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the so-called front page of the internet is jumping on the encryption bandwagon.
reddit quietly announced on tuesday that it will soon start to better protect your privacy and security by switching to by default starting on june 29. on that day, will become one of the largest sites on the web to be only, joining a burgeoning movement to encrypt the whole web by default.
"we're ready to enforce that everyone use a secure connection with,"'s system administrator ricky ramirez wrote in a short post on the site's developers subreddit. will no longer be available."
"we're ready to enforce that everyone use a secure connection with."
since last year, already supported, but it wasn't turned on by default, meaning that as a user had to turn on a setting on the site's preferences, type:// before the address, or have a such as everywhere to force the connection to the site to be encrypted.
in less than two weeks, will force all users to, according to post.
reddit's announcement comes just a few days after another internet giant such as wikipedia started switching all its sites to only. big websites like facebook, google and twitter have supported by default for years, but the practice is only starting to gain mainstream adoption in the last year.
this has been in part thanks to a coordinated push from both nonprofit organizations and big tech companies. earlier this year, the world wide web consortium (w3c), the internet's main international standards organization, encouraged the wider adoption of in a paper. last year, the human rights organization access, with the support of companies such as twitter, dropbox, and itself, launched a campaign called "encrypt all the things."
others, such as google, mozilla, and apple, have all signaled their intention to abandon the web. even the white house recently set a deadline for all government sites to migrate to only.
"we believe by default is the best course of action for the internet in today's political climate."
when a website is only, it forces visitors to an encrypted connection that uses the more secure protocol, ensuring that the data that they send to the site (think passwords or private messages) isn't visible while it travels across the internet. with enabled, it's harder for spies and hackers to see what you are doing on a site, and it's harder for repressive regimes to selectively censor certain parts of a site (something that iran used to do with wikipedia or instagram, for example).
reddit has long been known for its speech, stance, and now the site is walking the walk.
"we believe we've finally overcome our technical challenges in providing an encrypted connection to all of our users," spokesperson ashley dawkins told motherboard, "and believe by default is the best course of action for the internet in today's political climate."
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ˈɪmɪʤ: ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld frənt peɪʤ əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪz ˈʤəmpɪŋ ɔn ðə ɛnˈkrɪpʃən ˈbændˌwægən. kˈwaɪətli əˈnaʊnst ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ðət ɪt wɪl sun stɑrt tɪ ˈbɛtər prəˈtɛkt jʊr ˈpraɪvəsi ənd sɪˈkjʊrəti baɪ sˈwɪʧɪŋ tɪ baɪ dɪˈfɔlt ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɔn ʤun 29 ɔn ðət deɪ, wɪl bɪˈkəm wən əv ðə ˈlɑrʤəst saɪts ɔn ðə wɛb tɪ bi ˈoʊnli, ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ə ˈbərʤənɪŋ ˈmuvmənt tɪ ɪnˈkrɪpt ðə hoʊl wɛb baɪ dɪˈfɔlt. "wɪr ˈrɛdi tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ðət ˈɛvriˌwən juz ə sɪˈkjʊr kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ," ˈsɪstəm ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər ˈrɪˌki rəˈmɪrɛz roʊt ɪn ə ʃɔrt poʊst ɔn ðə saɪts dɪˈvɛləpərz subreddit*. wɪl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi əˈveɪləbəl." "wɪr ˈrɛdi tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ðət ˈɛvriˌwən juz ə sɪˈkjʊr kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ." sɪns læst jɪr, ɔˈrɛdi səˈpɔrtɪd, bət ɪt ˈwəzənt tərnd ɔn baɪ dɪˈfɔlt, ˈminɪŋ ðət ɛz ə ˈjuzər hæd tɪ tərn ɔn ə ˈsɛtɪŋ ɔn ðə saɪts ˈprɛfərənsɪz, taɪp:// ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈæˌdrɛs, ər hæv ə səʧ ɛz ˈɛvriˌwɛr tɪ fɔrs ðə kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ðə saɪt tɪ bi ɪnˈkrɪptɪd. ɪn lɛs ðən tu wiks, wɪl fɔrs ɔl ˈjuzərz tɪ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ poʊst. əˈnaʊnsmɛnt kəmz ʤɪst ə fju deɪz ˈæftər əˈnəðər ˈɪntərˌnɛt ʤaɪənt səʧ ɛz ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə ˈstɑrtɪd sˈwɪʧɪŋ ɔl ɪts saɪts tɪ ˈoʊnli. bɪg ˈwɛbˌsaɪts laɪk ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ˈgugəl ənd tˈwɪtər hæv səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ dɪˈfɔlt fər jɪrz, bət ðə ˈpræktɪs ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ geɪn ˈmeɪnˌstrim əˈdɑpʃən ɪn ðə læst jɪr. ðɪs həz bɪn ɪn pɑrt θæŋks tɪ ə koʊˈɔrdəneɪtɪd pʊʃ frəm boʊθ nɑnˈprɑfət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ənd bɪg tɛk ˈkəmpəˌniz. ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ðə wərld waɪd wɛb kənˈsɔrʃjəm (w3c*), ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛts meɪn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈstændərdz ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, ɪnˈkərəʤd ðə ˈwaɪdər əˈdɑpʃən əv ɪn ə ˈpeɪpər. læst jɪr, ðə ˈjumən raɪts ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˈækˌsɛs, wɪθ ðə səˈpɔrt əv ˈkəmpəˌniz səʧ ɛz tˈwɪtər, dropbox*, ənd ˌɪtˈsɛlf, lɔnʧt ə kæmˈpeɪn kɔld "ɪnˈkrɪpt ɔl ðə θɪŋz." ˈəðərz, səʧ ɛz ˈgugəl, mozilla*, ənd ˈæpəl, hæv ɔl ˈsɪgnəld ðɛr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən tɪ əˈbændən ðə wɛb. ˈivɪn ðə waɪt haʊs ˈrisəntli sɛt ə ˈdɛˌdlaɪn fər ɔl ˈgəvərnmənt saɪts tɪ ˈmaɪˌgreɪt tɪ ˈoʊnli. "wi bɪˈliv baɪ dɪˈfɔlt ɪz ðə bɛst kɔrs əv ˈækʃən fər ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪn ˈtudeɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈklaɪmɪt." wɪn ə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ɪz ˈoʊnli, ɪt ˈfɔrsɪz ˈvɪzɪtərz tɪ ən ɪnˈkrɪptɪd kəˈnɛkʃən ðət ˈjuzɪz ðə mɔr sɪˈkjʊr ˈproʊtəˌkɔl, ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ ðət ðə ˈdætə ðət ðeɪ sɛnd tɪ ðə saɪt (θɪŋk ˈpæsˌwərdz ər ˈpraɪvət ˈmɛsɪʤɪz) ˈɪzənt ˈvɪzəbəl waɪl ɪt ˈtrævəlz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. wɪθ ɪˈneɪbəld, ɪts ˈhɑrdər fər spaɪz ənd ˈhækərz tɪ si wət ju ər duɪŋ ɔn ə saɪt, ənd ɪts ˈhɑrdər fər riˈprɛsɪv rəˈʒimz tɪ səˈlɛktɪvli ˈsɛnsər ˈsərtən pɑrts əv ə saɪt (ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˌɪˈrɑn juzd tɪ du wɪθ ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə ər instagram*, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl). həz lɔŋ bɪn noʊn fər ɪts spiʧ, stæns, ənd naʊ ðə saɪt ɪz ˈwɔkɪŋ ðə wɔk. "wi bɪˈliv wiv ˈfaɪnəli ˈoʊvərˌkəm ɑr ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈʧælənʤɪz ɪn prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ən ɪnˈkrɪptɪd kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ɔl əv ɑr ˈjuzərz," ˈspoʊkspərsən ˈæʃli ˈdɔkɪnz toʊld motherboard*, "ənd bɪˈliv baɪ dɪˈfɔlt ɪz ðə bɛst kɔrs əv ˈækʃən fər ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪn ˈtudeɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈklaɪmɪt."
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it’s safe to say faith stowers and brittany cartwright will not be friends again anytime soon. the former sur employee spoke to us weekly exclusively about how she feel like she owes cartwright anything after sleeping with her boyfriend taylor.
“i owe brittany anything, not friend,” stowers told us in her first interview. “brittany even text me back. i mean, confused. the only reason why you text me in the beginning was cause you wanted a threesome.”
as previously reported, stowers told us that her relationship with taylor started after he her on twitter. then, after a party at taylor and apartment, stowers said that cartwright texted her to come back to their place and stay the night. stowers decided not to, and got a message from taylor the next day saying the couple wanted to have a threesome with her.
“i was like laughing, ‘lol, you guys are hilarious. pretty cute though.’ kind of flirting with the idea, but not serious,” stowers explained. “i think what pushed the envelope for him. ok now bringing up threesomes, here we go.”
stowers also revealed to us that she “actually liked” and their relationship was “very intimate.”
“i actually liked, like i actually appreciated his time, and so it was the fact that he lied to my face,” stowers said, referring to taylor denying he slept with her at birthday party when the news of their affair was discovered. “this kid was almost in tears laying in my bed, talking about this girl, saying he was done with her and he felt trapped. but lie to my face at a party?”
“it was almost like he really, really needed this,” she continued. “it was you could just tell, ’cause even when during the intercourse, it was very intimate, it was like he just, i know. he was in a whole other world, he was just so excited. i know. i was into it, cause i liked him, i could tell he was more into it than i was. if that makes any sense.”
stowers, who revealed on the hit bravo series that she and taylor use a condom, added, “i’m assuming the man is free, because i have anything.”
vanderpump rules airs on bravo mondays at 9 p.m. et.
reporting by sharon tharp
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it’s* seɪf tɪ seɪ feɪθ stoʊərz ənd ˈbrɪtəni ˈkɑrˌtraɪt wɪl nɑt bi frɛndz əˈgɛn ˈɛniˌtaɪm sun. ðə ˈfɔrmər sər ɪmˈplɔɪi spoʊk tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli ɪkˈsklusɪvli əˈbaʊt haʊ ʃi fil laɪk ʃi oʊz ˈkɑrˌtraɪt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈæftər sˈlipɪŋ wɪθ hər ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd ˈteɪlər. oʊ ˈbrɪtəni ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, nɑt friend,”*,” stoʊərz toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ɪn hər fərst ˈɪntərvˌju. ˈivɪn tɛkst mi bæk. aɪ min, kənfˈjuzd. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈrizən waɪ ju tɛkst mi ɪn ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ wɑz kɔz ju ˈwɔntɪd ə threesome.”*.” ɛz ˈpriviəsli ˌriˈpɔrtəd, stoʊərz toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ðət hər riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ˈteɪlər ˈstɑrtɪd ˈæftər hi hər ɔn tˈwɪtər. ðɛn, ˈæftər ə ˈpɑrti æt ˈteɪlər ənd əˈpɑrtmənt, stoʊərz sɛd ðət ˈkɑrˌtraɪt ˈtɛkstɪd hər tɪ kəm bæk tɪ ðɛr pleɪs ənd steɪ ðə naɪt. stoʊərz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd nɑt tɪ, ənd gɑt ə ˈmɛsɪʤ frəm ˈteɪlər ðə nɛkst deɪ seɪɪŋ ðə ˈkəpəl ˈwɔntɪd tɪ hæv ə θˈrisəm wɪθ hər. wɑz laɪk ˈlæfɪŋ, ‘‘lol*, ju gaɪz ər hɪˈlɛriəs. ˈprɪti kjut though.’*.’ kaɪnd əv ˈflərtɪŋ wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə, bət nɑt serious,”*,” stoʊərz ɪkˈspleɪnd. θɪŋk wət pʊʃt ðə ˈɛnvəˌloʊp fər ɪm. ˈoʊˈkeɪ naʊ ˈbrɪŋɪŋ əp threesomes*, hir wi go.”*.” stoʊərz ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈvild tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ðət ʃi liked”*” ənd ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɑz intimate.”*.” ˈæˌkʧuəli laɪkt, laɪk aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd hɪz taɪm, ənd soʊ ɪt wɑz ðə fækt ðət hi laɪd tɪ maɪ face,”*,” stoʊərz sɛd, rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ˈteɪlər dɪˈnaɪɪŋ hi slɛpt wɪθ hər æt ˈbərθˌdeɪ ˈpɑrti wɪn ðə nuz əv ðɛr əˈfɛr wɑz dɪˈskəvərd. kɪd wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɪn tɪrz leɪɪŋ ɪn maɪ bɛd, ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɪs gərl, seɪɪŋ hi wɑz dən wɪθ hər ənd hi fɛlt træpt. bət laɪ tɪ maɪ feɪs æt ə party?”*?” wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst laɪk hi ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli ˈnidɪd this,”*,” ʃi kənˈtɪnjud. wɑz ju kʊd ʤɪst tɛl, ˈivɪn wɪn ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈɪnərˌkɔrs, ɪt wɑz ˈvɛri ˈɪnɪmət, ɪt wɑz laɪk hi ʤɪst, aɪ noʊ. hi wɑz ɪn ə hoʊl ˈəðər wərld, hi wɑz ʤɪst soʊ ɪkˈsaɪtɪd. aɪ noʊ. aɪ wɑz ˈɪntu ɪt, kɔz aɪ laɪkt ɪm, aɪ kʊd tɛl hi wɑz mɔr ˈɪntu ɪt ðən aɪ wɑz. ɪf ðət meɪks ˈɛni sense.”*.” stoʊərz, hu rɪˈvild ɔn ðə hɪt ˈbrɑvoʊ ˈsɪriz ðət ʃi ənd ˈteɪlər juz ə ˈkɑndəm, ˈædɪd, əˈsumɪŋ ðə mæn ɪz fri, bɪˈkəz aɪ hæv anything.”*.” rulz ɛrz ɔn ˈbrɑvoʊ ˈmənˌdeɪz æt 9 p.m*. ɛt. rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ baɪ ˈʃɛrən θɑrp saɪn əp naʊ fər ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈwikli ˈnuzˌlɛtər tɪ gɪt ˈbreɪkɪŋ səˈlɛbrɪti nuz, hɑt ənd mɔr dɪˈlɪvərd streɪt tɪ jʊr inbox*!
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for new jersey, wind and solar energy a better investment than nuclear power
as for nuclear, tittel said. too expensive to build, maintain, and operate. the cost of building a nuclear plant is three to four times more than wind and then you add the environmental and safety issues, he said.
“wind and solar is a much better investment,”
wind and solar energy overshadow nuclear at energy master plan public hearing, toms river patch, by elaine 19 aug 11, the public, environmental advocates, and stakeholders voice their opinions on the energy master plan. wind and solar energy were the focus at a public hearing on the energy master plan held by sen. bob smith (d- district 17) and assemblyman john mckeon (d- district 27) at the town hall in toms river.
“the new jersey shore provides an appropriate setting for a vigorous discussion on clean energy, considering it is an ideal location for harnessing renewable sources like wind and jersey has a unique opportunity to modernize our energy blueprint for the future,” smith said prior to the hearing……
the purpose of the hearing was for members of the public, environmental advocates, and stakeholders to voice their opinions so their ideas could be brought to the legislature.
“the energy master plan affects all aspects of your life,” he said, including air quality and the cost of air condition.
although most emphasized the importance of wind and solar, stefanie brand, director of the new jersey division of rate counsel, said the state needs to balance the resource mix with energy efficiency and cost in mind.
“we close oyster creek if they replace the replace base load generation simply with solar, wind and energy efficiency,” brand said.
the state needs a mix of resources that would moderate prices and decrease carbon emissions, she said….
jeff tittel, president of the new jersey sierra club, looks at the energy master plan..
the megawatts of wind generation proposed is manageable and the state is exceeding in solar, tittel said. but he looked down upon the energy master plan decreasing from 30 percent to percent of electricity produced from renewable energy sources by 2020. “we look at this plan overall and we see a future but we need to make a decision,” tittel said. the state needs to make a decision between offshore or onshore oil, wind, solar, and energy efficiency, he said….. as for nuclear, tittel said too expensive to build, maintain, and operate. the cost of building a nuclear plant is three to four times more than wind and then you add the environmental and safety issues, he said. “wind and solar is a much better investment,” tittel said. “if we do replace [oyster creek], it should be with offshore wind and renewable energy not another fuel plant. i think better off both environmentally and financially.” lacey township can become a service place for offshore wind and even install solar panels on oyster creek once the plant closes, he said….
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fər nu ˈʤərzi, wɪnd ənd ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi ə ˈbɛtər ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ðən ˈnukliər paʊər ɛz fər ˈnukliər, ˈtɪtəl sɛd. tu ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ bɪld, meɪnˈteɪn, ənd ˈɔpərˌeɪt. ðə kɔst əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ə ˈnukliər plænt ɪz θri tɪ fɔr taɪmz mɔr ðən wɪnd ənd ðɛn ju æd ðə ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ənd ˈseɪfti ˈɪʃuz, hi sɛd. ənd ˈsoʊlər ɪz ə məʧ ˈbɛtər investment,”*,” wɪnd ənd ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi ˈoʊvərˈʃædoʊ ˈnukliər æt ˈɛnərʤi ˈmæstər plæn ˈpəblɪk ˈhirɪŋ, tɑmz ˈrɪvər pæʧ, baɪ ˌiˈleɪn 19 ˈɔgəst 11 ðə ˈpəblɪk, ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈædvəˌkeɪts, ənd ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz vɔɪs ðɛr əˈpɪnjənz ɔn ðə ˈɛnərʤi ˈmæstər plæn. wɪnd ənd ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi wər ðə ˈfoʊkɪs æt ə ˈpəblɪk ˈhirɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈɛnərʤi ˈmæstər plæn hɛld baɪ sɛn. bɑb smɪθ (di- ˈdɪstrɪkt 17 ənd əˈsɛmbliˌmæn ʤɑn məˈkiən (di- ˈdɪstrɪkt 27 æt ðə taʊn hɔl ɪn tɑmz ˈrɪvər. nu ˈʤərzi ʃɔr prəˈvaɪdz ən əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈsɛtɪŋ fər ə ˈvɪgərəs dɪˈskəʃən ɔn klin ˈɛnərʤi, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ɪt ɪz ən aɪˈdil loʊˈkeɪʃən fər ˈhɑrnəsɪŋ riˈnuəbəl ˈsɔrsəz laɪk wɪnd ənd ˈʤərzi həz ə juˈnik ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˈmɑdərˌnaɪz ɑr ˈɛnərʤi ˈbluˌprɪnt fər ðə future,”*,” smɪθ sɛd praɪər tɪ ðə hearing……*…… ðə ˈpərpəs əv ðə ˈhirɪŋ wɑz fər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈpəblɪk, ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈædvəˌkeɪts, ənd ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz tɪ vɔɪs ðɛr əˈpɪnjənz soʊ ðɛr aɪˈdiəz kʊd bi brɔt tɪ ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪʧər. ˈɛnərʤi ˈmæstər plæn əˈfɛkts ɔl ˈæˌspɛkts əv jʊr life,”*,” hi sɛd, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɛr kˈwɑləti ənd ðə kɔst əv ɛr kənˈdɪʃən. ˌɔlˈðoʊ moʊst ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv wɪnd ənd ˈsoʊlər, ˈstɛfəni brænd, dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə nu ˈʤərzi dɪˈvɪʒən əv reɪt ˈkaʊnsəl, sɛd ðə steɪt nidz tɪ ˈbæləns ðə ˈrisɔrs mɪks wɪθ ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi ənd kɔst ɪn maɪnd. kloʊz ˈɔɪstər krik ɪf ðeɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ðə ˌriˈpleɪs beɪs loʊd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈsɪmpli wɪθ ˈsoʊlər, wɪnd ənd ˈɛnərʤi efficiency,”*,” brænd sɛd. ðə steɪt nidz ə mɪks əv ˈrisɔrsɪz ðət wʊd ˈmɑdərˌeɪt ˈpraɪsɪz ənd ˈdiˌkris ˈkɑrbən ɪˈmɪʃənz, ʃi said…*…. ʤɛf ˈtɪtəl, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə nu ˈʤərzi siˈɛrə kləb, lʊks æt ðə ˈɛnərʤi ˈmæstər plæn ðə ˈmɛgəˌwɑts əv wɪnd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən prəˈpoʊzd ɪz ˈmænɪʤəbəl ənd ðə steɪt ɪz ɪkˈsidɪŋ ɪn ˈsoʊlər, ˈtɪtəl sɛd. bət hi lʊkt daʊn əˈpɑn ðə ˈɛnərʤi ˈmæstər plæn ˈdiˌkrisɪŋ frəm 30 pərˈsɛnt tɪ pərˈsɛnt əv ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti prəˈdust frəm riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈsɔrsəz baɪ 2020 lʊk æt ðɪs plæn ˈoʊvərˌɔl ənd wi si ə fˈjuʧər bət wi nid tɪ meɪk ə decision,”*,” ˈtɪtəl sɛd. ðə steɪt nidz tɪ meɪk ə dɪˈsɪʒən bɪtˈwin ˈɔfˈʃɔr ər ˈɑnˌʃɔr ɔɪl, wɪnd, ˈsoʊlər, ənd ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi, hi said…*….. ɛz fər ˈnukliər, ˈtɪtəl sɛd tu ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ bɪld, meɪnˈteɪn, ənd ˈɔpərˌeɪt. ðə kɔst əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ə ˈnukliər plænt ɪz θri tɪ fɔr taɪmz mɔr ðən wɪnd ənd ðɛn ju æd ðə ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ənd ˈseɪfti ˈɪʃuz, hi sɛd. ənd ˈsoʊlər ɪz ə məʧ ˈbɛtər investment,”*,” ˈtɪtəl sɛd. wi du ˌriˈpleɪs [ˈɔɪstər krik], ɪt ʃʊd bi wɪθ ˈɔfˈʃɔr wɪnd ənd riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi nɑt əˈnəðər fjuəl plænt. aɪ θɪŋk ˈbɛtər ɔf boʊθ ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəli ənd financially.”*.” ˈleɪsi ˈtaʊnʃɪp kən bɪˈkəm ə ˈsərvɪs pleɪs fər ˈɔfˈʃɔr wɪnd ənd ˈivɪn ˌɪnˈstɔl ˈsoʊlər ˈpænəlz ɔn ˈɔɪstər krik wəns ðə plænt ˈkloʊzɪz, hi said…*…. ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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if there anything learned in the last few weeks, that little things on the internet can make big statements about your life when combined into a single pile. a lot of those little things hidden in what many hope to be a “private space” your email. and a small program from a group of mit media lab students can mine your mail, take all those tiny things and create an artistic, disturbing and accurate picture of your life and relationships.
hooking up to your account via a secure connection, immersion scans accounts for related specifically to the to, from, cc and fields in emails. all of this is readily available using the proper api, but not directly accessible from the mail account itself. from there, all of the data is sorted, categorized and placed into a beautiful graphic that shows all of your “collaborators” on emails, including how often all of them talk to each other.
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the display itself, a series of circles with fine lines that show how different people converse with each other, is filled with colors to subtly delineate the varied social groups a user interacts with on a long-term basis. the project mines an overall history, tabulating the number of emails while also showing real-time data of how many messages were sent in a given week. users are invited to click around to different data points within the graphic, twisting and turning to uncover finite relationships.
check out the video that shows how the program was developed below:
sure, you may be thrilled and horrified at all of your email connections on display, but immersion also gives users the option to delete all of their, or to save it in a compressed file. however, the beauty of the data may just compel you to print it and hang it up on the wall as decor.
if nothing else, immersion does a great job at showing users how much personal data is hiding in plain sight. with a simple click of a button and some clever code, your relationships with others can be on display and aggregated for all time not necessarily the most comforting thought in the world of modern computing. but awareness is important, and immersion will make you aware of how all the little things really add up.
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ɪf ðɛr ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈlərnɪd ɪn ðə læst fju wiks, ðət ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt kən meɪk bɪg ˈsteɪtmənts əˈbaʊt jʊr laɪf wɪn kəmˈbaɪnd ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪŋgəl paɪl. ə lɔt əv ðoʊz ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz ˈhɪdən ɪn wət ˈmɛni hoʊp tɪ bi ə space”*” jʊr iˈmeɪl. ənd ə smɔl ˈproʊˌgræm frəm ə grup əv ˈɛˈmaɪˈti ˈmidiə læb ˈstudənts kən maɪn jʊr meɪl, teɪk ɔl ðoʊz ˈtaɪni θɪŋz ənd kriˈeɪt ən ɑrˈtɪstɪk, dɪˈstərbɪŋ ənd ˈækjərət ˈpɪkʧər əv jʊr laɪf ənd riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps. ˈhʊkɪŋ əp tɪ jʊr əˈkaʊnt ˈviə ə sɪˈkjʊr kəˈnɛkʃən, ˌɪˈmərʒən skænz əˈkaʊnts fər rɪˈleɪtɪd spəˈsɪfɪkli tɪ ðə tɪ, frəm, ˈsiˈsi ənd fildz ɪn iˈmeɪlz. ɔl əv ðɪs ɪz ˈrɛdəli əˈveɪləbəl ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈprɑpər api*, bət nɑt dɪˈrɛkli ækˈsɛsəbəl frəm ðə meɪl əˈkaʊnt ˌɪtˈsɛlf. frəm ðɛr, ɔl əv ðə ˈdætə ɪz ˈsɔrtɪd, ˈkætəgərˌaɪzd ənd pleɪst ˈɪntu ə ˈbjutəfəl ˈgræfɪk ðət ʃoʊz ɔl əv jʊr ““collaborators”*” ɔn iˈmeɪlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ haʊ ˈɔfən ɔl əv ðɛm tɔk tɪ iʧ ˈəðər. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə dɪˈspleɪ ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈsərkəlz wɪθ faɪn laɪnz ðət ʃoʊ haʊ ˈdɪfərənt ˈpipəl ˈkɑnvərs wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər, ɪz fɪld wɪθ ˈkələrz tɪ ˈsətəli dɪˈlɪniˌeɪt ðə ˈvɛrid ˈsoʊʃəl grups ə ˈjuzər ˌɪnərˈækts wɪθ ɔn ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˈbeɪsɪs. ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt maɪnz ən ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈhɪstəri, ˈtæbjəˌleɪtɪŋ ðə ˈnəmbər əv iˈmeɪlz waɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊɪŋ ˈrilˌtaɪm ˈdætə əv haʊ ˈmɛni ˈmɛsɪʤɪz wər sɛnt ɪn ə ˈgɪvɪn wik. ˈjuzərz ər ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd tɪ klɪk əraʊnd tɪ ˈdɪfərənt ˈdætə pɔɪnts wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈgræfɪk, tˈwɪstɪŋ ənd ˈtərnɪŋ tɪ ənˈkəvər ˈfaɪˌnaɪt riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps. ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ðət ʃoʊz haʊ ðə ˈproʊˌgræm wɑz dɪˈvɛləpt bɪˈloʊ: ʃʊr, ju meɪ bi θrɪld ənd ˈhɔrəˌfaɪd æt ɔl əv jʊr iˈmeɪl kəˈnɛkʃənz ɔn dɪˈspleɪ, bət ˌɪˈmərʒən ˈɔlsoʊ gɪvz ˈjuzərz ðə ˈɔpʃən tɪ dɪˈlit ɔl əv ðɛr, ər tɪ seɪv ɪt ɪn ə kəmˈprɛst faɪl. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈbjuti əv ðə ˈdætə meɪ ʤɪst kəmˈpɛl ju tɪ prɪnt ɪt ənd hæŋ ɪt əp ɔn ðə wɔl ɛz ˈdeɪkɔr. ɪf ˈnəθɪŋ ɛls, ˌɪˈmərʒən dɪz ə greɪt ʤɑb æt ʃoʊɪŋ ˈjuzərz haʊ məʧ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə ɪz ˈhaɪdɪŋ ɪn pleɪn saɪt. wɪθ ə ˈsɪmpəl klɪk əv ə ˈbətən ənd səm ˈklɛvər koʊd, jʊr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps wɪθ ˈəðərz kən bi ɔn dɪˈspleɪ ənd ˈægrəˌgeɪtəd fər ɔl taɪm nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ðə moʊst ˈkəmfərtɪŋ θɔt ɪn ðə wərld əv ˈmɑdərn kəmˈpjutɪŋ. bət əˈwɛrnəs ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt, ənd ˌɪˈmərʒən wɪl meɪk ju əˈwɛr əv haʊ ɔl ðə ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz ˈrɪli æd əp.
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romanian international lucian (lou-chi-an) (goy-an) has signed a short-term player contract with perth glory for the remainder of the hyundai season.
the old experienced central defender heads to perth after playing for indian giants mumbai city in the indian super league (ipl) where he was voted the league's best defender.
during this time he spent the season rubbing shoulders with former glory and former manchester united striker and uruguayan international diego forlan.
having represented his native romania at the level, comes from a rich pedigree, playing for local powerhouse bucharest, winning the romanian league championship, the romanian cup and the romanian supercup.
prior to his experience, played 73 matches in the chinese super league with tianjin and beijing before returning to his homeland to play for two more seasons with and cluj.
goian has been signed following season ending injuries to glory defenders shane lowry (quad) and alex grant (foot).
he has arrived in perth and has commenced training and will don the number 26 for the remainder of the season.
goian is expected to be available for selection for this week's round 24 hyundai match against table leaders sydney at nib stadium on sunday march 26.
tickets to the match can be purchased here.
#gloryisours
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roʊˈmeɪniən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈluʃən (lou-chi-an*) (goy-an*) həz saɪnd ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm pleɪər ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ pərθ ˈglɔri fər ðə rɪˈmeɪndər əv ðə ˈhənˌdeɪ ˈsizən. ðə oʊld ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈsɛntrəl dɪˈfɛndər hɛdz tɪ pərθ ˈæftər pleɪɪŋ fər ˈɪndiən ʤaɪənts ˌmʊmˈbaɪ ˈsɪti ɪn ðə ˈɪndiən ˈsupər lig (ipl*) wɛr hi wɑz ˈvoʊtɪd ðə ligz bɛst dɪˈfɛndər. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs taɪm hi spɛnt ðə ˈsizən ˈrəbɪŋ ˈʃoʊldərz wɪθ ˈfɔrmər ˈglɔri ənd ˈfɔrmər ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd ˈstraɪkər ənd ˌjərəgˈweɪən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl diˈeɪgoʊ forlan*. ˈhævɪŋ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd hɪz ˈneɪtɪv roʊˈmeɪniə æt ðə ˈlɛvəl, kəmz frəm ə rɪʧ ˈpɛdəgri, pleɪɪŋ fər ˈloʊkəl ˈpaʊərˌhaʊs ˈbukəˌrɛst, ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə roʊˈmeɪniən lig ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, ðə roʊˈmeɪniən kəp ənd ðə roʊˈmeɪniən supercup*. praɪər tɪ hɪz ɪkˈspɪriəns, pleɪd 73 ˈmæʧɪz ɪn ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈsupər lig wɪθ tiˈænʤɪn ənd ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ hɪz ˈhoʊmˌlænd tɪ pleɪ fər tu mɔr ˈsizənz wɪθ ənd ˈsiˈɛˈljuˈʤeɪ. həz bɪn saɪnd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsizən ˈɛndɪŋ ˈɪnʤəriz tɪ ˈglɔri dɪˈfɛndərz ʃeɪn ˈlaʊri (kwɑd) ənd ˈæləks grænt (fʊt). hi həz əraɪvd ɪn pərθ ənd həz kəˈmɛnst ˈtreɪnɪŋ ənd wɪl dɑn ðə ˈnəmbər 26 fər ðə rɪˈmeɪndər əv ðə ˈsizən. ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi əˈveɪləbəl fər səˈlɛkʃən fər ðɪs wiks raʊnd 24 ˈhənˌdeɪ mæʧ əˈgɛnst ˈteɪbəl ˈlidərz ˈsɪdni æt nɪb ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn ˈsənˌdi mɑrʧ 26 ˈtɪkɪts tɪ ðə mæʧ kən bi ˈpərʧəst hir.
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the internet can be an ugly place one where the mere act of expressing an opinion can result in a barrage of name-calling, harassment and sometimes threats of violence.
nearly half of u.s. internet users say they have experienced such intimidation; a third say they have resisted posting something online out of fear, according to the nonprofit data and society research institute. women, particularly young women and women of color, are disproportionately targeted.
now google is zeroing in on the problem. on thursday, the company publicly released an artificial intelligence tool, called perspective, that scans online content and rates how “toxic” it is based on ratings by thousands of people.
for example, you can feed an online comment board into perspective and see the percentage of users that said it was toxic. the toxicity score can help people decide whether they want to participate in the conversation, said jared cohen, president of jigsaw, the think tank (previously called google ideas). publishers of news sites can also use the tool to monitor their comment boards, he said.
people can also feed specific words and phrases into perspective to check how been rated. a quick scan of some very ugly words yielded results: the n-word was rated as 82 percent toxic; c---, a term for genitalia, was 77 percent toxic; k---, a derogatory word for a jewish person, was 39 percent toxic; and c----, a slur for a chinese person, was 32 percent toxic. if you add the phrase “you are a” to any of those words, the toxicity score goes up.
cohen emphasized that perspective was a work in progress and would only improve if people contributed to it.
google’s efforts trail that of other tech companies and nonprofit groups. earlier this month, twitter which has developed a reputation as a playground for abuse launched new tools to cut on trolling. the company said it would begin retaining more user data as part of an effort to prevent people who have harassed other people from deleting their accounts and then under a new username. it also said it was tweaking its algorithms to flag certain as “potentially abusive or low-quality.”
hack harassment, a group founded by intel, vox media and lady born this way foundation, is working to raise awareness. other organizations, such as and crash override network, are support groups for people who have experienced harassment online.
last year, gaming entrepreneur brianna wu, along with harvard professors, the international media foundation and the agency digital sisters, sent a list of demands to technology companies for how they can clean up their services.
to build a model that can predict hate speech, cohen said that the jigsaw team had originally acquired a data set of 17 million reader comments from the new york times. the company also mined the comment sections of wikipedia and collected data from victims of online harassment who had kept a record of their experiences.
from there, the company hired several thousand people who rated the comments as toxic or not toxic, as well as whether they thought such comments were personal attacks. jigsaw developed its toxicity scores based on the annotations. because there was widespread disagreement on what constituted a personal attack, team ultimately decided not to use “personal attack” as a rating category.
it’s up to publishers to decide how to use the tool. some may choose to show the scores to readers and use methods that are similar to current systems where readers can flag offensive language to human moderators. others may choose to use the data to clean up the language on their own sites.
asked whether the site could result in censoring free speech, cohen said that the software tool intended to bypass human judgment, but to flag “low-hanging fruit” that could then be passed on to human moderators.
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ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt kən bi ən ˈəgli pleɪs wən wɛr ðə mɪr ækt əv ɪkˈsprɛsɪŋ ən əˈpɪnjən kən rɪˈzəlt ɪn ə bərɑʒ əv name-calling*, hərˈæsmənt ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz θrɛts əv ˈvaɪələns. ˈnɪrli hæf əv juz. ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈjuzərz seɪ ðeɪ hæv ɪkˈspɪriənst səʧ ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən; ə θərd seɪ ðeɪ hæv rɪˈzɪstɪd ˈpoʊstɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈɔnˌlaɪn aʊt əv fɪr, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə nɑnˈprɑfət ˈdætə ənd soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈrisərʧ ˈɪnstɪˌtut. ˈwɪmən, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli jəŋ ˈwɪmən ənd ˈwɪmən əv ˈkələr, ər ˌdɪsprəˈpɔrʃənətli ˈtɑrgətɪd. naʊ ˈgugəl ɪz ˈziroʊɪŋ ɪn ɔn ðə ˈprɑbləm. ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈpəblɪkli riˈlist ən ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns tul, kɔld pərˈspɛktɪv, ðət skænz ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈkɑntɛnt ənd reɪts haʊ ““toxic”*” ɪt ɪz beɪst ɔn ˈreɪtɪŋz baɪ ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈpipəl. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ju kən fid ən ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈkɑmɛnt bɔrd ˈɪntu pərˈspɛktɪv ənd si ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈjuzərz ðət sɛd ɪt wɑz ˈtɑksɪk. ðə tɑkˈsɪsəti skɔr kən hɛlp ˈpipəl ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, sɛd ˈʤɛrɪd koʊən, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈʤɪgˌsɔ, ðə θɪŋk tæŋk (ˈpriviəsli kɔld ˈgugəl aɪˈdiəz). ˈpəblɪʃərz əv nuz saɪts kən ˈɔlsoʊ juz ðə tul tɪ ˈmɑnətər ðɛr ˈkɑmɛnt bɔrdz, hi sɛd. ˈpipəl kən ˈɔlsoʊ fid spɪˈsɪfɪk wərdz ənd ˈfreɪzɪz ˈɪntu pərˈspɛktɪv tɪ ʧɛk haʊ bɪn ˈreɪtɪd. ə kwɪk skæn əv səm ˈvɛri ˈəgli wərdz ˈjildɪd rɪˈzəlts: ðə ˈɛnˌwər wɑz ˈreɪtɪd ɛz 82 pərˈsɛnt ˈtɑksɪk; si---, ə tərm fər ʤɛnəˈtɑljə, wɑz 77 pərˈsɛnt ˈtɑksɪk; keɪ---, ə dərˈɑgəˌtɔri wərd fər ə ʤuɪʃ ˈpərsən, wɑz 39 pərˈsɛnt ˈtɑksɪk; ənd si----, ə slər fər ə ʧaɪˈniz ˈpərsən, wɑz 32 pərˈsɛnt ˈtɑksɪk. ɪf ju æd ðə freɪz ər a”*” tɪ ˈɛni əv ðoʊz wərdz, ðə tɑkˈsɪsəti skɔr goʊz əp. koʊən ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ðət pərˈspɛktɪv wɑz ə wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs ənd wʊd ˈoʊnli ˌɪmˈpruv ɪf ˈpipəl kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ɪt. ˈɛfərts treɪl ðət əv ˈəðər tɛk ˈkəmpəˌniz ənd nɑnˈprɑfət grups. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, tˈwɪtər wɪʧ həz dɪˈvɛləpt ə ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən ɛz ə ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd fər əˈbjuz lɔnʧt nu tulz tɪ kət ɔn ˈtroʊlɪŋ. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni sɛd ɪt wʊd bɪˈgɪn rɪˈteɪnɪŋ mɔr ˈjuzər ˈdætə ɛz pɑrt əv ən ˈɛfərt tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈpipəl hu hæv həræst ˈəðər ˈpipəl frəm dɪˈlitɪŋ ðɛr əˈkaʊnts ənd ðɛn ˈəndər ə nu username*. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ɪt wɑz tˈwikɪŋ ɪts ˈælgərˌɪðəmz tɪ flæg ˈsərtən ɛz əˈbjusɪv ər low-quality.”*.” hæk hərˈæsmənt, ə grup ˈfaʊndɪd baɪ ˌɪnˈtɛl, vɑks ˈmidiə ənd ˈleɪdi bɔrn ðɪs weɪ faʊnˈdeɪʃən, ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ reɪz əˈwɛrnəs. ˈəðər ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, səʧ ɛz ənd kræʃ ˈoʊvərˌraɪd ˈnɛtˌwərk, ər səˈpɔrt grups fər ˈpipəl hu hæv ɪkˈspɪriənst hərˈæsmənt ˈɔnˌlaɪn. læst jɪr, ˈgeɪmɪŋ ˌɑntrəprəˈnʊr briˈænə wu, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈhɑrvərd prəˈfɛsərz, ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmidiə faʊnˈdeɪʃən ənd ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈsɪstərz, sɛnt ə lɪst əv dɪˈmændz tɪ tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈkəmpəˌniz fər haʊ ðeɪ kən klin əp ðɛr ˈsərvɪsɪz. tɪ bɪld ə ˈmɑdəl ðət kən prɪˈdɪkt heɪt spiʧ, koʊən sɛd ðət ðə ˈʤɪgˌsɔ tim hæd ərˈɪʤənəli əkˈwaɪərd ə ˈdætə sɛt əv 17 ˈmɪljən ˈridər ˈkɑmɛnts frəm ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈɔlsoʊ maɪnd ðə ˈkɑmɛnt ˈsɛkʃənz əv ˈwɪkiˌpiˌdiə ənd kəˈlɛktəd ˈdætə frəm ˈvɪktɪmz əv ˈɔnˌlaɪn hərˈæsmənt hu hæd kɛpt ə ˈrɛkərd əv ðɛr ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz. frəm ðɛr, ðə ˈkəmpəˌni haɪərd ˈsɛvərəl ˈθaʊzənd ˈpipəl hu ˈreɪtɪd ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ɛz ˈtɑksɪk ər nɑt ˈtɑksɪk, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈwɛðər ðeɪ θɔt səʧ ˈkɑmɛnts wər ˈpərsɪnəl əˈtæks. ˈʤɪgˌsɔ dɪˈvɛləpt ɪts tɑkˈsɪsəti skɔrz beɪst ɔn ðə ˌænəˈteɪʃənz. bɪˈkəz ðɛr wɑz ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd dɪsəˈgrimənt ɔn wət ˈkɑnstəˌtutəd ə ˈpərsɪnəl əˈtæk, tim ˈəltəmətli ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd nɑt tɪ juz attack”*” ɛz ə ˈreɪtɪŋ ˈkætəˌgɔri. əp tɪ ˈpəblɪʃərz tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd haʊ tɪ juz ðə tul. səm meɪ ʧuz tɪ ʃoʊ ðə skɔrz tɪ ˈridərz ənd juz ˈmɛθədz ðət ər ˈsɪmələr tɪ ˈkɑrənt ˈsɪstəmz wɛr ˈridərz kən flæg əˈfɛnsɪv ˈlæŋgwɪʤ tɪ ˈjumən ˈmɑdərˌeɪtərz. ˈəðərz meɪ ʧuz tɪ juz ðə ˈdætə tɪ klin əp ðə ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ɔn ðɛr oʊn saɪts. æst ˈwɛðər ðə saɪt kʊd rɪˈzəlt ɪn ˈsɛnsərɪŋ fri spiʧ, koʊən sɛd ðət ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr tul ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈbaɪˌpæs ˈjumən ˈʤəʤmənt, bət tɪ flæg fruit”*” ðət kʊd ðɛn bi pæst ɔn tɪ ˈjumən ˈmɑdərˌeɪtərz.
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here are five debate demands included in a draft letter to debate media sponsors. leading republican presidential campaigns and attorney ben ginsberg put the list together. no campaign has signed off on the draft so far. the post's david weigel and robert costa obtained the draft. (sarah washington post)
here are five debate demands included in a draft letter to debate media sponsors. leading republican presidential campaigns and attorney ben ginsberg put the list together. no campaign has signed off on the draft so far. the post's david weigel and robert costa obtained the draft. (sarah washington post)
the format and content of upcoming republican debates became increasingly uncertain on monday after donald campaign said the real estate mogul would negotiate his terms directly with television executives instead of as part of a joint effort with his rivals.
the move by trump, coming just hours after his and other campaigns huddled in a washington suburb to craft a letter of possible demands, thwarts an effort to find consensus after what most candidates agreed was a debacle hosted by last week.
as a celebrity billionaire who has been a leading factor in drawing record ratings, trump has little interest in working to promote the wishes of his opponents, his allies said.
[gop contenders demand greater control of crucial debates]
the maneuvering by trump and the other republican candidates was met with annoyance by network executives, who said they have little interest in altering a process they believe was settled months ago.
during the third debate, candidates got feisty with the moderators. they took aim at the questions asked, at the "mainstream media" and at the moderators interrupting their answers. (victoria m. washington post)
“we agreed to this and now saying not agreeing?” said one executive who was granted anonymity in order to speak candidly.
“do you want ben carson deciding who your moderators are? the answer is no,” said another. “do you want bobby campaign dictating how the debates will be run when bobby may not even be in the race much longer?”
the consternation marked the latest turn in a debate process that has grown more problematic by the day. officials with the republican national committee took control of the process for the 2016 presidential election after a long and eventful debate season that many in the party thought hurt its chances in 2012.
but the campaigns have been quietly irritated by the rigid process all year and broke into open revolt last week. the responded by suspending nbc from hosting its feb. 26 event, and it put a new staffer in charge of managing the debates.
rnc spokesman sean spicer, who had been overseeing the deliberations before being replaced last week, said he supports trump and others as they negotiate directly with television executives. “these debates have always been about the candidates,” spicer said. “the candidates will be and always should be determining the best format for them.”
all of the major commercial broadcast and cable news networks are scheduled to televise republican debates through early march. the next debate, to be hosted by fox business network on nov. 10, is scheduled to go on as planned.
by negotiating on his own, trump will aim to mold the debates to his liking, though it is unclear exactly what terms he will demand. one likely desire will be to limit the debates to two hours following a three-hour cnn debate in september, trump and carson pushed to limit its forum to two hours.
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politically, approach continues his pattern of casting himself as a master negotiator and the one contender who can take charge of a party that has lost its way.
“i am very confident in mr. ability to negotiate the best deals with the networks, which will ultimately help all of the candidates in the race,” corey lewandowski, campaign manager, said in an interview. “he’s the best negotiator in the field, by a wide margin, and seen that time and time again.”
after decision, the campaigns of gov. john kasich (r-ohio) and gov. chris christie (r-n.j) confirmed that they would not sign on to the group endeavor.
“stop complaining,” christie said monday morning on “fox & friends.” “set up a stage, put podiums up there, and just go.”
in an interview, carson campaign manager barry bennett played down break from the pack and said it would not alter the course of the negotiations with the networks. bennett said campaign was reviewing the letter, which was drafted by longtime attorney ben ginsberg, and would offer edits within 48 hours.
“if they want to send their own letter, fine a a letter,” bennett said. “the trump folks were clear about what they wanted, and the carson campaign agrees with them 90 percent of the time. getting opening and closing statements. going to get some parity in questions. going to actually get formats announced to the campaigns. basically asking for the same thing just going to do it with his own letterhead.”
the draft letter, which was obtained by the washington post, included a series of questions for any network slated to host a debate. they incorporated concerns from the participating campaigns, warning moderators against belittling the candidates by holding “lightning rounds” or describing “how far away the bathrooms are” after commercial breaks, should candidates leave the stage. they even included a suggested room temperature 67 degrees.
the only disagreement during meeting between the trump and carson camps, as bennett saw it, was that trump opposed letting more candidates on the main stage. “they want more people onstage, because they think that would mean more people taking shots at him,” bennett said. “i’d argue that putting more people onstage actually helps trump the most, as going to want to divide the time evenly.”
while two of senior aides lewandowski and counselor donald f. attended the sunday gathering, they were far from ready to sign the letter, and they left unconvinced that a cooperative push on the debates would be helpful to protecting status or providing him with the most possible airtime, according to attendees.
“it is what it is,” said matt beynon, a spokesman for former senator rick santorum (r-pa.) who represented his campaign at the meeting, held in virginia at the hilton alexandria old town hotel. “we would argue that there was a lot of common ground in that room. i had very low expectations, walking in there, that much progress would be made. . . . mr. trump is taking the course of action that looks best for him.”
most republican aides who came to conclave were not especially hopeful about finding consensus. ginsberg, who oversaw the conversation, also made clear in his remarks to the group that his goal was to give them advice about how to deal with the networks, not necessarily urge them to work together.
mark levin, a host and author suggested by some republicans as a possible moderator, told news on monday that the had lost control of the debates. “reince should be fired or should resign,” levin said of the’s chairman.
commentator glenn beck, who left fox news to build a conservative media empire, released a public letter to recommending a perfect debate host: himself.
“rather than being moderated by journalists who ask all the questions, i will host, and i will invite the greatest new conservative thinkers and media voices in america to prepare and ask questions live and by video,” beck wrote.
“i’m with @glennbeck,” former silicon valley executive carly fiorina, the lone republican candidate who did not send a representative to meeting. “what do you say, @reince? have a conservative network host a debate!”
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hir ər faɪv dəˈbeɪt dɪˈmændz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ə dræft ˈlɛtər tɪ dəˈbeɪt ˈmidiə ˈspɑnsərz. ˈlidɪŋ rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪnz ənd əˈtərni bɛn ˈgɪnsbərg pʊt ðə lɪst təˈgɛðər. noʊ kæmˈpeɪn həz saɪnd ɔf ɔn ðə dræft soʊ fɑr. ðə poʊsts ˈdeɪvɪd ˈwaɪgəl ənd ˈrɑbərt ˈkɔstɑ əbˈteɪnd ðə dræft. (ˈsɛrə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) hir ər faɪv dəˈbeɪt dɪˈmændz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ə dræft ˈlɛtər tɪ dəˈbeɪt ˈmidiə ˈspɑnsərz. ˈlidɪŋ rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪnz ənd əˈtərni bɛn ˈgɪnsbərg pʊt ðə lɪst təˈgɛðər. noʊ kæmˈpeɪn həz saɪnd ɔf ɔn ðə dræft soʊ fɑr. ðə poʊsts ˈdeɪvɪd ˈwaɪgəl ənd ˈrɑbərt ˈkɔstɑ əbˈteɪnd ðə dræft. (ˈsɛrə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) ðə ˈfɔrˌmæt ənd ˈkɑntɛnt əv ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ rɪˈpəblɪkən dəˈbeɪts bɪˈkeɪm ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ənˈsərtən ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈæftər ˈdɑnəld kæmˈpeɪn sɛd ðə ril ɛˈsteɪt ˈmoʊgəl wʊd nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt hɪz tərmz dɪˈrɛkli wɪθ ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ɛz pɑrt əv ə ʤɔɪnt ˈɛfərt wɪθ hɪz ˈraɪvəlz. ðə muv baɪ trəmp, ˈkəmɪŋ ʤɪst aʊərz ˈæftər hɪz ənd ˈəðər kæmˈpeɪnz ˈhədəld ɪn ə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈsəbərb tɪ kræft ə ˈlɛtər əv ˈpɑsəbəl dɪˈmændz, θwɔrts ən ˈɛfərt tɪ faɪnd kənˈsɛnsəs ˈæftər wət moʊst ˈkænədɪts əˈgrid wɑz ə dəˈbɑkəl ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ læst wik. ɛz ə səˈlɛbrɪti ˌbɪljəˈnɛr hu həz bɪn ə ˈlidɪŋ ˈfæktər ɪn drɔɪŋ ˈrɛkərd ˈreɪtɪŋz, trəmp həz ˈlɪtəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ prəˈmoʊt ðə ˈwɪʃɪz əv hɪz əˈpoʊnənts, hɪz ˈælaɪz sɛd. kənˈtɛndərz dɪˈmænd ˈgreɪtər kənˈtroʊl əv ˈkruʃəl dəˈbeɪts] ðə məˈnuvərɪŋ baɪ trəmp ənd ðə ˈəðər rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkænədɪts wɑz mɛt wɪθ əˈnɔɪəns baɪ ˈnɛtˌwərk ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz, hu sɛd ðeɪ hæv ˈlɪtəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈɔltərɪŋ ə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðeɪ bɪˈliv wɑz ˈsɛtəld mənθs əˈgoʊ. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə θərd dəˈbeɪt, ˈkænədɪts gɑt ˈfaɪsti wɪθ ðə ˈmɑdərˌeɪtərz. ðeɪ tʊk eɪm æt ðə kˈwɛsʧənz æst, æt ðə "ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈmidiə" ənd æt ðə ˈmɑdərˌeɪtərz ˌɪntərˈəptɪŋ ðɛr ˈænsərz. (vɪkˈtɔriə ɛm. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) əˈgrid tɪ ðɪs ənd naʊ seɪɪŋ nɑt agreeing?”*?” sɛd wən ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv hu wɑz ˈgrænɪd ˌænəˈnɪmɪti ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ spik ˈkændɪdli. ju wɔnt bɛn ˈkɑrzən ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ hu jʊr ˈmɑdərˌeɪtərz ər? ðə ˈænsər ɪz no,”*,” sɛd əˈnəðər. ju wɔnt ˈbɑbi kæmˈpeɪn ˈdɪkˌteɪtɪŋ haʊ ðə dəˈbeɪts wɪl bi rən wɪn ˈbɑbi meɪ nɑt ˈivɪn bi ɪn ðə reɪs məʧ longer?”*?” ðə ˌkɑnstərˈneɪʃən mɑrkt ðə ˈleɪtəst tərn ɪn ə dəˈbeɪt ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət həz groʊn mɔr ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk baɪ ðə deɪ. əˈfɪʃəlz wɪθ ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈnæʃənəl kəˈmɪti tʊk kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs fər ðə 2016 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈæftər ə lɔŋ ənd ɪˈvɛntfəl dəˈbeɪt ˈsizən ðət ˈmɛni ɪn ðə ˈpɑrti θɔt hərt ɪts ˈʧænsɪz ɪn 2012 bət ðə kæmˈpeɪnz hæv bɪn kˈwaɪətli ˈɪrəˌteɪtəd baɪ ðə ˈrɪʤɪd ˈprɔˌsɛs ɔl jɪr ənd broʊk ˈɪntu ˈoʊpən rɪˈvoʊlt læst wik. ðə rɪˈspɑndɪd baɪ səˈspɛndɪŋ ˈɛnˌbiˈsi frəm ˈhoʊstɪŋ ɪts ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 26 ɪˈvɛnt, ənd ɪt pʊt ə nu ˈstæfər ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ˈmænəʤɪŋ ðə dəˈbeɪts. ˈspoʊksmən ʃɔn ˈspaɪsər, hu hæd bɪn ˈoʊvərˌsiɪŋ ðə dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃənz ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ ˌriˈpleɪst læst wik, sɛd hi səˈpɔrts trəmp ənd ˈəðərz ɛz ðeɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt dɪˈrɛkli wɪθ ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz. dəˈbeɪts hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn əˈbaʊt ðə candidates,”*,” ˈspaɪsər sɛd. ˈkænədɪts wɪl bi ənd ˈɔlˌweɪz ʃʊd bi dɪˈtərmənɪŋ ðə bɛst ˈfɔrˌmæt fər them.”*.” ɔl əv ðə ˈmeɪʤər kəˈmərʃəl ˈbrɔdˌkæst ənd ˈkeɪbəl nuz ˈnɛtˌwərks ər ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ ˈtɛləˌvaɪz rɪˈpəblɪkən dəˈbeɪts θru ˈərli mɑrʧ. ðə nɛkst dəˈbeɪt, tɪ bi ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ fɑks ˈbɪznɪs ˈnɛtˌwərk ɔn noʊv. 10 ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ goʊ ɔn ɛz plænd. baɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ɔn hɪz oʊn, trəmp wɪl eɪm tɪ moʊld ðə dəˈbeɪts tɪ hɪz ˈlaɪkɪŋ, ðoʊ ɪt ɪz ənˈklɪr ɪgˈzæktli wət tərmz hi wɪl dɪˈmænd. wən ˈlaɪkli dɪˈzaɪər wɪl bi tɪ ˈlɪmət ðə dəˈbeɪts tɪ tu aʊərz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə θriaʊər ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn dəˈbeɪt ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər, trəmp ənd ˈkɑrzən pʊʃt tɪ ˈlɪmət ɪts ˈfɔrəm tɪ tu aʊərz. 1 əv 18 fʊl skrin kloʊz skɪp æd ˈmɛmərəbəl kwoʊts frəm ðə θərd rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl dəˈbeɪt vju ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪts keɪm təˈgɛðər ɪn ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ fər ðə ˈleɪtəst raʊnd əv ˈspɑrɪŋ. ˈkæpʃən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪts keɪm təˈgɛðər ɪn ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ fər ðə ˈleɪtəst raʊnd əv ˈspɑrɪŋ. ˈmɛmərəbəl kwoʊts frəm ðə θərd rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl dəˈbeɪt baɪ ˈfoʊˌtoʊ weɪt 1 ˈsɛkənd tɪ kənˈtɪnju. ˈplɪtɪkli, əˈproʊʧ kənˈtɪnjuz hɪz ˈpætərn əv ˈkæstɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz ə ˈmæstər nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtər ənd ðə wən kənˈtɛndər hu kən teɪk ʧɑrʤ əv ə ˈpɑrti ðət həz lɔst ɪts weɪ. æm ˈvɛri ˈkɑnfədənt ɪn ˈmɪstər. əˈbɪləˌti tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ðə bɛst dilz wɪθ ðə ˈnɛtˌwərks, wɪʧ wɪl ˈəltəmətli hɛlp ɔl əv ðə ˈkænədɪts ɪn ðə race,”*,” ˈkɔri luənˈdɔfski, kæmˈpeɪn ˈmænɪʤər, sɛd ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju. ðə bɛst nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtər ɪn ðə fild, baɪ ə waɪd ˈmɑrʤən, ənd sin ðət taɪm ənd taɪm again.”*.” ˈæftər dɪˈsɪʒən, ðə kæmˈpeɪnz əv gəv. ʤɑn ˈkɑsɪʧ (r-ohio*) ənd gəv. krɪs ˈkrɪsti (r-n.j*) kənˈfərmd ðət ðeɪ wʊd nɑt saɪn ɔn tɪ ðə grup ɪnˈdɛvər. complaining,”*,” ˈkrɪsti sɛd ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ ɔn friends.”*.” əp ə steɪʤ, pʊt ˈpoʊdiəmz əp ðɛr, ənd ʤɪst go.”*.” ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju, ˈkɑrzən kæmˈpeɪn ˈmænɪʤər ˈbɛri ˈbɛnɪt pleɪd daʊn breɪk frəm ðə pæk ənd sɛd ɪt wʊd nɑt ˈɔltər ðə kɔrs əv ðə nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz wɪθ ðə ˈnɛtˌwərks. ˈbɛnɪt sɛd kæmˈpeɪn wɑz rivˈjuɪŋ ðə ˈlɛtər, wɪʧ wɑz ˈdræftɪd baɪ ˈlɔŋˌtaɪm əˈtərni bɛn ˈgɪnsbərg, ənd wʊd ˈɔfər ˈɛdɪts wɪˈθɪn 48 aʊərz. ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ sɛnd ðɛr oʊn ˈlɛtər, faɪn ə ə letter,”*,” ˈbɛnɪt sɛd. trəmp foʊks wər klɪr əˈbaʊt wət ðeɪ ˈwɔntɪd, ənd ðə ˈkɑrzən kæmˈpeɪn əˈgriz wɪθ ðɛm 90 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə taɪm. ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈoʊpənɪŋ ənd ˈkloʊzɪŋ ˈsteɪtmənts. goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt səm ˈpɛrəti ɪn kˈwɛsʧənz. goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli gɪt ˈfɔrˌmæts əˈnaʊnst tɪ ðə kæmˈpeɪnz. ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈæskɪŋ fər ðə seɪm θɪŋ ʤɪst goʊɪŋ tɪ du ɪt wɪθ hɪz oʊn letterhead.”*.” ðə dræft ˈlɛtər, wɪʧ wɑz əbˈteɪnd baɪ ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst, ˌɪnˈkludɪd ə ˈsɪriz əv kˈwɛsʧənz fər ˈɛni ˈnɛtˌwərk sˈleɪtɪd tɪ hoʊst ə dəˈbeɪt. ðeɪ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪtɪd kənˈsərnz frəm ðə pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ kæmˈpeɪnz, ˈwɔrnɪŋ ˈmɑdərˌeɪtərz əˈgɛnst bɪˈlɪtəlɪŋ ðə ˈkænədɪts baɪ ˈhoʊldɪŋ rounds”*” ər dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ fɑr əˈweɪ ðə ˈbɑθˌrumz are”*” ˈæftər kəˈmərʃəl breɪks, ʃʊd ˈkænədɪts liv ðə steɪʤ. ðeɪ ˈivɪn ˌɪnˈkludɪd ə səˈʤɛstɪd rum ˈtɛmpərəʧər 67 dɪˈgriz. ðə ˈoʊnli dɪsəˈgrimənt ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈmitɪŋ bɪtˈwin ðə trəmp ənd ˈkɑrzən kæmps, ɛz ˈbɛnɪt sɔ ɪt, wɑz ðət trəmp əˈpoʊzd ˈlɛtɪŋ mɔr ˈkænədɪts ɔn ðə meɪn steɪʤ. wɔnt mɔr ˈpipəl ˌɑnˈsteɪʤ, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ θɪŋk ðət wʊd min mɔr ˈpipəl ˈteɪkɪŋ ʃɑts æt him,”*,” ˈbɛnɪt sɛd. ˈɑrgju ðət ˈpʊtɪŋ mɔr ˈpipəl ˌɑnˈsteɪʤ ˈæˌkʧuəli hɛlps trəmp ðə moʊst, ɛz goʊɪŋ tɪ wɔnt tɪ dɪˈvaɪd ðə taɪm evenly.”*.” waɪl tu əv ˈsinjər eɪdz luənˈdɔfski ənd ˈkaʊnsələr ˈdɑnəld ɛf. əˈtɛndəd ðə ˈsənˌdi ˈgæðərɪŋ, ðeɪ wər fɑr frəm ˈrɛdi tɪ saɪn ðə ˈlɛtər, ənd ðeɪ lɛft ˌənkənˈvɪnst ðət ə koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv pʊʃ ɔn ðə dəˈbeɪts wʊd bi ˈhɛlpfəl tɪ prəˈtɛktɪŋ ˈstætəs ər prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ɪm wɪθ ðə moʊst ˈpɑsəbəl ˈɛrˌtaɪm, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ əˈtɛnˈdiz. ɪz wət ɪt is,”*,” sɛd mæt ˈbeɪnən, ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛnətər rɪk sænˈtɔrəm (r-pa*.) hu ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd hɪz kæmˈpeɪn æt ðə ˈmitɪŋ, hɛld ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə æt ðə ˈhɪltən ˌæləgˈzændriə oʊld taʊn hoʊˈtɛl. wʊd ˈɑrgju ðət ðɛr wɑz ə lɔt əv ˈkɑmən graʊnd ɪn ðət rum. aɪ hæd ˈvɛri loʊ ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz, ˈwɔkɪŋ ɪn ðɛr, ðət məʧ ˈprɑˌgrɛs wʊd bi meɪd. ˈmɪstər. trəmp ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə kɔrs əv ˈækʃən ðət lʊks bɛst fər him.”*.” moʊst rɪˈpəblɪkən eɪdz hu keɪm tɪ ˈkɑnˌkleɪv wər nɑt əˈspɛʃəli ˈhoʊpfəl əˈbaʊt ˈfaɪndɪŋ kənˈsɛnsəs. ˈgɪnsbərg, hu ˈoʊvərˌsɔ ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd klɪr ɪn hɪz rɪˈmɑrks tɪ ðə grup ðət hɪz goʊl wɑz tɪ gɪv ðɛm ədˈvaɪs əˈbaʊt haʊ tɪ dil wɪθ ðə ˈnɛtˌwərks, nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ərʤ ðɛm tɪ wərk təˈgɛðər. mɑrk ˈlɛvɪn, ə hoʊst ənd ˈɔθər səˈʤɛstɪd baɪ səm rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɛz ə ˈpɑsəbəl ˈmɑdərˌeɪtər, toʊld nuz ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ðət ðə hæd lɔst kənˈtroʊl əv ðə dəˈbeɪts. ʃʊd bi faɪərd ər ʃʊd resign,”*,” ˈlɛvɪn sɛd əv ðə ˈʧɛrmən. ˈkɑmənˌteɪtər glɛn bɛk, hu lɛft fɑks nuz tɪ bɪld ə kənˈsərvətɪv ˈmidiə ˈɛmpaɪər, riˈlist ə ˈpəblɪk ˈlɛtər tɪ ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪŋ ə ˈpərˌfɪkt dəˈbeɪt hoʊst: hɪmˈsɛlf. ðən biɪŋ ˈmɑdərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈʤərnəlɪsts hu æsk ɔl ðə kˈwɛsʧənz, aɪ wɪl hoʊst, ənd aɪ wɪl ˌɪnˈvaɪt ðə ˈgreɪtəst nu kənˈsərvətɪv ˈθɪŋkərz ənd ˈmidiə ˈvɔɪsɪz ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə tɪ priˈpɛr ənd æsk kˈwɛsʧənz lɪv ənd baɪ video,”*,” bɛk roʊt. wɪθ @glennbeck,”*,” ˈfɔrmər ˈsɪləkən ˈvæli ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈkɑrli fiɔˈrinə, ðə loʊn rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkænədɪt hu dɪd nɑt sɛnd ə ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv tɪ ˈmitɪŋ. du ju seɪ, @reince*? hæv ə kənˈsərvətɪv ˈnɛtˌwərk hoʊst ə debate!”*!”
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those who are still hoping that there will be a "limitless" season 2 may have been saddened by news that it has been officially removed from cbs. but it looks like bradley cooper is here to save the day.
in may, the hollywood reporter announced that "limitless" season 2 has been cancelled. this was after negotiations with and amazon video failed. earlier, cbs already gave up on "limitless" season 2 despite decent ratings for the comedy drama series.
but it looks like there is hope to "limitless" season 2 after all. reports say that, the same cable network which is responsible for the runaway success of "archer," "people vs o.j. simpson" and "american horror story," is said to be interested in the series.
because of this recurring cast member and executive producer bradley cooper is said to be lobbying hard for to buy "limitless" season 2. he is said to be confident with how will handle the material as he was impressed with the network's roster of programs. cooper will not be as hands on with "limitless" season 2 as previously thought as, according to the rolling stone, he will be directing and starring in the remake of "a star is born." this is why he needs a network he can trust would not squander the potential of "limitless" season 2.
as of now, no network or streaming service has committed to airing "limitless" season 2 yet. will be covering more on the behind the scenes efforts of the producers to bring back "limitless" season 2 in the coming weeks.
should bradley cooper sell "limitless" season 2 to? or do you think plans for "limitless" season 2 should be cancelled altogether? would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section. in the meantime, watch the teaser preview for the first season of "limitless" in the video below.
