ju ˈprɑbəˌbli doʊnt nid ðə ˈɛkstrəz əv. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪf jʊr hæv spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈvərʒən ˈnəmbərz, ðɛn gɪvz ju ə ˈsɪmpəl sɛt əv rulz əv haʊ tɪ kriˈeɪt ənd ˈmænɪʤ rɪˈlisɪz, ɔn tɔp əv wət floʊ ɔˈrɛdi dɪz. wət dɪz "dɪˈskrɪptɪv neɪm" min fər ʧeɪnʤ ˈbrænʧɪz? ɪt minz wət ɪt saʊnz laɪk. ðə neɪm ʃʊd bi dɪˈskrɪptɪv, ɛz ɪn baɪ ʤɪst ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə neɪm əv ðə brænʧ ju ʃʊd ˌəndərˈstænd wət ðə ˈbrænʧɪz ˈpərpəs ɪz ənd wət ɪt dɪz. hɪrz ə fju ɪgˈzæmpəlz: ˈnoʊtɪs haʊ nən əv ðiz hæv ˈɛni laɪk "ˈfiʧər/" ər "hotfix*/", ðɛr nɑt ˈnidɪd wɪn brænʧ neɪmz ər ˈprɑpərli dɪˈskrɪptɪv. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðɛrz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ seɪ ju kænt juz səʧ ɪf ju wɔnt. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ æd ˈtɪkɪt ˈnəmbərz tɪ ðə brænʧ neɪm ɪf jʊr həz ðət ɛz pɑrt əv ɪts ˈprɔˌsɛs. bət ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ˈtɪkɪt ˈnəmbərz ər ˈædɪd tɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə brænʧ neɪm. ðə ˈtɪkɪt ˈnəmbər ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli metadata*, soʊ pʊt ɪt æt ðə ɛnd ənd aʊt əv ðə weɪ əv ˈjumənz traɪɪŋ tɪ rɛd ðə dɪˈskrɪptɪv neɪm frəm lɛft tɪ raɪt. haʊ du wi riˈlis ən ˈimərʤənsi wɪn ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ɪz ˈbroʊkən? ðɪs ʃʊd aɪˈdili ˈnɛvər ˈhæpən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪf ɪt dɪz ju kən du wən əv ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ: ˌrivˈju waɪ ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ ɪz ˈbroʊkən ənd rɪˈvərt ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðət kɔzd ðə ˈɪʃuz. ðɛn əˈplaɪ ðə ənd riˈlis. ər juz ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ kriˈeɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈleɪtəst riˈlis tæg ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ. əˈplaɪ ðə tɪ ðə riˈlis brænʧ, kriˈeɪt ə riˈlis tæg ɔn ðə riˈlis brænʧ, ənd ðɛn mərʤ ɪt bæk ˈɪntu ˈmæstər. ɪn ðɪs ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən, ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ju traɪ tɪ rɪˈvərt ðə əˈfɛndɪŋ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðæts prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ə nu riˈlis frəm ˈmæstər. bət ɪf ðət pruvz tɪ bi ə ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd tæsk ənd jʊr ʃɔrt ɔn taɪm, ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm riˈlis brænʧ gɪvz ju ə ˈɪnstənt fɪks tɪ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən æt hænd, ənd lɛts ju riˈzɑlv ðə ˈɪʃuz wɪθ ðə ˈmæstər brænʧ wɪn ju hæv mɔr taɪm ɔn jʊr hænz. əˈbaʊt ðə ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ɪz ˈɔθərd baɪ ʤɪm myhrberg*. ɪf jʊd laɪk tɪ liv ˈfidˌbæk, pliz ˈoʊpən ən ˈɪʃu ɔn. ˈlaɪsəns kriˈeɪtɪv ˈkɑmənz ˈsiˈsi baɪ
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cut or uncut?
for those of us who a diet of circumcised penises, the first taste of uncut dick could be, well, quite a mouthful. and depending on your own personal appetite for flesh, that extra bit could either horrible or heavenly.
all dicks are not created equal. actually, discounting the obvious factors as length and girth, all dicks are, in fact, created equal. some just choose to slice the foreskin off, as dictated by religion, culture or personal choice.
muslims and jews are almost always circumcised, as are many africans, with the procedure often performed as a ritual. among the zulus and the of south africa, for instance, circumcision was traditionally a rite of passage lasting as long as three months, something young males had to go through in order to become men, emerging from the bushes and often scarred, physically and psychologically.
americans—and filipinos by that bit of skin with clinical precision at the hospital soon after childbirth. none of that “this will turn you into a man” have guns for that. instead, all about hygiene, ostensibly because the foreskin, the loose fold of skin that covers the head of the penis, also called the prepuce, has no real purpose, harbors all sorts of bacteria alert!) and is aesthetically unappealing.
that last point is debatable, of course.
once upon a puritanical and ignorant time, circumcision in america was touted as a way to prevent masturbation because masturbation led to insanity. as if a flap of skin or the specter of lunacy ever stopped a man from spanking the monkey. fortunately, as science has proven, masturbation does not lead to insanity. but it could be argued that prolonged abstinence from could be detrimental to a health, unless he was a star football player or a boxing champion, in which case it is believed that, um, preserving the fluids could lead to enhanced physical performance on the field or in the boxing ring.
now believed that a cut penis is less likely to transmit/aids, which is why the practice of ritual male circumcision being encouraged once again among the xhosa and zulu communities, notwithstanding the fact an improperly performed by a “traditional surgeon.” in reality, he is a village elder with perceived qualities and real rustic and rusting led to truly horrific side effects such “as rotting penises, and inadvertent castrations,” according to a south african health spokesperson quoted by the guardian. and ironically, can be transmitted during the circumcision ritual itself, since the same knife is used to a large group of boys.
moral of the story: get it cut in the hospital, as soon as possible after birth, by a proper doctor. while i know women (and men) who are virulently opposed to sleeping with uncut men, there are those who love the sensation of an uncut penis inside them. smegma, they claim, is a matter of hygiene. an uncut man who keeps his privates clean have any of that icky, smelly white stuff buried in his foreskin (news can also appear around the clitoris). the prepuce is said to be extremely sensitive, so the pleasure is apparently heightened for both parties.
europeans tend to be uncut, as a friend of mine recently discovered when she traded in her chinese husband for a strapping specimen of hotness, blue eyes, blond hair and prime uncut dick.
she swears there is a difference, apart from the obvious, in the way sex feels when enhanced by foreskin. she also believes she has definitely traded up and is now a convert to the pleasures of the penis.
another girlfriend went italian catholic for her first husband, uncut, naturally. she divorced him and married an american jew, cut by a rabbi no less, the same day he was born. she is adamant that there is a difference, and cut feels infinitely better.
so can you really feel the difference between cut or uncut once inside you?
there is a short story in bernard book, flights of love, that features a jewish girl and her german (gentile) boyfriend. she tells him how much she would love it if he converted to judaism. he is not quite ready to take that step but nevertheless secretly undergoes circumcision, hoping to surprise and impress her with the seriousness of his commitment to her.
alas, she even notice a flap of skin missing from his member.
moral of the story: it matter if cut or uncut. if a man knows what doing, love the dick in.
b. wiser is the author of making love in spanish, a novel published earlier this year by anvil publishing and available in national bookstore and powerbooks, as well as online. when not assuming her sasha fierce alter-ego, she takes on the role of serious journalist and media consultant. she will be speaking at the philippine literary festival which takes place from aug. 28 to 30 at the raffles hotel in makati.
for comments and questions, e-mail b.wiser.ph@gmail.com.
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kət ər ˌənˈkət? fər ðoʊz əv ˈjuˈɛs hu ə daɪət əv ˈsərkəmˌsaɪzd ˈpinɪsɪz, ðə fərst teɪst əv ˌənˈkət dɪk kʊd bi, wɛl, kwaɪt ə ˈmaʊθˌfʊl. ənd dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn jʊr oʊn ˈpərsɪnəl ˈæpəˌtaɪt fər flɛʃ, ðət ˈɛkstrə bɪt kʊd ˈiðər ˈhɔrəbəl ər ˈhɛvənli. ɔl dɪks ər nɑt kriˈeɪtɪd ˈikwəl. ˈæˌkʧuəli, ˈdɪˌskaʊnɪŋ ðə ˈɑbviəs ˈfæktərz ɛz lɛŋθ ənd gərθ, ɔl dɪks ər, ɪn fækt, kriˈeɪtɪd ˈikwəl. səm ʤɪst ʧuz tɪ slaɪs ðə ˈfoʊrˌskɪn ɔf, ɛz ˈdɪkˌteɪtɪd baɪ rɪˈlɪʤən, ˈkəlʧər ər ˈpərsɪnəl ʧɔɪs. ˈməzlɪmz ənd ʤuz ər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈsərkəmˌsaɪzd, ɛz ər ˈmɛni ˈæfrɪkənz, wɪθ ðə prəˈsiʤər ˈɔfən pərˈfɔrmd ɛz ə ˈrɪʧuəl. əˈməŋ ðə ˈzuluz ənd ðə əv saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ, fər ˈɪnstəns, ˌsərkəmˈsɪʒən wɑz trəˈdɪʃənəli ə raɪt əv ˈpæsɪʤ ˈlæstɪŋ ɛz lɔŋ ɛz θri mənθs, ˈsəmθɪŋ jəŋ meɪlz hæd tɪ goʊ θru ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ bɪˈkəm mɛn, ˈimərʤɪŋ frəm ðə ˈbʊʃəz ənd ˈɔfən skɑrd, ˈfɪzɪkəli ənd ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkli. ˌfɪləˈpinoʊz baɪ ðət bɪt əv skɪn wɪθ ˈklɪnɪkəl priˈsɪʒən æt ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl sun ˈæftər ˈʧaɪldˌbərθ. nən əv ðət wɪl tərn ju ˈɪntu ə man”*” hæv gənz fər ðət. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ɔl əˈbaʊt ˈhaɪˌʤin, ɑˈstɛnsəbli bɪˈkəz ðə ˈfoʊrˌskɪn, ðə lus foʊld əv skɪn ðət ˈkəvərz ðə hɛd əv ðə ˈpinɪs, ˈɔlsoʊ kɔld ðə ˈprɛˌpjus, həz noʊ ril ˈpərpəs, ˈhɑrbərz ɔl sɔrts əv bækˈtɪriə əˈlərt!) ənd ɪz ɛsˈθɛtɪkli ˌənəˈpilɪŋ. ðət læst pɔɪnt ɪz dəˈbeɪtəbəl, əv kɔrs. wəns əˈpɑn ə ˌpjʊrəˈtænɪkəl ənd ˈɪgnərənt taɪm, ˌsərkəmˈsɪʒən ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə wɑz ˈtaʊtɪd ɛz ə weɪ tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˌmæstərˈbeɪʃən bɪˈkəz ˌmæstərˈbeɪʃən lɛd tɪ ˌɪnˈsænɪti. ɛz ɪf ə flæp əv skɪn ər ðə ˈspɛktər əv ˈlunəsi ˈɛvər stɑpt ə mæn frəm ˈspæŋkɪŋ ðə ˈməŋki. ˈfɔrʧənətli, ɛz saɪəns həz ˈpruvən, ˌmæstərˈbeɪʃən dɪz nɑt lɛd tɪ ˌɪnˈsænɪti. bət ɪt kʊd bi ˈɑrgjud ðət prəˈlɔŋd ˈæbstənəns frəm kʊd bi ˌdɛtrəˈmɛnəl tɪ ə hɛlθ, ənˈlɛs hi wɑz ə stɑr ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪər ər ə ˈbɑksɪŋ ˈʧæmpiən, ɪn wɪʧ keɪs ɪt ɪz bɪˈlivd ðət, əm, prɪˈzərvɪŋ ðə fluɪdz kʊd lɛd tɪ ɛnˈhænst ˈfɪzɪkəl pərˈfɔrməns ɔn ðə fild ər ɪn ðə ˈbɑksɪŋ rɪŋ. naʊ bɪˈlivd ðət ə kət ˈpinɪs ɪz lɛs ˈlaɪkli tɪ trænzˈmɪt hiv/aids*, wɪʧ ɪz waɪ ðə ˈpræktɪs əv ˈrɪʧuəl meɪl ˌsərkəmˈsɪʒən biɪŋ ɪnˈkərəʤd wəns əˈgɛn əˈməŋ ðə ˈzoʊʃə ənd ˈzuˌlu kəmˈjunɪtiz, ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ ðə fækt ən ˌɪmˈprɑpərli pərˈfɔrmd baɪ ə surgeon.”*.” ɪn ˌriˈæləˌti, hi ɪz ə ˈvɪlɪʤ ˈɛldər wɪθ pərˈsivd kˈwɑlətiz ənd ril ˈrəstɪk ənd ˈrəstɪŋ lɛd tɪ ˈtruli hɔˈrɪfɪk saɪd ˈifɛkts səʧ ˈrɑtɪŋ ˈpinɪsɪz, ənd ˌɪnədˈvərtənt castrations,”*,” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑn hɛlθ ˈspoʊkspərsən kˈwoʊtɪd baɪ ðə ˈgɑrdiən. ənd aɪˈrɑnɪkli, kən bi trænzˈmɪtəd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˌsərkəmˈsɪʒən ˈrɪʧuəl ˌɪtˈsɛlf, sɪns ðə seɪm naɪf ɪz juzd tɪ ə lɑrʤ grup əv bɔɪz. ˈmɔrəl əv ðə ˈstɔri: gɪt ɪt kət ɪn ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, ɛz sun ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl ˈæftər bərθ, baɪ ə ˈprɑpər ˈdɔktər. waɪl aɪ noʊ ˈwɪmən (ənd mɛn) hu ər ˈvɪrələntli əˈpoʊzd tɪ sˈlipɪŋ wɪθ ˌənˈkət mɛn, ðɛr ər ðoʊz hu ləv ðə sɛnˈseɪʃən əv ən ˌənˈkət ˈpinɪs ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðɛm. smegma*, ðeɪ kleɪm, ɪz ə ˈmætər əv ˈhaɪˌʤin. ən ˌənˈkət mæn hu kips hɪz ˈpraɪvəts klin hæv ˈɛni əv ðət icky*, sˈmɛli waɪt stəf ˈbɛrid ɪn hɪz ˈfoʊrˌskɪn (nuz kən ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpɪr əraʊnd ðə klaɪˈtɔrɪs). ðə ˈprɛˌpjus ɪz sɛd tɪ bi ɪkˈstrimli ˈsɛnsɪtɪv, soʊ ðə ˈplɛʒər ɪz əˈpɛrəntli ˈhaɪtənd fər boʊθ ˈpɑrtiz. ˌjʊrəˈpiənz tɛnd tɪ bi ˌənˈkət, ɛz ə frɛnd əv maɪn ˈrisəntli dɪˈskəvərd wɪn ʃi ˈtreɪdɪd ɪn hər ʧaɪˈniz ˈhəzbənd fər ə ˈstræpɪŋ ˈspɛsəmən əv hotness*, blu aɪz, blɑnd hɛr ənd praɪm ˌənˈkət dɪk. ʃi swɛrz ðɛr ɪz ə ˈdɪfərəns, əˈpɑrt frəm ðə ˈɑbviəs, ɪn ðə weɪ sɛks filz wɪn ɛnˈhænst baɪ ˈfoʊrˌskɪn. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈlivz ʃi həz ˈdɛfənətli ˈtreɪdɪd əp ənd ɪz naʊ ə ˈkɑnvərt tɪ ðə ˈplɛʒərz əv ðə ˈpinɪs. əˈnəðər ˈgərlˌfrɛnd wɛnt ˌɪˈtæljən ˈkæθlɪk fər hər fərst ˈhəzbənd, ˌənˈkət, ˈnæʧərəli. ʃi dɪˈvɔrst ɪm ənd ˈmɛrid ən əˈmɛrɪkən ʤu, kət baɪ ə ˈræˌbaɪ noʊ lɛs, ðə seɪm deɪ hi wɑz bɔrn. ʃi ɪz ˈædəmənt ðət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈdɪfərəns, ənd kət filz ˈɪnfənətli ˈbɛtər. soʊ kən ju ˈrɪli fil ðə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin kət ər ˌənˈkət wəns ˌɪnˈsaɪd ju? ðɛr ɪz ə ʃɔrt ˈstɔri ɪn ˈbərnərd bʊk, flaɪts əv ləv, ðət ˈfiʧərz ə ʤuɪʃ gərl ənd hər ˈʤərmən (ˈʤɛnˌtaɪl) ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd. ʃi tɛlz ɪm haʊ məʧ ʃi wʊd ləv ɪt ɪf hi kənˈvərtɪd tɪ ˈʤudiˌɪzəm. hi ɪz nɑt kwaɪt ˈrɛdi tɪ teɪk ðət stɛp bət ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs ˈsikrɪtli ˈəndərˌgoʊz ˌsərkəmˈsɪʒən, ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ səˈpraɪz ənd ˌɪmˈprɛs hər wɪθ ðə ˈsɪriəsnəs əv hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ hər. əˈlæs, ʃi ˈivɪn ˈnoʊtɪs ə flæp əv skɪn ˈmɪsɪŋ frəm hɪz ˈmɛmbər. ˈmɔrəl əv ðə ˈstɔri: ɪt ˈmætər ɪf kət ər ˌənˈkət. ɪf ə mæn noʊz wət duɪŋ, ləv ðə dɪk ɪn. bi. ˈwaɪzər ɪz ðə ˈɔθər əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ləv ɪn ˈspænɪʃ, ə ˈnɑvəl ˈpəblɪʃt ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr baɪ ˈænvəl ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ ənd əˈveɪləbəl ɪn ˈnæʃənəl ˈbʊkˌstɔr ənd powerbooks*, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɔnˌlaɪn. wɪn nɑt əˈsumɪŋ hər ˈsæʃə fɪrs alter-ego*, ʃi teɪks ɔn ðə roʊl əv ˈsɪriəs ˈʤərnəlɪst ənd ˈmidiə kənˈsəltənt. ʃi wɪl bi ˈspikɪŋ æt ðə ˈfɪləˌpin ˈlɪtərˌɛri ˈfɛstɪvəl wɪʧ teɪks pleɪs frəm ˈɔgəst. 28 tɪ 30 æt ðə ˈræfəlz hoʊˈtɛl ɪn makati*. fər ˈkɑmɛnts ənd kˈwɛsʧənz, ˈiˌmeɪl b.wiser.ph@gmail.com*. ɑrt baɪ ˈdɔrθi
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“he’s a little t***, that. i see what all the fuss is about.” certainly not the worst thing ron atkinson ever said, but it must be the most vacuous. still, big mind was probably elsewhere, as he followed this priceless morsel at the 2002 world cup his last tournament as an pundit with the words: “are there any sandwiches? starving.”
yet the former manchester united and aston villa manager is far from alone in english mistrust of francesco. fast-forward almost a decade and terry venables, glenn and graeme who displays his badge with the unflinching pride of a victoria cross recipient combined to damn the roma forward with the faintest of praise after scoring the winner in a 2010 champions league group game against munich. “he’s never been accused of being a workaholic,”. “yeah, got talent, but you know my thoughts on him.”
hoddle took up the baton. “no, not top drawer. have moved on if he was. someone come and got him.”
“glenn’s right,” concluded venables. “he has been a luxury.”
embedded video for long read: francesco greatest son who never got the love he deserved
the wider british football public has long made snap judgements on, largely based on little more than a handful of performances a champions league here, a world cup game there. he is a riddle we be bothered to untangle, with four major (a a title, two italia and one world cup) at which we scoff.
it comes down to a lack of knowledge. all most brits know about the is his extreme longevity and unbroken 26 years at roma since joining as a in 1989. he has never left his boyhood club talking about a seventh generation roman here and, therefore, never got beyond the last eight of the champions league or finished higher than fifth in the ballon voting.
on the continent, revered as a paragon of loyalty. when roma played barcelona in a pre-season friendly, lionel demanded both’s shirt and a picture, uploading the snap to with the caption: “a great! what a phenomenon!!” it got million likes.
cold, hard statistics back up the continental belief over the british one. only silvio piola, in a bygone era, has scored more a goals than. a italian of the year. he won the european golden boot in 2007. and, of course, he won the world cup in 2006.
totti will be nearly 40 at the end of the season. as il re di roma (‘the king of rome’) approaches what may be his curtain call, asks the coaches, former and fans why this gladiator of european football is so revered abroad, yet so mistrusted and misunderstood here.
why does francesco matter? what makes him tick? how has he endured so long in the eternal city? and can he score the 30 goals he requires to overhaul silvio all-time a record?
“i only touched the ball a couple of times i was too excited and too happy”
totti sr insisted and the tiny four-year-old, wearing red shorts and a white shirt with the on the back, danced around children twice his age, leaving them
“go on, put the boy on.” turned his gaze from mihajlovic, the busy offering his coach advice about substitutes, to a blond sat on the roma bench a few seats away. the were up with five minutes to go against brescia, a disappointing season all but over in late march 1993.
“warm up so you can go on straight away,” said to the boy, who was sat next to promising striker roberto muzzi. yet he did nothing.
“look,” huffed muzzi, “he’s talking to you. off you go.”
later, the youngster recalled what happened next: “i went out, warmed up for 10 seconds and went on. i only touched the ball a couple of times i was too excited and too happy.”
francesco had achieved a childhood dream, something gone on to do more than 750 times since: play for first team.
imagining that moment a decade earlier, perfected his dribbling up and down the via vetulonia, a tight street due south of the basilicas, and theatres that litter ancient city centre. a curious mixture of walls and yellowish apartment blocks; a place nicknamed ‘tower-block rome’, where everyone knows everyone.
born to bank clerk father lorenzo and housewife fiorella, always stood out. at nine months, he could walk. by four, after watching countless matches on the television in the cramped apartment, his talent was already prodigious.
once, on a family holiday to coastal seaside town torvaianica, half an hour or so from central rome, the infant strolled down the beach with his father. enzo asked a group of if his son could join in. “he’s too small,” they insisted. “he might hurt himself.” sr insisted and the tiny four-year-old, wearing red shorts and a white shirt with the on the back, danced around children twice his age, leaving them.
nobody has shaped’s life quite like mum fiorella, whose motto is: “you have to be serene and clean on the inside.” often compared to the characters portrayed by noted italian stage actress anna magnani, she raised francesco and his older brother riccardo with a strong catholic ethos. at one point she even took in future roma and italy international antonio cassano, in an effort to temper the playboy famously errant ways.
“i was also a bit of a crook,” recalled. “i used to steal footballs. in the summer we would play all afternoon until sunset. often, before going home, i took the ball, played it cool, and took off. i had a real collection. i gave them all back in the end. i the best at school but i always paid attention and was well behaved, because of mama.”
this is a character whose career feels predestined. the imposing fiorella watched over her studies, took him to training at first fortitudo, then smit and finally from 10 until 13 and kept him on the straight and narrow. sundays were spent going to mass, looking after ailing grandparents and playing cards around the dining table with the extended family.
“his family was a determining factor,” said’s coach neroni. “enzo and fiorella were there, but discreet, transmitting fundamental humility and seriousness. at 10, francesco was tiny and fast. you could tell he was a natural talent. the challenge was not to hone his gifts, but to guide him in the right way. he had football in his dna. he played dumb: he seemed to go missing. then suddenly he would score.”
soon, tongues were wagging about brightest prospect in generations. milan were interested, so were and, impossibly, so were lazio. thes, for decades, were having none of it and fiorella marched into’s training ground.
“lodigiani,” remembers giannini, who was then in charge of the youth system, “had already promised to lazio, but his mum fiorella came to me demanding that roma took him. i need much convincing we already knew about him and i got to sell him to us.”
within a month, was playing (illegally) two age groups above for the under-15s. he dedicated himself to being a roma, acting as a ball boy during the second leg of the 1991 cup final against inter.
i had never seen a like this. he made my job easier - luciano
still existing on a diet of bread, nutella, pizza and chips (hence the rome dialect nickname er ‘the big baby’), the helped the side win a later that year.
“i only had him for a month before he went to play for the u20s,” coach sella tells fft. “he immediately got my attention. you never see a player this young able to do such special things. from his first training session, i knew i had a legend in the making. he created things out of nothing. i just told him to never feel as if made it, because everyone kept lauding him. over time proven this over and over again.”
sella recalls that title victory over milan in 1991 like it was yesterday: “he every bad tackle, no matter how much they tried to stop him. remember this is a team who had tried to sign him on more than one occasion. i played him as both a central and a forward, and he created both of the goals in a win.
“he was the best player ever coached. he needed no technical coaching that been a waste of time.”
totti’s coach, luciano, will never forget the first time he saw his protégé play during pre-season. “after 10 minutes, i called sporting director giorgio perinetti, telling him to never let this champion leave the club,” tells fft. “the way he hit the ball was like no one else. seen lots of youngs, but he was special. he dragged the whole team with him. i just had to tell him to play. i had never seen a like this. he made my job easier.”
it was during an game in march 1993 against that’s world changed. with the first team about to depart for brescia, head coach made the late decision to bring a along for the ride. fresh from scoring twice, he was substituted at half-time and got on the coach.
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the following day came mihajlovic, and the debut. he replaced ruggiero, an italian international and roma legend nicknamed ‘rizzi-gol’ by the.
“we all expected his debut that day,” tells fft. “many youngsters trained with the first team, but was different. you see many kids nutmeg a player in training. but he had a huge personality to go with his talent. i told him to be calm and enjoy [his debut]. only football. in a funny way, proud that i was the guy who let play for the first time. every year someone calls me just to talk about that brescia vs roma game!”
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(pliz noʊt: ðɪs ˈfiʧər ərˈɪʤənəli əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2016 ˈɪʃu əv ˈmægəˌzin. səbˈskraɪb!) ə ˈlɪtəl ti***, ðət. aɪ si wət ɔl ðə fəs ɪz about.”*.” ˈsərtənli nɑt ðə wərst θɪŋ rɑn ˈætkɪnsən ˈɛvər sɛd, bət ɪt məst bi ðə moʊst ˈvækjuəs. stɪl, bɪg maɪnd wɑz ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈɛlsˌwɛr, ɛz hi ˈfɑloʊd ðɪs ˈpraɪsləs ˈmɔrsəl æt ðə 2002 wərld kəp hɪz læst ˈtʊrnəmənt ɛz ən ˈpəndət wɪθ ðə wərdz: ðɛr ˈɛni ˈsænwɪʧɪz? starving.”*.” jɛt ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd ənd ˈæstən ˈvɪlə ˈmænɪʤər ɪz fɑr frəm əˈloʊn ɪn ˈɪŋlɪʃ mɪˈstrəst əv frænˈʧɛskoʊ. ˌfæstˈfɔrwərd ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə ˈdɛkeɪd ənd ˈtɛri ˈvɛnəbəlz, glɛn ənd græm hu dɪˈspleɪz hɪz bæʤ wɪθ ðə ənˈflɪnʧɪŋ praɪd əv ə vɪkˈtɔriə krɔs rɪˈsɪpiənt kəmˈbaɪnd tɪ dæm ðə ˈroʊmɑ ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ ðə ˈfeɪntəst əv preɪz ˈæftər ˈskɔrɪŋ ðə ˈwɪnər ɪn ə 2010 ˈʧæmpiənz lig grup geɪm əˈgɛnst mˈjunɪk. ˈnɛvər bɪn əˈkjuzd əv biɪŋ ə workaholic,”*,”. ““yeah*, gɑt ˈtælənt, bət ju noʊ maɪ θɔts ɔn him.”*.” tʊk əp ðə ˈbæˌtɑn. ““no*, nɑt tɔp drɔr. hæv muvd ɔn ɪf hi wɑz. ˈsəmˌwən kəm ənd gɑt him.”*.” right,”*,” kənˈkludɪd ˈvɛnəbəlz. həz bɪn ə luxury.”*.” ɛmˈbɛdɪd ˈvɪdioʊ fər lɔŋ rɛd: frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈgreɪtəst sən hu ˈnɛvər gɑt ðə ləv hi dɪˈzərvd ðə ˈwaɪdər ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈpəblɪk həz lɔŋ meɪd snæp ˈʤəʤmənts ɔn, ˈlɑrʤli beɪst ɔn ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv pərˈfɔrmənsɪz ə ˈʧæmpiənz lig hir, ə wərld kəp geɪm ðɛr. hi ɪz ə ˈrɪdəl wi bi ˈbɑðərd tɪ ənˈtæŋgəl, wɪθ fɔr ˈmeɪʤər (ə ə ˈtaɪtəl, tu ˌɪˈtæljə ənd wən wərld kəp) æt wɪʧ wi skɔf. ɪt kəmz daʊn tɪ ə læk əv ˈnɑlɪʤ. ɔl moʊst brɪts noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə ɪz hɪz ɪkˈstrim lɔnˈʤɛvəti ənd ənˈbroʊkən 26 jɪrz æt ˈroʊmɑ sɪns ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ɛz ə ɪn 1989 hi həz ˈnɛvər lɛft hɪz ˈbɔɪˌhʊd kləb ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ə ˈsɛvənθ ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈroʊmən hir ənd, ˈðɛrˌfɔr, ˈnɛvər gɑt bɪɔnd ðə læst eɪt əv ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lig ər ˈfɪnɪʃt haɪər ðən fɪθ ɪn ðə ˈbælən ˈvoʊtɪŋ. ɔn ðə ˈkɑntənənt, rɪˈvɪrd ɛz ə ˈpɛrəˌgɑn əv ˈlɔɪəlti. wɪn ˈroʊmɑ pleɪd ˌbɑrsɪˈloʊnə ɪn ə ˌpriˈsizən ˈfrɛndli, ˈlaɪənəl dɪˈmændɪd boʊθ ʃərt ənd ə ˈpɪkʧər, ˈəˌploʊdɪŋ ðə snæp tɪ wɪθ ðə ˈkæpʃən: greɪt! wət ə phenomenon!!”*!!” ɪt gɑt ˈmɪljən laɪks. koʊld, hɑrd stəˈtɪstɪks bæk əp ðə ˌkɑntəˈnɛnəl bɪˈlif ˈoʊvər ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ wən. ˈoʊnli ˈsɪlvioʊ piola*, ɪn ə ˈbaɪˌgɔn ˈɪrə, həz skɔrd mɔr ə goʊlz ðən. ə ˌɪˈtæljən əv ðə jɪr. hi wən ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈgoʊldən but ɪn 2007 ənd, əv kɔrs, hi wən ðə wərld kəp ɪn 2006 wɪl bi ˈnɪrli 40 æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈsizən. ɛz ɪl ri di ˈroʊmɑ kɪŋ əv rome’*’) əˈproʊʧɪz wət meɪ bi hɪz ˈkərtən kɔl, æsks ðə ˈkoʊʧɪz, ˈfɔrmər ənd fænz waɪ ðɪs ˈglædiˌeɪtər əv ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ɪz soʊ rɪˈvɪrd əˈbrɔd, jɛt soʊ mɪˈstrəstɪd ənd ˌmɪsəndərˈstʊd hir. waɪ dɪz frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈmætər? wət meɪks ɪm tɪk? haʊ həz hi ɪnˈdʊrd soʊ lɔŋ ɪn ðə ɪˈtərnəl ˈsɪti? ənd kən hi skɔr ðə 30 goʊlz hi rikˈwaɪərz tɪ ˈoʊvərˌhɔl ˈsɪlvioʊ ˌɔlˈtaɪm ə ˈrɛkərd? ˈoʊnli təʧt ðə bɔl ə ˈkəpəl əv taɪmz aɪ wɑz tu ɪkˈsaɪtɪd ənd tu happy”*” ˈsɪstər ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ənd ðə ˈtaɪni four-year-old*, ˈwɛrɪŋ rɛd ʃɔrts ənd ə waɪt ʃərt wɪθ ðə ɔn ðə bæk, dænst əraʊnd ˈʧɪldrən twaɪs hɪz eɪʤ, ˈlivɪŋ ðɛm ɔn, pʊt ðə bɔɪ on.”*.” tərnd hɪz geɪz frəm mihajlovic*, ðə ˈbɪzi ˈɔfərɪŋ hɪz koʊʧ ədˈvaɪs əˈbaʊt ˈsəbstəˌtuts, tɪ ə blɑnd sæt ɔn ðə ˈroʊmɑ bɛnʧ ə fju sits əˈweɪ. ðə wər əp wɪθ faɪv ˈmɪnəts tɪ goʊ əˈgɛnst ˈbrɛsʧə, ə ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ ˈsizən ɔl bət ˈoʊvər ɪn leɪt mɑrʧ 1993 əp soʊ ju kən goʊ ɔn streɪt away,”*,” sɛd tɪ ðə bɔɪ, hu wɑz sæt nɛkst tɪ ˈprɑməsɪŋ ˈstraɪkər rəˈbɛrtoʊ muzzi*. jɛt hi dɪd ˈnəθɪŋ. ““look,”*,” həft muzzi*, ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ju. ɔf ju go.”*.” ˈleɪtər, ðə ˈjəŋstər rɪˈkɔld wət ˈhæpənd nɛkst: wɛnt aʊt, wɔrmd əp fər 10 ˈsɛkəndz ənd wɛnt ɔn. aɪ ˈoʊnli təʧt ðə bɔl ə ˈkəpəl əv taɪmz aɪ wɑz tu ɪkˈsaɪtɪd ənd tu happy.”*.” frænˈʧɛskoʊ hæd əˈʧivd ə ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd drim, ˈsəmθɪŋ gɔn ɔn tɪ du mɔr ðən 750 taɪmz sɪns: pleɪ fər fərst tim. ˌɪˈmæʤənɪŋ ðət ˈmoʊmənt ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˈərliər, pərˈfɛktəd hɪz ˈdrɪbəlɪŋ əp ənd daʊn ðə ˈviə vetulonia*, ə taɪt strit du saʊθ əv ðə basilicas*, ənd ˈθiətərz ðət ˈlɪtər ˈeɪnʧənt ˈsɪti ˈsɛntər. ə ˈkjʊriəs ˈmɪksʧər əv wɔlz ənd ˈjɛloʊɪʃ əˈpɑrtmənt blɑks; ə pleɪs ˈnɪkˌneɪmd rome’*’, wɛr ˈɛvriˌwən noʊz ˈɛvriˌwən. bɔrn tɪ bæŋk klərk ˈfɑðər lərˈɛnzoʊ ənd ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf fiɔˈrɛlɑ, ˈɔlˌweɪz stʊd aʊt. æt naɪn mənθs, hi kʊd wɔk. baɪ fɔr, ˈæftər ˈwɑʧɪŋ ˈkaʊntləs ˈmæʧɪz ɔn ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ɪn ðə kræmpt əˈpɑrtmənt, hɪz ˈtælənt wɑz ɔˈrɛdi prəˈdɪʤəs. wəns, ɔn ə ˈfæməli ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ tɪ ˈkoʊstəl ˈsiˌsaɪd taʊn torvaianica*, hæf ən aʊər ər soʊ frəm ˈsɛntrəl roʊm, ðə ˈɪnfənt stroʊld daʊn ðə biʧ wɪθ hɪz ˈfɑðər. ˈɛnzoʊ æst ə grup əv ɪf hɪz sən kʊd ʤɔɪn ɪn. tu small,”*,” ðeɪ ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd. maɪt hərt himself.”*.” ˈsɪstər ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ənd ðə ˈtaɪni four-year-old*, ˈwɛrɪŋ rɛd ʃɔrts ənd ə waɪt ʃərt wɪθ ðə ɔn ðə bæk, dænst əraʊnd ˈʧɪldrən twaɪs hɪz eɪʤ, ˈlivɪŋ ðɛm. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi həz ʃeɪpt laɪf kwaɪt laɪk məm fiɔˈrɛlɑ, huz ˈmɑtoʊ ɪz: hæv tɪ bi sərˈin ənd klin ɔn ðə inside.”*.” ˈɔfən kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ðə ˈkɛrɪktərz pɔrˈtreɪd baɪ ˈnoʊtɪd ˌɪˈtæljən steɪʤ ˈæktrəs ˈænə mɑgˈnɑni, ʃi reɪzd frænˈʧɛskoʊ ənd hɪz ˈoʊldər ˈbrəðər rɪˈkɑrdoʊ wɪθ ə strɔŋ ˈkæθlɪk ˈiθɑs. æt wən pɔɪnt ʃi ˈivɪn tʊk ɪn fˈjuʧər ˈroʊmɑ ənd ˈɪtəli ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ænˈtoʊnioʊ kɑˈsɑnoʊ, ɪn ən ˈɛfərt tɪ ˈtɛmpər ðə ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ ˈfeɪməsli ˈɛrənt weɪz. wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ə bɪt əv ə crook,”*,” rɪˈkɔld. juzd tɪ stil ˈfʊtˌbɔlz. ɪn ðə ˈsəmər wi wʊd pleɪ ɔl ˌæftərˈnun ənˈtɪl ˈsənˌsɛt. ˈɔfən, ˌbiˈfɔr goʊɪŋ hoʊm, aɪ tʊk ðə bɔl, pleɪd ɪt kul, ənd tʊk ɔf. aɪ hæd ə ril kəˈlɛkʃən. aɪ geɪv ðɛm ɔl bæk ɪn ðə ɛnd. aɪ ðə bɛst æt skul bət aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz peɪd əˈtɛnʃən ənd wɑz wɛl bɪˈheɪvd, bɪˈkəz əv mama.”*.” ðɪs ɪz ə ˈkɛrɪktər huz kərɪr filz ˌpriˈdɛstənd. ðə ˌɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ fiɔˈrɛlɑ wɔʧt ˈoʊvər hər ˈstədiz, tʊk ɪm tɪ ˈtreɪnɪŋ æt fərst fortitudo*, ðɛn smɪt ənd ˈfaɪnəli frəm 10 ənˈtɪl 13 ənd kɛpt ɪm ɔn ðə streɪt ənd ˈnɛroʊ. ˈsənˌdiz wər spɛnt goʊɪŋ tɪ mæs, ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈæftər ˈeɪlɪŋ ˈgrændˌpɛrənts ənd pleɪɪŋ kɑrdz əraʊnd ðə ˈdaɪnɪŋ ˈteɪbəl wɪθ ðə ɪkˈstɛndɪd ˈfæməli. ˈfæməli wɑz ə dɪˈtərmənɪŋ factor,”*,” sɛd koʊʧ neroni*. ənd fiɔˈrɛlɑ wər ðɛr, bət dɪˈskrit, trænsˈmɪtɪŋ ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl hjuˈmɪlɪti ənd ˈsɪriəsnəs. æt 10 frænˈʧɛskoʊ wɑz ˈtaɪni ənd fæst. ju kʊd tɛl hi wɑz ə ˈnæʧərəl ˈtælənt. ðə ˈʧælənʤ wɑz nɑt tɪ hoʊn hɪz gɪfts, bət tɪ gaɪd ɪm ɪn ðə raɪt weɪ. hi hæd ˈfʊtˌbɔl ɪn hɪz ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ. hi pleɪd dəm: hi simd tɪ goʊ ˈmɪsɪŋ. ðɛn ˈsədənli hi wʊd score.”*.” sun, təŋz wər ˈwægɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈbraɪtəst ˈprɑspɛkt ɪn ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz. ˈmaɪˌlæn wər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd, soʊ wər ənd, ˌɪmˈpɑsəbli, soʊ wər lazio*. ðə tottis*, fər ˈdɛkeɪdz, wər ˈhævɪŋ nən əv ɪt ənd fiɔˈrɛlɑ mɑrʧt ˈɪntu ˈtreɪnɪŋ graʊnd. ““lodigiani,”*,” rɪˈmɛmbərz ʤəˈniˌni, hu wɑz ðɛn ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə juθ ˈsɪstəm, ɔˈrɛdi ˈprɑməst tɪ lazio*, bət hɪz məm fiɔˈrɛlɑ keɪm tɪ mi dɪˈmændɪŋ ðət ˈroʊmɑ tʊk ɪm. aɪ nid məʧ kənˈvɪnsɪŋ wi ɔˈrɛdi nu əˈbaʊt ɪm ənd aɪ gɑt tɪ sɛl ɪm tɪ us.”*.” wɪˈθɪn ə mənθ, wɑz pleɪɪŋ (ˌɪˈligəli) tu eɪʤ grups əˈbəv fər ðə under-15s*. hi ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ biɪŋ ə ˈroʊmɑ, ˈæktɪŋ ɛz ə bɔl bɔɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɛkənd lɛg əv ðə 1991 kəp ˈfaɪnəl əˈgɛnst ˌɪnˈtər. aɪ hæd ˈnɛvər sin ə laɪk ðɪs. hi meɪd maɪ ʤɑb ˈiziər luʧiˈɑnoʊ stɪl ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ɔn ə daɪət əv brɛd, nutella*, ˈpitsə ənd ʧɪps (hɛns ðə roʊm ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt ˈnɪkˌneɪm ər bɪg baby’*’), ðə hɛlpt ðə saɪd wɪn ə ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr. ˈoʊnli hæd ɪm fər ə mənθ ˌbiˈfɔr hi wɛnt tɪ pleɪ fər ðə u20s,”*,” koʊʧ ˈsɛlə tɛlz fft*. ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli gɑt maɪ əˈtɛnʃən. ju ˈnɛvər si ə pleɪər ðɪs jəŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ du səʧ ˈspɛʃəl θɪŋz. frəm hɪz fərst ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈsɛʃən, aɪ nu aɪ hæd ə ˈlɛʤənd ɪn ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ. hi kriˈeɪtɪd θɪŋz aʊt əv ˈnəθɪŋ. aɪ ʤɪst toʊld ɪm tɪ ˈnɛvər fil ɛz ɪf meɪd ɪt, bɪˈkəz ˈɛvriˌwən kɛpt ˈlɔdɪŋ ɪm. ˈoʊvər taɪm ˈpruvən ðɪs ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər again.”*.” ˈsɛlə ˈriˌkɔlz ðət ˈtaɪtəl ˈvɪktəri ˈoʊvər ˈmaɪˌlæn ɪn 1991 laɪk ɪt wɑz ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ: ˈɛvəri bæd ˈtækəl, noʊ ˈmætər haʊ məʧ ðeɪ traɪd tɪ stɑp ɪm. rɪˈmɛmbər ðɪs ɪz ə tim hu hæd traɪd tɪ saɪn ɪm ɔn mɔr ðən wən əˈkeɪʒən. aɪ pleɪd ɪm ɛz boʊθ ə ˈsɛntrəl ənd ə ˈfɔrwərd, ənd hi kriˈeɪtɪd boʊθ əv ðə goʊlz ɪn ə wɪn. wɑz ðə bɛst pleɪər ˈɛvər koʊʧt. hi ˈnidɪd noʊ ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ðət bɪn ə weɪst əv time.”*.” koʊʧ, luʧiˈɑnoʊ, wɪl ˈnɛvər fərˈgɛt ðə fərst taɪm hi sɔ hɪz protégé*é pleɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌpriˈsizən. 10 ˈmɪnəts, aɪ kɔld ˈspɔrtɪŋ dɪˈrɛktər ˈʤɔrʤioʊ perinetti*, ˈtɛlɪŋ ɪm tɪ ˈnɛvər lɛt ðɪs ˈʧæmpiən liv ðə club,”*,” tɛlz fft*. weɪ hi hɪt ðə bɔl wɑz laɪk noʊ wən ɛls. sin lɑts əv jəŋ footballers*, bət hi wɑz ˈspɛʃəl. hi drægd ðə hoʊl tim wɪθ ɪm. aɪ ʤɪst hæd tɪ tɛl ɪm tɪ pleɪ. aɪ hæd ˈnɛvər sin ə laɪk ðɪs. hi meɪd maɪ ʤɑb easier.”*.” ɪt wɑz ˈdʊrɪŋ ən geɪm ɪn mɑrʧ 1993 əˈgɛnst ðət wərld ʧeɪnʤd. wɪθ ðə fərst tim əˈbaʊt tɪ dɪˈpɑrt fər ˈbrɛsʧə, hɛd koʊʧ meɪd ðə leɪt dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ brɪŋ ə əˈlɔŋ fər ðə raɪd. frɛʃ frəm ˈskɔrɪŋ twaɪs, hi wɑz ˈsəbstəˌtutəd æt ˈhæfˌtaɪm ənd gɑt ɔn ðə koʊʧ. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ deɪ keɪm mihajlovic*, ənd ðə ˈdeɪbju. hi ˌriˈpleɪst ruˈʤɪroʊ, ən ˌɪˈtæljən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ənd ˈroʊmɑ ˈlɛʤənd ˈnɪkˌneɪmd ‘‘rizzi-gol’*’ baɪ ðə. ɔl ɪkˈspɛktɪd hɪz ˈdeɪbju ðət day,”*,” tɛlz fft*. ˈjəŋstərz treɪnd wɪθ ðə fərst tim, bət wɑz ˈdɪfərənt. ju si ˈmɛni kɪdz ˈnətˌmɛg ə pleɪər ɪn ˈtreɪnɪŋ. bət hi hæd ə juʤ ˌpərsəˈnælɪti tɪ goʊ wɪθ hɪz ˈtælənt. aɪ toʊld ɪm tɪ bi kɑm ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ [hɪz ˈdeɪbju]. ˈoʊnli ˈfʊtˌbɔl. ɪn ə ˈfəni weɪ, praʊd ðət aɪ wɑz ðə gaɪ hu lɛt pleɪ fər ðə fərst taɪm. ˈɛvəri jɪr ˈsəmˌwən kɔlz mi ʤɪst tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðət ˈbrɛsʧə ˈvərsəz ˈroʊmɑ game!”*!”
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for two years, canonical ltd., the commercial sponsor of ubuntu linux, has been deeply involved in the mobile linux project from its start.
last week, canonical took another step forward in its commitment to by announcing plans to develop a new ubuntu product that's built atop the latest beta code. is the latest incarnation of the project's mobile- and mobile internet operating system.
yet this won't be the first time ubuntu has built an operating system for this segment. last june, ubuntu unveiled ubuntu (unr), a version of desktop linux version, aimed straight ats. three weeks later, ubuntu announced its own mobile internet device (mid) edition, which was slated for use on handheld mobile internet devices that use intel corp.'s atom processors.
so why all the different ubuntu options and what do they mean for users and that are buildings and mids?
the idea, said gerry carr, marketing manager, is that it will allow ubuntu to ensure compatibility between its existing version with the fledgling beta code by placing the version atop the beta framework, while maintaining separate products. device manufacturers will be able to decide what operating systems to use on their devices, giving them choice in applications.
this latest beta is an and standardized product that includes a common core of application and user interface services and apis, according to organizers.
'moblin is much more advanced' than the earlier version, carr said, which is a prime reason for latest adaptation of the product. 'we're being consistent to our commitment to intel around. we want to make sure that when engage with us ' that they have the choice of [ubuntu-enabled], rather than go somewhere else.'
and that marketplace is beginning to get crowded lately.
last month, novell inc. announced that it, too, will create a-based product fors, adding to the list of options for. google inc. also offers its android operating system, while microsoft corp. will have its own version based on the upcoming windows 7 operating system.
'competition will allow to have differentiation in the market with different features, but similar look and feel, and they will share many features,' carr said. 'that's what i expect to happen.'
no devices have yet been released for sale featuring because it's still in beta, he said. it will be ready later this year and there shouldn't be a long between going to a general release and it showing up on new devices, according to carr. 'by the end of the year, i expect to see-enabled products in the marketplace,' he said.
'for people inside the industry, we've been talking about this for a long time,' he said. 'now others see it's really happening. i think up until this week, it's been a little low visibility ' we've been working more on the plumbing. now it's a beautiful fountain that the world can see,' he said of.
'we've been hearing about the dominance of microsoft,' he said. 'this will bring a lot more energy to the linux side. i think that's exciting for handset manufacturers. i don't think anyone relishes the monopoly of microsoft. an open platform is good for everybody.'
by integrating its ubuntu version with the beta, canonical will be committing engineering staff time and money to the project, carr said.
so will there will a market for all of these competitors in the space?
'it depends on how you look at it,' he said. 'it's unclear where google will want to go with android, whether they want it ons or handsets. there's a difference between the and handset markets. so yes, i think there's room.'
analyst michael e. dortch of in santa rosa, ca, called the pending 'a great thing for linux and a great thing for users, even those who never notice or pay attention.'
'for linux, it's another demonstration of the power and flexibility of that operating environment and the people and companies supporting and developing it,' he said. 'and it's another step for ubuntu, giving the company more opportunities as well as more responsibilities to deliver "business-class" and "enterprise-class" solutions and support.'
meanwhile, for users this collaboration and 'any other credible alternatives to windows will broaden choice, help to keep costs and prices down, and push developers supporting, ubuntu and windows just that much harder to deliver features that provide meaningful user benefits, dortch said. users want these kinds of devices to be more comparable to mobile telephones than to full-blown computers in terms of reliability and ease of use, he said, so developers need tools and platforms that are simultaneously robust, stable, flexible, and aggressively inexpensive to deliver what users want. may deliver some of these characteristics, but serious vendor support and commitment is required to complete the picture. ultimately, ubuntu may become for the conceptual analog to what sun's is to the same offering, made more immediately usable to developers and users and supported by services and vendors at least comparable to their traditional commercial cousins.'
bill weinberg, principal analyst with linux pundit in aptos, ca, said those continuing dynamics are what make this landscape uncertain.
one lesson to be learned, weinberg said, comes from the failed venture that began in 2002, when four linux companies joined forces to create a standardized, certified and robust version of the open-source operating system. instead of combining forces, the partners were soon torn apart by a series of major legal and marketing problems.
the worry he has with, weinberg said, is that while end users don't necessarily care about what operating systems runs these kinds of devices, if they see a windows option ' even for a higher likely choose it because it's what they are used to at home and work.
'so as much as i like, personally and technically, what are doing, it won't make a dent in the dominance of [microsoft] on that class of mobile devices,' weinberg said. has the additional challenge of building its user interface on clutter, which is visually attractive and compelling, but also more demanding, video hardware-wise.'
instead of trying to compete with microsoft in the growing but market, weinberg said and its backers should concentrate on the more lucrative market, where windows isn't as huge a competitor.
'the problem is, if comes out as this de facto standard like did, then you'll have the same problem you had with' coming apart at the seams, weinberg said. initially,s running linux were first on the scene, so they were bought up, he said. but once microsoft starting getting into it with windows, consumers shifted their allegiances, even though the devices cost a little more.
'the vision fors was they were going to be light devices that could access the cloud,' he said. 'but one of the first things people are doing with windowss is to make sure microsoft office is on them, not accessing the cloud.'
consumers are trained to buy higher specifications than what they currently need in their new hardware, and this pattern continues withs, he said. 'so the whole system is stacked against' the idea of. 'that means that in order to gain traction in mobile computing, the idea is that the place to go is froms to the phone ecosystem where you're partnering with phone makers.'
for linux and, the future is in markets where microsoft is not strong and hasn't succeeded, he said.
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fər tu jɪrz, kəˈnɑnəkəl ˈɛlˈtiˈdi., ðə kəˈmərʃəl ˈspɑnsər əv ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈlɪnəks, həz bɪn ˈdipli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈmoʊbəl ˈlɪnəks ˈprɑʤɛkt frəm ɪts stɑrt. læst wik, kəˈnɑnəkəl tʊk əˈnəðər stɛp ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ɪts kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ baɪ əˈnaʊnsɪŋ plænz tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ə nu ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈprɑdəkt ðæts bɪlt əˈtɑp ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈbeɪtə koʊd. ɪz ðə ˈleɪtəst ˌɪnˈkɑrˈneɪʃən əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkts ˈmoʊbəl- ənd ˈmoʊbəl ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm. jɛt ðɪs woʊnt bi ðə fərst taɪm ˌuˈbuˌtu həz bɪlt ən ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm fər ðɪs ˌsɛgˈmɛnt. læst ʤun, ˌuˈbuˌtu ənˈveɪld ˌuˈbuˌtu (unr*), ə ˈvərʒən əv ˈdɛskˌtɑp ˈlɪnəks ˈvərʒən, eɪmd streɪt æt. θri wiks ˈleɪtər, ˌuˈbuˌtu əˈnaʊnst ɪts oʊn ˈmoʊbəl ˈɪntərˌnɛt dɪˈvaɪs (mɪd) ɪˈdɪʃən wɪʧ wɑz sˈleɪtɪd fər juz ɔn ˈhænˈdhɛld ˈmoʊbəl ˈɪntərˌnɛt dɪˈvaɪsɪz ðət juz ˌɪnˈtɛl ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz ˈætəm ˈprɑˌsɛsərz. soʊ waɪ ɔl ðə ˈdɪfərənt ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈɔpʃənz ənd wət du ðeɪ min fər ˈjuzərz ənd ðət ər ˈbɪldɪŋ ənd mids*? ðə aɪˈdiə, sɛd ˈʤɛri kɑr, ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈmænɪʤər, ɪz ðət ɪt wɪl əˈlaʊ ˌuˈbuˌtu tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr kəmˌpætəˈbɪləˌti bɪtˈwin ɪts ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈvərʒən wɪθ ðə ˈflɛʤlɪŋ ˈbeɪtə koʊd baɪ ˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə ˈvərʒən əˈtɑp ðə ˈbeɪtə ˈfreɪmˌwərk, waɪl meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈprɑdəkts. dɪˈvaɪs ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wət ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz tɪ juz ɔn ðɛr dɪˈvaɪsɪz, ˈgɪvɪŋ ðɛm ʧɔɪs ɪn ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz. ðɪs ˈleɪtəst ˈbeɪtə ɪz ən ənd ˈstændərˌdaɪzd ˈprɑdəkt ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ə ˈkɑmən kɔr əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ənd ˈjuzər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ˈsərvɪsɪz ənd apis*, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz. ɪz məʧ mɔr ədˈvænst' ðən ðə ˈərliər ˈvərʒən, kɑr sɛd, wɪʧ ɪz ə praɪm ˈrizən fər ˈleɪtəst ˌædəpˈteɪʃən əv ðə ˈprɑdəkt. 'wɪr biɪŋ kənˈsɪstənt tɪ ɑr kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ˌɪnˈtɛl əraʊnd. wi wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðət wɪn ɪnˈgeɪʤ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ðət ðeɪ hæv ðə ʧɔɪs əv [ubuntu-enabled*], ˈrəðər ðən goʊ ˈsəmˌwɛr ɛls.' ənd ðət ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪz bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ gɪt ˈkraʊdɪd ˈleɪtli. læst mənθ, noʊˈvɛl ɪŋk. əˈnaʊnst ðət ɪt, tu, wɪl kriˈeɪt ə ˈprɑdəkt fər, ˈædɪŋ tɪ ðə lɪst əv ˈɔpʃənz fər. ˈgugəl ɪŋk. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔfərz ɪts ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm, waɪl ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən. wɪl hæv ɪts oʊn ˈvərʒən beɪst ɔn ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈwɪndoʊz 7 ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm. 'ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən wɪl əˈlaʊ tɪ hæv ˌdɪfərˌɛnʧiˈeɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈfiʧərz, bət ˈsɪmələr lʊk ənd fil, ənd ðeɪ wɪl ʃɛr ˈmɛni ˈfiʧərz,' kɑr sɛd. 'ðæts wət aɪ ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ ˈhæpən.' noʊ dɪˈvaɪsɪz hæv jɛt bɪn riˈlist fər seɪl ˈfiʧərɪŋ bɪˈkəz ɪts stɪl ɪn ˈbeɪtə, hi sɛd. ɪt wɪl bi ˈrɛdi ˈleɪtər ðɪs jɪr ənd ðɛr ˈʃʊdənt bi ə lɔŋ bɪtˈwin goʊɪŋ tɪ ə ˈʤɛnərəl riˈlis ənd ɪt ʃoʊɪŋ əp ɔn nu dɪˈvaɪsɪz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kɑr. 'baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə jɪr, aɪ ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ si ˈprɑdəkts ɪn ðə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs,' hi sɛd. 'fər ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈɪndəstri, wiv bɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɪs fər ə lɔŋ taɪm,' hi sɛd. 'naʊ ˈəðərz si ɪts ˈrɪli ˈhæpənɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk əp ənˈtɪl ðɪs wik, ɪts bɪn ə ˈlɪtəl loʊ ˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪti wiv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ mɔr ɔn ðə ˈpləmɪŋ. naʊ ɪts ə ˈbjutəfəl ˈfaʊntən ðət ðə wərld kən si,' hi sɛd əv. 'wiv bɪn ˈhirɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈdɑmənəns əv ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft,' hi sɛd. 'ðɪs wɪl brɪŋ ə lɔt mɔr ˈɛnərʤi tɪ ðə ˈlɪnəks saɪd. aɪ θɪŋk ðæts ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ fər ˈhændˌsɛt ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz. aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk ˈɛniˌwən ˈrɛlɪʃɪz ðə məˈnɑpəli əv ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft. ən ˈoʊpən ˈplætˌfɔrm ɪz gʊd fər ˈɛvriˌbɑdi.' baɪ ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪŋ ɪts ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈvərʒən wɪθ ðə ˈbeɪtə, kəˈnɑnəkəl wɪl bi kəˈmɪtɪŋ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ stæf taɪm ənd ˈməni tɪ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, kɑr sɛd. soʊ wɪl ðɛr wɪl ə ˈmɑrkɪt fər ɔl əv ðiz kəmˈpɛtɪtərz ɪn ðə speɪs? 'ɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn haʊ ju lʊk æt ɪt,' hi sɛd. 'ɪts ənˈklɪr wɛr ˈgugəl wɪl wɔnt tɪ goʊ wɪθ ˈænˌdrɔɪd, ˈwɛðər ðeɪ wɔnt ɪt ɔn ər ˈhændˌsɛts. ðɛrz ə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə ənd ˈhændˌsɛt ˈmɑrkɪts. soʊ jɛs, aɪ θɪŋk ðɛrz rum.' ˈænəlɪst ˈmaɪkəl i. dɔrʧ əv ɪn ˈsænə ˈroʊzə, ˈsiˈeɪ, kɔld ðə ˈpɛndɪŋ 'ə greɪt θɪŋ fər ˈlɪnəks ənd ə greɪt θɪŋ fər ˈjuzərz, ˈivɪn ðoʊz hu ˈnɛvər ˈnoʊtɪs ər peɪ əˈtɛnʃən.' 'fər ˈlɪnəks, ɪts əˈnəðər ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən əv ðə paʊər ənd ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti əv ðət ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd ðə ˈpipəl ənd ˈkəmpəˌniz səˈpɔrtɪŋ ənd dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ɪt,' hi sɛd. 'ənd ɪts əˈnəðər stɛp fər ˌuˈbuˌtu, ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni mɔr ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ɛz wɛl ɛz mɔr riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz tɪ dɪˈlɪvər "business-class*" ənd "enterprise-class*" səˈluʃənz ənd səˈpɔrt.' ˈminˌwaɪl, fər ˈjuzərz ðɪs kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən ənd 'ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈkrɛdəbəl ɔlˈtərnətɪvz tɪ ˈwɪndoʊz wɪl ˈbrɔdən ʧɔɪs, hɛlp tɪ kip kɔsts ənd ˈpraɪsɪz daʊn, ənd pʊʃ dɪˈvɛləpərz səˈpɔrtɪŋ, ˌuˈbuˌtu ənd ˈwɪndoʊz ʤɪst ðət məʧ ˈhɑrdər tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ˈfiʧərz ðət prəˈvaɪd ˈminɪŋfəl ˈjuzər ˈbɛnəfɪts, dɔrʧ sɛd. ˈjuzərz wɔnt ðiz kaɪnz əv dɪˈvaɪsɪz tɪ bi mɔr ˈkɑmprəbəl tɪ ˈmoʊbəl ˈtɛləˌfoʊnz ðən tɪ ˌfʊlˈbloʊn kəmˈpjutərz ɪn tərmz əv riˌlaɪəˈbɪləti ənd iz əv juz, hi sɛd, soʊ dɪˈvɛləpərz nid tulz ənd ˈplætˌfɔrmz ðət ər ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli roʊˈbəst, ˈsteɪbəl, ˈflɛksəbəl, ənd əˈgrɛsɪvli ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ dɪˈlɪvər wət ˈjuzərz wɔnt. meɪ dɪˈlɪvər səm əv ðiz ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪks, bət ˈsɪriəs ˈvɛndər səˈpɔrt ənd kəˈmɪtmənt ɪz rikˈwaɪərd tɪ kəmˈplit ðə ˈpɪkʧər. ˈəltəmətli, ˌuˈbuˌtu meɪ bɪˈkəm fər ðə kənˈsɛpʧuəl ˈænəˌlɔg tɪ wət sənz ɪz tɪ ðə seɪm ˈɔfərɪŋ, meɪd mɔr ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈjuzəbəl tɪ dɪˈvɛləpərz ənd ˈjuzərz ənd səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ˈsərvɪsɪz ənd ˈvɛndərz æt list ˈkɑmprəbəl tɪ ðɛr trəˈdɪʃənəl kəˈmərʃəl ˈkəzənz.' bɪl ˈwaɪnbərg, ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈænəlɪst wɪθ ˈlɪnəks ˈpəndət ɪn aptos*, ˈsiˈeɪ, sɛd ðoʊz kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ daɪˈnæmɪks ər wət meɪk ðɪs ˈlænˌskeɪp ənˈsərtən. wən ˈlɛsən tɪ bi ˈlərnɪd, ˈwaɪnbərg sɛd, kəmz frəm ðə feɪld ˈvɛnʧər ðət bɪˈgæn ɪn 2002 wɪn fɔr ˈlɪnəks ˈkəmpəˌniz ʤɔɪnd ˈfɔrsɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈstændərˌdaɪzd, ˈsərtəˌfaɪd ənd roʊˈbəst ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈoʊpənˌsɔrs ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ˈfɔrsɪz, ðə ˈpɑrtnərz wər sun tɔrn əˈpɑrt baɪ ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈmeɪʤər ˈligəl ənd ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈprɑbləmz. ðə ˈwəri hi həz wɪθ, ˈwaɪnbərg sɛd, ɪz ðət waɪl ɛnd ˈjuzərz doʊnt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli kɛr əˈbaʊt wət ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz rənz ðiz kaɪnz əv dɪˈvaɪsɪz, ɪf ðeɪ si ə ˈwɪndoʊz ˈɔpʃən ˈivɪn fər ə haɪər ˈlaɪkli ʧuz ɪt bɪˈkəz ɪts wət ðeɪ ər juzd tɪ æt hoʊm ənd wərk. 'soʊ ɛz məʧ ɛz aɪ laɪk, ˈpərsənəli ənd ˈtɛknɪkəli, wət ər duɪŋ, ɪt woʊnt meɪk ə dɛnt ɪn ðə ˈdɑmənəns əv [ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft] ɔn ðət klæs əv ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz,' ˈwaɪnbərg sɛd. həz ðə əˈdɪʃənəl ˈʧælənʤ əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪts ˈjuzər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ɔn ˈklətər, wɪʧ ɪz ˈvɪʒwəli əˈtræktɪv ənd kəmˈpɛlɪŋ, bət ˈɔlsoʊ mɔr dɪˈmændɪŋ, ˈvɪdioʊ hardware-wise*.' ˌɪnˈstɛd əv traɪɪŋ tɪ kəmˈpit wɪθ ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ɪn ðə groʊɪŋ bət ˈmɑrkɪt, ˈwaɪnbərg sɛd ənd ɪts ˈbækərz ʃʊd ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt ɔn ðə mɔr ˈlukrətɪv ˈmɑrkɪt, wɛr ˈwɪndoʊz ˈɪzənt ɛz juʤ ə kəmˈpɛtɪtər. 'ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz, ɪf kəmz aʊt ɛz ðɪs də ˈfæktoʊ ˈstændərd laɪk dɪd, ðɛn jul hæv ðə seɪm ˈprɑbləm ju hæd wɪθ' ˈkəmɪŋ əˈpɑrt æt ðə simz, ˈwaɪnbərg sɛd. ˌɪˈnɪʃəli, ˈrənɪŋ ˈlɪnəks wər fərst ɔn ðə sin, soʊ ðeɪ wər bɔt əp, hi sɛd. bət wəns ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈstɑrtɪŋ ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈɪntu ɪt wɪθ ˈwɪndoʊz, kənˈsumərz ˈʃɪftɪd ðɛr əˈliʤənsɪz, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðə dɪˈvaɪsɪz kɔst ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr. 'ðə ˈvɪʒən fər wɑz ðeɪ wər goʊɪŋ tɪ bi laɪt dɪˈvaɪsɪz ðət kʊd ˈækˌsɛs ðə klaʊd,' hi sɛd. 'bət wən əv ðə fərst θɪŋz ˈpipəl ər duɪŋ wɪθ ˈwɪndoʊz ɪz tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈɔfəs ɪz ɔn ðɛm, nɑt ˈækˌsɛsɪŋ ðə klaʊd.' kənˈsumərz ər treɪnd tɪ baɪ haɪər ˌspɛsəfəˈkeɪʃənz ðən wət ðeɪ ˈkərəntli nid ɪn ðɛr nu ˈhɑrdˌwɛr, ənd ðɪs ˈpætərn kənˈtɪnjuz wɪθ, hi sɛd. 'soʊ ðə hoʊl ˈsɪstəm ɪz stækt əˈgɛnst' ðə aɪˈdiə əv. 'ðət minz ðət ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ geɪn ˈtrækʃən ɪn ˈmoʊbəl kəmˈpjutɪŋ, ðə aɪˈdiə ɪz ðət ðə pleɪs tɪ goʊ ɪz frəm tɪ ðə foʊn ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm wɛr jʊr ˈpɑrtnərɪŋ wɪθ foʊn ˈmeɪkərz.' fər ˈlɪnəks ənd, ðə fˈjuʧər ɪz ɪn ˈmɑrkɪts wɛr ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ɪz nɑt strɔŋ ənd ˈhæzənt səkˈsidɪd, hi sɛd.
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t-mobile us (nyse:tmus) has been hunting for yet more 700 spectrum to augment its coverage and capacity, with the carrier quietly making several deals for airwaves with small license holders over the past several weeks.
click here for a larger version of this image from allnet labs, which shows recent and pending 700 spectrum purchases across the country.
according to filings made with the fcc, over the past several weeks t-mobile has struck deals with communications cooperative, dakota central telecommunications cooperative, big wave ventures and vulcan wireless.
over the summer and through the early fall, t-mobile disclosed deals with smaller spectrum license holders that cover a little under 18 million pops. t-mobile is using the spectrum as one of three bands it is deploying for, along with 1700 spectrum and 1900 pcs airwaves. through the end of september, t-mobile had revealed deals that covered around million pops.
in all of the filings, t-mobile argues that the deals are in the public interest because they will enable it to expand capacity and mobile broadband services. t-mobile also argues there will be no loss of an existing service providers in any of the market areas because the entities it is buying the spectrum from are not providing service to customers.
in the case of the deal, t-mobile is not actually buying 700 spectrum but rather an assortment of licenses, all covering either bismark or kidder, n.d. t-mobile is looking to buy from two 700 licenses, one 700 licenses, two licenses and one pcs license. mobility (nyse: t) has been using a mixture of b- and licenses for its main deployment. in a related move, the dakota central deal involves a single license covering kidder, n.d.
the deal with big wave, which is backed by, covers two licenses, one in wheeling, w.va., and one in lubbock, texas. holds 700 and 800 licenses in texas, virginia and west virginia.
the transaction with vulcan likely covers larger population centers and includes a license covering the area in washington and the area in oregon. vulcan is a 700 licensee owned by microsoft (nasdaq: msft) paul allen.
as of the end of the third quarter, t-mobile owned or had agreements to own 700 spectrum covering 176 million pops, or around 55 percent of the u.s. population. the spectrum covers more than 70 percent of the company's existing customer base.
t-mobile's first 700 sites are already on air, and several band class handsets are available in the market, including the samsung galaxy note 4. t-mobile said it will continue to aggressively deploy 700 sites and that more band handsets will become available in the rest of 2014 and first half of 2015. more than half of the markets covered by the company's spectrum are free and clear and ready to be deployed, though the remaining markets are encumbered by channel 51 broadcasts, generally limiting ability to use the spectrum until after the incumbent broadcasters are relocated. however, the company has already entered into agreements to relocate broadcasters to new frequencies in six markets covering more than 17 million pops, making those markets available for launch in 2015.
for more:
- see this filing
- see this central filing
- see this wave filing
- see this filing
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t-mobile scores more 700 spectrum from unit
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ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ˈjuˈɛs (nyse:tmus*) həz bɪn ˈhəntɪŋ fər jɛt mɔr 700 ˈspɛktrəm tɪ ɔgˈmɛnt ɪts ˈkəvərɪʤ ənd kəˈpæsɪti, wɪθ ðə ˈkɛriər kˈwaɪətli ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈsɛvərəl dilz fər ˈɛrˌweɪvz wɪθ smɔl ˈlaɪsəns ˈhoʊldərz ˈoʊvər ðə pæst ˈsɛvərəl wiks. klɪk hir fər ə ˈlɑrʤər ˈvərʒən əv ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ frəm ˈɔlˌnɛt læbz, wɪʧ ʃoʊz ˈrisənt ənd ˈpɛndɪŋ 700 ˈspɛktrəm ˈpərʧəsɪz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈfaɪlɪŋz meɪd wɪθ ðə fcc*, ˈoʊvər ðə pæst ˈsɛvərəl wiks ˈtiˌmoʊbəl həz strək dilz wɪθ kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv, dəˈkoʊtə ˈsɛntrəl ˌtɛləkəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv, bɪg weɪv ˈvɛnʧərz ənd ˈvəlkən ˈwaɪrlɪs. ˈoʊvər ðə ˈsəmər ənd θru ðə ˈərli fɔl, ˈtiˌmoʊbəl dɪˈskloʊzd dilz wɪθ sˈmɔlər ˈspɛktrəm ˈlaɪsəns ˈhoʊldərz ðət ˈkəvər ə ˈlɪtəl ˈəndər 18 ˈmɪljən pɑps. ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈspɛktrəm ɛz wən əv θri bændz ɪt ɪz dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ fər, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ 1700 ˈspɛktrəm ənd 1900 ˈpiˈsiz ˈɛrˌweɪvz. θru ðə ɛnd əv sɛpˈtɛmbər, ˈtiˌmoʊbəl hæd rɪˈvild dilz ðət ˈkəvərd əraʊnd ˈmɪljən pɑps. ɪn ɔl əv ðə ˈfaɪlɪŋz, ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ˈɑrgjuz ðət ðə dilz ər ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wɪl ɪˈneɪbəl ɪt tɪ ɪkˈspænd kəˈpæsɪti ənd ˈmoʊbəl ˈbrɔdˌbænd ˈsərvɪsɪz. ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɑrgjuz ðɛr wɪl bi noʊ lɔs əv ən ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈsərvɪs prəˈvaɪdərz ɪn ˈɛni əv ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ˈɛriəz bɪˈkəz ðə ˈɛntɪtiz ɪt ɪz baɪɪŋ ðə ˈspɛktrəm frəm ər nɑt prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈsərvɪs tɪ ˈkəstəmərz. ɪn ðə keɪs əv ðə dil, ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ɪz nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli baɪɪŋ 700 ˈspɛktrəm bət ˈrəðər ən əˈsɔrtmənt əv ˈlaɪsənsɪz, ɔl ˈkəvərɪŋ ˈiðər ˈbɪzˌmɑrk ər ˈkɪdər, n.d*. ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ baɪ frəm tu 700 ˈlaɪsənsɪz, wən 700 ˈlaɪsənsɪz, tu ˈlaɪsənsɪz ənd wən ˈpiˈsiz ˈlaɪsəns. moʊˈbɪlɪti (nyse*: ti) həz bɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈmɪksʧər əv bi- ənd ˈlaɪsənsɪz fər ɪts meɪn dɪˈplɔɪmənt. ɪn ə rɪˈleɪtɪd muv, ðə dəˈkoʊtə ˈsɛntrəl dil ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈlaɪsəns ˈkəvərɪŋ ˈkɪdər, n.d*. ðə dil wɪθ bɪg weɪv, wɪʧ ɪz bækt baɪ, ˈkəvərz tu ˈlaɪsənsɪz, wən ɪn ˈwilɪŋ, w.va*., ənd wən ɪn ˈləbək, ˈtɛksəs. hoʊldz 700 ənd 800 ˈlaɪsənsɪz ɪn ˈtɛksəs, vərˈʤɪnjə ənd wɛst vərˈʤɪnjə. ðə trænˈzækʃən wɪθ ˈvəlkən ˈlaɪkli ˈkəvərz ˈlɑrʤər ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈsɛnərz ənd ˌɪnˈkludz ə ˈlaɪsəns ˈkəvərɪŋ ðə ˈɛriə ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd ðə ˈɛriə ɪn ˈɔrəˌgɑn. ˈvəlkən ɪz ə 700 ˌlaɪsənˈsi oʊnd baɪ ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft (ˈnæzdæk: msft*) pɔl ˈælən. ɛz əv ðə ɛnd əv ðə θərd kˈwɔrtər, ˈtiˌmoʊbəl oʊnd ər hæd əˈgrimənts tɪ oʊn 700 ˈspɛktrəm ˈkəvərɪŋ 176 ˈmɪljən pɑps, ər əraʊnd 55 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə juz. ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. ðə ˈspɛktrəm ˈkəvərz mɔr ðən 70 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈkəmpəniz ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈkəstəmər beɪs. fərst 700 saɪts ər ɔˈrɛdi ɔn ɛr, ənd ˈsɛvərəl bænd klæs ˈhændˌsɛts ər əˈveɪləbəl ɪn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈsæmˌsəŋ ˈgæləksi noʊt 4 ˈtiˌmoʊbəl sɛd ɪt wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ əˈgrɛsɪvli dɪˈplɔɪ 700 saɪts ənd ðət mɔr bænd ˈhændˌsɛts wɪl bɪˈkəm əˈveɪləbəl ɪn ðə rɛst əv 2014 ənd fərst hæf əv 2015 mɔr ðən hæf əv ðə ˈmɑrkɪts ˈkəvərd baɪ ðə ˈkəmpəniz ˈspɛktrəm ər fri ənd klɪr ənd ˈrɛdi tɪ bi dɪˈplɔɪd, ðoʊ ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈmɑrkɪts ər ɛnˈkəmbərd baɪ ˈʧænəl 51 ˈbrɔdˌkæsts, ˈʤɛnərəli ˈlɪmətɪŋ əˈbɪləˌti tɪ juz ðə ˈspɛktrəm ənˈtɪl ˈæftər ðə ˌɪnˈkəmbənt ˈbrɔdˌkæstərz ər ˌriˈloʊkeɪtɪd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈkəmpəˌni həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈɛnərd ˈɪntu əˈgrimənts tɪ ˌriˈloʊkeɪt ˈbrɔdˌkæstərz tɪ nu ˈfrikwənsiz ɪn sɪks ˈmɑrkɪts ˈkəvərɪŋ mɔr ðən 17 ˈmɪljən pɑps, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðoʊz ˈmɑrkɪts əˈveɪləbəl fər lɔnʧ ɪn 2015 fər mɔr: si ðɪs ˈfaɪlɪŋ si ðɪs ˈsɛntrəl ˈfaɪlɪŋ si ðɪs weɪv ˈfaɪlɪŋ si ðɪs ˈfaɪlɪŋ rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈɑrtɪkəlz: ˈtiˌmoʊbəl lʊks tɪ skup əp mɔr 700 ˈspɛktrəm frəm traɪæd ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ gɪt mɔr 700 ˈlaɪsənsɪz ɪn ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ənd ˈtɛksəs ˈtiˌmoʊbəl lʊks tɪ skɔr 700 ˈspɛktrəm frəm frənˈtɪr, ˈkjʊriən ˈkɑrtər ˈprɑməsəz 'ɪn ɔl əv ɑr ˈmeɪʤər ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən ˈɛriəz' æt səm pɔɪnt ˈtiˌmoʊbəl skɔrz mɔr 700 ˈspɛktrəm frəm ˈjunɪt
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the top business manager for the east baton rouge parish school system fell for an unsophisticated con, wiring $46,500 to someone who claimed via email to be superintendent warren drake, even though the man himself was working in an office next door.
the school system on thursday disclosed the fraud known asphishing,” which occurred twice in may. the details are outlined in a special audit, received late thursday from the auditing firm & netterville, that examines what happened and suggests ways to prevent it from happening again. the audit cost about $10,000.
freddy smith, an auditor with & netterville, told the school board on thursday that the firm was unable to find evidence that any current school system employees either initiated or received money through the fraud; his staff also found no evidence of fraud from employees left the school system during the year preceding the incident. but smith acknowledged that its inquiry went only so far.
the school system was able to recoup much of its money. the bank where the money was wired returned $22,261. insurance covered another $14,238. that left $10,000 out of pocket, an amount too small tomaterially affect the school financial position,” smith said.
board member lee said the $10,000 loss will still have an impact.
“ten thousand dollars can buy books, paper, pencils, computers. it is a loss,” she said.or pay for our employees who are crying at our doorsteps and asking for a little more money.
the east baton rouge parish office was notified of the fraud the day it was discovered, and quickly enlisted the help of the new york police department; the criminal act appears to have occurred there and authorities think most likely where whoever did it lives. no one has as yet been charged in the fraud.
drake said he needs to the new audit before deciding whether any disciplinary action is warranted.
“it’s a serious event no doubt, and i need to take a look at the details of it before i make a decision,” he said.
catherine fletcher, chief business operations officer, approved both of the fraudulent wire transfers on may 5 and 6.
reached sunday, fletcher declined to comment.
“i’ll trust the superintendent to handle it appropriately,” fletcher said.
school system policy calls for two people to signnon-purchase order payments” like wire transfers and for documentation to be obtained prior to payment. chief financial officer james crochet, who normally such payments with fletcher, was out of town attending a conference, so fletcher signed both by herself. nor did she request any backup documentation, according to the audit.
when crochet returned to the office may 9, he flagged a third phishing attempt and alerted drake. that afternoon, fletcher called the office to report the wire fraud, revealing that been thevictim of a scam.”
the school system on friday released copies of the email exchanges between may 5 and may 9. they include a number of suspicious details.
the first email from the fake warren drake arrived the morning of may 5:are you in the office? be busy. email me. regards.” fletcher quickly replied,yes, i am in the office.” at no point in the emails does fletcher betray any doubt about happening, nor does she request additional information about the requests.
she also made no attempt to call or talk in person with drake, whose office is adjacent to hers at the school board office on south foster drive. the fake warren drake says at different points that busy or in a meeting, which appears to have dissuaded her from trying to talk to him directly.
thefrom” line of these emails sayswarren drake” but the actual email address was officialdetailsemail@sent.com, not an address used by the superintendent. the official email address is not immediately visible in many emails. the subject line for the first two wire transfer requests arecatherine fletcher” while the third isurgent, catherine fletcher.”
the fake warren drake requested the first wire transfer of $22,500 go to the account ofrosa a oboadey” in the bronx, and that the second of $24,000 go tojohnson chepkwony” of brooklyn. the third wire request, which was halted, was for $25,000 forsylvester namutedi,” also from brooklyn.
the fake warren drake is terse, but his punctuation is often incorrect or missing and his english is stilted.
the real drake told the advocate still surprised it was not caught earlier, noting that the fake warren drake sounded nothing like him.
“no one called me and no one walked over to my office and that is disturbing to me,” drake said.
after learning of the fraud, drake said he quickly authorized the audit.
“i just thought this was such a bizarre event that i had to get to the bottom of it,” he said.
in its report, & netterville explains it compared the employee bank accounts where paychecks are sent with the accounts where the $46,500 was transferred, reviewed electronic logs and activity history, but also interviewed several school employees.
the auditing firm also recommends several new procedures to help prevent future phishing.
smith noted the school system has had only a few wire transfers in recent years.
“wire transfers are very infrequent,” he told the board.that’s one of the reasons there tight controls over that process.”
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ðə tɔp ˈbɪznɪs ˈmænɪʤər fər ðə ist ˈbæˌtɑn ruʒ ˈpɛrɪʃ skul ˈsɪstəm fɛl fər ən ˌənsəˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd kɑn, ˈwaɪrɪŋ tɪ ˈsəmˌwən hu kleɪmd ˈviə iˈmeɪl tɪ bi ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt ˈwɔrən dreɪk, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðə mæn hɪmˈsɛlf wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ən ˈɔfəs nɛkst dɔr. ðə skul ˈsɪstəm ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ dɪˈskloʊzd ðə frɔd noʊn ɛz ““phishing,”*,” wɪʧ əˈkərd twaɪs ɪn meɪ. ðə ˈditeɪlz ər ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ɪn ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈɔdɪt, rɪˈsivd leɪt ˈθərzˌdeɪ frəm ðə ˈɑdətɪŋ fərm ˈnɛtərvɪl, ðət ɪgˈzæmənz wət ˈhæpənd ənd səˈʤɛsts weɪz tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ɪt frəm ˈhæpənɪŋ əˈgɛn. ðə ˈɔdɪt kɔst əˈbaʊt ˈfrɛdi smɪθ, ən ˈɔdɪtər wɪθ ˈnɛtərvɪl, toʊld ðə skul bɔrd ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ðət ðə fərm wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ faɪnd ˈɛvədəns ðət ˈɛni ˈkɑrənt skul ˈsɪstəm ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈiðər ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪd ər rɪˈsivd ˈməni θru ðə frɔd; hɪz stæf ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd noʊ ˈɛvədəns əv frɔd frəm ɪmˈplɔɪiz lɛft ðə skul ˈsɪstəm ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə jɪr priˈsidɪŋ ðə ˈɪnsədənt. bət smɪθ ækˈnɑlɪʤd ðət ɪts ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri wɛnt ˈoʊnli soʊ fɑr. ðə skul ˈsɪstəm wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɪˈkup məʧ əv ɪts ˈməni. ðə bæŋk wɛr ðə ˈməni wɑz waɪərd rɪˈtərnd ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈkəvərd əˈnəðər ðət lɛft aʊt əv ˈpɑkət, ən əˈmaʊnt tu smɔl tɪ əˈfɛkt ðə skul ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl position,”*,” smɪθ sɛd. bɔrd ˈmɛmbər li sɛd ðə lɔs wɪl stɪl hæv ən ˌɪmˈpækt. ˈθaʊzənd ˈdɔlərz kən baɪ bʊks, ˈpeɪpər, ˈpɛnsəlz, kəmˈpjutərz. ɪt ɪz ə loss,”*,” ʃi sɛd. peɪ fər ɑr ɪmˈplɔɪiz hu ər kraɪɪŋ æt ɑr ˈdɔrˌstɛps ənd ˈæskɪŋ fər ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ˈməni. ðə ist ˈbæˌtɑn ruʒ ˈpɛrɪʃ ˈɔfəs wɑz ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪd əv ðə frɔd ðə deɪ ɪt wɑz dɪˈskəvərd, ənd kˈwɪkli ˌɛnˈlɪstɪd ðə hɛlp əv ðə nu jɔrk pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt; ðə ˈkrɪmənəl ækt əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv əˈkərd ðɛr ənd əˈθɔrətiz θɪŋk moʊst ˈlaɪkli wɛr huˈɛvər dɪd ɪt lɪvz. noʊ wən həz ɛz jɛt bɪn ʧɑrʤd ɪn ðə frɔd. dreɪk sɛd hi nidz tɪ ðə nu ˈɔdɪt ˌbiˈfɔr ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈɛni ˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri ˈækʃən ɪz ˈwɔrəntɪd. ə ˈsɪriəs ɪˈvɛnt noʊ daʊt, ənd aɪ nid tɪ teɪk ə lʊk æt ðə ˈditeɪlz əv ɪt ˌbiˈfɔr aɪ meɪk ə decision,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈkæθərɪn ˈflɛʧər, ʧif ˈbɪznɪs ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˈɔfɪsər, əˈpruvd boʊθ əv ðə ˈfrɔʤələnt waɪər ˈtrænsfərz ɔn meɪ 5 ənd 6 riʧt ˈsənˌdi, ˈflɛʧər dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt. trəst ðə ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt tɪ ˈhændəl ɪt appropriately,”*,” ˈflɛʧər sɛd. skul ˈsɪstəm ˈpɑləsi kɔlz fər tu ˈpipəl tɪ saɪn ˈɔrdər payments”*” laɪk waɪər ˈtrænsfərz ənd fər ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən tɪ bi əbˈteɪnd praɪər tɪ ˈpeɪmənt. ʧif ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈɔfɪsər ʤeɪmz kroʊˈʃeɪ, hu ˈnɔrməli səʧ ˈpeɪmənts wɪθ ˈflɛʧər, wɑz aʊt əv taʊn əˈtɛndɪŋ ə ˈkɑnfərəns, soʊ ˈflɛʧər saɪnd boʊθ baɪ hərˈsɛlf. nɔr dɪd ʃi rɪkˈwɛst ˈɛni ˈbæˌkəp ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈɔdɪt. wɪn kroʊˈʃeɪ rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈɔfəs meɪ 9 hi flægd ə θərd ˈfɪʃɪŋ əˈtɛmpt ənd əˈlərtɪd dreɪk. ðət ˌæftərˈnun, ˈflɛʧər kɔld ðə ˈɔfəs tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ðə waɪər frɔd, rɪˈvilɪŋ ðət bɪn ðə əv ə scam.”*.” ðə skul ˈsɪstəm ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ riˈlist ˈkɑpiz əv ðə iˈmeɪl ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz bɪtˈwin meɪ 5 ənd meɪ 9 ðeɪ ˌɪnˈklud ə ˈnəmbər əv səˈspɪʃəs ˈditeɪlz. ðə fərst iˈmeɪl frəm ðə feɪk ˈwɔrən dreɪk əraɪvd ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ əv meɪ 5 ju ɪn ðə ˈɔfəs? bi ˈbɪzi. iˈmeɪl mi. regards.”*.” ˈflɛʧər kˈwɪkli rɪˈplaɪd, ““yes*, aɪ æm ɪn ðə office.”*.” æt noʊ pɔɪnt ɪn ðə iˈmeɪlz dɪz ˈflɛʧər bɪˈtreɪ ˈɛni daʊt əˈbaʊt ˈhæpənɪŋ, nɔr dɪz ʃi rɪkˈwɛst əˈdɪʃənəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə rɪkˈwɛsts. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd noʊ əˈtɛmpt tɪ kɔl ər tɔk ɪn ˈpərsən wɪθ dreɪk, huz ˈɔfəs ɪz əˈʤeɪsənt tɪ hərz æt ðə skul bɔrd ˈɔfəs ɔn saʊθ ˈfɑstər draɪv. ðə feɪk ˈwɔrən dreɪk sɪz æt ˈdɪfərənt pɔɪnts ðət ˈbɪzi ər ɪn ə ˈmitɪŋ, wɪʧ əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv dɪsˈweɪdɪd hər frəm traɪɪŋ tɪ tɔk tɪ ɪm dɪˈrɛkli. ðə ““from”*” laɪn əv ðiz iˈmeɪlz sɪz drake”*” bət ðə ˈækʧəwəl iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs wɑz officialdetailsemail@sent.com*, nɑt ən ˈæˌdrɛs juzd baɪ ðə ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt. ðə əˈfɪʃəl iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs ɪz nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈvɪzəbəl ɪn ˈmɛni iˈmeɪlz. ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt laɪn fər ðə fərst tu waɪər ˈtrænsfər rɪkˈwɛsts ər fletcher”*” waɪl ðə θərd ɪz ““urgent*, ˈkæθərɪn fletcher.”*.” ðə feɪk ˈwɔrən dreɪk rɪkˈwɛstɪd ðə fərst waɪər ˈtrænsfər əv goʊ tɪ ðə əˈkaʊnt əv ə oboadey”*” ɪn ðə brɑŋks, ənd ðət ðə ˈsɛkənd əv goʊ tɪ chepkwony”*” əv ˈbrʊklɪn. ðə θərd waɪər rɪkˈwɛst, wɪʧ wɑz ˈhɔltɪd, wɑz fər fər namutedi,”*,” ˈɔlsoʊ frəm ˈbrʊklɪn. ðə feɪk ˈwɔrən dreɪk ɪz tərs, bət hɪz ˌpəŋkʧuˈeɪʃən ɪz ˈɔfən ˌɪnkərˈɛkt ər ˈmɪsɪŋ ənd hɪz ˈɪŋlɪʃ ɪz ˈstɪltɪd. ðə ril dreɪk toʊld ðə ˈædvəˌkeɪt stɪl səˈpraɪzd ɪt wɑz nɑt kɔt ˈərliər, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ðə feɪk ˈwɔrən dreɪk ˈsaʊndɪd ˈnəθɪŋ laɪk ɪm. wən kɔld mi ənd noʊ wən wɔkt ˈoʊvər tɪ maɪ ˈɔfəs ənd ðət ɪz dɪˈstərbɪŋ tɪ me,”*,” dreɪk sɛd. ˈæftər ˈlərnɪŋ əv ðə frɔd, dreɪk sɛd hi kˈwɪkli ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ðə ˈɔdɪt. ʤɪst θɔt ðɪs wɑz səʧ ə bɪˈzɑr ɪˈvɛnt ðət aɪ hæd tɪ gɪt tɪ ðə ˈbɑtəm əv it,”*,” hi sɛd. ɪn ɪts rɪˈpɔrt, ˈnɛtərvɪl ɪkˈspleɪnz ɪt kəmˈpɛrd ðə ɪmˈplɔɪi bæŋk əˈkaʊnts wɛr ˈpeɪˌʧɛks ər sɛnt wɪθ ðə əˈkaʊnts wɛr ðə wɑz ˈtrænsfərd, rivˈjud ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk lɔgz ənd ækˈtɪvɪti ˈhɪstəri, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪntərvˌjud ˈsɛvərəl skul ɪmˈplɔɪiz. ðə ˈɑdətɪŋ fərm ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz ˈsɛvərəl nu prəˈsiʤərz tɪ hɛlp prɪˈvɛnt fˈjuʧər ˈfɪʃɪŋ. smɪθ ˈnoʊtɪd ðə skul ˈsɪstəm həz hæd ˈoʊnli ə fju waɪər ˈtrænsfərz ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz. ˈtrænsfərz ər ˈvɛri infrequent,”*,” hi toʊld ðə bɔrd. wən əv ðə ˈrizənz ðɛr taɪt kənˈtroʊlz ˈoʊvər ðət process.”*.”
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with the increase in population in recent years, the average consumption of energy has increased manifold. so, our responsibility to devise and practice energy efficient ways of living. mobile phones, beyond a doubt, have become an inseparable part of modern lifestyle and they require energy for allowing users to stay connected always. so we should look forward to unconventional ways of charging our gadgets (include cellphones too). here listed certain unconventional ways of charging phones without traditional chargers. read on to know more:
orange power wellies
these were designed for people who were going to festival. orange in collaboration with designed these with power generating sole. this sole uses the heat from your feet to converts it into electricity. they call this “welectricity” and can be used to charge mobile phone or any other portable gadget. twelve hours of stomping on these shoes would charge your mobile phone for an hour. this charger uses a to generate electricity with the help of heat.
nokia concept carbohydrate charger
designed by zheng, the nokia concept carbohydrate charger provides much cleaner energy as compared to batteries. this charger has a fuel cell which utilizes carbohydrates (abundantly present in cold drinks) to produce energy. this carbohydrate fuel cell is three times more powerful than a standard battery.
human dynamo
with resources running out, humans have to think of unconventional ways to generate electricity. human dynamo captures the movements from your knee and sends it to rotate a dynamo. this dynamo generates usable electricity. right now the prototype is a bit bulky, but the design can be improved to make a lighter and smaller version. this energy harvesting device can your phones, ipods and players.
powertrekk
powertrekk is an innovative charger made by a swedish company, myfc. this pocket sized charger consists of a tray and an eyeglass style cover. if you spend a lot of time away from electricity grid, this gadget can help you out. it would also be great if you are trekking out on a weekend with friends. the container has sodium which, when combines with water, produces hydrogen. so, after pouring one tablespoon of water, you get usable electricity for your cellphone.
twirling battery
twirling battery is another interesting design. it has a slot where you can put in your finger. after inserting a finger, you just have to spin it like car keys. this battery is designed by song & lee. approximately 130 spins would generate enough stand-by for 25 minutes. this battery had also won greener gadgets design competition in 2010.
nanogenerator in shoes
designed by some argentine designer, this unique charger sits on your shoes. this charger has which utilizes kinetic energy in a skater to transform it into electricity. apart from skateboarding, this device can utilize kinetic energy generated while running and walking. it has a port where you can hook up your cable to start charging.
charger bra
a japanese lingerie maker, triumph, has made this solar charging bra. this bra has a solar panel which is worn around the waist. this solar panel converts solar energy into electricity, which can be utilized by cellphone and portable devices. you can carry it while going on a beach or where there is a lot of sun. this might have some design issues but it still works.
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wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz, ðə ˈævərɪʤ kənˈsəmʃən əv ˈɛnərʤi həz ˌɪnˈkrist ˈmænɪˌfoʊld. soʊ, ɑr riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ dɪˈvaɪz ənd ˈpræktɪs ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənt weɪz əv ˈlɪvɪŋ. ˈmoʊbəl foʊnz, bɪɔnd ə daʊt, hæv bɪˈkəm ən ˌɪnˈsɛpərəbəl pɑrt əv ˈmɑdərn ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl ənd ðeɪ ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈɛnərʤi fər əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈjuzərz tɪ steɪ kəˈnɛktɪd ˈɔlˌweɪz. soʊ wi ʃʊd lʊk ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˌənkənˈvɛnʃənəl weɪz əv ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ ɑr ˈgæʤəts (ˌɪnˈklud ˈsɛlˌfoʊnz tu). hir ˈlɪstɪd ˈsərtən ˌənkənˈvɛnʃənəl weɪz əv ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ foʊnz wɪˈθaʊt trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈʧɑrʤərz. rɛd ɔn tɪ noʊ mɔr: ˈɔrɪnʤ paʊər ˈwɛliz ðiz wər dɪˈzaɪnd fər ˈpipəl hu wər goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈfɛstɪvəl. ˈɔrɪnʤ ɪn kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən wɪθ dɪˈzaɪnd ðiz wɪθ paʊər ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ soʊl. ðɪs soʊl ˈjuzɪz ðə hit frəm jʊr fit tɪ ˈkɑnvərts ɪt ˈɪntu ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. ðeɪ kɔl ðɪs ““welectricity”*” ənd kən bi juzd tɪ ʧɑrʤ ˈmoʊbəl foʊn ər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈpɔrtəbəl ˈgæʤət. twɛlv aʊərz əv ˈstɑmpɪŋ ɔn ðiz ʃuz wʊd ʧɑrʤ jʊr ˈmoʊbəl foʊn fər ən aʊər. ðɪs ˈʧɑrʤər ˈjuzɪz ə tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti wɪθ ðə hɛlp əv hit. ˈnoʊkiə ˈkɑnsɛpt ˌkɑrboʊˈhaɪˌdreɪt ˈʧɑrʤər dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ zɛŋ, ðə ˈnoʊkiə ˈkɑnsɛpt ˌkɑrboʊˈhaɪˌdreɪt ˈʧɑrʤər prəˈvaɪdz məʧ ˈklinər ˈɛnərʤi ɛz kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈbætəriz. ðɪs ˈʧɑrʤər həz ə fjuəl sɛl wɪʧ ˈjutəˌlaɪzɪz ˌkɑrboʊˈhaɪdreɪts (əˈbəndəntli ˈprɛzənt ɪn koʊld drɪŋks) tɪ ˈproʊdus ˈɛnərʤi. ðɪs ˌkɑrboʊˈhaɪˌdreɪt fjuəl sɛl ɪz θri taɪmz mɔr ˈpaʊərfəl ðən ə ˈstændərd ˈbætəri. ˈjumən ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊ wɪθ ˈrisɔrsɪz ˈrənɪŋ aʊt, ˈjumənz hæv tɪ θɪŋk əv ˌənkənˈvɛnʃənəl weɪz tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. ˈjumən ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊ ˈkæpʧərz ðə ˈmuvmənts frəm jʊr ni ənd sɛndz ɪt tɪ ˈroʊˌteɪt ə ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊ. ðɪs ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪts ˈjuzəbəl ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. raɪt naʊ ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ɪz ə bɪt ˈbəlki, bət ðə dɪˈzaɪn kən bi ˌɪmˈpruvd tɪ meɪk ə ˈlaɪtər ənd sˈmɔlər ˈvərʒən. ðɪs ˈɛnərʤi ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ dɪˈvaɪs kən jʊr foʊnz, ˈaɪˌpɔdz ənd pleɪərz. ɪz ən ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ˈʧɑrʤər meɪd baɪ ə sˈwidɪʃ ˈkəmpəˌni, myfc*. ðɪs ˈpɑkət saɪzd ˈʧɑrʤər kənˈsɪsts əv ə treɪ ənd ən ˈaɪˌglæs staɪl ˈkəvər. ɪf ju spɛnd ə lɔt əv taɪm əˈweɪ frəm ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti grɪd, ðɪs ˈgæʤət kən hɛlp ju aʊt. ɪt wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ bi greɪt ɪf ju ər ˈtrɛkɪŋ aʊt ɔn ə ˈwiˌkɪnd wɪθ frɛndz. ðə kənˈteɪnər həz ˈsoʊdiəm wɪʧ, wɪn kəmˈbaɪnz wɪθ ˈwɔtər, prəˈdusɪz ˈhaɪdrəʤən. soʊ, ˈæftər ˈpɔrɪŋ wən ˈteɪbəlˌspun əv ˈwɔtər, ju gɪt ˈjuzəbəl ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti fər jʊr ˈsɛlfoʊn. tˈwərlɪŋ ˈbætəri tˈwərlɪŋ ˈbætəri ɪz əˈnəðər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ dɪˈzaɪn. ɪt həz ə slɑt wɛr ju kən pʊt ɪn jʊr ˈfɪŋgər. ˈæftər ˌɪnˈsərtɪŋ ə ˈfɪŋgər, ju ʤɪst hæv tɪ spɪn ɪt laɪk kɑr kiz. ðɪs ˈbætəri ɪz dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ sɔŋ li. əˈprɑksəmətli 130 spɪnz wʊd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˈnəf ˈstændˌbaɪ fər 25 ˈmɪnəts. ðɪs ˈbætəri hæd ˈɔlsoʊ wən ˈgrinər ˈgæʤəts dɪˈzaɪn ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn 2010 ɪn ʃuz dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ səm ˈɑrʤənˌtin dɪˈzaɪnər, ðɪs juˈnik ˈʧɑrʤər sɪts ɔn jʊr ʃuz. ðɪs ˈʧɑrʤər həz wɪʧ ˈjutəˌlaɪzɪz kɪˈnɛtɪk ˈɛnərʤi ɪn ə ˈskeɪtər tɪ ˈtrænsfɔrm ɪt ˈɪntu ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. əˈpɑrt frəm ˈskeɪtˌbɔrdɪŋ, ðɪs dɪˈvaɪs kən ˈjutəˌlaɪz kɪˈnɛtɪk ˈɛnərʤi ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd waɪl ˈrənɪŋ ənd ˈwɔkɪŋ. ɪt həz ə pɔrt wɛr ju kən hʊk əp jʊr ˈkeɪbəl tɪ stɑrt ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ. ˈʧɑrʤər brɑ ə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈlɑnʒərˌeɪ ˈmeɪkər, traɪəmf, həz meɪd ðɪs ˈsoʊlər ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ brɑ. ðɪs brɑ həz ə ˈsoʊlər ˈpænəl wɪʧ ɪz wɔrn əraʊnd ðə weɪst. ðɪs ˈsoʊlər ˈpænəl ˈkɑnvərts ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi ˈɪntu ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti, wɪʧ kən bi ˈjutəˌlaɪzd baɪ ˈsɛlfoʊn ənd ˈpɔrtəbəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz. ju kən ˈkɛri ɪt waɪl goʊɪŋ ɔn ə biʧ ər wɛr ðɛr ɪz ə lɔt əv sən. ðɪs maɪt hæv səm dɪˈzaɪn ˈɪʃuz bət ɪt stɪl wərks.
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when the college football playoff was first announced, many believed that the use of a committee would help foster a host of high profile matchups in the sport. if you buy into that line of thinking, consider the 2016 college football season the fruit of that labor.
opening week is loaded with blockbuster games and the state of texas alone may play host to the biggest weekend of college football games ever and not really hyperbole either given some of the names involved. you want blue bloods playing other blue bloods? you got it. looking for playoff contenders facing off against other final teams? check and check. in short, the 2016 season is a bit of nirvana for the college football fan looking for some great games outside of the conference schedule.
with that in mind, here is a list of the top 25 games of the season across the country.
1. ohio state at oklahoma (sept. 17)
these two schools claim 15 national titles between them and feature two of the greatest coaches in the sport in urban meyer and bob stoops. from a historical perspective, this meeting of blue bloods is about as good as they come but made even juicier by the fact that each is a team in 2016 and favorites to make it into the college football playoff. forget about the significant heisman trophy implications in this one either with quarterbacks j.t. barrett and baker mayfield.
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2. florida state vs. ole miss (orlando, fla, sept. 5)
florida state has become a trendy national champion pick over the summer and the seminoles will be put to the test right away in this meeting of teams in orlando. squad has the talent advantage given all the young players they return but are breaking in a new quarterback. hugh freeze gets the benefit of having veteran chad kelly lead the rebels onto the field but has his hands full when it comes to a thin linebacker corps trying to contain heisman contender cook.
3. at texas (sept. 3)
call it a battle of sleeping giants under the warm texas sun in what might be week most intriguing matchup. was picked by the media to win the south this season and have been undergoing an offensive transformation to suit the talents of star quarterback josh rosen. the aggies are entering a new era with former bruins offensive coordinator noel mazzone and transfer trevor knight but they might have a trump card on defense in the potential no. 1 overall nfl draft pick next year, myles garrett.
4. oklahoma vs. houston (houston sept. 3)
can a five program ever crash the college football playoff? we asked a similar question with boise state for years but houston might have the best shot of any outsider in 2016 thanks to a strong slate. it be easy for head coach tom herman and star quarterback greg ward. however, with a team to open the year in oklahoma. get past the sooners however, and the hype train for the cougars will be stratospheric.
5. florida at florida state (nov. 26)
one of the few matchups on this list could have significant stakes for both teams. this could be the final major hurdle for a playoff spot for florida state and florida head coach jim mcelwain is hoping that things go much better in this rivalry game than they did last year. the fact that the seminoles had state champion rings made last year will no doubt be brought up in the lead up to this game.
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6. alabama vs. (arlington, texas sept. 3)
when it comes to a meeting of all-time historical powers in the sport 24 national titles between the two it will be hard to top the eighth meeting between alabama and. nick saban is obviously coming off another national championship and will be back in the familiar confines of stadium looking to show once again that the tide are contenders for another in 2016. has some talented players like juju and adoree’ jackson but face a tough road to another title and their early schedule does new head coach clay helton no favors.
7. virginia tech vs. tennessee (bristol, tenn. sept. 10)
butch jones has steadily tennessee to the point where expectations are sky high around knoxville and anything less than an sec east title in 2016 will be a disappointment. a reason for that but quarterback dobbs and end derek barnett expect an easy first game at all against the with new head coach justin fuente sporting a solid group of returnees and veteran defensive coordinator bud foster. the fact that this game is at bristol motor speedway and could be in front of as many as fans should make for a bonkers atmosphere and unique setup.
8. wisconsin vs. (green bay, wis. sept. 3)
few programs went through as much drama last season as did and events have drawn plenty of attention to the football place in the baton rouge community. all those headlines obscure the fact that the tigers are loaded with talent though and could be primed to dethrone alabama in the sec and make a run at the playoff. this will be the first tough test wisconsin has in a brutal schedule as the badgers face an uphill climb in 2016 but they should be able to draw on a bit of magic that will likely come from playing in the storied venue of lambeau field.
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9. stanford at notre dame (oct. 15)
this has been one of the most competitive rivalry games in the country over the past five years and has delivered some classics as a result. the two have annually faced off with huge implications at stake and the past four meetings have all come down to a one score. expect much of the same again this year when the two meet in south bend in what should be a big game for cardinal all-purpose dynamo christian heisman hopes.
10. louisville at houston (nov. 17)
if you like offenses and dynamic quarterbacks, this game is for you. lamar jackson was a big part of the cardinals’ strong close to 2015 when they won six of their final seven and has enough talent to develop into one of the’s best behind center. greg ward. is a big reason why the cougars are being talked about as a team that could crash the final four and, at the minimum, this game could have big implications for the team making a new six bowl.
11. clemson at auburn (sept. 3)
if this were on another weekend, it would probably get more attention but a host of other high-profile matchups have pushed this down the list a bit. still, hard to argue with watching a loaded clemson squad looking to get back to the national title game and a showcase for the arm (and legs) of terrific quarterback watson. plenty of intrigue on the other side too, even if auburn a team to begin the season as gus looks to bounce back from a very disappointing 2015. keep an eye out for defensive end carl lawson in particular as he faces off against top tackles mitch hyatt and jake fruhmorgen.
12. notre dame at texas (sept. 4)
two of the top three winningest programs of all time will hook up once again in austin for yet another incredible opening weekend contest. last year, notre dame thoroughly embarrassed texas and helped set the tone for another disappointing season under charlie strong. the longhorns’ head coach seems to be firmly on the hot seat and a big win in the opener would no doubt cool things off considerably, especially when you consider notre dame will start the year off in the top 10 and has two very good quarterbacks to flummox the horns with.
13. washington state at boise state (sept. 3)
this pacific northwest special has the potential to be the most entertaining game of the year. boise state sports the productive backfield of brett and jeremy mcnichols and will no doubt have a full bag of trick plays at the ready. mike cougars love to throw it around and why they with a quarterback like luke falk posting video game numbers every week. the broncos could run the table if they can capture a win in this big-time home game while has an early chance to show the nation that last outing was no fluke.
14. notre dame at (nov. 26)
the greatest rivalry in the country checks in a little lower on this list in 2016 than in past years but more about other matchups being so good as opposed to this one off. both squads are top and the special nature of this game always adds to the atmosphere in the air at the coliseum. given the stakes that usuallyompany this meeting, be surprised if a potential new six bowl bid is on the line either.
15. oregon at nebraska (sept. 17)
oregon is plenty familiar with mike riley dating back to the head days at civil war rival oregon state but the two will face off in a new locale for this matchup. the ducks are fairly overshadowed in the this season for once but they still have plenty of talent on offense and recently brought in former michigan head coach brady hoke to the defense. nebraska had about as unlucky a year as one could have in 2015 and are hoping to reverse fortunes in a big way with a statement in this game from tommy armstrong and company.
16. michigan state at notre dame (sep. 17)
there’s a little luster lost in this rivalry game with michigan state having to replace so many starters from last big ten title team but this still figures to be an incredible matchup in a series that has given everybody some memorable moments. notre dame harbors playoff hopes once again and has a ton of skill position talent that the spartans must contain while also figuring out their own quarterback situation moving forward.
17. arkansas at (sept. 10)
this game is going a bit under the radar given all of the other great ones going on in the state of texas during september but it. both of the former southwest conference teams will find themselves in the top 25 polls during the year and both are hoping they have an answer at quarterback that can handle this kind of test early on. arkansas’ run game against gary tough horned frogs defense should be reason enough to tune in.
18. byu atah (sept. 10)
the holy war betweenah and byu is among the most hotly contested rivalries in the country and the regular season version of the game returns for the first time in three years. the two are very familiar with each other having just played in a las vegas bowl that was as wild as one can imagine given the locale. new cougars head coach will have his hands full in the first big test of his career as byu looks to put an end to winning streak.
19. miami at notre dame (oct. 29)
those of a certain age remember fondly when these two powerhouses waged for a few seasons what was described as a battle between “catholics and convicts.” while no national titles will be on the line when the pair hooks up again, the trip to south bend will nevertheless be fascinating to watch for hurricanes fans pining to take a step forward with a big win under new head coach mark richt. quarterback brad will be a handful for a young irish defense to contain, while an aggressive hurricanes squad will look to slow down a high-powered fighting irish offense led by and hunter on its home turf. be surprised if a shootout develops under the watchful eyes of touchdown jesus.
20. georgia vs. north carolina (atlanta sept. 3)
normally, the kickoff game is the contest of week 1. this matchup at the georgia dome quite rise to that level but it still should be as entertaining and interesting as it has been in years past. many local fans are no doubt going to turn out to see the start of the kirby smart era at georgia but the new head coach have an easy opener with questions all over his two-deep. on the opposite sideline, the tar heels’ larry fedora is hoping to continue the momentum from last campaign and would love for nothing more than to spoil debut.
21. penn state at pitt (sept. 10)
penn state is finally at a full 85 scholarships in 2016 and has high expectations going into james third season in happy valley. the team will be breaking in a new quarterback after christian departure to the nfl but luckily be able to lean on the terrific barkley in the backfield. a pitt team returns 16 starters, however, and gets back former player of the year james conner after he battled cancer over the past year.
22. kansas state at stanford (sept. 2)
two of the most respected head coaches in the game will square off in palo alto, calif., to open the year in a matchup that should give us a glimpse at what we can expect from both teams in 2016. bill snyder battled a ton of injuries last year and still managed to make it to a bowl game but nothing will be as difficult for the savvy old veteran as containing dynamite heisman runner-up christian mccaffrey. a good thing david cardinal team has the impressive young too considering the team is breaking in a new quarterback against an underrated wildcats defense.
23. texas tech at arizona state (sept. 10)
do you like shootouts? if so, this game might be one for you. red raiders have one of the best quarterbacks in the country in the dynamic patrick but a victory in this contest might have to come down to if defense can show improvement from last season. todd graham will no doubt be excited for this game in order to feature his typical defense and a slightly new look to his “high-octane” offense.
24. texas at cal (sept. 17)
while the opener against notre dame likely cause anybody to change their minds about texas should the longhorns lose, this game against cal could be described as a bit of a referendum on charlie strong and whether he can win a big game while in austin. will be sporting a spread offense to go along with a defense that has some impressive like linebacker malik jefferson. cal surprised last year behind no. 1 overall nfl draft pick jared goff and his replacement is somebody who knows the burnt orange quite well in former texas tech davis webb.
25. at byu (sept. 17)
ucla fans would rather forget what happened the last time they traveled to provo (a shellacking in favor of byu) but things are quite different this time around starting with the coaches on the sideline. this will be new head coach’s second straight game against a opponent and he will no doubt be hoping that the home opener will be a bit of a house of horrors for the bruins like it once was. if nothing else, this should be a terrific matchup between quarterbacks, with josh rosen in the powder blues and either tanner mangum or hill under center for the cougars.
—itten by bryan fischer, an college football columnist and member of the contributor network. you can follow him from on twitter, and snapchat at @bryandfischer.
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wɪn ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪɔf wɑz fərst əˈnaʊnst, ˈmɛni bɪˈlivd ðət ðə juz əv ə kəˈmɪti wʊd hɛlp ˈfɑstər ə hoʊst əv haɪ ˈproʊˌfaɪl ˈmæʧəps ɪn ðə spɔrt. ɪf ju baɪ ˈɪntu ðət laɪn əv ˈθɪŋkɪŋ, kənˈsɪdər ðə 2016 ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈsizən ðə frut əv ðət ˈleɪbər. ˈoʊpənɪŋ wik ɪz ˈloʊdɪd wɪθ ˈblɑkˌbəstər geɪmz ənd ðə steɪt əv ˈtɛksəs əˈloʊn meɪ pleɪ hoʊst tɪ ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈwiˌkɪnd əv ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl geɪmz ˈɛvər ənd nɑt ˈrɪli haɪˈpərbəˌli ˈiðər ˈgɪvɪn səm əv ðə neɪmz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. ju wɔnt blu blədz pleɪɪŋ ˈəðər blu blədz? ju gɑt ɪt. ˈlʊkɪŋ fər pleɪɔf kənˈtɛndərz ˈfeɪsɪŋ ɔf əˈgɛnst ˈəðər ˈfaɪnəl timz? ʧɛk ənd ʧɛk. ɪn ʃɔrt, ðə 2016 ˈsizən ɪz ə bɪt əv nɪrˈvɑnə fər ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl fæn ˈlʊkɪŋ fər səm greɪt geɪmz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈkɑnfərəns ˈskɛʤʊl. wɪθ ðət ɪn maɪnd, hir ɪz ə lɪst əv ðə tɔp 25 geɪmz əv ðə ˈsizən əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. 1 oʊˈhaɪoʊ steɪt æt ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə (sɛpt. 17 ðiz tu skulz kleɪm 15 ˈnæʃənəl ˈtaɪtəlz bɪtˈwin ðɛm ənd ˈfiʧər tu əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈkoʊʧɪz ɪn ðə spɔrt ɪn ˈərbən maɪər ənd bɑb stups. frəm ə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl pərˈspɛktɪv, ðɪs ˈmitɪŋ əv blu blədz ɪz əˈbaʊt ɛz gʊd ɛz ðeɪ kəm bət meɪd ˈivɪn ʤuˈɪsjər baɪ ðə fækt ðət iʧ ɪz ə tim ɪn 2016 ənd ˈfeɪvərɪts tɪ meɪk ɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪɔf. fərˈgɛt əˈbaʊt ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈhaɪsmən ˈtroʊfi ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz ɪn ðɪs wən ˈiðər wɪθ kˈwɔrtərˌbæks j.t*. ˈbɛrɪt ənd ˈbeɪkər ˈmeɪˌfild. ˈpɔdˌkæst: əˈfɪʃəl 2016 bɪg 12 ˈprivˌju səbˈskraɪb: ˈaɪˌtunz 2 ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt ˈvərsəz. ˌoʊˈleɪ mɪs (ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ, fla*, sɛpt. 5 ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈtrɛndi ˈnæʃənəl ˈʧæmpiən pɪk ˈoʊvər ðə ˈsəmər ənd ðə ˈsɛmɪˌnoʊlz wɪl bi pʊt tɪ ðə tɛst raɪt əˈweɪ ɪn ðɪs ˈmitɪŋ əv timz ɪn ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ. skwɑd həz ðə ˈtælənt ædˈvæntɪʤ ˈgɪvɪn ɔl ðə jəŋ pleɪərz ðeɪ rɪˈtərn bət ər ˈbreɪkɪŋ ɪn ə nu kˈwɔrtərˌbæk. ju friz gɪts ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt əv ˈhævɪŋ ˈvɛtərən ʧæd ˈkɛli lɛd ðə ˈrɛbəlz ˈɔntu ðə fild bət həz hɪz hænz fʊl wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ə θɪn ˈlaɪnˌbækər kɔrz traɪɪŋ tɪ kənˈteɪn ˈhaɪsmən kənˈtɛndər kʊk. 3 æt ˈtɛksəs (sɛpt. 3 kɔl ɪt ə ˈbætəl əv sˈlipɪŋ ʤaɪənts ˈəndər ðə wɔrm ˈtɛksəs sən ɪn wət maɪt bi wik moʊst ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ˈmæʧəp. wɑz pɪkt baɪ ðə ˈmidiə tɪ wɪn ðə saʊθ ðɪs ˈsizən ənd hæv bɪn ˌəndərˈgoʊɪŋ ən əˈfɛnsɪv ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən tɪ sut ðə ˈtælənts əv stɑr kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ʤɑʃ ˈroʊzən. ðə ˈægiz ər ˈɛnərɪŋ ə nu ˈɪrə wɪθ ˈfɔrmər bruɪnz əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər noʊɛl mɑtˈsoʊni ənd ˈtrænsfər ˈtrɛvər naɪt bət ðeɪ maɪt hæv ə trəmp kɑrd ɔn dɪˈfɛns ɪn ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl noʊ. 1 ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl dræft pɪk nɛkst jɪr, maɪlz ˈgɛrɪt. 4 ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə ˈvərsəz. ˈhjustən (ˈhjustən sɛpt. 3 kən ə faɪv ˈproʊˌgræm ˈɛvər kræʃ ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪɔf? wi æst ə ˈsɪmələr kˈwɛʃən wɪθ ˈbɔɪzi steɪt fər jɪrz bət ˈhjustən maɪt hæv ðə bɛst ʃɑt əv ˈɛni aʊtˈsaɪdər ɪn 2016 θæŋks tɪ ə strɔŋ sleɪt. ɪt bi ˈizi fər hɛd koʊʧ tɑm ˈhərmən ənd stɑr kˈwɔrtərˌbæk grɛg wɔrd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɪθ ə tim tɪ ˈoʊpən ðə jɪr ɪn ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə. gɪt pæst ðə ˈsunərz ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənd ðə haɪp treɪn fər ðə ˈkugərz wɪl bi ˌstrætəsˈfɪrɪk. 5 ˈflɔrɪdə æt ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt (noʊv. 26 wən əv ðə fju ˈmæʧəps ɔn ðɪs lɪst kʊd hæv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt steɪks fər boʊθ timz. ðɪs kʊd bi ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈmeɪʤər ˈhərdəl fər ə pleɪɔf spɑt fər ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt ənd ˈflɔrɪdə hɛd koʊʧ ʤɪm ˈmækəlˌweɪn ɪz ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət θɪŋz goʊ məʧ ˈbɛtər ɪn ðɪs ˈraɪvəlri geɪm ðən ðeɪ dɪd læst jɪr. ðə fækt ðət ðə ˈsɛmɪˌnoʊlz hæd steɪt ˈʧæmpiən rɪŋz meɪd læst jɪr wɪl noʊ daʊt bi brɔt əp ɪn ðə lɛd əp tɪ ðɪs geɪm. ˈpɔdˌkæst: əˈfɪʃəl 2016 ˈprivˌju səbˈskraɪb: ˈaɪˌtunz 6 ˌæləˈbæmə ˈvərsəz. (ˈɑrlɪŋtən, ˈtɛksəs sɛpt. 3 wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ə ˈmitɪŋ əv ˌɔlˈtaɪm hɪˈstɔrɪkəl paʊərz ɪn ðə spɔrt 24 ˈnæʃənəl ˈtaɪtəlz bɪtˈwin ðə tu ɪt wɪl bi hɑrd tɪ tɔp ðə eɪθ ˈmitɪŋ bɪtˈwin ˌæləˈbæmə ənd. nɪk ˈseɪbən ɪz ˈɑbviəsli ˈkəmɪŋ ɔf əˈnəðər ˈnæʃənəl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ənd wɪl bi bæk ɪn ðə fəˈmɪljər ˈkɑnˌfaɪnz əv ˈsteɪdiəm ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ ʃoʊ wəns əˈgɛn ðət ðə taɪd ər kənˈtɛndərz fər əˈnəðər ɪn 2016 həz səm ˈtæləntɪd pleɪərz laɪk ˈʤuʤu ənd adoree’*’ ˈʤæksən bət feɪs ə təf roʊd tɪ əˈnəðər ˈtaɪtəl ənd ðɛr ˈərli ˈskɛʤʊl dɪz nu hɛd koʊʧ kleɪ ˈhɛltən noʊ ˈfeɪvərz. 7 vərˈʤɪnjə tɛk ˈvərsəz. ˌtɛnəˈsi (ˈbrɪstəl, tɛn. sɛpt. 10 bʊʧ ʤoʊnz həz ˈstɛdəli ˌtɛnəˈsi tɪ ðə pɔɪnt wɛr ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz ər skaɪ haɪ əraʊnd ˈnɑksvɪl ənd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ lɛs ðən ən sɛk ist ˈtaɪtəl ɪn 2016 wɪl bi ə ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt. ə ˈrizən fər ðət bət kˈwɔrtərˌbæk dɑbz ənd ɛnd ˈdɛrɪk bɑrˈnɛt ɪkˈspɛkt ən ˈizi fərst geɪm æt ɔl əˈgɛnst ðə wɪθ nu hɛd koʊʧ ˈʤəstɪn fˈwɛnˌteɪ ˈspɔrtɪŋ ə ˈsɑləd grup əv rɪtərˈniz ənd ˈvɛtərən dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər bəd ˈfɑstər. ðə fækt ðət ðɪs geɪm ɪz æt ˈbrɪstəl ˈmoʊtər ˈspidˌweɪ ənd kʊd bi ɪn frənt əv ɛz ˈmɛni ɛz fænz ʃʊd meɪk fər ə ˈbɑŋkərz ˈætməsˌfɪr ənd juˈnik ˈsɛˌtəp. 8 wɪˈskɑnsən ˈvərsəz. (grin beɪ, wɪs. sɛpt. 3 fju ˈproʊˌgræmz wɛnt θru ɛz məʧ ˈdrɑmə læst ˈsizən ɛz dɪd ənd ɪˈvɛnts hæv drɔn ˈplɛnti əv əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈbæˌtɑn ruʒ kəmˈjunɪti. ɔl ðoʊz ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz əbˈskjʊr ðə fækt ðət ðə ˈtaɪgərz ər ˈloʊdɪd wɪθ ˈtælənt ðoʊ ənd kʊd bi praɪmd tɪ dɪθˈroʊn ˌæləˈbæmə ɪn ðə sɛk ənd meɪk ə rən æt ðə pleɪɔf. ðɪs wɪl bi ðə fərst təf tɛst wɪˈskɑnsən həz ɪn ə ˈbrutəl ˈskɛʤʊl ɛz ðə ˈbæʤərz feɪs ən ˈəˈphɪl klaɪm ɪn 2016 bət ðeɪ ʃʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ drɔ ɔn ə bɪt əv ˈmæʤɪk ðət wɪl ˈlaɪkli kəm frəm pleɪɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈstɔrid ˈvɛnju əv læmˈboʊ fild. ˈpɔdˌkæst: sɛk ˈmidiə deɪz ʤæm ˈsɛʃən səbˈskraɪb: ˈaɪˌtunz 9 ˈstænfərd æt ˈnoʊtər deɪm (ɔkt. 15 ðɪs həz bɪn wən əv ðə moʊst kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ˈraɪvəlri geɪmz ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ˈoʊvər ðə pæst faɪv jɪrz ənd həz dɪˈlɪvərd səm ˈklæsɪks ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt. ðə tu hæv ˈænjuəli feɪst ɔf wɪθ juʤ ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz æt steɪk ənd ðə pæst fɔr ˈmitɪŋz hæv ɔl kəm daʊn tɪ ə wən skɔr. ɪkˈspɛkt məʧ əv ðə seɪm əˈgɛn ðɪs jɪr wɪn ðə tu mit ɪn saʊθ bɛnd ɪn wət ʃʊd bi ə bɪg geɪm fər ˈkɑrdɪnəl ˈɔlˈpərpəs ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊ ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈhaɪsmən hoʊps. 10 ˈluiˌvɪl æt ˈhjustən (noʊv. 17 ɪf ju laɪk əˈfɛnsɪz ənd daɪˈnæmɪk kˈwɔrtərˌbæks, ðɪs geɪm ɪz fər ju. lɑˈmɑr ˈʤæksən wɑz ə bɪg pɑrt əv ðə cardinals’*’ strɔŋ kloʊz tɪ 2015 wɪn ðeɪ wən sɪks əv ðɛr ˈfaɪnəl ˈsɛvən ənd həz ɪˈnəf ˈtælənt tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈɪntu wən əv ðə bɛst bɪˈhaɪnd ˈsɛnər. grɛg wɔrd. ɪz ə bɪg ˈrizən waɪ ðə ˈkugərz ər biɪŋ tɔkt əˈbaʊt ɛz ə tim ðət kʊd kræʃ ðə ˈfaɪnəl fɔr ənd, æt ðə ˈmɪnəməm, ðɪs geɪm kʊd hæv bɪg ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz fər ðə tim ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə nu sɪks boʊl. 11 ˈklɛmsən æt ˈɑbərn (sɛpt. 3 ɪf ðɪs wər ɔn əˈnəðər ˈwiˌkɪnd, ɪt wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli gɪt mɔr əˈtɛnʃən bət ə hoʊst əv ˈəðər ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈmæʧəps hæv pʊʃt ðɪs daʊn ðə lɪst ə bɪt. stɪl, hɑrd tɪ ˈɑrgju wɪθ ˈwɑʧɪŋ ə ˈloʊdɪd ˈklɛmsən skwɑd ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ gɪt bæk tɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈtaɪtəl geɪm ənd ə ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs fər ðə ɑrm (ənd lɛgz) əv tərˈɪfɪk kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˈwɑtsən. ˈplɛnti əv ˌɪnˈtrig ɔn ðə ˈəðər saɪd tu, ˈivɪn ɪf ˈɑbərn ə tim tɪ bɪˈgɪn ðə ˈsizən ɛz gəs lʊks tɪ baʊns bæk frəm ə ˈvɛri ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ 2015 kip ən aɪ aʊt fər dɪˈfɛnsɪv ɛnd kɑrl ˈlɔsən ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ɛz hi ˈfeɪsɪz ɔf əˈgɛnst tɔp ˈtækəlz mɪʧ haɪət ənd ʤeɪk fruhmorgen*. 12 ˈnoʊtər deɪm æt ˈtɛksəs (sɛpt. 4 tu əv ðə tɔp θri ˈwɪnɪŋəst ˈproʊˌgræmz əv ɔl taɪm wɪl hʊk əp wəns əˈgɛn ɪn ˈɔstən fər jɛt əˈnəðər ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈoʊpənɪŋ ˈwiˌkɪnd ˈkɑntɛst. læst jɪr, ˈnoʊtər deɪm ˈθəroʊli ɪmˈbɛrəst ˈtɛksəs ənd hɛlpt sɛt ðə toʊn fər əˈnəðər ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ ˈsizən ˈəndər ˈʧɑrli strɔŋ. ðə longhorns’*’ hɛd koʊʧ simz tɪ bi ˈfərmli ɔn ðə hɑt sit ənd ə bɪg wɪn ɪn ðə ˈoʊpənər wʊd noʊ daʊt kul θɪŋz ɔf kənˈsɪdərəbli, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn ju kənˈsɪdər ˈnoʊtər deɪm wɪl stɑrt ðə jɪr ɔf ɪn ðə tɔp 10 ənd həz tu ˈvɛri gʊd kˈwɔrtərˌbæks tɪ fləˈmɔks ðə hɔrnz wɪθ. 13 ˈwɔʃɪŋtən steɪt æt ˈbɔɪzi steɪt (sɛpt. 3 ðɪs pəˈsɪfɪk ˌnɔrθˈwɛst ˈspɛʃəl həz ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl tɪ bi ðə moʊst ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ geɪm əv ðə jɪr. ˈbɔɪzi steɪt spɔrts ðə pərˈdəktɪv ˈbækˌfild əv brɛt ənd ˈʤɛrəˌmi məkˈnɪkəlz ənd wɪl noʊ daʊt hæv ə fʊl bæg əv trɪk pleɪz æt ðə ˈrɛdi. maɪk ˈkugərz ləv tɪ θroʊ ɪt əraʊnd ənd waɪ ðeɪ wɪθ ə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk laɪk luk fɔk ˈpoʊstɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm ˈnəmbərz ˈɛvəri wik. ðə ˈbrɑŋkoʊz kʊd rən ðə ˈteɪbəl ɪf ðeɪ kən ˈkæpʧər ə wɪn ɪn ðɪs ˈbɪgˌtaɪm hoʊm geɪm waɪl həz ən ˈərli ʧæns tɪ ʃoʊ ðə ˈneɪʃən ðət læst ˈaʊtɪŋ wɑz noʊ fluk. 14 ˈnoʊtər deɪm æt (noʊv. 26 ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈraɪvəlri ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ʧɛks ɪn ə ˈlɪtəl loʊər ɔn ðɪs lɪst ɪn 2016 ðən ɪn pæst jɪrz bət mɔr əˈbaʊt ˈəðər ˈmæʧəps biɪŋ soʊ gʊd ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ðɪs wən ɔf. boʊθ skwɑdz ər tɔp ənd ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈneɪʧər əv ðɪs geɪm ˈɔlˌweɪz ædz tɪ ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr ɪn ðə ɛr æt ðə ˌkɑləˈsiəm. ˈgɪvɪn ðə steɪks ðət ˈjuʒəwəli əˈkəmpəni ðɪs ˈmitɪŋ, bi səˈpraɪzd ɪf ə pəˈtɛnʃəl nu sɪks boʊl bɪd ɪz ɔn ðə laɪn ˈiðər. 15 ˈɔrəˌgɑn æt nəˈbræskə (sɛpt. 17 ˈɔrəˌgɑn ɪz ˈplɛnti fəˈmɪljər wɪθ maɪk ˈraɪli ˈdeɪtɪŋ bæk tɪ ðə hɛd deɪz æt ˈsɪvəl wɔr ˈraɪvəl ˈɔrəˌgɑn steɪt bət ðə tu wɪl feɪs ɔf ɪn ə nu loʊˈkæl fər ðɪs ˈmæʧəp. ðə dəks ər ˈfɛrli ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd ɪn ðə ðɪs ˈsizən fər wəns bət ðeɪ stɪl hæv ˈplɛnti əv ˈtælənt ɔn əˈfɛns ənd ˈrisəntli brɔt ɪn ˈfɔrmər ˈmɪʃɪgən hɛd koʊʧ ˈbreɪdi hoʊk tɪ ðə dɪˈfɛns. nəˈbræskə hæd əˈbaʊt ɛz ənˈləki ə jɪr ɛz wən kʊd hæv ɪn 2015 ənd ər ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ rɪˈvərs ˈfɔrʧənz ɪn ə bɪg weɪ wɪθ ə ˈsteɪtmənt ɪn ðɪs geɪm frəm ˈtɑmi ˈɑrmˌstrɔŋ ənd ˈkəmpəˌni. 16 ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt æt ˈnoʊtər deɪm (ˈɛˈsiˈpi. 17 ə ˈlɪtəl ˈləstər lɔst ɪn ðɪs ˈraɪvəlri geɪm wɪθ ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt ˈhævɪŋ tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs soʊ ˈmɛni ˈstɑrtərz frəm læst bɪg tɛn ˈtaɪtəl tim bət ðɪs stɪl ˈfɪgjərz tɪ bi ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈmæʧəp ɪn ə ˈsɪriz ðət həz ˈgɪvɪn ˈɛvriˌbɑdi səm ˈmɛmərəbəl ˈmoʊmənts. ˈnoʊtər deɪm ˈhɑrbərz pleɪɔf hoʊps wəns əˈgɛn ənd həz ə tən əv skɪl pəˈzɪʃən ˈtælənt ðət ðə ˈspɑrtənz məst kənˈteɪn waɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfɪgjərɪŋ aʊt ðɛr oʊn kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈmuvɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd. 17 ˈɑrkənˌsɑ æt (sɛpt. 10 ðɪs geɪm ɪz goʊɪŋ ə bɪt ˈəndər ðə ˈreɪˌdɑr ˈgɪvɪn ɔl əv ðə ˈəðər greɪt wənz goʊɪŋ ɔn ɪn ðə steɪt əv ˈtɛksəs ˈdʊrɪŋ sɛpˈtɛmbər bət ɪt. boʊθ əv ðə ˈfɔrmər ˌsaʊθˈwɛst ˈkɑnfərəns timz wɪl faɪnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪn ðə tɔp 25 poʊlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə jɪr ənd boʊθ ər ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðeɪ hæv ən ˈænsər æt kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ðət kən ˈhændəl ðɪs kaɪnd əv tɛst ˈərli ɔn. arkansas’*’ rən geɪm əˈgɛnst ˈgɛri təf hɔrnd frɑgz dɪˈfɛns ʃʊd bi ˈrizən ɪˈnəf tɪ tun ɪn. 18 ˈbiˈwaɪˈju æt ˈjuˌtɔ (sɛpt. 10 ðə ˈhoʊli wɔr bɪtˈwin ˈjuˌtɔ ənd ˈbiˈwaɪˈju ɪz əˈməŋ ðə moʊst ˈhɑtli kənˈtɛstəd ˈraɪvəlriz ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ənd ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən ˈvərʒən əv ðə geɪm rɪˈtərnz fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn θri jɪrz. ðə tu ər ˈvɛri fəˈmɪljər wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər ˈhævɪŋ ʤɪst pleɪd ɪn ə ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs boʊl ðət wɑz ɛz waɪld ɛz wən kən ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈgɪvɪn ðə loʊˈkæl. nu ˈkugərz hɛd koʊʧ wɪl hæv hɪz hænz fʊl ɪn ðə fərst bɪg tɛst əv hɪz kərɪr ɛz ˈbiˈwaɪˈju lʊks tɪ pʊt ən ɛnd tɪ ˈwɪnɪŋ strik. 19 maɪˈæmi æt ˈnoʊtər deɪm (ɔkt. 29 ðoʊz əv ə ˈsərtən eɪʤ rɪˈmɛmbər ˈfɑndli wɪn ðiz tu ˈpaʊərˌhaʊsɪz weɪʤd fər ə fju ˈsizənz wət wɑz dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ə ˈbætəl bɪtˈwin ənd convicts.”*.” waɪl noʊ ˈnæʃənəl ˈtaɪtəlz wɪl bi ɔn ðə laɪn wɪn ðə pɛr hʊks əp əˈgɛn, ðə trɪp tɪ saʊθ bɛnd wɪl ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs bi ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ tɪ wɔʧ fər ˈhərəˌkeɪnz fænz ˈpaɪnɪŋ tɪ teɪk ə stɛp ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ ə bɪg wɪn ˈəndər nu hɛd koʊʧ mɑrk richt*. kˈwɔrtərˌbæk bræd wɪl bi ə ˈhændˌfʊl fər ə jəŋ ˈaɪrɪʃ dɪˈfɛns tɪ kənˈteɪn, waɪl ən əˈgrɛsɪv ˈhərəˌkeɪnz skwɑd wɪl lʊk tɪ sloʊ daʊn ə ˌhaɪˈpaʊərd ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈaɪrɪʃ əˈfɛns lɛd baɪ ənd ˈhəntər ɔn ɪts hoʊm tərf. bi səˈpraɪzd ɪf ə ˈʃutaʊt dɪˈvɛləps ˈəndər ðə ˈwɑʧfəl aɪz əv ˈtəʧˌdaʊn ˈʤizəs. 20 ˈʤɔrʤə ˈvərsəz. nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə (æˈtlæntə sɛpt. 3 ˈnɔrməli, ðə ˈkɪˌkɔf geɪm ɪz ðə ˈkɑntɛst əv wik 1 ðɪs ˈmæʧəp æt ðə ˈʤɔrʤə doʊm kwaɪt raɪz tɪ ðət ˈlɛvəl bət ɪt stɪl ʃʊd bi ɛz ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɛz ɪt həz bɪn ɪn jɪrz pæst. ˈmɛni ˈloʊkəl fænz ər noʊ daʊt goʊɪŋ tɪ tərn aʊt tɪ si ðə stɑrt əv ðə ˈkərbi smɑrt ˈɪrə æt ˈʤɔrʤə bət ðə nu hɛd koʊʧ hæv ən ˈizi ˈoʊpənər wɪθ kˈwɛsʧənz ɔl ˈoʊvər hɪz two-deep*. ɔn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt ˈsaɪˌdlaɪn, ðə tɑr heels’*’ ˈlɛri fɪˈdɔrə ɪz ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ kənˈtɪnju ðə moʊˈmɛntəm frəm læst kæmˈpeɪn ənd wʊd ləv fər ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən tɪ spɔɪl ˈdeɪbju. 21 pɛn steɪt æt pɪt (sɛpt. 10 pɛn steɪt ɪz ˈfaɪnəli æt ə fʊl 85 ˈskɑlərˌʃɪps ɪn 2016 ənd həz haɪ ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ʤeɪmz θərd ˈsizən ɪn ˈhæpi ˈvæli. ðə tim wɪl bi ˈbreɪkɪŋ ɪn ə nu kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˈæftər ˈkrɪsʧɪn dɪˈpɑrʧər tɪ ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl bət ˈləkəli bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ lin ɔn ðə tərˈɪfɪk ˈbɑrkli ɪn ðə ˈbækˌfild. ə pɪt tim rɪˈtərnz 16 ˈstɑrtərz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənd gɪts bæk ˈfɔrmər pleɪər əv ðə jɪr ʤeɪmz ˈkɑnər ˈæftər hi ˈbætəld ˈkænsər ˈoʊvər ðə pæst jɪr. 22 ˈkænzəs steɪt æt ˈstænfərd (sɛpt. 2 tu əv ðə moʊst rɪˈspɛktɪd hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪz ɪn ðə geɪm wɪl skwɛr ɔf ɪn ˈpæloʊ ˈæltoʊ, ˈkælɪf., tɪ ˈoʊpən ðə jɪr ɪn ə ˈmæʧəp ðət ʃʊd gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ə glɪmps æt wət wi kən ɪkˈspɛkt frəm boʊθ timz ɪn 2016 bɪl sˈnaɪdər ˈbætəld ə tən əv ˈɪnʤəriz læst jɪr ənd stɪl ˈmænɪʤd tɪ meɪk ɪt tɪ ə boʊl geɪm bət ˈnəθɪŋ wɪl bi ɛz ˈdɪfəkəlt fər ðə ˈsævi oʊld ˈvɛtərən ɛz kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈdaɪnəˌmaɪt ˈhaɪsmən ˈrənərˌəp ˈkrɪsʧɪn məˈkæfri. ə gʊd θɪŋ ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkɑrdɪnəl tim həz ðə ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv jəŋ tu kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðə tim ɪz ˈbreɪkɪŋ ɪn ə nu kˈwɔrtərˌbæk əˈgɛnst ən ˌəndərˈreɪtɪd ˈwaɪldˌkæts dɪˈfɛns. 23 ˈtɛksəs tɛk æt ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə steɪt (sɛpt. 10 du ju laɪk ˈʃutaʊts? ɪf soʊ, ðɪs geɪm maɪt bi wən fər ju. rɛd ˈreɪdərz hæv wən əv ðə bɛst kˈwɔrtərˌbæks ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ɪn ðə daɪˈnæmɪk ˈpætrɪk bət ə ˈvɪktəri ɪn ðɪs ˈkɑntɛst maɪt hæv tɪ kəm daʊn tɪ ɪf dɪˈfɛns kən ʃoʊ ˌɪmˈpruvmənt frəm læst ˈsizən. tɑd græm wɪl noʊ daʊt bi ɪkˈsaɪtɪd fər ðɪs geɪm ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈfiʧər hɪz ˈtɪpɪkəl dɪˈfɛns ənd ə sˈlaɪtli nu lʊk tɪ hɪz ““high-octane”*” əˈfɛns. 24 ˈtɛksəs æt kæl (sɛpt. 17 waɪl ðə ˈoʊpənər əˈgɛnst ˈnoʊtər deɪm ˈlaɪkli kɔz ˈɛnibədi tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðɛr maɪndz əˈbaʊt ˈtɛksəs ʃʊd ðə ˈlɔŋˌhɔrnz luz, ðɪs geɪm əˈgɛnst kæl kʊd bi dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ə bɪt əv ə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɔn ˈʧɑrli strɔŋ ənd ˈwɛðər hi kən wɪn ə bɪg geɪm waɪl ɪn ˈɔstən. wɪl bi ˈspɔrtɪŋ ə sprɛd əˈfɛns tɪ goʊ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə dɪˈfɛns ðət həz səm ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv laɪk ˈlaɪnˌbækər ˈmælɪk ˈʤɛfərsən. kæl səˈpraɪzd læst jɪr bɪˈhaɪnd noʊ. 1 ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl dræft pɪk ˈʤɛrɪd gɔf ənd hɪz rɪˈpleɪsmənt ɪz ˈsəmˌbɑdi hu noʊz ðə bərnt ˈɔrɪnʤ kwaɪt wɛl ɪn ˈfɔrmər ˈtɛksəs tɛk ˈdeɪvɪs wɛb. 25 æt ˈbiˈwaɪˈju (sɛpt. 17 fænz wʊd ˈrəðər fərˈgɛt wət ˈhæpənd ðə læst taɪm ðeɪ ˈtrævəld tɪ ˈproʊvoʊ (ə ˌʃɛˈlækɪŋ ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈbiˈwaɪˈju) bət θɪŋz ər kwaɪt ˈdɪfərənt ðɪs taɪm əraʊnd ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈkoʊʧɪz ɔn ðə ˈsaɪˌdlaɪn. ðɪs wɪl bi nu hɛd koʊʧ ˈsɛkənd streɪt geɪm əˈgɛnst ə əˈpoʊnənt ənd hi wɪl noʊ daʊt bi ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət ðə hoʊm ˈoʊpənər wɪl bi ə bɪt əv ə haʊs əv ˈhɔrərz fər ðə bruɪnz laɪk ɪt wəns wɑz. ɪf ˈnəθɪŋ ɛls, ðɪs ʃʊd bi ə tərˈɪfɪk ˈmæʧəp bɪtˈwin kˈwɔrtərˌbæks, wɪθ ʤɑʃ ˈroʊzən ɪn ðə ˈpaʊdər bluz ənd ˈiðər ˈtænər ˈmæŋgəm ər hɪl ˈəndər ˈsɛnər fər ðə ˈkugərz. ˈrɪtən baɪ braɪən ˈfɪʃər, ən ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈkɑləmnəst ənd ˈmɛmbər əv ðə kənˈtrɪbjətər ˈnɛtˌwərk. ju kən ˈfɑloʊ ɪm frəm ɔn tˈwɪtər, ənd sˈnæˌpʧæt æt @bryandfischer*. (tɔp ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈkərtəsi əv ˈgɛti ˈɪmɪʤɪz)
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the fabled marshes of southern iraq are drying up (image: al-sudani/reuters)
the “garden of eden” is drying up this summer. water levels in the fabled mesopotamian marshes of southern iraq have reached their lowest levels since saddam hussein substantially drained them in the to starve their inhabitants.
the reason is that the euphrates, one of two rivers that flow through the marshes, has been reduced to a trickle.
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the falling water levels have triggered a crisis. “it’s tragic,” says hassan janabi, chief water diplomat. “it happened unexpectedly, and because our focus was on combating terrorism, it went unnoticed.”
last week, water levels in the marsh town of al were half the normal levels for the time of year, according to of nature iraq, a conservation ngo. “the amount of water from the euphrates reaching the marshes is less than a tenth of what is needed,” he says. this is happening despite rainfall.
suzanne of mt san antonio college in walnut, california, a wetlands ecologist who knows the marshes well, says: “salinity has doubled, water buffalo can no longer drink from the marshes, and fish [deaths] are common.”
blame game
in june, the iraqi agriculture and water committee blamed the crisis on turkey, where hydroelectric dams block the upper reaches. it accused turkey of breaching a deal to deliver 500 cubic metres of water per second out of the country down the euphrates. the head of directorate of state hydraulic works did not respond to questions on this, though new scientist has been told that flow has resumed in recent days.
iraq’s parliamentarians also blame isis, which in may captured the dam. the group has reportedly cut supplies to areas further downstream including the marshes by using the dam to divert water into nearby lake habbaniyah, which is intended to take floodwaters. in addition, it may be on the verge of taking over the dam upstream, which would give isis total control of the euphrates in iraq.
but a third culprit may be the iraqi government, which is anxious to exploit the waters in a battle to hold back isis.
azzam, head of nature iraq, says that three-quarters of the water reaching the edge of the marshes at the city of has recently been diverted to irrigate the fields of the rice farmers, who back the government. to protect the marshes, “the own stated policy is not to allow rice growth in years of little water”, he says.
saddam constructed huge engineering works in the to divert the euphrates and tigris rivers away from the marshes which once covered square kilometres of southern iraq to force out rebels who lived there. after his downfall, returned from exile in the us and spent more than a decade masterminding a plan to the marshes, as well as persuading the iraqi government to create a national park there.
but recent events have put his plan into reverse. more than half the area is now desiccated once again.
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ðə ˈfeɪbəld ˈmɑrʃɪz əv ˈsəðərn ˌɪˈrɑk ər draɪɪŋ əp (ˈɪmɪʤ: al-sudani/reuters*) ðə əv eden”*” ɪz draɪɪŋ əp ðɪs ˈsəmər. ˈwɔtər ˈlɛvəlz ɪn ðə ˈfeɪbəld ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiən ˈmɑrʃɪz əv ˈsəðərn ˌɪˈrɑk hæv riʧt ðɛr loʊəst ˈlɛvəlz sɪns ˈsɑdəm huˈseɪn səbˈstænʃəli dreɪnd ðɛm ɪn ðə tɪ stɑrv ðɛr ˌɪnˈhæbɪtənts. ðə ˈrizən ɪz ðət ðə juˈfreɪtiz, wən əv tu ˈrɪvərz ðət floʊ θru ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz, həz bɪn rɪˈdust tɪ ə ˈtrɪkəl. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə ˈfɑlɪŋ ˈwɔtər ˈlɛvəlz hæv ˈtrɪgərd ə ˈkraɪsəs. tragic,”*,” sɪz həˈsɑn janabi*, ʧif ˈwɔtər ˈdɪpləˌmæt. ˈhæpənd ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli, ənd bɪˈkəz ɑr ˈfoʊkɪs wɑz ɔn kəmˈbætɪŋ ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm, ɪt wɛnt unnoticed.”*.” læst wik, ˈwɔtər ˈlɛvəlz ɪn ðə mɑrʃ taʊn əv æl wər hæf ðə ˈnɔrməl ˈlɛvəlz fər ðə taɪm əv jɪr, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ əv ˈneɪʧər ˌɪˈrɑk, ə ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃən ɛŋˈgoʊ. əˈmaʊnt əv ˈwɔtər frəm ðə juˈfreɪtiz ˈriʧɪŋ ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz ɪz lɛs ðən ə tɛnθ əv wət ɪz needed,”*,” hi sɪz. ðɪs ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ dɪˈspaɪt ˈreɪnˌfɔl. suˈzæn əv ˈɛmˈti sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪn ˈwɔlˌnət, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, ə ˈwɛˌtlændz ɪˈkɑləʤɪst hu noʊz ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz wɛl, sɪz: həz ˈdəbəld, ˈwɔtər ˈbəfəˌloʊ kən noʊ ˈlɔŋgər drɪŋk frəm ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz, ənd fɪʃ [dɛθs] ər common.”*.” bleɪm geɪm ɪn ʤun, ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər ənd ˈwɔtər kəˈmɪti bleɪmd ðə ˈkraɪsəs ɔn ˈtərki, wɛr ˌhaɪdroʊɪˈlɛktrɪk dæmz blɑk ðə ˈəpər ˈriʧɪz. ɪt əˈkjuzd ˈtərki əv ˈbriʧɪŋ ə dil tɪ dɪˈlɪvər 500 ˈkjubɪk ˈmitərz əv ˈwɔtər pər ˈsɛkənd aʊt əv ðə ˈkəntri daʊn ðə juˈfreɪtiz. ðə hɛd əv dɪˈrɛktərət əv steɪt haɪˈdrɔlɪk wərks dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ kˈwɛsʧənz ɔn ðɪs, ðoʊ nu ˈsaɪəntɪst həz bɪn toʊld ðət floʊ həz rɪˈzumd ɪn ˈrisənt deɪz. ˌpɑrləmɛnˈtɛriənz ˈɔlsoʊ bleɪm ˈaɪsəs, wɪʧ ɪn meɪ ˈkæpʧərd ðə dæm. ðə grup həz rɪˈpɔrtədli kət səˈplaɪz tɪ ˈɛriəz ˈfərðər ˈdaʊnˈstrim ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə dæm tɪ dɪˈvərt ˈwɔtər ˈɪntu ˈnɪrˈbaɪ leɪk habbaniyah*, wɪʧ ɪz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ teɪk ˈflədˌwɔtərz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ɪt meɪ bi ɔn ðə vərʤ əv ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə dæm ˈəpˈstrim, wɪʧ wʊd gɪv ˈaɪsəs ˈtoʊtəl kənˈtroʊl əv ðə juˈfreɪtiz ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk. bət ə θərd ˈkəlprɪt meɪ bi ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈgəvərnmənt, wɪʧ ɪz ˈæŋʃəs tɪ ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ðə ˈwɔtərz ɪn ə ˈbætəl tɪ hoʊld bæk ˈaɪsəs., hɛd əv ˈneɪʧər ˌɪˈrɑk, sɪz ðət θˌrikˈwɔrtərz əv ðə ˈwɔtər ˈriʧɪŋ ðə ɛʤ əv ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz æt ðə ˈsɪti əv həz ˈrisəntli bɪn dɪˈvərtɪd tɪ ˈɪrəˌgeɪt ðə fildz əv ðə raɪs ˈfɑrmərz, hu bæk ðə ˈgəvərnmənt. tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz, oʊn ˈsteɪtɪd ˈpɑləsi ɪz nɑt tɪ əˈlaʊ raɪs groʊθ ɪn jɪrz əv ˈlɪtəl water”*”, hi sɪz. ˈsɑdəm kənˈstrəktɪd juʤ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ wərks ɪn ðə tɪ dɪˈvərt ðə juˈfreɪtiz ənd ˈtaɪgrəs ˈrɪvərz əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz wɪʧ wəns ˈkəvərd skwɛr ˌkɪˈlɔˌmətərz əv ˈsəðərn ˌɪˈrɑk tɪ fɔrs aʊt ˈrɛbəlz hu lɪvd ðɛr. ˈæftər hɪz ˈdaʊnˌfɔl, rɪˈtərnd frəm ˈɛkˌsaɪl ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs ənd spɛnt mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˈmæstərˌmaɪndɪŋ ə plæn tɪ ðə ˈmɑrʃɪz, ɛz wɛl ɛz pərsˈweɪdɪŋ ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈnæʃənəl pɑrk ðɛr. bət ˈrisənt ɪˈvɛnts hæv pʊt hɪz plæn ˈɪntu rɪˈvərs. mɔr ðən hæf ðə ˈɛriə ɪz naʊ ˈdɛsəkeɪtəd wəns əˈgɛn.
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trump seemed to relish the opportunity to hit her back just as hard. some of the biggest applause lines came when he called clinton out for the same character traits that she accused him of having.
trump was originally scheduled to deliver the speech on june 13, but decided to postpone it after the orlando mass shooting on june 12. yesterday, clinton gave her own speech attacking trump on his business record, foreign policy ideas, and personal conduct. she repeatedly stressed how dangerous it would be if he were president, calling him "reckless and careless."
she is also, he said, "a world-class liar."
"her decisions spread death, destruction, and terrorism everywhere she touched," trump said, reading from a teleprompter during the speech. "hillary clinton has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft."
speaking from the trump soho hotel in downtown manhattan wednesday morning, donald trump laid out all the ways that hillary clinton would destroy the country and possibly the world if she were to become president.
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speaking from the trump soho hotel in downtown manhattan wednesday morning, donald trump laid out all the ways that hillary clinton would destroy the country and possibly the world if she were to become president.
"her decisions spread death, destruction, and terrorism everywhere she touched," trump said, reading from a teleprompter during the speech. "hillary clinton has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft."
she is also, he said, "a world-class liar."
trump was originally scheduled to deliver the speech on june 13, but decided to postpone it after the orlando mass shooting on june 12. yesterday, clinton gave her own speech attacking trump on his business record, foreign policy ideas, and personal conduct. she repeatedly stressed how dangerous it would be if he were president, calling him "reckless and careless."
trump seemed to relish the opportunity to hit her back just as hard. some of the biggest applause lines came when he called clinton out for the same character traits that she accused him of having.
"she lacks the temperament, the judgment, and the competence to lead," trump said. "she simply lacks the integrity and temperament to serve."
trump took pains to differentiate himself from his rival but did not offer much in the way of specifics. on immigration, trump said, "i only want to admit people who share our values and love our people. hillary clinton wants to bring in people who believe women should be enslaved and gays put to death."
trump did not elaborate on how he would distinguish immigrants who "share our values" and "love our people" from those who don't.
the presumptive republican nominee described clinton's many perceived failings when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, starting with.
ambassador chris stevens "was left helpless to die as hillary clinton soundly slept in her bed," trump said, describing the night when militants attacked the us diplomatic compound in libya and killed the stevens, along with two american servicemen.
"she started the war that put him in libya, denied him the security he asked for, then left him there to die," trump added as he gripped the podium.
trump's claim that clinton was asleep and missed the call from stevens has been debunked, both by clinton and others who were involved in the immediate response to the attack. trump himself supported us intervention in libya before he ran for president.
during his speech, trump repeatedly cited the book clinton cash: the untold story of how and why foreign governments and businesses helped make bill and hillary rich, by peter schweizer, while describing how clinton was the "most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency."
"she gets rich making you poor," trump said, attacking her for supporting international trade deals with china. "she sold out our workers, and our country, for beijing."
he also blamed clinton for the creation of the islamic state, the outbreak of the syrian civil war, the rise of islamic terrorism around the world, and iran's rise to become the "dominant power in the middle east and on the road to nuclear weapons."
"in 2009, before hillary clinton was sworn in, it was a different world," trump noted.
his campaign has endured a bad couple of days. on monday, he fired his campaign manager, corey lewandowski, in the latest of a series of staff shakeups. in addition, campaign finance filings released earlier this week also revealed that the trump campaign is severely and struggling to raise enough funds to keep it afloat.
hours after trump's speech, clinton's camp sent out an email response, calling it a "litany of hypocritical attacks, nutty conspiracy theories, and outright lies."
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trəmp simd tɪ ˈrɛlɪʃ ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ hɪt hər bæk ʤɪst ɛz hɑrd. səm əv ðə ˈbɪgəst əˈplɔz laɪnz keɪm wɪn hi kɔld ˈklɪntən aʊt fər ðə seɪm ˈkɛrɪktər treɪts ðət ʃi əˈkjuzd ɪm əv ˈhævɪŋ. trəmp wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ðə spiʧ ɔn ʤun 13 bət ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ poʊstˈpoʊn ɪt ˈæftər ðə ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ mæs ˈʃutɪŋ ɔn ʤun 12 ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ˈklɪntən geɪv hər oʊn spiʧ əˈtækɪŋ trəmp ɔn hɪz ˈbɪznɪs ˈrɛkərd, ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi aɪˈdiəz, ənd ˈpərsɪnəl ˈkɑndəkt. ʃi rɪˈpitɪdli strɛst haʊ ˈdeɪnʤərəs ɪt wʊd bi ɪf hi wər ˈprɛzɪdənt, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪm "ˈrɛkləs ənd ˈkɛrlɛs." ʃi ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ, hi sɛd, "ə ˈwərldˌklæs laɪər." "hər dɪˈsɪʒənz sprɛd dɛθ, dɪˈstrəkʃən, ənd ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ˈɛvriˌwɛr ʃi təʧt," trəmp sɛd, ˈrɛdɪŋ frəm ə ˈtɛləˌprɑmptər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə spiʧ. "ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən həz pərˈfɛktəd ðə ˈpɑləˌtɪks əv ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɑfɪt ənd θɛft." ˈspikɪŋ frəm ðə trəmp ˈsoʊhoʊ hoʊˈtɛl ɪn ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn mænˈhætən ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ˈdɑnəld trəmp leɪd aʊt ɔl ðə weɪz ðət ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən wʊd dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə ˈkəntri ənd ˈpɑsəbli ðə wərld ɪf ʃi wər tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈprɛzɪdənt. rɛd mɔr ˈspikɪŋ frəm ðə trəmp ˈsoʊhoʊ hoʊˈtɛl ɪn ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn mænˈhætən ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ˈdɑnəld trəmp leɪd aʊt ɔl ðə weɪz ðət ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən wʊd dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə ˈkəntri ənd ˈpɑsəbli ðə wərld ɪf ʃi wər tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈprɛzɪdənt. "hər dɪˈsɪʒənz sprɛd dɛθ, dɪˈstrəkʃən, ənd ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ˈɛvriˌwɛr ʃi təʧt," trəmp sɛd, ˈrɛdɪŋ frəm ə ˈtɛləˌprɑmptər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə spiʧ. "ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən həz pərˈfɛktəd ðə ˈpɑləˌtɪks əv ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɑfɪt ənd θɛft." ʃi ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ, hi sɛd, "ə ˈwərldˌklæs laɪər." trəmp wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ðə spiʧ ɔn ʤun 13 bət ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ poʊstˈpoʊn ɪt ˈæftər ðə ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ mæs ˈʃutɪŋ ɔn ʤun 12 ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ˈklɪntən geɪv hər oʊn spiʧ əˈtækɪŋ trəmp ɔn hɪz ˈbɪznɪs ˈrɛkərd, ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi aɪˈdiəz, ənd ˈpərsɪnəl ˈkɑndəkt. ʃi rɪˈpitɪdli strɛst haʊ ˈdeɪnʤərəs ɪt wʊd bi ɪf hi wər ˈprɛzɪdənt, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪm "ˈrɛkləs ənd ˈkɛrlɛs." trəmp simd tɪ ˈrɛlɪʃ ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ hɪt hər bæk ʤɪst ɛz hɑrd. səm əv ðə ˈbɪgəst əˈplɔz laɪnz keɪm wɪn hi kɔld ˈklɪntən aʊt fər ðə seɪm ˈkɛrɪktər treɪts ðət ʃi əˈkjuzd ɪm əv ˈhævɪŋ. "ʃi læks ðə ˈtɛmpərmənt, ðə ˈʤəʤmənt, ənd ðə ˈkɑmpətɪns tɪ lɛd," trəmp sɛd. "ʃi ˈsɪmpli læks ðə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ənd ˈtɛmpərmənt tɪ sərv." trəmp tʊk peɪnz tɪ ˌdɪfərˈɛnʧiˌeɪt hɪmˈsɛlf frəm hɪz ˈraɪvəl bət dɪd nɑt ˈɔfər məʧ ɪn ðə weɪ əv spɪˈsɪfɪks. ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən, trəmp sɛd, "aɪ ˈoʊnli wɔnt tɪ ədˈmɪt ˈpipəl hu ʃɛr ɑr ˈvæljuz ənd ləv ɑr ˈpipəl. ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən wɔnts tɪ brɪŋ ɪn ˈpipəl hu bɪˈliv ˈwɪmən ʃʊd bi ɛnsˈleɪvd ənd geɪz pʊt tɪ dɛθ." trəmp dɪd nɑt ɪˈlæbərˌeɪt ɔn haʊ hi wʊd dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃ ˈɪməgrənts hu "ʃɛr ɑr ˈvæljuz" ənd "ləv ɑr ˈpipəl" frəm ðoʊz hu doʊnt. ðə priˈzəmptɪv rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌnɑməˈni dɪˈskraɪbd ˈklɪntənz ˈmɛni pərˈsivd ˈfeɪlɪŋz wɪn ʃi wɑz ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt frəm 2009 tɪ 2013 ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ. æmˈbæsədər krɪs ˈstivənz "wɑz lɛft ˈhɛlpləs tɪ daɪ ɛz ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈsaʊndli slɛpt ɪn hər bɛd," trəmp sɛd, dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ðə naɪt wɪn ˈmɪlətənts əˈtækt ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˈkɑmpaʊnd ɪn ˈlɪˌbiə ənd kɪld ðə ˈstivənz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ tu əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsərvəsmɛn. "ʃi ˈstɑrtɪd ðə wɔr ðət pʊt ɪm ɪn ˈlɪˌbiə, dɪˈnaɪd ɪm ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti hi æst fər, ðɛn lɛft ɪm ðɛr tɪ daɪ," trəmp ˈædɪd ɛz hi grɪpt ðə ˈpoʊdiəm. trəmps kleɪm ðət ˈklɪntən wɑz əsˈlip ənd mɪst ðə kɔl frəm ˈstivənz həz bɪn dɪˈbəŋkt, boʊθ baɪ ˈklɪntən ənd ˈəðərz hu wər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˌɪˈmiˌdiət rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðə əˈtæk. trəmp hɪmˈsɛlf səˈpɔrtɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən ɪn ˈlɪˌbiə ˌbiˈfɔr hi ræn fər ˈprɛzɪdənt. ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz spiʧ, trəmp rɪˈpitɪdli ˈsaɪtɪd ðə bʊk ˈklɪntən kæʃ: ðə ənˈtoʊld ˈstɔri əv haʊ ənd waɪ ˈfɔrən ˈgəvərnmənts ənd ˈbɪznɪsɪz hɛlpt meɪk bɪl ənd ˈhɪləri rɪʧ, baɪ ˈpitər ʃˈwaɪzər, waɪl dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ haʊ ˈklɪntən wɑz ðə "moʊst kərəpt ˈpərsən ˈɛvər tɪ sik ðə ˈprɛzɪdənsi." "ʃi gɪts rɪʧ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ju pur," trəmp sɛd, əˈtækɪŋ hər fər səˈpɔrtɪŋ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl treɪd dilz wɪθ ˈʧaɪnə. "ʃi soʊld aʊt ɑr ˈwərkərz, ənd ɑr ˈkəntri, fər ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ." hi ˈɔlsoʊ bleɪmd ˈklɪntən fər ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt, ðə ˈaʊtˌbreɪk əv ðə ˈsɪriən ˈsɪvəl wɔr, ðə raɪz əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm əraʊnd ðə wərld, ənd ˌɪˈrænz raɪz tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə "ˈdɑmənənt paʊər ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist ənd ɔn ðə roʊd tɪ ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz." "ɪn 2009 ˌbiˈfɔr ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən wɑz swɔrn ɪn, ɪt wɑz ə ˈdɪfərənt wərld," trəmp ˈnoʊtɪd. hɪz kæmˈpeɪn həz ɪnˈdʊrd ə bæd ˈkəpəl əv deɪz. ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, hi faɪərd hɪz kæmˈpeɪn ˈmænɪʤər, ˈkɔri luənˈdɔfski, ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst əv ə ˈsɪriz əv stæf ˈʃeɪˌkəps. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, kæmˈpeɪn ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈfaɪlɪŋz riˈlist ˈərliər ðɪs wik ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈvild ðət ðə trəmp kæmˈpeɪn ɪz səˈvɪrli ənd ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ reɪz ɪˈnəf fəndz tɪ kip ɪt əˈfloʊt. aʊərz ˈæftər trəmps spiʧ, ˈklɪntənz kæmp sɛnt aʊt ən iˈmeɪl rɪˈspɑns, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪt ə "ˈlɪtəni əv ˌhɪpəˈkrɪtɪkəl əˈtæks, ˈnəti kənˈspɪrəsi ˈθɪriz, ənd ˈaʊˈtraɪt laɪz." ˈfɑloʊ oʊˈlɪviə ˈbɛkər ɔn tˈwɪtər:
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cyber attacks that hit 74 countries across europe and asia friday, impacting the public health system in britain, apparently involved a leaked hacking tool from the national security agency.
the attack used, which is malware that data and locks a user from their data until they pay a ransom. the tool, which was leaked by a group known as shadow brokers, had been stolen from the n.s.a. as part of a wide swath of tools illegally released in 2016.
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the department of homeland security released a statement late friday that read, in part:
ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer and restricts users’ access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it. ... individual users are often the first line of defense against this and other threats, and we encourage all americans to update your operating systems and implement vigorous practices at home, work, and school. these practices include:
update your systems to include the latest patches and software updates. do not click on or download unfamiliar links or files in emails. back up your data to prevent possible loss, whether you are at a home, work, or school computer.
microsoft said that they had rolled out a patch to fix the issue, but certain targets, including the hospitals in britain, had not yet updated their systems.
the malware was sent via email with a file attached to it. from there, it subsequently spread.
tom donnelly, a spokesman for n.h.s. digital, said the attack was still "ongoing" and that that the organization was "made aware of it this afternoon," according to an interview in the new york times.
the impact of the attacks caused phone lines to go down, appointments to be canceled and patients to be turned away, but there has been no reported evidence of patient data being breached.
"it's one of the widest attacks we've ever seen," said michael balboni, president of redland strategies, a consulting firm that specializes in. balboni, who is also a former homeland security advisor for the state of new york, said that the of another attack this size is possible.
"we're entering an age known as cyber-insecurity," balboni added. "there's going to be a huge response from the public now that doctors and hospitals are being affected, there is going to be a huge shift in how people think about this."
there were a number of pictures posted to social media highlighting the, which asked for $300 in bitcoin.
nhs digital, which oversees in britain, said the attack did not specifically target the and "is affecting organizations from across a range of sectors." in total, 16 organizations said they were affected.
british prime minister theresa may addressed the hacks, saying it's not just targeted at the.
"this is not targeted at the, an international attack and a number of countries and organisations have been affected," may said in a statement. "the national cyber security centre is working closely with digital to ensure that they support the organisations concerned and that they protect patient safety."
may added that though she was not aware of any leaked data, vigilance must be taken.
"of course, it is important that we have set up the national cyber security centre and they are able to work with the organisations concerned and to ensure that they are supported and patient safety is protected," may said.
in addition, several spanish companies had also been affected via a attack. spain did not say which companies were affected, but telefonica, a telecom giant said it had detected an incident which affected some of its employees.
uk hospitals turn away patients after attack
hospital operator "following a suspected national cyberattack, we are taking all precautionary measures possible to protect our local systems and services."
bart's health, which also operates a number of hospitals, activated its major incident plan, which included canceling routine appointments and diverting ambulances to different hospitals.
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ˈsaɪbər əˈtæks ðət hɪt 74 ˈkəntriz əˈkrɔs ˈjʊrəp ənd ˈeɪʒə ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˌɪmˈpæktɪŋ ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈsɪstəm ɪn ˈbrɪtən, əˈpɛrəntli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ə likt ˈhækɪŋ tul frəm ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi. ðə əˈtæk juzd, wɪʧ ɪz ˈmælˌwɛr ðət ˈdætə ənd lɑks ə ˈjuzər frəm ðɛr ˈdætə ənˈtɪl ðeɪ peɪ ə ˈrænsəm. ðə tul, wɪʧ wɑz likt baɪ ə grup noʊn ɛz ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈbroʊkərz, hæd bɪn ˈstoʊlən frəm ðə n.s.a*. ɛz pɑrt əv ə waɪd swɑθ əv tulz ˌɪˈligəli riˈlist ɪn 2016 trəmp kən wɪn ðə ˈsaɪbər wɔr (baɪ ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈʧərʧɪlz əˈproʊʧ) ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti riˈlist ə ˈsteɪtmənt leɪt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ðət rɛd, ɪn pɑrt: ɪz ə taɪp əv məˈlɪʃəs ˈsɔfˌwɛr ðət ˌɪnˈfɛkts ə kəmˈpjutər ənd riˈstrɪkts users’*’ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ɪt ənˈtɪl ə ˈrænsəm ɪz peɪd tɪ ənˈlɑk ɪt. ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈjuzərz ər ˈɔfən ðə fərst laɪn əv dɪˈfɛns əˈgɛnst ðɪs ənd ˈəðər θrɛts, ənd wi ɪnˈkərəʤ ɔl əˈmɛrɪkənz tɪ ˈəpˌdeɪt jʊr ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz ənd ˈɪmpləmənt ˈvɪgərəs ˈpræktɪsɪz æt hoʊm, wərk, ənd skul. ðiz ˈpræktɪsɪz ˌɪnˈklud: ˈəpˌdeɪt jʊr ˈsɪstəmz tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈpæʧɪz ənd ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈəpˌdeɪts. du nɑt klɪk ɔn ər ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˌənfəˈmɪljər lɪŋks ər faɪlz ɪn iˈmeɪlz. bæk əp jʊr ˈdætə tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈpɑsəbəl lɔs, ˈwɛðər ju ər æt ə hoʊm, wərk, ər skul kəmˈpjutər. ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft sɛd ðət ðeɪ hæd roʊld aʊt ə pæʧ tɪ fɪks ðə ˈɪʃu, bət ˈsərtən ˈtɑrgəts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz ɪn ˈbrɪtən, hæd nɑt jɛt ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ðɛr ˈsɪstəmz. ðə ˈmælˌwɛr wɑz sɛnt ˈviə iˈmeɪl wɪθ ə faɪl əˈtæʧt tɪ ɪt. frəm ðɛr, ɪt ˈsəbsəkwəntli sprɛd. tɑm ˈdɑnɛli, ə ˈspoʊksmən fər n.h.s*. ˈdɪʤɪtəl, sɛd ðə əˈtæk wɑz stɪl "ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ" ənd ðət ðət ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən wɑz "meɪd əˈwɛr əv ɪt ðɪs ˌæftərˈnun," əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ən ˈɪntərvˌju ɪn ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz. ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv ðə əˈtæks kɔzd foʊn laɪnz tɪ goʊ daʊn, əˈpɔɪntmənts tɪ bi ˈkænsəld ənd ˈpeɪʃənz tɪ bi tərnd əˈweɪ, bət ðɛr həz bɪn noʊ ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈɛvədəns əv ˈpeɪʃənt ˈdætə biɪŋ briʧt. "ɪts wən əv ðə ˈwaɪdəst əˈtæks wiv ˈɛvər sin," sɛd ˈmaɪkəl bɑlˈboʊni, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈrɛdlənd ˈstrætəʤiz, ə kənˈsəltɪŋ fərm ðət ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzɪz ɪn. bɑlˈboʊni, hu ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti ædˈvaɪzər fər ðə steɪt əv nu jɔrk, sɛd ðət ðə əv əˈnəðər əˈtæk ðɪs saɪz ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl. "wɪr ˈɛnərɪŋ ən eɪʤ noʊn ɛz cyber-insecurity*," bɑlˈboʊni ˈædɪd. "ðɛrz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə juʤ rɪˈspɑns frəm ðə ˈpəblɪk naʊ ðət ˈdɑktərz ənd ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz ər biɪŋ əˈfɛktɪd, ðɛr ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə juʤ ʃɪft ɪn haʊ ˈpipəl θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðɪs." ðɛr wər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpɪkʧərz ˈpoʊstɪd tɪ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ ðə, wɪʧ æst fər 300 ɪn bitcoin*. ˈdɪʤɪtəl, wɪʧ ˈoʊvərˌsiz ɪn ˈbrɪtən, sɛd ðə əˈtæk dɪd nɑt spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈtərgət ðə ənd "ɪz əˈfɛktɪŋ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz frəm əˈkrɔs ə reɪnʤ əv ˈsɛktərz." ɪn ˈtoʊtəl, 16 ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz sɛd ðeɪ wər əˈfɛktɪd. ˈbrɪtɪʃ praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər tərˈisə meɪ əˈdrɛst ðə hæks, seɪɪŋ ɪts nɑt ʤɪst ˈtɑrgətɪd æt ðə. "ðɪs ɪz nɑt ˈtɑrgətɪd æt ðə, ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl əˈtæk ənd ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈkəntriz ənd ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz hæv bɪn əˈfɛktɪd," meɪ sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. "ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsaɪbər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɛntər ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ ˈkloʊsli wɪθ ˈdɪʤɪtəl tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ðeɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz kənˈsərnd ənd ðət ðeɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈpeɪʃənt ˈseɪfti." meɪ ˈædɪd ðət ðoʊ ʃi wɑz nɑt əˈwɛr əv ˈɛni likt ˈdætə, ˈvɪʤələns məst bi ˈteɪkən. "əv kɔrs, ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət wi hæv sɛt əp ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsaɪbər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɛntər ənd ðeɪ ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ wərk wɪθ ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz kənˈsərnd ənd tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ðeɪ ər səˈpɔrtɪd ənd ˈpeɪʃənt ˈseɪfti ɪz prəˈtɛktɪd," meɪ sɛd. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ˈsɛvərəl ˈspænɪʃ ˈkəmpəˌniz hæd ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn əˈfɛktɪd ˈviə ə əˈtæk. speɪn dɪd nɑt seɪ wɪʧ ˈkəmpəˌniz wər əˈfɛktɪd, bət ˌtɛləˈfɑnɪkə, ə ˈtɛləkɑm ʤaɪənt sɛd ɪt hæd dɪˈtɛktɪd ən ˈɪnsədənt wɪʧ əˈfɛktɪd səm əv ɪts ɪmˈplɔɪiz. ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz tərn əˈweɪ ˈpeɪʃənz ˈæftər əˈtæk ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈɑpərˌeɪtər "ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə səˈspɛktɪd ˈnæʃənəl cyberattack*, wi ər ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔl prɪˈkɔʃənɛri ˈmɛʒərz ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɑr ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪstəmz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz." bɑrts hɛlθ, wɪʧ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɑpərˌeɪts ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz, ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd ɪts ˈmeɪʤər ˈɪnsədənt plæn, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈkænsəlɪŋ ruˈtin əˈpɔɪntmənts ənd dɪˈvərtɪŋ ˈæmbjələnsɪz tɪ ˈdɪfərənt ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz.
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your survey has 231 responses because someone posted it to /r/fatlogic, which they should have because it was filled with leading questions. if you're gonna do a survey at least make the questions unbiased.
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i’ve just visited that page and it further proves the point of why highlighting the issue of fat shaming through journalism is necessary. very sorry that there is a space on the internet in which fat women can speak about their experiences. sorry your delightful pals felt it necessary to invade it. we all know fat women just get a lot of representation.
all the negative comments from the trolls who took that survey and comments on that super cute will be featured in the article so done me a favour. i can expect a great mark for this project. thank you!
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jʊr ˈsərˌveɪ həz 231 rɪˈspɑnsɪz bɪˈkəz ˈsəmˌwən ˈpoʊstɪd ɪt tɪ /r/fatlogic*, wɪʧ ðeɪ ʃʊd hæv bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz fɪld wɪθ ˈlidɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz. ɪf jʊr ˈgɑnə du ə ˈsərˌveɪ æt list meɪk ðə kˈwɛsʧənz ˌənˈbaɪəst. ˈænsər: ʤɪst ˈvɪzɪtɪd ðət peɪʤ ənd ɪt ˈfərðər pruvz ðə pɔɪnt əv waɪ ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈɪʃu əv fæt ˈʃeɪmɪŋ θru ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri. ˈvɛri ˈsɑri ðət ðɛr ɪz ə speɪs ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪn wɪʧ fæt ˈwɪmən kən spik əˈbaʊt ðɛr ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz. ˈsɑri jʊr dɪˈlaɪtfəl pælz fɛlt ɪt ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ˌɪnˈveɪd ɪt. wi ɔl noʊ fæt ˈwɪmən ʤɪst gɪt ə lɔt əv ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən. ɔl ðə ˈnɛgətɪv ˈkɑmɛnts frəm ðə troʊlz hu tʊk ðət ˈsərˌveɪ ənd ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ðət ˈsupər kjut wɪl bi ˈfiʧərd ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl soʊ dən mi ə ˈfeɪvər. aɪ kən ɪkˈspɛkt ə greɪt mɑrk fər ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt. θæŋk ju!
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a tv screen shows a news report of edward snowden, a former national security agency contractor who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping u.s. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in hong kong, june 22, 2013. (kin cheung/ap)
obama administration officials saturday publicly increased pressure on hong kong to move quickly to arrest edward snowden, a week after u.s. officials asked its government to detain the admitted leaker of documents about top-secret surveillance programs.
white house national security adviser thomas e. donilon said u.s. officials “are in conversation” with hong kong authorities and have asked the special administrative region of china not only to arrest the former national security agency contractor but also to extradite him to the united states to stand trial on criminal charges.
“if hong kong act soon, it will complicate our bilateral relations and raise questions about hong commitment to the rule of law,” said another senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak about an ongoing investigation.
the u.s. government, which has made the snowden case a top priority and has devoted significant resources to prosecuting him, asked hong kong on june 14 to detain snowden on a provisional arrest warrant. that same day, federal prosecutors filed sealed criminal charges against him, including theft, “unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person.”
the fact that the u.s. government asked hong kong to detain snowden emerged friday when the washington post disclosed the contents of the sealed criminal complaint.
the white house referred all questions to justice department officials, who declined to comment.
the reasons for the apparent lack of action by hong kong are unclear. officials might still be looking for snowden. the south china morning post reported saturday that snowden is not under police protection but is in a “safe place” in hong kong. the newspaper also reported that snowden had revealed more details about u.s. surveillance of hong kong and china.
under the extradition treaty between hong kong and the united states, a provisional warrant, as opposed to a regular one, is a faster way to detain suspected criminals because it does not require the initial approval of hong chief executive, currently leung chun-ying.
instead, a judge can issue the warrant immediately. simon young, a legal professor at the university of hong kong, said a warrant for arrest could have been issued as early as june 14.
leung’s office declined to comment on case saturday. the police department did not respond to calls and e-mails.
douglas mcnabb, a criminal defense lawyer who specializes in international extradition cases, said that if authorities know location, he may already have asked for asylum, a complicated process that might have to be worked out before hong kong authorities could arrest him.
“if he applied for asylum, that process may trump being arrested on a provisional arrest warrant,” mcnabb said.
snowden, who turned 30 on friday, revealed himself june 9 as the anonymous source for articles in the british newspaper the guardian and the post about the surveillance of telephone calls and internet communications. he was staying in an upscale hotel in hong kong, a city he said he had chosen because he felt he might win asylum there.
snowden subsequently left the hotel, and it is unclear where he went. in a live web chat monday, he said he sees no possibility of a fair trial in the united states and suggested that he would try to elude authorities as long as possible.
meanwhile, plans to protect snowden appeared to be unfolding. sigurvinsson, an icelandic businessman, told reporters thursday that he has a private jet ready to take snowden to iceland, which snowden named in interviews as a potential haven.
kk yuen, a spokesman for the hong kong aviation center, which handles private jet flights out of hong kong, declined to comment on whether snowden or anyone on his behalf had made plans for him to fly out.
snowden could have trouble leaving on a private jet without tipping off authorities. yuen said that all passengers must go through immigration and customs checks.
if snowden is arrested, he must be brought “as soon as practicable” before a hong kong judge, according to the extradition treaty. the judge would decide whether he should be removed from hong kong under the treaty terms.
donilon said in an interview with cbs news that u.s. officials believe the charges against snowden “present a good case for extradition” under the u.s. and hong kong agreement for the surrender of fugitive offenders.
“hong kong has been a historically good partner of the united states in law enforcement matters, and we expect them to comply with the treaty in this case,” donilon said.
but snowden can challenge any initial ruling to extradite him all the way to hong highest court, a process that could take months to run its course.
to fight extradition, snowden could invoke article 6 of the 1997 treaty, which states that a suspect will not be surrendered to face criminal prosecution for an offense of a “political character.”
another unusual exception in the treaty could provide a defense for snowden, according to extradition experts: hong kong authorities can refuse to surrender a suspect if extradition “implicates the defense, foreign affairs or essential public interest” of hong kong.
regina ip, a hong kong legislator and former security secretary, said snowden will have plenty of defenders if he is arrested.
“i think if he stays in hong kong, there will be no lack of human rights lawyers who are happy to help him,” she said saturday.
last weekend, 200 to 300 protesters marched past the u.s. consulate to support snowden, applauding his release of the documents.
hong kong is in an unusual position in the matter because it has an independent legal system but must ultimately answer to the chinese leadership in beijing.
yang reported from hong kong. philip rucker in washington and liu liu in beijing contributed to this report.
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ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən skrin ʃoʊz ə nuz rɪˈpɔrt əv ˈɛdwərd sˈnoʊdən, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi ˈkɑnˌtræktər hu likt ˈtɔpˌsikrɪt ˈdɑkjəmənts əˈbaʊt sˈwipɪŋ juz. sərˈveɪləns ˈproʊˌgræmz, æt ə ˈʃɑpɪŋ mɔl ɪn hɔŋ kɔŋg, ʤun 22 2013 (kɪn cheung/ap*) ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˈpəblɪkli ˌɪnˈkrist ˈprɛʃər ɔn hɔŋ kɔŋg tɪ muv kˈwɪkli tɪ ərˈɛst ˈɛdwərd sˈnoʊdən, ə wik ˈæftər juz. əˈfɪʃəlz æst ɪts ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ dɪˈteɪn ðə ədˈmɪtəd ˈlikər əv ˈdɑkjəmənts əˈbaʊt ˈtɔpˌsikrɪt sərˈveɪləns ˈproʊˌgræmz. waɪt haʊs ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ædˈvaɪzər ˈtɑməs i. ˈdɑnəlɑn sɛd juz. əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn conversation”*” wɪθ hɔŋ kɔŋg əˈθɔrətiz ənd hæv æst ðə ˈspɛʃəl ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv ˈriʤən əv ˈʧaɪnə nɑt ˈoʊnli tɪ ərˈɛst ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi ˈkɑnˌtræktər bət ˈɔlsoʊ tɪ ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪt ɪm tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ stænd traɪəl ɔn ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz. hɔŋ kɔŋg ækt sun, ɪt wɪl ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪt ɑr baɪˈlætərəl riˈleɪʃənz ənd reɪz kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt hɔŋ kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ðə rul əv law,”*,” sɛd əˈnəðər ˈsinjər ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəl, hu spoʊk ɔn ðə kənˈdɪʃən əv ˌænəˈnɪmɪti bɪˈkəz ðə əˈfɪʃəl wɑz nɑt ˈɔθərˌaɪzd tɪ spik əˈbaʊt ən ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən. ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt, wɪʧ həz meɪd ðə sˈnoʊdən keɪs ə tɔp praɪˈɔrəti ənd həz dɪˈvoʊtɪd sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪŋ ɪm, æst hɔŋ kɔŋg ɔn ʤun 14 tɪ dɪˈteɪn sˈnoʊdən ɔn ə prəˈvɪʒənəl ərˈɛst ˈwɔrənt. ðət seɪm deɪ, ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz faɪld sild ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ɪm, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ θɛft, kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən əv ˈnæʃənəl dɪˈfɛns information”*” ənd kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən əv ˈklæsəˌfaɪd kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɪ ən əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd person.”*.” ðə fækt ðət ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt æst hɔŋ kɔŋg tɪ dɪˈteɪn sˈnoʊdən ˈimərʤd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ wɪn ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst dɪˈskloʊzd ðə ˈkɑntɛnts əv ðə sild ˈkrɪmənəl kəmˈpleɪnt. ðə waɪt haʊs rɪˈfərd ɔl kˈwɛsʧənz tɪ ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt əˈfɪʃəlz, hu dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt. ðə ˈrizənz fər ðə əˈpɛrənt læk əv ˈækʃən baɪ hɔŋ kɔŋg ər ənˈklɪr. əˈfɪʃəlz maɪt stɪl bi ˈlʊkɪŋ fər sˈnoʊdən. ðə saʊθ ˈʧaɪnə ˈmɔrnɪŋ poʊst ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ðət sˈnoʊdən ɪz nɑt ˈəndər pəˈlis prəˈtɛkʃən bət ɪz ɪn ə place”*” ɪn hɔŋ kɔŋg. ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈɔlsoʊ ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət sˈnoʊdən hæd rɪˈvild mɔr ˈditeɪlz əˈbaʊt juz. sərˈveɪləns əv hɔŋ kɔŋg ənd ˈʧaɪnə. ˈəndər ðə ˌɛkstrəˈdɪʃən ˈtriti bɪtˈwin hɔŋ kɔŋg ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ə prəˈvɪʒənəl ˈwɔrənt, ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ə ˈrɛgjələr wən, ɪz ə ˈfæstər weɪ tɪ dɪˈteɪn səˈspɛktɪd ˈkrɪmənəlz bɪˈkəz ɪt dɪz nɑt ˌrikˈwaɪər ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl əˈpruvəl əv hɔŋ ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, ˈkərəntli luŋ chun-ying*. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ə ʤəʤ kən ˈɪʃu ðə ˈwɔrənt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli. ˈsaɪmən jəŋ, ə ˈligəl prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv hɔŋ kɔŋg, sɛd ə ˈwɔrənt fər ərˈɛst kʊd hæv bɪn ˈɪʃud ɛz ˈərli ɛz ʤun 14 ˈɔfəs dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn keɪs ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. ðə pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ kɔlz ənd ˈiˌmeɪlz. ˈdəgləs məkˈnæb, ə ˈkrɪmənəl dɪˈfɛns ˈlɔjər hu ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzɪz ɪn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɛkstrəˈdɪʃən ˈkeɪsɪz, sɛd ðət ɪf əˈθɔrətiz noʊ loʊˈkeɪʃən, hi meɪ ɔˈrɛdi hæv æst fər əˈsaɪləm, ə ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət maɪt hæv tɪ bi wərkt aʊt ˌbiˈfɔr hɔŋ kɔŋg əˈθɔrətiz kʊd ərˈɛst ɪm. hi əˈplaɪd fər əˈsaɪləm, ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs meɪ trəmp biɪŋ ərˈɛstɪd ɔn ə prəˈvɪʒənəl ərˈɛst warrant,”*,” məkˈnæb sɛd. sˈnoʊdən, hu tərnd 30 ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, rɪˈvild hɪmˈsɛlf ʤun 9 ɛz ðə əˈnɑnəməs sɔrs fər ˈɑrtɪkəlz ɪn ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ðə ˈgɑrdiən ənd ðə poʊst əˈbaʊt ðə sərˈveɪləns əv ˈtɛləˌfoʊn kɔlz ənd ˈɪntərˌnɛt kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz. hi wɑz steɪɪŋ ɪn ən ˈəpˌskeɪl hoʊˈtɛl ɪn hɔŋ kɔŋg, ə ˈsɪti hi sɛd hi hæd ˈʧoʊzən bɪˈkəz hi fɛlt hi maɪt wɪn əˈsaɪləm ðɛr. sˈnoʊdən ˈsəbsəkwəntli lɛft ðə hoʊˈtɛl, ənd ɪt ɪz ənˈklɪr wɛr hi wɛnt. ɪn ə lɪv wɛb ʧæt ˈmənˌdeɪ, hi sɛd hi siz noʊ ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ə fɛr traɪəl ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd səˈʤɛstɪd ðət hi wʊd traɪ tɪ ɪˈlud əˈθɔrətiz ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ˈminˌwaɪl, plænz tɪ prəˈtɛkt sˈnoʊdən əˈpɪrd tɪ bi ənˈfoʊldɪŋ. sigurvinsson*, ən aɪsˈlændɪk ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn, toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ˈθərzˌdeɪ ðət hi həz ə ˈpraɪvət ʤɛt ˈrɛdi tɪ teɪk sˈnoʊdən tɪ ˈaɪslənd, wɪʧ sˈnoʊdən neɪmd ɪn ˈɪntərvˌjuz ɛz ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈheɪvən. jwɛn, ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ðə hɔŋ kɔŋg ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈsɛnər, wɪʧ ˈhændəlz ˈpraɪvət ʤɛt flaɪts aʊt əv hɔŋ kɔŋg, dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˈwɛðər sˈnoʊdən ər ˈɛniˌwən ɔn hɪz bɪˈhæf hæd meɪd plænz fər ɪm tɪ flaɪ aʊt. sˈnoʊdən kʊd hæv ˈtrəbəl ˈlivɪŋ ɔn ə ˈpraɪvət ʤɛt wɪˈθaʊt ˈtɪpɪŋ ɔf əˈθɔrətiz. jwɛn sɛd ðət ɔl ˈpæsənʤərz məst goʊ θru ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ənd ˈkəstəmz ʧɛks. ɪf sˈnoʊdən ɪz ərˈɛstɪd, hi məst bi brɔt sun ɛz practicable”*” ˌbiˈfɔr ə hɔŋ kɔŋg ʤəʤ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɛkstrəˈdɪʃən ˈtriti. ðə ʤəʤ wʊd ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər hi ʃʊd bi riˈmuvd frəm hɔŋ kɔŋg ˈəndər ðə ˈtriti tərmz. ˈdɑnəlɑn sɛd ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈsiˌbiˌɛs nuz ðət juz. əˈfɪʃəlz bɪˈliv ðə ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst sˈnoʊdən ə gʊd keɪs fər extradition”*” ˈəndər ðə juz. ənd hɔŋ kɔŋg əˈgrimənt fər ðə sərˈɛndər əv fˈjuʤɪtɪv əˈfɛndərz. kɔŋg həz bɪn ə hɪˈstɔrɪkəli gʊd ˈpɑrtnər əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈmætərz, ənd wi ɪkˈspɛkt ðɛm tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə ˈtriti ɪn ðɪs case,”*,” ˈdɑnəlɑn sɛd. bət sˈnoʊdən kən ˈʧælənʤ ˈɛni ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈrulɪŋ tɪ ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪt ɪm ɔl ðə weɪ tɪ hɔŋ haɪəst kɔrt, ə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət kʊd teɪk mənθs tɪ rən ɪts kɔrs. tɪ faɪt ˌɛkstrəˈdɪʃən, sˈnoʊdən kʊd ˌɪnˈvoʊk ˈɑrtɪkəl 6 əv ðə 1997 ˈtriti, wɪʧ steɪts ðət ə ˈsəˌspɛkt wɪl nɑt bi sərˈɛndərd tɪ feɪs ˈkrɪmənəl ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən fər ən əˈfɛns əv ə character.”*.” əˈnəðər ənˈjuˌʒuəl ɪkˈsɛpʃən ɪn ðə ˈtriti kʊd prəˈvaɪd ə dɪˈfɛns fər sˈnoʊdən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˌɛkstrəˈdɪʃən ˈɛkspərts: hɔŋ kɔŋg əˈθɔrətiz kən ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ sərˈɛndər ə ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪf ˌɛkstrəˈdɪʃən ðə dɪˈfɛns, ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz ər ɛˈsɛnʃəl ˈpəblɪk interest”*” əv hɔŋ kɔŋg. rɪˈʤinə ˌaɪˌpi, ə hɔŋ kɔŋg ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtər ənd ˈfɔrmər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, sɛd sˈnoʊdən wɪl hæv ˈplɛnti əv dɪˈfɛndərz ɪf hi ɪz ərˈɛstɪd. θɪŋk ɪf hi steɪz ɪn hɔŋ kɔŋg, ðɛr wɪl bi noʊ læk əv ˈjumən raɪts ˈlɔjərz hu ər ˈhæpi tɪ hɛlp him,”*,” ʃi sɛd ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. læst ˈwiˌkɪnd, 200 tɪ 300 ˈproʊˌtɛstərz mɑrʧt pæst ðə juz. ˈkɑnsələt tɪ səˈpɔrt sˈnoʊdən, əˈplɔdɪŋ hɪz riˈlis əv ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts. hɔŋ kɔŋg ɪz ɪn ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl pəˈzɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈmætər bɪˈkəz ɪt həz ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈligəl ˈsɪstəm bət məst ˈəltəmətli ˈænsər tɪ ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈlidərˌʃɪp ɪn ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ. jæŋ ˌriˈpɔrtəd frəm hɔŋ kɔŋg. ˈfɪlɪp ˈrəkər ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd lju lju ɪn ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt.
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the annotated book of mormon
being a skeptical look at joseph smith's opus
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most of the new testament quotations are cross-referenced. if you click on the note number next to the bible quotation, you will be able to see other places in the book of mormon where the same verse or bible book is used. for example, the verse below is from i. if you click on the note number ([1]) next to revelation, you will get a list of all other places in the book of mormon where revelation is quoted.
5:18 that these plates of brass should go forth unto all 1 nations, kindreds, tongues, and people who were of his seed. [1] revelation: ...all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
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ðə ˌænəˈteɪtɪd bʊk əv ˈmɔrmən biɪŋ ə ˈskɛptɪkəl lʊk æt ˈʤoʊzəf smɪθs ˈoʊpəs ˈvərʒən ˈdeɪtɪd ðɪs ˈkɑmənˌtɛri ənd ˈkrɔsˌrɛfərəns (si bɪˈloʊ) ʃʊd bi kənˈsɪdərd ɛz ə kənˈtɪnjuəs "wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs". ˈkɑmɛnts wɪl bi ˈædɪd ənd ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd frəm taɪm tɪ taɪm. səm məˈtɪriəl ɪz əreɪnʤd ɪn ə ˈtɑpɪkəl fɔrm. ðiz θrɛdz ər brɔt təˈgɛðər ˈəndər ðə "ˈtɑpɪks" ˈhɛdɪŋ. wɪˈθɪn ðə tɛkst ˌɪtˈsɛlf, klɪk ɔn ðə tɪ goʊ tɪ ðə nɛkst ˈrɛfərəns ɪn ðə ˈtɑpɪk ʧeɪn. ˈtɑpɪks aɪ ˈʤeɪkəb ˈinəs ˈɑmni wərdz əv ˈmɔrmən ˈɑlmə ˈmɔrmən ˈiθər mərˈoʊni moʊst əv ðə nu ˈtɛstəmənt kwoʊˈteɪʃənz ər cross-referenced*. ɪf ju klɪk ɔn ðə noʊt ˈnəmbər nɛkst tɪ ðə ˈbaɪbəl kwoʊˈteɪʃən, ju wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ si ˈəðər ˈpleɪsɪz ɪn ðə bʊk əv ˈmɔrmən wɛr ðə seɪm vərs ər ˈbaɪbəl bʊk ɪz juzd. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ðə vərs bɪˈloʊ ɪz frəm aɪ. ɪf ju klɪk ɔn ðə noʊt ˈnəmbər 1 nɛkst tɪ ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən ju wɪl gɪt ə lɪst əv ɔl ˈəðər ˈpleɪsɪz ɪn ðə bʊk əv ˈmɔrmən wɛr ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən ɪz kˈwoʊtɪd. ðət ðiz pleɪts əv bræs ʃʊd goʊ fɔrθ ˈəntu ɔl 1 ˈneɪʃənz, kindreds*, təŋz, ənd ˈpipəl hu wər əv hɪz sid. 1 ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən ...ɔl ˈneɪʃənz, ənd kindreds*, ənd ˈpipəl, ənd təŋz...
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with free agency set to begin on march 1, the baltimore ravens have a lot of work to do with the $14.8 million they currently have in cap space. baltimore still has to decide who, if anyone, they will be able to from their own pending free agents while also looking at others on the market to bolster their roster.
a big part of the ravens’ will likely include trimming down their roster to free up salary cap room in order to make some moves. but who do you cut first if you are general manager ozzie newsome. we look at a few options that could have their pink slip already filled out.
shareeceight cb:
baltimore cornerbackight is likely to get cut first with his salary cap hit being $5.8 million in 2017 while having limited production. the move would free up a little less than $3.2 million for the ravens, enough to likely make a move elsewhere or help or assist ining brandon williams.
it is unlikely thatight returns for another season with the ravens despite signing a three-year deal worth $13 million during the 2016.ight wased last season because he made strides towards the end of the 2015 season in being a stable and quality cornerback. that certainly the case in 2016 and with the play of young,ight simply has too high of a salary for what he brings to the table.
jeremy c
center jeremy has to be feeling the heat. with ryan jensen and john urschel both sitting behind him waiting, fits the type of player that gets cut first. the ravens will get back just under $2.4 million of his $4.6 million 2017 salary while having his replacement likely already on the roster.
it help that baltimore got to test out options in 2015 with on injured reserve and a 2016 season that exactly masterful. all of that points to being the out.
mike wallace
despite a fantastic 2016 campaign in which he accounted for receiving yards, mike wallace has a heavy cap hit in 2017 with little dead money. that makes it far easier to cut him if the ravens need some more money to make moves this. if cut, wallace would free up $5.75 million in cap space for 2017.
still, difficult to cut the best receiver on the team and certainly even harder to make him first. while likely that baltimore works with wallace to either get his cap number down or cuts him outright, it probably be until after the draft when they hopefully have more depth on the roster.
benjamin watson te
with five other tight ends already on the roster and benjamin watson missing 2016 due to injury, it could be as simple as shedding dead weight. but watson has the added bonus of getting $3 million back from his $4 million 2017 salary if cut.
it already looks as though watson will be gone, but will he be first is the biggest question. with the amount of cap space the ravens would get and the depth at tight end, it seems like an obvious choice to get the axe first.
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wɪθ fri ˈeɪʤənsi sɛt tɪ bɪˈgɪn ɔn mɑrʧ 1 ðə ˈbɔltəˌmɔr ˈreɪvənz hæv ə lɔt əv wərk tɪ du wɪθ ðə ˈmɪljən ðeɪ ˈkərəntli hæv ɪn kæp speɪs. ˈbɔltəˌmɔr stɪl həz tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd hu, ɪf ˈɛniˌwən, ðeɪ wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ frəm ðɛr oʊn ˈpɛndɪŋ fri ˈeɪʤənts waɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈəðərz ɔn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt tɪ ˈboʊlstər ðɛr ˈrɑstər. ə bɪg pɑrt əv ðə ravens’*’ wɪl ˈlaɪkli ˌɪnˈklud ˈtrɪmɪŋ daʊn ðɛr ˈrɑstər tɪ fri əp ˈsæləri kæp rum ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk səm muvz. bət hu du ju kət fərst ɪf ju ər ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər ˈɑˌzi ˈnusəm. wi lʊk æt ə fju ˈɔpʃənz ðət kʊd hæv ðɛr pɪŋk slɪp ɔˈrɛdi fɪld aʊt. raɪt cb*: ˈbɔltəˌmɔr ˈkɔrnərˌbæk raɪt ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ gɪt kət fərst wɪθ hɪz ˈsæləri kæp hɪt biɪŋ ˈmɪljən ɪn 2017 waɪl ˈhævɪŋ ˈlɪmɪtɪd pərˈdəkʃən. ðə muv wʊd fri əp ə ˈlɪtəl lɛs ðən ˈmɪljən fər ðə ˈreɪvənz, ɪˈnəf tɪ ˈlaɪkli meɪk ə muv ˈɛlsˌwɛr ər hɛlp ər əˈsɪst ɪn ˈbrændən ˈwɪljəmz. ɪt ɪz ənˈlaɪkli ðət raɪt rɪˈtərnz fər əˈnəðər ˈsizən wɪθ ðə ˈreɪvənz dɪˈspaɪt ˈsaɪnɪŋ ə θˈriˌjɪr dil wərθ 13 ˈmɪljən ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2016. raɪt wɑz læst ˈsizən bɪˈkəz hi meɪd straɪdz təˈwɔrdz ðə ɛnd əv ðə 2015 ˈsizən ɪn biɪŋ ə ˈsteɪbəl ənd kˈwɑləti ˈkɔrnərˌbæk. ðət ˈsərtənli ðə keɪs ɪn 2016 ənd wɪθ ðə pleɪ əv jəŋ, raɪt ˈsɪmpli həz tu haɪ əv ə ˈsæləri fər wət hi brɪŋz tɪ ðə ˈteɪbəl. ˈʤɛrəˌmi si ˈsɛnər ˈʤɛrəˌmi həz tɪ bi ˈfilɪŋ ðə hit. wɪθ raɪən ˈʤɛnsən ənd ʤɑn ˈərʃəl boʊθ ˈsɪtɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm ˈweɪtɪŋ, fɪts ðə taɪp əv pleɪər ðət gɪts kət fərst. ðə ˈreɪvənz wɪl gɪt bæk ʤɪst ˈəndər ˈmɪljən əv hɪz ˈmɪljən 2017 ˈsæləri waɪl ˈhævɪŋ hɪz rɪˈpleɪsmənt ˈlaɪkli ɔˈrɛdi ɔn ðə ˈrɑstər. ɪt hɛlp ðət ˈbɔltəˌmɔr gɑt tɪ tɛst aʊt ˈɔpʃənz ɪn 2015 wɪθ ɔn ˈɪnʤərd rɪˈzərv ənd ə 2016 ˈsizən ðət ɪgˈzæktli ˈmæstərfəl. ɔl əv ðət pɔɪnts tɪ biɪŋ ðə aʊt. maɪk ˈwɔlɪs dɪˈspaɪt ə fænˈtæstɪk 2016 kæmˈpeɪn ɪn wɪʧ hi əˈkaʊntɪd fər rɪˈsivɪŋ jɑrdz, maɪk ˈwɔlɪs həz ə ˈhɛvi kæp hɪt ɪn 2017 wɪθ ˈlɪtəl dɛd ˈməni. ðət meɪks ɪt fɑr ˈiziər tɪ kət ɪm ɪf ðə ˈreɪvənz nid səm mɔr ˈməni tɪ meɪk muvz ðɪs. ɪf kət, ˈwɔlɪs wʊd fri əp ˈmɪljən ɪn kæp speɪs fər 2017 stɪl, ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ kət ðə bɛst rɪˈsivər ɔn ðə tim ənd ˈsərtənli ˈivɪn ˈhɑrdər tɪ meɪk ɪm fərst. waɪl ˈlaɪkli ðət ˈbɔltəˌmɔr wərks wɪθ ˈwɔlɪs tɪ ˈiðər gɪt hɪz kæp ˈnəmbər daʊn ər kəts ɪm ˈaʊˈtraɪt, ɪt ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ənˈtɪl ˈæftər ðə dræft wɪn ðeɪ ˈhoʊpfəli hæv mɔr dɛpθ ɔn ðə ˈrɑstər. ˈbɛnʤəmən ˈwɑtsən ti wɪθ faɪv ˈəðər taɪt ɛndz ɔˈrɛdi ɔn ðə ˈrɑstər ənd ˈbɛnʤəmən ˈwɑtsən ˈmɪsɪŋ 2016 du tɪ ˈɪnʤəri, ɪt kʊd bi ɛz ˈsɪmpəl ɛz ˈʃɛdɪŋ dɛd weɪt. bət ˈwɑtsən həz ðə ˈædɪd ˈboʊnəs əv ˈgɪtɪŋ 3 ˈmɪljən bæk frəm hɪz 4 ˈmɪljən 2017 ˈsæləri ɪf kət. ɪt ɔˈrɛdi lʊks ɛz ðoʊ ˈwɑtsən wɪl bi gɔn, bət wɪl hi bi fərst ɪz ðə ˈbɪgəst kˈwɛʃən. wɪθ ðə əˈmaʊnt əv kæp speɪs ðə ˈreɪvənz wʊd gɪt ənd ðə dɛpθ æt taɪt ɛnd, ɪt simz laɪk ən ˈɑbviəs ʧɔɪs tɪ gɪt ðə æks fərst.
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by luca
a romantic trip to paris. a summer spent in saint barth. a long weekend of skiing in aspen… tom 2013 collection makes us relive the glories of hollywood!
his man is a budding movie-star… sophisticated, glamorous… he has recently signed a contract with one of the great american majors. happy! he will be the protagonist of the first color film in the history of cinema: a global success! why he chooses bright colors: red, orange, purple, pink, yellow… in a technicolor style!
the white lack: pure and flawless! in the daytime he wears either leather jackets or long prince of wales trenches. in the evening he is formal but without taking himself too seriously… a slim- fit cut suits and tuxedos incredible jackets in silk and lightweight clutches! the shirts’ tiny squares of course tailored play an interesting optical effect of the season!)… the polka dots and flowery fantasies of scarves and ties are proposed again in the costumes: essential for the that cannot be renounced! as shoes, the most classic of the moccasins, in suede or brushed calfskin… and to protect themselves from the california sun? the ubiquitous-symbol-glasses… “lights, camera, action!”.
the features jacob and simon van meervenne.
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baɪ ˈlukə ə roʊˈmæntɪk trɪp tɪ ˈpɛrɪs. ə ˈsəmər spɛnt ɪn seɪnt bɑrθ. ə lɔŋ ˈwiˌkɪnd əv skiɪŋ ɪn aspen…*… tɑm 2013 kəˈlɛkʃən meɪks ˈjuˈɛs riˈlɪv ðə ˈglɔriz əv ˈhɑliˌwʊd! hɪz mæn ɪz ə ˈbədɪŋ movie-star…*… səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd, glamorous…*… hi həz ˈrisəntli saɪnd ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ wən əv ðə greɪt əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmeɪʤərz. ˈhæpi! hi wɪl bi ðə proʊˈtægənəst əv ðə fərst ˈkələr fɪlm ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ˈsɪnəmə: ə ˈgloʊbəl səkˈsɛs! waɪ hi ˈʧuzɪz braɪt ˈkələrz: rɛd, ˈɔrɪnʤ, ˈpərpəl, pɪŋk, yellow…*… ɪn ə ˈtɛknɪˌkələr staɪl! ðə waɪt læk: pjʊr ənd ˈflɔləs! ɪn ðə ˈdeɪˌtaɪm hi wɛrz ˈiðər ˈlɛðər ˈʤækɪts ər lɔŋ prɪns əv weɪlz ˈtrɛnʧɪz. ɪn ðə ˈivnɪŋ hi ɪz ˈfɔrməl bət wɪˈθaʊt ˈteɪkɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf tu seriously…*… ə slɪm- fɪt kət suts ənd təkˈsiˌdoʊz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈʤækɪts ɪn sɪlk ənd ˈlaɪtˈweɪt ˈkləʧɪz! ðə shirts’*’ ˈtaɪni skwɛrz əv kɔrs ˈteɪlərd pleɪ ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɑptɪkəl ˈifɛkt əv ðə season!)…*!)… ðə ˈpoʊlkɑ dɑts ənd ˈflaʊəri ˈfænəsiz əv skɑrvz ənd taɪz ər prəˈpoʊzd əˈgɛn ɪn ðə ˈkɑstumz: ɛˈsɛnʃəl fər ðə ðət ˈkænɑt bi rɪˈnaʊnst! ɛz ʃuz, ðə moʊst ˈklæsɪk əv ðə ˈmɑkəsɪnz, ɪn sweɪd ər brəʃt calfskin…*… ənd tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛmˈsɛlvz frəm ðə ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə sən? ðə ubiquitous-symbol-glasses…*… ““lights*, ˈkæmərə, action!”*!”. ðə ˈfiʧərz ˈʤeɪkəb ənd ˈsaɪmən væn meervenne*.
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north carolina congresswoman virginia foxx questioned the education department's overreach when it comes to campus sexual assault during a hearing on wednesday.
the congresswoman directed her question to dr. john king, the acting secretary of the education department, who is currently going through the confirmation process to officially become head of the department.
"i'm very concerned about what's happening within your department's office for civil rights and its impact on college campuses across the country," foxx said. "for too long the has gone around congress by legislating a new mission and i'm deeply concerned about the office's legitimacy and effectiveness on these issues and the potential negative impact on students and institutions."
foxx accused of using its "dear colleague" letter process and an "implied threat" of investigations and loss of federal funding as a weapon against schools to require them to handle allegations of campus sexual assault. these threats from have schools to abandon due process and the truth in order to prove to the department that they take sexual assault seriously.
foxx said that anything that requires an expensive investigation by law should not "encroach" on congress's constitutional duty to make laws.
"the office should follow the regulatory process that provides ample time for notice and comment," foxx said. "there are significant issues that should be addressed by stakeholders before the department makes a unilateral decision on how to address certain issues, and again, individual circumstances matter greatly."
foxx then asked king how many of the "dear colleague" letters issued over the past six years have gone through the proper process (the one issued in 2011 that began the campus mess we see today did not). she also asked who is responsible for determining whether the letters should go through the period and what king would do ensure the process is reformed to ensure that all stakeholders have an opportunity to comment.
foxx also noted that is "touting" how many investigations it has opened regarding claims that schools have not properly handled accusations of sexual assault. foxx said that the number of investigations matters less than the actual justice of each individual case.
"many are concerned that the office's current approach is counterproductive to reaching a just resolution, as well as being costly [and] inefficient," foxx said.
she also asked how many investigations have been closed by, how long it took to investigate the schools and whether all of that information is publicly published along with the findings of each investigation.
king responded by claiming that's goal "is to ensure that the rights of students are protected and that our campuses whether it's our schools or our higher education campuses are safe and supportive environments for all students."
he added: "we think protecting students, both female and male students, against sexual assault has to be a part of how we ensure that our campuses are safe and supportive environments." notice how he does not mention protecting students from false accusations, further showing how the office does not seem to consider the possibility that accused students could be innocent.
king said that the "dear colleague" letters the office issues "do not have the force of law," a sentiment echoed by other officials in the department.
foxx wasn't buying his response. "is it not true though that the campuses feel they have the force of law and that there is the strong intimidation [and] tone to those letters that you're issuing?" the congresswoman asked.
king again tried to explain that "guidance" that threatens a loss of federal funding isn't actually intimidation. he claimed that the letters provided "clarity" to questions the department is asked and explain to schools how the department "interprets" existing law. he said that regulations follow the period.
this is a similar response to the one the department gave to questions raised by sen. james lankford, r-okla. despite previous "dear colleague" letters going through the proper period, the 2011 letter did not, and the department has since been claiming that it did not issue any new regulations.
but the 2011 letter broadened the definition of harassment, required schools to use a lower standard of proof when determining the credibility of sexual assault accusations and backed it all up with the threat of investigations and a loss of federal funding. it placed a significant burden on schools to use their funds to set up systems to try accused students (and find them responsible or else face an investigation).
foxx requested written responses to her other questions by march 1, as her time to ask questions was limited.
it's good to have yet another legislator asking tough questions about how has been allowed to create such a toxic environment on college campuses across the country. if only she had also been able to bring up the lack of due process rights afforded to accused students.
ashe schow is a commentary writer for the washington examiner.
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nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ˈkɑŋgrəsˌwʊmən vərˈʤɪnjə fɑks kˈwɛsʧənd ðə ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˈoʊvərˌriʧ wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈkæmpəs ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈhirɪŋ ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ðə ˈkɑŋgrəsˌwʊmən dɪˈrɛktɪd hər kˈwɛʃən tɪ ˈdɑktər. ʤɑn kɪŋ, ðə ˈæktɪŋ ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən dɪˈpɑrtmənt, hu ɪz ˈkərəntli goʊɪŋ θru ðə ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs tɪ əˈfɪʃəli bɪˈkəm hɛd əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt. "əm ˈvɛri kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt wəts ˈhæpənɪŋ wɪˈθɪn jʊr dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˈɔfəs fər ˈsɪvəl raɪts ənd ɪts ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈkæmpəsɪz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri," fɑks sɛd. "fər tu lɔŋ ðə həz gɔn əraʊnd ˈkɑŋgrəs baɪ ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪtɪŋ ə nu ˈmɪʃən ənd əm ˈdipli kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɔfəsɪz lɪˈʤɪtəməsi ənd ˈifɛktɪvnəs ɔn ðiz ˈɪʃuz ənd ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈnɛgətɪv ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈstudənts ənd ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz." fɑks əˈkjuzd əv ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts "dɪr ˈkɑlig" ˈlɛtər ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ən "ˌɪmˈplaɪd θrɛt" əv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ənd lɔs əv ˈfɛdərəl ˈfəndɪŋ ɛz ə ˈwɛpən əˈgɛnst skulz tɪ ˌrikˈwaɪər ðɛm tɪ ˈhændəl ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv ˈkæmpəs ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt. ðiz θrɛts frəm hæv skulz tɪ əˈbændən du ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ðə truθ ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ pruv tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt ðət ðeɪ teɪk ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt ˈsɪriəsli. fɑks sɛd ðət ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət rikˈwaɪərz ən ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən baɪ lɔ ʃʊd nɑt "ɪnˈkroʊʧ" ɔn ˈkɑŋgrəsɪz ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ˈduti tɪ meɪk lɔz. "ðə ˈɔfəs ʃʊd ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət prəˈvaɪdz ˈæmpəl taɪm fər ˈnoʊtɪs ənd ˈkɑmɛnt," fɑks sɛd. "ðɛr ər sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈɪʃuz ðət ʃʊd bi əˈdrɛst baɪ ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz ˌbiˈfɔr ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt meɪks ə ˌjunəˈlætərəl dɪˈsɪʒən ɔn haʊ tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ˈsərtən ˈɪʃuz, ənd əˈgɛn, ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz ˈmætər ˈgreɪtli." fɑks ðɛn æst kɪŋ haʊ ˈmɛni əv ðə "dɪr ˈkɑlig" ˈlɛtərz ˈɪʃud ˈoʊvər ðə pæst sɪks jɪrz hæv gɔn θru ðə ˈprɑpər ˈprɔˌsɛs (ðə wən ˈɪʃud ɪn 2011 ðət bɪˈgæn ðə ˈkæmpəs mɛs wi si təˈdeɪ dɪd nɑt). ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ æst hu ɪz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər dɪˈtərmənɪŋ ˈwɛðər ðə ˈlɛtərz ʃʊd goʊ θru ðə ˈpɪriəd ənd wət kɪŋ wʊd du ɪnˈʃʊr ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪz rɪˈfɔrmd tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ɔl ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz hæv ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt. fɑks ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ɪz "ˈtaʊtɪŋ" haʊ ˈmɛni ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ɪt həz ˈoʊpənd rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ kleɪmz ðət skulz hæv nɑt ˈprɑpərli ˈhændəld ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əv ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt. fɑks sɛd ðət ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ˈmætərz lɛs ðən ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈʤəstɪs əv iʧ ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl keɪs. "ˈmɛni ər kənˈsərnd ðət ðə ˈɔfəsɪz ˈkɑrənt əˈproʊʧ ɪz ˈkaʊnərprəˌdəktɪv tɪ ˈriʧɪŋ ə ʤɪst ˌrɛzəˈluʃən, ɛz wɛl ɛz biɪŋ ˈkɔstli [ənd] ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt," fɑks sɛd. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ æst haʊ ˈmɛni ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz hæv bɪn kloʊzd baɪ, haʊ lɔŋ ɪt tʊk tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ðə skulz ənd ˈwɛðər ɔl əv ðət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪz ˈpəblɪkli ˈpəblɪʃt əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə ˈfaɪndɪŋz əv iʧ ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən. kɪŋ rɪˈspɑndɪd baɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət goʊl "ɪz tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ðə raɪts əv ˈstudənts ər prəˈtɛktɪd ənd ðət ɑr ˈkæmpəsɪz ˈwɛðər ɪts ɑr skulz ər ɑr haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈkæmpəsɪz ər seɪf ənd səˈpɔrtɪv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts fər ɔl ˈstudənts." hi ˈædɪd: "wi θɪŋk prəˈtɛktɪŋ ˈstudənts, boʊθ ˈfiˌmeɪl ənd meɪl ˈstudənts, əˈgɛnst ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt həz tɪ bi ə pɑrt əv haʊ wi ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ɑr ˈkæmpəsɪz ər seɪf ənd səˈpɔrtɪv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts." ˈnoʊtɪs haʊ hi dɪz nɑt ˈmɛnʃən prəˈtɛktɪŋ ˈstudənts frəm fɔls ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz, ˈfərðər ʃoʊɪŋ haʊ ðə ˈɔfəs dɪz nɑt sim tɪ kənˈsɪdər ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ðət əˈkjuzd ˈstudənts kʊd bi ˈɪnəsənt. kɪŋ sɛd ðət ðə "dɪr ˈkɑlig" ˈlɛtərz ðə ˈɔfəs ˈɪʃuz "du nɑt hæv ðə fɔrs əv lɔ," ə ˈsɛnəmənt ˈɛkoʊd baɪ ˈəðər əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt. fɑks ˈwəzənt baɪɪŋ hɪz rɪˈspɑns. "ɪz ɪt nɑt tru ðoʊ ðət ðə ˈkæmpəsɪz fil ðeɪ hæv ðə fɔrs əv lɔ ənd ðət ðɛr ɪz ðə strɔŋ ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən [ənd] toʊn tɪ ðoʊz ˈlɛtərz ðət jʊr ˈɪʃuɪŋ?" ðə ˈkɑŋgrəsˌwʊmən æst. kɪŋ əˈgɛn traɪd tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn ðət "ˈgaɪdəns" ðət θˈrɛtənz ə lɔs əv ˈfɛdərəl ˈfəndɪŋ ˈɪzənt ˈæˌkʧuəli ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən. hi kleɪmd ðət ðə ˈlɛtərz prəˈvaɪdɪd "ˈklɛrɪti" tɪ kˈwɛsʧənz ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt ɪz æst ənd ɪkˈspleɪn tɪ skulz haʊ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt "ˌɪnˈtərprəts" ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ lɔ. hi sɛd ðət ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˈpɪriəd. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈsɪmələr rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðə wən ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt geɪv tɪ kˈwɛsʧənz reɪzd baɪ sɛn. ʤeɪmz ˈlæŋkfərd, r-okla*. dɪˈspaɪt ˈpriviəs "dɪr ˈkɑlig" ˈlɛtərz goʊɪŋ θru ðə ˈprɑpər ˈpɪriəd, ðə 2011 ˈlɛtər dɪd nɑt, ənd ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz sɪns bɪn ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət ɪt dɪd nɑt ˈɪʃu ˈɛni nu ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz. bət ðə 2011 ˈlɛtər ˈbrɔdənd ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv hərˈæsmənt, rikˈwaɪərd skulz tɪ juz ə loʊər ˈstændərd əv pruf wɪn dɪˈtərmənɪŋ ðə ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti əv ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz ənd bækt ɪt ɔl əp wɪθ ðə θrɛt əv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ənd ə lɔs əv ˈfɛdərəl ˈfəndɪŋ. ɪt pleɪst ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈbərdən ɔn skulz tɪ juz ðɛr fəndz tɪ sɛt əp ˈsɪstəmz tɪ traɪ əˈkjuzd ˈstudənts (ənd faɪnd ðɛm riˈspɑnsəbəl ər ɛls feɪs ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən). fɑks rɪkˈwɛstɪd ˈrɪtən rɪˈspɑnsɪz tɪ hər ˈəðər kˈwɛsʧənz baɪ mɑrʧ 1 ɛz hər taɪm tɪ æsk kˈwɛsʧənz wɑz ˈlɪmɪtɪd. ɪts gʊd tɪ hæv jɛt əˈnəðər ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtər ˈæskɪŋ təf kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt haʊ həz bɪn əˈlaʊd tɪ kriˈeɪt səʧ ə ˈtɑksɪk ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ɔn ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈkæmpəsɪz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. ɪf ˈoʊnli ʃi hæd ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ brɪŋ əp ðə læk əv du ˈprɔˌsɛs raɪts əˈfɔrdəd tɪ əˈkjuzd ˈstudənts. æʃ ʃaʊ ɪz ə ˈkɑmənˌtɛri ˈraɪtər fər ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɪgˈzæmənər.
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no actor could act and no writer could script the charming but poignant scene when two from either side of divided county derry in northern ireland switch school uniforms and behold themselves, and each other, in a mirror.
the gesture is simple and effervescent, but utterly subversive. courtney cooke is from college, in the loyalist waterside, on the protestant east bank of the river foyle; yvonne weir attends catholic college across the river in creggan, fortress estate of republican bogside, once the “free derry”.
the defiance was the schoolgirls’ own idea for a short film, in peace apart, in which, having changed uniforms, they walk through the city and demonstrate how their lives hitherto have been almost entirely segregated. in a small place, they have never set eyes on each schools, or barely crossed the river foyle, which in the film is described as the walled “biggest wall”.
the film has been entered for a competition next year in boston. whether it wins or not, their idea could and certainly should go viral. already, a group from derry plans to challenge palestinian and israeli children to do the equivalent swap a for a skullcap at an international schools encounter in genoa.
facebook twitter in peacears yvonne weir, left, and courtney cooke. photograph: the nerve centre
the film forms part of the work by a project that has done more than anything politicians could ever devise to sow peace in northern ireland. teaching divided histories was born out of an arts hub, the nerve centre, which came to the fore during year as city of culture in 2013.
the nerve centre opened in 1990, before the good friday agreement, the brainchild of martin and john peto, who then launched the teaching project, setting out to “end the taboo”, as puts it, “and help teachers in our schools educate children about what happened here, rather than sweep it all under the carpet. we see it as the only way to end the segregation thatill persists, despite the peace process.”
modules were developed, using digital technology, to teach the civil rights movement and the troubles, as well as the 1916 easter rising, the battle of the and international conflict, with the intent of forging a common, agreed, factualory.
on the anniversary of the ira ceasefire in august, a girl from belfast, sharvin, said it herself: “peace is here. you compare the situation now with what was happening then, but teachers areill trained separately, and that has an impact on people of my age. education has a lot to do with keeping sectarianuff going. i suppose people do need to talk about the troubles, but they need to do it in such a hushed manner. i think we need to find a more open way to speak about that time.”
facebook twitter yvonne weir, left, and courtney cooke after they had swapped uniforms. the nerve centre
classroom sessions were devised on south africa, lebanon and wars in west africa. “this is rawuff, trying to do,” says peto. “there are all sorts of barriers, and sometimes it can be easier toart by teaching conflict that is distant, geographically and in time, before getting to our own.” the project bloomed, going international itself. teachers were brought to derry from kashmir, lebanon, south africa and sierra leone for an extraordinary conference in derry as part of the city of culture. this year, teaming up with the british council, teaching divided histories sent its own trainingaff to those countries, to install its ideas, materials and initiatives. incredibly, for all its endeavour and efficacy, the project is currently fighting proposed government funding cuts.
during the city of culture year, the film director paul spent time at the nerve centre watching teaching divided histories at work a visit of which he says: “it was fantastic. they were showing photographic exhibitions and films that reflected the troubles back at all of us. news reports, documentaries and photographs, which have embedded those images of the city among its youth. but now the young people themselves are manipulating those images and playing with sound in a very sophisticated way.
“and not just trying to make films about the troubles: one kid showed me a remake done of the bourne supremacy [a film about a cia assassin] lasting 60 seconds. it was a of course, but very clever, very skilful.”
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noʊ ˈæktər kʊd ækt ənd noʊ ˈraɪtər kʊd skrɪpt ðə ˈʧɑrmɪŋ bət ˈpɔɪnjənt sin wɪn tu frəm ˈiðər saɪd əv dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈkaʊnti ˈdɛri ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈaɪərlənd swɪʧ skul ˈjunəˌfɔrmz ənd bɪˈhoʊld ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ənd iʧ ˈəðər, ɪn ə ˈmɪrər. ðə ˈʤɛsʧər ɪz ˈsɪmpəl ənd ˌɛfərˈvɛsənt, bət ˈətərli səbˈvərsɪv. ˈkɔrtni kʊk ɪz frəm ˈkɑlɪʤ, ɪn ðə ˈlɔɪəlɪst waterside*, ɔn ðə ˈprɑtəstənt ist bæŋk əv ðə ˈrɪvər fɔɪl; ˌɪˈvɑn wir əˈtɛndz ˈkæθlɪk ˈkɑlɪʤ əˈkrɔs ðə ˈrɪvər ɪn creggan*, ˈfɔrtrəs ɛˈsteɪt əv rɪˈpəblɪkən bogside*, wəns ðə derry”*”. ðə dɪˈfaɪəns wɑz ðə schoolgirls’*’ oʊn aɪˈdiə fər ə ʃɔrt fɪlm, ɪn pis əˈpɑrt, ɪn wɪʧ, ˈhævɪŋ ʧeɪnʤd ˈjunəˌfɔrmz, ðeɪ wɔk θru ðə ˈsɪti ənd ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt haʊ ðɛr lɪvz ˈhɪˌðərˈtu hæv bɪn ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈsɛgrəˌgeɪtɪd. ɪn ə smɔl pleɪs, ðeɪ hæv ˈnɛvər sɛt aɪz ɔn iʧ skulz, ər ˈbɛrli krɔst ðə ˈrɪvər fɔɪl, wɪʧ ɪn ðə fɪlm ɪz dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ðə wɔld wall”*”. ðə fɪlm həz bɪn ˈɛnərd fər ə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən nɛkst jɪr ɪn ˈbɔstən. ˈwɛðər ɪt wɪnz ər nɑt, ðɛr aɪˈdiə kʊd ənd ˈsərtənli ʃʊd goʊ ˈvaɪrəl. ɔˈrɛdi, ə grup frəm ˈdɛri plænz tɪ ˈʧælənʤ ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ənd ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈʧɪldrən tɪ du ðə ɪkˈwɪvələnt swɑp ə fər ə ˈskəlˌkæp æt ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl skulz ɪnˈkaʊnər ɪn ˈʤɛnoʊə. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər ɪn pis stɑrz ˌɪˈvɑn wir, lɛft, ənd ˈkɔrtni kʊk. ˈfoʊtəˌgræf: ðə nərv ˈsɛntər ðə fɪlm fɔrmz pɑrt əv ðə wərk baɪ ə ˈprɑʤɛkt ðət həz dən mɔr ðən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz kʊd ˈɛvər dɪˈvaɪz tɪ soʊ pis ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈaɪərlənd. ˈtiʧɪŋ dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈhɪstəriz wɑz bɔrn aʊt əv ən ɑrts həb, ðə nərv ˈsɛntər, wɪʧ keɪm tɪ ðə fɔr ˈdʊrɪŋ jɪr ɛz ˈsɪti əv ˈkəlʧər ɪn 2013 ðə nərv ˈsɛntər ˈoʊpənd ɪn 1990 ˌbiˈfɔr ðə gʊd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ əˈgrimənt, ðə ˈbreɪnˌʧaɪld əv ˈmɑrtɪn ənd ʤɑn ˈpitoʊ, hu ðɛn lɔnʧt ðə ˈtiʧɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkt, ˈsɛtɪŋ aʊt tɪ ðə taboo”*”, ɛz pʊts ɪt, hɛlp ˈtiʧərz ɪn ɑr skulz ˈɛʤəˌkeɪt ˈʧɪldrən əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənd hir, ˈrəðər ðən swip ɪt ɔl ˈəndər ðə ˈkɑrpət. wi si ɪt ɛz ðə ˈoʊnli weɪ tɪ ɛnd ðə ˌsɛgrəˈgeɪʃən ðət stɪl pərˈsɪsts, dɪˈspaɪt ðə pis process.”*.” ˈmɑʤulz wər dɪˈvɛləpt, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈdɪʤɪtəl tɛkˈnɑləʤi, tɪ tiʧ ðə ˈsɪvəl raɪts ˈmuvmənt ənd ðə ˈtrəbəlz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə 1916 ˈistər ˈraɪzɪŋ, ðə ˈbætəl əv ðə ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkɑnflɪkt, wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnt əv ˈfɔrʤɪŋ ə ˈkɑmən, əˈgrid, ˈfækʧuəl ˈstɔri. ɔn ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə ˌaɪˌɑˈreɪ ˈsisˈfaɪər ɪn ˈɔgəst, ə gərl frəm ˈbɛlˌfæst, sharvin*, sɛd ɪt hərˈsɛlf: ɪz hir. ju kəmˈpɛr ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən naʊ wɪθ wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ ðɛn, bət ˈtiʧərz ər stɪl treɪnd ˈsɛpərətli, ənd ðət həz ən ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈpipəl əv maɪ eɪʤ. ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən həz ə lɔt tɪ du wɪθ ˈkipɪŋ sɛkˈtɛriən stəf goʊɪŋ. aɪ səˈpoʊz ˈpipəl du nid tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈtrəbəlz, bət ðeɪ nid tɪ du ɪt ɪn səʧ ə həʃt ˈmænər. aɪ θɪŋk wi nid tɪ faɪnd ə mɔr ˈoʊpən weɪ tɪ spik əˈbaʊt ðət time.”*.” ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər ˌɪˈvɑn wir, lɛft, ənd ˈkɔrtni kʊk ˈæftər ðeɪ hæd swɔpt ˈjunəˌfɔrmz. ðə nərv ˈsɛntər ˈklæsˌrum ˈsɛʃənz wər dɪˈvaɪzd ɔn saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ, ˈlɛbənən ənd wɔrz ɪn wɛst ˈæfrɪkɑ. ɪz rɑ stəf, traɪɪŋ tɪ do,”*,” sɪz ˈpitoʊ. ər ɔl sɔrts əv ˈbɛriərz, ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪt kən bi ˈiziər tɪ stɑrt baɪ ˈtiʧɪŋ ˈkɑnflɪkt ðət ɪz ˈdɪstənt, ˌʤiəˈgræfɪkəli ənd ɪn taɪm, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈgɪtɪŋ tɪ ɑr own.”*.” ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt blumd, goʊɪŋ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈtiʧərz wər brɔt tɪ ˈdɛri frəm ˈkæʃmɪr, ˈlɛbənən, saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ ənd siˈɛrə liˈoʊn fər ən ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn ˈdɛri ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈkəlʧər. ðɪs jɪr, ˈtimɪŋ əp wɪθ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈkaʊnsəl, ˈtiʧɪŋ dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈhɪstəriz sɛnt ɪts oʊn ˈtreɪnɪŋ stæf tɪ ðoʊz ˈkəntriz, tɪ ˌɪnˈstɔl ɪts aɪˈdiəz, məˈtɪriəlz ənd ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz. ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli, fər ɔl ɪts ɪnˈdɛvər ənd ˈɛfɪˌkæsi, ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈfaɪtɪŋ prəˈpoʊzd ˈgəvərnmənt ˈfəndɪŋ kəts. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈkəlʧər jɪr, ðə fɪlm dɪˈrɛktər pɔl spɛnt taɪm æt ðə nərv ˈsɛntər ˈwɑʧɪŋ ˈtiʧɪŋ dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈhɪstəriz æt wərk ə ˈvɪzɪt əv wɪʧ hi sɪz: wɑz fænˈtæstɪk. ðeɪ wər ʃoʊɪŋ ˌfoʊtəˈgræfɪk ˌɛksəˈbɪʃənz ənd fɪlmz ðət rɪˈflɛktɪd ðə ˈtrəbəlz bæk æt ɔl əv ˈjuˈɛs. nuz rɪˈpɔrts, ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəriz ənd ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs, wɪʧ hæv ɛmˈbɛdɪd ðoʊz ˈɪmɪʤɪz əv ðə ˈsɪti əˈməŋ ɪts juθ. bət naʊ ðə jəŋ ˈpipəl ðɛmˈsɛlvz ər məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtɪŋ ðoʊz ˈɪmɪʤɪz ənd pleɪɪŋ wɪθ saʊnd ɪn ə ˈvɛri səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd weɪ. nɑt ʤɪst traɪɪŋ tɪ meɪk fɪlmz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈtrəbəlz: wən kɪd ʃoʊd mi ə ˈriˈmeɪk dən əv ðə bɔrn səˈprɛməsi [ə fɪlm əˈbaʊt ə siaɪeɪ əˈsæsən] ˈlæstɪŋ 60 ˈsɛkəndz. ɪt wɑz ə əv kɔrs, bət ˈvɛri ˈklɛvər, ˈvɛri skilful.”*.”
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an ambitious new specialty market is coming to the ground floor of the former sears building in uptown oakland.
newberry market & deli is being billed as the anchor tenant for the ground floor of the uptown station project at street and broadway. the square foot mixed retail and office building is being by lane partners, along with architecture firm gensler, in the hopes of luring san francisco and silicon tech companies and becoming an economic base for the area.
named after the old department store that operated next door decades ago, the market is the brainchild of oakland residents ann thai and loren goodwin, two veterans of the bay area food and hospitality scene.
their vision for the project, which will occupy around of uptown square feet of retail, is a food hub in the mold of san or market hall. they plan to offer organic produce, household goods, and grocery staples (milk, eggs, etc.), as well as hot and cold items such as sandwiches, salads, rotisserie meats, and soups. there will also be a butcher shop, and cheese counter, a café, flower shop, and pizza by the slice.
the idea, says thai, is to provide a locally still affordable and option during the daytime in a neighborhood saturated with bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues that come alive in the evening.
“we love going to uptown; really great restaurants. xolo, flora, rudy’s, but during the day, we always wished there was something that we could just grab quickly and go eat,” she says.
“and talking to the community of people that live there and work there, i think they see the same thing activating the daytime traffic will really be the key to getting more people to the uptown area, which where this whole uptown station project can really change the game.”
the potential is indeed tantalizing. in addition to residents in existing complexes and foot traffic lured by the thriving nightlife scene, several large new condo complexes have recently been proposed for the surrounding area (see here, here, and here). and besides the promise of luring a young daytime tech workforce flush with disposable income, uptown ground floor is linked directly to public transportation via the street bart station below.
“our market is supposed to be for the community that watching grow around us in the uptown area, as well as, hoping, the people that are traveling through,” goodwin says. “we’re really excited about possibility of how many people could be coming through, and especially the mixture of bay area traffic that comes through the bart station. if we can potentially get people to just jump off the train really quickly and come shop for 10 minutes and then hop on the next train. how exciting would that be to be a way stop along the route home?”
while both partners have decades of experience in food and owns her own event planning business and helped open lake chalet restaurant and era art bar, while goodwin is a private chef who cooked at chez is their first market concept. which is why brought in as the consulting gm, allison ball, who helped manage and grow san francisco popular stores in the mission and now street.
“what i love about is that interested in the stories of farmers, and people that are actually growing food in market,” thai says. “that’s what we want to do, to tell stories of the people that working with. this is a community with so many small, artisan producers, and we want this to be a platform to showcase their products.”
the two plan to eventually hire an executive chef to be in charge of the rotating menu of and items. also toying with the idea of hosting periodic dinners, and will likely install a service window selling pizza by the slice on telegraph ave.
as for timing, project is set to come online in fall of 2016, when there will be hopefully be additional tenants opening up around them. uptown ground floor, designed with an ferry interior atrium with a “paseo” main corridor, still has an additional square feet of available retail space. that will be filled with a mix of restaurants and stores, according to leasing agent laura of cbre, who says they are “working with a growing number of very exciting potential groups.”
in the meantime, thai and goodwin will be working hard to create an anchor market within a project that has the potential to be an economic hub for a burgeoning oakland neighborhood.
“we realize that been handed an amazing opportunity,” thai says. “this is a legacy project for us we want to leave the city better than when we found it, and to be able to be a part of this is really, really a cool thing.”
newberry market: 1954 telegraph ave., oakland. for more information and news, go to newberrymarket.com.
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ən æmˈbɪʃəs nu ˈspɛʃəlti ˈmɑrkɪt ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ ðə graʊnd flɔr əv ðə ˈfɔrmər sɪrz ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn ˈəpˈtaʊn ˈoʊklənd. ˈnuˌbɛri ˈmɑrkɪt ˈdɛli ɪz biɪŋ bɪld ɛz ðə ˈæŋkər ˈtɛnənt fər ðə graʊnd flɔr əv ðə ˈəpˈtaʊn ˈsteɪʃən ˈprɑʤɛkt æt strit ənd ˈbrɔdˌweɪ. ðə skwɛr fʊt mɪkst ˈriˌteɪl ənd ˈɔfəs ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪz biɪŋ baɪ leɪn ˈpɑrtnərz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər fərm ˈgɛnsələr, ɪn ðə hoʊps əv ˈlʊrɪŋ sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ənd ˈsɪləkən tɛk ˈkəmpəˌniz ənd bɪˈkəmɪŋ ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk beɪs fər ðə ˈɛriə. neɪmd ˈæftər ðə oʊld dɪˈpɑrtmənt stɔr ðət ˈɑpərˌeɪtəd nɛkst dɔr ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ, ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ɪz ðə ˈbreɪnˌʧaɪld əv ˈoʊklənd ˈrɛzɪdənts æn taɪ ənd ˈlɔrən ˈgʊdwɪn, tu ˈvɛtərənz əv ðə beɪ ˈɛriə fud ənd ˌhɑspəˈtæləti sin. ðɛr ˈvɪʒən fər ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, wɪʧ wɪl ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ əraʊnd əv ˈəpˈtaʊn skwɛr fit əv ˈriˌteɪl, ɪz ə fud həb ɪn ðə moʊld əv sæn ər ˈmɑrkɪt hɔl. ðeɪ plæn tɪ ˈɔfər ɔrˈgænɪk ˈproʊdus, ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld gʊdz, ənd ˈgroʊsəri ˈsteɪpəlz (mɪlk, ɛgz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.), ɛz wɛl ɛz hɑt ənd koʊld ˈaɪtəmz səʧ ɛz ˈsænwɪʧɪz, ˈsælədz, ˌroʊˈtɪsəri mits, ənd sups. ðɛr wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi ə ˈbʊʧər ʃɑp, ənd ʧiz ˈkaʊntər, ə café*é, flaʊər ʃɑp, ənd ˈpitsə baɪ ðə slaɪs. ðə aɪˈdiə, sɪz taɪ, ɪz tɪ prəˈvaɪd ə ˈloʊkəli stɪl əˈfɔrdəbəl ənd ˈɔpʃən ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈdeɪˌtaɪm ɪn ə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈsæʧərˌeɪtɪd wɪθ bɑrz, ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ənd ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈvɛnuz ðət kəm əˈlaɪv ɪn ðə ˈivnɪŋ. ləv goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈəpˈtaʊn; ˈrɪli greɪt ˈrɛˌstrɑnts. xolo*, ˈflɔrə, rudy’s*, bət ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə deɪ, wi ˈɔlˌweɪz wɪʃt ðɛr wɑz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət wi kʊd ʤɪst græb kˈwɪkli ənd goʊ eat,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ðə kəmˈjunɪti əv ˈpipəl ðət lɪv ðɛr ənd wərk ðɛr, aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ si ðə seɪm θɪŋ ˈæktəˌveɪtɪŋ ðə ˈdeɪˌtaɪm ˈtræfɪk wɪl ˈrɪli bi ðə ki tɪ ˈgɪtɪŋ mɔr ˈpipəl tɪ ðə ˈəpˈtaʊn ˈɛriə, wɪʧ wɛr ðɪs hoʊl ˈəpˈtaʊn ˈsteɪʃən ˈprɑʤɛkt kən ˈrɪli ʧeɪnʤ ðə game.”*.” ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ɪz ˌɪnˈdid ˈtænəˌlaɪzɪŋ. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈrɛzɪdənts ɪn ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈkɑmplɛksəz ənd fʊt ˈtræfɪk lʊrd baɪ ðə θˈraɪvɪŋ ˈnaɪˌtlaɪf sin, ˈsɛvərəl lɑrʤ nu ˈkɑndoʊ ˈkɑmplɛksəz hæv ˈrisəntli bɪn prəˈpoʊzd fər ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈɛriə (si hir, hir, ənd hir). ənd ˌbiˈsaɪdz ðə ˈprɑməs əv ˈlʊrɪŋ ə jəŋ ˈdeɪˌtaɪm tɛk ˈwərkˌfɔrs fləʃ wɪθ dɪˈspoʊzəbəl ˈɪnˌkəm, ˈəpˈtaʊn graʊnd flɔr ɪz lɪŋkt dɪˈrɛkli tɪ ˈpəblɪk ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˈviə ðə strit bɑrt ˈsteɪʃən bɪˈloʊ. ˈmɑrkɪt ɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi fər ðə kəmˈjunɪti ðət ˈwɑʧɪŋ groʊ əraʊnd ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ðə ˈəpˈtaʊn ˈɛriə, ɛz wɛl ɛz, ˈhoʊpɪŋ, ðə ˈpipəl ðət ər ˈtrævəlɪŋ through,”*,” ˈgʊdwɪn sɪz. ˈrɪli ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl kʊd bi ˈkəmɪŋ θru, ənd əˈspɛʃəli ðə ˈmɪksʧər əv beɪ ˈɛriə ˈtræfɪk ðət kəmz θru ðə bɑrt ˈsteɪʃən. ɪf wi kən pəˈtɛnʃəli gɪt ˈpipəl tɪ ʤɪst ʤəmp ɔf ðə treɪn ˈrɪli kˈwɪkli ənd kəm ʃɑp fər 10 ˈmɪnəts ənd ðɛn hɑp ɔn ðə nɛkst treɪn. haʊ ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ wʊd ðət bi tɪ bi ə weɪ stɑp əˈlɔŋ ðə rut home?”*?” waɪl boʊθ ˈpɑrtnərz hæv ˈdɛkeɪdz əv ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪn fud ənd oʊnz hər oʊn ɪˈvɛnt ˈplænɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs ənd hɛlpt ˈoʊpən leɪk ˈʃæˌleɪ ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ənd ˈɪrə ɑrt bɑr, waɪl ˈgʊdwɪn ɪz ə ˈpraɪvət ʃɛf hu kʊkt æt ʧɛz ɪz ðɛr fərst ˈmɑrkɪt ˈkɑnsɛpt. wɪʧ ɪz waɪ brɔt ɪn ɛz ðə kənˈsəltɪŋ gm*, ˈælɪsən bɔl, hu hɛlpt ˈmænɪʤ ənd groʊ sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ˈpɑpjələr stɔrz ɪn ðə ˈmɪʃən ənd naʊ strit. aɪ ləv əˈbaʊt ɪz ðət ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðə ˈstɔriz əv ˈfɑrmərz, ənd ˈpipəl ðət ər ˈæˌkʧuəli groʊɪŋ fud ɪn market,”*,” taɪ sɪz. wət wi wɔnt tɪ du, tɪ tɛl ˈstɔriz əv ðə ˈpipəl ðət ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ. ðɪs ɪz ə kəmˈjunɪti wɪθ soʊ ˈmɛni smɔl, ˈɑrtəzən prəˈdusərz, ənd wi wɔnt ðɪs tɪ bi ə ˈplætˌfɔrm tɪ ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs ðɛr products.”*.” ðə tu plæn tɪ ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli haɪər ən ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ʃɛf tɪ bi ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə ˈroʊˌteɪtɪŋ ˈmɛnju əv ənd ˈaɪtəmz. ˈɔlsoʊ tɔɪɪŋ wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈhoʊstɪŋ ˌpɪriˈɑdɪk ˈdɪnərz, ənd wɪl ˈlaɪkli ˌɪnˈstɔl ə ˈsərvɪs ˈwɪndoʊ ˈsɛlɪŋ ˈpitsə baɪ ðə slaɪs ɔn ˈtɛləˌgræf ˈɑˌveɪ. ɛz fər ˈtaɪmɪŋ, ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz sɛt tɪ kəm ˈɔnˌlaɪn ɪn fɔl əv 2016 wɪn ðɛr wɪl bi ˈhoʊpfəli bi əˈdɪʃənəl ˈtɛnənts ˈoʊpənɪŋ əp əraʊnd ðɛm. ˈəpˈtaʊn graʊnd flɔr, dɪˈzaɪnd wɪθ ən ˈfɛri ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈeɪtriəm wɪθ ə ““paseo”*” meɪn ˈkɔrɪdər, stɪl həz ən əˈdɪʃənəl skwɛr fit əv əˈveɪləbəl ˈriˌteɪl speɪs. ðət wɪl bi fɪld wɪθ ə mɪks əv ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ənd stɔrz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈlisɪŋ ˈeɪʤənt ˈlɔrə əv cbre*, hu sɪz ðeɪ ər wɪθ ə groʊɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv ˈvɛri ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ pəˈtɛnʃəl groups.”*.” ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, taɪ ənd ˈgʊdwɪn wɪl bi ˈwərkɪŋ hɑrd tɪ kriˈeɪt ən ˈæŋkər ˈmɑrkɪt wɪˈθɪn ə ˈprɑʤɛkt ðət həz ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl tɪ bi ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk həb fər ə ˈbərʤənɪŋ ˈoʊklənd ˈneɪbərˌhʊd. ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət bɪn ˈhændɪd ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ opportunity,”*,” taɪ sɪz. ɪz ə ˈlɛgəsi ˈprɑʤɛkt fər ˈjuˈɛs wi wɔnt tɪ liv ðə ˈsɪti ˈbɛtər ðən wɪn wi faʊnd ɪt, ənd tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ bi ə pɑrt əv ðɪs ɪz ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli ə kul thing.”*.” ˈnuˌbɛri ˈmɑrkɪt: 1954 ˈtɛləˌgræf ˈɑˌveɪ., ˈoʊklənd. fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd nuz, goʊ tɪ newberrymarket.com*.
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the combined company will be called sound united and continue to market each brand separately. apart from speakers and receivers, there's a fair amount of product overlap -- both (via its brand) and polk audio make wireless speakers, for instance. and marantz also sell turntables, and virtually all the brands make headphones and earphones.
none of the company's products are what you might call cheap, but and marantz aren't as expensive as you might remember from their and '80s heydays. it'll be interesting to see, nonetheless, if the consolidation causes the prices to go down. there's increased interest in old-school hi-fi, in part because of the resurgence of vinyl. that said, most new receivers and other audio products need to handle video, connect, bluetooth and other new technology.
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ðə kəmˈbaɪnd ˈkəmpəˌni wɪl bi kɔld saʊnd juˈnaɪtɪd ənd kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt iʧ brænd ˈsɛpərətli. əˈpɑrt frəm ˈspikərz ənd rɪˈsivərz, ðɛrz ə fɛr əˈmaʊnt əv ˈprɑdəkt ˈoʊvərˌlæp boʊθ (ˈviə ɪts brænd) ənd poʊlk ˈɑdiˌoʊ meɪk ˈwaɪrlɪs ˈspikərz, fər ˈɪnstəns. ənd ˈmærənts ˈɔlsoʊ sɛl ˈtərnˌteɪbəlz, ənd ˈvərʧuəli ɔl ðə brændz meɪk ˈhɛdˌfoʊnz ənd ˈɪrˌfoʊnz. nən əv ðə ˈkəmpəniz ˈprɑdəkts ər wət ju maɪt kɔl ʧip, bət ənd ˈmærənts ˈɑrənt ɛz ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ɛz ju maɪt rɪˈmɛmbər frəm ðɛr ənd heydays*. ˈɪtəl bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ si, ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ɪf ðə kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən ˈkɔzɪz ðə ˈpraɪsɪz tɪ goʊ daʊn. ðɛrz ˌɪnˈkrist ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˌoʊldˈskul ˈhaɪˈfaɪ, ɪn pɑrt bɪˈkəz əv ðə riˈsərʤəns əv ˈvaɪnəl. ðət sɛd, moʊst nu rɪˈsivərz ənd ˈəðər ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈprɑdəkts nid tɪ ˈhændəl ˈvɪdioʊ, kəˈnɛkt, ˈbluˌtuθ ənd ˈəðər nu tɛkˈnɑləʤi.
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prodigy, the deep rapper currently taking advantage of his incarceration to hone his blogging skills, is concerned about quite a few things: ritualistic murders, the conspiracy, secret societies, missing children, and "natural energy lines that criss-cross the entire planet." how do these things all tie together? allow prodigy explain at length [vibe], like a man with plenty of time to type and type and type and go crazier and crazier and crazier:
on:
w.t.c.- it amazes me how the families of the people who lost their lives in this building on 11, 2001, are not raising hell over this bullshit. the president (bush), the f.b.i., the fema and every other gov. agency are lying to them and the american people about the facts of this case. there were bombs going off on just about every floor and that's the only thing that caused the towers to collapse so perfectly in demolition formation. the steel beams that held those buildings up were impossible to destroy with fire from jet fuel. this was confirmed by numerous experts in the field of fire, steel, and jet fuel.
on "the world grid":
also, the pentagon and the w.t.c. are strategically built on natural energy lines that criss-cross the entire planet. it's called "the world grid" or "planetary gridlines." wherever these lines cross, the earth produces natural energy that shoots up and down in a vortex or double helix shape. just like the shape of dna. (people if you research you will learn.) this vortex of energy is natural and can be used for positive or negative; depending on what you're doing with it. many important structures are built on these crossing grid lines. this natural source of energy can also be used to power the world without electricity, nuclear energy, gas, fuel or anything else they've got to enslave, poison, and or make profit off us all. but that is a topic for another day.
on milk cartons:
missing children- for years children have been disappearing at an alarming rate. we've all seen them on the back of milk cartons and the news. but since around 1999, feds magazine has been dedicating 2 pages of every issue to missing children. millions of children are missing and nobody seems to be stressing the question to why. where are all these children going? how can you have so many missing children and not have it declared as a national emergency? i can tell you what's going on here, but the answer is very disturbing and down right disgusting
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ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ wɑz lɔst səm taɪm ˈæftər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən. ˈprɑdəʤi, ðə dip ˈræpər ˈkərəntli ˈteɪkɪŋ ædˈvæntɪʤ əv hɪz ˌɪnˌkɑrsərˈeɪʃən tɪ hoʊn hɪz ˈblɔgɪŋ skɪlz, ɪz kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt kwaɪt ə fju θɪŋz: ˌrɪʧuəˈlɪstɪk ˈmərdərz, ðə kənˈspɪrəsi, ˈsikrɪt səˈsaɪɪtiz, ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən, ənd "ˈnæʧərəl ˈɛnərʤi laɪnz ðət ˈkrɪˈskrɔs ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈplænət." haʊ du ðiz θɪŋz ɔl taɪ təˈgɛðər? əˈlaʊ ˈprɑdəʤi ɪkˈspleɪn æt lɛŋθ [vaɪb], laɪk ə mæn wɪθ ˈplɛnti əv taɪm tɪ taɪp ənd taɪp ənd taɪp ənd goʊ ˈkreɪziər ənd ˈkreɪziər ənd ˈkreɪziər: ɔn w.t.c*. ɪt əˈmeɪzɪz mi haʊ ðə ˈfæməliz əv ðə ˈpipəl hu lɔst ðɛr lɪvz ɪn ðɪs ˈbɪldɪŋ ɔn 11 2001 ər nɑt ˈreɪzɪŋ hɛl ˈoʊvər ðɪs ˈbʊlˌʃɪt. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt (bʊʃ), ðə f.b.i*., ðə ˈfimə ənd ˈɛvəri ˈəðər gəv. ˈeɪʤənsi ər laɪɪŋ tɪ ðɛm ənd ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl əˈbaʊt ðə fækts əv ðɪs keɪs. ðɛr wər bɑmz goʊɪŋ ɔf ɔn ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˈɛvəri flɔr ənd ðæts ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ðət kɔzd ðə taʊərz tɪ kəˈlæps soʊ ˈpərfəktli ɪn ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən fɔrˈmeɪʃən. ðə stil bimz ðət hɛld ðoʊz ˈbɪldɪŋz əp wər ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ wɪθ faɪər frəm ʤɛt fjuəl. ðɪs wɑz kənˈfərmd baɪ ˈnumərəs ˈɛkspərts ɪn ðə fild əv faɪər, stil, ənd ʤɛt fjuəl. ɔn "ðə wərld grɪd": ˈɔlsoʊ, ðə ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn ənd ðə w.t.c*. ər strəˈtiʤɪkli bɪlt ɔn ˈnæʧərəl ˈɛnərʤi laɪnz ðət ˈkrɪˈskrɔs ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈplænət. ɪts kɔld "ðə wərld grɪd" ər "ˈplænəˌtɛri gridlines*." wɛˈrɛvər ðiz laɪnz krɔs, ðə ərθ prəˈdusɪz ˈnæʧərəl ˈɛnərʤi ðət ʃuts əp ənd daʊn ɪn ə ˈvɔrtɛks ər ˈdəbəl ˈhilɪks ʃeɪp. ʤɪst laɪk ðə ʃeɪp əv ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ. (ˈpipəl ɪf ju ˈrisərʧ ju wɪl lərn.) ðɪs ˈvɔrtɛks əv ˈɛnərʤi ɪz ˈnæʧərəl ənd kən bi juzd fər ˈpɑzətɪv ər ˈnɛgətɪv; dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn wət jʊr duɪŋ wɪθ ɪt. ˈmɛni ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈstrəkʧərz ər bɪlt ɔn ðiz ˈkrɔsɪŋ grɪd laɪnz. ðɪs ˈnæʧərəl sɔrs əv ˈɛnərʤi kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi juzd tɪ paʊər ðə wərld wɪˈθaʊt ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti, ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi, gæs, fjuəl ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls ðeɪv gɑt tɪ ɛnsˈleɪv, ˈpɔɪzən, ənd ər meɪk ˈprɑfɪt ɔf ˈjuˈɛs ɔl. bət ðət ɪz ə ˈtɑpɪk fər əˈnəðər deɪ. ɔn mɪlk ˈkɑrtənz: ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən- fər jɪrz ˈʧɪldrən hæv bɪn ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ æt ən əˈlɑrmɪŋ reɪt. wiv ɔl sin ðɛm ɔn ðə bæk əv mɪlk ˈkɑrtənz ənd ðə nuz. bət sɪns əraʊnd 1999 fɛdz ˈmægəˌzin həz bɪn ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɪŋ 2 ˈpeɪʤɪz əv ˈɛvəri ˈɪʃu tɪ ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən. ˈmɪljənz əv ˈʧɪldrən ər ˈmɪsɪŋ ənd ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi simz tɪ bi ˈstrɛsɪŋ ðə kˈwɛʃən tɪ waɪ. wɛr ər ɔl ðiz ˈʧɪldrən goʊɪŋ? haʊ kən ju hæv soʊ ˈmɛni ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən ənd nɑt hæv ɪt dɪˈklɛrd ɛz ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈimərʤənsi? aɪ kən tɛl ju wəts goʊɪŋ ɔn hir, bət ðə ˈænsər ɪz ˈvɛri dɪˈstərbɪŋ ənd daʊn raɪt dɪsˈgəstɪŋ ənd ˈfaɪnəli:
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here phil is again, two and a half years after we left him on clear moon and ocean roar, and he's still, essentially, in the same spot. as he put it on clear moon's "through the trees pt. 2": "i go on describing this place, and the way it feels to live and die." the line was a clear mission statement, and the "go on" in this formulation seems as important as the "describing". on title track, he says he writes "to prove i don't exist/ to show that i am beyond this animal form and this lost mind." existence, for, is conditional, not to be trusted, something that might disappear the second you take it for granted. mount eerie releases feel like an act of philosophical tax-paying,’s way of reasserting that he still exists, at least for a moment or two longer.
like clear moon and ocean roar, sauna is a careful cataloging of a single mind state. in some ways, it is an part three of that series: hushed and patient, a processional of wispy, anxious sounds paired with’s calm, soothing voice. the album opens with a monumental whoosh of an organ, accompanied by crackling fire and the hiss of water hitting hot coals. the setting is pretty obvious, given the title, but makes it explicit immediately: "i think the world still exists/ only this room in the snow, and the light from the coals." the song rolls on for 10 minutes, a luxurious stretch of drone rock as thick and murky as the lyrics are clear: "my life is a small fire i carry around," he sings, echoing, maybe, the "carrying the fire" line from the road.
elverum has never been artful or coy about his music: if you listen to a few minutes of one of his records, he will probably spell out for you exactly what he is exploring on them, and he will probably even tell you how he intends to do it. there is an admirable transparency to him, a sense that he has nothing to hide and would like for you to venture into the of his records armed with exactly as much information as he has. his lyrics are riddled with everyday actions: "i walked to the bookstore in the rain that silently filled the air/ all the lights were off or dim/ and there was nothing to do but walk to town and back," he sings on "pumpkin". there is something almost aggressively about the scenarios he paints, like an indie film that aims to test your patience for how little action constitutes a "motion picture." coffee is poured, windows are gazed at pensively, tractors idle.
as always, that mystery resides in the sounds he manipulates. no one else sounds like phil. the amount of mood, texture, and feeling he can communicate with a single guitar drone is uncanny. his sounds feel soft and pliable, like they've had a portion of their middle frequencies carefully ladled out, yielding only boom at the bottom and wisp at the top. the only frequency in between is, his conversational voice sailing out of the murk like a paper airplane hitting your bedroom window. the arrangement serves as a neat metaphor for’s relationship to the world: his voice, small as it may be, is the only thing he can be sure of.
musically, sauna represents a thawing, the point when the icy chill of black metal, which has gripped for years, passes. instead of snow imagery, we get rivers, and the blotted, heavy guitars and humid organ act out the thaw the lyrics describe. piano and violins share a plucked figure on "books", which speckle the surface of the song like little orange and red paint onto grey. guitars ring out on "pumpkin", a song on which over damp rocks to observe a pumpkin sitting on a river bed. the pumpkin, bright and fat, feels like a fertility symbol, and his fascination with it in the song stands in for the preoccupations. on "spring", the climax of the record, the mood darkens, as the organ blasts out and the thaw turns into a deluge: "nothing is impermeable/ the flooded," he intones. even in a season of rebirth and fertility, sees the possibility for oblivion.
weather—specifically, crappy always been an inspiration for, something he discussed last july on the podcast song exploder. his beloved "i want wind to blow", from the microphones’ the glow, pt. 2, he called the weather "a metaphor for my emotions. that was kind of what all of my songs were about then and, arguably, still are." on sauna, the weather has shifted, but’s mind state has not. "as long as i am drawing breath, the world still exists/ but when i die, everything will vanish," he sings on "planets".
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hir fɪl ɪz əˈgɛn, tu ənd ə hæf jɪrz ˈæftər wi lɛft ɪm ɔn klɪr mun ənd ˈoʊʃən rɔr, ənd hiz stɪl, ɛˈsɛnʃəli, ɪn ðə seɪm spɑt. ɛz hi pʊt ɪt ɔn klɪr munz "θru ðə triz pt*. 2 "aɪ goʊ ɔn dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ðɪs pleɪs, ənd ðə weɪ ɪt filz tɪ lɪv ənd daɪ." ðə laɪn wɑz ə klɪr ˈmɪʃən ˈsteɪtmənt, ənd ðə "goʊ ɔn" ɪn ðɪs ˌfɔrmjəˈleɪʃən simz ɛz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɛz ðə "dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ". ɔn ˈtaɪtəl træk, hi sɪz hi raɪts "tɪ pruv aɪ doʊnt ɪgˈzɪst/ tɪ ʃoʊ ðət aɪ æm bɪɔnd ðɪs ˈænəməl fɔrm ənd ðɪs lɔst maɪnd." ɪgˈzɪstəns, fər, ɪz kənˈdɪʃənəl, nɑt tɪ bi ˈtrəstɪd, ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət maɪt ˌdɪsəˈpɪr ðə ˈsɛkənd ju teɪk ɪt fər ˈgrænɪd. maʊnt ˈɪri rɪˈlisɪz fil laɪk ən ækt əv ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkəl tax-paying*, weɪ əv ˌriəˈsərtɪŋ ðət hi stɪl ɪgˈzɪsts, æt list fər ə ˈmoʊmənt ər tu ˈlɔŋgər. laɪk klɪr mun ənd ˈoʊʃən rɔr, ˈsɔnə ɪz ə ˈkɛrfəl ˈkætəlɔgɪŋ əv ə ˈsɪŋgəl maɪnd steɪt. ɪn səm weɪz, ɪt ɪz ən pɑrt θri əv ðət ˈsɪriz: həʃt ənd ˈpeɪʃənt, ə prəˈsɛʃənəl əv ˈwɪspi, ˈæŋʃəs saʊnz pɛrd wɪθ kɑm, ˈsuðɪŋ vɔɪs. ðə ˈælbəm ˈoʊpənz wɪθ ə ˌmɑnjəˈmɛnəl wuʃ əv ən ˈɔrgən, əˈkəmpənid baɪ ˈkræklɪŋ faɪər ənd ðə hɪs əv ˈwɔtər ˈhɪtɪŋ hɑt koʊlz. ðə ˈsɛtɪŋ ɪz ˈprɪti ˈɑbviəs, ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈtaɪtəl, bət meɪks ɪt ɪkˈsplɪsət ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli: "aɪ θɪŋk ðə wərld stɪl ɪgˈzɪsts/ ˈoʊnli ðɪs rum ɪn ðə snoʊ, ənd ðə laɪt frəm ðə koʊlz." ðə sɔŋ roʊlz ɔn fər 10 ˈmɪnəts, ə ləgˈʒəriəs strɛʧ əv droʊn rɑk ɛz θɪk ənd ˈmərki ɛz ðə ˈlɪrɪks ər klɪr: "maɪ laɪf ɪz ə smɔl faɪər aɪ ˈkɛri əraʊnd," hi sɪŋz, ˈɛkoʊɪŋ, ˈmeɪbi, ðə "ˈkɛriɪŋ ðə faɪər" laɪn frəm ðə roʊd. həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ˈɑrtfəl ər kɔɪ əˈbaʊt hɪz mˈjuzɪk: ɪf ju ˈlɪsən tɪ ə fju ˈmɪnəts əv wən əv hɪz ˈrɛkərdz, hi wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli spɛl aʊt fər ju ɪgˈzæktli wət hi ɪz ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ɔn ðɛm, ənd hi wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈivɪn tɛl ju haʊ hi ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ du ɪt. ðɛr ɪz ən ˈædmərəbəl trænˈspɛrənsi tɪ ɪm, ə sɛns ðət hi həz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ haɪd ənd wʊd laɪk fər ju tɪ ˈvɛnʧər ˈɪntu ðə əv hɪz ˈrɛkərdz ɑrmd wɪθ ɪgˈzæktli ɛz məʧ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɛz hi həz. hɪz ˈlɪrɪks ər ˈrɪdəld wɪθ ˈɛvriˈdeɪ ˈækʃənz: "aɪ wɔkt tɪ ðə ˈbʊkˌstɔr ɪn ðə reɪn ðət ˈsaɪləntli fɪld ðə ɛr/ ɔl ðə laɪts wər ɔf ər dɪm/ ənd ðɛr wɑz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du bət wɔk tɪ taʊn ənd bæk," hi sɪŋz ɔn "ˈpəmpkɪn". ðɛr ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈɔlˌmoʊst əˈgrɛsɪvli əˈbaʊt ðə sɪˈnɛrioʊz hi peɪnts, laɪk ən ˈɪndi fɪlm ðət eɪmz tɪ tɛst jʊr ˈpeɪʃəns fər haʊ ˈlɪtəl ˈækʃən ˈkɑnstəˌtuts ə "ˈmoʊʃən ˈpɪkʧər." ˈkɔfi ɪz pɔrd, ˈwɪndoʊz ər geɪzd æt pensively*, ˈtræktərz ˈaɪdəl. ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz, ðət ˈmɪstəri rɪˈzaɪdz ɪn ðə saʊnz hi məˈnɪpjəˌleɪts. noʊ wən ɛls saʊnz laɪk fɪl. ðə əˈmaʊnt əv mud, ˈtɛksʧər, ənd ˈfilɪŋ hi kən kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt wɪθ ə ˈsɪŋgəl gɪˈtɑr droʊn ɪz ənˈkæni. hɪz saʊnz fil sɔft ənd ˈplaɪəbəl, laɪk ðeɪv hæd ə ˈpɔrʃən əv ðɛr ˈmɪdəl ˈfrikwənsiz ˈkɛrfəli ˈleɪdəld aʊt, ˈjildɪŋ ˈoʊnli bum æt ðə ˈbɑtəm ənd wɪsp æt ðə tɔp. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈfrikwənsi ɪn bɪtˈwin ɪz, hɪz ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənəl vɔɪs ˈseɪlɪŋ aʊt əv ðə mərk laɪk ə ˈpeɪpər ˈɛrˌpleɪn ˈhɪtɪŋ jʊr ˈbɛˌdrum ˈwɪndoʊ. ðə ərˈeɪnʤmənt sərvz ɛz ə nit ˈmɛtəfɔr fər riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp tɪ ðə wərld: hɪz vɔɪs, smɔl ɛz ɪt meɪ bi, ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ hi kən bi ʃʊr əv. mˈjuzɪkli, ˈsɔnə ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ə θɔɪŋ, ðə pɔɪnt wɪn ðə ˈaɪsi ʧɪl əv blæk ˈmɛtəl, wɪʧ həz grɪpt fər jɪrz, ˈpæsɪz. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv snoʊ ˈɪmɪʤri, wi gɪt ˈrɪvərz, ənd ðə ˈblɑtəd, ˈhɛvi gɪˈtɑrz ənd ˈjumɪd ˈɔrgən ækt aʊt ðə θɔ ðə ˈlɪrɪks dɪˈskraɪb. piˈænə ənd vaɪəˈlɪnz ʃɛr ə pləkt ˈfɪgjər ɔn "bʊks", wɪʧ ˈspɛkəl ðə ˈsərfəs əv ðə sɔŋ laɪk ˈlɪtəl ˈɔrɪnʤ ənd rɛd peɪnt ˈɔntu greɪ. gɪˈtɑrz rɪŋ aʊt ɔn "ˈpəmpkɪn", ə sɔŋ ɔn wɪʧ ˈoʊvər dæmp rɑks tɪ əbˈzərv ə ˈpəmpkɪn ˈsɪtɪŋ ɔn ə ˈrɪvər bɛd. ðə ˈpəmpkɪn, braɪt ənd fæt, filz laɪk ə fərˈtɪlɪti ˈsɪmbəl, ənd hɪz ˌfæsəˈneɪʃən wɪθ ɪt ɪn ðə sɔŋ stændz ɪn fər ðə priˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənz. ɔn "spərɪŋ", ðə ˈklaɪˌmæks əv ðə ˈrɛkərd, ðə mud darkens*, ɛz ðə ˈɔrgən blæsts aʊt ənd ðə θɔ tərnz ˈɪntu ə ˈdɛljuʤ: "ˈnəθɪŋ ɪz impermeable*/ ðə ˈflədɪd," hi ˌɪnˈtoʊnz. ˈivɪn ɪn ə ˈsizən əv riˈbərθ ənd fərˈtɪlɪti, siz ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti fər əˈblɪviən. weather—specifically*, ˈkræˌpi ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ən ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən fər, ˈsəmθɪŋ hi dɪˈskəst læst ˌʤuˈlaɪ ɔn ðə ˈpɔdˌkæst sɔŋ exploder*. hɪz bɪˈləvəd "aɪ wɔnt wɪnd tɪ bloʊ", frəm ðə microphones’*’ ðə gloʊ, pt*. 2 hi kɔld ðə ˈwɛðər "ə ˈmɛtəfɔr fər maɪ ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz. ðət wɑz kaɪnd əv wət ɔl əv maɪ sɔŋz wər əˈbaʊt ðɛn ənd, ˈɑrgjuəbli, stɪl ər." ɔn ˈsɔnə, ðə ˈwɛðər həz ˈʃɪftɪd, bət maɪnd steɪt həz nɑt. "ɛz lɔŋ ɛz aɪ æm drɔɪŋ brɛθ, ðə wərld stɪl ɪgˈzɪsts/ bət wɪn aɪ daɪ, ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɪl ˈvænɪʃ," hi sɪŋz ɔn "ˈplænəts".
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former wisconsin state prosecutor ken kratz says making a murderer left out some key pieces of evidence against steven avery in its docu-series.
“you want to muddy up a perfectly good conspiracy movie with what actually happened,” kratz tells people by email, “and certainly not provide the audience with the evidence the jury considered to reject that claim.”
filmed and produced over ten years, making a murderer examines the case of avery, a wisconsin man who was released from prison after being exonerated for sexual assault only to be arrested again and convicted for the murder of a young photographer, teresa halbach.
avery is currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. but he maintains his innocence and believes he was framed in retribution for filing a $36 million lawsuit against the county and authorities. nephew, brendan dassey, was also convicted for her murder and will be eligible for parole in 2048.)
a ‘targeted’ crime?
kratz, who says he was contacted by filmmakers laura ricciardi and moira demos but declined to be interviewed for the series, believes avery “targeted” halbach.
he cites oct. 10, 2005 visit to the property owned by family for a photo shoot for magazine: according to kratz, avery allegedly opened his door “just wearing a towel.”
“she was out [by him],” kratz says by phone, later adding by email: “she [went to her employer and] said she would not go back because she was scared of him.”
at a.m. on oct. 31, the day halbach was killed, kratz says avery called magazine and asked them to send “that same girl who was here last time.” he says that avery knew halbach was leery of him, so he allegedly gave his name and number to “trick” halbach into coming.
“phone records show three calls from avery to cell phone on oct. says kratz. “one at [p.m.], and one at both calls avery uses the *67 feature so teresa know it placed before she arrives.
“then one last call at p.m., without the *67 feature. avery first believes he can simply say she never showed up so tries to establish the alibi call after already been there, hence the call. she will never answer of course, so he need the *67 feature for that last call.”
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kratz claims further evidence against avery
during his time in prison for a rape he was later cleared of, kratz says avery allegedly “told another inmate of his intent to build a ‘torture chamber’ so he could rape, torture and kill young women when he was released.” kratz adds, “he even drew a diagram.”
kratz also claims that “another inmate was told by avery that the way to get rid of a body is to ‘burn it.’ bones were discovered in the fire pit behind house. he says “were ‘intertwined’ with the steel belts, left over from the car tires avery threw on the fire to burn,” says kratz, disputing the allegation that halbach was burned elsewhere and her bones were later moved.
“suggesting that some human bones found elsewhere never identified as were from this murder was never established,” he adds.
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according to kratz, dna, which he says was not taken from his blood, was also found under the hood of car, a toyota. “how did his dna get under the hood if avery never touched her car? do the cops have a vial of sweat?” asks kratz. defense attorneys alleged that blood, which was found in car, may have been planted, taken from a vial of blood that was 11 years old.
kratz also claims that a bullet, recovered from garage, possibly have been planted by police, as the defense also alleged. “ballistics said the bullet found in the garage was fired by rifle, which was in a police evidence locker since nov. 6, says kratz. “if the cops planted the bullet, how did they get one fired from [avery’s] gun? this rifle, hanging over bed, is the source of the bullet found in the garage, with dna on it. the bullet had to be fired before nov.
kratz, who resigned from his position as calumet county district attorney in 2010 following a sexting scandal, admitted that he sent suggestive messages to a crime victim and described his behavior as “deplorable” in an email. he says he had a prescription drug problem at the time. he believes, however, that “it’s exceedingly unfair to use that to characterize me as morally unfit” in making a murderer and says his later behavior have any bearing on the case.
“[halbach’s murder] was planned weeks ahead of time,” says kratz. “[avery] asked for that same girl to be sent. he was ready for her.”
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ˈfɔrmər wɪˈskɑnsən steɪt ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər kɛn kræts sɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈmərdərər lɛft aʊt səm ki ˈpisɪz əv ˈɛvədəns əˈgɛnst ˈstivən ˈeɪvəri ɪn ɪts docu-series*. wɔnt tɪ ˈmədi əp ə ˈpərfəktli gʊd kənˈspɪrəsi ˈmuvi wɪθ wət ˈæˌkʧuəli happened,”*,” kræts tɛlz ˈpipəl baɪ iˈmeɪl, ˈsərtənli nɑt prəˈvaɪd ðə ˈɔdiəns wɪθ ðə ˈɛvədəns ðə ˈʤʊri kənˈsɪdərd tɪ ˈriʤɛkt ðət claim.”*.” fɪlmd ənd prəˈdust ˈoʊvər tɛn jɪrz, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈmərdərər ɪgˈzæmənz ðə keɪs əv ˈeɪvəri, ə wɪˈskɑnsən mæn hu wɑz riˈlist frəm ˈprɪzən ˈæftər biɪŋ ɪgˈzɑnərˌeɪtɪd fər ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt ˈoʊnli tɪ bi ərˈɛstɪd əˈgɛn ənd kənˈvɪktəd fər ðə ˈmərdər əv ə jəŋ fəˈtɑgrəfər, tərˈisə ˈhælbɑk. ˈeɪvəri ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈsərvɪŋ laɪf ɪn ˈprɪzən wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv pəroʊl. bət hi meɪnˈteɪnz hɪz ˈɪnəsəns ənd bɪˈlivz hi wɑz freɪmd ɪn ˌrɛtrəˈbjuʃən fər ˈfaɪlɪŋ ə 36 ˈmɪljən ˈlɔˌsut əˈgɛnst ðə ˈkaʊnti ənd əˈθɔrətiz. ˈnɛfju, ˈbrɛndən dassey*, wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈvɪktəd fər hər ˈmərdər ənd wɪl bi ˈɛlɪʤəbəl fər pəroʊl ɪn 2048 ə ‘‘targeted’*’ kraɪm? kræts, hu sɪz hi wɑz ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd baɪ ˈfɪlˌmeɪkərz ˈlɔrə riˈʧɑrdi ənd ˈmɔɪrə ˈdɛˌmoʊz bət dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ bi ˈɪntərvˌjud fər ðə ˈsɪriz, bɪˈlivz ˈeɪvəri ““targeted”*” ˈhælbɑk. hi saɪts ɔkt. 10 2005 ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ðə ˈprɑpərti oʊnd baɪ ˈfæməli fər ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ʃut fər ˈmægəˌzin: əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kræts, ˈeɪvəri əˈlɛʤədli ˈoʊpənd hɪz dɔr ˈwɛrɪŋ ə towel.”*.” wɑz aʊt [baɪ him],”*],” kræts sɪz baɪ foʊn, ˈleɪtər ˈædɪŋ baɪ iˈmeɪl: [wɛnt tɪ hər ɪmˈplɔɪər ənd] sɛd ʃi wʊd nɑt goʊ bæk bɪˈkəz ʃi wɑz skɛrd əv him.”*.” æt a.m*. ɔn ɔkt. 31 ðə deɪ ˈhælbɑk wɑz kɪld, kræts sɪz ˈeɪvəri kɔld ˈmægəˌzin ənd æst ðɛm tɪ sɛnd seɪm gərl hu wɑz hir læst time.”*.” hi sɪz ðət ˈeɪvəri nu ˈhælbɑk wɑz ˈlɪri əv ɪm, soʊ hi əˈlɛʤədli geɪv hɪz neɪm ənd ˈnəmbər tɪ ““trick”*” ˈhælbɑk ˈɪntu ˈkəmɪŋ. ˈrɛkərdz ʃoʊ θri kɔlz frəm ˈeɪvəri tɪ sɛl foʊn ɔn ɔkt. sɪz kræts. æt [p.m*.], ənd wən æt boʊθ kɔlz ˈeɪvəri ˈjuzɪz ðə 67 ˈfiʧər soʊ tərˈisə noʊ ɪt pleɪst ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi əraɪvz. wən læst kɔl æt p.m*., wɪˈθaʊt ðə 67 ˈfiʧər. ˈeɪvəri fərst bɪˈlivz hi kən ˈsɪmpli seɪ ʃi ˈnɛvər ʃoʊd əp soʊ traɪz tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ ðə ˈæləˌbaɪ kɔl ˈæftər ɔˈrɛdi bɪn ðɛr, hɛns ðə kɔl. ʃi wɪl ˈnɛvər ˈænsər əv kɔrs, soʊ hi nid ðə 67 ˈfiʧər fər ðət læst call.”*.” ˈstivən ˈeɪvəri dæn kræts kleɪmz ˈfərðər ˈɛvədəns əˈgɛnst ˈeɪvəri ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz taɪm ɪn ˈprɪzən fər ə reɪp hi wɑz ˈleɪtər klɪrd əv, kræts sɪz ˈeɪvəri əˈlɛʤədli əˈnəðər ˈɪnˌmeɪt əv hɪz ˌɪnˈtɛnt tɪ bɪld ə chamber’*’ soʊ hi kʊd reɪp, ˈtɔrʧər ənd kɪl jəŋ ˈwɪmən wɪn hi wɑz released.”*.” kræts ædz, ˈivɪn dru ə diagram.”*.” kræts ˈɔlsoʊ kleɪmz ðət ˈɪnˌmeɪt wɑz toʊld baɪ ˈeɪvəri ðət ðə weɪ tɪ gɪt rɪd əv ə ˈbɑdi ɪz tɪ it.’*.’ boʊnz wər dɪˈskəvərd ɪn ðə faɪər pɪt bɪˈhaɪnd haʊs. hi sɪz ‘‘intertwined’*’ wɪθ ðə stil bɛlts, lɛft ˈoʊvər frəm ðə kɑr taɪərz ˈeɪvəri θru ɔn ðə faɪər tɪ burn,”*,” sɪz kræts, dɪˈspjutɪŋ ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃən ðət ˈhælbɑk wɑz bərnd ˈɛlsˌwɛr ənd hər boʊnz wər ˈleɪtər muvd. ðət səm ˈjumən boʊnz faʊnd ˈɛlsˌwɛr ˈnɛvər aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɛz wər frəm ðɪs ˈmərdər wɑz ˈnɛvər established,”*,” hi ædz. wɔnt tɪ kip əp wɪθ ðə ˈleɪtəst kraɪm ˈkəvərɪʤ? klɪk hir tɪ gɪt ˈbreɪkɪŋ kraɪm nuz, ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ traɪəl ˈkəvərɪʤ ənd ˈditeɪlz əv ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ənˈsɑlvd ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn ðə tru kraɪm ˈnuzˌlɛtər. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kræts, ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ, wɪʧ hi sɪz wɑz nɑt ˈteɪkən frəm hɪz bləd, wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ˈəndər ðə hʊd əv kɑr, ə toʊˈjoʊtə dɪd hɪz ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ gɪt ˈəndər ðə hʊd ɪf ˈeɪvəri ˈnɛvər təʧt hər kɑr? du ðə kɑps hæv ə vaɪəl əv sweat?”*?” æsks kræts. dɪˈfɛns əˈtərniz əˈlɛʤd ðət bləd, wɪʧ wɑz faʊnd ɪn kɑr, meɪ hæv bɪn ˈplænɪd, ˈteɪkən frəm ə vaɪəl əv bləd ðət wɑz 11 jɪrz oʊld. kræts ˈɔlsoʊ kleɪmz ðət ə ˈbʊlət, rɪˈkəvərd frəm gərɑʒ, ˈpɑsəbli hæv bɪn ˈplænɪd baɪ pəˈlis, ɛz ðə dɪˈfɛns ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlɛʤd. sɛd ðə ˈbʊlət faʊnd ɪn ðə gərɑʒ wɑz faɪərd baɪ ˈraɪfəl, wɪʧ wɑz ɪn ə pəˈlis ˈɛvədəns ˈlɑkər sɪns noʊv. 6 sɪz kræts. ðə kɑps ˈplænɪd ðə ˈbʊlət, haʊ dɪd ðeɪ gɪt wən faɪərd frəm [avery’s*] gən? ðɪs ˈraɪfəl, ˈhæŋɪŋ ˈoʊvər bɛd, ɪz ðə sɔrs əv ðə ˈbʊlət faʊnd ɪn ðə gərɑʒ, wɪθ ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ɔn ɪt. ðə ˈbʊlət hæd tɪ bi faɪərd ˌbiˈfɔr noʊv. kræts, hu rɪˈzaɪnd frəm hɪz pəˈzɪʃən ɛz ˌkæljəˈmɛt ˈkaʊnti ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni ɪn 2010 ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə ˈsɛkˌstɪŋ ˈskændəl, ədˈmɪtəd ðət hi sɛnt səˈʤɛstɪv ˈmɛsɪʤɪz tɪ ə kraɪm ˈvɪktɪm ənd dɪˈskraɪbd hɪz bɪˈheɪvjər ɛz ““deplorable”*” ɪn ən iˈmeɪl. hi sɪz hi hæd ə prəˈskrɪpʃən drəg ˈprɑbləm æt ðə taɪm. hi bɪˈlivz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət ɪkˈsidɪŋli ˌɔnˈfɛr tɪ juz ðət tɪ ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪz mi ɛz ˈmɔrəli unfit”*” ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈmərdərər ənd sɪz hɪz ˈleɪtər bɪˈheɪvjər hæv ˈɛni ˈbɛrɪŋ ɔn ðə keɪs. ˈmərdər] wɑz plænd wiks əˈhɛd əv time,”*,” sɪz kræts. “[“[avery*] æst fər ðət seɪm gərl tɪ bi sɛnt. hi wɑz ˈrɛdi fər her.”*.”
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software house microsoft has started rolling out windows phone to developers, and they have been quick to reveal what we can expect from the update.
windows phone developers have flocked to to detail the update within an inch of its life, revealing about all there is to know about the next software iteration before a beta version is released to developers in april.
chief among windows phone's features is support for windows apps, with the offering "universal app" support with to build both windows store and windows phone store apps from the same shared and javascript code.
a developer who claims to create "high profile" apps for the mobile operating system explained on that this likely points towards microsoft merging windows phone and windows, with apps now easy to create for both.
developers have noted that windows phone now includes an option in settings, which means it likely will support accounts to further lure customers away from ios. support is also included and microsoft's of to is obvious in the, while a new feature has been introduced that likely will allow windows phone users to change the default messaging app.
developers have also revealed that windows phone will be available to all windows phone 8 devices, but there's no word yet on a release date.
that's not all that's new. according to the lengthy thread, multitasking has been tweaked to look more like that in windows, there's support to install apps to an card, and there are three new camera modes and a battery power sense app that shows which apps are using the most battery life.
perhaps most interestingly, developers have noted that facebook integration seems to have been removed in the update, and there's no sign of microsoft's voice assistant.
microsoft has yet to comment on the rumours.
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ˈsɔfˌwɛr haʊs ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft həz ˈstɑrtɪd ˈroʊlɪŋ aʊt ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn tɪ dɪˈvɛləpərz, ənd ðeɪ hæv bɪn kwɪk tɪ rɪˈvil wət wi kən ɪkˈspɛkt frəm ðə ˈəpˌdeɪt. ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn dɪˈvɛləpərz hæv flɑkt tɪ tɪ ˈditeɪl ðə ˈəpˌdeɪt wɪˈθɪn ən ɪnʧ əv ɪts laɪf, rɪˈvilɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɔl ðɛr ɪz tɪ noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə nɛkst ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˌɪtəˈreɪʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈbeɪtə ˈvərʒən ɪz riˈlist tɪ dɪˈvɛləpərz ɪn ˈeɪprəl. ʧif əˈməŋ ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn ˈfiʧərz ɪz səˈpɔrt fər ˈwɪndoʊz æps, wɪθ ðə ˈɔfərɪŋ "ˌjunəˈvərsəl æp" səˈpɔrt wɪθ tɪ bɪld boʊθ ˈwɪndoʊz stɔr ənd ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn stɔr æps frəm ðə seɪm ʃɛrd ənd ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt koʊd. ə dɪˈvɛləpər hu kleɪmz tɪ kriˈeɪt "haɪ ˈproʊˌfaɪl" æps fər ðə ˈmoʊbəl ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ɪkˈspleɪnd ɔn ðət ðɪs ˈlaɪkli pɔɪnts təˈwɔrdz ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈmərʤɪŋ ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn ənd ˈwɪndoʊz, wɪθ æps naʊ ˈizi tɪ kriˈeɪt fər boʊθ. dɪˈvɛləpərz hæv ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn naʊ ˌɪnˈkludz ən ˈɔpʃən ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋz, wɪʧ minz ɪt ˈlaɪkli wɪl səˈpɔrt əˈkaʊnts tɪ ˈfərðər lʊr ˈkəstəmərz əˈweɪ frəm ˈioʊs. səˈpɔrt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ənd ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔfts əv tɪ ɪz ˈɑbviəs ɪn ðə, waɪl ə nu ˈfiʧər həz bɪn ˌɪntrəˈdust ðət ˈlaɪkli wɪl əˈlaʊ ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn ˈjuzərz tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə dɪˈfɔlt ˈmɛsɪʤɪŋ æp. dɪˈvɛləpərz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈvild ðət ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn wɪl bi əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ɔl ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn 8 dɪˈvaɪsɪz, bət ðɛrz noʊ wərd jɛt ɔn ə riˈlis deɪt. ðæts nɑt ɔl ðæts nu. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈlɛŋθi θrɛd, ˈməltiˌtæskɪŋ həz bɪn twikt tɪ lʊk mɔr laɪk ðət ɪn ˈwɪndoʊz, ðɛrz səˈpɔrt tɪ ˌɪnˈstɔl æps tɪ ən kɑrd, ənd ðɛr ər θri nu ˈkæmərə moʊdz ənd ə ˈbætəri paʊər sɛns æp ðət ʃoʊz wɪʧ æps ər ˈjuzɪŋ ðə moʊst ˈbætəri laɪf. pərˈhæps moʊst ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, dɪˈvɛləpərz hæv ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən simz tɪ hæv bɪn riˈmuvd ɪn ðə ˈəpˌdeɪt, ənd ðɛrz noʊ saɪn əv ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔfts vɔɪs əˈsɪstənt. ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft həz jɛt tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ðə ˈrumərz.
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fepic ale was first brewed by a bard with a penchant for alcohol and pranks. hisent was to brew an unassuming alcohol that would reduce the of meno idiots. he used it to great effect in performances, daring anyone in his audience to take a pint and remain standing. if nobody took the dare, he would bring out his lovely assistant, who would offer to spend the evening with anyone who could take the pint and still talk took the dare, but many jumped at the opportunity to prove themselves to the lovely assistant. for many years, nobody beat the drink.however, one day the bard wasroducing his new, beautiful and to the crowd. every man in town wanted to try for the young lady. the bard, making eight silver on every more than a little the wager. if, after two pints, the man was still standing, he would be allowed to spend the whole night with the assistant.well, if you flip a coin enough times, it will eventually stop on its of the hundred men who drank ale that night, twelve died, passed one bear of a man remained standing. true to his word, the bard left his assistant in the hands of the man, who enjoyed himself to no end that night. meanwhile, the bard, being responsible for the poisoning death of twelve men, fled next day, the assistant, sore in many ways, but mostly sore at the bard, was arrested by the town's sherrif. in exchange for her freedom, she offered to lead a group of deputies to the bard who concocted traveled for several days, and eventually caught up with the bard. the young woman was bound to a tree while the deputies confronted the bard. the bard resisted, and was killed in the struggle. the deputies freed the young woman before returning to their own town, leaving her all of the bard's posessions, sans one piece of parchment that had a recipe for an ale on it, which they had burned on the she said nothing at the time, the young woman recognized that what they burned wasn't the recipe for ale, but for a milder drink the bard had picked up in another town. after searching her new posessions, she discovered the true recipe, hidden in a pouch in the dead bard's the deputies swear they killed the bard and destroyed the recipe, there are occasional rumors of a performer daring and teasing audiences with ale in towns small and large ale: alcoholic beverege. fort save dc 25 or be save dc 16 or take and wis damage.
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fepic* eɪl wɑz fərst brud baɪ ə bɑrd wɪθ ə ˈpɛnʧənt fər ˈælkəˌhɑl ənd præŋks. hɪz ˌɪnˈtɛnt wɑz tɪ bru ən ˌənəˈsumɪŋ ˈælkəˌhɑl ðət wʊd rɪˈdus ðə əv mɛn ˈɪntu ˈɪˌdiəts. hi juzd ɪt tɪ greɪt ˈifɛkt ɪn pərˈfɔrmənsɪz, ˈdɛrɪŋ ˈɛniˌwən ɪn hɪz ˈɔdiəns tɪ teɪk ə paɪnt ənd rɪˈmeɪn ˈstændɪŋ. ɪf ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi tʊk ðə dɛr, hi wʊd brɪŋ aʊt hɪz ˈləvli əˈsɪstənt, hu wʊd ˈɔfər tɪ spɛnd ðə ˈivnɪŋ wɪθ ˈɛniˌwən hu kʊd teɪk ðə paɪnt ənd stɪl tɔk tʊk ðə dɛr, bət ˈmɛni ʤəmpt æt ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ pruv ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ ðə ˈləvli əˈsɪstənt. fər ˈmɛni jɪrz, ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi bit ðə drink.however*, wən deɪ ðə bɑrd wɑz ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ hɪz nu, ˈbjutəfəl ənd tɪ ðə kraʊd. ˈɛvəri mæn ɪn taʊn ˈwɔntɪd tɪ traɪ fər ðə jəŋ ˈleɪdi. ðə bɑrd, ˈmeɪkɪŋ eɪt ˈsɪlvər ɔn ˈɛvəri mɔr ðən ə ˈlɪtəl ðə ˈweɪʤər. ɪf, ˈæftər tu paɪnts, ðə mæn wɑz stɪl ˈstændɪŋ, hi wʊd bi əˈlaʊd tɪ spɛnd ðə hoʊl naɪt wɪθ ðə assistant.well*, ɪf ju flɪp ə kɔɪn ɪˈnəf taɪmz, ɪt wɪl ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli stɑp ɔn ɪts əv ðə ˈhənərd mɛn hu dræŋk eɪl ðət naɪt, twɛlv daɪd, pæst wən bɛr əv ə mæn rɪˈmeɪnd ˈstændɪŋ. tru tɪ hɪz wərd, ðə bɑrd lɛft hɪz əˈsɪstənt ɪn ðə hænz əv ðə mæn, hu ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ noʊ ɛnd ðət naɪt. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðə bɑrd, biɪŋ riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ dɛθ əv twɛlv mɛn, flɛd nɛkst deɪ, ðə əˈsɪstənt, sɔr ɪn ˈmɛni weɪz, bət ˈmoʊstli sɔr æt ðə bɑrd, wɑz ərˈɛstɪd baɪ ðə taʊnz sherrif*. ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər hər ˈfridəm, ʃi ˈɔfərd tɪ lɛd ə grup əv ˈdɛpjətiz tɪ ðə bɑrd hu kənˈkɑktəd ˈtrævəld fər ˈsɛvərəl deɪz, ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli kɔt əp wɪθ ðə bɑrd. ðə jəŋ ˈwʊmən wɑz baʊnd tɪ ə tri waɪl ðə ˈdɛpjətiz kənˈfrəntɪd ðə bɑrd. ðə bɑrd rɪˈzɪstɪd, ənd wɑz kɪld ɪn ðə ˈstrəgəl. ðə ˈdɛpjətiz frid ðə jəŋ ˈwʊmən ˌbiˈfɔr rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ ðɛr oʊn taʊn, ˈlivɪŋ hər ɔl əv ðə bɑrdz posessions*, sænz wən pis əv ˈpɑrʧmənt ðət hæd ə ˈrɛsəpi fər ən eɪl ɔn ɪt, wɪʧ ðeɪ hæd bərnd ɔn ðə ʃi sɛd ˈnəθɪŋ æt ðə taɪm, ðə jəŋ ˈwʊmən ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðət wət ðeɪ bərnd ˈwəzənt ðə ˈrɛsəpi fər eɪl, bət fər ə ˈmaɪldər drɪŋk ðə bɑrd hæd pɪkt əp ɪn əˈnəðər taʊn. ˈæftər ˈsərʧɪŋ hər nu posessions*, ʃi dɪˈskəvərd ðə tru ˈrɛsəpi, ˈhɪdən ɪn ə paʊʧ ɪn ðə dɛd bɑrdz ðə ˈdɛpjətiz swɛr ðeɪ kɪld ðə bɑrd ənd dɪˈstrɔɪd ðə ˈrɛsəpi, ðɛr ər ɔˈkeɪʒənəl ˈrumərz əv ə pərˈfɔrmər ˈdɛrɪŋ ənd ˈtizɪŋ ˈɔdiənsəz wɪθ eɪl ɪn taʊnz smɔl ənd lɑrʤ eɪl: ˌælkəˈhɑlɪk beverege*. fɔrt seɪv ˌdiˈsi 25 ər bi seɪv ˌdiˈsi 16 ər teɪk ənd wɪs ˈdæmɪʤ.
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the global association of international sports federations have denied rugby league is a sport in its own right. please voice your objection to this by signing the petition.
many players and fans enjoy playing both rugby league and rugby union and it is unjustifiable to not recognise this fact. they are separate sports just like ice hockey and field hockey. millions of fans watch rugby league world wide with teams across the globe.
we want all fans, players and clubs of all codes to sign this petition demanding that the global association of international sports federations formally recognise rugby league as a sport and the as the governing body.
it would add a great deal of weight if world rugby made public their stance by signing up to object to this oversight.
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ðə ˈgloʊbəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl spɔrts ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃənz hæv dɪˈnaɪd ˈrəgbi lig ɪz ə spɔrt ɪn ɪts oʊn raɪt. pliz vɔɪs jʊr əˈbʤɛkʃən tɪ ðɪs baɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ ðə pəˈtɪʃən. ˈmɛni pleɪərz ənd fænz ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ pleɪɪŋ boʊθ ˈrəgbi lig ənd ˈrəgbi ˈjunjən ənd ɪt ɪz ˌənˌʤəstɪˈfaɪəbəl tɪ nɑt ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðɪs fækt. ðeɪ ər ˈsɛpərˌeɪt spɔrts ʤɪst laɪk aɪs ˈhɑki ənd fild ˈhɑki. ˈmɪljənz əv fænz wɔʧ ˈrəgbi lig wərld waɪd wɪθ timz əˈkrɔs ðə gloʊb. wi wɔnt ɔl fænz, pleɪərz ənd kləbz əv ɔl koʊdz tɪ saɪn ðɪs pəˈtɪʃən dɪˈmændɪŋ ðət ðə ˈgloʊbəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl spɔrts ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃənz ˈfɔrməli ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ˈrəgbi lig ɛz ə spɔrt ənd ðə ɛz ðə ˈgəvərnɪŋ ˈbɑdi. ɪt wʊd æd ə greɪt dil əv weɪt ɪf wərld ˈrəgbi meɪd ˈpəblɪk ðɛr stæns baɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp tɪ ˈɑbʤɛkt tɪ ðɪs ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt.
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tesla model are stunning. instant torque and acceleration, quality interior materials, the bleeding edge of automotive technology, no more at the gas station and gorgeous lines make model desirable to many car enthusiasts. but, like all automobiles, they are also prone to elements that would have looking rough and feeling aged in short order. swirl marks and rock chips plague stock tesla model s owners. what detailed designs auto spa is offering tesla model s owners in atlanta is an opportunity to have their cars as well protected as possible. by providing atlanta with quality professional car detailing, paint correction, clear bra installation and coating systems, we are offering a solution for car care and protection for new and used cars.
today we will be taking a look at a tesla model s owner who faced a difficult scenario. while i know the story inside and out, i really wanted the readers to be able to hear it in his own words. here is the story as he tells it:
my obsession with tesla started from the moment i saw the first concept drawings of the roadster. in fact, i bought shares of their stock pretty early on. i spent almost a year pricing out the same model s over and over and driving my friends and family crazy talking about this car. at some point i realized that the money i had made from my early investment in their stock would make a very nice down payment on the car of my dreams. i finally bit the bullet and decided to arrange for a test drive. after a couple test drives i started getting more serious about my model s purchase.
working with the friendly staff at the marietta service center i quickly realized that buying a service would not only get me behind the wheel of my dream car months more quickly, but would also allow me to upgrade from the standard model s to the performance version without breaking my budget. i was elated. after a couple weeks of searching, a service became available that was an incredible deal. the sales associate was able to get a few pictures of the car to me. unfortunately, they were low resolution and not particularly helpful. one was of the exterior front, one was of the interior, and there were two pictures of two wheels that had curb rash. since it was a service, it was understood that i would be required to fix the wheels. even though the car my first color choice (pearl white), i pass it up. before i knew it, i had given the green light to have tesla ship a black with tan leather from california to georgia. my dream car was now just weeks away. i quickly applied for a car loan and worked with preferred company autonation. since i only had one car, i arranged to trade in my vehicle the day i was scheduled to pick-up my model s.
this is when the trouble started…
not only did tesla request to delay my pickup date, which caused me to have to rearrange my plans with the insurance company and auto nation, but they also tried to cancel the date they arranged. this time the reason was because they able to give it a full detail. apparently, on my new pick-up date, their only “master detailer” had an emergency and finish my car. unfortunately i was stuck with no options, my car was set in stone and i had no other car to drive. in addition to that, i was going out of town and needed the car. i pleaded with tesla and told them i mind picking up a dirty car, but they were somewhat uncooperative. their policy was not to let anyone take delivery of a car that been detailed. i asked why i just bring the car back and have it detailed when i got back in town, but they told me if i did that i would have to pay for a detailing. at that point, i was upset and told them that i was picking up the car no matter what on the scheduled date with or without the detail. they relented and agreed that i could come pick the car up that evening just a little later. this turned into much later. when they finally told me to come get the car, by then it was dark outside and all of their staff were leaving for the night. many of them were still there because their time clocking system was having problems despite it being well after 8pm.
i was given a tour of my car in a dark, poorly lit parking lot. i tried my best to inspect the car and was mainly focused on the interior wear, rear tire tread, and other minor things i had read about on the forums. my car did have some minor wear but nearly as some of the pictures i had seen online. the tires looked fine. i was not able to inspect the paint due to the darkness and even if i had a flashlight that made this possible, i yet know the paint was problematic on teslas. after i returned from my vacation, i drove the car for a few days. it was poor weather and i able to wash it right away. on the first clear weekend i had, i did my best to wash it the best i could. during that process i noticed a few deep scratches that i was hoping i could polish out with a good wax job. since i have any good quality wax, i decided to pay a premium mobile detailer to come out and wash and wax my car. i had never paid for this type of service before and was shocked to find out how much they cost. i bit my tongue and paid for the service. i watched the two men spent almost on my car between the washing and waxing, which made me feel somewhat better about the price. before they started the first coat of wax, i showed them the deepest scratches i hoped could be remedied. they paid special attention to those areas, applying multiple coats; their efforts did improve things slightly, but the scratches were still visible.
disappointed by the lack of success i searched the forums for other tesla owners with paint problems. i was shocked to discover that not only had other owners noticed that the paint was extremely easy to scratch, they also were complaining that brand new cars were arriving with marring and swirling. basically this was clear coat damage most likely caused by either improper detailing or drying. i felt sick to my stomach. i had noticed some of the deeper scratches on my car, but now that i had seen good pictures of the swirling and marring, i immediately took my car and parked it in the direct sunlight. i leaned in close to the paint, now empowered with the knowledge of what to look for. my car was covered in swirls and marring it was worse than any pictures i had seen online. not only had i picked the car up in the dark, but it had also now been over a month since i took delivery. no way they would do anything to fix this i thought, especially on a service. i was having some sporadic problems with a door handle not opening on the front passenger door, so i called to make an appointment with tesla. during the call i mentioned the paint problems, and the service manager basically reminded me that i had taken delivery and that services were as-is. unfortunately, this was the reaction i expected based off of how tesla was responding to other owners with this same problem. even new owners who had taken delivery and not noticed the problems right away were getting this same response. you took delivery, how do we know you do this to the paint?
at this point i set out researching paint correction, sealants, and transparent film “clear-bras.” i found two individuals in the metro atlanta area, and settled on at detailed designs auto spa because he could do both the paint correction and clear bra install back to back. not only did spend many hours with me on the phone explaining the pros and cons of different approaches, he also educated me on what these options meant long-term. i appreciated his efforts to answer all my questions, no matter uninformed; he was patient and very helpful. after having him perform his top of the line “gold level” paint correction, i decided to go with an almost full clear bra installation on the entire car. the only part we wrap was the rear lift gate. the whole job was more money than i had originally planned to spend but i was afraid that if i, i might end up with more swirling, marring, or deep scratches later that would need to be fixed again. so i bit the bullet and went with an almost full clear bra wrap. before having this work done, i always had this nagging feeling that my car was damaged goods. it was still enjoyable to drive, but i always had this lingering dread in the back of my mind that the car was imperfect and flawed. after was done with his magic my car now feels like the beautiful machine it was always supposed to be. i highly recommend his work. he truly made my car enjoyable again and it looks absolutely stunning when full detailed.
as for tesla, i still love and believe in the company. however, everyone who has approached me about my car has asked me if there was anything i like about the car. safe to say every single one of those people now knows they should try to buy a lighter color. i have emphasized to all of them that if they do go with a dark colored paint to know what to look for and be sure to go over the paint with a comb before accepting delivery. i also advise anyone who is seriously considering a tesla to at least get a clear bra on the front of the car to save themselves headaches down the road. most of them are shocked to hear that such a beautifully designed machine could come with so many problems on the exterior. i do not think all owners suffer this problem, but it is definitely not uncommon. buyer beware!
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ˈtɛzlə ˈmɑdəl ər ˈstənɪŋ. ˈɪnstənt tɔrk ənd ˌækˌsɛlərˈeɪʃən, kˈwɑləti ˌɪnˈtɪriər məˈtɪriəlz, ðə ˈblidɪŋ ɛʤ əv ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv tɛkˈnɑləʤi, noʊ mɔr æt ðə gæs ˈsteɪʃən ənd ˈgɔrʤəs laɪnz meɪk ˈmɑdəl dɪˈzaɪərəbəl tɪ ˈmɛni kɑr ɛnˈθuziˌæsts. bət, laɪk ɔl ˌɔtəmoʊˈbilz, ðeɪ ər ˈɔlsoʊ proʊn tɪ ˈɛləmənts ðət wʊd hæv ˈlʊkɪŋ rəf ənd ˈfilɪŋ ˈeɪʤɪd ɪn ʃɔrt ˈɔrdər. swərl mɑrks ənd rɑk ʧɪps pleɪg stɑk ˈtɛzlə ˈmɑdəl ɛs ˈoʊnərz. wət dɪˈteɪld dɪˈzaɪnz ˈɔtoʊ spɑ ɪz ˈɔfərɪŋ ˈtɛzlə ˈmɑdəl ɛs ˈoʊnərz ɪn æˈtlæntə ɪz ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ hæv ðɛr kɑz ɛz wɛl prəˈtɛktɪd ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ æˈtlæntə wɪθ kˈwɑləti prəˈfɛʃənəl kɑr dɪˈteɪlɪŋ, peɪnt kərˈɛkʃən, klɪr brɑ ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən ənd ˈkoʊtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz, wi ər ˈɔfərɪŋ ə səˈluʃən fər kɑr kɛr ənd prəˈtɛkʃən fər nu ənd juzd kɑz. təˈdeɪ wi wɪl bi ˈteɪkɪŋ ə lʊk æt ə ˈtɛzlə ˈmɑdəl ɛs ˈoʊnər hu feɪst ə ˈdɪfəkəlt sɪˈnɛrioʊ. waɪl aɪ noʊ ðə ˈstɔri ˌɪnˈsaɪd ənd aʊt, aɪ ˈrɪli ˈwɔntɪd ðə ˈridərz tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hir ɪt ɪn hɪz oʊn wərdz. hir ɪz ðə ˈstɔri ɛz hi tɛlz ɪt: maɪ əbˈsɛʃən wɪθ ˈtɛzlə ˈstɑrtɪd frəm ðə ˈmoʊmənt aɪ sɔ ðə fərst ˈkɑnsɛpt drɔɪŋz əv ðə ˈroʊdstər. ɪn fækt, aɪ bɔt ʃɛrz əv ðɛr stɑk ˈprɪti ˈərli ɔn. aɪ spɛnt ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə jɪr ˈpraɪsɪŋ aʊt ðə seɪm ˈmɑdəl ɛs ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər ənd ˈdraɪvɪŋ maɪ frɛndz ənd ˈfæməli ˈkreɪzi ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɪs kɑr. æt səm pɔɪnt aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ðə ˈməni aɪ hæd meɪd frəm maɪ ˈərli ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn ðɛr stɑk wʊd meɪk ə ˈvɛri nis daʊn ˈpeɪmənt ɔn ðə kɑr əv maɪ drimz. aɪ ˈfaɪnəli bɪt ðə ˈbʊlət ənd ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ əreɪnʤ fər ə tɛst draɪv. ˈæftər ə ˈkəpəl tɛst draɪvz aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈgɪtɪŋ mɔr ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈmɑdəl ɛs ˈpərʧəs. ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈfrɛndli stæf æt ðə ˌmɛriˈɛtə ˈsərvɪs ˈsɛnər aɪ kˈwɪkli ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət baɪɪŋ ə ˈsərvɪs wʊd nɑt ˈoʊnli gɪt mi bɪˈhaɪnd ðə wil əv maɪ drim kɑr mənθs mɔr kˈwɪkli, bət wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlaʊ mi tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd frəm ðə ˈstændərd ˈmɑdəl ɛs tɪ ðə pərˈfɔrməns ˈvərʒən wɪˈθaʊt ˈbreɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈbəʤɪt. aɪ wɑz ɪˈleɪtɪd. ˈæftər ə ˈkəpəl wiks əv ˈsərʧɪŋ, ə ˈsərvɪs bɪˈkeɪm əˈveɪləbəl ðət wɑz ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl dil. ðə seɪlz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ə fju ˈpɪkʧərz əv ðə kɑr tɪ mi. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðeɪ wər loʊ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ənd nɑt ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈhɛlpfəl. wən wɑz əv ðə ɪkˈstɪriər frənt, wən wɑz əv ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər, ənd ðɛr wər tu ˈpɪkʧərz əv tu wilz ðət hæd kərb ræʃ. sɪns ɪt wɑz ə ˈsərvɪs, ɪt wɑz ˌəndərˈstʊd ðət aɪ wʊd bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ fɪks ðə wilz. ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðə kɑr maɪ fərst ˈkələr ʧɔɪs (pərl waɪt), aɪ pæs ɪt əp. ˌbiˈfɔr aɪ nu ɪt, aɪ hæd ˈgɪvɪn ðə grin laɪt tɪ hæv ˈtɛzlə ʃɪp ə blæk wɪθ tæn ˈlɛðər frəm ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə tɪ ˈʤɔrʤə. maɪ drim kɑr wɑz naʊ ʤɪst wiks əˈweɪ. aɪ kˈwɪkli əˈplaɪd fər ə kɑr loʊn ənd wərkt wɪθ prɪˈfərd ˈkəmpəˌni autonation*. sɪns aɪ ˈoʊnli hæd wən kɑr, aɪ əreɪnʤd tɪ treɪd ɪn maɪ ˈviɪkəl ðə deɪ aɪ wɑz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ ˈpɪˌkəp maɪ ˈmɑdəl ɛs. ðɪs ɪz wɪn ðə ˈtrəbəl started…*… nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪd ˈtɛzlə rɪkˈwɛst tɪ dɪˈleɪ maɪ ˈpɪˌkəp deɪt, wɪʧ kɔzd mi tɪ hæv tɪ riəreɪnʤ maɪ plænz wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈkəmpəˌni ənd ˈɔtoʊ ˈneɪʃən, bət ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ traɪd tɪ ˈkænsəl ðə deɪt ðeɪ əreɪnʤd. ðɪs taɪm ðə ˈrizən wɑz bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪv ɪt ə fʊl ˈditeɪl. əˈpɛrəntli, ɔn maɪ nu ˈpɪˌkəp deɪt, ðɛr ˈoʊnli detailer”*” hæd ən ˈimərʤənsi ənd ˈfɪnɪʃ maɪ kɑr. ənˈfɔrʧənətli aɪ wɑz stək wɪθ noʊ ˈɔpʃənz, maɪ kɑr wɑz sɛt ɪn stoʊn ənd aɪ hæd noʊ ˈəðər kɑr tɪ draɪv. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðət, aɪ wɑz goʊɪŋ aʊt əv taʊn ənd ˈnidɪd ðə kɑr. aɪ ˈplidɪd wɪθ ˈtɛzlə ənd toʊld ðɛm aɪ maɪnd ˈpɪkɪŋ əp ə ˈdərti kɑr, bət ðeɪ wər ˈsəmˈwət ənkoʊˈɑpərətɪv. ðɛr ˈpɑləsi wɑz nɑt tɪ lɛt ˈɛniˌwən teɪk dɪˈlɪvəri əv ə kɑr ðət bɪn dɪˈteɪld. aɪ æst waɪ aɪ ʤɪst brɪŋ ðə kɑr bæk ənd hæv ɪt dɪˈteɪld wɪn aɪ gɑt bæk ɪn taʊn, bət ðeɪ toʊld mi ɪf aɪ dɪd ðət aɪ wʊd hæv tɪ peɪ fər ə dɪˈteɪlɪŋ. æt ðət pɔɪnt, aɪ wɑz ˈəpˌsɛt ənd toʊld ðɛm ðət aɪ wɑz ˈpɪkɪŋ əp ðə kɑr noʊ ˈmætər wət ɔn ðə ˈskɛʤʊld deɪt wɪθ ər wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈditeɪl. ðeɪ rɪˈlɛntɪd ənd əˈgrid ðət aɪ kʊd kəm pɪk ðə kɑr əp ðət ˈivnɪŋ ʤɪst ə ˈlɪtəl ˈleɪtər. ðɪs tərnd ˈɪntu məʧ ˈleɪtər. wɪn ðeɪ ˈfaɪnəli toʊld mi tɪ kəm gɪt ðə kɑr, baɪ ðɛn ɪt wɑz dɑrk ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ənd ɔl əv ðɛr stæf wər ˈlivɪŋ fər ðə naɪt. ˈmɛni əv ðɛm wər stɪl ðɛr bɪˈkəz ðɛr taɪm ˈklɑkɪŋ ˈsɪstəm wɑz ˈhævɪŋ ˈprɑbləmz dɪˈspaɪt ɪt biɪŋ wɛl ˈæftər 8pm*. aɪ wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ə tʊr əv maɪ kɑr ɪn ə dɑrk, ˈpurli lɪt ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt. aɪ traɪd maɪ bɛst tɪ ˌɪnˈspɛkt ðə kɑr ənd wɑz ˈmeɪnli ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər wɛr, rɪr taɪər trɛd, ənd ˈəðər ˈmaɪnər θɪŋz aɪ hæd rɛd əˈbaʊt ɔn ðə ˈfɔrəmz. maɪ kɑr dɪd hæv səm ˈmaɪnər wɛr bət ˈnɪrli ɛz səm əv ðə ˈpɪkʧərz aɪ hæd sin ˈɔnˌlaɪn. ðə taɪərz lʊkt faɪn. aɪ wɑz nɑt ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˌɪnˈspɛkt ðə peɪnt du tɪ ðə ˈdɑrknəs ənd ˈivɪn ɪf aɪ hæd ə ˈflæʃˌlaɪt ðət meɪd ðɪs ˈpɑsəbəl, aɪ jɛt noʊ ðə peɪnt wɑz ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk ɔn teslas*. ˈæftər aɪ rɪˈtərnd frəm maɪ veɪˈkeɪʃən, aɪ droʊv ðə kɑr fər ə fju deɪz. ɪt wɑz pur ˈwɛðər ənd aɪ ˈeɪbəl tɪ wɑʃ ɪt raɪt əˈweɪ. ɔn ðə fərst klɪr ˈwiˌkɪnd aɪ hæd, aɪ dɪd maɪ bɛst tɪ wɑʃ ɪt ðə bɛst aɪ kʊd. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs aɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ə fju dip ˈskræʧɪz ðət aɪ wɑz ˈhoʊpɪŋ aɪ kʊd ˈpɑlɪʃ aʊt wɪθ ə gʊd wæks ʤɑb. sɪns aɪ hæv ˈɛni gʊd kˈwɑləti wæks, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ peɪ ə ˈprimiəm ˈmoʊbəl ˈditeɪlər tɪ kəm aʊt ənd wɑʃ ənd wæks maɪ kɑr. aɪ hæd ˈnɛvər peɪd fər ðɪs taɪp əv ˈsərvɪs ˌbiˈfɔr ənd wɑz ʃɑkt tɪ faɪnd aʊt haʊ məʧ ðeɪ kɔst. aɪ bɪt maɪ təŋ ənd peɪd fər ðə ˈsərvɪs. aɪ wɔʧt ðə tu mɛn spɛnt ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɔn maɪ kɑr bɪtˈwin ðə ˈwɑʃɪŋ ənd ˈwæksɪŋ, wɪʧ meɪd mi fil ˈsəmˈwət ˈbɛtər əˈbaʊt ðə praɪs. ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ðə fərst koʊt əv wæks, aɪ ʃoʊd ðɛm ðə ˈdipəst ˈskræʧɪz aɪ hoʊpt kʊd bi ˈrɛmədid. ðeɪ peɪd ˈspɛʃəl əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðoʊz ˈɛriəz, əˈplaɪɪŋ ˈməltəpəl koʊts; ðɛr ˈɛfərts dɪd ˌɪmˈpruv θɪŋz sˈlaɪtli, bət ðə ˈskræʧɪz wər stɪl ˈvɪzəbəl. ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd baɪ ðə læk əv səkˈsɛs aɪ sərʧt ðə ˈfɔrəmz fər ˈəðər ˈtɛzlə ˈoʊnərz wɪθ peɪnt ˈprɑbləmz. aɪ wɑz ʃɑkt tɪ dɪˈskəvər ðət nɑt ˈoʊnli hæd ˈəðər ˈoʊnərz ˈnoʊtɪst ðət ðə peɪnt wɑz ɪkˈstrimli ˈizi tɪ skræʧ, ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ wər kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ ðət brænd nu kɑz wər ərˈaɪvɪŋ wɪθ ˈmɑrɪŋ ənd sˈwərlɪŋ. ˈbeɪsɪkli ðɪs wɑz klɪr koʊt ˈdæmɪʤ moʊst ˈlaɪkli kɔzd baɪ ˈiðər ˌɪmˈprɑpər dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ər draɪɪŋ. aɪ fɛlt sɪk tɪ maɪ ˈstəmək. aɪ hæd ˈnoʊtɪst səm əv ðə ˈdipər ˈskræʧɪz ɔn maɪ kɑr, bət naʊ ðət aɪ hæd sin gʊd ˈpɪkʧərz əv ðə sˈwərlɪŋ ənd ˈmɑrɪŋ, aɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli tʊk maɪ kɑr ənd pɑrkt ɪt ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkt ˈsənˌlaɪt. aɪ lind ɪn kloʊz tɪ ðə peɪnt, naʊ ɪmˈpaʊərd wɪθ ðə ˈnɑlɪʤ əv wət tɪ lʊk fər. maɪ kɑr wɑz ˈkəvərd ɪn swərlz ənd ˈmɑrɪŋ ɪt wɑz wərs ðən ˈɛni ˈpɪkʧərz aɪ hæd sin ˈɔnˌlaɪn. nɑt ˈoʊnli hæd aɪ pɪkt ðə kɑr əp ɪn ðə dɑrk, bət ɪt hæd ˈɔlsoʊ naʊ bɪn ˈoʊvər ə mənθ sɪns aɪ tʊk dɪˈlɪvəri. noʊ weɪ ðeɪ wʊd du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ fɪks ðɪs aɪ θɔt, əˈspɛʃəli ɔn ə ˈsərvɪs. aɪ wɑz ˈhævɪŋ səm spərˈædɪk ˈprɑbləmz wɪθ ə dɔr ˈhændəl nɑt ˈoʊpənɪŋ ɔn ðə frənt ˈpæsənʤər dɔr, soʊ aɪ kɔld tɪ meɪk ən əˈpɔɪntmənt wɪθ ˈtɛzlə. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kɔl aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd ðə peɪnt ˈprɑbləmz, ənd ðə ˈsərvɪs ˈmænɪʤər ˈbeɪsɪkli riˈmaɪndɪd mi ðət aɪ hæd ˈteɪkən dɪˈlɪvəri ənd ðət ˈsərvɪs wər as-is*. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðɪs wɑz ðə riˈækʃən aɪ ɪkˈspɛktɪd beɪst ɔf əv haʊ ˈtɛzlə wɑz rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ ˈəðər ˈoʊnərz wɪθ ðɪs seɪm ˈprɑbləm. ˈivɪn nu ˈoʊnərz hu hæd ˈteɪkən dɪˈlɪvəri ənd nɑt ˈnoʊtɪst ðə ˈprɑbləmz raɪt əˈweɪ wər ˈgɪtɪŋ ðɪs seɪm rɪˈspɑns. ju tʊk dɪˈlɪvəri, haʊ du wi noʊ ju du ðɪs tɪ ðə peɪnt? æt ðɪs pɔɪnt aɪ sɛt aʊt riˈsərʧɪŋ peɪnt kərˈɛkʃən, ˈsilənts, ənd trænˈspɛrənt fɪlm ““clear-bras.”*.” aɪ faʊnd tu ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ɪn ðə ˈmɛˌtroʊ æˈtlæntə ˈɛriə, ənd ˈsɛtəld ɔn æt dɪˈteɪld dɪˈzaɪnz ˈɔtoʊ spɑ bɪˈkəz hi kʊd du boʊθ ðə peɪnt kərˈɛkʃən ənd klɪr brɑ ˌɪnˈstɔl bæk tɪ bæk. nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪd spɛnd ˈmɛni aʊərz wɪθ mi ɔn ðə foʊn ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ ðə proʊz ənd kɑnz əv ˈdɪfərənt əˈproʊʧɪz, hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd mi ɔn wət ðiz ˈɔpʃənz mɛnt ˈlɔŋˈtərm. aɪ əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd hɪz ˈɛfərts tɪ ˈænsər ɔl maɪ kˈwɛsʧənz, noʊ ˈmætər ˌənɪnˈfɔrmd; hi wɑz ˈpeɪʃənt ənd ˈvɛri ˈhɛlpfəl. ˈæftər ˈhævɪŋ ɪm pərˈfɔrm hɪz tɔp əv ðə laɪn level”*” peɪnt kərˈɛkʃən, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ goʊ wɪθ ən ˈɔlˌmoʊst fʊl klɪr brɑ ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən ɔn ðə ɪnˈtaɪər kɑr. ðə ˈoʊnli pɑrt wi ræp wɑz ðə rɪr lɪft geɪt. ðə hoʊl ʤɑb wɑz mɔr ˈməni ðən aɪ hæd ərˈɪʤənəli plænd tɪ spɛnd bət aɪ wɑz əˈfreɪd ðət ɪf aɪ, aɪ maɪt ɛnd əp wɪθ mɔr sˈwərlɪŋ, ˈmɑrɪŋ, ər dip ˈskræʧɪz ˈleɪtər ðət wʊd nid tɪ bi fɪkst əˈgɛn. soʊ aɪ bɪt ðə ˈbʊlət ənd wɛnt wɪθ ən ˈɔlˌmoʊst fʊl klɪr brɑ ræp. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈhævɪŋ ðɪs wərk dən, aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz hæd ðɪs ˈnægɪŋ ˈfilɪŋ ðət maɪ kɑr wɑz ˈdæmɪʤd gʊdz. ɪt wɑz stɪl ˌɛnˈʤɔɪəbəl tɪ draɪv, bət aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz hæd ðɪs ˈlɪŋgərɪŋ drɛd ɪn ðə bæk əv maɪ maɪnd ðət ðə kɑr wɑz ˌɪmˈpərfɪkt ənd flɔd. ˈæftər wɑz dən wɪθ hɪz ˈmæʤɪk maɪ kɑr naʊ filz laɪk ðə ˈbjutəfəl məˈʃin ɪt wɑz ˈɔlˌweɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi. aɪ ˈhaɪli ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd hɪz wərk. hi ˈtruli meɪd maɪ kɑr ˌɛnˈʤɔɪəbəl əˈgɛn ənd ɪt lʊks ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈstənɪŋ wɪn fʊl dɪˈteɪld. ɛz fər ˈtɛzlə, aɪ stɪl ləv ənd bɪˈliv ɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈɛvriˌwən hu həz əˈproʊʧt mi əˈbaʊt maɪ kɑr həz æst mi ɪf ðɛr wɑz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ aɪ laɪk əˈbaʊt ðə kɑr. seɪf tɪ seɪ ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl wən əv ðoʊz ˈpipəl naʊ noʊz ðeɪ ʃʊd traɪ tɪ baɪ ə ˈlaɪtər ˈkələr. aɪ hæv ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd tɪ ɔl əv ðɛm ðət ɪf ðeɪ du goʊ wɪθ ə dɑrk ˈkələrd peɪnt tɪ noʊ wət tɪ lʊk fər ənd bi ʃʊr tɪ goʊ ˈoʊvər ðə peɪnt wɪθ ə koʊm ˌbiˈfɔr əkˈsɛptɪŋ dɪˈlɪvəri. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ədˈvaɪz ˈɛniˌwən hu ɪz ˈsɪriəsli kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ə ˈtɛzlə tɪ æt list gɪt ə klɪr brɑ ɔn ðə frənt əv ðə kɑr tɪ seɪv ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈhɛˌdeɪks daʊn ðə roʊd. moʊst əv ðɛm ər ʃɑkt tɪ hir ðət səʧ ə ˈbjutəfli dɪˈzaɪnd məˈʃin kʊd kəm wɪθ soʊ ˈmɛni ˈprɑbləmz ɔn ðə ɪkˈstɪriər. aɪ du nɑt θɪŋk ɔl ˈoʊnərz ˈsəfər ðɪs ˈprɑbləm, bət ɪt ɪz ˈdɛfənətli nɑt ənˈkɑmən. baɪər bɪˈwɛr!
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what better way to review 2017 than a video of carbon intensity?
energy for humanity collaborated with creators, tomorrow, to track climate leadership in europe and publish our european climate leadership report at the climate conference in bonn. we love their pro version as a tool to better understand the different carbon intensities of the electricity generation systems of european countries, and the impact of of cross border electricity flows.
watch this video above showing the for the period of october 2016 to september 2017. in high speed it reveals interesting details on european climate performance:
france, norway and sweden have constantly low emissions per over the whole year
norway is constantly green since its citizens consume practically only hydropower. this is thanks to the topography that allows large volumes of hydro power generation. no “tough decision” had to be made by the past governments or the people.
france and sweden remain green all year round too. what do they have in common? they both decided some decades ago after the oil crisis in the and also for environmental reasons not to burn fossil fuels for electricity generation, but rather use nuclear power.
for other countries, their carbon intensity fluctuates depending mostly on weather and the increasing use of variable renewables, leading to less use of lignite, coal or natural gas firing for electricity generation.
switzerland changes colour from bright green (showing below 100 gco2eq/kwh) to sometimes “brownish” color (up to 500 gco2eq/kwh), depending on how much electricity is imported from its “dirty” neighbour in the north, germany.
notice the seasonal changes as northern european countries use more power, and have less sunshine.
see the wind dragons!
will 2018 be the year that we get serious about tackling climate change?
from a climate perspective, 2017 has been a carbon intense year. in november we learned that global carbon emissions are on the rise again in 2017 after three years of growth, according to researchers at the university of east anglia and the global carbon project.
something needs to change. our european climate leadership report shows that away from the political hot air, those countries with the cheapest and cleanest electricity grids use a combination of nuclear, hydro and wind.
however, few european leaders have had the courage to take climate seriously enough to say that nuclear is needed as well as renewables.
at the end of 2017, president broke the taboo about nuclear as a climate solution. speaking at the one planet summit in december he said:
“i idolize nuclear energy at all. but i think you have to pick your battle. my priority in france, europe and internationally is emissions and (global) warming”
president announced that he would not follow example by phasing out nuclear energy in france because his priority was to cut carbon emissions and shut down polluting production.
bravo! our open letter to him in july, signed by 45 eminent environmentalists and scientists, expressed alarm at his decision to move france away from clean nuclear power. few nations have done more than france to demonstrate the humanitarian and environmental benefits of creating a high-energy, nuclear-powered, electrified society.
by choosing the new battle against climate change over the old battle against nuclear, president has shown real climate leadership. it took courage to break the nuclear taboo. why does it matter? because to solve climate we need more climate realism.
here’s hoping for more rational climate policy in 2018.
we wish all our followers and friends happy holidays and all the best for the new year.
your energy for humanity team
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wət ˈbɛtər weɪ tɪ ˌrivˈju 2017 ðən ə ˈvɪdioʊ əv ˈkɑrbən ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti? ˈɛnərʤi fər juˈmænɪti kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪd wɪθ kriˈeɪtərz, təˈmɑˌroʊ, tɪ træk ˈklaɪmɪt ˈlidərˌʃɪp ɪn ˈjʊrəp ənd ˈpəblɪʃ ɑr ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈklaɪmɪt ˈlidərˌʃɪp rɪˈpɔrt æt ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn bɑn. wi ləv ðɛr proʊ ˈvərʒən ɛz ə tul tɪ ˈbɛtər ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈdɪfərənt ˈkɑrbən ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪtiz əv ðə ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈsɪstəmz əv ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkəntriz, ənd ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv əv krɔs ˈbɔrdər ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti floʊz. wɔʧ ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ əˈbəv ʃoʊɪŋ ðə fər ðə ˈpɪriəd əv ɑkˈtoʊbər 2016 tɪ sɛpˈtɛmbər 2017 ɪn haɪ spid ɪt rɪˈvilz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈditeɪlz ɔn ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈklaɪmɪt pərˈfɔrməns: fræns, ˈnɔrˌweɪ ənd sˈwidən hæv ˈkɑnstəntli loʊ ɪˈmɪʃənz pər ˈoʊvər ðə hoʊl jɪr ˈnɔrˌweɪ ɪz ˈkɑnstəntli grin sɪns ɪts ˈsɪtɪzənz kənˈsum ˈpræktɪkəli ˈoʊnli ˈhaɪdroʊˌpaʊr. ðɪs ɪz θæŋks tɪ ðə təˈpɑgrəfi ðət əˈlaʊz lɑrʤ ˈvɑljumz əv ˈhaɪˌdroʊ paʊər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. noʊ decision”*” hæd tɪ bi meɪd baɪ ðə pæst ˈgəvərnmənts ər ðə ˈpipəl. fræns ənd sˈwidən rɪˈmeɪn grin ɔl jɪr raʊnd tu. wət du ðeɪ hæv ɪn ˈkɑmən? ðeɪ boʊθ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd səm ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ ˈæftər ðə ɔɪl ˈkraɪsəs ɪn ðə ənd ˈɔlsoʊ fər ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈrizənz nɑt tɪ bərn ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz fər ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən, bət ˈrəðər juz ˈnukliər paʊər. fər ˈəðər ˈkəntriz, ðɛr ˈkɑrbən ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti ˈfləkʧuˌeɪts dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ˈmoʊstli ɔn ˈwɛðər ənd ðə ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ juz əv ˈvɛriəbəl renewables*, ˈlidɪŋ tɪ lɛs juz əv ˈlɪgˌnaɪt, koʊl ər ˈnæʧərəl gæs ˈfaɪərrɪŋ fər ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. sˈwɪtsərlənd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈkələr frəm braɪt grin (ʃoʊɪŋ bɪˈloʊ 100 gco2eq/kwh*) tɪ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ““brownish”*” ˈkələr (əp tɪ 500 gco2eq/kwh*), dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn haʊ məʧ ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪd frəm ɪts ““dirty”*” ˈneɪbər ɪn ðə nɔrθ, ˈʤərməni. ˈnoʊtɪs ðə ˈsizənəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɛz ˈnɔrðərn ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkəntriz juz mɔr paʊər, ənd hæv lɛs ˈsənˌʃaɪn. si ðə wɪnd ˈdrægənz! wɪl 2018 bi ðə jɪr ðət wi gɪt ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt ˈtækəlɪŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ? frəm ə ˈklaɪmɪt pərˈspɛktɪv, 2017 həz bɪn ə ˈkɑrbən ˌɪnˈtɛns jɪr. ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər wi ˈlərnɪd ðət ˈgloʊbəl ˈkɑrbən ɪˈmɪʃənz ər ɔn ðə raɪz əˈgɛn ɪn 2017 ˈæftər θri jɪrz əv groʊθ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈrisərʧərz æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ist ˈæŋgliə ənd ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈkɑrbən ˈprɑʤɛkt. ˈsəmθɪŋ nidz tɪ ʧeɪnʤ. ɑr ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈklaɪmɪt ˈlidərˌʃɪp rɪˈpɔrt ʃoʊz ðət əˈweɪ frəm ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl hɑt ɛr, ðoʊz ˈkəntriz wɪθ ðə ˈʧipəst ənd ˈklinəst ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti grɪdz juz ə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ˈnukliər, ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ənd wɪnd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, fju ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈlidərz hæv hæd ðə kərɪʤ tɪ teɪk ˈklaɪmɪt ˈsɪriəsli ɪˈnəf tɪ seɪ ðət ˈnukliər ɪz ˈnidɪd ɛz wɛl ɛz renewables*. æt ðə ɛnd əv 2017 ˈprɛzɪdənt broʊk ðə tæˈbu əˈbaʊt ˈnukliər ɛz ə ˈklaɪmɪt səˈluʃən. ˈspikɪŋ æt ðə wən ˈplænət ˈsəmɪt ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər hi sɛd: ˈaɪdəˌlaɪz ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi æt ɔl. bət aɪ θɪŋk ju hæv tɪ pɪk jʊr ˈbætəl. maɪ praɪˈɔrəti ɪn fræns, ˈjʊrəp ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli ɪz ɪˈmɪʃənz ənd (ˈgloʊbəl) warming”*” ˈprɛzɪdənt əˈnaʊnst ðət hi wʊd nɑt ˈfɑloʊ ɪgˈzæmpəl baɪ ˈfeɪzɪŋ aʊt ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi ɪn fræns bɪˈkəz hɪz praɪˈɔrəti wɑz tɪ kət ˈkɑrbən ɪˈmɪʃənz ənd ʃət daʊn pəˈlutɪŋ pərˈdəkʃən. ˈbrɑvoʊ! ɑr ˈoʊpən ˈlɛtər tɪ ɪm ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ, saɪnd baɪ 45 ˈɛmənənt ɛnˈvaɪrənˌmɛnəlɪsts ənd ˈsaɪəntɪsts, ɪkˈsprɛst əˈlɑrm æt hɪz dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ muv fræns əˈweɪ frəm klin ˈnukliər paʊər. fju ˈneɪʃənz hæv dən mɔr ðən fræns tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ðə ˌjuˌmænəˈtɛriən ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈbɛnəfɪts əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə high-energy*, nuclear-powered*, ɪˈlɛktrəˌfaɪd soʊˈsaɪɪti. baɪ ˈʧuzɪŋ ðə nu ˈbætəl əˈgɛnst ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈoʊvər ðə oʊld ˈbætəl əˈgɛnst ˈnukliər, ˈprɛzɪdənt həz ʃoʊn ril ˈklaɪmɪt ˈlidərˌʃɪp. ɪt tʊk kərɪʤ tɪ breɪk ðə ˈnukliər tæˈbu. waɪ dɪz ɪt ˈmætər? bɪˈkəz tɪ sɑlv ˈklaɪmɪt wi nid mɔr ˈklaɪmɪt ˈriəlɪzm. ˈhoʊpɪŋ fər mɔr ˈræʃənəl ˈklaɪmɪt ˈpɑləsi ɪn 2018 wi wɪʃ ɔl ɑr ˈfɑloʊərz ənd frɛndz ˈhæpi ˈhɑləˌdeɪz ənd ɔl ðə bɛst fər ðə nu jɪr. jʊr ˈɛnərʤi fər juˈmænɪti tim
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camera mount common sense
when i was at the factory in slovenia last april, the techs were patiently amused while i wrapped a gopro camera with a safety layer of duct tape. i'd stuck the thing under the wing with the standard gopro pressure sensitive base. "you know," one of them said, "we never do that. the adhesive holds them fine. they never come off." they were right, but when it comes to crap falling off airplanes, i go the route.
this came to mind recently when we published an action cam review in aviation consumer and a couple of readers asked about the legalities of externally mounted cameras. it surfaced again this week when our video comparing cameras appeared. i figured that when i revealed how i mount these cameras, it would stir up some trouble. i was right.
i'll get to the legalities in a moment; first the mechanics. action like the gopro and are usually equipped with that will attach in various ways, including pressure adhesive, suction cups and clamps. if you want it attached to the outside of the airplane, there's always a way. my way, as shown in the video, is to use the adhesive. when possible, clean the area first with alcohol, set the pad, and let it cure overnight. then it's ready for the camera.
to the amusement of my friends, i backstop the pad with tape. first, i lay down a layer of painter's tape to protect the paint. then i wrap the duct tape entirely around the surface and join it to itself, top end facing downstream. i fashion a small tether out of tape and wrap it around the base of the camera mount. the end of the flat section of tape goes under the wrapped layer. this is hell for strong. it's simply not going to break under the normal loads conceivably imposed on the camera. it's also overkill. but i don't want to lose a $300 camera or dent someone's or windshield.
there are all kinds of commercial mounts for. has one that attaches anywhere there's a number 6, 8 or 10 screw on the airframe. they say it's for experimental aircraft only signaling, at least for public consumption, that they believe such mounts are of questionable legality on certified aircraft. here's another mount for a aircraft. i haven't tried it, but it looks well designed for a reasonable price.
among the many mounts used for action are suction cups. lots of people use these on the outside of the airplane, but i wouldn't consider it. a slight leak in the seal or a good shake or and the cup can part company with the surface. in that case, a strong, but short tether of some kind is a must. the tether shouldn't allow the camera to flop around, but merely to tip over.
when i use a suction cup inside the airplane, usually stuck to the glass, i try to tether it even then. i've had them pop loose more than once. i made myself a selection of bungee tethers with snaps on both ends, so i can wrap them around available attachment points. gopro sells its own small adhesive tethers, but i haven't found a use for them yet. i also tether the cameras when i use them on motorcycles.
now the legalities. my general response to this has been don't ask, don't tell. but our hand got forced when a couple of readers asked about the legalities. the operator of a skydiving aircraft was about to be violated for some claimed infraction related to an external camera mount. so we asked the at the local and national level. my colleague larry anglisano, editor of aviation consumer, got this internal guidance memo from the: here's the pdf. it's short and to the point, so i suggest reading it.
basically, the memo says camera mounts aren't major alterations since they don't appreciably change flight characteristics, performance, weight and balance or basic airworthiness. they also don't represent changes to the aircraft's basic type certification, so no is necessary. the memo suggests reviewing them on a "case-by-case" basis. in the reality of the modern regulatory world, that means one inspector might have no problem with a temporary camera mount installed using no tools, while another may clearly see a violation of some far he would have to cite. which inspector you get is the luck of the draw, but i think the's memo gets it right: case by case and use common sense.
the memo further says the doesn't support such attachments and should one come loose, the far or reckless available for use. and that's as it should be. the act of mounting the camera is not, of itself, careless or reckless; losing it because you didn't do it right might be. again, case by case.
without looking too hard, you can find language in the regulations that might define one of these mounts as illegal on a certified airplane. if that's your wont, have at it. but my view is just the reverse; i'm looking for a way to get it done with reasonable safety and practicality without spending a fortune to film a lousy video. i think it's a paranoid absurdity to argue that a gopro taped to a strut will alter the flight characteristics of an airplane in any way, much less meaningfully. (then again, that's not true of everywhere you could put a camera. see this discussion.)
on the other hand, if you mount the camera to a control surface or where a detachment could jam a control or damage the aircraft, you're not using good judgment. anyone who's really nervous about this either shouldn't do it or should take the trouble to have an do an inspection and a logbook entry. otherwise, just mount the camera, do your flight, and remove it when you land. keep it simple. this is supposed to be fun and recreational, remember? and be mindful of speed. strut mounts on a 172 are one thing, the top of a turboprop wing something else. had cameras all over the panthera, which cruises at 180 knots.)
if you're anticipating doing a lot of video work or doing it professionally, check out this product, the eagle 360. it's a nicely made camera belly pod and is fullyd and approved for at least 50 airplanes and will accommodate up to five cameras. if you want to do serious aerial video right, that's how.
wednesday p.m. update: i've been getting calls and emails on this subject in the background. one reader, with extensive experience in mounting on wings and other structures, had two suggestions i hadn't considered. one, the patch will degrade with time. so it shouldn't be left to weather on the wing for more than a few days. just use a fresh one. they're cheap. but do let it cure overnight.
second, use so-called high speed protect the paint under the pad. you can use another wrap across the top of the camera for extra security. tape is actually intended as an aviation product, albeit no specifically for this purpose.
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(ðɛn əˈgɛn, ðæts nɑt tru əv ˈɛvriˌwɛr ju kʊd pʊt ə ˈkæmərə. si ðɪs dɪˈskəʃən.) ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, ɪf ju maʊnt ðə ˈkæmərə tɪ ə kənˈtroʊl ˈsərfəs ər wɛr ə dɪˈtæʧmənt kʊd ʤæm ə kənˈtroʊl ər ˈdæmɪʤ ðə ˈɛrˌkræft, jʊr nɑt ˈjuzɪŋ gʊd ˈʤəʤmənt. ˈɛniˌwən huz ˈrɪli ˈnərvəs əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈiðər ˈʃʊdənt du ɪt ər ʃʊd teɪk ðə ˈtrəbəl tɪ hæv ən du ən ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən ənd ə ˈlɔgˌbʊk ˈɛntri. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ʤɪst maʊnt ðə ˈkæmərə, du jʊr flaɪt, ənd riˈmuv ɪt wɪn ju lænd. kip ɪt ˈsɪmpəl. ðɪs ɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi fən ənd ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃənəl, rɪˈmɛmbər? ənd bi ˈmaɪndfəl əv spid. strət maʊnts ɔn ə 172 ər wən θɪŋ, ðə tɔp əv ə ˈtərboʊˌprɑp wɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls. hæd ˈkæmərəz ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə panthera*, wɪʧ ˈkruzɪz æt 180 nɑts.) ɪf jʊr ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ duɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈvɪdioʊ wərk ər duɪŋ ɪt prəˈfɛʃənəli, ʧɛk aʊt ðɪs ˈprɑdəkt, ðə ˈigəl 360 ɪts ə ˈnaɪsli meɪd ˈkæmərə ˈbɛli pɑd ənd ɪz ˈfʊli ənd əˈpruvd fər æt list 50 ˈɛrpleɪnz ənd wɪl əˈkɑməˌdeɪt əp tɪ faɪv ˈkæmərəz. ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ du ˈsɪriəs ˈɛriəl ˈvɪdioʊ raɪt, ðæts haʊ. ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ p.m*. ˈəpˌdeɪt: aɪv bɪn ˈgɪtɪŋ kɔlz ənd iˈmeɪlz ɔn ðɪs ˈsəbʤɪkt ɪn ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd. wən ˈridər, wɪθ ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪn ˈmaʊntɪŋ ɔn wɪŋz ənd ˈəðər ˈstrəkʧərz, hæd tu səˈʤɛsʧənz aɪ ˈhædənt kənˈsɪdərd. wən, ðə pæʧ wɪl dɪˈgreɪd wɪθ taɪm. soʊ ɪt ˈʃʊdənt bi lɛft tɪ ˈwɛðər ɔn ðə wɪŋ fər mɔr ðən ə fju deɪz. ʤɪst juz ə frɛʃ wən. ðɛr ʧip. bət du lɛt ɪt kjʊr ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt. ˈsɛkənd, juz ˈsoʊˈkɔld haɪ spid prəˈtɛkt ðə peɪnt ˈəndər ðə pæd. ju kən juz əˈnəðər ræp əˈkrɔs ðə tɔp əv ðə ˈkæmərə fər ˈɛkstrə sɪˈkjʊrəti. teɪp ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd ɛz ən ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈprɑdəkt, ɔlˈbiɪt noʊ spəˈsɪfɪkli fər ðɪs ˈpərpəs. ʤɔɪn ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən. rɛd ˈəðərz' ˈkɑmɛnts ənd æd jʊr oʊn.
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if you are running windows 10 home you have no option to turn off automatic updates for the operating system. if you choose to use windows 10 professional there are options to defer updates but it is not a process that allows you to avoid updates forever - it actually gives you about four months.
microsoft has released a tool that will allow you to hide some of the updates and drivers from windows update if they are causing you issues after their installation. this troubleshooter will walk you through hiding those updates and prevent them from automatically. you can use this same tool to those patches once they have been updated by microsoft.
the information page for the download does not contain any information about how long the patches will remain hidden but i suspect it is not a tool to hide them forever. i also suspect this troubleshooter is not going to allow every patch for windows 10 to be blocked as that would be counter to microsoft's automatic updates for windows 10 home users.
ultimately, this is meant as a troubleshooter for temporary issues and you should updates once microsoft remedies the issue with them.
this gallery will give you an idea of what the wizard looks like when it is in use.
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ɪf ju ər ˈrənɪŋ ˈwɪndoʊz 10 hoʊm ju hæv noʊ ˈɔpʃən tɪ tərn ɔf ˌɔtəˈmætɪk ˈəpˌdeɪts fər ðə ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm. ɪf ju ʧuz tɪ juz ˈwɪndoʊz 10 prəˈfɛʃənəl ðɛr ər ˈɔpʃənz tɪ dɪˈfər ˈəpˌdeɪts bət ɪt ɪz nɑt ə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət əˈlaʊz ju tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈəpˌdeɪts fərˈɛvər ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli gɪvz ju əˈbaʊt fɔr mənθs. ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft həz riˈlist ə tul ðət wɪl əˈlaʊ ju tɪ haɪd səm əv ðə ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd ˈdraɪvərz frəm ˈwɪndoʊz ˈəpˌdeɪt ɪf ðeɪ ər ˈkɔzɪŋ ju ˈɪʃuz ˈæftər ðɛr ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən. ðɪs ˈtrəbəlˌʃutər wɪl wɔk ju θru ˈhaɪdɪŋ ðoʊz ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd prɪˈvɛnt ðɛm frəm ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli. ju kən juz ðɪs seɪm tul tɪ ðoʊz ˈpæʧɪz wəns ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd baɪ ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft. ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən peɪʤ fər ðə ˈdaʊnˌloʊd dɪz nɑt kənˈteɪn ˈɛni ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt haʊ lɔŋ ðə ˈpæʧɪz wɪl rɪˈmeɪn ˈhɪdən bət aɪ ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪt ɪz nɑt ə tul tɪ haɪd ðɛm fərˈɛvər. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsəˌspɛkt ðɪs ˈtrəbəlˌʃutər ɪz nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈɛvəri pæʧ fər ˈwɪndoʊz 10 tɪ bi blɑkt ɛz ðət wʊd bi ˈkaʊntər tɪ ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔfts ˌɔtəˈmætɪk ˈəpˌdeɪts fər ˈwɪndoʊz 10 hoʊm ˈjuzərz. ˈəltəmətli, ðɪs ɪz mɛnt ɛz ə ˈtrəbəlˌʃutər fər ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈɪʃuz ənd ju ʃʊd ˈəpˌdeɪts wəns ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈrɛmədiz ðə ˈɪʃu wɪθ ðɛm. ðɪs ˈgæləri wɪl gɪv ju ən aɪˈdiə əv wət ðə ˈwɪzərd lʊks laɪk wɪn ɪt ɪz ɪn juz.
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the u.s. grumman corporation unmanned combat air system demonstration aircraft reached a major milestone sept. 30 when it retracted its landing gear and flew in its cruise configuration for the first time.
the flight, conducted at edwards air force base, also helped validate precision navigation hardware and software that will allow the to land with precision on the moving deck of an aircraft carrier.
“last flight gave us our first clean look at the aerodynamic cruise performance of the air it is proving out all of our predictions,” said janis pamiljans, vice president and navy program manager for northrop aerospace systems sector. “reaching this critical test point demonstrates the growing maturity of the air system, and its readiness to move to the next phase of flight testing.”
the recent flight was part of an “envelope expansion” program for the first of two aircraft produced by northrop grumman for the unmanned combat air system carrier demonstration (ucas-d) program. envelope expansion flights are used to demonstrate aircraft performance under a variety of altitude, speed and fuel load conditions.
the-d program plans to begin transitioning aircraft to naval air station, patuxent river, md. in late 2011 to begin carrier suitability testing in 2012. the focal point of the program is to demonstrate in 2013 the first aircraft carrier launches and recoveries by a tailless, unmanned system.
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ðə juz. ˈgrəmən ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ənˈmænd ˈkɑmbæt ɛr ˈsɪstəm ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən ˈɛrˌkræft riʧt ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn sɛpt. 30 wɪn ɪt riˈtræktəd ɪts ˈlændɪŋ gɪr ənd flu ɪn ɪts kruz kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃən fər ðə fərst taɪm. ðə flaɪt, kənˈdəktəd æt ˈɛdwərdz ɛr fɔrs beɪs, ˈɔlsoʊ hɛlpt ˈvælədeɪt priˈsɪʒən ˌnævəˈgeɪʃən ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ənd ˈsɔfˌwɛr ðət wɪl əˈlaʊ ðə tɪ lænd wɪθ priˈsɪʒən ɔn ðə ˈmuvɪŋ dɛk əv ən ˈɛrˌkræft ˈkɛriər. flaɪt geɪv ˈjuˈɛs ɑr fərst klin lʊk æt ðə ˌɛroʊdaɪˈnæmɪk kruz pərˈfɔrməns əv ðə ɛr ɪt ɪz ˈpruvɪŋ aʊt ɔl əv ɑr predictions,”*,” sɛd ˈʤænɪs pamiljans*, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd ˈneɪvi ˈproʊˌgræm ˈmænɪʤər fər ˈnɔrθrəp ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs ˈsɪstəmz ˈsɛktər. ðɪs ˈkrɪtɪkəl tɛst pɔɪnt ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts ðə groʊɪŋ məˈʧʊrəti əv ðə ɛr ˈsɪstəm, ənd ɪts ˈrɛdinəs tɪ muv tɪ ðə nɛkst feɪz əv flaɪt testing.”*.” ðə ˈrisənt flaɪt wɑz pɑrt əv ən expansion”*” ˈproʊˌgræm fər ðə fərst əv tu ˈɛrˌkræft prəˈdust baɪ ˈnɔrθrəp ˈgrəmən fər ðə ənˈmænd ˈkɑmbæt ɛr ˈsɪstəm ˈkɛriər ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən (ucas-d*) ˈproʊˌgræm. ˈɛnvəˌloʊp ɪkˈspænʧən flaɪts ər juzd tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ˈɛrˌkræft pərˈfɔrməns ˈəndər ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈæltəˌtud, spid ənd fjuəl loʊd kənˈdɪʃənz. ðə ˈproʊˌgræm plænz tɪ bɪˈgɪn trænˈzɪʃənɪŋ ˈɛrˌkræft tɪ ˈneɪvəl ɛr ˈsteɪʃən, pəˈtəksənt ˈrɪvər, md*. ɪn leɪt 2011 tɪ bɪˈgɪn ˈkɛriər ˌsutəˈbɪlɪti ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪn 2012 ðə ˈfoʊkəl pɔɪnt əv ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ɪz tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ɪn 2013 ðə fərst ˈɛrˌkræft ˈkɛriər ˈlɔnʧɪz ənd rɪˈkəvəriz baɪ ə tailless*, ənˈmænd ˈsɪstəm.
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christian leaders in the northern syrian city of, captured by an organization formerly affiliated with al-qaeda, have signed a submission document this week banning them from practicing christianity in public in return for protection by their islamist rulers.
the document, dated sunday and disseminated through islamist twitter accounts, states that the christian community in the province of, captured last march by the islamic state of iraq and the levant (isis), was recently given three options: to convert to islam; to remain christian but pledge submission to islam; or to “face the sword.” they opted for the second of those choices, known as dhimmitude.
earlier this month, central command distanced itself from isis, saying it was “not a branch of al-qaeda.”
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the authenticity of the document, displaying the stamp of al-qaeda, could not be independently verified. the signatures of 20 christian leaders at the bottom of the document said to have been party to the agreement were blotted out, ostensibly at their own request.
according to classic islamic law, christians and jews living under muslim sovereignty must pay a tax known as in return for the muslim protection, known as.
the christians of chose to sign the treaty over war, the document stated, receiving a commitment by local isis commander ibrahim al-badri, also known as abu al-baghdadi, not to be subjected to physical harm or religious targeting.
in return, the christians agreed to a list of conditions: to abstain from renovating churches or monasteries in; not to display crosses or religious symbols in public or use loudspeakers in prayer; not to read scripture indoors loud enough for muslims standing outside to hear; not to undertake subversive actions against muslims; not to carry out any religious ceremonies outside the church; not to prevent any christian wishing to convert to islam from doing so; to respect islam and muslims and say nothing offensive about them; to pay the tax worth four golden dinars for the rich, two for the average, and one for the poor, twice annually, for each adult christian; to refrain from drinking alcohol in public; and to dress modestly.
“if they adhere to these conditions, they will be close to god and receive the protection of mohammed his prophet none of their religious rights will be detracted nor will a priest or monk be wronged,” the document ended. “but if they disobey any of the conditions, they are no longer protected and isis can treat them in a hostile and warlike fashion.”
isis has previously banned the sale of cigarettes in and enforced the veil for women in public. last week, the daily star lebanon reported, it changed the official weekend in the province to thursday and friday from friday and saturday, as practiced in “faithless countries.”
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ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈlidərz ɪn ðə ˈnɔrðərn ˈsɪriən ˈsɪti əv, ˈkæpʧərd baɪ ən ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˈfɔrmərli əˈfɪliˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ, hæv saɪnd ə səbˈmɪʃən ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ðɪs wik ˈbænɪŋ ðɛm frəm ˈpræktɪsɪŋ ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti ɪn ˈpəblɪk ɪn rɪˈtərn fər prəˈtɛkʃən baɪ ðɛr ˈɪsləmɪst ˈrulərz. ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, ˈdeɪtɪd ˈsənˌdi ənd dɪˈsɛməˌneɪtəd θru ˈɪsləmɪst tˈwɪtər əˈkaʊnts, steɪts ðət ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn kəmˈjunɪti ɪn ðə ˈprɑvɪns əv, ˈkæpʧərd læst mɑrʧ baɪ ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt əv ˌɪˈrɑk ənd ðə ləˈvænt (ˈaɪsəs), wɑz ˈrisəntli ˈgɪvɪn θri ˈɔpʃənz: tɪ ˈkɑnvərt tɪ ˌɪsˈlɑm; tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ˈkrɪsʧɪn bət plɛʤ səbˈmɪʃən tɪ ˌɪsˈlɑm; ər tɪ ðə sword.”*.” ðeɪ ˈɑptɪd fər ðə ˈsɛkənd əv ðoʊz ˈʧɔɪsɪz, noʊn ɛz dhimmitude*. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, ˈsɛntrəl kəˈmænd ˈdɪstənst ˌɪtˈsɛlf frəm ˈaɪsəs, seɪɪŋ ɪt wɑz ə brænʧ əv al-qaeda.”*.” gɪt ðə taɪmz əv ˈɪzriəlz ˈdeɪli ɪˈdɪʃən baɪ iˈmeɪl ənd ˈnɛvər mɪs ɑr tɔp ˈstɔriz fri saɪn əp ðə ˌɔθənˈtɪsɪti əv ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ðə stæmp əv ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ, kʊd nɑt bi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli ˈvɛrəˌfaɪd. ðə ˈsɪgnəʧərz əv 20 ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈlidərz æt ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt sɛd tɪ hæv bɪn ˈpɑrti tɪ ðə əˈgrimənt wər ˈblɑtəd aʊt, ɑˈstɛnsəbli æt ðɛr oʊn rɪkˈwɛst. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈklæsɪk ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk lɔ, ˈkrɪsʧɪnz ənd ʤuz ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈəndər ˈməzlɪm ˈsɑvrənti məst peɪ ə tæks noʊn ɛz ɪn rɪˈtərn fər ðə ˈməzlɪm prəˈtɛkʃən, noʊn ɛz. ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪnz əv ʧoʊz tɪ saɪn ðə ˈtriti ˈoʊvər wɔr, ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈsteɪtɪd, rɪˈsivɪŋ ə kəˈmɪtmənt baɪ ˈloʊkəl ˈaɪsəs kəˈmændər ˌɪbrɑˈhim al-badri*, ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn ɛz ˈæbu al-baghdadi*, nɑt tɪ bi səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ˈfɪzɪkəl hɑrm ər rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈtɑrgətɪŋ. ɪn rɪˈtərn, ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪnz əˈgrid tɪ ə lɪst əv kənˈdɪʃənz: tɪ əbˈsteɪn frəm ˈrɛnəˌveɪtɪŋ ˈʧərʧɪz ər ˈmɑnəˌstɛriz ɪn; nɑt tɪ dɪˈspleɪ ˈkrɔsɪz ər rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈsɪmbəlz ɪn ˈpəblɪk ər juz ˈlaʊdˌspikərz ɪn prɛr; nɑt tɪ rɛd ˈskrɪpʧər ˈɪnˌdɔrz laʊd ɪˈnəf fər ˈməzlɪmz ˈstændɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd tɪ hir; nɑt tɪ ˈəndərˌteɪk səbˈvərsɪv ˈækʃənz əˈgɛnst ˈməzlɪmz; nɑt tɪ ˈkɛri aʊt ˈɛni rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈsɛrəˌmoʊniz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ʧərʧ; nɑt tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈɛni ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈwɪʃɪŋ tɪ ˈkɑnvərt tɪ ˌɪsˈlɑm frəm duɪŋ soʊ; tɪ rɪˈspɛkt ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ˈməzlɪmz ənd seɪ ˈnəθɪŋ əˈfɛnsɪv əˈbaʊt ðɛm; tɪ peɪ ðə tæks wərθ fɔr ˈgoʊldən ˌdɪˈnɑrz fər ðə rɪʧ, tu fər ðə ˈævərɪʤ, ənd wən fər ðə pur, twaɪs ˈænjuəli, fər iʧ ˈædəlt ˈkrɪsʧɪn; tɪ rɪˈfreɪn frəm ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈælkəˌhɑl ɪn ˈpəblɪk; ənd tɪ drɛs ˈmɑdəstli. ðeɪ əˈdhɪr tɪ ðiz kənˈdɪʃənz, ðeɪ wɪl bi kloʊz tɪ gɑd ənd rɪˈsiv ðə prəˈtɛkʃən əv moʊˈhæmɪd hɪz ˈprɑfət nən əv ðɛr rɪˈlɪʤəs raɪts wɪl bi dɪˈtræktɪd nɔr wɪl ə prist ər məŋk bi wronged,”*,” ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈɛndɪd. ɪf ðeɪ ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ ˈɛni əv ðə kənˈdɪʃənz, ðeɪ ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər prəˈtɛktɪd ənd ˈaɪsəs kən trit ðɛm ɪn ə ˈhɑstəl ənd ˈwɔˌrlaɪk fashion.”*.” ˈaɪsəs həz ˈpriviəsli bænd ðə seɪl əv ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ɪn ənd ɛnˈfɔrst ðə veɪl fər ˈwɪmən ɪn ˈpəblɪk. læst wik, ðə ˈdeɪli stɑr ˈlɛbənən ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ɪt ʧeɪnʤd ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwiˌkɪnd ɪn ðə ˈprɑvɪns tɪ ˈθərzˌdeɪ ənd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ frəm ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ənd ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, ɛz ˈpræktɪst ɪn countries.”*.”
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the gnu is a free utility for download of files from the web. it supports,s, and protocols, as well as retrieval through proxies. recently, i was downloading a ubuntu linux (618 mb) file for testing purpose at my home pc. my uninterrupted power supply (ups) unit was not working. i started download with the following command:
$://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso
however, due to power supply problem, my computer at 98% download. again, after reboot i typed at a shell prompt:
$://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso
however, restarted to download image from scratch again. i thought should resume partially downloaded file.
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wget resume download
after reading(1), i found the -c or --continue option to continue getting a partially downloaded file. this is useful when you want to finish a download started by a previous instance of, or by another program. the syntax is:
wget -c --continue --continue [ options ] -c --continue --continue [options]
so i decided to continue getting a file using the following command:
$ -c://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso
or
$ --continue://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu-releases/5.10/ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso
sample session:
make sure your run command in the same directory where the first download started. if there is a file named in the current directory, will assume that it is the first portion of the remote file, and will ask the server to continue the retrieval from an offset equal to the length of the local file. thus, it will result in saving both time and bandwidth.
for more information about the, read man pages:
$ man
$ --help
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ðə nu ɪz ə fri juˈtɪləti fər ˈdaʊnˌloʊd əv faɪlz frəm ðə wɛb. ɪt səˈpɔrts, https*, ənd ˈproʊtəˌkɔlz, ɛz wɛl ɛz rɪˈtrivəl θru ˈprɑksiz. ˈrisəntli, aɪ wɑz ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪŋ ə ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈlɪnəks 618 mb*) faɪl fər ˈtɛstɪŋ ˈpərpəs æt maɪ hoʊm ˈpiˈsi. maɪ ˌənɪnərˈəptɪd paʊər səˈplaɪ (əps) ˈjunɪt wɑz nɑt ˈwərkɪŋ. aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈdaʊnˌloʊd wɪθ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ kəˈmænd: ˌhaʊˈɛvər, du tɪ paʊər səˈplaɪ ˈprɑbləm, maɪ kəmˈpjutər æt 98 ˈdaʊnˌloʊd. əˈgɛn, ˈæftər riˈbut aɪ taɪpt æt ə ʃɛl prɑmpt: ˌhaʊˈɛvər, riˈstɑrtɪd tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈɪmɪʤ frəm skræʧ əˈgɛn. aɪ θɔt ʃʊd ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ ˈpɑrʃəli ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪd faɪl. dɪˈtɛktɪd paypal/bitcoin*, ər bɪˈkəm ə səˈpɔrtər ˈjuzɪŋ patreon*. maɪ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ɪz meɪd ˈpɑsəbəl baɪ dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts tɪ maɪ ˈvɪzɪtərz. aɪ gɪt ɪt! ædz ər əˈnɔɪɪŋ bət ðeɪ hɛlp kip ðɪs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˈrənɪŋ. ɪt ɪz hɑrd tɪ kip ðə saɪt ˈrənɪŋ ənd prəˈdusɪŋ nu ˈkɑntɛnt wɪn soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl blɑk ædz. pliz kənˈsɪdər ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪŋ ˈməni tɪ ðə ˈviə, ər bɪˈkəm ə ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈæftər ˈrɛdɪŋ aɪ faʊnd ðə -si ər --kənˈtɪnju ˈɔpʃən tɪ kənˈtɪnju ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ˈpɑrʃəli ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪd faɪl. ðɪs ɪz ˈjusfəl wɪn ju wɔnt tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ə ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈstɑrtɪd baɪ ə ˈpriviəs ˈɪnstəns əv, ər baɪ əˈnəðər ˈproʊˌgræm. ðə ˈsɪnˌtæks ɪz: -si --kənˈtɪnju --kənˈtɪnju ˈɔpʃənz -si --kənˈtɪnju --kənˈtɪnju [ˈɔpʃənz] soʊ aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ kənˈtɪnju ˈgɪtɪŋ ə faɪl ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ kəˈmænd: -si ər --kənˈtɪnju ˈsæmpəl ˈsɛʃən: meɪk ʃʊr jʊr rən kəˈmænd ɪn ðə seɪm dɪˈrɛktəri wɛr ðə fərst ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈstɑrtɪd. ɪf ðɛr ɪz ə faɪl neɪmd ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt dɪˈrɛktəri, wɪl əˈsum ðət ɪt ɪz ðə fərst ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə rɪˈmoʊt faɪl, ənd wɪl æsk ðə ˈsərvər tɪ kənˈtɪnju ðə rɪˈtrivəl frəm ən ˈɔfˌsɛt ˈikwəl tɪ ðə lɛŋθ əv ðə ˈloʊkəl faɪl. ðəs, ɪt wɪl rɪˈzəlt ɪn ˈseɪvɪŋ boʊθ taɪm ənd ˈbændwɪdθ. fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə, rɛd mæn ˈpeɪʤɪz: mæn --hɛlp si ˈɔlsoʊ: ʃɛr ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər
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when the name of everson griffen was on the vikings' list of ninety minutes before kickoff on sunday, it came as a huge surprise. after all, griffen was not even listed on the team's final injury report that was released on friday.
according to pro football talk, apparently the nfl is going to take a closer look at the circumstances behind that deactivation.
the nfl requires any team who has a player with an injury or illness that could impact his ability to play after p.m. et on the friday preceding a sunday game to announce the injury to the local media (including the associated press) and the network televising the game. the information also must be given to the other team's p.r. director and the nfl. in this case, the vikings complied with the policy only if griffen became ill at the moment the team submitted its list of. if he were ill at any point before a.m. et on sunday, the vikings had an obligation to alert the media, the chiefs, and the league.
the national football league requires teams to do this for a reason. . lines*cough*. . .and while it seems like a minor rule, it's still a rule that's apparently enforced by the national football league.
according to pft, the cleveland browns did something similar a couple of weeks ago with cornerback joe haden. but, even in that case, haden had been listed on the browns' injury report. yes, he was listed as "probable," but he was still listed.
we'll be keeping an eye on this situation as things develop. it's hard to imagine anything too harsh happening to the vikings about this. but, since this is the national football league, that could depend on any number of factors, up to and including what roger goodell has for lunch on any particular day.
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wɪn ðə neɪm əv ˈɛvərsən ˈgrɪfən wɑz ɔn ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz' lɪst əv ˈnaɪnti ˈmɪnəts ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkɪˌkɔf ɔn ˈsənˌdi, ɪt keɪm ɛz ə juʤ səˈpraɪz. ˈæftər ɔl, ˈgrɪfən wɑz nɑt ˈivɪn ˈlɪstɪd ɔn ðə timz ˈfaɪnəl ˈɪnʤəri rɪˈpɔrt ðət wɑz riˈlist ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ proʊ ˈfʊtˌbɔl tɔk, əˈpɛrəntli ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk ə ˈkloʊzər lʊk æt ðə ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz bɪˈhaɪnd ðət deactivation*. ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl rikˈwaɪərz ˈɛni tim hu həz ə pleɪər wɪθ ən ˈɪnʤəri ər ˈɪlnəs ðət kʊd ˌɪmˈpækt hɪz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ pleɪ ˈæftər p.m*. ɛt ɔn ðə ˈfraɪˌdeɪ priˈsidɪŋ ə ˈsənˌdi geɪm tɪ əˈnaʊns ðə ˈɪnʤəri tɪ ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈmidiə (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs) ənd ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk ˈtɛləˌvaɪzɪŋ ðə geɪm. ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈɔlsoʊ məst bi ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ðə ˈəðər timz p.r*. dɪˈrɛktər ənd ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl. ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz kəmˈplaɪd wɪθ ðə ˈpɑləsi ˈoʊnli ɪf ˈgrɪfən bɪˈkeɪm ɪl æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt ðə tim səbˈmɪtəd ɪts lɪst əv. ɪf hi wər ɪl æt ˈɛni pɔɪnt ˌbiˈfɔr a.m*. ɛt ɔn ˈsənˌdi, ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz hæd ən ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ əˈlərt ðə ˈmidiə, ðə ʧifs, ənd ðə lig. ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl lig rikˈwaɪərz timz tɪ du ðɪs fər ə ˈrizən. lines*cough**. .ənd waɪl ɪt simz laɪk ə ˈmaɪnər rul, ɪts stɪl ə rul ðæts əˈpɛrəntli ɛnˈfɔrst baɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl lig. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ pft*, ðə ˈklivlənd braʊnz dɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈsɪmələr ə ˈkəpəl əv wiks əˈgoʊ wɪθ ˈkɔrnərˌbæk ʤoʊ ˈheɪdən. bət, ˈivɪn ɪn ðət keɪs, ˈheɪdən hæd bɪn ˈlɪstɪd ɔn ðə braʊnz' ˈɪnʤəri rɪˈpɔrt. jɛs, hi wɑz ˈlɪstɪd ɛz "ˈprɑbəbəl," bət hi wɑz stɪl ˈlɪstɪd. wɪl bi ˈkipɪŋ ən aɪ ɔn ðɪs ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɛz θɪŋz dɪˈvɛləp. ɪts hɑrd tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tu hɑrʃ ˈhæpənɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz əˈbaʊt ðɪs. bət, sɪns ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl lig, ðət kʊd dɪˈpɛnd ɔn ˈɛni ˈnəmbər əv ˈfæktərz, əp tɪ ənd ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wət ˈrɑʤər ˈgʊdɛl həz fər lənʧ ɔn ˈɛni ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr deɪ.
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planning a first date isn't easy, especially when stumped on where to go. you want to find a neutral environment, where you and your date both feel comfortable and on equal footing. (in other words, take him or her to a local bar where a regular and even think about suggesting “netflix and chill,” even ironically.)
what other locations and activities are best avoided on the first date? below, dating experts share 10 common first date plans that are either painfully or simply a bad idea.
“this says to your date that your level of investment in them is basically worth $7.50. obviously you want to meet someone who is happy to chow down on some delicious chipotle grub but that will be later on. first dates are a chance for you to say, ‘hey, i want you to feel amazing when you are with me and take you somewhere special.’ give them something to remember, not a burrito bowl.” jenny apple, matchmaker in los angeles, california
“people want to go somewhere fast casual so they have an ‘escape’ if the date go well while also filling up their bellies. the thing is, you have to make every second of your life so efficient, especially when looking for love.”katie chen, of catch matchmaking in southern california
“this is not a date this is a booty call. you can always tell how a relationship is going to end by the way that it starts in the beginning. in this case, there would probably be no real respect or courtship throughout the relationship since there was not even an effort to make a real first date.” lori zaslow, of project soulmate, a matchmaking service in new york city
“’netflix and chill’ is among the worst on this list, as it insinuates that simply lazy, cheap or lack creativity. it also suggests looking for an easy hookup. any chivalry and courtship is completely thrown out the window here!” amy andersen, founder and ceo of dating in san francisco
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“a dive bar where ‘everybody knows your name’ suggests the type of person who needs to stay in your comfort zone. plus, everyone is going to be in your business because a regular there.” jacqueline nichols, a matchmaker in portland, oregon
“this is a bad idea for two reasons: first, your date need to know you are a regular at a bar. and second, your potential drunken shenanigans are not likely to leave the greatest first impression.” ashley arn, a matchmaker and dating coach based in santa monica, california
“family gatherings are a bad idea. no one wants to get grilled by your aunt about when the two of you will be having kids on a first date.” francesca, a matchmaker and love coach based in new york city
“i’m not sure why anyone with their brain intact would want to spend time having their family judge their new date. torture. first dates are for you two to get to know each other free from any distraction. your date will not be able to be themselves if they see you trying to do a family intro too soon.” jenny apple
“some people consider certain exercise classes part of their lifestyle. with that in mind, heading to a class on a first date may seem like the best way for their dates to get acquainted with it. but you can get to know each lifestyles without having to gasp for air and drip sweat. resist the urge to do cardio on the first date.” may hui, of catch matchmaking in southern california
“while some men and women might get excited that you are into the same fitness cult class as them, most people want to present their best looking (and smelling!) self on a date, not a sweaty version. once you find out what kind of workout your date is into, then you can suggest going out for a class followed by or a healthy dinner.” jenny apple
“you’ll have way too many friends at your birthday want to spend quality time with you. when everyone is focusing on you, the last thing want to do is babysit a person you barely know.” jennifer zucher, of project soulmate, a matchmaking service in new york city
“so inappropriate. putting the new person on the spot. this also seems a little desperate, like trying to fill the boyfriend or girlfriend slot for the party. friends will speculate about your relationship and you have time to give attention and interact with your date throughout the night.” fay goldman, a matchmaker in new york city
“the ‘happily ever after’ subtext here is a lot to handle on a first date. and the time commitment of an entire wedding is also asking too much.” francesca
“a wedding sends very awkward, very confusing signals about your intentions for the future. plus, your date might need to be cropped out of all the family and friends pictures if it work out!.” jacqueline nichols
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“a night out with your friends puts a lot of pressure on your date to not only impress you, but your entire social circle. samantha burns, a dating coach in the boston area
“group outings can be tempting because it does take the pressure off. not entirely against it, especially because considered a norm for younger generations, but really, a first date should be one-on-one time. this is an opportunity to ask yourself: ‘do i really want to see this person again?’ hard to ascertain that when being distracted by the group.” neely steinberg, a dating coach and image consultant in the boston area
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“this is opposite of someone who plans a first date with an easy escape plan, like chipotle. a date on this scale is bound to be awkward and make you both feel trapped if you are meeting for the first time and hit it off. best to keep first dates to about an hour to hour and a half. even if great, leave them wanting more.” katie chen
“though traveling together is a great way to determine whether someone is a strong match, this should be saved for at least a month into the new relationship. plus, research shows that the chance of getting asked out on a second date decreases when your first date lasts longer than hours.” samantha burns
“unless beyonce or usher, your dance moves might be a turnoff. moreover, you probably be able to hear each other over the yells of ‘shots, shots, shots’ and thumping house music.” ashley arn
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ˈplænɪŋ ə fərst deɪt ˈɪzənt ˈizi, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn stəmpt ɔn wɛr tɪ goʊ. ju wɔnt tɪ faɪnd ə ˈnutrəl ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, wɛr ju ənd jʊr deɪt boʊθ fil ˈkəmfərtəbəl ənd ɔn ˈikwəl ˈfʊtɪŋ. (ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, teɪk ɪm ər hər tɪ ə ˈloʊkəl bɑr wɛr ə ˈrɛgjələr ənd ˈivɪn θɪŋk əˈbaʊt səˈʤɛstɪŋ ənd chill,”*,” ˈivɪn aɪˈrɑnɪkli.) wət ˈəðər loʊˈkeɪʃənz ənd ækˈtɪvɪtiz ər bɛst əˈvɔɪdɪd ɔn ðə fərst deɪt? bɪˈloʊ, ˈdeɪtɪŋ ˈɛkspərts ʃɛr 10 ˈkɑmən fərst deɪt plænz ðət ər ˈiðər ˈpeɪnfəli ər ˈsɪmpli ə bæd aɪˈdiə. sɪz tɪ jʊr deɪt ðət jʊr ˈlɛvəl əv ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn ðɛm ɪz ˈbeɪsɪkli wərθ ˈɑbviəsli ju wɔnt tɪ mit ˈsəmˌwən hu ɪz ˈhæpi tɪ ʧaʊ daʊn ɔn səm dɪˈlɪʃəs ʧɪˈpoʊˌtli grəb bət ðət wɪl bi ˈleɪtər ɔn. fərst deɪts ər ə ʧæns fər ju tɪ seɪ, ‘‘hey*, aɪ wɔnt ju tɪ fil əˈmeɪzɪŋ wɪn ju ər wɪθ mi ənd teɪk ju ˈsəmˌwɛr special.’*.’ gɪv ðɛm ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər, nɑt ə bərˈitoʊ bowl.”*.” ˈʤɛni ˈæpəl, ˈmæʧˌmeɪkər ɪn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə wɔnt tɪ goʊ ˈsəmˌwɛr fæst ˈkæʒəwəl soʊ ðeɪ hæv ən ‘‘escape’*’ ɪf ðə deɪt goʊ wɛl waɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfɪlɪŋ əp ðɛr ˈbɛliz. ðə θɪŋ ɪz, ju hæv tɪ meɪk ˈɛvəri ˈsɛkənd əv jʊr laɪf soʊ ɪˈfɪʃənt, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn ˈlʊkɪŋ fər love.”*.” ʧɛn, əv kæʧ ˈmæʧˌmeɪkɪŋ ɪn ˈsəðərn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ɪz nɑt ə deɪt ðɪs ɪz ə ˈbuti kɔl. ju kən ˈɔlˌweɪz tɛl haʊ ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd baɪ ðə weɪ ðət ɪt stɑrts ɪn ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ. ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ðɛr wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli bi noʊ ril rɪˈspɛkt ər ˈkɔˌrʧɪp θruaʊt ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp sɪns ðɛr wɑz nɑt ˈivɪn ən ˈɛfərt tɪ meɪk ə ril fərst date.”*.” ˈlɔri ˈzɑsloʊ, əv ˈprɑʤɛkt soulmate*, ə ˈmæʧˌmeɪkɪŋ ˈsərvɪs ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti ənd chill’*’ ɪz əˈməŋ ðə wərst ɔn ðɪs lɪst, ɛz ɪt ˌɪnˈsɪnjueɪts ðət ˈsɪmpli ˈleɪzi, ʧip ər læk ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ səˈʤɛsts ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ən ˈizi ˈhʊˌkəp. ˈɛni ˈʃɪvəlri ənd ˈkɔˌrʧɪp ɪz kəmˈplitli θroʊn aʊt ðə ˈwɪndoʊ here!”*!” ˈeɪmi ˈændərsən, ˈfaʊndər ənd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ əv ˈdeɪtɪŋ ɪn sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ daɪv bɑr wɛr noʊz jʊr name’*’ səˈʤɛsts ðə taɪp əv ˈpərsən hu nidz tɪ steɪ ɪn jʊr ˈkəmfərt zoʊn. pləs, ˈɛvriˌwən ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ɪn jʊr ˈbɪznɪs bɪˈkəz ə ˈrɛgjələr there.”*.” ˈʤækəlɪn ˈnɪkəlz, ə ˈmæʧˌmeɪkər ɪn ˈpɔrtlənd, ˈɔrəˌgɑn ɪz ə bæd aɪˈdiə fər tu ˈrizənz: fərst, jʊr deɪt nid tɪ noʊ ju ər ə ˈrɛgjələr æt ə bɑr. ənd ˈsɛkənd, jʊr pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈdrəŋkən ʃəˈnænɪgənz ər nɑt ˈlaɪkli tɪ liv ðə ˈgreɪtəst fərst impression.”*.” ˈæʃli ɑrn, ə ˈmæʧˌmeɪkər ənd ˈdeɪtɪŋ koʊʧ beɪst ɪn ˈsænə ˈmɑnɪkə, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ˈgæðərɪŋz ər ə bæd aɪˈdiə. noʊ wən wɔnts tɪ gɪt grɪld baɪ jʊr ɔnt əˈbaʊt wɪn ðə tu əv ju wɪl bi ˈhævɪŋ kɪdz ɔn ə fərst date.”*.” frænˈʧɛskə, ə ˈmæʧˌmeɪkər ənd ləv koʊʧ beɪst ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti nɑt ʃʊr waɪ ˈɛniˌwən wɪθ ðɛr breɪn ˌɪnˈtækt wʊd wɔnt tɪ spɛnd taɪm ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr ˈfæməli ʤəʤ ðɛr nu deɪt. ˈtɔrʧər. fərst deɪts ər fər ju tu tɪ gɪt tɪ noʊ iʧ ˈəðər fri frəm ˈɛni dɪˈstrækʃən. jʊr deɪt wɪl nɑt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ bi ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪf ðeɪ si ju traɪɪŋ tɪ du ə ˈfæməli ˈɪntroʊ tu soon.”*.” ˈʤɛni ˈæpəl ˈpipəl kənˈsɪdər ˈsərtən ˈɛksərˌsaɪz ˈklæsɪz pɑrt əv ðɛr ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl. wɪθ ðət ɪn maɪnd, ˈhɛdɪŋ tɪ ə klæs ɔn ə fərst deɪt meɪ sim laɪk ðə bɛst weɪ fər ðɛr deɪts tɪ gɪt əkˈweɪnɪd wɪθ ɪt. bət ju kən gɪt tɪ noʊ iʧ ˈlaɪfˌstaɪlz wɪˈθaʊt ˈhævɪŋ tɪ gæsp fər ɛr ənd drɪp swɛt. rɪˈzɪst ðə ərʤ tɪ du ˈkɑrdioʊ ɔn ðə fərst date.”*.” meɪ huɪ, əv kæʧ ˈmæʧˌmeɪkɪŋ ɪn ˈsəðərn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə səm mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən maɪt gɪt ɪkˈsaɪtɪd ðət ju ər ˈɪntu ðə seɪm ˈfɪtnəs kəlt klæs ɛz ðɛm, moʊst ˈpipəl wɔnt tɪ ˈprɛzənt ðɛr bɛst ˈlʊkɪŋ (ənd sˈmɛlɪŋ!) sɛlf ɔn ə deɪt, nɑt ə sˈwɛti ˈvərʒən. wəns ju faɪnd aʊt wət kaɪnd əv ˈwərˌkaʊt jʊr deɪt ɪz ˈɪntu, ðɛn ju kən səˈʤɛst goʊɪŋ aʊt fər ə klæs ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ər ə ˈhɛlθi dinner.”*.” ˈʤɛni ˈæpəl hæv weɪ tu ˈmɛni frɛndz æt jʊr ˈbərθˌdeɪ wɔnt tɪ spɛnd kˈwɑləti taɪm wɪθ ju. wɪn ˈɛvriˌwən ɪz ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ju, ðə læst θɪŋ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz ˈbeɪbisɪt ə ˈpərsən ju ˈbɛrli know.”*.” ˈʤɛnəfər zucher*, əv ˈprɑʤɛkt soulmate*, ə ˈmæʧˌmeɪkɪŋ ˈsərvɪs ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti ˌɪnəˈproʊpriɪt. ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə nu ˈpərsən ɔn ðə spɑt. ðɪs ˈɔlsoʊ simz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈdɛspərɪt, laɪk traɪɪŋ tɪ fɪl ðə ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd ər ˈgərlˌfrɛnd slɑt fər ðə ˈpɑrti. frɛndz wɪl ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt əˈbaʊt jʊr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ənd ju hæv taɪm tɪ gɪv əˈtɛnʃən ənd ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ jʊr deɪt θruaʊt ðə night.”*.” feɪ ˈgoʊldmən, ə ˈmæʧˌmeɪkər ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti ˈɛvər after’*’ ˈsəbˌtɛkst hir ɪz ə lɔt tɪ ˈhændəl ɔn ə fərst deɪt. ənd ðə taɪm kəˈmɪtmənt əv ən ɪnˈtaɪər ˈwɛdɪŋ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈæskɪŋ tu much.”*.” frænˈʧɛskə ˈwɛdɪŋ sɛndz ˈvɛri ˈɔkwərd, ˈvɛri kənfˈjuzɪŋ ˈsɪgnəlz əˈbaʊt jʊr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz fər ðə fˈjuʧər. pləs, jʊr deɪt maɪt nid tɪ bi krɑpt aʊt əv ɔl ðə ˈfæməli ənd frɛndz ˈpɪkʧərz ɪf ɪt wərk out!.”*!.” ˈʤækəlɪn ˈnɪkəlz naɪt aʊt wɪθ jʊr frɛndz pʊts ə lɔt əv ˈprɛʃər ɔn jʊr deɪt tɪ nɑt ˈoʊnli ˌɪmˈprɛs ju, bət jʊr ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsərkəl. səˈmænθə bərnz, ə ˈdeɪtɪŋ koʊʧ ɪn ðə ˈbɔstən ˈɛriə ˈaʊtɪŋz kən bi ˈtɛmptɪŋ bɪˈkəz ɪt dɪz teɪk ðə ˈprɛʃər ɔf. nɑt ɪnˈtaɪərli əˈgɛnst ɪt, əˈspɛʃəli bɪˈkəz kənˈsɪdərd ə nɔrm fər ˈjəŋgər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz, bət ˈrɪli, ə fərst deɪt ʃʊd bi ˌwənɔnˈwən taɪm. ðɪs ɪz ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ æsk ˈjɔrsɛlf: aɪ ˈrɪli wɔnt tɪ si ðɪs ˈpərsən again?’*?’ hɑrd tɪ ˌæsərˈteɪn ðət wɪn biɪŋ dɪˈstræktɪd baɪ ðə group.”*.” ˈnili ˈstaɪnbərg, ə ˈdeɪtɪŋ koʊʧ ənd ˈɪmɪʤ kənˈsəltənt ɪn ðə ˈbɔstən ˈɛriə ɪz ˈɑpəzɪt əv ˈsəmˌwən hu plænz ə fərst deɪt wɪθ ən ˈizi ɪˈskeɪp plæn, laɪk ʧɪˈpoʊˌtli. ə deɪt ɔn ðɪs skeɪl ɪz baʊnd tɪ bi ˈɔkwərd ənd meɪk ju boʊθ fil træpt ɪf ju ər ˈmitɪŋ fər ðə fərst taɪm ənd hɪt ɪt ɔf. bɛst tɪ kip fərst deɪts tɪ əˈbaʊt ən aʊər tɪ aʊər ənd ə hæf. ˈivɪn ɪf greɪt, liv ðɛm ˈwɑnɪŋ more.”*.” ˈkeɪti ʧɛn ˈtrævəlɪŋ təˈgɛðər ɪz ə greɪt weɪ tɪ dɪˈtərmən ˈwɛðər ˈsəmˌwən ɪz ə strɔŋ mæʧ, ðɪs ʃʊd bi seɪvd fər æt list ə mənθ ˈɪntu ðə nu riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp. pləs, ˈrisərʧ ʃoʊz ðət ðə ʧæns əv ˈgɪtɪŋ æst aʊt ɔn ə ˈsɛkənd deɪt ˈdiˌkrisɪz wɪn jʊr fərst deɪt læsts ˈlɔŋgər ðən hours.”*.” səˈmænθə bərnz bɪˌjɔnˈseɪ ər ˈəʃər, jʊr dæns muvz maɪt bi ə ˈtərˌnɔf. mɔˈroʊvər, ju ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hir iʧ ˈəðər ˈoʊvər ðə jɛlz əv ‘‘shots*, ʃɑts, shots’*’ ənd ˈθəmpɪŋ haʊs music.”*.” ˈæʃli ɑrn
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amy goodman: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i am amy goodman. broadcasting from warsaw, poland, from the country of copernicus, of chopin and marie curie. here at the national stadium which was built for football or soccer two years ago, but this year the site of the cop 19. the conference of parties, the u.n. climate change summit.
while the philippines continues to reel from the devastating typhoon haiyan, u.s. negotiators here in warsaw are opposing efforts to help poor countries adapt to climate change. according to an internal u.s. briefing document that was seen by democracy now!, the u.s. delegation is worried the talks here in warsaw will, quote, “focus increasingly on blame and liability” and that poor nations will be, quote, “seeking redress for climate damages from sea level rise, droughts, powerful storms and other adverse impacts.” the document was first reported on by the hindu newspaper and the guardian, as well, in britain.
the question about who should pay for the damage caused by extreme weather events is at the crux of much of the negotiating here in warsaw. developing countries insist the largest historical polluters, the united states and other industrialized countries, have a financial responsibility to offset the negative impacts of climate change on the developing world. according to a new report by germanwatch, haiti, the philippines and pakistan were most affected by severe catastrophes last year. over the past 10 years, the most affected countries are, without exception, developing nations, with honduras, burma and haiti being the hardest hit.
joining us now is sethi, a journalist with the hindu, who first reported on the leaked document. last week, he published a piece headlined “u.s. to oppose mechanism to fund climate change adaptation in poor nations.”
welcome to democracy now!,.
nitin sethi: thank you so much.
amy goodman: talk about how you got these documents.
nitin sethi: well, i reveal my sources, but obviously it was from one of the diplomats somewhere across the world who wanted to share it out.
amy goodman: and talk about the significance. for people especially in the united states, this word, “loss and damage,” have much meaning; sort of u.n. speak. what does “loss and damage” mean? and then talk about what the document said.
nitin sethi: ok, let me try and unpack that for you. the two issues that been talking of for the last 20 years, one is how to reduce the emissions in the atmosphere so that we reach a certain level of concentrations, that make sure temperatures also remain within certain limits. now, while we do that, we still need to adapt to things that are changing in the atmosphere at the moment or changing in the climate at the moment, which is called adaptation. but because not done too much in the last 20 years on mitigation or reducing emissions, happened is enough damage happening at the moment that cannot be checked even if you adapt to your best possible capabilities. countries are now coming and saying, “because not acted to reduce emissions, we are being damaged, our houses are being lost, our livelihoods are being lost, people are dying.” and you need to be compensated for that. you need to be compensated for the lack of action over the last 20 years. and what really loss and damage is about.
amy goodman: can you talk about the crucial points in the document that most surprised you?
nitin sethi: i think three things were fascinating for they portrayed the u.s., of what it was going to do publicly and how it was going to negotiate within the or this present meeting. the first thing was its position on how it would treat the issue of loss and damage. and it was very clear that they think loss and damage should live, except beyond its name; the loss and damage issue should not have any concern about liability or compensation attached to it. so they came here with the agenda to this idea which has an animal which has been up for the last two years. what they want to do is keep the name intact, but put it in a place in this entire conversation where no relationship whatsoever to any kind of liability, legal responsibility issues in it.
the second thing i find interesting in this document was something said in other words, but here they kind of go very explicit and say, while every country will be able to put its own pledges about how much emissions they want to cut, nobody shall be able to ask them to do more or less. so, while we put it out, say, 2014 u.s. actually says 2015 country can put out a pledge saying, “this is the amount i want to do,” and then everyone can talk about it for six months, but nobody can really tell anyone to do more than that, which really means, in other words, if science says that required to do more to ensure temperatures go beyond critical levels, nothing anyone can tell the country to do.
amy goodman: i want to read, actually, from this confidential document—
nitin sethi: sure.
amy goodman: —that we have right now on loss and damage. the u.s. internal briefing paper reads, this is from john kerry to the u.s. climate change internal briefing paper reads, “as it was in last meeting in doha, the issue of loss and damage is likely to be one of the most contentious issues in warsaw. loss and damage is an agenda item largely driven by the small islands, and more recently the least developed countries, seeking redress for climate damages from sea level rise, droughts, powerful storms and other adverse impacts. a central issue will be whether loss and damage continues to fall within adaptation or whether it becomes a separate, third pillar which we believe would lead the to focus increasingly on blame and liability, which in turn would be counterproductive.” counterproductive,, for who?
nitin sethi: for the u.s. government, particularly, and other developed countries, because if you look at emissions from history, the accumulated emissions so far, a large percentage of that comes from the rich or the developed nations. so if someone goes to court tomorrow, or any legal redress system, and says, “who is to blame for the typhoon that never happened before but has started to happen at a high level now?” it will primarily be the responsibility of developed countries to compensate these small, vulnerable countries. and what u.s. government, i feel, is scared about, to enter a system where there is a legal compensation mechanism available for small, vulnerable countries, who otherwise have voice in this large set-up.
amy goodman: were you pressured not to release these documents?
nitin sethi: i could say that i had a long conversation with my friends in the u.s. delegation here. it took a while to convince them to talk about it.
amy goodman: did they ask you not to reveal these confidential documents?
nitin sethi: i want to talk about this bit.
amy goodman: but you did reveal them.
nitin sethi: i did put them out. i quoted from them. they finally did make a statement, which end up saying anything about the document i had in hand. all they said was, “we’ll continue to work with the world to save climate change from happening,” and that was the end of it.
amy goodman: can you very quickly address india? what does climate change mean for india?
nitin sethi: a double whammy for india. at one point, india is one of the has a large percentage of its population vulnerable to going to happen when climate change reaches certain levels. at the other stage, it has a development challenge of: can it develop fast enough, cleaner enough, to ensure that more people come in way? a tough one for them, because you have about roughly 400 million people, even today, in india who do not have access to basic power and needs. and you need to provide them electricity and power in the next few years. you need to provide them quick, cheap and clean. a challenge for any economy, i think, and a great challenge simply because of the population levels, the way placed on the economic ladder right now, to do this and try and do this differently than other nations. and i think the challenge for india.
amy goodman: and what about the indian government? how is it dealing with climate change?
nitin sethi: i would say been a slow start. there are some initiatives where done really well, on, say, issues like energy efficiency, building large solar plants. suddenly woken up in the last few years and are ratcheting up. but the energy demand overall is so high that even as they invest what in indian rupees is over the next 20 years, it still will not add up to more than 5 to 7 or 10 percent of the the entire energy mix of the country. so a tough one, and a risk for any nation to say, “i will invest in future rather than investing in my present.” and the challenge india is facing.
amy goodman: very quickly, what do you see as the most important accomplishment that should come out of the summit here?
nitin sethi: i think there are three that should act. hopefully, they all come out together.
amy goodman: we have 20 seconds.
nitin sethi: one is loss and damage. two is finance. third is elements for the 2015 agreement which lays out the basic framework for that.
amy goodman: i want to thank you very much, sethi, senior assistant editor at the hindu, responsible for leaking the confidential u.s. briefing papers for diplomats prior to the climate summit in warsaw, and link to those documents at democracynow.org.
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ðɪs ɪz ə rəʃ ˈtrænˌskrɪpt. ˈkɑpi meɪ nɑt bi ɪn ɪts ˈfaɪnəl fɔrm. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ðɪs ɪz dɪˈmɑkrəsi naʊ!, democracynow.org*, ðə wɔr ənd pis rɪˈpɔrt. aɪ æm ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən. ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ frəm ˈwɔrˌsɔ, ˈpoʊlənd, frəm ðə ˈkəntri əv kəˈpərnəkəs, əv ˈʃoʊpæn ənd mərˈi ˈkjʊri. hir æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsteɪdiəm wɪʧ wɑz bɪlt fər ˈfʊtˌbɔl ər ˈsɑkər tu jɪrz əˈgoʊ, bət ðɪs jɪr ðə saɪt əv ðə kɑp 19 ðə ˈkɑnfərəns əv ˈpɑrtiz, ðə u.n*. ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈsəmɪt. waɪl ðə ˈfɪləˌpinz kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ril frəm ðə ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ ˌtaɪˈfun haiyan*, juz. nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtərz hir ɪn ˈwɔrˌsɔ ər əˈpoʊzɪŋ ˈɛfərts tɪ hɛlp pur ˈkəntriz əˈdæpt tɪ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ən ˌɪnˈtərnəl juz. ˈbrifɪŋ ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ðət wɑz sin baɪ dɪˈmɑkrəsi naʊ!, ðə juz. ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən ɪz ˈwərid ðə tɔks hir ɪn ˈwɔrˌsɔ wɪl, kwoʊt, ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ɔn bleɪm ənd liability”*” ənd ðət pur ˈneɪʃənz wɪl bi, kwoʊt, ˈridrɛs fər ˈklaɪmɪt ˈdæmɪʤɪz frəm si ˈlɛvəl raɪz, draʊts, ˈpaʊərfəl stɔrmz ənd ˈəðər ˌædˈvərs impacts.”*.” ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt wɑz fərst ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn baɪ ðə ˈhɪnˌdu ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ənd ðə ˈgɑrdiən, ɛz wɛl, ɪn ˈbrɪtən. ðə kˈwɛʃən əˈbaʊt hu ʃʊd peɪ fər ðə ˈdæmɪʤ kɔzd baɪ ɪkˈstrim ˈwɛðər ɪˈvɛnts ɪz æt ðə krəks əv məʧ əv ðə nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ hir ɪn ˈwɔrˌsɔ. dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈkəntriz ˌɪnˈsɪst ðə ˈlɑrʤəst hɪˈstɔrɪkəl pəˈlutərz, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˈdəstriəˌlaɪzd ˈkəntriz, hæv ə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ ˈɔfˌsɛt ðə ˈnɛgətɪv ˌɪmˈpækts əv ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɔn ðə dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ wərld. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə nu rɪˈpɔrt baɪ germanwatch*, ˈheɪti, ðə ˈfɪləˌpinz ənd ˈpækɪˌstæn wər moʊst əˈfɛktɪd baɪ səˈvɪr kəˈtæstrəfiz læst jɪr. ˈoʊvər ðə pæst 10 jɪrz, ðə moʊst əˈfɛktɪd ˈkəntriz ər, wɪˈθaʊt ɪkˈsɛpʃən, dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈneɪʃənz, wɪθ hɑnˈdʊrəs, ˈbərmə ənd ˈheɪti biɪŋ ðə ˈhɑrdəst hɪt. ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs naʊ ɪz ˈsɛθi, ə ˈʤərnəlɪst wɪθ ðə ˈhɪnˌdu, hu fərst ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn ðə likt ˈdɑkjəmɛnt. læst wik, hi ˈpəblɪʃt ə pis ˈhɛˌdlaɪnd ““u.s*. tɪ əˈpoʊz ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm tɪ fənd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˌædəpˈteɪʃən ɪn pur nations.”*.” ˈwɛlkəm tɪ dɪˈmɑkrəsi naʊ!,. ˈsɛθi: θæŋk ju soʊ məʧ. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: tɔk əˈbaʊt haʊ ju gɑt ðiz ˈdɑkjəmənts. ˈsɛθi: wɛl, aɪ rɪˈvil maɪ ˈsɔrsəz, bət ˈɑbviəsli ɪt wɑz frəm wən əv ðə ˈdɪpləˌmæts ˈsəmˌwɛr əˈkrɔs ðə wərld hu ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ʃɛr ɪt aʊt. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ənd tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns. fər ˈpipəl əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ðɪs wərd, ənd damage,”*,” hæv məʧ ˈminɪŋ; sɔrt əv u.n*. spik. wət dɪz ənd damage”*” min? ənd ðɛn tɔk əˈbaʊt wət ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt sɛd. ˈsɛθi: ˈoʊˈkeɪ, lɛt mi traɪ ənd ənˈpæk ðət fər ju. ðə tu ˈɪʃuz ðət bɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ əv fər ðə læst 20 jɪrz, wən ɪz haʊ tɪ rɪˈdus ðə ɪˈmɪʃənz ɪn ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr soʊ ðət wi riʧ ə ˈsərtən ˈlɛvəl əv ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃənz, ðət meɪk ʃʊr ˈtɛmpərəʧərz ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈmeɪn wɪˈθɪn ˈsərtən ˈlɪmɪts. naʊ, waɪl wi du ðət, wi stɪl nid tɪ əˈdæpt tɪ θɪŋz ðət ər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt ər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈklaɪmɪt æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt, wɪʧ ɪz kɔld ˌædəpˈteɪʃən. bət bɪˈkəz nɑt dən tu məʧ ɪn ðə læst 20 jɪrz ɔn ˌmɪtɪˈgeɪʃən ər rɪˈdusɪŋ ɪˈmɪʃənz, ˈhæpənd ɪz ɪˈnəf ˈdæmɪʤ ˈhæpənɪŋ æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt ðət ˈkænɑt bi ʧɛkt ˈivɪn ɪf ju əˈdæpt tɪ jʊr bɛst ˈpɑsəbəl ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz. ˈkəntriz ər naʊ ˈkəmɪŋ ənd seɪɪŋ, nɑt ˈæktɪd tɪ rɪˈdus ɪˈmɪʃənz, wi ər biɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤd, ɑr ˈhaʊsɪz ər biɪŋ lɔst, ɑr ˈlaɪvliˌhʊdz ər biɪŋ lɔst, ˈpipəl ər dying.”*.” ənd ju nid tɪ bi ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd fər ðət. ju nid tɪ bi ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd fər ðə læk əv ˈækʃən ˈoʊvər ðə læst 20 jɪrz. ənd wət ˈrɪli lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ ɪz əˈbaʊt. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: kən ju tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkruʃəl pɔɪnts ɪn ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ðət moʊst səˈpraɪzd ju? ˈsɛθi: aɪ θɪŋk θri θɪŋz wər ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ fər ðeɪ pɔrˈtreɪd ðə juz., əv wət ɪt wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ du ˈpəblɪkli ənd haʊ ɪt wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt wɪˈθɪn ðə ər ðɪs ˈprɛzənt ˈmitɪŋ. ðə fərst θɪŋ wɑz ɪts pəˈzɪʃən ɔn haʊ ɪt wʊd trit ðə ˈɪʃu əv lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ. ənd ɪt wɑz ˈvɛri klɪr ðət ðeɪ θɪŋk lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ ʃʊd lɪv, ɪkˈsɛpt bɪɔnd ɪts neɪm; ðə lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ ˈɪʃu ʃʊd nɑt hæv ˈɛni kənˈsərn əˈbaʊt ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti ər ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən əˈtæʧt tɪ ɪt. soʊ ðeɪ keɪm hir wɪθ ðə əˈʤɛndə tɪ ðɪs aɪˈdiə wɪʧ həz ən ˈænəməl wɪʧ həz bɪn əp fər ðə læst tu jɪrz. wət ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz kip ðə neɪm ˌɪnˈtækt, bət pʊt ɪt ɪn ə pleɪs ɪn ðɪs ɪnˈtaɪər ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɛr noʊ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ˌwətsoʊˈɛvər tɪ ˈɛni kaɪnd əv ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti, ˈligəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ˈɪʃuz ɪn ɪt. ðə ˈsɛkənd θɪŋ aɪ faɪnd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɪn ðɪs ˈdɑkjəmɛnt wɑz ˈsəmθɪŋ sɛd ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, bət hir ðeɪ kaɪnd əv goʊ ˈvɛri ɪkˈsplɪsət ənd seɪ, waɪl ˈɛvəri ˈkəntri wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ pʊt ɪts oʊn ˈplɛʤɪz əˈbaʊt haʊ məʧ ɪˈmɪʃənz ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ kət, ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ʃæl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ æsk ðɛm tɪ du mɔr ər lɛs. soʊ, waɪl wi pʊt ɪt aʊt, seɪ, 2014 juz. ˈæˌkʧuəli sɪz 2015 ˈkəntri kən pʊt aʊt ə plɛʤ seɪɪŋ, ɪz ðə əˈmaʊnt aɪ wɔnt tɪ do,”*,” ənd ðɛn ˈɛvriˌwən kən tɔk əˈbaʊt ɪt fər sɪks mənθs, bət ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi kən ˈrɪli tɛl ˈɛniˌwən tɪ du mɔr ðən ðət, wɪʧ ˈrɪli minz, ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ɪf saɪəns sɪz ðət rikˈwaɪərd tɪ du mɔr tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ˈtɛmpərəʧərz goʊ bɪɔnd ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈlɛvəlz, ˈnəθɪŋ ˈɛniˌwən kən tɛl ðə ˈkəntri tɪ du. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: aɪ wɔnt tɪ rɛd, ˈæˌkʧuəli, frəm ðɪs ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl document—*— ˈsɛθi: ʃʊr. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: wi hæv raɪt naʊ ɔn lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ. ðə juz. ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈbrifɪŋ ˈpeɪpər ridz, ðɪs ɪz frəm ʤɑn ˈkɛri tɪ ðə juz. ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈbrifɪŋ ˈpeɪpər ridz, ɪt wɑz ɪn læst ˈmitɪŋ ɪn ˈdoʊˌhɑ, ðə ˈɪʃu əv lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi wən əv ðə moʊst kənˈtɛnʃəs ˈɪʃuz ɪn ˈwɔrˌsɔ. lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ ɪz ən əˈʤɛndə ˈaɪtəm ˈlɑrʤli ˈdrɪvən baɪ ðə smɔl ˈaɪləndz, ənd mɔr ˈrisəntli ðə list dɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz, ˈsikɪŋ ˈridrɛs fər ˈklaɪmɪt ˈdæmɪʤɪz frəm si ˈlɛvəl raɪz, draʊts, ˈpaʊərfəl stɔrmz ənd ˈəðər ˌædˈvərs ˌɪmˈpækts. ə ˈsɛntrəl ˈɪʃu wɪl bi ˈwɛðər lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ fɔl wɪˈθɪn ˌædəpˈteɪʃən ər ˈwɛðər ɪt bɪˈkəmz ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt, θərd ˈpɪlər wɪʧ wi bɪˈliv wʊd lɛd ðə tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ɔn bleɪm ənd ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti, wɪʧ ɪn tərn wʊd bi counterproductive.”*.” ˈkaʊnərprəˌdəktɪv,, fər hu? ˈsɛθi: fər ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli, ənd ˈəðər dɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz, bɪˈkəz ɪf ju lʊk æt ɪˈmɪʃənz frəm ˈhɪstəri, ðə əˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz soʊ fɑr, ə lɑrʤ pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ðət kəmz frəm ðə rɪʧ ər ðə dɪˈvɛləpt ˈneɪʃənz. soʊ ɪf ˈsəmˌwən goʊz tɪ kɔrt təˈmɑˌroʊ, ər ˈɛni ˈligəl ˈridrɛs ˈsɪstəm, ənd sɪz, ɪz tɪ bleɪm fər ðə ˌtaɪˈfun ðət ˈnɛvər ˈhæpənd ˌbiˈfɔr bət həz ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ ˈhæpən æt ə haɪ ˈlɛvəl now?”*?” ɪt wɪl praɪˈmɛrəli bi ðə riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti əv dɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz tɪ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt ðiz smɔl, ˈvəlnərəbəl ˈkəntriz. ənd wət juz. ˈgəvərnmənt, aɪ fil, ɪz skɛrd əˈbaʊt, tɪ ˈɛnər ə ˈsɪstəm wɛr ðɛr ɪz ə ˈligəl ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm əˈveɪləbəl fər smɔl, ˈvəlnərəbəl ˈkəntriz, hu ˈəðərˌwaɪz hæv vɔɪs ɪn ðɪs lɑrʤ ˈsɛˌtəp. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: wər ju ˈprɛʃərd nɑt tɪ riˈlis ðiz ˈdɑkjəmənts? ˈsɛθi: aɪ kʊd seɪ ðət aɪ hæd ə lɔŋ ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɪθ maɪ frɛndz ɪn ðə juz. ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən hir. ɪt tʊk ə waɪl tɪ kənˈvɪns ðɛm tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ɪt. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: dɪd ðeɪ æsk ju nɑt tɪ rɪˈvil ðiz ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˈdɑkjəmənts? ˈsɛθi: aɪ wɔnt tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðɪs bɪt. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: bət ju dɪd rɪˈvil ðɛm. ˈsɛθi: aɪ dɪd pʊt ðɛm aʊt. aɪ kˈwoʊtɪd frəm ðɛm. ðeɪ ˈfaɪnəli dɪd meɪk ə ˈsteɪtmənt, wɪʧ ɛnd əp seɪɪŋ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt aɪ hæd ɪn hænd. ɔl ðeɪ sɛd wɑz, kənˈtɪnju tɪ wərk wɪθ ðə wərld tɪ seɪv ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ frəm happening,”*,” ənd ðət wɑz ðə ɛnd əv ɪt. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: kən ju ˈvɛri kˈwɪkli ˈæˌdrɛs ˈɪndiə? wət dɪz ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ min fər ˈɪndiə? ˈsɛθi: ə ˈdəbəl ˈwæmi fər ˈɪndiə. æt wən pɔɪnt, ˈɪndiə ɪz wən əv ðə həz ə lɑrʤ pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ɪts ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈhæpən wɪn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈriʧɪz ˈsərtən ˈlɛvəlz. æt ðə ˈəðər steɪʤ, ɪt həz ə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈʧælənʤ əv: kən ɪt dɪˈvɛləp fæst ɪˈnəf, ˈklinər ɪˈnəf, tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət mɔr ˈpipəl kəm ɪn weɪ? ə təf wən fər ðɛm, bɪˈkəz ju hæv əˈbaʊt ˈrəfli 400 ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl, ˈivɪn təˈdeɪ, ɪn ˈɪndiə hu du nɑt hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈbeɪsɪk paʊər ənd nidz. ənd ju nid tɪ prəˈvaɪd ðɛm ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ənd paʊər ɪn ðə nɛkst fju jɪrz. ju nid tɪ prəˈvaɪd ðɛm kwɪk, ʧip ənd klin. ə ˈʧælənʤ fər ˈɛni ɪˈkɑnəmi, aɪ θɪŋk, ənd ə greɪt ˈʧælənʤ ˈsɪmpli bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈlɛvəlz, ðə weɪ pleɪst ɔn ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈlædər raɪt naʊ, tɪ du ðɪs ənd traɪ ənd du ðɪs ˈdɪfərˈɛntli ðən ˈəðər ˈneɪʃənz. ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈʧælənʤ fər ˈɪndiə. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ənd wət əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪndiən ˈgəvərnmənt? haʊ ɪz ɪt ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ? ˈsɛθi: aɪ wʊd seɪ bɪn ə sloʊ stɑrt. ðɛr ər səm ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz wɛr dən ˈrɪli wɛl, ɔn, seɪ, ˈɪʃuz laɪk ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi, ˈbɪldɪŋ lɑrʤ ˈsoʊlər plænts. ˈsədənli ˈwoʊkən əp ɪn ðə læst fju jɪrz ənd ər ˈræʧətɪŋ əp. bət ðə ˈɛnərʤi dɪˈmænd ˈoʊvərˌɔl ɪz soʊ haɪ ðət ˈivɪn ɛz ðeɪ ˌɪnˈvɛst wət ɪn ˈɪndiən ˈrupiz ɪz ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst 20 jɪrz, ɪt stɪl wɪl nɑt æd əp tɪ mɔr ðən 5 tɪ 7 ər 10 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈɛnərʤi mɪks əv ðə ˈkəntri. soʊ ə təf wən, ənd ə rɪsk fər ˈɛni ˈneɪʃən tɪ seɪ, wɪl ˌɪnˈvɛst ɪn fˈjuʧər ˈrəðər ðən ˌɪnˈvɛstɪŋ ɪn maɪ present.”*.” ənd ðə ˈʧælənʤ ˈɪndiə ɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ˈvɛri kˈwɪkli, wət du ju si ɛz ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt ðət ʃʊd kəm aʊt əv ðə ˈsəmɪt hir? ˈsɛθi: aɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ər θri ðət ʃʊd ækt. ˈhoʊpfəli, ðeɪ ɔl kəm aʊt təˈgɛðər. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: wi hæv 20 ˈsɛkəndz. ˈsɛθi: wən ɪz lɔs ənd ˈdæmɪʤ. tu ɪz ˈfaɪˌnæns. θərd ɪz ˈɛləmənts fər ðə 2015 əˈgrimənt wɪʧ leɪz aʊt ðə ˈbeɪsɪk ˈfreɪmˌwərk fər ðət. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: aɪ wɔnt tɪ θæŋk ju ˈvɛri məʧ, ˈsɛθi, ˈsinjər əˈsɪstənt ˈɛdɪtər æt ðə ˈhɪnˌdu, riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈlikɪŋ ðə ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl juz. ˈbrifɪŋ ˈpeɪpərz fər ˈdɪpləˌmæts praɪər tɪ ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ˈsəmɪt ɪn ˈwɔrˌsɔ, ənd lɪŋk tɪ ðoʊz ˈdɑkjəmənts æt democracynow.org*.
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freda and at the time of their engagement
by naomi canton
interracial marriages are an everyday event in the now, but the marriage in 1933 of oxfordudents freda and baba lal (bpl) made the front page of the oxford mail (right). freda, british daughter of a derby and watchmaker, ultimately became one of the first european women to take vows as tibetan buddhist nun.
whileill at oxford, freda became and independence. once on indian soil, where she lived with her indian husband in lahore, kashmir and delhi, she became an indian nationalist.
her life will form the basis of a book by historian and freelance journalist andrew whitehead, who read history at and was a bbc world service news editor.
theory will cover how freda became friends with labour cabinet minister barbara castle, her peer at hugh’s, and how her and views were inspired by her time at oxford, particularly her membership of the communist october club, the labour club and majlis, a debating society to campaign for indian independence.
‘from her marriage onwards, she wore only indian clothes. she was quite clear in her own head that she was indian. of course, she was english,’ whitehead says, sipping a cappuccino at a hotel in paddington. freda and were on the same course and romance blossomed.
freda was interested in ‘(as she put it) oriental culture and religion,’ whitehead says. she went to talks by tagore, gandhi, and at oxford (where she is pictured as audent left). the couple had a shared passion for anti-imperialism.
‘bpl was from a privileged family in lahore. he was meant to join the elite indian civil service when he left oxford but he got attracted to communism and indian nationalism instead.
‘freda had arong sense of the ethical and she thought the way britain suppressed the nationalist movement in india, the way it policed the empire, the way it restrained natural desire for self-determination was wrong,’ whitehead says.
it was the 1930s, the time of the british round table conferences to discuss constitutional reforms in india; the time of the hunger marches and the rise of fascism.
‘therange thing is that although quite a lot of elite indianudents in the married english women, they did not usually marry fellow oxfordudents the rather crudeereotype is they married the “landlord’s daughter”,’ says whitehead.
‘there is a whole file in the india office records of rather distraught english woman who say they married indianudents who went back to india and they have not heard from them at all.’
there were articles in the press warning young english women not to marry indianudents because they were probably already married. the indianudent publications also had discussions about their parents’ dislike of mixed marriages, whitehead says.
reported by a college porter for going into’s room unaccompanied, freda was disciplined by being sent down early one term. it onlyrengthened their relationship and soon afterwards they got married at oxford register office.
she graduated with a third and he with a fourth. they moved to berlin, then lahore, where she wrote articles and taught english.
when the second world war broke out, the british viceroy, without consulting political leaders or public, pledged support to the allied war effort. was interned as an activist and sent to camp in rajasthan. freda (pictured right in about 1942) announced she would make a speech campaigning to resist the war effort and whitehead says she became the first european woman to be arrested as a satyagrahi, a practitioner of non-violent civil resistance. she spent three months in lahore jail.
in 1947 the family moved to kashmir where they were active in the kashmir nationalist movement. worked for the then prime minister of kashmir, sheikh abdullah, and they got to know nehru and indira gandhi.
then freda took a united nations post in burma and encountered buddhism.
from 1959 onwards tibetan refugees flowed into india. horrified by the conditions they faced, freda set up a lama school for incarnate tibetan lamas and a tibetan buddhist nunnery.
in 1966 freda took her ordination as a tibetan buddhist nun, becoming one of the first european women to do so. she took the name sister and her marriage in the conventional sense was over. ‘she tell her children she was going to become a nun. she simply appeared in delhi wearing the maroon robes with her head shaved,’ whitehead says. turned to the occult and became a mystic.
whitehead (left), who spent five years as bbc delhi correspondent and whose wife is indian, first came across name researching his first book, a mission in kashmir (2007), which explores the origins of the kashmir conflict.
he made contact with her family as he was curious about her, especially since her son is an international filmar who played in octopussy.
she spent the last 11 years of her life dividing her time between and working with tibetan lamas. she was instrumental in helping the lama, dorje, introduce tibetan buddhism to the west, including to the ‘beat’ movement in california.
whitehead found that delhi publisher speaking tiger was considering a series of books on indians that challenge the idea of what it is to be indian. he proposed freda.
in oxford he has gained access to tutorial reports, the ‘not terribly good’ poetry she wrote for the imp (audent magazine), and the complete set of contemporary india, the quarterly journal the couple edited in lahore,ored at the library.
‘there is something about the way in which she challenged convention and broke through barriers of race, religion, nationality and gender which i find quite remarkable,’ whitehead says. ‘at a time when we are so concerned about identity, the way in which she challenged conventional notions of identity is really interesting.’
if you have information about freda, andrew whitehead would love to hear from you and can be reached at
all images courtesy of andrew whitehead except newspaper cutting courtesy of the oxford mail and andrew whitehead portrait by ken passley.
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frɛd ənd æt ðə taɪm əv ðɛr ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt baɪ neɪˈoʊmi ˈkæntən ˌɪntərˈreɪʃəl ˈmɛrɪʤɪz ər ən ˈɛvriˈdeɪ ɪˈvɛnt ɪn ðə naʊ, bət ðə ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪn 1933 əv ˈɑksfərd ˈstudənts frɛd ənd ˈbəbə læl (bpl*) meɪd ðə frənt peɪʤ əv ðə ˈɑksfərd meɪl (raɪt). frɛd, ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈdɔtər əv ə ˈdərbi ənd watchmaker*, ˈəltəmətli bɪˈkeɪm wən əv ðə fərst ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈwɪmən tɪ teɪk vaʊz ɛz tɪˈbɛtən ˈbudəst nən. waɪl stɪl æt ˈɑksfərd, frɛd bɪˈkeɪm ənd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns. wəns ɔn ˈɪndiən sɔɪl, wɛr ʃi lɪvd wɪθ hər ˈɪndiən ˈhəzbənd ɪn lɑˈhɔr, ˈkæʃmɪr ənd ˈdɛli, ʃi bɪˈkeɪm ən ˈɪndiən ˈnæʃənəlɪst. hər laɪf wɪl fɔrm ðə ˈbeɪsɪs əv ə bʊk baɪ hɪˈstɔriən ənd ˈfriˌlæns ˈʤərnəlɪst ˈændru ˈwaɪˌthɛd, hu rɛd ˈhɪstəri æt ənd wɑz ə ˌbibiˈsi wərld ˈsərvɪs nuz ˈɛdɪtər. ðə ˈstɔri wɪl ˈkəvər haʊ frɛd bɪˈkeɪm frɛndz wɪθ ˈleɪbər ˈkæbənət ˈmɪnɪstər ˈbɑrbərə ˈkæsəl, hər pɪr æt hugh’s*, ənd haʊ hər ənd vjuz wər ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ hər taɪm æt ˈɑksfərd, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli hər ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp əv ðə ˈkɑmjənəst ɑkˈtoʊbər kləb, ðə ˈleɪbər kləb ənd majlis*, ə dəˈbeɪtɪŋ soʊˈsaɪɪti tɪ kæmˈpeɪn fər ˈɪndiən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns. hər ˈmɛrɪʤ ˈɑnwərdz, ʃi wɔr ˈoʊnli ˈɪndiən kloʊðz. ʃi wɑz kwaɪt klɪr ɪn hər oʊn hɛd ðət ʃi wɑz ˈɪndiən. əv kɔrs, ʃi wɑz english,’*,’ ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz, ˈsɪpɪŋ ə ˌkæˌpuˈʧinoʊ æt ə hoʊˈtɛl ɪn ˈpædɪŋtən. frɛd ənd wər ɔn ðə seɪm kɔrs ənd ˈroʊmæns ˈblɑsəmd. frɛd wɑz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ʃi pʊt ɪt) ˌɔriˈɛnəl ˈkəlʧər ənd religion,’*,’ ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz. ʃi wɛnt tɪ tɔks baɪ tagore*, ˈgɑndi, ənd æt ˈɑksfərd (wɛr ʃi ɪz ˈpɪkʧərd ɛz ə ˈstudənt lɛft). ðə ˈkəpəl hæd ə ʃɛrd ˈpæʃən fər anti-imperialism*. wɑz frəm ə ˈprɪvɪlɪʤd ˈfæməli ɪn lɑˈhɔr. hi wɑz mɛnt tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə ɪˈlit ˈɪndiən ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvɪs wɪn hi lɛft ˈɑksfərd bət hi gɑt əˈtræktəd tɪ ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm ənd ˈɪndiən ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm ˌɪnˈstɛd. hæd ə strɔŋ sɛns əv ðə ˈɛθɪkəl ənd ʃi θɔt ðə weɪ ˈbrɪtən səˈprɛst ðə ˈnæʃənəlɪst ˈmuvmənt ɪn ˈɪndiə, ðə weɪ ɪt pəˈlist ðə ˈɛmpaɪər, ðə weɪ ɪt riˈstreɪnd ˈnæʧərəl dɪˈzaɪər fər ˈsɛlfdɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən wɑz wrong,’*,’ ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz. ɪt wɑz ðə 1930s*, ðə taɪm əv ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ raʊnd ˈteɪbəl ˈkɑnfərənsəz tɪ dɪˈskəs ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl rɪˈfɔrmz ɪn ˈɪndiə; ðə taɪm əv ðə ˈhəŋgər ˈmɑrʧɪz ənd ðə raɪz əv ˈfæˌʃɪzəm. streɪnʤ θɪŋ ɪz ðət ˌɔlˈðoʊ kwaɪt ə lɔt əv ɪˈlit ˈɪndiən ˈstudənts ɪn ðə ˈmɛrid ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈwɪmən, ðeɪ dɪd nɑt ˈjuʒəwəli ˈmɛri ˈfɛloʊ ˈɑksfərd ˈstudənts ðə ˈrəðər krud ˈstɛrioʊˌtaɪp ɪz ðeɪ ˈmɛrid ðə daughter”,’*”,’ sɪz ˈwaɪˌthɛd. ɪz ə hoʊl faɪl ɪn ðə ˈɪndiə ˈɔfəs ˈrɛkərdz əv ˈrəðər dɪˈstrɔt ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈwʊmən hu seɪ ðeɪ ˈmɛrid ˈɪndiən ˈstudənts hu wɛnt bæk tɪ ˈɪndiə ənd ðeɪ hæv nɑt hərd frəm ðɛm æt all.’*.’ ðɛr wər ˈɑrtɪkəlz ɪn ðə prɛs ˈwɔrnɪŋ jəŋ ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈwɪmən nɑt tɪ ˈmɛri ˈɪndiən ˈstudənts bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wər ˈprɑbəˌbli ɔˈrɛdi ˈmɛrid. ðə ˈɪndiən ˈstudənt ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz ˈɔlsoʊ hæd dɪˈskəʃənz əˈbaʊt ðɛr parents’*’ dɪsˈlaɪk əv mɪkst ˈmɛrɪʤɪz, ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz. ˌriˈpɔrtəd baɪ ə ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈpɔrtər fər goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu rum ˌənəˈkəmpənid, frɛd wɑz ˈdɪsəplənd baɪ biɪŋ sɛnt daʊn ˈərli wən tərm. ɪt ˈoʊnli ˈstrɛŋθənd ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ənd sun ˈæftərwərdz ðeɪ gɑt ˈmɛrid æt ˈɑksfərd ˈrɛʤɪstər ˈɔfəs. ʃi ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd wɪθ ə θərd ənd hi wɪθ ə fɔrθ. ðeɪ muvd tɪ bərˈlɪn, ðɛn lɑˈhɔr, wɛr ʃi roʊt ˈɑrtɪkəlz ənd tɔt ˈɪŋlɪʃ. wɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd wərld wɔr broʊk aʊt, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈvaɪsrɔɪ, wɪˈθaʊt kənˈsəltɪŋ pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈlidərz ər ˈpəblɪk, plɛʤd səˈpɔrt tɪ ðə ˈæˌlaɪd wɔr ˈɛfərt. wɑz ˈɪnˌtərnd ɛz ən ˈæktɪvɪst ənd sɛnt tɪ kæmp ɪn rajasthan*. frɛd (ˈpɪkʧərd raɪt ɪn əˈbaʊt 1942 əˈnaʊnst ʃi wʊd meɪk ə spiʧ kæmˈpeɪnɪŋ tɪ rɪˈzɪst ðə wɔr ˈɛfərt ənd ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz ʃi bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈwʊmən tɪ bi ərˈɛstɪd ɛz ə satyagrahi*, ə prækˈtɪʃənər əv nɑnˈvaɪələnt ˈsɪvəl rɪˈzɪstəns. ʃi spɛnt θri mənθs ɪn lɑˈhɔr ʤeɪl. ɪn 1947 ðə ˈfæməli muvd tɪ ˈkæʃmɪr wɛr ðeɪ wər ˈæktɪv ɪn ðə ˈkæʃmɪr ˈnæʃənəlɪst ˈmuvmənt. wərkt fər ðə ðɛn praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˈkæʃmɪr, ʃik ˌæbˈdələ, ənd ðeɪ gɑt tɪ noʊ ˈneɪˌru ənd ˌɪnˈdɪrə ˈgɑndi. ðɛn frɛd tʊk ə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz poʊst ɪn ˈbərmə ənd ɪnˈkaʊnərd ˈbudɪzəm. frəm 1959 ˈɑnwərdz tɪˈbɛtən ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz floʊd ˈɪntu ˈɪndiə. ˈhɔrəˌfaɪd baɪ ðə kənˈdɪʃənz ðeɪ feɪst, frɛd sɛt əp ə ˈlɑmə skul fər ˌɪnˈkɑrˌneɪt tɪˈbɛtən ˈlɑməz ənd ə tɪˈbɛtən ˈbudəst ˈnənəri. ɪn 1966 frɛd tʊk hər ˌɔrdəˈneɪʃən ɛz ə tɪˈbɛtən ˈbudəst nən, bɪˈkəmɪŋ wən əv ðə fərst ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈwɪmən tɪ du soʊ. ʃi tʊk ðə neɪm ˈsɪstər ənd hər ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪn ðə kənˈvɛnʃənəl sɛns wɑz ˈoʊvər. tɛl hər ˈʧɪldrən ʃi wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm ə nən. ʃi ˈsɪmpli əˈpɪrd ɪn ˈdɛli ˈwɛrɪŋ ðə mərun roʊbz wɪθ hər hɛd shaved,’*,’ ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz. tərnd tɪ ðə əˈkəlt ənd bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈmɪstɪk. ˈwaɪˌthɛd (lɛft), hu spɛnt faɪv jɪrz ɛz ˌbibiˈsi ˈdɛli ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt ənd huz waɪf ɪz ˈɪndiən, fərst keɪm əˈkrɔs neɪm riˈsərʧɪŋ hɪz fərst bʊk, ə ˈmɪʃən ɪn ˈkæʃmɪr 2007 wɪʧ ɪkˈsplɔrz ðə ˈɔrəʤɪnz əv ðə ˈkæʃmɪr ˈkɑnflɪkt. hi meɪd ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ hər ˈfæməli ɛz hi wɑz ˈkjʊriəs əˈbaʊt hər, əˈspɛʃəli sɪns hər sən ɪz ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl fɪlm stɑr hu pleɪd ɪn octopussy*. ʃi spɛnt ðə læst 11 jɪrz əv hər laɪf dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ hər taɪm bɪtˈwin ənd ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ tɪˈbɛtən ˈlɑməz. ʃi wɑz ˌɪnstrəˈmɛnəl ɪn ˈhɛlpɪŋ ðə ˈlɑmə, dorje*, ˌɪntrəˈdus tɪˈbɛtən ˈbudɪzəm tɪ ðə wɛst, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ tɪ ðə ‘‘beat’*’ ˈmuvmənt ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə. ˈwaɪˌthɛd faʊnd ðət ˈdɛli ˈpəblɪʃər ˈspikɪŋ ˈtaɪgər wɑz kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ə ˈsɪriz əv bʊks ɔn ˈɪndiənz ðət ˈʧælənʤ ðə aɪˈdiə əv wət ɪt ɪz tɪ bi ˈɪndiən. hi prəˈpoʊzd frɛd. ɪn ˈɑksfərd hi həz geɪnd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ tuˈtɔriəl rɪˈpɔrts, ðə ˈtɛrəbli good’*’ ˈpoʊətri ʃi roʊt fər ðə ɪmp (ə ˈstudənt ˈmægəˌzin), ənd ðə kəmˈplit sɛt əv kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈɪndiə, ðə kˈwɔrtərli ˈʤərnəl ðə ˈkəpəl ˈɛdɪtɪd ɪn lɑˈhɔr, stɔrd æt ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri. ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə weɪ ɪn wɪʧ ʃi ˈʧælənʤd kənˈvɛnʃən ənd broʊk θru ˈbɛriərz əv reɪs, rɪˈlɪʤən, ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti ənd ˈʤɛndər wɪʧ aɪ faɪnd kwaɪt remarkable,’*,’ ˈwaɪˌthɛd sɪz. ə taɪm wɪn wi ər soʊ kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt aɪˈdɛntəˌti, ðə weɪ ɪn wɪʧ ʃi ˈʧælənʤd kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈnoʊʃənz əv aɪˈdɛntəˌti ɪz ˈrɪli interesting.’*.’ ɪf ju hæv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt frɛd, ˈændru ˈwaɪˌthɛd wʊd ləv tɪ hir frəm ju ənd kən bi riʧt æt ɔl ˈɪmɪʤɪz ˈkərtəsi əv ˈændru ˈwaɪˌthɛd ɪkˈsɛpt ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈkətɪŋ ˈkərtəsi əv ðə ˈɑksfərd meɪl ənd ˈændru ˈwaɪˌthɛd ˈpɔrtrət baɪ kɛn passley*.
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moreover, has also been pouring cash into other logistics ventures. earlier this year it pumped $4.6 billion into suning, an electronics retailer that owns 65 national and regional distribution centers. it has invested in singapore post and express, a delivery company that is part of network. and last year it bought stakes in chinese electronics group and its logistics subsidiary, as well as in a department store operator whose parent is shareholder. in total has spent at least $6.3 billion, according to calculations.
this matters, because the company founded by jack ma has made a virtue of its business model. not holding inventory and outsourcing delivery to other providers has proved lucrative.’s adjusted net profit margin in the quarter ending june was 47 percent. contrast that with its chinese rival, which has adopted an model that requires it to maintain a large inventory and build up its own delivery network. the $36 billion group has yet to turn a profit.
yet there are signs that getting packages to consumers quickly and reliably is an increasingly important battleground. offers and services for over 80 percent of orders it delivers while aims to have delivery available in 50 cities by the end of the year. has said it plans to spend 100 billion renminbi over the next few years and wants to quintuple its warehouse space to five million square meters next year.
meanwhile, and are battling it out in products like fresh groceries: earlier this year, started offering food delivery in beijing and shanghai for’s online supermarket. announced a $700 million investment in a supermarket operator in august. the latest buzzword “online to offline” also hinges on speedy and reliable deliveries.
because it is a minority investor, have to break out financial results for its logistics ventures. it is not clear from the financial statements whether is generating any significant revenue or making a profit.
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mɔˈroʊvər, həz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈpɔrɪŋ kæʃ ˈɪntu ˈəðər ləˈʤɪstɪks ˈvɛnʧərz. ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr ɪt pəmpt ˈbɪljən ˈɪntu suning*, ən ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ˈriˌteɪlər ðət oʊnz 65 ˈnæʃənəl ənd ˈriʤənəl ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ˈsɛnərz. ɪt həz ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ɪn ˈsɪŋəˌpɔr poʊst ənd ɪkˈsprɛs, ə dɪˈlɪvəri ˈkəmpəˌni ðət ɪz pɑrt əv ˈnɛtˌwərk. ənd læst jɪr ɪt bɔt steɪks ɪn ʧaɪˈniz ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks grup ənd ɪts ləˈʤɪstɪks səbˈsɪdiˌɛri, ɛz wɛl ɛz ɪn ə dɪˈpɑrtmənt stɔr ˈɑpərˌeɪtər huz ˈpɛrənt ɪz ˈʃɛˌrhoʊldər. ɪn ˈtoʊtəl həz spɛnt æt list ˈbɪljən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz. ðɪs ˈmætərz, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈfaʊndɪd baɪ ʤæk mɑ həz meɪd ə ˈvərʧu əv ɪts ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəl. nɑt ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˌɪnvənˈtɔri ənd ˌaʊtˈsɔrsɪŋ dɪˈlɪvəri tɪ ˈəðər prəˈvaɪdərz həz pruvd ˈlukrətɪv. əˈʤəstɪd nɛt ˈprɑfɪt ˈmɑrʤən ɪn ðə kˈwɔrtər ˈɛndɪŋ ʤun wɑz 47 pərˈsɛnt. ˈkɑntræst ðət wɪθ ɪts ʧaɪˈniz ˈraɪvəl, wɪʧ həz əˈdɑptəd ən ˈmɑdəl ðət rikˈwaɪərz ɪt tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ə lɑrʤ ˌɪnvənˈtɔri ənd bɪld əp ɪts oʊn dɪˈlɪvəri ˈnɛtˌwərk. ðə 36 ˈbɪljən grup həz jɛt tɪ tərn ə ˈprɑfɪt. jɛt ðɛr ər saɪnz ðət ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈpækɪʤɪz tɪ kənˈsumərz kˈwɪkli ənd rɪˈlaɪəbli ɪz ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈbætəlˌgraʊnd. ˈɔfərz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz fər ˈoʊvər 80 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈɔrdərz ɪt dɪˈlɪvərz waɪl eɪmz tɪ hæv dɪˈlɪvəri əˈveɪləbəl ɪn 50 ˈsɪtiz baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə jɪr. həz sɛd ɪt plænz tɪ spɛnd 100 ˈbɪljən rɛnˈmɪnbi ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst fju jɪrz ənd wɔnts tɪ kˌwɪnˈtəpəl ɪts ˈwɛˌrhaʊs speɪs tɪ faɪv ˈmɪljən skwɛr ˈmitərz nɛkst jɪr. ˈminˌwaɪl, ənd ər ˈbætəlɪŋ ɪt aʊt ɪn ˈprɑdəkts laɪk frɛʃ ˈgroʊsəriz: ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ˈstɑrtɪd ˈɔfərɪŋ fud dɪˈlɪvəri ɪn ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ ənd ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ fər ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt. əˈnaʊnst ə 700 ˈmɪljən ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn ə ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt ˈɑpərˌeɪtər ɪn ˈɔgəst. ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈbəzwərd tɪ offline”*” ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhɪnʤɪz ɔn ˈspiˌdi ənd rɪˈlaɪəbəl dɪˈlɪvəriz. bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz ə məˈnɔrəti ˌɪnˈvɛstər, hæv tɪ breɪk aʊt ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl rɪˈzəlts fər ɪts ləˈʤɪstɪks ˈvɛnʧərz. ɪt ɪz nɑt klɪr frəm ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈsteɪtmənts ˈwɛðər ɪz ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈɛni sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈrɛvəˌnu ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈprɑfɪt.
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santa fe, n.m., oct. 20, 2016 -- sigma labs, inc. (otcqb:sglb) (“sigma labs” or the “company”), a provider of quality assurance software under the company's printrite3d® brand, today announced that it has closed a private placement by the company of secured convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 (the "notes") and three-year warrants to purchase up to shares of the company's common stock, under a securities purchase agreement with certain accredited investors (the “investors”). aggregate gross proceeds, before expenses, to the company were $900,000. the notes are secured by the assets of the company pursuant to a security agreement. additional information regarding the financing is included in the company's form filed on october 20, 2016 with the securities and exchange commission.
“i am very pleased to announce the closing of this financing transaction,” said mark cola, president and ceo of sigma labs. “as the company continues to aggressively pursue new contracts and licenses of our printrite3d® software, this capital will help strengthen our efforts as well as support new business development initiatives. we appreciate the confidence that the investors have shown in sigma labs’ future and the increasing role we will play in the additive manufacturing applications of tomorrow.”
about sigma labs, inc.
sigma labs, inc. is a provider of quality assurance software under the printrite3d® brand and a developer of advanced, in-process, quality assurance software for commercial firms worldwide seeking productive solutions for advanced manufacturing. for more information please visit us at www.sigmalabsinc.com.
investor relations contact: chris witty [email protected]
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ˈsænə feɪ, n.m*., ɔkt. 20 2016 ˈsɪgmə læbz, ɪŋk. (otcqb:sglb*) labs”*” ər ðə ““company”*”), ə prəˈvaɪdər əv kˈwɑləti əˈʃʊrəns ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈəndər ðə ˈkəmpəniz printrite3d®*® brænd, təˈdeɪ əˈnaʊnst ðət ɪt həz kloʊzd ə ˈpraɪvət ˈpleɪsmənt baɪ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni əv sɪˈkjʊrd kənˈvərtəbəl noʊts ɪn ðə ˈægrəgət ˈprɪnsəpəl əˈmaʊnt əv (ðə "noʊts") ənd θˈriˌjɪr ˈwɔrənts tɪ ˈpərʧəs əp tɪ ʃɛrz əv ðə ˈkəmpəniz ˈkɑmən stɑk, ˈəndər ə sɪˈkjʊrətiz ˈpərʧəs əˈgrimənt wɪθ ˈsərtən əˈkrɛdɪtɪd ˌɪnˈvɛstərz (ðə ““investors”*”). ˈægrəgət groʊs prəˈsidz, ˌbiˈfɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪz, tɪ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wər ðə noʊts ər sɪˈkjʊrd baɪ ðə ˈæˌsɛts əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌni pərˈsuənt tɪ ə sɪˈkjʊrəti əˈgrimənt. əˈdɪʃənəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə fɪˈnænsɪŋ ɪz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈkəmpəniz fɔrm faɪld ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 20 2016 wɪθ ðə sɪˈkjʊrətiz ənd ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ kəˈmɪʃən. æm ˈvɛri plizd tɪ əˈnaʊns ðə ˈkloʊzɪŋ əv ðɪs fɪˈnænsɪŋ transaction,”*,” sɛd mɑrk ˈkoʊlə, ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ əv ˈsɪgmə læbz. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ əˈgrɛsɪvli pərˈsu nu ˈkɑnˌtrækts ənd ˈlaɪsənsɪz əv ɑr printrite3d®*® ˈsɔfˌwɛr, ðɪs ˈkæpɪtəl wɪl hɛlp ˈstrɛŋθən ɑr ˈɛfərts ɛz wɛl ɛz səˈpɔrt nu ˈbɪznɪs dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz. wi əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ðə ˈkɑnfədɛns ðət ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstərz hæv ʃoʊn ɪn ˈsɪgmə labs’*’ fˈjuʧər ənd ðə ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ roʊl wi wɪl pleɪ ɪn ðə ˈædɪtɪv ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz əv tomorrow.”*.” əˈbaʊt ˈsɪgmə læbz, ɪŋk. ˈsɪgmə læbz, ɪŋk. ɪz ə prəˈvaɪdər əv kˈwɑləti əˈʃʊrəns ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈəndər ðə printrite3d®*® brænd ənd ə dɪˈvɛləpər əv ədˈvænst, in-process*, kˈwɑləti əˈʃʊrəns ˈsɔfˌwɛr fər kəˈmərʃəl fərmz ˈwərldˈwaɪd ˈsikɪŋ pərˈdəktɪv səˈluʃənz fər ədˈvænst ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ. fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən pliz ˈvɪzɪt ˈjuˈɛs æt www.sigmalabsinc.com*. ˌɪnˈvɛstər riˈleɪʃənz ˈkɑnˌtækt: krɪs ˈwɪti [iˈmeɪl prəˈtɛktɪd]
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apple is known for its crazy patents, but some of them are much more realistic. on tuesday, the u.s. patent and trademark office granted the company a patent for a special construction process that involves and sapphire glass displays. the patent approval occurred right after apple announced that it has exclusive rights to’s unique alloy until 2015.
in scientific terms, is a bulk amorphous alloy and is considered an exotic metal. it may look like a metal in liquid form, but it moves like molten plastic. so far, has only been used to make a sim card ejector, some military equipment, and medical devices. the technology has been put to the test, but it has never been used to create a consumer or tablet. nonetheless, it seems that apple may have plans to forge its future iphones and ipads using the technology.
apple’s patent describes the new use it has in mind for and how it will aid in stabilizing the sapphire glass displays in future idevices. stabilization is necessary, so that when you inevitably drop your iphone, the glass shatter or simply pop off. back in 2007, apple used a plastic chassis and a rubberized gasket to protect the display from sudden impacts. this technology is still used in all other iphone models up to the iphone 5s.
the new patent aims to avoid all these annoying steps and go directly from the metal chassis to the display, using in a new metal injection molding process. that way, apple can form sapphire glass directly into the iphone or metal bezel. the patent indicates that plastic can also be used, but the emphasis is on the idea of using to ensure the strongest bond and protection between the glass display and metal chassis.
clearly, this technology is very cutting edge, but its application is untested in mobile devices, so get too pumped up, thinking will debut with the iphone 6 this september (or august, depending on which rumors you believe. read our roundup here). however, given agreement with technologies to manufacture enormous amounts of sapphire glass, probably safe to assume that a sapphire glass display is forthcoming on the iphone 6.
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ʃɛr ˈæpəl ɪz noʊn fər ɪts ˈkreɪzi ˈpætənts, bət səm əv ðɛm ər məʧ mɔr ˌriəˈlɪstɪk. ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ðə juz. ˈpætənt ənd ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk ˈɔfəs ˈgrænɪd ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ə ˈpætənt fər ə ˈspɛʃəl kənˈstrəkʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ənd ˈsæfaɪər glæs dɪˈspleɪz. ðə ˈpætənt əˈpruvəl əˈkərd raɪt ˈæftər ˈæpəl əˈnaʊnst ðət ɪt həz ɪkˈsklusɪv raɪts tɪ juˈnik ˈæˌlɔɪ ənˈtɪl 2015 ɪn ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk tərmz, ɪz ə bəlk əˈmɔrfəs ˈæˌlɔɪ ənd ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ən ɪgˈzɑtɪk ˈmɛtəl. ɪt meɪ lʊk laɪk ə ˈmɛtəl ɪn ˈlɪkwɪd fɔrm, bət ɪt muvz laɪk ˈmoʊltən ˈplæstɪk. soʊ fɑr, həz ˈoʊnli bɪn juzd tɪ meɪk ə sɪm kɑrd ejector*, səm ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ɪkˈwɪpmənt, ənd ˈmɛdɪkəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz. ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi həz bɪn pʊt tɪ ðə tɛst, bət ɪt həz ˈnɛvər bɪn juzd tɪ kriˈeɪt ə kənˈsumər ər ˈtæblət. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ɪt simz ðət ˈæpəl meɪ hæv plænz tɪ fɔrʤ ɪts fˈjuʧər ˈaɪˌfoʊnz ənd ˈaɪˌpædz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ˈpætənt dɪˈskraɪbz ðə nu juz ɪt həz ɪn maɪnd fər ənd haʊ ɪt wɪl eɪd ɪn ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈsæfaɪər glæs dɪˈspleɪz ɪn fˈjuʧər idevices*. ˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃən ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri, soʊ ðət wɪn ju ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli drɔp jʊr ˈaɪˌfoʊn, ðə glæs ˈʃætər ər ˈsɪmpli pɑp ɔf. bæk ɪn 2007 ˈæpəl juzd ə ˈplæstɪk ˈʧæsi ənd ə ˈrəbərˌaɪzd ˈgæskət tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə dɪˈspleɪ frəm ˈsədən ˌɪmˈpækts. ðɪs tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪz stɪl juzd ɪn ɔl ˈəðər ˈaɪˌfoʊn ˈmɑdəlz əp tɪ ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn 5s*. ðə nu ˈpætənt eɪmz tɪ əˈvɔɪd ɔl ðiz əˈnɔɪɪŋ stɛps ənd goʊ dɪˈrɛkli frəm ðə ˈmɛtəl ˈʧæsi tɪ ðə dɪˈspleɪ, ˈjuzɪŋ ɪn ə nu ˈmɛtəl ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃən ˈmoʊldɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs. ðət weɪ, ˈæpəl kən fɔrm ˈsæfaɪər glæs dɪˈrɛkli ˈɪntu ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn ər ˈmɛtəl bezel*. ðə ˈpætənt ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət ˈplæstɪk kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi juzd, bət ðə ˈɛmfəsɪs ɪz ɔn ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈjuzɪŋ tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst bɑnd ənd prəˈtɛkʃən bɪtˈwin ðə glæs dɪˈspleɪ ənd ˈmɛtəl ˈʧæsi. ˈklɪrli, ðɪs tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪz ˈvɛri ˈkətɪŋ ɛʤ, bət ɪts ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ɪz ənˈtɛstɪd ɪn ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz, soʊ gɪt tu pəmpt əp, ˈθɪŋkɪŋ wɪl ˈdeɪbju wɪθ ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn 6 ðɪs sɛpˈtɛmbər (ər ˈɔgəst, dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn wɪʧ ˈrumərz ju bɪˈliv. rɛd ɑr ˈraʊnˌdəp hir). ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈgɪvɪn əˈgrimənt wɪθ tɛkˈnɑləʤiz tɪ ˌmænjəˈfækʧər ɪˈnɔrmɪs əˈmaʊnts əv ˈsæfaɪər glæs, ˈprɑbəˌbli seɪf tɪ əˈsum ðət ə ˈsæfaɪər glæs dɪˈspleɪ ɪz ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn 6
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announcement - 13 april 2017
we are sad to announce that our upside down tree has toppled over this morning at 4 a.m.
never in our lives could we have imagined that this great giant that has stood sturdy all these years could break so tragically.
we are open, come and have a and a beer in front of the brave.
doug and heather
see the pictures on our facebook
welcome to tree bar in
"come and see the largest in the world"
the sunland ‘big’ is in in province, south africa and is famous internationally for being the widest of its species in the world. africa is by these magnificent trees. the sunland big is carbon dated to be well over 1 700 years old and has even made the front page of the wall street journal!
whens become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. in the big this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the world famous tree bar now amazes visitors.
the big is on the mango farm sunland, where day visitors are welcome. sunland can also accommodate 20 overnight visitors in 5 chalets. we also offer on our own quads or you can bring your own. there are hikes, waterfalls in the surrounding area and mountain biking trails, while the tree itself hosts a variety of activities. the big has hosted many weddings over the years an there is now a honeymoon suite in a tree house for a wedding with a difference!
sunland farm is an ideal base for exploring the surrounding area - the forest, the hills and forest, the verdant area of and more.
doug and heather van bought the farm in 1989 and cleared half, planting mangoes and palm trees. the big is important both historically and ecologically and is home to many animals and birds, as well as providing food for many others. the vans fiercely protect the tree and the surroundings woe betide anyone who share their views!
day visitors to the tree: per person. kids under 3 free!!
click here for our wikipedia entry
click here to read our from :
metro newspaper (1,5mb pdf) in the uk.
and here are some links to articles and photographs:
http://sa.travel-directory.co/25/places/limpopo/modjadjiskloof-%28duiwelskloof%29/attractions/sunland-baobab-tree
http://www.barnorama.com/baobab-tree-bar/
http://www.southafricaweb.co.za/article/south-africa-beaten-track-big-tree-limpopo
http://www.onroutemag.co.za/articles/the-big-baobab
http://www.travelground.com/attractions/big-baobab-in-modjadjiskloof
http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/unusual-bar/treehouse/big-baobab-pub
http://www.360cities.net/image/bigbaobabaframes#23.00,15.30,70.0
http://www.360cities.net/image/bigbaobab#397.00,-26.11,50.5
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44766690
http://www.sastay.co.za/limpopo-attractions/the-sunland-baobab-biggest.html
http://www.safarinow.com/destinations/duiwelskloof/popularattractions/giant-baobab.aspx
http://gallivant.com/sip/the-big-baobab-tree-bar/
http://www.swide.com/photo-gallery/big-baobab-the-new-way-to-do-a-pub/2011/03/24/1-4
http://showme.co.za/tourism/sunland-baobab-tree-modadjiskloof-limpopo/
http://www.findplaces.co.za/sunland-baobab-jungalows-in-modjadjiskloof-788.html
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əˈnaʊnsmɛnt 13 ˈeɪprəl 2017 wi ər sæd tɪ əˈnaʊns ðət ɑr ˈəpˈsaɪd daʊn tri həz ˈtɑpəld ˈoʊvər ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ æt 4 a.m*. ˈnɛvər ɪn ɑr lɪvz kʊd wi hæv ˌɪˈmæʤənd ðət ðɪs greɪt ʤaɪənt ðət həz stʊd ˈstərdi ɔl ðiz jɪrz kʊd breɪk soʊ ˈtræʤɪkli. wi ər ˈoʊpən, kəm ənd hæv ə ənd ə bɪr ɪn frənt əv ðə breɪv. dəg ənd ˈhɛðər si ðə ˈpɪkʧərz ɔn ɑr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈwɛlkəm tɪ tri bɑr ɪn "kəm ənd si ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ɪn ðə wərld" ðə ˈsənˌlænd baobab’*’ ɪz ɪn ɪn ˈprɑvɪns, saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ ənd ɪz ˈfeɪməs ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli fər biɪŋ ðə ˈwaɪdəst əv ɪts ˈspiʃiz ɪn ðə wərld. ˈæfrɪkɑ ɪz baɪ ðiz mægˈnɪfɪsənt triz. ðə ˈsənˌlænd bɪg ɪz ˈkɑrbən ˈdeɪtɪd tɪ bi wɛl ˈoʊvər 1 700 jɪrz oʊld ənd həz ˈivɪn meɪd ðə frənt peɪʤ əv ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl! wɪn bɪˈkəm ə ˈθaʊzənd jɪrz oʊld, ðeɪ bɪˈgɪn tɪ ˈhɑloʊ ˌɪnˈsaɪd. ɪn ðə bɪg ðɪs həz rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn ˈwəndərfəl ˈkævərnz ənd keɪvz, wɛr ðə wərld ˈfeɪməs tri bɑr naʊ əˈmeɪzɪz ˈvɪzɪtərz. ðə bɪg ɪz ɔn ðə ˈmæŋgoʊ fɑrm ˈsənˌlænd, wɛr deɪ ˈvɪzɪtərz ər ˈwɛlkəm. ˈsənˌlænd kən ˈɔlsoʊ əˈkɑməˌdeɪt 20 ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt ˈvɪzɪtərz ɪn 5 ˈʃæˌleɪz. wi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔfər ɔn ɑr oʊn kwɑdz ər ju kən brɪŋ jʊr oʊn. ðɛr ər haɪks, ˈwɔtərˌfɔlz ɪn ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈɛriə ənd ˈmaʊntən ˈbaɪkɪŋ treɪlz, waɪl ðə tri ˌɪtˈsɛlf hoʊsts ə vərˈaɪəti əv ækˈtɪvɪtiz. ðə bɪg həz ˈhoʊstɪd ˈmɛni ˈwɛdɪŋz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz ən ðɛr ɪz naʊ ə ˈhəniˌmun swit ɪn ə tri haʊs fər ə ˈwɛdɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈdɪfərəns! ˈsənˌlænd fɑrm ɪz ən aɪˈdil beɪs fər ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈɛriə ðə ˈfɔrɪst, ðə hɪlz ənd ˈfɔrɪst, ðə ˈvərdənt ˈɛriə əv ənd mɔr. dəg ənd ˈhɛðər væn bɔt ðə fɑrm ɪn 1989 ənd klɪrd hæf, ˈplæntɪŋ ˈmæŋgoʊz ənd pɑm triz. ðə bɪg ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt boʊθ hɪˈstɔrɪkəli ənd ɛkəˈlɑʤɪkli ənd ɪz hoʊm tɪ ˈmɛni ˈænəməlz ənd bərdz, ɛz wɛl ɛz prəˈvaɪdɪŋ fud fər ˈmɛni ˈəðərz. ðə væn ˈfɪrsli prəˈtɛkt ðə tri ənd ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋz woʊ bɪˈtaɪd ˈɛniˌwən hu ʃɛr ðɛr vjuz! deɪ ˈvɪzɪtərz tɪ ðə tri: pər ˈpərsən. kɪdz ˈəndər 3 fri!! klɪk hir fər ɑr ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə ˈɛntri klɪk hir tɪ rɛd ɑr frəm ˈmɛˌtroʊ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər pdf*) ɪn ðə uk*. ənd hir ər səm lɪŋks tɪ ˈɑrtɪkəlz ənd ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs: http://www.barnorama.com/baobab-tree-bar*/ http://gallivant.com/sip/the-big-baobab-tree-bar*/ http://showme.co.za/tourism/sunland-baobab-tree-modadjiskloof-limpopo*/
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image caption automatically creates status updates about its user's interests
a new news stream service has been launched by some of technology's most respected developers.
wavii searches the net - including tweets, news stories and blogs - to offer a feed.
it is offered via the web or as a app, and was created by engineers who had previously worked for amazon and microsoft.
it is likely to compete with news feed, prompting speculation that it could become a takeover target.
mark zuckerberg's social network made headlines on monday when it announced it was buying rival for $1bn (£629m).
while feed is mainly based on status updates and content shared by friends, highlights what's happening in the world at large by creating news streams based on data taken from across the web.
crawling the web
according to adrian aoun,'s founder and chief executive, his service offers a more complete experience.
"facebook is all this structured data about your friends, and we are all this structured data about the world - the other half that facebook doesn't have," he told the bbc.
"we are looking at everything and mapping it into story types. we try to look for patterns."
wavii detects users' likes and interests based on their previous facebook activity and by asking them to select at least 12 topics or people of interest. these range from celebrities and politicians to business acquisitions and gadgets.
then the "learning" algorithms kick in to crawl the real-time web, and turn plain facts and unstructured content into something endowed with context and order.
'game-changer'
the technology, which processes up to articles a minute, can detect rumours and story duplicates, ultimately streaming the most important and relevant nuggets of information into new feeds.
wavii gets rid of the "fluff", said jim pitkow, a technical advisor to the venture.
"we live in a sea of information, it's really hard to decide what to pay attention to.
"with you can access more information with less effort."
image caption users choose 12 topics or people to follow when they set up their news feed, they can later add more
although other apps such as and pulse have attempted to blend together and other news sources, one industry watcher believes is a game-changer.
"i haven't seen anyone do anything close," oren etzioni, a semantic search expert and professor of computer science at the university of washington, told the bbc.
"wavii is tackling an incredibly hard problem. google and microsoft's bing have worked on this for years."
he said that could make it a takeover target with social media companies which already have news feeds - such as twitter, facebook, google and - all a potentially good fit.
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ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli kriˈeɪts ˈstætəs ˈəpˌdeɪts əˈbaʊt ɪts ˈjuzərz ˈɪntərɪsts ə nu nuz strim ˈsərvɪs həz bɪn lɔnʧt baɪ səm əv tɛkˈnɑləʤiz moʊst rɪˈspɛktɪd dɪˈvɛləpərz. ˈsərʧɪz ðə nɛt ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ tweets*, nuz ˈstɔriz ənd blɔgz tɪ ˈɔfər ə fid. ɪt ɪz ˈɔfərd ˈviə ðə wɛb ər ɛz ə æp, ənd wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz hu hæd ˈpriviəsli wərkt fər ˈæməˌzɑn ənd ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft. ɪt ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ kəmˈpit wɪθ nuz fid, ˈprɑmptɪŋ ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən ðət ɪt kʊd bɪˈkəm ə ˈteɪˌkoʊvər ˈtərgət. mɑrk ˈzəkərˌbərgz ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk meɪd ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ wɪn ɪt əˈnaʊnst ɪt wɑz baɪɪŋ ˈraɪvəl fər £629m*). waɪl fid ɪz ˈmeɪnli beɪst ɔn ˈstætəs ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd ˈkɑntɛnt ʃɛrd baɪ frɛndz, ˈhaɪˌlaɪts wəts ˈhæpənɪŋ ɪn ðə wərld æt lɑrʤ baɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ nuz strimz beɪst ɔn ˈdætə ˈteɪkən frəm əˈkrɔs ðə wɛb. ˈkrɔlɪŋ ðə wɛb əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈeɪdriən aʊən, ˈfaʊndər ənd ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, hɪz ˈsərvɪs ˈɔfərz ə mɔr kəmˈplit ɪkˈspɪriəns. "ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ɪz ɔl ðɪs ˈstrəkʧərd ˈdætə əˈbaʊt jʊr frɛndz, ənd wi ər ɔl ðɪs ˈstrəkʧərd ˈdætə əˈbaʊt ðə wərld ðə ˈəðər hæf ðət ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈdəzənt hæv," hi toʊld ðə ˌbibiˈsi. "wi ər ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ənd ˈmæpɪŋ ɪt ˈɪntu ˈstɔri taɪps. wi traɪ tɪ lʊk fər ˈpætərnz." dɪˈtɛkts ˈjuzərz' laɪks ənd ˈɪntərɪsts beɪst ɔn ðɛr ˈpriviəs ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ækˈtɪvɪti ənd baɪ ˈæskɪŋ ðɛm tɪ səˈlɛkt æt list 12 ˈtɑpɪks ər ˈpipəl əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst. ðiz reɪnʤ frəm səˈlɛbrɪtiz ənd ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz tɪ ˈbɪznɪs ˌækwəˈzɪʃənz ənd ˈgæʤəts. ðɛn ðə "ˈlərnɪŋ" ˈælgərˌɪðəmz kɪk ɪn tɪ krɔl ðə ˈrilˌtaɪm wɛb, ənd tərn pleɪn fækts ənd ənˈstrəkʃərd ˈkɑntɛnt ˈɪntu ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛnˈdaʊd wɪθ ˈkɑntɛkst ənd ˈɔrdər. 'game-changer*' ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi, wɪʧ ˈprɑsɛsəz əp tɪ ˈɑrtɪkəlz ə ˈmɪnət, kən dɪˈtɛkt ˈrumərz ənd ˈstɔri ˈdjupləˌkeɪts, ˈəltəmətli ˈstrimɪŋ ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd ˈrɛləvənt ˈnəgəts əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈɪntu nu fidz. gɪts rɪd əv ðə "fləf", sɛd ʤɪm pitkow*, ə ˈtɛknɪkəl ædˈvaɪzər tɪ ðə ˈvɛnʧər. "wi lɪv ɪn ə si əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ɪts ˈrɪli hɑrd tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wət tɪ peɪ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ. "wɪθ ju kən ˈækˌsɛs mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɪθ lɛs ˈɛfərt." ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˈjuzərz ʧuz 12 ˈtɑpɪks ər ˈpipəl tɪ ˈfɑloʊ wɪn ðeɪ sɛt əp ðɛr nuz fid, ðeɪ kən ˈleɪtər æd mɔr ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈəðər æps səʧ ɛz ənd pəls hæv əˈtɛmptəd tɪ blɛnd təˈgɛðər ənd ˈəðər nuz ˈsɔrsəz, wən ˈɪndəstri ˈwɑʧər bɪˈlivz ɪz ə game-changer*. "aɪ ˈhævənt sin ˈɛniˌwən du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ kloʊz," ˈɔrən ˌɛtˌsiˈoʊni, ə sɪˈmæntɪk sərʧ ˈɛkspərt ənd prəˈfɛsər əv kəmˈpjutər saɪəns æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, toʊld ðə ˌbibiˈsi. ɪz ˈtækəlɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli hɑrd ˈprɑbləm. ˈgugəl ənd ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔfts bɪŋ hæv wərkt ɔn ðɪs fər jɪrz." hi sɛd ðət kʊd meɪk ɪt ə ˈteɪˌkoʊvər ˈtərgət wɪθ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈkəmpəˌniz wɪʧ ɔˈrɛdi hæv nuz fidz səʧ ɛz tˈwɪtər, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ˈgugəl ənd ɔl ə pəˈtɛnʃəli gʊd fɪt.
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the 1944 bretton woods international monetary system as it has developed to the present is become, honestly said, the greatest hindrance to world peace and prosperity. now china, increasingly backed by two greatrasian taking decisive steps to create a very viable alternative to the tyranny of the us dollar over the world trade and finance. wall street and washington are not amused, but they are powerless to stop it.
shortly before the end of the second world war, the us government, advised by the major international banks of wall street, drafted what many mistakenly believe was a new gold standard. in truth, it was a dollar standard in which every other member currency of the international monetary fund countries fixed the value of their currency to the dollar. in turn, the us dollar was fixed then to gold at a value equal to of an ounce of gold. at the time washington and wall street could impose such a system as the federal reserve held some 75% of all world monetary gold as a consequence of the war and related developments. bretton woods established the dollar which then became the reserve currency of world trade held by central banks.
death agony of a defective dollar standard
by the end of the with soaring us federal budget deficits from costs of the vietnam war and other foolish spending, the dollar standard began to show its deep structural flaws. a recovered westernrope and japan no longer needed billions of us dollars for financing reconstruction. germany and japan had become world class export economies with higher efficiency than us manufacturing owing to a growing obsolescence of us basic industry from steel to autos and basic infrastructure. washington should then have significantly devalued the dollar against gold in order to correct the growing world trade imbalance. such a dollar devaluation would have boosted us manufacturing export earnings and reduced the trade imbalances. it would have been a huge pus for the real us economy. however for wall street banks it spelled huge losses. so instead, the johnson and then nixon administrations printed more dollars and in effect exported inflation to the world.
the central banks of especially france and germany reacted to the deafness in washington by demanding us federal reserve gold for their us dollar reserves at $35 per s in the bretton woods 1944 agreement. by august 1971 the redemption of gold for inflated us dollars had reached a crisis point where nixon was advised by a senior treasury official, paul volcker, to rip up the bretton woods system.
by 1973 gold was allowed by washington to trade freely and was no longer the backing of a sound us dollar. instead, an engineered oil price shock in october 1973 that sent the dollar price of oil higher by 400% in a matter of months, created what henry kissinger then called the petrodollar.
the world needed oil for the economy. washington, in a 1975 deal with the saudi monarchy, insured that arab opec would refuse to sell one drop of their oil to the world for any currency other than us dollars. the value of the dollar soared against other currencies such as the german mark or japanese yen. wall street banks were awash in petrodollar deposits. the dollar casino was open and running, and the rest of the world was being fleeced by it.
in my book, gods of money: wall street and the death of the american century, i detail how the major new york international banks such as chase, citibank and bank of america used the petrodollars then to recycle arab oil profits to countries in the developing world during the 1970’s, laying the seeds for the so-called third world debt crisis. curiously, it was the same paul volcker, a protégé of david rockefeller and chase manhattan bank, who this time, in october, 1979 as chairman of the fed, triggered the debt crisis by pushing fed interest rates through the roof. he lied and claimed it was to nip inflation. it was to save the dollar and the wall street banks.
today, the dollar is a strange phenomenon to put it mildly. the united states since 1971 has gone from being a premier industrial nation to a giant casino of speculation.
with fed funds interest rates between zero and one percent the past nine in modern major banks of wall street, the ones whose financial malfeasance and murderous greed created the 2007 crisis and its 2008 global financial tsunami, set about to build a new speculative bubble. rather than lend to cities for infrastructure or other productive avenues of the real economy, instead they created another colossal bubble in the stock market. major companies used cheap credit to buy their own stocks back, thereby spurring the stock prices on wall street exchanges, a rise fed by hype and myths about “economic recovery.” the stock index rose by 320% since the end of 2008. i can assure you those paper stock rises are not because the real us economy has grown 320%.
american households earn less in real terms each year over decades. since 1988 median household income has been stagnant amid steadily rising inflation, a declining real income. they must borrow more than ever in history. federal government debt is at an unmanageable $20 trillion with no end in sight. american industry has been closed and production shipped offshore, “outsourced” is thephemism. left behind is a high-debt, rotted out “service economy” where millions work two even three part-time jobs just to keep afloat.
the only factor keeping the dollar from total collapse is the us military and deployment of deceptive ngos around the world to facilitate plundering of the world economy.
so long as washington dirty tricks and wall street machinations were able to create a crisis such as they did in the in 2010 through greece, world trading surplus countries like china, japan and then russia, had no practical alternative but to buy more us government the bulk of their surplus trade dollars. washington and wall street smiled. they could print endless volumes of dollars backed by nothing more valuable than and abrams tanks. china, russia and other dollar bond holders in truth financed the us wars that were aimed at them, by buying us debt. then they had few viable alternative options.
viable alternative emerges
now, ironically, two of the foreign economies that allowed the dollar an artificial life extension beyond and carefully unveiling that most feared alternative, a viable, international currency and potentially, several similar currencies that can displace the unjust hegemonic role of the dollar today.
for several years both the russian federation and the peoples’ republic of china have been buying huge volumes of gold, largely to add to their central bank currency reserves which otherwise are typically in dollars orro currencies. until recently it was not clear quite why.
for several years been known in gold markets that the largest buyers of physical gold were the central banks of china and of russia. what was not so clear was how deep a strategy they had beyond simply creating trust in the currencies amid increasing economic sanctions and bellicose words of trade war out of washington.
now clear why.
china and russia, joined most likely by their major trading partner countries in the (brazil, russia, india, china, south africa), as well as by theirrasian partner countries of the shanghai cooperation organization (sco) are about to complete the working architecture of a new monetary alternative to a dollar world.
currently, in addition to founding members china and russia, the full members include kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, tajikistan, uzbekistan, and most recently india and pakistan. this is a population of well over 3 billion people, some 42% of the entire world population, coming together in a coherent, planned, peaceful economic and political cooperation.
if we add to the member countries the official observer states—afghanistan, belarus, iran and mongolia, states with expressed wish to formally join as full members, a glance at the world map will show the impressive potentials of the emerging. turkey is a formal dialogue partner exploring possible membership application, as are sri lanka, armenia, azerbaijan, cambodia and nepal. this, simply said, is enormous.
bri and a silk road
until recently washington think tanks and the government have sneered at the emergingrasian institutions such as. unlike which is not made up of contiguous countries in a vast land-mass, the group forms a geographic entity calledrasia. when chinese president xi proposed the creation of what then was called the new economic silk road at a meeting in kazakhstan in 2013, few in the west took it seriously. the name officially today is the belt, road initiative (bri). today, the world is beginning to take serious note of thepe of the.
it’s clear that the economic diplomacy of china, as of russia and herrasian economic union group of countries, is very much about realization of advanced high-speed rail, ports, energy infrastructure weaving together a vast new market that, within less than a decade at present pace, will overshadow any economic potentials in the economically stagnant countries of the and north america.
what until now was vitally needed, but not clear, was a strategy to get the nations ofrasia free from the dollar and from their vulnerability to further us treasury sanctions and financial warfare based on their dollar dependence. this is now about to happen.
at the september 5 annual summit in xiamen, china, russian president putin made a simple and very clear statement of the russian view of the present economic world. he stated,
“russia shares the countries’ concerns over the unfairness of the global financial and economic architecture, which does not give due regard to the growing weight of the emerging economies. we are ready to work together with our partners to promote international financial regulation reforms and to overcome the excessive domination of the limited number of reserve currencies.”
to my knowledge he has never been so explicit about currencies. put this in context of the latest financial architecture unveiled by beijing, and it becomes clear the world is about to enjoy new degrees of economic freedom.
china yuan oil futures
according to a report in the japan nikkei asian review, china is about to launch a crude oil futures contract denominated in chinese yuan that will be convertible into gold. this, when coupled with other moves over the past two years by china to become a viable alternative to london and new york to shanghai, becomes really interesting.
china is the largest importer of oil, the vast majority of it still paid in us dollars. if the new yuan oil futures contract gains wide acceptance, it could become the most important crude oil benchmark, given that china is the biggest oil importer. that would challenge the two wall oil benchmark contracts in north sea brent and west texas intermediate oil futures that until now has given wall street huge hidden advantages.
that would be one more huge manipulation lever eliminated by china and its oil partners, including very specially russia. introduction of an oil futures contract traded in shanghai in yuan, which recently gained membership in the select group of currencies, oil futures especially when convertible into gold, could change the geopolitical balance of power dramatically away from the atlantic world torasia.
in april 2016 china made a major move to become the new center for gold exchange and the world center of gold trade, physical gold. china today is the largest gold producer, far ahead of fellow member south africa, with russia number two.
china has now established a vast storage center in the chinese free trade zone next to shenzhen, the city of some 18 million immediately north of hong kong on the pearl river delta. now china is completing construction of a permanent gold vault facility, including a bonded warehouse, trading floor and related offices areas. the hong chinese gold and silver exchange society is in a joint project with icbc, largest state bank and its largest gold importing bank, to create the storage center. it begins to become clear why washington deceptive ngos such as the national endowment for democracy tried, unsuccessfully, to create an color revolution, the umbrella revolution in hong kong in late 2014.
now to add the new oil futures contract traded in china in yuan with the gold backing will lead to a dramatic shift by key opec members, even in the middle east, to prefer yuan for their oil over inflated us dollars that carry a geopolitical risk as qatar experienced following the trump visit to riyadh some months ago. notably, russian state oil giant, rosneft just announced that chinese state oil company, china energy company ltd. just bought a 14% share of rosneft from qatar. all beginning to fit together into a very coherent strategy.
the dollar is in its painful death agony and its patriarchs are in reality denial otherwise known as the trump presidency. meanwhile the saner elements of this world are about building constructive, peaceful alternatives. they are even open to admit washington, under honest rules, to join them. remarkably generous it?
f. william engdahl is strategic risk consultant and lecturer, he holds a degree in politics from princeton university and is a author on oil and geopolitics, exclusively for the online magazine “new eastern outlook.”
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ðə 1944 ˈbrɛtən wʊdz ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈsɪstəm ɛz ɪt həz dɪˈvɛləpt tɪ ðə ˈprɛzənt ɪz bɪˈkəm, ˈɑnəstli sɛd, ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈhɪndrəns tɪ wərld pis ənd prɑˈspɛrəti. naʊ ˈʧaɪnə, ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli bækt baɪ tu greɪt jʊˈreɪʒɪn ˈteɪkɪŋ dɪˈsaɪsɪv stɛps tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈvɛri ˈvaɪəbəl ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ðə ˈtɪrəni əv ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlər ˈoʊvər ðə wərld treɪd ənd ˈfaɪˌnæns. wɔl strit ənd ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ər nɑt əmˈjuzd, bət ðeɪ ər ˈpaʊərləs tɪ stɑp ɪt. ˈʃɔrtli ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈsɛkənd wərld wɔr, ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt, ədˈvaɪzd baɪ ðə ˈmeɪʤər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl bæŋks əv wɔl strit, ˈdræftɪd wət ˈmɛni mɪˈsteɪkənli bɪˈliv wɑz ə nu goʊld ˈstændərd. ɪn truθ, ɪt wɑz ə ˈdɔlər ˈstændərd ɪn wɪʧ ˈɛvəri ˈəðər ˈmɛmbər ˈkərənsi əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmɑnəˌtɛri fənd ˈkəntriz fɪkst ðə ˈvælju əv ðɛr ˈkərənsi tɪ ðə ˈdɔlər. ɪn tərn, ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlər wɑz fɪkst ðɛn tɪ goʊld æt ə ˈvælju ˈikwəl tɪ əv ən aʊns əv goʊld. æt ðə taɪm ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd wɔl strit kʊd ˌɪmˈpoʊz səʧ ə ˈsɪstəm ɛz ðə ˈfɛdərəl rɪˈzərv hɛld səm 75 əv ɔl wərld ˈmɑnəˌtɛri goʊld ɛz ə ˈkɑnsəkwəns əv ðə wɔr ənd rɪˈleɪtɪd dɪˈvɛləpmənts. ˈbrɛtən wʊdz ɪˈstæblɪʃt ðə ˈdɔlər wɪʧ ðɛn bɪˈkeɪm ðə rɪˈzərv ˈkərənsi əv wərld treɪd hɛld baɪ ˈsɛntrəl bæŋks. dɛθ ˈægəni əv ə dɪˈfɛktɪv ˈdɔlər ˈstændərd baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə wɪθ ˈsɔrɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ˈfɛdərəl ˈbəʤɪt ˈdɛfɪsɪts frəm kɔsts əv ðə viˌɛtˈnɑm wɔr ənd ˈəðər ˈfulɪʃ ˈspɛndɪŋ, ðə ˈdɔlər ˈstændərd bɪˈgæn tɪ ʃoʊ ɪts dip ˈstrəkʧərəl flɔz. ə rɪˈkəvərd ˈwɛstərn ˈjʊrəp ənd ʤəˈpæn noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈnidɪd ˈbɪljənz əv ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlərz fər fɪˈnænsɪŋ ˌrikənˈstrəkʃən. ˈʤərməni ənd ʤəˈpæn hæd bɪˈkəm wərld klæs ˈɛkspɔrt ɪˈkɑnəmiz wɪθ haɪər ɪˈfɪʃənsi ðən ˈjuˈɛs ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ oʊɪŋ tɪ ə groʊɪŋ ˌɑbsəˈlɛsəns əv ˈjuˈɛs ˈbeɪsɪk ˈɪndəstri frəm stil tɪ ˈɔtoʊz ənd ˈbeɪsɪk ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ʃʊd ðɛn hæv sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli dɪˈvæˌljud ðə ˈdɔlər əˈgɛnst goʊld ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ kərˈɛkt ðə groʊɪŋ wərld treɪd ɪmˈbæləns. səʧ ə ˈdɔlər ˌdivæljuˈeɪʃən wʊd hæv ˈbustɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˈɛkspɔrt ˈərnɪŋz ənd rɪˈdust ðə treɪd ɪmˈbælənsɪz. ɪt wʊd hæv bɪn ə juʤ pəs fər ðə ril ˈjuˈɛs ɪˈkɑnəmi. ˌhaʊˈɛvər fər wɔl strit bæŋks ɪt spɛld juʤ ˈlɔsɪz. soʊ ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðə ˈʤɑnsən ənd ðɛn ˈnɪksən ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃənz ˈprɪnɪd mɔr ˈdɔlərz ənd ɪn ˈifɛkt ɪkˈspɔrtəd ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən tɪ ðə wərld. ðə ˈsɛntrəl bæŋks əv əˈspɛʃəli fræns ənd ˈʤərməni riˈæktɪd tɪ ðə ˈdɛfnəs ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən baɪ dɪˈmændɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ˈfɛdərəl rɪˈzərv goʊld fər ðɛr ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlər rɪˈzərvz æt 35 pər ɛs ɪn ðə ˈbrɛtən wʊdz 1944 əˈgrimənt. baɪ ˈɔgəst 1971 ðə rɪˈdɛmʃən əv goʊld fər ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlərz hæd riʧt ə ˈkraɪsəs pɔɪnt wɛr ˈnɪksən wɑz ədˈvaɪzd baɪ ə ˈsinjər ˈtrɛʒəri əˈfɪʃəl, pɔl ˈvoʊlkər, tɪ rɪp əp ðə ˈbrɛtən wʊdz ˈsɪstəm. baɪ 1973 goʊld wɑz əˈlaʊd baɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən tɪ treɪd ˈfrili ənd wɑz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ðə ˈbækɪŋ əv ə saʊnd ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlər. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ən ˌɛnʤəˈnird ɔɪl praɪs ʃɑk ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 1973 ðət sɛnt ðə ˈdɔlər praɪs əv ɔɪl haɪər baɪ 400 ɪn ə ˈmætər əv mənθs, kriˈeɪtɪd wət ˈhɛnri ˈkɪsɪnʤər ðɛn kɔld ðə ˈpɛtroʊˌdɑlər. ðə wərld ˈnidɪd ɔɪl fər ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ɪn ə 1975 dil wɪθ ðə ˈsɔdi ˈmɑnɑrki, ˌɪnˈʃʊrd ðət ˈærəb ˈoʊˌpɛk wʊd ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ sɛl wən drɔp əv ðɛr ɔɪl tɪ ðə wərld fər ˈɛni ˈkərənsi ˈəðər ðən ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlərz. ðə ˈvælju əv ðə ˈdɔlər sɔrd əˈgɛnst ˈəðər ˈkərənsiz səʧ ɛz ðə ˈʤərmən mɑrk ər ˌʤæpəˈniz jɛn. wɔl strit bæŋks wər əˈwɑʃ ɪn ˈpɛtroʊˌdɑlər dɪˈpɑzəts. ðə ˈdɔlər kəˈsinoʊ wɑz ˈoʊpən ənd ˈrənɪŋ, ənd ðə rɛst əv ðə wərld wɑz biɪŋ flist baɪ ɪt. ɪn maɪ bʊk, gɑdz əv ˈməni: wɔl strit ənd ðə dɛθ əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɛnʧəri, aɪ ˈditeɪl haʊ ðə ˈmeɪʤər nu jɔrk ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl bæŋks səʧ ɛz ʧeɪs, ˈsɪtiˌbæŋk ənd bæŋk əv əˈmɛrɪkə juzd ðə ˈpɛtroʊˌdɑlərz ðɛn tɪ riˈsaɪkəl ˈærəb ɔɪl ˈprɑfɪts tɪ ˈkəntriz ɪn ðə dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ wərld ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 1970’s*, leɪɪŋ ðə sidz fər ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld θərd wərld dɛt ˈkraɪsəs. ˈkjʊriəsli, ɪt wɑz ðə seɪm pɔl ˈvoʊlkər, ə protégé*é əv ˈdeɪvɪd ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər ənd ʧeɪs mænˈhætən bæŋk, hu ðɪs taɪm, ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər, 1979 ɛz ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə fɛd, ˈtrɪgərd ðə dɛt ˈkraɪsəs baɪ ˈpʊʃɪŋ fɛd ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts θru ðə rʊf. hi laɪd ənd kleɪmd ɪt wɑz tɪ nɪp ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən. ɪt wɑz tɪ seɪv ðə ˈdɔlər ənd ðə wɔl strit bæŋks. təˈdeɪ, ðə ˈdɔlər ɪz ə streɪnʤ fəˈnɑməˌnɑn tɪ pʊt ɪt ˈmaɪldli. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts sɪns 1971 həz gɔn frəm biɪŋ ə prɛˈmɪr ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈneɪʃən tɪ ə ʤaɪənt kəˈsinoʊ əv ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən. wɪθ fɛd fəndz ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts bɪtˈwin ˈziroʊ ənd wən pərˈsɛnt ðə pæst naɪn ɪn ˈmɑdərn ˈmeɪʤər bæŋks əv wɔl strit, ðə wənz huz ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌmælˈfizəns ənd ˈmərdərəs grid kriˈeɪtɪd ðə 2007 ˈkraɪsəs ənd ɪts 2008 ˈgloʊbəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl tsuˈnɑmi, sɛt əˈbaʊt tɪ bɪld ə nu ˈspɛkjələtɪv ˈbəbəl. ˈrəðər ðən lɛnd tɪ ˈsɪtiz fər ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ər ˈəðər pərˈdəktɪv ˈævəˌnuz əv ðə ril ɪˈkɑnəmi, ˌɪnˈstɛd ðeɪ kriˈeɪtɪd əˈnəðər kəˈlɑsəl ˈbəbəl ɪn ðə stɑk ˈmɑrkɪt. ˈmeɪʤər ˈkəmpəˌniz juzd ʧip ˈkrɛdɪt tɪ baɪ ðɛr oʊn stɑks bæk, ˈðɛrˈbaɪ spərɪŋ ðə stɑk ˈpraɪsɪz ɔn wɔl strit ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ə raɪz fɛd baɪ haɪp ənd mɪθs əˈbaʊt recovery.”*.” ðə stɑk ˈɪndɛks roʊz baɪ 320 sɪns ðə ɛnd əv 2008 aɪ kən əˈʃʊr ju ðoʊz ˈpeɪpər stɑk ˈraɪzɪz ər nɑt bɪˈkəz ðə ril ˈjuˈɛs ɪˈkɑnəmi həz groʊn 320 əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz ərn lɛs ɪn ril tərmz iʧ jɪr ˈoʊvər ˈdɛkeɪdz. sɪns 1988 ˈmidiən ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈɪnˌkəm həz bɪn ˈstægnənt əˈmɪd ˈstɛdəli ˈraɪzɪŋ ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən, ə dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ ril ˈɪnˌkəm. ðeɪ məst ˈbɑˌroʊ mɔr ðən ˈɛvər ɪn ˈhɪstəri. ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt dɛt ɪz æt ən ənˈmænɪʤəbəl 20 ˈtrɪljən wɪθ noʊ ɛnd ɪn saɪt. əˈmɛrɪkən ˈɪndəstri həz bɪn kloʊzd ənd pərˈdəkʃən ʃɪpt ˈɔfˈʃɔr, ““outsourced”*” ɪz ðə ˈjufəˌmɪzəm. lɛft bɪˈhaɪnd ɪz ə high-debt*, ˈrɑtɪd aʊt economy”*” wɛr ˈmɪljənz wərk tu ˈivɪn θri ˈpɑrtˈtaɪm ʤɑbz ʤɪst tɪ kip əˈfloʊt. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈfæktər ˈkipɪŋ ðə ˈdɔlər frəm ˈtoʊtəl kəˈlæps ɪz ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ənd dɪˈplɔɪmənt əv dɪˈsɛptɪv ɛŋˈgoʊz əraʊnd ðə wərld tɪ fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ˈpləndərɪŋ əv ðə wərld ɪˈkɑnəmi. soʊ lɔŋ ɛz ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈdərti trɪks ənd wɔl strit ˌmæʃəˈneɪʃənz wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈkraɪsəs səʧ ɛz ðeɪ dɪd ɪn ðə ɪn 2010 θru gris, wərld ˈtreɪdɪŋ ˈsərpləs ˈkəntriz laɪk ˈʧaɪnə, ʤəˈpæn ənd ðɛn ˈrəʃə, hæd noʊ ˈpræktɪkəl ɔlˈtərnətɪv bət tɪ baɪ mɔr ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt ðə bəlk əv ðɛr ˈsərpləs treɪd ˈdɔlərz. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd wɔl strit smaɪld. ðeɪ kʊd prɪnt ˈɛndləs ˈvɑljumz əv ˈdɔlərz bækt baɪ ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ˈvæljəbəl ðən ənd ˈeɪbrəmz tæŋks. ˈʧaɪnə, ˈrəʃə ənd ˈəðər ˈdɔlər bɑnd ˈhoʊldərz ɪn truθ ˈfaɪˌnænst ðə ˈjuˈɛs wɔrz ðət wər eɪmd æt ðɛm, baɪ baɪɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs dɛt. ðɛn ðeɪ hæd fju ˈvaɪəbəl ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈɔpʃənz. ˈvaɪəbəl ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈimərʤɪz naʊ, aɪˈrɑnɪkli, tu əv ðə ˈfɔrən ɪˈkɑnəmiz ðət əˈlaʊd ðə ˈdɔlər ən ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl laɪf ɪkˈstɛnʃən bɪɔnd ənd ˈkɛrfəli ənˈveɪlɪŋ ðət moʊst fɪrd ɔlˈtərnətɪv, ə ˈvaɪəbəl, ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkərənsi ənd pəˈtɛnʃəli, ˈsɛvərəl ˈsɪmələr ˈkərənsiz ðət kən dɪˈspleɪs ðə ənˈʤəst ˌhɛgəˈmɑnɪk roʊl əv ðə ˈdɔlər təˈdeɪ. fər ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz boʊθ ðə ˈrəʃən ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ənd ðə peoples’*’ riˈpəblɪk əv ˈʧaɪnə hæv bɪn baɪɪŋ juʤ ˈvɑljumz əv goʊld, ˈlɑrʤli tɪ æd tɪ ðɛr ˈsɛntrəl bæŋk ˈkərənsi rɪˈzərvz wɪʧ ˈəðərˌwaɪz ər ˈtɪpɪkəli ɪn ˈdɔlərz ər ˈjʊrə ˈkərənsiz. ənˈtɪl ˈrisəntli ɪt wɑz nɑt klɪr kwaɪt waɪ. fər ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz bɪn noʊn ɪn goʊld ˈmɑrkɪts ðət ðə ˈlɑrʤəst baɪərz əv ˈfɪzɪkəl goʊld wər ðə ˈsɛntrəl bæŋks əv ˈʧaɪnə ənd əv ˈrəʃə. wət wɑz nɑt soʊ klɪr wɑz haʊ dip ə ˈstrætəʤi ðeɪ hæd bɪɔnd ˈsɪmpli kriˈeɪtɪŋ trəst ɪn ðə ˈkərənsiz əˈmɪd ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈsæŋkʃənz ənd ˈbɛləˌkoʊs wərdz əv treɪd wɔr aʊt əv ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. naʊ klɪr waɪ. ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˈrəʃə, ʤɔɪnd moʊst ˈlaɪkli baɪ ðɛr ˈmeɪʤər ˈtreɪdɪŋ ˈpɑrtnər ˈkəntriz ɪn ðə (brəˈzɪl, ˈrəʃə, ˈɪndiə, ˈʧaɪnə, saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ), ɛz wɛl ɛz baɪ ðɛr jʊˈreɪʒɪn ˈpɑrtnər ˈkəntriz əv ðə ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən (sco*) ər əˈbaʊt tɪ kəmˈplit ðə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər əv ə nu ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ə ˈdɔlər wərld. ˈkərəntli, ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˈrəʃə, ðə fʊl ˈmɛmbərz ˌɪnˈklud ˌkɑzɑkˈstɑn, ˌkɪrˈgiˌstɑn, ˌtɑˈʤikɪˌstæn, uzˈbɛkɪˌstæn, ənd moʊst ˈrisəntli ˈɪndiə ənd ˈpækɪˌstæn. ðɪs ɪz ə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv wɛl ˈoʊvər 3 ˈbɪljən ˈpipəl, səm 42 əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər wərld ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən, ˈkəmɪŋ təˈgɛðər ɪn ə koʊˈhɪrənt, plænd, ˈpisfəl ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən. ɪf wi æd tɪ ðə ˈmɛmbər ˈkəntriz ðə əˈfɪʃəl əbˈzərvər states—afghanistan*, ˌbɛlɑˈrʊs, ˌɪˈrɑn ənd mɑŋˈgoʊljə, steɪts wɪθ ɪkˈsprɛst wɪʃ tɪ ˈfɔrməli ʤɔɪn ɛz fʊl ˈmɛmbərz, ə glæns æt ðə wərld mæp wɪl ʃoʊ ðə ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv pəˈtɛnʃəlz əv ðə ˈimərʤɪŋ. ˈtərki ɪz ə ˈfɔrməl ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ˈpɑrtnər ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ˈpɑsəbəl ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən, ɛz ər ˈɛˈsɑˈraɪ ˈlæŋkə, ɑrˈminiə, ˌɑzərbaɪˈʤɑn, ˌkæmˈboʊdiə ənd nəˈpɔl. ðɪs, ˈsɪmpli sɛd, ɪz ɪˈnɔrmɪs. ənd ə sɪlk roʊd ənˈtɪl ˈrisəntli ˈwɔʃɪŋtən θɪŋk tæŋks ənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt hæv snɪrd æt ðə ˈimərʤɪŋ jʊˈreɪʒɪn ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz səʧ ɛz. ənˈlaɪk wɪʧ ɪz nɑt meɪd əp əv kənˈtɪgjuəs ˈkəntriz ɪn ə væst land-mass*, ðə grup fɔrmz ə ˌʤiəˈgræfɪk ˈɛntɪti kɔld jʊˈreɪʒə. wɪn ʧaɪˈniz ˈprɛzɪdənt ʃi prəˈpoʊzd ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv wət ðɛn wɑz kɔld ðə nu ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk sɪlk roʊd æt ə ˈmitɪŋ ɪn ˌkɑzɑkˈstɑn ɪn 2013 fju ɪn ðə wɛst tʊk ɪt ˈsɪriəsli. ðə neɪm əˈfɪʃəli təˈdeɪ ɪz ðə bɛlt, roʊd ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv (bri*). təˈdeɪ, ðə wərld ɪz bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ teɪk ˈsɪriəs noʊt əv ðə skoʊp əv ðə. klɪr ðət ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈploʊməsi əv ˈʧaɪnə, ɛz əv ˈrəʃə ənd hər jʊˈreɪʒɪn ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈjunjən grup əv ˈkəntriz, ɪz ˈvɛri məʧ əˈbaʊt ˈriləˈzeɪʃən əv ədˈvænst ˈhaɪˌspid reɪl, pɔrts, ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˈwivɪŋ təˈgɛðər ə væst nu ˈmɑrkɪt ðət, wɪˈθɪn lɛs ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd æt ˈprɛzənt peɪs, wɪl ˈoʊvərˈʃædoʊ ˈɛni ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk pəˈtɛnʃəlz ɪn ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ˈstægnənt ˈkəntriz əv ðə ənd nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə. wət ənˈtɪl naʊ wɑz ˈvaɪtəli ˈnidɪd, bət nɑt klɪr, wɑz ə ˈstrætəʤi tɪ gɪt ðə ˈneɪʃənz əv jʊˈreɪʒə fri frəm ðə ˈdɔlər ənd frəm ðɛr ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti tɪ ˈfərðər ˈjuˈɛs ˈtrɛʒəri ˈsæŋkʃənz ənd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈwɔrˌfɛr beɪst ɔn ðɛr ˈdɔlər dɪˈpɛndəns. ðɪs ɪz naʊ əˈbaʊt tɪ ˈhæpən. æt ðə sɛpˈtɛmbər 5 ˈænjuəl ˈsəmɪt ɪn ziˈeɪmən, ˈʧaɪnə, ˈrəʃən ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈputɪn meɪd ə ˈsɪmpəl ənd ˈvɛri klɪr ˈsteɪtmənt əv ðə ˈrəʃən vju əv ðə ˈprɛzənt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk wərld. hi ˈsteɪtɪd, ʃɛrz ðə countries’*’ kənˈsərnz ˈoʊvər ðə ənˈfɛrnəs əv ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər, wɪʧ dɪz nɑt gɪv du rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ðə groʊɪŋ weɪt əv ðə ˈimərʤɪŋ ɪˈkɑnəmiz. wi ər ˈrɛdi tɪ wərk təˈgɛðər wɪθ ɑr ˈpɑrtnərz tɪ prəˈmoʊt ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən rɪˈfɔrmz ənd tɪ ˈoʊvərˌkəm ðə ɪkˈsɛsɪv ˌdɑməˈneɪʃən əv ðə ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈnəmbər əv rɪˈzərv currencies.”*.” tɪ maɪ ˈnɑlɪʤ hi həz ˈnɛvər bɪn soʊ ɪkˈsplɪsət əˈbaʊt ˈkərənsiz. pʊt ðɪs ɪn ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðə ˈleɪtəst ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər ənˈveɪld baɪ ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ, ənd ɪt bɪˈkəmz klɪr ðə wərld ɪz əˈbaʊt tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ nu dɪˈgriz əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈfridəm. ˈʧaɪnə juɑn ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt ɪn ðə ʤəˈpæn ˈniˌkeɪ ˈeɪʒən ˌrivˈju, ˈʧaɪnə ɪz əˈbaʊt tɪ lɔnʧ ə krud ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz ˈkɑnˌtrækt dɪˈnɑməˌneɪtɪd ɪn ʧaɪˈniz juɑn ðət wɪl bi kənˈvərtəbəl ˈɪntu goʊld. ðɪs, wɪn ˈkəpəld wɪθ ˈəðər muvz ˈoʊvər ðə pæst tu jɪrz baɪ ˈʧaɪnə tɪ bɪˈkəm ə ˈvaɪəbəl ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ˈləndən ənd nu jɔrk tɪ ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ, bɪˈkəmz ˈrɪli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˌɪmˈpɔrtər əv ɔɪl, ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ɪt stɪl peɪd ɪn ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlərz. ɪf ðə nu juɑn ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz ˈkɑnˌtrækt geɪnz waɪd əkˈsɛptəns, ɪt kʊd bɪˈkəm ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt krud ɔɪl ˈbɛnʧˌmɑrk, ˈgɪvɪn ðət ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ðə ˈbɪgəst ɔɪl ˌɪmˈpɔrtər. ðət wʊd ˈʧælənʤ ðə tu wɔl ɔɪl ˈbɛnʧˌmɑrk ˈkɑnˌtrækts ɪn nɔrθ si brɛnt ənd wɛst ˈtɛksəs ˌɪnərˈmidiɪt ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz ðət ənˈtɪl naʊ həz ˈgɪvɪn wɔl strit juʤ ˈhɪdən ædˈvæntɪʤɪz. ðət wʊd bi wən mɔr juʤ məˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃən ˈlɛvər ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd baɪ ˈʧaɪnə ənd ɪts ɔɪl ˈpɑrtnərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈvɛri ˈspɛʃəli ˈrəʃə. ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ən ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˈtreɪdɪd ɪn ˈʃæŋˈhaɪ ɪn juɑn, wɪʧ ˈrisəntli geɪnd ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ɪn ðə səˈlɛkt grup əv ˈkərənsiz, ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz əˈspɛʃəli wɪn kənˈvərtəbəl ˈɪntu goʊld, kʊd ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˌʤioʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈbæləns əv paʊər drəˈmætɪkəli əˈweɪ frəm ðə əˈtlæntɪk wərld tɪ jʊˈreɪʒə. ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2016 ˈʧaɪnə meɪd ə ˈmeɪʤər muv tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə nu ˈsɛnər fər goʊld ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ənd ðə wərld ˈsɛnər əv goʊld treɪd, ˈfɪzɪkəl goʊld. ˈʧaɪnə təˈdeɪ ɪz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst goʊld prəˈdusər, fɑr əˈhɛd əv ˈfɛloʊ ˈmɛmbər saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ, wɪθ ˈrəʃə ˈnəmbər tu. ˈʧaɪnə həz naʊ ɪˈstæblɪʃt ə væst ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈsɛnər ɪn ðə ʧaɪˈniz fri treɪd zoʊn nɛkst tɪ ˈʃɛnˌʒɛn, ðə ˈsɪti əv səm 18 ˈmɪljən ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli nɔrθ əv hɔŋ kɔŋg ɔn ðə pərl ˈrɪvər ˈdɛltə. naʊ ˈʧaɪnə ɪz kəmˈplitɪŋ kənˈstrəkʃən əv ə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt goʊld vɔlt fəˈsɪlɪti, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈbɑndɪd ˈwɛˌrhaʊs, ˈtreɪdɪŋ flɔr ənd rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈɔfəsɪz ˈɛriəz. ðə hɔŋ ʧaɪˈniz goʊld ənd ˈsɪlvər ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ soʊˈsaɪɪti ɪz ɪn ə ʤɔɪnt ˈprɑʤɛkt wɪθ icbc*, ˈlɑrʤəst steɪt bæŋk ənd ɪts ˈlɑrʤəst goʊld ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪŋ bæŋk, tɪ kriˈeɪt ðə ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈsɛnər. ɪt bɪˈgɪnz tɪ bɪˈkəm klɪr waɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən dɪˈsɛptɪv ɛŋˈgoʊz səʧ ɛz ðə ˈnæʃənəl ɛnˈdaʊmənt fər dɪˈmɑkrəsi traɪd, ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəli, tɪ kriˈeɪt ən ˈkələr ˌrɛvəˈluʃən, ðə ˈəmˌbrɛlə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən ɪn hɔŋ kɔŋg ɪn leɪt 2014 naʊ tɪ æd ðə nu ɔɪl fˈjuʧərz ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˈtreɪdɪd ɪn ˈʧaɪnə ɪn juɑn wɪθ ðə goʊld ˈbækɪŋ wɪl lɛd tɪ ə drəˈmætɪk ʃɪft baɪ ki ˈoʊˌpɛk ˈmɛmbərz, ˈivɪn ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist, tɪ prɪˈfər juɑn fər ðɛr ɔɪl ˈoʊvər ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɔlərz ðət ˈkɛri ə ˌʤioʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl rɪsk ɛz ˌkəˈtɑr ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə trəmp ˈvɪzɪt tɪ riɑd səm mənθs əˈgoʊ. ˈnoʊtəbli, ˈrəʃən steɪt ɔɪl ʤaɪənt, ˈrɑznɪft ʤɪst əˈnaʊnst ðət ʧaɪˈniz steɪt ɔɪl ˈkəmpəˌni, ˈʧaɪnə ˈɛnərʤi ˈkəmpəˌni ˈɛlˈtiˈdi. ʤɪst bɔt ə 14 ʃɛr əv ˈrɑznɪft frəm ˌkəˈtɑr. ɔl bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ fɪt təˈgɛðər ˈɪntu ə ˈvɛri koʊˈhɪrənt ˈstrætəʤi. ðə ˈdɔlər ɪz ɪn ɪts ˈpeɪnfəl dɛθ ˈægəni ənd ɪts ˈpeɪtriˌɑrks ər ɪn ˌriˈæləˌti dɪˈnaɪəl ˈəðərˌwaɪz noʊn ɛz ðə trəmp ˈprɛzɪdənsi. ˈminˌwaɪl ðə ˈseɪnər ˈɛləmənts əv ðɪs wərld ər əˈbaʊt ˈbɪldɪŋ kənˈstrəktɪv, ˈpisfəl ɔlˈtərnətɪvz. ðeɪ ər ˈivɪn ˈoʊpən tɪ ədˈmɪt ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˈəndər ˈɑnəst rulz, tɪ ʤɔɪn ðɛm. rɪˈmɑrkəbli ˈʤɛnərəs ɪt? ɛf. ˈwɪljəm ˈɛŋdɑl ɪz strəˈtiʤɪk rɪsk kənˈsəltənt ənd ˈlɛkʧərər, hi hoʊldz ə dɪˈgri ɪn ˈpɑləˌtɪks frəm ˈprɪnstən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ənd ɪz ə ˈɔθər ɔn ɔɪl ənd ˌʤioʊˈpɑlətɪks, ɪkˈsklusɪvli fər ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈmægəˌzin ˈistərn outlook.”*.” ˈfiʧərd ˈɪmɪʤ ɪz frəm ðə ˈɔθər.
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rio rancho the sandoval county office is investigating the death of a man in rio rancho that is being called suspicious and appears to be a homicide.
sheriff’s officials say deputies say deputies were called wednesday afternoon to investigate an unattended death.
deputies say they found matthew senter lying near his vehicle unresponsive.
they say senter had an argument with his girlfriend the previous evening and left the residence.
he walked alone to his vehicle that was parked in a vacant lot that is owned by his friend.
senter was found dead the following afternoon by his friends.
sheriff’s officials are trying to determine the cause and manner of death.
senter’s body appears to have been found along or near a dirt road north of southern boulevard in rio rancho, where large, newer adobe homes have been built.
neighbors described the neighborhood as quiet and said they rarely see police activity. one neighbor said he was unaware that the body had been found nearby.
rio rancho police and the new mexico state police crime scene unit are assisting in the homicide investigation.
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ˈrioʊ ˈrænʧoʊ ðə ˈsænˌdoʊvəl ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs ɪz ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ ðə dɛθ əv ə mæn ɪn ˈrioʊ ˈrænʧoʊ ðət ɪz biɪŋ kɔld səˈspɪʃəs ənd əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ə ˈhɑməˌsaɪd. əˈfɪʃəlz seɪ ˈdɛpjətiz seɪ ˈdɛpjətiz wər kɔld ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ən ənəˈtɛndɪd dɛθ. ˈdɛpjətiz seɪ ðeɪ faʊnd ˈmæθju ˈsɛntər laɪɪŋ nɪr hɪz ˈviɪkəl ˌənriˈspɑnsɪv. ðeɪ seɪ ˈsɛntər hæd ən ˈɑrgjəmənt wɪθ hɪz ˈgərlˌfrɛnd ðə ˈpriviəs ˈivnɪŋ ənd lɛft ðə ˈrɛzɪdəns. hi wɔkt əˈloʊn tɪ hɪz ˈviɪkəl ðət wɑz pɑrkt ɪn ə ˈveɪkənt lɔt ðət ɪz oʊnd baɪ hɪz frɛnd. ˈsɛntər wɑz faʊnd dɛd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˌæftərˈnun baɪ hɪz frɛndz. əˈfɪʃəlz ər traɪɪŋ tɪ dɪˈtərmən ðə kɔz ənd ˈmænər əv dɛθ. ˈbɑdi əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv bɪn faʊnd əˈlɔŋ ər nɪr ə dərt roʊd nɔrθ əv ˈsəðərn ˈbʊləˌvɑrd ɪn ˈrioʊ ˈrænʧoʊ, wɛr lɑrʤ, nuər əˈdoʊbi hoʊmz hæv bɪn bɪlt. ˈneɪbərz dɪˈskraɪbd ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ɛz kwaɪət ənd sɛd ðeɪ ˈrɛrli si pəˈlis ækˈtɪvɪti. wən ˈneɪbər sɛd hi wɑz ˌənəˈwɛr ðət ðə ˈbɑdi hæd bɪn faʊnd ˈnɪrˈbaɪ. ˈrioʊ ˈrænʧoʊ pəˈlis ənd ðə nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ steɪt pəˈlis kraɪm sin ˈjunɪt ər əˈsɪstɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən.
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i started off with a base of my vampire is buff. this is a beautiful white. i love the way this polish looks and its a good alternative from stark white.
using acrylic paints and a tiny paint brush i this plaid look. about halfway through i decided trying to freehand a geometric look was not the best decision i've ever made. however, i rather like what i ended up with, so i'm calling it a success.
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enjoy & until next time, amy lee
*all products featured in this post were purchased by me enjoy & until next time, amy lee
the lacquer ring is back for its final prompt in july. jessica of once upon a polish picked geometric for our art theme this month. i really wanted to free hand a design this time around since my failed in june.
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aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ɔf wɪθ ə beɪs əv maɪ ˈvæmpaɪr ɪz bəf. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈbjutəfəl waɪt. aɪ ləv ðə weɪ ðɪs ˈpɑlɪʃ lʊks ənd ɪts ə gʊd ɔlˈtərnətɪv frəm stɑrk waɪt. ˈjuzɪŋ əˈkrɪlɪk peɪnts ənd ə ˈtaɪni peɪnt brəʃ aɪ ðɪs plæd lʊk. əˈbaʊt ˈhæfˈweɪ θru aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfriˌhænd ə ˌʤiəˈmɛtrɪk lʊk wɑz nɑt ðə bɛst dɪˈsɪʒən aɪv ˈɛvər meɪd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ ˈrəðər laɪk wət aɪ ˈɛndɪd əp wɪθ, soʊ əm ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪt ə səkˈsɛs. ən ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ənˈtɪl nɛkst taɪm, ˈeɪmi li *ɔl ˈprɑdəkts ˈfiʧərd ɪn ðɪs poʊst wər ˈpərʧəst baɪ mi ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ənˈtɪl nɛkst taɪm, ˈeɪmi li ðə ˈlækər rɪŋ ɪz bæk fər ɪts ˈfaɪnəl prɑmpt ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ. ˈʤɛsɪkə əv wəns əˈpɑn ə ˈpɑlɪʃ pɪkt ˌʤiəˈmɛtrɪk fər ɑr ɑrt θim ðɪs mənθ. aɪ ˈrɪli ˈwɔntɪd tɪ fri hænd ə dɪˈzaɪn ðɪs taɪm əraʊnd sɪns maɪ feɪld ɪn ʤun.
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season of mist has announced the signing of legendary death metal band hate eternal.
helmed by founder, guitarist and vocalist, primary songwriter as well as acclaimed producer erik rutan, hate eternal has been one of the leading death metal acts worldwide for over eighteen years. the band's five albums are considered crucial genre touchstones, and hate eternal is a proven headliner across five continents.
erik rutan and j.j. are currently holed up in the mana recording studio (cannibal corpse, mountain goats, goatwhore) and hard at work at the new hate eternal album, which is tentatively scheduled for early 2015.
regarding the recording and the signing, rutan comments: "we are ecstatic about how the recording for our new album has been coming out so far, and our new label and home season of mist.
"we've worked very hard on crafting these songs to reflect our path, from our past to the present, and the journey of hate eternal and its members.
"writing this album was a long and arduous process. it took a tremendous amount of determination, blood, and sweat to bring this all to fruition.
"we're super proud of what we've accomplished creatively, and excited at the prospect of releasing what we feel is our most powerful hate eternal material to date."
rutan continues, "now it is time to bring this all to life!
"the recording process so far has been fantastic. i've never felt so focused and determined on a hate eternal record, and i know that this will be an album our listeners and supporters will truly appreciate. it represents an important milestone for me personally since 15 years ago both hate eternal began recording its first album and mana recording studios was born.
"we have so much more news to share with you over the coming months.
"we cannot wait for you to hear this album!"
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ˈsizən əv mɪst həz əˈnaʊnst ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋ əv ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri dɛθ ˈmɛtəl bænd heɪt ɪˈtərnəl. baɪ ˈfaʊndər, ˌgɪˈtɑrɪst ənd ˈvoʊkəlɪst, ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈsɔŋˌraɪtər ɛz wɛl ɛz əˈkleɪmd prəˈdusər ˈɛrɪk ˈrutən, heɪt ɪˈtərnəl həz bɪn wən əv ðə ˈlidɪŋ dɛθ ˈmɛtəl ækts ˈwərldˈwaɪd fər ˈoʊvər ˈeɪˈtin jɪrz. ðə bændz faɪv ˈælbəmz ər kənˈsɪdərd ˈkruʃəl ˈʒɑnrə touchstones*, ənd heɪt ɪˈtərnəl ɪz ə ˈpruvən ˈhɛˌdlaɪnər əˈkrɔs faɪv ˈkɑntənənts. ˈɛrɪk ˈrutən ənd j.j*. ər ˈkərəntli hoʊld əp ɪn ðə ˈmɑnə rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈstudiˌoʊ (ˈkænəbəl kɔrps, ˈmaʊntən goʊts, goatwhore*) ənd hɑrd æt wərk æt ðə nu heɪt ɪˈtərnəl ˈælbəm, wɪʧ ɪz ˈtɛntətɪvli ˈskɛʤʊld fər ˈərli 2015 rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ənd ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋ, ˈrutən ˈkɑmɛnts: "wi ər ɛkˈstætɪk əˈbaʊt haʊ ðə rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ fər ɑr nu ˈælbəm həz bɪn ˈkəmɪŋ aʊt soʊ fɑr, ənd ɑr nu ˈleɪbəl ənd hoʊm ˈsizən əv mɪst. "wiv wərkt ˈvɛri hɑrd ɔn ˈkræftɪŋ ðiz sɔŋz tɪ rɪˈflɛkt ɑr pæθ, frəm ɑr pæst tɪ ðə ˈprɛzənt, ənd ðə ˈʤərni əv heɪt ɪˈtərnəl ənd ɪts ˈmɛmbərz. "ˈraɪtɪŋ ðɪs ˈælbəm wɑz ə lɔŋ ənd ˈɑrʤuəs ˈprɔˌsɛs. ɪt tʊk ə trɪˈmɛndəs əˈmaʊnt əv dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən, bləd, ənd swɛt tɪ brɪŋ ðɪs ɔl tɪ fruˈɪʃən. "wɪr ˈsupər praʊd əv wət wiv əˈkɑmplɪʃt kriˈeɪtɪvli, ənd ɪkˈsaɪtɪd æt ðə ˈprɑspɛkt əv riˈlisɪŋ wət wi fil ɪz ɑr moʊst ˈpaʊərfəl heɪt ɪˈtərnəl məˈtɪriəl tɪ deɪt." ˈrutən kənˈtɪnjuz, "naʊ ɪt ɪz taɪm tɪ brɪŋ ðɪs ɔl tɪ laɪf! "ðə rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs soʊ fɑr həz bɪn fænˈtæstɪk. aɪv ˈnɛvər fɛlt soʊ ˈfoʊkɪst ənd dɪˈtərmənd ɔn ə heɪt ɪˈtərnəl ˈrɛkərd, ənd aɪ noʊ ðət ðɪs wɪl bi ən ˈælbəm ɑr ˈlɪsənərz ənd səˈpɔrtərz wɪl ˈtruli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt. ɪt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn fər mi ˈpərsənəli sɪns 15 jɪrz əˈgoʊ boʊθ heɪt ɪˈtərnəl bɪˈgæn rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ɪts fərst ˈælbəm ənd ˈmɑnə rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈstudiˌoʊz wɑz bɔrn. "wi hæv soʊ məʧ mɔr nuz tɪ ʃɛr wɪθ ju ˈoʊvər ðə ˈkəmɪŋ mənθs. "wi ˈkænɑt weɪt fər ju tɪ hir ðɪs ˈælbəm!"
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ms. mantel was among almost 300 cultural figures actors and writers among them who signed a public letter last month urging a vote to remain part of the european union. “what kind of nation do we want to be?” the letter asked. “are we and open to working with others to achieve more? or do we close ourselves off from our friends and neighbors at a time of increasing global uncertainty?”
the goes beyond that. over centuries, england, and then britain, has the global stage as an imperial overlord whose people sometimes seem more comfortable in the guise of underdogs. the national psyche rests on a history of invasion, submission, conquest and from the romans and the through the and on to dynasties entwined with the royal houses of europe.
in more recent years, waves of immigration jamaicans in the 1950s, then pakistanis, indians and other asians in the have reshaped the demographics. christianity, prevalent in day, is professed by less than half the population. the loss of an empire and the rise of a complex, interconnected global economy has rekindled the notion that, in times of flux, the english define themselves by their opposition to a bigger outside power the papacy in the century; the european union in the 21st.
this theme suffused speeches during world war as armies spread across europe to the coastline. “we shall never surrender,” churchill declared in 1940, albeit with the caveat that britain would fight on until “the new world, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.”
today’s political leaders can barely resist the mantra. facing hostile questioning from a television audience on sunday, a rattled prime minister david cameron pointed out that “at my office i sit two yards from” where churchill “resolved to fight on against hitler.”
churchill did not wish to be alone, mr. cameron said. “but he quit,” the prime minister added. “he quit on democracy, he quit on freedom. we want to fight for those things today.”
it was also churchill, who, in 1930, foreshadowed one of the brexiteers’ arguments in an article in the saturday evening post.
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mɪz. ˈmæntəl wɑz əˈməŋ ˈɔlˌmoʊst 300 ˈkəlʧərəl ˈfɪgjərz ˈæktərz ənd ˈraɪtərz əˈməŋ ðɛm hu saɪnd ə ˈpəblɪk ˈlɛtər læst mənθ ˈərʤɪŋ ə voʊt tɪ rɪˈmeɪn pɑrt əv ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən. kaɪnd əv ˈneɪʃən du wi wɔnt tɪ be?”*?” ðə ˈlɛtər æst. wi ənd ˈoʊpən tɪ ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ˈəðərz tɪ əˈʧiv mɔr? ər du wi kloʊz ɑrˈsɛlvz ɔf frəm ɑr frɛndz ənd ˈneɪbərz æt ə taɪm əv ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈgloʊbəl uncertainty?”*?” ðə goʊz bɪɔnd ðət. ˈoʊvər ˈsɛnʧəriz, ˈɪŋglənd, ənd ðɛn ˈbrɪtən, həz ðə ˈgloʊbəl steɪʤ ɛz ən ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈoʊvərˌlɔrd huz ˈpipəl ˈsəmˌtaɪmz sim mɔr ˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪn ðə gaɪz əv ˈəndərˌdɔgz. ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsaɪki rɛsts ɔn ə ˈhɪstəri əv ˌɪnˈveɪʒən, səbˈmɪʃən, ˈkɑŋkwɛst ənd frəm ðə ˈroʊmənz ənd ðə θru ðə ənd ɔn tɪ ˈdaɪnəstiz ɛntˈwaɪnd wɪθ ðə rɔɪəl ˈhaʊsɪz əv ˈjʊrəp. ɪn mɔr ˈrisənt jɪrz, weɪvz əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ʤəˈmeɪkənz ɪn ðə 1950s*, ðɛn ˌpækɪˈstæniz, ˈɪndiənz ənd ˈəðər ˈeɪʒənz ɪn ðə hæv riˈʃeɪpt ðə ˌdɛməˈgræfɪks. ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti, ˈprɛvələnt ɪn deɪ, ɪz prəˈfɛst baɪ lɛs ðən hæf ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. ðə lɔs əv ən ˈɛmpaɪər ənd ðə raɪz əv ə ˈkɑmplɛks, ˌɪntərkəˈnɛktɪd ˈgloʊbəl ɪˈkɑnəmi həz riˈkɪndəld ðə ˈnoʊʃən ðət, ɪn taɪmz əv fləks, ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ dɪˈfaɪn ðɛmˈsɛlvz baɪ ðɛr ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ə ˈbɪgər ˈaʊtˈsaɪd paʊər ðə ˈpeɪpəsi ɪn ðə ˈsɛnʧəri; ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ɪn ðə 21st*. ðɪs θim səfˈjuzd ˈspiʧɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ wərld wɔr ɛz ˈɑrmiz sprɛd əˈkrɔs ˈjʊrəp tɪ ðə ˈkoʊˌstlaɪn. ʃæl ˈnɛvər surrender,”*,” ˈʧərʧɪl dɪˈklɛrd ɪn 1940 ɔlˈbiɪt wɪθ ðə ˈkeɪviˌæt ðət ˈbrɪtən wʊd faɪt ɔn ənˈtɪl nu wərld, wɪθ ɔl ɪts paʊər ənd maɪt, stɛps fɔrθ tɪ ðə ˈrɛskju ənd ðə ˌlɪˌbərˈeɪʃən əv ðə old.”*.” pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈlidərz kən ˈbɛrli rɪˈzɪst ðə ˈmæntrə. ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈhɑstəl kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ frəm ə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈɔdiəns ɔn ˈsənˌdi, ə ˈrætəld praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkæmərən ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ðət maɪ ˈɔfəs aɪ sɪt tu jɑrdz from”*” wɛr ˈʧərʧɪl tɪ faɪt ɔn əˈgɛnst hitler.”*.” ˈʧərʧɪl dɪd nɑt wɪʃ tɪ bi əˈloʊn, ˈmɪstər. ˈkæmərən sɛd. hi quit,”*,” ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈædɪd. kwɪt ɔn dɪˈmɑkrəsi, hi kwɪt ɔn ˈfridəm. wi wɔnt tɪ faɪt fər ðoʊz θɪŋz today.”*.” ɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈʧərʧɪl, hu, ɪn 1930 fɔrˈʃædoʊd wən əv ðə brexiteers’*’ ˈɑrgjəmənts ɪn ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn ðə ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ poʊst.
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sheila, a former chief minister of delhi, was today appointed governor of kerala within three months of her defeat in the recent assembly polls. highly placed sources said tonight that the decision has been conveyed to, who will succeed kumar, a former delhi police commissioner.
dikshit, a senior congress leader, met union minister in the morning and the decision to make her kerala governor was conveyed to her.
nikhil kumar is resigning and is expected to contest the upcoming lok elections from the seat in, which he had won in 2004.
during the delhi assembly elections in december last, suffered an ignominious defeat from new delhi seat at the hands of party(aap) leader arvind kejriwal. kejriwal, who succeeded and has since resigned over the jan issue, won by more than votes. the congress came a poor third bagging eight seats in a house of 70. served as chief minister from 1998 to 2013 in delhi.
she had also represented parliamentary constituency of pradesh during the period between 1984 and 1989.
rjd president prasad visited home in setting off speculation of his contesting the parliamentary seat. and congress sources confirmed the visit of prasad to seek the blessings of mother sinha and to meet the kerala governor. kumar is son of veteran congress leader and former chief minister narayan singh. kumar could not be contacted as his mobile was switched off. he had lost the 2009 lok elections from to kumar singh.
aurangabad with an overwhelming population of is popularly called of'. the alliance between congress and is yet to be after chief offered 11 seats to congress and 1 to and sought a final response.
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ˈʃilə, ə ˈfɔrmər ʧif ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˈdɛli, wɑz təˈdeɪ əˈpɔɪntɪd ˈgəvərnər əv ˌkɛˈrɑlə wɪˈθɪn θri mənθs əv hər dɪˈfit ɪn ðə ˈrisənt əˈsɛmbli poʊlz. ˈhaɪli pleɪst ˈsɔrsəz sɛd təˈnaɪt ðət ðə dɪˈsɪʒən həz bɪn kənˈveɪd tɪ, hu wɪl səkˈsid kuˈmɑr, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈdɛli pəˈlis kəˈmɪʃənər., ə ˈsinjər ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈlidər, mɛt ˈjunjən ˈmɪnɪstər ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ ənd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ meɪk hər ˌkɛˈrɑlə ˈgəvərnər wɑz kənˈveɪd tɪ hər. kuˈmɑr ɪz rɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ənd ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈkɑntɛst ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ lɑk ɪˈlɛkʃənz frəm ðə sit ɪn, wɪʧ hi hæd wən ɪn 2004 ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈdɛli əˈsɛmbli ɪˈlɛkʃənz ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər læst, ˈsəfərd ən ˌɪgnəˈmɪniəs dɪˈfit frəm nu ˈdɛli sit æt ðə hænz əv party(aap*) ˈlidər ˈɑrvɪnd kejriwal*. kejriwal*, hu səkˈsidɪd ənd həz sɪns rɪˈzaɪnd ˈoʊvər ðə ʤæn ˈɪʃu, wən baɪ mɔr ðən voʊts. ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs keɪm ə pur θərd ˈbægɪŋ eɪt sits ɪn ə haʊs əv 70 sərvd ɛz ʧif ˈmɪnɪstər frəm 1998 tɪ 2013 ɪn ˈdɛli. ʃi hæd ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri kənˈstɪʧuənsi əv prəˈdɛʃ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈpɪriəd bɪtˈwin 1984 ənd 1989 ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈpræsəd ˈvɪzɪtɪd hoʊm ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋ ɔf ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən əv hɪz kənˈtɛstɪŋ ðə ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri sit. ənd ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈsɔrsəz kənˈfərmd ðə ˈvɪzɪt əv ˈpræsəd tɪ sik ðə ˈblɛsɪŋz əv ˈməðər ˈsɪnhə ənd tɪ mit ðə ˌkɛˈrɑlə ˈgəvərnər. kuˈmɑr ɪz sən əv ˈvɛtərən ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈlidər ənd ˈfɔrmər ʧif ˈmɪnɪstər nɑˈrɑjɑn sɪŋ. kuˈmɑr kʊd nɑt bi ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd ɛz hɪz ˈmoʊbəl wɑz swɪʧt ɔf. hi hæd lɔst ðə 2009 lɑk ɪˈlɛkʃənz frəm tɪ kuˈmɑr sɪŋ. wɪθ ən ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv ɪz ˈpɑpjələrli kɔld əv'. ðə əˈlaɪəns bɪtˈwin ˈkɑŋgrəs ənd ɪz jɛt tɪ bi ˈæftər ʧif ˈɔfərd 11 sits tɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs ənd 1 tɪ ənd sɔt ə ˈfaɪnəl rɪˈspɑns.
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switch to an design would add area air defense capability
washington the u.s. navy is taking a hard look at upgrading its future frigates to protect other ships from threats in addition to defending against undersea and surface enemies. the move would be a significant enhancement in the effort to develop a frigate from existing littoral combat ship designs.
a study group called the requirement evaluation team, or ret, has been formed to examine how to add a local air defense capability to the frigates to protect combat logistics force ships the supply and support ships that bring fuel, ammunition, spare parts and food to warships at sea. the frigate design as currently envisioned is armed with andcraft missiles, but only to protect itself.
the goal, according to a draft document, is at a minimum to double the load out of block 2 evolved missiles from eight to 16, or incorporate a mark 41 vertical launch system with at least eight standard missile-2s. the is one of the primary weapons carried by the aegis destroyers and cruises.
sm-2 would require a more capable command and control system, and the ret is considering the addition of a variant of the new enterprise air surveillance radar under development by raytheon for aircraft carriers and amphibious ships. the ship would also have the cooperative engagement capability, a high-quality networking system that ties together sensors and weapons carried on multiple ships, aircraft or shore installations into an integrated fire control system.
taken together, the enhanced capabilities would change the navy designation for the ships from, meaning frigate, to guided missile frigates able to provide area air defense.
"we see an opportunity to increase our warfare] capability which falls under the category of lethality within a reasonable trade space for our future frigate," sean, acting secretary of the navy, told defense news on april 5.
"we think we have a good, solid baseline in the requirements document" developed for the frigate, he said, "but we are looking at that lethality aspect, which is the component. looking at further increases to survivability, and looking at endurance, pushing the envelope. and as always going to balance that against technical risk and cost. going to do this in a competitive environment."
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both builders of the littoral combat ship lockheed martin and usa have developed frigate variants of their lcs designs in anticipation of the navy issuing a formal request for proposals, which had been expected in the fall. the switch from an to an design would likely involve significant redesign of each frigate proposal, which could push back the rfp.
"i want to get pinned down on a date" to issue the rfp, said. "obviously we want to get through the requirements first. but we want to get it out this fiscal year," which ends sept. 30.
the, according to the draft document, would also have enhanced survivability characteristics "to a level commensurate with the 7 class" referring to the oliver hazard perry frigates developed in the that joined the fleet throughout the and 1980s. the last of those ships was decommissioned in 2015.
a number of naval strategists, particularly a group of republican associated with the 2012 presidential campaign of mitt romney, have urged the construction of a new class of frigates based on the 7 design.
enhanced survivability features of the, navy officials said, include improved shock hardening, plus propulsion separation presumably meaning separating propulsion machinery spaces, which are next to each other in current designs. separating the compartments improves survivability a single hit is unlikely to disable both compartment if another compartment is between them but also adds length and, hence, cost.
other survivability improvements could include armor, armor for vital spaces and full protection features.
the proposed way ahead for the, according to the draft navy document, would be to "update existing analyses to investigate the feasibility of adding these additional capabilities into the current lcs designs, as well as explore whether other existing hull forms and design concepts might provide a better balance of capabilities at competitive cost points."
the ret, which in addition to several navy offices and commands includes the joint chiefs of staff and the office of cost assessment and program evaluation, is on a fast track to provide recommendations, with a target date of the end of may. as a result of the work, the date to acquire the first frigate would be pushed back from 2019 to 2020 to "allow adequate time to mature the design and thoroughly evaluate design alternatives," according to the draft document.
the navy, according to the draft plan, would aim for a "competitive contract award no later than fiscal 2020," after a "full and open competition using modifications to existing ship designs, including designs beyond the two current lcs variants."
with the delay to 2020, another two would be procured in 2019, according to the draft document.
stackley sought to put the effort into perspective.
"we’re looking at several things in the context of the force structure assessment," he said april 5. "what has changed over time is the threat has changed. so taking a hard look at certain capabilities and characteristics to determine whether we need to increase aspects of lethality, survivability and endurance for the frigate."
the warfare capability, said, falls under increased lethality over the previous baseline frigate requirements for a ship with warfare and warfare capability.
he to the report of the small surface combatant task force, a 2014 effort that studied multiple concepts to produce a frigate rather than continue lcs production.
"at the point in time, we were going through the small surface combatant task force study, looking at all the existing frigate designs and what the trade-offs would be associated with going beyond self-defense capability, the deltas were pretty significant in terms of impact on hull, impact on costs," said. revisiting that with a better base of knowledge because gone through a cycle of frigate design."
and the navy continues to look to its lcs shipbuilders for ways to enhance the frigate. lockheed and have each conducted numerous studies to upgrade their lcs and frigate designs with more lethality and survivability.
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swɪʧ tɪ ən dɪˈzaɪn wʊd æd ˈɛriə ɛr dɪˈfɛns ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ðə juz. ˈneɪvi ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ə hɑrd lʊk æt ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ ɪts fˈjuʧər ˈfrɪgəts tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈəðər ʃɪps frəm θrɛts ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ dɪˈfɛndɪŋ əˈgɛnst ˌəndərˈsi ənd ˈsərfəs ˈɛnəmiz. ðə muv wʊd bi ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ɛnˈhænsmənt ɪn ðə ˈɛfərt tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ə ˈfrɪgət frəm ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈlɪtərəl ˈkɑmbæt ʃɪp dɪˈzaɪnz. ə ˈstədi grup kɔld ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənt ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən tim, ər rɛt, həz bɪn fɔrmd tɪ ɪgˈzæmɪn haʊ tɪ æd ə ˈloʊkəl ɛr dɪˈfɛns ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti tɪ ðə ˈfrɪgəts tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈkɑmbæt ləˈʤɪstɪks fɔrs ʃɪps ðə səˈplaɪ ənd səˈpɔrt ʃɪps ðət brɪŋ fjuəl, ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən, spɛr pɑrts ənd fud tɪ ˈwɔrˌʃɪps æt si. ðə ˈfrɪgət dɪˈzaɪn ɛz ˈkərəntli ɛnˈvɪʒənd ɪz ɑrmd wɪθ ənd ˈmɪsəlz, bət ˈoʊnli tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ðə goʊl, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə dræft ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, ɪz æt ə ˈmɪnəməm tɪ ˈdəbəl ðə loʊd aʊt əv blɑk 2 ɪˈvɑlvd ˈmɪsəlz frəm eɪt tɪ 16 ər ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt ə mɑrk 41 ˈvərtɪkəl lɔnʧ ˈsɪstəm wɪθ æt list eɪt ˈstændərd missile-2s*. ðə ɪz wən əv ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈwɛpənz ˈkɛrid baɪ ðə ˈiʤəs dɪˈstrɔɪərz ənd ˈkruzɪz. wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər ə mɔr ˈkeɪpəbəl kəˈmænd ənd kənˈtroʊl ˈsɪstəm, ənd ðə rɛt ɪz kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðə əˈdɪʃən əv ə ˈvɛriənt əv ðə nu ˈɛnərˌpraɪz ɛr sərˈveɪləns ˈreɪˌdɑr ˈəndər dɪˈvɛləpmənt baɪ ˈreɪθiɑn fər ˈɛrˌkræft ˈkɛriərz ənd æmˈfɪbiəs ʃɪps. ðə ʃɪp wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ðə koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti, ə ˌhaɪkˈwɑləti ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ðət taɪz təˈgɛðər ˈsɛnsərz ənd ˈwɛpənz ˈkɛrid ɔn ˈməltəpəl ʃɪps, ˈɛrˌkræft ər ʃɔr ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz ˈɪntu ən ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd faɪər kənˈtroʊl ˈsɪstəm. ˈteɪkən təˈgɛðər, ðə ɛnˈhænst ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz wʊd ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈneɪvi ˌdɛzɪgˈneɪʃən fər ðə ʃɪps frəm, ˈminɪŋ ˈfrɪgət, tɪ ˈgaɪdɪd ˈmɪsəl ˈfrɪgəts ˈeɪbəl tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈɛriə ɛr dɪˈfɛns. "wi si ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ɑr ˈwɔrˌfɛr] ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti wɪʧ fɔlz ˈəndər ðə ˈkætəˌgɔri əv liˈθæləti wɪˈθɪn ə ˈrizənəbəl treɪd speɪs fər ɑr fˈjuʧər ˈfrɪgət," ʃɔn, ˈæktɪŋ ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə ˈneɪvi, toʊld dɪˈfɛns nuz ɔn ˈeɪprəl 5 "wi θɪŋk wi hæv ə gʊd, ˈsɑləd ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn ɪn ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts ˈdɑkjəmɛnt" dɪˈvɛləpt fər ðə ˈfrɪgət, hi sɛd, "bət wi ər ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðət liˈθæləti ˈæˌspɛkt, wɪʧ ɪz ðə kəmˈpoʊnənt. ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈfərðər ˌɪnˈkrisɪz tɪ sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti, ənd ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈɛndərəns, ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðə ˈɛnvəˌloʊp. ənd ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈbæləns ðət əˈgɛnst ˈtɛknɪkəl rɪsk ənd kɔst. goʊɪŋ tɪ du ðɪs ɪn ə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt." fɪr əv ˈmɪsɪŋ aʊt? fɪr noʊ ˈlɔŋgər. bi ðə fərst tɪ hir əˈbaʊt ˈbreɪkɪŋ nuz, ɛz ɪt ˈhæpənz. jul gɪt əˈlərts dɪˈlɪvərd dɪˈrɛkli tɪ jʊr iʧ taɪm ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈnoʊtˌwərði ˈhæpənz ɪn ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəmˈjunɪti. θæŋks fər ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp. baɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs jʊr iˈmeɪl, ju ər ˈɑptɪŋ ɪn tɪ ɑr ˈnuzˌlɛtər: saɪn əp fər ɑr ˈərli bərd brif boʊθ ˈbɪldərz əv ðə ˈlɪtərəl ˈkɑmbæt ʃɪp ˈlɑˌkhid ˈmɑrtɪn ənd ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ hæv dɪˈvɛləpt ˈfrɪgət ˈvɛriənts əv ðɛr ˈɛlˈsiˈɛs dɪˈzaɪnz ɪn ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən əv ðə ˈneɪvi ˈɪʃuɪŋ ə ˈfɔrməl rɪkˈwɛst fər prəˈpoʊzəlz, wɪʧ hæd bɪn ɪkˈspɛktɪd ɪn ðə fɔl. ðə swɪʧ frəm ən tɪ ən dɪˈzaɪn wʊd ˈlaɪkli ˌɪnˈvɑlv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˌridɪˈzaɪn əv iʧ ˈfrɪgət prəˈpoʊzəl, wɪʧ kʊd pʊʃ bæk ðə rfp*. "aɪ wɔnt tɪ gɪt pɪnd daʊn ɔn ə deɪt" tɪ ˈɪʃu ðə rfp*, sɛd. "ˈɑbviəsli wi wɔnt tɪ gɪt θru ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fərst. bət wi wɔnt tɪ gɪt ɪt aʊt ðɪs ˈfɪskəl jɪr," wɪʧ ɛndz sɛpt. 30 ðə, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dræft ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ɛnˈhænst sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪks "tɪ ə ˈlɛvəl kəˈmɛnsərɪt wɪθ ðə 7 klæs" rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈɑlɪvər ˈhæzərd ˈpɛri ˈfrɪgəts dɪˈvɛləpt ɪn ðə ðət ʤɔɪnd ðə flit θruaʊt ðə ənd 1980s*. ðə læst əv ðoʊz ʃɪps wɑz dikəˈmɪʃənd ɪn 2015 ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈneɪvəl ˈstrætɪʤɪsts, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ə grup əv rɪˈpəblɪkən əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ðə 2012 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn əv mɪt ˈrɑmni, hæv ərʤd ðə kənˈstrəkʃən əv ə nu klæs əv ˈfrɪgəts beɪst ɔn ðə 7 dɪˈzaɪn. ɛnˈhænst sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti ˈfiʧərz əv ðə, ˈneɪvi əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd, ˌɪnˈklud ˌɪmˈpruvd ʃɑk ˈhɑrdənɪŋ, pləs prəˈpəlʃən ˌsɛpərˈeɪʃən prɪˈzuməbli ˈminɪŋ ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪŋ prəˈpəlʃən məˈʃinəri ˈspeɪsɪz, wɪʧ ər nɛkst tɪ iʧ ˈəðər ɪn ˈkɑrənt dɪˈzaɪnz. ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪŋ ðə kəmˈpɑrtmənts ˌɪmˈpruvz sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti ə ˈsɪŋgəl hɪt ɪz ənˈlaɪkli tɪ dɪˈseɪbəl boʊθ kəmˈpɑrtmənt ɪf əˈnəðər kəmˈpɑrtmənt ɪz bɪtˈwin ðɛm bət ˈɔlsoʊ ædz lɛŋθ ənd, hɛns, kɔst. ˈəðər sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti ˌɪmˈpruvmənts kʊd ˌɪnˈklud ˈɑrmər, ˈɑrmər fər ˈvaɪtəl ˈspeɪsɪz ənd fʊl prəˈtɛkʃən ˈfiʧərz. ðə prəˈpoʊzd weɪ əˈhɛd fər ðə, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dræft ˈneɪvi ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, wʊd bi tɪ "ˈəpˌdeɪt ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ æˈnælɪˌsiz tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ðə ˌfizəˈbɪləti əv ˈædɪŋ ðiz əˈdɪʃənəl ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈɛlˈsiˈɛs dɪˈzaɪnz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ɪkˈsplɔr ˈwɛðər ˈəðər ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ həl fɔrmz ənd dɪˈzaɪn ˈkɑnsɛpts maɪt prəˈvaɪd ə ˈbɛtər ˈbæləns əv ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz æt kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv kɔst pɔɪnts." ðə rɛt, wɪʧ ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈsɛvərəl ˈneɪvi ˈɔfəsɪz ənd kəˈmændz ˌɪnˈkludz ðə ʤɔɪnt ʧifs əv stæf ənd ðə ˈɔfəs əv kɔst əˈsɛsmənt ənd ˈproʊˌgræm ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən, ɪz ɔn ə fæst træk tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz, wɪθ ə ˈtərgət deɪt əv ðə ɛnd əv meɪ. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə wərk, ðə deɪt tɪ əkˈwaɪər ðə fərst ˈfrɪgət wʊd bi pʊʃt bæk frəm 2019 tɪ 2020 tɪ "əˈlaʊ ˈædəkˌweɪt taɪm tɪ məˈʧʊr ðə dɪˈzaɪn ənd ˈθəroʊli ɪˈvæljuˌeɪt dɪˈzaɪn ɔlˈtərnətɪvz," əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dræft ˈdɑkjəmɛnt. ðə ˈneɪvi, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dræft plæn, wʊd eɪm fər ə "kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ˈkɑnˌtrækt əˈwɔrd noʊ ˈleɪtər ðən ˈfɪskəl 2020 ˈæftər ə "fʊl ənd ˈoʊpən ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ˈjuzɪŋ ˌmɑdəfəˈkeɪʃənz tɪ ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ʃɪp dɪˈzaɪnz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ dɪˈzaɪnz bɪɔnd ðə tu ˈkɑrənt ˈɛlˈsiˈɛs ˈvɛriənts." wɪθ ðə dɪˈleɪ tɪ 2020 əˈnəðər tu wʊd bi proʊˈkjʊrd ɪn 2019 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dræft ˈdɑkjəmɛnt. sɔt tɪ pʊt ðə ˈɛfərt ˈɪntu pərˈspɛktɪv. ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈsɛvərəl θɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðə fɔrs ˈstrəkʧər əˈsɛsmənt," hi sɛd ˈeɪprəl 5 "wət həz ʧeɪnʤd ˈoʊvər taɪm ɪz ðə θrɛt həz ʧeɪnʤd. soʊ ˈteɪkɪŋ ə hɑrd lʊk æt ˈsərtən ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz ənd ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪks tɪ dɪˈtərmən ˈwɛðər wi nid tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ˈæˌspɛkts əv liˈθæləti, sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti ənd ˈɛndərəns fər ðə ˈfrɪgət." ðə ˈwɔrˌfɛr ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti, sɛd, fɔlz ˈəndər ˌɪnˈkrist liˈθæləti ˈoʊvər ðə ˈpriviəs ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn ˈfrɪgət rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fər ə ʃɪp wɪθ ˈwɔrˌfɛr ənd ˈwɔrˌfɛr ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti. hi tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt əv ðə smɔl ˈsərfəs kəmˈbætənt tæsk fɔrs, ə 2014 ˈɛfərt ðət ˈstədid ˈməltəpəl ˈkɑnsɛpts tɪ ˈproʊdus ə ˈfrɪgət ˈrəðər ðən kənˈtɪnju ˈɛlˈsiˈɛs pərˈdəkʃən. "æt ðə pɔɪnt ɪn taɪm, wi wər goʊɪŋ θru ðə smɔl ˈsərfəs kəmˈbætənt tæsk fɔrs ˈstədi, ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ɔl ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈfrɪgət dɪˈzaɪnz ənd wət ðə ˈtreɪˌdɔfs wʊd bi əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ goʊɪŋ bɪɔnd ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti, ðə ˈdɛltəz wər ˈprɪti sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ɪn tərmz əv ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn həl, ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn kɔsts," sɛd. riˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ðət wɪθ ə ˈbɛtər beɪs əv ˈnɑlɪʤ bɪˈkəz gɔn θru ə ˈsaɪkəl əv ˈfrɪgət dɪˈzaɪn." ənd ðə ˈneɪvi kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ lʊk tɪ ɪts ˈɛlˈsiˈɛs ˈʃɪpˌbɪldərz fər weɪz tɪ ɛnˈhæns ðə ˈfrɪgət. ˈlɑˌkhid ənd hæv iʧ kənˈdəktəd ˈnumərəs ˈstədiz tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd ðɛr ˈɛlˈsiˈɛs ənd ˈfrɪgət dɪˈzaɪnz wɪθ mɔr liˈθæləti ənd sərˌvaɪvəˈbɪlɪti.
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some laboratory mice were given specially engineered genes. these genes were then remotely activated using radio waves. this could mean a whole new field of medical procedures in which we turn genes on and off at will.
this breakthrough is the work of geneticists at new york's rockefeller university. it's a pretty circuitous path from the initial burst of radio waves to the activation of the gene, and there's still a lot of refinement and improvement that needs to be made before this can be used in medical treatments, but still - we're talking about the ability to modify the behavior of genes without ever going inside a patient's body. that's a potentially colossal advance.
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admittedly, while the treatment itself is totally non-invasive, the researchers did first have to inject some onto the cells in order to affect their genes. it's a bit of a complex process, but nature has a good explanation of just what was involved:
friedman and his colleagues coated iron oxide with antibodies that bind to a modified version of the ion channel, which sits on the surface of cells. they injected these particles into grown under the skins of mice, then used the magnetic field generated by a device similar to a miniature machine to heat the with radio waves. in turn, the heated the ion channel to its activation temperature of 42 °c. opening the channel allowed calcium to flow into cells, triggering secondary signals that switched on an engineered gene that produces insulin. after 30 minutes of exposure, the insulin levels had increased and their blood sugar levels had dropped.
the radio waves are ideal for this sort of remote manipulation because they can pass through thick layers of tissue, and they can be easily focused by the channel to affect only the desired target. lead researcher jeffrey friedman says that, although this particular treatment had to do with insulin production, this isn't actually meant specifically as a diabetes treatment. that's a good thing, considering this treatment is massively more inefficient than many diabetes treatments currently available. instead, this is just meant as a general proof of concept, and insulin production happens to be one of the easier gene activities to manipulate.
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even better, the researchers have already developed a way to achieve similar, albeit weaker, results without having to inject at all. they have developed cells that can grow their own required, meaning there would be no need to give patients strange chemicals or molecules. however, as nature explains, this would still require growing tumors inside humans to actually get these cell cultures in place, which means the treatment isn't yet ethically permissible in humans. it's definitely early days yet, but this is one seriously intriguing line of research.
via nature. image by mathagraphics, via shutterstock.
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səm ˈlæbrəˌtɔri maɪs wər ˈgɪvɪn ˈspɛʃəli ˌɛnʤəˈnird ʤinz. ðiz ʤinz wər ðɛn riˈmoʊtli ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ weɪvz. ðɪs kʊd min ə hoʊl nu fild əv ˈmɛdɪkəl prəˈsiʤərz ɪn wɪʧ wi tərn ʤinz ɔn ənd ɔf æt wɪl. ðɪs ˈbreɪkθˌru ɪz ðə wərk əv ʤəˈnɛtəsɪsts æt nu jɔrks ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər ˌjunəˈvərsəti. ɪts ə ˈprɪti sərˈkjuɪtəs pæθ frəm ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl bərst əv ˈreɪdiˌoʊ weɪvz tɪ ðə ˌæktəˈveɪʃən əv ðə ʤin, ənd ðɛrz stɪl ə lɔt əv rəˈfaɪnmənt ənd ˌɪmˈpruvmənt ðət nidz tɪ bi meɪd ˌbiˈfɔr ðɪs kən bi juzd ɪn ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənts, bət stɪl wɪr ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ ðə bɪˈheɪvjər əv ʤinz wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛvər goʊɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd ə ˈpeɪʃənts ˈbɑdi. ðæts ə pəˈtɛnʃəli kəˈlɑsəl ədˈvæns. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ædˈmɪtɪdli, waɪl ðə ˈtritmənt ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz ˈtoʊtəli non-invasive*, ðə ˈrisərʧərz dɪd fərst hæv tɪ ˌɪnˈʤɛkt səm ˈɔntu ðə sɛlz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈfɛkt ðɛr ʤinz. ɪts ə bɪt əv ə ˈkɑmplɛks ˈprɔˌsɛs, bət ˈneɪʧər həz ə gʊd ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən əv ʤɪst wət wɑz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd: ˈfridmən ənd hɪz ˈkɑligz ˈkoʊtɪd aɪərn ˈɑkˌsaɪd wɪθ ˈænɪˌbɑdiz ðət baɪnd tɪ ə ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd ˈvərʒən əv ðə aɪən ˈʧænəl wɪʧ sɪts ɔn ðə ˈsərfəs əv sɛlz. ðeɪ ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪd ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz ˈɪntu groʊn ˈəndər ðə skɪnz əv maɪs, ðɛn juzd ðə mægˈnɛtɪk fild ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ə dɪˈvaɪs ˈsɪmələr tɪ ə ˈmɪnɪˌʧʊr məˈʃin tɪ hit ðə wɪθ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ weɪvz. ɪn tərn, ðə ˈhitɪd ðə aɪən ˈʧænəl tɪ ɪts ˌæktəˈveɪʃən ˈtɛmpərəʧər əv 42 °°c*. ˈoʊpənɪŋ ðə ˈʧænəl əˈlaʊd ˈkælsiəm tɪ floʊ ˈɪntu sɛlz, ˈtrɪgərɪŋ ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈsɪgnəlz ðət swɪʧt ɔn ən ˌɛnʤəˈnird ʤin ðət prəˈdusɪz ˈɪnsələn. ˈæftər 30 ˈmɪnəts əv ɪkˈspoʊʒər, ðə ˈɪnsələn ˈlɛvəlz hæd ˌɪnˈkrist ənd ðɛr bləd ˈʃʊgər ˈlɛvəlz hæd drɑpt. ðə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ weɪvz ər aɪˈdil fər ðɪs sɔrt əv rɪˈmoʊt məˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃən bɪˈkəz ðeɪ kən pæs θru θɪk leɪərz əv ˈtɪʃu, ənd ðeɪ kən bi ˈizəli ˈfoʊkɪst baɪ ðə ˈʧænəl tɪ əˈfɛkt ˈoʊnli ðə dɪˈzaɪərd ˈtərgət. lɛd ˈrisərʧər ˈʤɛfri ˈfridmən sɪz ðət, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈtritmənt hæd tɪ du wɪθ ˈɪnsələn pərˈdəkʃən, ðɪs ˈɪzənt ˈæˌkʧuəli mɛnt spəˈsɪfɪkli ɛz ə ˌdaɪəˈbitiz ˈtritmənt. ðæts ə gʊd θɪŋ, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðɪs ˈtritmənt ɪz ˈmæsɪvli mɔr ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt ðən ˈmɛni ˌdaɪəˈbitiz ˈtritmənts ˈkərəntli əˈveɪləbəl. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst mɛnt ɛz ə ˈʤɛnərəl pruf əv ˈkɑnsɛpt, ənd ˈɪnsələn pərˈdəkʃən ˈhæpənz tɪ bi wən əv ðə ˈiziər ʤin ækˈtɪvɪtiz tɪ məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈivɪn ˈbɛtər, ðə ˈrisərʧərz hæv ɔˈrɛdi dɪˈvɛləpt ə weɪ tɪ əˈʧiv ˈsɪmələr, ɔlˈbiɪt ˈwikər, rɪˈzəlts wɪˈθaʊt ˈhævɪŋ tɪ ˌɪnˈʤɛkt æt ɔl. ðeɪ hæv dɪˈvɛləpt sɛlz ðət kən groʊ ðɛr oʊn rikˈwaɪərd, ˈminɪŋ ðɛr wʊd bi noʊ nid tɪ gɪv ˈpeɪʃənz streɪnʤ ˈkɛmɪkəlz ər ˈmɑləˌkjulz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɛz ˈneɪʧər ɪkˈspleɪnz, ðɪs wʊd stɪl ˌrikˈwaɪər groʊɪŋ ˈtumərz ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈjumənz tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli gɪt ðiz sɛl ˈkəlʧərz ɪn pleɪs, wɪʧ minz ðə ˈtritmənt ˈɪzənt jɛt ˈɛθɪkəli pərˈmɪsəbəl ɪn ˈjumənz. ɪts ˈdɛfənətli ˈərli deɪz jɛt, bət ðɪs ɪz wən ˈsɪriəsli ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ laɪn əv ˈrisərʧ. ˈviə ˈneɪʧər. ˈɪmɪʤ baɪ mathagraphics*, ˈviə shutterstock*.
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by brett stevens on june 9, 2009
european voters swing to the right, and american voters are now contemplating the end of the lifestyle they inaugurated in the and reinforced in the 1990s.
in europe, an party, the british nationalparty, found success in recent elections:
the british national party secured its biggest mainstream electoral victory yesterday after nick griffin, the far chairman, became the second member to be elected to the european parliament. hours earlier, andrew brons, a former chairman of the national front who has a long history of far right politics, became the’s first after winning almost 10% of the vote in yorkshire and the humber. the belfast telegraph
this is perceived mainly as a backlash toward europe importing foreign populations, most notably muslims, who are not only failing to integrate but are implicated in riots in england, france and germany. in addition, voters are lashing out at the dual welfare state and nanny state which has come about thanks to liberal policies.
leaving aside politics for a minute, look at this in terms of the average voter. they are saying: take care of our own, as we have traditionally seen them, and support traditional living and healthy normal people instead of worrying about subsidizing an unending stream of people with problems and bureaucratic programs with problems.
with the welfare state comes taking care of citizens who cannot take care of themselves, including those prone to crime, and with that comes the nanny state: endless rules to protect the clueless, and increasingly powerful political lobbies for every group of clueless both indigenous and not.
and from over in the united states:
in the 1990s, president bill clinton announced a historic shift in government support for the poor. by requiring parents to work instead of merely handing them checks, clinton vowed to “end welfare as we know it.” this week, gov. arnold schwarzenegger is taking that goal quite literally, proposing to eliminate cash assistance for the poorest families altogether. legislators, poverty researchers and poor parents alike greeted with astonishment his unprecedented call to drop the program, known as calworks. the proposal would make california the only state in the nation to reject temporary assistance to needy families block grants, the federal program that allows states to draw funds as long as they impose strict time limits and work requirements on recipients. by end, the governor says, he will unveil another $3 billion in cuts. he has said he knows there are faces behind all the dollars disappearing but that he has no other choice. the mercury news
i have a feeling that the old standby of the right, job insurance, will replace these troubled welfare programs.
despite the positive in newspapers, welfare programs “help” many but the effects of that help seem to deviate little from where they already were. in addition, these programs both federal and local subsidize people for being out of work and having large families, which in turn encourages them to be out of work and have more kids.
again, looking at this as the regular voter sees it: we all have to go to work. there is always work to be found. take care of the people who are responsible, and stop paying for the irresponsible especially as we make more of them, and demographically, they will soon outnumber us and so have political power over us.
this is nothing more than a middle-class revolution on both continents. marginalized by the, in which any sense of inequality among people was attacked, the middle class were seen as fortunate brats who rose above laborer status by cheating, stealing, lying, etc.
this view ignores the fact that middle class families create growth in cities and industry, as well as culture. they are the mainstay of all of these things and yet are a favorite target of both radical egalitarian activists and government nanny state programs that are designed to protect the irresponsible and incompetent from consequences of their actions.
it’s a mistake to view this issue as right or left. the original liberals had no bones of equality in them; they wanted to escape incompetent government that had become too powerful, and so emphasized individual “liberty” (an word) through “freedom” (another vague term) using the device of “rights,” or absolute obligations to the individual by the state.
as we see how this vision has expanded from protecting people from government to creating more government more intrusive, and has blurred from keeping good people safe to focusing on those who are in the most trouble and probably have arrived at that state by their own irresponsibility or incompetence, seeing that liberalism and have both been corrupted by this notion. against natural selection. even more, its fundamental rule seems to be taking from the responsible to compensate the irresponsible.
not every poor person is irresponsible, but as history shows us, most societies remain poor not because of oppression, but because of lack of ability by their population, lack of political organization, and the corruption and incompetence that doom human endeavors. most poor people are that way because of their own incompetence; when a friend of mine who grew up in a trailer park told me this, i almost vomited. but the more life stories and statistics i have seen, the more i realize true.
yet our government has, in the name of helping the most incompetent (sorry, “victimized” or “oppressed”), grown in size and started using that size to squeeze those who are generating wealth, knowledge, and culture for our society.
those are the people we least want to squeeze.
think about it this way: every society has had an impoverished class. yet the societies that have risen have done so by encouraging their best to do their best. doing the opposite: encouraging our least successful at the expense of our most successful.
we’re told by media that these plans are revenge against the super-rich, which sounds good because many people with absurd amounts of money got it by being in the right place at the right time. but they were also competent, even like madonna or george soros, even if they were rewarded disproportionately. what bothers us most about them is that competent at what they do, but not much else, and with their wealth they influence other areas of society with insane ideas. but these people are a tiny fraction.
the real target of this type of legislation is the middle class, and they are slowly turning away from their comfortable distractions, televisions and movies and vacations in the hamptons, to see that they are the new endangered species in the name of helping people we consider so helpless and oppressed that it seems cruel, corrupt, punitive and mean not to help them.
yet these people exist in every society, and in societies that have failed, they are the vast majority.
history teaches us this lesson: support your worst, and end up being a third world kleptocracy. and history is on minds quite a bit these days. not just the recession; that passes. the vast political changes, the vast social changes, and the continuing misery of it all the ugly cities dominated by commercial interests, the ongoing which global warming does not encompass, the boring jobs and many rules, the corrupt politicians, the bad culture, the dumb people everywhere acting like they deserve whatever their arrogant behavior leads them toward because equal this is what worries the middle class.
“my mate penny likes to rant about standards of living and argues that we in the west have a rather low standard of living. stressed out, working our asses off to buy low quality food and having no time for our families or communities. living in fear of poverty, terrorism, governments and police and seeking meaning in purchases an possessions” forum topic: the how worried should we be?
realism and discontent at society failing is causing a backlash. people want to raise their kids free from propaganda for and sex, drug use, lifestyles, weird politics and cults that mislead for two decades and then leave lonely single people, etc.
they’re not conservative, but conservative: they know that what works biologically, including natural selection, will always work, and no amount of technology or government can change that. there is an eternal wisdom to living sanely, chastely, without a need for distraction or weirdness. a calm in the soul. a clear role. a culture that forms out of this and protects against the gross excesses of commerce and government alike.
normal, functional middle-class families want to raise their kids to inherit a huge national debt. they want to raise them in a society of incompetents, or a society that subsidizes incompetents. they want to raise them in a surveillance state, a nanny state or a total state but as incompetence rises, they see how going to be inevitable. more individuals doing stupid or criminal acts requires more cops and more powerful cops.
families of the middle class are what keeps america and europe afloat, economically, demographically, politically and socially.
the middle class is sensing that about to be destroyed by urbanites, various people who find it impossible to succeed in this society, and other people who hate the traditional, conservative lifestyle.
it’s fighting back through its proxies.
and some of this is just common sense: every society in debt, spending more on newcomers who fit in than on its best hopes, etc.
the people who want to get dragged down by the irresponsibility of those who are. their law is one of the able: life does not make it hard to succeed enough to have a good life, and you need great wealth, but you do need self-discipline, moral awareness, self control and a sense of reality.
they’re seeing how compensating those who deny reality to avoid facing the bad consequences of their own behavior is creating a society which marginalizes the competent. that means their children will inherit a nightmare. and so, fighting back on both continents.
tags: cognitive dissonance,
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baɪ brɛt ˈstivənz ɔn ʤun 9 2009 ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈvoʊtərz swɪŋ tɪ ðə raɪt, ənd əˈmɛrɪkən ˈvoʊtərz ər naʊ ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪŋ ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl ðeɪ ˌɪˈnɔgərˌeɪtɪd ɪn ðə ənd ˌriɪnˈfɔrst ɪn ðə 1990s*. ɪn ˈjʊrəp, ən ˈpɑrti, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ nationalparty*, faʊnd səkˈsɛs ɪn ˈrisənt ɪˈlɛkʃənz: ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑrti sɪˈkjʊrd ɪts ˈbɪgəst ˈmeɪnˌstrim ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈvɪktəri ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ˈæftər nɪk ˈgrɪfɪn, ðə fɑr ˈʧɛrmən, bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈmɛmbər tɪ bi ɪˈlɛktɪd tɪ ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈpɑrləmɛnt. aʊərz ˈərliər, ˈændru brɑnz, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl frənt hu həz ə lɔŋ ˈhɪstəri əv fɑr raɪt ˈpɑləˌtɪks, bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˈæftər ˈwɪnɪŋ ˈɔlˌmoʊst 10 əv ðə voʊt ɪn ˈjɔrkʃər ənd ðə ˈhəmbər. ðə ˈbɛlˌfæst ˈtɛləˌgræf ðɪs ɪz pərˈsivd ˈmeɪnli ɛz ə ˈbæˌklæʃ təˈwɔrd ˈjʊrəp ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈfɔrən ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz, moʊst ˈnoʊtəbli ˈməzlɪmz, hu ər nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ ˈɪnəˌgreɪt bət ər ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪtɪd ɪn raɪəts ɪn ˈɪŋglənd, fræns ənd ˈʤərməni. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ˈvoʊtərz ər ˈlæʃɪŋ aʊt æt ðə duəl ˈwɛlˌfɛr steɪt ənd ˈnæni steɪt wɪʧ həz kəm əˈbaʊt θæŋks tɪ ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈpɑləsiz. ˈlivɪŋ əˈsaɪd ˈpɑləˌtɪks fər ə ˈmɪnət, lʊk æt ðɪs ɪn tərmz əv ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈvoʊtər. ðeɪ ər seɪɪŋ: teɪk kɛr əv ɑr oʊn, ɛz wi hæv trəˈdɪʃənəli sin ðɛm, ənd səˈpɔrt trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈlɪvɪŋ ənd ˈhɛlθi ˈnɔrməl ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈwəriɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪzɪŋ ən əˈnɛndɪŋ strim əv ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈprɑbləmz ənd ˌbjʊrəˈkrætɪk ˈproʊˌgræmz wɪθ ˈprɑbləmz. wɪθ ðə ˈwɛlˌfɛr steɪt kəmz ˈteɪkɪŋ kɛr əv ˈsɪtɪzənz hu ˈkænɑt teɪk kɛr əv ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðoʊz proʊn tɪ kraɪm, ənd wɪθ ðət kəmz ðə ˈnæni steɪt: ˈɛndləs rulz tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈkluləs, ənd ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈpaʊərfəl pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈlɑbiz fər ˈɛvəri grup əv ˈkluləs boʊθ ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ənd nɑt. ənd frəm ˈoʊvər ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts: ɪn ðə 1990s*, ˈprɛzɪdənt bɪl ˈklɪntən əˈnaʊnst ə hɪˈstɔrɪk ʃɪft ɪn ˈgəvərnmənt səˈpɔrt fər ðə pur. baɪ rikˈwaɪərɪŋ ˈpɛrənts tɪ wərk ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈmɪrli ˈhændɪŋ ðɛm ʧɛks, ˈklɪntən vaʊd tɪ ˈwɛlˌfɛr ɛz wi noʊ it.”*.” ðɪs wik, gəv. ˈɑrnəld ʃˈwɔrzəˌneɪgər ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ðət goʊl kwaɪt ˈlɪtərəli, prəˈpoʊzɪŋ tɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt kæʃ əˈsɪstəns fər ðə ˈpurɪst ˈfæməliz ˌɔltəˈgɛðər. ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz, ˈpɑvərti ˈrisərʧərz ənd pur ˈpɛrənts əˈlaɪk ˈgritɪd wɪθ əˈstɑnɪʃmənt hɪz ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd kɔl tɪ drɔp ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, noʊn ɛz calworks*. ðə prəˈpoʊzəl wʊd meɪk ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ðə ˈoʊnli steɪt ɪn ðə ˈneɪʃən tɪ ˈriʤɛkt ˈtɛmpərˌɛri əˈsɪstəns tɪ ˈnidi ˈfæməliz blɑk grænts, ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈproʊˌgræm ðət əˈlaʊz steɪts tɪ drɔ fəndz ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðeɪ ˌɪmˈpoʊz strɪkt taɪm ˈlɪmɪts ənd wərk rɪkˈwaɪrmənts ɔn rɪˈsɪpiənts. baɪ ɛnd, ðə ˈgəvərnər sɪz, hi wɪl ənˈveɪl əˈnəðər 3 ˈbɪljən ɪn kəts. hi həz sɛd hi noʊz ðɛr ər ˈfeɪsɪz bɪˈhaɪnd ɔl ðə ˈdɔlərz ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ bət ðət hi həz noʊ ˈəðər ʧɔɪs. ðə ˈmərkjəri nuz aɪ hæv ə ˈfilɪŋ ðət ðə oʊld ˈstændˈbaɪ əv ðə raɪt, ʤɑb ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns, wɪl ˌriˈpleɪs ðiz ˈtrəbəld ˈwɛlˌfɛr ˈproʊˌgræmz. dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈpɑzətɪv ɪn ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz, ˈwɛlˌfɛr ˈproʊˌgræmz ““help”*” ˈmɛni bət ðə ˈifɛkts əv ðət hɛlp sim tɪ ˈdiviˌeɪt ˈlɪtəl frəm wɛr ðeɪ ɔˈrɛdi wər. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ðiz ˈproʊˌgræmz boʊθ ˈfɛdərəl ənd ˈloʊkəl ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪz ˈpipəl fər biɪŋ aʊt əv wərk ənd ˈhævɪŋ lɑrʤ ˈfæməliz, wɪʧ ɪn tərn ɪnˈkərəʤəz ðɛm tɪ bi aʊt əv wərk ənd hæv mɔr kɪdz. əˈgɛn, ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðɪs ɛz ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈvoʊtər siz ɪt: wi ɔl hæv tɪ goʊ tɪ wərk. ðɛr ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz wərk tɪ bi faʊnd. teɪk kɛr əv ðə ˈpipəl hu ər riˈspɑnsəbəl, ənd stɑp peɪɪŋ fər ðə ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl əˈspɛʃəli ɛz wi meɪk mɔr əv ðɛm, ənd ˌdɛməˈgræfɪkli, ðeɪ wɪl sun aʊtˈnəmbər ˈjuˈɛs ənd soʊ hæv pəˈlɪtɪkəl paʊər ˈoʊvər ˈjuˈɛs. ðɪs ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ə ˈmɪdəlˈklæs ˌrɛvəˈluʃən ɔn boʊθ ˈkɑntənənts. ˈmɑrʤənəˌlaɪzd baɪ ðə, ɪn wɪʧ ˈɛni sɛns əv ˌɪnɪkˈwɑləti əˈməŋ ˈpipəl wɑz əˈtækt, ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs wər sin ɛz ˈfɔrʧənət bræts hu roʊz əˈbəv ˈleɪbərər ˈstætəs baɪ ˈʧitɪŋ, ˈstilɪŋ, laɪɪŋ, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ðɪs vju ˌɪgˈnɔrz ðə fækt ðət ˈmɪdəl klæs ˈfæməliz kriˈeɪt groʊθ ɪn ˈsɪtiz ənd ˈɪndəstri, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈkəlʧər. ðeɪ ər ðə ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ əv ɔl əv ðiz θɪŋz ənd jɛt ər ə ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈtərgət əv boʊθ ˈrædɪkəl ɪˌgæləˈtɛriən ˈæktɪvɪsts ənd ˈgəvərnmənt ˈnæni steɪt ˈproʊˌgræmz ðət ər dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl ənd ˌɪnˈkɑmpətənt frəm ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv ðɛr ˈækʃənz. ə mɪˈsteɪk tɪ vju ðɪs ˈɪʃu ɛz raɪt ər lɛft. ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈlɪˌbərəlz hæd noʊ boʊnz əv ɪkˈwɑləti ɪn ðɛm; ðeɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ɪˈskeɪp ˌɪnˈkɑmpətənt ˈgəvərnmənt ðət hæd bɪˈkəm tu ˈpaʊərfəl, ənd soʊ ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ““liberty”*” (ən wərd) θru ““freedom”*” (əˈnəðər veɪg tərm) ˈjuzɪŋ ðə dɪˈvaɪs əv ““rights,”*,” ər ˈæbsəˌlut ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃənz tɪ ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl baɪ ðə steɪt. ɛz wi si haʊ ðɪs ˈvɪʒən həz ɪkˈspændɪd frəm prəˈtɛktɪŋ ˈpipəl frəm ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ mɔr ˈgəvərnmənt mɔr ˌɪnˈtrusɪv, ənd həz blərd frəm ˈkipɪŋ gʊd ˈpipəl seɪf tɪ ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ðoʊz hu ər ɪn ðə moʊst ˈtrəbəl ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv əraɪvd æt ðət steɪt baɪ ðɛr oʊn ˌɪrəˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ər ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəns, siɪŋ ðət ˈlɪˌbərəˌlɪzəm ənd hæv boʊθ bɪn kərˈəptɪd baɪ ðɪs ˈnoʊʃən. əˈgɛnst ˈnæʧərəl səˈlɛkʃən. ˈivɪn mɔr, ɪts ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl rul simz tɪ bi ˈteɪkɪŋ frəm ðə riˈspɑnsəbəl tɪ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt ðə ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl. nɑt ˈɛvəri pur ˈpərsən ɪz ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl, bət ɛz ˈhɪstəri ʃoʊz ˈjuˈɛs, moʊst səˈsaɪɪtiz rɪˈmeɪn pur nɑt bɪˈkəz əv əˈprɛʃən, bət bɪˈkəz əv læk əv əˈbɪləˌti baɪ ðɛr ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən, læk əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, ənd ðə kərˈəpʃən ənd ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəns ðət dum ˈjumən ɪnˈdɛvərz. moʊst pur ˈpipəl ər ðət weɪ bɪˈkəz əv ðɛr oʊn ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəns; wɪn ə frɛnd əv maɪn hu gru əp ɪn ə ˈtreɪlər pɑrk toʊld mi ðɪs, aɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst vomited*. bət ðə mɔr laɪf ˈstɔriz ənd stəˈtɪstɪks aɪ hæv sin, ðə mɔr aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz tru. jɛt ɑr ˈgəvərnmənt həz, ɪn ðə neɪm əv ˈhɛlpɪŋ ðə moʊst ˌɪnˈkɑmpətənt (ˈsɑri, ““victimized”*” ər ““oppressed”*”), groʊn ɪn saɪz ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ðət saɪz tɪ skwiz ðoʊz hu ər ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ wɛlθ, ˈnɑlɪʤ, ənd ˈkəlʧər fər ɑr soʊˈsaɪɪti. ðoʊz ər ðə ˈpipəl wi list wɔnt tɪ skwiz. θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ɪt ðɪs weɪ: ˈɛvəri soʊˈsaɪɪti həz hæd ən ˌɪmˈpɑvrɪʃt klæs. jɛt ðə səˈsaɪɪtiz ðət hæv ˈrɪzən hæv dən soʊ baɪ ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ðɛr bɛst tɪ du ðɛr bɛst. duɪŋ ðə ˈɑpəzɪt: ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ɑr list səkˈsɛsfəl æt ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv ɑr moʊst səkˈsɛsfəl. toʊld baɪ ˈmidiə ðət ðiz plænz ər riˈvɛnʤ əˈgɛnst ðə super-rich*, wɪʧ saʊnz gʊd bɪˈkəz ˈmɛni ˈpipəl wɪθ əbˈsərd əˈmaʊnts əv ˈməni gɑt ɪt baɪ biɪŋ ɪn ðə raɪt pleɪs æt ðə raɪt taɪm. bət ðeɪ wər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkɑmpətɪnt, ˈivɪn laɪk məˈdɑnə ər ʤɔrʤ ˈsɔroʊs, ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ wər rɪˈwɔrdɪd ˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃənətli. wət ˈbɑðərz ˈjuˈɛs moʊst əˈbaʊt ðɛm ɪz ðət ˈkɑmpətɪnt æt wət ðeɪ du, bət nɑt məʧ ɛls, ənd wɪθ ðɛr wɛlθ ðeɪ ˈɪnfluəns ˈəðər ˈɛriəz əv soʊˈsaɪɪti wɪθ ˌɪnˈseɪn aɪˈdiəz. bət ðiz ˈpipəl ər ə ˈtaɪni ˈfrækʃən. ðə ril ˈtərgət əv ðɪs taɪp əv ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɪz ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs, ənd ðeɪ ər sˈloʊli ˈtərnɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ðɛr ˈkəmfərtəbəl dɪˈstrækʃənz, ˈtɛləˌvɪʒənz ənd ˈmuviz ənd veɪˈkeɪʃənz ɪn ðə ˈhæmptənz, tɪ si ðət ðeɪ ər ðə nu ɪnˈdeɪnʤərd ˈspiʃiz ɪn ðə neɪm əv ˈhɛlpɪŋ ˈpipəl wi kənˈsɪdər soʊ ˈhɛlpləs ənd əˈprɛst ðət ɪt simz kruəl, kərəpt, ˈpjunətɪv ənd min nɑt tɪ hɛlp ðɛm. jɛt ðiz ˈpipəl ɪgˈzɪst ɪn ˈɛvəri soʊˈsaɪɪti, ənd ɪn səˈsaɪɪtiz ðət hæv feɪld, ðeɪ ər ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti. ˈhɪstəri ˈtiʧɪz ˈjuˈɛs ðɪs ˈlɛsən: səˈpɔrt jʊr wərst, ənd ɛnd əp biɪŋ ə θərd wərld kleptocracy*. ənd ˈhɪstəri ɪz ɔn maɪndz kwaɪt ə bɪt ðiz deɪz. nɑt ʤɪst ðə ˌriˈsɛʃən; ðət ˈpæsɪz. ðə væst pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ðə væst ˈsoʊʃəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ənd ðə kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˈmɪzəri əv ɪt ɔl ðə ˈəgli ˈsɪtiz ˈdɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ kəˈmərʃəl ˈɪntərɪsts, ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ wɪʧ ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ dɪz nɑt ɛnˈkəmpəs, ðə ˈbɔrɪŋ ʤɑbz ənd ˈmɛni rulz, ðə kərəpt ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz, ðə bæd ˈkəlʧər, ðə dəm ˈpipəl ˈɛvriˌwɛr ˈæktɪŋ laɪk ðeɪ dɪˈzərv ˌwəˈtɛvər ðɛr ˈɛrəgənt bɪˈheɪvjər lidz ðɛm təˈwɔrd bɪˈkəz ˈikwəl ðɪs ɪz wət ˈwəriz ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs. meɪt ˈpɛni laɪks tɪ rænt əˈbaʊt ˈstændərdz əv ˈlɪvɪŋ ənd ˈɑrgjuz ðət wi ɪn ðə wɛst hæv ə ˈrəðər loʊ ˈstændərd əv ˈlɪvɪŋ. strɛst aʊt, ˈwərkɪŋ ɑr ˈæsəz ɔf tɪ baɪ loʊ kˈwɑləti fud ənd ˈhævɪŋ noʊ taɪm fər ɑr ˈfæməliz ər kəmˈjunɪtiz. ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn fɪr əv ˈpɑvərti, ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm, ˈgəvərnmənts ənd pəˈlis ənd ˈsikɪŋ ˈminɪŋ ɪn ˈpərʧəsɪz ən possessions”*” ˈfɔrəm ˈtɑpɪk: ðə haʊ ˈwərid ʃʊd wi bi? ˈriəlɪzm ənd dɪskənˈtɛnt æt soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈfeɪlɪŋ ɪz ˈkɔzɪŋ ə ˈbæˌklæʃ. ˈpipəl wɔnt tɪ reɪz ðɛr kɪdz fri frəm ˌprɑpəˈgændə fər ənd sɛks, drəg juz, ˈlaɪfˌstaɪlz, wɪrd ˈpɑləˌtɪks ənd kəlts ðət mɪsˈlid fər tu ˈdɛkeɪdz ənd ðɛn liv ˈloʊnli ˈsɪŋgəl ˈpipəl, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. nɑt kənˈsərvətɪv, bət kənˈsərvətɪv: ðeɪ noʊ ðət wət wərks baɪəˈlɑʤɪkli, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈnæʧərəl səˈlɛkʃən, wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz wərk, ənd noʊ əˈmaʊnt əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi ər ˈgəvərnmənt kən ʧeɪnʤ ðət. ðɛr ɪz ən ɪˈtərnəl ˈwɪzdəm tɪ ˈlɪvɪŋ sanely*, chastely*, wɪˈθaʊt ə nid fər dɪˈstrækʃən ər ˈwɪrdnəs. ə kɑm ɪn ðə soʊl. ə klɪr roʊl. ə ˈkəlʧər ðət fɔrmz aʊt əv ðɪs ənd prəˈtɛkts əˈgɛnst ðə groʊs ˌɛkˈsɛsɪz əv ˈkɑmərs ənd ˈgəvərnmənt əˈlaɪk. ˈnɔrməl, ˈfəŋkʃənəl ˈmɪdəlˈklæs ˈfæməliz wɔnt tɪ reɪz ðɛr kɪdz tɪ ˌɪnˈhɛrət ə juʤ ˈnæʃənəl dɛt. ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ reɪz ðɛm ɪn ə soʊˈsaɪɪti əv ˌɪŋˈkɑmpətənts, ər ə soʊˈsaɪɪti ðət ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪzɪz ˌɪŋˈkɑmpətənts. ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ reɪz ðɛm ɪn ə sərˈveɪləns steɪt, ə ˈnæni steɪt ər ə ˈtoʊtəl steɪt bət ɛz ˌɪnˈkɑmpətəns ˈraɪzɪz, ðeɪ si haʊ goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl. mɔr ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz duɪŋ ˈstupɪd ər ˈkrɪmənəl ækts rikˈwaɪərz mɔr kɑps ənd mɔr ˈpaʊərfəl kɑps. ˈfæməliz əv ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs ər wət kips əˈmɛrɪkə ənd ˈjʊrəp əˈfloʊt, ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli, ˌdɛməˈgræfɪkli, ˈplɪtɪkli ənd ˈsoʊʃəli. ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs ɪz ˈsɛnsɪŋ ðət əˈbaʊt tɪ bi dɪˈstrɔɪd baɪ ˈərbəˌnaɪts, ˈvɛriəs ˈpipəl hu faɪnd ɪt ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ səkˈsid ɪn ðɪs soʊˈsaɪɪti, ənd ˈəðər ˈpipəl hu heɪt ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl, kənˈsərvətɪv ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl. ˈfaɪtɪŋ bæk θru ɪts ˈprɑksiz. ənd səm əv ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ˈkɑmən sɛns: ˈɛvəri soʊˈsaɪɪti ɪn dɛt, ˈspɛndɪŋ mɔr ɔn ˈnuˌkəmərz hu fɪt ɪn ðən ɔn ɪts bɛst hoʊps, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ðə ˈpipəl hu wɔnt tɪ gɪt drægd daʊn baɪ ðə ˌɪrəˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti əv ðoʊz hu ər. ðɛr lɔ ɪz wən əv ðə ˈeɪbəl: laɪf dɪz nɑt meɪk ɪt hɑrd tɪ səkˈsid ɪˈnəf tɪ hæv ə gʊd laɪf, ənd ju nid greɪt wɛlθ, bət ju du nid self-discipline*, ˈmɔrəl əˈwɛrnəs, sɛlf kənˈtroʊl ənd ə sɛns əv ˌriˈæləˌti. siɪŋ haʊ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtɪŋ ðoʊz hu dɪˈnaɪ ˌriˈæləˌti tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈfeɪsɪŋ ðə bæd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv ðɛr oʊn bɪˈheɪvjər ɪz kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə soʊˈsaɪɪti wɪʧ ˈmɑrʤənəˌlaɪzɪz ðə ˈkɑmpətɪnt. ðət minz ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən wɪl ˌɪnˈhɛrət ə ˈnaɪtˌmɛr. ənd soʊ, ˈfaɪtɪŋ bæk ɔn boʊθ ˈkɑntənənts. tægz: ˈkɑgnɪtɪv ˈdɪsənəns, pliz ɪˈneɪbəl ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt tɪ vju ðə ˈkɑmɛnts paʊərd baɪ disqus*.
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one phone call
dr. joel, an epidemic intelligence officer, had just left the frigid air of a michigan autopsy room in october 1976 when the phone rang. it was lyle conrad, supervisor of field officers. “there’s a very unusual outbreak in africa,” the director said. “we want to you to go there.”
less than eight months earlier, thought he had left west africa after spending almost a decade fighting smallpox, measles, and other diseases in guinea, burkina faso and elsewhere in west africa accompanied by his wife, a nurse. with two small kids, the couple had decided to settle in michigan for two years, where they could work at a quiet state outpost of the cdc and let their children grow up in the suburbs. but with one phone call, knew he had to go back. he was well suited for the task: he spoke fluent french, knew many greetings in local languages, and had a disposition that made people feel at ease.
“just for a few days,” conrad urged. “find out going on and then come back, take care of the rest.”
an unusually lethal hemorrhagic fever was sweeping through the region. the caused fever, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and malaria, typhoid, lassa fever, and influenza. its mortality rate did not. “all the villages are infected,” the director warned. “virtually all those who have gotten it have died.” so far, the infection was confined to zaire (now known as the democratic republic of the congo), by chance a place had been earlier in the year as a member of a who international team to certify central africa smallpox-free.
in the days leading up to his departure for africa, the california native searched for clues that might unlock the identity of the mystery virus. he spent days and nights pouring over scientific journals. “it was so lethal and dramatic,” he says. “there was no disease i knew that could be so deadly.” also reached out to others for help. bob kaiser, chief of tropical diseases at the cdc, was stumped by the descriptions of the fever. so was thomas monath, the doctor who had just unraveled the natural history of lassa fever. kept calling doctors and academics, but there were no answers to be found.
the reality of’s situation was starting to sink in. he was flying to a foreign country to visit gravely ill patients suffering from a disease he could no more diagnose than treat. in some ways, it was an impossible mission. “i had a brief conversation with my wife and two small children,” he says. “we know what was going to happen. it was extremely difficult.” kept repeating the phrase, “just a few days.” he packed only two pairs of pants, three shirts, and one toothbrush, then set out for africa with karl johnson.
journey to zaire
the head of the special pathogens lab, a brilliant virologist by the name of karl johnson, had been chosen as’s companion by the cdc director. together, be the first americans on an international commission, formed to investigate the hemorrhagic fever. on departure, johnson informed that his lab had just discovered the cause of the new showed him a picture of the microbe. it was crucial news, but only one piece of the puzzle. a magnified image of a microbe tell the story. “we had to find out what it caused how it manifested,” says. “then our work began.”
when they also learned just before departure that a concurrent outbreak had just begun in south one in an isolated area, virtually impossible to bewilderment deepened. was it the same virus? were the outbreaks related? to break up the trip to zaire, the two stopped in geneva to meet with leaders at the world health organization.
unable to sleep on the more than flight from geneva to zaire, and johnson ran through various clinical and scenarios. sitting next to the doctors, eavesdropping on their conversation, was an american surgeon named william t. daughter, glenn, was a rising star in hollywood.
bill close, as his friends called him, was the personal physician to president mobutu sese seko of zaire. president mobutu was rumored to have recently fled to france with his family to protect them from the virus. close decided to return to africa from his home in the u.s. he knew the virus was spreading, but he grasped the gravity of the situation until overhearing the cdc scientists.
close was one of the most authoritative people in zaire. along with his post as personal physician, he was director of the biggest and best hospital in the country; it was named “mama yemo” after the mother. this post granted him unrestricted access to government medical and laboratory supplies. along with colleagues from zaire and other countries, and johnson had the brainpower to fight the virus; close had the resources they needed to do it. “if we met [bill], if he welcomed us with open arms, i know how it would have gone,” says.
by the time the plane landed in kinshasa, capital city, the men had a game plan. it was late october, six weeks after the initial outbreak, and the virus was rumored to be spreading like wildfire. once they arrived in zaire, was appointed the chief of surveillance, epidemiology, and control; johnson was named scientific director. containment was top priority. close sent medical from his storehouse, ordered the chief electrician to wire the hospital, and galvanized the reluctant air force to offer support. when the minister of health asked five commission members to go to the site of infection hours after the group arrived, close ordered a large military plane to fly them there. was among those chosen for the flight. their mission was four-fold: map the extent of the outbreak, track down active cases, find possible survivors, and assess needs for clinical care and further research and control. the five men, their land rover, and their supplies were loaded into the gigantic military aircraft. as the pilots prepared for takeoff, sensed their unease. “they were not happy to take us,” he says. the village and surrounding area they were traveling to was quarantined, and had been for weeks. it was here, a small village in the district of northern zaire, where it all began..
yambuku
breman peered out at the huge congo river system as the flight took off. small slips of road peaked out from under the dense canopy, exposing tiny villages scattered throughout the jungle. below, the thick marshland and dim lights created a scene that describes as “joseph conrad territory.” “you’re flying into the unknown,” he says. “pretty terrifying.” minutes after landing in and unloading the cargo, the pilots and their plane vanished. “you realize, gone and we are here. totally isolated across the river.” the hunt for the virus had begun.
not far from the drop-off point, the team ran into their first roadblock. the villagers, who had been under quarantine for weeks, had been told by their governor not to let strangers any conditions. with man-made barriers they fought to keep the doctors out. “people were panicking, they know what was going on,” remembers. “they thought we were bringing the disease.”
after making it through a dozen roadblocks with the help of a translator, the next obstacle appeared. sheets of torrential rains pouring down over the land rover sent its four wheels plunging into the mud. each time the car got stuck, and the others got out to move that instantly drenched the paper gowns and masks they'd worn as protection. knee deep in mud, sweat mixing with rain, they forced the land rover through the jungle. “i was absolutely terrified,” says. “you’re soaked. afraid. just trying to do your work.”
the first stop in the jungle was the mission, where three “angelic-looking” nuns were huddled near makeshift tape that strung around the local hospital.
it was here, six weeks earlier, that the virus had emerged. the school headmaster had come down sick with a fever after traveling north for vacation. everyone assumed contracted malaria. inside the hospital, he was injected with malaria medication using needles. when the medicine help, and his condition deteriorated, the staff began to worry. less than two weeks later, he was dead. the women who prepared his contagious body for burial were soon infected, as were the clinicians and family members who had treated him, and the dozens who had come in contact with the needles. of the 17 staff members, 13 became sick and 11 died. by the time arrived, the three nuns and one old priest were all that remained of the mission.
in the weeks since the bizarre illness, the nuns had done their best to record the symptoms. but there were hundreds of victims and keeping track of each death grew difficult. making village visits shortly after arrival, saw his first ebola victim.
the virus
the man was young, in his or 30s, “good looking,” and visibly afraid. surrounded by family and friends, he sat and motionless leaning forward in a chair on the dirt in front of his hut. when asked to examine him, he was too sick to answer. “tell me going on,” said. the pain was so excruciating that talking was difficult for the man. severe belly pains, a headache, and fever were the only conclusions could draw. there was little more the doctor could do. “i gave him all the medicine we had to keep him comfortable, told his family to keep him in the house,” but not to let others have contact except one person to bring him food and water. two days later, he was dead. “you just keep going on,” says with a sigh. “try to figure out how far the disease had spread.”
seventy-two hours into his trip, and had already stared the virus in the face. the “just a few days” window was fast closing. but his work was far from finished. the days would soon turn into months.
there much time to rest or think. tasked 10 teams with visiting all 550 villages in the zone twice. the 55 villages with confirmed infections were visited an additional time, to be safe. “people along the road from the main townwere relieved when we said come to stop the spread, treat patients, and meet their families,” wrote in a recent new england journal of medicine paper.
in many places, it was custom to place huts outside the villages for smallpox victims. encouraged families to use this practice for the new virus, and designate just one person (preferably someone who had already survived the virus) to deliver food and water. dead bodies were to be covered in bleach, and typical burial rites of kissing and touching ignored. a burning hut meant it was contaminated with the virus. a shaved head meant the microbe had stolen a loved one.
on every trip to a village, a hospital, a hut, and the others carried an invisible burden: they could be next. “we know how it would spread,” says. “so we started monitoring ourselves.” instructed the group to take their temperatures twice a day and report immediately if it spiked. “you’re absolutely terrified that you will get this because, at this time, we how patients got it,” says. with sweltering hot temperatures, constant sweat was normal. “we were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.” sometimes, when perspiring heavily and feeling warm would fear the worst. when his fever came back to normal, find himself on bites instead. “you wonder, is this a rash? what does this mean?” long days of hiking from village to village exhausted the group; a lack of clarity regarding the origins and how it spread almost sent them over the edge.
in all, the 1976 outbreak saw 318 cases in zaire, 280 of which ended in death. the epidemic had peaked before’s arrival. the majority of the early cases were traced back to unsanitary needles. towards the conclusion of the trip, discussed the new virus with johnson. at that time, all new viruses were being named after the region in which they occurred. but this virus, so graphic and deadly, would lay a severe stigma on whatever village, land, or country shared its name. so johnson thought of something else. “he said, ‘why we not stigmatize,’” remembers. “why not name it after a geographical area instead?” the name, taken from a small river in northern zaire, is more famous now than ever imagined it would be: ebola.
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wən foʊn kɔl ˈdɑktər. ʤoʊəl, ən ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈɔfɪsər, hæd ʤɪst lɛft ðə ˈfrɪʤəd ɛr əv ə ˈmɪʃɪgən ˈɔˌtɑpsi rum ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 1976 wɪn ðə foʊn ræŋ. ɪt wɑz laɪl ˈkɑnræd, ˈsupərˌvaɪzər əv fild ˈɔfɪsərz. ə ˈvɛri ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈaʊtˌbreɪk ɪn africa,”*,” ðə dɪˈrɛktər sɛd. wɔnt tɪ ju tɪ goʊ there.”*.” lɛs ðən eɪt mənθs ˈərliər, θɔt hi hæd lɛft wɛst ˈæfrɪkɑ ˈæftər ˈspɛndɪŋ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˈfaɪtɪŋ sˈmɔlˌpɑks, ˈmizəlz, ənd ˈəðər dɪˈzizɪz ɪn ˈgɪni, bərˈkinə ˈfɑsoʊ ənd ˈɛlsˌwɛr ɪn wɛst ˈæfrɪkɑ əˈkəmpənid baɪ hɪz waɪf, ə nərs. wɪθ tu smɔl kɪdz, ðə ˈkəpəl hæd ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈsɛtəl ɪn ˈmɪʃɪgən fər tu jɪrz, wɛr ðeɪ kʊd wərk æt ə kwaɪət steɪt ˈaʊtˌpoʊst əv ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ənd lɛt ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən groʊ əp ɪn ðə ˈsəbərbz. bət wɪθ wən foʊn kɔl, nu hi hæd tɪ goʊ bæk. hi wɑz wɛl ˈsutɪd fər ðə tæsk: hi spoʊk fluənt frɛnʧ, nu ˈmɛni ˈgritɪŋz ɪn ˈloʊkəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz, ənd hæd ə ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən ðət meɪd ˈpipəl fil æt iz. fər ə fju days,”*,” ˈkɑnræd ərʤd. aʊt goʊɪŋ ɔn ənd ðɛn kəm bæk, teɪk kɛr əv ðə rest.”*.” ən ənˈjuˌʒuəli ˈliθəl ˌhɛmərˈægɪk ˈfivər wɑz sˈwipɪŋ θru ðə ˈriʤən. ðə kɔzd ˈfivər, ˈhɛˌdeɪk, ˈvɑmətɪŋ, ˌdaɪərˈiə, ənd məˈlɛriə, ˈtaɪfɔɪd, ˈlɑsə ˈfivər, ənd ˌɪnfluˈɛnzə. ɪts mɔrˈtæləti reɪt dɪd nɑt. ðə ˈvɪlɪʤɪz ər infected,”*,” ðə dɪˈrɛktər wɔrnd. ɔl ðoʊz hu hæv ˈgɔtən ɪt hæv died.”*.” soʊ fɑr, ðə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən wɑz kənˈfaɪnd tɪ zaɪɪr (naʊ noʊn ɛz ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk riˈpəblɪk əv ðə ˈkɑŋgoʊ), baɪ ʧæns ə pleɪs hæd bɪn ˈərliər ɪn ðə jɪr ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ə hu ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl tim tɪ ˈsərtəˌfaɪ ˈsɛntrəl ˈæfrɪkɑ smallpox-free*. ɪn ðə deɪz ˈlidɪŋ əp tɪ hɪz dɪˈpɑrʧər fər ˈæfrɪkɑ, ðə ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ˈneɪtɪv sərʧt fər kluz ðət maɪt ənˈlɑk ðə aɪˈdɛntəˌti əv ðə ˈmɪstəri ˈvaɪrəs. hi spɛnt deɪz ənd naɪts ˈpɔrɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈʤərnəlz. wɑz soʊ ˈliθəl ənd dramatic,”*,” hi sɪz. wɑz noʊ dɪˈziz aɪ nu ðət kʊd bi soʊ deadly.”*.” ˈɔlsoʊ riʧt aʊt tɪ ˈəðərz fər hɛlp. bɑb ˈkaɪzər, ʧif əv ˈtrɑpɪkəl dɪˈzizɪz æt ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi, wɑz stəmpt baɪ ðə dɪˈskrɪpʃənz əv ðə ˈfivər. soʊ wɑz ˈtɑməs monath*, ðə ˈdɔktər hu hæd ʤɪst ənˈrævəld ðə ˈnæʧərəl ˈhɪstəri əv ˈlɑsə ˈfivər. kɛpt ˈkɔlɪŋ ˈdɑktərz ənd ˌækəˈdɛmɪks, bət ðɛr wər noʊ ˈænsərz tɪ bi faʊnd. ðə ˌriˈæləˌti əv ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɑz ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ sɪŋk ɪn. hi wɑz flaɪɪŋ tɪ ə ˈfɔrən ˈkəntri tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ˈgreɪvli ɪl ˈpeɪʃənz ˈsəfərɪŋ frəm ə dɪˈziz hi kʊd noʊ mɔr ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊs ðən trit. ɪn səm weɪz, ɪt wɑz ən ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl ˈmɪʃən. hæd ə brif ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɪθ maɪ waɪf ənd tu smɔl children,”*,” hi sɪz. noʊ wət wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈhæpən. ɪt wɑz ɪkˈstrimli difficult.”*.” kɛpt rɪˈpitɪŋ ðə freɪz, ə fju days.”*.” hi pækt ˈoʊnli tu pɛrz əv pænts, θri ʃərts, ənd wən ˈtuθbrəʃ, ðɛn sɛt aʊt fər ˈæfrɪkɑ wɪθ kɑrl ˈʤɑnsən. ˈʤərni tɪ zaɪɪr ðə hɛd əv ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈpæθəʤənz læb, ə ˈbrɪljənt vɪˈrɑləʤɪst baɪ ðə neɪm əv kɑrl ˈʤɑnsən, hæd bɪn ˈʧoʊzən ɛz kəmˈpænjən baɪ ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi dɪˈrɛktər. təˈgɛðər, bi ðə fərst əˈmɛrɪkənz ɔn ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kəˈmɪʃən, fɔrmd tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ðə ˌhɛmərˈægɪk ˈfivər. ɔn dɪˈpɑrʧər, ˈʤɑnsən ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ðət hɪz læb hæd ʤɪst dɪˈskəvərd ðə kɔz əv ðə nu ʃoʊd ɪm ə ˈpɪkʧər əv ðə ˈmaɪˌkroʊb. ɪt wɑz ˈkruʃəl nuz, bət ˈoʊnli wən pis əv ðə ˈpəzəl. ə ˈmægnəˌfaɪd ˈɪmɪʤ əv ə ˈmaɪˌkroʊb tɛl ðə ˈstɔri. hæd tɪ faɪnd aʊt wət ɪt kɔzd haʊ ɪt manifested,”*,” sɪz. ɑr wərk began.”*.” wɪn ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlərnɪd ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr dɪˈpɑrʧər ðət ə kənˈkərənt ˈaʊtˌbreɪk hæd ʤɪst ˈbeɪgən ɪn saʊθ wən ɪn ən ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd ˈɛriə, ˈvərʧuəli ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ bɪˈwɪldərmənt ˈdipənd. wɑz ɪt ðə seɪm ˈvaɪrəs? wər ðə ˈaʊtˌbreɪks rɪˈleɪtɪd? tɪ breɪk əp ðə trɪp tɪ zaɪɪr, ðə tu stɑpt ɪn ʤəˈnivə tɪ mit wɪθ ˈlidərz æt ðə wərld hɛlθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən. əˈneɪbəl tɪ slip ɔn ðə mɔr ðən flaɪt frəm ʤəˈnivə tɪ zaɪɪr, ənd ˈʤɑnsən ræn θru ˈvɛriəs ˈklɪnɪkəl ənd sɪˈnɛrioʊz. ˈsɪtɪŋ nɛkst tɪ ðə ˈdɑktərz, ˈivzˌdrɑpɪŋ ɔn ðɛr ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, wɑz ən əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsərʤɪn neɪmd ˈwɪljəm ti. ˈdɔtər, glɛn, wɑz ə ˈraɪzɪŋ stɑr ɪn ˈhɑliˌwʊd. bɪl kloʊz, ɛz hɪz frɛndz kɔld ɪm, wɑz ðə ˈpərsɪnəl fəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt moʊˈbuˌtu ˈsisi ˈsɛkoʊ əv zaɪɪr. ˈprɛzɪdənt moʊˈbuˌtu wɑz ˈrumərd tɪ hæv ˈrisəntli flɛd tɪ fræns wɪθ hɪz ˈfæməli tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛm frəm ðə ˈvaɪrəs. kloʊz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈæfrɪkɑ frəm hɪz hoʊm ɪn ðə juz. hi nu ðə ˈvaɪrəs wɑz ˈsprɛdɪŋ, bət hi græspt ðə ˈgrævɪti əv ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ənˈtɪl ˌoʊvərˈhirɪŋ ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈsaɪəntɪsts. kloʊz wɑz wən əv ðə moʊst əˈθɔrəˌteɪtɪv ˈpipəl ɪn zaɪɪr. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hɪz poʊst ɛz ˈpərsɪnəl fəˈzɪʃən, hi wɑz dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ənd bɛst ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɪn ðə ˈkəntri; ɪt wɑz neɪmd yemo”*” ˈæftər ðə ˈməðər. ðɪs poʊst ˈgrænɪd ɪm ˌənriˈstrɪktɪd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈgəvərnmənt ˈmɛdɪkəl ənd ˈlæbrəˌtɔri səˈplaɪz. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈkɑligz frəm zaɪɪr ənd ˈəðər ˈkəntriz, ənd ˈʤɑnsən hæd ðə ˈbreɪnˌpaʊər tɪ faɪt ðə ˈvaɪrəs; kloʊz hæd ðə ˈrisɔrsɪz ðeɪ ˈnidɪd tɪ du ɪt. wi mɛt [bɪl], ɪf hi ˈwɛlkəmd ˈjuˈɛs wɪθ ˈoʊpən ɑrmz, aɪ noʊ haʊ ɪt wʊd hæv gone,”*,” sɪz. baɪ ðə taɪm ðə pleɪn ˈlændɪd ɪn kɪnˈʃɑsə, ˈkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti, ðə mɛn hæd ə geɪm plæn. ɪt wɑz leɪt ɑkˈtoʊbər, sɪks wiks ˈæftər ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈaʊtˌbreɪk, ənd ðə ˈvaɪrəs wɑz ˈrumərd tɪ bi ˈsprɛdɪŋ laɪk ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər. wəns ðeɪ əraɪvd ɪn zaɪɪr, wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ðə ʧif əv sərˈveɪləns, ˌɛpəˌdɛmiˈɑləʤi, ənd kənˈtroʊl; ˈʤɑnsən wɑz neɪmd ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk dɪˈrɛktər. kənˈteɪnmənt wɑz tɔp praɪˈɔrəti. kloʊz sɛnt ˈmɛdɪkəl frəm hɪz ˈstɔˌrhaʊs, ˈɔrdərd ðə ʧif ɪlɛkˈtrɪʃən tɪ waɪər ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, ənd ˈgælvəˌnaɪzd ðə rɪˈləktənt ɛr fɔrs tɪ ˈɔfər səˈpɔrt. wɪn ðə ˈmɪnɪstər əv hɛlθ æst faɪv kəˈmɪʃən ˈmɛmbərz tɪ goʊ tɪ ðə saɪt əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən aʊərz ˈæftər ðə grup əraɪvd, kloʊz ˈɔrdərd ə lɑrʤ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri pleɪn tɪ flaɪ ðɛm ðɛr. wɑz əˈməŋ ðoʊz ˈʧoʊzən fər ðə flaɪt. ðɛr ˈmɪʃən wɑz four-fold*: mæp ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðə ˈaʊtˌbreɪk, træk daʊn ˈæktɪv ˈkeɪsɪz, faɪnd ˈpɑsəbəl sərˈvaɪvərz, ənd əˈsɛs nidz fər ˈklɪnɪkəl kɛr ənd ˈfərðər ˈrisərʧ ənd kənˈtroʊl. ðə faɪv mɛn, ðɛr lænd ˈroʊvər, ənd ðɛr səˈplaɪz wər ˈloʊdɪd ˈɪntu ðə ʤaɪˈgænɪk ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɛrˌkræft. ɛz ðə ˈpaɪləts priˈpɛrd fər ˈteɪˌkɔf, sɛnst ðɛr əˈniz. wər nɑt ˈhæpi tɪ teɪk us,”*,” hi sɪz. ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ ənd sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈɛriə ðeɪ wər ˈtrævəlɪŋ tɪ wɑz kˈwɔrənˌtind, ənd hæd bɪn fər wiks. ɪt wɑz hir, ə smɔl ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv ˈnɔrðərn zaɪɪr, wɛr ɪt ɔl bɪˈgæn.. pɪrd aʊt æt ðə juʤ ˈkɑŋgoʊ ˈrɪvər ˈsɪstəm ɛz ðə flaɪt tʊk ɔf. smɔl slɪps əv roʊd pikt aʊt frəm ˈəndər ðə dɛns ˈkænəpi, ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ˈtaɪni ˈvɪlɪʤɪz ˈskætərd θruaʊt ðə ˈʤəŋgəl. bɪˈloʊ, ðə θɪk ˈmɑrʃˌlænd ənd dɪm laɪts kriˈeɪtɪd ə sin ðət dɪˈskraɪbz ɛz ˈkɑnræd territory.”*.” flaɪɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə unknown,”*,” hi sɪz. terrifying.”*.” ˈmɪnəts ˈæftər ˈlændɪŋ ɪn ənd ənˈloʊdɪŋ ðə ˈkɑrˌgoʊ, ðə ˈpaɪləts ənd ðɛr pleɪn ˈvænɪʃt. ˈriəˌlaɪz, gɔn ənd wi ər hir. ˈtoʊtəli ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd əˈkrɔs ðə river.”*.” ðə hənt fər ðə ˈvaɪrəs hæd ˈbeɪgən. nɑt fɑr frəm ðə ˈdrɑˌpɔf pɔɪnt, ðə tim ræn ˈɪntu ðɛr fərst ˈroʊdˌblɑk. ðə ˈvɪlɪʤərz, hu hæd bɪn ˈəndər kˈwɔrənˌtin fər wiks, hæd bɪn toʊld baɪ ðɛr ˈgəvərnər nɑt tɪ lɛt ˈstreɪnʤərz ˈɛni kənˈdɪʃənz. wɪθ ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈbɛriərz ðeɪ fɔt tɪ kip ðə ˈdɑktərz aʊt. wər ˈpænɪkɪŋ, ðeɪ noʊ wət wɑz goʊɪŋ on,”*,” rɪˈmɛmbərz. θɔt wi wər ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðə disease.”*.” ˈæftər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt θru ə ˈdəzən ˈroʊdˌblɑks wɪθ ðə hɛlp əv ə trænzˈleɪtər, ðə nɛkst ˈɑbstəkəl əˈpɪrd. ʃits əv tɔˈrɛnʃəl reɪnz ˈpɔrɪŋ daʊn ˈoʊvər ðə lænd ˈroʊvər sɛnt ɪts fɔr wilz ˈplənʤɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə məd. iʧ taɪm ðə kɑr gɑt stək, ənd ðə ˈəðərz gɑt aʊt tɪ muv ðət ˈɪnstəntli drɛnʧt ðə ˈpeɪpər gaʊnz ənd mæsks ðeɪd wɔrn ɛz prəˈtɛkʃən. ni dip ɪn məd, swɛt ˈmɪksɪŋ wɪθ reɪn, ðeɪ fɔrst ðə lænd ˈroʊvər θru ðə ˈʤəŋgəl. wɑz ˌæbsəˈlutli terrified,”*,” sɪz. soʊkt. əˈfreɪd. ʤɪst traɪɪŋ tɪ du jʊr work.”*.” ðə fərst stɑp ɪn ðə ˈʤəŋgəl wɑz ðə ˈmɪʃən, wɛr θri ““angelic-looking”*” nənz wər ˈhədəld nɪr ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft teɪp ðət strəŋ əraʊnd ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. ɪt wɑz hir, sɪks wiks ˈərliər, ðət ðə ˈvaɪrəs hæd ˈimərʤd. ðə skul ˈhɛdˈmæstər hæd kəm daʊn sɪk wɪθ ə ˈfivər ˈæftər ˈtrævəlɪŋ nɔrθ fər veɪˈkeɪʃən. ˈɛvriˌwən əˈsumd ˈkɑntræktəd məˈlɛriə. ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, hi wɑz ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪd wɪθ məˈlɛriə ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃən ˈjuzɪŋ ˈnidəlz. wɪn ðə ˈmɛdəsən hɛlp, ənd hɪz kənˈdɪʃən dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪtɪd, ðə stæf bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈwəri. lɛs ðən tu wiks ˈleɪtər, hi wɑz dɛd. ðə ˈwɪmən hu priˈpɛrd hɪz kənˈteɪʤəs ˈbɑdi fər ˈbɛriəl wər sun ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd, ɛz wər ðə klɪˈnɪʃənz ənd ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz hu hæd ˈtritɪd ɪm, ənd ðə ˈdəzənz hu hæd kəm ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ðə ˈnidəlz. əv ðə 17 stæf ˈmɛmbərz, 13 bɪˈkeɪm sɪk ənd 11 daɪd. baɪ ðə taɪm əraɪvd, ðə θri nənz ənd wən oʊld prist wər ɔl ðət rɪˈmeɪnd əv ðə ˈmɪʃən. ɪn ðə wiks sɪns ðə bɪˈzɑr ˈɪlnəs, ðə nənz hæd dən ðɛr bɛst tɪ ˈrɛkərd ðə ˈsɪmptəmz. bət ðɛr wər ˈhənərdz əv ˈvɪktɪmz ənd ˈkipɪŋ træk əv iʧ dɛθ gru ˈdɪfəkəlt. ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈvɪlɪʤ ˈvɪzɪts ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ərˈaɪvəl, sɔ hɪz fərst iˈboʊlə ˈvɪktɪm. ðə ˈvaɪrəs ðə mæn wɑz jəŋ, ɪn hɪz ər 30s*, looking,”*,” ənd ˈvɪzəbli əˈfreɪd. sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ˈfæməli ənd frɛndz, hi sæt ənd ˈmoʊʃənləs ˈlinɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ə ʧɛr ɔn ðə dərt ɪn frənt əv hɪz hət. wɪn æst tɪ ɪgˈzæmɪn ɪm, hi wɑz tu sɪk tɪ ˈænsər. mi goʊɪŋ on,”*,” sɛd. ðə peɪn wɑz soʊ ɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ðət ˈtɔkɪŋ wɑz ˈdɪfəkəlt fər ðə mæn. səˈvɪr ˈbɛli peɪnz, ə ˈhɛˌdeɪk, ənd ˈfivər wər ðə ˈoʊnli kənˈkluʒənz kʊd drɔ. ðɛr wɑz ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðə ˈdɔktər kʊd du. geɪv ɪm ɔl ðə ˈmɛdəsən wi hæd tɪ kip ɪm ˈkəmfərtəbəl, toʊld hɪz ˈfæməli tɪ kip ɪm ɪn ðə house,”*,” bət nɑt tɪ lɛt ˈəðərz hæv ˈkɑnˌtækt ɪkˈsɛpt wən ˈpərsən tɪ brɪŋ ɪm fud ənd ˈwɔtər. tu deɪz ˈleɪtər, hi wɑz dɛd. ʤɪst kip goʊɪŋ on,”*,” sɪz wɪθ ə saɪ. tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt haʊ fɑr ðə dɪˈziz hæd spread.”*.” aʊərz ˈɪntu hɪz trɪp, ənd hæd ɔˈrɛdi stɛrd ðə ˈvaɪrəs ɪn ðə feɪs. ðə ə fju days”*” ˈwɪndoʊ wɑz fæst ˈkloʊzɪŋ. bət hɪz wərk wɑz fɑr frəm ˈfɪnɪʃt. ðə deɪz wʊd sun tərn ˈɪntu mənθs. ðɛr məʧ taɪm tɪ rɛst ər θɪŋk. tæskt 10 timz wɪθ ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ɔl 550 ˈvɪlɪʤɪz ɪn ðə zoʊn twaɪs. ðə 55 ˈvɪlɪʤɪz wɪθ kənˈfərmd ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz wər ˈvɪzɪtɪd ən əˈdɪʃənəl taɪm, tɪ bi seɪf. əˈlɔŋ ðə roʊd frəm ðə meɪn taʊn rɪˈlivd wɪn wi sɛd kəm tɪ stɑp ðə sprɛd, trit ˈpeɪʃənz, ənd mit ðɛr families,”*,” roʊt ɪn ə ˈrisənt nu ˈɪŋglənd ˈʤərnəl əv ˈmɛdəsən ˈpeɪpər. ɪn ˈmɛni ˈpleɪsɪz, ɪt wɑz ˈkəstəm tɪ pleɪs həts ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈvɪlɪʤɪz fər sˈmɔlˌpɑks ˈvɪktɪmz. ɪnˈkərəʤd ˈfæməliz tɪ juz ðɪs ˈpræktɪs fər ðə nu ˈvaɪrəs, ənd ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪt ʤɪst wən ˈpərsən (ˈprɛfərəbli ˈsəmˌwən hu hæd ɔˈrɛdi sərˈvaɪvd ðə ˈvaɪrəs) tɪ dɪˈlɪvər fud ənd ˈwɔtər. dɛd ˈbɑdiz wər tɪ bi ˈkəvərd ɪn bliʧ, ənd ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈbɛriəl raɪts əv ˈkɪsɪŋ ənd ˈtəʧɪŋ ˌɪgˈnɔrd. ə ˈbərnɪŋ hət mɛnt ɪt wɑz kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd wɪθ ðə ˈvaɪrəs. ə ʃeɪvd hɛd mɛnt ðə ˈmaɪˌkroʊb hæd ˈstoʊlən ə ləvd wən. ɔn ˈɛvəri trɪp tɪ ə ˈvɪlɪʤ, ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, ə hət, ənd ðə ˈəðərz ˈkɛrid ən ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl ˈbərdən: ðeɪ kʊd bi nɛkst. noʊ haʊ ɪt wʊd spread,”*,” sɪz. wi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ourselves.”*.” ˌɪnˈstrəktɪd ðə grup tɪ teɪk ðɛr ˈtɛmpərəʧərz twaɪs ə deɪ ənd rɪˈpɔrt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ɪf ɪt spaɪkt. ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈtɛrəˌfaɪd ðət ju wɪl gɪt ðɪs bɪˈkəz, æt ðɪs taɪm, wi haʊ ˈpeɪʃənz gɑt it,”*,” sɪz. wɪθ sˈwɛltərɪŋ hɑt ˈtɛmpərəʧərz, ˈkɑnstənt swɛt wɑz ˈnɔrməl. wər ˈkɛrfəl wɪθ haʊ wi dɛlt wɪθ səˈspɛktɪd ˈpeɪʃənz ənd wət wi dɪd wɪθ ɑr ˈprɪmɪtɪv ˈkəvərɪŋz, ɪt wɑz steamy.”*.” ˈsəmˌtaɪmz, wɪn pərˈspaɪrɪŋ ˈhɛvəli ənd ˈfilɪŋ wɔrm wʊd fɪr ðə wərst. wɪn hɪz ˈfivər keɪm bæk tɪ ˈnɔrməl, faɪnd hɪmˈsɛlf ɔn baɪts ˌɪnˈstɛd. ˈwəndər, ɪz ðɪs ə ræʃ? wət dɪz ðɪs mean?”*?” lɔŋ deɪz əv ˈhaɪkɪŋ frəm ˈvɪlɪʤ tɪ ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪgˈzɔstɪd ðə grup; ə læk əv ˈklɛrɪti rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈɔrəʤɪnz ənd haʊ ɪt sprɛd ˈɔlˌmoʊst sɛnt ðɛm ˈoʊvər ðə ɛʤ. ɪn ɔl, ðə 1976 ˈaʊtˌbreɪk sɔ 318 ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn zaɪɪr, 280 əv wɪʧ ˈɛndɪd ɪn dɛθ. ðə ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk hæd pikt ˌbiˈfɔr ərˈaɪvəl. ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ˈərli ˈkeɪsɪz wər treɪst bæk tɪ ənˈsænəˌtɛri ˈnidəlz. təˈwɔrdz ðə kənˈkluʒən əv ðə trɪp, dɪˈskəst ðə nu ˈvaɪrəs wɪθ ˈʤɑnsən. æt ðət taɪm, ɔl nu ˈvaɪrəsɪz wər biɪŋ neɪmd ˈæftər ðə ˈriʤən ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ əˈkərd. bət ðɪs ˈvaɪrəs, soʊ ˈgræfɪk ənd ˈdɛdli, wʊd leɪ ə səˈvɪr ˈstɪgmə ɔn ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈvɪlɪʤ, lænd, ər ˈkəntri ʃɛrd ɪts neɪm. soʊ ˈʤɑnsən θɔt əv ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls. sɛd, wi nɑt ˈstɪgməˌtaɪz yambuku,’”*,’” rɪˈmɛmbərz. nɑt neɪm ɪt ˈæftər ə ˌʤiəˈgræfɪkəl ˈɛriə instead?”*?” ðə neɪm, ˈteɪkən frəm ə smɔl ˈrɪvər ɪn ˈnɔrðərn zaɪɪr, ɪz mɔr ˈfeɪməs naʊ ðən ˈɛvər ˌɪˈmæʤənd ɪt wʊd bi: iˈboʊlə.
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they’re still with her.
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former democratic nominee hillary clinton received an overwhelming outpouring of support when she made a surprise appearance at the unicef snowflake ball in manhattan on tuesday night, just three weeks after losing the 2016 election.
the former secretary of state was on hand at the charity gala to present katy perry with the audrey hepburn audrey hepburn humanitarian award. clinton was smiling from ear to ear as she took the stage to hit song “roar.” but before she could even speak, clinton was greeted with a standing ovation and chants of “still with her! still with her!”
it took several moments for clinton to quiet the crowd as audience members shouted, “hillary!” and “we love you!”
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“[katy] has the spirit and the energy and the compassion that audrey hepburn brought to her work for unicef,” clinton said in her introduction. “we need champions like katy now more than ever. we need her passion, her energy, and, yes, her voice ‘louder than a lion.’ we all know katy as a global mega-star. the powerful voice who reminds us: when you get knocked down, get back up.”
clinton added of work with the has been a goodwill ambassador for unicef since 2013, she has traveled the world advocating for the rights and needs of children, she has visited some of the poorest places on earth and lent her voice to kids who would otherwise be voiceless from remote villages to vietnam and madagascar. she has put a spotlight on child poverty and encouraged the empowerment of women and girls.”
watch: hillary clinton drowned out by fans shouting ‘we’re with her!’ at unicef ball for katy perry
video courtesy of michele noble
perry, one of most vocal celebrity supporters throughout her presidential campaign, was moved to tears by the former secretary of surprise introduction. when perry joined clinton on stage to accept the award, the two women embraced, and clinton told perry, “i’m so proud of you.”
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perry returned praise in her acceptance speech, thanking the former secretary of state for inspiring her to use her voice for a good cause.
“i’ve always had a voice a singing voice but never had a voice like had before. hillary has lit that voice inside of me, and that light will never go out, it will continue to get brighter and brighter and brighter,” perry said. “thank you, hillary. you motivate me and so many millions of people,” she expressed.
caryl m. stern, the president and ceo of the u.s. fund for unicef, expressed her gratitude for both clinton and work with the organization in an exclusive statement to people.
“children need dedicated, passionate champions now more than ever, and we were so thankful that secretary clinton joined us in honoring katy incredible work for the children,” she said. “this unicef snowflake ball was a powerful reminder of our collective ability to put children first.”
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they’re* stɪl wɪθ hər. gɪt pʊʃ ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃənz wɪθ nuz, ˈfiʧərz ənd mɔr. ˈfɔrmər ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌnɑməˈni ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən rɪˈsivd ən ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ˌaʊtˈpɔrɪŋ əv səˈpɔrt wɪn ʃi meɪd ə səˈpraɪz əˈpɪrəns æt ðə ˈjunəˌsɛf sˈnoʊˌfleɪk bɔl ɪn mænˈhætən ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt, ʤɪst θri wiks ˈæftər ˈluzɪŋ ðə 2016 ɪˈlɛkʃən. ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt wɑz ɔn hænd æt ðə ˈʧɛrɪti ˈgælə tɪ ˈprɛzənt ˈkeɪti ˈpɛri wɪθ ðə ˈɔdri ˈhɛpbərn ˈɔdri ˈhɛpbərn ˌjuˌmænəˈtɛriən əˈwɔrd. ˈklɪntən wɑz sˈmaɪlɪŋ frəm ɪr tɪ ɪr ɛz ʃi tʊk ðə steɪʤ tɪ hɪt sɔŋ ““roar.”*.” bət ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi kʊd ˈivɪn spik, ˈklɪntən wɑz ˈgritɪd wɪθ ə ˈstændɪŋ oʊˈveɪʃən ənd ʧænts əv wɪθ hər! stɪl wɪθ her!”*!” ɪt tʊk ˈsɛvərəl ˈmoʊmənts fər ˈklɪntən tɪ kwaɪət ðə kraʊd ɛz ˈɔdiəns ˈmɛmbərz ˈʃaʊtɪd, ““hillary!”*!” ənd ləv you!”*!” ˈkɛvɪn “[“[katy*] həz ðə ˈspɪrɪt ənd ðə ˈɛnərʤi ənd ðə kəmˈpæʃən ðət ˈɔdri ˈhɛpbərn brɔt tɪ hər wərk fər unicef,”*,” ˈklɪntən sɛd ɪn hər ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən. nid ˈʧæmpiənz laɪk ˈkeɪti naʊ mɔr ðən ˈɛvər. wi nid hər ˈpæʃən, hər ˈɛnərʤi, ənd, jɛs, hər vɔɪs ðən ə lion.’*.’ wi ɔl noʊ ˈkeɪti ɛz ə ˈgloʊbəl mega-star*. ðə ˈpaʊərfəl vɔɪs hu riˈmaɪndz ˈjuˈɛs: wɪn ju gɪt nɑkt daʊn, gɪt bæk up.”*.” ˈklɪntən ˈædɪd əv wərk wɪθ ðə həz bɪn ə ˈgʊdˈwɪl æmˈbæsədər fər ˈjunəˌsɛf sɪns 2013 ʃi həz ˈtrævəld ðə wərld ˈædvəˌkeɪtɪŋ fər ðə raɪts ənd nidz əv ˈʧɪldrən, ʃi həz ˈvɪzɪtɪd səm əv ðə ˈpurɪst ˈpleɪsɪz ɔn ərθ ənd lɛnt hər vɔɪs tɪ kɪdz hu wʊd ˈəðərˌwaɪz bi ˈvɔɪsləs frəm rɪˈmoʊt ˈvɪlɪʤɪz tɪ viˌɛtˈnɑm ənd ˌmædəˈgæskər. ʃi həz pʊt ə ˈspɑˌtlaɪt ɔn ʧaɪld ˈpɑvərti ənd ɪnˈkərəʤd ðə ɪmˈpaʊərmənt əv ˈwɪmən ənd girls.”*.” wɔʧ: ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən draʊnd aʊt baɪ fænz ˈʃaʊtɪŋ wɪθ her!’*!’ æt ˈjunəˌsɛf bɔl fər ˈkeɪti ˈpɛri ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkərtəsi əv mɪˈʃɛl ˈnoʊbəl ˈpɛri, wən əv moʊst ˈvoʊkəl səˈlɛbrɪti səˈpɔrtərz θruaʊt hər ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn, wɑz muvd tɪ tɪrz baɪ ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv səˈpraɪz ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən. wɪn ˈpɛri ʤɔɪnd ˈklɪntən ɔn steɪʤ tɪ əkˈsɛpt ðə əˈwɔrd, ðə tu ˈwɪmən ɛmˈbreɪst, ənd ˈklɪntən toʊld ˈpɛri, soʊ praʊd əv you.”*.” ˈkɛvɪn ˈpɛri rɪˈtərnd preɪz ɪn hər əkˈsɛptəns spiʧ, ˈθæŋkɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt fər ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ hər tɪ juz hər vɔɪs fər ə gʊd kɔz. ˈɔlˌweɪz hæd ə vɔɪs ə ˈsɪŋɪŋ vɔɪs bət ˈnɛvər hæd ə vɔɪs laɪk hæd ˌbiˈfɔr. ˈhɪləri həz lɪt ðət vɔɪs ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv mi, ənd ðət laɪt wɪl ˈnɛvər goʊ aʊt, ɪt wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ gɪt ˈbraɪtər ənd ˈbraɪtər ənd brighter,”*,” ˈpɛri sɛd. ju, ˈhɪləri. ju ˈmoʊtəˌveɪt mi ənd soʊ ˈmɛni ˈmɪljənz əv people,”*,” ʃi ɪkˈsprɛst. ˈkɛrəl ɛm. stərn, ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ əv ðə juz. fənd fər ˈjunəˌsɛf, ɪkˈsprɛst hər ˈgrætəˌtud fər boʊθ ˈklɪntən ənd wərk wɪθ ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ɪn ən ɪkˈsklusɪv ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ ˈpipəl. nid ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd, ˈpæʃənət ˈʧæmpiənz naʊ mɔr ðən ˈɛvər, ənd wi wər soʊ ˈθæŋkfəl ðət ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈklɪntən ʤɔɪnd ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ˈɑnərɪŋ ˈkeɪti ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl wərk fər ðə children,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ˈjunəˌsɛf sˈnoʊˌfleɪk bɔl wɑz ə ˈpaʊərfəl riˈmaɪndər əv ɑr kəˈlɛktɪv əˈbɪləˌti tɪ pʊt ˈʧɪldrən first.”*.”
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a classroom disruption that tray matthews admits to causing forced coach mark decision to dismiss the sophomore safety from the football program, matthews said wednesday.
the story circulating by wednesday afternoon on social media about a verbal altercation between matthews and a professor further fueled the notion that the sophomore from had discipline problems while at georgia.
it comes on the heels of an arrest on theft by deception charges in march.
in an exclusive interview wednesday evening with the atlanta journal-constitution, matthews admitted to having a loud and distracting conversation with a fellow athlete on the final day of classes tuesday, but vehemently denied having disrespected dr. ronald bogue, the professor of his literature course. matthews says he was asked to leave the class of around 30 students but did not.
“we were just going back and forth on something and then the teacher just basically said, ‘y’all be quiet, are always talking.’ and the only thing that happened,” matthews said. “and the teacher was just, ‘get out,’ and i was like, ‘sorry, he just keeps talking to me. i disrespectful to the teacher at all.”
matthews also disputed a charge made by a fellow classmate in the course that he told her to shut up and directed obscenities at her. dr. bogue, who will retire from after submitting grades, could not be immediately reached for comment.
the incident in one of the miller learning many classrooms preceded decision to let matthews go by just a few hours. the disruption occurred toward the end of the nearly three-hour class around p.m., and matthews announced his dismissal on twitter just minutes short of p.m. matthews blamed the disruption for his dismissal, but said he thought the arrest also played a part in the decision.
“that’s basically the reason why i got kicked off though,” matthews said of the classroom incident. “that’s what [coach mark richt] told me basically. yeah, i think kind of some of the arrest stuff, too, though. but i was basically, i was leaving anyways, i just put that in the media.”
matthews, who finished his first year at georgia with 23 tackles and one interception, has since left athens and is back in weighing his options. he says he has discussed his situation with former teammates shaq wiggins and josh harvey-clemons, now both at louisville, but will consider several schools for his next stop.
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ə ˈklæsˌrum dɪsˈrəpʃən ðət treɪ ˈmæθjuz ədˈmɪts tɪ ˈkɔzɪŋ fɔrst koʊʧ mɑrk dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ dɪsˈmɪs ðə ˈsɑfˌmɔr ˈseɪfti frəm ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈproʊˌgræm, ˈmæθjuz sɛd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ðə ˈstɔri ˈsərkjəˌleɪtɪŋ baɪ ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə əˈbaʊt ə ˈvərbəl ˌɑltərˈkeɪʃən bɪtˈwin ˈmæθjuz ənd ə prəˈfɛsər ˈfərðər fjuəld ðə ˈnoʊʃən ðət ðə ˈsɑfˌmɔr frəm hæd ˈdɪsəplən ˈprɑbləmz waɪl æt ˈʤɔrʤə. ɪt kəmz ɔn ðə hilz əv ən ərˈɛst ɔn θɛft baɪ dɪˈsɛpʃən ˈʧɑrʤɪz ɪn mɑrʧ. ɪn ən ɪkˈsklusɪv ˈɪntərvˌju ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ wɪθ ðə æˈtlæntə journal-constitution*, ˈmæθjuz ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈhævɪŋ ə laʊd ənd dɪˈstræktɪŋ ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɪθ ə ˈfɛloʊ ˈæθˌlit ɔn ðə ˈfaɪnəl deɪ əv ˈklæsɪz ˈtuzˌdeɪ, bət ˈviəməntli dɪˈnaɪd ˈhævɪŋ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktɪd ˈdɑktər. ˈrɑnəld boʊg, ðə prəˈfɛsər əv hɪz ˈlɪtərəʧər kɔrs. ˈmæθjuz sɪz hi wɑz æst tɪ liv ðə klæs əv əraʊnd 30 ˈstudənts bət dɪd nɑt. wər ʤɪst goʊɪŋ bæk ənd fɔrθ ɔn ˈsəmθɪŋ ənd ðɛn ðə ˈtiʧər ʤɪst ˈbeɪsɪkli sɛd, bi kwaɪət, ər ˈɔlˌweɪz talking.’*.’ ənd ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ðət happened,”*,” ˈmæθjuz sɛd. ðə ˈtiʧər wɑz ʤɪst, out,’*,’ ənd aɪ wɑz laɪk, ‘‘sorry*, hi ʤɪst kips ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ mi. aɪ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfəl tɪ ðə ˈtiʧər æt all.”*.” ˈmæθjuz ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈspjutɪd ə ʧɑrʤ meɪd baɪ ə ˈfɛloʊ ˈklæsˌmeɪt ɪn ðə kɔrs ðət hi toʊld hər tɪ ʃət əp ənd dɪˈrɛktɪd ɑbˈsɛnɪtiz æt hər. ˈdɑktər. boʊg, hu wɪl ˌriˈtaɪər frəm ˈæftər səbˈmɪtɪŋ greɪdz, kʊd nɑt bi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli riʧt fər ˈkɑmɛnt. ðə ˈɪnsədənt ɪn wən əv ðə ˈmɪlər ˈlərnɪŋ ˈmɛni ˈklæsˌrumz prɪˈsidɪd dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ lɛt ˈmæθjuz goʊ baɪ ʤɪst ə fju aʊərz. ðə dɪsˈrəpʃən əˈkərd təˈwɔrd ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈnɪrli θriaʊər klæs əraʊnd p.m*., ənd ˈmæθjuz əˈnaʊnst hɪz dɪsˈmɪsəl ɔn tˈwɪtər ʤɪst ˈmɪnəts ʃɔrt əv p.m*. ˈmæθjuz bleɪmd ðə dɪsˈrəpʃən fər hɪz dɪsˈmɪsəl, bət sɛd hi θɔt ðə ərˈɛst ˈɔlsoʊ pleɪd ə pɑrt ɪn ðə dɪˈsɪʒən. ˈbeɪsɪkli ðə ˈrizən waɪ aɪ gɑt kɪkt ɔf though,”*,” ˈmæθjuz sɛd əv ðə ˈklæsˌrum ˈɪnsədənt. wət [koʊʧ mɑrk richt*] toʊld mi ˈbeɪsɪkli. jæ, aɪ θɪŋk kaɪnd əv səm əv ðə ərˈɛst stəf, tu, ðoʊ. bət aɪ wɑz ˈbeɪsɪkli, aɪ wɑz ˈlivɪŋ ˈɛniˌweɪz, aɪ ʤɪst pʊt ðət ɪn ðə media.”*.” ˈmæθjuz, hu ˈfɪnɪʃt hɪz fərst jɪr æt ˈʤɔrʤə wɪθ 23 ˈtækəlz ənd wən ˌɪnərˈsɛpʃən, həz sɪns lɛft ˈæθənz ənd ɪz bæk ɪn weɪɪŋ hɪz ˈɔpʃənz. hi sɪz hi həz dɪˈskəst hɪz ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɪθ ˈfɔrmər ˈtimˌmeɪts ʃæk ˈwɪgɪnz ənd ʤɑʃ harvey-clemons*, naʊ boʊθ æt ˈluiˌvɪl, bət wɪl kənˈsɪdər ˈsɛvərəl skulz fər hɪz nɛkst stɑp.
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yeezus. west flew to to visit donald trump at trump tower in on tuesday, december 13, us weekly can confirm.
in a video obtained by c-span, the rapper, 39, is seen smiling as he walks with his entourage into the building in midtown manhattan. he's wearing a black sweatshirt, sweatpants and is rocking his new blond hair.
after their meeting, the two posed together for photos. "we've been friends for a long time," trump, 70, told reporters. "life, we discuss life." west, meanwhile, refused to answer questions. "i just want to take a picture right now," he said, laughing.
the two then shook hands and hugged. "you take care of yourself, i'll see you soon," trump told west. trump's eldest daughter, trump, also took part in the meeting.
contrary to reports, a source tells us that west is not being considered for a role to work with trump. trump and west spoke about life and exchanged ideas. the musician is in to take meetings and to look at new apartments.
per tmz, the secret service weren't worried about their interaction. "personal problems that mr. west is working through does not establish him as a security threat to trump," a secret service official told the site. trump's team also gave the go ahead and the two chatted for 15 minutes.
the meeting takes place nearly two weeks after west was released from the medical center after a stay for extreme exhaustion. as previously reported, a source told us weekly that his workload, stress over wife kim kardashian's paris robbery and the anniversary of the death of his mother, donda, death led to his breakdown.
last month, west revealed during his saint pablo tour that he didn't vote in the presidential election. however, if he did, he would have voted for the business mogul one of the celebs depicted lying in a giant bed, nude, with the likes of taylor swift, kim kardashian, west and others in his "famous" music video.
watch: donald trump and west appear together at trump tower nbc news (@nbcnews) december 13, 2016
"i told i vote, right? what i tell you if i were to have voted i would have voted on trump," he said during his rant on november 17. he added that he "loved" trump and described him as a genius."
watch west's arrival to trump tower in the video above.
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yeezus*. wɛst flu tɪ tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ˈdɑnəld trəmp æt trəmp taʊər ɪn ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, dɪˈsɛmbər 13 ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli kən kənˈfərm. ɪn ə ˈvɪdioʊ əbˈteɪnd baɪ ˈsiˌspæn, ðə ˈræpər, 39 ɪz sin sˈmaɪlɪŋ ɛz hi wɔks wɪθ hɪz ˌɑntʊˈrɑʒ ˈɪntu ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn ˈmɪdˌtaʊn mænˈhætən. hiz ˈwɛrɪŋ ə blæk sˈwɛtˌʃərt, sˈwɛtˌpænts ənd ɪz ˈrɑkɪŋ hɪz nu blɑnd hɛr. ˈæftər ðɛr ˈmitɪŋ, ðə tu poʊzd təˈgɛðər fər ˈfoʊˌtoʊz. "wiv bɪn frɛndz fər ə lɔŋ taɪm," trəmp, 70 toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz. "laɪf, wi dɪˈskəs laɪf." wɛst, ˈminˌwaɪl, rɪfˈjuzd tɪ ˈænsər kˈwɛsʧənz. "aɪ ʤɪst wɔnt tɪ teɪk ə ˈpɪkʧər raɪt naʊ," hi sɛd, ˈlæfɪŋ. ðə tu ðɛn ʃʊk hænz ənd həgd. "ju teɪk kɛr əv ˈjɔrsɛlf, aɪl si ju sun," trəmp toʊld wɛst. trəmps ˈɛldəst ˈdɔtər, trəmp, ˈɔlsoʊ tʊk pɑrt ɪn ðə ˈmitɪŋ. ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ rɪˈpɔrts, ə sɔrs tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs ðət wɛst ɪz nɑt biɪŋ kənˈsɪdərd fər ə roʊl tɪ wərk wɪθ trəmp. trəmp ənd wɛst spoʊk əˈbaʊt laɪf ənd ɪksˈʧeɪnʤd aɪˈdiəz. ðə mjuˈzɪʃən ɪz ɪn tɪ teɪk ˈmitɪŋz ənd tɪ lʊk æt nu əˈpɑrtmənts. pər tmz*, ðə ˈsikrɪt ˈsərvɪs wərənt ˈwərid əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˌɪnərˈækʃən. "ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɑbləmz ðət ˈmɪstər. wɛst ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ θru dɪz nɑt ɪˈstæblɪʃ ɪm ɛz ə sɪˈkjʊrəti θrɛt tɪ trəmp," ə ˈsikrɪt ˈsərvɪs əˈfɪʃəl toʊld ðə saɪt. trəmps tim ˈɔlsoʊ geɪv ðə goʊ əˈhɛd ənd ðə tu ˈʧætɪd fər 15 ˈmɪnəts. ðə ˈmitɪŋ teɪks pleɪs ˈnɪrli tu wiks ˈæftər wɛst wɑz riˈlist frəm ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsɛnər ˈæftər ə steɪ fər ɪkˈstrim ɪgˈzɔsʧən. ɛz ˈpriviəsli ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ə sɔrs toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli ðət hɪz ˈwərˌkloʊd, strɛs ˈoʊvər waɪf kɪm ˈkɑdəˌʃeɪnz ˈpɛrɪs ˈrɑbəri ənd ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə dɛθ əv hɪz ˈməðər, donda*, dɛθ lɛd tɪ hɪz ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn. læst mənθ, wɛst rɪˈvild ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz seɪnt ˈpɑbloʊ tʊr ðət hi ˈdɪdənt voʊt ɪn ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪf hi dɪd, hi wʊd hæv ˈvoʊtɪd fər ðə ˈbɪznɪs ˈmoʊgəl wən əv ðə səˈlɛbz dɪˈpɪktɪd laɪɪŋ ɪn ə ʤaɪənt bɛd, nud, wɪθ ðə laɪks əv ˈteɪlər swɪft, kɪm ˈkɑdəˌʃeɪn, wɛst ənd ˈəðərz ɪn hɪz "ˈfeɪməs" mˈjuzɪk ˈvɪdioʊ. wɔʧ: ˈdɑnəld trəmp ənd wɛst əˈpɪr təˈgɛðər æt trəmp taʊər ˈɛnˌbiˈsi nuz (@nbcnews*) dɪˈsɛmbər 13 2016 "aɪ toʊld aɪ voʊt, raɪt? wət aɪ tɛl ju ɪf aɪ wər tɪ hæv ˈvoʊtɪd aɪ wʊd hæv ˈvoʊtɪd ɔn trəmp," hi sɛd ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz rænt ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 17 hi ˈædɪd ðət hi "ləvd" trəmp ənd dɪˈskraɪbd ɪm ɛz ə ˈʤinjəs." wɔʧ wɛsts ərˈaɪvəl tɪ trəmp taʊər ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ əˈbəv. ˈstɔri ɪz stɪl dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ. ʧɛk bæk fər ˈəpˌdeɪts. saɪn əp naʊ fər ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli ˈnuzˌlɛtər tɪ gɪt ˈbreɪkɪŋ səˈlɛbrɪti nuz, hɑt ənd mɔr dɪˈlɪvərd streɪt tɪ jʊr inbox*! wɔnt ˈstɔriz laɪk ðiz dɪˈlɪvərd streɪt tɪ jʊr foʊn? ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli ˈaɪˌfoʊn æp naʊ!
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an important step for the market is the one that dash (digital cash) has achieved in the last days. it is the first, other than and cash, to reach the $1,000 dollars’ goal.
on november the 6th, this was traded around $275 dollars. since then it keeps growing. the first days of december, it seemed to be stabilized between $650 and $800 dollars but in the last hours dash has reach $1,250 dollars, arriving at new all time highs.
at the beginning of the year, one dash was worth $11 dollars. it has grown more than percent in just one year. has grown more than percent and more than percent. it was an incredible year for the market as a whole.
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the owners of dash have the possibility to create a. these users that have are able to vote on the allocation of monthly budget and decide the future of the currency. dash network has a budget for different projects that helps to improve the dash network. the funds for these project comes form block rewards. ten percent of the reward goes for these projects which are decided by the.
according to the price that dash accounts at the moment, it has $8 million dollars per month. that means that it has a bigger budget than other important cryptocurrencies.
some time ago, we have covered at why dash upgraded its software in order to provide the network with cheaper transactions. it has activated 2 blocks allowing the network to scale smoothly and with less problems as possible. that was achievable because of the. dash get rewarded with 45 percent of the block reward.
evan duffield, dash founder, has commented about scaling solutions:
“even satoshi nakamoto, founder of seems to have simply assumed that advances in hardware and networking would solve the problem for him. dash is the first digital currency to come up with an answer to not based on technology that yet, and might never exist. dash will be able to rival the likes of and visa simply by using its existing infrastructure.”
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ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt stɛp fər ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ɪz ðə wən ðət dæʃ (ˈdɪʤɪtəl kæʃ) həz əˈʧivd ɪn ðə læst deɪz. ɪt ɪz ðə fərst, ˈəðər ðən ənd kæʃ, tɪ riʧ ðə dollars’*’ goʊl. ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər ðə 6th*, ðɪs wɑz ˈtreɪdɪd əraʊnd 275 ˈdɔlərz. sɪns ðɛn ɪt kips groʊɪŋ. ðə fərst deɪz əv dɪˈsɛmbər, ɪt simd tɪ bi ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪzd bɪtˈwin 650 ənd 800 ˈdɔlərz bət ɪn ðə læst aʊərz dæʃ həz riʧ ˈdɔlərz, ərˈaɪvɪŋ æt nu ɔl taɪm haɪz. æt ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə jɪr, wən dæʃ wɑz wərθ 11 ˈdɔlərz. ɪt həz groʊn mɔr ðən pərˈsɛnt ɪn ʤɪst wən jɪr. həz groʊn mɔr ðən pərˈsɛnt ənd mɔr ðən pərˈsɛnt. ɪt wɑz ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl jɪr fər ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ɛz ə hoʊl. dæʃ ənd ðə ˈoʊnərz əv dæʃ hæv ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti tɪ kriˈeɪt ə. ðiz ˈjuzərz ðət hæv ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ voʊt ɔn ðə ˌæləˈkeɪʃən əv ˈmənθli ˈbəʤɪt ənd ˌdɪˈsaɪd ðə fˈjuʧər əv ðə ˈkərənsi. dæʃ ˈnɛtˌwərk həz ə ˈbəʤɪt fər ˈdɪfərənt ˈprɑʤɛkts ðət hɛlps tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə dæʃ ˈnɛtˌwərk. ðə fəndz fər ðiz ˈprɑʤɛkt kəmz fɔrm blɑk rɪˈwɔrdz. tɛn pərˈsɛnt əv ðə rɪˈwɔrd goʊz fər ðiz ˈprɑʤɛkts wɪʧ ər ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd baɪ ðə. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə praɪs ðət dæʃ əˈkaʊnts æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt, ɪt həz 8 ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz pər mənθ. ðət minz ðət ɪt həz ə ˈbɪgər ˈbəʤɪt ðən ˈəðər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt cryptocurrencies*. səm taɪm əˈgoʊ, wi hæv ˈkəvərd æt waɪ dæʃ ˈəpˌgreɪdɪd ɪts ˈsɔfˌwɛr ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ prəˈvaɪd ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk wɪθ ˈʧipər trænˈzækʃənz. ɪt həz ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd 2 blɑks əˈlaʊɪŋ ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk tɪ skeɪl sˈmuðli ənd wɪθ lɛs ˈprɑbləmz ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ðət wɑz əˈʧivəbəl bɪˈkəz əv ðə. dæʃ gɪt rɪˈwɔrdɪd wɪθ 45 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə blɑk rɪˈwɔrd. ˈɛvən ˈdəˌfild, dæʃ ˈfaʊndər, həz ˈkɑmɛntəd əˈbaʊt ˈskeɪlɪŋ səˈluʃənz: sɑˈtoʊʃi nɑkɑˈmoʊtoʊ, ˈfaʊndər əv simz tɪ hæv ˈsɪmpli əˈsumd ðət ədˈvænsɪz ɪn ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ənd ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ wʊd sɑlv ðə ˈprɑbləm fər ɪm. dæʃ ɪz ðə fərst ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkərənsi tɪ kəm əp wɪθ ən ˈænsər tɪ nɑt beɪst ɔn tɛkˈnɑləʤi ðət jɛt, ənd maɪt ˈnɛvər ɪgˈzɪst. dæʃ wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈraɪvəl ðə laɪks əv ənd ˈvizə ˈsɪmpli baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ infrastructure.”*.”
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qatar's supreme committee for delivery & legacy have released images of the latest stadium designed for the 2022 world cup. located in al city, the al stadium will also be surrounded by the new al district, which will host retail space and restaurants, as well as landscaped paths for residents to use as horseriding, cycling and jogging tracks.
the design - billed as "an entirely concept, reflecting proud history and culture" - is based on the al sha’ar, a black and white tent used traditionally by nomadic people in qatar, which would have been a welcome symbol of hospitality for desert travelers.
read on after the break for more on the design
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the stadium was designed by an unnamed group of architects, although dar al are credited as design consultants. as one of the world venues, the stadium will hold seats, but after the tournament the design allows the upper tier of seating to be removed, reducing the stadium to seats. the removed seats are planned to be donated to other countries "to leave a legacy for international football development."
the al stadium & precinct will also incorporate best practice in measures in an attempt to meet leadership in energy and environmental design (leed) and global sustainability assessment system (gsas) standards. the stadium will also be constructed in accordance with the new workers’ welfare standards, a policy brought in as a response to continued concerns over the safety and welfare of construction workers on world cup projects.
the al stadium is the second design unveiled for the 2022 world cup, joining hadid architects' al stadium.
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qatar's* səˈprim kəˈmɪti fər dɪˈlɪvəri ˈlɛgəsi hæv riˈlist ˈɪmɪʤɪz əv ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈsteɪdiəm dɪˈzaɪnd fər ðə 2022 wərld kəp. ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn æl ˈsɪti, ðə æl ˈsteɪdiəm wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ðə nu æl ˈdɪstrɪkt, wɪʧ wɪl hoʊst ˈriˌteɪl speɪs ənd ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈlændˌskeɪpt pæθs fər ˈrɛzɪdənts tɪ juz ɛz horseriding*, ˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ənd ˈʤɔgɪŋ træks. ðə dɪˈzaɪn bɪld ɛz "ən ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈkɑnsɛpt, rɪˈflɛktɪŋ praʊd ˈhɪstəri ənd ˈkəlʧər" ɪz beɪst ɔn ðə æl sha’ar*, ə blæk ənd waɪt tɛnt juzd trəˈdɪʃənəli baɪ noʊˈmædɪk ˈpipəl ɪn ˌkəˈtɑr, wɪʧ wʊd hæv bɪn ə ˈwɛlkəm ˈsɪmbəl əv ˌhɑspəˈtæləti fər ˈdɛzərt ˈtrævələrz. rɛd ɔn ˈæftər ðə breɪk fər mɔr ɔn ðə dɪˈzaɪn 11 ðə ˈsteɪdiəm wɑz dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ ən ənˈneɪmd grup əv ˈɑrkəˌtɛkts, ˌɔlˈðoʊ dɑr æl ər ˈkrɛdɪtɪd ɛz dɪˈzaɪn kənˈsəltənts. ɛz wən əv ðə wərld ˈvɛnuz, ðə ˈsteɪdiəm wɪl hoʊld sits, bət ˈæftər ðə ˈtʊrnəmənt ðə dɪˈzaɪn əˈlaʊz ðə ˈəpər tir əv ˈsitɪŋ tɪ bi riˈmuvd, rɪˈdusɪŋ ðə ˈsteɪdiəm tɪ sits. ðə riˈmuvd sits ər plænd tɪ bi ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd tɪ ˈəðər ˈkəntriz "tɪ liv ə ˈlɛgəsi fər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈfʊtˌbɔl dɪˈvɛləpmənt." ðə æl ˈsteɪdiəm ˈpriˌsɪŋkt wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt bɛst ˈpræktɪs ɪn ˈmɛʒərz ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ mit ˈlidərˌʃɪp ɪn ˈɛnərʤi ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl dɪˈzaɪn (lid) ənd ˈgloʊbəl səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti əˈsɛsmənt ˈsɪstəm (gsas*) ˈstændərdz. ðə ˈsteɪdiəm wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi kənˈstrəktɪd ɪn əˈkɔrdəns wɪθ ðə nu workers’*’ ˈwɛlˌfɛr ˈstændərdz, ə ˈpɑləsi brɔt ɪn ɛz ə rɪˈspɑns tɪ kənˈtɪnjud kənˈsərnz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈseɪfti ənd ˈwɛlˌfɛr əv kənˈstrəkʃən ˈwərkərz ɔn wərld kəp ˈprɑʤɛkts. ðə æl ˈsteɪdiəm ɪz ðə ˈsɛkənd dɪˈzaɪn ənˈveɪld fər ðə 2022 wərld kəp, ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ hɑˈdid ˈɑrkəˌtɛkts' æl ˈsteɪdiəm.
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bright and early wednesday morning, a lively band of arrived at rep. paul kenosha office for a fifth straight day of protests and. the protesters were demanding face time with the republican, who has scheduled no public town hall meetings in his district during congress’ august recess. this time, however, a police officer was waiting for the protesters at front door with a message from the congressman: get lost.
over the past week, hundreds of people, a mix of constituents and other angry, have marched outside kenosha and racine offices, angry over what they see as inaccessibility and refusal to face his constituents in a free, public, town hall. for four days, they also held inside kenosha police kicked them out. the only event on recess calendar is an appearance at a rotary hall outside his district with a $15 entrance fee; by contrast, ryan held more than a dozen town halls in 2009. “this is a jobs crisis in his congressional district, an emergency,” says scott page, 37, an unemployed kenosha resident. “yet not even listening to his own constituents.”
in an august 18 statement, ryan said, “i pride myself on being accessible to those i represent.” sweeney, a spokesman for the house budget committee, which ryan chairs, wrote in an email that the kenosha protesters had been offered a chance to participate in a conference call with ryan, and that their actions “were preventing congressman staff from serving other constituents.” claims that ryan was inaccessible or avoiding angry constituents were “inaccurate,” sweeney said.
ryan the first lawmaker to face from voters during the august recess. freshman rep. lou barletta (r-pa.) was bashed by a newspaper in his district for refusing to schedule public town halls despite bashing his opponent in the 2010 campaign for doing the same thing. (barletta denied avoiding his constituents.) amidst a wave of public pressure, including from an angry crowd outside a private event he attended, another freshman, rep. chip (r-minn.), finally agreed to host a public town hall in duluth, the biggest city in his district, after planning not to do so.
republican lawmakers who have held public town halls have found themselves at times on the receiving end of heated criticism. rep. randy hultgren (r-ill.) faced a charged crowd at a town hall and dodged a question about the effectiveness of the bush tax cuts. citizens protested at a town hall hosted by rep. steve chabot (r-ohio) because staff insisted on reviewing audience questions in writing and then selecting the ones that the congressman would answer. and on august 15, protesters chanted and shouted their way through a town hall hosted by rep. fred upton (r-mich.), chair of the house energy and commerce committee.
but the protests targeting ryan throughout the august recess are among the most heated. many of the protesters, organized in part by the progressive advocacy group wisconsin jobs now!, have tried on multiple occasions to schedule a meeting with ryan but have received generic responses saying his schedule is full. it was the frustration at not getting face time with ryan, combined with his decision not to host any public town halls, that sparked the protests, says janet, a spokeswoman for the group. says protesters want a telephone conference call with ryan. “what they want is a face-to-face meeting with their congressman,” she says. “and a telephone conference call is not even close to that.”
ryan has felt this kind of constituent anger before. in april, he asked police to eject a man at a public town hall in racine who repeatedly yelled at ryan about his plan to gut medicare by turning it into a voucher program, jacking up costs for seniors. discussion of that plan, which would also transform medicaid into a program at the state level, was met with both cheers and boos during a series of spring town halls.
this time around, protesters have no intention of giving up. maria morales, a racine resident, says she, too, has tried unsuccessfully to schedule a meeting with the wisconsin republican. morales, who lost her part-time job earlier this month, says she first protested outside kenosha office but has since taken her agitating to the racine office. she has no plans of leaving. “we’ll just stay around till he sees us,” she says. “it’s not like i have a job to go to.”
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ˈlʊkɪŋ fər nuz ju kən trəst? səbˈskraɪb tɪ ɑr fri ˈnuzˌlɛtərz. braɪt ənd ˈərli ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ə ˈlaɪvli bænd əv əraɪvd æt rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. pɔl kɪˈnoʊʃə ˈɔfəs fər ə fɪθ streɪt deɪ əv ˈproʊˌtɛsts ənd. ðə ˈproʊˌtɛstərz wər dɪˈmændɪŋ feɪs taɪm wɪθ ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən, hu həz ˈskɛʤʊld noʊ ˈpəblɪk taʊn hɔl ˈmitɪŋz ɪn hɪz ˈdɪstrɪkt ˈdʊrɪŋ congress’*’ ˈɔgəst ˈrisɛs. ðɪs taɪm, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ə pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər wɑz ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ðə ˈproʊˌtɛstərz æt frənt dɔr wɪθ ə ˈmɛsɪʤ frəm ðə ˈkɑŋgrəsmən: gɪt lɔst. ˈoʊvər ðə pæst wik, ˈhənərdz əv ˈpipəl, ə mɪks əv kənˈstɪʧuənts ənd ˈəðər ˈæŋgri, hæv mɑrʧt ˈaʊtˈsaɪd kɪˈnoʊʃə ənd rəˈsin ˈɔfəsɪz, ˈæŋgri ˈoʊvər wət ðeɪ si ɛz ˌɪnəkˌsɛsəˈbɪləti ənd rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ feɪs hɪz kənˈstɪʧuənts ɪn ə fri, ˈpəblɪk, taʊn hɔl. fər fɔr deɪz, ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hɛld ˌɪnˈsaɪd kɪˈnoʊʃə pəˈlis kɪkt ðɛm aʊt. ðə ˈoʊnli ɪˈvɛnt ɔn ˈrisɛs ˈkæləndər ɪz ən əˈpɪrəns æt ə ˈroʊtəri hɔl ˈaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz ˈdɪstrɪkt wɪθ ə 15 ˈɛntrəns fi; baɪ ˈkɑntræst, raɪən hɛld mɔr ðən ə ˈdəzən taʊn hɔlz ɪn 2009 ɪz ə ʤɑbz ˈkraɪsəs ɪn hɪz kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈdɪstrɪkt, ən emergency,”*,” sɪz skɑt peɪʤ, 37 ən ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd kɪˈnoʊʃə ˈrɛzɪdənt. nɑt ˈivɪn ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ hɪz oʊn constituents.”*.” ɪn ən ˈɔgəst 18 ˈsteɪtmənt, raɪən sɛd, praɪd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ɔn biɪŋ ækˈsɛsəbəl tɪ ðoʊz aɪ represent.”*.” sˈwini, ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ðə haʊs ˈbəʤɪt kəˈmɪti, wɪʧ raɪən ʧɛrz, roʊt ɪn ən iˈmeɪl ðət ðə kɪˈnoʊʃə ˈproʊˌtɛstərz hæd bɪn ˈɔfərd ə ʧæns tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ə ˈkɑnfərəns kɔl wɪθ raɪən, ənd ðət ðɛr ˈækʃənz prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ˈkɑŋgrəsmən stæf frəm ˈsərvɪŋ ˈəðər constituents.”*.” kleɪmz ðət raɪən wɑz ˌɪnəkˈsɛsəbəl ər əˈvɔɪdɪŋ ˈæŋgri kənˈstɪʧuənts wər ““inaccurate,”*,” sˈwini sɛd. raɪən ðə fərst ˈlɔˌmeɪkər tɪ feɪs frəm ˈvoʊtərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈɔgəst ˈrisɛs. ˈfrɛʃmən rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. lu bɑˈrlɛtə (r-pa*.) wɑz bæʃt baɪ ə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ɪn hɪz ˈdɪstrɪkt fər rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ ˈskɛʤʊl ˈpəblɪk taʊn hɔlz dɪˈspaɪt ˈbæʃɪŋ hɪz əˈpoʊnənt ɪn ðə 2010 kæmˈpeɪn fər duɪŋ ðə seɪm θɪŋ. (bɑˈrlɛtə dɪˈnaɪd əˈvɔɪdɪŋ hɪz kənˈstɪʧuənts.) əˈmɪdst ə weɪv əv ˈpəblɪk ˈprɛʃər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ frəm ən ˈæŋgri kraʊd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ə ˈpraɪvət ɪˈvɛnt hi əˈtɛndəd, əˈnəðər ˈfrɛʃmən, rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ʧɪp (r-minn*.), ˈfaɪnəli əˈgrid tɪ hoʊst ə ˈpəblɪk taʊn hɔl ɪn dəˈluθ, ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈsɪti ɪn hɪz ˈdɪstrɪkt, ˈæftər ˈplænɪŋ nɑt tɪ du soʊ. rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz hu hæv hɛld ˈpəblɪk taʊn hɔlz hæv faʊnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz æt taɪmz ɔn ðə rɪˈsivɪŋ ɛnd əv ˈhitɪd ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈrændi ˈhəltgrɛn (r-ill*.) feɪst ə ʧɑrʤd kraʊd æt ə taʊn hɔl ənd dɑʤd ə kˈwɛʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈifɛktɪvnəs əv ðə bʊʃ tæks kəts. ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈproʊˌtɛstəd æt ə taʊn hɔl ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. stiv ʃəˈboʊ (r-ohio*) bɪˈkəz stæf ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ɔn rivˈjuɪŋ ˈɔdiəns kˈwɛsʧənz ɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ ənd ðɛn səˈlɛktɪŋ ðə wənz ðət ðə ˈkɑŋgrəsmən wʊd ˈænsər. ənd ɔn ˈɔgəst 15 ˈproʊˌtɛstərz ˈʧæntɪd ənd ˈʃaʊtɪd ðɛr weɪ θru ə taʊn hɔl ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. frɛd ˈəptən (r-mich*.), ʧɛr əv ðə haʊs ˈɛnərʤi ənd ˈkɑmərs kəˈmɪti. bət ðə ˈproʊˌtɛsts ˈtɑrgətɪŋ raɪən θruaʊt ðə ˈɔgəst ˈrisɛs ər əˈməŋ ðə moʊst ˈhitɪd. ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈproʊˌtɛstərz, ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd ɪn pɑrt baɪ ðə prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈædvəkəsi grup wɪˈskɑnsən ʤɑbz naʊ!, hæv traɪd ɔn ˈməltəpəl ɔˈkeɪʒənz tɪ ˈskɛʤʊl ə ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ raɪən bət hæv rɪˈsivd ʤəˈnɛrɪk rɪˈspɑnsɪz seɪɪŋ hɪz ˈskɛʤʊl ɪz fʊl. ɪt wɑz ðə frəˈstreɪʃən æt nɑt ˈgɪtɪŋ feɪs taɪm wɪθ raɪən, kəmˈbaɪnd wɪθ hɪz dɪˈsɪʒən nɑt tɪ hoʊst ˈɛni ˈpəblɪk taʊn hɔlz, ðət spɑrkt ðə ˈproʊˌtɛsts, sɪz ˈʤænɪt, ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən fər ðə grup. sɪz ˈproʊˌtɛstərz wɔnt ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈkɑnfərəns kɔl wɪθ raɪən. ðeɪ wɔnt ɪz ə ˈfeɪstuˈfeɪs ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ðɛr congressman,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈkɑnfərəns kɔl ɪz nɑt ˈivɪn kloʊz tɪ that.”*.” raɪən həz fɛlt ðɪs kaɪnd əv kənˈstɪʧuənt ˈæŋgər ˌbiˈfɔr. ɪn ˈeɪprəl, hi æst pəˈlis tɪ ɪˈʤɛkt ə mæn æt ə ˈpəblɪk taʊn hɔl ɪn rəˈsin hu rɪˈpitɪdli jɛld æt raɪən əˈbaʊt hɪz plæn tɪ gət ˈmɛdəˌkɛr baɪ ˈtərnɪŋ ɪt ˈɪntu ə ˈvaʊʧər ˈproʊˌgræm, ˈʤækɪŋ əp kɔsts fər ˈsinjərz. dɪˈskəʃən əv ðət plæn, wɪʧ wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈtrænsfɔrm ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˈɪntu ə ˈproʊˌgræm æt ðə steɪt ˈlɛvəl, wɑz mɛt wɪθ boʊθ ʧɪrz ənd buz ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈsɪriz əv spərɪŋ taʊn hɔlz. ðɪs taɪm əraʊnd, ˈproʊˌtɛstərz hæv noʊ ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən əv ˈgɪvɪŋ əp. mərˈiə mɔˈrɑlɛs, ə rəˈsin ˈrɛzɪdənt, sɪz ʃi, tu, həz traɪd ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəli tɪ ˈskɛʤʊl ə ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ðə wɪˈskɑnsən rɪˈpəblɪkən. mɔˈrɑlɛs, hu lɔst hər ˈpɑrtˈtaɪm ʤɑb ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, sɪz ʃi fərst ˈproʊˌtɛstəd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd kɪˈnoʊʃə ˈɔfəs bət həz sɪns ˈteɪkən hər ˈæʤəˌteɪtɪŋ tɪ ðə rəˈsin ˈɔfəs. ʃi həz noʊ plænz əv ˈlivɪŋ. ʤɪst steɪ əraʊnd tɪl hi siz us,”*,” ʃi sɪz. nɑt laɪk aɪ hæv ə ʤɑb tɪ goʊ to.”*.”
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we are and we are in process of creating quality repair parts for the nintendo 64 controller. to prepare these parts for releasing to the market, we need to make molds of the parts needed. each professionally done mold allows us to properly recreate the parts just as they were 13 years ago. after we have the mold, we can finally test different plastic materials and start reproducing the toggle stick and the bowl it sits on.
we have planned out what we need to bring these parts to fruition. however, we ran out of funding and are in need of help to keep the project moving.
that is why we have created this campaign on so you can also be part of the creation of these parts.
what are these parts? how do they function?
all the parts located inside the joystick case are displayed below. some of the parts are due to rough wear and tear during play.
each of these parts work along with the optical encoding disks to send data to the system registering each action.
there are four main parts to the toggle stick in the whole case beneath the casing.
the gears wear over time but not as extreme as the bowl and toggle stick.
at the bottom of the bowl is where the end of the stick touch and rub each other. as you push the stick from side to side, up and down; it gradually wears down the end of the stick and bottom of the bowl causing dust to build up. this erosion renders the controller unusable as the movements you make don't register with accuracy to the system.
so we scanned and printed a prototype to start reversing the process.
it worked for the most part, they were both made out of the rough material nylon. the reason is the bowl did not fit because the nylon was not smooth and the other parts could not move correctly. however, the toggle stick worked perfectly and would say it was a 90% replica of the stick. if it was out, it would be a 100% replica.
so i purchased a plastic injection machine and decided to recreate it as they did in the large manufacturing factories before. a couple challenges were in front of me such as getting the materials, practicing with the machine, and finishing an aluminum mold.
here is how a mold would look like with a fishing lure.
this is where you come in. in order to get the additional equipment and molds, we need your help to push us further to the goal.
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how can i help?
if you can spread the word on social media such as facebook, twitter, or retro forums, you would be doing us a huge favor! the more people we can reach, the stronger the 64 community becomes.
you can also donate or choose one of our rewards to be the first to receive the repair parts. you are not just helping but the community as we all benefit from having fun in playing our favorite games.
credits: - the beach
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wi ər ənd wi ər ɪn ˈprɔˌsɛs əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ kˈwɑləti rɪˈpɛr pɑrts fər ðə nɪnˈtɛndoʊ 64 kənˈtroʊlər. tɪ priˈpɛr ðiz pɑrts fər riˈlisɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈmɑrkɪt, wi nid tɪ meɪk moʊldz əv ðə pɑrts ˈnidɪd. iʧ prəˈfɛʃənəli dən moʊld əˈlaʊz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈprɑpərli ˈrɛkriˌeɪt ðə pɑrts ʤɪst ɛz ðeɪ wər 13 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ˈæftər wi hæv ðə moʊld, wi kən ˈfaɪnəli tɛst ˈdɪfərənt ˈplæstɪk məˈtɪriəlz ənd stɑrt ˌriprəˈdusɪŋ ðə ˈtɑgəl stɪk ənd ðə boʊl ɪt sɪts ɔn. wi hæv plænd aʊt wət wi nid tɪ brɪŋ ðiz pɑrts tɪ fruˈɪʃən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wi ræn aʊt əv ˈfəndɪŋ ənd ər ɪn nid əv hɛlp tɪ kip ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈmuvɪŋ. ðət ɪz waɪ wi hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ðɪs kæmˈpeɪn ɔn soʊ ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi pɑrt əv ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ðiz pɑrts. wət ər ðiz pɑrts? haʊ du ðeɪ ˈfəŋkʃən? ɔl ðə pɑrts ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈʤɔɪˌstɪk keɪs ər dɪˈspleɪd bɪˈloʊ. səm əv ðə pɑrts ər du tɪ rəf wɛr ənd tɪr ˈdʊrɪŋ pleɪ. iʧ əv ðiz pɑrts wərk əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə ˈɑptɪkəl ɛnˈkoʊdɪŋ dɪsks tɪ sɛnd ˈdætə tɪ ðə ˈsɪstəm ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ iʧ ˈækʃən. ðɛr ər fɔr meɪn pɑrts tɪ ðə ˈtɑgəl stɪk ɪn ðə hoʊl keɪs bɪˈniθ ðə ˈkeɪsɪŋ. ðə gɪrz wɛr ˈoʊvər taɪm bət nɑt ɛz ɪkˈstrim ɛz ðə boʊl ənd ˈtɑgəl stɪk. æt ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə boʊl ɪz wɛr ðə ɛnd əv ðə stɪk təʧ ənd rəb iʧ ˈəðər. ɛz ju pʊʃ ðə stɪk frəm saɪd tɪ saɪd, əp ənd daʊn; ɪt ˈgræʤuəli wɛrz daʊn ðə ɛnd əv ðə stɪk ənd ˈbɑtəm əv ðə boʊl ˈkɔzɪŋ dəst tɪ bɪld əp. ðɪs ɪˈroʊʒən ˈrɛndərz ðə kənˈtroʊlər ənˈjuzəbəl ɛz ðə ˈmuvmənts ju meɪk doʊnt ˈrɛʤɪstər wɪθ ˈækjərəsi tɪ ðə ˈsɪstəm. soʊ wi skænd ənd ˈprɪnɪd ə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp tɪ stɑrt rɪˈvərsɪŋ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ɪt wərkt fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ðeɪ wər boʊθ meɪd aʊt əv ðə rəf məˈtɪriəl ˈnaɪˌlɑn. ðə ˈrizən ɪz ðə boʊl dɪd nɑt fɪt bɪˈkəz ðə ˈnaɪˌlɑn wɑz nɑt smuð ənd ðə ˈəðər pɑrts kʊd nɑt muv kərˈɛktli. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈtɑgəl stɪk wərkt ˈpərfəktli ənd wʊd seɪ ɪt wɑz ə 90 ˈrɛplɪkə əv ðə stɪk. ɪf ɪt wɑz aʊt, ɪt wʊd bi ə 100 ˈrɛplɪkə. soʊ aɪ ˈpərʧəst ə ˈplæstɪk ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃən məˈʃin ənd ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈrɛkriˌeɪt ɪt ɛz ðeɪ dɪd ɪn ðə lɑrʤ ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˈfæktəriz ˌbiˈfɔr. ə ˈkəpəl ˈʧælənʤɪz wər ɪn frənt əv mi səʧ ɛz ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə məˈtɪriəlz, ˈpræktɪsɪŋ wɪθ ðə məˈʃin, ənd ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ ən əˈlumənəm moʊld. hir ɪz haʊ ə moʊld wʊd lʊk laɪk wɪθ ə ˈfɪʃɪŋ lʊr. ðɪs ɪz wɛr ju kəm ɪn. ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt ðə əˈdɪʃənəl ɪkˈwɪpmənt ənd moʊldz, wi nid jʊr hɛlp tɪ pʊʃ ˈjuˈɛs ˈfərðər tɪ ðə goʊl. ɑr ˈtaɪmlaɪn haʊ kən aɪ hɛlp? ɪf ju kən sprɛd ðə wərd ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə səʧ ɛz ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, tˈwɪtər, ər ˈrɛtroʊ ˈfɔrəmz, ju wʊd bi duɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ə juʤ ˈfeɪvər! ðə mɔr ˈpipəl wi kən riʧ, ðə ˈstrɔŋgər ðə 64 kəmˈjunɪti bɪˈkəmz. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈdoʊˌneɪt ər ʧuz wən əv ɑr rɪˈwɔrdz tɪ bi ðə fərst tɪ rɪˈsiv ðə rɪˈpɛr pɑrts. ju ər nɑt ʤɪst ˈhɛlpɪŋ bət ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɛz wi ɔl ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ˈhævɪŋ fən ɪn pleɪɪŋ ɑr ˈfeɪvərɪt geɪmz. ˈkrɛdɪts: ðə biʧ
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cuttack: several rivers in the state are fast turning toxic threatening the life force on earth even as a survey conducted by the national rural drinking water programme (nrdwp) has blamed and lack of water management.
samples were collected from water sources in residential areas in all the 30 districts in the state. the report said a majority of water sources including groundwater has become contaminated.
meanwhile, the rural water supply and sanitation (rwss) department engineers have stated that it has become impossible to obtain safe drinking water from 11 major rivers and lakes like and ansupa.
cuttack assistant executive engineer mohan said, “water in various rivers has turned toxic as heavy metals like iron, manganese, lead, nickel and cadmium are dumped into the river. water in such rivers has already substance like sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium.”
several surveys have revealed that fluoride content in water sources at deragaon, jutiki, and other places under block of district and places in district has exceeded per. consequently, people residing in the areas get afflicted by fluorosis.
since per capita water use in urban areas stands at 335 per day, rapid helps release of huge amount of water into rivers and thereby polluting them. this causes spread of jaundice, hepatitis a and e like diseases. it also causes typhoid, cholera, gastric, stomach ulcer and other diseases, said a survey.
another survey conducted by the indian council of medical research (icmr) found presence of heavy metals in water sources of in, in kalahandi, in bolangir, in and some areas in district.
scb medical college and hospital head of department said, “presence of heavy metals like lead and cadmium is causing ailments. fluoride content in water causes diseases.”
lack of proper lab facilities in the state to assess the quality of water and ascertain presence of heavy metals therein has become a concern. although there are 32 district, 46 and a laboratories under the water resources department, these facilities woefully lack requisite infrastructure.
currently, the state has to depend on institute of minerals and material technology (iimt) at the centre to test the water quality. the state government spends at least `2,000 to test of a of water sample. so, of cases of water quality tests keeps rising. for example: more than 100 water samples collected from region have been pending for test.
former dean of university of agriculture and technology (ouat) sanjay said, “rampant use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers coupled with has largely been responsible for water pollution.”
the survey report said release of and other heavy metals from paper mills are major pollutants of river water.
experts opine that industrial units at, talcher, sambalpur, and are potential polluters of several water resources. iron, copper, zinc and manganese being released from sugar mills add to water pollution, the experts maintained.
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poʊst nuz ˈnɛtˌwərk: ˈsɛvərəl ˈrɪvərz ɪn ðə steɪt ər fæst ˈtərnɪŋ ˈtɑksɪk θˈrɛtənɪŋ ðə laɪf fɔrs ɔn ərθ ˈivɪn ɛz ə ˈsərˌveɪ kənˈdəktəd baɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈrʊrəl ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈwɔtər ˈproʊˌgræm (nrdwp*) həz bleɪmd ənd læk əv ˈwɔtər ˈmænɪʤmənt. ˈsæmpəlz wər kəˈlɛktəd frəm ˈwɔtər ˈsɔrsəz ɪn ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈɛriəz ɪn ɔl ðə 30 ˈdɪstrɪkts ɪn ðə steɪt. ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ə məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈwɔtər ˈsɔrsəz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈgraʊndˌwɔtər həz bɪˈkəm kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðə ˈrʊrəl ˈwɔtər səˈplaɪ ənd ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən (rwss*) dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz hæv ˈsteɪtɪd ðət ɪt həz bɪˈkəm ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ əbˈteɪn seɪf ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈwɔtər frəm 11 ˈmeɪʤər ˈrɪvərz ənd leɪks laɪk ənd ansupa*. əˈsɪstənt ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ˈmoʊhɑn sɛd, ɪn ˈvɛriəs ˈrɪvərz həz tərnd ˈtɑksɪk ɛz ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtəlz laɪk aɪərn, ˈmæŋgəˌniz, lɛd, ˈnɪkəl ənd ˈkædmiəm ər dəmpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈrɪvər. ˈwɔtər ɪn səʧ ˈrɪvərz həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈsəbstəns laɪk ˈsoʊdiəm, pəˈtæsiəm, ˈkælsiəm ənd magnesium.”*.” ˈsɛvərəl ˈsərˌveɪz hæv rɪˈvild ðət ˈflʊˌraɪd ˈkɑntɛnt ɪn ˈwɔtər ˈsɔrsəz æt deragaon*, jutiki*, ənd ˈəðər ˈpleɪsɪz ˈəndər blɑk əv ˈdɪstrɪkt ənd ˈpleɪsɪz ɪn ˈdɪstrɪkt həz ɪkˈsidɪd pər. ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli, ˈpipəl rɪˈzaɪdɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈɛriəz gɪt əˈflɪktɪd baɪ fluorosis*. sɪns pər ˈkæpɪtə ˈwɔtər juz ɪn ˈərbən ˈɛriəz stændz æt 335 pər deɪ, ˈræpɪd hɛlps riˈlis əv juʤ əˈmaʊnt əv ˈwɔtər ˈɪntu ˈrɪvərz ənd ˈðɛrˈbaɪ pəˈlutɪŋ ðɛm. ðɪs ˈkɔzɪz sprɛd əv ˈʤɔndəs, ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs ə ənd i laɪk dɪˈzizɪz. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkɔzɪz ˈtaɪfɔɪd, ˈkɑlərə, ˈgæstrɪk, ˈstəmək ˈəlsər ənd ˈəðər dɪˈzizɪz, sɛd ə ˈsərˌveɪ. əˈnəðər ˈsərˌveɪ kənˈdəktəd baɪ ðə ˈɪndiən ˈkaʊnsəl əv ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈrisərʧ (icmr*) faʊnd ˈprɛzəns əv ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtəlz ɪn ˈwɔtər ˈsɔrsəz əv ɪn, ɪn kalahandi*, ɪn bolangir*, ɪn ənd səm ˈɛriəz ɪn ˈdɪstrɪkt. ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈkɑlɪʤ ənd ˈhɑˌspɪtəl hɛd əv dɪˈpɑrtmənt sɛd, əv ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtəlz laɪk lɛd ənd ˈkædmiəm ɪz ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈeɪlmənts. ˈflʊˌraɪd ˈkɑntɛnt ɪn ˈwɔtər ˈkɔzɪz diseases.”*.” læk əv ˈprɑpər læb fəˈsɪlɪtiz ɪn ðə steɪt tɪ əˈsɛs ðə kˈwɑləti əv ˈwɔtər ənd ˌæsərˈteɪn ˈprɛzəns əv ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtəlz ðɛˈrɪn həz bɪˈkəm ə kənˈsərn. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr ər 32 ˈdɪstrɪkt, 46 ənd ə ˈlæbrəˌtɔriz ˈəndər ðə ˈwɔtər ˈrisɔrsɪz dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ðiz fəˈsɪlɪtiz ˈwoʊfəli læk ˈrɛkwəzət ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər. ˈkərəntli, ðə steɪt həz tɪ dɪˈpɛnd ɔn ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈmɪnərəlz ənd məˈtɪriəl tɛkˈnɑləʤi (iimt*) æt ðə ˈsɛntər tɪ tɛst ðə ˈwɔtər kˈwɑləti. ðə steɪt ˈgəvərnmənt spɛnz æt list tɪ tɛst əv ə əv ˈwɔtər ˈsæmpəl. soʊ, əv ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈwɔtər kˈwɑləti tɛsts kips ˈraɪzɪŋ. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl: mɔr ðən 100 ˈwɔtər ˈsæmpəlz kəˈlɛktəd frəm ˈriʤən hæv bɪn ˈpɛndɪŋ fər tɛst. ˈfɔrmər din əv ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi (ouat*) ˈsænʤeɪ sɛd, juz əv ˈpɛstəˌsaɪdz ənd ˈkɛmɪkəl ˈfərtəˌlaɪzərz ˈkəpəld wɪθ həz ˈlɑrʤli bɪn riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈwɔtər pollution.”*.” ðə ˈsərˌveɪ rɪˈpɔrt sɛd riˈlis əv ənd ˈəðər ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtəlz frəm ˈpeɪpər mɪlz ər ˈmeɪʤər pəˈlutənts əv ˈrɪvər ˈwɔtər. ˈɛkspərts oʊˈpaɪn ðət ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈjunɪts æt, talcher*, sambalpur*, ənd ər pəˈtɛnʃəl pəˈlutərz əv ˈsɛvərəl ˈwɔtər ˈrisɔrsɪz. aɪərn, ˈkɑpər, zɪŋk ənd ˈmæŋgəˌniz biɪŋ riˈlist frəm ˈʃʊgər mɪlz æd tɪ ˈwɔtər pəˈluʃən, ðə ˈɛkspərts meɪnˈteɪnd.
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it has been described as the best scotland squad since 1999 and there is an unfamiliar surge of optimism heading into this six nations but backs coach jason reckons the team is still two years away from fulfilling its potential.
the kiwi is blessed with the best collection of attacking backs since that five group from 18 years ago and there are likely to be some difficult selection meetings this week particularly in choosing the centre pairing to face ireland at bt on saturday and agrees the future is bright.
jim telfer is on record as saying vern current crop is the most accomplished since the team that won the five nations but, pictured right, cautioned: “ultimately this team will be at its best in a couple of years’ time when you get more guys around that mark and we continue to grow our leadership.
“it’s a flattering comment but it give us any points when we start against ireland. but what it does give us is combinations and a bit more confidence, which you need in big games, but it give us a start against ireland or anything like that so of no tangible benefit.”
with a 60 per cent win rate in 2016, there is tangible confidence ahead of this tournament but that is tempered by the fact that the first game is against a team scotland have struggled to beat in the years that have followed that gilded couple of months in 1999.
“it is without a doubt as tough an opening match as you could have,” said. “i mean ireland away would probably have been the most difficult potentially, along with england away which will come up later in the campaign.
“but look, ireland are an outstanding team, beating the all blacks [last november] as comfortably as they did in chicago just tells you what a complete football team they are and got an outstanding coaching group as well.” scotland coach cotter brought on board from after the world cup and the progress of the scottish clearly caught the eye of the lions management group, who offered the kiwi a spot on this tour back to his homeland.
o’halloran is moving to glasgow warriors in the summer as part of the coaching changes that come into effect when cotter departs for and gregor townsend takes the scotland job.
the backs coach declined the lions’ invitation, opting to get up and running with his new role at scotstoun, with dave rennie not due to arrive in glasgow until his super rugby commitments with come to an end.
o’halloran explained: “i was flattered to be asked but, ultimately, i had a responsibility to glasgow. not going to be here for the early part of the pre-season. so, rather than leave humph [forwards coach jonathan humphreys] in charge of the backs, i thought it was important that i be there.
“i under any pressure not to go with the lions. it was completely in my hands. if i had pushed to go, sure the would have supported me all the way. but with a lot of the glasgow squad away with gregor in australia, i felt it was important that the next group of players come through.”
o’halloran admits a sense of disappointment that his time working with scotland will be cut short at the end of this six nations but insisted his overriding feeling was one excitement at working with players day to day and reuniting with rennie, who he played for and coached alongside at.
“a bit, i suppose,” he said when asked if he will be sad to leave the test arena. “but remedied by the fact that, at glasgow, we will have a big say in how the national team improves. because i think a lot of the skills that need improving in this scotland squad, really the development gets done with the sides, on a day-to-day basis.
“the international season is about player monitoring, fitness and game planning. not a lot of time to work on individual skills.
“if scotland go on and become as good as i think they can be in the next 24 months, important that duncan hodge at edinburgh or myself at glasgow, we improve the skills of our players.
“i’m looking forward to helping players grow over that time.”
right now, however, all about preparing for huge clash with the irish. is fierce and said centre jones is fully recovered from injury but hinted it could be too soon for duncan taylor of saracens.
“i think still to decide on availability but is ready to play,” said. “midfield and the loose forwards are the areas where selection is toughest.”
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ɪt həz bɪn dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ðə bɛst ˈskɑtlənd skwɑd sɪns 1999 ənd ðɛr ɪz ən ˌənfəˈmɪljər sərʤ əv ˈɑptɪˌmɪzəm ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈɪntu ðɪs sɪks ˈneɪʃənz bət bæks koʊʧ ˈʤeɪsən ˈrɛkənz ðə tim ɪz stɪl tu jɪrz əˈweɪ frəm fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ ɪts pəˈtɛnʃəl. ðə ˈkiwi ɪz blɛst wɪθ ðə bɛst kəˈlɛkʃən əv əˈtækɪŋ bæks sɪns ðət faɪv grup frəm 18 jɪrz əˈgoʊ ənd ðɛr ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi səm ˈdɪfəkəlt səˈlɛkʃən ˈmitɪŋz ðɪs wik ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪn ˈʧuzɪŋ ðə ˈsɛntər ˈpɛrɪŋ tɪ feɪs ˈaɪərlənd æt ˈbiˈti ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ənd əˈgriz ðə fˈjuʧər ɪz braɪt. ʤɪm ˈtɛlfər ɪz ɔn ˈrɛkərd ɛz seɪɪŋ vərn ˈkɑrənt krɑp ɪz ðə moʊst əˈkɑmplɪʃt sɪns ðə tim ðət wən ðə faɪv ˈneɪʃənz bət, ˈpɪkʧərd raɪt, ˈkɔʃənd: ðɪs tim wɪl bi æt ɪts bɛst ɪn ə ˈkəpəl əv years’*’ taɪm wɪn ju gɪt mɔr gaɪz əraʊnd ðət mɑrk ənd wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ groʊ ɑr ˈlidərˌʃɪp. ə ˈflætərɪŋ ˈkɑmɛnt bət ɪt gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ˈɛni pɔɪnts wɪn wi stɑrt əˈgɛnst ˈaɪərlənd. bət wət ɪt dɪz gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ɪz ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃənz ənd ə bɪt mɔr ˈkɑnfədɛns, wɪʧ ju nid ɪn bɪg geɪmz, bət ɪt gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ə stɑrt əˈgɛnst ˈaɪərlənd ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ laɪk ðət soʊ əv noʊ ˈtænʤəbəl benefit.”*.” wɪθ ə 60 pər sɛnt wɪn reɪt ɪn 2016 ðɛr ɪz ˈtænʤəbəl ˈkɑnfədɛns əˈhɛd əv ðɪs ˈtʊrnəmənt bət ðət ɪz ˈtɛmpərd baɪ ðə fækt ðət ðə fərst geɪm ɪz əˈgɛnst ə tim ˈskɑtlənd hæv ˈstrəgəld tɪ bit ɪn ðə jɪrz ðət hæv ˈfɑloʊd ðət ˈgɪldɪd ˈkəpəl əv mənθs ɪn 1999 ɪz wɪˈθaʊt ə daʊt ɛz təf ən ˈoʊpənɪŋ mæʧ ɛz ju kʊd have,”*,” sɛd. min ˈaɪərlənd əˈweɪ wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv bɪn ðə moʊst ˈdɪfəkəlt pəˈtɛnʃəli, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈɪŋglənd əˈweɪ wɪʧ wɪl kəm əp ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə kæmˈpeɪn. lʊk, ˈaɪərlənd ər ən ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ tim, ˈbitɪŋ ðə ɔl blæks [læst noʊˈvɛmbər] ɛz ˈkəmfərtəbli ɛz ðeɪ dɪd ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ ʤɪst tɛlz ju wət ə kəmˈplit ˈfʊtˌbɔl tim ðeɪ ər ənd gɑt ən ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ ˈkoʊʧɪŋ grup ɛz well.”*.” ˈskɑtlənd koʊʧ ˈkɑtər brɔt ɔn bɔrd frəm ˈæftər ðə wərld kəp ənd ðə ˈprɑˌgrɛs əv ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈklɪrli kɔt ðə aɪ əv ðə laɪənz ˈmænɪʤmənt grup, hu ˈɔfərd ðə ˈkiwi ə spɑt ɔn ðɪs tʊr bæk tɪ hɪz ˈhoʊmˌlænd. ɪz ˈmuvɪŋ tɪ ˈglæˌskoʊ ˈwɔrjərz ɪn ðə ˈsəmər ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðət kəm ˈɪntu ˈifɛkt wɪn ˈkɑtər dɪˈpɑrts fər ənd ˈgrɛgər ˈtaʊnzənd teɪks ðə ˈskɑtlənd ʤɑb. ðə bæks koʊʧ dɪˈklaɪnd ðə lions’*’ ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən, ˈɑptɪŋ tɪ gɪt əp ənd ˈrənɪŋ wɪθ hɪz nu roʊl æt scotstoun*, wɪθ deɪv ˈrɛni nɑt du tɪ əraɪv ɪn ˈglæˌskoʊ ənˈtɪl hɪz ˈsupər ˈrəgbi kəˈmɪtmənts wɪθ kəm tɪ ən ɛnd. ɪkˈspleɪnd: wɑz ˈflætərd tɪ bi æst bət, ˈəltəmətli, aɪ hæd ə riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ ˈglæˌskoʊ. nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ bi hir fər ðə ˈərli pɑrt əv ðə ˌpriˈsizən. soʊ, ˈrəðər ðən liv həmf [ˈfɔrwərdz koʊʧ ˈʤɑnəθən ˈhəmfriz] ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə bæks, aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət aɪ bi ðɛr. ˈəndər ˈɛni ˈprɛʃər nɑt tɪ goʊ wɪθ ðə laɪənz. ɪt wɑz kəmˈplitli ɪn maɪ hænz. ɪf aɪ hæd pʊʃt tɪ goʊ, ʃʊr ðə wʊd hæv səˈpɔrtɪd mi ɔl ðə weɪ. bət wɪθ ə lɔt əv ðə ˈglæˌskoʊ skwɑd əˈweɪ wɪθ ˈgrɛgər ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə, aɪ fɛlt ɪt wɑz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət ðə nɛkst grup əv pleɪərz kəm through.”*.” ədˈmɪts ə sɛns əv ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt ðət hɪz taɪm ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ˈskɑtlənd wɪl bi kət ʃɔrt æt ðə ɛnd əv ðɪs sɪks ˈneɪʃənz bət ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd hɪz ˈoʊvərˌraɪdɪŋ ˈfilɪŋ wɑz wən ɪkˈsaɪtmənt æt ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ pleɪərz deɪ tɪ deɪ ənd ˌriuˈnaɪtɪŋ wɪθ ˈrɛni, hu hi pleɪd fər ənd koʊʧt əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd æt. bɪt, aɪ suppose,”*,” hi sɛd wɪn æst ɪf hi wɪl bi sæd tɪ liv ðə tɛst ərˈinə. ˈrɛmədid baɪ ðə fækt ðət, æt ˈglæˌskoʊ, wi wɪl hæv ə bɪg seɪ ɪn haʊ ðə ˈnæʃənəl tim ˌɪmˈpruvz. bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk ə lɔt əv ðə skɪlz ðət nid ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ɪn ðɪs ˈskɑtlənd skwɑd, ˈrɪli ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt gɪts dən wɪθ ðə saɪdz, ɔn ə ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ ˈbeɪsɪs. ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsizən ɪz əˈbaʊt pleɪər ˈmɑnətərɪŋ, ˈfɪtnəs ənd geɪm ˈplænɪŋ. nɑt ə lɔt əv taɪm tɪ wərk ɔn ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl skɪlz. ˈskɑtlənd goʊ ɔn ənd bɪˈkəm ɛz gʊd ɛz aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ kən bi ɪn ðə nɛkst 24 mənθs, ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət ˈdəŋkən hɑʤ æt ˈɛdənbəroʊ ər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf æt ˈglæˌskoʊ, wi ˌɪmˈpruv ðə skɪlz əv ɑr pleɪərz. ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈhɛlpɪŋ pleɪərz groʊ ˈoʊvər ðət time.”*.” raɪt naʊ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɔl əˈbaʊt pərˈpɛrɪŋ fər juʤ klæʃ wɪθ ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ. ɪz fɪrs ənd sɛd ˈsɛntər ʤoʊnz ɪz ˈfʊli rɪˈkəvərd frəm ˈɪnʤəri bət ˈhɪnɪd ɪt kʊd bi tu sun fər ˈdəŋkən ˈteɪlər əv ˈsɛrəsənz. θɪŋk stɪl tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd ɔn əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti bət ɪz ˈrɛdi tɪ play,”*,” sɛd. ənd ðə lus ˈfɔrwərdz ər ðə ˈɛriəz wɛr səˈlɛkʃən ɪz toughest.”*.”
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