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this is a guest post from political scientists eric schickler and greg wawro. they are the authors of filibuster: obstruction and lawmaking in the u.s. senate.
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events in the senate over the past few weeks offer two clear lessons. first, a simple majority in the senate has the power – and indeed has long had the power – to change how the institution operates. the strategy proposed by harry reid – which essentially duplicated the strategy proposed by republican leader bill frist (r-tn) in 2005, which in turn echoed a strategy promoted by liberals in the 1950s-70s and by republican leader nelson aldrich as far back as january 1891 – has been available to a determined senate majority at least since the nineteenth century – as we discuss in our book on the filibuster. the fact that the republican minority relented in the nominations fight indicates that the threat of “reform by resolution” is real and that the senate is not locked into its rules by virtue of its past institutional history. second, the filibuster persists because a majority of senators has consistently preferred a system in which the minority can block action to one in which a simple majority decides every issue. senators do not want their chamber to become the house.
in this case, once harry reid showed that he had the votes and the determination to impose majority rule on executive branch appointments, republicans surrendered on the core issue of approving obama’s nominations. we likened the filibuster to a war of attrition in our book; in such a contest, when the majority shows that it is committed to standing firm – even to the point of showing its willingness to carry out a rules change – the leverage shifts from the obstructive minority to the side with more votes.
at the same time, however, it is important to recognize exactly how difficult it is to persuade 51 senators that they should support going nuclear. in this case, it took years of mounting frustration for democrats, as their inability to confirm executive nominations undermined the routine functioning of government. the necessary 51 votes only could be amassed following a series of compromise deals between reid and mcconnell, each of which promised to limit the scope of obstruction, but each of which failed.
the hesitance to go nuclear over executive nominations was rooted in senators’ shared understanding that once majority rule is imposed by force in one decision-making area, the impetus for a future majority to impose majority rule in other areas would be strong. the pressure on a future gop majority to go nuclear to assure the nomination of a conservative supreme court justice or to help pass legislation to repeal the affordable care act would likely prove irresistible. while longtime advocates of filibuster reform hope for just that outcome – a march towards majority rule across the board – most senators evidently prefer to retain some power for the minority to obstruct.
the problem for those who hope to maintain the senate’s existing rules and understandings without change is that in this era of intense partisan polarization and warfare, this year’s showdown between reid and mcconnell will be repeated endlessly. brinksmanship followed by furious efforts to secure last minute deals is how congress has attempted to govern recently. if such brinksmanship becomes a routine aspect of filibuster politics, eventually both sides will miscalculate and the nuclear option will be exercised, even though most senators prefer an equilibrium in which the minority can, at least under certain circumstances, obstruct.
a potential solution is for the senate to take advantage of the deep uncertainty about who will be in control of the senate and the white house in january 2017. at any given moment, it is clear who will be the short-term beneficiaries of a specific reform – such as allowing only temporary obstruction of judicial nominations but providing an eventual majority vote. but no one has any idea which party would benefit from such a reform in january 2017, creating the potential for a positive-sum solution with respect to the prevailing attitude among senators. that is, rather than simply breathe a sigh of relief and go back to business as usual, senators should take the recent showdown as an indication that the dysfunction permeating the senate requires a more permanent fix. unrestrained minority obstruction across all domains is not sustainable. at the same time, simple majority rule is not something that most senators want. an alternative would be to attempt to forge an agreement setting out different decision-making rules for different types of decisions (e.g. executive nominations, judicial appointments, ordinary legislation) and specifying that these rules would take effect in january 2017.
some might argue that today’s senate cannot bind a future senate in this manner; if that is a concern, senators could sign a detailed pledge laying out exactly what the new rules will look like and promise to vote for those rules on the first day of the january 2017 session. as long as more than two-thirds of the senate agrees to such a commitment, these new rules could be adopted through the normal senate rule-making process. the fact that senators generally accept the senate as a continuing body can be used to ensure that the rules change is honored.
we are not the first to propose this potential solution, though in the past advocates have seen it as a way to implement simple majority rule. instead, we emphasize the flexibility offered by this approach: it would allow today’s senate to think seriously about what rights the minority should have in the future and what capacity the majority should have to make policy, separate from today’s immediate battles.
this most recent fight over the nuclear option ought to encourage senators to consider specific reforms to balance majority rule and minority rights. such a path would make it less likely that a future majority party will be sufficiently frustrated to go nuclear and, as a result, push the senate further along the path towards pure and simple majority rule.
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fərst ˈbeɪsmən maɪk ˈnæpəli meɪd ɪt klɪr ˈæftər ðə wərld ˈsɪriz ðət hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ steɪ wɪθ ðə rɛd sɑks. hi laɪkt hɪz fərst ˈsizən ɪn ˈbɔstən soʊ məʧ ðət hi stək əraʊnd fər ə fju wiks ˈæftər ðə wərld ˈsɪriz. tim əˈfɪʃəlz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɔntɪd ˈnæpəli bæk ənd ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ naɪt ə two-year*, 32 ˈmɪljən dil wɑz riʧt. bɪrd ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ bæk tɪ ˈbɔstən!!! bi happier!!”*!!” ˈnæpəli ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn tˈwɪtər æt p.m*. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə rɛd sɑks hæd ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən frəm ðə ˈtɛksəs ˈreɪnʤərz, siˈætəl ˈmɛrənərz, ənd maɪˈæmi ˈmɑrlənz ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, əˈnəðər ˈbɪzi deɪ fər ˈbeɪsˈbɔl muvz. ðət sərvd tɪ brɪŋ ðə əˈgrimənt ˈɪntu pleɪs. gɪt spɔrts ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz ɪn jʊr: ðə moʊst ˈrisənt spɔrts ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ jʊr ˈɛvəri ˈmɔrnɪŋ. saɪn əp θæŋk ju fər ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp! saɪn əp fər mɔr ˈnuzˌlɛtərz hir æt list wən tim, pərˈhæps ðə ˈreɪnʤərz, hæd ə mɔr ˈlukrətɪv θˈriˌjɪr dil ɔn ðə ˈteɪbəl, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈmeɪʤər lig ˈsɔrsəz. bət ˈnæpəli ɪˈlɛktɪd tɪ steɪ wɪθ ðə rɛd sɑks bɪˈkəz əv haʊ məʧ hi ˈvæljud hɪz ˈkəmfərt ɪn ˈbɔstən. rɛd sɑks ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər bɛn stək tɪ hɪz ˈstrætəʤi əv ˈɔfərɪŋ dilz æt ə haɪ ˈævərɪʤ ˈænjuəl ˈsæləri. æt 16 ˈmɪljən, ˈnæpəli wɪl hæv ðə haɪəst ˈævərɪʤ ˈænjuəl ˈsæləri ɔn ðə tim nɛkst ˈsizən ˈbɑrɪŋ əˈnəðər ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl əˈdɪʃən. rɪˈtərn wɑz ɪkˈspɛktɪd. hi sɛd ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz ˈdʊrɪŋ ənd ˈæftər ðə ˈsizən haʊ məʧ hi ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd pleɪɪŋ ɪn ˈbɔstən ənd hɪz ˈtimˌmeɪts. ə greɪt fɪt fər me,”*,” ˈnæpəli sɛd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈsɪriz. ɪz wɛr aɪ wɔnt tɪ steɪ ənd aɪ wɔnt tɪ wərk ˈsəmθɪŋ aʊt. aɪ ləv pleɪɪŋ hir, ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt it.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈnæpəli wɑz ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt pis əv ðə plæn fər ðə rɛd sɑks. hi hɪt 259 wɪθ ən 842 ɑps læst ˈsizən, kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ 23 hoʊm rənz ənd 92 tɪ ən əˈfɛns ðət wɑz ðə bɛst ɪn ðə geɪm. ðə raɪˈthændɪd ˈhɪtər ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ðə ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈbæləns ˌlɛfˈthændɪd sˈləgər ˈdeɪvɪd ˌɔrˈtiz. ˈnæpəli sɛt ə tim ˈrɛkərd wɪθ 187 ˈstraɪˌkaʊts bət lɛd ðə ˈmeɪʤərz baɪ siɪŋ ˈpɪʧɪz pər pleɪt əˈpɪrəns, ə skɪl ðə rɛd sɑks pʊt məʧ ˈvælju ɔn. ˈnæpəli wɑz praɪˈmɛrəli ə ˈkæˌʧər fər ðə fərst ˈsɛvən jɪrz əv hɪz kərɪr. ðə rɛd sɑks kənˈvərtɪd ɪm tɪ fərst beɪs fʊl taɪm ənd hi ɪkˈsɛld, ʃoʊɪŋ reɪnʤ ɔf ðə bæg. ˈnæpəli əˈgrid tɪ ə θˈriˌjɪr, 39 ˈmɪljən dil wɪθ ðə sɑks læst dɪˈsɛmbər ðət wɑz ˈʃɔrtənd tɪ wən jɪr ənd 5 ˈmɪljən wɪn tim ˈdɑktərz dɪˈskəvərd ə dɪˈʤɛnərətɪv kənˈdɪʃən, nəˈkroʊsəs, ɪn hɪz hɪps. ðə dɪˈziz wɑz kənˈtroʊld baɪ ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃən ənd ˈnæpəli pleɪd ɪn 139 geɪmz, ɪˈneɪbəlɪŋ ɪm tɪ ərn 8 ˈmɪljən ɪn ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz. ɪn ðə ɛnd, hi wɪl gɪt θri jɪrz ənd 45 ˈmɪljən, ə 6 ˈmɪljən reɪz frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl dil. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈnæpəli hæd ən ˈɛksət ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈæftər ðə ˈsizən ənd ən ʃoʊd noʊ əˈdɪʃənəl kənˈsərn wɪθ hɪz hɪps. ə ˈfɪzɪkəl fər ðə nu ˈkɑnˌtrækt ʃʊd bi ə fɔrˈmæləti. ðə dil kənˈteɪnz noʊ ˈlæŋgwɪʤ rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðə hɪp kənˈdɪʃən. ɪn ˈθɪri, ðə rɛd sɑks kʊd bi dən ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmeɪʤər muvz. ðeɪ saɪnd ˈkæˌʧər a.j*. ˈərliər ðɪs wik tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs dɪˈpɑrtɪd fri ˈeɪʤənt ˈʤærə saltalamacchia*. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ˈrʊki ˈʤæki ˈbrædli jr*. əˈveɪləbəl tɪ pleɪ ˈsɛnər fild ɪn pleɪs əv ʤəˈkoʊbi ellsbury*, hu ʤəmpt tɪ ðə ˈjæŋkiz fər ə seven-year*, 153 ˈmɪljən dil. fri ˈeɪʤənt ˈʃɔrtˌstɑp ˈstivən dru ɪz ə lɔŋ ʃɑt tɪ rɪˈtərn bət ðə sɑks kən fɪl ðət spɑt wɪθ bogaerts*, ðɛr bɛst ˈprɑspɛkt ɪn jɪrz. ˈɔlsoʊ saɪnd ˈɛdwɪn mˈjuʤɪkə tɪ brɪŋ ˈædɪd dɛpθ tɪ ðə ˈbʊlˌpɛn. ðə rɛd sɑks kʊd bi ə ˈbæˌkəp ˈɪnˌfildər ənd pərˈhæps ən ˈaʊtˌfildər əˈweɪ frəm ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr ˈrɑstər sɛt. bət ˈmɛni ˈɔpʃənz rɪˈmeɪn, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ə treɪd. ðə rɛd sɑks hæv ə ˈsərpləs əv ˈstɑrtɪŋ ˈpɪʧərz ənd ə ˈsɑləd fɑrm ˈsɪstəm, tulz ðət kʊd ɪˈneɪbəl ðɛm tɪ meɪk ə dil fər ə ˈsɛnər ˈfildər. ðə ˈdɑʤərz ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˌɔlˈstɑr mæt kɛmp əˈveɪləbəl. ðɛr ər kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt ˈsərʤɪkəli rɪˈpɛrd lɛft ˈʃoʊldər. hi ˈɔlsoʊ həz sɪks jɪrz ənd 128 ˈmɪljən rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ɔn hɪz ˈkɑnˌtrækt. nɪk əv ðə gloʊb stæf kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt. ˈpitər ˈeɪbrəˌhæm kən bi riʧt æt ˈfɑloʊ ɪm ɔn tˈwɪtər
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first baseman mike napoli made it clear after the world series that he wanted to stay with the red sox. he liked his first season in boston so much that he stuck around for a few weeks after the world series.
team officials also wanted napoli back and on friday night a two-year, $32 million deal was reached.
“the beard is coming back to boston!!! couldn’t be happier!!” napoli posted on twitter at 9:09 p.m.
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the red sox had competition from the texas rangers, seattle mariners, and miami marlins on friday, another busy day for baseball moves. that served to bring the agreement into place.
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at least one team, perhaps the rangers, had a more lucrative three-year deal on the table, according to major league sources. but napoli elected to stay with the red sox because of how much he valued his comfort in boston.
red sox general manager ben cherington stuck to his strategy of offering shorter-term deals at a high average annual salary. at $16 million, napoli will have the highest average annual salary on the team next season barring another high-profile addition.
napoli’s return was expected. he said several times during and after the season how much he enjoyed playing in boston and his teammates.
“it’s a great fit for me,” napoli said following the series. “this is where i want to stay and i want to work something out. i love playing here, everything about it.”
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napoli was an important piece of the offseason plan for the red sox. he hit .259 with an .842 ops last season, contributing 23 home runs and 92 rbis to an offense that was the best in the game. the righthanded hitter is important to the middle of the order to balance lefthanded slugger david ortiz.
napoli set a team record with 187 strikeouts but led the majors by seeing 4.59 pitches per plate appearance, a skill the red sox put much value on.
napoli was primarily a catcher for the first seven years of his career. the red sox converted him to first base full time and he excelled, showing better-than-expected range off the bag.
napoli agreed to a three-year, $39 million deal with the sox last december that was shortened to one year and $5 million when team doctors discovered a degenerative condition, avascular necrosis, in his hips.
the disease was controlled by medication and napoli played in 139 games, enabling him to earn $8 million in incentives. in the end, he will get three years and $45 million, a $6 million raise from the original deal.
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napoli had an exit physical after the season and an mri showed no additional concern with his hips. a physical for the new contract should be a formality. the deal contains no language related to the hip condition.
in theory, the red sox could be done making major moves. they signed catcher a.j. pierzynski earlier this week to replace departed free agent jarrod saltalamacchia. they also have well-regarded rookie jackie bradley jr. available to play center field in place of jacoby ellsbury, who jumped to the yankees for a seven-year, $153 million deal.
free agent shortstop stephen drew is a long shot to return but the sox can fill that spot with xander bogaerts, their best prospect in years.
cherington also signed righthander edwin mujica to bring added depth to the bullpen. the red sox could be a backup infielder and perhaps an outfielder away from having their roster set.
but many options remain, particularly a trade. the red sox have a surplus of starting pitchers and a solid farm system, tools that could enable them to make a deal for a center fielder.
the dodgers are making two-time all-star matt kemp available. there are concerns about kemp’s surgically repaired left shoulder. he also has six years and $128 million remaining on his contract.
nick cafardo of the globe staff contributed to this report. peter abraham can be reached at pabraham@globe.com . follow him on twitter @peteabe
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haʊ sɪˈkjʊr ər ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsiz ˈmoʊbəl æps? wi ˈtɛstɪd ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsi ˈmoʊbəl æps frəm ˈgugəl pleɪ fər ˈkɑmən ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ənd ˈwiknəsɪz. ˈoʊvər 90 meɪ bi ɪn ˈtrəbəl. ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən ˈoʊvər 1300 ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsiz ɪgˈzɪst təˈdeɪ wɪθ ˈoʊvər ˈmɑrkɪt ˌkæpɪtəlɪˈzeɪʃən (æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt əv ðɪs poʊst ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən). wən əv ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ənd ˈoʊldəst həz riʧt praɪs ˈæftər ˈsɛvərəl mənθs əv ˌfləkʧuˈeɪʃən, bət kənˈtɪnjuəs ənd ˈstɛdi groʊθ. ə waɪd ˈspɛktrəm əv ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz fər ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsiz wər riˈlist ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst fju jɪrz baɪ ˈvɛriəs ˈstɑrˌtəps, ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈɛkspərts ənd ˈivɪn ˈlaɪsənst ˈbæŋkɪŋ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz. ðə ˈtoʊtəl ˈnəmbər əv ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsi ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ɪn ˈgugəl pleɪ dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ stɔr, ˈprɔˌsɛs ər treɪd ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsiz həz ɪkˈsidɪd tu ˈθaʊzənd ənd kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ groʊ. ˈɑbviəsli, kʊd nɑt pæs ɔn səʧ ən ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ ˌɑpərˈtunəti ənd ər əˈgrɛsɪvli ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ɔl ˈpɑsəbəl ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz əv ðə ˈimərʤɪŋ ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkərənsi ˈmɑrkɪt. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri wik ə nu ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsi ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ɪz ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzd, ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈlɔsɪz tɪ ˈpipəl hu ɛnˈtrəstɪd ðɛr kɔɪnz tɪ ðə ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ. ˈfrɔdstərz ˈlɛvərɪʤ ə nu trɛnd əv (dɪˈskərɪʤd baɪ ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən sɪˈkjʊrətiz ənd ˈmɑrkɪts əˈθɔrəti), ˈgæðər kwɪk kæʃ frəm ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ənd ˌdɪsəˈpɪr ʤɪst ˈæftər. səʧ ɪˈvɛnts hæv ɔˈrɛdi bɪˈkəm ə ˈdeɪli ruˈtin ɪn ðə ˈtərbjələnt wərld əv ðə nu ˈklɑnˌdaɪk, ɪgˈzæsərˌbeɪtɪŋ lɛs ˈfrikˌwɛnt bət ˈhaɪli ˌdɛtrəˈmɛnəl ˈwiknəsɪz ɪn ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsiz ðət meɪ waɪp aʊt fju ˈhənərdz ˈmɪljənz æt wəns. ˈrisərʧ ənd fri ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈsərvɪs tɪ tɛst ˈmoʊbəl æps ˌhaɪˈtɛk brɪʤ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈænəˌlaɪz əˈnəðər əˈtæk ˈvɛktər ɔn ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkərənsiz ənd ðɛr prəˈpoʊnənts: ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz. fər ðɪs ˈpərpəs, wi juzd ɑr fri ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈsərvɪs ˈmoʊbəl ˈɛksˌreɪ ðət pərˈfɔrmz daɪˈnæmɪk, ˈstætɪk ənd ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ˈtɛstɪŋ ər ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz fər ˈvɛriəs ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ənd ˈwiknəsɪz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈmoʊbəl tɔp 10 ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈænəˌlaɪzɪz pəˈtɛnʃəl rɪsks tɪ ˈjuzər ˈpraɪvəsi. wi tʊk ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈkrɪptoʊ ˈkərənsi ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz frəm ˈgugəl pleɪ frəm ðə ““finance”*” ˈkætəˌgɔri ənd ˈtɛstɪd ðɛm fər sɪˈkjʊrəti flɔz ənd dɪˈzaɪn ˈwiknəsɪz ðət kən ɛnˈdeɪnʤər ðə ˈjuzər, hɪz ər hər ˈdætə stɔrd ɔn ðə dɪˈvaɪs ər ˈviə ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk, ər ðə ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈvaɪs ˌɪtˈsɛlf. fərst 30 ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wɪθ əp tɪ ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz 93 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd æt list 3 ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz 90 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd æt list 2 ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz 87 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈvəlnərəbəl əˈtæks ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ æp ˈdætə tɪ ˌɪnərˈsɛpʃən 66 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈpæsˌwərdz ər kiz 57 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈjuzɪŋ ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti ðət kən ˈʤɛpərˌdaɪz ˈjuzər ˈpraɪvəsi 70 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz dɪd nɑt hæv ˈɛni ˈhɑrdənɪŋ ər prəˈtɛkʃən əv ðɛr ˌbæˈkɛnd ər wɛb ˈsərvɪsɪz) 80 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən wər ˈsɛndɪŋ [pəˈtɛnʃəli] ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ɛnˈkrɪpʃən ˈoʊvər 37 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈsɛndɪŋ [pəˈtɛnʃəli] ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə wɪθ wik ər ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt ɛnˈkrɪpʃən 77 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər stɪl ˈjuzɪŋ ər bænd baɪ ˈdiˈɛˈsɛs 44 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz hæd ˌbæˈkɛndz ər wɛb ˈsərvɪsɪz) ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ˈpudəl ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti 100 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz hæv ˈɛni prəˈtɛkʃən əˈgɛnst ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ər (frəm tɔp 10 ˈɛmˈwən ˌɪmˈprɑpər ˈplætˌfɔrm ˈjusɪʤ ˈɛmˈfaɪv ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt ˈɛmˈtu ˈɪnsəkjər ˈdætə ˈstɔrɪʤ fərst 30 ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wɪθ əp tɪ ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz 66 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd æt list 3 ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz 87 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd æt list 2 ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti 37 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈvəlnərəbəl əˈtæks ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ɔl ˈdætə tɪ ˌɪnərˈsɛpʃən 34 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈpæsˌwərdz ər kiz 17 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈjuzɪŋ ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti ðət kən ˈʤɛpərˌdaɪz ˈjuzər ˈpraɪvəsi 77 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz dɪd nɑt hæv ˈɛni ˈhɑrdənɪŋ ər prəˈtɛkʃən əv ðɛr ˌbæˈkɛnd ər wɛb ˈsərvɪsɪz) 37 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən wər ˈsɛndɪŋ [pəˈtɛnʃəli] ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ɛnˈkrɪpʃən ˈoʊvər 24 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈsɛndɪŋ [pəˈtɛnʃəli] ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə wɪθ wik ər ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt ɛnˈkrɪpʃən 70 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər stɪl ˈjuzɪŋ ər bænd baɪ ˈdiˈɛˈsɛs 14 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz hæd ˌbæˈkɛndz ər wɛb ˈsərvɪsɪz) ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ˈpudəl ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti 100 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz hæv ˈɛni prəˈtɛkʃən əˈgɛnst ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ər (frəm tɔp 10 ˈɛmˈwən ˌɪmˈprɑpər ˈplætˌfɔrm ˈjusɪʤ ˈɛmˈtu ˈɪnsəkjər ˈdætə ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈɛmˈfaɪv ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt fərst 30 ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wɪθ ˈoʊvər ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz 94 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd æt list 3 ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz 77 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd æt list 2 ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti 17 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈvəlnərəbəl əˈtæks ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ɔl ˈdætə tɪ ˌɪnərˈsɛpʃən 44 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz kənˈteɪnd ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈpæsˌwərdz ər kiz 66 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈjuzɪŋ ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti ðət kən ˈʤɛpərˌdaɪz ˈjuzər ˈpraɪvəsi 94 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz dɪd nɑt hæv ˈɛni ˈhɑrdənɪŋ ər prəˈtɛkʃən əv ðɛr ˌbæˈkɛnd ər wɛb ˈsərvɪsɪz) 66 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən wər ˈsɛndɪŋ [pəˈtɛnʃəli] ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ɛnˈkrɪpʃən ˈoʊvər 50 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər ˈsɛndɪŋ [pəˈtɛnʃəli] ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə wɪθ wik ər ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt ɛnˈkrɪpʃən 94 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz wər stɪl ˈjuzɪŋ ər bænd baɪ ˈdiˈɛˈsɛs 0 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz hæd ˌbæˈkɛndz ər wɛb ˈsərvɪsɪz) ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ˈpudəl ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti 100 əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz hæv ˈɛni prəˈtɛkʃən əˈgɛnst ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ər (frəm tɔp 10 ˈɛmˈwən ˌɪmˈprɑpər ˈplætˌfɔrm ˈjusɪʤ ˈɛmˈtu ˈɪnsəkjər ˈdætə ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈɛmˈfaɪv ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt kənˈkluʒənz ənd rɪˌmidiˈeɪʃən kolochenko*, ˈsiˌiˈoʊ ənd ˈfaʊndər əv ˌhaɪˈtɛk brɪʤ, ˈkɑmɛnts: ““unfortunately*, aɪ æm nɑt səˈpraɪzd wɪθ ðə ˈaʊtˌkəmz əv ðə ˈrisərʧ. fər ˈmɛni jɪrz, ˈkəmpəˌniz ənd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈɛkspərts wər ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈmoʊbəl æp dɪˈvɛləpərz əˈbaʊt ðə rɪsks əv ““agile”*” dɪˈvɛləpmənt ðət ˈjuʒəwəli ˌɪmˈplaɪ noʊ ˈfreɪmˌwərk tɪ əˈʃʊr sɪˈkjʊr dɪˈzaɪn, sɪˈkjʊr ˈkoʊdɪŋ ənd ˈhɑrdənɪŋ tɛkˈniks ər ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈtɛstɪŋ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ðə tɪp əv ðə ˈaɪsbərg. ə ˈmoʊbəl æp ˈjuʒəwəli kənˈteɪnz məʧ lɛs ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ðən ɪts ˌbæˈkɛnd. ˈwiknəs ɪn ə ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən meɪ lɛd tɪ briʧ əv ðə ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈvaɪs ər ɪts ˈdætə, waɪl ə ˈvəlnərəbəl ɔn ðə ˌbæˈkɛnd meɪ əˈlaʊ əˈtækərz tɪ stil ðə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti əv users’*’ ˈdætə. tɪ ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz sɪˈkjʊrəti ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ənd ˈwiknəsɪz ɪn ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, dɪˈvɛləpərz ʃʊd ˈkɛrfəli plæn ənd ˈrɪgərəsli ˈɪmpləmənt sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ˈpraɪvəsi frəm ðə ˈərli ˈsteɪʤɪz əv dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ˌɪnˈtərnəl ənd ɪkˈstərnəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkrɪtɪkəli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd ʃʊd bi pərˈfɔrmd ɔn ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈbeɪsɪs. rɪkˈwaɪrmənts əv ˈvɛriəs ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz, səʧ ɛz gdpr*, ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ bi əˈsɛst ənd ˈduli implemented.”*.” æt ˌhaɪˈtɛk brɪʤ, tɪ fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ðə əˈnizi wərk əv ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən dɪˈvɛləpərz, wi hæv lɔnʧt ðə ˈmoʊbəl ˈɛksˌreɪ fri ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈsərvɪs wɪθ sast*, ənd ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz fər ˈneɪtɪv ənd ˈhaɪbrɪd ˈænˌdrɔɪd ənd ˈioʊs ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz. ɑr immuniweb®*® ˈmoʊbəl prəˈvaɪdz ðə moʊst ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈmænjuəl ˈtɛstɪŋ əv ˈmoʊbəl æp ənd ɪts ˌbæˈkɛnd, ɛnˈhænst baɪ ɑr prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri məˈʃin ˈlərnɪŋ tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ˈɛni əv ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz juzd ɪn ðə ˈrisərʧ, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɛni ˈəðər ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, kən bi ˈviə ɑr fri ˈsərvɪs (noʊ ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən rikˈwaɪərd).
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how secure are the most popular crypto currencies mobile apps?
we tested the most popular crypto currency mobile apps from google play for common vulnerabilities and weaknesses. over 90% may be in trouble.
introduction
over 1300 crypto currencies exist today with over $328,331,711,597 market capitalization (at the moment of this post publication). one of the most popular and oldest cryptocurrency - bitcoin has reached $10,000 price after several months of fluctuation, but continuous and steady growth.
a wide spectrum of mobile applications for crypto currencies were released during the last few years by various startups, independent digital experts and even licensed banking institutions. the total number of crypto currency applications in google play designed to store, process or trade crypto currencies has exceeded two thousand and continues to grow.
obviously, cybercriminals could not pass on such an outstanding opportunity and are aggressively targeting all possible stakeholders of the emerging digital currency market.
almost every week a new crypto currency exchange is compromised, causing multi-million losses to people who entrusted their coins to the exchange. fraudsters leverage a new trend of ico (discouraged by the european securities and markets authority), gather quick cash from naïve investors and disappear just after.
such events have already become a daily routine in the turbulent world of the new klondike, exacerbating less frequent but highly detrimental weaknesses in crypto currencies that may wipe out few hundreds millions at once.
research and free online service to test mobile apps
high-tech bridge decided to analyze another attack vector on digital currencies and their proponents: mobile applications. for this purpose, we used our free online service mobile x-ray that performs dynamic, static and interactive testing or mobile applications for various vulnerabilities and weaknesses including owasp mobile top 10, as well as analyzes potential risks to user privacy.
we took the most popular crypto currency mobile applications from google play from the “finance” category and tested them for security flaws and design weaknesses that can endanger the user, his or her data stored on the device or send/received via the network, or the mobile device itself.
first 30 applications with up to 100,000 installations
93% of applications contained at least 3 medium-risk vulnerabilities
90% of applications contained at least 2 high-risk vulnerabilities
87% of applications were vulnerable mitm attacks exposing app data to interception
66% of applications contained hardcoded sensitive data including passwords or api keys
57% of applications were using functionality that can jeopardize user privacy
70% of applications did not have any hardening or protection of their backend (apis or web services)
80% of application were sending [potentially] sensitive data without any encryption over http
37% of applications were sending [potentially] sensitive data with weak or insufficient encryption
77% of applications were still using sslv3 or tls 1.0 banned by pci dss
44% of applications had backends (apis or web services) vulnerable to poodle vulnerability
100% of applications didn’t have any protection against reverse-engineering
the most popular vulnerabilities are (from owasp top 10):
m1 - improper platform usage
m5 - insufficient cryptography
m2 - insecure data storage
first 30 applications with up to 500,000 installations
66% of applications contained at least 3 medium-risk vulnerabilities
87% of applications contained at least 2 high-risk vulnerability
37% of applications were vulnerable mitm attacks exposing all data to interception
34% of applications contained hardcoded sensitive data including passwords or api keys
17% of applications were using functionality that can jeopardize user privacy
77% of applications did not have any hardening or protection of their backend (apis or web services)
37% of application were sending [potentially] sensitive data without any encryption over http
24% of applications were sending [potentially] sensitive data with weak or insufficient encryption
70% of applications were still using sslv3 or tls 1.0 banned by pci dss
14% of applications had backends (apis or web services) vulnerable to poodle vulnerability
100% of applications didn’t have any protection against reverse-engineering
the most popular vulnerabilities are (from owasp top 10):
m1 - improper platform usage
m2 - insecure data storage
m5 - insufficient cryptography
first 30 applications with over 500’000 installations
94% of applications contained at least 3 medium-risk vulnerabilities
77% of applications contained at least 2 high-risk vulnerability
17% of applications were vulnerable mitm attacks exposing all data to interception
44% of applications contained hardcoded sensitive data including passwords or api keys
66% of applications were using functionality that can jeopardize user privacy
94% of applications did not have any hardening or protection of their backend (apis or web services)
66% of application were sending [potentially] sensitive data without any encryption over http
50% of applications were sending [potentially] sensitive data with weak or insufficient encryption
94% of applications were still using sslv3 or tls 1.0 banned by pci dss
0% of applications had backends (apis or web services) vulnerable to poodle vulnerability
100% of applications didn’t have any protection against reverse-engineering
the most popular vulnerabilities are (from owasp top 10):
m1 - improper platform usage
m2 - insecure data storage
m5 - insufficient cryptography
conclusions and remediation
ilia kolochenko, ceo and founder of high-tech bridge, comments: “unfortunately, i am not surprised with the outcomes of the research. for many years, cybersecurity companies and independent experts were notifying mobile app developers about the risks of “agile” development that usually imply no framework to assure secure design, secure coding and hardening techniques or application security testing.
however, this is just the tip of the iceberg. a mobile app usually contains much less exploitable vulnerabilities than its backend. weakness in a mobile application may lead to breach of the mobile device or its data, while a vulnerable api on the backend - may allow attackers to steal the integrity of users’ data.
to minimize security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in mobile applications, developers should carefully plan and rigorously implement security and privacy from the early stages of development. internal and external application security testing is also critically important and should be performed on a regular basis. requirements of various regulations, such as gdpr, should also be assessed and duly implemented.”
at high-tech bridge, to facilitate the uneasy work of mobile application developers, we have launched the mobile x-ray free online service with sast, dast and iast capabilities for native and hybrid android and ios applications. our award-winning immuniweb® mobile provides the most comprehensive manual testing of mobile app and its backend, enhanced by our proprietary machine learning technology.
any of the applications used in the research, as well as any other applications, can be re-tested via our free service (no registration required).
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reɪz jʊr hænd ɪf meɪd ər rɛd ə ˌtuˈdu lɪst təˈdeɪ. naʊ reɪz jʊr ˈəðər hænd ɪf kəmˈplitɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ ɔf sɛd lɪst. teɪk noʊt ðət aɪ æm stɪl ˈtaɪpɪŋ bɪˈkəz aɪ hæv ə wɪrd, ˌsɪmbiˈɑtɪk riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ lɪsts: aɪ kriˈeɪt ðɛm, ðeɪ hɔnt mi, ðɛn aɪ əˈvɔɪd ðɛm baɪ ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈəðər lɪsts wi ɔl noʊ ðɛr ər lɪsts ənd ðɛn ðɛr ər lɪsts. ðə ˈfɔrmər ɪz ə ˌkəlməˈneɪʃən əv ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈpʊtɪŋ ɔf (mɔr ɔn ðət ˈleɪtər.) ðə ˈlætər ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls ðət rɪˈleɪt tɪ jʊr ˈpərsɪnəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz. frəm ə ˈtrɛndɪŋ ˈɑrtɪkəl tɪ ðə tɛn kəˈmændmənts, lɪsts ər soʊ ˌɪnˈgreɪnd ɪn ɑr lɪvz ənd ˈkəlʧər ðət ɪt bɛgz tɪ bi æst: ɑr dil wɪθ lɪsts? ɪn 2009 ˌɪˈtæljən fəˈlɑsəfər əmˈbɛrˌtoʊ ˈɛkoʊ kleɪmd lɪsts wər ˈɔrəʤən əv culture,”*,” ˈminɪŋ dɪˈrɛkli lɪŋkt tɪ ðə raɪz əv ɑrt ənd ˈlɪtərəʧər ɪn ˈjumən ˈhɪstəri. ju lʊk ɪn ˈkəlʧərəl ˈhɪstəri, ju wɪl faɪnd lists,”*,” hi sɛd. dɪz ˈkəlʧər wɔnt? tɪ meɪk ˌɪnˈfɪnɪti ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsəbəl. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ wɔnts tɪ kriˈeɪt order.”*.” soʊ noʊ səˈpraɪz ɪn ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl eɪʤ əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈoʊvərəˈbəndəns, wi lʊk tɪ lɪsts tɪ kriˈeɪt ə sɛns əv ˈɔrdər. waɪ ˈrəðər skɪm θru ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈtaɪtəld weɪz tɪ riˈvæmp jʊr relationship”*” ˈoʊvər ˈrɛdɪŋ ə hoʊl bʊk ɔn ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt. ənd ðə nu mərˈiə sɪz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ fil ˈgɪlti əˈbaʊt. ʃi əˈtrɪˌbjuts ɑr teɪst fər ˈɪntərˌnɛt lɪsts tɪ ðə fækt ðət ɑr breɪnz ˈnæʧərəli kreɪv əkˈwaɪərd data.”*.” ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈmidiə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, ə lɪst ɪz ˈpərfəktli dɪˈzaɪnd fər ɑr brain,”*,” ʃi raɪts. ər drɔn tɪ ɪt ˌɪnˈtuɪtɪvli, wi ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪt mɔr ɪˈfɪʃəntli, ənd wi rɪˈteɪn ɪt wɪθ ˈlɪtəl effort.”*.” kleɪmz ðət ˈɪntərˌnɛt lɪsts hæv fɔr ˈfæktərz ðət hɪt ɑr swit spot”*”: 1 ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz ər 2 ðə ˈsəbʤɪkts ər nɪʧ ənd ˈsɛlfkənˈteɪnd 3 ðə ˈɪnfoʊ ɪz ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd ɪn ə ˈvɪʒwəli ˈplɛzənt dɪˈzaɪn 4 ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪn ˈprɑməsəz əp frənt ɪgˈzæktli wət ənd haʊ məʧ ˈɪnfoʊ gɪt bət wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ lɪsts wi kriˈeɪt fər ɑrˈsɛlvz, ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd. θruaʊt ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn deɪ aɪ hæv maɪ ˈaɪˌfoʊn sɛt tɪ ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪ mi əv ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ nid tɪ du frəm naʊ ənˈtɪl dɛθ. ɛz ðə ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃənz kip ˈpɪŋɪŋ ənd θɪŋz ˈgɪtɪŋ krɔst ɔf ɛz fæst ɛz plænd, aɪ hæv tɪ kəm tɪ tərmz ðət aɪ hæv ðə taɪm nɔr ˈɛnərʤi tɪ ˈtækəl ɔl ðə θɪŋz maɪ lɪst ˈoʊvər wɪθ. soʊ waɪ du aɪ ˈivɪn ˈbɑðər?
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raise your hand if you’ve made or read a to-do list today. now raise your other hand if you’ve completed something off said list. take note that i am still typing .
that’s because i have a weird, symbiotic relationship with lists: i create them, they haunt me, then i avoid them by looking at other lists online—because we all know there are lists and then there are lists.
the former is a culmination of everything you’re putting off (more on that later.) the latter is almost anything else that doesn’t relate to your personal responsibilities. from a trending buzzfeed article to the ten commandments, lists are so ingrained in our lives and culture that it begs to be asked: what’s our deal with lists?
in 2009, italian philosopher umberto eco claimed lists were “the origin of culture,” meaning they’re directly linked to the rise of art and literature in human history. “wherever you look in cultural history, you will find lists,” he said. “what does culture want? to make infinity comprehensible. it also wants to create order.”
so no surprise in the digital age of information overabundance, we look to lists to create a sense of order. why i’d rather skim through an article titled “10 ways to revamp your relationship” over reading a whole book on the subject. and the new yorker’s maria konnikova says that’s nothing to feel guilty about. she attributes our taste for internet lists to the fact that our brains naturally crave “effortlessly acquired data.”
“in the current media environment, a list is perfectly designed for our brain,” she writes. “we are drawn to it intuitively, we process it more efficiently, and we retain it with little effort.”
konnikova claims that internet lists have four factors that hit our “attentional sweet spot”:
1. the headlines are eye-catching
2. the subjects are niche and self-contained
3. the info is organized in a visually pleasant design
4. the headline promises up front exactly what and how much info you’ll get
but when it comes to lists we create for ourselves, a little more complicated. throughout any given day i have my iphone set to notify me of everything i need to do from now until death. as the notifications keep pinging and things aren’t getting crossed off as fast as i’d planned, i have to come to terms that i have the time nor energy to tackle all the things my list runneth over with. so why do i even bother?
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baɪ ˈgɛrɪθ ˈfərstli ən ədˈmɪʃən ˈpərsənəli aɪ wɔnt 10 ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn nu ˈzilənd wɪʧ ɪz haʊ ˈmɛni ðə ˈkɑrənt reɪt əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən wɪl dɪˈlɪvər ɪn 40 jɪrz. wən əv ðə θɪŋz aɪ ləv əˈbaʊt ˈkəmɪŋ bæk hir frəm ˈoʊvərˈsiz ɪz ðə fækt ðət wi hæv soʊ məʧ speɪs. bət ðət ɪz ʤɪst maɪ ˈsɛlfɪʃ əˈpɪnjən, ənd ðɪs ɪz ə dɪˈmɑkrəsi. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd tɪ hir wət ˈəðər ˈpipəl θɪŋk ənd waɪ. səm ˈpipəl maɪt wɔnt 10 ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ˈlɪvɪŋ hir, tɪ ˈrɛkriˌeɪt səm əv ðə bəz ənd ˈkəlʧər ðət kən bi faʊnd ˈoʊvərˈsiz. ˈəðərz maɪt bi ˈhæpi tɪ hæv 10 ˈmɪljən, ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðeɪ ər ðə raɪt 10 ˈmɪljən ðət ɪz ˈpipəl ðət wɪl meɪk ɑr ˈkəntri ə ˈbɛtər pleɪs tɪ lɪv ɪn. ˈoʊnli ɪf ˈkɛrfəli ˈmænɪʤd dɪz ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈæˌkʧuəli lɪft ðə ˈɪnˌkəmz əv ˈpipəl ɪn ðə hoʊst ˈneɪʃən. ənd ˈivɪn ðɛn ðə ˈɛvədəns tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs ðə ˈifɛkt ɔn ɑr ˈɪnˌkəmz waɪl ˈpɑzətɪv, ɪz smɔl. ðət livz ˈplɛnti əv skoʊp fər ə ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ gɪt ɪt rɔŋ ənd ˈoʊpən ðə ˈspɪgət tɪ loʊ skɪld maɪˈgreɪʃən ðət dɪz ˈlɪtəl bət səˈprɛs weɪʤ groʊθ, reɪz ˌɪnɪkˈwɑləti ənd lɪft ˈævərɪʤ bət nɑt ˈmidiən ˈɪnˌkəmz. ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈlɛgəsi əv ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈgəvərnmənt. ənd dɪˈspaɪt ɪts bɪˈleɪtɪd əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə kˈwɑləti əv maɪˈgreɪʃən i.e*.; ðə ˈævərɪʤ skɪl ˈlɛvəl ðɛr ɪz ˈlɪtəl tɪ səˈʤɛst ðət ə ˈsɪriəs əˈtɛmpt həz bɪn meɪd tɪ stɑp ðə ˈpɑləsi. ˌɪnˈdid ʤɪst ə ˈkəpəl əv wiks əˈgoʊ ðə ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən plɛʤd tɪ mit ˈleɪbər ˈʃɔrtɪʤɪz baɪ ˈlɛtɪŋ ɪn mɔr ˈpipəl, ˈrəðər ðən ˈkaʊntənəns weɪʤ reɪts ˈraɪzɪŋ. haʊ ɔn ərθ ˈnæʃənəl ɪkˈspɛkts weɪʤ ˈərnərz tɪ du ˈbɛtər ˈəndər ɪts ˈpɑləsi rəˈʒim ɪz ə kˈwɛʃən nu ˈziləndərz nid tɪ æsk. ɛz ə ˈstrætəʤi, ˈsækrəˌfaɪsɪŋ kˈwɑləti fər kˈwɑntəti əv ˈmaɪgrənts ɪz ə ˈrɛsəpi fər dɪˈzæstər fər ðə moʊst ˈvəlnərəbəl ˈpipəl ɪn soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˈreɪzɪŋ ðə səˈplaɪ əv ðoʊz ˈpipəl wɪl səˈprɛs weɪʤ ˈlɛvəlz ənd wɪl ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ˈtækˌspeɪərz hæv tɪ peɪ mɔr ənd mɔr aʊt θru ˈwɛlˌfɛr ˈbɛnəfɪts səʧ ɛz ˈwərkɪŋ fər ˈfæməliz. maɪ kˈwɛʃən ɪz haʊ ɛls ər ɑr oʊn səˈpoʊzd tɪ ʃɛr ɪn ðə prɑˈspɛrəti ðət ɪz ˈɛvədənt ɪn ðə ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈnəmbərz? ɪt ɪz ˈhaɪli skɪld ˈwərkərz ðət kriˈeɪt wɛlθ ənd ðə ˈsunər ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈpɑləsi ðɪs truθ ðə ˈbɛtər. ðə kˈwɑntəti ˈmæntrə ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈpʊtɪŋ streɪn ɔn ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər, ɪt ɪz əˈkəmpənid baɪ kərˈəpʃən ɪn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈpræktɪsɪz. ðə ˈtrəbəlz fər ðə ˈfɔrən ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɛktər hæv ɔˈrɛdi bɪn wɛl ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd bət ˈfrikˌwɛnt ˌænɪkˈdoʊtəl ˈɛvədəns əraʊnd ˈʤɛnərəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈpræktɪsɪz ˈɔlsoʊ biɪŋ kərəpt ɛz ˈdɛspərɪt loʊ skɪld ˈfɔrən ˈwərkərz peɪ ɔf ɪmˈplɔɪərz tɪ ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ ðɛr ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈsæləriz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ mit ˈrɛzɪdənsi rɪkˈwaɪrmənts. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈrizən tɪ bɪˈliv ðə kərˈəpʃən ɪz riˈstrɪktɪd ˈoʊnli tɪ ðə ˈfɔrən ˈstudənt ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɛktər. ɪkˈspændɪŋ ðə saɪz əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi θru ˈstoʊkɪŋ ðə ˈnəmbərz əv ˈfɔrən ˈmaɪgrənts waɪl ðə ˌɪnɪkˈwɑləti gæp ɪz ˈwaɪdənd ˈivɪn ˈfərðər, ənd ðə ˈmɑdəstli peɪd ər træpt ɔn ˈweɪʤɪz bɪˈloʊ ðət ˌrikˈwaɪər tɪ lɪv ɔn, ɪz ə ˈkjʊriəs weɪ tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv nu zealanders’*’ lɪvz. ɪt ɪz əv kɔrs ə ˈstrætəʤi tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə ˈɪnˌkəmz əv səm æt ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv ˈəðərz ənd soʊ aɪ wʊd seɪ ɪt həz tɪ stɑp. æt ðə reɪt goʊɪŋ nu ˈzilənd wɪl bi ʧeɪnʤd fərˈɛvər, ðə θɪŋz wi ˈvælju səʧ ɛz biɪŋ ə smɔl bət soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ə lænd wɛr ɑr moʊst ˈprɛʃəs kəˈmɑdəti ɪz ˈpərsɪnəl speɪs ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl hɛlθ, ər biɪŋ ˈsækrəˌfaɪst æt ðə ˈɔltər əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk prɑˈspɛrəti fər səm. 10 ˈmɪljən nu ˈziləndərz baɪ mid-century*, wɪθ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən əv ðə sɔrt ˈspɑnsərɪŋ, ˈlivɪŋ ˈmɛni træpt ɪn loʊ peɪd ʤɑbz ɪz nɑt ə nu ˈzilənd ðət aɪ ˈkəvət. ɪn fækt ˈivɪn ɪf ˈmaɪgrənts brɪŋ skɪlz wɪθ ðɛm, ənd wi kən ˈoʊvərˌkəm ðə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˈɪʃuz, ðɛr ər stɪl proʊz ənd kɑnz tɪ kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ɑr ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˌɪnˈdɛfənətli. ðət ɪz waɪ ðə ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ˈpɑrti əˈgriz wɪθ ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ɪn ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈstrætəʤi. bət ə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈstrætəʤi həz tɪ bɪˈgɪn wɪθ ju ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ju wɔnt ˈlɪvɪŋ hir. ʤɪst ɪn ɑr oʊn ˈɔfəs ðə dɪˈspɛrəti əv vjuz ənd ˈrizənz ˈpipəl hæv fər ðɛr vju həz bɪn soʊ waɪd ðət ɪt tɛlz mi wi nid tɪ si wət ðə ˈpəblɪk θɪŋk, ˈwɛðər ˈɛni ˈkɑmən graʊnd aʊt ðɛr ɔn ðɪs. ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ɪz ðət wi ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli hæv tɪ hæv ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən groʊθ əv ˈɛniˌθɪŋ laɪk ðə ˈkɑrənt 2 pər jɪr ɪn ˈɔrdər fər ɑr pər ˈkæpɪtə ˈɪnˌkəmz tɪ bi ˈraɪzɪŋ ðeɪ ər ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈɪʃuz. ˈgɛrɪθ ˈmɔrgən ɪz ə ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn, ɪˈkɑnəmɪst, ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈmænɪʤər, ˈmoʊtər ˈsaɪkəl ədˈvɛnʧərər, ˈpəblɪk ˈkɑmənˌteɪtər ənd fɪˈlænθrəpɪst. hi həz ˈrisəntli ˈfaʊndɪd ðə ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ˈpɑrti wɪʧ ɪz kənˈtɛstɪŋ ðɪs jɪrz ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən. ðə tɔp ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈpɑləsi ɪz hir.
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by gareth morgan*
firstly an admission - personally i don’t want 10 million people living in new zealand which is how many the current rate of immigration will deliver in 40 years.
one of the things i love about coming back here from overseas is the fact that we have so much space.
but that is just my selfish opinion, and this is a democracy. i’m interested to hear what other people think and why.
some people might want 10 million people living here, to recreate some of the buzz and culture that can be found overseas. others might be happy to have 10 million, as long as they are the right 10 million that is people that will make our country a better place to live in.
only if carefully managed does immigration actually lift the incomes of people in the host nation. and even then the evidence tells us the effect on our incomes while positive, is small.
that leaves plenty of scope for a government to get it wrong and open the spigot to low skilled migration that does little but suppress wage growth, raise inequality and lift average but not median incomes. this is the legacy of the current government. and despite its belated attempts to improve the quality of migration i.e.; the average skill level there is little to suggest that a serious attempt has been made to stop the policy.
indeed just a couple of weeks ago the minister of immigration pledged to meet labour shortages by letting in more people, rather than countenance wage rates rising. how on earth national expects wage earners to do better under its policy regime is a question new zealanders need to ask.
as a strategy, sacrificing quality for quantity of migrants is a recipe for disaster for the most vulnerable people in society. raising the supply of those people will suppress wage levels and will ensure that taxpayers have to pay more and more out through welfare benefits such as working for families. my question is how else are our own modestly-paid supposed to share in the prosperity that is evident in the overall gdp numbers?
it is highly skilled workers that create wealth and the sooner the immigration policy rediscovers this truth the better. the quantity mantra is not only putting strain on infrastructure, it is accompanied by wall-to-wall corruption in immigration practices. the troubles for the foreign education sector have already been well documented but there’s frequent anecdotal evidence around general immigration practices also being corrupt as desperate low skilled foreign workers pay off employers to falsify their reported salaries in order to meet residency requirements. there is no reason to believe the corruption is restricted only to the foreign student education sector.
expanding the size of the economy through stoking the numbers of foreign migrants while the inequality gap is widened even further, and the modestly paid are trapped on wages below that require to live on, is a curious way to improve new zealanders’ lives. it is of course a strategy to improve the incomes of some at the expense of others and so i would say it has to stop.
at the rate we’re going new zealand will be changed forever, the things we value such as being a small but well-off society living in a land where our most precious commodity is personal space and environmental health, are being sacrificed at the altar of economic prosperity for some.
10 million new zealanders by mid-century, with immigration of the sort we’re sponsoring, leaving many trapped in low paid jobs is not a new zealand that i covet.
in fact even if migrants bring skills with them, and we can overcome the short-term infrastructure issues, there are still pros and cons to continuing to increase our population indefinitely. that is why the opportunities party agrees with economist shamubeel eaqub in calling for a population strategy.
but a population strategy has to begin with you deciding how many people you want living here. just in our own office the disparity of views and reasons people have for their view has been so wide that it tells me we need to see what the public think, whether there’s any common ground out there on this.
it’s important to appreciate is that we don’t necessarily have to have population growth of anything like the current 2% per year in order for our per capita incomes to be rising they are separate issues.
gareth morgan is a businessman, economist, investment manager, motor cycle adventurer, public commentator and philanthropist. he has recently founded the opportunities party which is contesting this year's general election. the top immigration policy is here.
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ðə ˈprɑvɪns ɪz ˈmuvɪŋ tɪ slæʃ fɛrz ɔn tərˈɑntoʊz ˈɛrˌpɔrt treɪn ənd meɪk ɪt mɔr əv ə kəmˈjutər ˈɔpʃən, ˈbækɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ðə "ˈprimiəm" ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəl əˈmɪd ˈmaʊntɪŋ kənˈsərn ðət ɪt ˈɪzənt əˈtræktɪŋ ɪˈnəf ˈraɪdərz. ðə gloʊb ənd meɪl həz ˈlərnɪd frəm ˈməltəpəl ˈsɔrsəz ðət ðə ʃɪft wʊd brɪŋ ðə beɪs fɛr naʊ sɛt æt tɪ 12 fər ˈpipəl wɪθ ə ˈprɛˌstoʊ fare-card*, ðə kɔst wʊd drɔp frəm 19 tɪ 9 ˈəndər ðə plæn, ˈraɪdərz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈjunjən ˈpɪrsən ɪkˈsprɛs (upx*) tɪ ˈtrævəl bɪtˈwin ðə θri ˈsteɪʃənz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈsɪti ənd nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ si ðɛr fɛrz dɪˈklaɪn, tɪ ðə seɪm praɪs ɛz ðə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪŋ goʊ fɛrz. æt lɛs ðən 6 ðɪs wʊd meɪk ɪt əˈbaʊt ˈdəbəl ðə kɔst əv ə tərˈɑntoʊ ˈtrænzɪt kəˈmɪʃən ˈtoʊkən. ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt "ɪts ə stɛp ɪn ðə raɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪn bət ɪts ˈsərtənli nɑt ɪˈnəf," sɛd ʤɛs bɛl, hɛd əv ðə ˈædvəkəsi grup ttcriders*, wɪʧ ɪz ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ðə treɪn tɪ hæv ðə seɪm fɛr ɛz ðə ttc*. "wi θɪŋk ɪt ʃʊd bi ɛz ʧip ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, bɪˈkəz wi nid ɛz ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ˈraɪdɪŋ ˈpəblɪk ˈtrænzɪt, ðæts ðə bɛst weɪ tɪ dil wɪθ kənˈʤɛsʧən." ðə nu kəmˈjutər fɛrz wʊd ˈænsər ə ki ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv ðə treɪn ðət ɪt ˈdəzənt hɛlp ðə ˈpipəl huz ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz ɪt rənz θru. ðə ˈkɪʧənər goʊ laɪn naʊ həz faɪv kəmˈjutər treɪnz, iʧ əv wɪʧ kən ˈkɛri əˈbaʊt ˈpipəl, ərˈaɪvɪŋ æt ˈjunjən ˈsteɪʃən bɪtˈwin 7 ənd 9 a.m*. ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt treɪnz ər sˈmɔlər, wɪθ speɪs fər ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt 350 ˈpipəl iʧ, bət rən mɔr ˈɔfən ðən kəmˈjutər treɪnz. ðə eɪt treɪnz bɪtˈwin 7 a.m*. ənd 9 a.m*. kʊd, ɪn ˈθɪri, ˌɪnˈkris ˈraɪdərˌʃɪp əˈlɔŋ ðət ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə rut baɪ əˈbaʊt ˌwənˈθərd ɪf ɔl ðə treɪnz wər fʊl. ðə ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən, hu wɑz nɑt əˈveɪləbəl fər ən ˈɪntərvˌju ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ, ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ənˈveɪl ðə nu fɛrz æt ən əˈnaʊnsmɛnt ˈtuzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun. æn mərˈi ˈaɪkɪnz, ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən fər ðə ˈriʤənəl ˈtrænzɪt ˈeɪʤənsi, rɪfˈjuzd tɪ kənˈfərm ðə spɪˈsɪfɪks əv ðə fɛr ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. "sɪns ɪt lɔnʧt læst ʤun, əp ɪkˈsprɛs həz bɪn ˈvɛri ˈpɑpjələr wɪθ ðə ˈpipəl hu juz ɪt ənd wi wɔnt mɔr ˈpipəl tɪ juz ɪt," ʃi sɛd ɪn ən ˈiˌmeɪl. ðə nu fɛrz ər ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ əˈpruvəl baɪ ðə bɔrd əv, wɪʧ wɪl hoʊld ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈmitɪŋ ˈtuzˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ. wɪθ ˈprɛʃər frəm kwinz pɑrk tɪ gɪt mɔr ˈpipəl ɔn ðə treɪn, ðeɪ ər nɑt ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ pʊʃ bæk. loʊ ˈraɪdərˌʃɪp ɔn ðə həz bɪˈkəm ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈhɛˌdeɪk fər ðə ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈlɪˌbərəlz. ðeɪ ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ɔn ˈbɪldɪŋ ðə treɪn ˈæftər ðə ˈpraɪvət ˈsɛktər ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ɪts ˈprɑspɛkts ˈdɪdənt lʊk gʊd ɪˈnəf, ənd hæv feɪst fɪrs ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm sɪns ɪt ˈstɑrtɪd ˈrənɪŋ læst ˈsəmər. ðə ˈprɑvɪns rɪˈteɪnd ðə ˈpraɪvət ˈsɛktərz ˈvɪʒən əv ə haɪɛnd treɪn ðət wʊd peɪ ɪts ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ kɔsts frəm ðə fɛr bɑks. tɪ breɪk ˈivɪn, ðə treɪn wʊd nid tɪ ˈkɛri əˈbaʊt ˈpipəl ə deɪ ənd, beɪst ɔn prɑˈʤɛkʃənz ˌbiˈfɔr ðə lɔnʧ, bɪˈlivd ðɪs wʊd teɪk θri tɪ faɪv jɪrz. ˈpəblɪk həz bɪn sloʊ, ðoʊ, ənd ðə treɪn həz bɪn ˈblidɪŋ ˈməni sɪns ɪt lɔnʧt. ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt "tɪ θɪŋk ðət ðɛr ər ɛz fju ɛz sɪks ˈpipəl [æt ə taɪm] ɔn ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt pis əv ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ðət kɔst ˈtækˌspeɪərz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə hæf ə ˈbɪljən ˈdɔlərz ɪz ˈrɪli ə ʃeɪm," sɛd prəˈgrɛsɪv kənˈsərvətɪv ənd ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˈkrɪtɪk ˈmaɪkəl ˈhɛrɪs. "ɪts ʤɪst ənˈfɔrʧənət ðət ðeɪv ˈteɪkən soʊ lɔŋ," hi ˈædɪd. "wiv bɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðɪs əp ˈɛvər sɪns ðeɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ðɪs. aɪ tɔkt əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪn kəˈmɪti, ðeɪ wər ˈædəmənt ðət ðeɪ wərənt goʊɪŋ tɪ riˈvɪzɪt ɪt ənˈtɪl æt list ə jɪr, ənd hir wi goʊ." fər mənθs, həz bɪn ˈplidɪŋ fər ðə ˈpəblɪk tɪ bi ˈpeɪʃənt, ˌɪnˈsɪstɪŋ ðət praɪs wɑz nɑt ˈhoʊldɪŋ bæk ˈraɪdərˌʃɪp ɔn ðə. bət ˈæftər ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈraɪzɪz ɪn ðə ˈərli mənθs, ˈraɪdərˌʃɪp drɑpt ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər ənd dɪˈsɛmbər tɪ əraʊnd ə deɪ, ˈprɑmptɪŋ kənˈsərnz æt ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ənd æt kwinz pɑrk. ə ˈfləri əv ˈspɛʃəl ˈɔfərz bɪˈgæn tɪ əˈpɪr. ə ˈdɪskaʊnt əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ du ə rɪˈtərn trɪp fər ðə praɪs əv ə ˈwənˈweɪ fɛr wɑz juzd taɪmz baɪ ʤæn. 19 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ, ðə læst deɪt fər wɪʧ ˈfɪgjərz ər ˈpəblɪkli əˈveɪləbəl. ənd ə pərˈmoʊʃən ˈɔfərɪŋ fri raɪdz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə lɔŋ ˈwiˌkɪnd ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ əˈtræktəd əˈbaʊt ˈpipəl, ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ haʊ məʧ ˈleɪtənt ˈɪntəˌrɛst ðɛr wɑz. ðə treɪn kɔst tɪ bɪld ənd wɑz ˈprɑməst ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈsɪtiz səkˈsɛsfəl bɪd fər ðə pæn æm geɪmz. ðiz geɪmz wər ˈtaʊtɪd, ɪn ðə lead-up*, ɛz ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl tɪ ðə treɪnz ˈərli səkˈsɛs. ə rɪˈpɔrt frəm kənˈsəltənts stɪr ˈdeɪviz gliv kɔld ðɛr prɑˈʤɛkʃənz "kənˈsərvətɪv ˈgɪvɪn ðə geɪmz ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2015 ʤɪst θri mənθs ˈæftər ˈoʊpənɪŋ." ðə geɪmz wər prɑˈʤɛktəd tɪ æd ˈpæsənʤərz pər deɪ tɪ ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈraɪdərˌʃɪp. ðə bust ˈdɪdənt məˈtɪriəˌlaɪz, wɪθ ðə treɪn ˈkɛriɪŋ ə ˈtoʊtəl ˈævərɪʤ əv əˈbaʊt ə deɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðət ˈpɪriəd.
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the province is moving to slash fares on toronto's airport train and make it more of a commuter option, backing away from the "premium" business model amid mounting concern that it isn't attracting enough riders.
the globe and mail has learned from multiple sources that the shift would bring the base fare -- now set at $27.50 -- to $12. for people with a presto fare-card, the cost would drop from $19 to $9.
under the plan, riders using the union pearson express (upx) to travel between the three stations within the city – and not going to the airport – would also see their fares decline, to the same price as the corresponding go fares. at less than $6, this would make it about double the cost of a toronto transit commission token.
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"it's a step in the right direction but it'srtainly not enough," said jess bell, head of the advocacy group ttcriders, which is calling for the train to have the same fare as the ttc. "we think it should be as cheap as possible, because we need as many people riding public transit, that's the best way to deal with congestion."
the new commuter fares would answer a key criticism of the train – that it doesn't help the people whose neighbourhoods it runs through. the kitchener go line now has five commuter trains, each of which can carry about 1,800 people, arriving at union station between 7 and 9 a.m. the airport trains are smaller, with space for only about 350 people each, but run more often than go's commuter trains. the eight upx trains between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. could, in theory, increase ridership along that section of the route by about one-third if all the trains were full.
the minister of transportation, who was not available for an interview monday evening, is expected to unveil the new fares at an announcement tuesday afternoon.
anne marie aikins, spokeswoman for the regional transit agency metrolinx, refused to confirm the specifics of the fare changes. "since it launched last june, up express has been very popular with the people who use it and we want more people to use it," she said in an e-mail.
the new fares are subject to approval by the board of metrolinx, which will hold a special meeting tuesday evening. with pressure from queen's park to get more people on the train, they are not expected to push back.
low ridership on the upx has become an increasing political headache for the ontario liberals. they insisted on building the train after the private sector decided its prospects didn't look good enough, and have faced fierce criticism since it started running last summer.
the province retained the private sector's vision of a high-end train that would pay its day-to-day costs from the fare box. to break even, the train would need to carry about 7,000 people a day and, based on projections before the launch, metrolinx believed this would take three to five years. public take-up has been slow, though, and the train has been bleeding money since it launched.
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"to think that there are as few as six people [at a time] on a significant piece of infrastructure that cost taxpayers almost a half a billion dollars is really a shame," said progressive conservative mpp and opposition transportation critic michael harris.
"it's just unfortunate that they've taken so long," he added. "we've been bringing this up ever since they started this. i talked about it in committee, they were adamant that they weren't going to revisit it until at least a year, and here we go."
for months, metrolinx has been pleading for the public to be patient, insisting that price was not holding back ridership on the upx. but after limited rises in the early months, ridership dropped in november and december to around 2,200 a day, prompting concerns at the agency and at queen's park. a flurry of special offers began to appear.
a discount allowing people to do a return trip for the price of a one-way fare was used 10,000 times by jan. 19, according to metrolinx, the last date for which figures are publicly available. and a promotion offering free rides during the long weekend earlier this month attracted about 40,000 people, highlighting how much latent interest there was.
the train cost $456-million to build and was promised as part of the city's successful bid for the pan am games.
these games were touted, in the lead-up, as fundamental to the train's early success. a report from consultants steer davies gleave called their first-year projections "conservative given the pan-am games in july 2015, just three months after opening." the games were projected to add 4,000 passengers per day to the regular ridership. the hoped-for boost didn't materialize, with the train carrying a total average of about 2,500 a day during that period.
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ə taɪm ˈteɪbəl ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪŋ ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn taɪm bɪtˈwin ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈsɪtiz əv ðə wərld ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊɪŋ ðɛr ˈdɪstəns frəm ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ɪn: 'ˈmɪʧəlz nu ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs, kənˈteɪnɪŋ mæps əv ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈkəntriz əv ðə wərld, plænz əv ˈsɪtiz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə., ɛmˈbreɪst ɪn kˈwɔrtoʊ mæps, ˈfɔrmɪŋ ə ˈsɪriz əv wən ˈhənərd ənd mæps ənd plænz, təˈgɛðər wɪθ ˈvæljəbəl stəˈtɪstɪkəl ˈteɪbəlz..' baɪ ˈsæmjul əˈgəstəs ˈmɪʧəl jr*, 1883 ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə baɪ ˈwɪljəm ˈbrædli. təˈbloʊ ɛt də ɪn 1834 təˈbloʊ ɛt də [ˈditeɪl] ðə ˈsoʊlər ˈsɪstəm. ˈθɪri əv ðə ˈsizənz. ɪn 1854 ˈnɔrðərn səˈlɛsʧəl ˈhɛmɪsˌfɪr. ˈsəðərn səˈlɛsʧəl ˈhɛmɪsˌfɪr. ɪn ɛz əˈbəv 1854 təˈbloʊ naturelle*: annelides*, crustaces*, arachnides*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ɪn 1834 təˈbloʊ naturelle*: annelides*, crustaces*, arachnides*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. (ˈditeɪl) təˈbloʊ də lɑ kriˈeɪʃən ʤur 1858 sɪk ɪn {ɛz əˈbəv} 1854 1874 "ˌɪnˈkludz ˈgræfɪk skeɪl. strits neɪmd, ˈfɛri rʊts ʃoʊn, ˈreɪˌlroʊdz, ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd, ənd təˈpɑgrəfi ʃoʊn baɪ hachures*. lændz ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd ɛz ərˈɪʤənəli ˈmɛˌdoʊ ər mɑrʃ, ər ˈwɔtər ɛz ʃoʊn ɛz meɪd (fɪld) lændz. ˌɪnˈkludz mænˈhætən ənd ðə brɑŋks ənd əˈʤeɪsənt ˈaɪləndz. ʃoʊz θri cross-sections*: əˈkrɔs ˈsɛntrəl pɑrk, frəm strit tɪ ˈbrʊklɪn haɪts, ənd frəm ˈhoʊboʊkən tɪ ˈbrʊklɪn." ˌʤiəˈlɑʤɪkəl mæp əv ðə steɪt əv ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə 1858 rɪˈgrɛtəbli, ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli ʧɑrt əˈməŋ ðə səˈlɛkʃən ɪn ðɪs poʊst fər wɪʧ ðə faɪl ˈwəzənt əˈveɪləbəl. ˈəpˌdeɪt naʊ ˌʤiəˈlɑʤɪkəl mæp əv ðə steɪt əv ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə [ˈditeɪl] ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv plænts ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə ɪn {ɛz əˈbəv} 1854 ˈistərn ənd ˈwɛstərn (tu ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈpeɪʤɪz ʤɔɪnd fər ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ) ɪn 1883 ɪn {ɛz əˈbəv} 1854 ***bi ʃʊr tɪ ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˈrɪvər dip ˈmaʊntən haɪ poʊst frəm læst jɪr fər lɑts mɔr kəmˈpærətɪv ˈgræfɪks frəm ðə "aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət wɪˈʧɛvər ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən aɪ geɪv ɪt tɪ wʊd lɑk ɪt əˈweɪ, pʊt ɪt ɔn ə ʃɛlf," hi sɪz, wɪθ maɪld ˌɪndɪgˈneɪʃən. "bət ʤɪst ðɛn ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi keɪm əˈlɔŋ ðət wʊd ɪˈneɪbəl mi tɪ pʊt ɪt ɔl əp ˈɔnˌlaɪn, ənd ɪt wɑz ˈɑbviəs ðət ðɪs wɑz ðə bɛst weɪ aɪ kʊd gɪv ɪt əˈweɪ tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk." 'ˈætləs ɛt də ɛt modernes*, də mythologie*, dɪ riˈlɪʤənz,, də fəˈzik, də geologie*, də naturelle*, də grammaire*, də..' baɪ ˌɔˈri duˈvæl,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈpɛrɪs baɪ ɛl houbloup*.: 'ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs əv ðə wərld: kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈəpwərdz əv ˈsɛvənti mæps. ɪnˈgreɪvd ɔn stil, ɪn ðə fərst staɪl əv ɑrt, baɪ ˈsɪdni hɔl, ˈwɪljəm juz, f.r.g.s*., &si. nu ɪˈdɪʃən. ɛmˈbreɪsɪŋ ɔl ðə ˈleɪtəst dɪˈskəvəriz əbˈteɪnd frəm ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsərˌveɪz ənd ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃənz, bʊks əv ˈrisənt ˈtrævəl, ənd ˈəðər ˈsɔrsəz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈpæsɪʤ dɪˈskəvərd baɪ h.m*. ʃɪp ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtər. wɪθ ˌɪntrəˈdəktəri ˈʧæptərz ɔn ðə ʤiˈɑgrəfi ənd stəˈtɪstɪks əv ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈkəntriz əv ðə wərld, ənd ə kəmˈplit ˈɪndɛks əv neɪmz' baɪ ˈædəm ˈʧɑrəlz blæk, ˈsɪdni hɔl ənd ˈwɪljəm juz,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈɛdənbəroʊ baɪ ə si blæk.: 'ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs əv ðə wərld: kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈəpwərdz əv ˈsɛvənti mæps...' baɪ ˈædəm ˈʧɑrəlz blæk, ˈsɪdni hɔl ənd ˈwɪljəm juz,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈɛdənbəroʊ baɪ ə si blæk.: 'ˈætləs ɛt də ɛt modernes*, də mythologie*, dɪ riˈlɪʤənz,, də fəˈzik, də geologie*, də naturelle*, də grammaire*, də baɪ ˌɔˈri duˈvæl,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈpɛrɪs baɪ ɛl ɪz ə prɪnt dɪˈpɪktɪŋ ɔl əv ˈjumən ˈhɪstəri frəm ðə taɪm əv kriˈeɪʃən 4693 ˈædəm iv; ðə greɪt fləd 3300) əp tɪ ðə deɪt əv ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən (baɪ eug*. pɪk, ˈpɛrɪs). vɪnˈjɛts əv hɪˈstɔrɪkəli sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈpipəl, ˈpleɪsɪz ənd ˈbɪldɪŋz ˌɛtˈsɛtərə ər əreɪnʤd əˈlɔŋ ðə ɑˈdeɪʃəs ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈmɪrərz ðə staɪl əv ə ˈsɪmələr ˈgræfɪkəl prɪnt baɪ ˈkoʊltən frəm 1842 [aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk ɪts ˈɔnˌlaɪn] ənd ɪz ɪn ðə seɪm ˈbɔlˌpɑrk ɛz ən 1836 ʧɑrt baɪ ˈɛmə ˈwɪlərd si hir ).ðə dɪˈzaɪnər həz ɪmˈplɔɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ əv ə ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkəl dɪˈspleɪ ʧɔɪs: ər pərˈzɛnəd ɛz ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈrɪvərz ðə wɪdθs ˈlaɪkli ˌɪmˈplaɪ ðə kəmˈpærətɪv ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈlɛvəl əv iʧ grup ˈvərsəz ðə wərldz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wɪʧ 'floʊ' daʊn θru əv ðə wərld ɪgˈzɪbɪtɪŋ ɪts ʧif ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈfiʧərz. kərənts əv ðə ˈoʊʃən &si. ˌɛθnəˈgræfɪk ʧɑrt əv ðə wərld ðə ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ənd vərˈaɪətiz əv ðə ˈjumən reɪs.: 'ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs əv ðə wərld: kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈəpwərdz əv ˈsɛvənti mæps...' baɪ ˈædəm ˈʧɑrəlz blæk, ˈsɪdni hɔl ənd ˈwɪljəm juz,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈɛdənbəroʊ baɪ ə si ˈætləs əv ðə ˈsɪti əv nu jɔrk ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈænɛkst ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri. ʃoʊɪŋ ərˈɪʤənəl ˈwɔtər ˈkɔrsɪz ənd meɪd lænd. klɪk hir fər ə ˈvɛri lɑrʤ ˈvərʒən ðə ˈvərʒən æt ðə sɔrs saɪt ɪz tu ər θri taɪmz ɛz lɑrʤ əˈgɛn: ðə faɪl ɪz wɪʧ ˈkɑnvərts tɪ ə 270 faɪl--> sɔrs əˈnəðər prɪnt, prəˈdust baɪ ʤeɪ bin ɛl vil mæp əv ðə steɪt əv ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, kənˈstrəktɪd frəm ərˈɪʤənəl ˈsərˌveɪz meɪd bɪtˈwin ðə jɪrz 1836 ənd 1857 ˈəndər ðə əv ˈhɛnri di. ˈrɑʤərz, steɪt ʤiˈɑləʤəst. tɪ əˈkəmpəni ðə ˈfaɪnəl rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ðə ˌʤiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈsərˌveɪ əv ðə steɪt 1858 ˈɛnərd ...baɪ ˈhɛnri di. ˈrɑʤərz ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə. ɪnˈgreɪvd baɪ ˈdəbəlju. a.k*. ˈʤɑnstən ˈdɪfərənt rɪˈfər tɪ ðə ˈvɛriəs ˌʤiəˈlɑʤɪkəl taɪps (koʊl greɪ ʃeɪdz fər ˈɪnstəns). ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ʧɑrt ˌɪnˈkludz ˌʤiəˈlɑʤɪkəl vjuz əv ˈnumərəs lænd ðə ˈɪmɪʤ frəm ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ˈsaɪdˌbɑr hir soʊ, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ju kən klɪk θru tɪ ə ˈfɛrli lɑrʤ ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɪmɪʤ əˈbəv, ɪts nɑt ˈrɪli bɪg ɪˈnəf tɪ vju ðə ˈditeɪlz ɛz wɛl ɛz wən maɪt laɪk [bət ðeɪ wɪl bi ɪf ju goʊ ənd græb ðə {ɪˈnɔrmɪs}!].: 'ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs əv ðə wərld: kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈəpwərdz əv ˈsɛvənti mæps...' baɪ ˈædəm ˈʧɑrəlz blæk, ˈsɪdni hɔl ənd ˈwɪljəm juz,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈɛdənbəroʊ baɪ ə si vɔn ərˈɪʤənəl (ənd ɪkˈsɛpʃənəli ˈklɛvər, fər ðə taɪm) bəˈtænɪkəl ˌɛləˈveɪʃən ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən mæp əv ˈɛkwəˌdɔrz maʊnt əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə fərst ˈdɛkeɪd əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri [si: hir hir ənd ˈwɪˌki ˈhəmˌboʊlt ɪz ðə fərst əv maɪ ˈhɪroʊz tɪ bi ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn ðɪs poʊst.]: 'ˈmɪʧəlz nu ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs, kənˈteɪnɪŋ mæps əv ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈkəntriz əv ðə wərld, plænz əv ˈsɪtiz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə., ɛmˈbreɪst ɪn kˈwɔrtoʊ mæps, ˈfɔrmɪŋ ə ˈsɪriz əv wən ˈhənərd ənd mæps ənd plænz, təˈgɛðər wɪθ ˈvæljəbəl stəˈtɪstɪkəl ˈteɪbəlz..' baɪ ˈsæmjul əˈgəstəs ˈmɪʧəl jr*,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə baɪ ˈwɪljəm ˈɪnˌsɛt drɔɪŋz æt ðə tɔp ʃoʊɪŋ kəmˈpærətɪv ˈrɪvər lɛŋθs ənd ˈmaʊntən haɪts pləs ˈɪnˌsɛt gloʊb mæps əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈmæsɪz əv ˈwɔtər ənd dɪˈpɪkʃənz əv ðə ˈsəðərn ənd ˈnɔrðərn æt ðə ðə drɔɪŋ ʃoʊɪŋ ðə kəmˈpærətɪv lɛŋθs əv ˈrɪvərz ənd haɪts əv ˈmaʊntənz ˈwərldˈwaɪd. ðə fərst tɛkst peɪʤ ɪn ðɪs ˈvɑljum həz ðə ˈlɛʤənd fər ðɪs ʃit.: 'ˈʤɛnərəl ˈætləs əv ðə wərld: kənˈteɪnɪŋ ˈəpwərdz əv ˈsɛvənti mæps...' baɪ ˈædəm ˈʧɑrəlz blæk, ˈsɪdni hɔl ənd ˈwɪljəm juz,; ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈɛdənbəroʊ baɪ ə si blæk. ðə ˈdeɪvɪd ˈrəmzi mæp kəˈlɛkʃən həz naʊ bɪn ˈɔnˌlaɪn fər tɛn jɪrz. ðə əˈbəv səˈlɛkʃən frəm ðə ˈleɪtəst bæʧ əv məˈtɪriəl ˈəˌploʊdɪd tɪ ðə saɪt ˈrəmzi ɪz ən ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈhɪroʊ əv ðə fərst ˈɔrdər. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə səkˈsɛs əv hɪz ˈbɪznɪs hi wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ əˈfɔrd tɪ ˌɪnˈdəlʤ hɪz ˈleɪtənt ˈɪntəˌrɛst fər ɔl θɪŋz ənd hi əˈsɛmbəld ə ˈmæsɪv kəˈlɛkʃən əv mɔr ðən maɪt hæv bɪn ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈstɔri: rɪʧ dud spɛnz ˈməni ɔn ˈsikrɪt ˈpæʃən ɪn əbˈskjʊrəti. bət ˈrəmzi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ʃɛr hɪz kəˈlɛkʃən wɪθ ðə wərld ənd mɪr doʊˈneɪʃən əv hɪz mæps ənd ˈætləsɪz tɪ ə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt riˈpɑzəˌtɔri ˈdɪdənt sim laɪk ɪt wʊd ˈfʊli ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ hɪz mægˈnænəməs ˈərʤɪz. frəm ə faɪv jɪr oʊld ˈɪntərvˌju ɔn ðə saɪt həz bɪn ɪn kənˈtɪnjuəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt sɪns. ˈɛvəri naɪn ər twɛlv mənθs ə nu kæˈʃeɪ əv mæps ɪz ˈædɪd ənd ðə dɪˈlɪvəri ˈsɪstəm həz bɪn ˈəpˌgreɪdɪd ənd tɪ ə pɔɪnt wɛr ðə saɪt ˈɔfərz ən ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl ˈmɑdəl fər haʊ ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl kəˈlɛkʃənz kən bi ˈhoʊstɪd ənd sərvd ɪn ˈməltəpəl ˈfɔrˌmæts ɪn ə ˈvɛri ɪt goʊz ðət ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˌɪnˈkɑrˈneɪʃən əv ðə saɪt ɪz naʊ lɪv ənd ɪz ʤɔɪnd baɪ ə nu blɔg (hɪrz ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt poʊst əˈbaʊt ðə ˈnuli əˈveɪləbəl məˈtɪriəl) təˈgɛðər wɪθ ə tˈwɪtər fid ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ
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a time table indicating the difference in time between the principal cities of the world and also showing their air-line distance from washington.
in: 'mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the world, plans of cities, etc., embraced in ninety-three quarto maps, forming a series of one hundred and forty-seven maps and plans, together with valuable statistical tables..' by samuel augustus mitchell jr, 1883; published in philadelphia by wm bradley.
tableau d'astronomie et de sphère
in
1834
tableau d'astronomie et de sphère [detail]
the solar system. theory of the seasons.
in
1854
northern celestial hemisphere. southern celestial hemisphere.
in
{ as above }
1854
tableau d'histoire naturelle: annelides, crustaces, arachnides, etc.
in
1834
tableau d'histoire naturelle: annelides, crustaces, arachnides, etc. (detail)
tableau de l'histoire universelle depuis la creation jusqu'a ce jour
1858
sic
in
{as above}
1854
1874
"includes graphic scale. streets named, ferry routes shown, railroads, streamcourses designated, and topography shown by hachures. lands designated as originally meadow or marsh, or water as shown as made (filled) lands. includes manhattan and the bronx and adjacent islands. shows three cross-sections: across central park, from 50th street to brooklyn heights, and from hoboken to brooklyn."
geological map of the state of pennsylvania
1858
regrettably, this is the only chart among the selection in this post for which the mrsid file wasn't available.
update
now
geological map of the state of pennsylvania [detail]
humboldt's distribution of plants in equinoctial america
in
{as above}
1854
eastern and western hemispheres (two separate pages joined for this image)
in
1883
in
{as above}
1854
***be sure to check out the river deep mountain high post from last year for lots more comparative graphics from the 19th century.***
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carto-curios
"i realized that whichever institution i gave it to would lock it away, put it on a shelf," he says, with mild indignation. "but just then the technology came along that would enable me to put it all up online, and it was obvious that this was the best way i could give it away to the public."
: 'atlas universel d'histoire et de geographie anciennes et modernes, de mythologie, des religions, d'astronomie, de physique, de geologie, de histoire naturelle, de grammaire, de rhetorique..' by henri duval,; published in paris by l houbloup.: 'general atlas of the world: containing upwards of seventy maps. engraved on steel, in the first style of art, by sidney hall, william hughes, f.r.g.s., &c. new edition. embracing all the latest discoveries obtained from government surveys and expeditions, books of recent travel, and other sources, including the north-west passage discovered by h.m. ship investigator. with introductory chapters on the geography and statistics of the various countries of the world, and a complete index of 65,000 names' by adam & charles black, sidney hall and william hughes,; published in edinburgh by a & c black.: 'general atlas of the world: containing upwards of seventy maps...' by adam & charles black, sidney hall and william hughes,; published in edinburgh by a & c black.: 'atlas universel d'histoire et de geographie anciennes et modernes, de mythologie, des religions, d'astronomie, de physique, de geologie, de histoire naturelle, de grammaire, de rhetorique &..' by henri duval,; published in paris by l houbloupthis is a fold-out print depicting all of human history from the time of creation (4693 bc = adam & eve; the great flood = 3300 bc) up to the date of publication (by eug. pick, paris). vignettes of historically significant people, places and buildings etc are arranged along the borders.this audacious document mirrors the style of a similar graphical print by colton from 1842 [i don't think it's online] and is in the same ballpark as an 1836 chart by emma willard ( see here ).the designer has employed something of a metaphorical display choice: civilisations are presented as a series of rivers -- the widths likely imply the comparative population level of each group versus the world's population -- which 'flow' down through history.chart of the world exhibiting its chief physical features. currents of the ocean &c. ethnographic chart of the world shewing () the distribution and varieties of the human race.: 'general atlas of the world: containing upwards of seventy maps...' by adam & charles black, sidney hall and william hughes,; published in edinburgh by a & c black.topographical atlas of the city of new york including the annexed territory. showing original water courses and made land. click here for a very large version - the version at the source site is two or three times as large again: the downloadable mrsid file is ~50mb which converts to a 270+ mb jpeg file--> source another stand-alone print, produced by j bien & el viele in(by photolithography).'geological map of the state of pennsylvania, constructed from original surveys made between the years 1836 and 1857, under the superintendence of henry d. rogers, state geologist. to accompany the final report on the geological survey of the state 1858. entered ...by henry d. rogers ... pennsylvania. engraved by w. & a.k. johnston edinburgh.'the different colours refer to the various geological types (coal = grey shades for instance). the bottom of the chart includes cross-sectional geological views of numerous land tracts.6.1.10 - the mrsid image isavailable from the bottom of the sidebar here ] so, although you can click through to a fairly large original image above, it's not really big enough to view the details as well as one might like [but they will be if you go and grab the {enormous} mrsid!].: 'general atlas of the world: containing upwards of seventy maps...' by adam & charles black, sidney hall and william hughes,; published in edinburgh by a & c black.alexander von humboldt's original (and exceptionally clever, for the time) botanical elevation distribution map of ecuador's mount chimborazo appeared in the first decade of the 19th century [see: here here and wiki . humboldt is the first of my heroes to be mentioned in this post.]: 'mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the world, plans of cities, etc., embraced in ninety-three quarto maps, forming a series of one hundred and forty-seven maps and plans, together with valuable statistical tables..' by samuel augustus mitchell jr,; published in philadelphia by wm bradley.includes inset drawings at the top showing comparative river lengths and mountain heights plus inset globe maps of the greatest masses of water and depictions of the southern and northern hemispheres at the the bottom.tinted drawing showing the comparative lengths of rivers and heights of mountains worldwide. the first text page in this volume has the legend for this sheet.: 'general atlas of the world: containing upwards of seventy maps...' by adam & charles black, sidney hall and william hughes,; published in edinburgh by a & c black. the david rumsey map collection has now been online for ten years. the above selection ofis from the latest batch of material uploaded to the site rumsey is an internet hero of the first order. following the success of his business he was able to afford to indulge his latent interest for all things cartographic and he assembled a massive collection of more than 150,000 items.that might have been the end of the story: rich dude spends money on secret passion in obscurity. but rumsey wanted to share his collection with the world and mere donation of his maps and atlases to a document repository didn't seem like it would fully satisfy his magnanimous urges. from a five year old interview on sfgate the site has been in continual development since. every nine or twelve months a new cache of maps is added and the delivery system has been upgraded and optimised to a point where the site offers an exceptional model for how large-scale digitisation collections can be hosted and served in multiple formats in a very user-friendly manner.so it goes that the most recent incarnation of the site is now live and is joined by a new blog (here's the announcement post about the newly available material) together with a twitter feed and facebook page
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fænz əv ˈpɔrtəl ənd kən stɑrt ˈgɪtɪŋ ɪkˈsaɪtɪd: ˈmuviz beɪst ɔn ðiz ˌaɪˈkɑnɪk ˈpiˈsi geɪmz ər ɪn ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ. j.j*. ˈeɪbrəmz kənˈfərmd ɛz məʧ ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju əˈbaʊt hɪz fɪlm 10 leɪn, ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi ˈɔfər ˈɛni ˈɛkstrə ˈditeɪlz əˈbaʊt ˈiðər nu ˈmuvi. wɔʧ aʊt, ðoʊ, səm ˈspɔɪlərz əˈbaʊt abrams’*’ ˈəðər ˈprɑʤɛkts ˈfɑloʊ bɪˈloʊ. mɪs: haʊ tɪ si ɪgˈzæktli haʊ məʧ ˈməni spɛnt æt ˈæməˌzɑn ɪn jʊr laɪf wɪn æst ˈeɪbrəmz əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər hi hæd ˈɛni ˈstætəs ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd ˈpɪkʧərz, hi sɛd hi ˈrɪli tɛl ɪn development…*… ənd gɑt ˈraɪtərz, ənd ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn boʊθ ðoʊz ˈstɔriz. bət ˈnəθɪŋ ðət wʊd bi ən ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ update.”*.” ɛz riˈmaɪndz ˈjuˈɛs, j.j*. ˈeɪbrəmz wɪθ geɪb nuəl æt daɪs 2013 fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmuviz beɪst ɔn ˈpɔrtəl ənd, bət ˈɔlsoʊ geɪmz. ɪt lʊks laɪk stɪl goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv tɪ weɪt fər ðɛm tɪ əraɪv. əv noʊt ɪz ðət 10 dɪˈrɛktər dæn ˈtræktənbərg dɪd meɪk ən ˌɪmˈprɛʃən wɪθ ə ˈprɑʤɛkt, ðə ˈpɔrtəl: noʊ ɪˈskeɪp ʃɔrt. bət ðə ˈmuvi lɪŋkt tɪ abrams’*’ ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈpɔrtəl ˈmuvi. ðə feɪmd ˈɔlsoʊ tɔkt əˈbaʊt 10 leɪn ənd stɑr wɔrz: ðə fɔrs əˈweɪkənz ɪn ðə ʃɔrt ˈɪntərvˌju. hi rɪˈvild ðət 10 leɪn maɪt bi pɑrt əv ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈbɪgər ənd ðət ðɛr meɪ bi əˈdɪʃənəl ˈstɔriz beɪst ɔn ðət ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈjunəˌvərs. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, hi ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ kɪl hɑn ˈsoʊˌloʊ ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv stɑr wɔrz tɪ bɪld ə ˈstrɔŋgər rɛn ˈkɛrɪktər.
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fans of portal and half-life can start getting excited: movies based on these iconic pc games are in the making. j.j. abrams confirmed as much in an interview about his film 10 cloverfield lane, although he didn’t offer any extra details about either new movie.
watch out, though, some spoilers about abrams’ other projects follow below.
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when ign asked abrams about whether he had any status updates onportal and half-life pictures, he said he can’t really tell “but they’re in development… and we’ve got writers, and we’re working on both those stories. but nothing that would be an exciting update.”
as ign reminds us, j.j. abrams partnered with gabe newell at dice 2013 for making movies based on portal and half-life, but also games. it looks like we’re still going to have to wait for them to arrive.
of note is that 10 cloverfield lane’s director dan trachtenberg did make an impression with a portal-related project, the portal: no escape short. but the movie isn’t linked to abrams’ upcoming portal movie.
the famed director/producer also talked about 10 cloverfield lane and star wars: the force awakens in the short interview. he revealed that 10 cloverfield lane might be part of something bigger and that there may be additional stories based on that particular universe.
furthermore, he explained that he decided to kill han solo in the latest episode of star wars to build a stronger kylo ren character.
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ðə ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvər ənd ðə ˈdɔktər ɑrˈmɑndoʊ ɪz ə ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvər. ˈɔlsoʊ əˈməŋ rɪʧ, ənd nɑt bɪˈkəz hi ˌɪnˈhɛrətɪd ˈɛni ˈməni. aɪ bəmp ˈɪntu ɑrˈmɑndoʊ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz ˈsɛntrəl həˈvænə əˈpɑrtmənt æt dəsk ɔn ə wɔrm ˈsənˌdi. hi həz stɛpt aʊt tɪ hæv ə drɪŋk əv ˌhaɪkˈwɑləti ˈeɪʤɪd rəm waɪl ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈivnɪŋ briz. bɪn ˈdraɪvɪŋ ə ˈtæksi fər 15 jɪrz," hi sɪz wɪθ praɪd, ˈsɪpɪŋ hɪz rəm wɪθ ən ɛr əv prɛˈstiʒ nɑt ˈnɔrməli ʃoʊn baɪ ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvərz. hi goʊz ɔn tɪ tɛl mi əv hɪz jɪrz ˈdraɪvɪŋ ə ˈtæksi hi ˈrɛntɪd frəm ðə ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈæftər ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz, wɪθ ə smɔl loʊn frəm ə ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbər, ɑrˈmɑndoʊ bɔt ə ˈjɛloʊ ˈtæksi, əbˈteɪnd wən əv ðə fju ˈpraɪvət ˈlaɪsənsɪz əˈveɪləbəl ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, ənd bɪˈgæn ˈmeɪkɪŋ bɪg bəks. "aɪ hæv tɪ peɪ 20 pər deɪ ɪn ˈtæksɪz. bət ˈæftər ðət, ɔl ðə ˈməni goʊz streɪt tɪ mi." ɑrˈmɑndoʊ həz tæpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈhɑtəst ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn ˈkjubə frəm wɪʧ tɪ ˈɛkˌstrækt hɪz ˈfɔrʧən: ˈtʊˌrɪzəm. hi kən ʧɑrʤ bɪtˈwin 20 ənd 25 pər raɪd tɪ ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt. duɪŋ ðət ə fju taɪmz pər deɪ pləs səm raɪdz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈsɪti pʊts ɪm æt əraʊnd pər mənθ ɪn ˈprɑfɪts, ˈoʊvər 30 taɪmz mɔr ðən ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈmənθli peɪ əv əraʊnd 45 "aɪ lɪv gʊd hir, ənd aɪ hæv noʊ ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən əv ˈlivɪŋ," boʊsts ɑrˈmɑndoʊ, ɪn wən əv ðə rɛr ˈmoʊmənts ðət ˈsəmˌwən tɔks tɪ mi wɪθ noʊ kəmˈpleɪnts əˈbaʊt ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈkjubə. hɪz ɪnˈtaɪər ˈfæməli həz ˈɛməˌgreɪtɪd tɪ maɪˈæmi, bət hi həz noʊ dɪˈzaɪər tɪ ˈfɑloʊ. "ˈkjubə ɪz seɪf. ju si raɪt ðɛr?" hi sɪz, ˈpɔɪntɪŋ tɪ ə ˈlæmˌpoʊst əˈkrɔs ðə strit. "ðɛr ər faɪv sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkæmərəz ʤɪst ɔn ðət wən poʊst, wɪθ pəˈlis ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ˈɛvəri wən, 24 aʊərz ə deɪ. ju θɪŋk ˈɛvər gɪt rɑbd wɪθ ðət kaɪnd əv sɪˈkjʊrəti?" hi nid ən ˈænsər. hi kənˈtɪnjuz, "ɪf ðɪs wər ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, ə ˈrɑbər wʊd pɑp aʊt raɪt naʊ wɪθ ə gən ðɪs bɪg ənd stɪk ɪt ɪn jʊr saɪd ənd stil ðət ˈkæmərə ɪn ən ˈɪnstənt. bət nɑt hir. waɪ wʊd ˈɛniˌwən liv ˈkjubə?" ðə ki tɪ səkˈsɛs ɪˈkɑnəmi wərks ɛz ə ˈsɛntrəl ˈplænɪŋ ˈmɑdəl, wɛr ˈgəvərnmənt ˈmɪnɪstriz doʊl aʊt ˈrisɔrsɪz ənd sɛt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ frəm ˈpraɪsɪz tɪ ˌɪnvənˈtɔriz tɪ ˈsæləriz. ðə fækt ðət ə ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvər kən meɪk soʊ məʧ mɔr ðən ə fəˈzɪʃən ɪz ə rɪˈflɛkʃən əv ðə ˈkjubən ˈhɛvi ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈtʊˌrɪzəm. fər jɪrz, ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈplænɪŋ ˌæpərˈætəs həz ˈvæljud ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ɛz ə ki ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm fər boʊθ ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ɪn ˈrɛvəˌnu ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈprɑpəˌgeɪtɪŋ ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ˈkjubə ɪz θˈraɪvɪŋ. ˈmɛni ˈpeɪsoʊz ər kəˈlɛktəd baɪ ðə haɪ ˈpraɪsɪz ɔn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðə ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ˈɪndəstri. ə wɔk θru oʊld həˈvænə rɪˈvilz ðə fruts əv ðɪs ˈfoʊkɪs: oʊld ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər ɪz rɪˈstɔrd, ˈtrɛndi ˈvɛnuz ər ˈhəmɪŋ wɪθ ˈpipəl ənd ˈælkəˌhɑl, ənd, ˈləki fər ɑrˈmɑndoʊ, ˈtæksiz ər əˈbəndənt, ðɛr ˈpraɪsɪz ˈhəvərɪŋ əraʊnd ˈtɪpɪkəl reɪts ər haɪər. ðɪs minz lɑts əv tæks ˈməni fər ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd lɑts əv ˈprɑfɪts fər ɑrˈmɑndoʊ. ðɛr ər ˈəðər weɪz tɪ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt ˈdɑktərz ˈivɪn wɪθ ðə ˈkləmzi ˈpraɪsɪŋ skimz əv ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈsɪstəm, ˈkjubənz hæv dɪˈvɛləpt ɔlˈtərnətɪv weɪz əv ˈvæljuɪŋ ðə ˈhaɪli skɪld. "təˈmɑˌroʊ goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈdɔktər bɪˈkəz maɪ ˈkɪdniz hæv bɪn ˈhərtɪŋ bɪˈkəz aɪ sɪt soʊ məʧ ɪn ðə kɑr," sɪz ɑrˈmɑndoʊ, ˈspikɪŋ ə ˈlɪtəl ˈlaʊdər ənd mɔr ˈkændɪdli naʊ ðət ðə rəm həz hɪt hɪz bləd. "aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ ʃoʊ əp wɪθ ə frɛʃ ˈbɑtəl əv ə faɪn ˈlɪkər ˈəndər maɪ koʊt ənd wɪn aɪ gɪt ðɛr aɪ wɪl flæʃ ɪt tɪ ðə ˈdɔktər. ðə ˈdɔktər wɪl ðɛn kɔl mi ɪn ˈsunər ðən ˈleɪtər, ənd aɪ wɪl ˈprɛzənt ɪm wɪθ ðɪs ‘‘regalito*' [ˈlɪtəl gɪft]. ɪn rɪˈtərn hi wɪl du ə gʊd ʤɑb ɔn mi." ɑrˈmɑndoʊ kleɪmz ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈdɔktər wɪˈθaʊt ə "regalito*" ɪz ˈæskɪŋ fər ˈlɔŋgər weɪt taɪmz ənd ə ˈhæfˌhɑrtɪd ʤɑb baɪ ðə ˈdɔktər. "ðæts haʊ wi du θɪŋ 'ə loʊ cubano*,'" hi sɪz, ˈɛkoʊɪŋ ə ˈkæˌʧɔl freɪz ðət ˈkæpʧərz ˈɛvəri ˌɪdioʊˌsɪnˈkrætɪk fɔrm əv kərˈəpʃən ðət həz ˈimərʤd ɪn ðə ˈkjubə əv ðə castros*. ðə ˈɛksədəs əv skɪld ˈleɪbər ˈrɛlətɪvli haɪ ˈɪnˌkəm ənd ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈbækwərdnəs kənˈteɪnd ðɛˈrɪn hɛlpt ʃɛd laɪt ɔn ə kˈwɛʃən aɪ hæv rən ˈɪntu sɪns aɪ əraɪvd hir. aɪ goʊ tɪ ˈpleɪsɪz ənd æsk ðə ˈwərkərz ɪf "bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ðɪs fər ə lɔŋ taɪm." səm hæd. ˈəðərz wʊd ˌriˈkaʊnt ðɛr pæst laɪf ɛz ə ˈhaɪli skɪld hu lɛft ðət laɪf fər ə haɪər ˈsæləri duɪŋ rɪˈmidiəl wərk. ɛdˈwɑrdoʊ juzd tɪ bi ə məˈkænɪkəl ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr; naʊ hi kʊks æt wən əv fju ˈpraɪvət ˈrɛˌstrɑnts. ləˈzɑroʊ juzd tɪ bi ən ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsaɪəntɪst ənd naʊ ˌɪˈligəli sərvz aɪs krim ɪn ðə strit. ˈkɑrloʊs juzd tɪ bi ən ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skul ˈtiʧər ənd naʊ weɪts ˈteɪbəlz æt ə ˈtʊrɪst ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ɪn ˈsɛntrəl həˈvænə. ənd wɑz ə prəˈfɛsər əv ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈsaɪənsɪz fər ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈkædəmi ənd naʊ wɔks ðə strits ˌɪˈligəli ˈsɛlɪŋ ˈfeɪdɪd ˈkɑpiz əv ðə ˈkjubən ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən. ðɪs ɪz haʊ ju sərˈvaɪv "ə loʊ cubano*."
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the taxi driver and the doctor
armando is a 34-year-old taxi driver. he’s also among havana’s rich, and not because he inherited any money. i bump into armando outside his central havana apartment at dusk on a warm sunday. he has stepped out to have a drink of high-quality aged rum while taking in the evening breeze. "i’ve been driving a taxi for 15 years," he says with pride, sipping his rum with an air of prestige not normally shown by taxi drivers. he goes on to tell me of his years driving a taxi he rented from the government. after several years, with a small loan from a family member, armando bought a yellow taxi, obtained one of the few private licenses available in the country, and began making big bucks.
"i have to pay $20 per day in taxes. but after that, all the money goes straight to me." armando has tapped into the hottest market in cuba from which to extract his fortune: tourism. he can charge between $20 and $25 per ride to the airport. doing that a few times per day plus some rides within the city puts him at around $1,500 per month in profits, over 30 times more than the average physician’s monthly pay of around $45.
"i live good here, and i have no intention of leaving," boasts armando, in one of the rare moments that someone talks to me with no complaints about the situation in cuba.
his entire family has emigrated to miami, but he has no desire to follow. "cuba is safe. you see right there?" he says, pointing to a lamppost across the street. "there are five security cameras just on that one post, with police monitoring every one, 24 hours a day. you think i’ll ever get robbed with that kind of security?" he doesn’t need an answer. he continues, "if this were mexico, a robber would pop out right now with a gun this big and stick it in your side and steal that camera in an instant. but not here. why would anyone leave cuba?"
the key to armando's success
cuba’s economy works as a central planning model, where government ministries dole out resources and set everything from prices to inventories to salaries. the fact that a taxi driver can make so much more than a physician is a reflection of the cuban government’s heavy focus on tourism. for years, the central planning apparatus has valued tourism as a key mechanism for both bringing in revenue as well as propagating the idea that cuba is thriving. many pesos are collected by the high prices on everything related to the tourism industry.
a walk through old havana reveals the fruits of this focus: old architecture is restored, trendy venues are humming with people and alcohol, and, lucky for armando, taxis are abundant, their prices hovering around typical rich-country rates or higher. this means lots of tax money for the government, and lots of profits for armando.
there are other ways to compensate doctors
even with the clumsy pricing schemes of the central system, cubans have developed alternative ways of valuing the highly skilled. "tomorrow going to the doctor because my kidneys have been hurting because i sit so much in the car," says armando, speaking a little louder and more candidly now that the rum has hit his blood. "i am going to show up with a fresh bottle of a fine liquor under my coat and when i get there i will flash it to the doctor. the doctor will then call me in sooner than later, and i will present him with this ‘regalito' [little gift]. in return he will do a good job on me." armando claims that going to the doctor without a "regalito" is asking for longer wait times and a halfhearted job by the doctor. "that's how we do thing 'a lo cubano,'" he says, echoing a catchall phrase that captures every idiosyncratic form of corruption that has emerged in the cuba of the castros.
the exodus of skilled labor
armando's relatively high income and the economic backwardness contained therein helped shed light on a question i have run into since i arrived here. i go to places and ask the bottom-of-the-totem-pole workers if they’ve "been working in this for a long time." some had. others would recount their past life as a highly skilled tradesperson who left that life for a higher salary doing remedial entry-level work. eduardo used to be a mechanical engineer; now he cooks at one of havana’s few private restaurants. lazaro used to be an information scientist and now illegally serves ice cream in the street. carlos used to be an elementary school teacher and now waits tables at a tourist restaurant in central havana. and graciela was a professor of technical sciences for the military academy and now walks the streets illegally selling faded copies of the cuban constitution. this is how you survive "a lo cubano."
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bæk ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər, ə likt ˈkæstɪŋ kɔl rɪˈvild ə dɪˈskrɪpʃən fər ˈaɪrɪs wɛst ɪn ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ flæʃ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz ɔn ðə cw*. ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɪk bʊks, ˈaɪrɪs wɛst wɑz wəns ˈbɛri waɪf, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌdiˈsi ˈjunəˌvərs ʃi ɪz ʤɪst hɪz frɛnd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə likt dɪˈskrɪpʃən, ˈaɪrɪs wɛst ɪn ðə flæʃ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈjunəˌvərs wɪl bi ˈbɛri ˈsɪstər əv sɔrts. ˈaɪrɪs wɛst ɪz dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ən ˈæfrɪkənəˈmɛrɪkən ɪn ðə 22 tɪ 28 jɪr eɪʤ reɪnʤ. hər ˈfɑðər, dɪˈtɛktɪv wɛst, tʊk ˈbɛri ɪn ˈæftər hɪz ˈməðər wɑz ˈmərdərd ənd hɪz ˈfɑðər wɑz ˈrɔŋli əˈkjuzd ənd ˌɪmˈprɪzənd fər hər ˈmərdər. ˈaɪrɪs ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz maɪl ə ˈmɪnət, fast-talking*, bɛst frɛnd. ˈbɛri həz strɔŋ ˈfilɪŋz fər ˈaɪrɪs, bət ˌənəˈwɛr əv ðoʊz ˈfilɪŋz. rɪˈsivd ə tɪp frəm ən ˌənkənˈfərmd sɔrs wɪθ taɪz tɪ ˈkæstɪŋ fər ðə flæʃ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz əˈbaʊt ə ˈkəpəl ˈæktrəsɪz hu ər sɛd tɪ hæv ˌɔˈdɪʃənd fər ðə roʊl. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə sɔrs, ˈnuˌkəmər krɪˈstin ˈʃɛpərd ənd vərˈɑnɪkə mars’*’ ˈtɛsə ˈtɑmsən hæv ˈtɛstɪd fər ðə roʊl. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɑr sɔrs, ə ˈkæstɪŋ dɪˈsɪʒən həz nɑt jɛt bɪn meɪd, bət ðiz ər ʤɪst tu əv ðə ˈæktrəsɪz ðət ər ɪn ðə ˈrənɪŋ. ɑr sɔrs ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ə ˈkæstɪŋ dɪˈsɪʒən wʊd bi meɪd sun, ˈlaɪkli ˈsəmˌtaɪm ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2014 waɪl duɪŋ səm ˈrisərʧ ɔn ðə roʊl, wi ˈɔlsoʊ keɪm əˈkrɔs əˈnəðər ˈæktrəs, hu həz əˈpɛrəntli ˈtɛstɪd fər ðə roʊl. wi faʊnd ən ɑˈdɪʃən teɪp ɔn ˈjuˌtub frəm ən ˈæktrəs neɪmd ˈæbi weɪk, hu ɪz ˈrɛdɪŋ fər ðə roʊl əv ˈaɪrɪs wɛst ɪn flæʃ. trænˈskraɪbd ðə sinz ʃi ridz frəm ðə flæʃ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz bɪˈloʊ. fərst sin bɪtˈwin ˈbɛri ˈælən ənd ˈaɪrɪs wɛst frəm ðə flæʃ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz. ˈaɪrɪs wɛst: ər ju ˈrɛdi fər ðə bɪg tərn ɔn? bɪˈkəz aɪ əˈgrid tɪ goʊ wɪθ ju tɪ ðə ˈætəm sˈmæʃɪŋ ənd ɪn rɪˈtərn ju əˈgrid aɪ gɪt tɪ pɪk ðə nɛkst faɪv taɪmz wi goʊ tɪ ðə ˈmuviz. hoʊp ju laɪk ˈʧænɪŋ ˈteɪtəm, bɪˈkəz ju tu ər goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈvɛri kloʊz sun. ˈbɛri ˈælən: ˈaɪrɪs, aɪ noʊ ɪf goʊɪŋ tɪ meɪk ɪt. jʊr dæd kaɪnd əv tɔr mi ə nu wən.. ˈaɪrɪs wɛst: bət siɪŋ ðɪs θɪŋ goʊ ɔn ɪz laɪk jʊr drim, jʊr sæd, ˈnərdi ˈlɪtəl drim. ˈbɛri ˈælən: ɪt kʊd ʧeɪnʤ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wi noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈjunəˌvərs. ðə ækˈsɛlərˌeɪtər sɛndz bimz, ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, ənd ˌɪˈlɛktrɑn ˈstɔrɪʤ rɪŋz ˈkræʃɪŋ ˈɪntu wən əˈnəðər æt haɪ spidz. ˈaɪrɪs wɛst: du wi ˈrɪli nid tɪ stænd nɛkst tɪ ɪt wɪn ɪt ˈhæpənz? ˈbɛri ˈælən: stəˈtɪstɪkəli ˈspikɪŋ ˈɛni ˈdeɪnʤər ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ən ˌɪmˌpɔsɪˈbɪlɪti.
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back in december, a leaked casting call revealed a description for iris west in the upcoming flash tv series on the cw. in the comic books, iris west was once barry allen’s wife, even though in the current re-launched dc universe she is just his friend.
according to the leaked description, iris west in the flash tv universe will be barry allen’s sister of sorts. iris west is described as an african-american in the 22 to 28 year age range. her father, detective west, took barry in after his mother was murdered and his father was wrongly accused and imprisoned for her murder. iris is also described as barry’s mile a minute, fast-talking, quick-witted best friend. barry has strong feelings for iris, but she’s unaware of those feelings.
comicbook.com received a tip from an unconfirmed source with ties to casting for the flash tv series about a couple actresses who are said to have auditioned for the role. according to the source, newcomer christine shepherd and veronica mars’ tessa thompson have tested for the role. according to our source, a casting decision has not yet been made, but these are just two of the actresses that are in the running. our source also indicated a casting decision would be made soon, likely sometime in february 2014.
while doing some research on the role, we also came across another actress, who has apparently tested for the role. we found an audition tape on youtube from an actress named abby wake, who is reading for the role of iris west in flash. transcribed the scenes she reads from the flash tv series below. first scene between barry allen and iris west from the flash tv series.
iris west: are you ready for the big turn on? because i agreed to go with you to the atom smashers smashing and in return you agreed i get to pick the next five times we go to the movies. hope you like channing tatum, because you two are going to be very close soon. barry allen: iris, i know if i’m going to make it. your dad kind of tore me a new one.. iris west: but seeing this thing go on is like your dream, your sad, nerdy little dream.
barry allen: it could change everything we know about the universe. the accelerator sends beams, particles, and electron storage rings crashing into one another at high speeds. iris west: do we really need to stand next to it when it happens? barry allen: statistically speaking any danger is almost an impossibility.
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ˈrɑbərt ˈtɑmsən sɪz ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz wɔnt gɪlt baɪ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ðeɪ wɔnt gɪlt baɪ association’*’ nuz ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈrɑbərt ˈtɑmsən həz traffic”*” ɔn kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈkɑntɛnt sites”*” səʧ ɛz, seɪɪŋ ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz prɪˈfərd baɪ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, nɑt guilt”*”. ˈtɑmsən, hu ˈoʊvərˌsiz ˈrupərt ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ ˈɛmpaɪər ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə sən, ðə taɪmz ənd ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl, sɛd ðə wər shifting”*” wɪθ ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ muv əˈweɪ frəm ðə ““trendy”*” tɪ ðə ““enduring”*”. ðə nuz ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ʧif sɛd ðə mud əˈməŋ ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz hæd up”*” ɪn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ənˈsərtənti əraʊnd ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən, bət sɛd ɪt rɪˈmeɪnd tɪ bi sin haʊ ðət wʊd ˈtrænsfər ˈɪntu ˈrɛvəˌnuz. nuz ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈrisəntli sɔ ə 52 fɔl ɪn ɪts ˈprɑfɪts ɛz ɪts ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈrɛvəˌnu kənˈtɪnjud tɪ dɪˈklaɪn. nuz ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈprɑfɪts hæv ˈæftər wik ˈnuzˌpeɪpər æd seɪlz rɛd mɔr ˈtɑmsən sɛd: lɔt əv ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz ər ə ˈlɪtəl kənfˈjuzd əˈbaʊt wɛr ðeɪ ʃʊd bi ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ən ˈɑrgjəmənt bɪtˈwin ðə ˈfæʃənəbəl ənd ðə functionable*. ju lʊk æt ə lɔt əv ˈsoʊˈkɔld kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈkɑntɛnt saɪts, ju noʊ hu ðeɪ ər, aɪ hæv tɪ neɪm ənd ʃeɪm ðɛm laɪk fər ˈɪnstəns ðə əˈmaʊnt əv træʃ ˈtræfɪk ɔn ðoʊz saɪts ɪz sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt. noʊ daʊt ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz ər ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðeɪ wɔnt gɪlt baɪ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ðeɪ wɔnt gɪlt baɪ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən. ɪt ɪz əp tɪ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ meɪk ðə keɪs fər ɑr mastheads,”*,” hi toʊld ə ˈmidiə ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn ˈləndən ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ˈtɑmsən, hu həz ˈpriviəsli, sɛd nuz ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən wʊd kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛst ɪn ˈkɑntɛnt. wi bɪˈliv ɪn ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm, ðə paʊər əv ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm, ənd ðə ˌprɑfɪtəˈbɪlɪti əv greɪt ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm. ˈsərtən ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz ɪn ˈəðər ˈkəmpəˌniz, wi ər nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ kət daʊn tɪ ðə boʊn ənd beyond.”*.” ˈtɑmsən sɛd ɪt wɑz tɪ kəm əp wɪθ ə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðət aɪ ˌgɛrənˈti ju wʊd hɪt ə ˈmɪljən hɪts wɪˈθɪn fɔr wiks. wi kʊd hæv ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv kæts, wi kʊd ˈkɑmpləmənt ðət wɪθ səm ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv dɔgz, ənd ˈsɪli ˈlɪtəl ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz wɪʧ skreɪpt frəm ˈəðər saɪts, wi kʊd du ðət. nɑt ˈdɪfəkəlt, ˈivɪn aɪ kʊd du ɪt. ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðən ðət, ənd ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz wɪl kəm tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz that.”*.” hi ˈædɪd: θɪŋk ðə ər ˈʃɪftɪŋ. ˈpipəl wɪl bi lɛs sɪˈdust baɪ ðə ˈtrɛndi ənd hæv mɔr əˈfɪnɪti wɪθ ðə ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ. ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz ər məʧ mɔr ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ənd wɪn ju kəm tɪ ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ɪt minz ðə kˈwɑləti əv ðə journalism.”*.” əv ðə fˈjuʧər ˈprɑspɛkts fər nuz ˈbɪznɪs, ˈtɑmsən sɛd: hæv hæd ən ɪˈlɛkʃən hir, ðɛr həz bɪn ə ˈsərtən əˈmaʊnt əv ənˈsərtənti əraʊnd ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm. maɪ ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz ðə læst ˈkəpəl əv deɪz wɪθ ə lɔt əv maɪ klaɪənts, ðə mud hir həz ˈklɪrli pɪkt əp. ˈwɛðər wi si ðət ɪn ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ, ju wʊd laɪk tɪ θɪŋk ɪt wʊd bi ɑrˈtɪkjəˌleɪtəd, bət ðət rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi seen.”*.” ˈtɑmsən sɛd ðɛr wɑz ə bɪtˈwin wət ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ æt ðə taɪmz ənd ˈsənˌdi taɪmz ənd wət ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ æt ðə sən, boʊθ ɪn tərmz əv səbˈskrɪpʃən ˈmɑdəlz ənd groʊθ ɪn circulation”*”. hi sɛd ðə taɪmz wɑz siɪŋ strɔŋ ˈsərkjəˌleɪʃən ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, wɪʧ wi hæv ˈpəblɪkli sɛd ɪz naʊ ˈprɑfətəbəl. aɪ kən ˈɑnəstli seɪ wɪn aɪ wɑz ˈɛdɪtər əv ðə taɪmz, ˈprɑfətəbəl ɪz nɑt ə wərd ðət wɑz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ it”*”.
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robert thomson says advertisers ‘don’t want guilt by association, they want gilt by association’
news corp chief executive robert thomson has criticised “trash traffic” on “so-called contemporary content sites” such as buzzfeed, saying advertisers preferred “gilt by association, not guilt”.
thomson, who oversees rupert murdoch’s publishing empire including the sun, the times and the wall street journal, said the “cybersands were shifting” with advertisers beginning to move away from the “trendy” to the “enduring”.
the news corp chief said the mood among advertisers had “picked up” in the uk following uncertainty around the general election, but said it remained to be seen how that would transfer into revenues.
news corp recently saw a 52% year-on-year fall in its third-quarter profits as its newspaper advertising revenue continued to decline.
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thomson said: “a lot of advertisers are a little confused about where they should be advertising. almost an argument between the fashionable and the functionable.
“if you look at a lot of so-called contemporary content sites, you know who they are, i don’t have to name and shame them – like buzzfeed for instance – the amount of trash traffic on those sites is significant.
“there’s no doubt advertisers are starting to realise they don’t want guilt by association, they want gilt by association. it is up to us to make the case for our mastheads,” he told a media conference in london on tuesday.
thomson, who has previously criticised buzzfeed, said news corp would continue to invest in “quality content. we believe in journalism, the power of journalism, and the profitability of great journalism.
“unlike certain newspapers in other companies, we are not going to cut down to the bone and beyond.”
thomson said it was “easy to come up with a website that i guarantee you would hit a million hits within four weeks. we could have photos of cats, we could complement that with some photos of dogs, and silly little headlines which we’ve scraped from other sites, we could do that. not difficult, even i could do it.
“there is something more important than that, and advertisers … will come to realise that.”
he added: “i think the cybersands are shifting. people will be less seduced by the trendy and have more affinity with the enduring. advertisers are much more focussed on engagement and when you come to engagement it means the quality of the journalism.”
of the future prospects for news corp’s uk business, thomson said: “you have had an election here, there has been a certain amount of uncertainty around the outcome.
“from my conversations the last couple of days with a lot of my clients, the mood here has clearly picked up. whether we see that in advertising, you would like to think it would be articulated, but that remains to be seen.”
thomson said there was a “distinction between what is happening at the times and sunday times and what is happening at the sun, both in terms of subscription models and growth in circulation”.
he said the times was seeing “very strong circulation in particular, which we have publicly said is now profitable. i can honestly say when i was editor of the times, profitable is not a word that was associated with it”.
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baɪ bɪl mɑr ɪn 1943 eɪn rænd roʊt, ɪz ðə ˈprɑˌgrɛs təˈwɔrdz ə soʊˈsaɪɪti əv ˈpraɪvəsi. ðə hoʊl ɪgˈzɪstəns ɪz public…*… ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən ɪz ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˈsɛtɪŋ mæn fri frəm men.”*.” wət ʃi kaʊnt ɔn wɑz ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm ˈvæljuɪŋ ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz mɔr ðən ən ˈpraɪvəsi, wɪʧ ɪz haʊ wi gɑt ðə tɪ voʊt fər ˈsɛlɪŋ jʊr ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈhɪstəri tɪ ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz. ˈkəmpəˌniz laɪk ˈgugəl, ˈubər, ənd ˈæməˌzɑn ɪgˈzɪst ɪf ðeɪ ˈkɑnstəntli ˈgæðərɪŋ ˈdætə frəm ðɛr ˈjuzərz. ˈmeɪbi ðɪs ɪz ə gʊd θɪŋ, ˈmeɪbi ə bæd θɪŋ. bət ɪt dɪz min ðət ˈɛniˌwən hu wɔnts tɪ ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ðɛmˈsɛlvz frəm ðə ˈmɑdərn ˈkɔrpərət steɪt ˈlɪtərəli həz tɪ ənˈpləg ðɛmˈsɛlvz frəm ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. aɪ θɪŋk wi meɪ stɑrt tɪ si ə nu ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmuvmənt əˈməŋ jəŋ ˈpipəl hu, məʧ laɪk ðə ˈhɪpiz əv jɔr, kəm tɪ vju ˈgugəl, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ɛz man”*” ənd ʧuz tɪ hæv ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ðɛr ˈræliɪŋ kraɪ maɪt bi ɪn, tərn ɔn, ənd lɔg off.”*.”
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by bill maher
in 1943 ayn rand wrote, “civilization is the progress towards a society of privacy. the savage’s whole existence is public… civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”
what she count on was capitalism valuing corporations more than an individual’s privacy, which is how we got the libertarian-leaning gop to vote for selling your internet history to advertisers.
companies like google, uber, and amazon exist if they weren’t constantly gathering data from their users. maybe this is a good thing, maybe a bad thing. but it does mean that anyone who wants to separate themselves from the modern corporate state literally has to unplug themselves from the internet. i think we may start to see a new social movement among young people who, much like the hippies of yore, come to view google, etc. as “the man” and choose to have nothing to do with the internet. their rallying cry might be “tune in, turn on, and log off.”
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ˈlʊkɪŋ fər nuz ju kən trəst? səbˈskraɪb tɪ ɑr fri ˈnuzˌlɛtərz. ʤeɪmz ˈʤɔɪnər noʊts ðət ə nu jɔrk taɪmz ˈstɔri əˈbaʊt ˈprɑbləmz ˈfɪlɪŋ ˈsinjər pəˈzɪʃənz ɪn ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən teɪks ɪts swit taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmɛnʃənɪŋ ðət ˈɛvəri ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz ðɪs ˈprɑbləm: wərθ ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət wən həz tɪ rɛd ˈsɛvən ““paragraphs”*” staɪl əˈpɛrəntli rikˈwaɪərz ˈtritɪŋ moʊst ˈsɛntənsɪz ɛz kəmˈplit θɔts ənd ˈʤəstəˌfaɪɪŋ ə nu ˈpɛrəˌgræf) ˈɪntu ðə pis tɪ stɑrt tɪ gɪt ə sɛns ðət ðɪs ɪz pɑr fər ðə kɔrs ənd ˈɪntu ðə ““paragraph”*” ˌbiˈfɔr ðɪs ɪz ˈsteɪtɪd ˈaʊˈtraɪt. hæv ju ˈɛvər ˈwəndərd waɪ ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz du ðɪs? ðət ɪz, waɪ ˈɛvəri ˈsɛntəns ɪz ə nu ˈpɛrəˌgræf? hir tɪ hɛlp. bæk ɪn ðə deɪz əv oʊld, wɪn mɛn wər mɛn ənd kəmˈpjutərz jɛt rul ðə ərθ, ˈstɔriz bi ˈɛdɪtɪd ˈmɪrli baɪ ˈhɪtɪŋ ðə dɪˈlit ki ə fju taɪmz. soʊ wɪn ə ˈstɔri ˈnidɪd tɪ bi kət tɪ fɪl ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr speɪs, ɪt wɑz kənˈvinjənt fər ˈɛvəri ˈsɛntəns tɪ bi ɪts oʊn ˈpɛrəˌgræf. ðət weɪ, ju kʊd kət ˈɛni ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsɛntəns ju ˈwɔntɪd, ʤɔɪn əp ðə ˈkɑpi, ənd ju wər dən. ju ˈɔlˌweɪz nu ɪgˈzæktli haʊ ˈmɛni laɪnz ju wər ˈseɪvɪŋ ənd ɪt wɑz ˈsɪmpəl tɪ meɪk ðə kət wɪˈθaʊt ðə ɪnˈtaɪər pis. ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˈtaɪpˌsɛtɪŋ meɪks ðɪs ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri, əv kɔrs, bət əˈnəðər ædˈvæntɪʤ tɪ ðɪs ˈkəstəm: ɪt ædz ə bɪt əv waɪt speɪs tɪ ðə peɪʤ. ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz ðət du ðɪs ɛnd əp ˈlʊkɪŋ greɪ ənd ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪtɪŋ. soʊ ðə ˈkəstəm steɪz. ɛz ɪt ˈhæpənz, ðɪs kɔzd mi ˈprɑbləmz ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ. ɛz ə ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ˈmeɪʤər, ɪt kˈwɪkli bɪˈkeɪm ˈsɛkənd ˈneɪʧər tɪ stɑrt ə nu ˈpɛrəˌgræf ˈæftər ˈnɪrli ˈɛvəri ˈsɛntəns. maɪ prəˈfɛsərz wər ˈʤɛnərəli baɪ ðɪs ənd ˈwɔntɪd tɪ noʊ waɪ aɪ juz ˈpɛrəˌgræfs ˈprɑpərli. ˈæftər ðət, aɪ əˈdɑptəd ə mɔr kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈraɪtɪŋ staɪl fər tərm ˈpeɪpərz, wɪʧ wɑz noʊ bɪg dil, bət dɪz sim ə ˈlɪtəl ˈkləŋki wəns ju gɪt juzd tɪ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər staɪl. (ɪf nɑt juzd tɪ ɪt, əv kɔrs, ˈnuzˌpeɪpər staɪl ðət simz wɪrd.) ɔn ðə ˈsəbstəntɪv pɔɪnt əv poʊst, ðoʊ, ˈɔfər maɪ ˈjuʒəwəl ədˈvaɪs: wi kʊd ˈlɑrʤli teɪk kɛr əv ðɪs ˈprɑbləm baɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ ðə ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk ˌɪnˈsɪstəns ɔn kənˈfərmɪŋ ˈɛvriˌwən ˈəndər ðə sən. ˈpərsənəli, ˈlɪmət ðɛm tɪ ˈkæbənət ˈlɛvəl pəˈzɪʃənz ənd ˈmeɪbi (ˈmeɪbi!) ðɛr 2 ˈdɛpjətiz. æd tɪ ðət ˈfɛdərəl ˈʤəʤɪz ənd pərˈhæps ðə tɔp tɛn ər tˈwɛnti moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt amabassadors*, ənd dən. ðə ˈəðər ˈθaʊzənd ər soʊ pəˈzɪʃənz ʃʊd ˈsɪmpli bi əˈpɔɪntɪd baɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈweɪstɪŋ ɪts taɪm ɔn ðɛm. ɛz ə ˈboʊnəs, ðɪs maɪt ˈɔlsoʊ kət daʊn ə bɪt ɔn ˌsɛnəˈtɔriəl ˈwaɪnɪŋ əˈbaʊt haʊ ðeɪ ˈpɑsəbli bi ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli pæs mɔr ðən wən bɪg bɪl pər jɪr.
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james joyner notes that a new york times story about problems filling senior positions in the obama administration takes its sweet time before mentioning that every administration has this problem:
it’s worth noting that one has to read seven “paragraphs” (nyt style apparently requires treating most sentences as complete thoughts and justifying a new paragraph) into the piece to start to get a sense that this is par for the course and into the 13th “paragraph” before this is stated outright.
have you ever wondered why newspapers do this?
that is, why every sentence is a new paragraph?
i’m here to help.
back in the days of old, when men were men and computers didn’t yet rule the earth, stories couldn’t be edited merely by hitting the delete key a few times. so when a story needed to be cut to fill a particular space, it was convenient for every sentence to be its own paragraph. that way, you could cut any single sentence you wanted, join up the copy, and you were done. you always knew exactly how many lines you were saving and it was simple to make the cut without resetting the entire piece.
electronic typesetting makes this unnecessary, of course, but there’s another advantage to this custom: it adds a bit of white space to the page. newspapers that don’t do this end up looking gray and intimidating. so the custom stays.
as it happens, this caused me problems in college. as a journalism major, it quickly became second nature to start a new paragraph after nearly every sentence. my non-journalism professors were generally unamused by this and wanted to know why i didn’t use paragraphs properly. after that, i adopted a more conventional writing style for term papers, which was no big deal, but does seem a little clunky once you get used to newspaper style. (if you’re not used to it, of course, it’s newspaper style that seems weird.)
on the substantive point of james’s post, though, i’ll offer my usual advice: we could largely take care of this problem by eliminating the senate’s idiotic insistence on confirming everyone under the sun. personally, i’d limit them to cabinet level positions and maybe (maybe!) their #2 deputies. add to that federal judges and perhaps the top ten or twenty most important amabassadors, and you’re done. the other thousand or so positions should simply be appointed by the president without the senate wasting its time on them. as a bonus, this might also cut down a bit on senatorial whining about how they can’t possibly be expected to actually pass more than one big bill per year.
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tɛkˈnɑləʤi, məʧ laɪk ðə ˈkɑrdiˌæk ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃən ɔn ɑˈmɛn ædˈvɛnʧərəs, lɛd ˈsɪŋgəl, æm chemistry”*” həz ə ˈnɛroʊ ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk reɪnʤ. tu məʧ əv ˈiðər ənd ðə rɪˈzəlts ər, pəˈtɛnʃəli, ˈtɑksɪk. ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən wɪθ tɛkˈnɑləʤi hæd ˈpriviəsli bɪn ˈvaɪtəl tɪ kriˈeɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs. jɛt əˈpɑn kəˈmɛnsɪŋ ˈsɛʃənz fər ɑˈmɛn ˌgʊdˈbaɪ, ðə faʊnd ðɛr rɪˈlaɪəns ɔn tɛkˈnɑləʤi, exhausting”*” ənd ðəs ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈrɛkərd, ɛz ə bænd, dɪˈrɛkli ˈɔntu teɪp. ɪt wɑz ˈoʊnli θru dɪˈzæstər ənd ðə əv ðɛr teɪp rɪˈkɔrdər ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðət ˈprɑmptɪd ðə bænd tɪ ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ənd də- ðə ˈplɛθərə əv saʊnz ˈsælvɪʤd frəm ðoʊz ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈsɛʃənz. ðə rɪˈzəlt ɪz ə ˈrɛkərd, wɪʧ nɑt ˈoʊnli faɪndz juz əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɪˈθɪn ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk reɪnʤ, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈdɑkjəmənts ə ˈvɪvɪd ˈsɪnθəsəs əv ðə ˈænəˌlɔg ənd ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl tɪ kriˈeɪt moʊst ˈləʃɪs wərk tɪ deɪt. ðə ˈdaɪnəˌmɪzəm əv ðoʊz ““analogue”*” rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈsɛʃənz ɪz ˌɑmnɪˈprɛzənt θruaʊt ənd sərvz ɛz wən əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst strɛŋθs. træks floʊ ɔrˈgænɪkli, ənd fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ˈrɛbəl əˈgɛnst trəˈdɪʃənəl pɑp ˈstrəkʧərz. æm chemistry”*”, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, muvz ˈfrili bɪtˈwin ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv gɪˈtɑrz; synthesisers*; ənd ə multi-layered*, ˈkɔrəl bət ˈeɪliən ˈvoʊkəl frəm roʊʧ əv ðə roches*. ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, asleep”*”, ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt əv ˈərli wərk ɔn ɔl aʊər ˈsɪmbəlz, ˈoʊpənz wɪθ ə ˈʃədərɪŋ snɛr, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈbərstɪŋ tɪ laɪf wɪθ hɔrnz, ˈvoʊkəl ˈhɑrməniz ənd ən ˈəndərˌsteɪtɪd, bæs gruv frəm ˌaɪˌɑˈreɪ wʊlf tuton*. ˈsɑnɪk ˈpælət həz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn drəˈmætɪkəli ˈboʊlstərd. lɪv pərˈkəʃən, ɪn ɔl fɔrmz (frəm spərɪŋz tɪ ˈʧɑpˌstɪks), ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə træks faʊnd ɔn ɑˈmɛn ˌgʊdˈbaɪ, ˈædɪŋ ə ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl kineticism*. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, fild rɪˈkɔrdɪŋz ənd ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt ɔn ˈgɔrʤəs ˈvoʊkəl ˈhɑrməniz tɪ səkˈsɛsfəli kriˈeɪt. ðə bɪˈgaɪlɪŋ əv cain”*” ənd ˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪv gun”*” ər boʊθ ɛnˈʧænɪŋ ənd ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv ðə ˈpaʊərfəl, ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti. ˈrəðər ðən ˈfʊli ðə wil, hæv faʊnd ə hɑrˈmoʊniəs ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz bɪtˈwin ˈnɑvəl ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən ənd əv ðə ˈfaɪnər ˈmoʊmənts frəm ðɛr ˈpriviəs θri ˈrɛkərdz. wən ɪz ˈnɛvər fɑr, fər ˈɪnstəns, frəm ðə ræmˈbəŋkʃəs, əˈvɑnˈgɑrd pɑp mˈjuzɪk ðət məʧ əv ɑd bləd. me”*” ɪz ˈbɔɪstərəs wɪθ ɪts synthesisers*. dɪˈsɛptɪv æt fərst, ðə træk ˈoʊpənz wɪθ twangs*, ˌbiˈfɔr ɪkˈsploʊdɪŋ ˈɪntu ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət, ˈtɛknɪˌkələr ˈkɔrəs ənd əv ˈraʊzɪŋ hɔrnz ənd pərˈkəʃən. ðə ɪgˈzubərənt pɑmp əv si scrolls”*”, ˈɔlsoʊ ɛz ə ˌsaɪkəˈdɛlɪk ˈbɑrbərˌʃɑp ˈtriˌoʊ, kəmˈplit wɪθ ˌbiˈeɪ ˌbiˈeɪ bah”*” ˈvoʊkəl ˈhɑrməniz. ˈfiʧərɪŋ ə əv ˈklæŋɪŋ pərˈkəʃən, dɪˈstɔrtɪd ˈsoʊloʊz ənd ˌsaɪˈfaɪ synthesisers*, si scrolls”*” əˈbɪləˌti tɪ kræft juˈnik ənd ʤɔɪəs pɑp sɔŋz. ɪn kənˈʤəŋkʃən wɪθ ðə faʊnd ɔn ɑˈmɛn ˌgʊdˈbaɪ, ˈkɑnstrəkt ðɛr ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri ˈjunəˌvərs wɪθ ðə eɪd əv ˈmɪstɪkəl ˈɪmɪʤri ənd ˈlɪrɪˌsɪzəm. ˈtəʧɪŋ əˈpɑn θimz əv rɪˈlɪʤən, trænˈsɛndəns, ðə ˈnæʧərəl wərld ənd ðə məˈlɛkjələr, ðə ˈrɛkərd pəˈzɛsɪz ə kˈwɑləti. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli ˌhaʊˈɛvər, faɪnd pjʊr ˈbjuti ənd ˈmɪstəri nɑt θru ðə ˌgrændiˈoʊs θimz əv trænˈsɛndəns ər dɪˈvɪnəti bət θru ˌjunəˈvərsəl ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðə ˈjumən kənˈdɪʃən ˈfɑðərˌhʊd ənd dɛθ ɛz faʊnd ɔn ““uma”*” ənd night”*” rɪˈspɛktɪvli. ““uma”*”, ə ˈtɛndər, ˈlələˌbaɪ, faɪndz ˈænənd ˈwaɪldər ˈoʊvər pərˈɛntəl fɪrz ənd ðə ˌənkənˈdɪʃənəl ləv ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp pəˈzɛsɪz. mɔˈroʊvər, ðə ˈiˌmoʊʃnəli ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ, night”*” ɪz wən əv ˈfaɪnəst ˈmoʊmənts tɪ deɪt. rɪˈflɛktɪŋ əˈpɑn ðə dɛθ əv ə kloʊz frɛnd, night”*” siz æt ðɛr moʊst ˈjumən ənd moʊst dɪˈrɛkt. ɪts toʊn ɪz sɛt ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ɛz ˈwaɪldər ˈlɔŋɪŋli sɪŋz, bɪn wən jɪr sɪns ju tərnd ˈjɔrsɛlf bæk ˈɪntu dust”*”. hɪz vɔɪs θruaʊt night”*” ɪz ə ˈpoʊtənt, əˈfɛktɪv ˈwɛpən, wɪθ ˈiˌmoʊtɪv toʊn, ˈwəndərfəli ˌənəˈfreɪd əv ɪts ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ənd ˌɪmpərˈfɛkʃənz. hɪz vɔɪs streɪnz ənd kræks ˈoʊvərˌkəm wɪθ rɪˈgrɛt θru ə stərɪŋ ˈkɔrəs əv piˈænə moʊˈtifs ənd ˈsəmpʧwəs ˈhɑrməniz, ɛz hi sɪŋz, ðɛr ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ kʊd hæv toʊld ˈkɛri ju θru ðə koʊld night”*”. ðə ˈpjʊrɪti əv ˈvoʊkəl pərˈfɔrməns ɪz ə traɪəmf, ə ˈbrɪljənt ʤuəl, ˈhɪdən æt ðə ˈvɛri dɛpθs əv ɑˈmɛn ˈoʊvərˌfloʊɪŋ ʧɛst əv ˈtrɛʒərz. ˈvoʊkəl ɔn night”*” ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ˈoʊnli ðə ˈzinɪθ əv hɪz ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv ˈrɛpərtˌwɑr faʊnd θruaʊt ðə ˈrɛkərd. hɪz ˈdəlsɛt ˈvoʊkəl kənˈtɪnjuəli dɪˈlaɪts wɪθ ɪts kˈwɑləti ənd ˈkæptɪˌveɪtɪŋ ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti fər ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ ənd trænzˈleɪʃən əv ˈiˌmoʊʃən. ɔn simulacrum”*”, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, hi dɪˈlɪvərz ə ˈpleɪnɪv ˈvoʊkəl ˌbiˈfɔr ˈwivɪŋ ə ˈjərnɪŋ, ˈsərpənˌtaɪn fɔlˈsɛˌtoʊ əˈməŋst bɑmˈbæstɪk, rɪˈvərbərˌeɪtɪŋ drəmz. æt pɔɪnts, ɑˈmɛn ˌgʊdˈbaɪ dɪz ˈstətər. ðə θri, ˈɪntərˌludz prodigy”*” ənd goodbye”*”) faʊnd ɔn ðə ˈrɛkərd hæv ˈmɪnəməl ˈpərpəs ənd ˈoʊnli sloʊ ðə moʊˈmɛntəm ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ðə priˈsidɪŋ træks. ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, ˌɔlˈðoʊ asleep”*” kəmz tɪ laɪf ɪn ɪts ˈlætər hæf, ɪts ˈlæŋgwəd ˈoʊpənɪŋ ɪz bərˈɛft əv ðə ˈɛkstəsi əv me”*”, ðəs ˈkɔzɪŋ ən ˌənəˈvɔɪdəbəl ˈkəmˌdaʊn. ənˈlaɪk asleep”*”, whistle”*”, ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst træk faʊnd ɔn ɑˈmɛn ˌgʊdˈbaɪ, feɪlz tɪ groʊ ɪn ˈstæʧər ənd wɪθ ɪts ˈkləmzi əˈkustɪk gɪˈtɑr ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn, ðə træk pruvz tɪ bi ðə loʊəst ˈmoʊmənt. əˈnæləgəs tɪ ˈlɛvəlz əv wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈblədˌstrim, ən ˈælbəm kən hæv ɪts oʊn ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk reɪnʤ. tɑkˈsɪsəti kən əˈkər, wɪn ən ˈɑrtɪst ər bænd ər ˌoʊvərˈzɛləs wɪθ aɪˈdiəz, ðəs ˈlidɪŋ tɪ ən ˌɪnkoʊˈhɪrənt, kənfˈjuzɪŋ ˈbɑdi əv wərk. ˈkɑnvərsli, ə læk əv ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ aɪˈdiəz kən lɛd tɪ ə ˈrɛkərd ðət ɪz ˌɪnˈsɪpəd, ˈkəmbərsəm ənd ɛˈsɛnʃəli tɪ ðə ˈlɪsənər. wɪθ ðə eɪd əv dɛft pərˈdəkʃən ənd maɪld rɪˈstreɪnt, ɑˈmɛn ˌgʊdˈbaɪ ɪz wɛl wɪˈθɪn ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk reɪnʤ. ɪts ˈhaɪbrɪd əv ˈænəˌlɔg ənd ˈdɪʤɪtəl tɛkˈniks hæv əˈlaʊd tɪ kriˈeɪt ðɛr moʊst ənd ˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ ˈrɛkərd tɪ deɪt.