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ðoʊz hu ər stɪl ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət ðɛr wɪl bi ə "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 meɪ hæv bɪn ˈsædənd baɪ nuz ðət ɪt həz bɪn əˈfɪʃəli riˈmuvd frəm ˈsiˌbiˌɛs. bət ɪt lʊks laɪk ˈbrædli ˈkupər ɪz hir tɪ seɪv ðə deɪ. ɪn meɪ, ðə ˈhɑliˌwʊd rɪˈpɔrtər əˈnaʊnst ðət "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 həz bɪn ˈkænsəld. ðɪs wɑz ˈæftər nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz wɪθ ənd ˈæməˌzɑn ˈvɪdioʊ feɪld. ˈərliər, ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ɔˈrɛdi geɪv əp ɔn "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 dɪˈspaɪt ˈdisənt ˈreɪtɪŋz fər ðə ˈkɑmədi ˈdrɑmə ˈsɪriz. bət ɪt lʊks laɪk ðɛr ɪz hoʊp tɪ "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 ˈæftər ɔl. rɪˈpɔrts seɪ ðət, ðə seɪm ˈkeɪbəl ˈnɛtˌwərk wɪʧ ɪz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə ˈrənəˌweɪ səkˈsɛs əv "ˈɑrʧər," "ˈpipəl ˈvərsəz o.j*. ˈsɪmpsən" ənd "əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhɔrər ˈstɔri," ɪz sɛd tɪ bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɪriz. bɪˈkəz əv ðɪs rɪˈkərɪŋ kæst ˈmɛmbər ənd ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv prəˈdusər ˈbrædli ˈkupər ɪz sɛd tɪ bi ˈlɑbiɪŋ hɑrd fər tɪ baɪ "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 hi ɪz sɛd tɪ bi ˈkɑnfədənt wɪθ haʊ wɪl ˈhændəl ðə məˈtɪriəl ɛz hi wɑz ˌɪmˈprɛst wɪθ ðə ˈnɛtˌwərks ˈrɑstər əv ˈproʊˌgræmz. ˈkupər wɪl nɑt bi ɛz hænz ɔn wɪθ "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 ɛz ˈpriviəsli θɔt ɛz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈroʊlɪŋ stoʊn, hi wɪl bi dɪˈrɛktɪŋ ənd ˈstɑrɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈriˈmeɪk əv "ə stɑr ɪz bɔrn." ðɪs ɪz waɪ hi nidz ə ˈnɛtˌwərk hi kən trəst wʊd nɑt skˈwɑndər ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl əv "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 ɛz əv naʊ, noʊ ˈnɛtˌwərk ər ˈstrimɪŋ ˈsərvɪs həz kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈɛrɪŋ "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 jɛt. wɪl bi ˈkəvərɪŋ mɔr ɔn ðə bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz ˈɛfərts əv ðə prəˈdusərz tɪ brɪŋ bæk "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ wiks. ʃʊd ˈbrædli ˈkupər sɛl "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 tɪ? ər du ju θɪŋk plænz fər "ˈlɪmətləs" ˈsizən 2 ʃʊd bi ˈkænsəld ˌɔltəˈgɛðər? wʊd ləv tɪ hir jʊr θɔts ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ˈsɛkʃən. ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, wɔʧ ðə ˈtizər ˈprivˌju fər ðə fərst ˈsizən əv "ˈlɪmətləs" ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ bɪˈloʊ.
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the 'fox news medical a-team' talks about a photo that caught internet buzz over the weekend from february that showed hillary clinton needing the help of aides to walk up a set of stairs and reports of clinton health problems in general.
what??? hillary clinton can't walk up stairs now - she is a joke - see crazy photo from #reuters - #hillary murray (@local_globe) august 7, 2016
the picture, which shows hillary clinton apparently needing assistance to climb a flight of stairs at a campaign stop back in february was picked up by the drudge report, which posted this headline over the weekend, details hillary clinton's history with falls and speculating that the former secretary of state could be experiencing a serious undisclosed medical condition.
earlier today we reached out to the clinton campaign for a statement, and a spokesman told us that the drudge report is shameful, and anyone who buys into that medical condition shameful, what is missing is a statement about the health issues.
fox news' sean hannity sets up the photo and the clinton response:dr. marc seigel said "the public has a right to know" and speculated on what the issue could be but was more interested in previous spills and a concussion she had in think the public has a right to know," seigel said. "we're talking in 2008, sean, i looked over a thousand pages of john mccain's records because of a melanoma he had 10 years ago. what about hillary? in 2009, a severe fall. she breaks her elbow. in 2011, she boards a plane, falls. in 2012 she has a severe concussion which bill clinton says took her six months to recover she ends up with a in the brain and a lifetime of blood thinners," seigel said. "just that point alone -- if she's prone to falling, you can see from that picture up there that it looked like she can barely get upstairs without two people carrying her. guess what if she falls and hits her head? she'll get a.""i want to know what her neurological records show," he picture going up the stairs speaks a million words," dr. david said. "is she fatigued? is she dehydrated? one of the main reasons she fell in 2012 and had the concussions was severe dehydration. they're holding her and going up the stairs. so she may be really dehydrated, she may have arthritis, she may have back pain, she may have fallen again. we don't know. there are questions that are unanswered. what we know today is she's on thyroid medication, she suffers from hypothyroid, low thyroid, that can cause fatigue and gaining weight and all of think a traumatic brain injury with symptoms down the road is very, very likely here especially since she had a on her brain. as david mentioned that could lead to a seizure problem. someone is carrying a [diazepam] pen that you'd use in case of a seizure, a valium pen, that makes me wonder about that," dr. seigel said.
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ðə 'fɑks nuz ˈmɛdɪkəl a-team*' tɔks əˈbaʊt ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ðət kɔt ˈɪntərˌnɛt bəz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd frəm ˈfɛbruˌɛri ðət ʃoʊd ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈnidɪŋ ðə hɛlp əv eɪdz tɪ wɔk əp ə sɛt əv stɛrz ənd rɪˈpɔrts əv ˈklɪntən hɛlθ ˈprɑbləmz ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl. wət??? ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən kænt wɔk əp stɛrz naʊ ʃi ɪz ə ʤoʊk si ˈkreɪzi ˈfoʊˌtoʊ frəm #ˈrɔɪtərz #ˈhɪləri ˈməri (@local_globe*) ˈɔgəst 7 2016 ðə ˈpɪkʧər, wɪʧ ʃoʊz ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən əˈpɛrəntli ˈnidɪŋ əˈsɪstəns tɪ klaɪm ə flaɪt əv stɛrz æt ə kæmˈpeɪn stɑp bæk ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri wɑz pɪkt əp baɪ ðə drəʤ rɪˈpɔrt, wɪʧ ˈpoʊstɪd ðɪs ˈhɛˌdlaɪn ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd, ˈditeɪlz ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntənz ˈhɪstəri wɪθ fɔlz ənd ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪŋ ðət ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt kʊd bi ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ə ˈsɪriəs ˌəndɪˈskloʊzd ˈmɛdɪkəl kənˈdɪʃən. ˈərliər təˈdeɪ wi riʧt aʊt tɪ ðə ˈklɪntən kæmˈpeɪn fər ə ˈsteɪtmənt, ənd ə ˈspoʊksmən toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ðət ðə drəʤ rɪˈpɔrt ɪz ˈʃeɪmfəl, ənd ˈɛniˌwən hu baɪz ˈɪntu ðət ˈmɛdɪkəl kənˈdɪʃən ˈʃeɪmfəl, wət ɪz ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪz ə ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbaʊt ðə hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz. fɑks nuz' ʃɔn ˈhænɪti sɛts əp ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ənd ðə ˈklɪntən response:dr*. mɑrk ˈsigəl sɛd "ðə ˈpəblɪk həz ə raɪt tɪ noʊ" ənd ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪd ɔn wət ðə ˈɪʃu kʊd bi bət wɑz mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈpriviəs spɪlz ənd ə kənˈkəʃən ʃi hæd ɪn θɪŋk ðə ˈpəblɪk həz ə raɪt tɪ noʊ," ˈsigəl sɛd. "wɪr ˈtɔkɪŋ ɪn 2008 ʃɔn, aɪ lʊkt ˈoʊvər ə ˈθaʊzənd ˈpeɪʤɪz əv ʤɑn məˈkeɪnz ˈrɛkərdz bɪˈkəz əv ə ˌmɛləˈnoʊmə hi hæd 10 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. wət əˈbaʊt ˈhɪləri? ɪn 2009 ə səˈvɪr fɔl. ʃi breɪks hər ˈɛlˌboʊ. ɪn 2011 ʃi bɔrdz ə pleɪn, fɔlz. ɪn 2012 ʃi həz ə səˈvɪr kənˈkəʃən wɪʧ bɪl ˈklɪntən sɪz tʊk hər sɪks mənθs tɪ rɪˈkəvər ʃi ɛndz əp wɪθ ə ɪn ðə breɪn ənd ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm əv bləd thinners*," ˈsigəl sɛd. "ʤɪst ðət pɔɪnt əˈloʊn ɪf ʃiz proʊn tɪ ˈfɑlɪŋ, ju kən si frəm ðət ˈpɪkʧər əp ðɛr ðət ɪt lʊkt laɪk ʃi kən ˈbɛrli gɪt əpˈstɛrz wɪˈθaʊt tu ˈpipəl ˈkɛriɪŋ hər. gɛs wət ɪf ʃi fɔlz ənd hɪts hər hɛd? ʃil gɪt ə wɔnt tɪ noʊ wət hər ˌnʊrəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈrɛkərdz ʃoʊ," hi ˈpɪkʧər goʊɪŋ əp ðə stɛrz spiks ə ˈmɪljən wərdz," ˈdɑktər. ˈdeɪvɪd sɛd. "ɪz ʃi fəˈtigd? ɪz ʃi dɪˈhaɪdreɪtəd? wən əv ðə meɪn ˈrizənz ʃi fɛl ɪn 2012 ənd hæd ðə kənˈkəʃənz wɑz səˈvɪr ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən. ðɛr ˈhoʊldɪŋ hər ənd goʊɪŋ əp ðə stɛrz. soʊ ʃi meɪ bi ˈrɪli dɪˈhaɪdreɪtəd, ʃi meɪ hæv ɑrθˈraɪtɪs, ʃi meɪ hæv bæk peɪn, ʃi meɪ hæv ˈfɑlən əˈgɛn. wi doʊnt noʊ. ðɛr ər kˈwɛsʧənz ðət ər ˌəˈnænsərd. wət wi noʊ təˈdeɪ ɪz ʃiz ɔn ˈθaɪrɔɪd ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃən, ʃi ˈsəfərz frəm hypothyroid*, loʊ ˈθaɪrɔɪd, ðət kən kɔz fəˈtig ənd ˈgeɪnɪŋ weɪt ənd ɔl əv θɪŋk ə trɔˈmætɪk breɪn ˈɪnʤəri wɪθ ˈsɪmptəmz daʊn ðə roʊd ɪz ˈvɛri, ˈvɛri ˈlaɪkli hir əˈspɛʃəli sɪns ʃi hæd ə ɔn hər breɪn. ɛz ˈdeɪvɪd ˈmɛnʃənd ðət kʊd lɛd tɪ ə ˈsiʒər ˈprɑbləm. ˈsəmˌwən ɪz ˈkɛriɪŋ ə [diazepam*] pɛn ðət jʊd juz ɪn keɪs əv ə ˈsiʒər, ə ˈvæˌliəm pɛn, ðət meɪks mi ˈwəndər əˈbaʊt ðət," ˈdɑktər. ˈsigəl sɛd.
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equipment losses in world war or losses in world war refers to military equipment destroyed during world war, the deadliest and most costly war in the history of the world.
air [ edit ]
china : total losses of the nationalist air force were aircraft (according to chinese and taiwanese sources).
: total losses of the nationalist air force were aircraft (according to chinese and taiwanese sources). finland : reported losses during the winter war totaled 67, of which 42 were operational, while 536 aircraft were lost during the continuation war, of which 209 were operational losses (137 fighters, 51 bombers and 21 other). 327 aircraft were disabled ("attrition", too old, accidents) (overall 603). [1]
: reported losses during the winter war totaled 67, of which 42 were operational, while 536 aircraft were lost during the continuation war, of which 209 were operational losses (137 fighters, 51 bombers and 21 other). 327 aircraft were disabled ("attrition", too old, accidents) (overall 603). france : from the beginning of the war until the cease-fire in 1940, 892 aircraft were lost, of which 413 were in action and 234 were on the ground. losses included 508 fighters and 218 bombers. [1]
: from the beginning of the war until the cease-fire in 1940, 892 aircraft were lost, of which 413 were in action and 234 were on the ground. losses included 508 fighters and 218 bombers. germany produced aircraft of all types, including bomber, transport, reconnaissance, gliders, training, and flying boats. most of them were either destroyed, damaged, captured or sold. [2] estimated total number of destroyed and damaged for the war totaled aircraft, of which were total losses and the remainder significantly damaged. by type, losses totaled fighters, bombers, trainers, fighters, ground attack, reconnaissance, and transports. [1]
produced aircraft of all types, including bomber, transport, reconnaissance, gliders, training, and flying boats. most of them were either destroyed, damaged, captured or sold. estimated total number of destroyed and damaged for the war totaled aircraft, of which were total losses and the remainder significantly damaged. by type, losses totaled fighters, bombers, trainers, fighters, ground attack, reconnaissance, and transports. italy : total losses were aircraft, of which were lost in combat.
: total losses were aircraft, of which were lost in combat. japan : estimates vary from to total losses, with about lost operationally. [3]
: estimates vary from to total losses, with about lost operationally. netherlands : total losses were 81 aircraft during the may 1940 campaign. [3]
: total losses were 81 aircraft during the may 1940 campaign. poland : total losses were 398 lost, 112 flew to then neutral romania, 286 destroyed, 1 missing and unaccounted for. aircraft losses by type: 116 fighters, 112 dive bombers, 81 reconnaissance aircraft, 36 bombers, 21 sea planes, and 9 transports. the polish air force evacuated one day after the soviet invasion of poland, september 18, 1939. however, some trainer aircraft kept on flying as scout planes. the last two were grounded on october 2, 1939 by the order of general kleeberg. the losses after the evacuation are not known (september 2, 1939). [3]
: total losses were 398 lost, 112 flew to then neutral romania, 286 destroyed, 1 missing and unaccounted for. aircraft losses by type: 116 fighters, 112 dive bombers, 81 reconnaissance aircraft, 36 bombers, 21 sea planes, and 9 transports. the polish air force evacuated one day after the soviet invasion of poland, september 18, 1939. however, some trainer aircraft kept on flying as scout planes. the last two were grounded on october 2, 1939 by the order of general kleeberg. the losses after the evacuation are not known (september 2, 1939). soviet union : total losses were bombers, ground attacker, fighter aircraft, and training, transport and other aircraft; an overall loss of over aircraft; in combat and. of which, aircraft were lost. f. states: "a high percentage of combat aircraft were lost in relation to the number available on 22 june 1941: 442% (total losses) or 216% (combat losses). in the air force over a half of losses were losses." [4]
: total losses were bombers, ground attacker, fighter aircraft, and training, transport and other aircraft; an overall loss of over aircraft; in combat and. of which, aircraft were lost. f. states: "a high percentage of combat aircraft were lost in relation to the number available on 22 june 1941: 442% (total losses) or 216% (combat losses). in the air force over a half of losses were losses." british empire united kingdom: europe (including fighters and bombers) [3] australia, pacific and south east asia: 250 [5]
united states: total losses were nearly, including operational losses (38,418 in europe and in the]
land [ edit ]
french tanks (~3,000 destroyed, ~3,000 captured by germans). 946 cars and.
uk tanks and cars]
on the western front in, british commonwealth tanks were destroyed, including m4 sherman tanks, 656 churchill tanks, 609 cromwell tanks, 433 m3 stuart light tanks, 39 cruiser challenger tanks, 26 comet tanks, 2 chaffee light tanks.
us ~10,000 destroyers lost.
from june 6, 1944 through may 15, 1945 for us tank and tank destroyer losses in the european theater of operations, united states army (western front): around (including m4 tanks, 178 m4 (105mm howitzer), m3 stuart tanks and tank destroyers, of which 540 tank destroyers, 217 and 152 tank destroyers). losses of army (sicily, italy): armored vehicles, including] several hundred tanks lost in the pacific theater.
germany
soviet claims according to f.: tanks, tank destroyers, guns and assault guns, guns and mortars and combat] according to heinz guderian (supplied by of the general staff of the army): total tanks, assault guns, tank destroyers, guns, armored personnel carriers and armored cars lost on the eastern front from until november]
around trucks; tractors; personnel carriers destroyed or captured.
226,300 military cars and military destroyed or captured.
159,144 guns and artillery destroyed or captured.
86,400 mortars destroyed or captured.
italy around tanks poland 880 tanks and destroyed and captured; some crossed into hungary. moreover, all armored cars were destroyed within the first two weeks of fighting. japan around guns soviet union according to f.: "all losses of arms and equipment are counted as losses, i.e. beyond economic repair or no longer]
83,500 tanks lost: heavy tanks, medium tanks, light tanks (including tanks and guns lost [16] )
) lost: heavy, medium, light
37,600 car and (including personnel carriers])
soviet tank losses [17] received total stock losses % of total
stock loss tanks heavy medium light guns heavy medium light tanks and guns armored cars, tractors,
other vehicles
comparative figures [18] 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 total soviet tank strength(¹) german tank strength(¹) soviet tank production german tank production production ratio soviet tank losses german tank losses tank exchange ratio(²)
(german:soviet).4
note: table does not include assault guns or any other type ofg.
according to steven zaloga:
(¹) "as of january each year, except for 1941 which is as of 22 june 1941. german strength is entire strength, not only the eastern front. in july 1944 the germans had over tanks in normandy and several hundred in other theatres such as italy and the balkans. likewise, the soviet kept about tanks in the far east through much of the war."
(²) "german tank losses here include all fronts; the tank exchange ratio deletes estimated german losses to forces and so reflects only the loss."
total material, arms and equipment losses [ edit ]
grigori f. concludes: "losses during strategic operations accounted for8% of losses,% of tank and gun losses,% of gun and mortar losses and% of combat aircraft losses during the war. on average small arms, 68 tanks, and 30 aircraft were lost each day. in such as the baltic, beyelorussian, kiev and defensive operations, small arms, tanks, guns and mortars and combat aircraft were lost daily. losses were also high during the battle of and berlin offensive, with tanks, guns and mortars and aircraft lost each day." [19]
sea [ edit ]
according to f., the soviet union lost ships of various classes, 314 were 1st, or class surface ships and submarines, 139 motor torpedo boats, 128 submarine-chasers, 77 launches, 168 minesweepers and 188 patrol and other]
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ɪkˈwɪpmənt ˈlɔsɪz ɪn wərld wɔr ər ˈlɔsɪz ɪn wərld wɔr rɪˈfərz tɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ɪkˈwɪpmənt dɪˈstrɔɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ wərld wɔr, ðə ˈdɛdliəst ənd moʊst ˈkɔstli wɔr ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ðə wərld. ɛr ˈɛdət ˈʧaɪnə ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz əv ðə ˈnæʃənəlɪst ɛr fɔrs wər ˈɛrˌkræft (əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ʧaɪˈniz ənd ˈtaɪwɑˈniz ˈsɔrsəz). ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz əv ðə ˈnæʃənəlɪst ɛr fɔrs wər ˈɛrˌkræft (əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ʧaɪˈniz ənd ˈtaɪwɑˈniz ˈsɔrsəz). ˈfɪnˌlænd ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈlɔsɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈwɪntər wɔr ˈtoʊtəld 67 əv wɪʧ 42 wər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl, waɪl 536 ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən wɔr, əv wɪʧ 209 wər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl ˈlɔsɪz 137 ˈfaɪtərz, 51 ˈbɑmərz ənd 21 ˈəðər). 327 ˈɛrˌkræft wər dɪˈseɪbəld ("əˈtrɪʃən", tu oʊld, ˈæksədənts) (ˈoʊvərˌɔl 603 1 ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈlɔsɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈwɪntər wɔr ˈtoʊtəld 67 əv wɪʧ 42 wər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl, waɪl 536 ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən wɔr, əv wɪʧ 209 wər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl ˈlɔsɪz 137 ˈfaɪtərz, 51 ˈbɑmərz ənd 21 ˈəðər). 327 ˈɛrˌkræft wər dɪˈseɪbəld ("əˈtrɪʃən", tu oʊld, ˈæksədənts) (ˈoʊvərˌɔl 603 fræns frəm ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə wɔr ənˈtɪl ðə ˈsisˈfaɪər ɪn 1940 892 ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst, əv wɪʧ 413 wər ɪn ˈækʃən ənd 234 wər ɔn ðə graʊnd. ˈlɔsɪz ˌɪnˈkludɪd 508 ˈfaɪtərz ənd 218 ˈbɑmərz. 1 frəm ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə wɔr ənˈtɪl ðə ˈsisˈfaɪər ɪn 1940 892 ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst, əv wɪʧ 413 wər ɪn ˈækʃən ənd 234 wər ɔn ðə graʊnd. ˈlɔsɪz ˌɪnˈkludɪd 508 ˈfaɪtərz ənd 218 ˈbɑmərz. ˈʤərməni prəˈdust ˈɛrˌkræft əv ɔl taɪps, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈbɑmər, ˈtrænspɔrt, riˈkɑnəsəns, ˈglaɪdərz, ˈtreɪnɪŋ, ənd flaɪɪŋ boʊts. moʊst əv ðɛm wər ˈiðər dɪˈstrɔɪd, ˈdæmɪʤd, ˈkæpʧərd ər soʊld. 2 ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈtoʊtəl ˈnəmbər əv dɪˈstrɔɪd ənd ˈdæmɪʤd fər ðə wɔr ˈtoʊtəld ˈɛrˌkræft, əv wɪʧ wər ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz ənd ðə rɪˈmeɪndər sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ˈdæmɪʤd. baɪ taɪp, ˈlɔsɪz ˈtoʊtəld ˈfaɪtərz, ˈbɑmərz, ˈtreɪnərz, ˈfaɪtərz, graʊnd əˈtæk, riˈkɑnəsəns, ənd ˈtrænspɔrts. 1 prəˈdust ˈɛrˌkræft əv ɔl taɪps, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈbɑmər, ˈtrænspɔrt, riˈkɑnəsəns, ˈglaɪdərz, ˈtreɪnɪŋ, ənd flaɪɪŋ boʊts. moʊst əv ðɛm wər ˈiðər dɪˈstrɔɪd, ˈdæmɪʤd, ˈkæpʧərd ər soʊld. ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈtoʊtəl ˈnəmbər əv dɪˈstrɔɪd ənd ˈdæmɪʤd fər ðə wɔr ˈtoʊtəld ˈɛrˌkræft, əv wɪʧ wər ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz ənd ðə rɪˈmeɪndər sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ˈdæmɪʤd. baɪ taɪp, ˈlɔsɪz ˈtoʊtəld ˈfaɪtərz, ˈbɑmərz, ˈtreɪnərz, ˈfaɪtərz, graʊnd əˈtæk, riˈkɑnəsəns, ənd ˈtrænspɔrts. ˈɪtəli ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈɛrˌkræft, əv wɪʧ wər lɔst ɪn ˈkɑmbæt. ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈɛrˌkræft, əv wɪʧ wər lɔst ɪn ˈkɑmbæt. ʤəˈpæn ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ˈvɛri frəm tɪ ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz, wɪθ əˈbaʊt lɔst ˈɑpərˈeɪʃənəli. 3 ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ˈvɛri frəm tɪ ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz, wɪθ əˈbaʊt lɔst ˈɑpərˈeɪʃənəli. ˈnɛðərləndz ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər 81 ˈɛrˌkræft ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə meɪ 1940 kæmˈpeɪn. 3 ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər 81 ˈɛrˌkræft ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə meɪ 1940 kæmˈpeɪn. ˈpoʊlənd ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər 398 lɔst, 112 flu tɪ ðɛn ˈnutrəl roʊˈmeɪniə, 286 dɪˈstrɔɪd, 1 ˈmɪsɪŋ ənd ˌənəˈkaʊntɪd fər. ˈɛrˌkræft ˈlɔsɪz baɪ taɪp: 116 ˈfaɪtərz, 112 daɪv ˈbɑmərz, 81 riˈkɑnəsəns ˈɛrˌkræft, 36 ˈbɑmərz, 21 si pleɪnz, ənd 9 ˈtrænspɔrts. ðə ˈpɑlɪʃ ɛr fɔrs ɪˈvækjəˌweɪtɪd wən deɪ ˈæftər ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ˈpoʊlənd, sɛpˈtɛmbər 18 1939 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, səm ˈtreɪnər ˈɛrˌkræft kɛpt ɔn flaɪɪŋ ɛz skaʊt pleɪnz. ðə læst tu wər ˈgraʊndɪd ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2 1939 baɪ ðə ˈɔrdər əv ˈʤɛnərəl kleeberg*. ðə ˈlɔsɪz ˈæftər ðə ɪˌvækjəˈweɪʃən ər nɑt noʊn (sɛpˈtɛmbər 2 1939 3 ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər 398 lɔst, 112 flu tɪ ðɛn ˈnutrəl roʊˈmeɪniə, 286 dɪˈstrɔɪd, 1 ˈmɪsɪŋ ənd ˌənəˈkaʊntɪd fər. ˈɛrˌkræft ˈlɔsɪz baɪ taɪp: 116 ˈfaɪtərz, 112 daɪv ˈbɑmərz, 81 riˈkɑnəsəns ˈɛrˌkræft, 36 ˈbɑmərz, 21 si pleɪnz, ənd 9 ˈtrænspɔrts. ðə ˈpɑlɪʃ ɛr fɔrs ɪˈvækjəˌweɪtɪd wən deɪ ˈæftər ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ˈpoʊlənd, sɛpˈtɛmbər 18 1939 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, səm ˈtreɪnər ˈɛrˌkræft kɛpt ɔn flaɪɪŋ ɛz skaʊt pleɪnz. ðə læst tu wər ˈgraʊndɪd ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2 1939 baɪ ðə ˈɔrdər əv ˈʤɛnərəl kleeberg*. ðə ˈlɔsɪz ˈæftər ðə ɪˌvækjəˈweɪʃən ər nɑt noʊn (sɛpˈtɛmbər 2 1939 ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈbɑmərz, graʊnd əˈtækər, ˈfaɪtər ˈɛrˌkræft, ənd ˈtreɪnɪŋ, ˈtrænspɔrt ənd ˈəðər ˈɛrˌkræft; ən ˈoʊvərˌɔl lɔs əv ˈoʊvər ˈɛrˌkræft; ɪn ˈkɑmbæt ənd. əv wɪʧ, ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst. ɛf. steɪts: "ə haɪ pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈkɑmbæt ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈnəmbər əˈveɪləbəl ɔn 22 ʤun 1941 442 (ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz) ər 216 (ˈkɑmbæt ˈlɔsɪz). ɪn ðə ɛr fɔrs ˈoʊvər ə hæf əv ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈlɔsɪz." 4 ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈbɑmərz, graʊnd əˈtækər, ˈfaɪtər ˈɛrˌkræft, ənd ˈtreɪnɪŋ, ˈtrænspɔrt ənd ˈəðər ˈɛrˌkræft; ən ˈoʊvərˌɔl lɔs əv ˈoʊvər ˈɛrˌkræft; ɪn ˈkɑmbæt ənd. əv wɪʧ, ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst. ɛf. steɪts: "ə haɪ pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈkɑmbæt ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈnəmbər əˈveɪləbəl ɔn 22 ʤun 1941 442 (ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz) ər 216 (ˈkɑmbæt ˈlɔsɪz). ɪn ðə ɛr fɔrs ˈoʊvər ə hæf əv ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈlɔsɪz." ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈɛmpaɪər juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm: ˈjʊrəp (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈfaɪtərz ənd ˈbɑmərz) 3 ɔˈstreɪljə, pəˈsɪfɪk ənd saʊθ ist ˈeɪʒə: 250 5 juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts: ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈnɪrli ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl ˈlɔsɪz ɪn ˈjʊrəp ənd ɪn ðə lænd ˈɛdət frɛnʧ tæŋks dɪˈstrɔɪd, ˈkæpʧərd baɪ ˈʤərmənz). 946 kɑz ənd. tæŋks ənd kɑz ɔn ðə ˈwɛstərn frənt ɪn ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈkɑmənˌwɛlθ tæŋks wər dɪˈstrɔɪd, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈɛmˈfɔr ˈʃərmən tæŋks, 656 ˈʧərʧɪl tæŋks, 609 ˈkrɑmwəl tæŋks, 433 ˈɛmθˈri stɔrt laɪt tæŋks, 39 ˈkruzər ˈʧælɪnʤər tæŋks, 26 ˈkɑmət tæŋks, 2 ˈʧæfi laɪt tæŋks. ˈjuˈɛs dɪˈstrɔɪərz lɔst. frəm ʤun 6 1944 θru meɪ 15 1945 fər ˈjuˈɛs tæŋk ənd tæŋk dɪˈstrɔɪər ˈlɔsɪz ɪn ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈθieɪtər əv ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈɑrmi (ˈwɛstərn frənt): əraʊnd (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈɛmˈfɔr tæŋks, 178 ˈɛmˈfɔr ˈhaʊətsər), ˈɛmθˈri stɔrt tæŋks ənd tæŋk dɪˈstrɔɪərz, əv wɪʧ 540 tæŋk dɪˈstrɔɪərz, 217 ənd 152 tæŋk dɪˈstrɔɪərz). ˈlɔsɪz əv ˈɑrmi (ˈsɪsəli, ˈɪtəli): ˈɑrmərd ˈviɪkəlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɛvərəl ˈhənərd tæŋks lɔst ɪn ðə pəˈsɪfɪk ˈθieɪtər. ˈʤərməni ˈsoʊviˌɛt kleɪmz əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɛf.: tæŋks, tæŋk dɪˈstrɔɪərz, gənz ənd əˈsɔlt gənz, gənz ənd ˈmɔrtərz ənd ˈkɑmbæt əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ haɪnz ˌgjuˈdiriən (səˈplaɪd baɪ əv ðə ˈʤɛnərəl stæf əv ðə ˈɑrmi): ˈtoʊtəl tæŋks, əˈsɔlt gənz, tæŋk dɪˈstrɔɪərz, gənz, ˈɑrmərd ˌpərsəˈnɛl ˈkɛriərz ənd ˈɑrmərd kɑz lɔst ɔn ðə ˈistərn frənt frəm ənˈtɪl noʊˈvɛmbər əraʊnd trəks; ˈtræktərz; ˌpərsəˈnɛl ˈkɛriərz dɪˈstrɔɪd ər ˈkæpʧərd. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kɑz ənd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri dɪˈstrɔɪd ər ˈkæpʧərd. gənz ənd ɑrˈtɪləri dɪˈstrɔɪd ər ˈkæpʧərd. ˈmɔrtərz dɪˈstrɔɪd ər ˈkæpʧərd. ˈɪtəli əraʊnd tæŋks ˈpoʊlənd 880 tæŋks ənd dɪˈstrɔɪd ənd ˈkæpʧərd; səm krɔst ˈɪntu ˈhəŋgəri. mɔˈroʊvər, ɔl ˈɑrmərd kɑz wər dɪˈstrɔɪd wɪˈθɪn ðə fərst tu wiks əv ˈfaɪtɪŋ. ʤəˈpæn əraʊnd gənz ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɛf.: "ɔl ˈlɔsɪz əv ɑrmz ənd ɪkˈwɪpmənt ər ˈkaʊntɪd ɛz ˈlɔsɪz, i.e*. bɪɔnd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk rɪˈpɛr ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər tæŋks lɔst: ˈhɛvi tæŋks, ˈmidiəm tæŋks, laɪt tæŋks (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ tæŋks ənd gənz lɔst 16 lɔst: ˈhɛvi, ˈmidiəm, laɪt kɑr ənd (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌpərsəˈnɛl ˈkɛriərz ˈsoʊviˌɛt tæŋk ˈlɔsɪz 17 rɪˈsivd ˈtoʊtəl stɑk ˈlɔsɪz əv ˈtoʊtəl stɑk lɔs tæŋks ˈhɛvi ˈmidiəm laɪt gənz ˈhɛvi ˈmidiəm laɪt tæŋks ənd gənz ˈɑrmərd kɑz, ˈtræktərz, ˈəðər ˈviɪkəlz kəmˈpærətɪv ˈfɪgjərz 18 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 ˈtoʊtəl ˈsoʊviˌɛt tæŋk strength(¹*(¹) ˈʤərmən tæŋk strength(¹*(¹) ˈsoʊviˌɛt tæŋk pərˈdəkʃən ˈʤərmən tæŋk pərˈdəkʃən pərˈdəkʃən ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ ˈsoʊviˌɛt tæŋk ˈlɔsɪz ˈʤərmən tæŋk ˈlɔsɪz tæŋk ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ratio(²*(²) (german:soviet*) noʊt: ˈteɪbəl dɪz nɑt ˌɪnˈklud əˈsɔlt gənz ər ˈɛni ˈəðər taɪp əv spg*. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈstivən zaloga*: "ɛz əv ˈʤænjuˌɛri iʧ jɪr, ɪkˈsɛpt fər 1941 wɪʧ ɪz ɛz əv 22 ʤun 1941 ˈʤərmən strɛŋθ ɪz ɪnˈtaɪər strɛŋθ, nɑt ˈoʊnli ðə ˈistərn frənt. ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 1944 ðə ˈʤərmənz hæd ˈoʊvər tæŋks ɪn ˈnɔrməndi ənd ˈsɛvərəl ˈhənərd ɪn ˈəðər ˈθiətərz səʧ ɛz ˈɪtəli ənd ðə ˈbɔlkənz. ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt kɛpt əˈbaʊt tæŋks ɪn ðə fɑr ist θru məʧ əv ðə wɔr." "ˈʤərmən tæŋk ˈlɔsɪz hir ˌɪnˈklud ɔl frənts; ðə tæŋk ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ dɪˈlits ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈʤərmən ˈlɔsɪz tɪ ˈfɔrsɪz ənd soʊ rɪˈflɛkts ˈoʊnli ðə lɔs." ˈtoʊtəl məˈtɪriəl, ɑrmz ənd ɪkˈwɪpmənt ˈlɔsɪz ˈɛdət ɛf. kənˈkludz: "ˈlɔsɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ strəˈtiʤɪk ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əˈkaʊntɪd fər əv ˈlɔsɪz, əv tæŋk ənd gən ˈlɔsɪz, əv gən ənd ˈmɔrtər ˈlɔsɪz ənd əv ˈkɑmbæt ˈɛrˌkræft ˈlɔsɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɔr. ɔn ˈævərɪʤ smɔl ɑrmz, 68 tæŋks, ənd 30 ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst iʧ deɪ. ɪn səʧ ɛz ðə ˈbɔltɪk, beyelorussian*, kiɛv ənd dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, smɔl ɑrmz, tæŋks, gənz ənd ˈmɔrtərz ənd ˈkɑmbæt ˈɛrˌkræft wər lɔst ˈdeɪli. ˈlɔsɪz wər ˈɔlsoʊ haɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈbætəl əv ənd bərˈlɪn əˈfɛnsɪv, wɪθ tæŋks, gənz ənd ˈmɔrtərz ənd ˈɛrˌkræft lɔst iʧ deɪ." 19 si ˈɛdət əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɛf., ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən lɔst ʃɪps əv ˈvɛriəs ˈklæsɪz, 314 wər 1st*, ər klæs ˈsərfəs ʃɪps ənd ˈsəbmərˌinz, 139 ˈmoʊtər tɔrˈpiˌdoʊ boʊts, 128 submarine-chasers*, 77 ˈlɔnʧɪz, 168 ˈmaɪnsˌwipərz ənd 188 pəˈtroʊl ənd ˈəðər ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˈɛdət ˌbɪbliˈɑgrəfi ˈɛdət
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this weekend i was at beer festival, the de molen festival in bodegraven, holland. it was the fifth time i attended with beer loving friends from odense. i wrote about the 2013 festival in some of the first entries on this blog, going carefully through what my favourite brewers had to offer. this year do it all in a single blog about the good and bad at the 2014 festival, rather than a long list of great beers.
borefts beer festival has evolved over the years and there have been changes every year. the past few years, the geographical of the festival has had to change every year, to more and more guests. this year it was all in one place, in and around the new brewing facilities. much better than having the festival split up in two locations across the road, but also pretty crowded at times.
the breweries coming to have also changed from year to year, and the best news this year was that the two houses and were there. there have been sour beers of various kinds from almost all brewers and every year, but with very few exceptions, there is just nothing that comes even close to the real thing, and i had a lot of wonderful beer from both brewers over the weekend.
at the other end of the quality spectrum, two brand new and unproven breweries had some of the worst beer i have had at at all. every brewery has served some less fortunate or even experimental beers over the years, from brewers who mistake malt vinegar for sour beers, or brewers who mistakenly believe peat smoked malt and barrels have a place in the beer world, to brewers under the strange illusion that spice in beer is good and more spice is better. but this year we had some truly badly brewed beers. maybe it fair to place these new brewers next to the cream of world class brewing.
every year has had a challenge for the brewers. this year the challenge was to brew a version of that evil phenomenon called the radler, that takes up valuable space on beer shelves across holland, through germany to slovakia, even making visits here in denmark. it causes every proud, german brewer to pour cheap in his beer, and it causes teenagers to believe that beer can taste like sugar-water.
luckily the brewers at had met the challenge by taking a and call it their radler. there were a few interesting and tasty fruit beers among them, but they had very little in common. i really hope that the challenge next year is something that challenges the brewers on their brewing skills and not their imagination. like a single hop pale ale, a crisp, clean pilsner, or a 5% porter. that would be much more interesting.
the food served at the beer festival has definitely also evolved, from a choice of two different sandwiches (if memory serves me right), to several food stalls with burgers, fries and stew, and local delicacies like good dutch cheese.
and finally: my favourite beers at 2014. had a few new beers for me, and the best beer i had was squared. not particularly sour, but very dry and very complex. i had it several times, and also brought home a couple of bottles from de molen beer shop. and i finally got to taste (young), which was a missing piece in my beer world. is by definition a work in progress, but this was more tasty than others had, tasting more finished. the other beers all served from tap were beautiful as always.
there are always too few really good hoppy beers at, but two great breweries really know how to do that thing. had a “rye india brown ale”, which was a dark amber imperial with rye malt. great balance of malt and citrus hops, and full body, and bitterness to match. they also brought an absolutely fantastic imperial stout aged on di wine barrels with brettanomyces. the kernel had a, following their usual recipe as a pale golden, clean and fresh hoppy ~5% beer, one of those hoppy beers that you can just keep on drinking forever. and finally sky plateau, a fruity% golden ale of the kind that is slightly more healthy to keep on drinking forever.
but as usual, the stars of the festival are by and large the strong black beers, which makes a lot of sense, since de own area of strength. the aforementioned stout was up there. and had brought two new versions of the legendary kaggen, which s simply the best balanced strong black beer in the world. one was the “usual” bourbon barrel aged with added raspberry. it was amazing, though the raspberry do much of a difference, only adding a little fruity tartness to the finish. the other was aged on casks and with added blackcurrant. it should be illegal to ruin such a fine beer with casks.
almost smooth and balanced and delicious was de molen twist & shout cognac barrel aged. really full bodied and heavy beer, with lots of chocolate character and a nice touch of oak. honorary mention go to white label imperial russian stout from makers mark barrel, and evil twin imperial doughnut break.
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ðɪs ˈwiˌkɪnd aɪ wɑz æt bɪr ˈfɛstɪvəl, ðə də ˈmoʊlən ˈfɛstɪvəl ɪn bodegraven*, ˈhɑlənd. ɪt wɑz ðə fɪθ taɪm aɪ əˈtɛndəd wɪθ bɪr ˈləvɪŋ frɛndz frəm odense*. aɪ roʊt əˈbaʊt ðə 2013 ˈfɛstɪvəl ɪn səm əv ðə fərst ˈɛntriz ɔn ðɪs blɔg, goʊɪŋ ˈkɛrfəli θru wət maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt bruərz hæd tɪ ˈɔfər. ðɪs jɪr du ɪt ɔl ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl blɔg əˈbaʊt ðə gʊd ənd bæd æt ðə 2014 ˈfɛstɪvəl, ˈrəðər ðən ə lɔŋ lɪst əv greɪt bɪrz. bɪr ˈfɛstɪvəl həz ɪˈvɑlvd ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz ənd ðɛr hæv bɪn ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈɛvəri jɪr. ðə pæst fju jɪrz, ðə ˌʤiəˈgræfɪkəl əv ðə ˈfɛstɪvəl həz hæd tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ˈɛvəri jɪr, tɪ mɔr ənd mɔr gɛsts. ðɪs jɪr ɪt wɑz ɔl ɪn wən pleɪs, ɪn ənd əraʊnd ðə nu bruɪŋ fəˈsɪlɪtiz. məʧ ˈbɛtər ðən ˈhævɪŋ ðə ˈfɛstɪvəl splɪt əp ɪn tu loʊˈkeɪʃənz əˈkrɔs ðə roʊd, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈprɪti ˈkraʊdɪd æt taɪmz. ðə ˈbruəriz ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ hæv ˈɔlsoʊ ʧeɪnʤd frəm jɪr tɪ jɪr, ənd ðə bɛst nuz ðɪs jɪr wɑz ðət ðə tu ˈhaʊsɪz ənd wər ðɛr. ðɛr hæv bɪn saʊər bɪrz əv ˈvɛriəs kaɪnz frəm ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɔl bruərz ənd ˈɛvəri jɪr, bət wɪθ ˈvɛri fju ɪkˈsɛpʃənz, ðɛr ɪz ʤɪst ˈnəθɪŋ ðət kəmz ˈivɪn kloʊz tɪ ðə ril θɪŋ, ənd aɪ hæd ə lɔt əv ˈwəndərfəl bɪr frəm boʊθ bruərz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd. æt ðə ˈəðər ɛnd əv ðə kˈwɑləti ˈspɛktrəm, tu brænd nu ənd ənˈpruvən ˈbruəriz hæd səm əv ðə wərst bɪr aɪ hæv hæd æt æt ɔl. ˈɛvəri ˈbruəri həz sərvd səm lɛs ˈfɔrʧənət ər ˈivɪn ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl bɪrz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz, frəm bruərz hu mɪˈsteɪk mɔlt ˈvɪnəgər fər saʊər bɪrz, ər bruərz hu mɪˈsteɪkənli bɪˈliv pit smoʊkt mɔlt ənd ˈbɛrəlz hæv ə pleɪs ɪn ðə bɪr wərld, tɪ bruərz ˈəndər ðə streɪnʤ ˌɪˈluʒən ðət spaɪs ɪn bɪr ɪz gʊd ənd mɔr spaɪs ɪz ˈbɛtər. bət ðɪs jɪr wi hæd səm ˈtruli ˈbædli brud bɪrz. ˈmeɪbi ɪt fɛr tɪ pleɪs ðiz nu bruərz nɛkst tɪ ðə krim əv wərld klæs bruɪŋ. ˈɛvəri jɪr həz hæd ə ˈʧælənʤ fər ðə bruərz. ðɪs jɪr ðə ˈʧælənʤ wɑz tɪ bru ə ˈvərʒən əv ðət ˈivəl fəˈnɑməˌnɑn kɔld ðə ˈrædlər, ðət teɪks əp ˈvæljəbəl speɪs ɔn bɪr ʃɛlvz əˈkrɔs ˈhɑlənd, θru ˈʤərməni tɪ sˌloʊˈvɑˌkiə, ˈivɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈvɪzɪts hir ɪn ˈdɛnˌmɑrk. ɪt ˈkɔzɪz ˈɛvəri praʊd, ˈʤərmən bruər tɪ pɔr ʧip ɪn hɪz bɪr, ənd ɪt ˈkɔzɪz ˈtiˌneɪʤərz tɪ bɪˈliv ðət bɪr kən teɪst laɪk sugar-water*. ˈləkəli ðə bruərz æt hæd mɛt ðə ˈʧælənʤ baɪ ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ənd kɔl ɪt ðɛr ˈrædlər. ðɛr wər ə fju ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ənd ˈteɪsti frut bɪrz əˈməŋ ðɛm, bət ðeɪ hæd ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl ɪn ˈkɑmən. aɪ ˈrɪli hoʊp ðət ðə ˈʧælənʤ nɛkst jɪr ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈʧælənʤɪz ðə bruərz ɔn ðɛr bruɪŋ skɪlz ənd nɑt ðɛr ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən. laɪk ə ˈsɪŋgəl hɑp peɪl eɪl, ə krɪsp, klin ˈpɪlznər, ər ə 5 ˈpɔrtər. ðət wʊd bi məʧ mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. ðə fud sərvd æt ðə bɪr ˈfɛstɪvəl həz ˈdɛfənətli ˈɔlsoʊ ɪˈvɑlvd, frəm ə ʧɔɪs əv tu ˈdɪfərənt ˈsænwɪʧɪz (ɪf ˈmɛməri sərvz mi raɪt), tɪ ˈsɛvərəl fud stɔlz wɪθ ˈbərgərz, fraɪz ənd stu, ənd ˈloʊkəl ˈdɛlɪkəsiz laɪk gʊd dəʧ ʧiz. ənd ˈfaɪnəli: maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt bɪrz æt 2014 hæd ə fju nu bɪrz fər mi, ənd ðə bɛst bɪr aɪ hæd wɑz skwɛrd. nɑt ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli saʊər, bət ˈvɛri draɪ ənd ˈvɛri ˈkɑmplɛks. aɪ hæd ɪt ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ brɔt hoʊm ə ˈkəpəl əv ˈbɑtəlz frəm də ˈmoʊlən bɪr ʃɑp. ənd aɪ ˈfaɪnəli gɑt tɪ teɪst (jəŋ), wɪʧ wɑz ə ˈmɪsɪŋ pis ɪn maɪ bɪr wərld. ɪz baɪ ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən ə wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs, bət ðɪs wɑz mɔr ˈteɪsti ðən ˈəðərz hæd, ˈteɪstɪŋ mɔr ˈfɪnɪʃt. ðə ˈəðər bɪrz ɔl sərvd frəm tæp wər ˈbjutəfəl ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz. ðɛr ər ˈɔlˌweɪz tu fju ˈrɪli gʊd ˈhɔpi bɪrz æt, bət tu greɪt ˈbruəriz ˈrɪli noʊ haʊ tɪ du ðət θɪŋ. hæd ə ˈɪndiə braʊn ale”*”, wɪʧ wɑz ə dɑrk ˈæmbər ˌɪmˈpɪriəl wɪθ raɪ mɔlt. greɪt ˈbæləns əv mɔlt ənd ˈsɪtrəs hɑps, ənd fʊl ˈbɑdi, ənd ˈbɪtərnəs tɪ mæʧ. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ brɔt ən ˌæbsəˈlutli fænˈtæstɪk ˌɪmˈpɪriəl staʊt ˈeɪʤɪd ɔn di waɪn ˈbɛrəlz wɪθ brettanomyces*. ðə ˈkərnəl hæd ə, ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðɛr ˈjuʒəwəl ˈrɛsəpi ɛz ə peɪl ˈgoʊldən, klin ənd frɛʃ ˈhɔpi 5 bɪr, wən əv ðoʊz ˈhɔpi bɪrz ðət ju kən ʤɪst kip ɔn ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ fərˈɛvər. ənd ˈfaɪnəli skaɪ plæˈtoʊ, ə ˈfruti ˈgoʊldən eɪl əv ðə kaɪnd ðət ɪz sˈlaɪtli mɔr ˈhɛlθi tɪ kip ɔn ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ fərˈɛvər. bət ɛz ˈjuʒəwəl, ðə stɑrz əv ðə ˈfɛstɪvəl ər baɪ ənd lɑrʤ ðə strɔŋ blæk bɪrz, wɪʧ meɪks ə lɔt əv sɛns, sɪns də oʊn ˈɛriə əv strɛŋθ. ðə əˈfɔrˌmɛnʃənd staʊt wɑz əp ðɛr. ənd hæd brɔt tu nu ˈvərʒənz əv ðə ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri kaggen*, wɪʧ ɛs ˈsɪmpli ðə bɛst ˈbælənst strɔŋ blæk bɪr ɪn ðə wərld. wən wɑz ðə ““usual”*” ˈbərbən ˈbɛrəl ˈeɪʤɪd wɪθ ˈædɪd ˈræzˌbɛri. ɪt wɑz əˈmeɪzɪŋ, ðoʊ ðə ˈræzˌbɛri du məʧ əv ə ˈdɪfərəns, ˈoʊnli ˈædɪŋ ə ˈlɪtəl ˈfruti ˈtɑrtnəs tɪ ðə ˈfɪnɪʃ. ðə ˈəðər wɑz ˈeɪʤɪd ɔn kæsks ənd wɪθ ˈædɪd blackcurrant*. ɪt ʃʊd bi ˌɪˈligəl tɪ ruɪn səʧ ə faɪn bɪr wɪθ kæsks. ˈɔlˌmoʊst smuð ənd ˈbælənst ənd dɪˈlɪʃəs wɑz də ˈmoʊlən twɪst ʃaʊt ˈkɑnˌjæk ˈbɛrəl ˈeɪʤɪd. ˈrɪli fʊl ˈbɑdid ənd ˈhɛvi bɪr, wɪθ lɑts əv ˈʧɔklət ˈkɛrɪktər ənd ə nis təʧ əv oʊk. ˈɑnərˌɛri ˈmɛnʃən goʊ tɪ waɪt ˈleɪbəl ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈrəʃən staʊt frəm ˈmeɪkərz mɑrk ˈbɛrəl, ənd ˈivəl twɪn ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈdoʊˌnət breɪk.
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gracekelly a best effort cache synchronization library in java project maintained by hosted on pages theme by
gracekelly
a best effort cache synchronization library for distributed systems
gracekelly is a best effort cache synchronization library designed to shield distributed systems and services from direct exposure to unpredictable request loads. it improves load and response predictability in distributed environments. it also enables graceful degradation with stale data as fallback, in a degraded distributed ecosystem.
why is it needed?
a chaotic place
any big distributed environment is inherently complex and chaotic. this complexity arises due to the complex dependencies between different services. the variability of the requests and responses that this environment is exposed to makes it a chaotic place
this chaos means the predictability of load and latency is reduced. this makes the environment ands vulnerable to arbitrary request loads. necessary to shield the environment from such externally induced unpredictability. since services are affected by service load, such shielding also ensures their predictability. this means, one must systemically strive to hold on to as much predictability as possible when building a service/system.
sheilds up
caches act as sentinels in an distributed environment. although their primary function is to reduce latency, when used appropriately they excel at bringing predictability to a system. because a cache request is extremely predictable, with almost no variability, either in response times or the load per request. one could say that there is positive between the percentage of cache hits and the predictability of a system/environment.
cache expiry
every time there is a cache miss the environment ands become a little bit more vulnerable. in this context, the common cache usage pattern of expiry based on a and subsequent seems risky. using cache expiry as a for cache synchronization exposes the underlying system to potentially harmful request pattern load for the duration of synchronization.
t0 a heavily requested cache entry c1 expires
– a heavily requested cache entry c1 expires there is a cache miss for c1 and a request is sent to the service to fulfill
– there is a cache miss for c1 and a request is sent to the service to fulfill the cache has been with c2
the time between and is the duration of exposure. the predictability of the target service and all the services it depends on during this time is affected by the the per request load and the of all requests that result in a cache miss for c1.
what would be good to have is a cache library with regular caching semantics but one that accommodates refreshing a cache entry rather than expiring it based on. this is exactly what is, inspired by loadingcache.
what does it do?
gracekelly tries best to refresh the cache entry that has expired. the refresh is purely request triggered and the cache. for every request
it looks up the cache and returns the value if a cache entry is present.
if the returned cache entry has expired it dispatches a task to refresh the cache entry.
if for some reason the refresh fails, it can extend the of the existing entry or do nothing.
note that a cache entry is never it can be evicted by size constraints).
this does two things.
shields the backend services and systems from exposure to unnecessary request load.
decouples responses from backend degradation and availability concerns, there by allowing for graceful degradation with stale data as fallback.
the library
the library has a single class kelly that takes of two different interfaces a and a. they pass around a
kelly
kelly is the primary class for that reloads when they expire. it has a very simple interface for usage.
/** * obtain an instance of a implementation * here the can be a wrapper to some kind of * client. */ < > = new (); /** * obtain an instance of a implementation */ < > = new (); /** * fix the size for the number of threads that will * be used to reload cache entries */ integersize = 10 ; /** * create a kelly cache instance with the provided *, andsize */ kelly < > cache = new kelly ( , ,size ); string key = "sample_key" ; value = new (); long = 300 ; /** * create a instance with the given * key, value and for expiry */ = new ( key , value , ); //put a in cache cache . put ( key , ); //get value from cache = cache . get ( key ); //expire a cache key cache . expire ( key ); //doesn't remove from cache
one has to note that expired entries are not replaced as soon as they have expired but an attempt is made to refresh them using the the first time an expired is encountered during a get request.
cacheprovider
the interface is used to implement adapters to different cache where the cached values are finally persisted and retrieved from. for eg: one would implement a for or.
public interface < t >{ /** * returns a {@link}<t> if it is present in the underlying cache, * or it returns a null otherwise. * key * @return {@link}<t> for the given key or return null if not present * @throwsexception */ < t > get ( string key ) throwsexception ; /** * tries to update the cache with the given {@link}<t> for the given key * key * value * @return true or false based on the success of putting the {@link}<t> * into the cache. * @throwsexception */ boolean put ( string key , < t > value ) throwsexception ; }
a trivial implementation for a local cache with a could look like the following.
public class implements < string >{ private final map < string , < string >> cache = new < string , < string >>(); @override public < string > get ( string key ) throwsexception { return cache . get ( "key" ); } @override public boolean put ( string key , < string > value ) throwsexception { cache . put ( key , value ); return true ; } }
cacheloader
the provides a single method to reload cache, based on an existing entry in the cache. the implementation of should be able to reload the cache given the key of the and the previous value of the.
public interface < t > { /** * takes a {@link string} key and a of type <t> and returns a * {@link}<t>. the implementation of this method is supposed to * return the with the latest value for the given key. * key * * @return {@link} of the type parameter specified during * declaration of this instance of * @throwsexception */ public < t > reload ( string key , t ) throwsexception ; }
cacheentry
the class is a simple java object that holds data required to get, put and invalidate a cache entry. the generic parameter indicates the type of the object that will be stored against the given key. usage is as follows, where the is in seconds
//cache entry valid for 5 minutes since time of creation < > = new < >( "key" , , 300 ); string key = . () //returns the key of the = . () //returns value of the long = . () //returns the in seconds
maven artifact
add the following repository to your
<repository> <id> </id> <name> repository </name> <url> </url> </repository>
and add the following dependency to start using in your maven project.
<dependency> <groupid> </groupid> <artifactid>-core </artifactid> <version> </version> </dependency>
documentation
the docs can be found here
contribution, bugs and feedback
for bugs, questions and discussions please use the issues. please follow the contribution guidelines when submitting pull requests.
license
copyright 2013 internet, ltd.
licensed under the apache license, version (the "license"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the license. you may obtain a copy of the license at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/license-2.0
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gracekelly* ə bɛst ˈɛfərt kæˈʃeɪ ˌsɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ɪn ˈʤɑvə ˈprɑʤɛkt meɪnˈteɪnd baɪ ˈhoʊstɪd ɔn ˈpeɪʤɪz θim baɪ ə bɛst ˈɛfərt kæˈʃeɪ ˌsɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən ˈlaɪbrɛˌri fər dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ˈsɪstəmz ɪz ə bɛst ˈɛfərt kæˈʃeɪ ˌsɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən ˈlaɪbrɛˌri dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ ʃild dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ˈsɪstəmz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz frəm dɪˈrɛkt ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ ˌənprɪˈdɪktəbəl rɪkˈwɛst loʊdz. ɪt ˌɪmˈpruvz loʊd ənd rɪˈspɑns prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti ɪn dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ɪˈneɪbəlz ˈgreɪsfəl ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃən wɪθ steɪl ˈdætə ɛz ˈfɔlˌbæk, ɪn ə dɪˈgreɪdɪd dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm. waɪ ɪz ɪt ˈnidɪd? ə keɪˈɑtɪk pleɪs ˈɛni bɪg dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ɪz ˌɪnˈhɛrəntli ˈkɑmplɛks ənd keɪˈɑtɪk. ðɪs kəmˈplɛksɪti ərˈaɪzɪz du tɪ ðə ˈkɑmplɛks dɪˈpɛndənsiz bɪtˈwin ˈdɪfərənt ˈsərvɪsɪz. ðə vɛriəˈbɪlɪti əv ðə rɪkˈwɛsts ənd rɪˈspɑnsɪz ðət ðɪs ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ɪz ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ meɪks ɪt ə keɪˈɑtɪk pleɪs ðɪs keɪɑs minz ðə prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti əv loʊd ənd ˈleɪtənsi ɪz rɪˈdust. ðɪs meɪks ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri rɪkˈwɛst loʊdz. ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ʃild ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt frəm səʧ ɪkˈstərnəli ˌɪnˈdust ˌənprəˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti. sɪns ˈsərvɪs ər əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ˈsərvɪs loʊd, səʧ ˈʃildɪŋ ˈɔlsoʊ ɪnˈʃʊrz ðɛr prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti. ðɪs minz, wən məst səˈstɛmɪkli straɪv tɪ hoʊld ɔn tɪ ɛz məʧ prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl wɪn ˈbɪldɪŋ ə service/system*. ʃaɪldz əp ˈkæʃɪz ækt ɛz ˈsɛntənəlz ɪn ən dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈfəŋkʃən ɪz tɪ rɪˈdus ˈleɪtənsi, wɪn juzd əˈproʊpriɪtli ðeɪ ɪkˈsɛl æt ˈbrɪŋɪŋ prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti tɪ ə ˈsɪstəm. bɪˈkəz ə kæˈʃeɪ rɪkˈwɛst ɪz ɪkˈstrimli prɪˈdɪktəbəl, wɪθ ˈɔlˌmoʊst noʊ vɛriəˈbɪlɪti, ˈiðər ɪn rɪˈspɑns taɪmz ər ðə loʊd pər rɪkˈwɛst. wən kʊd seɪ ðət ðɛr ɪz ˈpɑzətɪv bɪtˈwin ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv kæˈʃeɪ hɪts ənd ðə prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti əv ə system/environment*. kæˈʃeɪ ˌɛkˈspaɪri ˈɛvəri taɪm ðɛr ɪz ə kæˈʃeɪ mɪs ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd bɪˈkəm ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt mɔr ˈvəlnərəbəl. ɪn ðɪs ˈkɑntɛkst, ðə ˈkɑmən kæˈʃeɪ ˈjusɪʤ ˈpætərn əv ˌɛkˈspaɪri beɪst ɔn ə ənd ˈsəbsəkwənt simz ˈrɪski. ˈjuzɪŋ kæˈʃeɪ ˌɛkˈspaɪri ɛz ə fər kæˈʃeɪ ˌsɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən ɪkˈspoʊzɪz ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ ˈsɪstəm tɪ pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈhɑrmfəl rɪkˈwɛst ˈpætərn loʊd fər ðə ˈdʊˈreɪʃən əv ˌsɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən. ə ˈhɛvəli rɪkˈwɛstɪd kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ˈsiˈwən ɪkˈspaɪərz ə ˈhɛvəli rɪkˈwɛstɪd kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ˈsiˈwən ɪkˈspaɪərz ðɛr ɪz ə kæˈʃeɪ mɪs fər ˈsiˈwən ənd ə rɪkˈwɛst ɪz sɛnt tɪ ðə ˈsərvɪs tɪ fʊlˈfɪl ðɛr ɪz ə kæˈʃeɪ mɪs fər ˈsiˈwən ənd ə rɪkˈwɛst ɪz sɛnt tɪ ðə ˈsərvɪs tɪ fʊlˈfɪl ðə kæˈʃeɪ həz bɪn wɪθ ˈsiˈtu ðə taɪm bɪtˈwin ənd ɪz ðə ˈdʊˈreɪʃən əv ɪkˈspoʊʒər. ðə prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪlɪti əv ðə ˈtərgət ˈsərvɪs ənd ɔl ðə ˈsərvɪsɪz ɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs taɪm ɪz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðə ðə pər rɪkˈwɛst loʊd ənd ðə əv ɔl rɪkˈwɛsts ðət rɪˈzəlt ɪn ə kæˈʃeɪ mɪs fər ˈsiˈwən wət wʊd bi gʊd tɪ hæv ɪz ə kæˈʃeɪ ˈlaɪbrɛˌri wɪθ ˈrɛgjələr ˈkæʃɪŋ sɪˈmæntɪks bət wən ðət əˈkɑməˌdeɪts rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ ə kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ˈrəðər ðən ɪkˈspaɪrɪŋ ɪt beɪst ɔn. ðɪs ɪz ɪgˈzæktli wət ɪz, ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ loadingcache*. wət dɪz ɪt du? traɪz bɛst tɪ rɪˈfrɛʃ ðə kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ðət həz ɪkˈspaɪrd. ðə rɪˈfrɛʃ ɪz ˈpjʊrli rɪkˈwɛst ˈtrɪgərd ənd ðə kæˈʃeɪ. fər ˈɛvəri rɪkˈwɛst ɪt lʊks əp ðə kæˈʃeɪ ənd rɪˈtərnz ðə ˈvælju ɪf ə kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ɪz ˈprɛzənt. ɪf ðə rɪˈtərnd kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri həz ɪkˈspaɪrd ɪt dɪˈspæʧɪz ə tæsk tɪ rɪˈfrɛʃ ðə kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri. ɪf fər səm ˈrizən ðə rɪˈfrɛʃ feɪlz, ɪt kən ɪkˈstɛnd ðə əv ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈɛntri ər du ˈnəθɪŋ. noʊt ðət ə kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ɪz ˈnɛvər ɪt kən bi ɪˈvɪktɪd baɪ saɪz kənˈstreɪnts). ðɪs dɪz tu θɪŋz. ʃildz ðə ˌbæˈkɛnd ˈsərvɪsɪz ənd ˈsɪstəmz frəm ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri rɪkˈwɛst loʊd. rɪˈspɑns frəm ˌbæˈkɛnd ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃən ənd əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti kənˈsərnz, ðɛr baɪ əˈlaʊɪŋ fər ˈgreɪsfəl ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃən wɪθ steɪl ˈdætə ɛz ˈfɔlˌbæk. ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri həz ə ˈsɪŋgəl klæs ˈkɛli ðət teɪks əv tu ˈdɪfərənt ˈɪnərˌfeɪsɪz ə ənd ə. ðeɪ pæs əraʊnd ə ˈkɛli ˈkɛli ɪz ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri klæs fər ðət ˌriˈloʊdz wɪn ðeɪ ɪkˈspaɪr. ɪt həz ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl ˈɪnərˌfeɪs fər ˈjusɪʤ. əbˈteɪn ən ˈɪnstəns əv ə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən hir ðə kən bi ə ˈræpər tɪ səm kaɪnd əv klaɪənt. nu əbˈteɪn ən ˈɪnstəns əv ə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən nu fɪks ðə saɪz fər ðə ˈnəmbər əv θrɛdz ðət wɪl bi juzd tɪ riˈloʊd kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntriz ˈɪntəʤər 10 kriˈeɪt ə ˈkɛli kæˈʃeɪ ˈɪnstəns wɪθ ðə prəˈvaɪdɪd , ənd ˈkɛli kæˈʃeɪ nu ˈkɛli strɪŋ ki "sample_key*" ˈvælju nu lɔŋ 300 kriˈeɪt ə ˈɪnstəns wɪθ ðə ˈgɪvɪn ki, ˈvælju ənd fər ˌɛkˈspaɪri nu ki ˈvælju //pʊt ə ɪn kæˈʃeɪ kæˈʃeɪ pʊt ki //gɪt ˈvælju frəm kæˈʃeɪ kæˈʃeɪ gɪt ki //ɪkˈspaɪr ə kæˈʃeɪ ki kæˈʃeɪ ɪkˈspaɪr ki //ˈdəzənt riˈmuv frəm kæˈʃeɪ wən həz tɪ noʊt ðət ɪkˈspaɪrd ˈɛntriz ər nɑt ˌriˈpleɪst ɛz sun ɛz ðeɪ hæv ɪkˈspaɪrd bət ən əˈtɛmpt ɪz meɪd tɪ rɪˈfrɛʃ ðɛm ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ðə fərst taɪm ən ɪkˈspaɪrd ɪz ɪnˈkaʊnərd ˈdʊrɪŋ ə gɪt rɪkˈwɛst. ðə ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ɪz juzd tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt əˈdæptərz tɪ ˈdɪfərənt kæˈʃeɪ wɛr ðə kæʃt ˈvæljuz ər ˈfaɪnəli pərˈsɪstɪd ənd riˈtrivd frəm. fər eg*: wən wʊd ˈɪmpləmənt ə fər ər. ˈpəblɪk ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ti rɪˈtərnz ə {@lɪŋk cacheentry}<t*> ɪf ɪt ɪz ˈprɛzənt ɪn ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ kæˈʃeɪ, ər ɪt rɪˈtərnz ə nəl ˈəðərˌwaɪz. ki @rɪˈtərn {@lɪŋk cacheentry}<t*> fər ðə ˈgɪvɪn ki ər rɪˈtərn nəl ɪf nɑt ˈprɛzənt @θroʊz ti gɪt strɪŋ ki θroʊz traɪz tɪ ˈəpˌdeɪt ðə kæˈʃeɪ wɪθ ðə ˈgɪvɪn {@lɪŋk cacheentry}<t*> fər ðə ˈgɪvɪn ki ki ˈvælju @rɪˈtərn tru ər fɔls beɪst ɔn ðə səkˈsɛs əv ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə {@lɪŋk cacheentry}<t*> ˈɪntu ðə kæˈʃeɪ. @θroʊz buˈliən pʊt strɪŋ ki ti ˈvælju θroʊz ə ˈtrɪviəl ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən fər ə ˈloʊkəl kæˈʃeɪ wɪθ ə kʊd lʊk laɪk ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ. ˈpəblɪk klæs ˈɪmpləmənts strɪŋ ˈpraɪvət ˈfaɪnəl mæp strɪŋ strɪŋ kæˈʃeɪ nu strɪŋ strɪŋ @ˈoʊvərˌraɪd ˈpəblɪk strɪŋ gɪt strɪŋ ki θroʊz rɪˈtərn kæˈʃeɪ gɪt "ki" @ˈoʊvərˌraɪd ˈpəblɪk buˈliən pʊt strɪŋ ki strɪŋ ˈvælju θroʊz kæˈʃeɪ pʊt ki ˈvælju rɪˈtərn tru ðə prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈmɛθəd tɪ riˈloʊd kæˈʃeɪ, beɪst ɔn ən ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈɛntri ɪn ðə kæˈʃeɪ. ðə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ʃʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ riˈloʊd ðə kæˈʃeɪ ˈgɪvɪn ðə ki əv ðə ənd ðə ˈpriviəs ˈvælju əv ðə. ˈpəblɪk ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ti teɪks ə {@lɪŋk strɪŋ} ki ənd ə əv taɪp <ti> ənd rɪˈtərnz ə {@lɪŋk cacheentry}<t*>. ðə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ðɪs ˈmɛθəd ɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ rɪˈtərn ðə wɪθ ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvælju fər ðə ˈgɪvɪn ki. ki @rɪˈtərn {@lɪŋk} əv ðə taɪp pərˈæmətər ˈspɛsəˌfaɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌdɛklərˈeɪʃən əv ðɪs ˈɪnstəns əv @θroʊz ˈpəblɪk ti riˈloʊd strɪŋ ki ti θroʊz ðə klæs ɪz ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈʤɑvə ˈɑbʤɛkt ðət hoʊldz ˈdætə rikˈwaɪərd tɪ gɪt, pʊt ənd ˌɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt ə kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri. ðə ʤəˈnɛrɪk pərˈæmətər ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðə taɪp əv ðə ˈɑbʤɛkt ðət wɪl bi stɔrd əˈgɛnst ðə ˈgɪvɪn ki. ˈjusɪʤ ɪz ɛz ˈfɑloʊz, wɛr ðə ɪz ɪn ˈsɛkəndz //kæˈʃeɪ ˈɛntri ˈvælɪd fər 5 ˈmɪnəts sɪns taɪm əv kriˈeɪʃən nu "ki" 300 strɪŋ ki //rɪˈtərnz ðə ki əv ðə //rɪˈtərnz ˈvælju əv ðə lɔŋ //rɪˈtərnz ðə ɪn ˈsɛkəndz ˈmeɪvən ˈɑrtəˌfækt æd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ riˈpɑzəˌtɔri tɪ jʊr <riˈpɑzəˌtɔri> <ˈaɪˈdi> </ˈaɪˈdi> <neɪm> riˈpɑzəˌtɔri </neɪm> <url*> </url*> </riˈpɑzəˌtɔri> ənd æd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ dɪˈpɛndənsi tɪ stɑrt ˈjuzɪŋ ɪn jʊr ˈmeɪvən ˈprɑʤɛkt. <dɪˈpɛndənsi> <groupid*> </groupid*> <artifactid*> </artifactid*> <ˈvərʒən> </ˈvərʒən> </dɪˈpɛndənsi> ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən ðə dɑks kən bi faʊnd hir ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən, bəgz ənd ˈfidˌbæk fər bəgz, kˈwɛsʧənz ənd dɪˈskəʃənz pliz juz ðə ˈɪʃuz. pliz ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz wɪn səbˈmɪtɪŋ pʊl rɪkˈwɛsts. ˈlaɪsəns ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2013 ˈɪntərˌnɛt, ˈɛlˈtiˈdi. ˈlaɪsənst ˈəndər ðə əˈpæʧi ˈlaɪsəns, ˈvərʒən (ðə "ˈlaɪsəns"); ju meɪ nɑt juz ðɪs faɪl ɪkˈsɛpt ɪn kəmˈplaɪəns wɪθ ðə ˈlaɪsəns. ju meɪ əbˈteɪn ə ˈkɑpi əv ðə ˈlaɪsəns æt ənˈlɛs rikˈwaɪərd baɪ ˈæpləkəbəl lɔ ər əˈgrid tɪ ɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ, ˈsɔfˌwɛr dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ˈəndər ðə ˈlaɪsəns ɪz dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɔn ən "ɛz ɪz" ˈbeɪsɪs, wɪˈθaʊt ˈwɔrəntiz ər kənˈdɪʃənz əv ˈɛni kaɪnd, ˈiðər ɪkˈsprɛs ər ˌɪmˈplaɪd. si ðə ˈlaɪsəns fər ðə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ˈgəvərnɪŋ pərˈmɪʃənz ənd ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz ˈəndər ðə ˈlaɪsəns.
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biodiverseed answered:
i once saw a post by a gardener who did a lot of reforestation on a large acreage using hardwood cuttings of conifers: the process was basically taking hundreds of cuttings and sealing them in tub containing a sterile medium for six months or more.
apparently this was very successful.
i have planted a number of larger hardwood cuttings from conifers directly out in the garden: i tend to take a lot because the failure rate is quite high.
cuttings are convenient in some respects, but when i can, i plant seeds preferentially: there is some safety in genetic diversity between plants. i have a number of tutorials for collection and planting conifer seed archived.
cloning happens in nature as well though, so it definitely has a place. hardwood cuttings are difficult, but not impossible to accomplish. get yourself some rooting hormone and give it a go.
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biodiverseed* ˈænsərd: aɪ wəns sɔ ə poʊst baɪ ə ˈgɑrdənər hu dɪd ə lɔt əv ˌrifɔrəˈsteɪʃən ɔn ə lɑrʤ ˈeɪkərɪʤ ˈjuzɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ˈkətɪŋz əv ˈkɑnəfərz: ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs wɑz ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈhənərdz əv ˈkətɪŋz ənd ˈsilɪŋ ðɛm ɪn təb kənˈteɪnɪŋ ə ˈstɛrəl ˈmidiəm fər sɪks mənθs ər mɔr. əˈpɛrəntli ðɪs wɑz ˈvɛri səkˈsɛsfəl. aɪ hæv ˈplænɪd ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈlɑrʤər ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ˈkətɪŋz frəm ˈkɑnəfərz dɪˈrɛkli aʊt ɪn ðə ˈgɑrdən: aɪ tɛnd tɪ teɪk ə lɔt bɪˈkəz ðə ˈfeɪljər reɪt ɪz kwaɪt haɪ. ˈkətɪŋz ər kənˈvinjənt ɪn səm rɪˈspɛkts, bət wɪn aɪ kən, aɪ plænt sidz ˌprɛfərˈɛnʃəli: ðɛr ɪz səm ˈseɪfti ɪn ʤəˈnɛtɪk dɪˈvərsɪti bɪtˈwin plænts. aɪ hæv ə ˈnəmbər əv tuˈtɔriəlz fər kəˈlɛkʃən ənd ˈplæntɪŋ ˈkɑnəfər sid archived*. ˈkloʊnɪŋ ˈhæpənz ɪn ˈneɪʧər ɛz wɛl ðoʊ, soʊ ɪt ˈdɛfənətli həz ə pleɪs. ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ˈkətɪŋz ər ˈdɪfəkəlt, bət nɑt ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ əˈkɑmplɪʃ. gɪt ˈjɔrsɛlf səm ˈrutɪŋ ˈhɔrˌmoʊn ənd gɪv ɪt ə goʊ.
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my name is nadine smith, ceo of equalityorida , and i thank you for reading this important call to sunday morning, june 2016, our community was rocked by the pulse massacre that claimed the lives of 49 people, mostly and young people. the horror unfolded in the middle of pride month on latin night at pulse, a popular gathering place for young people of those early morning hours on june, equalityorida made two promises. the first was to do everything we could to take care of the survivors and the families left behind by this heinous act of hate, and to make sure every penny raised went directly to those most impacted by this terrible disbursing the funds raised, we turned our full attention to the second promise - as we remember those who were taken from us, we promised to. we cannot allow the pulse massacre to be yet another national tragedy. this must be a national turning point that spurs us to new pulse, equalityorida has focused our efforts on uprooting the animosity that leads to harassment, discrimination and violence by changing the culture in schools. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, the two most important factors contributing to the wellbeing of an young person are family acceptance and a supportive school environment. equalityorida and our partners have invested deeply in launching do everything we can to prevent bigotry from taking root in our young hearts and we also know that houses of worship shape the world young people grow up in. for too many of us, the deepest wounds were inflicted as we sat with our families in pews and heard a message from someone we trusted that we should not exist. in the aftermath of pulse i know a number of. many have pledged to speak out against discrimination and need you to step up and speak out against all forms of violence, be they mass shootings, arson at mosques, vandalism at synagogues, and yes, even hateful words spoken from a pulpit, a pew, or over the dinner table. join us at . also, every dollar raised on this campaign will go directly to our work of combatting the same hatred and bigotry that caused the attack at must ensure the lasting memorial of pulse is the real change of uprooting hatred, discrimination, and violence of all kinds in our culture. thank you for your compassion, your love, your support. but most of all, thank you for standing with us to combat hatred of all kinds and to take action each and every day to make the world different, better, and safer for all of qualify for matching from tito's handmade vodka, donors must be 21 or are some photos highlighting what equalityorida is doing to the aftermath of the horrific pulse massacre, equalityorida promised to call out bigotry and discrimination of any kind. no action, large or small, will go unchecked. this image was from the august 2016 “rally to end hate” when senator marco rubio headlined a conference hosted by notorious extremists in orlando just two months after the is equality director of transgender equality, gina duncan. our initiative, transactionorida, is dedicated to achieving transgender equality inorida through advocacy, education, and equality 2017 lobby days, we spoke with legislators about the importance of passing statewide protections so that no person is discriminated against for who they are or who theyorida is committed to addressing the epidemic of violence fueled by the normalization of hatred of people. we will continue to support common sense gun safety prevention measures and work to faith leaders pledged to speak out against discrimination and violence. we are inspired by the many who have joined us to and combat dangerous rhetoric and hate violence of all are we? equalityorida is an organization that has been advocating for justice and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people inorida since 1997. gold rated by the leading charity ranking websites, we have spent nearly 20 years building our strength to turn the tide on some of the worst legislation and policy in the united states: winning marriage in advance of the supreme decision that was binding nationally; passing dozens of city and county non-discrimination ordinances that protect more than 10 millionoridians; enacting safe schools policies that have created welcoming and supportive environments for more than 2 million students; shifting public opinion to help reverse the ban on gay adoption left by anita campaign in the 1970s. we have spent the last three months channeling direct support to pulse victims and now are turning our attention to ridding our culture of the toxic dehumanization of those who prefer to send a check, please seeorida actionp.o. box copy of the official registration and financial information for the equalityorida action may be obtained from the division of consumer services (www.800helpfla.com) by calling withinorida (1.800.435.7352). registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. registration.
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maɪ neɪm ɪz nəˈdin smɪθ, ˈsiˌiˈoʊ əv ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə ənd aɪ θæŋk ju fər ˈrɛdɪŋ ðɪs ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt kɔl tɪ ˈsənˌdi ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ʤun 2016 ɑr kəmˈjunɪti wɑz rɑkt baɪ ðə pəls ˈmæsəkər ðət kleɪmd ðə lɪvz əv 49 ˈpipəl, ˈmoʊstli ənd jəŋ ˈpipəl. ðə ˈhɔrər ənˈfoʊldəd ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv praɪd mənθ ɔn ˈlætən naɪt æt pəls, ə ˈpɑpjələr ˈgæðərɪŋ pleɪs fər jəŋ ˈpipəl əv ðoʊz ˈərli ˈmɔrnɪŋ aʊərz ɔn ʤun, ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə meɪd tu ˈprɑməsəz. ðə fərst wɑz tɪ du ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wi kʊd tɪ teɪk kɛr əv ðə sərˈvaɪvərz ənd ðə ˈfæməliz lɛft bɪˈhaɪnd baɪ ðɪs ˈheɪnəs ækt əv heɪt, ənd tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ˈɛvəri ˈpɛni reɪzd wɛnt dɪˈrɛkli tɪ ðoʊz moʊst ˌɪmˈpæktɪd baɪ ðɪs ˈtɛrəbəl dɪsˈbərsɪŋ ðə fəndz reɪzd, wi tərnd ɑr fʊl əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈprɑməs ɛz wi rɪˈmɛmbər ðoʊz hu wər ˈteɪkən frəm ˈjuˈɛs, wi ˈprɑməst tɪ. wi ˈkænɑt əˈlaʊ ðə pəls ˈmæsəkər tɪ bi jɛt əˈnəðər ˈnæʃənəl ˈtræʤədi. ðɪs məst bi ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈtərnɪŋ pɔɪnt ðət spərz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ nu pəls, ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə həz ˈfoʊkɪst ɑr ˈɛfərts ɔn əˈprutɪŋ ðə ˌænəˈmɑsəti ðət lidz tɪ hərˈæsmənt, dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ənd ˈvaɪələns baɪ ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðə ˈkəlʧər ɪn skulz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɛnərz fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd priˈvɛnʃən, ðə tu moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈfæktərz kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ əv ən jəŋ ˈpərsən ər ˈfæməli əkˈsɛptəns ənd ə səˈpɔrtɪv skul ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə ənd ɑr ˈpɑrtnərz hæv ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ˈdipli ɪn ˈlɔnʧɪŋ du ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wi kən tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈbɪgətri frəm ˈteɪkɪŋ rut ɪn ɑr jəŋ hɑrts ənd wi ˈɔlsoʊ noʊ ðət ˈhaʊsɪz əv ˈwərʃɪp ʃeɪp ðə wərld jəŋ ˈpipəl groʊ əp ɪn. fər tu ˈmɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs, ðə ˈdipəst wundz wər ˌɪnˈflɪktɪd ɛz wi sæt wɪθ ɑr ˈfæməliz ɪn pjuz ənd hərd ə ˈmɛsɪʤ frəm ˈsəmˌwən wi ˈtrəstɪd ðət wi ʃʊd nɑt ɪgˈzɪst. ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌmæθ əv pəls aɪ noʊ ə ˈnəmbər əv. ˈmɛni hæv plɛʤd tɪ spik aʊt əˈgɛnst dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ənd nid ju tɪ stɛp əp ənd spik aʊt əˈgɛnst ɔl fɔrmz əv ˈvaɪələns, bi ðeɪ mæs ˈʃutɪŋz, ˈɑrsən æt mɔsks, ˈvændəlɪzəm æt ˈsɪnəˌgɔgz, ənd jɛs, ˈivɪn ˈheɪtfəl wərdz ˈspoʊkən frəm ə ˈpʊlpɪt, ə pju, ər ˈoʊvər ðə ˈdɪnər ˈteɪbəl. ʤɔɪn ˈjuˈɛs æt ˈɔlsoʊ, ˈɛvəri ˈdɔlər reɪzd ɔn ðɪs kæmˈpeɪn wɪl goʊ dɪˈrɛkli tɪ ɑr wərk əv kəmˈbætɪŋ ðə seɪm ˈheɪtrəd ənd ˈbɪgətri ðət kɔzd ðə əˈtæk æt məst ɪnˈʃʊr ðə ˈlæstɪŋ məˈmɔriəl əv pəls ɪz ðə ril ʧeɪnʤ əv əˈprutɪŋ ˈheɪtrəd, dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən, ənd ˈvaɪələns əv ɔl kaɪnz ɪn ɑr ˈkəlʧər. θæŋk ju fər jʊr kəmˈpæʃən, jʊr ləv, jʊr səˈpɔrt. bət moʊst əv ɔl, θæŋk ju fər ˈstændɪŋ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈkɑmbæt ˈheɪtrəd əv ɔl kaɪnz ənd tɪ teɪk ˈækʃən iʧ ənd ˈɛvəri deɪ tɪ meɪk ðə wərld ˈdɪfərənt, ˈbɛtər, ənd ˈseɪfər fər ɔl əv kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ˈmæʧɪŋ frəm ˈtitoʊz ˈhænˈmeɪd ˈvɑdkə, ˈdoʊnərz məst bi 21 ər ər səm ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ wət ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə ɪz duɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈæftərˌmæθ əv ðə hɔˈrɪfɪk pəls ˈmæsəkər, ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə ˈprɑməst tɪ kɔl aʊt ˈbɪgətri ənd dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən əv ˈɛni kaɪnd. noʊ ˈækʃən, lɑrʤ ər smɔl, wɪl goʊ ənˈʧɛkt. ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ wɑz frəm ðə ˈɔgəst 2016 tɪ ɛnd hate”*” wɪn ˈsɛnətər ˈmɑrkoʊ ˈrubioʊ ˈhɛˌdlaɪnd ə ˈkɑnfərəns ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ noʊˈtɔriəs ɪkˈstriməsts ɪn ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ ʤɪst tu mənθs ˈæftər ðə ɪz ɪkˈwɑləti dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ɪkˈwɑləti, ˈʤinə ˈdəŋkən. ɑr ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv, trænˈzækʃən ˈflɔrɪdə, ɪz ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ əˈʧivɪŋ ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ɪkˈwɑləti ɪn ˈflɔrɪdə θru ˈædvəkəsi, ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, ənd ɪkˈwɑləti 2017 ˈlɑbi deɪz, wi spoʊk wɪθ ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ˈpæsɪŋ ˈsteɪtˌwaɪd prəˈtɛkʃənz soʊ ðət noʊ ˈpərsən ɪz dɪˈskrɪməˌneɪtɪd əˈgɛnst fər hu ðeɪ ər ər hu ðeɪ ˈflɔrɪdə ɪz kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðə ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk əv ˈvaɪələns fjuəld baɪ ðə ˌnɔrməlɪˈzeɪʃən əv ˈheɪtrəd əv ˈpipəl. wi wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈkɑmən sɛns gən ˈseɪfti priˈvɛnʃən ˈmɛʒərz ənd wərk tɪ feɪθ ˈlidərz plɛʤd tɪ spik aʊt əˈgɛnst dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ənd ˈvaɪələns. wi ər ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ðə ˈmɛni hu hæv ʤɔɪnd ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ənd ˈkɑmbæt ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈrɛtərɪk ənd heɪt ˈvaɪələns əv ɔl ər wi? ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə ɪz ən ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ðət həz bɪn ˈædvəˌkeɪtɪŋ fər ˈʤəstɪs ənd ɪkˈwɑləti fər ˈlɛzbiən, geɪ, ˌbaɪˈsɛkʃuəl ənd ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər ˈpipəl ɪn ˈflɔrɪdə sɪns 1997 goʊld ˈreɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈlidɪŋ ˈʧɛrɪti ˈræŋkɪŋ ˈwɛbˌsaɪts, wi hæv spɛnt ˈnɪrli 20 jɪrz ˈbɪldɪŋ ɑr strɛŋθ tɪ tərn ðə taɪd ɔn səm əv ðə wərst ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ənd ˈpɑləsi ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts: ˈwɪnɪŋ ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪn ədˈvæns əv ðə səˈprim dɪˈsɪʒən ðət wɑz ˈbaɪndɪŋ ˈnæʃənəli; ˈpæsɪŋ ˈdəzənz əv ˈsɪti ənd ˈkaʊnti nɑnˌdɪskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən ˈɔrdənənsɪz ðət prəˈtɛkt mɔr ðən 10 ˈmɪljən flɔˈrɪdiənz; ɛˈnæktɪŋ seɪf skulz ˈpɑləsiz ðət hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ ənd səˈpɔrtɪv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts fər mɔr ðən 2 ˈmɪljən ˈstudənts; ˈʃɪftɪŋ ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən tɪ hɛlp rɪˈvərs ðə bæn ɔn geɪ əˈdɑpʃən lɛft baɪ əˈnitə kæmˈpeɪn ɪn ðə 1970s*. wi hæv spɛnt ðə læst θri mənθs ˈʧænəlɪŋ dɪˈrɛkt səˈpɔrt tɪ pəls ˈvɪktɪmz ənd naʊ ər ˈtərnɪŋ ɑr əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ˈrɪdɪŋ ɑr ˈkəlʧər əv ðə ˈtɑksɪk ˌdiˌhjumənəˈzeɪʃən əv ðoʊz hu prɪˈfər tɪ sɛnd ə ʧɛk, pliz si ˈflɔrɪdə actionp.o*. bɑks ˈkɑpi əv ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən ənd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən fər ðə ɪkˈwɑləti ˈflɔrɪdə ˈækʃən meɪ bi əbˈteɪnd frəm ðə dɪˈvɪʒən əv kənˈsumər ˈsərvɪsɪz (www.800helpfla.com*) baɪ ˈkɔlɪŋ wɪˈθɪn ˈflɔrɪdə ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən dɪz nɑt ˌɪmˈplaɪ ɛnˈdɔrsmənt, əˈpruvəl, ər ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən baɪ ðə steɪt. ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən
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a general view is seen of the prosthetic leg belonging to of switzerland as he prepares to race in the of the men's pentathlon athletics event at the national stadium during day five of the 2008 paralympic games on september 11, 2008 in beijing, china. (photo by mark images)
aimee mullins of the usa competing in the race during the at olympic stadium in atlanta, georgia, on august 21, 1996. (photo by phil cole/allsport)
amy purdy swaps her prosthetic legs as she prepares for a training session on december 16, 2013 in copper mountain, colorado. purdy is a a member of the us snowboard team and of adaptive action sports. (photo by doug images)
amy purdy prepares to swap her prosthetic legs for a training session on december 16, 2013 in copper mountain, colorado. (photo by doug images)
dr. hugh herr holds a prosthesis outside his office at the massachusetts institute of technology, wednesday, december 19, 2002, in cambridge, mass. twenty years ago, herr and his friend, jeffrey batzer, were rescued after an ice climbing accident on mount washington in new hampshire. both men suffered severe frostbite, with herr losing his legs six inches below the knees. now herr teaches an anatomy class at harvard medical school, has developed improved prostheses for knees andfeet, and has seven patents. (photo by elise photo)
in this photo provided by ted 2014 conference, dancer, left, performs on stage with dancer christian lightner at the 2014 ted conference, in vancouver, british columbia, on march 19, 2014. took to the stage with a new prosthetic limb to perform for the first time since losing part of her left leg in the 2013 boston marathon bombing. (photo by james duncan 2014 conference)
professor hugh herr, who heads the research group at the mit media lab, stands amid mannequins displaying various limbs his lab has developed at the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge, massachusetts april 4, 2014. the homemade bombs that ripped through the crowd at the finish line of last year's boston marathon, killing three people and injuring 264, showcased the city's medical talent but also taught valuable lessons in responding to a mass disaster. as victims slowly adjust to life without limbs, a ballroom dance story inspired the massachusetts institute of technology who is a double amputee to return her to the dance floor with a specially designed leg. (photo by brian snyder/reuters)
bob of inc. holds a basketball with a prosthetic hand designed for the sport at a gym in boulder, colorado august 21, 2009. designs and builds prosthetic attachments that allow amputee athletes to participate in multiple sports. (photo by rick wilking/reuters)
bob of inc. swings a golf club with a golf hand replacement at his home in boulder, colorado august 20, 2009. designs and builds prosthetic attachments that allow amputee athletes to participate in multiple sports. the golf hand stores energy on the improving power through the downstroke. (photo by rick wilking/reuters)
“this is a shot i have envisioned in my head for a while, and only possible to shoot today with the invention of the gopro. shot at a beach break near my home. the board broke on this wave, but the vision made it worthwhile. shot with the gopro hero 3+ and a pro mount”. (photo and caption by mike coots)
“top turn shot with the hero 3+. this merrick is a magic board given to me by bethany hamilton. gopro made me this neat surf handle that works well. a bit to paddle with it in your mouth though as it feels like i am getting waterboarded”. (photo and caption by mike coots)
just this july, mike coots tried out a new foot designed especially for balancing by ossur. he took this photo on his first day out with it, and it “felt really good!” he told. (photo by mike coots)
whether swimming, running, surfing, or dancing, the news are making one thing clear. “nature is driving design design is also driving nature”. (photo and caption by mike coots)
other aquatic athletes trade in their feet for fins. (photo by nadf)
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ə ˈʤɛnərəl vju ɪz sin əv ðə prɑsˈθɛtɪk lɛg bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ əv sˈwɪtsərlənd ɛz hi pərˈpɛrz tɪ reɪs ɪn ðə əv ðə mɛnz pɛnˈtæθlən æθˈlɛtɪks ɪˈvɛnt æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsteɪdiəm ˈdʊrɪŋ deɪ faɪv əv ðə 2008 ˌpɛrəˈlɪmpɪk geɪmz ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 11 2008 ɪn ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ, ˈʧaɪnə. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ mɑrk ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ˈeɪˈmi ˈməˌlɪnz əv ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ kəmˈpitɪŋ ɪn ðə reɪs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə æt oʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈsteɪdiəm ɪn æˈtlæntə, ˈʤɔrʤə, ɔn ˈɔgəst 21 1996 (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ fɪl cole/allsport*) ˈeɪmi ˈpərdi swɑps hər prɑsˈθɛtɪk lɛgz ɛz ʃi pərˈpɛrz fər ə ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈsɛʃən ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 16 2013 ɪn ˈkɑpər ˈmaʊntən, ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ. ˈpərdi ɪz ə ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈjuˈɛs sˈnoʊˌbɔrd tim ənd əv əˈdæptɪv ˈækʃən spɔrts. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ dəg ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ˈeɪmi ˈpərdi pərˈpɛrz tɪ swɑp hər prɑsˈθɛtɪk lɛgz fər ə ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈsɛʃən ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 16 2013 ɪn ˈkɑpər ˈmaʊntən, ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ dəg ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ˈdɑktər. ju hɛr hoʊldz ə ˌprɔsˈθɛsɪs ˈaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz ˈɔfəs æt ðə ˌmæsəˈʧusəts ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi, ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, dɪˈsɛmbər 19 2002 ɪn ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ, mæs. tˈwɛnti jɪrz əˈgoʊ, hɛr ənd hɪz frɛnd, ˈʤɛfri ˈbeɪtzər, wər ˈrɛskjud ˈæftər ən aɪs ˈklaɪmɪŋ ˈæksədənt ɔn maʊnt ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɪn nu ˈhæmʃər. boʊθ mɛn ˈsəfərd səˈvɪr ˈfrɔstˌbaɪt, wɪθ hɛr ˈluzɪŋ hɪz lɛgz sɪks ˈɪnʧɪz bɪˈloʊ ðə niz. naʊ hɛr ˈtiʧɪz ən əˈnætəmi klæs æt ˈhɑrvərd ˈmɛdɪkəl skul, həz dɪˈvɛləpt ˌɪmˈpruvd prɑsˈθisiz fər niz andfeet*, ənd həz ˈsɛvən ˈpætənts. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ əˈlis ˈfoʊˌtoʊ) ɪn ðɪs ˈfoʊˌtoʊ prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ tɛd 2014 ˈkɑnfərəns, ˈdænsər, lɛft, pərˈfɔrmz ɔn steɪʤ wɪθ ˈdænsər ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈlaɪtnər æt ðə 2014 tɛd ˈkɑnfərəns, ɪn vænˈkuvər, ˈbrɪtɪʃ kəˈləmbiə, ɔn mɑrʧ 19 2014 tʊk tɪ ðə steɪʤ wɪθ ə nu prɑsˈθɛtɪk lɪm tɪ pərˈfɔrm fər ðə fərst taɪm sɪns ˈluzɪŋ pɑrt əv hər lɛft lɛg ɪn ðə 2013 ˈbɔstən ˈmɛrəˌθɑn ˈbɑmɪŋ. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ ʤeɪmz ˈdəŋkən 2014 ˈkɑnfərəns) prəˈfɛsər ju hɛr, hu hɛdz ðə ˈrisərʧ grup æt ðə ˈɛˈmaɪˈti ˈmidiə læb, stændz əˈmɪd ˈmænəkɪnz dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ˈvɛriəs lɪmz hɪz læb həz dɪˈvɛləpt æt ðə ˌmæsəˈʧusəts ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪn ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ, ˌmæsəˈʧusəts ˈeɪprəl 4 2014 ðə ˈhoʊˈmeɪd bɑmz ðət rɪpt θru ðə kraʊd æt ðə ˈfɪnɪʃ laɪn əv læst jɪrz ˈbɔstən ˈmɛrəˌθɑn, ˈkɪlɪŋ θri ˈpipəl ənd ˈɪnʤərɪŋ 264 ˈʃoʊˌkeɪst ðə ˈsɪtiz ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtælənt bət ˈɔlsoʊ tɔt ˈvæljəbəl ˈlɛsənz ɪn rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ ə mæs dɪˈzæstər. ɛz ˈvɪktɪmz sˈloʊli əˈʤəst tɪ laɪf wɪˈθaʊt lɪmz, ə ˈbɔˌlrum dæns ˈstɔri ˌɪnˈspaɪərd ðə ˌmæsəˈʧusəts ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi hu ɪz ə ˈdəbəl ˈæmpjəˈti tɪ rɪˈtərn hər tɪ ðə dæns flɔr wɪθ ə ˈspɛʃəli dɪˈzaɪnd lɛg. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ braɪən snyder/reuters*) bɑb əv ɪŋk. hoʊldz ə ˈbæskətˌbɔl wɪθ ə prɑsˈθɛtɪk hænd dɪˈzaɪnd fər ðə spɔrt æt ə ʤɪm ɪn ˈboʊldər, ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ ˈɔgəst 21 2009 dɪˈzaɪnz ənd bɪldz prɑsˈθɛtɪk əˈtæʧmənts ðət əˈlaʊ ˈæmpjəˈti ˈæθˌlits tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ˈməltəpəl spɔrts. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ rɪk wilking/reuters*) bɑb əv ɪŋk. swɪŋz ə gɔlf kləb wɪθ ə gɔlf hænd rɪˈpleɪsmənt æt hɪz hoʊm ɪn ˈboʊldər, ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ ˈɔgəst 20 2009 dɪˈzaɪnz ənd bɪldz prɑsˈθɛtɪk əˈtæʧmənts ðət əˈlaʊ ˈæmpjəˈti ˈæθˌlits tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ˈməltəpəl spɔrts. ðə gɔlf hænd stɔrz ˈɛnərʤi ɔn ðə ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ paʊər θru ðə downstroke*. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ rɪk wilking/reuters*) ɪz ə ʃɑt aɪ hæv ɛnˈvɪʒənd ɪn maɪ hɛd fər ə waɪl, ənd ˈoʊnli ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ʃut təˈdeɪ wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈvɛnʃən əv ðə ˈgoʊˌproʊ. ʃɑt æt ə biʧ breɪk nɪr maɪ hoʊm. ðə bɔrd broʊk ɔn ðɪs weɪv, bət ðə ˈvɪʒən meɪd ɪt ˈwərθˈwaɪl. ʃɑt wɪθ ðə ˈgoʊˌproʊ ˈhɪroʊ 3 ənd ə proʊ mount”*”. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ənd ˈkæpʃən baɪ maɪk kuts) tərn ʃɑt wɪθ ðə ˈhɪroʊ 3 ðɪs ˈmɛrɪk ɪz ə ˈmæʤɪk bɔrd ˈgɪvɪn tɪ mi baɪ ˈbɛθəni ˈhæməltən. ˈgoʊˌproʊ meɪd mi ðɪs nit sərf ˈhændəl ðət wərks wɛl. ə bɪt tɪ ˈpædəl wɪθ ɪt ɪn jʊr maʊθ ðoʊ ɛz ɪt filz laɪk aɪ æm ˈgɪtɪŋ waterboarded”*”. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ənd ˈkæpʃən baɪ maɪk kuts) ʤɪst ðɪs ˌʤuˈlaɪ, maɪk kuts traɪd aʊt ə nu fʊt dɪˈzaɪnd əˈspɛʃəli fər ˈbælənsɪŋ baɪ ossur*. hi tʊk ðɪs ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ɔn hɪz fərst deɪ aʊt wɪθ ɪt, ənd ɪt ˈrɪli good!”*!” hi toʊld. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ maɪk kuts) ˈwɛðər sˈwɪmɪŋ, ˈrənɪŋ, ˈsərfɪŋ, ər ˈdænsɪŋ, ðə nu ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ wən θɪŋ klɪr. ɪz ˈdraɪvɪŋ dɪˈzaɪn dɪˈzaɪn ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈdraɪvɪŋ nature”*”. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ənd ˈkæpʃən baɪ maɪk kuts) ˈəðər əkˈwɑtɪk ˈæθˌlits treɪd ɪn ðɛr fit fər fɪnz. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ nadf*)
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abdullah will contend with theo riddick to replace reggie bush, but his track record suggests he can do just that.
i thought i was going crazy last year. abdullah had me hearing things.
when i watched him play, due to his ability to churn out at the drop of a hat, i kept hearing bad rap music playing in my head -- forgetting that the game i was watching was live and not just some youtube highlight footage. and when i watched his games and focused on the defenders i kept hearing the benny hill theme music as defenders whiffed, broke ankles, and just looked utterly foolish trying to track him down.
now, little", abdullah has me seeing things: visions of a modern day barry sanders running all over the north. of course, obviously, i lost my good senses following the lions' pick of abdullah at overall, but there's good reason to be hyped. while i'm sure he won't be the next barry sanders (who could?), abdullah at least has the resume to suggest he'll be a compelling potential replacement for the now 49er, reggie bush.
abdullah in college
abdullah had one of the best seasons in college football last year, rushing for yards on 264 carries and 19 touchdowns as well as netting 22 receptions for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns through the air. still, this was only slightly more impressive than his junior year, when he put up yards on 281 carries for 9 touchdowns on the ground and caught 26 passes for 232 yards and 2 touchdowns.
he ranks all-time in college football rushing yardage and finished among the all-time leaders at in rushing attempts, ninth in rushing yards, and second in kick return yardage.
abdullah at the combine
though he disappointed some scouts with a forty yard dash at the combine, he dominated in every other category. he ranked in the forty yard dash and seventh in bench press but finished first in the vertical leap, broad jump, drill, and short shuttle. he also had the highest score out of the entire running back class.
the numbers he put on display at the combine seem to be backed up in the box score as well. while his longest run of the year was only 57 yards (ranked 158th) he averaged a whopping yards per carry over the last two years. this suggests that, while he might not have a high speed, he's still able to power through defenders and use his agility to maneuver past them.
abdullah in the nfl
the lions should also look to make a concerted effort to target abdullah in the passing game as well. he has great hands (he went the last two seasons without a single drop) and has been highly lauded for his capabilities.
even though many scouts had him ranked as a talent, he's not without his flaws. while i did just say he has great hands, that's not really the case when the ball is already in his hands; he averaged a fumble once every touches -- far worse than any back who went before him. he's a bit undersized and could struggle initially as a blocker or in a workhorse capacity if he fails to put more weight on his frame.
abdullah with the lions
the move makes sense for the lions, who just lost reggie bush to the san francisco and have not been efficient on the ground in recent years. according to our net expected points (nep) metric, the lions lost points per run play when adjusted for schedule and compared to league average. in 2013, their adjusted rushing per play (-0.04) ranked 23rd.
abdullah should compete this summer with theo riddick for reggie bush's vacant role while still being an immediate contributor in the return game. if he can bulk up, improve as a pass-blocker, and limit his fumbles, then he could even work towards stealing more carries away from bell.
over the past three years, detroit running backs as a whole averaged 410 rushing attempts and 100 receptions per year, so abdullah should have plenty of opportunities to prove himself next year. so, can we expect some reggie numbers from him in 2015? it remains to be seen, but for a back with his talent and skillset, he appears to be in an ideal location.
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ˌæbˈdələ wɪl kənˈtɛnd wɪθ ˈθioʊ ˈrɪdɪk tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ˈrɛʤi bʊʃ, bət hɪz træk ˈrɛkərd səˈʤɛsts hi kən du ʤɪst ðət. aɪ θɔt aɪ wɑz goʊɪŋ ˈkreɪzi læst jɪr. ˌæbˈdələ hæd mi ˈhirɪŋ θɪŋz. wɪn aɪ wɔʧt ɪm pleɪ, du tɪ hɪz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ʧərn aʊt æt ðə drɔp əv ə hæt, aɪ kɛpt ˈhirɪŋ bæd ræp mˈjuzɪk pleɪɪŋ ɪn maɪ hɛd fərˈgɛtɪŋ ðət ðə geɪm aɪ wɑz ˈwɑʧɪŋ wɑz lɪv ənd nɑt ʤɪst səm ˈjuˌtub ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ˈfʊtɪʤ. ənd wɪn aɪ wɔʧt hɪz geɪmz ənd ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ðə dɪˈfɛndərz aɪ kɛpt ˈhirɪŋ ðə ˈbɛni hɪl θim mˈjuzɪk ɛz dɪˈfɛndərz whiffed*, broʊk ˈæŋkəlz, ənd ʤɪst lʊkt ˈətərli ˈfulɪʃ traɪɪŋ tɪ træk ɪm daʊn. naʊ, ˈlɪtəl ˌæbˈdələ həz mi siɪŋ θɪŋz: ˈvɪʒənz əv ə ˈmɑdərn deɪ ˈbɛri ˈsændərz ˈrənɪŋ ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə nɔrθ. əv kɔrs, ˈɑbviəsli, aɪ lɔst maɪ gʊd ˈsɛnsɪz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə laɪənz' pɪk əv ˌæbˈdələ æt ˈoʊvərˌɔl, bət ðɛrz gʊd ˈrizən tɪ bi haɪpt. waɪl əm ʃʊr hi woʊnt bi ðə nɛkst ˈbɛri ˈsændərz (hu kʊd?), ˌæbˈdələ æt list həz ðə ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ tɪ səˈʤɛst hil bi ə kəmˈpɛlɪŋ pəˈtɛnʃəl rɪˈpleɪsmənt fər ðə naʊ 49er*, ˈrɛʤi bʊʃ. ˌæbˈdələ ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ ˌæbˈdələ hæd wən əv ðə bɛst ˈsizənz ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl læst jɪr, ˈrəʃɪŋ fər jɑrdz ɔn 264 ˈkɛriz ənd 19 ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈnɛtɪŋ 22 rɪˈsɛpʃənz fər 269 jɑrdz ənd 3 ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz θru ðə ɛr. stɪl, ðɪs wɑz ˈoʊnli sˈlaɪtli mɔr ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv ðən hɪz ˈʤunjər jɪr, wɪn hi pʊt əp jɑrdz ɔn 281 ˈkɛriz fər 9 ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz ɔn ðə graʊnd ənd kɔt 26 ˈpæsɪz fər 232 jɑrdz ənd 2 ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz. hi ræŋks ˌɔlˈtaɪm ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈrəʃɪŋ ˈjɑrdɪʤ ənd ˈfɪnɪʃt əˈməŋ ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈlidərz æt ɪn ˈrəʃɪŋ əˈtɛmpts, naɪnθ ɪn ˈrəʃɪŋ jɑrdz, ənd ˈsɛkənd ɪn kɪk rɪˈtərn ˈjɑrdɪʤ. ˌæbˈdələ æt ðə ˈkɑmbaɪn ðoʊ hi ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd səm skaʊts wɪθ ə ˈfɔrti jɑrd dæʃ æt ðə ˈkɑmbaɪn, hi ˈdɑməˌneɪtəd ɪn ˈɛvəri ˈəðər ˈkætəˌgɔri. hi ræŋkt ɪn ðə ˈfɔrti jɑrd dæʃ ənd ˈsɛvənθ ɪn bɛnʧ prɛs bət ˈfɪnɪʃt fərst ɪn ðə ˈvərtɪkəl lip, brɔd ʤəmp, drɪl, ənd ʃɔrt ˈʃətəl. hi ˈɔlsoʊ hæd ðə haɪəst skɔr aʊt əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈrənɪŋ bæk klæs. ðə ˈnəmbərz hi pʊt ɔn dɪˈspleɪ æt ðə ˈkɑmbaɪn sim tɪ bi bækt əp ɪn ðə bɑks skɔr ɛz wɛl. waɪl hɪz ˈlɔŋgɪst rən əv ðə jɪr wɑz ˈoʊnli 57 jɑrdz (ræŋkt 158th*) hi ˈævrɪʤd ə ˈwɑpɪŋ jɑrdz pər ˈkɛri ˈoʊvər ðə læst tu jɪrz. ðɪs səˈʤɛsts ðət, waɪl hi maɪt nɑt hæv ə haɪ spid, hiz stɪl ˈeɪbəl tɪ paʊər θru dɪˈfɛndərz ənd juz hɪz əˈʤɪləti tɪ məˈnuvər pæst ðɛm. ˌæbˈdələ ɪn ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ðə laɪənz ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ lʊk tɪ meɪk ə kənˈsərtɪd ˈɛfərt tɪ ˈtərgət ˌæbˈdələ ɪn ðə ˈpæsɪŋ geɪm ɛz wɛl. hi həz greɪt hænz (hi wɛnt ðə læst tu ˈsizənz wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈsɪŋgəl drɔp) ənd həz bɪn ˈhaɪli ˈlɔdɪd fər hɪz ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz. ˈivɪn ðoʊ ˈmɛni skaʊts hæd ɪm ræŋkt ɛz ə ˈtælənt, hiz nɑt wɪˈθaʊt hɪz flɔz. waɪl aɪ dɪd ʤɪst seɪ hi həz greɪt hænz, ðæts nɑt ˈrɪli ðə keɪs wɪn ðə bɔl ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ɪn hɪz hænz; hi ˈævrɪʤd ə ˈfəmbəl wəns ˈɛvəri ˈtəʧɪz fɑr wərs ðən ˈɛni bæk hu wɛnt ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm. hiz ə bɪt ˈəndərˌsaɪzd ənd kʊd ˈstrəgəl ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ɛz ə ˈblɑkər ər ɪn ə ˈwərˌkhɔrs kəˈpæsɪti ɪf hi feɪlz tɪ pʊt mɔr weɪt ɔn hɪz freɪm. ˌæbˈdələ wɪθ ðə laɪənz ðə muv meɪks sɛns fər ðə laɪənz, hu ʤɪst lɔst ˈrɛʤi bʊʃ tɪ ðə sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ənd hæv nɑt bɪn ɪˈfɪʃənt ɔn ðə graʊnd ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɑr nɛt ɪkˈspɛktɪd pɔɪnts (nep*) ˈmɛtrɪk, ðə laɪənz lɔst pɔɪnts pər rən pleɪ wɪn əˈʤəstɪd fər ˈskɛʤʊl ənd kəmˈpɛrd tɪ lig ˈævərɪʤ. ɪn 2013 ðɛr əˈʤəstɪd ˈrəʃɪŋ pər pleɪ ræŋkt 23rd*. ˌæbˈdələ ʃʊd kəmˈpit ðɪs ˈsəmər wɪθ ˈθioʊ ˈrɪdɪk fər ˈrɛʤi ˈbʊʃɪz ˈveɪkənt roʊl waɪl stɪl biɪŋ ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət kənˈtrɪbjətər ɪn ðə rɪˈtərn geɪm. ɪf hi kən bəlk əp, ˌɪmˈpruv ɛz ə pass-blocker*, ənd ˈlɪmət hɪz ˈfəmbəlz, ðɛn hi kʊd ˈivɪn wərk təˈwɔrdz ˈstilɪŋ mɔr ˈkɛriz əˈweɪ frəm bɛl. ˈoʊvər ðə pæst θri jɪrz, ˈdiˌtrɔɪt ˈrənɪŋ bæks ɛz ə hoʊl ˈævrɪʤd 410 ˈrəʃɪŋ əˈtɛmpts ənd 100 rɪˈsɛpʃənz pər jɪr, soʊ ˌæbˈdələ ʃʊd hæv ˈplɛnti əv ˌɑpərˈtunətiz tɪ pruv hɪmˈsɛlf nɛkst jɪr. soʊ, kən wi ɪkˈspɛkt səm ˈrɛʤi ˈnəmbərz frəm ɪm ɪn 2015 ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi sin, bət fər ə bæk wɪθ hɪz ˈtælənt ənd skillset*, hi əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ɪn ən aɪˈdil loʊˈkeɪʃən.
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a win for the democrats in congress next year will cause problems for the donald trump administration that may even result in the president resigning from his post, a political risk analyst has suggested.
"if the democrats win in 2018 as far as the house of representatives, they can then actually publish the tax returns of the president," john raines, head of political risk at markit, told cnbc.
"so is there something in those tax returns that could actually cause damage to the president? all of a sudden he feels compelled to do something like resign."
if the democrats gained a majority in congress, they could take control of certain congressional committees. some of these committees have the power to request anyone's tax returns, including those belonging to the president. these committees could then share the returns with other members of the committee or make them public.
the president's tax returns have been a hot button political issue since the election campaign, when trump became the first major presidential candidate since the not to release his tax returns. the president claimed he could not release them because he was under audit by the irs.
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ə wɪn fər ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts ɪn ˈkɑŋgrəs nɛkst jɪr wɪl kɔz ˈprɑbləmz fər ðə ˈdɑnəld trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ðət meɪ ˈivɪn rɪˈzəlt ɪn ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt rɪˈzaɪnɪŋ frəm hɪz poʊst, ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl rɪsk ˈænəlɪst həz səˈʤɛstɪd. "ɪf ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts wɪn ɪn 2018 ɛz fɑr ɛz ðə haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz, ðeɪ kən ðɛn ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈpəblɪʃ ðə tæks rɪˈtərnz əv ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt," ʤɑn reɪnz, hɛd əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl rɪsk æt markit*, toʊld cnbc*. "soʊ ɪz ðɛr ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪn ðoʊz tæks rɪˈtərnz ðət kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli kɔz ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt? ɔl əv ə ˈsədən hi filz kəmˈpɛld tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk rɪˈzaɪn." ɪf ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts geɪnd ə məˈʤɔrəti ɪn ˈkɑŋgrəs, ðeɪ kʊd teɪk kənˈtroʊl əv ˈsərtən kənˈgrɛʃənəl kəˈmɪtiz. səm əv ðiz kəˈmɪtiz hæv ðə paʊər tɪ rɪkˈwɛst ˈɛniˌwənz tæks rɪˈtərnz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðoʊz bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt. ðiz kəˈmɪtiz kʊd ðɛn ʃɛr ðə rɪˈtərnz wɪθ ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə kəˈmɪti ər meɪk ðɛm ˈpəblɪk. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts tæks rɪˈtərnz hæv bɪn ə hɑt ˈbətən pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈɪʃu sɪns ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən kæmˈpeɪn, wɪn trəmp bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˈmeɪʤər ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt sɪns ðə nɑt tɪ riˈlis hɪz tæks rɪˈtərnz. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt kleɪmd hi kʊd nɑt riˈlis ðɛm bɪˈkəz hi wɑz ˈəndər ˈɔdɪt baɪ ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs.
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middle school may have been a helluva lot easier if you had spent a little more time in the pool. new research out of australia says that children who are taught to swim at an early age hit certain physical and developmental milestones faster than kids who learn later in life.
over the span of three years, researchers surveyed the parents of more than children age 5 and under and found that the age kids learned to swim correlated with when they began accomplishing certain skills.
in pre-school, early swimmers had better skills (like cutting paper and drawing lines and shapes), but also fared better as they got older (i.e. understanding directions, math, and writing and reading skills).
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turns out, some of what you learn in the classroom (or in your day-to-day experiences) is similar to what you learn in a pool, says lead study author robyn jorgensen, ph.d., a professor and senior fellow at the griffith institute for educational research. there's a strong synergy between language and action with swimming that's essential for many cognitive and motor skills, she adds. kids learn at an early age to hear language and make connections with their bodies (for example, counting to 10 while kicking).
and it doesn't take long to see the effects, either: when researchers observed swimming lessons, they found that the kids' eyes blinked in preparation for the ready cue -- "one, two, three, go! " -- a clear sign that young kids can understand language and react accordingly even if they can't communicate everything clearly.
your move: sign your kids up for lessons -- and keep 'em going. in study, the earlier the child started and the longer they remained in the swimming lessons, the greater the gains, she says.
and it wouldn't hurt to jump in the pool yourself: besides the added benefit of challenging yourself through switching up your workout, water is about times denser than air, so a swim workout can be tougher on you. you'll burn almost the same amount of calories each minute as you would biking -- but you can kiss dodging traffic or worrying about your joints goodbye.
build a body like phelps and learn how to swim your way to a 6-pack.
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ˈmɪdəl skul meɪ hæv bɪn ə ˌhɛˈluvə lɔt ˈiziər ɪf ju hæd spɛnt ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr taɪm ɪn ðə pul. nu ˈrisərʧ aʊt əv ɔˈstreɪljə sɪz ðət ˈʧɪldrən hu ər tɔt tɪ swɪm æt ən ˈərli eɪʤ hɪt ˈsərtən ˈfɪzɪkəl ənd dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛnəl ˈmaɪlˌstoʊnz ˈfæstər ðən kɪdz hu lərn ˈleɪtər ɪn laɪf. ˈoʊvər ðə spæn əv θri jɪrz, ˈrisərʧərz ˈsərˌveɪd ðə ˈpɛrənts əv mɔr ðən ˈʧɪldrən eɪʤ 5 ənd ˈəndər ənd faʊnd ðət ðə eɪʤ kɪdz ˈlərnɪd tɪ swɪm ˈkɔrəˌleɪtəd wɪθ wɪn ðeɪ bɪˈgæn əˈkɑmplɪʃɪŋ ˈsərtən skɪlz. ɪn pre-school*, ˈərli sˈwɪmərz hæd ˈbɛtər skɪlz (laɪk ˈkətɪŋ ˈpeɪpər ənd drɔɪŋ laɪnz ənd ʃeɪps), bət ˈɔlsoʊ fɛrd ˈbɛtər ɛz ðeɪ gɑt ˈoʊldər (i.e*. ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz, mæθ, ənd ˈraɪtɪŋ ənd ˈrɛdɪŋ skɪlz). ˈʃɑrpən jʊr ˈmɛməri, bust jʊr ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti, ənd sleɪ strɛs wɪθ tərnz aʊt, səm əv wət ju lərn ɪn ðə ˈklæsˌrum (ər ɪn jʊr ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz) ɪz ˈsɪmələr tɪ wət ju lərn ɪn ə pul, sɪz lɛd ˈstədi ˈɔθər ˈrɑbɪn ˈʤɔrgɪnsən, ph.d*., ə prəˈfɛsər ənd ˈsinjər ˈfɛloʊ æt ðə ˈgrɪfɪθ ˈɪnstɪˌtut fər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˈrisərʧ. ðɛrz ə strɔŋ ˈsɪnərʤi bɪtˈwin ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ənd ˈækʃən wɪθ sˈwɪmɪŋ ðæts ɛˈsɛnʃəl fər ˈmɛni ˈkɑgnɪtɪv ənd ˈmoʊtər skɪlz, ʃi ædz. kɪdz lərn æt ən ˈərli eɪʤ tɪ hir ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ənd meɪk kəˈnɛkʃənz wɪθ ðɛr ˈbɑdiz (fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈkaʊntɪŋ tɪ 10 waɪl ˈkɪkɪŋ). ənd ɪt ˈdəzənt teɪk lɔŋ tɪ si ðə ˈifɛkts, ˈiðər: wɪn ˈrisərʧərz əbˈzərvd sˈwɪmɪŋ ˈlɛsənz, ðeɪ faʊnd ðət ðə kɪdz' aɪz blɪŋkt ɪn ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən fər ðə ˈrɛdi kju "wən, tu, θri, goʊ! ə klɪr saɪn ðət jəŋ kɪdz kən ˌəndərˈstænd ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ənd riækt əˈkɔrdɪŋli ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ kænt kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈklɪrli. jʊr muv: saɪn jʊr kɪdz əp fər ˈlɛsənz ənd kip 'ɛm goʊɪŋ. ɪn ˈstədi, ðə ˈərliər ðə ʧaɪld ˈstɑrtɪd ənd ðə ˈlɔŋgər ðeɪ rɪˈmeɪnd ɪn ðə sˈwɪmɪŋ ˈlɛsənz, ðə ˈgreɪtər ðə geɪnz, ʃi sɪz. ənd ɪt ˈwʊdənt hərt tɪ ʤəmp ɪn ðə pul ˈjɔrsɛlf: ˌbiˈsaɪdz ðə ˈædɪd ˈbɛnəfɪt əv ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ˈjɔrsɛlf θru sˈwɪʧɪŋ əp jʊr ˈwərˌkaʊt, ˈwɔtər ɪz əˈbaʊt taɪmz ˈdɛnsər ðən ɛr, soʊ ə swɪm ˈwərˌkaʊt kən bi ˈtəfər ɔn ju. jul bərn ˈɔlˌmoʊst ðə seɪm əˈmaʊnt əv ˈkælɔˌriz iʧ ˈmɪnət ɛz ju wʊd ˈbaɪkɪŋ bət ju kən kɪs ˈdɑʤɪŋ ˈtræfɪk ər ˈwəriɪŋ əˈbaʊt jʊr ʤɔɪnts ˌgʊdˈbaɪ. bɪld ə ˈbɑdi laɪk fɛlps ənd lərn haʊ tɪ swɪm jʊr weɪ tɪ ə 6-pack*.
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image copyright image caption south korean plans to develop weapons to damage north korean nuclear facilities
south korea is to develop tools in an attempt to damage north korean nuclear facilities.
the country's defence ministry wants to develop weapons similar to, the software designed to attack iranian nuclear enrichment plants.
the south korean military will carry out missions using the software, the defence ministry said.
one computer security expert said that using could be "very dangerous".
the defence ministry reported its plan to the government on 19 february, the yonhap news agency reported.
you might be targeting one thing, but it could spread alan woodward, computer security expert
in 2006, north korea said it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon, spreading alarm through the region. intensive diplomatic efforts to try to rein in north korea's nuclear ambitions continue.
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the development of weapons capable of physically damaging north korean nuclear plants and missile facilities is the second phase of a strategy that began in 2010, yonhap said.
the first part of south korea's plan, which is continuing, is to conduct online propaganda operations by posting to north korean social networking and social media services.
"once the second phase plan is established, the will carry out comprehensive missions," a senior ministry official said.
the south korean command, which will use the weapons, has been dogged by accusations of using its psychological warfare capabilities on its own population to try to influence voters in the to the 2012 presidential elections.
attempting to use to physically damage critical infrastructure could drastically backfire, alan woodward, a computer security expert at the university of surrey, told the bbc.
"i think it's very dangerous," he said. "[the weapon] could end up damaging all sorts of things you never intended it to."
once was released, its spread was impossible to predict or control, woodward said.
vulnerable
the code was designed to target iranian nuclear enrichment facilities and disrupt a suspected nuclear weapons development programme.
however, the code attacked siemens control systems used not only in the facilities but also in electrical generation plants, factories and water treatment works.
"you might be targeting one thing, but it could spread," woodward said. "all those other forms of infrastructure become vulnerable."
malicious code such as does not respect national boundaries. code developed by south korea could rebound and end up damaging south korean infrastructure that uses the same technologies, he said. the code could spread internationally.
in addition, once the attack code is released, malicious hackers or military personnel anywhere in the world would be able to study a sample and use the weapons against another target, woodward added.
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ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən plænz tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈwɛpənz tɪ ˈdæmɪʤ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈnukliər fəˈsɪlɪtiz saʊθ ˌkɔˈriə ɪz tɪ dɪˈvɛləp tulz ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈdæmɪʤ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈnukliər fəˈsɪlɪtiz. ðə ˈkəntriz dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstri wɔnts tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈwɛpənz ˈsɪmələr tɪ, ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ əˈtæk ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈnukliər ɪnˈrɪʧmənt plænts. ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri wɪl ˈkɛri aʊt ˈmɪʃənz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr, ðə dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstri sɛd. wən kəmˈpjutər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈɛkspərt sɛd ðət ˈjuzɪŋ kʊd bi "ˈvɛri ˈdeɪnʤərəs". ðə dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstri ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɪts plæn tɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɔn 19 ˈfɛbruˌɛri, ðə ˈjɑnˌhæp nuz ˈeɪʤənsi ˌriˈpɔrtəd. ju maɪt bi ˈtɑrgətɪŋ wən θɪŋ, bət ɪt kʊd sprɛd ˈælən ˈwʊdˌwɔrd, kəmˈpjutər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈɛkspərt ɪn 2006 nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə sɛd ɪt hæd səkˈsɛsfəli ˈtɛstɪd ə ˈnukliər ˈwɛpən, ˈsprɛdɪŋ əˈlɑrm θru ðə ˈriʤən. ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˈɛfərts tɪ traɪ tɪ reɪn ɪn nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriəz ˈnukliər æmˈbɪʃənz kənˈtɪnju. ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˌprɑpəˈgændə ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv ˈwɛpənz ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈdæmɪʤɪŋ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈnukliər plænts ənd ˈmɪsəl fəˈsɪlɪtiz ɪz ðə ˈsɛkənd feɪz əv ə ˈstrætəʤi ðət bɪˈgæn ɪn 2010 ˈjɑnˌhæp sɛd. ðə fərst pɑrt əv saʊθ ˌkɔˈriəz plæn, wɪʧ ɪz kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ, ɪz tɪ ˈkɑndəkt ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˌprɑpəˈgændə ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz baɪ ˈpoʊstɪŋ tɪ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈsərvɪsɪz. "wəns ðə ˈsɛkənd feɪz plæn ɪz ɪˈstæblɪʃt, ðə wɪl ˈkɛri aʊt ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈmɪʃənz," ə ˈsinjər ˈmɪnɪstri əˈfɪʃəl sɛd. ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən kəˈmænd, wɪʧ wɪl juz ðə ˈwɛpənz, həz bɪn dɔgd baɪ ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əv ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈwɔrˌfɛr ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz ɔn ɪts oʊn ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən tɪ traɪ tɪ ˈɪnfluəns ˈvoʊtərz ɪn ðə tɪ ðə 2012 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃənz. əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ juz tɪ ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈdæmɪʤ ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər kʊd ˈdræstɪkli ˈbækˌfaɪr, ˈælən ˈwʊdˌwɔrd, ə kəmˈpjutər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈɛkspərt æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈsəri, toʊld ðə ˌbibiˈsi. "aɪ θɪŋk ɪts ˈvɛri ˈdeɪnʤərəs," hi sɛd. "[ðə ˈwɛpən] kʊd ɛnd əp ˈdæmɪʤɪŋ ɔl sɔrts əv θɪŋz ju ˈnɛvər ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd ɪt tɪ." wəns wɑz riˈlist, ɪts sprɛd wɑz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ prɪˈdɪkt ər kənˈtroʊl, ˈwʊdˌwɔrd sɛd. ˈvəlnərəbəl ðə koʊd wɑz dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ ˈtərgət ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈnukliər ɪnˈrɪʧmənt fəˈsɪlɪtiz ənd dɪsˈrəpt ə səˈspɛktɪd ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈproʊˌgræm. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə koʊd əˈtækt ˈsimənz kənˈtroʊl ˈsɪstəmz juzd nɑt ˈoʊnli ɪn ðə fəˈsɪlɪtiz bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən plænts, ˈfæktəriz ənd ˈwɔtər ˈtritmənt wərks. "ju maɪt bi ˈtɑrgətɪŋ wən θɪŋ, bət ɪt kʊd sprɛd," ˈwʊdˌwɔrd sɛd. "ɔl ðoʊz ˈəðər fɔrmz əv ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər bɪˈkəm ˈvəlnərəbəl." məˈlɪʃəs koʊd səʧ ɛz dɪz nɑt rɪˈspɛkt ˈnæʃənəl ˈbaʊndəriz. koʊd dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ saʊθ ˌkɔˈriə kʊd riˈbaʊnd ənd ɛnd əp ˈdæmɪʤɪŋ saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ðət ˈjuzɪz ðə seɪm tɛkˈnɑləʤiz, hi sɛd. ðə koʊd kʊd sprɛd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, wəns ðə əˈtæk koʊd ɪz riˈlist, məˈlɪʃəs ˈhækərz ər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌpərsəˈnɛl ˈɛniˌwɛr ɪn ðə wərld wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈstədi ə ˈsæmpəl ənd juz ðə ˈwɛpənz əˈgɛnst əˈnəðər ˈtərgət, ˈwʊdˌwɔrd ˈædɪd.
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first the good news. fighting ottawa fury gutted out its first win of the fall season saturday night in indianapolis with a road win over fellow expansion club indy eleven.
but there were enough obstacles strewn in their path to wonder if the gods were conspiring against them.
aside from the result, the entire trip consisted of a series of horrors totally to the preparation for a game the fury needed to win to keep alive any hopes of making the playoffs.
the outward journey to indianapolis was scheduled to end around 3 p.m. friday, allowing time for a practice session. the squad actually walked through the doors of its downtown hotel close to midnight. that included seven unscheduled hours in washington, including more than an hour in a plane sitting on the airport tarmac. something like 16 hours door to door.
there was more. the game was scheduled for a p.m. kickoff but come saturday afternoon, thunder and lightning rolled into town and before marc dos santos and his men knew it, the game had been pushed back to 9 p.m. no one was allowed in the stadium for fear of lightening threats, they were told.
players ventured onto the field for warmup around p.m. but more bolts lit up the sky and sent them scurrying back to the dressing rooms while the crowd was rapidly escorted out of the stadium.
the opening whistle went at close to 10 p.m. and midnight was beckoning by the time goals from tom heinemann and clinched the ottawa victory.
coach dos santos, punching the air and hugging those nearest on the touchline, was clearly thrilled and not a little relieved. he admitted afterwards that the buildup to the game was almost as bad at it could get for his men and he had decided that tying the game would be a victory. his players thought otherwise.
maybe they wanted to burn off some of the frustration from what had gone before, but there was no doubting their determination. quick into the tackle and eager to break fast from defence, they pegged indy back.
the early pressure had the indy defence struggling and with 12 minutes gone, was brought down in the penalty area. nicki paterson stepped up but beat indy goalkeeper and captain who dived to his left to save.
the fury pressed on, organized and eager even when indy eleven dominated possession.
then another blow, one that might have repercussions in the coming weeks, central defender drew beckie was yards from anyone when he went down in a heap five minutes before half time. a stretcher was dispatched and he was wheeled of only to return to the sidelines in a wheelchair. early indications suggest ankle trouble. how severe depends on further examination back in ottawa.
tony donatelli was introduced but it was some time into the second half before the fury regained their rhythm.
the tide began to turn in the minute when donatelli took a stiff arm in the back. penalty number two and this time tom heinemann stepped forward and slid the ball past.
indy eleven was galvanized, pressing hard before scoring a goal of their own with six minutes to go. it came from don smart who had been on as a substitute for maybe two minutes.
the fury dug in, buoyed by some tremendous shot stopping by peiser and the reward took only two more minutes. donatelli headed a long cross back across the goal and there was to slip in the winner.
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fərst ðə gʊd nuz. ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈɑtəˌwɑ fˈjʊri ˈgətɪd aʊt ɪts fərst wɪn əv ðə fɔl ˈsizən ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ɪn ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs wɪθ ə roʊd wɪn ˈoʊvər ˈfɛloʊ ɪkˈspænʧən kləb ˈɪndi ˈilɛvən. bət ðɛr wər ɪˈnəf ˈɑbstəkəlz strun ɪn ðɛr pæθ tɪ ˈwəndər ɪf ðə gɑdz wər kənˈspaɪrɪŋ əˈgɛnst ðɛm. əˈsaɪd frəm ðə rɪˈzəlt, ðə ɪnˈtaɪər trɪp kənˈsɪstɪd əv ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈhɔrərz ˈtoʊtəli tɪ ðə ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən fər ə geɪm ðə fˈjʊri ˈnidɪd tɪ wɪn tɪ kip əˈlaɪv ˈɛni hoʊps əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə pleɪɔfs. ðə ˈaʊtwərd ˈʤərni tɪ ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs wɑz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ ɛnd əraʊnd 3 p.m*. ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, əˈlaʊɪŋ taɪm fər ə ˈpræktɪs ˈsɛʃən. ðə skwɑd ˈæˌkʧuəli wɔkt θru ðə dɔrz əv ɪts ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn hoʊˈtɛl kloʊz tɪ ˈmɪdˌnaɪt. ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈsɛvən ənˈskɛʤuld aʊərz ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ mɔr ðən ən aʊər ɪn ə pleɪn ˈsɪtɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt ˈtɑrˌmæk. ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk 16 aʊərz dɔr tɪ dɔr. ðɛr wɑz mɔr. ðə geɪm wɑz ˈskɛʤʊld fər ə p.m*. ˈkɪˌkɔf bət kəm ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun, ˈθəndər ənd ˈlaɪtnɪŋ roʊld ˈɪntu taʊn ənd ˌbiˈfɔr mɑrk dɔs ˈsæntoʊs ənd hɪz mɛn nu ɪt, ðə geɪm hæd bɪn pʊʃt bæk tɪ 9 p.m*. noʊ wən wɑz əˈlaʊd ɪn ðə ˈsteɪdiəm fər fɪr əv ˈlaɪtənɪŋ θrɛts, ðeɪ wər toʊld. pleɪərz ˈvɛnʧərd ˈɔntu ðə fild fər ˈwɔrˌməp əraʊnd p.m*. bət mɔr boʊlts lɪt əp ðə skaɪ ənd sɛnt ðɛm ˈskəriɪŋ bæk tɪ ðə ˈdrɛsɪŋ rumz waɪl ðə kraʊd wɑz ˈræpədli ɛˈskɔrtɪd aʊt əv ðə ˈsteɪdiəm. ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ ˈwɪsəl wɛnt æt kloʊz tɪ 10 p.m*. ənd ˈmɪdˌnaɪt wɑz ˈbɛkənɪŋ baɪ ðə taɪm goʊlz frəm tɑm ˈhaɪnmən ənd klɪnʧt ðə ˈɑtəˌwɑ ˈvɪktəri. koʊʧ dɔs ˈsæntoʊs, ˈpənʧɪŋ ðə ɛr ənd ˈhəgɪŋ ðoʊz ˈnɪrəst ɔn ðə touchline*, wɑz ˈklɪrli θrɪld ənd nɑt ə ˈlɪtəl rɪˈlivd. hi ədˈmɪtəd ˈæftərwərdz ðət ðə ˈbɪlˌdəp tɪ ðə geɪm wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɛz bæd æt ɪt kʊd gɪt fər hɪz mɛn ənd hi hæd ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ðət taɪɪŋ ðə geɪm wʊd bi ə ˈvɪktəri. hɪz pleɪərz θɔt ˈəðərˌwaɪz. ˈmeɪbi ðeɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bərn ɔf səm əv ðə frəˈstreɪʃən frəm wət hæd gɔn ˌbiˈfɔr, bət ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈdaʊtɪŋ ðɛr dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən. kwɪk ˈɪntu ðə ˈtækəl ənd ˈigər tɪ breɪk fæst frəm dɪˈfɛns, ðeɪ pɛgd ˈɪndi bæk. ðə ˈərli ˈprɛʃər hæd ðə ˈɪndi dɪˈfɛns ˈstrəgəlɪŋ ənd wɪθ 12 ˈmɪnəts gɔn, wɑz brɔt daʊn ɪn ðə ˈpɛnəlti ˈɛriə. ˈnɪki ˈpætərsən stɛpt əp bət bit ˈɪndi ˈgoʊlˌkipər ənd ˈkæptən hu daɪvd tɪ hɪz lɛft tɪ seɪv. ðə fˈjʊri prɛst ɔn, ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd ənd ˈigər ˈivɪn wɪn ˈɪndi ˈilɛvən ˈdɑməˌneɪtəd pəˈzɛʃən. ðɛn əˈnəðər bloʊ, wən ðət maɪt hæv ˌripərˈkəʃənz ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ wiks, ˈsɛntrəl dɪˈfɛndər dru ˈbɛki wɑz jɑrdz frəm ˈɛniˌwən wɪn hi wɛnt daʊn ɪn ə hip faɪv ˈmɪnəts ˌbiˈfɔr hæf taɪm. ə ˈstrɛʧər wɑz dɪˈspæʧt ənd hi wɑz wild əv ˈoʊnli tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnz ɪn ə ˈwiˌlʧɛr. ˈərli ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃənz səˈʤɛst ˈæŋkəl ˈtrəbəl. haʊ səˈvɪr dɪˈpɛndz ɔn ˈfərðər ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən bæk ɪn ˈɑtəˌwɑ. ˈtoʊni doʊnɑˈtɛli wɑz ˌɪntrəˈdust bət ɪt wɑz səm taɪm ˈɪntu ðə ˈsɛkənd hæf ˌbiˈfɔr ðə fˈjʊri riˈgeɪnd ðɛr ˈrɪðəm. ðə taɪd bɪˈgæn tɪ tərn ɪn ðə ˈmɪnət wɪn doʊnɑˈtɛli tʊk ə stɪf ɑrm ɪn ðə bæk. ˈpɛnəlti ˈnəmbər tu ənd ðɪs taɪm tɑm ˈhaɪnmən stɛpt ˈfɔrwərd ənd slɪd ðə bɔl pæst. ˈɪndi ˈilɛvən wɑz ˈgælvəˌnaɪzd, ˈprɛsɪŋ hɑrd ˌbiˈfɔr ˈskɔrɪŋ ə goʊl əv ðɛr oʊn wɪθ sɪks ˈmɪnəts tɪ goʊ. ɪt keɪm frəm dɑn smɑrt hu hæd bɪn ɔn ɛz ə ˈsəbstəˌtut fər ˈmeɪbi tu ˈmɪnəts. ðə fˈjʊri dəg ɪn, buid baɪ səm trɪˈmɛndəs ʃɑt ˈstɑpɪŋ baɪ ˈpaɪsər ənd ðə rɪˈwɔrd tʊk ˈoʊnli tu mɔr ˈmɪnəts. doʊnɑˈtɛli ˈhɛdɪd ə lɔŋ krɔs bæk əˈkrɔs ðə goʊl ənd ðɛr wɑz tɪ slɪp ɪn ðə ˈwɪnər.
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north korea is constructing a military site on a small island close to, the south korean news site tv chosun reported thursday.
according to south korean military authorities, the korean army is constructing facilities on the small yellow sea island of. north korea may be constructing positions for coastal artillery long-range artillery.
gal-do is located about kilometers from the northern limit line (nll), the de facto maritime border between north and south korea in the yellow sea.
the island is about kilometers from the south korean island of, which was bombarded by north korean artillery on november 23, 2010.
the most recently available imagery of on google earth from january 2015 showed no obvious signs of construction work or military presence. any such activity on the island must have occurred after january.
the island of is small and only about 2 kilometers closer to than jangjae-do, which is already home to a north korean military facility.
though north korean artillery both on other islands and on the mainland is already within range of south korean islands, the addition of artillery positions on would allow for quicker and easier observation and accurate fire than from existing sites.
the new site would not substantially increase the actual artillery threat to south korean islands, but the close presence may have a psychological impact on the south korean military and present more sites in the area that require monitoring.
south islands in the yellow sea, along the are isolated from the rest of south korean territory and highly vulnerable to sudden attacks from north korea.
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nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə ɪz kənˈstrəktɪŋ ə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri saɪt ɔn ə smɔl ˈaɪlənd kloʊz tɪ, ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən nuz saɪt ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈʧoʊzən ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈθərzˌdeɪ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈθɔrətiz, ðə ˌkɔˈriən ˈɑrmi ɪz kənˈstrəktɪŋ fəˈsɪlɪtiz ɔn ðə smɔl ˈjɛloʊ si ˈaɪlənd əv. nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə meɪ bi kənˈstrəktɪŋ pəˈzɪʃənz fər ˈkoʊstəl ɑrˈtɪləri ˈlɔŋˈreɪnʤ ɑrˈtɪləri. ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd əˈbaʊt ˈkɪləˌmitərz frəm ðə ˈnɔrðərn ˈlɪmət laɪn (nll*), ðə də ˈfæktoʊ ˈmærəˌtaɪm ˈbɔrdər bɪtˈwin nɔrθ ənd saʊθ ˌkɔˈriə ɪn ðə ˈjɛloʊ si. ðə ˈaɪlənd ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈkɪləˌmitərz frəm ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈaɪlənd əv, wɪʧ wɑz bɑmˈbɑrdɪd baɪ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ɑrˈtɪləri ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 23 2010 ðə moʊst ˈrisəntli əˈveɪləbəl ˈɪmɪʤri əv ɔn ˈgugəl ərθ frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2015 ʃoʊd noʊ ˈɑbviəs saɪnz əv kənˈstrəkʃən wərk ər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈprɛzəns. ˈɛni səʧ ækˈtɪvɪti ɔn ðə ˈaɪlənd məst hæv əˈkərd ˈæftər ˈʤænjuˌɛri. ðə ˈaɪlənd əv ɪz smɔl ənd ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt 2 ˈkɪləˌmitərz ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðən jangjae-do*, wɪʧ ɪz ɔˈrɛdi hoʊm tɪ ə nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri fəˈsɪlɪti. ðoʊ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriən ɑrˈtɪləri boʊθ ɔn ˈəðər ˈaɪləndz ənd ɔn ðə ˈmeɪnˌlænd ɪz ɔˈrɛdi wɪˈθɪn reɪnʤ əv saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈaɪləndz, ðə əˈdɪʃən əv ɑrˈtɪləri pəˈzɪʃənz ɔn wʊd əˈlaʊ fər kˈwɪkər ənd ˈiziər ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ənd ˈækjərət faɪər ðən frəm ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ saɪts. ðə nu saɪt wʊd nɑt səbˈstænʃəli ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈækʧəwəl ɑrˈtɪləri θrɛt tɪ saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈaɪləndz, bət ðə kloʊz ˈprɛzəns meɪ hæv ə ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ənd ˈprɛzənt mɔr saɪts ɪn ðə ˈɛriə ðət ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈmɑnətərɪŋ. saʊθ ˈaɪləndz ɪn ðə ˈjɛloʊ si, əˈlɔŋ ðə ər ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd frəm ðə rɛst əv saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ənd ˈhaɪli ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ˈsədən əˈtæks frəm nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə. ˈfiʧərd ˈɪmɪʤ:
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we are one week from election day. barack obama leads john mccain in every poll. nate silver of gives obama a percent chance of winning. and some mccain supporters with a nose for survival are jumping off of the republican bandwagon faster than sarah palin running to an alaska consignment shop (yes, i'm talking to you joe lieberman).
and yet i can't bring myself to believe obama will win next tuesday.
you have to forgive me. as a democrat, i've seen too much to ever be confident. i watched the nation choose a bumbling bush (the first one) over a smart, successful governor, all because the governor was a bit of a nerd. okay, a lot more than a bit, but still. (i often think about the saturday night live sketch in which jon lovitz, as michael dukakis, in a debate with dana george h.w. bush, responds to a nonsensical response by looking into the camera and saying, "i can't believe i'm losing to this guy!") i've seen americans twice put into office a language-bungling, shallow-thinking, political legacy who, as was brilliantly said once, was born on third base but acted like he hit a triple (one of the elections coming after it was clear he had led america into a dangerous, damaging, unnecessary war that was completely mismanaged by his administration).
so you can at least understand why i won't believe that the u.s. has elected obama i see mccain giving a concession speech.
i know what you're thinking right about now: "but mitchell, it's over. just look at the polls." i get it. i'm not pretending that there is necessarily a rational underpinning for my paranoia. i wouldn't begin to set out an electoral path to victory like silver gamely tried to do for the new york post (give the rupert tabloid credit for asking a smart obama supporter how the paper's guy could pull an upset).
but i can tell you the four things that keep me up at night and make me wonder if there ever really will be an obama inauguration in january.
close races
when the polls are viewed through the prism of how many of the close states mccain has to win, they certainly look daunting for the republicans. but consider that obama holds fairly small leads in nearly all of the states, according to rasmussen, which is ranked as the most reliable of all the major polling organizations by (only seltzer and have a better record, and rasmussen is the top daily tracking poll).
according to rasmussen:
- virginia: obama up 51 percent to 47 percent.
- colorado: obama up 50 percent to 46 percent.
- missouri: mccain up 48 percent to 47 percent.
- ohio: obama up 49 percent to 45 percent.
- north carolina: mccain up 49 percent to 48 percent.
- florida: obama up 51 percent to 47 percent.
- new hampshire: obama up 50 percent to 46 percent.
- national daily tracking poll: obama up 51 percent to 46 percent.
considering that, depending on the scenario, mccain has to win most (if not all) of these states, the numbers i have laid out above look very good for obama. it's hard to imagine mccain sweeping so many close races.
but here is where the dread creeps in: the biggest lead obama has in any state is five points. so if there is one big event, or one big factor, that can put a jolt into the election nationally, it can change the look of the map in a hurry. as you consider the next three nightmare scenarios, remember how relatively little effect they have to have on the electorate to shift the outlook of the race.
voter fraud
make no mistake: if the republicans cannot generate more votes for their candidate, they are happy to win by decreasing the number of votes of their opponent. shortly after the 2004 election, robert kennedy wrote about voter fraud in ohio, and there have been a number of films to cover the story, as well.
and it's not like the is going to suddenly play fair in 2008. on friday, bush asked the attorney general, michael mukasey, to investigate voter registrations for minor discrepancies in data. bush is quick to look into like this one and the minor voter registration (note, voter registration, not voter fraud) allegations at acorn, but he can't be bothered to enforce congressional subpoenas or investigate actual voter fraud allegations. (hendrik hertzberg wrote an excellent piece in the new yorker explaining how the acorn issue has been completely distorted and misused by the republicans.) it's fair to say that mccain has the might of the federal government on his side in any election issue.
remember, it only takes a few points in the key swing states to make a difference.
so even if the polls are correct and most americans support obama, i would not be the least bit surprised to wake up next wednesday to a "miraculous" mccain comeback victory (with the miracle provided courtesy of election irregularities). of course, this year, the democrats are better prepared for such an eventuality, and any fraud will be more vigorously challenged. but that only does so much to assuage my fears.
october or november surprise
it's not too late for the president to engineer an event to put national security on the front burner of the election. after all, security is the one issue on which mccain outperforms obama in polls. if we've learned one thing from watching mccain run a disgusting smear campaign, it's that republicans, who seem to see the white house as a birthright, are not below doing anything to secure victory.
i fear that bush's move to have mukasey investigate voter registration in ohio is not the end of his involvement, but only the beginning. it's not like any republicans right about now are looking for bush's endorsement or want him to campaign for them. but this is a way the president could actually affect the race.
more than just the bradley effect
there has been a lot of debate about whether or not there is a bradley effect; that is, if there are white voters who tell pollsters they will vote for a black candidate, but when they get into the voting booth, they can't bring themselves to actually do it and cast a ballot for the white opponent.
but there is nothing to which one can compare this election. an african american has never been a republican or democratic nominee for the presidency before. there is just no way to judge what will happen on election day.
even if the bradley effect does not exist (and there certainly is a strong argument to be made in that regard), i am concerned that there are white voters who won't vote for an african-american candidate, and that many of them are contained in the "undecided" category of the polls. (despite an interesting defense of undecided voters in today's new york times, i still can't imagine how anyone at this stage of the race can't decide between two candidates who are different in virtually every way.)
there are things to look at if you want to scare yourself into thinking that race may be a deciding factor in this election. for example, in the race for governor in missouri, a state that leans red (bush carried it in 2000 and 2004), attorney general jay nixon leads republican congressman kenny by nearly 20 points (57 percent to 38 percent) in the latest rasmussen poll (october 17), and yet in the presidential race in the state, obama trails mccain by one point in latest survey (october 27). on cnn this morning, a radio host from missouri didn't shy away from explaining the difference in the numbers: he attributed it to obama's race.
maybe race is the reason, and maybe it's not. we don't know for sure, but i'm certainly afraid it is. the missouri factor is not unique. based on rasmussen results, the democratic candidates for u.s. senate seats in colorado, virginia, north carolina and new hampshire are all outperforming obama in their states.
both the new york times (pennsylvania) and the new yorker (ohio) have recently done features on white voters, and in each case, it's clear that obama has to overcome some pretty strong biases. the times piece features one voter saying, "i'm no racist, but i'm not crazy about him either. i don't know, maybe 'cause he's black" (the person claimed to be voting for obama anyway), while another remarks, "he scares me. the coloreds are excited, but my friends and i plan to write in hillary's name." when i read the last line, chills of fear and disgust literally shot up my spine. i don't know what bothered me the most: that someone would care so much about a candidate's race (the positions of clinton and obama are so similar), that the person would admit it to a new york times reporter, or that the person would use the term "colored." it's 2008. how often do you, in your day-to-day life, hear that word? i can remember someone using it to me once in the last 20 years (and, oddly, it happened a few weeks ago, but it had nothing to do with obama).
look, i get it. despite yahoos like the people quoted in the article, the polls look good for obama right now. but with this kind of nonsense floating in the ether, especially when the mccain campaign is all too happy to fan these flames whenever possible (like when a mccain staffer pushed the phony attack story of ashley todd to reporters), i can't feel entirely comfortable.
mccain and palin have spent a lot of time in pennsylvania, despite every poll showing obama with a lead. why? is it a suicide mission? it just may be. it may be that mccain has run out of viable options, so he is going for one of his hail mary plays and hoping it is more successful than the last two (choosing palin and "suspending" his campaign to work on the financial crisis), which both backfired on him. but since we're talking about what keeps me up at night, what if race is the wild card that mccain is counting on in pennsylvania? i'm not saying he's right (in fact, i don't think he is), but since i'm admittedly looking for doomsday scenarios, i can't help but think of this one.
and again, with the numbers fairly close on a basis, it's easy to be afraid of one false inflammatory rumor taking hold in this final week and tipping the scales to mccain in too many states. it's not like there is any shortage of mccain or flyers trying to scare voters out of supporting obama.
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wi ər wən wik frəm ɪˈlɛkʃən deɪ. ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə lidz ʤɑn məˈkeɪn ɪn ˈɛvəri poʊl. neɪt ˈsɪlvər əv gɪvz ˌoʊˈbɑmə ə pərˈsɛnt ʧæns əv ˈwɪnɪŋ. ənd səm məˈkeɪn səˈpɔrtərz wɪθ ə noʊz fər sərˈvaɪvəl ər ˈʤəmpɪŋ ɔf əv ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈbændˌwægən ˈfæstər ðən ˈsɛrə ˈpælɪn ˈrənɪŋ tɪ ən əˈlæskə kənˈsaɪnmənt ʃɑp (jɛs, əm ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ju ʤoʊ ˈlibərmən). ənd jɛt aɪ kænt brɪŋ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf tɪ bɪˈliv ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɪl wɪn nɛkst ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ju hæv tɪ fərˈgɪv mi. ɛz ə ˈdɛməˌkræt, aɪv sin tu məʧ tɪ ˈɛvər bi ˈkɑnfədənt. aɪ wɔʧt ðə ˈneɪʃən ʧuz ə ˈbəmbəlɪŋ bʊʃ (ðə fərst wən) ˈoʊvər ə smɑrt, səkˈsɛsfəl ˈgəvərnər, ɔl bɪˈkəz ðə ˈgəvərnər wɑz ə bɪt əv ə nərd. ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ə lɔt mɔr ðən ə bɪt, bət stɪl. (aɪ ˈɔfən θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt lɪv skɛʧ ɪn wɪʧ ʤɑn ˈloʊvɪts, ɛz ˈmaɪkəl duˈkɑkɪs, ɪn ə dəˈbeɪt wɪθ ˈdeɪnə ʤɔrʤ h.w*. bʊʃ, rɪˈspɑndz tɪ ə nɑnˈsɛnsɪkəl rɪˈspɑns baɪ ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈkæmərə ənd seɪɪŋ, "aɪ kænt bɪˈliv əm ˈluzɪŋ tɪ ðɪs gaɪ!") aɪv sin əˈmɛrɪkənz twaɪs pʊt ˈɪntu ˈɔfəs ə language-bungling*, shallow-thinking*, pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈlɛgəsi hu, ɛz wɑz ˈbrɪljəntli sɛd wəns, wɑz bɔrn ɔn θərd beɪs bət ˈæktɪd laɪk hi hɪt ə ˈtrɪpəl (wən əv ðə ɪˈlɛkʃənz ˈkəmɪŋ ˈæftər ɪt wɑz klɪr hi hæd lɛd əˈmɛrɪkə ˈɪntu ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs, ˈdæmɪʤɪŋ, ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri wɔr ðət wɑz kəmˈplitli mɪsˈmænɪʤd baɪ hɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən). soʊ ju kən æt list ˌəndərˈstænd waɪ aɪ woʊnt bɪˈliv ðət ðə juz. həz ɪˈlɛktɪd ˌoʊˈbɑmə aɪ si məˈkeɪn ˈgɪvɪŋ ə kənˈsɛʃən spiʧ. aɪ noʊ wət jʊr ˈθɪŋkɪŋ raɪt əˈbaʊt naʊ: "bət ˈmɪʧəl, ɪts ˈoʊvər. ʤɪst lʊk æt ðə poʊlz." aɪ gɪt ɪt. əm nɑt priˈtɛndɪŋ ðət ðɛr ɪz ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ə ˈræʃənəl ˈəndərˌpɪnɪŋ fər maɪ ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə. aɪ ˈwʊdənt bɪˈgɪn tɪ sɛt aʊt ən ɪˈlɛktərəl pæθ tɪ ˈvɪktəri laɪk ˈsɪlvər ˈgeɪmli traɪd tɪ du fər ðə nu jɔrk poʊst (gɪv ðə ˈrupərt ˈtæblɔɪd ˈkrɛdɪt fər ˈæskɪŋ ə smɑrt ˌoʊˈbɑmə səˈpɔrtər haʊ ðə ˈpeɪpərz gaɪ kʊd pʊl ən ˈəpˌsɛt). bət aɪ kən tɛl ju ðə fɔr θɪŋz ðət kip mi əp æt naɪt ənd meɪk mi ˈwəndər ɪf ðɛr ˈɛvər ˈrɪli wɪl bi ən ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˌɪˌnɔgjəˈreɪʃən ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri. kloʊz ˈreɪsɪz wɪn ðə poʊlz ər vjud θru ðə ˈprɪzəm əv haʊ ˈmɛni əv ðə kloʊz steɪts məˈkeɪn həz tɪ wɪn, ðeɪ ˈsərtənli lʊk ˈdɔntɪŋ fər ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz. bət kənˈsɪdər ðət ˌoʊˈbɑmə hoʊldz ˈfɛrli smɔl lidz ɪn ˈnɪrli ɔl əv ðə steɪts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈræsməsən, wɪʧ ɪz ræŋkt ɛz ðə moʊst rɪˈlaɪəbəl əv ɔl ðə ˈmeɪʤər ˈpoʊlɪŋ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz baɪ (ˈoʊnli ˈsɛltsər ənd hæv ə ˈbɛtər ˈrɛkərd, ənd ˈræsməsən ɪz ðə tɔp ˈdeɪli ˈtrækɪŋ poʊl). əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈræsməsən: vərˈʤɪnjə: ˌoʊˈbɑmə əp 51 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 47 pərˈsɛnt. ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ: ˌoʊˈbɑmə əp 50 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 46 pərˈsɛnt. məˈzʊri: məˈkeɪn əp 48 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 47 pərˈsɛnt. oʊˈhaɪoʊ: ˌoʊˈbɑmə əp 49 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 45 pərˈsɛnt. nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə: məˈkeɪn əp 49 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 48 pərˈsɛnt. ˈflɔrɪdə: ˌoʊˈbɑmə əp 51 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 47 pərˈsɛnt. nu ˈhæmʃər: ˌoʊˈbɑmə əp 50 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 46 pərˈsɛnt. ˈnæʃənəl ˈdeɪli ˈtrækɪŋ poʊl: ˌoʊˈbɑmə əp 51 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 46 pərˈsɛnt. kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðət, dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə sɪˈnɛrioʊ, məˈkeɪn həz tɪ wɪn moʊst (ɪf nɑt ɔl) əv ðiz steɪts, ðə ˈnəmbərz aɪ hæv leɪd aʊt əˈbəv lʊk ˈvɛri gʊd fər ˌoʊˈbɑmə. ɪts hɑrd tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən məˈkeɪn sˈwipɪŋ soʊ ˈmɛni kloʊz ˈreɪsɪz. bət hir ɪz wɛr ðə drɛd krips ɪn: ðə ˈbɪgəst lɛd ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz ɪn ˈɛni steɪt ɪz faɪv pɔɪnts. soʊ ɪf ðɛr ɪz wən bɪg ɪˈvɛnt, ər wən bɪg ˈfæktər, ðət kən pʊt ə ʤoʊlt ˈɪntu ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈnæʃənəli, ɪt kən ʧeɪnʤ ðə lʊk əv ðə mæp ɪn ə ˈhəri. ɛz ju kənˈsɪdər ðə nɛkst θri ˈnaɪtˌmɛr sɪˈnɛrioʊz, rɪˈmɛmbər haʊ ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈlɪtəl ˈifɛkt ðeɪ hæv tɪ hæv ɔn ðə ɪˈlɛktərət tɪ ʃɪft ðə ˈaʊˌtlʊk əv ðə reɪs. ˈvoʊtər frɔd meɪk noʊ mɪˈsteɪk: ɪf ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈkænɑt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt mɔr voʊts fər ðɛr ˈkænədɪt, ðeɪ ər ˈhæpi tɪ wɪn baɪ ˈdiˌkrisɪŋ ðə ˈnəmbər əv voʊts əv ðɛr əˈpoʊnənt. ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ðə 2004 ɪˈlɛkʃən, ˈrɑbərt ˈkɛnədi roʊt əˈbaʊt ˈvoʊtər frɔd ɪn oʊˈhaɪoʊ, ənd ðɛr hæv bɪn ə ˈnəmbər əv fɪlmz tɪ ˈkəvər ðə ˈstɔri, ɛz wɛl. ənd ɪts nɑt laɪk ðə ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈsədənli pleɪ fɛr ɪn 2008 ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, bʊʃ æst ðə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl, ˈmaɪkəl mˈjukɪsi, tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ˈvoʊtər ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃənz fər ˈmaɪnər dɪˈskrɛpənsiz ɪn ˈdætə. bʊʃ ɪz kwɪk tɪ lʊk ˈɪntu laɪk ðɪs wən ənd ðə ˈmaɪnər ˈvoʊtər ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən (noʊt, ˈvoʊtər ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən, nɑt ˈvoʊtər frɔd) ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz æt ˈeɪkɔrn, bət hi kænt bi ˈbɑðərd tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs kənˈgrɛʃənəl səˈpinəz ər ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ˈækʧəwəl ˈvoʊtər frɔd ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz. (ˈhɛndrɪk ˈhərtsbərg roʊt ən ˈɛksələnt pis ɪn ðə nu ˈjɔrkər ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ haʊ ðə ˈeɪkɔrn ˈɪʃu həz bɪn kəmˈplitli dɪˈstɔrtɪd ənd mɪsˈjuzd baɪ ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz.) ɪts fɛr tɪ seɪ ðət məˈkeɪn həz ðə maɪt əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt ɔn hɪz saɪd ɪn ˈɛni ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈɪʃu. rɪˈmɛmbər, ɪt ˈoʊnli teɪks ə fju pɔɪnts ɪn ðə ki swɪŋ steɪts tɪ meɪk ə ˈdɪfərəns. soʊ ˈivɪn ɪf ðə poʊlz ər kərˈɛkt ənd moʊst əˈmɛrɪkənz səˈpɔrt ˌoʊˈbɑmə, aɪ wʊd nɑt bi ðə list bɪt səˈpraɪzd tɪ weɪk əp nɛkst ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ tɪ ə "mərˈækjələs" məˈkeɪn ˈkəmˌbæk ˈvɪktəri (wɪθ ðə ˈmɪrəkəl prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈkərtəsi əv ɪˈlɛkʃən ˌɪrɛgjəˈlɛrətiz). əv kɔrs, ðɪs jɪr, ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts ər ˈbɛtər priˈpɛrd fər səʧ ən əˌvɛnʧuˈælɪti, ənd ˈɛni frɔd wɪl bi mɔr ˈvɪgərəsli ˈʧælənʤd. bət ðət ˈoʊnli dɪz soʊ məʧ tɪ əsˈweɪʤ maɪ fɪrz. ɑkˈtoʊbər ər noʊˈvɛmbər səˈpraɪz ɪts nɑt tu leɪt fər ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt tɪ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ən ɪˈvɛnt tɪ pʊt ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ɔn ðə frənt ˈbərnər əv ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən. ˈæftər ɔl, sɪˈkjʊrəti ɪz ðə wən ˈɪʃu ɔn wɪʧ məˈkeɪn ˈaʊtpərˈfɔrmz ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪn poʊlz. ɪf wiv ˈlərnɪd wən θɪŋ frəm ˈwɑʧɪŋ məˈkeɪn rən ə dɪsˈgəstɪŋ smɪr kæmˈpeɪn, ɪts ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz, hu sim tɪ si ðə waɪt haʊs ɛz ə ˈbərθˌraɪt, ər nɑt bɪˈloʊ duɪŋ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ sɪˈkjʊr ˈvɪktəri. aɪ fɪr ðət ˈbʊʃɪz muv tɪ hæv mˈjukɪsi ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ˈvoʊtər ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən ɪn oʊˈhaɪoʊ ɪz nɑt ðə ɛnd əv hɪz ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt, bət ˈoʊnli ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ. ɪts nɑt laɪk ˈɛni rɪˈpəblɪkənz raɪt əˈbaʊt naʊ ər ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈbʊʃɪz ɛnˈdɔrsmənt ər wɔnt ɪm tɪ kæmˈpeɪn fər ðɛm. bət ðɪs ɪz ə weɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli əˈfɛkt ðə reɪs. mɔr ðən ʤɪst ðə ˈbrædli ˈifɛkt ðɛr həz bɪn ə lɔt əv dəˈbeɪt əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðɛr ɪz ə ˈbrædli ˈifɛkt; ðət ɪz, ɪf ðɛr ər waɪt ˈvoʊtərz hu tɛl ˈpoʊlstərz ðeɪ wɪl voʊt fər ə blæk ˈkænədɪt, bət wɪn ðeɪ gɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈvoʊtɪŋ buθ, ðeɪ kænt brɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli du ɪt ənd kæst ə ˈbælət fər ðə waɪt əˈpoʊnənt. bət ðɛr ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ wɪʧ wən kən kəmˈpɛr ðɪs ɪˈlɛkʃən. ən ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkən həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ə rɪˈpəblɪkən ər ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌnɑməˈni fər ðə ˈprɛzɪdənsi ˌbiˈfɔr. ðɛr ɪz ʤɪst noʊ weɪ tɪ ʤəʤ wət wɪl ˈhæpən ɔn ɪˈlɛkʃən deɪ. ˈivɪn ɪf ðə ˈbrædli ˈifɛkt dɪz nɑt ɪgˈzɪst (ənd ðɛr ˈsərtənli ɪz ə strɔŋ ˈɑrgjəmənt tɪ bi meɪd ɪn ðət rɪˈgɑrd), aɪ æm kənˈsərnd ðət ðɛr ər waɪt ˈvoʊtərz hu woʊnt voʊt fər ən ˈæfrɪkənəˈmɛrɪkən ˈkænədɪt, ənd ðət ˈmɛni əv ðɛm ər kənˈteɪnd ɪn ðə "ˌəndɪˈsaɪdɪd" ˈkætəˌgɔri əv ðə poʊlz. (dɪˈspaɪt ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ dɪˈfɛns əv ˌəndɪˈsaɪdɪd ˈvoʊtərz ɪn ˈtudeɪz nu jɔrk taɪmz, aɪ stɪl kænt ˌɪˈmæʤən haʊ ˈɛniˌwən æt ðɪs steɪʤ əv ðə reɪs kænt ˌdɪˈsaɪd bɪtˈwin tu ˈkænədɪts hu ər ˈdɪfərənt ɪn ˈvərʧuəli ˈɛvəri weɪ.) ðɛr ər θɪŋz tɪ lʊk æt ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ skɛr ˈjɔrsɛlf ˈɪntu ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ðət reɪs meɪ bi ə ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ˈfæktər ɪn ðɪs ɪˈlɛkʃən. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪn ðə reɪs fər ˈgəvərnər ɪn məˈzʊri, ə steɪt ðət linz rɛd (bʊʃ ˈkɛrid ɪt ɪn 2000 ənd 2004 əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ʤeɪ ˈnɪksən lidz rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkɑŋgrəsmən ˈkɛˌni baɪ ˈnɪrli 20 pɔɪnts 57 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 38 pərˈsɛnt) ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈræsməsən poʊl (ɑkˈtoʊbər 17 ənd jɛt ɪn ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl reɪs ɪn ðə steɪt, ˌoʊˈbɑmə treɪlz məˈkeɪn baɪ wən pɔɪnt ɪn ˈleɪtəst ˈsərˌveɪ (ɑkˈtoʊbər 27 ɔn ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ hoʊst frəm məˈzʊri ˈdɪdənt ʃaɪ əˈweɪ frəm ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn ðə ˈnəmbərz: hi əˈtrɪbjətəd ɪt tɪ ˌoʊˈbɑməz reɪs. ˈmeɪbi reɪs ɪz ðə ˈrizən, ənd ˈmeɪbi ɪts nɑt. wi doʊnt noʊ fər ʃʊr, bət əm ˈsərtənli əˈfreɪd ɪt ɪz. ðə məˈzʊri ˈfæktər ɪz nɑt juˈnik. beɪst ɔn ˈræsməsən rɪˈzəlts, ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈkænədɪts fər juz. ˈsɛnɪt sits ɪn ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ, vərˈʤɪnjə, nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ənd nu ˈhæmʃər ər ɔl ˈaʊtpərˌfɔrmɪŋ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪn ðɛr steɪts. boʊθ ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz (ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə) ənd ðə nu ˈjɔrkər (oʊˈhaɪoʊ) hæv ˈrisəntli dən ˈfiʧərz ɔn waɪt ˈvoʊtərz, ənd ɪn iʧ keɪs, ɪts klɪr ðət ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz tɪ ˈoʊvərˌkəm səm ˈprɪti strɔŋ ˈbaɪəsɪz. ðə taɪmz pis ˈfiʧərz wən ˈvoʊtər seɪɪŋ, "əm noʊ ˈreɪsɪst, bət əm nɑt ˈkreɪzi əˈbaʊt ɪm ˈiðər. aɪ doʊnt noʊ, ˈmeɪbi 'kɔz hiz blæk" (ðə ˈpərsən kleɪmd tɪ bi ˈvoʊtɪŋ fər ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈɛniˌweɪ), waɪl əˈnəðər rɪˈmɑrks, "hi skɛrz mi. ðə ˈkɑlərədz ər ɪkˈsaɪtɪd, bət maɪ frɛndz ənd aɪ plæn tɪ raɪt ɪn ˈhɪləriz neɪm." wɪn aɪ rɛd ðə læst laɪn, ʧɪlz əv fɪr ənd dɪsˈgəst ˈlɪtərəli ʃɑt əp maɪ spaɪn. aɪ doʊnt noʊ wət ˈbɑðərd mi ðə moʊst: ðət ˈsəmˌwən wʊd kɛr soʊ məʧ əˈbaʊt ə ˈkændədeɪts reɪs (ðə pəˈzɪʃənz əv ˈklɪntən ənd ˌoʊˈbɑmə ər soʊ ˈsɪmələr), ðət ðə ˈpərsən wʊd ədˈmɪt ɪt tɪ ə nu jɔrk taɪmz rɪˈpɔrtər, ər ðət ðə ˈpərsən wʊd juz ðə tərm "ˈkələrd." ɪts 2008 haʊ ˈɔfən du ju, ɪn jʊr ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ laɪf, hir ðət wərd? aɪ kən rɪˈmɛmbər ˈsəmˌwən ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt tɪ mi wəns ɪn ðə læst 20 jɪrz (ənd, ˈɑdli, ɪt ˈhæpənd ə fju wiks əˈgoʊ, bət ɪt hæd ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˌoʊˈbɑmə). lʊk, aɪ gɪt ɪt. dɪˈspaɪt ˈjɑˌhuz laɪk ðə ˈpipəl kˈwoʊtɪd ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl, ðə poʊlz lʊk gʊd fər ˌoʊˈbɑmə raɪt naʊ. bət wɪθ ðɪs kaɪnd əv ˈnɑnsɛns ˈfloʊtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈiθər, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn ðə məˈkeɪn kæmˈpeɪn ɪz ɔl tu ˈhæpi tɪ fæn ðiz fleɪmz wɛˈnɛvər ˈpɑsəbəl (laɪk wɪn ə məˈkeɪn ˈstæfər pʊʃt ðə ˈfoʊni əˈtæk ˈstɔri əv ˈæʃli tɑd tɪ rɪˈpɔrtərz), aɪ kænt fil ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈkəmfərtəbəl. məˈkeɪn ənd ˈpælɪn hæv spɛnt ə lɔt əv taɪm ɪn ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, dɪˈspaɪt ˈɛvəri poʊl ʃoʊɪŋ ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɪθ ə lɛd. waɪ? ɪz ɪt ə ˈsuɪˌsaɪd ˈmɪʃən? ɪt ʤɪst meɪ bi. ɪt meɪ bi ðət məˈkeɪn həz rən aʊt əv ˈvaɪəbəl ˈɔpʃənz, soʊ hi ɪz goʊɪŋ fər wən əv hɪz heɪl ˈmɛri pleɪz ənd ˈhoʊpɪŋ ɪt ɪz mɔr səkˈsɛsfəl ðən ðə læst tu (ˈʧuzɪŋ ˈpælɪn ənd "səˈspɛndɪŋ" hɪz kæmˈpeɪn tɪ wərk ɔn ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsəs), wɪʧ boʊθ ˈbækˌfaɪərd ɔn ɪm. bət sɪns wɪr ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt wət kips mi əp æt naɪt, wət ɪf reɪs ɪz ðə waɪld kɑrd ðət məˈkeɪn ɪz ˈkaʊntɪŋ ɔn ɪn ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə? əm nɑt seɪɪŋ hiz raɪt (ɪn fækt, aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk hi ɪz), bət sɪns əm ædˈmɪtɪdli ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈdumzˌdeɪ sɪˈnɛrioʊz, aɪ kænt hɛlp bət θɪŋk əv ðɪs wən. ənd əˈgɛn, wɪθ ðə ˈnəmbərz ˈfɛrli kloʊz ɔn ə ˈbeɪsɪs, ɪts ˈizi tɪ bi əˈfreɪd əv wən fɔls ɪnˈflæməˌtɔri ˈrumər ˈteɪkɪŋ hoʊld ɪn ðɪs ˈfaɪnəl wik ənd ˈtɪpɪŋ ðə skeɪlz tɪ məˈkeɪn ɪn tu ˈmɛni steɪts. ɪts nɑt laɪk ðɛr ɪz ˈɛni ˈʃɔrtɪʤ əv məˈkeɪn ər flaɪərz traɪɪŋ tɪ skɛr ˈvoʊtərz aʊt əv səˈpɔrtɪŋ ˌoʊˈbɑmə.
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so created a windows phone app that has something to do with music? well chances are you can gain some money with it thanks to the music affiliate program!
all you need to know to get this up and running is available on here… but let me show you my implementation, because i find the docs on a bit chaotic.
so first things first, open up a publishers account on through this://www.linkshare.com/join/ this is needed, because they are the ones gathering the click information and doing the payments.
* pro tip * note that at one point need to fill in website info here have to put the pointing to your app in the windows phone app store! this is important, because that way music can verify your request ( more on this later on ).
* pro tip * be sure to take into account that need to fill in form if you live outside of the united states, for being in order of payment taxes!
after you filled in all the needed info and your account is in order, open the website and navigate to programs > categories select category entertainment > music and look for music and press the apply button on the right side.
when you apply for a new advertiser, get an email notification stating that it will take 1 till 2 weeks before your application is approved! and here comes the important pro tip from above, this validation is done based on the app you submitted earlier. so first need to add a working app to the store.
after a positive review, your app will be approved for generating links to. so the can begin!
in my app i wanted to show albums from a specific artist and when the user presses the image from that album, it will show music so you could that album.
to get started with using the rest service of music, need to get a client id and client secret for your app. this can be obtained vias://datamarket.azure.com/ need to register and add the app. all the details and steps are outlined on here…
with this info you then can set up your first method to interact with the service!
when you want to gather data, first need to request an access token from the service before you can perform any rest calls to the music service. packed this call in an method called.
<span" style="color: #606060"> 1:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">private</span> style="color: #0000ff">string</span>>() 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 1 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > private < / span > task & ; < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > & ; ( ) <span" style="color: #606060"> 2:</span> { 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 2 : < / span > { <span" style="color: #606060"> 3:</span> client = <span style="color: #0000ff">new</span>(); 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 3 : < / span > client = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > ( ) ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 4:</span> 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 4 : < / span > & ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 5:</span> <span style="color: #008000">//create the request data</span> 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 5 : < / span > < span style = "color: #008000" > //create the request data</span> <span" style="color: #606060"> 6:</span> = <span style="color: #0000ff">new</span> style="color: #0000ff">string</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>>(); 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 6 : < / span > = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > dictionary & ; < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > , < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > & ; ( ) ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 7:</span>[<span style="color: #006080">"client_id"</span>] =; 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 7 : < / span > [ < span style = "color: #006080" > "client_id" < / span > ] = ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 8:</span>[<span style="color: #006080">"client_secret"</span>] =; 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 8 : < / span > [ < span style = "color: #006080" > "client_secret" < / span > ] = ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 9:</span>[<span style="color: #006080">"scope"</span>] =; 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 9 : < / span > [ < span style = "color: #006080" > "scope" < / span > ] = ; <span0" style="color: #606060"> 10:</span>[<span style="color: #006080">"grant_type"</span>] = <span style="color: #006080">"client_credentials"</span>; 1 < span id =0" style = "color: #606060" > 10 : < / span > [ < span style = "color: #006080" > "grant_type" < / span > ] = < span style = "color: #006080" > "client_credentials" < / span > ; <span1" style="color: #606060"> 11:</span> 1 < span id =1" style = "color: #606060" > 11 : < / span > & ; <span2" style="color: #606060"> 12:</span> <span style="color: #008000">//post the request and retrieve the response</span> 1 < span id =2" style = "color: #606060" > 12 : < / span > < span style = "color: #008000" > //post the request and retrieve the response</span> <span3" style="color: #606060"> 13:</span> response = await style="color: #0000ff">new</span> uri(_tokenservice), <span style="color: #0000ff">new</span>(requestdata)); 1 < span id =3" style = "color: #606060" > 13 : < / span > response = await client . ( < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > uri ( ) , < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > ( ) ) ; <span4" style="color: #606060"> 14:</span> response.ensuresuccessstatuscode(); 1 < span id =4" style = "color: #606060" > 14 : < / span > response . ( ) ; <span5" style="color: #606060"> 15:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span> = await response.content.readasstringasync(); 1 < span id =5" style = "color: #606060" > 15 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > = await response . content . ( ) ; <span6" style="color: #606060"> 16:</span> 1 < span id =6" style = "color: #606060" > 16 : < / span > & ; <span7" style="color: #606060"> 17:</span> token token =.deserializeobject<token>(responsebody); 1 < span id =7" style = "color: #606060" > 17 : < / span > token token = . & ; token & ; ( ) ; <span8" style="color: #606060"> 18:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">return</span> token.access_token; 1 < span id =8" style = "color: #606060" > 18 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > return < / span > token . ; <span9" style="color: #606060"> 19:</span> } 1 < span id =9" style = "color: #606060" > 19 : < / span > }
it needs your client id and secret ( the ones you created on the site ), a given scope this is a fixed string all this has to be passed to the token service this is as a post. get a response back that contains the needed access token.
this token allows you to do any get rest requests to the music service for a specific period. in my case i just wanted to show all albums of a given artist. i wrapped this in a method called
<span" style="color: #606060"> 1:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">public</span> task<list<album>>(<span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>) 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 1 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > public < / span > task & ; list & ; album & ; & ; ( < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > ) <span" style="color: #606060"> 2:</span> { 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 2 : < / span > { <span" style="color: #606060"> 3:</span> list<album> = <span style="color: #0000ff">null</span>; 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 3 : < / span > list & ; album & ; = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > null < / span > ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 4:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">try</span> 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 4 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > try < / span > <span" style="color: #606060"> 5:</span> { 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 5 : < / span > { <span" style="color: #606060"> 6:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span> = await <span style="color: #0000ff">this</span>.requestaccesstoken(); 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 6 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > = await < span style = "color: #0000ff" > this < / span > . ( ) ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 7:</span> 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 7 : < / span > & ; <span" style="color: #606060"> 8:</span> <span style="color: #008000">//use the token in a new request</span> 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 8 : < / span > < span style = "color: #008000" > //use the token in a new request</span> <span" style="color: #606060"> 9:</span> client = <span style="color: #0000ff">new</span>(); 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 9 : < / span > client = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > ( ) ; <span0" style="color: #606060"> 10:</span> 1 < span id =0" style = "color: #606060" > 10 : < / span > & ; <span1" style="color: #606060"> 11:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span> = <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>.format(_artistsearch,); 1 < span id =1" style = "color: #606060" > 11 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > . format ( , ) ; <span2" style="color: #606060"> 12:</span> = <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>.concat(servicerequest, <span style="color: #006080">"&filters=albums"</span>); 1 < span id =2" style = "color: #606060" > 12 : < / span > = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > . ( , < span style = "color: #006080" > "&filters=albums" < / span > ) ; <span3" style="color: #606060"> 13:</span> = <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>.concat(servicerequest,); 1 < span id =3" style = "color: #606060" > 13 : < / span > = < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > . ( , ) ; <span4" style="color: #606060"> 14:</span> 1 < span id =4" style = "color: #606060" > 14 : < / span > & ; <span5" style="color: #606060"> 15:</span> response = await style="color: #0000ff">new</span> +utility.urlencode(accesstoken))); 1 < span id =5" style = "color: #606060" > 15 : < / span > response = await client . ( < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > uri ( +utility .encode ( ) ) ) ; <span6" style="color: #606060"> 16:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span> = await response.content.readasstringasync(); 1 < span id =6" style = "color: #606060" > 16 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > = await response . content . ( ) ; <span7" style="color: #606060"> 17:</span> =.deserializeobject<albumsresponse>(responsebody); 1 < span id =7" style = "color: #606060" > 17 : < / span > = . & ; & ; ( ) ; <span8" style="color: #606060"> 18:</span> 1 < span id =8" style = "color: #606060" > 18 : < / span > <span9" style="color: #606060"> 19:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">if</span> (!referenceequals(albumsresponse, <span style="color: #0000ff">null</span>) && !referenceequals(albumsresponse.albums, <span style="color: #0000ff">null</span>)) 1 < span id =9" style = "color: #606060" > 19 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > if < / span > ( ! ( , < span style = "color: #0000ff" > null < / span > ) & amp ; & amp ; ! ( . albums , < span style = "color: #0000ff" > null < / span > ) ) <span0" style="color: #606060"> 20:</span> { 1 < span id =0" style = "color: #606060" > 20 : < / span > { <span1" style="color: #606060"> 21:</span> = (from album <span style="color: #0000ff">in</span>.albums.items 1 < span id =1" style = "color: #606060" > 21 : < / span > = ( from album < span style = "color: #0000ff" > in < / span > . albums . items <span2" style="color: #606060"> 22:</span> from artist <span style="color: #0000ff">in</span> 1 < span id =2" style = "color: #606060" > 22 : < / span > from artist < span style = "color: #0000ff" > in < / span > album . artists <span3" style="color: #606060"> 23:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">where</span> artist.artist.name.equals(artistname,.ordinalignorecase) 1 < span id =3" style = "color: #606060" > 23 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > where < / span > artist . artist . name . equals ( , . ) <span4" style="color: #606060"> 24:</span> select album).tolist(); 1 < span id =4" style = "color: #606060" > 24 : < / span > select album ) . ( ) ; <span5" style="color: #606060"> 25:</span> } 1 < span id =5" style = "color: #606060" > 25 : < / span > } <span6" style="color: #606060"> 26:</span> } 1 < span id =6" style = "color: #606060" > 26 : < / span > } <span7" style="color: #606060"> 27:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">catch</span> (exception) 1 < span id =7" style = "color: #606060" > 27 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > catch < / span > ( exception ) <span8" style="color: #606060"> 28:</span> { 1 < span id =8" style = "color: #606060" > 28 : < / span > { <span9" style="color: #606060"> 29:</span> <span style="color: #008000">//there was a problem with getting the albums, return null to be sure the program continues</span> 1 < span id =9" style = "color: #606060" > 29 : < / span > < span style = "color: #008000" > //there was a problem with getting the albums, return null to be sure the program continues</span> <span0" style="color: #606060"> 30:</span> } 1 < span id =0" style = "color: #606060" > 30 : < / span > } <span1" style="color: #606060"> 31:</span> 1 < span id =1" style = "color: #606060" > 31 : < / span > & ; <span2" style="color: #606060"> 32:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">return</span>; 1 < span id =2" style = "color: #606060" > 32 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > return < / span > ; <span3" style="color: #606060"> 33:</span> } 1 < span id =3" style = "color: #606060" > 33 : < / span > }
the service request string is composed of different parts, let me show you each one
first the base: =s://music.xboxlive.com/1/content/music/search?q={0} so we are going to perform a search with a given keyword
the keyword: = the input parameter of this method
we want albums so add: you can search for other items, be sure to check out the documentation
add the access token: = “&accesstoken=bearer+”
concat with the actualencoded token: new +utility.urlencode(accesstoken))
with that in place, you just fire a client.getasync() and the response return value will be a string containing all found albums your search string. i found that this can be a big set with to much hits, so i filter out all albums that have the given artist name in the artists list of each album!
* pro tip * do note we yet earning any money! for this we need to add deep links to music on our phone.
i now present these albums in a list so the user can press the image, with this activating the deep link to music on the phone.
the correct deep link uri for each album is actually already inside the response result we got from our search query, but to gain money through we need to modify it!
we need to reroute our request through with the correct so that can track the requests and if needed award us points!
the correct link format is show below, only thing missing is your affiliate key for music this id can be found by generating a link on the site for music after your request for this advertiser has been approved! just press the get link button and look for the://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id= part it shows you the id!
<span" style="color: #606060"> 1:</span> <span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>.format(<span style="color: #006080">"http://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id={0}&mid=39033&murl={1}"</span>, <span style="color: #006080">"{your music id}"</span>,utility.urlencode(<span style="color: #0000ff">string</span>.concat(item.link, <span style="color: #006080">"&action=play"</span>))) 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 1 : < / span > < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > . format ( < span style = "color: #006080" >}" < / span > , < span style = "color: #006080" > "{your music id}" < / span > ,utility .encode ( < span style = "color: #0000ff" > string < / span > . ( item . link , < span style = "color: #006080" > "&action=play" < / span > ) ) )
but how do you use this deep link? well put a control on your windows phone page and set it collapsed.
<span" style="color: #606060"> 1:</span> style="color: #006080">"hiddenwebbrowser"</span> style="color: #006080">"collapsed"</span> /> 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 1 : < / span > & ; phone : x : name = < span style = "color: #006080" > "hiddenwebbrowser" < / span > visibility = < span style = "color: #006080" > "collapsed" < / span > / & ;
only thing left is triggering the navigation on this control with the given deep link!
<span" style="color: #606060"> 1:</span> style="color: #0000ff">new</span> uri(message.musiclink)) 1 < span id =" style = "color: #606060" > 1 : < / span > . navigate ( < span style = "color: #0000ff" > new < / span > uri ( message . ) )
* pro tip * instead of doing this yourself, you can use this music wrapper ( ) ! it contains all needed rest calls and also provides the possibility to add your affiliate id!
happy money gaining!
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1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 3 spæn klaɪənt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 4:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 4 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 5:</span*> <spæn style="color*: ðə rɪkˈwɛst data</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 5 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 008000 //kriˈeɪt ðə rɪkˈwɛst data</span*> <spæn style="color*: 606060 6:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">new</span*> style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*>, <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*>>(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 6 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 7:</span*> style="color*: 006080">"client_id"</span*>] ; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 7 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "client_id*" spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 8:</span*> style="color*: 006080">"client_secret"</span*>] ; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 8 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "client_secret*" spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 9:</span*> style="color*: 006080">"scope"</span*>] ; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 9 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "skoʊp" spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 10:</span*> style="color*: 006080">"grant_type"</span*>] <spæn style="color*: 006080">"client_credentials"</span*>; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 10 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "grant_type*" spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "client_credentials*" spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 11:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 11 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 12:</span*> <spæn style="color*: ðə rɪkˈwɛst ənd rɪˈtriv ðə response</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 12 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 008000 //poʊst ðə rɪkˈwɛst ənd rɪˈtriv ðə response</span*> <spæn style="color*: 606060 13:</span*> rɪˈspɑns əˈweɪt style="color*: 0000ff">new</span*> uri(_tokenservice*), <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">new</span*> formurlencodedcontent(requestdata*)); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 13 spæn rɪˈspɑns əˈweɪt klaɪənt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn ˈjəri spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 14:</span*> response.ensuresuccessstatuscode*(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 14 spæn rɪˈspɑns <spæn style="color*: 606060 15:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*> əˈweɪt response.content.readasstringasync*(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 15 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn əˈweɪt rɪˈspɑns ˈkɑntɛnt <spæn style="color*: 606060 16:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 16 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 17:</span*> ˈtoʊkən ˈtoʊkən jsonconvert.deserializeobject<token>(responsebody*); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 17 spæn ˈtoʊkən ˈtoʊkən ˈtoʊkən <spæn style="color*: 606060 18:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">return</span*> token.access_token*; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 18 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" rɪˈtərn spæn ˈtoʊkən <spæn style="color*: 606060 19:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 19 spæn ɪt nidz jʊr klaɪənt ˈaɪˈdi ənd ˈsikrɪt ðə wənz ju kriˈeɪtɪd ɔn ðə saɪt ə ˈgɪvɪn skoʊp ðɪs ɪz ə fɪkst strɪŋ ɔl ðɪs həz tɪ bi pæst tɪ ðə ˈtoʊkən ˈsərvɪs ðɪs ɪz ɛz ə poʊst. gɪt ə rɪˈspɑns bæk ðət kənˈteɪnz ðə ˈnidɪd ˈækˌsɛs ˈtoʊkən. ðɪs ˈtoʊkən əˈlaʊz ju tɪ du ˈɛni gɪt rɛst rɪkˈwɛsts tɪ ðə mˈjuzɪk ˈsərvɪs fər ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈpɪriəd. ɪn maɪ keɪs aɪ ʤɪst ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ʃoʊ ɔl ˈælbəmz əv ə ˈgɪvɪn ˈɑrtɪst. aɪ ræpt ðɪs ɪn ə ˈmɛθəd kɔld <spæn style="color*: 606060 1:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">public</span*> task<list<album*>> style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*>) 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 1 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" ˈpəblɪk spæn tæsk lɪst ˈælbəm spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 2:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 2 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 3:</span*> list<album*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">null</span*>; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 3 spæn lɪst ˈælbəm spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nəl spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 4:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">try</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 4 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" traɪ spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 5:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 5 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 6:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*> əˈweɪt <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">this</span>.requestaccesstoken*(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 6 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn əˈweɪt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" ðɪs spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 7:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 7 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 8:</span*> <spæn style="color*: ðə ˈtoʊkən ɪn ə nu request</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 8 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 008000 //juz ðə ˈtoʊkən ɪn ə nu request</span*> <spæn style="color*: 606060 9:</span*> klaɪənt <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">new</span*>(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 9 spæn klaɪənt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 10:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 10 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 11:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span>.format(_artistsearch*,); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 11 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn ˈfɔrˌmæt <spæn style="color*: 606060 12:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span>.concat(servicerequest*, <spæn style="color*: 006080">"&filters=albums"</span*>); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 12 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "&filters=albums*" spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 13:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span>.concat(servicerequest*,); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 13 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 14:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 14 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 15:</span*> rɪˈspɑns əˈweɪt style="color*: 0000ff">new</span*> httputility.urlencode(accesstoken*))); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 15 spæn rɪˈspɑns əˈweɪt klaɪənt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn ˈjəri <spæn style="color*: 606060 16:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">string</span*> əˈweɪt response.content.readasstringasync*(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 16 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn əˈweɪt rɪˈspɑns ˈkɑntɛnt <spæn style="color*: 606060 17:</span*> jsonconvert.deserializeobject<albumsresponse>(responsebody*); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 17 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 18:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 18 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 19:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">if</span*> (!referenceequals(albumsresponse*, <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">null</span*>) !referenceequals(albumsresponse.albums*, <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">null</span*>)) 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 19 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" ɪf spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nəl spæn æmp æmp ˈælbəmz spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nəl spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 20:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 20 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 21:</span*> (frəm ˈælbəm <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">in</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 21 spæn frəm ˈælbəm spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" ɪn spæn ˈælbəmz ˈaɪtəmz <spæn style="color*: 606060 22:</span*> frəm ˈɑrtɪst <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">in</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 22 spæn frəm ˈɑrtɪst spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" ɪn spæn ˈælbəm ˈɑrtɪsts <spæn style="color*: 606060 23:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">where</span*> artist.artist.name.equals(artistname*, stringcomparison.ordinalignorecase*) 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 23 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" wɛr spæn ˈɑrtɪst ˈɑrtɪst neɪm ˈikwəlz <spæn style="color*: 606060 24:</span*> səˈlɛkt album).tolist*(); 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 24 spæn səˈlɛkt ˈælbəm <spæn style="color*: 606060 25:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 25 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 26:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 26 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 27:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">catch</span*> (ɪkˈsɛpʃən) 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 27 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" kæʧ spæn ɪkˈsɛpʃən <spæn style="color*: 606060 28:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 28 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 29:</span*> <spæn style="color*: wɑz ə ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ˈælbəmz, rɪˈtərn nəl tɪ bi ʃʊr ðə ˈproʊˌgræm continues</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 29 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 008000 //ðɛr wɑz ə ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ˈælbəmz, rɪˈtərn nəl tɪ bi ʃʊr ðə ˈproʊˌgræm continues</span*> <spæn style="color*: 606060 30:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 30 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 31:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 31 spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 32:</span*> <spæn style="color*: 0000ff">return</span*>; 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 32 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" rɪˈtərn spæn <spæn style="color*: 606060 33:</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 33 spæn ðə ˈsərvɪs rɪkˈwɛst strɪŋ ɪz kəmˈpoʊzd əv ˈdɪfərənt pɑrts, lɛt mi ʃoʊ ju iʧ wən fərst ðə beɪs: soʊ wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ pərˈfɔrm ə sərʧ wɪθ ə ˈgɪvɪn ˈkiˌwərd ðə ˈkiˌwərd: ðə ˈɪnˌpʊt pərˈæmətər əv ðɪs ˈmɛθəd wi wɔnt ˈælbəmz soʊ æd: ju kən sərʧ fər ˈəðər ˈaɪtəmz, bi ʃʊr tɪ ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən æd ðə ˈækˌsɛs ˈtoʊkən: “&“&accesstoken=bearer+”*+” wɪθ ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈtoʊkən: nu httputility.urlencode(accesstoken*)) wɪθ ðət ɪn pleɪs, ju ʤɪst faɪər ə client.getasync*() ənd ðə rɪˈspɑns rɪˈtərn ˈvælju wɪl bi ə strɪŋ kənˈteɪnɪŋ ɔl faʊnd ˈælbəmz jʊr sərʧ strɪŋ. aɪ faʊnd ðət ðɪs kən bi ə bɪg sɛt wɪθ tɪ məʧ hɪts, soʊ aɪ ˈfɪltər aʊt ɔl ˈælbəmz ðət hæv ðə ˈgɪvɪn ˈɑrtɪst neɪm ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪsts lɪst əv iʧ ˈælbəm! proʊ tɪp du noʊt wi jɛt ˈərnɪŋ ˈɛni ˈməni! fər ðɪs wi nid tɪ æd dip lɪŋks tɪ mˈjuzɪk ɔn ɑr foʊn. aɪ naʊ ˈprɛzənt ðiz ˈælbəmz ɪn ə lɪst soʊ ðə ˈjuzər kən prɛs ðə ˈɪmɪʤ, wɪθ ðɪs ˈæktəˌveɪtɪŋ ðə dip lɪŋk tɪ mˈjuzɪk ɔn ðə foʊn. ðə kərˈɛkt dip lɪŋk ˈjəri fər iʧ ˈælbəm ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ɔˈrɛdi ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə rɪˈspɑns rɪˈzəlt wi gɑt frəm ɑr sərʧ kˈwiri, bət tɪ geɪn ˈməni θru wi nid tɪ ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ ɪt! wi nid tɪ riˈrut ɑr rɪkˈwɛst θru wɪθ ðə kərˈɛkt soʊ ðət kən træk ðə rɪkˈwɛsts ənd ɪf ˈnidɪd əˈwɔrd ˈjuˈɛs pɔɪnts! ðə kərˈɛkt lɪŋk ˈfɔrˌmæt ɪz ʃoʊ bɪˈloʊ, ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪz jʊr əˈfɪliˌeɪt ki fər mˈjuzɪk ðɪs ˈaɪˈdi kən bi faʊnd baɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ ə lɪŋk ɔn ðə saɪt fər mˈjuzɪk ˈæftər jʊr rɪkˈwɛst fər ðɪs ˈædvərˌtaɪzər həz bɪn əˈpruvd! ʤɪst prɛs ðə gɪt lɪŋk ˈbətən ənd lʊk fər ðə http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id*= pɑrt ɪt ʃoʊz ju ðə ˈaɪˈdi! <spæn style="color*: 606060 1:</span*> <spæn style="color*: style="color*: 006080">"http://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id={0}&mid=39033&murl={1}"</span*>, <spæn style="color*: mˈjuzɪk id}"</span*>, style="color*: 0000ff">string</span>.concat(item.link*, <spæn style="color*: 006080">"&action=play"</span*>))) 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 1 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn ˈfɔrˌmæt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "{jʊr mˈjuzɪk ˈaɪˈdi}" spæn spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" strɪŋ spæn ˈaɪtəm lɪŋk spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "&action=play*" spæn bət haʊ du ju juz ðɪs dip lɪŋk? wɛl pʊt ə kənˈtroʊl ɔn jʊr ˈwɪndoʊz foʊn peɪʤ ənd sɛt ɪt kəˈlæpst. <spæn style="color*: 606060 1:</span*> style="color*: 006080">"hiddenwebbrowser"</span*> style="color*: 006080">"collapsed"</span*> 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 1 spæn foʊn ɛks neɪm spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "hiddenwebbrowser*" spæn ˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪti spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 006080 "kəˈlæpst" spæn ˈoʊnli θɪŋ lɛft ɪz ˈtrɪgərɪŋ ðə ˌnævəˈgeɪʃən ɔn ðɪs kənˈtroʊl wɪθ ðə ˈgɪvɪn dip lɪŋk! <spæn style="color*: 606060 1:</span*> style="color*: 0000ff">new</span*> uri(message.musiclink*)) 1 spæn ˈaɪˈdi staɪl "ˈkələr: 606060 1 spæn ˈnævəˌgeɪt spæn staɪl "ˈkələr: 0000ff*" nu spæn ˈjəri ˈmɛsɪʤ proʊ tɪp ˌɪnˈstɛd əv duɪŋ ðɪs ˈjɔrsɛlf, ju kən juz ðɪs mˈjuzɪk ˈræpər ɪt kənˈteɪnz ɔl ˈnidɪd rɛst kɔlz ənd ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈvaɪdz ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti tɪ æd jʊr əˈfɪliˌeɪt ˈaɪˈdi! ˈhæpi ˈməni ˈgeɪnɪŋ!
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today’s the day! figment #1 arrives in comic shops around the world.
it’s my first disney writing project, first marvel comic, and a big step forward in my writing career. everyone on the team has worked incredibly hard to create a whimsical and enjoyable story for readers young and old in the style of classic fairytale stories like the wizard of oz or modern graphic novel adventures like amulet.
filipe andrade and beaulieu have pulled out all the stops on artwork for the series, taking my script and breathing incredible vibrant life into it. the people and places are energetic, atmospheric, and wondrous.
john tyler cover set the tone right off the bat for our story and i wait for people to see the rest of the illustrations done for the other chapters.
joe lettering really puts the button on the storytelling with great flow from panel to panel and perfectly chosen sound effects to enrich the art.
jim clark, brian crosby, josh shipley, and the rest of the disney imagineering team have been incredibly supportive, helping me bring new ideas and characters to legacy while ensuring that the story fit in well with the classic disney world attraction.
bill and mark basso at marvel brought me on board and have shepherded the series through each stage of development with enthusiasm and excitement. their comic expertise and advice helped refine my core ideas into something special.
it’s a real team effort and proud to be a part of it. i really do hope you give the first issue a read and let me know what you think of it.
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today’s* ðə deɪ! ˈfɪgmɪnt 1 əraɪvz ɪn ˈkɑmɪk ʃɑps əraʊnd ðə wərld. maɪ fərst ˈdɪzni ˈraɪtɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkt, fərst ˈmɑrvəl ˈkɑmɪk, ənd ə bɪg stɛp ˈfɔrwərd ɪn maɪ ˈraɪtɪŋ kərɪr. ˈɛvriˌwən ɔn ðə tim həz wərkt ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli hɑrd tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈwɪmzɪkəl ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪəbəl ˈstɔri fər ˈridərz jəŋ ənd oʊld ɪn ðə staɪl əv ˈklæsɪk ˈfɛriˌteɪl ˈstɔriz laɪk ðə ˈwɪzərd əv ɑz ər ˈmɑdərn ˈgræfɪk ˈnɑvəl ædˈvɛnʧərz laɪk ˈæmjələt. ˈænˌdreɪd ənd ˌboʊˈljʊ hæv pʊld aʊt ɔl ðə stɑps ɔn ˈɑrtˌwərk fər ðə ˈsɪriz, ˈteɪkɪŋ maɪ skrɪpt ənd ˈbriðɪŋ ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈvaɪbrənt laɪf ˈɪntu ɪt. ðə ˈpipəl ənd ˈpleɪsɪz ər ˌɛnərˈʤɛtɪk, ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk, ənd ˈwəndrəs. ʤɑn ˈtaɪlər ˈkəvər sɛt ðə toʊn raɪt ɔf ðə bæt fər ɑr ˈstɔri ənd aɪ weɪt fər ˈpipəl tɪ si ðə rɛst əv ðə ˌɪləˈstreɪʃənz dən fər ðə ˈəðər ˈʧæptərz. ʤoʊ ˈlɛtərɪŋ ˈrɪli pʊts ðə ˈbətən ɔn ðə ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ wɪθ greɪt floʊ frəm ˈpænəl tɪ ˈpænəl ənd ˈpərfəktli ˈʧoʊzən saʊnd ˈifɛkts tɪ ɪnˈrɪʧ ðə ɑrt. ʤɪm klɑrk, braɪən ˈkrɔzbi, ʤɑʃ ˈʃɪpli, ənd ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈdɪzni ˌɪˌmæʤəˈnɪrɪŋ tim hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli səˈpɔrtɪv, ˈhɛlpɪŋ mi brɪŋ nu aɪˈdiəz ənd ˈkɛrɪktərz tɪ ˈlɛgəsi waɪl ɪnˈʃʊrɪŋ ðət ðə ˈstɔri fɪt ɪn wɛl wɪθ ðə ˈklæsɪk ˈdɪzni wərld əˈtrækʃən. bɪl ənd mɑrk ˈbæsoʊ æt ˈmɑrvəl brɔt mi ɔn bɔrd ənd hæv ˈʃɛpərdɪd ðə ˈsɪriz θru iʧ steɪʤ əv dɪˈvɛləpmənt wɪθ ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm ənd ɪkˈsaɪtmənt. ðɛr ˈkɑmɪk ˌɛkspərˈtiz ənd ədˈvaɪs hɛlpt rɪˈfaɪn maɪ kɔr aɪˈdiəz ˈɪntu ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈspɛʃəl. ə ril tim ˈɛfərt ənd praʊd tɪ bi ə pɑrt əv ɪt. aɪ ˈrɪli du hoʊp ju gɪv ðə fərst ˈɪʃu ə rɛd ənd lɛt mi noʊ wət ju θɪŋk əv ɪt. θæŋks! faɪnd jʊr ˈloʊkəl ˈkɑmɪk ʃɑp tɪ baɪ ə ˈprɪnɪd ˈkɑpi: baɪ ˈfɪgmɪnt 1 ˈdɪʤətəli ɔn hir:
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istanbul the explosion that killed three of bashar assad's inner circle wednesday eliminated the syrian president's top security team and, along with fighting in the capital, may indicate the regime is crumbling, syria analysts say.
"i think it could prove a decisive event," said paul salem, director of the carnegie middle east center. "in the last couple of weeks, there have been dramatic events that have indicated a meltdown. most significant has been the fighting in damascus, which demonstrates a massive loss of control by the regime."
fighting in the capital has intensified over the past four days as rebels from the free syrian army (fsa) clash with regime forces. salem said the nature of the bomb attack suggests assad's opponents may have informers close to the regime.
"it implies cooperation or even infiltration," salem said.
sami ibrahim, an activist with the syrian network for human rights in damascus, said the attack has given a major boost to the rebellion, which has been hammered by syrian forces in an uprising that has left people dead in 17 months.
"there is a feeling of great happiness," he said. "those people who died (in the bombing) were killers of the syrian population for more than years."
syrian sana tv reported that the blast at the national security building killed defense minister rajha; assad's brother-in-law,, who was a close confidant of the dictator; and interior minister hassan. assad's location was unknown.
shawkat oversaw the syrian military occupation in lebanon. rajha, an artillery specialist, was the christian in the mostly regime. headed the regime's response to the uprising and was accused by the free syrian army of issuing orders to torture activists and fighters.
"the death of these key regime figures is a severe blow to the syrian regime since this particular crisis unit led the repressive operations against the rebellion," said col. of the free syrian army, speaking from turkey.
both the free syrian army, a rebel force made up of deserters and regime opponents, and al-islam, an islamist group, claimed responsibility for the explosion. the claimed its compatriots planted the bomb in the security briefing room.
danielle, middle east expert at the american enterprise institute, said developments show assad "can't last."
"we've not seen any fighting in damascus all this time, and now we see fierce fighting in damascus," she said. "if that's the best the syrian military can do and they have to move troops on the israeli border to protect damascus, it's the beginning of the end."
despite the sense of victory after the attack, there is fear among the opposition over how the regime will react.
"i think it's going to lash out much more shelling, much more use of combat aircraft, use of chemical weapons," said andrew tabler, senior fellow in the program on arab politics at the washington institute.
tabler said the regime appears to have less of a hold over syrian territory but will not necessarily collapse soon. activists agreed, saying that unless the international community steps in, the bloodshed will continue.
"without interference from the (united nations) security council, from the usa and nato, it will take more time and more people will die," ibrahim said. "we are expecting massacres in damascus after what happened today. the reaction will be very hard."
if the rebels are victorious, it will be "no thanks to the united states," said. "we have refused to facilitate defections. we the opposition. we to the russians as they sought to protect their relationship with assad."
president obama refused requests from assad opponents and some in congress to arm the rebels, saying it would make the situation worse. he left that role to saudi arabia, qatar and turkey, which could harm peace in the region and u.s. interests, said.
the and saudis are muslims who support extremist islamists," she said. "the turks support the muslim brotherhood."
if the united states had been more involved, it could have helped shape a transition to ensure a stable relationship between israel and syria, said.
tommy vietor, spokesman for the white house national security council, said the administration has supported sanctions and leads an international effort to get assad to go.
"the notion that we either flood syria with arms or we're not helping the opposition is ridiculous," he said.
the united nations security council is to vote thursday on sanctions against syria that may allow for eventual use of force. russia and china have vowed to veto such measures.
pletka said it's not too late for the united states to protect its interests. it could work aggressively with the syrian national council, a political opposition group in exile, to help it form a transition plan that includes all of syria's political parties, protects minorities and prevents more violence, she said.
"there is still going to be fighting even after assad is gone because they'll be fighting for control of the country," said. "assad leaving is the beginning of the transition, not the end."
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ˌɪstɑnˈbul ðə ɪkˈsploʊʒən ðət kɪld θri əv bəˈʃɑr əˈsɑdz ˈɪnər ˈsərkəl ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd ðə ˈsɪriən ˈprɛzɪdənts tɔp sɪˈkjʊrəti tim ənd, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈkæpɪtəl, meɪ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðə rəˈʒim ɪz ˈkrəmbəlɪŋ, ˈsɪriə ˈænəlɪsts seɪ. "aɪ θɪŋk ɪt kʊd pruv ə dɪˈsaɪsɪv ɪˈvɛnt," sɛd pɔl ˈseɪləm, dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˌkɑrˈneɪgi ˈmɪdəl ist ˈsɛnər. "ɪn ðə læst ˈkəpəl əv wiks, ðɛr hæv bɪn drəˈmætɪk ɪˈvɛnts ðət hæv ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ə ˈmɛltˌdaʊn. moʊst sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt həz bɪn ðə ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn dəˈmæskəs, wɪʧ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts ə ˈmæsɪv lɔs əv kənˈtroʊl baɪ ðə rəˈʒim." ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈkæpɪtəl həz ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪd ˈoʊvər ðə pæst fɔr deɪz ɛz ˈrɛbəlz frəm ðə fri ˈsɪriən ˈɑrmi (fsa*) klæʃ wɪθ rəˈʒim ˈfɔrsɪz. ˈseɪləm sɛd ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ðə bɔm əˈtæk səˈʤɛsts əˈsɑdz əˈpoʊnənts meɪ hæv ˌɪnˈfɔrmərz kloʊz tɪ ðə rəˈʒim. "ɪt ˌɪmˈplaɪz kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən ər ˈivɪn ˌɪnfɪlˈtreɪʃən," ˈseɪləm sɛd. ˈsæmi ˌɪbrɑˈhim, ən ˈæktɪvɪst wɪθ ðə ˈsɪriən ˈnɛtˌwərk fər ˈjumən raɪts ɪn dəˈmæskəs, sɛd ðə əˈtæk həz ˈgɪvɪn ə ˈmeɪʤər bust tɪ ðə rɪˈbɛljən, wɪʧ həz bɪn ˈhæmərd baɪ ˈsɪriən ˈfɔrsɪz ɪn ən ˈəˌpraɪzɪŋ ðət həz lɛft ˈpipəl dɛd ɪn 17 mənθs. "ðɛr ɪz ə ˈfilɪŋ əv greɪt ˈhæpinəs," hi sɛd. "ðoʊz ˈpipəl hu daɪd (ɪn ðə ˈbɑmɪŋ) wər ˈkɪlərz əv ðə ˈsɪriən ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən fər mɔr ðən jɪrz." ˈsɪriən ˈsɑnə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə blæst æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈbɪldɪŋ kɪld dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstər rajha*; əˈsɑdz ˈbrəðərɪnˌlɔ,, hu wɑz ə kloʊz ˈkɑnfəˌdɑnt əv ðə ˈdɪkteɪtər; ənd ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstər həˈsɑn. əˈsɑdz loʊˈkeɪʃən wɑz ənˈnoʊn. ˈoʊvərˌsɔ ðə ˈsɪriən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ɪn ˈlɛbənən. rajha*, ən ɑrˈtɪləri ˈspɛʃəlɪst, wɑz ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn ɪn ðə ˈmoʊstli rəˈʒim. ˈhɛdɪd ðə reɪˈʒimz rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðə ˈəˌpraɪzɪŋ ənd wɑz əˈkjuzd baɪ ðə fri ˈsɪriən ˈɑrmi əv ˈɪʃuɪŋ ˈɔrdərz tɪ ˈtɔrʧər ˈæktɪvɪsts ənd ˈfaɪtərz. "ðə dɛθ əv ðiz ki rəˈʒim ˈfɪgjərz ɪz ə səˈvɪr bloʊ tɪ ðə ˈsɪriən rəˈʒim sɪns ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈkraɪsəs ˈjunɪt lɛd ðə riˈprɛsɪv ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əˈgɛnst ðə rɪˈbɛljən," sɛd col*. əv ðə fri ˈsɪriən ˈɑrmi, ˈspikɪŋ frəm ˈtərki. boʊθ ðə fri ˈsɪriən ˈɑrmi, ə ˈrɛbəl fɔrs meɪd əp əv ˈdɛzərtərz ənd rəˈʒim əˈpoʊnənts, ənd al-islam*, ən ˈɪsləmɪst grup, kleɪmd riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ðə ɪkˈsploʊʒən. ðə kleɪmd ɪts kəmˈpeɪtriəts ˈplænɪd ðə bɔm ɪn ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈbrifɪŋ rum. ˌdænˈjɛl, ˈmɪdəl ist ˈɛkspərt æt ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈɛnərˌpraɪz ˈɪnstɪˌtut, sɛd dɪˈvɛləpmənts ʃoʊ əˈsɑd "kænt læst." "wiv nɑt sin ˈɛni ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn dəˈmæskəs ɔl ðɪs taɪm, ənd naʊ wi si fɪrs ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn dəˈmæskəs," ʃi sɛd. "ɪf ðæts ðə bɛst ðə ˈsɪriən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kən du ənd ðeɪ hæv tɪ muv trups ɔn ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈbɔrdər tɪ prəˈtɛkt dəˈmæskəs, ɪts ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə ɛnd." dɪˈspaɪt ðə sɛns əv ˈvɪktəri ˈæftər ðə əˈtæk, ðɛr ɪz fɪr əˈməŋ ðə ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ˈoʊvər haʊ ðə rəˈʒim wɪl riækt. "aɪ θɪŋk ɪts goʊɪŋ tɪ læʃ aʊt məʧ mɔr ˈʃɛlɪŋ, məʧ mɔr juz əv ˈkɑmbæt ˈɛrˌkræft, juz əv ˈkɛmɪkəl ˈwɛpənz," sɛd ˈændru ˈteɪbələr, ˈsinjər ˈfɛloʊ ɪn ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ɔn ˈærəb ˈpɑləˌtɪks æt ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈɪnstɪˌtut. ˈteɪbələr sɛd ðə rəˈʒim əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv lɛs əv ə hoʊld ˈoʊvər ˈsɪriən ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri bət wɪl nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli kəˈlæps sun. ˈæktɪvɪsts əˈgrid, seɪɪŋ ðət ənˈlɛs ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kəmˈjunɪti stɛps ɪn, ðə ˈblədˌʃɛd wɪl kənˈtɪnju. "wɪˈθaʊt ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns frəm ðə (juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz) sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkaʊnsəl, frəm ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ ənd ˈneɪtoʊ, ɪt wɪl teɪk mɔr taɪm ənd mɔr ˈpipəl wɪl daɪ," ˌɪbrɑˈhim sɛd. "wi ər ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ ˈmæsɪkərz ɪn dəˈmæskəs ˈæftər wət ˈhæpənd təˈdeɪ. ðə riˈækʃən wɪl bi ˈvɛri hɑrd." ɪf ðə ˈrɛbəlz ər vɪkˈtɔriəs, ɪt wɪl bi "noʊ θæŋks tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts," sɛd. "wi hæv rɪfˈjuzd tɪ fəˈsɪləˌteɪt dɪˈfɛkʃənz. wi ðə ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən. wi tɪ ðə ˈrəʃənz ɛz ðeɪ sɔt tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ əˈsɑd." ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə rɪfˈjuzd rɪkˈwɛsts frəm əˈsɑd əˈpoʊnənts ənd səm ɪn ˈkɑŋgrəs tɪ ɑrm ðə ˈrɛbəlz, seɪɪŋ ɪt wʊd meɪk ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wərs. hi lɛft ðət roʊl tɪ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, ˌkəˈtɑr ənd ˈtərki, wɪʧ kʊd hɑrm pis ɪn ðə ˈriʤən ənd juz. ˈɪntərɪsts, sɛd. ðə ənd ˈsɔdiz ər ˈməzlɪmz hu səˈpɔrt ɪkˈstrimɪst ˈɪsləmɪsts," ʃi sɛd. "ðə tərks səˈpɔrt ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd." ɪf ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts hæd bɪn mɔr ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ɪt kʊd hæv hɛlpt ʃeɪp ə trænˈzɪʃən tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ə ˈsteɪbəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ˈɪzriəl ənd ˈsɪriə, sɛd. ˈtɑmi ˈvitər, ˈspoʊksmən fər ðə waɪt haʊs ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkaʊnsəl, sɛd ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz səˈpɔrtɪd ˈsæŋkʃənz ənd lidz ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈɛfərt tɪ gɪt əˈsɑd tɪ goʊ. "ðə ˈnoʊʃən ðət wi ˈiðər fləd ˈsɪriə wɪθ ɑrmz ər wɪr nɑt ˈhɛlpɪŋ ðə ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ɪz rɪˈdɪkjələs," hi sɛd. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkaʊnsəl ɪz tɪ voʊt ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɔn ˈsæŋkʃənz əˈgɛnst ˈsɪriə ðət meɪ əˈlaʊ fər əˈvɛnʧuəl juz əv fɔrs. ˈrəʃə ənd ˈʧaɪnə hæv vaʊd tɪ ˈviˌtoʊ səʧ ˈmɛʒərz. sɛd ɪts nɑt tu leɪt fər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɪts ˈɪntərɪsts. ɪt kʊd wərk əˈgrɛsɪvli wɪθ ðə ˈsɪriən ˈnæʃənəl ˈkaʊnsəl, ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən grup ɪn ˈɛkˌsaɪl, tɪ hɛlp ɪt fɔrm ə trænˈzɪʃən plæn ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ɔl əv ˈsɪriəz pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈpɑrtiz, prəˈtɛkts məˈnɔrətiz ənd prɪˈvɛnts mɔr ˈvaɪələns, ʃi sɛd. "ðɛr ɪz stɪl goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈivɪn ˈæftər əˈsɑd ɪz gɔn bɪˈkəz ðɛl bi ˈfaɪtɪŋ fər kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˈkəntri," sɛd. "əˈsɑd ˈlivɪŋ ɪz ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə trænˈzɪʃən, nɑt ðə ɛnd."
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steven avery may be getting another lawyer.
the subject of “making a murderer” is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of teresa halbach, but sandra greenman, girlfriend, said on facebook that a new attorney could be lining up to help.
“went to see steve says thank you for all the letters etc from supporters,” greenman posted monday evening. “he really enjoys them. and some good new to may have a post conviction lawyer in the country! pray it all works out!!”
also read: 'making a murderer': onesconsin take on the case against steven avery
greenman did not respond to a request for further comment.
meanwhile, thesconsin innocence project, which declined to take the halbach murder case initially, tells they are now in touchth trial lawyers and could potentially take on the case in the future.
“we’re happy to reconsider any case if new evidence comes to light,” innocence project and keith findley said. “as far as concerned, ever done… whether the documentary raises new evidence is something we analyzed. been talking to his trial lawyers just to make sure that if there is viable new evidence, that someone is adequately considering it.”
also read: 'making a murderer' prosecutor ken kratz says documentary 'very well done'
findley says there is no time frame for a decision.
avery’s nephew brendan dassey, who was 16 at the time of the murder, was convicted as his accomplice and is also serving a life sentence. he is actively being represented by an innocence project affiliate, the center for wrongful convictions based in chicago, and his case is in litigation.
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ˈstivən ˈeɪvəri meɪ bi ˈgɪtɪŋ əˈnəðər ˈlɔjər. ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ə murderer”*” ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈsərvɪŋ ə laɪf ˈsɛntəns fər ðə ˈmərdər əv tərˈisə ˈhælbɑk, bət ˈsændrə ˈgrinmən, ˈgərlˌfrɛnd, sɛd ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ðət ə nu əˈtərni kʊd bi ˈlaɪnɪŋ əp tɪ hɛlp. tɪ si stiv sɪz θæŋk ju fər ɔl ðə ˈlɛtərz ˌɛtˈsɛtərə frəm supporters,”*,” ˈgrinmən ˈpoʊstɪd ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ. ˈrɪli ˌɛnˈʤɔɪz ðɛm. ənd səm gʊd nu tɪ meɪ hæv ə poʊst kənˈvɪkʃən ˈlɔjər ɪn ðə ˈkəntri! preɪ ɪt ɔl wərks out!!”*!!” ˈɔlsoʊ rɛd: 'ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈmərdərər': wən wɪˈskɑnsən teɪk ɔn ðə keɪs əˈgɛnst ˈstivən ˈeɪvəri ˈgrinmən dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ə rɪkˈwɛst fər ˈfərðər ˈkɑmɛnt. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðə wɪˈskɑnsən ˈɪnəsəns ˈprɑʤɛkt, wɪʧ dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ teɪk ðə ˈhælbɑk ˈmərdər keɪs ˌɪˈnɪʃəli, tɛlz ðeɪ ər naʊ ɪn təʧ wɪθ traɪəl ˈlɔjərz ənd kʊd pəˈtɛnʃəli teɪk ɔn ðə keɪs ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. ˈhæpi tɪ ˌrikənˈsɪdər ˈɛni keɪs ɪf nu ˈɛvədəns kəmz tɪ light,”*,” ˈɪnəsəns ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd kiθ ˈfɪndli sɛd. fɑr ɛz kənˈsərnd, ˈɛvər done…*… ˈwɛðər ðə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ˈreɪzɪz nu ˈɛvədəns ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ wi ˈænəˌlaɪzd. bɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ hɪz traɪəl ˈlɔjərz ʤɪst tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðət ɪf ðɛr ɪz ˈvaɪəbəl nu ˈɛvədəns, ðət ˈsəmˌwən ɪz ˈædəkwɪtli kənˈsɪdərɪŋ it.”*.” ˈɔlsoʊ rɛd: 'ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈmərdərər' ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər kɛn kræts sɪz ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri 'ˈvɛri wɛl dən' ˈfɪndli sɪz ðɛr ɪz noʊ taɪm freɪm fər ə dɪˈsɪʒən. ˈnɛfju ˈbrɛndən dassey*, hu wɑz 16 æt ðə taɪm əv ðə ˈmərdər, wɑz kənˈvɪktəd ɛz hɪz əˈkɑmpləs ənd ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsərvɪŋ ə laɪf ˈsɛntəns. hi ɪz ˈæktɪvli biɪŋ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ ən ˈɪnəsəns ˈprɑʤɛkt əˈfɪliˌeɪt, ðə ˈsɛnər fər ˈrɔŋfəl kənˈvɪkʃənz beɪst ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ, ənd hɪz keɪs ɪz ɪn ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən.
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anyone whose experienced laguardia airport knows it's in desperate need of the major overhaul announced last july by governor cuomo and vice president biden; everyone also knows that the overhaul, like many public infrastructure projects in new york city, will take way longer and cost way more than the officials laid out. case in point: the wall street journal reports that the the overhaul will now cost about $4.2 billion, or $200,000,000 more than initially anticipated. and work hasn't even begun yet.
the new estimate arises after a few design changes related to the plan to raze terminal b and build out a new central terminal. notes that a 2014 estimate totaling $3.6 billion from the port authority of new york and new jersey, which controls the airport, didn't include the plan for a new central terminal. an exact plan for replacing the terminal is expected to surface in the coming months.
here's how the costs for the project are expected to break down, according to a resolution released by the port authority on friday: $3.93 billion will go to the rebuild of terminal central terminal and infrastructure that will connect it to the rest of the airport, $147 million will go to payroll and the port authority's overhead, $96 million will go to consultants, and $36 million will be spent on constructing a temporary parking deck.
also in discussion is lifting the ban on flights over miles from laguardia, but a senior official at the port authority said the agency probably wouldn't consider lifting it until the fall. as of right now, the central terminal is expected to open by the end of 2021, but we'll see about that.
· la guardia airport revamp pegged at $4.2 billion [wsj]
· behold, the first glimpse of a revamped laguardia airport [curbed]
· will laguardia airport's makeover actually be good for nyc? [curbed]
· all laguardia airport coverage [curbed]
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ˈɛniˌwən huz ɪkˈspɪriənst ləgˈwɑrdiə ˈɛrˌpɔrt noʊz ɪts ɪn ˈdɛspərɪt nid əv ðə ˈmeɪʤər ˈoʊvərˌhɔl əˈnaʊnst læst ˌʤuˈlaɪ baɪ ˈgəvərnər kˈwoʊmoʊ ənd vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbaɪdən; ˈɛvriˌwən ˈɔlsoʊ noʊz ðət ðə ˈoʊvərˌhɔl, laɪk ˈmɛni ˈpəblɪk ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˈprɑʤɛkts ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti, wɪl teɪk weɪ ˈlɔŋgər ənd kɔst weɪ mɔr ðən ðə əˈfɪʃəlz leɪd aʊt. keɪs ɪn pɔɪnt: ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl rɪˈpɔrts ðət ðə ðə ˈoʊvərˌhɔl wɪl naʊ kɔst əˈbaʊt ˈbɪljən, ər mɔr ðən ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd. ənd wərk ˈhæzənt ˈivɪn ˈbeɪgən jɛt. ðə nu ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ərˈaɪzɪz ˈæftər ə fju dɪˈzaɪn ˈʧeɪnʤɪz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðə plæn tɪ reɪz ˈtərmənəl bi ənd bɪld aʊt ə nu ˈsɛntrəl ˈtərmənəl. noʊts ðət ə 2014 ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ˈtoʊtəlɪŋ ˈbɪljən frəm ðə pɔrt əˈθɔrəti əv nu jɔrk ənd nu ˈʤərzi, wɪʧ kənˈtroʊlz ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt, ˈdɪdənt ˌɪnˈklud ðə plæn fər ə nu ˈsɛntrəl ˈtərmənəl. ən ɪgˈzækt plæn fər rɪˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə ˈtərmənəl ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈsərfəs ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ mənθs. hɪrz haʊ ðə kɔsts fər ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ər ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ breɪk daʊn, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən riˈlist baɪ ðə pɔrt əˈθɔrəti ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ: ˈbɪljən wɪl goʊ tɪ ðə riˈbɪld əv ˈtərmənəl ˈsɛntrəl ˈtərmənəl ənd ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ðət wɪl kəˈnɛkt ɪt tɪ ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt, 147 ˈmɪljən wɪl goʊ tɪ ˈpeɪˌroʊl ənd ðə pɔrt əˈθɔrɪtiz ˈoʊvərˈhɛd, 96 ˈmɪljən wɪl goʊ tɪ kənˈsəltənts, ənd 36 ˈmɪljən wɪl bi spɛnt ɔn kənˈstrəktɪŋ ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈpɑrkɪŋ dɛk. ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn dɪˈskəʃən ɪz ˈlɪftɪŋ ðə bæn ɔn flaɪts ˈoʊvər maɪəlz frəm ləgˈwɑrdiə, bət ə ˈsinjər əˈfɪʃəl æt ðə pɔrt əˈθɔrəti sɛd ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈwʊdənt kənˈsɪdər ˈlɪftɪŋ ɪt ənˈtɪl ðə fɔl. ɛz əv raɪt naʊ, ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈtərmənəl ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈoʊpən baɪ ðə ɛnd əv 2021 bət wɪl si əˈbaʊt ðət. lɑ gˈwɑrdiə ˈɛrˌpɔrt riˈvæmp pɛgd æt ˈbɪljən [wsj*] bɪˈhoʊld, ðə fərst glɪmps əv ə riˈvæmpt ləgˈwɑrdiə ˈɛrˌpɔrt [kərbd] wɪl ləgˈwɑrdiə ˈɛrˌpɔrts ˈmæˌkoʊvər ˈæˌkʧuəli bi gʊd fər nyc*? [kərbd] ɔl ləgˈwɑrdiə ˈɛrˌpɔrt ˈkəvərɪʤ [kərbd]
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i get asked all the time about my opinion on different android boxes. to be honest, most of them are fairly generic boxes that have trouble standing out in a crowd.
every now and then you get one that stands out for an entirely different reason.
that’s the case with the and pro.
update january 2018:.tv has been “under maintenance” for several days and many of their distributors have mysteriously closed up shop. what happened?
…maybe people read this review.
in case you missed part one…
this the first time that come out against buying an android box. it does happen.
back in september 2015, i wrote the first “don’t buy this box” article about smartkodi. at the time, it was one of the most expensive boxes on the market selling for $325 and promising “free tv for a lifetime.”
the article got some pretty high praise from a team rock-star: nate thomas.
nate and i see on everything, but we did agree on our opinions of manufacturers like smartkodi. check out the comments on that article to see what he said.
since then, there really been many boxes which have ticked me off that much. not against fully loaded boxes, even though not how i choose to watch my tv. a ton of people love them and i think they have a place in the industry.
i’m also not against people charging for providing a service, as long as giving a fair value to the customer.
but what i like is when a company is obviously overcharging for a device and making an insane amount of money off their lack of knowledge.
as i said in that first article:
i worked in consumer electronics retail with circuit city for a long time over ten years, in fact. we were always taught to ignore our opinions on a product and just pitch its features and benefits. if any of you are in sales, understand what i mean. most products were beneficial to at least some customers, even if we like them. occasionally, we came across a product that is just so bad, or so overpriced that you really have to wonder what was going through the heads.
the box
you can find out about at.tv. there are other sites with similar names, but get into that in a minute. all online stores, and all sell the same product. i link to any of the sites because that may indirectly help them out, and definitely not my purpose here. all of the images in this article were taken on december 27th, 2016 (except for two images which are noted in their descriptions) and were accurate as of the time of this writing.
so if ready to find out why you buy a android box, get started.
i’m going to cover both the and the newer pro in this article, because i believe that both are an absolutely horrible value for your money.
first list out the specs of each below and then get into why. please note: the following specs have been copied in their entirety from the.tv website. only the order of the specs have been changed in order to put all relevant hardware specs together at the top of the lists. no item has been added or removed.
streamsmart specs
amlogic quad core 64 bit arm cortex a + quad core mali 450
1 ram and 8 flash storage
android supports google browser, and
megabit ethernet port
internal wifi dual wi-fi (2.4ghz/5.8)
usb2.0 host× to devices)
sd/mmc card reader
hdmi and av output and component(ypbpr) output suitable for any tv and display.
***channelup account included with purchase***
***hd video***
supports video formats:,,,,, divx, rm, etc.
supports audio formats:, wma,, dts, aac, flac, etc.
supports photo formats: jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif,
full support
ability to utilize mouse, keyboard operation and remote
skype/msn/qq
android video:
multilingual supported.
support all standard video output formats: 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p,
supports display
ergonomically designed remote control makes operations simple and comfortable.
mcu power by remote control
streamsmart pro specs
amlogic quad core 64 bit arm cortex + penta core mali 450
2 ram
8 storage
android lollipop supports google browser, and
gigabit ethernet port
internal wifi dual wi-fi (2.4ghz/5.8)
usb2.0 host× to devices)
sd/mmc card reader
hdmi and av output and component(ypbpr) output suitable for any tv and display.
***channelup account included with purchase***
***4k video***
supports video formats:,,,,, divx, rm, etc.
supports audio formats:, wma,, dts, aac, flac, etc.
supports photo formats: jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif,
full support, ability to utilize mouse, keyboard operation and remote
skype/msn/qq
android video:
multilingual supported.
support all standard/uhd video output formats: 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p,,
supports display
ergonomically designed remote control makes operations simple and comfortable.
mcu power by remote control
how much should a box cost?
what would you pay for such an amazing piece of cutting edge technology?
i’m being a little here because neither of these devices have anything close to cutting edge technology.
the in the was announced way, way back in april 2014. did an excellent write up back then of the differences in the main at the time: the mx,, and.
in the image below, you can see a current selection of the android boxes at. with the exception of the android projector and one crazy box priced at $200, all of the devices are currently priced between $32 and $65 us. for the record, these prices are accurate as of december 2016.
the pro boasts the newer processor. this is still a good performing chipset, and the one found in both the minix neo and one. even though this is a newer chipset, the still came out in the latter half of 2015. if interested in the performance difference between the in the and the in the pro, did a comparison test back in november 2015. caution, a technical article, so it may be a bit heavy for the casual reader.
at, similar devices range between $36 and $79 us excluding the $26 android stick. to be fair, android stick normally have less features than their tv box counterparts. comparing on cost an comparison. again, these prices are accurate as of december, 2016.
streamsmart costs how much???
if been following along, probably got a good idea that i think a box is overpriced.
but just how much are they?
a box is over seven times more expensive than they need to be!
seriously. i did the math.
if you look at the nine (normal) boxes in the image above, their average cost is $45.66. compare that to the $349 that charges for the and times more than the average android box.
the average cost of the twelve android boxes at is $57.08. that works out to be times more expensive than the average!
with that much markup, there better be some killer features, right?
well..not exactly.
support network
the support is handled either by forum, facebook group or via email. no option to talk to a live support representative that i can find on their website. i will say that the response time on their official facebook group is evidently very quick.
there’s also a “support news feed” which sounds like a great way to keep users informed of changes, except that it to a tumblr page with three posts on it. the first is from january 2nd, 2016, and then the other two from december and december 27th, 2016. i guess it was a slow at.
the lack of live, personal support is a big strike against. if paying a premium price for something, i expect to be able to talk to someone in person when i have a problem.
channelup.tv
arguably the main benefit to buying a box is the lifetime subscription to.
what is? it is an subscription service which advertises “unlimited entertainment at your fingertips!” it appears that is affiliated with, but i able to confirm that, and they did not replay to my email question at the time of this writing.
basically a paid which has paid streams so it purposefully limits the number of people trying to get on to the streams at any time. in theory, you can get and premium channels as part of your subscription cost.
i go into why i think these services are a bad idea here, but i will strongly recommend using a if you choose to subscribe to or any other service of this type. even then, you probably be protected when these finally become illegal to use. after all, already have your account information so they know where you live.
what i will do though, is show why even with a lifetime subscription to either box is still overpriced.
the image below is taken from and shows the various pricing tiers for their service.
i will give them credit for offering a bunch of different ways to sign up with the service. you can have a 24 hour trial or choose to pay monthly, semi-annually, annually or even a one-time payment for lifetime access.
as you can see, offers a lifetime subscription for $149.79.
interesting…
the service is available on different hardware, so you need a box to use it.
so let me break out my calculator again:
streamsmart: $349 value of lifetime subscription: ($149) total value of hardware: $200
streamsmart pro: $449 value of lifetime subscription: ($149) total value of pro hardware: $300
streamsmart is overcharging their customers between $200-$300 per device!
can i get it cheaper on ebay or amazon?
you could, probably.
but…
streamsmart goes out of their way to make it difficult to use anyone but their authorized resellers (more on that in a minute). in december 2015, they unceremoniously told their customers that any device purchased “on amazon or ebay after are no longer covered under warranty, supported, and will be shut off.”
but worry. if you happened to buy your device on ebay or amazon and suddenly find yourself with a very expensive paperweight, will be happy to sell you another one of their devices with a small discount.
after certainly have a healthy profit margin, right?
i cannot put into words how disgusted i am by this. if you are a manufacturer of a product, then you have the obligation to support your product no matter where it was purchased from.
that’s why a warranty exists.
i will leave it to legal professionals to figure out if that is within the bounds of the law, but my opinion is that a pretty way to take care of your customers.
what does team think about?
there are only a couple of references to the box on.tv, but one discussion that really stands out to me.
ned scott, the former team member in charge of the wiki, and developer, who created the “recommended box”de both chimed in on the box and they mince their words.
in words, “i know people need to make a profit, but the price selling their product at is at scam-levels.”
moderator went even farther:
…this device is a open source violator box and actually illegal to sell in its current form. this sort of practice pisses developers and the open source community off no end. are freeloaders, actually stealing other people hard work unless they show us this modified code. this is nothing more than an illegal scam pirate box, sold at a ridiculously inflated price to fool mums and dads and joe public into thinking its legit.
why are there so many websites promoting?
at this point, you might be wondering why there are so many websites promoting.
well, it turns out they do it because actually selling the boxes themselves.
streamsmart promotes reseller program directly on the front page of their website and promises an “average part-time income of $3,500” or a full-time income “exceeding $15,000!”
i wonder how they can make that much selling a box?
if you google “streamsmart” you can quickly find several of these resellers like streamingsmart, captain and myfreecable.tv.
to be fair, say again that i have nothing against small businesses or selling your knowledge for a fee. but when deliberately your where i draw the line.
why are there no reviews?
that’s a really good question.
i tried searching for any reviews but could only find a few “unboxing” videos. there was nothing that i could see that would show any benchmark tests or experiences using the product other than basic interface.
it’s entirely possible that there any reviews because the box is so expensive. many of the review sites just starting out purchase their own products for review. a box that costs $449 is much less likely to be reviewed than something that costs $50. more established reviewers will likely put the box through rigorous testing and that will be bad press for the company.
there are better options:
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at this point, i think recommend you buy anything other than a box.
i put out a list of what i think are the best android boxes on the market. you could actually buy all three devices on that list for less than the cost of the pro. if looking for a good, cheap box, got some ideas on that too.
you be looking at a device that costs over $400 that cutting edge.
what should you do if someone tries to sell you a or pro?
laugh…
..then walk away quickly.
have you used a box? what do you think? tell me about it in the comments below!
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aɪ gɪt æst ɔl ðə taɪm əˈbaʊt maɪ əˈpɪnjən ɔn ˈdɪfərənt ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈbɑksɪz. tɪ bi ˈɑnəst, moʊst əv ðɛm ər ˈfɛrli ʤəˈnɛrɪk ˈbɑksɪz ðət hæv ˈtrəbəl ˈstændɪŋ aʊt ɪn ə kraʊd. ˈɛvəri naʊ ənd ðɛn ju gɪt wən ðət stændz aʊt fər ən ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈdɪfərənt ˈrizən. ðə keɪs wɪθ ðə ənd proʊ. ˈəpˌdeɪt ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2018 həz bɪn maintenance”*” fər ˈsɛvərəl deɪz ənd ˈmɛni əv ðɛr dɪˈstrɪbjətərz hæv ˌmɪˈstɪrjəsli kloʊzd əp ʃɑp. wət ˈhæpənd? ˈpipəl rɛd ðɪs ˌrivˈju. ɪn keɪs ju mɪst pɑrt one…*… ðɪs ðə fərst taɪm ðət kəm aʊt əˈgɛnst baɪɪŋ ən ˈænˌdrɔɪd bɑks. ɪt dɪz ˈhæpən. bæk ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2015 aɪ roʊt ðə fərst baɪ ðɪs box”*” ˈɑrtɪkəl əˈbaʊt smartkodi*. æt ðə taɪm, ɪt wɑz wən əv ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈbɑksɪz ɔn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ˈsɛlɪŋ fər 325 ənd ˈprɑməsɪŋ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən fər ə lifetime.”*.” ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl gɑt səm ˈprɪti haɪ preɪz frəm ə tim rock-star*: neɪt ˈtɑməs. neɪt ənd aɪ si ɔn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ, bət wi dɪd əˈgri ɔn ɑr əˈpɪnjənz əv ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz laɪk smartkodi*. ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ðət ˈɑrtɪkəl tɪ si wət hi sɛd. sɪns ðɛn, ðɛr ˈrɪli bɪn ˈmɛni ˈbɑksɪz wɪʧ hæv tɪkt mi ɔf ðət məʧ. nɑt əˈgɛnst ˈfʊli ˈloʊdɪd ˈbɑksɪz, ˈivɪn ðoʊ nɑt haʊ aɪ ʧuz tɪ wɔʧ maɪ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən. ə tən əv ˈpipəl ləv ðɛm ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ hæv ə pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈɪndəstri. ˈɔlsoʊ nɑt əˈgɛnst ˈpipəl ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ fər prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ə ˈsərvɪs, ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ˈgɪvɪŋ ə fɛr ˈvælju tɪ ðə ˈkəstəmər. bət wət aɪ laɪk ɪz wɪn ə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪz ˈɑbviəsli ˌoʊvərˈʧɑrʤɪŋ fər ə dɪˈvaɪs ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈseɪn əˈmaʊnt əv ˈməni ɔf ðɛr læk əv ˈnɑlɪʤ. ɛz aɪ sɛd ɪn ðət fərst ˈɑrtɪkəl: aɪ wərkt ɪn kənˈsumər ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ˈriˌteɪl wɪθ ˈsərkət ˈsɪti fər ə lɔŋ taɪm ˈoʊvər tɛn jɪrz, ɪn fækt. wi wər ˈɔlˌweɪz tɔt tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ɑr əˈpɪnjənz ɔn ə ˈprɑdəkt ənd ʤɪst pɪʧ ɪts ˈfiʧərz ənd ˈbɛnəfɪts. ɪf ˈɛni əv ju ər ɪn seɪlz, ˌəndərˈstænd wət aɪ min. moʊst ˈprɑdəkts wər ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl tɪ æt list səm ˈkəstəmərz, ˈivɪn ɪf wi laɪk ðɛm. ɔˈkeɪʒənəˌli, wi keɪm əˈkrɔs ə ˈprɑdəkt ðət ɪz ʤɪst soʊ bæd, ər soʊ ˈoʊvərˌpraɪst ðət ju ˈrɪli hæv tɪ ˈwəndər wət wɑz goʊɪŋ θru ðə hɛdz. ðə bɑks ju kən faɪnd aʊt əˈbaʊt æt. ðɛr ər ˈəðər saɪts wɪθ ˈsɪmələr neɪmz, bət gɪt ˈɪntu ðət ɪn ə ˈmɪnət. ɔl ˈɔnˌlaɪn stɔrz, ənd ɔl sɛl ðə seɪm ˈprɑdəkt. aɪ lɪŋk tɪ ˈɛni əv ðə saɪts bɪˈkəz ðət meɪ ˌɪndərˈɛkˌtli hɛlp ðɛm aʊt, ənd ˈdɛfənətli nɑt maɪ ˈpərpəs hir. ɔl əv ðə ˈɪmɪʤɪz ɪn ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl wər ˈteɪkən ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 27th*, 2016 (ɪkˈsɛpt fər tu ˈɪmɪʤɪz wɪʧ ər ˈnoʊtɪd ɪn ðɛr dɪˈskrɪpʃənz) ənd wər ˈækjərət ɛz əv ðə taɪm əv ðɪs ˈraɪtɪŋ. soʊ ɪf ˈrɛdi tɪ faɪnd aʊt waɪ ju baɪ ə ˈænˌdrɔɪd bɑks, gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd. goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈkəvər boʊθ ðə ənd ðə nuər proʊ ɪn ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl, bɪˈkəz aɪ bɪˈliv ðət boʊθ ər ən ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈhɔrəbəl ˈvælju fər jʊr ˈməni. fərst lɪst aʊt ðə spɛks əv iʧ bɪˈloʊ ənd ðɛn gɪt ˈɪntu waɪ. pliz noʊt: ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ spɛks hæv bɪn ˈkɑpid ɪn ðɛr ɪnˈtaɪərti frəm ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ˈoʊnli ðə ˈɔrdər əv ðə spɛks hæv bɪn ʧeɪnʤd ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ pʊt ɔl ˈrɛləvənt ˈhɑrdˌwɛr spɛks təˈgɛðər æt ðə tɔp əv ðə lɪsts. noʊ ˈaɪtəm həz bɪn ˈædɪd ər riˈmuvd. spɛks kwɑd kɔr 64 bɪt ɑrm ˈkɔrtɛks ə kwɑd kɔr ˈmɑli 450 1 ræm ənd 8 flæʃ ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈænˌdrɔɪd səˈpɔrts ˈgugəl ˈbraʊzər, ənd ˈmɛgəbɪt ˈiθərˌnɛt pɔrt ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈwiˌfi duəl ˈwaɪˌfaɪ) host×*× tɪ dɪˈvaɪsɪz) kɑrd ˈridər ənd ˌeɪˈvi ˈaʊtˌpʊt ənd component(ypbpr*) ˈaʊtˌpʊt ˈsutəbəl fər ˈɛni ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd dɪˈspleɪ. əˈkaʊnt ˌɪnˈkludɪd wɪθ səˈpɔrts ˈvɪdioʊ ˈfɔrˌmæts: divx*, rm*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. səˈpɔrts ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈfɔrˌmæts: wma*, dts*, aac*, flac*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. səˈpɔrts ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈfɔrˌmæts: jpg*, jpeg*, bmp*, gif*, fʊl səˈpɔrt əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈjutəˌlaɪz maʊs, ˈkiˌbɔrd ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ənd rɪˈmoʊt ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈvɪdioʊ: ˌməltiˈlɪŋwəl səˈpɔrtɪd. səˈpɔrt ɔl ˈstændərd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈaʊtˌpʊt ˈfɔrˌmæts: 480i/p*, 576i/p*, 720p*, səˈpɔrts dɪˈspleɪ ˌərgəˈnɑmɪkli dɪˈzaɪnd rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊl meɪks ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˈsɪmpəl ənd ˈkəmfərtəbəl. paʊər baɪ rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊl proʊ spɛks kwɑd kɔr 64 bɪt ɑrm ˈkɔrtɛks ˈpɛntə kɔr ˈmɑli 450 2 ræm 8 ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈlɑliˌpɑp səˈpɔrts ˈgugəl ˈbraʊzər, ənd ˈiθərˌnɛt pɔrt ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈwiˌfi duəl ˈwaɪˌfaɪ) host×*× tɪ dɪˈvaɪsɪz) kɑrd ˈridər ənd ˌeɪˈvi ˈaʊtˌpʊt ənd component(ypbpr*) ˈaʊtˌpʊt ˈsutəbəl fər ˈɛni ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd dɪˈspleɪ. əˈkaʊnt ˌɪnˈkludɪd wɪθ səˈpɔrts ˈvɪdioʊ ˈfɔrˌmæts: divx*, rm*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. səˈpɔrts ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈfɔrˌmæts: wma*, dts*, aac*, flac*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. səˈpɔrts ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈfɔrˌmæts: jpg*, jpeg*, bmp*, gif*, fʊl səˈpɔrt, əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈjutəˌlaɪz maʊs, ˈkiˌbɔrd ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ənd rɪˈmoʊt ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈvɪdioʊ: ˌməltiˈlɪŋwəl səˈpɔrtɪd. səˈpɔrt ɔl ˈstændərd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈaʊtˌpʊt ˈfɔrˌmæts: 480i/p*, 576i/p*, 720p*,, səˈpɔrts dɪˈspleɪ ˌərgəˈnɑmɪkli dɪˈzaɪnd rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊl meɪks ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ˈsɪmpəl ənd ˈkəmfərtəbəl. paʊər baɪ rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊl haʊ məʧ ʃʊd ə bɑks kɔst? wət wʊd ju peɪ fər səʧ ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ pis əv ˈkətɪŋ ɛʤ tɛkˈnɑləʤi? biɪŋ ə ˈlɪtəl hir bɪˈkəz ˈniðər əv ðiz dɪˈvaɪsɪz hæv ˈɛniˌθɪŋ kloʊz tɪ ˈkətɪŋ ɛʤ tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ðə ɪn ðə wɑz əˈnaʊnst weɪ, weɪ bæk ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2014 dɪd ən ˈɛksələnt raɪt əp bæk ðɛn əv ðə ˈdɪfərənsɪz ɪn ðə meɪn æt ðə taɪm: ðə mx*, ənd ɪn ðə ˈɪmɪʤ bɪˈloʊ, ju kən si ə ˈkɑrənt səˈlɛkʃən əv ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈbɑksɪz æt. wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd prɑˈʤɛktər ənd wən ˈkreɪzi bɑks praɪst æt 200 ɔl əv ðə dɪˈvaɪsɪz ər ˈkərəntli praɪst bɪtˈwin 32 ənd 65 ˈjuˈɛs. fər ðə ˈrɛkərd, ðiz ˈpraɪsɪz ər ˈækjərət ɛz əv dɪˈsɛmbər 2016 ðə proʊ boʊsts ðə nuər ˈprɑˌsɛsər. ðɪs ɪz stɪl ə gʊd pərˈfɔrmɪŋ chipset*, ənd ðə wən faʊnd ɪn boʊθ ðə ˈmɪnɪks ˈnioʊ ənd wən. ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðɪs ɪz ə nuər chipset*, ðə stɪl keɪm aʊt ɪn ðə ˈlætər hæf əv 2015 ɪf ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðə pərˈfɔrməns ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə ɪn ðə ənd ðə ɪn ðə proʊ, dɪd ə kəmˈpɛrəsən tɛst bæk ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2015 ˈkɔʃən, ə ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈɑrtɪkəl, soʊ ɪt meɪ bi ə bɪt ˈhɛvi fər ðə ˈkæʒəwəl ˈridər. æt, ˈsɪmələr dɪˈvaɪsɪz reɪnʤ bɪtˈwin 36 ənd 79 ˈjuˈɛs ɪkˈskludɪŋ ðə 26 ˈænˌdrɔɪd stɪk. tɪ bi fɛr, ˈænˌdrɔɪd stɪk ˈnɔrməli hæv lɛs ˈfiʧərz ðən ðɛr ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən bɑks ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts. kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ɔn kɔst ən kəmˈpɛrəsən. əˈgɛn, ðiz ˈpraɪsɪz ər ˈækjərət ɛz əv dɪˈsɛmbər, 2016 kɔsts haʊ məʧ??? ɪf bɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ əˈlɔŋ, ˈprɑbəˌbli gɑt ə gʊd aɪˈdiə ðət aɪ θɪŋk ə bɑks ɪz ˈoʊvərˌpraɪst. bət ʤɪst haʊ məʧ ər ðeɪ? ə bɑks ɪz ˈoʊvər ˈsɛvən taɪmz mɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ðən ðeɪ nid tɪ bi! ˈsɪriəsli. aɪ dɪd ðə mæθ. ɪf ju lʊk æt ðə naɪn (ˈnɔrməl) ˈbɑksɪz ɪn ðə ˈɪmɪʤ əˈbəv, ðɛr ˈævərɪʤ kɔst ɪz kəmˈpɛr ðət tɪ ðə 349 ðət ˈʧɑrʤɪz fər ðə ənd taɪmz mɔr ðən ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈænˌdrɔɪd bɑks. ðə ˈævərɪʤ kɔst əv ðə twɛlv ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈbɑksɪz æt ɪz ðət wərks aʊt tɪ bi taɪmz mɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ðən ðə ˈævərɪʤ! wɪθ ðət məʧ ˈmɑrˌkəp, ðɛr ˈbɛtər bi səm ˈkɪlər ˈfiʧərz, raɪt? ɪgˈzæktli. səˈpɔrt ˈnɛtˌwərk ðə səˈpɔrt ɪz ˈhændəld ˈiðər baɪ ˈfɔrəm, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk grup ər ˈviə iˈmeɪl. noʊ ˈɔpʃən tɪ tɔk tɪ ə lɪv səˈpɔrt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv ðət aɪ kən faɪnd ɔn ðɛr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. aɪ wɪl seɪ ðət ðə rɪˈspɑns taɪm ɔn ðɛr əˈfɪʃəl ˈfeɪsˌbʊk grup ɪz ˈɛvədəntli ˈvɛri kwɪk. ˈɔlsoʊ ə nuz feed”*” wɪʧ saʊnz laɪk ə greɪt weɪ tɪ kip ˈjuzərz ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əv ˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ɪkˈsɛpt ðət ɪt tɪ ə ˈtəmblər peɪʤ wɪθ θri poʊsts ɔn ɪt. ðə fərst ɪz frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2nd*, 2016 ənd ðɛn ðə ˈəðər tu frəm dɪˈsɛmbər ənd dɪˈsɛmbər 27th*, 2016 aɪ gɛs ɪt wɑz ə sloʊ æt. ðə læk əv lɪv, ˈpərsɪnəl səˈpɔrt ɪz ə bɪg straɪk əˈgɛnst. ɪf peɪɪŋ ə ˈprimiəm praɪs fər ˈsəmθɪŋ, aɪ ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ tɔk tɪ ˈsəmˌwən ɪn ˈpərsən wɪn aɪ hæv ə ˈprɑbləm. ˈɑrgjuəbli ðə meɪn ˈbɛnəfɪt tɪ baɪɪŋ ə bɑks ɪz ðə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm səbˈskrɪpʃən tɪ. wət ɪz? ɪt ɪz ən səbˈskrɪpʃən ˈsərvɪs wɪʧ ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪz ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt æt jʊr fingertips!”*!” ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ɪz əˈfɪliˌeɪtɪd wɪθ, bət aɪ ˈeɪbəl tɪ kənˈfərm ðət, ənd ðeɪ dɪd nɑt riˈpleɪ tɪ maɪ iˈmeɪl kˈwɛʃən æt ðə taɪm əv ðɪs ˈraɪtɪŋ. ˈbeɪsɪkli ə peɪd wɪʧ həz peɪd strimz soʊ ɪt ˈpərpəsfəli ˈlɪmɪts ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɔn tɪ ðə strimz æt ˈɛni taɪm. ɪn ˈθɪri, ju kən gɪt ənd ˈprimiəm ˈʧænəlz ɛz pɑrt əv jʊr səbˈskrɪpʃən kɔst. aɪ goʊ ˈɪntu waɪ aɪ θɪŋk ðiz ˈsərvɪsɪz ər ə bæd aɪˈdiə hir, bət aɪ wɪl ˈstrɔŋli ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ˈjuzɪŋ ə ɪf ju ʧuz tɪ səbˈskraɪb tɪ ər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈsərvɪs əv ðɪs taɪp. ˈivɪn ðɛn, ju ˈprɑbəˌbli bi prəˈtɛktɪd wɪn ðiz ˈfaɪnəli bɪˈkəm ˌɪˈligəl tɪ juz. ˈæftər ɔl, ɔˈrɛdi hæv jʊr əˈkaʊnt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən soʊ ðeɪ noʊ wɛr ju lɪv. wət aɪ wɪl du ðoʊ, ɪz ʃoʊ waɪ ˈivɪn wɪθ ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm səbˈskrɪpʃən tɪ ˈiðər bɑks ɪz stɪl ˈoʊvərˌpraɪst. ðə ˈɪmɪʤ bɪˈloʊ ɪz ˈteɪkən frəm ənd ʃoʊz ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈpraɪsɪŋ tirz fər ðɛr ˈsərvɪs. aɪ wɪl gɪv ðɛm ˈkrɛdɪt fər ˈɔfərɪŋ ə bənʧ əv ˈdɪfərənt weɪz tɪ saɪn əp wɪθ ðə ˈsərvɪs. ju kən hæv ə 24 aʊər traɪəl ər ʧuz tɪ peɪ ˈmənθli, semi-annually*, ˈænjuəli ər ˈivɪn ə ˈwəˌtaɪm ˈpeɪmənt fər ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm ˈækˌsɛs. ɛz ju kən si, ˈɔfərz ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm səbˈskrɪpʃən fər interesting…*… ðə ˈsərvɪs ɪz əˈveɪləbəl ɔn ˈdɪfərənt ˈhɑrdˌwɛr, soʊ ju nid ə bɑks tɪ juz ɪt. soʊ lɛt mi breɪk aʊt maɪ ˈkælkjəˌleɪtər əˈgɛn: 349 ˈvælju əv ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm səbˈskrɪpʃən: 149 ˈtoʊtəl ˈvælju əv ˈhɑrdˌwɛr: 200 proʊ: 449 ˈvælju əv ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm səbˈskrɪpʃən: 149 ˈtoʊtəl ˈvælju əv proʊ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr: 300 ɪz ˌoʊvərˈʧɑrʤɪŋ ðɛr ˈkəstəmərz bɪtˈwin pər dɪˈvaɪs! kən aɪ gɪt ɪt ˈʧipər ɔn ˈiˌbeɪ ər ˈæməˌzɑn? ju kʊd, ˈprɑbəˌbli. but…*… goʊz aʊt əv ðɛr weɪ tɪ meɪk ɪt ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ juz ˈɛniˌwən bət ðɛr ˈɔθərˌaɪzd riˈsɛlərz (mɔr ɔn ðət ɪn ə ˈmɪnət). ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər 2015 ðeɪ ˌənˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəsli toʊld ðɛr ˈkəstəmərz ðət ˈɛni dɪˈvaɪs ˈpərʧəst ˈæməˌzɑn ər ˈiˌbeɪ ˈæftər ər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈkəvərd ˈəndər ˈwɔrənti, səˈpɔrtɪd, ənd wɪl bi ʃət off.”*.” bət ˈwəri. ɪf ju ˈhæpənd tɪ baɪ jʊr dɪˈvaɪs ɔn ˈiˌbeɪ ər ˈæməˌzɑn ənd ˈsədənli faɪnd ˈjɔrsɛlf wɪθ ə ˈvɛri ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈpeɪpərˌweɪt, wɪl bi ˈhæpi tɪ sɛl ju əˈnəðər wən əv ðɛr dɪˈvaɪsɪz wɪθ ə smɔl ˈdɪskaʊnt. ˈæftər ˈsərtənli hæv ə ˈhɛlθi ˈprɑfɪt ˈmɑrʤən, raɪt? aɪ ˈkænɑt pʊt ˈɪntu wərdz haʊ dɪsˈgəstɪd aɪ æm baɪ ðɪs. ɪf ju ər ə ˌmænjəˈfækʧərər əv ə ˈprɑdəkt, ðɛn ju hæv ðə ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ səˈpɔrt jʊr ˈprɑdəkt noʊ ˈmætər wɛr ɪt wɑz ˈpərʧəst frəm. waɪ ə ˈwɔrənti ɪgˈzɪsts. aɪ wɪl liv ɪt tɪ ˈligəl prəˈfɛʃənəlz tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt ɪf ðət ɪz wɪˈθɪn ðə baʊndz əv ðə lɔ, bət maɪ əˈpɪnjən ɪz ðət ə ˈprɪti weɪ tɪ teɪk kɛr əv jʊr ˈkəstəmərz. wət dɪz tim θɪŋk əˈbaʊt? ðɛr ər ˈoʊnli ə ˈkəpəl əv ˈrɛfərənsɪz tɪ ðə bɑks ɔn kodi.tv*, bət wən dɪˈskəʃən ðət ˈrɪli stændz aʊt tɪ mi. nɛd skɑt, ðə ˈfɔrmər tim ˈmɛmbər ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə ˈwɪˌki, ənd dɪˈvɛləpər, hu kriˈeɪtɪd ðə box”*” gaɪd boʊθ ʧaɪmd ɪn ɔn ðə bɑks ənd ðeɪ mɪns ðɛr wərdz. ɪn wərdz, noʊ ˈpipəl nid tɪ meɪk ə ˈprɑfɪt, bət ðə praɪs ˈsɛlɪŋ ðɛr ˈprɑdəkt æt ɪz æt scam-levels.”*.” ˈmɑdərˌeɪtər wɛnt ˈivɪn ˈfɑrðər: dɪˈvaɪs ɪz ə ˈoʊpən sɔrs ˈvaɪəˌleɪtər bɑks ənd ˈæˌkʧuəli ˌɪˈligəl tɪ sɛl ɪn ɪts ˈkɑrənt fɔrm. ðɪs sɔrt əv ˈpræktɪs ˈpɪˌsɪz dɪˈvɛləpərz ənd ðə ˈoʊpən sɔrs kəmˈjunɪti ɔf noʊ ɛnd. ər ˈfriˌloʊdərz, ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈstilɪŋ ˈəðər ˈpipəl hɑrd wərk ənˈlɛs ðeɪ ʃoʊ ˈjuˈɛs ðɪs ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd koʊd. ðɪs ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ən ˌɪˈligəl skæm ˈpaɪrət bɑks, soʊld æt ə rəˈdɪkjələsli ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd praɪs tɪ ful məmz ənd dædz ənd ʤoʊ ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntu ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ɪts ˈlɛʤɪt. waɪ ər ðɛr soʊ ˈmɛni ˈwɛbˌsaɪts prəˈmoʊtɪŋ? æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, ju maɪt bi ˈwəndərɪŋ waɪ ðɛr ər soʊ ˈmɛni ˈwɛbˌsaɪts prəˈmoʊtɪŋ. wɛl, ɪt tərnz aʊt ðeɪ du ɪt bɪˈkəz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈsɛlɪŋ ðə ˈbɑksɪz ðɛmˈsɛlvz. prəˈmoʊts riˈsɛlər ˈproʊˌgræm dɪˈrɛkli ɔn ðə frənt peɪʤ əv ðɛr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ənd ˈprɑməsəz ən ˈpɑrtˈtaɪm ˈɪnˌkəm əv ər ə ˈfʊlˌtaɪm ˈɪnˌkəm aɪ ˈwəndər haʊ ðeɪ kən meɪk ðət məʧ ˈsɛlɪŋ ə bɑks? ɪf ju ˈgugəl ““streamsmart”*” ju kən kˈwɪkli faɪnd ˈsɛvərəl əv ðiz riˈsɛlərz laɪk streamingsmart*, ˈkæptən ənd myfreecable.tv*. tɪ bi fɛr, seɪ əˈgɛn ðət aɪ hæv ˈnəθɪŋ əˈgɛnst smɔl ˈbɪznɪsɪz ər ˈsɛlɪŋ jʊr ˈnɑlɪʤ fər ə fi. bət wɪn dɪˈlɪbərətli jʊr wɛr aɪ drɔ ðə laɪn. waɪ ər ðɛr noʊ rəvˈjuz? ə ˈrɪli gʊd kˈwɛʃən. aɪ traɪd ˈsərʧɪŋ fər ˈɛni rəvˈjuz bət kʊd ˈoʊnli faɪnd ə fju ““unboxing”*” ˈvɪdioʊz. ðɛr wɑz ˈnəθɪŋ ðət aɪ kʊd si ðət wʊd ʃoʊ ˈɛni ˈbɛnʧˌmɑrk tɛsts ər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈprɑdəkt ˈəðər ðən ˈbeɪsɪk ˈɪnərˌfeɪs. ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ðɛr ˈɛni rəvˈjuz bɪˈkəz ðə bɑks ɪz soʊ ɪkˈspɛnsɪv. ˈmɛni əv ðə ˌrivˈju saɪts ʤɪst ˈstɑrtɪŋ aʊt ˈpərʧəs ðɛr oʊn ˈprɑdəkts fər ˌrivˈju. ə bɑks ðət kɔsts 449 ɪz məʧ lɛs ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi rivˈjud ðən ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət kɔsts 50 mɔr ɪˈstæblɪʃt rivˈjuərz wɪl ˈlaɪkli pʊt ðə bɑks θru ˈrɪgərəs ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd ðət wɪl bi bæd prɛs fər ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. ðɛr ər ˈbɛtər ˈɔpʃənz: maɪ tɔp pɪks fər bɛst ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən bɑks əv 2018 tu ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr dɪˈkoʊdɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr dɪˈkoʊdɪŋ daɪˈnæmɪk rɪˈfrɛʃ reɪt sˈwɪʧɪŋ rɛd mɔr baɪ naʊ ˈoʊvər 400 ˈkɔrsɪz ənd 80 gɪˈtɑr ˈtiʧərz tɪ ʧuz frəm ˈoʊvər 400 ˈkɔrsɪz ənd 80 gɪˈtɑr ˈtiʧərz tɪ ʧuz frəm ˈmæsɪv ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv sɔŋz tɪ ʧoʊz frəm ˈmæsɪv ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv sɔŋz tɪ ʧoʊz frəm fri traɪəl pləs 100 ˈməni bæk ˌgɛrənˈti ʃild ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈoʊtə ˈəpˌdeɪts ˈoʊtə ˈəpˌdeɪts ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən əv rɛd mɔr baɪ naʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈoʊtə ˈəpˌdeɪts ˈoʊtə ˈəpˌdeɪts ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən əv ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ daɪˈnæmɪk rɪˈfrɛʃ reɪt sˈwɪʧɪŋ daɪˈnæmɪk rɪˈfrɛʃ reɪt sˈwɪʧɪŋ ˈwaɪˌfaɪ ˈiθərˌnɛt rɛd mɔr baɪ naʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ daɪˈnæmɪk rɪˈfrɛʃ reɪt sˈwɪʧɪŋ daɪˈnæmɪk rɪˈfrɛʃ reɪt sˈwɪʧɪŋ ˈwaɪˌfaɪ ˈiθərˌnɛt ˈæməˌzɑn faɪər ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ faɪər ɑs prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri ˈvərʒən əv ˈænˌdrɔɪd faɪər ɑs prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri ˈvərʒən əv ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈoʊtə ˈəpˌdeɪts rɛd mɔr baɪ naʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ faɪər ɑs prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri ˈvərʒən əv ˈænˌdrɔɪd faɪər ɑs prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri ˈvərʒən əv ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈoʊtə ˈəpˌdeɪts æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, aɪ θɪŋk ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ju baɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈəðər ðən ə bɑks. aɪ pʊt aʊt ə lɪst əv wət aɪ θɪŋk ər ðə bɛst ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈbɑksɪz ɔn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt. ju kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli baɪ ɔl θri dɪˈvaɪsɪz ɔn ðət lɪst fər lɛs ðən ðə kɔst əv ðə proʊ. ɪf ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə gʊd, ʧip bɑks, gɑt səm aɪˈdiəz ɔn ðət tu. ju bi ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ə dɪˈvaɪs ðət kɔsts ˈoʊvər 400 ðət ˈkətɪŋ ɛʤ. wət ʃʊd ju du ɪf ˈsəmˌwən traɪz tɪ sɛl ju ə ər proʊ? laugh…*… ..ðɛn wɔk əˈweɪ kˈwɪkli. hæv ju juzd ə bɑks? wət du ju θɪŋk? tɛl mi əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts bɪˈloʊ!
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“fog of war” is the result of the continuous attention paid to stories and a superb cast which, when given some serious heavy thematic lifting to do, continually rises to the occasion. somewhere over the course of its first season, the 100 moved from being a solid but unremarkable teen drama, to a complex, intricate musing on morality, politics, colonialism, and bureaucracy. almost halfway through its second season, the show is using its detailed world building and cast of characters to explore the physical and psychological costs of war. remarkable about “fog of war” is that, in terms of actual physical movement and action, not a whole lot happens. the majority of the episode sees characters confined to tight spaces; not much running and gunning, no real movement in terms of military action. but wars all action. a lot of strategizing, second-guessing, and eerie silences that serve to accentuate the harsh, quick brutality of the violence.
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clarke, along with abigail, finn, bellamy, octavia, and raven, have decided to head to mount weather to destroy a tower jamming their radio frequencies, which is keeping them from contacting any other potential ark survivors. they get within sight of the tower, but then another acid fog rolls which we learn later in the episode is actually a weapon used by mount weather. bellamy and octavia, having split from the group to find a way into mount weather against orders, take shelter in an underground parking garage, a remnant of the old world. meanwhile, clarke and finn are confined to the bunker where they had sex last season; or, more recently, where finn shot his first of many in a single episode. raven and abigail set up the tent they were carrying with them just in time. the characters spend the majority of the episode trapped in these places, but since the characterization on the 100 is so strong, it hardly matters that not moving.
raven realizes that a single radio frequency is clear, and that it belongs to mount weather. after cracking the encryption, her and abigail can listen in on the enemy, and therefore decide that blowing up the tower in their best interest. not only does this create a new narrative possibility, giving the people of the ark the upper hand, it gives raven a chance to shine. the 100 might have the best set of female characters on television; strong and smart, but never without flaws or complexities. wonderful to see raven as a tech geek, a role so typically given to a skinny white guy and played for laughs. here, raven is far from a joke; integral to giving her people a strategic advantage in their war against mount weather.
the scenes in the underground garage are some of the most tense and beautifully shot moments of the season. the lighting and cinematography, all shadows and dust, has the effect of not only suggesting an eerie emptiness, but also making us feel claustrophobic. those ideas run contrary to one another, and that creates tension. complained throughout this season that octavia been given much to do and that her storyline with lincoln is based on a flimsy, undercooked romance, but the devastation on her face when she discovers that lincoln is now a reaper was worth the wait. an emotional moment, and not only gives us insight into her psyche, but also gives her motivation going forward in this war.
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finn and clarke get a ton of screen time, but they make use of what little they have. after last massacre, both of them are clearly reeling. “i even know who you are anymore,” says clarke. finn replies, “neither do i.” long been understood that these kids are making decisions well beyond their years, but their scenes in this episode are some of the deepest psychological exploration the show has delved into so far. finn and clarke just dealing with the massacre; their body language, their eyes, their exhaustion all suggest that their dealing with everything, from being sent to earth to die, to losing members of the original 100, to having to decide when to torture a hostage. contemplating their new life, and wondering when the constant state of anxiety will end.
it’s not just the female characters on this show that are complex, but the storylines too. the first few episodes of this season, while solid, lacked a certain narrative focus. with “fog of war,” everything is starting to fall into place. every decision made has a consequence, and not just an immediate one. while and kane are imprisoned by the, they are told to fight one another for peace. when one of them dies, therefore for the massacre on their people, peace talks might begin. a knife is thrown between them, and a grounder named is told to bear witness. the first kane and have heard of the massacre, and fills them in on the details. actions merely a plot point for his psychological unraveling; his actions have consequences, influencing the attempt at democracy undertaken by kane and. ultimately, a bargain is made. turns out to be the commander of the (another female character in a prominent role of power!! i love you, the 100), and after witnessing attempt to sacrifice himself for his people, she agrees to let them go. the catch: is to be made an example of. sent back to first appearance a message: the people of the ark have two days to leave or they will die.
at mount weather, confinement is just a given, but the extent of that confinement is revealed further. not only do we learn of their attempts to jam radio frequencies and use the acid fog as a weapon, but jasper and monty learn about their harvesting. maya comes to them for help, because scared of what will happen to them. clear that after successful recovery from the radiation exposure (which was a planned leak; president wallace suspects it was the work of his son), certain members of mount weather will do anything to harvest them. thus, jasper, monty, and maya, along with some of the shows tertiary characters, begin to plan an escape. again, not real movement here, but the power of the narrative is in the deliberation. a constant theme in this show is how afraid we should all be of existing power structures. just watch the news lately and see plenty of evidence that some of those who are put in power to protect us always live up to that standard. mount weather is no different, a political and militarized body of power that seems to mistake oppression for safety.
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in so many ways, “fog of war” is a remarkable episode of television. it manages to clearly establish a number of storylines while never once feeling complacent. more than that though, it puts it characters first, using their and personalities to muse on larger themes of moral responsibility, what it means to establish ”civility,” and the uncertainty that comes with war.
stray observations:
first things first: this popped into my twitter timeline via a.v. club colleague carrie raisler the other day, and it made me feel so many things that i just had to share.
the only thing stopping me from giving this episode an ‘a’ is the way the writers seemed to gloss over massacre at the end of the episode. raven basically forgives him, saying ”we all have battle scars.” umm, he killed a bunch of unarmed men, women, and children. not exactly a battle scar. hoping not the end of the talk about reprehensible actions.
so the plan is to bring lincoln back him, presumably? if the can be saved, add another moral conundrum into the mix.
i’m excited for and everything she might bring to this story.
the creepy toy version of “carol of the bells” was for the tone of the scene in the underground garage when the attack.
raven knows who runs the show around here: “tough call. i know what clarke would do.” if anyone wants to make and mail me a “what would clark griffin do?” bracelet, totally okay with that.
president wallace, showing a bit of poetic empathy: “if i give the order to harvest these kids, i deserve to see it [outside mount weather] again.”
“beat it, murphy.” seriously, raven rules.
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ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən rəvˈjuz ɔl əv ɑr ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən rəvˈjuz ɪn wən kənˈvinjənt pleɪs. əv war”*” ɪz ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə kənˈtɪnjuəs əˈtɛnʃən peɪd tɪ ˈstɔriz ənd ə sʊˈpərb kæst wɪʧ, wɪn ˈgɪvɪn səm ˈsɪriəs ˈhɛvi θiˈmætɪk ˈlɪftɪŋ tɪ du, kənˈtɪnjuəli ˈraɪzɪz tɪ ðə əˈkeɪʒən. ˈsəmˌwɛr ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ɪts fərst ˈsizən, ðə 100 muvd frəm biɪŋ ə ˈsɑləd bət ənrɪˈmɑrkəbəl tin ˈdrɑmə, tɪ ə ˈkɑmplɛks, ˈɪntrəkət mˈjuzɪŋ ɔn ˌmɔˈræləˌti, ˈpɑləˌtɪks, kəˈloʊniəˌlɪzəm, ənd bjʊˈrɑkrəsi. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈhæfˈweɪ θru ɪts ˈsɛkənd ˈsizən, ðə ʃoʊ ɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts dɪˈteɪld wərld ˈbɪldɪŋ ənd kæst əv ˈkɛrɪktərz tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr ðə ˈfɪzɪkəl ənd ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl kɔsts əv wɔr. rɪˈmɑrkəbəl əˈbaʊt əv war”*” ɪz ðət, ɪn tərmz əv ˈækʧəwəl ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈmuvmənt ənd ˈækʃən, nɑt ə hoʊl lɔt ˈhæpənz. ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd siz ˈkɛrɪktərz kənˈfaɪnd tɪ taɪt ˈspeɪsɪz; nɑt məʧ ˈrənɪŋ ənd ˈgənɪŋ, noʊ ril ˈmuvmənt ɪn tərmz əv ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈækʃən. bət wɔrz ɔl ˈækʃən. ə lɔt əv ˈstrætəʤaɪzɪŋ, second-guessing*, ənd ˈɪri ˈsaɪlənsɪz ðət sərv tɪ ækˈsɛnʧueɪt ðə hɑrʃ, kwɪk bruˈtælɪti əv ðə ˈvaɪələns. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt klɑrk, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈæbəˌgeɪl, fɪn, ˈbɛləmi, ɑkˈteɪviə, ənd ˈreɪvən, hæv ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ hɛd tɪ maʊnt ˈwɛðər tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ə taʊər ˈʤæmɪŋ ðɛr ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈfrikwənsiz, wɪʧ ɪz ˈkipɪŋ ðɛm frəm ˈkɑnˌtæktɪŋ ˈɛni ˈəðər pəˈtɛnʃəl ɑrk sərˈvaɪvərz. ðeɪ gɪt wɪˈθɪn saɪt əv ðə taʊər, bət ðɛn əˈnəðər ˈæsəd fɔg roʊlz wɪʧ wi lərn ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ə ˈwɛpən juzd baɪ maʊnt ˈwɛðər. ˈbɛləmi ənd ɑkˈteɪviə, ˈhævɪŋ splɪt frəm ðə grup tɪ faɪnd ə weɪ ˈɪntu maʊnt ˈwɛðər əˈgɛnst ˈɔrdərz, teɪk ˈʃɛltər ɪn ən ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈpɑrkɪŋ gərɑʒ, ə ˈrɛmnənt əv ðə oʊld wərld. ˈminˌwaɪl, klɑrk ənd fɪn ər kənˈfaɪnd tɪ ðə ˈbəŋkər wɛr ðeɪ hæd sɛks læst ˈsizən; ər, mɔr ˈrisəntli, wɛr fɪn ʃɑt hɪz fərst əv ˈmɛni ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd. ˈreɪvən ənd ˈæbəˌgeɪl sɛt əp ðə tɛnt ðeɪ wər ˈkɛriɪŋ wɪθ ðɛm ʤɪst ɪn taɪm. ðə ˈkɛrɪktərz spɛnd ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd træpt ɪn ðiz ˈpleɪsɪz, bət sɪns ðə ˌkɛrɪktərɪˈzeɪʃən ɔn ðə 100 ɪz soʊ strɔŋ, ɪt ˈhɑrdli ˈmætərz ðət nɑt ˈmuvɪŋ. ˈreɪvən ˈriəˌlaɪzɪz ðət ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈfrikwənsi ɪz klɪr, ənd ðət ɪt bɪˈlɔŋz tɪ maʊnt ˈwɛðər. ˈæftər ˈkrækɪŋ ðə ɛnˈkrɪpʃən, hər ənd ˈæbəˌgeɪl kən ˈlɪsən ɪn ɔn ðə ˈɛnəmi, ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˌdɪˈsaɪd ðət bloʊɪŋ əp ðə taʊər ɪn ðɛr bɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst. nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪz ðɪs kriˈeɪt ə nu ˈnɛrətɪv ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti, ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə ˈpipəl əv ðə ɑrk ðə ˈəpər hænd, ɪt gɪvz ˈreɪvən ə ʧæns tɪ ʃaɪn. ðə 100 maɪt hæv ðə bɛst sɛt əv ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈkɛrɪktərz ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən; strɔŋ ənd smɑrt, bət ˈnɛvər wɪˈθaʊt flɔz ər kəmˈplɛksɪtiz. ˈwəndərfəl tɪ si ˈreɪvən ɛz ə tɛk gik, ə roʊl soʊ ˈtɪpɪkəli ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ə ˈskɪni waɪt gaɪ ənd pleɪd fər læfs. hir, ˈreɪvən ɪz fɑr frəm ə ʤoʊk; ˈɪnəgrəl tɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ hər ˈpipəl ə strəˈtiʤɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ ɪn ðɛr wɔr əˈgɛnst maʊnt ˈwɛðər. ðə sinz ɪn ðə ˈəndərˌgraʊnd gərɑʒ ər səm əv ðə moʊst tɛns ənd ˈbjutəfli ʃɑt ˈmoʊmənts əv ðə ˈsizən. ðə ˈlaɪtɪŋ ənd ˌsɪnɪməˈtɑgrəfi, ɔl ˈʃæˌdoʊz ənd dəst, həz ðə ˈifɛkt əv nɑt ˈoʊnli səˈʤɛstɪŋ ən ˈɪri ˈɛmtinəs, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs fil ˌklɔstrəˈfoʊbɪk. ðoʊz aɪˈdiəz rən ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ wən əˈnəðər, ənd ðət kriˈeɪts ˈtɛnʃən. kəmˈpleɪnd θruaʊt ðɪs ˈsizən ðət ɑkˈteɪviə bɪn ˈgɪvɪn məʧ tɪ du ənd ðət hər ˈstɔriˌlaɪn wɪθ ˈlɪŋkən ɪz beɪst ɔn ə ˈflɪmzi, əndərˈkʊkt ˈroʊmæns, bət ðə ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃən ɔn hər feɪs wɪn ʃi dɪˈskəvərz ðət ˈlɪŋkən ɪz naʊ ə ˈripər wɑz wərθ ðə weɪt. ən ˈiˌmoʊʃənəl ˈmoʊmənt, ənd nɑt ˈoʊnli gɪvz ˈjuˈɛs ˈɪnˌsaɪt ˈɪntu hər ˈsaɪki, bət ˈɔlsoʊ gɪvz hər ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən goʊɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ðɪs wɔr. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt fɪn ənd klɑrk gɪt ə tən əv skrin taɪm, bət ðeɪ meɪk juz əv wət ˈlɪtəl ðeɪ hæv. ˈæftər læst ˈmæsəkər, boʊθ əv ðɛm ər ˈklɪrli ˈrilɪŋ. ˈivɪn noʊ hu ju ər anymore,”*,” sɪz klɑrk. fɪn rɪˈplaɪz, du i.”*.” lɔŋ bɪn ˌəndərˈstʊd ðət ðiz kɪdz ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ dɪˈsɪʒənz wɛl bɪɔnd ðɛr jɪrz, bət ðɛr sinz ɪn ðɪs ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ər səm əv ðə ˈdipəst ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ðə ʃoʊ həz dɛlvd ˈɪntu soʊ fɑr. fɪn ənd klɑrk ʤɪst ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈmæsəkər; ðɛr ˈbɑdi ˈlæŋgwɪʤ, ðɛr aɪz, ðɛr ɪgˈzɔsʧən ɔl səˈʤɛst ðət ðɛr ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ, frəm biɪŋ sɛnt tɪ ərθ tɪ daɪ, tɪ ˈluzɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl 100 tɪ ˈhævɪŋ tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd wɪn tɪ ˈtɔrʧər ə ˈhɑstɪʤ. ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪŋ ðɛr nu laɪf, ənd ˈwəndərɪŋ wɪn ðə ˈkɑnstənt steɪt əv æŋˈzaɪəti wɪl ɛnd. nɑt ʤɪst ðə ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈkɛrɪktərz ɔn ðɪs ʃoʊ ðət ər ˈkɑmplɛks, bət ðə ˈstɔriˌlaɪnz tu. ðə fərst fju ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz əv ðɪs ˈsizən, waɪl ˈsɑləd, lækt ə ˈsərtən ˈnɛrətɪv ˈfoʊkɪs. wɪθ əv war,”*,” ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪz ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ fɔl ˈɪntu pleɪs. ˈɛvəri dɪˈsɪʒən meɪd həz ə ˈkɑnsəkwəns, ənd nɑt ʤɪst ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət wən. waɪl ənd keɪn ər ˌɪmˈprɪzənd baɪ ðə, ðeɪ ər toʊld tɪ faɪt wən əˈnəðər fər pis. wɪn wən əv ðɛm daɪz, ˈðɛrˌfɔr fər ðə ˈmæsəkər ɔn ðɛr ˈpipəl, pis tɔks maɪt bɪˈgɪn. ə naɪf ɪz θroʊn bɪtˈwin ðɛm, ənd ə ˈgraʊndər neɪmd ɪz toʊld tɪ bɛr ˈwɪtnəs. ðə fərst keɪn ənd hæv hərd əv ðə ˈmæsəkər, ənd fɪlz ðɛm ɪn ɔn ðə ˈditeɪlz. ˈækʃənz ˈmɪrli ə plɑt pɔɪnt fər hɪz ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ənˈrævəlɪŋ; hɪz ˈækʃənz hæv ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz, ˈɪnˌfluənsɪŋ ðə əˈtɛmpt æt dɪˈmɑkrəsi ˈəndərˌteɪkən baɪ keɪn ənd. ˈəltəmətli, ə ˈbɑrgɪn ɪz meɪd. tərnz aʊt tɪ bi ðə kəˈmændər əv ðə (əˈnəðər ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈkɛrɪktər ɪn ə ˈprɑmənənt roʊl əv paʊər!! aɪ ləv ju, ðə 100 ənd ˈæftər ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈsækrəˌfaɪs hɪmˈsɛlf fər hɪz ˈpipəl, ʃi əˈgriz tɪ lɛt ðɛm goʊ. ðə kæʧ: ɪz tɪ bi meɪd ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv. sɛnt bæk tɪ fərst əˈpɪrəns ə ˈmɛsɪʤ: ðə ˈpipəl əv ðə ɑrk hæv tu deɪz tɪ liv ər ðeɪ wɪl daɪ. æt maʊnt ˈwɛðər, kənˈfaɪnmənt ɪz ʤɪst ə ˈgɪvɪn, bət ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðət kənˈfaɪnmənt ɪz rɪˈvild ˈfərðər. nɑt ˈoʊnli du wi lərn əv ðɛr əˈtɛmpts tɪ ʤæm ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈfrikwənsiz ənd juz ðə ˈæsəd fɔg ɛz ə ˈwɛpən, bət ˈʤæspər ənd ˈmɔnti lərn əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ. maɪə kəmz tɪ ðɛm fər hɛlp, bɪˈkəz skɛrd əv wət wɪl ˈhæpən tɪ ðɛm. klɪr ðət ˈæftər səkˈsɛsfəl rɪˈkəvəri frəm ðə ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ɪkˈspoʊʒər (wɪʧ wɑz ə plænd lik; ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈwɔlɪs ˈsəˌspɛkts ɪt wɑz ðə wərk əv hɪz sən), ˈsərtən ˈmɛmbərz əv maʊnt ˈwɛðər wɪl du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ ˈhɑrvəst ðɛm. ðəs, ˈʤæspər, ˈmɔnti, ənd maɪə, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ səm əv ðə ʃoʊz ˈtərʃəri ˈkɛrɪktərz, bɪˈgɪn tɪ plæn ən ɪˈskeɪp. əˈgɛn, nɑt ril ˈmuvmənt hir, bət ðə paʊər əv ðə ˈnɛrətɪv ɪz ɪn ðə dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃən. ə ˈkɑnstənt θim ɪn ðɪs ʃoʊ ɪz haʊ əˈfreɪd wi ʃʊd ɔl bi əv ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ paʊər ˈstrəkʧərz. ʤɪst wɔʧ ðə nuz ˈleɪtli ənd si ˈplɛnti əv ˈɛvədəns ðət səm əv ðoʊz hu ər pʊt ɪn paʊər tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈjuˈɛs ˈɔlˌweɪz lɪv əp tɪ ðət ˈstændərd. maʊnt ˈwɛðər ɪz noʊ ˈdɪfərənt, ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˈmɪlətərˌaɪzd ˈbɑdi əv paʊər ðət simz tɪ mɪˈsteɪk əˈprɛʃən fər ˈseɪfti. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ɪn soʊ ˈmɛni weɪz, əv war”*” ɪz ə rɪˈmɑrkəbəl ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən. ɪt ˈmænɪʤɪz tɪ ˈklɪrli ɪˈstæblɪʃ ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈstɔriˌlaɪnz waɪl ˈnɛvər wəns ˈfilɪŋ kəmˈpleɪsənt. mɔr ðən ðət ðoʊ, ɪt pʊts ɪt ˈkɛrɪktərz fərst, ˈjuzɪŋ ðɛr ənd ˌpərsəˈnælɪtiz tɪ mjuz ɔn ˈlɑrʤər θimz əv ˈmɔrəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti, wət ɪt minz tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ ””civility,”*,” ənd ðə ənˈsərtənti ðət kəmz wɪθ wɔr. streɪ ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃənz: fərst θɪŋz fərst: ðɪs pɑpt ˈɪntu maɪ tˈwɪtər ˈtaɪmlaɪn ˈviə a.v*. kləb ˈkɑlig ˈkɛri ˈreɪzlər ðə ˈəðər deɪ, ənd ɪt meɪd mi fil soʊ ˈmɛni θɪŋz ðət aɪ ʤɪst hæd tɪ ʃɛr. ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ˈstɑpɪŋ mi frəm ˈgɪvɪŋ ðɪs ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ən ‘‘a’*’ ɪz ðə weɪ ðə ˈraɪtərz simd tɪ glɔs ˈoʊvər ˈmæsəkər æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd. ˈreɪvən ˈbeɪsɪkli fərˈgɪvz ɪm, seɪɪŋ ɔl hæv ˈbætəl scars.”*.” əm, hi kɪld ə bənʧ əv əˈnɑrmd mɛn, ˈwɪmən, ənd ˈʧɪldrən. nɑt ɪgˈzæktli ə ˈbætəl skɑr. ˈhoʊpɪŋ nɑt ðə ɛnd əv ðə tɔk əˈbaʊt ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbəl ˈækʃənz. soʊ ðə plæn ɪz tɪ brɪŋ ˈlɪŋkən bæk ɪm, prɪˈzuməbli? ɪf ðə kən bi seɪvd, æd əˈnəðər ˈmɔrəl kəˈnəndrəm ˈɪntu ðə mɪks. ɪkˈsaɪtɪd fər ənd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ʃi maɪt brɪŋ tɪ ðɪs ˈstɔri. ðə ˈkripi tɔɪ ˈvərʒən əv əv ðə bells”*” wɑz fər ðə toʊn əv ðə sin ɪn ðə ˈəndərˌgraʊnd gərɑʒ wɪn ðə əˈtæk. ˈreɪvən noʊz hu rənz ðə ʃoʊ əraʊnd hir: kɔl. aɪ noʊ wət klɑrk wʊd do.”*.” ɪf ˈɛniˌwən wɔnts tɪ meɪk ənd meɪl mi ə wʊd klɑrk ˈgrɪfɪn do?”*?” ˈbreɪslət, ˈtoʊtəli ˌoʊˈkeɪ wɪθ ðət. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈwɔlɪs, ʃoʊɪŋ ə bɪt əv poʊˈɛtɪk ˈɛmpəθi: aɪ gɪv ðə ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈhɑrvəst ðiz kɪdz, aɪ dɪˈzərv tɪ si ɪt [ˈaʊtˈsaɪd maʊnt ˈwɛðər] again.”*.” ɪt, murphy.”*.” ˈsɪriəsli, ˈreɪvən rulz.
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los angeles kim kardashian and her sisters khloé and will be heading to armenia, the birthplace of their paternal grandparents, sometime in april, sources tell e! online.
e! says the specifics of the trip are still being worked out for their family milestone journey, but kim is set to take daughter north west with her, while will be traveling with kids mason, penelope and reign as well. several cousins are also expected to be along for the ride.
kim’s husband west will also make the trip, if he can squeeze it in between upcoming concert dates.
“visiting armenia has been on bucket list forever,” a family insider tells the entertainment website. “they are all so excited! they want to learn about their heritage.”
the sisters have always culturally identified with their armenian roots, according to e!, which notes that every year they pay tribute to victims of the armenian genocide, which occurred in what is now turkey.
in march of 2011, kim appeared on the cover of the inaugural issue of armenian edition. she was quoted in the magazine as saying, “my armenian heritage means a lot to me and been brought up to be incredibly proud of my background and culture. so as an woman it is a huge honor for me to be on the first ever armenian cosmopolitan cover.”
the kardashian sisters’ late father, robert kardashian, was born to parents and his were ethnic armenian immigrants from a part of turkey that at the time belonged to the russian empire.
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lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs kɪm ˈkɑdəˌʃeɪn ənd hər ˈsɪstərz khloé*é ənd wɪl bi ˈhɛdɪŋ tɪ ɑrˈminiə, ðə ˈbərθˌpleɪs əv ðɛr pəˈtərnəl ˈgrændˌpɛrənts, ˈsəmˌtaɪm ɪn ˈeɪprəl, ˈsɔrsəz tɛl i! ˈɔnˌlaɪn. i! sɪz ðə spɪˈsɪfɪks əv ðə trɪp ər stɪl biɪŋ wərkt aʊt fər ðɛr ˈfæməli ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn ˈʤərni, bət kɪm ɪz sɛt tɪ teɪk ˈdɔtər nɔrθ wɛst wɪθ hər, waɪl wɪl bi ˈtrævəlɪŋ wɪθ kɪdz ˈmeɪsən, pəˈnɛləpi ənd reɪn ɛz wɛl. ˈsɛvərəl ˈkəzənz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi əˈlɔŋ fər ðə raɪd. ˈhəzbənd wɛst wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ meɪk ðə trɪp, ɪf hi kən skwiz ɪt ɪn bɪtˈwin ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈkɑnsərt deɪts. ɑrˈminiə həz bɪn ɔn ˈbəkɪt lɪst forever,”*,” ə ˈfæməli ˌɪnˈsaɪdər tɛlz ðə ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ər ɔl soʊ ɪkˈsaɪtɪd! ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ lərn əˈbaʊt ðɛr heritage.”*.” ðə ˈsɪstərz hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈkəlʧərəˌli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd wɪθ ðɛr ɑrˈminiən ruts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ i!, wɪʧ noʊts ðət ˈɛvəri jɪr ðeɪ peɪ ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ˈvɪktɪmz əv ðə ɑrˈminiən ˈʤɛnəˌsaɪd, wɪʧ əˈkərd ɪn wət ɪz naʊ ˈtərki. ɪn mɑrʧ əv 2011 kɪm əˈpɪrd ɔn ðə ˈkəvər əv ðə ˌɪˈnɔgərəl ˈɪʃu əv ɑrˈminiən ɪˈdɪʃən. ʃi wɑz kˈwoʊtɪd ɪn ðə ˈmægəˌzin ɛz seɪɪŋ, ɑrˈminiən ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ minz ə lɔt tɪ mi ənd bɪn brɔt əp tɪ bi ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli praʊd əv maɪ ˈbækˌgraʊnd ənd ˈkəlʧər. soʊ ɛz ən ˈwʊmən ɪt ɪz ə juʤ ˈɑnər fər mi tɪ bi ɔn ðə fərst ˈɛvər ɑrˈminiən ˌkɑzməˈpɑlətən cover.”*.” ðə ˈkɑdəˌʃeɪn sisters’*’ leɪt ˈfɑðər, ˈrɑbərt ˈkɑdəˌʃeɪn, wɑz bɔrn tɪ ˈpɛrənts ənd hɪz wər ˈɛθnɪk ɑrˈminiən ˈɪməgrənts frəm ə pɑrt əv ˈtərki ðət æt ðə taɪm bɪˈlɔŋd tɪ ðə ˈrəʃən ˈɛmpaɪər.
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john waters, the american director and writer of indie films (hairspray, pink flamingoes), has been called a lot of different names, but on the phone he is a poised, delightful man in his seventies. like talking to vladimir nabokov, if he adored grindhouse.
in 1994, waters released serial mom, a black comedy about the matriarch of a suburban family. featuring kathleen turner as a spree murderer, the film garnered positive feedback from critics and box office death; it went on to became a cult favorite, like most of waters’ films. next month, shout! factory will the picture in a collector edition, featuring various extras. (and last month, there was a criterion release of multiple a good time to be a waters fan.) paste had the chance to interview the maestro of baltimore cinema.
john waters is exceedingly polite. john waters is a workaholic, so his time is tightly scheduled, but when he is with you, he is fully present. john waters seems to be without artifice. john waters wishes you to know that his obsessions and interests are sincere, and he is not winking when he makes these movies. his satires are volleys at the fortress of square life. god loves irony, but john waters does not.
“i love the man, i love the man dearly the boldest of the bold of the filmmakers; i wish i had the guts of this man,” werner herzog said of him. in conversation, john waters will tell you exactly what he is thinking on any given subject, but he is so charming about it. like most artists who have aroused controversy and affection, john waters seems to be both interested in your reaction to his work, and probably could not give two hoots in hell if you hated his guts.
what more can i do but give you the man himself?
paste: serial mom has become a classic. why do people like this movie so much?
waters: because mother, in a way, is a serial mom! everybody has pet had friends that they like. now, your mother go set them on fire, but you kind of, maybe, wish your mother did go back to school and murder a teacher that was unfair to you. this is a comedy, so we know not realistic, but i think everybody, in some way, wishes that they have a serial mom. in another way, this movie was done before o.j., and kind of a lot of similarities to the true crime genre and reality stuff they have on television. every crime they do over and over again on every channel, even if usually a classy channel like the history channel or discovery channel. so i think in a way we something pretty early.
paste: now if everybody has a mother like this serial mom
waters: everybody has a mother not quite like this, but everybody has a mother who has pet peeves. like your mother, what does she hate?
paste: she like rudeness, i suppose.
waters: okay, so she wants people to have some manners. my mother wanted that, too. and we need to learn good manners. now something i still believe in. […] very on the white after labor day. i think people should go to jail for think we need to bring back fashion jail.
paste: i read recently that you are on that feud show. you get on there?
waters: i had to keep that secret for a long time.
paste: can you tell our readers who william castle is and why you played him?
waters: it was interesting they asked me to play him because i really look like him. but i talk about him a lot. he had gimmicks in all his movies. he had skeletons that went out on wires and that went off under your feet. i kind of gave a tribute to him with in my film polyester, where you smells during the movie. i wrote the introduction to william biography when it was later promoted been a big william castle fan forever, so it was fun to play him. especially when i get to do a scene with jessica lange as joan crawford.
paste: that sounds really fun.
waters: well, all is slow. “hurry up and wait,” and slow, and slow. but i had a great time with jessica because i met her and i was still scared of her from her movie frances.
paste: everyone is excited about that show. i seen it yet myself.
waters: the matter with you?
paste: really busy. interviewing hollywood guys on the phone. what doing.
waters: oh, not a hollywood guy, a baltimore guy.
paste: did you ever see the wire?
waters: of course i saw it! i know david simon; i married him and his a minister. all the people who made the wire have worked for me.
(waters is a minister of the universal life church of modesto, calif. he was ordained in 1991 at the behest of j. depp, who wished waters to marry him to winona ryder. although the nuptials were never fulfilled, the rev. waters has joined thirteen couples in matrimony, with no divorces on his record.)
paste: what do you think about it, as a baltimorean?
waters: one of the best shows ever.
paste: i know baltimore that well, but i liked it very much.
waters: well, some parts of baltimore are exactly like that. we make real movies about real parts of baltimore. but also lots of places in baltimore, and nobody makes movies about these parts.
paste: that strange that happens? you have these movies which people say, “oh how odd, how strange.” but this stuff is going on around all of us all of the time people think that directors make all this stuff up, but the world is weird. just that it usually appear in movies or tv shows.
waters: when i went to madrid, i realized that everybody looks like a pedro movie. i mean, everybody! look at fellini movies. go to rome. people look like that! so in a way, not a big exaggeration. reflecting what you grew up in and the local color of the city that you grew up lucky enough to have any left.
paste: yeah, if it can be found. i think these things just get generated and people either choose to ignore them or go out to find it. for some people, like afraid of it or turned off by it. i really understand that myself.
waters: just like i am afraid of romantic comedies.
paste: why are you afraid of romantic comedies?
waters: they are horrible and predictable.
paste: yeah. nobody really runs into each other like they do in the movies; like a or something. never seen that happen.
waters: i guarantee you it will end badly.
paste: how do you mean?
waters: romance is now done in a “romantic” way because people over a certain age think how love should be. love is only like that in hollywood movies. very melodramatic.
paste: i like moonstruck for that reason. nic cage has that great speech about how love is a destructive. it kind of pops out of nowhere and a problem. never easy.
waters: being in love is a hard job.
paste: your stuff holds up so well. i see a lot of people try to make things that are seems that a lot of people are really bad at it.
waters: right now, hollywood makes comedies that are not one bit funny, so i think an issue. if just trying to try shock people, easy. not funny. you have to use that kind of material to change how people think about things, and look at different things in a new then it can be good. but just grossing them out is easy to do, and not so entertaining anymore.
paste: shocking, then?
waters: (with great emphasis) the president! the president is shocking! shocking? so many things. you pick up the newspaper every day, and shocking. but not a good shock.
paste: people keep describing you as “camp,” but i think “camp” is a real thing. i think a word that people make up to describe things they categorize.
waters: i used that word since talking about rita hayworth in an antique shop with a tiffany with several older gay gentlemen. not a word anybody uses anymore.
paste: thank you!
waters: not a word anybody uses. then the word became “trash.” people use so many words for the same thing. “camp” is the word they used, but i know anyone who says that word out loud.
paste: give you an example. i watched batman, the old batman show. when i saw this as a kid, i think it was supposed to be a satire. i just took it for real. it never occurred to me take it tongue-in-cheek.
waters: true. the thing we did in my films. like the russ meyer [exploitation] movies. the audiences wanted to see those movies. they thought that they were sexy. they thought that they were scary. they think they were funny; they think they were “so bad they were good.” people were jerking off to those movies, not laughing. the difference. my work was satirizing the genre. the genre got popular not for any irony reasons, but because they went further than other movies to offer audience something that people wanted to see, that hollywood giving them.
paste: i want to talk to you for a second about the wizard of oz something about that movie. you mentioned the wicked witch in one of your interviews. what is it about that character? something really ancient and powerful in that film it feels like older than the film made on. like we just discovered it. ...
waters: well, the wicked witch was great! i wanted to run off with her, and not go back to that smelly farm. she had that green skin. why i hated that musical wicked because they made my childhood heroine an ingénue. they made her make her pretty and make her sing power ballads! she was dropping houses on people! my name is waters, so i would hate it if water melted me. basically, i love the idea that she can only die if water got on her. and she wore a beautiful outfit.
paste: the other thing weird about it is that dorothy know killing her; she was just throwing it on the scarecrow, not on the witch.
waters: because of the fire.
paste: yeah, right. which is still pretty damn scary.
waters: well, they were already heroin addicts from walking through that poppy field, too. jonesing.
paste: yeah that up to something, too. he is spooky or suspicious even before you know a fraud.
waters: well, he was just smoke and mirrors. i got an honorary degree this year from the university and i felt a little bit like the scarecrow, when they gave him the brain and the certificate and everything. kind of the same.
paste: return to serial mom. what else is new on the dvd release?
waters: every extra that was on every different release before are gathered together. and [there’s] a long conversation that mink [stole], kathleen and i had about the making of the shot [it] really about a month ago. so the new part, and the fact a beautiful version never been out before.
paste: it like getting back together with mink?
waters: oh, mink and i are great friends. been in all my movies. as for kathleen, seen her in many plays stayed in touch with both of we been together to talk about the movie ever, essentially. when you get back together with people you made movies with, you sit around and talk about that so much. you talk about whatever your lives are like at the time. serial mom, when it came out, was not a success at the box office at least. but nowadays appreciated way more, and i love the fact that it almost plays on the television on day.
paste: when shawshank redemption came out it got beat that year by forrest gump or something, but now considered one of the all-time greats.
waters: let me tell you, when i went to jury duty in baltimore, they would show shawshank to the jury! i thought it was a pretty odd choice for a jury movie.
paste: they showed you shawshank before.
waters: yeah!
(the writer from paste magazine guffaws with excessive vigor, interrupting the interview for several seconds.)
paste: if you came into i hesitate to use the word “industry” because i know if an industry anymore. but if you came into the biz today as a young person, do you think end up in the same place? would you be doing the same stuff as before?
waters: well, today, the difference would be: when i started, there was no video, there was no internet. so basically today my film, if done it in college, it would probably open in eight theaters for a regular run on a friday night, and if it do well it would be out the same weekend. when pink flamingos came out, it opened in each city over a period. it would spread: it would go one night, then two nights, then three nights. it took almost three years to open everywhere around the country, and we had the luxury of time to do that. that would be completely impossible today to do. what would happen is you could open right away in a real movie theater and it would either die or not. the way all art movies happen today.
paste: in some ways, easier because the tools are accessible to everybody.
waters: well, looking for it. the studios are looking for the next weirdo movie that going to make somewhere. falling over themselves looking for that. they were most definitely not looking for that when i did it.
jason rhode is a paste staff writer from west texas. you can follow him on twitter.
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ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz, ðə əˈmɛrɪkən dɪˈrɛktər ənd ˈraɪtər əv ˈɪndi fɪlmz (ˈhɛrˌspreɪ, pɪŋk flamingoes*), həz bɪn kɔld ə lɔt əv ˈdɪfərənt neɪmz, bət ɔn ðə foʊn hi ɪz ə pɔɪzd, dɪˈlaɪtfəl mæn ɪn hɪz ˈsɛvəntiz. laɪk ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ vˈlædəmɪr ˈnæbəˌkɑv, ɪf hi əˈdɔrd grindhouse*. ɪn 1994 ˈwɔtərz riˈlist ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm, ə blæk ˈkɑmədi əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmeɪtriˌɑrk əv ə səˈbərbən ˈfæməli. ˈfiʧərɪŋ kæθˈlin ˈtərnər ɛz ə spri ˈmərdərər, ðə fɪlm ˈgɑrnərd ˈpɑzətɪv ˈfidˌbæk frəm ˈkrɪtɪks ənd bɑks ˈɔfəs dɛθ; ɪt wɛnt ɔn tɪ bɪˈkeɪm ə kəlt ˈfeɪvərɪt, laɪk moʊst əv waters’*’ fɪlmz. nɛkst mənθ, ʃaʊt! ˈfæktəri wɪl ðə ˈpɪkʧər ɪn ə kəˈlɛktər ɪˈdɪʃən, ˈfiʧərɪŋ ˈvɛriəs ˈɛkstrəz. (ənd læst mənθ, ðɛr wɑz ə kraɪˈtɪriən riˈlis əv ˈməltəpəl ə gʊd taɪm tɪ bi ə ˈwɔtərz fæn.) peɪst hæd ðə ʧæns tɪ ˈɪntərvˌju ðə ˈmaɪstroʊ əv ˈbɔltəˌmɔr ˈsɪnəmə. ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz ɪz ɪkˈsidɪŋli pəˈlaɪt. ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz ɪz ə ˈwərkəˈhɑlɪk, soʊ hɪz taɪm ɪz ˈtaɪtli ˈskɛʤʊld, bət wɪn hi ɪz wɪθ ju, hi ɪz ˈfʊli ˈprɛzənt. ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz simz tɪ bi wɪˈθaʊt ˈɑrtəfɪs. ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz ˈwɪʃɪz ju tɪ noʊ ðət hɪz əbˈsɛʃənz ənd ˈɪntərɪsts ər sɪnˈsɪr, ənd hi ɪz nɑt ˈwɪŋkɪŋ wɪn hi meɪks ðiz ˈmuviz. hɪz ˈsæˌtaɪərz ər ˈvɑliz æt ðə ˈfɔrtrəs əv skwɛr laɪf. gɑd ləvz ˈaɪrəni, bət ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz dɪz nɑt. ləv ðə mæn, aɪ ləv ðə mæn ˈdɪrli ðə ˈboʊldɪst əv ðə boʊld əv ðə ˈfɪlˌmeɪkərz; aɪ wɪʃ aɪ hæd ðə gəts əv ðɪs man,”*,” ˈwərnər ˈhərzɑg sɛd əv ɪm. ɪn ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz wɪl tɛl ju ɪgˈzæktli wət hi ɪz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ɔn ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn ˈsəbʤɪkt, bət hi ɪz soʊ ˈʧɑrmɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt. laɪk moʊst ˈɑrtɪsts hu hæv əraʊzd ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi ənd əˈfɛkʃən, ʤɑn ˈwɔtərz simz tɪ bi boʊθ ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn jʊr riˈækʃən tɪ hɪz wərk, ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli kʊd nɑt gɪv tu huts ɪn hɛl ɪf ju ˈheɪtɪd hɪz gəts. wət mɔr kən aɪ du bət gɪv ju ðə mæn hɪmˈsɛlf? peɪst: ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈklæsɪk. waɪ du ˈpipəl laɪk ðɪs ˈmuvi soʊ məʧ? ˈwɔtərz: bɪˈkəz ˈməðər, ɪn ə weɪ, ɪz ə ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm! ˈɛvriˌbɑdi həz pɛt hæd frɛndz ðət ðeɪ laɪk. naʊ, jʊr ˈməðər goʊ sɛt ðɛm ɔn faɪər, bət ju kaɪnd əv, ˈmeɪbi, wɪʃ jʊr ˈməðər dɪd goʊ bæk tɪ skul ənd ˈmərdər ə ˈtiʧər ðət wɑz ˌɔnˈfɛr tɪ ju. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈkɑmədi, soʊ wi noʊ nɑt ˌriəˈlɪstɪk, bət aɪ θɪŋk ˈɛvriˌbɑdi, ɪn səm weɪ, ˈwɪʃɪz ðət ðeɪ hæv ə ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm. ɪn əˈnəðər weɪ, ðɪs ˈmuvi wɑz dən ˌbiˈfɔr o.j*., ənd kaɪnd əv ə lɔt əv ˌsɪməˈlɛrətiz tɪ ðə tru kraɪm ˈʒɑnrə ənd ˌriˈæləˌti stəf ðeɪ hæv ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən. ˈɛvəri kraɪm ðeɪ du ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər əˈgɛn ɔn ˈɛvəri ˈʧænəl, ˈivɪn ɪf ˈjuʒəwəli ə ˈklæsi ˈʧænəl laɪk ðə ˈhɪstəri ˈʧænəl ər ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈʧænəl. soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ɪn ə weɪ wi ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈprɪti ˈərli. peɪst: naʊ ɪf ˈɛvriˌbɑdi həz ə ˈməðər laɪk ðɪs ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm ˈwɔtərz: ˈɛvriˌbɑdi həz ə ˈməðər nɑt kwaɪt laɪk ðɪs, bət ˈɛvriˌbɑdi həz ə ˈməðər hu həz pɛt pivz. laɪk jʊr ˈməðər, wət dɪz ʃi heɪt? peɪst: ʃi laɪk ˈrudnəs, aɪ səˈpoʊz. ˈwɔtərz: ˌoʊˈkeɪ, soʊ ʃi wɔnts ˈpipəl tɪ hæv səm ˈmænərz. maɪ ˈməðər ˈwɔntɪd ðət, tu. ənd wi nid tɪ lərn gʊd ˈmænərz. naʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ stɪl bɪˈliv ɪn. ˈvɛri ɔn ðə waɪt ˈæftər ˈleɪbər deɪ. aɪ θɪŋk ˈpipəl ʃʊd goʊ tɪ ʤeɪl fər θɪŋk wi nid tɪ brɪŋ bæk ˈfæʃən ʤeɪl. peɪst: aɪ rɛd ˈrisəntli ðət ju ər ɔn ðət fjud ʃoʊ. ju gɪt ɔn ðɛr? ˈwɔtərz: aɪ hæd tɪ kip ðət ˈsikrɪt fər ə lɔŋ taɪm. peɪst: kən ju tɛl ɑr ˈridərz hu ˈwɪljəm ˈkæsəl ɪz ənd waɪ ju pleɪd ɪm? ˈwɔtərz: ɪt wɑz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ðeɪ æst mi tɪ pleɪ ɪm bɪˈkəz aɪ ˈrɪli lʊk laɪk ɪm. bət aɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ɪm ə lɔt. hi hæd ˈgɪmɪks ɪn ɔl hɪz ˈmuviz. hi hæd ˈskɛlətənz ðət wɛnt aʊt ɔn waɪərz ənd ðət wɛnt ɔf ˈəndər jʊr fit. aɪ kaɪnd əv geɪv ə ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ɪm wɪθ ɪn maɪ fɪlm ˌpɑˌliˈɛstər, wɛr ju smɛlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈmuvi. aɪ roʊt ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən tɪ ˈwɪljəm baɪˈɑgrəfi wɪn ɪt wɑz ˈleɪtər prəˈmoʊtəd bɪn ə bɪg ˈwɪljəm ˈkæsəl fæn fərˈɛvər, soʊ ɪt wɑz fən tɪ pleɪ ɪm. əˈspɛʃəli wɪn aɪ gɪt tɪ du ə sin wɪθ ˈʤɛsɪkə læŋ ɛz ʤoʊn ˈkrɔfərd. peɪst: ðət saʊnz ˈrɪli fən. ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, ɔl ɪz sloʊ. əp ənd wait,”*,” ənd sloʊ, ənd sloʊ. bət aɪ hæd ə greɪt taɪm wɪθ ˈʤɛsɪkə bɪˈkəz aɪ mɛt hər ənd aɪ wɑz stɪl skɛrd əv hər frəm hər ˈmuvi ˈfrænsɪs. peɪst: ˈɛvriˌwən ɪz ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt ðət ʃoʊ. aɪ sin ɪt jɛt ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. ˈwɔtərz: ðə ˈmætər wɪθ ju? peɪst: ˈrɪli ˈbɪzi. ˈɪntərvˌjuɪŋ ˈhɑliˌwʊd gaɪz ɔn ðə foʊn. wət duɪŋ. ˈwɔtərz: oʊ, nɑt ə ˈhɑliˌwʊd gaɪ, ə ˈbɔltəˌmɔr gaɪ. peɪst: dɪd ju ˈɛvər si ðə waɪər? ˈwɔtərz: əv kɔrs aɪ sɔ ɪt! aɪ noʊ ˈdeɪvɪd ˈsaɪmən; aɪ ˈmɛrid ɪm ənd hɪz ə ˈmɪnɪstər. ɔl ðə ˈpipəl hu meɪd ðə waɪər hæv wərkt fər mi. (ˈwɔtərz ɪz ə ˈmɪnɪstər əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəl laɪf ʧərʧ əv moʊˈdɛstoʊ, ˈkælɪf. hi wɑz ɔrˈdeɪnd ɪn 1991 æt ðə bɪˈhɛst əv ʤeɪ. dɛp, hu wɪʃt ˈwɔtərz tɪ ˈmɛri ɪm tɪ ˈwɪnənə ˈraɪdər. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈnəpʧəlz wər ˈnɛvər fʊlˈfɪld, ðə rɛv. ˈwɔtərz həz ʤɔɪnd ˈθərˈtin ˈkəpəlz ɪn ˈmætrəˌmoʊni, wɪθ noʊ dɪˈvɔrsɪz ɔn hɪz ˈrɛkərd.) peɪst: wət du ju θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ɪt, ɛz ə baltimorean*? ˈwɔtərz: wən əv ðə bɛst ʃoʊz ˈɛvər. peɪst: aɪ noʊ ˈbɔltəˌmɔr ðət wɛl, bət aɪ laɪkt ɪt ˈvɛri məʧ. ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, səm pɑrts əv ˈbɔltəˌmɔr ər ɪgˈzæktli laɪk ðət. wi meɪk ril ˈmuviz əˈbaʊt ril pɑrts əv ˈbɔltəˌmɔr. bət ˈɔlsoʊ lɑts əv ˈpleɪsɪz ɪn ˈbɔltəˌmɔr, ənd ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi meɪks ˈmuviz əˈbaʊt ðiz pɑrts. peɪst: ðət streɪnʤ ðət ˈhæpənz? ju hæv ðiz ˈmuviz wɪʧ ˈpipəl seɪ, haʊ ɑd, haʊ strange.”*.” bət ðɪs stəf ɪz goʊɪŋ ɔn əraʊnd ɔl əv ˈjuˈɛs ɔl əv ðə taɪm ˈpipəl θɪŋk ðət dɪˈrɛktərz meɪk ɔl ðɪs stəf əp, bət ðə wərld ɪz wɪrd. ʤɪst ðət ɪt ˈjuʒəwəli əˈpɪr ɪn ˈmuviz ər ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ʃoʊz. ˈwɔtərz: wɪn aɪ wɛnt tɪ məˈdrɪd, aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ˈɛvriˌbɑdi lʊks laɪk ə ˈpeɪdroʊ ˈmuvi. aɪ min, ˈɛvriˌbɑdi! lʊk æt fəˈlini ˈmuviz. goʊ tɪ roʊm. ˈpipəl lʊk laɪk ðət! soʊ ɪn ə weɪ, nɑt ə bɪg ɪgˌzæʤərˈeɪʃən. rɪˈflɛktɪŋ wət ju gru əp ɪn ənd ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈkələr əv ðə ˈsɪti ðət ju gru əp ˈləki ɪˈnəf tɪ hæv ˈɛni lɛft. peɪst: jæ, ɪf ɪt kən bi faʊnd. aɪ θɪŋk ðiz θɪŋz ʤɪst gɪt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd ənd ˈpipəl ˈiðər ʧuz tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ðɛm ər goʊ aʊt tɪ faɪnd ɪt. fər səm ˈpipəl, laɪk əˈfreɪd əv ɪt ər tərnd ɔf baɪ ɪt. aɪ ˈrɪli ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. ˈwɔtərz: ʤɪst laɪk aɪ æm əˈfreɪd əv roʊˈmæntɪk ˈkɑmədiz. peɪst: waɪ ər ju əˈfreɪd əv roʊˈmæntɪk ˈkɑmədiz? ˈwɔtərz: ðeɪ ər ˈhɔrəbəl ənd prɪˈdɪktəbəl. peɪst: jæ. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ˈrɪli rənz ˈɪntu iʧ ˈəðər laɪk ðeɪ du ɪn ðə ˈmuviz; laɪk ə ər ˈsəmθɪŋ. ˈnɛvər sin ðət ˈhæpən. ˈwɔtərz: aɪ ˌgɛrənˈti ju ɪt wɪl ɛnd ˈbædli. peɪst: haʊ du ju min? ˈwɔtərz: ˈroʊmæns ɪz naʊ dən ɪn ə ““romantic”*” weɪ bɪˈkəz ˈpipəl ˈoʊvər ə ˈsərtən eɪʤ θɪŋk haʊ ləv ʃʊd bi. ləv ɪz ˈoʊnli laɪk ðət ɪn ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈmuviz. ˈvɛri ˌmɛlədrəˈmætɪk. peɪst: aɪ laɪk ˈmunˌstrək fər ðət ˈrizən. nɪk keɪʤ həz ðət greɪt spiʧ əˈbaʊt haʊ ləv ɪz ə dɪˈstrəktɪv. ɪt kaɪnd əv pɑps aʊt əv ˈnoʊˌwɛr ənd ə ˈprɑbləm. ˈnɛvər ˈizi. ˈwɔtərz: biɪŋ ɪn ləv ɪz ə hɑrd ʤɑb. peɪst: jʊr stəf hoʊldz əp soʊ wɛl. aɪ si ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl traɪ tɪ meɪk θɪŋz ðət ər simz ðət ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ər ˈrɪli bæd æt ɪt. ˈwɔtərz: raɪt naʊ, ˈhɑliˌwʊd meɪks ˈkɑmədiz ðət ər nɑt wən bɪt ˈfəni, soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ən ˈɪʃu. ɪf ʤɪst traɪɪŋ tɪ traɪ ʃɑk ˈpipəl, ˈizi. nɑt ˈfəni. ju hæv tɪ juz ðət kaɪnd əv məˈtɪriəl tɪ ʧeɪnʤ haʊ ˈpipəl θɪŋk əˈbaʊt θɪŋz, ənd lʊk æt ˈdɪfərənt θɪŋz ɪn ə nu ðɛn ɪt kən bi gʊd. bət ʤɪst ˈgroʊsɪŋ ðɛm aʊt ɪz ˈizi tɪ du, ənd nɑt soʊ ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ ˌɛniˈmɔr. peɪst: ˈʃɑkɪŋ, ðɛn? ˈwɔtərz: (wɪθ greɪt ˈɛmfəsɪs) ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt! ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪz ˈʃɑkɪŋ! ˈʃɑkɪŋ? soʊ ˈmɛni θɪŋz. ju pɪk əp ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈɛvəri deɪ, ənd ˈʃɑkɪŋ. bət nɑt ə gʊd ʃɑk. peɪst: ˈpipəl kip dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ju ɛz ““camp,”*,” bət aɪ θɪŋk ““camp”*” ɪz ə ril θɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk ə wərd ðət ˈpipəl meɪk əp tɪ dɪˈskraɪb θɪŋz ðeɪ ˈkætəgərˌaɪz. ˈwɔtərz: aɪ juzd ðət wərd sɪns ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈritə ˈheɪˌwərθ ɪn ən ænˈtik ʃɑp wɪθ ə ˈtɪfəni wɪθ ˈsɛvərəl ˈoʊldər geɪ ˈʤɛnəlmɪn. nɑt ə wərd ˈɛnibədi ˈjuzɪz ˌɛniˈmɔr. peɪst: θæŋk ju! ˈwɔtərz: nɑt ə wərd ˈɛnibədi ˈjuzɪz. ðɛn ðə wərd bɪˈkeɪm ““trash.”*.” ˈpipəl juz soʊ ˈmɛni wərdz fər ðə seɪm θɪŋ. ““camp”*” ɪz ðə wərd ðeɪ juzd, bət aɪ noʊ ˈɛniˌwən hu sɪz ðət wərd aʊt laʊd. peɪst: gɪv ju ən ɪgˈzæmpəl. aɪ wɔʧt ˈbætˌmæn, ðə oʊld ˈbætˌmæn ʃoʊ. wɪn aɪ sɔ ðɪs ɛz ə kɪd, aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wɑz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ə ˈsæˌtaɪər. aɪ ʤɪst tʊk ɪt fər ril. ɪt ˈnɛvər əˈkərd tɪ mi teɪk ɪt tongue-in-cheek*. ˈwɔtərz: tru. ðə θɪŋ wi dɪd ɪn maɪ fɪlmz. laɪk ðə rəs maɪər [ˌɛkˌsplɔɪˈteɪʃən] ˈmuviz. ðə ˈɔdiənsəz ˈwɔntɪd tɪ si ðoʊz ˈmuviz. ðeɪ θɔt ðət ðeɪ wər ˈsɛksi. ðeɪ θɔt ðət ðeɪ wər ˈskɛri. ðeɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ wər ˈfəni; ðeɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ wər bæd ðeɪ wər good.”*.” ˈpipəl wər ˈʤərkɪŋ ɔf tɪ ðoʊz ˈmuviz, nɑt ˈlæfɪŋ. ðə ˈdɪfərəns. maɪ wərk wɑz ˈsætərˌaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈʒɑnrə. ðə ˈʒɑnrə gɑt ˈpɑpjələr nɑt fər ˈɛni ˈaɪrəni ˈrizənz, bət bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wɛnt ˈfərðər ðən ˈəðər ˈmuviz tɪ ˈɔfər ˈɔdiəns ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈpipəl ˈwɔntɪd tɪ si, ðət ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈgɪvɪŋ ðɛm. peɪst: aɪ wɔnt tɪ tɔk tɪ ju fər ə ˈsɛkənd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈwɪzərd əv ɑz ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðət ˈmuvi. ju ˈmɛnʃənd ðə ˈwɪkəd wɪʧ ɪn wən əv jʊr ˈɪntərvˌjuz. wət ɪz ɪt əˈbaʊt ðət ˈkɛrɪktər? ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈrɪli ˈeɪnʧənt ənd ˈpaʊərfəl ɪn ðət fɪlm ɪt filz laɪk ˈoʊldər ðən ðə fɪlm meɪd ɔn. laɪk wi ʤɪst dɪˈskəvərd ɪt. ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, ðə ˈwɪkəd wɪʧ wɑz greɪt! aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ rən ɔf wɪθ hər, ənd nɑt goʊ bæk tɪ ðət sˈmɛli fɑrm. ʃi hæd ðət grin skɪn. waɪ aɪ ˈheɪtɪd ðət mˈjuzɪkəl ˈwɪkəd bɪˈkəz ðeɪ meɪd maɪ ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd ˈhɛroʊən ən ingénue*. ðeɪ meɪd hər meɪk hər ˈprɪti ənd meɪk hər sɪŋ paʊər ˈbælədz! ʃi wɑz ˈdrɑpɪŋ ˈhaʊsɪz ɔn ˈpipəl! maɪ neɪm ɪz ˈwɔtərz, soʊ aɪ wʊd heɪt ɪt ɪf ˈwɔtər ˈmɛltɪd mi. ˈbeɪsɪkli, aɪ ləv ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ʃi kən ˈoʊnli daɪ ɪf ˈwɔtər gɑt ɔn hər. ənd ʃi wɔr ə ˈbjutəfəl ˈaʊtˌfɪt. peɪst: ðə ˈəðər θɪŋ wɪrd əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪz ðət ˈdɔrθi noʊ ˈkɪlɪŋ hər; ʃi wɑz ʤɪst θroʊɪŋ ɪt ɔn ðə ˈskærˌkroʊ, nɑt ɔn ðə wɪʧ. ˈwɔtərz: bɪˈkəz əv ðə faɪər. peɪst: jæ, raɪt. wɪʧ ɪz stɪl ˈprɪti dæm ˈskɛri. ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, ðeɪ wər ɔˈrɛdi ˈhɛroʊən ˈæˌdɪkts frəm ˈwɔkɪŋ θru ðət ˈpɑpi fild, tu. jonesing*. peɪst: jæ ðət əp tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ, tu. hi ɪz ˈspuki ər səˈspɪʃəs ˈivɪn ˌbiˈfɔr ju noʊ ə frɔd. ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, hi wɑz ʤɪst smoʊk ənd ˈmɪrərz. aɪ gɑt ən ˈɑnərˌɛri dɪˈgri ðɪs jɪr frəm ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ənd aɪ fɛlt ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt laɪk ðə ˈskærˌkroʊ, wɪn ðeɪ geɪv ɪm ðə breɪn ənd ðə sərˈtɪfɪkət ənd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. kaɪnd əv ðə seɪm. peɪst: rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm. wət ɛls ɪz nu ɔn ðə ˌdiˌviˈdi riˈlis? ˈwɔtərz: ˈɛvəri ˈɛkstrə ðət wɑz ɔn ˈɛvəri ˈdɪfərənt riˈlis ˌbiˈfɔr ər ˈgæðərd təˈgɛðər. ənd [there’s*] ə lɔŋ ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ðət mɪŋk [stoʊl], kæθˈlin ənd aɪ hæd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ əv ðə ʃɑt [ɪt] ˈrɪli əˈbaʊt ə mənθ əˈgoʊ. soʊ ðə nu pɑrt, ənd ðə fækt ə ˈbjutəfəl ˈvərʒən ˈnɛvər bɪn aʊt ˌbiˈfɔr. peɪst: ɪt laɪk ˈgɪtɪŋ bæk təˈgɛðər wɪθ mɪŋk? ˈwɔtərz: oʊ, mɪŋk ənd aɪ ər greɪt frɛndz. bɪn ɪn ɔl maɪ ˈmuviz. ɛz fər kæθˈlin, sin hər ɪn ˈmɛni pleɪz steɪd ɪn təʧ wɪθ boʊθ əv wi bɪn təˈgɛðər tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmuvi ˈɛvər, ɛˈsɛnʃəli. wɪn ju gɪt bæk təˈgɛðər wɪθ ˈpipəl ju meɪd ˈmuviz wɪθ, ju sɪt əraʊnd ənd tɔk əˈbaʊt ðət soʊ məʧ. ju tɔk əˈbaʊt ˌwəˈtɛvər jʊr lɪvz ər laɪk æt ðə taɪm. ˈsɪˌriəl mɑm, wɪn ɪt keɪm aʊt, wɑz nɑt ə səkˈsɛs æt ðə bɑks ˈɔfəs æt list. bət ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd weɪ mɔr, ənd aɪ ləv ðə fækt ðət ɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst pleɪz ɔn ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ɔn deɪ. peɪst: wɪn ˈʃɔˌʃænk rɪˈdɛmʃən keɪm aʊt ɪt gɑt bit ðət jɪr baɪ ˈfɔrəst gəmp ər ˈsəmθɪŋ, bət naʊ kənˈsɪdərd wən əv ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm greɪts. ˈwɔtərz: lɛt mi tɛl ju, wɪn aɪ wɛnt tɪ ˈʤʊri ˈduti ɪn ˈbɔltəˌmɔr, ðeɪ wʊd ʃoʊ ˈʃɔˌʃænk tɪ ðə ˈʤʊri! aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ə ˈprɪti ɑd ʧɔɪs fər ə ˈʤʊri ˈmuvi. peɪst: ðeɪ ʃoʊd ju ˈʃɔˌʃænk ˌbiˈfɔr ˈwɔtərz: jæ! (ðə ˈraɪtər frəm peɪst ˈmægəˌzin gəˈfɔz wɪθ ɪkˈsɛsɪv ˈvɪgər, ˌɪntərˈəptɪŋ ðə ˈɪntərvˌju fər ˈsɛvərəl ˈsɛkəndz.) peɪst: ɪf ju keɪm ˈɪntu aɪ ˈhɛzəˌteɪt tɪ juz ðə wərd ““industry”*” bɪˈkəz aɪ noʊ ɪf ən ˈɪndəstri ˌɛniˈmɔr. bət ɪf ju keɪm ˈɪntu ðə bɪz təˈdeɪ ɛz ə jəŋ ˈpərsən, du ju θɪŋk ɛnd əp ɪn ðə seɪm pleɪs? wʊd ju bi duɪŋ ðə seɪm stəf ɛz ˌbiˈfɔr? ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, təˈdeɪ, ðə ˈdɪfərəns wʊd bi: wɪn aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd, ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈvɪdioʊ, ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈɪntərˌnɛt. soʊ ˈbeɪsɪkli təˈdeɪ maɪ fɪlm, ɪf dən ɪt ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ, ɪt wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈoʊpən ɪn eɪt ˈθiətərz fər ə ˈrɛgjələr rən ɔn ə ˈfraɪˌdeɪ naɪt, ənd ɪf ɪt du wɛl ɪt wʊd bi aʊt ðə seɪm ˈwiˌkɪnd. wɪn pɪŋk fləˈmɪŋgoʊz keɪm aʊt, ɪt ˈoʊpənd ɪn iʧ ˈsɪti ˈoʊvər ə ˈpɪriəd. ɪt wʊd sprɛd: ɪt wʊd goʊ wən naɪt, ðɛn tu naɪts, ðɛn θri naɪts. ɪt tʊk ˈɔlˌmoʊst θri jɪrz tɪ ˈoʊpən ˈɛvriˌwɛr əraʊnd ðə ˈkəntri, ənd wi hæd ðə ˈləgʒəri əv taɪm tɪ du ðət. ðət wʊd bi kəmˈplitli ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl təˈdeɪ tɪ du. wət wʊd ˈhæpən ɪz ju kʊd ˈoʊpən raɪt əˈweɪ ɪn ə ril ˈmuvi ˈθieɪtər ənd ɪt wʊd ˈiðər daɪ ər nɑt. ðə weɪ ɔl ɑrt ˈmuviz ˈhæpən təˈdeɪ. peɪst: ɪn səm weɪz, ˈiziər bɪˈkəz ðə tulz ər ækˈsɛsəbəl tɪ ˈɛvriˌbɑdi. ˈwɔtərz: wɛl, ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ɪt. ðə ˈstudiˌoʊz ər ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ðə nɛkst ˈwɪrdoʊ ˈmuvi ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ meɪk ˈsəmˌwɛr. ˈfɑlɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ðət. ðeɪ wər moʊst ˈdɛfənətli nɑt ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ðət wɪn aɪ dɪd ɪt. ˈʤeɪsən roʊd ɪz ə peɪst stæf ˈraɪtər frəm wɛst ˈtɛksəs. ju kən ˈfɑloʊ ɪm ɔn tˈwɪtər.
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pflugerville, tori thayer was asleep on the night of august 2 when four armed men forced their way into her home and assaulted her. the assailants, who were looking for roommate, were all members of the same gang, the travis county department.
“i was ready to run for my life and throw something at them,” thayer recounted after hearing four strange men break into her home in at am.
after breaking into the innocent home, deputies then demanded that thayer tell them where her roommate was, to which she replied that she had no idea.
frightened but assertive, thayer kept her wits enough to pull out her phone and began to record the home invasion. what she captured on video was nothing short of infuriating and a ridiculous violation of her civil rights.
for demanding the cops end their warrantless assault on her person and property, the deputies proceeded to attack thayer. she was slammed to the ground and handcuffed for her own safety of course.
“and another officer got behind me and put his knee into my back and thrust me to the ground while one stayed on my chest the entire time and handcuffed me,” recalled thayer.
deputies continued searching her home without her consent.
“i was dumbfounded, honestly never imagine something like this happening to me, i hear it on the news see on my but you never think about it happening to you,” said thayer.
eventually, thayer would be allowed back up but the harassment and intimidation would not stop. deputies claimed they received a call from the family of her roommate, carly christine. they had broken into this innocent home at am to check on the welfare of christine. christine happened to be fine. however, the only one who needed help was thayer, who was being attacked by four armed thugs.
at one point, the officers demanded the thayer find out where christine was, as if she was required to do the job of these officers.
as the barrage of questions continued, thayer maintains that she has no idea where christine is, but officers acted as if she even talking.
“they acted as if i even talking,” explained thayer. “they kept asking me where she was and i had already had complied and told them everything i knew, at that point i was done, i do anything and they just listen.”
eventually, the cops realized that she was not an evil terrorist attempting to take over the world, and they left. but the damage was already done. thayer filed a formal complaint with the travis county department on wednesday.
after story made local news, however, the department made an attempt to censure their misdeeds by using threats to gag those who would spread this story and video.
in a statement sent to fox 7, a spokesperson for the department said an investigation is underway and that , “any further statement or publication of evidence in the case, on television or social media, before a thorough investigation is completed is inappropriate and interferes with the integrity of the investigation.”
had thayer not recorded her assault, no one would have ever believed her, and any potential punitive or compensatory action would have likely been futile. and thayer knows this, “i knew from the moment they walked in there was a very aggressive tone about them and i needed to get this because nobody would ever believe this.”
below is the video of home invasion. imagine how different this story would have played out had thayer attempted to defend her home with a weapon; she would very likely be dead, and the cops touted as heroes.
at 27 seconds, the video goes black as thayer is assaulted by the officers and drops her phone, but the audio of the assault can still be heard. the video picks back up at the marker.
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sprɛd ðə ləv pflugerville*, ˈtɔri θeɪər wɑz əsˈlip ɔn ðə naɪt əv ˈɔgəst 2 wɪn fɔr ɑrmd mɛn fɔrst ðɛr weɪ ˈɪntu hər hoʊm ənd əˈsɔltɪd hər. ðə əˈseɪlənts, hu wər ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈruˌmeɪt, wər ɔl ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə seɪm gæŋ, ðə ˈtrævɪs ˈkaʊnti dɪˈpɑrtmənt. wɑz ˈrɛdi tɪ rən fər maɪ laɪf ənd θroʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ æt them,”*,” θeɪər ˌriˈkaʊntɪd ˈæftər ˈhirɪŋ fɔr streɪnʤ mɛn breɪk ˈɪntu hər hoʊm ɪn æt æm. ˈæftər ˈbreɪkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈɪnəsənt hoʊm, ˈdɛpjətiz ðɛn dɪˈmændɪd ðət θeɪər tɛl ðɛm wɛr hər ˈruˌmeɪt wɑz, tɪ wɪʧ ʃi rɪˈplaɪd ðət ʃi hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə. ˈfraɪtənd bət əˈsərtɪv, θeɪər kɛpt hər wɪts ɪˈnəf tɪ pʊl aʊt hər foʊn ənd bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈrɛkərd ðə hoʊm ˌɪnˈveɪʒən. wət ʃi ˈkæpʧərd ɔn ˈvɪdioʊ wɑz ˈnəθɪŋ ʃɔrt əv ˌɪnfˈjʊriˌeɪtɪŋ ənd ə rɪˈdɪkjələs vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv hər ˈsɪvəl raɪts. fər dɪˈmændɪŋ ðə kɑps ɛnd ðɛr ˈwɔrəntləs əˈsɔlt ɔn hər ˈpərsən ənd ˈprɑpərti, ðə ˈdɛpjətiz prəˈsidəd tɪ əˈtæk θeɪər. ʃi wɑz slæmd tɪ ðə graʊnd ənd ˈhændˌkəft fər hər oʊn ˈseɪfti əv kɔrs. əˈnəðər ˈɔfɪsər gɑt bɪˈhaɪnd mi ənd pʊt hɪz ni ˈɪntu maɪ bæk ənd θrəst mi tɪ ðə graʊnd waɪl wən steɪd ɔn maɪ ʧɛst ðə ɪnˈtaɪər taɪm ənd ˈhændˌkəft me,”*,” rɪˈkɔld θeɪər. ˈdɛpjətiz kənˈtɪnjud ˈsərʧɪŋ hər hoʊm wɪˈθaʊt hər kənˈsɛnt. wɑz ˈdəmfaʊndɪd, ˈɑnəstli ˈnɛvər ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ðɪs ˈhæpənɪŋ tɪ mi, aɪ hir ɪt ɔn ðə nuz si ɔn maɪ bət ju ˈnɛvər θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ɪt ˈhæpənɪŋ tɪ you,”*,” sɛd θeɪər. ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, θeɪər wʊd bi əˈlaʊd bæk əp bət ðə hərˈæsmənt ənd ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən wʊd nɑt stɑp. ˈdɛpjətiz kleɪmd ðeɪ rɪˈsivd ə kɔl frəm ðə ˈfæməli əv hər ˈruˌmeɪt, ˈkɑrli krɪˈstin. ðeɪ hæd ˈbroʊkən ˈɪntu ðɪs ˈɪnəsənt hoʊm æt æm tɪ ʧɛk ɔn ðə ˈwɛlˌfɛr əv krɪˈstin. krɪˈstin ˈhæpənd tɪ bi faɪn. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈoʊnli wən hu ˈnidɪd hɛlp wɑz θeɪər, hu wɑz biɪŋ əˈtækt baɪ fɔr ɑrmd θəgz. æt wən pɔɪnt, ðə ˈɔfɪsərz dɪˈmændɪd ðə θeɪər faɪnd aʊt wɛr krɪˈstin wɑz, ɛz ɪf ʃi wɑz rikˈwaɪərd tɪ du ðə ʤɑb əv ðiz ˈɔfɪsərz. ɛz ðə bərɑʒ əv kˈwɛsʧənz kənˈtɪnjud, θeɪər meɪnˈteɪnz ðət ʃi həz noʊ aɪˈdiə wɛr krɪˈstin ɪz, bət ˈɔfɪsərz ˈæktɪd ɛz ɪf ʃi ˈivɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ. ˈæktɪd ɛz ɪf aɪ ˈivɪn talking,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnd θeɪər. kɛpt ˈæskɪŋ mi wɛr ʃi wɑz ənd aɪ hæd ɔˈrɛdi hæd kəmˈplaɪd ənd toʊld ðɛm ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ nu, æt ðət pɔɪnt aɪ wɑz dən, aɪ du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ənd ðeɪ ʤɪst listen.”*.” ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, ðə kɑps ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ʃi wɑz nɑt ən ˈivəl ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ teɪk ˈoʊvər ðə wərld, ənd ðeɪ lɛft. bət ðə ˈdæmɪʤ wɑz ɔˈrɛdi dən. θeɪər faɪld ə ˈfɔrməl kəmˈpleɪnt wɪθ ðə ˈtrævɪs ˈkaʊnti dɪˈpɑrtmənt ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ˈæftər ˈstɔri meɪd ˈloʊkəl nuz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt meɪd ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈsɛnʃər ðɛr mɪsˈdidz baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ θrɛts tɪ gæg ðoʊz hu wʊd sprɛd ðɪs ˈstɔri ənd ˈvɪdioʊ. ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt sɛnt tɪ fɑks 7 ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt sɛd ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪz ˌəndərˈweɪ ənd ðət ˈfərðər ˈsteɪtmənt ər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən əv ˈɛvədəns ɪn ðə keɪs, ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə, ˌbiˈfɔr ə θəroʊ ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪz kəmˈplitɪd ɪz ˌɪnəˈproʊpriɪt ənd ˌɪnərˈfɪrz wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti əv ðə investigation.”*.” hæd θeɪər nɑt rɪˈkɔrdɪd hər əˈsɔlt, noʊ wən wʊd hæv ˈɛvər bɪˈlivd hər, ənd ˈɛni pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈpjunətɪv ər kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔri ˈækʃən wʊd hæv ˈlaɪkli bɪn fˈjutəl. ənd θeɪər noʊz ðɪs, nu frəm ðə ˈmoʊmənt ðeɪ wɔkt ɪn ðɛr wɑz ə ˈvɛri əˈgrɛsɪv toʊn əˈbaʊt ðɛm ənd aɪ ˈnidɪd tɪ gɪt ðɪs bɪˈkəz ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi wʊd ˈɛvər bɪˈliv this.”*.” bɪˈloʊ ɪz ðə ˈvɪdioʊ əv hoʊm ˌɪnˈveɪʒən. ˌɪˈmæʤən haʊ ˈdɪfərənt ðɪs ˈstɔri wʊd hæv pleɪd aʊt hæd θeɪər əˈtɛmptəd tɪ dɪˈfɛnd hər hoʊm wɪθ ə ˈwɛpən; ʃi wʊd ˈvɛri ˈlaɪkli bi dɛd, ənd ðə kɑps ˈtaʊtɪd ɛz ˈhɪroʊz. æt 27 ˈsɛkəndz, ðə ˈvɪdioʊ goʊz blæk ɛz θeɪər ɪz əˈsɔltɪd baɪ ðə ˈɔfɪsərz ənd drɑps hər foʊn, bət ðə ˈɑdiˌoʊ əv ðə əˈsɔlt kən stɪl bi hərd. ðə ˈvɪdioʊ pɪks bæk əp æt ðə ˈmɑrkər.
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read this to learn more about how these projections work.
last season, i took a bit of flak any time i posted projections, and it almost always around one specific team: the winnipeg jets. on paper, the jets were a seriously talented group and my model was a big fan of many winnipeg players, which led to some lofty predictions during the season they never achieved.
the jets should be better than how played. for a number of reasons, winnipeg has struggled to put it all together on the ice and this season will be an important one in determining just how good this team actually is. despite the disappointment of last season, i remain optimistic about the chances this season. this is finally the year going to put it all together. (feel free to send me that sentence in april.)
gsar/60 is game score above replacement per 60 which measures a projected efficiency relative to a replacement level player at their...
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rɛd ðɪs tɪ lərn mɔr əˈbaʊt haʊ ðiz prɑˈʤɛkʃənz wərk. læst ˈsizən, aɪ tʊk ə bɪt əv flæk ˈɛni taɪm aɪ ˈpoʊstɪd prɑˈʤɛkʃənz, ənd ɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔlˌweɪz əraʊnd wən spɪˈsɪfɪk tim: ðə ˈwɪnɪpəg ʤɛts. ɔn ˈpeɪpər, ðə ʤɛts wər ə ˈsɪriəsli ˈtæləntɪd grup ənd maɪ ˈmɑdəl wɑz ə bɪg fæn əv ˈmɛni ˈwɪnɪpəg pleɪərz, wɪʧ lɛd tɪ səm ˈlɔfti priˈdɪkʃənz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsizən ðeɪ ˈnɛvər əˈʧivd. ðə ʤɛts ʃʊd bi ˈbɛtər ðən haʊ pleɪd. fər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈrizənz, ˈwɪnɪpəg həz ˈstrəgəld tɪ pʊt ɪt ɔl təˈgɛðər ɔn ðə aɪs ənd ðɪs ˈsizən wɪl bi ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt wən ɪn dɪˈtərmənɪŋ ʤɪst haʊ gʊd ðɪs tim ˈæˌkʧuəli ɪz. dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt əv læst ˈsizən, aɪ rɪˈmeɪn ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈʧænsɪz ðɪs ˈsizən. ðɪs ɪz ˈfaɪnəli ðə jɪr goʊɪŋ tɪ pʊt ɪt ɔl təˈgɛðər. (fil fri tɪ sɛnd mi ðət ˈsɛntəns ɪn ˈeɪprəl.) ɪz geɪm skɔr əˈbəv rɪˈpleɪsmənt pər 60 wɪʧ ˈmɛʒərz ə prɑˈʤɛktəd ɪˈfɪʃənsi ˈrɛlətɪv tɪ ə rɪˈpleɪsmənt ˈlɛvəl pleɪər æt ðɛr...
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“with each passing day, patent system looks like a of the u.s. patent system…”
on july 28th, 2017, state intellectual property office (sipo) announced a new set of regulations which are intended to streamline the examination of patent applications in certain burgeoning fields of technology. the new policy, which comes in response to “the central call for an improved business environment, streamlined procedures for administrative approval, and the booming market,” will allow for the examination of both utility model and industrial design patent applications; guidelines issued as recently as five years ago only covered a single patent application designation, invention patents.
as state run media xinhua news reports, the new examination guidelines will also provide for the streamlined examination of patent applications related to energy saving, environmental protection, information technology, intelligent manufacturing, the internet, big data and cloud computing. “the regulations help form a more comprehensive system for prioritizing patent applications,” song jianhua, director of’s treaty and law department, is quoted as saying by multiple chinese news outlets.
with each passing day, patent system looks like a of the u.s. patent system in a way that makes china look very good to inventors and venture capitalists alike. the new regulations come swift off the heel of comments made by chinese president xi during the recent national financial work conference on the “heavy price” intellectual property should pay for copying protected ip. as the press release on the new examination guidelines indicate, china has received patent applications through the first half of 2015, a percent increase over the same period last year.
ownership of patents among chinese nationals is also increasing as the country continues to improve the atmosphere in favor of patent owners. granted patents during the first half of 2017, about of which were issued to chinese entities. the average patent ownership rate in china is patents for every citizens, giving the country a total of million patents held by residents. in beijing, the capital, the patent ownership rate is patents for every citizens, the highest such rate within the country.
conversely, happening in the united states be more different. instead of making it easier for patent owners to assert their property rights in response to potential infringement, now it costs inventors like josh malone millions and millions of dollars to obtain a patent and defend it against challenges at the patent trial and appeal board (ptab) which covers a technology that continues to be infringed by walmart. but is congress interested in holding hearings to look at the high cost to patent owners and the way the system is tilted against them? of course not. still stuck having hearings on the effects of “bad patents” on american businesses without any substantive dialogue on how patents can help tech startups. in the house of representatives, the congressman who presides over those hearings is a former patent troll who is heavily financed by the efficient lobby and who uses his political position to pressure members of the federal judiciary. the false narrative of “patent trolls,” which no one can clearly define and has been found to be highly subjective in news coverage and is considered to be a prejudicial term by the federal trade commission, is reinforced by a series of poor panel witnesses like tom lee of mapbox, julie samuels of engine advocacy and steven anderson of culver franchising.
rep. darrell issa (r-ca) help but guffaw when someone points out that the chinese patent system is more welcoming to innovation and private property owners alike than the current version of the u.s. patent system. what will it take? will the political narrative swing around once china overtakes the united states in the annual ip index which is released by the u.s. chamber of commerce? in the most recent index, the united states’ system of patent rights was ranked and china was ranked in that regard. they could switch places as early as next year. china is actively addressing its key weaknesses outlined by the u.s. chamber of commerce, including historically high levels of ip infringement and an inability for some ip owners to secure adequate remedies for infringement. the recent ip index already noted that new guidelines on submitting experimental data could strengthen patent environment. as for the u.s., making zero progress on the key weaknesses outlined by the chamber of commerce, including substantial costs and uncertainty created by the patent opposition system as well as a narrow interpretation of the of biotech and inventions.
to paraphrase a well-known american folk song, we might be hearing the following refrain in the years to come: “where have all the patents gone? gone to china, every one. when will they ever learn? when will they ever learn?”
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““with* iʧ ˈpæsɪŋ deɪ, ˈpætənt ˈsɪstəm lʊks laɪk ə əv ðə juz. ˈpætənt system…”*…” ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 28th*, 2017 steɪt ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈprɑpərti ˈɔfəs (sipo*) əˈnaʊnst ə nu sɛt əv ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz wɪʧ ər ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈstrimˌlaɪn ðə ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən əv ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ɪn ˈsərtən ˈbərʤənɪŋ fildz əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ðə nu ˈpɑləsi, wɪʧ kəmz ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈsɛntrəl kɔl fər ən ˌɪmˈpruvd ˈbɪznɪs ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, ˈstrimˌlaɪnd prəˈsiʤərz fər ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv əˈpruvəl, ənd ðə ˈbumɪŋ market,”*,” wɪl əˈlaʊ fər ðə ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən əv boʊθ juˈtɪləti ˈmɑdəl ənd ˌɪnˈdəstriəl dɪˈzaɪn ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz; ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ˈɪʃud ɛz ˈrisəntli ɛz faɪv jɪrz əˈgoʊ ˈoʊnli ˈkəvərd ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˌdɛzɪgˈneɪʃən, ˌɪnˈvɛnʃən ˈpætənts. ɛz steɪt rən ˈmidiə ˈzɪnhjuə nuz rɪˈpɔrts, ðə nu ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈvaɪd fər ðə ˈstrimˌlaɪnd ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən əv ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈɛnərʤi ˈseɪvɪŋ, ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl prəˈtɛkʃən, ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɛkˈnɑləʤi, ˌɪnˈtɛləʤənt ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ, ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt, bɪg ˈdætə ənd klaʊd kəmˈpjutɪŋ. ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz hɛlp fɔrm ə mɔr ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈsɪstəm fər praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪzɪŋ ˈpætənt applications,”*,” sɔŋ jianhua*, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈtriti ənd lɔ dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ɪz kˈwoʊtɪd ɛz seɪɪŋ baɪ ˈməltəpəl ʧaɪˈniz nuz ˈaʊˌtlɛts. wɪθ iʧ ˈpæsɪŋ deɪ, ˈpætənt ˈsɪstəm lʊks laɪk ə əv ðə juz. ˈpætənt ˈsɪstəm ɪn ə weɪ ðət meɪks ˈʧaɪnə lʊk ˈvɛri gʊd tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛntərz ənd ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpətəlɪsts əˈlaɪk. ðə nu ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz kəm swɪft ɔf ðə hil əv ˈkɑmɛnts meɪd baɪ ʧaɪˈniz ˈprɛzɪdənt ʃi ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈrisənt ˈnæʃənəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl wərk ˈkɑnfərəns ɔn ðə price”*” ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈprɑpərti ʃʊd peɪ fər ˈkɑpiɪŋ prəˈtɛktɪd ˌaɪˌpi. ɛz ðə prɛs riˈlis ɔn ðə nu ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ˈɪndəˌkeɪt, ˈʧaɪnə həz rɪˈsivd ˈpætənt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz θru ðə fərst hæf əv 2015 ə pərˈsɛnt ˌɪnˈkris ˈoʊvər ðə seɪm ˈpɪriəd læst jɪr. ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp əv ˈpætənts əˈməŋ ʧaɪˈniz ˈnæʃənəlz ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ɛz ðə ˈkəntri kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈpætənt ˈoʊnərz. ˈgrænɪd ˈpætənts ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə fərst hæf əv 2017 əˈbaʊt əv wɪʧ wər ˈɪʃud tɪ ʧaɪˈniz ˈɛntɪtiz. ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈpætənt ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp reɪt ɪn ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ˈpætənts fər ˈɛvəri ˈsɪtɪzənz, ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə ˈkəntri ə ˈtoʊtəl əv ˈmɪljən ˈpætənts hɛld baɪ ˈrɛzɪdənts. ɪn ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ, ðə ˈkæpɪtəl, ðə ˈpætənt ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp reɪt ɪz ˈpætənts fər ˈɛvəri ˈsɪtɪzənz, ðə haɪəst səʧ reɪt wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈkəntri. ˈkɑnvərsli, ˈhæpənɪŋ ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts bi mɔr ˈdɪfərənt. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈiziər fər ˈpætənt ˈoʊnərz tɪ əˈsərt ðɛr ˈprɑpərti raɪts ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ pəˈtɛnʃəl ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤmənt, naʊ ɪt kɔsts ˌɪnˈvɛntərz laɪk ʤɑʃ məˈloʊn ˈmɪljənz ənd ˈmɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz tɪ əbˈteɪn ə ˈpætənt ənd dɪˈfɛnd ɪt əˈgɛnst ˈʧælənʤɪz æt ðə ˈpætənt traɪəl ənd əˈpil bɔrd (ptab*) wɪʧ ˈkəvərz ə tɛkˈnɑləʤi ðət kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bi ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤd baɪ ˈwɔlˌmɑrt. bət ɪz ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈhirɪŋz tɪ lʊk æt ðə haɪ kɔst tɪ ˈpætənt ˈoʊnərz ənd ðə weɪ ðə ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˈtɪltɪd əˈgɛnst ðɛm? əv kɔrs nɑt. stɪl stək ˈhævɪŋ ˈhirɪŋz ɔn ðə ˈifɛkts əv patents”*” ɔn əˈmɛrɪkən ˈbɪznɪsɪz wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ˈsəbstəntɪv ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ɔn haʊ ˈpætənts kən hɛlp tɛk ˈstɑrˌtəps. ɪn ðə haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz, ðə ˈkɑŋgrəsmən hu prɪˈzaɪdz ˈoʊvər ðoʊz ˈhirɪŋz ɪz ə ˈfɔrmər ˈpætənt troʊl hu ɪz ˈhɛvəli ˈfaɪˌnænst baɪ ðə ɪˈfɪʃənt ˈlɑbi ənd hu ˈjuzɪz hɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl pəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈprɛʃər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri. ðə fɔls ˈnɛrətɪv əv trolls,”*,” wɪʧ noʊ wən kən ˈklɪrli dɪˈfaɪn ənd həz bɪn faʊnd tɪ bi ˈhaɪli səˈbʤɛktɪv ɪn nuz ˈkəvərɪʤ ənd ɪz kənˈsɪdərd tɪ bi ə ˌprɛʤəˈdɪʃəl tərm baɪ ðə ˈfɛdərəl treɪd kəˈmɪʃən, ɪz ˌriɪnˈfɔrst baɪ ə ˈsɪriz əv pur ˈpænəl ˈwɪtnəsɪz laɪk tɑm li əv mapbox*, ˈʤuli ˈsæmjuəlz əv ˈɪnʤən ˈædvəkəsi ənd ˈstivən ˈændərsən əv ˈkəlvər ˈfrænʧaɪzɪŋ. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈdɛrəl ˈɪsə (r-ca*) hɛlp bət gəˈfɔ wɪn ˈsəmˌwən pɔɪnts aʊt ðət ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈpætənt ˈsɪstəm ɪz mɔr ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ tɪ ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən ənd ˈpraɪvət ˈprɑpərti ˈoʊnərz əˈlaɪk ðən ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈvərʒən əv ðə juz. ˈpætənt ˈsɪstəm. wət wɪl ɪt teɪk? wɪl ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈnɛrətɪv swɪŋ əraʊnd wəns ˈʧaɪnə ˈoʊvərˌteɪks ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn ðə ˈænjuəl ˌaɪˌpi ˈɪndɛks wɪʧ ɪz riˈlist baɪ ðə juz. ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs? ɪn ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˈɪndɛks, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd states’*’ ˈsɪstəm əv ˈpætənt raɪts wɑz ræŋkt ənd ˈʧaɪnə wɑz ræŋkt ɪn ðət rɪˈgɑrd. ðeɪ kʊd swɪʧ ˈpleɪsɪz ɛz ˈərli ɛz nɛkst jɪr. ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ˈæktɪvli æˈdrɛsɪŋ ɪts ki ˈwiknəsɪz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd baɪ ðə juz. ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ hɪˈstɔrɪkəli haɪ ˈlɛvəlz əv ˌaɪˌpi ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤmənt ənd ən ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti fər səm ˌaɪˌpi ˈoʊnərz tɪ sɪˈkjʊr ˈædəkˌweɪt ˈrɛmədiz fər ˌɪnˈfrɪnʤmənt. ðə ˈrisənt ˌaɪˌpi ˈɪndɛks ɔˈrɛdi ˈnoʊtɪd ðət nu ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ɔn səbˈmɪtɪŋ ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ˈdætə kʊd ˈstrɛŋθən ˈpætənt ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. ɛz fər ðə juz., ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈziroʊ ˈprɑˌgrɛs ɔn ðə ki ˈwiknəsɪz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd baɪ ðə ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ səbˈstænʃəl kɔsts ənd ənˈsərtənti kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈpætənt ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ɛz wɛl ɛz ə ˈnɛroʊ ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən əv ðə əv ˈbaɪoʊˌtɛk ənd ˌɪnˈvɛnʃənz. tɪ ˈpɛrəˌfreɪz ə ˈwɛlˈnoʊn əˈmɛrɪkən foʊk sɔŋ, wi maɪt bi ˈhirɪŋ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ rɪˈfreɪn ɪn ðə jɪrz tɪ kəm: hæv ɔl ðə ˈpætənts gɔn? gɔn tɪ ˈʧaɪnə, ˈɛvəri wən. wɪn wɪl ðeɪ ˈɛvər lərn? wɪn wɪl ðeɪ ˈɛvər learn?”*?”
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as he prepares to take office jan. 1, county district nico lahood has been busy deciding whom to keep among the prosecutors employed by outgoing district attorney susan reed.
at the same time, he has continued to work as a defense attorney. this month, lahood insisted on personally defending a client, and shortly before going to trial, he sought to retain the prosecutors in the case, a scenario rife with potential conflicts of interest.
a mistrial was declared last week when a witness violated a ruling.
lahood had placed himself in a powerful position by placing the prosecutors, and bridgett clay, in an uncomfortable one: the defense attorney controlled their jobs. in agreeing before trial to retain them, lahood turned his adversaries into future employees.
“i was doing my job,” told me. “i’m supposed to prosecute cases that warrant that. this is a case that ended up in serious bodily injury to the victim. and so, because the court called the case to trial on (dec.) 15th, it was my ethical obligation to proceed with the case if we found merit in it, which we did.”
when i called lahood on monday, he sounded irked by any scrutiny of the case.
“let me tell you something,” he said, “you’re going into waters that you understand.”
lahood had calmed down about an hour later, when he invited me to talk at the courthouse. just finished interviewing prosecutors for his new team and had chosen to retain the “vast majority” of them, he said, rejecting only 22.
in the recent case, lahood was guided by ethics, he said.
his client,, is accused of assaulting a man in march 2012 at the grotto nightclub, striking joshua hernandez in the face hard enough to send him to the hospital. was charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury.
the district office contacted the state bar of texas about the case, and “they said that you have an ethical obligation to represent your clients,” lahood told me, “so if the case is up for trial, nothing inappropriate about doing it.”
lahood had insisted on trying the case, district judge ron rangel said.
“judge rangel knows the state bar rules,” lahood told me. “that’s all. i need his permission.”
lahood referred me to the texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct, highlighting a section requiring him as district attorney to recuse himself from any cases involving clients he represented as a defense lawyer.
“these are the only rules we have to go by,” he said.
in seeking before trial to retain the prosecutors, lahood was being “kind” and “thoughtful,” he said.
“i just thought that was the right thing to do,” he told me. “can you imagine them trying to try the case? are they going to be hesitant to do their best work if thinking, 'this guy could be my boss,’ and, 'what if i do something that ticks him off and then i get fired for it?’”
“i wanted them to know, 'guys, do your best work. you have your job,’” lahood added. “'you come at me as hard as you can. try to beat your boss. how about that?’”
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ɛz hi pərˈpɛrz tɪ teɪk ˈɔfəs ʤæn. 1 ˈkaʊnti ˈdɪstrɪkt ˈnikoʊ ˈlɑhʊd həz bɪn ˈbɪzi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ hum tɪ kip əˈməŋ ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪmˈplɔɪd baɪ ˈaʊtˌgoʊɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni ˈsuzən rid. æt ðə seɪm taɪm, hi həz kənˈtɪnjud tɪ wərk ɛz ə dɪˈfɛns əˈtərni. ðɪs mənθ, ˈlɑhʊd ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ɔn ˈpərsənəli dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ə klaɪənt, ənd ˈʃɔrtli ˌbiˈfɔr goʊɪŋ tɪ traɪəl, hi sɔt tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪn ðə keɪs, ə sɪˈnɛrioʊ raɪf wɪθ pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈkɑnflɪkts əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst. ə ˈmɪˌstraɪəl wɑz dɪˈklɛrd læst wik wɪn ə ˈwɪtnəs ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd ə ˈrulɪŋ. ˈlɑhʊd hæd pleɪst hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ə ˈpaʊərfəl pəˈzɪʃən baɪ ˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz, ənd ˈbrɪʤɪt kleɪ, ɪn ən ənˈkəmfərtəbəl wən: ðə dɪˈfɛns əˈtərni kənˈtroʊld ðɛr ʤɑbz. ɪn əˈgriɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr traɪəl tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðɛm, ˈlɑhʊd tərnd hɪz ˈædvərˌsɛriz ˈɪntu fˈjuʧər ɪmˈplɔɪiz. wɑz duɪŋ maɪ job,”*,” toʊld mi. səˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈprɑsəˌkjut ˈkeɪsɪz ðət ˈwɔrənt ðət. ðɪs ɪz ə keɪs ðət ˈɛndɪd əp ɪn ˈsɪriəs ˈbɑdəli ˈɪnʤəri tɪ ðə ˈvɪktɪm. ənd soʊ, bɪˈkəz ðə kɔrt kɔld ðə keɪs tɪ traɪəl ɔn (dɛk.) 15th*, ɪt wɑz maɪ ˈɛθɪkəl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ pərˈsid wɪθ ðə keɪs ɪf wi faʊnd ˈmɛrət ɪn ɪt, wɪʧ wi did.”*.” wɪn aɪ kɔld ˈlɑhʊd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, hi ˈsaʊndɪd ərkt baɪ ˈɛni ˈskrutəni əv ðə keɪs. mi tɛl ju something,”*,” hi sɛd, goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈwɔtərz ðət ju understand.”*.” ˈlɑhʊd hæd kɑmd daʊn əˈbaʊt ən aʊər ˈleɪtər, wɪn hi ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd mi tɪ tɔk æt ðə ˈkɔrˌthaʊs. ʤɪst ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈɪntərvˌjuɪŋ ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz fər hɪz nu tim ənd hæd ˈʧoʊzən tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə majority”*” əv ðɛm, hi sɛd, rɪˈʤɛktɪŋ ˈoʊnli 22 ɪn ðə ˈrisənt keɪs, ˈlɑhʊd wɑz ˈgaɪdɪd baɪ ˈɛθɪks, hi sɛd. hɪz klaɪənt,, ɪz əˈkjuzd əv əˈsɔltɪŋ ə mæn ɪn mɑrʧ 2012 æt ðə ˈgrɑˌtoʊ ˈnaɪtˌkləb, ˈstraɪkɪŋ ˈʤɑˌʃuə hərˈnændɛz ɪn ðə feɪs hɑrd ɪˈnəf tɪ sɛnd ɪm tɪ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˈægrəˌveɪtɪd əˈsɔlt wɪθ ˈsɪriəs ˈbɑdəli ˈɪnʤəri. ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt ˈɔfəs ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd ðə steɪt bɑr əv ˈtɛksəs əˈbaʊt ðə keɪs, ənd sɛd ðət ju hæv ən ˈɛθɪkəl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt jʊr clients,”*,” ˈlɑhʊd toʊld mi, ɪf ðə keɪs ɪz əp fər traɪəl, ˈnəθɪŋ ˌɪnəˈproʊpriɪt əˈbaʊt duɪŋ it.”*.” ˈlɑhʊd hæd ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ɔn traɪɪŋ ðə keɪs, ˈdɪstrɪkt ʤəʤ rɑn ˈrænˈʤɛl sɛd. ˈrænˈʤɛl noʊz ðə steɪt bɑr rules,”*,” ˈlɑhʊd toʊld mi. ɔl. aɪ nid hɪz permission.”*.” ˈlɑhʊd rɪˈfərd mi tɪ ðə ˈtɛksəs ˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri rulz əv prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈkɑndəkt, ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ ə ˈsɛkʃən rikˈwaɪərɪŋ ɪm ɛz ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni tɪ ˌrɪˈkjuz hɪmˈsɛlf frəm ˈɛni ˈkeɪsɪz ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ klaɪənts hi ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ɛz ə dɪˈfɛns ˈlɔjər. ər ðə ˈoʊnli rulz wi hæv tɪ goʊ by,”*,” hi sɛd. ɪn ˈsikɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr traɪəl tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz, ˈlɑhʊd wɑz biɪŋ ““kind”*” ənd ““thoughtful,”*,” hi sɛd. ʤɪst θɔt ðət wɑz ðə raɪt θɪŋ tɪ do,”*,” hi toʊld mi. ju ˌɪˈmæʤən ðɛm traɪɪŋ tɪ traɪ ðə keɪs? ər ðeɪ goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈhɛzɪtənt tɪ du ðɛr bɛst wərk ɪf ˈθɪŋkɪŋ, 'ðɪs gaɪ kʊd bi maɪ boss,’*,’ ənd, 'wət ɪf aɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət tɪks ɪm ɔf ənd ðɛn aɪ gɪt faɪərd fər it?’”*?’” ˈwɔntɪd ðɛm tɪ noʊ, 'gaɪz, du jʊr bɛst wərk. ju hæv jʊr job,’”*,’” ˈlɑhʊd ˈædɪd. kəm æt mi ɛz hɑrd ɛz ju kən. traɪ tɪ bit jʊr bɔs. haʊ əˈbaʊt that?’”*?’”
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the biomass boiler near port consumed tonnes of woody biomass last year, with nearly a quarter of that imported from outside the province, cbc has learned.
the total consumed by the plant in 2014 amounts to about 50 large pulp trucks a day. it includes hardwood, bark and wood chips.
the numbers are contained in a summary report prepared for the province by nova scotia power, which owns the boiler.
last year was the first full year of operation for the biomass boiler, which was approved to provide cheap electricity to port paper and help nova scotia power meet legislated renewable energy targets of 25 per cent in 2015.
nova scotia power spokesperson david says the company went outside the province to buy 23 per cent of its total biomass when it was cheaper.
"we've imported some secondary biomass, largely sawmill bark, from quebec," he says. "and there's also been some primary biomass that we've purchased from lands that were being cleared for agricultural purposes in new brunswick."
primary biomass is largely wood, while secondary biomass is usually the chips and bark from sawmills.
matt miller of the ecology action center has been critical of the boiler from the start, calling it an unwise use of a forest that should be providing higher value products. he says importing biomass suggests the power company is facing some of the same supply issues competing for fibre as sawmills and even pulp mills.
"we've seen this project drive harvesting practices to a new low," miller says. "it's having an impact on the hardwood industry, which is a much wiser use for jobs per unit of wood used.
"there have been increases in clear cutting and we should be looking at options to decommission the plant once muskrat falls comes online."
hydroelectricity from muskrat falls is due by the end of 2017. meanwhile, nova scotia power is on track to hit its 25 per cent renewable energy target for this year and exceed it once the south canoe wind project, near new ross, comes online.
difficulty finding hardwood
the biomass plant in port generates about three percent of the province's electricity.
sawmills and flooring manufacturers that are experiencing difficulty finding enough hardwood question to what extent port paper and private contractors are working to separate it from the truckloads of biomass heading to the boiler.
the department of natural resources confirms 43 percent of the hardwood on crown lands licensed to port paper wound up being used for biomass last year.
and there's plenty of disagreement among the department, sawmills and pulp and paper mills over whether the province is properly identifying the higher value hardwood before cutting goes ahead.
natural resources minister zack churchill says satisfied hardwood cut from crown land is not being turned into biomass.
"we know that's not happening from crown land," he says. "it is monitored for how much hardwood are going into the biomass plant and all the inspections we have done to date indicate a minimal amount of going to the biomass plant.”
“we don't control what comes off private lands. seventy to 80 per cent comes off private lands. if you look at the economics of it, i know why people would be selling hardwood at a lower value when there is a higher value outlet out there with other sawmills."
churchill went on to blame "market forces" such as the price drop after the recession of 2008 for the closure of half the sawmills in the last ten years.
read the report.
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ðə ˈbaɪəmæs ˈbɔɪlər nɪr pɔrt kənˈsumd tənz əv ˈwʊdi ˈbaɪəmæs læst jɪr, wɪθ ˈnɪrli ə kˈwɔrtər əv ðət ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪd frəm ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈprɑvɪns, ˈsiˌbiˈsi həz ˈlərnɪd. ðə ˈtoʊtəl kənˈsumd baɪ ðə plænt ɪn 2014 əˈmaʊnts tɪ əˈbaʊt 50 lɑrʤ pəlp trəks ə deɪ. ɪt ˌɪnˈkludz ˈhɑrdˌwʊd, bɑrk ənd wʊd ʧɪps. ðə ˈnəmbərz ər kənˈteɪnd ɪn ə ˈsəməri rɪˈpɔrt priˈpɛrd fər ðə ˈprɑvɪns baɪ ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə paʊər, wɪʧ oʊnz ðə ˈbɔɪlər. læst jɪr wɑz ðə fərst fʊl jɪr əv ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən fər ðə ˈbaɪəmæs ˈbɔɪlər, wɪʧ wɑz əˈpruvd tɪ prəˈvaɪd ʧip ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti tɪ pɔrt ˈpeɪpər ənd hɛlp ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə paʊər mit ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtəd riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈtɑrgəts əv 25 pər sɛnt ɪn 2015 ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə paʊər ˈspoʊkspərsən ˈdeɪvɪd sɪz ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɛnt ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈprɑvɪns tɪ baɪ 23 pər sɛnt əv ɪts ˈtoʊtəl ˈbaɪəmæs wɪn ɪt wɑz ˈʧipər. "wiv ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪd səm ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈbaɪəmæs, ˈlɑrʤli ˈsɔˌmɪl bɑrk, frəm kwəˈbɛk," hi sɪz. "ənd ðɛrz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn səm ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈbaɪəmæs ðət wiv ˈpərʧəst frəm lændz ðət wər biɪŋ klɪrd fər ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl ˈpərpəsɪz ɪn nu ˈbrənzwɪk." ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈbaɪəmæs ɪz ˈlɑrʤli wʊd, waɪl ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈbaɪəmæs ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ðə ʧɪps ənd bɑrk frəm ˈsɔˌmɪlz. mæt ˈmɪlər əv ðə ɪˈkɑləʤi ˈækʃən ˈsɛnər həz bɪn ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ðə ˈbɔɪlər frəm ðə stɑrt, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪt ən ənˈwaɪz juz əv ə ˈfɔrɪst ðət ʃʊd bi prəˈvaɪdɪŋ haɪər ˈvælju ˈprɑdəkts. hi sɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈbaɪəmæs səˈʤɛsts ðə paʊər ˈkəmpəˌni ɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ səm əv ðə seɪm səˈplaɪ ˈɪʃuz kəmˈpitɪŋ fər ˈfaɪbər ɛz ˈsɔˌmɪlz ənd ˈivɪn pəlp mɪlz. "wiv sin ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt draɪv ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ ˈpræktɪsɪz tɪ ə nu loʊ," ˈmɪlər sɪz. "ɪts ˈhævɪŋ ən ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðə ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ˈɪndəstri, wɪʧ ɪz ə məʧ ˈwaɪzər juz fər ʤɑbz pər ˈjunɪt əv wʊd juzd. "ðɛr hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ɪn klɪr ˈkətɪŋ ənd wi ʃʊd bi ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈɔpʃənz tɪ dikəˈmɪʃən ðə plænt wəns ˈməˌskræt fɔlz kəmz ˈɔnˌlaɪn." frəm ˈməˌskræt fɔlz ɪz du baɪ ðə ɛnd əv 2017 ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃə paʊər ɪz ɔn træk tɪ hɪt ɪts 25 pər sɛnt riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈtərgət fər ðɪs jɪr ənd ɪkˈsid ɪt wəns ðə saʊθ kəˈnu wɪnd ˈprɑʤɛkt, nɪr nu rɔs, kəmz ˈɔnˌlaɪn. ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti ˈfaɪndɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ðə ˈbaɪəmæs plænt ɪn pɔrt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪts əˈbaʊt θri pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈprɑvənsɪz ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. ˈsɔˌmɪlz ənd ˈflɔrɪŋ ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz ðət ər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti ˈfaɪndɪŋ ɪˈnəf ˈhɑrdˌwʊd kˈwɛʃən tɪ wət ɪkˈstɛnt pɔrt ˈpeɪpər ənd ˈpraɪvət ˈkɑnˌtræktərz ər ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ɪt frəm ðə ˈtrəˌkloʊdz əv ˈbaɪəmæs ˈhɛdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈbɔɪlər. ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈnæʧərəl ˈrisɔrsɪz kənˈfərmz 43 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ɔn kraʊn lændz ˈlaɪsənst tɪ pɔrt ˈpeɪpər wund əp biɪŋ juzd fər ˈbaɪəmæs læst jɪr. ənd ðɛrz ˈplɛnti əv dɪsəˈgrimənt əˈməŋ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ˈsɔˌmɪlz ənd pəlp ənd ˈpeɪpər mɪlz ˈoʊvər ˈwɛðər ðə ˈprɑvɪns ɪz ˈprɑpərli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ ðə haɪər ˈvælju ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkətɪŋ goʊz əˈhɛd. ˈnæʧərəl ˈrisɔrsɪz ˈmɪnɪstər zæk ˈʧərʧɪl sɪz ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd ˈhɑrdˌwʊd kət frəm kraʊn lænd ɪz nɑt biɪŋ tərnd ˈɪntu ˈbaɪəmæs. "wi noʊ ðæts nɑt ˈhæpənɪŋ frəm kraʊn lænd," hi sɪz. "ɪt ɪz ˈmɑnətərd fər haʊ məʧ ˈhɑrdˌwʊd ər goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈbaɪəmæs plænt ənd ɔl ðə ˌɪnˈspɛkʃənz wi hæv dən tɪ deɪt ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ə ˈmɪnəməl əˈmaʊnt əv goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈbaɪəmæs plant.”*.” doʊnt kənˈtroʊl wət kəmz ɔf ˈpraɪvət lændz. ˈsɛvənti tɪ 80 pər sɛnt kəmz ɔf ˈpraɪvət lændz. ɪf ju lʊk æt ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks əv ɪt, aɪ noʊ waɪ ˈpipəl wʊd bi ˈsɛlɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwʊd æt ə loʊər ˈvælju wɪn ðɛr ɪz ə haɪər ˈvælju ˈaʊˌtlɛt aʊt ðɛr wɪθ ˈəðər ˈsɔˌmɪlz." ˈʧərʧɪl wɛnt ɔn tɪ bleɪm "ˈmɑrkɪt ˈfɔrsɪz" səʧ ɛz ðə praɪs drɔp ˈæftər ðə ˌriˈsɛʃən əv 2008 fər ðə ˈkloʊʒər əv hæf ðə ˈsɔˌmɪlz ɪn ðə læst tɛn jɪrz. rɛd ðə rɪˈpɔrt.
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if the proposed bipartisan immigration bill becomes law as it now reads, the republican party may never win the white house again, according to dr. steven, director of research for the center for immigration over 40 million new immigrants this bill will admit [creating] an enormous number of new guest worker programs. many of these new categories are uncapped, so an unlimited number of people can come in," told "the steve show" on this an unremitting electoral disaster for the republican party? absolutely. the amnesty beneficiaries plus the new immigrants it's hard to see how the republicans would ever win another presidential election ."everything we know about the political opinions of new immigrants, including hispanics and non-hispanics, are that they tend to favor the democratic party because the democrats favor expansive government, and immigrants are in favor of whose nonpartisan, research group advocates immigration reduction said a "very large fraction" of republicans feel they must support the bill, a bipartisan effort of four republican and four democratic lawmakers known as the "gang of eight.""[they] want to vote for something so that they can say they did something. whether the bill has merits or not, they just want to vote for something. and what this is is a fig leaf. it really change anything," he just another promise to add more border patrol agents and fencing, but it get at all of the underlying problems the weakness of the interior enforcement, the fact that legalization and amnesty come before any enforcement . . ."gaffney said that alarmingly, the 2006 "secure fence act" passed by congress in 2006 to erect better barriers at u.s. borders and other immigration control measures have been none of it has been done. congress has five times passed an system to keep track of temporary visitors when they come and go from the united states. and this bill, of course, would be a sixth time," he every time they pass it, it never gets implemented. congress drags its feet, it allocate the funds, the bureaucracy resists, the administration want to do it."
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ɪf ðə prəˈpoʊzd baɪˈpɑrtɪzən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən bɪl bɪˈkəmz lɔ ɛz ɪt naʊ ridz, ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈpɑrti meɪ ˈnɛvər wɪn ðə waɪt haʊs əˈgɛn, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈdɑktər. ˈstivən, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈrisərʧ fər ðə ˈsɛnər fər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈoʊvər 40 ˈmɪljən nu ˈɪməgrənts ðɪs bɪl wɪl ədˈmɪt [kriˈeɪtɪŋ] ən ɪˈnɔrmɪs ˈnəmbər əv nu gɛst ˈwərkər ˈproʊˌgræmz. ˈmɛni əv ðiz nu ˈkætəˌgɔriz ər uncapped*, soʊ ən ənˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl kən kəm ɪn," toʊld "ðə stiv ʃoʊ" ɔn ðɪs ən ˌənrɪˈmɪtɪŋ ɪˈlɛktərəl dɪˈzæstər fər ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈpɑrti? ˌæbsəˈlutli. ðə ˈæmnəsti ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛriz pləs ðə nu ˈɪməgrənts ɪts hɑrd tɪ si haʊ ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz wʊd ˈɛvər wɪn əˈnəðər ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən ."ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wi noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˈpɪnjənz əv nu ˈɪməgrənts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ hɪˈspænɪks ənd non-hispanics*, ər ðət ðeɪ tɛnd tɪ ˈfeɪvər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpɑrti bɪˈkəz ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts ˈfeɪvər ɪkˈspænsɪv ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd ˈɪməgrənts ər ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv huz nɑnˈpɑrtəzən, ˈrisərʧ grup ˈædvəˌkeɪts ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən rɪˈdəkʃən sɛd ə "ˈvɛri lɑrʤ ˈfrækʃən" əv rɪˈpəblɪkənz fil ðeɪ məst səˈpɔrt ðə bɪl, ə baɪˈpɑrtɪzən ˈɛfərt əv fɔr rɪˈpəblɪkən ənd fɔr ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz noʊn ɛz ðə "gæŋ əv eight.""[they*] wɔnt tɪ voʊt fər ˈsəmθɪŋ soʊ ðət ðeɪ kən seɪ ðeɪ dɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ. ˈwɛðər ðə bɪl həz ˈmɛrɪts ər nɑt, ðeɪ ʤɪst wɔnt tɪ voʊt fər ˈsəmθɪŋ. ənd wət ðɪs ɪz ɪz ə fɪg lif. ɪt ˈrɪli ʧeɪnʤ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ," hi ʤɪst əˈnəðər ˈprɑməs tɪ æd mɔr ˈbɔrdər pəˈtroʊl ˈeɪʤənts ənd ˈfɛnsɪŋ, bət ɪt gɪt æt ɔl əv ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ ˈprɑbləmz ðə ˈwiknəs əv ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər ɛnˈfɔrsmənt, ðə fækt ðət ˌligələˈzeɪʃən ənd ˈæmnəsti kəm ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛni ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ."ˈgæfni sɛd ðət əˈlɑrmɪŋli, ðə 2006 "sɪˈkjʊr fɛns ækt" pæst baɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs ɪn 2006 tɪ ɪˈrɛkt ˈbɛtər ˈbɛriərz æt juz. ˈbɔrdərz ənd ˈəðər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən kənˈtroʊl ˈmɛʒərz hæv bɪn nən əv ɪt həz bɪn dən. ˈkɑŋgrəs həz faɪv taɪmz pæst ən ˈsɪstəm tɪ kip træk əv ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈvɪzɪtərz wɪn ðeɪ kəm ənd goʊ frəm ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ənd ðɪs bɪl, əv kɔrs, wʊd bi ə sɪksθ taɪm," hi ˈɛvəri taɪm ðeɪ pæs ɪt, ɪt ˈnɛvər gɪts ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd. ˈkɑŋgrəs drægz ɪts fit, ɪt ˈæləˌkeɪt ðə fəndz, ðə bjʊˈrɑkrəsi rɪˈzɪsts, ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wɔnt tɪ du ɪt." si ðə stiv ʃoʊ ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən iʧ ˈwikˌdeɪ lɪv baɪ ˈklɪkɪŋ hir naʊ ju kən ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə stiv ʃoʊ iʧ ˈwikˌdeɪ lɪv frəm piɛm ɛt ɔn 244
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the number of hijacked servers held for ransom has skyrocketed in the past two days from to over, thanks in large part to the involvement of a professional group known as.
according to statistics provided by two security researchers monitoring these attacks, victor and niall merrigan, this group is behind around nearly hijacked databases, which is around 56% of all ransacked instances.
the group got involved in these attacks on friday, january 6, seeing how successful and profitable previous attacks from other groups had been.
numbers of hijacked servers went from to in a week
there are currently twelve groups launching attacks on unsecured databases. these databases are easy pickings because they've been left exposed to internet connections with no password on the administrator account.
these groups access these unsecured databases, export their content, and leave a message behind asking for a ransom payment in order to return the data.
according to the and merrigan, in recent days, some groups aren't even downloading the data, but simply deleting it. nevertheless, many companies paid to get their data back.
these attacks started around christmas 2016, and initially, they were small in nature and carried out by one group alone, nicknamed.
groups involved in hijacking attacks [source]
attacks intensified last monday when bleeping computer first reported on these events after successfully compromised around installations.
two days later, the number of groups involved in these hijacking attacks grew to three, and by saturday there were eight groups, with the number of hijacked databases reaching servers.
professional group gets involved in attacks
as the number of hijacked servers grew to over, the massive surge that took place over the weekend was driven by the involvement of, a group that has been previously involved with the distribution of "classic" windows.
the connection between the windows and the attacks comes from the usage of the same email address in both attacks:0@india.com.
prior to the attacks on databases, the group had created and deployed its own brand of, known as the.
kraken - portion of the ransom note
according to michael gillespie, the creator of id-ransomware, a service that allows for victims to detect which family has locked their files, the was never "a hit."
"[kraken was] very small, only a handful of submissions to id-ransomware," gillespie said, "about 8 unique from the us, slovakia, germany, the czech republic, india, and cyprus."
that's 8 infections between december 1, 2016, and january 3, 2017, which is a small number. other, more mature families such as or infect hundreds of users per week.
it appears that the group might have found a more lucrative niche in which they can operate.
kraken group made $6,220 in 3 days of hijacking servers
at the time of writing, the group's wallets received 70 ransom payments from their nearly infected victims.
the group, which asks for ransoms between and 1 has made, which is about $6,220. that's about $2,000 per day, since launching in hijacking attacks last friday.
according to and merrigan, the group has been launching attacks from the same ip address as other groups.
"attacker's ip has been used by multiple groups, which smells like a ransom as a service kind of setup," told bleeping computer.
not all victims who paid received their data back
"i am getting negative feedback from victims who pay the group and get no email response," added. "12 victims complained yesterday that they paid and got no response."
his colleague, merrigan, added that "one person said they have asked for information and got a response and it looks like they will pay." so it appears that the group might be swamped in emails.
nonetheless, victims should always ask for proof that the hijackers have their database before paying a ransom. in our last articles on attacks, we detailed about a turf war going on between these gangs, who are rewriting each other's ransom notes. this means people might end up paying the ransom to the wrong group, who doesn't have their data.
as we concluded in our previous piece on this debacle, these attacks might end up being a turning point in's history, being hard to imagine that database administrators might expose their instances online after these high-profile ransom attacks.
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ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈhaɪˌʤækt ˈsərvərz hɛld fər ˈrænsəm həz ˈskaɪˌrɑkətɪd ɪn ðə pæst tu deɪz frəm tɪ ˈoʊvər θæŋks ɪn lɑrʤ pɑrt tɪ ðə ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt əv ə prəˈfɛʃənəl grup noʊn ɛz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ stəˈtɪstɪks prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ tu sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈrisərʧərz ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ðiz əˈtæks, ˈvɪktər ənd naɪəl ˈmɛrɪgən, ðɪs grup ɪz bɪˈhaɪnd əraʊnd ˈnɪrli ˈhaɪˌʤækt ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz, wɪʧ ɪz əraʊnd 56 əv ɔl ˈrænˌsækt ˈɪnstənsɪz. ðə grup gɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðiz əˈtæks ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈʤænjuˌɛri 6 siɪŋ haʊ səkˈsɛsfəl ənd ˈprɑfətəbəl ˈpriviəs əˈtæks frəm ˈəðər grups hæd bɪn. ˈnəmbərz əv ˈhaɪˌʤækt ˈsərvərz wɛnt frəm tɪ ɪn ə wik ðɛr ər ˈkərəntli twɛlv grups ˈlɔnʧɪŋ əˈtæks ɔn ˌənsɪˈkjʊrd ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz. ðiz ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz ər ˈizi ˈpɪkɪŋz bɪˈkəz ðeɪv bɪn lɛft ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ˈɪntərˌnɛt kəˈnɛkʃənz wɪθ noʊ ˈpæsˌwərd ɔn ðə ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər əˈkaʊnt. ðiz grups ˈækˌsɛs ðiz ˌənsɪˈkjʊrd ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz, ˈɛkspɔrt ðɛr ˈkɑntɛnt, ənd liv ə ˈmɛsɪʤ bɪˈhaɪnd ˈæskɪŋ fər ə ˈrænsəm ˈpeɪmənt ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ rɪˈtərn ðə ˈdætə. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ənd ˈmɛrɪgən, ɪn ˈrisənt deɪz, səm grups ˈɑrənt ˈivɪn ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪŋ ðə ˈdætə, bət ˈsɪmpli dɪˈlitɪŋ ɪt. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, ˈmɛni ˈkəmpəˌniz peɪd tɪ gɪt ðɛr ˈdætə bæk. ðiz əˈtæks ˈstɑrtɪd əraʊnd ˈkrɪsməs 2016 ənd ˌɪˈnɪʃəli, ðeɪ wər smɔl ɪn ˈneɪʧər ənd ˈkɛrid aʊt baɪ wən grup əˈloʊn, ˈnɪkˌneɪmd grups ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈhaɪˌʤækɪŋ əˈtæks [sɔrs] əˈtæks ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪd læst ˈmənˌdeɪ wɪn ˈblipɪŋ kəmˈpjutər fərst ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn ðiz ɪˈvɛnts ˈæftər səkˈsɛsfəli ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzd əraʊnd ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃənz. tu deɪz ˈleɪtər, ðə ˈnəmbər əv grups ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðiz ˈhaɪˌʤækɪŋ əˈtæks gru tɪ θri, ənd baɪ ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ðɛr wər eɪt grups, wɪθ ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈhaɪˌʤækt ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz ˈriʧɪŋ ˈsərvərz. prəˈfɛʃənəl grup gɪts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn əˈtæks ɛz ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈhaɪˌʤækt ˈsərvərz gru tɪ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈmæsɪv sərʤ ðət tʊk pleɪs ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd wɑz ˈdrɪvən baɪ ðə ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt əv, ə grup ðət həz bɪn ˈpriviəsli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wɪθ ðə ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv "ˈklæsɪk" ˈwɪndoʊz. ðə kəˈnɛkʃən bɪtˈwin ðə ˈwɪndoʊz ənd ðə əˈtæks kəmz frəm ðə ˈjusɪʤ əv ðə seɪm iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs ɪn boʊθ əˈtæks: kraken0@india.com*. praɪər tɪ ðə əˈtæks ɔn ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz, ðə grup hæd kriˈeɪtɪd ənd dɪˈplɔɪd ɪts oʊn brænd əv, noʊn ɛz ðə. ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ˈrænsəm noʊt əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈmaɪkəl gəˈlɛspi, ðə kriˈeɪtər əv id-ransomware*, ə ˈsərvɪs ðət əˈlaʊz fər ˈvɪktɪmz tɪ dɪˈtɛkt wɪʧ ˈfæməli həz lɑkt ðɛr faɪlz, ðə wɑz ˈnɛvər "ə hɪt." wɑz] ˈvɛri smɔl, ˈoʊnli ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv səbˈmɪʃənz tɪ id-ransomware*," gəˈlɛspi sɛd, "əˈbaʊt 8 juˈnik frəm ðə ˈjuˈɛs, sˌloʊˈvɑˌkiə, ˈʤərməni, ðə ʧɛk riˈpəblɪk, ˈɪndiə, ənd ˈsaɪprəs." ðæts 8 ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz bɪtˈwin dɪˈsɛmbər 1 2016 ənd ˈʤænjuˌɛri 3 2017 wɪʧ ɪz ə smɔl ˈnəmbər. ˈəðər, mɔr məˈʧʊr ˈfæməliz səʧ ɛz ər ˌɪnˈfɛkt ˈhənərdz əv ˈjuzərz pər wik. ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ðə grup maɪt hæv faʊnd ə mɔr ˈlukrətɪv nɪʧ ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ kən ˈɔpərˌeɪt. grup meɪd ɪn 3 deɪz əv ˈhaɪˌʤækɪŋ ˈsərvərz æt ðə taɪm əv ˈraɪtɪŋ, ðə grups ˈwɔləts rɪˈsivd 70 ˈrænsəm ˈpeɪmənts frəm ðɛr ˈnɪrli ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd ˈvɪktɪmz. ðə grup, wɪʧ æsks fər ˈrænsəmz bɪtˈwin ənd 1 həz meɪd, wɪʧ ɪz əˈbaʊt ðæts əˈbaʊt pər deɪ, sɪns ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ɪn ˈhaɪˌʤækɪŋ əˈtæks læst ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ənd ˈmɛrɪgən, ðə grup həz bɪn ˈlɔnʧɪŋ əˈtæks frəm ðə seɪm ˌaɪˌpi ˈæˌdrɛs ɛz ˈəðər grups. ˌaɪˌpi həz bɪn juzd baɪ ˈməltəpəl grups, wɪʧ smɛlz laɪk ə ˈrænsəm ɛz ə ˈsərvɪs kaɪnd əv ˈsɛˌtəp," toʊld ˈblipɪŋ kəmˈpjutər. nɑt ɔl ˈvɪktɪmz hu peɪd rɪˈsivd ðɛr ˈdætə bæk "aɪ æm ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈnɛgətɪv ˈfidˌbæk frəm ˈvɪktɪmz hu peɪ ðə grup ənd gɪt noʊ iˈmeɪl rɪˈspɑns," ˈædɪd. 12 ˈvɪktɪmz kəmˈpleɪnd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ðət ðeɪ peɪd ənd gɑt noʊ rɪˈspɑns." hɪz ˈkɑlig, ˈmɛrɪgən, ˈædɪd ðət "wən ˈpərsən sɛd ðeɪ hæv æst fər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd gɑt ə rɪˈspɑns ənd ɪt lʊks laɪk ðeɪ wɪl peɪ." soʊ ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ðə grup maɪt bi swɔmpt ɪn iˈmeɪlz. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ˈvɪktɪmz ʃʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz æsk fər pruf ðət ðə ˈhaɪˌʤækərz hæv ðɛr ˈdætəˌbeɪs ˌbiˈfɔr peɪɪŋ ə ˈrænsəm. ɪn ɑr læst ˈɑrtɪkəlz ɔn əˈtæks, wi dɪˈteɪld əˈbaʊt ə tərf wɔr goʊɪŋ ɔn bɪtˈwin ðiz gæŋz, hu ər riˈraɪtɪŋ iʧ ˈəðərz ˈrænsəm noʊts. ðɪs minz ˈpipəl maɪt ɛnd əp peɪɪŋ ðə ˈrænsəm tɪ ðə rɔŋ grup, hu ˈdəzənt hæv ðɛr ˈdætə. ɛz wi kənˈkludɪd ɪn ɑr ˈpriviəs pis ɔn ðɪs dəˈbɑkəl, ðiz əˈtæks maɪt ɛnd əp biɪŋ ə ˈtərnɪŋ pɔɪnt ɪn ˈhɪstəri, biɪŋ hɑrd tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ðət ˈdætəˌbeɪs ædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtərz maɪt ɪkˈspoʊz ðɛr ˈɪnstənsɪz ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈæftər ðiz ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈrænsəm əˈtæks.
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coming in swinging hard with their new gentle giant. huge, beautiful, and a slow rolling powerhouse of chilling proportions. it also hits a theme that is rarely brought up but pleases me a great deal to see proper representation of our counter preferences. help but smile.
it is finally time.
it’s here.
its the 420!
official specs
diameter: - width: - weight:
ok, so what does that mean?
it means its big, but light! its nimble and moves like a much smaller yoyo. i thought it was gonna feel weird. i always thought the grail felt like a big yoyo compared to my usually tastes, so i figured that the 420 would feel like a beach ball. this, however, was not the case. it fits in my hand like its always been there.
there is something soft here. the weight to size is confusing on paper but amazing on the string. this is very comfortable and surprisingly natural. it just feels “right.” chopsticks are easily in contrast to what you may think. it is not heavy rim weighted, so sloppy planes, and poor control will be shown to you in the form of tilting. the training wheels are off so to speak.
its gap is kind of a k shaped. sort of a softened hybrid. the walls are higher and the gap is a touch narrower than the competition geared throws. this makes it supreme for and low rpm stability.
it encourages a different kind of play than what im used to. while this yoyo can go about as fast as you want, you can tell its not meant for that. it wants to slow down and relax. it wants you to chill out and slow your roll. and by doing so you are rewarded with a whole new way to play. bobbin’ and jivin’ as opposed to rippin’ and tearin’. no need to throw it hard.
it’s sensitive but doles out happy times when you are doing it right. it binds smooth and tight. a fat string makes it even more eager to return.
my bearing came dry and loud. even after lubing, it was a banshee. swapped it out for another and it hushed down nicely. the sound of the string whipping it is a lower bong vs a high pitched ting.
if you can find its level, you may find a new core throw in your arsenal. i was skeptical, but the risk was worth it. knows how to make stellar yoyos. while they may look lack luster in flourish and fancy design. the cup is plain but the play is undeniable. chuck and jensen are heading in the right direction. not following the trends, fads, or big names and knocking em out of the park one after another.
not the easiest to get your hands on, but if you can get one, you should. gotten so used to the size that the grail now feels small, and the seems mini!! i love it and will likely keep this big guy forever.
here is the grail inside the cup of the 420
all in all i am very impressed. i enjoy the new directions it taking me.
its always 420 somewhere. 8)
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a-rt* ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn sˈwɪŋɪŋ hɑrd wɪθ ðɛr nu ˈʤɛnəl ʤaɪənt. juʤ, ˈbjutəfəl, ənd ə sloʊ ˈroʊlɪŋ ˈpaʊərˌhaʊs əv ˈʧɪlɪŋ prəˈpɔrʃənz. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ hɪts ə θim ðət ɪz ˈrɛrli brɔt əp bət ˈplizɪz mi ə greɪt dil tɪ si ˈprɑpər ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən əv ɑr ˈkaʊntər ˈprɛfərənsɪz. hɛlp bət smaɪl. ɪt ɪz ˈfaɪnəli taɪm. hir. ɪts ðə 420 əˈfɪʃəl spɛks daɪˈæmətər: wɪdθ: weɪt: ˈoʊˈkeɪ, soʊ wət dɪz ðət min? ɪt minz ɪts bɪg, bət laɪt! ɪts ˈnɪmbəl ənd muvz laɪk ə məʧ sˈmɔlər ˈjoʊjoʊ. aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ˈgɑnə fil wɪrd. aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz θɔt ðə greɪl fɛlt laɪk ə bɪg ˈjoʊjoʊ kəmˈpɛrd tɪ maɪ ˈjuʒəwəli teɪsts, soʊ aɪ ˈfɪgjərd ðət ðə 420 wʊd fil laɪk ə biʧ bɔl. ðɪs, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɑz nɑt ðə keɪs. ɪt fɪts ɪn maɪ hænd laɪk ɪts ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ðɛr. ðɛr ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ sɔft hir. ðə weɪt tɪ saɪz ɪz kənfˈjuzɪŋ ɔn ˈpeɪpər bət əˈmeɪzɪŋ ɔn ðə strɪŋ. ðɪs ɪz ˈvɛri ˈkəmfərtəbəl ənd səˈpraɪzɪŋli ˈnæʧərəl. ɪt ʤɪst filz ““right.”*.” ˈʧɑpˌstɪks ər ˈizəli ɪn ˈkɑntræst tɪ wət ju meɪ θɪŋk. ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈhɛvi rɪm ˈweɪtɪd, soʊ sˈlɑpi pleɪnz, ənd pur kənˈtroʊl wɪl bi ʃoʊn tɪ ju ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ˈtɪltɪŋ. ðə ˈtreɪnɪŋ wilz ər ɔf soʊ tɪ spik. ɪts gæp ɪz kaɪnd əv ə keɪ ʃeɪpt. sɔrt əv ə ˈsɔfənd ˈhaɪbrɪd. ðə wɔlz ər haɪər ənd ðə gæp ɪz ə təʧ ˈnɛroʊər ðən ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən gɪrd θroʊz. ðɪs meɪks ɪt səˈprim fər ənd loʊ ˈɑrˈpiˈɛm stəˈbɪlɪti. ɪt ɪnˈkərəʤəz ə ˈdɪfərənt kaɪnd əv pleɪ ðən wət ɪm juzd tɪ. waɪl ðɪs ˈjoʊjoʊ kən goʊ əˈbaʊt ɛz fæst ɛz ju wɔnt, ju kən tɛl ɪts nɑt mɛnt fər ðət. ɪt wɔnts tɪ sloʊ daʊn ənd rɪˈlæks. ɪt wɔnts ju tɪ ʧɪl aʊt ənd sloʊ jʊr roʊl. ənd baɪ duɪŋ soʊ ju ər rɪˈwɔrdɪd wɪθ ə hoʊl nu weɪ tɪ pleɪ. bobbin’*’ ənd jivin’*’ ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ rippin’*’ ənd tearin’*’. noʊ nid tɪ θroʊ ɪt hɑrd. ˈsɛnsɪtɪv bət doʊlz aʊt ˈhæpi taɪmz wɪn ju ər duɪŋ ɪt raɪt. ɪt baɪndz smuð ənd taɪt. ə fæt strɪŋ meɪks ɪt ˈivɪn mɔr ˈigər tɪ rɪˈtərn. maɪ ˈbɛrɪŋ keɪm draɪ ənd laʊd. ˈivɪn ˈæftər lubing*, ɪt wɑz ə ˈbænʃi. swɔpt ɪt aʊt fər əˈnəðər ənd ɪt həʃt daʊn ˈnaɪsli. ðə saʊnd əv ðə strɪŋ ˈwɪpɪŋ ɪt ɪz ə loʊər bɑŋ ˈvərsəz ə haɪ pɪʧt tɪŋ. ɪf ju kən faɪnd ɪts ˈlɛvəl, ju meɪ faɪnd ə nu kɔr θroʊ ɪn jʊr ˈɑrsənəl. aɪ wɑz ˈskɛptɪkəl, bət ðə rɪsk wɑz wərθ ɪt. noʊz haʊ tɪ meɪk ˈstɛlər ˈjoʊjoʊz. waɪl ðeɪ meɪ lʊk læk ˈləstər ɪn flərɪʃ ənd ˈfænsi dɪˈzaɪn. ðə kəp ɪz pleɪn bət ðə pleɪ ɪz ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbəl. ʧək ənd ˈʤɛnsən ər ˈhɛdɪŋ ɪn ðə raɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. nɑt ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə trɛnz, fædz, ər bɪg neɪmz ənd ˈnɑkɪŋ ɛm aʊt əv ðə pɑrk wən ˈæftər əˈnəðər. nɑt ðə ˈiziəst tɪ gɪt jʊr hænz ɔn, bət ɪf ju kən gɪt wən, ju ʃʊd. ˈgɔtən soʊ juzd tɪ ðə saɪz ðət ðə greɪl naʊ filz smɔl, ənd ðə simz ˈmɪni!! aɪ ləv ɪt ənd wɪl ˈlaɪkli kip ðɪs bɪg gaɪ fərˈɛvər. hir ɪz ðə greɪl ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə kəp əv ðə 420 ɔl ɪn ɔl aɪ æm ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈprɛst. aɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðə nu dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz ɪt ˈteɪkɪŋ mi. ɪts ˈɔlˌweɪz 420 ˈsəmˌwɛr. 8
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twenty years after her assault at a college party, liz received a letter of apology from her attacker. the correspondence that followed led her to pursue justice at last
it was late summer 2005 and we were about to set out on an extended vacation with our daughter, ava. "hey, you got a letter," said my husband mike, tossing it to me like a frisbee. it smelled faintly of vanilla, nice paper. i ripped it open and began to read the very precise, almost feminine script.
dear elizabeth:
in october 1984 i harmed you. i can scarcely begin to understand the degree to which, in your eyes, my behaviour has affected you in its wake. still, i stand prepared to hear from you about just how, and in what ways you've been affected; and to begin to set right the wrong i've done, in any way you see fit. most sincerely yours, will beebe
in 1984, i arrived, like any other student, at the university of virginia in charlottesville. an only child, i was the first in my family to attend college. my parents were thrilled, although the university was far from our home town, a suburb of new york city. i had graduated top of my high school class and was prepared to make something great of myself. but those hopes and dreams were dashed about five weeks later.
a dorm friend, desperately wanting to join a fraternity, begged me to be his date to a party at phi kappa psi, a massive pile of georgian bricks and white columns at the head of fraternity row. reluctantly, i climbed out of my sweatpants and donned a denim miniskirt, sweater, navy blue flats and a pearl necklace. and then we set off on our walk with a few other friends from our dorm.
we arrived to the din of a party in full swing a band, kegs of beer, jubilant collegians. nothing out of the ordinary, but for the fact that my date was gay and, back in 1984, being gay was not as openly accepted as it is today. he needed to "pass", so i stuck to his side as we toured the property and listened to the brothers talk about tradition, academia and the honour that was bestowed upon the lucky few who would be chosen as phi kappa psi brothers.
we got separated. my date was invited to smoke pot with some brothers. i had never done so, nor did i want to start. i decided to wait in the living room, thinking i'd be safer there than walking home alone. i sat on a sofa near a makeshift bar where two brothers, acting as bartenders, assured me that my friend would be back soon. and would i like a drink?
not wanting to seem square, i said yes.
"it's our house special here you go," said one brother, offering a green drink in a plastic tumbler.
"thank you," i said. and sat back down, sipping my drink, waiting for my date to return. people milled about, greeting one another and dancing.
"when do you think my date is coming back?" i asked no one in particular.
"oh, he'll be here in a few minutes. just relax. you're fine here," said another brother.
suddenly i noticed something was wrong. i could not feel my hands or feet; my arms and legs followed in numbness. what was happening? i started to panic. at that point, a very tall, man with glasses appeared, asking where i was from, what was my major, where did i live? i answered his questions perfunctorily, begging off that i was soon going home as i was tired. i had no idea what time it was or how long i had been there.
he grabbed my arm and said loudly, "i have something to show you!"
"no!" i said. i couldn't really walk. and i had no interest in what this stranger wanted to show me.
he dragged me down the hall like a rag doll, into a room, grabbed me around the waist, sat me on his lap and began reading to me from a volume of poetry. i squirmed, trying to set myself free. he stuck his tongue in my ear and told me to settle down.
adrenaline kicked in and i freed myself, running into the hall, screaming. at that precise moment, the music was turned up loud and one of the guys from the bar calmly walked over to me, picked me up like a sack of ashes and deposited me back into the waiting arms of the bespectacled stranger.
what happened next was unspeakable. he raped me repeatedly, despite my screams. i awoke sporadically throughout the night; hearing voices, feeling hands. i could not move. at last, light flooded the room. i saw that i was lying on a filthy orange couch, covered in a filthy sheet, across the room from where i was raped. the sheet was covered with large spots of blood. as i tried to get upright, i realised, with horror, that the blood was my own. it had dried in down my legs.
after cleaning up and finding my clothing, i gingerly walked down the stairs and out into a gorgeous october morning. i started to walk right, towards my dorm, but then realised i needed to get to a hospital. so i turned left, toward the university medical centre.
after hours of waiting and many stares, i was told that what i needed "could not be done here in charlottesville" and that i should travel to a large city such as richmond or washington, dc for testing. those tests today are called "rape kits".
i went back to my dorm, where i told my dorm mates and resident adviser what had happened to me. some sympathised, some rolled their eyes and many just walked away. i was bruised from head to toe my head, my cheekbone, my foot, my ribs, my legs and of course my private areas. i finally showered, had some soup and slept for a good 12 hours.
on the following monday, it was arranged that i would meet with the dean of students, robert canevari. still smarting from the pain, i arrived at the appointed time and told him what had happened to me at the phi kappa psi house. he looked at me, nonplussed.
"are you sure you didn't have sex with this man and you don't want to admit that you aren't a 'good girl'?"
"no, that's not what i am saying. i am saying i was raped."
the dean told me, when i asked, that the charlottesville police could not be called as the fraternity house fell under "university jurisdiction" and that i should make my report to them. but not before he volunteered to have me transferred to another school because of my "distress". i said no. i had always said no.
nothing ever came of the investigation by the university police. i was the one calling them, always greeted with a terse, "someone will call you back." no one ever did. the deans said that they had spoken with the young man in question and told me, "he said it was consensual." he, the rapist, withdrew from the university and was thus "no longer a danger" to me. one night, i took the bag of clothes i had worn that night and saved in the back of my closet, walked to the edge of the local cemetery and set them on fire. i had lost.
but then, in 2005, william beebe, my rapist, wrote a letter to my home to apologise.
after thinking and stewing and not sleeping, i make a decision: i am going to reply. i need to know that beebe is in las vegas, as it says on the return address, and not creeping outside my door. a day after receiving the letter, after putting ava to bed, i'm sitting with my legs dangling in the pool of our hamptons house, puffing surreptitiously on a cigarette (i'd quit years earlier) as i tap out the email on my blackberry.
mr. beebe: i am in receipt of your letter. my life was terribly altered by the fact that you raped me, and i want to know why you did it and why you are reaching out to me now. every decision in my life has been coloured by wanting to feel safe. now i don't feel safe again. how can you live with yourself?
i don't sign it. he'll know who it's from.
as mike, ava and i try to enjoy our vacation, i obsessively check the blackberry. and then it arrives. i see the new mail icon, see his name and click on it. he describes the selfishness of his youth, a time when he rarely thought about the consequences of his actions, especially when he had been drinking. he'd joined alcoholics anonymous. he wanted to right the wrongs in his past. it seems that he regards his crime against me as just one more instance of collateral damage from the alcoholic life he has put behind him. he says he prays for me.
this is torture. i can't let this email be the last word. shamefully, i haven't discussed with my husband the correspondence can't he tell something is wrong? that night, i email beebe back.
are you married? does your wife know what you did? my life was a living hell after the rape.
almost 24 hours later, my blackberry buzzes. again, he speaks mainly about himself. he on and on about his "spiritual awakening" and various trips to rehab. not once does he really answer my questions, except to admit that he has never been married because he couldn't find "true union with a woman; especially after what he did". he refers to a much more romantic scenario than the brutal rape it was. he writes, "you were a natural blonde, as i recall." after reading those words, i almost drop the device in the pool. i have no idea what fantasy he is reliving. his emails become erratic.
the end of november brings many emotions to my household. the emails from william beebe continue, and i intermittently email him back. the correspondence is never friendly, although my questions are sometimes benign.
one night i finally tell mike about the emails. he stares at me, his expression changing from sympathy to anger to fear in the time it takes for me to sputter out what is happening.
in early december, i pick up the phone, hesitate, then punch in the number of the charlottesville police department and ask for the chief. i am transferred to the voicemail of timothy longo. "hi, you don't know me, but i was a student at the university, and i was raped by a fellow classmate in 1984 at the phi kappa psi house. i reported it to the deans and the university police. nothing was done. this person has made contact with me again and knows where i live. sir, i think i need your help."
i don't expect an answer. forty-five minutes later, chief longo calls me back. i give him a synopsis of what happened in 1984, and what has since transpired. he is polite, strong and businesslike. he tells me that, contrary to what the dean of students had told me two decades earlier, the fraternity house is indeed under the jurisdiction of the charlottesville police department and always has been. my brain freezes. had they lied to me? i am stunned. longo also tells me that there is no statute of limitations on rape in virginia, that beebe can still be charged with the crime. longo and i exchange email addresses, and he tells me that he or one of his detectives will follow up.
the next evening, the phone rings. it is detective nicholas rudman asking if i'd be willing to come to charlottesville to give a statement. i phone mike and we agree to go that friday night. at noon on saturday 10 december 2005, detectives rudman and scott godfrey are in the hotel lobby to meet me. "liz, could you take us to some of the places you mentioned in your statements to chief longo?" asks godfrey. sure, i say. as we drive, i point out the building that housed the university police and tell the detectives of my visits there. i point to the phi kappa psi house, sitting gracefully on madison lane. "that's the room i was raped in," i say, gesturing toward the window on the far right. "there's a window overlooking madison and the bed was flush against that window."
we double back and drive toward campus, to my freshman dorm. on the second floor, at the end of a long hall, i see the door to my room. i'm overwhelmingly sad as i stand there, feeling so much older, but still so scared.
finally, we begin our drive to the police department. they ask if i am ready to tell what happened to me that night in october 1984. it has been 20 years since i have spoken about it in such detail, from beginning to end. telling it now, especially back in charlottesville, is the oddest sensation. i ask for a piece of paper and draw a layout of phi kappa psi, the room in which i was raped and myself as a stick figure on the bed and on the sofa. i stand up and ask godfrey to stand in order to describe beebe's height and weight. i take off my boots to demonstrate my own height. i can hear the clock on the wall ticking softly.
and then we come to the part where i have to describe the rape itself. my whole statement takes more than two hours. the story i had kept buried comes pouring forth, the details fresh. people are listening to me, hearing me, and i will never be silent again. "i think we have enough here," rudman says, clicking off the tape. enough for what, i wonder.
"would you like to press charges against william nottingham beebe for your rape in october of 1984?"
i begin to sob. "yes," i say, "i would like to press charges, please."
william beebe was arrested on 4 january 2006 for felony rape. i was told that when he was arrested, there was packed luggage and a passport in his foyer, but he went without incident. he was extradited from nevada to virginia, where he was released after six days on a $30,000 bond.
in march 2006, i testified at a preliminary hearing, sitting a mere eight feet away from my monster. beebe had hired a very costly and prestigious team of lawyers to defend him. as it turned out, he had found my home address by merely the university of virginia alumni office they gave it to him without question.
i didn't look at beebe, except when i had to identify him as my assailant. when i did, he was exactly as i remembered. the years fell away and i was 17 again and vulnerable and frightened, despite being surrounded by friends, family and the legal team.
beebe was indicted by a grand jury and, as the investigation went on, it was revealed that i had actually been the victim of a gang rape, just as i had suspected. there was, however, not enough hard evidence to indict the other two.
two weeks before trial in november 2006, william beebe pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual battery. the plea took two hours and he stared at me the entire time, so that the judge later told his defence team that he was not allowed to look at me. his attorneys had said that he was innocent; that he was guilty only of "a thoughtless college sex encounter during which he acted ungentlemanly".
he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, all but two and a half of them suspended. he served less than six months. i was told that he was never even transferred to a maximum security prison, that "human error" had him as non-violent. he was released early as a result of this mistake and overcrowding at the city jail. also, he was white and educated, so they figured they should set him free. i think of all the people in prison for far lesser crimes, serving far sentences, and wonder if justice was served.
crash into me: a survivor's search for justice by liz is published by bloomsbury.
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tˈwɛnti jɪrz ˈæftər hər əˈsɔlt æt ə ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈpɑrti, lɪz rɪˈsivd ə ˈlɛtər əv əˈpɑləˌʤi frəm hər əˈtækər. ðə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns ðət ˈfɑloʊd lɛd hər tɪ pərˈsu ˈʤəstɪs æt læst ɪt wɑz leɪt ˈsəmər 2005 ənd wi wər əˈbaʊt tɪ sɛt aʊt ɔn ən ɪkˈstɛndɪd veɪˈkeɪʃən wɪθ ɑr ˈdɔtər, ˈeɪvə. "heɪ, ju gɑt ə ˈlɛtər," sɛd maɪ ˈhəzbənd maɪk, ˈtɔsɪŋ ɪt tɪ mi laɪk ə ˈfrɪsbi. ɪt smɛld ˈfeɪntli əv vəˈnɪlə, nis ˈpeɪpər. aɪ rɪpt ɪt ˈoʊpən ənd bɪˈgæn tɪ rɛd ðə ˈvɛri prɪˈsaɪs, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈfɛmənən skrɪpt. dɪr ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ: ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 1984 aɪ hɑrmd ju. aɪ kən ˈskɛrsli bɪˈgɪn tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðə dɪˈgri tɪ wɪʧ, ɪn jʊr aɪz, maɪ bɪˈheɪvjər həz əˈfɛktɪd ju ɪn ɪts weɪk. stɪl, aɪ stænd priˈpɛrd tɪ hir frəm ju əˈbaʊt ʤɪst haʊ, ənd ɪn wət weɪz juv bɪn əˈfɛktɪd; ənd tɪ bɪˈgɪn tɪ sɛt raɪt ðə rɔŋ aɪv dən, ɪn ˈɛni weɪ ju si fɪt. moʊst sɪnˈsɪrli jʊrz, wɪl ˈbiˌbi ɪn 1984 aɪ əraɪvd, laɪk ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈstudənt, æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv vərˈʤɪnjə ɪn ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl. ən ˈoʊnli ʧaɪld, aɪ wɑz ðə fərst ɪn maɪ ˈfæməli tɪ əˈtɛnd ˈkɑlɪʤ. maɪ ˈpɛrənts wər θrɪld, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti wɑz fɑr frəm ɑr hoʊm taʊn, ə ˈsəbərb əv nu jɔrk ˈsɪti. aɪ hæd ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd tɔp əv maɪ haɪ skul klæs ənd wɑz priˈpɛrd tɪ meɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ greɪt əv ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. bət ðoʊz hoʊps ənd drimz wər dæʃt əˈbaʊt faɪv wiks ˈleɪtər. ə dɔrm frɛnd, ˈdɛspərətli ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ ʤɔɪn ə frəˈtərnɪti, bɛgd mi tɪ bi hɪz deɪt tɪ ə ˈpɑrti æt faɪ ˈkæpə saɪ, ə ˈmæsɪv paɪl əv ˈʤɔrʤən brɪks ənd waɪt ˈkɑləmz æt ðə hɛd əv frəˈtərnɪti roʊ. rɪˈləktəntli, aɪ klaɪmd aʊt əv maɪ sˈwɛtˌpænts ənd dɑnd ə ˈdɛnəm ˈmɪniˌskərt, sˈwɛtər, ˈneɪvi blu flæts ənd ə pərl ˈnɛkləs. ənd ðɛn wi sɛt ɔf ɔn ɑr wɔk wɪθ ə fju ˈəðər frɛndz frəm ɑr dɔrm. wi əraɪvd tɪ ðə dɪn əv ə ˈpɑrti ɪn fʊl swɪŋ ə bænd, kɛgz əv bɪr, ˈʤubələnt kəˈliʤənz. ˈnəθɪŋ aʊt əv ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri, bət fər ðə fækt ðət maɪ deɪt wɑz geɪ ənd, bæk ɪn 1984 biɪŋ geɪ wɑz nɑt ɛz ˈoʊpənli ækˈsɛptɪd ɛz ɪt ɪz təˈdeɪ. hi ˈnidɪd tɪ "pæs", soʊ aɪ stək tɪ hɪz saɪd ɛz wi tʊrd ðə ˈprɑpərti ənd ˈlɪsənd tɪ ðə ˈbrəðərz tɔk əˈbaʊt trəˈdɪʃən, ˌækəˈdimiə ənd ðə ˈɑnər ðət wɑz bɪˈstoʊd əˈpɑn ðə ˈləki fju hu wʊd bi ˈʧoʊzən ɛz faɪ ˈkæpə saɪ ˈbrəðərz. wi gɑt ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd. maɪ deɪt wɑz ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd tɪ smoʊk pɑt wɪθ səm ˈbrəðərz. aɪ hæd ˈnɛvər dən soʊ, nɔr dɪd aɪ wɔnt tɪ stɑrt. aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ weɪt ɪn ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ rum, ˈθɪŋkɪŋ aɪd bi ˈseɪfər ðɛr ðən ˈwɔkɪŋ hoʊm əˈloʊn. aɪ sæt ɔn ə ˈsoʊfə nɪr ə ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft bɑr wɛr tu ˈbrəðərz, ˈæktɪŋ ɛz ˈbɑrˌtɛndərz, əˈʃʊrd mi ðət maɪ frɛnd wʊd bi bæk sun. ənd wʊd aɪ laɪk ə drɪŋk? nɑt ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ sim skwɛr, aɪ sɛd jɛs. "ɪts ɑr haʊs ˈspɛʃəl hir ju goʊ," sɛd wən ˈbrəðər, ˈɔfərɪŋ ə grin drɪŋk ɪn ə ˈplæstɪk ˈtəmblər. "θæŋk ju," aɪ sɛd. ənd sæt bæk daʊn, ˈsɪpɪŋ maɪ drɪŋk, ˈweɪtɪŋ fər maɪ deɪt tɪ rɪˈtərn. ˈpipəl mɪld əˈbaʊt, ˈgritɪŋ wən əˈnəðər ənd ˈdænsɪŋ. "wɪn du ju θɪŋk maɪ deɪt ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ bæk?" aɪ æst noʊ wən ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr. "oʊ, hil bi hir ɪn ə fju ˈmɪnəts. ʤɪst rɪˈlæks. jʊr faɪn hir," sɛd əˈnəðər ˈbrəðər. ˈsədənli aɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ˈsəmθɪŋ wɑz rɔŋ. aɪ kʊd nɑt fil maɪ hænz ər fit; maɪ ɑrmz ənd lɛgz ˈfɑloʊd ɪn ˈnəmnəs. wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ? aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ ˈpænɪk. æt ðət pɔɪnt, ə ˈvɛri tɔl, mæn wɪθ ˈglæsɪz əˈpɪrd, ˈæskɪŋ wɛr aɪ wɑz frəm, wət wɑz maɪ ˈmeɪʤər, wɛr dɪd aɪ lɪv? aɪ ˈænsərd hɪz kˈwɛsʧənz perfunctorily*, ˈbɛgɪŋ ɔf ðət aɪ wɑz sun goʊɪŋ hoʊm ɛz aɪ wɑz taɪərd. aɪ hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə wət taɪm ɪt wɑz ər haʊ lɔŋ aɪ hæd bɪn ðɛr. hi græbd maɪ ɑrm ənd sɛd ˈlaʊdli, "aɪ hæv ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ ʃoʊ ju!" "noʊ!" aɪ sɛd. aɪ ˈkʊdənt ˈrɪli wɔk. ənd aɪ hæd noʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn wət ðɪs ˈstreɪnʤər ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ʃoʊ mi. hi drægd mi daʊn ðə hɔl laɪk ə ræg dɑl, ˈɪntu ə rum, græbd mi əraʊnd ðə weɪst, sæt mi ɔn hɪz læp ənd bɪˈgæn ˈrɛdɪŋ tɪ mi frəm ə ˈvɑljum əv ˈpoʊətri. aɪ squirmed*, traɪɪŋ tɪ sɛt ˌmaɪˈsɛlf fri. hi stək hɪz təŋ ɪn maɪ ɪr ənd toʊld mi tɪ ˈsɛtəl daʊn. əˈdrɛnələn kɪkt ɪn ənd aɪ frid ˌmaɪˈsɛlf, ˈrənɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə hɔl, ˈskrimɪŋ. æt ðət prɪˈsaɪs ˈmoʊmənt, ðə mˈjuzɪk wɑz tərnd əp laʊd ənd wən əv ðə gaɪz frəm ðə bɑr ˈkɑmli wɔkt ˈoʊvər tɪ mi, pɪkt mi əp laɪk ə sæk əv ˈæʃɪz ənd dɪˈpɑzətəd mi bæk ˈɪntu ðə ˈweɪtɪŋ ɑrmz əv ðə bɪˈspɛktəkəld ˈstreɪnʤər. wət ˈhæpənd nɛkst wɑz ənˈspikəbəl. hi reɪpt mi rɪˈpitɪdli, dɪˈspaɪt maɪ skrimz. aɪ əˈwoʊk spərˈædɪkli θruaʊt ðə naɪt; ˈhirɪŋ ˈvɔɪsɪz, ˈfilɪŋ hænz. aɪ kʊd nɑt muv. æt læst, laɪt ˈflədɪd ðə rum. aɪ sɔ ðət aɪ wɑz laɪɪŋ ɔn ə ˈfɪlθi ˈɔrɪnʤ kaʊʧ, ˈkəvərd ɪn ə ˈfɪlθi ʃit, əˈkrɔs ðə rum frəm wɛr aɪ wɑz reɪpt. ðə ʃit wɑz ˈkəvərd wɪθ lɑrʤ spɑts əv bləd. ɛz aɪ traɪd tɪ gɪt ˈəˌpraɪt, aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd, wɪθ ˈhɔrər, ðət ðə bləd wɑz maɪ oʊn. ɪt hæd draɪd ɪn daʊn maɪ lɛgz. ˈæftər ˈklinɪŋ əp ənd ˈfaɪndɪŋ maɪ ˈkloʊðɪŋ, aɪ ˈʤɪnʤərli wɔkt daʊn ðə stɛrz ənd aʊt ˈɪntu ə ˈgɔrʤəs ɑkˈtoʊbər ˈmɔrnɪŋ. aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ wɔk raɪt, təˈwɔrdz maɪ dɔrm, bət ðɛn ˈriəˌlaɪzd aɪ ˈnidɪd tɪ gɪt tɪ ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. soʊ aɪ tərnd lɛft, təˈwɔrd ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsɛntər. ˈæftər aʊərz əv ˈweɪtɪŋ ənd ˈmɛni stɛrz, aɪ wɑz toʊld ðət wət aɪ ˈnidɪd "kʊd nɑt bi dən hir ɪn ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl" ənd ðət aɪ ʃʊd ˈtrævəl tɪ ə lɑrʤ ˈsɪti səʧ ɛz ˈrɪʧmənd ər ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˌdiˈsi fər ˈtɛstɪŋ. ðoʊz tɛsts təˈdeɪ ər kɔld "reɪp kɪts". aɪ wɛnt bæk tɪ maɪ dɔrm, wɛr aɪ toʊld maɪ dɔrm meɪts ənd ˈrɛzɪdənt ædˈvaɪzər wət hæd ˈhæpənd tɪ mi. səm sympathised*, səm roʊld ðɛr aɪz ənd ˈmɛni ʤɪst wɔkt əˈweɪ. aɪ wɑz bruzd frəm hɛd tɪ toʊ maɪ hɛd, maɪ ˈʧikˌboʊn, maɪ fʊt, maɪ rɪbz, maɪ lɛgz ənd əv kɔrs maɪ ˈpraɪvət ˈɛriəz. aɪ ˈfaɪnəli ʃaʊərd, hæd səm sup ənd slɛpt fər ə gʊd 12 aʊərz. ɔn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈmənˌdeɪ, ɪt wɑz əreɪnʤd ðət aɪ wʊd mit wɪθ ðə din əv ˈstudənts, ˈrɑbərt kɑnɛˈvɑri. stɪl sˈmɑrtɪŋ frəm ðə peɪn, aɪ əraɪvd æt ðə əˈpɔɪntɪd taɪm ənd toʊld ɪm wət hæd ˈhæpənd tɪ mi æt ðə faɪ ˈkæpə saɪ haʊs. hi lʊkt æt mi, nɑnˈpləst. "ər ju ʃʊr ju ˈdɪdənt hæv sɛks wɪθ ðɪs mæn ənd ju doʊnt wɔnt tɪ ədˈmɪt ðət ju ˈɑrənt ə 'gʊd gərl'?" "noʊ, ðæts nɑt wət aɪ æm seɪɪŋ. aɪ æm seɪɪŋ aɪ wɑz reɪpt." ðə din toʊld mi, wɪn aɪ æst, ðət ðə ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl pəˈlis kʊd nɑt bi kɔld ɛz ðə frəˈtərnɪti haʊs fɛl ˈəndər "ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃən" ənd ðət aɪ ʃʊd meɪk maɪ rɪˈpɔrt tɪ ðɛm. bət nɑt ˌbiˈfɔr hi ˌvɑlənˈtɪrd tɪ hæv mi ˈtrænsfərd tɪ əˈnəðər skul bɪˈkəz əv maɪ "dɪˈstrɛs". aɪ sɛd noʊ. aɪ hæd ˈɔlˌweɪz sɛd noʊ. ˈnəθɪŋ ˈɛvər keɪm əv ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən baɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti pəˈlis. aɪ wɑz ðə wən ˈkɔlɪŋ ðɛm, ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈgritɪd wɪθ ə tərs, "ˈsəmˌwən wɪl kɔl ju bæk." noʊ wən ˈɛvər dɪd. ðə dinz sɛd ðət ðeɪ hæd ˈspoʊkən wɪθ ðə jəŋ mæn ɪn kˈwɛʃən ənd toʊld mi, "hi sɛd ɪt wɑz kənˈsɛnʃuəl." hi, ðə ˈreɪpɪst, wɪθˈdru frəm ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ənd wɑz ðəs "noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ə ˈdeɪnʤər" tɪ mi. wən naɪt, aɪ tʊk ðə bæg əv kloʊðz aɪ hæd wɔrn ðət naɪt ənd seɪvd ɪn ðə bæk əv maɪ ˈklɑzət, wɔkt tɪ ðə ɛʤ əv ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri ənd sɛt ðɛm ɔn faɪər. aɪ hæd lɔst. bət ðɛn, ɪn 2005 ˈwɪljəm ˈbiˌbi, maɪ ˈreɪpɪst, roʊt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ maɪ hoʊm tɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz. ˈæftər ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ənd stuɪŋ ənd nɑt sˈlipɪŋ, aɪ meɪk ə dɪˈsɪʒən: aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ rɪˈplaɪ. aɪ nid tɪ noʊ ðət ˈbiˌbi ɪz ɪn ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs, ɛz ɪt sɪz ɔn ðə rɪˈtərn ˈæˌdrɛs, ənd nɑt ˈkripɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd maɪ dɔr. ə deɪ ˈæftər rɪˈsivɪŋ ðə ˈlɛtər, ˈæftər ˈpʊtɪŋ ˈeɪvə tɪ bɛd, əm ˈsɪtɪŋ wɪθ maɪ lɛgz ˈdæŋgəlɪŋ ɪn ðə pul əv ɑr ˈhæmptənz haʊs, ˈpəfɪŋ ˌsərəpˈtɪʃəsli ɔn ə ˌsɪgəˈrɛt (aɪd kwɪt jɪrz ˈərliər) ɛz aɪ tæp aʊt ðə iˈmeɪl ɔn maɪ ˈblækˌbɛri. ˈmɪstər. ˈbiˌbi: aɪ æm ɪn rɪˈsit əv jʊr ˈlɛtər. maɪ laɪf wɑz ˈtɛrəbli ˈɔltərd baɪ ðə fækt ðət ju reɪpt mi, ənd aɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ waɪ ju dɪd ɪt ənd waɪ ju ər ˈriʧɪŋ aʊt tɪ mi naʊ. ˈɛvəri dɪˈsɪʒən ɪn maɪ laɪf həz bɪn ˈkələrd baɪ ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ fil seɪf. naʊ aɪ doʊnt fil seɪf əˈgɛn. haʊ kən ju lɪv wɪθ ˈjɔrsɛlf? aɪ doʊnt saɪn ɪt. hil noʊ hu ɪts frəm. ɛz maɪk, ˈeɪvə ənd aɪ traɪ tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ɑr veɪˈkeɪʃən, aɪ ɑbˈsɛsɪvli ʧɛk ðə ˈblækˌbɛri. ənd ðɛn ɪt əraɪvz. aɪ si ðə nu meɪl ˈaɪkɑn, si hɪz neɪm ənd klɪk ɔn ɪt. hi dɪˈskraɪbz ðə ˈsɛlfɪʃnəs əv hɪz juθ, ə taɪm wɪn hi ˈrɛrli θɔt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv hɪz ˈækʃənz, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn hi hæd bɪn ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ. hid ʤɔɪnd ˌælkəˈhɑlɪks əˈnɑnəməs. hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ raɪt ðə rɔŋz ɪn hɪz pæst. ɪt simz ðət hi rɪˈgɑrdz hɪz kraɪm əˈgɛnst mi ɛz ʤɪst wən mɔr ˈɪnstəns əv kəˈlætərəl ˈdæmɪʤ frəm ðə ˌælkəˈhɑlɪk laɪf hi həz pʊt bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm. hi sɪz hi preɪz fər mi. ðɪs ɪz ˈtɔrʧər. aɪ kænt lɛt ðɪs iˈmeɪl bi ðə læst wərd. shamefully*, aɪ ˈhævənt dɪˈskəst wɪθ maɪ ˈhəzbənd ðə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns kænt hi tɛl ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz rɔŋ? ðət naɪt, aɪ iˈmeɪl ˈbiˌbi bæk. ər ju ˈmɛrid? dɪz jʊr waɪf noʊ wət ju dɪd? maɪ laɪf wɑz ə ˈlɪvɪŋ hɛl ˈæftər ðə reɪp. ˈɔlˌmoʊst 24 aʊərz ˈleɪtər, maɪ ˈblækˌbɛri ˈbəzɪz. əˈgɛn, hi spiks ˈmeɪnli əˈbaʊt hɪmˈsɛlf. hi ɔn ənd ɔn əˈbaʊt hɪz "ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl əˈweɪkənɪŋ" ənd ˈvɛriəs trɪps tɪ rihæb. nɑt wəns dɪz hi ˈrɪli ˈænsər maɪ kˈwɛsʧənz, ɪkˈsɛpt tɪ ədˈmɪt ðət hi həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ˈmɛrid bɪˈkəz hi ˈkʊdənt faɪnd "tru ˈjunjən wɪθ ə ˈwʊmən; əˈspɛʃəli ˈæftər wət hi dɪd". hi rɪˈfərz tɪ ə məʧ mɔr roʊˈmæntɪk sɪˈnɛrioʊ ðən ðə ˈbrutəl reɪp ɪt wɑz. hi raɪts, "ju wər ə ˈnæʧərəl blɑnd, ɛz aɪ ˈriˌkɔl." ˈæftər ˈrɛdɪŋ ðoʊz wərdz, aɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst drɔp ðə dɪˈvaɪs ɪn ðə pul. aɪ hæv noʊ aɪˈdiə wət ˈfænəsi hi ɪz riˈlɪvɪŋ. hɪz iˈmeɪlz bɪˈkəm ɪˈrætɪk. ðə ɛnd əv noʊˈvɛmbər brɪŋz ˈmɛni ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz tɪ maɪ ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld. ðə iˈmeɪlz frəm ˈwɪljəm ˈbiˌbi kənˈtɪnju, ənd aɪ ˌɪntərˈmɪtəntli iˈmeɪl ɪm bæk. ðə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns ɪz ˈnɛvər ˈfrɛndli, ˌɔlˈðoʊ maɪ kˈwɛsʧənz ər ˈsəmˌtaɪmz bɪˈnaɪn. wən naɪt aɪ ˈfaɪnəli tɛl maɪk əˈbaʊt ðə iˈmeɪlz. hi stɛrz æt mi, hɪz ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ frəm ˈsɪmpəθi tɪ ˈæŋgər tɪ fɪr ɪn ðə taɪm ɪt teɪks fər mi tɪ ˈspətər aʊt wət ɪz ˈhæpənɪŋ. ɪn ˈərli dɪˈsɛmbər, aɪ pɪk əp ðə foʊn, ˈhɛzəˌteɪt, ðɛn pənʧ ɪn ðə ˈnəmbər əv ðə ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt ənd æsk fər ðə ʧif. aɪ æm ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ðə ˈvɔɪsˌmeɪl əv ˈtɪməθi ˈlɔŋgoʊ. "haɪ, ju doʊnt noʊ mi, bət aɪ wɑz ə ˈstudənt æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti, ənd aɪ wɑz reɪpt baɪ ə ˈfɛloʊ ˈklæsˌmeɪt ɪn 1984 æt ðə faɪ ˈkæpə saɪ haʊs. aɪ ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɪt tɪ ðə dinz ənd ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti pəˈlis. ˈnəθɪŋ wɑz dən. ðɪs ˈpərsən həz meɪd ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ mi əˈgɛn ənd noʊz wɛr aɪ lɪv. sər, aɪ θɪŋk aɪ nid jʊr hɛlp." aɪ doʊnt ɪkˈspɛkt ən ˈænsər. ˈfɔrtiˌfaɪv ˈmɪnəts ˈleɪtər, ʧif ˈlɔŋgoʊ kɔlz mi bæk. aɪ gɪv ɪm ə sɪˈnɑpsɪs əv wət ˈhæpənd ɪn 1984 ənd wət həz sɪns trænˈspaɪərd. hi ɪz pəˈlaɪt, strɔŋ ənd ˈbɪznɪsˌlaɪk. hi tɛlz mi ðət, ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ wət ðə din əv ˈstudənts hæd toʊld mi tu ˈdɛkeɪdz ˈərliər, ðə frəˈtərnɪti haʊs ɪz ˌɪnˈdid ˈəndər ðə ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃən əv ðə ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt ənd ˈɔlˌweɪz həz bɪn. maɪ breɪn ˈfrizɪz. hæd ðeɪ laɪd tɪ mi? aɪ æm stənd. ˈlɔŋgoʊ ˈɔlsoʊ tɛlz mi ðət ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈstæʧut əv ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz ɔn reɪp ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə, ðət ˈbiˌbi kən stɪl bi ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ðə kraɪm. ˈlɔŋgoʊ ənd aɪ ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ iˈmeɪl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz, ənd hi tɛlz mi ðət hi ər wən əv hɪz dɪˈtɛktɪvz wɪl ˈfɑloʊ əp. ðə nɛkst ˈivnɪŋ, ðə foʊn rɪŋz. ɪt ɪz dɪˈtɛktɪv ˈnɪkələs ˈrədmən ˈæskɪŋ ɪf aɪd bi ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ kəm tɪ ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl tɪ gɪv ə ˈsteɪtmənt. aɪ foʊn maɪk ənd wi əˈgri tɪ goʊ ðət ˈfraɪˌdeɪ naɪt. æt nun ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ 10 dɪˈsɛmbər 2005 dɪˈtɛktɪvz ˈrədmən ənd skɑt ˈgɑdfri ər ɪn ðə hoʊˈtɛl ˈlɑbi tɪ mit mi. "lɪz, kʊd ju teɪk ˈjuˈɛs tɪ səm əv ðə ˈpleɪsɪz ju ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn jʊr ˈsteɪtmənts tɪ ʧif ˈlɔŋgoʊ?" æsks ˈgɑdfri. ʃʊr, aɪ seɪ. ɛz wi draɪv, aɪ pɔɪnt aʊt ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ðət haʊzd ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti pəˈlis ənd tɛl ðə dɪˈtɛktɪvz əv maɪ ˈvɪzɪts ðɛr. aɪ pɔɪnt tɪ ðə faɪ ˈkæpə saɪ haʊs, ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈgreɪsfəli ɔn ˈmædɪsən leɪn. "ðæts ðə rum aɪ wɑz reɪpt ɪn," aɪ seɪ, ˈʤɛsʧərɪŋ təˈwɔrd ðə ˈwɪndoʊ ɔn ðə fɑr raɪt. "ðɛrz ə ˈwɪndoʊ ˈoʊvərˌlʊkɪŋ ˈmædɪsən ənd ðə bɛd wɑz fləʃ əˈgɛnst ðət ˈwɪndoʊ." wi ˈdəbəl bæk ənd draɪv təˈwɔrd ˈkæmpəs, tɪ maɪ ˈfrɛʃmən dɔrm. ɔn ðə ˈsɛkənd flɔr, æt ðə ɛnd əv ə lɔŋ hɔl, aɪ si ðə dɔr tɪ maɪ rum. əm ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli sæd ɛz aɪ stænd ðɛr, ˈfilɪŋ soʊ məʧ ˈoʊldər, bət stɪl soʊ skɛrd. ˈfaɪnəli, wi bɪˈgɪn ɑr draɪv tɪ ðə pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt. ðeɪ æsk ɪf aɪ æm ˈrɛdi tɪ tɛl wət ˈhæpənd tɪ mi ðət naɪt ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 1984 ɪt həz bɪn 20 jɪrz sɪns aɪ hæv ˈspoʊkən əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪn səʧ ˈditeɪl, frəm bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ ɛnd. ˈtɛlɪŋ ɪt naʊ, əˈspɛʃəli bæk ɪn ˈʃɑrlətsˌvɪl, ɪz ðə ˈɑdəst sɛnˈseɪʃən. aɪ æsk fər ə pis əv ˈpeɪpər ənd drɔ ə leɪaʊt əv faɪ ˈkæpə saɪ, ðə rum ɪn wɪʧ aɪ wɑz reɪpt ənd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ɛz ə stɪk ˈfɪgjər ɔn ðə bɛd ənd ɔn ðə ˈsoʊfə. aɪ stænd əp ənd æsk ˈgɑdfri tɪ stænd ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ dɪˈskraɪb ˈbiˌbiz haɪt ənd weɪt. aɪ teɪk ɔf maɪ buts tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt maɪ oʊn haɪt. aɪ kən hir ðə klɑk ɔn ðə wɔl ˈtɪkɪŋ ˈsɔftli. ənd ðɛn wi kəm tɪ ðə pɑrt wɛr aɪ hæv tɪ dɪˈskraɪb ðə reɪp ˌɪtˈsɛlf. maɪ hoʊl ˈsteɪtmənt teɪks mɔr ðən tu aʊərz. ðə ˈstɔri aɪ hæd kɛpt ˈbɛrid kəmz ˈpɔrɪŋ fɔrθ, ðə ˈditeɪlz frɛʃ. ˈpipəl ər ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ mi, ˈhirɪŋ mi, ənd aɪ wɪl ˈnɛvər bi ˈsaɪlənt əˈgɛn. "aɪ θɪŋk wi hæv ɪˈnəf hir," ˈrədmən sɪz, ˈklɪkɪŋ ɔf ðə teɪp. ɪˈnəf fər wət, aɪ ˈwəndər. "wʊd ju laɪk tɪ prɛs ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ˈwɪljəm ˈnɑtɪŋˌhæm ˈbiˌbi fər jʊr reɪp ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər əv 1984 aɪ bɪˈgɪn tɪ sɑb. "jɛs," aɪ seɪ, "aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ prɛs ˈʧɑrʤɪz, pliz." ˈwɪljəm ˈbiˌbi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ɔn 4 ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2006 fər ˈfɛləni reɪp. aɪ wɑz toʊld ðət wɪn hi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd, ðɛr wɑz pækt ˈləgɪʤ ənd ə ˈpæˌspɔrt ɪn hɪz fɔɪər, bət hi wɛnt wɪˈθaʊt ˈɪnsədənt. hi wɑz ˈɛkstrəˌdaɪtɪd frəm nəˈvɑdə tɪ vərˈʤɪnjə, wɛr hi wɑz riˈlist ˈæftər sɪks deɪz ɔn ə bɑnd. ɪn mɑrʧ 2006 aɪ ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd æt ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ˈhirɪŋ, ˈsɪtɪŋ ə mɪr eɪt fit əˈweɪ frəm maɪ ˈmɑnstər. ˈbiˌbi hæd haɪərd ə ˈvɛri ˈkɔstli ənd pərˈstiʤəs tim əv ˈlɔjərz tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ɪm. ɛz ɪt tərnd aʊt, hi hæd faʊnd maɪ hoʊm ˈæˌdrɛs baɪ ˈmɪrli ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv vərˈʤɪnjə əˈləmˌnaɪ ˈɔfəs ðeɪ geɪv ɪt tɪ ɪm wɪˈθaʊt kˈwɛʃən. aɪ ˈdɪdənt lʊk æt ˈbiˌbi, ɪkˈsɛpt wɪn aɪ hæd tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ɪm ɛz maɪ əˈseɪlənt. wɪn aɪ dɪd, hi wɑz ɪgˈzæktli ɛz aɪ rɪˈmɛmbərd. ðə jɪrz fɛl əˈweɪ ənd aɪ wɑz 17 əˈgɛn ənd ˈvəlnərəbəl ənd ˈfraɪtənd, dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ frɛndz, ˈfæməli ənd ðə ˈligəl tim. ˈbiˌbi wɑz ˌɪnˈdaɪtɪd baɪ ə grænd ˈʤʊri ənd, ɛz ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən wɛnt ɔn, ɪt wɑz rɪˈvild ðət aɪ hæd ˈæˌkʧuəli bɪn ðə ˈvɪktɪm əv ə gæŋ reɪp, ʤɪst ɛz aɪ hæd səˈspɛktɪd. ðɛr wɑz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, nɑt ɪˈnəf hɑrd ˈɛvədəns tɪ ˌɪnˈdaɪt ðə ˈəðər tu. tu wiks ˌbiˈfɔr traɪəl ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2006 ˈwɪljəm ˈbiˌbi ˈplidɪd ˈgɪlti tɪ ə ʧɑrʤ əv ˈægrəˌveɪtɪd ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈbætəri. ðə pli tʊk tu aʊərz ənd hi stɛrd æt mi ðə ɪnˈtaɪər taɪm, soʊ ðət ðə ʤəʤ ˈleɪtər toʊld hɪz dɪˈfɛns tim ðət hi wɑz nɑt əˈlaʊd tɪ lʊk æt mi. hɪz əˈtərniz hæd sɛd ðət hi wɑz ˈɪnəsənt; ðət hi wɑz ˈgɪlti ˈoʊnli əv "ə ˈθɔtləs ˈkɑlɪʤ sɛks ɪnˈkaʊnər ˈdʊrɪŋ wɪʧ hi ˈæktɪd ungentlemanly*". hi wɑz ˈsɛntənst tɪ 10 jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən, ɔl bət tu ənd ə hæf əv ðɛm səˈspɛndɪd. hi sərvd lɛs ðən sɪks mənθs. aɪ wɑz toʊld ðət hi wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ə ˈmæksəməm sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈprɪzən, ðət "ˈjumən ˈɛrər" hæd ɪm ɛz nɑnˈvaɪələnt. hi wɑz riˈlist ˈərli ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðɪs mɪˈsteɪk ənd ˈoʊvərˌkraʊdɪŋ æt ðə ˈsɪti ʤeɪl. ˈɔlsoʊ, hi wɑz waɪt ənd ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd, soʊ ðeɪ ˈfɪgjərd ðeɪ ʃʊd sɛt ɪm fri. aɪ θɪŋk əv ɔl ðə ˈpipəl ɪn ˈprɪzən fər fɑr ˈlɛsər kraɪmz, ˈsərvɪŋ fɑr ˈsɛntənsɪz, ənd ˈwəndər ɪf ˈʤəstɪs wɑz sərvd. kræʃ ˈɪntu mi: ə sərˈvaɪvərz sərʧ fər ˈʤəstɪs baɪ lɪz ɪz ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ bloomsbury*.
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“more than seven decades ago, on a calm sunday morning, our nation was attacked without warning or provocation.... on national pearl harbor remembrance day, we honor the men and women who sacrificed for our country, and we show our enduring gratitude to all who fought to defend freedom against the forces of tyranny and oppression in the second world war.”
— president barack obama, national pearl harbor remembrance day proclamation, december 07, 2013
president pearl harbor remembrance proclamation is little different from those of his white house predecessors. today, however, a great deal more is known than was known in previous years about the secret maneuverings and treasonous activities at the top levels of the roosevelt administration that caused the japanese attack on our naval forces at pearl. documents released from the decoded files, from the soviet kgb archives, from our own national archives, and memoirs of soviet officials now confirm what noted writers, congressional investigations, communist party defectors, and fbi documents had stated for decades: harry dexter white (shown), assistant secretary of the treasury in the administration of franklin delano roosevelt, was a top soviet spy and agent of influence who not only caused incalculable harm to the united states, but also materially assisted soviet dictator joseph spreading of terror and tyranny throughout the entire world.
harry dexter white, a top advisor to secretary of the treasury henry morgenthau, jr. and president franklin roosevelt, is remembered chiefly as the architect of the bretton woods conference that created the international monetary fund (imf) and world bank, but he also played a key role in bringing about the “day of infamy,” by doing everything within his power to scuttle the peace efforts of the forces within the japanese government that were striving to avoid war with the united states. white authored an ultimatum adopted as official policy by that upped the ante of belligerent acts roosevelt was directing at japan.
white’s plan was calculated to inflame public opinion in japan and undermine emperor hirohito and prime minister prince konoye, both of whom favored peace with the u.s. it was also aimed at guaranteeing the rise to power of political forces that were beating the drums for war. this is precisely and predictably what happened. however, white did not undertake this move on his own initiative, it is important to note, but as a directive of the (an earlier name for the soviet kgb). his kremlin bosses were most anxious for assurance that japan would not attack the soviet union; they thus expended great efforts through their spy and propaganda networks in japan, europe, and the united states to ensure that japan would strike america, rather than the u.s.s.r.
interestingly, one of the most recent admissions concerning crucial role in this comes from benn steil, senior fellow and director of international economics at the council on foreign relations (cfr). in the decades since world war, the very influential members in government, the media, and academe have been in the forefront of the efforts to debunk factual charges of rampant soviet penetration of the top levels of the american government. the choir could always be counted on to defend alger hiss, the rosenbergs and their fellow “atomic bomb spies,” the red china lobby, and the many other communist agents exposed operating in the top echelons of federal agencies. and the same intelligentsia could be just as relied upon to denounce as “mccarthyites” any responsible patriots who attempted to force officialdom to investigate, remove, prosecute traitors in our government, especially those in positions most sensitive to our national security.
benn book, the battle of bretton woods: john maynard keynes, harry dexter white, and the making of a new world order, published earlier this year by the and princeton university press, makes some important concessions concerning operations. as the title suggests, the main focus of attention deals with central role in designing and implementing the plan to establish the international monetary fund and world bank and the economic order.
however, in chapter two of his book, steil discusses crucial role as a soviet agent in the decisions and events that brought about the japanese attack on pearl harbor. steil writes:
“we sighed a deep sigh of relief,” recalled the head of the american desk of the intelligence directorate, vitali pavlov. yet this was not merely cheerleading from the sidelines. pavlov had, secretly, been part of the game.
the japanese decision to attack pearl harbor was the culmination of a series of critical political developments and, clearly, no single event, no single action, and no single individual can be said to have triggered it. nevertheless, the most proximate cause has the curious connection with pavlov and his most important american contact, harry dexter white.
steil notes that, as a result of fierce lobbying, “authorized [secretary of state] hull to present the japanese with what became known as the note. hull summoned nomura and on november 26 to deliver the austere ultimatum, incorporating demands on china, without concessions. an alarmed told hull that the japanese government would ‘throw up its hands’ if presented with such a response to their truce proposal. hull did not waiver. the collision course had been set.”
and soviet agent harry dexter white had set that course. steil comments:
that white was the author of the key ultimatum demands is beyond dispute. that the japanese government made the decision to move forward with the pearl harbor strike after receiving the ultimatum is also beyond dispute.
steil notes that “the soviets, american allies in the european war, were anxious to ensure that such an attack did take place.” he quotes soviet vladimir karpov in this regard:
“the war in the pacific could have been avoided,” wrote retired military intelligence colonel and world war “hero of the soviet union” vladimir karpov in 2000, nearly sixty years after pearl harbor. “stalin was the real initiator of the ultimatum to japan,” he insisted.
how was that possible? steil allows karpov to explain:
“harry dexter white was acting in accordance with a design initiated by intelligence official iskhak] and pavlov,” karpov argued. “[white] prepared the for signature by morgenthau and president roosevelt.” the soviets had, according to karpov, used white to provoke japan to attack the united states. the scheme even had a name, “operation snow,” snow referring to white. “[t]he essence of ‘operation snow’ was to provoke the war between the empire of the rising sun and the usa and to insure the interests of the soviet union in the far east.... if japan was engaged in a war against the usa it would have no resources to strike against the ussr."
steil’s book allows only five pages to cover this abominable act of treason and steil quite seem to muster the moral outrage to unequivocally condemn white as a traitor; like too many other intellectuals, he is inclined to explain away the treachery by suggesting that perhaps motives were good, even if somewhat muddled and misguided. to be sure, steil is not an outright apologist for white, as is prof. james boughton, the recently retired historian for the, or r. bruce craig, author of the 2004 defense of white, doubt: the harry dexter white spy case. steil even takes boughton to task in the book for his obstinate refusal to admit espionage, in the face of overwhelming evidence proving it. (steil develops this argument against dr. boughton in more detail in an august 15, 2013 article in forbes here).
white’s infamous role in provoking the attack on pearl harbor is told in gripping detail in operation snow: how a soviet mole in's white house triggered pearl harbor by military historian john koster (published by regnery history, september, 2012) sans the moral equivocation of steil.
the admissions concerning treason on behalf of russia signal any trend from the disinformation artists at the pratt house brain trust. rather, they have merely adopted a new fallback position dictated by circumstances. they are sophisticated enough to realize that with all of the corroborating evidence that has surfaced in recent years, they risk losing all credibility by sticking to the position, which has been the main position of the thought cartel for the past six decades. back when it mattered most, in the and '50s, when courageous civil servants, diplomats, military personnel, elected officials, and private citizens heroically fought to expose the communist operatives in our government, the leading lights of the did all within their considerable powers to squash any real investigations and exposure. soviet agents such as whittaker chambers, elizabeth bentley, and louis budenz, who had defected from the communist conspiracy and testified against their former comrades, were smeared far more effectively by the-dominated press than by the communist press. ditto for leading senators of the senate internal security subcommittee and the congressmen of the house committee on activities.
now, at the safe remove of seven decades, the has decided it can afford to acknowledge (partially) what it previously strove mightily to deny, cover up, suppress, and discredit, especially since it can now put its own spin on the perfidy. soviet agent alger hiss, the top state department adviser, is the most notorious of the communist moles that were imbedded in the federal government. the white, arguably, was more important than hiss. whittaker chambers hinted at this in a december 29, 1953 article for look magazine. “harry dexter role as a soviet agent,” chambers wrote, “was second in importance only to that of alger hiss if indeed it was second."
the evidence that has come out since that time indicates that white was certainly of equal, if not greater importance, than hiss. of course,’s advisor, friend, and confidante harry hopkins another soviet agent is also in the running with them for most important traitor.
what steil and his colleagues are not in a hurry to bring up are the uncomfortable connections between their organization and the soviet network of which hiss, white, and hopkins were prime exemplars. in addition to hiss, soviet agents laughlin currie (an white house economic adviser) and laurence duggan (at the state department) were members. far more important as an indictment of the than the fact that their membership includes some very notorious traitors is the role played over the years by key luminaries to aid and abet the traitors and to stop all efforts to expose them.
in addition to his perfidy in helping bring about the pearl harbor attack, white was also responsible for carrying out the following acts of treason to aid communist regime:
— white was the primary author of what became known as the “morgenthau plan” to strip a defeated germany of all industry and transform it into an agricultural society. the plan was leaked by treasury (most likely by white) and was used by nazi germany to stiffen resistance of the german people and armed forces on the western front. this undoubtedly prolonged the war and contributed more casualties to american and allied forces, while also making many germans more sympathetic to the soviets.
— white brought other communist agents into the u.s. government, got them promotions, and repeatedly scuttled investigative efforts and attempts to expose and remove them.
— white provided the russians with the actual printing plates, colored inks, varnish, tint blocks and special paper to enable them to counterfeit the allied occupational currency for germany, allowing them to flood the country with currency that u.s. taxpayers were forced to redeem.
— through the infamous program, white helped facilitate the transfer of billions of dollars in aid to stalin.
— when stalin requested a $6-billion loan in january of 1945 white upped it to $10 billion, and at better terms. request had been that it be for 30 years at an annual interest rate of percent. white proposed the larger sum with a more generous payment period at only two percent. plus, he proposed that the u.s. grant an additional $1 billion at no interest.
— while providing the communists with every possible assistance, white was doing everything possible to cut off aid that had been appropriated by congress to assist our ally chiang government in china. white was a key operative in treachery that pushed china into communist hands.
— as the chief architect of the 1944 bretton woods monetary conference, he designed the and world bank, the economic instruments that have been used to destroy national sovereignty, encourage global inflation, and wreak monetary havoc. white was appointed american director of the and his in the spy cell, frank coe, was named secretary of the.
— in 1945 white joined alger hiss in san francisco for the founding of the united nations. hiss was in charge as the secretary of the conference. other soviet agents whom he had named as american delegates included noel field, harold glasser, irving kaplan, nathan gregory, victor perlo, and henry julian wadleigh. decoded messages show that while in san francisco white transferred information to vladimir pravdin, a kgb officer who was posing as a correspondent for the soviet news agency tass.
in the coming year, 2014, as the and world bank celebrate their anniversary, it will be important to remember their paternity. the ghosts of harry dexter white and his fellow conspirators who fashioned these institutions and the global monetary system continue to haunt us, threatening the financial stability, prosperity, and liberty of every nation and person on this planet. as the articles listed below from the new american demonstrate, the council on foreign relations continues to push for transforming the with vast new powers, something harry dexter white, no doubt, would heartily approve of.
photo of harry dexter white testifying before the house committee on activities on august 13, 1948: ap images
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““more* ðən ˈsɛvən ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ, ɔn ə kɑm ˈsənˌdi ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ɑr ˈneɪʃən wɑz əˈtækt wɪˈθaʊt ˈwɔrnɪŋ ər ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃən.... ɔn ˈnæʃənəl pərl ˈhɑrbər riˈmɛmbrəns deɪ, wi ˈɑnər ðə mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən hu ˈsækrəˌfaɪst fər ɑr ˈkəntri, ənd wi ʃoʊ ɑr ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ ˈgrætəˌtud tɪ ɔl hu fɔt tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ˈfridəm əˈgɛnst ðə ˈfɔrsɪz əv ˈtɪrəni ənd əˈprɛʃən ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd wərld war.”*.” ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə, ˈnæʃənəl pərl ˈhɑrbər riˈmɛmbrəns deɪ ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən, dɪˈsɛmbər 07 2013 ˈprɛzɪdənt pərl ˈhɑrbər riˈmɛmbrəns ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən ɪz ˈlɪtəl ˈdɪfərənt frəm ðoʊz əv hɪz waɪt haʊs ˈprɛdəˌsɛsərz. təˈdeɪ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ə greɪt dil mɔr ɪz noʊn ðən wɑz noʊn ɪn ˈpriviəs jɪrz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsikrɪt məˈnuvərɪŋz ənd ˈtrizəˌnəs ækˈtɪvɪtiz æt ðə tɔp ˈlɛvəlz əv ðə ˈruzəˌvɛlt ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ðət kɔzd ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz əˈtæk ɔn ɑr ˈneɪvəl ˈfɔrsɪz æt pərl. ˈdɑkjəmənts riˈlist frəm ðə dɪˈkoʊdəd faɪlz, frəm ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌkeɪˌʤiˈbi ˈɑrˌkaɪvz, frəm ɑr oʊn ˈnæʃənəl ˈɑrˌkaɪvz, ənd ˈmɛmˌwɑrz əv ˈsoʊviˌɛt əˈfɪʃəlz naʊ kənˈfərm wət ˈnoʊtɪd ˈraɪtərz, kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz, ˈkɑmjənəst ˈpɑrti dɪˈfɛktərz, ənd ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ˈdɑkjəmənts hæd ˈsteɪtɪd fər ˈdɛkeɪdz: ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt (ʃoʊn), əˈsɪstənt ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə ˈtrɛʒəri ɪn ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əv ˈfræŋklɪn ˈdɛlənoʊ ˈruzəˌvɛlt, wɑz ə tɔp ˈsoʊviˌɛt spaɪ ənd ˈeɪʤənt əv ˈɪnfluəns hu nɑt ˈoʊnli kɔzd ˌɪnˈkælkjələbəl hɑrm tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, bət ˈɔlsoʊ məˈtɪriəli əˈsɪstɪd ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈdɪkteɪtər ˈʤoʊzəf ˈsprɛdɪŋ əv ˈtɛrər ənd ˈtɪrəni θruaʊt ðə ɪnˈtaɪər wərld. ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt, ə tɔp ædˈvaɪzər tɪ ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə ˈtrɛʒəri ˈhɛnri ˈmɔrgənˌθaʊ, jr*. ənd ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈfræŋklɪn ˈruzəˌvɛlt, ɪz rɪˈmɛmbərd ˈʧifli ɛz ðə ˈɑrkəˌtɛkt əv ðə ˈbrɛtən wʊdz ˈkɑnfərəns ðət kriˈeɪtɪd ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmɑnəˌtɛri fənd (imf*) ənd wərld bæŋk, bət hi ˈɔlsoʊ pleɪd ə ki roʊl ɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə əv infamy,”*,” baɪ duɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɪˈθɪn hɪz paʊər tɪ ˈskətəl ðə pis ˈɛfərts əv ðə ˈfɔrsɪz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈgəvərnmənt ðət wər ˈstraɪvɪŋ tɪ əˈvɔɪd wɔr wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. waɪt ˈɔθərd ən ˌəltəˈmeɪtəm əˈdɑptəd ɛz əˈfɪʃəl ˈpɑləsi baɪ ðət əpt ðə ˈænti əv bəˈlɪʤərənt ækts ˈruzəˌvɛlt wɑz dɪˈrɛktɪŋ æt ʤəˈpæn. plæn wɑz ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪd tɪ ɪnˈfleɪm ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən ɪn ʤəˈpæn ənd ˈəndərˌmaɪn ˈɛmpərər ˌhɪrəˈhiˌtoʊ ənd praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər prɪns konoye*, boʊθ əv hum ˈfeɪvərd pis wɪθ ðə juz. ɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ eɪmd æt ˌgɛrənˈtiɪŋ ðə raɪz tɪ paʊər əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈfɔrsɪz ðət wər ˈbitɪŋ ðə drəmz fər wɔr. ðɪs ɪz prɪˈsaɪsli ənd prɪˈdɪktəbli wət ˈhæpənd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, waɪt dɪd nɑt ˈəndərˌteɪk ðɪs muv ɔn hɪz oʊn ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv, ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ noʊt, bət ɛz ə dɪˈrɛktɪv əv ðə (ən ˈərliər neɪm fər ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌkeɪˌʤiˈbi). hɪz ˈkrɛmlɪn ˈbɔsɪz wər moʊst ˈæŋʃəs fər əˈʃʊrəns ðət ʤəˈpæn wʊd nɑt əˈtæk ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən; ðeɪ ðəs ɪkˈspɛndɪd greɪt ˈɛfərts θru ðɛr spaɪ ənd ˌprɑpəˈgændə ˈnɛtˌwərks ɪn ʤəˈpæn, ˈjʊrəp, ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ʤəˈpæn wʊd straɪk əˈmɛrɪkə, ˈrəðər ðən ðə u.s.s.r*. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, wən əv ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ədˈmɪʃənz kənˈsərnɪŋ ˈkruʃəl roʊl ɪn ðɪs kəmz frəm bɛn stil, ˈsinjər ˈfɛloʊ ənd dɪˈrɛktər əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks æt ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ɔn ˈfɔrən riˈleɪʃənz (cfr*). ɪn ðə ˈdɛkeɪdz sɪns wərld wɔr, ðə ˈvɛri ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl ˈmɛmbərz ɪn ˈgəvərnmənt, ðə ˈmidiə, ənd ˈækəˌdim hæv bɪn ɪn ðə ˈfɔrˌfrənt əv ðə ˈɛfərts tɪ dɪˈbəŋk ˈfækʧuəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əv ˈræmpənt ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌpɛnəˈtreɪʃən əv ðə tɔp ˈlɛvəlz əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈgəvərnmənt. ðə kwaɪər kʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ˈkaʊntɪd ɔn tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ˈælʤər hɪs, ðə ˈroʊzənbərgz ənd ðɛr ˈfɛloʊ bɔm spies,”*,” ðə rɛd ˈʧaɪnə ˈlɑbi, ənd ðə ˈmɛni ˈəðər ˈkɑmjənəst ˈeɪʤənts ɪkˈspoʊzd ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə tɔp ˈɛʃəˌlɑnz əv ˈfɛdərəl ˈeɪʤənsiz. ənd ðə seɪm ˌɪnˌtɛləˈʤɛntsiə kʊd bi ʤɪst ɛz rɪˈlaɪd əˈpɑn tɪ dɪˈnaʊns ɛz ““mccarthyites”*” ˈɛni riˈspɑnsəbəl ˈpeɪtriəts hu əˈtɛmptəd tɪ fɔrs əˈfɪʃəldəm tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt, riˈmuv, ˈprɑsəˌkjut ˈtreɪtərz ɪn ɑr ˈgəvərnmənt, əˈspɛʃəli ðoʊz ɪn pəˈzɪʃənz moʊst ˈsɛnsɪtɪv tɪ ɑr ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti. bɛn bʊk, ðə ˈbætəl əv ˈbrɛtən wʊdz: ʤɑn ˈmeɪnərd keɪnz, ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt, ənd ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ əv ə nu wərld ˈɔrdər, ˈpəblɪʃt ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr baɪ ðə ənd ˈprɪnstən ˌjunəˈvərsəti prɛs, meɪks səm ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt kənˈsɛʃənz kənˈsərnɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz. ɛz ðə ˈtaɪtəl səˈʤɛsts, ðə meɪn ˈfoʊkɪs əv əˈtɛnʃən dilz wɪθ ˈsɛntrəl roʊl ɪn dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ənd ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ðə plæn tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmɑnəˌtɛri fənd ənd wərld bæŋk ənd ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈɔrdər. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪn ˈʧæptər tu əv hɪz bʊk, stil dɪˈskəsɪz ˈkruʃəl roʊl ɛz ə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənt ɪn ðə dɪˈsɪʒənz ənd ɪˈvɛnts ðət brɔt əˈbaʊt ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz əˈtæk ɔn pərl ˈhɑrbər. stil raɪts: saɪd ə dip saɪ əv relief,”*,” rɪˈkɔld ðə hɛd əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən dɛsk əv ðə ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns dɪˈrɛktərət, viˈtɑli ˈpævlɑv. jɛt ðɪs wɑz nɑt ˈmɪrli ˈʧɪˌrlidɪŋ frəm ðə ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnz. ˈpævlɑv hæd, ˈsikrɪtli, bɪn pɑrt əv ðə geɪm. ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ əˈtæk pərl ˈhɑrbər wɑz ðə ˌkəlməˈneɪʃən əv ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈkrɪtɪkəl pəˈlɪtɪkəl dɪˈvɛləpmənts ənd, ˈklɪrli, noʊ ˈsɪŋgəl ɪˈvɛnt, noʊ ˈsɪŋgəl ˈækʃən, ənd noʊ ˈsɪŋgəl ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl kən bi sɛd tɪ hæv ˈtrɪgərd ɪt. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, ðə moʊst ˈprɑksəmət kɔz həz ðə ˈkjʊriəs kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ˈpævlɑv ənd hɪz moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əˈmɛrɪkən ˈkɑnˌtækt, ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt. stil noʊts ðət, ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv fɪrs ˈlɑbiɪŋ, [ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt] həl tɪ ˈprɛzənt ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz wɪθ wət bɪˈkeɪm noʊn ɛz ðə noʊt. həl ˈsəmənd noʊˈmʊrə ənd ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 26 tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ðə ɔˈstɪr ˌəltəˈmeɪtəm, ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪtɪŋ dɪˈmændz ɔn ˈʧaɪnə, wɪˈθaʊt kənˈsɛʃənz. ən əˈlɑrmd toʊld həl ðət ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈgəvərnmənt wʊd əp ɪts hands’*’ ɪf pərˈzɛnəd wɪθ səʧ ə rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðɛr trus prəˈpoʊzəl. həl dɪd nɑt ˈweɪvər. ðə kəˈlɪʒən kɔrs hæd bɪn set.”*.” ənd ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənt ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt hæd sɛt ðət kɔrs. stil ˈkɑmɛnts: ðət waɪt wɑz ðə ˈɔθər əv ðə ki ˌəltəˈmeɪtəm dɪˈmændz ɪz bɪɔnd dɪˈspjut. ðət ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈgəvərnmənt meɪd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ muv ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ ðə pərl ˈhɑrbər straɪk ˈæftər rɪˈsivɪŋ ðə ˌəltəˈmeɪtəm ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪɔnd dɪˈspjut. stil noʊts ðət ˈsoʊviˌɛts, əˈmɛrɪkən ˈælaɪz ɪn ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən wɔr, wər ˈæŋʃəs tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət səʧ ən əˈtæk dɪd teɪk place.”*.” hi kwoʊts ˈsoʊviˌɛt vˈlædəmɪr ˈkɑrˌpɑv ɪn ðɪs rɪˈgɑrd: wɔr ɪn ðə pəˈsɪfɪk kʊd hæv bɪn avoided,”*,” roʊt rɪˈtaɪrd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈkərnəl ənd wərld wɔr əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt union”*” vˈlædəmɪr ˈkɑrˌpɑv ɪn 2000 ˈnɪrli ˈsɪksti jɪrz ˈæftər pərl ˈhɑrbər. wɑz ðə ril ˌɪnɪˈʃieɪtər əv ðə ˌəltəˈmeɪtəm tɪ japan,”*,” hi ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd. haʊ wɑz ðət ˈpɑsəbəl? stil əˈlaʊz ˈkɑrˌpɑv tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn: ˈdɛkstər waɪt wɑz ˈæktɪŋ ɪn əˈkɔrdəns wɪθ ə dɪˈzaɪn ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns əˈfɪʃəl iskhak*] ənd pavlov,”*,” ˈkɑrˌpɑv ˈɑrgjud. “[“[white*] priˈpɛrd ðə fər ˈsɪgnəʧər baɪ ˈmɔrgənˌθaʊ ənd ˈprɛzɪdənt roosevelt.”*.” ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛts hæd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈkɑrˌpɑv, juzd waɪt tɪ prəˈvoʊk ʤəˈpæn tɪ əˈtæk ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ðə skim ˈivɪn hæd ə neɪm, snow,”*,” snoʊ rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ waɪt. ˈɛsəns əv snow’*’ wɑz tɪ prəˈvoʊk ðə wɔr bɪtˈwin ðə ˈɛmpaɪər əv ðə ˈraɪzɪŋ sən ənd ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ ənd tɪ ˌɪnˈʃʊr ðə ˈɪntərɪsts əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən ɪn ðə fɑr ist.... ɪf ʤəˈpæn wɑz ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɪn ə wɔr əˈgɛnst ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ ɪt wʊd hæv noʊ ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ straɪk əˈgɛnst ðə ussr*." bʊk əˈlaʊz ˈoʊnli faɪv ˈpeɪʤɪz tɪ ˈkəvər ðɪs əˈbɑmənəbəl ækt əv ˈtrizən ənd stil kwaɪt sim tɪ ˈməstər ðə ˈmɔrəl ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ tɪ ˌənikˈwɪvəkəli kənˈdɛm waɪt ɛz ə ˈtreɪtər; laɪk tu ˈmɛni ˈəðər ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəlz, hi ɪz ˌɪnˈklaɪnd tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn əˈweɪ ðə ˈtrɛʧəri baɪ səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət pərˈhæps ˈmoʊtɪvz wər gʊd, ˈivɪn ɪf ˈsəmˈwət ˈmədəld ənd mɪsˈgaɪdɪd. tɪ bi ʃʊr, stil ɪz nɑt ən ˈaʊˈtraɪt əˈpɑləʤɪst fər waɪt, ɛz ɪz prof*. ʤeɪmz ˈbaʊtən, ðə ˈrisəntli rɪˈtaɪrd hɪˈstɔriən fər ðə, ər ɑr. brus kreɪg, ˈɔθər əv ðə 2004 dɪˈfɛns əv waɪt, daʊt: ðə ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt spaɪ keɪs. stil ˈivɪn teɪks ˈbaʊtən tɪ tæsk ɪn ðə bʊk fər hɪz ˈɑbstənət rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ ədˈmɪt ˈɛspiənɑʤ, ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ˈɛvədəns ˈpruvɪŋ ɪt. (stil dɪˈvɛləps ðɪs ˈɑrgjəmənt əˈgɛnst ˈdɑktər. ˈbaʊtən ɪn mɔr ˈditeɪl ɪn ən ˈɔgəst 15 2013 ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn fɔrbz hir). ˈɪnfəməs roʊl ɪn prəˈvoʊkɪŋ ðə əˈtæk ɔn pərl ˈhɑrbər ɪz toʊld ɪn ˈgrɪpɪŋ ˈditeɪl ɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən snoʊ: haʊ ə ˈsoʊviˌɛt moʊl ɪn waɪt haʊs ˈtrɪgərd pərl ˈhɑrbər baɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri hɪˈstɔriən ʤɑn ˈkɑstər (ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ˈrɛgnəri ˈhɪstəri, sɛpˈtɛmbər, 2012 sænz ðə ˈmɔrəl ɪkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən əv stil. ðə ədˈmɪʃənz kənˈsərnɪŋ ˈtrizən ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ˈrəʃə ˈsɪgnəl ˈɛni trɛnd frəm ðə dɪˌzɪnfərˈmeɪʃən ˈɑrtɪsts æt ðə præt haʊs breɪn trəst. ˈrəðər, ðeɪ hæv ˈmɪrli əˈdɑptəd ə nu ˈfɔlˌbæk pəˈzɪʃən ˈdɪkˌteɪtɪd baɪ ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz. ðeɪ ər səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd ɪˈnəf tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət wɪθ ɔl əv ðə kərˈɑbərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈɛvədəns ðət həz ˈsərfɪst ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz, ðeɪ rɪsk ˈluzɪŋ ɔl ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti baɪ ˈstɪkɪŋ tɪ ðə pəˈzɪʃən, wɪʧ həz bɪn ðə meɪn pəˈzɪʃən əv ðə θɔt kɑrˈtɛl fər ðə pæst sɪks ˈdɛkeɪdz. bæk wɪn ɪt ˈmætərd moʊst, ɪn ðə ənd 50s*, wɪn kərˈeɪʤəs ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvənts, ˈdɪpləˌmæts, ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌpərsəˈnɛl, ɪˈlɛktɪd əˈfɪʃəlz, ənd ˈpraɪvət ˈsɪtɪzənz ˌhɪˈroʊɪkli fɔt tɪ ɪkˈspoʊz ðə ˈkɑmjənəst ˈɑpərətɪvz ɪn ɑr ˈgəvərnmənt, ðə ˈlidɪŋ laɪts əv ðə dɪd ɔl wɪˈθɪn ðɛr kənˈsɪdərəbəl paʊərz tɪ skwɑʃ ˈɛni ril ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ənd ɪkˈspoʊʒər. ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənts səʧ ɛz ˈwɪtəkər ˈʧeɪmbərz, ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ ˈbɛntli, ənd luɪs budenz*, hu hæd dɪˈfɛktɪd frəm ðə ˈkɑmjənəst kənˈspɪrəsi ənd ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd əˈgɛnst ðɛr ˈfɔrmər ˈkɑmˌrædz, wər smɪrd fɑr mɔr ˈifɛktɪvli baɪ ðə prɛs ðən baɪ ðə ˈkɑmjənəst prɛs. ˈdɪtoʊ fər ˈlidɪŋ ˈsɛnətərz əv ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˌɪnˈtərnəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ənd ðə ˈkɑŋgrəsmɪn əv ðə haʊs kəˈmɪti ɔn ækˈtɪvɪtiz. naʊ, æt ðə seɪf riˈmuv əv ˈsɛvən ˈdɛkeɪdz, ðə həz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ɪt kən əˈfɔrd tɪ ækˈnɑlɪʤ (ˈpɑrʃəli) wət ɪt ˈpriviəsli stroʊv ˈmaɪtəli tɪ dɪˈnaɪ, ˈkəvər əp, səˈprɛs, ənd dɪˈskrɛdət, əˈspɛʃəli sɪns ɪt kən naʊ pʊt ɪts oʊn spɪn ɔn ðə ˈpərfɪdi. ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənt ˈælʤər hɪs, ðə tɔp steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt ædˈvaɪzər, ɪz ðə moʊst noʊˈtɔriəs əv ðə ˈkɑmjənəst moʊlz ðət wər ɪmˈbɛdɪd ɪn ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt. ðə waɪt, ˈɑrgjuəbli, wɑz mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðən hɪs. ˈwɪtəkər ˈʧeɪmbərz ˈhɪnɪd æt ðɪs ɪn ə dɪˈsɛmbər 29 1953 ˈɑrtɪkəl fər lʊk ˈmægəˌzin. ˈdɛkstər roʊl ɛz ə ˈsoʊviˌɛt agent,”*,” ˈʧeɪmbərz roʊt, ˈsɛkənd ɪn ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns ˈoʊnli tɪ ðət əv ˈælʤər hɪs ɪf ˌɪnˈdid ɪt wɑz ˈsɛkənd." ðə ˈɛvədəns ðət həz kəm aʊt sɪns ðət taɪm ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət waɪt wɑz ˈsərtənli əv ˈikwəl, ɪf nɑt ˈgreɪtər ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns, ðən hɪs. əv kɔrs, ædˈvaɪzər, frɛnd, ənd ˈkɑnfəˌdænt ˈhɛri ˈhɑpkɪnz əˈnəðər ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ðə ˈrənɪŋ wɪθ ðɛm fər moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈtreɪtər. wət stil ənd hɪz ˈkɑligz ər nɑt ɪn ə ˈhəri tɪ brɪŋ əp ər ðə ənˈkəmfərtəbəl kəˈnɛkʃənz bɪtˈwin ðɛr ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ənd ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈnɛtˌwərk əv wɪʧ hɪs, waɪt, ənd ˈhɑpkɪnz wər praɪm ɪgˈzɛmplɑrz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ hɪs, ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənts ˈlɑklɪn ˈkəri (ən waɪt haʊs ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ædˈvaɪzər) ənd ˈlɔrəns ˈdəgən (æt ðə steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt) wər ˈmɛmbərz. fɑr mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɛz ən ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt əv ðə ðən ðə fækt ðət ðɛr ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˌɪnˈkludz səm ˈvɛri noʊˈtɔriəs ˈtreɪtərz ɪz ðə roʊl pleɪd ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz baɪ ki ˈluməˌnɛriz tɪ eɪd ənd əˈbɛt ðə ˈtreɪtərz ənd tɪ stɑp ɔl ˈɛfərts tɪ ɪkˈspoʊz ðɛm. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ hɪz ˈpərfɪdi ɪn ˈhɛlpɪŋ brɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə pərl ˈhɑrbər əˈtæk, waɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈkɛriɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ækts əv ˈtrizən tɪ eɪd ˈkɑmjənəst rəˈʒim: waɪt wɑz ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈɔθər əv wət bɪˈkeɪm noʊn ɛz ðə plan”*” tɪ strɪp ə dɪˈfitɪd ˈʤərməni əv ɔl ˈɪndəstri ənd ˈtrænsfɔrm ɪt ˈɪntu ən ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl soʊˈsaɪɪti. ðə plæn wɑz likt baɪ ˈtrɛʒəri (moʊst ˈlaɪkli baɪ waɪt) ənd wɑz juzd baɪ ˈnɑtsi ˈʤərməni tɪ ˈstɪfən rɪˈzɪstəns əv ðə ˈʤərmən ˈpipəl ənd ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz ɔn ðə ˈwɛstərn frənt. ðɪs ənˈdaