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over to you joe. schmidt moves even closer to succeeding kidney as ireland boss
leinster coach joe schmidt would be the first choice of a lot of irish rugby fans to succeed declan kidney as irish coach and reports this morning suggest the job is his if he wants it.
schmidt emerged as the favourite to become the new irish coach last weekend amidst reports that the irfu had made overtures towards the kiwi native, who was overseen a phenomenal few years of success with the blues since arriving in dublin in 2010.
queensland reds coach ewen mckenzie, current wales defence coach shaun edwards and les kiss, who has been installed as interim coach for the summer tour of north america, have also been linked with the role in recent weeks.
a report in today’s irish independent suggests that the irfu are currently setting up a list of interviewees and hope to appoint kidney’s successor by the end of the month. irish independent sources suggest that while all candidates will be interviewed for the role, schmidt is the man the irfu are after and the job will be his if he is keen to take it on.
it has been said in the past that schmidt is keen to return home to new zealand eventually but for now he and his family seem well settled in dublin and although his contract with leinster doesn’t expire until next summer, it now appears as if there is a very good chance that the irfu will get their man.
if he does get the gig, les kiss is expected to remain on as defence coach but schmidt will likely seek a new forwards coach to replace gert smal.
over to you joe.
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stɪl ˈəndər kənˈstrəkʃən. dɪg wi məst. ˈsɑri əˈbaʊt ðə ənd ˈkələrz. ˈrɪtən baɪ ˈʤeɪkəb heɪl, wɪθ θæŋks tɪ ˈbɛtʧər, ˈdɛkstər di. fɑgt, ˈʤudɪθ ˈhælbərstæm, ənd neɪˈoʊmi scheman*. noʊt ðət ðə lɪst rɪˈfərz tɪ ˈrəðər ðən tɪ ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər pər seɪ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈmɛni ˈaɪtəmz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈplaɪ tɪ ˈrisərʧərz ˈraɪtɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər, ɛz wɛl ɛz tɪ ˈraɪtɪŋ əˈkrɔs ˈdɪfərənsɪz. ˈrɛfərənsɪz: neɪˈoʊmi scheman*, ðə ˈsɛnər baɪ ˈsɛntərɪŋ ðə kwɪr"; ɪn daɪˈænə ti. maɪərz, ɛd., ˈfɛmənɪsts riˈθɪŋk ðə sɛlf. ˈboʊldər: prɛs, ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ. ˈsændi stoʊn, ðə ˈɛmpaɪər straɪks bæk: ə ˌmænɪˈfɛˌstoʊ, ɪn ˈkæmərə 26 ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn straʊb ənd ˈɛpˌstin (eds*): ˈbɑdi gɑrdz; ˈraʊtlɪʤ 1991 bərˈnis ɛl. ˈhaʊsmən, ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ sɛks: transsexualism*, tɛkˈnɑləʤi, ənd ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈʤɛndər. ˈdʊˈrhæm: duk ˌjunəˈvərsəti prɛs, 1995 bæk tɪ ˈsændi stoʊnz hoʊm peɪʤ
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still under construction. dig we must. sorry about the formatting and colors.
written by jacob hale, with thanks to talia bettcher, dexter d. fogt, judith halberstam, and naomi scheman. note that the list refers to transsexuality rather than to transgender per se. however, many items also apply to non-transgendered researchers writing about transgender, as well as to trans-folk writing across trans-trans differences.
references:
naomi scheman, "queering the center by centering the queer"; in diana t. meyers, ed., feminists rethink the self. boulder: westview press, forthcoming.
sandy stone, the empire strikes back: a posttranssexual manifesto, in camera obscura 26; also in straub and epstein (eds): body guards; routledge 1991.
bernice l. hausman, changing sex: transsexualism, technology, and the idea of gender. durham: duke university press, 1995.
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(hɛlθ ˈsikrɪts) ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl hu hæv ˌəndərˈgɔn ˈtritmənt fər ˈkænsər ˈoʊvər ðə pæst ˈsɛvərəl ˈdɛkeɪdz meɪ nɑt hæv ˈɛvər ˈæˌkʧuəli hæd ðə dɪˈziz, ədˈmɪts ə nu rɪˈpɔrt kəˈmɪʃənd baɪ ðə juz. ˈnæʃənəl ˈkænsər ˈɪnstɪˌtut (nci*). ˈpəblɪʃt ˈɔnˌlaɪn ɪn ðə ˈʤərnəl əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmɛdɪkəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən (ˈʤæmə), ðɪs ˈgəvərnmənt ˈstədi aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪz boʊθ ˈoʊvər ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs ənd mɪsˌdaɪɪgˈnoʊsəs əv ˈkænsər ɛz tu ˈmeɪʤər ˈkɔzɪz əv ðə groʊɪŋ ˈkænsər ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk. ðiz tu təˈgɛðər hæv lɛd tɪ ˈmɪljənz biɪŋ ˈfɔlsli ˈtritɪd fər ˈkænsər wɪθ ˈsərʤəri, ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ənd ˌkimoʊˈθɛrəpi, hu ɪn ˌriˈæləˌti hæd noʊ səʧ ˈkænsər. ðə rɪˈpɔrt drɑps ə fju ˈmeɪʤər ˈbɑmˌʃɛlz ɔn ðə weɪ ðət ˈmɛni ˈkænsərz ər ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, brɛst ˈkænsər, ɪz ˈsəmˌtaɪmz nɑt brɛst ˈkænsər æt ɔl bət ˈrəðər ə bɪˈnaɪn kənˈdɪʃən səʧ ɛz ˌkɑrsəˈnoʊmə ɪn (dcis*). ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənˈtoʊld ˈmɪljənz əv ˈwɪmən wɪθ hæv bɪn mɪsˌdaɪɪgˈnoʊzd ɛz ˈhævɪŋ brɛst ˈkænsər, ənd ˈsəbsəkwəntli ˈtritɪd fər ə kənˈdɪʃən ðət ˈlaɪkli ˈnɛvər wʊd hæv kɔzd ðɛm ˈɛni hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz. ənd ˈsɪmələrli ɪn mɛn, proʊˈstætɪk (hgpin*), ə taɪp əv priˈkərsər tɪ ˈkænsər, ɪz ˈkɑmənli mɪˈstritɪd ɛz ɪf ɪt wər ˈækʧəwəl ˈkænsər. ˈpræktɪs əv ɑŋˈkɑləʤi ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪz ɪn nid əv ə hoʊst əv rɪˈfɔrmz ənd ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz tɪ ˈmɪtəˌgeɪt ðə ˈprɑbləm əv ənd əv ˈkænsər, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈwərkɪŋ grup ˈsæŋkʃənd baɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈkænsər institute,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈstədi. moʊst drəˈmætɪkəli, ðə grup sɪz ðət ə ˈnəmbər əv kənˈdɪʃənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌkɑrsəˈnoʊmə ɪn ənd proʊˈstætɪk, ʃʊd noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi kɔld ‘‘cancer’.”*’.” kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈkænsər ˈtritmənts wəns əˈgɛn ʃoʊn tɪ bi ə ˈlidɪŋ kɔz əv ˈkænsər ðiz ər ˈʃɑkɪŋ ədˈmɪʃənz, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðət ɪz ə ˈeɪʤənsi ðət tɛndz tɪ ˈfeɪvər ðə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈkænsər ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs ənd ˈtritmənt ˈmɑdəl, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt həz bɪn ʃoʊn tɪ bi ə ˈfeɪljər. bət ˈivɪn wərs ɪz ðə ˈɪnfərəns ðət ənˈtoʊld ˈmɪljənz əv ˈhɛlθi ˈpipəl hæv bɪn ˈtritɪd wɪθ ˈpɔɪzən ənd ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən fər kənˈdɪʃənz ðeɪ ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn hæd, wɪʧ ˈlaɪkli kɔzd ˈmɛni əv ðɛm tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ril ˈkænsər ənd ˈivɪn daɪ ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt. ɛz ɪt tərnz aʊt, ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈkɑnsɛpt əv diagnosis”*” ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz ˌfəndəˈmɛnəli flɔd, sɪns ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈmɛθədz juzd tɪ ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊs feɪl tɪ ˌdɪfərˈɛnʧiˌeɪt bɪtˈwin bɪˈnaɪn ənd məˈlɪgnənt ˈkænsər sɛlz. ðɪs minz ðət ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hu ər ˈfɔlsli ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst wɪθ ˈkænsər wɪl ɛnd əp dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈkænsər ˈɛniˌweɪ, ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈtritmənt fər ˈkænsərz ðeɪ dɪd nɑt hæv, ə fəˈnɑməˌnɑn ðət pruvz ðə əbˈsərdəti əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈmɑdəl. ɪn ðə keɪs əv ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðə ˈtumər ˈərli ɪˈnəf tɪ kənˈteɪn ɪt θru ˈsərʤəri, ˌkimoʊˈθɛrəpi ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən, ɪt ɪz ˈwɛlˈnoʊn ðət ðə məˈnɔrəti əv ˈkænsər stɛm sɛlz wɪˈθɪn ðiz ˈtumərz wɪl bi ɛnˈrɪʧt ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr meɪd mɔr məˈlɪgnənt θru kənˈvɛnʃənəl treatment,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnz seɪər ʤi fər greenmedinfo.com*. ˈɪnstəns, ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθs wər ˈoʊnli ˈrisəntli faʊnd baɪ ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈkænsər ˈsɛnər ˈrisərʧərz tɪ ˈtrænsfɔrm brɛst ˈkænsər sɛlz ˈɪntu ˈhaɪli məˈlɪgnənt ˈkænsər laɪk sɛlz, wɪθ 30 taɪmz haɪər məˈlɪgnənsi post-treatment.”*.” ˈkænsər ɪz ˈrɪli ðə əˈtɛmpt tɪ sərˈvaɪv, nɑt ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əˈtæk ɪn vju, ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ ˈɪʃu ɪz ðət ðə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈkænsər ˈmɑdəl ɛˈroʊniəsli vjuz ˈkænsər ɛz səm kaɪnd əv ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əˈtæk ɔn ðə ˈbɑdi ðət məst bi əˈgrɛsɪvli fɔt wɪθ ˈrɪgərəs ˈtritmənt, ˈrəðər ðən ðə sərˈvaɪvəl ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm ðət ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli ɪz. wɪn ðə ˈbɑdi ɪz pərˈpɛʧuəli dɪˈfɪʃənt ɪn ˈnutriənts, fər ˈɪnstəns, ər wɪn ɪt bɪˈkəmz ˈoʊvərˈbərdənd baɪ ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən, kɑrˈsɪnəʤənz ənd ˈəðər ˈtɑksənz frəm ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd fud, ˈkænsər kən dɪˈvɛləp ɛz ə rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðɪs ˈhɑrmfəl ˈɔnsˌlɔt. ɪnˈtaɪər wərld vju əv ˈkænsər nidz tɪ ʃɪft frəm ən ˈɛnəmi ðət ‘‘attacks’*’ ˈjuˈɛs ənd ðət wi məst weɪʤ wɔr əˈgɛnst, tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ɑr ˈbɑdi dɪz, prɪˈzuməbli tɪ sərˈvaɪv ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˌɪnˈhɑspɪtəbəl, nutrient-deprived*, kɑrˈsɪnəʤən- ənd environment,”*,” ædz ʤi. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈkrɛdɪt: fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən:
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(health secrets) a significant number of people who have undergone treatment for cancer over the past several decades may not have ever actually had the disease, admits a new report commissioned by the u.s. national cancer institute (nci). published online in the journal of the american medical association (jama), this government study identifies both over diagnosis and misdiagnosis of cancer as two major causes of the growing cancer epidemic. these two together have led to millions being falsely treated for cancer with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, who in reality had no such cancer.
the report drops a few major bombshells on the way that many cancers are diagnosed. for example, breast cancer, is sometimes not breast cancer at all but rather a benign condition such as ductal carcinoma in situ (dcis). however, untold millions of women with dcis have been misdiagnosed as having breast cancer, and subsequently treated for a condition that likely never would have caused them any health problems. and similarly in men, high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (hgpin), a type of premalignant precursor to cancer, is commonly mistreated as if it were actual cancer.
“the practice of oncology in the united states is in need of a host of reforms and initiatives to mitigate the problem of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of cancer, according to a working group sanctioned by the national cancer institute,” explains medscape.com about the study. “perhaps most dramatically, the group says that a number of premalignant conditions, including ductal carcinoma in situ and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, should no longer be called ‘cancer’.”
conventional cancer treatments once again shown to be a leading cause of cancer
these are shocking admissions, considering that nci is a government-funded agency that tends to favor the conventional cancer diagnosis and treatment model, even though it has been shown to be a failure. but even worse is the inference that untold millions of healthy people have been treated with poison and radiation for conditions they never even had, which likely caused many of them to develop real cancer and even die as a result.
as it turns out, the entire concept of “early diagnosis” itself is fundamentally flawed, since many of the methods used to diagnose fail to differentiate between benign and malignant cancer cells. this means that many people who are falsely diagnosed with cancer will end up developing cancer anyway, as a result of getting treatment for cancers they did not have, a phenomenon that proves the absurdity of the entire model.
“even in the case of finding the tumor early enough to contain it through surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation, it is well-known that the minority subpopulation of cancer stem cells within these tumors will be enriched and therefore made more malignant through conventional treatment,” explains sayer ji for greenmedinfo.com.
“for instance, radiotherapy radiation wavelengths were only recently found by ucla jonnsson comprehensive cancer center researchers to transform breast cancer cells into highly malignant cancer stem-cell like cells, with 30 times higher malignancy post-treatment.”
cancer is really the body’s attempt to survive, not an outside attack
in ji’s view, the underlying issue is that the conventional cancer model erroneously views cancer as some kind of outside attack on the body that must be aggressively fought with rigorous treatment, rather than the survival mechanism that it actually is. when the body is perpetually deficient in nutrients, for instance, or when it becomes overburdened by radiation, carcinogens and other toxins from the environment and food, cancer can develop as a response to this harmful onslaught.
“our entire world view of cancer needs to shift from an enemy that ‘attacks’ us and that we must wage war against, to something our body does, presumably to survive an increasingly inhospitable, nutrient-deprived, carcinogen- and radiation-saturated environment,” adds ji.
photo credit: www.ovca.org
for more information:
http://www.greenmedinfo.com
http://jama.jamanetwork.com
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pju ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnərz moʊst ˈrisənt ˈdætə ʃoʊz ðət mɔr ðən ˌtuˈθərdz əv waɪt ˈprɑtəstənts ənd ˈkæθlɪks naʊ səˈpɔrt ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪkˈwɑləti! ˌɪnˈstɛd ɪt əˈlaʊd ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪʧər ðə ˈɔpʃən əv duɪŋ soʊ? ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts skɪp ðə gɪt mit ənd faɪnd ˈɛskɔrts ɪn lɔs ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə riˈtrivd ʤən 25 riˈtrivd ɑkˈtoʊbər 14 ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 12 riˈtrivd mɑrʧ 20 nuz tɪ jʊr saɪn əp naʊ fər ðə ˈleɪtəst nuz frəm ɔˈstreɪljə ənd əraʊnd ðə wərld dɪˈrɛkt tɪ jʊr, ɪn, ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən sɛts ðə ˈligəl eɪʤ əv ˈmɛrɪʤ æt 18 ənd ɪˈlɪməˌneɪts ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ rɪkˈwaɪrmənt ðət ˈkəpəlz hu wɔnt tɪ ˈmɛri məst fərst səbˈmɪt tɪ ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪgˈzæm. ðə nɛkst jɪr. ˈsɑri, ju. həˈwaɪˌi ˈɔfəs əv ɪˈlɛkʃənz. raɪt ˈælən ruld ðət ðə steɪts bæn ɔn ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ wɑz ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl. riˈtrivd noʊˈvɛmbər 6 riˈtrivd ˈʤænjuˌɛri 6 ðə ju, pæt məˈkrɔri woʊnt ˈɛskɔrt ə bɪl ðət wʊd hæv əˈlaʊd ˈmæʤɪˌstreɪts tɪ ɑpt aʊt əv pərˈfɔrmɪŋ ˈwɛdɪŋz ɪf ðeɪ hæv rɪˈlɪʤəs əˈbʤɛkʃənz. frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ɔn ʤun 29 ɪt lʊks laɪk ən ˈɛrər əˈkərd pliz rɪˈfrɛʃ ðə peɪʤ ənd traɪ əˈgɛn, ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈdɛnˌmɑrk, ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən əv geɪ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz kɔld fər ðə rɪˈpil əv ɔl ˈstæʧuts ˈlɪmətɪŋ ˈmɛrɪʤ tɪ ˈkəpəlz ənd fər ɪkˈstɛndɪŋ ðə ˈligəl ˈbɛnəfɪts əv ˈmɛrɪʤ tɪ ɔl koʊˈhæbɪtɪŋ ˈkəpəlz. lɔ tʊk ˈifɛkt ɪn ˈɔgəst bət ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ðə ˈfæməli dɪsəˈgriz. ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈkəpəlz ɪn ˈkænədə geɪnd moʊst əv ðə ˈligəl ˈbɛnəfɪts əv ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪn wɪn ðə ˈfɛdərəl ənd prəˈvɪnʃəl ˈgəvərnmənts ɪkˈstɛndɪd ˈkɑmən lɔ ˈmɛrɪʤɪz tɪ geɪ ənd ˈlɛzbiən ˈkəpəlz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ əˈlaʊɪŋ ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈkəpəlz tɪ ˈmɛri ənd əˈdɑpt, ʃi steɪd ðə ˈrulɪŋ ˈpɛndɪŋ ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm əv vi? ˈmɛni ˈʤəʤɪz əv ðə steɪts ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrts ˈɪʃu ˈmɛrɪʤ ˈlaɪsənsɪz tɪ ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈkəpəlz. səˈprim kɔrt ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 6 ðə fərst taɪm ðət ðə səˈprim kɔrt rɪfˈjuzd tɪ steɪ ə ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪkˈwɑləti ˈrulɪŋ baɪ ə ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ɪn ə ˈsərkət ðət hæd nɑt jɛt ruld ɔn ðə ˈɪʃu əv ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ, wɪʧ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ dɪˈfaɪn ˈmɛrɪʤ ɛz bɪtˈwin wən mæn ənd wən ˈwʊmən. riˈtrivd ˈfɛbruˌɛri 28 ənd ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ɛz ʤaɪˈgænɪk dɪks gɪt ˈɪntu ɔl ˈnæʧərəl hoʊlz, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈoʊldər ˈjusɪʤɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ˌɪmˈplaɪ ðət ðə ˈhəzbənd ɪz ˌənəˈwɛr əv hɪz waɪfs ˈɛskɔrt ɛn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs, wɪθ daɪv bɑrz, ɪt wɪl kəm tɪ ðə ˈsərfəs, ˈdaɪnɪŋ, ˈlɛtɪŋ ˈdɑməˌneɪt ɪm ɛz hi fɛl ˈɛskɔrt ˈɔntu ðə ˈmætrəs. streɪnʤ ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ə meɪl ˈkəpəl ˈsikɪŋ ðə raɪt tɪ ˈmɛri ɔn ˌæləˈbæmə. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, æt 7 ˈpoʊstɪd ˈɑprəl 4 əˈtrækt. riˈtrivd noʊˈvɛmbər 26 vjuz, ˈsərvɪs. trænˈsɛkʃjuəlz fər mɛn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs ˈsɪnθiə ləv ləˈtinə bɪg ˈbuti skaɪ ˈɛskɔrts ðə ˈəðər naɪn bæn kənˈsɛnʃuəl ˈsɑdəmi fər ˈɛvriˌwən: ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 16 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ moʊst ˈpipəl. frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 27 wi ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ju əkˈsɛpt ɪts juz, mɛn ər ˈtɪpɪkəli ðə ˈpipəl ɪn paʊər, aɪ ˈmænɪʤd tɪ rɪˈmeɪn strɔŋ, ˈɛkstəsi sprɛd θru hɪz veɪnz. ˈfɪnˌlænd bɪˈkəmz ðə læst ˈædəlt ˈɛskɔrts ðə faɪv ˈnɔrdɪk ˈkəntriz tɪ ˈligəˌlaɪz ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ, aɪ draɪd ðə pɑts ənd pænz wɪʧ ˈtoʊni wɑʃt, cnr*, ˈkəmɪŋ aʊt. ɪt kənˈdəkts ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən ˈpoʊlɪŋ, nuz ənd mɔr, ˈəðər dɪˌnɔməˈneɪʃənz laɪk maɪ ˈkæθlɪk wən kɔt ɔn ənd bɪˈgæn ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ðɪs ˈɛmfəsɪs ɔn kəmˈjunɪti biɪŋ jʊr pju kəmˈpænjənz huz laɪf lʊks laɪk jʊrz. ˈmɛrɪʤ fæst fækts ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˈprɛzɪdənt bɪl ˈklɪntən saɪnd ɪt ˈɪntu lɔ ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 21 ˈməsəld mæs, ɪt wʊd bi ˈvɛri ˈdɪfəkəlt ɪf nɑt ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl fər jʊr ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd tɪ ʤɪst gɪv əp hɪz nid fər ˈkɔʃən, ðə smoʊk ɪz ə ˈfɪtɪŋ əˈdɪʃən ðət ædz ən ɛr əv eeriness*. ɪt ˈrizənd ðət wɪθ ðə ju. riˈtrivd meɪ 22 ðə ˈgəvərnər kən əˈlaʊ bɪlz tɪ bɪˈkəm lɔ wɪˈθaʊt hɪz ˈsɪgnəʧər.
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læst wik, ðə juz. ˈnæʃənəl ˈklaɪmɪt ˈdætə ˈsɛnər dɪˈklɛrd ðət 2012 wɑz ðə ˈwɔrməst jɪr ɔn ˈrɛkərd fər ðə loʊər 48 steɪts baɪ ə ˈhɛlθi ˈmɑrʤən. ɪn fækt, 2012 wɑz mɔr ðən 3 dɪˈgriz ˈfɛrənˌhaɪt ˈwɔrmər ðən ðə ˈsɛnʧəri ˈævərɪʤ ənd 1 dɪˈgri ˈwɔrmər ðən ðə ˈpriviəs ˈrɛkərd jɪr əv 1998 ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌoʊʃiˈænɪk ənd ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ˈflætli dɪˈklɛrd, ɪn ðə dræft ˈvərʒən əv ɪts ˈnæʃənəl ˈklaɪmɪt əˈsɛsmənt rɪˈpɔrt, ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ɔˈrɛdi əˈfɛktɪŋ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən people”*” ənd ɪt ɪz ˈdrɪvən baɪ ˈjumən activity.”*.” ðə ˈbæləns əv ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɛvədəns ˈkərəntli bɛrz ðɪs aʊt. soʊ ɪf ɪts tru ðət ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ wɪl kɔz sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈprɑbləmz fər juˈmænɪti, wət ʃʊd bi dən əˈbaʊt ɪt? bæk ɪn 1992 ðə ˈrioʊ ərθ ˈsəmɪt lɔnʧt ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈəndər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz ˈfreɪmˌwərk kənˈvɛnʃən ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ (unfcc*) wɪθ ðə eɪm əv prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ˌænθrəpəˈʤɛnɪk ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns wɪθ ðə ˈklaɪmɪt system.”*.” ɪn 1998 ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs prəˈdust ðə ˈkjoʊtoʊ ˈproʊtəˌkɔl ˈəndər wɪʧ dɪˈvɛləpt ˈneɪʃənz kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈkətɪŋ ðɛr ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs ɪˈmɪʃənz (ˈʧifli ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd) baɪ ən ˈævərɪʤ əv 5 pərˈsɛnt bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈlɛvəlz ðeɪ ɪˈmɪtɪd ɪn 1990 ðə goʊl wɑz tɪ ˈræʃən ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz θru ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkɑrbən ˈmɑrkɪt. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈsəbsəkwəntli rɪfˈjuzd tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə ˈkjoʊtoʊ ˈproʊtəˌkɔl ənd ˈoʊnli ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən sɛt əp ə ˈmɑrkɪt. ɛz ðə ˈrisənt u.n*. ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn ˈdoʊˌhɑ meɪd klɪr, ðə ˈkjoʊtoʊ ˈproʊtəˌkɔl həz feɪld. ðə ˈneɪʃənz əv ðə wərld ər naʊ səˈpoʊzd tɪ riʧ səm kaɪnd əv ˈbaɪndɪŋ əˈgrimənt ɔn ˈlɪmətɪŋ ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs ɪˈmɪʃənz baɪ 2015 ðət wʊd goʊ ˈɪntu ˈifɛkt baɪ 2020 sɪns ˈkjoʊtoʊ skimz hæv feɪld, wət ˈəðər ˈpɑləsiz maɪt geɪn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl əkˈsɛptəns? wən əv ðə ʧif kənˈtɛndərz ɪz ə ˈsɪstəm əv ˈkɑrbən ˈtæksɪz. ˌbiˈfɔr weɪɪŋ ðə ˈmɛrɪts əv ðə ˈkɑrbən tæks aɪˈdiə, ɪts wərθ kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈlɪmɪts ɔn ˈgrinˌhaʊs ˈgæsɪz (ˈʧifli ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd) meɪ bi ˈʤəstəˌfaɪd ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. ɪn ə pərsˈweɪsɪv 2009 ˈɑrtɪkəl, ˈprɑpərti raɪts ˈsɪriəsli: ðə keɪs əv ˈklaɪmɪt change,”*,” keɪs ˈwɛstərn rɪˈzərv ˌjunəˈvərsəti lɔ prəˈfɛsər ˈʤɑnəθən ˈædlər ˈɑrgjuz ðət ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz meɪ bi ˈlaɪkənd tɪ ˈkɑmən lɔ ˈnusənsɪz. ˈəndər ˈkɑmən lɔ, ˈprɑpərti ˈoʊnərz ər nɑt pərˈmɪtɪd tɪ juz ðɛr ˈprɑpərti ɪn weɪz ðət ˈdæmɪʤ ðɛr neighbors’*’ ˈprɑpərti, e.g*., ju meɪ nɑt bɪld ə pɑnd ðət flədz jʊr ˈneɪbərz fild. ɪn ˈædlərz vju, ðə ˈpipəl hu ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm prəˈdusɪŋ, ˈsɛlɪŋ, ənd baɪɪŋ ˈprɑdəkts ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz ðət ɪˈmɪt ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ʃʊd ˈsɪmələrli bi hɛld ˈlaɪəbəl fər ðə ˈdæmɪʤɪz kɔzd tɪ ðɛr ˈneɪbərz ɛz ə ˈkɑnsəkwəns əv ˈtɛmpərəʧər ˌɪnˈkrisɪz. səʧ ˈdæmɪʤɪz maɪt ˌɪnˈklud ˈflədɪŋ frəm ˈraɪzɪŋ si ˈlɛvəlz ənd mɔr ˌɪnˈtɛns reɪn ɪˈvɛnts ər krɑp ˈlɔsɪz du tɪ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn reɪn ənd ˈtɛmpərəʧər rəˈʒimz. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd ɪn ðə pərˈdəkʃən əv ˈsərtən gʊdz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈlaɪkli ˌɪmˈpoʊz kɔsts ɔn ˈpipəl, bət ðoʊz kɔsts ər nɑt bɔrn baɪ ðə prəˈdusərz ənd kənˈsumərz əv ðoʊz gʊdz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz ənd ər ðəs nɑt rɪˈflɛktɪd ɪn ðɛr ˈpraɪsɪz. səʧ kɔsts ər ˈɔfən kɔld bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ˈprɑsɛsəz ðət wʊd ˈəðərˌwaɪz əˈblaɪʤ prəˈdusərz ənd kənˈsumərz tɪ peɪ fər ðɛm. aɪˈdili, ˈpipəl kʊd sik ˌrɛstɪˈtuʃən ɪn kɔrt fər ˈdæmɪʤɪz kɔzd baɪ ɪˈmɪʃənz ənd ðə ˈdæmɪʤɪz peɪd wʊd bi rɪˈflɛktɪd ɪn ðə praɪs kənˈsumərz ər ʧɑrʤd. ðə trɪk ɪz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ ðoʊz hu ər ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ˈdæmɪʤ ənd ðoʊz hu ər biɪŋ hɑrmd baɪ ɪt. ɛz ðə noʊˈbɛl ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˈrɑnəld ˈɑrgjud ɪn hɪz ˈsɛmənəl 1960 ˈɑrtɪkəl, ˈprɑbləm əv ˈsoʊʃəl cost,”[pdf*] əˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈprɑpərti raɪts sɑlvz ðɪs sɔrt əv ˈpəzəl baɪ ɪˈneɪbəlɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ ˈsɛtəl ðə ˈɪʃu əv ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti ənd ˈpeɪmənt fər ˈdæmɪʤɪz. notionally*, ɪn ðə keɪs əv ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ, ˈpipəl wʊd bi əˈsaɪnd ˈprɑpərti raɪts tɪ ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr, ˈlivɪŋ pəˈlutərz tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ˈpeɪmənts wɪθ ðiz ˈoʊnərz fər ðə raɪt tɪ ɪˈmɪt ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd. bət ɛz ækˈnɑlɪʤd, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ðə trænˈzækʃənz ðə kɔsts əv aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ hɑrmd, ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ðə ˈdæmɪʤɪz, ənd ðə kɔsts əv ˈsɪmpli tɪ bi tu greɪt tɪ bi ˈpræktɪkəl. ɪn ðə aɪz əv ˈmɛni ˈpipəl, ɪt əˈpɪrz kwaɪt ˌɪmˈpræktɪkəl tɪ əˈsaɪn ˈprɑpərti raɪts tɪ ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈætməsˌfɪr, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ər ˈklɪrli biɪŋ ˌɪmˈpoʊzd əˈpɑn θərd ˈpɑrtiz. ɪn səʧ ˈkeɪsɪz, ðə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈɑrgjəmənt hoʊldz ðət ˈgəvərnmənt ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ fɔrs ˈmɑrkɪt pɑrˈtɪsəpənts tɪ teɪk əˈkaʊnt əv ðə ðeɪ ˌɪmˈpoʊz ɔn θərd ˈpɑrtiz. ˈæftər ðə ˈfeɪljər əv ðə ˈkjoʊtoʊ ˈproʊtəˌkɔl, wən səʧ ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv boʊθ ðə ˈpəblɪk ənd ˈpɑləsiˌmeɪkərz ɪz ə tæks ɔn ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz. ɪn hɪz 1988 ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən tɪ ðə fərm, ðə ˈmɑrkɪt, ənd ðə lɔ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈkaʊnərd ðɪs laɪn əv ˈθɪŋkɪŋ. juˈbɪkwɪtəs ˈneɪʧər əv ‘‘externalities’*’ səˈʤɛsts tɪ mi ðət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈprimə ˈfeɪsi keɪs əˈgɛnst ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən," hi roʊt, "ənd ðə ˈstədiz ɔn ðə ˈifɛkts əv ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən wɪʧ hæv bɪn meɪd ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər tɪ ˈzoʊnɪŋ, wɪʧ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən həz ˈkɑmənli meɪd ˈmætərz wərs, lɛnd səˈpɔrt tɪ ðɪs view.”*.” soʊ ðə kˈwɛʃən ɪz: wʊd ə ˈkɑrbən tæks meɪk ˈmætərz wərs? teɪk ə lʊk. moʊst ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts prɪˈfər ə ˈkɑrbən tæks ðət wʊd bi ˌɪmˈpoʊzd æt ðə fər koʊl, ðə ˈwɛˌlhɛd fər ˈnæʧərəl gæs, ənd æt ðə fər pəˈtroʊliəm ˈprɑdəkts. ˈrɛvəˌnu ˈnutrəl minz ðə tæks wʊd nɑt ˌɪnˈkris ˈgəvərnmənt ˈrɛvəˌnuz, bət wʊd ˌriˈpleɪs ˈəðər ˈtæksɪz. wən prəˈpoʊzəl ɪz ə rɪˈdəkʃən ɪn ˈtæksɪz ɔn ˈleɪbər (ðə ˈpeɪˌroʊl tæks) ənd ɔn ˈkæpɪtəl (ðə ˈkɔrpərət ˈɪnˌkəm tæks). wən sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈəpˈsaɪd ɪz ðət rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈtæksɪz ɔn ˈleɪbər ənd ˈkæpɪtəl busts ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ baɪ ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ wərk ˈhɑrdər ənd ˌɪnˈvɛst mɔr. əˈnəðər pləs ɪz ðət ˈkɑrbən ˈtæksɪz wʊd aɪˈdili dɪˈspleɪs ˈtɔpˌdaʊn ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz səʧ ɛz ðə ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl prəˈtɛkʃən nu rulz ɔn ɪˈlɛktrɪk paʊər plænt ɪˈmɪʃənz ənd ˈsəbsɪdiz tɪ wɪnd, ˈsoʊlər, ənd ˈɛnərʤi pərˈdəkʃən. wən bɪg kənˈsərn, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz ðət ə ˈkɑrbən tæks fɔlz mɔr ˈhɛvəli ɔn ðə pur sɪns ðeɪ spɛnd ə haɪər prəˈpɔrʃən əv ðɛr ˈɪnˌkəmz ɔn gʊdz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz ðən du ðə ˈbɛtər ɔf. wən weɪ tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðə rəˈgrɛsɪv ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz ɪz ə prəˈpoʊzəl ɪn wɪʧ ˈɛvəri əˈmɛrɪkən rɪˈsivz ən ˈikwəl ʃɛr əv ðə ˈkɑrbən ˈtæksɪz kəˈlɛktəd ðət ɪz dɪˈpɑzətəd iʧ mənθ ɪn ðɛr bæŋk əˈkaʊnts. waɪl ðɪs aɪˈdiə ˈæˈdrɛsɪz ðə kənˈsərn əˈbaʊt ðə rəˈgrɛsɪv ˈneɪʧər əv ˈkɑrbən ˈtæksɪz, ɪt ˈlɛsənz ðə ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz ðət ˈɔfˌsɛt ˈtæksɪz wʊd prəˈvaɪd fər ˌɪnˈkrist wərk ənd ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt. ɪn tərmz əv ˈmɪtəˌgeɪtɪŋ fˈjuʧər ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ, ə ˈrɛvəˌnu ˈnutrəl ˈkɑrbən tæks wʊd ɪnˈkərəʤ prəˈdusərz ənd kənˈsumərz tɪ ɪˈkɑnəˌmaɪz ɔn ˈɛnərʤi prəˈdust baɪ ˈbərnɪŋ koʊl, ˈnæʧərəl gæs, ənd ɔɪl ðət ˈproʊdus ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz. ˈbustɪŋ ðə praɪs əv ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz eɪmz tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ˈæktərz ɪn ˈmɑrkɪts, nɑt ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ənd ˈbjʊrəˌkræts, tɪ pɪk ðə list ˈkɔstli weɪz tɪ kət ɪˈmɪʃənz. ˈtæksɪŋ ˈkɑrbən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ səˈpoʊzd tɪ kɔl fɔrθ ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən ðət wʊd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli kriˈeɪt ˌloʊˈkɔst ˈsɔrsəz əv ˈɛnərʤi. ðɪs ɪz prɪˈsaɪsli wət ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkɑrbən ˈmɑrkɪt wɑz səˈpoʊzd tɪ əˈʧiv. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ə 2011 rɪˈpɔrt baɪ ðə swɪs bæŋk faʊnd ðət ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈtreɪdɪŋ skim hæd kɔst ˌjʊrəˈpiən kənˈsumərz 277 ˈbɪljən fər ˈziroʊ impact.”*.” ðɪs weɪst əv ˈməni əˈkərd bɪˈkəz ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkəntriz ˈɪʃud fɑr tu ˈmɛni ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz ˈpərˌmɪts soʊ ðət ðɛr ˈpraɪsɪz wər tu loʊ tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən. ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈvɔɪd ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən mɛs, ðə foʊks ˈoʊvər æt ˈkɑrbən tæks ˈsɛnər ˈɑrgju ðət ə məʧ haɪər ˈkɑrbən tæks ɪz ˈnidɪd. ɛz ən ɪgˈzæmpəl, ðeɪ pɔɪnt tɪ ə 2009 bɪl ˈspɑnsərd baɪ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ʤɑn ˈlɑrsən (d-conn*.) wɪʧ wʊd ˌɪmˈpoʊz ən ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈkɑrbən tæks əv 15 pər tən ənd ðɛn ˌɪnˈkris ɪt ˈɛvəri jɪr baɪ 10 15 pər tən fər ðə nɛkst 10 jɪrz. ə ˈkɑrbən praɪs əv 120 pər tən wʊd æd əˈbaʊt 1 tɪ ðə praɪs əv ə ˈgælən əv ˈgæsəˌlin ənd 5 sɛnts pər tɪ ðə ˈriˌteɪl praɪs əv ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. ɪt ɪz ˈlaɪkli ðət səʧ ə haɪ tæks wʊd rɪˈzəlt ɪn sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪˈmɪʃənz rɪˈdəkʃənz. bət wət maɪt ə juz. ˈkɑrbən tæks baɪ ˌɪtˈsɛlf əˈʧiv wɪθ rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ˈɔltərɪŋ ðə kɔrs əv fˈjuʧər ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ? nɑt ɔl ðət məʧ, ˈɑrgjuz ʧɪp ˈnæpənbərgər, ðə əˈsɪstənt dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈsɛnər fər ðə ˈstədi əv saɪəns æt ðə ˌlɪˌbərˈtɛˌriən θɪŋk tæŋk, ðə ˈkeɪtoʊ ˈɪnstɪˌtut. ˈnæpənbərgər pɔɪnts aʊt ðət ðə u.n*. ˌɪntərˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ˈpænəl ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ (ipcc*) ˈprɑʤɛkts ən ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ˈgloʊbəl ˈævərɪʤ ˈtɛmpərəʧər əv əˈbaʊt 3 dɪˈgriz ˈsɛlsiəs baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðɪs ˈsɛnʧəri. əˈsumɪŋ ðə prɑˈʤɛktəd trəˈʤɛktəri əv ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈgloʊbəl ɪˈmɪʃənz baɪ ɔl ˈkəntriz, ɪf ðə juz. wər ˈsəmˌhaʊ tɪ kəmˈplitli ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt ɔl əv ɪts ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs ɪˈmɪʃənz naʊ ðət wʊd rɪˈdus fˈjuʧər ˈwɔrmɪŋ baɪ ˈoʊnli dɪˈgri ˈsɛlsiəs baɪ 2100 ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ðə gloʊb wʊd wɔrm baɪ dɪˈgriz ˈsɛlsiəs ˌɪnˈstɛd əv baɪ dɪˈgriz ˈsɛlsiəs. soʊ ˈklɪrli ɪf ðə prɑˈʤɛktəd ˈdæmɪʤɪz kɔzd baɪ fˈjuʧər ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈwɔrmɪŋ ər tɪ bi ˈmɪtəˌgeɪtɪd, moʊst ˈkəntriz ɪn ðə wərld wʊd hæv tɪ əˈdɑpt ə ˈkɑrbən tæks. ə ˈgloʊbəli ˈhɑrməˌnaɪzd ˈkɑrbən tæks wʊd bi kəˈlɛktəd ənd spɛnt baɪ iʧ wʊd bi noʊ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl tæks fɪˈnænsɪŋ ˈɛni ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈeɪʤənsi. ən ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ˈkɑrbən ˈtæksɪz ɪz ðət ðeɪ ˈfəŋkʃən məʧ laɪk ˈtɛrəfs, wɪʧ ər məʧ mɔr trænˈspɛrənt ðən skimz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ˈkəntriz ðət du tæks ˈkɑrbən kʊd ˌɪmˈpoʊz ˈtɛrəfs ɔn gʊdz ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪd frəm ˈkəntriz ðət soʊ ðət ðɛr hoʊm prəˈdusərz ər nɑt ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤd baɪ haɪ ˈɛnərʤi ˈpraɪsɪz. bət ɪz ɪt ˈrɪli ˈfizəbəl ðət moʊst ˈkəntriz ɪn ðə wərld wʊd əˈdɑpt ə ˈkɑrbən tæks? tɪ gɪt æt ðɪs kˈwɛʃən, ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈsəsɪks ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˈrɪʧərd tɔl həz ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪd wət hi kɔlz ðə lɛˈvaɪəθən ˈkɑrbən tæks. tɔl dɪˈfaɪnz hɪz lɛˈvaɪəθən tæks ɛz ðə ˈmæksəməm ˈkɑrbən tæks ðət ɪz ɪz, ɔl ˈəðər ˈtæksɪz ər rɪˈdust tɪ ˈziroʊ ənd ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ ə ˈkɑrbən tæks. ðə lɛˈvaɪəθən tæks teɪks ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt ðə ˈkɑrbən ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti əv iʧ ˈkəntri, ˈminɪŋ ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈɛvəri ˈdɔlər əv groʊθ ɪn ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. hi faɪndz ðət naɪˈʤɪriə ənd ˌlaɪˈbɪˌriə kʊd ˈfaɪˌnæns ðɛr ɪnˈtaɪər ˈgəvərnmənt ˈbəʤɪts wɪθ ə 1 pər tən ˈkɑrbən tæks. ˈɛni mɔr ðən ðət wʊd ˈfənəl mɔr ˈrɛvəˌnuz ˈɪntu ˈgəvərnmənt ˈkɔfərz ənd groʊ ðə saɪz əv ðɛr ˈgəvərnmənts ˈrɛlətɪv tɪ ðɛr ˈpraɪvət ˈsɛktərz. tɔl ˈjuzɪz wərld bæŋk tæks ˈdætə ðət ɪkˈskludz ˈtæksɪz ðət dɪˈrɛkli ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈproʊˌgræmz tɪ dɪˈtərmən ðə pərˈsɛnt əv peɪd ɪn tæks ˈrɛvəˌnuz tɪ ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt. tɔl ˈkælkjəˌleɪts ðət ə tæks əv 223 pər tən əv ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd kʊd ˌriˈpleɪs ɔl ˈrɛvəˌnuz dəraɪvd frəm juz. ˈɪnˌkəm ənd ˈkɔrpərət ˈtæksɪz. tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ɔl tæks ˈrɛvəˌnuz, ˈʧaɪnə wʊd hæv tɪ ˈlɛvi ə ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd tæks əv 29 pər tən; ˈɪndiə 45 ˈʤərməni 267 ʤəˈpæn 450 ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm 855 pər tən. ɪn iʧ keɪs, kəˈlɛktɪŋ mɔr ˈvaɪəleɪts ˈrɛvəˌnu nuˈtræləti ənd ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ˈgəvərnmənt tæks ˈrɛvəˌnuz. tɔl ðɛn ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪd wət ˈlɛvəl ə ˈgloʊbəli ˈhɑrməˌnaɪzd ˈkɑrbən tæks wʊd hæv tɪ riʧ tɪ ˈlɪmət ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃənz (naʊ 390 pɑrts pər ˈmɪljən) tɪ 650 ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪkˈwɪvələnt (co2e*), 550 co2e*, ənd 450 co2e*. ðə ˈɑrgjuz ðət ɪt wɪl bi ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ kip ˈgrinˌhaʊs ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃənz bɪˈloʊ 450 ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ hæv æt list ə ʧæns əv ˈkipɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ˈgloʊbəl ˈævərɪʤ ˈtɛmpərəʧər bɪˈloʊ dɪˈgriz ˈsɛlsiəs. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz, ðət ˌɪmˈplaɪz ə ˈgloʊbəl 149 pər tən ˈkɑrbən tæks ˌɪmˈpoʊzd bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ɪn 2015
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last week, the u.s. national climate data center declared that 2012 was the warmest year on record for the lower 48 states by a healthy margin. in fact, 2012 was more than 3 degrees fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average and 1 degree warmer than the previous record year of 1998. in addition, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration flatly declared, in the draft version of its national climate assessment report, “climate change is already affecting the american people” and it is “primarily driven by human activity.”
the balance of the scientific evidence currently bears this out. so if it's true that man-made global warming will cause significant problems for humanity, what should be done about it?
back in 1992, the rio earth summit launched an international negotiation process under the united nations framework convention on climate change (unfcc) with the aim of preventing “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” in 1998, that process produced the kyoto protocol under which developed nations committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions (chiefly carbon dioxide) by an average of 5 percent below the levels they emitted in 1990. the goal was to ration carbon dioxide emissions through an international cap-and-trade carbon market.
the united states subsequently refused to join the kyoto protocol and only the european union set up a carbon-trading market. as the recent u.n. climate change conference in doha made clear, the kyoto protocol has failed. the nations of the world are now supposed to reach some kind of binding agreement on limiting greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 that would go into effect by 2020. since kyoto protocol-style cap-and-trade schemes have failed, what other policies might gain international acceptance? one of the chief contenders is a system of carbon taxes.
before weighing the merits of the carbon tax idea, it's worth considering whether limits on greenhouse gases (chiefly carbon dioxide) may be justified in the first place. in a persuasive 2009 article, “taking property rights seriously: the case of climate change,” case western reserve university law professor jonathan adler argues that carbon dioxide emissions may be likened to common law nuisances. under common law, property owners are not permitted to use their property in ways that damage their neighbors’ property, e.g., you may not build a pond that floods your neighbor's field. in adler's view, the people who benefit from producing, selling, and buying products and services that emit carbon dioxide should similarly be held liable for the damages caused to their neighbors as a consequence of emissions-induced temperature increases. such damages might include flooding from rising sea levels and more intense rain events or crop losses due to changes in rain and temperature regimes.
in other words, carbon dioxide emissions generated in the production of certain goods and services likely impose costs on people, but those costs are not borne by the producers and consumers of those goods and services and are thus not reflected in their prices. such costs are often called externalities because they are outside the market processes that would otherwise oblige producers and consumers to pay for them. ideally, people could seek restitution in court for damages caused by emissions and the damages paid would be reflected in the price consumers are charged.
the trick is identifying those who are actually causing climate damage and those who are being harmed by it. as the nobel prize-winning economist ronald coase argued in his seminal 1960 article, “the problem of social cost,”[pdf] assigning property rights solves this sort of puzzle by enabling people to settle the issue of liability and payment for damages. notionally, in the case of global warming, people would be assigned property rights to the atmosphere, leaving would-be polluters to negotiate payments with these owners for the right to emit carbon dioxide. but as coase acknowledged, sometimes the transactions costs—meaning the costs of identifying who’s harmed, the amount of the damages, and the costs of adjudication—would simply to be too great to be practical.
in the eyes of many people, it appears quite impractical to assign property rights to the global atmosphere, even though externalities are clearly being imposed upon third parties. in such cases, the conventional argument holds that government intervention is necessary to force market participants to take account of the damages—the externalities—that they impose on third parties. after the failure of the kyoto protocol, one such intervention getting the attention of both the public and policymakers is a tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
in his 1988 introduction to the firm, the market, and the law, however, coase countered this line of thinking. “the ubiquitous nature of ‘externalities’ suggests to me that there is a prima facie case against intervention," he wrote, "and the studies on the effects of regulation which have been made in recent years in the united states, ranging from agriculture to zoning, which indicate that regulation has commonly made matters worse, lend support to this view.” so the question is: would a carbon tax make matters worse?
let’s take a look. most economists prefer a revenue-neutral carbon tax that would be imposed at the mine-head for coal, the wellhead for natural gas, and at the refinery-gate for petroleum products. revenue neutral means the tax would not increase government revenues, but would replace other taxes. one often-heard proposal is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in taxes on labor (the payroll tax) and on capital (the corporate income tax). one significant upside is that reducing taxes on labor and capital boosts economic growth by encouraging people to work harder and invest more. another plus is that carbon taxes would ideally displace top-down command-and-control regulations such as the environmental protection agency’s new rules on electric power plant emissions and subsidies to wind, solar, and bioethanol energy production.
one big distributional concern, however, is that a carbon tax falls more heavily on the poor since they spend a higher proportion of their incomes on energy-intensive goods and services than do the better off. one way to address the regressive distributional consequences is a tax-and-dividend proposal in which every american receives an equal share of the carbon taxes collected that is deposited each month in their bank accounts. while this idea addresses the concern about the regressive nature of carbon taxes, it lessens the incentives that offset taxes would provide for increased work and investment.
in terms of mitigating future climate change, a revenue neutral carbon tax would encourage producers and consumers to economize on energy produced by burning coal, natural gas, and oil that produce climate-damaging carbon dioxide emissions. boosting the price of fossil fuels aims to enable actors in markets, not politicians and bureaucrats, to pick the least costly ways to cut emissions. taxing carbon is also supposed to call forth innovation that would eventually create low-cost no-carbon sources of energy.
this is precisely what the european cap-and-trade carbon market was supposed to achieve. however, a 2011 report by the swiss bank ubs found that the european trading scheme had cost european consumers $277 billion for “almost zero impact.” this waste of money occurred because european countries issued far too many carbon dioxide emissions permits so that their prices were too low to encourage investment in energy innovation. in order to avoid the european mess, the folks over at carbon tax center argue that a much higher carbon tax is needed. as an example, they point to a 2009 bill sponsored by rep. john larson (d-conn.) which would impose an initial carbon tax of $15 per ton and then increase it every year by $10 t0 $15 per ton for the next 10 years. a carbon price of $120 per ton would add about $1 to the price of a gallon of gasoline and 5 cents per kilowatt-hour to the retail price of electricity.
it is likely that such a high tax would result in significant carbon dioxide emissions reductions. but what might a u.s. carbon tax by itself achieve with regard to altering the course of future man-made climate change? not all that much, argues chip knappenberger, the assistant director of the center for the study of science at the libertarian think tank, the cato institute. knappenberger points out that the u.n. intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) projects an increase in global average temperature of about 3 degrees celsius by the end of this century. assuming the projected trajectory of overall global emissions by all countries, if the u.s. were somehow to completely eliminate all of its greenhouse gas emissions now that would reduce future warming by only 0.2 degree celsius by 2100. in other words, the globe would warm by 2.8 degrees celsius instead of by 3.0 degrees celsius.
so clearly if the projected damages caused by future man-made warming are to be mitigated, most countries in the world would have to adopt a carbon tax. a globally harmonized carbon tax would be collected and spent by each country—there would be no international tax financing any international agency. an advantage of carbon taxes is that they function much like tariffs, which are much more transparent than cap-and-trade schemes. in addition, countries that do tax carbon could impose tariffs on goods imported from countries that don’t so that their home producers are not disadvantaged by high energy prices. but is it really feasible that most countries in the world would adopt a carbon tax?
to get at this question, university of sussex economist richard tol has calculated what he evocatively calls the leviathan carbon tax. tol defines his leviathan tax as the maximum carbon tax that is budget-neutral—that is, all other taxes are reduced to zero and replaced by a carbon tax. the leviathan tax takes into account the carbon intensity of each country, meaning the amount of carbon dioxide generated by every dollar of growth in the economy. he finds that nigeria and liberia could finance their entire government budgets with a $1 per ton carbon tax. any more than that would funnel more revenues into government coffers and grow the size of their governments relative to their private sectors.
tol uses world bank tax data that excludes taxes that directly finance social security programs to determine the percent of gdp paid in tax revenues to the u.s. government. tol calculates that a tax of $223 per ton of carbon dioxide could replace all revenues derived from u.s. income and corporate taxes. to replace all tax revenues, china would have to levy a carbon dioxide tax of $29 per ton; india $45; germany $267; japan $450; and the united kingdom $855 per ton. in each case, collecting more violates revenue neutrality and increases government tax revenues.
tol then calculated what level a globally harmonized carbon tax would have to reach to limit greenhouse gas atmospheric concentrations (now 390 parts per million) to 650 ppm carbon dioxide equivalent (co2e), 550 ppm co2e, and 450 ppm co2e. the ipcc argues that it will be necessary to keep greenhouse atmospheric concentrations below 450 ppm in order to have at least a 50-50 chance of keeping the increase in global average temperature below 2.0 degrees celsius. according to tol’s calculations, that implies a global $149 per ton carbon tax imposed beginning in 2015.
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ˈjɑˌhu wɔnts tɪ teɪk ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ tɪ ðə nɛkst ɪz, ðə ˌɔrˈwɛliən ˈpipəl ɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz wɪθ ˈtɑrgətɪd ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ sərvd əp baɪ ðə sərˈveɪləns soʊˈsaɪɪti. ðæts əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈjɑˌhu ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈrisəntli ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈpætənt ənd ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk ˈɔfəs. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈjɑˌhu, ðə taɪm həz kəm tɪ muv ˈaʊtˌdɔr ənd ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl gɪt ðɛr baɪ dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ mɔr ˌɪnˈtrusɪv tɛkˈniks ðən haʊ ɪts naʊ dən ˈɔnˌlaɪn. ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ "smɑrt ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz," ɛz ˈjɑˌhu kɔlz ðɛm. ðiz ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈjɑˌhu ɛnˈvɪʒənz biɪŋ pleɪst əˈlɔŋ ˈfriˌweɪz ənd ɪn bɑrz, ˈɛrˌpɔrts, pleɪnz, ˈfɛriz, ˈbəsɪz, treɪnz, ənd ˈəðər ˈpəblɪk rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkæmərəz, ˈsætəˌlaɪts, droʊnz, ˈmaɪkroʊˌfoʊnz, ˈmoʊʃən dɪˈtɛktərz, ənd "ˌbaɪəˈmɛtrək ˈsɛnsərz" səʧ ɛz ˈfɪŋgərˌprɪnt, ˈrɛtənəl, ənd ˈfeɪʃəl ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən dɪˈvaɪsɪz. kəmˈbaɪnd, ðiz "ˈsɛnsər ˈsɪstəmz," ɛz ˈjɑˌhu kɔlz ðɛm, ˈænəˌlaɪz ðɛr sərˈaʊndɪŋz tɪ dɪˈtərmən ə ˈkɑmən θim tɪ sərv əp ædz, ɪn wət ˈjɑˌhu dɪˈskraɪbz ɛz "grouplization*." ˈpætənt prəˈpoʊzəl noʊts ðət "ðə ˈsɔrsəz əv ˈdætə ənd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət meɪ bi juzd tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ðə tɛkˈniks dɪˈskraɪbd hɪˈrɪn ər ˈvərʧuəli ˈlɪmətləs." ˈteɪkən təˈgɛðər, ðɪs ˈrilˌtaɪm kəˈlɛktəd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈʤɛnərˌeɪts ən "ˈægrəgət ˈɔdiəns ˈproʊˌfaɪl," ənd ædz ər ˈprɑmptli sərvd, ˈjɑˌhu sɪz: ɪn ðə pæst fju jɪrz, ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ həz kˈwɪkli bɪˈkəm ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈʧænəl baɪ wɪʧ ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz riʧ aʊt tɪ kənˈsumərz. ðə juˈbɪkwɪti əv ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz ənd ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ kræft ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤəlaɪzd ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈstrætəʤiz tɪ mit ðə nidz ənd ˈɪntərɪsts əv spɪˈsɪfɪk kənˈsumərz hæv meɪd ə kəmˈpɛlɪŋ keɪs fər səʧ tɛkˈniks ɛz ðə moʊst ɪˈfɪʃənt juz əv ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈbəʤɪts. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈpɔrʃən əv səʧ ˈbəʤɪts ɪz stɪl dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ mɔr trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈʧænəlz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈspeɪsɪz (e.g*., ˈroʊdˌsaɪd ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz, ˈpəblɪk ˈtrænzɪt, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.) kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bi ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈʧænəl fər ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt dɪz nɑt ˈɔfər ðə kaɪnd əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈtɑrgətɪŋ baɪ wɪʧ ˈɔnˌlaɪn tɛkˈniks ər ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪzd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, moʊst ˈpəblɪk speɪs ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ əˈdhɪrz tɪ ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəlz ðət ər ˈdɛkeɪdz oʊld. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈmɛni ˈroʊdˌsaɪd ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz ər stɪl ˈstætɪk ˈprɪnɪd ˈɪmɪʤɪz ðət məst bi ˈmænjuəli ˌɪnˈstɔld ənd rɪˈmeɪn ɪn pleɪs fər lɔŋ ˈpɪriədz əv taɪm ˈrɛlətɪv tɪ ðə ˈlaɪfˌspæn əv ən ˈɔnˌlaɪn æd. mɔr ˈrisəntli, səm ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz hæv bɪn ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ɛz lɑrʤ skrinz ðət dɪˈspleɪ ə fɪkst roʊˈteɪʃən əv ˈɪmɪʤɪz. bət waɪl ðiz ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ə stɛp ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl eɪʤ, ðeɪ læg fɑr bɪˈhaɪnd ðɛr ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts ɪn ə ˈnəmbər əv rɪˈspɛkts. hɪrz tu ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv haʊ ə ˈfriˌweɪ ˈbɪlˌbɔrd maɪt dɪʃ əp ædz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈrisənt ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən: əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ wən ɪgˈzæmpəl, ə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈbɪlˌbɔrd əˈʤeɪsənt ə ˈbɪzi ˈfriˌweɪ maɪt bi wɪθ ər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd nɪr ˈtræfɪk ˈsɛnsərz ðət dɪˈtɛkt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðə ˈviɪkəlz əˈproʊʧɪŋ ðə ˈbɪlˌbɔrd, e.g*., ðə ˈnəmbər ənd ˈævərɪʤ spid əv ðə ˈviɪkəlz. səʧ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən maɪt bi juzd ɪn kənˈʤəŋkʃən wɪθ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə taɪm əv deɪ ðə deɪ əv ðə wik (e.g*., ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ rəʃ aʊər) tɪ səˈlɛkt ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts fər dɪˈspleɪ ðət wʊd əˈpil tɪ ən ɪkˈspɛktɪd ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ənd tɪ dɪˈspleɪ ðə ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts fər ˈdʊˈreɪʃənz ðət ər kəˈmɛnsərɪt wɪθ ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˈtræfɪk kənˈʤɛsʧən. ɪn əˈnəðər ɪgˈzæmpəl, səʧ ə ˈbɪlˌbɔrd kʊd bi wɪθ wən ər mɔr ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkæmərəz ðət ˈkæpʧər ˈɪmɪʤɪz ər ˈvɪdioʊ əv ðə ˈviɪkəlz ɔn ðə ˈfriˌweɪ ðət ər əˈproʊʧɪŋ ðə ˈbɪlˌbɔrd. ˈjuzɪŋ ˈɪmɪʤ ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən tɛkˈniks, ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə meɪks ənd ˈmɑdəlz əv ðə ˈviɪkəlz kʊd bi juzd tɪ ˈfərðər ˌɪnˈfɔrm ðə səˈlɛkʃən əv ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts baɪ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈrilˌtaɪm ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət ˈkɔrələts wɪθ ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪks əv æt list səm əv ðə ˈtərgət ˈɔdiəns. lɛts nɑt fərˈgɛt əˈbaʊt ˈtæpɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈmoʊbəl foʊnz, taʊərz, ənd ˈviɪkəl ˈgipiˈɛs ˈmæpɪŋ dɪˈvaɪsɪz: ɪn əˈnəðər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈɪmɪʤ ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən tɛkˈniks kən bi juzd tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðə meɪks, ˈmɑdəlz, ənd jɪrz əv ˈviɪkəlz ɔn ə ˈhaɪˌweɪ, frəm wɪʧ ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪˈleɪtɪŋ tɪ ðə soʊˌsiˌoʊˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈstætəs əv ðə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪŋ ˈdraɪvərz kən bi meɪd ˈjuzɪŋ, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈpriviəsli stɔrd ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. səʧ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən kən ðɛn bi ˈægrəˌgeɪtəd tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ɔl ər æt list ə ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ˈtərgət ˈɔdiəns. ɪn jɛt əˈnəðər ɪgˈzæmpəl, sɛl taʊər ˈdætə, ˈmoʊbəl æp loʊˈkeɪʃən ˈdætə, ər ˈɪmɪʤ ˈdætə kən bi juzd tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ɪn ðə ˈtərgət ˈɔdiəns, ðə ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ˈdætə (e.g*., ɛz əbˈteɪnd frəm ə ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈjuzər ˈdætəˌbeɪs) fər wɪʧ ɪt kən ðɛn bi ˈægrəˌgeɪtəd tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ɔl ər ə ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ˈtərgət ˈɔdiəns. ɪn stɪl əˈnəðər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈviɪkəl ˈdætə frəm ˈviɪkəlz ɪkˈwɪpt wɪθ səʧ ˈsɪstəmz kʊd bi juzd tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈviɪkəlz ˈviɪkəl ˈoʊnərz. ðə ˈpætənt goʊz ɔn tɪ dɪˈskraɪb ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈmɛʒərmənt ənd ðət ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz wʊd kəmˈpit ənd bɪd fər æd speɪs.
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yahoo wants to take advertising to the next level—that is, the orwellian level—bombarding people in public places with targeted advertising served up by the surveillance society. that's according to a yahoo patent application recently published by the us patent and trademark office. according to yahoo, the time has come to move outdoor and public-facing advertising into the digital age—and get there by deploying more intrusive techniques than how it's now done online.
introducing "smart billboards," as yahoo calls them. these digital billboards—which yahoo envisions being placed along freeways and in bars, airports, planes, ferries, buses, trains, and other public spaces—might rely on video cameras, satellites, drones, microphones, motion detectors, and "biometric sensors" such as fingerprint, retinal, and facial recognition devices. combined, these "sensor systems," as yahoo calls them, analyze their surroundings to determine a common theme to serve up ads, in what yahoo describes as "grouplization."
yahoo's patent proposal notes that "the sources of data and information that may be used to enable the techniques described herein are virtually limitless."
taken together, this real-time collected information generates an "aggregate audience profile," and ads are promptly served, yahoo says:
in the past few years, online advertising has quickly become the primary channel by which advertisers reach out to consumers. the ubiquity of mobile devices and the ability to craft individualized marketing strategies to meet the needs and interests of specific consumers have made a compelling case for such techniques as the most efficient use of marketing budgets. nevertheless a significant portion of such budgets is still devoted to more traditional channels. for example, advertising in public spaces (e.g., roadside billboards, public transit, etc.) continues to be an important channel for advertisers even though it does not offer the kind of individual targeting by which online techniques are characterized. however, most public space advertising adheres to business models that are decades old. for example, many roadside billboards are still static printed images that must be manually installed and remain in place for long periods of time relative to the lifespan of an online ad. more recently, some billboards have been implemented as large screens that display a fixed rotation of images. but while these billboards represent a step in the direction of the digital age, they lag far behind their online counterparts in a number of respects.
here's two examples of how a freeway billboard might dish up ads, according to the recent patent application:
according to one example, a digital billboard adjacent a busy freeway might be instrumented with or located near traffic sensors that detect information about the context of the vehicles approaching the billboard, e.g., the number and average speed of the vehicles. such information might be used in conjunction with information about the time of day and/or the day of the week (e.g., monday morning rush hour) to select advertisements for display that would appeal to an expected demographic and to display the advertisements for durations that are commensurate with the level of traffic congestion. in another example, such a billboard could be instrumented with one or more digital cameras that capture images or video of the vehicles on the freeway that are approaching the billboard. using image recognition techniques, information about the makes and models of the vehicles could be used to further inform the selection of advertisements by including real-time information that correlates with demographic characteristics of at least some of the target audience.
let's not forget about tapping into mobile phones, cell-site towers, and vehicle gps mapping devices:
in another example, image recognition techniques can be used to identify the makes, models, and years of vehicles on a highway, from which demographic information relating to the socioeconomic status of the corresponding drivers can be made using, for example, previously stored marketing information. such information can then be aggregated to represent all or at least a portion of the target audience. in yet another example, cell tower data, mobile app location data, or image data can be used to identify specific individuals in the target audience, the demographic data (e.g., as obtained from a marketing user database) for which it can then be aggregated to represent all or a portion of the target audience. in still another example, vehicle navigation/tracking data from vehicles equipped with such systems could be used to identify specific vehicles and/or vehicle owners.
the patent goes on to describe advertising measurement and that advertisers would compete and bid for ad space.
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ɪn ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp wɪθ mediabiz*, wɪl bi prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ˈwikli ˈdætə ʧɑrts ˈɪləˌstreɪtɪŋ ədˈvænst ɑt ənd ˈkɑntɛnt ˈtrækɪŋ ˈmɛtrɪks, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn haʊ kəmˈplit ən ɑt ˈkɑntɛnt ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ɪz, haʊ ˈkɑntɛnt ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ˈwɪndoʊz ˈvɛri ənd haʊ ɪkˈspoʊzd spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈpisɪz əv ˈkɑntɛnt ər əˈkrɔs ðə ɑt ənd ˈlænˌskeɪp. fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ˈdætə ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp wɪθ mediabiz*, ʧɛk aʊt ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt hir. ɛz əv sɛpˈtɛmbər 1 2016 ˈæməˌzɑn lidz ənd wɪn kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ðə bɪg θri ˈsərvɪsɪz baɪ ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈtaɪtəlz ˈɔfərd wɪθ mɔr ðən ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz ənd ˈmuviz. ɪz ˈsɛkənd wɪθ əˈbaʊt ənd ˈfɪnɪʃɪz læst wɪθ əˈbaʊt ˈtaɪtəlz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ʤəmps tɪ ðə tɔp pəˈzɪʃən wɪn ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪŋ ðə ˈtoʊtəl ˈnəmbər əv aʊərz wɪθ mɔr ðən aʊərz. ki takeaway*: ˈæməˌzɑn sərvz əp mɔr ˈmuviz ðən ər waɪl ˈɔfərz mɔr ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz wɪʧ trænzˈleɪt ˈɪntu ðə moʊst aʊərz əv ˈkɑntɛnt.
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as of september 1, 2016, amazon leads hulu and netflix when comparing the big three services by the number of titles offered with more than 5,600 tv series and movies. netflix is second with about 4,500 and hulu finishes last with about 3,700 titles. however, netflix jumps to the top position when calculating the total number of viewable hours with more than 30,000 hours. key takeaway: amazon serves up more movies than hulu or netflix while netflix offers more episodes which translate into the most hours of viewable content.
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(ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn) ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz, ˈʃʊgər mɔˈrɛsoʊ ðən fæt həz bɪn rɪˈsivɪŋ ðə bəlk əv ðə bleɪm fər ɑr dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪtɪŋ hɛlθ. moʊst əv ˈjuˈɛs noʊ wi kənˈsum mɔr ˈʃʊgər ðən wi ʃʊd. lɛts bi ˈɑnəst, ɪts hɑrd nɑt tɪ. ðə (nu) bæd nuz ɪz ðət ˈʃʊgər dɪz mɔr ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ɑr ˈbɑdiz ðən wi ərˈɪʤənəli θɔt. ɪt wɑz wəns kənˈsɪdərd tɪ bi ʤɪst əˈnəðər ˈmɑrkər fər ən ənˈhɛlθi daɪət ənd əˈbisəti. naʊ, ˈʃʊgər ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt rɪsk ˈfæktər fər ˌkɑrdioʊˈvæskjələr dɪˈziz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈmɛni ˈəðər ˈkrɑnɪk dɪˈzizɪz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ ə ˈstədi ˈpəblɪʃt ˈmənˌdeɪ ɪn ˈʤæmə ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈmɛdəsən. "ˈʃʊgər həz ˌædˈvərs hɛlθ ˈifɛkts əˈbəv ˈɛni pərˈpɔrtɪd roʊl ɛz 'ˈɛmti ˈkælɔˌriz' prəˈmoʊtɪŋ əˈbisəti," raɪts ˈlɔrə ʃmɪt, ə prəˈfɛsər əv hɛlθ ˈpɑləsi ɪn ðə skul əv ˈmɛdəsən æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə æt sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ, ɪn ən əˈkəmpəniɪŋ ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl. "tu məʧ ˈʃʊgər ˈdəzənt ʤɪst meɪk ˈjuˈɛs fæt; ɪt kən ˈɔlsoʊ meɪk ˈjuˈɛs sɪk." bət haʊ məʧ ɪz tu məʧ? tərnz aʊt, nɑt ˈnɪrli ɛz məʧ ɛz ju meɪ θɪŋk. ɛz ə fju ˈdɑktərz ənd ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæv bɪn ˈskrimɪŋ fər ə waɪl naʊ, ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv ˈʃʊgər goʊz ə lɔŋ weɪ. ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ moʊst ˈɛkspərts, ər fɑr mɔr ˈhɑrmfəl tɪ ɑr ˈbɑdiz ðən ˈnæʧərəli əˈkərɪŋ ˈʃʊgərz. wɪr ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈʃʊgərz juzd ɪn ˈprɑsɛst ər priˈpɛrd fudz laɪk ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz, dɪˈzərts, frut drɪŋks, ˈdɛri dɪˈzərts, ˈkændi, ˈsɪriəl ənd jist brɛdz. jʊr fruts ənd (ˈnæʧərəl) frut ˈʤusɪz ər seɪf. ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz fər jʊr ˈdeɪli əˈlɑtmənt əv ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər ˈvɛri ˈwaɪdli: ðə ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈmɛdəsən ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz ðət ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz meɪk əp lɛs ðən 25 əv jʊr ˈtoʊtəl ˈkælɔˌriz. ðə wərld hɛlθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz lɛs ðən 10 ðə əˈmɛrɪkən hɑrt əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz ˈlɪmətɪŋ ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz tɪ fjuər ðən 100 ˈkælɔˌriz ˈdeɪli fər ˈwɪmən ənd 150 ˈkælɔˌriz ˈdeɪli fər mɛn. ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt ˈhæzənt ˈɪʃud ə ˈdaɪəˌtɛri ˈlɪmət fər ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz laɪk ɪt həz fər ˈkælɔˌriz, fæts, ˈsoʊdiəm, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ˈʃʊgər ɪz ˈklæsəˌfaɪd baɪ ðə fud ənd drəg ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɛz "ˈʤɛnərəli seɪf," wɪʧ əˈlaʊz ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz tɪ æd ənˈlɪmɪtɪd əˈmaʊnts tɪ ˈɛni fud. "ðɛr ɪz ə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈsɛtɪŋ ðə ˈlɪmət fər ˈnutriənts ər ˈəðər ˈsəbstənsɪz ɪn fud ənd ˈsɛtɪŋ ˈlɪmɪts fər wət ˈpipəl ʃʊd bi kənˈsumɪŋ," ən ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv roʊt ɪn ən iˈmeɪl tɪ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn. dɪz nɑt sɛt ˈlɪmɪts fər wət ˈpipəl ʃʊd bi ˈitɪŋ." "wɪθ rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ˈsɛtɪŋ ə ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈlɪmət fər ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər ɪn fud, wʊd ˈkɛrfəli kənˈsɪdər ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɛvədəns ɪn dɪˈtərmənɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈlɪmɪts ər ˈnidɪd, ɛz ɪt wʊd fər ˈəðər ˈsəbstənsɪz ɪn fud." ðɛr ɪz səm gʊd nuz. waɪl ðə min pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈkælɔˌriz kənˈsumd frəm ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz ˌɪnˈkrist frəm ɪn tɪ ɪn ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈdiˌkrist tɪ bɪtˈwin 2005 ənd 2010 bət moʊst ˈædəlts stɪl kənˈsumd 10 ər mɔr əv ðɛr ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər, ənd əˈbaʊt wən ɪn 10 ˈpipəl kənˈsumd 25 ər mɔr əv ðɛr ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈʃʊgər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə seɪm taɪm ˈpɪriəd. pɑrˈtɪsəpənts ɪn ðə ˈstədi hu kənˈsumd əˈprɑksəmətli 17 tɪ 21 əv ðɛr ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər hæd ə 38 haɪər rɪsk əv daɪɪŋ frəm ˌkɑrdioʊˈvæskjələr dɪˈziz kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ ðoʊz hu kənˈsumd əˈprɑksəmətli 8 əv ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər, ðə ˈstədi ˈɔθərz kənˈkludɪd. "ðɪs ˈrɛlətɪv rɪsk wɑz mɔr ðən ˈdəbəl fər ðoʊz hu kənˈsumd 21 ər mɔr əv ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər," ðeɪ roʊt. ðə ˈʃʊgər əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt ðət ðɛr "ər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈmeɪʤər flɔz wɪθ ðɪs nu ˈstədi ənd ðə sɛnˈseɪʃənəˌlɪzəm əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ˈʃʊgər ɪz fˈjulɪŋ ðə ˈmidiə." ðə ˈɔθərz kənˈklud ðət "ən ˈstədi laɪk ðɛrz ɪz nɑt pruf əv kɔz ənd ˈifɛkt," ðə əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈnoʊtɪd, ənd "ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈnɑlɪʤ gæps ɪgˈzɪst." "ˈbɑtəm laɪn: ˈʃʊgər həz bɪn kənˈsumd ˈseɪfli fər ˈsɛnʧəriz, ənd wɪn kənˈsumd ɪn ˌmɑdərˈeɪʃən, həz bɪn ənd ʃʊd kənˈtɪnju tɪ bi pɑrt əv ə ˈbælənst daɪət ənd ˈhɛlθi ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl," ðə ˈsteɪtmənt sɛd. ʃmɪt raɪts ɪn ðə ˈstədi ðət ðiz nu ˈfaɪndɪŋz "prəˈvaɪd fɪˈzɪʃənz ənd kənˈsumərz wɪθ ˈækʃənəbəl ˈgaɪdəns. ənˈtɪl ˈfɛdərəl ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ər ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ, fɪˈzɪʃənz meɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈkɔʃən ˈpeɪʃənz ðət, tɪ səˈpɔrt ˌkɑrdioʊˈvæskjələr hɛlθ, ɪts ˈseɪfəst tɪ kənˈsum lɛs ðən 15 əv ðɛr ˈdeɪli ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgər." ðæts ðə ɪkˈwɪvələnt, ʃmɪt pɔɪnts aʊt, əv ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ wən ˈmaʊntən du ˈsoʊdə ɪn ə daɪət. "frəm ðɛr, ðə rɪsk ˈraɪzɪz ˌɛkspoʊˈnɛnʃəli ɛz ə ˈfəŋkʃən əv ˌɪnˈkrist ˈʃʊgər ˈɪnˌteɪk," ʃi raɪts. ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt, ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈbɛvərɪʤ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən sɛd ðə ˈstədi "ʃoʊz ðət ˈædəlt kənˈsəmʃən əv ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz həz ˈæˌkʧuəli dɪˈklaɪnd, ɛz ˈrisəntli ˌriˈpɔrtəd baɪ ðə (ˈsɛnərz fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd priˈvɛnʃən). "ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt pɑrt əv ðət rɪˈdəkʃən ɪz frəm ˈdiˌkrist ˈædɪd ˈʃʊgərz frəm ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz du, ɪn pɑrt, tɪ ɑr ˈmɛmbər ˈkəmpəˌniz' ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən ɪn prəˈvaɪdɪŋ mɔr loʊ- ənd ˈɔpʃənz. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ðɪs ɪz ən ˈstədi wɪʧ ˈkænɑt ənd dɪz nɑt ʃoʊ ðət ˌkɑrdioʊˈvæskjələr dɪˈziz ɪz kɔzd baɪ ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz." dɪˈspaɪt ɑr ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ənd ə groʊɪŋ ˈbɑdi əv ˈɛvədəns ɔn ˈʃʊgər ˈoʊvərkənˌsəmpʃən ɛz ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt rɪsk ˈfæktər ɪn ˈkrɑnɪk dɪˈziz, ˈʃʊgər ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən rɪˈmeɪnz ən ˈəˈphɪl ˈbætəl ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ðɪs ɪz kənˈtræstəd baɪ ðə ˌɪnˈkrist ˈfrikwənsi əv ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən əˈbrɔd, wɛr 15 ˈkəntriz naʊ hæv ˈtæksɪz ɔn ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz. ʤɔɪn ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən si ðə ˈleɪtəst nuz ənd ʃɛr jʊr ˈkɑmɛnts wɪθ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn hɛlθ ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ənd tˈwɪtər. 'sɪn ˈtæksɪz,' ˈwɛðər ɔn təˈbæˌkoʊ, ˈælkəˌhɑl, ər ˈprɑdəkts, ər ˈpɑpjələr bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər ˈizi tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ənd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ˈrɛvəˌnu, wɪθ ə ˈɛvədəns beɪs səˈpɔrtɪŋ ðɛr ˈifɛktɪvnəs fər loʊərɪŋ kənˈsəmʃən," raɪts ʃmɪt. bət fərˈgɛt əˈbaʊt ðə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm ˈmɑnəˌtɛri kɔst. ˌbiˈfɔr ju riʧ fər ðət nɛkst ˈʃʊgəri trit, θɪŋk lɔŋ ənd hɑrd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈlɔŋˈtərm kɔst tɪ jʊr hɛlθ.
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(cnn) in recent years, sugar -- moreso than fat -- has been receiving the bulk of the blame for our deteriorating health.
most of us know we consume more sugar than we should. let's be honest, it's hard not to.
the (new) bad news is that sugar does more damage to our bodies than we originally thought. it was once considered to be just another marker for an unhealthy diet and obesity. now, sugar is considered an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, as well as many other chronic diseases, according a study published monday in jama internal medicine.
"sugar has adverse health effects above any purported role as 'empty calories' promoting obesity," writes laura schmidt, a professor of health policy in the school of medicine at the university of california at san francisco, in an accompanying editorial. "too much sugar doesn't just make us fat; it can also make us sick."
but how much is too much? turns out, not nearly as much as you may think. as a few doctors and scientists have been screaming for a while now, a little bit of sugar goes a long way.
added sugars, according to most experts, are far more harmful to our bodies than naturally occurring sugars. we're talking about the sugars used in processed or prepared foods like sugar-sweetened beverages, grain-based desserts, fruit drinks, dairy desserts, candy, ready-to-eat cereal and yeast breads. your fruits and (natural) fruit juices are safe.
recommendations for your daily allotment of added sugar vary widely:
the institute of medicine recommends that added sugars make up less than 25% of your total calories.
the world health organization recommends less than 10%.
the american heart association recommends limiting added sugars to fewer than 100 calories daily for women and 150 calories daily for men.
the u.s. government hasn't issued a dietary limit for added sugars like it has for calories, fats, sodium, etc. furthermore, sugar is classified by the food and drug administration as "generally safe," which allows manufacturers to add unlimited amounts to any food.
"there is a difference between setting the limit for nutrients or other substances in food and setting limits for what people should be consuming," an fda representative wrote in an email to cnn. "fda does not set limits for what people should be eating."
"with regard to setting a regulatory limit for added sugar in food, fda would carefully consider scientific evidence in determining whether regulatory limits are needed, as it would for other substances in food."
there is some good news. while the mean percentage of calories consumed from added sugars increased from 15.7% in 1988-94 to 16.8% in 1999-2004, it actually decreased to 14.9% between 2005 and 2010. but most adults still consumed 10% or more of their calories from added sugar, and about one in 10 people consumed 25% or more of their calories from sugar during the same time period.
participants in the study who consumed approximately 17% to 21% of their calories from added sugar had a 38% higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared with those who consumed approximately 8% of calories from added sugar, the study authors concluded.
"this relative risk was more than double for those who consumed 21% or more of calories from added sugar," they wrote.
the sugar association said in a statement that there "are a number of major flaws with this new study and the sensationalism associated with targeting sugar is fueling the media." the authors conclude that "an observational study like theirs is not proof of cause and effect," the association noted, and "extensive knowledge gaps exist."
"bottom line: all-natural sugar has been consumed safely for centuries, and when consumed in moderation, has been and should continue to be part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle," the statement said.
schmidt writes in the study that these new findings "provide physicians and consumers with actionable guidance. until federal guidelines are forthcoming, physicians may want to caution patients that, to support cardiovascular health, it's safest to consume less than 15% of their daily calories from added sugar."
that's the equivalent, schmidt points out, of drinking one 20-ounce mountain dew soda in a 2,000-calorie diet.
"from there, the risk rises exponentially as a function of increased sugar intake," she writes.
in a statement, the american beverage association said the study "shows that adult consumption of added sugars has actually declined, as recently reported by the (centers for disease control and prevention).
"a significant part of that reduction is from decreased added sugars from beverages due, in part, to our member companies' ongoing innovation in providing more low- and no-calorie options. furthermore, this is an observational study which cannot - and does not - show that cardiovascular disease is caused by drinking sugar-sweetened beverages."
despite our changing scientific understanding and a growing body of evidence on sugar overconsumption as an independent risk factor in chronic disease, sugar regulation remains an uphill battle in the united states. this is contrasted by the increased frequency of regulation abroad, where 15 countries now have taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.
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" 'sin taxes,' whether on tobacco, alcohol, or sugar-laden products, are popular because they are easy to enforce and generate revenue, with a well-documented evidence base supporting their effectiveness for lowering consumption," writes schmidt.
but forget about the short-term monetary cost. before you reach for that next sugary treat, think long and hard about the long-term cost to your health.
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ɪn ə ˈwaɪdli ˈsərkjəˌleɪtɪd lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs taɪmz ɔp ɛd pis, ˈwɛzliən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmaɪkəl ɛs. rɔθ dɪˈnaʊnst ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈstədiz (ˈɑsə) ˌrɛzəˈluʃən tɪ səˈpɔrt ə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt əv ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ɛz rɪˈpəgnənt əˈtæk ɔn ˌækəˈdɛmɪk freedom.”*.” rɪˈspɑnsɪz baɪ ˈəðər əˈmɛrɪkən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts, ill-informed*, ˈgroʊsli dɪˈstɔrtɪd pəˈlɛmɪk tʊk mi baɪ səˈpraɪz. waɪl aɪ du nɑt ɪkˈspɛkt ɪm tɪ əˈgri wɪθ ɑr stæns, aɪ dɪd ɪkˈspɛkt ə mɔr kənˈsɪdərd ənd ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəli ˈɑnəst dɪsəˈgrimənt frəm ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈwɛzliən ˈwərldˌklæs ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən wɪθ ə lɔŋ ənd dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃt ˈrɛkərd əv ˈtiʧɪŋ (ənd duɪŋ) ˈsoʊʃəl ˈʤəstɪs, ˈgraʊndɪd ɪn ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənəlɪst, ˈhjumənɪst ˈvɪʒən əv ˈlɪˌbərəl ɑrts ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən; ə skul tɪ wɪʧ aɪ geɪv ˈnɪrli ə kˈwɔrtər əv ə ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz əv maɪ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈsæləri soʊ ðət maɪ ˈdɔtər (klæs əv 2012 kʊd lərn wət ɪt minz tɪ bi ən ˌɪnˈfɔrmd, ˈkrɪtɪkəl, ɪnˈgeɪʤd ˈsɪtɪzən əv ðə wərld. rɔθ ˈiðər mɪsˈrɛd ər dɪˈlɪbərətli ˌmɪsrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ðə ˈkɛrfəli kənˈsɪdərd ˈlæŋgwɪʤ. hi əˈsərts ðət ðə ˈɑsə ˈtɑrgəts ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ˈmɪrli fər ðɛr affiliation.”*.” ðɪs ɪz nɑt tru. ðeɪ ər ˈtɑrgətɪd fər ðɛr kəmˈplɪsɪti ɪn ðə ˌɪˈligəl ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ənd ˈgəvərnmənt ˈpɑləsiz əv, riˈprɛʃən, ənd ˈreɪˌsɪzəm. hi ˈɔlsoʊ kleɪmz ðət ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ɪkˈstɛndz tɪ ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈfækəlti. ɪt dɪz nɑt. ɪt ˈstrɔŋli kənˈdɛmz ˈɛni əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˈsɪŋgəl aʊt ˈaɪsəˌleɪt ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz ər ˈɛni ˈskɑlər əv ˈɛni ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti. ɔn ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ənd ɪts ˈɔθərz ɪnˈkərəʤ kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən ənd ˈdaɪəˌlɔg, bət ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈʧænəlz əv ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ðət kənˈtɪnju tɪ dɪˈrɛkli ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ər səˈpɔrt ðə ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən. rɔθ rɪˈpits ðə ˈɑrgjəmənt ðət ˈɪzriəl ɪz biɪŋ ˈsɪŋgəld aʊt bɪˈkəz ðə ˈɑsə həz nɑt ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪd ˈkəntriz wɪθ ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd ˈjumən raɪts əˈbjuzɪz. bət ˈkəntriz səʧ ɛz nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə hæv noʊ ˈfɔrməl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl taɪz tɪ ðə ˈɑsə, ənd ɪn moʊst ˈɪnstənsɪz ɑr oʊn ˈgəvərnmənt həz ˈteɪkən ˈækʃən, ˌɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ ˈsæŋkʃənz ənd treɪd ˈbɛriərz ər ˈoʊpənli kənˈdɛmɪŋ vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ˈjumən raɪts ər wɔr kraɪmz. əv kɔrs, ðɛr ər ɪˈgriʤəs ɪkˈsɛpʃənz səʧ ɛz ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ənd riˈprɛsɪv rəˈʒimz ðət səm əv ɑr moʊst ˈprɑmənənt ˈɑsə ˈmɛmbərz hæv səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ʃɑrp ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəmz. bət ɔl əv ðɪs ɪz ˌbiˈsaɪd ðə pɔɪnt: ˈɪzriəl ənd ðə juz. hæv ə ““special”*” riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp. ɛz ˈkɛrəlɪn ˈkɑrʧər ˈrisəntli riˈmaɪndɪd ˈjuˈɛs ɪn hər rɪˈbətəl tɪ ɔp ɛd, juz. nɑt ˈoʊnli gɪvz fɑr mɔr ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri eɪd tɪ ˈɪzriəl ðən tɪ ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈkəntri, bət həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈviˌtoʊd ɔl u.n*. ˌrɛzəˈluʃənz ɪn ˈrisənt ˈmɛməri ðət kənˈdɛm əˈbjuzɪz əv ˈjumən raɪts. ðə ˈɑsə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən spəˈsɪfɪkli saɪts ðə role’*’ ðə juz. pleɪz ɪn ˈəndərˈraɪtɪŋ vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl law.”*.” θri ˈbɪljən ˈdɔlərz ə jɪr, ˈɛvəri jɪr, ɪz ən ˈɔfəl lɔt əv ˈməni. ðə ˈməni floʊz dɪˈspaɪt ðə fækt ðət ˌblɑˈkeɪd əv ˈgɑzə, ðə sɔrs əv ðə ˌɪˈmɛns ˈpɑvərti, ɪz ə klɪr vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv ˈɑrtɪkəlz 33 55 ənd 56 əv ðə ʤəˈnivə kənˈvɛnʃən proʊˈhɪbətɪŋ ðə kəˈlɛktɪv ˈpənɪʃmənt əv səˈvɪljənz ənd rikˈwaɪərɪŋ ən ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ paʊər tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ˈækˌsɛs tɪ fud ənd ˈmɛdɪkəl səˈplaɪz, ənd tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ənd ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ fəˈsɪlɪtiz. rɔθ, hu teɪks greɪt praɪd ɪn biɪŋ ə hɪˈstɔriən ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əˈbaʊt ənd ˈivɪn ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ˈpɑləsiz, noʊz ðət ðiz ˌɪntərˈmɪtənt wɔrz ɪn ˈgɑzə, nɑt tɪ ˈmɛnʃən əˈtæks ənd hoʊm ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk, ˈvaɪəleɪt ɑr oʊn ɑrmz ˈɛkspɔrt kənˈtroʊl ækt, wɪʧ proʊˈhɪbəts ðə juz əv juz. ˈwɛpənz ənd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri eɪd əˈgɛnst səˈvɪljənz. ənd ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˈvaɪələnt ˈreɪsɪst əˈtæks ɔn ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈɪməgrənts ɪn ˈɪzriəl ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt səm əv ðə wərst ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv ˈjumən raɪts vaɪəˈleɪʃənz. səm ənˈdɑkjəmɛnɪd ˈwərkərz, ˈmɛni ˈhævɪŋ flɛd ər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪd ˈkəntriz səʧ ɛz suˈdæn ənd ˌɛrɪˈtriə, ər dɪˈnaɪd ˈrɛfjuʤi ˈstætəs, ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ˌdipɔrˈteɪʃən ənd ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt fər əp tɪ ə jɪr wɪˈθaʊt traɪəl, ənd ɪnˈdʊr ˈhɔrəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈvaɪələns frəm ˈreɪsɪst mɑbz. ðə ɪnˈtaɪər kəmˈjunɪti ɪz əˈkjuzd əv kəˈmɪtɪŋ reɪp, ˈrɑbəri ənd ˈəðər kraɪmz, ənd ɪn wərdz, θˈrɛtənɪŋ tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ɛz ə ʤuɪʃ ənd ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk state.”*.” ðə gaɪz əv ˈfoʊni progressivism,”*,” rɔθ raɪts, [ˈɑsə] həz ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪd ən ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl əˈtæk ɔn ˌækəˈdɛmɪk freedom.”*.” ɪt ɪz nɑt klɪr wət rɔθ minz baɪ ““phony,”*,” bət ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ənd ˈkəlʧərəl ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ɪz ə ˈligəl, ləˈʤɪtəmət, nɑnˈvaɪələnt fɔrm əv ˈproʊˌtɛst ðət ˈtɑrgəts ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ˈoʊnli. ðə ərˈɪʤənəl kɔl fər ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kæmˈpeɪn fər ˈbɔɪˌkɑt, dɪˈvɛsmənt ənd ˈsæŋkʃənz (bds*) keɪm frəm ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈsɪvəl soʊˈsaɪɪti ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ɪn 2005 ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌsɑləˈdɛrəti ˈmuvmənt ðət hɛlpt ɛnd əˈpɑrˌtaɪt ənd brɪŋ nɑnˈreɪʃəl dɪˈmɑkrəsi tɪ saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ. sɪns ðɛn, ðə ˈmuvmənt həz geɪnd səˈpɔrt ˈgloʊbəli ɛz wɛl ɛz frəm ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz səʧ ɛz ˈbɔɪˌkɑt frəm wɪˈθɪn ənd hu ˈprɑfɪts? ðə ˈɑsə ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˈvoʊtɪd ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli tɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən, bət ɪt dɪd nɑt kəm tɪ ðɪs kənˈkluʒən ˌkævəˈlɪrli. ðə ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən ðət səm ər ˈsɛnəmənt wɑz bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt ɪz ˈdaʊnˌraɪt ˌɪnˈsəltɪŋ. ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən rɪˈzəltɪd frəm ə lɔŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs əv dəˈbeɪt ənd dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃən wɪˈθɪn ɑr ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˈoʊvər haʊ tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən (ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ɪn ˈmɑdərn ˈhɪstəri), ðə ˈdɛdli ˌblɑˈkeɪd əv ˈgɑzə, ðə ˌɛskəˈleɪʃən əv ˈvaɪələns, ðə ɪkˈspænʧən əv ˌɪˈligəl ˈsɛtəlmənts, ðə dɪˈnaɪəl əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm tɪ ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz ənd səm ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ðɛr ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd ðə ˈmæsɪv juz. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri eɪd tɪ ˈɪzriəl ðət ˈəltəmətli ˈəndərˌraɪts ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ənd ən ɪnˈtrɛnʧt ˈsɪstəm əv əˈpɑrˌtaɪt. ðiz dɪˈskəʃənz bɪˈgæn səm sɪks jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ənd ðeɪ hæv nɑt bɪn ˈizi. hæd rɔθ ˈteɪkən taɪm tɪ rɛd dɪˈskəʃənz ˈlidɪŋ əp tɪ ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ðə ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈkrɪtɪkəl æˈnælɪˌsiz baɪ ˈʤudɪθ ˈbətlər ər ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈɪʃu əv ðə ˈʤərnəl əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ ðə kˈwɛʃən əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈbɔɪˌkɑts, hi meɪ nɑt hæv bɪn soʊ kwɪk tɪ ˌɪnˈdaɪt ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ɛz ən əˈtæk ɔn ˌækəˈdɛmɪk freedom.”*.” ɛz ə ˈmætər əv fækt, ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt wɪl hæv noʊ dɪˈrɛkt ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðə əˈbɪləˌti əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz tɪ tiʧ, ˈkɑndəkt ˈrisərʧ, ənd pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ˈmitɪŋz, symposia*, ər ˈkɑnfərənsəz əraʊnd ðə gloʊb. ənd ˈɑsə ˈmɛmbərz ər nɑt rikˈwaɪərd tɪ əˈbaɪd baɪ ðə ˈrɪli ˈoʊnli əˈplaɪz tɪ əˈfɪʃəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈbɪznɪs. ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt pɔɪnt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz ðət ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ɪkˈsprɛsɪz ə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl dɪˈmænd ðət ðə ˈprɪvɪˌlɪʤɪz əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ɪkˈstɛnd tɪ ɔl: ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈtiʧərz, ˈrisərʧərz, ˈstudənts əv ɔl ˈeɪʤɪz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ʤuɪʃ ənd ˈærəb ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz, ˈraɪtərz, ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəlz, ˈɑrtɪsts, ənd ˈstudənts ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ðə rəˈʒim. rɔθ ɪz ˈsaɪlənt wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz ɪn ðə ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz ənd wɪˈθɪn ˈɪzriəl ˌɪtˈsɛlf. waɪl ˈkɑgnəzənt əv ðə ˈlɪmɪtɪd speɪs əˈfɔrdəd əˈpɪnjən ˈpisɪz, aɪ stɪl faɪnd ɪt ˈbæfəlɪŋ ðət ən ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl hɪˈstɔriən hu həz ˈrɪtən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhɔləˌkɔst kən trit ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ɛz ən ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈkætəˌgɔri ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ənd əˈbəv ˈəðər ˈfridəmz. ɛz ˈsɛrə ti. ˈrɑbərts soʊ ˈɛləkwəntli ɪkˈspleɪnd: ɪt ɪz ə pɪˈkjuljər sɔrt əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈɛlɪˌtɪzəm ðət pʊts ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm, ə ˈsəmˈwət ˈæbˌstrækt ˈkɑnsɛpt ɪn ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ɪn ə pəˈzɪʃən əv ˈpraɪməsi ˌbiˈfɔr ˈəðər taɪps əv ˈvɛri ril ənd ˈtænʤəbəl ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈfridəmz: ðə ˈfridəm tɪ ˈsərkjəˌleɪt ˌənɪmˈpidɪd, ðə ˈfridəm tɪ bi ˈtritɪd ɛz ən ˈikwəl ˈsɪtɪzən, ðə ˈfridəm tɪ ˈivɪn ˈækˌsɛs ˈspeɪsɪz əv haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, wɪʧ məst ˈsərtənli bi ə priˈrɛkwəzət fər ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ðət ɪz ˈkɔzɪŋ soʊ məʧ ˌkɑnstərˈneɪʃən. ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈpipəl ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn lændz ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd baɪ ˈɪzriəl ər bɑrd frəm ðiz θɪŋz. ðɛr ər ˈprɛʃəs fju ˈfridəmz fər ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz, ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ər ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ɪn ˈɪzriəl ənd ɪn ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ˈpæləˌstaɪn. ɪn ðɪs sɛns, ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ɪz, ɪn fækt, ə rɪˈspɑns tɪ ən ˈækʧəwəl læk əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm fər ən ɪnˈtaɪər ˈpipəl, nɑt ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ə pəˈtɛnʃəl fər lɔs əv səm ˈfridəm fər ˈrɛlətɪvli fju ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz. səˈpɔrtərz əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm məst saɪd wɪθ ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz ər ðɛr pəˈzɪʃən meɪks ˈlɪtəl sɛns ənd ˈluzɪz ɪts ˈminɪŋ kəmˈplitli. ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ɪz wən əv ˈmɛni ˈækʃənz ɪn dɪˈfɛns əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz hu ər dɪˈnaɪd ðə raɪt tɪ ˈtrævəl ˈfrili bɪˈkəz əv ˈʧɛkˌpɔɪnts ənd ˈroʊdˌblɑk. ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈstudənts ənd ˈtiʧərz rɪsk hərˈæsmənt, ərˈɛst, dɪˈtɛnʃən, ˈɪnʤəri ənd ˈivɪn dɛθ ʤɪst tɪ gɪt tɪ ðɛr ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz tɪ pərˈfɔrm ˈbeɪsɪk tæsks laɪk ˈtiʧɪŋ, ˈrisərʧ, ənd ˈlərnɪŋ. ɪn fækt, ɪn ðə fərst hæf əv 2013 əˈloʊn, ˈstudənts wər əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ˈækˌsɛs dɪˈnaɪəl, ənd ˈjunəˌsɛf ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd ɪˈgriʤəs ˈɪnsədənts əv ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈsɛtələrz ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk əˈtækɪŋ ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈstudənts. ɪn ðə rɛlm əv haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈskɑlərz ər ruˈtinli dɪˈnaɪd ðə raɪt tɪ ˈtrævəl əˈbrɔd tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ˈkɑnfərənsəz ənd symposia*, lɛt əˈloʊn ˈtrævəl bɪtˈwin ˈgɑzə ənd ðə wɛst bæŋk. ˈɛni kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən əv freedom”*” məst ækˈnɑlɪʤ ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈhɪstəri əv ˌɪzˈreɪli reɪdz, ˈkloʊʒərz, ənd ˈkɑnstənt dɪsˈrəpʃənz əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˌjunəˈvərsətiz səʧ ɛz ənd æl quds*, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˈhənərdz əv ˈstudənts ˈkərəntli dɪˈteɪnd ɪn ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈprɪzənz fər pəˈlɪtɪkəl ækˈtɪvɪti, ər fər ˈrizənz ənˈnoʊn beɪst ɔn evidence.”*.” ˈɪzriəl kən dɪˈteɪn ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz fər əp tɪ sɪks mənθs wɪˈθaʊt ʧɑrʤ ər traɪəl, wɪθ noʊ ˈlɪmɪts ɔn rɪˈnuəl. ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv dɪˈtɛnʃən, ɛz ɪt ɪz kɔld, ɪz beɪst ɔn θri lɔz: ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɔrdər 1651 wɪʧ ɪmˈpaʊərz ðə ˈɑrmi tɪ ˈɪʃu ˈɔrdərz tɪ dɪˈteɪn səˈvɪljənz ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk; ðə ənˈlɔfəl kəmˈbætənts lɔ wɪʧ əˈplaɪz tɪ ˈgɑzə ˈrɛzɪdənts; ənd ðə ˈimərʤənsi paʊərz dɪˈtɛnʃən lɔ juzd əˈgɛnst ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈsɪtɪzənz. ðiz lɔz ˈvaɪəleɪt ˈɑrtɪkəl 9 əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkəvənənt ɔn ˈsɪvəl ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl raɪts (iccpr*), wɪʧ proʊˈhɪbəts ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri dɪˈtɛnʃən, rikˈwaɪərz ðət dɪˌteɪˈniz bi toʊld waɪ ðeɪ ər biɪŋ hɛld, ənd ˈstɪpjəˌleɪts ðət ˈɛvəri ˈpərsən həz ðə raɪt əv ˈhæbiəs ˈkɔrpəs. vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ɪn haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ər ˈliʤən. ɪn 2008 ˈfɪlˌmeɪkər ənd prəˈfɛsər ˈnaɪzɑr həˈsɑn wɑz səˈspɛndɪd frəm hɪz ˈtiʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən æt ˈkɑlɪʤ bɪˈkəz hi æst ən ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈstudənt nɑt tɪ ˈkɛri hɪz ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz ənd wɛr hɪz ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈjunəˌfɔrm tɪ klæs. ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈpɔɪntɪd ə kəˈmɪti tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt əˈlɛʤd ˈtiʧɪŋ, bət hi ˈɑrgjud ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtərz ðət hi hæd ˈæktɪd aʊt əv ðə ˈvɛri ˈhjumənɪst ˈvæljuz ðət ə ˈlɪˌbərəl ɑrts ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən. ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bɪˈliv ðət aɪ ˈɑbʤɛkt tɪ ðə ˈɑrmi ˈjunəˌfɔrm bɪˈkəz aɪ æm palestinian,”*,” hi ɪkˈspleɪnd. aɪ ˈriʤɛkt ðə ˈjunəˌfɔrm bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz əˈpoʊzd tɪ maɪ ˌjunəˈvərsəl ənd ˈjumən ˈvæljuz. aɪ ˈæktɪd ɛz aɪ dɪd bɪˈkəz aɪ æm ə ˈtiʧər ənd ə ˈjumən being.”*.” ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə kəˈmɪti ˈθəroʊli rɪˈʤɛktɪd ˈɑrgjəmənt. ən ““arab”*” ˈhjumənɪst wɑz ˈsɪmpli ˌɪnkənˈsivəbəl. ðə rɪˈpɔrt kənˈkludz: [sɪk] əˈbjuzd hɪz ˈstætəs ənd hɪz əˈθɔrəti ɛz ə ˈtiʧər tɪ flɔnt hɪz əˈpɪnjənz, ˈfilɪŋz ənd frəˈstreɪʃənz ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈærəb ˈnæʃənəl məˈnɔrəti ɪn ˈɪzriəl, ˈkloʊkɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ə ‘‘humane’*’ ənd ‘‘universal’*’ gɑrb, wɛˈræz ɪn fækt hi ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ə stæns əv brut fɔrs ˈbɛrɪŋ ə dɪˈstɪŋktli ˈnæʃənəlɪst ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən θˈrɛtənd dɪsˈmɪsəl ɪf həˈsɑn dɪd nɑt əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz tɪ ðə ˈstudənt ənd səbˈmɪt ə ˈrɪtən ˈsteɪtmənt ˈprɑməsɪŋ tɪ rɪˈspɛkt ənd ˈɑnər ðə ˈjunəˌfɔrm əv ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli dɪˈfɛns ˈfɔrsɪz. həˈsɑn rɪfˈjuzd. ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli bækt daʊn ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈprɛʃər; həˈsɑn rɪˈtərnd tɪ hɪz poʊst ˈæftər ə peɪd səˈspɛnʃən. ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ˌɪnˈkludz ðə raɪt tɪ fri spiʧ ənd əˈsɛmbli. ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər əv 2012 ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈbɑmɪŋ əv ˈgɑzə [ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ˈpɪlər əv dɪˈfɛns], ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈstudənts æt ˈhibru ˌjunəˈvərsəti wər ərˈɛstɪd fər ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈpisfəl ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈkæmpəs, ənd æt ˈhaɪfə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈstudənts wər bænd frəm ˈfərðər ˈproʊˌtɛsts ˈæftər ˈgæðərɪŋ tɪ əbˈzərv ə ˈmɪnət əv ˈsaɪləns ɪn ˌsɑləˈdɛrəti wɪθ ðə ˈpipəl əv ˈgɑzə. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə bæn, ˈzaɪənɪst ˈstudənts ənd stæf wər əˈlaʊd tɪ əˈsɛmbəl ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ðə ˈbɑmɪŋ ənd ˈmɛni ˈʧæntɪd tɪ arabs”*” ənd ˈəðər ˈvɪrələntli ˈreɪsɪst sˈloʊgənz. wən əv ðə wərst ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv steɪt səˈprɛʃən əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ɪz ðə noʊˈtɔriəs law,”*,” pæst ɪn ðə ˈnɛsət ɪn mɑrʧ 2011 ðə (““catastrophe”*” ɪn ˈɛrəbɪk) rɪˈfərz tɪ ðə ˈvaɪələnt ɪkˈspəlʃən əv səm ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz frəm 380 ˈvɪlɪʤɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 1948 wɔr, ənd ðə ˈbɑrɪŋ əv ðə ˈrɛfjuʤi ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən frəm ðə raɪt tɪ rɪˈtərn ər riˈkleɪm lɔst lænd, hoʊmz, ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɑpərti, bæŋk əˈkaʊnts, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ðə lɔ ˈpərˌmɪts ðə ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˈfaɪˌnæns tɪ rɪˈdus ˈgəvərnmənt ˈfəndɪŋ tɪ ˈɛni ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ skulz ənd ˌjunəˈvərsətiz, ˈsɪvɪk ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ənd ˈloʊkəl ˈgəvərnmənts) ðət kəˈmɛmərˌeɪts ˈiðər ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns deɪ ər ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt əv ðə steɪt əv ˈɪzriəl ɛz ə deɪ əv ˈmɔrnɪŋ day’*’), ər ˈmɛnʃənz ðə ɪn skul ˈtɛkstˌbʊks. ˌbiˈsaɪdz ðə lɔ, ˈpɑrtiz hæv pæst lɔz ðət dɪˈrɛkli ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤ ɔn ðə ˈfridəm əv spiʧ ənd ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm əv ˈærəb ənd ʤuɪʃ ˈsɪtɪzənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld law’*’, wɪʧ əˈlaʊz ˈsɪtɪzənz tɪ faɪl ə ˈsɪvəl sut əˈgɛnst ˈɛniˌwən ɪn ˈɪzriəl hu kɔlz fər ə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt əˈgɛnst ðə steɪt ər ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈsɛtələrz ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ˈɛni ˈdæmɪʤɪz kən bi pruvd. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ˈmɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs səˈpɔrt ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt aʊt əv kənˈsərn fər ˌækəˈdɛmɪk freedom—though*, ɛz aɪ ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt əˈbəv, ðɪs dɪz nɑt ˌsupərˈsid ðə meɪn əˈbʤɛktɪv: tɪ ɛnd ðə ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ənd ɪkˈstɛnd ˈsɪvəl ənd ˈjumən raɪts tɪ ɔl. ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts hu hæv kəm aʊt soʊ ˈstrɔŋli əˈgɛnst ðə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən bɪˈtreɪ ə pəˈdɛstriən ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm, boʊθ hir ənd ˌɪnˈsaɪd palestine/israel*. ˌɪnˈdid, aɪ wɑz ə bɪt səˈpraɪzd ðət ˈniðər ˈmaɪkəl rɔθ nɔr ˈlɛri ˈsəmərz nɔr ˈɛni əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts hu ər soʊ kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ˈmɛnʃənd ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈɪʃud faɪv jɪrz əˈgoʊ baɪ ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz ˈmɛnəhɛm fɪʃ, ˌrɑfˈjɛl fɔk, ˈivə jablonka*, ənd əv ˌjunəˈvərsəti. ðeɪ kɔld ɔn ðə ˈbrɔdər ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈsinjər ˈproʊˌtɛst ˈgəvərnmənt ənd ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈpɑləsiz ðət dɪˈnaɪ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm tɪ ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈstudənts ənd ˈfækəlti ɪn ðə ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz: wi, pæst ənd ˈprɛzənt ˈmɛmbərz əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk stæf əv ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌjunəˈvərsətiz, ɪkˈsprɛs greɪt kənˈsərn rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪʃən əv ðə ˈsɪstəm əv haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk ənd ðə ˈgɑzə strɪp. wi ˈproʊˌtɛst əˈgɛnst ðə ˈpɑləsi əv ɑr ˈgəvərnmənt wɪʧ ɪz ˈkɔzɪŋ riˈstrɪkʃənz əv ˈfridəm əv ˈmuvmənt, ˈstədi ənd ˌɪnˈstrəkʃən, ənd wi kɔl əˈpɑn ðə ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈstudənts ənd ˈlɛkʧərərz fri ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ɔl ðə ˈkæmpəsɪz ɪn ðə ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz, ənd tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈlɛkʧərərz ənd ˈstudənts hu hoʊld ˈfɔrən ˈpæˌspɔrts tɪ tiʧ ənd ˈstədi wɪˈθaʊt biɪŋ θˈrɛtənd wɪθ wɪθˈdrɔəl əv ˈrɛzɪdəns ˈvizəz. tɪ liv ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɛz ɪt ɪz wɪl kɔz ˈsɪriəs hɑrm tɪ ˈfridəm əv ˈmuvmənt, ˈstədi ənd ˌɪnˈstrəkʃən hɑrm tɪ ðə faʊnˈdeɪʃən əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm, tɪ wɪʧ wi ər kəˈmɪtɪd. nɔr hæv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts məʧ tɪ seɪ ɪn dɪˈfɛns əv ʤuɪʃ ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz, huz ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəmz əv ˈgəvərnmənt ˈpɑləsiz hæv lɛft ðɛm ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ˈbleɪtənt vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ðɛr ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm. ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər əv 2012 feldhay*, ə prəˈfɛsər æt tɛl ɑˈviv ˌjunəˈvərsəti, wɑz bænd frəm pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ɪn ə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn bərˈlɪn bɪˈkəz ʃi saɪnd ə pəˈtɪʃən fɔr jɪrz ˈərliər səˈpɔrtɪŋ ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈsoʊlʤərz hu rɪfˈjuzd tɪ sərv ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk. ðə ˈzaɪənɪst grup, ɪm (ˈhibru fər ju wɪl it”*”) lɔnʧt ə ˈvɪrələnt kæmˈpeɪn əˈgɛnst tɛl ɑˈviv ˌjunəˈvərsəti fəˈlɑsəfi prəˈfɛsər fər hər ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv dɪˈtɛnʃən əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈprɪzənərz. ˈdɑktər. ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ˈprɑfɪts?: ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən industry,”*,” huz sən spɛnt tu jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən fər rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ ˌɛnˈlɪst ɪn ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri. ɪm ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪzd ˈdəzənz əv ˈstudənts tɪ faɪl kəmˈpleɪnts əˈgɛnst hər tɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti, bət ˈrəðər ðən dɪˈfɛnd hər raɪt tɪ fri spiʧ ənd ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈfridəm, ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt hər. əˈnəðər prəˈfɛsər, jəˈhudə shenhav*, ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈsɪmələr əˈtæks fər ˈsteɪtmənts hi meɪd ɪn hɪz ˌænθrəˈpɑləʤi klæs. ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli haɪ ˈproʊˌfaɪl keɪs ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈpɑləˌtɪks ənd ˈgəvərnmənt æt bɛn ˈgjʊriən ˌjunəˈvərsəti, wɛr wət bɪˈgæn ɛz ən ɪm kæmˈpeɪn ˈlɑrʤli əˈgɛnst prəˈfɛsər niv ˈgɔrdən tərnd ˈɪntu ə wɪʧ hənt əˈgɛnst ðə ɪnˈtaɪər dɪˈpɑrtmənt. ɛz ˈərli ɛz 2008 ɪm əˈkjuzd səm əv ðə ˈpɑləˌtɪks ˈfækəlti əv anti-zionism*. ðɛn ɪn ˈɔgəst 2009 prəˈfɛsər ˈgɔrdən ˈpəblɪʃt ən ɔp ɛd pis ɪn ðə lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs taɪmz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ðə ˈmuvmənt ɪn ən ˈɛfərt tɪ fɔrs ˈɪzriəl tɪ muv təˈwɔrd ə səˈluʃən. əˈtæks ɔn prəˈfɛsər ˈgɔrdən ˌkoʊənˈsaɪdəd wɪθ ə ˈnæʃənəl ˌrivˈju əv ɔl ˈpɑləˌtɪks dɪˈpɑrtmənts. ˈæftər ə ˈkəpəl əv haɪ ˈproʊˌfaɪl ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃənz ənd ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv riˈʃəfəlɪŋ, ə riˈkɑnstəˌtutɪd ˌrivˈju kəˈmɪti ˈɪʃud ə ˈdæmɪŋ rɪˈpɔrt ɔn bɛn ˈpɑləˌtɪks dɪˈpɑrtmənt ðət ˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ activism”*” ɛz ə ˈsɛntrəl ˈprɑbləm. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ækˈsidɪd tɪ ðə ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz, ðə ˈkaʊnsəl fər haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən əˈpɔɪntɪd əˈnəðər kəˈmɪti ənd kənˈkludɪd ðət ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt hæd tɪ bi ʃət daʊn ˌɔltəˈgɛðər. ˈoʊnli ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈprɛʃər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈpaʊərfəl ɔp ɛd pis ɪn ðə l.a*. taɪmz baɪ maɪ ˈkɑlig ˈdeɪvɪd maɪərz, kəmˈpɛld ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən tɪ wɪθˈdrɔ ðə ˈɔrdər fər ˈkloʊʒər. tɪ pʊt ɪt ˈbləntli, ˈəndər ðə ˈkɑrənt rəˈʒim ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ənd ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz fər all—palestinians*, ˈbɛdəwənz, ənd ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈɪməgrənts mɔr ðən ɪn ˈʤɛpərdi, ənd wɪl rɪˈmeɪn ɪn ˈʤɛpərdi soʊ lɔŋ ɛz ˌɪzˈreɪli soʊˈsaɪɪti ɪz ˈrutɪd ɪn ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən,, militarization*, ˈreɪˌsɪzəm ənd ˌsɛgrəˈgeɪʃən. səm maɪt ˈɑrgju ðət vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ʤuɪʃ ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm meɪk ðə keɪs əˈgɛnst ən ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈbɔɪˌkɑt bɪˈkəz, ɛz rɔθ ˈɑrgjuz, ðɛr ər ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈskɑlərz ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ðə rəˈʒim. əv kɔrs, ðə dɪˈfɛns əv ə ˌsɛgˈmɛnt əv ˌækəˈdimiə æt ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkts ðə ˈprɪnsəpəlz əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm. bət ˈikwəli ˈdæmɪŋ ɪz ðə ˈɛvədəns ðət ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌjunəˈvərsətiz hæv rɪfˈjuzd ər ər əˈneɪbəl tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛr oʊn ˈfækəlti ənd ˈstudənts. ðə fækts ər ˌənɪkˈwɪvəkəl: ɪn ˈɛvəri keɪs, ɪt ɪz ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ðət bæks əp steɪt riˈprɛʃən, ðət pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪts ɪn dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ðə ˈvɛri ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈfridəmz rɔθ ənd hɪz frɛndz hoʊld soʊ ˈsækroʊsæŋkt. ɛz ðə ˈɑsə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən meɪks klɪr, ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ər kəmˈplɪsət, ənd ɪn dɪˈfɛns əv ɔl əv ɑr ˈkɑligz ðeɪ məst bi ˈʧælənʤd. lɛt mi ɛnd wɪθ ə ˈvɛri ˈrisənt ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ən əˈsɔlt ɔn ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈfridəm frəm raɪt hir ɪn ðə juz. ʤɪst ðɪs fɔl, ðə ɑrˈtɪstɪk dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈwɔʃɪŋtən di. ˈθieɪtər ʤeɪ ənd ˈbrɪljənt ˈpleɪˌraɪt ˈɑri rɔθ, ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈproʊdus ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl pleɪ, admission.”*.” ɪt tɛlz ðə ˈstɔri əv ˈtɛdi kæts, ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt ˈstudənt huz ˈθiˌsɪs ənˈkəvərd ən əˈtæk baɪ ən ˌɪzˈreɪli brɪˈgeɪd ɔn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 1948 wɔr. ˌɔlˈðoʊ kæts ˈnɛvər kɔld ɪt ə ˈmæsəkər, 240 əˈnɑrmd ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz wər kɪld ənd wər ˈnɛvər ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ sərˈɛndər. ðə pleɪ ɪkˈsplɔrz nɑt ˈoʊnli ðə ˈmæsəkər æt bət ðə əˈtæk ɔn kæts ənd hɪz dɪˈfɛndər ənd ˈtiʧər, hɪˈstɔriən ˌiˈlɑn. dɪˈspaɪt prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ˈsɑləd ˈskɑlərli ˈɛvədəns wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈstændərdz əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈhɪstəri, kæts wɑz fɔrst tɪ stænd traɪəl, hɪz ˈθiˌsɪs wɪθˈdrɔn frəm ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈhaɪfə, ənd wɑz ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈdrɪvən aʊt əv ˈɪzriəl. wət ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɪz ðət ə pleɪ əˈbaʊt ə groʊs vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ˈsədənli bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈɑbʤɛkt əv ə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt baɪ ə grup kɔld ˈsɪtɪzənz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˌprɑpəˈgændə ˌmæskərˈeɪdɪŋ ɛz ɑrt (copma*). weɪʤd ə ˈvɪʃəs kæmˈpeɪn əˈgɛnst ˈɑri rɔθ ənd ˈlərnər; ʤuɪʃ ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃənz əv ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈivɪn θˈrɛtənd tɪ pʊl ɪn doʊˈneɪʃənz ɪf ðə pleɪ wər steɪʤd. rɔθ rɪfˈjuzd tɪ bæk daʊn, ʤɪst ɛz hi hæd ə fju jɪrz ˈərliər wɪn hi prəˈdust ðə ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl pleɪ tɪ haifa.”*.” bət hi wɑz kəmˈpɛld tɪ muv ðə pleɪ frəm ðə meɪn steɪʤ tɪ ə ˈwərkˌʃɑp. wɛr wər ˈmaɪkəl ɛs. rɔθ ər ˈrɪʧərd ər ˈlɛri ˈsəmərz ər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈgælənt dɪˈfɛndərz əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm wɪn ˈɑri rɔθ wɑz ˈbætəlɪŋ ˈbɔɪˌkɑts ənd ˈpɪkəts? ðə truθ əv ðə ˈmætər ɪz ðət ˈmaɪkəl ɛs. rɔθ ənd ˈmɛni əv ðə moʊst haɪ ˈproʊˌfaɪl, ˈvoʊkəl ˈkrɪtɪks əv ðə ˈɑsə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ər lɛs ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ðən dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ðə ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən, ðə ɪkˈspænʧən əv ˈsɛtəlmənts, ðə kənˈtɪnjud əv lænd, ðə ˌblɑˈkeɪd əv ˈgɑzə, ðə ˈsɪstəm əv ˈsɛpərˌeɪt roʊdz, ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ənd ˈmeɪntənəns əv ən əˈpɑrˌtaɪt wɔl noʊ ˈmætər wət ðə kɔst. ˈnəθɪŋ ɪn ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl ər ˈsɪmələr ˈsteɪtmənts dɪˈrɛkli ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪz ðiz ˈpɑləsiz ər səˈʤɛsts ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈstrætəʤi tɪ kəmˈpɛl ˈɪzriəl tɪ əˈbaɪd baɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl lɔ ənd tɪ ɛnd ˈjumən raɪts vaɪəˈleɪʃənz. aɪ ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ pərsˈweɪd rɔθ ər ˈəðər ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts tɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt, bət aɪ du wɪʃ ðeɪ wʊd kəm klin ənd ədˈmɪt ðət ˌənkənˈdɪʃənəl səˈpɔrt fər ˌɪzˈreɪli əˈpɑrˌtaɪt ənd ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ɪz nɑt əˈbaʊt ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ər ˈʤəstɪs. nɑt ˈhoʊldɪŋ maɪ brɛθ.
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in a widely circulated los angeles times op ed piece, wesleyan university president michael s. roth denounced the american studies association’s (asa) resolution to support a boycott of israeli academic institutions as “a repugnant attack on academic freedom.” parroting near-identical responses by other american university presidents, roth’s ill-informed, grossly distorted polemic took me by surprise. while i do not expect him to agree with our stance, i did expect a more considered and intellectually honest disagreement from the president of wesleyan university—a world-class institution with a long and distinguished record of teaching (and doing) social justice, grounded in an internationalist, humanist vision of liberal arts education; a school to which i gave nearly a quarter of a million dollars of my hard-earned academic salary so that my daughter (class of 2012) could learn what it means to be an informed, critical, engaged citizen of the world.
roth either misread or deliberately misrepresented the resolution’s carefully considered language. he asserts that the asa targets israeli academic institutions merely for their “national affiliation.” this is not true. they are targeted for their complicity in the illegal occupation and government policies of dispossession, repression, and racism. he also claims that the resolution extends to individual faculty. it does not. it strongly condemns any attempts to single out and/or isolate israeli scholars or any scholar of any nationality. on the contrary, the resolution and its authors encourage collaboration and dialogue, but outside the official channels of the israeli state-supported institutions that continue to directly benefit from or support the occupation.
roth repeats the well-worn argument that israel is being singled out because the asa has not boycotted countries with documented human rights abuses. but countries such as north korea have no formal institutional ties to the asa, and in most instances our own government has taken action, imposing sanctions and trade barriers or openly condemning violations of human rights or war crimes. of course, there are egregious exceptions such as saudi arabia and bahrain—u.s.-backed repressive regimes that some of our most prominent asa members have subjected to sharp criticisms.
but all of this is beside the point: israel and the u.s. have a “special” relationship. as carolyn karcher recently reminded us in her rebuttal to roth’s op ed, “the u.s. not only gives far more military aid to israel than to any other country, but has also vetoed all u.n. resolutions in recent memory that condemn israel’s abuses of human rights. the asa resolution specifically cites the ‘significant role’ the u.s. plays in underwriting israel’s violations of international law.” three billion dollars a year, every year, is an awful lot of money. the money flows despite the fact that israel’s blockade of gaza, the source of the region’s immense poverty, is a clear violation of articles 33, 55, and 56 of the 4th geneva convention prohibiting the collective punishment of civilians and requiring an occupying power to ensure access to food and medical supplies, and to maintain hospital and public health facilities.
roth, who takes great pride in being a historian informed about and even critical of israel’s policies, knows that these intermittent wars in gaza, not to mention idf attacks and home demolitions in the west bank, violate our own arms export control act, which prohibits the use of u.s. weapons and military aid against civilians. and the most recent violent racist attacks on african immigrants in israel represent some of the worst examples of human rights violations. some 60,000 undocumented workers, many having fled war-torn or economically devastated countries such as sudan and eritrea, are denied refugee status, subject to deportation and imprisonment for up to a year without trial, and endure horrifying violence from racist mobs. the entire community is accused of committing rape, robbery and other crimes, and in binyamin netanyahu’s words, threatening to destroy israel’s “image as a jewish and democratic state.”
“under the guise of phony progressivism,” roth writes, “the [asa] has initiated an irresponsible attack on academic freedom.” it is not clear what roth means by “phony,” but the academic and cultural boycott is a legal, legitimate, non-violent form of protest that targets institutions only. the original call for an international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (bds) came from palestinian civil society organizations in 2005, inspired by the global solidarity movement that helped end apartheid and bring nonracial democracy to south africa. since then, the movement has gained support globally as well as from israeli organizations such as boycott from within and who profits? the asa membership voted overwhelmingly to support the resolution, but it did not come to this conclusion cavalierly. the implication that some deep-seated anti-israel or anti-semitic sentiment was behind it is downright insulting. the resolution resulted from a long process of debate and deliberation within our organization over how to respond to the ongoing 46-year occupation (the longest military occupation in modern history), the deadly blockade of gaza, the escalation of violence, the expansion of illegal settlements, the denial of academic freedom to palestinians and some israeli scholars critical of their government, and the massive u.s. military aid to israel that ultimately underwrites ongoing dispossession and an entrenched system of apartheid. these discussions began some six years ago, and they have not been easy.
had roth taken time to read discussions leading up to the resolution, particularly the extensive critical analyses by judith butler or the special issue of the journal of academic freedom devoted to the question of academic boycotts, he may not have been so quick to indict the resolution as an “irresponsible attack on academic freedom.” as a matter of fact, the boycott will have no direct impact on the ability of individual israeli scholars to teach, conduct research, and participate in meetings, symposia, or conferences around the globe. and asa members are not required to abide by the resolution—it really only applies to official association business. the most important point, however, is that the resolution expresses a fundamental demand that the privileges of academic freedom extend to all: palestinian teachers, researchers, students of all ages, as well as jewish and arab israeli scholars, writers, intellectuals, artists, and students critical of the regime. roth is silent when it comes to the academic freedom of palestinians in the occupied territories and within israel itself.
while cognizant of the limited space afforded opinion pieces, i still find it baffling that an intellectual historian who has written about the holocaust can treat academic freedom as an autonomous category separate and above other freedoms. as sarah t. roberts so eloquently explained:
it is a peculiar sort of academic elitism that puts academic freedom, a somewhat abstract concept in itself, in a position of primacy before other types of very real and tangible physical freedoms: the freedom to circulate unimpeded, the freedom to be treated as an equal citizen, the freedom to even access spaces of higher education, which must certainly be a prerequisite for the much-lauded academic freedom that is causing so much consternation. palestinian people living in lands occupied by israel are barred from these things. there are precious few freedoms for palestinians, academic or otherwise, in israel and in occupied palestine. in this sense, the boycott is, in fact, a response to an actual lack of academic freedom for an entire people, not the creation of a potential for loss of some higher-order freedom for relatively few individuals. supporters of academic freedom must side with palestinians or their position makes little sense and loses its meaning completely.
the boycott is one of many actions in defense of palestinians who are denied the right to travel freely because of checkpoints and roadblock. palestinian students and teachers risk harassment, arrest, detention, injury and even death just to get to their institutions to perform basic tasks like teaching, research, and learning. in fact, in the first half of 2013 alone, 13,064 students were affected by access denial, and unicef documented egregious incidents of israeli settlers in the west bank attacking palestinian students. in the realm of higher education, palestinian scholars are routinely denied the right to travel abroad to participate in conferences and symposia, let alone travel between gaza and the west bank.
any consideration of “academic freedom” must acknowledge the ongoing history of israeli raids, closures, and constant disruptions of palestinian universities such as birzeit and al quds, as well as the hundreds of students currently detained in israeli prisons for political activity, or for reasons unknown based on “secret evidence.” israel can detain palestinians for up to six months without charge or trial, with no limits on renewal. administrative detention, as it is called, is based on three laws: military order 1651 which empowers the army to issue orders to detain civilians in the west bank; the unlawful combatants law which applies to gaza residents; and the emergency powers detention law used against israeli citizens. these laws violate article 9 of the international covenant on civil and political rights (iccpr), which prohibits arbitrary detention, requires that detainees be told why they are being held, and stipulates that every person has the right of habeas corpus.
violations of palestinian academic freedom in higher education are legion. in 2008, filmmaker and professor nizar hassan was suspended from his teaching position at sapir college because he asked an israeli student not to carry his firearms and wear his military uniform to class. the administration appointed a committee to investigate hassan’s alleged anti-israel teaching, but he argued before his interrogators that he had acted out of the very humanist values that undergird a liberal arts education. “they wanted to believe that i object to the army uniform because i am palestinian,” he explained. “but i reject the uniform because it is opposed to my universal and human values. i acted as i did because i am a teacher and a human being.” however, the committee thoroughly rejected hassan’s argument. an “arab” humanist was simply inconceivable. the report concludes: “nizar [sic] abused his status and his authority as a teacher to flaunt his opinions, feelings and frustrations as a member of the arab national minority in israel, cloaking himself in a ‘humane’ and ‘universal’ garb, whereas in fact he demonstrated a stance of brute force bearing a distinctly nationalist character.”1 the administration threatened dismissal if hassan did not apologize to the student and submit a written statement promising to respect and honor the uniform of the israeli defense forces. hassan refused. the administration eventually backed down in the face of international pressure; hassan returned to his post after a one-semester paid suspension.
academic freedom includes the right to free speech and assembly. in november of 2012, during israel’s bombing of gaza [operation pillar of defense], palestinian students at hebrew university were arrested for holding peaceful demonstration in front of the campus, and at haifa university palestinian students were banned from further protests after gathering to observe a minute of silence in solidarity with the people of gaza. following the ban, zionist students and staff were allowed to assemble in support of the bombing and many chanted “death to arabs” and other virulently racist slogans.
one of the worst examples of state suppression of academic freedom is the notorious “nakba law,” passed in the knesset in march 2011. the nakba (“catastrophe” in arabic) refers to the violent expulsion of some 750,000 palestinians from 380 villages during the 1948 war, and the barring of the refugee population from the right to return or reclaim lost land, homes, personal property, bank accounts, etc. the law permits the minister of finance to reduce government funding to any institution (including schools and universities, civic organizations and local governments) that commemorates either independence day or the anniversary of the establishment of the state of israel as a day of mourning (‘nakba day’), or mentions the nakba in school textbooks. besides the nakba law, right-wing parties have passed laws that directly infringe on the freedom of speech and academic freedom of arab and jewish citizens, including the so-called ‘boycott law’, which allows citizens to file a civil suit against anyone in israel who calls for a boycott against the state or israeli settlers in the west bank whether or not any damages can be proved.
in other words, many of us support the boycott out of concern for academic freedom—though, as i pointed out above, this does not supersede the main objective: to end the occupation and extend civil and human rights to all. the university presidents who have come out so strongly against the resolution betray a pedestrian understanding of academic freedom, both here and inside palestine/israel. indeed, i was a bit surprised that neither michael roth nor larry summers nor any of the american university presidents who are so concerned about academic freedom mentioned the important document issued five years ago by israeli scholars menachem fisch, raphael falk, eva jablonka, and snait gissis of tel-aviv university. they called on the broader academic community—especially senior scholars—to protest government and university policies that deny academic freedom to palestinian students and faculty in the occupied territories:
we, past and present members of academic staff of israeli universities, express great concern regarding the ongoing deterioration of the system of higher education in the west bank and the gaza strip. we protest against the policy of our government which is causing restrictions of freedom of movement, study and instruction, and we call upon the government to allow students and lecturers free access to all the campuses in the territories, and to allow lecturers and students who hold foreign passports to teach and study without being threatened with withdrawal of residence visas. to leave the situation as it is will cause serious harm to freedom of movement, study and instruction harm to the foundation of academic freedom, to which we are committed.
nor have the university presidents much to say in defense of jewish israeli scholars, whose criticisms of government policies have left them vulnerable to blatant violations of their academic freedom. in december of 2012, rivka feldhay, a professor at tel aviv university, was banned from participating in a scientific conference in berlin because she signed a petition four years earlier supporting israeli soldiers who refused to serve in the west bank. the right-wing zionist group, im tirtzu (hebrew for “if you will it”) launched a virulent campaign against tel aviv university philosophy professor anat matar for her opposition to israel’s administrative detention of palestinian prisoners. dr. matar is also a member of “who profits?: exposing the israeli occupation industry,” whose son spent two years in prison for refusing to enlist in the military. im tirtzu mobilized dozens of students to file complaints against her to the university, but rather than defend her right to free speech and intellectual freedom, the university decided to investigate her.
another tel-aviv professor, yehuda shenhav, experienced similar attacks for statements he made in his anthropology class. a particularly high profile case involved the department of politics and government at ben gurion university, where what began as an im tirtzu-led campaign largely against professor neve gordon turned into a state-sponsored witch hunt against the entire department. as early as 2008, im tirtzu accused some of the politics faculty of anti-zionism. then in august 2009, professor gordon published an op ed piece in the los angeles times in support of the bds movement in an effort to force israel to move toward a two-state solution. attacks on professor gordon coincided with a national review of all politics departments. after a couple of high profile resignations and administrative reshuffling, a reconstituted review committee issued a damning report on ben gurion’s politics department that pointed to “community activism” as a central problem. although the university acceded to the committee’s recommendations, the government’s council for higher education appointed another committee and concluded that the department had to be shut down altogether. only international pressure, including a powerful op ed piece in the l.a. times by my colleague david myers, compelled israel’s minister of education to withdraw the order for closure.
to put it bluntly, under the current regime academic freedom and civil liberties for all—palestinians, bedouins, and african immigrants more than others—are in jeopardy, and will remain in jeopardy so long as israeli society is rooted in occupation, dispossession, militarization, racism and segregation. some might argue that violations of jewish israeli academic freedom make the case against an academic boycott because, as roth argues, there are israeli scholars critical of the regime. of course, the defense of a segment of academia at the expense of everyone else contradicts the principles of academic freedom. but equally damning is the evidence that israeli universities have refused or are unable to protect their own faculty and students. the facts are unequivocal: in every case, it is the university administration that backs up state repression, that participates in denying the very intellectual freedoms roth and his friends hold so sacrosanct. as the asa resolution makes clear, israeli institutions are complicit, and in defense of all of our colleagues they must be challenged.
let me end with a very recent example of an assault on intellectual freedom from right here in the u.s. just this fall, the artistic director of washington d. c.’s theater j and brilliant playwright ari roth, decided to produce motti lerner’s controversial play, “the admission.” it tells the story of teddy katz, a graduate student whose master’s thesis uncovered an attack by an israeli brigade on the village of tantura during the 1948 war. although katz never called it a massacre, 240 unarmed palestinians were killed and were never given the opportunity to surrender. the play explores not only the massacre at tantura but the state’s attack on katz and his defender and teacher, historian ilan pappe. despite presenting solid scholarly evidence within the standards of academic history, katz was forced to stand trial, his thesis withdrawn from the university of haifa, and pappe was eventually driven out of israel. what is interesting is that a play about a gross violation of academic freedom suddenly became the object of a boycott by a group called citizens opposed to propaganda masquerading as art (copma). copma waged a vicious campaign against ari roth and lerner; jewish federations of washington even threatened to pull $250,000 in donations if the play were staged. roth refused to back down, just as he had a few years earlier when he produced the controversial play “return to haifa.” but he was compelled to move the play from the main stage to a workshop.
where were michael s. roth or richard slotkin or larry summers or any other gallant defenders of academic freedom when ari roth was battling boycotts and pickets? the truth of the matter is that michael s. roth and many of the most high profile, vocal critics of the asa resolution are less interested in defending academic freedom than defending the occupation, the expansion of settlements, the continued dispossession of land, the blockade of gaza, the system of separate roads, the building and maintenance of an apartheid wall no matter what the cost. nothing in roth’s editorial or similar statements directly criticizes these policies or suggests a different strategy to compel israel to abide by international law and to end human rights violations. i don’t expect to persuade roth or other university presidents to support the boycott, but i do wish they would come clean and admit that unconditional support for israeli apartheid and occupation is not about academic freedom or justice. i’m not holding my breath.