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technology, much like digoxin - the cardiac medication name-checked on amen & goodbye’s adventurous, lead single, “i am chemistry” - has a narrow therapeutic range. too much of either and the results are, potentially, toxic.
experimentation with technology had previously been vital to yeasayer’s creative process. yet upon commencing sessions for amen & goodbye, the three-piece found their reliance on technology, “psychologically exhausting” and thus decided to record, as a band, directly onto tape. it was only through disaster and the near-destruction of their tape recorder however that prompted the band to re-embrace the digital and de- / re-construct the plethora of sounds salvaged from those initial sessions. the result is a record, which not only finds yeasayer’s use of technology within therapeutic range, but also documents a vivid synthesis of the analogue and the digital to create yeasayer’s most luscious work to date.
the dynamism of those “analogue” recording sessions is omnipresent throughout and serves as one of the record’s greatest strengths. tracks flow organically, and for the most part, rebel against traditional pop structures. “i am chemistry”, for example, moves freely between locomotive guitars; voyaging synthesisers; and a multi-layered, choral but alien vocal from suzzy roche of the roches. likewise, “half asleep”, reminiscent of yeasayer’srly work on all hour cymbals, opens with a shuddering snare, before bursting to life with horns, vocal harmonies and an understated, bass groove from ira wolf tuton.
yeasayer’s sonic palette has also been dramatically bolstered. live percussion, in all forms (from springs to chopsticks), underpins the majority of the tracks found on amen & goodbye, adding a beneficial kineticism. furthermore, yeasayer utilise field recordings and concentrate on gorgeous multi-part vocal harmonies to successfully create hypnagogic soundscapes. the beguiling “daughters of cain” and meditative “prophecy gun” are both enchanting and dream-like examples of the record’s powerful, transportive capability.
rather than fully re-inventing the wheel, yeasayer have found a harmonious compromise between novel experimentation and re-exploration of the finer moments from their previous three records. one is never far, for instance, from the rambunctious, avant-garde pop music that characterised much of 2010’s odd blood. “silly me” is infectiously boisterous with its pogoing synthesisers. deceptive at first, the track opens with broken-mattress-spring twangs, before exploding into an immediate, technicolor chorus and mid-section of rousing horns and percussion. the exuberant pomp of “dead sea scrolls”, also repositions yeasayer as a psychedelic barbershop trio, complete with “ba ba ba bah” vocal harmonies. featuring a ménage of clanging percussion, distorted solos and sci-fi synthesisers, “dead sea scrolls” emphasises yeasayer’s ability to craft unique and joyous pop songs.
in conjunction with the soundscapes found on amen & goodbye, yeasayer construct their imaginary universe with the aid of mystical imagery and lyricism. touching upon reoccurring themes of religion, transcendence, the natural world and the molecular, the record possesses a fable-like quality. interestingly however, yeasayer find pure beauty and mystery not through the grandiose themes of transcendence or divinity but through universal aspects of the human condition - fatherhood and death - as found on “uma” and “cold night” respectively.
“uma”, a tender, theremin-sounding-led lullaby, finds anand wilder ruminating over parental fears and the unconditional love a parent-child relationship possesses. moreover, the emotionally devastating, “cold night” is one of yeasayer’s finest moments to date. reflecting upon the death of a close friend, “cold night” sees yeasayer at their most human and most direct. its tone is set almost immediately as wilder longingly sings, “it’s been one year since you turned yourself back into dust”. his voice throughout “cold night” is a potent, affective weapon, fecund with emotive tone, wonderfully unafraid of its vulnerabilities and imperfections. his voice strains and cracks - overcome with regret - through a stirring chorus of piano motifs and sumptuous harmonies, as he sings, “is there something i could have told you/to carry you through the cold night”. the purity of wilder’s vocal performance is a triumph, a brilliant jewel, hidden at the very depths of amen & goodbye’s overflowing chest of treasures.
wilder’s vocal on “cold night” represents only the zenith of his impressive repertoire found throughout the record. his dulcet vocal continually delights with its quality and captivating capability for storytelling and translation of emotion. on “divine simulacrum”, for example, he delivers a plaintive vocal before skilfully weaving a yearning, serpentine falsetto amongst bombastic, reverberating drums.
at points, amen & goodbye does stutter. the three, counterintuitive interludes (“computer canticle 1”, “child prodigy” and “amen & goodbye”) found on the record have minimal purpose and only slow the momentum generated by the preceding tracks. likewise, although “half asleep” comes to life in its latter half, its languid opening is bereft of the wide-eyed ecstasy of “silly me”, thus causing an unavoidable comedown. unlike “half asleep”, “gerson’s whistle”, the longest track found on amen & goodbye, fails to grow in stature and with its clumsy acoustic guitar breakdown, the track proves to be the record’s lowest moment.
analogous to levels of digoxin within the bloodstream, an album can have its own therapeutic range. toxicity can occur, when an artist or band are overzealous with ideas, thus leading to an incoherent, confusing body of work. conversely, a lack of inspiring ideas can lead to a record that is insipid, cumbersome and essentially sub-therapeutic to the listener. with the aid of deft production and mild restraint, amen & goodbye is well within therapeutic range. its hybrid of analogue and digital techniques have allowed yeasayer to create their most enthralling and satisfying record to date.
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ɛz ˈflɔrɪdə, ðə ˈpeɪtriəts, ənd ˈərbən maɪər ɔl wərk tɪ ˈdɪstəns ðɛmˈsɛlvz frəm ˈɛrən hərˈnændɛzəz ˈlɛgəsi, ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz hæv pʊt ðə ˈmərdər ˈsəˌspɛkt raɪt bæk ɪn ˈgeɪtər blu ənd ˈɔrɪnʤ. hi əˈpɪrz ɛz ən pleɪər ɪn ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈəltəmət tim moʊd, wɪʧ lɛts ˈgeɪmərz æd ˈsərtən ˈriˌllaɪf neɪmz tɪ ðɛr timz baɪ kəmˈplitɪŋ ˈʧælənʤɪz ɪn ðə skɪlz ˈtreɪnər moʊd. ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈfɔrmər taɪt ɛnd wɑz ˈʃʊrli meɪd wɛl ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu ˈoʊdən lɔɪdz ˈmərdər fərst meɪd nuz ɔn ʤun 18 ənd ðə geɪmz ˌʤuˈlaɪ 9 riˈlis mɛnt ðə geɪm ˈdɪdənt hæv məʧ əv ə ˈwɪndoʊ fər riˈmuvɪŋ ɪm. beɪst ɔn pleɪər ənd tim ˈreɪtɪŋz liks, ðə geɪm lʊks tɪ hæv bɪn ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzd ˌbiˈfɔr ʤun 11 ˈəpˌdeɪt: spɔrts' ˈʤuli ˈfɑstər ˈkɑmɛnts: wi meɪd ə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ riˈmuv ˈɛrən hərˈnændɛz frəm ˈmædən ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl 25 ənd ˈfʊtˌbɔl 14 bɪˈkəz ˈfʊtˌbɔl 14 wɑz ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzd praɪər tɪ ɑr dɪˈsɪʒən, hərˈnændɛz' ˈɪmɪʤ stɪl əˈpɪrz ɪn ðə ˈnaɪki skɪlz ˈtreɪnər. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, hi ɪz nɑt ɪn ðə geɪm, ənd ˈɛniˌwən hu ðət ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈnaɪki skɪlz ˈtreɪnər rɪˈwɔrd wɪl rɪˈsiv ən ˈæləks smɪθ ˈəltəmət tim pleɪər ˈaɪtəm ˌɪnˈstɛd. ðə ˈɪmɪʤ əv hərˈnændɛz wɪl bi riˈmuvd ˈviə ə ˈtaɪtəl ˈəpˌdeɪt ɪn ðə nɪr fˈjuʧər. mɔr frəm ˈneɪʃən: ˈfɑloʊ ˈfɑloʊ tənz əv tɔp rɪˈkrut ˈɪntərvˌjuz frəm ˈneɪʃən æt ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ kərk stɑrz ɪn ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns deɪ 2 θɪŋz goʊ ˈpurli bɪl tim ˈprivˌju ˈsɪriz ɪz ˌəndərˈweɪ ˌpriˈsizən tim lɛd baɪ ˈklaʊni, ˈʤɑni ˈnæʃənəl rɪˈkrutɪŋ ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl nuz ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz
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as florida, the patriots, and urban meyer all work to distance themselves from aaron hernandez's legacy, circumstances have put the murder suspect right back in gator blue and orange.
he appears as an unlockable player in ncaa football 14's ultimate team mode, which lets gamers add certain real-life names to their teams by completing challenges in the skills trainer mode.
the decision to include the former all-american tight end was surely made well before the investigation into odin lloyd's murder first made news on june 18. and the game's july 9 release meant the game didn't have much of a window for removing him. based on player and team ratings leaks, the game looks to have been finalized before june 11.
update: ea sports' julie foster comments:
we made a decision to remove aaron hernandez from madden nfl 25 and ncaa football 14. because ncaa football 14 was finalized prior to our decision, hernandez' image still appears in the nike skills trainer. however, he is not in the game, and anyone who unlocks that particular nike skills trainer reward will receive an alex smith ultimate team player item instead. the image of hernandez will be removed via a title update in the near future.
more from sb nation:
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• tons of top recruit interviews from sb nation at the opening
• kirk ferentz stars in independence day 2, things go poorly
• bill connelly’s pac-12 team preview series is underway
• preseason all-america team led by jadeveon clowney, johnny manziel
• national recruiting coverage
• today’s college football news headlines
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θæŋks tɪ ðə ˌʤɛnərˈɑsəti əv ˈzɑndərvæn, aɪ æm ˈeɪbəl tɪ hoʊld ə ˈgɪvəˌweɪ fər nɑt wən, nɑt tu, nɑt θri, bət fɔr sɛts əv ðə ˌθiəˈloʊʤiən ˈtreɪdɪŋ kɑrdz ðət aɪ əˈbaʊt ˈrisəntli. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ θri əv ðə fɔr sɛts əv kɑrdz, ˈzɑndərvæn wɪl ˌɪnˈklud ə saɪnd kɑrd əv wən əv ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ (ðə fɔrθ wɪl bi ə prize”*” ənd wɪl nɑt ˌɪnˈklud ə saɪnd kɑrd): ɛn. ti. raɪt, ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ fiɔˈrɛnzə, ənd ˈkɛvɪn ʤeɪ. ˌvænˈhuzər. ɪt ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ lʊk æt ðə rəvˈjuz ɔn ˈæməˌzɑn wɛr ðə rivˈjuərz ˈmɛnʃən biɪŋ ˈpəzəld æt wɪʧ ˌθiəˈloʊʤənz wər ˌɪnˈkludɪd ənd wɪʧ wər nɑt. wən ˈpərsən hæd ˈnɛvər hərd əv ˈroʊzˌmɛri ˈrædfərd ˈruθər bət θɪŋks ðət ˈʧɑrəlz ˈraɪri ɔt tɪ hæv ə kɑrd. bət ɪt ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ʧuz, ɪn ðə lɔŋ tərm. aɪ æm dɪˈlaɪtɪd tɪ seɪ ðət ðɛr ər plænz fər ˈfɑloʊˌəp sɛts əv ˈtreɪdɪŋ kɑrdz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wənz ðət wɪl brænʧ aʊt ˈɪntu nu ˈtɛstəmənt ˈskɑlərz (ənd, aɪ hoʊp, ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈhibru ˈtɛstəmənt ˈskɑlərz). ənd soʊ aɪ θɔt ɪt wʊd bi fən tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈkɑmɛntərz hir tɪ seɪ hu ɛls ðeɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ si kɑrdz fər. fil fri tɪ bi ˈsɪriəs ər səˈtɪrɪkəl ər əˈproʊʧ ɪt ˈɛni ˈəðər weɪ ju si fɪt. (ənd fil fri tɪ meɪk ðɛm pɑrt əv jʊr tim fər ˈʤizəs nerds”*” ðət ˈænθɔˌni lə dən ˈrisəntli əˈbaʊt). tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈridərz tɪ bi kriˈeɪtɪv ɪn səˈʤɛstɪŋ wɪʧ fˈjuʧər kɑrdz ðeɪ wʊd wɔnt tɪ si (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈdjupləˌkeɪts əv ˈkɑrənt wənz fər ˈdɪfərənt ““seasons”*” ɪn ðɛr wərk, pərˈhæps?), aɪ hæv ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ðət, waɪl aɪ wɪl gɪv əˈweɪ ðə θri sɛts əv ˈtreɪdɪŋ kɑrdz wɪθ saɪnd kɑrdz æt ˈrændəm, aɪ wɪl gɪv ðə fɔrθ sɛt tɪ ðə ˈpərsən ðət aɪ θɔt lɛft ðə bɛst ˈkɑmɛnt. soʊ fər ðə ˈpərpəs əv ðə meɪn ˈgɪvəˌweɪ, ɔl ju nid tɪ du ɪz liv ə ˈkɑmɛnt hir ɔn ðə blɔg (ˈsɑri, ˈkɑmɛnts lɛft ɔn ə ʃɛrd lɪŋk ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ər ˈsəmˌwɛr ɛls kaʊnt) wɪθ ðə neɪm əv ðə ˌθiəˈloʊʤiən huz saɪnd kɑrd ju wʊd laɪk moʊst (fil fri tɪ ˈmɛnʃən tu ər θri ənd ræŋk ðɛm, ɪn keɪs ɪt tərnz aʊt ðət aɪ gɪt ju jʊr fərst ʧɔɪs). bət tɪ ˈmæksəˌmaɪz jʊr ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ə sɛt əv kɑrdz ˈivɪn ɪf nɑt ˈʧoʊzən æt ˈrændəm, liv ɛz ˈmɛni ˈkɑmɛnts ɛz ju wɪʃ ðət səˈʤɛst ˈpɑsəbəl kɑrdz fər ˈəðər ˈskɑlərz, ˈwɛðər ˌθiəˈloʊʤənz ɪn ðə ˈnɛroʊ sɛns ər ˈskɑlərz ɪn ˈəðər rɪˈleɪtɪd fildz. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈpɛnəlti fər tu ˈpipəl prəˈpoʊzɪŋ kɑrdz fər ðə seɪm ˌθiəˈloʊʤiən ər ˈskɑlər. wət wɪl ˈmætər tɪ wɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl sɛt ɪz wət ju raɪt, ˈwɛðər ɪt bi jʊr ˈsɪriəs ˈrizən fər ˈwɑnɪŋ ðət ˈpərsən tɪ hæv ə kɑrd, ər jʊr ˈfrɪvələs ənd ˈfəni dɪˈskrɪpʃən əv wət ju θɪŋk ʃʊd goʊ ɔn ðə kɑrd. ɪz ðət klɪr? aɪ hoʊp soʊ. naʊ, lɛt ðə ˈkɑntɛst bɪˈgɪn! aɪ wɪl lɛt ðɪs rən ənˈtɪl ˈmənˌdeɪ ənd wɪl pɪk ðə ˈwɪnər ˈæftər ðət. ˈɛnər ˈərli, ənd ˈɛnər ˈɔfən. ənd sprɛd ðə wərd!
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thanks to the generosity of zondervan, i am able to hold a giveaway for not one, not two, not three, but four sets of the theologian trading cards that i blogged about recently.
along with three of the four sets of cards, zondervan will include a signed card of one of the following (the fourth will be a “consolation prize” and will not include a signed card):
that’s n. t. wright, elisabeth schüssler fiorenza, and kevin j. vanhoozer.
it is interesting to look at the reviews on amazon , where the reviewers mention being puzzled at which theologians were included and which were not. one person had never heard of rosemary radford ruether (!) but thinks that charles ryrie ought to have a card.
but it isn’t necessary to choose, in the long term. i am delighted to say that there are plans for follow-up sets of trading cards, including ones that will branch out into new testament scholars (and, i hope, eventually hebrew bible/old testament scholars). and so i thought it would be fun to encourage commenters here to say who else they would like to see cards for. feel free to be serious or satirical or approach it any other way you see fit. (and feel free to make them part of your “fantasy team for jesus nerds” that anthony le donne recently blogged about).
to encourage readers to be creative in suggesting which future cards they would want to see (including duplicates of current ones for different “seasons” in their work, perhaps?), i have decided that, while i will give away the three sets of trading cards with signed cards at random, i will give the fourth set to the person that i thought left the best comment.
so for the purpose of the main giveaway, all you need to do is leave a comment here on the blog (sorry, comments left on a shared link on facebook or somewhere else count) with the name of the theologian whose signed card you would like most (feel free to mention two or three and rank them, in case it turns out that i get you your first choice). but to maximize your chances of getting a set of cards even if not chosen at random, leave as many comments as you wish that suggest possible cards for other scholars, whether theologians in the narrow sense or scholars in other related fields. there is no penalty for two people proposing cards for the same theologian or scholar. what will matter to win the final set is what you write, whether it be your serious reason for wanting that person to have a card, or your frivolous and funny description of what you think should go on the card.
is that clear? i hope so. now, let the contest begin! i will let this run until monday and will pick the winner after that.
enter early, and enter often. and spread the word!
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ðə b.c*. ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrəsts, lændz ənd ˈnæʧərəl ˈrisɔrs ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz (flnro*) ˈgrænɪd ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˈsɛvərəl ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz frəm ðə b.c*. ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt tɪ kip saɪt si dæm kənˈstrəkʃən frəm ˈfɑlɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ɪkˈspɛktɪd ˈtaɪmlaɪnz, ˈkænədə həz ˈlərnɪd. ðə ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz hæv səm ˈloʊkəl fərst ˈneɪʃənz ənd ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts kənˈsərnd prɛˈmɪr ˈkrɪsti ˈprɑməs tɪ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt pæst ðə pɔɪnt əv noʊ return”*” ɪz əˈkərɪŋ æt ðə kɔst əv oʊn pərˈmɪtɪŋ rulz ənd ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ˈmænɪʤmənt. ˈhaɪˌdroʊ həz gɔn rogue,”*,” ʧif ˈroʊlənd ˈwɪlsən əv ðə wɛst ˈmoʊbərli fərst ˈneɪʃən toʊld ˈkænədə. jɛt, ðə ˈprɑvɪns ɪz əˈwɛr əv ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ənd ˈʧuzɪz tɪ lʊk ðə ˈəðər weɪ. ðə pɔɪnt əv ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtər ɪf ɪt rɪfˈjuzɪz tɪ regulate?”*?” ˈiˌmeɪl ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns əbˈteɪnd baɪ ˈkænədə ʃoʊ ˈhaɪˌdroʊ rɪkˈwɛstɪd ˌlæsˈmɪnət pərˈmɪʃən frəm ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrəsts tɪ ˈəndərˌteɪk æmˈfɪbiən salvage”*” əˈlɔŋ ðə bæŋks əv ðə pis ˈrɪvər. ðə ˈmɪnɪstri ˈgrænɪd ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˈsɛvərəl ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz frəm ðə ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt tɪ ˈkɑndəkt ðə wərk ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts seɪ ɪz əˈgɛnst ðə lɔ. ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt ənd ɪts ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz du nɑt əˈlaʊ fər ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz frəm ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri pərˈmɪtɪŋ process,”*,” ˈʤɔsˌlɪn ˈsteɪsi, əˈsɪstənt prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˌæˈlɑrd skul əv lɔ ənd ˈɛkspərt ɪn ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ənd ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv lɔ, toʊld ˈkænədə. minz ðət ˈæktɪd wɪˈθaʊt ˈligəl əˈθɔrəti wɪn ɪt ˈɪʃud ðə ɪgˈzɛmpʃən tɪ hydro.”*.” ˌɪgˈnɔrɪŋ ɪˈstæblɪʃt pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ðə spɪˈsɪfɪk kənˈsərn ðət ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ɪz ˈkɛriɪŋ aʊt ɪts saɪt si dæm kənˈstrəkʃən ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt baɪ ˈpəblɪk əˈfɪʃəlz ðət ʃʊd bi ˌgɛrənˈtid baɪ ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri pərˈmɪtɪŋ process,”*,” ˈsteɪsi ˈædɪd. ɔn meɪ 13 ˈhaɪˌdroʊ sɔt pərˈmɪʃən tɪ ˈkæpʧər ənd ˌriˈloʊkeɪt æmˈfɪbiən ˈspiʃiz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈkɔrəs frɑgz, kəˈləmbiə ˈspɑtɪd frɑgz, ˌsæləˈmændərz, wʊd frɑgz ənd ˈwɛstərn toʊdz, ɔl əv wɪʧ ər prəˈtɛktɪd ˈəndər ðə b.c*. ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt. ˈprɑvɪns ˈæktɪŋ impunity”*” ɪn ˈgrænɪŋ ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz ˈhaɪˌdroʊ prəˈpoʊzd tɪ bɪˈgɪn ðə ˈsælvɪʤ wərk ɔn meɪ 17 ˈoʊnli fɔr deɪz ˈæftər pərˈmɪʃən wɑz rɪkˈwɛstɪd. ɪn ə ˈlɛtər əˈdrɛst tɪ krɪs ˈædɪsən, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈrisɔrs dɪˈvɛləpmənt wɪθ ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrəsts, ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˈnoʊtɪd ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri fild ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ðə ˈkæpʧər saɪts wɑz kənˈdəktəd ɔn meɪ 12 ʤɪst wən deɪ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə rɪkˈwɛst wɑz səbˈmɪtəd. ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd ðət dɪˈleɪɪŋ pərˈmɪʃən tɪ pərˈfɔrm æmˈfɪbiən ˈsælvɪʤ wɪʧ ðə kraʊn ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən kleɪmd wɑz ˈkruʃəl tɪ ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv θri daɪks əˈlɔŋ ðə saʊθ bæŋk əv ðə pis ˈrɪvər saɪd ˈʧænəl sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈskɛʤʊl delays.”*.” ɪn ən ˈiˌmeɪl ˈdeɪtɪd meɪ 25 əˈfɪʃəl ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪd ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈprɑfət ˈrɪvər ənd wɛst ˈmoʊbərli fərst ˈneɪʃənz ðət ˈsɛvərəl ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz tɪ ðə ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt wər ˈgrænɪd tɪ ˈhaɪˌdroʊ. ɪn ə ˈfɑloʊˌəp ˈiˌmeɪl, ˈædɪsən ˈnoʊtɪd ðɛr ɪz noʊ prəˈvɪʒən ɪn ðə ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt tɪ grænt səʧ ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz. ɪz noʊ prəˈvɪʒən ɪn ðə ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt fər ðɪs specifically,”*,” ˈædɪsən roʊt ɪn ðə ˈiˌmeɪl. ɪt ɪz ən ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv lɔ ˈprɪnsəpəl ðət ˈfəŋkʃənəli əˈmaʊnts tɪ ˌɪnˈdusɪŋ error.”*.” ˈsteɪsi sɛd ðə ækˈnɑlɪʤd læk əv ˈligəl əˈθɔrəti tɪ grænt səʧ ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz ɪz ˈtrəbəlɪŋ. æm moʊst ðə fækt ðət ðə əˈfɪʃəl ədˈmɪtəd hi dɪd nɑt hæv ðə ˈligəl əˈθɔrəti tɪ ˈɪʃu səʧ ən ɪgˈzɛmpʃən ənd səˈʤɛstɪd ðət hi ˈæktɪd wɪθ ˌɪmˈpjunɪti ɪn duɪŋ so,”*,” ˈsteɪsi toʊld ˈkænədə. kaɪnd əv ˈækʃən goʊz əˈgɛnst ɑr moʊst ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə rul əv lɔ: ðət ˈpəblɪk əˈfɪʃəlz ækt əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ lɔ, ənd nɑt beɪst ɔn ðɛr ˈpərsɪnəl əˈpɪnjənz ər wət ðeɪ vju ɛz ɪkˈspidiənt ˈəndər ðə circumstances.”*.” ˈsteɪsi sɛd ðɪs ˈɪnstəns ˈreɪzɪz ə məʧ ˈbrɔdər kənˈsərn ðət əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ““exemptions”*” meɪ bi ˈɪʃud ruˈtinli, bət ˈædɪd ðət bɪˈkəz əv ə læk əv trænˈspɛrənsi wɪθ ðə pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs, ðə ˈpəblɪk ɪz nɑt əˈwɛr ðət ðɪs ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ ənd ˈkænɑt sik ˈrikɔrs frəm ðə kɔrts ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ʤuˈdɪʃəl review.”*.” ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrəsts, lændz ənd ˈnæʧərəl ˈrisɔrs ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz dɪd nɑt prəˈvaɪd ˈkɑmɛnt baɪ taɪm əv ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən. ˈhaɪˌdroʊ: saɪt si ˈskɛʤʊl æt risk”*” ðə ˈmænɪʤmənt əv æmˈfɪbiən ˈspiʃiz fɔlz ˈəndər ðə ˈɔspɪs əv ðə ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt ənd waɪl ˈhaɪˌdroʊ səbˈmɪtəd ən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən fər ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈsælvɪʤ ˈpərˌmɪt tɪ ðə ˈmɪnɪstri ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2015 ɪt ɪkˈspɛkt ə ˈpərˌmɪt tɪ bi ˈɪʃud ənˈtɪl mɪd tɪ leɪt ʤun 2016 ɪn ɪts rɪkˈwɛst ˈlɛtər, ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˈsteɪtɪd, ˈsælvɪʤ wərks ˈkænɑt weɪt ənˈtɪl ðə ˈpərˌmɪt ɪz ˈɪʃud; ɛz ˈnoʊtɪd, ðə dɪˈleɪ ɪn kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə daɪks pʊts ðə meɪn ˈsɪvəl wərks kənˈstrəkʃən ˈskɛʤʊl æt risk.”*.” ʧif ˌlaɪˈnɛt əv ðə ˈprɑfət ˈrɪvər fərst ˈneɪʃən sɛd ðə ˈwɪlɪŋnəs tɪ ɪgˈzɛmpt ˈhaɪˌdroʊ frəm ðə rulz ɪz pɑrt əv ə ““pattern.”*.” ˈəðər ˈkəmpəˌni wʊd feɪs ˈʧɑrʤɪz, bət nɑt hydro.”*.” boʊθ ðə ˈprɑfət ˈrɪvər ənd wɛst ˈmoʊbərli fərst ˈneɪʃən ər ˈkərəntli ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðə əˈpruvəl əv ðə saɪt si dæm ɪn ə ˈligəl ˈʧælənʤ. læst mənθ, 250 ˈsaɪəntɪsts ənd ˌækəˈdɛmɪks frəm əˈkrɔs ˈkænədə kɔld ɔn ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ pʊt ðə breɪks ɔn kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə saɪt si dæm ə muv səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ðə rɔɪəl soʊˈsaɪɪti əv ˈkænədə. ˈgɔrdən ˈkrɪsti, əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˌæˈlɑrd skul əv lɔ, sɛd ðə ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz ər ˌɛmbləˈmætɪk əv ðə dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən tɪ ədˈvæns ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət pʊts fərst ˈneɪʃənz ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn kɔrt æt ə ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤ. ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd tɛlz ju ɪz haʊ ðə ˈprɑvɪns əˈproʊʧɪz things,”*,” ˈkrɪsti toʊld ˈkænədə. ˈstrætəʤi ɪz ˈklɪrli ʤɪst gɪt ðɪs tɪ ə pɔɪnt wɛr ɪt bi stopped.”*.” ˈkrɪsti sɛd ðə ˈfərðər ˈhaɪˌdroʊ gɪts ðə saɪt si ˈprɑʤɛkt daʊn ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt pæθ, ðə mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt ɪt wɪl bi fər fərst ˈneɪʃənz ˈligəl ˈʧælənʤɪz tɪ stænd əp ɪn kɔrt. ðə ˈsɪkənɪŋ pɑrt əv ɔl əv this,”*,” hi sɛd. teɪks soʊ lɔŋ fər ðiz kaɪnz əv ˈʧælənʤɪz tɪ gɪt θru ðə æt ðə ɛnd əv ɔl ðət taɪm ˈpæsɪŋ goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ðə dæm ɔˈrɛdi bɪlt. ðə ˈstrætəʤi əv ðə government.”*.” ˈkrɪsti ˈædɪd ˈɛni ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən oʊd tɪ ˈtriti 8 fərst ˈneɪʃənz wɪl bi bɔrn baɪ ðə ˈtækˌspeɪər, nɑt ðə prəˈvɪnʃəl ˈgəvərnmənt. luz æt all,”*,” hi sɛd. əˈbaʊt ðə bɪg ˈɪʃu: ðɪs ɪz ˈklɪrli ə prəˈpoʊzəl ðət ɪz biɪŋ pʊʃt θru rəˈgɑrdləs əv ˈwɛðər ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤɪŋ ɔn ˈtriti rights.”*.” ʧif ˈwɪlsən sɛd baɪ ˈgrænɪŋ ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz frəm prəˈvɪnʃəl rulz laɪk ðə ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf ækt, ðə ˈprɑvɪns ɪz ˈpleɪsɪŋ nidz əˈbəv ðoʊz əv fərst ˈneɪʃənz ənd ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpəblɪk. ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl lɔz. fərˈgɛt ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl rights,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðət hoʊldz ɑr soʊˈsaɪɪti təˈgɛðər. wət ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ɪz dɪˈmændɪŋ wi ɔl do.”*.” hi ˈædɪd, ˌɪnfˈjʊriˌeɪts mi ɪz ðət ðə ˈprɑvɪns həz əˈgrid tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ðə lɔz ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈsɛlfɪʃ ˈɪntərɪsts əv hydro.”*.” ˈklɛrəns ˈwɪlsən, wɪθ ðə wɛst ˈmoʊbərli fərst ˈneɪʃən, toʊld ˈkænədə hi siz ðiz ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz ɛz ˌɛmbləˈmætɪk əv ðə rəʃ tɪ ədˈvæns ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ɪz ə ˈvɛri gʊd ɪgˈzæmpəl əv haʊ ɑr kənˈsərnz sim tɪ bi pʊʃt əˈsaɪd tɪ ˈɛkspɪˌdaɪt ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd wi si ðɪs ɪn ɔl kaɪnz əv ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən wi hæv wɪθ government,”*,” hi sɛd. duɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðeɪ nid tɪ du gris ðə skɪdz tɪ muv ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt forward.”*.” ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˈlɛtər tɪ krɪs ˈædɪsən ri: æmˈfɪbiən ˈsælvɪʤ ˈpərˌmɪt ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz baɪ ˈkænədə ˈɪmɪʤ: lænd ɪz klɪrd əˈlɔŋ ðə bæŋks əv ðə pis ˈrɪvər tɪ meɪk weɪ fər saɪt si kənˈstrəkʃən. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ˈhɔkɪnz
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the b.c. ministry of forests, lands and natural resource operations (flnro) granted bc hydro several exemptions from the b.c. wildlife act to keep site c dam construction from falling behind expected timelines, desmog canada has learned.
the exemptions have some local first nations and legal experts concerned premier christy clark’s promise to “push the project past the point of no return” is occurring at the cost of b.c.’s own permitting rules and wildlife management.
“bc hydro has gone rogue,” chief roland willson of the west moberly first nation told desmog canada. “worse yet, the province is aware of the situation and chooses to look the other way. what’s the point of having a regulator if it refuses to regulate?”
e-mail correspondence obtained by desmog canada show bc hydro requested last-minute permission from the ministry of forests to undertake “emergency amphibian salvage” along the banks of the peace river. the ministry granted bc hydro several exemptions from the wildlife act to conduct the work something legal experts say is against the law.
“the wildlife act and its regulations do not allow for exemptions from the ordinary permitting process,” jocelyn stacey, assistant professor at the ubc allard school of law and expert in environmental and administrative law, told desmog canada. “this means that flnro acted without legal authority when it issued the exemption to bc hydro.”
ignoring b.c.’s established permitting process “raises the specific concern that bc hydro is carrying out its site c dam construction operations without the oversight by public officials that should be guaranteed by the ordinary permitting process,” stacey added.
on may 13, bc hydro sought permission to capture and relocate amphibian species including boreal chorus frogs, columbia spotted frogs, long-toed salamanders, wood frogs and western toads, all of which are protected under the b.c. wildlife act.
province acting “with impunity” in granting exemptions
bc hydro proposed to begin the salvage work on may 17, only four days after permission was requested. in a letter addressed to chris addison, director of resource development with the ministry of forests, bc hydro noted a preliminary field visit to the capture sites was conducted on may 12 just one day before the request was submitted.
bc hydro also noted that delaying permission to perform amphibian salvage which the crown corporation claimed was crucial to the creation of three dikes along the south bank of the peace river side channel “risks significant schedule delays.”
in an e-mail dated may 25, flnro official golnoush hassanpour notified members of the prophet river and west moberly first nations that several exemptions to the wildlife act were granted to bc hydro. in a follow-up e-mail, addison noted there is no provision in the wildlife act to grant such exemptions.
“there is no provision in the wildlife act for this specifically,” addison wrote in the e-mail. “rather it is an administrative law principle that functionally amounts to inducing error.”
ubc’s stacey said the acknowledged lack of legal authority to grant such exemptions is troubling.
“i am most troubled…by the fact that the flnro official admitted he did not have the legal authority to issue such an exemption and suggested that he acted with impunity in doing so,” stacey told desmog canada.
“this kind of action goes against our most fundamental understanding of the rule of law: that public officials act according to law, and not based on their personal opinions or what they view as expedient under the circumstances.”
stacey said this instance raises a much broader concern that unauthorized “exemptions” may be issued routinely, but added that because of a “general lack of transparency with the permitting process, the public is not aware that this is happening and cannot seek recourse from the courts in the form of judicial review.”
the ministry of forests, lands and natural resource operations did not provide comment by time of publication.
bc hydro: site c “construction schedule at risk”
the management of amphibian species falls under the auspice of the wildlife act and while bc hydro submitted an application for an official salvage permit to the ministry in september 2015, it didn’t expect a permit to be issued until mid to late june 2016.
in its request letter, bc hydro stated, “the salvage works cannot wait until the permit is issued; as noted, the delay in construction of the dikes puts the main civil works construction schedule at risk.”
chief lynette tsakoza of the prophet river first nation said the province’s willingness to exempt bc hydro from the rules is part of a “pattern.”
“every other company would face charges, but not bc hydro.”
both the prophet river and west moberly first nation are currently fighting the approval of the site c dam in a legal challenge.
last month, 250 top-level scientists and academics from across canada called on the federal government to put the brakes on construction of the site c dam a move supported by the royal society of canada.
gordon christie, associate professor at the ubc allard school of law, said the exemptions are emblematic of the province’s determination to advance the project something that puts first nations fighting the project in court at a disadvantage.
“what this particular episode tells you is how the province approaches things,” christie told desmog canada. “their strategy is clearly just get this to a point where it can’t be stopped.”
christie said the further bc hydro gets the site c project down the development path, the more difficult it will be for first nations legal challenges to stand up in court.
“that’s the sickening part of all of this,” he said. “it takes so long for these kinds of challenges to get through the courts…and at the end of all that time passing you’re going to have the dam already built. the strategy of the government.”
christie added any compensation owed to treaty 8 first nations will be borne by the taxpayer, not the provincial government.
“they don’t lose at all,” he said. “really it’s about the big issue: this is clearly a proposal that is being pushed through regardless of whether it’s infringing on treaty rights.”
chief willson said by granting bc hydro exemptions from provincial rules like the wildlife act, the province is placing bc hydro’s needs above those of first nations and the general public.
“forget environmental laws. forget constitutional rights,” he said. “forget everything that holds our society together. what bc hydro is demanding we all do.”
he added, “what infuriates me is that the province has agreed to ignore the laws and instead protect the selfish interests of bc hydro.”
clarence willson, councillor with the west moberly first nation, told desmog canada he sees these exemptions as emblematic of the government’s rush to advance the project.
“this in particular is a very good example of how our concerns seem to be pushed aside to expedite this project and we see this in all kinds of consultation we have with government,” he said.
“they’re doing everything they need to do grease the skids to move this project forward.”
bc hydro letter to flnro chris addison re: amphibian salvage permit exemptions by desmog canada
image: land is cleared along the banks of the peace river to make way for site c construction. photo: jayce hawkins
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tɔp waɪt haʊs əˈfɪʃəlz toʊld ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛts ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ðət ˈoʊpən tɪ ə ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz dil ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən. bət ðə nu rɪˈpɔrts læk ˈɛni ˈditeɪlz əˈbaʊt wət ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz wʊd bi əkˈsɛptəbəl tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp ər ðə, ˈvoʊtərz hu ɪˈlɛktɪd ɪm ˈɪntu paʊər. ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈtuzˌdeɪ ðət ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp ɪz ˈigər tɪ pæs ən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən bɪl, ə ˈsinjər ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəl toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈædɪŋ ðə ˈtɑpɪk tɪ hɪz spiʧ təˈnaɪt tɪ ə ʤɔɪnt ˈsɛʃən əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ðoʊ ˈiðər weɪ ən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən bɪl rɪˈmeɪnz ə dɪˈzaɪər fər hɪz fərst tərm. ðə ˈtɑpɪk əv ɛnˈfɔrsɪŋ ˈkɑrənt ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən lɔz ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ɪn ðə spiʧ, ðə əˈfɪʃəl sɛd. ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈditeɪlz əv ˈɛni prəˈpoʊzəl ər ˈvaɪtəl bɪˈkəz ˈɛvəri ˈfækʃən ɪn ðə juʤ pəˈlɪtɪkəl dɪˈspjut ˈoʊvər ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪd ˈleɪbər sɪz ðeɪ wɔnt ə ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz. ɪn 2013 fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ðə eɪt ˈsɛnətərz hu ˈdræftɪd ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld əv eight”*” ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən bɪl kleɪmd ðɛr bɪl wɑz ə ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt wʊd hæv ˈgətɪd ˈsæŋkʃənz fər ɪmˈplɔɪərz, ˈgrænɪd ən ˈoʊpəˌnɛndəd ˈæmnəsti tɪ ˈmɪljənz əv ˌɪˈligəlz, ˌɪnˈkrist ðə ˈɪnˌfloʊ əv ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz, ənd ˈdəbəld ðə ˈænjuəl ˈɪnˌfloʊ əv ˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts tɪ ˈrəfli 2 ˈmɪljən pər jɪr. rɪˈfɔrmərz hæv pʊʃt ðɛr oʊn ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzɪz, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈklud ən ˈæmnəsti fər ðə 11 ˌɪˈligəlz ɪn ðə ˈneɪʃən ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər ʃɑrp rɪˈdəkʃənz ɪn ˈænjuəl ˈligəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən pləs rulz tɪ ˈsæŋkʃən ɪmˈplɔɪərz hu haɪər ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts. ðə ˈtreɪˌdɔf səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ mɑrk krɪˈkɔriən, dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈsɛnər fər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈstədiz, hu noʊts ðət ˈɛni ˈoʊvərˌhɔl əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən lɔ rikˈwaɪərz səm ˈpərʧəst səˈpɔrt frəm səm ˈdɛməˌkræts. ɪn hɪz ˈwɪnɪŋ 2016 kæmˈpeɪn, ˈdɑnəld trəmp wən juʤ ˈpəblɪk səˈpɔrt bɪˈkəz əv hɪz ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈæmnəsti ənd tɪ ˈpɑləsiz, ənd bɪˈkəz əv hɪz ˈprɑməs tɪ əˈmɛrɪkən ənd haɪər american.”*.” ɪn wən 2016 spiʧ, hi ərʤd ə ˈkətˌbæk ɪn ˈligəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən tɪ hɪˈstɔrɪkəl nɔrmz. hi ˈɔlsoʊ kɔld fər ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri pɔz ɪn ˈligəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən, waɪl rɪˈpitɪŋ hɪz ˈprɑməs fər ə wɔl ðət wʊd stɑp ˌɪˈligəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən. ɪn ˈɔgəst 2015 hɪz ˈpɑləsi ˈpeɪpər dɪˈklɛrd: wi nid tɪ kənˈtroʊl ðə ədˈmɪʃən əv nu ˈwərkərz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ: hɛlp ˈweɪʤɪz groʊ, gɪt ˈtiˌneɪʤərz bæk tɪ wərk, eɪd minorities’*’ raɪz ˈɪntu ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs, hɛlp skulz ənd kəmˈjunɪtiz ˈfɑlɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd, ənd tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ɑr ˈɪməgrənt ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈfæməli bɪˈkəm pɑrt əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən drim. ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 9 waɪt haʊs ˈspoʊksmən ʃɔn ˈspaɪsər sɛd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪz stɪl əˈpoʊzd tɪ ðə 2013 əv eight”*” bɪl. bət ɪf trəmp wər tɪ rɪˈvərs hɪz ˈpɑləsiz, ˈlaɪkli feɪs səˈvɪr pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɑbləmz ɪn 2018 ənd 2020 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn, həz tɪ bi ə negotiation,”*,” ðə əˈfɪʃəl sɛd, ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ðət ðə bɪl ˌθiərˈɛtɪkəli kʊd meɪk ˈpipəl ɔn boʊθ ðə right”*” ənd left”*” ˈhæpi. kʊd bi gʊd fər everyone,”*,” ðə ˈsinjər ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəl sɛd. ər exhausted”*” frəm dəˈbeɪtɪŋ ðə ˈtɑpɪk. ˈɛni ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən rɪˈdəkʃənz wʊd bi ə strəˈtiʤɪk ˈprɑbləm fər ˈdɛməˌkræts bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət ðə ˈraɪzɪŋ taɪd əv ˈɪməgrənt ˈvoʊtərz wɪl brɪŋ ðɛm ˈɪntu paʊər. ˈɛni rɪˈdəkʃən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈprɑbləm fər wɔl strit ˌɪnˈvɛstərz bɪˈkəz ðɛr ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz əˈsum ə groʊɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv ˈɪməgrənt kənˈsumərz.
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top white house officials told media outlets on tuesday that they’re open to a compromise deal on immigration.
but the new reports lack any details about what compromise would be acceptable to president donald trump or the pro-american, anti-amnesty voters who elected him into power.
cnn reported tuesday that
president donald trump is eager to pass an immigration bill, a senior administration official told reporters tuesday.
the president is thinking about adding the topic to his speech tonight to a joint session of congress, though either way an immigration bill remains a desire for his first term. the topic of enforcing current immigration laws is already in the speech, the official said.
the actual details of any proposal are vital because every faction in the huge political dispute over imported wage-cutting labor says they want a compromise.
in 2013, for example, the eight senators who drafted the so-called “gang of eight” immigration bill claimed their bill was a compromise even though it would have gutted sanctions for low-wage employers, granted an open-ended amnesty to millions of illegals, increased the inflow of refugees, and doubled the annual inflow of legal immigrants to roughly 2 million per year.
pro-american reformers have pushed their own compromises, which include an amnesty for the 11 million-plus illegals in the nation in exchange for sharp reductions in annual legal immigration plus self-enforcing rules to sanction employers who hire illegal immigrants.
that’s the wage-boosting trade-off supported by mark krikorian, director of the center for immigration studies, who notes that any overhaul of immigration law requires some purchased support from some pro-immigration democrats.
in his winning 2016 campaign, donald trump won huge public support because of his opposition to amnesty and to cheap-labor policies, and because of his promise to “buy american and hire american.”
in one 2016 speech, he urged a cutback in legal immigration to historical norms. he also called for a temporary pause in legal immigration, while repeating his promise for a wall that would stop illegal immigration. in august 2015, his policy paper declared:
we need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities’ rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the american dream.
on feb. 9, white house spokesman sean spicer said the president is still opposed to the 2013 “gang of eight” bill.
but if trump were to reverse his election-winning pro-american policies, he’d likely face severe political problems in 2018 and 2020.
according to cnn,
“it has to be a negotiation,” the official said, arguing that the bill theoretically could make people on both the “far right” and “far left” happy. “it could be good for everyone,” the senior administration official said. “people are exhausted” from debating the topic.
any immigration reductions would be a strategic problem for democrats because they are hoping that the rising tide of immigrant voters will bring them into power. any reduction is also a problem for wall street investors because their stock-market calculations assume a growing population of welfare-supported immigrant consumers.
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1 əv 42 fʊl skrin kloʊz skɪp æd ˈhaɪˌlaɪts frəm ˈbərni kæmˈpeɪn, ɪn ˈpɪkʧərz vju ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ðə ˈsɛnətər frəm vərˈmɑnt ɪz ˈhɪləri ˈraɪvəl ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛst fər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən. ˈkæpʃən ðə ˈsɛnətər frəm vərˈmɑnt ɪz ˈhɪləri ˈraɪvəl ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛst fər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən. ʤun 14 2016 ˈbərni ˈsændərz əraɪvz æt ðə ˈkæpɪtəl ˈhɪltən tɪ mit wɪθ ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ɪn d.c*. mæt ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst baɪ ˈfoʊˌtoʊ weɪt 1 ˈsɛkənd tɪ kənˈtɪnju. wɪn ˈbərni ˈsændərz wən nu ˈhæmʃər baɪ ə waɪd ˈmɑrʤən, hi wɑz ˌəndərˈstændəbli ɪkˈsaɪtɪd. əv ə juʤ ˈvoʊtər ˈtərˌnaʊt ənd aɪ seɪ huge,”*,” hi sɛd ˈæftərwərd, drɔɪŋ aʊt ðə ““u*" saʊnd ɪn hɪz dɪˈstɪŋktɪv ˈbrʊklɪn ˈækˌsɛnt, won.”*.” ðə ˈtərˌnaʊt ˈoʊvərˌɔl wɑz nɑt ðət juʤ, bət ˈsændərz stɪl rɪˈsivd mɔr voʊts ðən ˈɛni ˈpriviəs ˈdɛməˌkræt ɪn ðə steɪt baɪ ə waɪd ˈmɑrʤən. ˈæftər nəˈvɑdə, ˈsændərzɪz wərst lɔs soʊ fɑr, hɪz æˈnælɪsɪs wɑz ˈdɪfərənt. sɛd ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər əˈgɛn," hi sɛd ɔn ðə press,”*,” wɪl du wɛl wɪn jəŋ ˈpipəl, wɪn ˈpipəl kəm aʊt. wi du nɑt du wɛl wɪn ðə ˈvoʊtər ˈtərˌnaʊt ɪz nɑt lɑrʤ. wi dɪd nɑt du ɛz gʊd ə ʤɑb ɛz aɪ hæd ˈwɔntɪd tɪ brɪŋ aʊt ə lɑrʤ turnout.”*.” ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt ˈbərni ˈsændərz sɛd hi ɪz ˈkɑnfədənt əv kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ hɪz kæmˈpeɪn ˈɪntu ˈsupər ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɪn mɑrʧ, wɪn moʊst əv ðə steɪts ɪˈlɛkt ðɛr ˈpɑrti ˌnɑməˈni fər ðə waɪt haʊs. (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈsændərz ɪz kərˈɛkt ðət hɪz kæmˈpeɪn kəmz daʊn tɪ jəŋ ˈvoʊtərz. lɛs soʊ ˈwərkɪŋ klæs ˈvoʊtərz, ɪt simz; ɪn nəˈvɑdə, ˈklɪntən wən ˌloʊˈɪnkəm ˈvoʊtərz, ənd ˈsændərzɪz ˈmɑrʤən əˈməŋ ðoʊz ˈərnɪŋ lɛs ðən ə jɪr ɪn ˈaɪəwə wɑz ˈəndər 10 pɔɪnts. bət əˈməŋ jəŋ ˈvoʊtərz? ˈsændərz ɪz ə ˈrənəˌweɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt, ˈərnɪŋ ˈməltəpəlz əv səˈpɔrt. ɪn ˈaɪəwə ənd nəˈvɑdə, ˈvoʊtərz ˈəndər 30 wɛnt 6 tɪ 1 fər ˈsændərz. ɪn nu ˈhæmʃər, 5 tɪ 1 ðə eɪʤ splɪt ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈivɪn ə mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt splɪt ðən ðə wən ɔn reɪs, ɪn fækt. ɪn nəˈvɑdə ˈɛntrəns poʊlz, ˈjəŋgər hɪˈspænɪk ˈvoʊtərz bækt ˈsændərz ˈhɛvəli, waɪl ˈoʊldər hɪˈspænɪk ˈvoʊtərz didn’t*. ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl rɪˈpɔrts ə ˈsɪmələr splɪt əˈməŋ ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkən ˈvoʊtərz. ɪn ðə tu steɪts ˈsændərz lɔst ˈaɪəwə ənd nəˈvɑdə jəŋ ˈvoʊtərz tərnd aʊt məʧ lɛs ˈvərsəz ðɛr ʃɛr əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən (ɛz əv ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˈsɛnsəs ˈɛstəˌmeɪts) ðən ɪn nu ˈhæmʃər. ðoʊz ˈeɪʤɪd 18 tɪ 30 ər ə sˈmɔlər pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪn nu ˈhæmʃər ðən ðeɪ ər ɪn ˈaɪəwə ər nəˈvɑdə, bət ðeɪ tərnd aʊt əˈbaʊt ɛz məʧ ɪn ðɪs ˈkɑntɛsts. (ðɛr ər ˈmɑrʤənz əv ˈɛrər ɔn ðiz ðət ər nɑt ˌɪnsɪgnˈjɪfɪkənt, bət ðæts nɑt ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt æt ðɪs pɔɪnt.) ənd lʊk æt ðət səˈpɔrt fər ˈsændərz! ˈmæsɪv. ðə ˈprɑbləm wɪʧ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhæpənz tɪ bi ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ, pərˈpɛʧuəl ˈprɑbləm fər ˈkænədɪts hu bæŋk ɔn ðə juθ voʊt ɪz ðət ˈoʊldər ˈvoʊtərz ˈjuʒəwəli over-perform*. ənd lʊk æt ðoʊz ˈmɑrʤənz fər ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən. ˈnoʊtɪd rɪˈpitɪdli ðət jəŋ ˈpipəl ˈsɪmpli tərn aʊt tɪ voʊt ɛz məʧ ɛz ˈoʊldər ˈvoʊtərz. ðət ˈoʊvərˌlæps ə bɪt wɪθ class”*” ˈkɑmɛnt; ˈɪnˌkəm, ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈlɛvəl ənd eɪʤ ər ɔl ˈoʊvərˌlæpɪŋ grups wɪʧ tɛnd tɪ voʊt lɛs ˈfrikwɛntli. eɪʤ əˈloʊn: ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən wən nəˈvɑdə ɪn lɑrʤ pɑrt bɪˈkəz əv hər ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ səˈpɔrt frəm blæk ˈvoʊtərz. ʃi wən ˈaɪəwə bɪˈkəz ˈoʊldər ˈvoʊtərz tərnd aʊt mɔr ðən ðeɪ dɪd ɪn 2008 ənd bɪˈkəz ˈjəŋgər ˈvoʊtərz tərnd aʊt lɛs. mɔr, nɑt məʧ ˈɛvədəns ðət ˈjəŋgər ˈvoʊtərz ər mɔr ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd tɪ tərn aʊt fər ɪm ðən ər ˈoʊldər wənz. ðɪs ɪz waɪ kæmˈpeɪnz ðət nid ˈjəŋgər ˈvoʊtərz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ wɪn ˈɔfən. ˈjəŋgər ˈvoʊtərz hu muv mɔr ˈɔfən, wərk ˈwɪrdər aʊərz ənd ɪn ðə ˈhæbət əv ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈsɪmpli voʊt ɛz məʧ. wɪʧ, ˈbərni ˈsændərz sɛd, ɪz waɪ ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən bit ɪm ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ.
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when bernie sanders won new hampshire by a wide margin, he was understandably excited. “because of a huge voter turnout — and i say huge,” he said afterward, drawing out the “u" sound in his distinctive brooklyn accent, “we won.” the turnout overall was not that huge, but sanders still received more votes than any previous democrat in the state by a wide margin.
after nevada, sanders's worst loss so far, his analysis was different. “what i’ve said over and over again," he said on “meet the press,” “we will do well when young people, when working-class people come out. we do not do well when the voter turnout is not large. we did not do as good a job as i had wanted to bring out a large turnout.”
democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders said he is confident of continuing his campaign into super tuesday in march, when most of the states elect their party nominee for the white house. (reuters)
sanders is correct that his campaign comes down to young voters. less so working class voters, it seems; in nevada, clinton won low-income voters, and sanders's margin among those earning less than $50,000 a year in iowa was under 10 points. but among young voters? sanders is a runaway favorite, earning multiples of clinton’s support. in iowa and nevada, voters under 30 went 6 to 1 for sanders. in new hampshire, 5 to 1.
the age split is probably even a more important split than the one on race, in fact. in nevada entrance polls, younger hispanic voters backed sanders heavily, while older hispanic voters didn’t. the wall street journal reports a similar split among african american voters.
in the two states sanders lost — iowa and nevada — young voters turned out much less versus their share of the population (as of the most recent census estimates) than in new hampshire. those aged 18 to 30 are a smaller percentage of the population in new hampshire than they are in iowa or nevada, but they turned out about as much in this year’s contests. (there are margins of error on these that are not insignificant, but that's not important at this point.)
and look at that support for sanders! massive.
the problem — which also happens to be the ongoing, perpetual problem for candidates who bank on the youth vote — is that older voters usually over-perform.
and look at those margins for hillary clinton.
we’ve noted repeatedly that young people simply don’t turn out to vote as much as older voters. that overlaps a bit with sanders’s “working class” comment; income, education level and age are all overlapping groups which tend to vote less frequently. age alone:
hillary clinton won nevada in large part because of her overwhelming support from black voters. she won iowa because older voters turned out more than they did in 2008 and because younger voters turned out less. what’s more, there’s not much evidence that sanders’s younger voters are more motivated to turn out for him than are clinton’s older ones.
this is why campaigns that need younger voters in order to win often don’t. younger voters — who move more often, work weirder hours and aren’t in the habit of voting — simply don’t vote as much. which, bernie sanders said, is why hillary clinton beat him on saturday.
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ˈpipəl ˈwəndərɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhoʊlˌdəp wɪθ ˈfɪksɪŋ seɪnt ʤɑnz mælˈfəŋkʃənɪŋ ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz meɪ sun hæv ˈænsərz. ə sɛt əv ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz kəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈsɪti hɔl wɪθ ˈmɑrkɪt skwɛr wɑz ʃət daʊn ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri bɪˈkəz ə kræk wɑz dɪˈskəvərd ɪn ðə træk. ðɛr wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ðə stɛp gæp, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt baɪ ˈsɪti stæf tɪ bi pərˈzɛnəd tɪ ˈkaʊnsəl ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt. waɪl ðə ʧeɪnz ɔn boʊθ ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz wər ˌriˈpleɪst ɪn mid-february*, ðə ˈprɑvɪns ɪz naʊ rikˈwaɪərɪŋ əˈdɪʃənəl ˈseɪfti ˈtɛstɪŋ. "ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ pərˈfɔrm ðə ˈtɛstɪŋ, ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈɪnstrəmənt ɪz rikˈwaɪərd," ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɛd, ˈædɪŋ ðət ðə ˈɪnstrəmənt "tʊk səm taɪm tɪ əbˈteɪn" θru ðə ˈsɪtiz ˈkɑnˌtræktər. fɪkst ɪn deɪz ər wiks "ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ənd dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm, ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz kʊd bi bæk əp ənd ˈrənɪŋ wɪˈθɪn deɪz ər [ɪt] kʊd bi wiks, ɪf mɔr rɪˈpɛrz ənd pɑrts ər rikˈwaɪərd," əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt. ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz, ˌɪnˈstɔld ɪn 1982 hæv "sərˈpæst ðɛr ɪkˈspɛktɪd ˈjusfəl laɪf." ˈrisəntli, ə pəˈtɪʃən ˈæskɪŋ ðə ˈsɪti əv seɪnt ʤɑn ənd ðə ˈhɑrdmən grup tɪ fɪks ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz ˈgæðərd mɔr ðən 200 ˈsɪgnəʧərz. ˈhɑrdmən, wɪʧ ˈmænɪʤɪz ˈmɑrkɪt skwɛr, oʊnz ənd ˈɑpərˌeɪts ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈəðər mælˈfəŋkʃənɪŋ ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz ɪn ðə ˈəpˈtaʊn, ɔl pɑrt əv ðə ˈsɪstəm. ðə ˈsɪti ˈmɑrkɪt ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz wər ˌriˈpleɪst ɪn 2016 (ˈsiˌbiˈsi) "ðɪs ɪz ˌɪnərˈfɪrɪŋ wɪθ ðə floʊ əv ˈsɪtɪzənz tɪ ðɛr hoʊmz [ənd] ˈpeɪtrənz tɪ ˈloʊkəl ˈbɪznɪsɪz, ənd ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər əkˈsɛptəbəl tɪ ðoʊz wɪθ ˌæksɛsəˈbɪlɪti ˈɪʃuz" ðə pəˈtɪʃən ridz. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr ɪz ən ˈɛləˌveɪtər ˈnɪrˈbaɪ, ɪt tu həz hæd ˈprɑbləmz ənd ˈwəzənt bɪlt tɪ teɪk ˈoʊvər frəm ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz. moʊst ˈpipəl ər fɔrst tɪ juz ðə ˈnɛroʊ ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz ɛz stɛrz. wən ˈsɪgnəˌtɔri tɪ ðə pəˈtɪʃən, ˈdeɪvɪd ˈnɪkərsən, sɛd ˈhævɪŋ ˈoʊnli wən ˈɛləˌveɪtər tɪ ˈsərvɪs ðə ˈɛriə bɪtˈwin st*. ˈpætrɪks strit ənd ˈsɪti hɔl "minz ðə bɪˈkəmz ˈvɛri klɔgd, ˈvɛri kˈwɪkli." "ˈɛniˌwən wɪθ ə ˈwiˌlʧɛr, ə ˈwɔkər, ər ˈɛni sɔrt əv moʊˈbɪlɪti ˌɪmˈpɛrmənt ɪz səˈvɪrli ˌɪmˈpæktɪd baɪ ðət," sɛd ˈnɪkərsən, huz tu ˈɛldərli ˈpɛrənts hæv moʊˈbɪlɪti ˈɪʃuz. 'fərˈgɛt ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz' ˈdɑnə ˈrɪrdən, seɪnt ʤɑnz wɔrd 3 ˈsɪti ənd ə ˈlɔŋˌtaɪm ˈəpˈtaʊn ˈrɛzɪdənt, sɛd ˈkaʊnsəl ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfrəˌstreɪtəd wɪθ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. "wi ʤɪst pʊt ə ˈmɪljənˌdɔlər ˈɛskəˌleɪtər ɪn əˈkrɔs ðə strit, ənd naʊ wɪr ˈlʊkɪŋ æt əˈnəðər wən," sɛd ˈrɪrdən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt, ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz ˌɪnˈstɔld ɪn ðə ˈsɪti ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn 2016 hæv ə ˈwənˌjɪr ˈwɔrənti ənd ən ɪkˈspɛktɪd ˈjusfəl laɪf əv æt list 25 jɪrz. ðə ˈlɔŋˈtərm səˈluʃən, ˈrɪrdən sɛd, ɪz tɪ "fərˈgɛt ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtərz." "ðeɪ bɪˈkəm ə ˈprɑbləm ˈoʊvər taɪm," ˈrɪrdən sɛd. "ənd ðɛr nɑt ðə ˈhɛlθiɪst ˈɔpʃən fər ˈpipəl. maɪ ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən wʊd bi tɪ hɔl ðɛm aʊt ənd ˌriˈpleɪs ðɛm wɪθ stɛrz." nɑt fər ˈɛvriˌwən stɛrz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈɑrənt ˈvaɪəbəl fər ˈɛvriˌwən, ˈiðər. "ɪts ðə ˈsinjər ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wi hæv tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt," ˈnɪkərsən sɛd, ˈædɪŋ ðət seɪnt ʤɑn həz ə haɪər ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv ˈsinjərz ðən ˈəðər ˈɛriəz. "ˈpipəl lʊk æt ðə ɛz ə ˈkriʧər ˈkəmfərt, bət fər ˈpipəl hu ər mobility-impaired*, ɪts ə nəˈsɛsɪti," sɛd ˈnɪkərsən. "ðɛr ər ə lɔt əv ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˈprɑbləmz ɪn seɪnt ʤɑn. ɪt ˈtrəbəlz mi tɪ θɪŋk ðət wiv bɪlt θɪŋz, ənd wɪr nɑt meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ðɛm, ənd aɪ doʊnt noʊ waɪ ðət ɪz."
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people wondering about the holdup with fixing saint john's malfunctioning city-owned escalators may soon have answers.
a set of up-and-down escalators connecting city hall with market square was shut down in january because a crack was discovered in the track. there was also a problem with the step gap, according to a report by city staff to be presented to council monday night.
while the chains on both escalators were replaced in mid-february, the province is now requiring additional safety testing.
"in order to perform the testing, a specific instrument is required," the report said, adding that the instrument "took some time to obtain" through the city's contractor.
fixed in days or weeks
"testing is currently ongoing and depending on the outcome, the escalators could be back up and running within days or [it] could be weeks, if more repairs and parts are required," according to the report.
the report said the escalators, installed in 1982, have "surpassed their expected useful life."
recently, a petition asking the city of saint john and the hardman group to fix the escalators gathered more than 200 signatures. hardman, which manages market square, owns and operates a number of other malfunctioning escalators in the uptown, all part of the pedway system.
the city market escalators were replaced in 2016. (cbc)
"this is interfering with the flow of citizens to their homes [and] patrons to local businesses, and is no longer acceptable to those with accessibility issues" the petition reads.
although there is an elevator nearby, it too has had problems and wasn't built to take over from the escalators. most people are forced to use the narrow stationary escalators as stairs.
one signatory to the petition, david nickerson, said having only one elevator to service the area between st. patrick's street and city hall "means the pedway becomes very clogged, very quickly."
"anyone with a wheelchair, a walker, or any sort of mobility impairment is severely impacted by that," said nickerson, whose two elderly parents have mobility issues.
'forget the escalators'
donna reardon, saint john's ward 3 city councillor and a longtime uptown resident, said council is also frustrated with the situation.
"we just put a million-dollar escalator in across the street, and now we're looking at another one," said reardon.
according to the report, the kone-manufactured escalators installed in the city market pedway in 2016 have a one-year warranty and an expected useful life of at least 25 years.
the long-term solution, reardon said, is to "forget the escalators."
"they become a problem over time," reardon said. "and they're not the healthiest option for people. my recommendation would be to haul them out and replace them with stairs."
not for everyone
stairs, however, aren't viable for everyone, either.
"it's the senior population we have to think about," nickerson said, adding that saint john has a higher population of seniors than other areas.
"people look at the pedway as a creature comfort, but for people who are mobility-impaired, it's a necessity," said nickerson.
"there are a lot of infrastructure problems in saint john. it troubles me to think that we've built things, and we're not maintaining them, and i don't know why that is."
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"ðə ˈɔrdər ɪz ən ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt ənd aɪ əˈplɔd ju fər ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈprɪnsəpəld stænd əˈgɛnst dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ɪt," wən əˈtərni roʊt tɪ jeɪts ˈæftər jeɪts sɛd ʃi ˈwʊdənt ɛnˈfɔrs trəmps fərst ˈtrævəl bæn. ˈɛrɪk θeɪər ˈgɛti ˈɪmɪʤɪz ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt iˈmeɪlz riˈlist ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ baɪ ə kənˈsərvətɪv ˈwɑʧˌdɔg grup ʃɛd nu laɪt ɔn ðə səˈpɔrt ðət ˈfɔrmər ˈæktɪŋ əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ˈsæli jeɪts gɑt frəm wɪˈθɪn ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈæftər ʃi əˈnaʊnst ðət ʃi ˈwʊdənt dɪˈfɛnd ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmps fərst ˈtrævəl bæn ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri. ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ, ðə grup ðət əbˈteɪnd ðə ˈmɛsɪʤɪz θru ə ˈfridəm əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ækt rɪkˈwɛst, ɪz ˈpɔɪntɪŋ tɪ ðə kæˈʃeɪ ɛz pruf əv baɪəs æt ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt ɛz wɛl ɛz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈkaʊnsəlz ˈɔfəs ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ ˈrəʃən ˈɪnfluəns ɪn ðə 2016 ɪˈlɛkʃən. wən əv ðoʊz iˈmeɪlz tɪ jeɪts keɪm frəm ˈændru ˈwaɪsmən, hu æt ðə taɪm wɑz ðə hɛd əv ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˈkrɪmənəl frɔd ˈsɛkʃən ənd ɪz naʊ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ˈspɛʃəl ˈkaʊnsəl ˈrɑbərt tim. ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ˈviə "aɪ æm soʊ praʊd" wɑz ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt laɪn ɔn iˈmeɪl tɪ jeɪts, sɛnt æt p.m*. ɔn ʤæn. 30 ðə ˈbɑdi əv ðə iˈmeɪl rɛd: "ənd ɪn ɔ. θæŋk ju soʊ məʧ. ɔl maɪ ˈdipəst rɪˈspɛkts, ˈændru ˈwaɪsmən." ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈkaʊnsəlz ˈɔfəs dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə ˈɔfəs ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈwaɪsmən. ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ˈprɛzɪdənt tɑm ˈfɪtən sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt ðət iˈmeɪl wɑz "əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ ənd dɪˈstərbɪŋ." "haʊ məʧ mɔr ˈɛvədəns du wi nid ðət ðə mˈjulər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən həz bɪn ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzd baɪ ˈpɑrtəzənz?" ˈfɪtən sɛd. "ʃət ɪt daʊn." kæθˈlin klɑrk, ə ˈligəl ˈɛθɪks ˈɛkspərt æt ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˌjunəˈvərsəti skul əv lɔ, toʊld nuz ðət ʃi ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk ðət iˈmeɪl pərˈzɛnəd ə ˈkɑnflɪkt əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst wɪθ hɪz wərk ɔn ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈkaʊnsəlz tim. ˈwaɪsmən ɪkˈsprɛsɪŋ ˌædmərˈeɪʃən fər jeɪts wɑz nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ˈɛvədəns əv baɪəs, klɑrk sɛd. "ˈwaɪsmən ˈwəzənt ˈteɪkɪŋ ə swaɪp æt trəmp," klɑrk sɛd. jeɪts wɑz faɪərd baɪ trəmp ɔn ʤæn. 30 ˈæftər ʃi əˈnaʊnst tɪ ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt əˈfɪʃəlz ˈviə ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ ðət ʃi wɑz nɑt kənˈvɪnst ðət ðə ˈtrævəl bæn ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɔrdər ðət trəmp saɪnd ɔn ʤæn. 27 wɑz ˈlɔfəl. ðə iˈmeɪlz riˈlist baɪ ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ʃoʊ ðət ˈmɛsɪʤɪz əv səˈpɔrt keɪm ˈɪntu hər frəm əˈkrɔs ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt θruaʊt ðə ˈivnɪŋ. səm əv ðə iˈmeɪlz keɪm frəm ˈjuˈɛs əˈtərniz, waɪl ˈəðərz keɪm frəm kərɪr əˈfɪʃəlz ənd ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪd ˈsɛvərəl əv ðoʊz iˈmeɪlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wən frəm ə əˈpɛˌleɪt əˈtərni, ˈʤɛfri klɛr, hu roʊt, "θæŋk ju ˈeɪˈgi jeɪts. bɪn ɪn fər 30 jɪrz ənd hæv ˈnɛvər sin ən ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wɪθ səʧ kənˈtɛmpt fər ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈvæljuz ənd ðə rul əv lɔ. ðə ˈɔrdər ɪz ən ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt ənd aɪ əˈplɔd ju fər ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈprɪnsəpəld stænd əˈgɛnst dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ɪt." ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ˈviə
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"the president’s order is an unconstitutional embarrassment and i applaud you for taking a principled stand against defending it," one doj attorney wrote to yates after yates said she wouldn't enforce trump's first travel ban.
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internal justice department emails released on tuesday by a conservative watchdog group shed new light on the support that former acting attorney general sally yates got from within the department after she announced that she wouldn't defend president donald trump's first travel ban in january. judicial watch, the group that obtained the messages through a freedom of information act request, is pointing to the cache as proof of anti-trump bias at the justice department — as well as within the special counsel's office investigating russian influence in the 2016 election. one of those emails to yates came from andrew weissmann, who at the time was the head of the justice department's criminal fraud section and is now a member of special counsel robert mueller's team.
judicial watch / via judicialwatch.org
"i am so proud" was the subject line on weissmann's email to yates, sent at 9:50 p.m. on jan. 30. the body of the email read: "and in awe. thank you so much. all my deepest respects, andrew weissmann." a spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment on behalf of the office as well as weissmann. judicial watch president tom fitton said in a statement that weissmann's email was "astonishing and disturbing." "how much more evidence do we need that the mueller operation has been irredeemably compromised by anti-trump partisans?" fitton said. "shut it down." kathleen clark, a legal ethics expert at washington university school of law, told buzzfeed news that she didn't think that weissmann's email presented a conflict of interest with his work on the special counsel's team. weissmann expressing admiration for yates was not necessarily evidence of bias, clark said. "weissmann wasn't taking a swipe at trump," clark said. yates was fired by trump on jan. 30 after she announced to justice department officials via a one-page memo that she was not convinced that the travel ban executive order that trump signed on jan. 27 was lawful. the emails released by judicial watch show that messages of support came into her inbox from across the justice department throughout the evening. some of the emails came from us attorneys, while others came from career officials and prosecutors across the country. judicial watch highlighted several of those emails, including one from a doj appellate attorney, jeffrey clair, who wrote, "thank you ag yates. i’ve been in civil/appellate for 30 years and have never seen an administration with such contempt for democratic values and the rule of law. the president’s order is an unconstitutional embarrassment and i applaud you for taking a principled stand against defending it."
judicial watch / via judicialwatch.org
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tɪ ɑr ˌjʊrəˈpiən ənd ɔˈstreɪljən fænz hu hæv bɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ ˈvɛri ˈpeɪʃəntli fər ðə riˈlis əv ˈæʒər ˈstraɪkər, wi wɔnt tɪ wəns əˈgɛn θæŋk ju fər jʊr ˈpeɪʃəns. ɛz ə fərst taɪm ˈpəblɪʃər, wi ər goʊɪŋ θru ɔl əv ðə traɪəlz ənd ˌtrɪbjəˈleɪʃənz əv ə ˈwərldˈwaɪd riˈlis fər ðə fərst taɪm, ənd wi əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ju fər ˈstɪkɪŋ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs θru ɔl əv ðɪs. riˈlisɪŋ ə geɪm ɪn ɪz ə ˈdɪfərənt bist frəm ʤəˈpæn ənd nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə wɛr ju ˈoʊnli nid tɪ hæv ə ˈreɪtɪŋ əˈpruvd baɪ wən ˈeɪʤənsi ənd priˈpɛr ðə geɪm ɪn wən ˈlæŋgwɪʤ fər iʧ əv ðoʊz ˈriʤənz. əˈpruvəlz frəm ˈməltəpəl ˈreɪtɪŋ ˈeɪʤənsiz ɪn ˈdɪfərənt ˈkəntriz ənd ˌloʊkələˈzeɪʃən ɪn 5 ˈdɪfərənt ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ædz ə lɔt əv taɪm tɪ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs, ɛz ju kən ˈprɑbəˌbli ˌɪˈmæʤən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, təˈdeɪ wi ər ˈhæpi tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ðət wi hæv rɪˈsivd ɑr ˈreɪtɪŋz frəm ɔl əv ðə ˈæpləkəbəl ˈreɪtɪŋ ˈeɪʤənsiz (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ pegi*), ənd kən naʊ pərˈsid tɪ ðə læst stɛps rikˈwaɪərd tɪ meɪk ðə geɪm əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ju. ɪf ju θɪŋk əv ɔl əv ðɪs laɪk ə geɪm, wi ər ɔn ðə ˈfaɪnəl steɪʤ! ɛz kɑˈrɛˌrɑ sɛd əˈbəv, thyself!”*!” ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ sun!
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to our european and australian fans who have been waiting very patiently for the release of azure striker gunvolt, we want to once again thank you for your patience. as a first time publisher, we are going through all of the trials and tribulations of a worldwide release for the first time, and we appreciate you for sticking with us through all of this.
releasing a game in europe/australia is a different beast from japan and north america where you only need to have a rating approved by one agency and prepare the game in one language for each of those regions. approvals from multiple rating agencies in different countries and localization in 5 different languages adds a lot of time to the process, as you can probably imagine.
however, today we are happy to report that we have received our ratings from all of the applicable rating agencies (including pegi), and can now proceed to the last steps required to make the game available to you.
if you think of all of this like a game, we are on the final stage! as carrera said above, “prepare thyself!” gunvolt is coming soon!
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ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈkænədɪt ˌɑnˈdreɪə ˈræmzi ˈsteɪtɪd ðət ʃi wɑz ˌənəˈwɛr əv ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt meɪd bɪtˈwin hər ˈfɔrmər ɪmˈplɔɪər ənd ˈgɛri ˈfəŋˌkhaʊsər, ðə ˈwərkər hu faɪld ə ˈlɔˌsut əˈgɛnst hər. (ˈkərtəsi əv ˌɑnˈdreɪə ˈræmzi fər ˈkɑŋgrəs) wən əv ðə fərst ˈprɑmənənt ˈfiˌmeɪl ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz əˈkjuzd əv ˈsɛkʃuəl hərˈæsmənt ɪz ˈdrɑpɪŋ hər bɪd fər ˈkɑŋgrəs du tɪ ðə ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz. ˌɑnˈdreɪə ˈræmzi, ə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈkænədɪt fər ðə juz. haʊs frəm ˈkænzəs, ɪz ˈɛndɪŋ hər kæmˈpeɪn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ du tɪ ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ʃi ˈsɛkʃuəli həræst ə meɪl səˈbɔrdəˌneɪt mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ. ðə ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti stɑr fərst ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈræmziz dɪˈsɪʒən, ˈrɛfərənsɪŋ ə 2006 ˈsɛtəlmənt meɪd bɪtˈwin wɛr ˈræmzi wɑz ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈjumən ˈrisɔrsɪz ənd ˈgɛri ˈfəŋˌkhaʊsər, ðə ˈwərkər hu faɪld ə ˈlɔˌsut. ˈfəŋˌkhaʊsər əˈlɛʤd ˈræmzi ˈsɛkʃuəli həræst ənd rɪˈtæliˌeɪtɪd əˈgɛnst ɪm wɪn hi rɪˈʤɛktɪd hər ədˈvænsɪz. "ˈæftər aɪ toʊld hər aɪ wɑz nɑt ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈsɛkʃuəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ hər, ʃi stɑpt ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ mi," ˈfəŋˌkhaʊsər roʊt ɪn ðə kəmˈpleɪnt, əbˈteɪnd baɪ ðə stɑr. "ɪn ðə ˈɔfəs ʃi kəmˈplitli ˌɪgˈnɔrd mi ənd əˈvɔɪdɪd ˈhævɪŋ ˈɛni ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ mi." ˈræmzi ˈviəməntli dɪˈnaɪd hɪz kleɪmz ənd dɪˈskraɪbd tərməˈneɪʃən ɛz "ˈnɑndɪˈskrɪmənəˌtɔri ənd non-retaliatory*." ʃi sɛd ʃi wɑz ˌənəˈwɛr əv ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt. "hæd ðoʊz ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz, ðoʊz fɔls ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz, bɪn brɔt əˈgɛnst mi dɪˈrɛkli ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌni aɪ wʊd hæv fɔt tɪ ɪgˈzɑnərˌeɪt maɪ neɪm. aɪ ˈnɛvər ˈwʊdəv ˈsɛtəld," ˈræmzi toʊld ðə stɑr. "ənd aɪ wʊd hæv sud ðə dɪsˈgrənəld, vɪnˈdɪktɪv ɪmˈplɔɪi fər ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən." bət ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, ɪn wɪʧ ˈkaʊntləs ˈstɔriz əv ˈsɛkʃuəl hərˈæsmənt ənd əˈbjuz hæv bɪn brɔt tɪ laɪt ɪn ðə ˈmidiə, ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈɪndəstriz, hər ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɑz ənˈtɛnəbəl. bækt baɪ ˈprɑmənənt əˈbɔrʃən raɪts ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk grup ˈɛmɪliz lɪst, ˈræmzi wɑz əˈməŋ ðə tɔp rɪˈkruts ɪn ðə ˈkəntri tɪ teɪk ɔn ə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌɪnˈkəmbənt. bət boʊθ ˈɛmɪliz lɪst ənd ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk kənˈgrɛʃənəl kæmˈpeɪn kəˈmɪti əˈgrid wɪθ ˈræmziz dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ stɛp əˈsaɪd. "ɪn ɪts rəʃ tɪ kleɪm ðə haɪ graʊnd ɪn ɑr ˈrɔɪlɪŋ ˈnæʃənəl ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən əˈbaʊt hərˈæsmənt, ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpɑrti həz ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ə ˈziroʊ ˈtɑlərəns ˈstændərd," ˈræmzi roʊt ɪn ən ˈoʊpən ˈlɛtər ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. "fər mi, ðət minz ə vɪnˈdɪktɪv, ˈtərməˌneɪtɪd ɪmˈplɔɪiz fɔls ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ər ɪˈnəf fər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk kənˈgrɛʃənəl kæmˈpeɪn kəˈmɪti (dccc*) tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd nɑt tɪ səˈpɔrt ɑr ˈprɑməsɪŋ kæmˈpeɪn. wi ər ɪn ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈmoʊmənt wɛr rəf ˈʤəstɪs stændz ɪn pleɪs əv ˈkɛrfəl æˈnælɪsɪs, nuɑns ənd du ˈprɔˌsɛs.
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democratic candidate andrea ramsey stated that she was unaware of the settlement made between her former employer labone and gary funkhouser, the worker who filed a lawsuit against her. (courtesy of andrea ramsey for congress)
one of the first prominent female politicians accused of sexual harassment is dropping her bid for congress due to the accusations.
andrea ramsey, a democratic candidate for the u.s. house from kansas, is ending her campaign friday due to allegations she sexually harassed a male subordinate more than a decade ago.
the kansas city star first reported ramsey's decision, referencing a 2006 settlement made between labone where ramsey was executive vice president of human resources and gary funkhouser, the worker who filed a lawsuit. funkhouser alleged ramsey sexually harassed and retaliated against him when he rejected her advances.
"after i told her i was not interested in having a sexual relationship with her, she stopped talking to me," funkhouser wrote in the complaint, obtained by the star. "in the office she completely ignored me and avoided having any contact with me."
ramsey vehemently denied his claims and described funkhouser's termination as "non-discriminatory and non-retaliatory." she said she was unaware of the settlement.
"had those allegations, those false allegations, been brought against me directly instead of the company i would have fought to exonerate my name. i never would've settled," ramsey told the star. "and i would have sued the disgruntled, vindictive employee for defamation."
but given the current environment, in which countless stories of sexual harassment and abuse have been brought to light in the media, entertainment and political industries, her situation was untenable.
backed by prominent abortion rights democratic group emily's list, ramsey was among the top recruits in the country to take on a republican incumbent. but both emily's list and the democratic congressional campaign committee agreed with ramsey's decision to step aside.
"in its rush to claim the high ground in our roiling national conversation about harassment, the democratic party has implemented a zero tolerance standard," ramsey wrote in an open letter friday. "for me, that means a vindictive, terminated employee's false allegations are enough for the democratic congressional campaign committee (dccc) to decide not to support our promising campaign. we are in a national moment where rough justice stands in place of careful analysis, nuance and due process.
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ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, snup laɪən (ˈfɔrmərli snup dogg*, ril neɪm ˈkælvɪn ˈbroʊdəs) hæd bɪn ˈgrænɪd ə ˈvizə tɪ pərˈfɔrm æt ðɪs bɪg deɪ aʊt ˈfɛstɪvəl. ðɪs wɑz dɪˈspaɪt əv ðə ˈɛfərts əv kəˈlɛktɪv ʃaʊt, ən ˈæktɪvɪst grup əˈgɛnst ðə ənd əv ˈwɪmən wɪʧ pəˈtɪʃənd tɪ hæv hɪz ˈvizə rɪfˈjuzd ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs əv ˈlɪrɪks' ˈmɪzəʤɪni, hɪz ˈkrɪmənəl ˈhɪstəri ənd hɪz ˈpriviəs wərk ɛz ə pɪmp. ðɪs ɪz nɑt ðə fərst taɪm ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən həz ˈproʊˌtɛstəd əˈgɛnst ən ˈɑrtɪst ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs əv ðɛm ˈglɔrəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən. ɪn 2013 kəˈlɛktɪv ʃaʊt kɔld ɔn ðə ɔˈstreɪljə ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ rɪˈvoʊk ðə ˈvizə əv ˈræpər ˈtaɪlər ðə kriˈeɪtər. hɪz mˈjuzɪk ɪz ˈrɛlətɪvli wɛl noʊn ˈaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz fæn beɪs du tɪ ɪts ˈgræfɪk dɪˈpɪkʃənz əv reɪp ənd ˈmərdər (ðoʊ ɪt həz bɪn ˈnoʊtɪd ðət hi həz toʊnd hɪz ˈlɪrɪks daʊn ɔn hɪz ˈleɪtəst ˈælbəm). ɪn 2011 ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən ə pəˈtɪʃən əˈgɛnst əˈnəðər ˈræpər, wɛst, tɪ blɑk hɪz mˈjuzɪk ˈvɪdioʊ fər ˈmɑnstər du tɪ ɪts ˈvaɪələns. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər wɛsts ˈmɑnstərz ˈvɪdioʊ. ˌɪnˈdid, dɪˈspaɪt ðə groʊɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈræpərz ənd ˈkɑnʃəs hɪp hɑp ˈɑrtɪsts, ðə ˈʒɑnrə stɪl ˈstrəgəlz wɪθ ə ˈmɪzəʤɪni ˈprɑbləm. rɪk rɔs wɑz ˈraɪtli ˈpənɪʃt læst jɪr fər ˈræpɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈdrəgɪŋ ənd ˈreɪpɪŋ ə ˈwʊmən. ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz ˈhəzbənd (ˈɑkə ʤeɪ zi) hu, fər noʊ klɪr ˈrizən, spæt aɪk ˈtərnər ˈbeɪbi noʊ aɪ doʊnt pleɪ naʊ it ðə keɪk, ˈænə meɪ sɛd it ðə keɪk, ˈænə mae”*” ɔn hər ˈrisəntli riˈlist sɔŋ drəŋk ɪn ləv. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt ɪz ə mɪˈsteɪk tɪ vju hɪp hɑp ɛz ə həˈmɑʤənəs staɪl əv mˈjuzɪk ðət ɪz ˌɪnˈhɛrəntli anti-women*. ɛz bɛl hʊks ˈsteɪtɪd: wɪˈθaʊt ə daʊt blæk meɪlz, jəŋ ənd oʊld, məst bi hɛld ˈplɪtɪkli əˈkaʊntəbəl fər ðɛr ˈsɛksɪzəm. jɛt ðɪs krɪˈtik məst ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ər wi rɪsk ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt əˈpɪr ðət ðə bɪˈheɪvjərz ðɪs ˈθɪŋkɪŋ səˈpɔrts ənd kənˈdoʊnz reɪp, meɪl ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə ɪz ə blæk meɪl θɪŋ. ənd ðɪs ɪz wət ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ. jəŋ blæk meɪlz ər fɔrst tɪ teɪk ðə 'hit' fər ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ, ˈviə ðɛr mˈjuzɪk, ðə ˈheɪtrəd əv ənd ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən ðət ɪz ə ˈsɛntrəl kɔr əv ˈpeɪtriˌɑrki. kəˈlɛktɪv pəˈtɪʃən tɪ rɪˈvoʊk snup ˈvizə steɪts, ə soʊˈsaɪɪti wɪʧ kleɪmz tɪ bi ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt ɪˈrædəˌkeɪtɪŋ ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən, ðɛr ʃʊd bi noʊ pleɪs fər rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈɑrtɪsts hu ˈglɔrəˌfaɪ ˈmɪzəʤɪni ənd dɪˈgreɪd ˈwɪmən fər entertainment”*”. soʊ ɪf wi əˈgri wɪθ ðɪs ˈsteɪtmənt, ðɛn nɑt ˈoʊnli wʊd ðɛr bi noʊ pleɪs fər ðə ˈræpərz ˈmɛnʃənd əˈbəv, bət ˈɔlsoʊ: ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər nɪk keɪv ənd ˈkaɪˌli ˈminɔg: əˈnəðər sɔŋ ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən. ɔn ðət noʊt, ˈmɛni ˈɑrtɪsts ðət hæv bɪn ərˈɛstɪd fər əˈbjusɪv bɪˈheɪvjər hæv tʊrd ɔˈstreɪljə ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz wɪθ ˈlɪtəl tɪ noʊ ˈmɛnʃən əv ðɛr ˈvaɪələnt pæst: ˈdrəmər ˈtɑmi li sərvd fɔr mənθs ɪn ˈprɪzən ˈæftər ˈplidɪŋ noʊ ˈkɑntɛst tɪ ˈspaʊzəl ˈbætəri əv hɪz ˈpæmələ ˈændərsən ɪn 1998 ðə ˈsɪŋər fər, vɪns nil, wɑz ərˈɛstɪd fər dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns ɪn 1984 ənd 2011 ðə bænd læst tʊrd ɔˈstreɪljə ɪn 2013 ˈɑˌzi ˈɑsbərn wɑz ərˈɛstɪd fər dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns ɪn 1989 ɪn ðə ˈərli 1990s*, roʊz əv gənz ‘‘n’*’ ˈroʊzɪz ənd hɪz ˈɛksˈwaɪf ˈstɛfəni ˈsimɔr sud iʧ ˈəðər, boʊθ ɔn kleɪmz əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns. ðə keɪs wɑz ˈsɛtəld aʊt əv kɔrt wɪθ roʊz rɪˈpɔrtədli peɪɪŋ ˈsimɔr gənz ‘‘n’*’ ˈroʊzɪz læst tʊrd ɔˈstreɪljə ɪn 2013 ˈfɔrmər ˈsɪŋər fər ðə stoʊn ˈtɛmpəl ˈpaɪləts (hu wər læst hir ɪn 2011 skɑt ˈwaɪlənd, wɑz ərˈɛstɪd fər dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns ɪn 2001 hi læst tʊrd wɪθ ðə bænd ɪn 2013 ðɪs kəˈlɛkʃən ɪz ˈoʊnli ə smɔl ˈsæmpəl əv ðə ˈsɛksɪzəm, ənd sexists*, ˈprɛzənt ɪn ˈəðər, trəˈdɪʃənəli ˈwaɪtər ˈʒɑnrəz əv mˈjuzɪk. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv pɑp, ðiz staɪlz du nɑt əˈtrækt ðə seɪm ˈlɛvəl əv ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm ðət hɪp hɑp dɪz. aɪ æm nɑt ɪkˈskjuzɪŋ ðə ˈmɪzəʤɪni ˈprɛzənt ɪn ə fɛr ʧəŋk əv ræp mˈjuzɪk, nɔr æm aɪ ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz laɪk kəˈlɛktɪv ʃaʊt ˈproʊˌtɛst ðə ˈɛntri əv ˈɛvəri ˈɑrtɪst wɪθ ə ˈkrɪmənəl ˈhɪstəri ər bæk ˈkætəˌlɔg. ˌɪnˈstɛd, aɪ æm kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ waɪ ðə bɪˈheɪvjər ənd ˈlɪrɪks əv ˈɑrtɪsts laɪk snup laɪən, ˈtaɪlər ðə kriˈeɪtər, ənd wɛst ər hɛld tɪ əˈkaʊnt waɪl ˈəðərz əˈpɪr tɪ gɪt ə fri pæs. ɪf ˈpərpəˌtreɪtɪŋ ənd ˈglɔrəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən ɪz ˌənækˈsɛptəbəl, ðɛn ɪt ʃʊd bi wɪˈθaʊt ˈkeɪviˌæts. ɪf wən grup əv ˈpipəl ər staɪl əv mˈjuzɪk ɪz biɪŋ mɔr ˈhɛvəli ðən əˈnəðər, pərˈhæps ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ən ˈɪʃu əv ˈʤɛndər bət ˈɔlsoʊ ən ˈɪʃu əv reɪs.
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yesterday, snoop lion (formerly snoop dogg, real name calvin broadus) had been granted a visa to perform at this year’s big day out festival. this was despite of the efforts of collective shout, an activist group against the objectification and sexualisation of women which petitioned to have his visa refused on the basis of lyrics' misogyny, his criminal history and his previous work as a pimp.
this is not the first time the organisation has protested against an artist on the basis of them glorifying violence against women. in 2013, collective shout called on the australia government to revoke the visa of rapper tyler the creator. his music is relatively well known outside his fan base due to its graphic depictions of rape and murder (though it has been noted that he has toned his lyrics down on his latest album). in 2011, the organisation co-sponsored a petition against another rapper, kanye west, to block his music video for monster due to its eroticised violence.
facebook twitter pinterest kanye west's monsters video.
indeed, despite the growing number of female rappers and conscious hip hop artists, the genre still struggles with a misogyny problem. rick ross was rightly punished last year for rapping about drugging and raping a woman. likewise beyonce’s husband (aka jay z) who, for no clear reason, controversially spat “i'm ike turner … baby no i don't play / now eat the cake, anna mae / said eat the cake, anna mae” on her recently released song drunk in love.
however, it is a mistake to view hip hop as a homogenous style of music that is inherently anti-women. as bell hooks stated:
without a doubt black males, young and old, must be held politically accountable for their sexism. yet this critique must always be contextualised or we risk making it appear that the behaviours this thinking supports and condones – rape, male violence against women, etc – is a black male thing. and this is what is happening. young black males are forced to take the 'heat' for encouraging, via their music, the hatred of and violence against women that is a central core of patriarchy.
collective shout’s petition to revoke snoop lion’s visa states, “as a society which claims to be serious about eradicating violence against women, there should be no place for recording artists who glorify misogyny and degrade women for entertainment”.
so if we agree with this statement, then not only would there be no place for the rappers mentioned above, but also:
facebook twitter pinterest nick cave and kylie minogue: another song depcitiong violence against women.
on that note, many artists that have been arrested for abusive behaviour have toured australia in recent years with little to no mention of their violent past:
mötley crüe drummer tommy lee served four months in prison after pleading no contest to spousal battery of his then-wife pamela anderson in 1998. the singer for mötley crüe, vince neil, was arrested for domestic violence in 1984 and 2011. the band last toured australia in 2013.
ozzy osbourne was arrested for domestic violence in 1989.
in the early 1990s, axl rose of guns ‘n’ roses and his ex-wife stephanie seymour sued each other, both on claims of domestic violence. the case was settled out of court with rose reportedly paying seymour $400,000. guns ‘n’ roses last toured australia in 2013.
former singer for the stone temple pilots (who were last here in 2011), scott weiland, was arrested for domestic violence in 2001. he last toured with the band in 2013.
this collection is only a small sample of the sexism, and sexists, present in other, traditionally whiter genres of music. however, with the exception of pop, these styles do not attract the same level of criticism that hip hop does.
i am not excusing the misogyny present in a fair chunk of rap music, nor am i hoping that organisations like collective shout protest the entry of every artist with a criminal history or dodgy back catalogue. instead, i am questioning why the behaviour and lyrics of artists like snoop lion, tyler the creator, and kanye west are held to account while others appear to get a free pass.
if perpetrating and glorifying violence against women is unacceptable, then it should be without caveats. if one group of people or style of music is being scrutinised more heavily than another, perhaps it is not only an issue of gender but also an issue of race.
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ðɛˈrɪn laɪz ðə ˈkruʃəl ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə ˈkeɪsɪz: əˈbʤɛkʃən wɑz əˈbaʊt wət ʃi soʊld; ə əˈbʤɛkʃən. əˈbʤɛkʃən wɑz əˈbaʊt tɪ hum ɪt wɑz soʊld; ə əˈbʤɛkʃən. ðə geɪ ˈkəpəl ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn hæd ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ dɪˈskəs dɪˈzaɪnz wɪθ ˈfɪlɪps, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈbeɪkər meɪd ɪt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli klɪr ðət hi wʊd nɑt sɛl ðɛm ˈɛni ˈwɛdɪŋ keɪk æt ɔl. ˌɪnˈdid, ˈmæstərˌpis wəns ˈivɪn rɪfˈjuzd ə ˈkəpˌkeɪk ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈlɛzbiənz əˈpɑn ˈlərnɪŋ ðət ðeɪ wər fər ðə kəˈmɪtmənt ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni. ˈbɪznɪs ˈoʊnərz ˈʤɛnərəli hæv waɪd dɪˈskrɛʃən ˈoʊvər wət ðeɪ du ənd du nɑt sɛl: ə ˈvɛgən ˈbeɪkəri sɛl ril keɪks. ə ˈkoʊʃər ˈbeɪkəri sɛl keɪks tɑpt wɪθ ˈkændid ˈbeɪkən, ər ɪn ðə ʃeɪp əv ˈkrɔsɪz. baɪ ˈkɑntræst, ˈbɪznɪs ˈoʊnərz ˈʤɛnərəli du nɑt hæv dɪˈskrɛʃən ˈoʊvər haʊ ðɛr ˈprɑdəkts ər ˈleɪtər juzd: ə ˈkoʊʃər ˈbeɪkəri meɪ nɑt ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ sɛl brɛd tɪ non-jews*, hu maɪt juz ɪt fər ˈsænwɪʧɪz. (əv kɔrs, ðɛr ər taɪmz wɪn ðə aɪˈdɛntəˌti ər ðə ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd juz ɪz ˈligəli ˈrɛləvənt. ɪt ɪz pərˈmɪtɪd ˌɪnˈdid, rikˈwaɪərd tɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz ˈælkəˌhɑl tɪ ˈmaɪnərz, ər ˈtɔrʧɪz tɪ ˈsəmˌwən hu əˈnaʊnsɪz ðət hi ɪz əˈbaʊt tɪ kəˈmɪt ˈɑrsən. bət ðət ˈligəl kənˈsərn dɪz nɑt əˈplaɪ hir.) ɪn hɪz dɪˈfɛns, ˈfɪlɪps həz ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ðət hi rɪfˈjuzɪz tɪ sɛl ˌhæləˈwin keɪks ər keɪks; hi ðiz rɪfˈjuzəlz tɪ hɪz ənˈwɪlɪŋnɪs tɪ sɛl geɪ ˈwɛdɪŋ keɪks. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, hi meɪnˈteɪnz ðət hɪz ˈtərnɪŋ əˈweɪ ðə geɪ ˈkəpəl wɑz əˈbaʊt wət wɑz rɪkˈwɛstɪd, nɑt hu wɑz rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ ɪt. ðə ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ðɪs ˈriˌtɔrt ɪz ðət ˈwɛdɪŋ cakes”*” ər nɑt ə θɪŋ. ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈkəpəlz ˈɔrdər ðɛr keɪks frəm ðə seɪm ˈkætəlɔgz ɛz ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls, wɪθ ðə seɪm ˈɔpʃənz fər saɪz, ʃeɪp, ˈaɪsɪŋ, ˈfɪlɪŋ, ənd soʊ ɔn. ˌɔlˈðoʊ keɪks ər ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbli kwaɪt ɑrˈtɪstɪk, hi dɪd nɑt ˈriʤɛkt ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr dɪˈzaɪn ˈɔpʃən, səʧ ɛz ə ˈtɑpər wɪθ tu grumz ɪn wɪʧ keɪs, hɪz fərst əˈmɛndmənt ˈɑrgjəmənt wʊd bi mɔr kəmˈpɛlɪŋ. ˌɪnˈstɛd, hi ˈflætli toʊld kreɪg ənd ˈməˌlɪnz ðət hi wʊd nɑt sɛl ðɛm ə ˈwɛdɪŋ keɪk. ˌɪˈmæʤən ə ˈfæbrɪk ʃɑp ˈoʊnər hu meɪks ɑrˈtɪstɪk ˈfæbrɪks. ɪt wʊd bi wən θɪŋ ɪf ʃi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈpætərn, pərˈhæps bɪˈkəz ʃi faʊnd ɪt əbˈsin. ɪt wʊd bi kwaɪt əˈnəðər ɪf ʃi ˈɔfərd ðət ˈpætərn tɪ səm ˈkəstəmərz, bət sɛl ɪt tɪ ˈməzlɪmz hu ˌɪnˈtɛnd ɪt fər hijabs*. ðə keɪs ɪz laɪk ðə fərst, rɪfˈjuzəl; ðə ˈmæstərˌpis keɪs ɪz laɪk ðə ˈsɛkənd, wən. ər ˌɪˈmæʤən ə. ɪt wʊd bi wən θɪŋ ɪf ʃi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈproʊdus ə ˈspɛʃəl blɛnd. ɪt wʊd bi əˈnəðər ɪf ʃi ˈɔfərd ðət blɛnd, bət rɪfˈjuzd tɪ sɛl ɪt tɪ ˈkæθlɪk prists hu ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd ɪt fər ˈsækrəməntəl juz. ðə ˈlætər wʊd rən əˈfaʊl əv ˈpəblɪk əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃənz lɔ, wɪʧ proʊˈhɪbəts rɪˈlɪʤəs dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən. bət weɪt: ðɛr ə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ənd dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən use-based*? ðə ɪn ɑr ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪz nɑt rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ sɛl waɪn tɪ ˈkæθlɪks, ər ˈivɪn tɪ prists; ʃi ɪz ˈmɪrli rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ sɛl ðə waɪn fər ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈpərpəs. seɪm wɪθ ðə ˈoʊnər, hu maɪt ˈhæpəli sɛl tɪ ˈməzlɪmz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈkərtənz. ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr veɪn, ʤæk ˈfɪlɪps ɪz ɪkˈsplɪsətli ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ sɛl ˈpipəl ə waɪd reɪnʤ əv beɪkt gʊdz, ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðeɪ ər nɑt tɪ bi juzd fər ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈwɛdɪŋz.
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therein lies the crucial difference between the cases: silva’s objection was about what she sold; a design-based objection. phillips’s objection was about to whom it was sold; a user-based objection. the gay couple never even had the opportunity to discuss designs with phillips, because the baker made it immediately clear that he would not sell them any wedding cake at all. indeed, masterpiece once even refused a cupcake order to lesbians upon learning that they were for the couple’s commitment ceremony.
business owners generally have wide discretion over what they do and do not sell: a vegan bakery needn’t sell real buttercream cakes. a kosher bakery needn’t sell cakes topped with candied bacon, or in the shape of crosses. by contrast, business owners generally do not have discretion over how their products are later used: a kosher bakery may not refuse to sell bread to non-jews, who might use it for ham-and-cheese sandwiches.
(of course, there are times when the buyer’s identity or the intended use is legally relevant. it is permitted — indeed, required — to refuse alcohol to minors, or torches to someone who announces that he is about to commit arson. but that legal concern does not apply here.)
in his defense, phillips has pointed out that he refuses to sell halloween cakes or demon-themed cakes; he analogizes these refusals to his unwillingness to sell gay wedding cakes. in other words, he maintains that his turning away the gay couple was about what was requested, not who was requesting it.
the problem with this retort is that “gay wedding cakes” are not a thing. same-sex couples order their cakes from the same catalogs as everyone else, with the same options for size, shape, icing, filling, and so on. although phillips’s cakes are undeniably quite artistic, he did not reject a particular design option, such as a topper with two grooms — in which case, his first amendment argument would be more compelling. instead, he flatly told craig and mullins that he would not sell them a wedding cake.
imagine a fabric shop owner who makes artistic silk-screened fabrics. it would be one thing if she declined to create a particular pattern, perhaps because she found it obscene. it would be quite another if she offered that pattern to some customers, but wouldn’t sell it to muslims who intend it for hijabs. the bible-cake case is like the first, design-based refusal; the masterpiece case is like the second, user-based one.
or imagine a winemaker. it would be one thing if she declined to produce a special blend. it would be another if she offered that blend, but refused to sell it to catholic priests who intended it for sacramental use. the latter would run afoul of colorado’s public accommodations law, which prohibits religious discrimination.
but wait: isn’t there a difference between discrimination that’s user-based and discrimination that’s use-based? the winemaker in our example is not refusing to sell wine to catholics, or even to priests; she is merely refusing to sell the wine for a particular purpose. same with the fabric-store owner, who might happily sell to muslims making curtains. in a similar vein, jack phillips is explicitly willing to sell lgbt people a wide range of baked goods, as long as they are not to be used for same-sex weddings.
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ðə ənd terrifying”*” ˈstɔri əv ˈbreɪkθˌru ɪn ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns, frəm ðə ˈbɪznɪs wik tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈraɪtər ənd ˈɔθər əv ðə (ˈpəblɪʃərz ˈwikli, stɑrd ˌrivˈju). fər ˈsɛnʧəriz, ˈpipəl hæv drimd əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə məˈʃin ðət θɪŋks laɪk ə ˈjumən. ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæv meɪd ˈprɑˌgrɛs: kəmˈpjutərz kən naʊ bit ʧɛs ənd hɛlp prɪˈvɛnt ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks. jɛt wi stɪl əˈweɪt ə məˈʃin ðət ɪgˈzɪbəts ðə rɪʧ kəmˈplɛksɪti əv ˈjumən ðət ʤɪst krənʧ ˈnəmbərz, ər teɪk ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ə ˈrɛləvənt wɛb peɪʤ, bət ˌəndərˈstændz ənd kəmˈjunɪˌkeɪts wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs. wɪθ ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ˈwɑtsən, kəmˈpjutər, wi ər wən stɛp ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðət goʊl. ɪn ˈfaɪnəl ˈʤɛpərdi, ˈstivən ˈbeɪkər ˈtreɪsɪz ðə ɑrk əv ““life,”*,” frəm ɪts bərθ ɪn ðə læbz tɪ ɪts bɪg naɪt ɔn ðə ˈpoʊdiəm. wi mit ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈmoʊgəlz ənd ˈʤɛpərdi! ˈmæstərz, ˈʤinjəs kəmˈpjutər ˈproʊˌgræmərz ənd æmˈbɪʃəs ˈsaɪəntɪsts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌɛkˈsɛntrɪk kriˈeɪtər, ˈdeɪvɪd fərˈuʧi. wi si haʊ ˈbreɪkθˌruz ənd ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns kʊd ˈtrænsfɔrm ˈmɛdəsən, lɔ, ˈmɑrkətɪŋ, ənd ˈivɪn saɪəns ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ɛz məˈʃinz ˈprɔˌsɛs juʤ əˈmaʊnts əv ˈdætə æt ˈlaɪtnɪŋ spid, ˈænsər ɑr kˈwɛsʧənz, ənd ˈpɑsəbli kəm əp wɪθ nu haɪˈpɑθəˌsiz. ɛz fæst ənd fən ɛz ðə geɪm ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ˈfaɪnəl ˈʤɛpərdi ʃoʊz haʊ smɑrt məˈʃinz wɪl fɪt ˈɪntu ɑr haʊ dɪsˈrəpt ɪt. pleɪs tɪ goʊ ɪf ˈrɪli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðɪs ˈvərʒən əv ðə kwɛst fər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl intelligence.”*.” siˈætəl taɪmz ˈtreɪsi soʊl əv ə nu məˈʃin, bʊk faɪndz ˈjuˈɛs æt ðə dɔn əv ə singularity*. ən ˈɛksələnt keɪs ˈstədi, ənd dɪz gʊd ˈdəbəl ˈduti ɛz ə ˈfɪlɪp keɪ. dɪk sɪˈnɛrioʊ, too.”*.” rəvˈjuz ə krɔs bɪtˈwin bɔrn ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ənd 2001 ə speɪs ˈɑdəsi, ˈnɛrətɪv ɪz boʊθ ən ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ rɑmp θru ðə fild əv ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ə ˈsoʊbərɪŋ glɪmps əv θɪŋz tɪ come.”*.” ˈwikli, stɑrd ˌrivˈju
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the “charming and terrifying” story of ibm’s breakthrough in artificial intelligence, from the business week technology writer and author of the numerati (publishers weekly, starred review).
for centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thought—one that doesn’t just crunch numbers, or take us to a relevant web page, but understands and communicates with us. with the creation of watson, ibm’s jeopardy!-playing computer, we are one step closer to that goal.
in final jeopardy, stephen baker traces the arc of watson’s “life,” from its birth in the ibm labs to its big night on the podium. we meet hollywood moguls and jeopardy! masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists, including watson’s eccentric creator, david ferrucci. we see how watson’s breakthroughs and the future of artificial intelligence could transform medicine, law, marketing, and even science itself, as machines process huge amounts of data at lightning speed, answer our questions, and possibly come up with new hypotheses. as fast and fun as the game itself, final jeopardy shows how smart machines will fit into our world—and how they’ll disrupt it.
“the place to go if you’re really interested in this version of the quest for creating artificial intelligence.” —the seattle times
“like tracy kidder’s soul of a new machine, baker’s book finds us at the dawn of a singularity. it’s an excellent case study, and does good double duty as a philip k. dick scenario, too.” —kirkus reviews
“like a cross between born yesterday and 2001: a space odyssey, baker’s narrative is both . . . an entertaining romp through the field of artificial intelligence—and a sobering glimpse of things to come.” —publishers weekly, starred review
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ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈvaɪrəs (hcv*) ˈkɔzɪz boʊθ əˈkjut ənd ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. əˈkjut ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ˌeɪˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk, ənd ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈvɛri ˈrɛrli (ɪf ˈɛvər) əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈlaɪfθˌrɛtnɪŋ dɪˈziz. əˈbaʊt əv ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd ˈpərsənz spɑnˈteɪniəsli klɪr ðə ˈvaɪrəs wɪˈθɪn 6 mənθs əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ˈtritmənt. ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ əv ˈpərsənz wɪl dɪˈvɛləp ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. əv ðoʊz wɪθ ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ðə rɪsk əv sərˈoʊsəs əv ðə ˈlɪvər ɪz bɪtˈwin wɪˈθɪn 20 jɪrz. ˌʤiəˈgræfɪkəl ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ɪz faʊnd ˈwərldˈwaɪd. ðə moʊst əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤənz ər hu ˈistərn ˌmɛdətərˈeɪniən ənd ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈriʤənz, wɪθ ðə ˈprɛvələns əv ənd rɪˈspɛktɪvli. ˈprɛvələns əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪn ˈəðər hu ˈriʤənz ˈvɛriz frəm tɪ dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈkəntri, ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈvaɪrəs ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən kən bi ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd ɪn ˈsərtən ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz (fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, əˈməŋ ˈpipəl hu ˌɪnˈʤɛkt drəgz) ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz. ðɛr ər ˈməltəpəl streɪnz (ər ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪps) əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs ənd ðɛr ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ˈvɛriz baɪ ˈriʤən. trænzˈmɪʃən ðə ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈvaɪrəs ɪz ə ˈvaɪrəs. ɪt ɪz moʊst ˈkɑmənli trænzˈmɪtəd θru: ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪŋ drəg juz θru ðə ˈʃɛrɪŋ əv ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃən ɪkˈwɪpmənt; ðə riˈjuz ər ˌɪˈnædəkˌweɪt ˌstɛrəlɪˈzeɪʃən əv ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪkˈwɪpmənt, əˈspɛʃəli sərˈɪnʤəz ənd ˈnidəlz ɪn ˈhɛlθˌkɛr ˈsɛtɪŋz; ənd ðə trænsfˈjuʒən əv bləd ənd bləd ˈprɑdəkts. kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi trænzˈmɪtəd ˈsɛkʃuəli ənd kən bi pæst frəm ən ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd ˈməðər tɪ hər ˈbeɪbi; ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðiz moʊdz əv trænzˈmɪʃən ər məʧ lɛs ˈkɑmən. ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ɪz nɑt sprɛd θru brɛst mɪlk, fud, ˈwɔtər ər baɪ ˈkæʒəwəl ˈkɑnˌtækt səʧ ɛz ˈhəgɪŋ, ˈkɪsɪŋ ənd ˈʃɛrɪŋ fud ər drɪŋks wɪθ ən ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd ˈpərsən. ˈɛstəˌmeɪts əbˈteɪnd frəm səˈʤɛst ðət ˈwərldˈwaɪd, ɪn 2015 ðɛr wər ˈmɪljən nu ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz (ˈgloʊbəli, nu ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz pər 100 000 ˈpipəl). ˈsɪmptəmz ðə ˌɪŋkjuˈbeɪʃən ˈpɪriəd fər ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ɪz 2 wiks tɪ 6 mənθs. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, əˈprɑksəmətli 80 əv ˈpipəl du nɑt ɪgˈzɪbɪt ˈɛni ˈsɪmptəmz. ðoʊz hu ər əˈkjutli ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk meɪ ɪgˈzɪbɪt ˈfivər, fəˈtig, ˈdiˌkrist ˈæpəˌtaɪt, ˈnɔziə, ˈvɑmətɪŋ, əbˈdɑmənəl peɪn, dɑrk ˈjʊrən, faeces*, ʤɔɪnt peɪn ənd ˈʤɔndəs (ˈjɛloʊɪŋ əv skɪn ənd ðə waɪts əv ðə aɪz). ˈskrinɪŋ ənd ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs du tɪ ðə fækt ðət əˈkjut ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ˌeɪˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk, fju ˈpipəl ər ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə əˈkjut feɪz. ɪn ðoʊz ˈpipəl hu goʊ ɔn tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ðə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔfən ənˈdaɪægnoʊst bɪˈkəz ðə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən rɪˈmeɪnz ˌeɪˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk ənˈtɪl ˈdɛkeɪdz ˈæftər ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən wɪn ˈsɪmptəmz dɪˈvɛləp ˈsɛkənˌdɛri tɪ ˈsɪriəs ˈlɪvər ˈdæmɪʤ. ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪz ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst ɪn 2 stɛps: ˈskrinɪŋ fər ˈænɪˌbɑdiz wɪθ ə sɛrəˈlɔʤɪkəl tɛst aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪz ˈpipəl hu hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ ðə ˈvaɪrəs. ɪf ðə tɛst ɪz ˈpɑzətɪv fər ˈænɪˌbɑdiz, ə nuˈkleɪɪk ˈæsəd tɛst fər ˌraɪboʊnuˈkleɪɪk ˈæsəd (rna*) ɪz ˈnidɪd tɪ kənˈfərm ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən bɪˈkəz əˈbaʊt 30 əv ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ spɑnˈteɪniəsli klɪr ðə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən baɪ ə strɔŋ ˌɪmˈjun rɪˈspɑns wɪˈθaʊt ðə nid fər ˈtritmənt. ˌɔlˈðoʊ noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd, ðeɪ wɪl stɪl tɛst ˈpɑzətɪv fər ˈænɪˌbɑdiz. ˈæftər ə ˈpərsən həz bɪn ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst wɪθ ˈkrɑnɪk ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ðeɪ ʃʊd hæv ən əˈsɛsmənt əv ðə dɪˈgri əv ˈlɪvər ˈdæmɪʤ (faɪˈbroʊsɪs ənd sərˈoʊsəs). ðɪs kən bi dən baɪ ˈlɪvər ˈbaɪɑpsi ər θru ə vərˈaɪəti əv tɛsts. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ðiz ˈpipəl ʃʊd hæv ə ˈlæbrəˌtɔri tɛst tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðə ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪp əv ðə ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si streɪn. ðɛr ər 6 ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪps əv ðə ənd ðeɪ rɪˈspɑnd ˈdɪfərˈɛntli tɪ ˈtritmənt. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl fər ə ˈpərsən tɪ bi ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ mɔr ðən 1 ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪp. ðə dɪˈgri əv ˈlɪvər ˈdæmɪʤ ənd ˈvaɪrəs ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪp ər juzd tɪ gaɪd ˈtritmənt dɪˈsɪʒənz ənd ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ðə dɪˈziz. ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈtɛstɪd ˈərli ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs kən prɪˈvɛnt hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz ðət meɪ rɪˈzəlt frəm ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ənd prɪˈvɛnt trænzˈmɪʃən əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs. hu ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz ˈskrinɪŋ fər ˈpipəl hu meɪ bi æt ˌɪnˈkrist rɪsk əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz æt ˌɪnˈkrist rɪsk əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ˌɪnˈklud: ˈpipəl hu ˌɪnˈʤɛkt drəgz; ˈpipəl hu juz drəgz; rɪˈsɪpiənts əv ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd bləd ˈprɑdəkts ər ˌɪnˈveɪsɪv prəˈsiʤərz ɪn fəˈsɪlɪtiz wɪθ ˌɪˈnædəkˌweɪt ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən kənˈtroʊl ˈpræktɪsɪz ˈʧɪldrən bɔrn tɪ ˈməðərz ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈpɑrtnərz hu ər hcv-infected*; ˈpipəl wɪθ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən; ˈprɪzənərz ər ˈpriviəsli ˌɪnˈkɑrsərˌeɪtɪd ˈpərsənz; ənd ˈpipəl hu hæv hæd ˌtæˈtuz ər piercings*. əˈbaʊt ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl əv ðə ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈmɪljən ˈlɪvɪŋ wɪθ ˈgloʊbəli hæv sɛrəˈlɔʤɪkəl ˈɛvədəns əv pæst ər ˈprɛzənt ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. ˈkɑnvərsli, əˈməŋ ɔl ˈpərsənz, ðə ˈprɛvələns əv wɑz ˈlɪvər dɪˈzizɪz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ə ˈmeɪʤər kɔz əv mɔrˈbɪdəti ənd mɔrˈtæləti əˈməŋ ˈpərsənz ˈlɪvɪŋ wɪθ. ˈtritmənt ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si dɪz nɑt ˈɔlˌweɪz ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈtritmənt ɛz ðə ˌɪmˈjun rɪˈspɑns ɪn səm ˈpipəl wɪl klɪr ðə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ənd səm ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən du nɑt dɪˈvɛləp ˈlɪvər ˈdæmɪʤ. wɪn ˈtritmənt ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri, ðə goʊl əv ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈtritmənt ɪz kjʊr. ðə kjʊr reɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn ˈsɛvərəl ˈfæktərz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə streɪn əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs ənd ðə taɪp əv ˈtritmənt ˈgɪvɪn. ðə ˈstændərd əv kɛr fər ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˈræpədli. sofosbuvir*, ənd ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən ər pɑrt əv ðə prɪˈfərd ˈrɛʤəmənz ɪn ðə hu ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz, ənd kən əˈʧiv kjʊr reɪts əˈbəv 95 ðiz ˈmɛdəsənz ər məʧ mɔr ˈifɛktɪv, ˈseɪfər ənd ðən ðə ˈoʊldər ˈθɛrəpiz. ˈθɛrəpi wɪθ dɑs kən kjʊr moʊst ˈpərsənz wɪθ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ənd ˈtritmənt ɪz ˈʃɔrtər (ˈjuʒəwəli 12 wiks). hu ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ ɪts ˈtritmənt ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˈrɛʤəmənz ənd ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪd ˈlæbrəˌtɔri ˈmɑnətərɪŋ. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðɛr rɪˈmeɪnz ə ˈvɛri ˈlɪmɪtɪd roʊl fər ˌɪntərˈfɪrɑn ənd rɪˈbævɪrɪn ɪn ˈsərtən sɪˈnɛrioʊz. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə pərˈdəkʃən kɔst əv dɑs ɪz loʊ, ðiz ˈmɛdəsənz rɪˈmeɪn ˈvɛri ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ɪn ˈmɛni haɪ- ənd ˈəpər ˈmɪdəˌlɪnkəm ˈkəntriz. ˈpraɪsɪz hæv drɑpt drəˈmætɪkəli ɪn səm ˈkəntriz (praɪˈmɛrəli ˌloʊˈɪnkəm) du tɪ ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ʤəˈnɛrɪk ˈvərʒənz əv ðiz ˈmɛdəsənz. ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈtritmənt ɪz ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ, bət rɪˈmeɪnz ˈlɪmɪtɪd. ɪn 2015 əv ðə 71 ˈmɪljən ˈpərsənz ˈlɪvɪŋ wɪθ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ˈgloʊbəli, 20 14 ˈmɪljən) nu ðɛr ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs. əv ðoʊz ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst ˈmɪljən) wər ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn ˈtritmənt ɪn 2015 ɪn 2016 ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl wər əˈdɪʃəˌnəli ˈtritɪd ɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈkəvərɪʤ əv ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈkjʊrətɪv ˈtritmənt tɪ 13 məʧ nidz tɪ bi dən ɪn ˈɔrdər fər ðə wərld tɪ əˈʧiv ðə 80 ˈtritmənt ˈtərgət baɪ 2030 priˈvɛnʃən ˈpraɪˌmɛri priˈvɛnʃən ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˌvækˈsin fər ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si, ˈðɛrˌfɔr priˈvɛnʃən əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən dɪˈpɛndz əˈpɑn rɪˈdusɪŋ ðə rɪsk əv ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ ðə ˈvaɪrəs ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋz ənd ɪn haɪər rɪsk ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈpipəl hu ˌɪnˈʤɛkt drəgz, ənd θru ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɑnˌtækt. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ lɪst prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈlɪmɪtɪd ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈpraɪˌmɛri priˈvɛnʃən ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃənz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd baɪ hu: hænd ˈhaɪˌʤin: ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsərʤɪkəl hænd ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən, hænd ˈwɑʃɪŋ ənd juz əv gləvz; seɪf ənd əˈproʊpriˌeɪt juz əv hɛlθ kɛr ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃənz; seɪf ˈhændəlɪŋ ənd dɪˈspoʊzəl əv ʃɑrps ənd weɪst; prəˈvɪʒən əv ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈsərvɪsɪz tɪ ˈpipəl hu ˌɪnˈʤɛkt drəgz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈstɛrəl ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪŋ ɪkˈwɪpmənt; ˈtɛstɪŋ əv ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd bləd fər ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs bi ənd si (ɛz wɛl ɛz ənd ˈsɪfəlɪs); ˈtreɪnɪŋ əv hɛlθ ˌpərsəˈnɛl; ənd pərˈmoʊʃən əv kərˈɛkt ənd kənˈsɪstənt juz əv ˈkɑndəmz. ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ənd ˈtərʃəri priˈvɛnʃən fər ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ ðə ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈvaɪrəs, hu ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz: ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd ɔn ˈɔpʃənz fər kɛr ənd ˈtritmənt; ˌɪmjunəˈzeɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs ə ənd bi ˌvækˈsinz tɪ prɪˈvɛnt frəm ðiz ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs ˈvaɪrəsɪz ənd tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛr ˈlɪvər; ˈərli ənd əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈmænɪʤmənt ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌæntiˈvaɪrəl ˈθɛrəpi ɪf əˈproʊpriˌeɪt; ənd ˈrɛgjələr ˈmɑnətərɪŋ fər ˈərli ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs əv ˈkrɑnɪk ˈlɪvər dɪˈziz. ˈskrinɪŋ, kɛr ənd ˈtritmənt əv ˈpərsənz wɪθ ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2016 hu ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ɪts "ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz fər ðə ˈskrinɪŋ, kɛr ənd ˈtritmənt əv ˈpərsənz wɪθ ˈkrɑnɪk ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si". ðiz ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ˈkɑmpləmənt ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ hu ˈgaɪdəns ɔn ðə priˈvɛnʃən əv trænzˈmɪʃən əv ˈvaɪrəsɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ. ðeɪ ər ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd fər policy-makers*, ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəlz, ənd ˈəðərz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn loʊ- ənd ˈmɪdəˌlɪnkəm ˈkəntriz hu ər dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ fər ðə ˈskrinɪŋ, kɛr ənd ˈtritmənt əv ˈpipəl wɪθ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. ðiz ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz wɪl hɛlp ɪkˈspænd əv ˈtritmənt ˈsərvɪsɪz tɪ ˈpeɪʃənz wɪθ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ɛz ðeɪ prəˈvaɪd ki ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ɪn ðiz ˈɛriəz ənd dɪˈskəs kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃənz fər ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən. ˈwərldˈwaɪd, 7 əv ðoʊz ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst ˈmɪljən) wər ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn ˈtritmənt ɪn 2015 əv ðoʊz ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn ˈtritmənt ɪn 2015 əˈbaʊt hæf rɪˈsivd dɑs. ˈgloʊbəli, ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz, ðə ˈkjumjələtɪv ˈnəmbər əv ðoʊz pleɪst ɔn ˈtritmənt riʧt ˈmɪljən ˈpərsənz ɪn 2015 moʊst əv ðə ˈpeɪʃənz ˈtritɪd ˌbiˈfɔr 2015 rɪˈsivd ˈoʊldər ˈtritmənts, praɪˈmɛrəli ˈθɛrəpiz. ˈsəməri əv ki ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ɔn ˈskrinɪŋ fər ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən 1 ˈskrinɪŋ tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ˈpərsənz wɪθ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət sɛˈrɑləʤi ˈtɛstɪŋ bi ˈɔfərd tɪ ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz hu ər pɑrt əv ə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wɪθ haɪ ˈprɛvələns ər hu hæv ə ˈhɪstəri əv rɪsk ɪkˈspoʊʒər/ bɪˈheɪvjər. 2 wɪn tɪ kənˈfərm ðə ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs əv ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ɪt ɪz səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə ˈpɑzətɪv ˈvaɪrəs sɛrəˈlɔʤɪkəl tɛst əˈnəðər tɛst (næt fər ðə dɪˈtɛkʃən əv) bi pərˈfɔrmd tɪ ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊs ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. næt fər ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ bi pərˈfɔrmd tɪ əˈsɛs ˈwɛðər tɪ stɑrt ˈtritmənt fər ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si. ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ɔn kɛr əv ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ 3 ˈskrinɪŋ fər ˈælkəˌhɑl juz ənd tɪ rɪˈdus ˈmɑdərˌeɪt ənd haɪ ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈælkəˌhɑl ˈɪnˌteɪk ən ˈælkəˌhɑl ˈɪnˌteɪk əˈsɛsmənt ɪz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd fər ɔl ˈpərsənz wɪθ ˈvaɪrəs ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ðə ˈɔfər əv ə ˈælkəˌhɑl rɪˈdəkʃən ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən fər ˈpərsənz wɪθ ˈælkəˌhɑl ˈɪnˌteɪk. 4 əˈsɛsɪŋ dɪˈgri əv ˈlɪvər faɪˈbroʊsɪs ənd sərˈoʊsəs ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋz, ðə ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ ˈɪndɛks (apri*) ər tɛsts ʃʊd bi juzd fər ðə əˈsɛsmənt əv həˈpætɪk faɪˈbroʊsɪs ˈrəðər ðən ˈəðər tɛsts ðət ˌrikˈwaɪər mɔr ˈrisɔrsɪz səʧ ɛz ər fibrotest*. ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ɔn ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si ˈtritmənt 5 əˈsɛsɪŋ fər ˈtritmənt ɔl ˈædəlts ənd ˈʧɪldrən wɪθ ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ʃʊd bi əˈsɛst fər ˌæntiˈvaɪrəl ˈtritmənt. 6 ˈtritmənt wɪθ (dɑs) hu ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz ðət ɔl ˈpeɪʃənz wɪθ ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si bi ˈtritɪd wɪθ ˈrɛʤəmənz, ɪkˈsɛpt fər ə fju spɪˈsɪfɪk grups əv ˈpipəl ɪn hum ˈrɛʤəmənz kən stɪl bi juzd (ɛz ən ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈrɛʤəmən fər ˈpeɪʃənz wɪθ ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪp 5 ər 6 ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ənd ðoʊz wɪθ ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪp 3 ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən hu ˈɔlsoʊ hæv sərˈoʊsəs). 7 ənd ʃʊd noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi juzd ðiz 2 dɑs, wɪʧ ər ədˈmɪnɪstərd wɪθ ˌɪntərˈfɪrɑn ənd rɪˈbævɪrɪn, wər ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ɪn ðə 2014 ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz. ˈɛvədəns naʊ ʃoʊz ðət ðeɪ rɪˈzəlt ɪn mɔr ˈfrikˌwɛnt ˌædˈvərs ˈifɛkts ənd lɛs ˈfrikˌwɛnt kjʊrz kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ nuər ˈrɛʤəmənz. ðəs, ðiz 2 ˈmɛdəsənz ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd baɪ hu. 8 hu ˌrɛkəˈmɛndz prɪˈfərd ənd ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈrɛʤəmənz beɪst ɔn ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪp ənd sərˈoʊsəs ˈstætəs ðə ˈgaɪˌdlaɪn dɪˈvɛləpmənt grup rivˈjud ɔl ðə əˈveɪləbəl ˈdætə (ˈoʊvər 200 ˈstədiz) tɪ dɪˈtərmən wɪʧ ˈrɛʤəmənz wər moʊst ˈifɛktɪv ənd ˈseɪfəst tɪ trit iʧ əv ðə 6 ˈdɪfərənt ˈʤɛnəˌtaɪps. hu rɪˈspɑns ɪn meɪ 2016 ðə wərld hɛlθ əˈsɛmbli əˈdɑptəd ðə fərst hɛlθ ˈsɛktər ˈstrætəʤi ɔn ˈvaɪrəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs, ðə ˈstrætəʤi ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ðə ˈkrɪtɪkəl roʊl əv ˌjunəˈvərsəl hɛlθ ˈkəvərɪʤ ənd ðə ˈtɑrgəts əv ðə ˈstrætəʤi ər əˈlaɪnd wɪθ ðoʊz əv ðə səˈsteɪnəbəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt goʊlz. ðə ˈstrætəʤi həz ə ˈvɪʒən əv ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ ˈvaɪrəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs ɛz ə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈprɑbləm ənd ðɪs ɪz ɛnˈkæpsəˌleɪtɪd ɪn ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈtɑrgəts əv rɪˈdusɪŋ nu ˈvaɪrəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz baɪ 90 ənd rɪˈdusɪŋ dɛθs du tɪ ˈvaɪrəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs baɪ 65 baɪ 2030 ˈækʃənz tɪ bi ˈteɪkən baɪ ˈkəntriz ənd hu ˌsɛkrɪˈtɛriət tɪ riʧ ðiz ˈtɑrgəts ər ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ɪn ðə ˈstrætəʤi. hu ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈɛriəz tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈkəntriz ɪn ˈmuvɪŋ təˈwɔrdz əˈʧivɪŋ ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs goʊlz ˈəndər ðə səˈsteɪnəbəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt əˈʤɛndə 2030 ˈreɪzɪŋ əˈwɛrnəs, prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪps ənd ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪzɪŋ ˈrisɔrsɪz; ˈfɔrmjəˌleɪtɪŋ ˈpɑləsi ənd ˈdætə fər ˈækʃən; prɪˈvɛnɪŋ trænzˈmɪʃən; ənd ˈskeɪlɪŋ əp ˈskrinɪŋ, kɛr ənd ˈtritmənt ˈsərvɪsɪz. hu ˈpəblɪʃt ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs rɪˈpɔrt, 2017 ˈaʊˌtlaɪnɪŋ ðə ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn fər ðə draɪv təˈwɔrdz ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən. ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɛts aʊt ˈgloʊbəl stəˈtɪstɪks ɔn ˈvaɪrəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs bi ənd si, ðə reɪt əv nu ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz, ðə ˈprɛvələns əv ˈkrɑnɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz ənd mɔrˈtæləti kɔzd baɪ ðiz tu ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs ˈvaɪrəsɪz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈkəvərɪʤ əv ki ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃənz, ɔl ˈkɑrənt ɛz əv ðə ɛnd əv 2015 ɪt ɪz əˈveɪləbəl ˈɔnˌlaɪn æt ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ lɪŋk. hu ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzɪz wərld ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs deɪ ɔn 28 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ˈɛvəri jɪr tɪ ˌɪnˈkris əˈwɛrnəs ənd ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ˈvaɪrəl ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs.
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hepatitis c virus (hcv) causes both acute and chronic infection. acute hcv infection is usually asymptomatic, and is only very rarely (if ever) associated with life-threatening disease. about 15–45% of infected persons spontaneously clear the virus within 6 months of infection without any treatment.
the remaining 60–80% of persons will develop chronic hcv infection. of those with chronic hcv infection, the risk of cirrhosis of the liver is between 15–30% within 20 years.
geographical distribution
hepatitis c is found worldwide. the most affected regions are who eastern mediterranean and european regions, with the prevalence of 2.3% and 1.5% respectively. prevalence of hcv infection in other who regions varies from 0.5% to 1.0%. depending on the country, hepatitis c virus infection can be concentrated in certain populations (for example, among people who inject drugs) and/or in general populations. there are multiple strains (or genotypes) of the hcv virus and their distribution varies by region.
transmission
the hepatitis c virus is a bloodborne virus. it is most commonly transmitted through:
injecting drug use through the sharing of injection equipment;
the reuse or inadequate sterilization of medical equipment, especially syringes and needles in healthcare settings; and
the transfusion of unscreened blood and blood products.
hcv can also be transmitted sexually and can be passed from an infected mother to her baby; however these modes of transmission are much less common.
hepatitis c is not spread through breast milk, food, water or by casual contact such as hugging, kissing and sharing food or drinks with an infected person.
estimates obtained from modelling suggest that worldwide, in 2015, there were 1.75 million new hcv infections (globally, 23.7 new hcv infections per 100 000 people).
symptoms
the incubation period for hepatitis c is 2 weeks to 6 months. following initial infection, approximately 80% of people do not exhibit any symptoms. those who are acutely symptomatic may exhibit fever, fatigue, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, grey-coloured faeces, joint pain and jaundice (yellowing of skin and the whites of the eyes).
screening and diagnosis
due to the fact that acute hcv infection is usually asymptomatic, few people are diagnosed during the acute phase. in those people who go on to develop chronic hcv infection, the infection is also often undiagnosed because the infection remains asymptomatic until decades after infection when symptoms develop secondary to serious liver damage.
hcv infection is diagnosed in 2 steps:
screening for anti-hcv antibodies with a serological test identifies people who have been infected with the virus.
if the test is positive for anti-hcv antibodies, a nucleic acid test for hcv ribonucleic acid (rna) is needed to confirm chronic infection because about 30% of people infected with hcv spontaneously clear the infection by a strong immune response without the need for treatment. although no longer infected, they will still test positive for anti-hcv antibodies.
after a person has been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis c infection, they should have an assessment of the degree of liver damage (fibrosis and cirrhosis). this can be done by liver biopsy or through a variety of non-invasive tests.
in addition, these people should have a laboratory test to identify the genotype of the hepatitis c strain. there are 6 genotypes of the hcv and they respond differently to treatment. furthermore, it is possible for a person to be infected with more than 1 genotype. the degree of liver damage and virus genotype are used to guide treatment decisions and management of the disease.
getting tested
early diagnosis can prevent health problems that may result from infection and prevent transmission of the virus. who recommends screening for people who may be at increased risk of infection.
populations at increased risk of hcv infection include:
people who inject drugs;
people who use intranasal drugs;
recipients of infected blood products or invasive procedures in health-care facilities with inadequate infection control practices ;
children born to mothers infected with hcv ;
people with sexual partners who are hcv-infected;
people with hiv infection;
prisoners or previously incarcerated persons; and
people who have had tattoos or piercings.
about 2.3 million people of the estimated 36.7 million living with hiv globally have serological evidence of past or present hcv infection. conversely, among all hiv-infected persons, the prevalence of anti-hcv was 6.2%. liver diseases represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality among persons living with hiv.
treatment
hepatitis c does not always require treatment as the immune response in some people will clear the infection, and some people with chronic infection do not develop liver damage. when treatment is necessary, the goal of hepatitis c treatment is cure. the cure rate depends on several factors including the strain of the virus and the type of treatment given.
the standard of care for hepatitis c is changing rapidly. sofosbuvir, daclatasvir and the sofosbuvir/ledipasvir combination are part of the preferred regimens in the who guidelines, and can achieve cure rates above 95%. these medicines are much more effective, safer and better-tolerated than the older therapies. therapy with daas can cure most persons with hcv infection and treatment is shorter (usually 12 weeks). who is currently updating its treatment guidelines to include pangenotypic daa regimens and simplified laboratory monitoring. meanwhile, there remains a very limited role for pegylated interferon and ribavirin in certain scenarios. although the production cost of daas is low, these medicines remain very expensive in many high- and upper middle-income countries. prices have dropped dramatically in some countries (primarily low-income) due to the introduction of generic versions of these medicines.
access to hcv treatment is improving, but remains limited. in 2015, of the 71 million persons living with hcv infection globally, 20% (14 million) knew their diagnosis. 7.4% of those diagnosed (1.1 million) were started on treatment in 2015. in 2016, 1.76 million people were additionally treated in bringing the global coverage of hepatitis c curative treatment to 13%. much needs to be done in order for the world to achieve the 80% treatment target by 2030.
prevention
primary prevention
there is no vaccine for hepatitis c, therefore prevention of hcv infection depends upon reducing the risk of exposure to the virus in health-care settings and in higher risk populations, for example, people who inject drugs, and through sexual contact.
the following list provides a limited example of primary prevention interventions recommended by who:
hand hygiene: including surgical hand preparation, hand washing and use of gloves;
safe and appropriate use of health care injections;
safe handling and disposal of sharps and waste;
provision of comprehensive harm-reduction services to people who inject drugs including sterile injecting equipment;
testing of donated blood for hepatitis b and c (as well as hiv and syphilis);
training of health personnel; and
promotion of correct and consistent use of condoms.
secondary and tertiary prevention
for people infected with the hepatitis c virus, who recommends:
education and counselling on options for care and treatment;
immunization with the hepatitis a and b vaccines to prevent coinfection from these hepatitis viruses and to protect their liver;
early and appropriate medical management including antiviral therapy if appropriate; and
regular monitoring for early diagnosis of chronic liver disease.
screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis c infection
in april 2016, who updated its "guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis c". these guidelines complement existing who guidance on the prevention of transmission of bloodborne viruses, including hcv.
they are intended for policy-makers, government officials, and others working in low- and middle-income countries who are developing programmes for the screening, care and treatment of people with hcv infection. these guidelines will help expand of treatment services to patients with hcv infection, as they provide key recommendations in these areas and discuss considerations for implementation.
worldwide, 7% of those diagnosed (1.1 million) were started on treatment in 2015. of those started on treatment in 2015, about half received daas. globally, over the years, the cumulative number of those placed on treatment reached 5.4 million persons in 2015. most of the patients treated before 2015 received older treatments, primarily interferon-based therapies.
summary of key recommendations
recommendations on screening for hcv infection
1. screening to identify persons with hcv infection
it is recommended that hcv serology testing be offered to individuals who are part of a population with high hcv prevalence or who have a history of hcv risk exposure/ behaviour.
2. when to confirm the diagnosis of chronic hcv infection
it is suggested that following a positive hcv virus serological test another test (nat for the detection of hcv rna) be performed to diagnose chronic infection. nat for hcv rna should also be performed to assess whether to start treatment for hepatitis c.
recommendations on care of people infected with hcv
3. screening for alcohol use and counselling to reduce moderate and high levels of alcohol intake
an alcohol intake assessment is recommended for all persons with hcv virus infection followed by the offer of a behavioural alcohol reduction intervention for persons with moderate-to-high alcohol intake.
4. assessing degree of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis
in resource-limited settings, the aminotransferase/platelet ratio index (apri) or fib4 tests should be used for the assessment of hepatic fibrosis rather than other non-invasive tests that require more resources such as elastography or fibrotest.
recommendations on hepatitis c treatment
5. assessing for hcv treatment
all adults and children with chronic hcv infection should be assessed for antiviral treatment.
6. treatment with direct-acting antivirals (daas)
who recommends that all patients with hepatitis c be treated with daa-based regimens, except for a few specific groups of people in whom interferon-based regimens can still be used (as an alternative regimen for patients with genotype 5 or 6 infection and those with genotype 3 hcv infection who also have cirrhosis).
7. telaprevir and boceprevir should no longer be used
these 2 first-generation daas, which are administered with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, were recommended in the 2014 guidelines. evidence now shows that they result in more frequent adverse effects and less frequent cures compared with newer daa-based regimens. thus, these 2 medicines are no longer recommended by who.
8. who recommends preferred and alternative daa regimens based on genotype and cirrhosis status
the guideline development group reviewed all the available data (over 200 studies) to determine which regimens were most effective and safest to treat each of the 6 different genotypes.
who response
in may 2016, the world health assembly adopted the first “global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis, 2016-2021”. the strategy highlights the critical role of universal health coverage and the targets of the strategy are aligned with those of the sustainable development goals. the strategy has a vision of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health problem and this is encapsulated in the global targets of reducing new viral hepatitis infections by 90% and reducing deaths due to viral hepatitis by 65% by 2030. actions to be taken by countries and who secretariat to reach these targets are outlined in the strategy.
who is working in the following areas to support countries in moving towards achieving the global hepatitis goals under the sustainable development agenda 2030:
raising awareness, promoting partnerships and mobilizing resources;
formulating evidence-based policy and data for action;
preventing transmission; and
scaling up screening, care and treatment services.
who published the global hepatitis report, 2017, outlining the baseline for the drive towards elimination. the report sets out global statistics on viral hepatitis b and c, the rate of new infections, the prevalence of chronic infections and mortality caused by these two high-burden hepatitis viruses, as well as coverage of key interventions, all current as of the end of 2015. it is available online at the following link.
who also organizes world hepatitis day on 28 july every year to increase awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.
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ʧif ˈwɔrənt ˈɔfɪsər ˈʧɑrli ˈmɔrgən ˈpoʊzɪz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈkæpɪtəl wɪθ ə ˈpɪkʧər əv hər ˈfæməli ˈdʊrɪŋ ə breɪk ɪn bɪtˈwin ˈmitɪŋz ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ. ˈmɔrgən, hu həz ˌɪnˈkjʊrəbəl brɛst ˈkænsər, ɪz ˈpʊʃɪŋ ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz tɪ ɪkˈspænd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈbɛnəfɪts tɪ geɪ ənd ðɛr ˈpɑrtnərz. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˌbiˈfɔr brɛst ˈkænsər teɪks hər laɪf, ʧif ˈwɔrənt ˈɔfɪsər ˈʧɑrli ˈmɔrgən wɔnts tɪ noʊ ˈwɛðər ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri wɪl teɪk kɛr əv hər ˈwɪdoʊ. ðə ˈɑrmi ˈgɑrdzˌmæn ˈlərnɪd ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər ðət hər ˈkænsər, θɔt tɪ bi ɪn riˈmɪʃən, hæd rɪˈtərnd ənd sprɛd. ʃi sɪz ʃi həz noʊ aɪˈdiə haʊ lɔŋ ʃi həz lɛft tɪ lɪv. ə fju wiks ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs, ˈmɔrgən hæd rɪˈtərnd frəm ə ˈjɪˈrlɔŋ dɪˈplɔɪmənt tɪ ðə ˈmɪdəl ist. ə fju wiks ˈæftər ðə ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsəs, ðə æsk, tell”*” lɔ wɑz rɪˈpild, ənd ˈmɔrgən kʊd ˈpəblɪkli ækˈnɑlɪʤ hər ˈlɔŋˌtaɪm ˈpɑrtnər fər ðə fərst taɪm. ðə ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ hɛlθ nuz əˈmɪd ðoʊz tu ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz brɔt ðə ˌriˈæləˌti ðət ɪf ˈmɔrgən daɪz, hər waɪf, ˈkɛrən ə mɑm ˈkɛrɪŋ fər ðɛr ˈdɔtər, ˈkeɪsi, ɛz wɛl ɛz fər ˈmɔrgən bi ˈɛlɪʤəbəl fər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri hɛlθ kɛr ˈbɛnəfɪts, ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti peɪaʊts ər beɪs ˈækˌsɛs. tɪ ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪt ˈmætərz ˈfərðər, hər ˈdɔtər wɪl hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðoʊz ˈbɛnəfɪts bət bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ juz ðɛm ˈfʊli ɪf ˈkɛrən ɪz ʃət aʊt. ðɪs ʤɪst mi ənd maɪ family,”*,” ˈmɔrgən sɛd. ər soʊ ˈmɛni ˈəðərz biɪŋ hərt baɪ this.”*.” ˈmɔrgən wɑz ɔn ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv haʊs ˈspikər ʤɑn stæf. hər ˈlɑbiɪŋ ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ˈlɑrʤər faɪt əv ˈædvəˌkeɪts ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ juz ðə moʊˈmɛntəm əv læst æsk, tell”*” rɪˈpil tɪ wɪn mɔr raɪts fər geɪ trups, ˈgɪvɪŋ ðɛm ɔl ðə seɪm ˈprɪvɪˌlɪʤɪz ɛz ðɛr streɪt ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts. æt ˈɪʃu ɪz ðə dɪˈfɛns əv ˈmɛrɪʤ ækt, wɪʧ proʊˈhɪbəts ˈfɛdərəl ˈeɪʤənsiz frəm ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzɪŋ ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤɪz wɪn ædˈmɪnɪˌstərɪŋ ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈbɛnəfɪts. waɪt haʊs əˈfɪʃəlz hæv pʊʃt ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz tɪ ˌsərkəmˈvɛnt ðə lɔ, kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈpæʧˌwərk əv ɪkˈsɛpʃənz əˈkrɔs dɪˈpɑrtmənts əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈkəpəlz ˈpɑrʃəl ˈækˌsɛs tɪ səm əv ðə seɪm ˈprɪvɪˌlɪʤɪz əv ðɛr streɪt ˈmɛrid ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts. læst mənθ, raɪts grups əˈnaʊnst ə ˈsəmɪt ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*., tɪ bi hɛld ðɪs spərɪŋ tɪ pʊʃ fər səˈluʃənz tɪ ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts ˈprɑbləmz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈɛfərts ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðoʊz ðət prɪˈsidɪd æsk, tell”*” rɪˈpil. deɪz ˈleɪtər, əˈfɪʃəlz əv ðə ˈligəl dɪˈfɛns ˈnɛtˌwərk ʧæˈstaɪzd ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn ˈlidərz fər nɑt ˈɔfərɪŋ mɔr ɪkˈwɑləti tɪ ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈspaʊsɪz. spəˈsɪfɪkli, ðeɪ sɛd, ˈspaʊsɪz ʃʊd hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeɪʃən kɑrdz ənd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈhaʊzɪŋ, ənd wɪn boʊθ ˈpɑrtnərz sərv, ðeɪ ʃʊd gɪt ˈprɛfərəns fər əˈsaɪnmənts. dɪˈfɛns əˈfɪʃəlz noʊt ðət ðeɪ hæv meɪd ɪkˈsɛpʃənz ɪn ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts tɪ əˈkɑməˌdeɪt geɪ trups, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ əˈlaʊɪŋ ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈpɑrtnərz tɪ rɪˈsiv ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri laɪf ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns peɪaʊts, ˈgrænɪŋ ˈsərtən sərˈvaɪvər ˈbɛnəfɪts ənd ˈkɛrˌgɪvər riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz, ənd ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈsərtən ˈfæməli ˈtrævəl əˈlaʊənsɪz. bət ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈsɪst ðət ðə dɪˈfɛns əv ˈmɛrɪʤ ækt ˈspɛʃəli bɑrz ðɛm frəm ˈgrænɪŋ hɛlθ kɛr ənd ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈbɛnəfɪts, ənd ðət ˈkɑŋgrəs wɪl hæv tɪ ækt tɪ lɪft ðoʊz riˈstrɪkʃənz. raɪt naʊ, ðət lʊks ənˈlaɪkli. rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlidərz ɪn ðə haʊs hæv wərkt ɪn ˈrisənt mənθs tɪ ˌriɪnˈfɔrs ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ˈmɛrɪʤ ɛz bɪtˈwin ə mæn ənd ə ˈwʊmən. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. tɪm ˈhʊlskæmp, r-kansas*, ˌɪntrəˈdust ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən læst mənθ tɪ bæn juz əv ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri fəˈsɪlɪtiz fər ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤɪz. ənd læst jɪr, ˈsɪmələr ˈmɛʒərz ˈspɛlɪŋ aʊt ðə riˈstrɪkʃənz wər əˈpruvd ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈænjuəl dɪˈfɛns ˈbəʤɪt bɪl, ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ drɑpt baɪ ðə ˈsɛnɪt ɪn ˈleɪtər dræfts. ˈboʊnər həz lɛd ˈɛfərts tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðə lɔ ɪn ˈfɛdərəl ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən, ˈæftər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə əˈnaʊnst hi wʊd noʊ ˈlɔŋgər dɪˈrɛkt ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs tɪ du soʊ. tu ˈkeɪsɪz ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ðə dɪˈnaɪəl əv ˈbɛnəfɪts tɪ ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈkəpəlz ər ˈpɛndɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈfɛdərəl kɔrts, ˈæskɪŋ fər tɪ bi strək daʊn ɛz ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl. ˈmɔrgən ɪz ə ɪn wən əv ðoʊz ˈlɔˌsuts. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hər ˈmitɪŋz læst wik, ʃi sɛd ʃi rɪˈmeɪnz ˈhoʊpfəl ðət kənˈsərvətɪv ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz wɪl ʧeɪnʤ ðɛr maɪndz, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ˈstæfərz toʊld hər ðɛr səˈpɔrt əv ðə lɔ rɪˈmeɪnz ənˈʧeɪnʤd. ðə ˈvɛri list, aɪ fil laɪk duɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ kən tɪ pʊt ðə ˈɪʃu aʊt ðɛr waɪl stɪl here,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ʤɪst hæv ðə taɪm tɪ weɪt fər ən ˈænsər anymore.”*.” tˈwɪtər:
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chief warrant officer charlie morgan poses outside the capitol with a picture of her family during a break in between meetings on thursday. morgan, who has incurable breast cancer, is pushing lawmakers to expand access to benefits to gay servicemembers and their partners.
washington — before breast cancer takes her life, chief warrant officer charlie morgan wants to know whether the military will take care of her widow.
the 17-year army guardsman learned in september that her cancer, thought to be in remission, had returned and spread. she says she has no idea how long she has left to live.
a few weeks before the diagnosis, morgan had returned from a yearlong deployment to the middle east. a few weeks after the diagnosis, the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” law was repealed, and morgan could publicly acknowledge her longtime partner for the first time.
the devastating health news amid those two celebrations brought the reality that if morgan dies, her wife, karen — a stay-at-home mom caring for their 4-year-old daughter, casey, as well as for morgan — won’t be eligible for military health care benefits, social security payouts or base access.
to complicate matters further, her daughter will have access to those benefits but won’t be able to use them fully if karen is shut out. “and this isn’t just me and my family,” morgan said. “there are so many others being hurt by this.”
morgan was on capitol hill on thursday, meeting with republicans including members of house speaker john boehner’s staff. her lobbying is part of the larger fight of advocates working to use the momentum of last year’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal to win more rights for gay troops, giving them all the same privileges as their straight counterparts.
at issue is the defense of marriage act, which prohibits federal agencies from recognizing same-sex marriages when administering employment benefits.
white house officials have pushed in recent years to circumvent the law, creating a patchwork of exceptions across departments allowing couples partial access to some of the same privileges of their straight married counterparts.
last month, rights groups announced a summit in washington, d.c., to be held this spring to push for solutions to the benefits problems, including efforts similar to those that preceded “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal.
days later, officials of the servicemembers legal defense network chastised pentagon leaders for not offering more equality to same-sex spouses. specifically, they said, spouses should have access to military identification cards and military housing, and when both partners serve, they should get preference for joint-duty assignments.
defense officials note that they have made exceptions in the benefits to accommodate gay troops, including allowing same-sex partners to receive military life insurance payouts, granting certain survivor benefits and caregiver responsibilities, and giving certain family travel allowances.
but they also insist that the defense of marriage act specially bars them from granting health care and housing benefits, and that congress will have to act to lift those restrictions.
right now, that looks unlikely.
republican leaders in the house have worked in recent months to reinforce the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. rep. tim huelskamp, r-kansas, introduced legislation last month to ban use of military facilities for same-sex marriages. and last year, similar measures spelling out the doma restrictions were approved as part of the annual defense budget bill, before being dropped by the senate in later drafts.
boehner has led efforts to defend the law in federal litigation, after president barack obama announced he would no longer direct the department of justice to do so.
two cases challenging the military’s denial of benefits to same-sex couples are pending before federal courts, asking for doma to be struck down as unconstitutional.
morgan is a co-defendant in one of those lawsuits. following her meetings last week, she said she remains hopeful that conservative lawmakers will change their minds, even though boehner’s staffers told her their support of the law remains unchanged.
“at the very least, i feel like i’m doing everything i can to put the issue out there while i’m still here,” she said. “i just don’t have the time to wait for an answer anymore.”
shanel@stripes.osd.mil
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wɪr ˈfəndɪd!!! naʊ ðə nɛkst strɛʧ goʊl tɪ riʧ ɪz tɪ ˈɔfˌsɛt ðə fiz ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə fiz. ðɪs weɪ aɪl ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv wɪn ɔl ɪz sɛd ənd dən, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈfərðər strɛʧ goʊl əv stɪl stændz, ɪf aɪ riʧ ðət aɪ ˈprɑməs tɪ gɪt ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən dən ɪn 9 mənθs (ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ə jɪr)!! wi kʊd ˈɔlsoʊ ˌsəbdəˈvaɪd ɪt ənd seɪ 10 mənθs, 11 mənθs. hɪrz jʊr ʧæns tɪ gɪv mi aɪˈdiəz fər ðə nɛkst ˌænəˈmeɪʃən! θæŋks əˈgɛn fər ˈʃɛrɪŋ wɪθ jʊr frɛndz. hu æm aɪ? maɪ neɪm ɪz ˈælən ˈbɛkər. wɪn aɪ wɑz 17 aɪ meɪd ə ʃɔrt ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ɔn maɪ ˈlæpˌtɑp ənd pʊt ɪt ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. naʊ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪts ˈsikwəlz, ɪt həz 218 ˈmɪljən vjuz. ɪts kɔld ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən. ɪt həz bɪn ˈfiʧərd ɔn ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn, əˈtæk əv ðə ʃoʊ, ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl, 10 ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl fɪlm ˈfɛstɪvəlz, ənd həz bɪn ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ə fju ˈpəblɪʃt ɑrt ˈkɑmənˌtɛri bʊks. bɪˈkəz əv ðɪs wən ˌænəˈmeɪʃən, klaɪənts keɪm tɪ mi wɪθ ˌænəˈmeɪʃən rɪkˈwɛsts ənd aɪ bɪˈkeɪm ə sɛlf səˈfɪʃənt ˈfriˌlæns ˈænəˌmeɪtər raɪt aʊt əv haɪ skul. hɪrz maɪ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən wət ɪz ɪt əˈbaʊt? ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən pleɪz wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ðə ˈlɪtəl stɪk ˈfɪgjərz ðət ju ˈænəˌmeɪt kən faɪt bæk ənd du ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ jʊr kəmˈpjutər. sɪns ðə wərld əv kəmˈpjutərz ɪz soʊ væst, ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti fər gægz ɪz ˈɛndləs. aɪv hæd ðə stɪk ˈfɪgjər ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ˈmeɪtrɪks staɪl ˈfaɪtɪŋ wɪθ ɔl ðə ˈaɪˌkɑnz ɔn ðə ˈdɛskˌtɑp, ə ˌwənɔnˈwən duəl wɪθ (ðə oʊld ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft wərd əˈsɪstənt), ə ˌsɑləˈtɛr faɪt wɪθ əˈnəðər stɪk ˈfɪgjər ˈjuzɪŋ kɑrdz, ðə lɪst goʊz ɔn. naʊ wɪr ˈɛnərɪŋ ðə eɪʤ əv ˈtæbləts ənd ˈaɪˌfoʊnz, soʊ ðə ˈspɛktrəm əv ˌpɑsəˈbɪlətiz ɪz ˈivɪn ˈwaɪdər naʊ. waɪ du aɪ nid ˈməni? aɪ toʊld ˈɛvriˌwən aɪ wɑz dən ˈæftər ˈnəmbər θri. ɪts səʧ ə kənˈklusɪv ˈɛndɪŋ, soʊ hɑrd tɪ tɔp, pləs, fɪlm ˈhɪstəri ʃoʊz ˈjuˈɛs ðət ˈɛni ˈsɪriz ðət goʊz pæst θri stɑrts tɪ goʊ ˈdaʊnˈhɪl æt fɔr. bət ˈpipəl wər soʊ ˈəpˌsɛt ðət aɪ wɑz ˈɛndɪŋ ðə ˈsɪriz bɪˈkəz ðeɪ faʊnd ɪt soʊ ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ. rɪkˈwɛsts fər ˈnəmbər fɔr keɪm æt mi frəm ˈɛvəri ˈæŋgəl. soʊ əm ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ tɪ du ɪt. ˈɪtəl bi fən. ɪn ðə pæst, wɑz ˈizi bɪˈkəz aɪ wɑz ʤɪst ə haɪ skul kɪd dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn maɪ ˈpɛrənts. naʊ aɪ hæv rɛnt, kɑr ˈpeɪmənts, ənd bɪlz. aɪ ˈrisəntli ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd frəm kəˈləmbəs ˈkɑlɪʤ əv ɑrt ənd dɪˈzaɪn, wɪʧ ɪz nɑt ʧip, soʊ aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv loʊn ˈpeɪmənts. aɪ wɔnt tɪ meɪk ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən bɪˈkəz ɪt wʊd meɪk soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ˈhæpi, bət naʊ ðət əm groʊn əp, taɪm ɪz ˈlɪtərəli ˈməni. əm prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ðət ðɪs fɪlm wɪl teɪk wərk aʊərz, sɪns ðə θərd wən tʊk 325 aʊərz. sɪns ðə fæn beɪs ɪz soʊ bɪg, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ lɛt ðoʊz hu wɔnt ˈnəmbər fɔr hɛlp meɪk ɪt ˈhæpən. wət æm aɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ju? aɪ wɔnt tɪ meɪk ɪt klɪr ðət ðɪs ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz ə gɪv ənd teɪk riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp. jɛs, ju ər ˈhɛlpɪŋ ənd səˈpɔrtɪŋ mi baɪ ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪŋ tɪ ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt. bət aɪ æm ˈɔlsoʊ ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət wɪl bi ˈvɛri hɑrd tɪ faɪnd ˈɛniˌwɛr ɛls. wən əv ðə rɪˈwɔrdz ɪz ˈækˌsɛs tɪ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz tuˈtɔriəlz. aɪ wɪl teɪk ju stɛp baɪ stɛp θru ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈprɔˌsɛs. aɪ stɑrt baɪ əˈnaʊnsɪŋ ðə ˈprɑbləm aɪ hæv tɪ sɑlv, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, "ˌoʊˈkeɪ! aɪ hæv tɪ meɪk ɪt lʊk laɪk ðə stɪk ˈfɪgjər ɪz riˈæktɪŋ tɪ maɪ ˈfɪŋgər sˈwaɪpɪŋ ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn skrin lɛft ənd raɪt!" ðɛn aɪ ʃoʊ ju haʊ aɪ sɑlv ðət ˈprɑbləm. naʊ ju hæv ə ˈbɛtər aɪˈdiə əv haʊ tɪ sɑlv ˈprɑbləmz! ðɪs ɪz ɪn ˈɛsəns ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈnɑlɪʤ ðət tʊk mi 7 jɪrz tɪ bɪld əp, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ 4 jɪrz əv ˈkɑlɪʤ, wərθ əraʊnd əv tjuˈɪʃən ˈdɔlərz. ðə rɪˈwɔrd kɔsts 10 ɪf ju ˈrɪli doʊnt wɔnt tɪ sɪt əraʊnd ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən tɪ bi kəmˈplitli ˈfɪnɪʃt ˌbiˈfɔr ju si ˈɛni əv ɪt, aɪ ˈhaɪli ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ju ʤəmp ɔn bɔrd, ˌbiˈfɔr wi sɛt seɪl! əm praʊd əv ðət laɪn əˈnəðər rɪˈwɔrd ðət ju woʊnt faɪnd ˈɛniˌwɛr ɛls, ɪz ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ərˈɪʤənəl sɔrs faɪlz əv ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən 1 2 ənd 3 ənˈtɪl naʊ aɪv meɪd ɪt maɪ ˈpɑləsi tɪ nɑt ʃɛr ðə faɪlz, fər fɪr ðət ˈsəmˌwən wɪl teɪk ðɛm, sˈlaɪtli ˈɔltər ðɛm, ənd ʃɛr ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ɛz ðɛr oʊn wərk. ðæts stɪl nɑt kul, bət naʊ ju kən si pil bæk ðə ˌænəˈmeɪʃən leɪər baɪ leɪər. ðeɪ seɪ ə məˈʤɪʃən ˈnɛvər rɪˈvilz hɪz ˈsikrɪts, wɛl, aɪ gɛs əm nɑt ə məˈʤɪʃən. wɛr ɪz ðə ˈməni goʊɪŋ? aɪ ˈprɑməs ðət ɔl əv jʊr doʊˈneɪʃənz wɪl goʊ ˈɪntu ðə pərˈdəkʃən əv ðɪs fɪlm. ənd aɪ əˈʃʊr ju aɪ æm kˈwɑləˌfaɪd tɪ bi ˈæskɪŋ ðɪs məʧ. ðɪs ɪz nɑt jʊr ˈɔrdəˌnɛri stɪk ˈfɪgjər ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ðət ˈtiˌneɪʤərz wɪl meɪk ˈoʊvər ðə ˈsəmər fər fən. ðɪs ɪz prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈlɛvəl ˈmoʊʃən ˈgræfɪks, ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ənd lɪv ˈækʃən compositing*, wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈkluʒən əv stɪk ˈfɪgjərz ɛz ə minz tɪ ˈmɪmɪk ðə ˈspɪrɪt əv ðə ˈtiˌneɪʤd ˈænəˌmeɪtər. wəns ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz ˈfəndɪd, aɪ wɪl sɛt ðə fəndz ɪn ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt əˈkaʊnt ənd ˈoʊnli peɪ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ɛz aɪ wərk, baɪ ðə aʊər. ˈɛni ˈɛkstrə fəndz wɪl goʊ ˈɪntu poʊst pərˈdəkʃən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ fɪlm ˈfɛstɪvəl fiz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. rɪˈwɔrdz hir ər səm ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz tɪ bæk ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt. ˈɛvəri rɪˈwɔrd ˌɪnˈkludz ðə rɪˈwɔrdz əˈbəv ɪt. 5 ˈvərʒənz əv ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən (ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju si ɔn ˈjuˌtub ɪz beɪst ɔn ə sɔrs faɪl ðət ɪz ˈpɪksəlz. aɪ wɪl ðɛm tɪ bi 1080p*) ˈvərʒənz əv ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən (ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju si ɔn ˈjuˌtub ɪz beɪst ɔn ə sɔrs faɪl ðət ɪz ˈpɪksəlz. aɪ wɪl ðɛm tɪ bi 1080p*) 10 bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz ˈækˌsɛs. aɪl riˈlis ə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈɛvəri wən ər tu wiks ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ maɪ ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ʃoʊɪŋ ˈprɑˌgrɛs. ðɪs ɪz ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ju kænt gɪt æt skul bɪˈkəz ə lɔt əv tɛkˈniks aɪ keɪm əp wɪθ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz ˈækˌsɛs. aɪl riˈlis ə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈɛvəri wən ər tu wiks ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ maɪ ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ʃoʊɪŋ ˈprɑˌgrɛs. ðɪs ɪz ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ju kænt gɪt æt skul bɪˈkəz ə lɔt əv tɛkˈniks aɪ keɪm əp wɪθ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! 15 jʊr neɪm ɪn ðə ˈkrɛdɪts. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! jʊr neɪm ɪn ðə ˈkrɛdɪts. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! 20 ðə ərˈɪʤənəl faɪlz əv ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən 1 2 ənd 3 ɪf ju hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ əˈdoʊbi flæʃ, ju kən pɪk θru ðə sɔrs faɪlz fər jʊr oʊn ˈrɛfərəns. aɪv dɪˈnaɪd ˈmɛni rɪkˈwɛsts fər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðiz faɪlz ɪn ðə pæst, bət naʊ əm ˈoʊpənɪŋ ɪt əp. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ðə ərˈɪʤənəl faɪlz əv ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən 1 2 ənd 3 ɪf ju hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ əˈdoʊbi flæʃ, ju kən pɪk θru ðə sɔrs faɪlz fər jʊr oʊn ˈrɛfərəns. aɪv dɪˈnaɪd ˈmɛni rɪkˈwɛsts fər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðiz faɪlz ɪn ðə pæst, bət naʊ əm ˈoʊpənɪŋ ɪt əp. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! 30 ə saɪnd ˈpoʊstər dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ mi. ɪts gɑt ə ˈrɛtroʊ ˈpɪksəl ɑrt lʊk tɪ ɪt. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ə saɪnd ˈpoʊstər dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ mi. ɪts gɑt ə ˈrɛtroʊ ˈpɪksəl ɑrt lʊk tɪ ɪt. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! 45 ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈtiˌsərt dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ mi. ˈɔlsoʊ wɪθ ðə ˈrɛtroʊ ˈpɪksəl ɑrt lʊk. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv ɪkˈsɛpt ðə ˈpoʊstər. 75 ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈtiˌsərt dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ mi. ˈɔlsoʊ wɪθ ðə ˈrɛtroʊ ˈpɪksəl ɑrt lʊk. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! 100 ˈkæmiˌoʊ əˈpɪrəns. jʊr neɪm ˈfoʊˌtoʊ wɪl bi ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ðə ˌænəˈmeɪʃən. ˈmeɪbi ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ɪn ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ˈfoʊldər ər iphoto*, ə ˈproʊˌfaɪl ˈpɪkʧər ɪn ðə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ər ə ˈkɑnˌtækt ˈfoʊˌtoʊ. ˈdɛfənətli ˈbrægɪŋ raɪts. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ˈkæmiˌoʊ əˈpɪrəns. jʊr neɪm ˈfoʊˌtoʊ wɪl bi ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ðə ˌænəˈmeɪʃən. ˈmeɪbi ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ɪn ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ˈfoʊldər ər iphoto*, ə ˈproʊˌfaɪl ˈpɪkʧər ɪn ðə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ər ə ˈkɑnˌtækt ˈfoʊˌtoʊ. ˈdɛfənətli ˈbrægɪŋ raɪts. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! 125 ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈvɪdioʊ ʧæt. ˈjuzɪŋ skaɪp, ˈgugəl ˈhæˌŋaʊt, ər oovoo*, ju kən æsk mi əˈbaʊt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ʃoʊ mi ˈɛni əv jʊr wərk, ər ʤɪst ʧæt fər ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ju wɔnt. aɪ wɪl meɪk ʃʊr ðət ɪt ɪz wərθ jʊr taɪm. ðɛr ɪz noʊ taɪm ˈlɪmət. ɪn fækt, wi kən kənˈtɪnju ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən əˈnəðər deɪ, ənd ˈɪntu ðə ˌɪnˈdɛfənət fˈjuʧər. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈvɪdioʊ ʧæt. ˈjuzɪŋ skaɪp, ˈgugəl ˈhæˌŋaʊt, ər oovoo*, ju kən æsk mi əˈbaʊt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ʃoʊ mi ˈɛni əv jʊr wərk, ər ʤɪst ʧæt fər ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ju wɔnt. aɪ wɪl meɪk ʃʊr ðət ɪt ɪz wərθ jʊr taɪm. ðɛr ɪz noʊ taɪm ˈlɪmət. ɪn fækt, wi kən kənˈtɪnju ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən əˈnəðər deɪ, ənd ˈɪntu ðə ˌɪnˈdɛfənət fˈjuʧər. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ˈspɛʃəl θæŋks. jul gɪt ə ˈspɛʃəl pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈkrɛdɪts ɛz wɛl ɛz ə "ˈspɛʃəl θæŋks" ˈkrɛdɪt ɔn. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ˈspɛʃəl θæŋks. jul gɪt ə ˈspɛʃəl pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈkrɛdɪts ɛz wɛl ɛz ə "ˈspɛʃəl θæŋks" ˈkrɛdɪt ɔn. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv! ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv prəˈdusər. jul gɪt ən ˈivɪn mɔr ˈspɛʃəl pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈkrɛdɪts ɛz wɛl ɛz jʊr oʊn ˈkrɛdɪt ɔn. aɪl θroʊ ɪn ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˈrændəm gɪft sɛnt tɪ jʊr dɔr. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv prəˈdusər. jul gɪt ən ˈivɪn mɔr ˈspɛʃəl pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈkrɛdɪts ɛz wɛl ɛz jʊr oʊn ˈkrɛdɪt ɔn. aɪl θroʊ ɪn ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˈrændəm gɪft sɛnt tɪ jʊr dɔr. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv "prəˈdust baɪ" ju ər ðə ˈpərsən ðət ˌsɪŋgəˈlhændɪdli ˈfəndɪd maɪ ˈprɑʤɛkt. aɪ æm ɪˈtərnəli ˈgreɪtfəl tɪ ju. ˈɪtəl bi laɪk "ˈænəˌmeɪtɪd baɪ ˈælən ˈbɛkər" feɪd ɪn, feɪd aʊt "prəˈdust baɪ jul ˈɔlsoʊ gɪt jʊr oʊn ˈkrɛdɪt ɔn. ənd aɪl sɛnd ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˈrændəm gɪft tɪ jʊr ˈdɔrˌstɛp. pləs ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbəv hɪrz ə lɪŋk tɪ maɪ peɪʤ soʊ ju noʊ wət əm ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt. əˈpɛrəntli, ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ əˈθɔrəti ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ɛz ə ʃɔrt fɪlm ənd ˈlɪstɪd mi ɛz ðə ˈɔθər. aɪ ˈdɪdənt noʊ əˈbaʊt ðɪs ənˈtɪl ə fju mənθs əˈgoʊ. ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈpərsən ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən 2 ənd 3 ənd kriˈeɪtɪd ə nu ˈælən ˈbɛkər. soʊ aɪ hæd tɪ goʊ θru ðə ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˈmərʤɪŋ ðə tu ˈælən ˈbɛkərz. ɛz sun ɛz ˈænəˌmeɪtər ˈvərsəz. ˌænəˈmeɪʃən gɪts əˈpruvd baɪ ə fɪlm ˈfɛstɪvəl, ɪt ɪz ˈɛlɪʤəbəl fər ˌɪnˈkluʒən ɔn.
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we're funded!!! now the next stretch goal to reach is $13,000, to offset the kickstarter/amazon fees as well as the rewards/shipping fees. this way i'll actually have $10,000 when all is said and done, instead of $7,700.
the further stretch goal of $20,000 still stands, if i reach that i promise to get animator vs. animation done in 9 months (as opposed to a year)!! we could also subdivide it and say $16k = 10 months, $13k = 11 months.
here's your chance to give me ideas for the next animation! thanks again for sharing with your friends.
who am i?
my name is alan becker. when i was 17, i made a short animation on my laptop and put it on the internet. now, including its sequels, it has 218 million views. it's called animator vs. animation. it has been featured on cnn, g4 - attack of the show, the wall street journal, 10 international film festivals, and has been included in a few published art commentary books. because of this one animation, clients came to me with animation requests and i became a self sufficient freelance animator right out of high school. here's my website.
animator vs. animation iii
what is it about?
animator vs. animation plays with the idea that the little stick figures that you animate can fight back and do damage to your computer. since the world of computers is so vast, the possibility for gags is endless. i've had the stick figure engage in matrix style fighting with all the icons on the desktop, a one-on-one duel with clippy (the old microsoft word assistant), a solitaire fight with another stick figure using cards, the list goes on. now we're entering the age of tablets and iphones, so the spectrum of possibilities is even wider now.
why do i need money?
i told everyone i was done after number three. it's such a conclusive ending, so hard to top, plus, film history shows us that any series that goes past three starts to go downhill at four. but people were so upset that i was ending the series because they found it so entertaining. requests for number four came at me from every angle. so i'm deciding to do it. it'll be fun.
in the past, animating was easy because i was just a high school kid dependent on my parents. now i have rent, car payments, and bills. i recently graduated from columbus college of art and design, which is not cheap, so i also have loan payments. i want to make animator vs. animation iv because it would make so many people happy, but now that i'm grown up, time is literally money. i'm predicting that this film will take 300-400 work hours, since the third one took 325 hours. since the fan base is so big, i decided to let those who want number four help make it happen.
what am i giving you?
i want to make it clear that this animator vs. animation iv project is a give and take relationship. yes, you are helping and supporting me by donating to this project. but i am also giving you something that will be very hard to find anywhere else.
one of the rewards is access to behind the scenes tutorials.
i will take you step by step through the entire process. i start by announcing the problem i have to solve, for example, "okay! i have to make it look like the stick figure is reacting to my finger swiping the iphone screen left and right!" then i show you how i solve that problem. now you have a better idea of how to solve problems!
this is in essence giving you access to the knowledge that took me 7 years to build up, including 4 years of college, worth around $100,000 of tuition dollars. the reward costs $10.
if you really don't want to sit around waiting for animator vs. animation iv to be completely finished before you see any of it, i highly recommend you jump on board, before we set sail! <--- i'm proud of that line
another reward that you won't find anywhere else, is access to the original source files of animator vs. animation 1, 2, and 3. until now i've made it my policy to not share the files, for fear that someone will take them, slightly alter them, and share the video as their own work. that's still not cool, but now you can see peel back the animation layer by layer. they say a magician never reveals his secrets, well, i guess i'm not a magician.
where is the money going?
i promise that all of your donations will go into the production of this film. and i assure you i am qualified to be asking this much. this is not your ordinary stick figure animation that teenagers will make over the summer for fun. this is professional level motion graphics, animation and live action compositing, with the inclusion of stick figures as a means to mimic the spirit of the teenaged animator. once the project is funded, i will set the funds in a separate account and only pay myself as i work, by the hour. any extra funds will go into post production, including film festival fees, etc.
rewards
here are some incentives to back this project. every reward includes the rewards above it.
$5 - hd versions of animator vs. animation (everything you see on youtube is based on a source file that is 550x400 pixels. i will remaster them to be 1080p)
- hd versions of animator vs. animation (everything you see on youtube is based on a source file that is 550x400 pixels. i will remaster them to be 1080p) $10 - behind the scenes access. i'll release a video every one or two weeks explaining my process and showing progress. this is education you can't get at school because a lot of techniques i came up with myself. plus everything above!
- behind the scenes access. i'll release a video every one or two weeks explaining my process and showing progress. this is education you can't get at school because a lot of techniques i came up with myself. plus everything above! $15 - your name in the credits. plus everything above!
- your name in the credits. plus everything above! $20 - the original .fla files of animator vs. animation 1, 2, and 3. if you have access to adobe flash, you can pick through the source files for your own reference. i've denied many requests for access to these files in the past, but now i'm opening it up. plus everything above!
- the original .fla files of animator vs. animation 1, 2, and 3. if you have access to adobe flash, you can pick through the source files for your own reference. i've denied many requests for access to these files in the past, but now i'm opening it up. plus everything above! $30 - a signed poster designed by me. it's got a retro pixel art look to it. plus everything above!
- a signed poster designed by me. it's got a retro pixel art look to it. plus everything above! $45 - an official t-shirt designed by me. also with the retro pixel art look. plus everything above except the poster.
$75 - an official t-shirt designed by me. also with the retro pixel art look. plus everything above!
$100 - cameo appearance. your name and/or photo will be somewhere in the animation. maybe a photo in the photos folder or iphoto, a profile picture in the animator's facebook, or a contact photo. definitely bragging rights. plus everything above!
- cameo appearance. your name and/or photo will be somewhere in the animation. maybe a photo in the photos folder or iphoto, a profile picture in the animator's facebook, or a contact photo. definitely bragging rights. plus everything above! $125 - online video chat. using skype, google hangout, or oovoo, you can ask me about anything, show me any of your work, or just chat for as long as you want. i will make sure that it is worth your time. there is no time limit. in fact, we can continue conversation another day, and into the indefinite future. plus everything above!
- online video chat. using skype, google hangout, or oovoo, you can ask me about anything, show me any of your work, or just chat for as long as you want. i will make sure that it is worth your time. there is no time limit. in fact, we can continue conversation another day, and into the indefinite future. plus everything above! $1,000 - special thanks. you'll get a special place in the credits as well as a "special thanks" credit on imdb. plus everything above!
- special thanks. you'll get a special place in the credits as well as a "special thanks" credit on imdb. plus everything above! $5,000 - executive producer. you'll get an even more special place in the credits as well as your own credit on imdb. i'll throw in a personal random gift sent to your door. plus everything above $1,000!
- executive producer. you'll get an even more special place in the credits as well as your own credit on imdb. i'll throw in a personal random gift sent to your door. plus everything above $1,000! $10,000 - "produced by" you are the person that singlehandedly funded my project. i am eternally grateful to you. it'll be like "animated by alan becker" - fade in, fade out - "produced by ______". you'll also get your own credit on imdb. and i'll send a personal random gift to your doorstep. plus everything above $1,000!
here's a link to my imdb page so you know what i'm talking about.
http://www.imdb.me/alanbecker
apparently, someone with imdb authority registered animator vs. animation as a short film and listed me as the author. i didn't know about this until a few months ago. a separate person registered animator vs. animation 2 and 3, and created a new alan becker. so i had to go through the complicated process of merging the two alan beckers.
as soon as animator vs. animation iv gets approved by a film festival, it is eligible for inclusion on imdb.
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ə ˈspænɪʃ ˈsɪti traɪɪŋ tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ˈtʊˌrɪzəm lɔst ə dɪˈrɛkt flaɪt kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ˈɪzriəl ˈoʊvər ɪts sɪmˈbɑlɪk səˈpɔrt fər ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ ðə ʤuɪʃ steɪt, ə ˈspænɪʃ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˌriˈpɔrtəd. ðə speɪn brænʧ əv ɛl æl fər mənθs hæd nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ˈtʊrɪst əˈfɪʃəlz frəm ðə ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈriʤən əv gəˈlɪʃiə, ɪn ˈnɔrðərn speɪn, ˈoʊvər ˈoʊpənɪŋ ə dɪˈrɛkt laɪn bɪtˈwin ɪts ˈkæpɪtəl, ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ də, ənd tɛl ɑˈviv, bət ðə tɔks feɪld ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈpæsɪʤ ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər əv ə ˈnɑnˈbaɪndɪŋ ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl ˈmoʊʃən ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ ˈɪzriəl, lɑ də ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ɪz ə ˈmeɪʤər sɔrs əv ˈɪnˌkəm ɪn gəˈlɪʃiə, wɛr pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈwərkˌfɔrs ɪz ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ 43 əv ˈwərkərz ˈəndər 25 ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈgəvərnmənt həz ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ˈmɪljənz əv ˈjuˌroʊz ˈɪntu kriˈeɪtɪŋ nu ʤɑbz ɪn ðə ˈtʊrɪst ˈsɛktər ənd əˈtræktɪŋ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈtʊrɪsts tɪ ðə əˈtrækʃənz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈkæθlɪk ˈpɪlgrəmɪʤ rut noʊn ɛz ðə weɪ əv st*. ʤeɪmz, wɪʧ ˈpæsɪz θru ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ. ɪt əˈtrækts mɔr ðən ˈpɪlgrəmz ənd ˈtʊrɪsts ˈænjuəli tɪ ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ. gɪt ðə taɪmz əv ˈɪzriəlz ˈdeɪli ɪˈdɪʃən baɪ iˈmeɪl ənd ˈnɛvər mɪs ɑr tɔp ˈstɔriz fri saɪn əp ɑleɪˈjɑndroʊ sánchez-brunete*, ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl fər ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈpɑrti, əˈkjuzd ðə ˈpɑrti ðət wən ɪˈlɛkʃənz læst jɪr, abierta*, əv ˈsæbəˌtɑʒɪŋ ðət ˈɛfərt baɪ dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ tɔks ɔn ˈoʊpənɪŋ ə dɪˈrɛkt kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ˈɪzriəl. tɔk wər focused”*” ənd æt ədˈvænst ˈsteɪʤɪz, sɛd, ənd ðə ˈmoʊʃən ɪn ðə lɔs əv ən ˈɛriəl connection.”*.” ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən əv ðə əˈfɛr baɪ lɑ də gəˈlɪʃiə [ˈspænɪʃ], wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈɪntərvˌjuz wɪθ ɛl æl əˈfɪʃəlz, klɪr ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃənz ðət ðɪs ɪz ðə case,”*,” ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˌriˈpɔrtəd. ˈwɔltər wasercier*, ðə dɪˈrɛktər əv ɛl speɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, toʊld ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ðət hi hæd ˈpərsənəli pʊʃt fər ˈoʊpənɪŋ ðə flaɪt ðɪs ˈsəmər, ˈædɪŋ ðət ɛl dɪˈrɛkt kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ˈlɪzbən pərˈzɛnəd ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ æd ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ tɪ ɪts lɪst əv ˈspænɪʃ ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃənz. səm ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈtʊrɪsts ˈvɪzɪt speɪn ˈænjuəli. ˈmɑrtə loʊəs, fər ˈtʊˌrɪzəm, dɪˈnaɪd ðət ˈɛni tɔks ɔn ˈoʊpənɪŋ ə flaɪt tɪ ˈɪzriəl hæd ˈteɪkən pleɪs ənd sɛd ðət ɪn ˈɛni keɪs ðeɪ wʊd nɑt hæv bɪn ˈsæbəˌtɑʒd baɪ ə kɔl tɪ ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ˈɪzriəl. bət ðə əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən fər ˈfrɛndʃɪp wɪθ ˈɪzriəl toʊld ðə lɑ də gəˈlɪʃiə ðət ɪn ˈeɪprəl, ɛl æl ˈoʊpənd ə flaɪt tɪ vəˈlɛnsiə ˈrəðər ðən ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ ɛz ə dɪˈrɛkt rɪˈzəlt əv ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt ˈmoʊʃən., ə madrid-based*, grup ðət ɪz ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈbɔɪˌkɑt kæmˈpeɪn əˈgɛnst ˈɪzriəl ɪn speɪn, bleɪmd ˈrulɪŋ ˈpɑrti fər ˈrənɪŋ ðə ˈsɪti ineptitude.”*.” ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ən ˈlɔˌsut rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn ə haɪ kɔrt ˈrulɪŋ ˈleɪbəlɪŋ ɛz dɪˈskrɪmənəˌtɔri ðə kæmˈpeɪn fər ˈbɔɪˌkɑt, dɪˈvɛsmənt ənd ˈsæŋkʃənz, ər, əˈgɛnst ˈɪzriəl. ˈsɛvərəl loʊər kɔrts ˈɪʃud ˌɪnˈʤəŋʃənz əˈgɛnst mˌjunɪsəˈpælɪtiz ðət səˈpɔrtɪd, wɪʧ ˈɑrgjuz həz ˈoʊvərˌtoʊnz ɪn speɪn. səˈpɔrtərz dɪˈnaɪ ðɪs, seɪɪŋ ðɛr ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈɪzriəl ɪz fər vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl lɔ. səˈpɔrt fər ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ ˈɪzriəl rɪˈflɛkts nɑt ˈoʊnli təˈwɔrd ʤuz bət fər ɪts oʊn ˈrɛzɪdənts baɪ ˈtɪrɪŋ daʊn ə ˈprɑʤɛkt ðət wʊd hæv brɔt ˌsæntiˈɑgoʊ ˈrɛvəˌnu, ˈtʊrɪsts ənd jobs,”*,” sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt.
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a spanish city trying to increase tourism lost a direct flight connection with israel over its symbolic support for boycotting the jewish state, a spanish newspaper reported.
the spain branch of el al for months had negotiated with tourist officials from the autonomous region of galicia, in northern spain, over opening a direct line between its capital, santiago de compostella, and tel aviv, but the talks failed following the passage in november of a non-binding city council motion in favor of boycotting israel, la voz de galicica reported wednesday.
tourism is a major source of income in galicia, where 18.2 percent of the workforce is unemployed, along with 43% of workers under 25. the local government has invested millions of euros into creating new jobs in the tourist sector and attracting international tourists to the region’s attractions – including the catholic pilgrimage route known as the way of st. james, which passes through santiago. it attracts more than 250,000 pilgrims and tourists annually to santiago.
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alejandro sánchez-brunete, a member of the santiago city council for the center-right popular party, accused the far-left party that won santiago’s elections last year, compostella abierta, of sabotaging that effort by destroying talks on opening a direct connection with israel.
“these talk were focused” and at advanced stages, sanchez-brunete said, and the motion “resulted in the loss of an aerial connection.”
an independent investigation of the affair by la voz de galicia [spanish], which included interviews with el al officials, “produced clear indications that this is the case,” the newspaper reported.
walter wasercier, the director of el al’s spain operations, told the newspaper that he had personally pushed for opening the flight this summer, adding that el al’s direct connection to lisbon presented an opportunity to add santiago to its list of spanish destinations. some 350,000 israeli tourists visit spain annually.
marta lois, santiago’s alderwoman for tourism, denied that any talks on opening a flight to israel had taken place and said that in any case they would not have been sabotaged by a call to boycott israel.
but the galician association for friendship with israel told the la voz de galicia that in april, el al opened a flight to valencia rather than santiago as a direct result of the boycott motion.
acom, a madrid-based, pro-israel group that is fighting the boycott campaign against israel in spain, blamed santiago’s far-left ruling party for running the city “with ineptitude.”
earlier this year, an acom lawsuit resulted in a precedent-setting high court ruling labeling as discriminatory the campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions, or bds, against israel. several lower courts issued injunctions against municipalities that supported bds, which acom argues has anti-semitic overtones in spain.
bds supporters deny this, saying their focus on israel is for violations of international law.
santiago’s support for boycotting israel reflects “disregard not only toward jews but for its own residents by tearing down a project that would have brought santiago revenue, tourists and jobs,” acom said in a statement.
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ˈdæləs ˈfʊtˌbɔl fænz hu ˈɛndɪd əp wɪθ noʊ sits ər wət ðeɪ kənˈsɪdərd bæd vjuz əv ˈsupər boʊl hæv faɪld ə ˈlɔˌsut əˈgɛnst ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl, ðə ˈdæləs ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ənd tim ˈoʊnər ˈʤɛri ʤoʊnz. ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈlɔˌsut faɪld ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɪn ˈdæləs ʤɪst tu deɪz ˈæftər ðə bɪg geɪm əˈlɛʤɪz briʧ əv ˈkɑnˌtrækt, frɔd ənd dɪˈsɛptɪv seɪlz ˈpræktɪsɪz ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ˈpipəl hu ˈɛndɪd əp ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðə geɪm ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən æt ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈsteɪdiəm ɪn ˈɑrlɪŋtən, ər hæd sits ðə ˈlɔˌsut ˈleɪbəld "ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəmɪt." ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl hæd əˈnaʊnst ʤɪst aʊərz ˌbiˈfɔr ðə grin beɪ ˈpækərz pleɪd ðə ˈpɪtsbərg ˈstilərz ɔn ˈsənˌdi ðət əˈbaʊt ˈtɛmpərˌɛri sits wər dimd ənˈseɪf, ənd ðə lig ˈskræmbəld tɪ faɪnd nu sits fər əˈbaʊt 850 ˈpipəl. ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ 400 wər fɔrst tɪ wɔʧ frəm loʊˈkeɪʃənz əraʊnd ðə ˈsteɪdiəm. wən ˈpleɪnəf ɪz ə ˈstilərz fæn frəm ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə hu wɑz əˈməŋ ðə 400 wɪθ ə ˈtɪkɪt bət noʊ sit. ðə ˈəðər ɪz ə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldər hu kleɪmz ˈmɛni əv ʤoʊnz' fænz wər stək ɪn ˈmɛtəl ˈfoʊldɪŋ ʧɛrz wɪˈθaʊt ə vju əv ðə ˈsteɪdiəmz ʤaɪənt ˈvɪdioʊ bɔrd. ˈspoʊksmɪn fər ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ənd ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl hæd noʊ ˈkɑmɛnt ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. lɔs əˈtərni ˈmaɪkəl ʤeɪ. sɛd hi ɪkˈspɛkts ðə sut tɪ ˈkəvər əˈbaʊt ˈpipəl. "noʊ wən ɪz əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ gɪt rɪʧ frəm ðɪs," hi sɛd. "ˈpipəl ər ˈmɪrli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn biɪŋ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd fər wət ˈhæpənd (æt ðə ˈsteɪdiəm) ənd ðə kɔst ðət goʊz wɪθ ðət." sɛd hiz ə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldər hu əˈtɛndəd ˈsənˌdiz geɪm. hi sɛd hi ˈwəzənt wən əv ðə fænz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðə ˈsitɪŋ ˈɪʃuz bət hərd ˈplɛnti əv kəmˈpleɪnts. "ˈpipəl æt ðə geɪm wər dɪsˈgəstɪd, bət ɪt ˈdəzənt teɪk lɔŋ tɪ bi dɪsˈgəstɪd wɪθ ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən laɪk ðɪs," hi sɛd. sɛd stiv sɪmz, ðə ˈstilərz fæn neɪmd ɪn ðə ˈlɔˌsut, wɑz soʊ pʊt ɔf baɪ traɪɪŋ tɪ wɔʧ ðə geɪm frəm ˈɛriəz ðət hi lɛft æt ˈhæfˌtaɪm. maɪk dolabi*, ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldər ɪn ðə ˈlɔˌsut, ɪz əˈməŋ ə grup kɔld "ˈfaʊndərz" hu peɪd pər sit ʤɪst fər ðə raɪt tɪ baɪ ˈtɪkɪts. ðoʊz ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈpərsɪnəl sit ˈlaɪsənsɪz rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn mɔr ðən 100 ˈmɪljən ɪn ˈrɛvəˌnu fər ʤoʊnz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈlɔˌsut, wɪʧ siks 5 ˈmɪljən ɪn ˈdæmɪʤɪz. səm əv ðoʊz fænz wər ɪn ˈtɛmpərˌɛri sits ˈəndər ˈoʊvərˌhæŋz ənd ˈkʊdənt si ðə ʤaɪənt ˈvɪdioʊ bɔrd əˈbəv ðə fild, "wɪʧ dɪˈfɛndənt ʤoʊnz ənd ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ruˈtinli kleɪm ɪz wən əv ðə moʊst juˈnik ənd bɛst ˈfiʧərz əv ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈsteɪdiəm," ðə ˈlɔˌsut sɛd. ðeɪ kʊd si ðə fild, ənd ˈɛkstrə ˈtiˈviz wər ˌɪnˈstɔld ɪn ðoʊz ˈɛriəz. "ju wər ˈifɛktɪvli ɪn ə bæt keɪv," sɛd. "ju doʊnt teɪk jʊr 400 bɛst ˈkəstəmərz ənd trit ðɛm laɪk ðət." ðə ˈlɔˌsut əˈlɛʤɪz ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz hæv ˈɔfərd noʊ ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən tɪ ðɛr ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldərz fər "ðɛr əbˈstrəktɪd ənd ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəmɪt sits." ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl həz sɛd ðə ˈrəfli 400 fænz wɪˈθaʊt tu ˈɔpʃənz. ðə fərst ɪz ə ˈtɪkɪt tɪ nɛkst jɪrz ˈsupər boʊl ənd ə kæʃ ˈpeɪmənt əv θri taɪmz ðə feɪs ˈvælju əv ðə ˈtɪkɪt. ðə ˈsɛkənd ɪz ə ˈtɪkɪt tɪ ˈɛni fˈjuʧər ˈsupər boʊl, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈɛrˌfɛr ənd hoʊˈtɛl əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃənz. ðə ˈpækərz bit ðə ˈstilərz ɪn ðə ˈsupər boʊl. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2011 baɪ ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs
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dallas -- ticket-holding football fans who ended up with no seats or what they considered bad views of super bowl xlv have filed a class-action lawsuit against the nfl, the dallas cowboys and team owner jerry jones.
the federal lawsuit filed tuesday in dallas -- just two days after the big game -- alleges breach of contract, fraud and deceptive sales practices on behalf of people who ended up watching the game on tv at cowboys stadium in arlington, or had seats the lawsuit labeled "illegitimate."
the nfl had announced just hours before the green bay packers played the pittsburgh steelers on sunday that about 1,250 temporary seats were deemed unsafe, and the league scrambled to find new seats for about 850 people. the remaining 400 were forced to watch from standing-room locations around the stadium.
one plaintiff is a steelers fan from pennsylvania who was among the 400 with a ticket but no seat. the other is a cowboys season ticket holder who claims many of jones' biggest-spending fans were stuck in metal folding chairs without a view of the stadium's giant video board.
spokesmen for the cowboys and the nfl had no comment wednesday.
los angeles-based attorney michael j. avenatti said he expects the suit to cover about 1,000 people.
"no one is attempting to get rich from this," he said. "people are merely interested in being compensated for what happened (at the stadium) and the cost that goes with that."
avenatti said he's a cowboys season ticket holder who attended sunday's game. he said he wasn't one of the fans affected by the seating issues but heard plenty of complaints.
"people at the game were disgusted, but it doesn't take long to be disgusted with a situation like this," he said.
avenatti said steve simms, the steelers fan named in the lawsuit, was so put off by trying to watch the game from standing-room areas that he left at halftime.
mike dolabi, the cowboys season ticket holder in the lawsuit, is among a group called "founders" who paid $100,000 per seat just for the right to buy tickets. those so-called personal seat licenses resulted in more than $100 million in revenue for jones, according to the lawsuit, which seeks $5 million in damages.
some of those fans were in temporary seats under overhangs and couldn't see the giant video board above the field, "which defendant jones and the cowboys routinely claim is one of the most unique and best features of cowboys stadium," the lawsuit said. they could see the field, and extra tvs were installed in those areas.
"you were effectively in a bat cave," avenatti said. "you don't take your 400 best customers and treat them like that."
the lawsuit alleges the cowboys have offered no compensation to their ticket holders for "their obstructed and illegitimate seats."
the nfl has said the roughly 400 fans without seatshave two options. the first is a ticket to next year's super bowl and a cash payment of $2,400, three times the face value of the ticket. the second is a ticket to any future super bowl, along with round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations.
the packers beat the steelers 31-25 in the super bowl.
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aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs nidz ə ˈlɛsən ɪn ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈmɛθəd. ənˈhæpi wɪθ ə ˈbɪznɪs ˈraʊndˌteɪbəl ˈstədi ʃoʊɪŋ ðət ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ wʊd dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə hɛlθ kɛr ˈsɪstəm, ðə ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs həz sɛt aʊt tɪ raɪt ə nu ˈstədi wən wɛr ðə kənˈkluʒən wɑz ɔˈrɛdi dɪˈtərmənd. ðə juz. ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs ənd ən əˈsɔrtmənt əv ˈnæʃənəl ˈbɪznɪs grups əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt rɪˈfɔrm ˈɛfərt ər kəˈlɛktɪŋ ˈməni tɪ ˈfaɪˌnæns ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈstədi ðət kʊd bi juzd tɪ pɔrˈtreɪ ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɛz ə ʤɑb ˈkɪlər ənd θrɛt tɪ ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ən ˈiˌmeɪl səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən frəm ə tɔp ˈʧeɪmbər əˈfɪʃəl. ðə ˈiˌmeɪl, ˈrɪtən baɪ ðə ˈsinjər hɛlθ ˈpɑləsi ˈmænɪʤər ənd əbˈteɪnd baɪ ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst, prəˈpoʊzɪz ˈspɛndɪŋ tɪ haɪər ə economist”*” tɪ ˈstədi ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, wɪʧ ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ kəm tɪ ðə ˈsɛnɪt flɔr ðɪs wik, wʊd hæv ɔn ʤɑbz ənd ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. stɛp tu, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈiˌmeɪl, əˈpɪrz tɪ əˈsum ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm əv ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌrivˈju: ɪˈkɑnəmɪst wɪl ðɛn ˈsərkjəˌleɪt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ˈhənərdz əv ˈəðər ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts seɪɪŋ ðət ðə bɪl wɪl kɪl ʤɑbz ənd hərt ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. wi wɪl ðɛn bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ juz ðɪs ˈoʊpən ˈlɛtər tɪ ˈproʊdus ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts, ənd ɛz ə ˈpaʊərfəl ˈlɑbiɪŋ ənd document.”*.” ðə mɔr ju lərn əˈbaʊt haʊ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən wərks, ðə mɔr ju hæv tɪ læf. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ simz laɪk ðeɪ nid tɪ sərʧ ˈvɛri hɑrd tɪ haɪər fər ðɪs pəˈzɪʃən ðə kənˈsərvətɪv ˈmuvmənt simz ˈrɪdəld wɪθ ˈænəlɪsts ˈʃeɪmləs ɪˈnəf tɪ fɪks ðə fækts əraʊnd ðɛr ˈθiˌsɪs ˈsteɪtmənt. ðə hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈɪndəstri həz ɔˈrɛdi faʊnd ˈsɛvərəl. ˈmeɪbi ðeɪ kʊd ʤɪst krɪb frəm ðɛm. ðə ˈɔθər əv ðə iˈmeɪl hæd ən əmˈjuzɪŋ teɪk. ʤeɪmz pi. ˈgɛlfənd, ðə ˈɔθər, kənˈfərmd ɪts ˌɔθənˈtɪsɪti ɪn ə brif ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈsənˌdi ˈivnɪŋ. hi sɛd ðə kæmˈpeɪn əˈgɛnst ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk hɛlθ ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən wʊd ˈoʊnli bi lɔnʧt wət ɪt found,”*,” bət dɪˈklaɪnd ˈfərðər ˈkɑmɛnt ənd rɪˈfərd kˈwɛsʧənz tɪ ə ˈʧeɪmbər ˈspoʊksmən ɪn ðə ˈiˌmeɪl, ˈgɛlfənd raɪts ðət ðə prəˈpoʊzəl wɑz baɪ ɑr kənˈgrɛʃənəl allies”*” bət dɪz nɑt ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ hu ðoʊz ˈælaɪz ər. hi noʊts ðət ðə ˈɛfərt həz kəˈlɛktəd əv ðə frəm ˈəðər grups, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈnæʃənəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz, ðə smɔl ˈbɪznɪs ənd ˌɑntrəprəˈnərʃɪp ˈkaʊnsəl, ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈfrænˌʧaɪz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ənd ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ˈkɑnˌtræktərz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, iʧ əv wɪʧ hæd kənˈtrɪbjutɪd əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈiˌmeɪl. ˈnoʊtəbəl, ɪt minz ðət ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs wi kən ˈseɪfli prɪˈzum rɪˈpəblɪkənz səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ðə ˈʧeɪmbər raɪt ə ˈboʊgəs ˈstədi ðət ðeɪ kən weɪv əraʊnd ɔn ðə flɔr ˈdʊrɪŋ ə dəˈbeɪt. ɛˈsɛnʃəli, ðə ˈmɑdərn ˈkɑŋgrəs ɪz nɑt ɛz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn fækts ɛz ðeɪ ər ɪn fækt ʃits.
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i think the chamber of commerce needs a lesson in the scientific method. unhappy with a business roundtable study showing that the status quo would destroy the health care system, the chamber of commerce has set out to write a new study one where the conclusion was already determined.
the u.s. chamber of commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to president obama’s health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an economic study that could be used to portray the legislation as a job killer and threat to the nation’s economy, according to an e-mail solicitation from a top chamber official. the e-mail, written by the chamber’s senior health policy manager and obtained by the washington post, proposes spending $50,000 to hire a “respected economist” to study the impact of health-care legislation, which is expected to come to the senate floor this week, would have on jobs and the economy. step two, according to the e-mail, appears to assume the outcome of the economic review: “the economist will then circulate a sign-on letter to hundreds of other economists saying that the bill will kill jobs and hurt the economy. we will then be able to use this open letter to produce advertisements, and as a powerful lobbying and grass-roots document.”
the more you learn about how washington works, the more you have to laugh.
it also seems like they shouldn’t need to search very hard to hire for this position the conservative movement seems riddled with analysts shameless enough to fix the facts around their thesis statement. the health insurance industry has already found several. maybe they could just crib from them.
the author of the email had an amusing take. . . .:
james p. gelfand, the e-mail’s author, confirmed its authenticity in a brief telephone conversation sunday evening. he said the campaign against democratic health legislation would only be launched “if that’s what it found,” but declined further comment and referred questions to a chamber spokesman […] in the e-mail, gelfand writes that the proposal was “suggested by our congressional allies” but does not specify who those allies are. he notes that the effort has collected $30,000 of the hoped-for $50,000 from other groups, including the national association of manufacturers, the small business and entrepreneurship council, the international franchise association, and the independent electrical contractors association, each of which had contributed $5,000, according to gelfand’s e-mail.
that’s notable, it means that members of congress we can safely presume republicans suggested that the chamber write a bogus study that they can wave around on the floor during a debate. essentially, the modern congress is not as interested in facts as they are in fact sheets.
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ˈfæθɪmə ənd hər ˈhəzbənd vɑˈdim wɔʧt ðə ˈvaɪələns ɪn oʊˈdɛsə ˈɛskəˌleɪt ɔn ðɛr ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən skrinz, bət ɛz naɪt fɛl ðeɪ wɛnt aʊt tɪ si wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ æt ðə ˈsɪtiz treɪd ˈjunjən ˈbɪldɪŋ, wɪʧ hæd bɪn æt ðə ˈsɛntər əv ˈfaɪtɪŋ bɪtˈwin ənd grups. wɪn ðeɪ əraɪvd, ðə ˈdɛdli faɪərz ˈstɑrtɪd baɪ ˈmɔləˌtɑf ˈæktɪvɪsts wər ˈmoʊstli aʊt. ˈwɔkɪŋ əraʊnd əˈmɪd raɪət pəˈlis ənd ˈproʊˌtɛstərz, ðə ˈkəpəl ˈnoʊtɪst ə roʊ əv ˈblədi ˈbɑdiz baɪ ðə saɪd əv ðə roʊd. wɪn ðeɪ wɛnt ˈkloʊzər, ˈfæθɪmə ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd hər sən əˈməŋ ðə dɛd. vɑˈdim, neɪmd ˈæftər hɪz ˈfɑðər, wɑz ˈwɛrɪŋ ə wɪθ ˈɪmprəˌvaɪzd ˈbɑdi ˈɑrmər. hɪz feɪs wɑz ˈkəvərd wɪθ draɪd bləd. vɑˈdim hæd bɪn əˈməŋ ðoʊz træpt ɪn ðə ˈbərnɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋ ənd hæd bɪn kɪld wɪn hi ʧoʊz tɪ ʤəmp frəm ðə ˈəpər tɪ ɪˈskeɪp ðə fleɪmz, ˈfæθɪmə sɛd ɛz ʃi ʧoʊkt bæk sɑbz. hər ˈhəzbənd lʊkt ɔn ˈblæŋkli. "wi hæv lɔst ɑr sən ənd wi du nɑt noʊ haʊ tɪ griv," ʃi sɛd ɛz ˈmɛdɪks ənd ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz lʊkt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈkɔrpsɪz ɪn ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪts əv ə pɑrkt kɑr. ˈfæθɪmə dɪˈnaɪd ðət vɑˈdim wɑz ə ˈsɛpərətɪst ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ʤɔɪn pɑrts əv juˈkreɪn wɪθ ˈrəʃə, ər ðət hi wʊd hæv bɪn əˈgrɛsɪv. "ɪt ɪz wɔr. ɪt ɪz ˈsɪvəl wɔr. aɪ kænt dɪˈskraɪb ɪt ˈɛni ˈəðər weɪ," ʃi sɛd. hər ˈhəzbənd sɛd ðət ðɛr sən ˈrisəntli stɑpt ˈteɪkɪŋ pɑrt ɪn ˈproʊˌtɛsts. "bət fər səm ˈrizən hi keɪm təˈdeɪ." ðə popuras*' ˈstɔri ɪz wən əv ˈmɛni ˈsɪmələr ˈtræʤədiz ðət hæv pleɪd aʊt ɪn ðɪs blæk si rɪˈzɔrt ˈsɪti ɪn ðə weɪk əv strit ˈbætəlz ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ðət ˈkəlməˌneɪtɪd ɪn ˈdɛspərɪt ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈbərnɪŋ treɪd ˈjunjən ˈbɪldɪŋ. ˈloʊkəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz sɛd ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ðət 46 ˈpipəl daɪd ɪn ðə ˈvaɪələns. ˈnəmbər wən ˈhɑˌspɪtəl hæd ˈtritɪd 90 ˈpipəl wɪθ wundz kɔzd baɪ ˈgənˌʃɑts, naɪvz ənd ˈsplɪntərz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ hɛd ˈdɔktər ˈænˌdreɪ vegerzhinsky*. ðə ˈɪnʤərd hæd ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈteɪkən tɪ fɔr ˈəðər ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz ɪn ðə ˈsɪti, hi sɛd. baɪ ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ˈbɑdiz hæd bɪn riˈmuvd frəm ðə strits ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə treɪd ˈjunjən ˈbɪldɪŋ ənd pəˈlis hæd ɪˈstæblɪʃt ə ˈkɔrdən əraʊnd ðə saɪt. ˈpipəl brɔt flaʊərz, ənd lɑrʤ paɪlz əv ˈroʊzɪz, ˈlaɪˌlæk, ˈtulɪps ənd kɑrˈneɪʃənz leɪ baɪ ðə ˈblækənd dɔrz. ˈɔrθəˌdɑks prists lɛd prɛrz fər ðə dɛd. baɪ ˈmɪdˌdeɪ, ə kraʊd əv əˈbaʊt ˈmeɪnli ˈproʊˌtɛstərz, ˈæŋgri æt ðə əˈpɛrənt ˈfeɪljər əv ðə pəˈlis tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ðə ˈkɪlɪŋz, hæd ˈgæðərd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ənd wər ˈʧæntɪŋ "ʃeɪm, ʃeɪm, ʃeɪm!" æt pəˈlis. ðɛr wər ˈɔlsoʊ ʧænts əv "ˈrəʃə, ˈrəʃə, ˈrəʃə!" ənd "ˈputɪn, ˈputɪn, ˈputɪn!" smɔl ˈskəfəlz broʊk aʊt ənd tu ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən kruz, əˈkjuzd əv laɪɪŋ, wər əˈsɔltɪd. ˈproʊˌtɛstərz, ˈmɛni ɪn tɪrz, skrimd æt pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz. ɪn ən əˈpɛrənt əˈtɛmpt tɪ kɑm ðə kraʊd, pəˈlis lɛt ˈsɛvərəl ˈpipəl ˈɛnər ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ. ðɛr wər 32 ˈkɔrpsɪz stɪl ˌɪnˈsaɪd, sɛd ˈmɔrɪs ibragimov*, ə ˈæktɪvɪst, ˈæftər ˈlivɪŋ. "ˈɛvriˌwən ˌɪnˈsaɪd wɑz bərnt. ju kænt ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ˈɛniˌwən bɪˈkəz əv ðə bərnz ðeɪ lʊkt laɪk ˈplæstɪk [dɑlz]," hi sɛd. ˌælɪgˈzændər sɛd ˈpipəl wər laɪɪŋ ɛz ðeɪ daɪd: ɔn stɛrz ənd ɪn ˈɔfəsɪz. "ðɛrz ə ˈmaʊntən əv ˈbɑdiz ɪn ðɛr," hi sɛd. ðə ˈvaɪələns ðət tʊk hoʊld ɪn ðə pɔrt ˈsɪti bɪˈgæn əˈbaʊt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ wɪn mæskt mɛn əˈtækt ə ˈræli əˈtɛndəd baɪ ˈfʊtˌbɔl fænz. ˈsəbsəkwənt ˈrənɪŋ strit ˈbætəlz bɪtˈwin mɛn ˈkəlməˌneɪtɪd ɪn ðə əˈsɔlt ɔn ðə treɪd ˈjunjən ˈbɪldɪŋ wɛr ðə ˈfaɪtərz meɪd ə læst stænd. ˈmɛni ˈpɔɪntɪd ðə ˈfɪŋgər æt sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz, wɪʧ wər kənˈspɪkjuəs baɪ ðɛr ˈæbsəns. "ˈpipəl wər ˈbərnɪŋ fər ən aʊər ˌbiˈfɔr ðə pəˈlis əraɪvd," sɛd ɑlˈbinə lukina*, 43 hu wɑz ɪn ðə kraʊd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə treɪd ˈjunjən ˈbɪldɪŋ. ˈloʊkəl əˈfɪʃəlz ˈɛkoʊd ðɪs ˈæŋgər. ˌvɑˈlɛnˌtin nemirovsky*, ˈgəvərnər əv ðə oʊˈdɛsə ˈriʤən, roʊt ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk: "ɪf ðə pəˈlis hæd ˈfɑloʊd ðə ˈɔrdərz əv ˈriʤənəl ˈlidərz ənd nɑt kənˈsərnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz wɪθ dɪˈploʊməsi, ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wʊd hæv bɪn ˈdɪfərənt təˈdeɪ. bət, ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz, ðeɪ ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkəntri bət əˈbaʊt ðɛr oʊn ˈseɪfti. ʃeɪm." oʊˈdɛsə, ə ˈpɑpjələr ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən noʊn fər ɪts ˌməltiˈkəlʧərəˌlɪzəm ənd rɪˈlækst ˈætməsˌfɪr, wɑz ˈmɑrkɪŋ meɪ deɪ ɛz ðə ˈvaɪələns broʊk aʊt. pəˈlis, ˈæktɪvɪsts ənd ˈloʊkəl ˈʤərnəlɪsts əˈpɪrd tɪ bi hæv bɪn kɔt off-guard*. ˈoʊləg konstantinov*, ˈɛdɪtər əv ˈloʊkəl nuz saɪt dumskaya.net*, hu wɑz ɪn ˈhɑˌspɪtəl wɪθ ˈgənˌʃɑt wundz tɪ hɪz bæk ənd lɛg, ənd ˈsplɪntər wundz ɪn hɪz ɑrm, sɛd hi hæd sɛnt moʊst əv hɪz rɪˈpɔrtərz hoʊm fər ðə ˈtuˌdeɪ ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ. ɛz oʊˈdɛsə ˈgræpəld wɪθ ðə ˈblədi ˈtræʤədi, ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əˈbaʊt riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti flu bɪtˈwin kiɛv ənd ˈmɔˌskaʊ. juˈkreɪnz sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsərvɪsɪz sɛd grups əv ˈfɔrən ˈfaɪtərz koʊˈɔrdəneɪtɪd baɪ ˈrəʃə hæd spɑrkt ðə ˈvaɪələns. ðə ˈkrɛmlɪn həz dɪsˈmɪst kleɪmz ðət ˈrəʃən ˈjunɪts ər ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd juˈkreɪn, ənd ˈmɛni ˈæktɪvɪsts ˌɪnˈstɛd leɪd ðə bleɪm æt ðə dɔr əv ˈfaɪtərz frəm ðə ɪkˈstrim juˈkreɪniən ˈnæʃənəlɪst grup raɪt ˈsɛktər. ˈkɛriɪŋ ə ˈwɔkɪŋ stɪk ənd ˈwɛrɪŋ ə ˈʤækɪt wɪθ ˈmɛdəlz frəm hɪz ˈsərvɪs ɪn ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈɑrmi ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɔr ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, ˌælɪgˈzændər hæd kəm tɪ ðə skwɛr ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə treɪd ˈjunjən ˈbɪldɪŋ tɪ leɪ faɪv rɛd kɑrˈneɪʃənz. "kiɛv ənd ˈmɔˌskaʊ ər boʊθ ˈgɪlti," hi sɛd. "oʊˈdɛsə wɪl nɑt fərˈgɪv ðɪs."
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fatima popura and her husband vadim watched the violence in odessa escalate on their television screens, but as night fell they went out to see what was happening at the city's trade union building, which had been at the centre of fighting between pro-russia and pro-ukraine groups.
when they arrived, the deadly fires started by molotov cocktail-throwing activists were mostly out. walking around amid riot police and protesters, the couple noticed a row of bloody bodies by the side of the road.
when they went closer, fatima recognised her 17-year-old son among the dead. vadim, named after his father, was wearing a tracksuit with improvised body armour. his face was covered with dried blood.
vadim had been among those trapped in the burning building and had been killed when he chose to jump from the upper storeys to escape the flames, fatima said as she choked back sobs. her husband looked on blankly.
"we have lost our son and we do not know how to grieve," she said as medics and investigators looked over the corpses in the headlights of a parked car.
fatima denied that vadim was a separatist seeking to join parts of ukraine with russia, or that he would have been aggressive. "it is war. it is civil war. i can't describe it any other way," she said. her husband said that their son recently stopped taking part in pro-russia protests. "but for some reason he came today."
the popuras' story is one of many similar tragedies that have played out in this black sea resort city in the wake of street battles on friday that culminated in desperate hand-to-hand fighting in the burning trade union building.
local prosecutors said on saturday that 46 people died in the violence. odessa's number one hospital had treated 90 people with wounds caused by gunshots, knives and splinters, according to head doctor andrei vegerzhinsky. the injured had also been taken to four other hospitals in the city, he said. by saturday morning, bodies had been removed from the streets outside the trade union building and police had established a cordon around the site. people brought flowers, and large piles of roses, lilac, tulips and carnations lay by the blackened doors. orthodox priests led prayers for the dead.
by midday, a crowd of about 1,000, mainly pro-russia protesters, angry at the apparent failure of the police to prevent the killings, had gathered outside and were chanting "shame, shame, shame!" at police. there were also chants of "russia, russia, russia!" and "putin, putin, putin!"
small scuffles broke out and two tv crews, accused of lying, were assaulted. protesters, many in tears, screamed at police officers. in an apparent attempt to calm the crowd, police let several people enter the building.
there were 32 corpses still inside, said moris ibragimov, a pro-russia activist, after leaving. "everyone inside was burnt. you can't recognise anyone because of the burns – they looked like plastic [dolls]," he said.
alexander kiselyov said people were lying as they died: on stairs and in burnt-out offices. "there's a mountain of bodies in there," he said.
the violence that took hold in the port city began about 3pm on friday when masked men attacked a pro-ukraine rally attended by football fans. subsequent running street battles between well-armed men culminated in the assault on the trade union building where the pro-russia fighters made a last stand. many pointed the finger at odessa's security forces, which were conspicuous by their absence.
"people were burning for an hour before the police arrived," said albina lukina, 43, who was in the crowd outside the trade union building.
local officials echoed this anger. valentin nemirovsky, governor of the odessa region, wrote on facebook: "if the police had followed the orders of regional leaders and not concerned themselves with diplomacy, everything would have been different today. but, as always, they didn't think about the country but about their own safety. shame."
odessa, a popular holiday destination known for its multiculturalism and relaxed atmosphere, was marking may day as the violence broke out. police, activists and local journalists appeared to be have been caught off-guard.
oleg konstantinov, editor of local news site dumskaya.net, who was in hospital with gunshot wounds to his back and leg, and splinter wounds in his arm, said he had sent most of his reporters home for the two-day holiday.
as odessa grappled with the bloody tragedy, accusations about responsibility flew between kiev and moscow. ukraine's security services said groups of foreign fighters coordinated by russia had sparked the violence.
the kremlin has dismissed claims that russian units are operating inside ukraine, and many pro-russia activists instead laid the blame at the door of fighters from the extreme ukrainian nationalist group right sector.
carrying a walking stick and wearing a jacket with medals from his service in the soviet army during the war in afghanistan, alexander lugansky had come to the square outside the trade union building to lay five red carnations. "kiev and moscow are both guilty," he said. "odessa will not forgive this."
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ˈsɛʃənz tɛlz ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz tɪ sik 'moʊst ˈsɪriəs' ˈʧɑrʤɪz, ˈstrɪktər ˈsɛntənsɪz ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən wɪn ˈɪmɪʤɪz wɪn ˈɪmɪʤɪz ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd æt p.m*. ɛt ɪn ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ tɪ stæf, əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ʤɛf ˈsɛʃənz ˈɔrdərd ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz tɪ "ʧɑrʤ ənd pərˈsu ðə moʊst ˈsɪriəs, ˈrɛdəli ˈpruvəbəl əˈfɛns" ə muv ðət mɑrks ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt rɪˈvərsəl əv ˈpɑləsiz ɔn ˌloʊˈlɛvəl drəg kraɪmz. ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ, wɪʧ wɑz ˈpəblɪkli riˈlist ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, leɪz aʊt ə ˈpɑləsi əv strɪkt ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ðət roʊlz bæk ðə kəmˈpærətɪvˌli ˈlinjənt stæns ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ ˈɛrɪk ˈhoʊldər, wən əv ˈsɛʃənz' ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz ˈəndər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə. "ðɪs ˈpɑləsi əˈfərmz ɑr riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ðə lɔ, ɪz ˈmɔrəl ənd ʤɪst, ənd prəˈdusɪz kənˈsɪstənsi. ðɪs ˈpɑləsi ˈfʊli ˈjutəˌlaɪzɪz ðə tulz ˈkɑŋgrəs həz ˈgɪvɪn ˈjuˈɛs," ˈsɛʃənz toʊld ˈθaʊzənz əv əˈsɪstənt juz. əˈtərniz ɪn ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ. "baɪ ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən, ðə moʊst ˈsɪriəs əˈfɛnsɪz ər ðoʊz ðət ˈkɛri ðə moʊst səbˈstænʃəl ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ˈsɛntəns, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈmɪnəməm ˈsɛntənsɪz." hi ɪˈlæbəreɪtəd ɔn ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ ɪn ə brif spiʧ tɪ ðə ˈsɑrʤənts bəˈnɛvələnt əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv nu jɔrk ˈsɪti, wɪʧ ˈɑnərd ɪm wɪθ ən əˈwɔrd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*. "ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ ənd ˈsɛntənsɪŋ ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ər ˈbɛˌdrɑk riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz əv ˈɛni ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər. ənd aɪ trəst ɑr ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪn ðə fild tɪ meɪk gʊd ˈʤəʤmənts," ˈsɛʃənz sɛd. "ðeɪ dɪˈzərv tɪ bi ənd nɑt ˌmaɪkroʊˈmænɪʤd frəm ˈwɔʃɪŋtən." ˈhoʊldər hæd æst ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz tɪ əˈvɔɪd sˈlæpɪŋ nɑnˈvaɪələnt drəg əˈfɛndərz wɪθ kraɪmz ðət ˈkɛrid ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈmɪnəməm ˈsɛntənsɪz, ˈpræktɪsɪz ðət, ɛz ˈɛnˈpiˈɑrz təˈmɑrə kiθ ɪkˈspleɪnz, "gɪv ˈʤəʤɪz ənd ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ˈlɪtəl dɪˈskrɛʃən ˈoʊvər ðə lɛŋθ əv ə ˈprɪzən tərm ɪf ə ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪz kənˈvɪktəd." ˈhoʊldərz ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən hæd bɪn eɪmd ˈpɑrtli æt ˈhɛlpɪŋ rɪˈdus ˈbərʤənɪŋ ˈprɪzən ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz ɪn ðə juz. naʊ, ɪf ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz wɪʃ tɪ pərˈsu ˈlɛsər ˈʧɑrʤɪz fər ðiz ˌloʊˈlɛvəl kraɪmz, ðeɪ wɪl nid tɪ əbˈteɪn əˈpruvəl fər ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən frəm ə juz. əˈtərni, əˈsɪstənt əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ər əˈnəðər ˈsupərˌvaɪzər. bət ɪn hɪz spiʧ ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈsɛʃənz əˈsərtəd ðət ðə ˈpɑləsi ʧeɪnʤ ɪz eɪmd nɑt æt ˌloʊˈlɛvəl drəg ˈjuzərz, bət ˈrəðər drəg ˈdilərz ənd ˈtræfɪkərz. "ɪf ju ər ə drəg ˈtræfɪkər," hi sɛd, "wi wɪl nɑt lʊk ðə ˈəðər weɪ. wi wɪl nɑt bi ˈwɪlfəli blaɪnd tɪ jʊr mɪˈskɑndəkt." kiθ noʊts ðɪs mɑrks ə rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə fəˈlɑsəfi" əv ðə ənd ə rɪˈtərn ðət ˈædvəkəsi grups hæv fɪrd fər səm taɪm. "ðɪs ɪz ə dɪˈzæstrəs muv ðət wɪl ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈprɪzən ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən, ɪgˈzæsərˌbeɪt ˈreɪʃəl dɪˈspɛrətiz ɪn ðə ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈsɪstəm, ənd du ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ rɪˈdus drəg juz ər ˌɪnˈkris ˈpəblɪk ˈseɪfti," ˈmaɪkəl ˈkɑlɪnz, ˈdɛpjəti dɪˈrɛktər æt ðə drəg ˈpɑləsi əˈlaɪəns, sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt iˈmeɪld tɪ ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr. "ˈsɛʃənz ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˈkəntri bæk tɪ ðə baɪ ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪŋ ðə feɪld ˈpɑləsiz əv ðə drəg wɔr." ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ ˈɔlsoʊ dru ə lɔŋ, ˈskeɪðɪŋ rɪˈbjuk frəm ˈhoʊldər hɪmˈsɛlf. "ðə ˈpɑləsi əˈnaʊnst təˈdeɪ ɪz nɑt təf ɔn kraɪm. ɪt ɪz dəm ɔn kraɪm," hi sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. "ɪt ɪz ən ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkli ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd, əˈproʊʧ ðət həz ˈoʊnli bɪn ˈpruvən tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ənˈfɛrli lɔŋ ˈsɛntənsɪz ðət ər ˈɔfən əˈplaɪd ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmənəˌtli ənd du ˈlɪtəl tɪ əˈʧiv ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˈpəblɪk ˈseɪfti." bət ˈsɛʃənz ˈɑrgjuz ðə ʃɪft ɪn ˈpɑləsi ɪz ə minz əv fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənts "roʊl ɪn ə weɪ ðət əˈkɔrdz wɪθ ðə lɔ, ədˈvænsɪz ˈpəblɪk ˈseɪfti ənd prəˈmoʊts rɪˈspɛkt fər ɑr ˈligəl ˈsɪstəm. ɪt ɪz əv ðə ˈətˌmoʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ðə lɔ ˈfɛrli ənd kənˈsɪstəntli." ənd ˈsɛʃənz meɪd ɪt klɪr ðət hi wɔnts ðɪs ʃɪft ɪn ˈpɑləsi tɪ bi ˌɪˈmiˌdiət. "ˈɛni ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt ˈpriviəs ˈpɑləsi əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs rɪˈleɪtɪŋ tɪ ðiz ˈmætərz ɪz rɪˈsɪndɪd, ˈifɛktɪv təˈdeɪ," hi roʊt. ju kən rɛd ðə fʊl tɛkst əv ˈsɛʃənz' ˈmɛˌmoʊ tɪ ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz æt ðɪs lɪŋk ər baɪ bɪˈloʊ.
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sessions tells prosecutors to seek 'most serious' charges, stricter sentences
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updated at 12:10 p.m. et
in a memo to staff, attorney general jeff sessions ordered federal prosecutors to "charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense" — a move that marks a significant reversal of obama-era policies on low-level drug crimes.
the two-page memo, which was publicly released friday, lays out a policy of strict enforcement that rolls back the comparatively lenient stance established by eric holder, one of sessions' predecessors under president barack obama.
"this policy affirms our responsibility to enforce the law, is moral and just, and produces consistency. this policy fully utilizes the tools congress has given us," sessions told thousands of assistant u.s. attorneys in the memo. "by definition, the most serious offenses are those that carry the most substantial guidelines sentence, including mandatory minimum sentences."
he elaborated on the memo in a brief speech to the sergeants benevolent association of new york city, which honored him with an award friday in washington, d.c.
"charging and sentencing recommendations are bedrock responsibilities of any prosecutor. and i trust our prosecutors in the field to make good judgments," sessions said. "they deserve to be unhandcuffed and not micromanaged from washington."
holder had asked prosecutors to avoid slapping nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carried mandatory minimum sentences, practices that, as npr's tamara keith explains, "give judges and prosecutors little discretion over the length of a prison term if a suspect is convicted." holder's recommendation had been aimed partly at helping reduce burgeoning prison populations in the u.s.
now, if prosecutors wish to pursue lesser charges for these low-level crimes, they will need to obtain approval for the exception from a u.s. attorney, assistant attorney general or another supervisor.
but in his speech friday, sessions asserted that the policy change is aimed not at low-level drug users, but rather drug dealers and traffickers.
"if you are a drug trafficker," he said, "we will not look the other way. we will not be willfully blind to your misconduct."
keith notes this marks a return to the "tough-on-crime philosophy" of the 1980s and '90s — a return that advocacy groups have feared for some time.
"this is a disastrous move that will increase the prison population, exacerbate racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and do nothing to reduce drug use or increase public safety," michael collins, deputy director at the drug policy alliance, said in a statement emailed to npr. "sessions is taking the country back to the 1980s by escalating the failed policies of the drug war."
the memo also drew a long, scathing rebuke from holder himself.
"the policy announced today is not tough on crime. it is dumb on crime," he said in a statement. "it is an ideologically motivated, cookie-cutter approach that has only been proven to generate unfairly long sentences that are often applied indiscriminately and do little to achieve long-term public safety."
but sessions argues the shift in policy is a means of fulfilling the justice department's "role in a way that accords with the law, advances public safety and promotes respect for our legal system. it is of the utmost importance to enforce the law fairly and consistently."
and sessions made it clear that he wants this shift in policy to be immediate.
"any inconsistent previous policy of the department of justice relating to these matters is rescinded, effective today," he wrote.
you can read the full text of sessions' memo to prosecutors at this link or by scrolling below.
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skɑt ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz 157 ˈtæmɪl əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz ər 'ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈmaɪgrənts' nɑt ɪn ˈdeɪnʤər əv ˌpərsəˈkjuʃən ɪn ˈɪndiə, kɔlz ˈleɪbər ənd grinz 'sərˈɛndər ˈməŋkiz' ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ðə 157 ˈtæmɪl əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz hu wər hɛld ɔn ə ˈkəstəmz ʃɪp fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə mənθ ər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈmaɪgrənts ənd du nɑt feɪs ˌpərsəˈkjuʃən ɪf ðeɪ ər sɛnt bæk tɪ ˈɪndiə, ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstər skɑt ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz. ðə əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ 37 ˈʧɪldrən, ər æt ðə ˈsɛntər əv ə haɪ kɔrt ˈʧælənʤ ənd hæv bɪn ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ˈwɛstərn ɔˈstreɪljəz ˈkərtɪn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛntər. ˈɪndiən ˈkɑnsələr əˈfɪʃəlz wɪl bi æt ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛntər tɪ hɛlp dɪˈtərmən aɪˈdɛntəˌti ənd ˈrɛzɪdənsi, bət ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz əˈsaɪləm kleɪmz fər ðə grup wɪl nɑt bi ˈprɑsɛst. "aɪ wʊd bi səˈpraɪzd ɪf ˈɛniˌwən wɑz ˈsɪriəsli səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət ˈpipəl wər biɪŋ ˈpərsəˌkjutəd ɪn ˈɪndiə baɪ ðə ˈɪndiən ˈgəvərnmənt, əˈpɑrt frəm [grinz ˈsɛnətər] ˈsɛrə hanson-young*, wɪʧ ɪz ʤɪst ən əbˈsərd ənd əˈfɛnsɪv kleɪm," hi toʊld æm. ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən dɪˈskraɪbd ˈɪndiə ɛz ə seɪf ˈkəntri ənd ə "ˈvaɪbrənt dɪˈmɑkrəsi". "ɪf wi kænt teɪk ˈpipəl bæk tɪ ˈɪndiə, wət ɪz nɛkst? nu ˈzilənd? ˈɪndiə [ɪz] ə gʊd ˈpɑrtnər, ðɛr ˈwərkɪŋ ˈkloʊsli wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs." hi sɛd. "ðeɪ hæv kəm frəm ˈɪndiə ənd ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ə ˈpæsɪʤ tɪ ɔˈstreɪljə hir ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk maɪˈgreɪʃən ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ˌɪˈligəli ˈɛnər ɔˈstreɪljə." ˈɪndiə meɪ nɑt teɪk ˈɛni əv ðə ˈtæmɪlz bæk ˈɪndiəz haɪ kəˈmɪʃənər tɪ ɔˈstreɪljə sɪz ˈɪndiə həz nɑt bɪn əˈfɪʃəli æst jɛt tɪ ˈɪntərvˌju ðə 157 ˈtæmɪlz æt ˈkərtɪn, ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi sɪz stæf ər ˈrɛdi. hi sɪz ˈɪndiə wɪl teɪk bæk ˈɛni əv ðə əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz hu ər ˈɪndiən ˈnæʃənəlz. bət ɪt ɪz nɑt noʊn haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl wɪl bi sɛnt bæk, ənd ðə haɪ kəˈmɪʃənər həz ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ɪt kʊd bi nən. ˈsɑri, ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ həz ɪkˈspaɪrd ˈvɪdioʊ: ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstər skɑt ˈmɔrɪsən spiks tɪ æm (ˈeɪˌbiˌsi nuz) "fərst wi hæv tɪ meɪk ə dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən əv hu ðiz ˈpipəl ər," hi toʊld ðə wərld təˈdeɪ. "fər ɔl wi noʊ ðɛr meɪ nɑt bi ˈɪndiən ˈnæʃənəlz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. "wi du nɑt noʊ ˈwɛðər ðə ˈpipəl hæv kəm frəm ˈɪndiə ər ˈwɛðər ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn kæmps frəm ˈɪndiə." ˈɪndiə həz ˈpriviəsli sɛd ɪt wʊd kənˈsɪdər ðə ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈɛni ˈɪndiən ˈrɛzɪdənts. bət ðə haɪ kəˈmɪʃənər sɪz ˈtæmɪl ˈpipəl hu lɪv ɪn ˈɪndiən ˈrɛfjuʤi kæmps ər ˈʤɛnərəli ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz, nɑt ˈrɛzɪdənts. "wi hæv ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv ˈtæmɪl ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz ɪn ˈɪndiə, ɪt ɪz ə wɛl noʊn fækt, ənd ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn kæmps ənd səm əv ðɛm hæv ˌvɑlənˈtɛrəli əˈgrid tɪ goʊ bæk tɪ ˈɛˈsɑˈraɪ ˈlæŋkə," ˈmɪstər sɛd. ˈmɪstər həz ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd noʊ wən wɪl bi fɔrst bæk. "ˈʤɛnərəli ˈspikɪŋ wi du nɑt riˈpeɪtriˌeɪt ˈɛnibədi əˈgɛnst hɪz wɪl," hi sɛd. grinz ˈlidər krɪˈstin mɪln sɪz ðə əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz' kleɪmz hæv nɑt bɪn ˈprɑpərli əˈsɛst. "skɑt ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz ə lɔt əv θɪŋz, ənd ə lɔt əv ðɛm ər ˈbeɪsləs," ʃi toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ɪn ˈhoʊˌbɑrt. "boʊθ hi ənd ˈtoʊni ˈæbət sim tɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈɛˈsɑˈraɪ ˈlæŋkə ɪz səm sɔrt əv dɪˈmɑkrəsi ðiz deɪz. ɪn fækt, ðɛr ər ˈpipəl ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ ɪn ˈɛˈsɑˈraɪ ˈlæŋkə ɛz aɪ spik." haɪ kɔrt ˈʧælənʤ ˈrɛzəˌmeɪz ðə grup əv ˈtæmɪlz wɑz brɔt əˈʃɔr æt ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd ənd ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛntər ˈæftər ˈnɪrli ə mənθ dɪˈteɪnd ɔn ðə ˈkəstəmz ˈvɛsəl. ðɪs spɑrkt ən ˈərʤənt ˈhirɪŋ əv ðə haɪ kɔrt ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun. ˈædvəˌkeɪts ˈɑrgjud ðət ðə grup wɑz dɪˈteɪnd ənˈlɔfəli, wɪθ ˈʤəstɪs ˈkɛnɪθ heɪn seɪɪŋ ðeɪ meɪ hæv ə keɪs fər ənˈlɔfəl dɪˈtɛnʃən. hi ˈgrænɪd əˈpruvəl fər ən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən fər ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən ənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz ənˈtɪl ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun tɪ faɪl ɪts dɪˈfɛns keɪs. ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz ðə ˈtæmɪlz dɪd nɑt meɪk əˈsaɪləm kleɪmz tɪ ɔˈstreɪljən əˈfɪʃəlz waɪl biɪŋ hɛld ˈoʊvər fər ðə pæst fju wiks ɔn ðə ˈkəstəmz ʃɪp, ðə ˈoʊʃən prəˈtɛktər. hi sɪz ðɛr hɛlθ wɪl bi əˈsɛst, bət sɪz ðeɪ hæv bɪn ɪn gʊd kɛr. ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz rɪfˈjuzd tɪ seɪ ɪgˈzæktli wɛr ðeɪ wər hɛld ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs taɪm. ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstər sɪz ðə ˈtrænsfər tɪ ˈkərtɪn ɪz nɑt rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðə haɪ kɔrt ˈʧælənʤ tɪ ðə ˈtæmɪlz' dɪˈtɛnʃən. "ðiz ˈɪʃuz ər kəmˈplitli ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈmætərz," hi toʊld æm. dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ðə ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ənd ðə grinz ɛz "sərˈɛndər ˈməŋkiz", ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən toʊld ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wɑz ˈstændɪŋ fərm əˈgɛnst ˈpipəl sˈməgələrz. "ˈɛvəri taɪm ðeɪ traɪ ɪt ɔn, ðeɪ wɪl noʊ ðət ðɪs ˈgəvərnmənt ʤɪst woʊnt sɛnd aʊt ðə ˈwɔtər ˈtæksi æt ðə fərst ˈwɪsəl ənd ʤɪst roʊl ˈoʊvər," hi sɛd. "ðə sərˈɛndər ˈməŋkiz ɪn ðə ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti ənd grinz wʊd hæv hæd ðə ˈwɔtər ˈtæksi aʊt ðɛr ɪn ə ˈhɑrtˌbit." ðə ˈmɪnɪstər sɛd ðə ˈtrænsfər əv ðə əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz tɪ ən ˈɑnˌʃɔr dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛntər wɑz nɑt ə ˈbroʊkən ˈprɑməs ɔn ˈɔfˈʃɔr ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ ər ˈstɑpɪŋ ðə boʊts. "aɪ θɪŋk ðə fækt ðɛr həz bɪn soʊ məʧ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðɪs wən ˈvɛnʧər ðə fərst ˈvɛnʧər sɪns dɪˈsɛmbər 19 læst jɪr wɛr ðɪs ˈprɔˌsɛs həz bɪn ˈəndərˌteɪkən, ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts ðə səkˈsɛs ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz hæd," hi sɛd. ˈsɛnətər mɪln sɪz ˈæftər ˈrisənt ˈlɔsɪz ɪn ðə haɪ kɔrt, ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstər ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ əˈvɔɪd əˈnəðər dɪˈfit. ʃi sɪz ðə ˈtæmɪlz ʃʊd hæv bɪn brɔt tɪ ˈkrɪsməs ˈaɪlənd fər ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ frəm deɪ wən. "ðə ˈkərtɪn dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈsɛntər wɑz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi kloʊzd bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz səʧ ən əˈpɔlɪŋ fəˈsɪlɪti," ʃi sɛd. "ɪt ʤɪst ʃoʊz ðət ɛz fɑr ɛz skɑt ˈmɔrɪsən ənd ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ər kənˈsərnd, ɪts ɔl əˈbaʊt ənd seɪɪŋ ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi kən lænd ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə ˈrəðər ðən ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ˈpipəl əˈproʊpriɪtli." ˈpipəl wɪl goʊ bæk tɪ ˈɪndiə: ˈmɔrɪsən ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz ðə ˈɪndiən ˈgəvərnmənt dɪd nɑt æsk fər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɪn rɪˈtərn fər ɪts ˈoʊvər ðə əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, hi sɪz ˈɪndiə məst bi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeɪʃən. "ðət ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ fər ˈɛni ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ du, hu ɪz ðə hoʊst ˈgəvərnmənt, hu ɪz dɪˈtərmənɪŋ ðɛr ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp ər ˈrɛzɪdənsi. ɪt ɪz nɑt fər ɔˈstreɪljə tɪ du ðət," hi sɛd. "æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, ˈpipəl wɪl goʊ bæk tɪ ˈɪndiə wɛr ˈɪndiə ɪz priˈpɛrd tɪ əkˈsɛpt ðɛm bæk ɪn ðiz ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz, ənd ðət ˈɑbviəsli rikˈwaɪərz ənd ðə ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt əv ðɛr əˈfɪʃəlz." ɪt ɪz nɑt klɪr wət wɪl ˈhæpən tɪ ðə əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz ɪf ðeɪ ər nɑt faʊnd tɪ bi ˈɪndiən ˈsɪtɪzənz ər ˈrɛzɪdənts. ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən sɪz ðə wərk əv ðə ˈɪndiən ˈkɑnsələr əˈfɪʃəlz æt ˈkərtɪn wɪl teɪk səm taɪm. "wi wɪl wərk θru ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs wɪn wi kəm tɪ ɪt, bət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ɪt ɔl əv ðə ˈɔpʃənz," ˈmɪstər ˈmɔrɪsən sɛd. ðə ˈɔpʃənz ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈɔfˈʃɔr ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ ˈsɛntərz əv ənd ˈmeɪnɪs ˈaɪlənd. ˈjumən raɪts ˈlɔjər ˈdeɪvɪd mæn, hu həz bɪn æst tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ðə grup əv əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz, sɪz ðeɪ ər ɛnˈtaɪtəld tɪ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈligəl ədˈvaɪs. "wi məst bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ əˈlaʊ ðiz ˈpipəl tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn waɪ ðeɪ keɪm hir, tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ waɪ ðeɪ lɛft ənd wət ðeɪ meɪ hæv flɛd," ˈmɪstər mæn sɛd. "ɪts ˈkruʃəl hir ðət ðət ˈhæpənz fərst ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛni stɛps ər ˈteɪkən tɪ meɪk ðɛm spik tɪ əˈθɔrətiz əv ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈkəntri." ˈmɪstər mæn sɪz hi ɪz kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ˈɪndiəz ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ɪn ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ əv ðə ˈtæmɪl əˈsaɪləm ˈsikərz. "ɪts kəmˈplitli ənˈklɪr wət roʊl ˈɪndiə kʊd ˈprɑpərli pleɪ ɪn ðɪs ˈprɔˌsɛs," hi sɛd. "ɪts ə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˈprɪnsəpəl əv ˈrɛfjuʤi lɔ ðət ˈnoʊwən, noʊ ˈpərsən, ʃʊd hæv tɪ dil wɪθ ðə əˈθɔrətiz əv əˈnəðər ˈkəntri frəm wɪʧ ðeɪ meɪ hæv flɛd." ˈtɑpɪks: ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz, ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən, federal-government*, government-and-politics*, ɔˈstreɪljə, ˈɪndiə, ʃˈriˈlæŋkə fərst ˈpoʊstɪd
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scott morrison says 157 tamil asylum seekers are 'economic migrants' not in danger of persecution in india, calls labor and greens 'surrender monkeys'
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the 157 tamil asylum seekers who were held on a customs ship for almost a month are economic migrants and do not face persecution if they are sent back to india, immigration minister scott morrison says.
the asylum seekers, including 37 children, are at the centre of a high court challenge and have been transferred to western australia's curtin immigration detention centre.
indian consular officials will be at the detention centre to help determine identity and residency, but mr morrison says asylum claims for the group will not be processed.
"i would be surprised if anyone was seriously suggesting that people were being persecuted in india by the indian government, apart from [greens senator] sarah hanson-young, which is just an absurd and offensive claim," he told am.
mr morrison described india as a safe country and a "vibrant democracy".
"if we can't take people back to india, what is next? new zealand? india ... [is] a good partner, they're working closely with us." he said.
"they have come from india and as a result, a passage to australia here is nothing more than an economic migration seeking to illegally enter australia."
india may not take any of the tamils back
india's high commissioner to australia biren nanda says india has not been officially asked yet to interview the 157 tamils at curtin, although he says staff are ready.
he says india will take back any of the asylum seekers who are indian nationals.
but it is not known how many people will be sent back, and the high commissioner has indicated it could be none.
sorry, this video has expired video: immigration minister scott morrison speaks to am (abc news)
"first we have to make a determination of who these people are," he told the world today.
"for all we know there may not be indian nationals involved.
"we do not know whether the people have come from india or whether they have been living in camps from india."
india has previously said it would consider the cases of any indian residents.
but the high commissioner says tamil people who live in indian refugee camps are generally refugees, not residents.
"we have a large number of tamil refugees in india, it is a well known fact, and they have been living in camps and some of them have voluntarily agreed to go back to sri lanka," mr nanda said.
mr nanda has indicated no one will be forced back.
"generally speaking we do not repatriate anybody against his will," he said.
greens leader christine milne says the asylum seekers' claims have not been properly assessed.
"scott morrison says a lot of things, and a lot of them are baseless," she told reporters in hobart.
"both he and tony abbott seem to think that sri lanka is some sort of democracy these days. in fact, there are people disappearing in sri lanka as i speak."
high court challenge resumes
the group of tamils was brought ashore at the weekend and taken to the detention centre after nearly a month detained on the customs vessel.
this sparked an urgent hearing of the high court on monday afternoon.
advocates argued that the group was detained unlawfully, with justice kenneth hayne saying they may have a case for unlawful detention.
he granted approval for an application for compensation and the government has until thursday afternoon to file its defence case.
mr morrison says the tamils did not make asylum claims to australian officials while being held over for the past few weeks on the customs ship, the ocean protector.
he says their health will be assessed, but says they have been in good care.
the government has refused to say exactly where they were held during this time.
the immigration minister says the transfer to curtin is not related to the high court challenge to the tamils' detention.
"these issues are completely separate matters," he told am.
describing the opposition and the greens as "surrender monkeys", mr morrison told macquarie radio the government was standing firm against people smugglers.
"every time they try it on, they will know that this government just won't send out the water taxi at the first whistle and just roll over," he said.
"the surrender monkeys in the labor party and greens would have had the water taxi out there in a heartbeat."
the minister said the transfer of the asylum seekers to an onshore detention centre was not a broken promise on offshore processing or stopping the boats.
"i think the fact there has been so much interest in this one venture - the first venture since december 19 last year - where this process has been undertaken, demonstrates the success the government has had," he said.
senator milne says after recent losses in the high court, the immigration minister is trying to avoid another defeat.
she says the tamils should have been brought to christmas island for processing from day one.
"the curtin detention centre was supposed to be closed because it was such an appalling facility," she said.
"it just shows that as far as scott morrison and the prime minister are concerned, it's all about chest-beating and saying nobody can land in australia rather than dealing with people appropriately."
people will go back to india: morrison
mr morrison says the indian government did not ask for anything in return for its co-operation over the asylum seekers. however, he says india must be involved in the process of identification.
"that is something for any government to do, who is the host government, who is determining their citizenship or residency. it is not for australia to do that," he said.
"at the end of the day, people will go back to india where india is prepared to accept them back in these circumstances, and that obviously requires co-operation and the involvement of their officials."
it is not clear what will happen to the asylum seekers if they are not found to be indian citizens or residents.
mr morrison says the work of the indian consular officials at curtin will take some time.
"we will work through that process when we come to it, but the government has available to it all of the options," mr morrison said.
the options include the offshore processing centres of nauru and manus island.
human rights lawyer david manne, who has been asked to represent the group of asylum seekers, says they are entitled to independent legal advice.
"we must be able to allow these people to explain why they came here, to establish why they left and what they may have fled," mr manne said.
"it's crucial here that that happens first before any steps are taken to make them speak to authorities of any other country."
mr manne says he is concerned about india's involvement in processing of the tamil asylum seekers.
"it's completely unclear what role india could properly play in this process," he said.
"it's a fundamental principle of refugee law that no-one, no person, should have to deal with the authorities of another country from which they may have fled."
topics: refugees, immigration, federal-government, government-and-politics, derby-6728, australia, india, sri-lanka
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ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən ɪz ðə kˈwɑləti ðət lɛts ju ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ə mɪˈsteɪk wɪn ju meɪk ɪt again…”*…” ɪn ðɪs poʊst aɪ roʊt əˈbaʊt ˈfidˌbæk lups ɪn. aɪ lɛft aʊt wən ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈfidˌbæk lup ðoʊ: ðə wən ðət ˈhæpənz ɪn ðə hɛd əv ðə pleɪər. wɪn wi pleɪ ə geɪm wi gɪt ˈbɛtər. wi traɪ ə ˈstrætəʤi ənd si ɪt wərk ər feɪl. wi faɪnd ðət ðɪs kɑrd ɪz strɔŋ ənd ðət wən ɪz wik. wi lərn. naʊ ju maɪt bi goʊɪŋ: ””well*, duh!”*!”. bət bɛr wɪθ mi, bɪˈkəz ðɪs həz səm ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz fər dɪˈzaɪn. ðə ʤɔɪz əv ˈlərnɪŋ ˈjumənz ər ˈlərnɪŋ məˈʃinz. ju kən si ðɪs wɪn ju əbˈzərv kɪdz: ˈɪnfənətli ˈkjʊriəs, ˈhæpi tɪ traɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. wɪʧ meɪks sɛns: ˌɪˈmæʤən ə kɪd ðət ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈlərnɪŋ tɪ wɔk; ðeɪ bi ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈifɛktɪv ɪn ˈleɪtər life…*… ənd soʊ ðə dɪˈzaɪər tɪ lərn ɪz ˈɪntu ɑr biɪŋ. ɛz ˈædəlts lɛft ðə ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən feɪz bɪˈhaɪnd. wi noʊ ə bæd aɪˈdiə tɪ græb ə ˈbərnɪŋ stoʊv, haʊ ɑr hænz wərk, ðət biz ər tɪ bi əˈvɔɪdɪd ənd ðət ˈaɪˌskrim ɪz dɪˈlɪʃəs. ðət min wi stɑp ˈlərnɪŋ ðoʊ. ər ðət ðə ˈkreɪvɪŋ fər nu θɪŋz tɪ lərn goʊz əˈweɪ. ɪt ʤɪst minz ðət wi hæv du ə bɪt mɔr wərk tɪ gɪt tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət gɪts ɑr ˈnʊrɑnz ˈfaɪərrɪŋ. wɪʧ ɪz wɛr (ənd ˈrɪli ˈɛni fɔrm əv ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt) kəmz ɪn: ə ˈsɪstəm ɔl sɛt əp wɪθ ˈʤusi ənd ˈɪntrəkət rulz ðət wi kən ˈfɪgjər aʊt! θri ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈlərnɪŋ ˈɔfər θri ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈlərnɪŋ: ðə rulz ðə ˈsɪstəm ˈwɪnɪŋ teɪk ə lʊk æt iʧ ɪn tərn. ˈlərnɪŋ ðə rulz ðə fərst pɑrt əv ˈlərnɪŋ ə geɪm ɪz ˈlərnɪŋ ðə rulz. ðiz ər wət ɪz ˈrɪtən ɪn ðə ˈrulˌbʊk ər wət ɪz ɪkˈspleɪnd baɪ ˈsəmˌwən hu həz pleɪd ˌbiˈfɔr. fər moʊst ˈpipəl ðɪs ɪz nɑt ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˌɛnˈʤɔɪəbəl ɪkˈspɪriəns. ðɪs ɪz bɪˈkəz ɪt ˈmoʊstli kəmz daʊn tɪ ˈmɛməri; kən ju rɪˈmɛmbər ðə rulz wɛl ɪˈnəf tɪ gɪt tɪ ðə nɛkst ˈlɛvəl? bɪˈkəz əv ðɪs (ənd rulz!) ər ə bɪg bun tɪ geɪmz. fər səm ˈpipəl (ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˌɪnˈkludɪd) ˈlərnɪŋ ðə rulz ɪz ˌɛnˈʤɔɪəbəl ɛz wɛl. aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ɪz bɪˈkəz ˈsɪmpli baɪ ˈlərnɪŋ ðə rulz ju ɔˈrɛdi gɪt səm ˈɪnˌsaɪts ˈɪntu ðə ˈsɪstəm bɪˈhaɪnd ðɛm, wɪʧ ɪz ðə nɛkst ˈlɛvəl əv ˈlərnɪŋ. ˈlərnɪŋ ðə ˈsɪstəm ðə ˈsɛkənd pɑrt əv ˈlərnɪŋ ə geɪm ɪz ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˈsɪstəm. ðɪs ɪz haʊ ðə rulz ənd kəmˈpoʊnənts ˌɪnərˈækt tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈbɪgər ðən ðə səm əv ðə pɑrts. ɪn ˈpoʊkər ðə rulz seɪ wɪʧ hænd bits wɪʧ ənd ðət ju kən bɛt ʧɪps beɪst ɔn ˈwɛðər ju θɪŋk ju wɪl wɪn ðə raʊnd. ʤɪst frəm ˈrɛdɪŋ ðət ˌhaʊˈɛvər ju moʊst ˈlaɪkli ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ bləf. ðə ˈsɪstəm ɪz ɔl ðə ˌɪnərˈækʃənz ðət ər ˈpɑsəbəl. ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn dəˈmɪnjən bɪtˈwin pleɪɪŋ ə ənd ə ˈvɪlɪʤ, ənd ðɛn siɪŋ wət kʊd ˈhæpən ɪf ju pleɪ ðɛm boʊθ. fər ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ðɛr ɪz ril ʤɔɪ tɪ bi faʊnd ɪn ðɪs feɪz əv ˈlərnɪŋ ðə geɪm. bɪˈkəz tru ˈɪnˌsaɪt ɪz kriˈeɪtɪd. baɪ pleɪɪŋ, ju ˈfɪgjər ˈsəmθɪŋ aʊt ðət ju noʊn ˌbiˈfɔr. jʊˈrikə! ˈlərnɪŋ tɪ wɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl pɑrt əv ðə ˈʤərni ɪz tɪ lərn tɪ wɪn. ðɪs minz ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˈsɪstəm wɛl ɪˈnəf tɪ noʊ wɪʧ ˈɔpʃən ɪz ˈbɛtər ðən əˈnəðər, tɪ faɪnd nu ənd mɔr ˈɪntrəkət ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃənz tɪ gɪt ˈivɪn mɔr bæŋ fər jʊr skɛrs ˈrisɔrsɪz (si ðɪs poʊst fər ˈskɛrsɪti ɪn). ɪt ɪz hir ðət ju ər traɪɪŋ nu ˈtæktɪks ənd ˈstrætəʤiz, ə ˈsɪŋgəl tərn ər ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə bɛst aʊt əv jʊr ɪnˈtaɪər pleɪ. ˈbɛtər: tɪ wɪn, ˈmæstərɪŋ ðə ˈsɪstəm ɪˈnəf; ju ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ ˈaʊtsˌmɑrt jʊr opponent(s*), ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns əv ˈlərnɪŋ tɪ ən ˈivɪn haɪər ˈlɛvəl! ðɪs ɪz wət wi min wɪn wi seɪ ðət ə geɪm teɪks ˈmɪnəts tɪ lərn ənd ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm tɪ ˈmæstər: rulz ðət ər ˈsɪmpəl tɪ ˈmɛmərˌaɪz, bət ə ˈsɪstəm ðət ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ dɛlv ˈɪntu ənd ə geɪm ðət kips ɔn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ əp nu ˈlərnɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz. ˈlərnɪŋ ənd wən əv ðə ˈhoʊli ɪn dɪˈzaɪn ɪz ““replayability”*”, ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti tɪ pleɪ ə geɪm ˈməltəpəl taɪmz wɪˈθaʊt ɪt ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɔrɪŋ. ə ˈvɛri gʊd bæd ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðɪs ɪz. noʊ wən ɪn ðɛr raɪt maɪnd wʊd pleɪ ðɪs, raɪt? wɛl, nɑt tru: kɪdz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈrɪli ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðɪs geɪm. fər ðɛm ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈɑbviəs ðət ju kən ˈɔlˌweɪz pleɪ tɪ gɪt ə drɔ. ðeɪ ˈlərnɪd jɛt ðət ðɪs ɪz ðə keɪs. ənd soʊ ˈhæpəli kip æt ɪt, θroʊɪŋ ðɛr fʊl ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl kəˈpæsɪti æt ɪt. ənˈtɪl ðeɪ gɪt ɪt. æt wɪʧ pɔɪnt bi laɪk ju ənd mi, nɑt ˈtəʧɪŋ ɪt ˈɛvər əˈgɛn. ðə ˈlɛsən ɪz ðət ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðɛr ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ bi ˈlərnɪd ɪn ə geɪm, steɪ ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk pleɪd 50 geɪmz əv ˌægrɪˈkoʊlə ɪn maɪ laɪf, bət ˈglædli pleɪ əˈnəðər raʊnd, bɪˈkəz ðɛr ˈrɪli ɪz mɔr tɪ bi ɪkˈsplɔrd. ðə weɪ ðɛn tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ɪz baɪ əˈlaʊɪŋ ə lɔt əv θɪŋz tɪ bi ˈlərnɪd wɪˈθɪn ðə geɪm. ðɛr ər tu weɪz əv duɪŋ ðɪs: ˈædɪŋ dɛpθ ˈædɪŋ ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti ˈlərnɪŋ ɪn ðə dip ɛnd ““depth”*” ɪz wən əv ðə ˈəðər ˈhoʊli əv dɪˈzaɪn (ˈmoʊstli bɪˈkəz ɪt gɪvz!) ənd ɪt wʊd teɪk ən ɪnˈtaɪər blɔg poʊst (ənd mɔr!) tɪ goʊ ˈɪntu ɪt (ˈmɛni ˈəðərz hæv dən soʊ, ə bɪt əv ˈguglɪŋ ʃʊd gɪt ju fɑr). ʤɪst ˈskræʧɪŋ ðə ˈsərfəs, aɪ wʊd seɪ ðət dɛpθ ɪz complexity”*”. wən weɪ əv ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪtɪŋ ðɪs ɪn jʊr geɪm ɪz ˈhævɪŋ ˈməltəpəl ˈvaɪəbəl ˈtæktɪks ənd ˈstrætəʤiz. iʧ əv ðiz kən bi traɪd aʊt ənd pleɪərz kən lərn haʊ wɛl ðeɪ wərk, wɪʧ ər ðə bɛst ənd wɪʧ ˈkɑmbaɪn wɛl. ɪf ɪt teɪks 3 traɪz tɪ ˈrɪli wərk aʊt ə ˈstrætəʤi ðɛn ˈædɪŋ wən mɔr ˈstrætəʤi ʤɪst ˌɪnˈkrist ðə baɪ 3 games…*… æmˈbɪgjuəs ˈlərnɪŋ wəns ju noʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ, ðɛr ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ lɛft tɪ lərn. ˈgɔtən ˈbɔrɪŋ ənd ðəs nɑt wərθ ˈɛni ˈfərðər ˈɛfərt. ɛz ɪkˈspleɪnd əˈbəv ɪz ə gʊd ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðɪs. bət wət ɪf ju noʊ goʊɪŋ ɔn, bət nɑt ɪnˈtaɪərli? ðɪs ɪz ɪkˈstrimli ˈtænəˌlaɪzɪŋ fər ðə ˈjumən breɪn: ˈfɪgjərd ɪt aʊt soʊ fɑr, naʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ ðə læst bɪts ɛz well!”*!” ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðɛr ɪz ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti, ðə breɪn wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ wərk ɔn ɪt. wən weɪ əv ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti ɪz baɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənəl dɪˈpɛndəns. ðɪs minz ðət jʊr ˈstrætəʤi dɪˈpɛndz ˈstrɔŋli ɔn ˈtæktɪks ənd ðə steɪt əv ðə rɛst əv ðə geɪm. ˌɪˈmæʤən ju hæv ə gʊd ˈstrætəʤi, wɪʧ nidz ə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ˈrisɔrsɪz. ɪn səm geɪmz ju kən gɪt ðiz ˈrizənəbli wɛl, bət ɪn ˈəðərz ðeɪ ər skɛrs. ju nid tɪ lərn mɔr (ˈneɪmli, haʊ tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ju gɪt ðoʊz ˈrisɔrsɪz)! bət wət ɪf ðɛr ɪz noʊ weɪ əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ðɛm? ðɛn jʊr ˈstrætəʤi wɪl ˈmoʊstli wɪn, bət nɑt ˈɔlˌweɪz. ənd kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈwəndər wət ju kən du ˈbɛtər. ðɪs ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti kən bi ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈrændəmnəs. ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ju drɔ tu pur kɑrdz ər nɑt ˈroʊlɪŋ ˈoʊnli wənz, jʊr ˈstrætəʤi dɪz wɛl. ˈfɪgjərɪŋ ðɪs aʊt ɪz mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt ðən ə ˈstrætəʤi ðət dɪz nɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈɛni ˈrændəmnəs. æt səm pɔɪnt ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə pleɪər ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ kæʧ ɔn ənd əkˈsɛpt ðət ðə ˈstrætəʤi ʤɪst bi ˌɪmˈpruvd, ðət ɪn ðə ɛnd ˈleɪdi ˈfɔrʧən ðət ˌdɪˈsaɪdz ˈwɛðər ɪt səkˈsidz ər nɑt. ənd stɑp pleɪɪŋ ðə geɪm (ər læʧ ɔn tɪ ə nu ˈstrætəʤi tɪ traɪ). ðɪs ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ðə keɪs sɪns ˈrændəmnəs tɛndz tɪ bi ˈrəðər handed”*”. ʃʊr, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz bi ɪgˈzæktli 1 ˈrisɔrs ʃɔrt, bət ɪn ˈmɛni ˈrɪli hæv weɪ tu ˈlɪtəl (ər ˈdraʊnɪŋ ɪn ðə gʊd stəf). wɪn ðə ˈɪnfluəns əv ˈrændəmnəs ɪz soʊ un-subtle*, ˈizi tɪ si ðət ðə ˈkəlprɪt. ə mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ weɪ əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti ɪz θru pleɪər ˌɪnərˈækʃən. ðɪs ɪz ðə weɪ ðə ˈtɪpɪkəl ““euro”*” geɪm wərks: kʊd ˈɛksəˌkjut maɪ ˈstrætəʤi ˈpərfəktli, ɪf ɪt fər ðə ˈəðərz pleɪərz ˈgɪtɪŋ ɪn maɪ way!”*!” ɪf ʃɔrt wʊd ðɪs geɪm, ðɛn nɛkst geɪm paʊns ɔn ɪt mɔr əˈgrɛsɪvli. wɪθ ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt ðət əˈnəðər pleɪər həz ə ʧæns tɪ teɪk ðə stoʊn ðət ju ˈɔlsoʊ nid. jʊr praɪˈɔrəti ʃɪfts əˈgɛn nɛkst geɪm, bət wəns mɔr ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ. ɪz ðɪs bɪˈkəz ðə ˈstrætəʤi ɪz flɔd, ər dɪz ɪt min ðət ju ʤɪst hæv tɪ bi ˈivɪn ˈbɛtər æt fɔrˈsiɪŋ wət jʊr əˈpoʊnənt wɪl du? ˈmeɪbi wən mɔr geɪm tɪ si ɪf ɪt wərks ðɪs taɪm? ˈlərnɪŋ, hɑrd ˈʧɔɪsɪz ənd ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti ɪn ðɪs poʊst aɪ lʊkt æt wət meɪks fər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈʧɔɪsɪz ɪn. aɪ kənˈkludɪd ðət ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ʧɔɪs həz tɪ bi hɑrd tɪ meɪk ɪt ʃʊd nɑt bi ˈɑbviəs wɪʧ əv ðə ˈɔpʃənz gɪvz ðə bɛst rɪˈzəlt. ðə ˈlərnɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪn ə ðɛn ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ θru ðə hɑrd ˈʧɔɪsɪz ənd θru ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈfaɪndɪŋ aʊt wɪʧ ˈɔpʃən dɪz gɪv ðə bɛst rɪˈzəlts. ðɪs əˈlaʊz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ riˈfreɪz ðə pɑrt əˈbaʊt ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti frəm əˈbəv ɪn ˈdɪfərənt tərmz. ɪf ðɛr ˈtruli ɪz ən ˈɑptɪməl ʧɔɪs ðɛn wi nid tɪ lərn ðɪs wəns ənd ðɛn wi (ɑr breɪn) ɪz dən. ɪf ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə ʧɔɪs ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈɑptɪməl pɑrt əv ðə taɪm (bɪˈkəz əv ˈrændəmnəs ər ðə ˈækʃənz əv ˈəðər pleɪərz) ðɛn nɑt dən ˈlərnɪŋ (ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ!) jɛt. ə tɪp wɪn pleɪɪŋ ˈwɪnɪŋ ɪz ə bɪg pɑrt əv ðə ˌɛnˈʤɔɪmənt əv pleɪɪŋ ə geɪm. aɪ hoʊp ðoʊ ðət ðə əˈbəv həz ʃoʊn ðət ˈlərnɪŋ ðə geɪm ɪz ʤɪst ɛz bɪg ə pɑrt əv ðə ˈplɛʒər. ˈðɛrˌfɔr: ˈɑptɪˌmaɪz jʊr ˈlərnɪŋ ˈplɛʒər lʊk əp tɪps ənd trɪks ˈɔnˌlaɪn. ˈfɪgjər ɪt aʊt fər ˈjɔrsɛlf. ˈivɪn ɪf ðət minz ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈbitɪŋ. ˈkloʊzɪŋ θɔts gɪv ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ lərn, ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈprɛzənt ə lɔt ˈəðərˌwaɪz ɪn ˈædəlt laɪf. ɪt ɪz wən əv ðə ʤɔɪz əv pleɪɪŋ ənd ɛz səʧ ʃʊd bi ɪn ðə ˈfɔrˌfrənt əv ə maɪnd. tɪ əˈlaʊ pleɪərz tɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ lərn wɪˈθɪn ðə geɪm, ðɛr ʃʊd bi ə lɔt əv geɪm speɪs tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr. ðɪs kən bi ɪn brɔd stroʊks, ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈstrætəʤiz tɪ traɪ aʊt, bət ˈɔlsoʊ æt ə ˈmaɪˌkroʊ ˈlɛvəl, wɪn traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ðə bɛst aʊt əv ə ˈʧoʊzən ˈstrætəʤi. ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti ɪn ˈaʊtˌkəmz minz ðət ðə breɪn ˈlərnɪd ɔl ɪt kən, rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ə draɪv tɪ lərn ənd ðəs tɪ pleɪ mɔr. nɛkst stɛps aɪ ɔˈrɛdi ˈmɛnʃənd ðət ““depth”*” wʊd teɪk ən ɪnˈtaɪər blɔg poʊst tɪ dɛlv ˈɪntu (si wət aɪ dɪd ðɛr?), soʊ aɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli wɪl teɪk ðə plənʤ æt səm pɔɪnt (si wət aɪ dɪd ðɛr? ɔn ə roʊl!). ˌæmbɪˈgjuəti ɪn ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ fil ðət kən bi ɪkˈsplɔrd ˈfərðər. əˈbəv ər səm gʊd ˈoʊpənɪŋ θɔts, bət ðɪs kən ˈdɛfənətli bi ɪkˈspændɪd əˈpɑn. ˈfidˌbæk pliz! ˈvɛri ˈoʊpən tɪ jʊr aɪˈdiəz ənd θɔts, lɛt mi noʊ ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ər ɔn tˈwɪtər ɪf ju əˈgri ər wɛr ju θɪŋk aɪ kəmˈplitli mɪst ðə pɔɪnt?! haɪ, bastiaan*. ðə goʊl əv ðɪs blɔg ɪz tɪ lərn əˈbaʊt geɪm dɪˈzaɪn. ˈhoʊpfəli fər ju ɛz ðə ˈridər, bət ʤɪst ɛz məʧ fər mi ɛz ðə ˈraɪtər. hɛlp mi tɪ lərn? liv ə ˈkɑmɛnt ər kəˈnɛkt wɪθ mi ɔn tˈwɪtər? ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ səbˈskraɪb tɪ ðɪs blɔg ər laɪk ɪt ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, tɪ gɪt ˈəpˌdeɪts wɪn aɪ raɪt ðɛm. ənd pərˈhæps ju noʊ əv ˈəðərz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈlərnɪŋ? ʃɛr ðɪs poʊst ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈbətənz bɪˈloʊ:
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introduction
”experience is the quality that lets you recognize a mistake when you make it again…”
in this post i wrote about feedback loops in board-games. i left out one very important feedback loop though: the one that happens in the head of the player.
when we play a game we get better. we try a strategy and see it work or fail. we find that this card is strong and that one is weak. we learn.
now you might be going: ”well, duh!”. but bear with me, because this has some interesting consequences for board-game design.
the joys of learning
humans are learning machines. you can see this when you observe kids: infinitely curious, happy to try anything. which makes sense: imagine a kid that wasn’t interested in learning to walk; they wouldn’t be particularly effective in later life… and so the desire to learn is hard-coded into our being.
as adults we’ve left the exploration phase behind. we know it’s a bad idea to grab a burning stove, how our hands work, that bees are to be avoided and that ice-cream is delicious.
that doesn’t mean we stop learning though. or that the craving for new things to learn goes away. it just means that we have do a bit more work to get to something that gets our neurons firing.
which is where board-games (and really any form of entertainment) comes in: a system all set up with juicy and intricate rules that we can figure out!
three levels of learning
board-games offer three levels of learning:
the rules
the system
winning
let’s take a look at each in turn.
learning the rules
the first part of learning a game is learning the rules. these are what is written in the rulebook or what is explained by someone who has played before.
for most people this is not a particularly enjoyable experience. this is because it mostly comes down to memory; can you remember the rules well enough to get to the next level? because of this player-aids (and simple-to-remember rules!) are a big boon to games.
for some people (myself included) learning the rules is enjoyable as well. i think this is because simply by learning the rules you already get some insights into the system behind them, which is the next level of learning.
learning the system
the second part of learning a game is understanding the system. this is how the rules and components interact to create something bigger than the sum of the parts.
in poker the rules say which hand beats which and that you can bet chips based on whether you think you will win the round. just from reading that however you most likely wouldn’t realize that it’s possible to bluff.
the system is all the interactions that are possible. it’s the difference in dominion between playing a smithy and a village, and then seeing what could happen if you play them both.
for many people there is real joy to be found in this phase of learning the game. that’s because true insight is created. by playing, you figure something out that you hadn’t known before. eureka!
learning to win
the final part of the journey is to learn to win. this means understanding the system well enough to know which option is better than another, to find new and more intricate combinations to get even more bang for your scarce resources (see this post for scarcity in board-games).
it is here that you are trying new tactics and strategies, optimizing a single turn or getting the best out of your entire play.
better: to win, mastering the system isn’t enough; you also need to outsmart your opponent(s), taking the experience of learning to an even higher level!
this is what we mean when we say that a game takes minutes to learn and a lifetime to master: rules that are simple to memorize, but a system that is interesting to delve into and a game that keeps on bringing up new learning experiences.
learning and replayability
one of the holy grails in board-game design is “replayability”, the possibility to play a game multiple times without it getting boring.
a very good bad example of this is tic-tac-toe. no one in their right mind would play this, right? well, not true: kids actually really enjoy this game. for them it is not obvious that you can always play to get a draw. they haven’t learned yet that this is the case. and so they’ll happily keep at it, throwing their full intellectual capacity at it. until they get it. at which point they’ll be like you and me, not touching it ever again.
the lesson is that as long as there is something to be learned in a game, it’ll stay interesting. i think i’ve played 50+ games of agricola in my life, but i’ll gladly play another round, because there really is more to be explored.
the way then to increase replayability is by allowing a lot of things to be learned within the game. there are two ways of doing this:
adding depth
adding ambiguity
learning in the deep end
“depth” is one of the other holy grails of board-game design (mostly because it gives replayability!) and it would take an entire blog post (and more!) to go into it (many others have done so, a bit of googling should get you far).
just scratching the surface, i would say that depth is “interesting complexity”. one way of incorporating this in your game is having multiple viable tactics and strategies. each of these can be tried out and players can learn how well they work, which are the best and which combine well.
if it takes 3 tries to really work out a strategy then adding one more strategy just increased the replayability by 3 games…
ambiguous learning
once you know something, there is nothing left to learn. it’s gotten boring and thus not worth any further effort. tic-tac-toe as explained above is a good example of this.
but what if you sortof know what’s going on, but not entirely? this is extremely tantalizing for the human brain: “i’ve figured it out so far, now i want to know the last bits as well!” as long as there is ambiguity, the brain will continue to work on it.
one way of introducing ambiguity is by creating situational dependence. this means that your strategy depends strongly on tactics and the state of the rest of the game.
imagine you have a good strategy, which needs a combination of resources. in some games you can get these reasonably well, but in others they are scarce. you need to learn more (namely, how to ensure that you get those resources)!
but what if there is no sure-fire way of getting them? then your strategy will mostly win, but not always. and you’ll continue to wonder what you can do better.
this ambiguity can be the result of randomness. as long as you don’t draw too poor cards or you’re not rolling only ones, your strategy does well. figuring this out is more difficult than a strategy that does not involve any randomness. at some point however the player is going to catch on and accept that the strategy just can’t be improved, that in the end it’s lady fortune that decides whether it succeeds or not. and they’ll stop playing the game (or latch on to a new strategy to try).
this is especially the case since randomness tends to be rather “heavy handed”. sure, sometimes you’ll be exactly 1 resource short, but in many cased you’ll really have way too little (or you’re drowning in the good stuff). when the influence of randomness is so un-subtle, it’s easy to see that it’s the culprit.
a more interesting way of creating ambiguity is through player interaction. this is the way the typical “euro” game works: ”i could execute my strategy perfectly, if it weren’t for the others players getting in my way!”
if you’re short wood this game, then next game you’ll pounce on it more aggressively. with as a result that another player has a chance to take the stone that you also need. your priority shifts again next game, but once more you’re missing something. is this because the strategy is flawed, or does it mean that you just have to be even better at foreseeing what your opponent will do?
maybe one more game to see if it works this time?
learning, hard choices and ambiguity
in this post i looked at what makes for interesting choices in board-games. i concluded that an interesting choice has to be hard to make – it should not be obvious which of the options gives the best result.
the learning process in a board-game then is working through the hard choices and – through experience – finding out which option does give the best results.
this allows us to rephrase the part about ambiguity from above in different terms. if there truly is an optimal choice then we need to learn this once and then we (our brain) is done. if however the choice is only optimal part of the time (because of randomness or the actions of other players) then we’re not done learning (and enjoying!) yet.
a tip when playing
winning is a big part of the enjoyment of playing a game. i hope though that the above has shown that learning the game is just as big a part of the pleasure.
therefore: optimize your learning pleasure – don’t look up tips and tricks online. figure it out for yourself. even if that means taking a beating.
closing thoughts
board-games give an opportunity to learn, something that isn’t present a lot otherwise in adult life. it is one of the joys of playing and as such should be in the forefront of a designer’s mind.
to allow players to continue to learn within the game, there should be a lot of game space to explore. this can be in broad strokes, in the form of different strategies to try out, but also at a micro level, when trying to get the best out of a chosen strategy.
ambiguity in outcomes means that the brain hasn’t learned all it can, resulting in a drive to learn and thus to play more.
next steps
i already mentioned that “depth” would take an entire blog post to delve into (see what i did there?), so i probably will take the plunge at some point (see what i did there? i’m on a role!).
ambiguity in board-games is also something i feel that can be explored further. above are some good opening thoughts, but this can definitely be expanded upon.
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ˈstɔri ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ɪf nɑt fər ˈʧaɪnəz ˈpɑləsi, wərld ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wʊd hæv hɪt 7 ˈbɪljən faɪv jɪrz əˈgoʊ fərˈtɪlɪti reɪts ɪn ˈʧaɪnə, ðə wərldz moʊst ˈpɑpjələs ˈneɪʃən, ər dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ səˈpɔrtərz əv ðə ˈpɑləsi seɪ ɪt hɛlpt spər ˈʧaɪnəz ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ ˈpɑləsiz ˌənɪnˈtɛndɪd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz ˌɪnˈklud ˈfiˌmeɪl ˌɪnˈfæntəˌsaɪd, ˈlɑpˈsaɪdɪd sɛks ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ ðə wərldz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ hɪt 7 ˈbɪljən əraʊnd ɑkˈtoʊbər 31 ənd wən ʧaɪˈniz dɪˈmɑgrəfər sɪz ðət ˈnəmbər wʊd hæv kəm ə lɔt ˈsunər hæd ɪt nɑt bɪn fər ˈʧaɪnəz ˈpɑləsi." zhenwu*, ə prəˈfɛsər æt ˌjunəˈvərsəti skul əv ˌsoʊsiˈɑləʤi ənd ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən, sɪz bət fər ˈʧaɪnəz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈpɑləsi, ðə wərldz 7 ˈbɪljənθ ˈbeɪbi wʊd hæv bɪn bɔrn faɪv jɪrz ˈərliər. "ˈʧaɪnəz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wʊd naʊ bi əraʊnd ˈbɪljən hæd ɪt nɑt bɪn fər ðə ˈfæməli ˈplænɪŋ ˈpɑləsi," sɛd. "ənd ðə wərldz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wʊd hæv hɪt ˈsɛvən ˈbɪljən ɪn 2006 ˈʧaɪnə hoʊldz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɔn ərθ wɪθ ˈbɪljən ˈpipəl, bət wɪl nɑt fər lɔŋ, ɛz ðə fərˈtɪlɪti ˈlɛvəl həz bɪn dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ fər jɪrz. sɪns ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈgəvərnmənt əˈdɑptəd ɪts ˈsoʊˈkɔld "ˈfæməli ˈplænɪŋ ˈpɑləsi" θri ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ, ˈʧaɪnə həz ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈkəpəlz tɪ wən ʧaɪld, wɪθ fju ɪkˈsɛpʃənz. ðoʊz hu broʊk ðə rul wər slæpt wɪθ ˈhɛvi faɪnz ər wər fɔrst tɪ əˈbɔrt ˈprɛgnənsiz. sɪns 1979 ˈɛkspərts æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ənd ˈfæməli ˈplænɪŋ kəˈmɪʃən əv ˈʧaɪnə seɪ, ðə ˈpɑləsi həz prɪˈvɛnɪd mɔr ðən 400 ˈmɪljən bərθs ɪn ðə ˈkəntri. waɪ wɑz ðə drəˈkoʊniən ˈpɑləsi ˈnɛsəˌsɛri? prəˈpoʊnənts ˈræʃənəˌlaɪzd ɪt ɛz ən ˈimərʤənsi ˈmɛʒər tɪ kərb ðə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv bərθs ɪkˈspɛktɪd frəm ðə ˈbeɪbi ˈbumərz əv ðə 1960s*. "ɪt wɑz dɪˈzaɪnd ɪn 1979 tɪ bi ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri wən ðət rikˈwaɪərd ðə 'ˈsækrəˌfaɪs əv tu ər θri ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz,' ɛz ðeɪ pʊt ɪt ðɛn," sɪz, hu sərvd ɛz ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz fənd fər ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ækˈtɪvɪtiz (unfpa*) ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv ənd ˈsinjər ædˈvaɪzər ɔn ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪn ˈʧaɪnə frəm 1984 tɪ 1990 "ɪt wɑz mɛnt tɪ bi ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ənˈtɪl ðə ˈænjuəl ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən groʊθ reɪt riʧt rɪˈpleɪsmənt ˈlɛvəlz, ər ˈʧɪldrən pər ˈwʊmən əv ˌriprəˈdəktɪv eɪʤ." ðə kəˈneɪdiən dɪˈmɑgrəfər sɪz səˈpɔrtərz əv ðə ˈpɑləsi naʊ saɪt ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ reɪt sɪns 1979 ɛz ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld "ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ˈdɪvɪˌdɛnd." ɪkˈspleɪnz: "ɪf ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən kənˈtroʊl hæd nɑt bɪn ɛnˈfɔrst, ˈʧaɪnə wʊd moʊst ˈlaɪkli bi ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ənd ˈsoʊʃəli wərs ɔf təˈdeɪ." ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈpɑləsi maɪt hæv ˈɔlsoʊ hɛlpt gərlz ənd ˈwɪmən gɪt əˈhɛd, ɛz ə ˈsərˌveɪ baɪ ðə ˈwɪmənz ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ənd ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈbjʊroʊ əv stəˈtɪstɪks faʊnd. bət ðə ˈpɑləsi həz ˈɔlsoʊ brɔt əˈbaʊt ə lɪst əv ˌənɪnˈtɛndɪd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz. ˈʧaɪnəz ˈpɑləsi həz bɪn bleɪmd fər əˈbjuzɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈfiˌmeɪl ˌɪnˈfæntəˌsaɪd ənd fɔrst əˈbɔrʃənz ənd ˌstɛrəlɪˈzeɪʃənz. ʧaɪˈniz trəˈdɪʃənəli prɪˈfər bɔɪz ˈoʊvər gərlz bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər sin ɛz mɔr ˈeɪbəl tɪ prəˈvaɪd fər ðə ˈfæməli ənd ˈkɛri ɔn ðə ˈfæməli laɪn. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ðə ˈpræktɪs əv əˈbɔrtɪŋ ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈfitəsɪz ər əˈbændənɪŋ ˈɪnfənt gərlz stɪl kənˈtɪnjuz təˈdeɪ ɪn ˈrʊrəl ˈɛriəz. ðɪs rɪˈmeɪnz ə ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈtɑpɪk ɪn ˈʧaɪnə, ˈpɔɪnjəntli dɪˈpɪktɪd ɪn moʊ "frɑg," ə ˈnɑvəl əˈbaʊt ə ˈmɪdˌwaɪf ɪn ˈrʊrəl ˈʧaɪnə ənd hər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz wɪθ fɔrst əˈbɔrʃənz ənd ˌstɛrəlɪˈzeɪʃənz. moʊ ˈrisəntli wən ˈʧaɪnəz pərˈstiʤəs maʊ dən ˈlɪtərˌɛri əˈwɔrd --ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃən ðət ˈʧaɪnə həz bɪˈkəm mɔr ˈoʊpən tɪ ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪʃu. ˈʧaɪnə ɪz naʊ ˈfeɪsɪŋ ə ˈlɑpˈsaɪdɪd sɛks ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ ɪn ˈɪnfənts ənd jəŋ ˈʧɪldrən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ʧaɪˈniz əˈkædəmi əv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪənsɪz, fər ˈɛvəri 100 ʧaɪˈniz gərlz bɔrn, ðɛr ər əˈbaʊt 123 bɔɪz. ðə ˈgloʊbəl nɔrm ɪz əˈbaʊt 100 tɪ æt ðət reɪt, ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ hæv səm 30 ˈmɪljən ənˈmɛrid mɛn baɪ 2020 ðə ənˈjuˌʒuəli ˈræpɪd dɪˈklaɪn ɪn fərˈtɪlɪti həz ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈdust ə ˈræpədli ˈeɪʤɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. tu ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ, dɪˈmɑgrəfərz seɪ, ðə ʃɛr əv ˈʧaɪnəz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈeɪʤɪd 60 ənd əˈbəv wɑz ˈoʊnli ðət həz ˈrɪzən tɪ əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈʧaɪnəz 2000 ˈsɛnsəs, ənd həz naʊ riʧt əraʊnd 12 ər 167 ˈmɪljən. baɪ 2025 dɪˈmɑgrəfərz prɪˈdɪkt, wən ɪn faɪv ʧaɪˈniz hu lɪv ɪn ˈərbən ˈɛriəz wɪl bi 60 ər ˈoʊldər. baɪ 2050 ðɛr wʊd bi ˈoʊnli ˈædəlts fər ˈɛvəri ˈpərsən ˈeɪʤɪd 60 ənd əˈbəv. ðət minz ə ˈhɛvi dɪˈpɛndənsi ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ. ɪn 10 jɪrz, ðə eɪʤ ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ kəmˈpraɪz əv ˈoʊnli hæf əv ˈtudeɪz 124 ˈmɪljən. ˈɛkspərts seɪ ðɪs kʊd ˈkrɪpəl ðə hɛlθ kɛr ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈsɪstəm wɪθ fjuər jəŋ ˈpipəl ˈteɪkɪŋ kɛr əv ðə ˈeɪʤɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. ɪf ðə ˈgəvərnmənt dɪz nɑt ʧeɪnʤ ɪts ˈpɑləsiz, ˈɛkspərts seɪ, ˈʧaɪnəz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən kʊd bɪˈkəm oʊld ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt bɪˈkəmz rɪʧ. ðə haɪ kɔst əv ðə ˈpɑləsi ɪz fɛlt ˈdipli baɪ ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ ˈrɛzɪdənt ʒaʊ ʒwɑn, ən ˈdɔtər əv ə ˈkɑlɪʤ prəˈfɛsər ənd ˈʃɑpɪŋ mɔl ˈmænɪʤər. ʒaʊ, 22 sɪz ʃi wɑz blɛst wɪθ ɔl ðə əˈtɛnʃən ənd ˈrisɔrsɪz ʃaʊərd æt hər frəm ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd. stɪl, ʃi sɪz, ʃi hæd ə ˈmoʊstli ˈloʊnli ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd. "aɪ juzd tɪ kət ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ɔn maɪ rɪst ˈæftər biɪŋ jɛld æt baɪ maɪ mɑm ənd dæd bɪˈkəz aɪ ˈdɪdənt noʊ hu aɪ ʃʊd tɔk tɪ ər tərn tɪ," ʃi sɪz. "aɪ wɑz laɪk ðət fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst tu jɪrz, bət aɪ æm ˈvɛri təf soʊ aɪ meɪd ɪt θru." "aɪ heɪt tɪ seɪ ɪt bət ðə ˈpɑləsi ʃʊd ˈpɑrtli bi bleɪmd fər səm ˈsoʊʃəl ˈɪʃuz əv juθ təˈdeɪ," ʃi ædz. "ɪts bɪn ə rɪˈdɪkjələs ˈgəvərnmənt ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns ɔn ˈfæməli ˈɪʃuz." ʃi wɪʃt ʃi hæd ə ˈbrəðər ər ə ˈsɪstər tɪ ʃɛr ɔl ðə əˈtɛnʃən. "aɪ æm ðə ˈoʊnli wən ðɛr, soʊ ɔl ðɛr ˈɛnərʤi goʊz tɪ mi," ʃi sɪz. "ðeɪ kɛr əv noʊ wən ɛls bət mi, ənd lɪv vaɪˈkɛriəsli θru mi, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ kən kaʊnt ɔn noʊ wən ɛls. ˈpɛrənts' ləv kʊd ˈməltəˌplaɪ ɪf ðɛr ər mɔr kɪdz ɪn ðə ˈfæməli, bət ɪf ju ər ðə ˈoʊnli wən, ju gɪt ˈoʊnli wən pis əv keɪk, nɑt ə hoʊl ˈbeɪkəri." kəˈneɪdiən dɪˈmɑgrəfər sɪz ðə ʧaɪˈniz əˈθɔrətiz ər əˈwɛr əv ðiz ˌənɪnˈtɛndɪd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv ðɛr ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈpɑləsiz ənd ər kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. "ɪt ɪz ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ðət ˈʧaɪnəz strɪkt ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən kənˈtroʊl ˈproʊˌgræm wɪl moʊst ˈlaɪkli bi rɪˈlækst ɛz ðə əˈbʤɛktɪv ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈʧeɪnʤɪz," hi sɛd. fər ʒaʊ ˈpɛrənts, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, səʧ ə ˌrilækˈseɪʃən əv ˈpɑləsi meɪ kəm tu leɪt. "maɪ ˈpɛrənts hæv ˈɔfən ɪkˈsprɛst rɪˈgrɛt," ʃi sɪz. "ðeɪ sɛd ðeɪ ʃʊd hæv hæd əˈnəðər kɪd rəˈgɑrdləs əv haʊ məʧ ðə [ˈgəvərnmənt] faɪnd bæk ðɛn."
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story highlights if not for china's one-child policy, world population would have hit 7 billion five years ago
fertility rates in china, the world's most populous nation, are declining
supporters of the policy say it helped spur china's double-digit economic growth
policy's unintended consequences include female infanticide, lopsided sex ratio
the world's population is expected to hit 7 billion around october 31 and one chinese demographer says that number would have come a lot sooner had it not been for china's "one-child policy."
zhai zhenwu, a professor at renmin university school of sociology and population, says but for china's population policy, the world's 7 billionth baby would have been born five years earlier.
"china's population would now be around 1.7 billion had it not been for the family planning policy," said zhai. "and the world's population would have hit seven billion in 2006."
china holds the largest population on earth with 1.34 billion people, but will not for long, as the fertility level has been declining for years.
since the chinese government adopted its so-called "family planning policy" three decades ago, china has limited couples to one child, with few exceptions. those who broke the rule were slapped with heavy fines or were forced to abort pregnancies.
since 1979, experts at the national population and family planning commission of china say, the policy has prevented more than 400 million births in the country.
why was the draconian policy necessary?
proponents rationalized it as an emergency measure to curb the large number of births expected from the baby boomers of the 1960s.
"it was designed in 1979 to be a temporary one that required the 'sacrifice of two or three generations,' as they put it then," says aprodicio laquian, who served as the united nations fund for population activities (unfpa) representative and senior adviser on population in china from 1984 to 1990. "it was meant to be implemented until the annual population growth rate reached replacement levels, or 1.5 children per woman of reproductive age."
the canadian demographer says supporters of the policy now cite the double-digit economic growth rate since 1979 as the so-called "demographic dividend." laquian explains: "if population control had not been enforced, china would most likely be economically and socially worse off today."
the population policy might have also helped girls and women get ahead, as a survey by the all-china women's federation and the national bureau of statistics found.
but the policy has also brought about a list of unintended socio-economic consequences.
china's one-child policy has been blamed for abuses, including female infanticide and forced abortions and sterilizations.
chinese traditionally prefer boys over girls because they are seen as more able to provide for the family and carry on the family line. as a result, the practice of aborting female fetuses or abandoning infant girls still continues today in rural areas.
this remains a sensitive topic in china, poignantly depicted in mo yan's "frog," a novel about a midwife in rural china and her experiences with forced abortions and sterilizations. mo recently won china's prestigious mao dun literary award --a potential indication that china has become more open to talking about the issue.
china is now facing a lopsided sex ratio in infants and young children. according to the chinese academy of social sciences, for every 100 chinese girls born, there are about 123 boys. the global norm is about 100 to 103-106. at that rate, china is likely to have some 30 million unmarried men by 2020.
the unusually rapid decline in fertility has also produced a rapidly aging population. two decades ago, demographers say, the share of china's population aged 60 and above was only 7.6%. that has risen to 10.5%, according to china's 2000 census, and has now reached around 12%, or 167 million.
by 2025, demographers predict, one in five chinese who live in urban areas will be 60 or older. by 2050, there would be only 1.6 working-age adults for every person aged 60 and above. that means a heavy dependency ratio.
in 10 years, the 20-24 age population is expected to comprise of only half of today's 124 million. experts say this could cripple the health care and social insurance system with fewer young people taking care of the aging population. if the government does not change its policies, experts say, china's population could become old before it becomes rich.
the high cost of the one-child policy is felt deeply by beijing resident xiao xuan, an only-child daughter of a college professor and shopping mall manager. xiao, 22, says she was blessed with all the attention and resources showered at her from childhood.
still, she says, she had a mostly lonely childhood. "i used to cut myself on my wrist after being yelled at by my mom and dad because i didn't know who i should talk to or turn to," she says. "i was like that for almost two years, but i am very tough so i made it through."
"i hate to say it but the one-child policy should partly be blamed for some social issues of youth today," she adds. "it's been a ridiculous government interference on family issues."
she wished she had a brother or a sister to share all the attention.
"i am the only one there, so all their energy goes to me," she says. "they care of no one else but me, and live vicariously through me, because they can count on no one else. parents' love could multiply if there are more kids in the family, but if you are the only one, you get only one piece of cake, not a whole bakery."
canadian demographer aprodicio laquian says the chinese authorities are aware of these unintended consequences of their population policies and are committed to dealing with the situation. "it is anticipated that china's strict population control program will most likely be relaxed as the objective situation changes," he said.
for xiao xuan's parents, however, such a relaxation of policy may come too late. "my parents have often expressed regret," she says. "they said they should have had another kid regardless of how much the [government] fined back then."
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wɛˈrɛvər ju ər ɪn ðə wərld ɪts ˈsəmər ɪn gielinor*! tɪ hɛlp ˈsɪzəl əp jʊr ˈsəmər, ˈɛvəri deɪ ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ˈɔgəst ənd sɛpˈtɛmbər, ˈmɛmbərz wɪl rɪˈsiv ə hoʊst əv ˈsəmər ˈgʊdiz. bi ə ˈmɛmbər θru ɔl əv ˈɔgəst ənd rɪˈsiv (æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə mənθ) ənd ən ˈɛkstrə ˈboʊnəs spɪn ˈɛvəri deɪ! steɪ ə ˈmɛmbər θruaʊt sɛpˈtɛmbər tu ənd wɪl ˈdəbəl ɪt! ðæts ənd 2 ˈɛkstrə spɪnz ˈɛvəri deɪ ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər. tɪ gɪt ju ˈfərðər ˈɪntu ðə ˈsəmər mud, steɪ ə ˈmɛmbər θruaʊt ˈɔgəst ənd sɛpˈtɛmbər ənd jul ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈsiv 9 nu ˈaɪtəmz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈtrɑpɪkəl ˈaɪləndər ˈaʊtˌfɪt, ˈɛkstrə hɛd keɪp ækˈsɛsəriz, ə nu ˈtaɪtəl ənd ˈivɪn ə waɪld kræb ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən dæns emote*! wɪθ ˈoʊvər 45 wərθ əv ˈaɪtəmz ənd spɪnz ˌɪnˈkludɪd, ðɪs ˈrɪli ɪz ə ˈskɔrʧɪŋ ˈsəmər sɛnˈseɪʃən! hɑt ɪˈnəf? wɛl, ɪf ɔl əv ðɪs ˈwəzənt ɪˈnəf, pleɪərz hu ər ˈmɛmbərz fər ðə ɪnˈtaɪərti əv ðə ˈsɪzəlɪŋ ˈsəmər ˈɔgəst ənˈtɪl sɛpˈtɛmbər) wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ðə ˈɛnviəs ʧæns tɪ ʧuz jʊr feɪt! ʧuz jʊr feɪt ɪz ə səˈlɛkʃən əv fɔr əv ðə moʊst ˈpaʊərfəl ˈaɪtəmz ˈɛvər sin ɪn. mɔr ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈditeɪlz ɔn ðɪs nɛkst wik! wi ˈprɑməs ju wɪl nɑt wɔnt tɪ mɪs aʊt ɔn ðɪs ənd məʧ məʧ more…*… meɪk ʃʊr jʊr ə ˈmɛmbər θruaʊt ˈɔgəst ənd sɛpˈtɛmbər tɪ teɪk pɑrt. soʊ kip kɑm ənd ˈpɑrti ɔn. ðə tim dɪˈskəs ðɪs hir.
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wherever you are in the world - it's summer in gielinor!
to help sizzle up your summer, every day over the course of august and september, runescape members will receive a host of summer goodies. be a member through all of august and receive xp (at the end of the month) and an extra bonus spin every day! stay a member throughout september too and we'll double it! that's 700,000xp and 2 extra spins every day in september.
to get you further into the summer mood, stay a member throughout august and september and you'll also receive 9 new customisation items, including a 5-piece tropical islander outfit, extra head & cape accessories, a new title and even a wild crab transformation dance emote! with over $45 worth of items and spins included, this really is a scorching summer sensation!
hot enough?
well, if all of this wasn't enough, players who are members for the entirety of the sizzling summer (1st august gmt until 30th september gmt) will also have the envious chance to choose your fate!
choose your fate is a selection of four of the most powerful items ever seen in runescape. more exciting details on this next week! we promise you will not want to miss out on this and much much more…
make sure you're a member throughout august and september to take part.
so keep calm and party on.
the runescape team
discuss this here.
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təˈdeɪ wi ər ɪkˈsaɪtɪd tɪ əˈnaʊns ðət fɪˈlipeɪ ˌboʊˈdɛt həz ʤɔɪnd ˈjuˈɛs tɪ lɛd ɑr kəmˈjunɪti tim. hi kəmz frəm ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə baɪ weɪ əv. æt ðə faʊnˈdeɪʃən (wɪʧ hoʊsts ənd səˈpɔrts ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə, əˈməŋ ˈəðər saɪts) hi wɑz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə tim ðət dɪd kəmˈjunɪti ˈmænɪʤmənt, ˈjuzər trəst ənd ˈseɪfti, ənd strəˈtiʤɪk ʧeɪnʤ ˈmænɪʤmənt, ˈgaɪdɪŋ ðə kəmˈjunɪti θru ə taɪm əv ˌɪˈmɛns groʊθ ənd ˌmæʧʊˈreɪʃən. hi spɛnt ˈɔlˌmoʊst 7 jɪrz ðɛr, ɛz wən əv ðɛr fərst kəmˈjunɪti haɪərz, ənd ˈmænɪʤd tɪ hæv hɪz ˈfɪŋgərz ɔn ə juʤ ˈnəmbər əv ˈprɑʤɛkts, frəm ˈfənˌdreɪsɪŋ (ˈreɪzɪŋ ˈməni frəm ˈnɪrli ˈɛvəri ˈkəntri ɪn ðə wərld ənd əkˈsɛptɪŋ fərst doʊˈneɪʃən frəm ˌæˈnɑrtɪkə) tɪ kəmˈjunɪti ˈgəvərnəns ənd ðɛr ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ɪˈlɛkʃənz ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ kəmˈjunɪtiz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ˈɔlˌmoʊst 200 ˈdɪfərənt ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz. ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli praʊd tɪ hæv lɛd ðɛr kəmˈjunɪti ˌɪnərˈækʃənz əraʊnd ə ˈwərldˈwaɪd 24 aʊər saɪt tɪ draɪv əˈwɛrnəs əv ðə bɪl tu jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ən ˈɛfərt ðət ˈɔlsoʊ ʤɔɪnd. ˈæftər ˈlivɪŋ ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə, fɪˈlipeɪ ʤɔɪnd ənd ræn ðə kəmˈjunɪti səˈpɔrt ənd ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt tim ðɛr, səˈpɔrtɪŋ kəmˈjunɪtiz. wi ər ˈɑnərd tɪ hæv ɪm ɔn ɑr tim. pliz ˈwɛlkəm fɪˈlipeɪ! ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ fɪˈlipeɪ, wi hæv brɔt ɔn ən əˈdɪʃənəl faɪv ˈmɛmbərz tɪ ðə kəmˈjunɪti ənd trəst ənd ˈseɪfti timz ðɪs wik. si ɪf ju kən kəˈlɛkt ðɛm ɔl!
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today we are excited to announce that philippe beaudette has joined us to lead our community team. he comes from wikipedia by way of wikia. at the wikimedia foundation (which hosts and supports wikipedia, among other sites) he was responsible for the team that did community management, user trust and safety, and strategic change management, guiding the community through a time of immense growth and maturation. he spent almost 7 years there, as one of their first community hires, and managed to have his fingers on a huge number of projects, from fundraising (raising money from nearly every country in the world and accepting wikipedia’s first donation from antarctica) to community governance and their international elections processes–while dealing with communities working in almost 200 different languages. he’s particularly proud to have led their community interactions around a worldwide 24 hour site shut-down to drive awareness of the sopa bill two years ago, an effort that reddit also joined.
after leaving wikipedia, philippe joined wikia and ran the community support and engagement team there, supporting wikia’s 350,000 fan-created communities. we are honored to have him on our team. please welcome philippe!
in addition to philippe, we have brought on an additional five members to the community and trust and safety teams this week. see if you can collect them all!
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səm ˈpipəl ər fænz əv ðə nu jɔrk ʤɛts. bət ˈmɛni, ˈmɛni mɔr ˈpipəl ər nɑt fænz əv ðə nu jɔrk ʤɛts. ðɪs 2014 ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl tim ˈprivˌju ɪz fər ðoʊz ɪn ðə ˈlætər grup. jʊr tim: nu jɔrk ʤɛts. jʊr 2013 ˈrɛkərd: wɪθ ə pɔɪnt ˌdɪfərˈɛnʃəl əv 97 ʤɪst wən pɔɪnt ˈbɛtər ðən ðə braʊnz. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, wɪn lək ɪz ɔn ðɛr saɪd, ɪz ðə bɛst ðə ʤɛts kən du. ðə moʊst ˈhɑrtˌwɔrmɪŋ pɑrt əv læst ˈsizən wɑz wɪn ðə tim ˈpəblɪkli ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ nɑt faɪər ðə koʊʧ, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðət koʊʧ gɑt ən ɪkˈstɛnʃən ðət ˈɪzənt ˌgɛrənˈtid pæst ðɪs ˈsizən, wɪʧ minz hiz stɪl ə leɪm dək, wɪʧ minz ðə ʤɛts ər ɪn ðə ɪgˈzækt seɪm spɑt ðeɪ wər ə jɪr əˈgoʊ. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt jʊr koʊʧ: rɛks raɪən, hu ɪz ˈtərmənəli ˌɪnˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈhaɪrɪŋ ə ˈdisənt əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər (ˈmɑrti ɪz ðə fər ðə ˈsɛkənd streɪt ˈsizən, ə rɛr ənd kəmˈplitli ənˈwɛlkəm ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˌkɑntəˈnuəti æt ðət poʊst) ər ˈfildɪŋ ə ˈkɑmpətɪnt kˈwɔrtərˌbæk. ɪts ˈbæfəlɪŋ. haʊ kən hi bi soʊ bæd æt ˈfaɪndɪŋ əˈfɛnsɪv hɛlp? hiz nɑt laɪk hɪz oʊld mæn, hu ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli bɪˈlɪtəld ənd ˈɪnʤərd hɪz oʊn əˈfɛnsɪv pleɪərz bɪˈkəz hi wɑz ən ˈɪˌdiət. rɛks ˈæˌkʧuəli wɔnts ðə əˈfɛns tɪ bi gʊd, ənd jɛt hi fəks ɪt əp taɪm ənd taɪm əˈgɛn. aɪ kænt tɛl ɪf ɪts hɪz fɔlt, ər ʤɪst ðə stɪŋk əv ðə ʤɛts ˈkrɔlɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd hɪz breɪn ənd sˈloʊli ˈitɪŋ əˈweɪ æt ɪt. rɛks raɪən ɪz ə ləˈʤɪtəmətli ˈɔsəm dud hu wʊd bi fən tɪ pʊl fər ɪf hi koʊʧt ˈɛni ˈəðər tim, bət ðə ʤɛts du ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðeɪ kən tɪ sək ðə laɪf raɪt aʊt əv ɪm. keɪs ɪn point…*… jʊr kˈwɔrtərˌbæk: ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ, hu bɪˈkeɪm dɪˈmɑnstrəbli wərs ɛz læst ˈsizən wɛnt ɔn. ˈæftər wik 6 ˈʤinoʊ θru fər sɪks ənd 13 ints*. haʊ du ju ˈrigrɛs wɪn ju hæv noʊ ˈstɑrtɪŋ pɔɪnt tɪ ˈrigrɛs frəm? ˈoʊnli ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ kən pʊl ðət ɔf. tɪ ˈʧælənʤ ˈʤinoʊ, ðə ʤɛts brɔt ɪn ə bənʧ əv sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrdz. zɪŋ. noʊ, ðeɪ brɔt ɪn ˈmaɪkəl vɪk, hu wɑz ˈdɛstɪnd tɪ bɪˈkəm ə ʤɛt æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ɪn hɪz kərɪr. naʊ hɪrz ðə fən pɑrt: ðə ʤɛts hæv ɔˈrɛdi əˈnɑnəməsli kəmˈpleɪnd əˈbaʊt vɪk nɑt ˈgɪvɪŋ ɪˈnəf fəks tɪ bit aʊt ˈʤinoʊ fər ðə ʤɑb. jʊr nɑt səˈpoʊzd tɪ stɑrt ˈlikɪŋ ʃɪt laɪk ðət ənˈtɪl ju stɑrt ɔf bət ðə ʤɛts, ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz, ˈɑrənt laɪk ˈəðər ˈʃɪˌti timz. ðeɪ weɪst noʊ taɪm ˈɪntu ə kəmˈplit mɛs. ðeɪ ˈdræftɪd ə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk, ðɛn θru ðət tɪ ðə wʊlvz, ðɛn brɔt ɪn ðə wən gaɪ hu ˈdɪdənt fil laɪk ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ɪm, ðɛn kərst ɪm aʊt əˈnɑnəməsli tɪ ðə ˈmidiə. ˈsəmˌhaʊ ðeɪ hæv θroʊn tu kˈwɔrtərˌbæks ˈəndər ðə bəs ənd ðə ˈsizən ˈhæzənt ˈivɪn ˈstɑrtɪd jɛt. ˈoʊnli ðə ʤɛts kən du ðət. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt wəts nu ðət səks: wɛl, wən əv ðə wɛnt ˈmɪsɪŋ ənd stɪl rɪfˈjuzɪz tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn waɪ hi lɛft. wət ˈəðər tim ɔn ðə ˈplænət dɪz ðɪs ˈhæpən tɪ? æt list dɪˈmitriˌəs ˈəndərˌwʊd flɛd hɪz tim bɪˈkəz hi wɑz ˈmɛnəli ɪl. dɪˈmitri ˈpætərsən ʤɪst əp ənd lɛft, laɪk oʊ fək əm ɔn ðə ʤɛts naʊ noʊ weɪ. kip ɪn maɪnd ðət ˈpætərsən wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli fri ˈeɪʤənt ðə ʤɛts brɔt ɪn tɪ hɛlp fɪks ə pæs dɪˈfɛns ðət wɑz ˈoʊvərˌɔl ɪn ˈjɑrdɪʤ əˈlaʊd læst ˈsizən. ənd hi wɛnt ˈfəkɪŋ ˈeɪˌwɔl, ənd ɪz naʊ əˈkjuzɪŋ ðə ʤɛts əv laɪɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪm goʊɪŋ ˈeɪˌwɔl. əˈgɛn, ðə ˈsizən ˈhæzənt ˈivɪn ˈstɑrtɪd jɛt. ðɪs ɪz ðə ʤɛts ðə ˈsizən ɪn ədˈvæns. ðɛr ɪz soʊ məʧ dɪsˈfəŋkʃən ðət ˈpipəl sɔrt əv fərˈgɛt rɪʧ kotite*. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ɪn ˈəðər nuz, ðə tim peɪd ə əv ˈməni tɪ brɪŋ ɪn ˈɛrɪk ˈdɛkər, hu saɪnd wɪθ nu jɔrk spəˈsɪfɪkli soʊ ðət hi ənd hɪz waɪf kʊd bi ɔn ə ˌriˈæləˌti ʃoʊ. ˈdɛkər skɔrd 13 læst ˈsizən. aɪ ˈwəndər ɪf ðoʊz ˈnəmbərz wɪl bi əˈfɛktɪd naʊ ðət ˈpeɪtən ˈmænɪŋ ɪz nɑt hɪz kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ənd wɛs ˈwɛlkər ənd ˈtɑməs ər nɑt pleɪɪŋ əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ɪm. taɪm wɪl tɛl. ðə əˈpɛrəntli ˈʤɛrəˌmi ˈkərli rɪˈtərnz ɛz ðə 2. ɪz ɪt ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ bi ˈkəvərd baɪ ˈfɪfˈtin mɛn ɔn ə ˈsɪŋgəl pleɪ? ˈdɛkər ɪz əˈbaʊt tɪ faɪnd aʊt. ɪn ðə ˈbækˌfild, ðə ʤɛts brɔt ɪn krɪs "kɑp spid" ˈʤɑnsən, bɪˈkəz ˈnəθɪŋ ˈplizɪz ðə ʤɛts mɔr ðən ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪŋ wɑʃt əp ˈvɛtərənz hu ˈɑrənt ɔl ðət ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn pleɪɪŋ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˌɛniˈmɔr. wɪl splɪt ˈkɛriz wɪθ ˈpɑwɛl ənd krɪs ˈaɪvəri ɪn ə roʊˈteɪʃən. ðə ʤɛts hæv ˈprɑməst tɪ "raɪd ðə hɑt hænd" æt ˈrənɪŋ bæk. ðɛr ər noʊ hɑt hænz ɪn ðət ˈtriˌoʊ. ðɛr ər ˈoʊnli ˈklæmi flu hænz. aɪ ˈdræftɪd krɪs ˈʤɑnsən ðɪs wik. aɪ doʊnt ˈivɪn noʊ waɪ. aɪ ˈhəvərd ɔn ɪm, ənd ðɛn pʊʃt ðə ˈbətən, ənd ɪt wɑz laɪk ˈsəmˌwən hæd ˌtɛmpərˈɛrəli pəˈzɛst maɪ hænd wɪn aɪ dɪd ɪt, laɪk oʊ gɑd əm ˈdræftɪŋ krɪs ˈʤɑnsən waɪ æm aɪ duɪŋ ðɪs?! ˈɔlsoʊ, ˈrɛvɪs ˈaɪlənd ɪz ə ˈpeɪtriət naʊ. priˈpɛr fər ˈsɛvənˈtin wiks əv ˈaʊˈtraɪt ˈtɔrʧər. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt wət həz ˈɔlˌweɪz səkt: ər ju əˈwɛr ðət ðə ʤɛts spɛnt ðɪs nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθ ˈfaɪrmən ɛd tɪ kəm bæk, ənd ðət ðeɪ lɔst ðət nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən? ðeɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli sɛnt ˈpipəl tɪ ɪm tɪ plid wɪθ ɪm tɪ kəm bæk ("ɪf wi ʤɪst gɪt ˈfaɪrmən ɛd bæk, wɪl tərn ðɪs hoʊl θɪŋ əraʊnd!"), ənd hi sɛd noʊ. ənd ˈfaɪrmən ɛd bloʊz. hi ɪz ðə ˈfəkɪŋ wərst. ˈoʊnli ðə ʤɛts kʊd ˈvælədeɪt ˈfaɪrmən ɛd ənd bi spərnd baɪ ɪm ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl stroʊk. ðə hoʊl ˈfrænˌʧaɪz ʃʊd bi nuked*. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðeɪ təʧ tərnz tɪ ʃɪt. ˈpætərsən ˈvænɪʃɪz. ˈfeɪvər kəmz tɪ ðə ʤɛts fər wən jɪr ənd hi stɑrts ˈsɛndɪŋ dɪk pics*. ðə ˈoʊnli gʊd θɪŋ tɪ ˈhæpən tɪ ðɪs tim ɪn ðə ɪz ðət mɑrk ˈsænʧɛz lɛft, ənd ˈsəmˌhaʊ ðət gaɪ bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈhɑtəst ˈbæˌkəp ɪn ˈfʊtˌbɔl ðɪs ˌpriˈsizən. mɑrk ˈsænʧɛz! ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə fænz ˈoʊnli gɪt ɪkˈsaɪtɪd wɪn ðeɪ kən bu æt ə dræft. ðeɪ ər ˈnæsɔ ˈkaʊnti ɪn ˈmɪnɪˌʧʊr: dɪˈʤɛnərˌeɪt stək ɔn hɑt, ˈstimi ˈstrɛʧɪz əv ˈæsˌfɔlt, ɪn səm ˌɪŋˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsɪbəl ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt. ðeɪ ər ðə ˈæshoʊl pɑrt əv nu jɔrk (wɪʧ moʊst əv nu jɔrk) ðət ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz priˈtɛndz dɪz nɑt ɪgˈzɪst. ðə ʤɛts ər ðət ˈmoʊmənt ɪn ˈɛvəri ˈstupɪd ˈækʃən ˈmuvi sɛt ɪn nu jɔrk wɛr ə bənʧ əv ˈɛθnɪk fərst rɪˈspɑndərz kəm təˈgɛðər tɪ hɛlp ðə ˈhɪroʊ ənd ʃoʊ ðət wɪr ɔl ɪn ðɪs təˈgɛðər ənd ðət ju doʊnt mɛs wɪθ nu jɔrk. heɪ ðɪs ɪz ɑr taʊn, ˈbədi. ðeɪ ər ə ˈbɪli ʤoʊəl sɔŋ ɪn ˈfʊtˌbɔl tim fɔrm, ənd ˈbɪli ʤoʊəl ɪz ðə wərst θɪŋ ðət əˈmɛrɪkən pɑp ˈkəlʧər həz ˈɛvər prəˈdust. aɪ æm kənˈvɪnst hi ʤɪst baɪz ˈɛvəri ˈtɪkɪt tɪ ˈɛvəri ʃoʊ hi pleɪz æt naʊ. ðeɪ ər ˈfeɪljər ˌɪnˈkɑrˌneɪt. wət maɪt nɑt sək: ðə frənt ˈsɛvən ɪz greɪt, wɪʧ minz ðə ʤɛts wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ pʊl aʊt ɪˈnəf wɪnz tɪ ˌgɛrənˈti ə dræft ʧɔɪs əv ˈmɪnəməm ˌɪmˈpækt. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt hir ɪt frəm ʤɛts fænz! ʤɑn: aɪ wɑz ʤɪst ə 6 jɪr oʊld ˈɪˌdiət hu laɪkt ˈfʊtˌbɔl laɪk ˈɛvəri ˈəðər kɪd. aɪ lʊk əp tɪ maɪ dæd, soʊ aɪ ˈfɪgjər ɪf hi ɪz ə ʤɛts fæn wɛl ðɛn aɪ ʃʊd bi tu. maɪ ˈfɑðər bɪˈgɪnz tɪ si ðət aɪ æm ˈriʧɪŋ ən eɪʤ wɛr aɪ wɪl ˈæˌkʧuəli stɑrt tɪ wɔʧ ðə geɪm ənd lərn əˈbaʊt ɪt. maɪ ˈfɑðər lʊkt mi ɪn maɪ aɪz ənd toʊld mi ðət aɪ ˈdɪdənt nid tɪ bi ə ʤɛts fæn ʤɪst bɪˈkəz hi wɑz. hi toʊld mi ðət ðɛr ər ˈəðər timz ju kʊd laɪk. "laɪk ðə bɪlz", hi sɛd. wi lɪvd ɪn ˈrɑˌʧɛstər, wɪʧ ɪz əˈbaʊt ən aʊər frəm ˈbəfəˌloʊ. ðə bɪlz wər gʊd æt ðət taɪm (aɪ noʊ. wɪrd.), ənd maɪ frɛndz wər bɪlz fænz. ɪt meɪd sɛns. noʊp. hi ˈrætəld θru ə fju ˈəðər timz. ðə ˈstilərz! ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz! ðə! nɑ. "aɪ laɪk ðə ʤɛts!" maɪ ˈstupɪd sɛlf sɛd. wɪˈθɪn wiks aɪ hæd ʤɛts ˈwɔlˌpeɪpər, ə grin rəg, ənd ʤɛts ˈpɛnənts ɪn maɪ rum. ɪt wɑz ˈoʊvər. tɪ ðɪs deɪ hi riˈmaɪndz mi ðət hi ˈɔfərd mi ə ʧæns tɪ gɪt aʊt. tɑm: ju noʊ hu wɑz ɔn ðə bɔrd wɪn wi ˈdræftɪd ˈstivən hɪl? ˈfəkɪŋ ˈʤɛfəri. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt fɪl: ˈivɪn ðoʊ wi ˈnidɪd waɪd rɪˈsivərz ənd, wi saɪnd ə ˈɛvriˌwən ɪn ðə ˈmidiə noʊz ˈɪzənt ə tru 1 ənd ˈdræftɪd ə ˈseɪfti ənd ə taɪt ɛnd ɪn ðə fərst tu raʊnz əv ðə dræft. lɛt mi tɛl ju wət ðoʊz pɪks dɪd ɪn ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp. ɑr hɑrd ˈhɪtɪŋ ˈseɪfti, huz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ən ɛnˈfɔrsər, gɑt ə kənˈkəʃən ɔn ðə fərst ˈpræktɪs wɛr ˈkɑnˌtækt wɑz əˈlaʊd, ɔn ə pənt prəˈtɛkʃən pleɪ. ðə taɪt ɛnd, hu sɛd hi wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə nɛkst ˈtoʊni gɑnˈzɑləz, ˈprɑmptli fərˈgɑt haʊ tɪ kæʧ. rɑb: ɪn ðə waɪ ðə ˈtaɪtənz sək ˈɑrtɪkəl, ju æst "kwɪk! rɪˈmɛmbər ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənd ɪn ə ˈtaɪtənz geɪm læst jɪr!" ənd ˈlɪtərəli ðə ˈoʊnli ˈtaɪtənz pleɪ ðət keɪm tɪ maɪ maɪnd wɑz wɪn ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ traɪd tɪ pʊt ðə bɔl bɪˈhaɪnd hɪz bæk tɪ əˈvɔɪd ə sæk əˈgɛnst ðə ˈtaɪtənz læst jɪr. hi ˈsəbsəkwəntli ˈstəmbəld ˈbækwərdz, hɪt ðə bɔl ɔf hɪz æs, ˈfəmbəld ɪt, ənd ðə ˈtaɪtənz fɛl ɔn ɪt fər ə ˈtəʧˌdaʊn. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ʃɔn: ɪz fɪld wɪθ ˈpɪkʧərz əv hɪz oʊld ˈsɪgnəʧər ˈnaɪki ʃuz wɪθ sæd, ˈwɪstfəl ˈkæpʃənz. mæt: maɪ ˈəŋkəl (hu hæd ðə ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪts ɪn ðə ˈfæməli pre-metlife*) tʊk mi tɪ maɪ fərst geɪm, əˈgɛnst ˈoʊklənd, wɪn aɪ wɑz 7 ɪt wɑz wən əv 15 geɪmz ðeɪd luz ðət ˈsizən. ðə moʊst ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ θɪŋ tɪ ˈhæpən ðət deɪ wɑz ðə ðət broʊk aʊt bɪtˈwin tu ˈstætən ˈaɪlənd (boʊθ ʤɛts fænz) dɪˈrɛkli ɪn frənt əv mi, spɪld bləd frəm wɪʧ rɪˈmeɪnz ɔn maɪ ˌsuvəˈnɪr ˈpɛnənt frəm ðət deɪ. ðət seɪm ˈəŋkəl, hu ɪz ˈəðərˌwaɪz ə ˈvɛri smɑrt ˈpərsən, wəns sɔ ə geɪm waɪl ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ə frɛnd ɪn sæn diˈeɪgoʊ. wɪn hi ənd ə kraʊd əv ˈəðər ʤɛts fænz bɪˈgæn ˈæktɪvli buɪŋ ðə tim (lɛd baɪ ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən æt ðə taɪm), hɪz ˈʧɑrʤərz fæn frɛnd ɪkˈsprɛst ʃɑk ðət ðiz fænz wʊd goʊ ɔl ðə weɪ tɪ sæn diˈeɪgoʊ tɪ bu ðɛr tim. hɪz rɪˈspɑns wɑz ˈsɪmpli "wi kəm tɪ heɪt." ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt rɑb: ˈwʊdi ˈʤɑnsənz neɪm ɪz ˈwʊdi ˈʤɑnsən. ʤeɪmz: fæst ˈfɔrwərd tɪ fɔl əv 2013 wɪn aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈdeɪtɪŋ maɪ ˈgərlˌfrɛnd. ʃiz frəm ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ənd ˈkʊdənt lɛs əˈbaʊt ˈfʊtˌbɔl. ʃi faɪndz aʊt aɪ æm ə fəˈnætɪkəl ʤɛts fæn ənd hirz mi bɪʧ əˈbaʊt mɑrk ˈsænʧɛz wən deɪ ənd sɪz "oʊ aɪ noʊ ðət neɪm, hu ɪz ðət?" wəns aɪ ˌɪnˈfɔrm hər ʃi sɪz ðæts ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪər maɪ frɛnd hæd sɛks wɪθ læst ˈsəmər. ʃi sɛd ðeɪ tʊk ə bənʧ əv ˈmɑli ənd hi kræʃt æt hər pleɪs. hiz ˈsupər nis əˈpɛrəntli." ðə ˈoʊnli fækt maɪ ˈgərlˌfrɛnd nu əˈbaʊt prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl wɑz ən ˈænɪkˌdoʊt frəm mɑrk ˈsænʧɛzɪz sɛks laɪf. rɛks raɪən həz sɛks wɪθ hɪz waɪfs fit. sɛθ: aɪv bɪn ə ʤɛt fæn fər ə lɔŋ taɪm ənd aɪv ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət sɪns ˈwʊdi ˈʤɑnsən həz ˈpərʧəst ðə ʤɛts, ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən nidz səm taɪp əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi æt ðə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk pəˈzɪʃən. ˈsædli ðə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˈkɑntrəˌvərsiz ðət wi ˈnɔrməli hæv ər ˈʃɪˌti ˈvɛtərənz ðət ər ʃɛlz əv ðɛmˈsɛlvz goʊɪŋ əˈgɛnst ənˈpruvən ˈikwəli ˈʃɪˌti ˈrʊkiz/ ˈtɛnjərd pleɪərz ðət hæv ˈɪʃuz. lʊk æt ðə "ˈkɑntrəˌvərsiz" ðət hæv əˈkərd sɪns wiv bɪˈkəm ðə əv ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl. 2002 ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən (nu, ˈʃaɪni ənd nɑt ɔft ˈɪnʤərd) ˈvərsəz ˈvɪni (oʊld) 2003 ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən (ˈʃaɪni ənd nɑt ɔft ˈɪnʤərd) ˈvərsəz ˈvɪni (oʊld) 2004 ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən (ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən) ˈvərsəz kˈwɪnsi ˈkɑrtər (koʊˈkeɪn) 2005 ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən (ɔft ˌɪnˈjʊrd) ˈvərsəz brʊks ˈbɑlɪŋər ˈvərsəz ˈvɪni (hi woʊnt daɪ!!!) 2006 ˈnəθɪŋ ˈrɪli ˈəðər ðən ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən biɪŋ ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən ənd ðə fæn beɪs ˈgɪtɪŋ sɪk əv hɪz ʃɪt 2007 ʧæd ˈpɛnɪŋtən ˈvərsəz ˈkɛlən ˈklɛmənz (ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv) 2008 brɛt ˈfeɪvər (saɪnd, ʃoʊd hɪz dɪk ənd lɛft) 2009 gʊd. 2010 greɪt 2011 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck*. 2012 mɑrk ˈsænʧɛz (ðə ˈdərti wən, stɪl ɪmˈplɔɪd ræn ˈɪntu əˈnəðər groʊn mænz æs.) ˈvərsəz grɛg ˈmækəˌlrɔɪ (ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv) ˈvərsəz mæt sɪmz (ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv) ˈvərsəz tɪm 2013 mɑrk ˈsænʧɛz (hæd ə hɪt pʊt aʊt ɔn ɪm baɪ rɛks raɪən) ˈvərsəz ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ (ˌæpəˈlæʧən ˈmaɪkəl vɪk) 2014 ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ (ˌæpəˈlæʧən ˈmaɪkəl vɪk) ˈvərsəz ˈmaɪkəl vɪk (ðə ərˈɪʤəˌneɪtər) noʊt ðət ðə ˈkoʊʧɪz ənd ðə ˈoʊnər sim tɪ bi mɪft æt ðə fækt ðət vɪk simz ˈoʊˈkeɪ wɪθ biɪŋ ðə bæk əp. aɪ hoʊp ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ ɪz gʊd ɔl θɪŋz kənˈsɪdərd bət fək ðɪs tim. rɑb: ðə ʤɛts ˈsɛləˌbreɪt fərst daʊnz baɪ ˈskrimɪŋ "ɪts ə ʤɛts fərst daʊn" ɛz ɪf ðɪs wər səm hərˈkjuliən əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt. læst jɪr, aɪ wɛnt tɪ maɪ fərst ˈfʊtˌbɔl geɪm: ðə ʤɛts vi. ðə seɪnts. ɪt wɑz ðə ˈsənˌdi ˈæftər ˌhæləˈwin, soʊ ˈpipəl wər drɛst ɪn ˈkɑstumz. wən gaɪ drɛst ɛz ə ˈpændə ənd wʊd du ə ˈlɪtəl dæns wɪn ˈprɑmptɪd baɪ fænz ər mˈjuzɪk. ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɪn ðə fərst kˈwɔrtər, səm drəŋk æs fæn ˈstɑrtɪd ˈʃaʊtɪŋ, "heɪ ˈpændə" ənd kənˈtɪnjud tɪ du soʊ ˈɛvəri 15 ˈsɛkəndz streɪt θru ðə geɪm. ˈfaɪnəli ɪn ðə fɔrθ kˈwɔrtər, səm gaɪ nɛkst tɪ ɪm ʃaʊts "wi gɪt ɪt, hiz ˈwɛrɪŋ ə ˈpændə sut, ʃət əp." ðə "heɪ ˈpændə" gaɪ lʊkt laɪk hi wɑz əˈbaʊt tɪ stɑrt ə faɪt, bət hi wɑz soʊ drəŋk ðət hi ʤɪst fɛl bæk daʊn ɪn hɪz sit. oʊ, ənd baɪ ðə weɪ ðə ʤɛts wən ənd ɪt wɑz əˈpɛrəntli ən ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ geɪm, bət ðɪs gaɪ ənd hɪz frɛndz hu wər ˈɛgɪŋ ɪm ɔn wər mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðə gaɪ ˈwɛrɪŋ ə ˈpændə sut... ɪn ə ˈsteɪdiəm fʊl əv ˈpipəl drɛst ɪn ˈkɑstumz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt mɑrk: fər səm ˈrizən, ðə ˈmidiə nidz tɪ gɪt ʤoʊ ˈfəkɪŋ əˈpɪnjən ɔn ˈɛvəri dɪˈsɪʒən meɪd baɪ ðə tim. ʤɑn: ɪn ə lig wɛr kˈwɔrtərˌbæks ər θroʊɪŋ fər jɑrdz ˈɛvəri jɪr, ɑr ˈmænɪʤmənt ɪz ˈhæpi wɪθ ə ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ðət kənˈsɪsts əv ən ˈɪnʤərd jɪr pleɪər ənd ə pɪŋk fləˈmɪŋgoʊ lɔn ˈɔrnəmənt. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈmaɪkəl: maɪ ˈnɛfju ɪz ə ʤɛts fæn. soʊ ɪt ʃʊd kəm ɛz noʊ səˈpraɪz ðət hi ˈwɔntɪd mi tɪ teɪk ə taɪt ɛnd ɪn ðə fərst raʊnd əv maɪ ˈfænəsi dræft. braɪən: ʤɛts fænz ər ˈbeɪsɪkli mɛts fænz wɪˈθaʊt ðə sɛns əv ˈhjumər tɪ ɪmˈbreɪs ðɛr "ˈlɪtəl ˈbrəðər ˈfrænˌʧaɪz" ˈstætəs. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈreɪˌdɑr: wɪn maɪ nis wɑz faɪv mənθs oʊld ə frɛnd ənd aɪ tʊk hər ɪn hər ˈstroʊlər daʊn tɪ ˈnæʃənəl mɔl nɪr maɪ əˈpɑrtmənt ɪn ˌdiˈsi. aɪ hæd maɪ nis ɪn ə ʤɛts ˈʤərzi ənd lɛt hər krɔl əraʊnd ɔn ðə græs. ən ˈɛldərli mæn, ˈprɑbəˌbli əraʊnd 80 wɔkt ˈoʊvər tɪ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt haʊ kjut ðə ˈbeɪbi wɑz ənd ðɛn æst ˈjuˈɛs wɛr wi wər frəm. wɪn aɪ ˈkɑmɛntəd ðət wi lɪvd ðɛr ɪn ˌdiˈsi hi sɛd "haʊ dɛr ju lɛt ðət əˈdɔrəbəl ˈbeɪbi wɛr ðət ʤɛts ˈʤərzi! doʊnt ju wɔnt mɔr aʊt əv laɪf fər hər ðɛn tɪ bi sæd ənd dɪˈprɛst ənd ˈoʊnli noʊ ˈfeɪljər?" hi dɪd læf bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz ə ˈkrɑmɑrti ˈbeɪbi ˈʤərzi ðoʊ. ˈfrimən: ˈstivən hɪl ˈkʊdənt kæʧ ˌgɑnərˈiə ɪn ə fʊl əv ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd ˌnɪmfoʊˈmeɪniˌæks. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt fræŋk: ðə ʤɛts ər duɪŋ ə nu θɪŋ ðɪs jɪr wɛr ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldərz gɪt "pɔɪnts" fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ ənd əˈtɛndɪŋ geɪmz. aɪ ʃʊd gɪt ə ˈbɪljən ˈfəkɪŋ pɔɪnts fər ˈhævɪŋ sæt ðɛr ənd wɔʧt ðə əˈgɛnst ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ɪn ˈpərsən. ʤæk: aɪv ˈwɪtnəst maɪ oʊn ˈfɑðər bɪˈreɪt tu ˈtiˌneɪʤərz ɪn ˈpeɪtriəts ˈʤərziz ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈmoʊmənt əv ˈsaɪləns æt ˈmɛˌtlaɪf ˈsteɪdiəm. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ʤæk: jɪrz əˈgoʊ æt ðə oʊld ʤaɪənts ˈsteɪdiəm (ˈɛpɪk shit-hole*, gʊd ˈrɪdəns tɪ ɪt), ðeɪ wər ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni ˈɑnərɪŋ ɛks greɪt ˈlaɪnˌbækər moʊ luɪs. aɪ ləv moʊ ənd wɑz ə kɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz greɪt jɪrz. ðɛr wɑz ə ˈblæˌkaʊt ˈdrəŋkən gaɪ ɪn ə moʊ luɪs ˈʤərzi nɛkst tɪ mi hu, ɪn ə spæn əv 30 ˈsɛkəndz, wɛnt frəm seɪɪŋ "ðə moʊ mæn! jæ!" waɪl ˈklæpɪŋ, tɪ ˈskrimɪŋ, "hi ˈdɪdənt du ʃɪt fər ˈjuˈɛs! ˈfəkɪŋ səks! booooo*!!" ˈɛbən: əˈbaʊt tu jɪrz ˈæftər ˈɛvəri ˈəðər tim ˈsimɪŋli dɪsˈmɪst ɪt, ðə ʤɛts ˌɪnˈstɔld ə ˈwaɪldˌkæt fɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ˈdutifəli trɑt ɪt aʊt æt list wəns ə geɪm ɪn ə lɔŋ ˈjɑrdɪʤ ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ɪt ˈnɛvər feɪlz tɪ gɪt noʊ wən ɪkˈsaɪtɪd ɪkˈsɛpt fər ðə əˈnaʊnsərz bɪˈkəz 1 əˈnaʊnsərz ər ˈstupɪd; 2 ɪts nɑt laɪk ðə əˈfɛns həz ˈgɪvɪn ðɛm ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt, ənd 3 ðeɪ gɪt tɪ riˈmaɪnd ˈɛvriˌwən ðət ðə ʤɛts doʊnt kɔl ɪt ðə ˈwaɪldˌkæt, ɛz ɪf səm ˈdɪfərənt neɪm wɪl ful ðə ˈəðər tim. ðə ʤɛts rɪˈfər tɪ ðɪs ɛz ðə fɔrˈmeɪʃən, jeem*! ɪt ˈdəzənt ˈmætər, bɪˈkəz noʊ ˈmætər hu laɪnz əp ˈəndər ˈsɛnər ðə pleɪ ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ə rən əp ðə ˈmɪdəl fər wən ənd ə hæf jɑrdz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt pæt: ðə ˈɛriə ɪz kəmˈplitli ənd wɪn ˈgæðərd təˈgɛðər wi ˈvælədeɪt ˈɛvəri ˈʃɪˌti ˈʤərzi ˈstɛrioʊˌtaɪp. ˈdeɪvɪd: ðeɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv ə ˈsɛʃən wɛr "ˈɑnərd ˈsizənz ˈtɪkɪt ˈhoʊldərz" ʃoʊ ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ɪn ðə ˈsteɪdiəm haʊ tɪ ˈɛksəˌkjut ðə "j-e-t-s*" ʧænt, prɪˈzuməbli bɪˈkəz ˈɛni fænz smɑrt ɪˈnəf tɪ spɛl ənd hu ˈɑrənt lɑkt ˈɪntu ən ˈəndərˌwɔtər ˈmɔrgɪʤ woʊnt ˈbɑðər goʊɪŋ. læst jɪr, ðɛr prəˈpoʊzd səˈluʃən wɑz ˈhaɪrɪŋ nu jɔrks fərst all-white*, tɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst noʊ ˈifɛkt. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈmaɪkəl: maɪ fərst wɑz, wɪθ ɔl ðə ˈmælɪs ðət ə 9 jɪr oʊld kən ˈməstər, eɪmd æt dəg ˈfəkɪŋ braɪɪn. ˈdeɪvɪd: læst jɪr, maɪ bɛst frɛnd (hu kənˈvərtɪd mi ˈɪntu ə ʤɛts fæn, ˈæftər biɪŋ reɪzd ɪn ə haʊs əv ˈfɛrˌwɛðər ʤaɪənts fænz) ənd aɪ wɛnt tɪ ðə geɪm əˈgɛnst ðə ˈreɪdərz. aɪd hərd ˈplɛnti əv ˈstɔriz əˈbaʊt boʊθ biɪŋ ˈæbsəˌlut ˈhɔrəd ˈæshoʊlz ənd ˈmeɪniˌæks, bət fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ˈɛvriˌwən wɑz ˈsɪvəl, ˈhævɪŋ fən. bət wɪn wi wər ɔn ɑr weɪ bæk frəm ðə geɪm, ðɪs wən drəŋk gaɪ ˈpɑsəbli ə hu snək ɪn hɪz ˈdædiz flæsk wɑz ˈwɔkɪŋ əraʊnd ɪn ə brɛt ˈfeɪvər ˈʤərzi ənd ə ʤaɪənt pləʃ, hæt ʃeɪpt laɪk ə ˈʤəmboʊ ʤɛt, ɪn ðə ˈtərmənəl æt pɛn ˈsteɪʃən, ˈhɪtɪŋ ɔn ˈɛvəri ˈwʊmən hu wɔkt baɪ. hi stʊd ɪn wən ˈwʊmənz weɪ, traɪɪŋ tɪ prɪˈvɛnt hər frəm ˈpæsɪŋ ɪm wɪˈθaʊt ˈgɪvɪŋ ɪm ə həg. wɪn ʃi wɔkt əˈkrɔs ðə ˈtərmənəl ˈpæθˌweɪ tɪ əˈvɔɪd ɪm, hi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈʃaʊtɪŋ æt ðə tɔp əv hɪz ləŋz, "fək ju, bɪʧ! hoʊp ju gɪt eɪdz!" ənd prəˈsidəd tɪ wɔk daʊn ðə hɔl wɪθ ðə ˈbɪgəst "check-out-my-swagger*" grɪn juv ˈɛvər sin, laɪk hi ˈhændəld ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən laɪk ə tru proʊ. maɪ bɛst frɛnd tərnz tɪ mi, ʃeɪks hɪz hɛd, ənd teɪks hɪz ˈʤərzi ɔf ɪn ʃeɪm. "aɪ ˈrɪli wɑz ˈhoʊpɪŋ wid goʊ ðə deɪ wɪˈθaʊt siɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ðət." ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈkɔri: ɔl ˈwɪtnəst æt wən ʤɛts geɪm æt ðə ʤaɪənt ˈrɛplɪkə boʊz ˈstɛriˌoʊ ðət ɪz ˈmɛˌtlaɪf ˈsteɪdiəm: 1 drəŋk ˈleɪdi hu wət lʊkt laɪk kəp ˈnudəlz ɔl ˈoʊvər hərˈsɛlf ənd ðə sit ɪn frənt əv hər 10 ˈsɛkəndz ˈæftər aɪ toʊld maɪ ˈbədi tɪ muv frəm ðət ˈvɛri sit 2 əˈnəðər ˈleɪdi soʊ drəŋk ðət ʃi fɛl ˈɪntu ðə roʊ ɪn frənt əv hər wɪn ʃi lind ˈfɔrwərd tɪ tɔk tɪ hər frɛnd. 3 ə gaɪ ˈitɪŋ rɑ hɑt dɔgz aʊt əv ə klɪr ˈgɑrbɪʤ bæg wɪθ ˈpipəl əraʊnd ɪm ˈʧæntɪŋ, "m-e-a-t-meat-meat-meat*!" ðoʊz seɪm ˈpipəl bud ɪm wɪn hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd hi hæd ɪˈnəf hɑt dɔgz fər wən deɪ (ædˈmɪtɪdli ˈfəni) 4 ʤɛts fænz ˈfaɪtɪŋ iʧ ˈəðər. wən wɑz əˈpɛrəntli ðə ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd əv ðə fərst drəŋk gərl bɪˈkəz hi drægd hər aʊt əv ðə stændz wɪn sɪˈkjʊrəti toʊld ɪm hi hæd tɪ goʊ. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt krɪs: læst ˈsizən, aɪ wɑz ˈhɛdɪŋ əp ðə ˈɛskəˌleɪtər əv ˈmɛˌtlaɪf ˈsteɪdiəm (wɪʧ lʊks mɔr ər lɛs laɪk ə ˈbɛdˌpæn) tɪ ɑr sits ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkɪˌkɔf. mi ənd maɪ ˈfɑðər wər ˈmaɪndɪŋ ɑr oʊn ˈbɪznɪs, ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ʤɛts' əˈfɛns, wɪʧ əˈpɛrəntli prəˈvoʊkt ðə faɪn mæn ɪn frənt əv ˈjuˈɛs tɪ tərn əraʊnd ənd seɪ, wɪl ˈnɛvər wɪn wɪθ ˈʤinoʊ smɪθ." æt ðə taɪm, ˈʤinoʊ hæd ˈstɑrtɪd tu kərɪr ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl geɪmz. maɪ ˈfɑðər æst waɪ hi θɔt ðət, tɪ wɪʧ ðə rɪˈspɑns wɑz, kwaɪt ˈsɪmpli, "bɪˈkəz hiz blæk." ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt krɪs: ðə læst taɪm aɪ wɑz æt ə geɪm, wik 1 ɪn 2011 ðə gaɪ ˈsɪtɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd mi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈskrimɪŋ ðə wərdz moʊ luɪs" ˈθərˌdi ˈmɪnəts ˌbiˈfɔr ənd kənˈtɪnjud duɪŋ soʊ ɔl geɪm. hi wɑz ˈmɪdəˌleɪgd, əˈbis, walrus-mustached*. hi wɑz ˌəndərˈniθ ən ənˈzɪpt ˈstɑrtər ˈʤækɪt. hæf hɪz ˈbɑdi ənd feɪs wɑz ˈkrudli ˈkəvərd ɪn grin peɪnt. hi skrimd "moʊ luɪs" ˈɛvəri tˈwɛnti ˈsɛkəndz fər ˈoʊvər θri aʊərz, rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ ækˈnɑlɪʤ ˈɛniˌwən hu kərst æt ɪm, θˈrɛtənd ɪm ər bɛgd ɪm tɪ stɑp ɔn əˈkaʊnt əv ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈʧɪldrən. wɪn ðə geɪm ˈɛndɪd, hi fər ə waɪl ənd lɛft ðə ˈsteɪdiəm əˈloʊn. fər ðə ˈrɛkərd, moʊ luɪs hæd bɪn rɪˈtaɪrd 8 jɪrz æt ðɪs pɔɪnt. luɪs: ˈɛvəri ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən aɪ hæv wɛr aɪ seɪ əm ə ʤɛts fæn, aɪ hæv tɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli seɪ ˈæftərwərdz "doʊnt ˈwəri, əm nɑt wən əv ðoʊz ʤɛts fænz." bət ðæts ˈbʊlˌʃɪt, əm ə ˈpɛˌti, ˈpɛˌti mæn hu gɪts weɪ tu drəŋk æt ˈpɑrtiz ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˈgæðərɪŋz ənd ruɪnz ˈɛvriˌwənz fən. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt tɪm: ʤɛts fænz ər ðə wərst fænz ɪn prəˈfɛʃənəl spɔrts. ðeɪ ər ðə wərst ˈɛləmənts əv lɔŋ ˈaɪlənd ənd nu ˈʤərzi roʊld ˈɪntu ˌpərsəˈnælɪti spɔɪld ˈsɪŋgəl ʧaɪld əv ə ˈæfluənt ˈoʊnər əv ə kɑr ˈdilərˌʃɪp. ɔl ðə ˈfəkɪŋ du ɪz kəmˈpleɪn. ðeɪ fil ðeɪ ər kərst, ðeɪ dɪˈzərv ˈbɛtər, ðeɪ bu non-fucking-stop*, ˈkɑnstəntli wɔnt ðə tim tɪ meɪk ðə wərst ˈfəkɪŋ dɪˈsɪʒənz bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər ˈpænɪkt ənd ðɛn seɪ ʃɪt laɪk seɪm oʊld ʤɛts wɪn ðoʊz dɪˈsɪʒənz pleɪ aʊt ɛz wən maɪt ɪkˈspɛkt ðeɪ wʊd pleɪ aʊt. ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ kət pleɪərz ˈæftər ə bæd ˈpræktɪs. ðeɪ ər rɛd sɑks fænz bət ˌɪnˈstɛd əv biɪŋ ˈreɪsɪst ˈæshoʊlz ðeɪ ər ˈæshoʊl ˈreɪsɪsts. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈænθɔˌni: wi ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪd ɪn 2013 laɪk wi wən ðə ˈfəkɪŋ ˈsupər boʊl. wi θɪŋk mæt sɪmz ɪz ðə ˈænsər. wi θɪŋk grɛg ˈmækəˌlrɔɪ ˈnɛvər gɑt ə fɛr ʃɑt. ˈædəm: ˈoʊvər ðə pæst 25 jɪrz, ðə ʤɛts hæv ˈteɪkən 9 pəˈzɪʃən pleɪərz ɪn ðə raʊnd əv ðə dræft. 4 əv ðoʊz 9 pəˈzɪʃən pleɪərz wər taɪt ɛndz (ˈʤɑni ˈmɪʧəl, kaɪl ˈbreɪdi, ˈænθɔˌni bɛkt ənd ˈdəstɪn ˈkɛlər), hu əˈkaʊntɪd fər ɪgˈzæktli ˈziroʊ proʊ boʊlz. ˈɔlsoʊ noʊt ɪn 2005 ðɛn ˈtɛri ˈbrædˌweɪ ˈtreɪdɪd hɪz raʊnd pɪk ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər ə raʊnd pɪk gɛst ɪt, əˈnəðər ˈfəkɪŋ taɪt ɛnd. bət nɑt ʤɪst ˈɛni taɪt ɛnd ðeɪ rɪˈsivd ðə ənˈpruvən ˈbɛrli ˈsərvəsəbəl dəg ˈʤɑli, hu spɛnt wən ˈsizən ɔn ðə tim, kɔt 29 ˈpæsɪz, ənd wɑz aʊt əv ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈeɪˈtin mənθs ˈleɪtər. oʊ, ənd rɛst əˈʃʊrd, ðə ʤɛts juzd ðɪs ˈsizənz raʊnd pɪk ɔn əˈnəðər taɪt ɛnd, soʊ ðæts kul. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt maɪk: -wi lɛt ɑr bɛst ˈkɔrnərˌbæk goʊ, lɛt ðə bɛst ʤɛt ɪn ˈhɪstəri goʊ tɪ ɑr ɑrʧ ˈraɪvəl, ənd ˌriˈpleɪst ðɛm wɪθ ə ˈʤərniˌmæn hu wɛnt ˌmɪˈstɪrjəsli ˈeɪˌwɔl fər 48 aʊərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˌpriˈsizən geɪm, ˈoʊnli wɪr soʊ fəkt ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ðət wi kænt kət ɪm. -wi ˌəndərˈmaɪnd ə wərld klæs baɪ ˈfildɪŋ ə ˈsɛkənˌdɛri huz bɛst pleɪər ɪz ə ˈsɛkənd hu kleɪmz hiz ðə bɛst ˈkɔrnər ɪn ðə geɪm, bət wɑz twaɪs læst jɪr bɪˈkəz hi gɑt bərnd soʊ ˈɔfən. -wi spɛnt 4 ˈmɪljən ɔn ə ˈrənɪŋ bæk wɪn wi ɔˈrɛdi hæv tu ɔn ðə ˈrɑstər hu ər ˈbɛtər ðən ɪm. -wi ˈbustɪd ɑr ˈfræʤəl ˈkɑnfədɛns baɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈmaɪkəl vɪk tɪ bæk ɪm əp, ənd ɪt tərnz aʊt ˈmaɪkəl vɪk ˈdəzənt ˈrɪli gɪv ə kræp əˈbaʊt pleɪɪŋ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˌɛniˈmɔr. hi simd weɪ mɔr ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd ðət ˈraɪli ˈkupər ˈnɛvər ˈtɛkstɪd ɪm bæk ðən hi dɪd əˈbaʊt nɑt ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ˈstɑrtɪŋ ʤɑb. -wi saɪnd wən əv ˈpeɪtən ˈmænɪŋz waɪd rɪˈsivərz fər ə ˈkreɪzi əˈmaʊnt əv ˈməni ənd wi sim tɪ θɪŋk hɪz ˈnəmbərz wərənt ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd baɪ ˈkæʧɪŋ ˈpæsɪz frəm ˈpeɪtən ˈmænɪŋ -ˈivɪn ɑr bit rɪˈpɔrtərz, əˈspɛʃəli ˈmænɪʃ ˈmɛtə, ər ɔl proʊ douchebags*. -ɑr bɛst ɪz æl tun. saʊθ: ˈtaɪtənz ˈʤægˌwɑrz ˈtɛksənz koʊlts ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt saʊθ: ˈfælkənz ˌbəkəˈnirz ˈpænθərz seɪnts wɛst: ˈʧɑrʤərz ʧifs ˈreɪdərz ˈbrɑŋkoʊz ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt wɛst: ræmz |ˈkɑrdɪnəlz ˈsiˌhɔks nɔrθ: ˈstilərz ˈbɛŋgəlz braʊnz ˈreɪvənz ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt nɔrθ: bɛrz ˈpækərz laɪənz ˈvaɪkɪŋz ist: ʤɛts ˈdɑlfənz bɪlz ˈpeɪtriəts ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ist: skɪnz ʤaɪənts
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some people are fans of the new york jets. but many, many more people are not fans of the new york jets. this 2014 deadspin nfl team preview is for those in the latter group.
your team: new york jets.
your 2013 record: 8-8, with a point differential of -97, just one point better than the 4-12 browns. in other words, when luck is on their side, 8-8 is the best the jets can do. the most heartwarming part of last season was when the team publicly decided to not fire the coach, even though that coach got an extension that isn't guaranteed past this season, which means he's still a lame duck, which means the jets are in the exact same spot they were a year ago.
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your coach: rex ryan, who is terminally incapable of hiring a decent offensive coordinator (marty mornhinweg is the oc for the second straight season, a rare and completely unwelcome example of continuity at that post) or fielding a competent quarterback. it's baffling. how can he be so bad at finding offensive help? he's not like his old man, who intentionally belittled and injured his own offensive players because he was an idiot. rex actually wants the offense to be good, and yet he fucks it up time and time again. i can't tell if it's his fault, or just the stink of the jets crawling inside his brain and slowly eating away at it. rex ryan is a legitimately awesome dude who would be fun to pull for if he coached any other team, but the jets do everything they can to suck the life right out of him. case in point…
your quarterback: geno smith, who became demonstrably worse as last season went on. after week 6, geno threw for six tds and 13 ints. how do you regress when you have no starting point to regress from? only geno smith can pull that off.
to challenge geno, the jets brought in a bunch of tsa security guards. zing. no, they brought in michael vick, who was destined to become a jet at this point in his career. now here's the fun part: the jets have already anonymously complained about vick not giving enough fucks to beat out geno for the job. you're not supposed to start leaking shit like that until you start off 0-7. but the jets, as always, aren't like other shitty teams. they waste no time devolving into a complete mess. they drafted a quarterback, then threw that qb to the wolves, then brought in the one guy who didn't feel like challenging him, then cursed him out anonymously to the media. somehow they have thrown two quarterbacks under the bus and the season hasn't even started yet. only the jets can do that.
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what's new that sucks: well, one of the cornerbacks went missing and still refuses to explain why he left. what other team on the planet does this happen to? at least dimitrius underwood fled his team because he was mentally ill. dimitri patterson just up and left, like oh fuck i'm on the jets now no way. keep in mind that patterson was the only free agent the jets brought in to help fix a pass defense that was 22nd overall in yardage allowed last season. and he went fucking awol, and is now accusing the jets of lying about him going awol. again, the season hasn't even started yet. this is the jets pre-fucking the season in advance. there is so much dysfunction that people sort of forget rich kotite.
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in other news, the team paid a shitload of money to bring in eric decker, who signed with new york specifically so that he and his wife could be on a reality show. decker scored 13 tds last season. i wonder if those numbers will be affected now that peyton manning is not his quarterback and wes welker and demaryius thomas are not playing alongside him. time will tell. the apparently unfireable jeremy kerley returns as the #2 wideout. is it possible to be covered by fifteen men on a single play? decker is about to find out.
in the backfield, the jets brought in chris "cop speed" johnson, because nothing pleases the jets more than importing washed up veterans who aren't all that interested in playing football anymore. cj2barfk will split carries with bilal powell and chris ivory in a shit-committee rotation. the jets have promised to "ride the hot hand" at running back. there are no hot hands in that trio. there are only clammy flu hands. i drafted chris johnson this week. i don't even know why. i hovered on him, and then pushed the button, and it was like someone had temporarily possessed my hand when i did it, like oh god i'm drafting chris johnson why am i doing this?!
also, revis island is a patriot now. prepare for seventeen weeks of outright torture.
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what has always sucked: are you aware that the jets spent this offseason negotiating with fireman ed to come back, and that they lost that negotiation? they actually sent people to him to plead with him to come back ("if we just get fireman ed back, we'll turn this whole thing around!"), and he said no. and fireman ed blows. he is the fucking worst. only the jets could validate fireman ed and be spurned by him in a single stroke.
the whole franchise should be nuked. everything they touch turns to shit. patterson vanishes. favre comes to the jets for one year and he starts sending dick pics. the only good thing to happen to this team in the offseason is that mark sanchez left, and somehow that guy became the hottest backup qb in football this preseason. mark sanchez!
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the fans only get excited when they can boo at a draft. they are nassau county in miniature: degenerate yokels stuck on hot, steamy stretches of asphalt, jabbering in some incomprehensible dialect. they are the asshole part of new york (which encapsulates most of new york) that the new york times pretends does not exist. the jets are that moment in every stupid action movie set in new york where a bunch of performatively ethnic first responders come together to help the hero and show that we're all in this together and that you don't mess with new york. hey this is our town, buddy. they are a billy joel song in football team form, and billy joel is the worst thing that american pop culture has ever produced. i am convinced he just buys every ticket to every show he plays at msg now.
they are failure incarnate.
what might not suck: the front seven is great, which means the jets will be able to pull out enough 6-3 wins to guarantee a draft choice of minimum impact.
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hear it from jets fans!
john:
i was just a 6 year old idiot who liked football like every other kid. i look up to my dad, so i figure if he is a jets fan well then i should be too. my father begins to see that i am reaching an age where i will actually start to watch the game and learn about it. my father looked me in my eyes and told me that i didn't need to be a jets fan just because he was. he told me that there are other teams you could like. "like the bills", he said. we lived in rochester, ny which is about an hour from buffalo. the bills were good at that time (i know. weird.), and my friends were bills fans. it made sense. nope. he rattled through a few other teams. the steelers! the cowboys! the 49ers! nah. "i like the jets!" my stupid self said. within weeks i had jets wallpaper, a green rug, and jets pennants in my room. it was over. to this day he reminds me that he offered me a chance to get out.
tom:
you know who was on the board when we drafted stephen hill? alshon fucking jeffery.
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phil:
even though we needed wide receivers and cornerbacks, we signed a wr everyone in the media knows isn't a true #1, and drafted a safety and a tight end in the first two rounds of the draft. let me tell you what those picks did in training camp. our hard hitting safety, who's supposed to be an enforcer, got a concussion on the first practice where contact was allowed, on a punt protection play. the tight end, who said he was going to become the next tony gonzalez, promptly forgot how to catch.
rob:
in the why the titans suck article, you asked "quick! remember something that happened in a titans game last year!" and literally the only titans play that came to my mind was when geno smith tried to put the ball behind his back to avoid a sack against the titans last year. he subsequently stumbled backwards, hit the ball off his ass, fumbled it, and the titans fell on it for a touchdown.
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sean:
vick's instagram is filled with pictures of his old signature nike shoes with sad, wistful captions.
matt:
my uncle (who had the season tickets in the family pre-metlife) took me to my first game, against oakland, when i was 7. it was one of 15 games they'd lose that season. the most exciting thing to happen that day was the fistfight that broke out between two staten island meatheads (both jets fans) directly in front of me, spilled blood from which remains on my souvenir pennant from that day. that same uncle, who is otherwise a very smart person, once saw a jets/chargers game while visiting a friend in san diego. when he and a crowd of other jets fans began actively booing the team (led by chad pennington at the time), his chargers fan friend expressed shock that these fans would go all the way to san diego to boo their team. his response was simply "we come to hate."
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rob:
woody johnson's name is woody johnson.
james:
fast forward to fall of 2013 when i started dating my girlfriend. she's from california and couldn't know/care less about football. she finds out i am a fanatical jets fan and hears me bitch about mark sanchez one day and says "oh i know that name, who is that?" once i inform her she says "ohhhh that's the football player my friend had sex with last summer. she said they took a bunch of molly and he crashed at her place. he's super nice apparently." the only fact my girlfriend knew about professional football was an anecdote from mark sanchez's sex life. rex ryan has sex with his wife's feet.
seth:
i've been a jet fan for a long time and i've realized that since woody johnson has purchased the jets, the organization needs some type of controversy at the quarterback position. sadly the quarterback controversies that we normally have are shitty veterans that are shells of themselves going against unproven equally shitty rookies/ tenured players that have issues. look at the "controversies" that have occurred since we've become the vh1 of the nfl. 2002: chad pennington (new, shiny and not oft injured) vs vinny testeverde (old) 2003: chad pennington (shiny and not oft injured) vs vinny testeverde (old) 2004: chad pennington (chad pennington) vs quincy carter (cocaine) 2005: chad pennington (oft inured) vs brooks bollinger vs vinny testeverde (he won't die!!!) 2006: nothing really other than chad pennington being chad pennington and the fan base getting sick of his shit 2007: chad pennington vs kellen clemens (ineffective) 2008: brett favre (signed, promply showed his dick and left) 2009: good. 2010: great 2011: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. 2012: mark sanchez (the dirty one, still employed ran into another grown man's ass.) vs greg mcelroy (ineffective) vs matt simms (ineffective) vs tim tebow 2013: mark sanchez (had a hit put out on him by rex ryan) vs geno smith (appalachian michael vick) 2014: geno smith (appalachian michael vick) vs michael vick (the originator) note that the coaches and the owner seem to be miffed at the fact that vick seems ok with being the back up. i hope geno smith is good all things considered but fuck this team.
rob:
the jets celebrate first downs by screaming "it's a jets first down" as if this were some herculean accomplishment. last year, i went to my first football game: the jets v. the saints. it was the sunday after halloween, so people were dressed in costumes. one guy dressed as a panda and would do a little dance when prompted by fans or music. starting in the first quarter, some drunk ass fan started shouting, "hey panda" and continued to do so every 15 seconds straight through the game. finally in the fourth quarter, some guy next to him shouts "we get it, he's wearing a panda suit, shut up." the "hey panda" guy looked like he was about to start a fight, but he was so drunk that he just fell back down in his seat. oh, and by the way the jets won and it was apparently an exciting game, but this guy and his friends who were egging him on were more interested in the guy wearing a panda suit... in a stadium full of people dressed in costumes.
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mark:
for some reason, the media needs to get joe fucking namath's opinion on every decision made by the team.
john:
in a league where quarterbacks are throwing for 5,000 yards every year, our management is happy with a secondary that consists of an injured 2nd year player and a pink flamingo lawn ornament.
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michael:
my nephew is a jets fan. so it should come as no surprise that he wanted me to take a tight end in the first round of my fantasy draft.
brian:
jets fans are basically mets fans without the self-aware sense of humor to embrace their "little brother franchise" status.
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radar:
when my niece was five months old a friend and i took her in her stroller down to national mall near my apartment in dc. i had my niece in a jets jersey and let her crawl around on the grass. an elderly man, probably around 80 walked over to us to comment how cute the baby was and then asked us where we were from. when i commented that we lived there in dc he said "how dare you let that adorable baby where that jets jersey! don't you want more out of life for her then to be sad and depressed and only know failure?" he did laugh because it was a cromartie baby jersey though.
freeman:
stephen hill couldn't catch gonorrhea in a sanitarium full of infected nymphomaniacs.
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frank:
the jets are doing a new thing this year where season ticket holders get "points" for watching and attending games. i should get a billion fucking points for having sat there and watched the buttfumble against the patriots in person.
jack:
i've witnessed my own father berate two teenagers in patriots jerseys during a pre-game moment of silence at metlife stadium.
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jack:
years ago at the old giants stadium (epic shit-hole, good riddance to it), they were having a pregame ceremony honoring ex great linebacker mo lewis. i love mo and was a kid during his great years. there was a blackout drunken guy in a mo lewis jersey next to me who, in a span of 30 seconds, went from saying "the mo man! yeah!" while clapping, to screaming, "he didn't do shit for us! fucking sucks! booooo!!"
eben:
about two years after every other team seemingly dismissed it, the jets installed a wildcat formation and dutifully trot it out at least once a game in a long yardage situation. it never fails to get no one excited except for the announcers because 1) announcers are stupid; 2) it's not like the offense has given them anything else to talk about, and 3) they get to remind everyone that the jets don't call it the wildcat, as if some different name will fool the other team. the jets refer to this as the ilikecheese formation, jeem! it doesn't matter, because no matter who lines up under center the play is always a run up the middle for one and a half yards.
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pat:
the area is completely charmless and when gathered together we validate every shitty jersey stereotype.
david:
they actually have a pre-game session where "honored seasons ticket holders" show everybody in the stadium how to execute the "j-e-t-s" chant, presumably because any fans smart enough to spell and who aren't locked into an underwater psl mortgage won't bother going. last year, their proposed solution was hiring new york's first all-white, all-bro drumline to almost no effect.
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michael:
my first f-word was, with all the malice that a 9 year old can muster, aimed at doug fucking brien.
david:
last year, my best friend (who converted me into a jets fan, after being raised in a house of fairweather giants fans) and i went to the game against the raiders. i'd heard plenty of stories about both fandoms being absolute horrid assholes and maniacs, but for the most part, everyone was civil, having fun. but when we were on our way back from the game, this one drunk guy — possibly a high-schooler who snuck in his daddy's flask — was walking around in a brett favre jersey and a giant plush, green-and-white hat shaped like a jumbo jet, in the terminal at penn station, hitting on every woman who walked by. he stood in one woman's way, trying to prevent her from passing him without giving him a hug. when she walked across the terminal pathway to avoid him, he started shouting at the top of his lungs, "fuck you, bitch! hope you get aids!" and proceeded to walk down the hall with the biggest "check-out-my-swagger" grin you've ever seen, like he handled the situation like a true pro. my best friend turns to me, shakes his head, and takes his jersey off in shame. "i really was hoping we'd go the day without seeing something like that."
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corey:
all witnessed at one jets game at the giant replica bose stereo that is metlife stadium: 1) drunk lady who puked what looked like cup noodles all over herself and the seat in front of her 10 seconds after i told my buddy to move from that very seat 2) another lady so drunk that she fell into the row in front of her when she leaned forward to talk to her friend. 3) a guy eating raw hot dogs out of a clear garbage bag with people around him chanting, "m-e-a-t-meat-meat-meat!" those same people booed him when he decided he had enough uncooked hot dogs for one day (admittedly funny) 4) jets fans fighting each other. one was apparently the boyfriend of the first drunk girl because he dragged her out of the stands when security told him he had to go.
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chris:
last season, i was heading up the escalator of metlife stadium (which looks more or less like a bedpan) to our seats before kickoff. me and my father were minding our own business, talking about the jets' offense, which apparently provoked the fine man in front of us to turn around and say, "thejets will never win with geno smith." at the time, geno had started two career nfl games. my father asked why he thought that, to which the response was, quite simply, "because he's black."
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chris:
the last time i was at a game, week 1 in 2011, the guy sitting behind me started screaming the words " mo lewis" thirty minutes before kick-off and continued doing so all game. he was middle-aged, obese, walrus-mustached. he was shirtless underneath an unzipped starter jacket. half his body and face was crudely covered in green paint. he screamed "mo lewis" every twenty seconds for over three hours, refusing to acknowledge anyone who cursed at him, threatened him or begged him to stop on account of nearby children. when the game ended, he wheezed for a while and left the stadium alone. for the record, mo lewis had been retired 8 years at this point.
louis:
every conversation i have where i say i'm a jets fan, i have to immediately say afterwards "don't worry, i'm not one of those jets fans." but that's bullshit, i'm a petty, petty man who gets way too drunk at parties and social gatherings and ruins everyone's fun.
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tim:
ny jets fans are the worst fans in professional sports. they are the worst elements of long island and new jersey rolled into personality spoiled single child of a affluent owner of a car dealership. all the fucking do is complain. they feel they are cursed, they deserve better, they boo non-fucking-stop, constantly want the team to make the worst fucking decisions because they are panicked and then say shit like same old jets when those decisions play out as one might expect they would play out. they want to cut players after a bad practice. they are pre-2004 red sox fans but instead of being racist assholes they are asshole racists.
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anthony:
we celebrated 8-8 in 2013 like we won the fucking super bowl. we think matt simms is the answer. we think greg mcelroy never got a fair shot.
adam:
over the past 25 years, the jets have taken 9 position players in the 1st round of the draft. 4 of those 9 position players were tight ends (johnny mitchell, kyle brady, anthony becht and dustin keller), who accounted for exactly zero pro bowls. also note - in 2005 then gm terry bradway traded his 1st round pick in exchange for a 2nd round pick and...you guessed it, another fucking tight end. but not just any tight end - they received the unproven barely serviceable doug jolley, who spent one season on the team, caught 29 passes, and was out of football eighteen months later. oh, and rest assured, the jets used this season's 2nd round pick on another tight end, so that's cool.
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mike:
-we let our best cornerback go, let the best jet in history go to our arch rival, and replaced them with a journeyman who went mysteriously awol for 48 hours, including a preseason game, only we're so fucked in the secondary that we can't cut him. -we undermined a world class d-line by fielding a secondary whose best player is a second yr cb who claims he's the best corner in the game, but was benched twice last year because he got burned so often. -we spent $4 million on a probably-washed-up running back when we already have two on the roster who are better than him. -we boosted our 2nd yr qb's fragile confidence by signing michael vick to back him up, and it turns out michael vick doesn't really give a crap about playing football anymore. he seemed way more disappointed that riley cooper never texted him back than he did about not getting the starting qb job. -we signed one of peyton manning's wide receivers for a crazy amount of money and we seem to think his numbers weren't inflated by catching passes from peyton manning -even our beat reporters, especially manish mehta, are all pro douchebags. -our 2nd best wideout is al toon.
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əˈbaʊt ɑr ˈmɪʃən ðə goʊl ɪz tɪ reɪz ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈstætəs əv pəˈdɛstriənz θru ən ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ˈmoʊbəl ˈsərvɪs. hɛlp ˈjuˈɛs ˌɪnˈspaɪr ˈsɪtɪzənz tɪ dɪˈskəvər ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl əv ðɛr kəmˈjunɪti. əˈlaɪn ˈkɑmən goʊlz əv ˈsɪti ˈplænərz wɪθ ðoʊz əv ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈrɛzɪdənts ənd pʊt aɪˈdiəz ˈɪntu ˈækʃən. ɪn ðə wərdz əv tɪm oʊˈraɪli, "ˈgəvərnmənt, æt ɪts kɔr, ɪz əˈbaʊt duɪŋ təˈgɛðər wət wi du əˈloʊn". ˈsɪtɪzənz ər ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz, dɪˈzaɪnərz ənd pɑrˈtɪsəpənts ɪn kənˈstrəktɪŋ ðə ˈvɪʒən əv ðɛr ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz ənd strits. jʊr ˈbækɪŋ nɑt ˈoʊnli hɛlps ˈjuˈɛs ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli, bət ɪt ˈɪləˌstreɪts ðə ˈrɛdinəs əv ˈsɪtɪzənz tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɛz ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz ɪn ˈərbən ˈplænɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkts. iʧ ˈdɔlər wi reɪz ɪz ə voʊt fər ˌpɑrˈtɪsəpəˌtɔri dɪˈzaɪn bɪtˈwin ˈsɪti ˈplænərz ənd ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪtɪzənz. haʊ ðə tul wərks stɛp 1 aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ə strit ju θɪŋk ʃʊd bi dɪˈzaɪnd ɪn ə mɔr pəˈdɛstriən ˈfrɛndli weɪ. stɛp 2 ˈrɛkərd jʊr ˈstɔri əˈbaʊt waɪ ju θɪŋk ðə strit ʃʊd bi dɪˈzaɪnd ɪn ə mɔr pəˈdɛstriən ˈfrɛndli weɪ. stɛp 3 sɛt ðə loʊˈkeɪʃən əv jʊr strit. stɛp 4 ˌridɪˈzaɪn ə mɔr dɪˈzaɪn əv ˈɛni strit, ˈɛniˌwɛr ɪn ðə wərld. wət ˈhæpənz ˈæftər ju kəmˈplit jʊr dɪˈzaɪn? wɪr ˈkərəntli ɪn dɪˈskəʃənz wɪθ ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈɔstən tɪ rən ə ˈpaɪlət ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp wɪn ɪts ˈrɛdi tɪ tɛst wɪθ ə lɑrʤ ˈɔdiəns. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, wɪr ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ˈsɪti ˈplænərz ənd ˈərbən dɪˈzaɪnərz tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðɛr nidz wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈrilˌtaɪm ˈdætə. ɛˈsɛnʃəli, ˈsɪti ˈplænərz kən ˈɛkspɔrt ˈdætə frəm ðə tul ðət tɛlz ðɛm: wət strits ər moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪtɪzənz haʊ ˈsɪtɪzənz ˌɪˈmæʤən ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈjuzɪŋ ˈloʊkəl strits ɛz pəˈdɛstriənz ˈɪnˌsaɪt ˈɪntu ˈkɑrənt dɪˈzaɪn "workarounds*" haʊ tɪ əˈlaɪn fˈjuʧər ˈərbən ˈplænɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkts wɪθ ðə praɪˈɔrətiz əv ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪtɪzənz wəts moʊst əˈbaʊt ðɪs tul ɪz ðə əˈbɪləˌti fər ˈɛvriˌwən tɪ iʧ ˈəðərz pərˈspɛktɪv ɪn ˈrilˌtaɪm. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ə dɪˈzaɪn ɪn wərdz ɪts ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ kriˈeɪt ə skɛʧ; wɪʧ ɪz ə ˈhaɪli ˈifɛktɪv tul fər kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən. ðə ˈɪnˌsaɪts kəˈlɛktəd baɪ ðɪs tul seɪv taɪm ənd ˈməni bɪˈkəz ɪts ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ˈɛkˌstrækt ˈrilˌtaɪm ˈdætə ðət wʊd trəˈdɪʃənəli teɪk mənθs əv ˈplænɪŋ ənd koʊˌɔrdəˈneɪʃən. ənd ðə kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən əv dɪˈzaɪn aɪˈdiəz ˈɑrənt ˌwənˈsaɪdəd. ˈsɪti ˈplænərz ənd ˈərbən dɪˈzaɪnərz kən ˈɔlsoʊ juz ðə tul tɪ ˈɪləˌstreɪt ðɛr dɪˈzaɪn aɪˈdiəz ənd kəˈlɛkt ˈfidˌbæk frəm ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪtɪzənz. ˈðɛrˈbaɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzɪŋ ənd rɪˈwɔrdɪŋ pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən fɔrm ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪtɪzənz ənd ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən. wəts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈbɪldɪŋ ðɪs tul? wi nid tɪ reɪz tɪ fənd ðə bɪld əv ə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ənd traɪəl ɪt ɛz ə ˈpaɪlət ɪn ˈɔstən. ðə mɔr fəndz wi reɪz ðə mɔr ˈfiʧərz ənd ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ æd. jʊr doʊˈneɪʃən səˈpɔrts ɑr wərk ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈsɔfˌwɛr ðət meɪks ˈsɪtiz mɔr. jʊr ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən wɪl hɛlp ˈjuˈɛs wɪθ stɛps wən θru θri əv ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈprɔˌsɛs. dɪˈvɛləpmənt stɛps ˌɪnˈvɑlvd: 1 dɪˈvɛləp ə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp 2 traɪəl ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ɛz ə ˈpaɪlət ɪn ˈɔstən 3 rɪˈfaɪn ðə tul beɪst ɔn ðə ˈfaɪndɪŋz frəm ðə ˈpaɪlət 4 lɔnʧ ðə tul ˈgloʊbəli wɪθ jʊr səˈpɔrt, ki tɪ ðə strit wɪl riˈlis ə ˈtruli ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈmoʊbəl ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp. ˌɪˈnɪʃəli, ðɛr wɪl bi ə ˈpaɪlət ɪn ˈɔstən ənd wəns ˈkɑnfədənt ðət ðə tul wərks ɔn ˈɛni taɪp əv smɑrt foʊn; ɪt wɪl bi meɪd əˈveɪləbəl ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli. ˈskeɪlɪŋ ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp tɪ ə ˈprɑdəkt ðæts ˈrɛdi tɪ 'ʃɪp' ˈgloʊbəli ˈɪzənt ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈprɑʤɛkt. wiv əˈplaɪd fər ðə koʊd fər əˈmɛrɪkə ækˈsɛlərˌeɪtər ənd wɪr ˈkərəntli ˈsikɪŋ ə bɔrd əv dɪˈrɛktərz tɪ hɛlp wɪθ ˈstɑrˌtəp kɔsts. waɪ du wi nid strits? həz ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ənd kəmˈjunɪti hɛlθ ˈbɛnəfɪts, səʧ ɛz: ˌɑpərˈtunətiz fər ˌɪnˈkrist ˈsoʊʃəl ˌɪnərˈækʃən ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈnəmbər əv frɛndz ənd əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪts wɛr ˈpipəl lɪv, rɪˈdust kraɪm (wɪθ mɔr ˈpipəl ˈwɔkɪŋ ənd ˈwɑʧɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz, ˈoʊpən speɪs ənd meɪn strits) ˌɪnˈkrist sɛns əv praɪd ˌɪnˈkrist ˌvɔlənˈtɪˌrɪzəm ˈdiˌkris ˈkɑrbən ɪˈmɪʃənz nu ˈərbənɪzm ɪz ə dɪˈzaɪn ˈkɑnsɛpt wi kən ɔl gɪt bɪˈhaɪnd ənd ˈænsər tɪ ˈtræfɪk ˈbɪldɪŋ mɔr roʊdz ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ. wət ɪz ðə tru kɔst əv strits? kwaɪt ˈsɪmpli, læk əv ˈwɔkɪŋ ɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs fæt ənd ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd. wi ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ðə ˈifɛkts ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz meɪ hæv ɔn ɑr ˈʧɪldrən, bət wi æsk ɑrˈsɛlvz ðə ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv ˈrɛrli ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ˈwɔkɪŋ. ˌɪˈmæʤən ə ˈθərˈtin jɪr oʊld huz ˈgrændˌpɛrənts lɪv ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈgeɪtɪd kəmˈjunɪti daʊn ðə roʊd. ðə ʧaɪld məst bi ˈdrɪvən aʊt əv ðə prəˈtɛktɪd ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈɔntu ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈtræfɪk kəˈlɛktər ðɛn ˈɪntu ðə sɪˈkjʊrd kəmˈjunɪti əv ðə ˈgrændˌpɛrənts. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkərtəsi əv ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl grəˈfiti ðɪs ˌpriˈtin ˈkænɑt wɔk tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ˈgrændˌpɛrənts (ər frɛndz) ˈivɪn ɪn ə seɪf ˈneɪbərˌhʊd lɛs ðən ə kˈwɔrtər maɪl əˈweɪ. wət kaɪnd əv ˈifɛkt wɪl ðət ˈərbən ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən hæv ɔn ə jəŋ ˈpərsən? kən ju ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈnɛvər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ˈwɔkɪŋ tɪ skul ɛz ə kɪd? ɪts sæd, ˈʤɑni kænt wɔk tɪ skul. ˈbækˌgraʊnd ɪn ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ, ki tɪ ðə strit wɑz ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ˈsərvɪŋ ˈpipəl ˈloʊkəl ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ɔn ðɛr smɑrt foʊnz əv ʃɑps ənd ˈrɛˌstrɑnts hu sɔrs ðɛr ˌɪnvənˈtɔri frəm ˈloʊkəl groʊərz ənd ˈmeɪkərz. ʤɛs, ðə ˈfaʊndər hæd bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈmɛlbərn, ɔˈstreɪljə; wɪʧ əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈjunɪts (eiu*) moʊst ˈrisənt ˈgloʊbəl rɪˈpɔrt wɑz ðə moʊst ˈsɪti ɪn ðə wərld ɪn 2012 bət əˈpɑn ərˈaɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈɔstən, ɪt wɑz klɪr ðət fərst ðɛr ˈnidɪd tɪ bi ə tul tɪ meɪk strits mɔr. bɪˈkəz wəts ðə pɔɪnt əv rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈloʊkəl ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ɔn jʊr ˈmoʊbəl foʊn ju ˈɑrənt ˈeɪbəl tɪ wɔk tɪ? ðə ɪn banff”*” ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈmidiə pɪʧ ˈsɛʃən æt ɪn mɑrʧ 2013 ʤɛs pɪʧt ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ə kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪv ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈzaɪn tul əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈɛniˌwən, ˈɛniˌwɛr ɪn ðə wərld tɪ ˌridɪˈzaɪn strits tɪ kriˈeɪt mɔr kəmˈjunɪtiz. ənd ʃi wən! ðə bænf ˈsɛntər ɪz ə ˈgloʊbəli rɪˈspɛktɪd ɑrts, ˈkəlʧərəl, ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən ənd ˈkɑnfərəns fəˈsɪlɪti ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn bænf, ælˈbərtə, ˈkænədə. ʤɛs ɪz naʊ ˈbɪldɪŋ ə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp wɪθ ðə bænf ˈsɛntər. ˈkɛˌni ɪz ðə lɛd ˈproʊˌgræmər, fɪlm ˈmidiə ðə bænf ˈsɛntər ənd wɪl lɛd ðə wɛb dɪˈvɛləpmənt wərk fər ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp. ðə fɪlm ˈmidiə ˈrisərʧ ənd kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən læb pərˈfɔrmz ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ənd əˈsɪst ˈɑrtɪsts wɪθ ˈprɑʤɛkts ðət ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt ˈvɪdioʊ, saʊnd, ˈɪmɪʤɪz, dɪˈspleɪz, ˌroʊˈbɑtɪks, ˈkæmərəz, ˈsɛnsər əreɪz ənd ˈəðər ˈmidiə ˈɛləmənts ˈɪntu ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl ɑrt ˈpisɪz ðət fɪt wɪˈθɪn ə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈpræktɪs ər ˈfreɪmˌwərk. ˈɪnərˌfeɪsɪz, ˈsɔfˌwɛr dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk dɪˈzaɪn, ənd ˈsɪstəm dɪˈzaɪn ər ɔl ə pɑrt əv ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪn ðə læb. wət ðə bænf kriˈeɪʃən ˈrɛzɪdənsi ˌɪnˈkludz: rɪˈtərn flaɪts 2 wik əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃən prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrisɔrsɪz ˌɪnˈklud ə waɪd vərˈaɪəti əv pərˈdəkʃən ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈpəblɪk ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən əv ðə wərk kriˈeɪtɪd wət ˈɪzənt ˌɪnˈkludɪd: ˈrisərʧ, dɪˈvɛləpmənt ənd ˈplænɪŋ kɔsts ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd ˈrisɔrsɪz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ðə 2 wik ˈrɛzɪdənsi wi nid tɪ brɪŋ ɔn əˈdɪʃənəl ˈrisɔrsɪz ɪf wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ əˈtɛmpt tɪ bɪld ðə tul ɛz wiv ɛnˈvɪʒənd ɪt. wɛb dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɪz ˈoʊnli wən pɑrt əv ðə wərk ˌɪnˈvɑlvd tɪ meɪk ðɪs tul ə ˌriˈæləˌti.
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about
our mission
the goal is to raise the social status of pedestrians through an interactive mobile service.
help us inspire citizens to discover the walkable potential of their community. align common goals of city planners with those of the local residents and put ideas into action.
in the words of tim o'reilly, "government, at its core, is about doing together what we can’t do alone". citizens are stakeholders, designers and participants in constructing the vision of their neighbourhoods and streets.
your backing not only helps us financially, but it illustrates the readiness of citizens to participate as stakeholders in urban planning projects. each dollar we raise is a vote for participatory design between city planners and local citizens.
how the tool works
step 1
identify a street you think should be designed in a more pedestrian friendly way.
step 2
record your story about why you think the street should be designed in a more pedestrian friendly way.
step 3
set the location of your street.
step 4
redesign a more walkable design of any street, anywhere in the world.
what happens after you complete your design?
we're currently in discussions with the city of austin to run a pilot using the prototype when it's ready to test with a large audience. additionally, we're meeting with city planners and urban designers to understand their needs when it comes to real-time data.
essentially, city planners can export data from the tool that tells them:
what streets are most important to local citizens
how citizens imagine themselves using local streets as pedestrians
insight into current design "workarounds"
how to align future urban planning projects with the priorities of local citizens
what's most impactful about this tool is the ability for everyone to visualise each others perspective in real-time. instead of describing a design in words it's possible to create a sketch; which is a highly effective tool for communicating an intention. the insights collected by this tool save time and money because it's possible to extract real-time data that would traditionally take months of planning and coordination.
and the communication of design ideas aren't one-sided. city planners and urban designers can also use the tool to illustrate their design ideas and collect feedback from local citizens. thereby recognising and rewarding participation form local citizens and encouraging collaboration.
what's involved in building this tool?
we need to raise $25,000 to fund the build of a working prototype and trial it as a pilot in austin.
the more funds we raise the more features and capabilities we'll be able to add. your donation supports our work building software that makes cities more walkable.
your contribution will help us with steps one through three of the development process.
development steps involved:
1) develop a working prototype
2) trial the prototype as a pilot in austin
3) refine the tool based on the findings from the pilot
4) launch the tool globally
with your support, key to the street will release a truly revolutionary mobile prototype. initially, there will be a pilot in austin and once we’re confident that the tool works on any type of smart phone; it will be made available internationally.
scaling the prototype to a product that's ready to 'ship' globally isn't included in this particular kickstarter project. we've applied for the code for america accelerator and we're currently seeking a board of directors to help with startup costs.
why do we need walkable streets?
walkability has individual and community health benefits, such as:
opportunities for increased social interaction
increase in the average number of friends and associates where people live,
reduced crime (with more people walking and watching over neighborhoods, open space and main streets)
increased sense of pride
increased volunteerism
decrease carbon emissions
new urbanism is a design concept we can all get behind and support.the answer to traffic isn’t building more roads improving walkability.
what is the true cost of unwalkable streets?
quite simply, lack of walking is making us fat and isolated. we worry about the effects video games may have on our children, but we ask ourselves the consequences of rarely experiencing walking.
imagine a thirteen year old whose grandparents live in the next gated community down the road. the child must be driven out of the protected neighborhood onto a major traffic collector then into the secured community of the grandparents.
image courtesy of environmental graffiti
this preteen cannot walk to visit grandparents (or friends) even in a safe neighbourhood less than a quarter mile away. what kind of effect will that urban isolation have on a young person? can you imagine never experiencing walking to school as a kid? it's sad, johnny can't walk to school.
background
in the beginning, key to the street was focused on serving people local recommendations on their smart phones of shops and restaurants who source their inventory from local growers and makers.
jess, the founder had been living in melbourne, australia; which according to the economist intelligence unit's (eiu) most recent global liveability report was the most liveable city in the world in 2012.
but upon arriving in austin, it was clear that first there needed to be a tool to make streets more walkable. because what's the point of receiving local recommendations on your mobile phone you aren't able to walk to?
the “made in banff” digital media pitch session
at sxswi in march 2013, jess pitched the idea of building a collaborative mobile design tool allowing anyone, anywhere in the world to redesign streets to create more walkable communities. and she won!
the banff centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility located in banff, alberta, canada.
jess is now building a prototype with the banff centre. kenny lozowski is the lead programmer, film & media the banff centre and will lead the web development work for the prototype.
the film & media research and collaboration lab performs investigations and assist artists with projects that incorporate video, sound, images, displays, robotics, cameras, sensor arrays and other media elements into technological art pieces that fit within a traditional practise or framework. human-machine interfaces, software development, electronic design, and bespoke system design are all a part of the development process in the lab.
what the 2-week banff centre-hosted creation residency includes:
return flights
2 week accommodation
professional resources include a wide variety of production and post-production services
public presentation of the work created
what isn't included:
research, development and planning costs
dedicated resources outside of the 2 week residency
we need to bring on additional resources if we are going to attempt to build the tool as we've envisioned it. web development is only one part of the work involved to make this tool a reality.
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nu ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈfiʧərz frəm ðə ˈsɪriz dɪˈteɪld ðə ˈsoʊni ˈsɪriz ˌɪnˈkludz ə ˈnəmbər əv nu ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈfiʧərz, ˈoʊvər ənd əˈbəv ðoʊz faʊnd ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈflægˌʃɪp. ˈsoʊni həz dɪˈteɪld wət ðiz ər ɛz wɛl ɛz riˈlisɪŋ ə ʃɔrt ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkəvərɪŋ ə fju əv ðɛm. ðɛr ər səm nis ˌɪnˈkluʒənz səʧ ɛz ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ pɔz ˈvɪdioʊ waɪlst rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ənd smɑrt skrin roʊˈteɪʃən. ʧɛk aʊt ðə fʊl lɪst bɪˈloʊ. nu ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈfiʧərz ɪn ðə ˈsɪriz pɔz wɪn rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ ðɪs ɪz ə ˈrɪli nit ˈfəŋkʃən. ju ər naʊ ˈeɪbəl tɪ pɔz waɪlst ˈkæpʧərɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ, wɪn ju ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ ənd hæv ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈʃutɪŋ, ɔl əv ðə klɪps ər stɔrd ˈəndər wən faɪl. hɑrd tɪ bɪˈliv waɪ səʧ ə ˈjusfəl ˈfiʧər bɪn ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ˌbiˈfɔr. ˈəltrə ˈstæmənə moʊd ˈsoʊni həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈspoʊkən əˈbaʊt nu ɪn ðə ənd ˈkɑmpækt ðət ɪˈneɪbəl ə 2 deɪ ˈbætəri laɪf. ə nu ˈfiʧər kɔld ˈəltrə ˈstæmənə moʊd kən meɪk ðə foʊn læst ˈnɪrli ə wik əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsoʊni. ˈəltrə ˈstæmənə moʊd ˈlɪmɪts ə ˈnəmbər əv foʊn ˈfəŋkʃənz, ˌɔlˈðoʊ wi noʊ haʊ məʧ ɪz swɪʧt ɔf æt ðɪs taɪm. ənˈlɑk ðə foʊn ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli wɪθ ˈɛni ˈsoʊni ˈbluˌtuθ ækˈsɛsəri ðə ˈsoʊni ˈsɪriz kən naʊ bi ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli ənˈlɑkt wɪn ˈɛni ˈsoʊni ˈbluˌtuθ ɪz ɪn kloʊz prɑkˈsɪməti. ðɪs ɪz ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋz sɪˈkjʊrəti skrin lɑk ˈbluˌtuθ ənˈlɑk. ˈrɛkərd jʊr ˈɑnˌskrin ækˈtɪvɪti ðə ˈkæpʧər həz bɪn əraʊnd fər ə waɪl, bət naʊ ˈsoʊni həz ɪˈneɪbəld ju tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈrɛkərd ˈvɪdioʊ əv wət ju ər duɪŋ ˈɑnˌskrin. ðɪs ɪz ɪˈneɪbəld baɪ lɔŋ ˈprɛsɪŋ ðə paʊər ˈbətən ənd səˈlɛktɪŋ screen”*”. ˈpɪkʧər ˈviə smɑrt skrin roʊˈteɪʃən soʊ ˈbraʊzɪŋ ðə wɛb ɔn jʊr foʊn ənd ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ laɪ daʊn ɔn ðə ˈsoʊfə ənd du tɪ ðə ˈæŋgəl əv ðə foʊn, ðə skrin ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. ɔl bɪn ðɛr ənd kən bi ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈfrəˌstreɪtɪŋ. nu skrin rotation”*” ˈfiʧər prɪˈvɛnts ðɪs kaɪnd əv ənˈwɔntɪd roʊˈteɪʃən. ˈɛdət kwɪk ˈsɛtɪŋz ˈfæstər settings”*” ɪn ðə ˈmɛnju kən naʊ bi ˈɛdɪtɪd kˈwɪkər, əˈlaʊɪŋ ju tɪ dræg ənd drɔp ðə ˈsɛtɪŋz ju wɔnt dɪˈrɛkli ˈɪntu ðə treɪ. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ lɔŋ prɛs iʧ ˈsɛtɪŋ tɪ loʊd ˈɪntu ðə fʊl ˈsɛtɪŋz æp. ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈsɛtɪŋz fər ˈsoʊni ˈhɛdˌfoʊnz ðə saʊnd ˈsɛtɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈsɪriz əˈlaʊ ju tɪ spəˈsɪfɪkli səˈlɛkt ðə ˈsoʊni ˈhɛdˌfoʊn ju ər ˈjuzɪŋ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ saʊnd fər ðət dɪˈvaɪs. ðɪs kən bi faʊnd ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋz saʊnd ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈsɛtɪŋz ˈhɛdˌfoʊnz. nu ˈəpˌdeɪt ˈsɛnər æp ˈʤɛsʧərz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ tæp tɪ weɪk dɪˈspleɪ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ðiz ər nɑt nu, ðə ɔˈrɛdi ˈfiʧərz ðiz ˈʤɛsʧərz, bət hæd ˈmɛni ˈpipəl æsk ˈwɛðər ðeɪ hæv ˈkɛrid ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə ˈsɪriz. ðə ˈænsər ɪz jɛs, ðə ˈsɪriz ˌɪnˈkludz ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ: tɪ weɪk skrin smɑrt kɔl ˈhændəlɪŋ (brɪŋ foʊn tɪ ɪr tɪ ˈænsər; tərn foʊn ɔn feɪs tɪ ˈsaɪlənt ˈɪnˌkəmɪŋ kɔl) smɑrt ˈbæˌklaɪt kənˈtroʊl (skrin rɪˈmeɪnz ɔn wɪn ju ər ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ wɪˈθaʊt ˈtəʧɪŋ ðə skrin) ˈviə ˈsoʊni ˈmoʊbəl blɔg. θæŋks cezary*!
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new software features from the xperia z3 series detailed
the sony xperia z3 series includes a number of new software features, over and above those found in the current xperia z2 flagship. sony has detailed what these are as well as releasing a short video covering a few of them. there are some nice inclusions such as the ability to pause video whilst recording and smart screen rotation. check out the full list below.
new software features in the xperia z3 series
pause when recording video
this is a really neat function. you are now able to pause whilst capturing video, when you resume and have finished shooting, all of the clips are stored under one file. it’s hard to believe why such a useful feature hasn’t been implemented before.
ultra stamina mode
sony has already spoken about new optimisations in the xperia z3 and xperia z3 compact that enable a 2 day battery life. a new feature called ultra stamina mode can make the phone last nearly a week according to sony. ultra stamina mode limits a number of phone functions, although we don’t know how much is switched off at this time.
unlock the phone automatically with any sony bluetooth accessory
the sony xperia z3 series can now be automatically unlocked when any sony bluetooth accessory/headset is in close proximity. this is activated in settings > security > screen lock > bluetooth unlock.
record your on-screen activity
the screenshot capture has been around for a while, but now sony has enabled you to actually record video of what you are doing on-screen. this is enabled by long pressing the power button and selecting “record screen”.
picture via rbmen
smart screen rotation
so you’re browsing the web on your phone and decide to lie down on the sofa and due to the angle of the phone, the screen orientation changes. we’ve all been there and can be incredible frustrating. sony’s new “smart screen rotation” feature prevents this kind of unwanted rotation.
edit quick settings faster
“quick settings” in the drop-down menu can now be edited quicker, allowing you to drag and drop the settings you want directly into the tray. you can also long press each setting to load into the full settings app.
optimise audio settings for sony headphones
the sound settings in the xperia z3 series allow you to specifically select the sony headphone you are using, including optimised sound for that device. this can be found in settings > sound > audio settings > headphones.
new update center app
gestures including tap to wake display
okay these are not new, the xperia z2 already features these gestures, but we’ve had many people ask whether they have carried over to the xperia z3 series. the answer is yes, the xperia z3 series includes the following:
– double-tap to wake screen
– smart call handling (bring phone to ear to answer; turn phone on face to silent incoming call)
– smart backlight control (screen remains on when you are looking at a photo without touching the screen)
via sony mobile blog.
thanks cezary!
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ɪt wɑz ðə frɛnʧ colonisers*, ˈæftər ɔl, hu wər baʊnd tɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kənˈvɛnʃənz ðət ˈgəvərn ðə ˈpræktɪs əv hɑrm ɪn ə weɪ ðət ə smɔl grups əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz laɪk ðə æˈlʤiriənz, wər nɑt. is…*… ˈivəl (ˈfɪzɪkəl ər ˈəðərˌwaɪz) ɛz dən tɪ ər ˈsəfərd baɪ səm ˈpərsən ər thing”*” wɪʧ prəˈdusɪz: ““grief*, ˈsɑroʊ, peɪn, ˈtrəbəl, dɪˈstrɛs, affliction”.–*”.– ˈɑksfərd ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri, 1978 ɪt ɪz ˈɔfən sɛd ðət ɑr ˈsɛntrəl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən ɛz ˈjumənz ɪz tɪ rɪˈfreɪn frəm ˈhɑrmɪŋ iʧ ˈəðər, ənd ðət, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsɪsərˌoʊ, ˈɛni ˈpərsən hu ənˈnɛsəˌsɛrəli dɪz soʊ ɪz ən əv ðə ˈjumən race”*”. wət ðɛn ər wi tɪ meɪk əv ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri kˈwɛʃən poʊzd baɪ ɪn ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz? ðət ɪz tɪ seɪ, ɪz ˈtɔrʧər ə ˈmɔrəl ˈkaʊntərˌmɛʒər tɪ ˈtɛrər? ðə "ˈprɑbləm əv hɑrm ɪn wərld ˈændru ˈrisəntli pʊt ɪt, ɪz ɪnˈdʊrd ənd ˌɪnˈflɪktɪd baɪ ɔl ˈpipəl æt ˈdɪfərənt taɪmz, ənd tɪ ˈvɛriɪŋ dɪˈgriz. ɔl steɪts ənd ˈpipəlz məst hæv ðə kəˈpæsɪti tɪ hɑrm tɪ si ɔf θrɛts ənd fil sɪˈkjʊr. bət æt ðə seɪm taɪm, ˈɛvəri ˈæktər məst ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈvɛləp ðə ənˈweɪvərɪŋ kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈɛni ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri hɑrm ənd ˈsəfərɪŋ, ənd ˈɑrgjuəbli ˈɔlsoʊ tu, ðə ˈpɑzətɪv ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ hɛlp ðoʊz hu faɪnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪn weɪ. ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz meɪ bi rɛd, ˈðɛrˌfɔr, ɛz ən ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən əv haʊ ɔl ˈpipəlz ənd steɪts məst ˈbæləns ðiz (æt taɪmz kəmˈpitɪŋ) riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz, waɪl æt ðə seɪm taɪm ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ vjuərz tɪ æsk haʊ wi ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤəli ənd kəˈlɛktɪvli ˌɪnˈtərnəˌlaɪz hɑrm ɪn ɑr pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˈmɔrəl ˈkɑnʃəsnəs. ˈmɛsɪʤ ɪz meɪd pleɪn wɪn hi həz ðə hɛd əv ˌkaʊnərɪnˈsərʤənsi ˈjunɪt pəreɪd ðə ˈkæpʧər əv ə ˈsinjər æˈlʤɪriən ˈfɪgjər tɪ wərld nuz ˈmidiə. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli ðə ˈfɔrən ˈʤərnəlɪsts ər ðə ˈoʊnli aʊtˈsaɪdərz ˈprɛzənt ɪn ðə fɪlm, ənd ənˈkænəli ðɛr laɪn əv kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɪkˈsklusɪvli ðət əv ðə ˈmɔrəl ˈɑrbɪtər: ˈʤərnəlɪst: ɪt ˈkaʊərdli tɪ juz jʊr ˈbæskəts tɪ ˈkɛri bɑmz, wɪʧ hæv ˈteɪkən soʊ ˈmɛni ˈɪnəsənt lɪvz? bɛn m'hidi*: ənd ˈdəzənt ɪt sim tɪ ju ˈivɪn mɔr ˈkaʊərdli tɪ drɔp ˈneɪpɑm bɑmz ɔn əˈnɑrmd ˈvɪlɪʤɪz, soʊ ðət ðɛr ər ə ˈθaʊzənd taɪmz mɔr ˈɪnəsənt ˈvɪktɪmz? əv kɔrs, ɪf wi hæd jʊr ˈɛrpleɪnz ɪt wʊd bi ə lɔt ˈiziər fər ˈjuˈɛs. gɪv ˈjuˈɛs jʊr ˈbɑmərz, ənd ju kən hæv ɑr ˈbæskəts. ˈtɛrər, sin frəm ðɪs pərˈspɛktɪv, ɪz ˈmɔrəli ənd ˈplɪtɪkli nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈnɛsəˌsɛri, bət ˈʤəstəˌfaɪd. beɪst ɔn ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈɪntərvˌjuz sɪns ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə fɪlm, wi noʊ ðət ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz wɑz ˈvɛri məʧ ˈrɪtən ənd kənˈstrəktɪd wɪθ ðɪs ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən ɪn maɪnd ɪt wɑz ˈɔlˌweɪz ə pis əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ɑrt. bət wət ðə fɪlm ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊz ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ kʊd nɑt ɪˈskeɪp: ˈtɛrər meɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ əˈprɛʃən ənd ˈtɔrʧər, bət ɪt kən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈproʊdus ɪt. ɛz ʤɔrʤ ˈɔrˌwɛl ˈrizənd, ˈsɪmpəl ˈwɛpən soʊ lɔŋ ɛz ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈænsər tɪ ɪt gɪvz klɔz tɪ ðə weak”*”. ənd soʊ wɪn ðə ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn juzd ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz tɪ treɪn stæf ɪn 2003 ðə ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃənz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˌmɪsəndərˈstændɪŋ: tɪ wɪn ə ˈbætəl əˈgɛnst ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ənd luz ðə wɔr əv aɪˈdiəz... ˈʧɪldrən ʃut ˈsoʊlʤərz æt pɔɪnt blæŋk reɪnʤ. ˈwɪmən plænt bɑmz ɪn ˌkæˈfeɪz. sun ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈærəb ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən bɪldz tɪ ə mæd ˈfərvər. saʊnd fəˈmɪljər? ðə frɛnʧ hæv ə plæn. ɪt səkˈsidz ˈtæktɪkəli, bət feɪlz strəˈtiʤɪkli. tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd waɪ, kəm tɪ ə rɛr ʃoʊɪŋ əv ðɪs film.”*.” ðət ðə frɛnʧ ənd ðə æˈlʤiriənz ər boʊθ ʃoʊn ˈjuzɪŋ ˈtɛrər ɪn ðə fɪlm, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪn səˈvɪljən ˈɛriəz, ɪz ˈsimɪŋli ə mut pɔɪnt fər ðə ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn. ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju ˈdɛkeɪdz ˈæftər ðə fɪlm wɑz riˈlist, ˈnoʊtɪd ðə kɛr ðət wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ hæv ðə mˈjuzɪk fər frɛnʧ ənd æˈlʤɪriən dead”*”, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˈæbsəns əv ˈɛni ˈsɪŋgəl proʊˈtægənəst, ɛz ɪf tɪ seɪ: ɔl ˈjumən laɪf ˈmætərz. bət æt ðə seɪm taɪm, ɪt ɪz ˈnoʊtəbəl haʊ ðə æˈlʤɪriən ˈkɛrɪktərz ər ˈɔfən əˈfɔrdəd dɪˈspleɪz əv ˈɛmpəθi, kərɪʤ, təˈgɛðərnəs ənd ˈɑnər, waɪlst ðə frɛnʧ fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ər nɑt. fər ˈɪnstəns, ðə ˈsɛntrəl æˈlʤɪriən ˈfɪgjər ɪn ðə fɪlm, ˈɑli lə pɔɪnt, ɪz fərst ʃoʊn ˈhævɪŋ tɪ pruv hɪz ˈlɔɪəlti ənd ˈifɛktɪvnəs tɪ wən əv ðə ˈlidərz, ˈsɑri ˈkeɪdər, ˌbiˈfɔr hi ɪˈstæblɪʃɪz ˈɪnfluəns ˈoʊvər ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsɪti. jɛt, ənˈlaɪk hɪz kəmˈpeɪtriəts hu rɪˈzɔrt tɪ ˈkɛriɪŋ aʊt ækts əv ˈtɛrər, lə pɔɪnt ɪz dɪˈpɪktɪd baɪ tɪ bi ˈædmərəbli ˈprɪnsəpəld ɪn haʊ hi hɪmˈsɛlf goʊz əˈbaʊt ðə tæsk əv ˈkɪlɪŋ, ɛz ɪn: lə pɔɪnt: ju lɛt mi rɪsk maɪ laɪf fər ˈnəθɪŋ. ˈkeɪdər: kəˈmɑn jʊr ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪŋ. ðə ˈɔrdərz wər tɪ ʃut ɪm ɪn ðə bæk. lə pɔɪnt: aɪ doʊnt du ðət kaɪnd əv θɪŋ. ənd θruaʊt ðə fɪlm hi ˈrɪli ðət kaɪnd əv thing”*”. wi si ðət ɪn iʧ sin wɛr lə pɔɪnt ɪz tæskt wɪθ ˈɛksəˌkjutɪŋ ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈtɑrgəts ɔn ðə strit, hi ˈɔlˌweɪz meɪks ʃʊr ðeɪ kən si hɪz feɪs ˈpʊtɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf, ənd ðə ɪnˈtaɪər rɪˈzɪstəns (ˈhɪstəri səˈʤɛsts), æt rɪsk. ɪt ɪz nɑt ənˈtɪl ðə ˈoʊnli wən lɛft ˈstændɪŋ ðət hi rɪˈzɔrts tɪ ˈtɛrər. baɪ ˈkɑntræst, ðə frɛnʧ ər ʃoʊn dɪˈspæʃənətli ənd ˌɪnˈsɛsəntli hjuˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ səˈvɪljənz æt ˈʧɛkˌpɔɪnts, ɛnˈfɔrsɪŋ ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri dɪˈtɛnʃənz, biɪŋ ˈkəlʧərəˌli ˌɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv tɪ ˈwɪmən, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈkɛriɪŋ aʊt ˈtɔrʧər ənd ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənz əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɪzənərz. ɪt wɑz ðə frɛnʧ colonisers*, ˈæftər ɔl, hu wər baʊnd tɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kənˈvɛnʃənz ðət ˈgəvərn ðə ˈpræktɪs əv hɑrm ɪn ə weɪ ðət ə smɔl grups əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz laɪk ðə æˈlʤiriənz, wər nɑt. ðəs, ɛz ðə fɪlm ˈkloʊzɪz wɪθ sinz əv rɪˈnud ənˈrɛst ɪn 1960 wət ər wi tɪ meɪk əv ðə frɛnʧ dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ tɪr gæs əˈgɛnst ˈproʊˌtɛstərz ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ˈstreɪfɪŋ məˈʃin gən faɪər? ðə tæˈbu ɔn ˈkɛmɪkəl ˈwɛpənz, waɪlst nɑt jɛt ˈkɑdəˌfaɪd æt ðə taɪm əv ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz, hæd ˌnənðəˈlɛs ɪˈvɑlvd ˈoʊvər mɔr ðən ə ˈsɛnʧəri ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɛkənd wərld wɔr ənd ɪz naʊ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌjunəˈvərsəli æˈdhɪrd tɪ ˈəndər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl lɔ. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈkɑmɛntɪŋ ɔn ˈsɪmələr sinz ɪn ˈkaɪroʊ ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2011 ðə ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt moʊˈhæmɪd tweeted*: gæs wɪθ nərv ˈeɪʤənt lɪv ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən biɪŋ juzd əˈgɛnst səˈvɪljənz ɪn tahrir*. ə ˈmæsəkər ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ place”*” ɛz ˈərliər, ɪz noʊ lɛs dɪˈrɛkt ɪn hɪz ˈʤəʤmənt, ənd noʊ daʊt vjuərz wɪl ˈriˌkɔl ðət ˈərliər sin ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ðə frɛnʧ kəˈmænd ənd əˈnəðər ˈʤərnəlɪst: ˈkərnəl ˈmæθju: fræns rɪˈmeɪn ɪn æˈlʤɪriə? ɪf ju ˈænsər ‘‘yes’*’, ju məst əkˈsɛpt ɔl ðə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri consequences”*”. ˈgɪvɪn ðət ðə juz əv ˈtɔrʧər ɪz ðə prɪˈdɑmənənt ˈfiʧər əv boʊθ fɪlmz, ɪt ɪz noʊ səˈpraɪz, ˈðɛrˌfɔr, ðət ˈmɛni hæv sɔt tɪ ˌriɪgˈnaɪt ðiz θimz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz ɪn dɪˈfɛns əv ˈkæθrɪn ˈziroʊ dɑrk ˈθərˌdi. ðɪs ɪz nɑt ðə pleɪs tɪ riˈhərs ə krɪˈtik əv fɪlm, ɪkˈsɛpt tɪ drɔ jʊr əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə ˈfaɪnəl rɪˈfreɪn əv hər ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ ˈmidiə, wɪʧ ˈtəʧɪz ɔn maɪ ˈərliər pɔɪnt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ˈjumən ˈduti: ˈleɪdən dɪˈfitɪd baɪ ˌsupərˈhiroʊz ˈzumɪŋ daʊn frəm ðə skaɪ; hi wɑz dɪˈfitɪd baɪ ˈɔrdəˌnɛri əˈmɛrɪkənz hu fɔt ˈbreɪvli ˈivɪn ɛz ðeɪ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz krɔst ˈmɔrəl laɪnz, hu ˈleɪbərd ˈgreɪtli ənd ˌɪnˈtɛntli, hu geɪv ɔl əv ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪn boʊθ ˈvɪktəri ənd dɪˈfit, ɪn laɪf ənd ɪn dɛθ, fər ðə dɪˈfɛns əv ðɪs nation.”*.” wət ˈbɪgəˌloʊ simz tɪ wɔnt tɪ meɪk klɪr ɪz ðət ʃi ɪz əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈmɔrəl ənd ˈligəl ˈprɑbləmz wɪθ ˈtɔrʧər, bət ðət ʃi əˈgriz wɪθ frɛnʧ colonisers*, ɪn ðət ˈtɔrʧər ɪz ʤɪst pɑrt əv "ðə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri consequences”*” ðət dɪˈfɛns əv ðɪs nation”*” dɪˈmændz. ðət ɪz tɪ seɪ, waɪlst maɪt hæv ʃoʊn ðə ˈsəfərɪŋ əv ˈtɔrʧər ənd ðə nəˈsɛsɪti əv ˈtɛrər frəm ðə pərˈspɛktɪv əv ðə æˈlʤiriənz, ˈbɪgəˌloʊ sɔt tɪ meɪk ə keɪs fər haʊ ənd waɪ ðə əˈmɛrɪkənz wər ˈʤəstəˌfaɪd ɪn dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ ˈtɔrʧər əˈgɛnst əˈgrɛsərz nɑt frəm hir. ɪn dɪˈfɛns əv ə ˈdipər juˈmænɪti, aɪ æm əv ðə vju ðət ɑr rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈbɪgəˌloʊ ʃʊd ˌkɔrəˈspɑnd wɪθ ɑr taɪmz, nɑt rɪˈzɔrt tɪ ˈæskɪŋ. fər haʊ məʧ ˈlɔŋgər kən wi lɛt ɑr ˈgəvərnmənts ˌdɪˈsaɪd boʊθ ˌjunəˈlætərəli, ənd ɪn ˈsikrɪt, hu ɪz ənd ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈsərkəl əv ɑr ˈmɔrəl kəmˈjunɪti? ðət ɪz tɪ seɪ, hum wi wɪl ˈnɛvər ˈtɔrʧər (ɑr ˈfɛloʊ ˈsɪtɪzənz) ənd hum wi maɪt (ˈfɔrənərz). ənd wɪn wɪl ɑr ˈækʃənz ənd ˈmɔrəl ˈrizənɪŋ bi ˈbɛtər əˈtund tɪ ðə ˈiˌmoʊʃənəl nidz ənd ˈɪntərɪsts əv ˈdɪstənt ˈstreɪnʤərz? wət wi kən ənd məst rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə ˈbætəl əv æˈlʤɪrz fər ɪz ə sɛns əv pərˈspɛktɪv: ðə ˈlɔŋgər wi teɪk tɪ æsk ɑrˈsɛlvz ðiz sɔrts əv kˈwɛsʧənz, ðə ˈlɔŋgər ðɪs ˈpræktɪs wɪl kənˈtɪnju. ˈændru ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə fild əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl riˈleɪʃənz tɪ ðə kənˈsɛpʧwəlɪˌzeɪʃən əv ““harm”*” juzd ɪn ðɪs ˈɛˌseɪ. si: ˈændru, ðə ˈprɑbləm əv hɑrm ɪn wərld ˈpɑləˌtɪks: ˌθiərˈɛtɪkəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz, ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ ˌjunəˈvərsəti prɛs, 2011
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it was the french colonisers, after all, who were bound to international conventions that govern the practice of harm in a way that a small groups of individuals like the algerians, were not.
“harm is… evil (physical or otherwise) as done to or suffered by some person or thing” which produces: “grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction”.– oxford english dictionary, 1978 *
it is often said that our central obligation as humans is to refrain from harming each other, and that, according to cicero, any person who unnecessarily does so is an “enemy of the human race”. what then are we to make of the primary ethico-political question posed by gillo pontecorvo in the battle of algiers? that is to say, is torture a moral countermeasure to terror?
the "problem of harm in world politics"as andrew linklater recently put it, is endured and inflicted by all people at different times, and to varying degrees. all states and peoples must have the capacity to harm – to see off threats and feel secure. but at the same time, every actor must also develop the unwavering commitment to avoid causing any unnecessary harm and suffering, and arguably also too, the positive obligation to help those who find themselves in harm’s way.
the battle of algiers may be read, therefore, as an exploration of how all peoples and states must balance these (at times competing) responsibilities, while at the same time inviting viewers to ask how we individually and collectively internalize harm in our political and moral consciousness.
pontecorvo’s message is made plain when he has the head of france’s counterinsurgency unit parade the capture of a senior algerian figure to world news media. interestingly the foreign journalists are the only outsiders present in the film, and uncannily their line of questioning is almost exclusively that of the moral arbiter:
1st journalist: isn’t it cowardly to use your women’s baskets to carry bombs, which have taken so many innocent lives? ben m'hidi: and doesn't it seem to you even more cowardly to drop napalm bombs on unarmed villages, so that there are a thousand times more innocent victims? of course, if we had your airplanes it would be a lot easier for us. give us your bombers, and you can have our baskets.
terror, seen from this perspective, is morally and politically not only necessary, but justified. based on a number of interviews since making the film, we know that the battle of algiers was very much written and constructed with this intention in mind – it was always a piece of political art.
but what the film also shows is something pontecorvo could not escape: terror may respond to oppression and torture, but it can also produce it. as george orwell reasoned, “a simple weapon – so long as there is no answer to it – gives claws to the weak”. and so when the pentagon used the battle of algiers to train staff in 2003, the invitations included the following statement to ensure there was no misunderstanding:
“how to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas... children shoot soldiers at point blank range. women plant bombs in cafes. soon the entire arab population builds to a mad fervor. sound familiar? the french have a plan. it succeeds tactically, but fails strategically. to understand why, come to a rare showing of this film.”
that the french and the algerians are both shown using terror in the film, including in civilian areas, is seemingly a moot point for the pentagon.
in an interview decades after the film was released, pontecorvo noted the care that was taken to have the “same music for french and algerian dead”, as well as the absence of any single protagonist, as if to say: all human life matters. but at the same time, it is notable how the algerian characters are often afforded displays of empathy, courage, togetherness and honour, whilst the french for the most part, are not.
for instance, the central algerian figure in the film, ali le pointe, is first shown having to prove his loyalty and effectiveness to one of the movement’s leaders, saari kader, before he establishes unrivalled influence over the entire city. yet, unlike his compatriots who resort to carrying out acts of terror, le pointe is depicted by pontecorvo to be admirably principled in how he himself goes about the task of killing, as in:
le pointe: … you let me risk my life for nothing. kader: c'mon ... you're exaggerating. the orders were to shoot him in the back. le pointe: i don't do that kind of thing.
and throughout the film he really “do that kind of thing”. we see that in each scene where le pointe is tasked with executing individual targets on the street, he always makes sure they can see his face – putting himself, and the entire resistance (history suggests), at risk. it is not until he’s the only one left standing that he resorts to terror.
by contrast, the french are shown dispassionately and incessantly humiliating civilians at checkpoints, enforcing arbitrary detentions, being culturally insensitive to women, as well as carrying out torture and executions of political prisoners. it was the french colonisers, after all, who were bound to international conventions that govern the practice of harm in a way that a small groups of individuals like the algerians, were not.
thus, as the film closes with scenes of renewed unrest in 1960, what are we to make of the french deploying tear gas against protestors followed by strafing machine gun fire? the taboo on chemical weapons, whilst not yet codified at the time of the battle of algiers, had nonetheless evolved over more than a century – particularly during the second world war – and is now almost universally adhered to under international law. for example, commenting on similar scenes in cairo in november 2011, the egyptian presidential candidate mohammed elbaradei tweeted:
“tear gas with nerve agent & live ammunition being used against civilians in tahrir. a massacre is taking place”
as earlier, pontecorvo is no less direct in his judgement, and no doubt viewers will recall that earlier scene involving the french command and another moralising journalist:
colonel mathieu: “should france remain in algeria? if you answer ‘yes’, you must accept all the necessary consequences”.
given that the use of torture is the predominant feature of both films, it is no surprise, therefore, that many have sought to reignite these themes within pontecorvo’s the battle of algiers in defence of kathryn bigelow’s zero dark thirty. this is not the place to rehearse a critique of bigelow’s film, except to draw your attention to the final refrain of her statement to media, which touches on my earlier point about the nature of human duty:
“bin laden wasn’t defeated by superheroes zooming down from the sky; he was defeated by ordinary americans who fought bravely even as they sometimes crossed moral lines, who labored greatly and intently, who gave all of themselves in both victory and defeat, in life and in death, for the defense of this nation.”
what bigelow seems to want to make clear is that she is aware of the moral and legal problems with torture, but that she agrees with pontecorvo’s french colonisers, in that torture is just part of "the necessary consequences” that “the defense of this nation” demands. that is to say, whilst pontecorvo might have shown the suffering of torture and the necessity of terror from the perspective of the algerians, bigelow sought to make a case for how and why the americans were justified in deploying torture against aggressors not from here.
in defense of a deeper humanity, i am of the view that our response to bigelow should correspond with our times, not resort to asking pontecorvo. for how much longer can we let our governments decide both unilaterally, and in secret, who is and isn’t inside the circle of our moral community? that is to say, whom we will never torture (our fellow citizens) and whom we might (foreigners). and when will our actions and moral reasoning be better attuned to the emotional needs and interests of distant strangers?
what we can and must return to the battle of algiers for is a sense of perspective: the longer we take to ask ourselves these sorts of questions, the longer this practice will continue.
* andrew linklater introduced the field of international relations to the conceptualization of “harm” used in this essay. see: andrew linklater, the problem of harm in world politics: theoretical investigations, cambridge university press, 2011.
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rɪʧ ˈpipəl, ˈitɪŋ ˈrɪʧli. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ˈɪmɪʤɪz nu jɔrk ˈsɪti ɪz fʊl əv ˌɛkˈstrævəgəntli ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk pər seɪ ənd lə ˈbərnɑrdin, wɛr ˈdɪnər fər tu kɔsts ˈhənərdz əv ˈdɔlərz ənd ə ˈbɑtəl əv waɪn kən fɛʧ mɔr ˈməni ðən ðə ˈævərɪʤ əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld meɪks ɪn ə wik. ˈgɪvɪn ðə əˈmaʊnt əv kæʃ ɪt teɪks tɪ it æt səʧ ˈpleɪsɪz, ɪt stændz tɪ ˈrizən ðət ɔl fʊl əv rɪʧ ˈpipəl, raɪt? ˈæˌkʧuəli, ɪt tərnz aʊt nɑt ˈrɪli ðə keɪs. ɪn fækt, ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ər fɑr mɔr ɪˌgæləˈtɛriən ðən ju maɪt θɪŋk, wɪʧ ˈɔlsoʊ maɪt bi ðə ˈrizən waɪ soʊ gʊd ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. haʊ wi noʊ: ðə gʊd ˈpipəl æt ˈbəndəl ə ˈkəmpəˌni tɔkt əˈbaʊt ˌbiˈfɔr, wɪθ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ən ˈdætəˌbeɪs əv ˈkrɛdɪt- ənd ˈspɛndɪŋ ˈdætə ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðə ˈləgʒəri ˈspɛndərz baɪ ˈlʊkɪŋ æt wɛr ˈpipəl ʃɑpt. ðeɪ pʊt təˈgɛðər ə lɪst əv haɪɛnd ˈʃɑpɪŋ ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃənz ˈbɑrniz, ˈbərgˌdɔrf ˈgʊdmən, ˈhɛri ˈwɪnstən, ˈeɪˌbiˌsi ˈkɑrpət, ju gɪt ðə aɪˈdiə ənd ðɛn aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ðə nu ˈjɔrkərz hu ʃɑpt æt ðoʊz ˈpleɪsɪz ɔn ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈbeɪsɪs. ɪt maɪt nɑt bi ən ˈaɪərnˌklæd weɪ tɪ træk ðə haɪəst earners’*’ ˈɛvəri muv, bət kənˈvinjəntli, ðoʊz nu ˈjɔrkərz hum ˈbəndəl aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɛz ˈləgʒəri ˈspɛndərz ˈkɑnstəˌtut ʤɪst ˈəndər wən pərˈsɛnt əv ˈpipəl ɪn ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈbəndəl ˈdætə sɛt (ˌɔlˈðoʊ əv kɔrs ðeɪ əˈkaʊnt fər məʧ mɔr ðən wən pərˈsɛnt əv ɔl ˈspɛndɪŋ). wəns ðeɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ðoʊz wən, tim kriˈeɪtɪd ə kaɪnd əv lig ˈteɪbəl əv ˈrɛˌstrɑnts wɪθ ðə haɪəst pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ðoʊz ˈkəstəmərz. ɔl əv ə ˈsədən, ˈeɪbəl tɪ si wɪʧ ˈrɛˌstrɑnts hæv ðə haɪəst pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv rɪʧ ˈpipəl. ðə moʊst ˈrɛləvənt rɪˈzəlts ər mæpt bɪˈloʊ: blu tæbz ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ˈrɛˌstrɑnts wɛr 6 tɪ 15 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˌklaɪənˈtɛl ər ˈləgʒəri ˈdaɪnərz; rɛd tæbz ər mɔr ðən 15 pərˈsɛnt: æt ðə ˈvɛri tɔp əv ðə lɪst ɪz ˈilaɪ ˈvɪnəgər ˈfæktəri ˈgroʊsəri ˈʃɑpɪŋ fər ðə ˈkɑrtiər kraʊd. ˈfʊli 34 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈpipəl baɪɪŋ ðɛr ər ˈləgʒəri ˈspɛndərz. raɪt ɔn ɪts hil ɪz ˈsuʃi ˈhænə dɪˈlɪvəri ɔn strit ənd ˈsɛkənd ˈævəˌnu ðə pleɪs ðət ðə rɪʧ kɔl wɪn ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli goʊ aʊt tɪ it wɪθ 32 pərˈsɛnt. ənd ɪn θərd pleɪs, wɪθ 27 pərˈsɛnt, ɪz sænt ɔn ˈmædɪsən ˈævəˌnu ə ˈləvli pleɪs tɪ sɪp ə 20 glæs əv ʧɑrˈdɑneɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌæftərˈnun ti, waɪl ˈpɪkɪŋ æt ə 22 ˈsæləd. ɪn fækt, ɔl əv ðə ˈpleɪsɪz huz ˌklaɪənˈtɛl kənˈsɪsts əv mɔr ðən 15 pərˈsɛnt ˈləgʒəri ˈspɛndərz ər ɔn ðə ˈəpər ist saɪd, ənd ɔl ər ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk ˌmɛzəˈlunə ənd bɑr ˌɪˈtæljə nɑt tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ə səˈpraɪzɪŋli lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈsuʃi spɑts. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ðət noʊ trɪˈbɛkə ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ʃoʊ əp hir, bət waɪl trɪˈbɛkə ɪz ðə ˈrɪʧəst ˈneɪbərˌhʊd pər ˈkæpɪtə, ðə ˈəpər ist saɪd stɪl həz ˈbɪgər wɛlθ ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən (ʧɛk aʊt ðɪs ˈhɛlpfəl wɛlθ mæp tɪ si ə fʊl ˌʤiəˈgræfɪk ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn əv ðə ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈmidiən ˈɪnˌkəmz). pərˈhæps ˈivɪn mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɪz ðə fækt ðət ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈləgʒəri ˈdaɪnərz æt ðə ˈsupər haɪɛnd ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ˈivɪn kəm kloʊz tɪ ˈræŋkɪŋ əˈməŋ ðə tɔp. fər ˈɪnstəns, ʤɪst 3 pərˈsɛnt əv pər ˌklaɪənˈtɛl kəmz frəm ðə ˈləgʒəri kraʊd; ˈilɛvən ˈmædɪsən pɑrk ɪz æt 2 pərˈsɛnt. ˈivɪn lə ˈbərnɑrdin, ˈprɪti kənˈvinjəntli ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɔn strit, gɪts ˈoʊnli wən pərˈsɛnt əv ɪts ˈkəstəmər beɪs frəm ðə wən pərˈsɛnt əv ˈləgʒəri ˈspɛndərz. (aɪ gɛs ɔn ðə rɔŋ saɪd əv fɪθ ˈævəˌnu.) hɛd tɪ moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ““expensive”*” ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ənd ðə ˈnəmbərz ər ˈivɪn loʊər: babbo*, koʊ, blu hɪl ɔl gɪt əˈbaʊt 2 pərˈsɛnt əv ðɛr ˈbɪznɪs frəm ðə ˈləgʒəri ˈspɛndərz. ʤuəl ənd hɑrθ: wən pərˈsɛnt. goʊɪŋ ɔn hir? wɛl, wən ˈɑbviəs ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən ɪz ðət ðə kaɪnd əv ˈpipəl hu ʃɑp æt ˈbərgˌdɔrf ər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈɛksˌreɪz hu θɪŋk əv ˈteɪstɪŋ ˈmɛnju ɛz mɔr əv ə ˈʧælənʤ ðən ə ˈplɛʒər. ənd ðə rɪʧ, ˈivɪn mɔr ðən ðə rɛst əv ˈjuˈɛs, pleɪs ə haɪ ˈvælju ɔn kənˈvinjəns. ɪf nɑt wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ðɛn, ʃʊr, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz goʊ aʊt fər ə ˈspɛʃəl əˈkeɪʒən. bət mɔr ˈɔfən, mit ə ˈfɛloʊ ˈəpər ist ˈsaɪdər fər lənʧ ər fər ˈdɪnər, ənd goʊ ˈsəmˌwɛr mˈjuʧuəli kənˈvinjənt ˈrəðər ðən ˈsəmˌwɛr ˈnɔɪzi ənd ˈtrɛndi ənd wɛl rivˈjud ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ər (ˈhɛvən forfend*!) ɪn ˈbrʊklɪn ər kwinz. prɑkˈsɪməti trəmps kˈwɑləti, ˈivɪn wɪn ju hæv ə kɑr ənd ˈdraɪvər. bət ˈivɪn sfoglia*, ðə soʊl ““trendy”*” ˈəpər ist saɪd ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ðət pɑps əp ɪn lɪst, həz wən əv ðə loʊəst pərˈsɛnɪʤɪz əv ˈləgʒəri klaɪənts. soʊ ðə kˈwɛʃən ðɛn ərˈaɪzɪz: waɪ æmˈbɪʃəs ˌrɛstərəˈtərz ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˈməni ənd ˈoʊpən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ nu ˈpleɪsɪz wɛr ðə rɪʧ ˈpipəl ər? ɪn ə fri ˈmɑrkɪt, gʊd fud draɪv aʊt ðə səbˈpɑr? pɑrt əv ðə ˈrizən ɪt wərk ðət weɪ ɪz ðət ˈdaɪnərz ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn, ər ɪn ˈbrʊklɪn, hæv bɪˈkəm əˈkəstəmd tɪ ˈkətɪˌŋɛʤ fud. ʤɪst ɛz nu jɔrk həz ˈdɪstrɪkts fər ˈgɑrmənts ənd flaʊərz, ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn mænˈhætən ɪz ðə ɪˈstæblɪʃt pleɪs tɪ goʊ fər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ fud; ðə ˈəpər ist saɪd, ðə ˈɑpəzɪt. ðɪs kriˈeɪts ə ˈprɑfəsi fər ˈrɛˌstrɑnts: bɑr ɔn loʊər ˈsɛkənd ˈævəˌnu ɪz ə ˈrɔrɪŋ səkˈsɛs; ˈoʊpən ðə seɪm ˈkɑnsɛpt 60 blɑks nɔrθ ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli feɪl ˈmɪzərəbli. ənd fud ˈraɪtərz ˈnæʧərəli flɑk tɪ ðə nu ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, bət ðə rɪʧ tɛnd tɪ bi ˈniðər nɔr fud ˈraɪtərz. (ɪt goʊz wɪˈθaʊt seɪɪŋ ðət fud ˈraɪtərz tɛnd nɑt tɪ bi rɪʧ, tu.) ˌriɪnˈfɔrsɪŋ ðət ˈθɪri ɪz ðə fækt ðət fər ðə rɪʧ, ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv haɪ ˈpraɪsɪz ənd fud ækts ɛz ə sɔrt əv ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl ˈvɛlvət roʊp. ˌbiˈsaɪdz biɪŋ ˈhændəli ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɔn ðə ˈəpər ist saɪd, ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt laɪk kən ʧɑrʤ 26 fər ˌmidiˈoʊkər bit ˈsæləd, ər 40 fər ə pleɪt əv ˌənɪnˈspaɪərd ˈməʃrum ˌriˈsɔˌtoʊ, bɪˈkəz tɪ ɪts ˈkəstəmərz, ðə ˈməni ˈmætərz ɛz ˈlɪtəl ɛz ðə ˈækʧəwəl fud dɪz. bət ðə 99 pərˈsɛnt goʊ ðɛr, bɪˈkəz wɪn ðeɪ du splərʤ ɔn fud, ðeɪ wɔnt ən ədˈvɛnʧər tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər. wɪn ˈdaɪnərz du spɛnd ˈhənərdz əv ˈdɔlərz ɔn ˈdɪnər æt ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ɪn ðə ist ˈvɪlɪʤ (ˈmeɪbi ˈæftər ˈweɪtɪŋ ɪn laɪn, sɪns noʊ ˌrɛzərˈveɪʃənz ər ækˈsɛptɪd), ðɪs ˈdætə ʃoʊz ˈjuˈɛs ˈlaɪkli ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt. ənd ðə ˈoʊnli weɪ ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt wɪl kip ˈkəstəmərz laɪk ðət ˈkəmɪŋ bæk ɪz tɪ ˈɔfər ðɛm ən ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ ˈkətɪˌŋɛʤ fud. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ðət ˈkeɪtər tɪ ə sˈlaɪtli lɛs kraʊd hæv tɪ bi mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ðən ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ˈəpˈtaʊn ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈtrækt nu ˈkəstəmərz ənd ˈkɑnvərt ðɛm ˈɪntu ˈrɛgjələrz. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðə wən ɔn ðə ˈəpər ist saɪd ər ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈpərfəktli ˈhæpi wɪn ðɛr ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ə ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən fər nu ædˈvɛnʧərəs ˈmæsɪz. ˈərliər: gastronomics*: ɪgˈzæktli haʊ məʧ du ˈpipəl spɛnd æt nu tɔp ˈrɛˌstrɑnts?
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rich people, eating richly. photo: rda/getty images
new york city is full of extravagantly expensive restaurants, places like per se and le bernardin, where dinner for two costs hundreds of dollars and a bottle of wine can fetch more money than the average american household makes in a week. given the amount of cash it takes to eat at such places, it stands to reason that they’re all full of rich people, right? actually, it turns out that’s not really the case. in fact, the city’s most expensive restaurants are far more egalitarian than you might think, which also might be the reason why they’re so good in the first place.
here’s how we know: the good people at bundle — a company i’ve talked about before, with access to an anonymized database of credit- and debit-card spending data — decided to identify the city’s luxury spenders by looking at where people shopped. they put together a list of high-end shopping destinations — barneys, bergdorf goodman, harry winston, abc carpet, you get the idea — and then identified the new yorkers who shopped at those places on a regular basis. it might not be an ironclad way to track the city’s highest earners’ every move, but conveniently, those new yorkers whom bundle identified as luxury spenders constitute just under one percent of people in the entire bundle data set (although of course they account for much more than one percent of all spending).
once they identified those one percenters, bundle’s team created a kind of league table of restaurants with the highest percentage of those high-spending customers. all of a sudden, we’re able to see which restaurants have the highest percentage of rich people. the most relevant results are mapped below: blue tabs indicate restaurants where 6 to 15 percent of the clientele are luxury diners; red tabs are more than 15 percent:
at the very top of the list is eli zabar’s vinegar factory — grocery shopping for the cartier crowd. fully 34 percent of the people buying there are luxury spenders. right on its heel is sushi hana delivery on 78th street and second avenue — the place that the rich call when they don’t want to actually go out to eat — with 32 percent. and in third place, with 27 percent, is sant ambroeus on madison avenue — a lovely place to sip a $20 glass of chardonnay during afternoon tea, while picking at a $22 arugula salad.
in fact, all of the places whose clientele consists of more than 15 percent luxury spenders are on the upper east side, and all are low-key places like mezzaluna and bar italia — not to mention a surprisingly large number of neighborhood sushi spots.
it’s interesting that no tribeca restaurants show up here, but while tribeca is the richest nyc neighborhood per capita, the upper east side still has bigger wealth concentration (check out this helpful wealth map to see a full geographic breakdown of the city’s household median incomes).
perhaps even more interesting is the fact that the percentage of luxury diners at the city’s super high-end restaurants don’t even come close to ranking among the top. for instance, just 3 percent of per se’s clientele comes from the luxury crowd; eleven madison park is at 2 percent. even le bernardin, pretty conveniently located on 51st street, gets only one percent of its customer base from the one percent of luxury spenders. (i guess it’s on the wrong side of fifth avenue.)
head to downtown’s most popular “expensive” restaurants and the numbers are even lower: babbo, momofuku ko, blue hill — all get about 2 percent of their business from the luxury spenders. jewel bako and hearth: one percent.
what’s going on here? well, one obvious explanation is that the kind of people who shop at bergdorf are social x-rays who think of momofuku ko’s tasting menu as more of a challenge than a pleasure. and the rich, even more than the rest of us, place a high value on convenience. if you’re not budget-constrained when it comes to restaurants, then, sure, sometimes you’ll go out for a special occasion. but more often, you’ll meet a fellow upper east sider for lunch or for dinner, and you’ll go somewhere mutually convenient rather than schlep somewhere noisy and trendy and well reviewed downtown or (heaven forfend!) in brooklyn or queens. proximity trumps quality, even when you have a car and driver.
but even sfoglia, the sole “trendy” upper east side restaurant that pops up in bundle’s list, has one of the lowest percentages of luxury clients. so the question then arises: why don’t ambitious restaurateurs follow the money and open interesting new places where the free-spending rich people are? in a free market, wouldn’t good food drive out the subpar?
part of the reason it doesn’t work that way is that diners downtown, or in brooklyn, have become accustomed to cutting-edge food. just as new york has districts for garments and flowers, downtown manhattan is the established place to go for interesting food; the upper east side, the opposite.
this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy for restaurants: momofuku ssam bar on lower second avenue is a roaring success; open the same concept 60 blocks north and you’d probably fail miserably. gourmands and food writers naturally flock to the new and interesting, but the rich tend to be neither gourmands nor food writers. (it goes without saying that food writers tend not to be rich, too.)
reinforcing that theory is the fact that for the rich, the combination of high prices and unadventurous food acts as a sort of invisible velvet rope. besides being handily located on the upper east side, a restaurant like nello can charge $26 for mediocre beet salad, or $40 for a plate of uninspired mushroom risotto, because to its customers, the money matters as little as the actual food does. but the 99 percent won’t go there, because when they do splurge on food, they want an adventure to remember.
when diners do spend hundreds of dollars on dinner at a restaurant in the east village (maybe after waiting in line, since no reservations are accepted), this data shows us it’s likely a significant investment. and the only way a restaurant will keep customers like that coming back is to offer them an exceptional experience with cutting-edge food.
in other words, restaurants downtown that cater to a slightly less well-heeled crowd have to be more interesting than restaurants uptown in order to attract new customers and convert them into regulars. meanwhile, the one percenters on the upper east side are probably perfectly happy when their restaurants aren’t a destination for new york’s culinarily adventurous masses.
earlier: gastronomics: exactly how much do people spend at new york’s top restaurants?
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ˈiən ənd ˈstivən fraɪ seɪv pəb ɪt simz ɛz ðoʊ ˈgændɔlf ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ ˈrɛskju ənd ðə ˈhɔbɪt ˈmuvi həz nɑt ˈivɪn bɪn riˈlist jɛt! ˈhɔbɪt nuz hɪt ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz ðɪs pæst wik wɪn ə smɔl pəb ɪn ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən wɑz θˈrɛtənd baɪ ˈligəl ˈækʃən frəm sɔl zænts ˈkəmpəˌni fər ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤmənt. ðə pəb həz bɪn əraʊnd fər jɪrz ənd ɪz ə ˈpɑpjələr pleɪs ðət ˈfiʧərz mˈjuzɪk ənd drɪŋks neɪmd ˈæftər ðə bʊks. wəns wərd gɑt aʊt ˈpəblɪkli, ðɛr wɑz ə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk ˈfləri əv ˈpipəl dɪˈmændɪŋ tɪ kip ðɪs pəb ˈoʊpən. ˈivɪn wɪˈθɪn ɑr əˈkaʊnts, wi rɪˈsivd ˈhənərdz əv iˈmeɪlz ənd pɪŋz, dɪˈspaɪt ðɪs ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈhævɪŋ ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs! wi tu si ɪt ɛz ənˈfɔrʧənət wɪn ˈpipəl hu wɪʃ tɪ ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ˈkɛrɪktərz ər slæpt wɪθ ˈligəl ˈækʃən. ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz kʊd hæv pʊt ðə pəb aʊt əv ˈbɪznɪs. wərd gɑt tɪ boʊθ ˈgændɔlf ənd ˈstivən fraɪ əv ðə ənˈfɔrʧənət ˈɪnsədənt, ənd ðeɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli rɪˈspɑndɪd. ˈbɪznɪs ˈmænɪʤər foʊnd ðə ˈoʊnər əv ðə pəb tɪ ˌɪnˈfɔrm hər ðət ənd fraɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ peɪ ðə ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ fi fər ðə pəb tɪ kip ɪt ˈoʊpən. ðeɪ əˈdɪʃəˌnəli sɛd ðət ðeɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ðə pəb ˈæftər ˈfɪlmɪŋ ɛz ɪt lʊkt laɪk ə fən pleɪs. ˈɑnəstli, ɪt dɪz nɑt gɪt məʧ ˈbɛtər ðən fraɪ ənd. ðə ˈoʊnər əv ðə pəb ɪz ˈgreɪtfəl fər ðɛr ˌʤɛnərˈɑsəti, bət ɪz ˈhoʊldɪŋ bæk ɪkˈsaɪtmənt ənˈtɪl ðə dil ɪz inked*. ðɛr ər stɪl ˈplɛnti əv ˈvɛriəbəlz rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ðət kʊd kɔz ə ʃeɪk əp fər ðə pəb, bət θæŋks tɪ ənd fraɪ, ðɛr ɪz ə frɛʃ stɑrt!
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ian mckellen and stephen fry save pub
it seems as though gandalf is already coming to rescue and the hobbit movie has not even been released yet! hobbit news hit headlines this past week when a small pub in southampton was threatened by legal action from saul zaentz company for copyright infringement. the pub has been around for years and is a popular place that features music and drinks named after the tolkien books.
once word got out publicly, there was a social network flurry of people demanding to keep this pub open. even within our accounts, we received hundreds of emails and pings, despite this situation having nothing to do with us! we too see it as unfortunate when people who wish to celebrate and enjoy tolkien’s characters are slapped with legal action. the potential consequences could have put the pub out of business.
word got to both gandalf and stephen fry of the unfortunate incident, and they immediately responded. mckellen’s business manager phoned the owner of the pub to inform her that mckellen and fry wanted to pay the licensing fee for the pub to keep it open. they additionally said that they would like to visit the pub after filming as it looked like a fun place. honestly, it does not get much better than fry and mckellen.
the owner of the pub is grateful for their generosity, but is holding back excitement until the deal is inked. there are still plenty of variables remaining that could cause a shake up for the pub, but thanks to mckellen and fry, there is a fresh start!
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ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs ɪn ˈnɔrðərn vərˈʤɪnjə ɪz ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ʤeɪl pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪt æt ðə rɪkˈwɛst əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ənd ˈkəstəmz ɛnˈfɔrsmənt [aɪs] ˈjuzɪŋ ə tɛkˈnik ðət ˈreɪzɪz ˈsɪriəs kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt pəˈtɛnʃəl ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl raɪts vaɪəˈleɪʃənz. sɪns ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld ɪˈlɛkʃən, ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl dɪˈteɪnd ˈjuzɪŋ ðɪs ˈtæktɪk həz ˈrɪzən ˈʃɑrpli, ənd ˈfɛdərəl əˈfɪʃəlz hæv plænz tɪ juz ə ˈsɪmələr prəˈsiʤər tɪ ræmp əp ɪn ˈkaʊnti ʤeɪlz ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd ɛz ə weɪ tɪ ˈfənəl ˈɪməgrənts ˈɪntu ðə ˌdipɔrˈteɪʃən ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts seɪ sheriffs’*’ dɪˈpɑrtmənts ər dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ˈɪməgrənts ðɛr ˈlɪbərˌti wɪˈθaʊt ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz, ə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl raɪt ɛnʃˈraɪnd ɪn ðə fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt fər mɔr ðən tu ˈsɛnʧəriz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən, ə ˈlɪmət tɪ haʊ lɔŋ əˈθɔrətiz kən kip ə ˈpərsən ɪn ʤeɪl ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ hæv tɪ ʧɑrʤ ðɛm ər riˈlis ðɛm. ɪn ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti, ðɪs aɪs ˈtæktɪk həz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli ˌɪmˈpæktɪd ləˈtinoʊ dɪˌteɪˈniz, hu ər biɪŋ hɛld fər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən əˈθɔrətiz ənd kɛpt bɪˈhaɪnd bɑrz dɪˈspaɪt ˈhævɪŋ kəmˈplitɪd ðɛr taɪm ɪn ðə ˈloʊkəl ʤeɪl, hæd ðɛr ˈʧɑrʤɪz ˈlɪftɪd, ər bɪn ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˈɔrdərd riˈlist baɪ kɔrts. ðə ˈfɛdərəl kɔrts hæv ˈrisəntli ruld ðət ðɪs prəˈsiʤər ˈkɑnstəˌtuts ən ərˈɛst, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈpərsən ɪz kɛpt ɪn ʤeɪl bɪɔnd ðɛr riˈlis deɪt. ˈəndər ðə prəˈsiʤər, ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs weɪts fər ə ˈloʊkəl ʧɑrʤ tɪ bi əˈʤudəˌkeɪtɪd ðeɪ ər ˈiðər ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ə kraɪm ənd hɛld ər riˈlist. ðɛn, ɔn ðə deɪt əv ðə ˈskɛʤʊld riˈlis, ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ðə ˈpərsən fər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən əˈθɔrətiz ˈjuzɪŋ ən aɪs ˈsɪvəl ərˈɛst ˈwɔrənt. ðə ˈpərsən rɪˈmeɪnz ɪn ˈkəstədi ˈəndər ðə ˈɔspɪsɪz əv ə ˈfɛdərəl dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt ðət aɪs həz wɪθ ðə ˈɔfəs. ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈɔfəs ðɛn hoʊldz ðə dɪˌteɪˈniz fər əp tɪ 48 aʊərz pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪt soʊ ðət aɪs kən pɪk ðɛm əp, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ fərst lt*. ˈpərkɪnz, ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈdætə prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs tɪ ˈviə ə ˈpəblɪk ˈrɛkərdz rɪkˈwɛst ʃoʊz ðət ðə ˈeɪʤənsi həz mɔr ðən ˈdəbəld ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl hɛld ɪn ʤeɪl ənd tərnd ˈoʊvər tɪ aɪs ðɪs jɪr soʊ fɑr: 663 ˈpipəl ɪn 2017 frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri tɪ ɑkˈtoʊbər, kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ʤɪst 258 ˈpipəl fər ɔl əv 2016 ðoʊz ˈnəmbərz hæv ˈʤɛnərəli ˌɪnˈkrist ˈpikɪŋ æt 104 ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz fər ðə mənθ əv sɛpˈtɛmbər, ən ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈmənθli haɪ ɪn tu jɪrz əv ˈdætə ənd sɪns nu ˈpɑləsi wɛnt ˈɪntu ˈifɛkt ɪn ˈeɪprəl. ˈəndər ðə nu ˈpɑləsi, aɪs toʊld lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz ðət ɔl ɪts wʊd bi əˈkəmpənid baɪ əˈnəðər ˈdɑkjəmɛnt: ən aɪs ““warrant.”*.” ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə aɪs ““warrant”*” ɪz ʤɪst ən ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, nɑt ə ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈwɔrənt, wɪʧ ər ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈɪʃud baɪ ə ʤəʤ ər ˈmæʤɪˌstreɪt, hu juz fækts tɪ dɪˈtərmən ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz tɪ ərˈɛst ə ˈpərsən. aɪs warrant…*… ɪz ʤɪst ə pis əv ˈpeɪpər ðət aɪs raɪts ‘‘warrant’*’ on,”*,” sɛd ˈlinə ˈgreɪbər, ə stæf əˈtərni wɪθ ðə ˈɪməgrənt ˈligəl ˈrisɔrs ˈsɛnər (ilrc*) ɪn sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ. ðə ˈvɛri aɪˈdiə əv ə ˈwɔrənt bɪˈkəz ə ˈwɔrənt ɪz ə ˈsteɪtmənt frəm ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈnutrəl ˈmæʤɪˌstreɪt ər ʤəʤ ðət ðɛr ɪz ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz ðət ˈsəmˌwən ˈiðər kəˈmɪtɪd ən əˈfɛns ər, ɪn ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən keɪs, ɪz ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ˌdipɔrˈteɪʃən. ənd nɑt wət ɪt is.”*.” aɪs warrant…*… ɪz ʤɪst ə pis əv ˈpeɪpər ðət aɪs raɪts ‘‘warrant’*’ ɔn. ɪt ðə ˈvɛri aɪˈdiə əv ə warrant.”*.” ˈpriviəsli, aɪs juzd ə ““detainer”*” (ən əˈfɪʃəl rɪkˈwɛst frəm ðɛr ˈeɪʤənsi tɪ əˈnəðər) tɪ æsk lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz tɪ kip ə ˈpərsən ɪn ʤeɪl fər əp tɪ 48 aʊərz (ɪkˈskludɪŋ ˈhɑləˌdeɪz ənd ˈwiˌkɛndz) ˈæftər ə kɔrt ˈɔrdərd ðɛr riˈlis. bət ˈoʊvər ðə pæst ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz, ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt ˈrulɪŋz ɔn ðiz aɪs faʊnd ðət ðə ˈpræktɪs ˈvaɪəleɪts fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt prəˈtɛkʃənz əˈgɛnst ənˈriznəbəl sərʧ ənd ˈsiʒər, rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ðə nu aɪs ““warrant”*” ˈpɑləsi. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt bət ðət ““warrant”*” ɪz stɪl ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt tɪ pʊt ə ˈpərsən ɪn ʤeɪl, sɛd ˈkoʊdi, ə stæf əˈtərni wɪθ ðə immigrants’*’ raɪts ˈprɑʤɛkt. ə ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsi məst hæv ə ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈwɔrənt wɪθ ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz tɪ kip ə ˈpərsən ɪn ˈkəstədi. ˈbɑtəm laɪn ɪz biɪŋ dɪˈskraɪbd hir ɪz stɪl ən ərˈɛst baɪ ə ˈloʊkəl əˈfɪʃəl fər ən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən vaɪəˈleɪʃən. ðeɪ ər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ hoʊld ðə ˈpərsən hu ɪz ɪn ðɛr ˈkəstədi ˈæftər ðeɪ ʃʊd bi riˈlist beɪst ɔn ðə steɪt lɔ charges,”*,” sɛd. ˈjuzɪŋ ən aɪs ““warrant”*” tɪ ə ˈpərsən hu ˈligəli ʃʊd wɔk fri ɪz ənˈlɔfəl, ənd duɪŋ soʊ ˈəndər ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ aɪs meɪk ɪt raɪt: ɪt ʤɪst prəˈvaɪdz ə əv lawfulness,”*,” sɛd əˈtərni ˈsaɪmən sandoval-moshenberg*, hu ɪz ðə ˈligəl dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈɪməgrənt ˈædvəkəsi ˈproʊˌgræm æt ðə ˈligəl eɪd ˈʤəstɪs ˈsɛnər ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə. ˈfɛdərəl əˈθɔrətiz, səʧ ɛz ðə juz. ˈmɑrʃəlz, ˈtɪpɪkəli juz ðiz ˈkɑnˌtrækts (noʊn ɛz ən ˌɪntərˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ˈsərvɪs əˈgrimənt, ər igsa*) tɪ haʊs ˈpipəl ðeɪ ɔˈrɛdi hæv ɪn ˈfɛdərəl ˈkəstədi ɪn ˈloʊkəl ʤeɪlz. si aɪs duɪŋ wət aɪ naʊ ˌəndərˈstænd ɪz ə ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd ˈpræktɪs əv ˈhændɪŋ ˈoʊvər ən [aɪs ““warrant”*”] ɛz wɛl ɛz ə, ɛz ˈbeɪsɪkli əˈtɛmpt tɪ trɪk ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz ˈɪntu ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ðət ˈsəmˌhaʊ sɑlvd ðə ˈligəl problem,”*,” sɛd sandoval-moshenberg*. ðət fʊt ˈlɛvəl, ɪz ðət ˈligəl ər nɑt? ɪt ɪz ˈvɛri ənˈklɪr, ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ər strɔŋ ˈɑrgjəmənts əˈgɛnst ɪt, bət bɪn noʊ klɪr ˈrulɪŋ ɔn ɪt bɪˈkəz ðɪs ɪz səʧ ə nu process.”*.” ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl jɪrz əv ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, aɪs bɪˈgæn rɪˈdusɪŋ ɪts juz əv, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈdætə əbˈteɪnd baɪ ðə ˈrɛkərdz ˈækˌsɛs ˈklɪrɪŋˌhaʊs [træk], ə ˈdætə ˈgæðərɪŋ ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnər æt ˈsɪrəˌkjuz ˌjunəˈvərsəti. bət ˈəndər ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, juz əv wɪθ ən aɪs ““warrant”*” ər əˈloʊn tɪ prəˈlɔŋ ʤeɪl taɪm fər səˈspɛktɪd ənˈdɑkjəmɛnɪd ˈɪməgrənts həz ʤəmpt sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˈnæʃənəl stəˈtɪstɪks. ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈɪʃud baɪ aɪs ˈɔfɪsərz ˌɪnˈkrist baɪ 81 pərˈsɛnt ðɪs jɪr. aɪs ˈɪʃud frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri 20 tɪ sɛpt. 30 2017 kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə seɪm ˈpɪriəd læst jɪr. “[“[jails*] ər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ hoʊld ðə ˈpərsən hu ɪz ɪn ðɛr ˈkəstədi ˈæftər ðeɪ ʃʊd bi released.”*.” hæf ə ˈdəzən ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts toʊld ðət ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈligəl ˈgæmbəl baɪ ˈkipɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ʤeɪl ˈjuzɪŋ ʤɪst ðə aɪs ˈwɔrənt ənd dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θɪŋk ðət ðeɪ ər ˈwɔkɪŋ ɔn ˈvɛri θɪn ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl aɪs ənd ər ˈwɪlɪŋli ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ ə ˈlɔˌsut fər ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ ðə fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt raɪts əv ˈmaɪgrənts hu ər ɪn ðɛr custody,”*,” sɛd, ə prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈdɛnvər stərm ˈkɑlɪʤ əv lɔ. ˈligəl ˈædvəˌkeɪts ər ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli əˈlɑrmd æt ðiz ˈtæktɪks, ˈkɑnˌtrækts, ənd ““warrants”*” bɪˈkəz ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz kæst ə waɪd nɛt ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ɔl ənˈdɑkjəmɛnɪd ˈɪməgrənts, rəˈgɑrdləs əv ˈwɛðər kəˈmɪtɪd ə kraɪm. ənd aɪs həz meɪd ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈstrætəʤi ðə ˈlɪnʧˌpɪn əv ɪts ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt plæn, wɪʧ minz ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd feɪs ə ˈsɪmələr ˈligəl dɪˈlɛmə. ðə əˈgrɛsɪv stæns əˈgɛnst ˈsæŋkʧuˌɛri ˈsɪtiz ɪz beɪst ɪn lɑrʤ pɑrt ɔn ˈkrækɪŋ daʊn ɔn ˈloʊkəl ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz hu ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ rɪkˈwɛsts tɪ kip ˈɪməgrənts ɪn ʤeɪl. trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ʤɛf ˈsɛʃənz ər ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪŋ, ˈprɛʃərɪŋ, ənd θˈrɛtənɪŋ tɪ pʊl ˈfɛdərəl grænts frəm ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz hu ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ kəmˈplaɪ. əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈkɑnˌtrækt ðɛr weɪ aʊt əv ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts əv ðə fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt ˈoʊnli ˌəndərˈskɔrz haʊ ˈdipli ðiz ˈʃɛrəfs hæv bɔt ˈɪntu ðə trəmp ˈneɪtɪˌvɪst əˈʤɛndə ənd ɪts ɪnˈdɛvərz tɪ tɪr əˈpɑrt ɛz ˈmɛni ˈfæməliz ɛz possible,”*,” ˈgreɪbər, roʊt ɪn ən iˈmeɪl tɪ. kaɪnd əv tɪ ərˈɛst ˈpipəl pæs ˈligəl ˈməstər, ənd ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈɪməgrənts fər ˈsɪvəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən vaɪəˈleɪʃənz bi ðə goʊl əv ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɪn ðə fərst place.”*.” ə ˈligəl greɪ ˈɛriə baɪ ˈkipɪŋ ˈpipəl ʤeɪld pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪt ˈivɪn ɪf dən æt ðə rɪkˈwɛst əv əˈnəðər ˈeɪʤənsi, laɪk aɪs ðiz lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz rɪsk ˈlɔˌsuts, səʧ ɛz ðə wən ˈsɛtəld ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr baɪ ˈkaʊnti ˈʃɛrɪf ˈmaɪkəl weɪd (ɑr). ðɛr, ə ˈsælvəˌdɔrən ˈɪməgrənt sud ˈæftər ðə ʤeɪl hɛld ɪm pæst hɪz riˈlis deɪt æt rɪkˈwɛst. ðə keɪs wɑz ˈkloʊsli wɔʧt baɪ vərˈʤɪnjə ˈʃɛrəfs, ðə vərˈʤɪnjə sheriffs’*’ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər toʊld ðə ˈrɪʧmənd times-dispatch*. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðət keɪs ˈmɛni vərˈʤɪnjə ˈʃɛrəfs hæv stɑpt ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ʤeɪl fər aɪs ənˈlɛs ðeɪ gɪt ə ˈwɔrənt ər ˈɔrdər əv dɪˈtɛnʃən saɪnd baɪ ə ˈfɛdərəl ʤəʤ ər ˈmæʤɪˌstreɪt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈpeɪpər. əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈdɛnvər sɛd ˈtæktɪk ˌɪgˈnɔrz ðə ˈwɔrənt ˈprɔˌsɛs: ˈgæðərɪŋ ˈɛvədəns, pərˈpɛrɪŋ ə ˈwɔrənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən, səbˈmɪtɪŋ ðət tɪ ə ʤəʤ, ənd ðɛn rɪˈsivɪŋ ən ərˈɛst ˈwɔrənt ər sərʧ ˈwɔrənt. fər səm ˈrizən ər ˈəðər du ðət. ənd ɪn ðət weɪ aɪs ɪz ˈæktɪŋ ɛz ɪf ɪt ɪz ɪn ə juˈnik pəˈzɪʃən; ðət ɪt ˈsəmˌhaʊ həz ə raɪt nɑt tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt ənd dɪˈpɑrtmənt ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts həz bɪn kəmˈplaɪɪŋ wɪθ sɪns ðə deɪ ðət ðə fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt wɑz ˈædɪd tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts constitution,”*,” sɛd. ər ˈwɔkɪŋ ɔn ˈvɛri θɪn ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ice.”*.” ðɛr ər ˈəðər ˈprɑbləmz wɪθ ðə weɪ ˈfɛrˌfæks kips ˈpipəl ɪn ɪts ʤeɪl: aɪs ˌɪtˈsɛlf rikˈwaɪərz ɪts ˈɔfɪsərz sərv ðə aɪs ““warrant”*” ɪn ˈpərsən, ənd ˌɪnˈfɔrm ðə ʤeɪld ˈpərsən ðət ðeɪ ər ˈəndər ərˈɛst fər ə ˈsɪvəl vaɪəˈleɪʃən, sɛd ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts. ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈfɑloʊ ðoʊz ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz. aɪs ˌsəbˈmɪts ðiz ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈviə fæks ər iˈmeɪl, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈpərkɪnz. dɪˈspaɪt rɪˈpitɪd rɪkˈwɛsts tɪ ˈɪntərvˌju ˈʃɛrɪf ˈsteɪsi ˌkɪnˈkeɪd (di), ðə ˈʃɛrɪf dɪˈklaɪnd, ˈviə ˈpərkɪnz, ˈsaɪtɪŋ conflicts.”*.” ˈwɛðər rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ aɪs ər aɪs ““warrants,”*,” ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz pleɪs ðɛmˈsɛlvz æt rɪsk əv ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən ɪf ðeɪ læk ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz ənd ˈligəl əˈθɔrəti tɪ meɪk ðə ərˈɛst, sɛd əv ðə. ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈrɪski wɪn aɪs meɪks ˈɛrərz. ɪz ˈæktɪŋ ɛz ɪf ɪt ˈsəmˌhaʊ həz ə raɪt nɑt tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl process.”*.” wɑz pɑrt əv ðə ˈligəl tim ðət ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ˈeɪdə mɔˈrɑlɛs ɪn ə ˈfɛdərəl keɪs ɪn roʊd ˈaɪlənd. ðə steɪt ʤeɪld hər pæst hər riˈlis deɪt wɪˈθaʊt ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz ˈæftər aɪs rɪkˈwɛstɪd ðeɪ du soʊ. ɛz ɪt tərnd aʊt, mɔˈrɑlɛs ɪz ə juz. ˈsɪtɪzən. ɪn hɪz əˈpɪnjən ˈɪʃud læst ˈʤænjuˌɛri, juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt ʤəʤ ʤɑn ʤeɪ. məˈkɑnəl jr*. ˈnoʊtɪd ðət, ˌɔlˈðoʊ aɪs wɑz ɪn soʊl ʧɑrʤ əv ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ ˈkeɪsɪz, ðə ˈeɪʤənsi steɪt ənd ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt tɪ pərˈfɔrm ðə work’*’ əv ˈhoʊldɪŋ ðə individuals”*” ɪn ðɛr ˈkəstədi ənˈtɪl aɪs kən rɪˈtriv them.”*.” morales’*’ ˌɪˈligəl dɪˈtɛnʃən æt ðə rɪkˈwɛst əv aɪs bət ɪn roʊd ʤeɪl sɛl, roʊt məˈkɑnəl, rɪˈvild ə əv ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl prəˈpɔrʃən æt boʊθ ðə steɪt ənd ˈfɛdərəl levels.”*.” ˈkeɪsɪz laɪk ðɪs, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ aɪs ˈdætə, hæv ʃoʊn ðət aɪs feɪlz tɪ ˈædəkwɪtli ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ˌbiˈfɔr ˈæskɪŋ ˈloʊkəl ˈeɪʤənsiz tɪ kip ˈpipəl ʤeɪld, sɛd. ˈivɪn ˈəndər ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, wɪʧ praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪzd ˈʤeɪlɪŋ ənd dɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈsɪriəs ənd ˈvaɪələnt əˈfɛndərz hu wər ˈɪməgrənts, ðiz ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk ˈprɑbləmz rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn juz. ˈsɪtɪzənz hu wər kɛpt ɪn ʤeɪl æt rɪkˈwɛst. kənˈsərn ɪz ðət ˈəndər ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, wɪʧ praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈsɪriəs əˈfɛndərz, bət həz ˌɪnˈstɛd ˈsɪgnəld ɪt ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ ˈmæsɪvli ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl ɪt deports*, ˈtæktɪks səʧ ɛz ˈʤeɪlɪŋ ˈpipəl pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪts fər aɪs wɪl ˈoʊnli pʊt mɔr ˈpipəl æt rɪsk. ˈprɑbləmz ər ˈoʊnli goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt wərs ənd mɔr ɪgˈzæsərˌbeɪtɪd ɛz ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɪz biɪŋ əp ənd bɪˈkəmɪŋ mɔr ənd mɔr əˈgrɛsɪv ˈəndər ðɪs administration,”*,” sɛd. kaɪnd əv ˈdrægˌnɛt əˈproʊʧ tɪ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɪz ʤɪst goʊɪŋ tɪ lɛd tɪ mɔr ənd mɔr mɪˈsteɪks, ənd mɔr ɪˈgriʤəs situations.”*.” kaɪnd əv ˈdrægˌnɛt əˈproʊʧ tɪ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɪz ʤɪst goʊɪŋ tɪ lɛd tɪ mɔr ənd mɔr mistakes.”*.” ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈʃɛrəfs ɪn ˈflɔrɪdə ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈəðər ˈʃɛrəfs əraʊnd ðə ˈkəntri hæv ˈsɪgnəld ðeɪ ər ˈigər tɪ kˈwɑpərˌeɪt wɪθ aɪs, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈʃɛrɪf bɑb gɑlˈtɪri (ɑr) əv pɪˈnɛləs ˈkaʊnti, fla*. ˈfʊli səˈpɔrtɪv əv ðə ˈɛfərt ənd wət ðɪs goʊl həz bɪn ɪz tɪ du ɪt soʊ ðət ɪt kən bi dən ˈlɔfəli, ˈifɛktɪvli ənd pʊt ˈjuˈɛs æt rɪsk əv biɪŋ sud ənd ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈligəl ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz fər duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðə kɔrts hæv sɛd wi do,”*,” sɛd gɑlˈtɪri. ðə ˈæbsəˌlut səm əv ɪt əˈməŋ ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈʃɛrəfs ɪz ðət ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ du ɪt, ʤɪst ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə ˈlɔfəl weɪ tɪ gɪt ɪt done.”*.” ənd gɑlˈtɪri wʊd noʊ: bɪn ˈpɪʧɪŋ ˈfɛdərəl əˈfɪʃəlz ɔn weɪz ˈloʊkəl ˈʃɛrəfs kən ræmp əp ðɛr kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən wɪθ aɪs waɪl steɪɪŋ aʊt əv ˈligəl ˈtrəbəl. ˈtɛstɪŋ graʊnd: trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ʤeɪlz ɛz ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ““housing”*” fər ˈɪməgrənts ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ˈʃɛrɪf gɑlˈtɪri bɪˈgæn ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ əˈfɪʃəlz frəm aɪs, ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti, ənd ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs tɪ dɪˈvaɪz ə ˈstrætəʤi tɪ wərk əraʊnd ðə ˈligəl ˈprɑbləmz ˈʃɛrɪf dɪˈpɑrtmənts feɪs wɪn ðeɪ kip ˈpipəl ɪn ʤeɪl fər aɪs. gɑlˈtɪri səˈʤɛstɪd ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈmɑdəl beɪst ɔn wət ðə pɪˈnɛləs ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs həz dən fər əˈbaʊt tu jɪrz naʊ ˈəndər ðɛr aɪs dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt, wɪʧ peɪz hɪz ʤeɪl tɪ kip ˈpipəl fər aɪs. ðə ˈɔfəs hoʊldz ə ˈpərsən ɪn ʤeɪl pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪt wəns aɪs sɛndz θri fɔrmz: ə rɪkˈwɛst, ən aɪs ““warrant,”*,” ənd ən aɪs tɪ detain.”*.” ˈjuzɪŋ ðiz fɔrmz, pɪˈnɛləs ˈkaʊnti rɪˈlisɪz ðə ʤeɪld ˈpərsən ˈəndər ðɛr ˈloʊkəl ər steɪt ˈʧɑrʤɪz, ðɛn ðɛm ˈɪntu aɪs ˈkəstədi ɪn ðə seɪm ʤeɪl. nɑt ˈifɛktɪŋ ðə ərˈɛst, nɑt ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˈpərsən ˈɪntu ˈkəstədi, wi ər ˈmɪrli ˈhaʊzɪŋ ðɛm fər aɪs bɪˈkəz ðə ˈpərsən ɪz ɪn aɪs custody,”*,” sɛd gɑlˈtɪri, hu ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ən əˈtərni hu ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd ɪn ˈsɪvəl ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən. frəm ðə pərˈspɛktɪv əv ðə ˈpərsən ɪn ʤeɪl, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðɛr ɪz ˈlɪtəl ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin biɪŋ ““housed”*” fər aɪs ənd stək ɪn ʤeɪl pæst hɪz ər hər riˈlis deɪt. gɑlˈtɪri saɪts ðə θri ˈpisɪz əv ˈpeɪpərˌwərk aɪs prəˈvaɪdz hɪz ʤeɪl ɛz ðə ˈligəl əˈθɔrəti. meɪks ɪt ˈlɔfəl ənd ɪt ɪz ə səˈluʃən tɪ ðə fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt ˈɪʃu ðət ðə kɔrts hæv sɛd wɑz ðə problem,”*,” sɪz gɑlˈtɪri, hu roʊt ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ðɪs ˈtæktɪk ənd sɛnt ɪt tɪ tu ˈnæʃənəl ˈʃɛrəfs əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ɪn ʤun. wɔnt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ du ɪt, ʤɪst ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə ˈlɔfəl weɪ tɪ gɪt ɪt done.”*.” ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts toʊld ðɪs ˈnɑvəl əˈproʊʧ həz ˈmɛni əv ðə seɪm ˈprɑbləmz ɛz əˈproʊʧ. ˈrɪli ˈhæpənɪŋ ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəli ənd ˈligəli ˈspikɪŋ ɪz ðət ðɪs ɪz ə nu ərˈɛst, ənd ðə ərˈɛst ɪz meɪd baɪ officials,”*,” sɛd ˈkrɪstəfər læʃ, əˈnəðər prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈdɛnvər stərm ˈkɑlɪʤ əv lɔ. ɪn ˈeɪprəl, ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs rɪˈnud ɪts dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ aɪs, bət ʧeɪnʤd ðə lɛŋθ əv taɪm ɪt hoʊldz ˈpipəl fər aɪs frəm 72 aʊərz tɪ 48 aʊərz (ɪkˈskludɪŋ ˈwiˌkɛndz ənd ˈhɑləˌdeɪz). ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt rɪˈnuəl ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlaʊz ˈfɛrˌfæks, laɪk pɪˈnɛləs ˈkaʊnti, tɪ juz ðə aɪs, aɪs ““warrant,”*,” ənd dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt tɪ kip ˈpipəl ɪn ʤeɪl pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪts. ɛz ðə ˈfɛdərəl kɔrts kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈskrutəˌnaɪz aɪs ““warrants”*” ənd soʊ fɑr ðə kɔrts hæv ruld əˈgɛnst ðə ˈpræktɪs ɔn fɔrθ əˈmɛndmənt graʊnz ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts toʊld ðət ðeɪ si ðə nɛkst ˈligəl ˈbætəl ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪzɪŋ əraʊnd ðɪs juz əv ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt. bɪn ə geɪm. ɛz sun ɛz wi wæk ðɛm daʊn wɪθ wən θɪŋ, ðeɪ muv tɪ əˈnəðər tactic,”*,” sɛd mɑrk ˈflɛmɪŋ, ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt dɪˈrɛktər əv ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪməgrənt ˈʤəstɪs ˈsɛnər (nijc*) ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ. əˈsaɪd frəm ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt, ðɛr ər ˈəðər ˈprɑbləmz ðət əraɪz, hi sɛd. ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɪz ə ˈfɛdərəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti, soʊ ɪn moʊst ˈkeɪsɪz ˈoʊnli ˈfɛdərəl ˈeɪʤənts, laɪk aɪs, kən meɪk ən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ərˈɛst. ˈloʊkəl pəˈlis kən bi ˈdɛpjəˌtaɪzd tɪ meɪk ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ərˈɛsts, ˈəndər ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ aɪs: ə 287(g*) əˈgrimənt. ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs həz ə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt, əˈlaʊɪŋ ɪt tɪ hoʊld ˈɔntu ə ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɪzənər, bət ɪt hæv ə 287(g*) əˈgrimənt. ˈfɛrˌfæks pəˈlis, ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ˈdɛpjəˌtaɪzd tɪ meɪk ˈfɛdərəl ərˈɛsts, səʧ ɛz ˈsɪvəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən vaɪəˈleɪʃənz. ðoʊz ˈwɔrənts wʊd hæv tɪ bi sərvd ɪn ˈpərsən, ər baɪ ə ˈdɛpjəˌtaɪzd ˈeɪʤənt. bət ˈʃɛrɪf gɑlˈtɪri sɛd ðət hi siz noʊ rɪkˈwaɪrmənt fər ðə aɪs ““warrant”*” tɪ bi sərvd ɪn ˈpərsən. hi toʊld ðət hɪz ˈeɪʤənsi rɪˈsivz ðə fɔrmz ˈviə fæks ər iˈmeɪl frəm aɪs. ˈəltəmətli ðə kɔrts wɪl ˌdɪˈsaɪd ɪf ðə prəˈsiʤər ɪz ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ənd prəˈtɛkts ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz əˈgɛnst ənˈriznəbəl sərʧ ənd ˈsiʒər, sɛd gɑlˈtɪri. bət hi sɛd hi ɪz 100 pərˈsɛnt ˈkɑnfədənt ɪt wɪl, ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðə ʤeɪl həz ən aɪs dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt, ən aɪs ““warrant,”*,” ənd ən tɪ detain.”*.” wi ˈɔlsoʊ noʊ ɪz ðət aɪs ˈklɪrli həz ðə əˈθɔrəti ənkˈwɛsʧənəbli, ˌənikˈwɪvəkəli, ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbli baɪ anybody…*… tɪ hoʊld ˈpipəl fər hum ðeɪ hæv ˈprɑbəbəl kɔz ənd əˈspɛʃəli wɪn bɪn ə ˈwɔrənt ˈɪʃud fər ðət arrest,”*,” sɛd gɑlˈtɪri. wɪn ðeɪ gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ə ˈkɑpi əv ðə ˈwɔrənt əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə wɪʧ ɪz ðə ˈɔrdər tɪ dɪˈteɪn, ðeɪ ər ɪn aɪs ˈkəstədi. ðɛr dɪˈtɛnʃən həz bɪn ˈifɛktɪd baɪ aɪs, ənd ˈmɪrli ðə ˈɛntɪti ˈhoʊldɪŋ them.”*.” dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ ˈsæŋkʧuˌɛri ˈsɪtiz wɪθ ˈkaʊnti ˈpɑləsiz ˈwɛðər θru nu ˈligəl məˈnuvərz ər ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈʃeɪmɪŋ əv ˈeɪʤənsiz ðət kˈwɑpərˌeɪt, wən θɪŋ ɪz ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli klɪr əˈbaʊt ðə trəmp əˈproʊʧ tɪ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən: ə nu ˈʃɛrɪf ɪz ɪn taʊn, wən ðət ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts seɪ ɪz ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ pʊʃ ðə ˈligəl ˈlɪmɪts tɪ dɪˈpɔrt mɔr ənd mɔr ˈpipəl frəm ðə juz. rul əv lɔ ɛz ˈtaʊtɪd baɪ ðɪs ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz: wi wɔnt tɪ dɪˈpɔrt ɛz ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ˈligəl interference,”*,” sɛd læʃ əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈdɛnvər. læst jɪr, ðə ˈɪməgrənt ˈligəl ˈrisɔrs ˈsɛnər ˈænəˌlaɪzd wɪʧ juz. ˈkaʊntiz kˈwɑpərˌeɪtəd tɪ wət dɪˈgri wɪθ aɪs ˈəndər ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. ðə rɪˈzəlts, beɪst ɔn ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd ˈdætə ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən rɪˈsivd θru ə ˈfridəm əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ækt rɪkˈwɛst frəm ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt, ʃoʊ ðət ˈkaʊntiz, nɑt ˈsɪtiz, ər moʊst ˈæktɪvli koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθ ˈfɛdərəl ˈɛfərts tɪ dɪˈpɔrt. ˈsæŋkʧuˌɛri ˈsɪtiz meɪ bi ˈpʊʃɪŋ bæk, bət ˈsæŋkʧuˌɛri ˈkaʊntiz ər ɪkˈsidɪŋli rɛr. væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈkaʊntiz prəˈvaɪd aɪs wɪθ ɔl əv ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ˈrisɔrsɪz ðeɪ æsk fər. ˈʤɛnərəli, ˈsɪti ˈɔrdənənsɪz du nɑt ˈgəvərn ˈkaʊnti ˈlɛvəl ˈeɪʤənsiz ər əˈfɪʃəlz, ənd ˈsæŋkʧuˌɛri ˈsɪti lɔz kən bi ˌəndərˈmaɪnd baɪ ˈkaʊnti ˈpɑləsi ənd practice,”*,” ðə faʊnd. ˈgreɪbər, hu ðə rɪˈpɔrt, sɛd ðət ðə ˈdætə ʃoʊd ðət moʊst ˈkaʊntiz du ˌwəˈtɛvər aɪs æsks əv ðɛm ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˈvɛri much.”*.” rul əv lɔ ɛz ˈtaʊtɪd baɪ ðɪs ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz: wi wɔnt tɪ dɪˈpɔrt ɛz ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ˈligəl interference.”*.” ɪz ə hoʊl reɪnʤ ənd ɔl kaɪnz əv ˈpleɪsɪz hæv ˈdɪfərənt kaɪnz əv policies,”*,” sɛd ˈgreɪbər. ðə dɪˈfɔlt ˈnæʃənəli ɪz tɪ hæv nɑt ˈrɪli θɔt əˈbaʊt ɪt. ənd wɪn aɪs æsks ju tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ ju ʤɪst du ɪt wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛvər ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈligəl ər ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ər wɪˈθɪn jʊr əˈθɔrəti ɛz lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ else.”*.” dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈligəl rɪsk əv ˈpɑrtnərɪŋ wɪθ aɪs, wɪθ trəmp ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ə ˈkrækˌdaʊn ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən, ˈligəl ˈɛkspərts hæv sin ə ʃɪft ɪn ðə ˈlɛvəl ənd ˈtɛnər əv kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən ɛz wɛl. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈsaɪnɪŋ ər rɪˈnuɪŋ ðɛr dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækts wɪθ aɪs, ɛz ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs dɪd ðɪs jɪr. aɪs ˈdætə ʃoʊz ðət æt list 54 aɪs dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækts wər kriˈeɪtɪd ər ˈriˈæktəˌveɪtɪd ðɪs jɪr. ðɛr həz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ðə ˈnəmbər əv lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz ðət ər boʊθ ˈdɛpjəˌtaɪzd tɪ meɪk ˈfɛdərəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ərˈɛsts ənd hu hæv aɪs dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən wɔʧ ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd ðə ˈsɛnər fər ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl raɪts. ˈflɛmɪŋ dɪˈskraɪbd ðɪs ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən ɛz ə nu ˈtɛmplət ˈimərʤd ˈəndər ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, ənd ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk bɪˈkəz ɪt ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli rɪˈwɔrdz ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz tɪ ʤeɪl mɔr ənd mɔr ˈɪməgrənts fər aɪs. ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ðiz tu ˈproʊˌgræmz ɛˈsɛnʃəli lɑrʤ skeɪl ˈreɪʃəl ˈproʊˌfaɪlɪŋ, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt ɛz ˈprɑfətəbəl ɛz possible,”*,” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən wɔʧ ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd ɪn ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ ˈænəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈdætə. ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr həz ə lɔŋ træk ˈrɛkərd əv koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθ aɪs. ɪn 2009 ðə ˈɔfəs wɑz ðə fərst lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsi ɪn ðə ˈriʤən tɪ gɪt ˈækˌsɛs tɪ sɪˈkjʊr kəmˈjunɪtiz ˈproʊˌgræm, ə ˈdætəˌbeɪs ˈproʊˌgræm. ðət ˈproʊˌgræm lɔnʧt ɪn 2008 ˈɛndɪd ɪn 2014 ənd wɑz ˌriɪˈstæblɪʃt deɪz ˈæftər trəmp tʊk ˈɔfəs. ˈsɛnəmənt, ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈɪʃuz ðiz ər nɑt nu tɪ virginia,”*,” sɛd klɛr ˈgəθri gastañaga*, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə əv vərˈʤɪnjə. “[“[but*] ðeɪ hæv sɪns ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən bɪˈkəz ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈpɑləsi əˈbʤɛktɪv ðən ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə administration.”*.” ˌɪnˈdid, ˈdætə fər ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ənd ðə steɪt əv vərˈʤɪnjə ˈmɪrər ˈnæʃənəl trɛnz ʃoʊɪŋ ðət aɪs rɪkˈwɛsts hæv spaɪkt sɪns trəmp wɑz ɪˈlɛktɪd. ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ðiz tu ˈproʊˌgræmz ɛˈsɛnʃəli lɑrʤ skeɪl ˈreɪʃəl ˈproʊˌfaɪlɪŋ, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk ðə dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt ɛz ˈprɑfətəbəl ɛz possible.”*.” bət nɑt ɔl ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz ər ˈstɛpɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ kˈwɑpərˌeɪt wɪθ aɪs. æt list fɔr steɪt ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈsɪtiz ənd ˈkaʊntiz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri hæv kənˈsɪdərd ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən tɪ riˈstrɪkt ɪkˈstɛndɪd ʤeɪl hoʊldz ər bæn ðɛm ˌɔltəˈgɛðər, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz. ənd fər ˈeɪʤənsiz ðət du wɔnt ðɛr ˈeɪʤənts ˈdɛpjəˌtaɪzd tɪ meɪk ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ərˈɛsts, ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔn ðə roʊl əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈɔfɪsərz wɪl kəm wɪθ ə ˈhɛfti praɪs, sɪz læʃ. ˈɔfɪsərz hu ər ˈdɛpjəˌtaɪzd ɛz aɪs ˈeɪʤənts məst bi treɪnd æt ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv ðɛr ˈeɪʤənsi, məst lərn ə nu ˈɛriə əv lɔ ənd ˈpræktɪs, ənd ðə ˈeɪʤənsi rɪˈsivz noʊ ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən fər duɪŋ ðɪs ˈfɛdərəl wərk, hi sɛd. prɪns ˈwɪljəm ˈkaʊnti ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə dɪˈskəvərd ʤɪst haʊ ˈkɔstli ðɪs ɪz wɪn ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt lɔnʧt ɪts ˈproʊˌgræm ɪn 2008 ˈkaʊnti ˌsupərˈvaɪzərz hæd tɪ ˈbɑˌroʊ frəm ðə ˈreɪni deɪ fənd tɪ ˈkəvər ðə ˈstɑrˌtəp kɔsts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈbrʊkɪŋz ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən ˈstədi. ˈʃɛrəfs ənd lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz əraʊnd ðə ˈkəntri ər seɪɪŋ: strɛʧt kəmˈplitli θɪn ənd wi hæv ðə ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ du ðə ʤɑb ðət səˈpoʊzd tɪ do,”*,” sɛd læʃ. ðɛn goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ðɛm teɪk ɔn ən ɪnˈtaɪərli nu sɛt əv duties…*… ənd nɑt gɪt ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd fər ˈɛni ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ðət ðeɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn. ə kəmˈplitli ˈdɪfərənt animal.”*.” waɪl səm lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz əˈvɔɪd bɪˈkəmɪŋ ɛnˈtæŋgəld wɪθ aɪs bɪˈkəz əv ˈligəl rɪsks ənd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈbərdən, ˈəðərz ər kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ˈəndərˌmaɪnɪŋ kəmˈjunɪti trəst, sɛd frəm ðə. ˈʃɛrɪf gɑlˈtɪri ɪn ˈflɔrɪdə sɪz hi ɪz ˈkinli əˈwɛr əv ðə kəmˈjunɪti trəst ˈɪʃu ɛz hi muvz ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ hɪz plænz tɪ ɪkˈspænd hɪz ˈstrætəʤi ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd. hæv noʊ ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən ənd noʊ dɪˈzaɪər tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɔn ðə street,”*,” sɛd gɑlˈtɪri. ˈɪʃu ɪz ə ˈtoʊtəli ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈɪʃu ðən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɔn ðə street.”*.” gɑlˈtɪri sɛd ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət hɪz ˈɔfɪsərz meɪnˈteɪn ðə trəst əv ðə ˈɪməgrənt kəmˈjunɪti. ðeɪ [ˈɪməgrənts] θɪŋk ðət ˈloʊkəl lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ərˈɛst ðɛm ənd pʊt ðɛm ɪn ʤeɪl ˈɛvəri taɪm wi hæv ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ðɛm, əˈbaʊt ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈifɛktɪvli du ɑr job,”*,” sɛd gɑlˈtɪri. ə weɪ ˈfɔrwərd: ðə ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ˈmɑdəl steɪts wɪθ lɑrʤ ˈɪməgrənt ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz, səʧ ɛz ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, hæv faʊnd wən weɪ tɪ ˈlɪmət aɪs kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən waɪl ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ ðət ənˈdɑkjəmɛnɪd ˈɪməgrənts hu kəˈmɪt ˈsɪriəs ənd ˈvaɪələnt kraɪmz ər dɪˈpɔrtəd. ðə trəst ækt, pæst ɪn 2013 bænz ʤeɪlz frəm ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈpipəl pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪts fər aɪs, ɪkˈsɛpt ɪn ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz. ənd læst jɪr, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə gəv. ˈʤɛri braʊn (di) saɪnd ðə truθ ækt, wɪʧ rikˈwaɪərz ʤeɪlz tɪ gɪv ˈpipəl ˈkɑpiz əv aɪs, tɪ tɛl ðɛm ðeɪ plæn tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ɪt, ənd ə fɔrm ˈtɛlɪŋ ðə ʤeɪld ˈpərsən ðət ˈɛni aɪs ˈɪntərvˌjuz ər ˈvɑləntɛri. θɪŋk goʊɪŋ tɪ si mɔr ˈɛfərts tɪ kənˈvɪns steɪt ənd ˈsɪti əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ ˈfɑloʊ lead,”*,” sɛd əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈdɛnvər. naʊ ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ɪz æt ðə ˈfɔrˌfrənt əv ðə ˈmuvmənt tɪ ˌdɪsənˈtæŋgəl aɪs frəm steɪt ənd ˈloʊkəl ˈgəvərnmənt operations.”*.” læʃ tu həz trækt ðə reɪnʤ əv riˈækʃənz frəm ˈloʊkəl ənd steɪt ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz. səm steɪts səʧ ɛz ˈɔrəˌgɑn ənd ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ rɪˈspɑndɪd kˈwɪkli wɪn ðə kɔrts rɪˈʤɛktɪd. ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɔl ðə ˈkaʊntiz ɪn ðiz steɪts ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd nɑt tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ aɪs, hi sɛd. ˈligəl ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtiz ðə ˈoʊnli ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtɪŋ ˈfæktər, ˌhaʊˈɛvər. læʃ sɛd ðət ðə steɪts wɛr kəmˈjunɪtiz hæv ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪzd ˈplɪtɪkli ənd meɪd ðɛr ˈvɔɪsɪz hərd ər mɔr ˈlaɪkli tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd əˈgɛnst koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθ aɪs. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ɪz kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ðə ˈʃɛrɪf, ðɛn ðə ˈʃɛrɪf kən du ˌwəˈtɛvər ðə ˈʃɛrɪf ˈpərsənəli ər ˈplɪtɪkli wɔnts tɪ du. ɪf ðə kəmˈjunɪti mobilizes*, ðɛn ju stɑrt ˈhævɪŋ ə ril pəˈlɪtɪkəl dɪˈskəʃən əˈbaʊt bɛst fər ðə community,”*,” sɛd læʃ. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ɪz kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ðə ˈʃɛrɪf, ðɛn ðə ˈʃɛrɪf kən du ˌwəˈtɛvər ðə ˈʃɛrɪf ˈpərsənəli ər ˈplɪtɪkli wɔnts tɪ do.”*.” ˈgreɪbər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ɛz ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv haʊ ɪˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən kən ˈtrænsfɔrm ə steɪt ˈplɪtɪkli. təˈdeɪ, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ɪz wən əv ðə ˈlidɪŋ steɪts ɪn ðə ˈkəntri wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ prəˈtɛktɪŋ ðə du ˈprɔˌsɛs raɪts əv ʤeɪld ˈɪməgrənts, ʃi sɛd. bət ɪn ðə 1990s*, ˈvoʊtərz ðɛr pæst ə noʊˈtɔriəsli ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən. ˈɪməgrənt kəmˈjunɪti həz groʊn ənd bɪˈkəm soʊ məʧ mɔr ə pɑrt əv ðə steɪt ðət noʊ wən kʊd θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðət naʊ ɪn california,”*,” sɛd ˈgreɪbər. ɛz ən ˈɪməgrənt raɪts ˈlɔjər frəm ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, aɪ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz lʊk æt ˈəðər steɪts ənd laɪk: ðɪs ɪz jʊr fˈjuʧər ənd gʊd. bət ə lɔŋ sloʊ road.”*.” ˈəpˌdeɪt ðə ˈfɛrˌfæks ˈkaʊnti ˈɔfəs əˈnaʊnst ˈtuzˌdeɪ ðət ɪt wɪl ˈkænsəl ɪts dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ ˈfɛdərəl ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən əˈθɔrətiz ənd wɪl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər hoʊld ˈpipəl ɪn ʤeɪl pæst ðɛr riˈlis deɪt fər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ənd ˈkəstəmz ɛnˈfɔrsmənt (aɪs) ənˈlɛs ðə rɪkˈwɛst ɪz əˈkəmpənid baɪ ə kɔrt ˈɔrdər. rɛd mɔr hir.
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the fairfax county sheriff’s office in northern virginia is holding people in jail past their release date at the request of immigration and customs enforcement [ice] using a technique that raises serious questions about potential constitutional rights violations. since president donald trump’s election, the number of people detained using this tactic has risen sharply, and federal officials have plans to use a similar procedure to ramp up detainments in county jails nationwide as a way to funnel immigrants into the deportation pipeline.
legal experts say sheriffs’ departments are denying immigrants their liberty without probable cause, a fundamental right enshrined in the constitution’s fourth amendment for more than two centuries. according to the constitution, there’s a limit to how long authorities can keep a person in jail before they have to charge them or release them.
in fairfax county, this ice tactic has overwhelmingly impacted latino detainees, who are being held for immigration authorities and kept behind bars despite having completed their time in the local jail, had their charges lifted, or been otherwise ordered released by courts. the federal courts have recently ruled that this procedure constitutes an arrest, because the person is kept in jail beyond their release date.
under the procedure, the fairfax county sheriff’s office waits for a person’s local charge to be adjudicated — they are either charged with a crime and held or released. then, on the date of the person’s scheduled release, the agency re-books the person for immigration authorities using an ice civil arrest warrant. the person remains in custody under the auspices of a federal bed-for-rent detention contract that ice has with the sheriff’s office. the fairfax sheriff’s office then holds the detainees for up to 48 hours past their release date so that ice can pick them up, according to first lt. jamel perkins, a spokesperson for the fairfax county sheriff’s office.
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data provided by the fairfax county sheriff’s office to thinkprogress via a public records request shows that the agency has more than doubled the number of people held in jail and turned over to ice this year so far: 663 people in 2017 from january to october, compared to just 258 people for all of 2016.
those numbers have generally increased month-to-month — peaking at 104 individuals for the month of september, an all-time monthly high in two years of data — and since ice’s new detainment policy went into effect in april.
under the new policy, ice told law enforcement agencies that all its detainers would be accompanied by another document: an ice “warrant.”
however, the ice “warrant” is just an administrative document, not a judicial warrant, which are documents issued by a judge or magistrate, who use facts to determine probable cause to arrest a person.
“an ice warrant… is just a piece of paper that ice writes ‘warrant’ on,” said lena graber, a staff attorney with the immigrant legal resource center (ilrc) in san francisco. “it contravenes the very idea of a warrant because a warrant is a statement from an outside neutral magistrate or judge that there is probable cause that someone either committed an offense or, in the immigration case, is subject to deportation. and that’s not what it is.”
“an ice warrant… is just a piece of paper that ice writes ‘warrant’ on. it contravenes the very idea of a warrant.”
previously, ice used a “detainer” (an official request from their agency to another) to ask law enforcement agencies to keep a person in jail for up to 48 hours (excluding holidays and weekends) after a court ordered their release. but over the past several years, federal court rulings on these ice detainers found that the practice violates fourth amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, resulting in the new ice “warrant” policy.
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but that “warrant” is still insufficient to put a person in jail, said cody wofsy, a staff attorney with the aclu immigrants’ rights project. a local law enforcement agency must have a judicial warrant with probable cause to keep a person in custody.
“the bottom line is what’s being described here is still an arrest by a local official for an immigration violation. they are continuing to hold the person who is in their custody after they should be released based on the state law charges,” said wofsy.
using an ice “warrant” to re-arrest a person who legally should walk free is unlawful, and doing so under a contract with ice doesn’t make it right: it just provides a “veneer of lawfulness,” said attorney simon sandoval-moshenberg, who is the legal director of the immigrant advocacy program at the legal aid justice center in virginia. federal authorities, such as the u.s. marshals, typically use these contracts (known as an intergovernmental service agreement, or igsa) to house people they already have in federal custody in local jails.
“i see ice doing what i now understand is a nationwide practice of handing over an [ice “warrant”] as well as a detainer, as basically ice’s attempt to trick local law enforcement agencies into thinking that they’ve somehow solved the legal problem,” said sandoval-moshenberg. “at that 10,000 foot level, is that legal or not? it is very unclear, and i think there are strong arguments against it, but there’s been no clear ruling on it because this is such a new process.”
in the final years of the obama administration, ice began reducing its use of detainers, according to data obtained by the transactional records access clearinghouse [trac], a data gathering research center at syracuse university.
but under the trump administration, ice’s use of detainers — with an ice “warrant” or alone — to prolong jail time for suspected undocumented immigrants has jumped significantly, according to the most recent national statistics. the number of detainers issued by ice officers increased by 81 percent this year. ice issued 112,493 detainers from january 20 to sept. 30, 2017, compared to 62,192 during the same period last year.
“[jails] are continuing to hold the person who is in their custody after they should be released.”
half a dozen legal experts told thinkprogress that the fairfax county sheriff’s office is taking a legal gamble by keeping people in jail using just the ice warrant and detention contract.
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“i think that they are walking on very thin constitutional ice and are willingly exposing themselves to a lawsuit for violating the fourth amendment rights of migrants who are in their custody,” said césar cuauhtémoc garcía hernández, a professor at the university of denver sturm college of law.
legal advocates are particularly alarmed at these tactics — detainers, contracts, and non-judicial “warrants” — because the trump administration has cast a wide net targeting all undocumented immigrants, regardless of whether they’ve committed a crime. and ice has made the local detainment strategy the linchpin of its immigration enforcement plan, which means local law enforcement agencies nationwide face a similar legal dilemma.
the administration’s aggressive stance against sanctuary cities is based in large part on cracking down on local jurisdictions who refuse to respond to ice’s requests to keep immigrants in jail. trump administration officials, including attorney general jeff sessions are criticizing, pressuring, and threatening to pull federal grants from jurisdictions who refuse to comply.
“this attempt to contract their way out of the requirements of the fourth amendment only underscores how deeply these sheriffs have bought into the trump administration’s nativist agenda and its endeavors to tear apart as many families as possible,” graber, wrote in an email to thinkprogress. “this kind of wand-waving to arrest people doesn’t pass legal muster, and arresting immigrants for civil immigration violations shouldn’t be the goal of local law enforcement in the first place.”
a legal grey area
by keeping people jailed past their release date — even if it’s done at the request of another agency, like ice — these law enforcement agencies risk lawsuits, such as the one settled in virginia earlier this year by henrico county sheriff michael wade (r). there, a salvadoran immigrant sued after the henrico jail held him past his release date at ice’s request.
the case was closely watched by virginia sheriffs, the virginia sheriffs’ association’s executive director told the richmond times-dispatch. as a result of that case many virginia sheriffs have stopped holding people in jail for ice unless they get a warrant or order of detention signed by a federal judge or magistrate, according to the paper.
garcía hernández of the university of denver said ice’s tactic ignores the warrant process: gathering evidence, preparing a warrant application, submitting that to a judge, and then receiving an arrest warrant or search warrant.
“ice for some reason or other doesn’t do that. and in that way ice is acting as if it is in a unique position; that it somehow has a right not to comply with the constitutional process that every single police department and sheriff’s department in the united states has been complying with since the day that the fourth amendment was added to the united states constitution,” said garcía hernández.
“they are walking on very thin constitutional ice.”
there are other problems with the way fairfax keeps people in its jail: ice itself requires its officers serve the ice “warrant” in person, and inform the jailed person that they are under arrest for a civil violation, said legal experts. fairfax doesn’t follow those guidelines. ice submits these documents via fax or email, according to perkins.
despite repeated requests to interview sheriff stacey kincaid (d), the sheriff declined, via perkins, citing “scheduling conflicts.”
whether responding to ice detainers or ice “warrants,” local law enforcement agencies place themselves at risk of violating the constitution if they lack probable cause and legal authority to make the arrest, said wofsy of the aclu.
that’s particularly risky when ice makes errors.
“ice is acting as if … it somehow has a right not to comply with the constitutional process.”
wofsy was part of the legal team that represented ada morales in a federal case in rhode island. the state jailed her past her release date without probable cause after ice requested they do so. as it turned out, morales is a u.s. citizen.
in his opinion issued last january, u.s. district judge john j. mcconnell jr. noted that, although ice was in sole charge of investigating cases, the agency “expected state and local law enforcement to perform the ‘dirty work’ of holding the individuals” in their custody until ice can retrieve them.” morales’ illegal detention at the request of ice but in rhode island’s jail cell, wrote mcconnell, revealed a “dysfunction of constitutional proportion at both the state and federal levels.”
cases like this, along with ice detainer data, have shown that ice fails to adequately investigate before asking local agencies to keep people jailed, said wofsy. even under the obama administration, which prioritized jailing and deporting serious and violent offenders who were immigrants, these systematic problems resulted in u.s. citizens who were kept in jail at ice’s request.
wofsy’s concern is that under the trump administration, which isn’t prioritizing serious offenders, but has instead signaled it intends to massively increase the number of people it deports, tactics such as jailing people past their release dates for ice will only put more people at risk.
“these problems are only going to get worse and more exacerbated as enforcement is being ramped up and becoming more and more aggressive under this administration,” said wofsy. “this kind of dragnet approach to immigration enforcement is just going to lead to more and more mistakes, and more egregious situations.”
“this kind of dragnet approach to immigration enforcement is just going to lead to more and more mistakes.”
nonetheless, the majority of sheriffs in florida as well as other sheriffs around the country have signaled they are eager to cooperate with ice, according to sheriff bob gualtieri (r) of pinellas county, fla.
“we’re fully supportive of the effort and that’s what this goal has been — is to do it so that it can be done lawfully, effectively and doesn’t put us at risk of being sued and facing legal consequences for doing something the courts have said we can’t do,” said gualtieri. “so the absolute sum of it among the majority of sheriffs is that they want to be able to do it, they’re just looking for a lawful way to get it done.”
and gualtieri would know: he’s been pitching federal officials on ways local sheriffs can ramp up their cooperation with ice while staying out of legal trouble.
testing ground: trump administration considering jails as temporary “housing” for immigrants
earlier this year, sheriff gualtieri began meeting with officials from ice, the department of homeland security, and the department of justice to devise a strategy to work around the legal problems sheriff departments face when they keep people in jail for ice.
gualtieri suggested a national model based on what the pinellas county sheriff’s office has done for about two years now under their ice detention contract, which pays his jail to keep people for ice. the sheriff’s office holds a person in jail past their release date once ice sends three forms: a detainer request, an ice “warrant,” and an ice “order to detain.” using these forms, pinellas county bureaucratically releases the jailed person under their local or state charges, then re-books them into ice custody in the same jail.
“so we’re not effecting the arrest, we’re not taking the person into custody, we are merely housing them for ice because the person is in ice custody,” said gualtieri, who is also an attorney who specialized in civil litigation.
from the perspective of the person in gualtieri’s jail, however, there is little difference between being “housed” for ice and stuck in jail past his or her release date. gualtieri cites the three pieces of paperwork ice provides his jail as the legal authority.
“that makes it lawful and it is a solution to the fourth amendment issue that the courts have said was the problem,” says gualtieri, who wrote a memo detailing this tactic and sent it to two national sheriffs associations in june.
“they want to be able to do it, they’re just looking for a lawful way to get it done.”
legal experts told thinkprogress this novel approach has many of the same problems as fairfax’s approach. “what’s really happening constitutionally and legally speaking is that this is a new arrest, and the arrest is made by non-federal officials,” said christopher lasch, another professor at the university of denver sturm college of law.
in april, the fairfax county sheriff’s office renewed its detention contract with ice, but changed the length of time it holds people for ice from 72 hours to 48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays). the contract renewal also allows fairfax, like pinellas county, to use the ice detainer, ice “warrant,” and detention contract to keep people in jail past their release dates.
as the federal courts continue to scrutinize ice “warrants” — and so far the courts have ruled against the practice on fourth amendment grounds — legal experts told thinkprogress that they see the next legal battle crystallizing around this use of the detention contract.
“it’s been a cat-and-mouse game. as soon as we whack them down with one thing, they move to another tactic,” said mark fleming, the associate director of litigation at the national immigrant justice center (nijc) in chicago.
aside from the detention contract, there are other problems that arise, he said.
immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility, so in most cases only federal agents, like ice, can make an immigration arrest. local police can be deputized to make immigration arrests, under a different contract with ice: a 287(g) agreement. the fairfax county sheriff’s office has a detention contract, allowing it to hold onto a federal agent’s prisoner, but it doesn’t have a 287(g) agreement. fairfax police, in other words, aren’t deputized to make federal arrests, such as civil immigration violations. those warrants would have to be served in person, or by a deputized agent.
but sheriff gualtieri said that he sees no requirement for the ice “warrant” to be served in person. he told thinkprogress that his agency receives the forms via fax or email from ice.
ultimately the courts will decide if the procedure is constitutional and protects individuals against unreasonable search and seizure, said gualtieri. but he said he is 100 percent confident it will, as long as the jail has an ice detention contract, an ice “warrant,” and an “order to detain.”
“what we also know is that ice clearly has the authority unquestionably, unequivocally, undeniably by anybody… to hold people for whom they have probable cause and especially when there’s been a warrant issued for that person’s arrest,” said gualtieri. “and when they give us a copy of the warrant along with the i-203, which is the order to detain, they are in ice custody. their detention has been effected by ice, and we’re merely the entity that’s holding them.”
diminishing sanctuary cities with anti-immigrant county policies
whether it’s through new legal maneuvers or the public shaming of agencies that don’t cooperate, one thing is increasingly clear about the trump administration’s approach to immigration: a new sheriff is in town, one that legal experts say is willing to push the legal limits to deport more and more people from the u.s.
“the rule of law as it’s touted by this administration is: we want to deport as many people as possible without any legal interference,” said lasch of the university of denver.
last year, the immigrant legal resource center analyzed which u.s. counties cooperated to what degree with ice under the obama administration. the results, based on nationwide detainer data the organization received through a freedom of information act request from the federal government, show that counties, not cities, are most actively cooperating with federal efforts to deport. sanctuary cities may be pushing back, but sanctuary counties are exceedingly rare.
“the vast majority of counties provide ice with all of the information and resources they ask for. generally, city ordinances do not govern county level agencies or officials, and sanctuary city laws can be undermined by county policy and practice,” the ilrc found.
graber, who co-authored the report, said that the data showed that most counties do whatever ice asks of them “without thinking very much.”
“the rule of law as it’s touted by this administration is: we want to deport as many people as possible without any legal interference.”
“there is a whole range and all kinds of places have different kinds of policies,” said graber. “but the default nationally is to have not really thought about it. and when ice asks you to do something you just do it without ever evaluating whether it’s legal or constitutional or within your authority as law enforcement or anything else.”
despite the legal risk of partnering with ice, with trump calling for a crackdown on immigration, legal experts have seen a shift in the level and tenor of cooperation as well. for example, law enforcement agencies are increasingly signing or renewing their detention contracts with ice, as the fairfax county sheriff’s office did this year.
ice data shows that at least 54 ice detention contracts were created or reactivated this year. there has also been a significant increase in the number of law enforcement agencies that are both deputized to make federal immigration arrests and who have ice detention contracts, according to the detention watch network and the center for constitutional rights.
fleming described this combination as a new template that’s emerged under the trump administration, and it’s problematic because it financially rewards jurisdictions to jail more and more immigrants for ice.
“the combination of these two programs essentially incentivizes large scale racial profiling, in order to make the detention contract as profitable as possible,” according to the detention watch network and ccr in a memo analyzing the data.
fairfax county in particular has a long track record of cooperating with ice. in 2009, the sheriff’s office was the first law enforcement agency in the region to get access to ice’s secure communities program, a database fingerprint-sharing program. that program launched in 2008, ended in 2014, and was reestablished days after trump took office.
“anti-immigrant sentiment, anti-immigrant legislation, anti-immigrant law enforcement issues — these are not new to virginia,” said claire guthrie gastañaga, executive director of the aclu of virginia. “[but] they have re-escalated since the trump administration because the trump administration has a different policy objective than the obama administration.”
indeed, data for fairfax county and the state of virginia mirror national trends showing that ice detainment requests have spiked since trump was elected.
“the combination of these two programs essentially incentivizes large scale racial profiling, in order to make the detention contract as profitable as possible.”
but not all jurisdictions are stepping forward to cooperate with ice. at least four state legislatures as well as cities and counties across the country have considered legislation to restrict extended jail holds or ban them altogether, according to the new york times.
and for agencies that do want their agents deputized to make immigration arrests, taking on the role of immigration enforcement officers will come with a hefty price, says lasch. officers who are deputized as ice agents must be trained at the expense of their agency, must learn a new area of law and practice, and the agency receives no compensation for doing this federal work, he said.
prince william county in virginia discovered just how costly this is when the sheriff’s department launched its deputizing program in 2008. county supervisors had to borrow from the county’s rainy day fund to cover the start-up costs, according to a brookings institution study.
“most sheriffs and law enforcement agencies around the country are saying: we’re stretched completely thin and we don’t have the resources to do the job that we’re supposed to do,” said lasch. “and then you’re going to have them take on an entirely new set of duties… and not get compensated for any immigration enforcement that they engage in. it’s a completely different animal.”
while some law enforcement agencies avoid becoming entangled with ice because of legal risks and financial burden, others are concerned about undermining community trust, said wofsy from the aclu.
sheriff gualtieri in florida says he is keenly aware of the community trust issue as he moves forward with his plans to expand his strategy nationwide.
“i have no intention and no desire to engage in immigration enforcement on the street,” said gualtieri. “the detainer issue is a totally separate issue than immigration enforcement on the street.”
gualtieri said it’s important that his officers maintain the trust of the immigrant community.
“if they [immigrants] think that local law enforcement is going to arrest them and put them in jail every time we have contact with them, it’s about impossible for us to effectively do our job,” said gualtieri.
a way forward: the california model
states with large immigrant populations, such as california, have found one way to limit ice cooperation while ensuring that undocumented immigrants who commit serious and violent crimes are deported. the state’s trust act, passed in 2013, bans jails from holding people past their release dates for ice, except in limited circumstances.
and last year, california gov. jerry brown (d) signed the state’s truth act, which requires jails to give people copies of ice detainers, to tell them they plan to comply with it, and a form telling the jailed person that any ice interviews are voluntary.
“i think you’re going to see more efforts to convince state and city officials to follow california’s lead,” said garcía hernández of the university of denver. “right now california is at the forefront of the movement to disentangle ice from state and local government operations.”
lasch too has tracked the range of reactions from local and state jurisdictions. some states such as oregon and colorado responded quickly when the courts rejected detainers. in some cases, almost all the counties in these states decided not to respond to ice detainers, he said.
legal liabilities weren’t the only motivating factor, however. lasch said that the states where communities have mobilized politically and made their voices heard are more likely to decide against cooperating with ice.
“if nobody is questioning the sheriff, then the sheriff can do whatever the sheriff personally or politically wants to do. if the community mobilizes, then you start having a real political discussion about what’s best for the community,” said lasch.
“if nobody is questioning the sheriff, then the sheriff can do whatever the sheriff personally or politically wants to do.”
graber also pointed to california as an example of how evolving public opinion can transform a state politically. today, california is one of the leading states in the country when it comes to protecting the due process rights of jailed immigrants, she said. but in the 1990s, voters there passed a notoriously anti-immigrant proposition.
“the immigrant community has grown and become so much more a part of the state that no one could think about that now in california,” said graber. “and as an immigrant rights lawyer from california, i sometimes look at other states and i’m like: this is your future and it’s good. but it’s a long slow road.”
update 1/24/18: the fairfax county sheriff’s office announced tuesday that it will cancel its detention contract with federal immigration authorities and will no longer hold people in jail past their release date for immigration and customs enforcement (ice) unless the request is accompanied by a court order. read more here.
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ɪt əˈpɪrz ˈʃutər tim ˈfɔrtrəs 2 ɪz ɪn laɪn fər ə nu "ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ˈvərʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti moʊd" wɪʧ wɪl ɪˈneɪbəl səˈpɔrt fər ðə sˈnæzi rɪft ˈvərʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti ˈhɛdˌsɛt. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ roʊd tɪ, rɪft ˈjuzərz wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ gɪt ə juˈnik hæt. ˈhoʊpfəli ɪt lʊks laɪk ə ˈhɛdˌsɛt. əˈpɛrəntli ən ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈəpˌdeɪt, du aʊt ðɪs wik, wɪl æd ðə nu moʊd. stim koʊdz wɪl bi sɛnt aʊt fər ðə hæt. hɪrz wət ʤoʊ ˈlədwɪg, ə ˈproʊˌgræmər æt vælv ɔn ðə tim, hæd tɪ seɪ: "wɪn wi fərst pleɪd ən ˈərli ˈvərʒən əv ˈvərʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti moʊd ɪn tim ˈfɔrtrəs wi wər bloʊn əˈweɪ baɪ ðə ˌɪˈmərʒən wi ɪkˈspɪriənst. ɪz ʤɪst ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈstɑrtɪd, bət ɪt ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ə bɪg ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈgeɪmɪŋ. ðɪs ˈəpˌdeɪt wɪl lɛt ˈjuˈɛs ʃɛr ðət ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ mɔr əv ðə tim ˈfɔrtrəs kəmˈjunɪti." ɛz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈərliər təˈdeɪ, dum 3 ɪˈdɪʃən wɪl nɑt səˈpɔrt ðə rɪft æt lɔnʧ, ɛz hæd bɪn plænd. dɪˈvɛləpər kɪts ər du aʊt æt ðə ɛnd əv mɑrʧ. nuz əv səˈpɔrt kəmz ɛz noʊ səˈpraɪz. vælv həz meɪd noʊ ˈsikrɪt əv ɪts ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn, ənd ðə ˈmeɪkər ɪz du tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ə tɔk æt nɛkst wik ɔn, ju gɛst ɪt, ˈpɔrtɪŋ fər juz wɪθ ˈgɑgəlz.
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it appears valve's first-person shooter team fortress 2 is in line for a new "experimental virtual reality mode" which will enable support for the snazzy oculus rift virtual reality headset.
according to road to vr, oculus rift users will also get a unique in-game hat. hopefully it looks like a vr headset.
apparently an online update, due out this week, will add the new mode. steam codes will be sent out for the hat.
here's what joe ludwig, a programmer at valve on the tf2 team, had to say:
"when we first played an early version of virtual reality mode in team fortress we were blown away by the immersion we experienced. vr is just getting started, but it is going to have a big impact on gaming. this update will let us share that experience with more of the team fortress community."
as reported earlier today, doom 3 bfg edition will not support the oculus rift at launch, as had been planned. developer kits are due out at the end of march.
news of tf2 support comes as no surprise. valve has made no secret of its interest in vr, and the half-like maker is due to deliver a talk at gdc next week on, you guessed it, porting tf2 for use with vr goggles.
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signup* tɪ rɪˈsiv ə ˈdeɪli ˈraʊnˌdəp əv ðə tɔp+ nuz ˈstɔriz frəm əraʊnd ðə wərld həz ˈɪʃud ə ˈwɔrnɪŋ tɪ ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈjuzərz əˈbaʊt pəˈlis ɪnˈtræpmənt ˈfɑloʊɪŋ rɪˈpɔrts əv sɪks mɛn hu wər ˈsɛntənst ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈæftər ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ðɛr əˈpɑrtmənt fər sɛks ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ ɪt wɑz kleɪmd ðət pəˈlis wər ˈɛkˌsplɔɪtɪŋ ənd ˈəðər ˈdeɪtɪŋ saɪts tɪ hənt ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɪn ˈiʤɪpt. rɪˈpɔrts ðət ðə sɪks mɛn hu wər ˈsɛntənst ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ meɪ mɑrk ðə fərst keɪs ɪn wɪʧ ɪˈʤɪpʃənz hæv bɪn kɔt ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə fər ˈʧɑrʤɪz əv ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ahramonline*, ðə mɛn wər ˈsɛntənst tɪ tu jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən wɪθ ˈleɪbər fər əˈlɛʤədli ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ðɛr əˈpɑrtmənt ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk fər mɛn tɪ hæv sɛks wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər fər ə naɪt. naʊ həz sɛnt ə ˈmɛsɪʤ tɪ ɔl ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈjuzərz ˈwɔrnɪŋ ðət pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz meɪ bi ɛz ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə tɪ ɪnˈtræp you.”*.” ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ kənˈtɪnjuz: bi ˈkɛrfəl əˈbaʊt ərˈeɪnʤɪŋ ˈmitɪŋz wɪθ ˈpipəl ju noʊ, ənd bi ˈkɛrfəl əˈbaʊt ˈpoʊstɪŋ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət maɪt rɪˈvil jʊr identity.”*.” ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrisəntli dɪˈseɪbəld ðə juz əv loʊˈkeɪʃən ˈdætə ɪn səm ˈkəntriz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈiʤɪpt, ˈoʊvər kənˈsərnz ðət ˈjuzərz kən bi trækt daʊn. waɪl nɑt spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈaʊˌtlɔd, ˈəndər ˌmɔˈræləˌti lɔz ˈpənɪʃmənt fər ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈsɛkʃuəl ækˈtɪvɪti kən bi əp tɪ 17 jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən wɪθ ər wɪˈθaʊt hɑrd ˈleɪbər ənd faɪnz. bæk ɪn meɪ fɔr ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz wər ərˈɛstɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈpɑrti ɪn ˈkaɪroʊ. wən mæn wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst ˈsɛntəns ˈɛvər ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ən ˈpərsən ɪn ˈiʤɪpt twɛlv jɪrz ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, ˈsɛvən mɛn wər ərˈɛstɪd ˈæftər biɪŋ sin ɪn ə ˈvɪdioʊ æt ə geɪ ˈwɛdɪŋ ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni. ðə ˈvɪdioʊ wɛnt ˈvaɪrəl ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ənd wɑz ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli brɔt tɪ ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv ðə ˈloʊkəl prɛs hu kənˈdɛmd ðə ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni.
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grindr has issued a warning to egyptian users about police entrapment following reports of six men who were sentenced on thursday after advertising their apartment for sex on social media.
earlier this month it was claimed that police were exploiting grindr and other dating sites to hunt members of the lgbt community in egypt.
buzzfeed reports that the six men who were sentenced on thursday may mark the first case in which egyptians have been caught on social media for charges of homosexuality.
according to ahramonline, the men were sentenced to two years in prison with labour for allegedly advertising their apartment on facebook for men to have sex with each other for le200 (£17) a night.
now grindr has sent a message to all egyptian users warning that police officers may be “posing as lgbt on social media to entrap you.”
the message continues: “please be careful about arranging meetings with people you don’t know, and be careful about posting anything that might reveal your identity.”
grindr also recently disabled the use of location data in some countries including egypt, over concerns that users can be tracked down.
while not specifically outlawed, under morality laws punishment for same-sex sexual activity can be up to 17 years in prison with or without hard labour and fines.
back in may four individuals were arrested during a same-sex party in cairo.
one man was charged with the longest sentence ever given to an lgbt person in egypt – twelve years imprisonment.
earlier this month, seven men were arrested after being seen in a video at a gay wedding ceremony.
the video went viral on social media and was consequently brought to the attention of the local press who condemned the same-sex ceremony.
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blɔg wi hɛlp bət bi pərˈplɛkst baɪ ðɪs blɔg poʊst ɔn ðə pənʧ baɪ ˈlɪˌbərəl ənd ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈmɪnɪstər fər ˈfæməliz, ˈhaʊzɪŋ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈkɛvɪn ˈænˌdruz, wɪʧ əˈpɪrz tɪ ˌɪmˈplaɪ ðət ɔˈstreɪljə nid ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈbrɔdˌbænd ˈnɛtˌwərk, bɪˈkəz əv ðə strɔŋ əˈdɑpʃən əv ˈmoʊbəl foʊnz. raɪts ˈænˌdruz: foʊn ˈsərvɪsɪz hæv groʊn ˈræpədli ˈoʊvər ðə læst 10 jɪrz. æt ðə seɪm taɪm ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈsərvɪsɪz hæv ˈstægˌneɪtɪd. ðɪs groʊθ ɪn ðə teɪk əp əv ðə ˈmoʊbəl foʊn həz ˌkoʊənˈsaɪdəd wɪθ ə raɪz ɪn ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld kənˈsumərz hu du nɑt ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈsərvɪs. ðə ʧɔɪs əv nɑt ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈsərvɪs simz tɪ bi ˈdrɪvən baɪ eɪʤ ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ arrangements.”*.” wət ˈænˌdruz əˈpɪrz tɪ nɑt ˌəndərˈstænd ðət wɛl ɪz ðət ðə ɪz nɑt biɪŋ roʊld aʊt bɪˈkəz ɔˈstreɪljə nidz ˈbɛtər ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈsərvɪsɪz. ðə ɪz dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd ðə ˈbrɔdˌbænd ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər. ʃʊr, ðə wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi juzd fər ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈsərvɪsɪz, bət ɪt wʊd bi drɔɪŋ ə ˈvɛri lɔŋ boʊ ˌɪnˈdid tɪ səˈʤɛst wət ɪt wɪl ˈmeɪnli bi juzd fər. ˈdætə, nɑt vɔɪs, ɪz ðə weɪ əv ðə fˈjuʧər. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkrɛdɪt: ʤi ˈʃɑutən də ˈwɛbˌsaɪt), ˈrɔɪəlti fri
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blog we couldn’t help but be perplexed by this blog post on the punch by liberal mp and shadow minister for families, housing and human services kevin andrews, which appears to imply that australia doesn’t need the national broadband network, because of the strong adoption of mobile phones. writes andrews:
“mobile phone services have grown rapidly over the last 10 years. at the same time fixed-line telephone services have stagnated. this growth in the take up of the mobile phone has coincided with a rise in the number of household consumers who do not access to a fixed-line telephone service. the choice of not having a fixed-line telephone service seems to be driven by age and living arrangements.”
what andrews appears to not understand that well is that the nbn is not being rolled out because australia needs better telephone services. the nbn is designed to upgrade the nation’s broadband infrastructure. sure, the nbn will also be used for telephone services, but it would be drawing a very long bow indeed to suggest that’s what it will mainly be used for. data, not voice, is the way of the future.
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rɪˈpɔrt: mɔr blɔgz ðən ˈjumənz ɔn ərθ ɪn ɪts rɪˈpɔrt, ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkaʊnsəl ɔn ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈpəndətri (icip*) sɪz ðət ðə ˈnəmbər əv wɛb lɔgz, ər 'blɔgz' ɪn ðə wərld həz naʊ sərˈpæst ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈjumənz. "ɑr moʊst ˈrisənt blɔg ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən kaʊnt ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ə ˈtoʊtəl əv ˈbɪljən blɔgz ˈwərldˈwaɪd, wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə fʊl ˈbɪljən mɔr ðən ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ˈpipəl ɔn ðə ˈplænət," sɛd bleɪn ˈnunən, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə icip*. "ɪn ðə taɪm ɪt tʊk mi tɪ ʤɪst seɪ ðət læst ˈsɛntəns, 130 ˈmɪljən mɔr blɔgz wər kriˈeɪtɪd ˈwərldˈwaɪd. ənd ðoʊz ər ʤɪst ðə wənz." ˈnunən əˈtrɪˌbjuts ðə ɪkˈspænʧən əv ðə ˈblɔgɔsˈfir ˈoʊvər ðə pæst jɪr tɪ ðə iz wɪθ wɪʧ kəmˈpjutər ˈjuzərz kən ˈizəli kriˈeɪt ˈməltəpəl blɔgz. "ɪt ɪz rɪˈmɑrkəbli ˈsɪmpəl fər ˈɛniˌwən, ˈivɪn wɪθ ðɛr oʊn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ʃoʊz ɔn ˈmeɪʤər nuz ˈnɛtˌwərks, tɪ kriˈeɪt ðɛr oʊn blɔg," sɛd ˈnunən, hu hɪmˈsɛlf həz hɪz oʊn blɔg dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ hɪz əˈbaɪdɪŋ ˈpæʃən, ˈəltəmət ˈfrɪsbi. ðə ˈgloʊbəl blɔg ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪz ɔl ðə mɔr ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðət mɔr ðən hæf əv ðə ərθs ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən hæv ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn juzd ə kəmˈpjutər. ˈnunən ɪkˈspleɪnd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət læk əv kəmˈpjutər ˈækˌsɛs ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ən ˌɪmˈpɛdəmənt tɪ blɔg ˈɔθərˌʃɪp: "naʊ, ˈivɪn ˈpipəl hu hæv ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn sin ə ril kəmˈpjutər ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ kriˈeɪt ðɛr oʊn blɔgz, θæŋks tɪ nu tɛkˈnɑləʤi əˈveɪləbəl wɪθ ˈvərʒən ˈfɪnˌlænd, wən əv ðə moʊst waɪərd ˈneɪʃənz, ɪz ðə moʊst blog-heavy*, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə icip*. ðə ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ əv blɔgz tɪ ˈpipəl ɪn ˈfɪnˌlænd ɪz 13 tɪ 1 "jɛs, wi fɪnz ˈsərtənli ləv ɑr blɔgz," sɛd valonenen*, ðə ˈfɪnɪʃ ˈmɪnɪstər əv ˈkəlʧər ənd ˈmɪnɪstər riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈɔnˌlaɪn əˈpɪnjən, wɪn ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əv ðə rɪˈpɔrts ˈfaɪndɪŋz. "wi juz ðɛm tɪ seɪ ˈmɛni blænd, ˌɪnəˈfɛnsɪv θɪŋz. ˈɔfən, wi vɔɪs ˌɪˈneɪn ər ˈbleɪtəntli ˈɑbviəs pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˈpɪnjənz ɔn ðɛm ɛz wɛl. ɪt ɪz greɪt fən." ˈʤɛni əv ˈdɑrtməθ, ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə, ɪz ə 'blogaholic*.' ʃi meɪnˈteɪnz 41 ˈsɛpərˌeɪt blɔgz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wən dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ hər ˈlɔndri ˈhæbəts, əˈnəðər wən dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ hər kæt ənd jɛt əˈnəðər blɔg əˈbaʊt hər ˈfænəsiz ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈsiˌbiˈsi ˌpərsəˈnælɪti dɑn ˈnumən. ʃi səˈpɔrts hərˈsɛlf θru ən ˈænjuəl grænt frəm ðə ˈkænədə ˈkaʊnsəl fər ðə ɑrts ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd fər ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈblɔgərz ɪn əˈtlæntɪk ˈkænədə. "aɪ hæv ə blɔg, wɛr aɪ θɪŋz, ənd ðɛn, aɪ hæv ə kənˈsərvətɪv blɔg, wɛr aɪ ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ seɪ ɪn maɪ ˈəðər blɔg," kənˈtɪnjud, hu dɪˈskraɪbd hər ˈdeɪli ruˈtin ɛz "ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˈhɛktɪk." ˌæftərˈnunz ər dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ, əˈməŋ ˈəðər blɔgz, hər bʊk blɔg ("ðə wərld məst noʊ wət ˈsɛlfˈhɛlp bʊks əm ˈrɛdɪŋ raɪt naʊ"), hər ˈwɛðər blɔg, wɛr ʃi dɪˈskəsɪz ˈloʊkəl ˈwɛðər, ənd hər ˈgroʊsəri blɔg, wɛr ʃi ʃɛr hər ˈgroʊsəri ˈpərʧəsɪz ɪn ɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ˈditeɪl wɪθ ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn kəmˈjunɪti. "ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ 41 ˈdɪfərənt blɔgz ɪz ə fʊl taɪm ʤɑb. maɪ lɔɪəl ˈridərˌʃɪp ɪkˈspɛkts frɛʃ kənˈsɛnt ɔl ðə taɪm ɔn ɔl əv maɪ blɔgz," ɪkˈspleɪnd waɪl ədˈmɪtɪŋ ðət hər ˈpæʃən həz kɔzd səm fəˈmɪljəl straɪf. "maɪ ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd θɪŋks əm ˈkreɪzi. hi ˈoʊnli həz sɪks blɔgz. hiz soʊ ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd." ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 10th*, 2006 iˈmeɪl ðɪs ˈstɔri ˈprɪnər ˈfrɛndli ˈvərʒən
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report: more blogs than humans on earth
in its year-end report, the international council on internet punditry (icip) says that the number of web logs, or 'blogs' in the world has now surpassed the number of humans. "our most recent blog population count indicates a total of 7.5 billion blogs worldwide, which is almost a full billion more than the amount of people on the planet," said blaine noonan, executive director of the icip. "in the time it took me to just say that last sentence, 130 million more blogs were created worldwide. and those are just the anti-bush ones." noonan attributes the near-exponential expansion of the blogosphere over the past year to the ease with which computer users can easily create multiple blogs. "it is remarkably simple for anyone, even buffoons with their own television shows on major news networks, to create their own blog," said noonan, who himself has his own blog devoted to his abiding passion, ultimate frisbee. the global blog population is all the more impressive, considering that more than half of the earth's population have never even used a computer. noonan explained, however, that lack of computer access is no longer an impediment to blog authorship: "now, even people who have never even seen a real computer are able to create their own blogs, thanks to new mind-melding technology available with blogger.com's version 11.0." finland, one of the most wired nations, is the most blog-heavy, according to the icip. the ratio of blogs to people in finland is 13 to 1. "yes, we finns certainly love our blogs," said pukka valonenen, the finnish minister of culture and minister responsible for online opinion, when informed of the report's findings. "we use them to say many bland, inoffensive things. often, we voice inane or blatantly obvious political opinions on them as well. it is great fun." jenny orkmyer of dartmouth, nova scotia, is a self-described 'blogaholic.' she maintains 41 separate blogs, including one devoted to her laundry habits, another one devoted to her cat and yet another blog about her fantasies involving cbc newsworld personality don newman. she supports herself through an annual grant from the canada council for the arts designated for female bloggers in atlantic canada. "i have a left-wing blog, where i say...left-wing things, and then, i have a conservative blog, where i contradict everything i say in my other blog," continued orkmyer, who described her daily routine as "incredibly hectic." afternoons are devoted to orkmyer updating, among other blogs, her book blog ("the world must know what self-help books i'm reading right now"), her weather blog, where she discusses local weather, and her grocery blog, where she share her grocery purchases in excruciating detail with the rest of the online community. "updating 41 different blogs is a full time job. my loyal readership expects fresh consent all the time on all of my blogs," explained orkmyer while admitting that her passion has caused some familial strife. "my boyfriend thinks i'm crazy. he only has six blogs. he's so old-fashioned." posted on january 10th, 2006 email this story printer friendly version
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ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ, ˈwaɪlˌdlaɪf pəˈθɑləʤəsts əraɪvd æt heɪ ˈaɪlənd ɔf ðə koʊst əv ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə ɪn mɑrʧ 2012 ðeɪ mɛt ən ˈɪri saɪt. əv ðə ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈsɪlvər ənd greɪ silz ðət leɪ ɔn ðə ˈrɑki outcrop*, ˈrəfli ə fɪθ wər dɛd, dɪˈspaɪt ʃoʊɪŋ noʊ ˈaʊtwərd saɪnz əv dɪˈziz. rɪˈvild ðət 406 dɛd silz wər ˌɪnˈfɛstɪd wɪθ ə ˈkrɛsənt ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt ðət hæd dɪˈstrɔɪd ðɛr ˈlɪvərz, bət ɪt ˈwəzənt klɪr wət ðə ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəm wɑz ər haʊ ðə silz hæd ˈkɑntræktəd ðə ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt. ˈrisərʧərz rɪˈvild ðə aɪˈdɛntəˌti hir təˈdeɪ æt ðə ˈænjuəl ˈmitɪŋ əv aaas*, wɪʧ ˈpəblɪʃɪz saɪəns. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈspleɪnd haʊ ˈmɛltɪŋ aɪs ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪk ˈsərkəl ɪz ˈhɛlpɪŋ səʧ ˈpæθəʤənz dɪˈspərs θruaʊt ðə wərldz ˈoʊʃənz. ðə ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt ɪn kˈwɛʃən bɪˈlɔŋz tɪ ðə ˈʤinəs. ɪt ˈdəzənt ˈɔlˌweɪz kɪl ɪts silz, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, hæv lɔŋ lɪvd wɪθ ðə ˈmaɪˌkroʊb wɪθ ˈlɪtəl ɪl ˈifɛkt. ɪn greɪ silz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt əˈpɪrz tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈpætərn əv ˌɪnˈfɛˈsteɪʃən. ˈrəðər ðən ˌloʊˈlɛvəl ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, "ɪt kəmˈplitli dɪˈstrɔɪz ðə ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər" əv ˈlɪvər sɛlz, sɪz ˈmaɪkəl grɪg əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈælərʤi ənd ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈzizɪz ɪn bəˈθɛzdə, ˈmɛrələnd. ˈæftər ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ ðə dɛd greɪ silz' ˈtɪʃu ˈəndər ən ˌɪˈlɛktrɑn ˈmaɪkrəˌskoʊp ənd ˈtreɪsɪŋ ðə ʤəˈnɛtɪk ˈlɪniəʤ, grɪg ənd ˈkɑligz æt ˈəðər ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɪt ɛz ə kloʊz ˈrɛlətɪv əv canis*, faʊnd ɪn dɔgz. ðeɪ neɪmd ðə nu streɪn pinnipedi*. ɪz ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk tərm fər silz.) bɪˈkəz rɪŋ silz dɪˈpɛnd ɔn aɪs tɪ bɪld keɪvz fər ðɛr jəŋ, ðeɪ hæv hɪˈstɔrɪkəli rɪˈmeɪnd ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd frəm greɪ silz, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈhæbət ˈwɔrmər ˈwɔtərz. ɛz ˈrəfli ə θərd əv ðə aɪs ˈkəvərɪŋ ðə ˈɑrtɪk həz ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd ˈoʊvər ðə pæst 30 jɪrz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, greɪ silz hæv ˈbeɪgən tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ðɛr ˈfeɪvərɪt preɪ ˈɪntu ðə rɪŋ silz' ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri, sɪz su mʊr, ə ˌbaɪəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌoʊʃəˈnɑgrəfər æt ðə juz. ˈnæʃənəl ˌoʊʃiˈænɪk ənd ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ˈfɪʃəriz ˈɔfəs əv saɪəns ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪn siˈætəl, ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. bɪˈkəz ðɛr ˈhæbəˌtæts ər ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ ˈoʊvərˌlæp, ðiz ˈspiʃiz ər bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ mɪks fər ðə fərst taɪm, ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ðɛm tɪ nu dɪˈzizɪz ənd ˈpɛrəˌsaɪts, ʃi sɪz. lɔs əv ˈɑrtɪk aɪs ˈɪzənt ʤɪst əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈpæθəʤənz wəns træpt ɪn haɪər ˈlætəˌtudz tɪ meɪ ˈɔlsoʊ bi ɪˈneɪbəlɪŋ ˈpɛrəˌsaɪts wəns faʊnd ˈoʊnli ɪn loʊər ˈlætəˌtudz tɪ muv nɔrθ, sɪz ˈstivən, ə ˈvɛtrəˌnɛri pəˈθɑləʤəst æt ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ kəˈləmbiə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər ɪn vænˈkuvər, ˈkænədə. fər ðə fərst taɪm, ənd ˈkɑligz hæv dɪˈskəvərd ðə kæt ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt kən kɔz ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs ˈblaɪndnəs ənd əˈbɔrʃənz ɪn ˈwɛstərn ˈɑrtɪk bɪˈlugə weɪl mit, ə ˈsteɪpəl fud fər ðə ˈɪnut ˈpipəl. ɪts nɑt jɛt klɪr haʊ ðə ˈpæθəʤən fərst riʧt ðə weɪlz, hi noʊts. wən ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ɪz ðət ðə ˈɪnut ər ˈkipɪŋ mɔr kæts ɛz pɛts, bɪˈkəz ˈkɪti ˈlɪtər fləʃt daʊn ðə ˈtɔɪlət ɪz ə ˈmeɪʤər sɔrs əv ðə ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt ɪn ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. bət lɔs əv ˈɑrtɪk aɪs ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlaɪkli ɪˈroʊdɪŋ ðə ɛkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈbɛriər ðət həz ˈpriviəsli prəˈtɛktɪd bɪˈlugə weɪlz, əˈlaʊɪŋ ðə ˈpɛrəˌsaɪt tɪ muv ˈnɔrθwərd, hi sɪz. "taɪm wɪl tɛl" ɪf ðiz ɪkˈspoʊʒərz ər fluks ər "ðə tɪp əv ðə ˈaɪsbərg" ɛz aɪs ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪk mɛlts, grɪg sɪz. ɛz səm ˈsaɪəntɪsts ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ðət ɔl aɪs ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪk wɪl bi gɔn wɪˈθɪn 20 jɪrz, mɔr ˈrisərʧ ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ tɪ ðə hɛlθ əv mərˈin ˈmæməlz ɪz ˈkrɪtɪkəl, mʊr noʊts.
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chicago, illinois—when wildlife pathologists arrived at hay island off the coast of nova scotia in march 2012, they met an eerie sight. of the thousands of silver and black-speckled gray seals that lay on the rocky outcrop, roughly a fifth were dead, despite showing no outward signs of disease. necropsies revealed that 406 dead seals were infested with a crescent moon-shaped parasite that had destroyed their livers, but it wasn't clear what the organism was or how the seals had contracted the parasite. researchers revealed the parasite's identity here today at the annual meeting of aaas, which publishes science. they also explained how melting ice in the arctic circle is helping such pathogens disperse throughout the world's oceans.
the parasite in question belongs to the genus sarcocystis. it doesn't always kill its host—ring seals, for example, have long lived with the microbe with little ill effect. in gray seals, however, the parasite appears to follow a different pattern of infestation. rather than low-level infection, "it completely destroys the architecture" of liver cells, says michael grigg of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases in bethesda, maryland. after examining the dead gray seals' tissue under an electron microscope and tracing the parasite's genetic lineage, grigg and colleagues at other institutions identified it as a close relative of sarcocystis canis, found in dogs. they named the new strain sarcocystis pinnipedi. (pinniped is the scientific term for seals.)
because ring seals depend on ice to build caves for their young, they have historically remained isolated from gray seals, which inhabit warmer waters. as roughly a third of the ice covering the arctic has disappeared over the past 30 years, however, gray seals have begun to follow their favorite prey into the ring seals' territory, says sue moore, a biological oceanographer at the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration fisheries office of science and technology in seattle, washington. because their habitats are starting to overlap, these species are beginning to mix for the first time, exposing them to new diseases and parasites, she says.
loss of arctic ice isn't just allowing pathogens once trapped in higher latitudes to escape—it may also be enabling parasites once found only in lower latitudes to move north, says stephen raverty, a veterinary pathologist at the british columbia ministry of agriculture in vancouver, canada. for the first time, raverty and colleagues have discovered the cat parasite toxoplasma gondii—which can cause infectious blindness and abortions in people—in western arctic beluga whale meat, a staple food for the inuit people. it's not yet clear how the pathogen first reached the whales, he notes. one possibility is that the inuit are keeping more cats as pets, because kitty litter flushed down the toilet is a major source of the parasite in the environment. but loss of arctic ice is also likely eroding the ecological barrier that has previously protected beluga whales, allowing the parasite to move northward, he says.
"time will tell" if these exposures are flukes or "the tip of the iceberg" as ice in the arctic melts, grigg says. as some scientists estimate that all ice in the arctic will be gone within 20 years, more research linking climate change to the health of marine mammals is critical, moore notes.
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dɪr ˈmidiə: fil bæd ðət aɪ ləv maɪ ˈbɑdi dɪr ˈmidiə, pliz fil laɪk ə ˈfeɪljər. nɑt ju, mi. dɪˈspaɪt ɔl əv jʊr hɑrd wərk ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz, aɪ stɪl sim tɪ kɪk ðə ˈhæbət əv ˈləvɪŋ maɪ ˈbɑdi. aɪ noʊ səˈpoʊzd tɪ fil bæd əˈbaʊt ˌmaɪˈsɛlf bɪˈkəz kaɪnd əv fæt ənd aʊt əv ʃeɪp, wɪθ ðə sɔft ˈflɑpi ˈtəmi əv ə ˈmɪdəˌleɪgd ˈwʊmən hu hæd ə ˈbeɪbi. aɪ noʊ ðət ˈdʊrɪŋ maɪ ˈprɛgnənsi aɪ səˈpoʊzd tɪ pʊt ðə wɛl biɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈmeɪntənəns əv maɪ ˈfɪgjər. æt list aɪ ʃʊd hæv hæd ðə ˈdisənsi tɪ hæv ə ˈtəmi tək ˈæftərwərd, wɪʧ aɪ nɪˈglɛktɪd tɪ du (pləs maɪ ˈmɪdˌwaɪf dɪd nɑt ˈɔfər ðət ˈsərvɪs). aɪ wɔnt tɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz tɪ ɔl əv ðə prəˈfɛʃənəlz ɪn ðə ˈɪndəstri fər ˈfeɪlɪŋ ju. aɪ noʊ ju maɪt fil laɪk ju feɪld, bət aɪ wɔnt tɪ tɛl ju, nɑt ju, mi. ju dɪd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju ˈpɑsəbli kʊd tɪ meɪk mi fil bæd əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈbɑdi. ju ʃoʊd mi ˈɪmɪʤɪz əv jəŋ ˈwɪmən, waɪt ˈwɪmən, θɪn ˈwɪmən, ˈwɪmən hu hæd ˈnɛvər hæd ˈʧɪldrən, ər hu hæd ˈʧɪldrən ənd ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ˈhənərdz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈdɔlərz tɪ meɪk ɪt lʊk laɪk ðeɪ ˈnɛvər hæd ˈʧɪldrən, ənd ju toʊld mi ðət aɪ ʃʊd lʊk laɪk ðɛm. ju toʊld mi ɔl deɪ, ˈɛvəri deɪ, ˈθaʊzənz əv taɪmz ə deɪ, fər ˈdɛkeɪdz ənd ˈdɛkeɪdz ɔn ɛnd. ənd aɪ wɔnt ju noʊ ðət ju ə kəmˈplit ˈfeɪljər. ɛz ə ˈjəŋgər ˈwʊmən, aɪ fɛlt ˈvɛri bæd əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈbɑdi æt taɪmz. ɪn spaɪt əv ðə fækt ðət ɪt wɑz, ɪn lɑrʤ pɑrt, kənˈfɔrmɪŋ tɪ jʊr ˈbjuti ˈstændərdz. aɪˈrɑnɪkli, wɪn aɪ wɑz ðə moʊst kənˈvɛnʃənəli əˈtræktɪv, aɪ fɛlt ðə wərst əˈbaʊt ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. ənd aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ wɔnt ɔl ðə əˈprɛʃən prəˈfɛʃənəlz aʊt ðɛr tɪ fil laɪk ju feɪld, ˈiðər. aɪ faʊnd ðɪs soʊˈsaɪɪti tɪ bi ɪkˈstrimli əˈprɛsɪv. aɪ fɛlt əˈprɛst ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl deɪ. ənd ju kən teɪk praɪd ɪn ðə ˈliʤənz əv ˈwɪmən hu ər ˌænərˈɛksɪk, buˈlɪmɪk, duɪŋ kɑzˈmɛtɪk ˈsərʤəri, kræʃ ˈdaɪətɪŋ. feɪs ɪt, gɑt səm bɪg səkˈsɛsɪz goʊɪŋ aʊt ðɛr. bət maɪ ˈdərti ˈlɪtəl ˈsikrɪt: ɪn spaɪt əv ɔl jʊr hɑrd wərk, hæd ðə ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən ðət ðə kˈwɑləti əv maɪ laɪf ˈæˌkʧuəli bi ˈɛni ˈbɛtər ɪf aɪ hæd ðə moʊst kənˈvɛnʃənəli əˈtræktɪv əˈpɪrəns. ˈnəθɪŋ ðət aɪ kʊd ʧeɪnʤ ɪn maɪ əˈpɪrəns təˈdeɪ ðət wʊd meɪk mi ˈɛni ˈhæpiər. nɑt ðət ˈpərfəktli ˈhæpi, bət klɪr ðət ˈlækɪŋ ɪn maɪ laɪf həz ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ maɪ əˈpɪrəns. ənd ɪn ðət, aɪ məst ədˈmɪt, ju hæv feɪld kəmˈplitli ɪn jʊr kwɛst tɪ taɪ maɪ ˈhæpinəs ɪn wɪθ maɪ əˈpɪrəns. ənd ðɛr ər θɪŋz əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈbɑdi ðət aɪ wɔnt tɪ ʧeɪnʤ. bət ənˈfɔrʧənətli ðoʊz dɪˈzaɪərz hæv ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ jʊr wərk ˌɛniˈmɔr. ˈhɛlθi ˈitɪŋ ənd ˈɛksərˌsaɪz tɪ lɪv lɔŋ ənd hæv ə ˈpaʊərfəl ˈbɑdi ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ əˈpɪrəns. ðeɪ meɪ, koʊˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli, hæv ən ˈifɛkt ɔn maɪ əˈpɪrəns, səʧ ɛz weɪt lɔs ər ˈgeɪnɪŋ ˈməsəl toʊn. wi noʊ fər ə waɪl, bɪˈkəz bi pərˈsuɪŋ ðɛm ɪn ə ˈlizərli, səˈsteɪnəbəl ˈmænər. bət ɪf maɪ ˈbɑdi dɪz ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli gɪt ˈlinər ər mɔr toʊnd, ənd ju wɔnt tɪ teɪk ˈkrɛdɪt fər ðət, fil fri tɪ əkˈsɛpt ɪt ɛz ə ˌkɑnsəˈleɪʃən praɪz. aɪ æm klɪr ðət ðə kˈwɑləti əv maɪ laɪf, ðə ʤɔɪ əv maɪ deɪz, ðə ˈplɛʒər əv ˈlɪvɪŋ wʊd nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli bi ˌɪmˈpruvd æt ɔl baɪ ˈɛni ɪkˈstərnəl ʧeɪnʤ. aɪ bi ə mɔr səkˈsɛsfəl ˈɑrtɪst, ə ˈbɛtər ˈtiʧər, ə mɔr ˈifɛktɪv ˈpɛrənt. aɪ hæv ə ˈbɛtər ˈmɛrɪʤ, ə ˈklinər haʊs, ər mɔr ˈməni ɪn ðə bæŋk. ɪn fækt ɔl əv ðiz θɪŋz ər ˈmɪnəməli əˈfɛktɪd baɪ maɪ ˈbɑdi ˈɪmɪʤ, ɪn spaɪt əv jʊr ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈɛfərts tɪ lɪŋk ðɛm. soʊ ʤɪst hæv tɪ əˈgri tɪ dɪsəˈgri, bət aɪ du fil muvd tɪ ækˈnɑlɪʤ ðə ˈmɛni ˈtaɪərləs ˈdɛkeɪdz əv wərk ðət pʊt ɪn. ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ən ““a”*” fər ˈɛfərt, ənd ˈdɛfənətli ˈgreɪdɪŋ ɔn ə kərv. ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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dear media: don’t feel bad that i love my body
dear media,
please don’t feel like a failure. it’s not you, it’s me.
despite all of your hard work over the years, i still can’t seem to kick the habit of loving my body. i know i’m supposed to feel bad about myself because i’m kind of fat and out of shape, with the soft floppy tummy of a middle-aged woman who had a baby. i know that during my pregnancy i wasn’t supposed to put the baby’s well being before the maintenance of my pre-pregnancy figure. at least i should have had the decency to have a tummy tuck afterward, which i neglected to do (plus my homebirth midwife did not offer that service).
i want to apologize to all of the professionals in the beautification industry for failing you. i know you might feel like you failed, but i want to tell you, it’s not you, it’s me. you did everything you possibly could to make me feel bad about my body. you showed me images of young women, white women, thin women, women who had never had children, or who had children and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to make it look like they never had children, and you told me that i should look like them. you told me all day, every day, thousands of times a day, for decades and decades on end. and i want you know that you weren’t a complete failure. as a younger woman, i felt very bad about my body at times. in spite of the fact that it was, in large part, conforming to your beauty standards. ironically, when i was the most conventionally attractive, i felt the worst about myself. and i also don’t want all the oppression professionals out there to feel like you failed, either. i found this society to be extremely oppressive. i felt oppressed every single day. and you can take pride in the legions of women who are anorexic, bulimic, doing cosmetic surgery, crash dieting. let’s face it, you’ve got some big successes going out there.
but here’s my dirty little secret: in spite of all your hard work, i’ve had the revelation that the quality of my life wouldn’t actually be any better if i had the most conventionally attractive appearance. there’s nothing that i could change in my appearance today that would make me any happier. not that i’m perfectly happy, but i’m clear that what’s lacking in my life has absolutely nothing to do with my appearance. and in that, i must admit, you have failed completely in your quest to tie my happiness in with my appearance.
and there are things about my body that i want to change. but unfortunately those desires have absolutely nothing to do with your work anymore. healthy eating and exercise to live long and have a powerful body actually have nothing to do with appearance. they may, coincidentally, have an effect on my appearance, such as weight loss or gaining muscle tone. we won’t know for a while, because i’ll be pursuing them in a leisurely, sustainable manner. but if my body does eventually get leaner or more toned, and you want to take credit for that, feel free to accept it as a consolation prize.
i am clear that the quality of my life, the joy of my days, the pleasure of living would not actually be improved at all by any external change. i wouldn’t be a more successful artist, a better teacher, a more effective parent. i wouldn’t have a better marriage, a cleaner house, or more money in the bank. in fact all of these things are minimally affected by my body image, in spite of your extensive efforts to link them.
so we’ll just have to agree to disagree, but i do feel moved to acknowledge the many tireless decades of work that you’ve put in. i’m giving you an “a” for effort, and i’m definitely grading on a curve.
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rs* wɑz faʊnd ɪn kæʃ frəm ə maɪnz dɪˈpɑrtmənt əˈfɪʃəl ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ naɪt, ə groʊɪŋ paɪl əv kæʃ hæd pəˈlismɪn ɪn ˈgeɪpɪŋ ɛz ðeɪ ˈkaʊntɪd wət ðeɪ hæd sizd frəm reɪdz ɔn ˈsinjər ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn stæks æt ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˈɔfəs ˈædɪd əp tɪ.. ðə treɪl lɛd ðə pəˈlis tɪ ˈsinjər ˈbjʊrəˌkræt ˈæʃɑk singhvi*, hu wɑz ərˈɛstɪd æt əraʊnd 3 æm ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ fər hɪz əˈlɛʤd ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ɪn ˈmæsɪv kərˈəpʃən ɪn ðə maɪnz ɪz wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈsiʒərz ɪn," sɛd sɪŋ, ðə ʧif əv ðə singhvi*, ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, ənd hɪz ˈʤunjərz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ əˈdɪʃənəl dɪˈrɛktər, əˈlɛʤədli hæd ə ʃɛr ɪn ðə braɪb tu ɪn kæʃ wɑz faʊnd frəm ˈmɪdəlˌmɛn hu wər əˈlɛʤədli dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ ðə ˈməni tɪ ə ˈʧɑrtərd əˈkaʊntənt ˈæktɪŋ ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəlz. reɪdz æt ðə hoʊmz ənd ˈɔfəsɪz əv ðə əˈfɪʃəlz lɛd tɪ ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈmaɪnɪŋ əˈfɪʃəlz hæd əˈlɛʤədli ˈkænsəld ðə lis əv sɪks kleɪ maɪnz ɪn chittorgarh*, bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ə mæn neɪmd ʃər kɑn, ənd ðɛn dɪˈmændɪd ðə ˈməni tɪ əˈlaʊ ðɛr hæd 14 bæŋk əˈkaʊnts, ðə pəˈlis reɪdz kənˈtɪnjud θru ðə naɪt. ə ˈmɪdəlˌmæn wɑz kɔt ˈrɛˈdhændɪd wɪθ mɔr ðən. 4 ɪn kæʃ ɛz hi keɪm tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ðə ˈməni æt ðə hoʊm əv ə ˈmaɪnɪŋ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr. "wi hæv ərˈɛstɪd faɪv ˈpipəl tu ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsərvənts ənd θri ˈmɪdəlˌmɛn ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈʧɑrtərd əˈkaʊnt. ɑr ˈsərʧɪz ər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ənd wi meɪ kəm əp wɪθ mɔr dɪˈskloʊʒərz sun," sɛd sɪŋ sɛd.
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rs 3.8 crore was found in cash from a rajasthan's mines department official
on wednesday night, a growing pile of cash had policemen in rajasthan gaping as they counted what they had seized from raids on senior government officials in udaipur.the stacks at the anti-corruption department's office added up to rs. 3.8 crore. the trail led the police to senior bureaucrat ashok singhvi, who was arrested at around 3 am this morning for his alleged involvement in massive corruption in the mines department."it is one of the biggest seizures in rajasthan," said navdeep singh, the chief of the anti-corruption department.ashok singhvi, the principal secretary, and his juniors including additional director pankaj gehlot, allegedly had a share in the bribe money.over two crores in cash was found from middlemen who were allegedly delivering the money to a chartered accountant acting on behalf of the government officials. raids at the homes and offices of the officials led to the rest of the cash.the mining officials had allegedly cancelled the lease of six clay mines in chittorgarh, belonging to a man named sher khan, and then demanded the money to allow their reopening.pankaj gehlot had 14 bank accounts, the police found.the raids continued through the night. a middleman was caught red-handed with more than rs. 4 lakh in cash as he came to deliver the money at the home of a mining engineer. "we have arrested five people - two government servants and three middlemen including a chartered account. our searches are continuing and we may come up with more disclosures soon," said navdeep singh said.
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ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən əˈtɛndz ə ˈræli ɪn ˈskræntən, pɑ. ɪn ˈɔgəst. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ mɛˈlinə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈfənˌdreɪzər ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən rɪˈpitɪd ə ˈθɪri əˈbaʊt ˈdɑnəld trəmps səˈpɔrtərz ðət həz bɪˈkəm ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ɪn ðə ˈmidiə ə ˈθɪri ðət dɪˈvaɪdz ðɛm ˈɪntu tu grups. səm əv hɪz səˈpɔrtərz ər ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ˈbɪgətri ənd ˈprɛʤədɪs, ˈklɪntən sɛd. ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈni pʊt ðɪs grup ˈɪntu wət ʃi kɔld "ðə ˈbæskət əv deplorables*." ˈəðər səˈpɔrtərz ər ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ˈbrɔdər frəˈstreɪʃənz əˈbaʊt ˈpɑləˌtɪks ənd ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, ˈklɪntən ˈædɪd. "ðət ˈəðər ˈbæskət əv ˈpipəl ər ˈpipəl hu fil ðət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz lɛt ðɛm daʊn, ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi həz lɛt ðɛm daʊn, ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi kɛrz əˈbaʊt ðɛm, ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ˈwəriz əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənz tɪ ðɛr lɪvz ənd ðɛr fˈjuʧərz, ənd ʤɪst ˈdɛspərɪt fər ʧeɪnʤ," ʃi sɛd. ˈmɛni ˈpəndɪts lʊk æt trəmps ˈvoʊtərz ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr weɪ, ˌɪmˈplɪsətli dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ ðɛm ˈɪntu ðoʊz ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk kənˈsərnz ənd ðoʊz ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ˈreɪʃəl æŋˈzaɪətiz, ənd ðɛr həz bɪn ə fɪrs dəˈbeɪt ˈoʊvər wɪʧ grup həz bɪn mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ trəmps ˌənænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd səkˈsɛs. ˈspikɪŋ ɪn ˈbɔltəˌmɔr sɛpt. 12 rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt ˈdɑnəld trəmp slæmd ˈraɪvəl ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən fər ˈkɑmɛnts ʃi meɪd əˈbaʊt səm əv hɪz səˈpɔrtərz. (ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) jɛt ðə ˈdætə səˈʤɛst ðɪs ɪz ə fɔls daɪˈkɑtəmi. ˈmɛni əv trəmps səˈpɔrtərz hæv boʊθ ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənz, poʊlz səˈʤɛst. ɪn ə poʊl ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ənd ˈeɪˌbiˌsi nuz faʊnd ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz ənd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈvoʊtərz hu səˈpɔrtɪd trəmp ɪn ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri kʊd bi dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈɪntu nɑt tu, bət fɔr ˈbæskəts əv ˈrəfli ˈikwəl saɪz beɪst ɔn ðɛr ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ənd ˈreɪʃəl æŋˈzaɪətiz: [ə ˈmæsɪv nu ˈstədi dɪˈbəŋks ə ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˈθɪri fər ˈdɑnəld trəmps səkˈsɛs] ˈoʊnli 26 pərˈsɛnt əv trəmps səˈpɔrtərz sɛd ðət ðeɪ wər nɑt ˈstrəgəlɪŋ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ər ɪn ðə loʊər klæs, bət ðət ɪt wɑz ə ˈbɪgər ˈprɑbləm ðət waɪts wər ˈluzɪŋ aʊt tɪ ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkənz ənd hɪˈspænɪks ðən vaɪs ˈvərsə ðə grup ðət moʊst ˈkloʊsli ˌkɔrəˈspɑndz tɪ haʊ ˈklɪntən dɪˈskraɪbd ðə 'ˈbæskət əv deplorables*.' əˈnəðər 20 pərˈsɛnt sɛd ðeɪ dɪd nɑt θɪŋk ɪt wɑz ə ˈprɑbləm ðət waɪts wər ˈluzɪŋ aʊt, bət ðeɪ dɪd pʊt ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪn ðə loʊər klæs ər sɛd ðeɪ wər ˈstrəgəlɪŋ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli. tˈwɛntiˌfaɪv pərˈsɛnt əv trəmps səˈpɔrtərz sɛd boʊθ ðət waɪts wər ˈluzɪŋ aʊt ənd ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈstrɛs. ˈfaɪnəli, 24 pərˈsɛnt sɛd ˈniðər ðət ðeɪ hæd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈprɑbləmz nɔr ðət waɪts wər ˈluzɪŋ aʊt. baɪ ˈkɑntræst, rɪˈpəblɪkənz ənd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənts hu səˈpɔrtɪd ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈkænədɪts ˈəðər ðən trəmp wər məʧ lɛs ˈlaɪkli tɪ seɪ ˈiðər ðət ðeɪ wər ɪn ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk streɪts ər ðət waɪts wər ˈluzɪŋ aʊt tɪ ˈəðər ˈreɪʃəl ənd ˈɛθnɪk grups. ˈəðər poʊlz ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊ ðə ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti əv ˈnitli ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪŋ trəmps ˈvoʊtərz baɪ ðɛr ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənz. ɛz ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊsts ʤɛf ʃoʊd ɪn ən æˈnælɪsɪs əv ˈdætə frəm ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈnæʃənəl ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈstədiz, waɪt rɪˈpəblɪkənz hu ər mɔr ˈreɪʃəli rɪˈzɛntfəl ðoʊz hu θɪŋk ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkənz ˈɑrənt traɪɪŋ hɑrd ɪˈnəf ər ər ˈgɪtɪŋ mɔr ðən ðeɪ dɪˈzərv, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ˈɔlsoʊ hæv mɔr ˈnɛgətɪv vjuz əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. ðət ˈmɛni əv ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌnɑməˈniz səˈpɔrtərz rɪˈpɔrt boʊθ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ənd ˈreɪʃəl kənˈsərnz ɪz nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋ. ɔn ðə wən hænd, ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæv lɔŋ ˈɑrgjud ðət ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈstrɛs kən ˈmoʊtəˌveɪt ˈreɪʃəl ˈprɛʤədɪs. wən grup əv ˈʤərmən ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts həz faʊnd ðət sɪns 1870 ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈpɑrtiz hæv ˈtɪpɪkəli wən mɔr voʊts ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsiz. ˈnoʊtər deɪm ˌsoʊsiˈɑləʤɪst ˈrɔri məkˈveɪ həz ˈrɪtən ðət dɪˈklaɪnz ɪn ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl ənd ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ɪmˈplɔɪmənt hɛlpt grups ɪkˈspænd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. [stɑp ˈbleɪmɪŋ ˈreɪˌsɪzəm fər ˈdɑnəld trəmps raɪz] ə pɛr əv saɪˈkɑləʤəsts æt nu jɔrk ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈrisəntli ʃoʊd haʊ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈstrɛs maɪt meɪk ˈpipəl mɔr əˈwɛr əv reɪs. ɪn ən ɪkˈspɛrəmənt wɪθ ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs əv ˈreɪʃəli æmˈbɪgjuəs ˈfeɪsɪz, ˈpipəl hu hæd bɪn praɪmd tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt "ˈskɛrsɪti" ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈkɑnsɛpt fər ˈrisɔrsɪz ɪn ˈlɪmɪtɪd səˈplaɪ, laɪk ˈməni ənd fud wər mɔr ˈlaɪkli tɪ si ðə ˈfeɪsɪz ɛz blæk. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, ˈreɪʃəl ˌænəˈmɑsəti maɪt ˈɪnfluəns haʊ ˈpipəl si ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. ˌwəˈtɛvər ðɛr ˈækʧəwəl ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz, ˈpipəl hu rɪˈzɛnt ˈəðər ˈreɪʃəl grups maɪt fil ðət ðeɪ ər ˈfɑlɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ɪf ðeɪ bɪˈliv ðət ðoʊz ˈəðər grups ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈprɑˌgrɛs. wən ˈrisənt ɪkˈspɛrəmənt æt ˈstænfərd ˌjunəˈvərsəti faʊnd ðət waɪt ˈsəbʤɪkts wər mɔr ˈlaɪkli tɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ti ˈpɑrti wɪn toʊld ðət ˈævərɪʤ waɪt ˈɪnˌkəmz wər dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ ˈrɛlətɪv tɪ ˈævərɪʤ ˈɪnˌkəmz fər ˈəðər grups. skɪn lʊks ə ˈlɪtəl ˈdɪfərənt ɪn ðiz kæmˈpeɪn ædz] ˈgɪvɪn ɔl ðiz kəˈnɛkʃənz bɪtˈwin ˈreɪʃəl ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk æŋˈzaɪəti, ðə dəˈbeɪt ˈoʊvər ðiz tu ˈsɔrsəz əv trəmps səˈpɔrt maɪt sim ˌɑrˈkeɪn. ˈklɪntənz ˈkɑmɛnts, ðoʊ, ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt waɪ ɪt ˈmætərz: səm ˈdɛməˌkræts ənd rɪˈpəblɪkənz hu ər əˈpoʊzd tɪ trəmp maɪt hæv mɔr ˈsɪmpəθi fər trəmps ˈvoʊtərz ɪf ðeɪ ər ɪn daɪər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk streɪts. "ðoʊz ər ˈpipəl wi hæv tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ənd ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz wɪθ ɛz wɛl," ˈklɪntən sɛd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ʃi dɪd nɑt meɪk ə ˈsɪmələr rɪˈmɑrk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpipəl ɪn ðə ˈəðər ˈbæskət. "səm əv ðoʊz foʊks, ðeɪ ər irredeemable*," ʃi sɛd. mɔr frəm wonkblog*: ˈdɑnəld trəmp tərnz əp ðə ˈreɪʃəli ʧɑrʤd ˈrɛtərɪk wɪθ θri ˈsɪmpəl wərdz ə ˈpɑpjələr kənˈspɪrəsi ˈθɪri ɪz ˈsprɛdɪŋ ɪn ðə trəmp ˈfæməli. ɪts ˈtoʊtəli fɔls. aɪ æst saɪˈkɑləʤəsts tɪ ˈænəˌlaɪz trəmp səˈpɔrtərz. ðɪs ɪz wət aɪ ˈlərnɪd.
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hillary clinton attends a rally in scranton, pa. in august. (photo by melina mara/the washington post)
during a fundraiser on friday, hillary clinton repeated a theory about donald trump's supporters that has become widespread in the media -- a theory that divides them into two groups. some of his supporters are motivated by bigotry and prejudice, clinton said. the democratic presidential nominee put this group into what she called "the basket of deplorables." other supporters are motivated by broader frustrations about politics and the economy, clinton added.
"that other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change," she said.
many pundits look at trump's voters in a similar way, implicitly dividing them into those motivated by economic concerns and those motivated by racial anxieties, and there has been a fierce debate over which group has been more important to trump's unanticipated success.
speaking in baltimore sept. 12, republican presidential candidate donald trump slammed rival hillary clinton for comments she made about some of his supporters. (the washington post)
yet the data suggest this is a false dichotomy. many of trump's supporters have both motivations, polls suggest.
in a poll earlier this year, the washington post and abc news found that republicans and republican-leaning independent voters who supported trump in the primary could be divided into not two, but four baskets of roughly equal size based on their economic and racial anxieties:
[a massive new study debunks a widespread theory for donald trump's success]
only 26 percent of trump's supporters said that they were not struggling economically or in the lower class, but that it was a bigger problem that whites were losing out to african americans and hispanics than vice versa -- the group that most closely corresponds to how clinton described the 'basket of deplorables.' another 20 percent said they did not think it was a problem that whites were losing out, but they did put themselves in the lower class or said they were struggling economically.
twenty-five percent of trump's supporters said both that whites were losing out and reported economic distress. finally, 24 percent said neither that they had financial problems nor that whites were losing out.
by contrast, republicans and independents who supported primary candidates other than trump were much less likely to say either that they were in economic straits or that whites were losing out to other racial and ethnic groups.
other polls also show the difficulty of neatly separating trump's voters by their motivations. as the washington post's jeff guo showed in an analysis of data from the american national election studies, white republicans who are more racially resentful -- those who think african americans aren't trying hard enough or are getting more than they deserve, for example -- also have more negative views of the economy.
that many of the republican nominee's supporters report both economic and racial concerns is not surprising. on the one hand, social scientists have long argued that economic distress can motivate racial prejudice. one group of german economists has found that since 1870, european far-right parties have typically won more votes following financial crises. notre dame sociologist rory mcveigh has written that declines in agricultural and manufacturing employment helped white-supremacists groups expand in the united states.
[stop blaming racism for donald trump's rise]
a pair of psychologists at new york university recently showed how economic distress might make people more aware of race. in an experiment with photographs of racially ambiguous faces, people who had been primed to think about "scarcity" -- the economic concept for resources in limited supply, like money and food -- were more likely to see the faces as black.
on the other hand, racial animosity might influence how people see the economy. whatever their actual circumstances, people who resent other racial groups might feel that they are falling behind if they believe that those other groups are making progress. one recent experiment at stanford university found that white subjects were more likely to support the tea party when told that average white incomes were declining relative to average incomes for other groups.
[obama’s skin looks a little different in these gop campaign ads]
given all these connections between racial and economic anxiety, the debate over these two sources of trump's support might seem arcane. clinton's comments, though, demonstrate why it matters: some democrats and republicans who are opposed to trump might have more sympathy for trump's voters if they are in dire economic straits.
"those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well," clinton said friday. she did not make a similar remark about the people in the other basket. "some of those folks, they are irredeemable," she said.
more from wonkblog:
donald trump turns up the racially charged rhetoric with three simple words
a popular conspiracy theory is spreading in the trump family. it's totally false.
i asked psychologists to analyze trump supporters. this is what i learned.
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ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz ər məʧ laɪk ˈænəˌmeɪtɪd fɪlmz; ˈɛvəri ˈaɪtəm ɪn ˈɛvəri ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ɪz kriˈeɪtɪd. ju dɪˈzaɪn ˈɛvəri rum ənd ˈɛvəri ˈkɛrɪktər ər ˈaɪtəm ɪn ðət rum. ən ækt əv kriˈeɪʃən ˈdrɪvən baɪ ðə wɪl əv ðə ˈɑrtɪsts ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðə geɪm, ənd səʧ ə dɪˈlɪbərˌeɪt ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət ɪt kən bi rɛr fər ðə ˈfaɪnəl fɔrm tɪ səˈpraɪz ðoʊz hu wərkt ɔn ɪt. "naʊ, ə geɪm laɪk ˈnukliər θroʊn ɪz ˈdɪfərənt," ˈrɑmi ˈɪsmeɪl toʊld ˈpɑlɪˌgɑn. "ju doʊnt kræft ðə wərk ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ɛˈsɛnʃəli jʊr kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət kræfts fər ju." ðɪs ɪz ðə fən əv geɪmz ðət ˈfiʧər prəˈsiʤərəli ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd ˈlɛvəlz ər ˈməltəpəl ˈoʊvərˌlæpɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz: ðiz geɪmz ʤɪst səˈpraɪz ðə pleɪərz, ðeɪ səˈpraɪz ðə ˈpipəl hu kriˈeɪt ðə geɪmz ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ˌɪnərˈækʃən ɛz ˌɪnˈstrəkʃən ðə ki tɪ dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ə geɪm ðət kən səˈpraɪz boʊθ ðə pleɪər ənd ðə kriˈeɪtər ɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈɑbʤɛkts ðət doʊnt hæv wən juz, bət ə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ˈpɑsəbəl ˌɪnərˈækʃənz ənd ˈvɛriəbəlz. ðə geɪm hæv ə "grəˈneɪd," ɪt həz ə ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈɑbʤɛkt wɪθ ə ˈtaɪmər ðət ˈtrɪgərz ə "ˈmidiəm ɪkˈsploʊʒən" wɪn ɪt ˈtəʧɪz ən ˈɛnəmi ər ðə ˈtaɪmər rənz aʊt. ˈɔlsoʊ ðə sˈlɛˌʤhæmər, wɪʧ ðə geɪm siz ɛz ə ˈmeɪˌleɪ ˈwɛpən wɪʧ dɪz tu ˈdæmɪʤ ənd ædz fɔrs tɪ ˈɛnəmiz ənd ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈɑbʤɛkts. ðɪs minz ðət, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðiz tu ˈaɪtəmz dɪˈzaɪnd wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər ɪn maɪnd, ðə geɪm ɔˈrɛdi noʊz haʊ ðeɪ ˌɪnərˈækt. "ðət minz, ˈivɪn ðoʊ wi dɪˈfaɪn θɪŋz ðət weɪ, ju kən hɪt ðə grəˈneɪd wɪθ ðə sˈlɛˌʤhæmər," ˈɪsmeɪl ɪkˈspleɪnd. ˈkɑmbaɪn ðət wɪθ ə ˈkɛrɪktər ðət kən duəl wild ˈwɛpənz ənd ju hæv ə ˈpoʊtənt ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən ɪf ðə pleɪər pɪks əp grəˈneɪdz ənd ðə sˈlɛˌʤhæmər. ðə reɪnʤ əv ðoʊz ɪkˈsploʊʒənz ɪz ˌɪnˈkrist, ənd ðɪs kən ˌɪmˈpækt ˈmɛni ˈəðər θɪŋz ɪn ðə wərld. nən əv ðɪs wɑz plænd, ðeɪ ˈsɪmpli geɪv ðə geɪm ðə voʊˈkæbjəˌlɛri ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ˈfɪgjər θɪŋz aʊt ɔn ɪts oʊn. ˈæftər ðət, ɪts ə ˈmɛʒər əv ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðæts ˈpɑsəbəl, ənd siɪŋ haʊ ɪt ʃeɪks aʊt. "ðə mɔr əv ðiz θɪŋz ju kriˈeɪt, ðə ˈhɑrdər ɪt ɪz tɪ ˈoʊvərˌsi ðə rɪˈzəlts. ɪn fækt, dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ɛz ˈmɛni əv ðoʊz ɛz wi kən," ˈɪsmeɪl toʊld ˈpɑlɪˌgɑn. ðɪs fəˈlɑsəfi ɪkˈstɛndz tɪ ðə ˈlɛvəl kriˈeɪʃən ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ðeɪ juz ˈsɪstəmz kɔld "ˈwɔkərz" ðət kriˈeɪt iʧ ˈlɛvəl prəˈsiʤərəli. ðə ˈwɔkər ɪz sɛt lus ɪn ən ˈɛriə ðæts meɪd aʊt əv ˈnəθɪŋ bət ðə wɔl spraɪt, ənd ɪt ðɛn ækts ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ə frəm dun. ɪt its wɔlz, ənd ˈpleɪsɪz ˈɛnəmiz, ˈaɪtəmz, ənd rumz bɪˈhaɪnd. ðə bɪˈheɪvjər əv iʧ ˈwɔkər ɪz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd wɪθ ə ˈsɪriz əv ðiz ˈvɛriəbəlz ɪn fækt, ənd ðeɪ "lɪv" fər ə ˈsərtən ˈnəmbər əv stɛps ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ ˈsɛlfdɪˈstrəkt, ˈlivɪŋ ə ˈpaʊərfəl ˈɑbʤɛkt ər ˈstrɔŋgər ˈɛnəmi bɪˈhaɪnd. iʧ ˈlɛvəl ɪz ðə wərk əv wən əv ðiz ˈwɔkərz, bət ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪz ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl tɪ ðə pleɪər. ðɪs əˈbɪləˌti tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənt ˈaɪtəmz ðət ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər ɪn ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənt weɪz lidz tɪ ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz. ə ˈpɔrtəl əˈpɪrz ɪn iʧ ˈlɛvəl wɪn ju kɪl ðə læst ˈɛnəmi, ˈsəkɪŋ əp ðə pleɪər ənd ˈɛndɪŋ ðə raʊnd. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈvækjumz əp ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈaɪtəmz, ənd ðə geɪm ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludz ə kɑr ɛz ən ˈaɪtəm ðət bloʊz əp ɪf ɪt gɪts səkt ˈɪntu ðə ˈpɔrtəl. ˈɪsmeɪl ˈnoʊtɪst ðət pleɪərz wər ˈgɪtɪŋ pʊld ˈɪntu ðə ˈpɔrtəl əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsploʊdɪŋ kɑr, ˈkɪlɪŋ ðɛm ˈɪnstəntli. ðə tim meɪ nɑt hæv plænd ðət, bət ðeɪ kɛpt ɪt ɪn. ˈæftər ɔl, jʊr fɔlt fər ˈkɪlɪŋ wət kʊd hæv bɪn ðə læst ˈɛnəmi nɪr ə kɑr. "soʊ ˈsədənli fər ðə pleɪər ðə rul bɪˈkəmz 'doʊnt ʃut ən ˈɛnəmi ðət maɪt bi ðə læst wən nɪr ə kɑr' ər 'dɪˈstrɔɪ ˈɛvəri kɑr ɔn saɪt," ˈɪsmeɪl sɛd. ðɪs ə plænd mɪˈkænɪk, bət naʊ ə pɑrt əv ðə geɪm. "wi ˈɛndɪd əp dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ 'ˌɔnˈfɛr' ɛz ən ənˈwɪnəbəl ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ðət ˈɪzənt ə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈʧɔɪsɪz baɪ ðə pleɪər," hi sɛd. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɛls ɪz, ˈlɪtərəli, fɛr geɪm. "ðə mɔr əv ðiz θɪŋz ju kriˈeɪt, ðə ˈhɑrdər ɪt ɪz tɪ ˈoʊvərˌsi ðə rɪˈzəlts. ɪn fækt, dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ɛz ˈmɛni əv ðoʊz ɛz wi kən" pɔl mɔrs ɪz ðə əv geɪmz, ðə kriˈeɪtərz əv rɪsk əv reɪn. hi ˈɔlsoʊ tɔkt əˈbaʊt ðə kəmˈplɛksɪti əv ðə geɪm ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd weɪz. "ðɛr ər 100 ˈdɪfərənt ˈaɪtəmz, ənd ðə moʊst səˈpraɪzɪŋ θɪŋz ju gɪt ər ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃənz əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈaɪtəmz," hi sɛd. "wɪn wi ˈproʊˌgræmd ɪt, wi ˈdɪdənt ˈrɪli noʊ wɪl wərk wɪθ this.’*.’ ðɛr ər soʊ ˈmɛni ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃənz." aɪ prɛst ɪm fər ɪgˈzæmpəlz. "ðɛr ɪz ən ˈaɪtəm ɪn ðə geɪm ðət ˌɪnˈkrisɪz jʊr muv spid. wɪn ju gɪt ðɪs ˈaɪtəm, ə ˈprɪti ˈkɑmən ˈaɪtəm, wəns ju gɪt ðət ənd əˈnəðər ˈaɪtəm ðət wəns ju təʧ ˈɛnəmiz ɪt ˌɪnˈfɛkts ðɛm, ðə kˈwɪkər ju muv ðə mɔr ˈɛnəmiz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˌɪnˈfɛkt," mɔrs ɪkˈspleɪnd. əˈnəðər ˈaɪtəm ðət sɛts ðə graʊnd ɔn faɪər wɛˈrɛvər ju wɔk." ɪf ju pʊt ðiz ˈaɪtəmz təˈgɛðər jʊr ˈeɪbəl tɪ rən əraʊnd ðə ˈlɛvəl, ˈsɛtɪŋ ðə ˈɛnəmiz ɔn faɪər. ju bɪˈkəm ə fɑnt əv ˈfaɪəri dɛθ. ðət ˈwəzənt plænd, ənd ɪt ˈwəzənt dɪˈzaɪnd. ɪts ʤɪst əˈnəðər ˌmænəfɛˈsteɪʃən əv ðə geɪmz ˈsɪstəmz ˈwərkɪŋ təˈgɛðər ɪn ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd weɪz. ðiz geɪmz ˈɑrənt ðə ˈkɛrfəli plænd ju si ɪn ˈmɛni ˈskrɪptɪd geɪmz, bət ə tul ðət ˈɔfən əˈlaʊz ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti ɔn ðə pɑrt əv ðə ˈɔdiəns. ju doʊnt ʤɪst pleɪ ðə geɪm, ðə geɪm pleɪz bæk. ɪt kən ˈɔfən fil mɔr laɪk ə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ðən ə ˈlɛkʧər. "ɛz ə ˈsɔfˌwɛr dɪˈzaɪnər, ðə rul əv θəm ɪz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðə pleɪər kən du, ðeɪ wɪl," ˈsiljə pɪrs toʊld ˈpɑlɪˌgɑn. ən əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər əv ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈmidiə æt ˈʤɔrʤə tɛk, wɪθ ə ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈimərʤənt bɪˈheɪvjər. "ˌwəˈtɛvər ju ˈɔfər ðɛm ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə dɪˈzaɪn əv jʊr ˈsɔfˌwɛr, ðeɪ wɪl pʊʃ ɪt tɪ ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪkˈstrim ɪt kən bi pʊʃt tɪ. ə ˈfæktər əv skɪl ənd ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti." ðɪs ɪz waɪ θɪŋz laɪk ənd ðə ˈfeɪbəld "ˈɛgˌplænt rən" ɪn ər soʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, ənd waɪ ðə dɪˈzaɪn fəˈlɑsəfiz əv geɪmz laɪk ˈnukliər θroʊn kən bi soʊ fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ tɪ pleɪərz: ju ʤɪst gɪt tɪ "bit" ðə geɪm, ju gɪt tɪ ˈmæstər ɪt, ənd pərˈhæps ˈivɪn ʃoʊ ðə ˈpipəl hu kriˈeɪtɪd ɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ ðeɪ θɪŋk wɑz ˈpɑsəbəl. allowfullscreen></iframe*> "wəns [pleɪərz hæv] ˈmæstərd ðə geɪm, ðɛn ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈmæstər ðə ˈsɪstəm," pɪrs sɛd. "pleɪərz lərn ðə rulz əv ðə geɪm ɛz ɪts pərˈzɛnəd tɪ ðɛm, ənd ðɛn ðeɪ traɪ tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt goʊɪŋ ɔn wɪθ ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ ˈsɔfˌwɛr." ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ ðə geɪm ɪz ˈoʊnli ðə fərst stɛp. ˈmæstərɪŋ ɪz məʧ, məʧ ˈhɑrdər. ˈdɛrɪk ju, ðə dɪˈzaɪnər əv, ɪz dɪˈlaɪtɪd baɪ ðiz əv wət "ʃʊd" bi ˈpɑsəbəl ɪn ðə geɪm. "ˈrɪli, ɪt wɑz ə kəmˈbaɪnd ˈɛfərt baɪ ðə kəmˈjunɪti tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt haʊ tɪ meɪk ðə ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl ˈpɑsəbəl, ˈmeɪkɪŋ juz əv ˈglɪʧɪz ənd pleɪn ol*' ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti," hi toʊld ˈpɑlɪˌgɑn. "aɪ ləv ðət kaɪnd əv stəf. meɪks ðə geɪm fil ˈbɪgər ðən wət wi ərˈɪʤənəli dɪˈzaɪnd."
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video games are much like animated films; every item in every environment is created.
you design every room and every character or item in that room. it’s an act of creation that’s driven by the will of the artists working on the game, and it’s such a deliberate process that it can be rare for the game’s final form to surprise those who worked on it.
"now, a game like nuclear throne is different," vlambeer’s rami ismail told polygon. "you don't craft the work itself, essentially you're creating something that crafts for you." this is the fun of games that feature procedurally generated levels or multiple overlapping systems: these games don’t just surprise the players, they surprise the people who create the games themselves.
interaction as instruction
the key to designing a game that can surprise both the player and the game’s creator is to create objects that don't have one use, but a combination of possible interactions and variables. the game doesn’t have a "grenade," it has a physical object with a timer that triggers a "medium explosion" when it touches an enemy or the timer runs out.
there’s also the sledgehammer, which the game sees as a melee weapon which does two damage and adds force to enemies and physical objects. this means that, although these two items weren’t designed with each other in mind, the game already knows how they interact.
"that means, even though we didn’t define things that way, you can hit the grenade with the sledgehammer," ismail explained. combine that with a character that can dual wield weapons and you have a potent combination if the player picks up grenades and the sledgehammer. the range of those explosions is increased, and this can impact many other things in the game’s world. none of this was planned, they simply gave the game the vocabulary necessary to figure things out on its own.
after that, it's a measure of exploring everything that's possible, and seeing how it shakes out.
"the more of these things you create, the harder it is to oversee the results. in fact, we’re designing as many of those as we can," ismail told polygon.
this philosophy extends to the level creation itself. they use systems called "walkers" that create each level procedurally. the walker is set loose in an area that's made out of nothing but the wall sprite, and it then acts something like a sandworm from dune. it eats walls, and places enemies, items, and different-sized rooms behind.
the behavior of each walker is decided with a series of these variables in fact, and they "live" for a certain number of steps before they self-destruct, leaving a powerful object or stronger enemy behind. each level is the work of one of these walkers, but the process is invisible to the player.
this ability to create many different items that interact with each other in many different ways leads to unexpected consequences. a portal appears in each level when you kill the last enemy, sucking up the player and ending the round. it also vacuums up nearby items, and the game also includes a car as an item that blows up if it gets sucked into the portal. ismail noticed that players were getting pulled into the portal along with the exploding car, killing them instantly.
the team may not have planned that, but they kept it in. after all, it’s your fault for killing what could have been the last enemy near a car. "so suddenly for the player the rule becomes 'don't shoot an enemy that might be the last one near a car' or 'destroy every car on sight," ismail said. this wasn’t a planned mechanic, but now it’s a part of the game.
"we ended up defining 'unfair' as an unwinnable situation that isn't a result of choices by the player," he said. everything else is, literally, fair game.
"the more of these things you create, the harder it is to oversee the results. in fact, we’re designing as many of those as we can"
paul morse is the co-founder of hopoo games, the creators of risk of rain. he also talked about the complexity of the game working in unexpected ways.
"there are 100 different items, and the most surprising things you get are the combinations of different items," he said. "when we programmed it, we didn't really know ‘this will work with this.’ there are so many combinations."
i pressed him for examples.
"there is an item in the game that increases your move speed. when you get this item, it’s a pretty common item, once you get that and another item that once you touch enemies it infects them, the quicker you move the more enemies you’re going to infect," morse explained. "there’s another item that sets the ground on fire wherever you walk." if you put these items together you're able to run around the level, setting the enemies on fire. you become a font of fiery death.
that wasn't planned, and it wasn't designed. it's just another manifestation of the game's systems working together in unexpected ways. these games aren't the carefully planned rollercoasters you see in many scripted first-person games, but a tool that often allows creativity on the part of the audience. you don't just play the game, the game plays back. it can often feel more like a conversation than a lecture.
"as a software designer, the rule of thumb is anything the player can do, they will," celia pearce told polygon. she’s an associate professor of digital media at georgia tech, with a focus on emergent behavior. "whatever affordances you offer them during the design of your software, they will push it to whatever extreme it can be pushed to. that’s a factor of skill and creativity."
this is why things like speedruns and the fabled "eggplant run" in spelunky are so interesting, and why the design philosophies of games like nuclear throne can be so fulfilling to players: you don’t just get to "beat" the game, you get to master it, and perhaps even show the people who created it something they didn’t think was possible.
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"once [players have] mastered the game, then they want to master the system," pearce said. "players learn the rules of the game as its presented to them, and then they try to figure out what’s going on with the underlying software." finishing the game is only the first step. mastering is much, much harder.
derek yu, the designer of spelunky, is delighted by these perversions of what "should" be possible in the game.
"really, it was a combined effort by the spelunky livestreaming community to figure out how to make the impossible possible, making use of glitches and plain ol' creativity," he told polygon. "i love that kind of stuff. makes the game feel bigger than what we originally designed."
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baɪ ər sɛl 2018 1 ɑz ˌruˈɑndə ˈlunər jɪr əv dɔg 999 ˈsɪlvər pruf kɔɪn æt ðə bɛst praɪs ˈɔnˌlaɪn frəm. bəlk ˈpeɪmənt ˈdɪˌskaʊnts əˈplaɪ! ˌruˈɑndə jɪr əv ðə dɔg kənˈtɪnju jʊr kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˌruˈɑndə ˈlunər kɔɪnz wɪθ ðə 2018 dɔg baɪ baɪɪŋ ðɪs ˈsɪlvər pruf kɔɪn frəm təˈdeɪ. ðə ˌruˈɑndə ˈlunər dɔg kənˈtɪnjuz ðə greɪt dɪˈzaɪn ənd straɪk ðət wi hæv bɪˈkəm əˈkəstəmd tɪ wɪθ ˌruˈɑndə kɔɪnz. ðə bərθ jɪr əv ðoʊz ˈpipəl bɔrn ɪn ðə ˈlunər jɪr əv ðə dɔg ər ɪn 1922 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 ənd 2018 ðə ˈmɪntɪʤ əv ðiz kɔɪnz ɪz ˈoʊnli 1000 ˈpisɪz ðiz kɔɪnz kip ˈgeɪnɪŋ ɪn ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti əraʊnd ðə gloʊb ɛz taɪm goʊz ɔn soʊ bi ʃʊr tɪ gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ jʊr kəˈlɛkʃən təˈdeɪ ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt gɪts tu ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ pʊt təˈgɛðər jʊr sɛt. kɔɪn ˈhaɪˌlaɪts: kənˈteɪnz 1 ɑz əv 999 faɪn ˈsɪlvər. əbˈvərs: ˈfiʧərz ə dɔg ɪn ə ˌʤiəˈmɛtrɪk ˈpætərn wɪθ ə ˈfɪnɪʃ rɪˈvərs: ˌruˈɑndə ˈɛfɪʤi wɪθ ə ˈligəl ˈtɛndər ˈvælju əv 50 fræŋks ˈmɪntɪʤ: ðɪs ˈsɪriz ɪz ˈgeɪnɪŋ moʊˈmɛntəm fæst ɪn ðə kɔɪn kəˈlɛktəbəl soʊ bi ʃʊr tɪ stɑrt jʊr kəˈlɛkʃən təˈdeɪ.
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buy or sell 2018 1 oz rwanda lunar year of dog .999 silver proof coin at the best price online from lpm. bulk & payment discounts apply!
rwanda year of the dog
continue your collection of rwanda lunar coins with the 2018 dog by buying this 1oz silver proof coin from lpm today.
the rwanda lunar dog continues the great design and strike that we have become accustomed to with rwanda coins. the birth year of those people born in the lunar year of the dog are in 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 and 2018.
the mintage of these coins is only 1000 pieces these coins keep gaining in popularity around the globe as time goes on so be sure to get started with your collection today before it gets too difficult to put together your set.
coin highlights:
contains 1 oz of .999 fine silver.
obverse: features a dog in a geometric pattern with a rimless finish
reverse: rwanda effigy with a legal tender value of 50 francs
mintage: 1,000
this series is gaining momentum fast in the coin collectible comminuty so be sure to start your collection today.
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0 ʃɑt, kɪld ɪn roʊd reɪʤ ˈɪnsədənt plaʊz ˈɪntu haʊs dɪˈkælb ˈkaʊnti, ˈʤɔrʤə. ˈʧænəl 2 ˈækʃən nuz həz ˈlərnɪd ə dɪˈkælb ˈkaʊnti mæn kɪld ˈoʊvər ə roʊd reɪʤ ˈɪnsədənt wɑz ə ˈfɑðər əv ə ˈbeɪbi. ˈsəmˌwən ʃɑt ˈsɛdrɪk ˈwɪljəmz ɔn məˈmɔriəl draɪv ɛz hi tərnd ˈɔntu kəˈləmbiə draɪv. hi ðɛn kræʃt hɪz kɑr ˈɪntu ə hoʊm. williams’*’ sən wɪl groʊ əp ˈnɛvər noʊɪŋ hɪz ˈfɑðər. hɪz ˈfæməli dɪˈskraɪbd ɪm ɛz ə ˈkɛrɪŋ ˈpərsən ənd ə greɪt dæd tɪ ðə ˈbeɪbi bɔɪ. "hiz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi missed,”*,” sɛd williams’*’ ˈməðər, greɪs ˈwɪljəmz. doʊnt wɪʃ ðət ɔn ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi, jæ hi wɑz ləvd." hɪz ˈməðər sɛd ɪt wɑz hər ˈjəŋgəst sən bɪˈhaɪnd ðə wil əv ðə kɑr leɪt ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ naɪt. ˈwɪljəmz wɑz ʃɑt ɪn ðə hɛd ˈæftər hi ˌæksəˈdɛnəli kət ɪn frənt əv əˈnəðər ˈdraɪvər, pəˈlis sɛd. ˈtrɛndɪŋ ˈstɔriz: pəˈlis bɪˈliv ðət ˈpərsən wɑz soʊ ˈəpˌsɛt ðeɪ ˈfɑloʊd ðə ənˈtɪl ðeɪ kʊd gɪt kloʊz ɪˈnəf tɪ ˈoʊpən faɪər. hu ˈluzɪz ðɛr ˈtɛmpər bɪˈkəz ðeɪ gɑt kət ɔf ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls ˈhæpənz ənd ðeɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ teɪk ɪt aʊt ɔn ˈəðər person,”*,” sɛd dɪˈkælb ˈkaʊnti pəˈlis ˈspoʊkspərsən ˈkæmbəl. ˈwɪljəmz ənd hɪz tu ˈpæsənʤərz swərvd ɔf ðə roʊd, ˈstraɪkɪŋ tu kɑz ˌbiˈfɔr sˈlæmɪŋ ˈɪntu ə hoʊm. ðə deɪ ənd taɪmz wi lɪv in,”*,” sɛd williams’*’ ˈbrəðər, ˈfrɛdərɪk ˈwɪljəmz. ˈhæpənz ənˈfɔrʧənətli, aɪ lɔst ə ˈbrəðər ɪn ðɪs ˈɪnsədənt." pəˈlis sɛd noʊ wən ɛls wɑz ˈɪnʤərd ɪn ðə ˈæksədənt. ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz ər stɪl ˈsərʧɪŋ fər ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt ənd ðə ˈviɪkəl. "ˈkænvəsɪŋ ðə ˈɛriə ˈlʊkɪŋ fər sərˈveɪləns footage,”*,” ˈkæmbəl. tʊk ˈsəmˌbɑdiz sən, ˈbrəðər ənd dæd əˈweɪ frəm ðɛm ənd ju hæv ə ˈməðər ənd ˈfɑðər ənd ˈmeɪbi ˈʧɪldrən tu, ju ˈwʊdənt wɔnt noʊ ˈbɑdi teɪk ju frəm ðɛm, soʊ du ðə raɪt θɪŋ soʊ ju kən slip æt night,”*,” greɪs ˈwɪljəmz sɛd ˈwɪljəmz' ˈbrəðər sɛd hi hæd ʤɪst pɪkt əp ˈsəmˌwən frəm ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ənd wɑz traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ðɛm hoʊm. pəˈlis ər ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ˈwɪtnəsɪz ənd ˈkænvəsɪŋ ðə ˈɛriə ˈlʊkɪŋ fər sərˈveɪləns ˈvɪdioʊ. kɔl pəˈlis ɪf ju hæv ˈɛni ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðɪs kraɪm. 2019 kɑks ˈmidiə grup.
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0 22-year-old shot, killed in road rage incident plows into house
dekalb county, ga. - channel 2 action news has learned a dekalb county man killed over a road rage incident was a father of a baby.
someone shot cedric williams on memorial drive as he turned onto columbia drive. he then crashed his car into a home.
williams’ 22-month-old son will grow up never knowing his father. his family described him as a caring person and a great dad to the baby boy.
"he's going to be missed,” said williams’ mother, grace williams. “i don't wish that on nobody, yeah he was loved."
his mother said it was her youngest son behind the wheel of the car late wednesday night.
williams was shot in the head after he accidentally cut in front of another driver, police said.
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police believe that person was so upset they followed the 22-year-old until they could get close enough to open fire.
“someone who loses their temper because they got cut off or something else happens and they decide to take it out on other person,” said dekalb county police spokesperson sheira campbell.
williams and his two passengers swerved off the road, striking two cars before slamming into a home.
“that's the day and times we live in,” said williams’ brother, frederick williams. “it happens unfortunately, i lost a brother in this incident."
police said no one else was injured in the accident. investigators are still searching for the suspect and the vehicle.
"canvassing the area looking for surveillance footage,” campbell.
“you took somebody's son, brother and dad away from them and you have a mother and father and maybe children too, you wouldn't want no body take you from them, so do the right thing so you can sleep at night,” grace williams said
williams' brother said he had just picked up someone from the hospital and was trying to get them home.
police are talking to witnesses and canvassing the area looking for surveillance video. call police if you have any information about this crime.
© 2019 cox media group.
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ɪˈklɪps ɪz ðə nu ˈvərʒən əv ðə əˈwɔrd ˈwɪnɪŋ ˈoʊpən sɔrs ˈfreɪmˌwərk fər dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ doʊˈmeɪn spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz. ɪt wɑz riˈlist təˈdeɪ ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈænjuəl riˈlis əv ɪˈklɪps ˈɪndɪˌgoʊ. ˌbiˈsaɪdz ˈhənərdz əv bəg ˈfɪksɪz ənd sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt pərˈfɔrməns ˌɪmˈpruvmənts, ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz: ə ˈfreɪmˌwərk ənd səˈpɔrt fər rɪʧ ˈhəvər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. ə nu ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈlæŋgwɪʤ wɪʧ kən bi ɛmˈbɛdɪd ɪn ˈɛni ənd əˈlaʊz ˈjuzərz tɪ raɪt ˌkɑmpjuˈteɪʃənəl ˈlɑʤɪk raɪt wɪˈθɪn ðɛr oʊn ˈlæŋgwɪʤ. ə taɪpt ˈtɛmplət ˈlæŋgwɪʤ,, wɪʧ ˈizɪz ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ənd ˈmeɪntənəns əv koʊd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtərz, wɪʧ ər naʊ ˈtaɪtli ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd wɪθ ɪˈklɪps ˈtulɪŋ. spoʊk wɪθ svɛn efftinge*, kriˈeɪtər ənd lɛd ˈɑrkəˌtɛkt əv.: wət ɪz jʊr ˈvɪʒən bɪˈhaɪnd? svɛn: ˈrɪli ɪz ən ˈoʊpən ˈfreɪmˌwərk tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz. ɪt ˈjuzɪz ðə ˈkɑmənli noʊn ənd ˈpruvən weɪz ənd minz tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz, laɪk ˈpɑrsərz, ˈsɪmbəl ˈteɪbəlz, kəmˈpaɪlərz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ðə ˈvɪʒən bɪˈhaɪnd ɪz tɪ brɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ˈʤɑvə ˈtulɪŋ tɪ ˈɛni ˈlæŋgwɪʤ wɪθ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl ˈɛfərt.: əˈməŋst ðə nu ˈfiʧərz əv wət ər ðə wənz ðət ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz ˈnidɪd ər ˈwɔntɪd ðə moʊst? waɪ? svɛn: wɪθ ðɪs riˈlis pʊt ə lɔt əv ˈɛfərt ˈɪntu ˈfərðər ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ðə ˈoʊvərˌɔl kˈwɑləti ənd pərˈfɔrməns əv ðə ˈfreɪmˌwərk. ɪn əˈdɪʃən bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ˈmɛni ˈditeɪlz, wɪʧ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈɛdɪtɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns ə lɔt. naʊ səˈpɔrts riˈneɪm wɪʧ ˈivɪn wərks əˈkrɔs ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈʤɑvə. ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈizi tɪ juz ˈhəvərɪŋ səˈpɔrt, ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli laɪk ˈvɛri məʧ. wət ˈrɪli ˈpʊʃɪz tɪ ə kəmˈplit nu ˈlɛvəl, ɪz ðə ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ˈlaɪbrɛˌri. soʊ fɑr dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz wɪθ hæd bɪn ɔˈrɛdi ˈrɪli ˈizi. ənˈfɔrʧənətli ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈsɪstəmz ər nɑt ˈoʊnli meɪd əv ˈstrəkʧərəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən bət æt səm pɔɪnt ju nid tɪ dɪˈfaɪn səm sɔrt əv bɪˈheɪvjər ər ˌkɑmpjuˈteɪʃənəl ˈlɑʤɪk. waɪl dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ɪz ˈizi, ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ səˈpɔrt fər fʊl bloʊn ɪkˈsprɛʃənz ɪz ɪkˈstrimli ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ənd ə lɔt əv wərk. soʊ ɪn ðə pæst, ɪt wɑz məʧ mɔr ˈpræktɪkəl tɪ æd ðə bɪˈheɪvjər baɪ ɪkˈstɛndɪŋ ðə ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd koʊd ˈsəmˌhaʊ, wɪʧ wərkt bət wɑz fɑr frəm aɪˈdil. wɪθ ju ər nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈeɪbəl tɪ riˈjuz ə kəmˈplit ˈgræmər dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ɪkˈsprɛʃən, bət ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ riˈjuz ənd ɪkˈstɛnd ɔl ðə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər laɪk ðə kəmˈpaɪlər, taɪp ˈsɪstəm, ˌɪnˈtərprətər ənd əv kɔrs ðə nit ɪˈklɪps ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən. soʊ ˈfaɪnəli ju kən pʊt ðə bɪˈheɪvjərəl dɪˈskrɪpʃən wɛr ɪt bɪˈlɔŋz: raɪt ˈɪntu ðə skrɪpt. ˈɔlsoʊ kəmz wɪθ ðə taɪpt ˈtɛmplət ˈlæŋgwɪʤ, wɪʧ ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˈsutɪd fər ˈraɪtɪŋ koʊd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtərz. ɪt ɪz ɪn fækt ˈɔlsoʊ beɪst ɔn ðə nu ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈlaɪbrɛˌri soʊ waɪl ɪt ɪz ə greɪt ˈlæŋgwɪʤ tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt koʊd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtərz ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə kwaɪt ədˈvænst ɪgˈzæmpəl əv wət kaɪnd əv ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ju kən naʊ bɪld wɪθ.: ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl hæv əˈdɑptəd? wət ər ðiz ˈpipəl duɪŋ wɪθ? wət ər ðə swit spɑts fər ə ˈfreɪmˌwərk laɪk? svɛn: sin ɔl kaɪnz əv ˈkreɪzi θɪŋz laɪk ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz fər ˈnɪtɪŋ ˈælgərˌɪðəmz ər mˈjuzɪkəl skɔrz. ðɛr ər ˈɔlsoʊ kəˈmərʃəl ˈprɑdəkts fər ˈkɑmplɛks ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz, laɪk dɪˈzaɪnər, ənd ə lɔt əv ˈəðər ˈoʊpənˌsɔrs ˈprɑʤɛkts ˈjuzɪŋ. ˈɛvəri taɪp əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən həz oʊn kaɪnd əv swit spɑts fər. ɪf wi fər ˈɪnstəns lʊk æt wɛb ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, ðə doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəl ɪz ˈklɪrli ə gʊd ˈæˌspɛkt tɪ bi dɪˈfaɪnd ɪn ə. reɪlz, grails*, ənd ðə pleɪ! ˈfreɪmˌwərk ɔl traɪ ˈvɛri hɑrd tɪ twik ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ dɪˈfaɪn ˈɛntɪtiz ənd ðə laɪk mɔr kənˈsaɪsli. wɪθ ju nid tɪ pʊʃ ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz tɪ ɪts ˈlɪmɪts, ju ˈsɪmpəl dɪˈfaɪn wət jʊr doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəlz ər meɪd əv ənd raɪt ə koʊd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtər tɪ trænzˈleɪt ðiz ˈkɑnsɛpts tɪ ˌwəˈtɛvər ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈplætˌfɔrm ju ər ˈjuzɪŋ. ˈstreɪtˈfɔrwərd, ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈɛni ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzɪz ənd ju gɪt ɪkˈstrimli nis ɪˈklɪps ˈtulɪŋ ɔn tɔp. əˈnəðər ˈvɛri ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ taɪp əv ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ər ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz. ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənt əˈproʊʧɪz tɪ ˈtækəl ðə ˈʧælənʤɪz əv ˈmoʊbəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ðə ˈoʊpənˌsɔrs ˈfreɪmˌwərk əˈplɔz kəmz wɪθ ə dɪˈfaɪnd wɪθ, wɪʧ əˈlaʊz ju tɪ ˈizəli dɪˈfaɪn ə ˈsərtən kaɪnd əv ˈmoʊbəl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ənd dɪˈplɔɪ ðɛm tɪ ˈdɪfərənt ˈmoʊbəl ˈplætˌfɔrmz, səʧ ɛz ˈioʊs ənd ˈænˌdrɔɪd.: wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈlæŋgwɪʤ, wi ər ˈbrɪʤɪŋ ðə wərldz əv ənd, haʊ du ju si ðə ˌɛvəˈluʃən əv boʊθ, ɪn 5 jɪrz, ɪn 10 jɪrz? svɛn: ˈmɑrtɪn, ˈfɑðər əv ˈskɑlə, həz ˈrisəntli əˈnaʊnst ðət ðeɪ hæv wən ə 5 jɪr ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈrisərʧ grænt tɪ meɪk ˈskɑlə mɔr ˈsutəbəl fər ˈpɛrəˌlɛl ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ. ɪf ju hæv ə lʊk æt ðɛr prəˈpoʊzəl lərn ðət ðɛr əˈproʊʧ ɪz tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈskɑlə ɪkˈsprɛʃənz ɪn ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən spɪˈsɪfɪk koʊd frəm ɪt, wɪʧ teɪks kɛr əv ðə. tɔkt əˈbaʊt ðɪs ɪn ə ˈvɛri ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌju ɔn se-radio*, wɛr hi ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpərpəs əˈproʊʧɪz fər ˈmæsɪv wərk wɛl, bət dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ fər ˈspɛʃəl doʊˈmeɪnz ɪz ðə weɪ tɪ goʊ. ðeɪ əˈlaʊ tɪ ɛnˈkæpsəˌleɪt ðə sɪˈmæntɪks wɪˈθɪn doʊˈmeɪn spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈkɑnsɛpts əv jʊr ˈlæŋgwɪʤ. ɛz ju kən si ˈskɑlə simz tɪ ɪˈvɑlv ˈɪntu ə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn wɛr wɪθ ɪts nu ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ɔˈrɛdi ɪz təˈdeɪ.: koʊd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən simz tɪ hæv riˈgeɪnd ɪn ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti ˈpɑrtli bɪˈkəz əv nu ˈfreɪmˌwərks laɪk ənd naʊ, bət ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈkəz ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧərz hæv bɪˈkəm mɔr ˈkɑmplɛks ənd "ˌpɑlɪˈglɑt"? ɪz ɪt ʤɪst ə fæd, ər du ju si ə mɔr proʊˈfaʊnd ˈmuvmənt təˈwɔrdz ˈkɑmplɛks ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər bɪˈhaɪnd ənd koʊd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən? koʊd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ənd hæv ɔˈrɛdi bɪn ə ˈmeɪnˌstrim tɛkˈnik fər ə ˈvɛri lɔŋ taɪm. ˈfreɪmˌwərks laɪk ˈrubi ɔn reɪlz ənd ər ˈhɛvəli beɪst ɔn koʊd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛvəri ˌɛkˌsɛˈmɛl ˈskimə ər ɪz ˈifɛktɪvli dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ə ˈlæŋgwɪʤ wɪθ ə ˈvɛri ˈkləmzi ʤəˈnɛrɪk ˈsɪnˌtæks. ənd ər tulz ˈsutɪd tɪ səˈpɔrt ðɪs tɛkˈnik ˈbɛtər. ðɛr ər ˈəðər weɪz ənd minz tɪ kriˈeɪt nis æbˈstrækʃənz ənd fər mi ɪt ɪz ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət ˈpipəl ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ənd koʊd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ər nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ sɑlv ˈɛvəri ˈprɑbləm. laɪk ˈɛvəri ˈəðər tɛkˈnik ðeɪ hæv ðɛr proʊz ənd kɑnz. ɛz ə dɪˈvɛləpər ju ˈdɛfənətli ʃʊd hæv ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ənd ɪn jʊr tul bɑks, bət ɪt ɪz ˈivɪn mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd wɪn tɪ əˈplaɪ ðɛm ənd wɪn nɑt.: wɪθ ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv ˈsəmˈwət complementary/overlapping*, ˈsəmˈwət kəmˈpitɪŋ wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər, haʊ kən hɛlp dɪˈvɛləpərz juz ˈdɪfərənt wɪˈθɪn ðɛr ˈprɑʤɛkts? ðə meɪn ˈvælju ɪn ɪz ðɛr haɪ ˈlɛvəl əv æbˈstrækʃən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə mɔr ju ˈæbˌstrækt ðə lɛs ju kən riˈjuz ðə seɪm æbˈstrækʃənz ɪn ˈəðər sɪˈnɛrioʊz. soʊ ˈtɪpɪkəli ˈpipəl ʃʊd dɪˈfaɪn ðɛr oʊn ˈsɪmpəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ˈteɪlərd tɪ ðə nidz əv ʤɪst wən ˈprɑʤɛkt. bɪˈkəz ðɛn ju hæv tɪ pʊt ˈɛni ənˈjuzd ˈkɑnsɛpts ɪn ɪt. ðə ˈlæŋgwɪʤ kən bi meɪd ɛz spɪˈsɪfɪk ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ɪz ˈspɛʃəli dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ əˈlaʊ dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ənd ɪˈvɑlvɪŋ səʧ ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz wɪθ səˈpraɪzɪŋli ˈlɪtəl ˈɛfərt. ˈsɛkəndli həz bɪn dɪˈzaɪnd frəm ðə graʊnd əp tɪ əˈlaʊ tɪ hæv ˈɛni ˈnəmbər əv ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪŋ wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər ənd ˈivɪn wɪθ ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz səʧ ɛz ˈʤɑvə. soʊ ɪt ˈrɪli fil laɪk ˈdɪfərənt ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈtulɪŋ wərks ˈsimləsli əˈkrɔs ɔl əv ðɛm. θæŋk ju
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eclipse xtext 2.0 is the new version of the award winning open source framework for developing domain specific languages. it was released today as part of the annual release of eclipse 3.7 - codename indigo.
besides hundreds of bug fixes and significant performance improvements, xtext 2.0 introduces:
a refactoring framework and support for rich hover information.
a new expression language which can be embedded in any dsl and allows users to write computational logic right within their own language.
a statically typed template language, xtend, which eases the development and maintenance of code generators, which are now tightly integrated with eclipse tooling.
infoq spoke with sven efftinge, creator and lead architect of xtext.
infoq: what is your vision behind xtext?
sven: xtext really is an open framework to implement programming languages. it uses the commonly known and proven ways and means to implement languages, like parsers, symbol tables, compilers, etc. the vision behind xtext is to bring something like eclipse’s java tooling to any language with very little effort.
infoq: amongst the new features of xtext 2.0, what are the ones that the developers needed or wanted the most? why?
sven: with this release we’ve put a lot of effort into further improving the overall quality and performance of the framework. in addition we’ve been working on many details, which improve the overall editing experience a lot. xtext now supports rename refactoring which even works across languages including java. also the easy to use hovering support, is something a lot of people will probably like very much.
what really pushes xtext to a complete new level, is the embeddable expression language library. so far defining structural languages with xtext had been already really easy. unfortunately software systems are not only made of structural information but at some point you need to define some sort of behavior or computational logic. while defining structural languages is easy, implementing support for full blown expressions is extremely complicated and a lot of work. so in the past, it was much more practical to add the behavior by extending the generated code somehow, which worked but was far from ideal. with xtext 2.0 you are not only able to reuse a complete grammar defining expression, but you can also reuse and extend all the necessary infrastructure like the compiler, type system, interpreter and of course the neat eclipse integration. so finally you can put the behavioral description where it belongs: right into the dsl script.
xtext 2.0 also comes with the statically typed template language xtend, which is especially suited for writing code generators. it is in fact also based on the new expression library so while it is a great language to implement code generators it is also a quite advanced example of what kind of languages you can now build with xtext.
infoq: a lot of people have adopted xtext? what are these people doing with xtext? what are the sweet spots for a dsl framework like xtext?
sven: i’ve seen all kinds of crazy things like languages for knitting algorithms or executable musical scores. there are also commercial products for complex languages, like sigasi’s vhdl designer, and a lot of other open-source projects using xtext. every type of application has it’s own kind of sweet spots for dsls. if we for instance look at web applications, the domain model is clearly a good aspect to be defined in a dsl. rails, grails, springroo and the play! framework all try very hard to tweak existing languages in order to be able to define entities and the like more concisely. with xtext you don’t need to push existing languages to its limits, you simple define what your domain models are made of and write a code generator to translate these concepts to whatever application platform you are using. it’s straightforward, doesn’t involve any compromises and you get extremely nice eclipse tooling on top.
another very interesting type of applications are data-driven mobile applications. there are many different approaches to tackle the challenges of cross-platform mobile development. the open-source framework applause comes with a dsl defined with xtext, which allows you to easily define a certain kind of mobile applications and deploy them to different mobile platforms, such as ios and android.
infoq: with the expression language, we are bridging the worlds of gppls/3gls and dsls, how do you see the evolution of both, in 5 years, in 10 years?
sven: martin odersky, father of scala, has recently announced that they have won a 5 year european research grant to make scala more suitable for parallel programming. if you have a look at their proposal you’ll learn that their approach is to allow embedding scala expressions in dsls in order to generate application specific code from it, which takes care of the parallelization. odersky talked about this in a very interesting interview on se-radio, where he explained that general purpose approaches for massive parallelization wouldn’t work well, but defining dsls for special domains is the way to go. they allow to encapsulate the parallelization semantics within domain specific concepts of your language. as you can see scala seems to evolve into a direction where xtext with its new expression library already is today.
infoq: code generation seems to have regained in popularity partly because of new frameworks like xtext and now xtend, but also because software architectures have become more complex and "polyglot"? is it just a fad, or do you see a more profound movement towards abstracting complex software architecture behind dsls and code generation?
code generation and dsls have already been a mainstream technique for a very long time. frameworks like ruby on rails and springroo are heavily based on code generation and also every xml schema or dtd is effectively defining a domain-specific language with a very clumsy generic syntax. xtext and xtend are tools suited to support this technique better. there are other ways and means to create nice abstractions and for me it is very important that people understand that dsls and code generation are not going to solve every problem. like every other technique they have there pros and cons. as a developer you definitely should have something like xtext and xtend in your developer’s tool box, but it is even more important to understand when to apply them and when not.
infoq: with an increasing number of dsls somewhat complementary/overlapping, somewhat competing with each other, how can xtext help developers use different dsls within their projects?
the main value in dsls is their high level of abstraction. however, the more you abstract the less you can reuse the same abstractions in other scenarios. so typically people should define their own simple languages tailored to the needs of just one project. because then you won’t have to put any unused concepts in it. the language can be made as specific as possible. xtext is specially designed to allow defining and evolving such languages with surprisingly little effort.
secondly xtext has been designed from the ground up to allow to have any number of languages integrating with each other and even with non-xtext languages such as java. so it doesn’t really feel like different languages, because the tooling works seamlessly across all of them.
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æt hər ˈhirɪŋ ˈθərzˌdeɪ, pərˈɛrə ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ʃi wɑz əˈsaɪnd tɪ ðə ˈkəstədi ˈɛriə ɪn 2012 ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 7 2013 ən ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈɔfɪsər toʊld hər əˈbaʊt ə ˈprɪzənər ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn ɔn ə nɑrˈkɑtɪks ʧɑrʤ. ˈhirɪŋ ðə neɪm, ʃi sɛd ɪt meɪ bi hər ˈkəzən. "aɪ kəm aʊt ˈɪntu ðə sallyport*, ənd maɪ hɑrt sɪŋks, bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz (maɪ ˈkəzən)." ən ˈɔfɪsər ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ˈpriviəsli pərˈɛrə slæpt hər ˈkəzən əˈkrɔs ðə feɪs. pərˈɛrə sɪz ʃi sˈwɑtɪd hɪz ˈʃoʊldər. ɪt ɪz ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ tɛl frəm ðə ˈvɪdioʊ wɪʧ ɪz tru, bət ðə ˈkəzən wɑz kraɪɪŋ. pərˈɛrə ɪm ənd æst ðə ˈəðər ˈɔfɪsər tɪ gɪv ðɛm ə ˈmɪnət "tɪ iz ðə ˈtɛnʃən, ˈɔkwərdnəs, ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt əv wən mæn kraɪɪŋ ɪn frənt əv əˈnəðər." ðə ˈɔfɪsər lɛft ənd pərˈɛrə sæt ˌbiˈsaɪd hər ˈkəzən. ɪn ˈpɔrʧəˌgiz ʃi ˈprɑməst nɑt tɪ tɛl ðə ˈfæməli hi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd. ˈæftər ðət, ʃi kɔld ðə ˈæktɪŋ stæf ˈsɑrʤənt ənd æst ɪm tɪ dil wɪθ hər ˈkəzən frəm ðɛn ɔn. ʃi ˈleɪtər ˈlərnɪd əˈnəðər ˈkəzən wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ɪn ə sɛl ɔn rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈʧɑrʤɪz. ʃi hæd noʊ ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ɪm ənd æst hər stæf ˈsɑrʤənt ɪf ʃi kʊd wərk ˈsəmˌwɛr ɛls fər ðə rɛst əv hər ʃɪft. hər rɪkˈwɛst wɑz dɪˈnaɪd. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ mənθ, ɔn mɑrʧ 29 ɛz pərˈɛrə əraɪvd fər hər ʃɪft, ə ˈwʊmən wɑz brɔt ɪn ɔn ə ˈpəblɪk ˌɪnˌtɑksəˈkeɪʃən ʧɑrʤ. ˈsɛvərəl ˈɔfɪsərz ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ðeɪd spɛnt tu aʊərz ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈdɪfəkəlt ˈwʊmən. ɔn ˈvɪdioʊ, ʃi ɪz sin ˈspɪtɪŋ, ˈkɪkɪŋ ənd sˈwɛrɪŋ. "ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ wɑz siɪŋ sɛd ðɪs kʊd goʊ saʊθ æt ˈɛni taɪm," pərˈɛrə sɛd. fɔr ˈɔfɪsərz ɛˈskɔrtɪd ðə ˈwʊmən tɪ hər sɛl, bət ʃi ˈwʊdənt goʊ ɪn. ˈəðər ˈɔfɪsərz ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ðeɪ wər ˈtɔkɪŋ hər ɪn. ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ, ðə ˈwʊmən əˈpɪrz kɑm. wən ˈɔfɪsər linz ˈkæʒəwəli əˈgɛnst ə wɔl. ˈsədənli, pərˈɛrə ɪz sin ˈwɔkɪŋ daʊn ðə hɔl. ʃi stɛps bɪtˈwin ðə ˈɔfɪsərz ənd wɪθ boʊθ hænz ʃəvz ðə ˈwʊmən ˈɪntu hər sɛl. ˈəðər ˈɔfɪsərz ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ðeɪ wər ʃɑkt bɪˈkəz ðə ˈwʊmən hɪt hər hɛd əˈgɛnst ðə wɔl ənd ðə juz əv fɔrs wɑz ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri. pərˈɛrə ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ʃid hæd ɪˈnəf əv "wən smɔl ˈwʊmən kənˈtroʊlɪŋ fɔr ˈɔfɪsərz." "tu aʊərz əv ˈlɛtɪŋ ðɪs ˈprɪzənər rən ðə ʃoʊ? nɑt maɪ ˈtreɪnɪŋ. wi doʊnt nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt wɪθ ˈprɪzənərz." wəns pərˈɛrə pʊʃt ðə ˈprɪzənər, ðə ˈwʊmən lənʤd bæk ənd hɪt hər ɪn ðə feɪs. ðə ˈsɑrʤənt ðɛn ʃəvd hər ˈɔntu ðə bɛd ənd hɛld hər ðɛr. tu ˈəðər ˈɔfɪsərz ˌɪntərˈvind tɪ ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ðɛm. æst ɪf ʃi pənʧt ðə ˈprɪzənər, pərˈɛrə əp əˈgɛn. "əm nɑt ə ˈvaɪələnt ˈpərsən," ʃi sɛd. "aɪ doʊnt pənʧ ˈpipəl." ˈsuzən ˈkɑmənˌtɛri əˈpɪrz ˈrɛgjələrli ɪn ðə ˈspɛkteɪtər.
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at her hearing thursday, pereira testified she was assigned to the custody area in 2012. on feb. 7, 2013, an arresting officer told her about a prisoner coming in on a narcotics charge. hearing the name, she said it may be her cousin.
"i come out into the sallyport, and my heart sinks, because it is (my cousin)."
an officer testified previously pereira slapped her cousin across the face. pereira says she swatted his shoulder. it is difficult to tell from the video which is true, but the cousin was crying.
pereira uncuffed him and asked the other officer to give them a minute "to ease the tension, awkwardness, embarrassment of one man crying in front of another."
the officer left and pereira sat beside her cousin. in portuguese she promised not to tell the family he was arrested. after that, she called the acting staff sergeant and asked him to deal with her cousin from then on. she later learned another cousin was already in a cell on related charges. she had no contact with him and asked her staff sergeant if she could work somewhere else for the rest of her shift. her request was denied.
the following month, on march 29, as pereira arrived for her shift, a woman was brought in on a public intoxication charge. several officers testified they'd spent two hours dealing with the difficult woman. on video, she is seen spitting, kicking and swearing.
"everything i was seeing said this could go south at any time," pereira said.
four officers escorted the woman to her cell, but she wouldn't go in. other officers testified they were talking her in. in the video, the woman appears calm. one officer leans casually against a wall.
suddenly, pereira is seen walking down the hall. she steps between the officers and with both hands shoves the woman into her cell. other officers testified they were shocked because the woman hit her head against the wall and the use of force was unnecessary.
pereira testified she'd had enough of "one small woman controlling four officers."
"two hours of letting this prisoner run the show? not my training. we don't negotiate with prisoners."
once pereira pushed the prisoner, the woman lunged back and hit her in the face. the sergeant then shoved her onto the bed and held her there. two other officers intervened to separate them.
asked if she punched the prisoner, pereira welled up again.
"i'm not a violent person," she said. "i don't punch people."
susan clairmont's commentary appears regularly in the spectator. sclairmont@thespec.com
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kɪm ˈrɪʧərdz haʊ ʃi gɑt næbd æt ˈtərgət fər ˈʃɑˌplɪftɪŋ kɪm ˈrɪʧərdz haʊ ʃi gɑt næbd æt ˈtərgət fər ˈʃɑˌplɪftɪŋ (ˈfoʊˌtoʊz) ɪkˈsklusɪv kɪm ˈrɪʧərdz ʤɪst traɪ tɪ stil ə ˈʃɑpɪŋ kɑrt fʊl əv stəf frəm ˈtərgət ʃi traɪd ˈstilɪŋ 2 ˈʃɑpɪŋ kɑrts fʊl əv stəf ðɪs əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈtərgət ˈɪnsədənt rɪˈpɔrt. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt, kɪm græbd ðə riˈuzəbəl bægz æt ðə væn naɪz ˈtərgət ənd bɪˈgæn ˈloʊdɪŋ ðɛm əp wɪθ ˈmərʧənˌdaɪz ɪn ðə ˈdɔlər ˈsɛkʃən ðə bɪˈloʊ ʃoʊ wət ʃi tʊk. ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɪz kɪm ˈloʊdɪd ðə bægz ɪn ə ˈʃɑpɪŋ kɑrt, tʊk ɪt tɪ ðə ðə ɪkˈsprɛs laɪn bət lɛft ɪt wɪˈθaʊt əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ ʧɛk aʊt. ʃi toʊld ðə klərk ðə ˈaɪtəmz hæd ɔˈrɛdi bɪn peɪd fər. ʃi ðɛn græbd əˈnəðər kɑrt ənd ˈdɪdənt ˈivɪn ˈbɑðər tɪ bæg ðə ˈaɪtəmz ʃi ʤɪst ˈloʊdɪd ðə kɑrt əp wɪθ tɔɪz ənd ˈbjuti ˈprɑdəkts. ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɪz kɪm ðɛn tʊk ðə ˈsɛkənd kɑrt tɪ ðə ɪkˈsprɛs laɪn ənd bɪˈgæn ˈləgɪŋ ðə fərst kɑrt aʊt əv ðə stɔr. ʃi gɑt 3 fit aʊt əv ðə stɔr ɪˈnəf tɪ meɪk ə ˈʃɑˌplɪftɪŋ keɪs wɪn ə sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrd əˈproʊʧt ənd ɛˈskɔrtɪd hər tɪ ðə ˈbʊkɪŋ rum, wɛr ðeɪ tʊk hər pɪk. kɪm toʊld sɪˈkjʊrəti ʃi ˈdɪdənt ˈriˌkɔl ɪf ʃi peɪd fər ðə gʊdz ər nɑt. ðə kɑps keɪm ənd ərˈɛstɪd kɪm fər θɛft. ðə ˈaɪtəmz ˈtoʊtəld 600
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kim richards how she got nabbed at target for shoplifting
kim richards -- how she got nabbed at target for shoplifting (photos)
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kim richards didn't just try to steal a shopping cart full of stuff from target ... she tried stealing 2 shopping carts full of stuff ... this according to the target incident report.
according to the report, kim grabbed the reusable bags at the van nuys target and began loading them up with merchandise in the dollar section ... the pics below show what she took.
the report says kim loaded the bags in a shopping cart, took it to the the express line but left it without attempting to check out. she told the clerk the items had already been paid for.
she then grabbed another cart and didn't even bother to bag the items ... she just loaded the cart up with toys and beauty products.
the report says kim then took the second cart to the express line and began lugging the first cart out of the store.
she got 3 feet out of the store -- enough to make a shoplifting case -- when a security guard approached and escorted her to the booking room, where they took her pic.
kim told security she didn't recall if she paid for the goods or not.
the cops came and arrested kim for theft. the items totaled $600.
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ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt, ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ðə kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən, ə bɪl ðət wɪl əˈlɛʤədli fənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ənˈtɪl dɛk. 9 ðə ˈoʊnli ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðət ðɛr ˈæˌkʧuəli ə bɪl jɛt. ðɛr ɪz noʊ tɛkst. ðɛr ɪz noʊ əˈgrimənt bɪtˈwin ˈdɛməˌkræts ənd rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɔn wət ðə bɪl wɪl ˈpɛrənˌthʊd, ðə bæŋk, kənˈtroʊl əv ðə əv ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz ə ˈmɪstəri. jɛt ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ðɪs ˌnɑnəgˈzɪstənt bɪl. ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈɑpərˌeɪts ˈəndər ˈkɑmplɛks ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri rulz ðət ˌrikˈwaɪər ə ˈsɪriz əv voʊts ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ to”*” ər onto”*” ə bɪl. ðə voʊt ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt wɑz ðə fərst ɪn wət wɪl bi ə ˈsɪriz əv voʊts ɔn ðə kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən, ər ˈspɛndɪŋ bɪl. dɪˈspaɪt ˈsɛnɪt ˈproʊˌtɛsts tɪ ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, ə voʊt tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ə bɪl nɑt jɛt ˈrɪtən ɪz, ɪn fækt, ə ˈsəbstəntɪv wɪn ðɛr ɪz soʊ məʧ æt steɪk. ənd ˈsɛnɪt ˈlidərˌʃɪp traɪd tɪ pɪʧ ðɪs ɛz ˈsɪmpli ə ˈprɔˌsɛs voʊt. sɛn. mɪʧ mcconnell’s*, r-ky*., kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz dɪˈrɛktər ðət ðɪs voʊt wɑz procedural”*” ənd ə voʊt ɔn ðə [kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ resolution]”*]” ər ɔn ˈzɪkə ˈfəndɪŋ. ˈvɛriəs rɪˈpɔrtərz ðət ðɪs wɑz ʤɪst ə voʊt ɔn ə bill,”*,” ənd ðət ðə tɛkst əv ðə kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən wʊd bi ˈkræftɪd æt ə ˈleɪtər deɪt. ðɪs ɪz ə prəˈsiʤərəl voʊt, nɑt ə voʊt ɔn ðə bɪl. stu (@stewsays*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 20 2016 bət ðə fækt stɪl rɪˈmeɪnz: ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ə bɪl ðət dɪz nɑt jɛt ɪgˈzɪst. fərˈgɛt nɑt biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɛd ɪt, ər nɑt ˈhævɪŋ taɪm tɪ ˈdaɪʤɛst ðə ˈpɑləsi æt hænd. ðə bɪl dɪz nɑt ɪgˈzɪst. dɪˈspaɪt ˈsɛnɪt ˈproʊˌtɛsts tɪ ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, ə voʊt tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ə bɪl nɑt jɛt ˈrɪtən ɪz, ɪn fækt, ə ˈsəbstəntɪv wɪn ðɛr ɪz soʊ məʧ æt steɪk. ðə kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən wɪl bi ðə ˈbætəlˌgraʊnd fər ˈmeɪʤər ˈpɑləsiz, laɪk ˈwɛðər ər nɑt plænd ˈpɛrənˌthʊd wɪl rɪˈsiv ˈzɪkə ˈfəndɪŋ, ɪf ðə bæŋk kən sɛnd ˈtækˌspeɪər ˈdɔlərz tɪ fənd boʊɪŋ dilz wɪθ ˌɪˈrɑn, ər ɪf ðə juz. wɪl luz kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ɔl əv ðiz dilz hæv jɛt tɪ bi strək (ˌɔlˈðoʊ prɛs rɪˈpɔrts səˈʤɛst ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz hæv ɔˈrɛdi keɪvd tɪ ˈdɛməˌkræts ɔn plænd ˈpɛrənˌthʊd ˈfəndɪŋ). wət ðə ˈsɛnɪt dɪd ˈtuzˌdeɪ wɑz tɪ gɪv ðə tɪ ˈsɛnɪt ˈlidərˌʃɪp tɪ straɪk ðoʊz dilz ɔn ɪts bɪˈhæf. iʧ əv ðə 89 ˈsɛnətərz hu ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ pərˈsid tɪ tɛkst ðət ˈnɛvər sin ˈjildɪd ðɛr əˈθɔrəti tɪ hæv ˈɪnˌpʊt ɔn ðə dil, tɪ ˈɪnfluəns ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm əv ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈfəndɪŋ bɪl. ðɪs ɪz nɑt ʤɪst ə prəˈsiʤərəl voʊt, ənd ɪt ɪz rɔŋ tɪ dɪˈskraɪb ɪt ɛz səʧ. ˈvoʊtɪŋ tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ə bɪl ɪz ɛz məʧ ə ˈsəbstəntɪv ækt ɛz ˈvoʊtɪŋ ɔn ðə bill—different*, bət stɪl ˈsəbstəntɪv. ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ pərˈsid tɪ ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈbæˌkrum dil ɪts ˈlidərˌʃɪp ˈhæpənz tɪ straɪk. ɛz sɛn. ʤeɪmz ˈlæŋkfərd, r-okla*., ɪkˈspleɪnd hɪz ““no”*” voʊt tɪ kənˈgrɛʃənəl kˈwɔrtərli, hæv ðət tɛkst jɛt. ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət wi du hæv ðət ənd wi du noʊ ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ðət goʊɪŋ wɪn wi gɪt tɪ ðət spot.”*.” ˈlæŋkfərd ɪz raɪt əˈbaʊt waɪ ˈsɛnətərz məst hæv tɛkst ˌbiˈfɔr bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ˈɛni voʊt ˈsɪriz, prəˈsiʤərəl ər əˈpruv ðə stɑrt əv ə ˈprɔˌsɛs wɪˈθaʊt noʊɪŋ fərst wɛr goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd. ðə mɪʧ rid ˈɪrə həz ˈwɪtnəst ə ˈsɛnɪt ðət ɪz lɛs trænˈspɛrənt, wɛr ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmɛmbərz ər lɛs əˈwɛr əv ðɛr raɪts, ənd wɛr ðɛr ɪz ə groʊɪŋ ˌsɛntrəlɪˈzeɪʃən əv paʊər ɪn ðə ˈɔfəs. voʊt wɑz əˈnəðər stɛp ɪn ðət dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈsɛnətərz ər ɔl ˈikwəl ɪn ðə seɪm raɪts ənd ðə seɪm ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈsɛnɪt rulz. ˈsɛnətərz wʊd du wɛl tɪ kip ðət ɪn maɪnd nɛkst taɪm ðɛr ˈlidərˌʃɪp sɪz, us,”*,” ənd tɛlz ðɛm tɪ əˈpruv ˈmuvɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd ɔn ə bɪl ðeɪ hæv jɛt tɪ si.
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on tuesday night, the senate voted to proceed to the continuing resolution, a bill that will allegedly fund the government until dec. 9.
the only problem is that there isn’t actually a bill yet.
there is no text. there is no agreement between democrats and republicans on what the bill will fund—planned parenthood, the export-import bank, control of the internet—all of it remains a mystery.
yet the senate voted 89-7 to proceed to this nonexistent bill.
the senate operates under complex parliamentary rules that require a series of votes in order to “proceed to” or “get onto” a bill. the vote tuesday night was the first in what will be a series of votes on the continuing resolution, or spending bill.
despite senate leadership’s protests to the contrary, a vote to proceed to a bill that’s not yet written is, in fact, a substantive act—particularly when there is so much at stake.
and senate leadership tried to pitch this as simply a process vote. sen. mitch mcconnell’s, r-ky., communications director tweeted that this vote was “just procedural” and “not a vote on the cr [continuing resolution]” or on zika funding. various reporters tweeted that this was just a vote on a “shell bill,” and that the text of the continuing resolution would be crafted at a later date.
this is a procedural vote, not a vote on the cr/#zika bill. — stew (@stewsays) september 20, 2016
but the fact still remains: on tuesday, the senate voted to proceed to a bill that does not yet exist.
forget not being able to read it, or not having time to digest the policy at hand. the bill does not exist.
despite senate leadership’s protests to the contrary, a vote to proceed to a bill that’s not yet written is, in fact, a substantive act—particularly when there is so much at stake. the continuing resolution will be the battleground for major policies, like whether or not planned parenthood will receive zika funding, if the export-import bank can send taxpayer dollars to fund boeing deals with iran, or if the u.s. will lose control of the internet.
all of these deals have yet to be struck (although press reports suggest that republicans have already caved to democrats on planned parenthood funding).
what the senate did tuesday was to give the go-ahead to senate leadership to strike those deals on its behalf. each of the 89 senators who voted to proceed to text that they’ve never seen yielded their authority to have input on the deal, to influence the outcome of a major funding bill.
this is not just a procedural vote, and it is wrong to describe it as such. voting to proceed to a bill is as much a substantive act as voting on the bill—different, but still substantive. in this case, the senate voted to proceed to whatever backroom deal its leadership happens to strike.
as sen. james lankford, r-okla., explained his “no” vote to congressional quarterly, “we don’t have that text yet. it’s important that we do have that and we do know the direction that it’s going when we get to that spot.”
lankford is right about why senators must have text before beginning any vote series, procedural or otherwise—you can’t approve the start of a process without knowing first where it’s going to end.
the mitch mcconnell-harry reid era has witnessed a senate that is less transparent, where individual members are less aware of their rights, and where there is a growing centralization of power in the leader’s office. tuesday’s vote was another step in that direction.
individual senators are all equal in authority—with the same rights and the same access to the senate rules. senators would do well to keep that in mind next time their leadership says, “trust us,” and tells them to approve moving forward on a bill they have yet to see.
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ðə ˈdiˌtrɔɪt laɪənz hæv kleɪmd dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæk ˈmɛnzi ɔf ðə ˈweɪvər waɪər təˈdeɪ. dɪˈtrɔɪts əˈdɪʃən naʊ brɪŋz ɪts ˈkɑrənt ˈrɑstər ˈnəmbər tɪ 90 ˈmɛnzi, ə pɪk baɪ ðə ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti ʧifs ɪn 2012 wɑz weɪvd baɪ hɪz ˈfɔrmər tim ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. nu ʧifs koʊʧ ˈændi rid wɑz nɑt ˌɪmˈprɛst baɪ ˈmɛnzi, oʊld, wɪʧ lɛd tɪ hɪz riˈlis. waɪl æt ˌæləˈbæmə, ˈmɛnzi pleɪd ˈkɔrnərˌbæk ˈɑpəzɪt kərˈpætrɪk. hi kən pleɪ ˈkɔrnərˌbæk ənd ˈseɪfti ɪn ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl. ˈmɛnzi ənd 202 paʊnz) wɑz ə ˈstænˌdaʊt dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæk ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ, wɪʧ lɛd tɪ hɪz səˈlɛkʃən ˈoʊvərˌɔl) baɪ ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈmɛnzi mɪst moʊst əv ðə ʧifs' ˈproʊˌgræm ɛz ə ˈrʊki bɪˈkəz əv ə ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ ˈprɑbləm. hi ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈlændɪd ɔn ˈɪnʤərd rɪˈzərv ənd ˈnɛvər pleɪd ɪn ə geɪm. ˈdiˌtrɔɪt wɪl bɪˈgɪn ɪts əˈsɛsmənt əv əˈbɪləˌtiz nɛkst wik wɪn ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd tim ækˈtɪvɪtiz (otas*) bɪˈgɪn. ˈmɛnzi wɪl ˈlaɪkli kəmˈpit fər ə ˈbæˌkəp pəˈzɪʃən, bət nidz tɪ steɪ ˈhɛlθi ðɪs ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ rɪˈsiv ðət ˌɑpərˈtunəti. hir ɪz wət ˈmɛnzi lʊkt laɪk ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ:
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the detroit lions have claimed defensive back dequan menzie off the waiver wire today. detroit's addition now brings its current roster number to 90.
menzie, a fifth-round pick by the kansas city chiefs in 2012, was waived by his former team on tuesday. new chiefs coach andy reid was not impressed by menzie, 23-years old, which led to his release.
while at alabama, menzie played cornerback opposite dre kirkpatrick. he can play cornerback and safety in the nfl.
menzie (5-foot-11 and 202 pounds) was a standout defensive back in college, which led to his fifth-round selection (146th overall) by kansas city. however, menzie missed most of the chiefs' offseason program as a rookie because of a hamstring problem. he eventually landed on injured reserve and never played in a game.
detroit will begin its on-the-field assessment of menzie's abilities next week when organized team activities (otas) begin. menzie will likely compete for a backup position, but needs to stay healthy this offseason in order to receive that opportunity.
here is what menzie looked like in college:
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ə oʊld ˈwʊmən sɪz ʃi həz bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ənd sˈlipɪŋ ɪn ə kɑr wɪθ hər θri jəŋ ˈʧɪldrən ɪn tallaght*, ˈdəblɪn, fər ðə pæst wik ˈæftər ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈhaʊzɪŋ ərˈeɪnʤmənts broʊk daʊn. ɪn ðə but əv səˈbrinə 2005 kɑr ər θri ˈsutˌkeɪsɪz, ə ˈbəgi, ənd ˈbeɪbi waɪps. ɔn ðə ˈpæsənʤər sit ɪz ə ˈkɛriər bæg əv kloʊðz, ə bæg əv brɛd roʊlz ənd mɪlk. ə frɛnd lɛts hər wɑʃ ənd du ˈlɔndri ɪn hər haʊs. bɪn ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə kɪdz ɪn ðɛr ɪn hər haʊs, bət ðeɪ hæd tɪ slip ɪn ðɛr kloʊðz læst night.”*.” maɪˈkɛlə 3 ənd ˈʧɛlsi 18 mənθs) slip ɪn ðɛr kɑr sits ɔn ðə bæk sit, wɪθ kɑrl 5 sˈlipɪŋ ˌbiˈsaɪd ðɛm. ɪn ðə sit. aɪ pʊt ðə sit bæk bɪˈkəz ðeɪ hæv soʊ ˈlɪtəl speɪs ɛz ɪt is,”*,” ʃi sɪz. maɪˈkɛlə weɪks fər ə ˈbɑtəl aɪ nɑk ɔn ðə ˈɪnʤən tɪ wɔrm əp ðə car.”*.” ɔl rɛkt. ɪgˈzɔstɪd. ðeɪ æsk wɛr goʊɪŋ ənd aɪ tɛl ðɛm aɪ hæv ˈnoʊˌwɛr tɪ brɪŋ ðɛm. aɪ fil laɪk ə ˈhoʊpləs ˈpɛrənt, ʤɪst hopeless.”*.” ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər saʊθ ˈdəblɪn ˈkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsəl sɛd ɪt wɑz ““aware”*” əv ðə keɪs. ˈdəblɪn ˈkaʊnsəl dɪz nɑt wɪʃ tɪ meɪk ˈɛni ˈfərðər ˈkɑmɛnt æt ðɪs stage,”*,” ɪt ˈædɪd. ˈweɪtɪŋ lɪst mɪz məkˈmæn həz bɪn ɔn ðə ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈweɪtɪŋ lɪst fər mɔr ðən ə jɪr waɪl ʃi həz bɪn steɪɪŋ wɪθ ˈfæməli ənd frɛndz. ərˈɪʤənəli frəm tallaght*, ʃi brɔt hər ˈʧɪldrən bæk ðɛr frəm athy*, koʊ, ˈæftər hər riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ðɛr ˈfɑðər broʊk daʊn mɔr ðən ə jɪr əˈgoʊ. ðɛn steɪd wɪθ maɪ ˈməðər, ˈfɑðər, ˈsɪstər ənd frɛndz. bət ə lɔt tɪ æsk, tɪ æsk ˈsəmˌwən tɪ hæv ə hoʊl ˈfæməli steɪɪŋ ɪn ðɛr house.”*.” ɪn əˈdɪʃən, səm əv ðɛr lis ərˈeɪnʤmənts dɪd nɑt əˈlaʊ ðɛm tɪ hæv ə ˈfæməli steɪɪŋ. læst wik aɪ hæd tɪ stɑp asking.”*.” ʃi sɪz ʃi həz traɪd tɪ faɪnd ˈpraɪvət ˈrɛntɪd əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃən bət həz nɑt bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ faɪnd ə ˈlænˌdlɔrd hu wɪl əkˈsɛpt rɛnt əˈlaʊəns. ɛz ðə hɛd əv ə ˈfæməli æt ˌɪˈmiˌdiət rɪsk əv ˈhoʊmləsnəs, ʃi wɛnt tɪ ðə ˈdəblɪn ˈsɛntrəl ˈpleɪsmənt ˈsərvɪs læst wik bət wɑz toʊld ʃi məst ˈprɛzənt æt ˈkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsəl fər ˈimərʤənsi ˈhaʊzɪŋ. ʃi sɪz ʃi dɪz nɑt wɔnt tɪ goʊ bæk tɪ. ɛnd əp ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd əˈgɛn. aɪ nid tɪ bi nɪr maɪ ˈfæməli ənd kɑrl goʊz tɪ skul ɪn tallaght.”*.” ðə ˈpleɪsmənt ˈsərvɪs dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ə rɪkˈwɛst frəm ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ taɪmz fər ˈkɑmɛnt. ə tsunami’*’ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈdɛntəl nərs ənd ˈkɛrər, mɪz məkˈmæn sɪz ʃi wʊd laɪk tɪ goʊ bæk tɪ wərk. aɪ hæd ə rʊf, wi kʊd gɪt ˈsɛtəld ənd ləv tɪ goʊ bæk ˈkɛrɪŋ fər ðə elderly.”*.” ˈloʊkəl sɪn dəˈvaɪn həz bɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˌrɛprəzənˈteɪʃənz ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə ˈfæməli fər ðə pæst jɪr. ɪz wən əv ðə wərst ˈkeɪsɪz bət ˈhoʊmləsnəs ənd ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪz naʊ ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈɪʃu ɪn maɪ ˈklɪnɪks. ə tsuˈnɑmi ənd noʊ wən ɪn ˈgəvərnmənt simz tɪ hæv ˈɛni ˈpɑləsi ɔn ɪt, ˈɛni plæn, ˈɛni dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ɔn ðɪs dɪˈzæstər ðət ɪz əˈfɛktɪŋ ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈɔrdəˌnɛri people.”*.”
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a 36-year old woman says she has been living and sleeping in a car with her three young children in tallaght, dublin, for the past week after a series of temporary housing arrangements broke down.
in the boot of sabrina mcmahon’s 2005 car are three suitcases, a buggy, nappies and baby wipes. on the passenger seat is a carrier bag of clothes, a bag of bread rolls and milk.
a friend lets her wash and do laundry in her house. “i’ve been putting the kids in their pyjamas in her house, but they had to sleep in their clothes last night.”
michaela (3) and chelsea (18 months) sleep in their car seats on the back seat, with karl (5) sleeping beside them.
“i’m in the driver’s seat. i put the seat back because they have so little space as it is,” she says. “when michaela wakes for a bottle i knock on the engine to warm up the car.”
“we’re all wrecked. exhausted. they ask where we’re going and i tell them i have nowhere to bring them. i feel like a hopeless parent, just hopeless.”
a spokesperson for south dublin county council said it was “aware” of the case. “south dublin council does not wish to make any further comment at this stage,” it added.
waiting list
ms mcmahon has been on the council’s housing waiting list for more than a year while she has been staying with family and friends. originally from tallaght, she brought her children back there from athy, co kildare, after her relationship with their father broke down more than a year ago.
“since then we’ve stayed with my mother, father, sister and friends. but it’s a lot to ask, to ask someone to have a whole family staying in their house.”
in addition, some of their lease arrangements did not allow them to have a family staying. “so last week i had to stop asking.”
she says she has tried to find private rented accommodation but has not been able to find a landlord who will accept rent allowance.
as the head of a family at immediate risk of homelessness, she went to the dublin central placement service last week but was told she must present at kildare county council for emergency housing. she says she does not want to go back to kildare. “i’d end up isolated again. i need to be near my family and karl goes to school in tallaght.”
the placement service did not respond to a request from the irish times for comment.
‘homelessness a tsunami’
a former dental nurse and carer, ms mcmahon says she would like to go back to work. “if i had a roof, we could get settled and i’d love to go back caring for the elderly.”
local sinn féin councillor máire devine has been making representations on behalf of the family for the past year. “this is one of the worst cases but homelessness and housing is now the biggest issue in my clinics. it’s a tsunami and no one in government seems to have any policy on it, any plan, any direction on this disaster that is affecting thousands of ordinary people.”
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ɪf ju ər fəˈmɪljər wɪθ haʊ wɛb ˌænəˈlɪtɪks tulz ˈmɛʒər taɪm spɛnt ɔn peɪʤ ər saɪt, ju noʊ ðət taɪm spɛnt ɔn ðə læst peɪʤ ɪz (ˈjuʒəwəli) ˈkaʊntɪd ɛz 0 ˈsɛkəndz. wɪθ ˈəðər wərdz, taɪm ɔn læst peɪʤ ɪz nɑt ˈmɛʒərd. ðə ˈrizən ðɪs ˈmɛʒərd ɪz ˈsɪmpli ðət ðə wɛb ˌænəˈlɪtɪks tul nid tɪ hæv ə stɑrt pɔɪnt ənd ə ɛnd pɔɪnt. ɔn ðə læst peɪʤ əv ðə ˈvɪzɪtərz ˈvɪzɪt, ðɛr ə ɛnd pɔɪnt ˈnɔrməli tɪ ˈkælkjəˌleɪt taɪm əˈgɛnst. tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt taɪm spɛnt ɔn læst peɪʤ ju hæv tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl ˈmɛʒər 2 θɪŋz: klɪks ɔn bæk ˈbətən ˈvɪzɪtərz ˈlivɪŋ baɪ ˈkloʊzɪŋ ðɛr ˈbraʊzər ər ˈbraʊzər tæb ɪn ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl aɪ ʃoʊ ju haʊ ju kən ˈmɛʒər ““true”*” taɪm spɛnt ɔn jʊr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt wɪθ ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks baɪ ˈmɛʒərɪŋ bæk ˈbətən ənd ˈvɪzɪtərz hu liv baɪ ˈkloʊzɪŋ ðɛr ˈbraʊzər. ðə taɪm ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈstændərd taɪm ənd ““true”*” taɪm ˈmɛʒərmənt kən bi juʤ. haʊ tɪ ˈmɛʒər ““true”*” taɪm baɪ ˈtrækɪŋ bæk ˈbətən ənd ˈjuzərz hu liv baɪ ˈkloʊzɪŋ ðɛr ˈbraʊzər ðɛr ər 3 stɛps ju hæv tɪ du tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ du ðɪs ˈtrækɪŋ. stɛp 1 ðə fərst θɪŋ ju ʃʊd du ɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks ˈproʊˌfaɪl wɪθ ə nu ˈproʊˌfaɪl ˈaɪˈdi. ju ˈɪmpləmənt ðɪs ˈmɛʒərmənt ɪn jʊr ˈrɛgjələr ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks ˈproʊˌfaɪl. ðɪs ˈmɛθəd wɪl ““kill”*” jʊr baʊns reɪt ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðət jʊr taɪm spɛnt rɪˈpɔrts əv kɔrs wɪl bi ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd. wɪθ ˈəðər wərdz, wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ træk ˈdætə tɪ 2 ˈdɪfərənt ˈproʊˌfaɪlz ɪn ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks. ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl fər ˈtrækɪŋ tɪ 2 ˈdɪfərənt ˈproʊˌfaɪlz ɪz ʃoʊn bɪˈloʊ ˈjuzɪŋ ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks ˈeɪˈsɪŋkrənəs koʊd. stɛp 2 ðə nɛkst θɪŋ ju hæv tɪ du ɪz tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðɪs. ðə kənˈteɪnz 2 faɪlz ənd ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ɪn ðə ˈmɛʒərmənt əv ðə bæk ˈbətən. ðɪs ɪz ən ˈɛmti ðət ju məst ˈəˌploʊd tɪ ðə rut əv jʊr doʊˈmeɪn (yourdomain.com/blank.html*). ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ðət dɪz ɔl ðə ˈmæʤɪk ðət ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ træk ðə bæk ˈbətən ðə səˈluʃən ˈjuzɪŋ tɪ træk ðə bæk ˈbətən ɪz ə sˈlaɪtli ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd səˈluʃən ˈbɑˌroʊd frəm ðə ˈbraʊzər bæk ˈbətən dɪˈtɛkʃən ˈɑrtɪkəl baɪ brʊk braɪən. ðə ərˈɪʤənəl səˈluʃən wɑz kriˈeɪtɪŋ ðət ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks ˈkaʊntɪd, soʊ ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ aɪ hæv dən ɪz tɪ fɪks ðət. ˈəˌploʊd tɪ fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ə ˈfoʊldər kɔld skrɪpt. stɛp 3 ðɪs ɪz ðə læst stɛp. ˈkɑpi ənd peɪst ðə koʊd bɪˈloʊ bɪtˈwin <hɛd> ənd jʊr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ˈmɛʒər tru taɪm skrɪpt fər ˈgugəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks <skrɪpt type="text/javascript*"> nu deɪt; ˈfəŋkʃən() (nu deɪt 1000 ˈbraʊzər', document.location.href*, roundleavesiteend],true*); window.onbeforeunload=leftsite*; </skrɪpt> <skrɪpt type="text/javascript*" src="/script/backfix.js"></script*> <skrɪpt skrɪpt type="text/javascript*"> ˈfəŋkʃən() (nu deɪt 1000 ˈbətən', document.location.href*, roundleavesiteend2,true*]); </skrɪpt> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 <skrɪpt taɪp "text/javascript*" nu deɪt ˈfəŋkʃən nu deɪt 1000 ˈbraʊzər', document.location.href*, roundleavesiteend],true*); window.onbeforeunload=leftsite*; </ɛs <skrɪpt taɪp "text/javascript*" "/script/backfix.js*" </skrɪpt> <skrɪpt skrɪpt taɪp "text/javascript*" ˈfəŋkʃən nu deɪt 1000 ˈbətən', document.location.href*, roundleavesiteend2,true*]); </ɛs ɪf ju hæv dən ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ kərˈɛktli, ju ʃʊd ɪf ju drɪl daʊn tɪ ju ɪˈvɛnt ˈtrækɪŋ rɪˈpɔrt faɪnd ə rɪˈpɔrt kɔld træk taɪm. ðɛr ju wɪl faɪnd ə rɪˈpɔrt ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə bɪˈloʊ. ɪˈvɛnt ˈleɪbəlz ɪn ðət rɪˈpɔrt wɪl bi ðə ðə ˈvɪzɪtər wɑz ɔn ˌbiˈfɔr hi ˈiðər klɪkt ðə bæk ˈbətən ər kloʊzd ðə ˈbraʊzər. ɪˈvɛnt ˈvælju ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɪz ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈsɛkəndz frəm ðə ˈvɪzɪtər əraɪvd tɪ ðə peɪʤ ənd ənˈtɪl ðə ˈbraʊzər wɑz kloʊzd ər ðə bæk ˈbətən wɑz klɪkt. ɪf ju drɪl daʊn ˈivɪn mɔr ɪn jʊr ˈnəmbərz ju wɪl pərˈhæps gɪt ðə seɪm ˈfilɪŋ ɛz mi: taɪm spɛnt ɔn peɪʤ ər saɪt ðə seɪm ɛz taɪm spɛnt ˌɪnərˈækʃən wɪθ jʊr ˈkɑntɛnt. θɪŋz tɪ bi əˈwɛr əv ənd waɪ dɪd aɪ du ðɪs? fərst, nɑt ə ˈproʊˌgræmər soʊ ɪf ju faɪnd ˈɛni ˈɛrərz ər laɪk koʊd, pliz tɛl ɪt ˈnaɪsli. ðɪs ˈmɛʒərmənt ˈmɛθəd ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊz waɪ ðɪs ˈmɛθəd ə ˈstændərd ˈmɛθəd ɪn wɛb ˌænəˈlɪtɪks tulz ðɪs ˈmɛθəd ˈækjərət. ˈoʊnli əraʊnd 80 əv maɪ ˈvɪzɪtərz ər ˈmɛʒərd ˈjuzɪŋ ðɪs ˈmɛθəd, wɪʧ ɪz waɪ aɪ hæv ˈrɪtən ““true”*” taɪm ənd taɪm ɪn ðɪs blɔg poʊst. sɪns ˈnɔrməli ə ˈpərsən ðət wɪl spik aʊt fər ˈækʃənəbəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪks, wɪʧ ðɪs, soʊ waɪ dɪd aɪ du ðɪs? ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt pɑrt əv wɛb ˌænəˈlɪtɪks ɪz tɪ bi ˈkjʊriəs. ɪf ju ˈkjʊriəs ju wɪl faɪnd ɪt mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ bi frɛnd wɪθ jʊr ˈdætə. wɪθ ˈəðər wərd, ðə ˈrizən fər mi tɪ du ðɪs wɑz ˈsɪmpli bɪˈkəz aɪ wɑz ˈkjʊriəs ənd hæd səm gik taɪm tɪ juz.
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if you are familiar with how web analytics tools measure time spent on page or site, you know that time spent on the last page is (usually) counted as 0 seconds. with other words, time on last page is not measured.
the reason this isn’t measured is simply that the web analytics tool need to have a start point and a end point. on the last page of the visitors visit, there isn’t a end point normally to calculate time against.
to be able to get time spent on last page you have to be able measure 2 things:
clicks on back button visitors leaving by closing their browser or browser tab
in this article i show you how you can measure “true” time spent on your website with google analytics by measuring back button and visitors who leave by closing their browser.
the time difference between standard time measurment and “true” time measurement can be huge.
how to measure “true” time by tracking back button and users who leave by closing their browser
there are 3 steps you have to do to be able to do this tracking.
step 1.
the first thing you should do is to create a new google analytics profile with a new profile id. you shouldn’t implement this measurement in your regular google analytics profile. this method will “kill” your bounce rate in addition to that your time spent reports of course will be inflated. with other words, we are going to track data to 2 different profiles in google analytics.
the principle for tracking to 2 different profiles is shown below using google analytics asynchronous code.
step 2.
the next thing you have to do is to download this zip-file. the zip-file contains 2 files and is necessary in the measurement of the back button.
blank.html – this is an empty html-file that you must upload to the root of your domain (yourdomain.com/blank.html). backfix.js – this is the javascript that does all the magic that is necessary to be able to track the back button
the solution i’m using to track the back button is a slightly modified solution borrowed from the browser back button detection article by brook bryan. the original solution was creating 404-errors that google analytics counted, so the only thing i have done is to fix that.
upload backfix.js to for example a folder called script.
step 3.
this is the last step. copy and paste the code below between <head> and </head>on your website.
measure true time script for google analytics <script type="text/javascript"> leavesitestart = new date; function leftsite() { var leavesiteend = (new date - leavesitestart )/1000; var roundleavesiteend = math.round(leavesiteend,1); _gaq.push(['_trackevent','track time','closed browser', document.location.href, roundleavesiteend],true); } window.onbeforeunload=leftsite; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/script/backfix.js"></script> <script script type="text/javascript"> bajb_backdetect.onback = function() { var leavesiteend2 = (new date - leavesitestart )/1000; var roundleavesiteend2 = math.round(leavesiteend2,1); _gaq.push(['_trackevent','track time','back button', document.location.href, roundleavesiteend2,true]); } </script> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 <script type = "text/javascript" > leavesitestart = new date ; function leftsite ( ) { var leavesiteend = ( new date - leavesitestart ) /1000; var roundleavesiteend = math.round(leavesiteend,1); _gaq.push(['_trackevent','track time','closed browser', document.location.href, roundleavesiteend],true); } window.onbeforeunload=leftsite; </s cript > <script type = "text/javascript" src = "/script/backfix.js" > </script> <script script type = "text/javascript" > bajb_backdetect . onback = function ( ) { var leavesiteend2 = ( new date - leavesitestart ) /1000; var roundleavesiteend2 = math.round(leavesiteend2,1); _gaq.push(['_trackevent','track time','back button', document.location.href, roundleavesiteend2,true]); } </s cript >
if you have done everything correctly, you should if you drill down to you event tracking report find a report called track time. there you will find a report similar to the screenshot below.
event labels in that report will be the url the visitor was on before he either clicked the back button or closed the browser. event value reported is the number of seconds from the visitor arrived to the page and until the browser was closed or the back button was clicked.
if you drill down even more in your numbers you will perhaps get the same feeling as me:
time spent on page or site isn’t the same as time spent interaction with your content.
things to be aware of – and why did i do this?
first, i’m not a programmer so if you find any errors or don’t like mye code, please tell it nicely.
this measurement method also shows why this method isn’t a standard method in web analytics tools – this method isn’t accurate. only around 80 % of my visitors are measured using this method, which is why i have written “true” time and nottrue time in this blog post.
since i’m normally a person that will speak out for actionable analytics, which this isn’t, so why did i do this?
an important part of web analytics is to be curious. if you aren’t curious you will find it more difficult to be friend with your data. with other word, the reason for me to do this was simply because i was curious and had some geek time to use.
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ˈkirən ˈgæləgər wɪl swɪʧ frəm ðə ˈdənˌlɑp ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈtʊrɪŋ kɑr ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp tɪ ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈsɪriz ðɪs ˈsizən. ˈgæləgər ɪz ðə fərst ˈdraɪvər tɪ kənˈfərm ðɛr ˈɛntri ˈɪntu ðə nu ˈtʊrɪŋ kɑr ˈsɪriz, ˈhævɪŋ saɪnd ə wən jɪr dil wɪθ tim. ˈərliər ðɪs wik, ðə ˈaʊtˌfɪt əˈnaʊnst ðɛr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz tɪ rən ə tim ɪn ðə ˈsɪriz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə wɪθ ˈaʊtˌfɪt tim bmr*. ðə tim hæv əkˈwaɪərd flit əv fɔr ˈvoʊlksˌwægən cc’s*, pləs ə pɛr əv ˈvɑksˌhɔl insignias*, ðə ˈmɑdəl ˈgæləgər meɪd hɪz ˈdeɪbju ɪn bæk ɪn 2013 ðə 25 jɪr oʊld kəmˈplitɪd ɪn ə tim hɑrd toʊˈjoʊtə læst ˈsizən, ˈpɪkɪŋ əp ʤɪst ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɔɪnts ˈfɪnɪʃ æt ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈdɪfəkəlt kæmˈpeɪn. nu ɛz sun ɛz aɪ rɛd əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈsɪriz ðət ɪt wʊd bi ə waɪz muv fər mi, aɪ æm kin tɪ kənˈtɪnju maɪ ˈprɑˌgrɛs ɪn məˈʃinəri ənd wət ˈbɛtər weɪ fər mi tɪ muv ˈfɔrwərd ðən wɪθ ðə hɛlp əv tim bkr,”*,” sɛd ˈgæləgər. ʤɪst ˈkænɑt weɪt tɪ gɪt aʊt ɪn ðə kɑr naʊ ənd bɪˈgɪn ˈtɛstɪŋ, tɪ bi ˈgɪvɪn ðə ʧæns tɪ ˈpaɪlət ə pruvd reɪs ˈwɪnɪŋ kɑr ɪz ə ril ˈprɪvɪlɪʤ ənd ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti aɪ wɪl meɪk ðə moʊst of.”*.” tim ˈmænɪʤər ˈnikoʊ fərˈɑri ˈædɪd: bɪn kin frəm ðə stɑrt tɪ hæv ə ˈrisənt ˈdraɪvər ɔn ɑr tim, tɪ hæv wən frəm ʤɪst læst ˈsizən ɪz sʊˈpərb! ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə gaɪ ðə ʧæns tɪ ʃoʊ hɪz əˈbɪləˌti ənd peɪs ɪn ə frənt ˈrənɪŋ ngtc.”*.”
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kieran gallagher will switch from the dunlop msa british touring car championship to the b-tec development series this season.
gallagher is the first driver to confirm their entry into the new touring car series, having signed a one year deal with team bkr.
earlier this week, the essex-based outfit announced their intentions to run a six-car team in the series following a tie-up with front-running outfit team bmr.
the team have acquired bmr’s fleet of four volkswagen cc’s, plus a pair of vauxhall insignias, the model gallagher made his btcc debut in back in 2013.
the 25 year old completed in a team hard toyota avensis last season, picking up just a single points finish at thruxton during a difficult campaign.
“i knew as soon as i read about this series that it would be a wise move for me, i am keen to continue my progress in ngtc machinery and what better way for me to move forward than with the help of team bkr,” said gallagher.
“i just cannot wait to get out in the car now and begin testing, to be given the chance to pilot a proved btcc race winning car is a real privilege and an opportunity i will make the most of.”
team bkr manager nico ferrari added: “i’ve been keen from the start to have a recent btcc driver on our team, to have one from just last season is superb!
“i’m looking forward to giving the guy the chance to show his ability and pace in a front running ngtc.”
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ˈkɑnkrit æbˈstrækʃənz fri ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə fʊl tɛkst ɪn fɔrm ðə faɪlz fər ˈkɑnkrit æbˈstrækʃənz: ən ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən tɪ kəmˈpjutər saɪəns ˈjuzɪŋ skim meɪ bi ˈfrili ˈkɑpid, ˈprɪnɪd, ənd ˌridɪˈstrɪbjətɪd ɪn ˈɛni fɔrm (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈəˌploʊdɪŋ tɪ ˈəðər ˈsərvərz), ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ kənˈdɪʃənz: ˈɛni ˈkɑpi ðət ju ˌridɪˈstrɪbjut ər meɪk əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈəðərz məst bi ˈprɑmənəntli ˈleɪbəld wɪθ ðə ˈtaɪtəl, ˈɔθərz' neɪmz, ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈnoʊtɪs, ənd ə ˈsteɪtmənt ðət ðə fʊl tɛkst ɪz əˈveɪləbəl fər fri frəm http://www.gustavus.edu/+max/concrete-abstractions.html*. ˈɛni ˈkɑpi ðət ju ˌridɪˈstrɪbjut ər meɪk əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈəðərz məst bi ɪkˈsɛpt ðət ɪt meɪ bi ən ˈɛksərpt ˈrəðər ðən ðə fʊl tɛkst, prəˈvaɪdɪd ðət ju meɪk klɪr wət wɑz dən. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðiz ˈligəli ˈbaɪndɪŋ tərmz, ðə ˈɔθərz prɪˈfər ðət ˈɛni ˌridɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv ˈkɑpiz bi æt ə ˈrizənəbəl kɔst. ɪf ju əkˈsɛpt ðiz tərmz, pliz juz ðə lɪŋks bɪˈloʊ tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə faɪlz. ɪf ju du nɑt əkˈsɛpt, pliz iˈmeɪl mæks tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn jʊr kənˈsərn. ðiz faɪlz ər ˈkɑpiˌraɪt (si) 1999 baɪ mæks, ˈbɑrbərə ˈkaɪzər ənd kɑrl naɪt. ðə ɪnˈtaɪər bʊk ɪn wən faɪl (ər ˌɪnˈstɛd səˈlɛkt ˈɛni əv ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ) ˈtaɪtəl, ˈkɑpiˌraɪt, ˈkɑntɛnts ˈprɛfəs ˈʧæptər 1 kəmˈpjutər saɪəns ənd ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈʧæptər 2 ənd ˌɪnˈdəkʃən ˈʧæptər 3 ˌɪtəˈreɪʃən ənd ˈʧæptər 4 ˈɔrdərz əv groʊθ ənd tri ˈʧæptər 5 prəˈsiʤərz ˈʧæptər 6 ˈkɑmpaʊnd ˈdætə ənd ˈdætə æbˈstrækʃən ˈʧæptər 7 lɪsts ˈʧæptər 8 triz ˈʧæptər 9 ʤəˈnɛrɪk ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˈʧæptər 10 ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ˈʧæptər 11 kəmˈpjutərz wɪθ ˈmɛməri ˈʧæptər 12 daɪˈnæmɪk ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈʧæptər 13 æbˈstrækʃənz ˈʧæptər 14 ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈʧæptər 15 ˈʤɑvə, applets*, ənd əˈpɛndɪks: nɑnˈstændərd ɪkˈstɛnʃənz tɪ skim ˌbɪbliˈɑgrəfi ˈɪndɛks
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concrete abstractions
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the entire book in one file (or instead select any of the following)
title, copyright, contents
preface
chapter 1: computer science and programming
chapter 2: recursion and induction
chapter 3: iteration and invariants
chapter 4: orders of growth and tree recursion
chapter 5: higher-order procedures
chapter 6: compound data and data abstraction
chapter 7: lists
chapter 8: trees
chapter 9: generic operations
chapter 10: implementing programming languages
chapter 11: computers with memory
chapter 12: dynamic programming
chapter 13: object-based abstractions
chapter 14: object-oriented programming
chapter 15: java, applets, and concurrency
appendix: nonstandard extensions to scheme
bibliography
index
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waɪl kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ meɪk ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz, ælˈbərtə hɛlθ ˈsərvɪsɪz həz sin ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈkrɪstəl ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəmin juz ˈnɪrli ˈtrɪpəl ɪn ðə pæst faɪv jɪrz. ðoʊz ˈnəmbərz ˈhævənt bɪn ɛz haɪ sɪns ðə 1990s*, sɛd ˈbɛri ˈɑndreɪz, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər əv əˈdɪkʃən ənd ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ fər ælˈbərtə hɛlθ ˈsərvɪsɪz. "wɪr nɑt, æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, kwaɪt ʃʊr wɛr ðɪs ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ goʊ," ˈɑndreɪz sɛd. "wɪr ˈtrækɪŋ ðɪs, ˈgeɪnɪŋ ən ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv wət ɪt minz, ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ɑr ˈkɑligz ɪn ˈəðər ˈprɑvənsəz ɪn tərmz əv haʊ ɪt həz ˈtrɛndɪd." ɪn ðə ˈfɪskəl jɪr, ˈpipəl hu sɔt ɑz əˈdɪkʃən ˈtritmənt ˈsərvɪsɪz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðeɪ hæd juzd mɛθ wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈpriviəs 12 mənθs. faɪv jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˈpipəl ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈhævɪŋ juzd ðə drəg. ðə ˈtoʊtəlz doʊnt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli rɪˈflɛkt ən ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ðə ˈnəmbər əv drəg ˈjuzərz, ˈɑndreɪz sɛd. "ɪts mɔr ə trɛnd ɪn ðə drəg əv ʧɔɪs, aɪ wʊd səˈʤɛst," hi sɛd. ˈsərtən drəgz kən spaɪk ɪn ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti ɪf ðeɪ bɪˈkəm ˈʧipər ər mɔr ˈrɛdəli əˈveɪləbəl, ˈɑndreɪz sɛd. ðə ɑz ˈnəmbərz doʊnt rɪˈflɛkt ðə fʊl skoʊp əv ðə ˈprɑbləm, hi sɛd. 'kənˈsərnɪŋ' spaɪk ɪn ˈænsəˌlɛri kraɪm mɔr ðən ˌwənˈθərd əv ðə ɑz rɪˈpɔrts læst jɪr keɪm frəm ˈɛdməntən. ˈɛdməntən pəˈlis sɛd mɛθ ɪz ˈprɛvələnt ɪn ðə ˈsɪti bət dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ˈfərðər. ælˈbərtə lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt rɪˈspɑns timz sizd græmz əv mɛθ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈpɪriəd. mɔr ðən 60 pər sɛnt əv ðoʊz ˈsiʒərz ˈhæpənd ɪn ˈmɛdəsən hæt, wɛr pəˈlis seɪ ðə drəg ɪz mɔr ˈprɛvələnt ðən. 'ðə ˈgreɪtəst kənˈsərn fər ˈjuˈɛs ˈloʊkəli ɪz ɔl ðə ˈænsəˌlɛri kraɪm ðæts kɔzd baɪ ðə mɛθ juz ənd əˈbjuz.' stæf ˈsɑrʤənt. ˈkɔˌri boʊθ, ˈmɛdəsən hæt pəˈlis ˈsərvɪs "ɪts dɪˈstərbɪŋ," sɛd stæf ˈsɑrʤənt. ˈkɔˌri boʊθ, ðə ˈɔfɪsər ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə əˈlərt ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm tim ɪn ˈmɛdəsən hæt. "ðə ˈgreɪtəst kənˈsərn fər ˈjuˈɛs ˈloʊkəli ɪz ɔl ðə ˈænsəˌlɛri kraɪm ðæts kɔzd baɪ ðə mɛθ juz ənd əˈbjuz hir," hi sɛd. "(wɪθ) ənd carfentanil*, ðɛrz ə haɪər rɪsk tɪ ðə ˈjuzər tɪ ˈiðər daɪ ər ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs. bət wɪθ mɛθ, ɪts mɔr əv ə hɑrm tɪ ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl, ɛz fɑr ɛz ˈprɑpərti θɛft ənd ˈrɑbəriz ənd ˈəðər ˈænsəˌlɛri kraɪmz." ˈprɑpərti ɪn ðə ˈsɪti, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ breɪk ənd ˈɛnərz ənd θɛfts, hæv ˈnɪrli ˈdəbəld ɪn ðə pæst faɪv jɪrz. "ˈbeɪsɪkli, ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət kən bi soʊld ər ˈstoʊlən ər ˈbɑrtərd tɪ gɪt mɛθ ənd fjuəl ðɛr əˈdɪkʃənz," boʊθ sɛd. ðə drəg kən ˈtrɪgər həˌlusəˈneɪʃənz, ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə ənd əˈgrɛʃən, wɪʧ boʊθ sɛd kən meɪk ˈjuzərz ˈdeɪnʤərəs tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk. "ðɛr mɔr ɛmˈboʊldənd ɪn ðɛr kraɪm," hi sɛd. "ðɛr lɛs ˌɪnˈhɪbətɪd, ðɛr mɔr ˈpɛrəˌnɔɪd, mɔr əˈgrɛsɪv, ðɛr kəˈmɪtɪŋ kraɪmz ˈfɛrli ˈbleɪtəntli ənd ɪn ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz wɛr moʊst ˈkrɪmənəlz ˈwʊdənt ˈivɪn θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈʧænsɪz." ˈænjuəl mɛθ ˈsiʒərz baɪ əˈlərt hæv bɪn ˈstɛdəli ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ, boʊθ sɛd. ˈɔfɪsərz ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd lɛs ðən 400 græmz əv ðə drəg ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ. sɪns ðɛn, ðə ˈnəmbərz hæv bɪn ˈstɛdəli ˈraɪzɪŋ, wɪθ səm dɪps ər spaɪks. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈpɪriəd, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd ˈɛfərts baɪ əˈlərt lɛd tɪ bəsts ənd ˈsiʒərz ˈtoʊtəlɪŋ ˈnɪrli græmz. "ðə ˈnəmbərz rɪˈflɛkt soʊ sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli bɪˈkəz wi ər duɪŋ ɑr ʤɑb ənd wɪr ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈsiʒərz ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ərˈɛsts," boʊθ sɛd. mɛθ ˈjuzərz hu gɪt ərˈɛstɪd kən bi sɛnt tɪ ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈtritmənt ˈproʊˌgræmz dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ breɪk ðə ˈsaɪkəl əv əˈdɪkʃən ənd kraɪm. "ɪt ɪz ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ðiz ˈɔltərˌneɪt fɔrmz əv ˈsæŋkʃənz ˈəðər ðən ʤɪst ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ ˈpipəl ənd ˈsɛndɪŋ ðɛm tɪ ʤeɪl," boʊθ sɛd. "wi ər ˈwərkɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ðət ənd wi du ˈædvəˌkeɪt fər ðət." ˈbreɪkɪŋ ðə ˈsaɪkəl drəg ˈtritmənt kɔrts əˈkrɔs ælˈbərtə ˈɔfər ɔlˈtərnətɪvz tɪ ʤeɪl ər ˈprɪzən. ˈpæmələ feɪst ə θri- tɪ ˌfɔˈrjɪr ˈsɛntəns ˈæftər ʃi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd fər ˈtræfɪkɪŋ mɛθ ɪn camrose*, ˈɑltə., ɪn 2006 ʃi ˈɑptɪd ˌɪnˈstɛd fər ˈtritmənt θru ðə ˈɛdməntən drəg kɔrt. ˈæftər mɔr ðən ə jɪr əv ɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθˈdrɔəl, ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ ənd ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv ˈwərkˌʃɑps, ʃi ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈproʊˌgræm. naʊ wərks ɛz ə ˈmɛnˌtɔr wɪθ ðə dəg kɔrt. "aɪ kaɪnd əv si maɪ pæst ɛz ə gɪft təˈdeɪ tɪ hɛlp ˈəðərz," ʃi sɛd. 'aɪv bɪˈkəm ən ˈædvəˌkeɪt fər ˈpipəl, ju noʊ, ə vɔɪs fər ˈpipəl ənˈtɪl ðeɪ kən faɪnd ðɛr oʊn. ðæts wət drəg kɔrt geɪv mi, ðeɪ geɪv mi maɪ vɔɪs bæk.' ˈpæmələ, ˈɛdməntən drəg kɔrt "aɪv bɪˈkəm ən ˈædvəˌkeɪt fər ˈpipəl, ju noʊ, ə vɔɪs fər ˈpipəl ənˈtɪl ðeɪ kən faɪnd ðɛr oʊn. "ðæts wət drəg kɔrt geɪv mi, ðeɪ geɪv mi maɪ vɔɪs bæk." ðə ərˈɛst 10 jɪrz əˈgoʊ wɑz ə ˈpeɪnfəl ˈtərnɪŋ pɔɪnt, sɛd. ʃi lɔst hər ʤɑb, hoʊm ənd, fər ə taɪm, ˈkəstədi əv hər ˈʧɪldrən. "aɪ wɑz ə ˈrɪli bɪg pɑrt əv ðə ˈdæmɪʤ ðət wɑz biɪŋ kɔzd ɪn ðət kəmˈjunɪti baɪ ˈsɛlɪŋ drəgz," ʃi sɛd. sɛd ʃi soʊld mɛθ tɪ fjuəl ə θˈriˌjɪr əˈdɪkʃən ðət hɛlpt nəm ðə peɪn frəm ˈfɪzɪkəl ənd ˈmɛntəl əˈbjuz ʃi ˈsəfərd ɛz ə ʧaɪld. "ðət wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli drəg aɪ ʧoʊz tɪ juz wɪn aɪ dɪd pɪk ɪt əp," ʃi sɛd. "ɪt dɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ jʊr breɪn. ɪt dɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət teɪks ju tɪ ə ˈdɪfərənt pleɪs, ɪt sɛndz ju ˈɪntu ə ˈdɪfərənt juˈfɔriə. ju ʤɪst si θɪŋz ˈdɪfərˈɛntli. aɪ wʊd steɪ əp fər deɪz." deɪz wɪˈθaʊt slip wər ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə ənd ˈvɪʒənz əv "ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈpipəl" ðət wʊd stɔk hər ɪn ðə strit, sɛd. "aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wʊd hæv kɔzd maɪ dɛθ, ər ˈrɪli wʊd hæv kɔzd mi biɪŋ aʊt ðɛr ɪn ðə strit ənd nɑt ˈivɪn noʊɪŋ hu aɪ æm ˌɛniˈmɔr." ðə drəg əv ʧɔɪs greɪs froʊs, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈtritmənt fər ðə ˈɛdməntən drəg kɔrt, sɛd klaɪənts ˈfaɪtɪŋ mɛθ əˈdɪkʃən ər moʊst ˈkɑmən ɪn ðə ˈproʊˌgræm. "wi ər siɪŋ ə lɔt əv juz fər ʃʊr, bət sim tɪ bi ðə drəg əv ʧɔɪs," froʊs sɛd. "ɪt kən bi ə ˈvɛri kwɪk əˈdɪkʃən. ənd wəns ðeɪ gɪt ɪnˈtrɛnʧt ɪn ɪt, ɪt ʤɪst simz tɪ teɪk ə hoʊld ɔn ðɛm ənd ðeɪ hæv ə ˈrɪli hɑrd taɪm ˈkəmɪŋ daʊn frəm ðə ˈkrɪstəl mɛθ juz." tɪ bi ˈifɛktɪv, froʊs sɛd, ˈtritmənt nidz tɪ bi ˈlɔŋˈtərm ənd ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv. səm ˈjuzərz ʧuz ˈprɪzən ˈoʊvər ˈtritmənt. "wəns ðeɪ gɪt hʊkt ɔn ˈkrɪstəl mɛθ, ðeɪ bɪˈkəm ˈsəmˌwən ðət ðeɪ ˈnɛvər wər ˌbiˈfɔr," ʃi sɛd. "ɪt teɪks ðɛm ə waɪl tɪ gɪt bæk tɪ ðə ˈpərsən ðeɪ wər." ɪn ðə pæst ˈdɛkeɪd, ˈnɪrli 400 ˈæplɪkənts hæv bɪn ækˈsɛptɪd ˈɪntu ðə ˈɛdməntən drəg kɔrt rɪˈkəvəri ənd riˈɪntəˌgreɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræm. mɔr ðən 100 klaɪənts hæv ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd.
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while fentanyl continues to make headlines, alberta health services has seen the number of people reporting crystal methamphetamine use nearly triple in the past five years.
those numbers haven't been as high since the 1990s, said barry andres, executive director of addiction and mental health for alberta health services.
"we're not, at this point, quite sure where this is going to go," andres said. "we're tracking this, gaining an understanding of what it means, looking at our colleagues in other provinces in terms of how it has trended."
in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, 7,475 people who sought ahs addiction treatment services reported they had used meth within the previous 12 months.
five years ago, 2,522 people reported having used the drug.
the totals don't necessarily reflect an increase in the number of drug users, andres said.
"it's more a trend in the drug of choice, i would suggest," he said.
certain drugs can spike in popularity if they become cheaper or more readily available, andres said. the ahs numbers don't reflect the full scope of the problem, he said.
'concerning' spike in ancillary crime
more than one-third of the ahs reports last year came from edmonton.
edmonton police said meth is prevalent in the city but declined to comment further.
alberta law enforcement response teams seized 4,324 grams of meth during the 2016-2017 reporting period.
more than 60 per cent of those seizures happened in medicine hat, where police say the drug is more prevalent than fentanyl.
'the greatest concern for us locally is all the ancillary crime that's caused by the meth use and abuse.' - staff sgt. cory both, medicine hat police service
"it's disturbing," said staff sgt. cory both, the officer in charge of the alert organized crime team in medicine hat.
"the greatest concern for us locally is all the ancillary crime that's caused by the meth use and abuse here," he said.
"(with) fentanyl and carfentanil, there's a higher risk to the user to either die or overdose. but with meth, it's more of a harm to the community in general, as far as property theft and robberies and other ancillary crimes."
property offences in the city, including break and enters and thefts, have nearly doubled in the past five years.
"basically, anything that can be sold or stolen or bartered to get meth and fuel their addictions," both said.
the drug can trigger hallucinations, paranoia and aggression, which both said can make users dangerous to the public.
"they're more emboldened in their crime," he said. "they're less inhibited, they're more paranoid, more aggressive, they're committing crimes fairly blatantly and in circumstances where most criminals wouldn't even think about taking chances."
annual meth seizures by alert have been steadily increasing, both said.
officers confiscated less than 400 grams of the drug a decade ago. since then, the numbers have been steadily rising, with some dips or spikes.
during the 2015-16 reporting period, for example, concentrated efforts by alert led to busts and seizures totalling nearly 23,000 grams.
"the numbers reflect so significantly because we are doing our job and we're making seizures and making arrests," both said.
meth users who get arrested can be sent to mandatory treatment programs designed to break the cycle of addiction and crime.
"it is encouraging to develop these alternate forms of sanctions other than just charging people and sending them to jail," both said. "we are working towards that and we do advocate for that."
breaking the cycle
drug treatment courts across alberta offer alternatives to jail or prison.
pamela spurvey faced a three- to four-year sentence after she was arrested for trafficking meth in camrose, alta., in 2006.
she opted instead for treatment through the edmonton drug court.
after more than a year of excruciating withdrawal, counseling and intensive workshops, she graduated from the program. spurvey now works as a mentor with the dug court.
"i kind of see my past as a gift today to help others," she said.
'i've become an advocate for people, you know, a voice for people until they can find their own. that's what drug court gave me, they gave me my voice back.' - pamela spurvey, edmonton drug court
"i've become an advocate for people, you know, a voice for people until they can find their own.
"that's what drug court gave me, they gave me my voice back."
the arrest 10 years ago was a painful turning point, spurvey said. she lost her job, home and, for a time, custody of her children.
"i was a really big part of the damage that was being caused in that community by selling drugs," she said.
spurvey said she sold meth to fuel a three-year addiction that helped numb the pain from physical and mental abuse she suffered as a child.
"that was the only drug i chose to use when i did pick it up," she said.
"it does something to your brain. it does something that takes you to a different place, it sends you into a different euphoria. you just see things differently. i would stay up for days."
days without sleep were followed by paranoia and visions of "shadow people" that would stalk her in the street, spurvey said.
"i think it would have caused my death, or really would have caused me being out there in the street and not even knowing who i am anymore."
the drug of choice
grace froese, director of treatment for the edmonton drug court, said clients fighting meth addiction are most common in the program.
"we are seeing a lot of fentanyl use for sure, but methamphetamines seem to be the drug of choice," froese said.
"it can be a very quick addiction. and once they get entrenched in it, it just seems to take a hold on them and they have a really hard time coming down from the crystal meth use."
to be effective, froese said, treatment needs to be long-term and intensive. some users choose prison over treatment.
"once they get hooked on crystal meth, they become someone that they never were before," she said. "it takes them a while to get back to the person they were."
in the past decade, nearly 400 applicants have been accepted into the edmonton drug court recovery and reintegration program.
more than 100 clients have graduated.
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3d-printed* ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk fɪʃ maɪt kjʊr dɪˈziz (jɛs, ðæts ə θɪŋ) frəm sæn diˈeɪgoʊ hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk fɪʃ paʊərd baɪ ˈhaɪdrəʤən pərˈɑkˌsaɪd ðət juz ˈmægnəts tɪ stɪr ðɛmˈsɛlvz. hɪrz haʊ ðeɪ kən hɛlp kip ˈjuˈɛs ˈhɛlθi. ˈsɪtɪzən ˈdætə ˈsaɪəntɪsts: 7 weɪz tɪ ˈhɑrnɪs ˈtælənt (klɪk ˈɪmɪʤ fər ˈlɑrʤər vju ənd slideshow*.) ðeɪ maɪt bi ðə bɛst fɪʃ ju pʊt ˈɪntu jʊr ˈbɑdi sɪns ˈpɛˌprɪʤ fɑrmz meɪd ˈreɪnˌboʊ ˈʧɛdər ˈgoʊldˌfɪʃ. ðɛr ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk ˈroʊˌbət fɪʃ ðət ər ənd juzd tɪ riˈmuv ˈtɑksənz frəm jʊr ˈbɑdi ər dɪˈlɪvər ˈmɛdəsən. ənd ðɛr ril. (jɛs, ðæts ə θɪŋ) frəm sæn diˈeɪgoʊ hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk fɪʃ paʊərd baɪ ˈhaɪdrəʤən pərˈɑkˌsaɪd ðət juz ˈmægnəts tɪ stɪr ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðeɪ ər əˈməŋ ðə fərst meɪd frəm mɔr ðən wən məˈtɪriəl, ənd ðeɪ hæv ə ˈkɑmplɛks ʃeɪp ənd dɪˈzaɪn. moʊst ˈpriviəs dɪˈzaɪnz hæv bɪn sɪˈlɪndrɪkəl ər sˈfɛrɪkəl ɪn ˈneɪʧər ənd hæd ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti prəˈpɛlɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðə fɪʃ ər meɪd frəm ˈplætənəm ənd aɪərn ˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, wɪʧ ˈpɑrtɪkəlz kən riˈmuv ˈtɑksənz frəm ˈwɔtər ənd ˈmeɪbi wən deɪ frəm ɑr ˈbɑdiz. ðɛr 30 ˈmaɪˌkrɑnz θɪk. kəmˈpɛr ðət tɪ ə ˈjumən hɛr, wɪʧ ɪz əˈbaʊt 75 ˈmaɪˌkrɑnz əˈkrɔs, dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈpərsən. ðə "fɪʃ" ər ˈpaʊərfəl ɪˈnəf tɪ swɪm θru jʊr ˈblədˌstrim, riˈmuvɪŋ ˈtɑksənz ər ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈmɛdəsən dɪˈrɛkli tɪ ˈkruʃəl pɑrts əv jʊr ˈbɑdi, ɛz sɛlz ɪn jʊr bləd strim du. ˈgɪvɪn ɪˈnəf taɪm, ðə fɪʃ kʊd bi juzd tɪ dɪˈlɪvər drəgz dɪˈrɛkli tɪ ˈkænsər ˈtumərz ər pɑrts əv jʊr ˈbɑdi ðət ər tu ˈfræʤəl fər ˈsərʤəri. ˈkænsər, ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si, ənd ˈpɑrkɪnsənz hæv ɔl bɪn kənˈsɪdərd praɪm ˈkænədɪts fər ˈtɑrgətɪd kjʊrz frəm səʧ ə tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ðə bɛst pɑrt əv ðə fɪʃ ɪz ðət ðeɪ ər, soʊ ju kən prɪnt aʊt ˈhənərdz əv ðɛm pər ˈsɛkənd. ju kən ˈizəli ˈproʊdus hoʊl ˈɑrmiz (ʃʊd aɪ seɪ skulz?) əv ˌroʊˈbɑtɪk fɪʃ tɪ faɪt ɔf ə ˈtɑksən. hir ðeɪ ər gloʊɪŋ rɛd frəm ˌɪnˈʤɛstɪŋ ə ˈtɑksən ɪn ə tɛst səˈluʃən. bɪˈkəz ðə fɪʃ ər ənd ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈdɪʤəˌtaɪzd ðə ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz kən ˈproʊdus ən ˈɛndləs vərˈaɪəti əv ʃeɪps ˈrəðər kˈwɪkli. ðeɪv ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈspɛrəməntəd wɪθ ʃɑrks ənd reɪz. əv kɔrs, ðə ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz pɪkt ʃeɪps laɪk fɪʃ bɪˈkəz ðə ˈroʊˌbəts muv ɪn ˈlɪkwɪd. bət ˈtɛknɪkəli ju kʊd meɪk wən lʊk laɪk ə haʊs ər ˈhɔrsˌʃu ɪf ju ˈwɔntɪd. ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl ˈsərtən ʃeɪps wɪl bi rikˈwaɪərd fər spɪˈsɪfɪk dɪˈzizɪz ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. mɔr ənd mɔr ˈpipəl ˌəndərˈstænd ˈprɪnɪŋ. rɛd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ: ˈprɪnɪŋ goʊɪŋ ˈmeɪnˌstrim. hæv lɔŋ bɪn θɔt tɪ bi ðə pæθ tɪ ˈkjʊrɪŋ dɪˈzizɪz ðət ər ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ kjʊr. reɪ kərzˈwaɪl həz ˈfeɪməsli prɪˈdɪktɪd ðət ər pəˈtɛnʃəli ðə kjʊr tɪ dɛθ. ðeɪ kʊd rən θru ɑr ˈbɑdiz kərˈɛktɪŋ ðə ˈɛrərz ɪn ɑr ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ. ənˈtɪl ˈrisəntli, wi hæd noʊ əˈbɪləˌti tɪ meɪk ə ˈroʊˌbət laɪk ðɪs ˈjusfəl. ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri, sæn diˈeɪgoʊ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə fərst skul tɪ ˌɪmˈplænt ə ˈɪntu ə ˈpərsən ənd hæv ɪt dɪˈlɪvər ə ˈpeɪˌloʊd. ðoʊz wər lɛs səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd ðən ðə fɪʃ. ˈtɛknɪkəli ðə fɪʃ ər microbots*, bət ˌriəˈlɪstɪkli ðeɪ maɪt bi smɔl ɪˈnəf tɪ gɪt ˈvɪʒən əˈkɑmplɪʃt. ɪt ˈʃʊdənt bi tu lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr wi kən meɪk ðɛm ˈivɪn sˈmɔlər. ˈkɑmbaɪn ðə ˈpeɪˌloʊd dɪˈlɪvəri əv ðə ˈərliər ɪkˈspɛrəmənt wɪθ ðə moʊˈbɪlɪti əv ðɪs ˈkɑrənt ɪkˈspɛrəmənt ənd ju ər ˈrɪli ɔn tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ, əˈspɛʃəli ɪf ðə fɪʃ kən ʃrɪŋk ɪn saɪz. əv kɔrs, ər ˈɔfən ðə sɔrs əv ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə dɛθ əv ɔl juˈmænɪti. ðɛr ɪz ðə "greɪ gu" ˈθɪri ðət wən deɪ wɪl lərn tɪ ˌsɛlˈfrɛplɪˌkeɪt ənd kˈwɪkli it ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɔrˈgænɪk ɔn ðə ˈplænət ɪn ə ˌnɛvərˈɛndɪŋ ərʤ tɪ ˈproʊkriˈeɪt. ðɛr ər ˈsɛvərəl ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz əˈbaʊt waɪ ðɪs ˈkʊdənt ˈhæpən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə fækt ðət wi kʊd stɑp ɪt wɪθ ə ˈfɛrli ˈsɪmpəl ˌɪˌlɛktroʊmægˈnɛtɪk pəls. bət ɪt ɪz fən tɪ θɪŋk ðət wɪθ ðɪs stɛp təˈwɔrd ə ˈvaɪəbəl ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk dɪˈlɪvəri dɪˈvaɪs wi ər ˈiðər wən stɛp ˈkloʊzər tɪ ˈkjʊrɪŋ ɔl ðə dɪˈzizɪz əv ˈmænˈkaɪnd ər wən stɛp ˈkloʊzər tɪ ʤɪst dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ ɑrˈsɛlvz ɪnˈtaɪərli. ər boʊθ. wət du ju θɪŋk? du ju bɪˈliv wən deɪ ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk skulz əv fɪʃ wɪl kip ju əˈlaɪv fərˈɛvər, ər æt list kjʊr jʊr ˈkænsər? ər wʊd ju ˈrəðər it ˈpɛˌprɪʤ fɑrm ˈgoʊldˌfɪʃ? ˈkɑmɛnt bɪˈloʊ. oʊ, ənd baɪ ðə weɪ, ɪf ju wər ˈwəndərɪŋ haʊ tɪ gɪt ðə fɪʃ bæk aʊt əv jʊr bləd strim, aɪ hæv ə ˈθɪri. hɪrz ə ˈtaɪni ˈfɪʃɪŋ ril tɪ kæʧ ˈtaɪni fɪʃ. ˈdeɪvɪd həz bɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ ɔn ˈbɪznɪs ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi fər ˈoʊvər 10 jɪrz ənd wɑz moʊst ˈrisəntli ˈmænəʤɪŋ ˈɛdɪtər æt enterpriseefficiency.com*. ˌbiˈfɔr ðət hi wɑz ən əˈsɪstənt ˈɛdɪtər æt ˈɛˈmaɪˈti sloʊn ˈmænɪʤmənt ˌrivˈju, wɛr hi ˈkəvərd ə waɪd reɪnʤ əv ˈbɪznɪs ˈtɑpɪks ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪt, vju fʊl baɪoʊ wi ˈwɛlkəm jʊr ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ðɪs ˈtɑpɪk ɔn ɑr ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈʧænəlz, ər [ˈkɑnˌtækt ˈjuˈɛs dɪˈrɛkli] wɪθ kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ðə saɪt.
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3d-printed microscopic fish might cure disease
nanoengineers (yes, that's a thing) from uc san diego have created microscopic fish powered by hydrogen peroxide that use magnets to steer themselves. here's how they can help keep us healthy.
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they might be the best fish you put into your body since pepperidge farms made rainbow cheddar goldfish. they're microscopic robot fish that are 3d-printed and used to remove toxins from your body or deliver medicine. and they're real.
nanoengineers (yes, that's a thing) from uc san diego have created microscopic fish powered by hydrogen peroxide that use magnets to steer themselves. they are among the first microrobots made from more than one material, and they have a complex shape and design. most previous designs have been cylindrical or spherical in nature and had difficulty propelling themselves.
the fish are made from platinum and iron oxide particles, which particles can remove toxins from water and maybe one day from our bodies. they're 30 microns thick. compare that to a human hair, which is about 75 microns across, depending on the person.
the "fish" are powerful enough to swim through your bloodstream, removing toxins or bringing medicine directly to crucial parts of your body, as cells in your blood stream do. given enough time, the fish could be used to deliver drugs directly to cancer tumors or parts of your body that are too fragile for surgery. cancer, hepatitis c, and parkinson's have all been considered prime candidates for targeted cures from such a technology.
the best part of the fish is that they are 3d-printed, so you can print out hundreds of them per second. you can easily produce whole armies (should i say schools?) of robotic fish to fight off a toxin. here they are glowing red from ingesting a toxin in a test solution.
because the fish are 3d-printed and the process digitized the engineers can produce an endless variety of shapes rather quickly. they've also experimented with sharks and rays. of course, the engineers picked hydrodynamic shapes like fish because the robots move in liquid. but technically you could make one look like a house or horseshoe if you wanted. it is possible certain shapes will be required for specific diseases in the future.
[ more and more people understand 3d printing. read makerbot ceo: 3d printing going mainstream. ]
nanobots have long been thought to be the path to curing diseases that are otherwise difficult to cure. ray kurzweil has famously predicted that nanobots are potentially the cure to death. they could run through our bodies correcting the errors in our dna. until recently, we had no ability to make a robot like this useful.
in january, uc san diego was also the first school to implant a nanobot into a person and have it deliver a payload. those nanobots were less sophisticated than the fish. technically the fish are microbots, but realistically they might be small enough to get kurzweil's vision accomplished. it shouldn't be too long before we can make them even smaller.
combine the payload delivery of the earlier experiment with the mobility of this current experiment and you are really on to something, especially if the fish can shrink in size.
of course, nanobots are often the source of speculation about the death of all humanity. there is the "grey goo" theory that one day nanobots will learn to self-replicate and quickly eat everything organic on the planet in a never-ending urge to procreate.
there are several explanations about why this couldn't happen, including the fact that we could stop it with a fairly simple electromagnetic pulse. but it is fun to think that with this step toward a viable 3d-printed microscopic delivery device we are either one step closer to curing all the diseases of mankind or one step closer to just destroying ourselves entirely. or both.
what do you think? do you believe one day microscopic schools of fish will keep you alive forever, or at least cure your cancer? or would you rather eat pepperidge farm goldfish? comment below.
oh, and by the way, if you were wondering how to get the fish back out of your blood stream, i have a theory. here's a tiny 3d-printed fishing reel to catch tiny 3d-printed fish.
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ðə ˈæpəl sɪm ə ˈproʊˌgræməbəl sɪm kɑrd ðət lɛts ju ʧuz ˈkɛriərz ˈæftər ju ˈpərʧəs ən ˈaɪˌpæd wɑz heɪld baɪ ˈmɛni ɛz ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə ɛnd fər ðə sɪm kɑrd. bət səm ˈjuˈɛs ˈkɛriərz ər θroʊɪŋ ə rɛnʧ ˈɪntu ðə nu ˈsɪstəm, ənd nən ˈəðər ðən ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ˈsiˌiˈoʊ ʤɑn ˈlɛgər həz ˈteɪkən tɪ ə ˈlɛŋθi "tweetstorm*" tɪ traɪ ənd ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ðə ˈmætər. ðə fərst ənd ˈsɛkənd ˈlɑrʤəst ˈkɛriərz ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs, ˌvɛˈraɪzən ənd, ˈɑrənt pleɪɪŋ bɔl wɪθ ðə ˈæpəl sɪm. ˌvɛˈraɪzən həz ˈɑptɪd tɪ ɪkˈsklud ˌɪtˈsɛlf frəm ðə ˈsɪstəm ɪnˈtaɪərli, waɪl ˈkəstəmərz hu səˈlɛkt ɛz ðɛr ˈkɛriər əv ʧɔɪs wɪl hæv tɪ baɪ əˈnəðər sɪm kɑrd ɪf ðeɪ wɪʃ tɪ swɪʧ ˈkɛriərz əˈgɛn. ðæts nɑt ðə ˈoʊnli weɪ ðə ˈæpəl sɪm ˈɪzənt ˈwərkɪŋ ɛz plænd: ðɛrz ˈɔlsoʊ ə bɪt əv kənfˈjuʒən wɪn baɪɪŋ ən ˈaɪˌpæd frəm ə ˈkɛriər stɔr. ɛz ˈlɛgər ɪkˈspleɪnz, ðoʊz ˈaɪˌpædz, dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn wɪʧ ˈkɛriər ju ʃɑp æt, wɪl ˈiðər hæv ðət ˈkɛriərz sɪm ɔˈrɛdi ˌɪnˈstɔld, ər ɪt wɪl hæv ən ˈæpəl sɪm tɪ ðət ˈkɛriər. ɪn ɔl, ɪts ˈsərtənli nɑt kwaɪt ðə fˈjuʧər ˈprɑməst baɪ ðə ˈæpəl sɪm, bət ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt ɪz stɪl ɪn ɪts ˈɪnfənsi ˈhoʊpfəli ˈkɛriərz wɪl gɪt ɔn bɔrd ˈsunər ˈrəðər ðən ˈleɪtər.
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the apple sim — a programmable sim card that lets you choose carriers after you purchase an ipad — was hailed by many as the beginning of the end for the sim card. but some us carriers are throwing a wrench into the new system, and none other than outspoken t-mobile ceo john legere has taken to a lengthy "tweetstorm" to try and clarify the matter.
the first and second largest carriers in the us, verizon and at&t, aren't playing ball with the apple sim. verizon has opted to exclude itself from the system entirely, while customers who select at&t as their carrier of choice will have to buy another sim card if they wish to switch carriers again.
that's not the only way the apple sim isn't working as planned: there's also a bit of confusion when buying an ipad from a carrier store. as legere explains, those ipads, depending on which carrier you shop at, will either have that carrier's sim already installed, or it will have an apple sim pre-programmed to that carrier.
in all, it's certainly not quite the future promised by the apple sim, but the concept is still in its infancy — hopefully carriers will get on board sooner rather than later.
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pleɪɪŋ raɪt ˈæftər ə kɑr kræʃ kʊd prɪˈvɛnt trɔˈmætɪk ˈflæʃˌbæks: ˈstədi baɪ estaura*, ˈeɪprəl 09 2017 pleɪɪŋ ˈlɛsən ðə rɪsk əv dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˌɪnˈtrusɪv ˈmɛməriz əˈməŋ ˈhɛlθi ˈpipəl hu hæd wɔʧt ə trɔˈmætɪk ˈvɪdioʊ. pleɪɪŋ ðə ˌoʊldˈskul ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm fər æt list 10 ˈmɪnəts ˈæftər ə ˈtrɔmə ɪkˈspoʊʒər laɪk ə kɑr kræʃ meɪ ˈlɛsən ðə ˈbɪlˌdəp əv ˈmɛməri ˈflæʃˌbæks, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈstədi. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈtɛləˌgræf, ˈrisərʧərz frəm ˈɑksfərd ˌjunəˈvərsəti ənd ðə ˌkɛroʊˈlɪnskə ˈɪnstɪˌtut ɪn sˈwidən faʊnd ðət ˈpeɪʃənz hu wər əˈlaʊd tɪ pleɪ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm wɪˈθɪn sɪks aʊərz əv ədˈmɪʃən ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə kɑr ˈæksədənt wər fɑr lɛs ˈlaɪkli tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˌpoʊstrɔˈmætɪk strɛs dɪˈsɔrdər (ptsd*). ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt laɪk ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ɪz ə ˈpəzəl geɪm dɪˈvɛləpt ɪn ðə wɛr pleɪərz eɪm tɪ fɪt ˈkələrfəl blɑks təˈgɛðər. ɪt ɪz wən əv ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz əv ɔl taɪmz. "ɑr haɪˈpɑθəsəs wɑz ðət ˈæftər ə ˈtrɔmə, ˈpeɪʃənz wʊd hæv fjuər ˌɪnˈtrusɪv ˈmɛməriz ɪf ðeɪ gɑt tɪ pleɪ ɛz pɑrt əv ə ʃɔrt bɪˈheɪvjərəl ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən waɪl ˈweɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈimərʤənsi dɪˈpɑrtmənt," sɛd ˈdɑktər. ˈɛmɪli hoʊmz, prəˈfɛsər əv saɪˈkɑləʤi æt ˌkɛroʊˈlɪnskə ˈɪnstɪtuts dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈklɪnɪkəl nˈjʊroʊˌsaɪəns. fɑks nuz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈstədi kənˈdəktəd baɪ ðə seɪm ˈrisərʧərz faʊnd ðət pleɪɪŋ ˈlɛsən ðə rɪsk əv dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˌɪnˈtrusɪv ˈmɛməriz əˈməŋ ˈhɛlθi ˈpipəl hu hæd wɔʧt ə trɔˈmætɪk ˈvɪdioʊ. ɪn ðə nu ˈstədi, hoʊmz ənd ˈkɑligz ˈwɔntɪd tɪ faɪnd aʊt ˈwɛðər ðə ˈfaɪndɪŋz frəm ðə læb ˈsɛtɪŋz kʊd bi trænzˈleɪtəd ˈɪntu ðə ril wərld. tɪ tɛst ðə haɪˈpɑθəsəs, ðə ˈrisərʧərz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd 71 ˈpeɪʃənz hu wər ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ðə ˈimərʤənsi rum ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ər ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ ə kɑr kræʃ. hæf əv ðɛm wər æst tɪ ˈriˌkɔl ðɛr ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər pleɪɪŋ fər æt list 10 ˈmɪnəts waɪl ðə ˈəðər hæf wər juzd ɛz ə kənˈtroʊl grup. ɔl ðə pɑrˈtɪsəpənts wər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ kip ə ˈdaɪəri tɪ ˈrɛkərd ðɛr ˈflæʃˌbæk ˈmɛməriz rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈæksədənt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ wik. ðə rɪˈzəlts ʃoʊd ðət ˈvɪktɪmz hu pleɪd hæv fjuər ˌɪnˈtrusɪv ˈmɛməriz əv ðə ˈtrɔmə ɪn ˈtoʊtəl ˈoʊvər ðə wik ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈæksədənt ðən ðoʊz ɪn ðə kənˈtroʊl grup. mɔˈroʊvər, ðə ˈstədi faʊnd ðət ðə ˌɪnˈtrusɪv ˈmɛməriz dɪˈmɪnɪʃt mɔr kˈwɪkli.
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playing tetris right after a car crash could prevent traumatic flashbacks: study
by krisana estaura, | april 09, 2017
playing tetris lessen the risk of developing intrusive memories among healthy people who had watched a traumatic video.
playing the old-school video game tetris for at least 10 minutes after a trauma exposure like a car crash may lessen the build-up of memory flashbacks, according to study.
according to the telegraph, researchers from oxford university and the karolinska institute in sweden found that patients who were allowed to play the video game tetris within six hours of admission following a car accident were far less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd).
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tetris is a puzzle game developed in the 1980s where players aim to fit colorful blocks together. it is one of the most popular video games of all times.
"our hypothesis was that after a trauma, patients would have fewer intrusive memories if they got to play tetris as part of a short behavioral intervention while waiting in the hospital emergency department," said dr. emily holmes, professor of psychology at karolinska institute's department of clinical neuroscience.
fox news reported that a separate study conducted by the same researchers found that playing tetris lessen the risk of developing intrusive memories among healthy people who had watched a traumatic video. in the new study, holmes and colleagues wanted to find out whether the findings from the lab settings could be translated into the real world.
to test the hypothesis, the researchers involved 71 patients who were admitted to the emergency room shortly after experiencing or witnessing a car crash. half of them were asked to recall their experience shortly after playing tetris for at least 10 minutes while the other half were used as a control group.
all the participants were required to keep a diary to record their flashback memories regarding the accident over the following week.
the results showed that victims who played tetris have fewer intrusive memories of the trauma in total over the week immediately following the accident than those in the control group. moreover, the study found that the intrusive memories diminished more quickly.
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wət fjuəld democrats’*’ ˈvɪktəriz ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ? ə kwɪk æˈnælɪsɪs frəm ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz səˈʤɛsts ðɪs wɑz ə rebellion,”*,” wɪθ ˈmɑdərˌeɪts ˈʃɪftɪŋ frəm ˈdɑnəld trəmp tɪ ˈdɛməˌkræts. ə lʊk æt ðə vərˈʤɪnjə voʊt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, səˈʤɛsts ðət voʊts ɪn ðə moʊst ˈrʊrəl, kənˈsərvətɪv ˈkaʊntiz meɪ hoʊld ðə ril ˈstɔri. tɪ ˈænəˌlaɪz ðɪs ˈfərðər, aɪ lʊkt æt haʊ wɛl iʧ ˈkænədɪt hɛld ɔn tɪ ðɛr ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl voʊts frəm 2016 {snɪp} ɪn ðə ʧɑrt bɪˈloʊ, aɪ lʊk æt ðə gəˈlɛspi voʊts ɛz ə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv trəmp voʊts əˈkrɔs ɔl ðə ˈsɪtiz ənd ˈkaʊntiz beɪst ɔn haʊ ˈərbən ðeɪ ər. aɪ du ðə seɪm wɪθ ðə ˈnɔrθəm voʊts ɛz ə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈklɪntən voʊts. ðə laɪnz ʃoʊn ər ðə ˈmuvɪŋ ˈævrɪʤɪz. ˈivɪn waɪl ðɛr ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˌvɛriˈeɪʃən ɪn ðiz ˈfɪgjərz, ðə laɪnz səˈʤɛst ðət ˈdɛməˌkræts dɪd ə ˈbɛtər ʤɑb ˈtərnɪŋ aʊt ðɛr ˈvoʊtərz ðən rɪˈpəblɪkənz dɪd, ənd ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli soʊ ɪn ðə mɔr ˈrʊrəl loʊˈkælɪtiz. {snɪp} pʊt təˈgɛðər ə ˈsɪmələr ʧɑrt bɪˈloʊ beɪst ɔn ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ðə loʊˈkæləti ðət ɪz waɪt. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, ɪt ɪz ɪn ðə ˈwaɪtɪst ˈkaʊntiz wɛr ˈdɛməˌkræts dɪd ðə bɛst ʤɑb ˈhoʊldɪŋ ɔn tɪ ðɛr ˈvoʊtərz waɪl rɪˈpəblɪkənz dɪd ðə wərst. {snɪp} ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɑrtɪkəl ʃɛr ðɪs
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what fueled democrats’ victories on tuesday? a quick analysis from the new york times suggests this was a “suburban rebellion,” with moderates shifting from donald trump to democrats. a look at the virginia vote, however, suggests that votes in the most rural, conservative counties may hold the real story.
to analyze this further, i looked at how well each candidate held on to their presidential votes from 2016. {snip}
in the chart below, i look at the gillespie votes as a percentage of trump votes across all the cities and counties based on how urban they are. i do the same with the northam votes as a percentage of clinton votes. the lines shown are the moving averages.
even while there wasn’t extraordinary variation in these figures, the lines suggest that democrats did a better job turning out their voters than republicans did, and particularly so in the more rural localities. {snip}
i’ve put together a similar chart below based on the percentage of the locality that is white. interestingly, it is in the whitest counties where democrats did the best job holding on to their voters while republicans did the worst.
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ˈmeɪbi ˈnæsə kən gɪt ˈmɪstər. tɪ du ðə ˈmɪʃən ˈkɑmənˌtɛri. məʧ əv ðə speɪs ˈpəblɪk ˈətərənsɪz ər draɪ stəf; ˈrisənt nuz rɪˈlisɪz ˌɪnˈklud səˈlɛkts ˈkɑnˌtrækts fər ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl rɪˌmidiˈeɪʃən services”*” ənd əˈwɔrdz faɪv ˌjunəˈvərsətiz ˈfəndɪŋ fər ˈlərnɪŋ opportunities.”*.” laɪk ˈəðər ˈfɛdərəl ˈeɪʤənsiz, ɪt ɪz nɑt əˈlaʊd tɪ spɛnd ˈməni tɪ tut ɪts oʊn hɔrn. traɪ tɪ market,”*,” sɛd ˈrɑbərt ˈʤeɪkəbz, ə ˈnæsə ˈspoʊksmən. traɪ tɪ sɛl ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. ɑr ʤɑb ɪz tɪ klin ðə ˈwɪndoʊz tɪ gɪv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpəblɪk ə ˈbɛtər vju əv ðɛr speɪs program.”*.” ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ənd jɛt ðə speɪs əˈfɪʃəlz hæv traɪd tɪ æd ə ˈmɛʒər əv kjut ənd ˈpleɪfəl. θri jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˈnæsə ræn ə ˈkɑntɛst tɪ neɪm ə ˈmɑʤul ɔn ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl speɪs ˈsteɪʃən. bət ðə kəˈmidiən ˈstivən ˈkoʊlbərt koʊˈɑptəd ɪt, ɪgˈzɔrtɪŋ hɪz vjuərz tɪ voʊt fər ““colbert.”*.” ðət neɪm ˈɛndɪd əp ˈwɪnɪŋ, wɪθ mɔr ðən voʊts. ˈnæsə pʊt əˈsaɪd ðə rɪˈzəlts ənd neɪmd ðə ˈmɑʤul træŋkˈwɪlɪti, kəˈmɛmərˌeɪtɪŋ ðə ˈlændɪŋ saɪt əv əˈpɑloʊ 11 bət ðə speɪs ˈeɪʤənsi dɪd ˈleɪtər neɪm ən ˈɛksərˌsaɪz ˈtrɛdˌmɪl ɔn ðə speɪs ˈsteɪʃən ˈæftər ˈmɪstər. ˈkoʊlbərt. ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˈproʊˌgræm fər ðə ʤeɪmz wɛb speɪs ˈtɛləˌskoʊp, ðə plænd səkˈsɛsər tɪ ˈhəbəl ðət həz bɪn ˈtrəbəld baɪ dɪˈleɪz ənd kɔst ˈoʊvərˌrənz, ˈnæsə kriˈeɪtɪd ə geɪm ɪn wɪʧ pleɪərz kriˈeɪt ðɛr oʊn speɪs ˈtɛləˌskoʊp, bət tɪ rəvˈjuz. bæd ðɪs geɪm ɪz nɑt ˈtoʊtəli ˌriəˈlɪstɪk soʊ ɛz tɪ lɛt ˈpipəl pleɪ wɪθ ˈskɛʤʊl ənd cost,”*,” roʊt kiθ kaʊɪŋ, ə ˈfrikˌwɛnt ˈkrɪtɪk əv ðə speɪs ˈeɪʤənsi, ɔn hɪz wɛb saɪt nasawatch.com*. weɪ ˈrɪli lərn haʊ ˈnæsə ˈsætəˌlaɪts ər bɪlt (ər nɑt built).”*).” ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ðɪs taɪm, ˈnæsə simz tɪ hæv ə hɪt. ðə minutes”*” ˈvɪdioʊ, vjud mɔr ðən hæf ə ˈmɪljən taɪmz, stɑrts wɪθ ə kəmˈpjutərˈʤɛnərˌeɪtəd ˌænəˈmeɪʃən əv ə ˈkæpsəl ˈfɑlɪŋ təˈwɔrd ðə rɛd ˈplænət, ðɛn ˈjuzɪz stɑrk ˈlaɪtɪŋ, ˈθəmpɪŋ mˈjuzɪk, ˈfænsi ˈgræfɪks ənd drəˈmætɪk nɛˈreɪʃən tɪ tiz ðə ˈlændɪŋ əv ðə ˌkjʊriˈɑsəti, ə ˈbɪljən ˈmɪʃən ðət eɪmz tɪ si ɪf ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ blɑks əv laɪf ɪgˈzɪstəd ɔn ˈərli mɑrz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt kənˈtɪnju ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə meɪn ˈstɔri ɔn ðə ist koʊst, ðə ˈlændɪŋ wɪl ˈhæpən ɪn ðə wi aʊərz əv ˈmənˌdeɪ, ˈɔgəst. 6 ər ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm ɔn ˈɔgəst. 5 ɔn ðə wɛst koʊst ənd ɪt wɪl bi kəmˈpitɪŋ fər wɪθ ðə ˈsəmər oʊˈlɪmpɪks. ðət ɪz nɑt ˈstɑpɪŋ ðə æˈtlæntə saɪəns ˈtævərn, wɪʧ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzɪz ˈpɑpjələr saɪəns tɔks, frəm goʊɪŋ ɔl aʊt fər ən ˈivnɪŋ ðət stɑrts wɪθ faɪv tɔks ɔn ˈplænəˌtɛri saɪəns ənd ˈɪntu ˈpɑrti mode”*” æt ˈmɪdˌnaɪt wɪn ˈnæsə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈkəvərɪʤ əv ðə ˈlændɪŋ stɑrts. ðə fɛˈstɪvətiz wɪl kənˈklud æt 3 a.m*. ɔˈrɛdi 173 ˈpipəl hæv saɪnd əp. science,”*,” sɛd ðə dɪˈrɛktər, mɑrk ˈmərlɪn, ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈpəblɪk ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃən əv ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk achievement.”*.” ˈmɪstər. ˈmərlɪn sɛd hi wɑz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ə ˈmɑdəl əv ðə mɑrz ˈroʊvər ðət wʊd dɪˈsɛnd ɔn ə roʊp lɑ ðə ˈlaɪtɪd bɔl ɪn taɪmz skwɛr ɔn nu iv. wʊd bi ðə ˌdɛkərˈeɪʃən aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ do,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈtɛknɪkəli, ðə ˈsɛvən ˈmɪnəts əv ˈtɛrər wɪl bi mɔr laɪk 21 ˈmɪnəts əv səˈspɛns. ðə ˈkæpsəl kənˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˌkjʊriˈɑsəti wɪl hɪt ðə tɔp əv ðə ˈmɑrʃən ˈætməsˌfɪr ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr a.m*. ˈistərn taɪm ɔn ˈɔgəst. 6 ðə ˈroʊvər wɪl bi ɔn ðə ˈsərfəs əˈbaʊt ˈsɛvən ˈmɪnəts ˈleɪtər. ðə ˈoʊnli ənˈsərtənti ɪz ˈwɛðər ðə ˈroʊvər wɪl bi ɪn wən pis ər ɪn sˌmɪðərˈinz. ɔn ərθ, noʊ wən wɪl noʊ ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst 14 ˈmɪnəts ɛz ðə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsɪgnəlz ˈtrævəl 150 ˈmɪljən maɪəlz frəm mɑrz. ˈpipəl lʊk æt ɪt, ɪt lʊks crazy,”*,” sɪz ˈædəm, ə ˈnæsə ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr, ɪn ðə minutes”*” ˈvɪdioʊ ɛz hi dɪˈskraɪbz ðə rub ˈlændɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs hit ʃild, ˈpɛrəˌʃut, ˈrɑkət ˈɛnʤənz ənd ˈfaɪnəli ə ˈhəvərɪŋ kreɪn ðət loʊərz ðə ˈroʊvər tɪ ðə ˈsərfəs. tɛkst ˈflæʃɪz əˈkrɔs ðə skrin: ˈviɪkəl configurations,”*,” ðɛn ˌpaɪroʊˈtɛknɪk charges.”*.” wɪn wi lʊk æt ɪt, ɪt lʊks crazy”*” ˈmɪstər. goʊz ɔn tɪ seɪ, ˌbiˈfɔr əˈsərtɪŋ mɔr ˈkɑnfədəntli, ɪz ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈrizənd ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ thought.”*.” pɔz. ɪt stɪl lʊks crazy.”*.” ðə slɪk ˈvɪdioʊ ɪz ə stɛp up,”*,” sɛd rid gaʊər, ə kəˈneɪdiən hu wɑz soʊ ˈfrəˌstreɪtəd baɪ ˈpriviəs ˈɛfərts ðət læst jɪr hi pʊt təˈgɛðər ˈnæsə sˈnɪpəts ˈɪntu ə pərˈmoʊʃənəl ˈvɪdioʊ ðət hi θɔt ðə speɪs ˈeɪʤənsi ʃʊd bi ˈmeɪkɪŋ. əˈlɔŋ ðə laɪnz əv wət aɪ fil ðeɪ kʊd bi duɪŋ, ˈsəmθɪŋ ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɪnˈgeɪʤɪŋ. nɑt ˈstætɪk ənd draɪ. ɪt həz ˈiˌmoʊʃənəl ˈkɑntɛnt ɪn it.”*.”
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maybe nasa can get mr. moviefone to do the mission commentary.
much of the space agency’s public utterances are dry stuff; recent news releases include “nasa selects contracts for environmental remediation services” and “nasa awards five universities funding for learning opportunities.” like other federal agencies, it is not allowed to spend money to toot its own horn.
“we don’t try to market,” said robert jacobs, a nasa spokesman. “we don’t try to sell anything. our job is to clean the windows to give the american public a better view of their space program.”
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and yet the space officials have tried to add a measure of cute and playful.
three years ago, nasa ran a contest to name a module on the international space station. but the comedian stephen colbert co-opted it, exhorting his viewers to vote for “colbert.” that name ended up winning, with more than 230,000 votes.
nasa put aside the results and named the module tranquility, commemorating the landing site of apollo 11. but the space agency did later name an exercise treadmill on the space station after mr. colbert.
as part of the educational program for the james webb space telescope, the planned successor to hubble that has been troubled by delays and cost overruns, nasa created a game in which players create their own space telescope, but to underwhelming reviews.
“too bad this game is not totally realistic so as to let people play with schedule and cost,” wrote keith cowing, a frequent critic of the space agency, on his web site nasawatch.com. “this way they’d really learn how nasa satellites are built (or not built).”
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this time, nasa seems to have a hit. the “seven minutes” video, viewed more than half a million times, starts with a computer-generated animation of a capsule falling toward the red planet, then uses stark lighting, thumping music, fancy graphics and dramatic narration to tease the landing of the curiosity, a $2.5 billion mission that aims to see if the building blocks of life existed on early mars.
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on the east coast, the landing will happen in the wee hours of monday, aug. 6 — or nighttime on aug. 5 on the west coast — and it will be competing for mindspace with the summer olympics. that is not stopping the atlanta science tavern, which organizes popular science talks, from going all out for an evening that starts with five talks on planetary science and segues into “full-fledged party mode” at midnight when nasa television coverage of the landing starts. the festivities will conclude at 3 a.m.
already 173 people have signed up. “it’s science,” said the group’s director, marc merlin, “but it’s also a public celebration of scientific achievement.”
mr. merlin said he was thinking of bringing a model of the mars rover that would descend on a rope à la the lighted ball in times square on new year’s eve. “that would be the decoration i would like to do,” he said.
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technically, the seven minutes of terror will be more like 21 minutes of suspense. the capsule containing the curiosity will hit the top of the martian atmosphere just before 1:11 a.m. eastern time on aug. 6. the rover will be on the surface about seven minutes later. the only uncertainty is whether the rover will be in one piece or in smithereens.
on earth, no one will know the outcome for almost 14 minutes as the spacecraft’s radio signals travel 150 million miles from mars.
“when people look at it, it looks crazy,” says adam steltzner, a nasa engineer, in the “seven minutes” video as he describes the rube goldberg-esque landing process — heat shield, parachute, rocket engines and finally a hovering crane that lowers the rover to the surface.
text flashes across the screen: “6 vehicle configurations,” then “76 pyrotechnic charges.”
“sometimes when we look at it, it looks crazy” mr. steltzner goes on to say, before asserting more confidently, “it is the result of reasoned engineering thought.” pause. “but it still looks crazy.”
the slick video is “definitely a step up,” said reid gower, a 26-year-old canadian who was so frustrated by nasa’s previous efforts that last year he put together nasa snippets into a promotional video that he thought the space agency should be making. “that’s along the lines of what i feel they could be doing, something that’s education but also engaging. it’s not static and dry. it has emotional content in it.”
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tˈwɪtər pleɪst ə nu "kwɪk bɑr" ɔn ɪts ˈaɪˌfoʊn æp læst ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ənd ɛz ˈjuʒəwəl, wɪn ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn wərld, ðɛrz ə smɔl ənd ɪkˈstrimli laʊd grup əv ˈjuzərz əˈbʤɛktɪŋ tɪ ɪt. ðə kwɪk bɑr, əˈpɪrɪŋ ɪn ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn æp bət nɑt ðə ˈaɪˌpæd ˈvərʒən jɛt, floʊts æt ðə tɔp əv ðə tˈwɪtər ˈtaɪmlaɪn, dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ə ˈroʊˌteɪtɪŋ lɪst əv trɛnz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ prəˈmoʊtəd trɛnz (ɛz ju kən si ɪn ɑr ˈgræfɪk hir, bət prəˈmoʊtəd trɛnz ˈoʊnli ˈnəmbərd əˈbaʊt wən aʊt əv tɛn trɛnz ʃoʊn). ə ˈfɪŋgər swaɪp ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðə ˈtrɛndɪŋ ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ðə nɛkst wən. ˈgɪvɪn ə ˈmɑkɪŋ neɪm rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ boʊθ tˈwɪtər ˈsiˌiˈoʊ dɪk ənd ˈpɑsəbli ən ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl ˈrɛfərəns æt ðə seɪm taɪm, ðə "dick-bar*" ɪz ˈkɔzɪŋ ən ˈəˌprɔr. ɪt ˈivɪn həz ɪts oʊn tˈwɪtər ˈhæʃˌtæg (#dickbar*), ənd ju kən gɪt jʊr oʊn ʤaɪənt ˈvərʒən raɪt hir. ðə tˈwɪtər ˈaɪˌfoʊn æp ɪz ˈkərəntli rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈnumərəs ˈnɛgətɪv voʊts ɔn ˈaɪˌtunz, ˈkərəntli ˈgɑrnərɪŋ ən ˈævərɪʤ ˈreɪtɪŋ fər ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən wɪθ 2173 ˈjuzərz ˈvoʊtɪŋ. bət tˈwɪtər ɪz nɑt ˈstəbərnli ˈlɛtɪŋ ˈjuzərz ˈfɛstər ɪn ðɛr oʊn frəˈstreɪʃən, laɪk səm ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz hæv dən ɪn ðə pæst (əm ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ju, digg*). tˈwɪtər riˈæktɪd, ɛz ˈɛvɪdənst baɪ ɪts kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz gaɪ ʃɔn ˈgɛrɪtz twit frəm ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt: ʃɔn ˈgɛrɪt: tˈwɪtər səbˈmɪtəd ən ˈəpˌdeɪt tɪ ˈæpəl ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ fər ɑr ˈaɪˌfoʊn æp. ɪt ˈfɪksɪz səm bəgz meɪks ɪt soʊ ðə ˈdəzənt ˈoʊvərˌleɪ ɔn ˈnoʊtɪs ðət ˈgɛrɪt ɪz nɑt seɪɪŋ goʊɪŋ tɪ meɪk ɪt ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ dɪˈseɪbəl ðət kwɪk bɑr. dɪd tˈwɪtər goʊ fɑr ɪˈnəf, ˈbænɪʃɪŋ ðə kwɪk bɑr frəm bət nɑt ðə ˈtaɪmlaɪn? wɪl ðɪs ˈoʊpən ðə ˈflədˌgeɪts tɪ lɑts əv ˈbænər ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ɔn tˈwɪtər? ʃʊd wi ˈɑbʤɛkt tɪ ædz ɔn tˈwɪtər? lɛt ˈjuˈɛs noʊ ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts. ðɪs kɔlz fər ə poʊl! lɛts voʊt fər ər əˈgɛnst ðə kwɪk bɑr raɪt hir ənd naʊ:
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twitter placed a new "quick bar" on its iphone app last thursday, and as usual, when anything changes in the online world, there's a small and extremely loud group of hard-core users objecting to it.
the quick bar, appearing in version 3.3 of the iphone app but not the ipad version yet, floats at the top of the twitter timeline, displaying a rotating list of trends, including promoted trends (as you can see in our graphic here, but promoted trends only numbered about one out of ten trends shown). a finger swipe changes the trending subject to the next one.
given a mocking name referring to both twitter ceo dick costolo and possibly an anatomical reference at the same time, the "dick-bar" is causing an uproar. it even has its own twitter hashtag (#dickbar), and you can get your own giant version right here.
the twitter iphone app is currently receiving numerous negative votes on itunes, currently garnering an average two-star rating for the latest version with 2173 users voting. but twitter is not stubbornly letting users fester in their own frustration, like some organizations have done in the past (i'm looking at you, digg). twitter reacted, as evidenced by its communications guy sean garrett's tweet from saturday night:
sean garret: twitter submitted an update to apple yesterday for our iphone app. it fixes some bugs & makes it so the quickbar doesn't overlay on tweets
notice that garrett is not saying twitter's going to make it possible to disable that quick bar. did twitter go far enough, banishing the quick bar from tweets but not the timeline? will this open the floodgates to lots of banner advertising on twitter? should we object to ads on twitter? let us know in the comments.
this calls for a poll! let's vote for or against the quick bar right here and now:
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mərˈuti səˈzuki ˈɪndiə həz ˈɪʃud ə ˈriˌkɔl fər tu əv ɪts tɔp ˈsɛlɪŋ kɑz ənd swɪft ˈoʊvər ˈfɔlti ˈɛrˌbæg kənˈtroʊlər ˈsɔfˌwɛr ənd ˈfɔlti fjuəl ˈfɪltərz. waɪl ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɪl bi rɪˈkɔlɪŋ ˈjunɪts əv ðə fər ˈɪʃu wɪθ ðə ˈɛrˌbægz, ˈjunɪts əv ðə swɪft wɪl bi rɪˈkɔld fər ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən ənd rɪˈpleɪsmənt əv ə ˈfɔlti fjuəl ˈfɪltər. mərˈuti həz kleɪmd ðət ðɪs ˈriˌkɔl həz bɪn ˈɪʃud ˌproʊˈæktɪvˌli ənd ˌvɑlənˈtɛrəli ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈkəstəmər ˈseɪfti ˈɪntu kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən. ðə wɪʧ hæv bɪn rɪˈkɔld ˌɪnˈklud boʊθ ˈpɛtroʊl ənd ˈdizəl ˈvɛriənts ənd wər ˌmænjəˈfækʧərd bɪtˈwin ˈɔgəst 3 2015 ənd meɪ 17 2016 aʊt əv ðə kɑz ər ˈdizəl ˈvɛriənts ðət wər ˌmænjəˈfækʧərd bɪtˈwin ˈɔgəst 3 2015 ənd mɑrʧ 22 2016 ənd wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi əˈtɛndəd tɪ fər ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən ənd rɪˈpleɪsmənt əv ə ˈfɔlti fjuəl ˈfɪltər laɪk ðə swɪft. ðə ˈriˌkɔl ˈjunɪts ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludz kɑr wər əˈlɑtɪd fər ˈɛkspɔrt. (mərˈuti səˈzuki wɪl ˈriˌkɔl ˈoʊnli ðə swɪft ˈvɛriənt) ɛz fər ðə swɪft, mərˈuti səˈzuki ˈɪndiə wɪl ˈoʊnli ˈriˌkɔl ðə ˈrisəntli lɔnʧt ˈdizəl ˈvɛriənt wɪθ ˈɔtoʊ gɪr ʃɪft (ags*), wɪʧ minz ˈkəstəmərz wɪθ ˈpɛtroʊl ənd ˈmænjuəl ˈdizəl ˈvɛriənts wɪl nɑt bi əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðɪs ˈriˌkɔl. ɛz ˈmɛnʃənd ˌbiˈfɔr ðiz ˈjunɪts wɪl bi rɪˈkɔld tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ˈfɔlti fjuəl ˈfɪltər. ðɪs ɪz nɑt ðə fərst ˈriˌkɔl ˈɪʃud baɪ mərˈuti səˈzuki ðɪs jɪr ɛz ðə ˈkəmpəˌni həz ɔˈrɛdi rɪˈkɔld ˈjunɪts əv fər ˈfɔlti breɪk pɑrt ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni həz əˈnaʊnst ðət ˈstɑrtɪŋ 31 meɪ 2016 mərˈuti səˈzuki ˈdilərz wɪl ˈkɑnˌtækt ðə ˈoʊnərz əv ðə rɪˈspɛktɪv ˈviɪkəlz ðət kəm ˈəndər ðə ˈriˌkɔl kraɪˈtɪriə. mərˈuti həz ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ðət boʊθ ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈəpˈgreɪd ənd ðə rɪˈpleɪsmənt əv ˈfɔlti fjuəl ˈfɪltər, wɪl bi dən fri əv kɔst. ˈkəstəmərz hu wɔnt tɪ ˌæsərˈteɪn ɪf ðɛr ˈviɪkəl ɪz ˈkəvərd kən ʧɛk baɪ ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt fər ðə ənd əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt fər ðə swɪft. ðə ˈkəstəmər ɪz rɪkˈwɛstɪd tɪ fɪl ɪn ðə ˈʧæsi ˈnəmbər ˈfɑloʊd baɪ 14 ˈdɪʤɪt ˈnəmbər) ɔn ðə kəmˈpjutər skrin. ju maɪt ˈɔlsoʊ bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd tɪ si ðə praɪs əv ðə bɛst kɑz ɪn ˈɪndiə: rɪˈnɔlt kwid*, ˈhɔndə ˈsɪti, mərˈuti swɪft, ˈhənˌdeɪ ɪˈlit mərˈuti, ˈæltoʊ 800 rɪˈnɔlt ˈdəstər, mərˈuti ˈwægən ɑr, mərˈuti swɪft, məˈhɪndrə ˈskɔrpiˌoʊ, məˈhɪndrə fər ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈɔtoʊ nuz ənd rəvˈjuz, ˈfɑloʊ ɔn tˈwɪtər, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ənd səbˈskraɪb tɪ ɑr ˈjuˌtub ˈʧænəl.
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maruti suzuki india has issued a recall for two of its top selling cars - baleno and swift dzire over faulty airbag controller software and faulty fuel filters. while the company will be recalling 75,419 units of the baleno for issue with the airbags, 1,961 units of the swift dzire will be recalled for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter. maruti has claimed that this recall has been issued proactively and voluntarily taking customer safety into consideration.
the baleno's which have been recalled include both petrol and diesel variants and were manufactured between august 3, 2015 and may 17, 2016. out of the 75,419 baleno's 15,995 cars are diesel variants that were manufactured between august 3, 2015 and march 22, 2016 and will also be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter like the swift dzire. the recall units also includes 17,231 car were allotted for export.
(maruti suzuki will recall only the swift dzire ags variant)
as for the swift dzire, maruti suzuki india will only recall the recently launched diesel variant with auto gear shift (ags), which means customers with petrol and manual diesel variants will not be affected by this recall. as mentioned before these units will be recalled to replace faulty fuel filter. this is not the first recall issued by maruti suzuki this year as the company has already recalled 20,427 units of s-cross for faulty brake part earlier this month.
the company has announced that starting 31 may 2016, maruti suzuki dealers will contact the owners of the respective vehicles that come under the recall criteria. maruti has also said that both the software upgrade and the replacement of faulty fuel filter, will be done free of cost. customers who want to ascertain if their vehicle is covered can check by visiting the nexa website for the baleno and maruti's official website for the swift dzire. the customer is requested to fill in the chassis number (ma3 followed by 14 digit alpha-numeric number) on the computer screen.
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lɪn ˈɛvənz (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: faɪl clarion-ledger*) wən əv ðə mɔr kənˈsɪstənt kˈwɛsʧənz æt ðə steɪt ˈkæpɪtəl wɪn feɪst wɪθ ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpiz ˈbəʤɪt rɪkˈwɛsts ɪz: waɪ ər kɔsts goʊɪŋ əp? ɪts nɑt ðə ˈʧɪldrən. ˈʧɪldrən ər stɪl ðə list ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈpeɪʃənz tɪ kɛr fər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪf ðə peɪər ɪz ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd. ə ʧaɪld ˌɪnˈʃʊrd baɪ ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd kɔsts əˈbaʊt ə jɪr, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən əˈkædəmi əv ˌpidiˈætrɪks. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈʧɪldrən meɪk əp ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈkætəˌgɔri əv ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛriz æt 56 pərˈsɛnt, ðeɪ əˈkaʊnt fər ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt 20 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˈspɛndɪŋ. ənd ðət pərˈsɛnɪʤ ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli daʊn, nɑt əp. ˈɛvənz: hɪrz haʊ ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi kən kət hɛlθ kɛr kɔsts ˈɔlsoʊ rɛd: ðə truθ bɪˈhaɪnd ˈkɔrpərət ˈtæksɪz: ˈpɛndər moʊst ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˈspɛndɪŋ ɪn ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi ɪz fər ðə ˈɛldərli ənd dɪˈseɪbəld. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðeɪ meɪk əp ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt ə θərd əv ðə ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən, ðiz tu grups əˈkaʊnt fər əˈbaʊt ˌtuˈθərdz əv ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd kɔsts. ðə ˈvɛri moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv grup fər ɔl ˌɪnˈʃʊrərz ər ðə ˈsɪkəst ənd ðə moʊst dɪˈseɪbəld. ˈpipəl hu hæv ˈsəfərd trɔˈmætɪk breɪn ər ˈspaɪnəl kɔrd ˈɪnʤəriz. ˈpipəl sɪk wɪθ ðə ˈdɛdliəst fɔrmz əv ˈkænsər ər ˌnʊrəˈlɑʤɪkəl dɪˈziz. ˈpipəl hu ˌrikˈwaɪər ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl kɛr fər laɪf. ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd rɪˈpɔrts ɔn ɪts ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðət ˈpipəl ɔn ɪts roʊlz hu hæv ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ənd dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛnəl dɪsəˈbɪlɪtiz kɔst ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ˈoʊvər iʧ ɪn 2016 əˈnəðər bɪg ˈkætəˌgɔri əv ˈtritmənt fər ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˈʃʊrərz ɪz prəˈskrɪpʃən drəgz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wɪn ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈkəmpəˌni həz ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪd ðə praɪs əv ðə ˈtritmənt drəg ˈbeɪsɪkli bɪˈkəz ɪt kən. wi ɔl noʊ ðə ˈstɔri əv ənd ɪts 600 pərˈsɛnt praɪs ˌɪnˈkris. θri mənθs' wərθ əv ðə drəg juzd tɪ trit ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs si rənz bɪtˈwin ənd ðə ˈleɪtəst drəg ˈkəmpəˌni tɪ ˈprɑfɪt bɪg frəm ðə ˈmɪzəri əv ɪts ˈkəstəmərz ɪz, wɪʧ ˈrɛˌskjuz ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈoʊvərˌdoʊsɪz. ðə praɪs fər həz ʤəmpt frəm 690 tɪ mɔr ðən ə doʊs ɪn tu jɪrz. wən ˈɔpʃən sizd ɔn baɪ səm ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz fər ˈdiˌkrisɪŋ ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd kɔsts ɪz ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz prəˈmoʊtəd ɛz ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ frɔd ənd əˈbjuz. ɪn fækt, ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi ˈproʊˌgræm ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ɔˈrɛdi ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪts səˈspɛktɪd prəˈvaɪdər ənd ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛri frɔd. ðə ˈnəmbər fər rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ səˈspɛktɪd əˈbjuz ɪz rɪˈsɪpiənt frɔd simz mɔr ɔlˈtərnətɪv ðən ˈækʧəwəl fækt. bɪˈhaɪnd ðə əˈsəmpʃən ðət ˈsəmˌhaʊ ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛri frɔd ənd əˈbjuz məst bi ðə kɔz əv haɪ ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd kɔsts simz tɪ bi ə ˌdɪsbɪˈlif baɪ səm ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz ðət ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi kʊd hæv soʊ ˈmɛni ˌloʊˈɪnkəm ˈʧɪldrən ənd ˈædəlts hu kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ˈkəvərɪʤ. ðə truθ ɪz ðət ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi həz ðə haɪəst pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈpɑvərti ɪn ðə juz.: əˈbaʊt wən ɪn θri. əv ðə əˈprɑksəmətli ˈʧɪldrən ɔn ðə ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd roʊlz, səm 60 pərˈsɛnt lɪv bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈpɑvərti ˈlɛvəl. wən ɪn faɪv əv ɔl ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpiənz lɪv bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈpɑvərti laɪn. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə juz. ˈsɛnsəs, ðə ˈmidiən ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈɪnˌkəm fər ɑr steɪt ɪz loʊər ðən ðə ˈmidiən fər ðə ˈneɪʃən ɛz ə hoʊl. fər ˈfæməliz wɛr ðə weɪʤ ˈərnər ɪz ˈəndər eɪʤ 25 ɑr ˈmidiən ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈɪnˌkəm ɪz ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt ə jɪr. ɪn ˈoʊvər θˌrikˈwɔrtərz əv ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpiz ˈsɪtiz ənd taʊnz, ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈɪnˌkəm ɪz loʊ ɪˈnəf fər ðə ˈʧɪldrən tɪ kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd. əv ðə 711 ʤɑbz ˈlɪstɪd fər ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi weɪʤ ˈərnərz baɪ ðə ˈbjʊroʊ əv ˈleɪbər stəˈtɪstɪks, 279 ər 39 pərˈsɛnt hæv ən ˈævərɪʤ weɪʤ loʊ ɪˈnəf ðət ðə ˈʧɪldrən ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈfæməli wʊd kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd. ðə truθ ɪz ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˈfəndɪŋ, fər wɪʧ 74 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə fəndz ər drɔn daʊn ɛz ə mæʧ frəm ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt, ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpiz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈmɛdɪkəl kɛr tɪ ɪts ˈpipəl. ɑr əv ˈpraɪvət ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ənd ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd, əˈspɛʃəli fər ˌpidiəˈtrɪʃənz ənd ˈəðər ˈpraɪˌmɛri kɛr prəˈvaɪdərz, ɪz ˈhɛvəli dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd. ˈoʊvər hæf əv ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi ˈʧɪldrən rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ənd ʧɪp fər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ hɛlθ kɛr. wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˌriɪmˈbərsmənt, ˈmɛni fɪˈzɪʃənz wʊd nɑt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kənˈtɪnju ˈpræktɪsɪŋ ˈmɛdəsən, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpiz smɔl taʊnz. ðə ˈkɑrənt θrɛt tɪ kət ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd steɪt ˈfəndɪŋ baɪ ˈoʊvər 120 ˈmɪljən, ɪf ˈkɛrid aʊt, wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ hɪt smɔl kəmˈjunɪti ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz əˈspɛʃəli hɑrd. ˈmɛni ər ɔˈrɛdi ˈtitərɪŋ ɔn ðə brɪŋk, ˈlʊkɪŋ fər weɪz tɪ ˌriɪnˈvɛnt ðɛmˈsɛlvz ðət ˈfoʊkɪs mɔr ɔn prɪˈvɛnɪv hɛlθ kɛr ənd dɪˈziz ˈmænɪʤmənt ðən kɛr. ɪf ðə ˈgəvərnər wər tɪ dɪˈklɛr ə ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˈfəndɪŋ ˈimərʤənsi, ˈminɪŋ ðɛr wɑz nɑt ɪˈnəf ˈməni əˈproʊpriˌeɪtɪd tɪ ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd tɪ ˈkəvər kɔsts, ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz wʊd ˈlaɪkli teɪk ðə fərst kəts, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈɔpʃənəl ˈsərvɪsɪz laɪk ˈhɑspəs, epsdt*, ənd hoʊm ənd kəmˈjunɪti beɪst ˈsərvɪsɪz. ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt steɪt fəndz ər ðə rut əv ðə ˈprɑbləm, rɪˈzəltɪŋ frəm ðə tæks kəts əv ðə pæst fju jɪrz. ənd, ðɛrz ə ˈpəzəlɪŋ rɪˈləktəns tɪ faɪnd mɔr ˈrɛvəˌnu frəm ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ðə steɪts təˈbæˌkoʊ tæks, gæs tæks, ər ə juz tæks tɪ tæp lɔst ˈɪntərˌnɛt seɪlz ˈtæksɪz du. ɪt ʃʊd bi ˈrɛdəli əˈpɛrənt tɪ steɪt ˈlidərz ðət ˈəndərˌfəndɪŋ ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd baɪ ə kəmˈbaɪnd steɪt ənd ˈfɛdərəl mæʧ ˈtoʊtəl əv ˈɔlˌmoʊst 480 ˈmɪljən wʊd hæv ə ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk ˈifɛkt ɔn ɑr steɪts hɛlθ kɛr ˈsɪstəm. lɪn ˈɛvənz ɪz ə ˈfɔrmər ˈʤæksən skul bɔrd ˈmɛmbər ənd ə kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ ˈkɑləmnəst. rɛd ər ʃɛr ðɪs ˈstɔri:
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lynn evans (photo: file photo/the clarion-ledger)
one of the more consistent questions at the state capitol when faced with mississippi's health-related budget requests is: why are costs going up?
it's not the children. children are still the least expensive patients to care for, including if the payer is medicaid. a child insured by medicaid costs about $2,399 a year, according to the american academy of pediatrics. although children make up the largest category of mississippi medicaid beneficiaries at 56 percent, they account for only about 20 percent of medicaid spending. and that percentage is actually down, not up.
evans: here's how mississippi can cut health care costs
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most medicaid spending in mississippi is for the elderly and disabled. although they make up only about a third of the medicaid population, these two groups account for about two-thirds of medicaid costs.
the very most expensive group for all insurers are the sickest and the most disabled. people who have suffered traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries. people sick with the deadliest forms of cancer or neurological disease. people who require institutional care for life. medicaid reports on its website that people on its rolls who have intellectual and developmental disabilities cost the program over $36,000 each in 2016.
another big category of high-cost treatment for medicaid and other insurers is prescription drugs, including when the pharmaceutical company has escalated the price of the treatment drug basically because it can. we all know the story of epipen and its 600 percent price increase. three months' worth of the drug used to treat hepatitis c runs between $80,000 and $120,000. the latest drug company to profit big from the misery of its customers is evizio, which rescues people with opioid overdoses. the price for evizio has jumped from $690 to more than $4,500 a dose in two years.
one option seized on by some legislators for decreasing medicaid costs is initiatives promoted as eliminating fraud and abuse. in fact, mississippi medicaid's program integrity already investigates suspected provider and beneficiary fraud. the number for reporting suspected abuse is 1-800-880-5920. recipient fraud seems more alternative than actual fact.
behind the assumption that somehow beneficiary fraud and abuse must be the cause of high medicaid costs seems to be a disbelief by some legislators that mississippi could have so many low-income children and adults who qualify for coverage.
the truth is that mississippi has the highest percentage of children living in poverty in the u.s.: about one in three. of the approximately 450,000 children on the medicaid rolls, some 60 percent live below the poverty level.
one in five of all mississippians live below the poverty line. according to the u.s. census, the median household income for our state is $39,665 — $14,224 lower than the median for the nation as a whole. for families where the wage earner is under age 25, our median household income is only about $25,000 a year.
in over three-quarters of mississippi's cities and towns, the average household income is low enough for the children to qualify for medicaid. of the 711 jobs listed for mississippi wage earners by the bureau of labor statistics, 279 or 39 percent have an average wage low enough that the children in a single wage-earner family would qualify for medicaid.
the truth is medicaid funding, for which 74 percent of the funds are drawn down as a match from the federal government, underpins mississippi's ability to provide medical care to its people. our payer-mix of private insurance and medicaid, especially for pediatricians and other primary care providers, is heavily dependent on medicaid. over half of mississippi children rely on medicaid and chip for access to health care. without medicaid reimbursement, many physicians would not be able to continue practicing medicine, especially in mississippi's small towns.
the current threat to cut medicaid state funding by over $120 million, if carried out, would also hit small community hospitals especially hard. many are already teetering on the brink, looking for ways to reinvent themselves that focus more on preventive health care and disease management than in-patient care.
if the governor were to declare a medicaid funding emergency, meaning there was not enough money appropriated to medicaid to cover costs, the hospitals would likely take the first cuts, along with so-called optional services like hospice, epsdt, and home and community based services.
insufficient state funds are the root of the problem, resulting from the tax cuts of the past few years. and, there's a puzzling reluctance to find more revenue from increasing the state's tobacco tax, gas tax, or a use tax to tap lost internet sales taxes due.
it should be readily apparent to state leaders that underfunding medicaid by a combined state and federal match total of almost $480 million would have a catastrophic effect on our state's health care system.
lynn evans is a former jackson school board member and a contributing columnist.
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hir ɪz ə ˈpɔrtrət əv dəˈvɪnˌʧi ðət wɑz meɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ðɪs ɛg ˈtɛmpərə peɪnt. aɪ kænt kleɪm ˈkrɛdɪt fər ðɪs greɪt ˈpɔrtrət. ɪt wɑz dən baɪ ə ril ˈɑrtɪst! hɪz neɪm ɪz raɪən ənd maɪ θæŋks goʊ tɪ ɪm fər ðɪs tərˈɪfɪk ˈpeɪnɪŋ! ðə fərst θɪŋ ju ər goʊɪŋ tɪ nid tɪ du ɪz graɪnd əp səm ˈpɪgmɛnt. ju kən juz tu stoʊnz fər ðɪs. aɪ juzd wən lɑrʤ stoʊn ənd wən sˈmɔlər stoʊn. ɪt meɪks ɪt ˈrəðər ˈizi. graɪnd əp jʊr ˈpɪgmɛnt ˈɪntu ə faɪn ˈpaʊdər. ðə ˈfaɪnər ðə ˈbɛtər. ɪf ju hæv ə ˈmɔrtər ðɛn goʊ əˈhɛd ənd juz ðət. ɪt ɪz ˈpərˌfɪkt fər moʊst θɪŋz tɪ graɪnd ˈɪntu ə ˈpaʊdər. ˈmɔrtər ənd ɔn ˈæməˌzɑn kræk ˈoʊpən ən ɛg ənd ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ðə joʊk frəm ðə waɪt. ðɛn pʊt ðə joʊk ɔn ə ˈpeɪpər taʊəl tɪ gɪt rɪd əv moʊst əv ðə ɛg waɪt. roʊl ɪt əraʊnd ɔn ðə ˈpeɪpər taʊəl. hoʊld ðə joʊk ɪn wən hænd ənd pɪrs ɪt wɪθ ˈsəmθɪŋ. aɪ juzd ə ˈtuθˌpɪk. lɛt ðə joʊk rən ˈɪntu jʊr kənˈteɪnər. wi du ðɪs bɪˈkəz wi doʊnt wɔnt ðə skɪn əv ðə joʊk ɪn ɑr mɪks. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪts nɑt ˈmændəˌtɔri tɪ du ðɪs. ɪt dɪz meɪk ə ˈbɛtər ənd mɔr kənˈsɪstənt peɪnt. goʊ əˈhɛd ənd mɪks lɑts əv ˈpɪgmɛnt ˈɪntu ðət ɛg joʊk. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ æd ə ˈlɪtəl ˈwɔtər. ðə ˈwɔtər ɪz ˈɔpʃənəl. ju wɪl gɪt ə fil fər ðə peɪnt ənd haʊ ju laɪk ɪt soʊ ju kən ʤəʤ ðə ˈwɔtər əˈdɪʃən. ənd ju ər ˈrɛdi tɪ peɪnt! wɪθ ɛg ˈtɛmpərə peɪnt ɪt ɪz ˈkɑmən tɪ peɪnt ɔn ˈməltəpəl leɪərz tɪ ˈdipən ənd ðə ˈkələrz ənd ˈpɪgmɛnt. ˈkələr ənd ˈpɪgmɛnt səˈʤɛsʧənz: ˈʧɑrˌkoʊl fər blæk brɪk fər rɛd ənd ˈrɛdɪʃ braʊn graʊnd ˈməstərd fər ˈjɛloʊ ˈpɑrsli fər grin, lʊks laɪk ə ˈsiˌwid grin krim əv ˈtɑrtər fər waɪt goʊ ˈkreɪzi ənd ɪkˈspɛrəmənt wɪθ lɑts əv θɪŋz tɪ si wət ˈkələrz ju gɪt! ʤɪst bi ˈkɔʃəs wɪθ səm θɪŋz. fər ˈɪnstəns ju doʊnt wɔnt tɪ graɪnd əp ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət həz lɛd ɪn ɪt! tɪps ənd tɛkˈniks: ˈʤɛnərəli ɛg ˈtɛmpərə ˈɪzənt greɪt ɔn ˈflɛksəbəl ˈkænvəs ðət ɪz strɛʧt. ɪt ɪz proʊn tɪ ˈkrækɪŋ ənd ˈfleɪkɪŋ. soʊ, juz ðɪs ɔn bɔrdz ənd bɔrd ˈkænvəs ər ˈəðər ˈstərdi ˈsərfəsɪz. ənd, ˈædɪŋ ˈwɔtər waɪl ju peɪnt ɪz kwaɪt gʊd. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ juz ðə bæk əv ðə ˈpeɪntˌbrəʃ tɪ waɪp əˈweɪ ðə peɪnt kriˈeɪtɪŋ laɪt striks ənd laɪnz. ðə ˈpɪkʧər hir ɔn ðə lɛft ʃoʊz ðɪs tɛkˈnik. tɪ gɪt dip ənd rɪʧ ˈkələrz ju peɪnt ɪn leɪərz. aɪ ˈwəndər ɪf ðɪs wʊd wərk ɔn steɪnd glæs ˈwɪndoʊz? wɔʧ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ: hir ɪz ðə ˈvɪdioʊ: əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˌliəˈnɑrdoʊ ˈdiˈeɪ ˈvɪnʧi ˌɪnˈvɛnʃənz ju kən bɪld ˈjɔrsɛlf (bɪld ɪt ˈjɔrsɛlf ˈsɪriz) frəm ˈɑrmərd tæŋks ənd ˈglaɪdərz tɪ "ˈplæstɪk glæs" ənd drɔɪŋ məˈʃinz, ðɪs ˌɪnərˈæktɪv bʊk ɪkˈsplɔrz ðə ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl maɪnd əv ˌliəˈnɑrdoʊ ˈdiˈeɪ ˈvɪnʧi θru ˌhænˈzɔn ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkts ənd ækˈtɪvɪtiz. moʊst əv ˌɪnˈvɛnʃənz wər ˈnɛvər meɪd ɪn hɪz ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm ənd rɪˈmeɪnd ˈskɛʧɪz ɪn hɪz ˈfeɪməs ˈnoʊtˌbʊks; kɪdz ɪgˈzæmɪn səm əv ðiz ərˈɪʤənəl ˈskɛʧɪz ənd lərn əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmɑdəlz hi meɪd əv hɪz ˌɪnˈvɛnʃənz. frəm ðɛr ðeɪ dɛlv ˈɪntu dɪˈteɪld ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz, ˈdaɪəˌgræmz, ənd fər iʧ ˈprɑʤɛkt, wɪʧ ər ˌɪntərˈspərst wɪθ hɪˈstɔrɪkəl fækts, ˌbaɪəˈgræfɪkəl ˈænɪkˌdoʊts, ənd ˈtrɪviə. moʊst əv ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ kən bi dən ˈjuzɪŋ ˈsɪmpəl ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld səˈplaɪz: kənˈstrəkʃən ˈpeɪpər, teɪp, ˈmɑrkərz, glu, ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd tubz, əˈlumənəm fɔɪl, ənd ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd ˈbɑksɪz. ˈbækˌgraʊnd əˈbaʊt ðə ˌrɛnəˈsɑns ɛz ə ˈpɪriəd əv rɪˈmɑrkəbəl əˈʧivmənt ɪn ɑrt ənd saɪəns əˈpɪrz θruaʊt ðə bʊk. nu tɛkˈniks ɪn ɛg ˈtɛmpərə ə ˈfeɪməs kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈɑrtɪst ʃoʊz hɪz ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri nu tɛkˈniks fər ˈpeɪnɪŋ ɪn ə ˈmidiəm, ɛg ˈtɛmpərə. meɪk ðə ˌliəˈnɑrdoʊ ˈdiˈeɪ ˈvɪnʧi ˈkætəˌpəlt ðɪs ɪz ən ɪŋ ˈlɪtəl ˈprɑʤɛkt ðət ɪz beɪst ɔn ðə dɪˈzaɪnz baɪ dəˈvɪnˌʧi. ɔl ju nid ɪz ən ɛmˈbrɔɪdəri hup ɛz ðə sɔrs əv kɪˈnɛtɪk ˈɛnərʤi tɪ faɪər ðə ˈkætəˌpəlt. meɪk ðə dəˈvɪnˌʧi ˈkætəˌpəlt du ju laɪk ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkts ənd ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈhɑbiz? saɪn əp fər maɪ fri ˈnuzˌlɛtər. aɪ gɪv ju ˈrɛgjələr ˈəpˌdeɪts ɔn ˈhɑbiz ənd ˈprɑʤɛkts ju kən meɪk. ɪt ɪz ˈtoʊtəli fri ənd aɪ doʊnt ʃɛr jʊr iˈmeɪl wɪθ ˈɛnibədi.
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here is a portrait of davinci that was made using this egg tempera paint. i can't claim credit for this great portrait. it was done by a real artist! his name is ryan and my thanks go to him for this terrific painting! the first thing you are going to need to do is grind up some pigment. you can use two stones for this. i used one large stone and one smaller stone. it makes it rather easy. grind up your pigment into a fine powder. the finer the better. if you have a mortar & pestle then go ahead and use that. it is perfect for most things to grind into a powder. mortar and pestle on amazon crack open an egg and separate the yolk from the white. then put the yolk on a paper towel to get rid of most of the egg white. roll it around on the paper towel. hold the yolk in one hand and pierce it with something. i used a toothpick. let the yolk run into your container. we do this because we don't want the skin of the yolk in our mix. although its not mandatory to do this. it does make a better and more consistent paint. go ahead and mix lots of pigment into that egg yolk. you can also add a little water. the water is optional. you will get a feel for the paint and how you like it so you can judge the water addition. and you are ready to paint! with egg tempera paint it is common to paint on multiple layers to deepen and richen the colors and pigment. color and pigment suggestions: charcoal for black
brick for red and reddish brown
ground mustard for yellow
parsley for green, looks like a seaweed green
cream of tartar for white
go crazy and experiment with lots of things to see what colors you get! just be cautious with some things. for instance you don't want to grind up anything that has lead in it! tips and techniques: generally egg tempera isn't great on flexible canvas that is stretched. it is prone to cracking and flaking. so, use this on boards and board canvas or other sturdy surfaces. and, adding water while you paint is quite good. you can also use the back of the paintbrush to wipe away the paint creating light streaks and lines. the picture here on the left shows this technique. to get deep and rich colors you paint in layers. i wonder if this would work on stained glass windows? watch the video: here is the video: amazing leonardo da vinci inventions you can build yourself (build it yourself series) from armored tanks and gliders to "plastic glass" and drawing machines, this interactive book explores the incredible mind of leonardo da vinci through hands-on building projects and activities. most of leonardo's inventions were never made in his lifetime and remained sketches in his famous notebooks; kids examine some of these original sketches and learn about the models he made of his inventions. from there they delve into detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for each project, which are interspersed with historical facts, biographical anecdotes, and trivia. most of the building can be done using simple household supplies: construction paper, tape, markers, glue, cardboard tubes, aluminum foil, and cardboard boxes. background about the renaissance as a period of remarkable achievement in art and science appears throughout the book. new techniques in egg tempera a famous contemporary artist shows his revolutionary new techniques for painting in a centuries-old medium, egg tempera. make the leonardo da vinci catapult this is an interesti ng little project that is based on the designs by davinci. all you need is an embroidery hoop as the source of kinetic energy to fire the catapult. make the davinci catapult do you like making projects and exploring a variety of hobbies? sign up for my free newsletter. i give you regular updates on hobbies and projects you can make. it is totally free and i don't share your email with anybody.
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st*. pɔl pəˈlis kɪkt ə mæn ɪn ðə feɪs ɛz hi leɪ ɔn ðə graʊnd ənd traɪd tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn ðət hɪz ˈməðər kˈwɪkli gɪt tɪ ðə graʊnd bɪˈkəz ˈrisəntli hæd ˈsərʤəri, ə ˈlɔˌsut sɪz. pəˈlis ðɛn ʃɑt ə ““flash-bang”*” grəˈneɪd dɪˈrɛkli æt ðə ˈwʊmən, ˈsɛtɪŋ hər əˈfaɪr ənd ˈsɪriəsli ˈbərnɪŋ hər lɛgz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈlɔˌsut. ðə st*. pɔl ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl ɪz sˈleɪtɪd tɪ əˈpruv ə ˈsɛtəlmənt ɪn ðə ˈlɔˌsut ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, noʊv. 7 ˈikwəlɪŋ ðə ˈlɑrʤəst peɪaʊt ɪn ə st*. pɔl pəˈlis ˈlɔˌsut, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɪti ˈɔfəs. sɪks ˈəðər pəˈlis mɪˈskɑndəkt ˈkeɪsɪz hæv lɛd tɪ ˈnɪrli ə ˈdɔlərz ɪn peɪaʊts ðɪs jɪr, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə st*. pɔl ˈsɪti ˈɔfəs. ðə ˈsɪti ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrisəntli ˈsɛtəld fər ə ˈdætə ˈpraɪvəsi ˈlɔˌsut ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ st*. pɔl ˈɔfɪsərz. ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən kənˈtɪnjuz ˈɪntu ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt keɪs ɪn ˈɔgəst ɪn wɪʧ ə st*. pɔl pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər wɑz sin ɔn ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkɪkɪŋ ə ˈsəˌspɛkt hu wɑz ɔn ðə graʊnd. ɪz ɪkˈstrimli, ɪkˈstrimli sæd tɪ hir əˈbaʊt ˈɔfɪsərz wi trəst tɪ prəˈtɛkt ənd serve,”*,” ˌtaɪˈroʊn ˈtɛrəl, ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə ˈæfrɪkənəˈmɛrɪkən ˈlidərˌʃɪp ˈkaʊnsəl, sɛd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ əv ðə ˈlɔˌsut əˈbaʊt tɪ bi ˈsɛtəld. ˈrɪli nid tɪ hæv ə ˈsɪriəs tɔk wɪθ ʧif (ˈtɑməs) smɪθ ənd hɪz leadership.”*.” smɪθ sɛd ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə deɪ ðət tɔkt wɪθ ˈtɛrəl. ˈtɛrəl sɛd ðeɪ wʊd bi ˈmitɪŋ. ˈɔlˌweɪz wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðət duɪŋ ðə raɪt thing,”*,” smɪθ sɛd. ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə kənˈsərnz əv ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɔl ðə taɪm. aɪ teɪk ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənz ɪn ðə kəmˈjunɪti ˈvɛri seriously.”*.” ɪn ˈsɛtəlɪŋ ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈlɔˌsut, ðə ˈsɪti nɑt ədˈmɪt ˈɛni ˈrɔŋduɪŋ, ˌɪmˈprɑpər ˈækʃən ər liability,”*,” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt əˈgrimənt. st*. pɔl ˈsɪti əˈtərni ˈsɛrə sɛd ˈtuzˌdeɪ ðət ðə ˈsɪti lʊkt æt ə keɪs wɪθ ˈsɪmələr ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz ɪn ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs ˈæftər ən ˈɔfɪsər θru ə ““flash-bang”*” grəˈneɪd ˈɪntu ən əˈpɑrtmənt wɛr pəˈlis səˈspɛktɪd kræk koʊˈkeɪn wɑz biɪŋ soʊld, ɪt wɛnt ɔf ˈəndər ə lɛgz ənd kɔzd bərnz. ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs ˈsɛtəld ðə ˈlɔˌsut fər 1 ˈmɪljən læst jɪr. ɪn ðə st*. pɔl keɪs biɪŋ ˈsɛtəld, sɛd, ˈpleɪnəf hæd ˈsɪriəs ənd ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt injuries.”*.” ðə keɪs əˈbaʊt tɪ bi ˈsɛtəld ɪn st*. pɔl wɑz faɪld ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2011 ɪn juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt baɪ stuərd, 28 ənd hɪz ˈməðər, dænˈjɛlə hɑbz, 48 ðeɪ əˈlɛʤd ˈsɪvəl raɪts vaɪəˈleɪʃənz, əˈsɔlt, ˈbætəri ənd ˈnɛglɪʤəns ˈstɛmɪŋ frəm ðə st*. pɔl pəˈlis ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən əv ə sərʧ ˈwɔrənt ɔkt. 28 2010 ˈɔfɪsər ˈmæθju ˈjəŋkər hæd rɪˈsivd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən frəm ə ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˌɪnˈfɔrmənt ðət əˈnəðər mæn, ðɛn 58 wɑz ˈsɛlɪŋ kræk koʊˈkeɪn frəm ən əˈpɑrtmənt ɪn ðə 600 blɑk əv nɔrθ sˈnɛlɪŋ ˈævəˌnu, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ hɪz ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən fər ə sərʧ ˈwɔrənt, wɪʧ ə ʤəʤ ˈgrænɪd. ˈjəŋkər wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ fər koʊˈkeɪn ənd ˈəðər ˈaɪtəmz, hi roʊt. ðə ˈlɔˌsut ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ kleɪmz əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənd wɪn pəˈlis ˈɛksəˌkjutɪd ðə ˈwɔrənt: stuərd ənd hɑbz lɪvd ɪn ðə əˈpɑrtmənt, əˈbəv ə ˈbɪznɪs, ənd sɔ pəˈlis əraɪv ˈviə ə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkæmərə ðə ˈbɪznɪs ˈoʊnər hæd ˌɪnˈstɔld. ðeɪ wər ðə ˈoʊnli wənz hoʊm. stuərd ˈoʊpənd ðə dɔr wɪn ðeɪ nɑkt. pəˈlis jɛld fər ðɛm tɪ ɔn ðə ground.”*.” pəˈlis ““zip-tied”*” rɪsts bɪˈhaɪnd hɪz bæk. hɑbz ɪz 5 fit 3 ˈɪnʧɪz tɔl, həz ˌdaɪəˈbitiz ənd bæk ˈprɑbləmz ənd, æt ðə taɪm əv ðə pəˈlis ɪnˈkaʊnər, ˈvɪzəbli dɪˈseɪbəld du tɪ ə ˈrisənt nɛk surgery,”*,” ðə kəmˈpleɪnt sɛd. stuərd sɔ hɪz ˈməðər tɪ gɪt ˈɪntu ðə proʊn pəˈzɪʃən; ˌhaʊˈɛvər, du tɪ hər ˈrisənt ˈsərʤəri ənd ˈvɪzəbəl ˈɪnʤəri, hɑbz wɑz ˈfɪzɪkəli əˈneɪbəl tɪ muv ɛz kˈwɪkli ɛz steward,”*,” ðə kəmˈpleɪnt sɛd. stuərd wɑz ɔn ðə graʊnd, ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ hobbs’*’ tɪ muv quickly,”*,” wɪn pəˈlis kɪkt stuərd ɪn ðə bæk əv hɪz hɛd ˈkɔzɪŋ hɪz feɪs tɪ smæʃ ˈɪntu ðə premises’*’ flɔr ˈðɛrˈbaɪ ˈbreɪkɪŋ hɪz noʊz ənd ˈkɔzɪŋ kəts ɔn hɪz face,”*,” ðə kəmˈpleɪnt sɛd. pəˈlis ˈkəvərd hɪz hɛd wɪθ ə. pəˈlis ʃɑt ə ““flash-bang”*” grəˈneɪd æt hɑbz, hu wɑz down”*” æt ðət pɔɪnt, ðə kəmˈpleɪnt sɛd. ɪt ɪkˈsploʊdɪd, ˈsɛtɪŋ hɑbz ɔn faɪər ənd ˈkɔzɪŋ bərnz. hɑbz wɑz bərnd ɔn hər raɪt lɛg frəm ˈæŋkəl tɪ mid-thigh*, hər lɛft ˈɪnər θaɪ, ənd ðə ˈbɑtəmz əv hər fit. ə ˌpɛrəˈmɛdɪk ˈtritɪd hɑbz ənd ˌɪnkˈwaɪərd əˈbaʊt ˈəðər ˈɪnʤərd ˈpipəl. pəˈlis ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ðə ˈmɛdɪk ðət noʊ ˈəðər ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt wɑz needed,”*,” ðə kəmˈpleɪnt sɛd. pəˈlis ˌɪnˈstrəktɪd stuərd tɪ klin əp hɪz feɪs, drɑpt ɪm ɔf æt ˈriʤənz ˈimərʤənsi rum ənd ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd ðə juzd tɪ ˈkəvər hɪz ˈblədid feɪs. ˈɔfɪsərz faʊnd noʊ koʊˈkeɪn ɪn ðɛr sərʧ əv ðə əˈpɑrtmənt. ðeɪ faʊnd ə ˈhændˌgən ənd stən gən ɪn ə ˈbɛˌdrum ənd ˈʃɑtˌgənz ɪn ˈklɑzəts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɪnvənˈtɔri rɪˈsit. pəˈlis ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ə bæg əv ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə græmz; aʊns) ənd ə ˈdɪʤɪtəl skeɪl, ðə rɪˈsit sɛd. ˈniðər stuərd, hɑbz nɔr ðə mæn hu wɑz ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ðə sərʧ ˈwɔrənt wɑz ʧɑrʤd ɪn ðə keɪs. stuərd ənd hɑbz sud ðə ˈsɪti əv st*. pɔl, ˈjəŋkər ənd ˈɔfɪsərz doe,”*,” huz neɪmz noʊn. boʊθ saɪdz ˈleɪtər əˈgrid tɪ dɪsˈmɪs ˈjəŋkər ənd neɪm ˈoʊnli ðə ˈsɪti əv st*. pɔl ɛz ə dɪˈfɛndənt. ˈjəŋkər, ə st*. pɔl ˈɔfɪsər sɪns 2000 wɑz əˈsaɪnd tɪ ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈdɪstrɪkt fɔrs ˈjunɪt æt ðə taɪm hi əbˈteɪnd ðə ˈwɔrənt ənd ɪz naʊ ə ˈkeɪˌnaɪn ˈɔfɪsər. ə pəˈlis ˈspoʊksmən hæv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈtuzˌdeɪ əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ðɛr wɑz ən ˌɪnˈtərnəl əˈfɛrz ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ðə sərʧ ˈwɔrənt keɪs. ˈjəŋkər həz wən ˈɪnstəns əv ˈdɪsəplən ɔn hɪz ˈrɛkərd ə ˈrɪtən ˈrɛprəˌmænd fər ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈpɑləsi ɪn ˈɔgəst 2010 hi ˈɔlsoʊ həz ˈsɛvən commendations*, ˈmoʊstli ˈlɛtərz, ɪn hɪz ˈrɛkərd. ˈkrɪmənəl ˈhɪstəri ʃoʊz ə ˈwɔrənt fər hɪz ərˈɛst ɪn ə 2008 keɪs hi wɑz kənˈvɪktəd ɪn. hi wɑz kənˈvɪktəd əv ə ˈpɛˌti ˌmɪsdəˈminər ɪn 2008 fər pəˈzɛsɪŋ ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə ənd ˈmoʊtər ˈviɪkəl θɛft ɪn 2003 kɔrt ˈrɛkərdz ʃoʊ. hobbs’*’ ˈrɛkərd ʃoʊz ˈoʊnli ˈtræfɪk vaɪəˈleɪʃənz. læst jɪr, st*. pɔl peɪd ɪn faɪv pəˈlis mɪˈskɑndəkt ˈkeɪsɪz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɪti ˈɔfəs. sɛd hər ˈɔfəs həz dɪˈskəʃənz wɪθ ðə pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt əˈbaʊt ˈmænəʤɪŋ ðə risk”*” ənd wərks wɪθ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt ɔn ˈtreɪnɪŋ. ðə ˈəðər ˈsɛtəlmənt ɪn ə st*. pɔl pəˈlis keɪs keɪm ɪn 2005 ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ðə ˈfæməli əv ˈʧɑrəlz ˈkreɪˌghɛd, kɪld baɪ ən ˈɔfɪsər ɪn 2001 ˈkreɪˌghɛd wɑz ˈstrəgəlɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈkɑˌrʤækər ənd hæd ʤɪst ˈrɛsəld ə gən frəm ɪm wɪn ðə ˈɔfɪsər mɪˈstʊk ɪm fər ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt ənd ʃɑt ɪm. ˈdeɪvɪd ˈhænərz ənd ˈfrɛdərɪk ˈmɛloʊ kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt. ˈmɑrə eɪʧ. ˈgɔtfrid kən bi riʧt æt ˈfɑloʊ hər æt ər twitter.com/ppusualsuspects*.
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st. paul police kicked a man in the face as he lay on the ground and tried to explain that his mother couldn’t quickly get to the ground because she’d recently had surgery, a lawsuit says. police then shot a “flash-bang” grenade directly at the woman, setting her afire and seriously burning her legs, according to the lawsuit.
the st. paul city council is slated to approve a $400,000 settlement in the lawsuit wednesday, nov. 7, equaling the largest payout in a st. paul police lawsuit, according to the city attorney’s office.
six other police misconduct cases have led to nearly a half-million dollars in payouts this year, according to the st. paul city attorney’s office. the city also recently settled for $385,000 a data privacy lawsuit involving st. paul officers.
an investigation continues into a separate case in august in which a st. paul police officer was seen on video kicking a suspect who was on the ground.
“this is extremely, extremely sad to hear about officers we trust to protect and serve,” tyrone terrill, chairman of the african-american leadership council, said wednesday of the lawsuit about to be settled. “we really need to have a serious talk with chief (thomas) smith and his leadership.”
smith said later in the day that he’d talked with terrill. terrill said they would be meeting.
“i always want to make sure that we’re doing the right thing,” smith said. “i listen to the concerns of the community all the time. … i take anything that happens in the community very seriously.”
in settling the current lawsuit, the city “does not admit any wrongdoing, improper action or liability,” according to the settlement agreement.
st. paul city attorney sara grewing said tuesday that the city looked at a case with similar circumstances in minneapolis — after an officer threw a “flash-bang” grenade into an apartment where police suspected crack cocaine was being sold, it went off under a woman’s legs and caused third-degree burns. minneapolis settled the woman’s lawsuit for $1 million last year.
in the st. paul case that’s being settled, grewing said, “the plaintiff had serious and permanent injuries.”
the case about to be settled in st. paul was filed in november 2011 in u.s. district court by larelle steward, 28, and his mother, daniela hobbs, 48. they alleged civil rights violations, assault, battery and negligence stemming from the st. paul police execution of a search warrant oct. 28, 2010.
officer matthew yunker had received information from a confidential informant that another man, then 58, was selling crack cocaine from an apartment in the 600 block of north snelling avenue, according to his application for a search warrant, which a judge granted. yunker was looking for cocaine and other items, he wrote.
the lawsuit included the following claims about what happened when police executed the warrant:
steward and hobbs lived in the apartment, above a business, and saw police arrive via a security camera the business owner had installed. they were the only ones home. steward opened the door when they knocked. police yelled for them to “get on the ground.”
police “zip-tied” steward’s wrists behind his back. hobbs is 5 feet 3 inches tall, has diabetes and back problems and, at the time of the police encounter, “was visibly disabled due to a recent neck surgery,” the complaint said.
steward saw his mother “struggling to get into the prone position; however, due to her recent surgery and visible injury, hobbs was physically unable to move as quickly as steward,” the complaint said.
steward was on the ground, explaining hobbs’ “inability to move quickly,” when police “repeatedly kicked steward in the back of his head causing his face to smash into the premises’ floor thereby breaking his nose and causing cuts on his face,” the complaint said. police covered his head with a pillowcase.
police shot a “flash-bang” grenade at hobbs, who was “prone/face down” at that point, the complaint said. it exploded, setting hobbs on fire and causing third-degree burns. hobbs was burned on her right leg from ankle to mid-thigh, her left inner thigh, and the bottoms of her feet.
a paramedic treated hobbs and inquired about other injured people. police “falsely informed the medic that no other medical treatment was needed,” the complaint said.
police instructed steward to clean up his face, dropped him off at regions hospital’s emergency room and confiscated the pillowcase they’d used to cover his bloodied face.
officers found no cocaine in their search of the apartment. they found a handgun and stun gun in a bedroom and shotguns in closets, according to the warrant’s inventory receipt. police also found a bag of marijuana (2.8 grams; 0.09 ounce) and a digital scale, the receipt said.
neither steward, hobbs nor the man who was the subject of the search warrant was charged in the case.
steward and hobbs sued the city of st. paul, yunker and officers “john doe,” whose names weren’t known. both sides later agreed to dismiss yunker and name only the city of st. paul as a defendant.
yunker, a st. paul officer since 2000, was assigned to the western district force unit at the time he obtained the warrant and is now a canine officer. a police spokesman didn’t have information tuesday about whether there was an internal affairs investigation involving the search warrant case.
yunker has one instance of discipline on his record — a written reprimand for violating department policy in august 2010. he also has seven commendations, mostly thank-you letters, in his record.
steward’s criminal history shows a warrant for his arrest in a 2008 marijuana-possession case he was convicted in. he was convicted of a petty misdemeanor in 2008 for possessing marijuana and motor vehicle theft in 2003, court records show. hobbs’ record shows only traffic violations.
last year, st. paul paid $350,000 in five police misconduct cases, according to the city attorney’s office.
grewing said her office has “ongoing discussions with the police department about managing the city’s risk” and works with the department on training.
the other $400,000 settlement in a st. paul police case came in 2005; the city agreed to pay the family of charles craighead, killed by an officer in 2001. craighead was struggling with a carjacker and had just wrestled a gun from him when the officer mistook him for the suspect and shot him.
david hanners and frederick melo contributed to this report.
mara h. gottfried can be reached at 651-228-5262.
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ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈstudənts wər æst ˈsɪmpəl kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ˈpɑləˌtɪks ənd ˈhɪstəri ənd ðɛr ˈænsərz ər ə drəˈmætɪk weɪk əp kɔl əˈbaʊt ðə steɪt əv ɑr ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ ɪz ðə moʊst ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ θɪŋ ju wɪl si təˈdeɪ ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈstudənt grup æt ˈtɛksəs tɛk ˌjunəˈvərsəti riˈlist ə ˈvɪdioʊ neɪmd "politically-challenged*." ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈstudənts wər æst ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl kˈwɛsʧənz laɪk "hu ɪz ðə vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt?" ənd "hu wən ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr?" ənd ðɛr ˈænsərz wər ˈnəθɪŋ ʃɔrt əv əˈpɔlɪŋ. ðə ˈstudənt grup ðət kriˈeɪtɪd ðə ˈvɪdioʊ, politech*, riˈlist ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈsteɪtmənt seɪɪŋ, "ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ ɪz nɑt ə ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪks, bət ˌɪnˈstɛd ə boʊld ˈmɛsɪʤ tɪ ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈstudənts ˈɛvriˌwɛr tɪ bi mɔr ˈplɪtɪkli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd." ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt: ðə grup ˈædɪd, "kʊd ðiz ˈstudənts hæv ˈænsərd ðiz kˈwɛsʧənz kərˈɛktli ɪf ðeɪ wər ɔn ə ˈrɪtən ɪgˈzæm? wi bɪˈliv soʊ. bət ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ʃoʊz ðət pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈmætərz ər nɑt ˈkərəntli ɔn ˈkɑlɪʤ maɪndz. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðeɪ ər wɪθ ˈjusləs ðət ɪz ˈkɑnstəntli biɪŋ fɛd tɪ ðɛm baɪ ˈmidiə." ðoʊ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli ˈpəblɪʃt mɔr ðən ə jɪr əˈgoʊ ɪt həz əˈgɛn bɪˈkəm ə ˈrɛləvənt ˈkɑmənˌtɛri ɔn ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈnɑlɪʤ əv juθ, əˈspɛʃəli ˈdʊrɪŋ ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈsizən. wɔʧ ɑr ˈɛdət əv ðə ˈvɪdioʊ hir ənd ju kən vju ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈvɪdioʊ hir.
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college students were asked simple questions about politics and history and their answers are a dramatic wake up call about the state of our education system this video is the most terrifying thing you will see today
a political student group at texas tech university released a video named "politically-challenged." in the video students were asked very simple questions like "who is the vice president?" and "who won the civil war?" and their answers were nothing short of appalling.
the student group that created the video, politech, released an official statement saying, "this video is not a criticism of the school’s academics, but instead a bold message to college students everywhere to be more politically involved."
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the group added, "could these students have answered these questions correctly if they were on a written exam? we believe so. but the video shows that political matters are not what’s currently on college student’s minds. instead, they are pre-occupied with useless pop-culture that is constantly being fed to them by today’s media."
though the video was originally published more than a year ago it has again become a relevant commentary on the political knowledge of youth, especially during election season.
watch our edit of the video here and you can view the entire video here.
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11 əˈlaɪv nuz æˈtlæntə ʤɪst ˈoʊvər ə mənθ əˈgoʊ, steɪt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv ˈælən pik (r-macon*) ədˈmɪtəd hi nu nɛkst tɪ ˈnəθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈmɛdɪkəl ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə. bət wɪn hi mɛt ˈfæməliz əv ˈsɛvərəl jəŋ ˈʧɪldrən huz ˈlaɪfθˌrɛtnɪŋ ˈsiʒərz maɪt bi suðd baɪ ˈkænəbəs ɔɪl frəm ðə plænt, hi bɪˈkeɪm ɪts ˈʧæmpiən. hɪz haʊs bɪl 885 həz bɪn ˈseɪlɪŋ əˈlɔŋ æt ə fˈjʊriəs peɪs ɪn kənˈsərvətɪv ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪʧər, bət æt ðə hæf weɪ pɔɪnt, rən ˈɪntu ə pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈfeɪtəl roʊd blɑk. ˈkænɑt ˌɪmˈpɔrt ɪt frəm ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ ər ˈɛni əv ðə ˈəðər 20 steɪts ðət hæv ˈligəl (ˈmɛdɪkəl) ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə ənd wɪˈθaʊt (ə) ˈloʊkəl səˈplaɪ, ðə dead,”*,” ʤeɪmz bɛl əv ˈʤɔrʤə c.a.r.e*. ˈprɑʤɛkt toʊld nuz ɔn ˈsənˌdi. ˈæktɪvɪst bɛl pɔɪnts aʊt ðət ˈfɛdərəl lɔ lɛt ˈʤɔrʤə ˌɪmˈpɔrt ˈɛni fɔrm əv ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə frəm əˈnəðər steɪt ənd steɪt lɔ əˈlaʊ ɪt tɪ bi groʊn hir. soʊ wɪθ noʊ sɔrs, ðə bɪl ɪz ɪn ˈsɪriəs ˈtrəbəl. ˈpipəl ər goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə blæk ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt ˈmɛdəsən, ðə ˈkænəbəs ˈmɛdəsən, soʊ kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˈkrɪmənəlz aʊt əv ˈpipəl ðət ʃʊd nɑt bi criminal,”*,” bɛl sɛd. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. pik toʊld ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ðət traɪɪŋ tɪ hɪz bɪl ˈæftər ðə səˈplaɪ kənˈsərnz keɪm əp ɪn ˈrisənt kəˈmɪti ˈhirɪŋz. ðə səˈplaɪ snæg kʊd min ðə ˈɪʃu ɪz dɛd fər naʊ ənd meɪ hæv tɪ rɪˈtərn nɛkst jɪr. bət ˈərliər ɪn ðə ˈsɛʃən, pik sɛd taɪm ɪz əv ðə ˈɛsəns. ər ˈʧɪldrən ðət ər ˈsəfərɪŋ ðət, ɪf wi ˈweɪtɪd ə jɪr tɪ du ə ˈstədi kəˈmɪʃən, meɪ nɑt live,”*,” hi sɛd. bɛl ɪz ˈhoʊpɪŋ ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz kən ˈʤɔrʤə lɔ tɪ əˈlaʊ ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə tɪ bi ˈkəltəˌveɪtɪd ɪn ə ˈsupərˌvaɪzd ˈsɛtɪŋ ənd ˈstrɪktli kənˈtroʊld baɪ ˈdɑktərz ˈfɑrməsɪsts. ˈʤɔrʤə pæst ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˌmɛrəˈwɑnə lɔ ɪn 1980 tɪ ˈbɛnəfɪt glɔˈkoʊmə ənd ˌkimoʊˈθɛrəpi ˈpeɪʃənz, bət ɪt ˈnɛvər bɪˈkeɪm ˌriˈæləˌti θæŋks tɪ ðə læk əv ə səˈplaɪ sɔrs frəm ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt.
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11 alive news atlanta – just over a month ago, state representative allen peake (r-macon) admitted he knew next to nothing about medical marijuana.
but when he met families of several young children whose life-threatening seizures might be soothed by cannabis oil from the plant, he became its champion.
his house bill 885 has been sailing along at a furious pace in georgia’s conservative legislature, but at the half way point, it’s run into a potentially fatal road block.
“they cannot import it from colorado or any of the other 20 states that have legal (medical) marijuana and without (a) local supply, the bill’s dead,” james bell of georgia c.a.r.e. project told 11alive news on sunday.
pro-legalization activist bell points out that federal law won’t let georgia import any form of marijuana from another state and state law won’t allow it to be grown here.
so with no source, the bill is in serious trouble.
“these people are going to the black market in order to get medicine, the cannabis medicine, so they’re creating criminals out of people that should not be criminal,” bell said.
rep. peake told 11alive on friday that he’s trying to re-write his bill after the supply concerns came up in recent committee hearings.
the supply snag could mean the issue is dead for now and may have to return next year.
but earlier in the session, peake said time is of the essence.
“there are children that are suffering that, if we waited a year to do a study commission, may not live,” he said.
bell is hoping lawmakers can re-write georgia law to allow marijuana to be cultivated in a supervised setting and strictly controlled by doctors and/or pharmacists.
georgia passed a medical marijuana law in 1980 to benefit glaucoma and chemotherapy patients, but it never became reality thanks to the lack of a supply source from the federal government.
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ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ðɛr ɪz noʊ ɛnd tɪ ðə ˌdɪsəˈgrimənts əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns ənd ˈjusfəlnəs əv ðə ˈəpˌstɑrt ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsi. ðɛr ɪz, ðoʊ, noʊ dɪsəˈgrimənt ðət raɪz tɪ ə ˈmɑrkɪt həz hɛlpt fjuəl ə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ɔn wɔl strit ənd ɪn ˈsɪləkən ˈvæli ənd ˈmɛni ˈpleɪsɪz ɪn bɪtˈwin əˈbaʊt ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ˈməni ənd haʊ ɪt maɪt bi ɪˈvɑlvɪŋ. ðɛr hæv bɪn fju bɪg ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər əv ðə ˈpeɪmənt ˈnɛtˌwərks ɪn ˈdɛkeɪdz. ðə ˈbeɪsɪk ˈɛləmənts əv ðə ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrd ˈsɪstəm hæv bɪn əraʊnd sɪns ðə 1960s*, ənd ðə ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz fər bæŋk ˈtrænsfərz hæv bɪn ˈprɪti məʧ ðə seɪm sɪns ðə 1970s*. kæʃ lʊks ˈlɪtəl ˈdɪfərənt frəm ðə weɪ ɪt dɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnʧəri. ɪz bət ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈsɛvərəl ˈrisənt tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ðət ər ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ðə weɪ bæŋks, ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtərz, ˈmərʧənts ənd kənˈsumərz θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ˈdilɪŋ ɪn ˈməni. kriˈeɪtərz əv ˈmoʊbəl ˈwɔləts ənd ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈtoʊkənz, səʧ ɛz ənd skwɛr, ər traɪɪŋ tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈfæstər, mɔr ˈsimləs weɪz əv peɪɪŋ bɪlz. bət fju əv ðiz ˈəðər nu tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ər traɪɪŋ tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ɛz ˈmɛni ˈɛləmənts əv ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈsɪstəm ɛz. əˈwɛrnəs əv haʊ wi spɛnd ɑr ˈməni, ənd haʊ ɪt floʊz θru ðə paɪps, həz ˈtoʊtəli bɪn ˈɛləˌveɪtɪd ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv bitcoin,”*,” sɛd mɑrk ˈwɪljəmz, ə prəˈfɛsər æt ˈbɔstən ˌjunəˈvərsəti hu həz bɪn wən əv ðə ˈhɑrʃəst ˈkrɪtɪks əv ðə ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsi ˈsɪstəm. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ pərˈhæps ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈʧælənʤ ðət ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsiz ˈprɛzənt tɪ ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈsɪstəm ɪz ðə spid ənd iz wɪθ wɪʧ ðeɪ kən muv əˈkrɔs ˈbaʊndəriz əv ɔl sɔrts. ˈbɛnʤəmən ɛm., nu jɔrk tɔp ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtər, hu ɪz ˈskrutəˌnaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsi ˈsɛktər, həz kəmˈpleɪnd ɪn ˈrisənt əˈpɪrənsəz əˈbaʊt ðə taɪm ɪt teɪks fər hɪz bæŋk tɪ muv ˈməni frəm hɪz oʊn əˈkaʊnt tɪ peɪ ɔf ə ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrd ˈɪʃud baɪ ðə seɪm bæŋk. ɪn ðə ˈjunəˌvərs, baɪ ˈkɑntræst, moʊst trænˈzækʃənz ər kənˈfərmd ənd kəmˈplitɪd wɪˈθɪn 10 ˈmɪnəts. ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈpləmɪŋ ɪz ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr kənˈsərn fər ˈpipəl ɪn ˈkəntriz wɪθ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz, ənd fər ˈɪməgrənts traɪɪŋ tɪ sɛnd ˈməni ˈoʊvər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈbɔrdərz. waɪl ˈwɛstərn ˈjunjən kən ʧɑrʤ ə 10 pərˈsɛnt fi tɪ muv ˈməni tɪ ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ər ˈʧaɪnə, ˈjuzərz kən meɪk ˈtrænsfərz fri ɪf ðeɪ noʊ wət ðeɪ ər duɪŋ. ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈvɛri ˈpaʊərfəl ðɛr ɪn tərmz əv əˈlaʊɪŋ ðiz kaɪnz əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl trænˈzækʃənz wɪθ ə lɔt lɛs ˈfrɪkʃənz ənd lɔt lɛs cost,”*,” ˈmɪstər. sɛd ɪn ə ˈrisənt ˈɪntərvˌju. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ frəˈstreɪʃən wɪθ fiz əv ɔl sɔrts həz hɛlpt draɪv ðə ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsiz. ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrdz, fər ˈɪnstəns, ˈʤɛnərəli ʧɑrʤ ˈmərʧənts 2 tɪ 3 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈɛvəri ˈpərʧəs. bɪˈkəz ɪz rən baɪ ə dɪˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzd ˈnɛtˌwərk əv kəmˈpjutərz, ˈrəðər ðən ə ˈsɛntrəl ˈkəmpəˌni, ðɛr ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli noʊ ʧɑrʤ tɪ muv ˈməni frəm wən ˈwɔlət tɪ əˈnəðər. ˈstɑrˈtəps laɪk ðət ˈhændəl ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs fər ˈmərʧənts ˈkərəntli ʧɑrʤ əraʊnd 1 pərˈsɛnt. ə ˈgoʊldmən sɑks ˈænəlɪst ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ɪn ə mɑrʧ rɪˈpɔrt ðət ˈriˌteɪlərz kʊd seɪv 155 ˈbɪljən ə jɪr ɪf ðeɪ ɔl muvd tɪ əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˈoʊnli æt ˈkɑrənt reɪts. ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrd fiz ər ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈprɑbləm fər ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ kəˈlɛkt smɔl ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈpeɪmənts fər gʊdz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz ðət kɔst lɛs ðən ə ˈdɔlər ðə ˈpɛni ˈkændi ˈpərʧəsɪz əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt wərld. ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm ˈkəmpəˌniz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ənd bɪg fɪʃ, hæv ˈrisəntli ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ teɪk ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsiz bɪˈkəz ˈtaɪni ˈpeɪmənts kən bi meɪd wɪˈθaʊt moʊst əv ðə ˈməni goʊɪŋ tɪ fiz. ˈivɪn wɪθ ðiz ædˈvæntɪʤɪz, ðoʊ, ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsiz hæv ril ˈɑbstəkəlz tɪ ˈoʊvərˌkəm ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ bɪˈkəm ɛz ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs ɛz kæʃ. ðə moʊst ˈfrikwɛntli dɪˈskəst ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋ ɪz ðɛr praɪs ˌvɑləˈtɪləti. ɪf ðə praɪs əv ə kʊd fɔl 10 ər ˈivɪn 20 pərˈsɛnt ɪn ə deɪ ɛz ɪt həz ˈmɛni taɪmz waɪ wʊd ə ˈmərʧənt wɔnt tɪ teɪk ðə rɪsk əv əkˈsɛptɪŋ ɪt? mɔr, ðə loʊər kɔsts əv trænˈzækʃənz ər æt list ˈpɑrtli ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə fækt ðət ˈkəmpəˌniz feɪs fjuər ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz. ðət ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɛz ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtərz laɪk ˈmɪstər. lʊk æt kriˈeɪtɪŋ rulz fər ðə ˈɪndəstri. hi hɛld ə ˈhirɪŋ ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri ənd ɪz əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz fər ˈlaɪsənsɪz frəm ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz. ɪf ˈgəvərnmənt əˈθɔrətiz du kriˈeɪt mɔr rulz fər ðiz ˈkəmpəˌniz, ðə kɔsts meɪ raɪz. ənd ɪf ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtərz du nɑt muv ɪn, ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk kʊd rɪˈmeɪn ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ðə ˈhækərz ənd ˈfrɔdstərz hu hæv skɛrd soʊ ˈmɛni kənˈsumərz əˈweɪ. bət waɪl ˈsərtən taɪps əv sɪˈkjʊrəti flɔz hæv bɪn ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈdrɔˌbæk əv, ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti əv ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk həz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈsɛlɪŋ pɔɪnt. ˈrisənt ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈklæsəˌfaɪd kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈdætə ənd ðə θɛft əv ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrd ˈnəmbərz frəm ˈriˌteɪlərz laɪk ˈtərgət hæv ˈgɪvɪn ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən tɪ ˈpraɪvəsi ˈædvəˌkeɪts hu θɪŋk ðət ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsiz kən prəˈvaɪd ə mɔr sɪˈkjʊr ənd ˈpraɪvət weɪ tɪ muv ˈməni. trænˈzækʃənz ər rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɔn ə ˈkɑmən ˈlɛʤər, wɪʧ meɪks ɔl ˈtrænsfərz ˈtreɪsəbəl. bət ˈpipəl hu wɔnt tɪ kip ðɛr ˈspɛndɪŋ ˈpraɪvət ər ˈjuʒəwəli ˈeɪbəl tɪ kip ðɛr ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsi ˈæˈdrɛsɪz ˈsikrɪt. bɪɔnd ðə ˈpræktɪkəl kənˈsərnz ðət ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔn, ðə ˈvərʧuəl ˈkərənsi ɪz ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ fjuəl brɔd dəˈbeɪts əˈbaʊt ðə weɪ ðə ˈsɛntrəl bæŋks ˈkərəntli kriˈeɪt ənd ˈmænɪʤ ˈməni. ˈmɛni ˈædvəˌkeɪts ər fɪrs ˈkrɪtɪks əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈɛfərts tɪ hɛlp ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk rɪˈkəvəri baɪ ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪŋ nu ˈməni ˈɪntu ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈsɪstəm, ɪn wət ɪz noʊn ɛz kˈwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv ˈizɪŋ ðə əˈnɑnəməs kriˈeɪtər əv dɪˈtərmənd ɪn ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr ðət wɑz riˈlist ɪn 2009 ðət noʊ mɔr ðən 21 ˈmɪljən kɔɪnz wʊd ˈɛvər bi kriˈeɪtɪd, ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ steɪv ɔf ðə ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən ðət həz bɪn ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈfiʧər əv ðə ˈdɔlər. fɪrz ðət ðə ˈrisənt ˈpɑləsiz wʊd fjuəl ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən hæv nɑt bɪn bɔrn aʊt. ɪn fækt, ˈmɛni ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts θɪŋk ðə ˈbɪgər θrɛt tɪ ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi ɪz dɪˈfleɪʃən. ðɪs həz nɑt kuld ðə ˈɑrdər əv əˌfɪʃəˈnɑdoʊz, hu ər kənˈvɪnst ðət ðə wərld nidz tɪ muv əˈweɪ frəm ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzd kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈsɪstəm. fər ðoʊz hu ər nɑt fænz, ðə ˈprɛzəns əv həz, ɪf ˈnəθɪŋ ɛls, hɛld ə ˈflæʃˌlaɪt tɪ ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈpləmɪŋ ðət juzd tɪ bi ɔl bət ˌɪnˈvɪzəbəl.
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there is no end to the disagreements about the importance and usefulness of the upstart virtual currency bitcoin.
there is, though, no disagreement that bitcoin’s rise to a billion-dollar market has helped fuel a wide-ranging conversation on wall street and in silicon valley — and many places in between — about the nature of money and how it might be evolving.
there have been few big changes in the infrastructure of the world’s payment networks in decades. the basic elements of the credit card system have been around since the 1960s, and the mechanisms for bank transfers have been pretty much the same since the 1970s. cash looks little different from the way it did in the 18th century.
bitcoin is but an example of several recent technologies that are seeking to upend the way banks, regulators, merchants and consumers think about dealing in money. creators of mobile wallets and digital tokens, such as venmo and square, are trying to provide faster, more seamless ways of paying bills. but few of these other new technologies are trying to change as many elements of the financial system as bitcoin.
“the awareness of how we spend our money, and how it flows through the pipes, has totally been elevated as a result of bitcoin,” said mark williams, a professor at boston university who has been one of the harshest critics of the virtual currency system.
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perhaps the biggest challenge that virtual currencies present to the existing financial system is the speed and ease with which they can move across boundaries of all sorts.
benjamin m. lawsky, new york state’s top financial regulator, who is scrutinizing the virtual currency sector, has complained in recent appearances about the time it takes for his bank to move money from his own account to pay off a credit card issued by the same bank. in the bitcoin universe, by contrast, most transactions are confirmed and completed within 10 minutes.
the current financial plumbing is a particular concern for people in countries with less-developed financial institutions, and for immigrants trying to send money over international borders. while western union can charge a 10 percent fee to move money to mexico or china, bitcoin users can make transfers free if they know what they are doing.
“there is something very powerful there in terms of allowing these kinds of international transactions with a lot less frictions and lot less cost,” mr. lawsky said in a recent interview.
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frustration with fees of all sorts has helped drive the interest in virtual currencies. credit cards, for instance, generally charge merchants 2 to 3 percent of every purchase.
because bitcoin is run by a decentralized network of computers, rather than a central company, there is essentially no charge to move money from one wallet to another. start-ups like bitpay that handle the process for merchants currently charge around 1 percent. a goldman sachs analyst estimated in a march report that retailers could save $155 billion a year if they all moved to accepting only bitcoin at current rates.
credit card fees are a particular problem for companies looking to collect small online payments for goods and services that cost less than a dollar — the penny candy purchases of the internet world. a number of video game companies, including zynga and big fish, have recently decided to take virtual currencies because tiny payments can be made without most of the money going to fees.
even with these advantages, though, virtual currencies have real obstacles to overcome before they become as commonplace as cash. the most frequently discussed shortcoming is their price volatility. if the price of a bitcoin could fall 10 or even 20 percent in a day — as it has many times — why would a merchant want to take the risk of accepting it?
what’s more, the lower costs of bitcoin transactions are at least partly a result of the fact that bitcoin companies face fewer regulations. that is changing as regulators like mr. lawsky look at creating rules for the industry. he held a hearing in january and is accepting applications for licenses from bitcoin exchanges. if government authorities do create more rules for these companies, the costs may rise. and if regulators do not move in, the bitcoin network could remain vulnerable to the hackers and fraudsters who have scared so many consumers away.
but while certain types of security flaws have been a major drawback of bitcoin, the security of the bitcoin network has also been a major selling point. recent revelations about the national security agency’s classified collection of digital data — and the theft of credit card numbers from retailers like target — have given ammunition to privacy advocates who think that virtual currencies can provide a more secure and private way to move money.
bitcoin transactions are recorded on a common ledger, which makes all transfers traceable. but people who want to keep their bitcoin spending private are usually able to keep their virtual currency addresses secret.
beyond the practical concerns that bitcoin is taking on, the virtual currency is helping to fuel broad debates about the way the world’s central banks currently create and manage money.
many bitcoin advocates are fierce critics of the federal reserve’s efforts to help the economic recovery by injecting new money into the financial system, in what is known as quantitative easing
the anonymous creator of bitcoin determined in the software that was released in 2009 that no more than 21 million coins would ever be created, hoping to stave off the inflation that has been a regular feature of the dollar.
fears that the fed’s recent policies would fuel inflation have not been borne out. in fact, many economists think the bigger threat to the economy is deflation.
this has not cooled the ardor of bitcoin aficionados, who are convinced that the world needs to move away from centralized control of the monetary system. for those who are not fans, the presence of bitcoin has, if nothing else, held a flashlight to the financial plumbing that used to be all but invisible.
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ə ˈmæsɪv ˈsoʊlər ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn ˈsɪmzˌbɛri ɪz naʊ wən stɛp ˈkloʊzər tɪ bɪˈkəmɪŋ wən əv nu ˈlɑrʤəst ˈprɑʤɛkts. ðə ˈvæli ˈsoʊlər farm”*” klɪrd ə ki ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈhərdəl ðɪs wik. ðə kəˈnɛtəkət ˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈkaʊnsəl, wɪθ wən əbˈstɛnʧən, juˈnænəməsli əˈpruvd ðə ˈrəfli 26 ˈmɛgəˌwɑt ˈsoʊlər ˈprɑʤɛkt wɪʧ wɪl bi bɪlt ɔn faɪv ˈpɑrsəlz ɪn ˈsɪmzˌbɛri. ɔl toʊld ðə ˈsoʊlər ˈprɑʤɛkt wɪl ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ əˈbaʊt 290 ˈeɪkərz əv speɪs kriˈeɪtɪŋ ɪˈnəf ˈɛnərʤi tɪ ˈænjuəli paʊər əˈbaʊt hoʊmz. ˈdipˌwɔtər wɪnd, ðə ˈkəmpəˌni bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, həz sɛd ɪt wɪl bi nu ˈlɑrʤəst ˈsoʊlər ˈprɑʤɛkt, ɪn tərmz əv ˌɪnˈstɔld kəˈpæsɪti. bət ˈrɛzɪdənts ənd taʊn əˈfɪʃəlz reɪzd kənˈsərnz wɪθ haʊ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɑz ˈsaɪtɪd, seɪɪŋ ɪn ˈfaɪlɪŋz tɪ ðə ˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈkaʊnsəl, ɪt wʊd ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz ə nu ˈɪŋglənd ˈrʊrəl landscape”*” ənd ˈhæmpər ˈfɑrmɪŋ ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ɔn ˈpɑrsəlz ɪt sɛd ər ˈsutɪd fər agriculture.”*.” ðə steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfɔrməli əˈpoʊzd ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. bət wɪθ ðə ˈsaɪtɪŋ juˈnænəməs voʊt naʊ ɪn hænd kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə ˈsoʊlər əreɪ ɪz ˈkloʊzər tɪ fʊl ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri əˈpruvəl. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ˈdipˌwɔtər wɪnd sɪz ɪt hoʊps tɪ gɪt ˈʃəvəlz ɪn ðə graʊnd ɪn 2018
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a massive solar project in simsbury is now one step closer to becoming one of new england’s largest clean-energy projects.
the “tobacco valley solar farm” cleared a key regulatory hurdle this week.
the connecticut siting council, with one abstention, unanimously approved the roughly 26 megawatt solar project -- which will be built on five parcels in simsbury.
all told -- the solar project will occupy about 290 acres of space -- creating enough energy to annually power about 5,000 homes.
deepwater wind, the company behind the project, has said it will be new england’s largest solar project, in terms of installed capacity.
but residents and town officials raised concerns with how the project was sited, saying in filings to the siting council, it would compromise a “classic new england rural landscape” and hamper farming opportunities on parcels it said are “well suited for agriculture.”
the state department of agriculture also formally opposed the project.
but with the siting council’s unanimous vote now in hand -- construction of the solar array is closer to full regulatory approval.
a spokesperson for deepwater wind says it hopes to get shovels in the ground in 2018.
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ˈgɛti ˈɪmɪʤɪz ðə bɛrz hæv dɪpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ ræŋks tɪ fɪl aʊt ðɛr nu əˈfɛnsɪv ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ bræd bɪgz əv ðə ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ ˈtrɪbjun, ðə bɛrz ər ˈhaɪrɪŋ ˈfɔrmər tuˈleɪn hɛd koʊʧ ˈkərtɪs ˈʤɑnsən tɪ koʊʧ ðɛr waɪd rɪˈsivərz. ˈʤɑnsən wɑz ɪn fɔr ˈsizənz æt tuˈleɪn, bət hæd ˈpriviəsli koʊʧt rɪˈsivərz fər ðə seɪnts (ɛz pɑrt əv ðɛr ˈsupər boʊl rən) ənd æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv maɪˈæmi. rɪˈpleɪsɪŋ maɪk groʊ, hu lɛft tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə ˈpæsɪŋ geɪm koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər fər ðə ræmz. ðə bɛrz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðə dɪˈpɑrʧər əv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈædəm geɪz tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə hɛd koʊʧ əv ðə ˈdɑlfənz, prəˈmoʊtɪŋ kˈwɔrtərˌbæks koʊʧ ˈdɑwɛl tɪ koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ənd ˈhaɪrɪŋ deɪv rɑˈgoʊni tɪ koʊʧ kˈwɔrtərˌbæks. wɪn ˈʤɑnsən gɪts tɪ ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ, hæv ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ʤɑb ɔn hɪz hænz. ðə fri ˈeɪʤənt ˈstætəs əv ˈʤɛfəri rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi sin, bət læst ˈkɛvɪn waɪt pleɪd ə snæp jɛt bɪˈkəz əv ˈɪnʤəri, soʊ ə klin sleɪt.
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the bears have dipped into the college ranks to fill out their new offensive coaching staff.
according to brad biggs of the chicago tribune, the bears are hiring former tulane head coach curtis johnson to coach their wide receivers.
johnson was 15-34 in four seasons at tulane, but had previously coached receivers for the saints (as part of their super bowl run) and at the university of miami. replacing mike groh, who left to become the passing game coordinator for the rams.
the bears are also dealing with the departure of coordinator adam gase to become the head coach of the dolphins, promoting quarterbacks coach dowell loggains to coordinator and hiring dave ragone to coach quarterbacks.
when johnson gets to chicago, he’ll have an interesting job on his hands. the free agent status of alshon jeffery remains to be seen, but last year’ser kevin white hasn’t played a snap yet because of injury, so a clean slate.
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ufc* ˈʧæmpiən ˈrɑndə ˈraʊsi traɪz tɪ ˈɛmjəˌleɪt hər ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈfaɪtər, ˈfɛdər, ɪn hər faɪts. ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈfaɪtər tɪ wɔʧ ˈɛvər aɪ wʊd seɪ ɪz ˈfɛdər emelianenko,”*,” ˈraʊsi sɛd ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ʧæt ˈspɑnsərd baɪ ˈmɛˌtroʊ ˈpiˈsiz ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. hɛld ðə praɪd ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈtaɪtəl frəm 2003 tɪ 2006 ɪn ən spæn, ðə ˈrəʃən strəŋ təˈgɛðər ən ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd ˈwɪnɪŋ strik. ˈwaɪdli rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈhɛviˌweɪt əv ɔl taɪm. skroʊl tɪ kənˈtɪnju wɪθ ˈkɑntɛnt æd ˈɔlˌweɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt. ɪt wɑz ðə fərst ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ril aɪ ˈɛvər sɔ əv mma*. aɪ ləvd hɪz staɪl ənd haʊ hi keɪm frəm ə ˈbækˌgraʊnd, ənd aɪ ˈrɪli traɪ tɪ ˈɛmjəˌleɪt hɪz staɪl ˈɛvəri taɪm ðət aɪ fight,”*,” sɛd ˈraʊsi. rɪˈtaɪrd frəm ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɔn ʤun 12 2012 ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə ˈnɑˌkaʊt wɪn ˈoʊvər ˈfɔrmər ˈhɛviˌweɪt kənˈtɛndər ˈpeɪdroʊ ˈrɪzoʊ ɪn st*. ˈpitərzbərg, ˈrəʃə. ˈraʊsi ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈfɪlmɪŋ ˈəltəmət fighter”*” ˈsizən 18 ɪn ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs, ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈɑpəzɪt ˈraɪvəl teɪt. ʃi wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ koʊʧ ðə ˌriˈæləˌti ʃoʊ ˈɑpəzɪt kæt zingano*, hu dɪˈfitɪd teɪt ɪn ˈeɪprəl tɪ ərn ðə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən ənd ˈtaɪtəl ʃɑt, bət wɑz fɔrst ɔf ðə ʃoʊ wɪθ ə ni ˈɪnʤəri. teɪt ˌriˈpleɪst zingano*. ˈraʊsi dɪˈfitɪd teɪt tɪ ˈkæpʧər ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn mɑrʧ 2012 ðə tu ˈraɪvəlz wɪl ˈriˈmæʧ æt ðə kənˈkluʒən əv ðə ˈsizən wɪʧ ɛrz ɔn fɑks spɔrts 1 ɪn ðə fɔl. bi ʃʊr tɪ laɪk ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ənd ˈfɑloʊ ɔn tˈwɪtər.
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ufc women’s bantamweight champion ronda rousey tries to emulate her favorite fighter, fedor emelianenko, in her fights.
“my favorite fighter to watch ever i would say is fedor emelianenko,” rousey said during a facebook chat sponsored by metro pcs on wednesday.
emelianenko held the pride fc heavyweight title from 2003 to 2006. in an eight-year span, the russian strung together an unprecedented 28-fight winning streak. he’s widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight of all time.
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“he’s always going to be my favorite. it was the first highlight reel i ever saw of mma. i loved his style and how he came from a judo-sambo background, and i really try to emulate his style every time that i fight,” said rousey.
emelianenko retired from fighting on june 12, 2012 following a first-round knockout win over former ufc heavyweight contender pedro rizzo in st. petersburg, russia.
rousey is currently filming “the ultimate fighter” season 18 in las vegas, coaching opposite rival miesha tate.
she was originally scheduled to coach the reality show opposite cat zingano, who defeated tate in april to earn the coaching position and title shot, but was forced off the show with a knee injury. tate replaced zingano.
rousey defeated tate to capture the strikeforce women’s bantamweight title in march 2012. the two rivals will rematch at the conclusion of the season which airs on fox sports 1 in the fall.
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baɪ ˈdænjəl ˈʤɑnsən ənd ʤæk ˈbætərsbi ˈleɪtəst nuz ɪn ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈsteɪtmənt, ˈkɛrəlɪn ˈfaʊlər, ˈdʊˈrhæm ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈrɛʤɪˌstrɑr həz sɛd: ˌjunəˈvərsəti həz bɪn meɪd əˈwɛr ðət ə ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˈdɑkjəmɛnt wɪʧ ˈditeɪlz ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfəndɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz meɪd baɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti, ər baɪ ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ˈæktɪŋ ɔn ðə bɪˈhæf, həz bɪn likt ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ˌjunəˈvərsəti həz ɪˈstæblɪʃt ˈprɑsɛsəz fər ðə ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈɪnˌkəm ənd rɪˈsivz ˈfəndɪŋ frəm ə brɔd reɪnʤ əv ˈrisərʧ ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈpɑrtnərz waɪlst rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ tru tɪ ðə ˈprɪnsəpəlz əv ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌækəˈdɛmɪk discovery.”*.” ˈnoʊwən frəm ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti həz bɪn meɪd əˈveɪləbəl fər ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ æt ðɪs taɪm. ə ˈrisəntli riˈlist ˈkeɪbəl səˈʤɛsts ðət ˈdʊˈrhæm ˌjunəˈvərsəti həz bɪn ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wɪθ ðə juz. steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt ɪn ˈgæðərɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ˌɪˈrɑn, ɪn rɪˈtərn fər səbˈstænʃəl ˈsikrɪt ˈfəndɪŋ. ðə ˈkeɪbəl səˈʤɛsts ðət ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti wɑz ˈɔfərd ənd meɪ hæv ækˈsɛptɪd ˈoʊvər frəm ðə juz. steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt fər ˈrənɪŋ ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈsɛməˌnɑrz ðə ˈɔspɪsɪz əv ˈdʊˈrhæm skul əv ˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl affairs”*”. ðə ˈkeɪbəl deɪts frəm ˈeɪprəl 2008 ənd ðə ˈjusfəlnəs əv taɪz wɪθ haɪ ˈræŋkɪŋ ˌɪˈrɑniən əˈfɪʃəlz ɛz cover”*” fər ðə ˈprɑʤɛkts. ərˈɪʤənəli ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ riˈlis əv juz ˈɛmbəsi ˈkeɪbəlz, ɪt həz sɪns bɪn riˈmuvd frəm ðɛr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ˈkɑrənt ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə skul əv ˈgəvərnmənt ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl əˈfɛrz (sgia*) hæv bɪn neɪmd ɪn ðə ˈkeɪbəl. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈkeɪbəl, frəm ðə juz. ˈɛmbəsi ɪn ˈləndən, ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ðiz ˈsɛməˌnɑrz wər juzd ɛz ə ˈplætˌfɔrm fər ˈɔfərɪŋ ““u.s*. ənd (juz ˈgəvərnmənt) əbˈzərvərz ə ˈjusfəl lʊk ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈpɑləˌtɪks æt ə ˈgræsˈruts level”*”. ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt əˈlɛʤɪz ðət ˈdʊˈrhæm həz wɪˈθɪn ˌɪˈrɑniən ˌækəˈdimiə ənd ˌənəˈfɪʃəl ˈpɑləsi circles,”*,” ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wən ˌækəˈdɛmɪk hu ɪz lɪŋkt tɪ ðə (ˌɪˈrɑniən ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri gɑrd kɔrz), ə brænʧ əv ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈfaʊndɪd tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈdɪsədɪns ənd ˈəˌpraɪzɪŋ. ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2007 ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ðɛn bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ðə ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkaʊnsəl. ɪt ɪz bɪˈlivd ðət ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti həz hɛld ə ˈnəmbər ˈwərkˌʃɑps ənd ˈsɛməˌnɑrz wɪθ ðə duəl ˈpərpəs əv ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈstudənts, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəlz. ðə ˈkeɪbəl steɪts: ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ənd ˈsɪvəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz, ˌriɪnˈfɔrst baɪ [neɪm riˈmuvd baɪ əˈpɛrəntli səkˈsɛsfəl kriˈeɪʃən əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈkəvər wɪθ [ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk riˈpəblɪk əv ˌɪˈrɑn] əˈθɔrətiz fər ˌɪˈrɑniən pɑrˈtɪsəpənts, gɪvz ðɪs prəˈpoʊzəl ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst ˈprɑspɛkts əv brɔd, ˈminɪŋfəl ˌɪˈrɑniən pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən ˈgɪvɪn ðə riˈstrɪktɪv ˈkɑrənt pəˈlɪtɪkəl kənˈdɪʃənz ɪn iran.”*.” ɪf tru, ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz wɪl reɪz ˈsɪriəs kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑndəkt əv ˈsɛvərəl ˈsinjər ˌækəˈdɛmɪks ənd stæf wɪˈθɪn ˈdʊˈrhæm ˌjunəˈvərsəti. ˈɛni ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈstudənts ˈtrævəlɪŋ tɪ ˈdʊˈrhæm fər ðə ˈsɛməˌnɑrz ər ənˈlaɪkli tɪ hæv bɪn əˈwɛr əv haʊ ðeɪ wər ˈfəndɪd. ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈpɑləsi tɪ ˈstrɔŋli ədˈvaɪz ˈstudənts ənd ˌækəˈdɛmɪks əˈgɛnst ɔl ˈtrævəl tɪ ˌɪˈrɑn. ˌjunəˈvərsəti dɪz nɑt wɪʃ tɪ ˌɪmˈpoʊz ə ˈblæŋkɪt ‘‘ban’*’ ɔn ˈtrævəl tɪ ˌɪˈrɑn ər tɪ ˈoʊvərˌraɪd ˈɛni ˌækəˈdɛmɪk kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən wɪʧ meɪ bi ˈgɪvɪn tɪ prəˈpoʊzəlz tɪ ˈtrævəl tɪ ðɪs ˈriʤən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wi wʊd laɪk tɪ teɪk ðɪs ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ strɛs səm əv ðə ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtiz əraʊnd ˈtrævəl tɪ ˌɪˈrɑn fər ˈdʊˈrhæm ˈmɛmbərz æt ðɪs taɪm ənd tɪ ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ðət ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪz ˈkərəntli əˈneɪbəl tɪ ˈsæŋkʃən ˈtrævəl ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns fər ˈɛni ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈmɛmbər ˈwɪʃɪŋ tɪ ˈtrævəl tɪ ðɪs country.”*.” frəm ðə ˈkeɪbəl: ˈwərkˌʃɑps: ˈsɪvəl soʊˈsaɪɪti 6 (c/nf*) ən æmˈbɪʃəs ˈprɑʤɛkt æt ˈdʊˈrhæm ˌjunəˈvərsəti, ɛnˈtaɪtəld ““iran-u.s*. ˈsɪvəl soʊˈsaɪɪti engagement”*” (ˈlæstɪŋ 12 mənθs, ˈæskɪŋ ɪn ˈfəndɪŋ) eɪmz æt ˈbrɪʤɪŋ kəmˈjunəkətɪv gæp bɪtˈwin ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl ˌɪˈrɑniən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz əˈfɪliˌeɪtɪd wɪθ strəˈtiʤɪk ˈrisərʧ centers”*” ənd ðɛr juz. ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts, ənd wʊd kənˈvin əˈdɪʃənəl ənd ɪkˈspændɪd əˈlɔŋ ðə laɪnz əv ˈrisənt 2007 ˈdʊˈrhæm ɪˈvɛnts hɛld wɪθ [juz. ˈgəvərnmənt] assistance…*… ðə ˈwərkˌʃɑps ənd wʊd prəˈvaɪd ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti ənd speɪs fər ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ənd ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz əˈməŋ ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ənd ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ɪn ˌɪˈrɑn ənd ðə juz. hu, ðoʊ ˈpraɪvət ˌækəˈdɛmɪks ənd ˌɑntrəprəˈnərz ðɛmˈsɛlvz, brɪŋ sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt dɪˈgriz əv ˌɪnˈfɔrmd pərˈspɛktɪv ənd ˈkrɪtɪkəl əˈbɪləˌti tɪ bɛr ɔn strəˈtiʤɪk ənd ˈriʤənəl kˈwɛsʧənz əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst tɪ boʊθ countries.”*.” steɪ tund tɪ ɛz wi ˈpəblɪʃ ˈfərðər ˈɛksərpts frəm ðə likt ˈdɑkjəmɛnt. pliz ˈiˌmeɪl ɪf ju hæv ˈɛni ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə keɪs. ðə ˈstɔri ɪz naʊ ˈgeɪnɪŋ ˈnæʃənəl ˈmidiə əˈtɛnʃən. ˈiən blæk (ðə ˈmɪdəl ist ˈɛdɪtər) həz əˈbaʊt ðə liks hir ənd ðə ˈnɔrðərn ˈɛkoʊ hæv ˈpəblɪʃt ən ˈɑrtɪkəl.
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by daniel johnson and jack battersby
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in an official statement, carolyn fowler, durham university registrar has said:
“the university has been made aware that a confidential document which details academic funding applications made by the university, or by individuals acting on the university’s behalf, has been leaked on the internet.
“durham university has established processes for the management of academic income and receives funding from a broad range of research and education partners whilst remaining true to the principles of independent academic discovery.”
no-one from the university has been made available for an interview with palatinate at this time.
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a recently released wikileaks cable suggests that durham university has been involved with the u.s. state department in gathering information on iran, in return for substantial secret funding.
the cable suggests that the university was offered and may have accepted over $400,000 from the u.s. state department for running a series of seminars “under the auspices of durham university’s school of governmental affairs”. the cable dates from april 2008 and emphasises the usefulness of durham’s ties with high ranking iranian officials as “political cover” for the projects.
originally posted on friday evening as part of the telegraph’s ongoing release of u.s embassy cables, it has since been removed from their website. current members of the school of government and international affairs (sgia) have been named in the cable.
according to the cable, sourced from the u.s. embassy in london, it appears that these seminars were used as a platform for offering “u.s. and usg (u.s government) observers a useful look inside iranian politics at a grassroots level”.
the document alleges that durham has “networks within iranian academia and unofficial policy circles,” including one academic who is linked to the irgc (iranian revolutionary guard corps), a branch of iran’s military founded to prevent internal dissidence and uprising. in november 2007, the academic then became a spokesman for the iranian national security council.
it is believed that the university has held a number workshops and seminars with the dual purpose of bringing over reform-minded iranian students, as well as government officials.
the cable states: “durham university’s demonstrated access to academic and civil institutions, reinforced by [name removed by palatinate]’s apparently successful creation of political cover with iri [islamic republic of iran] authorities for iranian participants, gives this proposal the strongest prospects of broad, meaningful iranian participation given the restrictive current political conditions in iran.”
if true, the allegations will raise serious questions about the conduct of several senior academics and staff within durham university. any iranian students travelling to durham for the seminars are unlikely to have been aware of how they were funded.
it remains university policy to strongly advise students and academics against all travel to iran. “durham university does not wish to impose a blanket ‘ban’ on travel to iran or to override any academic consideration which may be given to proposals to travel to this region. however, we would like to take this opportunity to stress some of the sensitivities around travel to iran for durham members at this time and to clarify that the university is currently unable to sanction travel insurance for any university member wishing to travel to this country.”
from the cable: “durham workshops: civil society ——————————- 6. (c/nf) an ambitious project at durham university, entitled “iran-u.s. civil society engagement” (lasting 12 months, asking $123,050 in funding) aims at bridging “the communicative gap between influential iranian individuals affiliated with strategic research centers” and their u.s. counterparts, and would convene additional and expanded symposia along the lines of recent (2007) durham events held with usg [u.s. government] assistance… the workshops and symposia would provide the opportunity and space for engagement and exchanges among individuals and institutions in iran and the u.s. who, though private academics and entrepreneurs themselves, bring significant degrees of informed perspective and critical ability to bear on strategic and regional questions of interest to both countries.”
stay tuned to www.palatinate.org.uk as we publish further excerpts from the leaked document. please e-mail news@palatinate.org.uk if you have any information regarding the case.
the story is now gaining national media attention. ian black (the guardian’s middle east editor) has blogged about the leaks here and the northern echo have published an article.
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ðə ˈləndən laɪn bɪtˈwin ˈgɔspəl oʊk ənd ˈbɑrkɪŋ wɪl riˈoʊpən tɪ ˈpæsənʤərz ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ 27 ˈfɛbruˌɛri, ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə feɪzd ˈkloʊʒər tɪ ɪˈlɛktrəˌfaɪ ðə rut. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən əv ɔl əv ðə ˈoʊvərˈhɛd waɪərz həz nɑt bɪn kəmˈplitɪd ɔn taɪm ənd mɔr wərk ɪz rikˈwaɪərd. ˈnɛtˌwərk reɪl sɛt əˈbaʊt ðə oʊld vɪkˈtɔriən ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ɪn ʤun 2016 ɛz pɑrt əv ɪts ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd plæn ənd ðə wərk wɑz du tɪ bi kəmˈplitɪd æt ðə ɛnd əv ˈfɛbruˌɛri. əˈlɔŋ ðə rut, ə ˈnəmbər əv ðə ˈstrəkʧərz, wɪʧ ˈkɛri ðə ˈoʊvərˈhɛd laɪnz, wər ˌɪnkərˈɛktli dɪˈzaɪnd ənd bi ˌɪnˈstɔld æt ðə plænd loʊˈkeɪʃənz. leɪt dɪˈlɪvəri əv məˈtɪriəlz ənd ˈstrəkʧərz ˈɔlsoʊ lɛd tɪ ˈfərðər dɪˈleɪz. ə roʊˈbəst plæn ɪz biɪŋ pʊt ɪn pleɪs baɪ ˈnɛtˌwərk reɪl tɪ kəmˈplit ðə wərk ˌbiˈfɔr ðə nu ɪˈlɛktrɪk treɪnz əraɪv ɪn ˈərli 2018 ˈfərðər ˈkloʊʒərz wɪl bi rikˈwaɪərd ˈoʊvər ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈwiˌkɛndz ənd wɪl ˈlaɪkli ˌɪnˈvɑlv əˈnəðər fʊl ˈkloʊʒər fər ə ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə jɪr. ə ˈskɛʤʊl ɪz biɪŋ ənd wɪl bi ˈpəblɪʃt ɛz sun ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ðə wərk wɪl nɑt əˈfɛkt ðə riˈoʊpənɪŋ əv ðə laɪn tɪ ˈdizəl treɪnz, ɛz plænd, ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ 27 ˈfɛbruˌɛri. ˈnɛtˌwərk rut ˈmænəʤɪŋ dɪˈrɛktər fər ˈæŋgliə, ˈrɪʧərd ˈskoʊfild, sɛd: sɪnˈsɪrli əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz tɪ ˈpæsənʤərz ðət wi hæv nɑt bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəmˈplit ɔl əv ðə wərk ɪn ðə taɪm wi sɛt aʊt, ənd fər ðə fˈjuʧər dɪsˈrəpʃən wi wɪl kɔz tɪ ðɛr ˈʤərniz. aɪ hæv ˌɪnˈstrəktɪd ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt tim tɪ kˈwɪkli dɪˈlɪvər ə roʊˈbəst plæn tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ðə wərk ˌbiˈfɔr nu treɪnz əraɪv nɛkst jɪr, ənd ˈpæsənʤərz kən bi ˌriəˈʃʊrd ðət ðə laɪn wɪl riˈoʊpən ˈleɪtər ðɪs mənθ tɪ ˈdizəl treɪnz ɛz plænd. ə fʊl ˌrivˈju ˈɪntu wət wɛnt rɔŋ həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈbeɪgən. ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ðət wi wɪl ˈfərðər ˌɪnkənˈvinjəns ðoʊz ˈlɪvɪŋ nɛkst tɪ ðə ˈreɪlˌweɪ laɪn, aɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz ənd θæŋk ðɛm fər ðɛr kənˈtɪnjud ˈpeɪʃəns waɪl wi kəmˈplit ɑr wərk tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl nu ɪˈlɛktrɪk treɪnz tɪ rən nɛkst year.”*.” ðə ˈəpˈgreɪd wɪl ɪˈneɪbəl fɔr ˈkɛrəʤ ɪˈlɛktrɪk treɪnz, wɪʧ ər ˈkərəntli biɪŋ bɪlt baɪ ˌbɑmbərˈdɪr, tɪ ˈɔpərˌeɪt əˈlɔŋ ðə rut frəm ˈərli 2018 ˈdəbəlɪŋ kəˈpæsɪti ənd rɪˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ tu ˈkɛrəʤ ˈdizəl treɪnz. ðoʊz ˈlɪvɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ðə rut wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ˈklinər ɛr kˈwɑləti ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə swɪʧ frəm ˈdizəl tɪ ɪˈlɛktrɪk treɪnz wɪθ rɪˈdust ɪˈmɪʃənz. faɪv ˈsɛkʃənz əv træk hæv bɪn loʊərd bɪtˈwin kwinz roʊd ənd ˈgɔspəl oʊk ˈsteɪʃənz, tɪ kriˈeɪt speɪs fər ˈoʊvərˈhɛd waɪərz ənd ðə ˈstrəkʧərz ðət ˈkɛri ðɛm. tɛn ˈbrɪʤɪz hæv bɪn ˌrikənˈstrəktɪd ər ˈstrɛŋθənd əˈlɔŋ ðə rut ðət rənz θru ˈsɛvən ˈləndən bəroʊz, ənd θri ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl sˈwɪʧɪŋ ˈsteɪʃənz hæv bɪn kənˈstrəktɪd. ˈnɛtˌwərk reɪl ɪz dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, wɪʧ ɪz ˈfəndɪd baɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt fər ˈtrænspɔrt ənd ˈtrænspɔrt fər ˈləndən (tfl*). ɛndz noʊts tɪ ˈɛdɪtərz:
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the london overground line between gospel oak and barking will reopen to passengers on monday 27 february, following a phased eight-month closure to electrify the route. however the installation of all of the overhead wires has not been completed on time and more work is required.
network rail set about modernising the old victorian infrastructure in june 2016, as part of its railway upgrade plan and the work was due to be completed at the end of february. along the 14-mile route, a number of the structures, which carry the overhead lines, were incorrectly designed and couldn’t be installed at the planned locations. late delivery of materials and structures also led to further delays.
a robust plan is being put in place by network rail to complete the work before the new electric trains arrive in early 2018. further closures will be required over a series of weekends and will likely involve another full closure for a period of time later in the year. a schedule is being finalised and will be published as soon as possible.
the work will not affect the reopening of the line to diesel trains, as planned, on monday 27 february.
network rail’s route managing director for anglia, richard schofield, said: “i sincerely apologise to passengers that we have not been able to complete all of the work in the time we set out, and for the future disruption we will cause to their journeys. i have instructed the project team to quickly deliver a robust plan to finish the work before new trains arrive next year, and passengers can be reassured that the line will reopen later this month to diesel trains as planned. a full review into what went wrong has already begun.
“i recognise also that we will further inconvenience those living next to the railway line, i apologise and thank them for their continued patience while we complete our work to enable new electric trains to run next year.”
the upgrade will enable four carriage electric trains, which are currently being built by bombardier, to operate along the route from early 2018, doubling capacity and replacing the existing two carriage diesel trains. those living along the route will also benefit from cleaner air quality as a result of the switch from diesel to electric trains with reduced co2 emissions.
five sections of track have been lowered between walthamstow queens road and gospel oak stations, to create space for overhead wires and the structures that carry them. ten bridges have been reconstructed or strengthened along the route that runs through seven london boroughs, and three electrical switching stations have been constructed.
network rail is delivering the project, which is funded by the department for transport and transport for london (tfl).
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deɪ 17 ˈsizən fɔr ˈfɪlmɪŋ ɪn ˈaɪslənd bɪˈgɪnz baɪ ɑrz ɪz ðə fˈjʊri wɪθ ˈfɪlmɪŋ kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ɪn ˈbɛlˌfæst ənd bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ɪn ˈaɪslənd ðɪs wik, ðə noʊˈtɔriəsli juʤ kæst əv geɪm əv groʊz ˈlɑrʤər ˈɛvəri deɪ. əˈnəðər ʧaɪld ˈæktər həz bɪn ˈædɪd tɪ ðə ræŋks, ənd tu ənˈsərtən rɪˈtərnz hæv bɪn kənˈfərmd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈθiətər ˈwərkˌʃɑp ɪn ˈɪŋglənd, wən əv ðɛr ˈstudənts, həz bɪn kæst ɪn ə roʊl ɔn ðə ʃoʊ. ðə ˈkæstɪŋ ɪz əˈnaʊnst ɔn boʊθ ðɛr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ənd ðɛr tˈwɪtər, wɛr hɪz ˈʃutɪŋ loʊˈkeɪʃən ɪz ˈnoʊtɪd: oʊˈkɑnər həz ʤɪst sɪˈkjʊrd ə roʊl ɪn geɪm əv ˈfɪlmɪŋ ɪn ˈaɪslənd!! ðə ˈθiətər ˈwərkˌʃɑp (@ttwuk*) ˌʤuˈlaɪ 16 2013 ðə eɪʤ ɪz ˈlɪstɪd ɛz ˈθərˈtin ɔn hɪz ˈspɑˌtlaɪt. ˈfiʧərd ɪn ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈsɪti, pleɪd ˈdɑʤər ɪn ðə tʊr əv ˈkæmərən pərˈdəkʃən əv ˈɑlɪvər!, ənd həz ˈsɛvərəl nu roʊlz ɪn ðə wərks. ɪz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ mɑrk ˈmænɪʤmənt. ɪn ˈəðər ˈkæstɪŋ nuz, wi hæv ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən əv tu rɪˈtərnz. wɪθ ˈtoʊni ɪn ðə læst fju wiks ˈmɛnʃənɪŋ ˈbɛlˌfæst, ɪt simd ə rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə ʃoʊ wɑz ɪn ðə kɑrdz ənd naʊ wi hæv ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðə, wɪʧ steɪts ðət ˈfɪlmɪŋ ɔn ˈsizən fɔr əv əv thrones’*’ ɪn wɪʧ hi rɪˈtərnz tɪ ðə roʊl əv hollard.”*.” ˈmɛni hæd ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪd ðət ðə hæd bɪn ˈrɪtən aʊt əv ðə ʃoʊ ɪnˈtaɪərli, soʊ hɪz rɪˈtərn ɪz ə ˈwɛlkəm səˈpraɪz. ɪt lʊks laɪk frɛnd wɪl bi bæk nɛkst ˈsizən. ˈʃɑrlət hoʊp ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈfərmd tɪ əˈpɪr ɪn ˈsizən fɔr ˈviə hər. ðə dɪˈrɛktər fər hər ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈlɪstɪd ɛz ““various,”*,” soʊ ðə dɪˈrɛktər wɑz ˈiðər ənˈnoʊn æt ðə taɪm əv ðə ˈəpˌdeɪtɪŋ, ər hoʊp wɪl bi ɪn ˈməltəpəl ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz. ɑrz ɪz ðə fˈjʊri: kʊd pleɪ ˈɛni ˈnəmbər əv smɔl roʊlz ˈsutəbəl fər ə jəŋ bɔɪ ɪn ðə ɔn ˈʤərni. ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl hi ɪz pleɪɪŋ ə ˈjəŋgər ˈmɛmbər əv ðə wɔʧ, bət ˈθərˈtin ɪz ˈpʊʃɪŋ ɪt, ˈivɪn fər ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈvərʒən əv ðə wɔʧ. ɪf hi ɪz ˈsəmˌwən ðət ɪnˈkaʊnərz, ɪt wʊd ʤɛl wɪθ ðə ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən ðət ˈaɪslənd ɪz ˈlɑrʤli pleɪɪŋ ðə roʊl əv ðə ɪn
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day 17: season four filming in iceland begins by ours is the fury
with filming continuing in belfast and beginning in iceland this week, the notoriously huge cast of game of thrones grows larger every day. another child actor has been added to the ranks, and two uncertain returns have been confirmed.
according to the theatre workshop in england, one of their students, brenock o’connor has been cast in a role on the show. the casting is announced on both their facebook and their twitter, where his shooting location is noted:
brennock o'connor has just secured a role in game of thrones filming in iceland!! — the theatre workshop (@ttwuk) july 16, 2013
the actor’s age is listed as thirteen on his spotlight cv. o’connor featured in an episode of bbc’s holby city, played dodger in the uk tour of cameron mackintosh’s production of oliver!, and has several new roles in the works. o’connor is represented by mark jermin management.
in other thrones casting news, we have confirmation of two returns.
with tony way‘s tweets in the last few weeks mentioning belfast, it seemed a return to the show was in the cards and now we have confirmation on the actor’s cv, which states that he’s “currently filming on season four of hbo’s ‘game of thrones’ in which he returns to the role of dontos hollard.” many had speculated that the jester/ex-knight had been written out of the show entirely, so his return is a welcome surprise.
it looks like ramsay’s friend myranda will be back next season. charlotte hope is also confirmed to appear in season four via her cv. the director for her episodes is only listed as “various,” so the director was either unknown at the time of the cv updating, or hope will be in multiple episodes.
ours is the fury: o’connor could play any number of small roles suitable for a young boy in the riverlands on arya’s journey. it is possible he is playing a younger member of the night’s watch, but thirteen is pushing it, even for the tv version of the watch. if he is someone that arya encounters, it would gel with the speculation that iceland is largely playing the role of the riverlands in s4.
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hɪrz wət ju nid tɪ noʊ... ər ə pɑrt əv strɛŋθ ˈtreɪnɪŋ, bət ˈmɛni kən bi prɪˈvɛnɪd ɪf wi peɪ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ duɪŋ ðə θɪŋz wi doʊnt du ˈvɛri wɛl. ə skˈwɑtər ɪn ə plæˈtoʊ ʃʊd spɛnd səm taɪm duɪŋ boʊθ pɔz skwɑts ənd skwɑts, ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ˈgɪtɪŋ strɔŋ ənd ɪkˈsploʊsɪv. ðɪs wərk ʃʊd bi dən wɪθ ɛz ˈlɪtəl rɛst bɪtˈwin sɛts ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, ənd iʧ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv ʃʊd bi dən wɪθ ˈvaɪələns. ˈæftər ə blɑk ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ðiz skwɑt ˌvɛriˈeɪʃənz, ðə ˈlɪftər kən trænˈzɪʃən bæk tɪ loʊ bɑr skwɑts ənd ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈsɪriəs strɛŋθ geɪnz plæˈtoʊ ɪz ə ˈdərti wərd ɪn strɛŋθ ˈtreɪnɪŋ. ðɛrz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr dɪˈfitɪŋ ðən tɪ bi kənˈsɪstənt ɪn ˈɛvəri pɑrt əv ðə ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈpɛrəˌdaɪm ənd stɪl nɑt si ˈminɪŋfəl ˈprɑˌgrɛs. ˈtɪpɪkəli, ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðət wi gɪt tu ˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪn haʊ wi treɪn. ðɪs minz wi du ɔl ðə θɪŋz wɪr gʊd æt ənd ˌɪgˈnɔr ðə θɪŋz ðət meɪk ˈjuˈɛs ənˈkəmfərtəbəl. ðə səˈluʃən ɪz tɪ gɪt ril ənˈkəmfərtəbəl. ðə ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤ ædˈvæntɪʤ tɪ gɪt ril ənˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪn jʊr lɪfts, əˈdɑpt ə "ˈlɛvərɪʤ ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤ," wɪʧ minz jul bi ˈmuvɪŋ ðə bɑr θru ə ˈlɔŋgər reɪnʤ əv ˈmoʊʃən, ər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt weɪ əv ˈmuvɪŋ ðə bɑr θru speɪs. ə ˈlɛvərɪʤd ædˈvæntɪʤ wɪθ ðə seɪm ˈmuvmənt wʊd ˈɑbviəsli min ə ˈʃɔrtər reɪnʤ əv ˈmoʊʃən, ər ˈspɛndɪŋ lɛs taɪm ˈmuvɪŋ ðə bɑr θru speɪs. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, haɪ bɑr skwɑts kəmˈpɛrd tɪ loʊ bɑr skwɑts, ər pɔz skwɑts kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈrɛgjələr skˈwɑtɪŋ. əv kɔrs, ðɛr ər ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈdɪfərənsɪz kənˈsərnɪŋ haʊ iʧ ɪz pərˈfɔrmd. ðə ˈtɔrˌsoʊ tɛndz tɪ steɪ ˈəˌpraɪt wɪθ ə skwɑt, ðɛrz lɛs əv ə sɪt bæk, ənd ðə kwɑdz pleɪ ə ˈbɪgər roʊl. wɪθ ə loʊ bɑr skwɑt, ðə ˈlɪftər tɛndz tɪ bɛnd mɔr æt ðə weɪst, ðə hɪps gɪt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ənd ðə bɑr ɪz ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə ˈbɑdi. wɪn ju goʊ bæk tɪ ˈtreɪnɪŋ wɪθ ə loʊ bɑr ˈpleɪsmənt ənd ə bɛlt ər wɪθ ə bɛlt ənd ni ræps, ju ʃʊd si ə trɪˈmɛndəs əˈmaʊnt əv ˈkɛˌrjoʊvər, əˈspɛʃəli ɪf ju ˈproʊˌgræm ˈprɑpərli ɪn rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ bæk tɪ ðə ˈmuvmənt wɪθ ə ˈbɛtər ˈlɛvərɪʤ ædˈvæntɪʤ. lɛts ɪgˈzæmɪn haʊ tɪ sɛt əp ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm plæn fər ðə skˈwɑtər ðət wɔnts tɪ juz ðə tɪ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt "ˈhɑrdər" ˌvɛriˈeɪʃənz əv ðə ˈmuvmənt tɪ gɪt ˈbɛtər. pɔz skwɑts pɔz skwɑts juzd tɪ bi ðə ˈsteɪpəl əˈsɪstəns ˈmuvmənt fər powerlifters*. du tɪ ðə trɪˈmɛndəs ˌɪnˈkris ɪn rɑ ðiz deɪz, ɪts bɪˈkəm ə ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ wəns əˈgɛn. fər ˈstɑrtərz, ɪt bɪldz trɪˈmɛndəs ˈstɑrtɪŋ paʊər. ðɪs tɛndz tɪ ˈkɛˌrjoʊvər boʊθ tɪ ðə skwɑt ənd tɪ strɛŋθ ɔf ðə flɔr ɪn ðə deadlift*. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ hɛlps tiʧ ðə ˈæθˌlit tɪ gɪt taɪt (traɪ ˈsɪtɪŋ daʊn ɪn ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ə pɔz skwɑt ənd ðɛn ˈlɛtɪŋ ɔl əv jʊr ɛr aʊt, ʤɪst fər fən), steɪ taɪt, ənd sɪˈmɛnt wət filz bɛst fər ɪm ɪn tərmz əv ðə dɪˈsɛnt. ˈmɛni gaɪz kəmˈpleɪn ðət ðɛr skwɑt ˈnɛvər filz "raɪt." wɪθ pɔz skwɑts ju gɪt ˈvæljəbəl ˈfidˌbæk bɪˈkəz wɪn ju neɪl jʊr tɛkˈnik, jul fil strɔŋ ənd ˈpaʊərfəl aʊt əv ðə hoʊl. ɪf jʊr ɔf, ˈɪtəl fil laɪk ə bæd deɪ. fər ðɪs ˈsaɪkəl, pɔz skwɑts ʃʊd bi dən ˈjuzɪŋ ə haɪ bɑr, wɪˈθaʊt ə bɛlt. fər pɔz lɛŋθ, tu ˈsɛkəndz wɪl səˈfaɪs. ʤɪst meɪk ɪt ən ˈɑnəst tu ˈsɛkəndz. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈsaɪkəl ˈfɪgjər aʊt wət jʊd laɪk tɪ hɪt fər ə ˈsɑləd ˈtrɪpəl ɔn ðə pɔz skwɑt ənd plæn jʊr ˈsaɪkəl ɛz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd bɪˈloʊ. ɪf juv ˈnɛvər dən pɔz skwɑts ənd doʊnt noʊ wət jʊd laɪk tɪ hɪt, goʊ wɪθ 85 əv jʊr skwɑt mæks ənd pləg ðət ɪn. ə 100 wʊd bi wət ju wɔnt tɪ hɪt ɪn ðə pɔz skwɑt fər ə ˈtrɪpəl. soʊ ɪf jʊr ə skˈwɑtər, ðɛn 425 paʊnz wʊd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt 85 əv jʊr mæks. hɪrz ðə ˈsaɪkəl leɪd aʊt ɪn pərˈsɛnɪʤɪz fər ðə skˈwɑtər: wik sɛts rɛps weɪt wik sɛts rɛps weɪt 1 8 3 275 2 6 3 300 3 5 3 320 4 3 3 340 5 3 3 360 6 2 3 385 7 1 3 425 əv kɔrs, ə skˈwɑtər maɪt seɪ, "wət æm aɪ goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt aʊt əv ˈjuzɪŋ 275 ˈɔfən gaɪz skɔf æt ˈstɑrtɪŋ laɪt bɪˈkəz ɪts hɑrd fər ðɛm tɪ pʊt ðɛr ˈigoʊ əˈsaɪd. ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ˈstɑrtɪŋ laɪt ˈɔfərz ˈmɛni ˈbɛnəfɪts fər ˈræmpɪŋ əp tɪ ˈhɛviər weɪts iʧ wik. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈɛniˌwən huz ˈɛvər rən ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ laɪk ðɪs ˌəndərˈstændz haʊ iʧ wik bɪldz ɔn ðə ˈpriviəs. ju nid tɪ lʊk æt ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɛz ə sloʊ bɪld tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈgreɪtər, nɑt ɛz ˈsɪŋgjələr ˈsɛʃənz ðət hæv noʊ ˈrɛləvəns tɪ wət jul bi duɪŋ nɛkst wik. ðə ˈəðər pɑrt əv ðə ɪkˈweɪʒən ɪz ðət ðɪs wərk ʃʊd bi dən wɪθ ɛz ˈlɪtəl rɛst bɪtˈwin sɛts ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, ənd iʧ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv ʃʊd bi dən wɪθ ˈvaɪələns, heɪt, ənd ˈvɛnəm. pərˈfɔrm iʧ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv ɛz ɪf jʊr traɪɪŋ tɪ sɛnd ðə bɑr θru ðə ˈsilɪŋ. ɪf ju doʊnt θɪŋk ðɛrz ə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn ðə toʊl ðət duɪŋ rɛps ðɪs weɪ teɪks ɔn ju, ʤɪst traɪ ɪt. jul bi ˈvɛri səˈpraɪzd. ˈæftər ðə pɔz skwɑt ˈsaɪkəl, ðə nɛkst stɛp ɪz tɪ ˈproʊˌgræm ɪn ə ˈsaɪkəl əv noʊ bɛlt, skwɑts. haɪ bɑr, noʊ bɛlt ˈsaɪkəl fər ðɪs ˈsaɪkəl, sɛt əˈsaɪd ðə nɛkst 10 wiks ənd beɪs ðə ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ əraʊnd jʊr ˈɛvriˈdeɪ mæks (edm*). jʊr ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ju kʊd du ˈɛni deɪ əv ðə wik, wɪˈθaʊt məʧ ˈsaɪki. ˈbeɪsɪkli, ju kʊd stɪl du ðɪs sɪk, taɪərd, hung-over*, ˌwəˈtɛvər. səm ˈlɪftərz ˈfɪgjər ðɪs tɪ bi ɪn ðə reɪnʤ əv 90 əv ðɛr tru mæks. ðæts nɑt ə bæd ˈmɛθəd tɪ juz ənd tɛndz tɪ wərk wɛl. fər ðə nɛkst 10 wiks, jʊr goʊɪŋ tɪ du æt list 5 sɛts əv 5 ˈjuzɪŋ 60 əv ðət. əˈgɛn, waɪl ðɪs ˈdəzənt sim laɪk məʧ, ɪf ju pərˈfɔrm iʧ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv wɪθ ɛz məʧ fɔrs ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl ənd ˈwɪtəl daʊn jʊr rɛst ˈpɪriədz bɪtˈwin sɛts iʧ wik, jul faɪnd ðɪs tɪ bi hɑrd ənd pərˈdəktɪv wərk. ɪf ɪts ʤɪst tu dæm ˈizi, juz 70 əv jʊr ənd goʊ frəm ðɛr. ðə goʊl hir ɪz ˈsɪmpəl. ju wɔnt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ du ðə læst sɛt əv 5 rɛps wɪθ əˈlɑrmɪŋ spid θru ðə trænˈzɪʃən pɑrt əv ðə rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv (ˈʤɛnərəli wɛr ɪts ðə ˈhɑrdəst). ðət minz ɪn ðə læst sɛt əv 5 ˈɛvəri rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv ʃʊd bi ɪkˈsploʊsɪv ənd fæst. boom-boom-boom-boom-boom*. ræk ðə weɪt, fil laɪk ə ˈʧæmpiən. ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ðə 10 wiks, jul wɔnt tɪ stɑrt ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ jʊr ˈvɑljum, əp tɪ 8 sɛts əv 5 rɛps wɪθ ˈmɪnəməl rɛst bɪtˈwin sɛts. wɪn ju kən bæŋ aʊt 8 sɛts əv 5 wɪθ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl rɛst ənd iʧ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv lʊks laɪk jʊr biɪŋ ʃɑt aʊt əv ə ˈkænən, ju wɪl ˌɪnˈdid bi ˈstrɔŋgər. aɪv treɪnd ˈnumərəs gaɪz ðɪs weɪ ənd ðə rɪˈzəlts hæv bɪn sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈɛvəri taɪm. bæk tɪ ðə loʊ bɑr naʊ ðət ðə ˈlɪftər həz spɛnt ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ gɪt ˈbɛtər æt boʊθ pɔz skwɑts ənd haɪ bɑr skwɑts wɪθ noʊ bɛlt, hi ʃʊd bi ˈrɛdi tɪ teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðoʊz geɪnz ənd əˈplaɪ ðɛm tɪ ðə skwɑt wɪθ ə bɛlt ənd ni ræps. ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈpikɪŋ ˈsaɪkəl kən bi juzd tɪ gɪt ðə ˈlɪftər ˈrɛdi fər ˈiðər ðə ˈplætˌfɔrm ər ʤɪst tɪ ˈækləˌmeɪt tɪ ðə ˈmuvmənt əˈgɛn. juz ə sˈlaɪtli haɪər (əraʊnd 5 mɔr) ðən wət wɑz juzd ɔn ðə læst ˈsaɪkəl. ɛz ˌbiˈfɔr, noʊ rɛps ər weɪts ʃʊd ˈɛvər bi mɪst ɪn ə ˈpikɪŋ ˈsaɪkəl. wik ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti ɛks rɛps ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti ɛks sɛts ɛks rɛps 1 80 ɛks 1 70 ɛks 2 ɛks 8 2 85 ɛks 1 75 ɛks 2 ɛks 5 3 90 ɛks 1 80 ɛks 2 ɛks 5 4 60 ɛks 5 5 93 ɛks 1 85 ɛks 2 ɛks 3 ˈæftər ðɪs ˈsaɪkəl ɪz ˈoʊvər, ðə ˈlɪftər maɪt ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ tɛst ə nu mæks, kəmˈpit, ər ʤɪst teɪk ə wik ɔf ənd ˌdɪˈsaɪd wət tɪ du nɛkst. ˈiðər weɪ, ˈprɑˌgrɛs ʃʊd bi sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ɪf ðə ˈlɪftər wɑz ˈɑnəst wɪθ hɪz əˈbɪləˌtiz, plænd ˈprɑpərli, ənd pɔrd ˈɛnərʤi ˈɪntu ðə ˈtreɪnɪŋ plæn.
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here's what you need to know...
plateaus are a part of strength training, but many can be prevented if we pay attention to doing the things we don't do very well. a low-bar squatter in a plateau should spend some time doing both pause squats and high-bar squats, working on getting strong and explosive. this work should be done with as little rest between sets as possible, and each rep should be done with violence. after a 10-week block working with these squat variations, the lifter can transition back to low bar squats and experience serious strength gains
plateau is a dirty word in strength training. there's nothing more defeating than to be consistent in every part of the training paradigm and still not see meaningful progress. typically, the problem is that we get too comfortable in how we train. this means we do all the things we're good at and ignore the things that make us uncomfortable. the solution is to get real uncomfortable.
the disadvantage advantage
to get real uncomfortable in your lifts, adopt a "leverage disadvantage," which means you'll be moving the bar through a longer range of motion, or creating a more difficult way of moving the bar through space. a leveraged advantage with the same movement would obviously mean a shorter range of motion, or spending less time moving the bar through space. for example, high bar squats compared to low bar squats, or pause squats compared to regular squatting.
of course, there are technical differences concerning how each is performed. the torso tends to stay upright with a high-bar squat, there's less of a sit back, and the quads play a bigger role. with a low bar squat, the lifter tends to bend more at the waist, the hips get involved, and the bar is closer to the center of the body.
when you go back to training with a low bar placement and a belt or with a belt and knee wraps, you should see a tremendous amount of carryover, especially if you program properly in regards to acclimating back to the movement with a better leverage advantage.
let's examine how to set up a long-term plan for the low-bar squatter that wants to use the offseason to incorporate "harder" variations of the movement to get better.
pause squats
pause squats used to be the staple assistance movement for powerlifters. due to the tremendous increase in raw powerlifting these days, it's become a mainstay once again. for starters, it builds tremendous starting power. this tends to carryover both to the squat and to strength off the floor in the deadlift. it also helps teach the athlete to get tight (try sitting down in the bottom of a pause squat and then letting all of your air out, just for fun), stay tight, and cement what feels best for him in terms of the descent.
many guys complain that their squat never feels "right." with pause squats you get valuable feedback because when you nail your technique, you'll feel strong and powerful out of the hole. if you're off, it'll feel like a bad day.
for this cycle, pause squats should be done using a high bar, without a belt. for pause length, two seconds will suffice. just make it an honest two seconds.
the pause-squat only cycle
figure out what you'd like to hit for a solid triple on the pause squat and plan your cycle as outlined below. if you've never done pause squats and don't know what you'd like to hit, go with 85% of your squat max and plug that in.
a 100% would be what you want to hit in the pause squat for a triple. so if you're a 500-pound squatter, then 425 pounds would represent 85% of your max. here's the cycle laid out in percentages for the 500-pound squatter:
week sets reps weight week sets reps weight 1 8 3 275 2 6 3 300 3 5 3 320 4 3 3 340 5 3 3 360 6 2 3 385 7 1 3 425
of course, a 500-pound squatter might say, "what am i going to get out of using 275?" often guys scoff at starting light because it's hard for them to put their ego aside. understand that starting light offers many benefits for ramping up to heavier weights each week.
however, anyone who's ever run programming like this understands how each week builds on the previous. you need to look at training as a slow build to something greater, not as singular sessions that have no relevance to what you'll be doing next week.
the other part of the equation is that this work should be done with as little rest between sets as possible, and each rep should be done with violence, hate, and venom. perform each rep as if you're trying to send the bar through the ceiling. if you don't think there's a difference in the toll that doing reps this way takes on you, just try it. you'll be very surprised.
after the pause squat cycle, the next step is to program in a cycle of no belt, high-bar squats.
high bar, no belt cycle
for this cycle, set aside the next 10 weeks and base the programming around your everyday max (edm). your edm is something you could do any day of the week, without much psyche. basically, you could still do this sick, tired, hung-over, whatever.
some lifters figure this to be in the range of 90% of their true max. that's not a bad method to use and tends to work well. for the next 10 weeks, you're going to do at least 5 sets of 5 using 60% of that edm. again, while this doesn't seem like much, if you perform each rep with as much force as possible and whittle down your rest periods between sets each week, you'll find this to be hard and productive work. if it's just too damn easy, use 70% of your edm and go from there.
the goal here is simple. you want to be able to do the last set of 5 reps with alarming speed through the transition part of the rep (generally where it's the hardest). that means in the last set of 5, every rep should be explosive and fast. boom-boom-boom-boom-boom. rack the weight, feel like a champion.
over the course of the 10 weeks, you'll want to start increasing your volume, up to 8 sets of 5 reps with minimal rest between sets. when you can bang out 8 sets of 5 with very little rest and each rep looks like you're being shot out of a cannon, you will indeed be stronger. i've trained numerous guys this way and the results have been significant every time.
back to the low bar
now that the lifter has spent a significant period of time working to get better at both pause squats and high bar squats with no belt, he should be ready to take advantage of those gains and apply them to the low-bar squat with a belt and knee wraps.
a simple 5-week peaking cycle can be used to get the lifter ready for either the platform or just to acclimate to the movement again. use a slightly higher edm (around 5% more) than what was used on the last cycle. as before, no reps or weights should ever be missed in a peaking cycle.
week intensity x reps intensity x sets x reps 1 80% x 1 70% x 2 x 8 2 85% x 1 75% x 2 x 5 3 90% x 1 80% x 2 x 5 4 deload 60% x 5 5 93% x 1 85% x 2 x 3
after this cycle is over, the lifter might decide to test a new max, compete, or just take a week off and decide what to do next. either way, progress should be significant if the lifter was honest with his abilities, planned properly, and poured energy into the training plan.
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ˈʤɛrəˌmi ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd ˈɛnərʤi ˈpɑləsi ɪz ə flɛʃt aʊt ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈpɑləsi hi əˈnaʊnst læst jɪr. ɪt ʃoʊz æt hɪz moʊst ˈrædɪkəl ənd ˈvɪʒəˌnɛri. ˈɛniˌwən hu kɛrz əˈbaʊt ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˈjumən ʃʊd rɛd ɪt ənd ˈræli tɪ ðə ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti tɪ meɪk ɪt ə ˌriˈæləˌti. brɔd ˈvɪʒən ɪz tɪ sɑlv ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ˈkraɪsəs waɪlst meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ˈsɛnʧəri ˈlɛvəl əv məˈtɪriəl wɛlθ ənd əˈbəndəns. hɪz prəˈpoʊzd ˈnæʃənəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt bæŋk wɪl prəˈvaɪd ˈbɪljən əv ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt, kriˈeɪtɪŋ grin ʤɑbz ðət wɪl ðə trænˈzɪʃən tɪ ə economy”*”. ðə plænz ər æmˈbɪʃəs ənd ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv. ðeɪ ˌɪnˈklud: ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən tɪ treɪn əp ə nu ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən əv ˈwərkərz, ˈstrætəʤiz tɪ hɛlp ˈɪndəstriz, dɪˌvərsəfəˈkeɪʃən əv ˈloʊkəl ɪˈkɑnəmiz ənd ʤɑb prəˈtɛkʃən fər ðoʊz dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn ˈɪndəstriz, ənd ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈgəvərnmənt bækt r&d*. ðə plænz ˌɪnˈklud æˈdrɛsɪŋ weɪst θru ə ˈmæsɪv ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv, ə ənd ˈɪnsəˌleɪtɪŋ ˈproʊˌgræm ənd ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv klin ˈɛnərʤi ˈstɔrɪʤ. ðə ˈpɑləsi ɪz kənˈsərnd wɪθ ðə ˈjumən kɔsts əv ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃən. ɪt prəˈpoʊzɪz plænz tɪ ˈtækəl ɛr pəˈluʃən, rɪˈdus fjuəl ˈpɑvərti ənd əˈlaʊ ˈgreɪtər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈneɪʧər. sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ɪt ˈplɛʤɪz tɪ ə prɪˈkɔʃənɛri ˈprɪnsəpəl tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd ˈpipəl frəm hɑrm nɑt ə əˈproʊʧ əˈlaʊɪŋ ðə ˈrɪʧəst ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz ənd ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz tɪ rɛk ɑr planet.”*.” ðɛr ər θɪŋz ðət wi maɪt criticise*. ðə plæn meɪks noʊ ˈmɛnʃən əv ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi ə ˈlɪtəl ˌʃɔrtˈsaɪtəd. ˈsaɪəntɪsts ðə wərld ˈoʊvər ər ˈreɪsɪŋ tɪ meɪk ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən əv ˈnukliər paʊər ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ, ˈʧaɪnə, ˈɪndiə ənd ðɛr ər ˈprɑʤɛkts ðət ər kloʊz tɪ prəˈdusɪŋ seɪf, klin, ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi fər ðə mæs ˈmɑrkɪt. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈrizən waɪ ˈnukliər ʃʊd nɑt bi pɑrt əv ðə ˈpɪkʧər. mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli, ðə veɪg plɛʤ tɪ ““socialise”*” ðə bɪg sɪks ˈɛnərʤi ˈkəmpəˌniz frəm læst ˈlidərˌʃɪp reɪs həz bɪn ˌriˈpleɪst wɪθ ə plɛʤ tɪ prəˈmoʊt ˈoʊvər 200 ˌnɑnˈprɔfɪt ˈɛnərʤi companies”*” ənd koʊˈɑprətɪvz ˈviə ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt bæŋk. ɪt ɪz ənˈklɪr baɪ wət ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm paʊər wɪl pæs frəm ðə bɪg sɪks tɪ ðiz micro-generators*. ɪt ɪz kənˈsivəbəl ðət təf ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən ənd ðə kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ə ʤɪst trænˈzɪʃən fər ˈɛnərʤi ˈwərkərz, wɪl fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ðə ˈdaʊnˌfɔl əv ðə bɪg sɪks. bət waɪ nɑt ˈsɪmpli ðiz fərmz ənd pleɪs ðɛm ˈəndər ˈwərkər ənd kəmˈjunɪti kənˈtroʊl frəm ðə ˈaʊtˌsɛt? ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ə ˈnæʃənəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt bæŋk wɪθ ˈkæpɪtəl ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd frəm ˈgəvərnmənt dɛt, waɪ nɑt ˈsɪmpli ðə ˈpraɪvətli oʊnd bæŋks? dɪˈspaɪt ðiz ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlz, ðə ˈgreɪtər ˈdeɪnʤər ɪz əˈvɔɪdɪd. ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈpɑləˌtɪks, spəˈsɪfɪkli ðə taɪp prəˈmoʊtəd baɪ ðə grin ˈpɑrti, ɪz ˈrɪdəld wɪθ mɪθs əˈbaʊt ˈgridi juˈmænɪti ənd ˈrisɔrs dɪˈpliʃən. ˈkaʊntərz ðɪs wɪθ ˈpɑləsi ðət əˈsərts ðə kəmˌpætəˈbɪləˌti əv səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti ənd əˈbəndəns. wɪθ plænd weɪst ˈmænɪʤmənt ənd ə ˈɛnərʤi səˈplaɪ, ɑr ˈspiʃiz kʊd məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt ðə ˈrisɔrsɪz ˈɛni wɪʧ weɪ ɪt laɪks, waɪlst əˈvɔɪdɪŋ ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. ˈpraɪvət ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp əv ðə minz əv pərˈdəkʃən, ən ɪˈkɑnəmi rən fər ˈprɑfɪt, ɪz ðə bɪg ˈɑbstəkəl tɪ ðɪs ˈræʃənəl juz əv ˈrisɔrsɪz. ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl plæn pɔɪnt ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ðə raɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪn tɪ ˈʧælənʤ ðə kəˈmænd əv ˈkæpɪtəl ˈoʊvər ɑr ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd fˈjuʧər.
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jeremy corbyn’s environment and energy policy is a fleshed out version of the policy he announced last year. it shows corbyn at his most radical and visionary. anyone who cares about the future of human civilisation should read it and rally to the labour party to make it a reality.
corbyn’s broad vision is to solve the climate crisis whilst maintaining 21st century level of material wealth and abundance. his proposed national investment bank will provide £500 billion of investment, creating 300,000 green jobs that will “accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy”.
the plans are ambitious and comprehensive. they include: education programmes to train up a new generation of workers, strategies to help decarbonise carbon-intensive industries, diversification of local economies and job protection for those dependent on carbon-intensive industries, and extensive government backed r&d.
the plans include addressing waste through a massive tree-planting initiative, a home-building and insulating programme and the development of clean energy storage. the policy is concerned with the human costs of environmental degradation. it proposes plans to tackle air pollution, reduce fuel poverty and allow greater access to nature. significantly it pledges to “use a precautionary principle to protect the environment and people from harm — not a pay-to-pollute approach allowing the richest corporations and individuals to wreck our planet.”
there are things that we might criticise. the corbyn plan makes no mention of nuclear energy — a little short-sighted. scientists the world over are racing to make the next generation of nuclear power plants.in the usa, china, india and scandanavia there are projects that are tantalisingly close to producing safe, clean, non-weaponisable nuclear energy for the mass market. there is no reason why nuclear should not be part of the picture.
more importantly, the vague pledge to “socialise” the big six energy companies from last year’s leadership race has been replaced with a pledge to promote over 200 non-profit “local energy companies” and 1,000 cooperatives via the national investment bank. it is unclear by what mechanism power will pass from the big six to these micro-generators. it is conceivable that tough regulation and the commitment to ensure a just transition for energy workers, will facilitate the downfall of the big six. but why not simply nationalise these firms and place them under worker and community control from the outset?
instead of a national investment bank with capital generated from government debt, why not simply nationalise the privately owned banks? despite these shortfalls, the greater danger is avoided. environmental politics, specifically the type promoted by the green party, is riddled with primitivist neo-malthusian myths about greedy humanity and resource depletion. corbyn counters this with policy that asserts the compatibility of sustainability and abundance.
with planned waste management and a zero-carbon energy supply, our species could manipulate the earth’s resources any which way it likes, whilst avoiding catastrophic climate change. private ownership of the means of production, an economy run for profit, is the big obstacle to this rational use of resources. corbyn’s environmental plan point us in the right direction to challenge the command of capital over our environment and future.
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aɪv bɪn ˈlərnɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈkərnəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ənd dɪˈskəvərɪŋ ðət, nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋli, ɪts ˈvɛri, ˈvɛri sloʊ tɪ kəmˈpaɪl ɔn ə ˈræzˌbɛri paɪ. soʊ, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt haʊ tɪ kəmˈpaɪl ðə paɪ ˈkərnəl ɔn ə nis fæst ˈfərstli, gɪt ðə ˈkərnəl ˈsɔrsəz tɪ ə ˈəndər ə ˈjuzər ˈproʊˌfaɪl: ˈsiˈdi koʊ/ ˈsiˈdi nɛkst, wi nid tɪ sɛt səm ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈvɛriəbəlz: ˈɛkspɔrt ˈɛkspɔrt ðɛn, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ wi nid ðə kərn bɪld tulz, soʊ bɪld ðoʊz: meɪk ðɛn ˈfaɪnəli, bɪld ðə ˈkərnəl meɪk ðə kəmˈplitɪd ˈkərnəl ʃʊd ʃoʊ əp ɪn '/storage/home/tom/fbsd/obj/arm.armv6/storage/home/tom/fbsd/src/freebsd/sys/rpi-b*'. ðɛr wɪl bi ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv .koʊ faɪlz ɪn ðɛr ənd əv kɔrs ə faɪl neɪmd "ˈkərnəl". ˈkɑpi ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ tɪ ðə dɪˈrɛktəri '/boot/kernel*' ɔn ðə ˈræzˌbɛri paɪ, ənd riˈbut.
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i've been learning about freebsd kernel development, and discovering that, not surprisingly, it's very, very slow to compile on a raspberry pi. so, i decided to figure out how to compile the pi kernel on a nice fast amd-64.
firstly, get the kernel sources to a subdirectory under a non-root user profile:
mkdir fbsd cd fbsd svn co http://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/base/head src/freebsd/ cd src/freebsd
next, we need to set some environment variables:
export makeobjdirprefix=/storage/home/tom/fbsd/obj export target_arch=armv6
then, in order to cross-compile we need the kern build tools, so build those:
make kernel-toolchain
then finally, build the kernel
make buildkernel kernconf=rpi-b
the completed kernel should show up in '/storage/home/tom/fbsd/obj/arm.armv6/storage/home/tom/fbsd/src/freebsd/sys/rpi-b'. there will be a large number of .ko files in there and of course a file named "kernel". copy everything to the directory '/boot/kernel' on the raspberry pi, and reboot.
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ɔn meɪ 1st*, 1863 ˈsɑləmən kɑn bɔt ə vaɪəˈlɪn ɪn ˈnæʃvɪl, ˌtɛnəˈsi. baɪ ðə ɛnd əv hɪz jɪrz ɛz ən ˈɪnfæntrimən ɪn ˈkəmpəˌni bi əv ðə ˌɪndiˈænə ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz, ɪt ˈɪntu ə ˈdaɪəri, ˌɪnˈskraɪbɪŋ ɪts wʊd wɪθ ə lɪst əv hɪz əv ðə moʊst ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈɑrtəˌfækts tɪ sərˈvaɪv ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr. dɪd nɑt pleɪ ðə ˈɪnstrəmənt hɪmˈsɛlf, hi bɔt ɪt fər hɪz unit,”*,” sɪz kæθˈlin ˈgoʊldən, ə ˈkjʊrətər æt ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhɪstəri mˈjuziəm, wɛr ðə vaɪəˈlɪn ɪz hɛld. bət ɛz bi ˈkəmpəˌni muvd əˈkrɔs ðə saʊθ, ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈbætəl əv ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 1863 ðə ˈbætəl əv ˈkɛnəˌsɔ ˈmaʊntən ɪn ʤun 1864 ənd ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ɪn mɑrʧ tɪ ðə si, kɑn ˈgræʤuəli kɑrvd ˌɪnˈskrɪpʃənz əv hɪz ˈwɔrˌtaɪm ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈɪntu ðə bæk ənd saɪdz əv ðə ˈɪnstrəmənt. ər ˈrəfli 30 ˈbætəlz ɔn hir, ənd ˈoʊnli ɔn ðə lɛft ənd raɪt side,”*,” ˈgoʊldən sɪz. nɑt ʤɪst ˈbætəlz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈskərmɪʃɪz ənd ʤɪst ˈpleɪsɪz ðeɪ visited.”*.” æt ðə taɪm, ˈmeɪkɪŋ mˈjuzɪk wɑz ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt pɑrt əv ə ˈɛvriˈdeɪ laɪf. ɪn ə wɔr, lɔt əv downtime,”*,” ˈgoʊldən sɪz, ənd ˌɔlˈðoʊ kɑn hɪmˈsɛlf dɪd nɑt pleɪ, ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv hɪz ˈjunɪt meɪ hæv pɪkt əp hɪz ˈfɪdəl ənd pleɪd ɪt. ˌɛnərˈteɪnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ə lɔt əv ˈdɪfərənt weɪz, ənd mˈjuzɪk wɑz wən əv them.”*.” moʊst ˈɪnstrəmənts ˈkɛrid ɪn ˈbætəl, ðoʊ, wər mɔr ˈdʊrəbəl ənd ˈkɑmpækt, səʧ ɛz ðə ˈbjugəl ənd drəm ɔn dɪˈspleɪ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə vaɪəˈlɪn ɛz pɑrt əv ðə ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən, praɪs əv ˈfridəm: əˈmɛrɪkənz æt war.”*.” ˈɪnstrəmənts wər ˈiziər tɪ ˈkɛri, laɪk ə flut ər fife,”*,” ˈgoʊldən sɪz. ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ tu jɪrz ɪn ˈbætəl dɪd meɪk ɪts mɑrk ɔn ðə vaɪəˈlɪn. strɪŋz ərˈɪʤənəl, ðeɪ wər ˌriˈpleɪst, ənd pɑrt əv ðə vaɪəˈlɪn hæd ˈbroʊkən ɔf ənd wɑz fixed,”*,” sɪz ˈgoʊldən. ɪt ˈmænɪʤd tɪ goʊ θru ðə wɔr ˈsəmˈwət ˌɪnˈtækt, ənd ðɛn sərˈvaɪvd ɪn ðə family.”*.” kɑn daɪd ɪn 1926 ənd pæst ɪt ɔn tɪ hɪz ˈgrændˌsənz, ˈwɪljəm ənd ˈʤæksən kɑn. ðeɪ ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd ɪt tɪ ðə ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən ɪn 1988 125 jɪrz ˈæftər ðɛr ˈgrænˌfɑðər bɔt ɪt æt ðə haɪt əv ðə wɔr. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə mˈjuziəm həz ə troʊv əv ˈɑrtəˌfækts frəm ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr, ðɛr ər ˈoʊnli ə fju laɪk ðə vaɪəˈlɪn. ðɪs vaɪəˈlɪn ɪz ˈfɛrli unique,”*,” ˈgoʊldən sɪz. ɪt tɛlz story.”*.”
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on may 1st, 1863, solomon conn bought a violin in nashville, tennessee. by the end of his years as an infantryman in company b of the 87th indiana volunteers, he’d re-purposed it into a diary, inscribing its wood with a list of his travels—one of the most unusual artifacts to survive the civil war.
“conn did not play the instrument himself, he bought it for his unit,” says kathleen golden, a curator at the american history museum, where the violin is held. but as b company moved across the south, fighting in the battle of chickamauga in september 1863, the battle of kennesaw mountain in june 1864 and joining in sherman’s march to the sea, conn gradually carved inscriptions of his wartime experience into the back and sides of the instrument.
“there are roughly 30 battles on here, and that’s only on the left and right side,” golden says. “and it’s not just battles, but also skirmishes and just places they visited.”
at the time, making music was a significant part of a soldier’s everyday life. ”when you’re in a war, there’s lot of downtime,” golden says, and although conn himself did not play, other members of his unit may have picked up his fiddle and played it. “soldiers entertained themselves a lot of different ways, and music was one of them.”
most instruments carried in battle, though, were more durable and compact, such as the bugle and drum on display along with the violin as part of the museum’s exhibition, “the price of freedom: americans at war.” “most instruments were easier to carry, like a flute or fife,” golden says.
enduring two years in battle did make its mark on the violin. “the strings aren’t original, they were replaced, and part of the violin had broken off and was fixed,” says golden. “but it managed to go through the war somewhat intact, and then survived in the family.”
conn died in 1926, and passed it on to his grandsons, william and jackson conn. they donated it to the institution in 1988, 125 years after their grandfather bought it at the height of the war.
although the museum has a trove of artifacts from the civil war, there are only a few like the violin. “but this violin is fairly unique,” golden says. it tells someone’s story.”
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ðə æbˈskɑndɪŋ eɪθ əˈkjuzd ɪn ðə gæŋ reɪp əv ə ˈstudənt ɪn ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈkæmpəs læst jɪr, wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ˈtuzˌdeɪ sɪks deɪz ˈæftər ə fæst træk ˈsɛntənst sɪks əv hɪz əˈkɑmpləsəz tɪ laɪf ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt. ˈeɪliəs, 24 hu heɪlz frəm ðə ˈneɪbərɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkt ənd wɑz æbˈskɑndɪŋ sɪns ðə deɪt əv kraɪm (ɔkt 10 2012 həz bɪn ərˈɛstɪd baɪ ðə pəˈlis təˈdeɪ (ˈtuzˌdeɪ)," ə ˈsinjər pəˈlis əˈfɪʃəl toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz hir. ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈkjuzd əv biɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ˈərliər ɪn θri ˈəðər ˈkrɪmənəl ˈkeɪsɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈmərdər ənd ˈrɑbəri. "ðə fæst træk həz rɪˈmændɪd tɪ 14 deɪz ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈkəstədi ˈæftər hi wɑz prəˈdust ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈsɛʃənz' ʤəʤ (keɪ. sangannavar*) fər ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən ənd ˈfərðər əˈdɪʃənəl kəˈmɪʃənər əv pəˈlis ˈkeɪməl pænt. ɛz ðə ˈsɛvənθ əˈkjuzd ɪz ə ˈmaɪnər, hi ɪz biɪŋ traɪd ˈsɛpərətli ɪn ðə ˈʤuvəˌnaɪl ˈʤəstɪs hir. "ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən wɪl sik ˈstrɪnʤənt ˈpənɪʃmənt tɪ ɛz ɪn ðə keɪs əv sɪks ˈkɑnvɪkts soʊ ðət ðə ˈsɛntəns wɪl dɪˈtər ˈəðərz frəm ˌɪnˈdəlʤɪŋ ɪn səʧ ə ˈheɪnəs kraɪm," pænt sɛd. ðə ˈvɪktɪm, hu heɪlz frəm nəˈpɔl, wɑz ðə θərd jɪr ˈstudənt əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl skul əv ˈɪndiə ˌjunəˈvərsəti, wɪʧ ɪz əˈʤeɪsənt tɪ ðə ˈkæmpəs, əˈbaʊt frəm ðə ˈsɪti ˈsɛntər. ðə sɪks əˈkjuzd wər kənˈvɪktəd ˈəndər ˈsɛkʃən 376 (ʤi) əv ðə ˈɪndiən ˈpinəl koʊd fər gang-rape*, wɪʧ ˈkɛriz ə ˈmæksəməm ˈsɛntəns əv laɪf ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt, ənd ˈəðər ˈrɛləvənt ˈsɛkʃənz əv ðə ipc*. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈpəblɪk ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər kuˈmɑr bɑt, ðə kɔrt hæd ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈrɛktɪd ðə ˈvɪktɪm tɪ kleɪm ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən fər ðə ˈfɪzɪkəl skɑr ənd ˈlæstɪŋ ˈmɛntəl skɑr frəm ðə ˈkrɪmənəl ˈɪnʤəriz bɔrd. "ˈʤəstəˌfaɪɪŋ ðə ˈmæksəməm ˈsɛntəns, ðə ʤəʤ sɛd ˈpənɪʃmənt ʃʊd mit ðə ˈsɪriəsnəs ənd ˈgrævɪti əv ðə kraɪm, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈvɑlvd nɑt ʤɪst ðə ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈtɔrʧər, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈmɛntəl ˈtrɔmə əv ðə ˈvɪktɪm ðət woʊnt goʊ əˈweɪ fər lɔŋ taɪm," bɑt sɛd kˈwoʊtɪŋ frəm ðə ˈʤəʤmənt. ðə ʤəʤ ˈɔlsoʊ tʊk ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt ðə ˈpjubɪk əˈbhɔrəns əv səʧ ˈheɪnəs kraɪmz ɪn ˈrisənt taɪmz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri ɪn ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ˈlaɪfər fər ðə kənˈvɪktəd. ðə sɪks ˈkɑnvɪkts ˈrɑmə ənd (boʊθ 23 jɪrz), maddura*, ənd (ɔl 20 jɪrz) ənd 19 jɪrz) ər ˈrɛzɪdənts əv ˈrʊrəl ənd ˈdɪstrɪkts. ðə ˈɪnsədənt tʊk pleɪs wɪn ðə ˈvɪktɪm wɑz ɔn ə wɔk ɪn ðə ˈsprɔlɪŋ grin ˈkæmpəs əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hər meɪl frɛnd. ˈteɪkɪŋ ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðə sɪˈkludɪd spɑt ənd ˈdɑrknəs, ðə gæŋ bæʃt əp ðə frɛnd ənd ˈsɛkʃuəli əˈsɔltɪd ðə ˈvɪktɪm ˈæftər ˈteɪkɪŋ hər ˈfɔrsəbli ˈɪntu ðə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈbʊʃəz.
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the absconding eighth accused in the gang rape of a student in university campus last year, was arrested tuesday - six days after a fast track sentenced six of his accomplices to life imprisonment.
"muthuraj alias raja, 24, who hails from the neighbouring ramanagar district and was absconding since the date of crime (oct 10, 2012) has been arrested by the jnana bharati police today (tuesday)," a senior police official told reporters here.
raja is also accused of being involved earlier in three other criminal cases, including attempt to murder and robbery.
"the fast track has remanded raja to 14 days judicial custody after he was produced before the sessions' judge (k. sangannavar) for interrogation and further investigation,"said additional commissioner of police kamal pant.
as the seventh accused is a minor, he is being tried separately in the juvenile justice here.
"the prosecution will seek stringent punishment to raja as in the case of six convicts so that the sentence will deter others from indulging in such a heinous crime," pant said.
the 21-year-old victim, who hails from nepal, was the third year student of the state-run national school of india university, which is adjacent to the jnana bharati campus, about 20km from the city centre.
the six accused were convicted under section 376 (g) of the indian penal code for gang-rape, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, and other relevant sections of the ipc.
according to public prosecutor sanjya kumar bhatt, the court had also directed the victim to claim compensation for the physical scar and lasting mental scar from the criminal injuries board.
"justifying the maximum sentence, the judge said punishment should meet the seriousness and gravity of the crime, which involved not just the physical torture, but also the mental trauma of the victim that won't go away for long time," bhatt said quoting from the judgement.
the judge also took into account the pubic abhorrence of such heinous crimes in recent times across the country in deciding lifer for the convicted.
the six convicts -- rama and yaliyaiah (both 23 years), maddura, shivanna and erayya (all 20 years) and doddaerayya (19 years) - are residents of rural and ramnagara districts.
the incident took place when the victim was on a walk in the sprawling green campus along with her male friend.
taking advantage of the secluded spot and darkness, the gang bashed up the friend and sexually assaulted the victim after taking her forcibly into the nearby bushes.
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4mdoom* ˈbeɪtə ɪz ə nu ˈlɪnəks ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən beɪst ɔn ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən ənd ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈbutɪŋ dɪˈrɛkli ˈɪntu ə geɪm, wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni kaɪnd əv ˈəðər ˈdɛskˌtɑp ər ˈfiʧərz. ðɪs ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli wən əv ðə ˈwɪrdəst ˈlɪnəks əraʊnd. wən θɪŋ ɪz ˈsərtən, ðɛr ˈɑrənt tu ˈmɛni ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz aʊt ðɛr ˈbutɪŋ dɪˈrɛkli ˈɪntu ə geɪm, soʊ ɪf jʊr ə fæn əv ðə dum geɪmz, ənd əv ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, ðɛn ðɪs ɪz ɪgˈzæktli wət jʊr ˈlʊkɪŋ fər. həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ə bɪg fæn əv ˈklæsɪk əp' geɪmz. ɪz ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ fps*, wɪʧ ɪz ˈəndər kənˈtɪnjuəs dɪˈvɛləpmənt, soʊ noʊ ˈwəndər ðət ðɪs geɪm ɪz ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɛtər ənd ˈbɛtər. wɪl traɪ tɪ loʊd ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd dɪˈspleɪ ˈdraɪvərz fər jʊr ˈvɪdioʊ kɑrd. bət ɪf jʊr ɪz ənsəˈpɔrtɪd, ˈdraɪvərz wɪl bi juzd ˌɪnˈstɛd.," roʊt ðə dɪˈvɛləpər. həz səm ˈfɪnəki kənˈtroʊlz ənd ɪts hɑrd tɪ ˈmænɪʤ, bət ɪts ənd ɪt lʊks məʧ mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ðən ðə ərˈɪʤənəl dum dɪd. ɪts ˈɔlsoʊ ə lɔt mɔr ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ənd ˈivɪn ˈvɛtərən ˈjuzərz wɪl faɪnd ɪt kwaɪt ˈdɪfəkəlt. ju kən ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈbeɪtə frəm ənd gɪv ɪt ə spɪn. ju kænt ˌɪnˈstɔl ðɪs distro*, bət ɪt rənz ˈvɛri wɛl ɛz ə lɪv ˈsiˈdi ənd ɪt həz ˈvɛri loʊ ˈsɪstəm rɪkˈwaɪrmənts.
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4mdoom 11.0 beta is a new linux distribution based on 4mlinux distribution and basically booting directly into a game, without any kind of other desktop or features.
this is probably one of the weirdest linux distros around. one thing is certain, there aren't too many operating systems out there booting directly into a game, so if you're a fan of the doom games, and of freedoom in particular, then this is exactly what you're looking for.
"4mlinux has always been a big fan of classic 'shoot'em up' games. freedoom is an amazing fps, which is under continuous development, so no wonder that this game is getting better and better. 4mlinux will try to load dedicated display drivers for your video card. but if your gpu is unsupported, 2d drivers will be used instead.," wrote the developer.
freedoom has some finicky controls and it's hard to manage, but it's playable and it looks much more interesting than the original doom did. it's also a lot more challenging and even veteran users will find it quite difficult.
you can download 4mdoom 11.0 beta from softpedia and give it a spin. you can't install this distro, but it runs very well as a live cd and it has very low system requirements.
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ənd wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ hɛlθ kɛr, ðə əˈpɛrəntli ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ goʊ ðə ˈrizən soʊ məʧ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn hu ˈdɑnəld trəmp wɪl ʧuz fər ˈvɛriəs pəˈzɪʃənz ɪn hɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈprɪnsəpəl: ˌpərsəˈnɛl ɪz ˈpɑləsi. wi wɔnt tɪ noʊ wət ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wɪl du wəns ɪn paʊər, soʊ wi kip ən aɪ ɔn hɪz ˈkæbənət ənd waɪt haʊs səˈlɛkʃənz tɪ gɪt ə sɛns əv ðə nɛkst waɪt ˈsəbstəntɪv wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ hɛlθ kɛr, ðə əˈpɛrəntli ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ goʊ ɪn ə ˈvɛri ˈdeɪnʤərəs dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ˈdɑnəld trəmp əˈnaʊnst ˈtuzˌdeɪ ðət hi wɪl ˈnɑməˌneɪt ˈʤɔrʤə rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. tɑm praɪs tɪ hɛd ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv hɛlθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz. ðə pɪk, wɪʧ rikˈwaɪərz ˈsɛnɪt ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən, ˌɪnˈsərts wən əv moʊst ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən ˈkrɪtɪks ˈɪntu ðə ki pəˈzɪʃən tɪ dɪsˈmænəl ɪt ənd hɛlp rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈɪmpləmənt ðɛr oʊn ˈbluˌprɪnt fər hɛlθ kɛr rɪˈfɔrm. ɪt wɑz ðə seɪm jɪr praɪs bət praɪs, ən ˌɔrθəˈpidɪk ˈsərʤɪn baɪ treɪd, ɪz praɪˈmɛrəli ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn hɛlθ kɛr wɪʧ fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmeɪnˌstrim, gʊd nuz. ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz həz spɛnt ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz kruˈseɪdɪŋ tɪ rɪˈpil ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt, ənd naʊ ˈdɑnəld trəmp ɪz pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ praɪs tɪ du ɪgˈzæktli ðət. noʊt, ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ ðət ˈmɛni haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɛnˈdɔrst ðə ˈækə prəˈvɪʒən ðət rikˈwaɪərz ˌɪnˈʃʊrərz tɪ əkˈsɛpt ɔl ˈæplɪkənts, rəˈgɑrdləs əv kənˈdɪʃənz. ɛz ðə ˈhəfɪŋtən ˈʤɑnəθən koʊn bɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ kərɪr fər jɪrz, ənd hɑrd tɪ ˈoʊvərˌsteɪt ʤɪst haʊ kənˈsərvətɪv hi ɪz ɔn, wɛl, ˈpræktɪkəli ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. ðə ˈʤɔrʤə ˈkɑŋgrəsmən, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪz ˈvɪrələntli ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ɔɪl spɪl, praɪs ˈsaɪdɪd wɪθ ðə ɔɪl ʤaɪənt ənd ɪn 2011 hi hɛlpt kriˈeɪt congress’*’ ti ˈpɑrti ˈkɔkəs. (ə jɪr ˈleɪtər, praɪs simd kənfˈjuzd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈminɪŋ əv ðə wərd wɑz ðə seɪm jɪr praɪs kənˈsɪdərd ˈrənɪŋ əˈgɛnst ʤɑn ˈboʊnər fər ðə haʊs ˈgævəl bɪˈkəz hi kənˈsɪdərd ðə oʊˈhaɪoʊ rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃəntli praɪs, ən ˌɔrθəˈpidɪk ˈsərʤɪn baɪ treɪd, ɪz praɪˈmɛrəli ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn hɛlθ kɛr wɪʧ fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmeɪnˌstrim, gʊd nuz. ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz həz spɛnt ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz kruˈseɪdɪŋ tɪ rɪˈpil ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt, ənd naʊ ˈdɑnəld trəmp ɪz pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ praɪs tɪ du ɪgˈzæktli that.note*, ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ ðət ˈmɛni haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɛnˈdɔrst ðə ˈækə prəˈvɪʒən ðət rikˈwaɪərz ˌɪnˈʃʊrərz tɪ əkˈsɛpt ɔl ˈæplɪkənts, rəˈgɑrdləs əv kənˈdɪʃənz. ə ˈtɛrəbəl aɪˈdiə praɪs sɛd æt ðə ðə ˈhəfɪŋtən ˈʤɑnəθən koʊn ɪkˈspleɪnd praɪs dɪd riˈlis hɪz oʊn ˈækə ɔlˈtərnətɪv wɪʧ wɑz ˈnɛvər ɛnˈdɔrst ər ɛmˈbreɪst baɪ hɪz ˈlidərz wɪʧ simz əˈspɛʃəli ˈrɛləvənt naʊ. ˌɪnˈʃʊrərz kʊd ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ səm əv ðə ˈpræktɪsɪz ðət naʊ proʊˈhɪbəts laɪk ˈsɛlɪŋ plænz ənd, ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ˈkəvərɪʤ tɪ ˈpipəl wɪθ kənˈdɪʃənz. prəˈpoʊzəl wʊd ˈɔfər ˈpipəl tæks ˈkrɛdɪts, bət bi noʊ ˌgɛrənˈti ðə ˈkrɛdɪts kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli peɪ fər ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈkəvərɪʤ. ðə rɪˈzəlt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ wən æˈnælɪsɪs, wʊd bi lɛs ˈgəvərnmənt ˈspɛndɪŋ ənd ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən ɛz wɛl ɛz loʊər ˈtæksɪz ɔn ðə rɪʧ. ˈmɛni ˈjəŋgər ənd ˈhɛlθiər ˈpipəl wʊd gɪt ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈʧipər ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪf ðeɪ wər ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ plænz ðət hæd ˈmɪnəməl ˈkəvərɪʤ ər gæps ɪn ˈbɛnəfɪts. bət ə skim laɪk wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ min fjuər ˈpipəl ˈkəvərd ənd, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈsərtənli, lɛs ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl prəˈtɛkʃən fər ˈpipəl wɪθ ðə wərst ˈmɛdɪkəl kənˈdɪʃənz. ðə ˈpeɪʃənz fərst act,”*,” ɛz ɪt ɪz noʊn, wʊd gət ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən əv ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plænz, rɪˈdus ðə ˈtoʊtəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl əˈsɪstəns goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈpipəl baɪɪŋ ˈpraɪvət ˈkəvərɪʤ ənd rɪˈsɪnd ɪnˈtaɪərli ðə ɪkˈspænʧən əv ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd fər ðə ˈpurɪst kʊd ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ səm əv ðə ˈpræktɪsɪz ðət naʊ proʊˈhɪbəts laɪk ˈsɛlɪŋ plænz ənd, ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ˈkəvərɪʤ tɪ ˈpipəl wɪθ kənˈdɪʃənz. prəˈpoʊzəl wʊd ˈɔfər ˈpipəl tæks ˈkrɛdɪts, bət bi noʊ ˌgɛrənˈti ðə ˈkrɛdɪts kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli peɪ fər ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv rɪˈzəlt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ wən æˈnælɪsɪs, wʊd bi lɛs ˈgəvərnmənt ˈspɛndɪŋ ənd ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən ɛz wɛl ɛz loʊər ˈtæksɪz ɔn ðə rɪʧ. ˈmɛni ˈjəŋgər ənd ˈhɛlθiər ˈpipəl wʊd gɪt ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈʧipər ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪf ðeɪ wər ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ plænz ðət hæd ˈmɪnəməl ˈkəvərɪʤ ər gæps ɪn ə skim laɪk wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ min fjuər ˈpipəl ˈkəvərd ənd, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈsərtənli, lɛs ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl prəˈtɛkʃən fər ˈpipəl wɪθ ðə wərst ˈmɛdɪkəl kənˈdɪʃənz.
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and when it comes to health care, the president-elect apparently intends to go the reason there’s so much interest in who donald trump willoose for various positions in his administration is a simple principle: personnel is policy. we want to know what the trump/pence administration will do once it’s in power, so we keep an eye on his cabinet and white house selections to get a sense of the next white house’s substantive agenda.and when it comes to health care, the president-elect apparently intends to go in a very dangerous direction
president-elect donald trump announced tuesday that he will nominate georgia rep. tom price to head the department of health and human services.
the cabinet-level pick, which requires senate confirmation, inserts one of obamacare’s most outspoken critics into the key position to dismantle it and help republicans implement their own blueprint for health care reform.
it was the same year price
but price, an orthopedic surgeon by trade, is primarily focused on health care which for the american mainstream, isn’t good news. the republican lawmakers has spent several years crusading to repeal the affordable care act, and now donald trump is positioning price to do exactly that.
note, it was just a few years ago that many house republicans endorsed the aca provision that requires insurers to accept all applicants, regardless of pre-existing conditions. “
as the huffington post’s jonathan cohn i’ve been following price’s career for years, and it’s hard to overstate just how conservative he is on, well, practically everything. the georgia congressman, for example, is virulently anti-gay ; during the bp oil spill, price sided with the oil giant ; and in 2011, he helped create congress’ tea party caucus. (a year later, price seemed confused about the meaning of the word “compromise.”)it was the same year price considered running against john boehner for the house speaker’s gavel because he considered the ohio republican insufficiently right-wing.but price, an orthopedic surgeon by trade, is primarily focused on health care which for the american mainstream, isn’t good news. the republican lawmakers has spent several years crusading to repeal the affordable care act, and now donald trump is positioning price to do exactly that.note, it was just a few years ago that many house republicans endorsed the aca provision that requires insurers to accept all applicants, regardless of pre-existing conditions. “ it’s a terrible idea ,” price said at the time.as the huffington post’s jonathan cohn explained , price did release his own aca alternative which was never endorsed or embraced by his party’s leaders which seems especially relevant now.
insurers could resume some of the practices that obamacare now prohibits like selling bare-bones plans and, in some cases, denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. price’s proposal would offer people tax credits, but there’d be no guarantee the credits could actually pay for comprehensive coverage.
the result, according to one analysis, would be less government spending and regulation as well as lower taxes on the rich. many younger and healthier people would get access toeaper insurance, particularly if they were comfortable with plans that had minimal coverage or gaps in benefits.
but a scheme like price’s would also mean fewer people covered and, almost certainly, less financial protection for people with the worst medical conditions. the “empowering patients first act,” as it is known, would gut obamacare’s regulation of insurance plans, reduce the total financial assistance going to people buying private coverage and rescind entirely the law’s expansion of medicaid for the poorest americans.insurers could resume some of the practices that obamacare now prohibits like selling bare-bones plans and, in some cases, denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. price’s proposal would offer people tax credits, but there’d be no guarantee the credits could actually pay for comprehensive coverage.the result, according to one analysis, would be less government spending and regulation as well as lower taxes on the rich. many younger and healthier people would get access toeaper insurance, particularly if they were comfortable with plans that had minimal coverage or gaps in benefits.but a scheme like price’s would also mean fewer people covered and, almost certainly, less financial protection for people with the worst medical conditions.
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ˈrɔɪtərz kɛn hæm (ɛl) ənd mɑrk looy*, əv ˈænsərz ɪn ˈʤɛnəsəs, æt ðə noʊəz ɑrk əˈtrækʃən ɑrk ɪnˈkaʊnər ɪn ˈwɪljəmˌstaʊn, kənˈtəki. ɪf ju spɛnd ə ˈhənərd ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz ɔn ˈsəmθɪŋ, jʊd ˈbɛtər meɪk ʃʊr jʊr ˈgɪtɪŋ gʊd ˈvælju fər ˈməni. əˈspɛʃəli ɪf 18 ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz əv ðət kəmz ɪn ðə fɔrm əv tæks rɪˈlif. əm nɑt ʃʊr ðoʊz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə nu noʊəz ɑrk θim pɑrk ɪn kənˈtəki, wɪʧ ˈoʊpənd ðɪs wik, hæv gɑt ə gʊd dil. ʃʊr, ðeɪv gɑt ə ˈrɛplɪkə əv ðə ɑrk, kəmˈplit wɪθ ˈdaɪnəˌsɔrz ənd ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈəðər ˈtræpɪŋz əv ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ɪn leɪt ˈkæpətəlɪst əˈmɛrɪkə ə ˈpɛtɪŋ zu, ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ʃɑps ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. nən əv ðɪs ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ˈməni wɛl spɛnt, ðoʊ, ɪf ðə ˈsɛntrəl kənˈsit əv ðə pɑrk ɪz mɪsˈgaɪdɪd. wɪʧ ɪt ɪz. noʊəz ɑrk ɪz ə ˈstɔri wɪθ wɪʧ məʧ əv ðə wərldz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wɪl bi fəˈmɪljər. ɪt ɪz ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ tɪ ˈbɪljənz əv ˈpipəl ənd wən əv ðə faʊnˈdeɪʃən ˈnɛrətɪvz əv ðə ʤuɪʃ ənd ˈkrɪsʧɪn feɪθs. ɪts ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈstɔri tɪ bi ˈrɛsəld wɪθ. laɪk soʊ ˈmɛni əv ðə pɑrts əv ðə ˈhibru ˈbaɪbəl, ɪt ɪz ə rɪʧ ˈnɛrətɪv wɪʧ wərks boʊθ ɛz ðə ˈbeɪsɪs fər ə ˈʧɪldrənz ˈstɔri ənd ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈsɛməˌnɑr dɪˈskəʃən. wət ɪt ˈʃʊdənt bi ɪz ə ˈbætərɪŋ ræm tɪ bi juzd ɪn ə ˈsævɪʤ ˈkəlʧər wɔr. kɛn hæm, frəm ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən bɪˈhaɪnd ðə noʊəz ɑrk θim pɑrk, ˈænsərz ɪn ˈʤɛnəsəs, kleɪmz ðə aɪˈdiə ɪz tɪ gɪt ˈpipəl tɪ kənˈsɪdər ðə ˈvælju əv ˈskrɪpʧər. hi toʊld ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn, "aɪ faɪnd səm əv ðə əˈgrɛsɪv ˈsɛkjələrɪsts traɪ tɪ ʃət daʊn ˈpipəl ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbaɪbəl... soʊ fər ˈjuˈɛs ɪts 'haʊ kən wi gɪt ə ˈmɛsɪʤ aʊt ðɛr əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbaɪbəl?'" ˈgɪtɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbaɪbəl ɪz ə ˈlɔdəbəl eɪm. bət ˈʤizəs ˈmænɪʤd ɪt wɪˈθaʊt soʊ məʧ ɛz ə rʊf ˈoʊvər hɪz hɛd. pɔl ˈmænɪʤd ɪt waɪl hi wɑz biɪŋ ˈbitən wɪθ rɑdz, stoʊnz, ənd məʧ mɔr ˌbiˈsaɪdz. ˈfrænsɪs dɪd ɪt ɪn ˈpɑvərti. ˈmɑrtɪn ˈluθər dɪd ɪt wɪθ ə pis əv ˈpeɪpər. ˈʤɑnəθən ˈɛdwərdz dɪd ɪt wɪθ ˈbɑrnˌstɔrmɪŋ ˈsərmənz. ˈkɔri tɛn bum dɪd ɪt ənˈtɪl ʃi wɑz θroʊn ˈɪntu ə ˈprɪzən kæmp baɪ ðə ˈnɑtsiz. poʊp ˈfrænsɪs dɪz ɪt wɪθ hjuˈmɪlɪti. ˈnuzˌlɛtər saɪn əp nən əv ðɛm simd tɪ nid ə 100 ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlər boʊt tɪ gɪt ˈpipəl ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbaɪbəl. kɛn hæm meɪ θɪŋk ðət ðə ɑrk ɪz ðə bɛst weɪ əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ˈbaɪbəl ɔn ðə əˈʤɛndə, bət wət ɪts ˈrɪli duɪŋ ɪz ɛnˈtrɛnʧɪŋ ə dɪˈvɪʒən ɪn əˈmɛrɪkən soʊˈsaɪɪti wɪʧ ɪz ˈɛvər mɔr ˈsɪriəs. əm nɑt ə ˈminɪŋ aɪ doʊnt bɪˈliv ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənd ɪn ðə oʊld ˈtɛstəmənt ˈlɪtərəli ˈhæpənd ɪgˈzæktli ɛz dɪˈskraɪbd. jɛt ðət ɪz ən ˈɑnərəbəl pəˈzɪʃən tɪ hoʊld tɪ θɪŋk ðət ðə ˈstɔri əv noʊə ənd ðə fləd ˈæˌkʧuəli əˈkərd ɛz dɪˈskraɪbd. wət ɪz nɑt ˈɑnərəbəl ɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt ɛz ə ˈɛksərˌsaɪz. hæm ənd hɪz ˈfɛloʊ ˈtrævələrz dɪˈvaɪd ðə wərld ˈɪntu gʊd ˈpipəl ənd bæd ˈpipəl. ɪn ðə gʊd kæmp ər ðoʊz hu teɪk ðə ˈbaɪbəl ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈlɪtərəli. ðeɪ əˈfərm kriˈeɪʃən ɪn sɪks ˈpɪriədz ənd (ɪn ɔl ˈlaɪkliˌhʊd) ə hoʊl swɑθ əv ˈəðər kənˈsərvətɪv ˈkəlʧərəl shibboleths*. ɪn ðə bæd kæmp ər ðə ˈpipəl hæm teɪks eɪm æt ɪn ðə kwoʊt əˈbəv: 'ˈsɛkjələrɪsts' (ɪz hi əˈwɛr ðət ðə ˈfaʊndərz ənd ˈfreɪmərz wər ˈsɛkjələrɪsts, fər ðə moʊst pɑrt?). ɪn ðɪs kæmp, hæm wʊd noʊ daʊt pleɪs ˈpipəl hu əˈfərm ə ˈlɪtəni əv ˈəðər ˈlɪˌbərəl presuppositions*. (ɑrk ɪnˈkaʊnər) ðə juʤ ˈrɛplɪkə əv noʊəz ɑrk ˈoʊpənd ðɪs wik hɪrz ðə ˈprɑbləm. ˈmɛni əˈmɛrɪkənz doʊnt fɔl ˈizəli ˈɪntu ˈiðər kæmp. ˈmɛni ˈkrɪsʧɪnz woʊnt. ðeɪ meɪ hæv dɪˈvərs əˈpɪnjənz ɔn ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈɛθɪks, ɔn laɪf ˈɪʃuz, ɔn ˌɛvəˈluʃən, ɔn hɛl, ɔn wət roʊl ˈgəvərnmənt ʃʊd pleɪ ɪn soʊˈsaɪɪti, ɔn ˈhɛlθˌkɛr, ənd ˌɪnˈdid ɔn saɪəns. wət hæm ənd ðə noʊəz ɑrk θim pɑrk sik tɪ du ɪz tɪ drɔ ðə laɪn ˈfərmli ɪn ðə sænd. ðə ˈkəlʧər wɔrz ər ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd əv traɪɪŋ tɪ dɪfˈjuz ðɛm ənd riʧ əˈkrɔs ðə dɪˈvaɪd, ðə noʊəz ɑrk θim pɑrk eɪmz tɪ ˈboʊlstər wən saɪd əv ðə ˈɑrgjəmənt ənd ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ ðə ˈəðər saɪd. ðə wərst pɑrt ɪz ðə væst, væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈsaɪəntɪsts dɪsəˈgri wɪθ wəts biɪŋ pərˈzɛnəd æt ðə pɑrk ðɪs meɪks ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt lʊk æt bɛst; ˈweɪstfəl, dɪˈsitfəl ənd dɪˈsɑnəst æt wərst. ðə ˈbaɪbəl ˈdəzənt nid ə θim pɑrk tɪ 'gɪt ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ aʊt ðɛr.' "dɪˈfɛnd ðə ˈbaɪbəl?" æst ˈspərʤɪn. "aɪd ˈsunər dɪˈfɛnd ə laɪən. ju doʊnt dɪˈfɛnd ðə ˈbaɪbəl; ju ˈoʊpən ɪts keɪʤ ənd lɛt ɪt rɔr." ðɪs ˈɪzənt wət ðə ɑrk dɪz. ɪt ˈkloʊzɪz daʊn dɪˈskəʃən ənd sɪz ðət wən ˈnɛroʊ, pərˈspɛktɪv ɪz ðə 'ˈkrɪsʧɪn' wən. wɛl, ɪt ˈɪzənt. ˈmɛni ˈkrɪsʧɪnz əˈfərm gɑdz kriˈeɪtɪv hænd ɪn ðə ˈkɑzmoʊs ənd ðə ˈθɪri əv ˌɛvəˈluʃən. ʃʊd ə ˈhənərd ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz kəm maɪ weɪ ˈɛni taɪm sun, aɪ kən θɪŋk əv ə ˈhənərd ˈmɪljən ˈbɛtər weɪz tɪ spɛnd ɪt ðən ɔn ə ʤaɪənt boʊt, bɪlt tɪ faɪt ə ˈkəlʧər wɔr wi ˈʃʊdənt hæv bɪn ˈhævɪŋ ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. ˈfɑloʊ ˈændi ˈwɔltən ɔn tˈwɪtər:
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reuters ken ham (l) and mark looy, fuonders of answers in genesis, at the noah's ark attraction ark encounter in williamstown, kentucky.
if you spend a hundred million dollars on something, you'd better make sure you're getting good value for money. especially if 18 million dollars of that comes in the form of tax relief. i'm not sure those behind the new noah's ark theme park in kentucky, which opened this week, have got a good deal.
sure, they've got a life-sized replica of the ark, complete with dinosaurs and many of the other trappings of entertainment in late capitalist america – a petting zoo, restaurants, shops etc.
none of this represents money well spent, though, if the central conceit of the park is misguided. which it is.
noah's ark is a story with which much of the world's population will be familiar. it is inspiring to billions of people and one of the foundation narratives of the jewish and christian faiths. it's an important story to be wrestled with. like so many of the parts of the hebrew bible, it is a rich narrative which works both as the basis for a children's story and university seminar discussion.
what it shouldn't be is a battering ram to be used in a savage culture war.
ken ham, from the organisation behind the noah's ark theme park, answers in genesis, claims the idea is to get people to consider the value of scripture. he told cnn, "i find some of the aggressive secularists try to shut down people talking about the bible... so for us it's 'how can we get a message out there about the bible?'"
getting out the message about the bible is a laudable aim. but jesus managed it without so much as a roof over his head. paul managed it while he was being beaten with rods, stones, shipwrecked and much more besides. st francis did it in poverty. martin luther did it with a piece of paper. jonathan edwards did it with barnstorming sermons. corrie ten boom did it until she was thrown into a prison camp by the nazis. pope francis does it with humility.
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none of them seemed to need a 100 million dollar boat to get people talking about the bible.
ken ham may think that the ark is the best way of getting the bible on the agenda, but what it's really doing is entrenching a division in american society which is ever more serious.
i'm not a literalist – meaning i don't believe everything that happened in the old testament literally happened exactly as described. yet that is an honourable position to hold – to think that the story of noah and the flood actually occurred as described. what is not honourable is using it as a point-scoring exercise.
ham and his fellow travellers divide the world into good people and bad people. in the good camp are those who take the bible absolutely literally. they affirm creation in six 24-hour periods and (in all likelihood) a whole swath of other conservative cultural shibboleths.
in the bad camp are the people ham takes aim at in the quote above: 'secularists' (is he aware that the founders and framers were secularists, for the most part?). in this camp, ham would no doubt place people who affirm a litany of other liberal presuppositions.
(ark encounter) the huge replica of noah's ark opened this week
here's the problem. many americans don't fall easily into either camp. many christians won't. they may have diverse opinions on sexual ethics, on life issues, on evolution, on hell, on what role government should play in society, on healthcare, and indeed on science.
what ham and the noah's ark theme park seek to do is to draw the line firmly in the sand. the culture wars are ongoing and instead of trying to diffuse them and reach across the divide, the noah's ark theme park aims to bolster one side of the argument and vilify the other side. the worst part is the vast, vast majority of scientists disagree with what's being presented at the park – this makes the project look naïve at best; wasteful, deceitful and dishonest at worst.
the bible doesn't need a theme park to 'get the message out there.' "defend the bible?" asked ch spurgeon. "i'd sooner defend a lion. you don't defend the bible; you open its cage and let it roar." this isn't what the ark does. it closes down discussion and says that one narrow, anti-scientific perspective is the 'christian' one. well, it isn't. many christians affirm god's creative hand in the cosmos and the theory of evolution. should a hundred million dollars come my way any time soon, i can think of a hundred million better ways to spend it than on a giant boat, built to fight a culture war we shouldn't have been having in the first place.
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ðə fərm rɪfˈjuzd tɪ peɪ aʊt ɪn ˈwɪnɪŋz bɪˈkəz kləb 'wər nɑt ˈrɛləˌgeɪtɪd'. ˈkɔrəl: ˈælbərt ˈkɪnlək sud ðə ˈbɛtɪŋ fərm fər (faɪl pɪk). ə ˈfɔrmər ˈbʊkmeɪkər hu sud ˈkɔrəl fər rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ peɪ aʊt ˈæftər hi pleɪst ə bɛt ðət ˈreɪnʤərz wʊd bi ˈrɛləˌgeɪtɪd həz lɔst hɪz ˈligəl faɪt. ˈælbərt ˈkɪnlək, 72 pleɪst ɔn ðə kləb biɪŋ ˈrɛləˌgeɪtɪd frəm ðə ɪn 2011 ənd wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ɑdz əv baɪ ˈkɔrəl. ðə kləb wɛnt ˈɪntu ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2012 ənd ˈleɪtər ˈɪntu ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən ðət jɪr ənd rɪˈtərnd tɪ pleɪɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈbɑtəm tir əv ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈsinjər ligz ɪn ðə θərd dɪˈvɪʒən. ˈmɪstər ˈkɪnlək, frəm simshill*, ˈglæˌskoʊ, tʊk ˈkɔrəl tɪ ðə kɔrt əv ˈsɛʃən ɪn ˈɛdənbəroʊ ˈæftər ɪt rɪfˈjuzd tɪ peɪ aʊt ɔn ðə bɛt hi pleɪst ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 5 2011 æt ɪts brænʧ ɔn roʊd ɪn ˈglæˌskoʊ. hɪz ˈbɛtɪŋ slɪp rɛd: "frəm ˈreɪnʤərz tɪ bi ˈrɛləˌgeɪtɪd" ənd hi meɪnˈteɪnd ðət mɛnt ən saɪd ˈstɑrtɪd ðə nɛkst ˈsizən ɪn ə loʊər lig. ˈkɔrəl kənˈtɛndɪd ðət wɑz kənˈfaɪnd tɪ goʊɪŋ daʊn ˈoʊnli wən dɪˈvɪʒən ɔn pɔɪnts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ lig rulz. ɪt sɛd ˈreɪnʤərz ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb soʊld ɪts wən ʃɛr ɪn ðə tɪ ˈskɑtlənd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə seɪl əv ˈæˌsɛts baɪ ædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtərz, wɪʧ rikˈwaɪərd ðə əˈpruvəl əv æt list eɪt ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ənd ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən wɑz rɪfˈjuzd, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈɛlɪʤəbəl tɪ pleɪ ɪn ðə tɔp tir. ɪt ðɛn əˈplaɪd tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə ənd wɑz pərˈmɪtɪd tɪ kəm ˈɪntu ðə loʊəst lig. lɔrd sɛd: "ðə fɔrˈgoʊɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈkænɑt bi dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz biɪŋ muvd baɪ ˈɛniˌwən tɪ ə loʊər dɪˈvɪʒən, ər biɪŋ muvd daʊn ər dɪˈmoʊtɪd. "aɪ æm ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd ðət wət dɪd nɑt ˈhæpən wɑz ðət ðə muvd ər dɪˈmoʊtɪd ˈreɪnʤərz tɪ ə loʊər dɪˈvɪʒən. "ˈreɪnʤərz ˈɛndɪd əp ɪn ə loʊər dɪˈvɪʒən baɪ ðə ˈɛntri ˈɪntu ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪʧ əˈlaʊd ðɛm tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə ɪn ðə θərd dɪˈvɪʒən." hi kənˈtɪnjud: "aɪ æm pərsˈweɪdɪd ðət ðə ˈrizənəbəl mæn ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪˈrɛktɪd bət ˈdrɪvən tɪ ðə rulz əv ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr spɔrt wɪn ˈpleɪsɪŋ ə bɛt ɪn ə ˈspɔrtɪŋ ˈkɑntɛkst. "ðə ˈnæʧərəl ənd ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈminɪŋ əv ə ˈspɔrtɪŋ tərm ɪz ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ðət tərm wɪˈθɪn ðə rulz əv ðət spɔrt." 'aɪ æm ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd ðət wət dɪd nɑt ˈhæpən wɑz ðət ðə muvd ər dɪˈmoʊtɪd ˈreɪnʤərz tɪ ə loʊər dɪˈvɪʒən.' lɔrd lɔrd ˈædɪd: "ɪt wʊd bi ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl fər ə ˈbɛtɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs tɪ bi rən ənd fər ɪt tɪ ˈɔfər bɛts ɔn ˈspɔrtɪŋ ɪˈvɛnts wɪˈθaʊt ˈrɛfərəns tɪ ðə rulz əv ðə spɔrts. "aɪ æm ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd ðət ðə ɑdz əv tɪ ə ˈrizənəbəl ˈpərsən ˈpleɪsɪŋ ə bɛt ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˈrizənəbəl ˈbʊkmeɪkər wʊd ˈklɪrli ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət mɛnt wət ɪz kənˈtɛndɪd fər baɪ ðə dɪˈfɛndərz (ˈkɔrəl) ðət ɪz, ðə ˈhaɪli ənˈlaɪkli ɪˈvɛnt." ðə ʤəʤ sɛd hi wɑz pərsˈweɪdɪd ðə saʊnd kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə bɛt pleɪst wɑz ðət ədˈvænst baɪ ðə ˈbɛtɪŋ fərm. hi ˈædɪd: "əˈkɔrdɪŋli, ɔn ðɪs kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə bɛt ɪt ɪz ə ˈluzɪŋ bɛt." ˈmɪstər ˈkɪnlək toʊld ðə kɔrt hi hæd bɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈmidiə rɪˈpɔrts ˈoʊvər ˈreɪnʤərz' ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈtrəbəlz ˌbiˈfɔr ˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə ˈweɪʤər. hi sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt: "aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ə gʊd 'θˈroʊəˌweɪ bɛt' ənd aɪ ˈdɪdənt ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ wɪn bət ðɛr wɑz ə smɔl ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ðət aɪ wʊd wɪn. "ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi æt ˈkɔrəl səˈʤɛstɪd tɪ mi ðeɪ wʊd ˈoʊnli peɪ aʊt ɪf ˈreɪnʤərz wɛnt daʊn ɔn ˈspɔrtɪŋ praʊəs ər ɔn pɔɪnts, ənd ɪn fækt ðeɪ ˈdɪdənt traɪ tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt wɪθ mi æt ɔl ɔn ðə bɛt". ˈmɪstər pəˈzɪʃən wɑz hi hæd pleɪst ðə bɛt ɛz "ə ˈpəntər" bət toʊld ðə kɔrt hi hæd bɪn ə klərk ənd ˈbʊkmeɪkər. hi ækˈsɛptɪd ðət ɪn ðə pæst hi həz bɪn æst nɑt tɪ leɪ bɛts ɪn ˈsərtən ˈbɛtɪŋ ʃɑps. hi sɛd ðə ˈævərɪʤ gaɪ ɪn ə ˈbɛtɪŋ ʃɑp wɑz "ə kəmˈplit məg" bət dɪˈskraɪbd hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz "nɑt ə məg ˈpəntər". hi ˈɔlsoʊ ækˈsɛptɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈərliər ˈhirɪŋ ðət hi nu ðə ənd hæd rulz ənd ðət hi wɑz ˈvɛri gʊd æt ˈlʊkɪŋ θɪŋz əp ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. wɔnt ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈstɔri frəm ʤɑn məˈkeɪ? saɪn əp tɪ ðə 'məˈkeɪ meɪl' ˈnuzˌlɛtər. səbˈskraɪb ðɪs fild ɪz rikˈwaɪərd. ðət ˈdəzənt lʊk laɪk ə ˈvælɪd ˈiˌmeɪl ˈfɔrˌmæt, pliz ʧɛk. ðət ɔˈrɛdi ɪn ɑr ˈsɪstəm. pliz traɪ əˈgɛn. pliz tɪk ðə bɑks bɪˈloʊ tɪ kənˈfərm jʊr səbˈskrɪpʃən θæŋks fər səbˈskraɪbɪŋ tɪ ɑr 'məˈkeɪ meɪl' ˈnuzˌlɛtər. səbˈskraɪbd wɔnt ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈstɔri frəm ʤɑn məˈkeɪ? saɪn əp tɪ ðə 'məˈkeɪ meɪl' ˈnuzˌlɛtər. θæŋks fər səbˈskraɪbɪŋ tɪ ɑr 'məˈkeɪ meɪl' ˈnuzˌlɛtər. səbˈskraɪb ˈdaʊnˌloʊd: ðə nuz æp ɪz ˈskɑtləndz ˈfeɪvərɪt ənd ɪz əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈaɪˌfoʊn frəm ðə æp stɔr ənd fər ˈænˌdrɔɪd frəm ˈgugəl pleɪ. ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ɪt təˈdeɪ ənd kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ nuz wɛˈrɛvər ju ər.
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the firm refused to pay out £250,000 in winnings because club 'were not relegated'.
coral: albert kinloch sued the betting firm for £250,000 (file pic). © stv
a former bookmaker who sued coral for refusing to pay out £250,000 after he placed a bet that rangers would be relegated has lost his legal fight.
albert kinloch, 72, placed £100 on the ibrox club being relegated from the spl in 2011 and was given odds of 2500/1 by coral.
the club went into administration in february 2012 and later into liquidation that year and returned to playing in the bottom tier of the scottish senior leagues in the sfl third division.
mr kinloch, from simshill, glasgow, took coral to the court of session in edinburgh after it refused to pay out on the bet he placed on september 5, 2011, at its branch on tollcross road in glasgow.
his betting slip read: "from spl - rangers to be relegated" and he maintained that relegation meant an spl side started the next season in a lower league.
coral contended that relegation was confined to going down only one division on points, according to league rules.
it said rangers football club plc sold its one share in the spl to sevco scotland following the sale of assets by administrators, which required the approval of at least eight members of the spl and the application was refused, making it no longer eligible to play in the top tier.
it then applied to join the sfl and was permitted to come into the lowest league.
lord bannatyne said: "the foregoing process cannot be described as being moved by anyone to a lower division, or being moved down or demoted.
"i am satisfied that what did not happen was that the spl moved or demoted rangers to a lower division.
"rangers ended up in a lower division by the entry into a contract which allowed them to join the sfl in the third division."
he continued: "i am persuaded that the reasonable man is not only directed but driven to the rules of a particular sport when placing a bet in a sporting context.
"the natural and ordinary meaning of a sporting term is the definition of that term within the rules of that sport."
'i am satisfied that what did not happen was that the spl moved or demoted rangers to a lower division.' lord bannatyne
lord bannatyne added: "it would be impossible for a betting business to be run and for it to offer bets on sporting events without reference to the rules of the sports.
"i am satisfied that the odds of 2500/1 to a reasonable person placing a bet as well as the reasonable bookmaker would clearly indicate that relegation meant what is contended for by the defenders (coral) that is, the highly unlikely event."
the judge said he was persuaded the sound construction of the bet placed was that advanced by the betting firm.
he added: "accordingly, on this construction of the pursuer's bet it is a losing bet."
mr kinloch told the court he had been following media reports over rangers' financial troubles before placing the wager.
he said in a statement: "i thought it was a good 'throwaway bet' and i didn't expect to win but there was a small possibility that i would win.
"nobody at coral suggested to me they would only pay out if rangers went down on sporting prowess or on points, and in fact they didn't try to negotiate with me at all on the bet".
mr kinloch's position was he had placed the bet as "a punter" but told the court he had been a bookmaker's clerk and bookmaker.
he accepted that in the past he has been asked not to lay bets in certain betting shops. he said the average guy in a betting shop was "a complete mug" but described himself as "not a mug punter".
he also accepted during the earlier hearing that he knew the spl and sfl had rules and that he was very good at looking things up on the internet.
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ˈɛvən grænt, ˈreɪnʤərz bit ˈraɪtər fər ənd ðə ˈdæləs ˈmɔrnɪŋ nuz, ˈænsərd kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ðə tim ɪn ə lɪv ʧæt ˈrisəntli. hir ər səm ˈhaɪˌlaɪts: kˈwɛʃən: du ju θɪŋk wɪl ˈɛvər riˈʤɔɪn ðə tim? ˈɛvən grænt: jɛs. ənd aɪ hoʊp hi dɪz. wət dɪd, æt list ɪn pərˈsɛpʃən, wɑz ˌənækˈsɛptəbəl. hi rɪˈpɔrtədli dɪd nɑt pʊt ˈɑnəst ˈɛfərt ˈɪntu ən geɪm wɪn ɔl ðə ˈəðər ˈbʊlˌpɛn ˈpɪʧərz wər θroʊɪŋ. ðæts ʤɪst rɔŋ. bət, ɔn ɪts oʊn, aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk ðət ɪz ən əˈfɛns ˈwərði əv ˈtreɪdɪŋ ðə gaɪ ʤɪst tɪ bi rɪd əv ɪm. hiz tu ˈtæləntɪd ənd, aɪ θɪŋk, ə gaɪ hu wɔnts tɪ bi ðə bɛst hi kən bi. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz hiz gɑt ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl weɪ əv ʃoʊɪŋ ðət. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪt rəbz ˈvɛtərənz ðə rɔŋ weɪ. bət fju ˈvɛtərənz kən aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ wɪθ ðə kaɪnd əv laɪf həz hæd. ʤɪst ɛz kən ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ məʧ wɪθ ðə ˈbækˌgraʊndz əv ˈeɪdriən, kænt aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ wɪθ ˈbækˌgraʊnd. ənd seɪm goʊz fər soʊ məʧ əv ðɪs ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈrɑstər. æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, ðoʊ, ə læk əv ˈɛfərt ɪz ə ˈsɪriəs læk əv prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm ənd ðət məst bi ˈsteɪtɪd ˈklɪrli tɪ. hi məst əkˈsɛpt ðət ənd əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz. ənd ðɛn ðə ˈreɪnʤərz məst goʊ tɪ wərk traɪɪŋ tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ɪm ˈbɛtər, tu. ənd wət əˈfɛndz, ˈmoʊtəˌveɪts, əˈnɔɪz ɪm. aɪ θɪŋk θɪŋz kən bi sɑlvd wɪθ ə gʊd ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ðət ˌɪnˈvɑlvz gɪv ənd teɪk ənd ɔl saɪdz ækˈnɑlɪʤɪŋ ðət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz θɪŋz goʊ rɔŋ ənd ðət ˈɛvriˌbɑdi məst əkˈsɛpt ˌkəlpəˈbɪlɪti. kˈwɛʃən: hu ər ðə tɔp ˈprɑspɛkts ðət aɪ ʃʊd wɔʧ aʊt fər æt ðə geɪm təˈnaɪt? ˈɛvən grænt: ˈkɑnər ənd si ˌhoʊˈzeɪ trəˈvinoʊ ər ðə fərst gaɪz ðət kəm tɪ maɪ maɪnd. bət aɪ ˈhævənt sin ə ˈlaɪˌnəp jɛt təˈdeɪ, soʊ nɑt ʃʊr ɪgˈzæktli hu ɔl ɪz pleɪɪŋ. lʊk fər vəˈlɑsəti ənd haʊ wɛl hi θroʊz straɪks wɪθ ɪt. lʊk fər haʊ trəˈvinoʊ ˈhændəlz ɪm frəm bɪˈhaɪnd ðə pleɪt.
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evan grant, rangers beat writer for sportsdaydfw.com and the dallas morning news, answered questions about the team in a live chat recently. here are some highlights:
question: do you think kela will ever rejoin the team?
evan grant: yes. and i hope he does. what kela did, at least in perception, was unacceptable. he reportedly did not put honest effort into an intrasquad game when all the other bullpen pitchers were throwing. that's just wrong. but, on its own, i don't think that is an offense worthy of trading the guy just to be rid of him. he's too talented and, i think, a guy who wants to be the best he can be. sometimes he's got an unusual way of showing that. sometimes it rubs veterans the wrong way. but few veterans can identify with the kind of life kela has had. just as kela can probably not identify much with the backgrounds of adrian beltre, beltre can't identify with kela's background. and same goes for so much of this international roster. at the end of the day, though, a lack of effort is a serious lack of professionalism and that must be stated clearly to kela. he must accept that and apologize. and then the rangers must go to work trying to understand him better, too. and what offends, motivates, annoys him. i think things can be solved with a good conversation that involves give and take and all sides acknowledging that sometimes things go wrong and that everybody must accept culpability.
question: who are the top prospects that i should watch out for at the roughriders game tonight?
evan grant: rhp connor sadzeck and c jose trevino are the first guys that come to my mind. but i haven't seen a lineup yet today, so not sure exactly who all is playing. look for sadzeck's velocity and how well he throws strikes with it. look for how trevino handles him from behind the plate.
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ɔn ˈeɪprəl 20 θɪŋz wər goʊɪŋ ˈrɪli greɪt fər pɛn steɪt ɔn ðə rɪˈkrutɪŋ treɪl. ðə laɪənz hæd ˈvərbəl kəˈmɪtmənts frəm tu pleɪərz: ˈʤəstɪn fildz ənd də ˈmaɪkə ˈpɑrsənz. ðə nɛkst deɪ, ˈoʊˈti krɪs blaɪk decommitted*. θri deɪz ˈleɪtər, ˈpɑrsənz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ rɪˈsɪnd hɪz plɛʤ. ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt, fildz dɪd, ɛz wɛl. fildz ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ ɔf əv ə gʊd pərˈfɔrməns æt ðə ɪˈlit 11 ˈfaɪnəlz, ɪn wɪʧ hi wɑz wən əv 12 tɔp pərˈfɔrmərz hu wɪl muv ɔn tɪ ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ ɪn ˈɔrəˌgɑn. ðə pɛn steɪt kəˈmɪt ðət ˈɔlsoʊ pleɪz ˈbeɪsˈbɔl hæd ə ˈsɑləd ˈwiˌkɪnd ˈoʊvərˌɔl. hɪz bɛst pərˈfɔrməns keɪm ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt, ɛz hi hæd səm əv ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst θroʊz əv ðə grup. hi ʃoʊd ɔf ə strɔŋ ɑrm ɔn ˈsənˌdi, tu. ˈθərˈtin stɑrz wərθ əv rɪˈkrut ðət bi pleɪɪŋ æt pɛn steɪt, wɪʧ simz laɪk ə lɔt. ðə θri pɛn steɪt ɔn ðɛr oʊn wʊd ˈproʊdus ə ˈkɑrənt klæs skɔr əv əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə 247 spɔrts klæs ˈkælkjəˌleɪtər, wɪʧ wʊd bi ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ənd əˈhɛd əv timz laɪk ˈstænfərd, wvu*, steɪt, ˈʤɔrʤə, ənd ˌæləˈbæmə. jɛs. ˌæləˈbæmə. stɪl ˈprɪti ˈərli ɪn ðə rɪˈkrutɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ðə laɪənz hæv 12 kəˈmɪts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈrɪˌki sleɪd. ðɛr klæs ɪz ræŋkt noʊ. 5 ənd ɪn gʊd ʃeɪp. bət ˈstɑrtɪŋ frəm skwɛr wən ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə nu tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs fildz wɪl bi ˈdɪfəkəlt. ɪˈlit pleɪərz ˈrɛrli ˌrikəˈmɪt ˈæftər ðeɪ decommit*.
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on april 20, things were going really great for penn state on the recruiting trail. the nittany lions had verbal commitments from two five-star players: qb justin fields and de micah parsons.
the next day, three-star ot chris bleich decommitted. three days later, parsons decided to rescind his pledge. on tuesday night, fields did, as well.
fields is coming off of a good performance at the elite 11 finals, in which he was one of 12 top performers who will move on to the opening in oregon.
the penn state commit that also plays baseball had a solid weekend overall. his best performance came on saturday night, as he had some of the strongest throws of the group. he showed off a strong arm on sunday, too.
that’s thirteen stars worth of recruit that be playing at penn state, which seems like a lot. the three penn state decommits on their own would produce a current class score of 76.24, according to the 247 sports class calculator, which would be 51st in the country and ahead of teams like stanford, wvu, nc state, georgia, and alabama.
yes. alabama.
it’s still pretty early in the recruiting process and the nittany lions have 12 commits, including five-star rb ricky slade. their class is ranked no. 5, and they’re in good shape. but starting from square one looking for a new qb to replace fields will be difficult.
elite players rarely recommit after they decommit.
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ə ˈwərkər əˈbɔrd ðə kwin ˈmɛri wɑz rɪˈpɛrɪŋ paɪps ɪn ə ˈbæθˌrum ˈrisəntli wɪn hi keɪm əˈpɑn ən əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ ˌdɪˈskəvri: ə ˈhɪdən rum ðət ˈhaʊsɪz ðə məˈʃinəri ðət kənˈtroʊld ðə ˈmæsɪv ˈæŋkərz. əˈfɪʃəlz bɪˈliv ðə rum wɑz ˈlaɪkli sild ɔf ɪn ðə leɪt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kənˈvərʒən frəm ə ˈvɛsəl tɪ ə hoʊˈtɛl ənd ˈtʊrɪst əˈtrækʃən. fər ðə ˈkɑrənt lɛˈsi, ˈərbən ˈkɑmənz, ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri ɪn meɪ həz bɪˈkəm ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu əˈtrækʃən ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˌɑpərˈtunəti. wɔnt tɪ ˈprɛzənt ðə rum ɪn ə weɪ ðət rɪˈflɛkts ðə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl significance,”*,” dæn zaharoni*, ʧif dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈɔfɪsər fər ˈərbən ˈkɑmənz, sɛd. riɪnˈtərprətɪŋ ənd prɪˈzɛntɪŋ θɪŋz ɪn ˈdɪfərənt weɪz ðən ðeɪ hæv bɪn ɪn ðə pæst, wi θɪŋk wi kən əˈtrækt ə hoʊl nu audience.”*.” ðə rum ˈwərkərz meɪd ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈæftər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə rɪˈpɛrz ɪn ðə ˈbæθˌrum ɔn ðə ə dɛk, wɪʧ ɪz nɪr ðə tɔp əv ðə ʃɪp, əˈbəv ðə meɪn ˈvɪzɪtər ˈɛntrəns. ðə rum wɑz ˈhɪdən bɪˈhaɪnd ðə lɑkt ˈbæθˌrum nɪr ðə forecastle*, wɪʧ fɔrmz ðə kɔr ˈstrəkʧər əv ðə ˈfɔrwərd ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ʃɪp. ðə rum ɪz ˈrəfli ðə saɪz əv ən ˈævərɪʤ haʊs. ˈɛvərˈɛt hɔrd, ðə ˈkɑməˌdɔr əv ðə ʃɪp, sɛd ðə ˈæŋkər rum həz ˈprɑbəˌbli bɪn wɔkt ˈoʊvər ˈhənərdz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv taɪmz wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɛvər noʊɪŋ ɪt wɑz ðɛr. ɪn ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊst ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri, ðə kwin ˈmɛri dɪˈskraɪbd ðə speɪs ɛz biɪŋ ɪn ˈnɪrli ˈprɪstin kənˈdɪʃən ənd ə glɪmps ˈɪntu history.”*.” ɪt wɑz əv ˈmæsɪv ɪkˈwɪpmənt, gɪrz ənd ˈmoʊtərz ðət hæd ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt bɪn sin ɪn decades,”*,” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə poʊst. ðə ˈtaʊrɪŋ riˈspɑnsəbəl fər drɔɪŋ ənd ˈdrɑpɪŋ ðə tu ˈæŋkərz sɪt ɪn ðə seɪm pəˈzɪʃənz ðeɪ hɛld ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə lɔnʧ ˈoʊvər 80 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ðɛr ərˈɪʤənəl rɛd peɪnt stɪl kən bi sin θru rəst ənd gris. paɪps zæg əˈkrɔs ðə rʊf əv ðə rum, pæst ˈvɪntɪʤ ənd ˈɪntu fɔr greɪ ˈɛnʤənz ðət sɛt smɔl gɪrz ɪn ˈmoʊʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkræŋkɪŋ ðə ðət pʊld ðə ˈæŋkər. ðə ˈoʊdər əv ɔɪl stɪl hæŋz ɪn ðə ɛr. kən ˈɔlˌmoʊst fil ðə kru æt wərk ənd hir ðə nɔɪz əv ðə machines,”*,” sɛd ʤɑn ˈtɑməs, ðə hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈrisɔrsɪz ædˈvaɪzər. təʧ ɪt tu məʧ. ðə ʧɑrm ɪz ɪn ðə eɪʤ sɪns wi wɔnt ɪt tɪ bi ɛz əˈθɛnɪk ɛz possible.”*.” fˈjuʧər plænz ðə kwin ˈmɛri, wɪʧ dɑkt ɪn lɔŋ biʧ ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli ɪn 1967 ɪz oʊnd baɪ ðə ˈsɪti. ðə ˈkjunərd ˈoʊʃən ˈlaɪnər, naʊ ə ˈfloʊtɪŋ hoʊˈtɛl wɪθ ʃɑps, ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ənd ɪˈvɛnt speɪs, əˈtrækts səm ˈmɪljən ˈvɪzɪtərz ˈænjuəli. ˈæftər ˈnumərəs feɪld əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˈtrænsfɔrm ðə ʃɪp ənd 45 ˈeɪkərz əv sərˈaʊndɪŋ lænd ˈɪntu ə ˈprɑfətəbəl əˈtrækʃən, ðə ˈsɪti ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər saɪnd ə lis wɪθ ˈərbən ˈkɑmənz. ðə ˈsɪti æt ðə taɪm ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpruvd 23 ˈmɪljən fər ˈərʤənt rɪˈpɛrz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərəl ˈfɪksɪz, ˈəpˌgreɪdz tɪ juˈtɪləti ˈsɪstəmz ənd rɪˈpɛrz tɪ stɔrm dreɪnz ənd suɪʤ ˈsɪstəmz, ənd ˈrɛnəˌveɪʃənz tɪ tik wʊd ˈdɛkɪŋ θruaʊt. ðə kənˈdɪʃən wɑz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ɪn ə ˈrisənt mərˈin ˈsərˌveɪ ðət faʊnd ɪkˈstɛnsɪv dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪʃən du tɪ jɪrz əv nɪˈglɛktɪŋ ˈbeɪsɪk ˈmeɪntənəns ˈdutiz. ðə ˈəltəmət goʊl, ðoʊ, ɪz fər ˈərbən ˈkɑmənz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈjuzɪŋ ðə kwin ˈmɛri ɛz ə ˈsɛntərˌpis ðət wɪl ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˈnəf fˈjuʧər ˈrɛvəˌnu tɪ prɪˈzərv ðə ʃɪp. ɪn mɑrʧ, ðə fərm ənˈveɪld plænz fər ə 250 ˈmɪljən dɪˈvɛləpmənt kɔld kwin ˈmɛri ˈaɪlənd, ə ˈsprɔlɪŋ ˈkɑmplɛks ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ən ˈaʊtˌdɔr ˈæmfəθiˈeɪtər ənd fərst ˈɪnˌdɔr ədˈvɛnʧər pɑrk. ɪt ɪz nɑt klɪr jɛt haʊ ðə ˈhɪdən rum wɪl ˈfɪgjər ˈɪntu fˈjuʧər plænz, bət ˈtɑməs sɛd wən aɪˈdiə ˌɪnˈkludz ˌɪnˈstɔlɪŋ ˈmɑnətərz tɪ pleɪ ɑrˈkaɪvəl ˈfʊtɪʤ frəm ðə ˈərli deɪz, ˈsɪmələr tɪ ˈəðər ɪgˈzɪbəts ɪn ðə brɪʤ ənd ˈɪnʤən rumz. ˈvɪzɪtərz wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə ˈækʃənz əv ðə ˈæŋkər ɛz ɪt drɑpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈoʊʃən dɛpθs, hi sɛd. əˈfɪʃəlz ˈɔlsoʊ wɔnt tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ðə rum ɪn ˈgaɪdɪd tʊrz, ˈminɪŋ ðə ˈbɑθˌrumz ðət blɑkt ɪts ˈɛntri fər ˈdɛkeɪdz wʊd nid tɪ bi ˌrikənˈfɪgjərd ənd rɪˈstɔrd. ðət meɪ teɪk səm taɪm. du tɪ ðə ˌdɛzɪgˈneɪʃən ɛz ə ˈnæʃənəl hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈlændˌmɑrk, ðə ˈsɪti wɪl hæv tɪ əˈpruv ɔl pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz beɪst ɔn ˈfɛdərəl ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈstændərdz fər ˈlændˌmɑrks. ˈtɑməs ɪz ˈhoʊpfəl ðə ˈpəblɪk wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ si ðə nu ˌdɪˈskəvri wɪˈθɪn ə jɪr. nɑt ʤɪst goʊɪŋ tɪ slæp səm peɪnt ɔn it,”*,” ˈtɑməs sɛd. goʊɪŋ tɪ æsk haʊ kən wi meɪk ðɪs ˈrɛləvənt ənd ˈprɛzənt ɪt ɪn ə weɪ ðət rɪˈflɛkts ɪts hɪˈstɔrɪkəl significance.”*.”
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a worker aboard the queen mary was repairing pipes in a seldom-used bathroom recently when he came upon an astonishing discovery: a hidden room that houses the machinery that controlled the ship’s massive anchors.
officials believe the room was likely sealed off in the late 1960s during the ship’s conversion from a seafaring vessel to a hotel and tourist attraction.
for the ship’s current lessee, urban commons, the discovery in may has become an opportunity to create a new attraction and educational opportunity.
“we want to present the room in a way that reflects the historical significance,” dan zaharoni, chief development officer for urban commons, said. “by reinterpreting and presenting things in different ways than they have been in the past, we think we can attract a whole new audience.”
the room
workers made the discovery after making the repairs in the bathroom on the ship’s a deck, which is near the top of the ship, above the main visitor entrance. the room was hidden behind the locked bathroom near the forecastle, which forms the core structure of the forward section of the ship.
the 1,500-square-foot room is roughly the size of an average house.
everette hoard, the commodore of the ship, said the anchor room has probably been walked over hundreds of thousands of times without the public ever knowing it was there.
in a facebook post shortly after the discovery, the queen mary described the space as being in nearly pristine condition and a “true glimpse into history.” it was “chock-full of massive equipment, gears and motors that had probably not been seen in decades,” according to the post.
the ship’s towering windlasses — responsible for drawing and dropping the ship’s two 16-ton anchors — sit in the same positions they held during the ship’s launch over 80 years ago. their original red paint still can be seen through rust and grease.
pipes zag across the roof of the room, past vintage workbenches and into four gray engines that set small gears in motion before cranking the winches that pulled the anchor.
the odor of oil still hangs in the air.
“you can almost feel the crew at work and hear the noise of the machines,” said john thomas, the ship’s historic resources adviser. “we won’t touch it too much. the charm is in the age since we want it to be as authentic as possible.”
future plans
the queen mary, which docked in long beach permanently in 1967, is owned by the city. the cunard ocean liner, now a floating hotel with shops, restaurants and event space, attracts some 1.3 million visitors annually.
after numerous failed attempts to transform the ship and 45 acres of surrounding land into a profitable attraction, the city in november signed a 66-year lease with urban commons.
the city at the time also approved $23 million for urgent repairs, including structural fixes, upgrades to utility systems and repairs to storm drains and sewage systems, and renovations to teak wood decking throughout.
the ship’s condition was outlined in a recent marine survey that found extensive deterioration due to years of neglecting basic maintenance duties.
the ultimate goal, though, is for urban commons to create a development — using the queen mary as a centerpiece — that will generate enough future revenue to preserve the ship.
in march, the firm unveiled plans for a $250 million development called queen mary island, a sprawling complex that includes an outdoor amphitheater and california’s first indoor adventure park.
it is not clear yet how the hidden room will figure into future plans, but thomas said one idea includes installing monitors to play archival footage from the ship’s early days, similar to other exhibits in the ship’s bridge and engine rooms. visitors would be able to listen to the actions of the anchor as it dropped into the ocean depths, he said.
officials also want to include the room in guided tours, meaning the bathrooms that blocked its entry for decades would need to be reconfigured and restored.
that may take some time. due to the ship’s designation as a national historic landmark, the city will have to approve all potential changes based on federal secretary of interior standards for landmarks.
thomas is hopeful the public will be able to see the new discovery within a year.
“we’re not just going to slap some paint on it,” thomas said. “we’re going to ask how can we make this relevant and present it in a way that reflects its historical significance.”
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ɪn əˈnəðər ˈɪrə, tæŋks maɪt naʊ bi ɔn ðə strits əv ˈæŋkərə ənd ˌɪstɑnˈbul. ˈoʊvər ðə pæst jɪr ˈtərki həz sin ə ˈkrækˌdaʊn ɔn ˈproʊˌtɛsts, kərˈəpʃən ˈskændəlz, ə pərʤ əv ðə pəˈlis ənd ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri, ˈpɛrəˌnɔɪd tɔk əv ˈfɔrən plɑts ənd fɪθ ˈkɑləmz, ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk sˈloʊˌdaʊn ənd mɔr əˈtɛmpts tɪ soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˈgɪvɪn ðɪs ˈtərˌmɔɪl, ˈsoʊlʤərz wʊd noʊ daʊt bi ˈtɛmptɪd tɪ swip əˈsaɪd ðə feɪld ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz (ɛz ðeɪ hæv dən fɔr taɪmz ɪn ðə pæst). ðət ðə ˈʤɛnərəlz hæv rɪˈmeɪnd ɪn barracks—or*, ɪn ˈmɛni ˈkeɪsɪz, ɪn ə saɪn əv ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈprɑˌgrɛs. bət ˈæftər jɪrz əv strɔŋ groʊθ ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl rɪˈfɔrm, ˈtərki ɪz sˈlaɪdɪŋ ˈbækwərdz, wɪθ mɔr ðən ə wɪf əv əˌθɔrəˈtɛriəˌnɪzəm əˈbaʊt ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər,, huz ˈpɑrti həz bɪn ɪn paʊər sɪns noʊˈvɛmbər 2002 ˈmɪstər kleɪmz ðət ə weɪv əv ərˈɛsts ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 17th*, ɛz pɑrt əv ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðə sənz əv θri ˈkæbənət ˈmɪnɪstərz, wɑz ə mɔr ˈgrivəs əˈsɔlt ɔn dɪˈmɑkrəsi ðən ˈɛni pæst ku. ˌɪnˈdid, hi ɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈoʊvərˌʧʊrz tɪ ðə seɪm ˈʤɛnərəlz hum hi pʊt bɪˈhaɪnd bɑrz. hɪz ˈɛnəmi naʊ ɪz hɪz ˈfɔrmər ˈælaɪ, gulen*, moʊst ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl ˈklɛrɪk, hu lɪvz ɪn ˈɛkˌsaɪl ɪn ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə ənd huz ˈdɛvəˈtiz ər θɔt tɪ hæv ˈɪnfɪlˌtreɪtɪd ðə pəˈlis ənd ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri. hɛns ˈmɪstər riˌæləˈkeɪʃən əv ˈhənərdz əv pəˈlismɪn ənd ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz, ənd hɪz ˈligəl græb fər ˈgreɪtər kənˈtroʊl ˈoʊvər ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri. gɪt ɑr ˈdeɪli ˈnuzˌlɛtər ˈəpˈgreɪd jʊr ənd gɪt ɑr ˈdeɪli dɪˈspæʧ ənd ˈɛdɪtərz pɪks. bət ɪn ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ˈɛkstərˌpeɪt ðə ˈɛnəmi wɪˈθɪn, ˈmɪstər rɪsks ˈrɛkɪŋ ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən. hɪz ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ˈbrəsəlz ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 21st*, hɪz fərst ɪn θri jɪrz, wɑz mɛnt tɪ ækˈsɛlərˌeɪt ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp tɔks ðət bɪˈgæn ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2005 ðɛn stɔld bət hæd bɪn ˈbrifli rɪˈvaɪvd ɪn ˈrisənt mənθs. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ɪt wɪl bi ən əˈʧivmənt ʤɪst tɪ əˈvɔɪd ə ˈpəblɪk wɪθ ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər. ɪn ˈkoʊdɪd ˈwɔrnɪŋz, ˈsinjər əˈfɪʃəlz seɪ ˈtərki ˈfeɪsɪz ə tɛst: ɪf ˈmɪstər ˈligəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈsɪriəsli ˈəndərˌmaɪn ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns, ðə meɪ səˈspɛnd ðə tɔks. ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈkoʊpənˌhɑgən kraɪˈtɪriə ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈkænədɪts tɪ hæv ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ˌgɛrənˈtiɪŋ dɪˈmɑkrəsi, ðə rul əv lɔ, ˈjumən raɪts ənd rɪˈspɛkt fər ənd prəˈtɛkʃən əv minorities”*”. ˈjurəkræts strɛs ðət səˈspɛnʃən rɪˈmeɪnz ə option”*”. pərˈhæps ˈmɪstər wɪl wɪθˈdrɔ ər ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ hɪz nu lɔ; pərˈhæps ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌæbˈdələ gəl wɪl ˈriʤɛkt ɪt. ðə ˌɛnˈlɑrʤmənt kəˈmɪʃənər, ˈstɛfɑn füle*, sɪz ˈtərki ʃʊd kənˈsəlt ðə ˌbiˈfɔr ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðə ˈligəl ˈstætəs. ˌjʊrəˈpiən æmˈbɪʃənz goʊ bæk ɛz fɑr ɛz 1959 ɪts ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp tɔks hæv bɪn sloʊ, ˈpɑrtli bɪˈkəz əv ðə dɪˈspjut ˈoʊvər 1974 ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən əv ˈnɔrðərn ˈsaɪprəs. ðə blɑkt eɪt əv ðə 35 nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ““chapters”*” bɪˈkəz əv rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ ˈoʊpən ɪts pɔrts ənd ˈɛrˌpɔrts tɪ (ˈsəðərn) ˈsaɪprəs; ˈsaɪprəs ˌɪtˈsɛlf blɑkt əˈnəðər sɪks; ənd fræns ˈəndər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈnɪkɔləs blɑkt ə ˈfərðər fɔr. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri riˈleɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ðə ənd ˈneɪtoʊ ər ˈɔlsoʊ stək (ˈtərki ɪz ə ˈmɛmbər, bət ˈsaɪprəs ɪz nɑt). ənˈtɪl ˈrisəntli ˈmɪstər wʊd boʊst ðət ˈjʊrəp ˈnidɪd ˈtərki, wɪθ ɪts daɪˈnæmɪk ɪˈkɑnəmi ənd roʊl, mɔr ðən ˈtərki ˈnidɪd ˈjʊrəp. hi pərˈsud ə ˈpɑləsi əv problems”*” wɪθ hɪz ˈneɪbərz ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist. wɪn ðə ˈærəb spərɪŋ ˌɪˈrəptɪd ɪn 2010 ˈtərki wɑz hɛld əp ɛz ə ˈmɑdəl əv ˈmɑdərˌeɪt, ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌɪsˈlɑm. bət ðə ʃaɪn keɪm ɔf ˈæftər hɪz səˈprɛʃən əv læst mæs ˈproʊˌtɛsts əˈgɛnst plænz tɪ bɪld ˈoʊvər pɑrk ɪn ˌɪstɑnˈbul. hɪz ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi fɛl əˈpɑrt wɪn ðə ˈsɪriən ˈsɪvəl wɔr ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪd ənd ðə ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈɑrmi ənˈsitɪd ðə ɪˈlɛktɪd ˈprɛzɪdənt, mʊˈhɑməd morsi*, ən ˈɪsləmɪst ˈælaɪ. riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ əˈmɛrɪkə hæv bɪn streɪnd, nɑt list bɪˈkəz əv ə ˈtɛntətɪv dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ baɪ ˈmɪsəlz frəm ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˈdɪfərənsɪz ˈoʊvər ˈɪzriəl. ɛz ˈmɪstər ˈprɑbləmz hæv ˈməltəˌplaɪd, hɪz dɪsˈdeɪn fər ˈjʊrəp həz ˈfeɪdɪd. ɪt hɛlps ðət fræns naʊ həz ə lɛs ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪn. læst meɪ ˈtərki saɪnd ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt fər ə ˈnukliər paʊər ˈsteɪʃən wɪθ ə kənˈsɔrʃjəm ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ areva*; ˈmɪstər ɪz du tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ˈtərki ˈleɪtər ðɪs mənθ. soʊ ˈivɪn ðoʊ ˈmɪstər ˈtɛndənsiz hæv bɪˈkəm ˈklɪrər, əkˈsɛʃən ˈɛfərts lərʧt ˈfɔrwərd læst ˈɔtəm. ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər ðə ˈoʊpənd ə nu ˈʧæptər, ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ˈriʤənəl ˈpɑləsi. ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər ˈtərki əˈgrid tɪ stɑrt ˈteɪkɪŋ bæk ˌɪˈligəl ˈmaɪgrənts ˈkrɔsɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə, əˈgɛnst ə kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ə dil fər ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ tərks. fər ˈiən ˈlɛsər əv ðə ˈʤərmən ˈmɑrʃəl fənd, ə ˌtrænzəˈtlænɪk think-tank*, ˈtərki naʊ nidz ə problems”*” ˈstrætəʤi wɪθ ðə wɛst. bət ðə ˈleɪtəst əˈphivəl meɪks ðət ˈhɑrdər. frɛndz ˈstrəgəl tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ˈmɪstər. ənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn ˈbrɪtən, wəns ˈbɪgəst ˈʧæmpiən, həz bɪˈkəm əv ˌɛnˈlɑrʤmənt ənd ðə fri ˈmuvmənt əv ˈwərkərz. tu bɪg tɪ sˈwɔloʊ ðə əkˈsɛʃən əv ˈtərki ˈtəʧɪz wən əv ðə greɪt ˌəˈnænsərd kˈwɛsʧənz: wɛr ər ðə ˈbɔrdərz əv ˈjʊrəp? ɪt ɪz ˈizi tɪ seɪ ðət ðə smɔl ˈkəntriz əv ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈbɔlkənz ʃʊd wən deɪ ʤɔɪn. bət ˈtərki, laɪk juˈkreɪn, meɪ bi tu bɪg tɪ lɛt ɪn. tɪ ˈbrəsəlz ˌɪnˈsaɪdərz, ðə læk əv ə klɪr ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp pæθ həz ˈwikənd ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈɪnfluəns ˈtərki. bət ɪt ɪz ə strɛʧ tɪ kleɪm, ɛz səm du, ðət ˈjʊrəp həz ““lost”*” ˈtərki ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt. ˈjʊrəp ˈkænɑt ˈsɛtəl ə ˈdɑgˌfaɪt bɪtˈwin ə ˈʃædoʊi ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ðət həz ˈɪnfɪlˌtreɪtɪd ˈɔrgənz əv steɪt ənd ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˌɪnˈtɑlərənt praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər hu θɪŋks hi ɛmˈbɑdiz ðə steɪt. pərˈhæps ðə kʊd hɛlp baɪ ˈoʊpənɪŋ ˈʧæptər 23 ɔn ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri ənd ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl raɪts, ənd ˈʧæptər 24 ɔn ˈʤəstɪs, ˈfridəm ənd sɪˈkjʊrəti. ðɪs wʊd nɑt bi tɪ rɪˈwɔrd ˈmɪstər, bət tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈprɛʃər ɔn ɪm. jɛt ðət wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər ðə ˈɑbdərət tɪ kəm tɪ ðɛr ˈsɛnsɪz. ɪf ˈivɪn ðeɪ ˈkænɑt si ðət ðɛr oʊn bɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst laɪz ɪn ə mɔr ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ənd ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈtərki, waɪ ʃʊd ˈmɪstər bi ˈɛni ˈdɪfərənt?
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in another era, tanks might now be on the streets of ankara and istanbul. over the past year turkey has seen a crackdown on protests, corruption scandals, a purge of the police and judiciary, paranoid talk of foreign plots and fifth columns, an economic slowdown and more attempts to islamicise society. given this turmoil, turkey’s soldiers would no doubt be tempted to sweep aside the failed politicians (as they have done four times in the past). that the generals have remained in barracks—or, in many cases, in jail—is a sign of democratic progress. but after years of strong growth and political reform, turkey is sliding backwards, with more than a whiff of authoritarianism about the prime minister, recep tayyip erdogan, whose islamist-flavoured ak party has been in power since november 2002.
mr erdogan claims that a wave of arrests on december 17th, as part of an anti-corruption investigation that included the sons of three cabinet ministers, was a more grievous assault on democracy than any past coup. indeed, he is making overtures to the same generals whom he put behind bars. his enemy now is his former ally, fethullah gulen, turkey’s most influential cleric, who lives in self-imposed exile in pennsylvania and whose devotees are thought to have infiltrated the police and judiciary. hence mr erdogan’s reallocation of hundreds of policemen and prosecutors, and his legal grab for greater control over the judiciary.
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but in seeking to extirpate the enemy within, mr erdogan risks wrecking turkey’s chances of joining the european union. his visit to brussels on january 21st, his first in three years, was meant to accelerate eu membership talks that began in october 2005, then stalled but had been briefly revived in recent months. instead, it will be an achievement just to avoid a public bust-up with the short-fused prime minister. in coded warnings, senior officials say turkey faces a make-or-break test: if mr erdogan’s legal changes seriously undermine judicial independence, the eu may suspend the talks. the so-called copenhagen criteria require candidates to have “stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities”. eurocrats stress that suspension remains a “nuclear option”. perhaps mr erdogan will withdraw or modify his new law; perhaps president abdullah gul will reject it. the enlargement commissioner, stefan füle, says turkey should consult the eu before changing the judiciary’s legal status.
turkey’s european ambitions go back as far as 1959. its membership talks have been slow, partly because of the dispute over turkey’s 1974 occupation of northern cyprus. the eu blocked eight of the 35 negotiating “chapters” because of turkey’s refusal to open its ports and airports to (southern) cyprus; cyprus itself blocked another six; and france under president nicolas sarkozy blocked a further four. military relations between the eu and nato are also stuck (turkey is a member, but cyprus is not).
until recently mr erdogan would boast that europe needed turkey, with its dynamic economy and geostrategic role, more than turkey needed europe. he pursued a policy of “zero problems” with his neighbours in the middle east. when the arab spring erupted in 2010 turkey was held up as a model of moderate, democratic islam. but the shine came off after his heavy-handed suppression of last june’s mass protests against plans to build over gezi park in istanbul. his neo-ottoman foreign policy fell apart when the syrian civil war intensified and the egyptian army unseated the country’s elected president, muhammad morsi, an islamist ally. turkey’s relations with america have been strained, not least because of a tentative decision to buy air-defence missiles from china and differences over israel.
as mr erdogan’s problems have multiplied, his disdain for europe has faded. it helps that france now has a less turkophobic president in françois hollande. last may turkey signed a contract for a nuclear power station with a consortium including france’s areva; mr hollande is due to visit turkey later this month. so even though mr erdogan’s sultan-like tendencies have become clearer, turkey’s accession efforts lurched forward last autumn. in october the eu opened a new chapter, dealing with regional policy. in december turkey agreed to start taking back illegal migrants crossing into the eu, against a commitment to negotiate a visa-liberalisation deal for visiting turks. for ian lesser of the german marshall fund, a transatlantic think-tank, turkey now needs a “zero problems” strategy with the west. but the latest upheaval makes that harder. turkey’s friends struggle to defend mr erdogan. and the tory-led government in britain, once turkey’s biggest champion, has become sceptical of eu enlargement and the free movement of workers.
too big to swallow
the accession of turkey touches one of the club’s great unanswered questions: where are the borders of europe? it is easy to say that the small countries of the western balkans should one day join. but turkey, like ukraine, may be too big to let in.
to brussels insiders, the lack of a clear membership path has weakened the eu’s ability to influence turkey. but it is a stretch to claim, as some do, that europe has “lost” turkey as a result. europe cannot settle a dogfight between a shadowy brotherhood that has infiltrated organs of state and an increasingly intolerant prime minister who thinks he embodies the state.
perhaps the eu could help by opening chapter 23, on the judiciary and fundamental rights, and chapter 24, on justice, freedom and security. this would not be to reward mr erdogan, but to increase the pressure on him. yet that would require the obdurate greek-cypriots to come to their senses. if even they cannot see that their own best interest lies in a more democratic and european turkey, why should mr erdogan be any different?
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ðə ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn bɪˈgɪnz wɪn ˌɪnˈvɛstəbəl ˈæˌsɛts poʊz tu məʧ rɪsk fər tu ˈlɪtəl rɪˈtərn ˈkɛrfəl ðə rotation’*’ kʊd sɛnd stɑks ɪn ðə rɔŋ dɪˈrɛkʃɪn: ˈdeɪvɪd rosenberg”*” ˈgləskɪn ʧif ɪˈkɑnəmɪst əˈfreɪd əv ən ˈɛpɪk ɪn ðə bɑnd ˈmɑrkɪt ˈɛniˌtaɪm sun. waɪ [/np_storybar*] bɪl groʊs, ˈmænɪʤər əv ðə ˈbɪgəst bɑnd fənd, sɛd ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli æt rɪsk ɛz ˈgloʊbəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈmɑrkɪts rən aʊt əv ˈɛnərʤi ənd taɪm. ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn bɪˈgɪnz wɪn ˌɪnˈvɛstəbəl ˈæˌsɛts poʊz tu məʧ rɪsk fər tu ˈlɪtəl return,”*,” groʊs roʊt ɪn hɪz ˈmənθli ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈaʊˌtlʊk ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ˈnupɔrt biʧ, pəˈsɪfɪk ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈmænɪʤmənt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˈθərzˌdeɪ. ðə ˈrɛkərd ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈstɪmjələs əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl rɪˈzərv, ˈtrɪgərɪŋ ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts, həz ˈkrɪpəld ˈseɪvərz ənd praɪər ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəlz ðət wər beɪst ɔn ə ˈpɑzətɪv ril rɪˈtərn, hi sɛd. ril groʊθ əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi həz ˈsəfərd ɪn ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ɛz nɛt ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˈmɑrʤənz æt bæŋks fɔl, ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈstrəgəl tɪ meɪk rɪˈtərnz ənd ˈpɛnʃən fəndz ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈəndərˌfəndɪd. ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ʃʊd pəˈzɪʃən fər əˈvɛnʧuəl ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən ɛz ðə steɪʤ əv ə ˌsupərˈnoʊvə ˈkrɛdɪt explosion”*” ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ ˈproʊdus mɔr ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən ðən groʊθ baɪ ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈtrɛʒəri ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən prəˈtɛktɪd sɪˈkjʊrətiz, groʊs roʊt. juzd tɪ sloʊər ril groʊθ; ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts hæv ˈnɛgətɪv ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz. muv ˈməni tɪ ˈkərənsiz ənd ˈæˌsɛt ˈmɑrkɪts ɪn ˈkəntriz wɪθ lɛs dɛt ənd lɛs ˌhaɪpərˈbɑlɪk ˈkrɛdɪt systems”*” səʧ ɛz ɔˈstreɪljə, brəˈzɪl, ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ənd ˈkænədə. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ɛnd əv ɪt ˈtuˌdeɪ ˈmitɪŋ ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈoʊpən ˈmɑrkɪt kəˈmɪti kɛpt ɪts dɛt ˈpərʧəsɪŋ, ɪn ɪts ˈleɪtəst kˈwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv ˈizɪŋ ˈproʊˌgræm, æt ðə reɪt əv ˈbɪljən ə mənθ. ðə fɛd ɪz ˈpərʧəsɪŋ ˈbɪljən ə mənθ əv ˈmɔrgɪʤ bɑndz ənd ˈbɪljən ə mənθ əv ˈtrɛʒəriz. ðə fɛd həz hɛld ɪts ˈtərgət reɪt ɪn ə reɪnʤ əv ˈziroʊ tɪ sɪns dɪˈsɛmbər 2008 ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən fər ðə 12 mənθs ˈɛndɪŋ ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər wɑz əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə prɪˈfərd geɪʤ. bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈtərgət əv 2 ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ɪkˈspɛkt ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən əv ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst faɪv jɪrz, ɛz ˈmɛʒərd baɪ ðə sprɛd bɪtˈwin jildz əv ˈfaɪvˌjɪr tɪps ənd ˈnɑmənəl noʊts. groʊs ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ˈfaɪvˌjɪr ˈtrɛʒəri sɪˈkjʊrətiz ˈæftər ˈmɪnəts əv ðə dɛk. ˈmitɪŋ ʃoʊd ˈsɛvərəl ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə sɛd ɪt wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli bi əˈproʊpriˌeɪt tɪ sloʊ ər stɑp ˈpərʧəsɪz wɛl ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɛnd əv 2013 ðə fɛd ɪz ɪn ɪts θərd raʊnd əv bɑnd ˈpərʧəsɪz ˈəndər ðə ˈstɪmjələs ˈstrætəʤi. groʊs reɪzd ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈtrɛʒəriz hɛld ɪn hɪz ˈflægˌʃɪp ˈbɪljən ˈtoʊtəl rɪˈtərn fənd tɪ 26 ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər, ðə haɪəst ˈlɛvəl sɪns ˌʤuˈlaɪ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈleɪtəst əˈveɪləbəl fənd ˈdætə ɔn ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. fənd pərˈfɔrməns frəm ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl tɪ ril ˈæˌsɛts ɪf ˈpɑsəbəl æt ðə margin,”*,” groʊs roʊt ɪn ðə noʊt ˈθərzˌdeɪ. ˈsəmθɪŋ ju kən sɪŋk jʊr tiθ ˈɪntu goʊld, ˈəðər kəˈmɑdətiz, ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət bi ˌriprəˈdust ɛz fæst ɛz credit.”*.” ðə ˈtoʊtəl rɪˈtərn fənd ˌɪnˈkrist kɛpt ɪts ˈhoʊldɪŋz əv nɑn- juz. dɪˈvɛləpt nations’*’ dɛt æt 12 læst mənθ. groʊs kət ðə dɛt tɪ 7 frəm 8 ðə fənd geɪnd ɪn 2012 ˈbitɪŋ 95 əv ɪts pɪrz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈdætə kəmˈpaɪld baɪ ˈblumbərg. ðə fənd ɪz daʊn ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri. ˈpɪmkoʊ, ə ˈjunɪt əv ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrər ˈæliənz seɪ, ˈmænɪʤd ˈtrɪljən ɪn ˈæˌsɛts ɛz əv sɛpt. 30
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the countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return
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bill gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said investors are increasingly at risk as global financial markets run out of energy and time.
“the countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return,” gross wrote in his monthly investment outlook posted on newport beach, california-based pacific investment management co.’s website thursday.
the record monetary stimulus of the federal reserve, triggering near-zero interest rates, has crippled savers and prior business models that were based on a positive real return, he said. real growth of the economy has suffered in the process as net interest margins at banks fall, insurance companies struggle to make returns and pension funds are increasingly underfunded.
investors should position for eventual inflation as the “end stage of a supernova credit explosion” is likely to produce more inflation than growth by holding treasury inflation protected securities, gross wrote. “get used to slower real growth; qe and zero-based interest rates have negative consequences. move money to currencies and asset markets in countries with less debt and less hyperbolic credit systems” such as australia, brazil, mexico and canada.
following the end of it two-day rate-setting meeting wednesday, the federal open market committee kept its debt purchasing, in its latest quantitative easing program, at the rate of us$85 billion a month. the fed is purchasing us$40 billion a month of mortgage bonds and us$45 billion a month of treasuries. the fed has held its target rate in a range of zero to 0.25% since december 2008.
inflation expectations
inflation for the 12 months ending in november was 1.4%, according to the fed’s preferred gauge. that’s below the central bank’s longer-run target of 2%. investors expect inflation of 2.3% over the next five years, as measured by the spread between yields of five-year tips and nominal notes.
gross recommended five-year treasury securities after minutes of the fed’s dec. 11-12 meeting showed several members of the fomc said it would probably be appropriate to slow or stop purchases well before the end of 2013. the fed is in its third round of bond purchases under the quantitative-easing stimulus strategy.
gross raised the percentage of treasuries held in his flagship us$285 billion total return fund to 26% in december, the highest level since july, according to the latest available fund data on pimco’s website.
fund performance
“transition from financial to real assets if possible at the margin,” gross wrote in the note thursday. “buy something you can sink your teeth into gold, other commodities, anything that can’t be reproduced as fast as credit.”
the total return fund increased kept its holdings of non- u.s. developed nations’ debt at 12% last month. gross cut the fund’s emerging-market debt to 7%, from 8%.
the fund gained 10.4% in 2012, beating 95% of its peers, according to data compiled by bloomberg. the fund is down 0.28% in january.
pimco, a unit of the munich-based insurer allianz se, managed us$1.92 trillion in assets as of sept. 30.
bloomberg.com
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ðɪs fɪlm ɪz nɑt jɛt ˈreɪtɪd ɪz ə 2006 əˈmɛrɪkən ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri fɪlm əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmoʊʃən ˈpɪkʧər əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv əˈmɛrɪkəz ˈreɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ənd ɪts ˈifɛkt ɔn əˈmɛrɪkən ˈkəlʧər, dɪˈrɛktɪd baɪ ˈkərbi dɪk ənd prəˈdust baɪ ˈɛdi ʃmɪt. ðə fɪlm prɛˈmɪrd æt ðə 2006 ˈsənˌdæns fɪlm ˈfɛstɪvəl ənd wɑz ˈgrænɪd ə ˈlɪmɪtɪd θiˈætrɪkəl riˈlis ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 1 2006 ðə fɪlmz prəˈdusər, ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt fɪlm ˈʧænəl, ɛrd ðə fɪlm ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr. ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt dɪˈskəsɪz dɪˈspɛrətiz ðə ˈfɪlˌmeɪkər siz ɪn ˈreɪtɪŋz ənd ˈfidˌbæk: bɪtˈwin ˈhɑliˌwʊd ənd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt fɪlmz, bɪtˈwin ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃuəl ənd ˌhɛtəroʊˈsɛkˌʃuəl ˈsɛkʃuəl ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz, bɪtˈwin meɪl ənd ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈsɛkʃuəl dɪˈpɪkʃənz ənd bɪtˈwin ˈvaɪələns ənd ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɑntɛnt. ðə geɪv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl kət ən ˈreɪtɪŋ fər "səm ˈgræfɪk ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɑntɛnt" sinz ðət ˈɪləˌstreɪtɪd ðə ˈkɑntɛnt ə fɪlm kʊd ˌɪnˈklud tɪ ˈgɑrnər səʧ ə ˈreɪtɪŋ. dɪk əˈpild, ənd dɪˈskrɪpʃənz əv ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃənz ənd əˈpil wər ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri. tru tɪ ɪts ˈtaɪtəl, ðə ˈfaɪnəl kət ɪz nɑt ˈreɪtɪd. θimz ənd dɪˈskəʃən ˈɛdət məʧ əv ðə fɪlmz prɛs ˈkəvərɪʤ wɑz dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ dɪk ənd hɪz kruz juz əv ˈpraɪvət ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtər ˈbɛki tɪ ənˈmæsk ðə aɪˈdɛntɪˌtiz əv ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz ənd əˈpilz bɔrd ˈmɛmbərz. ˈəðər ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənz ɪn ðə fɪlm ˌɪnˈklud: ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri ðət ˈmɛni ˈreɪtɪŋz bɔrd ˈmɛmbərz ˈiðər hæv ˈʧɪldrən 18 ənd ˈoʊvər ər hæv noʊ ˈʧɪldrən æt ɔl (ˈtɪpɪkəli, ðə həz səˈʤɛstɪd ɪt haɪərz ˈoʊnli ˈpɛrənts wɪθ ˈʧɪldrən bɪtˈwin ðə ˈeɪʤɪz əv 5 ənd 17 ðət ðə bɔrd simz tɪ trit ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃuəl məˈtɪriəl məʧ mɔr ˈhɑrʃli ðən ˌhɛtəroʊˈsɛkˌʃuəl məˈtɪriəl (ðɪs əˈsərʃən ɪz səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ən ˈsteɪtmənt ɪn ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ təˈdeɪ ðət "wi doʊnt kriˈeɪt ˈstændərdz; wi ʤɪst ˈfɑloʊ ðɛm"); ðət ðə bɔrdz ˈreɪtərz rɪˈsiv noʊ ˈtreɪnɪŋ ənd ər dɪˈlɪbərətli ˈʧoʊzən bɪˈkəz əv ðɛr læk əv ˌɛkspərˈtiz ɪn ˈmidiə ˈlɪtərəsi ər ʧaɪld dɪˈvɛləpmənt; ðət ˈsinjər ˈreɪtərz hæv dɪˈrɛkt ˈkɑnˌtækt ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈmitɪŋz wɪθ ˈstudiˌoʊ ˌpərsəˈnɛl ˈæftər ˈmuvi ˈskrinɪŋz; ənd ðət ðə əˈpilz bɔrd ɪz ʤɪst ɛz ˈsikrətɪv ɛz ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz bɔrd, ɪts ˈmɛmbərz biɪŋ ˈmoʊstli ˈmuvi ˈθieɪtər ʧeɪn ənd ˈstudiˌoʊ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz. ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɔn ðə əˈpilz bɔrd ər tu ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈklərʤi (wən ˈkæθlɪk ənd wən ˈprɑtəstənt, hu meɪ ər meɪ nɑt hæv ˈvoʊtɪŋ paʊər). praɪər tɪ ˈsənˌdæns, ðə fɪlm spɑrkt ˌɪˈnɪʃəl prɛs ˈɪntəˌrɛst wɪn ɪt wɑz ˈhændɪd ən ˈreɪtɪŋ baɪ ðə fər "səm ˈgræfɪk ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɑntɛnt." wɪn ɪt prɛˈmɪrd æt ˈsənˌdæns, ðə fɪlmz ˈreɪtɪŋz dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃənz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ əˈpil, wər ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri. sɪns ðə fɪlm hæd ʧeɪnʤd drəˈmætɪkəli frəm ðə taɪm əv ðə ˈreɪtɪŋ, ðə fɪlm ˈkænɑt bi riˈlist wɪθ ən ˈreɪtɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ðə fɪlm biɪŋ ˌrisəbˈmɪtɪd fər ˌrivˈju. ðə fɪlm wɛnt ɔn tɪ drɔ kraʊdz æt ˈmɛni ˈəðər ˈfɛstɪvəlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ saʊθ baɪ ˌsaʊθˈwɛst ənd ðə siˈætəl ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl fɪlm ˈfɛstɪvəl, ənd wɑz sˈleɪtɪd fər θiˈætrɪkəl riˈlis ɪn fɔl 2006 ˈɪntərvˌjuz ˈɛdət ˈpipəl ˈɪntərvˌjud ɪn ðə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ər ɛz ˈfɑloʊz: bɔrd, 2005 ˈɛdət əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən dən wɪˈθɪn ðə fɪlm, ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈpipəl (ɛz əv 2006 hæv bɪn neɪmd ɛz ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˌrivˈju bɔrd, ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn ɛz ˈkɛrə. ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪz ðɛr eɪʤ ənd ðə eɪʤ əv ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən ɛz əv 2005 wɪn ðə fɪlm wɑz ʃɑt. ðiz ˈditeɪlz ər sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðə fɪlmz krɪˈtik əv ðə bɔrd, ɛz ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fər bɔrd ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp (əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə fɪlm) ər ðət ðə bɔrd ɪz kəmˈpoʊzd əv ril, ˈævərɪʤ əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpɛrənts (wɪθ ˈʧɪldrən bɪtˈwin ðə ˈeɪʤɪz əv 5 ənd 17 hu sərv fjuər ðən ˈsɛvən jɪrz. hɛd əv ðə bɔrd: ʤoʊn greɪvz (ðə ˈoʊnli ˈmɛmbər əv ðə bɔrd huz ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðə meɪks ˈpəblɪk) ˈænθɔˌni "ˈtoʊni" heɪ 61 eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: 16 28 30 ˈbɛri ˈfrimən 45 ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skul ˈeɪʤɪd ˈʧɪldrən ˈɑˌrlin beɪts 44 eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: 15 ənd 23 mæt 46 eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: 17 ənd 20 (hæd sərvd ɛz ə ˈreɪtər fər 9 jɪrz ɛz əv 2005 ʤoʊn ˈwərdən 56 eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: 18 (twɪnz) skɑt jəŋ 51 eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: 22 ənd 24 ˈneɪbər əv ˈmɪsɪz. beɪts) ʤoʊæn 61 eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: 22 ənd 25 haʊərd 47 noʊ ˈʧɪldrən (əˈspaɪrɪŋ ˈskrinˌraɪtər) ʤoʊnz eɪʤ əv ˈʧɪldrən: ˈʧɪldrən 3 ənd 8 əˈpilz ˈɛdət əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən dən wɪˈθɪn ðə fɪlm, ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈpipəl (ɛz əv 2006 hæv bɪn neɪmd ɛz ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə əˈpilz bɔrd: fɛr juz ˈɛdət ðɪs fɪlm ɪz nɑt jɛt ˈreɪtɪd ˈjuzɪz klɪps frəm ˈsɛvərəl fɪlmz tɪ ˈɪləˌstreɪt ɪts ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəmz əv ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz bɔrd. dɪk hæd ərˈɪʤənəli plænd tɪ ˈlaɪsəns ðiz klɪps frəm ðɛr ˈstudiˌoʊ ˈoʊnərz bət dɪˈskəvərd ðət ˈstudiˌoʊ ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ əˈgrimənts wʊd hæv proʊˈhɪbətəd ɪm frəm ˈjuzɪŋ ðɪs məˈtɪriəl tɪ ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz ðə ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈɪndəstri. ðɪs ˈprɑmptɪd ɪm, əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ˈprɑmənənt ˈkɑpiˌraɪt əˈtərni ˈmaɪkəl si. ˈdɑnəldsən, tɪ ˌɪnˈvoʊk ðə fɛr juz ˈdɔktərɪn, wɪʧ ˈpərˌmɪts ˈlɪmɪtɪd juz əv ˈkɑpiˌraɪtɪd məˈtɪriəl tɪ prəˈvaɪd æˈnælɪsɪs ənd ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv ˈpəblɪʃt ðə fɪlmz səkˈsɛs həz spərd ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn fɛr juz, əˈspɛʃəli əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤmənts ˈɛdət ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 24 2006 ðə ˈmoʊʃən ˈpɪkʧər əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv əˈmɛrɪkə (mpaa*) ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈdjupləˌkeɪts əv ə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkɑpi əv ðə fɪlm ðət wɑz prəˈvaɪdɪd tɪ ðɛm fər ðə ˈpərpəs əv əbˈteɪnɪŋ ən ˈreɪtɪŋ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ dɪˈrɛktər dɪk, hi sɔt əˈʃʊrəntsɪz ðət noʊ ˈkɑpiz wʊd bi meɪd ər dɪˈstrɪbjətəd fər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈpərpəs. ðə ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈkɑpiz əv ðə fɪlm ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ dɪks ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðeɪ kənˈtɛnd ðət duɪŋ soʊ dɪd nɑt ˈkɑnstəˌtut ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤmənt ər ə vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl məˈlɛniəm ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ækt (dmca*). ðeɪ seɪ ðət ðə ˈpraɪvəsi əv ðə ˈreɪtərz ðɛmˈsɛlvz maɪt hæv bɪn ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd baɪ dɪk, bət noʊ kəmˈpleɪnt həz bɪn faɪld əˈgɛnst dɪks ˈlɔjər, ˈmaɪkəl ˈdɑnəldsən, həz rɪkˈwɛstɪd ðət ðə dɪˈstrɔɪ ɔl ˈkɑpiz əv ðə fɪlm ɪn ðɛr pəˈzɛʃən ənd ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪ ɪm əv hu həz sin ðə fɪlm ənd rɪˈsivd ðə ˌdiˌviˈdi riˈlis kənˈteɪnz dɪˈlitəd sinz ðət ʃoʊd boʊθ foʊn kɔlz wɛr dɪk wɑz əˈʃʊrd ðət noʊ ˈkɑpi wʊd bi meɪd, ənd ðə læst wən, ˈdʊrɪŋ wɪʧ hi faʊnd aʊt ðət ə ˈkɑpi hæd ˌɪnˈdid bɪn kriˈeɪtɪd. rɪˈsɛpʃən ˈɛdət ˈrɑtən təˈmɑtoʊz gɪvz ðə fɪlm ə "ˈsərtəˌfaɪd frɛʃ" skɔr əv 84 beɪst ɔn 117 rəvˈjuz; ðə kənˈsɛnsəs steɪts: "ə ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ ənd ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ fɪlm ðət wɪl ˈoʊpən ˈmɛni aɪz tɪ ðə ˈtæktɪks əv ðə ənd ðɛr ˈreɪtɪŋz gɪvz ðə fɪlm ə skɔr əv 75 beɪst ɔn rəvˈjuz frəm 33 æt ˈsənˌdæns, ðə fɪlm rɪˈsivd ə ˈstændɪŋ oʊˈveɪʃən əˈmɪdst ə weɪv əv ˈfeɪvərəbəl ˈkəvərɪʤ baɪ ˈmeɪʤər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz. ðə ˈmægəˌzinz ˈroʊlɪŋ stoʊn ("terrific...indispensable*"), ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈwikli ("ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbəl"), ənd ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ təˈdeɪ ("ˈreɪtɪd ɑr fər reɪvz"), ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈʤərnəlɪsts səʧ ɛz ˈrɑʤər ˈɛbərt ("ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ") ənd fɪlm ˈgævɪn smɪθ ("ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv") preɪzd ðə fɪlm fər ɪts ˈnɑvəl tɛkˈniks ənd ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənz ðət dɪˈspjut ˈlɔŋˌstændɪŋ ˈsteɪtmənts əˈbaʊt ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz ˈsɪstəm. səm ˈkrɪtɪks dɪsˈlaɪkt ðə fɪlm., ə ˈmægəˌzin ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl saɪd əv ˈmuvi ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən, roʊt ðət ðɪs fɪlm ɪz nɑt jɛt ˈreɪtɪd peɪd ˈoʊnli ˈpæsɪŋ ˈmɛnʃən tɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv ˈθiətər ˈoʊnərz (ˈneɪtoʊ), wɪʧ wɑz ə ɪn ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz ˈsɪstəm (ðə ˈfoʊkɪs əv ðə fɪlm wɑz ɔn ðə). ɪn ɪts ˈɛˌseɪ, ˈɔlsoʊ kɔld ðə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri "ˈwɪlfəli dɪˈstɔrtɪd." ˈdeɪvɪd ˈpoʊlənd, hu rənz "ˈmuvi ˈsɪti nuz", roʊt, "ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt spiks tɪ ə ˈsəbʤɪkt aɪ θɪŋk ɪz ˈvɛri ˈfeɪljərz əv ðə ˈreɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ənd, spəˈsɪfɪkli ðə təf, smɑrt ˈrisərʧ ʤɪst ˈɪzənt ɪn ðə ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃən ˈɛdət waɪl ənˈreɪtɪd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ðə kəˈneɪdiən riˈlis baɪ ˈmidiə həz ə kəˈneɪdiən hoʊm ˈvɪdioʊ ˈreɪtɪŋ əv 14a*. ðə fɪlm wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ən 18 sərˈtɪfɪkət frəm ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ bɔrd əv fɪlm ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃən ənd ˈaɪrɪʃ fɪlm ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃən əˈwɔrdz ənd ˌnɑməˈneɪʃənz ˈɛdət si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət
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