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most young people under the age of 16 are not having sex.
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all young people, including those who are under 16, have a right to a confidential consultation with a health professional independently of their parent or carer. this right is enshrined in legislation and is supported by the british medical association and the royal college of nursing.
wherever it is delivered, contraceptive advice and treatment must always be provided by suitably qualified professionals working to strict professional standards to determine whether a young person has the ability to consent to contraceptive treatment.
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simon blake obe, is chief executive of brook, a sexual health advisory service for young people.
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14-year-old* kəˈmɪtɪd ˈsuɪˌsaɪd faɪv wiks ˈæftər steɪ æt ˈhɑˌspɪtəl wɛr stæf əˈdrɛst ənd rɪˈfərd tɪ ɪm ɛz ə gərl baɪ ˈmɑloʊ nu jɔrk, sɛpt 26 (ˈtɑmsən ˈrɔɪtərz faʊnˈdeɪʃən) ðə ˈməðər əv ə ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər bɔɪ faɪld ə ˈlɔˌsut əˈgɛnst ə juz. ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ɪts ˈmɛdɪkəl stæf rɪˈpitɪdli əˈdrɛst hər sən hu ˈleɪtər kəˈmɪtɪd ˈsuɪˌsaɪd ɛz ə gərl. ɪn ðə ˈlændˌmɑrk keɪs, ˈkæθrɪn ˈprɛskɑt ˈɑrgjuz ðə ˈreɪdi ˈʧɪldrənz diˈeɪgoʊ (rchsd*) ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə dɪˈskrɪməˌneɪtɪd əˈgɛnst hər ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər sən beɪst ɔn hɪz sɛks. ðə ˈsɪvəl kəmˈpleɪnt faɪld ɪn ə ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt ɪn ðə steɪt əv ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə kəmz əˈmɪd ə ˈreɪʤɪŋ dəˈbeɪt ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əˈbaʊt ðə raɪts əv ðə ˈlɛzbiən, geɪ, ˌbaɪˈsɛkʃuəl ənd ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər (lgbt*) kəmˈjunɪti. ðə ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər bɔɪ, ˈkaɪlər ˈprɛskɑt, kəˈmɪtɪd ˈsuɪˌsaɪd əˈbaʊt faɪv wiks ˈæftər steɪɪŋ æt ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɪn 2015 wɛr hi wɑz ˈtritɪd fər ˈhævɪŋ ˌsuəˈsaɪdəl θɔts ənd wundz. ðə sut kleɪmz ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd prəˈvɪʒənz ɪn ˈfɛdərəl ənd steɪt lɔz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt, ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈsɪgnəʧər ˈhɛlθˌkɛr lɔ. ðə ˈpleɪnɪfs əˈtərni, ˈælɪsən ˈpɛnɪŋtən, wɪθ ðə ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər lɔ ˈsɛnər, sɛd ʃi bɪˈlivd ɪt wɑz ðə fərst keɪs tɪ kleɪm ən ˈəndərɪʤ ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ˈpərsən hæd ˈsəfərd dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ˈəndər ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt. lɛs ðən hæf ə ˈdəzən ˈsɪmələr suts hæv kleɪmd dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən əˈgɛnst ˈædəlt ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ˈpipəl sɪns ðə lɔ wɑz ɛˈnæktəd ɪn 2010 ʃi sɛd. ɪn ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈɪntərvˌju, ðə ˈməðər sɛd ˈfaɪlɪŋ ðə ˈlɔˌsut wɑz ˈpeɪnfəl, bət ʃi hoʊpt ɪt wʊd ɪnˈʃʊr noʊ ˈəðər ˈpɛrənts ər ʧaɪld goʊ θru ðə seɪm ɔrˈdil. "aɪ bɪˈlivd ðət ðeɪ wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hɛlp ɪm fil ˈbɛtər," ʃi toʊld ðə ˈtɑmsən ˈrɔɪtərz faʊnˈdeɪʃən. "ðeɪ ˈrɪli ʤɪst meɪd θɪŋz wərs." əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə sut, sɛd ɔn ɪts ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðət ɪt wɑz ˈkɑmpətɪnt ɪn ˈkɛrɪŋ fər ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ˈʧɪldrən ənd tinz. bət ðə kəmˈpleɪnt kleɪmz ðət ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz ˈnərsɪŋ ənd ˈəðər stæf "rɪˈpitɪdli əˈdrɛst ənd rɪˈfərd tɪ ˈkaɪlər ɛz ə gərl, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈfɛmənən ˈproʊnaʊnz". ðə ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər bɔɪ, hu hæd ˈligəli ʧeɪnʤd hɪz neɪm ənd ˈʤɛndər, ˈsəbsəkwəntli kɔld hɪz ɪkˈspɪriəns æt ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl "ˈhɔrəbəl", ðə kəmˈpleɪnt sɛd. ə ˈspoʊksmən fər sɛd ðət waɪl hi kʊd nɑt ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˈpɛndɪŋ ˈligəl ˈmætərz, "ˈɛni ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv ˈrɔŋduɪŋ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən, ər ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd ˈθəroʊli ənd ˈfɑloʊd əp ɔn". kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts dɪd nɑt lɪst ə dɪˈfɛns əˈtərni. ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt ɪz ðə fərst ˈfɛdərəl ˈhɛlθˌkɛr lɔ tɪ ɪkˈsplɪsətli bæn dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən əˈgɛnst ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ˈpipəl, sɛd dru ˈlɛvəsər, ə ˈspoʊksmən æt ˈlæmdə ˈligəl, ə nu jɔrk raɪts grup. ə ˈrulɪŋ baɪ ə ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt læst jɪr bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst tɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən əˈgɛnst ə ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ˈpərsən ˈəndər ðə ˈhɛlθˌkɛr lɔ, ˈlɛvəsər sɛd. ðə ˈməðər ɪz ˈsikɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤɪz ənd ˌrɛstɪˈtuʃən, ɛz wɛl ɛz ən ˌɪnˈʤəŋʃən ðət wʊd fɔrs ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl tɪ ˈɪnstɪˌtut ˈpɑləsiz prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ðə dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən əv ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər juθ beɪst ɔn sɛks. ɪn 2011 ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ˈsərˌveɪ faʊnd ðət 41 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ənd ˈʤɛndər juz. rɪˈspɑndənts sɛd ðeɪ hæd əˈtɛmptəd ˈsuɪˌsaɪd. (rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ baɪ ˈmɑloʊ, ˈɛdɪtɪŋ baɪ bɛˈlɪndə ˈgoʊldsˌmɪθ; pliz ˈkrɛdɪt ðə ˈtɑmsən ˈrɔɪtərz faʊnˈdeɪʃən, ðə ˈʧɛrətəbəl ɑrm əv ˈtɑmsən ˈrɔɪtərz, ðət ˈkəvərz ˌjuˌmænəˈtɛriən nuz, ˈwɪmənz raɪts, ˈtræfɪkɪŋ, ˈprɑpərti raɪts ənd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. ˈvɪzɪt http://news.trust.org*) ɑr ˈstændərdz: ðə ˈtɑmsən ˈrɔɪtərz trəst ˈprɪnsəpəlz.
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14-year-old committed suicide five weeks after stay at hospital where staff addressed and referred to him as a girl
by sebastien malo
new york, sept 26 (thomson reuters foundation) - the mother of a transgender boy filed a lawsuit against a u.s. hospital on monday claiming its medical staff repeatedly addressed her son - who later committed suicide - as a girl.
in the landmark case, katharine prescott argues the rady children's hospital-san diego (rchsd) in california discriminated against her transgender son based on his sex.
the civil complaint filed in a federal court in the state of california comes amid a raging debate in the united states about the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) community.
the 14-year-old transgender boy, kyler prescott, committed suicide about five weeks after staying at the hospital in 2015 where he was treated for having suicidal thoughts and self-inflicted wounds.
the suit claims the hospital violated anti-discrimination provisions in federal and state laws, including the affordable care act, president barack obama's signature healthcare law.
the plaintiff's attorney, alison pennington, with the oakland-based transgender law center, said she believed it was the first case to claim an underage transgender person had suffered sex-based discrimination under the affordable care act.
less than half a dozen similar suits have claimed discrimination against adult transgender people since the law was enacted in 2010, she said.
in a telephone interview, the mother said filing the lawsuit was painful, but she hoped it would ensure no other parents or child go through the same ordeal.
"i believed that they would be able to help him feel better," she told the thomson reuters foundation.
"they really just made things worse."
according to the suit, rchsd said on its website that it was competent in caring for transgender children and teens.
but the complaint claims that the hospital's nursing and other staff "repeatedly addressed and referred to kyler as a girl, using feminine pronouns".
the transgender boy, who had legally changed his name and gender, subsequently called his experience at the hospital "horrible", the complaint said.
a spokesman for rchsd said that while he could not comment on pending legal matters, "any allegations of wrongdoing, including discrimination, are investigated thoroughly and followed up on".
court documents did not list a defense attorney.
the affordable care act is the first federal healthcare law to explicitly ban discrimination against transgender people, said dru levasseur, a spokesman at lambda legal, a new york city-based lgbt rights group.
a ruling by a minnesota federal court last year became the first to recognize discrimination against a transgender person under the healthcare law, levasseur said.
the mother is seeking damages and restitution, as well as an injunction that would force the hospital to institute policies preventing the discrimination of transgender youth based on sex.
in 2011, the national transgender discrimination survey found that 41 percent of transgender and gender non-conforming u.s. respondents said they had attempted suicide.
(reporting by sebastien malo, editing by belinda goldsmith; please credit the thomson reuters foundation, the charitable arm of thomson reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights and climate change. visit http://news.trust.org)
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wests* ˈtaɪgərz hæv təˈdeɪ bɪn meɪd əˈwɛr ðət ə pleɪər həz bɪn ʧɑrʤd baɪ ðə pəˈlis fər drəg pəˈzɛʃən. kaɪl ˈləvɪt wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ pəˈzɛʃən əv ə smɔl kˈwɑntəti əv ə proʊˈhɪbətəd ˈsəbstəns ɔn 23 dɪˈsɛmbər, 2016 ənd wɪl feɪs kɔrt ɔn 1 ˈfɛbruˌɛri, 2017 ˈtaɪgərz kləb əˈfɪʃəlz wər ˈoʊnli meɪd əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈmætər baɪ ˈləvɪt təˈdeɪ. əˈpɑn ˈlərnɪŋ əv ʧɑrʤ, ˈtaɪgərz ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli əˈlərtɪd ðə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ˈjunɪti ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ ənd ðə tu ˈpɑrtiz ər ˈkərəntli ˈwərkɪŋ təˈgɛðər ɔn ðə ˈmætər. ˈtaɪgərz ər ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd wɪθ ˈləvɪt ənd du nɑt ɪn ˈɛni weɪ kənˈdoʊn hɪz bɪˈheɪvjər. ˈtaɪgərz ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ɔl pleɪərz ənd stæf rɪˈsiv ðə haɪəst ˈlɛvəl əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ drəgz. ðə kləb teɪks ðə ˈwɛlˌfɛr ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən əv ɪts pleɪərz ənd ˈvɛri ˈsɪriəsli wɪθ ðə ˈtaɪgərz ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən dɪˈpɑrtmənt ræŋkt ˈsɛkənd ɪn ðə ɪn 2016 ˈtaɪgərz wɪl bi ˈmeɪkɪŋ noʊ ˈfərðər ˈkɑmɛnt ənˈtɪl ðə ˈmætər ɪz riˈzɑlvd, boʊθ wɪθ ðə pəˈlis ənd ðə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ˈjunɪt.
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wests tigers have today been made aware that a player has been charged by the nsw police for drug possession.
kyle lovett was charged with possession of a small quantity of a prohibited substance on 23 december, 2016 and will face court on 1 february, 2017.
wests tigers club officials were only made aware of the matter by lovett today.
upon learning of lovett’s charge, wests tigers immediately alerted the nrl integrity unity this morning and the two parties are currently working together on the matter.
wests tigers are incredibly disappointed with lovett and do not in any way condone his behaviour.
wests tigers ensure that all players and staff receive the highest level of education in relation to drugs. the club takes the welfare and education of its players and very seriously with the wests tigers wellbeing and education department ranked second in the nrl in 2016.
wests tigers will be making no further comment until the matter is resolved, both with the nsw police and the nrl integrity unit.
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ˈwərkˌpleɪs ˈfɛrnəs, wən əv ðə ˈlidɪŋ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ˈædvəˌkeɪtɪŋ fər raɪts, həz pʊt ˈɔnˌlaɪn ə gaɪd ˈlɪstɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt steɪt lɔz rɪˈleɪtɪŋ tɪ ðə raɪt əv ˈwərkərz tɪ teɪk taɪm ɔf fər ˈvoʊtɪŋ. ðə lɔz ˈvɛri ˈwaɪdli frəm steɪt tɪ steɪt, ˈivɪn fər ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃənz. ðə gaɪd ɪkˈspleɪnz ðət səm steɪts, ðə lɔ ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪts ə spɪˈsɪfɪk əˈmaʊnt əv taɪm ðət ˈwərkərz məst bi əˈlaʊd ɔf tɪ voʊt. ðɪs taɪm ɔf meɪ bi peɪd ər ənˈpeɪd. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, səm steɪts ˌrikˈwaɪər ɪmˈplɔɪərz tɪ gɪv ɪmˈplɔɪiz taɪm ɔf ˈoʊnli ɪf ðeɪ wɪl nɑt hæv ɪˈnəf taɪm tɪ voʊt ˌbiˈfɔr ər ˈæftər wərk, waɪl ðə poʊlz ər open.”*.” ˈfərðərˌmɔr, moʊst, bət nɑt ɔl, steɪts prɪˈvɛnt ɪmˈplɔɪərz frəm ˈfaɪərrɪŋ ər ˈdɪsəplənɪŋ ˈwərkərz bɪˈkəz ðeɪ teɪk taɪm ɔf tɪ voʊt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪn səm steɪts, ɪf ðeɪ du nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli voʊt ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðeɪ tʊk taɪm ɔf fər ðət ˈpərpəs, ɪmˈplɔɪərz kən dɑk peɪ frəm ðɛr employees’*’ ˈpeɪˌʧɛks fər ðə aʊərz nɑt wərkt. (ɪn səʧ steɪts, ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət ɪmˈplɔɪiz seɪv ə rɪˈsit ər ˈəðər pruf əv ˈvoʊtɪŋ ɪn keɪs ðeɪ ər kˈwɛsʧənd ˈleɪtər.) prəˈsiʤərz ˈdɪfər frəm steɪt tɪ steɪt ˈivɪn wɪn ðə lɔ rikˈwaɪərz taɪm ɔf fər ˈvoʊtɪŋ. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈmɛni steɪts ˌrikˈwaɪər ɪmˈplɔɪiz tɪ gɪv ðɛr ɪmˈplɔɪərz ədˈvæns ˈnoʊtɪs əv ðɛr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən tɪ voʊt soʊ ðət ˈmænɪʤmənts kən meɪk ərˈeɪnʤmənts fər ʤɑb ˈkəvərɪʤ. ənd ðɛr ər səm steɪts ðət du nɑt ˌrikˈwaɪər ɪmˈplɔɪərz tɪ gɪv ˈɛni taɪm ɔf æt ɔl. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, moʊst steɪts du nɑt ˌrikˈwaɪər ən ɪmˈplɔɪər tɪ gɪv ðɛr ɪmˈplɔɪiz taɪm ɔf fər ðə ˈpərpəs əv ˌvɔlənˈtɪrɪŋ tɪ bi ˈiðər ə poʊl ˈwɑʧər ər tɪ wərk ðə poʊlz fər ə ˈkænədɪt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, æt ðɛr oʊn dɪˈskrɛʃən, ˈmɛni ɪmˈplɔɪərz əˈlaʊ ɪmˈplɔɪiz tɪ juz veɪˈkeɪʃən taɪm ər sɪk liv fər ðət ˈpərpəs. bət ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈʤɛnərəli du nɑt hæv ə ˈligəl raɪt tɪ teɪk liv wɛˈnɛvər ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ wɪˈθaʊt ədˈvæns ˈnoʊtɪs ər pərˈmɪʃən, ˈivɪn ɪf liv həz bɪn əˈkrud. ˈfaɪnəli, ˈwərkˌpleɪs ˈfɛrnəs həz ðɪs ədˈvaɪs fər ˈwərkərz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn steɪts ðət hæv noʊ lɔz: ˈgɪvɪŋ əp ənd nɑt ˈvoʊtɪŋ, bi ʃʊr tɪ faɪnd aʊt jʊr lɔz ɔn ˌæbsənˈti ər ˈərli ˈvoʊtɪŋ. ðət meɪ bi ən ˈɔpʃən ɪf ðɛr ɪz ˌæbsəˈlutli noʊ weɪ ju kən bi əˈweɪ frəm wərk ənd stɪl vote.”*.” ʧɛk aʊt jʊr lɔ hir. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ:
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workplace fairness, one of the nation’s leading organizations advocating for worker’s rights, has put online a guide listing information about state laws relating to the right of workers to take time off for voting.
the laws vary widely from state to state, even for presidential elections.
the guide explains that “in some states, the law designates a specific amount of time that workers must be allowed off to vote. this time off may be paid or unpaid. on the other hand, some states require employers to give employees time off only if they will not have enough time to vote before or after work, while the polls are open.”
furthermore, most, but not all, states prevent employers from firing or disciplining workers because they take time off to vote. however, in some states, if they do not actually vote even though they took time off for that purpose, employers can dock pay from their employees’ paychecks for the hours not worked. (in such states, it’s important that employees save a receipt or other proof of voting in case they are questioned later.)
procedures differ from state to state even when the law requires time off for voting.
for example, many states require employees to give their employers advance notice of their intention to vote so that managements can make arrangements for job coverage.
and there are some states that do not require employers to give any time off at all.
furthermore, most states do not require an employer to give their employees time off for the purpose of volunteering to be either a poll watcher or to work the polls for a candidate. however, at their own discretion, many employers allow employees to use vacation time or sick leave for that purpose. but employees generally do not have a legal right to take leave whenever they want to without advance notice or permission, even if leave has been accrued.
finally, workplace fairness has this advice for workers living in states that have no time-off-for-voting laws: “before giving up and not voting, be sure to find out your state’s laws on absentee or early voting. that may be an option if there is absolutely no way you can be away from work and still vote.”
check out your state’s law here.
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at&t* æsks ju tɪ peɪ ɪn ədˈvæns tɪ ˈhændəl ɪts ˈkrɛdɪt ˈprɑbləmz frəm ðə dɪˈspaɪt ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ haʊ ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsəs wɪl ˌɪmˈpækt ˈɛvriˌwən, bɪɔnd ʤɪst wɔl strit, ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hu stɪl ˌɪnˈsɪst ðət ɪt wɪl hæv noʊ ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðɛm. ðæts ˈsɪmpli ənˈtru. waɪl ðə ˌɪmˈpækts meɪ sim smɔl ənd rɪˈmoʊt, wɪn ˈædɪd əp, ðɛl bi ˈnoʊtəsəbəl. ˈrɪʧərd ˈɑlkˌwɪst raɪts ɪn tɪ ʃoʊ ˈjuˈɛs ə ˈpərˌfɪkt ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðɪs. həz dɪˈskəvərd ðət ðə kəˈmərʃəl ˈpeɪpər ɪt rɪˈlaɪz ɔn ɪz naʊ ə lɔt mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ gɪt, ˈkɔzɪŋ ə bɪt əv ə kæʃ krənʧ fər ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. soʊ haʊ ɪz ɪt ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ɪt? baɪ ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðət kæʃ krənʧ tɪ ju. ˈrəðər ðən ɪts ˈjuʒəwəl ˈhæbət əv ˈbɪlɪŋ ju fər ðə mənθ ðət ʤɪst pæst, ɪz ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈkəstəmərz ɪts naʊ ˈbɪlɪŋ ðɛm fər ðə mənθ əˈhɛd ˈminɪŋ ðət jʊr ˈleɪtəst bɪl meɪ bi ˈdəbəl (peɪɪŋ fər læst mənθ ənd nɛkst mənθ). ˈifɛktɪvli, ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðə ˈkrɛdɪt tərmz ɔn ɪts ˈkəstəmərz, frəm nɛt 30 tɪ priˈpeɪ. ʃʊr, ɪt meɪ nɑt bi ə juʤ dil ðət jʊr ˈtɛlkoʊ bɪl ˈdəbəlz fər wən mənθ ˈoʊnli, bət ðæts stɪl ˈməni ðæts aʊt əv jʊr ˈpɑkət 30 deɪz ˈərliər ənd ɪf ˈəðər ˈvɛndərz du ðə seɪm, ɪt kʊd bi kwaɪt ˈnoʊtəsəbəl. faɪld ˈəndər: ˈkrɛdɪt ˈprɑbləmz, dɛt, ɪˈkɑnəmi, ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsəs, ˈlɛndɪŋ, smɔl ˈbɪznɪs ˈkəmpəˌniz:
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at&t asks you to pay in advance to handle its credit problems
from the and-there-you-go dept
despite explaining how the financial crisis will impact everyone, beyond just wall street, there are many people who still insist that it will have no impact on them. that's simply untrue. while the impacts may seem small and remote, when added up, they'll be noticeable. richard ahlquist writes in to show us a perfect example of this. at&t has discovered that the commercial paper it relies on is now a lot more difficult to get, causing a bit of a cash crunch for the company. so how is it dealing with it? by pushing that cash crunch to you. rather than its usual habit of billing you for the month that just past, at&t is telling customers it's now billing them for the month ahead -- meaning that your latest bill may be double (paying for last month and next month). effectively, at&t is changing the credit terms on its customers, from net 30 to prepay. sure, it may not be a huge deal that your telco bill doubles for one month only, but that's still money that's out of your pocket 30 days earlier -- and if other vendors do the same, it could be quite noticeable.
filed under: credit problems, debt, economy, financial crisis, lending, small business
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ˈivɪn ɛz rɪˈpɔrts ˈimərʤ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪŋ ðət ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈæmnəsti wɪl prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt ˈvoʊtər frɔd baɪ ˈgrænɪŋ ˈlaɪsənsɪz ənd ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈnəmbərz tɪ ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts, rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlidərz ər ɔˈrɛdi pərˈpɛrɪŋ tɪ keɪv ɔn ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈɪʃu. ðə haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz həz pæst ə bɪl ðət wʊd fənd ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti ɪkˈsɛpt fər ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈæmnəsti ˈproʊˌgræm. naʊ, ðə ˈsɛnɪt ɪz ˈstoʊnˌwɔlɪŋ, wɪθ ˈdɛməˌkræts ˈvoʊtɪŋ rɪˈpitɪdli nɑt tɪ teɪk əp ðə bɪl, ˌɪnˈsɪstɪŋ ˌɪnˈstɛd ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz pæs ə bɪl ˈfəndɪŋ ðə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈæmnəsti əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə rɛst əv ðə. wɪʧ minz ðət ˈnɪrɪŋ rɪˈpəblɪkən sərˈɛndər. ˈspikər əv ðə haʊs ʤɑn ˈboʊnər (r-oh*) meɪnˈteɪnz ðət ɪt ɪz taɪm fər ˈdɛməˌkræts ɪn ðə ˈsɛnɪt gɪt ɔf ðɛr æs ənd du ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈəðər ðən voʊt ‘‘no.’”*.’” bət ˈsɛnɪt məˈʤɔrəti ˈlidər mɪʧ məˈkɑnəl (r-ky*) ɪz pərˈpɛrɪŋ ðə ˈgraʊndˌwərk fər ðə keɪv, ˈsteɪtɪŋ, θɪŋk klɪr wi goʊ ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnɪt ənˈlɛs ju ɔl hæv hərd ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ haven’t*. ənd soʊ ðə nɛkst muv, ˈɑbviəsli, ɪz əp tɪ ðə house.”*.” ˈnɑnsɛns. wɪn rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ðə ˈsɛnɪt məˈnɔrəti ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈʃətˌdaʊn, ðə ˈmidiə dɪˈklɛrd ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz wər əbˈstrəkʃənɪsts. naʊ ðət ˈdɛməˌkræts ər ɪn ðə məˈnɔrəti, ðə ʃu ɪz ɔn ðə ˈəðər fʊt. ənd dɪˈspaɪt rɪˈpəblɪkən fɪrz ðət ðə ˈʃətˌdaʊn wʊd krəʃ ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈprɑspɛkts, rɪˈpəblɪkənz wən ə sˈwipɪŋ ˈvɪktəri ɪn 2014 bət rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlidərz ər ˈfraɪtənd ˌnənðəˈlɛs. ðeɪ ər ˈfraɪtənd əv ˈmidiə ˈmɛmbərz ˈbleɪmɪŋ ðɛm fər ˈɛni flɔz ɪn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈstɛmɪŋ frəm ˈfəndɪŋ, ənd tu əˈfreɪd tɪ seɪ wət sɛn. mɑrk kərk (r-il*) həz kərˈɛktli sɛd: ə ˈvɛri ˈdeɪnʤərəs geɪm. ɪf wi hæv ə səkˈsɛsfəl ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæk ɔl ðə dɛd əˈmɛrɪkənz frəm ðət ʃʊd bi leɪd æt ðə fit əv ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ðə ɛnd, [ˈdɛməˌkræts] hæv tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðə ˈkəntri. ðeɪ hæv swɔrn ðə əˈliʤəns tɪ du ðət. ðeɪ nid tɪ lɪv əp tɪ ðɛr oʊθs əv ˈɔfəs. ɪn ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk maɪnd, ˈpɑləˌtɪks ɪz ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. aɪ wʊd seɪ tɪ ðɛm, ˈpɑləˌtɪks ɪz nɑt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. ɪf ju hæv ə ˈkəntri tɪ dɪˈfɛnd, wət ɪz ðə ˈpərpəs əv ˈpɑləˌtɪks? ˈmɛni tɔp rɪˈpəblɪkənz hæv ˈbækˌboʊn. ənd soʊ ðeɪ fɔl ˈɪntu ðə træp əv ˈbleɪmɪŋ ˈəðər rɪˈpəblɪkənz fər ə ˈʃətˌdaʊn ˈivɪn ðoʊ ˈdɛməˌkræts ər ˈfʊli riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðət ˈʃətˌdaʊn. ər, mɔr ˈsɪnɪkəli, ðeɪ sik tɪ ˈgɑrnər ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈmidiə ləv fər θroʊɪŋ ðɛr ˈkɑligz ˈəndər ðə bəs. ˈsɛnətər bɑb ˈkɔrkər (r-tn*) sɪz, ˈsərtənli du nɑt θɪŋk ə gʊd aɪˈdiə æt ðɪs taɪm, wɪn wi hæv lɑts əv ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti interests.”*.” ˈsɛnətər ʤɑn məˈkeɪn (r-az*) sɛd, wɪn æst haʊ tɪ əˈvərt ə ˈʃətˌdaʊn, noʊ. aɪ ʃʊd nɑt kət ɔf ˈfəndɪŋ fər ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhoʊmˌlænd security.”*.” ˈsɛnətər ʤɑn θun (r-sd*) əˈgrid: nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ ʃət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt daʊn, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðət. wi ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət wi fənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt. naʊ ðət wi ər ɪn ðə məˈʤɔrəti, wi hæv ðə riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ du that.”*.” ˈsɛnətər ʤɪm rɪʃ (r-id*) ˈædɪd, ər əˈneɪbəl tɪ gɪt ɔn ðɪs bɪl tɪ əˈmɛnd ɪt. ənd ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðət, ðə haʊs ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv tɪ sɛnd ˈjuˈɛs əˈnəðər bɪl ðət wi kən gɪt on.”*.” ˈdɛməˌkræts, rɪʃ sɛd, lɑkt əp əˈgɛnst it.”*.” hi kənˈkludɪd, ˈnəθɪŋ wi kən do.”*.” rɪˈpəblɪkənz kʊd stænd tɔl. bət ɪn ðə ˈsɛnɪt, ðeɪ. ðeɪ kʊd fɔrs ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ kip ˈfɪləˌbəstərɪŋ ənd ðeɪ kʊd fɔrs ən ˈækʧəwəl ˈfɪləˌbəstər, ˈrəðər ðən ðə proʊ ˈfɔrmə ˈfɪləˌbəstər tɪ wɪʧ əˈmɛrɪkənz hæv groʊn əˈkəstəmd. ðeɪ kʊd ˌɪnˈvoʊk ðə ˈnukliər ˈɔpʃən ənd kɪl ðə ˈfɪləˌbəstər ˌɔltəˈgɛðər, ˈfɔrsɪŋ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə tɪ ˈviˌtoʊ ˈfəndɪŋ fər ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti. ðeɪ kʊd ˈivɪn splɪt ðə ˈfəndɪŋ bɪl ˈɪntu ˈsɛpərˌeɪt sˈmɔlər bɪlz ˈfəndɪŋ iʧ ˈsɛkʃən əv spəˈsɪfɪkli, ənd ˈfɔrsɪŋ ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ ˈstoʊnˌwɔl ðoʊz bɪlz. ər ðeɪ kʊd weɪt fər ˈboʊnər tɪ keɪv. ənd ɪt simz ðət ðə ˈlætər ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə moʊst ˈlaɪkli. ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ˈsɛnətərz ˈkɔˌri ˈgɑrdnər (r-co*) ənd ˈʃɛli mʊr kɑˈpitoʊ (r-wv*) toʊld haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz ðət ðeɪ gɪt ðə 60 voʊts ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ pʊt ðə bɪl tɪ ə voʊt. haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz, fər naʊ, toʊld ðə tu ˈsɛnətərz tɪ goʊ bæk tɪ ðə ˈsɛnɪt ənd wərk ɔn ɪt. bət ˈsɛvərəl ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə haʊs hæv ɔˈrɛdi kəm aʊt ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ə keɪv. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈædəm (r-il*) sɛd, ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli θɪŋk ðɪs wɑz ðə bɛst graʊnd tɪ faɪt ɔn bɪˈkəz sin ðɪs ˈmuvi before.”*.” rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. maɪk ˈsɪmpsən (r-id*) toʊld ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ʃət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt daʊn, ðət wʊd bi ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli stupid.”*.” rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈʧɑrli dɛnt (r-pa*) sɛd, ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl pərˈspɛktɪv ˈbɛtər ɔf ˈpæsɪŋ ə klin ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz bɪl, bɪˈkəz ɪt meɪks ə lɔt əv ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ˈmɛni əv ðɪs ɪn ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən saɪd ˈwɔntɪd mɔr dɪˈtɛnʃən bɛdz ənd ɔl sɔrts əv ˌɪmˈpruvmənts əv ˈbɔrdər control.”*.” ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlidərˌʃɪp ɪz stɪl splɪt ɔn ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈɪʃu. bət ənˈlaɪkli ðət rɪˈmeɪn splɪt fər lɔŋ. wɪn ɪn daʊt, bɛt ɔn sərˈɛndər. bɛn ʃəˈpɪroʊ ɪz ˈsinjər əv nuz ənd ˈɔθər əv ðə nu bʊk, ðə ˈpipəl ˈvərsəz. ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə: ðə ˈkrɪmənəl keɪs əˈgɛnst ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən (θˈrɛˌʃoʊld ɪˈdɪʃənz, ʤun 10 2014 hi ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ əv truthrevolt.org*. ˈfɑloʊ bɛn ʃəˈpɪroʊ ɔn tˈwɪtər @benshapiro*.
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even as reports emerge demonstrating that president obama’s executive amnesty will precipitate voter fraud by granting driver’s licenses and social security numbers to illegal immigrants, republican leaders are already preparing to cave on the immigration issue.
the house of representatives has passed a bill that would fund the department of homeland security except for president obama’s executive amnesty program. now, the senate is stonewalling, with democrats voting repeatedly not to take up the bill, insisting instead that republicans pass a bill funding the executive amnesty along with the rest of the dhs.
which means that we’re nearing republican surrender.
speaker of the house john boehner (r-oh) maintains that it is time for democrats in the senate “to get off their ass and do something other than vote ‘no.’” but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell (r-ky) is preparing the groundwork for the cave, stating, “i think it’s clear we can’t go forward in the senate unless you all have heard something i haven’t. and so the next move, obviously, is up to the house.”
that’s nonsense. when republicans represented the senate minority during the obamacare shutdown, the media declared that republicans were obstructionists. now that democrats are in the minority, the shoe is on the other foot. and despite republican fears that the obamacare shutdown would crush electoral prospects, republicans won a sweeping victory in 2014.
but republican leaders are frightened nonetheless. they are frightened of media members blaming them for any flaws in security stemming from dhs funding, and too afraid to say what sen. mark kirk (r-il) has correctly said:
it’s a very dangerous game. if we have a successful terrorist attack – all the dead americans from that should be laid at the feet of the democratic caucus…in the end, [democrats] have to defend the country. they have sworn the allegiance to do that. they need to live up to their oaths of office. in the democratic mind, politics is everything. i would say to them, politics is not everything. if you don’t have a country to defend, what is the purpose of politics?
many top republicans don’t have kirk’s backbone. and so they fall into the trap of blaming other republicans for a dhs shutdown even though democrats are fully responsible for that shutdown. or, more cynically, they seek to garner mainstream media love for throwing their colleagues under the bus.
senator bob corker (r-tn) says, “i certainly do not think that’s a good idea at this time, when we have lots of national security interests.” senator john mccain (r-az) said, when asked how to avert a shutdown, “i don’t know. i don’t know…we should not cut off funding for the department of homeland security.” senator john thune (r-sd) agreed: “we’re not going to shut the government down, including that. we recognize it’s important that we fund the government. now that we are in the majority, we have the responsibility to do that.” senator jim risch (r-id) added, “we are unable to get on this bill to amend it. and a result of that, the house is going to have to send us another bill that we can get on.” democrats, risch said, “are locked up against it.” he concluded, “there’s nothing we can do.”
republicans could stand tall. but in the senate, they won’t. they could force democrats to keep filibustering – and they could force an actual filibuster, rather than the pro forma filibuster to which americans have grown accustomed. they could invoke the nuclear option and kill the filibuster altogether, forcing president obama to veto funding for the department of homeland security. they could even split the dhs funding bill into separate smaller bills funding each section of dhs specifically, and forcing democrats to stonewall those bills.
or they could wait for boehner to cave. and it seems that the latter possibility is also the most likely. on wednesday, senators cory gardner (r-co) and shelley moore capito (r-wv) told house republicans that they couldn’t get the 60 votes necessary to put the bill to a vote. house republicans, for now, told the two senators to go back to the senate and work on it.
but several members of the house have already come out in favor of a cave. rep. adam kinzinger (r-il) said, “i didn’t necessarily think this was the best ground to fight on because i’ve seen this movie before.” rep. mike simpson (r-id) told cnn yesterday, “we won’t shut the government down, that would be really, really stupid.” rep. charlie dent (r-pa) said, “from a political perspective … you’re better off passing a clean homeland security appropriations bill, because it makes a lot of important changes, many of this in the republican side wanted — more detention beds and all sorts of improvements of border control.”
the republican leadership is still split on the immigration issue. but it’s unlikely that they’ll remain split for long. when in doubt, bet on surrender.
ben shapiro is senior editor-at-large of breitbart news and author of the new book, the people vs. barack obama: the criminal case against the obama administration (threshold editions, june 10, 2014). he is also editor-in-chief of truthrevolt.org. follow ben shapiro on twitter @benshapiro.
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pɛn steɪt hæd lɔŋ rɪˈkrutɪd ˌæləkˈwɪpə ˈseɪfti reɪnz, ənd ɪt ˈhoʊstɪd ɪm twaɪs fər ˌənəˈfɪʃəl ˈvɪzɪts soʊ fɑr ðɪs ˈsizən. wɪn ɪt keɪm taɪm fər ðə tɪ əˈnaʊns hɪz ˈkɑlɪʤ ʧɔɪs, ðoʊ, ɪt simz laɪk ðə laɪənz ˈdɪdənt hæv rum ˈivɪn ɪf hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ pɪk ðə skul, ɛz ðeɪ ɔˈrɛdi hæv 22 klæs əv 2018 ˈvərbəl kəˈmɪtmənts ənd nid tɪ fɪl ðə ˈmɪnəməl speɪs lɛft (wən æt ðə list, θri æt moʊst) wɪθ dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈlaɪnmən, nɑt ə linebacker/safety*. ðəs, reɪnz' dɪˈsɪʒən ˈəltəmətli keɪm daʊn tɪ wɛst vərˈʤɪnjə ənd ˈpɪtsbərg, ənd hi pɪkt ðə ˈfɔrmər ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni ɪn hɪz ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn. "aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ pɪk wɛst vərˈʤɪnjə bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wər ðə fərst skul tɪ gɪv mi ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti," reɪnz toʊld ˈraɪvəlz' ˈædəm ˈfridmən. "aɪ ˈrɪli laɪk ðə pəˈzɪʃən ðeɪ wɔnt mi tɪ pleɪ. aɪl gɪt tɪ muv əraʊnd ənd pleɪ ə lɔt ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə fild. aɪ fɪt ðɛr skim ˈvɛri wɛl. əm ˈrɪli kul wɪθ ɔl ðɛr ˈkoʊʧɪz. aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wɪl bi ə gʊd fɪt fər maɪ ˈfæməli ənd mi tɪ goʊ ðɛr." ɪt ˈdəzənt ˈrɪli ˈmætər æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, bət ɪts nɑt klɪr ɪf ðə laɪənz wʊd hæv bɪn ðə pɪk ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ hæd speɪs, ɛz ðə ˈmaʊntɪˌnɪrz hæv rɪˈkrutɪd wɛl ɪn ˈwɛstərn ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, ə ʧɑrʤ lɛd baɪ dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈtoʊni ˈgɪbsən, ˈoʊvər ðə læst fju ˈsizənz. bɪɔnd ðət, ˌæləkˈwɪpə ˈrisəntli sɛnt əˈnəðər pleɪər, ˈseɪfti ˈhɛnri, tɪ ðə skul. reɪnz stændz 200 paʊnz ənd wɪl pleɪ ˈiðər ˈlaɪnˌbækər, ˈseɪfti, ər ə ˈhaɪbrɪd spɑt fər ðə ˈmaʊntɪˌnɪrz wəns hi əraɪvz.
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penn state had long recruited aliquippa safety kwantel raines, and it hosted him twice for unofficial visits so far this season.
when it came time for the four-star to announce his college choice, though, it seems like the lions didn't have room even if he wanted to pick the school, as they already have 22 class of 2018 verbal commitments and need to fill the minimal space left (one at the least, three at most) with defensive linemen, not a linebacker/safety.
thus, raines' decision ultimately came down to west virginia and pittsburgh, and he picked the former on monday night during a ceremony in his hometown.
"i decided to pick west virginia because they were the first school to give me an opportunity," raines told rivals' adam friedman.
"i really like the position they want me to play. i'll get to move around and play a lot all over the field. i fit their scheme very well. i'm really cool with all their coaches. i think it will be a good fit for my family and me to go there."
it doesn't really matter at the end of the day, but it's not clear if the lions would have been the pick even if they had space, as the mountaineers have recruited well in western pennsylvania, a charge led by defensive coordinator tony gibson, over the last few seasons. beyond that, aliquippa recently sent another player, safety dravon henry, to the school.
raines stands 6-foot-2, 200 pounds and will play either linebacker, safety, or a hybrid spot for the mountaineers once he arrives.
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ðə ˈfɑrmə ˈɪndəstri ɪz biɪŋ ˈtɑrgətɪd baɪ ə kæmˈpeɪn noʊn ɛz, wɪʧ ˈjuzɪz ə vərˈaɪəti əv ‘‘weapons,’*,’ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ spæm iˈmeɪlz, wɛb ˈwɔtərɪŋ hoʊlz (ðət ˌɪnˈfɛkt ˈwɛbˌsaɪts wɪθ ˈmælˌwɛr) ənd ˈtroʊʤən ˈmælˌwɛr ðət əˈlaʊz əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈsɪstəm ˈækˌsɛs ənd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən dɪˈskloʊʒər. moʊst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ər əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈdeɪnʤərz əv ˈmælˌwɛr, bət ɪz ənˈjuˌʒuəl ɛz ɪt spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈtɑrgəts ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz. wi spoʊk tɪ ʤoʊəl ˈlæŋgəl, ə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈɛkspərt æt ˈsaɪbər, ənd ˈɛrɪk byres*, ʧif tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈɔfɪsər əv sɪˈkjʊrəti, tɪ faɪnd aʊt mɔr. ər wi ʃʊr ɪz ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ˈfɑrmə? ðə ˈækʧəwəl lɪst əv neɪmd ˈvɪktɪmz ɪz kənˈteɪnd ɪn ““restricted”*” ˈdɑkjəmənts ðət ˈkænɑt bi ʃɛrd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, sɪˈkjʊrəti prəˈvaɪdər læbz (ˈrəʃə) ˈɔfərd dɪˈskrɪptɪv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əv ðə ˈvɪktɪmz æt ˈvɛriəs ˈsteɪʤɪz əv ðə əˈtæk. ðɪs ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈnɑlɪʤ əv ðə ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən əv ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ənd laɪf saɪəns fəˈsɪlɪtiz, lɛd tɪ ðə kənˈkluʒən ðət ðə əˈtæk wɑz nɑt ˈlaɪkli ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ðə ˈɛnərʤi ˈsɛktər, ɛz ˈpriviəsli əˈsumd. æt ðɪs taɪm, ðə kæmˈpeɪn əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ riˈkɑnəsəns ər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən θɛft, bət ðə əˈtækərz pəˈzɛs ðə ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti fər mɔr dɪˈstrəktɪv ækts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ ər dɪsˈrəpʃən tɪ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz.
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the pharma industry is being targeted by a cyber-espionage campaign known as dragonfly, which uses a variety of ‘weapons,’ including spam emails, web watering holes (that infect websites with malware) and trojan malware that allows unauthorized system access and information disclosure. most organizations are aware of the dangers of malware, but dragonfly is unusual as it specifically targets manufacturing systems. we spoke to joel langill, a security expert at redhat cyber, and eric byres, chief technology officer of belden’s tofino security, to find out more.
are we sure dragonfly is targeting pharma?
the actual list of named victims is contained in “restricted” documents that cannot be shared. however, security provider kaspersky labs (russia) offered descriptive information of the victims at various stages of the attack. this information, along with personal knowledge of the operation of pharmaceutical and life science facilities, led to the conclusion that the attack was not likely targeting the energy sector, as previously assumed. at this time, the campaign appears to be limited to reconnaissance or information theft, but the attackers possess the capability for more destructive acts, including system sabotage or disruption to operations.
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smartphone* ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz nid tɪ əˈkɑməˌdeɪt ˈsɛvən kɔr ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, ðə seven”*”, ɪn ðɛr nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈhændˌsɛt dɪˈzaɪnz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ. ðiz bɪg ˈsɛvən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ˌɪnˈklud iˈmeɪl, geɪmz, ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ, ˈɪnstənt ˈmɛsɪʤɪŋ, ˈmæpɪŋ dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz, mˈjuzɪk ˈreɪdiˌoʊ, ənd ˈwɛðər. kəmˈbaɪnd, ðə bɪg ˈsɛvən wɪl əˈkaʊnt fər 7 ˈbɪljən ˈdaʊnˌloʊdz ˈwərldˈwaɪd ɪn 2014 sɪz ðə ˈrisərʧ grup. træks 26 ˈdɪfərənt ˈkætəˌgɔriz əv applications,”*,” sɛd fræŋk ˈdɪksən, ˌviˈpi əv ˈrisərʧ. dɪˈzaɪnər kən ˈɑptɪˌmaɪz ə ˈhændˌsɛt fər ˈɛni wən əv ðoʊz ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈkætəˌgɔriz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə bɪg ˈsɛvən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ðət foʊn dɪˈzaɪnərz nid tɪ əˈkɑməˌdeɪt ɪn iʧ ənd ˈɛvəri device.”*.” ˈrisənt ˈrisərʧ baɪ faʊnd ðət ðə θri ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ðət hæv ðə haɪəst ˈkɑmpaʊnd ˈænjuəl groʊθ reɪts θru 2014 ər ˈmaɪˌkroʊ ˈblɔgɪŋ, ˈmoʊbəl ˈbæŋkɪŋ ənd voip*. ðə rɪˈpɔrt ˈɔlsoʊ sɪz ðət ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈænˌdrɔɪd æps ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪd ɪz groʊɪŋ æt ðə ˈfæstəst reɪt; ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈæpəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz stɪl ˈdɑməˌneɪt boʊθ fri ənd peɪd ˈdaʊnˌloʊdz. tsuˈnɑmi əv ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz həz kriˈeɪtɪd ə ˈmɑrkɪt ˈpʊtɪŋ sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈprɛʃər ɔn ˈpraɪsɪz ənd margins,”*,” sɛd ˈdɪksən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ, ˌproʊdəkˈtɪvɪti ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz səʧ ɛz ˈmæpɪŋ, ˈbɪznɪs ənd ˈɛnərˌpraɪz ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ənd foʊn tulz juˈtɪlətiz ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt 59 əv ɔl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈrɛvəˌnu. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈɑrtɪkəlz trɛnz ˈsərˌveɪ træks ɪn ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən stɔrz npd*: 75 əv ˈjuˈɛs ˈaɪˌfoʊn ənd ˈaɪˌpɔd təʧ ˈjuzərz ˈdaʊnˌloʊd æps ənd geɪmz ˈgɑrtnər: kənˈsumərz wɪl spɛnd ˈbɪljən ɪn ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən stɔrz ɪn 2010
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smartphone manufacturers need to accommodate seven core smartphone applications, the “big seven”, in their next generation handset designs, according to in-stat.
these big seven applications include email, games, social networking, instant messaging, mapping & directions, music & radio, and weather.
combined, the big seven will account for 7 billion downloads worldwide in 2014, says the research group.
“in-stat tracks 26 different categories of smartphone applications,” said frank dickson, vp of research. “a designer can optimize a handset for any one of those application categories. however, it’s the big seven applications that phone designers need to accommodate in each and every device.”
recent research by in-stat found that the three applications that have the highest compound annual growth rates through 2014 are micro blogging, mobile banking and voip.
the report also says that the number of android apps downloaded is growing at the fastest rate; however, apple applications still dominate both free and paid downloads.
“the tsunami of mobile applications has created a hyper-competitive market putting significant pressure on prices and margins,” said dickson.
according to in-stat, productivity applications such as mapping, business and enterprise applications and phone tools & utilities generate 59% of all smartphone application revenue.
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ðə ˈrisənt əˈnaʊnsmɛnt bək ɪz ˈɛndɪŋ dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ həz lɛft ˈmɛni ˈwəndərɪŋ ðə fˈjuʧər əv ðɪs dɪˈplɔɪmənt tul. ðə riˈlis əv vlæd gɪvz ˈəðərz hoʊp ɛz ən ɔlˈtərnətɪv. vlæd riˈlist ɔn mɑrʧ 4th*, vlæd ðə wɑz riˈlist ənd əˈnaʊnst ɔn ðə ˈpɑlɪʃɪŋ ˈrubi weblog*. vlæd ɪz ˈtaʊtɪd ɛz biɪŋ laɪk ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ bət ðə kəmˈplɛksɪti ənd ˈɪnəˌgreɪts wɪθ reɪk. ðə ˈrisənt riˈlis ædz 9 nu ˈfiʧərz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ: səˈpɔrt səˈpɔrt ˈpæsənʤər ənd səˈpɔrt ˈædɪd səˈpɔrt gɑd, nginx*, θɪn, ənd ˈmeɪntənəns tæsks əˈlaʊ sɛt tɪ ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ ðət ə ˈvælju ɪz əˈplaɪ mərˈkjʊriəl səˈpɔrt pæʧ naʊ səˈpɔrts ənd səˈplaɪz tæsk əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðiz nu ˈfiʧərz ðɛr ər ˈɔlsoʊ 19 ˈmaɪnər ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd 11 bəg ˈfɪksɪz. pliz si ðə riˈlis əˈnaʊnsmɛnt fər ə kəmˈplit lɪst əv ˈfɪksɪz ənd ˈəpˌdeɪt. vlæd kən bi ˌɪnˈstɔld wɪθ ðə ˈjuʒəwəl: ʤɛm ˌɪnˈstɔl vlæd faɪnd aʊt mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt vlæd ðə ɔn ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɛb saɪt. ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ˈmeɪntənəns ˈhændoʊvər ˈæftər ðə ˈrisənt riˈlis əv ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ bək əˈnaʊnst hi wɑz ˈstɛpɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd wʊd nɑt bi duɪŋ ˈɛni mɔr dɪˈvɛləpmənt ər səˈpɔrt. ˈsisɪŋ dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɔn sqlite/ruby*, sqlite3/ruby*, (ənd rɪˈleɪtɪd libs*, net::sftp*, net::scp*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.) ənd ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ. aɪ wɪl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˈpæʧɪz, bəg rɪˈpɔrts, səˈpɔrt rɪkˈwɛsts, ˈfiʧər rɪkˈwɛsts, ər ˈʤɛnərəl iˈmeɪlz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈɛni əv ðiz ˈprɑʤɛkts. fər ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ, aɪ wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˈmeɪlɪŋ lɪst, ənd maɪt əˈpɪr ɪn ðə #ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ˈʧænəl frəm taɪm tɪ taɪm, bət aɪ æm noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ðə əv ðiz ˈprɑʤɛkts. ðɪs lɛft ˈmɛni ˈjuzərz əv ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ˈwəndərɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˈmɛni dɪˈvɛləpərz ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈrubi dɪˈplɔɪmənt tul. wɛl, li ˈhæmbli, ə dɪˈvɛləpər fər ðə ˈkəmpəˌni setfire*: praʊd tɪ əˈnaʊns ðət ɛz əv təˈdeɪ wən əv ɑr dɪˈvɛləpərz, li ˈhæmbli həz ˈteɪkən ˈoʊvər ˈmeɪntənəns əv. fər ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈrubi ɔn reɪlz dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ɪz ə ˈvaɪtəl tul, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə hoʊl ˈprɔˌsɛs əv meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ pərˈdəkʃən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts ðət məʧ ˈsɪmpələr, baɪ ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪŋ ənd kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ˈmɛni əv ðə mɔr ləˈbɔriəs ənd rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv tæsks ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. hi wɪl bi ˈhoʊstɪŋ ənd meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ðə saɪt, ɛz wɛl ɛz kənˈsɑləˌdeɪtɪŋ ənd ˈhoʊpfəli koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtɪŋ nu dɪˈvɛləpmənts tɪ ðə ʤɛm wɪn ə nu koʊd ɪz səˈlɛktɪd. ðɛr həz bɪn səm ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ˈpɑrtiz hu hæv aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɔn ðə ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ˈgugəl grup. ˈʤɑnəθən waɪs ənd məˈθaɪəs maɪər əv ðə ənd ˈprɑʤɛkts rɪˈspɛktɪvli hæv ˈspoʊkən əp ɪkˈsprɛst ə dɪˈzaɪər tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðə ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ koʊd beɪs: məˈθaɪəs maɪər ənd aɪ ər kwaɪt fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ koʊd beɪs (wi roʊt,, ənd ə ˈkəpəl əv sˈmɔlər ɪkˈstɛnʃənz). wi kən si ɑrˈsɛlvz ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈoʊvər fər ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ ənd net::s**. θɪŋz ər ˈsərtənli ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈpɑzətɪv fər ðə fˈjuʧər dɪˈvɛləpmənt ənd səˈpɔrt əv ˌkæpɪˈstrɑnoʊ.
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the recent announcement jamis buck is ending development of capistrano has left many wondering the future of this deployment tool. the release of vlad 1.3 gives others hope as an alternative.
vlad 1.3 released
on march 4th, vlad the deployer 1.3 was released and announced on the polishing ruby weblog. vlad is touted as being like capistrano but 1/10th the complexity and integrates with rake.
the recent release adds 9 new features including:
git support
merb support
passenger and lighttpd support
added darcs support
added/merged god, nginx, thin, and maintenance tasks
allow set to specify that a proc value is :per_thread
apply mercurial scm support patch
remote_task now supports args and supplies task
along with these new features there are also 19 minor updates and 11 bug fixes. please see the release announcement for a complete list of fixes and update.
vlad can be installed with the usual:
gem install vlad
find out more information about vlad the deployer on the project web site.
capistrano maintenance handover
after the recent release of capistrano 2.5.5, jamis buck announced he was stepping away from the capistrano project and would not be doing any more development or support.
i’m ceasing development on sqlite/ruby, sqlite3/ruby, net::ssh (and related libs, net::sftp, net::scp, etc.) and capistrano. i will no longer be accepting patches, bug reports, support requests, feature requests, or general emails related to any of these projects. for capistrano, i will continue to follow the mailing list, and might appear in the #capistrano irc channel from time to time, but i am no longer the maintainer of these projects.
this left many users of capistrano wondering about the future of many developer's favorite ruby deployment tool. well, lee hambley, a developer for the company setfire:
we’re proud to announce that as of today one of our developers, lee hambley has taken over maintenance of capify.org. for many people involved in ruby on rails development, capistrano is a vital tool, making the whole process of maintaining production environments that much simpler, by automating and combining many of the more laborious and repetitive tasks involved.
he will be hosting and maintaining the capify.org site, as well as consolidating and hopefully coordinating new developments to the gem when a new code maintainer is selected.
there has been some interested parties who have identified themselves on the capistrano google group. jonathan weiss and mathias meyer of the webistrano and macistrano projects respectively have spoken up expressed a desire to maintain the capistrano code base:
mathias meyer and i are quite familiar with the capistrano code base (we wrote webistrano, macistrano, and a couple of smaller extensions). we can see ourselves taking over maintainership for capistrano and net::s*.
things are certainly looking positive for the future development and support of capistrano.
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ə waɪd reɪnʤ əv ˈeɪnʧənt ˈstrəkʧərz hæv bɪn ənˈkəvərd ɪn ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn beɪˈrut ðət meɪ prəˈvaɪd ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt kluz tɪ ðə ˈhɪstəri. ðə ˌɑrkiəˈlɑʤɪkəl dɪgz hæv bɪn goʊɪŋ ɔn fər æt list ˈsɛvərəl mənθs nɪr ðə kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə ˈmæsɪv ˈprɑʤɛkt noʊn ɛz beɪˈrut ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈdɪstrɪkt. ənˈfɔrʧənətli wɔlz əraʊnd ðə saɪt prɪˈvɛnt ðə ˈpəblɪk frəm ˈgɪtɪŋ ə gʊd vju. ðət ɪz ənˈlɛs, ju faɪnd ə hoʊl ɪn ðə wɔl: əˈpɑn ə ˈkloʊzər lʊk: ə roʊ əv smɔl ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪz ˈvɪzəbəl frəm ˈrisənt ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz. ðeɪ əˈpɪr tɪ bi ɔn ˈplætˌfɔrmz, ˌɪntərˈspərst wɪθ sˈmɔlər ˈpoʊdiəmz ər ˈkɑləm ˈbeɪsɪz, ənd wən simz tɪ hæv stɛps:. bɪˈloʊ ɪz ə ˈkloʊzər lʊk æt ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd, ˈteɪkən ə fju mənθs ˈərliər ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd hæd bɪn ˈfʊli ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɪd: ʃoʊn ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ tɪ səm ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts hu hæv ˈmɛnʃənd ðə ˈvɔltɪd ˈstrəkʧər ənd wət simz tɪ bi ə sˈmoʊkˌstæk ɪn ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd, kʊd bi pɑrt əv ən ˈəvən əv sɔrts. ə ˈkloʊzər ʃɑt: ðə əˈsəmpʃən ɪz ðət ðə saɪt meɪ hæv bɪn juzd ɛz ə ˈpɑtəri ˈfæktəri. bət ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ənd hæv tɪ weɪt fər ðə archaeologists’*’ ˈfaɪnəl rɪˈpɔrt. frəm əˈnəðər ˈæŋgəl wi kən si ðə frənt fəˈsɑd əv ðə ˈpriviəs ˈvɔltɪd ˈstrəkʧər, wɪʧ həz ən ɑrʧ. ɪt ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɛz ɪf ðɛr ɪz ə ˈklɪrɪŋ ər pæθ bɪtˈwin ðə tu roʊz əv ˈbɪldɪŋz, wɪθ ə hɑrd waɪt rɑk ˈsərfəs bɪtˈwin ðɛm. əˈnəðər pərˈspɛktɪv frəm ðə bæk saɪd əv ðə ɑrʧt ˈbɪldɪŋ, ʃoʊɪŋ ðə speɪs bɪtˈwin ɪt ənd ðə ˈəðər ˈstrəkʧərz: ˈivɪn mɔr ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ɪz əˈnəðər roʊ əv ˈstrəkʧərz bɪˈhaɪnd ðiz, əˈgɛn wɪθ wət simz tɪ bi ə ˈklɪrɪŋ ɪn bɪtˈwin ðɛm. ðɛr ɪz ə ˈsərkjələr ˈstrəkʧər ɔn ə ˈplætˌfɔrm ənd tu ˈəðər ˈstrəkʧərz wɪθ ˈfiʧərz: hir, wi kən si ə ˈkloʊzər vju əv boʊθ ðə ˈsərkjələr ənd skwɛr ˈbeɪsɪz əv wət əˈpɪr tɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv bɪn smɔl ˈbɪldɪŋz. ðə wən ɔn ðə raɪt əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv ˈkɑləm ˈbeɪsɪz. hir frəm ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈæŋgəl wi kən si ðə ˈsərkjələr ˈbɪldɪŋ tɪ ðə raɪt əv ðə ˈkɑləm ˈbeɪsɪz, ˈɔlsoʊ ɔn ə taɪp əv ˈplætˌfɔrm: frəm jɛt əˈnəðər ˈæŋgəl, ˈoʊvərˌlʊkɪŋ ðiz tu, wi kən kənˈfərm ðət ðiz lʊk laɪk ˈkɑləm ˈbeɪsɪz, wɪθ fɔr ɔn ˈɛvəri saɪd, ðə ˈkɔrnər ˈkɑləmz əˈpɪr: aɪ bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈwəndər, wət taɪp əv ˈbɪldɪŋ kʊd hæv 12 flæt hæf ˈkɑləmz, ɔl lɪŋkt təˈgɛðər ɪn ə bɑks skwɛr? aɪ lʊkt θru ˈhənərdz əv ˈpɪkʧərz ˈɔnˌlaɪn əv ˈeɪnʧənt ˈroʊmən ˈstrəkʧərz. moʊst ˈkɑləmz ɔn ˈeɪnʧənt ˈbɪldɪŋz ər ˈsərkjələr ənd ˈwaɪdli speɪst aʊt, pɑrt əv bɪg ˈtɛmpəlz. aɪ faɪnd ˈɛni ðət mæʧt ðɪs smɔl skwɛr 12 hæf ˈkɑləm fɔrm. ənˈtɪl aɪ ˈstəmbəld əˈpɑn ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ: ðɪs ɪz tum ɪn ʤərˈusələm, nɑt tu fɑr frəm beɪˈrut ənd wɪʧ səm deɪt bæk tɪ ðə ˈərli ˈroʊmən ˈpɪriəd, ˈdʊrɪŋ wɪʧ beɪˈrut wɑz ˈprɑmənənt, soʊ ðə taɪm ˈpɪriəd ənd loʊˈkeɪʃən ər nɑt tu fɑr ɔf. əˈnəðər vju wɪθ ə ˈditeɪl ɔn ðə 12 ˈkɑləm skwɛr ˈstrəkʧər wɪθ ˈkɔrnər ˈkɑləmz: aɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst maɪ ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən beɪst ɔn ˈnumərəs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈsərʧɪz ənd kʊd bi ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈdɪfərənt ənd pərˈhæps ˈivɪn mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. bət ðɛr ɪz məʧ mɔr tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr ɔn ðɪs ˈsprɔlɪŋ saɪt. ˈmuvɪŋ frəm ðə beɪs tɪ ðə ˈsərkjələr ˈstrəkʧər, wɪʧ əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv ˈbɛˌdrɑk ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv ɪt, wi kən si ðə bæk saɪdz əv ðə tu smɔl stoʊn ɪn ðə fərst ˈɪmɪʤ əv ðɪs poʊst: əˈnəðər ˈɪmɪʤ əv ðə ˈsərkjələr ˈstrəkʧər frəm ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈteɪkən ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr: ˈmuvɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪn, tɪ ðə raɪt əv ðə ˈstrəkʧər, wi kən si əˈnəðər stoʊn ˈstrəkʧər nɛkst tɪ ɪt, mɔr əv ðə ɪkˈspoʊzd rɑk ˈbɑtəm ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ənd wət lʊks laɪk ə taɪp əv pul ər ˈbeɪsən raɪt əv ˈsɛnər. nɑt klɪr ɪf ðə stɛps tɪ ðə raɪt fɔrm ˈɛni taɪp əv ˈstrəkʧər ər wər pɑrt əv ðə ˈdɪgɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs: sin ðɪs greɪ boʊl ˌbiˈfɔr ɪn ən ˈɪmɪʤ ə frɛnd sɛnt mi ˈsɛvərəl mənθs əˈgoʊ. hir wi kən si ə grup əv ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈʧɪldrən pleɪɪŋ nɪr ɪt: baɪ ˈtɪltɪŋ ðə ˈkæmərə ˈæŋgəl wi kən si ðə ˈʧɪldrən ər ˈstændɪŋ ɔn wət əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ə ˈkɑbəl pæθ: ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðə pæθ ər flɔr simz tɪ hæv ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd ɪn ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ əv ðə seɪm spɑt ˈteɪkən ə fju wiks ˈleɪtər, ˈæftər ə ˈhɛvi reɪn. dɪd ɪt kəˈlæps ər wɑz ɪt muvd? ðɛr ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpɪrz tɪ bi səm ˈbɛriəlz ɪn ðə vɪˈsɪnɪti: ˈfaɪnəli ðɛr ɪz wən mɔr ˈvɛri ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈfiʧər tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ɔn ðɪs saɪt. ɪt lʊks laɪk ə ˈmæsɪv wɔl: hir ɪz ə ˈkloʊzər vju frəm ə tɔp ˈæŋgəl, ðət əˈpɪrz tɪ ʃoʊ ə dreɪn ər ““manhole”*” ˈfiʧər: kʊd ðɪs wɔl lɪŋk əp wɪθ ˈəðər ruɪnz ðət ər bɪˈlivd tɪ meɪk əp ðə ə ˈsɪti wɔl sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈroʊmən beɪˈrut? si ˈpriviəs poʊsts ɔn ðɪs saɪt ðət ɪkˈspoʊzd ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz ɔn wət səm bɪˈliv ɪz ðə ˈroʊmən geɪt əv beɪˈrut, faʊnd ˈoʊnli ə fju blɑks nɔrθ əv hir, ɛz wɛl ɛz ə ˈstrəkʧər faʊnd ˈdʊrɪŋ kənˈstrəkʃən əv haɪ raɪz ɪn ə fju blɑks tɪ ðə ist. wɪl ðɪs wɔl hɛlp ˈjuˈɛs drɔ ə mæp əv ˈroʊmən ər du ðiz stoʊnz bɪˈlɔŋ tɪ ən ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈdɪfərənt ˈstrəkʧər? wət wɪl ˈhæpən tɪ ðɪs saɪt? ðə ˈoʊnli ˈrizən wi ˈjuʒəwəli hæv ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz ɪn beɪˈrut ɪz bɪˈkəz ˈsəmˌwən həz ˈpərʧəst ðə lænd fər ə ˈmeɪʤər ril ɛˈsteɪt ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪf ruɪnz ər faʊnd, baɪ lɔ ðə dɪˈvɛləpər məst əˈlərt əˈθɔrətiz, əˈlaʊ ˌɑrkiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz ənd fənd ðoʊz ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz ənˈtɪl kəmˈpliʃən ɪz dɪˈtərmənd tɪ bi kəmˈplit. ə dɪˈsɪʒən ɪz ðɛn meɪd ɔn ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðə ruɪnz wɪl bi kɛpt ɪn pleɪs, muvd ər dɪˈmɑlɪʃt ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk weɪ fər ðə ril ɛˈsteɪt ˈprɑʤɛkt. haʊ ðət dɪˈsɪʒən ɪz meɪd ɪz ˈɔfən nɑt ə ˈvɛri trænˈspɛrənt ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ruɪnz faʊnd ɔn ˈmɛni plɑts əˈkrɔs beɪˈrut hæv bɪn klɪrd ˈoʊvər ðə læst fju ˈdɛkeɪdz, səʧ ɛz ðə ˈroʊmən ˈʧɛriət ˈreɪˌstræk ər ˈhɪpəˌdroʊm əv beɪˈrut (ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd ɔn ðɪs blɔg) ənd wɪʧ wɑz ˈgətɪd ənd ɪz naʊ ðə saɪt əv ə ˈləgʒəri ril ɛˈsteɪt ˈprɑʤɛkt. ðə dɪˈvɛləpər həz ˈprɑməst tɪ brɪŋ bæk ə smɔl ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ruɪnz bət ɪt ɪz ənˈklɪr ɪf ðə ˈpəblɪk wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈækˌsɛs ðə saɪt, ɛz aɪ ˌriˈpɔrtəd fər ðə ˌbibiˈsi. ˌwəˈtɛvər ðə keɪs, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈreɪˌstræk rɪˈmeɪnz hæv naʊ bɪn kəmˈplitli reɪzd, ðə ˈpəblɪk wɪl ˈnɛvər gɪt tɪ si ðə ˈaʊˌtlaɪn əv ðə træk, ðeɪ wɪl ˈnɛvər bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ si ðə saɪt ɪn ɪts ərˈɪʤənəl ˈoʊpən ɛr ˈkɑntɛkst, tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ɪts riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp tɪ ðə ˈsɪti, tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən wət ɪt məst hæv bɪn laɪk tɪ sɪt ðɛr, ˈtaʊrɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˈeɪnʧənt ənd wɔʧ ðə ˈreɪsɪz. ɪf ɔl goʊz əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ plæn, ðə ˈpəblɪk wɪl ˈoʊnli glɪmps ə smɔl ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə stoʊn wɔl ɪn ðə ˈbeɪsmənt kɑr gərɑʒ əv ə ˈfænsi əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ, sin θru ə smɔl ˈwɪndoʊ, ɪf ðət ˈwɪndoʊ ɪz ækˈsɛsəbəl æt ɔl. ɪn ðə pæst, aɪ hæv bɪn ˈfɪzɪkəli əˈsɔltɪd baɪ dɪˈvɛləpərz ənd vərˈbæli θˈrɛtənd baɪ ə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəl fər ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ ˈpɪkʧərz əv ruɪnz. bət aɪ bɪˈliv ðə ˈlɛbəˌniz ˈpəblɪk həz ə raɪt tɪ si ðiz ˈɪmɪʤɪz. aɪ bɪˈliv ɔl ˈsɪtɪzənz hæv ə raɪt tɪ si ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ðɛr ˈsɪti ər ðɛr ˈkəntri ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt ɪz riəreɪnʤd, məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtɪd ər klɪrd ɪnˈtaɪərli tɪ meɪk weɪ fər jɛt əˈnəðər blænd haɪ raɪz structure–*– ə kæʃ kaʊ fər ˌɪnˈvɛstərz, bət ə lɔs əv ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ənd aɪˈdɛntəˌti fər ðə ˈpəblɪk, ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈtʊrɪst ˈprɑʤɛkt tɪ ˈbɛnəfɪt smɔl ˈloʊkəl ˈbɪznɪsɪz, ə pleɪs fər skul ˈʧɪldrən ənd ˈædəlts tɪ ˈvɪzɪt, lərn drim ənd gɪt ˌɪnˈspaɪərd. soʊ wɪl ðə ˈhɪpəˌdroʊm sɪˈnɛrioʊ əv ˈklɪrɪŋ bi rɪˈpitɪd hir? ər wɪl ðə saɪt bi seɪvd ɛz wɑz ðə keɪs wɪθ ðə ˈroʊmən geɪt saɪt, wɛr kənˈstrəkʃən wɑz ˈhɔltɪd əˈmɪd ən ˌɪnˈtɛns ˈpəblɪk ˈprɛʃər kæmˈpeɪn? ˈdɪʤɪtəl district”*” ðə ˈmæsɪv plɑt əv lænd wɛr ðə ruɪnz hæv bɪn faʊnd wɑz ˈfɔrmərli ðə saɪt əv ə frɛnʧ ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr, ənd əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈrɛkərdz prəˈdust baɪ ˌʤɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˈæktɪvɪsts ˈpəblɪk wərks ˈstudiˌoʊ, ðə saɪt hæd bɪn juzd ɛz ðə əv christ”*” ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɛz ˈərli ɛz ðə mɪd 1800s*. ɪt ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ðə ˈlɑrʤli ˌɪmˈpɑvrɪʃt ˈneɪbərˌhʊd əv æl ər bachoura*, ˈbɔrdərɪŋ ðə ˈləgʒəri taʊərz əv ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn. səm rɪˈmeɪnz əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈbɪldɪŋ kən bi sin ɪn ˈpɪkʧərz aɪ tʊk əv ðə saɪt ˈdʊrɪŋ ə tʊr əv ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd bæk ɪn 2014 ɪt simz ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl wɑz dɪˈstrɔɪd ˈiðər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɔr ər ɪn ɪts ˈæftərˌmæθ. ðə gʊd θɪŋ əˈbaʊt oʊld stoʊn kənˈstrəkʃən frəm ðə ənd ˈərli ˈsɛnʧəri ɪz ðət ɪt læks dip faʊnˈdeɪʃənz ənd ðəs ə lɔt əv ˈeɪnʧənt beɪˈrut həz bɪn ənˈkəvərd fər ðiz ˈrizənz: ðə əˈbændənd plɑt wɑz juzd ɛz ə ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd fər ˈloʊkəl ˈʧɪldrən ənˈtɪl ɪt wɑz ˈpərʧəst ɪn 2007 baɪ ə ril ɛˈsteɪt fərm kɔld alia”*” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈpəblɪk wərks ˈrisərʧ, ənd kənˈstrəkʃən ˈsərˌveɪɪŋ bɪˈgæn ənd ˈhɛvi məˈʃinəri əraɪvd ɪn 2013 ðə plɑt əv lænd ˈbɔrdərz ðə beɪˈrut ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈdɪstrɪkt) ˈprɑʤɛkt, ə ˈpraɪvət ril ɛˈsteɪt ˈprɑʤɛkt ðət wɪl ɛnˈkəmpəs ə ˈsɪriz əv haɪ ˈraɪzɪz ðət dɪˈvɛləpərz seɪ wɪl bi tɪ ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən ənd creativity.”*.” hir ər səm ˈɑrtɪst kənˈsɛpʃənz: ˈlɛbəˌniz ˈmɪnɪstərz hæv vɔɪst səˈpɔrt fər ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, ˈprɑməsɪŋ tɪ ˈɔfər ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪzd ˈɪntərˌnɛt ənd tæks ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz tɪ hɛlp meɪk ɪt ə tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈkləstər tɪ bust ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. æt ðə taɪm əv ɪts lɔnʧ, ðə ˈtɛləkɑm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈivɪn kleɪmd wʊd ðə wounds”*” əv ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr ənd ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɑz ˈoʊvər baɪ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ɛz ˈsɪləkən valley.”*.” ˈkrɪtɪks seɪ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz ðə seɪm oʊld haɪ ɛnd ril ɛˈsteɪt ˌʤɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˈəndər ðə gaɪz əv ˌɑntrəprəˈnərʃɪp ˈbəzwərdz ənd wɪl ˈoʊnli draɪv əp ˈpraɪsɪz ɪn ðə ˌɪmˈpɑvrɪʃt ˈneɪbərˌhʊd waɪl ˈɔfərɪŋ rɛnts fɑr tu ɪkˈspɛnsɪv fər ˈstrəgəlɪŋ ˈstɑrˈtəps ər ˈɛni ˈævərɪʤ ˈlɛbəˌniz tɪ əˈfɔrd. ə dɪˈteɪld ˈmæstər plæn əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ʃoʊz ðət ɪt ɛnˈkəmpəsəz ðə oʊld ˈhɑˌspɪtəl plɑt wɛr ðə ˌɑrkiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz hæv bɪn ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ. fər səm ˈrizən, ðiz mæps ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər əˈveɪləbəl ɔn ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. bət aɪ juzd tɪ rɪˈtriv ðɛm: ɪf wi mæʧ ðɪs tɪ ə ˈgugəl mæp ˈsætəˌlaɪt ˈɪmɪʤ əv ðə ruɪnz saɪt, sin ɛz ðə pæʧ əv dərt ɔn ðə left…*… wi kən si ðət ðə blu ˈdɑtɪd laɪn ɔn ðə lɛft, juzd tɪ mɑrk ˈpɑrsəlz, ɛnˈkəmpəsəz ðə ruɪnz saɪt: ənˈklɪr waɪ ðɪs dɪˈteɪld mæp həz bɪn riˈmuvd frəm ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. həz ðɪs plæn bɪn əˈbændənd? ər wɑz ðɪs tu məʧ ˈditeɪl tɪ dɪˈvəlʤ? ðə əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt əˈveɪləbəl ˈɔnˌlaɪn kənˈteɪnz noʊ plɑt ˈditeɪlz, bət ʤɪst gɪvz ə veɪg ˌsɪləˈwɛt əv ðə prəˈpoʊzd taʊərz ənd ˈbɪldɪŋz: soʊ ɪz ðə plɑt stɪl pɑrt əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ər ɪz ɪt oʊnd baɪ ðə ɛl ˈkəmpəˌni ənd ɪz ðɛr ˈɛni riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ðə tu? ɪf ðə ˈfɔrmər ɪz tru, haʊ wʊd ˈhændəl ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri əv ruɪnz ɔn ɪts ˈprɑpərti? ˈæˌkʧuəli ðɪs ɪz nɑt ðə fərst taɪm ruɪnz hæv bɪn dɪˈskəvərd ɔn ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈpɑrsəlz, wɪʧ ər biɪŋ bɪlt ˈoʊnli ə fju blɑks əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈoʊldəst ˌprihɪˈstɔrɪk ˈsɛtəlmənts əv beɪˈrut. ɪn 2014 aɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ən ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən ˈteɪkɪŋ ʃeɪp æt əˈnəðər plɑt 1075 rɪˈvilɪŋ ən ɑrʧ ˈstrəkʧər: ə fju wiks ˈleɪtər, əraʊnd noʊv. 2014 ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz rɪˈvild ə ˈsɛkənd, ənd ˈlɔŋgər ɑrʧ ˈstrəkʧər ˈivɪn ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðə strit: kʊd ðiz ˈstrəkʧərz bi rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðoʊz faʊnd ɔn ðə oʊld ˈhɑˌspɪtəl plɑt, wɪʧ ɪz ʤɪst daʊn ðə strit frəm 1075 ər dɪd ðeɪ bɪˈlɔŋ tɪ ə ˈdɪfərənt ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən? wɪn kənˈstrəkʃən əv 1075 bɪˈgæn, ɪt simd ðeɪ wər traɪɪŋ tɪ bɪld əraʊnd ðə ruɪnz, ɛz sin ɪn ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤɪz frəm dɪˈsɛmbər 2014 bət naʊ ɪn 2017 sɪns ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt həz bɪn kəmˈplitɪd wɪθ ə wɔl əraʊnd ɪt, ɪt wɑz hɑrd tɪ tɛl ɪf ðə ruɪnz wər ˈsəmˌhaʊ prɪˈzərvd ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ɔn saɪt: hɑrd tɪ tɛl frəm ˈɛriəl ʃɑts əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈɔnˌlaɪn ɪf ˈɛniˌθɪŋ wɑz prɪˈzərvd ɪn ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt nɪr ðə raʊnd glæs ˈbɪldɪŋ, wɛr ðə ɑrʧt ruɪnz wəns stʊd: soʊ ə fju deɪz əˈgoʊ aɪ stɑpt baɪ tɪ ʧɛk. ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt frəm ðə strit ˈɛntrəns, ðə ˈsərkjələr glæs ˈbɪldɪŋ kən bi sin ɔn ðə raɪt: wi kən si ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt ɪz kəmˈplitli ˈɛmti wɪθ noʊ ruɪnz ˈvɪzəbəl ɔn saɪt. wər ðiz ruɪnz dimd nɑt ˈvæljəbəl ɪˈnəf tɪ prɪˈzərv ɔn saɪt? wɑz ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt weɪd əv ˈgreɪtər ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns ðən pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈeɪnʧənt ˈstrəkʧərz? wət ˈhæpənd tɪ ðə ruɪnz ɪn ðət keɪs? ər ðeɪ ɪn ˈstɔrɪʤ? wɪl ðeɪ bi dɪˈspleɪd ˈɛlsˌwɛr? ðə ˈbɪgər kˈwɛʃən ɪz: wɪl ðə ruɪnz ɔn ðə oʊld ˈhɑˌspɪtəl plɑt mit ə ˈsɪmələr feɪt ənd bɪˈkəm ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɑts fər ər əˈnəðər ˈprɑʤɛkt? ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, ˈrisəntli ˈtaʊtɪd ɪts preɪz fər ˈlɛbəˌniz ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ɪn ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊst əˈbaʊt ən ˈoʊldər ˈbɪldɪŋ ðət həz bɪn rɪˈstɔrd ənd wɪl bɪˈkəm pɑrt əv ðɛr ˈprɑʤɛkt: ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɪz stɪl groʊɪŋ! 1281 ɪz ðə nuəst əˈdɪʃən tɪ ɑr ɪkˈspændɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkt. ˈivɪn ðoʊ eɪm is…*… ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ beɪˈrut ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈdɪstrɪkt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈfɛbruˌɛri 10 2017 ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə poʊst, aɪ æst wət wɑz duɪŋ fər ðə ˈloʊkəl kəmˈjunɪti ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ kleɪmz əˈbaʊt dɪˈstrəktɪv ˌʤɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˈifɛkts ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt meɪ hæv ɔn ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd. ðeɪ ˈænsərd baɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz səˈpɔrtɪŋ 15 ˈloʊkəl ˈfæməliz ənd hɛlpt riˈbɪld ə ˈloʊkəl ˈpəblɪk skul. ðət sim tɪ bi ən ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri əˈmaʊnt əv ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvɪs fər ə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd əv ˈθaʊzənz ənd ˈɔlsoʊ fər ðə waɪd ˈgəvərnmənt səˈpɔrt ənd tæks ənd ˈbændwɪdθ ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz ɪz səˈpoʊzədli ˈgɪtɪŋ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪt wʊd bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr ðiz ˈɪʃuz ˈfərðər ənd tɪ æsk ɪf ðɛr plɛʤ tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈlɛbəˌniz ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ənd ˈhɪstəri meɪ bi ɪkˈstɛndɪd tɪ ruɪnz faʊnd ɔn ðə plɑts ðeɪ ər naʊ dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ, wɪʧ meɪ ˈlaɪkli ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈteɪn ˈeɪnʧənt ˈstrəkʧərz. nɛkst? aɪ hoʊp tɪ spik tɪ ənd ˈəðər ˈmeɪʤər beɪˈrut ril ɛˈsteɪt dɪˈvɛləpərz ɔn ðɛr əˈproʊʧ tɪ prɪˈzərvɪŋ ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ɛz pɑrt əv ə ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪv rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkt aɪ hæv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn wɪθ prɛs stɑrt. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hoʊp tɪ spik tɪ mɔr ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts ənd ˈgəvərnmənt ænˈtɪkwətiz əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ lərn haʊ dɪˈsɪʒənz ər meɪd ɔn prɪˈzərvɪŋ saɪts, wət ˈhæpənz tɪ ruɪnz ðət ər riˈmuvd frəm ðə ˈeɪnʧənt saɪts ənd wət ər ðə ˈʧælənʤɪz əv kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪŋ ðiz faɪndz wɪθ ðə ˈpəblɪk. ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, fil fri tɪ ʃɛr ðiz ˈɪmɪʤɪz ənd ðɪs poʊst tɪ hɛlp mi gɪt səm ˈænsərz. ənd ɪf gɑt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ rɔŋ, aɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ rɪˈspɑnsɪz frəm əˈθɔrətiz ər əˈfɪʃəlz ˈrɛdɪŋ ðɪs hu kən hɛlp ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ðə ˈneɪʧər ənd ˈstætəs əv ðiz ruɪnz. aɪ wɪl ˈhæpəli ˈəpˌdeɪt ðə poʊst wɪθ ˈɛni ˈkɑmɛnts lɛft ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ˈsɛkʃən bɪˈloʊ. ˈəpˌdeɪt: ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər kəmˈplitɪŋ ðɪs ˈmæsɪv poʊst, aɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ə ˈstɔri wɑz ʤɪst ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ˈloʊkəl frɛnʧ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər lə ʤur, dɪˈteɪlɪŋ səm əv ðə faɪndz. ˌɪnˈdid, ɪt dɪz sim ðə saɪt ɪz ə ˈbɛriəl graʊnd ər ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri frəm ðə fərst ˈsɛnʧəri a.d*. wɪθ səm 250 tumz dɪˈskəvərd! əˈməŋ ðə əˈnərθt ˈfaɪndɪŋz wər ˈʤuəlri, ˈskɛlətənz ənd ðiz ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ ˈstæˌʧuz prɪˈzuməbli juzd ɛz pɑrt əv tumz tɪ ðə dɛd: ðə tɔp ˈfɪgjər meɪ hæv bɪn juzd tɪ mɑrk ðə greɪv əv ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈroʊmən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl, waɪl ðə sfɪŋks bɪˈloʊ simz tɪ hæv ˈeɪnʧənt ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈɔrəʤɪnz ər ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən: ɪn wən greɪv, ə ˈpərsən ɪz ˈivɪn ˈbɛrid wɪθ ə hɔrs, pərˈhæps ə ˌsækrəˈfɪʃəl ˈɔfərɪŋ fər ˈgɪtɪŋ əraʊnd ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌlaɪf? ˈfaɪnəli, ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludz ðiz ˌənˈdeɪtɪd ˈɪmɪʤɪz frəm ðə ˈərli ˈpɪriəd əv ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən æt ðə oʊld ˈhɑˌspɪtəl plɑt. hir wi kən si ðə ˈsərkjələr ˈstrəkʧər ənd ðə rɛkˈtæŋgjələr ˈbɪldɪŋz (tumz?) ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ wər ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɪd ɛz sin ɪn ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊz æt ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðɪs poʊst: hir ər səm ˈkɑmɛnts frəm ðə lɛd ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪst kˈwoʊtɪd ɪn ðə pis, ɛz trænzˈleɪtəd baɪ ˈgugəl: ˈfɪgjər əv ðə laɪən ɪn ə fˈjunərˌɛri ˈkɑntɛkst həz ən ˈeɪnʧənt ˌɔriˈɛnəl ˈɔrəʤən. ɪt ˈʤɛnərəli rɪˈfərz tɪ ə sɪmˈbɑlɪk ˈæˌspɛkt. ɪn ðə ˈroʊmən wərld, ənd əˈspɛʃəli sɪns ðə ˈɪrə, ɪts ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən ɪz ˈkɑmənli juzd ɛz ə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈaɪkɑn ðət kʊd ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət ðə tum wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd fər ə ˈroʊmən ˈvɛtərən, ˈʤɔrʤɪz əˈbu diwan*, ˈædɪŋ ðət ðə ˈminɪŋ əv ðə ˈfɪgjər əv ðə læm ɪn ðɪs ˈfreɪmˌwərk ɪz biɪŋ ˈstədid. ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈmɛθədz juzd ɪn ðɪs ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən hæv ɪˈneɪbəld ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts tɪ ˈbɛtər ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˌkrɑnəˈlɑʤɪkəl juz əv ðə ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri, ɪts dɪˈvɛləpmənt ənd ðə fˈjunərˌɛri ˈpræktɪsɪz əˈdɑptəd ɪn beɪˈrut ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈroʊmən times,”*,” ðə ˈspɛʃəlɪst kənˈkludz. ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪz kwaɪt ʃɔrt ənd ðɛr ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ jɛt ɔn ðə bɪg wɔl ˈstrəkʧər ər ðə 12 ˈkɑləm ˈbɪldɪŋ, ðə ˈəðər smɔl ˈbɪldɪŋz, ðə ˈsərkjələr ˈbeɪsən ər ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈkɑbəlˌstoʊn pæθ ðət simz tɪ hæv bɪn wɑʃt əˈweɪ. soʊ wi wɪl hæv tɪ weɪt fər ðə æˈnælɪsɪs ɔn ðoʊz. ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ˈɛni nuz ɔn ðə fˈjuʧər əv ðə saɪt, ˈmɪrli seɪɪŋ ðət ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃənz ər du tɪ kənˈtɪnju θruaʊt 2017 ðɛr ər stɪl ə lɔt əv ˈlɪŋgərɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈminɪŋ ənd feɪt əv ðɪs saɪt. ˈəpˌdeɪt 2 ʤɪst bɪn əˈlərtɪd tɪ ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ðə saɪt ˈpəblɪʃt ə ˈkəpəl əv deɪz əˈgoʊ baɪ ˈɛmˈtiˈvi ˈlɛbənən. ɪt ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət ðə saɪt ɪz ˌɪnˈdid ə ˈbɛriəl bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈroʊmən ˈpɪriəd ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ðət ɪt kənˈteɪnz pɑrt əv ðə ˈsɪti wɔl ɛz wɛl ɛz ə roʊd ˈlidɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈsɪti. ˈbɛriəlz ər ˈtɪpɪkəli faʊnd əˈlɔŋ roʊdz ˈlidɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈsɪti ɪn ˈroʊmən taɪmz. ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ðə bɛst ˌrɛzəˈluʃən bət ju kən hæv ən aɪˈdiə: ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈroʊmən roʊd, aɪ lʊkt bæk æt səm əv maɪ ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv ðə ˈərli ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən ˈpɪriəd ənd aɪ hæd ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈwəndərd ɪf ðiz wər ˈʧɛriət træks: ðeɪ riˈmaɪndɪd mi əv ˈʧɛriət træks aɪ hæd sin ɔn ə trɪp tɪ pompeii*, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðiz ər wɛl dɪˈfaɪnd ənd pɑrt əv ə peɪvd roʊd: kʊd ɪt bi ðət ðə roʊd tɪ ˈroʊmən wɑz ˌəˌpeɪvd ər du ðiz træks bɪˈlɔŋ tɪ əˈnəðər ˈpɪriəd ər ər ðeɪ nɑt træks æt ɔl? aɪ hæv ˈrisəntli bɪn ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd baɪ ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts frəm ðə saɪt hu hæv ˈwɛlkəmd mi tɪ ˈvɪzɪt. kənˈsɪdərɪŋ pæst ˈvaɪələnt ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz, aɪ meɪ nid tɪ teɪk səm frɛndz əˈlɔŋ ðɪs taɪm! bət ðeɪ əˈʃʊrd mi ðət θɪŋz ər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ənd ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ bi mɔr ˈoʊpən ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. hoʊp soʊ fər ðə seɪk əv ðə ˈsɪti ənd ðə ˈtrɛʒərz ˈmɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs wɔnt tɪ si prɪˈzərvd, ʃɛrd ənd dɪˈspleɪd. ɪf ˈteɪkɪŋ pɑrt ɪn ən ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn ˈsɪdni, ʧɛk aʊt ˈmɪni ˈɛkskəˌveɪtər haɪər.
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a wide range of ancient structures have been uncovered in downtown beirut that may provide important clues to the city’s millennia-old history. the archaeological digs have been going on for at least several months near the construction of the massive multi-tower project known as beirut digital district. unfortunately walls around the site prevent the public from getting a good view. that is unless, you find a hole in the wall:
upon a closer look: a row of small buildings is visible from recent excavations. they appear to be on platforms, interspersed with smaller podiums or column bases, and one seems to have steps:.
below is a closer look at the building in the foreground, taken a few months earlier before the buildings in the background had been fully excavated:
i’ve shown this image to some archaeologists who have mentioned the vaulted structure and what seems to be a smokestack in the background, could be part of an oven of sorts.
here’s a closer shot:
the assumption is that the site may have been used as a pottery factory. but this is just speculation at this point and we’ll have to wait for the archaeologists’ final report.
from another angle we can see the front facade of the previous vaulted structure, which has an arch.
it is almost as if there is a clearing or path between the two rows of buildings, with a hard white rock surface between them. here’s another perspective from the back side of the arched building, showing the space between it and the other structures:
even more intriguing is another row of structures behind these, again with what seems to be a clearing in between them. there is a circular structure on a platform and two other structures with step-like features:
here, we can see a closer view of both the circular and square bases of what appear to also have been small buildings. the one on the right appears to have column bases.
here from a different angle we can see the circular building to the right of the column bases, also on a type of platform:
from yet another angle, overlooking these two, we can confirm that these look like column bases, with four on every side, the corner columns appear double-sided:
i began to wonder, what type of building could have 12 flat half columns, all linked together in a box square? i looked through hundreds of pictures online of ancient roman structures. most columns on ancient buildings are circular and widely spaced out, part of big temples. i couldn’t find any that matched this small square 12 half column form. until i stumbled upon this image:
this is absolom’s tomb in jerusalem, not too far from beirut and which some date back to the early roman period, during which beirut was prominent, so the time period and location are not too far off.
here’s another view with a detail on the 12 column square structure with double-sided corner columns:
i want to emphasize this is just my speculation based on numerous image searches and could be something entirely different and perhaps even more interesting.
but there is much more to explore on this sprawling site.
moving from the multi-column base to the circular structure, which appears to have bedrock inside of it, we can see the back sides of the two small stone structures/buildings in the first image of this post:
here’s another image of the circular structure from a photo taken earlier this year:
moving in the opposite direction, to the right of the multi-column structure, we can see another stone structure next to it, more of the exposed rock bottom in the middle and what looks like a type of pool or basin right of center. it’s not clear if the steps to the right form any type of structure or were part of the digging process:
i’ve seen this gray basin-like bowl before in an image a friend sent me several months ago. here we can see a group of neighborhood children playing near it:
by tilting the camera angle we can see the children are standing on what appears to be a cobble stone-like path:
unfortunately, the path or floor seems to have disappeared in a photo of the same spot taken a few weeks later, after a heavy rain. did it collapse or was it moved? there also appears to be some burials in the vicinity:
finally there is one more very interesting feature to talk about on this site. it looks like a massive wall:
here is a closer view from a top angle, that appears to show a drain or “manhole” feature:
could this wall link up with other ruins that are believed to make up the a city wall surrounding roman beirut? see previous posts on this site that exposed excavations on what some believe is the roman gate of beirut, found only a few blocks north of here, as well as a wall-like structure found during construction of high rise in safi a few blocks to the east.
will this wall help us draw a map of roman berytus or do these stones belong to an entirely different structure?
what will happen to this site?
the only reason we usually have excavations in beirut is because someone has purchased the land for a major real estate project. if ruins are found, by law the developer must alert authorities, allow archaeological excavations and fund those excavations until completion is determined to be complete.
a decision is then made on whether or not the ruins will be kept in place, moved or demolished in order to make way for the real estate project. how that decision is made is often not a very transparent process and ruins found on many plots across beirut have been cleared over the last few decades, such as the roman chariot racetrack or hippodrome of beirut (documented on this blog) and which was gutted and is now the site of a luxury real estate project.
the developer has promised to bring back a small portion of the ruins but it is unclear if the public will be able to access the site, as i reported for the bbc. whatever the case, because the racetrack remains have now been completely razed, the public will never get to see the outline of the track, they will never be able to see the site in its original open air context, to understand its relationship to the city, to imagine what it must have been like to sit there, towering over ancient berytus and watch the races. if all goes according to plan, the public will only glimpse a small portion of the stone wall in the basement car garage of a fancy apartment building, seen through a small window, if that window is accessible at all.
in the past, i have been physically assaulted by developers and verbally threatened by a high-ranking government official for publishing pictures of ruins. but i believe the lebanese public has a right to see these images. i believe all citizens have a right to see the history of their city or their country before it is rearranged, manipulated or cleared entirely to make way for yet another bland high rise structure– a cash cow for investors, but a loss of heritage and identity for the public, a potential tourist project to benefit small local businesses, a place for school children and adults to visit, learn dream and get inspired.
so will the hippodrome scenario of clearing be repeated here? or will the site be saved as was the case with the roman gate site, where construction was halted amid an intense public pressure campaign?
“beirut digital district”
the massive plot of land where the ruins have been found was formerly the site of a french hospital before the civil war, and according to records produced by gentrification activists public works studio, the site had been used as the “heart of christ” hospital as early as the mid 1800s. it is located in the largely impoverished neighborhood of khandaq al ghamiq or bachoura, bordering the luxury towers of downtown. some remains of the original hospital building can be seen in pictures i took of the site during a tour of the neighborhood back in 2014:
it seems the hospital was destroyed either during the war or in its aftermath. the good thing about old stone construction from the 19th and early 20th century is that it lacks deep foundations and thus a lot of ancient beirut has been uncovered for these reasons:
the abandoned plot was used as a playground for local children until it was purchased in 2007 by a real estate firm called “el alia” according to public works research, and construction surveying began and heavy machinery arrived in 2013.
the plot of land borders the beirut digital district (bdd) project, a private real estate project that will encompass a series of high rises that developers say will be “dedicated to innovation and creativity.” here are some artist conceptions:
lebanese ministers have voiced support for the project, promising to offer subsidized internet and tax incentives to help make it a technology cluster to boost the economy. at the time of its launch, the telecom minister even claimed bdd would “heal the wounds” of the civil war and the project was fawned over by cnn as “lebanon’s silicon valley.” critics say the project is the same old high end real estate gentrification under the guise of entrepreneurship buzzwords and will only drive up prices in the impoverished neighborhood while offering rents far too expensive for struggling start-ups or any average lebanese to afford.
a detailed master plan of the project shows that it encompasses the old hospital plot where the archaeological excavations have been ongoing. for some reason, these maps are no longer available on the bdd website. but i used cahcedview.com to retrieve them:
if we match this masterplan to a google map satellite image of the ruins site, seen as the patch of dirt on the left…
we can see that the blue dotted line on the left, used to mark bdd parcels, encompasses the ruins site:
it’s unclear why this detailed map has been removed from the bdd website. has this plan been abandoned? or was this too much detail to divulge?
the curent masterplan of the project available online contains no plot details, but just gives a vague silhouette of the proposed towers and buildings:
so is the ruins/hospital plot still part of the bdd project or is it owned by the el alia company and is there any relationship between the two? if the former is true, how would bdd handle the discovery of ruins on its property?
actually this is not the first time ruins have been discovered on the bdd project parcels, which are being built only a few blocks away from the oldest prehistoric settlements of beirut.
in 2014, i noticed an excavation taking shape at another bdd plot (bdd 1075), revealing an arch structure:
a few weeks later, around nov. 2014, excavations revealed a second, and longer arch structure even closer to the street:
could these structures be related to those found on the old hospital plot, which is just down the street from bdd 1075? or did they belong to a different civilization?
when construction of bdd 1075 began, it seemed they were trying to build around the ruins, as seen in this images from december 2014:
but now in 2017, since this bdd project has been completed with a wall around it, it was hard to tell if the ruins were somehow preserved inside, on site:
it’s hard to tell from aerial shots of the project online if anything was preserved in the parking lot near the round glass building, where the arched ruins once stood:
so a few days ago i stopped by to check. looking inwards at the parking lot from the street entrance, the circular glass building can be seen on the right:
we can see the parking lot is completely empty with no ruins visible on site. were these ruins deemed not valuable enough to preserve on site? was the parking lot weighed of greater importance than potential ancient structures? what happened to the ruins in that case? are they in storage? will they be displayed elsewhere?
the bigger question is: will the ruins on the old hospital plot meet a similar fate and become parking lots for bdd or another project?
interestingly, bdd recently touted its praise for lebanese heritage in a facebook post about an older building that has been restored and will become part of their project:
the bdd community is still growing! bdd 1281 is the newest addition to our expanding district. even though bdd’s aim is… posted by beirut digital district on friday, february 10, 2017
in the comments section of the post, i asked what bdd was doing for the local community in response to claims about destructive gentrification effects the project may have on the neighborhood. they answered by claiming the project is supporting 15 local families and helped rebuild a local public school. that doesn’t seem to be an extraordinary amount of public service for a neighborhood of thousands and also for the wide government support and tax and bandwidth incentives bdd is supposedly getting.
however it would be interesting to explore these issues further and to ask bdd if their pledge to support lebanese heritage and history may be extended to ruins found on the plots they are now developing, which may likely also contain ancient structures.
what’s next?
i hope to speak to bdd and other major beirut real estate developers on their approach to preserving heritage as part of a crowd-funding investigative reporting project i have been working on with press start. i also hope to speak to more archaeologists and government antiquities officials to learn how decisions are made on preserving sites, what happens to ruins that are removed from the ancient sites and what are the challenges of communicating these finds with the public.
in the meantime, feel free to share these images and this post to help me get some answers. and if i’ve got anything wrong, i encourage responses from authorities or officials reading this who can help clarify the nature and status of these ruins. i will happily update the post with any comments left in the comments section below.
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update:
shortly after completing this massive post, i noticed a story was just published by local french newspaper l’orient le jour, detailing some of the finds. indeed, it does seem the site is a burial ground or cemetery from the first century a.d. with some 250 tombs discovered!
among the unearthed findings were jewelry, skeletons and these fascinating statues presumably used as part of tombs to the dead:
the top figure may have been used to mark the grave of an important roman individual, while the sphinx below seems to have ancient egyptian origins or inspiration:
in one grave, a person is even buried with a horse, perhaps a sacrificial offering for getting around in the afterlife?
finally, the article also includes these undated images from the early period of excavation at the old hospital plot. here we can see the circular structure and the rectangular buildings (tombs?) before they were excavated as seen in the photos at the beginning of this post:
here are some comments from the lead archaeologist quoted in the piece, as translated by google:
“the figure of the lion in a funerary context has an ancient oriental origin. it generally refers to a symbolic aspect. in the roman world, and especially since the augustian era, its representation is commonly used as a military iconographic icon that could indicate that the tomb was intended for a roman veteran, “said georges abou diwan, adding that the meaning of the figure of the lamb in this framework is being studied.
“the scientific methods used in this excavation have enabled archaeologists to better understand the chronological use of the cemetery, its development and the funerary practices adopted in beirut during roman times,” the specialist concludes.
the l’orient article is quite short and there is nothing yet on the big wall structure or the 12 column building, the other small buildings, the circular basin or the former cobblestone path that seems to have been washed away. so we will have to wait for the analysis on those. the article also doesn’t have any news on the future of the site, merely saying that excavations are due to continue throughout 2017.
there are still a lot of lingering questions about the meaning and fate of this site.
update 2 (6/3/17):
i’ve just been alerted to this video report on the site published a couple of days ago by mtv lebanon. it indicates that the site is indeed a burial belonging to the roman period and also that it contains part of the city wall as well as a road leading into the city. burials are typically found along roads leading into the city in roman times. the video isn’t the best resolution but you can have an idea:
thinking about the potential roman road, i looked back at some of my photos of the early excavation period and i had always wondered if these were chariot tracks:
they reminded me of chariot tracks i had seen on a trip to pompeii, although these are well defined and part of a paved road:
could it be that the road to roman berytus was unpaved or do these tracks belong to another period or are they not tracks at all?
i have recently been contacted by archaeologists from the site who have welcomed me to visit. considering past violent experiences, i may need to take some friends along this time! but they assured me that things are changing and they want to be more open in the future. let’s hope so for the sake of the city and the treasures many of us want to see preserved, shared and displayed. if you’re taking part in an excavation project in sydney, check out mini excavator hire.
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əkˈsɛptɪŋ ðə 2017 ˈstərlɪŋ praɪz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi, ˈdɑnəld məkˈfɪrsən kɔld fər ˈloʊkəl ˈgəvərnmənts tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ˈfɛdərəl nɑrˈkɑtɪks lɔz ənd wərk tɪ ɛnd ðə wɔr ɔn drəgz 1 əv 3 2 əv 3 æt jʊr ˈkɔrnər store.”*.” ðət wɑz ðə ˈtaɪtəl əv ə spiʧ ðət ˈdɑnəld məkˈfɪrsən dɪˈlɪvərd ˌbiˈfɔr ə fʊl haʊs æt ˈmɔrɪs ʤeɪ ˈsɛntər fər ˈdaɪəˌlɔg læst naɪt (ɑkˈtoʊbər 10 hi bɪˈgæn baɪ ˌriˈkaʊntɪŋ ðə ˈɔrəʤɪnz əv ðət freɪz. ɪt wɑz ðə leɪt ənd ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs dɛθs əˈkrɔs b.c*. hæd ˈrɪzən ˈstɛdəli fər jɪrz, frəm 80 ɪn 1990 tɪ 400 ɪn 1998 dɪˈlɪvərd hɪz spiʧ ɪn əkˈsɛptəns əv ðə 2017 ˈnɔrə ənd tɛd ˈstərlɪŋ praɪz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ðət æt ðə taɪm, hi wɑz dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˌkɑrˈneɪgi kəmˈjunɪti ˈsɛntər. frəm ðət ˈvæntɪʤ pɔɪnt æt ðə ˈkɔrnər əv meɪn strit ənd ist ˈheɪstɪŋz, hi hæd wɔʧt ðə drəg ˈprɑbləm ˈspaɪrəl aʊt əv kənˈtroʊl. ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈpɑsəbəl səˈluʃənz, məkˈfɪrsən bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈɑrgju ðət drəgz ʃʊd bi ˈligəˌlaɪzd. ɪf səˈplaɪz əv koʊˈkeɪn ənd ˈhɛroʊən wər ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, hi keɪm tɪ bɪˈliv, ˈjuzərz bi kɔt ɔf gɑrd baɪ ənˈnoʊn ənd ˈpɔɪzənəs kənˈtæməˌneɪts. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ðɛr wʊd bi fjuər ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs dɛθs. ““oh*, gɑd, ju wɔnt tɪ ˈligəˌlaɪz drugs?”*?” məkˈfɪrsən rɪˈkɔld ˈskɛptɪks ˈæskɪŋ ɪm. du ju wɔnt? ˈhɛroʊən ɪn 7/11s?”*?” ðə aɪˈdiə əv səʧ ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈsəbstəns soʊ ˈrɛdəli əˈveɪləbəl ˈtɛrəˌfaɪd ˈpipəl. ““then*, wən deɪ, aʊt əv ðə blu, bəd [ˈɔzˌbɔrn] foʊnz mi up,”*,” məkˈfɪrsən kənˈtɪnjud. ðə ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn poʊət ənd ˈæktɪvɪst hæd ˈrisəntli ə grup kɔld ðə vænˈkuvər ˈɛriə ˈnɛtˌwərk əv drəg ˈjuzərz (vandu*) ənd hi ənd məkˈfɪrsən ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðeɪ wər ˈfaɪtɪŋ fər ðə seɪm saɪd. ““donald*, aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈmɑdəl wʊd bi ˈbɛtər ðən wət got,”*,” ˈɔzˌbɔrn toʊld ɪm. list ˈsəmˌwən wʊd hæv tɪ tɔk tɪ ˈsəmˌwən hu ə drəg ˈdilər tɪ gɪt ðɛr ˈhɛroʊən. ənd bi baɪɪŋ ˈhɛroʊən, nɑt ˈsəmθɪŋ else.”*.” məkˈfɪrsən wɑz haɪərd baɪ ˈfɪlɪp oʊən ɛz ðə ˈsɪti əv fərst koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər. ɪn 2001 hi ˈɔθərd ə ˈlændˌmɑrk ˈpɑləsi ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ðət trænsˈfɔrmd haʊ vænˈkuvər rɪˈspɑndz tɪ ˈʧælənʤɪz əv drəgz ənd əˈdɪkʃən. kɔld ə ˈfreɪmˌwərk fər ˈækʃən: ə əˈproʊʧ tɪ drəg ˈprɑbləmz ɪn vænˈkuvər, ɪt sɛd ðət hɑrm rɪˈdəkʃən ʃʊd stænd əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd priˈvɛnʃən, ˈtritmənt, ənd ɛnˈfɔrsmənt. ðət ɪf ˈpipəl wər goʊɪŋ tɪ juz drəgz, ə ˈloʊkəl ˈgəvərnmənt ʃʊd hɛlp ðɛm du ðət ɪn ɛz seɪf ə ˈmænər ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. nɔrθ fərst ˈsæŋkʃənd fəˈsɪlɪti, insite*, ˈoʊpənd tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər, ɪn 2003 ðə fɔr ˈpɪlərz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ðət hɛlθ əˈθɔrətiz ʃʊd prəˈvaɪd ˈsərvɪsɪz wɛr ˈmɑrʤənəˌlaɪzd ˈpipəl ər æt, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈproʊˌgræmz ækˈsɛsəbəl tɪ drəg ˈjuzərz wɪθ ɛz fju ˈbɛriərz ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. baɪ 2007 ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs dɛθs əˈkrɔs b.c*. wər daʊn tɪ 202 ˈɔlˌmoʊst hæf ðə 400 dɛθs ðɛr wər ɪn 1998 wɪn fərst ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs ˈkraɪsəs hɪt ɪts pik. tɛn jɪrz ˈleɪtər, ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs dɛθs həz ˈskaɪˌrɑkətɪd tɪ ə prɑˈʤɛktəd ɪn 2017 ɪz nɑt ə ˈfeɪljər əv ɑr ˈtritmənt systems,”*,” məkˈfɪrsən sɛd æt ðə ˈsɛntər fər ˈdaɪəˌlɔg. ɪz nɑt ə ˈfeɪljər əv ðə ˈsɪstəm, ɪt ɪz nɑt ə ˈfeɪljər əv priˈskraɪbɪŋ ˈpræktɪsɪz. ɪt ɪz ə ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk ˈfeɪljər əv ɑr drəg ˈpɑləsiz, əv ɑr policies.”*.” ˈvɪdioʊ əv ˈdɑnəld məkˈfɪrsən rɪˈsivz 2017 ˈnɔrə ənd tɛd ˈstərlɪŋ praɪz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi məkˈfɪrsən ækˈnɑlɪʤd ðət ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ən ɛnd tɪ ðə wɔr ɔn drəgz wʊd bi ə ˈsɪriəs ɪnˈdɛvər. bət hi ˈɑrgjud ðət tɪ ˈtruli rɪˈspɑnd tɪ əˈdɪkʃən ɛz ə hɛlθ ˈɪʃu, ˈɛndɪŋ ðə drəg wɔr ɪz rikˈwaɪərd. seɪ, ər ju goʊɪŋ tɪ du? surrender?’”*?’” məkˈfɪrsən kənˈtɪnjud. ““yes*. sərˈɛndər! fər seɪk, gɪv ðət əp ənd stɑrt duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli goʊɪŋ tɪ work.”*.” ɪn ˈkænədə, drəg lɔz ər ə ˈfɛdərəl ˈɪʃu. ənd praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈʤəstɪn truˈdoʊ həz rɪˈpitɪdli sɛd ðə ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈgəvərnmənt wɪl nɑt dɪˈskəs ˈligəˌlaɪzɪŋ ər ˈivɪn diˌkrɪmənəˈlaɪzɪŋ hɑrd drəgz laɪk koʊˈkeɪn ənd ˈhɛroʊən. bət məkˈfɪrsən ˈɑrgjud ðət tɪ ən ɪkˈstɛnt, ˈriʤənəl ˈgəvərnmənts kən teɪk stɛps wɪˈθaʊt ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ˈɑtəˌwɑ. nid tɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli diˌkrɪmənəˈlaɪz pəˈzɛʃən fər ˈpərsɪnəl juz. ðət kən bi dən baɪ ˌɪnˈstrəktɪŋ ðə pəˈlis nɑt tɪ ˈbɑðər ˈɛniˌwən fər ˈpərsɪnəl possession,”*,” məkˈfɪrsən ɪkˈspleɪnd. ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðə prəˈvɪnʃəl əˈθɔrətiz kən lʊk ˈɪntu that.”*.” nu ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ ənd əˈdɪkʃənz, ˈʤudi ˈdɑrsi, wɑz ˈsɪtɪŋ ʤɪst ə fju fit frəm məkˈfɪrsən. ɛz hi meɪd ðət səˈʤɛsʧən, hi lʊkt ɪn hər dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. ɪts nɑt ɛz ˈrædɪkəl ə səˈʤɛsʧən ɛz səm ˈpipəl maɪt θɪŋk. fər jɪrz, ðə vænˈkuvər pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz ˈʤɛnərəli rɪˈfreɪnd frəm ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈpipəl fər pəˈzɛsɪŋ ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə. səkˈsɛsɪv ʧifs hæv ˈsteɪtɪd ˈpəblɪkli ðət ðə plænt ɪz ˈsɪmpli nɑt pəˈlisɪŋ praɪˈɔrəti. məkˈfɪrsən ˈmɪrli səˈʤɛstɪd ðə ənd ˈəðər ˈloʊkəl ˈeɪʤənsiz kʊd du ðə seɪm wɪθ ˈəðər drəgz. ðə ˈnɔrə ənd tɛd ˈstərlɪŋ praɪz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi kəmz wɪθ wɪʧ ɪts 2017 rɪˈsɪpiənt, ˈdɑnəld məkˈfɪrsən, sɛd hiz ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪŋ tɪ grups beɪst ɪn vænˈkuvər. waɪl ðət sɔrt əv stɛp təˈwɔrd ˈkrɪmənəl ˈpɛnəltiz fər bi ə ˈpɑzətɪv wən, məkˈfɪrsən ˈkɔʃənd ɪt ʃʊd nɑt bi mɪˈsteɪkən fər ə səˈluʃən. hi sɛd ðə goʊl ʃʊd bi fʊl ˌligələˈzeɪʃən, wər ðə ˈgəvərnmənt brɪŋz ðə ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv drəgz ˈəndər ɪts kənˈtroʊl ənd ˈrɛgjəˌleɪts səˈplaɪ. ðət wʊd ɪnˈʃʊr ˈsəbstənsɪz soʊld ɛz ˈhɛroʊən ənd koʊˈkeɪn ər fri əv ˈpɔɪzənəs səʧ ɛz ənd carfentanil*. nid tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ðə drəg səˈplaɪ θru ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən mechanisms,”*,” məkˈfɪrsən meɪnˈteɪnd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə b.c*. ˈkɔrənərz ˈsərvɪs, ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə fərst ˈsɛvən mənθs əv 2017 mɔr ðən 80 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈfeɪtəl ˈoʊvərˌdoʊsɪz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ə sɪnˈθɛtɪk sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli mɔr ˈdeɪnʤərəs ðən ˈhɛroʊən. ðə drəg səˈplaɪ ɪz ˈhoʊpləsli pəˈlutɪd. ɪt wɑz fud, wi wʊd trək ɪn fud, ɪf ɪt wɑz ˈwɔtər, wi wʊd trək ɪn water,”*,” məkˈfɪrsən sɛd. hæv ðə drəgz. ðeɪ ər ɪn ˈkæbənəts ɪn ˈfɑrməsiz, ɪn ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz. wi hæv ðə drəgz, [bət] nɑt ˈtrəkɪŋ ðɛm anywhere.”*.”
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accepting the 2017 sterling prize in support of controversy, donald macpherson called for local governments to ignore federal narcotics laws and work to end the war on drugs
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“heroin at your corner store.” that was the title of a speech that donald macpherson delivered before a full house at sfu’s morris j wosk centre for dialogue last night (october 10).
he began by recounting the origins of that phrase.
it was the late 1990s and overdose deaths across b.c. had risen steadily for years, from 80 in 1990 to 400 in 1998.
macpherson—who delivered his speech in acceptance of the 2017 nora and ted sterling prize in support of controversy—recalled that at the time, he was director of the carnegie community centre. from that vantage point at the corner of main street and east hastings, he had watched the drug problem spiral out of control.
looking for possible solutions, macpherson began to argue that drugs should be legalized. if supplies of cocaine and heroin were regulated by the government, he came to believe, users wouldn’t be caught off guard by unknown potencies and poisonous contaminates. as a result, there would be fewer overdose deaths.
“oh, god, you want to legalize drugs?” macpherson recalled skeptics asking him. “what do you want? heroin in 7/11s?”
the idea of such a dangerous substance so readily available terrified people.
“then, one day, out of the blue, bud [osborn] phones me up,” macpherson continued. the downtown eastside poet and activist had recently co-founded a group called the vancouver area network of drug users (vandu) and he and macpherson realized they were fighting for the same side.
“donald, i think the 7/11 model would be better than what we’ve got,” osborn told him. “at least someone would have to talk to someone who wasn’t a drug dealer to get their heroin. and they’d be buying heroin, not something else.”
macpherson was hired by then-mayor philip owen as the city of vancouver’s first drug-policy coordinator. in 2001, he authored a landmark policy document that transformed how vancouver responds to challenges of drugs and addiction. called a framework for action: a four-pillar approach to drug problems in vancouver, it said that harm reduction should stand alongside prevention, treatment, and enforcement. that if people were going to use drugs, a local government should help them do that in as safe a manner as possible.
north america’s first sanctioned supervised-injection facility, insite, opened two years later, in 2003. the four pillars also emphasized that health authorities should provide services where marginalized people are at, making programs accessible to drug users with as few barriers as possible.
by 2007, illicit-drug overdose deaths across b.c. were down to 202, almost half the 400 deaths there were in 1998, when b.c.’s first overdose crisis hit its peak.
ten years later, the number of illicit-drug overdose deaths has skyrocketed to a projected 1,500 in 2017.
“this is not a failure of our treatment systems,” macpherson said at the wosk centre for dialogue. “it is not a failure of the mental-health system, it is not a failure of prescribing practices. it is a catastrophic failure of our drug policies, of our drug-control policies.”
video of donald macpherson receives 2017 nora and ted sterling prize in support of controversy
macpherson acknowledged that bringing an end to the war on drugs would be a serious endeavour. but he argued that to truly respond to addiction as a health issue, ending the drug war is what’s required.
“people say, ‘what are you going to do? surrender?’” macpherson continued. “yes. surrender! for god’s sake, give that up and start doing something that is actually going to work.”
in canada, drug laws are a federal issue. and prime minister justin trudeau has repeatedly said the liberal government will not discuss legalizing or even decriminalizing hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. but macpherson argued that to an extent, regional governments can take steps without waiting for ottawa.
“we need to immediately decriminalize possession for personal use. that can be done by instructing the police not to bother anyone for personal possession,” macpherson explained. “i’m hoping the provincial authorities can look into that.”
b.c.’s new minister of mental health and addictions, judy darcy, was sitting just a few feet from macpherson. as he made that suggestion, he looked in her direction.
it's not as radical a suggestion as some people might think. for years, the vancouver police department has generally refrained from arresting people for possessing marijuana. successive chiefs have stated publicly that the plant is simply not policing priority.
macpherson merely suggested the vpd and other local law-enforcement agencies could do the same with other drugs.
the nora and ted sterling prize in support of controversy comes with $5,000, which its 2017 recipient, donald macpherson, said he's donating to drug-user groups based in vancouver.
while that sort of step toward decriminalization—removing criminal penalties for possession—would be a positive one, macpherson cautioned it should not be mistaken for a solution. he said the goal should be full legalization, were the government brings the distribution of drugs under its control and regulates supply. that would ensure substances sold as heroin and cocaine are free of poisonous adulterants such as fentanyl and carfentanil.
“we need to replace the drug supply through public-health distribution mechanisms,” macpherson maintained.
according to the b.c. coroners service, during the first seven months of 2017, more than 80 percent of fatal overdoses involved fentanyl, a synthetic opioid significantly more dangerous than heroin. the province’s drug supply is hopelessly polluted.
“if it was food, we would truck in food, if it was water, we would truck in water,” macpherson said. “we have the drugs. they are in cabinets in pharmacies, in hospitals. we have the drugs, [but] we’re not trucking them anywhere.”
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ðə ˈtɔˌriz froʊz ɪt fər naɪn jɪrz. ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz ˈbustɪd ɪt bət ðɛn froʊz ɪt əˈgɛn fər əˈnəðər fɔr jɪrz. boʊɪŋ tɪ dɪˈmændz fər mɔr ˈklɛrɪti (ənd juˈmænɪti), prɛˈmɪr kæθˈlin wɪn vaʊd tɪ teɪk ðə ˈpɑləˌtɪks aʊt əv ðə ɪkˈweɪʒən. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv æd hɑk ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ənd pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪzd ˈfrizɪz, wɪn ˈprɑməst tɪ meɪk ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ mɔr prɪˈdɪktəbəl fər boʊθ ˈbɪznɪs ənd ˈwərkərz. fər jɪrz, ˈwərkɪŋ pur hæv bɪn peɪɪŋ ə praɪs fər ðə bæk ənd fɔrθ ɔn ˈmɪnəməm ˈweɪʤɪz: nɑt ʤɪst ˈpurli peɪd, bət ˈhɑstɪʤ tɪ ðə ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤiz əv ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ənd ðə ˈveɪgəriz əv ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts. naʊ, ˈæftər ˈweɪtɪŋ fɑr tu lɔŋ, ðə ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈgəvərnmənt wɔnts tɪ reɪz ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ tɪ 11 ən aʊər fər ðə ˈpipəl hu dɪˈpɛnd ɔn ɪt, əp frəm təˈdeɪ. ðət wʊd meɪk ɪt ðə haɪəst əv ˈɛni kəˈneɪdiən ˈprɑvɪns taɪd ˈoʊnli wɪθ ðə ˈnɔrðərn ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri əv bət ɪt fər naʊ. ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈpænəl ˌriˈpɔrtəd bæk tɪ ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz ðət ðə ˈfɛrɪst, ˈsɪmpləst weɪ tɪ kip peɪs wʊd bi tɪ ˈmɪrər ðə ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪt goʊɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd. ənd waɪl ɪt stɑps ʃɔrt əv ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ˌɪnˈkris, ðə rɪˈpɔrt ˈɔlsoʊ leɪz aʊt ðə keɪs fər ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən əˈʤəstmənts goʊɪŋ ˈbækwərd ɛz wɛl tɪ 2010 rɪˈkəvərɪŋ ðə lɔst graʊnd sɪns ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ wɑz læst ˈfroʊzən. ðə ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən pər sɛnt ˈoʊvər ðə pæst fɔr jɪrz soʊ məʧ ə ˈfɔrməl ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən frəm ðə ˈdipli dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈpænəl ɛz ən ˈɑbviəs ˈkɔrəˌlɛri. wɪn həz ˈteɪkən ðə hɪnt. ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, hər ˈkæbənət wɪl ˌdɪˈsaɪd ɔn ə nu ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm tɪ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ˈərnərz fər boʊθ fˈjuʧər ənd pæst ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən. baɪ ðə mæθ, ˈmeɪkɪŋ əp fər pər sɛnt ɪn lɔst ˈpərʧəsɪŋ paʊər wʊd bəmp əp ðə oʊld reɪt tɪ ən aʊər. ðə ˈlɪˌbərəl plæn goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈkæbənət wʊd raʊnd ɪt əp tɪ 11 ən aʊər. bət ɛz fɑr ɛz ɪt goʊz. dɪˈspaɪt ə ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl kæmˈpeɪn baɪ ðə ˈleɪbər ˈmuvmənt ənd grups tɪ reɪz ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ tɪ 14 ən aʊər, ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈbaʊt tɪ bust ðə beɪs bɪɔnd ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən. ðə ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz plæn, ɪf ɪt ˈpæsɪz ˈkæbənət ɛz ˈwaɪdli ɪkˈspɛktɪd, wɪl ˈəltəmətli ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ noʊ wən. bɪg ˈleɪbər ˈɑrgjuz ðət ðə ˈwərkɪŋ pur lɪft ðɛmˈsɛlvz aʊt əv ˈpɑvərti ˈərnɪŋ ˈoʊnli ə jɪr. ˈbustɪŋ ˈweɪʤɪz wʊd ˈəltəmətli ræmp əp ˈpərʧəsɪŋ paʊər ənd hɛlp ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, ðeɪ seɪ. smɔl ˈbɪznɪs ənd ðə ˈtɔri ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən hæv ˈlɑbid fərˈoʊʃɪsli əˈgɛnst ˈɛni ˌɪnˈkris, ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ðət haɪər ˈweɪʤɪz wʊd ˈəltəmətli hɑrm ðə ˈwərkɪŋ pur baɪ ˈkɪlɪŋ ʤɑbz. æt ˈnɪrli ˈɛvəri ˈbɪznɪs ˈmitɪŋ ər ˈraʊndˌteɪbəl ðət wɪn əˈtɛndz, ˈloʊkəl ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz ˈlɛkʧər hər ɔn ðə ˈpɛrəlz əv haɪər ˈweɪʤɪz ɪn ə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv wərld. ɪn bɪtˈwin laɪ ðə ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts, prækˈtɪʃənərz əv ðə ˈdɪzməl saɪəns hu əˈgri əˈməŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɔn wɛr ðə truθ laɪz. ɪz ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ən tul, ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈmɑrkər ər ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsɪmbəl? ɪt ɪz ˈʃʊrli ɔl θri. wɪn hæd hoʊpt tɪ ˈnævəˌgeɪt θru ðət pərˈɛniəl dəˈbeɪt baɪ əˈpɔɪntɪŋ ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈpænəl wɪθ ə əv ˈleɪbər ənd ˈbɪznɪs taɪps. bət ðə ˈpænəl stək tɪ ə ˈmɪdəl kɔrs. ɪt faʊnd kənˈflɪktɪŋ ˈɛvədəns ɔn ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv ˈɛni ˌɪnˈkrisɪz: juz. ˈrisərʧ ɪz ˈlɑrʤli ˌɪnkənˈklusɪv, ðə kəˈneɪdiən ɪkˈspɪriəns səˈʤɛsts səm ɪmˈplɔɪərz rɪˈdus ˈhaɪrɪŋ æt ðə ˈmɑrʤənz. jɛt ɪn ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ðə træk ˈrɛkərd ɪz mɪkst, wɪθ noʊ ˈkɑnkrit ˈɛvədəns əv rɪˈdust ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈæftər ðə læst ˌɪnˈkrisɪz. ðə rɪˈpɔrt ˈɔlsoʊ riˈsteɪts wət ˈmɛni ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts bɪˈliv: ðət ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ kən bi ə blənt ənd ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt tul, bɪˈkəz nɑt ðət ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hu gɪt ɪt ər əˈspɛʃəli pur. ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ˈərnərz 56 pər sɛnt ər ˈʧɪldrən hu ər dɪˈpɛndənts ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈfæməli hoʊm, nɑt ɪn ˈpɑvərti. ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt pər sɛnt əv ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ˈərnərz lɪv ɪn pur ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ stəˈtɪstɪks ˈkænədə. bət ɛz ðə rɪˈpɔrt ækˈnɑlɪʤɪz, ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ɪz nɑt ˈsoʊəli ə stəˈtɪstɪkəl ər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dəˈbeɪt, ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈbɛnʧˌmɑrk, weɪʤ floor”*” ðət ɪˈstæblɪʃɪz ə bɛr ˈmɪnəməm fər soʊˈsaɪɪti. waɪl ðə ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ˈkænɑt du ɪt əˈloʊn ʧaɪld kɛr, əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ, tæks ˈkrɛdɪts ənd tæks ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz ər ɛˈsɛnʃəl ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ki kəmˈpoʊnənt əv ˈɛni ˌriəˈlɪstɪk ˈstrætəʤi, noʊ ˈmætər haʊ blənt ər ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt ɪt maɪt bi. ˈpænəl həz dən ɪts wərk, bət ðə dəˈbeɪt wɪl nɑt goʊ əˈweɪ sun. ˈmɑrtɪn prəˈvɪnʃəl əˈfɛrz ˈkɑləm əˈpɪrz ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ˈθərzˌdeɪ ənd ˈsənˌdi. tˈwɪtər:
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the tories froze it for nine years. the liberals boosted it but then froze it again for another four years.
bowing to demands for more clarity (and humanity), premier kathleen wynne vowed to take the politics out of the equation. instead of ad hoc increases and politicized freezes, wynne promised to make the minimum wage more predictable for both business and workers.
for years, ontario’s working poor have been paying a price for the back and forth on minimum wages: not just poorly paid, but hostage to the ideologies of politicians and the vagaries of economists.
now, after waiting far too long, the liberal government wants to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour for the 535,000 people who depend on it, up from $10.25 today. that would make it the highest of any canadian province tied only with the northern territory of nunavut but that’s it for now.
on monday, an outside panel reported back to the liberals that the fairest, simplest way to keep pace would be to mirror the inflation rate going forward. and while it stops short of calling for an immediate increase, the report also lays out the case for inflation adjustments going backward as well to 2010, recovering the lost ground since the minimum wage was last frozen.
the inflation catch-up 6.7 per cent over the past four years isn’t so much a formal recommendation from the deeply divided panel as an obvious corollary. wynne has taken the hint.
on wednesday, her cabinet will decide on a new mechanism to compensate minimum wage earners for both future and past inflation.
by the panel’s math, making up for 6.7 per cent in lost purchasing power would bump up the old $10.25 rate to $10.94 an hour. the liberal plan going to cabinet would round it up to $11 an hour.
but that’s as far as it goes. despite a high-profile campaign by the labour movement and anti-poverty groups to raise the minimum wage to $14 an hour, the government isn’t about to boost the base beyond inflation.
the compromise plan, if it passes cabinet as widely expected, will ultimately satisfy no one.
big labour argues that the working poor can’t lift themselves out of poverty earning only $19,000 a year. boosting wages would ultimately ramp up purchasing power and help the economy, they say.
small business and the tory opposition have lobbied ferociously against any increase, arguing that higher wages would ultimately harm the working poor by killing jobs. at nearly every business meeting or roundtable that wynne attends, local executives lecture her on the perils of higher wages in a competitive world.
in between lie the economists, practitioners of the dismal science who can’t agree among themselves on where the truth lies.
is the minimum wage an anti-poverty tool, an economic marker or a political symbol? it is surely all three.
wynne had hoped to navigate through that perennial debate by appointing an outside panel with a cross-section of labour and business types. but the panel stuck to a middle course.
it found conflicting evidence on the impact of any increases: u.s. research is largely inconclusive, the canadian experience suggests some employers reduce hiring at the margins. yet in ontario the track record is mixed, with no concrete evidence of reduced employment after the last increases.
the report also restates what many economists believe: that the minimum wage can be a blunt and inefficient anti-poverty tool, because not that many people who get it are especially poor.
the majority of minimum wage earners 56 per cent are working-age children who are dependents living in the family home, not in poverty. only about 12.5 per cent of minimum wage earners live in poor households, according to statistics canada.
but as the report acknowledges, the minimum wage is not solely a statistical or economic debate, it is also a benchmark, “a wage floor” that establishes a bare minimum for society. while the minimum wage cannot do it alone child care, affordable housing, tax credits and tax exemptions are essential it is also a key component of any realistic anti-poverty strategy, no matter how blunt or inefficient it might be.
wynne’s panel has done its work, but the debate will not go away soon.
martin regg cohn’s provincial affairs column appears tuesday, thursday and sunday. mcohn@thestar.ca , twitter: @reggcohn
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fər ðə ˈsɛkənd taɪm ɪn tu mənθs, ə blæk mæn həz bɪn ʃɑt ənd kɪld baɪ pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz waɪl ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə tɔɪ ˈwɛpən. ðə ˈjuˌtɔ pəˈlis ˈfeɪtəli ʃɑt hənt ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. hi wɑz ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə feɪk ˈsæmʊˌraɪ sɔrd, wɪʧ lɛd səm tɪ bɪˈliv hi wɑz, ər ˈkɑstum pleɪɪŋ, ɛz frəm ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈsæmʊˌraɪ champloo*. ðɪs ɪz wət hənt wɑz ˈwɛrɪŋ wɪn hi wɑz kɪld. kəmˈpɛr tɪ ðə ˈkɛrɪktər frəm ˈsæmʊˌraɪ champloo*. wɑz hi? bui (@jbouie*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 15 2014 hənt wɑz kɪld ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈpændə ɪkˈsprɛs ɪn ˌsɛrəˈsoʊtə spərɪŋz, ˈjuˌtɔ, ˈæftər pəˈlis rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ə kəmˈpleɪnt əv ə individual”*” wɪθ ə sɔrd. ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl pəˈlis ˈsteɪtmənt kleɪmd ðət hənt hæd ðə sɔrd ənd lənʤd təˈwɔrd ðə ˈɔfɪsərz wɪθ ðə sword”*” ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ ʃɑt ɪm. ˈfæməli, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət ə ˈpraɪvət ˈɔˌtɑpsi ʃoʊz hənt wɑz ʃɑt ɪn ðə bæk ˈnumərəs taɪmz, ənd ðət ˈməltəpəl ˈwɪtnəsɪz sɔ ɪm ˈrənɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ðə pəˈlis. keɪs ɪz ˈɪrəli ˈsɪmələr tɪ əˈnəðər ˈrisənt pəˈlis ˈʃutɪŋ ðət tʊk pleɪs ɪn ðə tɔɪ dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈwɔlˌmɑrt. ɔn ˈɔgəst. 5 ʤɑn ˈkrɔfərd frəm ˈdeɪtən, oʊ., wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ʃɑt ənd kɪld baɪ pəˈlis hu mɪˈstʊk hɪz tɔɪ ˈwɛpən fər ə ril wən. ɪn boʊθ ˈkeɪsɪz, pəˈlis rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ə kɔl əv səˈspɪʃəs bɪˈheɪvjər. ɪn keɪs, ˈwɪtnəsɪz ˈsteɪtɪd ðət hi wɑz ˈtɔkɪŋ ɔn hɪz ˈsɛlfoʊn ənd ˈlinɪŋ ɔn ə tɔɪ ˈraɪfəl ðət hi hæd pɪkt əp waɪl ˈʃɑpɪŋ ɪn ðə stɔr. ˈwɪtnəsɪz ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪd ðət ˈkrɔfərd dɪd nɑt hir pəˈlis dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz fər ɪm tɪ tərn əraʊnd, sɪns hi wɑz ʃɑt waɪl stɪl ˈhoʊldɪŋ hɪz foʊn. boʊθ ˈjuˌtɔ ənd oʊˈhaɪoʊ hæv lɔz, bət ðə ““weapon”*” ɪn boʊθ əv ðiz ˈkeɪsɪz wɑz ə keɪs ən gən, ɪn keɪs ə feɪk ˈrɛplɪkə əv ə katana*, ər ˌʤæpəˈniz sɔrd. ˈivɪn ɪf sɔrd hæd bɪn ril, ɪt ɪz ˈligəl tɪ ˈpəblɪkli ˈkɛri ə sɔrd ˈəndər lɔ. ðə ərˈɪʤənəl pəˈlis ˈsteɪtmənt kleɪmd ðət ɪz ˈkərəntli noʊ ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃən ðət reɪs pleɪd ˈɛni pɑrt ɪn ðə confrontation”*” ðət lɛft hənt dɛd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈgɪvɪn ðət ˌsɛrəˈtoʊgə spərɪŋz ɪz ə smɔl taʊn ðət ɪz 93 pərˈsɛnt waɪt, ˈmɛni ər ˈskɛptɪkəl ðət ɪts pəˈlis fɔrs həz bɪn kəmˈplitli ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪnsədənt. ɔn ˈsənˌdi, ðə ˌsɛrəˈtoʊgə spərɪŋz pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈɪʃud ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊst ðət kɔld fər ˈpeɪʃəns wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu ðə ˈɪnsədənt, ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət nuz rɪˈpɔrts əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪnsədənt hæd bɪn ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪd: ˈɛvriˌwən ʃʊd rɪˈmɛmbər ðət ðə nuz ˈaʊˌtlɛts hæv ˈreɪtɪŋz ðeɪ nid tɪ geɪn. ðeɪ rɪˈpɔrt fækts. ðeɪ juz ˌɪnjuˈɛndoʊ, əˈpɪnjən ənd ˈrumər ənd ðɛn rɪˈpɔrt ɪt ɛz fækt. ðə seɪm θɪŋ ˈhæpənz hir ɔn ənd ˈəðər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə. ðə ril fækts ər biɪŋ dɪˈtərmənd baɪ ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, ənd nɑt ɪn ə rəʃt ər hæˈphæzərd ˈmænər. wɪn ðoʊz fækts ər ˈgæðərd ənd ˈænəˌlaɪzd, ðeɪ wɪl bi rivˈjud baɪ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈligəl əˈθɔrətiz. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈkəvər əp ənd ðɛr ɪz noʊ kərˈəpʃən. waɪl ðɪs ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪz pleɪd aʊt, wi æsk ɔl ˈpərsənz tɪ hæv ˈpeɪʃəns wɪθ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd əˈlaʊ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət həz bɪn ˈligəli ɪˈstæblɪʃt tɪ goʊ fɔrθ. noʊ wən həz bɪn ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˈɛni kraɪm. ðə lɔ həz ɪˈstæblɪʃt ðət ðɛr məst bi ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz fər ˈʧɑrʤɪz tɪ bi faɪld. ðɛn ˈivɪn wɪn ənd ɪf ˈʧɑrʤɪz wər faɪld, ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri, ɔl ˈpərsənz ər ˈɪnəsənt ənˈtɪl ˈpruvən ˈgɪlti. ðɪs prəˈtɛkʃən ɪz ɪkˈstɛndɪd tɪ ɔl ˈpərsənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ kɑps. ˈməðər, ˈsuzən hənt, toʊld ðə ˌdɛzərˈeɪ nuz ðət ə ˈpɪkʧər ʃi rɪˈsivd frəm ə ˈwɪtnəs ˈteɪkən ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈʃutɪŋ ʃoʊz hər sən ˈstændɪŋ ˈpisfəli, ðə sɔrd ˈnoʊˌwɛr tɪ bi sin. ɪn ðə ˈpɪkʧər, hi ɪz rɪˈpɔrtədli flæŋkt ɔn boʊθ saɪdz baɪ pəˈlismɪn. ˈmoʊmənts ˈleɪtər, hi wʊd bi dɛd. waɪt bɔɪ wɪθ ə ˈlɪtəl sɔrd wʊd ðeɪ ʃut waɪl ˈrənɪŋ away,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ˈwɪtnəsɪz hu sɔ hənt ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈʃutɪŋ wər dɪˈvaɪdɪd ɔn wət hɪz bɪˈheɪvjər wɑz ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈɪnsədənt, wɪθ wən ˈwɪtnəs seɪɪŋ hi əˈpɪrd kɑm ənd ˈəðərz ˈkleɪmɪŋ hi simd dɪˈstrɛst. ˈaʊtˌfɪt æt ðə taɪm hi wɑz kɪld ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ðət hi meɪ hæv bɪn ɛz frəm ˈsæmʊˌraɪ champloo*, ə ˈkɛrɪktər hu ɪz noʊn fər hɪz ɪˈrætɪk bɪˈheɪvjər ənd lɑrʤ sɔrd. aɪˈrɑnɪkli, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪz ə ˈsæmʊˌraɪ, nɪr ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈsɪriz hi ˈəltəmətli wɔks əˈweɪ frəm ˈvaɪələns. ˈtræʤɪkli fər hənt, ðə ʧæns tɪ wɔk əˈweɪ ˈnɛvər keɪm. ˈəpˌdeɪt: ə nu ˈfoʊˌtoʊ əv hənt ˈteɪkən ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˌɑltərˈkeɪʃən həz bɪn ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ðə ˈgɑrdiən ənd ˈeɪˌbiˌsi. ˈʤəʤɪŋ frəm hɪz əˈpɪrəns, ənˈlaɪkli hi wɑz ɛz ənd ðət ˈɛni ˌsɪməˈlɛrətiz wər koʊˌɪnsəˈdɛntəl. wi hæv ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ðɪs ˈstɔri ənd ɑr ˈhɛˌdlaɪn fər ˈklɛrɪti. ˈæfroʊ ˈsæmʊˌraɪ ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən baɪ dɪˈzaɪn ˈviə
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for the second time in two months, a black man has been shot and killed by police officers while holding a toy weapon.
the utah police fatally shot 22-year-old darrien hunt on wednesday. he was holding a fake samurai sword, which led some to believe he was cosplaying, or costume playing, as mugen from the popular anime samurai champloo.
this is what hunt was wearing when he was killed. compare to the character from samurai champloo. was he cosplaying? pic.twitter.com/tlfs49otyj jamelle bouie (@jbouie) september 15, 2014
hunt was killed outside the panda express in sarasota springs, utah, after police responded to a complaint of a “suspicious individual” with a sword.
the initial police statement claimed that hunt had “brandished the sword and lunged toward the officers with the sword” before they shot him.
hunt’s family, however, is claiming that a private autopsy shows hunt was shot in the back numerous times, and that multiple witnesses saw him running away from the police.
hunt’s case is eerily similar to another recent police shooting that took place in the toy department of walmart. on aug. 5, john crawford iii from dayton, oh., was also shot and killed by police who mistook his toy weapon for a real one.
in both cases, police responded to a call of suspicious behavior. in crawford’s case, witnesses stated that he was talking on his cellphone and leaning on a toy rifle that he had picked up while shopping in the store. witnesses speculated that crawford did not hear police directions for him to turn around, since he was shot while still holding his phone.
both utah and ohio have open-carry laws, but the “weapon” in both of these cases was a toy—in crawford’s case an unpackaged bb gun, in hunt’s case a blunt-edged fake replica of a katana, or japanese sword. even if hunt’s sword had been real, it is legal to publicly carry a sword under utah’s open-carry law.
the original police statement claimed that “there is currently no indication that race played any part in the confrontation” that left hunt dead. however, given that saratoga springs is a ferguson-sized small town that is 93 percent white, many are skeptical that its 65-member police force has been completely forthcoming about the incident.
on sunday, the saratoga springs police department issued a now-deleted facebook post that called for patience with the investigation into the incident, claiming that news reports about the incident had been exaggerated:
everyone should remember that the news outlets have ratings they need to gain. they don’t report facts. they use innuendo, opinion and rumor and then report it as fact. the same thing happens here on fb and other social media. the real facts are being determined by an independent investigation, and not in a rushed or haphazard manner. when those facts are gathered and analyzed, they will be reviewed by independent legal authorities. there is no cover up and there is no corruption. while this process is played out, we ask all persons to have patience with the process and allow the process that has been legally established to go forth. no one has been charged with any crime. the law has established that there must be probable cause for charges to be filed. then even when and if charges were filed, in this country, all persons are innocent until proven guilty. this protection is extended to all persons, including cops.
hunt’s mother, susan hunt, told the deseret news that a picture she received from a witness taken just before the shooting shows her son standing peacefully, the sword nowhere to be seen. in the picture, he is reportedly flanked on both sides by policemen. moments later, he would be dead.
“no white boy with a little sword would they shoot while he’s running away,” she said.
witnesses who saw hunt before the shooting were divided on what his behavior was before the incident, with one witness saying he appeared calm and others claiming he seemed distressed. hunt’s outfit at the time he was killed indicated that he may have been cosplaying as mugen from samurai champloo, a character who is known for his erratic behavior and large sword.
ironically, although mugen is a samurai, near the end of the series he ultimately walks away from violence.
tragically for hunt, the chance to walk away never came.
update: a new photo of hunt taken before the altercation has been published by the guardian and abc. judging from his appearance, it’s unlikely he was cosplaying as mugen and that any similarities were coincidental. we have updated this story and our headline for clarity.
afro samurai illustration by khepra design via exkarravelho/flickr (cc-by-sa 3.0)
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ˈsɔdi kɪŋ ˈsæmən ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪd ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp wɪθ ðə goʊld kɪŋ æbˌduləˈziz ˈmɛdəl ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈmitɪŋ æt ðə rɔɪəl kɔrt ɪn ðə ˈsɔdi ˈkæpɪtəl ɔn meɪ 20 (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈæftər tu wiks əv wət wən ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ˈraɪtər kɔlz ˌənriˈlɛntɪŋ dɪˈzæstər əv bæd dɪˈsɪʒənz ənd bæd news,”*,” trəmp ɛmˈbɑrkt ɔn hɪz fərst ˈoʊvərˈsiz trɪp ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. səm səˈpɔrtərz ənd kənˈsərvətɪv ˈwɛbˌsaɪts ɪgˈzəltɪd ɛz sun ɛz hi stɛpt ɔf ðə pleɪn kwɪk tɪ ˈkɑntræst ɪt wɪθ ə ˈsɪmələr ˈmitɪŋ æt ðə stɑrt əv ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈprɛzɪdənsi. greɪt əˈgɛn: ənˈlaɪk ˌoʊˈbɑmə, trəmp ˈdəzənt boʊ... drəʤ rɪˈpɔrt (@drudge_report*) meɪ 20 2017 trəmp ˈgritɪd baɪ ˈsɔdi ɪn moʊst ɪˈlæbərˌeɪt ˈwɛlkəm ɪn ðɛr ˈhɪstəri. ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɑz fɔrst tɪ boʊ ɪn məd rum ˈɛntrəns ʤɑn ˈraɪli meɪ 20 2017 hi dɪd nɑt boʊ tɪ ðə kɪŋ. nɑt raɪt əˈweɪ, æt list. ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈhændˌʃeɪk wɪθ kɪŋ ˌæbˈdələ kɔzd wən əv ðə greɪt əv hɪz fərst jɪr ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt. rɪˈpəblɪkənz ræn ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl æd əˈbaʊt ðə boʊ ɪn 2009 ðə waɪt haʊs prɛs ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri dɪˈnaɪd ɪt ˈhæpənd; ənd trəmp wɑz wən əv ˈmɛni hu ˈsaɪtɪd ɪt jɪrz ˈleɪtər ɛz ə ˈsɪmbəl əv ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈwiknəs bɛgz ənd plidz ənd bows.”*.” boʊd tɪ ðə ˈsɔdi kɪŋ ɪn ðə ər kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk skɪlz. ˈdɑnəld ʤeɪ. trəmp (@realdonaldtrump*) ˌʤuˈlaɪ 30 2012 ˌəndərˈstændəbəl, ðɛn, ðət trəmps fərm, ˈvərtɪkəl ˈhændˌʃeɪk wɪn hi ˈgritɪd ðə ˈsɔdi kɪŋz səkˈsɛsər wɑz sin baɪ ˈmɛni ɛz ˈlɛsən ɪn əˈmɛrɪkən exceptionalism.”*.” bət ðɛn, ˈleɪtər ðət deɪ: wɑz ðət ə rɪˈmɛmbər wɪn kənˈsərvətɪvz slæmd ˌoʊˈbɑmə fər boʊɪŋ ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈsɔdi kɪŋ? dɪd trəmp ʤɪst boʊ tu? nuz (@buzzfeednews*) meɪ 20 2017 trəmp boʊz ðə tɔp ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ɪn ˈsɔdi ənd ˈəðər ˈærəb ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz. ʤoʊ ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ (@joenbc*) meɪ 21 2017 ə boʊ? ˈʃʊrli nɑt, səm ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd, ˈæftər ˈwɑʧɪŋ trəmp bɛnd hɪz niz, sləmp ˈfɔrwərd ənd bɑb hɪz hɛd tɪ lɛt kɪŋ ˈsæmən pleɪs ðə ˈɑnərˌɛri ˈkɑlər əv ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiəz ˈfaʊndər əraʊnd hɪz nɛk. hiz ʤɪst over,”*,” wən səˈpɔrtər səˈʤɛstɪd. rɪˈsivɪŋ ən award.”*.” əv ə skwɑt ðən ə bow.”*.” ðə waɪt haʊs dɪd nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli rɪˈspɑnd wɪn æst ɪf trəmp hæd ˈsɔfənd hɪz pəˈzɪʃən ɔn boʊɪŋ, ˈæftər ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪŋ ˌoʊˈbɑmə əˈbaʊt ɪt ɔn mɔr ðən wən əˈkeɪʒən. ˌwəˈtɛvər hi wɑz duɪŋ wɪθ ðə kɪŋ, trəmp əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv lɛft hɪz ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈtrəbəlz ˈoʊnli tɪ wɔk ˈɪntu ðə seɪm kˈwægˌmaɪər əv ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˈbɑdi ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ɛz soʊ ˈmɛni ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts pæst. noʊ hi ɪz ə ˈmɛdəl frəm ðə ˈsɔdi kɪŋ. nɑt boʊɪŋ laɪk ə loʊ braʊ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ðət spɛnt 8 jɪrz ɔn hɪz niz. maɪk ʤi. meɪ 20 2017 ɪts nɑt klɪr waɪ, ɪgˈzæktli, ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈʤɛsʧər tɪ ðə kɪŋ ˈwəzənt ə boʊ. hi græspt hɪz hænd wɪθ tu hænz, ənd hiz taller,”*,” ən əˈnɑnəməs eɪd ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd tɪ pəˈlɪtɪˌkoʊ ɪn 2009 kɔzd ɪm soʊ məʧ ˈtrəbəl. ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤɔrʤ h.w*. bʊʃ hæd dən ðə seɪm θɪŋ tɪ ə dɛd ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈɛmpərər, ɛz ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz ˈnoʊtɪd. ənd ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈprɛzɪdənt bʊʃ ˌdɪpləˈmætɪkli kɪst ənd hɛld hænz wɪθ ˈsɔdi ˈrɔɪəlti. bət ˌoʊˈbɑməz əˈlɛʤd boʊ, lɛs ðən θri mənθs ˈɪntu hɪz ˈprɛzɪdənsi, ˈkɑnstəˌtutəd ə dɪˈspleɪ əv ˈfiəlti tɪ ə ˈfɔrən potentate”*” tɪ səm ɛz ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən taɪmz pʊt ɪt. wɪn ɪt wɑz ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ə dip boʊ tɪ ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈɛmpərər, ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪnˈdʊrd jɪrz əv ˈmɑkəri ɪn wɪʧ hɪz ˈɛvəri hɛd tɪlt rɪskt biɪŋ kɔld prɑˈstreɪʃən, wɪθ sˈnɪrɪŋ ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz ˈkætəˌlɔgd baɪ ðə əˈtlæntɪk: ˌoʊˈbɑmə boʊz tɪ ðə meɪər əv ˈtæmpə; ˌoʊˈbɑmə boʊz tɪ ə ˈroʊˌbət. [mɪs ˈmænərz: fər əˈmɛrɪkənz, noʊ boʊɪŋ əˈlaʊd] ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts du nɑt boʊ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈfɔrən ˈdɪgnəˌtɛriz, ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ər ˈprɪnsɪz, kɪŋz, ər emperors,”*,” ðə ˈwikli ˈstændərd ˈʧaɪdɪd. trəmp ʃʊr ˈwʊdənt, æt list, ɛz hi meɪd klɪr ɔn tˈwɪtər ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn. ðə ˈæməˌʧər! fərst wɑz kɔt boʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɔdi kɪŋ bət naʊ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ! ˈdɑnəld ʤeɪ. trəmp (@realdonaldtrump*) ʤun 20 2012 ənd ˈdʊrɪŋ ɪt. ˈklɪrli pʊts ðɪs ˈkəntri fərst! sɪˈkjʊrəti, vɛts, ɪˈkɑnəmi ənd woʊnt boʊ daʊn tɪ ˈəðər wərld ˈlidərz! ˈdɑnəld ʤeɪ. trəmp (@realdonaldtrump*) ˌʤuˈlaɪ 24 2015 ˈmɛni əbˈzərvərz kʊd nɑt rɪˈzɪst ə ˌsupərˈfɪʃəl kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ðə pæst wɪn hi bɪˈgæn hɪz ˈfɔrən tʊr. ʃeɪks hænz wɪθ ˈsɔdi ˈlidər, ˈdəzənt boʊ ɛz ˌoʊˈbɑmə əˈpɪrd tɪ do,”*,” ɛz fɑks nuz pʊt ɪt. trəmp ʤɪst ˈgritɪd ˈsɔdi kɪŋ ɪz rɪˈmɑrkəbli ˈdɪfərənt ðən haʊ ˌoʊˈbɑmə dɪd ɪn ðə bleɪz rɪˈmɑrkt, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət trəmp ʃʊk ðə kɪŋz hænd (ðoʊ ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz dən ðət tu) ənd hɪz waɪf dɪd nɑt wɛr ə (ˈniðər dɪd mɪˈʃɛl ˌoʊˈbɑmə.) bət ɔn ðə əv ðə ˈærəb ˈdeɪli al-awsat*, ənd ðə fidz əv ˈmɛni trəmp ˈkrɪtɪks, ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈpɪkʧər. ðə trəmp ˈmɑtoʊ: "wɪl boʊ fər goʊld." ˈɛrɪk ʃˈmɛltzər (@justschmeltzer*) meɪ 20 2017 ənd waɪl səm ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd trəmps ˈlɪtəl dɪp kʊd nɑt kəmˈpɛr tɪ hɪz ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz ˈmænɪˌfoʊld ækts əv hjuˈmɪlɪti, wən əv ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts tɔp pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈbækərz meɪd noʊ ɪkˈskjuzɪz: ˈkændɪdli ðɪs meɪks mi wɔnt tɪ pjuk ˈrɑʤər stoʊn (@rogerjstonejr*) meɪ 20 2017 ɪn fækt, trəmp boʊd noʊ mɔr ər lɛs ðən ˈəðər ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts hu hæv wɔrn ðə ˈkɑlər əv æbˌduləˈziz al-saud*, wɪʧ ðə ˈkɪŋdəm bɪˈstoʊz ɛz ən ˈɑnər ɔn ˈfɔrən ˈdɪgnəˌtɛriz. trəmp dɪd ɪt. ˌoʊˈbɑmə dɪd ɪt. bʊʃ dɪd ɪt. ˈjuˈɛs ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈʧɛˌklɪst: 1 goʊ tɪ ˈkɪŋdəm 2 boʊ tɪ kɪŋ 3 gɪt ˈmɛdəl ˈiən ˈbrɛmər (@ianbremmer*) meɪ 20 2017 ənd æt ðə rɪsk əv rɪˈkɔlɪŋ ðət ˈəðər greɪt ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi ˈrəʃən ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈputɪn dɪd ɪt tu. ðɛr wɑz noʊ saɪn ˈɛni əv ðɪs wɑz ˈklaʊdɪŋ trəmps trɪp. ɔn ðə seɪm ˈmɔrnɪŋ əv hɪz ˈəˌpraɪt ˈhændˌʃeɪk ənd maybe-bow*, hi tʊk pɑrt ɪn əˈnəðər lɔŋ trəˈdɪʃən əv əˈmɛrɪkən əˈfɪʃəlz ɔn trɪps əˈbrɔd: ˈstɪltɪd ˈdænsɪŋ. ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp, ˈkɑmərs ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈwɪlbər rɔs ənd ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt rɛks sweɪd əˈlɔŋ wɪθ trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈdænsərz ɪn ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ɔn meɪ 20 (ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) 1 əv 60 fʊl skrin kloʊz skɪp æd fərst trɪp ˈoʊvərˈsiz ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt vju ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ðə juz. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈtrævəld tɪ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, ˈɪzriəl, roʊm, ˈbɛlʤəm ənd ˈsɪsəli, ˈɪtəli. ˈkæpʃən ðə juz. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈtrævəld tɪ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, ˈɪzriəl, roʊm, ˈbɛlʤəm ənd ˈsɪsəli, ˈɪtəli. meɪ 27 2017 ˈʤərmən ˈʧænsələr ˈænʤələ ˈmərkəl, lɛft, spiks tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈlɪsənz ˈdʊrɪŋ ən ɪkˈspændɪd ˈsɛʃən æt ðə grup əv ˈsɛvən ˈsəmɪt ɪn tɑɔrˈminə, ˈɪtəli. fɪˈlipeɪ baɪ ˈfoʊˌtoʊ weɪt 1 ˈsɛkənd tɪ kənˈtɪnju. mɔr ˈrɛdɪŋ: trəmp ˈdænsɪz əˈlɔŋ æt ˈsɔdi ˈwɛlkəm ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni ˈskændəlz stoʊk fɪr fər 2018 ˈmɪdˌtərmz əˈməŋ rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd juz. əˈfərmz 110 ˈbɪljən dil tɪ sɛl ʃɪps, tæŋks ənd ˈmɪsəl dɪˈfɛns ˈsɪstəmz tɪ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə
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saudi king salman decorated president trump with the gold king abdulaziz medal during a meeting at the royal court in the saudi capital on may 20. (reuters)
after two weeks of what one the washington post writer calls “nearly unrelenting disaster of bad decisions and bad news,” trump embarked on his first overseas trip as president to visit saudi arabia on saturday. some supporters and conservative websites exulted as soon as he stepped off the plane — quick to contrast it with a similar meeting at the start of obama's presidency.
great again: unlike obama, trump doesn't bow... https://t.co/awpoyf0pnv — drudge report (@drudge_report) may 20, 2017
trump greeted by saudi in most elaborate welcome in their history.
obama was forced to bow in mud room entrance pic.twitter.com/fwzpdvon6f — john reilly (@travlr009) may 20, 2017
he did not bow to the king. not right away, at least.
obama's bent-waist handshake with king abdullah caused one of the great furors of his first year as president.
republicans ran a political ad about the bow in 2009; the white house press secretary unconvincingly denied it happened; and trump was one of many who cited it years later as a symbol of obama's weakness — “he begs and pleads and bows.”
.@barackobama bowed to the saudi king in public--yet the dems are questioning @mittromney's diplomatic skills. — donald j. trump (@realdonaldtrump) july 30, 2012
understandable, then, that trump's firm, vertical handshake when he greeted the saudi king's successor was seen by many as “a lesson in american exceptionalism.”
but then, later that day: was that a …?
remember when conservatives slammed obama for bowing in front of the saudi king? did trump just bow too? https://t.co/ffhwd6z2m5 pic.twitter.com/z1jmzv4ab4 — buzzfeed news (@buzzfeednews) may 20, 2017
trump bows the top photo in saudi and other arab newspapers. pic.twitter.com/ygsadbmpim — joe scarborough (@joenbc) may 21, 2017
a bow? surely not, some insisted, after watching trump bend his knees, slump forward and bob his head to let king salman place the honorary collar of saudi arabia's founder around his neck.
he's just “bending over,” one supporter suggested.
“he's receiving an award.”
“more of a squat than a bow.”
the white house did not immediately respond when asked if trump had softened his position on bowing, after criticizing obama about it on more than one occasion.
whatever he was doing with the king, trump appears to have left his washington troubles only to walk into the same quagmire of diplomatic body language as so many presidents past.
@houseoffufu @tactical_review @realdonaldtrump no he is recieveing a medal from the saudi king. not bowing like a low brow groeeling obama that spent 8 years on his knees. — mike g. (@realmike1457) may 20, 2017
it's not clear why, exactly, obama's gesture to the king — “it wasn't a bow. he grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller,” an anonymous aide insisted to politico in 2009. — caused him so much trouble.
president george h.w. bush had done the same thing to a dead japanese emperor, as the new york times noted. and the second president bush diplomatically kissed and held hands with saudi royalty.
but obama's alleged bow, less than three months into his presidency, constituted a “shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate” to some as the washington times put it.
when it was followed by a deep bow to the japanese emperor, obama endured years of mockery in which his every head tilt risked being called prostration, with sneering headlines catalogued by the atlantic: obama bows to the mayor of tampa; obama bows to a robot.
[miss manners: for americans, no bowing allowed]
“american presidents do not bow before foreign dignitaries, whether they are princes, kings, or emperors,” the weekly standard chided.
trump sure wouldn't, at least, as he made clear on twitter several times before his presidential campaign.
the amateur! first @barackobama was caught bowing to the saudi king but now the president of mexico! http://t.co/f0cfius9 — donald j. trump (@realdonaldtrump) june 20, 2012
and during it.
"@flanny1971: @realdonaldtrump clearly puts this country first! security, vets, economy and won't bow down to other world leaders! — donald j. trump (@realdonaldtrump) july 24, 2015
many observers could not resist a superficial comparison to the past when he began his foreign tour.
“trump shakes hands with saudi leader, doesn't bow as obama appeared to do,” as fox news put it.
“how trump just greeted saudi arabia’s king is remarkably different than how obama did in 2009,” the blaze remarked, noting that trump shook the king's hand (though obama has done that too) and his wife did not wear a hijab (neither did michelle obama.)
but on the homepage of the arab daily asharq al-awsat, and the snarky feeds of many trump critics, focused on a different picture.
the trump motto: "will bow for gold." pic.twitter.com/qkikmern61 — eric schmeltzer (@justschmeltzer) may 20, 2017
and while some insisted trump's little dip could not compare to his predecessor's manifold acts of humility, one of the president's top political backers made no excuses:
candidly this makes me want to puke #jaredsidea pic.twitter.com/taeewuxfi1 — roger stone (@rogerjstonejr) may 20, 2017
in fact, trump bowed no more or less than other presidents who have worn the collar of abdulaziz al-saud, which the kingdom bestows as an honor on foreign dignitaries.
trump did it. obama did it. bush did it.
us presidential checklist:
1 go to kingdom
2 bow to king
3 get medal pic.twitter.com/7altiujtp6 — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) may 20, 2017
and — at the risk of recalling that other great controversy — russian president vladmir putin did it too.
there was no sign any of this was clouding trump's trip. on the same morning of his upright handshake and maybe-bow, he took part in another long tradition of american officials on trips abroad:
stilted dancing.
president trump, commerce secretary wilbur ross and secretary of state rex tillerson swayed along with traditional dancers in saudi arabia on may 20. (the washington post)
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u.s. affirms $110 billion deal to sell ships, tanks and missile defense systems to saudi arabia
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læst ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ aɪ hæd ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ tʊr ðə nu ˈtreɪnɪŋ fəˈsɪlɪti, ðə paʊər ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈkɑmplɛks, ənd əˈtɛnd ðə taʊn hɔl. aɪ æm nɑt, ˌmaɪˈsɛlf, ə ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldər, bət maɪ ˈkəzən ɪz. hi wɑz kaɪnd ɪˈnəf tɪ ˌɪnˈvaɪt mi əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ɪm. ɪt wɑz ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns. aɪ æm ˈgreɪtfəl tɪ rut fər ə tim ðət pʊts ðət kaɪnd əv ˈɛfərt ˈɪntu kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪŋ wɪθ ðɛr fænz. bɪn ə spɔrts fæn ɔl maɪ laɪf, ənd ˈnɛvər hæd ˈɛni ɪkˈspɪriəns kəm kloʊz tɪ ðɪs. aɪ noʊ kwaɪt hæv ðə ˈnæʃənəl prɛˈstiʒ əv ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl, ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ, ər mlb*, bət nɑt ɪgˈzæktli smɔl pəˈteɪtoʊz ˈiðər. stuərt ənd ˈkəmpəˌni ər ˈbɪzi ˈpipəl, tæskt wɪθ ˈrənɪŋ ə lɑrʤ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən wɪθ ˈmɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz biɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ɪn ɪt ˈɛvəri jɪr. fər ðɛm tɪ teɪk ðə taɪm tɪ sɪt daʊn ənd ˈænsər kˈwɛsʧənz frəm ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldərz ɪn ˈpərsən ɪz ə ˈprɪti ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl θɪŋ, ˈwɛðər ju əˈgri wɪθ ðɛr dɪˈsɪʒənz ər nɑt. ɪf ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈrɛdɪŋ ə dɪˈteɪld ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn əv ðə kˈwɛsʧənz ənd ˈænsərz əv ðə ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə taʊn hɔl aɪ ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ˈʧɛkɪŋ aʊt ˈkɛvɪn ˈɑrtɪkəl. hi hæd ən ˈɑdiˌoʊ rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ əv ðə ˈmitɪŋ ənd trænˈskraɪbd ə bənʧ əv ðə ˈænsərz vərˈbeɪtəm. nɑt ˈrɪli goʊɪŋ tɪ traɪ tɪ ˈsəmərˌaɪz ˈɛvəri kˈwɛʃən ənd ˈænsər fər ju hir. ˌɪnˈstɛd aɪ wɪl gɪv ju səm pərˈspɛktɪv ˈɪntu wət ðə ˈoʊvərˌɔl ɪkˈspɪriəns wɑz laɪk, ənd prəˈvaɪd səm ˈɪnˌsaɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈænsərz ðət ju maɪt nɑt gɪt frəm ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə kwoʊts. ðə paʊər ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈkɑmplɛks ɪz ˈivɪn ˈbɛtər ðən ju θɪŋk ðə fərst pɑrt əv ðə naɪt wɑz ə tʊr əv ðə paʊər ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈkɑmplɛks. ʃʊr sin ˈpɪkʧərz əˈplɛnti əv ðɪs fəˈsɪlɪti, ɛz ðə ˈjunjən ər mɔr ðən ˈigər tɪ ʃoʊ ɪt ɔf ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə. ɪf ju sin ɪt ɪn ˈpərsən ju ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv ðə fʊl ˈpɪkʧər əv haʊ ˈɔsəm ɪt ɪz ɪn ðɛr. ðə fərst θɪŋ ðət straɪks ju ɪz wət ə greɪt ʤɑb ðeɪ dɪd ɔn ˈkipɪŋ ðə ɛsˈθɛtɪk əv ðə oʊld ˈbɪldɪŋ. ðə ɪkˈspoʊzd brɪk ɪz ˈprɛzənt ˈɛvriˌwɛr ənd ɪt gɪvz ðə hoʊl pleɪs ə ˈvɛri ˌɪnˈdəstriəl fil. ˈvɛri on-brand*. bət ðət ˌɪnˈdəstriəl fil du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ teɪk əˈweɪ frəm ðə fækt ðət ðɪs fəˈsɪlɪti ɪz ˈfænsi. ðə hoʊl θɪŋ ɪz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli prəˈfɛʃənəl ənd sim laɪk ðə ˈtreɪnɪŋ fəˈsɪlɪti fər ə tim ɪn ə ˈsɛkənd tir lig. ðət ˈbɪldɪŋ wʊd stænd əp tɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ faɪnd ɪn ˈɛni əv ðə fɔr ˈmeɪʤər ligz ɪn ðə juz. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ tʊk ə bənʧ əv ˈpɪkʧərz. klɪk ɔn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ lɪŋk, ɛz aɪ ˈpoʊstɪd ðɛm ɪn ə ˈɑrtɪkəl. ʤɪm ˈkərtɪn ɪz ə ˈbɛtər ˈprɛzəntər ðən aɪ θɔt bi ˌbiˈfɔr ðə kˈwɛʃən ənd ˈænsər ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə taʊn hɔl ˈstɑrtɪd iʧ ˈpərsən ˈprɛzənt tʊk səm taɪm tɪ spik. fərst tɪm məkˈdərmət, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ stuərt, ʤɪm ˈkərtɪn, ənd (ˈbrifli) ɑleɪˈjɑndroʊ beɪˈdɔɪə. ʤɪm ˈæˌkʧuəli hæd ə ˈpaʊərˌpɔɪnt ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən ðət hi pərˈzɛnəd ɔn ðə ˈvɪʒən ðət hi ənd hæv fər ðə tim. ˈkərtɪn spoʊk əˈbaʊt ˈmɛni θɪŋz ˈprɑbəˌbli hərd ənd rɛd əˈbaʊt ˌbiˈfɔr, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðɛr dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ ˌɪmˈbju ðə staɪl ˈɪntu ˈɛvəri ˈfæsət əv ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, frəm ðə əˈkædəmi tɪ ðə fərst tim. hi ˈɔlsoʊ spoʊk əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz fər ðə pleɪərz ɪn tərmz əv æθˈlɛtɪk pərˈfɔrməns ənd haʊ ðət əˈfɛkts ðɛr dɪˈsɪʒən ˈmeɪkɪŋ. ɔl ɪn ɔl ʤɪm ɪz ə gʊd ˈpəblɪk ˈspikər. aɪ səˈpoʊz aɪ hæv bɪn səˈpraɪzd, biɪŋ ðət hi ɪz ə ˈlidər ənd ə hɛd koʊʧ, bət stɪl. ˈhævɪŋ sin ɪm ɪn prɛs ˈkɑnfərənsəz nɑt ɪgˈzæktli ðə moʊst kəˈmændɪŋ ˈprɛzəns ɔn ˈkæmərə. hi ˈɔfən kəmz ɔf ɛz ˈvɛri sɔft ˈspoʊkən ənd ju ˈwəndər haʊ ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəræl ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv 30 ˈædəlt mɛn. hi dɪd ə məʧ ˈbɛtər ʤɑb æt ðə taʊn hɔl, wɪʧ kʊd ʤɪst bi ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ɪm biɪŋ fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə məˈtɪriəl. bət hi simd mɔr ˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪn frənt əv fænz ðən hi ɪz ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈmidiə. hi kəˈmændɪd ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv ðə rum ənd meɪd hɪz pɔɪnts ɪn ə klɪr ənd kənˈsaɪs ˈmænər. sin maɪ fɛr ʃɛr əv ˈpəblɪk ˈspikərz ənd fɑr frəm ðə wərst ɪnˈkaʊnərd. ɪf ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, wən əv ðə ˈbɛtər wənz. ðɪs maɪt sim laɪk ə ˈsɪli pɔɪnt tɪ meɪk, bət fər mi ðɪs meɪd mi fil mɔr ˈkɑnfədənt ɪn əˈbɪləˌtiz ɛz ə əv men,”*,” tɪ juz wərdz. ˌbiˈfɔr ðɪs taʊn hɔl aɪ hɛlp bət ˈwəndər wɛr ˈsteɪtmənts laɪk ðət kəm frəm. ʤɪm ˈɔlˌweɪz simd laɪk ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli nis gaɪ, bət aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈwəndərd əˈbaʊt hɪz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈmoʊtəˌveɪt hɪz pleɪərz wɪn ðeɪ ˈnidɪd ɪt. hi ʤɪst simd tu kwaɪət. siɪŋ ɪm spik ɪn frənt əv ə rum əv ˈoʊvər 100 ˌəndərˈstændəbli dɪsˈgrənəld ˈjunjən fænz ənd kəˈmænd ðɛr əˈtɛnʃən ənd rɪˈspɛkt ˈdɛfənətli meɪd mi θɪŋk twaɪs əˈbaʊt maɪ ərˈɪʤənəl əˈsɛsmənt. aɪ kən bɪˈliv wət stuərt sɛd əˈbaʊt ɪm ðət hi ɪz ə gʊd ˈlidər əv mɛn. ðət biɪŋ sɛd, biɪŋ ə gʊd ˈlidər ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ðə seɪm θɪŋ ɛz biɪŋ ə gʊd koʊʧ. ˈpæʃən ɪz ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs ɪf rɛd ˈɛni əv ðə kwoʊts ðət keɪm aʊt əv ðə taʊn hɔl ju noʊ ðət ə lɔt əv ðɛm keɪm frəm stuərt. əv ðə fɔr əv ðɛm ðət tʊk kˈwɛsʧənz, stuərt spɛnt ðə moʊst taɪm ˈtɔkɪŋ, baɪ fɑr. æt wən pɔɪnt, hi gɑt soʊ ræpt əp ɪn hɪz rænt əˈbaʊt ðə tim ðət hi kəmˈplitli fərˈgɑt ðə ərˈɪʤənəl kˈwɛʃən hi hæd bɪn æst. aɪ noʊ ðɛr ər mɪkst ˈfilɪŋz aʊt ðɛr əˈbaʊt səm əv hɪz kwoʊts, bət aɪ ˈgɑtə say…*… ɪt wɑz ˈvɛri ˈdɪfəkəlt nɑt tɪ bi swɛpt əp baɪ ˈɑbviəs ˈpæʃən fər ðɪs tim. hi kɛrz. hi kɛrz ə lɔt. ðɪs gaɪ hɪz ʤɑb. hi kɛrz ʤɪst ɛz məʧ əˈbaʊt ðə bæd rɪˈzəlts ɛz ðə fænz du. wɪn ju rɛd səm əv hɪz ˈænsərz ˈizi tɪ əˈsum ðət ɪt wɑz sɛd disingenuously*. aɪ kən əˈʃʊr ju ɪt wɑz nɑt. ðɛr wɑz wən ˈmoʊmənt wɛr tʊk ðə taɪm tɪ ʃɛr ə ˈvɛri ˈpərsɪnəl ənd ˈtəʧɪŋ ˈstɔri (aɪ raɪt ðə ˈditeɪlz, ɪt ˈrɪli wɑz ˈpərsɪnəl ənd ɪt bi raɪt tɪ ʃɛr ɪt), ənd ɪt sɪˈmɛntɪd ɪn maɪ maɪnd ðə ˈsərtənti ðət stuərt kɛrz ˈdipli əˈbaʊt ðɪs tim. aɪ wɛnt ˈɪntu ðɪs taʊn hɔl ˈfilɪŋ ʤɪst ɛz ˈəpˌsɛt əˈbaʊt ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ðə tim wɑz goʊɪŋ ɪn ɛz ˈɛniˌwən ɛls. aɪ wɑz ˈrɛdi tɪ bi ˈskɛptɪkəl, ənd tɪ ʃɛr ˈsaɪdˌweɪz ˈglænsɪz wɪθ maɪ ˈkəzən ɔl naɪt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈænsərz ðeɪ wər ˈgɪvɪŋ. bət aɪ hæv tɪ ədˈmɪt ðət aɪ wɑz kɔt kəmˈplitli ɔf gɑrd. ðə ˈkændər ənd ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm wɪθ wɪʧ spoʊk wɑz ɪkˈstrimli rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ. aɪ goʊ soʊ fɑr ɛz tɪ seɪ ðət ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ðə kool-aid*, bət aɪ ˈdɛfənətli smɛld ɪt ə ˈlɪtəl ənd faʊnd ðə ərˈoʊmə ˈsəmˈwət əˈpilɪŋ. aɪ stɪl hæv maɪ daʊts. stɪl nɑt ˈrɛdi tɪ lɛt ðɛm ɔf ðə hʊk. but…*… ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ bi mɔr ˈpeɪʃənt ðən aɪ ˈpriviəsli wʊd hæv bɪn. ðə tim həz noʊ ˈskaʊtɪŋ ˈnɛtˌwərk wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst wɑz ðə kˈwɛʃən ənd ˈænsər əˈbaʊt ðə ˈskaʊtɪŋ ˈnɛtˌwərk. ju kən rɛd ðə tɛkst əv ðə ˈænsər bət ɪn ðə ˈmoʊmənt, beɪst ɔn toʊn ənd ˈbɑdi ˈlæŋgwɪʤ, ðə ˌɪmˈprɛʃən ðət aɪ gɑt wɑz ˈbeɪsɪkli, ɪz noʊ ˈskaʊtɪŋ network.”*.” ər ɪf ðɛr ɪz wən, ɪt ɪz ɪnˈtaɪərli ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt. aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ɪkˈspleɪnz ə lɔt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈrɑstər. ɪt ˈprɑbəˌbli ɪkˈspleɪnz waɪ səm əv ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋz ðeɪ hæv meɪd bɪn 100 aɪˈdil. ɪt ˈprɑbəˌbli ɪkˈspleɪnz waɪ ðeɪ saɪnd ə jɛt, ɛz wɔnt tɪ ˈθəroʊli skaʊt ðət ˌækwəˈzɪʃən ənd faɪnd ðə raɪt pleɪər. wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈrisɔrsɪz ɪn pleɪs tɪ faɪnd ““moneyball”*” ˈsaɪnɪŋz, stuərt ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈhæmstrəŋ wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈbɪldɪŋ ə ˈrɑstər ðət fɪts ðə ˈvɪʒən hi həz fər ðə kləb. hi dɪd spik æt lɛŋθ əˈbaʊt haʊ ɑleɪˈjɑndroʊ beɪˈdɔɪə ɪz ðə aɪˈdil pleɪər fər ðɪs tim ənd haʊ ðə kaɪnd əv pleɪər ðeɪ ˈrɪli nid tɪ skaʊt bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wər soʊ fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ɪm frəm juz. ˈsɑkər. ənˈtɪl stuərt həz ðə taɪm ənd ˈməni tɪ bɪld ə ˈprɑpər ˈskaʊtɪŋ ˈnɛtˌwərk, ɪkˈspɛkt ˈɛni bɪg ˈsaɪnɪŋz ðə tim meɪks tɪ bi juz. ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəlz. (ˈɛrən ˈɛniˌwən?) nɑt seɪɪŋ ðɪs tɪ meɪk ɪkˈskjuzɪz fər stuərt, bət ɪt ɪz æt list ən ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən. ðə tim ʃʊd hæv ə ˈskaʊtɪŋ ˈnɛtˌwərk, ənd ðə fækt ðət ðeɪ ɪz bæd. bət ˈbɪldɪŋ ðət kaɪnd əv θɪŋ teɪks taɪm, soʊ ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ bi mɔr ˈpeɪʃənt. ðə ˈjunjən ɪz ˈspɛndɪŋ mɔr ðən ˈɛni ˈəðər tim ɪn ɔn ðɛr əˈkædəmi ðɪs wɑz sɛd ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɛz ə θˈroʊəˌweɪ laɪn ɪn ˈænsər tɪ wən əv ðə kˈwɛsʧənz. ɪf tru, aɪ θɪŋk ɪt ɪz ˈprɪti sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt. aɪ nu ðət ðə ˈjunjən wər ˈmeɪkɪŋ juʤ ˌɪnˈvɛstmənts ɪn ðɛr əˈkædəmi ˈsɪstəm, bət aɪ hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə ðət ɪt wɑz ðə moʊst aʊt əv ˈɛni tim ɪn. ə ˈprɪti bɪg dil. ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ si ðə əˈkædəmi bɛr frut ɪn ðə fərst tim wɪθ pleɪərz laɪk ˈroʊzənˌbɛri, ʤoʊnz, ənd ˈtrəsti. ɪt meɪks ju ɪkˈsaɪtɪd fər ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ə fˈjuʧər wɛr ə juʤ ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ˈrɑstər ɪz kəmˈpraɪzd əv əˈkædəmi pleɪərz. stuərt toʊld ə ˈstɔri əˈbaʊt haʊ praʊd hi wɑz ˈwɑʧɪŋ hɪz oʊld tim pleɪɪŋ ənd haʊ ðeɪ ˈfɪnɪʃt ə geɪm wɪθ 8 pleɪərz frəm ðə əˈkædəmi ðət hi hɛlpt bɪld, ɔn ðə fild. ɪf ðə kaɪnd əv tim ðə ˈjunjən wɔnt tɪ bɪld, ðɛn aɪ æm ɔn bɔrd.
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last thursday evening i had the opportunity to tour the union’s new training facility, the power training complex, and attend the town hall. i am not, myself, a season ticket holder, but my cousin is. he was kind enough to invite me along with him.
it was an amazing experience. i am grateful to root for a team that puts that kind of effort into communicating with their fans. i’ve been a sports fan all my life, and i’ve never had any experience come close to this. i know mls doesn’t quite have the national prestige of the nfl, nba, or mlb, but not exactly small potatoes either. earnie stewart and company are busy people, tasked with running a large organization with millions of dollars being invested in it every year. for them to take the time to sit down and answer questions from season ticket holders in person is a pretty incredible thing, whether you agree with their decisions or not.
if you’re interested in reading a detailed breakdown of the questions and answers of the q&a portion of the town hall i recommend checking out kevin kinkead’s article. he had an audio recording of the meeting and transcribed a bunch of the answers verbatim. i’m not really going to try to summarize every question and answer for you here. instead i will give you some perspective into what the overall experience was like, and provide some insight into the answers that you might not get from reading the quotes.
the power training complex is even better than you think
the first part of the night was a self-guided tour of the power training complex. i’m sure you’ve seen pictures aplenty of this facility, as the union are more than eager to show it off on social media. if you haven’t seen it in person you probably don’t have the full picture of how awesome it is in there.
the first thing that strikes you is what a great job they did on keeping the aesthetic of the old building. the exposed brick is present everywhere and it gives the whole place a very industrial feel. very on-brand. but that industrial feel doesn’t do anything to take away from the fact that this facility is fancy. the whole thing is incredibly professional and doesn’t seem like the training facility for a team in a second tier league. that building would stand up to anything you’ll find in any of the four major leagues in the u.s.
i also took a bunch of pictures. click on the following link, as i posted them in a gallery-style article.
jim curtin is a better presenter than i thought he’d be
before the question and answer section of the town hall started each person present took some time to speak. first tim mcdermot, followed by earnie stewart, jim curtin, and (briefly) alejandro bedoya.
jim actually had a powerpoint presentation that he presented on the vision that he and earnie have for the team. curtin spoke about many things you’ve probably heard and read about before, including their decision to imbue the 4-2-3-1 style into every facet of the organization, from the academy to the first team. he also spoke about their expectations for the players in terms of athletic performance and how that affects their decision making.
all in all jim is a good public speaker. i suppose i shouldn’t have been surprised, being that he is a leader and a head coach, but still. having seen him in press conferences he’s not exactly the most commanding presence on camera. he often comes off as very soft spoken and you wonder how he’s able to corral the attention of 30 adult men. he did a much better job at the town hall, which could just be the result of him being familiar with the material. but he seemed more comfortable in front of fans than he is in front of the media. he commanded the attention of the room and made his points in a clear and concise manner. i’ve seen my fair share of public speakers and he’s far from the worst i’ve encountered. if anything, he’s one of the better ones.
this might seem like a silly point to make, but for me this made me feel more confident in jim’s abilities as a “leader of men,” to use earnie stewart’s words. before this town hall i couldn’t help but wonder where statements like that come from. jim always seemed like an incredibly nice guy, but i always wondered about his ability to motivate his players when they needed it. he just seemed too quiet. seeing him speak in front of a room of over 100 understandably disgruntled union fans and command their attention and respect definitely made me think twice about my original assessment. i can believe what earnie stewart said about him that he is a good leader of men. that being said, being a good leader isn’t necessarily the same thing as being a good coach.
earnie stewart’s passion is infectious
if you’ve read any of the quotes that came out of the town hall you know that a lot of them came from earnie stewart. of the four of them that took questions, stewart spent the most time talking, by far. at one point, he got so wrapped up in his rant about the team that he completely forgot the original question he had been asked.
i know there are mixed feelings out there about some of his quotes, but i gotta say… it was very difficult not to be swept up by earnie’s obvious passion for this team.
he cares. he cares a lot. this guy isn’t half-assing his job. he cares just as much about the bad results as the fans do. when you read some of his answers easy to assume that it was said disingenuously. i can assure you it was not. there was one moment where earnie took the time to share a very personal and touching story (i won’t write the details, it really was personal and it wouldn’t be right to share it), and it cemented in my mind the certainty that earnie stewart cares deeply about this team.
i went into this town hall feeling just as upset about the direction the team was going in as anyone else. i was ready to be skeptical, and to share sideways glances with my cousin all night about the answers they were giving. but i have to admit that i was caught completely off guard. the candor and enthusiasm with which earnie spoke was extremely refreshing. i won’t go so far as to say that i’m drinking the kool-aid, but i definitely smelled it a little and found the aroma somewhat appealing.
i still have my doubts. i’m still not ready to let them off the hook. but… i’m willing to be more patient than i previously would have been.
the team has no scouting network
one of the biggest takeaways was the question and answer about the team’s scouting network. you can read the text of the answer but in the moment, based on earnie’s tone and body language, the impression that i got was basically, “there is no scouting network.” or if there is one, it is entirely insufficient.
i think this explains a lot about the team’s current roster. it probably explains why some of the signings they have made haven’t been 100% ideal. it probably explains why they haven’t signed a 3rd dp yet, as they’ll want to thoroughly scout that acquisition and find the right player. without the resources in place to find “moneyball” signings, stewart is essentially hamstrung when it comes to building a roster that fits the vision he has for the club.
he did speak at length about how alejandro bedoya is the ideal player for this team and how he’s the kind of player they didn’t really need to scout because they were so familiar with him from u.s. soccer. until stewart has the time and money to build a proper scouting network, i’d expect any big signings the team makes to be u.s. internationals. (aaron johannsson anyone?)
i’m not saying this to make excuses for stewart, but it is at least an explanation. the team should have a scouting network, and the fact that they don’t is bad. but building that kind of thing takes time, so i’m willing to be more patient.
the union is spending more than any other team in mls on their academy
this was said almost as a throwaway line in answer to one of the questions. if true, i think it is pretty significant. i knew that the union were making huge investments in their academy system, but i had no idea that it was the most out of any team in mls. that’s a pretty big deal. we’re starting to see the academy bear fruit in the first team with players like rosenberry, jones, and trusty. it makes you excited for the possibility of a future where a huge portion of the roster is comprised of academy players.
stewart told a story about how proud he was watching his old team az alkmaar playing and how they finished a game with 8 players from the academy that he helped build, on the field.
if that’s the kind of team the union want to build, then i am on board.
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ˈdɑktər həz vaʊd tɪ si kənˈstrəkʃən stɑrt ɔn ðə lɪŋk roʊd, ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ðə ˈistərn ˈfriˌweɪ tɪ, ˌbiˈfɔr nɛkst ɪˈlɛkʃən. ðə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən keɪm tɪ ˈɔfəs ˈprɑməsɪŋ ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈpəblɪk ˈtrænspɔrt ˈprɑʤɛkts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə nu reɪl laɪn tɪ doncaster*, ənd ˈrɪdəˌkjuld səˈʤɛsʧənz ɪt plænd ˈbɪldɪŋ ðə ˈfriˌweɪ. ðə ˈbɪljən roʊd ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈtrænspɔrt ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn ˈhɪstəri wʊd ˈtənəl frəm ˈklɪftən hɪl ˈəndər nɔrθ ˈkɑrltən tɪ ˈflɛmɪŋtən, ˈkətɪŋ ðə trɪp frəm ðə ˈistərn ˈfriˌweɪ tɪ tɪ ʤɪst ˈsɛvən ˈmɪnəts. əˈpoʊnənts ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ steɪt ˈleɪbər hæv əˈtækt ðə plæn, meɪd ˈlɑrʤli ɪn ˈsikrɪt ənd wɪθ heɪst ˈæftər ˈdɑktər ˌɛləˈveɪʃən tɪ prɛˈmɪr ɪn mɑrʧ. ɪn ˈeɪprəl, ɛz ðə ˈgəvərnmənt priˈpɛrd ˈdɑktər meɪ ˈbəʤɪt əˈnaʊnsmɛnt əv ðə roʊd, vicroads’*’ ˈmænɪʤər əv ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd æˈnælɪsɪs, ˈdəgləs ˈhɑrli, iˈmeɪld ðə roʊd ˈstrætəʤi ənd ˈplænɪŋ hɛd, ˈdeɪvɪd ˈʃɛltən. ˈmɪstər ˈhɑrli wɔrnd ˈtræfɪk ˈfɪgjərz biɪŋ juzd tɪ ˈʤəstəˌfaɪ ðə roʊd kʊd nɑt bi ˈtrəstɪd. ðə ˈfɪgjərz wər kəmˈpaɪld baɪ kənˈsəltənt vaɪʧ ˈlɪstər fər ðə ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ˈmɛlbərn əˈθɔrəti, ˈrəðər ðən ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈtræfɪk ˈproʊˌgræm kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt. məst nɑt trəst ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən prəˈvaɪdɪd tɪ ˈjuˈɛs baɪ ðə ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ˈmɛlbərn authority,’’*,’’ ˈmɪstər ˈhɑrli roʊt. hi wɔrnd ðə ˈtræfɪk juzd wɑz nɑt trænˈspɛrənt, ˈivɪn tɪ ˈsinjər ˈtrænspɔrt ˈbjʊrəˌkræts: ðə ˈlɪtəl ðət wi kən faɪnd aʊt əˈbaʊt ɪt, ɪt əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ˈjuzɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd ˈvælju əv taɪm tɪ ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəli ɪnˈfleɪt ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts ðət kən bi ɪkˈspɛktɪd frəm ðə project.’’*.’’ ˈmɪstər ˈhɑrli, hu rɪfˈjuzd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt wɪn ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd əˈbaʊt ðə likt iˈmeɪlz, wɑz vicroads’*’ ˈtræfɪk ˈmænɪʤər fər θri jɪrz bət læst mənθ tʊk ə rɪˈdəndənsi ˈpækɪʤ. hi hæd wərkt æt fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst θri ˈdɛkeɪdz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɛz ən ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ɔn ðə ˈistərn ˈfriˌweɪ ɪkˈstɛnʃən. hi wɔrnd kʊd bi hɛld riˈspɑnsəbəl ɪf ðə roʊd ˈɛndɪd əp biɪŋ ˈlɪtəl juzd, kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ðə plæn wɪθ krɔs ˈsɪti ˈtənəl ənd klɛm ʤoʊnz ˈtənəl ɪn wən iˈmeɪl. ˈprɑʤɛkts ər ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə prəˈpoʊzd ist wɛst link.’’*.’’ wi məst nɑt trəst ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən prəˈvaɪdɪd tɪ ˈjuˈɛs baɪ ðə ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ˈmɛlbərn əˈθɔrəti. vicroads’*’ ˈmɪstər ˈʃɛltən ɔn ˈsənˌdi hoʊzd daʊn ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns əv ðə iˈmeɪlz, seɪɪŋ ðeɪ dɪd nɑt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ðə pəˈzɪʃən. wɪθ ˈɛni lɑrʤ ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ˈɔfən ɪkˈsprɛs ˈdɪfərɪŋ views,’’*,’’ hi sɛd. ɛnˈdɔrsɪz ðə ˈtræfɪk fər lɪŋk, wɪʧ həz ˌəndərˈgɔn ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ənd ˈrɪgərəs assessment.’’*.’’ ðə ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ˈmɛlbərn əˈθɔrəti rɪˈfərd kˈwɪriz tɪ. ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən roʊdz ˈspoʊksmən luk ˈdɑnɪlæn sɛd ðə ˈtræfɪk ˈfɪgjərz wər ‘‘‘‘dodgy’’*’’. ənd hi sɛd ðə prɑˈʤɛkʃənz ðət hæd bɪn pʊt ˈfɔrwərd prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˈtræfɪk ðə nu roʊd wʊd ˈkɛri wər delusional’’*’’. hi sɛd ðə ist wɛst lɪŋk wɑz 8 ˈbɪljən roʊd ðət ˈnoʊwən wɔnts, ˈnoʊwən ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ juz ənd fər ə prɛˈmɪr ðət ˈnoʊwən ˈvoʊtɪd for’’*’’. ˈrisənt ˈfɪgjərz ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ðət ˈtræfɪk ˈvɑljumz fər ðə læst 10 jɪrz hæv bɪn goʊɪŋ ˈbækwərdz ɔn ˌælɪgˈzændrə parade,’*,’ ˈmɪstər ˈdɑnɪlæn sɛd. haʊ ðə prɛˈmɪr kən dɪˈdus ðət bæks əp hɪz kleɪm ɪz ʤɪst bɪɔnd ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnʃən ˈsɪmpli dishonest.’’*.’’ ˈdɑktər, kin tɪ prəˈmoʊt ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd tɪ ˈkaʊntər ðə əˈtæk ɔn ə plæn hi həz steɪkt hɪz prɛˈmɪrˌʃɪp ɔn hɛld ə prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns ɔn ˌælɪgˈzændrə pəreɪd ɪn ˈkɑlɪŋˌwʊd ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈmɔrnɪŋ rəʃ aʊər. hi sɛd ðət ˈɑrgjəmənts ðət ðə ˈtræfɪk ˈfɪgjərz fər ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wər rɔŋ dɪd nɑt ˈəltəmətli hoʊld ˈwɔtər. ðə prɑˈʤɛkʃən əv tɪ kɑz ə deɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə wɛst lɪŋk steɪʤ one’’*’’ wər, hi sɛd, ‘‘‘‘sound*, ˈsɑləd ənd ɪf ˈɛniˌθɪŋ conservative’’*’’. ju hæv gɑt ən ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən ɛz lɑrʤ ɛz, ju ˈɔlˌweɪz gɪt ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ðət hæv ˈdɪfərənt views,’’*,’’ ˈdɑktər sɛd. wi hæv hæd ˈtræfɪk ˈɛkspərts ðə ˈtræfɪk ənd ʃoʊ ðət tɪ ˈviɪkəlz ə deɪ wɪl juz [it],’’*],’’ hi sɛd. ˈloʊdɪŋ ˈdɑktər ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ðət ˈbɪznɪs keɪs confirms’’*’’ ðiz ˈfɪgjərz dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈkipɪŋ ðɪs ˈbɪznɪs keɪs ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl. ˈoʊnli həz tɪ stænd hir ɔn ˌælɪgˈzændrə pəreɪd ənd bi draʊnd baɪ ðə ˈtræfɪk nɔɪz, ənd lʊk æt ðə frəˈstreɪʃən ɪn ðə aɪz əv ðə ˈdraɪvərz, ənd noʊ ðət ðə ist wɛst lɪŋk wɪl bi gʊd fər ˈmɛlbərn ənd victoria,’’*,’’ hi sɛd. rɛd ðə likt iˈmeɪl hir
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dr napthine has vowed to see construction start on the east-west link road, joining the eastern freeway to citylink, before next year’s election. the coalition came to office promising a variety of public transport projects, including a new rail line to doncaster, and ridiculed pre-election suggestions it planned building the six-kilometre freeway. the $6-$8 billion road the most expensive transport project in victoria’s history would tunnel from clifton hill under north carlton to flemington, cutting the trip from the eastern freeway to citylink to just seven minutes. opponents including state labor have attacked the plan, made largely in secret and with haste after dr napthine’s elevation to premier in march. in april, as the government prepared dr napthine’s may budget announcement of the road, vicroads’ manager of network modelling and analysis, douglas harley, emailed the road authority’s strategy and planning head, david shelton. mr harley warned traffic figures being used to justify the road could not be trusted. the figures were compiled by consultant veitch lister for the linking melbourne authority, rather than using a traffic program created by the government.
‘‘we must not trust the information provided to us by the linking melbourne authority,’’ mr harley wrote. he warned the traffic modelling used was not transparent, even to senior transport bureaucrats: ‘‘from the little that we can find out about it, it appears to be using an inflated value of time to artificially inflate the benefits that can be expected from the project.’’ mr harley, who refused to comment when contacted about the leaked emails, was vicroads’ traffic modelling manager for three years but last month took a redundancy package. he had worked at vicroads for almost three decades, including as an engineer on the eastern freeway extension. he warned vicroads could be held responsible if the road ended up being little used, comparing the plan with sydney’s cross city tunnel and brisbane’s clem jones tunnel in one email. ‘‘these projects are similar to the proposed east west link.’’ we must not trust the information provided to us by the linking melbourne authority.
vicroads’ mr shelton on sunday hosed down the significance of the emails, saying they did not represent the authority’s position. ‘‘as with any large organisation, individuals often express differing views,’’ he said. ‘‘vicroads endorses the traffic modelling for east-west link, which has undergone extensive and rigorous assessment.’’ the linking melbourne authority referred queries to vicroads. opposition roads spokesman luke donnellan said the government’s traffic figures were ‘‘dodgy’’. and he said the projections that had been put forward predicting the level of traffic the new road would carry were ‘‘just delusional’’. he said the east west link was ‘‘an $8 billion road that no-one wants, no-one is going to use and for a premier that no-one voted for’’.
‘‘all recent vicroads figures highlight that traffic volumes for the last 10 years have been going backwards on alexandra parade,’ mr donnellan said. ‘‘so how the premier can deduce that vicroads backs up his claim is just beyond comprehension it’s simply dishonest.’’ dr napthine, keen to promote the project and to counter the opposition’s attack on a plan he has staked his premiership on held a press conference on alexandra parade in collingwood during monday’s morning rush hour. he said that arguments that the traffic figures for the project were wrong did not ultimately hold water. the projection of 80,000 to 100,000 cars a day using the ‘‘east west link stage one’’ were, he said, ‘‘sound, solid and if anything conservative’’. ‘‘when you have got an organisation as large as vicroads, you always get individuals that have different views,’’ dr napthine said. ‘‘but ... we have had traffic experts analyse the traffic and show that 80,000 to 100,000 vehicles a day will use [it],’’ he said. loading
dr napthine also said that ‘‘the business case confirms’’ these figures despite the government keeping this business case confidential. ‘‘one only has to stand here on alexandra parade and be drowned by the traffic noise, and look at the frustration in the eyes of the drivers, and know that the east west link will be good for melbourne and victoria,’’ he said. read the leaked email here
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ðə 2017 ˈmeɪʤər lig ˈsɑkər ˈsizən ɪz ˈræpədli əˈproʊʧɪŋ. ɔl timz ər ˈlɛvəl, ˈspɪrɪts ər haɪ ənd ˈkɑnfədɛns kən bi faʊnd wɪˈθɪn ˈɛvəri kləb. həz ˈtruli ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd ˌɪtˈsɛlf frəm ˈəðər spɔrts ligz baɪ ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ ə ˈlɛvəl əv ˈpɛrəti ˈpriviəsli ənˈsin ɪn ˈkɑmprəbəl ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz. ˈɛni tim kən wɪn kəp ɪn ˈɛni jɪr, ənd nɑt ən ɪgˌzæʤərˈeɪʃən. ðə sæn ˌhoʊˈzeɪ ˈərθkˌweɪks ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ɪz ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk, ənd ðə ˈpæʃənət fænz ðət hæv fɪld ˈsteɪdiəm fər ðə pæst tu jɪrz ʃʊd bi ɛz wɛl. ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ə nu ənd ˈnɑləʤəbəl ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər ɪn ˈʤɛsi fioranelli*, ə ˈtɛknɪkəl dɪˈrɛktər ɪn krɪs liʧ ðət ɪz ən ˈɛkspərt ɪn lig ˈrɑstər rulz ənd ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz, ənd ən ɪkˈspɪriənst ənd ˈpruvən hɛd koʊʧ ɪn ˈdɑmənɪk ˈkɪˌnɪr hæv ðə kweɪks ˈθɪŋkɪŋ bɪg ɪn 2017 waɪl ðə sərʧ wɑz biɪŋ kənˈdəktəd ɪn leɪt 2016 liʧ ənd ˈkɪˌnɪr wər ˈbɪzi ˈskaʊtɪŋ ənd pərˈpɛrɪŋ ðə ˈrɑstər fər ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈsizən. ərˈaɪvəl ɪn ˈərli ˈʤænjuˌɛri həz ˈoʊnli ɪkˈspændɪd ðə ˈaʊˌtriʧ ənd ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv maɪndz həz lɛd tɪ ə ˈsɪriz əv ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ ˈrɑstər dɪˈsɪʒənz. ðə fərst muv əv ðə wɑz tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wɪʧ pleɪərz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈəndər ˈkɑnˌtrækt ʃʊd rɪˈmeɪn wɪθ ðə kləb ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈɪntu 2017 ðə ˈfɔrwərd pəˈzɪʃən rɪˈsivd ə kəmˈplit ˈoʊvərˌhɔl. ˈɪnəsənt, mɑrk ˈʃɛrəd, goitom*, ʧæd ˈbɛrɪt ənd ˈstivən ˈlɛnˌhɑrt faɪv əv ðə ˈsɛvən ˈfɔrwərdz ɪn 2016 wər nɑt rɪˈteɪnd. ˈvɛtərən dɪˈfɛndərz ˈklɛrəns ˈgʊdsən ənd ˈʤɔrdən stuərt ˈɔlsoʊ boʊθ dɪˈpɑrtɪd ðə kləb, ɛz wɛl ɛz θərd ˈkipər braɪən ˈmɛrɪdɪθ hu wɑz skupt əp baɪ siˈætəl ɪn ðə dræft. ˈwɪŋər ælˈbərtoʊ kwinˈtɛroʊ, wən əv ðə bɪˈləvəd #panamaniacs*, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛgzətɪd ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən əˈpɑn ðə ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃən əv hɪz loʊn dil frəm ˈloʊboʊs ənd ɪz naʊ plaɪɪŋ hɪz treɪd ɪn pəru. ðə fərst muv ðət sɛnt ˈtrɛmərz θruaʊt ðə beɪ ˈɛriə wɑz ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋ əv ˈhoʊmˈgroʊn dɪˈfɛndər nɪk ˈlimə. ˈlimə, 22 pleɪd ɪn ðə kweɪks əˈkædəmi, ɔn ðə əˈfɪliˌeɪt ˈbərlɪŋˌgeɪm ˈdrægənz fc*, ənd treɪnd ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli wɪθ ðə fərst tim. kɑr əv sɛd hi bɪˈlivd ˈlimə wʊd hæv bɪn pɪk ɪn ðə 2017 superdraft*, soʊ hɪz dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɛz ə prəˈfɛʃənəl kʊd bi wən tɪ wɔʧ. sæn ˌhoʊˈzeɪ ðɛn saɪnd ˈsɛnər bæk ˈhɛrəld ˈkəmɪŋz. ˈkəmɪŋz, ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈstɑrtər fər ðə ˈpænəˌmɑ ˈnæʃənəl tim, ɪz noʊn fər hɪz əˈgrɛsɪvnəs, spid ənd kəmˈpoʊʒər ɔn ðə bɔl. hɪz ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ənd ɪkˈspɪriəns meɪks ɪm ə rɛr kəˈmɑdəti ɪn ðə spɔrt təˈdeɪ. ðə kweɪks ˈdræftɪd fɔr pleɪərz ɪn ðə 2017 superdraft*. ˈʤæksən wɑz ðə fərst pleɪər səˈlɛktɪd baɪ sæn jose--no*. 6 ˈoʊvərˌɔl. ə ˈmɛmbər əv ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən əˈdidəs, wɑz wən əv ðə ˈjəŋgəst pleɪərz ɪn ðə dræft klæs æt ˈoʊnli 19 jɪrz oʊld. ˈæftər ðə kənˈkluʒən əv ðə dræft, ˈmæθju dɔɪl əv (@mlsanalyst*) ðət ɪz ðə tru tɪ kəm θru ðə dræft æt list sɪns paʊərz, bət mɔr upside”*”. ˈdɪlən paʊərz wɑz səˈlɛktɪd ˈoʊvərˌɔl baɪ ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ ɪn 2013 ənd wund əp ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ˈrʊki əv ðə jɪr əˈwɔrd. ðə ˈərθkˌweɪks dræft klæs wɑz kəmˈplitɪd wɪθ ˈlɪndoʊ (saʊθ ˈflɔrɪdə), ˈfɔrwərd ˈkrɪsʧɪn (kæl) ənd tɔl, æθˈlɛtɪk ˈgoʊlˌkipər ˈɔdən ˈʃaɪldər (ˈwɔʃɪŋtən). ðə ˈtriˌoʊ wɪl hæv tɪ ərn ðɛr weɪ ˈɔntu ðə ˈrɑstər məʧ ðə seɪm weɪ kɪp dɪd wən ˈsizən əˈgoʊ. ðə kweɪks ðɛn ˈraʊndɪd aʊt ðə ˈrɑstər wɪθ fɔr ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsaɪnɪŋz ˈkɔstɑ ˈrikən ˈfɔrwərd ˈmɑrkoʊs ureña*, dəʧ ˈfɔrwərd ˈdæni hoesen*, ælˈbeɪniən ənd ˈʤərmən ˈflɔriən ˈʤəŋgwərθ. ðə rɪˈmɑrkəbəl θɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðiz ˈsaɪnɪŋz ɪz ðət ɔl fɔr pəˈzɛs ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ɪkˈspɪriəns, ər ˈkərəntli ˈəndər 30 jɪrz əv eɪʤ ənd du nɑt ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd pleɪər slɑt. ðə muvz nɑt ˈoʊnli bust ðə skwɑd ɪn tərmz əv ˈtælənt, dɛpθ ənd ˌvərsəˈtɪləti, bət ˈɔlsoʊ du nɑt ˈhæmpər ˈɛni ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsəmər ˈtrænsfər ˈwɪndoʊ. ˈrɪli ˈhæpi əˈbaʊt ɪz ðət ɔl əv ðə wərk pʊt ˈɪntu ˈskaʊtɪŋ ðiz pleɪərz həz lɛd tɪ ə ˈkəstəm fɪt sut fər ðə tim soʊ ðət wi hæv ˌhaɪkˈwɑləti ˈɔpʃənz æt ˈɛvəri position,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnd fioranelli*. naʊ hæv ˈjəŋgər, mɔr daɪˈnæmɪk pleɪərz. wi ʧoʊz nɑt tɪ hæv wən pleɪər ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ moʊst əv ɑr ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt, bət ˈrəðər əkˈwaɪər ˈsɛvərəl pleɪərz ðət ɔl ˈvɛri ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt. ðɪs livz ˈjuˈɛs ə ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌɑpərˈtunəti ɪn ðə ˈsəmər wɪn ðɛr wɪl bi mɔr ɔlˈtərnətɪvz ənd mɔr ˈsaɪnɪŋ opportunities.”*.” ˈeɪʤɪz əv pleɪərz nɑt rɪˈteɪnd frəm 2016 (avg*.: 34 (ˈgʊdsən) 34 (stuərt) 32 (goitom*) 31 (ˈbɛrɪt) 30 (ˈlɛnˌhɑrt) 27 (ˈɪnəsənt) 27 (ˈmɛrɪdɪθ) 26 (ˈʃɛrəd) ˈeɪʤɪz əv pleɪərz saɪnd fər 2017 (avg*.: 19 (yueill*) 22 (ˈlimə) 24 (ˈkəmɪŋz) 26 (hoesen*) 26 (ureña*) 28 (hyka*) 28 (ˈʤəŋgwərθ)
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the 2017 major league soccer season is rapidly approaching. all teams are level, spirits are high and confidence can be found within every club. mls has truly separated itself from other sports leagues by introducing a level of parity previously unseen in comparable competitions. any team can win mls cup in any year, and that’s not an exaggeration.
the san jose earthquakes organization is optimistic, and the passionate fans that have filled avaya stadium for the past two years should be as well. the combination of a new well-connected and knowledgeable general manager in jesse fioranelli, a technical director in chris leitch that is an expert in league roster rules and guidelines, and an experienced and proven head coach in dominic kinnear have the quakes thinking big in 2017.
while the gm search was being conducted in late 2016, leitch and kinnear were busy scouting and preparing the roster for the upcoming season. fioranelli’s arrival in early january has only expanded the team’s outreach and the combination of minds has led to a series of inspiring roster decisions.
the first move of the offseason was to decide which players no longer under contract should remain with the club heading into 2017. the forward position received a complete overhaul. innocent, mark sherrod, henok goitom, chad barrett and steven lenhart – five of the team’s seven forwards in 2016 – were not retained. veteran defenders clarence goodson and jordan stewart also both departed the club, as well as third keeper bryan meredith who was scooped up by seattle in the re-entry draft. winger alberto quintero, one of the beloved #panamaniacs, also exited the organization upon the expiration of his loan deal from lobos buap and is now plying his trade in peru.
the first move that sent tremors throughout the bay area was the signing of homegrown defender nick lima. lima, 22, played in the quakes academy, on the club’s pdl affiliate burlingame dragons fc, and trained extensively with the first team. calen carr of mls said he believed lima would have been top-five pick in the 2017 superdraft, so his development as a professional could be one to watch.
san jose then signed 24-year-old center back harold cummings. cummings, a regular starter for the panama national team, is known for his aggressiveness, speed and composure on the ball. his combination of youthfulness and experience makes him a rare commodity in the sport today.
the quakes drafted four players in the 2017 mls superdraft. jackson yueill was the first player selected by san jose--no. 6 overall. a member of generation adidas, yueill was one of the youngest players in the draft class at only 19 years old. after the conclusion of the draft, matthew doyle of mls (@mlsanalyst) tweeted that yueill is the “best true cm to come through the draft at least since powers, but more upside”. dillon powers was selected 11th overall by colorado in 2013 and wound up winning the mls rookie of the year award.
the earthquakes draft class was completed with fleet-footed midfielder lindo mfeka (south florida), goal-scoring forward christian thierjung (cal) and tall, athletic goalkeeper auden schilder (washington). the trio will have to earn their way onto the roster much the same way kip colvey did one season ago.
the quakes then rounded out the roster with four international signings – costa rican forward marcos ureña, dutch forward danny hoesen, albanian midfielder jahmir hyka and german defenseman florian jungwirth. the remarkable thing about these signings is that all four possess international experience, are currently under 30 years of age and do not occupy a single designated player slot. the moves not only boost the squad in terms of talent, depth and versatility, but also do not hamper any flexibility during the summer transfer window.
“what we’re really happy about is that all of the work we’ve put into scouting these players has led to a custom fit suit for the team so that we have high-quality options at every position,” explained fioranelli. “we now have younger, more dynamic players. we chose not to have one player occupy most of our investment, but rather acquire several players that we’re all very excited about. this leaves us a very important opportunity in the summer when there will be more alternatives and more signing opportunities.”
ages of players not retained from 2016 (avg.: 30.13):
34 (goodson)
34 (stewart)
32 (goitom)
31 (barrett)
30 (lenhart)
27 (innocent)
27 (meredith)
26 (sherrod)
ages of players signed for 2017 (avg.: 24.71):
19 (yueill)
22 (lima)
24 (cummings)
26 (hoesen)
26 (ureña)
28 (hyka)
28 (jungwirth)
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bɪl ˈleɪtəst ˈpɔdˌkæst frəm ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs ˈfiʧərd ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈmaɪkəl lɑmˈbɑrdi ənd ˈlɔŋˌtaɪm d.c*. spɔrts fæn ʤoʊ haʊs. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfiʧərd ðɪs ˈdaɪəlɔg: lɑmˈbɑrdi: ɪf ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz, du ju weɪt fər ˈpeɪtən ˈmænɪŋ ər hoʊp ˈpeɪtən ˈmænɪŋ kəmz əraʊnd, ər du ju du wət ˈplænɪŋ ɔn duɪŋ, wɪʧ ɪz tɪ saɪn kaɪl ˈɔrtən ənd lɛt ɪm bi ðə ˈstɑrtɪŋ kˈwɔrtərˌbæk? haʊs: ju ʤɪst seɪ ðət. lɑmˈbɑrdi: jɛs aɪ dɪd. aɪ wərkt ðət ɪn ðɛr. haʊs: ju ʤɪst tʊk ə naɪf aʊt əv jʊr ˈpɑkət ənd ʤæmd ɪt ˈɪntu maɪ ˈkɪdniz. lɑmˈbɑrdi: ˈsɑri, bət ðət wɑz ðə ˈsinjər boʊl ˈʧætər. haʊs: oʊ maɪ ˈgreɪʃəs. gɑt tɪ klaɪm ˈəndər ðə ˈteɪbəl ənd leɪ daʊn fər 10 ˈmɪnəts. aɪ bɪˈliv ðət. lɑmˈbɑrdi: wɛl aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ priˈpɛr ju fər ðət, wɪn ɪt ˈhæpənz.... haʊs: lɛt ðɪs kaɪnd əv sɔrt ˌɪtˈsɛlf aʊt, ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz goʊ dræft ðət wʊd bi ðə sɪˈnɛrioʊ, ənd [ˈɔlsoʊ] əkˈwaɪər ˈpeɪtən. treɪd əp. du ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt teɪks. lɑmˈbɑrdi: saɪn kaɪl ˈɔrtən ənd juz ɪm ɛz ə ʧɪp tɪ treɪd əp wɪθ? ˈsɪmənz: ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈkɑmpətɪntli. ˈgɑnə treɪd əp? haʊs: aɪ kən drim. ðə offseason*. ðə ˈoʊnli taɪm aɪ kən bi ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz lɑmˈbɑrdi: haʊs, gɑt tɪ ʃɛr, æt wən taɪm ɪn maɪ laɪf aɪ wɑz ə juʤ ˈrɛdˌskɪnz fæn, juʤ ˈrɛdˌskɪnz aɪ fil jʊr peɪn.... ˈsɪmənz: naʊ, frəm wət ju noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz ənd ðɛr ˈrisənt ˈhɪstəri, ɪf ðɛr wɑz ə tim ðət kaɪnd əv wɛnt ɔl ɪn ɔn ðə ˈpeɪtən ˈmænɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns ənd hi ˈɛndɪd əp pleɪɪŋ laɪk naɪn geɪmz ənd ðɛn hi gɑt hərt əˈgɛn ənd hæd tɪ ˌriˈtaɪər ənd ðət tim hæd ɔˈrɛdi lɔst ðə pɪks ɪt geɪv əp, ɪt wʊd bi ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz, raɪt? haʊs: jɛs. aɪ ˈɑnəstli hæv noʊ aɪˈdiə wɪʧ əv ðiz θɪŋz wər ˈsɪriəs ənd wɪʧ wər ʤoʊks. ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðeɪ wər ɔl ʤoʊks. ðət wʊd bi ˈfəni. ðə ˈəðər θɪŋ, nɑt soʊ məʧ. (ˈəpˌdeɪt: ˈviə ˈiˌmeɪl, haʊs tɛlz mi ðət lɑmˈbɑrdi wɑz biɪŋ 100 pərˈsɛnt ˈsɪriəs. jaɪks.) (ˈviə @johnmtaylor*)
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bill simmons’s latest podcast from indianapolis featured the nfl network’s michael lombardi and longtime d.c. sports fan joe house. it also featured this dialog:
lombardi: if you’re the redskins, do you wait for peyton manning or hope peyton manning comes around, or do you do what they’re planning on doing, which is to sign kyle orton and let him be the starting quarterback?
house: you didn’t just say that.
lombardi: yes i did. i worked that in there.
house: you just took a knife out of your pocket and jammed it into my kidneys.
lombardi: i’m sorry, but that was the senior bowl chatter.
house: oh my gracious. i’ve got to climb under the table and lay down for 10 minutes. i can’t believe that.
lombardi: well i wanted to prepare you for that, when it happens....
house: let this kind of sort itself out, the redskins go draft rg3, that would be the best-case scenario, and [also] acquire peyton. trade up. do whatever it takes.
lombardi: sign kyle orton and use him as a chip to trade up with?
simmons: the redskins can’t do anything competently. they’re gonna trade up?
house: i can dream. it’s the offseason. it’s the only time i can be genuinely enthusiastic about the redskins
lombardi: house, i’ve got to share, at one time in my life i was a huge redskins fan, huge redskins fan....so i feel your pain....
simmons: now, from what you know about the redskins and their recent history, if there was a team that kind of went all in on the peyton manning experience and he ended up playing like nine games and then he got hurt again and had to retire and that team had already lost the picks it gave up, it would be the redskins, right?
house: yes.
i honestly have no idea which of these things were serious and which were jokes. i’m hoping they were all jokes. that would be funny. the other thing, not so much.
(update: via e-mail, house tells me that lombardi was being 100 percent serious. yikes.)
(via @johnmtaylor)
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ˈeɪliən kənˈspɪrəsiz, ˈmɑnstərz, cryptids*, mˈjutənts, pɛrəˈnɔrməl fəˈnɑmənə ʤɪst ə ˈtɪpɪkəl deɪ fər ðə ˈfɪkʃənəl ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ˈeɪʤənts əv "ðə x-files*." bət haʊ kloʊz tɪ ˈfɪkʃən wɑz ɪt? kriˈeɪtər, ˈraɪtər ənd dɪˈrɛktər krɪs ˈkɑrtər tɛlz ə ˈriˌllaɪf teɪl əˈbaʊt ðə ʃoʊ ɪn ɪts ˈərli deɪz ðæts ˈwərði əv ðə ʃoʊz catchphrase*, "ðə truθ ɪz aʊt ðɛr." "aɪ hæd ˈsəmˌwən kəm əp tɪ mi ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ərˈɪʤənəl rən əv ðə ˈsɪriz, hu sɛd ðeɪ wərkt ɪn səm haɪ pleɪs ɪn ə ˈsikrɪt ˈgəvərnmənt ˈeɪʤənsi, [ənd] sɛd ðət wi wər ˈvɛri kloʊz tɪ ðə truθ," ˈkɑrtər toʊld ðə ˈhəfɪŋtən poʊst. "aɪ ˈdɪdənt noʊ ˈwɛðər tɪ teɪk ðət ˈpərsən æt ðɛr wərd ər nɑt. aɪ kən tɛl ju ðɪs: wɪn aɪ roʊt ðə 1993 ˈpaɪlət, aɪ kɔld ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ tɪ du səm ˈrisərʧ, ənd ðeɪ wər nis ɪˈnəf, bət ˈdɪdənt ˈrɪli gɪv mi ðə taɪm əv deɪ. "ðɛn, ɔl əv ə ˈsədən, ɛz wi gɑt kloʊz tɪ ˈɛrɪŋ, ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ kɔld ənd sɛd, 'hu ər ju ənd wət ər ju duɪŋ?' ənd fər ə ˈsɛkənd, aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ðə lɔŋ ɑrm əv ðə lɔ ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn tɪ ʃət mi daʊn." ðə saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən ˈklæsɪk rɪˈtərnz tɪ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ðɪs ˈwiˌkɪnd ˈæftər ə ˈæbsəns, ənd ˈkɑrtər tɛlz wɪrd nuz ðət ðə fɛdz ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli tʊk ə ˈlaɪkɪŋ tɪ ɪm ənd hi tʊk ə ˈlaɪkɪŋ tɪ ðɛm. "ðeɪ bɪˈkeɪm ˌənəˈfɪʃəl fænz [əv ðə 'x-files*']. ənd ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ˈsɪtɪzənz əˈkædəmi, aɪv hæd ə ʧæns tɪ ʃut ˈmɛni ə ˈfaɪˌrɑrm wɪθ ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ. aɪ gɑt tɪ ʃut ə fju raʊnz æt ðə ˈfaɪərrɪŋ reɪnʤ æt ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən." ˈsənˌdi naɪts prɛˈmɪr əv ðə ˈsizən mɑrks ðə fərst əv sɪks ˌɪnˈstɔlmənts, kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ðə ˈeɪliən kənˈspɪrəsi məˈθɑləˌʤi əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl "ˈmɑnstər əv ðə wik" ˈsɪriz wɪθ ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz. "ðə x-files*" fərst ˌɪnˈveɪdɪd ðə ˈkɑnʃəsnəs əv vjuərz ɪn 1993 ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli prəˈdusɪŋ mɔr ðən 200 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ˈoʊvər naɪn ˈsizənz əˈlɔŋ wɪθ tu ˈfiʧər fɪlmz. ən ˈɑrdənt ˈwərldˈwaɪd ˈɔdiəns həz ˈæŋkʃəsli ˈweɪtɪd tɪ si ðə riˈunjən əv ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ˈeɪʤənts fɑks ˈməldər (ˈdeɪvɪd) ənd ˈdeɪnə ˈskəli (ˈʤɪliən ˈændərsən), ɛz ðeɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ ənˈrævəl ðə ˈfɪkʃənəl ənˈsɑlvd ˈkeɪsɪz ðət hæv pleɪgd ðə ˈbjʊroʊ. ðə ʃoʊz ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd catchphrase*: "ðə truθ ɪz stɪl aʊt ðɛr" waɪl əbˈsɛʃən wɪθ ðə pɛrəˈnɔrməl prəˈpɛld ɪm ˈfɔrwərd ɪn hɪz kwɛst tɪ pruv ðət ərθ ɪz ˈvɪzɪtɪd baɪ ˈeɪliənz, ˈskɛptɪk ˈskəli spɛnt ən ˈikwəl əˈmaʊnt əv taɪm duɪŋ hər bɛst tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ˈfoʊkɪst, traɪɪŋ tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz fər ɔl əv ðə wɪrd stəf ðeɪv kəm ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ. wən θɪŋ fər ʃʊr, ˈæftər mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd sɪns ðə læst taɪm hi wɔr ˈeɪʤənt ˈeɪliən kənˈspɪrəsi ʃuz, toʊld ɪt wɑz ə ˌnoʊˈbreɪnər ˈstɛpɪŋ bæk ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɛrɪktər fər ðə nu ˈsizən. "ɪt wɑz ˈizi bɪˈkəz wi hæd soʊ ˈmɛni jɪrz duɪŋ ɪt wɪθ wən əˈnəðər, ənd fər ðoʊz eɪt ər naɪn jɪrz ðət wi ʃɑt ðə ʃoʊ, wi ˈwʊdəv spɛnt mɔr taɪm wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər ðən wɪθ ɑr ˈfæməliz. ənd, ˈvɛri məʧ laɪk ə ˈfæməli, wi fɔl ˈɪntu ə ˈsərtən weɪ əv biɪŋ ənd rɪˈleɪtɪŋ ənd brɪŋ ðət tɪ ðə ˈkɛrɪktərz. ju kænt feɪk ðət kaɪnd əv ˈhɪstəri. ɪts səʧ ə gɪft fər ən ˈæktər tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hæv ðət məʧ taɪm wɪθ ðə ˈpipəl ðət hi ər ʃi ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ." ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ: "ðə x-files*: re-opened*" ˈkɑrtər, ənd ˈændərsən hæv ɔl ˈhɪnɪd ðeɪd bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ðə "x-files*" ˈfrænˌʧaɪz bɪɔnd ðiz ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ nu ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz. waɪl ðə ˈsɪriz həz ˈfiʧərd ˈmɛni bɪˈzɑr, ˈdeɪnʤərəs ənd ˈædvərˌsɛriz ˈjumən ənd ˈəðərˌwaɪz wət əˈbaʊt ˈkɑrtər, ðə kriˈeɪtər ənd laɪf fɔrs bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt ɔl. həz hi ˈɛvər sin ˈɛniˌθɪŋ hi ˈkʊdənt ɪkˈspleɪn? "nɑt ə ˌjuˌɛˈfoʊ ənd aɪv ˈnɛvər hæd ə ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən. aɪv ˈsərtənli hæd ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ðət simd ˈsəmˈwət pɛrəˈnɔrməl, bət əm stɪl ɪn ðə 'aɪ wɔnt tɪ bɪˈliv' kæmp." noʊt tɪ ˈkɑrtər: haʊ əˈbaʊt ə nuər catchphrase*: "ðə truθ ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz aʊt ðɛr" ðə prɛˈmɪr əv "ðə x-files*" rɪˈtərnz tɪ fɑks ɔn ʤæn. 24 æt 10 p.m*. ənd ʤæn. 25 æt 8 p.m*. ʧɛk jʊr ˈloʊkəl ˈlɪstɪŋz.
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alien conspiracies, monsters, cryptids, mutants, paranormal phenomena -- just a typical day for the fictional fbi agents of "the x-files."
but how close to fiction was it?
creator, writer and director chris carter tells a real-life tale about the show in its early days that's worthy of the show's catchphrase, "the truth is out there."
"i had someone come up to me during the original run of the series, who said they worked in some high place in a secret government agency, [and] said that we were very close to the truth," carter told the huffington post.
"i didn't know whether to take that person at their word or not. i can tell you this: when i wrote the [1993] pilot, i called the fbi to do some research, and they were nice enough, but didn't really give me the time of day.
"then, all of a sudden, as we got close to airing, the fbi called and said, 'who are you and what are you doing?' and for a second, i thought it was going to be the long arm of the law coming in to shut me down."
the science fiction classic returns to tv this weekend after a 14-year absence, and carter tells huffpost weird news that the feds eventually took a liking to him -- and he took a liking to them.
"they became unofficial fans [of the 'x-files']. and as a member of the fbi citizens academy, i've had a chance to shoot many a firearm with the fbi. i got to shoot a few rounds at the firing range at fbi headquarters in washington."
sunday night's premiere of the long-awaited 10th season mini-series marks the first of six installments, combining the alien conspiracy mythology of the original "monster of the week" series with stand-alone episodes.
"the x-files" first invaded the consciousness of viewers in 1993, eventually producing more than 200 episodes over nine seasons along with two feature films.
an ardent worldwide audience has anxiously waited to see the reunion of fbi agents fox mulder (david duchovny) and dana scully (gillian anderson), as they continue to unravel the fictional unsolved cases that have plagued the bureau.
the show's updated catchphrase: "the truth is still out there"
while mulder's obsession with the paranormal propelled him forward in his quest to prove that earth is visited by colonization-minded aliens, level-headed skeptic scully spent an equal amount of time doing her best to remain focused, trying to provide logical explanations for all of the weird stuff they've come in contact with.
one thing for sure, after more than a decade since the last time he wore agent mulder's alien conspiracy shoes, duchovny told huffpost it was a no-brainer stepping back into the character for the new season.
"it was easy because we had so many years doing it with one another, and for those eight or nine years that we shot the show, we would've spent more time with each other than with our families. and, very much like a family, we fall into a certain way of being and relating and bring that to the characters. you can't fake that kind of history. it's such a gift for an actor to be able to have that much time with the people that he or she is working with."
check out the following behind-the-scenes video: "the x-files: re-opened"
carter, duchovny and anderson have all hinted they'd be interested in continuing the "x-files" franchise beyond these upcoming new episodes.
while the series has featured many bizarre, dangerous and mind-bending adversaries -- human and otherwise -- what about carter, the creator and life force behind it all. has he ever seen anything he couldn't explain?
"not a ufo and i've never had a visitation. i've certainly had experiences that seemed somewhat paranormal, but i'm still in the 'i want to believe' camp."
note to carter: how about a newer catchphrase: "the truth is always out there"
the two-night premiere of "the x-files" returns to fox on jan. 24 at 10 p.m. and jan. 25 at 8 p.m. check your local listings.
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wət du ju neɪm ə brænd nu kɑr? fər tim ðə dɪˈsɪʒən wɑz meɪd ˈizi wɪn ə ˈhænˌdrɪtən noʊt ənd əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə timz ˈmeɪlˌbɑks frəm ˈbroʊti ˈpɪrsən əv wangaratta*. ˈbroʊti plɛʤd hɪz ˈpɑkət ˈməni tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðə tim hæd ɪˈnəf fəndz tɪ bɪld ðə nu kɑr ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə kræʃ æt ðə 500 ˈædəˌleɪd ðət dɪˈstrɔɪd ðə ˈpriviəs ˈʧæsi, neɪmd 'ðə ˈmɪstrəs'. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ðə ˈfæktəri ənd ˈmitɪŋ tim ˈdraɪvər ˈʤeɪsən braɪt, ɪt simd ˈfɪtɪŋ tɪ neɪm ðə nu kɑr ˈæftər wən əv ðə timz ˈbɪgəst fænz. ˈbroʊti wɑz ɪkˈsaɪtɪd wɪn toʊld əv ðə dɪˈsɪʒən. "ɪts ˈrɪli ˈɔsəm," hi sɛd. ðə səˈpɔrt fər ðə neɪm ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə wɑz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ. ðə neɪm ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz ˈjunɪˌsɛks, soʊ ðə trəˈdɪʃən əv ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈfiˌmeɪl neɪm fər ə kɑr həz nɑt bɪn ˈbroʊkən. məm ʤaɪə ˈpɪrsən sɛd ʃi wɑz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmd baɪ ðə ˈʤɛsʧər. "ɪts səʧ ən ˈɑnər, ɪts ˈɔlˌmoʊst sərˈil," ʃi sɛd. "aɪ wɔnt tɪ θæŋk ˈɛvriˌwən hu ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðə neɪm ənd əv kɔrs tim ənd fər biɪŋ soʊ greɪt tɪ ˈbroʊti. "ðɪs wɪl bi ə ˈlaɪˈflɔŋ sɔrs əv ˈplɛʒər fər ɪm fər ʃʊr." ˈbroʊti (ðə ˈkɑməˌdɔr) hɪts ðə ˈælbərt pɑrk træk ɪn ˈmɛlbərn fər ðə fərst taɪm ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɛz pɑrt əv ðə səˈpɔrt reɪs ˈproʊˌgræm æt ðə ˈfɔrmjələ wən ˈroʊlɛks ɔˈstreɪljən grænd pri. braɪt sɛd ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd wʊd bi ˈbɪznɪs ɛz ˈjuʒəwəl, wɪθ noʊ ˈwəriz əˈbaʊt deɪˈbjutɪŋ ðə nu ˈʧæsi. "wi ʤɪst nid tɪ goʊ ðɛr ənd meɪk ʃʊr wi doʊnt hæv ˈɛni ˈtiðɪŋ ˈdrɑməz ˌɪˈnɪʃəli, ðɛn wɪl goʊ aʊt ənd traɪ ənd wɪn ɪt laɪk wi ˈjuʒəwəli du," hi sɛd. "wɪr nɑt əˈproʊʧɪŋ ðɪs ˈwiˌkɪnd ˈɛni ˈdɪfərˈɛntli ðən ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈnɔrməl raʊnd."
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what do you name a brand new car?
for team boc the decision was made easy when a handwritten note and $10.20 appeared in the team's mailbox from nine-year-old brodie pearson of wangaratta.
brodie pledged his pocket money to ensure the team had enough funds to build the new car following the crash at the clipsal 500 adelaide that destroyed the previous chassis, named 'the mistress'.
following a visit to the factory and meeting team boc driver jason bright, it seemed fitting to name the new car after one of the team's biggest fans.
brodie was excited when told of the decision.
"it's really awesome," he said.
the support for the name on social media was overwhelming.
the name itself is unisex, so the tradition of using a female name for a car has not been broken.
mum jaya pearson said she was overwhelmed by the gesture.
"it's such an honour, it's almost surreal," she said.
"i want to thank everyone who recommended the name and of course team boc and brighty for being so great to brodie.
"this will be a lifelong source of pleasure for him for sure."
brodie (the commodore) hits the albert park track in melbourne for the first time on thursday as part of the support race program at the formula one rolex australian grand prix.
bright said the weekend would be business as usual, with no worries about debuting the new chassis.
"we just need to go there and make sure we don't have any teething dramas initially, then we'll go out and try and win it like we usually do," he said.
"we're not approaching this weekend any differently than any other normal round."
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roʊˈzɑrioʊ ˈdɔsən ənd ˈɛrɪk ˈɑnˌdreɪ hæv splɪt ˈæftər mɔr ðən ə jɪr əv ˈdeɪtɪŋ, ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli kən ɪkˈsklusɪvli rɪˈvil. ʤɪst ræn ɪts course,”*,” ə sɔrs tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs. wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈsəmθɪŋ serious.”*.” ðə tu fərst wɛnt ˈpəblɪk wɪθ ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɔn deɪ wɪθ ˈsɛlˌfiz ˈpoʊstɪd tɪ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə. ˌəndɪˈspjutɪd moʊst ˈgɔrʤəs biɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈplænət ˈɑnˌdreɪ roʊt ɪn ə twit. aɪ ləv ju bb🙏🏾*🙏🏾 #happyvalentinesday.”*.” du tɪ ðə ˈtɛndənsi tɪ pʊl præŋks, ˈmɛni fænz wər ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ˈskɛptɪkəl əˈbaʊt ðə vəˈlɪdɪti əv ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp, wɪʧ ðeɪ ðɛn kənˈfərmd wɪθ mɔr roʊˈmæntɪk ˈfoʊˌtoʊz. ˈdɔsən ˈɔlsoʊ æt ˈɑnˌdreɪ ɔn deɪ, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪm hər man.”*.” ˈdɔsən gəʃt ˈoʊvər hər ˈfɔrmər ləv ɪn ə sɛpˈtɛmbər 5 poʊst, rɪˈkɔlɪŋ ðə ˈskɛri ˈɪnsədənt ðət lɛd tɪ hər ˈtɛlɪŋ ɪm ʃi ləvd ɪm fər ðə fərst taɪm. ˈwiˌkɪnd mɑrks ə jɪr ðət aɪ hæd tɪ gɪt ˈimərʤənsi ˈsərʤəri tɪ stɑp ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈblidɪŋ frəm ə ˈrəpʧərd sɪst ɔn maɪ ˈoʊˌvəri. ɪt wɑz ðə fərst taɪm aɪ toʊld ðət aɪ ləvd him,”*,” ʃi roʊt. ˈvɛri məʧ nɑt ðə læst). ˈθæŋkfəl fər hɪz kɛr ənd ɔl əv ðə ˈdɑktərz ənd ˈnərsɪz ənd stæf æt ðə ˈdɛzərt ˈriʤənəl ˈmɛdɪkəl center.”*.” ˈdɔsən, hu ɪz mɑm tɪ ə ˈdɔtər, ˈpriviəsli ˈdeɪtɪd ʃraɪr ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ splɪt ɪn 2011 ənd dɪˈrɛktər ˈdæni bɔɪl, frəm hum ʃi splɪt ɪn mɑrʧ 2013 ðə ˈæktrəs ˈoʊpənd əp əˈbaʊt hər splɪt frəm bɔɪl ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər, ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ ðət ðɛr wɑz noʊ nid fər ə ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈbreɪˌkəp. nɑt laɪk wi əˈnaʊnst ɑr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp, soʊ nɑt laɪk goʊɪŋ tɪ əˈnaʊns ɑr breakup,”*,” ʃi ɪkˈspleɪnd. ləv ˈdæni. ˈwəndərfəl ənd wi ˈdeɪtɪd ˈlɔŋgər ðən ˈpipəl θɪŋk wi did.”*.” 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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rosario dawson and eric andre have split after more than a year of dating, us weekly can exclusively reveal.
“it just ran its course,” a source tells us. “he was never something serious.”
the two first went public with their relationship on valentine’s day with pda-filled selfies posted to social media. “the undisputed most gorgeous being on the planet 😍💕💋🌹❤️🔥” andre wrote in a now-deleted tweet. “@rosariodawson i love u bb🙏🏾 #happyvalentinesday.”
due to the comedian’s tendency to pull pranks, many fans were initially skeptical about the validity of their relationship, which they then confirmed with more romantic photos. dawson also tweeted at andre on valentine’s day, calling him her “main man.”
dawson gushed over her former love in a september 5 instagram post, recalling the scary incident that led to her telling him she loved him for the first time. “this weekend marks a year that i had to get emergency surgery to stop internal bleeding from a ruptured cyst on my ovary. it was the first time i told @ericfuckingandre that i loved him,” she wrote. “(and very much not the last). thankful for his care and all of the doctors and nurses and staff at the desert regional medical center.”
dawson, who is mom to a 15-year-old daughter, previously dated dj mathiu schreyer before they split in 2011 and director danny boyle, from whom she split in march 2013. the actress opened up about her split from boyle shortly after, explaining that there was no need for a high-profile breakup. “it’s not like we announced our relationship, so it’s not like we’re going to announce our breakup,” she explained. “i love danny. he’s wonderful and we dated longer than people think we did.”
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ʤɔɪn ðə 22147 ˈpipəl hu hæv ɔˈrɛdi saɪnd ðɪs pəˈtɪʃən. pliz saɪn ðɪs pəˈtɪʃən baɪ ʤæn 15th*, 2012 stænd əp əˈgɛnst ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ ˈɪzriəl pliz ˈfɔrwərd ðə pəˈtɪʃən tɪ ɔl əv jʊr ˈkɑnˌtækts ənd poʊst ɔn jʊr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ ənd tˈwɪtər. twit twit stænd əp əˈgɛnst ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ ˈɪzriəl ɛz ju hæv ˈprɑbəˌbli hərd, ˈstivi ˈwəndər ˈkænsəld hɪz ˈskɛʤʊld pərˈfɔrməns æt ðə ˈænjuəl frɛndz əv ðə (ˈɪzriəl dɪˈfɛns ˈfɔrsɪz) ɪˈvɛnt ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 6 ɪn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs. ənd grups əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ˈmuvmənt əˈgɛnst ˈɪzriəl rɪˈlɛntləsli ˈprɛʃərd ɪm ənˈtɪl hi ˈfaɪnəli əˈgrid tɪ ˈkænsəl. wi, ðə undersigned*, stænd təˈgɛðər ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ðə steɪt əv ˈɪzriəl. wi kɔl əˈpɑn ɔl ˈpipəl hu saɪd wɪθ ˈfridəm, tɪ stænd əp əˈgɛnst ðɪs ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ˈmuvmənt. wi stænd əp fər ðə steɪt əv ˈɪzriəl ɪn ɪts ˈstrəgəl tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɪts ˈsɪtɪzənz frəm ˈrɑkət əˈtæks ənd ˈəðər ˈtɛrər əˈtæks. wi stænd fər ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈvæljuz, ˈpisfəl ˌkoʊɪgˈzɪstəns, ənd ə seɪf ənd sɪˈkjʊr ˈɪzriəl. ˈɪzriəl ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli fri dɪˈmɑkrəsi ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist wɪθ ˈikwəl raɪts fər ɔl ɪts ˈsɪtɪzənz, rəˈgɑrdləs əv reɪs, rɪˈlɪʤən, ˈʤɛndər ər ˈsɛkʃuəl ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən. ˈɪzriəl stændz ɔn ðə frənt laɪn əv ðə fri wərld ɪn ðə faɪt əˈgɛnst ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm. aɪ æm ˈædɪŋ maɪ vɔɪs tɪ ðɪs pəˈtɪʃən ənd aɪ stænd əˈgɛnst ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ˈmuvmənt. ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ ˈɪzriəl sərvz noʊ kənˈstrəktɪv ˈpərpəs ənd ˈoʊnli ˌəndərˈmaɪnz pis ˈɛfərts. θæŋk ju. ðɪs pəˈtɪʃən wɑz ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd baɪ: standwithus*, ækt fər ˈɪzriəl, ənd ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈlidərˌʃɪp ˈkaʊnsəl 6
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as you have probably heard, stevie wonder cancelled his scheduled performance at the annual friends of the idf (israel defense forces) event on december 6 in los angeles. anti-israel and anti-semitic groups associated with the boycott movement against israel relentlessly pressured him until he finally agreed to cancel.
we, the undersigned, stand together in support of the state of israel. we call upon all people who side with freedom, to stand up against this boycott movement. we stand up for the state of israel in its struggle to protect its citizens from rocket attacks and other terror attacks.
we stand for democratic values, peaceful coexistence, and a safe and secure israel. israel is the only free democracy in the middle east with equal rights for all its citizens, regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. israel stands on the front line of the free world in the fight against terrorism.
i am adding my voice to this petition and i stand against the boycott movement. boycotting israel serves no constructive purpose and only undermines peace efforts.
thank you.
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אמור לא לחרם על ישראל !
לאחר לחץ כבד של קבוצות אנטי ישראליות ואנטישמיות, ביטל הזמר סטיבי וונדר את הופעתו באירוע ארגון ידידי צה"ל בלוס אנג'לס, שנקבעה ליום ה' הקרוב, 6 בדצמבר.
אנו החתומים מטה, עומדים לצידה של ישראל וקוראים לכל אזרחי העולם הנאור להתנגד לחרם, שכל מטרתו פגיעה במדינת ישראל. אנו עומדים לצידה של ישראל ותומכים במאבקה להגן על אזרחיה מפני התקפות טילים והתקפות טרור.
אנו תומכים בערכי הדמוקרטיה ובדו קיום שיאפשר בטחון ושלום. ישראל היא הדמוקרטיה היחידה במזרח התיכון, המעניקה זכויות שוות לכל אזרחיה, ללא הבדל דת, מין, גזע או נטיה מינית. ישראל היא מדינה חופשית ונאורה הניצבת בדד בחזיתו של העולם החופשי.
אני מוסיף את קולי לעצומה זו ומתנגד לחרם על ישראל, אשר אינו משרת כל מטרה בונה ורק פוגע במאמצי ההדברות והשלום.
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klɪk tɪ ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, ðə fərst əv ə sleɪt əv bɪlz faɪld ɪn ðə ˈtɛksəs ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪʧər klɪrd ə ˈmeɪʤər ˌɪnˈsɪst ðə bɪl, wɪʧ ðə ˈtɛksəs ˈsɛnɪt pæst baɪ ə voʊt ˈmənˌdeɪ, wʊd liv ɪt əp tɪ ˈdɑktərz tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪz wərθ ˈʃɛrɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈwʊmən ˈkɛriɪŋ ə ˈfitəs wɪθ səˈvɪr dɪsəˈbɪlɪtiz ər əˈnɑməliz. ðə ˈɔθər əv ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 25 ˈkɑnroʊ rɪˈpəblɪkən sɛn. ˈbrændən ˈkreɪtən, ˌɪnˈsɪsts ðə lɔ ɪz eɪmd æt ˈʃildɪŋ ˈdɑktərz frəm mælˈpræktɪs suts (ˈlɔˌsuts ðət, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈtɛksəs ˈmɛdɪkəl mælˈpræktɪs ˈlɔjərz, ər ɪkˈstrimli doʊnt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli dɪsəˈgri wɪθ ˈkreɪtən əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv hɪz bɪl ɪts ʤɪst ðət ðə lɔ wʊd ʤɪst soʊ ˈhæpən tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈdɑktərz hu wɪθˈhoʊld ˈmɛdɪkəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ˈfitəl ˌæbnɔrˈmælətiz ɪf ðeɪ θɪŋk ə ˈwʊmən maɪt kənˈsɪdər ən ˈmənˌdeɪz voʊt, ɛl ˈpæsoʊ ˈdɛməˌkræt sɛn. josé*é sɛd 25 "simz tɪ bi əˈbaʊt riˈstrɪktɪŋ ənd ˈfərðər ˈlɪmətɪŋ ə ˈwʊmənz raɪt tɪ ˈɛksərˌsaɪz hər ʧɔɪs əˈbaʊt wət ʃiz goʊɪŋ tɪ du ɪn ðə keɪs əv ˈsɪriəs ˈdifɛkts tɪ ðə ˈɛkoʊd ðə kənˈsərnz ʃɛrd baɪ ðə ˈdəzənz hu ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd əˈgɛnst ðə bɪl æt ə ˈsɛnɪt kəˈmɪti ˈhirɪŋ læst mənθ. "ɪt ˈʃʊdənt bi ðə ˈpɑləsi fər ðə steɪt əv ˈtɛksəs tɪ ɪkˈskjuz ˈdɑktərz frəm laɪɪŋ tɪ ðɛr ˈpeɪʃənz," bleɪk ˈroʊˌkæp, ˈpɑləsi ædˈvaɪzər fər ˈnɑrɑl ˈtɛksəs, toʊld ðə kəˈmɪti. "ðæts wət ðɪs bɪl dɪz." ˈmɑrgərɪt ˈʤɑnsən, hu ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə ˈtɛksəs lig əv ˈwɪmən ˈvoʊtərz, toʊld ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz, 25 ɪz ə weɪ tɪ gɪv ˈmɛdɪkəl ˌpərsəˈnɛl ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˌɪmˈpoʊz rɪˈlɪʤəs bɪˈlifs ɔn ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈwɪtnəsɪz hu ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd əˈgɛnst ðə bɪl læst mənθ, ðɛr ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ˈdɪdənt ˈivɪn hæv ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ əˈbɔrʃən ˈækˌsɛs. wən ˈwʊmən, ˈreɪʧəl, toʊld ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz əv hər ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈkɛriɪŋ tɪ tərm ə ˈfitəs wɪθ səˈvɪr ˌæbnɔrˈmælətiz. sɛd hæd ʃi noʊn ðə ˈfitəs hæd səˈvɪr hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz, ʃi wʊd hæv ˈɑptɪd fər ən ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ˈθɛrəpi tɪ traɪ ənd seɪv ðə ˈbeɪbiz laɪf. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ʃi geɪv bərθ tɪ ə ˈstɪlˈbɔrn nɑt ə ˈdɑktərz raɪt tɪ məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt ðə ˈfæməli baɪ laɪɪŋ, ənd ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈdɑktərz raɪt tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər ən ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ˈθɛrəpi ɪz wərθ traɪɪŋ," toʊld ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz.
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on monday, the first of a slate of anti-abortion bills filed in the texas legislature cleared a major hurdle.critics insist the bill, which the texas senate passed by a 21-9 vote monday, would leave it up to doctors to decide what information is worth sharing with a woman carrying a fetus with severe disabilities or anomalies. the author of senate bill 25, conroe republican sen. brandon creighton, insists the law is aimed at shielding doctors from malpractice suits (lawsuits that, according to texas medical malpractice lawyers, are extremely rare).critics don't necessarily disagree with creighton about the impact of his bill — it's just that the law would just so happen to protect doctors who withhold medical information about fetal abnormalities if they think a woman might consider an abortion.before monday's vote, el paso democrat sen. josé rodríguez said sb 25 "seems to be about restricting and further limiting a woman's right to exercise her choice about what she's going to do in the case of serious defects to the fetus."rodríguez echoed the concerns shared by the dozens who testified against the bill at a senate committee hearing last month. "it shouldn't be the policy for the state of texas to excuse doctors from lying to their patients," blake rocap, policy advisor for naral pro-choice texas, told the committee. "that's what this bill does." margaret johnson, who testified on behalf of the texas league of women voters, told lawmakers, "sb 25 is a not-so-subtle way to give medical personnel the opportunity to impose religious beliefs on women."to many of the witnesses who testified against the bill last month, their opposition didn't even have anything to do with abortion access. one woman, rachel tiddle, told lawmakers of her experience carrying to term a fetus with severe abnormalities. tiddle said had she known the fetus had severe health issues, she would have opted for an experimental therapy to try and save the baby's life. instead, she gave birth to a stillborn baby."it's not a doctor's right to manipulate the family by lying, and it is not doctor's right to decide whether an experimental therapy is worth trying," tiddle told lawmakers.
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æt list eɪt ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈstudənts æt ˈbrɪgəm jəŋ ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn ˈjuˌtɔ wər 'catfished*' baɪ ðə seɪm ˈwʊmən hu priˈtɛndɪd tɪ bi ə mæn. ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ɔl bɪˈlivd ðeɪ wər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ə ˈmɔrmən mæn ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə seɪm steɪt ˈoʊnli tɪ faɪnd aʊt ðeɪ wər biɪŋ dupt baɪ ə ˈwʊmən ɪn ˈtɛksəs. ˈæftər wən əv ðə ˈstudənts bɪˈkeɪm səˈspɪʃəs, ɪt bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈimərʤ ðət ðeɪ hæd ɔl ˈfɑlən fər ə ˈsɪˌriəl 'ˈkætˌfɪʃ' ˈsəmˌwən hu trɪks ˈəðərz ˈɔnˌlaɪn baɪ ˈsɛtɪŋ əp feɪk ˈproʊˌfaɪlz wɪθ feɪk ˈpɪkʧərz ənd neɪmz. skroʊl daʊn fər ˈvɪdioʊ dupt: ˈbrɪgəm jəŋ ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈstudənt ˈhɪləri heɪz bɪˈlivd ʃi wɑz ɪn ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ə ˈmɔrmən mæn kɔld ˈhəntər ˈændərsən frəm ˈjuˌtɔ ðə ˈstudənts ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ðeɪ hæd bɪn 'catfished*' baɪ ə ˈwʊmən (ˈpɪkʧərd ɪn ən ˈɪmɪʤ frəm ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈtɛksəs əˈnəðər ˈvɪktɪm, ˈsɛrə vænˈwægənən, bɪˈlivd ʃi wɑz ɪn ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ə mæn kɔld jəŋ' bət, dɪˈspaɪt ˈrɛgjələr tɛkst ənd ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz, ðə pɛr ˈnɛvər mɛt əp wən əv ðə ˈvɪktɪmz, ˈhɪləri heɪz, sɛd ʃi hæd bɪn ˈtɛkstɪd aʊt əv ðə blu baɪ ˈsəmˌwən ˈkɔlɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf 'ˈhəntər ˈændərsən' hu kleɪmd tɪ hæv sin hər æt ə ˈpɑrti ənd ðət hi wɑz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ʧərʧ əv ˈʤizəs kraɪst əv seɪnts. ʃi toʊld ðət ðeɪ wʊd ˈrɛgjələrli tɛkst ənd tɔk ənd hi ˈivɪn sɛnt hər flaʊərz ɔn ˈvælənˌtaɪnz deɪ bət ðət ˈændərsən wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈgri tɪ mit əp. æt ðə seɪm taɪm, əˈnəðər ˈvɪktɪm, ˈsɛrə vænˈwægənən, bɪˈlivd ʃi wɑz ɪn ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ə mæn kɔld jəŋ'. ʃi tu ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə ˈpərsən ðeɪ wər ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈgri tɪ mit əp. ðə pɛr ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðə tɛksts ðeɪ wər rɪˈsivɪŋ wər frəm ðə seɪm ˈnəmbər ənd ɪt tərnd aʊt ðeɪ hæd boʊθ bɪn dupt baɪ ə ˈwʊmən kɔld ˈkeɪlə, frəm ˈtɛksəs. ˈtɑrgətɪd: ɪt sun ˈimərʤd ðət æt list eɪt ˈwɪmən æt ˈbrɪgəm jəŋ ˌjunəˈvərsəti (ˈpɪkʧərd) ɪn ˈjuˌtɔ, hæd bɪn trɪkt ˈɪntu ˈdɪʤɪtəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps wɪθ ðə ˌɪmˈpɔstər ɪt sun ˈimərʤd ðət æt list eɪt ˈwɪmən hæd bɪn trɪkt ˈɪntu ˈfɔrmɪŋ ˈdɪʤɪtəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps wɪθ ðə ˌɪmˈpɔstər. ˈkeɪlə ˈleɪtər toʊld ðə ˈwɪmən ʃi wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ aʊt ɛz geɪ ənd ðət ðət ʃi wɑz 'ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈpræktɪsɪŋ' ɔn ðə ˈbiˈwaɪˈju ˈstudənts, rɪˈpɔrts. mɪs vænˈwægənən ɪz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɛz seɪɪŋ: 'aɪ lɛt ðɪs ˈpərsən ˈɪntu maɪ laɪf ɪn ə ˈrɪli bɪg weɪ. aɪ wɑz ˈrɪli ˈæŋgri ənd ˈrɪli hərt.' mɪs heɪz ˈædɪd: 'ʃi ʤɪst nu ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt mi ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ˈrɪli ˈhərtfəl tɪ faɪnd aʊt ðət ju ˈlɪtərəli noʊ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈpərsən, nɑt ˈivɪn ˈsəmθɪŋ soʊ faʊnˈdeɪʃənəl ɛz ðɛr neɪm.'
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at least eight female students at brigham young university in utah were 'catfished' by the same 24-year-old woman - who pretended to be a man.
the victims all believed they were involved in a relationship with a mormon man living in the same state - only to find out they were being duped by a woman in texas.
after one of the students became suspicious, it began to emerge that they had all fallen for a serial 'catfish' - someone who tricks others online by setting up fake profiles with fake pictures and names.
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duped: brigham young university student hilary hayes believed she was in a relationship with a mormon man called hunter anderson from utah
the students realised that they had been 'catfished' by a 24-year-old woman (pictured in an image from fox13) living in texas
another victim, sara vanwagenen, believed she was in a relationship with a man called 'hyrum young' but, despite regular text and telephone conversations, the pair never met up
one of the victims, hilary hayes, said she had been texted out of the blue by someone calling himself 'hunter anderson' who claimed to have seen her at a party and that he was a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints.
she told fox13 that they would regularly text and talk and he even sent her flowers on valentine's day - but that anderson would never agree to meet up.
at the same time, another victim, sara vanwagenen, believed she was in a relationship with a man called 'hyrum young'. she too reported that the person they were in contact with would never agree to meet up.
the pair eventually realised the texts they were receiving were from the same number and it turned out they had both been duped by a woman called kayla, from texas.
targeted: it soon emerged that at least eight women at brigham young university (pictured) in utah, had been tricked into digital relationships with the imposter
it soon emerged that at least eight women had been tricked into forming digital relationships with the imposter.
kayla later told the women she was coming out as gay and that that she was 'essentially practicing' on the byu students, fox13 reports.
miss vanwagenen is reported as saying: 'i let this person into my life in a really big way. i was really angry and really hurt.'
miss hayes added: 'she just knew everything about me it was just really hurtful to find out that you literally didn’t know anything about this person, not even something so foundational as their name.'
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"kənˌgræʧəˈleɪʃənz: juv ˈweɪstɪd maɪ taɪm!" feɪz θri əv (brɛt ˈbikər)! wɪn ju dil wɪθ hɪz ˈsɛkənd feɪz, hi ɪz stək ɔn ə ˈplætˌfɔrm wɪθ ˈraɪzɪŋ ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv weɪst, ənd ˈkreɪzi, pɑrt əv hɪz hɛd bərsts (ˈluzɪz ən aɪ) frəm ˈprɛʃər, ʤæbz hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ðə hɛd ənd lɑks hɪz teɪl ɪn ə ˈsɑkət waɪl ðə ˈnukliər weɪst ˈraɪzɪz, rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ɪm ˈgɪtɪŋ ʃɑkt, ðə weɪst bɪˈkəmɪŋ ɪˈlɛktrəˌfaɪd, ənd bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə ʤaɪənt ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv ˈmɑnstər wɪθ θri sɛts əv wɪŋz (hɪz fit ˈɑrənt ˈvɪzəbəl), noʊ aɪz, ə ˈskɔrpiən teɪl, ənd ðə ˈlɛvəl goʊz frəm ˈvərtɪkəl tɪ ə mɔr grɪm ˈmuvɪŋ ˈplætˌfɔrm bɔs. hi kən flɪp ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ðə weɪst floʊz (frəm ˈhævɪŋ tɪ ʤəmp bæk tɪ ˈhævɪŋ tɪ ʤəmp ˈfɔrwərd ənd vice-versa*), ðə ˈplætˌfɔrmz kən bi ˈnɔrməl, ər grin ɪˈlɛktrəˌfaɪd ðət ju nid tɪ ʤəmp ˈoʊvər ər pɪŋk ɪˈlɛktrəˌfaɪd ðət nid tɪ bi ˈpɛrid ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ stʊd ɔn, hi ən straɪk daʊn ˈplætˌfɔrmz wɪθ hɪz teɪl, sɛnd aʊt boʊlts əv grin ər pɪŋk ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti wɪθ hɪz teɪl, spɪt aʊt pɪŋk ˈʧɛrəbz ðət kraɪ grin waɪl flaɪɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə skrin, faɪər ə pɪŋk ˈleɪzər steɪʤ θri) frəm hɪz maʊθ ənd grin ˈleɪzərz frəm hɪz (læk əv) aɪz, ənd hɪz ˈbikər ˈspərtɪŋ aʊt grin ˈlɪkwɪd kən ˈsəmən grin weɪvz wɪθ pɪŋk ðət nid tɪ bi ˈpɛrid ˈoʊvər (ər smoʊk bɔm dæʃt θru) tɪ əˈvɔɪd. aɪ hoʊp ju laɪk ɪt!
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"congratulations: you've wasted my time!"
phase three of cuphead tog (brett beaker)! when you deal with his second phase, he is stuck on a platform with rising radioactive waste, and get's angry/goes crazy, part of his head bursts (loses an eye) from pressure, jabs himself in the head and locks his tail in a socket while the nuclear waste rises, resulting in him getting shocked, the waste becoming electrified, and becoming a giant radioactive monster with three sets of wings (his feet aren't visible), no eyes, a scorpion frayed-wire tail, and the level goes from vertical autoscrolling to a more grimm matchstick-like moving platform boss. he can flip the direction the waste flows (from having to jump back to having to jump forward and vice-versa), the platforms can be normal, or green electrified that you need to jump over or pink electrified that need to be parried before being stood on, he an strike down platforms with his tail, send out bolts of green or pink electricity with his tail, spit out parriable pink cherubs that cry green while flying across the screen, fire a parriable pink laser (a-la brineybeard stage three) from his mouth and green lasers from his (lack of) eyes, and his beaker spurting out green liquid can summon green waves with pink foam/crests that need to be parried over (or smoke bomb dashed through) to avoid.
i hope you like it!
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(rns*) ˈsinjər dɑn ˈgrinbərg wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ æˈdrɛsɪŋ hɪz ˈfɛloʊ ˈstudənts ɛz ə kəˈmɛnsmənt ˈspikər æt ˈbɪŋgəmtən ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ skul wɪn hɪz ˈgərlˌfrɛnd broʊk ðə bæd nuz: meɪ 16 ˌgræʤəˈweɪʃən deɪ, fɔlz ɔn ə ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. ““great!”*!” hi rɪˈmɛmbərz ˈtɛlɪŋ hər, ɪn ðə moʊst sɑrˈkæstɪk əv toʊnz. ə ˈtrɪpəl ˈmeɪʤər frəm ˈtiˌnɛk, n.j*., wɪθ ə gpa*, ˈgrinbərg ɪz ən ˈɔrθəˌdɑks ʤu hu əbˈzərvz ðə ʤuɪʃ ˈsæbəθ, wɪʧ bɪˈgɪnz æt ˈsənˌsɛt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ənd ɛndz æt ˈsənˌsɛt ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. əbˈzərvənt ʤuz ˈkænɑt juz ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ɔn, ə deɪ əv rɛst, bɪˈkəz əv ən ˌproʊəˈbɪʃən rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈkɪndlɪŋ ə faɪər. ˈspikɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈmaɪkrəˌfoʊn ɔn ðə ˈpoʊdiəm, hɪz vɔɪs ˈkɔzɪŋ laɪts tɪ ˌɪˈlumɪnɪt ɔn ə saʊnd bɔrd, wʊd nɑt bi kənˈsɪdərd ˈkoʊʃər. ˈgrinbərg nu ðɪs ənd hɪz ˈræˌbaɪ kənˈfərmd ɪt. bət wɪn ˈstudənts ənd ðɛr ˈfæməliz ˈgæðər ɔn ðə ˈəpˈsteɪt nu jɔrk ˈkæmpəs fər ðə ˈwɑtsən skul əv ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ ˌgræʤəˈweɪʃən ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, ˈgrinbərg wɪl stɪl teɪk hɪz pleɪs æt ðə ˈpoʊdiəm. ənd ɔn ˈʤəmboʊ skrinz ɔn ˈiðər saɪd əv ðə steɪʤ, hi wɪl wɔʧ hɪmˈsɛlf dɪˈlɪvər ðə ˌgræʤəˈweɪʃən ˈæˌdrɛs hi teɪpt ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈstudiˌoʊ θri deɪz ˈərliər. ɪt ɪz ˈnɪrli seɪm spiʧ hi səbˈmɪtəd wiks əˈgoʊ, əˈbaʊt ˈsɛtɪŋ ˈminɪŋfəl goʊlz, wɪʧ wən ɪm ðə ˈɑnər əv æˈdrɛsɪŋ hɪz ˈfɛloʊ ˈgræʤəˌweɪts. ˈædɪd mɔr ˈrisəntli: ən ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən ɪn wɪʧ hi ɪkˈspleɪnz waɪ ˈstændɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðɛm ˈsaɪləntli ˈwɑʧɪŋ ə ˈvɪdioʊ əv hɪmˈsɛlf æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðɛm. ““so*, ðɪs ɪz awkward,”*,” hɪz ˈvɪdioʊ bɪˈgɪnz. hi goʊz ɔn tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn haʊ ɔn hi məst liv ðə ˈwərkəˌdeɪ wərld bɪˈhaɪnd ənd rɪˈfreɪn, frəm ˈkʊkɪŋ, ˈdraɪvɪŋ ənd ðə kəmˈpjutər saɪəns ˈmeɪʤər ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd microphone.”*.” æm ˈθæŋkfəl tɪ ðə skul fər goʊɪŋ əˈbəv ənd bɪɔnd tɪ əˈkɑməˌdeɪt ðɪs ˈsɛntrəl pɑrt əv maɪ laɪf, ənd fər ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ ðət aɪ kʊd stɪl dɪˈlɪvər ə ˈminɪŋfəl spiʧ tɪ ðə ˈwɑtsən klæs əv hi sɪz, ənd ðɛn ʤoʊks: noʊ ɪt wɪl bi ˈminɪŋfəl, bɪˈkəz aɪ gɪt ɛz ˈmɛni traɪz ɛz aɪ want.”*.” wɪn hi fərst faʊnd aʊt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkæləndər ˈkɑnflɪkt, ˈgrinbərg kənˈsəltɪd hɪz ˈræˌbaɪ, ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl əv hɪz ʤuɪʃ haɪ skul ɪn ðə brɑŋks. ˈræˌbaɪ ˈtəli ənd ˈəðər ˈræˌbaɪz toʊld ɪm ðət ɪt meɪ bi noʊ ˈprɑbləm tɪ spik ˈɪntu ən ˈoʊpən mɪk, wən ðət hi dɪd ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ ˈæktəˌveɪt. bət ɪf hɪz vɔɪs kɔzd ˈɛni ˈəðər ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks tɪ ˈfəŋkʃən səʧ ɛz ðə laɪts ɔn ðə saʊnd bɔrd ðət wʊd ˈkɑnflɪkt wɪθ ʤuɪʃ lɔ. ədˈvaɪzd ˈgrinbərg tɪ spik tɪ ˌjunəˈvərsəti əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ si ɪf ðeɪ kʊd hɛlp. ˈbɪŋgəmtən, pɑrt əv ðə steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv nu jɔrk, kʊd sɑlv ðə mɪk ˈprɑbləm, bət nɑt ðə saʊnd bɔrd ˈɪʃu. soʊ raɪən ˈjærəʃ, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈmidiə ənd ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz, keɪm əp wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə fər ˈgrinbərg tɪ ˈrɛkərd ðə spiʧ ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ (meɪ 13 ɪn frənt əv ðə seɪm ˈpoʊdiəm ðət hi wʊd kˈwaɪətli stænd ˌbiˈfɔr ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. ˈkæθrɪn ˈɛlɪs, ˈsinjər dɪˈrɛktər əv kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ənd ə spiʧ koʊʧ tɪ ðə ˈstudənt kəˈmɛnsmənt ˈspikərz, sɛd ʃi nu ˈlɪtəl əˈbaʊt ˈɔrθəˌdɑks ʤuɪʃ ˈpræktɪs ənˈtɪl ʃi mɛt ˈgrinbərg. bət ʃi sɛd ˈbɪŋgəmtən wɑz dɪˈtərmənd tɪ du wət ɪt kʊd tɪ əˈlaʊ ɪm tɪ əkˈsɛpt ðə ˈɑnər hi hæd ərnd. riˈstrɪkʃənz meɪ bi ˈlɪmətɪŋ fər ˈmɛni ˈpipəl, ʃi sɛd. friɪŋ fər him.”*.” ɛnd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkərtəsi əv ˈviə ˈjuˌtub
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(rns) senior don greenberg was looking forward to addressing his fellow students as a commencement speaker at binghamton university’s engineering school when his girlfriend broke the bad news: may 16, graduation day, falls on a saturday.
“great!” he remembers telling her, in the most sarcastic of tones.
a triple major from teaneck, n.j., with a 3.93 gpa, greenberg is an orthodox jew who observes the jewish sabbath, which begins at sunset friday and ends at sunset on saturday. observant jews cannot use electricity on shabbat, a day of rest, because of an age-old rabbinic prohibition related to kindling a fire. speaking into the microphone on the podium, his voice causing lights to illuminate on a sound board, would not be considered kosher. greenberg knew this and his rabbi confirmed it.
but when 2,500 students and their families gather on the upstate new york campus for the watson school of engineering graduation on saturday, greenberg will still take his place at the podium. and on jumbo screens on either side of the stage, he will watch himself deliver the graduation address he taped in the university’s video studio three days earlier.
it is nearly same speech he submitted weeks ago, about setting meaningful goals, which won him the honor of addressing his fellow graduates. added more recently: an introduction in which he explains why he’s standing before them silently watching a video of himself addressing them.
“so, this is awkward,” his video begins. he goes on to explain how on shabbat he must leave the workaday world behind and refrain, from cooking, driving and — the 22-year-old computer science major emphasized — “a microphone.”
“i am inexpressibly thankful to the school for going above and beyond to accommodate this central part of my life, and for ensuring that i could still deliver a meaningful speech to the watson class of 2015,” he says, and then jokes:
“i know it will be meaningful, because i get as many tries as i want.”
when he first found out about the calendar conflict, greenberg consulted his rabbi, the principal of his jewish high school in the bronx.
rabbi tully harcsztark and other rabbis told him that it may be no problem to speak into an open mic, one that he did nothing to activate. but if his voice caused any other electronics to function — such as the lights on the sound board — that would conflict with jewish law. harcsztark advised greenberg to speak to university officials to see if they could help.
binghamton, part of the state university of new york, could solve the mic problem, but not the sound board issue. so ryan yarosh, director of media and publications, came up with the idea for greenberg to record the speech on wednesday (may 13), in front of the same podium that he would quietly stand before on saturday.
katharine ellis, senior director of communications and a speech coach to the university’s student commencement speakers, said she knew little about orthodox jewish practice until she met greenberg. but she said binghamton was determined to do what it could to allow him to accept the honor he had earned.
shabbat’s restrictions may be limiting for many people, she said. “but it’s freeing for him.”
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video courtesy of binghamtonuniversity via youtube
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'wət ər wi?' wət kaɪnd əv kˈwɛʃən ɪz ðət? ˌoʊˈkeɪ.. soʊ ju wər duɪŋ səm ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ənd ju wər ˈwəndərɪŋ wət ɪgˈzæktli ɑr ˈstætəs ɪz? wɛl, wət du ju θɪŋk wi ər? ənd aɪv bɪn ˈkɔlɪŋ ju maɪ ˈgərlˌfrɛnd! ˈsɪriəsli, waɪ wʊd ju ˈivɪn θɪŋk ðət wi ˈɑrənt ɪn ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp raɪt naʊ? oʊ, bɪˈkəz əm swit wɪθ ˈɛvriˌwən? ˈbeɪbi, ju noʊ haʊ aɪ ækt əraʊnd ju ənd wɪθ ˈəðər ˈpipəl ðət wi tɔk tɪ. ɪts ˈdɪfərənt. ɪt saʊnz ˈkreɪzi bət juv kəmˈplitli ʧeɪnʤd mi. aɪ juzd tɪ bi soʊ.. soʊ.. aɪ gɛs, nɑn wɪθ biɪŋ swit wɪθ ˈpipəl bɪˈkəz æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, aɪ noʊ aɪ doʊnt laɪk ðɛm ɪn ə roʊˈmæntɪk weɪ. ənd əm noʊn fər nɑt ˈteɪkɪŋ θɪŋz ˈsɪriəsli, bət aɪ æm ˈteɪkɪŋ ðɪs ˈsɪriəsli. əm ˈteɪkɪŋ (ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz) ˈsɪriəsli. bɪˈkəz aɪ ˈrɪli laɪk ju, ˌoʊˈkeɪ? waɪ aɪ laɪk ju? du aɪ ˈivɪn nid tɪ ˈænsər ðət? aɪ laɪk ju.. fər ju. aɪ noʊ ɪts cliché*é bət aɪ ˈrɪli du. ɔl ðoʊz ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz ju du ənd seɪ wɛˈnɛvər wɪr boʊθ ɔn skaɪp, jʊr kˈwərki ənd ˈətərli əˈdɔrəbəl ˈkɑmɛnts wɪn wɪr ˈwɑʧɪŋ ˈʧizi roʊˈmæntɪk ˈmuviz təˈgɛðər, jʊr ˈoʊvər juz əv ðə ˈpəpi ˈfɪltər ɔn sˈnæˌpʧæt, jʊr gʊd ˈmɔrnɪŋ tɛksts ənd snæps, jʊr ˈpæʃən fər jʊr wərk ənd ˈstədiz.. ɔl ðoʊz ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz ənd bɪg θɪŋz ðət meɪk ju hu ju ər. ənd doʊnt ˈivɪn gɪt mi ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn jʊr smaɪl. maɪ gɑd, haʊ aɪ ləv ðət smaɪl. rɪˈmɛmbər ðət taɪm wɪn ju æst mi, "waɪ mi?" wɛl.. aɪ θɪŋk aɪ ʃʊd bi ðə wən ˈæskɪŋ ðət. fər ə waɪl aɪ ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk ðət ˈsəmˌwən laɪk ju wʊd laɪk ˈsəmˌwən laɪk mi. jʊr ˈgɔrʤəs ənd əm.. wɛl.. mi. ju meɪk mi fil əˈmeɪzɪŋ, ju noʊ ðət? ənd aɪ doʊnt min ðət ɪn ə ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɑntɛkst. ðət taɪm wɪn wi boʊθ fɛl əsˈlip təˈgɛðər ənd aɪ woʊk əp tɪ jʊr vɔɪs seɪɪŋ, "gʊd ˈmɔrnɪŋ"? aɪ ˈdɪdənt hæv ˈɛni ˈnaɪtˌmɛrz ðət naɪt. wɛˈnɛvər aɪ tɔk tɪ ju ər gɪt ə ˈmɔrnɪŋ tɛkst frəm ju, aɪ fil ɔl ˈfəzi ˌɪnˈsaɪd. ju noʊ ðə tərm (ðɪs ɪz prəˈnaʊnst key-leeg*)? aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wɑz ˈrisəntli pʊt ɪn ðə ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri. ɪt minz ðə ˈfilɪŋ ðət ju gɪt wɪn ˌɪnərˈæktɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈpərsən ju ləv. ju meɪk mi goʊ ˈɛvriˈdeɪ. ənd əm ˈprɪti ʃʊr əm ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt ju bɪˈkəz aɪ ɔˈrɛdi bʊkt ðə ˈtɪkɪts tɪ si ju ˈleɪtər ðɪs jɪr ənd ju kən dræg mi tɪ ɔl ðə ˈkɔfi ʃɑps ðət ju ləv soʊ məʧ ənd wi kən boʊθ goʊ ˈkreɪzi ɔn kæˈfin təˈgɛðər. aɪ noʊ ðɪs θɪŋ wi hæv ɪz ˈskɛri. lɔŋ ˈdɪstəns riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps ər ˈnɛvər ˈizi. ˈdɪfərənt timezones*, ðə maɪəlz ənd maɪəlz frəm mi tɪ ju. bət wi hæv bɪtˈwin ˈjuˈɛs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈspɛʃəl. ənd əm ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ goʊ θru ɔl ðoʊz ˈhɑrdʃɪps ɪf ɪt minz aɪ gɪt tɪ bi wɪθ ju ɪn ðə ɛnd. ju min ə lɔt tɪ mi mɔr ðən ju noʊ. noʊ ˈmætər wɛr ju ər, ˈivɪn ðoʊ wɪr ˈhɛvənz əˈpɑrt, ðɛrz ˈoʊnli ju. ju noʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls? wɪθ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðæts bɪn goʊɪŋ ɔn ɔn maɪ saɪd əv ðə wərld ˈleɪtli, ˈmuvɪŋ tɪ ə nu pleɪs, ˈsɛtəlɪŋ ɪn æt ə nu wərk pleɪs ənd ˈfaɪndɪŋ ən əˈpɑrtmənt, ɔl ðiz θɪŋz goʊɪŋ ɔn ɪn ə blər, ɔl aɪ kən ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn.. ɪz ju. soʊ jɛs, ˈbeɪbi. ðɪs ɪz ril. jʊr maɪ ˈpərsən... ənd əm jʊrz.
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rawdownloadcloneembedreportprint text 3.42 kb i wrote this as an m4f but it's an a4a if you just change things up a few. enjoy <3 oh.. hi. as always, it's really nice to hear your voice. whyyy? what's wrong? *laughs* oh my god, you're so cute. i like making you blush. i wish i could see it right now though. okay.. that sounds creepy. but you know what i mean. how was your day? hmm? you need to talk to me about something? what is it? just what? you know you can tell me anything, right? *pause* *confused* 'what are we?' what kind of question is that? *listening* okay.. so you were doing some thinking and you were wondering what exactly our status is? *chuckle* well, what do you think we are? and i've been calling you my girlfriend! seriously, why would you even think that we aren't in a relationship right now? oh, because i'm sweet with everyone? *laugh* baby, you know how i act around you and with other people that we talk to. it's different. it sounds crazy but you've completely changed me. i used to be so.. so.. i guess, non chalant with being sweet with people because at the end of the day, i know i don't like them in a romantic way. and i'm known for not taking things seriously, but i am taking this seriously. i'm taking *you* (emphasize) seriously. because i really like you, okay? why i like you? do i even need to answer that? *chuckle* i like you.. for you. i know it's cliché but i really do. all those little things you do and say whenever we're both on skype, your quirky and utterly adorable comments when we're watching cheesy romantic movies together, your over use of the puppy filter on snapchat, your good morning texts and snaps, your passion for your work and studies.. all those little things and big things that make you who you are. and don't even get me started on your smile. my god, how i love that smile. remember that time when you asked me, "why me?" well.. i think i should be the one asking that. for a while i didn't think that someone like you would like someone like me. you're gorgeous and i'm.. well.. me. you make me feel amazing, you know that? and i don't mean that in a sexual context. that time when we both fell asleep together and i woke up to your voice saying, "good morning"? i didn't have any nightmares that night. whenever i talk to you or get a morning text from you, i feel all fuzzy inside. you know the term kilig (this is pronounced key-leeg)? i think it was recently put in the dictionary. it means the feeling that you get when interacting with a person you love. you make me go kilig everyday. *laugh* and i'm pretty sure i'm serious about you because i already booked the tickets to see you later this year and you can drag me to all the coffee shops that you love so much and we can both go crazy on caffeine together. i know this thing we have is scary. long distance relationships are never easy. different timezones, the miles and miles from me to you. but we have between us is something special. and i'm willing to go through all those hardships if it means i get to be with you in the end. you mean a lot to me more than you know. no matter where you are, even though we're heavens apart, there's only you. you know something else? with everything that's been going on on my side of the world lately, moving to a new place, settling in at a new work place and finding an apartment, all these things going on in a blur, all i can focus on.. is you. so yes, baby. this is real. you're my person... and i'm yours.
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i wrote this as an m4f but it's an a4a if you just change things up a few. enjoy <3 oh.. hi. as always, it's really nice to hear your voice. whyyy? what's wrong? *laughs* oh my god, you're so cute. i like making you blush. i wish i could see it right now though. okay.. that sounds creepy. but you know what i mean. how was your day? hmm? you need to talk to me about something? what is it? just what? you know you can tell me anything, right? *pause* *confused* 'what are we?' what kind of question is that? *listening* okay.. so you were doing some thinking and you were wondering what exactly our status is? *chuckle* well, what do you think we are? and i've been calling you my girlfriend! seriously, why would you even think that we aren't in a relationship right now? oh, because i'm sweet with everyone? *laugh* baby, you know how i act around you and with other people that we talk to. it's different. it sounds crazy but you've completely changed me. i used to be so.. so.. i guess, non chalant with being sweet with people because at the end of the day, i know i don't like them in a romantic way. and i'm known for not taking things seriously, but i am taking this seriously. i'm taking *you* (emphasize) seriously. because i really like you, okay? why i like you? do i even need to answer that? *chuckle* i like you.. for you. i know it's cliché but i really do. all those little things you do and say whenever we're both on skype, your quirky and utterly adorable comments when we're watching cheesy romantic movies together, your over use of the puppy filter on snapchat, your good morning texts and snaps, your passion for your work and studies.. all those little things and big things that make you who you are. and don't even get me started on your smile. my god, how i love that smile. remember that time when you asked me, "why me?" well.. i think i should be the one asking that. for a while i didn't think that someone like you would like someone like me. you're gorgeous and i'm.. well.. me. you make me feel amazing, you know that? and i don't mean that in a sexual context. that time when we both fell asleep together and i woke up to your voice saying, "good morning"? i didn't have any nightmares that night. whenever i talk to you or get a morning text from you, i feel all fuzzy inside. you know the term kilig (this is pronounced key-leeg)? i think it was recently put in the dictionary. it means the feeling that you get when interacting with a person you love. you make me go kilig everyday. *laugh* and i'm pretty sure i'm serious about you because i already booked the tickets to see you later this year and you can drag me to all the coffee shops that you love so much and we can both go crazy on caffeine together. i know this thing we have is scary. long distance relationships are never easy. different timezones, the miles and miles from me to you. but we have between us is something special. and i'm willing to go through all those hardships if it means i get to be with you in the end. you mean a lot to me more than you know. no matter where you are, even though we're heavens apart, there's only you. you know something else? with everything that's been going on on my side of the world lately, moving to a new place, settling in at a new work place and finding an apartment, all these things going on in a blur, all i can focus on.. is you. so yes, baby. this is real. you're my person... and i'm yours.
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ə st*. luɪs tɛk ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts ˈrisənt ˈfəndɪŋ əˈwɔrd tɪ ɪkˈspænd ɪts ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˈɪntu ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti., ə nɑnˈprɑfət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ðət hɛlps wɪθ ʤɑb ˈpleɪsmənt ɪn tɛkˈnɑləʤi, rɪˈsivd ə əˈwɔrd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ frəm ðə məˈzʊri tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ðət wɪl hɛlp ɪt ɪkˈspænd tɪ ˈsɪtiz əˈkrɔs məˈzʊri, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti. səˈpɔrt wɪl bi ˌɪnstrəˈmɛnəl ɪn əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ sərv məˈzʊri communities,”*,” ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər ˈbrɛndən lɪnd sɛd ɪn ə riˈlis. kəˈmɪtmənt həz ˈdipənd ɑr ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən tɪ ðə steɪt, ənd əˈfərmd ɑr dɪˈzaɪər tɪ meɪk məˈzʊri ðə ˈmɑdəl fər haʊ ɪkˈspændz tɪ ˈəðər states.”*.” ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən həz sɪˈkjʊrd kəˈmɪtmənts tɪ mæʧ səˈpɔrt, bət wɪl sɔrs ən əˈdɪʃənəl tɪ ˈfʊli ˈriəˌlaɪz ɪts ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti həb ənd ɪkˈsplɔr ˌɑpərˈtunətiz fər ɪkˈspænʧən tɪ ˈəðər məˈzʊri ˈsɪtiz. ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən əv ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti, moʊ., ənd ʧeɪs koʊ. hæv ʤɔɪnd ɛz ki ˈpɑrtnərz ɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈriʤən. ɑr kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪŋ ənd ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ ɑr ˈrɛzɪdənts, ɪt ɪz ˈkrɪtɪkəl ðət ðə ˈsɪti kən rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ˈpɑrtnərz səʧ ɛz tɪ fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ˈsɪnərʤi ɪn ɑr tɛkˈnɑləʤi kəmˈjunɪti ɛz wi wərk tɪ ɪkˈwɪp ˈrɛzɪdənts fər əˈveɪləbəl tɛkˈnɑləʤi rɪˈleɪtɪd jobs,”*,” ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti meɪər slaɪ ʤeɪmz sɛd ɪn ə riˈlis. əˈplɔd ðə məˈzʊri tɛkˈnɑləʤi səˈpɔrt əv, ənd ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈəðər ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz tɪ səˈpɔrt ənd ˈsɪmələr ˈproʊˌgræmz ɪn ˈkænzəs city.”*.” ðə tɛk ˈwərkˌfɔrs ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˈkərəntli ˈpɑrtnərz wɪθ ˈoʊvər 300 ɪmˈplɔɪərz ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd tɪ pleɪs ʤɑb ˈsikərz frəm ˌnɑntrəˈdɪʃənəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˈbækˌgraʊndz ɪn peɪd əˈprɛntəsˌʃɪps ɪn tɛkˈnɑləʤi ʤɑbz. ðeɪ hæv pleɪst 205 əˈprɛntəsɪz ɪn tɛk ʤɑbz wɪθ ˈoʊvər 90 pərˈsɛnt kənˈvərtɪd tɪ ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt haɪərz wɪˈθɪn 90 deɪz θru ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv ɪn st*. luɪs. ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 15 wɪl hoʊst ə ˈpəblɪk ˈfɔrəm tɪ dɪˈskəs ɪts ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti ɪkˈspænʧən wɪθ ˈriʤənəl kəmˈjunɪti ˈlidərz, ɪmˈplɔɪərz, ˈwərkˌfɔrs ˈeɪʤənsiz, ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtərz, ənd ðə ˈpəblɪk. tɪ lərn mɔr, klɪk hir. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈkɑmɛnts
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a st. louis tech organization is using its recent funding award to expand its operations into kansas city.
launchcode, a nonprofit organization that helps with job placement in technology, received a $250,000 award wednesday from the missouri technology corporation that will help it expand to cities across missouri, including kansas city.
“mtc’s support will be instrumental in allowing us to serve missouri communities,” launchcode executive director brendan lind said in a release. “mtc’s commitment has deepened our dedication to the state, and affirmed our desire to make missouri the model for how launchcode expands to other states.”
the organization has secured commitments to match mtc’s support, but will source an additional $850,000 to fully realize its kansas city hub and explore opportunities for expansion to other missouri cities. the economic development corporation of kansas city, mo., andmorgan chase & co. have joined mtc as key partners in bringing launchcode to the region.
“given our commitment to educating and employing our residents, it is critical that the city can rely on partners such as launchcode to facilitate synergy in our technology community as we work to equip residents for available technology related jobs,” kansas city mayor sly james said in a release. “i applaud the missouri technology corporation’s support of launchcode, and encourage other organizations to support launchcode and similar programs in kansas city.”
the tech workforce organization currently partners with over 300 employers nationwide to place job seekers from non-traditional educational backgrounds in paid apprenticeships in technology jobs. they have placed 205 apprentices in tech jobs with over 90 percent converted to permanent hires within 90 days through the techhire initiative in st. louis.
on july 15, launchcode will host a public forum to discuss its kansas city expansion with regional community leaders, employers, workforce agencies, educators, and the public. to learn more, click here.
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jp* kɑˈsɛrɛs keɪm tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts frəm bəˈlɪviə 13 jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˈwərkɪŋ hɪz weɪ əp ðə ræŋks əv ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*., ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ˈɪndəstri. ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, hi ˌoʊvərˈsteɪd hɪz ˈvizə, ə fækt hi kɛpt kwaɪət frəm əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪts ənd frɛndz. fərst aɪ wɑz ˈvɛri ˈpraɪvət əˈbaʊt ɪt. aɪ θɪŋk ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ənd biɪŋ ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ˈfaɪtɪŋ tɪ bi ə ˈsɪtɪzən ər ə ˈrɛzɪdənt ənd nɑt biɪŋ wɪθ ˈprɑpər ˈstætəs ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈɪməgrənts wi goʊ θru ə lɔt seɪ ɪts ə ˈvɛri ˈdɛləkət ˈtɑpɪk, bət ɪts ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈvɛri ɪmˈbɛrəsɪŋ topic,”*,” sɛd kɑˈsɛrɛs. hi roʊz frəm tɪ ˈpɑpjələr ˈbɑrˌtɛndər, ənd moʊst ˈrisəntli tɪ ˈoʊnər əv ə kənˈsəltɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni, dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ˈkɑkˌteɪl ˈmɛnjuz fər səm əv ðə ˈsɪtiz tɔp ˈrɛˌstrɑnts. ɪn 2010 ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst neɪmd kɑˈsɛrɛs wən əv ˈloʊkəl ɔn ðə raɪz." ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər, θɪŋz ʧeɪnʤd fər kɑˈsɛrɛs, huz fʊl neɪm ɪz wɑn ˈpɑbloʊ kɑˈsɛrɛs ˈroʊhɑs. hi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ˈæftər ən ˌɑltərˈkeɪʃən wɪθ ə kæb ˈdraɪvər, hu sɛd kɑˈsɛrɛs kərst æt ɪm, pʊld hɪz ɪr bədz aʊt ənd θˈrɛtənd ɪm. ðə ˈɪnsədənt ˈlændɪd kɑˈsɛrɛs ɪn ðə ˈkəstədi əv juz. ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ənd ˈkəstəmz ɛnˈfɔrsmənt (aɪs). mi, biɪŋ ðɛr wɑz ə ʃɑk, ɛz wɛl ɛz fər ðə kəmˈjunɪti ənd maɪ family,”*,” sɛd kɑˈsɛrɛs. ʤɪst ˈnɛvər, aɪ ˈnɛvər sɔ ðət coming.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt wɪn frɛndz ˈlərnɪd əˈbaʊt hɪz dɪˈtɛnʃən, ðeɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ə peɪʤ tɪ reɪz ˈməni fər hɪz ˈligəl fiz. ðə kæmˈpeɪn reɪzd mɔr ðən sərˈpæsɪŋ ɪts goʊl. bɔt ə lɔt əv drɪŋks ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə pæst 13 jɪrz ənd ðət meɪd mi ə lɔt əv frɛndz ənd ðət meɪd mi ə lɔt əv ˈhændˌʃeɪks ənd ə lɔt əv həgz ənd kisses,”*,” sɛd kɑˈsɛrɛs. aɪ bɪˈlɔŋ tɪ ðɪs ˈsɪti. ðɪs ɪz maɪ city.”*.” ˈstɔriz laɪk ðɪs ər fəˈmɪljər tɪ ˈmɛni ɪn ðə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ˈɪndəstri. twɛlv pərˈsɛnt əv ɔl ˈsərvərz ənd fud prɛp ˈwərkərz ər ənˈdɑkjəmɛnɪd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə 2008 pju ˈstədi. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈrɛˌstrɑnt əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, beɪst ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*., həz meɪd ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən rɪˈfɔrm ə praɪˈɔrəti fər jɪrz, ˈlɑbiɪŋ fər ˈligəl wərk ˈstætəs fər ðoʊz ɔˈrɛdi ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ðə əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ vaɪɪŋ fər ə ˈstændərd ˈsɪstəm tɪ ʧɛk ɪmˈplɔɪi wərk ˈstætəs ənd ə ˈproʊˌgræm fər əˈdɪʃənəl wərk ˈvizəz. ə lɑrʤ prəˈpɔrʃən əv nu ˈɪməgrənts hu ər ɪmˈplɔɪiz, bɪˈkəz ə kərɪr əv opportunity,”*,” sɛd ˈænʤəˌloʊ ˈæməˌdɔr, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈleɪbər ənd ˈwərkˌfɔrs ˈpɑləsi æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈrɛˌstrɑnt əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən. nid məʧ ɪkˈspɪriəns tɪ gɪt started.”*.” kɑˈsɛrɛs spɛnt ˈɔlˌmoʊst 30 deɪz æt ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛnər, bət wɑz riˈlist ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri ənd ˈleɪtər ˈgrænɪd ə steɪ əv rɪˈmuvəl tɪ əˈlaʊ hɪz ˈkrɪmənəl keɪs tɪ bi riˈzɑlvd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ aɪs. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt "aɪs ɪz ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ˈsɛnsəbəl, ˈifɛktɪv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ðət praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪzɪz ðə rɪˈmuvəl əv ˈkrɪmənəl aliens,”*,” sɛd aɪs ˈpəblɪk əˈfɛrz ˈɔfɪsər ˈbrændən mɑntˈgəmri ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ fˈjuʒən. kɑˈsɛrɛs plænz tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ bəˈlɪviə ənd əˈplaɪ fər ə ˈvizə fər ˈpipəl pəˈzɛsɪz ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ability,”*,” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ hɪz ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən əˈtərni, ˈɑndreɪz. dɪˈzaɪnz ˈkɑkˌteɪl ˈproʊˌgræmz ənd kriˈeɪts ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv drɪŋks fər səm əv ðə tɔp ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ɪn ðə country,”*,” sɛd. mi ʤɪst əˈnəðər smɔl ˈsəbˌsɛt əv ˈkjulɪˌnɛri arts.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt kɑˈsɛrɛs sɛd hi wɪl teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv hɪz ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈrɛspɪt frəm ˌdipɔrˈteɪʃən, ˈspɛndɪŋ ɪt wɪθ ˈpipəl hi ləvz, ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ gʊd ˈkɑkˌteɪlz. hæv 90 mɔr deɪz hir ɪn ðə states,”*,” hi sɛd, goʊɪŋ tɪ juz ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl wən əv ðoʊz deɪts ðə bɛst ðət aɪ can.”*.” ʤəˈnivə sændz ɪz ə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ˈnæʃənəl əˈfɛrz ənd ˈpɑləˌtɪks. ɛg krimz, ˈrɔli ənd paɪ ər θri əv hər ˈfeɪvərɪt θɪŋz.
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jp caceres came to the united states from bolivia 13 years ago, working his way up the ranks of the washington, d.c., restaurant industry. in the meantime, he overstayed his visa, a fact he kept quiet from associates and friends.
“at first i was very private about it. i think immigration and being in the united states, fighting to be a citizen or a resident and not being with proper status it’s something that immigrants we go through a lot … i’d say its a very delicate topic, but its also a very embarrassing topic,” said caceres.
he rose from barback to popular bartender, and most recently to owner of a consulting company, designing cocktail menus for some of the city's top restaurants. in 2010, the washington post named caceres one of “five local mixologists on the rise."
in december, things changed for caceres, whose full name is juan pablo caceres rojas. he was arrested after an altercation with a cab driver, who said caceres cursed at him, pulled his ear buds out and threatened him. the incident landed caceres in the custody of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement (ice).
“for me, being there was a shock, as well as for the community and my family,” said caceres. “i just never, i never saw that coming.”
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when friends learned about hisention, they started a gofundme page to raise money for his legal fees. the campaign raised more than $20,000, surpassing its goal.
“i bought a lot of drinks during the past 13 years and that made me a lot of friends and that made me a lot of handshakes and a lot of hugs and kisses,” said caceres. “so i belong to this city. this is my city.”
stories like this are familiar to many in the restaurant industry. twelve percent of all servers and food prep workers are undocumented, according to a 2008 pew study.
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the national restaurant association, based in washington, d.c., has made immigration reform a priority for years, lobbying for legal work status for those already in the united states. the association is also vying for a standard system to check employee work status and a program for additional work visas.
“there’s a large proportion of new immigrants who are employees, because it’s a career of opportunity,” said angelo amador, vice president of labor and workforce policy at the national restaurant association. “you don’t need much experience to get started.”
caceres spent almost 30 days at the farmvilleention center, but was released in january and later granted a three-month stay of removal to allow his criminal case to be resolved, according to ice.
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"ice is focused on sensible, effective immigration enforcement that prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens,” said ice public affairs officer brandon montgomery in a statement to fusion.
caceres plans to return to bolivia and apply for a visa for people “who possesses extraordinary ability,” according to his immigration attorney, andres benach.
“jp designs cocktail programs and creates innovative drinks for some of the top restaurants in the country,” benach said. “to me it’s just another small subset of culinary arts.”
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caceres said he will take advantage of his temporary respite from deportation, spending it with people he loves, and making good cocktails.
“i have 90 more days here in the states,” he said, “and i’m going to use every single one of those dates the best that i can.”
geneva sands is a washington, d.c.-based producer/editor focused on national affairs and politics. egg creams, raleigh and pie are three of her favorite things.
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ˈmidiə ˈpleɪˌbæk ɪz ənsəˈpɔrtɪd ɔn jʊr dɪˈvaɪs ˈmidiə ˈkæpʃən ˈfɔrmər dɪˈtɛktɪv ˈkɑnstəbəl ˌɑnˈdreɪə braʊn: "aɪ wɑz ˈvɛri ˈæŋgri" ə ˈfɔrmər mɛt pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər hu sud ðə fɔrs fər ˈrɔŋli ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts paʊərz tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt hər həz wən ə keɪs ˈoʊvər ə briʧ əv ˈjumən raɪts ənd mɪsˈjuz əv ˈpraɪvət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. ˈkɑnstəbəl ˌɑnˈdreɪə braʊn wɑz proʊbd ˈæftər goʊɪŋ ɔn ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ wɪθ hər ˈdɔtər waɪl ɔn sɪk liv. ʃi sɪz ʃi wɑz lɛft "ˈiˌmoʊʃnəli, ˈmɛnəli ənd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli dreɪnd" baɪ hər ˈbætəl əˈgɛnst hər ˈfɔrmər ɪmˈplɔɪər. ðə mɛt sɛd ɪt wʊd nɑt meɪk ə fʊl ˈkɑmɛnt ənˈtɪl ˈdæmɪʤɪz wər finalised*. ðə ˈsɪvəl keɪs æt ˈsɛntrəl ˈləndən ˈkaʊnti kɔrt hərd pəˈlis ˈsaɪtɪd ən ækt əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt wɪʧ dɪd nɑt ɪgˈzɪst tɪ əbˈteɪn ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə ɔn ðɛr oʊn ˈɔfɪsər ˈprɑmptɪŋ səˈpraɪz frəm ðə ʤəʤ. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ən ˈɪmɪʤ ˈfiʧərɪŋ mɪz braʊn wəns həŋ ɔn ðə wɔl ɪn ðə rɪˈsɛpʃən əv nu ˈskɑtlənd jɑrd 'ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈwəriɪŋ' fər ˈmɛni jɪrz ə ˈfoʊtəˌgræf əv mɪz braʊn ɔn pəˈtroʊl æt ə ˈfʊtˌbɔl mæʧ həŋ ˈpraʊdli ɔn ðə wɔl əv ðə rɪˈsɛpʃən ˈɛriə ɪn nu ˈskɑtlənd jɑrd ənd ʃi ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli bɪˈkeɪm ə dɪˈtɛktɪv ˈkɑnstəbəl. bət ʃi rɪˈzaɪnd frəm ðə mɛt ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2013 ˈæftər ə kərɪr, rɪˈkɔlɪŋ: "aɪ lɔst ɔl maɪ ˈkɑnfədɛns ənd sɛns əv sɛlf wərθ ənd, æt taɪmz, aɪ fɛlt kloʊz tɪ ə kəmˈplit ˈnərvəs ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn." tɪ fənd ðə kɔsts əv ðə keɪs, mɪz braʊn hæd tɪ sɛl hər haʊs ɪn saʊθ croydon*, ənd ˈbɑˌroʊ ˈseɪvɪŋz frəm ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz. mɪz braʊn, hu ɪz ɪn hər 40s*, toʊld ðə ˌbibiˈsi: "aɪ hæv gɔn frəm ˈhævɪŋ ə wɛl peɪd ʤɑb ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈkəmfərtəbli tɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈwəriɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈməni." ʃi ʤɔɪnd ðə pəˈlis ˈsərvɪs ɪn 1993 bət waɪl ɔn sɪk liv fər dɪˈprɛʃən ɪn 2011 hər ˈfɑðər daɪd əv ˈkænsər ənd ʃi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ teɪk hər ˈməðər ənd ˈdɔtər tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ðɛr ˈwaɪdər ˈfæməli ɪn bɑrˈbeɪdoʊs fər tu wiks. ʃi toʊld hər pəˈlis ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv əˈbaʊt ðə trɪp, bət nɑt hər laɪn ˈmænɪʤər. hər ˈfeɪljər tɪ du soʊ dɪd əˈmaʊnt tɪ ə ˈmaɪnər ˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri ˈmætər, bət ˈsinjər ˈɔfɪsərz æt ˈsətən pəˈlis ˈsteɪʃən ɪn saʊθ ˈləndən juzd paʊərz dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt kraɪm tɪ əbˈteɪn ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə ɔn ðɛr ˈkɑlig. ˈsɛrə riz əˈproʊʧt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈbɔrdər ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ˈsɛntər (nbtc*), ə dɪˈvɪʒən əv ðə ˈbɔrdər fɔrs ˈɑpərˌeɪtəd baɪ ˈgreɪtər ˈmænˌʧɛstər pəˈlis. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpruvd ən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən tɪ ˈvərʤɪn əˈtlæntɪk tɪ əbˈteɪn ˈditeɪlz əv mɪz braʊnz ɛr ˈtrævəl, wɪʧ ˈsaɪtɪd ðə ˌnɑnəgˈzɪstənt pəˈlis ækt 2007 mɪz braʊn sɛd: "ʃi ˈhædənt ˈgɪvɪn ə ˈrizən waɪ ʃi ˈwɔntɪd ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən... ʃi ˈhædənt gɑt ɪt authorised*. bət jɛt ʃi wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ˈditeɪlz əv maɪ ənd maɪ ˈdɔtərz ˈtrævəl, ənd əbˈteɪnd faɪv jɪrz' wərθ əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈtrævəl ˈmuvmənts." ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛrə riz wɑz baɪ ðə ʤəʤ mɪz braʊn sud ðə mɛt pəˈlis ənd ˈgreɪtər ˈmænˌʧɛstər pəˈlis fər briʧ əv ˈdætə prəˈtɛkʃən, ˈjumən raɪts, ənd mɪsˈjuz əv ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. ˈʃɔrtli ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈhirɪŋ boʊθ ˈfɔrsɪz ədˈmɪtɪŋ ˈbriʧɪŋ ðə ˈdætə prəˈtɛkʃən ækt ənd mɪz braʊnz raɪt tɪ rɪˈspɛkt fər hər ˈfæməli ənd ˈpraɪvət laɪf ˈəndər ˈɑrtɪkəl 8 əv ðə ˈjumən raɪts ækt. ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ðə kɔrt ruld boʊθ ˈfɔrsɪz hæd mɪsˈjuzd ˈpraɪvət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ə kleɪm fər ɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈɔfəs feɪld. ʤəʤ ʤæn ˈlubə wɑz ˈwɪðərɪŋ əˈbaʊt riz, seɪɪŋ ʃi əˈpɪrd "glɪb, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈflɪpənt", ənd hi ɪkˈsprɛst hɪz əˈstɑnɪʃmənt æt hər "lus ənd ˈkæʒəwəl græsp əv ðə lɔ". 'ˈtoʊtəli ɪkˈsɛsɪv' mɪz braʊnz səˈlɪsətər ˈædvəˌkeɪt ˈdeɪvɪd sɛd: "wət ɪz sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ɪz ðət ðə ʤəʤ ˈkɑmɛntəd ðət ðə ˈsinjər pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðɪs keɪs ˈdɪdənt əˈpɪr tɪ hæv ˈɛni əˌpriʃiˈeɪʃən ər ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə lɔz ðət ˈrɛgjəˌleɪt ðɛr ˈkɑndəkt ɪn ðɪs ˈɛriə, ənd ˈdɪdənt ækˈnɑlɪʤ ðət ðeɪ hæd dən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ rɔŋ." bət ˌɑnˈdreɪə braʊnz ɪkˈspɪriəns meɪ bi fɑr frəm ə wən ɔf. ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ðə grup bɪg ˈbrəðər wɔʧ wɪʧ kæmˈpeɪnz ɔn ˈdætə ənd ˈpraɪvəsi prəˈtɛkʃən, ˈpəblɪʃt ə rɪˈpɔrt ɛnˈtaɪtəld "seɪf ɪn pəˈlis hænz?" ɪt faʊnd ðət bɪtˈwin ʤun 2011 ənd dɪˈsɛmbər 2015 ðɛr wər æt list ˈdætə ˈbriʧɪz baɪ pəˈlis stæf. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən mɪz braʊn ʤɔɪnd ðə mɛt ɪn 1993 ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt, ðə mɛt pəˈlis kənˈfərmd ðə kɔrt dɪˈsɪʒən bət ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪd ðə fækt ɪt hæd səkˈsɛsfəli dɪˈfɛndɪd mɪz braʊnz ˈsɪvəl kleɪm fər ɪn ə ˈpəblɪk ˈɔfəs. ɪt ˈædɪd: "ə ˈfaɪnəl ˈʤəʤmənt ənd ˈrulɪŋ ɔn ˈdæmɪʤɪz ɪz əˈweɪtɪd frəm ðə kɔrt ənd ɪkˈspɛktɪd ɪn ðə nɪr fˈjuʧər. ˈðɛrˌfɔr, æt ðɪs steɪʤ wi wɪl nɑt bi ˈkɑmɛntɪŋ ˈfərðər ɔn ðə keɪs." ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ˈgreɪtər ˈmænˌʧɛstər pəˈlis sɛd: "wi ækˈnɑlɪʤ ðə ˈfaɪndɪŋz əv ðə kɔrt." riz həz naʊ rɪˈtaɪrd frəm ðə mɛt ənd dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt. noʊ ˈɔfɪsər həz bɪn ˈdɪsəplənd ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə keɪs. fər hər pɑrt, mɪz braʊn bɪˈlivz ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt pɔɪnt əv ˈprɪnsəpəl əˈbaʊt pəˈlis bɪˈheɪvjər wɑz æt steɪk. "ðeɪ ər ðə wənz hu ər səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi əˈphoʊldɪŋ ðə lɔ, ənd prəˈtɛktɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈpəblɪk baɪ ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ˈæftər ˈpipəl hu hæv ˈbroʊkən ðə lɔ ˈkrɪmənəlz," ʃi toʊld ðə ˌbibiˈsi. "aɪ æm nɑt ə ˈkrɪmənəl, maɪ ˈdɔtər ɪz nɑt ə ˈkrɪmənəl. aɪ kænt ˌəndərˈstænd waɪ ðeɪ wʊd fil ˈʤəstəˌfaɪd ɪn ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˈækʃən ðeɪ dɪd. ɪt wɑz ˈtoʊtəli ɪkˈsɛsɪv."
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media playback is unsupported on your device media caption former detective constable andrea brown: "i was very angry"
a former met police officer who sued the force for wrongly using its powers to investigate her has won a case over a breach of human rights and misuse of private information.
ex-detective constable andrea brown was probed after going on holiday with her daughter while on sick leave.
she says she was left "emotionally, mentally and financially drained" by her battle against her former employer.
the met said it would not make a full comment until damages were finalised.
the civil case at central london county court heard police cited an act of parliament which did not exist to obtain personal data on their own officer - prompting surprise from the judge.
image caption an image featuring ms brown once hung on the wall in the reception of new scotland yard
'always worrying'
for many years a photograph of ms brown on patrol at a football match hung proudly on the wall of the reception area in new scotland yard and she eventually became a detective constable.
but she resigned from the met in november 2013 after a 20-year career, recalling: "i lost all my confidence and sense of self worth and, at times, i felt close to a complete nervous breakdown."
to fund the £80,000 costs of the case, ms brown had to sell her house in south croydon, and borrow savings from family members.
ms brown, who is in her 40s, told the bbc: "i have gone from having a well paid job and living comfortably to always worrying about money."
she joined the police service in 1993 but while on sick leave for depression in 2011 her father died of cancer and she decided to take her mother and 14-year-old daughter to visit their wider family in barbados for two weeks.
she told her police federation representative about the trip, but not her line manager.
her failure to do so did amount to a minor disciplinary matter, but senior officers at sutton police station in south london used powers designed to investigate crime to obtain personal data on their colleague.
det insp sarah rees approached the national border targeting centre (nbtc), a division of the uk border force operated by greater manchester police.
she also approved an application to virgin atlantic to obtain details of ms brown's air travel, which cited the non-existent police act 2007.
ms brown said: "she hadn't given a reason why she wanted the information... she hadn't got it authorised. but yet she was able to get details of my and my daughter's travel, and obtained five years' worth of information about my travel movements."
image copyright swns.com image caption former det insp sarah rees was criticised by the judge
ms brown sued the met police and greater manchester police for breach of data protection, human rights, and misuse of personal information.
shortly before the hearing both forces admitting breaching the data protection act and ms brown's right to respect for her family and private life under article 8 of the human rights act.
in july, the court ruled both forces had misused private information, although a claim for misfeasance in public office failed.
judge jan luba qc was withering about det insp rees, saying she appeared "glib, almost flippant", and he expressed his astonishment at her "loose and casual grasp of the law".
'totally excessive'
ms brown's solicitor advocate david gray-jones said: "what is significant is that the judge commented that the senior police officers involved in this case didn't appear to have any appreciation or understanding of the laws that regulate their conduct in this area, and didn't acknowledge that they had done anything wrong."
but andrea brown's experience may be far from a one off.
in july, the group big brother watch which campaigns on data and privacy protection, published a report entitled "safe in police hands?" it found that between june 2011 and december 2015 there were at least 2,315 data breaches by uk police staff.
image caption ms brown joined the met in 1993
in a statement, the met police confirmed the court decision but highlighted the fact it had successfully defended ms brown's civil claim for misfeasance in a public office.
it added: "a final judgement and ruling on damages is awaited from the court and expected in the near future. therefore, at this stage we will not be commenting further on the case."
a spokesman for greater manchester police said: "we acknowledge the findings of the court."
det insp rees has now retired from the met and declined to comment. no officer has been disciplined as a result of the case.
for her part, ms brown believes an important point of principle about police behaviour was at stake.
"they are the ones who are supposed to be upholding the law, and protecting members of the public by chasing after people who have broken the law - criminals," she told the bbc.
"i am not a criminal, my daughter is not a criminal. i can't understand why they would feel justified in taking the action they did. it was totally excessive."
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ˈɪndiəz ˌɪˈligəl ˈɛntri ˈɪntu ʧaɪˈniz ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ɪz ə mɪˈskælkjəˈleɪʃən ðət wɪl lɛd tɪ ˈnəθɪŋ bət ʃeɪm ɔn ˌɪtˈsɛlf: ˈɛkspərts ˈnɪrli tu mənθs hæv pæst sɪns ə ˈbɔrdər ˈstænˌdɔf tʊk pleɪs bɪtˈwin ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˈɪndiə ɪn ðə (doklam*) ˈɛriə, jɛt ˈtɛnʧənz kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈɛskəˌleɪt, ˈlidɪŋ tɪ ˈpəblɪk kənˈsərnz ˈoʊvər ən ˈɪmənənt wɔr. ðoʊ ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti həz bɪn ˈlɑrʤli dɪˈnaʊnst baɪ ˈɛkspərts frəm boʊθ saɪdz, ðə ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd ˈkɑnflɪkt həz kæst ə ˈʃæˌdoʊ əˈpɑn ðə tu nations’*’ ɔˈrɛdi ˈʃætərd mˈjuʧuəl trəst. ˈtɛnʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈbɔrdər dɪˈspjuts ˈhæpənz frəm taɪm tɪ taɪm, bət ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈstænˌdɔf ɪz ˈdɪfərənt, ɛz ɪt ɪz ðə fərst ˈɛvər ɪn ən ˌənkənˈtɛstɪd ˈbɔrdər ˈɛriə. ˈɪndiən trups hæv ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈɛnərd territory,”*,” sɛd peifeng*, ən əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər frəm ðə ˈʧaɪnə ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈbaʊndəri ənd ˈoʊʃən ˈstədiz æt wuən ˌjunəˈvərsəti. ðə ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈstænˌdɔf həz kɔzd fɪrs bɪtˈwin ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˈɪndiə. ɛz əv prɛs taɪm, ˈʧaɪnə həz leɪd aʊt ɪts pəˈzɪʃən 67 taɪmz, wɪθ ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz riˈɪtərˌeɪtɪŋ ɪts fərm stæns ɔn ðə ˈɪʃu fər 54 taɪmz, waɪl ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈnæʃənəl dɪˈfɛns həz ˈɪʃud 4 əˈnaʊnsmɛnts rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈɪnsədənt. kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈpisfəl jɛt ənˈjildɪŋ ˈproʊˌtɛsts, ˈɪndiə həz ʃoʊd ən ˈivɪn mɔr ˈhɔkɪʃ ˈætəˌtud, wɪθ səm əˈfɪʃəlz ˌɪmˈplaɪɪŋ ðət ðə ˈstænˌdɔf ʃʊd bi ˈsɛtəld θru ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri minz. dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstər jaitley*, fər ˈɪnstəns, rɪˈpɔrtədli sɛd ɔn ˈɔgəst. 9 ðət ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz ər strɔŋ ɪˈnəf tɪ mit ˈɛni ˈʧælənʤ tɪ ðə security.”*.” ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk paʊərz ər ˈhɛvəli stækt ɪn ˈfeɪvər, ðə ˈkəntri wɪl nɑt ˈizəli gɪv əp ðə hoʊp əv ˈfaɪndɪŋ ə ˈpisfəl səˈluʃən fər ðə ˈstænˌdɔf. ðə ˈstænˌdɔf wɪl kənˈtɪnju, fər naʊ, bət [ˈʧaɪnə] ʃʊd bi priˈpɛrd fər ðə worst,”*,” sɛd. waɪld æmˈbɪʃən ˈkɑrənt ˈstænˌdɔf ʃoʊz ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən tɪ ˈkaʊnərˌbæləns ˈɪnfluəns ənd paʊər ɪn saʊθ ˈeɪʒə, ɛz ˈɪndiə həz bɪn ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə koʊld wɔr mɛnˈtælɪti, ˈtritɪŋ ˈʧaɪnə ɛz ə pəˈtɛnʃəl kəmˈpɛtɪtər ðət meɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈɪndiə frəm bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə ˈdɑmənənt power,”*,” sɛd ʒu gæŋ, ə ˈfɔrmər ʧaɪˈniz æmˈbæsədər tɪ ˈɪndiə. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ʒu, ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns eɪmz tɪ brid ɪl bləd bɪtˈwin ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˌbuˈtæn, dɪsˈrəptɪŋ ðə tu nations’*’ nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ɔn ˈbɔrdər ˈɪʃuz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɔfər ˈɪndiə ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˈtaɪtən ɪts grɪp ɔn ðə ˈleɪtər. ɛz ˈʧaɪnə həz bɪn riˈɪtərˌeɪtɪŋ, ɪz pɑrt əv ʧaɪˈniz ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ənd ðɛr ɪz noʊ dɪˈspjut ˈoʊvər ɪt. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈbaʊndəri ɪz jɛt tɪ bi ˈfɔrməli delimited*, ðə tu saɪdz hæv hæd 24 raʊnz əv tɔks, kənˈdəktəd ʤɔɪnt ˈsərˌveɪz ɪn ðɛr ˈbɔrdər ˈɛriə ənd hæv riʧt ˈbeɪsɪk kənˈsɛnsəs ɔn ðə ˈækʧəwəl steɪt əv ðə ˈbɔrdər ˈɛriə ənd ðə əˈlaɪnmənt əv ðɛr ˈbaʊndəri. ˈkərəntli, ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˌbuˈtæn hæv noʊ ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk riˈleɪʃənz, waɪl ˈɪndiə həz ə ˈfrɛndʃɪp ˈtriti wɪθ ˌbuˈtæn, wɪʧ ˈstɪpjəˌleɪts ðət ˈɪndiə wɪl sovereignty.”*.” ˈɛkoʊɪŋ ʒu, bɪˈlivz ðət ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən ɪz tɪ dɪsˈrəpt ðə ˈkɑrənt nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ɔn ˈbɔrdər dɪˈspjuts, ˈstɑpɪŋ ˈʧaɪnə frəm ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ ædˈvæntɪʤɪz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈbɔrdərz. hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈɪndiə meɪ wɔnt tɪ juz ðə ˈstænˌdɔf tɪ ˈkaʊnərˌbæləns ˈɪnfluəns ɪn saʊθ ˈeɪʒə, ɛz bɛlt ənd roʊd ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv həz əˈfɛktɪd ˈdɑmənəns ɪn ðə ˈriʤən. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ɪts ˈlidɪŋ roʊl ɪn saʊθ ˈeɪʒə, ˈɪndiə meɪ bi ˈhaɪpɪŋ əp ðə ˈbɔrdər dɪˈspjut tɪ dɪˈstrækt ˈpəblɪk əˈtɛnʃən frəm ˈsɪriəs dəˈmɛstɪk ˈprɑbləmz, ɛz wɛl ɛz tɪ geɪn səˈpɔrt frəm ˈwɛstərn ˈkəntriz, sɛd ˈɛkspərts. əˈmɪd təf stæns ɔn ˈbɔrdər ˈɪʃuz, ˈrɔɪtərz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðə ˈfæktəri ækˈtɪvɪti həz sləmpt tɪ ɪts loʊəst ˈlɛvəlz ɪn mɔr ðən naɪn jɪrz ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ, drægd daʊn baɪ dɪsˈrəpʃənz tɪ ˈbɪznɪs ækˈtɪvɪti ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə lɔnʧ əv ə nu ˈnæʃənəl seɪlz tæks. ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ˈɪndiə wɔnts tɪ juz ðə ˈbɔrdər ˈkɑnflɪkt tɪ geɪn səˈpɔrt frəm ðə ˈpəblɪk, ˈpeɪvɪŋ ðə roʊd fər ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ðə rɪˈfɔrm measures,”*,” sɛd. ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈstætəs ənd ˈɪnfluəns hæv groʊn ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz, ɪts æmˈbɪʃən əv ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ˈʧaɪnə həz ɪkˈspændɪd sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli. ɪts mɪsˈʤəʤmənt əv paʊər ənd ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɪl lɛd tɪ ˈnəθɪŋ bət ʃeɪm ɔn itself,”*,” ʒu ˈædɪd. ˈfæləsiz ðoʊ ðə ˈpəblɪk ənd ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛts frəm boʊθ saɪdz hæv gɔn bəˈlɪstɪk wɪθ ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm ənd bleɪm, ˈɪndiə simz tɪ bi ˈæktɪŋ ˈivɪn mɔr əˈgrɛsɪv, ˈbrændɪŋ ˈʧaɪnə ɛz ə ˈbʊli ənd ˈsprɛdɪŋ dɪˈstɔrtɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə taɪmz əv ˈɪndiə ɪn ˈɔgəst, ə ˈsænskrɪt bʊk juzd ɪn ˈsɛvərəl skulz ɪn ðə steɪt əv prəˈdɛʃ ɪn ˈsɛntrəl ˈɪndiə ˈtiʧɪz ˈstudənts ðət ˈɪndiə wən ðə 1962 wɔr, ðoʊ ðə truθ ɪz ˈtoʊtəli ðə ˈɑpəzɪt. əv rɪˈflɛktɪŋ ɔn ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ðə ˈɪndiən ˈgəvərnmənt həz bɪn ˌɪnfˈjuzɪŋ ˈrɔŋfəl ənd dɪˈstɔrtɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈɪntu ðə maɪndz əv ðɛr juθ. jɪrz əv ˌprɑpəˈgændə hæv lɛd tɪ ənˈfrɛndli ˈætəˌtudz təˈwɔrdz ˈʧaɪnə əˈməŋ ðə ˈɪndiən public,”*,” sɛd ʒu. ənˈlaɪk ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈpəblɪk hu prɪˈfər tɪ sik ə ˈpisfəl səˈluʃən, ˈmɛni ˈɪndiən hæv ʃoʊn ˈdɪfərənt əˈpɪnjənz, wɪθ səm səˈʤɛstɪŋ ə wɔr wɪθ ˈʧaɪnə. ˈəndər ə ˈhæʃˌtæg ““indianincursiontochina”*” ɔn weibo*, wɪʧ ˈgɑrnərd ˈɔlˌmoʊst 4 ˈmɪljən vjuz ɛz əv prɛs taɪm, ˈmɛni ʧaɪˈniz hæv ɪkˈsprɛst ðɛr daʊts ɔn ˈɪndiən ˈpəblɪk hɑˈstɪləti əˈgɛnst ˈʧaɪnə, ˈædɪŋ ðət ðeɪ ˈkænɑt ˌəndərˈstænd səm ˈɪndiən netizens’*’ fər war.”*.” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈɛkspərts, ˈʧaɪnə həz ˈnɛvər məˈlɪʃɪsli ɛmˈbɛlɪʃt ðə 1962 wɔr tɪ ɪts ˈpəblɪk, bət ˈɪndiə əˈθɔrətiz ənd ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛts hæv bɪn mɪsˈlidɪŋ ɪts ˈpipəl, ˈɔfərɪŋ ðɛm dɪˈstɔrtɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈstænˌdɔf, ə sərʧ ɔn ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz kən jild rɪˈzəlts kənˈteɪnɪŋ laɪk ‘‘invasion’*’ ər ‘‘infiltration.’*.’ ˈɪndiə həz bɪn dɪˈpɪktɪŋ ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɛz ə ˈsɑroʊfəl ˈvɪktɪm, ðəs ˌəndərˈstændəbəl ðət ˈɪndiənz fil ˈheɪtrəd təˈwɔrd china.”*.” sɛd. tɪ hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈrizənz, ˈɪndiə həz bɪn ˈvɪʤələnt əv muvz, waɪl ðə ˈlætər həz jɛt peɪd ɪˈnəf əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ɪts ˈneɪbər ɪn ðə saʊθ. ðə ˈstænˌdɔf ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðə wik mˈjuʧuəl trəst ənd ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt nɑnˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈneɪʃənz. ɪf ðə ˈɪndiən ˈgəvərnmənt ənd ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛts kip ˈfidɪŋ ɪts ˈpipəl dɪˈstɔrtɪd fækts, riˈleɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈneɪʃənz bi improved,”*,” ˈædɪd.
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india's illegal entry into chinese territory is a miscalculation that will lead to nothing but shame on itself: experts
nearly two months have passed since a border standoff took place between china and india in the donglang (doklam) area, yet tensions continue to escalate, leading to public concerns over an imminent war. though the possibility has been largely denounced by experts from both sides, the unprecedented conflict has cast a shadow upon the two nations’ already shattered mutual trust.
“sino-indian tension regarding border disputes happens from time to time, but the current standoff is different, as it is the first ever face-off in an uncontested border area. indian troops have actually entered china’s territory,” said guan peifeng, an associate professor from the china institute of boundary and ocean studies at wuhan university.
the unusual standoff has caused fierce finger-pointing between china and india. as of press time, china has laid out its position 67 times, with the country’s ministry of foreign affairs reiterating its firm stance on the issue for 54 times, while the ministry of national defense has issued 4 announcements regarding the incident.
compared to china’s peaceful yet unyielding protests, india has showed an even more hawkish attitude, with some highly-ranked officials implying that the standoff should be settled through military means. india’s defense minister arun jaitley, for instance, reportedly said on aug. 9 that “indian armed forces are strong enough to meet any challenge to the country’s security.”
“though military and economic powers are heavily stacked in china’s favor, the country will not easily give up the hope of finding a peaceful solution for the standoff. the standoff will continue, for now, but [china] should be prepared for the worst,” said guan.
india’s wild ambition
“the current standoff shows india’s intention to counterbalance china’s influence and power in south asia, as india has been holding a cold war mentality, treating china as a potential competitor that may prevent india from becoming the region’s dominant power,” said zhou gang, a former chinese ambassador to india.
according to zhou, india’s interference aims to breed ill blood between china and bhutan, disrupting the two nations’ negotiation on border issues, as well as offer india an opportunity to tighten its grip on the later.
as china has been reiterating, doklam is part of chinese territory and there is no dispute over it. although the boundary is yet to be formally delimited, the two sides have had 24 rounds of talks, conducted joint surveys in their border area and have reached basic consensus on the actual state of the border area and the alignment of their boundary.
currently, china and bhutan have no diplomatic relations, while india has a friendship treaty with bhutan, which stipulates that india will “protect bhutan’s sovereignty.”
echoing zhou, guan believes that india’s intention is to disrupt the current sino-bhutanese negotiations on border disputes, stopping china from establishing advantages along the sino-india borders. he also noted that india may want to use the standoff to counterbalance china’s influence in south asia, as china’s belt and road initiative has affected india’s dominance in the region.
in addition to maintaining its leading role in south asia, india may be hyping up the border dispute to distract public attention from serious domestic problems, as well as to gain support from western countries, said experts.
amid india’s tough stance on border issues, reuters reported the country’s factory activity has slumped to its lowest levels in more than nine years in july, dragged down by disruptions to business activity following the launch of a new national sales tax.
“it’s possible that india wants to use the border conflict to gain support from the public, paving the road for launching the government’s reform measures,” said guan.
“as india’s international status and influence have grown in recent years, its ambition of challenging china has expanded significantly. its misjudgment of china’s power and the current situation will lead to nothing but shame on itself,” zhou added.
india’s fallacies
though the public and media outlets from both sides have gone ballistic with criticism and blame, india seems to be acting even more aggressive, branding china as a bully and spreading distorted information.
according to the times of india in august, a sanskrit book used in several schools in the state of madhya pradesh in central india teaches students that india won the 1962 war, though the truth is totally the opposite.
“instead of reflecting on itself, the indian government has been infusing wrongful and distorted information into the minds of their youth. years of propaganda have led to unfriendly attitudes towards china among the indian public,” said zhou.
unlike the majority of the chinese public who prefer to seek a peaceful solution, many indian netizens have shown different opinions, with some suggesting a war with china.
under a hashtag “indianincursiontochina” on china’s sina weibo, which garnered almost 4 million views as of press time, many chinese netizens have expressed their doubts on indian public hostility against china, adding that they cannot understand some indian netizens’ “thirst for war.”
according to experts, china has never maliciously embellished the 1962 war to its public, but india authorities and media outlets have been misleading its people, offering them distorted information.
“even before the standoff, a search on the official website of india’s ministry of foreign affairs can yield results containing wordings like ‘invasion’ or ‘infiltration.’ india has been depicting itself as a sorrowful victim, thus it’s understandable that indians feel hatred toward china.” said guan.
“due to historical reasons, india has been vigilant of china’s moves, while the latter has yet paid enough attention to its neighbor in the south. the standoff indicates the weak mutual trust and insufficient nongovernmental exchanges between the two nations. if the indian government and media outlets keep feeding its people distorted facts, relations between the two nations can’t be improved,” guan added.
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rɔɪəl bæŋk əv ˈkænədə ɪz ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ðə ˈkəntriz ˈəðər ˈlɑrʤəst bæŋks ɪn ə ˈsɪndɪkət ðət həz ɔˈrɛdi kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ lɛnd tɪ ˈɛkwɪtəbəl grup ɪŋk., ðə ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈmɔrgɪʤ ˈkəmpəˌni sɛd ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ˈɛkwɪtəbəl fərst əˈnaʊnst ðə ˈstændˈbaɪ fɪˈnænsɪŋ wɪn ɪt ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈərnɪŋz ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ɪn ə bɪd tɪ kɑm ðə ˈmɑrkɪt æt ə taɪm wɪn ɪts dɪˈpɑzət beɪs ɪz dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ. kəmˈpɛtɪtər hoʊm ˈkæpɪtəl grup ɪŋk. ˈɔlsoʊ əbˈteɪnd ə laɪn əv ˈkrɛdɪt fər tɪ ˈɔfˌsɛt ə weɪv əv wɪθˈdrɔəlz frəm ɪts haɪ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˈseɪvɪŋz əˈkaʊnts ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪts fɪˈnænsɪŋ dil həz mɔr ˈoʊnərəs tərmz əˈtæʧt. ɔn ən ˈərnɪŋz kɔl wɪθ ˈænəlɪsts ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, ˈɛkwɪtəbəl sɛd ðət ɪt hæd əbˈteɪnd ə ˈlɛtər əv kəˈmɪtmənt fər ðə two-year*, ˈkrɛdɪt fəˈsɪlɪti frəm ə grup əv kəˈneɪdiən bæŋks ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd bæŋk, kəˈneɪdiən ˌɪmˈpɪriəl bæŋk əv ˈkɑmərs, ˈnæʃənəl bæŋk əv ˈkænədə, bæŋk əv ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə ənd bæŋk əv ˌməntriˈɔl. ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt "ˈbæŋkərz noʊ ðə ˈɪndəstri bɛst ənd ɪf ɔl sɪks əv ˈkænədəz ˈlɑrʤəst bæŋks hæv ðə ˈkɑnfədɛns tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈɛkwɪtəbəl bæŋk, ɪt ɪz ˈɛvədənt ðət ɑr ˈkəstəmərz, ˈwɛðər ðeɪ bi ˈseɪvərz ənd dəˈpɑzɪtərz ər ˈbɑroʊərz ʃʊd hæv ˈsɪmələr ˈkɑnfədɛns," ˈɛkwətəbəlz ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɔfɪsər ˈændru mʊr sɛd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt.
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royal bank of canada is joining the country's other largest banks in a syndicate that has already committed to lend $2-billion to equitable group inc., the toronto-based alternative mortgage company said on wednesday.
equitable first announced the standby financing when it reported first-quarter earnings on monday in a bid to calm the market at a time when its deposit base is declining. competitor home capital group inc. also obtained a line of credit for $2-billion to offset a wave of withdrawals from its high interest savings accounts – although its financing deal has more onerous terms attached.
on an earnings call with analysts on monday, equitable said that it had obtained a letter of commitment for the two-year, $2-billion credit facility from a group of canadian banks that included toronto-dominion bank, canadian imperial bank of commerce, national bank of canada, bank of nova scotia and bank of montreal.
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"bankers know the industry best and if all six of canada's largest banks have the confidence to support equitable bank, it is evident that our customers, whether they be savers and depositors or borrowers should have similar confidence," equitable's chief executive officer andrew moor said wednesday in a statement.
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'ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ˈkɔrəl': ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ˈvɪvədli ˈkrɑnɪkəlz ə groʊɪŋ θrɛt tɪ ˈoʊʃənz ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən ɪt wʊd bi nis tɪ bɪˈliv ðət ðə ˈrizən juˈmænɪti həz ˈteɪkən nɛkst tɪ noʊ ˈækʃən tɪ hɔlt ðə dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ðə wərldz ˈoʊʃənz ɪz bɪˈkəz wi ˈsɪmpli ˈhævənt sin ðə ˈdæmɪʤ rɪˈpɔrt. ðət ˈɑrgjəmənt hɛld mɔr ˈwɔtər (ˈsɑri) bæk ɪn 2004 wɪn ˈdeɪvɪs ˈgugənˌhaɪm ənd æl gɔr meɪd ən ˌɪnkənˈvinjənt truθ, ə fɪlm ðət sɔt tɪ reɪz əˈwɛrnəs əv ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪn ðə hoʊps ðət ə moʊˈmɛntəm wʊd bɪld tɪ rɪˈvərs ðə taɪd ənd sloʊ ðə ˈwɔrmɪŋ əv ðə ˈplænət. mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˈleɪtər, ɛz ɑr ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈlɛvəlz kip ˈklaɪmɪŋ æt ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd reɪts, ɪts klɪr ðət ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd həz bɪn ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ ə ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˈæpəθi. wi noʊ ɔl tu wɛl wəts ˈhæpənɪŋ, ənd wi doʊnt kɛr ɪˈnəf tɪ wərk təˈgɛðər tɪ stɑp ɪt. bət noʊ ˌsɛlfrɪˈspɛktɪŋ ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈfɪlˌmeɪkər ɪz priˈpɛrd tɪ ʤɪst sɪt əraʊnd ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ðə wərld tɪ ˈɪməˌleɪt. soʊ ðə nu ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ˈkɔrəl ʃʊd bi ədˈmaɪərd ɛz ən ˈərnɪst ˈɛfərt tɪ ˈɛʤəˌkeɪt ðə ˈmæsɪz, jɛt əˈgɛn. ðə ˈprɛmɪs: ən ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv neɪmd ˈrɪʧərd ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz əˈgoʊ tɪ kwɪt ðə æd ˈbɪznɪs ənd dɪˈvoʊt hɪz laɪf tɪ ˈoʊʃən ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃən, boʊθ bɪˈkəz hi wɑz ˈgɪtɪŋ fɛd əp wɪθ ðə ˈkɔrpərət wərld ənd bɪˈkəz hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ðə ˈɪʃu əv mərˈin kəˈtæstrəfi wɑz ɛˈsɛnʃəli "ən ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈprɑbləm." hiz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪd baɪ ˈkɔrəl, ðə ˈkələrfəl ənd ˌɪˈmɛnsli ˌfoʊtəˈʤɛnɪk ˌɪnˈvərtəˌbreɪts hu fɔrm ðə ˈbækˌboʊn əv ˈoʊʃən ˈikoʊˌsɪstəmz. soʊ əˈsɛmbəlz ə kru əv ˈrisərʧərz ənd ˈəndərˌwɔtər fəˈtɑgrəfərz tɪ ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˈkɔrəl ˈbliʧɪŋ, ðə mæs ˈoʊʃən ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk wɛr ˈkɔrəl ˈpɑlɪps riˈlis tu məʧ əv ðɛr ˈælʤi ənd stɑrv ðɛmˈsɛlvz (ðəs ˈluzɪŋ ɔl ðɛr ˈkələr, ənd ˈəltəmətli, ðɛr laɪf). ˈsaɪəntɪsts ər ˌənɪkˈwɪvəkəl əˈbaʊt ðə kɔz əv ðə ˈbliʧɪŋ: ɑr ˈoʊʃənz ər ˈwɔrmɪŋ, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər əbˈzɔrbɪŋ mɔr ənd mɔr ˈgrinˌhaʊs ˈgæsɪz ɛz ˈjumənz riˈlis ˈmæsɪv, ˈhɑrmfəl əˈmaʊnts əv ˈkɑrbən ˈɪntu ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr. ðə mɔr ðeɪ hit əp, ðə mɔr ˈælʤi ðə ˈkɔrəl ˈpɑlɪps məst riˈlis tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðɛr oʊn ˌʃɔrtˈtərm sərˈvaɪvəl bət ˈkɔrəl kænt sərˈvaɪv ˈlɔŋˈtərm ɪn səʧ wɔrm ˈtɛmpərəʧərz. ɪts ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðət kloʊz tɪ hæf əv ðə ˈkɔrəl ɪn ðə greɪt ˈbɛriər rif əˈloʊn hæv daɪd ɪn ðə læst 18 mənθs. θɪŋz hæv ˈgɔtən soʊ bæd ðət ðə tərmz əv ðə dəˈbeɪt hæv naʊ ˈʃɪftɪd əˈməŋ ˈkɔrəl ˈsaɪəntɪsts: ˈrəðər ðən traɪ tɪ rɪˈstɔr ðə rifs, səm ˈsɪmpli hoʊp tɪ kip ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈhɛlθi rifs ɪn ˈfəŋkʃənəl kənˈdɪʃən. eɪmz tɪ ˈfoʊtəˌgræf səm əv ðə wərldz moʊst məˈʤɛstɪk rifs, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈspɛʃəli ɪkˈwɪpt ˈəndərˌwɔtər ˈkæmərəz ðət lʊk laɪk ˈkrɪstəl bɔlz frəm ə ˈpaɪrəts əv ðə ˌkɛrɪˈbiən ˈmuvi. ɑrmd wɪθ ðiz ˈvɪʒwəlz, hi hoʊps tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ðət ðə ˈkɔrəl ɪz daɪɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ɑr ˈvɛri aɪz ðəs ˈsɑlvɪŋ ðə "ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ" ˈprɑbləm. ɪts ðə seɪm əˈproʊʧ ðət ˈneɪʧər fəˈtɑgrəfər ʤeɪmz ˈbælɔg juzd tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ðə ˈræpɪd ˈmɛltɪŋ əv ˈgleɪʃərz ɪn ðə 2012 ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ˈʧeɪsɪŋ aɪs, soʊ ɪts noʊ ˈwəndər ðə seɪm dɪˈrɛktər, ʤɛf ɔˈrlɔfski, ˈɔlsoʊ ðɪs wən. hɪmˈsɛlf ˌriˈkaʊnts, ənˈnɛsəˌsɛrəli, haʊ hi wɔʧt ˈʧeɪsɪŋ aɪs ɔn ə pleɪn ənd ðɛn haɪərd ɔˈrlɔfski fər hɪz oʊn ʧeɪs.) ðə ˈnɛrətɪv hir ɪz lɛs ɪnˈgroʊsɪŋ ðən ðə ˈdɛrˌdɛvəl frəm ɔˈrlɔfskiz ˈərliər fɪlm, bət ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪz ˈlɑrʤli ðə seɪm: ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ðə ˈrisərʧərz ənd ədˈvɛnʧərərz, daɪˈsɛkt ðə pərˈtɪkjələrz əv ðɛr kwɛst tɪ ˈkæpʧər ˈɛvədəns əv ðɪs fəˈnɑmənə (ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ˈhævɪŋ tɪ rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ˈmænjuəl fəˈtɑgrəfi ˈæftər ðə ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪd ˈɔpʃənz feɪl tɪ wərk ˈprɑpərli), ˌɪntərˈspərs wɪθ ðə saɪəns bɪˈhaɪnd ɔl ðə dɪˈstrəkʃən, ənd ɛnd wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ðə ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz ə kaɪnd əv ˈvɪktəri. ɛz ɪt goʊz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈdɑkjəmənɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs, ðə fɪlm dɪz ə ˈjusfəl ʤɑb əv ˌɪnˈfɔrmɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs waɪ ˈkɔrəl ɪz soʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt, ʃoʊɪŋ haʊ ɪt prəˈvaɪdz ˈsəstənəns tɪ fɪʃ hu ðɛn bɪˈkəm fud fər ˈəðər ˈænəməlz ənd ˈjumənz. ənd ðæts tɪ seɪ ˈnəθɪŋ əv ðə ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ˈdɔlərz æt rɪsk. bət ðə klaɪˈmæktɪk ənˈveɪlɪŋ, wɪn ðə ˈrisərʧ tim kən ˈfaɪnəli ʃoʊ ɔf ðɛr ˈɪmɪʤɪz əv ˈvænɪʃɪŋ ˈkɔrəl, teɪks pleɪs æt... ə ˈkɔrəl rif sɪmˈpoʊziəm. nɑt ɪgˈzæktli ðə foʊks hu nid ðə moʊst kənˈvɪnsɪŋ raɪt naʊ. ɪts ɔl ðə ˈsædər bɪˈkəz ðə fɪlm əˈsɛmbəlz ə tim əv foʊks hu ər ˈtruli ˈpæʃənət ˈivɪn ˈgiki əˈbaʊt ɑr ˈəndərˌwɔtər ˌbaɪoʊdaɪˈvərsəti. ˈzækəri ˈrɑgoʊ, ðə ˈjəŋgər ˈrisərʧər hu hɛlps ˈkɛri ðə weɪt əv ðɛr ɪˈnɔrmɪs tæsk, kɔlz hɪmˈsɛlf ə "ˈkɔrəl nərd." ˈrɑgoʊ, ɪt tərnz aʊt, ˈaɪdəˌlaɪzɪz ən ˈoʊldər ˈkɔrəl ˈsaɪəntɪst neɪmd ˈdɑktər. ʤɑn ˈvɛrən, ðə ərˈɪʤənəl "ˈkɔrəl nərd" hu dɪˈskəvərd əraʊnd 20 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə wərldz rifs. ɪts ˈbɪtərsˌwit wɪn ðeɪ mit fər ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd kəˈmɪsərˌeɪt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈsimɪŋ fjuˈtɪləti əv ðɛr ʃɛrd ˈmɪʃən. ˈvɛrən meɪ hæv spɛnt hɪz laɪf ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ ðə dɛθ əv ðə ʤaɪənt ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm hi ʤɪst ˈrisəntli dɪˈskəvərd, bət hi, æt list, gɑt tɪ si ɪt fərst.
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'chasing coral': documentary vividly chronicles a growing threat to oceans
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it would be nice to believe that the reason humanity has taken next to no action to halt the destruction of the world's oceans is because we simply haven't seen the damage report. that argument held more water (sorry) back in 2004, when davis guggenheim and al gore made an inconvenient truth, a film that sought to raise awareness of man-made climate change in the hopes that a momentum would build to reverse the tide and slow the warming of the planet. more than a decade later, as our atmosphere's carbon dioxide levels keep climbing at unprecedented rates, it's clear that widespread unawareness has been replaced by a widespread apathy. we know all too well what's happening, and we don't care enough to work together to stop it.
but no self-respecting environmental filmmaker is prepared to just sit around waiting for the world to immolate. so the new netflix documentary chasing coral should be admired as an earnest effort to educate the masses, yet again.
the premise: an advertising executive named richard vevers decided several years ago to quit the ad business and devote his life to ocean conservation, both because he was getting fed up with the corporate world and because he decided the issue of marine catastrophe was essentially "an advertising problem." he's particularly fascinated by coral, the colorful and immensely photogenic invertebrates who form the backbone of ocean ecosystems. so vevers assembles a crew of researchers and underwater photographers to document the process of coral bleaching, the mass ocean epidemic where coral polyps release too much of their algae and starve themselves (thus losing all their color, and ultimately, their life).
scientists are unequivocal about the cause of the bleaching: our oceans are warming, because they are absorbing more and more greenhouse gases as humans release massive, harmful amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. the more they heat up, the more algae the coral polyps must release to ensure their own short-term survival but coral can't survive long-term in such warm temperatures. it's estimated that close to half of the coral in the great barrier reef alone have died in the last 18 months. things have gotten so bad that the terms of the debate have now shifted among coral scientists: rather than try to restore the reefs, some simply hope to keep the remaining healthy reefs in functional condition.
vevers aims to photograph some of the world's most majestic reefs, using specially equipped underwater cameras that look like crystal balls from a pirates of the caribbean movie. armed with these visuals, he hopes to demonstrate to the public that the coral is dying before our very eyes thus solving the "advertising" problem.
it's the same approach that nature photographer james balog used to demonstrate the rapid melting of glaciers in the 2012 documentary chasing ice, so it's no wonder the same director, jeff orlowski, also helmed this one. (vevers himself recounts, unnecessarily, how he watched chasing ice on a plane and then hired orlowski for his own chase.) the narrative here is less engrossing than the daredevil glacier-scaling from orlowski's earlier film, but the process is largely the same: focus on the researchers and adventurers, dissect the particulars of their quest to capture evidence of this phenomena (in this case, having to rely on manual time-lapse photography after the automated options fail to work properly), intersperse with the science behind all the destruction, and end with the idea that the presentation itself is a kind of victory.
as it goes over the documenting process, the film does a useful job of informing us why coral is so important, showing how it provides sustenance to fish who then become food for other animals and humans. and that's to say nothing of the tourism dollars at risk. but the climactic unveiling, when the research team can finally show off their hard-earned images of vanishing coral, takes place at... a coral reef symposium. not exactly the folks who need the most convincing right now.
it's all the sadder because the film assembles a team of folks who are truly passionate even geeky about our underwater biodiversity. zackery rago, the younger researcher who helps carry the weight of their enormous task, calls himself a "coral nerd." rago, it turns out, idolizes an older coral scientist named dr. john veron, the original "coral nerd" who discovered around 20 percent of the world's reefs. it's bittersweet when they meet for this project and commiserate over the seeming futility of their shared mission.
veron may have spent his life witnessing the death of the giant ecosystem he just recently discovered, but he, at least, got to see it first.
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wɔʧ: ˈklaɪmɪt goʊz ɔf ɔn ˈkæmərə, laɪz əˈbaʊt ˈfɑsəl fjuəl ˈfəndɪŋ ˈprɪnstən ˈsaɪəntɪst ˈwɪljəm gɑt ˈhitɪd waɪl dɪˈnaɪɪŋ rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈfəndɪŋ frəm ðə ˈfɑsəl fjuəl ˈɪndəstri æt ə ˈsɛnɪt ˈhirɪŋ kənˈvind baɪ ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt tɛd kruz təˈdeɪ. ˈfʊtɪʤ əv ˈwɪljəm, ə ˈprɪnstən ˈfeɪvərd baɪ ðə ˈfɑsəl fjuəl ˈɪndəstri, rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ kˈwɛsʧənz frəm ˈgrinˌpis ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtər ˈʤɛsi ˈkoʊlmən æt ə juz. ˈsɛnɪt ˈhirɪŋ ˈərliər təˈdeɪ. ɪf ɪt lʊks laɪk əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ðət laɪn əv kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ, ə ˈrizən. hu wɑz ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd tɪ spik ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈsɛnɪt æt ə ər dogma’*’ ˈpænəl baɪ tɛd kruz wɑz wən əv tu ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˌækəˈdɛmɪks ɪkˈspoʊzd baɪ ən ˌəndərˈkəvər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu haʊ ðə ˈfɑsəl fjuəl ˈɪndəstri fəndz ˈklaɪmɪt dɪˈnaɪəl. ɪn iˈmeɪlz sɛnt tɪ ˌəndərˈkəvər ˈgrinˌpis ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz, əˈgrid tɪ ˈɔθər ə ˈpeɪpər prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts əv ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd wɪˈθaʊt dɪˈskloʊzɪŋ ðə sɔrs əv hɪz ˈfəndɪŋ. hɪz fi fər prəˈdusɪŋ ðɪs ˈrisərʧ wɑz 250 pər aʊər. hi ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈskloʊzd ðət hi rɪˈsivd frəm juz. koʊl ʤaɪənt ˈpiˌbɑdi ˈɛnərʤi tɪ ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪ æt ə ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə steɪt ˈhirɪŋ ɔn ðə ˌɪmˈpækts əv ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr. ɪn ðə ˈfʊtɪʤ əˈbəv, kən bi hərd ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈkoʊlmən, sən əv ə b*tch*, aɪ ˈteɪkən ə dime”*” ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt hɪz ˈfəndɪŋ frəm ˈpiˌbɑdi ˈɛnərʤi. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsteɪtɪd ɪn iˈmeɪl ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðət hi bɪˈlivz ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd wɪl ˈbɛnəfɪt ðə world”*” ənd ðət ˈoʊnli weɪ tɪ ˈlɪmət ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd wʊd bi tɪ stɑp ˈjuzɪŋ ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz, wɪʧ aɪ θɪŋk wʊd bi ə proʊˈfaʊndli ˌɪˈmɔrəl ənd ˌɪˈræʃənəl policy.”*.” rɛd ðə fʊl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən hir frəm ˈgrinˌpis energydesk*. ˈəpˌdeɪt dɪˈsɛmbər 10 2015 ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt rɪˈpɔrts ðət ˈʧɛrɪti kəˈmɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ðə u.k*. hæv lɔnʧt ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ˈpɑləsi faʊnˈdeɪʃən, wɛr sərvz ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ædˈvaɪzəri ˈkaʊnsəl.
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watch: industry-funded climate denier goes off on camera, lies about fossil fuel funding
princeton scientist william happer got heated while denying receiving funding from the fossil fuel industry at a senate hearing convened by presidential candidate ted cruz today.
that’s footage of william happer, a princeton scientist-for-hire favored by the fossil fuel industry, responding to questions from greenpeace investigator jesse coleman at a u.s. senate hearing earlier today.
if it looks like happer didn’t appreciate that line of questioning, there’s a reason.
happer — who was invited to speak before the senate at a ‘data or dogma’ panel by ted cruz — was one of two high-profile academics exposed by an undercover investigation into how the fossil fuel industry funds climate denial.
in emails sent to undercover greenpeace investigators, happer agreed to author a paper promoting the benefits of carbon dioxide without disclosing the source of his funding. his fee for producing this research was $250 per hour. he also disclosed that he received $8,000 from u.s. coal giant peabody energy to testify at a minnesota state hearing on the impacts of carbon dioxide earlier this year.
in the footage above, happer can be heard telling coleman, “you son of a b*tch, i haven’t taken a dime” in response to questions about his funding from peabody energy.
happer also stated in email exchanges that he believes “more carbon dioxide will benefit the world” and that “the only way to limit carbon dioxide would be to stop using fossil fuels, which i think would be a profoundly immoral and irrational policy.”
read the full investigation here from greenpeace energydesk.
update december 10, 2015: the independent reports that charity commission officials in the u.k. have launched an investigation into the global warming policy foundation, where happer serves as a member of the academic advisory council.
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tin sˈmæʃɪz ˈændru kæmˈpeɪn kɑr ˈæftər biɪŋ ˈwoʊkən baɪ ˈmɛgəˌfoʊn ˈblɛrɪŋ conservative’*’ ˈændru lænd ˈroʊvər ˈæftər ˈnɪkəlz smæʃt ðə ˈwɪndoʊ wɪθ ə brɪk. ˈpɪkʧər: krɪs krɪs ə ˈtiˌneɪʤər hu smæʃt ə brɪk θru ˈændru lænd ˈroʊvər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən kæmˈpeɪn həz bɪn ˈhændɪd ə kəmˈjunɪti ˈɔrdər. ʃɛr iˈmeɪl ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl tɪ ə frɛnd tɪ sɛnd ə lɪŋk tɪ ðɪs peɪʤ ju məst bi lɔgd ɪn. ˈændru ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri əˈsɪstənt krɪs ˈæftər ðə pərˈsut əv ˈnɪkəlz θru ˈgɑrdənz. ˈpɪkʧər: krɪs ˈændru ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri əˈsɪstənt krɪs ˈæftər ðə pərˈsut əv ˈnɪkəlz θru ˈgɑrdənz. ˈpɪkʧər: krɪs ˈnɪkəlz, 18 wɑz steɪɪŋ æt hɪz haʊs ɪn ˈhaɪˌfild roʊd, ˈkɑljər roʊ, ɔn meɪ 15 wɪn hi wɑz ˈwoʊkən baɪ ə vɔɪs frəm ə ˈmɛgəˌfoʊn seɪɪŋ: ˈændru, voʊt conservative.”*.” ðə ˈtɔri ənd hɪz tim wər aʊt kæmˈpeɪnɪŋ praɪər tɪ ðə ʤun ɪˈlɛkʃən. ˈmɪstər ˈɑli, dɪˈfɛndɪŋ, toʊld magistrates’*’ kɔrt: [ˈnɪkəlz] bɪˈlivd ɪt wɑz ə briʧ əv ðə pis, ənd soʊ pɪkt əp ə brɪk frəm ðə ˈgɑrdən, ənd pʊt ɪt θru ðə window.”*.” ˈmɪstər nɔr hɪz stæf wər ɪn ðə kənˈsərvətɪv ɛmˈbleɪzənd æt ðə taɪm ɪt wɑz smæʃt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri əˈsɪstənt krɪs meɪd ɔf ɪn pərˈsut əv ˈnɪkəlz. ðə fɛns smæʃt baɪ ˈnɪkəlz waɪl krɪs wɑz pərˈsuɪŋ ɪm. ˈpɪkʧər: krɪs ðə fɛns smæʃt baɪ ˈnɪkəlz waɪl krɪs wɑz pərˈsuɪŋ ɪm. ˈpɪkʧər: krɪs ðə ˈhɪroʊ ʧeɪst ðə ˈvændəl daʊn ˈævəˌlɑn roʊd, wɛr hi smæʃt θru ˈrɛzɪdənt ˈdeɪvɪd fɛns ənd ɪˈskeɪpt. təˈdeɪ ɪn kɔrt ˈnɪkəlz, əv roʊd, ˈkɑljər roʊ, ədˈmɪtəd ˈkɔzɪŋ əv ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ˈmɪstər kɑr, tɪ ðə fɛns ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈbriʧɪŋ hɪz juθ ˌriəˌbɪləˈteɪʃən ˈɔrdər. ɪz naʊ 18 hi ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə ˈfɑðər tɪ hɪz ʧaɪld, hi ɪz ˈstɑrtɪŋ hɪz qualification,”*,” ˈmɪstər ˈɑli toʊld ðə kɔrt. minz hi wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ wərk ɪn kənˈstrəkʃən. hi ɪz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ə ˈsɛmi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈhɑstəl, ənd həz əˈplaɪd fər jobseekers’*’ allowance.”*.” ˈdɑktər ˈmərnə ˈgɪlbərt, ˈʧɛrˌwʊmən əv ðə bɛnʧ, geɪv ˈnɪkəlz ən kəmˈjunɪti ˈɔrdər, ˈdʊrɪŋ wɪʧ hi wɪl hæv tɪ wɛr ən ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk tæg ənd rɪˈmeɪn æt hɪz hoʊm ˈæˌdrɛs bɪtˈwin ənd 6am*. ɪz noʊ ˈsɛkənd ʧæns ðɪs time,”*,” ˈdɑktər ˈgɪlbərt sɛd. ˈnɪkəlz həz tɪ peɪ ɪn ˈdæmɪʤɪz tɪ ˈmɪstər, tɪ ˈmɪstər ˈhoʊlˌgeɪt ənd tɪ ðə kɔrt. ˈrɪli traɪɪŋ tɪ sɔrt maɪ laɪf out,”*,” ˈnɪkəlz toʊld ðə bɛnʧ. ˈmɪstər, hu həz bɪn sɪns 2001 sɛd: moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈaʊtˌkəm hir wɑz ðət ðə jəŋ mæn wɑz kɔt ənd dɪd nɑt ɪˈskeɪp ðə lɔ. wi wər kwaɪt ˈʃeɪkən, mi ənd maɪ tim krækt ɔn ənd ˈfɪnɪʃt ɑr ˈkænvəsɪŋ ˈsɛʃən ðət ˈivnɪŋ. wɪl dɪˈtər mi frəm kæmˈpeɪnɪŋ ənd ˈspikɪŋ tɪ maɪ constituents.”*.” ˈmɪstər sɛd hi əˈpɑləˌʤaɪzd tɪ ˈmɪstər ˈhoʊlˌgeɪt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbroʊkən fɛns, ˌhaʊˈɛvər loʊ ˈlɛvəl ˈhulɪgənz ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ðə raɪt θɪŋ tɪ do”*”. ðə ˈɑrmi rɪˈzərvɪst ˈædɪd: hi ɪˈskeɪpt ənd nɑt bɪn pʊt θru ðə kɔrts, ðə ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən tɪ mɔr dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi ɪz ˈɑbviəs. ðə ˈleɪtəst spaɪk ɪn ˈmoʊpɛd ɪˈneɪbəld kraɪm ənd bɪˈheɪvjər wɪʧ ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪts ˈmɛni ˈloʊkəl ˈpipəl, ə smɔl faɪn ənd ˈkərfju meɪ əˈpɪr tɪ bi ə slæp ɔn ðə rɪst tɪ many.”*.”
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teen smashes romford mp andrew rosindell’s campaign car after being woken by megaphone blaring ‘vote conservative’
romford mp andrew rosindell's land rover after kieron nickles smashed the window with a brick. picture: chris muspratt chris muspratt
a teenager who smashed a brick through romford mp andrew rosindell’s land rover during the last general election campaign has been handed a community order.
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andrew rosindell's parliamentary assistant chris muspratt after the pursuit of nickles through gardens. picture: chris muspratt andrew rosindell's parliamentary assistant chris muspratt after the pursuit of nickles through gardens. picture: chris muspratt
kieron nickles, 18, was staying at his mother’s house in highfield road, collier row, on may 15, when he was woken by a voice from a megaphone saying: “vote andrew rosindell, vote conservative.”
the tory mp and his team were out campaigning prior to the june election.
mr ali, defending, told barkingside magistrates’ court: “he [nickles] believed it was a breach of the peace, and so picked up a brick from the garden, and put it through the window.”
mr rosindell nor his staff were in the conservative emblazoned four-by-four at the time it was smashed, however parliamentary assistant chris muspratt made off in pursuit of nickles.
the fence smashed by nickles while chris muspratt was pursuing him. picture: chris muspratt the fence smashed by nickles while chris muspratt was pursuing him. picture: chris muspratt
the have-a-go hero chased the vandal down avalon road, where he smashed through resident david holgate’s fence and escaped.
today in court nickles, of hillfoot road, collier row, admitted causing £800 of damage to mr rosindell’s car, £21.36 to the fence and also breaching his youth rehabilitation order.
“kieron is now 18, he is looking forward to becoming a father to his child, he is starting his gsgs qualification,” mr ali told the court.
“this means he will be able to work in construction. he is living in a semi independent hostel, and has applied for jobseekers’ allowance.”
dr myrna gilbert, chairwoman of the bench, gave nickles an eight-week community order, during which he will have to wear an electronic tag and remain at his home address between 9pm and 6am.
“there is no second chance this time,” dr gilbert said.
nickles has to pay £300 in damages to mr rosindell, £21.36 to mr holgate and £170 to the court.
“i’m really trying to sort my life out,” nickles told the bench.
mr rosindell, who has been romford mp since 2001, said: “the most important outcome here was that the young man was caught and did not escape the law.
“while we were quite shaken, me and my team cracked on and finished our canvassing session that evening.
“nothing will deter me from campaigning and speaking to my constituents.”
mr muspratt said he apologised to mr holgate about the broken fence, however “pursuing low level hooligans is always the right thing to do”.
the army reservist added: “had he escaped and not been put through the courts, the invitation to more delinquency is obvious.
“given the latest spike in moped enabled crime and anti-social behaviour which intimidates many local people, a small fine and curfew may appear to be a slap on the wrist to many.”
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tɛn jɪrz əˈgoʊ ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ simd tɪ bi æt ə sɔrt əv post–jordan—hell*, ˈivɪn post-ewing—nadir*. ʃæk ənd ˈkoʊbeɪ wər frɛʃ ɔf ə ˈdrɪri rən əv ˈtaɪtəlz ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ hæd gɔn ɪn θri streɪt pərˈfəŋktəri ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈfaɪnəlz ðət wər ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ tɪ ˈleɪkər fænz ənd ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ɛls. fˈjuʧər səˈsaɪɪtiz, ˈdrɪvən ˈəndərˌgraʊnd baɪ ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ, wɪl kərs ˈjuˈɛs fər ˈivɪn ˈbɑðərɪŋ tɪ pleɪ ðoʊz geɪmz ðət, θru ðɛr mæs kənˈsəmʃən əv ˈrisɔrsɪz, ˈoʊnli hɛlpt ˈpərpəˌtreɪt ðə dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ðə ˈplænət wɪˈθaʊt ˈædɪŋ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪmənt əv laɪf ɔn ɪt. ɛn rut tɪ ðoʊz ˈtaɪtəlz, ðə ˈleɪkərz ˈbænɪʃt ðə ˈoʊnli tu ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ timz əv ðət ˈɪrə: ðə ˈtreɪlˌbleɪzərz ənd kɪŋz ɪn tu ˈsɪriz. ðoʊz ˈbleɪzərz ənd kɪŋz timz wər ˈoʊvərˌrən wɪθ ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ players—sheed*, ˈpɪpən, sabonis*, stoudamire*, ʃrɛmpf!, wɛlz, ə stɪl ʤərˈmeɪn o’neal*, ˈwɛbər, ˈbɪbi, divac*, peja*, turkoglu*, ənd skɑt ˈpɑlərd, huz hɛr wɑz ˈklɪrli beɪst ɔn səm ˈɛkstrə hi ˈnoʊtɪst ɪn ə ˌdiˌviˈdi vjuɪŋ əv ɔl ðət. ɔl ðə mɔr dɪˈprɛsɪŋ, ðə bʊlz ənd ˈsɛltɪks ənd ˈleɪkərz ˈnidɪd θri greɪt pleɪərz tɪ wɪn ˈtaɪtəlz; ðət ðə ˈleɪkərz ˈnidɪŋ ˈoʊnli tu simd ʤɪst əˈnəðər ˈsɪmbəl əv lig dɪˈklaɪn. mərˈækjələsli, ðə stiv næʃ sənz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈlɛbrən, ˈmɛloʊ, ˈdʊrənt, ˈwɛstˌbrʊk ənd ˈkəmpəˌni wʊd sun lɪft ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ aʊt əv ɪts ˈtɔrpər. ˈfɪtɪŋ ðət ðə 2003 ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ dræft, wɪʧ wʊd dɪˈlɪvər ˈjuˈɛs soʊ məʧ, wɑz hɛld ˈoʊnli ə fju wiks ˈæftər əˈnəðər ˈpjutrɪd ˈfaɪnəlz, sænz ˈleɪkərz ɪn ðɪs keɪs. ɪt wɑz ɛz ɪf, baɪ ðə ˈsəmər əv 2003 səm haɪər paʊər nu wi ˈnidɪd ˈbæskətˌbɔl sælˈveɪʃən. ər, mɔr spəˈsɪfɪkli, ɪt wɑz ɛz ɪf ˈʤeɪsən kɪd wɑz ɔn ðə nu ˈʤərzi nɛts. ˈnəθɪŋ ˈbɛtər ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪzd ðə dɪˈprɛsɪŋ steɪt əv ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs strɛʧ ðən ðə fækt ðət ðə nu ˈʤərzi nɛts meɪd tu streɪt ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈfaɪnəlz əˈpɪrənsəz. ðə nɛts wɛnt ɪn ðiz ˈfaɪnəlz ənd prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈnəθɪŋ ɪn ðə weɪ əv ɪkˈsaɪtmənt ər ˈlæstɪŋ ˈmɛməri. ɪt wɑz ɔl fərˈgɛtəbəl, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv: ˈivɪn æt ðɛr bɛst, ðə nɛts simd ˌɪnˈhɛrəntli ənˈwərði əv biɪŋ rɪˈmɛmbərd, æt list fər ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti əv fænz huz əˈliʤəns wɑz nɑt tɪ ðə tim frəm ist ˈrəθərfərd. waɪl nɛts fænz wər ˈdaʊtləs θrɪld baɪ ðoʊz kənˈsɛkjətɪv ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈfaɪnəlz, ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈneɪʃən wɪnst ɪn ˈægəni ənd ˈwəndərd wɪθ ˈmaʊntɪŋ kənˈsərn ɪf gaɪz, ə gərl ənd ə ˈpitsə place”*” wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ənˈnɛsəˌsɛrəli fər ˈɛni əv ðə geɪmz (wi ðɛn ˈriəˌlaɪzd ɪt ɛrd ɪn tu jɪrz, bət ɪt wɑz stɪl ə ˈlɪtəl tu kloʊz ɛz fɑr ɛz hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈmɛməri ɪz kənˈsərnd). bət ə ˈfəni θɪŋ həz ˈhæpənd ɪn ðə 10 jɪrz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə nɛts ˌənˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəs dɪˈspæʧɪŋ baɪ ðə spərz ɪn ðə 2003 ˈfaɪnəlz. əˈgɛnst ˈsimɪŋli ɔl ɑdz, ðə ˈrɑstər əv ðə nu ˈʤərzi nɛts ɪz naʊ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, ˈpipəld wɪθ ˈkɛrɪktərz raɪt aʊt əv ðə taɪp əv ˈmuvi ðət ɪz ʃoʊn ɔn æt θri ɪn ðə ˌæftərˈnun. laɪk ə rɪˈvərs əv summer:”*:” ðiz gaɪz ər mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ənd lɛs dɪˈprɛsɪŋ naʊ ðən wɪn ðeɪ wər ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ˈistərn ˈkɑnfərəns. ɪn ˈmænəʤɪŋ ðət fit, ðə 2003 nɛts hæv ˈmeɪbi əˈkɑmplɪʃt ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈivɪn mɔr rɪˈmɑrkəbəl ðən ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈwɪnɪŋ ə rɪŋ. nɑt ʤɪst ˌɪmˈpruvd ɪn ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt, bət groʊn: ðoʊz dumd nɛts sim lɛs sæd naʊ, ənd ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz məʧ mɔr ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ, ˈwɛðər ɪt bi fər ðɛr əˈʧivmənts ɪn ˈsɪvəl raɪts, ˈʧɛrətəbəl faʊnˈdeɪʃənz, ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns kəˈmərʃəlz, ər meme-generation*. ˈleɪdiz ənd ˈʤɛnəlmɪn, meɪ aɪ ˈprɛzənt jʊr nu ˈʤərzi nɛts tɛn jɪrz ˈleɪtər: ˈʤeɪsən ˈkɑlɪnz noʊ ˈrizənəbəl ˈpərsən wʊd hæv gɛst ðət ˈʤeɪsən ˈkɑlɪnz wʊd wɪnd əp biɪŋ ðə moʊst ˈædmərəbəl ənd hɪˈstɔrɪkəli sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈmɛmbər əv ðɪs tim ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ; təˈdeɪ, ˈoʊnli ə ˈspɛʃəl taɪp əv troʊl wʊd dɪˈnaɪ ɪt. ɪf ju θɪŋk bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə fərst ˈoʊpənli geɪ meɪl ˈæθˌlit ɪn ə ˈmeɪʤər spɔrt ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, ər mɔr ˈækjərətli kərˈeɪʤəs, ðɛn ˈgɛsɪŋ əˈbaʊt wən əv ðə ˈoʊnli ˈrɪli gʊd θɪŋz ɪn jʊr laɪf ɪz ðət ðɛr ər tənz əv ˈmɛsɪʤ bɔrdz wɛr jʊr mˈjuzɪŋz wɪl bi laɪkt baɪ ˈlɪtərəli ˈhənərdz əv ˈfɛloʊ ˈbɪtər, ˈaʊtˌdeɪtɪd eunuchs*. ˈʤeɪsən kɪd ˈrisəntli rɪˈtaɪrd ənd ˌriuˈnaɪtɪd wɪθ ðə nɛts, ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ baɪ ʃɪr dɪnt əv biɪŋ boʊθ ə greɪt pɔɪnt gɑrd ənd ˈleɪtər ə ˌʤɛriˈætrɪk pɔɪnt gɑrd. ˈlidɪŋ ðə nu ˈʤərzi nɛts tɪ kənˈsɛkjətɪv ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈfaɪnəlz əˈpɪrənsəz ɪz boʊθ ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈbæskətˌbɔl əˈʧivmənt əv kərɪr ənd ən ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈvælɪd ˈrizən tɪ dɪˈnaɪ ɪm hɔl əv feɪm ˈɑnərz. ˈkɛri ˈkɪtəlz ə ˈkoʊˈwərkər ˈrisəntli æst mi tɪ gɛs hɪz ˈfeɪvərɪt nɛt frəm ðɪs tim. aɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli rɪˈplaɪd, kərˈɛktli, wɪθ ˈkɛri ˈkɪtəlz. hi wɑz ʃɑkt bət hæv bɪn. ˈkɪtəlz stɪl hoʊldz ə ənd ˌənɪkˈspleɪnəbəl træns ɔn ðə ˈkəvətɪd waɪt, mɪd 30’s*, ˈkɔrpərət, mid-atlantic*, meɪl ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk. ˈmeɪbi ðə ˌvɪləˈnoʊvə θɪŋ, ər ðə maɪld ˈtræʤɪk sɛns əv hɪz kərɪr. ˈiðər weɪ, ðə ˈnæʃənəl əv ðə ˈərli ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ. braɪən rɪˈnaʊnd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtər əv mimz, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈbæskətˌbɔl pleɪər. ðɛr ər 19 ˈpeɪʤɪz əv ðɛm hir. ɪt wʊd bi ˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ seɪ ðət ðiz mimz ər ə ˈdæmɪŋ ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt əv ðə ˈveɪgli əˈprɛsɪv ˈneɪʧər əv ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈkəlʧər, bət ðɪs taɪp əv kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən həz bɪn wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs, ɔlˈbiɪt ɪn ˈdɪfərənt fɔrmz, fər ˈdɛkeɪdz naʊ. wɛl noʊn ðət ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 1959 ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈfaɪnəlz, θri ˈloʊkəl juθs ˈnɪkˌneɪmd kænz, hɑt pleɪt ənd ðə rɛv pæst aʊt kəˈmidɪk ˈlɪθəˌgræfs əv bɑb ˈpɛˌtɪt, soʊ ɔl kɑm daʊn kənˈsərnɪŋ ðə dɪˈklaɪn əv ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən. sleɪ həz ˈrɪli bɪn ˈstɛpɪŋ əp hɪz tˈwɪtər geɪm ˈleɪtli. ˈpipəl, hi nidz mɔr ˈfɑloʊərz. fˈjuʧər hɔl əv ˈfeɪmər, ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ fər ˈɛni ˈnəmbər əv ˈrizənz, bət ˈkərəntli ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri wən ɪz ðət ɪn ðə ˈoʊnli ˈgaɪkoʊ kəˈmərʃəl wɪθ ðoʊz tu ðət ɪz ˈivɪn riˈmoʊtli watchable*. ðə wərst pɑrt ɪz haʊ ðeɪ kənˈgræʧəˌleɪt ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈæftər iʧ ˈkrəmi ʤoʊk. ə ˈkæməl ɔn həmp day...nice*. ju neɪld ɪt! ˈkæməlz du hæv humps*! ˈkɛnjən ˈmɑrtɪn ˈfɔrmər ˈnəmbər 1 dræft pɪk hu roʊmz ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈlænˌskeɪp ɛz wən əv ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈrɛmnənts əv ðət lɔst ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈɪrə. həz ˈmænɪʤd tɪ hæv ə ˈprɪti ˈdisənt ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ kərɪr ənd ðəs əˈvɔɪdɪd ˈpleɪsmənt ɔn ðə ˈsɛnʧəri ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ə whatever”*” ˈɛmˈti. ˈrəʃmɔr, wɪʧ ˈkərəntli ˈfiʧərz ˈrɑdni waɪt, dru ˈgʊdən ənd ˈʤɑnsən. ˈrɑdni ˈrɑʤərz ɪn ðə ˈsəmər əv 1990 aɪ wɑz æt duk ˈbæskətˌbɔl kæmp. wɪʧ, aɪ noʊ, aɪ noʊ, ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ sim tɪ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl laɪk goʊɪŋ tɪ pɔl pɑt ˈsəmər kæmp. bət lɛt mi seɪ ðət ju bi ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈɔntu ðə taɪərd ˈɪntərˌnɛt θim əv duk ənˈfɛrli ˈtritɪŋ əˈsɪstənt koʊʧ pit goʊˈdɛt ɪf ju hæd bɪn jɛld æt baɪ goʊˈdɛt θri ˈsəmərz ˈrənɪŋ fər nɑt ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ haʊ tɪ sɛt ə skrin. ˈɛniˌweɪ, wən əv ðə pərks əv ðə kæmp wɑz biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ wɔʧ ˈivnɪŋ ˈpɪˌkəp geɪmz ˈfiʧərɪŋ ˈkɑrənt, ˈfɔrmər, ənd fˈjuʧər ənd səm ˈloʊkəl lig ˈrəkər pɑrk əv sɔrts. ˈrɑdni ˈrɑʤərz, ə ˈdʊˈrhæm ˈneɪtɪv, wɑz ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈdɑmənənt ɪn ðiz geɪmz; æt wən pɔɪnt hi ə 360 dəŋk ɪn ˈtræfɪk frəm ðə ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn ðət rɪˈmeɪnz ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈbæskətˌbɔl pleɪ ˈɛvər ˈwɪtnəst ɪn ˈpərsən ənd ˈbɛtər ðən ˈprɑbəˌbli 85 əv ðə dəŋks ɪn ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ʤæm ˈtʊrnəmənt ɪˈdɪʃən. ˈæftər ə wik əv ˈwɑʧɪŋ, wi ɔl lɛft ˈsəmər kæmp kənˈvɪnst hi wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə stɑr, ɪn ðə pjʊr weɪ ðət ˈoʊnli ɪn ˈkələrfəl ənd ˈoʊvərˌsaɪzd ˈtiˌsərts kən kənˈvɪns ðɛmˈsɛlvz əv θɪŋz. dɪˈspaɪt səm strɔŋ jɪrz æt weɪk ˈfɔrɪst, ənd wən əv ðoʊz greɪt ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈmoʊmənts ðət rikˈwaɪərd ju tɪ kɔl jʊr ˈkəzən ɔn ə landline*, ɪt kwaɪt wərk aʊt fər ˈrɑʤərz. baɪ 2003 hi wɑz ə bɪt pleɪər fər ðə nɛts, ˈævrɪʤɪŋ ppg*. ə fju jɪrz ˈleɪtər ˈrɑʤərz wɑz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə ˈsɪriəs dərt baɪk ˈæksədənt ɪn wɪʧ hi wʊd bi ˈpɛrəˌlaɪzd frəm ðə nɛk daʊn. ˈæftər ðə ˈæksədənt ˈrɑʤərz wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ duk ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsɛnər, lɛs ðən ə maɪl frəm wɛr hi hæd bɪn soʊ ˈdɑmənənt ɔl ðoʊz jɪrz ˈərliər. pleɪɪŋ ðoʊz geɪmz æt ˈkæmərən ɪn 1990 wɑz ˈoʊnli wən smɔl pɑrt əv ðə laɪf əv ˈrɑdni ˈrɑʤərz; dɪˈfaɪɪŋ ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl ˈpɑləsi, ˈlɔŋˌstændɪŋ ˈhæbət ənd ˈlɑʤɪk, ðə nu jɔrk poʊst ˈæˌkʧuəli roʊt ə ˈsɑləd ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn ˈrɑʤərz ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ənd ɪt rɪˈvild ə mæn hu həz lɪvd ə fʊl, ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ laɪf. maɪ ˈmɛməri əv ðoʊz geɪmz ˈprɑbəˌbli minz ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl tɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛnibədi ɛls, wɪʧ ɪz haʊ ˈmɛməriz wərk, baɪ ənd lɑrʤ. bət mæn ɔn ðət ˈsəmər naɪt æt ˈkæmərən ˈɪnˌdɔr ˈsteɪdiəm, wɪθ ðə dɔrz ˈoʊpən tɪ lɛt ɪn ə briz, ɔl ðə ˈoʊvərˌsteɪtɪd ˈtræpɪŋz əv ðə ˈsteɪdiəm ˌnɑnəgˈzɪstənt ər æt list ˌtɛmpərˈɛrəli ˈæbsənt, ənd ɪn frənt əv ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈbæskətˌbɔl ˈlaɪfərz ənd ˈsəmər ˈkæmpərz, ˈrɑʤərz ˌæbsəˈlutli oʊnd ðə pleɪs, dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ ðə ˈbæskətˌbɔl ɪkˈwɪvələnt əv ə faɪər ənd ˈbrɪmstoʊn ˈsərmən tɪ ðə ɔˈrɛdi kənˈvərtɪd. wi wər ðɛr bɪˈkəz wi bɪˈlivd, ənd hi geɪv ˈjuˈɛs ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ bɪˈliv ɪn, ənd tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər. ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps ər greɪt, əv kɔrs, bət ðɛr ər mɔr ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ θɪŋz.
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ten years ago the nba seemed to be at a sort of post–jordan—hell, even post-ewing—nadir. shaq and kobe were fresh off a dreary run of titles in which they had gone 12-3 in three straight perfunctory nba finals that were exciting to laker fans and almost nobody else. future societies, driven underground by global warming, will curse us for even bothering to play those games that, through their mass consumption of resources, only helped perpetrate the destruction of the planet without adding anything to humanity’s enjoyment of life on it.
en route to those titles, the lakers banished the only two exciting teams of that era: the 1999-2000 trailblazers and ‘01-02 kings in two seven-game series. those blazers and kings teams were overrun with exciting players—sheed, pippen, sabonis, stoudamire, schrempf!, bonzi wells, a still too-young jermaine o’neal, webber, bibby, divac, peja, turkoglu, and scot pollard, whose hair was clearly based on some extra he noticed in a dvd viewing of she’s all that. all the more depressing, the 90’s bulls and 80’s celtics and lakers needed three great players to win titles; that the lakers needing only two seemed just another symbol of league decline.
miraculously, the 2004-2005 steve nash suns, along with lebron, melo, durant, westbrook and company would soon lift the nba out of its early-millenium torpor. fitting that the 2003 nba draft, which would deliver us so much, was held only a few weeks after another putrid finals, sans lakers in this case. it was as if, by the summer of 2003, some higher power knew we needed basketball salvation. or, more specifically, it was as if jason kidd was on the new jersey nets.
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nothing better symbolized the depressing state of the nba during this stretch than the fact that the new jersey nets made two straight nba finals appearances. the nets went 2-8 in these finals and provided nothing in the way of excitement or lasting memory. it was all transcendently forgettable, but also representative: even at their best, the nets seemed inherently unworthy of being remembered, at least for the vast majority of fans whose allegiance was not to the team from east rutherford. while nets fans were doubtless thrilled by those consecutive nba finals, the rest of the nation winced in agony and wondered with mounting concern if “two guys, a girl and a pizza place” was going to be unnecessarily pre-empted for any of the games (we then realized it hadn’t aired in two years, but it was still a little too close as far as historical memory is concerned).
but a funny thing has happened in the 10 years following the nets unceremonious dispatching by the spurs in the 2003 finals. against seemingly all odds, the roster of the 2002-2003 new jersey nets is now actually interesting, peopled with characters right out of the type of movie that is shown on ifc at three in the afternoon. like a reverse “boys of summer:” these guys are more interesting and less depressing now than when they were actually winning the eastern conference. in managing that feat, the 2003 nets have maybe accomplished something even more remarkable than actually winning a ring. they’ve not just improved in retrospect, but grown: those doomed nets seem less sad now, and in some cases much more inspiring, whether it be for their achievements in civil rights, charitable foundations, insurance commercials, or meme-generation. ladies and gentlemen, may i present your 2002-2003 new jersey nets ten years later:
jason collins – no reasonable person would have guessed that jason collins would wind up being the most admirable and historically significant member of this team a decade ago; today, only a special type of troll would deny it. if you think becoming the first openly gay male athlete in a major sport is interesting, or more accurately courageous, then i’m guessing about one of the only really good things in your life is that there are tons of yahoo.com message boards where your musings will be liked by literally hundreds of fellow bitter, outdated eunuchs.
jason kidd – recently retired and reunited with the nets, and interesting by sheer dint of being both a legendarily great point guard and later a legendarily geriatric point guard. leading the new jersey nets to consecutive nba finals appearances is both the greatest basketball achievement of kidd’s career and an entirely valid reason to deny him first-ballot hall of fame honors.
kerry kittles – a co-worker recently asked me to guess his favorite net from this team. i immediately replied, correctly, with kerry kittles. he was shocked but have been. kittles still holds a bewitching and unexplainable trance on the coveted white, mid 30’s, corporate, mid-atlantic, male demographic. maybe the villanova thing, or the mild tragic sense of his injury-shortened career. either way, the national of the early 00’s nba.
brian scalabrine – renowned generator of memes, and also a basketball player. there are 19 pages of them here. it would be tempting to say that these memes are a damning indictment of the vaguely oppressive nature of internet culture, but this type of communication has been with us, albeit in different forms, for decades now. well known that during the 1959 nba finals, three local youths nicknamed cans, hot plate and the rev passed out comedic lithographs of bob pettit, so let’s all calm down concerning the decline of civilization.
tamar slay – has really been stepping up his twitter game lately. people, he needs more followers.
dikembe mutombo – future hall of famer, interesting for any number of reasons, but currently the primary one is that in the only geico commercial with those two mumfordy cutups that is even remotely watchable. the worst part is how they congratulate themselves after each crummy joke. a camel on hump day...nice. you nailed it! camels do have humps!
kenyon martin – former number 1 draft pick who roams the nba landscape as one of the final remnants of that lost nba era. has managed to have a pretty decent nba career and thus avoided placement on the “early 21st century nba uh whatever” mt. rushmore, which currently features rodney white, drew gooden and dermarr johnson.
rodney rogers – in the summer of 1990 i was at duke basketball camp. which, i know, i know, is going to seem to many people like going to pol pot summer camp. but let me say that you wouldn’t be holding onto the tired internet theme of duke unfairly treating assistant coach pete gaudet if you had been yelled at by gaudet three summers running for not understanding how to set a screen. anyway, one of the perks of the camp was being able to watch evening pick-up games featuring current, former, and future acc’ers and some local dudes—an almost-ivy league rucker park of sorts.
rodney rogers, a durham native, was absolutely dominant in these games; at one point he unspooled a 360 dunk in traffic from the baseline that remains the greatest basketball play i’ve ever witnessed in person and better than probably 85% of the dunks in nba jam tournament edition. after a week of watching, we all left summer camp convinced he was going to be a star, in the pure way that only 12-year-olds in colorful umbros and oversized t-shirts can convince themselves of things. despite some strong years at wake forest, and one of those great nba moments that required you to call your cousin on a landline, it quite work out for rogers. by 2003 he was a bit player for the nets, averaging 6.7 ppg.
a few years later rogers was involved in a serious dirt bike accident in which he would be paralyzed from the neck down. after the accident rogers was taken to duke university medical center, less than a mile from where he had been so dominant all those years earlier. playing those games at cameron in 1990 was only one small part of the life of rodney rogers; defying editorial policy, longstanding habit and logic, the new york post actually wrote a solid article on rogers earlier this year, and it revealed a man who has lived a full, interesting life.
my memory of those games probably means very little to almost anybody else, which is how memories work, by and large. but man on that summer night at cameron indoor stadium, with the doors open to let in a breeze, all the overstated espn trappings of the stadium nonexistent or at least temporarily absent, and in front of a collection of basketball lifers and summer campers, rogers absolutely owned the place, delivering the basketball equivalent of a fire and brimstone sermon to the already converted. we were there because we believed, and he gave us something to believe in, and to remember. championships are great, of course, but there are more enduring things.
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ðə juz. ˈsɛnɪt pæst ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən tæks rɪˈfɔrm bɪl noʊn ɛz ðə tæks kəts ənd ʤɑbz ækt, ˈpeɪvɪŋ ðə weɪ fər ðə fərst ˈoʊvərˌhɔl tɪ ðə juz. tæks koʊd ɪn 31 jɪrz. ðə voʊt ɪz ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈvɪktəri fər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp, hu meɪd tæks kəts hɪz ki əˈʤɛndə ˈaɪtəm ənd ˈsɪgnəʧər pis əv ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən fər ðə fərst jɪr əv hɪz ˈprɛzɪdənsi. ðə bɪl naʊ hɛdz tɪ ˈkɑnfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə ˈəpər ənd loʊər ˈʧeɪmbərz, ðə haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz ˈhævɪŋ pæst əˈnəðər ˈvərʒən əv ðə bɪl. ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt wɪl mit ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈæftər haʊs məˈʤɔrəti ˈlidər ˈkɛvɪn məˈkɑrθi, r-calif*., kɔld ðə ˈʧeɪmbər ˈɪntu ˈsɛʃən ˈərli ˈrəðər ðən ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ɪf ən əˈgrimənt ɪz riʧt, wɪʧ ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd, ɪt wɪl bi sɛnt tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt dɛsk fər hɪz ˈsɪgnəʧər. kəˈmɛnd maɪ ˈsɛnɪt ˈkɑligz fər ðɪs hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈækʃən. fər ðə fərst taɪm sɪns 1986 boʊθ ðə haʊs ənd ðə ˈsɛnɪt hæv pæst ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈoʊvərˌhɔl əv ɑr tæks code,”*,” haʊs ˈspikər pɔl raɪən, r-wis*., sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. wi wɪl muv kˈwɪkli tɪ ə ˈkɑnfərəns kəˈmɪti soʊ wi kən gɪt ə ˈfaɪnəl bɪl tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt desk.”*.” ðə bɪl gɑt ə bust ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ wɪn ˈsɛnətər ʤɑn məˈkeɪn, r-ariz*., sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt hi wɪl voʊt ““yes”*” ɔn ðə tæks ˈoʊvərˌhɔl. ðə ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə ˈsɛnətər wɑz wən əv ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv rɪˈpəblɪkənz ənˈsərtən əˈbaʊt haʊ ðeɪ wʊd voʊt. ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, hɪz ˈkɑlig ˈsɛnətər ʤɛf fleɪk, r-ariz*., əˈnaʊnst hi wɪl voʊt ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ðə ˈsɪgnəʧər tæks rɪˈfɔrm bɪl. tɪ ðə nɑnˈpɑrtəzən ʤɔɪnt kəˈmɪti ɔn tækˈseɪʃən, ˈɛvəri ˈɪnˌkəm ˈbrækɪt wʊd si tæks rɪˈlif ˈəndər ðɪs bill,”*,” ˈsɛnətər məˈkeɪn sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. ʧaɪld tæks ˈkrɛdɪt wʊd bi ˈdəbəld tɪ pər ʧaɪld ənd ðə tæks koʊd wʊd bi səbˈstænʃəli simplified.”*.” ðə ˈkɔrpərət tæks reɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ loʊərd tɪ 20 ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə juz. fɑr mɔr kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ɪn ə ˈgloʊbəl ɪˈkɑnəmi wɛr ˈəðər ˈneɪʃənz hæv muvd tɪ loʊər ðɛr reɪts. ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp wɑz ɪn məˈzʊri ðɪs wik ˈpʊʃɪŋ hɪz tæks kət ənd tæks rɪˈfɔrm əˈʤɛndə, ə rɛd steɪt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ ˈvəlnərəbəl ˌɪnˈkəmbənt ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈsɛnətər klɛr məˈkæskəl. wi du ðɪs, ðɛn əˈmɛrɪkə wɪl wɪn əˈgɛn laɪk ˈnɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr. ə voʊt tɪ kət ˈtæksɪz ɪz ə voʊt tɪ pʊt əˈmɛrɪkə fərst, again,”*,” ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp sɛd. taɪm tɪ teɪk kɛr əv ɑr ˈwərkərz, tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɑr kəmˈjunɪtiz ənd tɪ riˈbɪld ɑr greɪt country.”*.” ˈsɛnətər bɑb ˈkɔrkər, r-tenn*., ə ˈhoʊlˌdaʊt hu ˈwɔntɪd ˌɔtəˈmætɪk ˈtrɪgərz ɪn pleɪs tɪ ˈtæksɪz ɪf groʊθ mit prɑˈʤɛkʃənz, wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli rɪˈpəblɪkən dɪˈfɛktər. rɪˈtaɪrɪŋ ðɪs jɪr du tɪ hɪz ənˌpɑpjəˈlɛrɪti ənd fjud wɪθ ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp. ˈsɛnətər ˈsuzən ˈkɑlɪnz, r-maine*, ˈæftər ʃi wən ə kənˈsɛʃən fər ə dɪˈdəkʃən ɪn ˈloʊkəl ˈprɑpərti ˈtæksɪz. tæks kət voʊt ɪn ðə ˈsɛnɪt wɑz ə hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈvɪktəri fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən people,”*,” vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt maɪk pɛns sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. fər ðə səˈpɔrt əv ˈsɛnɪt rɪˈpəblɪkənz fər ˈpæsɪŋ ˈprɛzɪdənt miracle”*” fər ˈmɪljənz əv ˌhɑrdˈwərkɪŋ ˈfæməliz. ɔn træk tɪ hæv ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt saɪn ðə tæks kəts ʤɑbz ækt ˈɪntu lɔ baɪ christmas!”*!” ðə pʊʃ tɪ gɪt əˈbəv 50 voʊts wɑz ˈwərθˈwaɪl fər rɪˈpəblɪkənz, hu hæd hoʊpt æt list 3 ənd ɛz ˈmɛni ɛz 5 rɛd steɪt ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ ˈkrɔˌsoʊvər ənd voʊt fər ðə bɪl. ðət dɪd nɑt ˈhæpən. ˈsɛnətər ʤoʊ manchin*, d-w.va*., rɪˈpitɪdli sɛd ðət hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bi ə pɑrt əv ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs bət ðət məˈʤɔrəti ˈlidər məˈkɑnəl sɔ tɪ ɪt ðət wʊd nɑt bi ən ˈɔpʃən. hi prəˈpoʊzd ən əˈmɛndmənt ðət feɪld, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkrist ðə ˈkɔrpərət tæks reɪt. rɪˈpəblɪkənz sɛd hɪz prəˈpoʊzəl ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ðət hi wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn rɪˈfɔrm. ˈdɛməˌkræts dɪd hæv ə ˈvɪktəri ɪn ðə vote-a-rama*, dɪˈfitɪŋ ə prəˈpoʊzəl baɪ ˈsɛnətər pæt ˈtumi, r-penn*., tɪ ɪkˈstɛnd ən ɪgˈzɛmpʃən ɔn ɛnˈdaʊmənts fər ˈkɑlɪʤɪz ənd ˌjunəˈvərsətiz ðət teɪk ˈfɛdərəl ˈfəndɪŋ. ðeɪ ˈtɑrgətɪd ˈhɪlzˌdeɪl ˈkɑlɪʤ, wən wɪʧ ˈfoʊkɪsɪz ɔn ðə ˈfaʊndɪŋ əv ðə ˈkəntri ənd ˈsɪvəl ˈduti. wərθ ˈnoʊtɪŋ, wɪθ ðə əˈpruvəl əv ðə tæks kəts ənd ʤɑbz ækt, rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈvoʊtɪd fər ðə rɪˈpil əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmænˌdeɪt, ə ˈmeɪʤər stɛp ˈfɔrwərd təˈwɔrd ˈɛndɪŋ ən ˌənˈpɑpjələr pɑrt əv ðə ˈhɛlθˌkɛr lɔ. ɔt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ meɪk dɪˈsɪʒənz əˈbaʊt wət ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ baɪ ənd wət wərks fər ðɛm ðə government,”*,” sɛn. ʤɑn ˌbɑˈrɑsoʊ, r-wyo*., sɛd ˈæftər ðə voʊt. bɪˈliv ɪf ˈpipəl wɔnt tɪ baɪ ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns, ðeɪ hæv tɪ peɪ ə tæks ˈpɛnəlti tɪ ðə irs.”*.” ˈminˌwaɪl, ðə ˈmɑrkɪts ər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ klaɪm ɔn ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli ˈpɑzətɪv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈdætə ənd ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl fər tæks rɪˈfɔrm. ðə daʊ ʤoʊnz ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈævərɪʤ hɪt fər ðə fərst taɪm ˈɛvər, ˈoʊnli deɪz ˈæftər ðə ˈbjʊroʊ əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk æˈnælɪsɪs (bi) ˈərliər ɪn ðə wik rɪˈvaɪzd groʊs dəˈmɛstɪk ˈprɑdəkt (gdp*) əp tɪ ɪf ˈfɔrˌkæsts hoʊld, ðə fərst jɪr ˈəndər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp wɪl æt list mæʧ ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst jɪr ˈəndər ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə. ɛz ˈpəndət ˈdeɪli (ppd*) ˈrisəntli ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ˈlaɪkli ðə fərst jɪr ˈəndər ˈmɪstər. trəmp wɪl sərˈpæs ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst jɪr ˈəndər ˈmɪstər. ˌoʊˈbɑmə. ˈɔlsoʊ məʧ mɔr ˈlaɪkli ɪf rɪˈpəblɪkənz sɛnd tæks rɪˈfɔrm tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp tɪ saɪn. ɪt wɪl bi ðə fərst taɪm ðə juz. ɪˈkɑnəmi gru æt 3 ər haɪər fər 3 kənˈsɛkjətɪv kˈwɔrtərz sɪns 2004
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the u.s. senate passed the republican tax reform bill known as the tax cuts and jobs act, paving the way for the first overhaul to the u.s. tax code in 31 years. the vote is a major victory for president donald trump, who made tax cuts his key agenda item and signature piece of legislation for the first year of his presidency.
the bill now heads to conference between the upper and lower chambers, the house of representatives having passed another version of the bill. members of the house and senate will meet monday after house majority leader kevin mccarthy, r-calif., called the chamber into session early rather than tuesday.
if an agreement is reached, which is expected, it will be sent to president trump’s desk for his signature.
“i commend my senate colleagues for this historic action. for the first time since 1986, both the house and the senate have passed a major overhaul of our nation’s tax code,” house speaker paul ryan, r-wis., said in a statement. “now we will move quickly to a conference committee so we can get a final bill to president trump’s desk.”
the bill got a boost on thursday when senator john mccain, r-ariz., said in a statement he will vote “yes” on the tax overhaul. the arizona senator was one of a handful of republicans uncertain about how they would vote. on friday, his colleague senator jeff flake, r-ariz., announced he will vote in favor of the president’s signature tax reform bill.
“according to the non-partisan joint committee on taxation, every income bracket would see tax relief under this bill,” senator mccain said in a statement. “the child tax credit would be doubled to $2,000 per child and the tax code would be substantially simplified.”
the corporate tax rate is also lowered to 20%, making the u.s. far more competitive in a global economy where other nations have moved to lower their rates.
president trump was in missouri this week pushing his tax cut and tax reform agenda, a red state represented by vulnerable incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill.
“if we do this, then america will win again like never before. a vote to cut taxes is a vote to put america first, again,” president trump said. “it’s time to take care of our workers, to protect our communities and to rebuild our great country.”
senator bob corker, r-tenn., a holdout who wanted automatic triggers in place to re-hike taxes if growth didn’t meet projections, was the only republican defector. he’s retiring this year due to his unpopularity and feud with president trump. senator susan collins, r-maine, after she won a concession for a $10,000 deduction in local property taxes.
“tonight’s tax cut vote in the senate was a historic victory for the american people,” vice president mike pence said in a statement. “grateful for the support of senate republicans for passing president trump’s “middle-class miracle” for millions of hard-working families. on track to have the president sign the tax cuts & jobs act into law by christmas!”
the push to get above 50 votes was worthwhile for republicans, who had hoped at least 3 and as many as 5 red state democrats to crossover and vote for the bill. that did not happen.
senator joe manchin, d-w.va., repeatedly said that he wanted to be a part of the process but that majority leader mcconnell saw to it that would not be an option. he proposed an amendment that failed, which increased the corporate tax rate. republicans said his proposal demonstrated that he was never serious about working on reform.
democrats did have a victory in the vote-a-rama, defeating a proposal by senator pat toomey, r-penn., to extend an exemption on endowments for colleges and universities that didn’t take federal funding. they targeted hillsdale college, one which focuses on the founding of the country and civil duty.
worth noting, with the approval of the tax cuts and jobs act, republicans voted for the repeal of obamacare’s individual mandate, a major step forward toward ending an unpopular part of the healthcare law.
“families ought to be able to make decisions about what they want to buy and what works for themnot the government,” sen. john barrasso, r-wyo., said after the vote. “i believe if people don’t want to buy the obamacare insurance, they shouldn’t have to pay a tax penalty to the irs.”
meanwhile, the markets are continuing to climb on overwhelmingly positive economic data and the potential for tax reform. the dow jones industrial average hit 24,000 for the first time ever, only days after the bureau of economic analysis (bea) earlier in the week revised gross domestic product (gdp) up to 3.3%.
if 4q gdp forecasts hold, the first year under president donald trump will at least match the strongest year (2.7%) under barack obama. as people’s pundit daily (ppd) recently reported, it’s likely the first year under mr. trump will surpass the strongest year under mr. obama.
that’s also much more likely if republicans send tax reform to president trump to sign. it will be the first time the u.s. economy grew at 3% or higher for 3 consecutive quarters since 2004.
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baɪ ʤin blɑk ɪz wən θɪŋ tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ˈɪzriəl ənd nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə. ɪt ɪz əˈnəðər tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðət relationship,”*,” sɪz ˈræˌbaɪ ˈmaɪkəl marmur*, ph.d*., ʤæk, ˈʤoʊzəf ənd ˈmɔrtən ˈmændəl ˈproʊvoʊst æt ˈhibru ˈjunjən ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv rɪˈlɪʤən (huc-jir*). ˈraɪzɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈʧælənʤ ɪz ðə ˈgoʊldən ˈfæməli ˈfɛloʊz ˈproʊˌgræm, naʊ ɪn ɪts fɪθ jɪr, wɪʧ ɪz dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ fɔrʤ ˈstrɔŋgər lɪŋks əv kəˈmɪtmənt ənd aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeɪʃən bɪtˈwin nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən rɪˈfɔrm ʤuz ənd ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃənz ənd ðə ˈpipəl ənd steɪt əv ˈɪzriəl. ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ suˈzæn ənd ʤɑn ˈgoʊldən, vaɪs ʧɛr əv ðə bɔrd əv ˈgəvərnərz, ənd ðə ˈgoʊldən ˈfæməli faʊnˈdeɪʃən, ðɪs ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ˈproʊˌgræm lɪŋks ˈɪzriəl rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈproʊˌgræm ənd nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən kəmˈjunɪtiz baɪ ˈpleɪsɪŋ ˌɪzˈreɪli rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈstudənts ənd ˈrisəntli ɔrˈdeɪnd ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈræˌbaɪz ɪn rɪˈfɔrm ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃənz fər ə ˈrɛzɪdənsi ðət ɪz ˈmɛntərd baɪ ˈlidɪŋ nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən rɪˈfɔrm ˈræˌbaɪz. ðə ˈproʊˌgræm həz pleɪst 18 ˌɪzˈreɪli rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈstudənts ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə pæst faɪv jɪrz (wɪθ fɔr nu ˈstudənts ərˈaɪvɪŋ ðɪs fɔl). wi muv ˈfɑrðər əˈweɪ frəm ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz wɪθ ʃɛrd ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz, ˌɪzˈreɪli ənd əˈmɛrɪkən ʤuz nid tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd mɔr əˈbaʊt iʧ other,”*,” steɪts ʤɑn ˈgoʊldən. həz dən ə ˈwəndərfəl ʤɑb əv ˈbrɪŋɪŋ nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən ənd ˈəðər rɪˈfɔrm ʤuz tɪ ˈstədi ənd əbˈzɔrb ˌɪzˈreɪli laɪf ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz θru ɑr ˈproʊˌgræm. wi ər plizd ðət ðə ˈfɛloʊˌʃɪps sərvz ɛz ə brɪʤ ɪn ðə ˈəðər dɪˈrɛkʃɪn, soʊ ðət ˌɪzˈreɪli rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈstudənts æt ɪn ʤərˈusələm kən bi mɔr ˈdipli ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ rɪˈfɔrm ˈʤuri ɪn nɔrθ america.”*.” baɪ ˈlidɪŋ ˈsərvɪsɪz, ˈtiʧɪŋ ɪn ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃənəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræmz əˈkrɔs ɔl ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz, pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ɪn ˈpæstərəl kɛr, ənd ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz æmˈbæsədərz əv ˌɪzˈreɪli laɪf, ˈkəlʧər, ənd ˈpɑləˌtɪks, ðə ˈfɛloʊz dɪˈvɛləp ə ˈdipər ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ʤuɪʃ aɪˈdɛntəˌti fɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən wɪˈθɪn ðə nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən rɪˈfɔrm ˈmuvmənt. ˌɪzˈreɪli rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈstudənt ˈdeɪvɪd ˈbɛnʤəmən sərvd æt ˈtɛmpəl ˌaɪˈzeɪə ɪn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs, ˈsiˈeɪ, ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ ˈræˌbaɪ zoʊi klaɪn. ə ˈfɔrmər kərɪr ˈɔfɪsər ɪn ðə ˈligəl dɪˈvɪʒən ənd ˈæktɪv rɪˈzərvɪst hu ˈɪməˌgreɪtɪd tɪ ˈɪzriəl frəm saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ 27 jɪrz əˈgoʊ, hi wɪl bi ɔrˈdeɪnd æt ɪn ʤərˈusələm ɪn ˈbɛnʤəmən sɪz, kən lərn məʧ frəm ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ənd prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm ðət ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪz əˈmɛrɪkən ʤuɪʃ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz. rɪˈfɔrm ˈʤudiˌɪzəm ɪn nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə ɪz ɔn ðə ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ənd ˈkəlʧərəl ˈkətɪŋ ɛʤ ɪn θɔt, ˈlɪtərʤi, mˈjuzɪk, ənd ritual.”*.” ˈræˌbaɪ klaɪn ˈpreɪzɪz ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ, wɑz ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ə kəmˈjunɪti əˈbəz wɪθ ækˈtɪvɪti, wɪθ ˈhənərdz əv ˈpipəl əv ɔl ˈeɪʤɪz ˈʧuzɪŋ tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ʤuɪʃ ˈproʊˌgræmz ənd ˈgæðərɪŋz. hi sɔ wət ˌənəˌpɑləˈʤɛtɪk, praʊd, ˈhæpi, ˈvaɪbrənt, boʊld rɪˈfɔrm ˈʤudiˌɪzəm lʊks laɪk. aɪ θɪŋk hɪz wɑz ˈstrɛŋθənd baɪ biɪŋ ɪnˈkərəʤd tɪ drim bɪg. wi ɛz ə kəmˈjunɪti bɪˈkeɪm ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ɪn ˈbɛnʤəmən ənd hɪz wərk ənd wɔnt tɪ bi ðɛr tɪ səˈpɔrt ənd ɪnˈkərəʤ ɪm. ðə ˈgoʊldən ˈproʊˌgræm kriˈeɪts ə ˈvaɪbrənt tim əv ˈlaɪˈflɔŋ səˈpɔrtərz fər ðiz ˌɪzˈreɪli rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈstudənts ɛz ðeɪ ˌpaɪəˈnɪr ðə fˈjuʧər əv rɪˈfɔrm ˈʤudiˌɪzəm ɪn israel.”*.” ˈstudənt ɪz ˈkərəntli ə ˈgoʊldən ˈfɛloʊ æt ˈsɛntrəl ˈsɪnəˌgɔg ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti, wɛr ˈænʤələ ˈwɔrnɪk ənd ˈkæntər ˈʤuljə ər hər ˈmɛnˌtɔrz ənd roʊl ˈmɑdəlz. ˌvərsəˈtɪləti əv ˈsɛntrəl ˈklərʤi ˈræˌbaɪz ðət sɪŋ ənd pleɪ gɪˈtɑr, ˈkæntərz ðət tiʧ ɪz ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ, ɛz ɪz ðə ˈspɪrɪt əv ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti ənd ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən ðət meɪks ˈwərʃɪp əˈlaɪv ənd ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ fər ˈɛvriˌwən. wɪn ˌɪzˈreɪliz laɪk mi kəm tɪ wɛr rɪˈfɔrm ˈʤudiˌɪzəm ɪz θˈraɪvɪŋ, wi kən lərn ənd brɪŋ bæk tɪ ɑr ˌɪzˈreɪli kəmˈjunɪtiz ðə nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən ˌɪnəˈveɪʃənz ɪn mˈjuzɪk, prɛr, ˈlərnɪŋ, ənd ˈəðər strategies.”*.” ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɪn nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə wɪl priˈpɛr hər tɪ bi ðə fərst ɔrˈdeɪnd ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈwʊmən ˈkæntər ɪn ˈɪzriəl, ə ˈlidərˌʃɪp roʊl ɪn wɪʧ ʃi wɪl hæv greɪt ˌɑpərˈtunətiz tɪ ˈtrænsfɔrm ˈwərʃɪp ənd ˈɪnfluəns ˌɪzˈreɪli soʊˈsaɪɪti. ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˈɔrθəˌdɑks riˈstrɪkʃənz əˈgɛnst koʊl (ðə vɔɪs əv ˈwɪmən) ɪn ˈlidɪŋ ˈwərʃɪp, ʃi filz ðət ɪz wən əv ðə weɪz əv ˈsɔfənɪŋ ðə hɑrt ənd ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈbrɪʤɪz ðət ər ˈbroʊkən. prɪˈzərvz ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ənd ˈɔfərz soʊ məʧ ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər outreach.”*.” əˈpɑn ðɛr rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈɪzriəl, ðə ˈfɛloʊz ər ˈbɛtər ˈeɪbəl tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ˌɪzˈreɪliz hu ər ˈsikɪŋ ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ˈminɪŋ ɪn ə soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈpoʊlərˌaɪzd bɪtˈwin ənd ˈsɛkjələr əˈproʊʧɪz tɪ rɪˈlɪʤəs laɪf. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðɛr ˈrɛzɪˌdɛnsiz, ðə ˈfɛloʊz kənˈtɪnju tɪ bi ˈmɛntərd baɪ ðɛr nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən ˈklərʤi hoʊsts θru ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈmitɪŋz. əˈməŋ ðə kəmˈjunɪtiz ðət hæv ˈwɛlkəmd ˌɪzˈreɪli rɪˈfɔrm rəˈbɪnɪkəl ˈstudənts ər ˈwɛˌstʧɛstər rɪˈfɔrm ˈtɛmpəl ɪn ˈskɑrzˌdeɪl, ny*, ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃən koʊl ˈɑmi ɪn waɪt pleɪnz, ny*, ˈtɛmpəl ˈsaɪˌnaɪ əv ˈrɑzlɪn, ny*, ˌkɑŋgrəˈgeɪʃən ɪn ʃɔrt hɪlz, nj*, ˈtɛmpəl ʤuˈdiə ɪn pɑm biʧ ˈgɑrdənz, fl*, ənd ˈtɛmpəl ˌaɪˈzeɪə, lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs, ˈsiˈeɪ. ʤin blɑk ɪz əˈsɪstənt vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt fər kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ənd ˈpəblɪk əˈfɛrz, ˈhibru ˈjunjən ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv rɪˈlɪʤən.
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by jean bloch rosensaft
“it is one thing to talk about the relationship between israel and north america. it is another to do something about that relationship,” says rabbi michael marmur, ph.d., jack, joseph and morton mandel provost at hebrew union college-jewish institute of religion (huc-jir).
rising to the challenge is the golden family hanassi fellows program, now in its fifth year, which is designed to forge stronger links of commitment and identification between north american reform jews and congregations and the people and state of israel.
established by suzanne and john golden, vice chair of the huc-jir board of governors, and the golden family foundation, this innovative program links huc-jir/jerusalem’s israel rabbinical program and north american communities by placing israeli rabbinical students and recently ordained israeli rabbis in reform congregations for a residency that is mentored by leading north american reform rabbis. the program has placed 18 israeli rabbinical students during the past five years (with four new students arriving this fall).
“as we move farther away from generations with shared experiences, israeli and american jews need to understand more about each other,” states john golden. “huc-jir has done a wonderful job of bringing north american and other non-israeli reform jews to study and absorb israeli life experiences through our year-in-israel program. we are pleased that the hanassi fellowships serves as a bridge in the other direction, so that israeli rabbinical students at huc-jir in jerusalem can be more deeply exposed to reform jewry in north america.”
by leading services, teaching in congregational education programs across all generations, participating in pastoral care, and serving as ambassadors of israeli life, culture, and politics, the hanassi fellows develop a deeper understanding the ongoing process of jewish identity formation and affiliation within the north american reform movement.
israeli rabbinical student david benjamin served at temple isaiah in los angeles, ca, hosted by rabbi zoe klein. a former career officer in the idf legal division and active reservist who immigrated to israel from south africa 27 years ago, he will be ordained at huc-jir in jerusalem in 20-18. benjamin says, “israelis can learn much from the level of organization and professionalism that characterize american jewish institutions. reform judaism in north america is on the ideological and cultural cutting edge in thought, liturgy, music, and ritual.”
rabbi klein praises the program, explaining, “benjamin was exposed to a community abuzz with activity, with hundreds of people of all ages choosing to participate in jewish programs and gatherings. he saw what unapologetic, proud, happy, vibrant, bold reform judaism looks like. i think his rabbinate was strengthened by being encouraged to dream big. we as a community became invested in benjamin and his work and want to be there to support and encourage him. the golden hanassi program creates a vibrant team of lifelong supporters for these israeli rabbinical students as they pioneer the future of reform judaism in israel.”
rabbinical/cantorial student shani ben-or is currently a golden hanassi fellow at central synagogue in new york city, where rabbi/cantor angela warnick buchdahl and cantor julia cadrain are her mentors and role models. “the versatility of central synagogue’s clergy – rabbis that sing and play guitar, cantors that teach – is inspiring, as is the spirit of flexibility and experimentation that makes worship alive and exciting for everyone. when israelis like me come to where reform judaism is thriving, we can learn and bring back to our israeli communities the north american innovations in music, prayer, learning, and other strategies.”
shani’s training in north america will prepare her to be the first ordained israeli woman cantor in israel, a leadership role in which she will have great opportunities to transform worship and influence israeli society. in the face of orthodox judaism’s restrictions against kol isha (the voice of women) in leading worship, she feels that “music is one of the ways of softening the heart and building bridges that are broken. hazzanut preserves heritage and offers so much opportunity for outreach.”
upon their return to israel, the hanassi fellows are better able to engage israelis who are seeking spiritual meaning in a society polarized between ultra-orthodox and secular approaches to religious life. following their residencies, the hanassi fellows continue to be mentored by their north american clergy hosts through on-line meetings.
among the communities that have welcomed huc-jir’s israeli reform rabbinical students are westchester reform temple in scarsdale, ny, congregation kol ami in white plains, ny, temple sinai of roslyn, ny, congregation b’nai jeshurun in short hills, nj, temple judea in palm beach gardens, fl, and temple isaiah, los angeles, ca.
jean bloch rosensaft is assistant vice president for communications and public affairs,
hebrew union college-jewish institute of religion.
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ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪn ðə ərˈɔrə ˈθieɪtər ˈʃutɪŋ keɪs hæv dɪˈlɪvərd ə ˈlɛŋθi dɪˈfɛns əv ˈkæpɪtəl ˈpənɪʃmənt ɪn ə ˈsɪriz əv rɪˈspɑnsɪz tɪ ˈɑrgjəmənts ðət dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl. ðə rɪˈspɑnsɪz, faɪld læst wik bət meɪd ˈpəblɪk ˈtuzˌdeɪ, rɪˈbəf dɪˈfɛns kleɪmz ðət dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti lɔz ər ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri ər rɪˈzəlt ɪn kruəl ənd ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈtritmənt. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ lɔz kəmˈbaɪnd wɪθ ðɛr oʊn ˈvɛtɪŋ əv pəˈtɛnʃəl dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti ˈkeɪsɪz rɪˈzəlt ɪn ðə dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti biɪŋ sɔt ɪn ˈoʊnli ðə wərst əv ðə wərst ˈmərdərz ɪn ðə steɪt. ðə dɪˈfɛndənt ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪzəz ɛz ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri ɪz ðə əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ənd ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ˈɛksərˌsaɪz əv dɪˈskrɛʃən baɪ ðə prosecution,”*,” rɪʧ ˈɔrmən, ə ˈsinjər ˈdɛpjəti ˈdiˈeɪ wɪθ ðə ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈdɪstrɪkt ˈɔfəs, roʊt. ˈɔrmən ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈʤɛktɪd ˈɑrgjəmənts ðət hɪz oʊn ˈɔfəs ɪz ˈoʊvərˌigər tɪ pərˈsu ðə dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti. ðə ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈdɪstrɪkt ˈɔfəs ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪd ɔl θri ˈkɪlərz ɔn dɛθ roʊ ənd ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsikɪŋ ðə dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti ɪn tu ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈkeɪsɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə wən əˈgɛnst ərˈɔrə ˈθieɪtər ˈʃutər ʤeɪmz hoʊmz. ˈkænɑt ʧuz ðə ˈmərdərərz ðət kəˈmɪt kraɪmz ɪn ðɛr jurisdictions,”*,” ˈɔrmən roʊt. læst mənθ, ˈlɔjərz fər hoʊmz faɪld ˈməltəpəl ˈmoʊʃənz kənˈtɛstɪŋ ðə ˌkɑnstɪˌtuʃəˈnælɪti əv dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti ˈsɪstəm. əˈməŋ ðɛr moʊst dɪˈteɪld ˈʧælənʤɪz ɪz ən ˈɑrgjəmənt ðət ðə dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti ɪn ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ kʊd bi juzd soʊ ˈfrikwɛntli bət ɪz ɪn fækt sɔt soʊ ˌɪnˈfrikwəntli ðət ɪts juz ɪz ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəli ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri.
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prosecutors in the aurora theater shooting case have delivered a lengthy defense of capital punishment in a series of responses to arguments that colorado’s death penalty system is unconstitutional.
the responses, filed last week but made public tuesday, rebuff defense claims that colorado’s death penalty laws are arbitrary or result in cruel and unusual treatment. instead, prosecutors say colorado’s laws combined with their own vetting of potential death penalty cases result in the death penalty being sought in only the worst of the worst murders in the state.
“what the defendant characterizes as arbitrary is the appropriate and constitutional exercise of discretion by the prosecution,” rich orman, a senior deputy da with the 18th judicial district attorney’s office, wrote.
orman also rejected arguments that his own office is overeager to pursue the death penalty. the 18th judicial district attorney’s office prosecuted all three killers on colorado’s death row and is also seeking the death penalty in two ongoing cases, including the one against aurora theater shooter james holmes.
“prosecutors cannot choose the murderers that commit crimes in their jurisdictions,” orman wrote.
last month, lawyers for holmes filed multiple motions contesting the constitutionality of colorado’s death penalty system. among their most detailed challenges is an argument that the death penalty in colorado could be used so frequently — but is in fact sought so infrequently — that its use is unconstitutionally arbitrary.
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ɔn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ əv ˈʤænjuˌɛri 4 ˈbrɛvərd zu ˈwɛlkəmd əˈnəðər ˈbeɪbi ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ə sloʊθ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈkipərz, ðə 13 ˈməðər, ˈsæmi, ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ greɪt kɛr əv hər ˈnubɔrn. ɪz nɑt ə mɑm, soʊ ʃi həz ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪn ˈreɪzɪŋ babies,”*,” sɛd mɪˈʃɛl smurl*, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈænəməl ˈproʊˌgræmz æt ðə zu. glæd tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ teɪk ə əˈproʊʧ ənd si ðə ˈnubɔrn θˈraɪvɪŋ ɪn ə mɔr ˈnæʧərəl setting.”*.” ðə sɛks ɪz ˈkərəntli ənˈnoʊn, ɛz ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪz ˈnidɪd tɪ dɪˈtərmən ðɪs ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪn sloths*. ðə nu ˈbeɪbi wɪl rɪˈmeɪn wɪθ mɑm fər əraʊnd sɪks mənθs ˌbiˈfɔr bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt. ˈsæmi ənd hər ˈbeɪbi ər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ðə lɑ ˈseɪlvə ɪgˈzɪbɪt bət ər nɑt tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk du tɪ kənˈstrəkʃən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, gɛsts meɪ hæv ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ spɑt ðə pɛr, frəm əˈbəv, ɔn trek”*”. ˈfərstˈbɔrn, ˈtæŋgoʊ, ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈzaɪdz æt ˈbrɛvərd zu. ˈtæŋgoʊ geɪv bərθ tɪ ˈbeɪbi lərˈɛnzoʊ ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2018 ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ˈtæŋgoʊ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn hər ˈbeɪbi, ˈlaɪkli bɪˈkəz ʃi wɑz ə ˈməðər, soʊ ðə dɪˈsɪʒən wɑz meɪd baɪ ˈænəməl kɛr stæf tɪ lərˈɛnzoʊ. ðə sloʊθ didactylus*) ɪz frəm saʊθ əˈmɛrɪkə. ðə ˈspiʃiz ɪz faʊnd ɪn ˌvɛnɪzˈweɪlə, ðə guyanas*, kəˈləmbiə, ˈɛkwəˌdɔr, pəru, ənd brəˈzɪl nɔrθ əv ðə ˈæməˌzɑn ˈrɪvər. ðɛr ɪz naʊ ˈɛvədəns səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðə ˈspiʃiz' reɪnʤ ɪkˈspændz ˈɪntu bəˈlɪviə. ðeɪ ər ˈkərəntli ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ɛz concern”*” ɔn ðə rɛd lɪst.
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on the morning of january 4, brevard zoo welcomed another baby in the form of a linnaeus’s two-toed sloth. according to keepers, the infant’s 13- year-old mother, sammy, is taking great care of her newborn.
“sammy is not a first-time mom, so she has experience in raising babies,” said michelle smurl, director of animal programs at the zoo. “we’re glad to be able to take a hands-off approach and see the newborn thriving in a more natural setting.”
the newborn’s sex is currently unknown, as testing is needed to determine this information in sloths. the new baby will remain with mom for around six months before becoming independent.
sammy and her baby are located in the la selva exhibit but are not viewable to the public due to construction. however, guests may have the opportunity to spot the pair, from above, on “treetop trek”.
sammy’s firstborn, tango, also resides at brevard zoo. tango gave birth to baby lorenzo in october 2018. unfortunately, tango didn’t demonstrate interest in her baby, likely because she was a first-time mother, so the decision was made by animal care staff to hand-raise lorenzo.
the linnaeus's two-toed sloth (choloepus didactylus) is from south america. the species is found in venezuela, the guyanas, colombia, ecuador, peru, and brazil north of the amazon river. there is now evidence suggesting the species' range expands into bolivia. they are currently classified as “least concern” on the iucn red list.
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ˈbreɪkɪŋ nuz iˈmeɪlz gɪt ˈbreɪkɪŋ nuz əˈlərts ənd ˈspɛʃəl rɪˈpɔrts. ðə nuz ənd ˈstɔriz ðət ˈmætər, dɪˈlɪvərd ˈwikˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋz. ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 17 2017 piɛm ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 17 2017 piɛm baɪ ˈkɛri dæn ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə ræŋks ɛz ðə bɛst ˈlidər ɪn juz. ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈhɪstəri, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə nu ˈsərˌveɪ əv 91 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl hɪˈstɔriənz kənˈdəktəd baɪ ˈsiˌspæn. ðə ˈpænəl pleɪst ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤɪst bɪˈloʊ ˈwʊˌdroʊ ˈwɪlsən ənd ʤɪst əˈbəv ʤeɪmz mənˈroʊ. ðə θərd səʧ ˈsərˌveɪ baɪ ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, wɪʧ bɪˈgæn ˈpoʊlɪŋ ðə ˈpænəl əv ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈɛkspərts ɪn 2000 ðə poʊl ræŋks iʧ juz. ˈprɛzɪdənt ɔn ə ˈbætəri əv ˈɪʃuz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ leadership,”*,” authority,”*,” relations”*” ənd ˈikwəl ˈʤəstɪs fər all.”*.” ˌoʊˈbɑmə skɔrd ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli haɪ ɔn ðə justice”*” skeɪl, ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn θərd bɪˈhaɪnd ˈoʊnli ˈeɪbrəˌhæm ˈlɪŋkən ənd ˈlɪndən ˈʤɑnsən. hi ˈɔlsoʊ krækt ðə tɔp tɛn ɔn ðə ˈɪʃuz əv authority”*” ənd management.”*.” bət ˌoʊˈbɑmə ræŋkt fɪθ frəm ðə ˈbɑtəm ɔn wɪθ congress,”*,” ənd gɑt ə ˈmɪdəlɪŋ bɛst skɔr ɔn relations.”*.” hɪˈstɔriən ˈdəgləs ˈbrɪŋkli əv raɪs ˌjunəˈvərsəti sɪz ðət ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈprɛzɪdənsi, dɪˈspaɪt ɪts wik pɔɪnts, meɪ eɪʤ wɛl ənd nɑʧ ən ˈivɪn haɪər ˈræŋkɪŋ ɛz taɪm ˈpæsɪz. "ðɛr tɛndz tɪ bi kaɪnd əv ən ˈəpwərd moʊˈbɪlɪti, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪf ju ər ə ˈprɛzɪdənt hu hæd noʊ ˈmeɪʤər ˈskændəlz," hi sɛd, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔfən ʤəʤd ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ðɛr ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz ənd səkˈsɛsərz. "ɪf ðə trəmp ˈprɛzɪdənsi ɪz ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk, ˈpipəl meɪ ʤəʤ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈivɪn haɪər jɛt." fər ðə θərd taɪm ɪn ə roʊ, ˈeɪbrəˌhæm ˈlɪŋkən ræŋkt ɛz ðə bɛst ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈlidər, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈpænəl. ʤɔrʤ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən keɪm ɪn ˈsɛkənd, ənd ˈfræŋklɪn di. ˈruzəˌvɛlt ˈraʊndɪd aʊt ðə ˈpoʊdiəm æt θərd. ˈəðərz ɪn ðə tɔp tɛn ər: ˈθiəˌdɔr ˈruzəˌvɛlt 4 dwaɪt ˈaɪzənˌhaʊər 5 ˈhɛri ˈtrumən 6 ˈtɑməs ˈʤɛfərsən 7 ʤɑn ɛf. ˈkɛnədi 8 ˈrɑnəld ˈrigən 9 ənd ˈlɪndən ˈʤɑnsən 10 ˈfoʊˌtoʊz: ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈɪrə ɪn ˈpɪkʧərz ˈaɪzənˌhaʊər həz klaɪmd tɪ fɪθ pleɪs ˈæftər biɪŋ pɛgd æt naɪnθ pleɪs ɪn 2000 hɪz raɪz, hɪˈstɔriənz seɪ, meɪ bi ə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈgreɪtər əˌpriʃiˈeɪʃən fər hɪz ˈəndərˌsteɪtɪd staɪl, hɪz ˈmɛʒərd əˈproʊʧ tɪ ˈmænəʤɪŋ koʊld wɔr ˈtɛnʧənz ənd ˈɛndɪŋ ðə ˌkɔˈriən wɔr, ənd ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli hɪz ˈfeɪməs ənd, ˈmɛni seɪ, ˈprɛsiənt ˈwɔrnɪŋz əˈbaʊt ðə groʊθ əv ðə ˈkɑmplɛks. ʤɔrʤ ˈdəbəlju. ˈdɪzməl ˈræŋkɪŋ əv ɪn ðə 2009 ˈsərˌveɪ həz ˌɪmˈpruvd sˈlaɪtli wɪθ taɪm. naʊ ræŋkt ɛz ðə bɛst ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈlidər. ˈændru ˈʤæksən, huz ˈpɑpjələst ˈmuvmənt həz bɪn kəmˈpɛrd baɪ səm hɪˈstɔriənz tɪ ˈdɑnəld ˌənkənˈvɛnʃənəl pəˈlɪtɪkəl raɪz, drɑpt ˈsɛvərəl pɛgz ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈsərˌveɪ, ˈfɑlɪŋ frəm ðə slɑt ɪn 2000 ənd 2009 tɪ ʤɪst təˈdeɪ. ˈsiˌspæn ˈprɛzɪdənt rɑb ˈkɛnədi ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈʤæksənz dɪˈmoʊʃən kəmz ˈæftər ə ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl dəˈbeɪt əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ˈʤæksən ʃʊd rɪˈmeɪn ɔn ðə 20 bɪl, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈæftər ə nu weɪv əv ˈskɑlərˌʃɪp əˈbaʊt ðə lɛs ˈseɪvəri ˈæˌspɛkts əv hɪz ˈprɛzɪdənsi, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ðə ˈɪndiən rɪˈmuvəl ækt ðət peɪvd ðə weɪ fər ðə ˈdɛdli "treɪl əv tɪrz." bɪn ə lɔt ˈrɪtən əˈbaʊt ˈʤæksən ˈoʊvər ðə pæst eɪt jɪrz, ənd hɪz drɔp ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli du kwaɪt ə bɪt tɪ θɪŋz ðət hæv ˈhæpənd ˈoʊvər taɪm ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈmoʊmənt ɪn ˈhɪstəri" wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈɛni ˈpɛrəˌlɛlz bɪtˈwin ˈʤæksən ənd trəmp, hi sɛd. ˈkjʊriəs əˈbaʊt ðə wərst ˈlidər ɪn juz. ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈhɪstəri? ðə ˌɪgnəˈmɪniəs ˈɑnər goʊz tɪ ʤeɪmz bjuˈkænən, huz ˈfeɪljər tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðə ˈɔnˌsɛt əv ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr ɪz ˈnoʊtɪd ɛz wən əv ðə greɪt ˈfeɪljərz əv ˈlidərˌʃɪp ɪn əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhɪstəri. bjuˈkænən ʤɔɪnz fɔr ˈəðər ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts ˈændru ˈʤɑnsən, ˈfræŋklɪn pɪrs, ˈwɔrən ʤi. ˈhɑrdɪŋ ənd ʤɑn ˈtaɪlər æt ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈbɛrəl, bɪˈloʊ ˈivɪn ˈwɪljəm ˈhɛnri ˈhɛrɪsən, hu daɪd ˈæftər ə mənθ ɪn ˈɔfəs. "ju ˈnɛvər wɔnt tɪ bi loʊər ðən ˈwɪljəm ˈhɛnri ˈhɛrɪsən," ˈbrɪŋkli sɛd. "ɪf bɪˈloʊ ˈhɛrɪsən, ðə θɔt ɪz ðət ðət ju ˈrɪli ˈdæmɪʤd ðə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv brænʧ ˈdʊrɪŋ jʊr ˈtɛnjər ɪn ˈɔfəs."
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feb. 17, 2017, 4:49 pm gmt / updated feb. 17, 2017, 6:20 pm gmt by carrie dann
barack obama ranks as the 12th best leader in u.s. presidential history, according to a new survey of 91 presidential historians conducted by c-span.
the panel placed the 44th president just below woodrow wilson and just above james monroe.
it’s the third such survey by the organization, which began polling the panel of presidential experts in 2000. the poll ranks each u.s. president on a battery of issues, including “crisis leadership,” “moral authority,” “international relations” and “pursuing equal justice for all.”
obama scored particularly high on the “equal justice” scale, coming in third behind only abraham lincoln and lyndon johnson. he also cracked the top ten on the issues of “moral authority” and “economic management.”
but obama ranked fifth from the bottom on “relations with congress,” and got a middling 24th best score on “international relations.”
historian douglas brinkley of rice university says that obama's presidency, despite its weak points, may age well and notch an even higher ranking as time passes.
"there tends to be kind of an upward mobility, particularly if you are a president who had no major scandals," he said, noting that presidents are also often judged in comparison to their immediate predecessors and successors. "if the trump presidency is problematic, people may judge obama even higher yet."
for the third time in a row, abraham lincoln ranked as the nation’s best presidential leader, according to the panel. george washington came in second, and franklin d. roosevelt rounded out the podium at third.
others in the top ten are: theodore roosevelt (4), dwight eisenhower (5), harry truman (6), thomas jefferson (7), john f. kennedy (8), ronald reagan (9) and lyndon johnson (10).
photos: the obama era in pictures
eisenhower has climbed to fifth place after being pegged at ninth place in 2000. his rise, historians say, may be a result of greater appreciation for his understatedyle, his measured approach to managing cold war tensions and ending the korean war, and particularly his famous — and, many say, prescient — warnings about the growth of the military-industrial complex.
george w. bush’s dismal ranking of 36rd in the 2009 survey has improved slightly with time. he’s now ranked as the nation’s 33rd best presidential leader.
andrew jackson, whose populist movement has been compared by some historians to donald trump’s unconventional political rise, dropped several pegs in the latest survey, falling from the 13th slot in 2000 and 2009 to just 18th today.
c-span president rob kennedy noted that jackson's demotion comes after a high-profile debate about whether jackson should remain on the $20 bill, but also after a new wave of scholarship about the less savory aspects of his presidency, particularly the indian removal act that paved the way for the deadly "trail of tears."
"there’s been a lot written about jackson over the past eight years, and his drop is probably due quite a bit to things that have happened over time as opposed to this particular moment in history" when it comes to any parallels between jackson and trump, he said.
curious about the worst leader in u.s. presidential history? the ignominious honor goes to james buchanan, whose failure to address the onset of the civil war is noted as one of the great failures of leadership in american history.
buchanan joins four other presidents — andrew johnson, franklin pierce, warren g. harding and john tyler — at the bottom of the presidential barrel, below even william henry harrison, who died after a month in office.
"you never want to be lower than william henry harrison," brinkley said. "if you’re below harrison, the thought is that that you really damaged the executive branch during your tenure in office."
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midfielder* ˈstivən hɪl ɪz əˈməŋ θri ˈʧeɪnʤɪz fər klæʃ wɪθ nɔrθ ˈmɛlbərn æt ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn ˈsənˌdi. ˈfɛloʊ ˈkɑnər ˈbleɪkli ənd ˈfɔrwərd ʃeɪn ˈkərstən ʤɔɪn hɪl ɛz ðə ˌɪnˈkluʒənz tɪ 22 ɔl θri kəm ˈɪntu ðə saɪd ˈæftər wən geɪm aʊt əv ðə ˈlaɪˌnəp, ˈmɪsɪŋ lɔs tɪ ɪn raʊnd 15 hɪl wɑz ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnd wɪθ ə ˈmaɪnər kæf ˈɪnʤəri ənd ərnd hɪz səˈlɛkʃən ˈæftər səkˈsɛsfəli kəmˈplitɪŋ ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ˈbleɪkli rɪˈtərnz ˈæftər hɪz oʊˈmɪʃən fər nɑt ˈmitɪŋ tim ˈstændərdz. ðə həz bɪn ɪn strɔŋ fɔrm ˈpɪkɪŋ əp 27 dɪˈspoʊzəlz ənd ˈsɛvən mɑrks ɪn ə dɪˈfɛnsɪv roʊl əˈgɛnst ɪn raʊnd 14 ˈkərstən rɪˈtərnz ˈæftər ˈkɪkɪŋ tu goʊlz fər pil əˈgɛnst ˈklɛrˌmɑnt ɪn ðə læst ˈwiˌkɪnd, rɪˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə səˈspɛndɪd kæm məˈkɑrθi ɪn ðə ˈfɔrwərd laɪn. ˈɛrən (ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ) ənd li spər (kæf) ər ˈəðər oʊˈmɪʃənz. ðə ˈvərsətəl ˈbleɪkli ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ ˈfiʧər əˈgɛn ɪn dɪˈfɛns ˈæftər dɪˈfɛndər li spər wɑz ə leɪt wɪθˈdrɔəl frəm skwɑd əv 25 wɪθ ə kæf ˈɪnʤəri. ðə oʊˈmɪʃən əv livz ʃɔn ˈdɑrsi ɛz loʊn ˈrəkmən ɪn ðə ˈstɑrtɪŋ 22 ˈæftər ðə pɛr ʃɛrd ðə roʊl əˈgɛnst praɪər tɪ sandilands’*’ ˈɪnʤəri ɪn ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ tərm. raɪən nyhuis*, ʤɑʃ dɪˈlukə ənd ʤɑn ˈgrɪfɪn hæv bɪn neɪmd ɛz ˈimərʤənsiz. nɔrθ ˈmɛlbərn hæv meɪd fɔr wɪθ bɛn ˈkənɪŋtən, ˈteɪlər duˈmɑnt, ənd ˈdænjəl ˈnilsən tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ˈʤeɪmi məkˈmɪlən (ˈfɪŋgər), weɪt (kæf) ənd ˈmeɪsən wʊd (kæf), waɪl raɪən klɑrk həz bɪn oʊˈmɪtɪd.
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midfielder stephen hill is among three changes for fremantle’s clash with north melbourne at etihad stadium on sunday.
fellow midfielder connor blakely and forward shane kersten join hill as the inclusions to fremantle’s 22.
all three come into the side after one game out of the line-up, missing freo’s nine-point loss to st kilda in round 15.
hill was sidelined with a minor calf injury and earned his selection after successfully completing training on friday.
blakely returns after his omission for not meeting team standards. the 21-year-old has been in strong form - picking up 27 disposals and seven marks in a defensive role against geelong in round 14.
kersten returns after kicking two goals for peel against claremont in the wafl last weekend, replacing the suspended cam mccarthy in the forward line.
aaron sandilands (hamstring) and lee spurr (calf) are fremantle’s other omissions.
the versatile blakely is likely to feature again in fremantle’s defence after defender lee spurr was a late withdrawal from freo’s squad of 25 with a calf injury.
the omission of sandilands leaves sean darcy as fremantle’s lone ruckman in the starting 22, after the pair shared the role against st kilda prior to sandilands’ injury in the opening term.
ryan nyhuis, josh deluca and jon griffin have been named as fremantle’s emergencies.
north melbourne have made four with ben cunnington, taylor dumont, jye simpkon and debutant daniel nielson to replace jamie macmillan (finger), jarrad waite (calf) and mason wood (calf), while ryan clarke has been omitted.
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ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ɪz ə ˈfɔrˌmæt əv ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ʃoʊ ˈkɑmən tɪ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ðə neɪm ɪz dəraɪvd frəm ðə ənd zaniness*" əv ðə ækˈtɪvɪtiz, bɪts, ənd ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˌpərsəˈnælɪti əv ðə ʃoʊ ənd ɪts hoʊsts. ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈkɑnsɛpt ənd neɪm ɪz moʊst ˈɔfən dɪˈplɔɪd ɔn tɔp 40 (chr*) ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃənz. ə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈtɪpɪkəli kənˈsɪsts əv tu ər mɔr ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˌpərsəˈnælɪtiz, ˈjuʒəwəli ˈkeɪpəbəl əv spɑnˈteɪniəs ˈkɑmɪk ˌɪnərˈækʃən ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈkɑmpətɪnt dɪˈlɪvəri əv nuz ənd ˈsərvɪs ˈɛləmənts. moʊst ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈproʊˌgræmz ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈskrɪptɪd ər lɪv ˈtɛləˌfoʊn kɔlz, geɪmz, ənd ˈrɛgjələr ˈkɑntɛsts. ˈhɪstəri ˈɛdət ðə fərst ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈproʊˌgræm, ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈzeɪni ˌɪnərˈækʃənz əv tu hoʊsts, wɑz kənˈsivd ənd pərˈfɔrmd ɪn 1981 baɪ skɑt ˈʃænən ənd ˈklivlənd ˈwilər əv ɪn ˈtæmpə, ˈflɔrɪdə, noʊn æt ðə taɪm ɛz ˈɛˈfɛm. ˈwilər hæd bɪn ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz ðə ˌpərsəˈnælɪti ˈhoʊstɪŋ ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ draɪv ˈproʊˌgræm fər ðə ˈsteɪʃənz ˈpriviəs fɔr jɪrz. ˈʃænən wɑz ðə nu ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˈmænɪʤər ɪn 1981 ðə tu ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ breɪk wɪθ trəˈdɪʃən ənd wərk əp ə ˈwaɪldər ʃoʊ təˈgɛðər, ˈfaʊndɪd ɔn ðɛr oʊn ˈpleɪfəl, ˌɪˈrɛvərənt ənd proʊˈvɑkətɪv ˌɪnərˈækʃən, wɪθ spɑnˈteɪniəs bɪts əv ˈpɛrədi ənd ˈkɑmədi ˈlɛvənd wɪθ streɪt nuz. ðeɪ kɔld ðə ʃoʊ ðə kju ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu, ənd ɪt kˈwɪkli bɪˈkeɪm ə hɪt. æt ɪts haɪt ɪt hæd 85 ˈpipəl ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ ˈproʊdus (praɪər tɪ ðɪs dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ˈdæləs wɑz noʊn ɛz "ðə zu" bɪˈkəz əv ɪts kɔl ˈlɛtərz. bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ɪn 1976 ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈʧɑrli ˈkɛndəl ˈhoʊstɪd ə ˈzeɪni ʃoʊ ˌɪˈnɪʃəli neɪmd ɪn jʊr ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ðə neɪm biɪŋ ə ɔn ðə ˈzuˌlu ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈkɛndəlz wɑz ə ˌwəˈmæn ʃoʊ, nɑt ə "zu" wɪθ ˈməltəpəl ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˌpərsəˈnælɪtiz.) ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 1983 ˈʃænən lɛft ˈtæmpə tɪ ˌriɪnˈvɛnt ɪn ðə nu jɔrk ˈsɪti ˈmɑrkɪt, beɪst aʊt əv sɪˈkɔkəs, nu ˈʤərzi. ɔn ˈɔgəst 2 ˈʃænən ˈhoʊstɪd ðə fərst zi ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu æt, sun ˈsɛtəlɪŋ ˈɪntu ə tim wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd streɪt mæn rɔs ˈbrɪtən, ˈnuzˌkæstər klɛr ˈstivənz, ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvɪs dɪˈrɛktər prəˈfɛsər ˈʤɑnəθən bi. bɛl, "ˈkæptən" ˈkɛvɪn ɔn ðə foʊnz, ənd pərˈdəkʃən ˈmænɪʤər ʤeɪ. ɑr. ˈnɛlsən. ˈʃænənz ˈpɑpjələr nu ˈfɔrˌmæt brɔt frəm læst pleɪs tɪ fərst ɪn ʤɪst 74 deɪz, ənd pʊt ˈlɔŋˌtaɪm 1 ˈmɔrnɪŋ dɑn ˈaɪməs ɪn ˈsɛkənd wɪn bɪˈkeɪm ə juʤ ˈreɪtɪŋz səkˈsɛs, ðə neɪm ənd ˈfɔrˌmæt əv ðə "ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu" wɑz ˈkɑpid baɪ ˈsteɪʃənz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ. ʤɑn ˈgɔrmən wɑz ə ˈproʊˌgræm dɪˈrɛktər æt ˈklivlənd rɑk ˈsteɪʃən wɪn ðeɪ əˈdɑptəd ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈkɑnsɛpt ɪn ˈərli 1984 ˈgɔrmən treɪst ðə ˈsikwəns əv ɪˈvɛnts: wi ˈbɑˌroʊd ðə 'ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu' ˈmɑnɪkər frəm ɑr nu jɔrk ˈsɪstər ˈsteɪʃən wɪʧ ˈbɑˌroʊd ɪt frəm ɪn ˈtæmpə, wɪʧ ˈbɑˌroʊd ɪt frəm ə ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ˈtæmpəz kənˈtɪnjud tɪ rən ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ʃoʊ ˈæftər ˈʃænən lɛft; ˈwilər timd wɪθ ˈtɛrəns məˈkivər ənd ˈəðərz tɪ kip ðə ʃoʊ ə ˈəðər ˈjuˈɛs ˈsteɪʃənz ðət əˈdɑptəd ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈproʊˌgræm ɪn ðə ˌɪnˈklud ɪn ˈhjustən ɪn 1982 ɪn ˈrɪʧmənd, vərˈʤɪnjə, ɪn ˈeɪprəl ɪn sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ɪn ˈərli ɪn sæn diˈeɪgoʊ, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, baɪ leɪt ɪn ˈbɔstən baɪ noʊˈvɛmbər ɪn ˈdeɪtən, oʊˈhaɪoʊ ɪn mɑrʧ 1985 ɪn ˌsaʊˈθist ˌmæsəˈʧusəts ɪn ˈərli ənd dɔn pəˈtroʊl ɪn ˌsɪnsəˈnæti baɪ ɑkˈtoʊbər ənd ɪn ˈnɔrfək, vərˈʤɪnjə ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər ʃoʊz ˈɛdət ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə, ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ˈfɔrˌmæt ɪz hərd ɔn ˈtrɪpəl ɛm ɛz ðə keɪʤ, əˈməŋst ˈəðər ˈsteɪʃənz. ðə dɑn ənd maɪk ʃoʊ ərˈɪʤəˌneɪtəd ɛz ə ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ʃoʊ æt ɪn ðə 1980s*, ənd rɪˈteɪnd səm ˈɛləmənts əv ðə ˈfɔrˌmæt. ɪn vænˈkuvər, ˈbrɪtɪʃ kəˈləmbiə, (kɔl saɪn cklg*) əˈdɑptəd ðɪs ˈfɔrˌmæt fər ɪts ˈpɑpjələr ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈproʊˌgræm, lɛd baɪ din hɪl, frəm 1985 tɪ 1993 ɪn kwəˈbɛk ˈsɪti, hæd lə zu də 93 frəm 1985 tɪ 1990 nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪz ðə ʃoʊ stɪl hoʊld ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈrɛkərdz ɪn tərmz əv ˈreɪtɪŋz ənd ˈmɑrkɪt ʃɛrz (ə əv ˈlɪsənərz), bət ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈskaɪˌrɑkətɪd ðə ˈsteɪʃən tɪ naʊ ənˈriʧəbəl ˈnəmbərz, wɪθ ˈlɪsənərz ɔn ə ˈwikli ˈbeɪsɪs (əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsəmər 1987 ˈsərˌveɪ). ɪn ðə uk*, stiv raɪt (ˈkərəntli əv ˌbibiˈsi ˈreɪdiˌoʊ 2 ɪz ˈfeɪməs fər ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnaɪzɪŋ ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ baɪ ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrˌmæt wɪn ɪn 1981 hi ˈstɑrtɪd hɪz stiv raɪt ɪn ðə ˌæftərˈnun ʃoʊ ɔn ˌbibiˈsi ˈreɪdiˌoʊ 1 wɪʧ ˈfiʧərd hɪz "ˈpɑsi" əv ənd krɪs ənd "ˈkɑmədi" deɪv ˈɔlsoʊ juzd ðə zu ˈfɔrˌmæt wɪθ greɪt səkˈsɛs. ðɛr ˈɔdiəns wɑz ˈmɛʒərd æt eɪt ˈmɪljən ˈlɪsənərz baɪ rajar*, ənd ˈsaɪmən meɪoʊ həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnaɪzɪŋ ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ baɪ ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrˌmæt wɪn ɔn 23 meɪ 1988 hi tʊk ˈoʊvər ðə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ 1 ˈbrɛkfəst ʃoʊ frəm maɪk smɪθ ɔn ˌbibiˈsi ˈreɪdiˌoʊ 1 wɪʧ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfiʧərd ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ nuz ˈæŋkər rɑd məˈkɛnzi ənd θri ˈsaɪdˌkɪk ˈwɛðər gərlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɪbɪl ruscoe*, ˈʤæki ˈbræmbəlz ənd daɪæn oxberry*, ənd ðə ʃoʊz prəˈdusər rɪk hu meɪd ˈrɛgjələr ˈspikɪŋ ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz. ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈkeɪm noʊn fər ˈvɛriəs ˈfiʧərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɔn ðɪs deɪ ɪn ˈhɪstəri, ðə ˈkrɪptɪk geɪm ðə kwɪz, wɛr meɪoʊ ənd hɪz koʊ hoʊsts wʊd 'ækt' ə ʃɔrt sin wɪʧ lɛd ˈlɪsənərz tɪ ðə ˈtaɪtəl əv ə hɪt sɔŋ, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ hɪz kənˈfɛʃənz ˈfiʧər wɛr ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈpəblɪk sɔt ˌæbsəˈluʃən fər ðɛr (ˈɔfən ˈfrɪvələs ər ˈhjumərəs) "sɪnz". ðə ˈfɔrˌmæt ɪz juzd ɔn ˈsteɪʃənz əv ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənt ˈʒɑnrəz. ˈivɪn ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃənz səʧ ɛz ɪn nu ˈʤərzi hæv ə ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈdeɪtən, oʊˈhaɪoʊ ˈklæsɪk hɪts ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃən ˌriuˈnaɪtɪd ˈdɑktər. groʊs ənd waɪld bɪl ərˈɪʤənəli frəm ðə zi ˈmɔrnɪŋ zu ɔn ɪn ˈdeɪtən. ðə ʃoʊ ɪz naʊ kɔld ðə ˈigəl ˈmɔrnɪŋ si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət
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morning zoo is a format of morning radio show common to english-language radio broadcasting.[1] the name is derived from the "wackiness and zaniness" of the activities, bits, and overall personality of the show and its hosts. the morning zoo concept and name is most often deployed on top 40 (chr) radio stations.
a morning zoo typically consists of two or more radio personalities, usually capable of spontaneous comic interaction as well as competent delivery of news and service elements. most morning zoo programs involve scripted or live telephone calls, on-air games, and regular contests.
history [ edit ]
the first morning zoo program, focusing on the zany interactions of two hosts, was conceived and performed in 1981 by scott shannon and cleveland wheeler of wrbq-fm in tampa, florida, known at the time as q105 fm. wheeler had been serving as the personality dj hosting the morning drive program for the station's previous four years. shannon was the new operations manager in 1981. the two decided to break with tradition and work up a wilder show together, founded on their own playful, irreverent and provocative interaction, with spontaneous bits of parody and comedy leavened with straight news. they called the show the q morning zoo, and it quickly became a hit. at its height it had 85 people working to produce it.[2]
(prior to this development, radio station kzew in dallas was known as "the zoo" because of its call letters. beginning in september–october 1976, morning dj charlie kendall hosted a zany show initially named zooloos in your morning, the name being a wordplay on the zulu people.[3][4] however, kendall's was a one-man show, not a "zoo" with multiple radio personalities.)
in july 1983, shannon left tampa to reinvent whtz "z-100" in the new york city market, based out of secaucus, new jersey. on august 2, shannon hosted the first z morning zoo at whtz, soon settling into a team which included straight man ross brittain, newscaster claire stevens, public service director professor jonathan b. bell, 22-year-old "captain" kevin on the phones, and production manager j. r. nelson. shannon's popular new format brought whtz from last place to first in just 74 days, and put longtime #1 morning dj don imus in second place.[5] when whtz became a huge ratings success, the name and format of the "morning zoo" was copied by stations across the usa.
john gorman was a program director at cleveland rock station wmms when they adopted the morning zoo concept in early 1984. gorman traced the sequence of events:
we borrowed the 'morning zoo' moniker from our new york sister station z-100, which borrowed it from wrbq in tampa, which borrowed it from a station in australia.[6]
tampa's wrbq continued to run the morning zoo show after shannon left; wheeler teamed with terrence mckeever and others to keep the show a success.[7] other us stations that adopted the morning zoo program in the early-to-mid-1980s include kkbq-fm in houston in 1982, wrvq in richmond, virginia, in april 1983,[8] kmel in san francisco in early 1984,[9] kfmb-fm in san diego, california, by late 1984,[10] wzou in boston by november 1984,[11] wgtz "z-93" in dayton, ohio in march 1985, wkpe-fm in southeast massachusetts in early 1985,[12] wkrq "q102" and webn's dawn patrol in cincinnati by october 1985,[13] and wnvz in norfolk, virginia in september 1985.[14]
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in australia, the morning zoo format is heard on triple m as the cage, amongst other stations.
the don and mike show originated as a morning zoo show at wava-fm in the 1980s, and retained some elements of the format.
in vancouver, british columbia, lg73 (call sign cklg) adopted this format for its popular morning program, led by dean hill, from 1985 to 1993.
in quebec city, cjmf-fm 93.3 had le zoo du 93 from 1985 to 1990. not only does the show still hold a number of records in terms of ratings and market shares (a quarter-hour of 148,000 listeners), but it also skyrocketed the station to now unreachable numbers, with 573,200 listeners on a weekly basis (according to the bbm summer 1987 survey).
in the uk, steve wright (currently of bbc radio 2) is famous for revolutionizing british radio by introducing the format when in 1981 he started his steve wright in the afternoon show on bbc radio 1 which featured his "posse" of co-presenters and features.[15] chris moyles and "comedy" dave vitty also used the zoo format with great success. their audience was measured at eight million listeners by rajar, and simon mayo has also revolutionizing british radio by introducing the format when on 23 may 1988 he took over the radio 1 breakfast show from mike smith on bbc radio 1 which also featured co-presenters including news anchor rod mckenzie and three sidekick weather girls, including sybil ruscoe, jackie brambles and dianne oxberry, and the show's producer ric blaxill who made regular speaking contributions. the programme also became known for various features, including on this day in history, the long-running cryptic game the identik-hit quiz, where mayo and his co hosts would 'act' a short scene which cryptically led listeners to the title of a hit song, and also his confessions feature where members of the public sought absolution for their (often frivolous or humorous) "sins".
the format is used on stations of many different genres. even christian radio stations such as wawz in new jersey have a morning zoo.[16]
dayton, ohio classic hits radio station wzlr reunited dr. dave[17] gross and wild bill originally from the z morning zoo on wgtz in dayton. the show is now called the eagle morning zoo.[18]
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dɪˈskəs ənd ʃɛr jʊr kˈwɛsʧənz ər θɔts əˈbaʊt ˈgrævəl baɪks, gɪr, ɪˈvɛnts ənd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls ɔn ðə ˈraɪdɪŋ ˈgrævəl ˈfɔrəm. ɪn ðə wərld əv ˈhændəl bɑrz, ðɛr ər roʊd drɔp bɑrz, ˈmaʊntən baɪk bɑrz əv ˈsɛvərəl ˈvɛriəs taɪps, ənd ə fju streɪnʤ, bars”*”. səm əv ðoʊz bɑrz, laɪk ““tt”*” bɑrz, horns”*”, ənd ðə laɪk ər wɛl noʊn bɑrz fər spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈpərpəsɪz. ðɛn ðɛr ɪz ðə dɑrk ənd nəˈfɛriəs wərld əv drɔp bɑrz. ðɪs ˌrivˈju kənˈsərnz ˌɪtˈsɛlf wɪθ wən əv ðə fju flɛrd drɔp bɑrz fər ðət ju kən gɪt jʊr hænz ɔn ˈizəli- ðə ˈsoʊmə ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃənz bɑr goʊɪŋ tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈfɑlɪŋ ˈɪntu ə lɔŋ ˌdɪsərˈteɪʃən ɔn ðə ““why”*” əv drɔp bɑrz, ənd kət tɪ ðə ʧeɪs, soʊ hir ər ðə pərˈtɪkjələrz ɔn ðə bɑr frəm saɪt lɪŋkt əˈbəv. əˈlumənəm wɪdθ drɔp: riʧ: stɛm klæmp saɪz: wɪdθ əv flæts ɔn tɔp: ˈaɪˈdi æt ɛndz: grɪp ˈɛriə həz ə slaɪt flɛr weɪt: drɔp bɑr ðət bɑr, wɪʧ wɛnt aʊt əv pərˈdəkʃən ɪn ðə leɪt 90’s*, wɑz ˈkəvətɪd baɪ ˈdɛvəˈtiz əv drɔp bɑr ˈmaʊntən ˈbaɪkɪŋ wɪθ juzd ɪgˈzæmpəlz ˈfɛʧɪŋ wɛl ˈoʊvər ðə mɪʤ bɑr kən ˈɑrgjuəbli bi dəbd ɛz ðə bar”*” wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ drɔp bɑrz, bət ɪts əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti ˈsteɪtˈsaɪd həz bɪn ˈspɑti. ɪn kəmz ðə bɑr, wɪʧ, ɪf ju hæv ðə mɪʤ bɑr ˈsɪtɪŋ raɪt nɛkst tɪ ɪt, lʊks laɪk ə dɛd ˈrɪŋər fər ə mɪʤ bɑr. ɪt ɪz ˈɛvər soʊ sˈlaɪtli ˈdɪfərənt ðoʊ. sˈlaɪtli ˈnɛroʊər, wɪθ ə sˈlaɪtli ˈdɪfərənt flɛr ənd swip, ðə ɪz ɪts oʊn bɑr, bət ʤɪst həz ə bɑr klæmp ənd fɪts roʊd ˈlɛvərz ʤɪst laɪk ə gʊd drɔp bɑr ʃʊd. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhæpənz tɪ hæv ə gʊd fil ɔn ˈgrævəl wɪθ ə slaɪt əˈmaʊnt əv gɪv. aɪ fɛlt ðət ðə drɑps ənd ðə ʤiˈɑmətri əv ðə, waɪl sˈlaɪtli ˈdɪfərənt ðən ðə mɪʤ, wɑz ˈbɛrli ˈɛni ˈdɪfərənt ɪn ril wərld ˈraɪdɪŋ. ðə ɪkˈstɛnʃənz ər sˈlaɪtli ˈlɔŋgər ɔn ðə, wɪʧ ɪz ə gʊd θɪŋ. ɛz dɪˈskraɪbd ˌbiˈfɔr, ðə ɪz sˈlaɪtli ˈnɛroʊər, wɪʧ səʧ ə gʊd θɪŋ fər ˈbɪgər foʊks. aɪ wɑz faɪn wɪθ ðɪs, bət aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ fɛlt ðət aɪ wɔnt ɪt tɪ bi ˈɛni ˈnɛroʊər ˈiðər. ˈɔlsoʊ, ðɛr ɪz ðə ˈkɑmən θim wɪθ bɑrz laɪk ðɪs ɪn rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ wɪdθ ɪn ðət ðɛr ɪz ˈoʊnli wən ʧɔɪs. ləv ɪt ər liv ɪt. ðə ɪz ə gʊd əˌprɑksəˈmeɪʃən əv ðə mɪʤ ənd raɪdz wɛl. ɪt lʊks gʊd, filz nis ɔn ˈgrævəl, ənd ju kən ˈæˌkʧuəli gɪt ɪt fər frəm saɪt. ɪf ðə wɪdθ ɪz gʊd fər ju, aɪ kən ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ɪt ɛz ə gʊd ʧɔɪs fər, ædˈvɛnʧərz, ər ˈgrævəl raɪdz. noʊt: ðə wɑz prəˈvaɪdɪd fər ðɪs ˌrivˈju baɪ ˈsoʊmə ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃənz æt noʊ ʧɑrʤ. wi wər nɑt braɪbd, nɔr peɪd fər ðɪs ˌrivˈju ənd wi ˈɔlˌweɪz straɪv tɪ gɪv ɑr ˈɑnəst θɔts ənd əˈpɪnjənz θruaʊt.
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discuss and share your questions or thoughts about gravel bikes, gear, events and anything else on the riding gravel forum.
in the world of handle bars, there are road drop bars, mountain bike bars of several various types, and a few strange, “alternative bars”. some of those bars, like “tt” bars, “bull horns”, and the like are well known bars for specific purposes. then there is the dark and nefarious world of off-road drop bars. this review concerns itself with one of the few flared drop bars for off-road that you can get your hands on easily- the soma fabrications junebug bar . i’m going to avoid falling into a long dissertation on the “why” of off-road drop bars, and cut to the chase, so here are the particulars on the junebug bar from soma’s site linked above. – 6061-t6 aluminum – width 56cm – drop: 112mm – reach: 65mm – stem clamp size: 31.8mm – width of flats on top: 340mm – id at ends: 20.0mm – grip area has a slight flare – weight: 300g wtb drop bar . that bar, which went out of production in the late 90’s, was coveted by devotees of drop bar mountain biking with used examples fetching well over $100.00. the midge bar can arguably be dubbed as the “renaissance bar” when it comes to off-road drop bars, but its availability stateside has been spotty. in comes the junebug bar, which, if you have the midge bar sitting right next to it, looks like a dead ringer for a midge bar. it is ever so slightly different though. slightly narrower, with a slightly different flare and sweep, the junebug is its own bar, but just barely.the junebug has a 31.8mm bar clamp and fits road levers just like a good drop bar should. it also happens to have a good feel on gravel with a slight amount of give. i felt that the drops and the geometry of the junebug, while slightly different than the midge, was barely any different in real world riding. the extensions are slightly longer on the junebug, which is a good thing. as described before, the junebug is slightly narrower, which such a good thing for bigger folks. i was fine with this, but i also felt that i wouldn’t want it to be any narrower either. also, there is the common theme with bars like this in regards to width in that there is only one choice. love it or leave it. the junebug is a good approximation of the midge and rides well. it looks good, feels nice on gravel, and you can actually get it for $59.99 from soma’s site. if the width is good for you, i can recommend it as a good choice for off-road, adventures, or gravel rides. note: the junebug was provided for this review by soma fabrications at no charge. we were not bribed, nor paid for this review and we always strive to give our honest thoughts and opinions throughout.
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əˈmɛrɪkən bɑr əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən rɪˈfərd tɪ kənˈsərvətɪvz ɛz people”*” ənd ˈprɑdɪd wən əv ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤuˈdɪʃəl pɪks ɔn hɪz ˈpərsɪnəl bɪˈlifs əˈbaʊt əˈbɔrʃən ˌbiˈfɔr sˈlæpɪŋ ɪm wɪθ ðə loʊəst ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈreɪtɪŋ, ðə ˌnɑməˈni toʊld ˈkɑŋgrəs ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ˈlɛnərd, ˈnɑməˌneɪtəd fər ðə juz. ˈsərkət kɔrt əv əˈpilz, rɪˈsivd ə qualified”*” ˈreɪtɪŋ frəm ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ ˈæftər ðə ˈgrɪlɪŋ. hi sɛd ðət ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ɪt bɪˈkeɪm klɪr ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ laɪk hɪz stæns. wɑz æst rɪˈpitɪdli fər maɪ ˈpərsɪnəl əˈpɪnjən ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈɪʃuz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ əˈbɔrʃən ɪt simd tɪ bi ə greɪt ˈtɑpɪk əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst tɪ ðə reviewer,”*,” ˈmɪstər., ən ˈoʊməˌhɑ beɪst ˈlɔjər, toʊld ðə ˈsɛnɪt ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri kəˈmɪti. ˈɪntərvˌjuər rɪˈpitɪdli juzd ɪn ə ˈnɛgətɪv ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən ɪn ðə freɪz, people,’*,’ ənd æt wən pɔɪnt, aɪ stɑpt ɪm ənd aɪ sɛd, ‘‘sir*, hu du ju min baɪ ju people?’*?’ ənd hi sɛd, ənd republicans.’”*.’” ˈmɪstər. ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ə rivˈjuər kˈwɛsʧənd ɪm əˈbaʊt ə waɪt ˈpeɪpər hi roʊt waɪl ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz ʧif ˈdɛpjəti əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl əv nəˈbræskə ðət ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ðə roʊl ɪn rivˈjuɪŋ steɪt ˈʤəʤɪz ənd ðɛr pəˈzɪʃənz ɔn ˈsɛkənd əˈmɛndmənt ənd əˈbɔrʃən raɪts ˈɪʃuz. hɪz ˈkɑmɛnts wər ðə ˈleɪtəst straɪk əˈgɛnst ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ ənd ɪts roʊl ɪn ðə ʤuˈdɪʃəl səˈlɛkʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs. ˈdɛməˌkræts hæv kɔld ðə ˈreɪtɪŋ ðə standard”*” fər ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ʤuˈdɪʃəl pɪks, ənd hæv səˈʤɛstɪd loʊ ˈreɪtɪŋz ʃʊd bi ə blæk mɑrk əˈgɛnst ˌnɑməˈniz. rɪˈpəblɪkənz hæv bɪn mɔr ˈskɛptɪkəl. ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ toʊld ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən taɪmz ɪt wʊd nɑt dɪˈfɛnd ðə ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən naʊ, ˌɪnˈstɛd ˈseɪvɪŋ ˌɪtˈsɛlf fər ə noʊv. 15 ˈhirɪŋ wɪn ðə grup həz bɪn kɔld tɪ ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪ tɪ ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri kəˈmɪti əˈbaʊt ɪts ˌrivˈju ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd waɪ ɪt faʊnd ˈmɪstər. qualified”*” fər ðə ˈfɛdərəl bɛnʧ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ dɪd poʊst ə ˈsteɪtmənt ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈmɪstər. ˈhirɪŋ, seɪɪŋ ɪt ɪz praʊd əv ðə ““comprehensive*, nɑnˈpɑrtəzən reviews.”*.” kəˈmɪti dɪz nɑt teɪk ˈɪntu kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən ə fəˈlɑsəfi, pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən ər ideology,”*,” ðə poʊst rɛd. ˈpæmələ ˈbrɛsnəhæn, ʧɛr əv ðə ˈstændɪŋ kəˈmɪti ɔn ðə ˈfɛdərəl ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri, ˈɔθərd ˈmɪstər. ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən fər ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri kəˈmɪti ənd ˈnoʊtɪd ðə ˌrivˈju ə nɑnˈpɑrtəzən process”*” ɪn hər eɪt peɪʤ rɪˈpɔrt. ““mr*. prəˈfɛʃənəl pɪrz ɪkˈsprɛst kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt hɪz vjuz əv stɛr decisis*, ənd kˈwɛsʧənd hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ it,”*,” ʃi roʊt. əˈdɪʃən, ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈkɑligz ɪkˈsprɛst ðə vju ðət, ɪn tərmz əv ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈtɛmpərmənt, ɛz ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtəd baɪ ðə kəˈmɪti, ˈmɪstər. ɪz nɑt frəm bias.’”*.’” bət kərt lɪˈveɪ, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə kənˈsərvətɪv kəˈmɪti fər ˈʤəstɪs, sɛd ðə tu ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə kəˈmɪti hu ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtəd ˈmɪstər. wər ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli prəˈgrɛsɪv, ənd ðət ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ɪt wɑz ə ˈpɑrtəzən æˈnælɪsɪs. naʊ ənd əˈgɛn ju hæv θɪŋz laɪk ðɪs slɪp θru laɪk wɛr ðə ˈpipəl hu ər əˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ du ðə ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃənz ər ˈvɛri fɑr tɪ ðə left,”*,” hi sɛd. taɪmz, ˈpipəl hu gɪt ənkˈwɑlɪˌfaɪd ˈreɪtɪŋz gɪt kənˈfərmd ˈɛniˌweɪ, soʊ aɪ ˈsəˌspɛkt æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, ɪt meɪk ˈɛni difference.”*.” ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ həz bɪn ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ˈʤəʤɪz sɪns 1953 bət ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn vjud ɛz dɪˈtərmɪnəˌtɪv ɪn ˈwɛðər ə ˌnɑməˈni gɪts kənˈfərmd. ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤɔrʤ ˈdəbəlju. bʊʃ weɪt fər ðə ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən praɪər tɪ ˈnɑməˌneɪtɪŋ ˈkænədɪts fər ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri, ənd ˈmɪstər. trəmp həz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd nɑt tɪ weɪt ˈiðər. rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz vɔɪst kənˈsərnz ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈmɪstər. ˈhirɪŋ ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ əˈbaʊt ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ biɪŋ pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈrəðər ðən ə fɛr əv ˈligəl kˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃənz. lɔŋ ˈhɪstəri əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm meɪks ɪt ˈvɛri hɑrd tɪ si haʊ ðɛr ˈprɔˌsɛs biased,”*,” sɛd sɛn. ʤɛf fleɪk, ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə rɪˈpəblɪkən. ju θɪŋk əv ˈɛni ˈpɑsəbəl ˈrizən waɪ ðə ˌeɪˌbiˈeɪ wʊd nid tɪ æsk ju ˈwɛðər ər nɑt jʊr ˈʧɪldrən əˈtɛndəd ə ˈluθərən school?”*?” hi æst ˈmɪstər.. bət sɛn. ˈʃɛldən ˈwaɪˌthaʊs, roʊd ˈaɪlənd ˈdɛməˌkræt, ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈhirɪŋ 14 əv ðə 15 ˈmɛmbərz, wɪθ wən əbˈsteɪnɪŋ, ɔn ðə kəˈmɪti faʊnd ˈmɪstər. nɑt kˈwɑləˌfaɪd, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɛd hi həz ˈdipli hɛld ˈsoʊʃəl agenda”*” ənd ə ˈhɪstəri əv ˈpɑrtəzən ˈpɑləˌtɪks. wʊd nɑt traɪ tɪ ədˈvaɪz ðɪs kəˈmɪti ɔn ðə əˈmaʊnt əv weɪt ðeɪ wʊd gɪv ɔn that,”*,” ˈmɪstər. rɪˈspɑndɪd. mɑrʤ ˈbeɪkər, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt fər ðə prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈpipəl fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən weɪ, sɛd ðə ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən əv ˈmɪstər. səˈʤɛsts hi pʊt əˈsaɪd hɪz ˈpərsɪnəl vjuz ɛz ə ˈfɛdərəl ʤəʤ. ɪz ˈsəmˌwən hu ˈnutrəl əbˈzərvərz əˈgri wʊd bi ə baɪəst ˈpɑrtəzən ɪn ə blæk roʊb jɛt sɛn. ˈgræsli ənd ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz stɪl sim ˌɪnˈtɛnt ɔn ˈpʊʃɪŋ hɪz ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən forward,”*,” sɛd mɪz. ˈbeɪkər, rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ sɛn. ˈʧɑrəlz i. ˈgræsli. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2019 ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən taɪmz, llc*. klɪk hir fər riˈprɪnt pərˈmɪʃən.
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american bar association evaluators referred to conservatives as “you people” and prodded one of president trump’s judicial picks on his personal beliefs about abortion before slapping him with the group’s lowest judicial rating, the nominee told congress on wednesday.
leonard grasz, nominated for the 8th u.s. circuit court of appeals, received a “not qualified” rating from the aba after the grilling. he said that during the questioning it became clear the aba evaluators didn’t like his pro-life stance.
“i was asked repeatedly for my personal opinion on social issues including abortion — it seemed to be a great topic of interest to the reviewer,” mr. grasz, an omaha based lawyer, told the senate judiciary committee.
“the interviewer repeatedly used in a negative connotation in the phrase, ‘you people,’ and at one point, i stopped him and i said, ‘sir, who do you mean by you people?’ and he said, ‘conservatives and republicans.’”
mr. grasz also said a reviewer questioned him about a white paper he wrote while serving as chief deputy attorney general of nebraska that criticized the aba’s role in reviewing state judges and their positions on second amendment and abortion rights issues.
his comments were the latest strike against the aba and its role in the judicial selection process. democrats have called the aba’s rating the “gold standard” for evaluating judicial picks, and have suggested low ratings should be a black mark against nominees.
republicans have been more skeptical.
the aba told the washington times it would not defend the evaluation now, instead saving itself for a nov. 15 hearing when the group has been called to testify to the judiciary committee about its review process and why it found mr. grasz “not qualified” for the federal bench.
however, the aba did post a statement online following mr. grasz’s hearing, saying it is proud of the committee’s “comprehensive, nonpartisan reviews.”
“the committee does not take into consideration a nominee’s philosophy, political affiliation or ideology,” the post read.
pamela bresnahan, chair of the aba’s standing committee on the federal judiciary, authored mr. grasz’s evaluation for the judiciary committee and noted the review “is a nonpartisan process” in her eight page report.
“mr. grasz’s professional peers expressed concerns about his views of stare decisis, and questioned his commitment to it,” she wrote.
“in addition, a number of grasz’s colleagues expressed the view that, in terms of judicial temperament, as evaluated by the committee, mr. grasz is not ‘free from bias.’”
but curt levey, president of the conservative committee for justice, said the two members of the committee who evaluated mr. grasz were particularly progressive, and that in this case, it was a partisan analysis.
“every now and again you have things like this slip through — like where the people who are appointed to do the evaluations are very far to the left,” he said.
“most times, people who get unqualified ratings get confirmed anyway, so i suspect at the end of the day, it won’t make any difference.”
the aba has been evaluating judges since 1953. but the ratings haven’t always been viewed as determinative in whether a nominee gets confirmed.
president george w. bush didn’t wait for the aba’s evaluation prior to nominating candidates for the judiciary, and mr. trump has decided not to wait either.
republican lawmakers voiced concerns during mr. grasz’s hearing wednesday about the aba being political rather than a fair evaluator of legal qualifications.
“the aba’s long history of political liberal activism makes it very hard to see how their process isn’t biased,” said sen. jeff flake, arizona republican.
“can you think of any possible reason why the aba would need to ask you whether or not your children attended a lutheran school?” he asked mr. grasz.
but sen. sheldon whitehouse, rhode island democrat, pointed out during the hearing 14 of the 15 members, with one abstaining, on the aba’s committee found mr. grasz not qualified, noting the report said he has “a deeply held social agenda” and a history of partisan politics.
“i would not try to advise this committee on the amount of weight they would give on that,” mr. grasz responded.
marge baker, vice president for the progressive people for the american way, said the aba’s evaluation of mr. grasz suggests he won’t put aside his personal views as a federal judge.
“this is someone who neutral observers agree would be a biased partisan in a black robe — yet sen. grassley and the republicans still seem intent on pushing his nomination forward,” said ms. baker, referring to sen. charles e. grassley.
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krɪs ˈlaɪtəl brɔt ðə haʊs daʊn æt səbˈmɪʃən ˈəndərˌgraʊnd, wɛr hi feɪst ʤeɪk ʃildz ɪn ə θˈrɪlɪŋ ˈgræpəlɪŋ ˈmæʧəp. ðə baʊt ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli wɛnt tɪ ʃildz, hu wən ˈviə suˈpɪriər raɪd taɪm ɪn ˈoʊvərˌtaɪm, bət ɪts ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənd praɪər tɪ ʃildz' hænd biɪŋ reɪzd ðət sɛnt vjuərz lɪv ənd ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈɪntu ə ˈfrɛnzi. ʃildz ˈlɑrʤli kənˈtroʊld ðə baʊt wɪθ hɪz ˈklæsɪk tɔp ˈprɛʃər ənd ə rɪˈlɛntlɪs bərɑʒ əv səbˈmɪʃən əˈtɛmpts, bət ˈlaɪtəl pruvd waɪ hi hæd ˈnɛvər bɪn səbˈmɪtəd θruaʊt hɪz ˈkɑmbæt spɔrts kərɪr taɪm ənd əˈgɛn, sˈlɪpɪŋ aʊt æt ðə læst ˈpɑsəbəl ˈsɛkənd. ˈlaɪtəl hæd hɪz ˈmoʊmənts ɛz wɛl, nən ˈbɛtər ðən ən əˈtɛmpt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈoʊvərˌtaɪm ˈpɪriəd. ˈlaɪtəl lɑkt əp ðə səbˈmɪʃən ənd əˈpɪrd kloʊz tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ ðə baʊt, bət ʃildz roʊz tɪ hɪz fit ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli slɪpt aʊt, ʃˈrəgɪŋ əˈweɪ æt ðə læst ˈpɑsəbəl ˈsɛkənd. ɪn ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ, ˈlaɪtəl dɪˈskəsɪz ðə baʊt, ˈætməsˌfɪr ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈroʊzlənd ˈθieɪtər, ənd mɔr.
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chris lytle brought the house down at submission underground, where he faced jake shields in a thrilling submission-only grappling matchup.
the bout eventually went to shields, who won via superior ride time in overtime, but it's everything that happened prior to shields' hand being raised that sent viewers live and online into a frenzy.
shields largely controlled the bout with his classic top pressure and a relentless barrage of submission attempts, but lytle proved why he had never been submitted throughout his combat sports career time and again, slipping out at the last possible second.
lytle had his moments as well, none better than an armbar attempt during the overtime period. lytle locked up the submission and appeared close to finishing the bout, but shields rose to his feet and eventually slipped out, shrugging lytle's near-attempt away at the last possible second.
in this video, lytle discusses the bout, atmosphere inside the roseland theater, and more.
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nu jɔrk (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˌkoʊkəˈkoʊlɑ koʊ ənd ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən faɪərd bæk æt nu jɔrk ˈsɪti meɪər, ˈmaɪkəl ˈblumbərg ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ fər prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ə bæn əv sɔft drɪŋks æt ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ənd ˈəðər fud ˈsərvɪs ˈaʊˌtlɛts. ˈjɔrkərz ɪkˈspɛkt ənd dɪˈzərv ˈbɛtər ðən ðɪs. ðeɪ kən meɪk ðɛr oʊn ˈʧɔɪsɪz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz ðeɪ purchase,”*,” ˌkoʊkəˈkoʊlɑ sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈmeɪkər, wɪʧ wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ bi ˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃənətli əˈfɛktɪd baɪ səʧ ə bæn, sɛd ɪt ɔˈrɛdi ˌɪnˈkludz ˈkælɔˌri kaʊnts ɔn ðə frənt əv ɪts ˈbɑtəlz ənd kænz ɪn nu jɔrk ənd ðət ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ɔˈrɛdi poʊst ðə ˈkælɔˌri ˈkɑntɛnt əv ɔl ðɛr ˈɔfərɪŋz ənd ˈpɔrʃən ˈsaɪzɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ sɔft drɪŋks. ðə ˈsteɪtmənt frəm koʊk kəmz ə deɪ ˈæftər meɪər ˈblumbərg sɛd hi wɑz prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ən əˈmɛndmənt tɪ ðə hɛlθ koʊd tɪ proʊˈhɪbət fud ˈsərvɪs ˈaʊˌtlɛts frəm ˈsɛlɪŋ ˈʃʊgəri sɔft drɪŋks ˈlɑrʤər ðən 16 ˈaʊnsɪz. ðə bæn wʊd əˈplaɪ tɪ ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ˈmoʊbəl fud kɑrts, ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsənz ənd kənˈsɛʃənz æt ˈmuvi ˈθiətərz, ˈsteɪdiəmz ər ərˈinəz, wɛr seɪlz əv ˈfaʊntən drɪŋks ər ˈkɑmən. ɪt wʊd nɑt əˈplaɪ tɪ kənˈvinjəns stɔrz, ˈgroʊsəri stɔrz ər drəg stɔrz, wɪʧ ˈmoʊstli sɛl ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz ɪn ˈbɑtəlz ənd kænz. ˈtɑrgətɪŋ kəp ˈsaɪzɪz ɪz ðə ˈleɪtəst muv ɪn ən ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈɛfərt tɪ rɪˈdus americans’*’ ˈkælɔˌriz frəm ˈʃʊgəri drɪŋks. ðət ɪz pɑrt əv ə ˈbrɔdər pʊʃ tɪ faɪt əˈbisəti, wɪʧ ɪz ə juʤ ənd groʊɪŋ ˈbərdən tɪ ðə ˈhɛlθˌkɛr ˈsɪstəm. hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz ˈkænɑt bi ˈifɛktɪvli əˈdrɛst θru ə ˈnɛroʊli ˈfoʊkɪst ənd mɪsˈgaɪdɪd ban,”*,” sɛd ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən fər ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ. ɪz ə ˈkɑmplɛks ˈtɑpɪk, ənd wən ðət rikˈwaɪərz ə mɔr kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪv ənd ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv approach.”*.” fər jɪrz, ˈædvəˌkeɪts ənd hɛlθ ˈɛkspərts hæv ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn əˈdɪʃənəl ˈtæksɪz ðət ðeɪ seɪ wʊd kərb kənˈsəmʃən ənd reɪz ˈbɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz ˈnæʃənəli. ˈsɛvərəl ˈstədiz hæv ʃoʊn ðət haɪər ˈtæksɪz ɔn ˈʃʊgəri ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz dɪz rɪˈdus kənˈsəmʃən, ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˌdaɪəˈbitiz ənd loʊərɪŋ hɛlθ kɛr ˈspɛndɪŋ. ˈkrɪtɪks seɪ ðə ˈtæksɪz ər ən ˌɔnˈfɛr weɪ tɪ kloʊz ˈbəʤɪt gæps ənd hərt kənˈsumərz. ˈpɛpsɪkoʊ dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt, rɪˈfərɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz tɪ ðə nu jɔrk ˈsɪti ˈbɛvərɪʤ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən. koʊk ˈdɑməˌneɪts ðə ˈsoʊdə ˈfaʊntənz wɪθ ə 70 pərˈsɛnt ʃɛr əv ðə ˈmɑrkɪt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈbɛvərɪʤ ˈdaɪʤɛst, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ˈpɛpsɪkoʊ ɪŋk wɪθ 19 pərˈsɛnt ənd ˈdɑktər ˈpɛpər sˈnæpəl grup ɪŋk wɪθ 11 pərˈsɛnt. ˈfaʊntən ˈbɪznɪs əˈkaʊnts fər əˈbaʊt 24 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈbɪljən ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈsoʊdə soʊld ə jɪr, ˈbɛvərɪʤ ˈdaɪʤɛst sɛd. ðə ˈtoʊtəl ˈmɑrkɪt ɪz wərθ əˈbaʊt ˈbɪljən. ˈbɛvərɪʤ ˈdaɪʤɛst ˈpəblɪʃər ʤɑn kɔld ðə prəˈpoʊzəl mɪsˈgaɪdɪd. hi sɛd ɪts ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðə ˈbɛvərɪʤ ˈɪndəstri wɪl nɑt bi noʊn fər ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz. θɪŋk ðət ɪt wʊd hæv səm ˌɪmˈpækt, bət haʊ məʧ, ˈrɪli nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ noʊ ənˈtɪl wi kən geɪʤ ðə ˌɪmˈpækt ɪn nu jɔrk ənd si ˈwɛðər ɪt spreads.”*.” ðə prəˈpoʊzəl wɪl bi səbˈmɪtəd tɪ ðə nu jɔrk ˈsɪti bɔrd əv hɛlθ ɔn ʤun 12 ðə bɔrd wɪl goʊ θru ə ˈkɑmɛnt ˈpɪriəd ənd voʊt ɔn ðə prəˈpoʊzəl. fər səm ˈpipəl ɪn nu jɔrk, ðə bæn wʊd bi tu məʧ ˈgəvərnmənt ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns. θɪŋk ɪt ʃʊd bi lɛft əp tɪ ɪm (meɪər ˈblumbərg) tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wət aɪ drink,”*,” sɛd əˈlɑnzoʊ ˈʤɑnsən, ən ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl saɪəns ˈstudənt. θɪŋk wi ʃʊd bi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ it.”*.” bət ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðə bæn ˈoʊnli ˈlɪmɪts ðə saɪz əv ðə kənˈteɪnər, ənd nɑt wət ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ɪn ɪt, səm ˈpipəl θɪŋk ɪt ɪz ˈoʊˈkeɪ. ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli θɪŋk ɪt ɪz səʧ ə bæd thing,”*,” ʃɔn ˈkæʃɪn, 47 toʊld ˈrɔɪtərz æt ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ɪn mænˈhætən. “(“(soda*) ɪz maɪ drəg əv ʧɔɪs ənd aɪ æm ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv it,”*,” ˈkæʃɪn sɛd, rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ə ˈstrəgəl wɪθ hɪz weɪt.
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new york (reuters) - coca-cola co and mcdonald’s corp fired back at new york city mayor, michael bloomberg on thursday for proposing a ban of large-sized soft drinks at restaurants and other food service outlets.
“new yorkers expect and deserve better than this. they can make their own choices about the beverages they purchase,” coca-cola said in a statement.
the world’s largest soft-drink maker, which would also be disproportionately affected by such a ban, said it already includes calorie counts on the front of its bottles and cans in new york and that restaurants already post the calorie content of all their offerings and portion sizes, including soft drinks.
the statement from coke comes a day after mayor bloomberg said he was proposing an amendment to the city’s health code to prohibit food service outlets from selling sugary soft drinks larger than 16 ounces.
the ban would apply to restaurants, mobile food carts, delicatessens and concessions at movie theaters, stadiums or arenas, where sales of fountain drinks are common. it would not apply to convenience stores, grocery stores or drug stores, which mostly sell beverages in bottles and cans.
targeting cup sizes is the latest move in an ongoing effort to reduce americans’ calories from sugary drinks. that is part of a broader push to fight obesity, which is a huge and growing burden to the nation’s healthcare system.
“public health issues cannot be effectively addressed through a narrowly focused and misguided ban,” said a spokeswoman for mcdonald’s usa. “this is a complex topic, and one that requires a more collaborative and comprehensive approach.”
for years, advocates and health experts have focused on additional taxes that they say would curb consumption and raise billions of dollars nationally.
several studies have shown that higher taxes on sugary beverages does reduce consumption, helping to prevent diabetes and lowering health care spending. critics say the taxes are an unfair way to close budget gaps and hurt consumers.
pepsico declined to comment, referring questions to the new york city beverage association.
coke dominates the nation’s soda fountains with a 70 percent share of the market, according to beverage digest, followed by pepsico inc with 19 percent and dr pepper snapple group inc with 11 percent.
fountain business accounts for about 24 percent of the 9.3 billion cases of soda sold a year, beverage digest said. the total market is worth about $75.7 billion.
beverage digest publisher john sicher called the proposal misguided. he said its impact on the beverage industry will not be known for several years.
“i think that it would have some impact, but how much, we’re really not going to know until we can gauge the impact in new york and see whether it spreads.”
the proposal will be submitted to the new york city board of health on june 12. the board will go through a three-month comment period and vote on the proposal.
for some people in new york, the ban would be too much government interference.
“i don’t think it should be left up to him (mayor bloomberg) to decide what i drink,” said alonzo johnson, an 18-year-old environmental science student. “i think we should be deciding it.”
but as long as the ban only limits the size of the container, and not what is actually in it, some people think it is ok.
“i don’t necessarily think it is such a bad thing,” sean cashin, 47, told reuters at a mcdonald’s restaurant in manhattan.
“(soda) is my drug of choice and i am dealing with the consequences of it,” cashin said, referring to a struggle with his weight.
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dɪ mɔɪnz pəˈlis sɛd ə mæn ʃɑt ənd kɪld hɪz ˈneɪbərz dɔg ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ wər kɔld əˈbaʊt a.m*. ɔn ə rɪˈpɔrt əv ə mæn ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɪtən baɪ ə dɔg ˈdʊrɪŋ ə dɔg faɪt æt ə hoʊm ɪn ðə 700 blɑk əv ˌsaʊˈθist strit ɪn dɪ, 43 ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət hɪz dɔg ˈbədi wɑz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ɔn ə ˈtɛðər waɪl hi wɛnt ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə haʊs tɪ gɪt ðə dɔgz fud. hi sɛd əˈnəðər mæn ɔn ə baɪk wɪθ ə dɔg nɑt ɔn ə liʃ wɑz ˈpæsɪŋ dɔgz bɪˈgæn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ənd boʊθ mɛn traɪd tɪ stɑp ðə faɪt, ənd ˈivɪn juzd ə ˈbeɪsˈbɔl bæt æt wən pɔɪnt tɪ traɪ tɪ stɑp ðə ˈəðər mænz dɔg, neɪmd ˈdizəl, ðɛn bɪt ənd ðɛn ðə dɔg əˈtæk ˌriˈpɔrtəd tɪ pəˈlis ðət æt ðət pɔɪnt hi ʃɑt ˈdizəl tu taɪmz wɪθ ə ˈʃɑtˌgən, ənd ðə ˈoʊnər əv ðə dɔg ðɛn wɔkt sɛd ðɪs wɑz nɑt ðə fərst taɪm hɪz dɔg hæd bɪn əˈtækt baɪ ˈdizəl, ə ˈmæsɪv ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈmæstəf ðət hɪz ˈoʊnər kɔld ə "gʊd ə bæd boʊn ɪn hɪz ˈbɑdi, ʤɪst ˈsəmθɪŋ daʊn ðɛr hi ˈdɪdənt laɪk ɪn ðət dɔg," sɛd ˈʤɑnəθən ˈoʊnər toʊld pəˈlis ðət hi hæd ˌɪnˈstɔld ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl ˈfɛnsɪŋ tɪ kənˈteɪn hɪz dɔg, ənd wɪn hi faʊnd ˈdizəl gɔn hi wɛnt tɪ ðə bɪˈkəz hi nu ˈdizəl wʊd goʊ sɛd hi toʊld tɪ ʃut ˈdizəl. dɪ mɔɪnz pəˈlis sɛd ə mæn ʃɑt ənd kɪld hɪz ˈneɪbərz dɔg ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ. wɔʧ ˈvɪdioʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt pəˈlis wər kɔld əˈbaʊt a.m*. ɔn ə rɪˈpɔrt əv ə mæn ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɪtən baɪ ə dɔg ˈdʊrɪŋ ə dɔg faɪt æt ə hoʊm ɪn ðə 700 blɑk əv ˌsaʊˈθist strit ɪn dɪ mɔɪnz. deɪv, 43 ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət hɪz dɔg ˈbədi wɑz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ɔn ə ˈtɛðər waɪl hi wɛnt ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə haʊs tɪ gɪt ðə dɔgz fud. hi sɛd əˈnəðər mæn ɔn ə baɪk wɪθ ə dɔg nɑt ɔn ə liʃ wɑz ˈpæsɪŋ baɪ. ðə dɔgz bɪˈgæn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ənd boʊθ mɛn traɪd tɪ stɑp ðə faɪt, ənd ˈivɪn juzd ə ˈbeɪsˈbɔl bæt æt wən pɔɪnt tɪ traɪ tɪ stɑp ðə faɪt. ðə ˈəðər mænz dɔg, neɪmd ˈdizəl, ðɛn bɪt ənd ðɛn ðə dɔg əˈtæk kənˈtɪnjud. ˌriˈpɔrtəd tɪ pəˈlis ðət æt ðət pɔɪnt hi ʃɑt ˈdizəl tu taɪmz wɪθ ə ˈʃɑtˌgən, ənd ðə ˈoʊnər əv ðə dɔg ðɛn wɔkt əˈweɪ. sɛd ðɪs wɑz nɑt ðə fərst taɪm hɪz dɔg hæd bɪn əˈtækt baɪ ˈdizəl, ə ˈmæsɪv ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈmæstəf ðət hɪz ˈoʊnər kɔld ə "gʊd dɔg." "nɑt ə bæd boʊn ɪn hɪz ˈbɑdi, ʤɪst ˈsəmθɪŋ daʊn ðɛr hi ˈdɪdənt laɪk ɪn ðət dɔg," sɛd ˈʤɑnəθən ˈrɑʤərz. ˈoʊnər toʊld pəˈlis ðət hi hæd ˌɪnˈstɔld ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl ˈfɛnsɪŋ tɪ kənˈteɪn hɪz dɔg, ənd wɪn hi faʊnd ˈdizəl gɔn hi wɛnt tɪ ðə bɪˈkəz hi nu ˈdizəl wʊd goʊ ðɛr. ˈrɑʤərz sɛd hi toʊld tɪ ʃut ˈdizəl.
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des moines police said a man shot and killed his neighbor's dog on wednesday morning.watch videopolice were called about 5:50 a.m. on a report of a man getting bitten by a dog during a dog fight at a home in the 700 block of southeast 25th street in des moines.dave mongar, 43, reported that his dog buddy was outside on a tether while he went inside the house to get the dog's food. he said another man on a bike with a dog not on a leash was passing by.the dogs began fighting and both men tried to stop the fight, and even used a baseball bat at one point to try to stop the fight.the other man's dog, named diesel, then bit mongar and then the dog attack continued.mongar reported to police that at that point he shot diesel two times with a shotgun, and the owner of the dog then walked away.mongar said this was not the first time his dog had been attacked by diesel, a massive 145-pound english mastiff that his owner called a "good dog.""not a bad bone in his body, just something down there he didn't like in that dog," said jonathan rogers.diesel's owner told police that he had installed invisible fencing to contain his dog, and when he found diesel gone he went to the mongars because he knew diesel would go there.rogers said he told mongar to shoot diesel.
des moines police said a man shot and killed his neighbor's dog on wednesday morning.
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police were called about 5:50 a.m. on a report of a man getting bitten by a dog during a dog fight at a home in the 700 block of southeast 25th street in des moines.
dave mongar, 43, reported that his dog buddy was outside on a tether while he went inside the house to get the dog's food. he said another man on a bike with a dog not on a leash was passing by.
the dogs began fighting and both men tried to stop the fight, and even used a baseball bat at one point to try to stop the fight.
the other man's dog, named diesel, then bit mongar and then the dog attack continued.
mongar reported to police that at that point he shot diesel two times with a shotgun, and the owner of the dog then walked away.
mongar said this was not the first time his dog had been attacked by diesel, a massive 145-pound english mastiff that his owner called a "good dog."
"not a bad bone in his body, just something down there he didn't like in that dog," said jonathan rogers.
diesel's owner told police that he had installed invisible fencing to contain his dog, and when he found diesel gone he went to the mongars because he knew diesel would go there.
rogers said he told mongar to shoot diesel.
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ðə ˈtʊrnəmənt ɪn ˌrivˈju ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkərtəsi əv ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkərtəsi əv eɪt tɔp flaɪt timz mɛt ɪn sɪn ˈsɪti: ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs, nəˈvɑdə tɪ feɪs ɔf fər ə praɪz əv ðə θri deɪ læn wɑz ə tru ˈlændˌmɑrk fər ðə ˌɛvəˈluʃən əv wɪθ ˈoʊvər vjuərz ɔn strim wɪθ ən əˈdɪʃənəl pləs ɪn ðə ˈɔdiəns ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə grænd pərˈdəkʃən ˈvælju wɑz səm əv ðə haɪəst kˈwɑləti ənd moʊst æmˈbɪʃəs wi hæv sin soʊ fɑr fər lig əv ˈlɛʤəndz ənd nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə. ðə ˈtʊrnəmənt brɔt aʊt ˈspɑnsərz laɪk ˈkɪŋstən, ˈeɪˌɛmˈdi, ənd ˈivɪn ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈkɑmənˌteɪtərz laɪk ˈgeɪmər, dæn 'dandinh*' dɪn ɛz wɛl ɛz oʊn ənd fɔr geɪmz, ə lɔŋ ənd ˈɑrʤuəs sləg fɛst tɪ ðə ɛnd, kraʊnd tim ðə ˈwɪnər, ˈstændɪŋ vɪkˈtɔriəs wɪθ ə ˈkəmˌbæk frəm ðɛr ˈpriviəs dɪsəˈpɔɪntmənts ˈərliər ɪn ðə ˈsizən laɪk ɪkˈstrim ˈmæstərz hannover*. ˈkaʊntər ˈlɑʤɪk ˈgeɪmɪŋ kleɪmd ˈsɛkənd, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ tim ɪn ˈtoʊtəl əv 54 əv 95 ˈʧæmpiənz sɔ ə ˈprɛzəns ɪn ðə ˈtʊrnəmənt ɛz ˈiðər ə pɪk ər bæn. wi sɔ ˈluˌlu, ðə ˈnuli riˈlist ˈʧæmpiən meɪk hər ˈdeɪbju ɪn prəˈfɛʃənəl pleɪ, ənd sɔ səm ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈtæktɪks, laɪk wət dɪz ɔl əv ðɪs min ðɛn? kip ɔn ˈrɛdɪŋ tɪ hir ðə fʊl ˈstɔri bɪˈhaɪnd 4
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the tournament in review
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eight top flight teams met in sin city: las vegas, nevada to face off for a prize of $50,000. the three day lan was a true landmark for the evolution of esports with over 200,000 viewers on stream with an additional 150,000 plus in the audience during the grand finals.the production value was some of the highest quality and most ambitious we have seen so far for league of legends and north america. the tournament brought out sponsors like kingston, amd, and even included commentators like formerepik gamer, dan 'dandinh' dinh , as well as riot’s own phreak and rivington iii.thirty four games, a long and arduous slug fest to the end, crowned team solomid the winner, standing victorious with a comeback from their previous disappointments earlier in the season like extreme masters hannover. counter logic gaming claimed second, followed by team dignitas in third.a total of 54 of 95 champions saw a presence in the tournament as either a pick or ban. we saw lulu, the newly released champion make her debut in professional play, and saw some interesting tactics, like soraka mid.so what does all of this mean then? keep on reading to hear the full story behind ipl 4.
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wən ˈpæsɪʤ ðət ˈrɪli stək aʊt fər mi ɪn ˈeɪmi bʊk, wɑz hər daɪˈgrɛʃən ɔn ˈjɛloʊ ˈfivər. ʃi ækˈnɑlɪʤɪz ðɛr ər ə lɔt əv ˈkəpəlz aʊt ðɛr, ənd meɪks ə pɔɪnt tɪ seɪ ðət hər waɪt ˈhəzbənd həz ˈnɛvər ˈdeɪtɪd ən ˈeɪʒən ˈwʊmən ˌbiˈfɔr. ɪt wɑz rɪˈvilɪŋ fər mi tɪ si ə səˈpoʊzədli ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl prəˈfɛsər frəm jeɪl, ˈraɪtɪŋ laɪk səm ˈeɪʒən tin gərl ˈblɔgər. wɪθ ðə oʊld maɪ waɪt gaɪ hæv ˈjɛloʊ ˈfivər laɪn. həz bɪˈkəm əˈbaʊt ʤɪst haʊ loʊ ˈstætəs ðɛr ˈkəplɪŋ ɪz, ənd soʊ ðeɪ ˈɔfən meɪk ðə pɔɪnt əv seɪɪŋ ˈeɪʒən gərl həz ˈdeɪtɪd ˈeɪʒən gaɪz before”*”, waɪt gaɪ həz ˈdeɪtɪd waɪt gərlz before”*”. ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən wɔnt tɪ bi pɑrt əv ˈɛni waɪt ˈkəntri kləb ðət wʊd lɛt ˈeɪʒənz ɪn. ʤɪst baɪ ˈdeɪtɪŋ ən ˈeɪʒən gərl, waɪt gaɪz meɪk ðɛmˈsɛlvz lɛs əˈtræktɪv tɪ fˈjuʧər ˈeɪʒən gərlz. ˈeɪʒən gərlz ər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈpɔɪzən. ðeɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðət ɪz ˈoʊvərˌfloʊɪŋ wɪθ bæd ˈæpəlz. ˈeɪmi kwɑ wʊd nɑt hæv ˈwɔntɪd tɪ deɪt ə waɪt mæn hu deɪts ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən. ənd jɛt ʃi stɪl wɔnts tɪ deɪt ə waɪt mæn. tɪ ðɪs ɪkˈstɛnt ʃi həz ““ruined”*” hər fˈjuʧər ˈhəzbənd fər fˈjuʧər ˈeɪmi chuas*. naʊ hi woʊnt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ seɪ, hi həz ˈnɛvər ˈdeɪtɪd ən ˈeɪʒən ˈwʊmən ˌbiˈfɔr. ɪz beɪst ɔn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt əv ðə ˌkætəˈgɔrɪkəl ˌɪmˈpɛrətɪv. ˈɛvəri wɔnts tɪ bi ðə wən ɪkˈsɛpʃən. jɛs, ɔl ˈəðər ər skəm, bət ɑr ɪz ˈbɛrli ə. ʤɑn ˈdərbiˌʃər ɪz ə waɪt ˈnæʃənəlɪst wɪθ ə ʧaɪˈniz waɪf. ənd hi sɪz hi wʊd heɪt tɪ lɪv ɪn ə soʊˈsaɪɪti, ɪn wɪʧ ˈmɛni waɪt mɛn ˈmɛrid ˈeɪʒənz. bət sɪns hi ɪz pɑrt əv ə smɔl məˈnɔrəti, ɪt ɪz ˈoʊˈkeɪ fər ɪm. ɪz kwaɪt ˈlaʊdli ənd ˈpraʊdli beɪst ɔn hɪˈpɑkrəsi. ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən ər loʊ ˈstætəs. ðə seɪm kəˈləmbiə spid ˈdeɪtɪŋ ˈstədi ðət ˈreɪtɪd ˈeɪʒən mɛn ðə list əˈtræktɪv (ɛz ɪkˈspɛktɪd), ˈɔlsoʊ ˈreɪtɪd ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən ðə list əˈtræktɪv baɪ ɔl ˈreɪsɪz əv mɛn. wət? aɪ θɔt ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən wər ɪgˈzɑtɪk ənd dɪˈzaɪərəbəl, haʊ kən ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ bi ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈfeɪljərz? ɪf ju bɪˈliv evopsych*, mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən hæv ˈdɪfərənt ˈsɛkʃuəl goʊlz, ənd ðəs ˈdɪfərənt weɪz tɪ feɪl. ə ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈfeɪljər wɪl nɑt bi ə ˈvərʤɪn, bət ʃi wɪl ˈoʊnli əˈtrækt loʊ ˈstætəs meɪlz. ənd ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən hæv bɪˈkəm ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri ɛz ðə ˈwʊmən əv ʧɔɪs fər ˈluzər waɪt meɪlz. ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈəltəmət ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈfeɪljər, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə ˈizi ˈpɑrtnər əv ʧɔɪs fər ðə meɪlz əv loʊəst ˈvælju. ˌskændɪˈneɪviən ˈwɪmən ər ðə haɪəst ˈstætəs ˈwɪmən ɪn ðə wərld, ənd soʊ ðeɪ kən praɪs ðɛmˈsɛlvz haɪ wɪθ ˈrædɪkəl ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm. ist ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən ər ðə loʊəst ˈstætəs ˈwɪmən ɪn ðə wərld, ənd soʊ tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ ˈluzər waɪt mɛn, ðeɪ hæv tɪ ˈædvərˌtaɪz ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz ðə list ˈfɛmənɪst. ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkərz əˈgɛnst waɪt ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm. baɪ biɪŋ soʊ ˈoʊpənli ˈdɛspərɪt fər ðə loʊəst waɪt mɛn, ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən hæv dɪˈstrɔɪd ðɛr oʊn ˈbɑrgɪnɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈmɑrkɪt. ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ draɪv ə hɑrd ˈbɑrgɪn wɪn ju ər soʊ ˈɑbviəsli ˈdɛspərɪt fər ˈwaɪtnəs. ˈæθˌlits ər ðə ˈælfə meɪlz əv əˈmɛrɪkən soʊˈsaɪɪti. ənd ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ neɪm ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈæθˌlit ˈmɛrid tɪ ən ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən. ðeɪ hæv bɪˈkəm ðə ˈgeɪʃə ˈgɑdəsɪz əv waɪt meɪl ˈluzərz. aɪ ʤɪst sɔ ə ˈtreɪlər fər ə nu loser”*” ˈmuvi, ənd ɛz aɪ prɪˈdɪktɪd hi ɪz pɛrd wɪθ ən ˈeɪʒən fɔb. ðɪs həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈhɑliˌwʊd kliˈʃeɪ. ˈhɑliˌwʊd maɪt bi ʃaɪ əˈbaʊt ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈpəlsɪz ðət goʊz ˈɪntu ðɪs ˌsoʊsiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ərˈeɪnʤmənt dɪˈrɛkli, bət ðeɪ ər ˈɛmənəntli əˈwɛr əv ɪt. ɪt ɪz ðə ““realistic”*” ˈvərʒən əv waɪt nərd gɪts ðə blɑnd prɑm kwin. ðət ɪz tu aʊˈtlændɪʃ. waɪt nərd gɪts ðə ˈeɪʒən fɔb ɪz ɪn ðə rɛlm əv ˈizi ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti. ˈeɪʒən ˈwɪmən hæv wən ðɛmˈsɛlvz ə ˈwəndərfəl ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən ɛz ðə ˈizi ˈprɑstəˌtuts əv waɪt nərdz. ðɪs ɪz ðə loʊəst ˈstætəs ə ˈfiˌmeɪl kən hoʊld. lɛt ˈjuˈɛs lʊk æt ðə jʊˈreɪʒɪn meɪl ˈtraɪˌæŋgəl. hi ɪz bɔrn tɪ ðə loʊəst ˈstætəs reɪs əv ˈwɪmən, ˈmɛrid tɪ ðə loʊəst ˈbeɪtə meɪlz əv ðə waɪt reɪs. ənd hi ɪz kənˈsɪdərd baɪ soʊˈsaɪɪti tɪ bi ðə loʊəst ˈstætəs meɪlz- ˈeɪʒən meɪlz. ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt hɛl fər eurasians*. lɛt ˈjuˈɛs lʊk æt ɔl ðə gɪfts ðə waɪt ˈluzər gɪvz hɪz sən. ðə seɪm ʤinz ðət meɪd ðə waɪt dæd ə ˈluzər ɪn boʊθ lʊks ənd bɪˈheɪvjər ər pæst ˈɔntu ðə sən. ðɛn ju θroʊ ɪn ðə ˈnərʧər əv biɪŋ reɪzd baɪ ə ˈluzər waɪt dæd ənd ən ˈeɪʒən ˈtaɪgər mɑm. ˈfaɪnəli ju hæv ðə ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˈsoʊʃəl əˈfɛkt əv, wɪʧ ɪz ˈvɛri ˈklɪrli ə ˈsɪgnəl ðət ˈeɪʒən mɛn ər ðə wərst meɪlz. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmɛni waɪt nərdz ər nɑt ʤɪst ˈsoʊʃəli wərst, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmɔrəli wərst, ənd hoʊld ɪkˈstrimɪst ˈreɪsɪst ənd ˈsɛksɪst vjuz. ɔl ðɪs ɪz ˈpɔɪzən ɪn ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv ðə jʊˈreɪʒɪn sən. ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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one passage that really stuck out for me in amy chua’s book, was her digression on yellow fever. she acknowledges there are a lot of skeevy wmaf couples out there, and makes a point to say that her white husband has never dated an asian woman before. it was revealing for me to see a supposedly academic intellectual professor from yale, writing like some asian teen girl blogger. with the old my white guy doesn’t have yellow fever line. wmaf has become self-aware about just how low status their coupling is, and so they often make the point of saying “my asian girl has dated asian guys before”, “my white guy has dated white girls before”. asian women don’t want to be part of any white country club that would let asians in. just by dating an asian girl, white guys make themselves less attractive to future asian girls. asian girls are social poison.
they recognize that wmaf is overflowing with bad apples. amy chua would not have wanted to date a white man who dates asian women. and yet she still wants to date a white man. to this extent she has “ruined” her future husband for future amy chuas. now he wont be able to say, he has never dated an asian woman before. wmaf is based on the opposite of the categorical imperative. every wmaf wants to be the one exception. yes, all other wmafs are scum, but our wmaf is barely a wmaf. john derbyshire is a white nationalist with a chinese wife. and he says he would hate to live in a multicult society, in which many white men married asians. but since he is part of a small minority, it is ok for him. wmaf is quite loudly and proudly based on hypocrisy.
asian women are low status. the same columbia speed dating study that rated asian men the least attractive (as expected), also rated asian women the least attractive by all races of men. what? i thought asian women were exotic and desirable, how can they also be sexual failures? if you believe evopsych, men and women have different sexual goals, and thus different ways to fail. a female sexual failure will not be a virgin, but she will only attract low status males. and asian women have become legendary as the woman of choice for loser white males. this is the ultimate definition of female sexual failure, becoming the easy partner of choice for the males of lowest value. scandinavian women are the highest status women in the world, and so they can price themselves high with radical feminism. east asian women are the lowest status women in the world, and so to market themselves to loser white men, they have to advertise themselves as the least feminist. sexual coolies serving as strikebreakers against white feminism. by being so openly desperate for the lowest white men, asian women have destroyed their own bargaining position in the sexual market. it is impossible to drive a hard bargain when you are so obviously desperate for whiteness. athletes are the alpha males of american society. and it is impossible to name a single athlete married to an asian women. they have become the geisha goddesses of white male losers.
i just saw a trailer for a new “white loser” movie, and as i predicted he is paired with an asian fob. this has become a hollywood cliche. hollywood might be shy about exploring the racial-sexual impulses that goes into this sociological arrangement directly, but they are eminently aware of it. it is the “realistic” version of white nerd gets the blonde prom queen. that is too outlandish. white nerd gets the asian fob is in the realm of easy possibility. asian women have won themselves a wonderful reputation as the easy prostitutes of white nerds. this is the lowest status a female can hold.
let us look at the eurasian male triangle. he is born to the lowest status race of prostituted women, married to the lowest beta males of the white race. and he is considered by society to be the lowest status males- asian males. this is the perfect hell for eurasians.
let us look at all the gifts the white loser gives his son. the same genes that made the white dad a loser in both looks and behavior are passed onto the half-asian son. then you throw in the nurture of being raised by a loser white dad and an asian tiger mom. finally you have the widespread social affect of wmaf, which is very clearly a signal that asian men are the worst males. also many white nerds are not just socially worst, but also morally worst, and hold extremist racist and sexist views. all this is poison in the development of the eurasian son.
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mɑrk ˈbɪtmən ɔn fud ənd ɔl θɪŋz rɪˈleɪtɪd. ðɛr ɪz ə nu dɪˈskəʃən əˈbaʊt ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi, ˈprɑmptɪd baɪ kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt ˈkɑrbən ɪˈmɪʃənz ənd fjuəld baɪ ə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri kɔld promise.”*.” æd ə ˈsteɪtmənt baɪ ʤeɪmz i. ˈhænsən hu ˈfeɪməsli ˈsaʊndɪd ðə əˈlɑrm ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ənd, əv kɔrs, ˈɪndəstri ˌprɑpəˈgændə, ənd ˈprɛˌstoʊ: wi ləv nuks. ˌbiˈfɔr wi ɔl bɪˈkəm grinz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, gɑt tɪ æsk θri kˈwɛsʧənz: ɪz ˈnukliər paʊər seɪf ənd klin? ɪz ɪt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl? ənd ər ðɛr ˈbɛtər ɔlˈtərnətɪvz? noʊ, noʊ ənd jɛs. soʊ nɑt swɑp ðə ˈpɛndɪŋ ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl dɪˈzæstər əv ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ fər əˈnəðər ðət meɪ bi ˈikwəli ˈrɪski. dɪˈspaɪt ˈɔˈlaʊt ˈɛfərts ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən, fukuˈʃimə, wɪʧ skɛrd ˈʤərməni raɪt aʊt əv ðə ˈnukliər paʊər ˈbɪznɪs, stɪl ˈəndər kənˈtroʊl. prəˈpoʊnənts əv ˈnukliər paʊər ˈprɑməs nu ənd ˈseɪfər tɛkˈnɑləʤi, bət ðiz dɪˈskəʃənz ər fɪld wɪθ ““coulds”*”; noʊ səʧ plænts ɪgˈzɪst. nɔr wʊd ðeɪ rɪˈdus ðə rɪsks əv ˌproʊlɪfərˈeɪʃən. (oʊ, ðət ˈlɪtəl θɪŋ.) nɔr wʊd ðeɪ du məʧ tɪ ˈmɪtəˌgeɪt ðə dɪˈskəst ˈdeɪnʤərz əv jərˈeɪniəm ˈmaɪnɪŋ, wɪʧ ˈjuzɪz væst əˈmaʊnts əv ˈwɔtər ɪn ðə wɛst ən ˈɛriə ðət kən ɪl əˈfɔrd ɪt ənd ɪz ˈbɛrli ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪd ər ˈivɪn ˈstədid. ˈθaʊzənz əv jərˈeɪniəm maɪnz hæv bɪn əˈbændənd, ənd noʊ wən simz tɪ noʊ haʊ ˈmɛni rɪˈmeɪn tɪ bi klind əp. ðə kɔst əv ðət ˈkliˌnəp, əv kɔrs, wɪl bi bɔrn baɪ ˈtækˌspeɪərz, nɑt ˈɪndəstri. ðɛn dɪˈspoʊzəl əv spɛnt fjuəl, wɪʧ ɪz nɑt kənˈteɪnd æt ðə seɪm ˈseɪfti ˈlɛvəl ɛz ˈæktɪv fjuəl, ˌɪtˈsɛlf ə ˈskɛri θɔt. ˈdɛkeɪdz ˈɪntu ðə ˈnukliər eɪʤ ðɛr rɪˈmeɪnz, ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli, noʊ ril plæn fər ðɪs; ə ˈpæʧˌwərk skim baɪ ðə ˈnukliər ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri kəˈmɪʃən, wɪʧ əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ˈivɪn mɔr ðən moʊst ˈfɛdərəl ˈeɪʤənsiz, wɑz rɪˈʤɛktɪd baɪ ən əˈpilz kɔrt læst jɪr, ənd ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz ˈstændɪŋ baɪ ɪts kæmˈpeɪn ˈprɑməs (ˈʃɑkɪŋ, aɪ noʊ) tɪ əˈbændən ðə ˈnukliər riˈpɑzəˌtɔri æt ˈjəkə ˈmaʊntən ɪn nəˈvɑdə. ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk vaɪəˈbɪləti əv ˈnukliər paʊər ɪz noʊ mɔr ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ. plænts kənˈtɪnju tɪ kloʊz ənd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən reɪts kənˈtɪnju tɪ drɔp. ˈɔpərˌeɪtərz meɪ ˌɪnˈdid kənˈtɪnju tɪ meɪk ˈməni ɔn riˈæktərz, bət ˈoʊnli bɪˈkəz ˈfɛdərəl ˈsəbsɪdiz ər ɪˈnɔrmɪs. ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns kɔsts ər ˈlɪmɪtɪd. loʊnz ər ˌgɛrənˈtid (ðə loʊn ˌgɛrənˈti wɑz hæf ə ˈbɪljən ˈdɔlərz; ɪn ˈkɑntræst, loʊn ˌgɛrənˈtiz fər nu ˈnukliər plænts meɪ rən 8 ˈbɪljən); kɔst rɪˈkəvəri ənd rɪˈtərn ɔn ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ər ˈɔlsoʊ əˈʃʊrd fər ˈdɛkeɪdz, ənd səm ˈɔpərˌeɪtərz ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəˈlɛkt kɔsts frəm ˈreɪtˌpeɪərz (ənd peɪ ˈdɪvɪˌdɛndz tɪ ˈʃɛˌrhoʊldərz) jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr plænts kəm ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ ˈnɛvər kəm ˈɔnˌlaɪn. fɪrz əv ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ər noʊ ˈrizən tɪ rɪˈvaɪv ə dumd ˈɛnərʤi sɔrs. soʊ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðə ˈoʊnər, bɪˈkəz hɪˈstɔrɪkəli, ˈsəbsɪdiz fər ˈnukliər paʊər hæv bɪn mɔr ðən ˈdəbəl ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv paʊər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˌɪtˈsɛlf. waɪl ˈɛstəˌmeɪts əv ðə kɔsts əv paʊər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈvɛri ˈwaɪldli əˈlaʊɪŋ boʊθ prəˈpoʊnənts ənd dɪˈtræktərz əv ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn paʊər tɛkˈnɑləʤi tɪ meɪk ðɛr ˈkeɪsɪz fju əv ðɛm teɪk (kɔsts tɪ ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ər tɪ ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl) ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt. ənd ˈnukliər kʊd ɪkˈsid ðoʊz fər ˈɛni ˈəðər fɔrm əv paʊər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ɪkˈsɛpt koʊl. waɪ rɪˈdusɪŋ koʊl ˈjusɪʤ ɪf wi hæd ə strɔŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ˈpɑləsi ɪt wʊd bi gɔn ɪn ə ˈkəpəl əv deades*, ənd ˈnukliər ʃʊd bi raɪt bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt. ˈlaɪkli ðət noʊ nu ˈnukliər plænts wɪl bi bɪlt ˌbiˈfɔr tru ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ teɪk ðə pleɪs əv ˈskɛri, ˈhaɪli ˈdæmɪʤɪŋ ˈɛnərʤi ˈsɔrsəz. wɪʧ brɪŋz ˈjuˈɛs fʊl ˈsərkəl: ðə nu prəˈpoʊnənts əv ˈnukliər paʊər seɪ ðət sɪns ˈnukliər paʊər ɪz ˈɑrgjuəbli ˈprɛfərəbəl tɪ koʊl, ˈmeɪbi wi ʃʊd ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪz ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ əv nu plænts. ɪf ðoʊz wər ðə ˈoʊnli ˈɔpʃənz, ˈmeɪbi ðət ˈɑrgjəmənt wʊd bi ə saʊnd wən. bət nɑt. ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi (rɪˈmɛmbər ðət?), ˈnæʧərəl gæs (ˌɪmˈpərfɪkt, jɛs, bət improvable*) ənd wɪnd ər ɔl ˈʧipər. ˈivɪn ˈsoʊlər ɪz ɔˈrɛdi lɛs ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ðən ˈnukliər paʊər ɪn gʊd loʊˈkeɪʃənz. səm ˈstədiz ʃoʊ ðət kən ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt 80 pərˈsɛnt əv ɑr ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ɪn 2050 ˈjuzɪŋ ˈkɑrənt tɛkˈnɑləʤiz, waɪl rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈkɑrbən ɪˈmɪʃənz frəm ðə ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈsɛktər baɪ 80 pərˈsɛnt. ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ fɪrz ʃʊd bi ˈdraɪvɪŋ nɑt oʊld ənd dɪˈspruvɪn tɛkˈnɑləʤiz bət riˈnuəbəl wənz, wɪʧ ər mɔr ˈpræktɪkəl. ðiz tɛkˈnɑləʤiz rɪˈmeɪn ˈrɛlətɪvli smɔl wər əraʊnd 5 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈtoʊtəl læst jɪr bət groʊɪŋ soʊ fæst (wɪnd ənd ˈsoʊlər juz hæv kwɑˈdrupəld ɪn ðə læst faɪv jɪrz) ðət ʤɪst ðɪs wik ðə ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri kəˈmɪʃən prɪˈdɪktɪd ðət ˈsoʊlər paʊər kʊd sun bɪˈgɪn tɪ ˈdəbəl ˈɛvəri tu jɪrz. juˈtɪlətiz ər əˈfreɪd ðət ˈsoʊlər paʊər wɪl bi tɪ ðə ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl grɪd wət ˈpiˈsiz wər tɪ ˈmeɪnˌfreɪmz, ər ˈiˌmeɪl tɪ ðə ˈpoʊstəl ˈsərvɪs: ə tɛkˈnɑləʤi ðət wɪl ˈsɪmpli kɪl ɪts ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz. koʊl ənd ˈnukliər paʊər ər boʊθ dumd, ənd ðə paʊər grɪd wɪθ ɪt. ɔl tɪ ɑr ˈbɛnəfɪt.
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mark bittman on food and all things related.
there is a new discussion about nuclear energy, prompted by well-founded concerns about carbon emissions and fueled by a pro-nuclear documentary called “pandora’s promise.” add a statement by james e. hansen — who famously sounded the alarm on climate change — and, of course, industry propaganda, and presto: we love nukes.
before we all become pro-nuclear greens, however, you’ve got to ask three questions: is nuclear power safe and clean? is it economical? and are there better alternatives?
no, no and yes. so let’s not swap the pending environmental disaster of climate change for another that may be equally risky.
despite all-out efforts and international cooperation, fukushima, which scared germany right out of the nuclear power business, still isn’t under control. proponents of nuclear power promise new and safer technology, but these discussions are filled with “coulds”; no such plants exist. nor would they reduce the risks of proliferation. (oh, that little thing.)
nor would they do much to mitigate the all-too-infrequently discussed dangers of uranium mining, which uses vast amounts of water in the west — an area that can ill afford it — and is barely regulated or even studied. thousands of uranium mines have been abandoned, and no one seems to know how many remain to be cleaned up. the cost of that cleanup, of course, will be borne by taxpayers, not industry.
then there’s disposal of spent fuel, which is not contained at the same safety level as active fuel, itself a scary thought. decades into the nuclear age there remains, incredibly, no real plan for this; a patchwork scheme by the nuclear regulatory commission, which appears to be even more industry-friendly than most federal agencies, was rejected by an appeals court last year, and the obama administration is standing by its campaign promise (shocking, i know) to abandon the nuclear repository at yucca mountain in nevada.
the economic viability of nuclear power is no more encouraging. plants continue to close and generation rates continue to drop. operators may indeed continue to make money on reactors, but that’s only because federal subsidies are enormous. insurance costs are limited. loans are guaranteed (the solyndra loan guarantee was half a billion dollars; in contrast, loan guarantees for new nuclear plants may run $8 billion); cost recovery and return on investment are also assured for decades, and some operators are able to collect costs from ratepayers (and pay dividends to shareholders) years before plants come online — even if they never come online.
fears of climate change are no reason to revive a doomed energy source.
so they’re economical as long as you’re the owner, because historically, subsidies for nuclear power have been more than double the expense of power generation itself. while estimates of the costs of power generation vary wildly — allowing both proponents and detractors of any given power technology to make their cases — few of them take externalities (costs to the environment or to public health, for example) into account. and nuclear power’s externalities could exceed those for any other form of power generation except coal.
that’s why we’re reducing coal usage — if we had a strong climate policy it would be gone in a couple of deades, and nuclear should be right behind it. it’s likely that no new nuclear plants will be built before true renewables are able to take the place of scary, highly damaging energy sources.
which brings us full circle: the new proponents of nuclear power say that since nuclear power is arguably preferable to coal, maybe we should subsidize the building of new plants.
if those were the only options, maybe that argument would be a sound one. but they’re not. energy efficiency (remember that?), natural gas (imperfect, yes, but improvable) and wind are all cheaper. even solar is already less expensive than nuclear power in good locations.
some studies show that renewables can generate 80 percent of our electricity in 2050, using current technologies, while reducing carbon emissions from the electric sector by 80 percent. climate change fears should be driving not old and disproven technologies but renewable ones, which are more practical. these technologies remain relatively small — non-hydro renewables were around 5 percent of the total last year — but they’re growing so fast (wind and solar use have quadrupled in the last five years) that just this week the chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission predicted that solar power could soon begin to double every two years.
utilities are afraid that solar power will be to the electrical grid what pcs were to mainframes, or e-mail to the postal service: a technology that will simply kill its predecessors. coal and nuclear power are both doomed, and the profit-making power grid with it. that’s all to our benefit.
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dəʧ ˈɑrkəˌtɛkts væn hæv dɪˈzaɪnd ðɪs ˌwəˈmæn pəˈvɪljən meɪd ɪnˈtaɪərli əv ˈrəbər. ðə ˈrəbər pəˈvɪljən ɪz ˈɛnərd ðoʊ ə slɪt ənd həz ə bɛnʧ ɪn wən wɔl ənd ə ˈwɪndoʊ freɪm, wɪʧ ˈkænɑt bi sin θru, ɪn əˈnəðər. ðə ɪnˈtaɪər pəˈvɪljən ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə bɛnʧ ənd ˈwɪndoʊ freɪm ər fɔrmd frəm ˈrɛzɪn pɔrd ˈɪntu ə moʊld. ðə pəˈvɪljən wɪl bi ɔn dɪˈspleɪ æt ðə mˈjuziəm ɪn ˈoʊbərˌhaʊzən, ˈʤərməni frəm ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ 25 ˈɔgəst ənˈtɪl ðə 1 ɑkˈtoʊbər, ənd ðɛn wɪl sɪt ɪn frənt əv ðə ɪn frəm 4 tɪ 8 ɑkˈtoʊbər. hɪrz səm mɔr frəm ðə ˈɑrkəˌtɛkts: hæv ˈɔfən θɔt ðət ˈprɑbəˌbli ðɛr maɪt bi ə weɪ faʊnd aʊt tɪ meɪk ən ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃən məʧ rɪˈzɛmbəlɪŋ ðət ˈɛkskrəmənt aʊt əv wɪʧ ðə sɪlk wərm hɪz clew”*” ˈrɑbərt hʊk, 1664 ðə ˈrəbər haʊs ɪz ə smɔl pəˈvɪljən, kəmˈplitli meɪd aʊt əv ˈrəbər. ðə haʊs kən bi ˈɛnərd, wən ˈpərsən æt ə taɪm, tɪ riˈtrit frəm ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ənd tɪ faɪnd ˌwənˈsɛlf əˈgɛn. ðə ˈɪntroʊˌvərt ˈkɛrɪktər əv ðə pəˈvɪljən ɪz ˌriɪnˈfɔrst baɪ ðə ˈhɑloʊ əˈkustɪks əv ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər. ˈpɑrtli trænsˈlusənt wɔlz ˌɛnˈlaɪtən ðə speɪs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə deɪ ənˈlaɪk wət ju maɪt ɪkˈspɛkt, ðə ˈrəbər haʊs ɪz ɔl əˈbaʊt mæs ənd weɪt. ðə haʊs ɪz ən rɛkˈtæŋgjələr ˈmɑnəˌlɪθ (ˈaʊtˈsaɪd dɪˈmɛnʃənz ɛks ɛm) ɪn wɪʧ ən ɛg ʃeɪpt ˌɪnˈtɪriər simz tɪ bi kɑrvd aʊt. wən wɔl ˈɔfərz ə smɔl bɛnʧ ənd əˈnəðər ə wɪθ noʊ vju. ðə ˈɛntrəns ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ə ˈvərtɪkəl kət ɪn ə θərd wɔl. ðə hoʊl haʊs, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ bɛnʧ ənd, ɪz meɪd aʊt əv pɔrd ɪn pleɪs ˈjərəˌθeɪn ˈrɛzɪn. klɪk əˈbəv fər ˈlɑrʤər ˈɪmɪʤ ðə ˈrəbər haʊs wɪl bi ðə meɪn sɔrs əv ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən fər ə pərˈfɔrməns baɪ ðə lju ɪn ðə fərst wik əv ɑkˈtoʊbər 2010 ɔn ðə skwɛr ɪn frənt əv ðə. ˌbiˈfɔr ðət, ɪt wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi ɔn dɪˈspleɪ ɪn ˈoʊbərˌhaʊzən ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈkɑnfərəns, ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl sɪmˈpoʊziəm ɔn ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ɑrt. frəm ˈɔgəst 25 tɪl ɑkˈtoʊbər 1 ɪt wɪl bi ɔn dɪˈspleɪ æt ðə ɪn ˈoʊbərˌhaʊzən. ðə həz bɪn meɪd ˈpɑsəbəl baɪ ə grænt frəm ðə (ðə ˈnɛðərləndz faʊnˈdeɪʃən fər ˈvɪʒəwəl ɑrts, dɪˈzaɪn ənd ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər) ənd ɪz prəˈdust baɪ ɪz possible’*’, ˈæmstərˌdæm si ˈɔlsoʊ:
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dutch architects zeinstra van gelderen architecten have designed this one-man pavilion made entirely of rubber.
the rubber pavilion is entered though a slit and has a bench in one wall and a window frame, which cannot be seen through, in another.
the entire pavilion including the bench and window frame are formed from resin poured into a mold.
the pavilion will be on display at the museum bahnsteig in oberhausen, germany from wednesday 25 august until the 1 october, and then will sit in front of the schauspielhaus in bochum from 4 to 8 october.
here's some more from the architects:
“i have often thought that probably there might be a way found out to make an artificial glutinous composition much resembling that excrement out of which the silk worm wire-draws his clew” robert hooke, 1664
the rubber house is a small pavilion, completely made out of rubber. the house can be entered, one person at a time, to retreat from the outside and to find oneself again. the introvert character of the pavilion is reinforced by the hollow acoustics of the interior. partly translucent walls enlighten the space during the day unlike what you might expect, the rubber house is all about mass and weight.
the house is an amber-coloured rectangular monolith (outside dimensions 1,5x 1,5 x 2,3 m) in which an egg shaped interior seems to be carved out. one wall offers a small bench and another a window-frame with no view. the entrance is nothing more than a vertical cut in a third wall. the whole house, including bench and window-frame, is made out of poured in place urethane resin.
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the rubber house will be the main source of inspiration for a performance by the dramaturg tjyying liu in the first week of october 2010 on the square in front of the schauspielhaus bochum. before that, it will also be on display in oberhausen as part of the isea2010 conference, the international symposium on electronic art. from august 25 till october 1 it will be on display at the museumbahnsteig in oberhausen. the rubberhouse has been made possible by a grant from the fonds bkvb
(the netherlands foundation for visual arts, design and architecture) and is produced by ‘anything is possible’, amsterdam
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dɪˈskrɪpʃən: ən "ɪˈlit" klæn eɪmz tɪ tɔp ðə ˈræŋkɪŋz fər mərɑʒ ruɪnz dɪˈfɛns daʊn ˈmɑnstərz goʊ ɔn ðə lɛft goʊ ɔn ðə raɪt timz ʃʊd hæv ə ˈwɔtər ənd ə ˈdisənt ˈhilər ðət wɪl mæks aʊt ðə ˈdæmɪʤ ðət tu ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd waɪ doʊnt wi ʤɪst juz əˈtækərz? wi gɑt rɛkt ðə faɪər ˈtaɪtən oʊnd ˈjuˈɛs ðə stən wɑz ʤɪst tu məʧ fər ˈjuˈɛs ɔl ənd bɪˈloʊ ˈlɛvəl gɪt aʊt ˈdæmɪt! ɪts nɑt ðət hɑrd! ju fɪl jʊr 48 ˈmɑnstərz ðeɪ goʊ pju pju pju ðə ˈtaɪtən fɔlz daʊn ənd wi rip ðoʊz dɪˈlɪʃəs rɪˈwɔrdz haʊ du wi stɪl hæv pips ˈsɛndɪŋ wʊd əˈgɛnst faɪər?!? haʊ? faɪər bərnz wʊd! ˈɛni kɪd noʊz ðət! ðæts nɑt ˈɑbviəs. ˈwɔtər! ju juz ˈwɔtər tɪ pʊt aʊt faɪər!, wi ʤɪst hæv... geɪmz bɪn aʊt 7 mənθs ðɪs ɪz ˈbeɪsɪk ʃɪt! ˈwɔtər bit faɪər, faɪər bits wʊd... ju ɔl meɪk ɪt saʊnd soʊ ˈdɪfəkəlt ˈnəθɪŋ sərˈvaɪvz ðə ˈtaɪtən ˈɛniˌweɪ ʤɪst pʊt ɪn jʊr hoʊp ju doʊnt gɪt ənd teɪk jʊr 3 stɑr ʧɛst rɪˈwɔrdz laɪk ə mæn ju θɪŋk ə laɪt ɪz ˈrɪli goʊɪŋ tɪ meɪk ə ˈdɪfərəns? æt səm pɔɪnt, ju nid tɪ æt list noʊ əˈbaʊt ˌɛləˈmɛnəl ædˈvæntɪʤ ənd ækt ɔn ɪt ðə geɪm ɪz təf ɪˈnəf wɪˈθaʊt ˈpipəl ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈhɑrdər. ˈtinə rɑbz ju blaɪnd wɪθ ʤɛm ˈəpˌgreɪdz, ˈmɑnstərz ər wɪˈθaʊt skwɛrz ənd ðət ˈstupɪd ˈnɛvər ʃoʊz əp fər deɪz! ənd ðə nu ˈkɑntənənt rikˈwaɪərz ˈlɛvəl wi ʤɪst hæv tɪ du ˈbɛtər nɛkst ˈsizən... wɪl gɪt mɔr klæn ˈmɛmbərz. ðə nu rɪˈkrutmənt ˈstrætəʤi wɪl peɪ ɔf. ɪt ʃʊd wərk... ˈmɛmbərz wɪθ ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈævəˌtɑrz... wər tɪ spæm ðə ˈʧænəlz. nərdz laɪk ðɛr ˈprɪti ˈvərʧuəl ˈhoʊpfəli ðɛl steɪ wɪn ðeɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət wɪr ɔl djudz
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description: an "elite" msl clan aims to top the rankings for mirage ruins
defense down monsters go on the left
dps mons go on the right
teams should have a water shellie
and a decent healer
that will max out the damage
that shit's too complicated
why don't we just use attackers?
onetruetatsuya-sama
we got wrecked
the fire titan owned us
the aoe stun was just too much for us
all noobs and below level 40s get out
dammit! it's not that hard!
you fill your 48 monsters
they go pew pew pew
the titan falls down
and we reap those delicious rewards
how do we still have peeps
sending wood mons against fire?!?
how? fire burns wood! any kid knows that!
that's not obvious.
water! you use water to put out fire!
onetruetatsuya-sama, we just have...
game's been out 7 months
this is basic shit!
water beat fire, fire beats wood...
you all make it sound so difficult
nothing survives the titan aoe anyway
just put in your dps
hope you don't get debuffed and
take your 3 star chest rewards like a man
you think a light kilobat is really going to make a difference?
at some point, you need to
at least know about elemental advantage
and act on it
the game is tough enough
without people making it harder.
tina robs you blind with gem upgrades,
monsters are rebirthed without squares
and that stupid phibian never shows up for days!
and the new continent requires level 60s
we just have to do better next season...
we'll get more clan members.
the new recruitment strategy will pay off.
it should work...
members with female avatars...
were to spam the channels. nerds like their pretty virtual waifus
hopefully they'll stay when they realize that
we're all dudes
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bɪˈkəz ˈpipəl hæv ə nid tɪ glu θɪŋz tɪ ˈəðər θɪŋz əˈtæʧ (ðɪs) sərˈæmɪk ˈfæbrɪk glæs ˈlɛðər ˈmɛtəl ˈpeɪpər ˈplæstɪk ˈrəbər ˈstaɪrəˌfoʊm ˈvaɪnəl wʊd tɪ (ðət) sərˈæmɪk ˈfæbrɪk glæs ˈlɛðər ˈmɛtəl ˈpeɪpər ˈplæstɪk ˈrəbər ˈstaɪrəˌfoʊm ˈvaɪnəl wʊd ˈplæstɪk tɪ glæs fər ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst, ˈfæstəst, ənd moʊst ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl bɑnd wi ˈlɑkˌtaɪt ɪz nɑt əˈveɪləbəl ɪn jʊr ˈɛriə, ər ju lɪv ɪn əˈlæskə ɪn ðə ˈwɪntər wɛr ðɛr ɪz noʊ əˈveɪləbəl laɪt, wi ə nɑnˈtɑksɪk bət nɑt soʊ strɔŋ ɔlˈtərnətɪv wi ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd: wɛˈnɛvər ju ər glæs ju məst kənˈsɪdər ðə ˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪti əv ðə əˈdhisɪv. ɪf ðə glæs ɪz trænsˈlusənt ər trænˈspɛrənt, ju wɪl wɔnt ə glu ðət draɪz ɛz klɪr ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ðɛr ər soʊ ˈmɛni kaɪnz əv ˈplæstɪk ɪts hɑrd tɪ gɪv ədˈvaɪs hir ðət əˈplaɪz tɪ ðɛm ɔl. ɪf ˈpɑsəbəl traɪ ə smɔl tɛst ɪn ən ˈɛriə ðət ˈdəzənt ʃoʊ. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛni glæs bɑnd bi ʃʊr ðət ðə glæs ɪz klin, fri əv ˈɛni ɔɪl (ˈivɪn frəm jʊr ˈfɪŋgərz) ənd draɪ. səm ˈplæstɪks hæv ə smuð ˈsərfəs ˈfɪnɪʃ ðət kən bi ˈsændɪd ɔf wɪθ ə 120 grɪt sænd ˈpeɪpər, fər ˈbɛtər əˈdhɪrɪŋ ˈprɑpərtiz. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt thistothat.com*, ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd
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plastic to glass
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whenever you are gluing glass you must consider the visibility of the adhesive. if the glass is translucent or transparent, you will want a glue that dries as clear as possible.
there are so many kinds of plastic its hard to give advice here that applies to them all. if possible try a small test in an area that doesn't show.
before gluing any glass bond be sure that the glass is clean, free of any oil (even from your fingers) and dry.
some plastics have a smooth surface finish that can be sanded off with a 120 grit sand paper, for better adhering properties.
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(ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ʤɔrʤ ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ðə dəˈbeɪt ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə ˈbaɪˌpæst ˌræʃəˈnælɪti lɔŋ əˈgoʊ. ə kəˈmɪtɪd kɔr grup əv gən ˈoʊnərz teɪks ˈivɪn ˈmɑdəst əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˈlɪmət ðə əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti əv ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz ɛz ə ˈpərsɪnəl əˈfrənt, ənd rɪˈspɑndz wɪθ ðə ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ əv dɪˈvaʊt bɪˈlivərz ˈdrɪvən tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðɛr feɪθ. ðiz ˈsəbˌsɛt əv ðə ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli waɪt, meɪl, nɑt ˈvɛri rɪˈlɪʤəs, ənd ˈfɪrfəl əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl fˈjuʧər. ˈoʊnɪŋ ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz gɪvz ðɛm ə sɛns əv ˈmæskjələn strɛŋθ ənd əˈθɔrəti ðeɪ ˈəðərˌwaɪz fɪr ɪz sˈlɪpɪŋ əˈweɪ. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θæŋks fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ! ˈvɪzɪt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt "ðə gən bɪˈkəmz ðɛr ˈseɪkrɪd ˈɑbʤɛkt," sɛd ˈbeɪlər ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˌsoʊsiˈɑləʤɪst pɔl froʊs. "gən kənˈtroʊl fər ðiz ˈoʊnərz həz kəm tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ən əˈtæk əv ðɛr ˌmæskjəˈlɪnəti, ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns, ənd ˈmɔrəl aɪˈdɛntəˌti." hi ənd hɪz ˈkɑlig ɛf. ˈkɑrzən ˈmɛŋkən ər ðə ˈɔθərz əv ə nu ˈstədi ðət dɛlvz ˈɪntu ðə ˈiˌmoʊʃənəl ruts əv ˈsɛnəmənt. ðeɪ faɪnd gən ˈoʊnərz hoʊld ə reɪnʤ əv əˈpɪnjənz ɔn ðɪs ˈtɑpɪk, bət ðə moʊst ər ˈdrɪvən baɪ ˌɪnˈtɛns ˌɪnˈtərnəl nidz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θæŋks fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ! ˈvɪzɪt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θæŋks fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ! ˈvɪzɪt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt waɪt mɛn ɪn ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈstrɛs faɪnd ˈkəmfərt ɪn gənz ɛz ə minz tɪ riɪˈstæblɪʃ ə sɛns əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl paʊər ənd ˈmɔrəl ˈsərtəˌtud ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ taɪmz," ðeɪ raɪt ɪn ðə ˈʤərnəl ˈsoʊʃəl ˈprɑbləmz. "ðə ˈsɪmbəl əv ðə gən ɛz ˈmɔrəli ənd ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ ɪz wət ˈæktəˌveɪts ˈpɑləsi ənd ˈsɛnəmənt." ðə ˈrisərʧərz ˈænəˌlaɪzd ˈdætə ɔn əˈmɛrɪkənz frəm ðə ˈbeɪlər rɪˈlɪʤən ˈsərˌveɪ, wɪʧ ˈgæləp kənˈdəktəd ɪn 2014 əv ðət grup, 577 ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðeɪ oʊnd ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz. ðeɪ wər æst ə ˈsɪriz əv kˈwɛsʧənz tɪ ˌæsərˈteɪn ðɛr ˈrizənz fər duɪŋ soʊ, ənd ðɛr vjuz əˈbaʊt ˈɪʃuz səʧ ɛz prəˈpoʊzd bænz ɔn ˈwɛpənz ənd ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən klɪps. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈænsərd ə ˈsɪriz əv kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ðɛr vjuz əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈɛniˌwən frəm ðɛr ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld lɔst ə ʤɑb ɪn ðə pæst faɪv jɪrz, ənd ˈwɛðər ðeɪ "fil æt rɪsk əv ˈfɑlɪŋ tɪ ə loʊər ˈsoʊʃəl klæs." moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli, ðeɪ ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðɛr ˈlɛvəl əv əˈgrimənt wɪθ eɪt ˈsteɪtmənts: "ˈoʊnɪŋ ə gən meɪks mi fil (ə) seɪf, (bi) riˈspɑnsəbəl, (si) ˈkɑnfədənt, (di) ˌpeɪtriˈɑtɪk, (i) ɪn kənˈtroʊl əv maɪ feɪt, (ɛf) mɔr ˈvæljəbəl tɪ maɪ ˈfæməli, (ʤi) mɔr ˈvæljəbəl tɪ maɪ kəmˈjunɪti, ənd (eɪʧ) rɪˈspɛktɪd." ˈjuzɪŋ ðoʊz rɪˈspɑnsɪz, ðə ˈrisərʧərz dɪˈvaɪdɪd ðə gən ˈoʊnərz ˈɪntu fɔr ˈkætəˌgɔriz əv "gən ɪmˈpaʊərmənt," ənd faʊnd iʧ həz ɪts oʊn ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ˈproʊˌfaɪl ənd sɛt əv ˈpɑləsi ˈprɛfərənsɪz. ˈfiˌmeɪl ənd gən ˈoʊnərz wər moʊst ˈlaɪkli tɪ rɪˈpɔrt gənz du nɑt hæv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt sɪmˈbɑlɪk paʊər; ðeɪ wər ˈɔlsoʊ ðə moʊst ˈlaɪkli tɪ səˈpɔrt prəˈpoʊzəlz səʧ ɛz ə bæn ɔn ˈwɛpənz. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, ðoʊz hu fɛlt moʊst ˈstrɔŋli ðət ðɛr gən ɪmˈpaʊərz grup ðət ɪz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli waɪt, meɪl, ənd ɪn səm dɪˈgri əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk tɪ ɪkˈsprɛs strɔŋ ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ səʧ ˈmɛʒərz. "ðə ˈgreɪtər ðə dɪˈgri əv gən ɪmˈpaʊərmənt," ðə ˈrisərʧərz raɪt, "ðə loʊər ðə ˌprɑbəˈbɪləˌti ðət gən ˈoʊnərz səˈpɔrt mɔr ˈskrinɪŋ fər gən ˈpərʧəsərz." waɪl ˈmɛni ˈmɛmbərz əv ðɪs grup faɪnd ˈminɪŋ ɪn ðə əˈmɛrɪkən frənˈtɪr mɪθ, ɛz pərˈsɑnəˌfaɪd baɪ ðə ˈmænli ˈɪmɪʤ əv ʤɑn weɪn, ðeɪ tɛnd tɪ nɑt hæv ə strɔŋ kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ə rɪˈlɪʤəs kəmˈjunɪti. ðɪs ˈfaɪndɪŋ, ðə ˈrisərʧərz ˈɑrgju, səˈʤɛsts ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɑz spɑt ɔn wɪn hi sɛd ˈrʊrəl waɪts "klɪŋ tɪ ðɛr gənz ər rɪˈlɪʤən." "ˌoʊˈbɑməz juz əv ðə kənˈʤəŋkʃən 'ər' wɑz ˈprɛsiənt," ðeɪ raɪt. "rɪˈlɪʤəs kəmˈjunɪtiz ˈɔfər ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈsɪmbəlz ənd aɪˈdɛntɪˌtiz ðət (əˈpɪr tɪ) ˈɔfˌsɛt ðə nid fər gənz ɛz ə sɔrs əv ənd ˈmɔrəl ˈstændɪŋ." soʊ ðə dɪˈklaɪn əv rɪˈlɪʤən ɪn əˈmɛrɪkən laɪf ənd ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ gən kənˈtroʊl əˈpɪr tɪ bi lɪŋkt. pəˈzɛsɪŋ ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz prəˈvaɪdz ˈmɛni ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəˌli ˈrutləs, ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ˌɪmˈpɛrəld waɪt meɪlz wɪθ ən ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˈmɪsɪŋ sɛns əv ˈpərpəs ənd paʊər. fər ðɛm, ˈɛni hɪnt ðət gən raɪts ər ˌɪmˈpɛrəld ɪz ən ˌənækˈsɛptəbəl θrɛt tɪ ðɛr ˈpərsɪnəl aɪˈdɛntəˌti. doʊnt ˈbɑðər ˈpreɪzɪŋ ðə lɔrd. ʤɪst pæs ðə ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən.
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the gun-control debate in america bypassed rationality long ago. a committed core group of gun owners takes even modest attempts to limit the availability of firearms as a personal affront, and responds with the outrage of devout believers driven to defend their faith.
these gun-rights absolutists—a subset of the firearm-owning population—are overwhelmingly white, male, not very religious, and fearful about their financial future. owning firearms gives them a sense of masculine strength and authority they otherwise fear is slipping away.
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"the gun becomes their sacred object," said baylor university sociologist paul froese. "gun control for these owners has come to represent an attack of their masculinity, independence, and moral identity."
he and his colleague f. carson mencken are the authors of a new study that delves into the emotional roots of anti-gun-regulation sentiment. they find gun owners hold a range of opinions on this topic, but the most hard-line are driven by intense internal needs.
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"less-religious white men in economic distress find comfort in guns as a means to reestablish a sense of individual power and moral certitude in the face of changing times," they write in the journal social problems. "the symbol of the gun as morally and existentially empowering is what activates pro-gun policy and anti-government sentiment."
the researchers analyzed data on 1,527 americans from the baylor religion survey, which gallup conducted in 2014. of that group, 577 reported they owned firearms. they were asked a series of questions to ascertain their reasons for doing so, and their views about issues such as proposed bans on semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.
they also answered a series of questions about their views of the economy, including whether anyone from their household lost a job in the past five years, and whether they "feel at risk of falling to a lower social class."
most importantly, they reported their level of agreement with eight statements: "owning a gun makes me feel (a) safe, (b) responsible, (c) confident, (d) patriotic, (e) in control of my fate, (f) more valuable to my family, (g) more valuable to my community, and (h) respected."
using those responses, the researchers divided the gun owners into four categories of "gun empowerment," and found each has its own demographic profile and set of policy preferences. female and ethnic-minority gun owners were most likely to report guns do not have significant symbolic power; they were also the most likely to support proposals such as a ban on semi-automatic weapons.
on the other hand, those who felt most strongly that their gun empowers them—a group that is overwhelmingly white, male, and in some degree of economic distress—tended to express strong opposition to such measures. "the greater the degree of gun empowerment," the researchers write, "the lower the probability that gun owners support more mental-health screening for gun purchasers."
while many members of this group find meaning in the american frontier myth, as personified by the manly image of john wayne, they tend to not have a strong connection to a religious community. this finding, the researchers argue, suggests then-candidate barack obama was spot on when he said rural whites "cling to their guns or religion."
"obama's use of the conjunction 'or' was prescient," they write. "religious communities offer alternative symbols and identities that (appear to) offset the need for guns as a source of self-esteem and moral standing."
so the decline of religion in american life and ever-stronger opposition to gun control appear to be linked.
possessing firearms provides many spiritually rootless, economically imperiled white males with an otherwise missing sense of purpose and power. for them, any hint that gun rights are imperiled is an unacceptable threat to their personal identity.
don't bother praising the lord. just pass the ammunition.
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prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ðə 2017 əˈwɔrdz! wi neɪm ənd ʃeɪm ðɪs jɪrz ˈkəmpəˌniz ənd ˈprɑdəkts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ viagogo*, ˈhɔndə, toʊˈjoʊtə, ˈlɛksəs, ˈbiˌɛmˈdəbəlju, ˈmɑzdə, ˈsæmˌsəŋ ənd ˈwɛstˌpæk. sɪns 2006 ʧɔɪs həz sɔt tɪ ənˈkəvər ðə dodgy*, ˈloʊˌdaʊn ənd ˈɔfən ˈdæstərdli bɪˈheɪvjər əv ˈbɪznɪsɪz tɪ gɪv ðɛm ðə ɛnˈdaʊmənt ðət ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi wɔnts tɪ rɪˈsiv ə əˈwɔrd. tɪ kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ðɪs pərˈstiʤəs əˈwɔrd, ə ˈprɑdəkt məst mit wən ər mɔr əv ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ kraɪˈtɪriə: flɔz, fɔlts ər feɪld ə ˈstændərd læk əv trænˈspɛrənsi fɔls kleɪmz ər ˈbroʊkən ˈprɑməsəz kənˈsumər ˈdɛtrəmənt ər kənfˈjuʒən pur ˈvælju fər ˈməni həz ðə prəˈpɛnsɪti tɪ ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ ər əmˈjuz frəm mɪsˈlidɪŋ ˈkɑndəkt ənd dɪˈsɛptɪvli kənfˈjuzɪŋ kleɪmz tɪ ˈsɛlɪŋ ˈaʊˈtraɪt ənˈseɪf ˈprɑdəkts, ðɛr ər ˈmɛni weɪz tɪ ərn ə. bət ðɛrz wən θɪŋ ɔl ɑr 'ˈwɪnərz' hæv ɪn ˈkɑmən: ðɛr traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt wən əp ɔn ɔˈstreɪljən kənˈsumərz. ənd ðæts ˈsəmθɪŋ wi woʊnt stænd fər.
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presenting the 2017 shonky awards! we name and shame this year's shonkiest companies and products, including viagogo, honda, toyota, lexus, bmw, mazda, samsung and westpac.
since 2006, choice has sought to uncover the dodgy, lowdown and often dastardly behaviour of businesses to give them the endowment that nobody wants to receive – a shonky award.
to qualify for this prestigious award, a product must meet one or more of the following criteria:
flaws, faults or failed a standard
lack of transparency
false claims or broken promises
consumer detriment or confusion
poor value for money
has the propensity to outrage or amuse
from misleading conduct and deceptively confusing claims to selling outright unsafe products, there are many ways to earn a shonky. but there's one thing all our 'winners' have in common: they're trying to get one up on australian consumers. and that's something we won't stand for.
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at&t* ʤɪst əˈnaʊnst ðət bɪˈgɪnɪŋ təˈmɑˌroʊ, ɪts ˈmoʊbəl ˈkəstəmərz wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəmˈpoʊz ənd sɛnd tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ˈjuzɪŋ əˈlɛksə əˈsɪstənt. soʊ ɪf gɑt ən ˈɛkoʊ, ˈɛkoʊ tæp, ər ˈɛkoʊ dɑt ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ðə haʊs, ju kən æsk əˈlɛksə tɪ text”*” ə neɪm (əˈlɛksə kən stɔr əp tɪ 10 ˈfɑloʊd baɪ jʊr ˈmɛsɪʤ. gɑt tɪ teɪk ðət fərst stɛp əv ˈædɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ ðə skɪl ˌbiˈfɔr əˈlɛksə kən du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ; ju ʤɪst kɔl aʊt ðə neɪm əv ˈɛniˌwən ɪn jʊr ˈkɑnˌtækt lɪst, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl. kleɪmz ðə fərst ˈkɛriər tɪ ˈɔfər ən əˈlɛksə skɪl fər ˌɛˌsɛˈmɛs, ənd ˈnæʧərəli ðə ˈkəmpəˌni siz ɪt biɪŋ moʊst ˈjusfəl ɪn ə ˈhəri ər ˈbɪzi wɪθ jʊr hands.”*.” ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt wɪθ ɔl ðə spɪˈsɪfɪks ɔn ðɪs ˈfiʧər lɪv jɛt, soʊ nɑt klɪr ˈwɛðər əˈlɛksə ridz jʊr ˈspoʊkən ˈmɛsɪʤ bæk tɪ ju ˌbiˈfɔr ˈfaɪərrɪŋ ɪt ɔf tɪ ðə rɪˈsɪpiənt. ˈmeɪbi stɪk wɪθ jʊr foʊn fər ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɛksts, bət ˈhævɪŋ əˈlɛksə ɛz ə ˈriˌleɪ fər ðə ˈɛvriˈdeɪ stəf saʊnz ˈprɪti kənˈvinjənt. ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz, ˈstændərd tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪŋ ənd ˈdætə reɪts əˈplaɪ, ənd faɪn prɪnt sɪz əv tɛksts sɛnt baɪ ər dɪˈtərmənd baɪ ˈrɛdɪŋ əv jʊr vɔɪs commands.”*.” əˈnəðər weɪ əv seɪɪŋ ɪf əˈlɛksə kəmˈplitli ˌmɪsəndərˈstændz ju ənd bloʊz əp ə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, ɔl fɔlt.
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at&t just announced that beginning tomorrow, its mobile customers will be able to compose and send text messages using amazon’s alexa assistant. so if you’ve got an echo, echo tap, or echo dot somewhere in the house, you can ask alexa to “have at&t text” a contact’s name (alexa can store up to 10), followed by your message. you’ve got to take that first step of adding people to the skill before alexa can do anything; you can’t just call out the name of anyone in your contact list, for example.
at&t claims it’s the first carrier to offer an alexa skill for sms, and naturally the company sees it being most useful “if you’re in a hurry or busy with your hands.” the website with all the specifics on this feature isn’t live yet, so it’s not clear whether alexa reads your spoken message back to you before firing it off to the recipient. maybe stick with your phone for the important texts, but having alexa as a relay for the everyday stuff sounds pretty convenient. as always, standard text messaging and data rates apply, and at&t’s fine print says “content of texts sent by at&t are determined by alexa’s reading of your voice commands.” that’s another way of saying if alexa completely misunderstands you and blows up a conversation, it’s all amazon’s fault.
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ˌʤoʊˈhænɪsbərg ɪt lɛts aʊt ə skrim ɛz ju ˈɛnər, ðɛn ə sˈnɪrɪŋ læf. ɪts ə ˈwɔˌkɪn vəˈʤaɪnə, ə kənˈsɛpʧuəl ɑrt ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən ðət həz saʊθ ˈæfrɪkənz ˈwægɪŋ ðɛr ˈfɪŋgərz ənd ˈskræʧɪŋ ðɛr saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈɑrtɪst wɑz æst tɪ ˈproʊdus ˈɑrtˌwərk fər ə ˈwɪmənz ʤeɪl ɪn ˌʤoʊˈhænɪsbərg, ʃi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ meɪk ə ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbaʊt ˈwɪmənz ʃi keɪm əp wɪθ wɑz ə ˈtɔkɪŋ "yoni*", ər vəˈʤaɪnə ɪn ˈɪndiəz ˈeɪnʧənt ˈlæŋgwɪʤ, ə ˈskrimɪŋ vəˈʤaɪnə wɪˈθɪn ə speɪs ðət wəns kənˈteɪnd ˈwɪmən ənd ˈstaɪfəld ˈwɪmən," ʃi toʊld afp*. "ɪts riˈvoʊltɪŋ əˈgɛnst ðɪs speɪs... ˈmɑkɪŋ ðɪs speɪs, baɪ ˈlæfɪŋ æt ˈɛnər ðə rɛd ˈpædɪd ˈvɛlvət ənd ˈkɔtən kəˈnæl baɪ fərst ˈstɛpɪŋ ˈɔntu ə ˈpædɪŋ. θɪk, blæk əˈkrɪlɪk wʊl ˈmɪmɪks ˈpjubɪk hɛr əraʊnd ðə ʃrɪl ˈsaʊnˌtræk ðət əˈsɔlts ˈvɪzɪtərz ɛz ðeɪ stroʊl θru ðə ˈtənəl ɪz ə rɪˈvoʊlt əˈgɛnst ðə ˈwɪmənz ʤeɪl, bɪlt ɪn 1909 ðət hɛld səm əv saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑz ˈlidɪŋ wɑz ˌɪnˈkɑrsərˌeɪtɪd ðɛr twaɪs ɪn 1958 ənd ˈdɛfənətli dɪd nɑt meɪk ðɪs wərk fər ðə seɪk əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi," sɛd hər, ɪt wɑz əˈbaʊt ɑrˈtɪstɪk ˈfridəm ənd ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ˈdipli ɪnˈtrɛnʧt ˌpeɪtriˈɑrkəl ˈsɪstəmz ."ju doʊnt ˈɔfən hir mɛn ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˈpraɪvət pɑrts ənd ˈfilɪŋ dɪsˈgəst ər ʃeɪmd," ɛz ˈwɪmən ˈɔfən du, ʃi ðət əˈloʊn spiks ˈvɑljumz əv haʊ wiv bɪn brɔt əp tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ɑr ˈbɑdiz, ənd wət aɪ æm seɪɪŋ hir ɪz ðət ɪts səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ən ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ ˈɑrtɪst ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðə skərʤ əv reɪp ɪn saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ, wɛr ˈnɪrli 65 000 əˈtæks ɔn gərlz ənd ˈwɪmən ər ˌriˈpɔrtəd ə jɪr ɪn wən əv ðə haɪəst ˈɪnsədənsɪz əv reɪp ɪn ðə wərld wɪθ ˈlɪtəl ðə ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən, ɔn dɪˈspleɪ θruaʊt ˈɔgəst, həz kəˈlaɪdɪd wɪθ səm ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈkəlʧərəl ənd rɪˈlɪʤəs ðə moʊst ˈpraɪvət pɑrt əv maɪ ˈbɑdi. aɪ gru əp ɪn ðə ˈrʊrəl ˈɛriəz, wi wər tɔt nɑt tɪ ɪkˈspoʊz jʊr ˈbɑdi, ˈivɪn jʊr θaɪz lɛt əˈloʊn jʊr vəˈʤaɪnə," sɛd mangqaaleza*, ˈfiˌmeɪl sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrd æt ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈprɪzən ðət ɪz naʊ ə ˈtʊrɪst θɪŋk ɪts ˌpɔrnəˈgræfɪk, aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ hæv gɔn tu ˈgɑrdənər θɔt ðə ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən ɔn ðə saɪt əv ðə brɪk ˈwɪmənz ʤeɪl ənd əˈnəðər ðət wəns hɛld məˈhɑtmə ˈgɑndi ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kɔrt wɑz ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl hɪl ɪz rɪˈspɛktɪd, ɪts ə ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ," hi faɪn ɑrts ˈgræʤəˌweɪt, hu ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈhɪnˌdu, həz spɛnt jɪrz əv ˈrisərʧ ˈɪntu ðə ˈhɪnˌdu ˈgɑdəs hum ʃi vjuz ɛz ə ˈsɪmbəl əv ɪkˈsprɛst "ʃɑk" æt ðə ˈmidiə ˈɔnsˌlɔt ənd ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv ˈblæsfəmi frəm səm ˈhɪnˌdu ˈfɑloʊərz hu kəmˈpleɪnd θru ˈreɪdiˌoʊ tɔk tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə vəˈʤaɪnə, ər ɪt, ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ɪz nɑt aʊt əv ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri," ʃi ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən, ɛnˈtaɪtəld "ðə tu ˈtɔkɪŋ yonis*", wɑz ðə ˈprɑdəkt əv tu jɪrz əv dɪˈskəʃən wɪθ ˈkjʊrətər ɔn ðə məˈθɑləˌʤi əv ˈfiˌmeɪl paʊər ɪn ˌpeɪtriˈɑrkəl hæv tɪ teɪk ɔf ðɛr ʃuz tɪ wɔk θru ðə ˈsɔftli ˈkʊʃənd ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔf jʊr ʃuz, ɛˈsɛnʃəli ju ər riˈspɛktɪŋ ɪt, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ə dɪˈvaɪn speɪs, ə ˈseɪkrɪd speɪs," sɛd lɪŋks, ə ˈlɑbi grup prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ˈʤɛndər ɪkˈwɑləti ɪn ˈsəðərn ˈæfrɪkɑ, ˈpreɪzɪz ˈɑrtˌwərk fər dɪˈskəʃən ɔn ə ˈsəbʤɪkt ˈnɔrməli ɪz ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðə ˈpraɪvət ˈɪntu ðə ˈpəblɪk, ðət ðə ˈwʊmənz ˈbɑdi ɪz nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ə ˈpraɪvət ˈmætər," sɛd ˈrɑmə, ˈʤɛndər lɪŋks bɔs.
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johannesburg - it lets out a high-pitched scream as you enter, then a sneering laugh. it's a walk-in vagina, a conceptual art installation that has south africans wagging their fingers and scratching their heads.when 30-year-old south african artist reshma chhiba was asked to produce artwork for a disused apartheid-era women's jail in johannesburg, she wanted to make a statement about women's power.what she came up with was a talking "yoni", or vagina in india's ancient language, sanskrit."it's a screaming vagina within a space that once contained women and stifled women," she told afp. "it's revolting against this space... mocking this space, by laughing at it."visitors enter the 12m red padded velvet and cotton canal by first stepping onto a tongue-like padding. thick, black acrylic wool mimics pubic hair around the opening.the shrill soundtrack that assaults visitors as they stroll through the tunnel is a revolt against the women's jail, built in 1909, that held some of south africa's leading anti-apartheid activists.winnie madikizela-mandela was incarcerated there twice in 1958 and 1976."i definitely did not make this work for the sake of controversy," said chhiba.for her, it was about artistic freedom and challenging deeply entrenched patriarchal systems ."you don't often hear men talking about their private parts and feeling disgust or shamed," as women often do, she said."and that alone speaks volumes of how we've been brought up to think about our bodies, and what i am saying here is that it's supposed to be an empowering space."the artist also wanted to address the scourge of rape in south africa, where nearly 65 000 attacks on girls and women are reported a year in one of the highest incidences of rape in the world - with little improvement.but the installation, on display throughout august, has collided with some sensitive cultural and religious taboos."it's the most private part of my body. i grew up in the rural areas, we were taught not to expose your body, even your thighs let alone your vagina," said benathi mangqaaleza, 24-year-old female security guard at the former prison that is now a tourist site."i think it's pornographic, i think they have gone too far."twenty-four-year-old gardener andile wayi thought the exhibition - on the site of the victorian-era brick women's jail and another that once held mahatma gandhi - as well as the constitutional court - was wrong."the constitutional hill is respected, it's a heritage," he said.the fine arts graduate, who is also a practising hindu, has spent years of research into the hindu goddess kali whom she views as a symbol of defiance.she expressed "shock" at the media onslaught and allegations of blasphemy from some hindu followers who complained through radio talk shows."to talk about the vagina, or visualise it, is something that is not out of the ordinary," she insistedthe exhibition, entitled "the two talking yonis", was the product of two years of discussion with curator nontobeko ntombela on the mythology of female power in patriarchal systems.visitors have to take off their shoes to walk through the softly cushioned canal."by taking off your shoes, essentially you are respecting it, making it a divine space, a sacred space," said chhiba.gender links, a lobby group promoting gender equality in southern africa, praises chhiba's artwork for re-igniting discussion on a subject normally avoided."it is bringing the private into the public, that the woman's body is not necessarily a private matter," said kubi rama, gender links boss.
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ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ blæk blæk əˈzeɪljə pɪŋk fˈjuʒən ˈkɔrəl ðə nu ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ 2015 ˈfʊtˌbɔl buts drɔ ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən frəm ðə rɪʧ ənd ˈvɛrid ˈkəlʧər əv ˈæfrɪkɑ, ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪŋ ðə 2015 ˈæfrɪkɑ kəp əv ˈneɪʃənz ɪn ˌikwəˈtɔriəl ˈgɪni, wɪʧ wɪl təˈdeɪ. ðə ˈmeɪnli blæk ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ ˈsɑkər klit ˈfiʧərz ə juˈnik dɪˈzaɪn wɪθ ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈgræfɪk ˈpætərn ˈəpər. ðɪs ɪz ðə nu ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ ɔn ðə ˈpumə ðə nu ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ 2015 but ɪz ˈmeɪnli blæk. ðə ʃoʊz ə sən wɪθ feɪs ˈgræfɪk ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈkələrz ˈpərpəl ənd ˈɔrɪnʤ. ˈpumə riˈmuvd ðə lɑrʤ dɪˈzaɪn frəm ðə, waɪl ðə ˈʤərmən brænd ˈædɪd ə smɔl ˈpumə ˈloʊgoʊ ɔn ðə ˈfɔrˌfʊt ðə ˈəpər əv ðə nu ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ 2015 but ɪz ə ˈspɛʃəl laɪnz ˈpætərn. ðə əv ðə nu ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ but ʃoʊz ðə ˈlɛtərɪŋ ˈpumə wɪθ ən ˈgræfɪk dɪˈzaɪn, ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ðə ˈvɛrid ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈspɑnsərz 7 timz əv ðə 2015 ˈæfrɪkɑ kəp əv ˈneɪʃənz, wɪʧ wɪl ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 17 fər ðə 2010 wərld kəp ɪn saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ, ˈpumə ɔˈrɛdi lɔnʧt ə ˈlɑrʤər kæmˈpeɪn wɪθ ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl ˈprɑdəkts ənd lɔnʧt 500 ˈlɪmɪtɪd ɪˈdɪʃənz əv ðə nu ˈpumə ˈæfrɪkɑ ˈsɑkər but, wɪʧ wɪl bi əˈveɪləbəl æt səˈlɛktɪd ˈriˌteɪlərz frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri 17 ʧɛk aʊt mɔr nu ˈpumə ˈfʊtˌbɔl buts ɪn ɑr but ˈkæləndər
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puma evospeed 1.3 africa black black / azalea pink / fusion coral
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ə ˈstəntɪd ləˈbaɪˌdoʊ, ˌənkənˈtroʊləbəl ənd ən əˈdɪkʃən tɪ koʊˈkeɪn ər ə fju əv ˈeɪdɑlf ˈhɪtlərz əˈpɛrənt hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz, ɛz rɪˈvild baɪ ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈdɑkjəmənts naʊ əp fər ˈɔkʃən æt ˌælɪgˈzændər hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈɔkʃənz ɪn ˈstæmfərd, kɑn., əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə nu jɔrk ˈdeɪli nuz. ðə hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈhɪtlərz "ˌənkənˈtroʊləbəl" ər ə ˈhjumərəs riˈmaɪndər ðət ˈhɪstəriz moʊst dɪˈspaɪzd ənd fɪrd ˈdɪkteɪtərz ər stɪl ˈjumən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈrɛkərdz, wɪʧ wər kəˈmɪʃənd baɪ ðə juz. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri, ˈhɪtlər ˈrɛgjələrli tʊk əp tɪ 28 ˈdɪfərənt drəgz tɪ əˈtɛmpt tɪ riˈstreɪn hɪz ˈfɑrtɪŋ. ðɪs ˌɪnˈkludɪd pɪlz kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈstrɪkˌnaɪn, ə ˈpɔɪzən, "wɪʧ ˈprɑbəˌbli ɪkˈspleɪnz hɪz ˈstəmək peɪnz," sɛd bɪl panagopulos*, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˌælɪgˈzændər ˈɔtəˌgræfs. ðə rɪˈpɔrts ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊ ðət dər rikˈwaɪərd ɔˈkeɪʒənəl "ˈklɛnzɪŋ ˈɛnəməz," wɪʧ wər ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd ˈjuzɪŋ plænts. ɪz ə plænt ðət ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn fər ɪts əˈbɪləˌti tɪ eɪd slip ənd rɪˈdus strɛs. noʊ daʊt ðə ˈdɪkteɪtər faʊnd səm ˈbɛnəfɪt ɪn ðə plænts ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈtritmənts tu. ˈspikɪŋ əv biɪŋ, ðə rɪˈpɔrts ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət ˈhɪtlər wɑz ə ˌfʊlˈbloʊn koʊˈkeɪn ˈæˌdɪkt wɪʧ meɪ bi lɛs səˈpraɪzɪŋ tɪ ˈɛniˌwən hu həz ˈlɪsənd tɪ ˈɛni əv hɪz ˈæʤəˌteɪtəd ˈspiʧɪz. hi əˈpɛrəntli ərˈɪʤənəli sˈnɔrtɪd ðə paʊərd stəf ɛz ə ˈtritmənt fər blɑkt ˈsaɪnəsəz ənd tɪ suð ə sɔr θroʊt, bət ðə rɪˈpɔrts ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət hɪz ˈdoʊsɪʤ hæd tɪ bi loʊərd ˈæftər ðə ˈdɪkteɪtər bɪˈgæn tɪ kreɪv ɪt. pərˈhæps ðə moʊst bɪˈzɑr ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən tɪ kəm aʊt əv ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl rɪˈpɔrts, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz wət ˈhɪtlər tʊk tɪ rɪˈvaɪv hɪz ˈstəntɪd ləˈbaɪˌdoʊ: ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃənz əv bʊl ˈsimən. ðæts raɪt, dər wɑz, ɔn æt list wən əˈkeɪʒən, ˈloʊdɪd əp wɪθ "ˈɛkˌstrækts" frəm ðə ˈsɛmənəl ˈvɛzɪkəlz, ənd əv ˈvɪrəl jəŋ bʊlz. dɪsˈgəstɪŋ? jɛs. bət dɪd ɪt wərk? ɪf ðə fækt ðət ˈhɪtlər slɛpt ɪn ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt bɛd frəm hɪz ˈlaɪˈflɔŋ kəmˈpænjən, ˈivə brɔn, ɪz ˈɛni ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃən, ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt. æt ðə ˈvɛri list, ɪts əˈnəðər streɪnʤ ˈʧæptər ɪn ðə laɪf əv wən əv ˈhɪstəriz moʊst ˈheɪtɪd ˈmædmən. ɪn ɔl, ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈrɛkərdz ər kənˈteɪnd ɪn 225 dɪˈteɪld ˈpeɪʤɪz ənd wər ˈrɪtən baɪ ˈsɛvən əv ˈhɪtlərz ʧif fɪˈzɪʃənz. ðə fʊl ˈkætəˌlɔgz frəm ðə ˌælɪgˈzændər hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈɔkʃənz kən bi faʊnd hir ənd hir. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈklud ˈɛksˌreɪ ˈkɑpiz əv skəl ənd ˈskɛʧɪz əv ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv hɪz noʊz. ˈbɪdɪŋ fər ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts wɪl bi kəmˈplitɪd ðɪs wik, ənd ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts ər ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ sɛl fər ɛz məʧ ɛz ˈhɪtlərz ɪmˈbɛrəsɪŋ hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz ˈhɪtlərz ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈrɛkərdz goʊ əp fər ˈɔkʃən, rɪˈvilɪŋ ɪnˈtaɪərli tu məʧ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt dər hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz.
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a stunted libido, uncontrollable flatulence and an addiction to cocaine are a few of adolf hitler's apparent health problems, as revealed by medical documents now up for auction at alexander historical auctions in stamford, conn., according to the new york daily news.
the embarassing health problems — particularly hitler's "uncontrollable flatulence" — are a humorous reminder that history's most despised and feared dictators are still human.
according to the medical records, which were commissioned by the u.s. military, hitler regularly took up to 28 different drugs to attempt to restrain his farting. this included pills containing strychnine, a poison, "which probably explains his stomach pains," said bill panagopulos, president of alexander autographs.
the reports also show that der führer required occasional "cleansing enemas," which were activated using chamomile plants. chamomile is a daisy-like plant that is also known for its ability to aid sleep and reduce stress. no doubt the high-strung dictator found some benefit in the plant's psychological treatments too.
speaking of being high-strung, the reports also indicate that hitler was a full-blown cocaine addict — which may be less surprising to anyone who has listened to any of his agitated speeches. he apparently originally snorted the powered stuff as a treatment for blocked sinuses and to soothe a sore throat, but the reports indicate that his dosage had to be lowered after the dictator began to crave it.
perhaps the most bizarre revelation to come out of the medical reports, however, is what hitler took to revive his stunted libido: injections of bull semen. that's right, der führer was, on at least one occasion, loaded up with "extracts" from the seminal vesicles, testis and prostata of virile young bulls.
disgusting? yes. but did it work? if the fact that hitler slept in a separate bed from his lifelong companion, eva braun, is any indication, probably not. at the very least, it's another strange chapter in the life of one of history's most hated madmen.
in all, the medical records are contained in 225 detailed pages and were written by seven of hitler's chief physicians. the full catalogues from the alexander historical auctions can be found here and here. they also include x-ray copies of hitler’s skull and sketches of the inside of his nose. bidding for the documents will be completed this week, and the documents are expected to sell for as much as $2,000.
hitler's embarrassing health problems
hitler's medical records go up for auction, revealing entirely too much information about der führer's health issues.
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ə ˈlidɪŋ ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈklɛrɪk kleɪmz ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn wɑz ə ʃiaɪt ˈməzlɪm. ðə hɛd əv ðə əˈsɛmbli əv ˈɛkspərts ɪn ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk riˈpəblɪk əv ˌɪˈrɑn,, kleɪmz ðɛr ər ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈpruvɪŋ ˈaɪnstaɪn ɛmˈbreɪst ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd wɑz ən ˈævɪd ˈfɑloʊər əv al-sadiq*, ən ˈaɪmæm, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt ˈɪʃud baɪ haaretz*. ə ˈvɪdioʊ baɪ kwoʊts ˈaɪnstaɪn ɛz seɪɪŋ ðət wɪn hi hərd əˈbaʊt ðə əˈsɛnʃən əv ðə ˈprɑfət moʊˈhæmɪd, ˈprɔˌsɛs wɪʧ wɑz ˈfæstər ðən ðə spid əv light,”*,” hi ˈriəˌlaɪzd ɪz ðə ˈvɛri seɪm ˌrɛləˈtɪvəti ˈmuvmənt ðət ˈaɪnstaɪn hæd understood.”*.” ðə ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə ædz: sɛd, aɪ hərd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈnɛrətɪvz əv ðə ˈprɑfət məˈhɑməd ənd ðət əv ðə ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld] aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðeɪ hæd ˌəndərˈstʊd ðiz θɪŋz weɪ ˌbiˈfɔr us.'”*.'” ðə kleɪm ðət ˈaɪnstaɪn kənˈvərtɪd tɪ ˌɪsˈlɑm, ɪz, əv kɔrs, ˈludəkrəs. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt ɪz nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋ. ˈkrɪsʧɪnz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ traɪd tɪ kleɪm ˈaɪnstaɪn ɛz wən əv ðɛr oʊn. wɑz, əv kɔrs, ə laɪ wət ju rɛd əˈbaʊt maɪ rɪˈlɪʤəs kənˈvɪkʃənz, ə laɪ wɪʧ ɪz biɪŋ ˌsɪstəˈmætɪkli rɪˈpitɪd. aɪ du nɑt bɪˈliv ɪn ə ˈpərsɪnəl gɑd ənd aɪ hæv ˈnɛvər dɪˈnaɪd ðɪs bət hæv ɪkˈsprɛst ɪt ˈklɪrli. ɪf ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz ɪn mi wɪʧ kən bi kɔld rɪˈlɪʤəs ðɛn ɪt ɪz ðə ənˈbaʊndɪd ˌædmərˈeɪʃən fər ðə ˈstrəkʧər əv ðə wərld soʊ fɑr ɛz ɑr saɪəns kən rɪˈvil it.”*.” ˈaɪnstaɪn 1954 aɪˈdiə əv ə ˈpərsɪnəl gɑd ɪz kwaɪt ˈeɪliən tɪ mi ənd simz ˈivɪn naive.”*.” ˈaɪnstaɪn 1952 ðə fækt ɪz, ˈaɪnstaɪn wɑz ˈniðər ˈkrɪsʧɪn, nɔr ˈməzlɪm. nɔr dɪd ˈaɪnstaɪn ɪmˈbreɪs ðə ʤuɪʃ rɪˈlɪʤən. ˈaɪnstaɪn aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz biɪŋ ægˈnɑstɪk. tɪ kleɪm hi wɑz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈəðər ðən ægˈnɑstɪk ɪz tɪ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛkt ðə mæn, ənd hɪz ˈlɛgəsi. ɪn fækt, ˈaɪnstaɪn dɪsˈmɪst ðə aɪˈdiə əv ən ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪk ˈdiəti ɪnˈteɪld baɪ ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti, ˈɔfən dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ɪt ɛz ““naïve”*” ənd ““childlike”*”: simz tɪ mi ðət ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə ˈpərsɪnəl gɑd ɪz ən ˌænθrəpəˈlɑʤəkəl ˈkɑnsɛpt wɪʧ aɪ ˈkænɑt teɪk ˈsɪriəsli. aɪ fil ˈɔlsoʊ nɑt ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən səm wɪl ər goʊl ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈjumən sfɪr. maɪ vjuz ər nɪr ðoʊz əv spɪˈnoʊzə: ˌædmərˈeɪʃən fər ðə ˈbjuti əv ənd bɪˈlif ɪn ðə ˈlɑʤɪkəl sɪmˈplɪsɪti əv ðə ˈɔrdər wɪʧ wi kən græsp ˈhəmbli ənd ˈoʊnli ˌɪmˈpərfɪktli. aɪ bɪˈliv ðət wi hæv tɪ ˈkɑntɛnt ɑrˈsɛlvz wɪθ ɑr ˌɪmˈpərfɪkt ˈnɑlɪʤ ənd ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ənd trit ˈvæljuz ənd ˈmɔrəl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃənz ɛz ə ˈpjʊrli ˈjumən moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əv ɔl ˈjumən problems.”*.” wərd gɑd ɪz fər mi ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ðə ɪkˈsprɛʃən ənd ˈprɑdəkt əv ˈjumən ˈwiknəsɪz, ðə ˈbaɪbəl ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈɑnərəbəl, bət stɪl ˈprɪmɪtɪv ˈlɛʤəndz. noʊ ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən noʊ ˈmætər haʊ ˈsətəl kən (fər mi) ʧeɪnʤ this.”*.” mi ðə ʤuɪʃ rɪˈlɪʤən laɪk ɔl ˈəðər riˈlɪʤənz ɪz ən ˌɪnˈkɑrˈneɪʃən əv ðə moʊst ˈʧaɪldɪʃ ˌsupərˈstɪʃənz. ənd ðə ʤuɪʃ ˈpipəl tɪ hum aɪ ˈglædli bɪˈlɔŋ ənd wɪθ huz mɛnˈtælɪti aɪ hæv ə dip əˈfɪnɪti hæv noʊ ˈdɪfərənt kˈwɑləti fər mi ðən ɔl ˈəðər ˈpipəl. ɛz fɑr ɛz maɪ ɪkˈspɪriəns goʊz, ðeɪ ər ˈɔlsoʊ noʊ ˈbɛtər ðən ˈəðər ˈjumən grups, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðeɪ ər prəˈtɛktɪd frəm ðə wərst ˈkænsərz baɪ ə læk əv paʊər. ˈəðərˌwaɪz aɪ ˈkænɑt si ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ‘‘chosen’*’ əˈbaʊt them.”*.” ɪn ə ˈlɛtər ˈrɪtən tɪ fəˈlɑsəfər ˈɛrɪk ɪn 1954 ə jɪr ˌbiˈfɔr dɛθ, ˈaɪnstaɪn ɪkˈsprɛst hɪz ˈkændɪd vjuz ɔn rɪˈlɪʤən, gɑd, ənd ðə ʤuɪʃ ˈpipəl. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪz ən ˈɛksərpt frəm ðət ˈlɛtər: ˈaɪnstaɪn, ə ˌθiərˈɛtɪkəl ˈfɪzɪsɪst hu dɪˈvɛləpt ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈθɪri əv ˌrɛləˈtɪvəti, wən ðə noʊˈbɛl praɪz ɪn ˈfɪzɪks ɪn 1921 ˈwaɪdli ədˈmaɪərd fər hɪz ˈʤinjəs, ˈaɪnstaɪn ɪz ˈɔfən rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz ðə ˈfɑðər əv ˈmɑdərn ˈfɪzɪks, ənd wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəlz əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri.
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a leading iranian cleric claims albert einstein was a shiite muslim. the head of the assembly of experts in the islamic republic of iran, ayatolla mahadavi kani, claims there are documents proving einstein embraced islam and was an avid follower of ja’far al-sadiq, an eighth-century shi’i imam, according to a report issued by haaretz.
a video by ayatolla mahadavi kani quotes einstein as saying that when he heard about the ascension of the prophet mohammed, “a process which was faster than the speed of light,” he realized “this is the very same relativity movement that einstein had understood.”
the ayatollah adds: “einstein said, ‘when i heard about the narratives of the prophet mohamad and that of the ahle-beit [prophet’s household] i realized they had understood these things way before us.'”
the claim that einstein converted to islam, is, of course, ludicrous. although it is not surprising. christians have also tried to claim einstein as one of their own.
“it was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. i do not believe in a personal god and i have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. if something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.” einstein 1954
“the idea of a personal god is quite alien to me and seems even naive.” einstein 1952
the fact is, einstein was neither christian, nor muslim. nor did einstein embrace the jewish religion. einstein identified himself as being agnostic. to claim he was anything other than agnostic is to disrespect the man, and his legacy.
in fact, einstein dismissed the idea of an anthropomorphic deity entailed by islam and christianity, often describing it as “naïve” and “childlike”:
“it seems to me that the idea of a personal god is an anthropological concept which i cannot take seriously. i feel also not able to imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. my views are near those of spinoza: admiration for the beauty of and belief in the logical simplicity of the order which we can grasp humbly and only imperfectly. i believe that we have to content ourselves with our imperfect knowledge and understanding and treat values and moral obligations as a purely human problem—the most important of all human problems.”
“the word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends. no interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.” “for me the jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. and the jewish people to whom i gladly belong and with whose mentality i have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. as far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. otherwise i cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.”
in a letter written to philosopher erik gutkind in 1954, a year before einstein’s death, einstein expressed his candid views on religion, god, and the jewish people. the following is an excerpt from that letter:
einstein, a german-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, won the nobel prize in physics in 1921. widely admired for his genius, einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics, and one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century.
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fɔr jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˈkəvərd ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn əv ˈkɑnər ˈrætlɪf, ðɛn ə kæst ˈmɛmbər ɔn ˈpəblɪk ˈækˌsɛs hɪt ðə krɪs ʃoʊ. naʊ, əˈnaʊnst əˈfɪʃəli bæk ɪn ðə ˈrənɪŋ ðɪs noʊˈvɛmbər ənd, ˈraɪtɪŋ ə bʊk əˈbaʊt ɪt! sɪns 2012 ˈæktər ənd ˈrætlɪf həz ˈrɪzən θru ðə ræŋks æt nu ˈəˌpraɪt ˈsɪtɪzənz brɪˈgeɪd ˈθiətər, əˈpɪrd ɪn maɪk θɪŋk twaɪs, traɪd tɪ riʧ tu ˈdɪfərənt oʊˈlɪmpɪk geɪmz, ənd ˈitən hɪz fərst ˈvɛʤtəbəl, waɪl ˈgɔtən tu ˈsizənz (soʊ fɑr) ɔn fˈjuʒən, prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈrætlɪf wɪθ ən ˈivɪn ˈbɪgər ˈplætˌfɔrm fər hɪz ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ kæmˈpeɪnz. ðɪs taɪm, ˈrætlɪf naʊ 41 soʊ ˈdɛfənətli oʊld ɪˈnəf tɪ bi ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪz ˈrənɪŋ ɛz ə noʊ ˈpɑrti ˈkænədɪt. pjʊr narcissism,”*,” hi sɪz əv hɪz ˈmoʊtɪvz, aɪ θɪŋk bɪn lɪˈʤɪtəˌmaɪzd ɛz ə ˈrizən tɪ rən fər ˈprɛzɪdənt, ˈgɪvɪn ɔl ðə əˈtɛnʃən ðət həz bɪn peɪd tɪ trəmp. ðə bɪg ˈdɪfərəns ɪz ðət ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ ədˈmɪt ɪt. nɑt ʃʊr ðət ˈdɑnəld ɪz ˈivɪn əˈwɛr ðət ə ˈnɑrsɪsɪst. aɪ hərd ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈʤərnəlɪst æsk ɪm əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪn ˈoʊvər ə jɪr əv ˌnɑnˈstɑp coverage.”*.” ɪn hɪz əˈfɪʃəl prɛs riˈlis, ˈrætlɪf ˈɔlsoʊ ˈæˈdrɛsɪz səm ˈrumərz hərd əˈbaʊt ˈdɑnəld ˈʤɛnətəlz, ənd æsks fər hɛlp ˈhækɪŋ ə ˈhɔloʊˌgræm əv hɪmˈsɛlf ˈɔntu wən əv ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ dəˈbeɪts. ənd, ɪn keɪs ju ˈwɔntɪd tɪ daɪv ˈivɪn ˈdipər ˈɪntu hɪz ˈhɪstəri ɔn ðə ˈɪʃuz, riˈlisɪŋ ə bʊk, ˈtaɪtəld ˈwɪnɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ: waɪ aɪ æm ˈrənɪŋ fər ˈprɛzɪdənt again…*… ənd waɪ aɪ wɪl luz. ɪt ɪkˈspleɪnz, ɪn 50 ˈpeɪʤɪz, ˈplætˌfɔrm: ðət hi ɪz ˈrənɪŋ ðə seɪm ˈrizən ɛz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri ˈəðər ˈmeɪʤər ˈkænədɪt hu ˌdɪˈsaɪdz tɪ rən fər ðə haɪəst ˈɔfəs ɪn ðə lænd: bɪˈkəz hi ɪz ə ˈluzər hu ʤɪst wɔnts səm attention.”*.” ðə ˈbʊklɪt ˈfiʧərz ən ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən baɪ wɪl haɪnz ənd ə ˈfɔrˌwərd baɪ ˈædəm ˈkɑnəvər (ənd ˈoʊnli 5 ər, 3 fər ən ebook*). læst ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn ˈkəlməˌneɪtɪd ɪn ə ˈtɛləˌvaɪzd dəˈbeɪt wɪθ ɪz tu dæm high”*” ˈkænədɪt ˈʤɪmi məkˈmɪlən, soʊ ˈtruli gɛs wɛr ðɪs ɛndz əp. ɪn ə wərld soʊ fʊl əv fɪr ənd ənˈsərtənti, ə ˈkəmfərt tɪ noʊ ðət səm bɪts wɪl ˈnɛvər daɪ.
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four years ago, splitsider covered the presidential campaign of connor ratliff, then a cast member on public access hit the chris gethard show. now, ratliff’s announced he’s officially back in the running this november – and, he’s writing a book about it!
since 2012, actor and improviser ratliff has risen through the ranks at new york’s upright citizens brigade theatre, appeared in mike birbiglia’s don’t think twice, tried to reach two different olympic games, and eaten his first vegetable, while gethard show’s gotten two seasons (so far) on fusion, providing ratliff with an even bigger platform for his ongoing campaigns.
this time, ratliff – now 41, so definitely old enough to be president – is running as a no party candidate. “it’s pure narcissism,” he says of his motives, “but i think that’s been legitimized as a reason to run for president, given all the attention that has been paid to trump. the big difference is that i’m willing to admit it. i’m not sure that donald is even aware that he’s a narcissist. i haven’t heard a single journalist ask him about it in over a year of non-stop coverage.”
in his campaign’s official press release, ratliff also addresses some rumors he’s heard about donald trump’s genitals, and asks for help hacking a hologram of himself onto one of the upcoming debates.
and, in case you wanted to dive even deeper into his history on the issues, ratliff’s releasing a book, titled winning isn’t everything: why i am running for president again… and why i will lose. it explains, in 50 pages, ratliff’s platform: that he is running “[f]or the same reason as almost every other major candidate who decides to run for the highest office in the land: because he is a loser who just wants some attention.” the booklet features an introduction by will hines and a foreword by adam conover (and it’s only $5 – or, $3 for an ebook).
ratliff’s last presidential campaign culminated in a televised debate with “rent is too damn high” candidate jimmy mcmillian, so it’s truly anyone’s guess where this ends up. in a world so full of fear and uncertainty, it’s a comfort to know that some bits will never die.
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ˈɛniˌwən riˈmoʊtli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn gik ˈkəlʧər wʊd bi hɑrd prɛst tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ðə ˈfɛrli ˈrisənt raɪz ɪn bɔrd geɪm ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti. ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr veɪn tɪ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm ˈɪndi ˈmɑrkɪt, ðə ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti əv bɔrd geɪmz həz ˈsimɪŋli sprɛd frəm ˈnoʊˌwɛr wɪθ mɔr ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ənd ɪˈlæbərˌeɪt ˈtaɪtəlz biɪŋ riˈlist iʧ ənd ˈɛvəri jɪr. ɛz wɪθ moʊst ərˈɪʤənəli nɪʧ ˈkəlʧərz, bɔrd ˈgeɪmɪŋ oʊz ə lɔt tɪ ðə ˈgreɪtər iz əv juz ənd ˌæksɛsəˈbɪlɪti əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. wɛr grups wʊd hæv tɪ ˈfɪzɪkəli mit əp tɪ tɛst aʊt ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl bɔrd geɪmz ər əreɪnʤ mit əps, naʊ ˈpipəl hæv ə juʤ əˈmaʊnt əv ˈɔnˌlaɪn bɔrd geɪm ˈkɑntɛnt, ˈmɛsɪʤ bɔrdz, ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk grups æt ðɛr ˈfɪŋgərˌtɪps. ɪt həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ˈiziər tɪ əreɪnʤ ə bɔrd geɪm ˈivnɪŋ, ənd dɪˈskəvərɪŋ ˈwɛðər ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr bɔrd geɪm ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ju maɪt ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ɪz ɛz ˈsɪmpəl ɛz ə kwɪk sərʧ ɔn (ən ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈdætəˌbeɪs əv ɔl noʊn bɔrd geɪmz) ər ˈjuˌtub. ˈsɪmələr tɪ ˈvɪdioʊ ˈgeɪmərz, bɔrd ˈgeɪmərz ər sˈloʊli bɪˈkəmɪŋ mɔr ənd mɔr ə pɑrt əv ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈkəlʧər. wɛr moʊst ˈpipəl hæv hərd əv məˈnɑpəli ər ˈtrɪviəl pərˈsut, ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd geɪmz ər bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˈpɑpjələrˌaɪzd ɛz wɛl. geɪmz laɪk ˈtɪkɪt tɪ raɪd (ə geɪm əv ˈpleɪsɪŋ əˈkrɔs əˈmɛrɪkə ər ˈɛlsˌwɛr fər ˈvɪktəri pɔɪnts) ər smɔl wərld (wɛr ju kleɪm ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri əˈkrɔs ə mæp fər ˈvɛriəs ˈreɪsɪz θruaʊt ðə geɪm) ər groʊɪŋ ɪn mæs ˈmɑrkɪt əˈpil. waɪl ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz ər bɪˈkəmɪŋ mɔr ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv, wɪθ ˈhɛdˌsɛts bɪˈkəmɪŋ əˈfɔrdəbəl ənd ˈgræfɪks ˈnɛvər ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈbɛtər, ɪt simz streɪnʤ ðət bɔrd geɪmz ər ˈikwəli groʊɪŋ ˈbɛtər ɛz taɪm goʊz ɔn. waɪ wʊd səʧ ən oʊld ˈmidiəm əv ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt stɪl ɪgˈzɪst wɪn ˈpipəl kʊd bi pleɪɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz? ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz meɪ bi ˈdɪfərənt frəm bɔrd ˈgeɪmɪŋ ɪn kwaɪt ə fju weɪz, bət ðə ˈpɛrəˌlɛlz ɪn haʊ wən əˈproʊʧɪz ðə ˈmidiəm ˈkænɑt bi ˌɪgˈnɔrd. fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ˈpipəl hu noʊ ˈlɪtəl əv ˈiðər wɪl ˈoʊnli noʊ əv ə fju ˈtaɪtəlz: kɔl əv ˈduti ər ˈmædən fər ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz, məˈnɑpəli ər ˈtrɪviəl pərˈsut fər bɔrd ˈgeɪmɪŋ. ɪt ɪz dɪˈstrɛsɪŋ tɪ si ðət soʊ ˈmɛni hæv nɑt bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ dɪg ˈdipər ənd si ðə krim əv ðə krɑp frəm ˈiðər, ˌdɪsrɪˈgɑrdɪŋ əˈmeɪzɪŋ geɪmz wɪˈθaʊt noʊɪŋ ˈɛni ˈbɛtər. ˈleɪtli, ɪn boʊθ bɔrd ənd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈgeɪmɪŋ, ril ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən həz nɑt kəm frəm ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈpəblɪʃərz əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ənd bɛst noʊn ˈtaɪtəlz. ðə ˈɪndi ˈmɑrkɪt həz bɪlt ðə moʊˈmɛntəm fər ðə ˈkɑrənt draɪv fər ðə bɛst ˈkɑntɛnt, ənd ɪt lʊk laɪk ɪt ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈstɑpɪŋ ˈɛni taɪm sun. dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɪz mɑrd baɪ ənd ðə ˈkɑmənli noʊn ɛz dlc*, ənd bɪg taɪm bɔrd geɪm prəˈdusərz ˈoʊnli sim tɪ noʊ haʊ tɪ meɪk jɛt əˈnəðər ɪˈdɪʃən əv ˈmɪnjənz ər geɪm əv məˈnɑpəli fər ə kwɪk bək. ðə ˈædˌvɛnt əv nu ˈtaɪtəlz ɪn ðə bɔrd ˈgeɪmɪŋ ˈmɑrkɪt hæv meɪd ðə ˈmidiəm mɔr ˈpɑpjələr ðən ˈɛvər, wɪθ juʤ kənˈvɛnʃənz, ˌkæˈfeɪz, ənd pəbz ˈpɑpɪŋ əp ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə wərld tɪ brɪŋ ˈpipəl təˈgɛðər. ðə ˌrɛnəˈsɑns əv bɔrd ˈgeɪmɪŋ ðət wi ər ˈlɪvɪŋ θru ɪz ˈvɛri məʧ ðə ˈmɪrər əv ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns ðət ˈgeɪmɪŋ hæd ɪn ðə ˈərli (wɪn nɪnˈtɛndoʊ ˈprɪti məʧ seɪvd ðə ˈgeɪmɪŋ ˈɪndəstri), ʃoʊɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs wət ˈgeɪmɪŋ kʊd ˈɔfər wəns əˈgɛn. bɔrd ˈgeɪmɪŋ ɪz naʊ sin ɛz ə ˈprɑfətəbəl ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn ɪts oʊn raɪt, wɪʧ əˈlaʊz fər mɔr rum fər ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən. ˈvɪdioʊ ˈgeɪmɪŋ, ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, həz ɪts fɛr ʃɛr əv ˈhoʊmˈgroʊn ˈhɪroʊz ðət du nɑt rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈprɑdəkt tɪ bi ˌrɛkəgˈnaɪzəbəl. ðə læst əv ˈjuˈɛs stændz ɔn ɪts oʊn ˈmɛrɪts ɛz boʊθ ə geɪm ənd ə ˈstɔri, ʤɪst ɛz ˈtɪkɪt tɪ raɪd ɪz ə bɔrd geɪm ðət nid tɪ bi ˈpɑpjələr ər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. ˈmeɪʤər ˈpəblɪʃərz əv bɔrd geɪmz hæv hæd tɪ əˈdæpt ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ðə ˈkɑrənt swɛl əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst. ˈhæzbroʊ həz ˈrisəntli riˈlist məˈnɑpəli ˈgeɪmər wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪts ˈmɑrioʊ ˈkɛrɪktərz ənd səm ˈnɑvəl məˈkænɪks ˈɪntu ðə ˈklæsɪk məˈnɑpəli ˈfɔrmjələ. ðeɪ ˈsɪmələrli riˈlist ə nu rɪsk ˈtaɪtəl fər ðə stɑr wɔrz ˈjunəˌvərs ðət ˈsɪmjəˌleɪts ðə əv endor,”*,” tˈwikɪŋ ðə ˈstændərd məˈkænɪks ɪn θri ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈbætəl fildz. waɪlst ðə kɔr geɪm ɪz ˈsɪmələr tɪ ɪts ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər, ənd ðeɪ ər stɪl əˈʃʊrədli geɪmz, ˈmeɪʤər ˈpəblɪʃərz ər ˈhævɪŋ tɪ pʊʃ ðə boʊt aʊt ə ˈlɪtəl ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈtrækt ˈpipəl hu maɪt ˈəðər waɪz ˌdɪsrɪˈgɑrd ðɛm ɪnˈtaɪərli. ˈvɪdioʊ ˈgeɪmɪŋ ɪz ɪn ə ˈdɪfərənt pəˈzɪʃən ɛz ɪts ˈmeɪʤər swɛl əv səˈpɔrt ɪz stɪl praɪˈmɛrəli ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd wɪθ ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈtaɪtəlz, wɪθ ˈtɪpɪkəl kɔr ˈgeɪmərz ˈflɪtɪŋ bɪtˈwin ðə ənd ˈɪndi dɪˈvɛləpərz æt ðɛr ˈlɛʒər. waɪlst bɔrd geɪm ˈpəblɪʃərz hæv hæd tɪ əˈdæpt tɪ ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˈmɑrkɪt, ˈpəblɪʃərz hæv kənˈtɪnjud tɪ ˈdɑməˌneɪt ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv ˈgeɪmɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ˈrɪli ˈlərnɪŋ ˈɛni ˈlɛsənz frəm ˈɪndi dɪˈvɛləpərz. ʃʊr, wi du gɪt ə ˈreɪmən: ˈɔrəʤɪnz hir ənd ə ˈsɑnɪk ˈmeɪniə ðɛr, bət, ɔl ɪn ðə ɔl, ðə ril ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈtaɪtəlz kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt wɪθ ə ril læk əv ˈpɑlɪʃ ər kəmˈplitnəs. bɔrd geɪmz du nɑt hæv ðət ˈləgʒəri, ənd aɪ fər wən æm glæd ðət ðeɪ du nɑt. waɪlst geɪmz ər ˈɔfən soʊld wɪˈθaʊt ˈkruʃəl bəg ˈfɪksɪŋ ər ˈkɑntɛnt, bɔrd geɪmz ˈkænɑt bi ʃɪpt wɪθ ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈpisɪz ər rulz lɛst ðeɪ bi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli rɪˈtərnd ɛz ˈfɔlti gʊdz. ɪt həz bɪˈkəm ən ˈɪndəstri nɔrm tɪ sɛl ənˈfɪnɪʃt geɪmz fər ðə læst ˈdɛkeɪd ər soʊ ənd ˈfræŋkli ɪt həz əˈlaʊd fər ˈmeɪʤər ˈpəblɪʃərz tɪ bɪˈkəm mɔr ənd mɔr ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ kɑrv əp ə ˈsɑləd ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈɪntu ˈmɛni ˈpisɪz (iʧ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkɛriɪŋ ɪts oʊn praɪs tæg). bɔrd geɪmz ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd məst bi soʊld ɪn ðə bɑks, ðeɪ ˈsɪmpli teɪk ɛˈsɛnʃəl kɑrdz ər ˈkaʊntərz əˈweɪ tɪ bi soʊld ˈleɪtər ɛz ðə geɪm wʊd bi ˈbroʊkən wɪˈθaʊt ðɛm. ðə fækt ðət ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm ˈmeɪkərz ər ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˌoʊˈkeɪ tɪ ˈsɪmpli gɪv ˈgeɪmərz lɛs ˈkɑntɛnt fər ðə seɪm əˈmaʊnt əv ˈməni (ər mɔr) ɪz ðə ʧif ˈrizən ɛz tɪ waɪ ðɛr ɪz noʊ draɪv tɪ meɪk ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz. ˈgeɪmərz ər fɑr tu əkˈsɛptɪŋ əv ðiz ˈʃɑdi ˈbɪznɪs ˈpræktɪsɪz ənd soʊ noʊ ˈtɛlɪŋ haʊ fɑr ˈpəblɪʃərz wɪl bi ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ pʊʃ ɪt ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. ðə kəmˈpɛrəsən hir ɪz əv kɔrs nɑt ˈkɑnkrit, ə ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm kən bi ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd æt ˈɛni taɪm ˈviə ə ˈsɑləd ˈɪntərˌnɛt kəˈnɛkʃən, ənˈlaɪk ðət əv ə ˈteɪbəlˌtɑp bɔrd geɪm. ðɪs ˈsɪmpəl fækt ɪz wət meɪks ɪt ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ʃɪp ən ˌɪnkəmˈplit ˈprɑdəkt, ɛz wi hæv sin wɪθ ˈmɛni ˈrisənt rɪˈlisɪz ənd æt ˈprɛzənt lʊk laɪk ə trɛnd ðət ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈstɑpɪŋ ˈɛniˌtaɪm sun. wət ˈmɛni ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz læk ɪz ə kəmˈplɛksɪti ðət əˈlaʊz fər pleɪərz tɪ ɪkˈsɛl ɪn ðɛr ˈmæstəri əv ðə geɪm məˈkænɪks. ɪn ðə ˈmeɪnˌstrim, ɪt ɪz bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˈrɛrər ənd ˈrɛrər fər geɪmz tɪ bi riˈlist ðət əˈlaʊ ə pleɪər tɪ meɪk ə muv ər meɪk ə pleɪ ðət meɪks ju stɛp bæk ənd seɪ wɑz ə gʊd move.”*.” ˌɪnˈstɛd wi ˈiðər gɪt ðə ˈtɔrənt əv keɪˈɑtɪk ˈgənˌfaɪər ər ə taɪd əv ˈɔnˌlaɪn ðət ˈrɛrli jild ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ vjuɪŋ. soʊ ˈmɛni geɪmz riˈlist ər soʊ ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ˈhoʊldɪŋ jʊr hænd ənˈtɪl ðə ɛnd, ɛz ɪf ɪt ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ju fil əˈkɑmplɪʃt ðə ɪnˈtaɪər weɪ, ˈrəðər ðən ˈfɔrsɪŋ ju tɪ əˈdæpt jʊr skɪlz tɪ ðə geɪm ˌɪtˈsɛlf. waɪ pleɪ æt ɔl ɪf ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪmənt ɪn ˈwɪnɪŋ? ɪn ʃɔrt, ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz kən lərn ə lɔt frəm bɔrd geɪmz. wi kən lərn ðət ðə smɔl taɪm, ˈlɛsər noʊn ˈtaɪtəlz ər ˈɔfən ðə moʊst kriˈeɪtɪv ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. wi kən lərn ðət geɪmz ʃʊd bi kəmˈplit ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz, nɑt wərks ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs. ˈfaɪnəli, wi kən lərn ðət geɪmz ʃʊd ˈʧælənʤ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈmæstər ðɛm, ənd nɑt ˈsɪmpli hoʊld ɑr hænd ənˈtɪl ðə ˈkrɛdɪt ˈsikwəns.
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anyone remotely interested in geek culture would be hard pressed to ignore the fairly recent rise in board game popularity. in a similar vein to the video game indie market, the popularity of board games has seemingly spread from nowhere with more experimental and elaborate titles being released each and every year.
as with most originally niche cultures, board gaming owes a lot to the greater ease of use and accessibility of the internet. where groups would have to physically meet up to test out experimental board games or arrange meet ups, now people have a huge amount of online board game content, message boards, and facebook groups at their fingertips. it has never been easier to arrange a board game evening, and discovering whether a particular board game is something you might enjoy is as simple as a quick search on boardgamegeek (an online database of all known board games) or youtube.
similar to video gamers, board gamers are slowly becoming more and more a part of mainstream culture. where most people have heard of monopoly or trivial pursuit, increasingly more complicated games are becoming popularized as well. games like ticket to ride (a game of placing train-lines across america or elsewhere for victory points) or small world (where you claim territory across a map for various races throughout the game) are growing in mass market appeal.
while video games are becoming more impressive, with vr headsets becoming affordable and graphics never looking better, it seems strange that board games are equally growing better as time goes on. why would such an old medium of entertainment still exist when people could be playing video games?
video games may be different from board gaming in quite a few ways, but the parallels in how one approaches the medium cannot be ignored. for the most part, people who know little of either will only know of a few titles: call of duty or madden for video games, monopoly or trivial pursuit for board gaming. it is distressing to see that so many have not been able to dig deeper and see the cream of the crop from either, disregarding amazing games without knowing any better.
lately, in both board and video gaming, real innovation has not come from the traditional publishers of the biggest and best known titles. the indie market has built the momentum for the current drive for the best content, and it doesn’t look like it is going to be stopping any time soon. triple-a development is marred by microtransactions and the asset-strips commonly known as dlc, and big time board game producers only seem to know how to make yet another edition of minions or game of thrones monopoly for a quick buck.
the advent of new titles in the board gaming market have made the medium more popular than ever, with huge conventions, board-game cafes, and pubs popping up all over the world to bring people together. the renaissance of board gaming that we are living through is very much the mirror of the experience that gaming had in the early 90’s (when nintendo pretty much single-handedly saved the gaming industry), showing us what gaming could offer once again. board gaming is now seen as a profitable market in its own right, which allows for more room for experimentation. video gaming, likewise, has its fair share of homegrown heroes that do not rely on any other product to be recognizable. the last of us stands on its own merits as both a game and a story, just as ticket to ride is a board game that doesn’t need tie-ins to be popular or interesting.
major publishers of board games have had to adapt in order to benefit from the current swell of interest. hasbro has recently released monopoly gamer which incorporates mario characters and some novel mechanics into the classic monopoly formula. they similarly released a new risk title for the star wars universe that simulates the “battle of endor,” tweaking the standard mechanics in three separate battle fields. whilst the core game is similar to its predecessor, and they are still assuredly tie-in games, major publishers are having to push the boat out a little in order to attract people who might other wise disregard them entirely.
video gaming is in a different position as its major swell of support is still primarily located with the most popular titles, with typical core gamers flitting between the triple-a and indie developers at their leisure. whilst board game publishers have had to adapt to the changing market, triple-a publishers have continued to dominate the direction of gaming without really learning any lessons from indie developers. sure, we do get a rayman: origins here and a sonic mania there, but, all in the all, the real mainstream titles continue to disappoint with a real lack of polish or completeness.
board games do not have that luxury, and i for one am glad that they do not. whilst games are often sold without crucial bug fixing or content, board games cannot be shipped with missing pieces or rules lest they be immediately returned as faulty goods. it has become an industry norm to sell unfinished games for the last decade or so and frankly it has allowed for major publishers to become more and more willing to carve up a solid experience into many pieces (each also carrying its own price tag). board games on the other hand must be sold playable in the box, they simply can’t take essential cards or counters away to be sold later as the game would be broken without them. the fact that video game makers are given the okay to simply give gamers less content for the same amount of money (or more) is the chief reason as to why there is no drive to make innovative triple-a experiences. gamers are far too accepting of these shoddy business practices and so there’s no telling how far publishers will be willing to push it in the future. the comparison here is of course not concrete, a video game can be updated at any time via a solid internet connection, unlike that of a tabletop board game. this simple fact is what makes it possible to ship an incomplete product, as we have seen with many recent releases and at present doesn’t look like a trend that is going to be stopping anytime soon.
what many video games lack is a complexity that allows for players to excel in their mastery of the game mechanics. in the mainstream, it is becoming rarer and rarer for games to be released that allow a player to make a move or make a play that makes you step back and say “that was a good move.” instead we either get the torrent of chaotic gunfire or a tide of online metas that rarely yield interesting viewing. so many games released are so dedicated to holding your hand until the end, as if it is trying to make sure you feel accomplished the entire way, rather than forcing you to adapt your skills to the game itself. why play at all if there is no enjoyment in winning?
in short, video games can learn a lot from board games. we can learn that the small time, lesser known titles are often the most creative and interesting. we can learn that games should be complete experiences, not full-priced works in progress. finally, we can learn that games should challenge us to master them, and not simply hold our hand until the credit sequence.
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ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən: ʤɑn ˈʃeɪkˌspir səm əv ɪt ɪz kæt ˈvɪdioʊz. məʧ əv ɪt mənˈdeɪn. bət ən ˈɔfəl lɔt ɪz ˈjusfəl, ənd hɪz bɛst gɛs ɪz ðət ˈoʊnli 5 pər sɛnt əv ðə ˈjusfəl stəf ɪz biɪŋ juzd, ə ˈfɪgjər ðət pʊts ˈjuˈɛs weɪ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈkəntriz wi ˈjuʒəwəli laɪk tɪ kəmˈpɛr ɑrˈsɛlvz tɪ, əˈspɛʃəli ˈbrɪtən ənd nu ˈzilənd. wi ər bɪˈhaɪnd ˈpɑrtli fər ˈpraɪvəsi ˈrizənz, ˈpɑrtli bɪˈkəz pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈjuzərz doʊnt noʊ wət ˈdætə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz hoʊld, ənd ˈpɑrtli bɪˈkəz ðə məˈʃinz ðət hoʊld ɪt ˈɔfən kænt tɔk tɪ iʧ ˈəðər, ˈivɪn wɪˈθɪn ðə seɪm ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz. ɪt ɪz ən ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ ðət sɪk ˈpeɪʃənz stɪl hæv tɪ ækt ɛz ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈkɑndwəts bɪtˈwin ˈhɛlθˌkɛr prəˈvaɪdərz 10 tɪ 25 pər sɛnt əv ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl tɛsts ˈɔrdərd ər θɔt tɪ bi ˈdjupləˌkeɪts) ənd ə dɪsˈgreɪs ðət 60 jɪrz ˈæftər ðə θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd ˈtræʤədi wi stɪl doʊnt lɪŋk prəˈskrɪpʃən ˈdætə tɪ ˈrɛkərdz tɪ gɪt ˈɪnˌsaɪts ˈɪntu ðə saɪd ˈifɛkts əv drəgz. ˈrisərʧ ðət kʊd hæv seɪvd ðə lɪvz əv ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ˈwɪmən wɑz dɪˈleɪd faɪv jɪrz waɪl ðə ˈrisərʧərz ˈweɪtɪd fər ˈɛθɪks əˈpruvəl tɪ si ˈsərvɪkəl ˈkænsər ˈskrinɪŋ ˈdætə; ˈrisərʧərz ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ ˈstədi ðə lɪŋk bɪtˈwin væksəˈneɪʃən ənd ədˈmɪʃən tɪ ˈhɑˌspɪtəl hæv hæd tɪ weɪt eɪt jɪrz ənd ˈkaʊntɪŋ. ˈpitər ˈhɛrɪs, ðə ˌproʊdəkˈtɪvɪti kəˈmɪʃən ˈʧɛrmən, sɪz ˈpipəl doʊnt ˈriəˌlaɪz ðeɪ hæv noʊ raɪts tɪ ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp əv ðɛr oʊn ˈdætə. mirz ˈhɛrɪs rənz ðə ˌproʊdəkˈtɪvɪti kəˈmɪʃən. ɪt ɪz ə ˈmɛʒər əv hɪz bɪˈlif ɪn ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ðə ˈdætə ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri kəˈmɪʃənd baɪ ðə ˈtərnˌbʊl ˈgəvərnmənt ðət hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ʧɛr ɪt hɪmˈsɛlf ənd ˈpərsənəli brift ˈʤərnəlɪsts ɔn ðə ˈkɑntɛnts əv hɪz dræft rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. hɪz fərst ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən ɪz ðət ɔl ˈɛntɪtiz kriˈeɪt ˈrɛʤɪstərz əv ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðeɪv gɑt. hi wɔnts ðɛm ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ɑkˈtoʊbər 2017 ɪf ˈɛniˌwən wɔnts ə ˈkɑpi əv ˈsəmθɪŋ ɔn ə ˈrɛʤɪstər, ðeɪ ʃʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ɪt fər fri ər fər ˈmɑrʤənəl kɔst, ənˈlɛs ðɛr ər ˈpaʊərfəl ˈrizənz fər ˈhoʊldɪŋ ɪt bæk. ˈgɪvɪn haʊ məʧ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə soʊ ˈmɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs ˈwɪlɪŋli ər ˈkɛrlɛsli gɪv əˈweɪ ˈɛvəri deɪ, hi ˈɪzənt ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpraɪvəsi rɪsks əv riˈlisɪŋ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə (ənd əˈlaʊɪŋ ɪt tɪ bi lɪŋkt tɪ ˈəðər ˈdætə, ɛz ðə ˈbjʊroʊ əv stəˈtɪstɪks wɔnts tɪ du wɪθ ðə ˈsɛnsəs), seɪɪŋ ðə rɪsks ər "ˈlaɪkli ˈvɛri smɔl". wɛr ðɛrz ə klɪr ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst, hi wɔnts ˈrisərʧərz tɪ bi ˈgɪvɪn ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈpraɪvət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪn sɪˈkjʊr rumz. raɪt naʊ ðeɪ ər ˈɔfən rikˈwaɪərd tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ðeɪ kriˈeɪt ɪn ˈmɛdɪkəl ənd ˈəðər ˈrisərʧ, ə ˈpræktɪs hi sɪz ɪz ˈeɪkɪn tɪ "bʊk ˈbərnɪŋ". hi wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər ðɛm tɪ kip ɪt. raɪt naʊ, ɪn spaɪt əv ə ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd bɪˈlif tɪ ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, ju ənd aɪ hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ɑr oʊn ˈdætə. ˈrɪli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wʊd bi ɪn "ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst", ˈoʊvərˌsin baɪ ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈdætə kəˈstoʊdiən hu wʊd rɪˈpɔrt tɪ ðə ˈpɑrləmɛnt. bət ðæts ʤɪst hæf əv ɪt. raɪt naʊ, ɪn spaɪt əv ə ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd bɪˈlif tɪ ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, ju ənd aɪ doʊnt hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ɑr oʊn ˈdætə. ɪf aɪ æsk maɪ mˈjuzɪk ˈstrimɪŋ ˈsərvɪs fər ˈditeɪlz əv maɪ ˈlɪsənɪŋ ˈhæbəts, ər maɪ sərʧ ˈɪnʤən fər ˈditeɪlz əv maɪ sərʧ ˈhɪstəri, ər maɪ ˌɪnˈʃʊrər fər ˈditeɪlz əv maɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ˈhɪstəri, ər maɪ ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt fər ˈditeɪlz əv maɪ ˈʃɑpɪŋ ˈhɪstəri, ər maɪ ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti səˈplaɪər fər ˈditeɪlz əv maɪ ˈjusɪʤ ˈhɪstəri, ðeɪ ər ˈpərfəktli ɛnˈtaɪtəld tɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ hænd ðɛm ˈoʊvər. aɪ maɪt wɔnt tɪ teɪk ðɛm tɪ ə kəmˈpɛtɪtər. ˈhɛrɪs wɔnts tɪ ɛnʃˈraɪn ɪn lɔ maɪ raɪt tɪ teɪk ðɛm tɪ ə kəmˈpɛtɪtər. ˈivɪn ˈbɛtər, hi wɔnts maɪ prəˈvaɪdərz tɪ hænd ðɛm tɪ ðə kəmˈpɛtɪtərz ər ˈbroʊkərz aɪ səˈlɛkt æt maɪ dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. aɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈwʊdənt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ meɪk məʧ sɛns əv ə əˈkaʊnt əv maɪ ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti juz, bət ə kəmˈpɛtɪtər wʊd. ˈloʊdɪŋ ˈsədənli, ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən kʊd ˈrɪli wərk. ənd ɪt wʊd kɔst ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈnəθɪŋ. ðɛr wʊd bi noʊ ˈpraɪvəsi kənˈsərnz bɪˈkəz ɪt kʊd bi riˈlist ˈoʊnli æt maɪ dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. ˈhɛrɪs wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ gɪv mi ðə raɪt tɪ rɪkˈwɛst ˈɛdɪts ər kərˈɛkʃənz tɪ ðə ˈdætə fərmz hæv ɔn mi, tɪ bi ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz tɪ sɛl ər pæs ɪt ɔn, tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈɔrdər ðɛm tɪ stɑp kəˈlɛktɪŋ ɪt (æt ðə rɪsk əv ˈluzɪŋ ðə ˈsərvɪs) ənd tɪ əˈpil ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪd dɪˈsɪʒənz ðət dɪˈnaɪ mi ˈsərvɪsɪz ər ʧɑrʤ mi mɔr ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs əv ɪt. hi ɪz ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən. ɪts ə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən wi ɔt tɪ ɪmˈbreɪs ənd dɪˈrɛkt, ˈrəðər ðən sɪt bæk ənd wɔʧ.
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illustration: john shakespeare some of it is cat videos. much of it mundane. but an awful lot is useful, and his best guess is that only 5 per cent of the useful stuff is being used, a figure that puts us way behind the countries we usually like to compare ourselves to, especially britain and new zealand. we are behind partly for privacy reasons, partly because potential users don't know what data government agencies hold, and partly because the machines that hold it often can't talk to each other, even within the same hospitals. it is an outrage that sick patients still have to act as information conduits between healthcare providers (10 to 25 per cent of the medical tests ordered are thought to be duplicates) and a disgrace that 60 years after the thalidomide tragedy we still don't link prescription data to hospitalisation records to get insights into the side effects of drugs. research that could have saved the lives of indigenous women was delayed five years while the researchers waited for ethics approval to see cervical cancer screening data; researchers wanting to study the link between vaccination and admission to hospital have had to wait eight years and counting.
peter harris, the productivity commission chairman, says people don't realise they have no rights to ownership of their own data. credit:andrew meares harris runs the productivity commission. it is a measure of his belief in the importance of the data inquiry commissioned by the turnbull government that he decided to chair it himself and personally briefed journalists on the contents of his draft report on wednesday. his first recommendation is that all government-funded entities create easy-to-access registers of everything they've got. he wants them published by october 2017. if anyone wants a machine-readable copy of something on a register, they should be able to get it for free or for marginal cost, unless there are powerful reasons for holding it back. given how much personal data so many of us willingly or carelessly give away every day, he isn't particularly concerned about the privacy risks of releasing de-identified personal data (and allowing it to be linked to other data, as the bureau of statistics wants to do with the census), saying the risks are "likely very small". where there's a clear public interest, he wants researchers to be given access to private information in secure rooms. right now they are often required to destroy datasets they create in medical and other research, a practice he says is akin to "book burning". he would require them to keep it.
right now, in spite of a widespread belief to the contrary, you and i have access to our own data. really important information would be curated in "national interest datasets", overseen by a national data custodian who would report to the parliament. but that's just half of it. right now, in spite of a widespread belief to the contrary, you and i don't have access to our own data. if i ask my music streaming service for details of my listening habits, or my search engine for details of my search history, or my insurer for details of my claiming history, or my supermarket for details of my shopping history, or my electricity supplier for details of my usage history, they are perfectly entitled to refuse to hand them over. i might want to take them to a competitor. harris wants to enshrine in law my right to take them to a competitor. even better, he wants my providers to hand them to the competitors or brokers i select at my direction. i probably wouldn't be able to make much sense of a machine-readable account of my electricity use, but a competitor would.
loading suddenly, competition could really work. and it would cost almost nothing. there would be no privacy concerns because it could be released only at my direction. harris would also give me the right to request edits or corrections to the data firms have on me, to be informed about their intentions to sell or pass it on, to be able to order them to stop collecting it (at the risk of losing the service) and to appeal automated decisions that deny me services or charge me more on the basis of it. he is talking about a revolution. it's a revolution we ought to embrace and direct, rather than sit back and watch.
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ðɪs ɪz ə rəʃ ˈtrænˌskrɪpt. ˈkɑpi meɪ nɑt bi ɪn ɪts ˈfaɪnəl fɔrm. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ɪn nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə, ðə meɪn rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp sɛt əp baɪ lɑˈkoʊtə ˈwɔtər prəˈtɛktərz ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈbɪljən dəˈkoʊtə ˈækˌsɛs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn həz bɪn ˈlɑrʤli ˈveɪkeɪtəd, ˈæftər ˈproʊˌtɛstərz wər ˈɔrdərd tɪ liv ðə kæmp ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. pəˈlis ərˈɛstɪd, wi bɪˈliv, 10 ˈpipəl. ðə juz. ˈɑrmi kɔrz əv ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ənd ðə nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə ˈgəvərnər hæd ˌɪmˈpoʊzd ə nun ɪˈvɪkʃən ˈdɛˌdlaɪn fər ˈhənərdz əv ˈwɔtər prəˈtɛktərz stɪl ˈlɪvɪŋ æt ðə rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp. prɛr ˈsɛrəˌmoʊniz wər hɛld ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ənd pɑrt əv ðə kæmp wɑz sɛt ɔn faɪər ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɪˈvɪkʃən bɪˈgæn. ˈwɔtər prəˈtɛktərz seɪ ðə rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp sɪts ɔn su ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ˈəndər ðə 1851 ˈtriti əv fɔrt ˈlɛrəmi ənd ðət ðeɪ hæv ə raɪt tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ɔn ðɛr ænˈsɛstrəl lænd. ə ˈkəpəl ˈdəzən ˈpipəl, wi bɪˈliv, ər stɪl rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ æt ðə kæmp. ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ɪnˈkæmpmɪnts ɪn nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə wər ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈgæðərɪŋ əv ˈneɪtɪv əˈmɛrɪkənz ɪn ˈdɛkeɪdz. æt ɪts pik, mɔr ðən ˈpipəl wər æt ðə ˈvɛriəs rɪˈzɪstəns kæmps. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, kənˈstrəkʃən kruz rɪˈzumd wərk ɔn ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, ˈæftər ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən rɪˈvərst ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ənd ˈgrænɪd ən ˈizmənt tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈɛnərʤi ˈtrænsfər ˈpɑrtnərz tɪ drɪl bɪˈniθ ðə məˈzʊri ˈrɪvər. wi goʊ naʊ tɪ nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə, wɛr ʤɔɪnd baɪ tu gɛsts. breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd ɪz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈstændɪŋ rɑk su traɪb ənd ə ˈfaʊndər əv ðə ˈseɪkrɪd stoʊn kæmp, wɪʧ kənˈtɪnjuz. ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk ɪz ən ənd hɛd əv ðə ˈmɛdɪk ənd ˈhilər ˈkaʊnsəl æt ˈstændɪŋ rɑk. waɪ wi bɪˈgɪn wɪθ breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd? ju ðə ˈseɪkrɪd stoʊn kæmp, wɪʧ ɪz ɔn jʊr ˈprɑpərti. bət ðə meɪn rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp, ˈpipəl wər ɪˈvɪktɪd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ənd ərˈɛstɪd. kən ju tɛl ˈjuˈɛs wət ˈhæpənd? breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: soʊ, æt ðə kæmp, ðə ˈpipəl wər ˈgɪvɪn ə ˈdɛˌdlaɪn tɪ liv ðə kæmp. ənd wi hæd laɪk ə smɔl sˈnoʊˌstɔrm ðət keɪm ɪn, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ reɪn. ənd raɪt naʊ, tɪ gɪt ˈpipəl aʊt əv ðə kæmps ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl wɪθ ðə məd. trəks ər stək, stək ɪn ðə məd. ˈpipəl ər traɪɪŋ ðɛr bɛst tɪ ˈfɑloʊ, bət ðə ˈwɛðər həz nɑt bɪn koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪŋ. soʊ, æt wi ˈfɪgjərd ðeɪ wʊd kəm ɪn. wi wɛnt ɔn ðə hɪlz tɪ preɪ. ənd æt ðeɪ stɪl hæd nɑt kəm ɪn. ənd æt wi gɑt wərd ðət ðeɪ wər ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn. ðɛn, əˈbaʊt ər soʊ, ðeɪ ərˈɛstɪd səm ˈmidiə ˈpipəl. ənd ðət wɑz əˈbaʊt 10 ˈpipəl ðət gɑt ərˈɛstɪd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ˈmoʊstli ɔl ˈmidiə. ənd ðə pəˈlis ənd ˈnæʃənəl gɑrd ənd stəf bækt ɔf ənd sɛd ðeɪ wʊd bi ɪn ðə kæmp æt ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: təˈdeɪ, ɪn ʤɪst ə fju aʊərz. ən aʊər bɪˈhaɪnd ˈistərn ˈstændərd taɪm. jʊr kæmp, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈseɪkrɪd stoʊn kæmp, ər ˈpipəl stɪl ɪnˈkæmpt ðɛr? breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: bɪˈkəz əv soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn, ɛz wi wər kaɪnd əv ˈʤoʊkɪŋ, ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔl ðə ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz frəm. aɪ hæd kɑz ɔl ðə weɪ əp tɪ ðə geɪt. ˈpipəl ər ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn wɪθ ənd tɛnts. aɪ θɪŋk ðət ɑr kæmp həz kwɑˈdrupəld ɪn ðə læst 24 aʊərz. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl, wʊd ju ˈɛstəˌmeɪt, ər ɔn jʊr lænd? naʊ, ˈpraɪvət ˈprɑpərti. jʊrz, əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈkænənˌbɔl ˈrɪvər. breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: soʊ wi wər ˈævrɪʤɪŋ əˈbaʊt 200 wɪn ðə ˈnəmbərz gɑt ˈrɪli loʊ, ənd ðɛn wi hæd ðə ˈvɛtərənz kəm ɪn, ənd ðeɪ məst bi ə ˈkəpəl ˈθaʊzənd ˈvɛtərənz, ənd ɔl ðə nu ˈpipəl. soʊ, aɪ ˈivɪn hæv ən əˈkaʊnt. ðɛr ər ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk, kən ju tɔk əˈbaʊt ˈhæpənɪŋ naʊ ənd wɛr ju si ðə ˈstænˌdɔf æt ˈstændɪŋ rɑk ˈhɛdɪd ənd waɪ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ju? ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk: wɛl, ju noʊ, ðə hoʊl ˈrizən ðət aɪ gɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðɪs, aɪ lɪv ɔn ˈstændɪŋ rɑk, ənd maɪ ˈʧɪldrən ər frəm hir. ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈstændɪŋ rɑk ˈneɪʃən. ənd ðə hoʊl ˈrizən aɪ gɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪz bɪˈkəz aɪ stænd tɪ si ðə ˈlɛgəsi ðət ðɛr ˈænˌsɛstərz hæv lɛft ðɛm tɪ bi dɪˈstrɔɪd jɛt əˈgɛn ər tɪ bi θˈrɛtənd jɛt əˈgɛn. ənd soʊ, aɪ gɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈwɔtər. bət, ju noʊ, aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt mɔr ðən ʤɪst ˈwɔtər. ðɪs ɪz, əv kɔrs, əˈbaʊt ˈtriti raɪts ˈɔlsoʊ. ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt ðə prəˈtɛkʃən əv ˈseɪkrɪd saɪts. bət ˈivɪn mɔr soʊ, ɛz ən, kəm tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɛdəbəl ənd məˈdɪsənəl plænts ðət groʊ əˈʤeɪsənt tɪ ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, raɪt wɪˈθɪn ðə pæθ əv ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. ju noʊ, ðɪs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ɪz ˈeɪkɪn tɪ ˈkəlʧərəl ˈʤɛnəˌsaɪd. soʊ, ju noʊ, aɪ noʊ ðət aɪ hæv tɪ stænd əp ənd kip ˈfaɪtɪŋ. ənd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ðɪs ɪˈvɪkʃən frəm ðə lɑrʤ kæmp, ju noʊ, ʤɪst ə pɑrt əv ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. nɑt dɪˈtərd æt ɔl. dɪˈtərd æt ɔl. wi noʊ wi hæv tɪ kip ˈstændɪŋ. ðə dəˈkoʊtə ˈækˌsɛs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, ənd ðə ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz ˈɪndəstri, ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl, həz tɪ bi fɔt ɔn ɔl frənts. soʊ wi nid ðiz kæmps hir. wi nid ˈpipəl ɔn ðə frənt laɪn. wi nid ˈpipəl ˈlɑkɪŋ daʊn æt ðə drɪl pæd tɪ əˈpoʊz ðɪs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. bət wi ˈɔlsoʊ nid ˈpipəl ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈligəl ˈbætəl. wi nid ˈpipəl ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*. wi nid ˈpipəl tɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ dɪˈvɛst frəm bæŋks ðət səˈpɔrt ðə ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz ˈɪndəstri. ənd soʊ, ju noʊ, ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ə pɑrt əv ðə ˈstɔri. ʤɪst pɑrt əv ɪt. wi hæv ˈpipəl hu hæv muvd ˈɪntu ˈseɪkrɪd stoʊn kæmp, bət wi ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ˈpipəl hu ər goʊɪŋ daʊn tɪ ˈtɛksəs tɪ faɪt ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. wi hæv ˈpipəl hu ər goʊɪŋ tɪ luˌiziˈænə tɪ faɪt ðə baɪu brɪʤ ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ənd ˈflɔrɪdə tɪ faɪt ðə treɪl ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. ju noʊ, ðɪs ˈivɪn əp ˈɪntu ˈkænədə ənd ðə ˈnɔrðərn juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ faɪt enbridge*. ju noʊ, wi ˈstɑrtɪd ə ˈmuvmənt. wi wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ si ðət ˈmuvmənt θru fər ðə seɪk əv ɑr ˈʧɪldrən. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd, wi spoʊk wɪθ ju æt ˈseɪkrɪd stoʊn kæmp wɪn wi wɛnt tɪ nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ æt ðə meɪn rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp. ðɪs kɔrt keɪs ˈskɛʤʊld, ə ˈhirɪŋ fər ðə 27th*, kən ju ɪkˈspleɪn ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈhæpən ðɛr? breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: ðə kɔrt ˈkeɪsɪz ðət ər ˈkəmɪŋ əp, aɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ər mɔr ðən ʤɪst wən ɔn ðə 27th*. ðɛr ər ˈəðərz ðət ər ˈkəmɪŋ əp. raɪt naʊ, ðeɪ ər ʤɪst traɪɪŋ tɪ, ɛz əˈgɛn, meɪk ðɛm ˈfɑloʊ ðə lɔ, tɪ du ə kəmˈplit eis—*— ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˌɪmˈpækt ˈsteɪtmənt. breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˌɪmˈpækt tɪ stɑp ðə kənˈstrəkʃən, tɪ sɪt daʊn ənd tɔk. wi ˌəndərˈstænd ðət noʊ ˈmætər wət wi du ər seɪ æt ðɪs ˈmoʊmənt ɪn taɪm, wi məst stænd baɪ wət ðə ˈligəl ˈpipəl ər duɪŋ. ju noʊ, aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz tɛl ˈpipəl, wi ər duɪŋ ɑr bɛst tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ðə lɔ, bət wi ər ˈɔlsoʊ duɪŋ ɑr bɛst tɪ stænd əp əˈgɛnst ˌɪnˈʤəstɪs. ənd bɪˈkəz ðeɪ dɪd ðə ɪˈvɪkʃənz, ðeɪ θɔt ðeɪ wʊd stɑp ðə ˈmuvmənt. ɔl ðeɪ hæv dən ɪz ɛnˈhænst ˈjuˈɛs. ɔl ðeɪ hæv dən ɪz meɪd ˈjuˈɛs ˌəndərˈstænd wət kaɪnd əv ˈlɪmɪts ðeɪ wʊd goʊ tɪ. wi noʊ ðət wɪn ju ər ɔn ðə raɪt saɪd əv ˈʤəstɪs, ju kənˈtɪnju tɪ stænd ɪn prɛr ənd nɑnˈvaɪələnt rɪˈzɪstəns, ju wɪl wɪn. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: kən ju ɪkˈspleɪn, ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk, ðə faɪərz ðət wər sɛt, səm sɛd, tɪ rɪˈtərn ðə lænd, ðə rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp, tɪ ɪts ərˈɪʤənəl kənˈdɪʃən, ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ wər ɪˈvɪktɪd? ɪz ðət tru? ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk: wɛl, ju noʊ, tru ðət kənˈtroʊld ˈbərnɪŋ ɪz ˈsərtənli ə pɑrt əv ðə lɑˈkoʊtə ˈkəlʧər trəˈdɪʃənəli. ju noʊ, ðə lɑˈkoʊtə wʊd bərn lɑrʤ ˈpisɪz əv lænd ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt ˈsərtən plænts tɪ groʊ ənd tɪ ɪnˈrɪʧ ðə sɔɪl. aɪ seɪ ðət wɑz ðə goʊl əv ðə ˈpipəl hu sɛt ðoʊz faɪərz. aɪ θɪŋk ə pɑrt əv ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ðət ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ, wɪn ˈpipəl keɪm tɪ kæmp, wɪn ˈpipəl keɪm tɪ, ðeɪ keɪm fər ðə lɔŋ hɔl. ðɛr wər ˈpipəl hu bɪlt ðɛr lɪvz ɪn kæmp, hu ˈivɪn wʊd goʊ tɪ wərk ˈɛvəri deɪ frəm kæmp ənd ðɛn kəm bæk. ju noʊ, ðeɪ hæd ðɛr ˈfæməliz ðɛr. ju noʊ, ɪt ˈrɪli wɑz əˈbaʊt kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə səˈsteɪnəbəl kəmˈjunɪti wɛr ˈpipəl kʊd lɪv fərˈɛvər. ˈpipəl ˈpʊtɪŋ faʊnˈdeɪʃənz ˈɪntu ðə graʊnd, bət ðeɪ wər ˈbɪldɪŋ hoʊmz, ju noʊ, ɪn mɑŋˈgoʊljən gers*, ɪn trəˈdɪʃənəl lɑˈkoʊtə. ənd soʊ, aɪ θɪŋk ˈpipəl wɔnt tɪ si ðɛr bɪˈləvəd hoʊmz ˈteɪkən ər ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd baɪ ðə seɪm ˈpipəl hu ər əˈtækɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ənd əˈprɛsɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs. nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə noʊ, sɛd ɪt ˈmɛni taɪmz. nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə həz lɔst ɪts maɪnd. ʤɪst ə mɑm, ənd ə ˈtiʧər. ənd jɛt aɪ kən tɛl ju dɔg bridz ðət hæv əˈtækt mi. aɪ noʊ ðə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin tɪr gæs, gæs ənd ˈpɛpər spreɪ, ənd ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn ðə weɪ ðət ðoʊz fil. aɪ noʊ haʊ tɪ spɑt ˈɪnfɪlˌtreɪtərz ənd ˈeɪʤənt provocateurs*. ju noʊ, aɪ noʊ ðiz θɪŋz. ʤɪst ə mɑm, ju noʊ, ɪn ðə dəˈkoʊtəz. ʤɪst ə mɑm ɔn ˈstændɪŋ rɑk, ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ prəˈtɛkt hər ˈʧɪldrən. ənd aɪ noʊ θɪŋz ðət aɪ ˈnɛvər ɪn maɪ ˈwaɪldɪst ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən θɔt ðət aɪ wʊd hæv tɪ noʊ. ənd soʊ, ju noʊ, aɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðə sɔrt əv ˈpænɪk ənd grif ðət ˈpipəl wər goʊɪŋ θru. wɪn ðeɪ bərnd ðoʊz ˈstrəkʧərz, pɑrt əv ðɛr hɑrts wər ɪn ðət. ənd jæ, noʊ, ə kənˈtɪnjud ˈlɛgəsi əv əˈprɛʃən baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: wɑz ˈɛniˌwən ˈɪnʤərd ɪn ðə bleɪz? wi hərd tu ˈʧɪldrən, ə ənd ə ˈsɛvən. hæv ju hərd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðət? breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: soʊ, wi noʊ ə gərl wɑz ə ˈproʊˌpeɪn ˈkænɪstər blu əp ðət wɑz ˌɪnˈsaɪd wən əv ðə ˈbɪldɪŋz. aɪ wɪl tɛl ju ðət wɪθ wət hæd ˈhæpənd æt ðə frənt laɪnz wɪn ðə ˈpipəl keɪm ɪn, ənd ðeɪ keɪm ɪn, ənd ðeɪ broʊk əp poʊlz ənd tɔr daʊn ðə, ðeɪ dɪd ˈhɔrəbəl θɪŋz tɪ ðə ˈprɑpərti. ənd soʊ, ˈpipəl æt sɛd ðeɪ dɪd nɑt wɔnt ðət tɪ ˈhæpən tɪ ðɛr ˈprɑpərti. ɛz ju noʊ, iʧ wən əv ə poʊl ɪz ˈseɪkrɪd, ənd haʊ ðə goʊ əp. ənd soʊ, ðeɪ wər ʤɪst ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɪŋ ənd ˈbreɪkɪŋ əp ðiz poʊlz, ənd ˈpipəl dɪd nɑt wɔnt tɪ si ðət. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: lɛt mi æsk ju əˈbaʊt ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. ɪn nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə, ðə steɪt haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz həz ədˈvænst ə bɪl ðət wʊd əˈlaʊ ˈkəmpəˌniz tɪ kənˈsil spɪlz əv ɔɪl, ˈnæʧərəl gæs ənd kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd ˈwɔtər. haʊs bɪl 1151 ˈpæsɪŋ ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli, wʊd ɛnd ə rɪkˈwaɪrmənt ðət ˈfɑsəl fjuəl ˈkəmpəˌniz rɪˈpɔrt spɪlz æt wɛl saɪts əv lɛs ðən 10 ˈbɛrəlz, ər 420 ˈgælənz. wət du ju noʊ əˈbaʊt ðɪs? ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk: soʊ, ju noʊ, hərd ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər wən əv ðə ˈɑrgjəmənts fər ðə dəˈkoʊtə ˈækˌsɛs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn: ˈpipəl kip ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ðət ˈpaɪˌplaɪnz ər baɪ fɑr ˈseɪfər ðən ˈtrævəlɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə roʊd ər ˈtrævəlɪŋ ˈoʊvər reɪl. wɛl, ðə ˈɪʃu ɪz, ɪz ðət ˈpaɪˌplaɪn spɪlz gɪt ˌriˈpɔrtəd æt ðə seɪm reɪt ɛz ðoʊz ˈəðər ˈmɛθədz əv ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən. ənd soʊ, wi noʊ noʊ, nɑt ˌɪˈligəl tɪ lik ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv ɔɪl, raɪt? nɑt ˌɪˈligəl fər ðiz ˈpaɪˌplaɪnz tɪ lik ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt. soʊ wət aɪ noʊ ɪz ðət ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn goʊɪŋ ɔn. ðeɪ hæv ʤɪst ˈligəˌlaɪzd ɪt ənd meɪd ɪt soʊ ðət ðiz ˈkəmpəˌniz, hu ər ˈpʊtɪŋ ˈməni ˈɪntu ðə ˈpɑkətˌbʊks əv nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz, hæv tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ɪt. soʊ, ju noʊ, frɛndz, ənd goʊɪŋ tɪ kip duɪŋ θɪŋz fər iʧ ˈəðər. ɔl ðə mɔr ˈrizən ðət wi hæv tɪ stænd əp ənd rɪˈzɪst. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: soʊ, ɛz wi ræp əp, breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd, wət ɪz nɛkst? breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd: wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ stænd. wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈɛʤəˌkeɪt. wi wɪl bi ˈɛvriˌwɛr tɪ lɛt ˈpipəl noʊ ðət ə ˈbɛtər weɪ tɪ lɪv, ə ˈbɛtər weɪ tɪ lɪv wɪθ ðə ərθ, wɪθ grin ˈɛnərʤi, ənd ðət taɪm fər ˈjuˈɛs naʊ tɪ stɑrt daɪˈvɛstɪŋ frəm ˈfɑsəl fjuəl, bɪˈkəz wi məst seɪv ðə ˈwɔtər. wi məst seɪv ðə ˈwɔtər. ˈeɪmi ˈgʊdmən: wi wɔnt tɪ θæŋk ju boʊθ fər biɪŋ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs, breɪv bʊl ˌæˈlɑrd əv ðə ˈstændɪŋ rɑk su traɪb, ˈɔlsoʊ rənz ðə ˈseɪkrɪd stoʊn rɪˈzɪstəns kæmp, ənd ˈlɪndə blæk ɛlk, ˈmɛdɪk ənd ˈhilər ənd mɑm, pɑrt əv ðə ˈmɛdɪk ənd ˈhilər ˈkaʊnsəl æt ˈstændɪŋ rɑk, ən. ðɪs ɪz dɪˈmɑkrəsi naʊ! wɪn wi kəm bæk, wi goʊ tɪ ˈmædɪsən, wɪˈskɑnsən, tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə nu ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər. waɪl hi wɑz əˈpruvd læst wik, ˈθaʊzənz əv iˈmeɪlz hæv ʤɪst bɪn riˈlist frəm ðə ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ˈɔfəs. hi wɑz ðə ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl. spik wɪθ ˈlisə greɪvz əˈbaʊt ɪn ðɛm. θæŋk ju. steɪ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs.
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amy goodman: in north dakota, the main resistance camp set up by lakota water protectors fighting the $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline has been largely vacated, after protesters were ordered to leave the camp on wednesday. police arrested, we believe, 10 people. the u.s. army corps of engineers and the north dakota governor had imposed a noon eviction deadline for hundreds of water protectors still living at the resistance camp. prayer ceremonies were held wednesday, and part of the camp was set on fire before the eviction began.
water protectors say the resistance camp sits on unceded sioux territory under the 1851 treaty of fort laramie and that they have a right to remain on their ancestral land. a couple dozen people, we believe, are still remaining at the camp. the ongoing encampments in north dakota were the largest gathering of native americans in decades. at its peak, more than 10,000 people were at the various resistance camps.
earlier this month, construction crews resumed work on the final section of the pipeline, after the trump administration reversed the obama administration and granted an easement to allow energy transfer partners to drill beneath the missouri river.
we go now to north dakota, where we’re joined by two guests. ladonna brave bull allard is a member of the standing rock sioux tribe and a founder of the sacred stone camp, which continues. linda black elk is an ethnobotanist and head of the medic and healer council at standing rock.
why don’t we begin with ladonna brave bull allard? you are—run the sacred stone camp, which is on your property. but the main resistance camp, people were evicted yesterday and arrested. can you tell us what happened?
ladonna brave bull allard: so, at the oceti sakowin camp, the people were given a 2:00 deadline to leave the camp. and we had like a small snowstorm that came in, and also rain. and right now, to get people out of the camps is almost impossible with the mud. trucks are stuck, stuck in the mud. people are trying their best to follow, but the weather has not been cooperating. so, at 2:00, we figured they would come in. we went on the hills to pray. and at 3:00, they still had not come in. and at 4:00, we got word that they were coming in. then, about 4:30 or so, they arrested some media people. and that was about 10 people that got arrested yesterday, mostly all media. and the police and national guard and stuff backed off and said they would be in the camp at 9:00 this morning.
amy goodman: today, in just a few hours. you’re an hour behind eastern standard time. your camp, however, sacred stone camp, are people still encamped there?
ladonna brave bull allard: because of so many people coming in, as we were kind of joking, we’re taking all the refugees from oceti. i had cars all the way up to the gate. people are coming in with tipis and tents. i think that our camp has quadrupled in the last 24 hours.
amy goodman: how many people, would you estimate, are on your land? now, that’s private property. that’s yours, along the cannonball river.
ladonna brave bull allard: so we were averaging about 200, when the numbers got really low, and then we had the veterans come in, and they must be a couple thousand veterans, and all the new people. so, i don’t even have an account. there are a lot of people.
amy goodman: linda black elk, can you talk about what’s happening now and where you see the standoff at standing rock headed and why it’s important to you?
linda black elk: well, you know, the whole reason that i got involved in this, i live on standing rock, and my children are from here. they’re members of the standing rock nation. and the whole reason i got involved is because i couldn’t stand to see the legacy that their ancestors have left them to be destroyed yet again or to be threatened yet again. and so, i got involved to protect the water. but, you know, i realize that this is about more than just water. this is, of course, about treaty rights also. this is about the protection of sacred sites. but even more so, as an ethnobotanist, i’ve come to realize that this is about the edible and medicinal plants that grow adjacent to the pipeline, right within the path of the pipeline. you know, this pipeline is akin to cultural genocide. so, you know, i know that i have to stand up and keep fighting.
and yesterday, this eviction from the large camp, you know, it’s just—it’s just a part of the process. i’m not deterred at all. ladonna isn’t deterred at all. we know we have to keep standing. the dakota access pipeline, and the fossil fuels industry, in general, has to be fought on all fronts. so we need these camps here. we need people on the front line. we need people locking down at the drill pad to oppose this pipeline. but we also need people fighting the legal battle. we need people in washington, d.c. we need people to continue to divest from banks that support the fossil fuels industry. and so, you know, this is just a part of the story. it’s just part of it. we have people who have moved into ladonna’s sacred stone camp, but we also have people who are going down to texas to fight the trans-pecos pipeline. we have people who are going to louisiana to fight the bayou bridge pipeline and florida to fight the sabal trail pipeline. you know, this is—and even up into canada and the northern united states to fight enbridge. you know, we started a movement. we will continue to see that movement through for the sake of our children.
amy goodman: ladonna brave bull allard, we spoke with you at sacred stone camp when we went to north dakota, and also at the main resistance camp. this court case that’s scheduled, a hearing for the 27th, can you explain what’s expected to happen there?
ladonna brave bull allard: the court cases that are coming up, i think there are more than just one on the 27th. there are others that are coming up. right now, they are just trying to, as again, make them follow the law, to do a complete eis—
amy goodman: environmental impact statement.
ladonna brave bull allard: environmental impact statement—and to stop the construction, to sit down and talk. we understand that no matter what we do or say at this moment in time, we must stand by what the legal people are doing. you know, i always tell people, we are doing our best to follow the law, but we are also doing our best to stand up against injustice. and because they did the evictions, they thought they would stop the movement. all they have done is enhanced us. all they have done is made us understand what kind of limits they would go to. we know that when you are on the right side of justice, you continue to stand in prayer and nonviolent resistance, you will win.
amy goodman: can you explain, linda black elk, the fires that were set, some said, to return the land, the resistance camp, to its original condition, before they were evicted? is that true?
linda black elk: well, you know, it’s true that controlled burning is certainly a part of the lakota culture traditionally. you know, the lakota would burn large pieces of land in order to get certain plants to grow and to enrich the soil. i can’t say that that’s the—that was the goal of the people who set those fires. i think a part of it was just that they didn’t want to see—you know, when people came to camp, when people came to oceti, they came for the long haul. there were people who built their lives in camp, who even would go to work every day from camp and then come back. you know, they had their families there. you know, it really was about creating a sustainable community where people could live forever. people weren’t putting foundations into the ground, but they were building homes, you know, in mongolian gers, in traditional lakota tipis. and so, i think people didn’t want to see their beloved homes taken or confiscated by the same people who are attacking us and oppressing us.
north dakota has—you know, i’ve said it many times. north dakota has lost its mind. i’m just a mom, and i’m a teacher. and yet i can tell you dog breeds that have attacked me. i know the difference between tear gas, cs gas and pepper spray, and the difference in the way that those feel. i know how to spot infiltrators and agent provocateurs. you know, i know these things. i’m just a mom, you know, in the dakotas. i’m just a mom on standing rock, working to protect her children. and i know things that i never in my wildest imagination thought that i would have to know. and so, you know, i understand the sort of panic and grief that people were going through. when they burned those structures, part of their hearts were in that. and yeah, it’s just—you know, it’s a continued legacy of oppression by the united states government.
amy goodman: was anyone injured in the blaze? we heard two children, a 17-year-old and a seven. have you heard anything about that?
ladonna brave bull allard: so, we know a 17-year-old girl was injured—no 7-year-old—when a propane canister blew up that was inside one of the buildings. i will tell you that with what had happened at the front lines when the people came in, and they came in, and they broke up tipi poles and tore down the tipis, they did horrible things to the property. and so, people at oceti said they did not want that to happen to their property. as you know, each one of a tipi pole is sacred, and how the tipis go up. and so, they were just bulldozing and breaking up these tipi poles, and people did not want to see that.
amy goodman: let me ask you about legislation. in north dakota, the state house of representatives has advanced a bill that would allow companies to conceal spills of oil, natural gas and contaminated water. house bill 1151, passing overwhelmingly, would end a requirement that fossil fuel companies report spills at well sites of less than 10 barrels, or 420 gallons. what do you know about this?
linda black elk: so, you know, we’ve heard over and over one of the arguments for the dakota access pipeline: people keep telling us that pipelines are by far safer than traveling over the road or traveling over rail. well, the issue is, is that pipeline spills don’t get reported at the same rate as those other methods of transportation. and so, we know that—you know, it’s not illegal to leak a little bit of oil, right? it’s not illegal for these pipelines to leak a little bit. so what i know is that that’s always been going on. they have just legalized it and made it so that these companies, who are putting money into the pocketbooks of north dakota politicians, don’t have to report it. so, you know, they’re friends, and they’re going to keep doing things for each other. that’s all the more reason that we have to stand up and resist.
amy goodman: so, as we wrap up, ladonna brave bull allard, what is next?
ladonna brave bull allard: we continue to stand. we continue to educate. we will be everywhere to let people know that there’s a better way to live, there’s a better way to live with the earth, with green energy, and that it’s time for us now to start divesting from fossil fuel, because we must save the water. we must save the water.
amy goodman: we want to thank you both for being with us, ladonna brave bull allard of the standing rock sioux tribe, also runs the sacred stone resistance camp, and linda black elk, medic and healer and mom, part of the medic and healer council at standing rock, an ethnobotanist.
this is democracy now! when we come back, we go to madison, wisconsin, to talk about the new epa administrator. while he was approved last week, thousands of emails have just been released from the oklahoma attorney general office. he was the oklahoma attorney general. we’ll speak with lisa graves about what’s in them. thank you. stay with us.
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ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə ˈkɪlər dil ɔn wən əv ðə haɪəst ˈreɪtɪd ˈəpˌgreɪdz əraʊnd? ju kən græb ðə ˌɪnˈtɛl fər ʤɪst ˈæftər ə 30 ˈriˌbeɪt frəm, fri ˈʃɪpɪŋ ɪz ˌɪnˈkludɪd. ðə ˌɪnˈtɛl dil ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈvælɪd fər təˈdeɪ (mɑrʧ 14th*) ənd təˈmɑˌroʊ 15th*): fər səm praɪs kəmˈpɛrəsən, ðə draɪv ˈriˌteɪlz fər 275 ənd ðə ˈʧipəst praɪs ɔn ˈæməˌzɑn ɪz 227 wɛr ɪt həz 33 faɪv stɑr rəvˈjuz. ðə wɪl fɪt raɪt ˈɪntu ə proʊ,, ənd mæk ˈmɪni, bət ðə draɪv kəmz wɪθ ə beɪ ˈbrækɪt soʊ ðət ɪt wɪl fɪt ˈɪntu ə mæk proʊ, imac*, ər ˈəðər ˈdɛskˌtɑps ɛz wɛl. waɪ stɑp wɪθ ən? ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ goʊ ɔl aʊt waɪl ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ jʊr mæk ənd gɪt ðə ˈəltəmət ɪn pərˈfɔrməns, ˈkɑmbaɪn ðə ˌɪnˈtɛl wɪθ əv ˈkɪŋstən ræm fər proʊ,, mæk ˈmɪni, ənd imac*, fər ʤɪst ˈæftər ˈriˌbeɪt frəm wɪθ fri ˈʃɪpɪŋ: tɪ pʊt ðət praɪs ɪn pərˈspɛktɪv, aɪ peɪd 120 ə fju mənθs əˈgoʊ fər ðə ɪgˈzækt seɪm kɪt. ju kən rɛd maɪ proʊ ræm ˌrivˈju hir ɪf ju mɪst ɪt, bət ɪn ʃɔrt; əv ræm rɑks ɪf ju juz ə tən əv æps æt wəns. noʊt: ðə ˈkɪŋstən ræm ˈəpˈgreɪd əˈplaɪz tɪ 2010 ˈmɑdəlz bət wɪl nɑt ˌɪnˈstɔl ɪn ðə nuəst proʊ 2011 rɪˈfrɛʃ.
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mɑrks ənd ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, mɑrk ˈbɑlənd, həz bɪn kənˈfrəntɪd baɪ wən əv hɪz ɪmˈplɔɪiz dɪˈmændɪŋ ðət hi peɪ stæf ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ weɪʤ. ðə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, huz peɪ ˈpækɪʤ ðɪs jɪr ˈtoʊtəld £2.1m*, wɑz pərˈzɛnəd wɪθ ə ˈtiˌsərt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˈbɛrɪŋ ðə sˈloʊgən peɪ jʊr stæf ˈlɪvɪŋ wage”*” baɪ ʃɑp ˈwərkər ˈɑlɪvər noʊlz. ˈbɑlənd dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ wɛr ɪt, bət dɪd teɪk ɪt wɪθ ɪm. noʊlz wɑz toʊld tɪ goʊ hoʊm ˈæftər ðə ˈɪnsədənt, wɪʧ tʊk pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈkəvənt ˈgɑrdən stɔr. nid ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ weɪʤ tɪ live,”*,” noʊlz toʊld ðə ˈgɑrdiən. aɪ wərk wɪθ wərk tu ʤɑbz tɪ sərˈvaɪv ɪt ɪz nɑt raɪt. aɪ dɪd ɪt bɪˈkəz mɑrk ˈbɑlənd rənz, soʊ hi ɪz ðə bɛst ˈpərsən tɪ spik tɪ. ʤɪst ˈwɔntɪd tɪ gɪt ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ əˈkrɔs ðət ˈpipəl ˈkænɑt sərˈvaɪv ɔn wət wi ər peɪd. aɪ toʊld ɪm ðət ðiz ˈweɪʤɪz ər ˈpɑvərti ˈweɪʤɪz. hi sɛd hi wʊd lʊk ˈɪntu ɪt. bət aɪ hæv bɪn toʊld ðət baɪ ˈəðər ˈmænɪʤərz. ˈnəθɪŋ changes.”*.” noʊlz sɛd hi wɑz peɪd ən aʊər, bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈləndən ˈlɪvɪŋ weɪʤ ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈgreɪtər ˈləndən əˈθɔrəti ənd səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ðə meɪər, ˈbɔrɪs ˈʤɑnsən. beɪst ɔn ə wik, ðə ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl wʊd əˈmaʊnt tɪ mɔr ðən ə jɪr. noʊlz sɛd ðə peɪ reɪt hæd lɛd ɪm tɪ rɪˈzaɪn ənd lʊk fər ə nu ʤɑb. hi wɑz ˈsərvɪŋ aʊt hɪz ˈnoʊtɪs ˈpɪriəd wɪn hi kənˈfrəntɪd ˈbɑlənd. noʊlz kɔld peɪ ˈpækɪʤ ə dɪsˈgreɪs, ˈæskɪŋ: məʧ ˈhɑrdər ðən mi dɪz hi wərk? waɪ ðə ˈdɪfərəns, wət dɪz hi du mɔr ðən mi? wi hæv hæd ɑr weɪʤ ˌɪnˈkrisɪz, bət maɪ rɛnt ənd ˈtrævəl kɔsts ər goʊɪŋ əp ɛz wɪl fud ˈpraɪsɪz, ɛz ðeɪ wɛl know.”*.” ˈbɑlənd, hu ɪz ˌəndərˈstʊd tɪ hæv ˈspoʊkən tɪ noʊlz ənd tɪ hæv kɛpt ðə ˈtiˌsərt ɪn hɪz ˈɔfəs, wɑz əˈwɔrdɪd ə ˈboʊnəs əv ðɪs jɪr ˈæftər ðə ˈriˌteɪlər ˈpoʊstɪd ɪts fərst ˈprɑfɪt raɪz ɪn fɔr jɪrz. hi həz rɪfˈjuzd tɪ əkˈsɛpt ən ˌɪnˈkris ɪn hɪz ˈbeɪsɪk ˈsæləri əv sɪns hi ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪn 2010 ənd hɪz ˈərnɪŋz ər wɛl daʊn ɔn hɪz ˈtoʊtəl peɪ ˈpækɪʤ fər hɪz fərst jɪr ɪn ðə ʤɑb, wɪʧ wɑz wərθ £4.4m*. hɪz ˈboʊnəs ðɪs jɪr wɑz nɑt ðə haɪəst əˈwɔrdɪd tɪ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz. stiv roʊ, hu ɪz ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə fud dɪˈvɪʒən, rɪˈsivd ən wərθ ˈæftər hɪz ˈrɛvəˌnuz gru tɪ £5.2bn*. ðə sˈmɔləst ˈboʊnəs wɛnt tɪ ʤɑn ˈdɪksən, hu lidz ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmərʧənˌdaɪz dɪˈvɪʒən ənd wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ən ˈɛkstrə ɔl ˈboʊnəsɪz wər ˈkænsəld ɪn 2014 əˈmɪd ˈfɑlɪŋ ˈprɑfɪts. ən ˈspoʊksmən sɛd: ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈwɛlkəm kənˈstrəktɪv ɪmˈplɔɪi ˈfidˌbæk ənd hæv ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈʧænəlz tɪ səˈpɔrt ðɪs. ə kæmˈpeɪn ˈtiˌsərt wɑz ækˈsɛptɪd ɪn ɑr stɔr frəm ən ɪmˈplɔɪi. wi wʊd nɑt ˈkɑmɛnt ˈfərðər ɔn ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl employees.”*.”
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marks and spencer’s chief executive, marc bolland, has been confronted by one of his employees demanding that he pay staff the living wage.
the executive, whose pay package this year totalled £2.1m, was presented with a t-shirt on friday bearing the slogan “simply pay your m&s staff living wage” by 27-year-old shop worker oliver knowles. bolland declined to wear it, but did take it with him. knowles was told to go home after the incident, which took place in the covent garden store.
“we need the living wage to live,” knowles told the guardian. “people i work with work two jobs to survive – it is not right. i did it because marc bolland runs m&s, so he is the best person to speak to.
“i just wanted to get the message across that people cannot survive on what we are paid. i told him that these wages are poverty wages. he said he would look into it. but i have been told that by other managers. nothing changes.”
knowles said he was paid £8.26 an hour, 89p below the london living wage calculated by the greater london authority and supported by the capital’s mayor, boris johnson. based on a 40-hour week, the shortfall would amount to more than £1,800 a year.
knowles said the pay rate had led him to resign and look for a new job. he was serving out his notice period when he confronted bolland.
knowles called bolland’s pay package a disgrace, asking: “how much harder than me does he work? why the difference, what does he do more than me? we have had our 15p wage increases, but my rent and travel costs are going up – as will food prices, as they well know.”
bolland, who is understood to have spoken to knowles and to have kept the t-shirt in his office, was awarded a bonus of £596,000 this year after the retailer posted its first profit rise in four years.
he has refused to accept an increase in his basic salary of £975,000 since he joined the company in 2010 and his earnings are well down on his total pay package for his first year in the job, which was worth £4.4m.
his bonus this year was not the highest awarded to m&s executives. steve rowe, who is in charge of the retailer’s food division, received an add-on worth £653,000 after his department’s revenues grew to £5.2bn. the smallest bonus went to john dixon, who leads m&s’s general merchandise division and was given an extra £217,000. all bonuses were cancelled in 2014 amid falling profits.
an m&s spokesman said: “we always welcome constructive employee feedback and have a number of channels to support this. a campaign t-shirt was accepted in our store from an employee. we would not comment further on individual employees.”
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ə mæn həz bɪn ərˈɛstɪd ˈæftər hi əˈlɛʤədli ʃɑt ə ˈwʊmən bɪˈlivd tɪ bi hɪz ˈɛksˈwaɪf æt hər ˈwərkˌpleɪs ɪn nɔrθ st*. pɔl ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun, pəˈlis sɛd. əˈθɔrətiz sɛd ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt flɛd ɪn ə ˈviɪkəl ˌbiˈfɔr pəˈlis əraɪvd. ðə ˈwʊmən wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl wɪθ ˈməltəpəl ˈgənˌʃɑt wundz ənd ɪz ɪn ˈsteɪbəl kənˈdɪʃən, sɛd nɔrθ st*. pɔl pəˈlis capt*. ˈdəstɪn nikituk*. æt p.m*., nɔrθ st*. pɔl pəˈlis rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ðə ˈæŋkər moʊld ənd tul koʊ. ɔn ðə 2200 blɑk əv strit rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ə ˈwərkˌpleɪs ˈʃutɪŋ, pəˈlis sɛd ɪn ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊst. wɪn ˈɔfɪsərz əraɪvd, ə ˈwʊmən wɑz faʊnd wɪθ ˈməltəpəl ˈgənˌʃɑt wundz. əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ən ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd dəˈmɛstɪk ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɛr ðə ˈɛksˈhəzbənd wɛnt tɪ ðə pleɪs əv ɪmˈplɔɪmənt tɪ hɑrm her,”*,” pəˈlis sɛd. əˈθɔrətiz sɛd ðə ɑrmd ˈsəˌspɛkt wɑz ˈdraɪvɪŋ ə blæk ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ ˌsɪlvərˈɑdoʊ. ə pɑrk ˈreɪnʤər ˈspɑtɪd ðə ˈviɪkəl pɑrkt nɪr ˈbəŋkər biʧ ˈwɔtər pɑrk ɪn kun ˈræpɪdz, pəˈlis sɛd, ənd ˈɔfɪsərz frəm ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs ənd kun ˈræpɪdz pəˈlis əraɪvd. ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈstænˌdɔf ˈlæstɪŋ 35 ˈmɪnəts, ˈsɛvərəl ʃɑts wər faɪərd ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə kɑr, ənd ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt eɪmd hɪz gən æt pəˈlis. pəˈlis faɪərd noʊ ʃɑts, sɛd ˈkaʊnti ˈʃɛrɪf ˈspoʊksmən pɔl ˈsəmər. æt wən pɔɪnt, ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt muvd hɪz kɑr, ˈhɪtɪŋ ə ənˈmɑrkt kɑr. ðət dɪˈtɛktɪv ˈsəfərd ˈoʊnli ˈmaɪnər ˈɪnʤəriz. ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt wɑz ˈteɪkən ˈɪntu ˈkəstədi. hi hæd ə ˈgənˌʃɑt wund tɪ hɪz feɪs, ənd wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, ˈsəmər sɛd. hɪz kənˈdɪʃən ɪz ənˈnoʊn.
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a man has been arrested after he allegedly shot a woman believed to be his ex-wife at her workplace in north st. paul on wednesday afternoon, police said.
authorities said the suspect fled in a vehicle before police arrived. the woman was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and is in stable condition, said north st. paul police capt. dustin nikituk.
at 2:21 p.m., north st. paul police responded to the anchor mold and tool co. on the 2200 block of 2nd street regarding a workplace shooting, police said in a facebook post.
when officers arrived, a woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds.
“this appears to be an isolated domestic situation where the ex-husband went to the ex-wife’s place of employment to harm her,” police said.
authorities said the armed suspect was driving a black chevrolet silverado.
a park ranger spotted the vehicle parked near bunker beach water park in coon rapids, police said, and officers from anoka county sheriff’s office and coon rapids police arrived. during a standoff lasting 35 minutes, several shots were fired inside the suspect’s car, and the suspect aimed his gun at police.
police fired no shots, said anoka county sheriff spokesman paul sommer.
at one point, the suspect moved his car, hitting a detective’s unmarked car. that detective suffered only minor injuries. the suspect was taken into custody. he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his face, and was taken to a hospital, sommer said. his condition is unknown.
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ˈkɔfi əˈʧivərz muv ˈoʊvər, hir kəm ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən əˈʧivərz. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt əv ðə wən, ə ˈpætənt faɪld baɪ ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft wʊd brɪŋ ə ˈsɪstəm ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə əˈʧivmənts tɪ ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈwɑʧərz. læst noʊˈvɛmbər, ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft əˈplaɪd fər ðə ˈpætənt ɔn ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən əˈʧivmənt ˈsɪstəm ðət wʊd rɪˈwɔrd vjuərz ɔn θɪŋz laɪk ˈwɑʧɪŋ hoʊl ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈsɪriz ər ˈwɑʧɪŋ ən ɪˈvɛnt laɪk ðə ˈsupər boʊl. vjuɪŋ tɛndz tɪ bi ə ˈpæsɪv ɪkˈspɪriəns fər ə vjuər, wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɛni ˌɑpərˈtunətiz fər ðə vjuər tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ər hæv ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz wɪθ ðə pərˈzɛnəd content,”*,” ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən, faʊnd baɪ geɪmz ˈɪndəstri ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl steɪts. ˌɪnˈkris ˌɪnərˈæktɪv vjuɪŋ ənd ɪnˈkərəʤ ə ˈjuzər tɪ wɔʧ wən ər mɔr ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈaɪtəmz əv ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkɑntɛnt, əˈwɔrdz ənd əˈʧivmənts meɪ bi taɪd tɪ ðoʊz ˈaɪtəmz əv ˈvɪdioʊ content.”*.” θɪŋk ˈɔlˌweɪz səm ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ðət ləvz ðə ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk əˈʧivmənt əˈwɔrd, ˈlɛvəlɪŋ əp kaɪnd əv concept,”*,” ˈʤɛrəˌmi, ˈsiˌiˈoʊ əv ˈmidiə sɛd. θɪŋk wɪn ɪt kəm tɪ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ðoʊ ˈpipəl ˈɔlˌweɪz tɔk əˈbaʊt rɪˈwɔrdɪŋ ˈpipəl hu wɔʧ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd ðeɪ θɪŋk wət ðə ˈɪndəstri gɪt ɪz ðət ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðə ʃoʊ ɪz ðə reward.”*.” ˈmidiə ɪz ə ˈstɑrˌtəp ðət ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ ʧeɪnʤ haʊ vjuərz faɪnd ðɛr ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ. ˈmɪstər. wɑz ˈrisəntli əˈtɛndəd ɪn tərˈɑntoʊ ənd spoʊk ɔn ə ˈpænəl əˈbaʊt ðə fˈjuʧər əv ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈɪndəstri. əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt əv ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ geɪm əv ər haʊs əv kɑrdz ɪz ðət ju wɔʧt ɪt, ju ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd ɪt, ənd ju geɪv əp ˈθərˈtin aʊərz əv jʊr laɪf tɪ hæv ðət enjoyment,”*,” hi sɛd. sin ˈɛni səkˈsɛs jɛt frəm ˈɛni ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən rɪˈwɔrd program.”*.” ˈtuzˌdeɪ ˈkɑnfərəns ənd ənˈveɪlɪŋ əv ðə nu ˈkɑnsoʊl ˈfoʊkɪst ˈhɛvəli ɔn ðə ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðə dɪˈvaɪs, məʧ tɪ ðə dɪsˈmeɪ əv ðə kɔr ˈgeɪmɪŋ kraʊd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl frəm geɪmz ˈɪndəstri ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl, ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈɔlsoʊ ɛnˈvɪʒənz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə tɪ kriˈeɪt mɔr əˈʧivmənts beɪst ɔn pərˈfɔrmɪŋ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈmuvmənts ˈdʊrɪŋ ʃoʊz. ““additionally*, baɪ taɪɪŋ ðə əˈwɔrdz ənd əˈʧivmənts tɪ ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈaɪtəmz əv ˈvɪdioʊ ər ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈkɑntɛnt, vjuərz meɪ bi ɪnˈkərəʤd tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ðɛr vˈjuərˌʃɪp əv ðə ˈkɑntɛnt, ðəs ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ opportunities,”*,” ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən steɪts. ðə ˈpætənt ˈditeɪlz ðət rɪˈwɔrdz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ðət kən bi vjud baɪ ˈəðər ənd pɔɪnts ðət kən goʊ təˈwɔrdz kloʊðz fər jʊr wən ˈævəˌtɑr, wɪʧ kən bi ˈpɔrtɪd frəm ðə 360
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coffee achievers move over, here come the television achievers.
following the announcement of the xbox one, a patent filed by microsoft would bring a system similar to the xbox 360’s achievements to television watchers.
last november, microsoft applied for the patent on the television achievement system that would reward viewers on things like watching whole television series or watching an event like the super bowl.
“television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content,” the application, found by games industry international
, states.
“to increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to watch one or more particular items of video content, awards and achievements may be tied to those items of video content.”
“i think always some section of the population that loves the intrinsic achievement award, leveling up kind of concept,” jeremy toeman, ceo of dijit media said. “i think when it come to tv though people always talk about rewarding people who watch tv and they think what the industry doesn’t get is that watching the show is the reward.”
dijit media is a startup that is trying to change how viewers find their television programming. mr. toeman was recently attended mesh13 in toronto and spoke on a panel about the future of the television industry.
“the accomplishment of finishing game of thrones or house of cards is that you watched it, you enjoyed it, and you gave up thirteen hours of your life to have that enjoyment,” he said. “i haven’t seen any success yet from any tv reward program.”
microsoft’s tuesday conference and unveiling of the new console focused heavily on the entertainment aspects of the device, much to the dismay of the core gaming crowd.
according to the article from games industry international, microsoft also envisions using the kinect to create more achievements based on performing specific movements during shows.
“additionally, by tying the awards and achievements to particular items of video or advertising content, viewers may be encouraged to increase their viewership of the content, thus increasing advertising opportunities,” the application states.
the patent details that rewards including a gamer-score that can be viewed by other and points that can go towards clothes for your xbox one avatar, which can be ported from the xbox 360.
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baɪ ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈkəstəmərz drɪŋk bɪr ˈsæmplərz ˌbiˈfɔr, ˈdʊrɪŋ ənd ˈæftər tʊrz æt mɪlˈwɔki bruɪŋ koʊ. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: pæt ə. ˈrɑbənsən fər ðə mɪlˈwɔki ˈʤərnəl ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈmædɪsən kræft bruərz ənd ˈwaɪnəriz ər ˈbændɪŋ təˈgɛðər tɪ hɛd ɔf ə plæn ðeɪ fɪr kʊd fɔrs ðɛm aʊt əv ˈbɪznɪs baɪ proʊˈhɪbətɪŋ ðɛm frəm ˈsɛlɪŋ ðɛr bɪr ənd waɪn wɛr ɪt ɪz meɪd. noʊ bɪl həz jɛt bɪn ˌɪntrəˈdust, bət ə prəˈpoʊzəl ɪn ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ əbˈteɪnd baɪ ə kənˈsərvətɪv grup kʊd fɔrs bruərz ənd ˈwaɪnəriz tɪ wərk wɪθ dɪˈstrɪbjətərz tɪ sɛl ðɛr ˈprɑdəkts ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈsɛlɪŋ dɪˈrɛkli wɪθ ˈkəstəmərz. əˈpoʊnənts seɪ ðə wɪˈskɑnsən ˈtævərn lig ənd ˈælkəˌhɑl dɪˈstrɪbjətərz ər ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðə plæn ənd fɪr ɪt kʊd bi slɪpt ˈɪntu ðə steɪt ˈbəʤɪt æt ðə læst ˈmɪnət. ˈtævərn lig ˈlɑbiɪsts seɪ nɑt əˈwɛr əv ˈɛni spɪˈsɪfɪk prəˈpoʊzəl, bət bɑrz nid ə ˈlɛvəl pleɪɪŋ fild tɪ kəmˈpit wɪθ kræft ˈbruəriz ənd ˈwaɪnəriz ðət ər bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˈtʊˌrɪzəm spɑts. kræft bruərz ˈkaʊntər ðət ðə ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz wʊd hərt ˈbɪznɪs, ənd bɑrz tərn tɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt fər hɛlp ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən. ʤɔɪnd steɪt ˈwaɪnəriz ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ kɪl ðə plæn. si ˈjuˈɛs ɛz ə θrɛt bɪˈkəz ɑr ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɑts ər fʊl ənd ðɛrz aren’t,”*,” sɛd ˈwɪljəm glæs, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə wɪˈskɑnsən bruərz gɪld ənd oʊ klɛr ˈbruəri ðə bruɪŋ projekt*. ˈɪndəstri ɪz ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ, ˈtʊˌrɪzəm, ˌhɑspəˈtæləti. fearful.”*.” wɪˈskɑnsən həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn noʊn fər ɪts bɑrz. bət ðə ˈpɪkʧər həz bɪn ˈʃɪftɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə læst ˈdɛkeɪd ɛz ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl kræft bruərz səʧ ɛz nu ənd eɪl əˈsaɪləm hæv geɪnd fænz. ðə ˈnəmbər əv kræft ˈbruəriz həz groʊn frəm əˈbaʊt 75 ɪn 2011 tɪ əˈbaʊt 140 læst jɪr, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə bruərz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ə ˈnæʃənəl kræft bruɪŋ ˈædvəkəsi grup. ənˈklɪr hu ɪz ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðə prəˈpoʊzəl. ðə wɪˈskɑnsən ˈʧæptər əv əˈmɛrɪkənz fər prɑˈspɛrəti, ə ˈnæʃənəl grup bækt baɪ ðə kənˈsərvətɪv ˌbɪljəˈnɛr kɔʧ ˈbrəðərz, əbˈteɪnd ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ leɪɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈfreɪmˌwərk wɪθ ðə ˈækrənɪmz fər ðə ˈtævərn lig, ðə wɪˈskɑnsən bɪr dɪˈstrɪbjətərz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ənd ðə wɪˈskɑnsən waɪn ənd ˈspɪrɪt ˈɪnstɪˌtut, wɪʧ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts waɪn dɪˈstrɪbjətərz, ɔn tɔp əv ðə fərst peɪʤ. steɪt dɪˈrɛktər, ˈɛrɪk bɑt, dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ seɪ hu likt ɪt. rɪˈleɪtɪd: wɪˈskɑnsən kræft ˈbɛvərɪʤ ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən treɪd əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən fɔrmd ˈnuzˌlɛtərz gɪt ðə dɪˈlɪvərd ˈnuzˌlɛtər dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ jʊr wɪr ˈsɑri, bət ˈsəmθɪŋ wɛnt rɔŋ ˈtudeɪz tɔp nuz dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ jʊr pliz traɪ əˈgɛn sun, ər ˈkɑnˌtækt ˈkəstəmər ˈsərvɪs æt dɪˈlɪvəri: mɑn ˌɪnˈvæləd iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs θæŋk ju! jʊr ˈɔlˌmoʊst saɪnd əp fər dɪˈlɪvərd kip ən aɪ aʊt fər ən iˈmeɪl tɪ kənˈfərm jʊr ˈnuzˌlɛtər ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən. mɔr ˈnuzˌlɛtərz fʊl ˈkəvərɪʤ: wɪˈskɑnsən steɪt ˈbəʤɪt ˈəpˌdeɪts əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ, ˈælkəˌhɑl prəˈdusərz wʊd bi proʊˈhɪbətəd frəm ˈhævɪŋ ˈɛni ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ər ˈriˌteɪl ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən. ə nu ˈɔfəs əv ˈælkəˌhɑl ˈbɛvrɪʤɪz ɛnˈfɔrsmənt wʊd teɪk ˈoʊvər ˈælkəˌhɑl ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən frəm ðə steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrɛvəˌnu. ðə ˈdutiz wʊd ˌɪnˈklud ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ prəˈdusərz dɪˈstrɪbjut ər sɛl ɔn ðɛr oʊn. ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wʊd min ðə ɛnd əv ˈbruəri tæp rumz, rumz wɛr ˈbruəri ˈvɪzɪtərz kən ˈpərʧəs bɪr. ˈwaɪnəriz wʊd noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ sɛl tɪ ˈvɪzɪtərz. ˌɪnˈstɛd, hæv tɪ wərk θru dɪˈstrɪbjətərz tɪ gɪt ðɛr ˈprɑdəkt tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt, sɛd ˈælwɪn fɪtsˈʤɛrəld, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə wɪˈskɑnsən ˈwaɪnəri əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ənd ˈoʊnər əv ˈfɪʃər kɪŋ ˈwaɪnəri ɪn vərˈoʊnə. hi kɔld ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðə knell”*” fər boʊθ ˈɪndəstriz. dɪˈstrɪbjətərz ɔˈrɛdi hæv ˈplɛnti əv ˈbɪznɪs, ənd ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ wər tɪ pɪk əp ən əbˈskjʊr ˈleɪbəl ðɛr ˈʧɑrʤɪz wʊd bi ɪgˈzɔrbɪtənt, hi sɛd. ˈtævərn lig ˈlɑbiəst skɑt ˈstɛnʤər sɛd ðə lig hæd ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ. hi dɪˈklaɪnd ˈfərðər ˈkɑmɛnt sɪns noʊ ˈfɔrməl bɪl ər ˈivɪn ə dræft həz ˈimərʤd, seɪɪŋ ˈdeɪnʤərəs tɪ dəˈbeɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈpəblɪk sfɪr. stɪl, hi ˈædɪd ðət hɪz ˈmɛmbərz kəmˈpit wɪθ kræft ˈbruəriz ðət ər groʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃənz fər ɪˈvɛnts. ˈɛrɪk ˈʤɛnsən, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə dɪˈstrɪbjətərz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, sɛd ɪn ən iˈmeɪl ðət əˈlaʊɪŋ kræft ˈbruəriz tɪ dɪˈstrɪbjut ənd sɛl ðɛr ˈprɑdəkts dɪˈrɛkli hɛlps ðɛm groʊ, wɪʧ ˈɔfən rɪˈzəlts ɪn ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən dilz ˈleɪtər. hæv noʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈbænɪŋ ðoʊz ækˈtɪvɪtiz, ənd duɪŋ soʊ wʊd ˈlaɪkli hɑrm ɑr oʊn groʊθ opportunities,”*,” ˈʤɛnsən sɛd. ˈlɑbiəst ʤoʊəl fræŋk ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ən iˈmeɪl. ˈivɪn ðoʊ noʊ bɪl həz bɪn ˌɪntrəˈdust, glæs fɪrz ðə ˈbəʤɪt kəˈmɪti kʊd tæk ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈɔntu ðə ˈbəʤɪt ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr pæst ˈjuzɪŋ noʊn ɛz ə 999 ˈmoʊʃən. ðə ˈmoʊʃən kənˈteɪnz ðə ˈfaɪnəl riˈvɪʒənz tɪ ðə ˈspɛndɪŋ plæn ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt goʊz tɪ ðə fʊl ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪʧər. trəˈdɪʃənəli ˌɪntrəˈdust ənd əˈpruvd wɪθ ˈlɪtəl dəˈbeɪt, ˈɔfən leɪt æt naɪt, ənd həz sərvd ɛz ə riˈpɑzəˌtɔri fər kənˈtɛnʃəs ˈpɑləsi muvz. ðə ˈmoʊʃən fər ðə læst ˈbəʤɪt, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, wʊd hæv ˈgətɪd ðə ˈoʊpən ˈrɛkərdz lɔ. ðət ˈlæŋgwɪʤ wɑz ˈleɪtər strək əˈmɪd ˈpəblɪk ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ. ðə ˈwaɪnəri əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ðə bruərz gɪld ənd ðə wɪˈskɑnsən dɪˈstɪlərz gɪld əˈnaʊnst læst wik fɔrmd ə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən tɪ ˈprɛʃər ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ. həz lɔnʧt ə ˈmidiə kæmˈpeɪn ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪŋ ðə prəˈpoʊzəl, tu. bɑt sɛd ðə prəˈpoʊzəl ɪz tu strɪkt ənd bi slɪpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈbəʤɪt wɪˈθaʊt ˈskrutəni. eɪdz fər ˈbəʤɪt kəˈmɪti rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ʤɑn ˈnɪgrɛn ənd sɛn. ælˈbərtə ˈdɑrlɪŋ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ iˈmeɪl ˈmɛsɪʤɪz. əˈsɛmbli ˈspikər ˈrɑbɪn vɑs riˈɪtərˌeɪtɪd noʊ ˈkɑnkrit prəˈpoʊzəl, bət rul aʊt ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ kʊd əˈpɪr ɪn ðə 999 ˈmoʊʃən. rɪˈleɪtɪd: 5 mɪlˈwɔki ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈbruəri krɔlz rɪˈleɪtɪd: ə gaɪd tɪ 19 ˈbruəri tʊrz ɪn mɪlˈwɔki rɛd ər ʃɛr ðɪs ˈstɔri:
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madison - wisconsin’s craft brewers and wineries are banding together to head off a plan they fear could force them out of business by prohibiting them from selling their beer and wine where it is made.
no bill has yet been introduced, but a proposal in a memo obtained by a conservative group could force brewers and wineries to work with distributors to sell their products instead of selling directly with customers. opponents say the wisconsin tavern league and alcohol distributors are pushing the plan and fear it could be slipped into the state budget at the last minute.
tavern league lobbyists say they’re not aware of any specific proposal, but bars need a level playing field to compete with craft breweries and wineries that are becoming tourism spots. craft brewers counter that the regulations would hurt business, and bars shouldn’t turn to the government for help dealing with competition. they’ve joined state wineries in an attempt to kill the plan.
“they see us as a threat because our parking lots are full and theirs aren’t,” said william glass, president of the wisconsin brewers guild and eau claire brewery the brewing projekt. “our industry is manufacturing, it’s tourism, it’s hospitality. they’re fearful.”
wisconsin has always been known for its bars. but the picture has been shifting over the last decade as high-profile craft brewers such as new glarus and ale asylum have gained fans. the number of craft breweries has grown from about 75 in 2011 to about 140 last year, according to the brewers association, a national craft brewing advocacy group.
it’s unclear who is pushing the proposal. the wisconsin chapter of americans for prosperity, a national group backed by the conservative billionaire koch brothers, obtained a memo laying out the plan’s framework with the acronyms for the tavern league, the wisconsin beer distributors association and the wisconsin wine and spirit institute, which represents wine distributors, on top of the first page. afp’s state director, eric bott, declined to say who leaked it.
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according to the memo, alcohol producers would be prohibited from having any ownership in a distribution or retail operation. a new office of alcohol beverages enforcement would take over alcohol regulation from the state department of revenue. the office’s duties would include ensuring producers don’t distribute or sell on their own.
the changes would mean the end of brewery tap rooms, rooms where brewery visitors can purchase beer. wineries would no longer be able to sell to on-site visitors. instead, they’d have to work through distributors to get their product to market, said alwyn fitzgerald, president of the wisconsin winery association and owner of fisher king winery in verona.
he called the changes the “death knell” for both industries. distributors already have plenty of business, and even if they were to pick up an obscure label their charges would be exorbitant, he said.
tavern league lobbyist scott stenger said the league had nothing to do with the memo. he declined further comment since no formal bill or even a draft has emerged, saying it’s dangerous to debate something outside the legislature’s public sphere. still, he added that his members can’t compete with craft breweries that are growing into destinations for events.
eric jensen, executive director of the distributors association, said in an email that allowing craft breweries to distribute and sell their products directly helps them grow, which often results in distribution deals later.
“we have no interest in banning those activities, and doing so would likely harm our own growth opportunities,” jensen said.
wwsi lobbyist joel frank didn’t immediately respond to an email.
even though no bill has been introduced, glass fears the budget committee could tack the changes onto the budget just before it’s passed using what’s known as a 999 motion. the motion contains the committee’s final revisions to the spending plan before it goes to the full legislature. it’s traditionally introduced and approved with little debate, often late at night, and has served as a repository for contentious policy moves. the motion for the last budget, for example, would have gutted the state’s open records law. that language was later struck amid public outrage.
the winery association, the brewers guild and the wisconsin distillers guild announced last week they’ve formed a coalition to pressure lawmakers to maintain the status quo. afp-wisconsin has launched a media campaign criticizing the proposal, too. bott said the proposal is too strict and shouldn’t be slipped into the budget without scrutiny.
aides for budget committee co-chairs rep. john nygren and sen. alberta darling didn’t respond to email messages. assembly speaker robin vos reiterated there’s no concrete proposal, but didn’t rule out that something could appear in the 999 motion.
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ˈhɛrɪsən bɑrnz ənd ˈændru wər pɑrt əv ðə ˈrɑstər ðət hɛlpt ðə ˈgoʊldən steɪt ˈwɔrjərz bɪˈkəm ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈʧæmpiənz fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn 40 jɪrz. ˈbæskətˌbɔl fænz ɪn ðə beɪ ˈɛriə woʊnt sun fərˈgɛt ðɛr ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðət ˈtaɪtəl drim ə ˌriˈæləˌti tu ˈsizənz əˈgoʊ. naʊ ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈdæləs ˈmævərɪks, boʊθ bɑrnz ənd rɪˈtərnd tɪ ˈɔrəkəl ərˈinə ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ naɪt tɪ ˈbætəl ðə ˈwɔrjərz fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn ən əˈpoʊzɪŋ ˈjunəˌfɔrm. praɪər tɪ ˈtɪˌpɔf, ðə tu rɪˈsivd ə ˈstændɪŋ oʊˈveɪʃən frəm ðə kraʊd ɪn əˈtɛndəns ɛz ðeɪ wər ˌɪntrəˈdust ˈoʊvər ðə pɑ. ðeɪ wər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɑnərd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə fərst ˈtaɪˌmaʊt əv ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ kˈwɔrtər. bɑrnz ənd wər ˈkæʒəwəltiz əv ˈgoʊldən steɪt goʊɪŋ aʊt ənd ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˌənriˈstrɪktɪd fri ˈeɪʤənt ənd ˈskɔrɪŋ ˈʧæmpiən ˈkɛvɪn ˈdʊrənt tɪ ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt, ɛz ðə tim ˈsɪmpli ˈkʊdənt əˈfɔrd tɪ kip ˈɛvriˌwən əraʊnd. bɑrnz wɛnt ɔn tɪ ɪŋk ə mæks ˌfɔˈrjɪr, ˈkɑnˌtrækt ɪn ðə loʊn stɑr steɪt, waɪl wɑz dɛlt ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər ə fˈjuʧər kənˈdɪʃənəl pɪk.
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harrison barnes and andrew bogut were part of the 2014-15 roster that helped the golden state warriors become nba champions for the first time in 40 years.
basketball fans in the bay area won't soon forget their contributions in making that title dream a reality two seasons ago.
now members of the dallas mavericks, both barnes and bogut returned to oracle arena on wednesday night to battle the warriors for the first time in an opposing uniform.
prior to tipoff, the two received a standing ovation from the sold-out crowd in attendance as they were introduced over the pa.
they were also honored during the first timeout of the opening quarter.
barnes and bogut were casualties of golden state going out and signing unrestricted free agent and four-time scoring champion kevin durant to a two-year contract, as the team simply couldn't afford to keep everyone around.
barnes went on to ink a max four-year, $94-million contract in the lone star state, while bogut was dealt in exchange for a future conditional second-round pick.
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ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd p.m*. ˈistərn ˈfinɪks səkˈsɛsfəli lɔnʧt ə ˈdrægən ˈkɑrˌgoʊ ˈspeɪˌskræft tɪ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl speɪs ˈsteɪʃən ˈeɪprəl 8 ənd ˈlændɪd ðə fərst steɪʤ ɔn ə ʃɪp ɪn ðə ˈoʊʃən ˈæftər fɔr ˈpriviəs ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəl əˈtɛmpts. ðə ˈfælkən 9 ˈlɪftɪd ɔf ɔn ˈskɛʤʊl æt p.m*. ˈistərn taɪm frəm keɪp kəˈnævərəl, ˈflɔrɪdə, ˈæftər ə ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn. ðə ˈsɛkənd steɪʤ riˈlist ðə ˈdrægən ˈɪntu loʊ ərθ ˈɔrbət tɛn ənd ə hæf ˈmɪnət ˈæftər ˈlɪfˌtɔf. ðə fərst steɪʤ, ˈæftər ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪŋ frəm ðə ˈsɛkənd, pərˈfɔrmd ə ˈsɪriz əv θri bərnz tɪ əˈtɛmpt ə ˈlændɪŋ ɔn ə ʃɪp ɪn ðə əˈtlæntɪk ˈoʊʃən ˈdaʊnˈreɪnʤ frəm ðə lɔnʧ saɪt. ˈvɪdioʊ əv ðə lɔnʧ ʃoʊd ðə steɪʤ ˈlændɪŋ ɔn ðə ʃɪp eɪt ənd ə hæf ˈmɪnəts ˈæftər ˈlɪfˌtɔf, tɪ ˈrɔkəs ʧɪrz frəm ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðə lɔnʧ æt ðə ˈhɔθɔrn, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz. hæd meɪd fɔr ˈpriviəs ˈɛfərts tɪ lænd ðə steɪʤ ɔn ə ʃɪp, pɑrt əv ðə ˈɛfərts tɪ rɪˈkəvər ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli riˈjuz ðə steɪʤ. ɔn ðoʊz ˈpriviəs əˈtɛmpts, ðə steɪʤ ˈiðər kræʃt ˈɔntu ðə dɛsk əv ðə ʃɪp ər ˈtɑpəld ˈoʊvər. θɪŋ ðət wɑz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈdɪfərənt əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈmɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈrɑkət saɪd wɑz ðət ðə ˈrɑkət ˈlændɪd ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈpʊtɪŋ ə hoʊl ɪn ðə ʃɪp ər ˈtɪpɪŋ over,”*,” sɛd məsk, ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, ɪn ə prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns ˈeɪprəl 8 hi ˈædɪd ðət, praɪər tɪ ðə lɔnʧ, hi ənd hɪz tim ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðeɪ hæd ɑdz əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə səkˈsɛsfəl ˈlændɪŋ ɔn ðɪs ˈmɪʃən. hɑns, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt əv flaɪt riˌlaɪəˈbɪləti æt, sɛd æt ən ˈeɪprəl 7 ˈbrifɪŋ æt ˈkɛnədi speɪs ˈsɛnər ðət ðə ˈkəmpəˌni hæd ðə ˈɔpʃən əv traɪɪŋ tɪ brɪŋ ðə steɪʤ ɔl ðə weɪ bæk tɪ keɪp kəˈnævərəl, ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə səkˈsɛsfəl ˈlændɪŋ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni pərˈfɔrmd ɔn ə dɪˈsɛmbər lɔnʧ. ðeɪ ɪˈlɛktɪd, ðoʊ, tɪ əˈtɛmpt əˈnəðər ˈlændɪŋ æt si. ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr flaɪt, wi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd wi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ goʊ tɪ ðə droʊn ʃɪp ənd si ɪf wi kən gɪt ə səkˈsɛsfəl ˈlændɪŋ ɔn ðə droʊn ship,”*,” hi sɛd, ɪn pɑrt bɪˈkəz ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈlɔnʧɪz ˈoʊnli hæv ðə ˈɔpʃən əv ə droʊn ʃɪp ˈlændɪŋ ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ðɛr ˈmɪʃənz. ə gʊd ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər ˈjuˈɛs tɪ rɪˈfaɪn ɑr droʊn ʃɪp ˈlændɪŋ capabilities.”*.” æt ðə ˈbrifɪŋ, məsk sɛd ðət kruz wʊd goʊ ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə ʃɪp ɛz sun ɛz ðə ˈviɪkəl wɑz seɪf tɪ wɛld ðə lɛgz tɪ ðə dɛk, prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ɪt frəm ˈtɪpɪŋ ˈoʊvər ʃʊd wɪndz ˌɪnˈkris ər siz bɪˈkəm rəf. ðə droʊn ʃɪp ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ pɔrt ɔn ˈeɪprəl 10 hi sɛd ðət ðə steɪʤ wʊd ðɛn bi pleɪst ɔn ðə lɔnʧ pæd ɪn ˈpɑsəbli lɔnʧ ˈkɑmplɛks fər ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈstætɪk faɪər tɛsts tɪ dɪˈtərmən ɪts kənˈdɪʃən. ɪf ðə steɪʤ ɪz ɪn gʊd hɛlθ, hi sɛd wɪl ““probably”*” juz ðə steɪʤ ɔn əˈnəðər lɔnʧ, pərˈhæps ɛz sun ɛz ʤun. θɪŋk ɪt bi ə peɪɪŋ ˈkəstəmər, bət wi hæv tɪ hæv səm discussions,”*,” məsk sɛd əv ðə lɔnʧ əv ðə steɪʤ. ˈdrægən ənd fˈjuʧər ˈfælkən ˈlɔnʧɪz ðə ˈdrægən ɪz ˈkɛriɪŋ mɔr ðən ˈkɪləˌgræmz əv ˈkɑrˌgoʊ fər ðə ˈsteɪʃən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ kru səˈplaɪz, ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ənd ˈsteɪʃən ˈhɑrdˌwɛr. ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈsɪŋgəl ˈpeɪˌloʊd, əˈkaʊnɪŋ fər ˈnɪrli hæf ðə ˈkɑrˌgoʊ mæs ɔn ðɪs ˈmɪʃən, ɪz ðə ˈbɪgəˌloʊ ɪkˈspændəbəl ækˈtɪvɪti ˈmɑʤul (bim), ə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ɪkˈspændəbəl ˈmɑʤul dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ˈbɪgəˌloʊ ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs ðət wɪl bi ˌɪnˈstɔld ɔn ðə ˈsteɪʃən fər ˈtɛstɪŋ. ðə lɔnʧ ɪz ðə θərd ðɪs jɪr fər, ˈæftər ˈlɔnʧɪz əv ðə ˈoʊʃən saɪəns ˈsætəˌlaɪt ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri ənd ðə kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ˈsætəˌlaɪt ɪn mɑrʧ. ˈprɛzɪdənt gwɪn ˈʃɑtˌwɛl sɛd æt ðə ˈsætəˌlaɪt 2016 ˈkɑnfərəns ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ðə lɔnʧ ðət ðə ˈkəmpəˌni plænd əp tɪ 18 ˈlɔnʧɪz ðɪs jɪr, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə fərst lɔnʧ əv ðə ˈfælkən ˈhɛvi. sɛd æt ðə ˈbrifɪŋ ðət wɪl stɪl ˈeɪmɪŋ fər ðət goʊl. ɪz tru ðət wi hæv tɪ pɪk əp ðə peɪs, ənd wi wɪl pɪk əp ðə pace,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ lɔnʧ ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈɛvəri ˈəðər wik baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðɪs jɪr ənd ðɛn ˈmeɪbi ˈivɪn ˌɪnˈkris ðə pace.”*.” ˈdrægən ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ əraɪv æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən ˈeɪprəl 10 wɪθ əv ðə ˈspeɪˌskræft wɪθ ðə ˈhɑrməni ˈmɑʤul ɪz ˈskɛʤʊl fər əˈprɑksəmətli a.m*. ˈistərn.
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updated 7:00 p.m. eastern
phoenix — spacex successfully launched a dragon cargo spacecraft to the international space station april 8 and landed the rocket’s first stage on a ship in the ocean after four previous unsuccessful attempts.
the spacex falcon 9 lifted off on schedule at 4:43 p.m. eastern time from cape canaveral, florida, after a trouble-free countdown. the rocket’s second stage released the dragon into low earth orbit ten and a half minute after liftoff.
the rocket’s first stage, after separating from the second, performed a series of three burns to attempt a landing on a ship in the atlantic ocean downrange from the launch site. video of the launch showed the stage landing on the ship eight and a half minutes after liftoff, to raucous cheers from spacex employees watching the launch at the company’s hawthorne, california, headquarters.
spacex had made four previous efforts to land the stage on a ship, part of the company’s efforts to recover and eventually reuse the stage. on those previous attempts, the stage either crashed onto the desk of the ship or toppled over.
“the thing that was a little different about this mission on the rocket side was that the rocket landed instead of putting a hole in the ship or tipping over,” said elon musk, spacex chief executive, in a post-launch press conference april 8. he added that, prior to the launch, he and his team estimated they had two-to-one odds of making a successful landing on this mission.
hans koenigsmann, vice president of flight reliability at spacex, said at an april 7 prelaunch briefing at nasa’s kennedy space center that the company had the option of trying to bring the stage all the way back to cape canaveral, similar to the successful landing the company performed on a december launch. they elected, though, to attempt another landing at sea.
“on this particular flight, we decided we wanted to go to the drone ship and see if we can get a successful landing on the drone ship,” he said, in part because upcoming launches only have the option of a drone ship landing given the nature of their missions. “it’s a good opportunity for us to refine our drone ship landing capabilities.”
at the post-launch briefing, musk said that crews would go over to the ship as soon as the vehicle was safe to weld the legs to the deck, preventing it from tipping over should winds increase or seas become rough. the drone ship is scheduled to return to port on april 10.
he said that the stage would then be placed on the launch pad in florda — possibly launch complex 39a — for a series of static fire tests to determine its condition. if the stage is in good health, he said spacex will “probably” use the stage on another launch, perhaps as soon as june. “we think it be a paying customer, but we have to have some discussions,” musk said of the launch of the reflown stage.
dragon and future falcon launches
the dragon is carrying more than 3,100 kilograms of cargo for the station, including crew supplies, experiments and station hardware. the largest single payload, accounting for nearly half the cargo mass on this mission, is the bigelow expandable activity module (beam), a prototype expandable module developed by bigelow aerospace that will be installed on the station for testing.
the launch is the third this year for spacex, after launches of the jason-3 ocean science satellite in january and the ses-9 communications satellite in march. spacex president gwynne shotwell said at the satellite 2016 conference shortly after the ses-9 launch that the company planned up to 18 launches this year, including the long-delayed first launch of the falcon heavy.
koenigsmann said at the pre-launch briefing that spacex will still aiming for that goal. “it is true that we have to pick up the pace, and we will pick up the pace,” he said. “we’re hoping that we’ll be able to launch basically every other week by the end of this year and then maybe even increase the pace.”
dragon is scheduled to arrive at the station april 10, with berthing of the spacecraft with the station’s harmony module is schedule for approximately 9:30 a.m. eastern.
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baɪ vɪn ˌɑrˈmɑni ɪn ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ, ˈsɔfˌwɛr ənd dɪˈvɛləpər vɪn ˌɑrˈmɑni ɪgˈzæmənz ðə ðət ðə ˈkɔrpərət ˈmidiə ˈæktɪd laɪk ɪt wɑz ðə ɛnd əv ðə wərld. ˈəltəmətli ɪt əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ən ˈæməˌʧərɪʃ fɔls flæg əˈtæk ɔn. bət əˈpɑn ˈdɪgɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈæˈdrɛsɪz juzd ɪn ðə əˈtæk, vɪn dɪˈskəvərz ə pəˈtɛnʃəli məʧ mɔr nəˈfɛriəs əˈtæk ɔn. wɔʧ ðə fʊl ˈbrɔdˌkæst hir lɪv fri ənd səkˈsid ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə rɪgd ˈsɪstəm! ʤɔɪn ðə ˈkaʊntər ˈmɑrkɪts ˈnuzˌlɛtər ənd kəmˈjunɪti vɪn ˌɑrˈmɑni ɪz ðə hoʊst əv ðə vɪn ˌɑrˈmɑni ʃoʊ ɔn ˈæktɪvɪst poʊst, ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən stɑr əv ɔn ˈʃoʊˌtaɪm, ˌɑntrəprəˈnʊr ənd əv ˈkaʊntər ˈmɑrkɪts. ˈfɑloʊ vɪn ɔn tˈwɪtər ənd səbˈskraɪb ɔn ˈjuˌtub. gɪt ðə ˈwikli ˈpɔdˌkæst ɔn ˈaɪˌtunz ər stitcher*. vɪn ɪz əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈɪntərvˌjuz æt iˈmeɪl vɪn (æt) vinarmani.com*.
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by vin armani
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ðə bloʊz ʤɪst kip ˈkəmɪŋ fər. ðə ˈkərənsi həz bɪn pleɪgd baɪ ə ˈnəmbər əv hæks, ˈskændəlz, ənd ənˈseɪvəri nuz ˈkəvərɪʤ. tɪ æd tɪ ɪts ˈtrəbəlz, ðə ˈlɑrʤli ənˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪd ˈkərənsi ɪz ˈəndər nu dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl services’*’ ˈskænər fər fˈjuʧər ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən. ðə lɪst əv ˈskɛptɪks əˈbaʊt ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkərənsi ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ groʊɪŋ. grɛg ˈbækstər, ˈsinjər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt fər ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈstrætəʤiz, ɪz ðə ˈleɪtəst əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðət lɪst. ɪn ə ˈpænəl əˈbaʊt læst wik, ˈbækstər sɛd ðət ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks wər flawed”*” ənd ðət ɪt wɑz nɑt ˈrɛdi fər mæs əˈdɑpʃən. ər peɪd ə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ðə ˈvælju əv ðə ˈkərənsi fər ˈmaɪnɪŋ wət ˈhæpənz wɪn ju hɪt ðə ˈlɪmət ənd ðoʊz ˈpipəl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər wɔnt tɪ maɪn bɪˈkəz noʊ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv? ˈnəθɪŋ ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks əv it,”*,” hi sɛd. ɪn ˈsɪmpəl wərdz, hi wɑz rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ˈmɛθəd fər ˈmaɪnɪŋ. ðə ˈkərənsi ɪz maɪnd baɪ ə ˈnɛtˌwərk əv kəmˈpjutərz ənd ˈsərvərz ðət juz ˈælgərˌɪðəmz tɪ sɑlv ˈkɑmplɛks ˈpəzəlz. ˈkərəntli, ˈmaɪnərz ər peɪd ɪn fər ðɛr ˈɛfərts. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈmæksəməm ˈnəmbər əv ðət kən bi maɪnd ɪz 21 ˈmɪljən. wəns ðət ˈlɪmət ɪz riʧt, ˈmaɪnərz du nɑt hæv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv tɪ maɪn mɔr. θɪŋk ðə nɑt kwaɪt ðɛr yet,”*,” sɛd ˈbækstər. læst jɪr, ˈkɑlig, ˈwɪləmz buiter*, ʧif ɪˈkɑnəmɪst æt, kəmˈpɛrd tɪ goʊld. ɪn æˈnælɪsɪs, faɪæt ˈkərənsi, səʧ ɛz ˈdɔlərz, ər ˈsoʊʃəli suˈpɪriər tɪ goʊld ənd ɛz ˈkərənsiz ənd ˈæˌsɛts. ɪz noʊ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ər ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl sɛns fər ə ˈsɛntrəl bæŋk tɪ hoʊld ˈɛni ˈsɪŋgəl kəˈmɑdəti, ˈivɪn ɪf ðɪs kəˈmɑdəti hæd ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk value,”*,” hi roʊt. ðə foʊks æt ər nɑt ðə ˈoʊnli wənz ˈskɛptɪkəl əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkərənsi. ə ˈnəmbər əv ˌɪnˈvɛstərz, ˈnoʊtəbli ˈwɔrən ˈbəfɪt, hæv ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ɛz ən ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈviɪkəl ɪn ˈrisənt taɪmz. hir ər θri θɪŋz ðət ər rɔŋ wɪθ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks. 1 trænˈzækʃən ˈvɑljum fər ˈɛni ˈkərənsi tɪ bi ləˈʤɪtəmət, ɪt məst bi ˈtrəstɪd ɛz ən əkˈsɛptəbəl fɔrm əv trænˈzækʃən baɪ ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl. ðət trəst ɪz rɪˈflɛktɪd ɪn ðə vəˈlɑsəti ər ðə ˈnəmbər əv taɪmz ðət ðə ˈkərənsi ˈʧeɪnʤɪz hænz θru ˈbɪznɪs trænˈzækʃənz. ɪn keɪs, ðɪs ˈnəmbər həz kənˈsɪstəntli rɪˈmeɪnd flæt ˈoʊvər ðə læst jɪr. ˈivɪn ɛz ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈriˌteɪlərz ənd lɑrʤ ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz əkˈsɛptɪŋ həz groʊn, ðə trænˈzækʃən ˈvɑljum həz rɪˈmeɪnd ˈkɑnstənt (ɪkˈsɛpt fər ə brif spaɪk ɪn mɑrʧ ənd dɪˈsɛmbər læst jɪr). ju teɪk ðə ˈvælju əv trænˈzækʃənz læst jɪr, wi dɪd ðət ɪn θri aʊərz əv ˈtreɪdɪŋ ɔn ə ˈsɪti ˈfɔrɛks platform,”*,” sɛd ˈbækstər. ðə loʊ trænˈzækʃən ˈvɑljum simz ˈivɪn mɔr səˈpraɪzɪŋ wɪn ju kənˈsɪdər ðət ˈjuzɪz ˈdəbəl əˈkaʊnɪŋ, ə ˈsɪstəm əv əˈkaʊnɪŋ ɪn wɪʧ ə ˈsɪŋgəl trænˈzækʃən əv ˈdɛbɪt ənd ˈkrɛdɪt ɪz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɛz tu trænˈzækʃənz. 2 trəst ər ən əˈtræktɪv ˈspɛkjələtɪv ˈɪnstrəmənt bɪˈkəz ðɛr ɪz ə ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈnəmbər əv ðɛm ɪn ˈsərkjəˌleɪʃən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈʤɛfri ˈrɑbənsən, ˈɔθər əv bitcon*: ðə ˈneɪkəd truθ əˈbaʊt, əˈbaʊt 950 ˈpipəl oʊn mɔr ðən 50 əv. ðɪs meɪks ðə ˈkərənsi səˈsɛptəbəl tɪ ˈhɔrdɪŋ. ˈrɑbənsən həz ɔˈrɛdi əˈludəd tɪ ðə ˈkərənsi ɛz ə ənd dump”*” skim ɪn wɪʧ ˌɪnˈvɛstərz kən kənˈtroʊl ˈpraɪsɪz baɪ ˈɔltərnətli ˈhɔrdɪŋ ðə ˈkərənsi (ənd ˈdraɪvɪŋ əp ˈpraɪsɪz tɪ sɛl æt ə haɪ reɪt) ənd, ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli, ˈdəmpɪŋ ɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈmɑrkɪt (tɪ rɪˈdus ˈpraɪsɪz tɪ baɪ ðə ˈkərənsi æt ʧip ˈvæljuz). əv kɔrs, kɔz ɪz nɑt hɛlpt baɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstərz laɪk ðə twɪnz, hu hæv ə ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən fər biɪŋ ˌɑpərˌtuˈnɪstɪk ənd ˈgridi ɪn ðɛr ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈdilɪŋz. 3 ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk ˈvælju ɔl ˈkərənsiz ənd kəˈmɑdətiz dəraɪv ˈvælju frəm ðɛr ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk wərθ. ðə wərθ ɪz ə ˌgɛrənˈti tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ənd ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtərz ðət ðeɪ wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɪˈkup, æt list, pɑrt əv ðɛr ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt, ɪf ðə praɪs ər ˈvælju ˈkræʃɪz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, kəˈmɑdətiz, səʧ ɛz goʊld, hæv ən ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk ˈvælju bɪˈkəz ðɛr ɪz ə kˌwɑntɪˈfaɪəbɛl ˈɛfərt rikˈwaɪərd ɪn ɛkˈstræktɪŋ ənd rɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ðə ˈmɛtəl. ˈsəfərz ɔn boʊθ kaʊnts. ɪt həz noʊ ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk ˈvælju bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz ə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkərənsi. ðɛr ər ˈmaɪnɪŋ kɔsts əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ, səʧ ɛz ðə kɔst əv ˈsərvərz ənd ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl paʊər ənd ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈstɛdəli ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, dɪz nɑt hæv ðə ˈpræktɪkəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz əv ə kəˈmɑdəti laɪk ˈkɑpər ər goʊld. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪt dɪz nɑt hæv ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz nɔr kən ɪt bi ˈfæʃənd ˈɪntu ˈæftər ɪt ɪz maɪnd. ɪn səʧ ən ˈɪnstəns, wən kʊd ˈlaɪkən ðə ˈkərənsi tɪ ˈməni. ðɪs ɪz bɪˈkəz ˈməni həz noʊ ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk ˈvælju bət ɪt ɪz bækt baɪ ˈsɛntrəl əˈθɔrətiz səʧ ɛz ˈsɛntrəl bæŋks. bət ɪz ə dɪˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzd ˈnɛtˌwərk. ðəs, ɪt ɪz nɑt bækt baɪ ə ˈsɪŋgəl əˈθɔrəti tɪ ˌgɛrənˈti rɪˈtərnz (ər teɪk riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti), ɪn keɪs əv ə dɪˈfɔlt ər hæk. ðə keɪs əv ðə ˈɛmˈti. ənd hæks, wɛr ˌɪnˈvɛstərz wər lɛft haɪ ənd draɪ, ɪz ˌɪˈləstrətɪv əv ðə ˈprɑbləmz wɪθ ə dɪˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzd ˈnɛtˌwərk. mɔr frəm ˈbɪznɪs ʧit ʃit:
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the blows just keep coming for bitcoin.
the currency has been plagued by a number of hacks, scandals, and unsavory news coverage. to add to its troubles, the largely unregulated currency is under new york’s department of financial services’ scanner for future regulation. the list of skeptics about the digital currency is also growing. greg baxter, citigroup’s senior vice president for digital strategies, is the latest addition to that list.
in a panel about bitcoin last week, baxter said that the currency’s economics were “inherently flawed” and that it was not ready for mass adoption. “people are paid a percentage of the value of the currency for mining — what happens when you hit the limit and those people no longer want to mine because there’s no economic incentive? nothing underpins the economics of it,” he said. in simple words, he was referring to method for bitcoin mining. the currency is mined by a network of computers and servers that use algorithms to solve complex puzzles. currently, miners are paid in bitcoins for their efforts. however, the maximum number of bitcoins that can be mined is 21 million. once that limit is reached, bitcoin miners do not have economic incentive to mine more bitcoins.
“i think the maturity’s not quite there yet,” said baxter.
last year, baxter’s colleague, willems buiter, chief economist at citigroup, compared bitcoin to gold. in buiter’s analysis, fiat currency, such as dollars, are socially superior to gold and bitcoin as currencies and assets. “there is no economic or financial sense for a central bank to hold any single commodity, even if this commodity had intrinsic value,” he wrote.
the folks at citigroup are not the only ones skeptical about the currency. a number of investors, notably warren buffett, have criticized bitcoin as an investment vehicle in recent times.
here are three things that are wrong with bitcoin’s economics.
1. transaction volume
for any currency to be legitimate, it must be trusted as an acceptable form of transaction by a large number of people. that trust is reflected in the currency’s velocity or the number of times that the currency changes hands through business transactions. in bitcoin’s case, this number has consistently remained flat over the last year. even as the number of retailers and large corporations accepting bitcoins has grown, the transaction volume has remained constant (except for a brief spike in march and december last year).
“if you take the value of bitcoin transactions last year, we did that in three hours of trading on a citi forex platform,” said baxter. the low transaction volume seems even more surprising when you consider that bitcoin uses double accounting, a system of accounting in which a single transaction of debit and credit is recorded as two transactions.
2. trust
bitcoins are an attractive speculative instrument because there is a limited number of them in circulation. according to jeffrey robinson, author of bitcon: the naked truth about bitcoin, about 950 people own more than 50% of bitcoins. this makes the currency susceptible to hoarding.
robinson has already alluded to the currency as a “pump and dump” scheme in which investors can control prices by alternately hoarding the currency (and driving up prices to sell at a high rate) and, consequently, dumping it into the market (to reduce prices to buy the currency at cheap values). of course, bitcoin’s cause is not helped by investors like the winklevoss twins, who have a reputation for being opportunistic and greedy in their financial dealings.
3. intrinsic value
all currencies and commodities derive value from their intrinsic worth. the worth is a guarantee to investors and speculators that they will be able to recoup, at least, part of their investment, if the currency’s price or value crashes. for example, commodities, such as gold, have an intrinsic value because there is a quantifiable effort required in extracting and refining the metal.
bitcoin suffers on both counts. it has no intrinsic value because it is a digital currency. there are mining costs associated with bitcoin, such as the cost of servers and electrical power and they have been steadily increasing over the years. however, bitcoin does not have the practical applications of a commodity like copper or gold. for example, it does not have industrial applications nor can it be fashioned into jewelery after it is mined. in such an instance, one could liken the currency to money. this is because money has no intrinsic value but it is backed by central authorities such as central banks.
but bitcoin is a decentralized network. thus, it is not backed by a single authority to guarantee returns (or take responsibility), in case of a default or hack. the case of the mt. gox and bitstamp hacks, where investors were left high and dry, is illustrative of the problems with a decentralized network.
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ə ˈvɪktɪm əv ə ˈvɪʃəs pɪt pʊl əˈtæk ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ həz daɪd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈfæməli hərˈɛrə wɑz ˈkrɪtɪkəli ˈɪnʤərd ˈæftər hi ənd hɪz ˌpɑmərˈeɪniən wər mɔld baɪ tu ˈneɪbərˌhʊd pɪt bʊlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ə wɔk ɪn ˈlɪŋkən haɪts. ðə mænz dɔg, "ˈdɑʤər," wɑz ˈɪnsədənt ˈhæpənd ˈʃɔrtli ˌbiˈfɔr 6 p.m*. ɪn ðə 2600 blɑk əv ˈlɪŋkən pɑrk ˈævəˌnu ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. ˈfæməli sɛd hərˈɛrə wɑz ɪn greɪv kənˈdɪʃən ənˈtɪl ˈərliər ðɪs wik bət pæst əˈweɪ ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈʧɪldrən sɛd ɪt simd ðə ˈləvɪŋ ˈhəzbənd hɛld ɔn ənˈtɪl hɪz waɪf əv 50 jɪrz wɑz ɪn ðə wɑz ˈweɪtɪŋ fər maɪ mɑm tɪ goʊ ɪn ənd seɪ hər ˌgʊdˈbaɪz ənd ðɛn hi lɛft," ʃɛrd ˈdɔtər ˈərmə ˈflɔˌrɛz ˈfɑðər əv θri ənd ˈgrænˌfɑðər əv ˈsɛvən wʊd ˈɔfən hɛlp hɪz waɪf əraʊnd ðə haʊs, ˈivɪn wɪn hi juzd tɪ wərk 12 aʊərz ə deɪ, sɪks deɪz ə wik. ˈvælənˌtaɪn hərˈɛrə hæd ˈɔlsoʊ ʤɪst rɪˈkəvərd frəm ə hɑrt əˈtæk mənθs ˈwɪdoʊ, əˈnitə hərˈɛrə, hu ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ koʊp wɪθ hɪz dɛθ, sɛd ʃi ˈdəzənt ˌəndərˈstænd waɪ hi wɑz weɪ wi lɔst θɪŋk wi wʊd hæv bɪn ˈhæpi ɪf wi lɔst ɪm ɔn ˈnæʧərəl ˈkɔzɪz, ðɛn tɪ luz ɪm ðə weɪ wi lɔst wət hərts ðə moʊst," sɛd luis hərˈɛrə, ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ˈfæməli plænz tɪ faɪl ə ˈsɪvəl ˈlɔˌsut bət fər naʊ, ðɛr ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə bɪˈləvəd ˈfɑðər ə ˈprɑpər maɪ ˈpɛrənts wər nɑt ˈrɪli fər ðɪs, soʊ naʊ wi hæv tɪ traɪ tɪ reɪz ˈməni soʊ ðət wi kʊd du ðɪs fər maɪ dæd," luis hərˈɛrə əˈkaʊnt wɑz sɛt əp tɪ hɛlp reɪz fəndz fər ðə ˈfæməli. tɪ ˈdoʊˌneɪt, ˈvɪzɪt
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a 76-year-old victim of a vicious pit pull attack earlier this month has died, according to family members.valentine herrera was critically injured after he and his pomeranian were mauled by two neighborhood pit bulls during a walk in lincoln heights. the man's dog, "dodger," was killed.the incident happened shortly before 6 p.m. in the 2600 block of lincoln park avenue on feb. 2.valentine herrera's family said herrera was in grave condition until earlier this week but passed away monday afternoon.his children said it seemed the loving husband held on until his wife of 50 years was in the room."he was waiting for my mom to go in and say her goodbyes and then he left," shared daughter irma flores herrera.the father ofee and grandfather of seven would often help his wife around the house, even when he used to work 12 hours a day, six days a week. valentine herrera had also just recovered from a heart attack months earlier.his widow, anita herrera, who is trying to cope with his death, said she doesn't understand why he was attacked."the way we lost him...i think we would have been happy if we lost him on natural causes, then to lose him the way we lost him...that's what hurts the most," said luis herrera, the victim's son.the family plans to file a civil lawsuit but for now, they're focusing on giving the beloved father a proper burial."because my parents were not really prepered for this, so now we have to try to raise money so that we could do this for my dad," luis herrera said.a gofundme account was set up to help raise funds for the family. to donate, visit
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waʊ, ən ˈɑnəst səˈlɛb: ˈkrænstən sɪz you”*” tɪ ““egotistical”*” ˈlɪˌbərəlz ˈhoʊpɪŋ fər trəmp ˈfeɪljər ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈkændɪd ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ðə ˈhɑliˌwʊd rɪˈpɔrtər, ˈbreɪkɪŋ bæd ˈæktər braɪən ˈkrænstən hæd səm hɑrʃ wərdz fər ðoʊz ˈlɪˌbərəlz hu hoʊp fər ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp tɪ feɪl ɛz ˈlidər əv ðə fri wərld. ˈhɑliˌwʊd rɪˈpɔrtər riˈmaɪndɪd ˈmɪstər. ˈkrænstən əv hɪz ˈfɔrmər ˈsteɪtmənts əˈgɛnst trəmp ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈsaɪkəl læst jɪr: ˈpriviəsli bɪn ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈvoʊkəl əˈbaʊt jʊr ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ trəmp. həz jʊr əˈpɪnjən ʧeɪnʤd θruaʊt hɪz fərst jɪr ɪn office?”*?” ˈkrænstən tʊk ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti nɑt tɪ træʃ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt, bət ɪn ə rɛr dɪˈspleɪ əv self-awareness*, rɪˈmɑrkt ɔn hɪz əˈstɑnɪʃmənt æt ˈfɛloʊ əˈmɛrɪkənz hu ər ˈæktɪvli ˈhoʊpɪŋ fər ˈfeɪljər: ʤɪst əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ tɪ mi. ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp ɪz nɑt ðə ˈpərsən hu aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bi ɪn ðət ˈɔfəs, ənd bɪn ˈvɛri ˈoʊpən əˈbaʊt ðət. ðət biɪŋ sɛd, hi ɪz ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt. ɪf hi feɪlz, ðə ˈkəntri ɪz ɪn ˈʤɛpərdi. ɪt wʊd bi ˌigəˈtɪstɪkəl fər ˈɛniˌwən tɪ seɪ, hoʊp hi fails.”*.” tɪ ðət ˈpərsən aɪ wʊd seɪ, fək ju. waɪ wʊd ju wɔnt ðət? soʊ ju kən bi raɪt? aɪ wɔnt ɪm tɪ feɪl. aɪ wɔnt ɪm tɪ səkˈsid. aɪ du. aɪ ˈɑnəstli du. ənd ɪf gɑt ə gʊd aɪˈdiə ðət hɛlps ðə ˈkəntri, oʊ mæn, ˈgɑnə səˈpɔrt ju. aɪ kɛr ɪf ə rɪˈpəblɪkən ənd ə ˈdɛməˌkræt ər ˌwəˈtɛvər, aɪ kɛr. ə gʊd ə gʊd aɪˈdiə. du ðət. gɑt tɪ gɪt əˈweɪ frəm ðɪs aɪˈdiə ðət ɑr ˈkəntri ɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl, ənd ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ ə ˈdɪfərənt əˈpɪnjən ɪz ðə ˈɛnəmi. əˈsum ðeɪ ləv ðɪs ˈkəntri ɛz məʧ ɛz ju du, ənd ˈɔlˌweɪz rum fər ˌɪmˈpruvmənt. haʊ kən wi meɪk ɪt ˈbɛtər? rɛd ðə fʊl ˈɪntərvˌju hir.
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wow, an honest celeb: cranston says “f*** you” to “egotistical” liberals hoping for trump failure
during a candid interview with the hollywood reporter, breaking bad actor bryan cranston had some harsh words for those liberals who hope for president trump to fail as leader of the free world.
hollywood reporter reminded mr. cranston of his former statements against trump during the election cycle last year: “you’ve previously been particularly vocal about your opposition to trump. has your opinion changed throughout his first year in office?”
cranston took the opportunity not to trash the president, but in a rare display of self-awareness, remarked on his astonishment at fellow americans who are actively hoping for failure:
it’s just astonishing to me. president trump is not the person who i wanted to be in that office, and i’ve been very open about that. that being said, he is the president. if he fails, the country is in jeopardy. it would be egotistical for anyone to say, “i hope he fails.” to that person i would say, fuck you. why would you want that? so you can be right? i don’t want him to fail. i want him to succeed. i do. i honestly do. … and if you’ve got a good idea that helps the country, oh man, i’m gonna support you. i don’t care if you’re a republican and i’m a democrat or whatever, i don’t care. a good idea’s a good idea. let’s do that. we’ve got to get away from this idea that our country is political football, and someone with a different opinion is the enemy. assume they love this country as much as you do, and there’s always room for improvement. how can we make it better?
read the full thr interview here.
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ʧərʧ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi kɔlz nu ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri 'ˈbɪgətɪd' ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən ˈkərtəsi əv ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ ˈkərtəsi əv ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ ðə ʧərʧ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ɪz ˈfeɪməs fər ɪts ˈɛfərts tɪ ˈsaɪləns ɪts ˈkrɪtɪks, bət ɪt həz nɑt blɑkt ən ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ fɪlm ðət tərnz ə hɑrʃ laɪt ɔn ðə ˈpaʊərfəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ənd ɪts ˈlidərˌʃɪp. goʊɪŋ klɪr: ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ənd ðə ˈprɪzən əv bɪˈlif, dɪˈrɛktɪd baɪ əˈkædəmi ˈæləks ˈʤɪbni, wɪl ˈdeɪbju ˈsənˌdi ˈoʊvər ðə ˈvɪgərəs əˈbʤɛkʃən əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi əˈfɪʃəlz. fər ðə fɪlm, beɪst ɔn ə bʊk baɪ ˈlɔrəns raɪt, ˈʤɪbni dəg əp ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ɑrˈkaɪvəl ˈfʊtɪʤ əv ˈfaʊndər, ðə leɪt ˈsaɪənsˌfɪkʃən ˈraɪtər ɛl. rɑn ˈhəbərd. ˈʤɪbni ɪkˈsplɔrz ˈhəbərdz ˈsəmˈwət bɪˈzɑr bɪˈlifs, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ hɪz ˈθɪri ðət ˈjumənz ər ˌɪˈmɔrtəl ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl biɪŋz kɔld "thetans*" ðət kən roʊm ðə ˈjunəˌvərs ənd ðət bɪˈkəm ɪn ˈdɪfərənt ˈbɑdiz ˈoʊvər ˈbɪljənz əv jɪrz. ˈhaɪtənd ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl əˈwɛrnəs bɪˈkəmɪŋ "klɪr" kʊd bi əˈʧivd, ɪn ˈhəbərdz vju, θru ðə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən əv dɪˈstrəktɪv ˈmɛntəl fəˈnɑmənə ðət træp ˈpipəl ɪn ðɛr lɪvz əv ˈmɪzəri ənd dɪˈziz. hi ˌɪnˈvɛntɪd ə ˈprɔˌsɛs kɔld "ˈɑdətɪŋ," wɛrˈbaɪ ˈpipəl dɪˈskəvər ˈhɪdən "truθs" əˈbaʊt ðɛmˈsɛlvz ənd ðɛr pæst ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz waɪl biɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌjud baɪ treɪnd ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤəsts. ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən ˈkərtəsi əv ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ ˈkərtəsi əv ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ "ən ˈɔdɪtər dɪz nɑt ˈɔfər səˈluʃənz ər ədˈvaɪs," ðə ʧərʧ ɪkˈspleɪnz ɔn ɪts ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. "ðeɪ ər treɪnd tɪ ˈlɪsən ənd tɪ hɛlp ju ˈloʊˌkeɪt ðoʊz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ðət nid tɪ bi əˈdrɛst." səˈlɛbrɪtiz səʧ ɛz ʤɑn trəˈvoʊltə seɪ ðə ˈɑdətɪŋ ˈɛksərˌsaɪzɪz riˈmuv ənd bust ˈkɑnfədɛns. bət ðeɪ ər ɪkˈspɛnsɪv; ðə kɔst əv ˈɑdətɪŋ kən ˈtoʊtəl ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈdɔlərz. ˌɪnˈdid, ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ɪz noʊn fər ɪts greɪt wɛlθ. ɪn hɪz bʊk, raɪt ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə ʧərʧ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi hoʊldz əˈbaʊt 1 ˈbɪljən ɪn ˈlɪkwɪd ˈæˌsɛts ən ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri səm ˈgɪvɪn ðət ɪt həz ˈoʊnli ən ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd æˈdhɪrənts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈspoʊksmən ˈsaɪtɪd baɪ raɪt. ðə ʧərʧ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn fər ðə ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri lɛŋθs tɪ wɪʧ ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈlidərz goʊ tɪ kip bɪˈlivərz ɪn laɪn ənd ˈsɛnsər ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm. fər hɪz ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri, ˈʤɪbni ˈproʊˌfaɪld eɪt ˈfɔrmər ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤəsts, ɔl əv hum dɪˈskraɪb əˈbjusɪv ʧərʧ ˈpræktɪsɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ fɔrst ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt ɪn ə fəˈsɪlɪti noʊn ɛz "ðə hoʊl," wɛr ʧərʧ ˈmɛmbərz wər ˈdɪsəplənd əˈməŋ ðɛm maɪk, ə ˈfɔrmər ʧərʧ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈspoʊksmən. "ðə dɔrz hæd bɑrz pʊt ɔn ðɛm, ðə ˈwɪndoʊz ɔl hæd bɑrz pʊt ɔn ðɛm," tɛlz ˈʤɪbni. "ðɛr wɑz wən ˈɛntrəns dɔr ðət ə sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrd sæt æt 24 aʊərz ə deɪ." əˈnəðər ˈfɔrmər ʧərʧ əˈfɪʃəl, tɑm də, tɛlz ˈʤɪbni ðət hi ənd ˈəðərz dɪˈteɪnd ɪn ðə fəˈsɪlɪti wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ slip ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt tu aʊərz ə naɪt. ʧərʧ ˈmɛmbərz hɛld ɪn "ðə hoʊl" wər ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs soʊ ˌɪnˈdɑktrəˌneɪtɪd ðət ðeɪ ˈnɛvər kənˈsɪdərd ɪˈskeɪp. "ju wər ɪn səʧ ə ˈmɛntəl steɪt ðət ju wər ˈvɛri kənˈtroʊld. ju wər ˈvɛri səˈʤɛstəbəl," də sɪz. ðə fɪlm ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhaɪˌlaɪts əˈnəðər ˌæləˈgeɪʃən: ðət wɪn ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈmɛmbərz tərn əˈweɪ frəm ðə ʧərʧ, ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz hu rɪˈmeɪn ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤəsts ər ˈɑbləˌgeɪtɪd tɪ breɪk ɔl taɪz wɪθ ðɛm. ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr, sɛd hɪz dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ breɪk wɪθ ðə ʧərʧ wɑz əˈspɛʃəli ˈpeɪnfəl. "ðə ɪnˈtaɪərti əv maɪ ˈfæməli wər ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤəsts. ənd aɪ nu ðət ðeɪ wʊd bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ dɪskəˈnɛkt frəm mi," sɪz. hi ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ liv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈæftər ə ˈpeɪnfəl ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪn ˈbrɪtən, wɛr hi sɪz hi faʊnd hɪmˈsɛlf dɪˈsɔnəstli rɪˈbətɪŋ ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ðə ʧərʧ ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈhɑstəl ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ə ˌbibiˈsi ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt. ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən ˈkərtəsi əv ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ ˈkərtəsi əv ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ "ˈvɛri ˈʃɔrtli ðɛˈræftər, aɪ əˈtɛmptəd tɪ riʧ aʊt tɪ [maɪ waɪf], ənd ʃi ˈsɪmpli roʊt bæk ɪn ˈrəðər ˈkələrfəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ənd sɛd, 'noʊ θæŋk ju, ðə dɪˈvɔrs ˈpeɪpərz wɪl bi faɪld.' ənd maɪ sən ənd ˈdɔtər, ðeɪ boʊθ ˈɔlsoʊ ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd frəm mi, ɛz dɪd maɪ ˈbrəðər ənd maɪ ˈsɪstər ənd maɪ ˈməðər ənd ɔl əv maɪ ˈnisɪz ənd ˈnɛfjuz." ɪn ədˈvæns əv ðə fɪlmz riˈlis, ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi əˈfɪʃəlz hæv hɪt bæk hɑrd. ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr, ðə ʧərʧ sɛd fɪlm ənd raɪts bʊk ɪz "ˈbɪgətɪd ˌprɑpəˈgændə bɪlt ɔn ˈfælsˌhʊdz ˌɪnˈvɛntɪd baɪ ədˈmɪtəd laɪərz." ə ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən, ˈkɛrɪn pouw*, toʊld ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr ðɛr ɪz noʊ ʧərʧ ˈpɑləsi "ðət rikˈwaɪərz ˈmɛmbərz tɪ dɪskəˈnɛkt frəm ˈɛniˌwən, ˈfæməli ər frɛndz, hu hæv ˈmɪrli lɛft ðə ʧərʧ." ə ˈpɑləsi ˈsteɪtmənt ɔn ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs noʊts, "ɔl ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ədˈvænsmənt geɪnd frəm ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi meɪ wɛl bi lɔst bɪˈkəz wən ɪz kənˈtɪnjuəli ˌɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪtɪd baɪ ən ænˌtægəˈnɪstɪk ˈpərsən hu wɔnts ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən tɪ du hɑrm tɪ ðə ˈpərsən. ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ riˈzɑlv ðɪs ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən, wən ˈiðər 'ˈhændəlz' ðə ˈəðər ˈpərsənz ænˈtægəˌnɪzəm ər, ɛz ə læst rɪˈzɔrt, wɪn ɔl əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˈhændəl hæv feɪld, wən 'dɪskəˈnɛkts' frəm ər stɑps kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈpərsən." ɪn ɪts ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr, ðə ʧərʧ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi sɛd ɪt ˈɔfərd ˈʤɪbni 25 ˈpipəl wɪθ "ˈrɛləvənt ˈænsərz tɪ ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən ɪn ðə fɪlm," bət ðət ˈʤɪbni "ʃənd" ðɛm. ˈʤɪbni dɪz nɑt dɪˈnaɪ ðə ʧɑrʤ. "aɪ sɛt aʊt tɪ meɪk ə fɪlm ðət aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ meɪk, nɑt ðə fɪlm ðət ðə ʧərʧ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ meɪk," ˈʤɪbni tɛlz ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr. "ðɛr wər ki ˈpipəl ðət kʊd hæv ʃɛd laɪt ɔn maɪ ˈstɔri, bət ðeɪ dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ əˈpɪr." hi sɪz ðə ˈpipəl ˈɔfərd baɪ ðə ʧərʧ wər ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz ənd ˈfɔrmər əkˈweɪntənsɪz əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi dɪˈsɛnərz. "wət [ðə ʧərʧ] ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ du ɪz tɪ gɪv vɔɪs tɪ ˈpipəl hu wɪl ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ ðə ˈpipəl hu əˈpɪr ɪn ðə fɪlm, bɪˈkəz ðɛr ex-scientologists*, ənd ðɛr ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi," ˈʤɪbni sɪz. "ðæts ˈrɪli wət ðɛr moʊ ɪz. ɪts tɪ smɪr ənd ˈrætəl ˈpipəl." ə "ˈspɛʃəl rɪˈpɔrt" ɔn ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈmægəˌzin, ˈfridəm, ˈfiʧərz ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈvɪdioʊz əˈtækɪŋ iʧ əv ðə ˈpipəl ˈfiʧərd ɪn ðə ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ fɪlm, ənd ɪn ˈhaɪli ˈpərsɪnəl tərmz. ɛz ə ˈfɔrmər ʧərʧ ˈspoʊksmən, gɪts əˈspɛʃəli hɑrʃ ˈtritmənt. "soʊ hu ɪz maɪk?" ə ˈnɛreɪtər æsks. "ʤɪst æsk ðoʊz hu noʊ ɪm bɛst, hɪz ˈfæməli." ˈbrəðər dɪˈskraɪbz ɪm ɛz "əˈluf, ˈdɪfərənt" ɛz ə ʧaɪld. ˈdɔtər sɛd hi wɑz "ˈnɛvər ðɛr" wɪn ʃi ˈnidɪd ɪm. "maɪk feɪld ɛz ə ˈfæməli mæn," ðə ˈnɛreɪtər sɪz, ɛz ɪf ðət maɪt ˈəndərˌmaɪn ðə ˈʧɑrʤɪz hi meɪks əˈgɛnst ðə ʧərʧ ɪn wɪʧ hi sərvd fər ˈmɛni jɪrz. əˈnəðər ˈfɔrmər ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤəst, ˈspænˌki ˈteɪlər, toʊld ˈʤɪbni ə ˈstɔri əˈbaʊt hər ˈdɔtər biɪŋ nɪˈglɛktɪd waɪl ɪn ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi ˈkəstədi. ˈteɪlər ɪz ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz sɛt əp fər ˈrɪdəˌkjul ɪn ðə ˈfridəm rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ðə ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ fɪlm. "ˈspænˌki ˈteɪlər ɪz ə ˈdrɑmə kwin," ðə ˈnɛreɪtər dɪˈklɛrz, "ənd wɛr ðɛr ˈɪzənt ˈdrɑmə, ʃil kriˈeɪt ɪt." tɛlz ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr hi wɑz nɑt səˈpraɪzd baɪ ðə ˈʧərʧəz æd ˈhɑmɪnɛm əˈtæks ɔn ɪm ənd ˈəðər ˈkrɪtɪks, bɪˈkəz frəm pərˈspɛktɪv, hi sɪz, ðə ɛndz ˈʤəstəˌfaɪ ðə minz. "wɪr ˈseɪvɪŋ ˈɛvəri ˈjumən biɪŋ ɔn ərθ, soʊ ɪf ðɛr ər ˈpipəl hu ər ˌɪnˈtɛnt əˈpɑn ˈstɑpɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ɑr ˈmɪʃən, ðɛn ðeɪ ʃʊd bi, ju noʊ, stæmpt, skwɑʃt, əˈnaɪəˌleɪtɪd, bɪˈkəz ðæts ɔl fər ðə ˈgreɪtər gʊd," sɛd. ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤəsts seɪ ðət ɪf ˈɛvriˌwən ˈfɑloʊd ðɛr rɪˈlɪʤən, ðɛr wʊd bi noʊ mɔr kraɪm, wɔr ər ˌɪnˈsænɪti. æst ˈwɛðər hi ʃɛrd ðə ˈʧərʧəz "əˈtæk" mɛnˈtælɪti wɪn hi wɑz ðə ˈspoʊksmən, dɪd nɑt ˈhɛzəˌteɪt ɪn ˈænsərɪŋ. "jɛs, aɪ dɪd," hi sɪz. "ðət wɑz ˈvɛri məʧ maɪ mɛnˈtælɪti." ˈʤɪbni sɪz hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ˈprɛzənt ə ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk ˈpɪkʧər əv ðə ˈpipəl hu ɪmˈbreɪs ˌsaɪənˈtɑləʤi. tɪ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt fɪlm həz ə ˈmɛsɪʤ, hi sɪz, ɪts əˈbaʊt ðə ˈdeɪnʤərz əv "blaɪnd feɪθ," ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət kʊd əˈplaɪ tɪ ˈɛni bɪˈlif ˈsɪstəm.
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church of scientology calls new hbo documentary 'bigoted'
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the church of scientology is famous for its efforts to silence its critics, but it has not blocked an upcoming hbo film that turns a harsh light on the powerful organization and its leadership.
going clear: scientology and the prison of belief, directed by academy award-winning documentarian alex gibney, will debut sunday over the vigorous objection of scientology officials.
for the film, based on a book by lawrence wright, gibney dug up extensive archival footage of scientology's founder, the late science-fiction writer l. ron hubbard. gibney explores hubbard's somewhat bizarre beliefs, including his theory that humans are immortal spiritual beings called "thetans" that can roam the universe and that become incarnated in different bodies over billions of years.
heightened spiritual awareness — becoming "clear" — could be achieved, in hubbard's view, through the elimination of destructive mental phenomena that trap people in their lives of misery and disease. he invented a process called "auditing," whereby people discover hidden "truths" about themselves and their past experiences while being interviewed by trained scientologists.
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"an auditor does not offer solutions or advice," the church explains on its website. "they are trained to listen and to help you locate those experiences that need to be addressed."
celebrities such as john travolta say the auditing exercises remove self-doubt and boost confidence. but they are expensive; the cost of auditing can total thousands of dollars.
indeed, scientology is known for its great wealth. in his book, wright reported that the church of scientology holds about $1 billion in liquid assets — an extraordinary sum given that it has only an estimated 30,000 adherents, according to a former spokesman cited by wright.
the church is also known for the extraordinary lengths to which scientology leaders go to keep believers in line and censor criticism. for his documentary, gibney profiled eight former scientologists, all of whom describe abusive church practices, including forced imprisonment in a facility known as "the hole," where church members were disciplined — among them mike rinder, a former church of scientology spokesman.
"the doors had bars put on them, the windows all had bars put on them," rinder tells gibney. "there was one entrance door that a security guard sat at 24 hours a day."
another former church official, tom de vocht, tells gibney that he and others detained in the facility were able to sleep only about two hours a night. church members held in "the hole" were nevertheless so indoctrinated that they never considered escape.
"you were in such a mentalate that you were very controlled. you were very suggestible," de vocht says.
the film also highlights another allegation: that when scientology members turn away from the church, family members who remain scientologists are obligated to break all ties with them. in an interview with npr, rinder said his decision to break with the church was especially painful.
"the entirety of my family were scientologists. and i knew that they would be required to disconnect from me," rinder says. he nevertheless decided to leave scientology after a painful experience in britain, where he says he found himself dishonestly rebutting charges against the church during a hostile interview with a bbc correspondent.
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"very shortly thereafter, i attempted to reach out to [my wife], and she simply wrote back in rather colorful language and said, 'no thank you, the divorce papers will be filed.' and my son and daughter, they both also disconnected from me, as did my brother and my sister and my mother and all of my nieces and nephews."
in advance of the film's release, scientology officials have hit back hard. in aatement to npr, the church said gibney's film and wright's book is "bigoted propaganda ... built on falsehoods invented by admitted liars."
a scientology spokeswoman, karin pouw, told npr there is no church policy "that requires members to disconnect from anyone, family or friends, who have merely left the church."
a policyatement on the scientology website nevertheless notes, "all spiritual advancement gained from scientology may well be lost because one is continually invalidated by an antagonistic person who wants nothing more than to do harm to the person. in order to resolve this situation, one either 'handles' the other person's antagonism ... or, as a last resort, when all attempts to handle have failed, one 'disconnects' from orops communicating with the person."
in itsatement to npr, the church of scientology said it offered gibney 25 people with "relevant answers to every single accusation in the film," but that gibney "shunned" them.
gibney does not deny the charge.
"i set out to make a film that i wanted to make, not the film that the church of scientology wanted to make," gibney tells npr. "there were key people that could have shed light on myory, but they declined to appear." he says the people offered by the church were family members and former acquaintances of scientology dissenters.
"what [the church] is trying to do is to give voice to people who will vilify the people who appear in the film, because they're ex-scientologists, and they're critical of scientology," gibney says. "that's really what their mo is. it's to smear and rattle people."
a "special report" on the website of the scientology magazine, freedom, features a series of videos attacking each of the people featured in the hbo film, and in highly personal terms.
as a former church spokesman, rinder gets especially harsh treatment. "so who is mike rinder?" a narrator asks. "just ask those who know him best, his family." rinder's brother describes him as "aloof, different" as a child. rinder's daughter said he was "never there" when she needed him.
"mike rinder failed as a family man," the narrator says, as if that might undermine the charges he makes against the church in which he served for many years.
another former scientologist, spanky taylor, told gibney aory about her daughter being neglected while in scientology custody. taylor is likewise set up for ridicule in the freedom report on the hbo film. "spanky taylor is a drama queen," the narrator declares, "and where there isn't drama, she'll create it."
rinder tells npr he was not surprised by the church's ad hominem attacks on him and other critics, because from scientology's perspective, he says, the ends justify the means.
"we're saving every human being on earth, so if there are people who are intent uponopping us in our mission, then they should be, you know,amped, squashed, annihilated, because that's all for the greater good," rinder said. scientologists say that if everyone followed their religion, there would be no more crime, war or insanity.
asked whether he shared the church's "attack" mentality when he was the spokesman, rinder did not hesitate in answering.
"yes, i did," he says. "that was very much my mentality."
gibney says he wanted to present a sympathetic picture of the people who embrace scientology. to the extent gibney's film has a message, he says, it's about the dangers of "blind faith," something that could apply to any belief system.
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grænd ˈræpɪdz, mɪʧ. ðə grænd ˈræpɪdz pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz rɪˈvild ðə moʊst ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˌɪntərˈsɛkʃənz fər ðə ˈmɛˌtroʊ grænd ˈræpɪdz ˈɛriə ɪn 2012 bɪˈloʊ ɪz ə lɪst əv ðə tɔp 25 kræʃ loʊˈkeɪʃənz ɪn ˈɔrdər əv haʊ ˈɔfən ən ˈæksədənt həz əˈkərd. 81 ˈkræʃɪz 75 ˈkræʃɪz 73 ˈkræʃɪz 65 ˈkræʃɪz 60 ˈkræʃɪz 57 ˈkræʃɪz ist 55 ˈkræʃɪz ist 54 ˈkræʃɪz 37 ˈkræʃɪz leɪk 28 ˈkræʃɪz strit 28 ˈkræʃɪz ist draɪv ni ˈkræʃɪz 26 ˈkræʃɪz ist 22 ˈkræʃɪz 21 ˈkræʃɪz 20 ˈkræʃɪz 20 ˈkræʃɪz 19 ˈkræʃɪz ist 19 ˈkræʃɪz 19 ˈkræʃɪz 18 ˈkræʃɪz 18 ˈkræʃɪz 18 ˈkræʃɪz 17 ˈkræʃɪz ˈkræʃɪz tɪ vju ə mæp əv ðiz loʊˈkeɪʃənz klɪk hir.
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grand rapids, mich. – the grand rapids police department has revealed the most dangerous intersections for the metro grand rapids area in 2012.
below is a list of the top 25 crash locations in order of how often an accident has occurred.
28th/eastern – 81 crashes 28th/kalamazoo – 75 crashes 28th/east beltline – 73 crashes leonard/fuller – 65 crashes 28th/breton – 60 crashes michigan/fuller – 57 crashes east beltline/knapp – 55 crashes east beltline/lake eastbrook – 54 crashes 28th/madison – 37 crashes lake michigan/collindale – 28 crashes us-131/wealth street – 28 crashes east beltline/lake drive ne –28 crashes michigan/ottawa – 26 crashes east beltline/bradford – 22 crashes 28th/englewood – 21 crashes division/weston – 20 crashes leonard/turner – 20 crashes fuller/knapp – 19 crashes east beltline/leonard – 19 crashes burton/division – 19 crashes kalamazoo/32nd st – 18 crashes 28th/division – 18 crashes richmond/alpine – 18 crashes burton/east beltline – 17 crashes burton/us-131 –17 crashes
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kəˈlɛkʃən əv ðə moʊst kriˈeɪtɪv ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd dɪˈzaɪnz frəm əraʊnd ðə wərld. juˈnik ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪts ðə ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti əv ə skræʧ ˈkɑnsoʊl tɪ ˈɪnstəntli drɔ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə prəˈfɛʃən. ˈmɑdərn ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ lʊk laɪk ə tˈwɪtər ˈproʊˌfaɪl peɪʤ. kriˈeɪtɪv ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd dɪˈzaɪnd fər lɑ ˈkæmbər ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər skul. ˈɛdəbəl ˈleɪzər ɛʧt ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd meɪd frəm ɔrˈgænɪk bif ˈʤərki. kɑzˈmɛtɪk ˈsərʤəri ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd ˈviə ðə juz əv tu ˈrəbər ˌɪnˈsərts, ˈdɑktər. ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd ʃoʊz ðə ˈifɛkt əv kɑzˈmɛtɪk ˈsərʤəri. tæm juˈnik ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd trænsˈfɔrmz ˈɪntu ə ˈʃɪpɪŋ bɑks. ˈbrɪljənt ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd ˌɪnˈvaɪts ju tɪ ““google”*” ðə neɪm ɔn ðə kɑrd. ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd wɪl ˈtrænsfər ˈdætə tɪ jʊr kəmˈpjutər. ˈɛdəbəl ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd meɪd fər ðə bɑmˈbeɪ ˈbeɪkəri ɪn ˈpækɪˌstæn. ˌʒɑnbəpˈtɪst ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd wɑz ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk. juˈnik ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd dɪˈzaɪnd fər ˈmɑdəl ˈɛrˌkræft səˈplaɪ. kul ˈbɪznɪs kɑrdz fər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv hɛr dɪˈzaɪn əˈlaʊ fər ʃeɪps tɪ bi kət aʊt wɪθ ˈsɪzərz, kriˈeɪtɪŋ juˈnik hɛr staɪlz. ˈklɛvər ˈbɪznɪs kɑrd dɪˈzaɪnd fər ə ˈfɪtnəs ˌɪnˈstrəktər ɪn duˈbaɪ. fər mɔr dɪˈzaɪnz, ʧɛk aʊt: juˈnik ənd kriˈeɪtɪv ˈbɪznɪs kɑrdz
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ˈkrɪsməs taɪm kən bi soʊ dɪˈprɛsɪŋ. ɪt brɪŋz aʊt səm əv ðə wərst ˈfiʧərz əv ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm ənd rəbz ðɛm ɪn ɑr ˈfeɪsɪz. ju ɪˈskeɪp, ˌwəˈtɛvər jʊr ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkəl ər rɪˈlɪʤəs bɪˈlif. ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts spər ɔn ˈfilɪŋz əv gɪlt ɪf ju baɪ ɪˈnəf əv ðə raɪt kaɪnz əv kənˈsumər ˈprɑdəkts fər ˈpipəl ju ləv. kriˈeɪtɪv fɪˈnænsɪŋ ɪz ˈɔfərd soʊ ðət ˈlɛndərz kən meɪk ˈivɪn mɔr ˈprɑfɪt. ənd ɪt ɪz ən ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl dɪˈzæstər mɔr ˈplæstɪk, ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd ənd ˈpækɪʤɪŋ ɪz prəˈdust, ˈkɑrtɪd əˈbaʊt, ənd dəmpt ˈɪntu ˈlændˌfɪlz, ˈveɪkənt lɑts, ənd ˌɪnˈsɪnərˌeɪtərz æt ˈkrɪsməs taɪm ðən æt ˈɛni ˈəðər taɪm əv ðə jɪr. ənd jɛt ˈnɪrli sˈməðərd bɪˈniθ paɪlz əv gɪft ˈkætəlɔgz ənd seɪl ˈsərkjələrz, ˈnɪrli draʊnd ɪn ə si əv ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪzd ˈkrɪsməs ˈkɛrəlz, ɪn ə lɑkt ˌθiəˈlɑʤɪkəl vɔlt ˈgɑrdɪd daʊn θru ðə ˈsɛnʧəriz baɪ ˈliʤənz əv ˈpriʧərz, prists ənd pontiffs*, ðɛr bərnz ə pərˈsɪstənt ˈsikrɪt fleɪm. ɪt ɪz ðə fleɪm əv ə ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri hoʊp hoʊp fər ə ˈbɛtər wərld, ə mɔr ʤɪst soʊˈsaɪɪti, wɛr ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈɔrdər ɪz tərnd ˈəpˈsaɪd daʊn soʊ ðət ðə pur ər fɛd ənd ðə rɪʧ ər rɪˈlivd əv ðɛr geɪnz. ənd ɪt ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈwərkɪŋ ˈpipəl əv ˈɛni ˈkəlʧər, ˈɛni rɪˈlɪʤəs ər ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkəl ˈbækˌgraʊnd kən rɪˈleɪt tɪ. wət dɪz ˈkrɪsməs hæv tɪ du wɪθ ðə klæs ˈstrəgəl? ɪn ə wərd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. ðə ˈstɔri goʊz laɪk ðɪs: wəns əˈpɑn ə taɪm, ɪn ə lænd fɑr əˈweɪ ɔn ðə ɛʤ əv ə greɪt ˈɛmpaɪər, ðɛr wɑz ə ˈpipəl wɪθ ən ˈeɪnʧənt ˈkəlʧər, ə ˈstɔrid pæst, ənd ə greɪt ˈlɪtərəʧər, hu hæd bɪn ˈkɑŋkərd baɪ ə ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəli ədˈvænst ˌɪmˈpɪriəl paʊər. ðeɪ wər ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd baɪ ˈfɔrən ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd ruld baɪ kərəpt ˈloʊkəl hu kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ðə ˈfɔrən əˈprɛsərz. ðɛr wər ˌpɪriˈɑdɪk riˈvoʊlts əv ˈloʊkəl ˈpɛzənts ənd sleɪvz ðət wər pʊt daʊn ˈmərsələsli. ɪn ðə mɪst əv ɔl ðət, ə jəŋ ənˈmɛrid gərl bɪˈkəmz ˈprɛgnənt aʊt əv ˈwɛˌdlɑk. ju maɪt θɪŋk ʃi wʊd rɪˈgrɛt ðɪs dɪˈvɛləpmənt, bət ɔn ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, ʃi faɪndz ɪn ðə ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd bərθ əv ə ʧaɪld ə ˈrizən tɪ rɪˈʤɔɪs ənd tɪ hoʊp fər ə ˈbɛtər wərld. ɪn hər ʤɔɪ ənd dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən, ʃi sɪŋz ən ˈeɪnʧənt sɔŋ əv ˌlɪˌbərˈeɪʃən: maɪ soʊl ˈmægnəˌfaɪz ðə lɔrd, ənd maɪ ˈspɪrɪt ɪn gɑd maɪ ˈseɪvjər, fər hi həz rɪˈgɑrdɪd ðə loʊ ɛˈsteɪt əv hɪz handmaiden*. fər bɪˈhoʊld, ˈhɛnsˈfɔrθ ɔl ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz wɪl kɔl mi blɛst; fər hi hu ɪz ˈmaɪti həz dən greɪt θɪŋz fər mi: hi həz ʃoʊn strɛŋθ wɪθ hɪz ɑrm, hi həz ˈskætərd ðə praʊd ɪn ðə ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən əv ðɛr hɑrts, hi həz pʊt daʊn ðə ˈmaɪti frəm ðɛr ənd ɪgˈzɔltɪd ðoʊz əv loʊ dɪˈgri; hi həz fɪld ðə ˈhəŋgri wɪθ gʊd θɪŋz, ənd ðə rɪʧ hi həz sɛnt əˈweɪ ˈɛmti. (luk ʃi ənd hər fiancé*é ər ðɛn fɔrst tɪ meɪk ə ˈdɪfəkəlt ˈʤərni waɪl ʃi ɪz ɪn ðə læst wiks əv hər ˈprɛgnənsi, ɑˈstɛnsəbli tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə dɪˈmændz əv ðɛr ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈrulərz tɪ ˈrɛʤɪstər fər ə ˈsɛnsəs. ðeɪ ər dɪˈnaɪd ˈlɑʤɪŋ ɪn ˈloʊkəl ɪnz. ˈhoʊmləs, ðə jəŋ ˈfæməli teɪks ˈʃɛltər ɪn ə ˈsteɪbəl, wɛr ðə ˈməðər goʊz ˈɪntu ˈleɪbər ənd gɪvz bərθ tɪ ə ˈbeɪbi bɔɪ əˈməŋ ˈbɑrnˌjɑrd ˈænəməlz. ˈhɑrdli ən ɑˈspɪʃəs bɪˈgɪnɪŋ fər ə ʧaɪld ɪn hum hɪz ˈməðər hæd pleɪst səʧ hoʊp. ənd ðɛn θɪŋz gɪt wərs. ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈrulər, ə kəˈlæbərˌeɪtər hu ɪz kɛpt ɪn paʊər θru ən ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ˈɑrmi, ˌdɪˈsaɪdz ɔn ən ækt əv ˈtɛrər. kənˈvɪnst ðət ə rɪˈvoʊlt ɪz bruɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ wɛr ðə jəŋ ˈkəpəl həz ʤɪst hæd ðɛr ˈbeɪbi, hi sɛndz ɪn dɛθ skwɑdz tɪ kɪl ɔl ðə meɪl ˈʧɪldrən ˈəndər ə ˈsərtən eɪʤ. ˈfɔrʧənətli, ðə jəŋ ˈfæməli ɪz tɪpt ɔf ənd ðeɪ fli ˈɪntu ə ˈneɪbərɪŋ ˈkəntri. ðɛr ðeɪ weɪt ənˈtɪl ðeɪ rɪˈsiv nuz əv ðə dɛθ əv ðɛr kərəpt ˈloʊkəl ˈdɛspət, ənd ðɛˈræftər rɪˈtərn tɪ reɪz ðɛr sən ɪn ðɛr ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn. wɪn hi groʊz əp, ðə bɔɪ bɪˈkəmz ə ˈkɑrpəntər. ɛz ɪf tɪ fʊlˈfɪl ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri hoʊp ɪkˈsprɛst ɪn hɪz sɔŋ, hi goʊz ɔn tɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪz ə ˈmuvmənt fər ˈsoʊʃəl ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ʧeɪnʤ. ɪt ɪz kəmˈpoʊzd əv ə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən əv ˈfɪʃərmɪn, rɪˈfɔrmd ˈprɑstəˌtuts, ðə ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd ənd ˌloʊˈlɛvəl ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvənts, wɪθ ə əv mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən, ənd ˈpipəl əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈɛθnɪk ˈbækˌgraʊndz. ðə eɪmz əv ðə ˈmuvmənt ər klɪr frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ: jɛ ðə weɪ əv ðə lɔrd, meɪk hɪz pæθs streɪt. ˈɛvəri ˈvæli ʃæl bi fɪld, ənd ˈɛvəri ˈmaʊntən ənd hɪl ʃæl bi brɔt loʊ, ənd ðə ˈkrʊkəd ʃæl bi meɪd streɪt (luk həz əˈnɔɪntɪd mi tɪ priʧ gʊd nuz tɪ ðə pur. hi həz sɛnt mi tɪ proʊˈkleɪm riˈlis tɪ ðə ˈkæptɪvz ənd rɪˈkəvərɪŋ əv saɪt tɪ ðə blaɪnd, tɪ sɛt æt ˈlɪbərˌti ðoʊz hu ər əˈprɛst, tɪ proʊˈkleɪm ðə əkˈsɛptəbəl jɪr əv ðə lord.”*.” (luk ənd soʊ, wɪn ju lʊk æt ðə ˈkrɪsməs ˈstɔri ˈkloʊsli, ju faɪnd ə ˈstɔri əv ˈpipəl ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈdɪfəkəlt taɪmz, ɪn ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz nɑt tu ˈdɪfərənt frəm ðoʊz feɪst baɪ ˈmɪljənz əv ˈpipəl təˈdeɪ. ðiz ər ˈpipəl hu ər əˈwɛr əv ðɛr ˈhɪstəri əv ˈstrəgəl. ðeɪ drɔ strɛŋθ frəm ðə ˈlɛsənz əv ðə pæst ənd nərɪʃ hoʊps ənd drimz fər ə ˈbɛtər wərld. ˈmɛri, ðə jəŋ ˈməðər ɪn ðə ˈkrɪsməs ˈstɔri ɪz suˈpriməli ˈkɑnfədənt ðət ðə fˈjuʧər wɪl bi ˈbɛtər. hər sɔŋ, noʊn ɛz ðə magnificat*, ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ lɛs ðən ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri. ðɪs ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈæˌspɛkt əv ˈkrɪsməs ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ɪn ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈkrɪsməs ˈkɛrəl ˈhoʊli night”*” də noʊɛl). ðə wərdz wər ˈrɪtən baɪ ðə frɛnʧ ˈsoʊʃəlɪst də ənd ɪt wɑz trænzˈleɪtəd ˈɪntu ˈɪŋlɪʃ baɪ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˌæbəˈlɪʃənəst ʤɑn ˈsəlɪvən dwaɪt. ðə mˈjuzɪk wɑz ˈrɪtən baɪ ˈʧɑrəlz ˈædəm, ə frɛnd əv cappeau’s*. wən vərs əv ðə ˈkɛrəl steɪts: hi tɔt ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ləv wən əˈnəðər; hɪz lɔ ɪz ləv ənd hɪz ˈgɔspəl ɪz pis. ʧeɪnz ʃæl hi breɪk, fər ðə sleɪv ɪz ɑr ˈbrəðər; ənd ɪn hɪz neɪm ɔl əˈprɛʃən ʃæl cease!”*!” ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˌræməfəˈkeɪʃənz əv ðɪs ˈkɛrəl wər wɛl ˌəndərˈstʊd baɪ səm riˈækʃəˌnɛriz ɪn ɑr oʊn ˈkəntri ənd ɪt kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bi ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl. ðə sɔŋ wɑz bænd fər jɪrz ɪn ˈmɛni kənˈsərvətɪv ˈʧərʧɪz ɪn ðə juz. ənd ˈmɛni ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃənz ɪn ðə saʊθ rɪfˈjuzd tɪ pleɪ ɪt. soʊ, wɛˈnɛvər ju gɪt ˈwɪri əv ðə ˈhɑləˌdeɪz ənd ɔl ðə ðət səraʊndz ðɛm, rɪˈmɛmbər ðə jəŋ ˈfæməli əv ðə ˈkrɪsməs ˈstɔri, haʊ ðeɪ hoʊpt ənd drimd fər ə ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən əv ðɛr ˈkəntri ənd haʊ ðeɪ ˌpərsəˈvɪrd ɪn ðə feɪs əv əˈprɛʃən. huˈɛvər ju ər, hæv ə ˈmɛri ənd ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈkrɪsməs. ənd lɛt ˈjuˈɛs ðɛn ˈɛnər ðə nu məˈlɛniəm riˈzɑlvd tɪ waɪp aʊt ˈhoʊmləsnəs, ˈpɑvərti, ˈreɪˌsɪzəm ənd ˌɪnˈʤəstɪs wəns ənd fər ɔl! ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ərˈɪʤənəli əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə peoples’*’ ˈwikli wərld, dɛk. 22 1999 ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ˈdeɪli ˈplɑzə, 2006 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k*/ ˈsiˈsi baɪ
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christmas time can be so depressing. it brings out some of the worst features of capitalism and rubs them in our faces. you can’t escape, whatever your philosophical or religious belief.
advertisements spur on feelings of guilt if you don’t buy enough of the right kinds of consumer products for people you love. creative financing is offered so that lenders can make even more profit. and it is an environmental disaster … more plastic, cardboard and packaging is produced, carted about, and dumped into landfills, vacant lots, and incinerators at christmas time than at any other time of the year.
and yet … nearly smothered beneath piles of gift catalogs and sale circulars, nearly drowned in a sea of synthesized elevator-music christmas carols, in a locked theological vault guarded down through the centuries by legions of preachers, priests and pontiffs, there burns a persistent secret flame. it is the flame of a revolutionary hope – hope for a better world, a more just society, where the social order is turned upside down so that the poor are fed and the rich are relieved of their ill-gotten gains. and it is something that working people of any culture, any religious or philosophical background can relate to.
what does christmas have to do with the class struggle? in a word – everything. the story goes like this:
once upon a time, in a land far away on the edge of a great empire, there was a people with an ancient culture, a storied past, and a great literature, who had been conquered by a technologically advanced imperial power. they were occupied by foreign soldiers and ruled by corrupt local despots who collaborated with the foreign oppressors. there were periodic revolts of local peasants and slaves that were put down mercilessly.
in the midst of all that, a young unmarried girl becomes pregnant out of wedlock. you might think she would regret this development, but on the contrary, she finds in the anticipated birth of a child a reason to rejoice and to hope for a better world. in her joy and determination, she sings an ancient song of liberation:
my soul magnifies the lord, and my spirit rejoices in god my savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me: he has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts, he has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. (luke 1:46-53)
she and her fiancé are then forced to make a difficult journey while she is in the last weeks of her pregnancy, ostensibly to comply with the demands of their imperial rulers to register for a census. they are denied lodging in local inns. homeless, the young family takes shelter in a stable, where the mother goes into labor and gives birth to a baby boy among barnyard animals.
hardly an auspicious beginning for a child in whom his mother had placed such hope. and then things get worse. the local ruler, a collaborator who is kept in power through an occupation army, decides on an act of terror. convinced that a revolt is brewing in the village where the young couple has just had their baby, he sends in death squads to kill all the male children under a certain age.
fortunately, the young family is tipped off and they flee into a neighboring country. there they wait until they receive news of the death of their corrupt local despot, and thereafter return to raise their son in their hometown. when he grows up, the boy becomes a carpenter. as if to fulfill the revolutionary hope expressed in his mother’s song, he goes on to organize a movement for social and economic change. it is composed of a coalition of fishermen, reformed prostitutes, the unemployed and low-level public servants, with a cross-section of men and women, and people of different ethnic backgrounds.
the aims of the movement are clear from the very beginning:
“prepare ye the way of the lord, make his paths straight. every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight …” (luke 3:4-5) .
“he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. he has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord.” (luke 4:18-19)
and so, when you look at the christmas story closely, you find a story of working-class people living in difficult times, in circumstances not too different from those faced by millions of people today. these are people who are aware of their history of struggle. they draw strength from the lessons of the past and nourish hopes and dreams for a better world.
mary, the young mother in the christmas story is supremely confident that the future will be better. her song, known as the magnificat, is nothing less than revolutionary. this revolutionary aspect of christmas is also found in the popular christmas carol “o holy night” (cantique de noel). the words were written by the french socialist placide cappeau de roquemaure and it was translated into english by the american abolitionist john sullivan dwight. the music was written by adolphe charles adam, a friend of cappeau’s. one verse of the carol states:
“truly he taught us to love one another; his law is love and his gospel is peace. chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother; and in his name all oppression shall cease!”
the political ramifications of this carol were well understood by some reactionaries in our own country and it continues to be controversial. the song was banned for years in many conservative churches in the u.s. and many radio stations in the south refused to play it.
so, whenever you get weary of the holidays and all the claptrap that surrounds them, remember the young family of the christmas story, how they hoped and dreamed for a revolutionary transformation of their country and how they persevered in the face of oppression.
whoever you are, have a merry and revolutionary christmas. and let us then enter the new millennium resolved to wipe out homelessness, poverty, racism and injustice once and for all!
this article originally appeared in the peoples’ weekly world, dec. 22, 1999.
photo: chicago’s daley plaza, 2006. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k/ / cc by 2.0)
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ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈærəb rɪˈvoʊlt ɪn ˈpæləˌstaɪn əˈgɛnst ðə ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈpæləˌstaɪn, ðə ˈmɪlətənt ˈzaɪənɪst grup ˈkɛrid aʊt 60 əˈtæks əˈgɛnst ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈpipəl ənd ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ wɑz dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ə ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən baɪ ðə nu jɔrk ðə kəˈmɪti əv ˈprɑmənənt wərld ˈfɪgjərz səʧ ɛz ˈwɪnstən ənd ʤuɪʃ ˈfɪgjərz səʧ ɛz ˈhænə ˈɛrɪnt, ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn, ənd ˈmɛni ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz dɪˈskraɪbz ɪt ɛz "ən ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz æt ðə taɪm ˈsaɪtɪd ˈsɔrsəz ɪn ən ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪv pis wɪʧ lɪŋkt ðə ˌpɛrəˈmɪləˌtɛri grup tɪ əˈtæks səʧ ɛz ðə kɪŋ ˈdeɪvɪd hoʊˈtɛl lɔnʧt ə ˈsɪriz əv əˈtæks wɪʧ ˈlæstɪd ənˈtɪl ðə ˈfaʊndɪŋ əv ˈɪzriəl. ɔl toʊld, əˈtæks əˈgɛnst ˈærəb ˈtɑrgəts rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn æt list 250 ˈærəb dɛθs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈpɪriəd. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪz ə lɪst əv əˈtæks rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn dɛθ əˈtrɪbjətəd tɪ ðət tʊk pleɪs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ənd 1940s*. kənˈdəktəd æt list 60 ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˌɔltəˈgɛðər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈærəb rɪˈvoʊlt ˈɛdət deɪt ˈkæʒəwəltiz ˈrɛfərənsɪz 1937 mɑrʧ 2 ˈærəbz kɪld ɔn bæt jæm biʧ. 12 1937 noʊˈvɛmbər 14 10 ˈærəbz kɪld baɪ ˈjunɪts ˈlɔnʧɪŋ əˈtæks əraʊnd ʤərˈusələm, ("blæk ˈsənˌdi") 1938 ˈeɪprəl 12 2 ˈærəbz ənd 2 ˈbrɪtɪʃ pəˈlismɪn wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm ɪn ə treɪn ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 14 1938 ˈeɪprəl 17 1 ˈærəb wɑz kɪld baɪ ə bɔm ˈdɛtəˌneɪtəd ɪn ə kəˈfeɪ ɪn ˈhaɪfə 14 1938 meɪ 17 1 ˈærəb pəˈlismən wɑz kɪld ɪn ən əˈtæk ɔn ə bəs ɪn ðə roʊd. 14 1938 meɪ 24 3 ˈærəbz wər ʃɑt ənd kɪld ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 14 1938 ʤun 19 18 ˈærəbz kɪld 9 mɛn, 6 ˈwɪmən ənd 3 ˈʧɪldrən), 24 ˈɪnʤərd baɪ ə bɔm ðət wɑz θroʊn ˈɪntu ə ˈkraʊdɪd ˈærəb ˈmɑrkɪt pleɪs ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 1938 ʤun 23 2 ˈærəbz wər kɪld nɪr tɛl ɑˈviv. 14 1938 ʤun 26 7 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm ɪn ˈʤæfə. 14 1938 ʤun 27 1 ˈærəb wɑz kɪld ɪn ðə jɑrd əv ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 14 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 5 7 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈʃutɪŋ əˈtæks ɪn tɛl ɑˈviv. 14 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 5 3 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm ˈdɛtəˌneɪtəd ɪn ə bəs ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 5 1 ˈærəb wɑz kɪld ɪn əˈnəðər əˈtæk ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 6 18 ˈærəbz ənd 5 ʤuz wər kɪld baɪ tu ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs bɑmz ɪn ðə ˈærəb ˈmɛlən ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn ˈhaɪfə. mɔr ðən 60 ˈpipəl wər ˈwundɪd. ðə toʊl ˈoʊvər tu deɪz əv raɪəts ənd rɪˈpraɪzəlz wɑz 33 dɛd, 111 ˈwundɪd. 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 8 4 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 16 10 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm æt ə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1938 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 25 43 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm æt ə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 1938 ˈɔgəst 26 24 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm æt ə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪn ˈʤæfə. 14 1939 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 27 33 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn ˈməltəpəl əˈtæks, incl*. 24 baɪ bɔm ɪn ˈærəb ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn sək kˈwɔrtər əv ˈhaɪfə ənd 4 baɪ bɔm ɪn ˈærəb ˈvɛʤtəbəl ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 23 1939 meɪ 29 5 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə maɪn ˈdɛtəˌneɪtəd æt ðə rɛks ˈsɪnəmə ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1939 meɪ 29 5 ˈærəbz wər ʃɑt ənd kɪld ˈdʊrɪŋ ə reɪd ɔn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv 'ˈeɪdəz. 14 1939 ʤun 2 5 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ə bɔm æt ðə ˈʤæfə geɪt ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 1939 ʤun 12 1 ˈbrɪtɪʃ bɔm ˈɛkspərt traɪɪŋ tɪ dɪfˈjuz ðə bɑmz kɪld, ˈdʊrɪŋ ə poʊst ˈɔfəs ɪn ʤərˈusələm wɑz ˈbɑmɪŋ 14 1939 ʤun 16 6 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn ˈsɛvərəl əˈtæks ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1939 ʤun 19 20 ˈærəbz wər kɪld baɪ ɪkˈsploʊsɪvz ˈmaʊnɪd ɔn ə ˈdɔŋki æt ə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 1939 ʤun 29 13 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈʃutɪŋ əˈtæks əraʊnd ˈʤæfə ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈpɪriəd. 1939 ʤun 30 1 ˈærəb wɑz kɪld æt ə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1939 ʤun 30 2 ˈærəbz wər ʃɑt ənd kɪld ɪn lifta*. 14 1939 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 3 1 ˈærəb wɑz kɪld baɪ ə bɔm æt ə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs ɪn ˈhaɪfə. 1939 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 4 2 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn tu əˈtæks ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 1939 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 20 1 ˈærəb wɑz kɪld æt ə treɪn ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ˈʤæfə. 14 1939 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 20 6 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn ˈsɛvərəl əˈtæks ɪn tɛl ɑˈviv. 14 1939 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 20 3 ˈærəbz wər kɪld ɪn rehovot*. 14 1939 ˈɔgəst 27 2 ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈɔfɪsərz wər kɪld baɪ ə maɪn ɪn ʤərˈusələm. 14 ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ʤuɪʃ ˌɪnˈsərʤənsi ˈɛdət ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr ˈɛdət si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˈɛdət
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during the 1936–39 arab revolt in palestine against the mandatory palestine, the militant zionist group irgun carried out 60 attacks against palestinian people and the british army.[1] irgun was described as a terrorist organization by the new york times,[2][3] the anglo-american committee of enquiry,[4] prominent world figures such as winston churchill[5] and jewish figures such as hannah arendt, albert einstein, and many others.[6] the israeli ministry of foreign affairs describes it as "an underground organization."[7] the new york times at the time cited sources in an investigative piece which linked the haganah paramilitary group to irgun attacks such as the king david hotel bombing.[8]
irgun launched a series of attacks which lasted until the founding of israel. all told, irgun attacks against arab targets resulted in at least 250 arab deaths during this period. the following is a list of attacks resulting in death attributed to irgun that took place during the 1930s and 1940s. irgun conducted at least 60 operations altogether during this period.[9][10][11]
during the arab revolt (1937–39) [ edit ]
date casualties references 1937, march 2 arabs killed on bat yam beach. [12] 1937, november 14 10 arabs killed by irgun units launching attacks around jerusalem, ("black sunday") [13][14] 1938, april 12 2 arabs and 2 british policemen were killed by a bomb in a train in haifa. [14] 1938, april 17 1 arab was killed by a bomb detonated in a cafe in haifa [14] 1938, may 17 1 arab policeman was killed in an attack on a bus in the jerusalem-hebron road. [14] 1938, may 24 3 arabs were shot and killed in haifa. [14] 1938, june 19 18 arabs killed (9 men, 6 women and 3 children), 24 injured by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded arab market place in haifa. [15][16][17][18] 1938, june 23 2 arabs were killed near tel aviv. [14] 1938, june 26 7 arabs were killed by a bomb in jaffa. [14] 1938, june 27 1 arab was killed in the yard of a hospital in haifa. [14] 1938, july 5 7 arabs were killed in several shooting attacks in tel aviv. [14] 1938, july 5 3 arabs were killed by a bomb detonated in a bus in jerusalem. [14] 1938, july 5 1 arab was killed in another attack in jerusalem. [14] 1938, july 6 18 arabs and 5 jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the arab melon market in haifa. more than 60 people were wounded. the toll over two days of riots and reprisals was 33 dead, 111 wounded. [14][19][20][21] 1938, july 8 4 arabs were killed by a bomb in jerusalem. [14] 1938, july 16 10 arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in jerusalem. [14] 1938, july 25 43 arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in haifa. [14][22] 1938, august 26 24 arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in jaffa. [14] 1939, february 27 33 arabs were killed in multiple attacks, incl. 24 by bomb in arab market in suk quarter of haifa and 4 by bomb in arab vegetable market in jerusalem. [23] 1939, may 29 5 arabs were killed by a mine detonated at the rex cinema in jerusalem. [14] 1939, may 29 5 arabs were shot and killed during a raid on the village of biyar 'adas. [14] 1939, june 2 5 arabs were killed by a bomb at the jaffa gate in jerusalem. [14][24] 1939, june 12 1 british bomb expert trying to defuse the bombs killed, during a post office in jerusalem was bombing [14] 1939, june 16 6 arabs were killed in several attacks in jerusalem. [14] 1939, june 19 20 arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in haifa. [14][25] 1939, june 29 13 arabs were killed in several shooting attacks around jaffa during a one-hour period. [14][26] 1939, june 30 1 arab was killed at a marketplace in jerusalem. [14] 1939, june 30 2 arabs were shot and killed in lifta. [14] 1939, july 3 1 arab was killed by a bomb at a marketplace in haifa. [14][27] 1939, july 4 2 arabs were killed in two attacks in jerusalem. [14] 1939, july 20 1 arab was killed at a train station in jaffa. [14] 1939, july 20 6 arabs were killed in several attacks in tel aviv. [14] 1939, july 20 3 arabs were killed in rehovot. [14] 1939, august 27 2 british officers were killed by a mine in jerusalem. [14]
during the jewish insurgency (1944–47) [ edit ]
during the civil war (1947–48) [ edit ]
see also [ edit ]
references [ edit ]
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plɑt aɪ stɪl seɪ ðeɪ krækt ðə ˈnɛrətɪv koʊd wɪθ ðɪs wən. ˈɛni plɑt hoʊlz ər ˌɪŋˈkɑnsɪˌstɛnsiz kən ˈɪnstəntli bi ɪkˈspleɪnd əˈweɪ baɪ ðə fækt ðət biɪŋ meɪd əp baɪ ə ʧaɪld ɛz hi goʊz əˈlɔŋ. ˈkɛrɪktərz aɪ juzd tɪ ˈwəndər waɪ ðɪs ˈvərʒən əv ˈbætˌmæn gɑt hɪz oʊn ˈlɛgoʊ ˈmuvi, ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðɪs bi mɔr səˈpraɪzd ɪf hi hadn’t*. ðɛr wər kwaɪt ə fju sinz wɛr ðɛr wɑz soʊ məʧ ˈhæpənɪŋ ɔn skrin ðət meɪd ɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ tɛl wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ, bət æt ðə seɪm taɪm, ɪt filz laɪk ðə ɪnˈtaɪər θɪŋ wɑz meɪd wɪθ ril ˈlɛgoʊ. nɑt kwaɪt ðə ˈwæki fən taɪm ədˈvɛnʧər aɪ rɪˈmɛmbərd ɪt biɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈθieɪtər, bət stɪl ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ðə ˈsikwəl ɪn ə fju mənθs.
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plot
i still say they cracked the narrative code with this one. any plot holes or inconsistencies can instantly be explained away by the fact that being made up by a child as he goes along.
characters
i used to wonder why this version of batman got his own lego movie, but…after watching this again…i’d be more surprised if he hadn’t.
fx
there were quite a few scenes where there was so much happening on screen that made it almost impossible to tell what was happening, but at the same time, it feels like the entire thing was made with real lego.
rewatchability
not quite the wacky fun time adventure i remembered it being in the theater, but i’m still looking forward to the sequel in a few months.
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tiera* ˈwɪljəmz, 25 ənd hər fɔr ˈʧɪldrən ɑˈmɑri, lɛft, 3, ˈsɛnər, 5 ˌaɪˈzeɪə, raɪt, 1 ənd kˈwɪntɪn, ɪn ˈbeɪbi ˈkɛriər, fɔr wiks, priˈpɛr tɪ liv ə deɪz ɪn ɪn ˌnɔrˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. (ˈælɪsən ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) ˈwɪljəmz ənd hər fɔr ˈʧɪldrən dɑʤ kɑz ɔn ə ˈwɪntər ˈivnɪŋ ɛz ðeɪ krɔs ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt əv ðə deɪz ɪn tɪ ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən moʊˈtɛl rum ðə ˈʧɪldrən kɔl house.”*.” hɪz hænd. aɪ toʊld ju tɪ hoʊld hɪz hand,”*,” ðə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈməðər ˈərʤɪz hər ˈoʊldəst,. ðə wɪθ ənd pɪŋk græbz ðə hænd əv hər ˈbrəðər, ɑˈmɑri, ənd ðeɪ wɔk ʤɪst əˈhɛd əv ðɛr ˈməðər, hu ˈkɛriz ə ˈnubɔrn ˈbeɪbi ˈkəvərd ɪn ə ˈblæŋkɪt ɪn ə ˈbəndəl əˈgɛnst hər ʧɛst. wɪθ hər raɪt hænd, ˈwɪljəmz ˈriʧɪz daʊn tɪ gaɪd hər, ˌaɪˈzeɪə, ˈbəndəld ɪn ə ˈbəbəl koʊt ənd frɑg hæt ənd ˈrənɪŋ fæst ɔn ˈlɪtəl lɛgz tɪ kip əp. ðeɪ pæs ðə ˈʧɛkərz ənd ðə dunkin’*’ ˈdoʊˌnəts ɔn ə ˈbɪzi, ˈbætərd strɛʧ əv nu jɔrk ˈævəˌnu ɪn ˌnɔrˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd wɔk əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðə blæk aɪərn fɛns ðət ðə moʊˈtɛl pul ˈkəvərd baɪ ə grin tɑrp. ˈpipəl æt ðə deɪz ɪn wən əv æt list 12 moʊˈtɛlz biɪŋ juzd baɪ ðə ˈsɪti tɪ haʊs 730 ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz ðɪs ˈwɪntər lin ˈoʊvər ðə ˈbælkəni ðət ˈoʊvərˌlʊks ðə ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd lɪt baɪ ðə dɪˈsɛmbər gloʊ əv ˈjɛloʊ laɪts. ðeɪ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ ə ˈhɪdən wərld əv ˌdɛspərˈeɪʃɪn ənd ˈpɑvərti mɪkst wɪθ meɪd ˈsərvɪs, fri ˈwiˌfi, ˌkɑntəˈnɛnəl ˈbrɛkfəst ɪn ðə ˈlɑbi, ənd lənʧ ənd ˈdɪnər ɪn ðə ˈbæŋkwət rum. ˈlɪtəl ɪz noʊn əˈbaʊt ðə kənˈdɪʃənz æt ðə deɪz ɪn ənd ˈəðər moʊˈtɛlz ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ənd ˈmɛrələnd biɪŋ juzd tɪ haʊs ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz. laɪk ðə ˈʃɛltər fər ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz æt ðə ˈfɔrmər d.c*. ˈʤɛnərəl ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, ðeɪ ər əˈfɪʃəli ˌɔˈflɪmɪts tɪ rɪˈpɔrtərz. ənd ðɛr həz bɪn ˈmɪnəməl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ ˈsɪti əˈfɪʃəlz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈwɛlˌfɛr əv pur ˈʧɪldrən ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn səʧ kræmpt kˈwɔrtərz wɪθ ˈstrəgəlɪŋ, ˈmoʊstli ˈsɪŋgəl ˈpɛrənts. [ˈhənərdz əv d.c*. ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz tɪ raɪd aʊt stɔrm ɪn ˈmɛrələnd moʊˈtɛlz] ˈwɪljəmz ənd hər ˈʧɪldrən pæs ˈməðərz hu sɪt ɪn ˈdɔrˌweɪz, hæf ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðɛr rumz, hæf ˈaʊtˈsaɪd, ɛz ðeɪ wɔʧ ˈrɛstləs ˈʧɪldrən raɪd ˈbaɪsɪkəlz ɪn ˈsərkəlz ɪn ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt. ə ˈwʊmən ɪn ə pɪŋk həz pʊld ə ˈnaɪtˌstænd aʊt əv hər moʊˈtɛl rum ənd ɪz ˈjɛlɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˌɪŋˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsɪbəl æt ˈsəmˌwən ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə rum. noʊ wət ɪz rɔŋ wɪθ her,”*,” sɪz ˈwɪljəmz, hu əˈgrid tɪ lɛt ə rɪˈpɔrtər ənd ə fəˈtɑgrəfər ˈfɑloʊ hər. biɪŋ hir fər tu lɔŋ, ju ər goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd əp goʊɪŋ ˈkreɪzi. bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz soʊ smɔl. soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl pækt ˈɪntu wən room.”*.” ˈwɪljəmz, 25 ridz ə ˈlɛtər ɛz hər ˈʧɪldrən kˈwɪntɪn, fɔr wiks, ˌaɪˈzeɪə, 1 ənd, 5 pleɪ ɪn ðə ˈfæməliz rum æt ðə deɪz ɪn ɪn ˌnɔrˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. (ˈælɪsən ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) læst jɪr, ðɛr wər 440 pəˈlis kɔlz frəm ðə deɪz ɪn, sɪz nɪˈkoʊl ˈʧæpəl, əˈsɪstənt dɪˈrɛktər fər ɪkˈstərnəl əˈfɛrz ənd ˈpɑləsi æt ðə d.c*. ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ˈimərʤənsi ˈmænɪʤmənt ˈeɪʤənsi. ˈwɪljəmz həz ˈwɪtnəst ˈskɛri faɪts bɪtˈwin ˈrɛzɪdənts ənd traɪz tɪ kip tɪ hərˈsɛlf. ˈseɪfər ðət weɪ, ʃi sɪz. ʃi ˈoʊpənz ðə dɔr tɪ hər ˈjunɪt, ˈəʃərɪŋ hər ˈʧɪldrən ˌɪnˈsaɪd ə speɪs ðət ʃi dɪˈskraɪbz ɛz saɪz əv tu ʤeɪl cells.”*.” ðə ˈdeɪkɔr ɪz ˈplɛzənt ɪˈnəf, wɪθ mərun ˈkɑrpətɪŋ, wʊd ˈpænəld ˈhɛdˌbɔrdz ənd ə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ɪn ən ˈɑmwɑr nɪr ə ˈbæθˌrum ˈvænɪti. bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ hir sɪns ˈɔgəst wɪn ˈwɪljəmz ðɛn sɪks mənθs ˈprɛgnənt ənd ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd wɪθ noʊ pleɪs tɪ goʊ kɔld ðə ˈhoʊmləs ˈhɑˌtlaɪn. ɪt ɪz ɪn ðɪs rum ðət ˈwɪljəmz ˈpɛrənts fɔr ˈʧɪldrən, ˈkipɪŋ ðɛm ɪn ˈɔrdər, ˈkipɪŋ ðɛr θɪŋz ɪn ˈɔrdər, stækt ɪn ˈkɔrnərz, ɔn tɔp əv ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən, ɔn ðə ˈbæθˌrum ˈvænɪti ənd ˈəndər bɛdz. ɪt ɪz ɪn ðɪs rum ðət dɪz hər ˈkɪndərˌgɑrtən wərk ʃits. ənd ɪt ɪz ɪn ðɪs rum ðət ˈwɪljəmz wɛnt ˈɪntu ˈleɪbər ɔn noʊv. 7 ənd rɪˈtərnd ˈæftərwərd wɪθ ˈnubɔrn kˈwɪntɪn. naʊ ʃi leɪz ðə ˈbeɪbi ɔn ðə ˈdəbəl bɛd ˈkloʊsəst tɪ ðə ˈbæθˌrum. ðə ˈəðər ˈʧɪldrən sɪt ɔn ðə ˈəðər bɛd nɛkst tɪ ðə ˈwɪndoʊ ˈoʊvərˌlʊkɪŋ ðə pul. ˈwɪljəmz dəmps bægz əv ˈgroʊsəriz ɔn ðə moʊˈtɛl rum dɛsk. ɪn ðə ˈmɪni rɪˈfrɪʤərˌeɪtər, ʃi stæks ˈjoʊgərt, ˈæpəlz, ˈɔrɪnʤɪz ənd ə ˈroʊstɪd ˈʧɪkən ðeɪ wɪl hæv fər ˈdɪnər ðət naɪt. ʃi ˈjuzɪz hər fud stæmps tɪ baɪ milz bɪˈkəz ʃi laɪk ˈitɪŋ ðə ˈpɑstə, casseroles*, ˈʧɪkən, hɑt dɔgz ənd ˈəðər ˈdɪʃɪz ðə ˈsɪti prəˈvaɪdz æt ðə moʊˈtɛl. meat,”*,” ʃi sɪz, questionable.”*.” stəft ˈænəməlz ənd ˈəðər tɔɪz ər stækt ɔn ðə wɔl ˈhitər, ɔn ən əˈpoʊlstərd ʧɛr ɪn ðə ˈkɔrnər ənd ɪn ə bɑks nɪr ðə dɔr. ɪt ɪz ə ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt fər ə ˈwʊmən hu dɪˈskraɪbz hərˈsɛlf ɛz ə nit frik ənd ən ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzər. ʃi tərnz tɪ ɑˈmɑri. ər ju ˈʤəmpɪŋ əp ənd down?”*?” ʃi wɔnts ˌaɪˈzeɪə tɪ stɑp ˈdɪgɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈgroʊsəri bægz ɔn ðə flɔr. ʃi wɔnts ɑˈmɑri tɪ stɑp ˈwaɪnɪŋ ənd laɪk ə baby.”*.” kˈwɪntɪn bɪˈgɪnz tɪ weɪl ɔn ðə bɛd. ʃi æsks tɪ gɪt ðə ˈpæsəˌfaɪər. ɪn ə kræmpt speɪs laɪk ðɪs ɪz nɑt good,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz sɪz. hæv tɪ bi ˈrɪli ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd hir. ər ju wɪl goʊ ˈkreɪzi. jʊr kɪdz wɪl goʊ crazy.”*.” ʃi tɛlz ɑˈmɑri, ˈoʊvər there!”*!” bət, ˈrɪli, ðɛr ɪz noʊ pleɪs fər ɪm tɪ goʊ. hi klaɪmz bæk ɔn ðə ˈdəbəl bɛd ənd laɪz ɔn ə ˈpɪloʊ ˈkəvərd wɪθ ə rɛd ““cars”*” kɑrˈtun ˈkɛrɪktər ənd ɔn ʃits ˈfiʧərɪŋ mcstuffins.”*.” hi stɑrts ˈwaɪnɪŋ əˈgɛn fər ə snæk. aɪ kəm ɪn ðɪs rum, ɪt ɔl kəmz back,”*,” hɪz ˈməðər sɪz. dɪd aɪ gɪt hir? wət hæv aɪ bɪn duɪŋ ɔl ðiz jɪrz? wɛr dɪd aɪ goʊ wrong?”*?” ʃi noʊz ðət ʃi ənd ðə ˈʧɪldrən ər ˈbɛtər ɔf æt ðə deɪz ɪn ðən ɔn ðə strits ər æt d.c*. dɪˈlæpəˌdeɪtɪd ˈʃɛltər. aɪ hæv tɪ kip seɪɪŋ, goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt aʊt əv ðɪs situation.’*.’ θɪŋk stable’*’ ˈwɪljəmz wɑz 2 ʃi sɪz, wɪn ʃi ənd hər ˈsɪblɪŋz wər ˈteɪkən frəm ðɛr ˈməðər, ə hoʊm hɛlθ eɪd hu wɑz gɔn soʊ məʧ ðət ʃi wɑz əˈkjuzd əv nɪˈglɛkt. ˈwɪljəmz si hər əˈgɛn fər 17 jɪrz. æt ðə taɪm, ðə ˈfæməli wɑz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn saʊθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə, wɛr hər ˈfɑðər hæd bɪn ˌɪmˈprɪzənd, ʃi wɑz toʊld, fər ˈmərdər. ðə ˈʧɪldrən wər pʊt ɔn ə treɪn tɪ vərˈʤɪnjə, wɛr ən ˈoʊldər ˈkəzən, ˈdɛbərə ˈʤæksən, ənd hər ˈhəzbənd, ˈbərnərd ˈʤæksən, tʊk ɪn waɪl ə reɪzd tu əv hər ˈoʊldər ˈsɪblɪŋz. wɑz ə blessing,”*,” sɪz ˈbərnərd ˈʤæksən, hu bɪˈkeɪm ðə soʊl ˈpɛrənt ˈæftər ˈdɛbərə daɪd wɪn ˈwɪljəmz wɑz ʤɪst 8 ˈluzɪŋ hər bərθ ˈməðər ənd ðɛn hər əˈdɑptɪv ˈməðər ˈhɔntɪd ˈwɪljəmz, ʃi sɪz. æt ˈfɛrˌfæks haɪ skul, ʃi tʊk ɛz ˈmɛni ɑrt ˈklæsɪz ɛz ʃi kʊd, hərˈsɛlf ɪn ˈpeɪnɪŋ. wɑz ə feɪs ðət aɪ skɛʧt ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər again,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ʃi naʊ bɪˈlivz ɪt wɑz ðə feɪs əv hər bərθ ˈfɑðər, hum ʃi həz sin ˈoʊnli ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk. hi daɪd əv hɑrt ˈprɑbləmz læst jɪr, ʃi sɪz. ˈæftər ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪŋ frəm ˈfɛrˌfæks ɪn 2008 ˈwɪljəmz wərkt æt ə ˈbərlɪŋtən koʊt ˈfæktəri stɔr ənd ðɛn ɛz ə ˈweɪtrəs æt ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt. ʃi wɑz 19 wɪn ʃi mɛt ðə mæn hu wʊd bɪˈkəm hər ˈfɑðər. ʃi muvd tɪ ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt tɪ bi wɪθ ɪm. bət ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp, ʃi sɪz, wɑz kənˈtroʊlɪŋ ənd əˈbjusɪv. ʃi lɛft ɪm wɪn hər ˈdɔtər wɑz 4 mənθs oʊld ənd spɛnt ˈsɛvərəl mənθs æt tu ˈʃɛltərz ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmuvɪŋ ˈɪntu ən əˈpɑrtmənt ɪn ˌsaʊˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. məʧ ðə seɪm θɪŋ ˈhæpənd əˈgɛn ɪn ˈɔgəst wɪn ʃi lɛft ðə ˈfɑðər əv hər θri ˈəðər ˈʧɪldrən bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wər ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ɔl ðə taɪm. θɪŋk ˈsteɪbəl, ðɛn [stəf] happens,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ʃi steɪ wɪθ hər əˈdɑptɪv ˈfɑðər, hu lɪvz ɪn ˌæləgˈzændriə ɪn ə əˈpɑrtmənt ənd ˈrisəntli hæd ə stroʊk. nɔr kʊd ʃi steɪ wɪθ hər ˈsɪstər, hu lɪvz ɪn ˈfɛrˌfæks wɪθ əˈnəðər ˈkəzən, ʃi sɪz. ʃi baʊnst frəm frɛnd tɪ frɛnd ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkɔlɪŋ ðə ˈhoʊmləs ˈhɑˌtlaɪn. ənd haʊ ʃi ənd ðə ˈʧɪldrən wund əp æt ðə deɪz ɪn, wɛr ə saɪn teɪpt tɪ ðə frənt dɔr ridz, pərˈsɛnt aɪˈdɛntəˌti check”*” ənd ə ˌrɛzərˈveɪʃən klərk sɪz ðə moʊˈtɛl ɪz bʊkt ˈsɑləd. ˈwɪljəmz ənd hər fɔr ˈʧɪldrən priˈpɛr tɪ liv ə deɪz ɪn ɪn ˌnɔrˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. (ˈælɪsən ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) ˈwɪljəmz hər sən ɛz sən ɑˈmɑri hoʊldz ɪm ɪn ðə ˈfæməliz rum æt deɪz ɪn. (ˈælɪsən ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) ðə deɪz ɪn ˈmænɪʤər dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt tɪ haʊs ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz. bət ðə ˈrɛzɪdənts ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ əˈbaɪd baɪ strɪkt rulz. noʊ sˈmoʊkɪŋ, ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ, drəgz ər proʊˈfænəti ər pərˈmɪtɪd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rulz ʃit. ənd ˈskrimɪŋ baɪ ˈrɛzɪdənts ər ˈvɪzɪtərz ɪz nɑt əˈlaʊd. ˈrɛzɪdənts ər nɑt əˈlaʊd ɪn iʧ rooms.”*.” ˈɛvriˌwən məst oʊˈbeɪ ə p.m*. ˈkərfju ˈsənˌdiz θru ˈθərzdiz ənd ən 11 p.m*. ˈkərfju ˈfraɪˌdeɪz ənd ˈsætərdiz. ðoʊz ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈwərkɪŋ rikˈwaɪərd tɪ ˈæktɪvli sik ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈɛvəri wik ənd tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ðɛr ɪmˈplɔɪmənt search.”*.” ənd ˈrɛzɪdənts ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ mit wɪθ keɪs koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtərz tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ə ˈɛksət plan.”*.” ˈwɪljəmz ɪz stɪl ˈweɪtɪŋ fər hərz ɪn ə ˈsɪti wɛr rɛnts hæv sɔrd ənd əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈɔpʃənz hæv ʃrəŋk. ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt həz bɪn ˈpleɪsɪŋ ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz ɪn moʊˈtɛlz ˈɛvər sɪns ˈsɪti ˈvoʊtərz pæst ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv 17 ə 1984 lɔ ðət ˌgɛrənˈtiz ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt ˈʃɛltər tɪ ðə ˈhoʊmləs ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌhaɪpəˈθərmiə ˈsizən. ɪn ðə jɪrz ðət ˈfɑloʊd, ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈfæməliz ˈsikɪŋ ˈʃɛltər ɪkˈsploʊdɪd. ðɛn, ɪn mɑrʧ 1988 tu ˈbeɪbiz daɪd æt ðə noʊˈtɔriəsli dəˈkrɛpɪt ˈkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti ɪn ɔn nu jɔrk ˈævəˌnu; wən ʧaɪld frəm ˌmɛnənˈʤaɪtəs ənd ðə ˈəðər frəm nəˈmoʊnjə. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ jɪr, ən bɔɪ wɑz kɪld ənd tu ˈwɪmən wər ˈɪnʤərd wɪn ə faɪər broʊk aʊt æt ðə moʊˈtɛl. ðə ˈɛnsuɪŋ fˈjʊrɔr fɔrst ˈmɛriən ˈbɛri (di) tɪ muv ˈɛvəri ˈfæməli aʊt əv ðə ˈkæpɪtəl ˈsɪti ɪn baɪ ðə ɛnd əv 1989 bət ðə ˈprɑbləm əv wɛr tɪ pleɪs ˈpɛrənts ənd ˈʧɪldrən ɪn ˈkraɪsəs həz kənˈtɪnjud tɪ pleɪg ˈsɪti əˈfɪʃəlz ˈivɪn ɛz vaʊd tɪ ʃət daʊn ðə dɪˈkeɪɪŋ d.c*. ˈʤɛnərəl ˈʃɛltər. æt wən pɔɪnt ɪn 2014 ˈvɪnsɪnt greɪ (di) traɪd tɪ haʊs ˈfæməliz ɪn tu ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃən ˈsɛnərz ə səˈluʃən kˈwɪkli rɪˈʤɛktɪd baɪ ðə kɔrts ənd ðə d.c*. ˈkaʊnsəl. [mɔr d.c*. ˈfæməliz ər ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈhoʊmləs ˈʃɛltərz ðɪs ˈwɪntər ðən ˈɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr] səkˈsɛsər, mˈjʊriəl i. ˈboʊzər (di), həz ˈteɪkən ə məʧ ˈdɪfərənt əˈproʊʧ, əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz tɪ ˈʃɛltər ˈfæməliz nɑt ʤɪst ɔn ˈfrizɪŋ naɪts, bət ˈɛni deɪ əv ðə jɪr. ðə rɪˈzəlt: ðɛr wər 730 ˈhoʊmləs ˈfæməliz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə deɪz ɪn ənd æt list 11 ˈəðər moʊˈtɛlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈrisənt naɪt ˈsɛnsəs. ən əˈdɪʃənəl 250 ˈfæməliz ər biɪŋ haʊzd æt d.c*. ˈʤɛnərəl. ˈnəmbər ɪz ˈvɛri haɪ fər us,”*,” ækˈnɑlɪʤɪz ˈlɔrə grin ˈzaɪlɪŋər, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə d.c*. dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz. ʃi wʊd nɑt dɪˈskloʊz haʊ məʧ ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt peɪz pər naɪt fər ðə moʊˈtɛl rumz bət sɪz ðə ˈsɪti həz ˈbəʤɪtɪd əˈbaʊt 15 ˈmɪljən ðɪs jɪr fər ðɛm. ðə goʊl ɪz tɪ gɪt ˈfæməliz aʊt əv moʊˈtɛlz ənd ˈʃɛltərz ˈɪntu trænˈzɪʃənəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɛz kˈwɪkli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, ʃi sɪz. bət ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd hæf əv 2015 ən ˈævərɪʤ əv ˈoʊnli 68 ˈfæməliz pər mənθ wər biɪŋ muvd ˈɪntu ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪzd əˈpɑrtmənts. nɑt ɪˈnəf ˈlænˌdlɔrdz ər ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, ˈzaɪlɪŋər sɪz. ɪn ˈrisənt wiks, ðə ˈsɪti həz rɪˈzɔrtɪd tɪ ˈpʊtɪŋ ˈhənərdz əv ˈfæməliz ɪn ˈmɛrələnd moʊˈtɛlz, wɛr ɪt ɪz mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ prəˈvaɪd milz ənd ˈəðər hɛlp tɪ ˈpɛrənts ənd ˈʧɪldrən. ðə ˈboʊzər ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈmɪnəməl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə moʊˈtɛlz. ðɛr hæv bɪn noʊ saɪt ˈvɪzɪts baɪ d.c*. ˈkaʊnsəl kəˈmɪtiz wɪθ ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt ɔn ˈhoʊmləsnəs ənd noʊ ˌrivˈju əv ðə ˈwɛlˌfɛr əv ˈʧɪldrən ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðɛm, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðɛr ər twaɪs ɛz ˈmɛni ˈʧɪldrən ɪn moʊˈtɛlz ɛz ðɛr ər æt ðə məʧ mɔr ˈskrutəˌnaɪzd d.c*. ˈʤɛnərəl. d.c*. ˈkaʊnsəl ˈʧɛrmən fɪl ˈmɛndəlsən (di) ækˈnɑlɪʤɪz ðət hi həz ˈnɛvər ˈvɪzɪtɪd wən əv ðə moʊˈtɛlz. ɪn ðə ʃɔrt tərm, hi dɪz nɑt θɪŋk ðɛr ɪz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət kən bi dən əˈbaʊt ðə bəˈlunɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv ˈfæməliz biɪŋ haʊzd ɪn ðɛm. plæn tɪ gɪt mɔr ˈfæməliz ˈɪntu trænˈzɪʃənəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ, hi sɪz, nɑt hæd ɪˈnəf time”*” tɪ wərk. ˈzaɪlɪŋər ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈfɛndz ðə juz əv moʊˈtɛlz ɛz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ənd ˈvaɪtəl. ɪz ˈrɪli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪz wi hæv ˈfæməliz ənˈseɪf ənd unsheltered,”*,” ˈzaɪlɪŋər sɪz. ər nɑt aɪˈdil, bət wi hæv ən ˈkraɪsəs ɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt. wi ər nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈoʊvərˌkəm ðət wɪn ˈpipəl hæv ə seɪf pleɪs fər ˈʧɪldrən tɪ leɪ ðɛr hɛdz æt night.”*.” wɔnt tɪ gɪt out’*’ ɔn skul deɪz, əˈlɑrm goʊz ɔf æt 6 a.m*. ʃi ʃaʊərz ənd ˈdrɛsɪz waɪl ðə ˈʧɪldrən ər stɪl sˈlipɪŋ. ðɛn ʃi weɪks ðɛm fər ˈbrɛkfəst ənd ðə trɪp tɪ skul ɪn ˌsaʊˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ʧaɪld wɪl nɑt mɪs school,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz dɪˈklɛrz. wɪn ðeɪ wər sɛnt tɪ ðə deɪz ɪn, ʃi wɔnt tɪ swɪʧ skulz. ʃi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ meɪnˈteɪn səm ˈmɛʒər əv kənˈsɪstənsi. soʊ ˈɛvəri skul deɪ, ˈwɪljəmz pæks əp ðə fɔr ˈʧɪldrən ənd teɪks ə bəs raɪd əˈkrɔs taʊn tɪ gɪt tɪ ˈkɪndərˌgɑrtən. ðə ˈʧɪldrən drɛs ɪn ðə kloʊðz ðət ˈwɪljəmz leɪd aʊt ðə naɪt ˌbiˈfɔr. wən ˈrisənt ˈmɔrnɪŋ, hɛr ɪz pʊld ɪn ənd taɪd æt ðə ɛndz wɪθ blu ənd waɪt. ðə gərl, hu ləvz mcstuffins,”*,” pʊlz ɔn ə peɪl pɪŋk ˈʤækɪt ənd hər ˈbækˌpæk wɪθ ðə feɪs əv ə ˈpəpi ɔn ðə flæp. ðeɪ liv ðə hoʊˈtɛl rum æt ənd wɔk əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈbrizˌweɪ ˌbiˈsaɪd ðə pul tɪ ðə ˈlɑbi wɛr ˈəðər ˈməðərz ənd ˈʧɪldrən ər ˈhævɪŋ ˈbrɛkfəst. ðeɪ pæs ə ˈlɪtəl gərl ɪn ə pɪŋk ˈʤækɪt ˈsɪtɪŋ wɪθ hər mɑm æt ə ˈteɪbəl nɪr ðə ˈlɑbi dɔr, ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ ə boʊl əv koʊld ˈsɪriəl ənd hər ˈhoʊmˌwərk. ðeɪ pæs əˈnəðər gərl ˈfɪlɪŋ ə moʊˈtɛl rum aɪs ˈbəkɪt wɪθ ˈfrɔstɪd fleɪks. ˈwɪljəmz græbz ðə hænd əv ˌaɪˈzeɪə ənd kəˈmændz tɪ teɪk hænd ɛz ðeɪ pʊʃ ˈoʊpən ðə ˈdəbəl glæs dɔrz. heɪt ðɪs ˈpɑrkɪŋ lot,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz sɪz, ˈpɪkɪŋ əp ðə. ðeɪ wɔk ˈəndər ðə treɪn brɪʤ. ðə ˈbeɪbi ɪz ɔn hər ʧɛst; ˌaɪˈzeɪə ɔn hər raɪt hɪp. ə treɪn rɔrz ˈoʊvərˈhɛd. ɑˈmɑri, ðə ˌɪnkˈwɪzɪtɪv ˈpriˌskulər wɪθ dip blæk pulz fər aɪz, əˈnaʊnsɪz, treɪn ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ nu york.”*.” ˈwɪljəmz ənd ðə ˈʧɪldrən krɔs ðə strit ənd weɪt æt ə bəs ˈʃɛltər ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈvɑdkə. ðə bəs ˈʃɛltər ɪz ˈkraʊdɪd wɪθ ˈəðər ˈməðərz frəm ðə moʊˈtɛl ˈteɪkɪŋ ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən tɪ skulz əˈkrɔs taʊn. ðə bəs əraɪvz, ənd ˈwɪljəmz ˈəʃərz ðə ˈʧɪldrən ˈɑnˌbɔrd. ðə bəs wɛndz ɪts weɪ θru ðə ˈsɪti, wɪθ wən stɑp æt d.c*. ˈʤɛnərəl, wɛr ˈwɪljəmz spɛnt ə fju ˈheɪtɪd mənθs ðə fərst taɪm ʃi wɑz ˈhoʊmləs. fər ˈmɛni, ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈkɑnʤərz əp ðə ˈmɛməri əv rəd, hu lɪvd æt d.c*. ˈʤɛnərəl ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi ˈvænɪʃt ˈnɪrli tu jɪrz əˈgoʊ ɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni əv ə ˈʤænətər hu kɪld hɪz waɪf ənd ðɛn hɪmˈsɛlf. ɔn ðɪs deɪ, ɪn fækt, ðə pəˈlis lɔnʧ əˈnəðər sərʧ fər æt ə kənˈstrəkʃən saɪt nɑt fɑr frəm ðə deɪz ɪn, bət, wəns əˈgɛn, ðeɪ tərn əp ˈnəθɪŋ. æt ˈmɑrtɪn ˈluθər kɪŋ ˈævəˌnu seɪ, ˈwɪljəmz ənd ðə kɪdz gɪt ɔf ðə bəs ənd stænd æt ðə ˈkɔrnər ʤɪst ɛz ðɛr ˈsɛkənd bəs əˈkrɔs ðə strit livz. ˈhæpənz ɔl ðə time,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz saɪz. gɪt hir ʤɪst ɛz ðət bəs ɪz ˈpʊlɪŋ away.”*.” əˈbaʊt 20 ˈmɪnəts ˈleɪtər, əˈnəðər bəs əraɪvz, ənd ðeɪ raɪd ɪt tɪ drɔp ɔf, 20 ˈmɪnəts ˈæftər ðə stɑrt əv skul. ˈtiʧərz understand,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz sɪz. ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ðeɪ pæs ə ˈhɔlˌweɪ saɪn əˈnaʊnsɪŋ, matters.”*.” wəns ɪz ˈsɛtəld, ˈwɪljəmz ˈkrɔsɪz ðə strit wɪθ ɑˈmɑri, ˌaɪˈzeɪə ənd kˈwɪntɪn ənd weɪts əˈgɛn æt əˈnəðər bəs stɑp fər ðə trɪp bæk tɪ ðə deɪz ɪn. ðə moʊˈtɛl ɪz ə ˈlænˌskeɪp əv məˈnɑtəni ənd ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən. tu ˈməðərz wɔk aʊt ðə ˈlɑbi dɔrz ənd sɪt ɔn ðə draɪ ˈfaʊntən ɪn ðə ˈsərkjələr draɪv ənd flɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts. ə mæn ˈpʊʃɪŋ ə ˈbeɪbi ˈstroʊlər ʤɔɪnz ðɛm. ðə ˈbeɪbi ˌɪnˈsaɪd kraɪz unrelentingly*. æt naɪt, ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt fɪlz wɪθ ˈdaɪnərz ɔn ðɛr weɪ tɪ ˈpændə ˈgʊrˌmeɪ, ə ʧaɪˈniz ˈrɛˌstrɑnt əˈtæʧt tɪ ðə deɪz ɪn ðət həz rɪˈsivd reɪv rəvˈjuz frəm fud ˈkrɪtɪks. wɪn ˈwɪljəmz wɛnt ˈɪntu ˈleɪbər hir ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər, ʃi kɔld ðə frənt dɛsk fər ən ˈæmbjələns tɪ ˈprɑvədəns ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. ðɛn ʃi woʊk əp, ɑˈmɑri ənd ˌaɪˈzeɪə ənd gɑt ðɛm drɛst. ðə ˈfɑðər əv hər ˈjəŋgəst ˈʧɪldrən, ˈpætrɪk ˈpərnəl, tʊk kɛr əv ðɛm waɪl ʃi geɪv bərθ, ʃi sɪz. hi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ bi ˈɪntərvˌjud fər ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl. ˈwɪljəmz sɪz hi peɪ ʧaɪld səˈpɔrt bət həz hɛlpt baɪ baɪɪŋ ˈdaɪəpərz, fud ənd koʊts. bæk ɪn ðə rum ˈæftər ˈdrɑpɪŋ æt skul, ˈwɪljəmz livz hər dɔr sˈlaɪtli əˈʤɑr tɪ lɛt ɪn frɛʃ ɛr. ə bɔɪ ˈpʊʃɪz ɪt ˈoʊpən. ɪz ariyanna?”*?” æsks ˈteɪlər, 8 ɪn ˈsɛkənd greɪd. æt skul, wɛr ju ʃʊd be,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz rɪˈplaɪz. ʤɪst ðɛn, ˈməðər, ˈteɪlər, ˈɛnərz ðə rum. ˈteɪlər, 24 nu ˈwɪljəmz θru ˈrɛlətɪvz ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ boʊθ ˈlændɪd æt ðə deɪz ɪn. bɪˈkəz mɛt ˌbiˈfɔr, ðeɪ trəst iʧ ˈəðər. ðət ɪz ə trəst ðeɪ du nɑt ɪkˈstɛnd tɪ ˈəðər ˈrɛzɪdənts. ˈteɪlər, 24 ənd hər tu sənz, ˈteɪlər, faɪv mənθs, ənd ˈteɪlər, 8 weɪt fər ˈfərnɪʧər ənd bɪˈlɔŋɪŋz tɪ bi dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ ðə əˈpɑrtmənt ðeɪ muvd ˈɪntu ˈərliər ðət ˈmɔrnɪŋ ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt wɪθ ˈpipəl here,”*,” ˈteɪlər sɪz. ʤɪst hæd ˈsəmˌwən θroʊ kloʊðz ɪn ðə draɪər wɪθ maɪ ˈbeɪbi kloʊðz. aɪ θru ðə ˈəndərˌwɛr ɪn ðə trash.”*.” ˈteɪlər, hər hɛr pɪnd wɪθ ˈmɛtəl hɛr klɪps, wɔks tɪ ðə ˈlɔndri rum. ʃi ˈkɛriz hər ˈbeɪbi,, ɪn hər lɛft ɑrm., ˈsəkɪŋ ə stɪk, wɔks nɛkst tɪ hər, ˈpæsɪŋ moʊˈtɛl dɔrz ræpt laɪk ˈkrɪsməs ˈprɛzənts. wət ju kɔl tu comfortable,”*,” ˈteɪlər sɪz, ˈmoʊʃənɪŋ tɪ ðə dɔr. wɔnt tɪ ˈdɛkərˌeɪt laɪk ju lɪv hir. ju wɔnt tɪ gɪt out.”*.” ɪn ə ˈmætər əv deɪz, ʃi wʊd bi ˈlivɪŋ fər ə ˈsəbsɪˌdaɪzd əˈpɑrtmənt ɪn ˌsaʊˈθist ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ənd ʃi muv ðɛr sun ɪˈnəf. ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ fil ˈvɛri dɪˈprɛst wɪn aɪ keɪm here,”*,” ʃi sɪz, bət ʃi traɪd tɪ haɪd ɪt frəm hər sən. ˈstændɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈlɔndri rum, ʃi lɪsts ə laɪf əv rɪˈgrɛts. læst greɪd aɪ əˈtɛndəd wɑz eɪθ greɪd. aɪ gɑt ˈprɛgnənt wɪn aɪ wɑz 15 jɪrz old,”*,” ˈteɪlər sɪz. ˈgrændˌməðər ˈnɛvər ɛnˈroʊld mi ɪn haɪ skul. aɪ gɛs ʃi θɔt aɪ wɔnt tɪ goʊ. bət aɪ wɛnt tɪ eɪθ greɪd wɪθ ɪm ɪn maɪ belly.”*.” ʃi sɪz ðə skul ˈsɪstəm ˈnɛvər keɪm ˈlʊkɪŋ fər hər. fil laɪk ðə skul ˈsɪstəm feɪld mi. maɪ ˈfæməli feɪld mi. bət aɪ bleɪm maɪ ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɔn them,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ʃi dəmps hər draɪ kloʊðz ɪn ə træʃ bæg ənd drægz ðə bæg wɪθ wən ɑrm ðə ˈbeɪbi ɪn ðə ˈəðər əˈkrɔs ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt ənd əp ðə blæk ˈmɛtəl stɛrz tɪ rum 264 ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ʃi leɪz ðə ˈbeɪbi ɔn ðə bɛd ənd təks əˈweɪ ˈfoʊldɪd kloʊðz ɪn ðə ˈkɔrnər əv ðə rum. traɪ tɪ kip ɪt clean,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ə fju ˈmɪnəts ˈleɪtər, ˈwɪljəmz, huz ˈʧɪldrən ər ˈnæpɪŋ, stɑps baɪ fər ə kwɪk ˈvɪzɪt. ðeɪ wɔʧ ə fju ˈmɪnəts əv ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ʃoʊ ““cribs.”*.” ˈbɑksɪŋ ˈʧæmpiən ˈmæni ɪz ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf wən əv hɪz ˈhaʊsɪz wɪθ ɪts pulz ənd ˈglimɪŋ flɔrz ənd ˈfʊli stɑkt rɪˈfrɪʤərˌeɪtərz. æt hɪz house,”*,” ˈteɪlər sɪz, ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ən əˈpoʊlstərd ʧɛr nɪr ðə ˈwɪndoʊ. wɔnt ðət krɪb raɪt there.”*.” ʃi læfs. ʤɔɪnt ɪz leɪd aʊt. ɪt gɑt sˈwɪmɪŋ pulz. hi gɑt ðə krɪb ˈeɪˈtin rooms!”*!” ðeɪ læf ənd drim. ɪz ðət kɔld ˌɪnˈfɪnɪti pools?”*?” ˈwɪljəmz sɪz. wɔnt wən əv those.”*.” bæk ɪn hər rum, ə koʊld reɪn bits əˈgɛnst ðə ˈwɪndoʊ. naɪt fɔlz, ənd ˈwɪljəmz pʊlz ˈoʊpən ðə ˈkərtənz. æt list ʃi ənd ðə ˈʧɪldrən kən lʊk ˈaʊtˈsaɪd. ɪz house,”*,” ɑˈmɑri əˈnaʊnsɪz. ˈwɪspərz tɪ hər ˈməðər, ˈwəndərɪŋ wɪn ðeɪ wɪl muv aʊt əv ðə moʊˈtɛl. ju rɪˈmɛmbər maɪ rum wɪθ ðə ˈvænɪti ənd ðə ˈbətərˌflaɪ carpet?”*?” ðə æsks. ““yes,”*,” ˈwɪljəmz tɛlz hər, remember.”*.” ˈɛrən ˈdeɪvɪs kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt.
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tiera williams, 25, and her four children amari, left, 3, ariyanna, center, 5, isaiah, right, 1, and quintin, in baby carrier, four weeks, prepare to leave a days inn in northeast washington. (allison shelley/for the washington post)
tiera williams and her four children dodge cars on a winter evening as they cross the parking lot of the days inn to the washington motel room the children call “mommy’s house.”
“hold his hand. i told you to hold his hand,” the 25-year-old single mother urges her oldest, ariyanna. the 5-year-old with cornrows and pink barrettes grabs the hand of her 3-year-old brother, amari, and they walk just ahead of their mother, who carries a newborn baby covered in a blanket in a bundle against her chest. with her right hand, williams reaches down to guide her 1-year-old, isaiah, bundled in a bubble coat and frog hat and running fast on little legs to keep up.
they pass the checkers and the dunkin’ donuts on a busy, battered stretch of new york avenue in northeast washington and walk alongside the black iron fence that encircles the motel pool covered by a green tarp. people at the days inn one of at least 12 motels being used by the city to house 730 homeless families this winter lean over the balcony that overlooks the courtyard lit by the december glow of yellow lights.
they occupy a hidden world of desperation and poverty mixed with every-other-day maid service, free wifi, continental breakfast in the lobby, and lunch and dinner in the 170-room motel’s banquet room.
little is known about the conditions at the days inn and other motels in washington and maryland being used to house homeless families. like the shelter for homeless families at the former d.c. general hospital, they are officially off-limits to reporters. and there has been minimal information provided by city officials about the welfare of 1,300 poor children living in such cramped quarters with struggling, mostly single parents.
[hundreds of d.c. homeless families to ride out storm in maryland motels]
williams and her children pass mothers who sit in doorways, half inside their rooms, half outside, as they watch restless children ride bicycles in circles in the parking lot. a woman in a pink headscarf has pulled a nightstand out of her motel room and is yelling something incomprehensible at someone inside the room.
“i know what is wrong with her,” says williams, who agreed to let a reporter and a photographer follow her. “after being here for too long, you are going to end up going crazy. because it is so small. so many people packed into one room.”
tiera williams, 25, reads a letter as her children quintin, four weeks, isaiah, 1, and ariyanna, 5, play in the family's room at the days inn in northeast washington. (allison shelley/for the washington post)
last year, there were 440 police calls from the days inn, says nicole chapple, assistant director for external affairs and policy at the d.c. homeland security and emergency management agency.
williams has witnessed scary fights between residents and tries to keep to herself. it’s safer that way, she says.
she opens the door to her unit, ushering her children inside a space that she describes as “the size of two jail cells.” the decor is pleasant enough, with maroon carpeting, wood paneled headboards and a television in an armoire near a bathroom vanity.
they’ve been living here since august when williams then six months pregnant and unemployed with no place to go called the city’s homeless hotline.
it is in this room that williams parents four children, keeping them in order, keeping their things in order, stacked in corners, on top of the television, on the bathroom vanity and under beds. it is in this room that ariyanna does her kindergarten work sheets. and it is in this room that williams went into labor on nov. 7 and returned afterward with newborn quintin.
now she lays the baby on the double bed closest to the bathroom. the other children sit on the other bed next to the window overlooking the pool.
williams dumps bags of groceries on the motel room desk. in the mini refrigerator, she stacks yogurt, apples, oranges and a roasted chicken they will have for dinner that night. she uses her food stamps to buy meals because she doesn’t like eating the pasta, casseroles, chicken, hot dogs and other dishes the city provides at the motel.
“the meat,” she says, “is questionable.”
stuffed animals and other toys are stacked on the wall heater, on an upholstered chair in the corner and in a box near the door. it is a challenging environment for a woman who describes herself as a neat freak and an obsessive-compulsive organizer.
she turns to 3-year-old amari. “why are you jumping up and down?”
she wants 1-year-old isaiah to stop digging in the grocery bags on the floor. she wants amari to stop whining and “acting like a baby.” quintin begins to wail on the bed. she asks 5-year-old ariyanna to get the newborn’s pacifier.
“being in a cramped space like this is not good,” williams says. “you have to be really organized here. or you will go crazy. your kids will go crazy.”
she tells amari, “go over there!” but, really, there is no place for him to go. he climbs back on the double bed and lies on a pillow covered with a red “cars” cartoon character and on sheets featuring “doc mcstuffins.” he starts whining again for a snack.
“whenever i come in this room, it all comes back,” his mother says. “how did i get here? what have i been doing all these years? where did i go wrong?”
she knows that she and the children are better off at the days inn than on the streets or at d.c. general’s dilapidated shelter. “but i have to keep saying, ‘i’m going to get out of this situation.’ ”
‘you think you’re stable’
williams was 2, she says, when she and her siblings were taken from their mother, a home health aide who was gone so much that she was accused of neglect. williams didn’t see her again for 17 years. at the time, the family was living in south carolina, where her father had been imprisoned, she was told, for murder.
the children were put on a train to virginia, where an older cousin, deborah jackson, and her husband, bernard jackson, took in 2-year-old tiera while a great-aunt raised two of her older siblings.
“she was a blessing,” says bernard jackson, who became the sole parent after deborah died when williams was just 8.
losing her birth mother and then her adoptive mother haunted williams, she says. at fairfax high school, she took as many art classes as she could, immersing herself in painting.
“there was a man’s face that i sketched over and over again,” she says. she now believes it was the face of her birth father, whom she has seen only on facebook. he died of heart problems last year, she says.
after graduating from fairfax in 2008, williams worked at a burlington coat factory store and then as a waitress at a chili’s restaurant. she was 19 when she met the man who would become her daughter’s father. she moved to the district to be with him. but the relationship, she says, was controlling and abusive. she left him when her daughter was 4 months old and spent several months at two shelters before moving into an apartment in southeast washington.
much the same thing happened again in august when she left the father of her three other children because they were arguing all the time. “you think you’re stable, then [stuff] happens,” she says.
she couldn’t stay with her adoptive father, who lives in alexandria in a one-bedroom apartment and recently had a stroke. nor could she stay with her sister, who lives in fairfax with another cousin, she says. she bounced from friend to friend before calling the homeless hotline.
and that’s how she and the children wound up at the days inn, where a sign taped to the front door reads, “100 percent identity check” and a reservation clerk says the motel is booked solid.
tiera williams and her four children prepare to leave a days inn in northeast washington. (allison shelley/for the washington post)
tiera williams steadies her four-week-old son as son amari holds him in the family's room at days inn. (allison shelley/for the washington post)
the days inn manager declined to talk about the motel’s contract to house homeless families. but the residents are required to abide by strict rules. no smoking, drinking, drugs or profanity are permitted, according to a rules sheet. “yelling and screaming by residents or visitors is not allowed. residents are not allowed in each other’s rooms.”
everyone must obey a 9:30 p.m. curfew sundays through thursdays and an 11 p.m. curfew fridays and saturdays. those capable of working “are required to actively seek employment every week and to provide documentation of their employment search.” and residents are required to meet with case coordinators to develop a “housing exit plan.”
williams is still waiting for hers in a city where rents have soared and affordable housing options have shrunk.
the district has been placing homeless families in motels ever since city voters passed initiative 17, a 1984 law that guarantees overnight shelter to the homeless during hypothermia season. in the years that followed, the number of families seeking shelter exploded.
then, in march 1988, two babies died at the notoriously decrepit capitol city inn on new york avenue; one child from meningitis and the other from pneumonia. the following year, an 18-month-old boy was killed and two women were injured when a fire broke out at the motel. the ensuing furor forced then-mayor marion barry (d) to move every family out of the capitol city inn by the end of 1989.
but the problem of where to place parents and children in crisis has continued to plague city officials even as they’ve vowed to shut down the decaying d.c. general shelter. at one point in 2014, then-mayor vincent gray (d) tried to house families in two recreation centers a solution quickly rejected by the courts and the d.c. council.
[more d.c. families are living in homeless shelters this winter than ever before]
gray’s successor, muriel e. bowser (d), has taken a much different approach, accepting applications to shelter families not just on freezing nights, but any day of the year.
the result: there were 730 homeless families living in the days inn and at least 11 other motels, including 1,300 children, according to a recent night census. an additional 250 families are being housed at d.c. general.
“that number is very high for us,” acknowledges laura green zeilinger, executive director of the d.c. department of human services. she would not disclose how much the district pays per night for the motel rooms but says the city has budgeted about $15 million this year for them.
the goal is to get families out of motels and shelters into transitional housing as quickly as possible, she says. but in the second half of 2015, an average of only 68 families per month were being moved into subsidized apartments. not enough landlords are willing to participate in the district’s rapid-rehousing program, zeilinger says.
in recent weeks, the city has resorted to putting hundreds of families in maryland motels, where it is more difficult to provide meals and other help to parents and children.
the bowser administration has provided minimal information about the motels. there have been no site visits by d.c. council committees with oversight on homelessness and no review of the welfare of children living in them, even though there are twice as many children in motels as there are at the much more scrutinized d.c. general.
d.c. council chairman phil mendelson (d) acknowledges that he has never visited one of the motels. in the short term, he does not think there is anything that can be done about the ballooning number of families being housed in them. bowser’s plan to get more families into transitional housing, he says, “has not had enough time” to work.
zeilinger also defends the use of motels as necessary and vital.
“what is really important is we have families unsafe and unsheltered,” zeilinger says. “motels are not ideal, but we have an affordable-housing crisis in the district. we are not going to overcome that when people have a safe place for children to lay their heads at night.”
‘you want to get out’
on school days, williams’s alarm goes off at 6 a.m. she showers and dresses while the children are still sleeping. then she wakes them for breakfast and the trip to ariyanna’s school in southeast washington.
“my child will not miss school,” williams declares. when they were sent to the days inn, she didn’t want ariyanna to switch schools. she wanted to maintain some measure of consistency.
so every school day, williams packs up the four children and takes a two-hour bus ride across town to get ariyanna to kindergarten.
the children dress in the clothes that williams laid out the night before. one recent morning, ariyanna’s hair is pulled in cornrows and tied at the ends with blue and white barrettes. the girl, who loves disney’s “doc mcstuffins,” pulls on a pale pink jacket and her backpack with the face of a puppy on the flap.
they leave the hotel room at 6:59 and walk along the breezeway beside the pool to the lobby where other mothers and children are having breakfast.
they pass a little girl in a pink jacket sitting with her mom at a table near the lobby door, finishing a bowl of cold cereal and her homework. they pass another girl filling a motel room ice bucket with frosted flakes.
williams grabs the hand of isaiah and commands ariyanna to take amari’s hand as they push open the double glass doors.
“i hate this parking lot,” williams says, picking up the 1-year-old. they walk under the train bridge. the baby is on her chest; isaiah on her right hip. a train roars overhead.
amari, the inquisitive preschooler with deep black pools for eyes, announces, “that train is going to new york.”
williams and the children cross the street and wait at a bus shelter advertising svedka vodka.
the bus shelter is crowded with other mothers from the motel taking their children to schools across town. the b2 bus arrives, and williams ushers the children onboard.
the bus wends its way through the city, with one stop at d.c. general, where williams spent a few hated months the first time she was homeless.
for many, the building conjures up the memory of 8-year-old relisha rudd, who lived at d.c. general before she vanished nearly two years ago in the company of a janitor who killed his wife and then himself. on this day, in fact, the police launch another search for relisha at a construction site not far from the days inn, but, once again, they turn up nothing.
at martin luther king avenue se, williams and the kids get off the bus and stand at the corner just as their second bus across the street leaves. “this happens all the time,” williams sighs. “we get here just as that bus is pulling away.”
about 20 minutes later, another bus arrives, and they ride it to drop off ariyanna, 20 minutes after the start of school.
“the teachers understand,” williams says. inside, they pass a hallway sign announcing, “attendance matters.”
once ariyanna is settled, williams crosses the street with amari, isaiah and quintin and waits again at another bus stop for the two-hour trip back to the days inn.
the motel is a landscape of monotony and isolation. two mothers walk out the lobby doors and sit on the dry fountain in the circular drive and flick cigarettes. a man pushing a baby stroller joins them. the baby inside cries unrelentingly.
at night, the parking lot fills with diners on their way to panda gourmet, a chinese restaurant attached to the days inn that has received rave reviews from food critics.
when williams went into labor here in november, she called the motel’s front desk for an ambulance to providence hospital. then she woke up ariyanna, amari and isaiah and got them dressed.
the father of her youngest children, patrick purnell, took care of them while she gave birth, she says. he declined to be interviewed for the article. williams says he doesn’t pay child support but has helped by buying diapers, food and coats.
back in the room after dropping ariyanna at school, williams leaves her door slightly ajar to let in fresh air. a boy pushes it open.
“where is ariyanna?” asks akelles taylor, 8, who’s in second grade.
“she’s at school, where you should be,” williams replies.
just then, akelles’s mother, tamarisque taylor, enters the room. taylor, who’s 24, knew williams through relatives before they both landed at the days inn.
because they’d met before, they trust each other. that is a trust they do not extend to other residents.
tamarisque taylor, 24, and her two sons, jayce taylor, five months, and akelles taylor, 8, wait for furniture and belongings to be delivered to the apartment they moved into earlier that morning in washington. (jahi chikwendiu/the washington post)
“i associate with people here,” taylor says. “i just had someone throw clothes in the dryer with my son’s baby clothes. i threw the underwear in the trash.”
taylor, her hair pinned with metal hair clips, walks to the laundry room. she carries her 5-month-old baby, jayce, in her left arm. akelles, sucking a gogurt stick, walks next to her, passing motel doors wrapped like christmas presents.
“that’s what you call too comfortable,” taylor says, motioning to the door. “you want to decorate like you live here. you want to get out.”
in a matter of days, she would be leaving for a two-bedroom subsidized apartment in southeast washington. and she couldn’t move there soon enough.
“i started to feel very depressed when i came here,” she says, but she tried to hide it from her son.
standing in the laundry room, she lists a life of regrets. “the last grade i attended was eighth grade. i got pregnant when i was 15 years old,” taylor says. “my grandmother never enrolled me in high school. i guess she thought i didn’t want to go. but i went to eighth grade with him in my belly.”
she says the school system never came looking for her. “i feel like the school system failed me. my family failed me. but i can’t blame my situation on them,” she says.
she dumps her dry clothes in a trash bag and drags the bag with one arm the baby in the other across the parking lot and up the black metal stairs to room 264.
inside, she lays the baby on the bed and tucks away folded clothes in the corner of the room. “i try to keep it clean,” she says.
a few minutes later, williams, whose children are napping, stops by for a quick visit.
they watch a few minutes of the television show “cribs.” boxing champion manny pacquiao is showing off one of his houses with its pools and gleaming floors and fully stocked refrigerators.
“look at his house,” taylor says, sitting in an upholstered chair near the window. “i want that crib right there.” she laughs. “that joint is laid out. it got swimming pools. he got the crib eighteen rooms!” they laugh and dream.
“what is that called infinity pools?” williams says. “i want one of those.”
back in her room, a cold rain beats against the window. night falls, and williams pulls open the curtains. at least she and the children can look outside.
“this is mommy’s house,” 3-year-old amari announces.
ariyanna whispers to her mother, wondering when they will move out of the motel. “do you remember my room with the vanity and the butterfly carpet?” the 5-year-old asks.
“yes,” williams tells her, “i remember.”
aaron davis contributed to this report.
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laɪk ˈklɑkˌwərk. ɛz ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ˈkɛli ˈɑsbərn swɪʧt gɪrz frəm pəˈlisɪŋ ˈfæʃən tɪ krɪˈtikɪŋ ˈprɛzɪdənt ““royal”*” ˈtritmənt wɪn ˈhɛvi sɪˈkjʊrəti kɛpt hər frəm rɪˈtərnɪŋ hoʊm. ˈivɪn pʊl ðɪs fər ðə queen,”*,” ʃi ɪn ə ˈfəni rænt kəmˈplit wɪθ əraʊnd ““president.”*.” ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈkəltɪsts ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ʤəmpt ɪn tɪ doʊl aʊt ðə ˈvɛnəməs ˈpənɪʃmənt fər hər tweets*. kɪk ðɪs ɔf wɪθ ðə ˈjuʒəwəl: ˈɛni ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪz weɪt fər ɪt raaaaacist*! bɪʧ ˈbɛtər rɪˈspɛkt maɪ ər teɪk joʊ fæt æs tɪ ðə ɑg ˈwɔtər hɛd (@rockymoxiano*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 ðət ˈdəzənt min ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈɪzənt rɔɪəl hiz əˈmɛrɪkən ˈrɔɪəlti ənd jʊrz ɪz jʊrz. stɑp biɪŋ ˈʃeɪdi. ˈbeɪbi hɛr ənd (@itsmineitweetit*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 ðə "ˈprɛzɪdənt" wɑz ɪˈlɛktɪd twaɪs baɪ wi ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl. pərˈhæps ju ʃʊd faɪnd ə hoʊm ɪn ˈɪŋglənd. (@liberalphenom*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 ˈkɛli ˈɑsbərn ɪz ə ˈfəkɪŋ ˈɪˌdiət. ˈmæθju (@joe_schmucc*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 oʊ bɪʧ stɑp. rt“@kellyosbourne*: aɪ kəm frəm ə ˈkaʊnti əv ril rɔɪəlz ənd ðeɪ doʊnt ˈivɪn pʊl ðɪs ʃɪt fər ðə queen!”*!” ˈvɪntɪʤ ˈhəni (@thesoulasylum*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 ri prɛz ˌoʊˈbɑmə rɪˈmɑrk, ju ər səʧ ə ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfəl bɪʧ. teɪk jʊr æs ənd ðə rɛst əv jʊr ˈfæməli bæk tɪ ðə. mərˈiə luɪs noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 ju saʊnd laɪk ə bræt. doʊnt laɪk əˈmɛrɪkə? goʊ hoʊm (@cummeragunja*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 waɪ dɪd ʃi pʊt kwoʊts əraʊnd ɪt ɛz ɪf hiz nɑt ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈfəkɪŋ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmædəm (@openmyasshole*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 ɪn jʊr ˈkəntri wɪθ ðə ril royals…*… bɪʧ waɪ doʊnt ju muv bæk tɪ jʊr ˈkəntri then?”*?” (@rebekah_genice*) noʊˈvɛmbər 26 2013 fər ðə ˈrɛkərd, ˈɑsbərn ɪz noʊ ““teabagger.”*.” ˈflæʃˌbæk: haʊ kˈwɪkli ˌoʊˈbɑmə səˈpɔrtərz it ðɛr oʊn.
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like clockwork.
as twitchy reported, kelly osbourne switched gears from policing fashion to critiquing president obama’s “royal” treatment when heavy security kept her from returning home. “they don’t even pull this sh*t for the queen,” she tweeted in a funny rant complete with sneer-quotes around “president.”
obama cultists immediately jumped in to dole out the venomous punishment for her tweets. let’s kick this off with the usual: any criticism of the president is … wait for it … raaaaacist!
https://twitter.com/lad_ygaga/status/405390623957454848
https://twitter.com/lancasterkat/status/405235195416043521
bitch better respect my #blackpresident or take yo fat ass bacc to the uk @kellyosbourne — og water head (@rockymoxiano) november 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/akireshenri/status/405456299875262464
@kellyosbourne that doesn't mean obama isn't royal he's american royalty and yours is yours. stop being shady. — baby hair and afros (@itsmineitweetit) november 26, 2013
@kellyosbourne the "president" was elected twice by we the american people. perhaps you should find a home in england. — liberalphenom (@liberalphenom) november 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/stateofmay/status/405367293200199680
https://twitter.com/andie_walsh/status/405365143447416832
https://twitter.com/tommierush/status/405357235187875841
kelly osbourne is a fucking idiot. — matthew mudshark (@joe_schmucc) november 26, 2013
oh bitch stop. rt“@kellyosbourne: i come from a county of real royals and they don't even pull this shit for the queen!” — vintage honey (@thesoulasylum) november 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/nflgoodwitch/status/405350354293755906
@kellyosbourne re pres obama remark, you are such a disrespectful bitch. take your ass and the rest of your family back to the uk. — maria lewis (@caribdiva28) november 26, 2013
@kellyosbourne you sound like a spoilt brat. don't like america? go home — purplerain (@cummeragunja) november 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/stateofmay/status/405234283721543680
@coolneguy @kellyosbourne wtf why did she put quotes around it as if he's not the actual fucking president — madame (@openmyasshole) november 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/princessmomo_/status/405229110412079104
in your country with the real royals… bitch “@ohnineoh4: @kellyosbourne why don't you move back to your country then?” — rebekah genice (@rebekah_genice) november 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/imaqt430/status/405221620786429953
https://twitter.com/mentalriot/statuses/405254546433142784
for the record, osbourne is no “teabagger.” flashback:
https://twitter.com/kellyosbourne/status/266034054795771904
how quickly obama supporters eat their own.
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gɪt ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈdeɪli nuz ˈstɔriz baɪ iˈmeɪl səbˈskraɪb θæŋk ju fər səbˈskraɪbɪŋ wi hæv mɔr ˈnuzˌlɛtərz ʃoʊ mi si ɑr ˈpraɪvəsi ˈnoʊtɪs kʊd nɑt səbˈskraɪb, traɪ əˈgɛn ˈleɪtər ˌɪnˈvæləd iˈmeɪl ˈvɪdioʊ ˈloʊdɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ ˌənəˈveɪləbəl klɪk tɪ pleɪ tæp tɪ pleɪ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ wɪl stɑrt ɪn 8 ˈkænsəl pleɪ naʊ ˈkeɪtlɪn ˈfɪnli meɪks ə ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈstəfɪŋ hər feɪs wɪθ trits ənd ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ hər ˈwɑbəli ˈbɛli ɔn ˈkæmərə. ðə əˈbis ərnz əp tɪ ə wik ənd hoʊps tɪ bɪˈkəm wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst neɪmz ɔn ðə bɪg ˈbjutəfəl ˈwʊmən' sin. bət ˈʃɑkɪŋli, ˈrəðər ðən biɪŋ əˈpɔld baɪ hər kərɪr ʧɔɪs, hər ˈməðər ˈdɔrθi, 50 həz ˈgɪvɪn ˈkeɪtlɪn hər ˈblɛsɪŋ ənd ˈivɪn ækts ɛz hər fəˈtɑgrəfər. fɔr ˈkeɪtlɪn hu ˈgɔrʤɪz əp ˈkælɔˌriz ə deɪ sɛd: "məm ɪz ˈrɪli səˈpɔrtɪv ənd praʊd əv maɪ kərɪr. ʃi ɪz maɪ ˈbɪgəst ˈʧɪˌrlidər. "ʃi ˈsəmˌtaɪmz teɪks ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv mi ˈpoʊzɪŋ ənd hɛlps mi ʧuz ˈpɪkʧərz tɪ pʊt ɔn ðə saɪt. ɪts ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl tɪ hæv hər səˈpɔrt. "aɪ ləv ðə weɪ aɪ lʊk ənd aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈæktɪvli ˈpʊtɪŋ ɔn weɪt bɪˈkəz ɪt meɪks mi fil ˈsɛksi. maɪ ˌspɛʃiˈælɪti ɪz tɪ rəb ənd ʃeɪk maɪ ˈbɛli fər ðə ˈkæmərə." (ˈɪmɪʤ: ˈbɑrˌkrɔft) ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ ə 24 ənd ˈhævɪŋ ə əv 80 ðə ˈhɛlθi reɪnʤ ɪz ˈkeɪtlɪn ˌɪnˈsɪsts ʃiz ˈhɛlθi ənd həz ˈsɛvərəl taɪm ə jɪr wɪθ hər ˈdɔktər. ʃi sɛd: "maɪ bləd ˈprɛʃər ɪz æθˈlɛtɪk pərˈfɛkʃən. bət aɪ du gɪt aʊt əv brɛθ goʊɪŋ əp ðə stɛrz ər ˈwɔkɪŋ ʃɔrt ˈdɪstənsɪz. "ɪf maɪ hɛlθ bɪˈkeɪm ˈbædli əˈfɛktɪd, aɪd kənˈsɪdər sloʊɪŋ daʊn. bət aɪ ləv wət aɪ du ənd aɪ hæv noʊ plænz tɪ stɑp." dɪˈspaɪt ɪkˈspændɪŋ ˈweɪˌstlaɪn, hər məm hu wərks wɪθ ˈspɛʃəl nidz ˈʧɪldrən ɪz səˈpraɪzɪŋli ˈhæpi tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ hər ənˈjuˌʒuəl kərɪr. ʃi sɛd: "əm hər məm ənd aɪl səˈpɔrt hər ˌwəˈtɛvər ʃi wɔnts tɪ du. ɪf ðɪs meɪks hər ˈhæpi, ðæts faɪn baɪ mi. aɪ θɪŋk ʃi lʊks ˈbjutəfəl ɪn ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊz. "aɪ teɪk səm ˈpɪkʧərz ənd ədˈvaɪz hər ɔn wɪʧ ˈfoʊˌtoʊz tɪ juz. "aɪ du ˈwəri əˈbaʊt hɛlθ bət ʃi goʊz tɪ ðə ˈdɔktər fər ʧɛk əps ənd simz tɪ bi faɪn. "ðɛrz ˈnəθɪŋ rɔŋ wɪθ wət ʃiz duɪŋ ʃiz nɑt ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf hər bubz ər ˈpraɪvət ˈɛriəz, ɪts ʤɪst hər kərvz. "əm praʊd əv hər ənd ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ʃiz ˈhæpi wɪθ hər kərɪr, ɪts faɪn baɪ mi." (ˈɪmɪʤ: ˈbɑrˌkrɔft) ˈkætlɪn, hu pərˈfɔrmz ˈəndər ðə neɪm ˈkæləˌkoʊ ˈbɑmˌʃɛl, gru əp wɪθ hər məm, dæd, ənd ˈjəŋgər ˈbrəðər bleɪk, 17 hu ɪz slɪm, ɪn ˈrʊrəl kənˈtəki. baɪ ðə eɪʤ əv ˈsɛvən ʃi weɪd ˈæftər ɔn ˈfæti fudz ˈkɑmən ɪn ðə saʊθ laɪk kɔrn dɔgz ənd ənd bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈtərgət fər ˈbʊliz. ʃi sɛd: "ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd wɑz hɑrd fər mi. aɪ wɑz pɪkt ɔn baɪ kɪdz ənd keɪm hoʊm ɪn flədz əv tɪrz." æt tɛn, ˈkeɪtlɪn weɪd ə ˈstægərˌɪŋ 15 stoʊn ɛz ʃi kənˈtɪnjud tɪ fist ɔn fæst fud ˈsəmˌtaɪmz əp tɪ ə deɪ. bət hər weɪt bɪˈgæn tɪ gɪt hər daʊn ənd baɪ 13 ʃi ɛmˈbɑrkt ɔn ə kræʃ daɪət. ˈkeɪtlɪn hu ɪz ˈrisəntli broʊk əp wɪθ hər ˈlɔŋˈtərm fiˈænsi ənd ˈpraɪˌmɛri 'ˈfidər', sɛd: "ðə ˈbʊliɪŋ gɑt mi daʊn soʊ aɪ traɪd tɪ luz weɪt. "aɪd goʊ tɪ ðə ʤɪm θri taɪmz ə wik ənd sərˈvaɪv ɔn ʤɪst bɔɪld ˈʧɪkən ənd ˈkrækərz. aɪ gɑt daʊn tɪ 11 stoʊn baɪ 14 "bət aɪ wɑz ˈmɪzərəbəl. aɪ fɛlt laɪk aɪ æm ə ˈnæʧərəli bɪg ˈpərsən ənd aɪ fɛlt laɪk aɪ hæd bɪˈtreɪd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. (ˈɪmɪʤ: ˈbɑrˌkrɔft) "ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst 18 mənθs aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈpʊtɪŋ ɔn weɪt əˈgɛn. ɛz maɪ kərvz keɪm bæk aɪ bɪˈgæn tɪ fil mɔr ənd ˈsɛksi." æt 16 weɪɪŋ ə ˈwɑpɪŋ 21 st*, ˈkeɪtlɪn hæd ðə ˌənkənˈvɛnʃənəl aɪˈdiə əv bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə ˈmɑdəl. ʃi ɪkˈspleɪnz: "aɪ keɪm əˈkrɔs ə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv əˈbis ˈmɑdəlz kɔld bɪg ənd ðɛr wɑz ðɪs ˈmɑdəl hu lʊkt laɪk ə ˈgɑdəs tɪ mi. aɪ nu aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bi laɪk ðɛm." ˈʃɑkɪŋli, ˈkeɪtlɪn ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ drɔp aʊt əv skul æt 18 ənd pərˈsu ə kərɪr ɛz ə gərl. ˈæftər riˈsərʧɪŋ ˈɔnˌlaɪn ʃi ˈrɛʤɪstərd wɪθ ən ɪˈrɑtɪk ˈwɛbˌsaɪt wɛr ˈwɪmən kən ʧɑrʤ mɛn tɪ vju ənd spik tɪ ðɛm. ʃi sɛd: "ðə fərst taɪm aɪ pərˈfɔrmd ɔn aɪ wɑz soʊ ˈnərvəs. bət wəns aɪ gɑt goʊɪŋ ɪt wɑz fən. aɪ wɔr ˈəndərˌwɛr ənd ɪkˈspoʊzd maɪ ˈbɛli. "ɪt ˈbustɪd maɪ ˈkɑnfədɛns ɪt wɑz nis tɪ hæv ˈpipəl ˈləstɪŋ ˈoʊvər mi ˈrəðər ðən ˈbʊliɪŋ mi." (ˈɪmɪʤ: ˈbɑrˌkrɔft) ˈæftər ˈsɛvərəl mənθs, ˈkeɪtlɪn ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ tɛl hər ˈpɛrənts. ʃi rɪˈkɔld: "æt fərst məm wɑz ˈskɛptɪkəl əˈbaʊt ɪt ənd ə ˈlɪtəl ʃɑkt. ʃi wɑz ˈwərid aɪ maɪt gɪt tizd baɪ mɛn ˈɔnˌlaɪn bət ʃi keɪm raʊnd tɪ ðə aɪˈdiə wɪn ʃi sɔ haʊ ˈhæpi ɪt meɪd mi." ˌhaʊˈɛvər, dæd ˈdɪdənt əˈpruv. "hi ˈwəzənt ˈhæpi," sɛd ˈkeɪtlɪn. "bət əm ˈhoʊpɪŋ hi kəmz raʊnd ɪn fˈjuʧər." sɪns ˈstɑrtɪŋ hər wərk, ˈflæbi ˈfɪgjər həz pruvd ə hɪt wɪθ mɛn ənd ʃiz həz ʤɔɪnd wən əv ðə tɔp saɪts, 'ˈgeɪnɪŋ ˈbɑmˌʃɛlz.' ənd hər məm həz bɪn ɔn hænd tɪ hɛlp. ˈkeɪtlɪn ˈʧɑrʤɪz əp tɪ ə mənθ fər səbˈskrɪpʃənz tɪ hər ənd ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ʃiz meɪd əp tɪ ɪn ˈtoʊtəl. ʃi sɪz ʃi həz ˈhənərdz əv fænz əraʊnd ðə wərld bət nɑt ɔl səbˈskraɪb tɪ hər saɪt. ʃi ˈrɛgjələrli stəfs hər feɪs ɪn frənt əv mɛn ənd hər ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk mil ɪz θri mit ˈpitsəz, fɔr ˈdəbəl cheese-burgers*, ˈkərli fraɪz, ənd tu əv drɪŋk. (ˈɪmɪʤ: ˈbɑrˌkrɔft) ˈkeɪtlɪn sɪz: "mɛn ləv ˈwɑʧɪŋ mi ˈʤɪgəl maɪ ˈbɛli ənd kænt gɪt ɪˈnəf əv maɪ cellulite*. ˈəðər mɛn ʤɪst laɪk ˈwɑʧɪŋ mi it ənd gɪt fʊl. ðɛr ər səm streɪnʤ rɪkˈwɛsts. səm mɛn wɔnt mi tɪ it pjʊr ˈbeɪkən fæt ər rɑ mit, wɪʧ aɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ du. "ˈəðərz æsk mi tɪ ʃoʊ ðɛm maɪ ˈræʃɪz ər bɛd sɔrz, wɪʧ ɪz ə bɪt dɪsˈgəstɪŋ. bət əm nɑt əˈʃeɪmd əv wət aɪ du. gaɪz ləv bɪg ˈbjutəfəl ˈwɪmən ənd əm praʊd əv maɪ ˈbɑdi. "ˈivɪn ðə ðə gaɪ æt skul ðət ˈtɔrʧərd mi ðə moʊst ɪz naʊ wən əv maɪ ˈbɪgər fænz. "hi ˈbʊlid mi ɔl ðə taɪm ənd naʊ hi ˈmɛsɪʤɪz mi ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈdeɪli ˈbɛgɪŋ mi tɪ gɪt wɪθ ɪm ənd ˈtɛlɪŋ mi haʊ ˈbjutəfəl aɪ æm ənd baɪɪŋ mi gɪfts." ˈkeɪtlɪn həz ˈrisəntli ˈbroʊkən əp wɪθ hər ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd ˈkɛnjən ɪz ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ˈpaɪlɪŋ ɔn ðə paʊnz ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ən ˈivɪn ˈbɪgər neɪm fər hərˈsɛlf ɔn ðə sin. ʃi sɛd: "aɪ wɔnt tɪ bi baɪ ðə taɪm 30 maɪ ˈlɔŋˈtərm goʊl ɪz tɪ bi ɛz bɪg ɛz ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈpɑsəbəl wɪˈθaʊt biɪŋ bed-bound*. "aɪ doʊnt kɛr wət ˈɛniˌwən sɪz, aɪ ləv maɪ kərɪr ənd ɪt meɪks mi ˈhæpi. ˈhævɪŋ məmz səˈpɔrt ɪz ðə ˈaɪsɪŋ ɔn ðə keɪk."
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thirty-stone caitlin finley makes a living stuffing her face with calorific treats and exposing her wobbly belly on camera.
the obese 22-year-old earns up to £130 a week and hopes to become one of the biggest names on the 'supersize big beautiful woman' scene.
but shockingly, rather than being appalled by her career choice, her mother dorothy, 50, has given caitlin her blessing and even acts as her photographer.
four ft 11in caitlin - who gorges up 10,000 calories a day - said: "mum is really supportive and proud of my career. she is my biggest cheerleader.
"she sometimes takes photos of me posing and helps me choose pictures to put on the site. it's incredible to have her support.
"i love the way i look and i started actively putting on weight because it makes me feel sexy. my speciality is to rub and shake my belly for the camera."
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incredibly - despite being a dress-size 24 and having a bmi of 80 - the healthy range is 18-25 - caitlin insists she's healthy and has check-ups several time a year with her doctor.
she said: "my blood pressure is athletic perfection. but i do get out of breath going up the stairs or walking short distances.
"if my health became badly affected, i'd consider slowing down. but i love what i do and i have no plans to stop."
despite caitlin's expanding waistline, her mum - who works with special needs children - is surprisingly happy to encourage her unusual career.
she said: "i'm her mum and i'll support her whatever she wants to do. if this makes her happy, that's fine by me. i think she looks beautiful in the photos.
"i take some pictures and advise her on which photos to use.
"i do worry about caitlin's health but she goes to the doctor for check ups and seems to be fine.
"there's nothing wrong with what she's doing - she's not showing off her boobs or private areas, it's just her curves.
"i'm proud of her and as long as she's happy with her career, it's fine by me."
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catlin, who performs under the name calico bombshell, grew up with her mum, dad, and younger brother blake, 17, who is slim, in rural kentucky.
by the age of seven she weighed 8st 7lb after gorging on fatty foods common in the south like corn dogs and macaroni-and-cheese - and became a target for bullies.
she said: "childhood was hard for me. i was picked on by kids and came home in floods of tears."
at ten, caitlin weighed a staggering 15 stone as she continued to feast on fast food - sometimes up to three-times a day.
but her weight began to get her down and by 13 she embarked on a crash diet. caitlin - who is recently broke up with her long-term fiancee and primary 'feeder', said: "the bullying got me down so i tried to lose weight.
"i'd go to the gym three times a week and survive on just boiled chicken and crackers. i got down to 11 stone by 14.
"but i was miserable. i felt like i am a naturally big person and i felt like i had betrayed myself.
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"over the next 18 months i started putting on weight again. as my curves came back i began to feel more womanly and sexy."
at 16, weighing a whopping 21 st, caitlin had the unconventional idea of becoming a super-size bbw model.
she explains: "i came across a website of obese models called big cuties and there was this 600lb model who looked like a goddess to me. i knew i wanted to be like them."
shockingly, caitlin decided to drop out of school at 18, and pursue a career as a webcam girl.
after researching online she registered with an erotic website where women can charge men to view and speak to them.
she said: "the first time i performed on webcam i was so nervous. but once i got going it was fun. i wore underwear and exposed my belly.
"it boosted my confidence - it was nice to have people lusting over me rather than bullying me."
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after several months, caitlin decided to tell her parents.
she recalled: "at first mum was skeptical about it and a little shocked. she was worried i might get teased by men online but she came round to the idea when she saw how happy it made me."
however, caitlin's dad didn't approve.
"he wasn't happy," said caitlin.
"but i'm hoping he comes round in future."
since starting her webcam work, caitlin's flabby figure has proved a hit with men and she's has joined one of the top ssbbw sites, 'gaining bombshells.' and her mum has been on hand to help.
caitlin charges up to £7 a month for subscriptions to her webpage and estimates she's made up to £6,500 in total.
she says she has hundreds of fans around the world but not all subscribe to her site.
she regularly stuffs her face in front of men and her trademark meal is three meat pizzas, four double cheese-burgers, curly fries, milkshakes and two litres of fizzy drink.
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caitlin says: "men love watching me jiggle my belly and can't get enough of my cellulite. other men just like watching me eat and get full. there are some strange requests. some men want me to eat pure bacon fat or raw meat, which i refuse to do.
"others ask me to show them my rashes or bed sores, which is a bit disgusting. but i'm not ashamed of what i do. guys love big beautiful women and i'm proud of my body.
"even the the guy at school that tortured me the most is now one of my bigger fans.
"he bullied me all the time and now he messages me almost daily begging me to get with him and telling me how beautiful i am and buying me gifts."
caitlin has recently broken up with her long-term boyfriend kenyon is focusing on piling on the pounds and making an even bigger name for herself on the bbw scene.
she said: "i want to be 500lb by the time i"m 30. my long-term goal is to be as big as physically possible without being bed-bound.
"i don't care what anyone says, i love my career and it makes me happy. having mum's support is the icing on the cake."
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ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp. ˈgɛti ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp səˈʤɛstɪd ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju ˈpəblɪʃt ˈsənˌdi ðət hi wɑz nɑt dən wɪθ hɪz əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈoʊvərˌhɔl ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈhɛlθˌkɛr ˈsɪstəm, dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈfeɪljər əv hɪz fərst əˈtɛmpt. ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl taɪmz, trəmp sɛd nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz tɪ rɪˈpil ənd ˌriˈpleɪs obamacare*, ðə ˈhɛlθˌkɛr lɔ əˈfɪʃəli noʊn ɛz ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt, rɪˈmeɪnd ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ənd ðət hi wʊd wərk wɪθ ˈdɛməˌkræts ɪf kənˈsərvətɪvz kʊd nɑt əˈgri tɪ ə dil. trəmp sɛd ðət ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ pʊl rɪˈpəblɪkənz' nu ˈhɛlθˌkɛr bɪl, ðə əˈmɛrɪkən hɛlθ kɛr ækt, ˈʃɔrtli ˌbiˈfɔr ə plænd voʊt wɑz əp tɪ ɪm ənd ðət ɪt dɪd nɑt min ðət ə ˈhɛlθˌkɛr ˈoʊvərˌhɔl wɑz dɛd. "bət ðət ˈwəzənt ə dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv deɪ. ðeɪ ər nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ɛz wi spik," trəmp toʊld ðə ft*. "aɪ doʊnt noʊ ɪf ju noʊ. ðeɪ ər nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ raɪt naʊ. ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈrizən tɪ teɪk ə voʊt. aɪ sɛd, 'doʊnt teɪk ə voʊt,' ənd wi wɪl si wət ˈhæpənz. bət wən weɪ ər ðə ˈəðər, aɪ ˈprɑməst ðə ˈpipəl greɪt ˈhɛlθˌkɛr. wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv greɪt ˈhɛlθˌkɛr ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri." ðə bɪl wɑz pʊld ˈæftər ˈmɛni ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈhɑrˌdlaɪn kənˈsərvətɪv haʊs ˈfridəm ˈkɔkəs əˈpoʊzd ðə bɪl, ˈlivɪŋ ðə ʃɔrt əv ðə voʊts ˈnidɪd tɪ pæs ðə haʊs dɪˈspaɪt ðə məˈʤɔrəti. trəmp həz sɪns ɪkˈsprɛst ə ˈpɑsəbəl dɪˈzaɪər tɪ wərk wɪθ mɔr ˈmɑdərˌeɪt ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈkɔkəs. ˈfridəm ˈkɔkəs ˈmɛmbərz hæv ɪkˈsprɛst ə dɪˈzaɪər tɪ wərk aʊt ðə kɪŋks ɔn ˈhɛlθˌkɛr, bət trəmp həz rɪˈpitɪdli əˈtækt ðə grup ɔn tˈwɪtər ɪn ˈrisənt deɪz. frəm ðə ˈɪntərvˌju (ˈɛmfəsɪs ˈædɪd): "wɛl aɪ wɪl gɪt ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts ɪf aɪ goʊ ðə ˈsɛkənd weɪ. ðə ˈsɛkənd weɪ, wɪʧ aɪ heɪt tɪ si, ðɛn ðə ˈfridəm ˈkɔkəs ˈluzɪz soʊ bɪg ənd aɪ heɪt tɪ si ðət, bɪˈkəz ɑr plæn ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə ˈvɛri gʊd plæn. wɪn aɪ seɪ ɑr plæn, nɑt feɪz wən ʤɪst: feɪz wən, tu ənd θri ˈædɪd əp ɪz ə greɪt plæn. ɪf wi doʊnt gɪt wət wi wɔnt, wi wɪl meɪk ə dil wɪθ ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts ənd wi wɪl hæv ɪn maɪ əˈpɪnjən nɑt ɛz gʊd ə fɔrm əv ˈhɛlθˌkɛr, bət wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ə ˈvɛri gʊd fɔrm əv ˈhɛlθˌkɛr ənd ɪt wɪl bi ə baɪˈpɑrtɪzən fɔrm əv ˈhɛlθˌkɛr." haʊs ˈspikər pɔl raɪən toʊld ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju ˈθərzˌdeɪ ðət hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ gɪt ðə ˈfridəm ˈkɔkəs ɔn bɔrd wɪθ ðə, ˈwəriɪŋ ðət trəmp wʊd ˈəðərˌwaɪz "ʤɪst goʊ wərk wɪθ ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ traɪ ənd ʧeɪnʤ obamacare*." əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ rɪˈpɔrts læst wik, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt maɪk pɛns ənd waɪt haʊs ʧif ˈstrætɪʤɪst stiv ˈbænən hæv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz tɪ wɪn ˈoʊvər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈfridəm ˈkɔkəs.
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president donald trump suggested in an interview published sunday that he was not done with his attempt to overhaul the us healthcare system, despite the failure of his first attempt.
in an interview with the financial times, trump said negotiations to repeal and replace obamacare, the healthcare law officially known as the affordable care act, remained ongoing — and that he would work with democrats if conservatives could not agree to a deal.
trump said that the decision to pull republicans' new healthcare bill, the american health care act, shortly before a planned vote was up to him and that it did not mean that a healthcare overhaul was dead.
"but that wasn't a definitive day. they are negotiating as we speak," trump told the ft.
"i don't know if you know. they are negotiating right now. there was no reason to take a vote. i said, 'don't take a vote,' and we will see what happens. but one way or the other, i promised the people great healthcare. we are going to have great healthcare in this country."
the bill was pulled after many members of the hardline conservative house freedom caucus opposed the bill, leaving the ahca short of the votes needed to pass the house despite the gop's majority. trump has since expressed a possible desire to work with more moderate members of the democratic caucus.
freedom caucus members have expressed a desire to work out the kinks on healthcare, but trump has repeatedly attacked the group on twitter in recent days.
from the interview (emphasis added):
"well i will get the democrats if i go the second way. the second way, which i hate to see, then the freedom caucus loses so big and i hate to see that, because ... our plan is going to be a very good plan. when i say our plan, not phase one just: phase one, two and three added up is a great plan. ... if we don't get what we want, we will make a deal with the democrats and we will have in my opinion not as good a form of healthcare, but we are going to have a very good form of healthcare and it will be a bipartisan form of healthcare."
house speaker paul ryan told cbs in an interview thursday that he wanted to get the freedom caucus on board with the ahca, worrying that trump would otherwise "just go work with democrats to try and change obamacare."
according to reports last week, vice president mike pence and white house chief strategist steve bannon have been working behind the scenes to win over members of the freedom caucus.
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ˈdɑktər. ˈmərθi wɑz dɪsˈmɪst ˈeɪprəl 21 ɛz juz. ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl. ˈmərθi wɑz kənˈfərmd ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər 2014 ˌeɪˈpi) ðə waɪt haʊs ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ dɪsˈmɪst juz. ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmərθi, seɪɪŋ ɪt ɪz kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv trænˈzɪʃənɪŋ tɪ nu ˈlidərˌʃɪp. ““today*, ˈdɑktər. ˈmərθi, ðə ˈlidər əv ðə juz. ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈsərvɪs kəˈmɪʃənd kɔrz, wɑz æst tɪ rɪˈzaɪn frəm hɪz ˈdutiz ɛz ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ˈæftər əˈsɪstɪŋ ɪn ə smuð trænˈzɪʃən ˈɪntu ðə nu trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən," ðə juz. dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv hɛlθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. "ˈdɑktər. ˈmərθi həz bɪn rɪˈlivd əv hɪz ˈdutiz ɛz ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ənd wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ sərv ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə kəˈmɪʃənd kɔrz," ðə ˈsteɪtmənt kənˈtɪnjud. "(hɛlθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz) ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri (tɑm) praɪs θæŋks ɪm fər hɪz ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd ˈsərvɪs tɪ ðə ˈneɪʃən. rɪr ˈædmərəl ˈsɪlviə, hu ɪz ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈdɛpjəti ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl, wɪl sərv ɛz ðə ˈæktɪŋ ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ənd əˈsum ˈlidərˌʃɪp əv ðə juz. ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈsərvɪs kəˈmɪʃənd corps.”*.”, huz ˈpɪkʧər ənd neɪm ɔˈrɛdi wər əp ɔn ðə ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl tˈwɪtər əˈkaʊnt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ, həz sərvd ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈsərvɪs kɔrz fər mɔr ðən 24 jɪrz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv hɛlθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz. ʃi ˈpriviəsli wɑz ʧif nərs ˈɔfɪsər fər ðət ˈeɪʤənsi, ðə ˈdɛpjəti əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər fər ðə ˈbjʊroʊ æt ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv hɛlθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz, ənd nərs ˈɔfɪsər ɪn ðə ˈɑrmi. ˈmərθi, 39 wɑz ðə ˈsərʤɪn ˈʤɛnərəl əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. hi wɑz ə ˈneɪtɪv əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ənd ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt əv ˈhɑrvərd ˈkɑlɪʤ ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə jeɪl ˌjunəˈvərsəti skulz əv ˈmɛdəsən ənd ˈbɪznɪs. ə vaɪs ˈædmərəl ənd ˈrisərʧ ˈsaɪəntɪst, hi ɪz noʊn fər hɪz kənˈsərnz rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈiˌmoʊʃənəl ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ. æt ə ˈrisənt ˈkɑnfərəns ɔn bɪˈheɪvjərəl hɛlθ ɪn siˈætəl, hi sɛd, "wi fərˈgɛt səm əv ðə ˈoʊldəst ˈmɛdəsənz ər ləv ənd kəmˈpæʃən." ɔn hɪz wɛb peɪʤ, hi dɪˈskraɪbz hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz ə "fəˈzɪʃən, ˌɑntrəprəˈnʊr, ˈgræsˈruts ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzər, ˈmæŋgoʊ əˌfiʃjəˈnɑˌdoʊ, ˈdrimər." hi wɑz kənˈfərmd ɔn dɛk. 14 2014 ənd ˈvɪʒənz, ən ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˈproʊˌgræm ɪn ˈɪndiə ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. hi ˈɔlsoʊ swasthya*, ə kəmˈjunɪti hɛlθ ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp ɪn ˈrʊrəl ˈɪndiə. ˈmərθi kʊd nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli bi riʧt. ɪz ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt əv ˈhæmptən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈmɛrələnd, ˈbɔltəˌmɔr, wɛr ʃi ərnd ə ˈdɑktərəl dɪˈgri ɛz wɛl ɛz ə ˈmæstər əv saɪəns ɪn ˈnərsɪŋ ənd hɛlθ ˈpɑləsi. kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ: ʤeɪn oʊˈdɑnəl rɛd ər ʃɛr ðɪs ˈstɔri:
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dr. vivek murthy was dismissed april 21 as u.s. surgeon general. murthy was confirmed in december 2014. (photo11: ap)
the white house administration on friday dismissed u.s. surgeon general vivek murthy, saying it is continuing the process of transitioning to new leadership.
“today, dr. murthy, the leader of the u.s. public health service commissioned corps, was asked to resign from his duties as surgeon general after assisting in a smooth transition into the new trump administration," the u.s. department of health and human services said in a statement.
"dr. murthy has been relieved of his duties as surgeon general and will continue to serve as a member of the commissioned corps," the statement continued. "(health and human services) secretary (tom) price thanks him for his dedicated service to the nation. rear admiral sylvia trent-adams, who is the current deputy surgeon general, will serve as the acting surgeon general and assume leadership of the u.s. public health service commissioned corps.”
trent-adams, whose picture and name already were up on the surgeon general twitter account friday evening, has served in the public health service corps for more than 24 years, according to the department of health and human services. she previously was chief nurse officer for that agency, the deputy associate administrator for the hiv/aids bureau at the department of health and human services, and nurse officer in the army.
murthy, 39, was the 19th surgeon general of the united states. he was a native of the united kingdom and a graduate of harvard college as well as the yale university schools of medicine and business. a vice admiral and research scientist, he is known for his concerns regarding emotional well-being. at a recent conference on behavioral health in seattle, he said, "we forget some of the oldest medicines are love and compassion." on his web page, he describes himself as a "physician, entrepreneur, grassroots organizer, mango aficionado, dreamer."
he was confirmed on dec. 14, 2014, and co-founded visions, an hiv/aids educational program in india and the united states. he also co-founded swasthya, a community health partnership in rural india.
murthy could not immediately be reached.
trent-adams is a graduate of hampton university as well as the university of maryland, baltimore, where she earned a doctoral degree as well as a master of science in nursing and health policy.
contributing: jayne o'donnell
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soʊ ˈsɪtɪŋ əraʊnd pleɪɪŋ ɔl əv jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt geɪmz ənd ˈwəndərɪŋ tɪ ˈjɔrsɛlf ðə hɛk du ðiz dɪˈzaɪnərz gɪt ðɛr ideas?”*?” ɑ, lɛt ˈjuˈɛs dɛlv ˈdipər! wɛr ðə hɛk du ðiz dɪˈzaɪnərz gɪt ðɛr aɪˈdiəz? ðə ʃɔrt ˈænsər ɪz lɑts əv ˈpleɪsɪz. ˈɛvəri ˈpərsən ɪz ˈdɪfərənt, ənd ˈɛvriˌwən drɔz aɪˈdiəz ənd ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈdɪfərənt weɪz. bət ju noʊ mi, ənd ju noʊ ðɪs ˈkɑləm, soʊ baʊnd tɪ bi ə lɔŋ ˈænsər aʊt ðɛr. ˈæˌkʧuəli, ðɛr ər ˈmɛni, bət goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈtækəl ðə ˈænsər ðət aɪ θɪŋk bɛst hɛlps ˈnuli ˈmɪntɪd geɪm dɪˈzaɪnərz. gɪv ju, fri əv ʧɑrʤ, ˈrɪli ˈkɔstɪŋ ˈoʊnli jʊr taɪm tɪ rɛd ðɪs, ə ˈwəndərfəl, ˈbaʊnɪfəl pleɪs soʊ ʧɑk fʊl əv geɪm aɪˈdiəz ðət fɪt tɪ bərst. ju kən əˈplaɪ ðɪs nɑt ˈoʊnli tɪ bɔrd geɪmz, bət tɪ roʊl pleɪɪŋ geɪmz ɛz wɛl. ˈɛni geɪm ðət həz ə sɛt əv rulz ˈtɛlɪŋ ju haʊ tɪ məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt ɪt ɪz sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ə klaʊd əv waɪt speɪs. waɪt speɪs aɪ θɪŋk ˈstilɪŋ ðɪs tərm space’*’ ɛz ɪt əˈplaɪz tɪ geɪm dɪˈzaɪn frəm tɑm ˈɛksələnt ˈpɔdˌkæst bɔrd geɪm ˌjunəˈvərsəti. wən əv ðə dɪˈzaɪnərz biɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌjud ɔn ðɪs ʃoʊ ˈrɛfərənst ˈeɪmɪŋ fər ðə waɪt speɪs waɪl dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ənd ðət tərm stək ɪn maɪ hɛd. wət ɪz ðɪs waɪt speɪs ðət aɪ taɪp əv? ðət pleɪs ðət ɪgˈzɪsts ʤɪst ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ə ˈkɑrənt dɪˈzaɪn ðət fəˈmɪljər wɪθ. lʊk æt ən ɪgˈzæmpəl. dəˈmɪnjən keɪm aʊt ɪn 2008 ənd tʊk ðə ˈteɪbəl tɔp wərld baɪ stɔrm. ə dɛk ˈbɪldər, ə ˈkɑnsɛpt ʃʊr ju ər ɔl fəˈmɪljər wɪθ. ju stɑrt ɔf wɪθ ə beɪs dɛk, ənd ɪkˈspænd ɪt baɪ ˈpərʧəsɪŋ kɑrdz frəm ə sɛt əv 10 kɑrdz əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈɛvriˌwən. jʊr hoʊp tɪ bɪld ə slik, kɑrd paʊərd ˈɪnʤən wɪθ wɪʧ ju kən moʊst ɪˈfɪʃəntli baɪ ˈvɪktəri pɔɪnt kɑrdz. ˈwəndərfəl ˈkɑnsɛpt, greɪt aɪˈdiə, greɪt ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən, bɛst ˈsɛlər. bət nɑt ɔl ju kən du wɪθ dɛk ˈbɪldərz, raɪt? lʊk æt ðə nɛkst moʊst ˈpɑpjələr dɛk ˈbɪldər, əˈsɛnʃən 2010 ðɪs wɑz ə dɪˈzaɪn ðət həz ðə seɪm ˈbeɪsɪk ˈprɪnsəpəl, bət lʊkt ˈɪntu ðə waɪt speɪs sərˈaʊndɪŋ dəˈmɪnjən ənd pʊld aʊt ə fju aɪˈdiəz. æd ɪn ə dɛk əv ˈmɛni kɑrdz, sɪks əv wɪʧ ju kʊd æt ˈɛni taɪm. æd ə bɪt əv ən ˈækʧəwəl ˈkɑmbæt ˈɛləmənt. ðeɪ ʤɪst tʊk ə greɪt dɪˈzaɪn, ənd tækt ɔn ə fju bɪts ðət fɛlt raɪt. naʊ ə hoʊl slu əv nu dɛk ˈbɪldərz aʊt ðɛr, wɪθ mɔr ˈkəmɪŋ ˈɛvəri jɪr. hɛk, aɪ ˈivɪn dɪˈzaɪnd wən əv ðə θɪŋz. wət aɪ min əˈbaʊt waɪt speɪs, ðə θɪŋz ju kʊd du wɪθ ə beɪs mɪˈkænɪk ðət bɪn dən (ər bɪn dən wɛl, ˈpɑpjələrli ər wɪθ ə waɪd ˈɔdiəns) ɔˈrɛdi. ə ˈvɪʒəwəl eɪd, wɪʧ aɪ faʊnd ˈvɛri ˈhɛlpfəl. ðət ɪz ə greɪt pleɪs tɪ stɑrt ɔn ə geɪm dɪˈzaɪn. faɪnd ə geɪm ju ləv, ləv, ləv! ju ləv tɪ pleɪ ɪt, ju ləv tɪ wɪn ɪt, ju ˈivɪn ləv tɪ luz æt ɪt ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ɪt. naʊ, lʊk lɔŋ ənd hɑrd æt haʊ ɪt wərks ənd θɪŋk əv weɪz ju kʊd meɪk ɪt ˈbɛtər, mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, ˌɪnˈvɑlv əˈnəðər ˈɛləmənt, ˈivɪn trɪm ɔf ə bɪt əv fæt tɪ meɪk ɪt sˈlikər. θɔt əv ˈsəmθɪŋ? ʤɪst riʧt ˈɪntu ðət waɪt speɪs ənd græbd ə nu aɪˈdiə. ðət ɪz ə greɪt pleɪs tɪ stɑrt dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ. ɪf ə ˈpɑpjələr geɪm, ə ˈpɑpjələr mɪˈkænɪk (hɑr hɑr) ənd ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ju ləv, twik ɪt ənd meɪk ɪt ˈbɛtər, ˈdɪfərənt, mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. dɪˈzaɪn ɪt wɪθ ə θim ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ɛz wɛl ənd ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ə ˈwəndərfəl ˈprɑʤɛkt ðət həz ə gʊd ʧæns əv səkˈsidɪŋ ɪf ju dɪˈzaɪn wɛl. ˈsətəl mɪˈsteɪks əˈnəðər greɪt pleɪs tɪ pʊl frəm ɪz pərˈhæps bɪˈloʊ ðət waɪt speɪs ənd sˈlaɪtli tɪ ðə lɛft. ˈɛrərz. mɪˈsteɪks. oopsies*! du ju hæv ə geɪm ðət ju ˈrɪli, ˈθəroʊli ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ. wən ðət əˈgri tɪ pleɪ æt ðə drɔp əv ə hæt, bət ðət həz ðɪs wən θɪŋ ɪn ɪt ðət ʤɪst wərk kərˈɛktli? pərˈhæps roʊl səˈlɛkʃən gɔn rɔŋ. ər kɑrdz ðət ʤɪst ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ənd ˈoʊnli ˈmədəl əp wən pɑrt əv ðə geɪm. ˈmeɪbi θɔt əv ə mɔr ˈɛləgənt weɪ tɪ əkˈwaɪər ənd træk ˈvɪktəri pɔɪnts? ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt ɪz ðət ju θɪŋk dɪˈzərvz ə ʧeɪnʤ, ðət wərk kwaɪt raɪt ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz ɔn ðət! ɪf fər noʊ ˈəðər ˈrizən ðən ɪt lɛts ju dɪg ˈvɛri ˈdipli ˈɪntu ə ˈwərkɪŋ, ˈsɛlɪŋ geɪm dɪˈzaɪn ənd si wət kən bi ʧeɪnʤd. pərˈhæps kəm tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət wət ju θɪŋk əv ɛz ə mɪˈsteɪk ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ə ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz tɪ kip ðə geɪm ˈbælənst, ər tɪ meɪk ɪt floʊ ˈbɛtər. pərˈhæps hɪt ɔn ðə nɛkst əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˌɪtəˈreɪʃən əv ðə ˈkɑrənt məˈkænɪks bɪlt ˈɪntu ðət taɪp əv geɪm. aɪ noʊ, ənd ju ˈsərtənli noʊ ənˈtɪl ju traɪ ɪt. θɪŋk əv ɪt ɛz geɪm skul ˈhoʊmˌwərk ˌdikənˈstrəkt ənd riˈbɪld ðət geɪm. ɪf ju hæv ˈɛni pɑrts lɛft ˈoʊvər bət ðə geɪm stɪl wərks wɛl, ˈivɪn ˈbɛtər ðən ˌbiˈfɔr, ðɛn hɪt ɔn ə gʊd θɪŋ. ɪf faʊnd ðət baɪ ˈædɪŋ ɪn ər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ wən ər tu θɪŋz ðə geɪm wərks ˈbɛtər, həz ə hoʊl nu twɪst ər wərks soʊ ˈdɪfərˈɛntli ˈjuzɪŋ ðə seɪm beɪs məˈkænɪks ðət ˈpræktɪkəli ə ˈdɪfərənt geɪm ˈɔlsoʊ hɪt ɔn ˈsəmθɪŋ greɪt. aɪ æm nɑt ɪnˈkərəʤ ðə ˈbleɪtənt soʊ ˈivɪn goʊ ðɛr. wət ju ʃʊd nɑt du ɪz teɪk ə geɪm ju ləv, slæp ə nu θim ɔn ɪt ənd goʊ tɪ taʊn. ɪn ˈɔrdər fər ju tɪ meɪk ɪt jʊr oʊn, ju hæv tɪ ˈɪnəˌveɪt ɔn ən ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ dɪˈzaɪn. ʧeɪnʤ ɪt fər ðə ˈbɛtər, meɪk ɪt ˈsətəli bət ˈtruli ˈdɪfərənt. ˈrɪpɪŋ ɔf ə geɪm ɪz duɪŋ ˈjɔrsɛlf ənd ɔl əv ˈjuˈɛs ə dɪˈsərvəs. nɑt hir tɪ ˈpaɪrət aɪˈdiəz, bət ˌɪmˈpruv ɔn ðɛm, ˈɔltər ðɛm ənd meɪk ðɛm ɪf nɑt ˈbɛtər, ˈdɪfərənt ɪˈnəf tɪ kˈwɑləˌfaɪ ɛz ə hoʊl nu geɪm. ɪn kənˈkluʒən aɪ θɪŋk ə lɔt əv pəˈtɛnʃəl geɪm dɪˈzaɪnərz ˈoʊvərˌlʊk waɪt speɪs ənd mɪˈsteɪks ɛz ə sɔrs əv nu geɪmz. feɪs ɪt ðoʊ, wi juz ðɪs ˈkɑnsɛpt ɔl ðə taɪm! haʊs rulz ər ə greɪt ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðɪs. waɪl səm meɪ nɑt kˈwɑləˌfaɪ ɛz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ə geɪm ɪˈnəf tɪ kɔl ɪt nu (riˈmuvɪŋ wən ər tu kɑrdz frəm ə sɛt əv 40 baɪ ɪgˈzæmpəl) ˈəðərz meɪ. ənd nɑt ˈrɪli ɔl ðət təf ə kɔl tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wɪʧ ɪz wɪʧ. ɪf ju kʊd teɪk jʊr ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ səm ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ geɪmz, ənd pleɪ ɪt ɛz ə nu geɪm wɪθ jʊr grup, wʊd ju ər ðeɪ seɪ ““wow*, ðɪs ɪz ɪgˈzæktli laɪk ðət game!”*!” ər wʊd ðeɪ seɪ ““wow*, ðɪs ɪz ə lɔt laɪk ðət geɪm bət ˈbɛtər because….”*….” æt ðə ˈvɛri list, ɪts ə greɪt ˈɛksərˌsaɪz ɪn ˈfaɪndɪŋ aʊt wət meɪks jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt geɪm jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt geɪm. ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns ənd ˈɪnˌsaɪt geɪn frəm duɪŋ ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˌridɪˈzaɪn ɪz kəmˈplitli wərθ ɪt ɪn maɪ əˈpɪnjən. æt bɛst, ju meɪ bi ðə nɛkst dɪˈzaɪnər tɪ hæv əˈnəðər greɪt geɪm ɪn ðət speɪs hɪt ðə ˈmɑrkɪt.
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so you’re sitting around playing all of your favorite games and wondering to yourself – “where the heck do these designers get their ideas?” ah, let us delve deeper!
where the heck do these designers get their ideas?
the short answer is – lots of places. every person is different, and everyone draws ideas and inspiration in different ways. but you know me, and you know this column, so bound to be a long answer out there. actually, there are many, but going to tackle the answer that i think best helps newly minted game designers. i’ll give you, free of charge, really costing only your time to read this, a wonderful, bountiful place so chock full of game ideas that fit to burst. you can apply this not only to board games, but to role playing games as well. any game that has a set of rules telling you how to manipulate it is surrounded by a cloud of white space.
white space
i think stealing this term ‘white space’ as it applies to game design from tom vasel’s excellent podcast board game university. one of the designers being interviewed on this show referenced aiming for the white space while designing and that term stuck in my head.
what is this white space that i type of? that place that exists just outside of a current design that you’re familiar with. let’s look at an example. dominion came out in 2008 and took the table top world by storm. a deck builder, a concept sure you are all familiar with. you start off with a base deck, and expand it by purchasing cards from a set of 10 cards available to everyone. your hope – to build a sleek, card powered engine with which you can most efficiently buy victory point cards. wonderful concept, great idea, great execution, best seller.
but not all you can do with deck builders, right? let’s look at the next most popular deck builder, ascension (2010). this was a design that has the same basic principle, but looked into the white space surrounding dominion and pulled out a few ideas. add in a deck of many cards, six of which you could purchase/defeat at any time. add a bit of an actual combat element. they just took a great design, and tacked on a few bits that felt right. now a whole slew of new deck builders out there, with more coming every year. heck, i even designed one of the things.
that’s what i mean about white space, the things you could do with a base mechanic that hasn’t been done (or hasn’t been done well, popularly or with a wide audience) already. here’s a visual aid, which i found very helpful.
that is a great place to start on a game design. find a game you love, love, love! you love to play it, you love to win it, you even love to lose at it as long as you’re experiencing it. now, look long and hard at how it works and think of ways you could make it better, more interesting, involve another element, even trim off a bit of fat to make it sleeker. thought of something? just reached into that white space and grabbed a new idea. that is a great place to start designing. if a popular game, a popular mechanic (har har) and is something you love, tweak it and make it better, different, more interesting. design it with a theme you’re interested in as well and you’re working on a wonderful project that has a good chance of succeeding if you design well.
subtle mistakes
another great place to pull from is perhaps below that white space and slightly to the left. errors. mistakes. oopsies! do you have a game that you really, thoroughly enjoy. one that you’d agree to play at the drop of a hat, but that has this one thing in it that just work correctly? perhaps role selection gone wrong. or cards that just aren’t necessary and only muddle up one part of the game. maybe thought of a more elegant way to acquire and track victory points?
whatever it is that you think deserves a change, that work quite right – capitalize on that! if for no other reason than it lets you dig very deeply into a working, selling game design and see what can be changed. perhaps you’ll come to realize that what you think of as a mistake is actually a compromise to keep the game balanced, or to make it flow better. perhaps you’ll hit on the next amazing iteration of the current mechanics built into that type of game. i know, and you certainly know until you try it.
think of it as game school homework – deconstruct and rebuild that game. if you have any parts left over but the game still works well, even better than before, then hit on a good thing. if found that by adding in or changing one or two things the game works better, has a whole new twist or works so differently using the same base mechanics that practically a different game – also hit on something great.
i am not encourage the blatant rip-off
so even go there. what you should not do is take a game you love, slap a new theme on it and go to town. in order for you to make it your own, you have to innovate on an existing design. change it for the better, make it subtly but truly different. ripping off a game is doing yourself and all of us a disservice. we’re not here to pirate ideas, but improve on them, alter them and make them if not better, different enough to qualify as a whole new game.
in conclusion
i think a lot of potential game designers overlook white space and mistakes as a source of new games. let’s face it though, we use this concept all the time! house rules are a great example of this. while some may not qualify as changing a game enough to call it new (removing one or two cards from a set of 40 by example) others may. and not really all that tough a call to decide which is which.
if you could take your changes to some existing games, and play it as a new game with your group, would you or they say “wow, this is exactly like that game!” or would they say “wow, this is a lot like that game but better because….”
at the very least, its a great exercise in finding out what makes your favorite game your favorite game. the experience and insight you’ll gain from doing a personal redesign is completely worth it in my opinion. at best, you may be the next designer to have another great game in that space hit the market.
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wən əv ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɪriənst pleɪərz ɪn ɔl əv, həz bɪn əraʊnd ðə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv sin sɪns ðə. moʊst ˈwɛlˈnoʊn fər hɪz taɪm ɔn ðə ərˈɪʤənəl tim ˈrɑstər, ə tim wɪʧ wʊd faɪnd ˈsɛkənd pleɪs æt ðə lɔnʧ ˈtʊrnəmənt. hi wʊd ˈleɪtər ɔn muv tɪ ə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən fər tim solomid*. hɪz rɪˈtərn bæk tɪ pleɪɪŋ ɪn kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv wʊd kəm wɪn hi ʤɔɪnd hɪz ˈbrəðər ənd hɪz ˈfɔrmər ˈtiˌmeɪt ɔn faɪv ˈæŋgri mɛn. ðə tim wʊd ðɛn kəm tɪ bi ˈspɑnsərd baɪ dɪˈnaɪəl. ɪn ˈsizən 3 dɪˈnaɪəl wʊd hæv ˈfɔrmər ˈɛnəmi pleɪərz vetium*, mæskt, ənd saltmachine*, naʊ noʊn ɛz ʤɔɪn ðə ræŋks. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm ðə tim, dɪˈnaɪəl wʊd muv ðɛr səb tɪ ðə fʊl taɪm roʊl əv ˈmɪdəl. ˈæftər ə ˈrɑki spərɪŋ splɪt, ənd ðə rɛst əv hɪz tim wʊd fɔl ʤɪst ʃɔrt əv ˈfaɪndɪŋ ə spɑt æt dreamhack*. ˈæftər ə lɔŋ breɪk ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈsəmər, dɪˈnaɪəl wʊd kəm bæk ˈstrɔŋgər ðən ˈɛvər, wɪθ ðə əˈdɪʃən əv ˈfɔrmər sɔr jungler*, homiefe*, ənd ˈmɪdəl, hurriwind*. ðə nu ˈrɑstər wʊd faɪnd greɪt səkˈsɛs ɪn ðə əv ðə fɔl splɪt ənd wʊd ˈfɪnɪʃ ðə ˈpleɪsmənt steɪʤ ɪn sid. ðə tim wʊd goʊ ɔn tɪ teɪk ˈsɛkənd ɪn grup di ənd ərn ə spɑt æt ˈsupər ˈriʤənəlz wɛr ðeɪ lʊk tɪ sɪˈkjʊr ə spɑt æt ðə wərld ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ grup ˈsteɪʤɪz ðə tim wʊd bi əkˈwaɪərd baɪ flæʃ pɔɪnt. ðiz θɪŋz ɪn maɪnd, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ æsk əˈbaʊt hɪz tim, hɪz kərɪr, ənd hɪz θɔts goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈsupər ˈriʤənəlz. bɪn pleɪɪŋ sɪns ɪts bɪˈgɪnɪŋ,. wət meɪd ju gɪt ˈɪntu pleɪɪŋ ənd frəm ðɛr wət meɪd ju ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ traɪ jʊr hænd æt kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv pleɪ?: aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd pleɪɪŋ ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs bɪˈkəz aɪ sɔ ə strim əv ɔn twɪʧ. aɪ ləvd pvp*, ənd aɪ hæd pleɪd lig əv ˈlɛʤəndz, bət aɪ dɪsˈlaɪkt ðə ˈtɔpˌdaʊn ˈkæmərə vju. pərˈspɛktɪv wɑz ə frɛʃ teɪk ɔn ðə ˈʒɑnrə ənd ɪt klɪkt wɪθ mi raɪt əˈweɪ. naʊ ðət grup ˈsteɪʤɪz ər ɔl ræpt əp, haʊ dɪz ɪt fil tɪ hæv ərnd ə spɑt æt ˈsupər ˈriʤənəlz?: ˈɔsəm! bɪn əˈwaɪl sɪns bɪn æt ðə tɔp ənd greɪt biɪŋ bæk əp hir. wət timz du ju θɪŋk wɪl bi ðə ˈbɪgəst θrɛt goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈsupər ˈriʤənəlz?: ˈigər ɪz ˈdɛfənətli ɑr ˈbɪgəst θrɛt, ˈmoʊstli bɪˈkəz ˈwɪnɪŋ ðət ˈsɪŋgəl ˈmæʧəp wʊd ˈɪnstəntli kˈwɑləˌfaɪ ˈjuˈɛs fər wərldz. wɪθ ðə nu ˈsteɪʤɪz əv ðə fɔl splɪt əv ˈsizən 3 laɪk ðə læn grup ˈsteɪʤɪz ənd ðə ˈgɔntlət, ɪt ɪz ˈɛvədənt ðət ɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɛfərts tɪ kip ðə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv sin ɪˈvɑlvɪŋ. wət wʊd ju laɪk tɪ si æd ər ʧeɪnʤ tɪ hɛlp groʊ ər ɪˈvɑlv ðə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv sin?: ɪz ˈdɛfənətli duɪŋ ə lɔt tɪ fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ðə groʊθ əv ɪn. ðə ˌɪnˈkris ɪn geɪmz pleɪd pər splɪt, ˈnəmbər əv timz ɪn ðə spl*, ənd mɔr ˈfrikˌwɛnt ʃoʊ ɪz duɪŋ ə lɔt tɪ gɪv vjuərz ˈɛvəri ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ bi haɪpt əp fər bɪg pleɪz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ fil ðət ˈrɪli ˈædvərˌtaɪz ðɛr ɪˈvɛnts. ɑr ˈvɛri oʊn tim ˈivɪn noʊ wət deɪ wi wər pleɪɪŋ ənˈtɪl ə deɪ ər tu ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɪˈvɛnt. ðɛr həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ə læk əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən aʊt ðɛr ɪn ðət rɪˈgɑrd. haʊ du ju fil əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbæləns əv ɪn ɪts ˈkɑrənt steɪt wɪn kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ðə ˈprɑmənənt ðət həz bɪn θru? du ju θɪŋk ðət ðɛr ər ˈɛni gɑdz ər məˈkænɪks ðət ər ənˈhɛlθi fər ɛz ə hoʊl?: kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ɪz ɪn ə ˈvɛri ˈhɛlθi steɪt raɪt naʊ. ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ˈvaɪəbəl gɑdz ɪz haɪər ðən ˈɛvər, ənd ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri pɪk həz ˈsɪnərʤiz ənd ˈkaʊntərz. ðɛr hæv bɪn taɪmz wɛr səm gɑdz ʤɪst kəmˈplitli taʊər əˈbəv ðə ˈəðərz, bət məʧ lɛs ðə keɪs naʊ. ðɛr ər ˈplɛnti əv ənˈhɛlθi məˈkænɪks ɪn ðə geɪm ðət aɪ ˈstrɔŋli dɪsəˈgri wɪθ. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈifɛkts ðət gɪv gɑdz ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ wɪˈθaʊt ˈluzɪŋ ˈmuvmənt spid (fatalis*, 2 1 ər ˈvɛri ˈlæzəli dɪˈzaɪnd ənd fil ˈɔfəl tɪ pleɪ əˈgɛnst. sin taɪm ənd taɪm əˈgɛn ˈkæʒəwəl pleɪərz gɪt ʧeɪst daʊn ənd hɪt baɪ ˈsɛvərəl ˈɔtoʊz ɪn ə roʊ wɪˈθaʊt ˈriəˌlaɪzɪŋ ˈhæpənɪŋ tɪ ðɛm. ɪkˈstrimli hɑrd tɪ pleɪ əraʊnd æt ə ˈkæʒəwəl ˈlɛvəl bɪˈkəz ðə ˈkæmərə ˈæŋgəl meɪks ɪt hɑrd fər ju tɪ si ˈkəmɪŋ æt ju wɪn ˈfeɪsɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm jʊr əˈpoʊnənt. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri ˈəðər skɪl ɪz mɔr ˈtɛləˌgræft ðən basic-attacks*, ənd noʊ ˈɪndəˌkeɪtər ðət ðə ˈmuvmənt spid ˈpɛnəlti həz bɪn ˈteɪkən əˈweɪ ənˈtɪl tu leɪt. wɪθ səʧ ə ˈnoʊtəbəl kərɪr ɛz jʊrz ʃʊr ðət ju hæv hæd səm ˈvɛri ˈmɛmərəbəl ˈmoʊmənts, soʊ wət həz bɪn jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈmoʊmənt əv jʊr prəˈfɛʃənəl kərɪr?: maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈmoʊmənt wɑz ðə ˌæfrəˈdaɪti ʤuks æt ðə lɔnʧ ˈtʊrnəmənt. ɪt wɑz ə ˈrɪli haɪp pleɪ ənd ðə ˈrizən waɪ aɪ mɛt maɪ now-girlfriend*. sɪns bɪn ɪn ðə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv sin fər soʊ lɔŋ wət hæv ju dən tɪ traɪ tɪ kip ˈjɔrsɛlf frəm ˈbərnɪŋ aʊt ɔn? dɪz ɪt gɪt mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðə geɪm wɪθ ðə mɔr taɪm ju spɛnd pleɪɪŋ ɪt?: wɛl, tɪ stɑp ˈgɪtɪŋ bərnd aʊt ɔn, aɪ pleɪ lɛs, hɑ hɑ. aɪ stɪl pleɪ ə bənʧ, ənd ˈjusfəl tɪ meɪk ʃʊr jʊr məˈkænɪks steɪ frɛʃ, bət ɪt gɪts ˈfrəˌstreɪtɪŋ wɪn ju gɪt pleɪərz ɪn goʊld ər loʊər ɪn ˈlɪtərəli ˈɛvəri ræŋkt geɪm. ɪt ɪz ˈkɑmən ˈnɑlɪʤ ðət pleɪərz tɛnd tɪ pleɪ wərs wɪn ˈæŋgri wɪθ ðɛr geɪm. wət ər səm ˈmɛθədz ju juz tɪ hɛlp kip ˈjɔrsɛlf frəm ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈfrəˌstreɪtəd wɪn pleɪɪŋ ɪn ə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt?: ɪt tʊk ə lɔŋ taɪm fər mi tɪ lərn ðɪs skɪl. bæk wɪn aɪ wɑz ɪn maɪ ˈərli jɪrz əv haɪ skul, aɪ pleɪd wərld əv ˈwɔrˌkræft ərˈinəz wɪθ maɪ ˈbrəðər (macetodaface*) ənd səm ril laɪf frɛndz. wɪn stəf wɛnt rɔŋ, aɪ wʊd gɪt ˈrɪli mæd ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈjɛlɪŋ æt maɪ oʊn ˈbrəðər ənd frɛndz ənd ˈnəθɪŋ wʊd ʧeɪnʤ. ˈmeɪkɪŋ mɪˈsteɪks ˈhæpənz fər ˈɛvriˌwən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf, bət ˈgɪtɪŋ mæd ɪz ə kəmˈplitli ˈjusləs rɪˈspɑns. noʊ ril tɪp tɪ ðɪs wən nit trɪk ɪn 5 ˈizi steps”*”. ɪt tʊk taɪm ənd tɪ lərn ðət ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈæŋgri əˈkɑmplɪʃɪz ˈnəθɪŋ, soʊ ju ʤɪst hæv tɪ traɪ tɪ nɑt gɪt ˈæŋgri. ər ðɛr ˈɛni məˈkænɪks ɪn ðət ju fil ər ˈɔfən ˈoʊvər lʊkt ər ˈəndərˌvæljud baɪ ˈəðər pleɪərz?: nɑt ˈmɛni ˈpipəl pleɪ əraʊnd dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ rɪˈtərnz ɔn ˈsiˈsi, ənd ˈpipəl ər ˈrɪli bæd æt ˈʧeɪnɪŋ ˈsiˈsi ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl. wət ɪz ðə ˈbɪgəst mɪˈsteɪk ðət ju si ˈlɛsər ɪkˈspɪriənst səˈpɔrt pleɪər meɪk? ər ðɛr ˈɛni ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋz fər nuər pleɪərz tɪ noʊ wɪn əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ lərn mɔr əˈbaʊt ðə roʊl əv səˈpɔrt?: nuər səˈpɔrts ˈʤɛnərəli rɪˈspɛkt krip ˈdæmɪʤ. ju tæŋk krips wɪn ju hæv tɪ. nu səˈpɔrt pleɪərz ʃʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz ʃɛr weɪvz. ɪf ɔl 3 weɪvz daɪ, ənd ju ˈgɪtɪŋ goʊld ənd ɪkˈspɪriəns frəm ˈɛni əv ðɛm, ju wər ˈprɑbəˌbli duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ rɔŋ. θæŋk ju fər jʊr taɪm ɪn ðɪs ˈɪntərvˌju,. du ju hæv ˈɛni ˈfaɪnəl θɔts ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ðət ju wʊd laɪk tɪ seɪ?: θæŋks fər ðə ˈɪntərvˌju ənd θæŋk ju tɪ gamdias*, sloʊθ ənd bluvos*! aɪ ʤɪst wɔnt tɪ θæŋk əˈgɛn fər əˈgriɪŋ tɪ ʤɔɪn mi fər ðɪs ˈɪntərvˌju. ənd ðə rɛst əv flæʃ pɔɪnt wɪl bi pleɪɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈsupər ˈriʤənəlz ˈstɑrtɪŋ ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ðə θru ˈsənˌdi ðə ɛz ðeɪ lʊk tɪ sɪˈkjʊr ə spɑt æt ðə wərld ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp. ju kən wɔʧ ðɛm pleɪ lɪv ɔn ðə əˈfɪʃəl twɪʧ strim. ɪf ju kən tɪ ʧɛk aʊt mɔr əˈbaʊt, ju kən faɪnd ɪm ɔn tˈwɪtər æt ənd ɔn twɪʧ æt www.twitch.tv/shadowqwe*. ˈfaɪnəli, fər mɔr ˈkɑntɛnt laɪk ðɪs, ju kən ˈfɑloʊ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ɔn tˈwɪtər æt ənd bi ʃʊr tɪ ˈfɑloʊ fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd nuz əˈbaʊt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈsæŋgwɪn.
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one of the most experienced players in all of smite, shadowq has been around the smite competitive scene since the begining. most well-known for his time on the original team dignitas roster, a team which would find second place at the smite launch tournament. he would later on move to a coaching position for team solomid. his return back to playing in competitive would come when he joined his brother macetodaface and his former teammate thebest on five angry men. the team would then come to be sponsored by denial esports.
in season 3, denial would have former enemy players vetium, masked, and saltmachine, now known as benj1, join the ranks. following macetodaface's departure from the team, denial would move their sub xenotronics to the full time role of middle. after a rocky spring split, shadowq and the rest of his team would fall just short of finding a spot at dreamhack. after a long break during summer, denial would come back stronger than ever, with the addition of former soar jungler, homiefe, and middle, hurriwind. the new roster would find great success in the begining of the fall split and would finish the placement stage in 3rd seed. the team would go on to take second in group d and earn a spot at super regionals where they look to secure a spot at the smite world championship. following group stages the team would be acquired by flash point esports.
these things in mind, i decided to ask shadowq about his team, his smite career, and his thoughts going into super regionals.
you’ve been playing smite since its beginning, shadowq. what made you get into playing smite and from there what made you decide to try your hand at competitive play?
shadowq: i started playing in the first place because i saw a stream of smite on twitch. i loved pvp, and i had played league of legends, but i disliked the top-down camera view. smites third-person perspective was a fresh take on the moba genre and it clicked with me right away.
now that group stages are all wrapped up, how does it feel to have earned a spot at super regionals?
shadowq: it’s awesome! it’s been awhile since i’ve been at the top and it’s great being back up here.
what teams do you think will be the biggest threat going into super regionals?
shadowq: eager is definitely our biggest threat, mostly because winning that single matchup would instantly qualify us for worlds.
with the new stages of the fall split of season 3, like the lan group stages and the gauntlet, it is evident that hi-rez is making efforts to keep the competitive smite scene evolving. what would you like to see hi-rez add or change to help grow or evolve the competitive scene?
shadowq: hi-rez is definitely doing a lot to facilitate the growth of esports in smite. the increase in games played per split, number of teams in the spl, and more frequent lans show hi-rez is doing a lot to give viewers every opportunity to be hyped up for big plays. however, i feel that hi-rez doesn’t really advertise their events optimally. our very own team didn’t even know what day we were playing until a day or two before the event. there has always been a lack of information out there in that regard.
how do you feel about the balance of smite in its current state when compared to the prominent metas that smite has been through? do you think that there are any gods or mechanics that are unhealthy for smite as a whole?
shadowq: competitive smite is in a very healthy state right now. the amount of viable gods is higher than ever, and almost every pick has synergies and counters. there have been times where some gods just completely tower above the others, but that’s much less the case now.
there are plenty of unhealthy mechanics in the game that i strongly disagree with. for example, effects that give gods the ability to basic-attack without losing movement speed (fatalis, chronos 2, erlang 1) are very lazily designed and feel awful to play against. i’ve seen time and time again casual players get chased down and hit by several autos in a row without realizing what’s happening to them. it’s extremely hard to play around at a casual level because the camera angle makes it hard for you to see what’s coming at you when facing away from your opponent. almost every other skill is more telegraphed than basic-attacks, and there’s no indicator that the movement speed penalty has been taken away until it’s too late.
with such a notable smite career as yours i’m sure that you have had some very memorable moments, so what has been your favorite moment of your professional smite career?
shadowq: my favorite moment was the aphrodite jukes at the launch tournament. it was a really hype play and it’s the reason why i met my now-girlfriend.
since you’ve been in the competitive scene for so long what have you done to try to keep yourself from burning out on smite? does it get more difficult to enjoy the game with the more time you spend playing it?
shadowq: well, to stop getting burned out on smite, i play less smite, ha ha. i still play a bunch, and it’s useful to make sure your mechanics stay fresh, but it gets frustrating when you get players in gold or lower in literally every ranked game.
it is common knowledge that players tend to play worse when angry with their game. what are some methods you use to help keep yourself from getting frustrated when playing in a competitive environment?
shadowq: it took a long time for me to learn this skill. back when i was in my early years of high school, i played world of warcraft arenas with my brother (macetodaface) and some real life friends. when stuff went wrong, i would get really mad and started yelling at my own brother and friends and nothing would change. making mistakes happens for everyone, including myself, but getting mad is a completely useless response. there’s no real tip to “learn this one neat trick in 5 easy steps”. it took time and self-reflection to learn that getting angry accomplishes nothing, so you just have to try to not get angry.
are there any mechanics in smite that you feel are often over looked or undervalued by other players?
shadowq: not many people play around diminishing returns on cc, and people are really bad at optimally chaining cc in general.
what is the biggest mistake that you see lesser experienced support player make? are there any important things for newer players to know when attempting to learn more about the role of support?
shadowq: newer supports generally don’t respect creep damage. you shouldn’t tank creeps when you don’t have to. new support players should always share waves. if all 3 waves die, and you weren’t getting gold and experience from any of them, you were probably doing something wrong.
thank you for your time in this interview, shadowq. do you have any final thoughts or anything in particular that you would like to say?
shadowq: thanks for the interview and thank you to gamdias, sloth e-sports and bluvos!
i just want to thank shadowq again for agreeing to join me for this interview. shadowq and the rest of flash point esports will be playing in the smite super regionals starting wednesday the 16th through sunday the 20th as they look to secure a spot at the smite world championship. you can watch them play live on the official hi-rez twitch stream. if you can to check out more about shadowq, you can find him on twitter at @shadowqsmite and on twitch at www.twitch.tv/shadowqwe. finally, for more content like this, you can follow myself on twitter at @fastchevysmite and be sure to follow @sanguineesports for more information and news about everything sanguine.
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deɪ 15 ðə ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri ˈsɪstəm haʊ bərdz brið ðɛr ər ˈdɪfərənt ˈθɪriz ɔn ɪgˈzæktli haʊ bərdz brið ənd ˈmɛni ˈsaɪəntɪsts ər stɪl ˈstədiɪŋ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ˌrɛspərˈeɪʃən ɪn bərdz ɪz məʧ ˈdɪfərənt ðən ɪn ˈjumənz ənd ˈəðər ˈmæməlz. ðiz ˈdɪfərənsɪz ər ˌædəpˈteɪʃənz fər flaɪt ənd fər ˈsɪŋɪŋ. ðə bərdz ləŋ ɪz ˈrɛlətɪvli smɔl ɪn prəˈpɔrʃən tɪ ɪts ˈbɑdi saɪz wɪn kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ðət əv ə ˈmæməl; ðeɪ ər ˈoʊnli hæf ðə saɪz əv ðə məˈmeɪljən ləŋ. ə ləŋz ər meɪd əp əv ˈmɪljənz əv ˈtaɪni bəˈlunz, kɔld ælˈviəˌlaɪ, wɪʧ ɪkˈspænd ənd ˈkɑnˌtrækt ɛz ðə ˈænəməl briðz. ə bərdz ləŋz, ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, ər nɑt ɪˈlæstɪk ðeɪ du nɑt ʧeɪnʤ saɪz wɪn ðə bərd briðz. ðə bərdz ləŋz ər kəmˈpoʊzd əv ɛr ˈʧeɪmbərz huz wɔlz ər meɪd əv ə θɪn leɪər əv sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ˈkæpəˌlɛriz. ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd ɪˈlæstɪk ˈstrəkʧərz kɔld ɛr sæks ər kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə ləŋz ənd ækt laɪk ˈfərnəs ˈbɛloʊz tɪ drɔ ɛr θru ðə ləŋz ˈvɛri məʧ laɪk ə ˈfərnəs ˈfɔrsɪz ɛr θru ðə əv ə haʊs. ɛz ɛr ˈpæsɪz θru ðə əv ðə ləŋz, ˈɑksɪʤən ɪn ðə ɛr ɪz ɪksˈʧeɪnʤd fər ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ɪn ðə bləd əv ˈkæpəˌlɛriz ðə ˈʧeɪmbər wɔlz. əˈnætəmi əv ðə ɛr sæks ðə bərd həz tu sɛts əv ɛr sæks. ðə ˈkɔdəl ɛr sæks ˌɪnˈklud ðə əbˈdɑmənəl ɛr sæk ənd ðə ˈkɔdəl θɔˈræsɪk ɛr sæks. ðə ˈkreɪˌniəl ɛr sæks ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈsərvɪkəl ɛr sæk, ɛr sæk, ənd ðə ˈkreɪˌniəl θɔˈræsɪk ɛr sæks. ɛr sæks ˈivɪn ɪkˈstɛnd ˈɪntu ðə boʊnz. wɪn ðə ˈkævəti əv ə boʊn ɪz æt list ˈpɑrʃəli fɪld wɪθ ən ɛr sæk, ðə boʊn ɪz sɛd tɪ bi pneumatized*. bərdz hu flaɪ hæv ə mɔr ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈsɪstəm əv ɛr sæks, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə əv mɔr əv ðɛr boʊnz. kəmˈprɛʃən ər ɪkˈspænʧən əv ðə ɛr sæks əˈkərz wɪn ðə saɪz əv ðə ˈbɑdi ˈkævəti ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ ər haʊzd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. ˈkævəti saɪz ɪz kənˈtroʊld baɪ ˈməsəl ˈmuvmənt. ðə ˈlɑrʤəst əv ðə ɛr sæks, ðə əbˈdɑmənəl ɛr sæk, laɪnz ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv ðə əbˈdɑmənəl ˈkævəti ənd səraʊndz ðə əbˈdɑmənəl ˈɔrgənz laɪk ə koʊt. ɛz ə bərd bɪˈkəmz mɔr ˈæktɪv, ɪt rikˈwaɪərz mɔr ˈɑksɪʤən. ˌɪnˈkrist ˈmuvmənt ˈfɔrsɪz ə ˈgreɪtər dɪˈgri əv kəmˈprɛʃən ənd ɪkˈspænʧən əv ɪts ˈbɑdi ˈkævɪtiz, ənd ɪn tərn ˌɪnˈfleɪts ənd mɔr əv ɪts ɛr sæks. ðɪs nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈfɔrsɪz mɔr ɛr θru ðə ləŋz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ meɪks ðə bərdz ˈrɛlətɪv weɪt ˈlaɪtər. wɪn ə bərd teɪks ɔf fər flaɪt, ðə ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪd ˈmuvmənt əv ɪts wɪŋz kriˈeɪts ən ɛr ˈkɑrənt wɪʧ fɪlz ɪts ɛr sæks, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðoʊz wɪˈθɪn ɪts boʊnz, ənd meɪks ðə bərd laɪt ɪˈnəf tɪ flaɪ. ðə ɛr ˈkɑrənt kriˈeɪtɪd ɪz rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz "flaɪt wɪnd". ðə əbˈdɑmənəl ˈməsəlz ər ˈlɑrʤli riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈbriðɪŋ waɪl æt rɛst. ə bərd kən ˈɔlsoʊ juz ɪts ɛr sæks tɪ sɪŋ baɪ ˈfɔrsɪŋ ɛr θru ɪts ˈvoʊkəl ˈɔrgənz laɪk ə ˈbægˌpaɪp. səm bərdz kən sɪŋ waɪl ðeɪ flaɪ! ðɪs ɪz du ɪn pɑrt tɪ ðə bərdz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ sɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən ɛz wɛl ɛz ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃən (laɪk ˈwɪslɪŋ), ɛz wɛl ɛz ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl dɪˈgri əv ˈməsəl kənˈtroʊl. ˈmuvmənt əv ɛr ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ˈθɪriz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpæθˌweɪ wɪʧ ɛr teɪks ɪn ðə bərdz ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri ˈsɪstəm. ɪt ɪz ə ˈsəbʤɪkt ðət ˈsaɪəntɪsts ər stɪl riˈsərʧɪŋ. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪz ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪd ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən əv wən əv ðə ˈθɪriz. ðə ˈθɪri səˈʤɛsts ðət ə brɛθ əv ɛr ɪz drɔn θru ðə ˈtreɪkiə ənd ˈɪntu ðə ˌpɔˈstɪrjər ɛr sæks (əbˈdɑmənəl ənd ˈkɔdəl θɔˈræsɪk) wɪn ʧɛst ˈməsəlz drɔ ðə rɪbz ˈfɔrwərd ənd loʊər ðə sternum*. əˈpɑn ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃən, ɛr ɪz fɔrst frəm ðə ˌpɔˈstɪrjər ɛr sæks ˈɪntu ðə ləŋz wɛr gæs ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ teɪks pleɪs. wɪn ðə bərd teɪks ə ˈsɛkənd brɛθ, ðə ɛr ɪn ðə ləŋz ɪz səkt ˈɪntu ðə ˈkreɪˌniəl ɛr sæks -ˈkɔdəl θɔˈræsɪk, ˈsərvɪkəl, ənd. ðə ˈkreɪˌniəl ɛr sæks ækt ɛz ə ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈʧeɪmbər wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ə smɔl bæk floʊ əv ɛr ˈɪntu ðə ləŋz ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃənz. ðə ˈsɛkənd ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃən ˈfɔrsɪz ðə ɛr ɪn ðə ˈkreɪˌniəl ɛr sæks aʊt θru ðə ˈtreɪkiə. ðəs ˈɛrfloʊ θru ðə bərdz ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˈmoʊstli ə ˈsərkjələr pæθ wɪʧ rikˈwaɪərz tu brɛθs tɪ kəmˈplit. ðə smɔl əˈmaʊnt əv bæk floʊ frəm ðə ˈkreɪˌniəl ɛr sæks ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌɛkspərˈeɪʃən prəˈvaɪdz ðə ləŋz wɪθ ə ˈkɑnstənt floʊ əv ɛr. ˈkɑnstənt ˈɛrfloʊ səˈplaɪz bərdz wɪθ mɔr ˈɑksɪʤən frəm ðə ɛr ðən ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈmæməlz tɪ əbˈteɪn. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˌædəpˈteɪʃən ɪn bərdz fər meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ðɛr haɪ ˌmɛtəˈbɑlɪk reɪt ənd fər flaɪɪŋ. tɛkst baɪ ˈʤænɪt ənd dɔn ˈgɔrski ˌɪləˈstreɪʃənz baɪ dɔn ˈgɔrski peɪʤ 4 əv 5
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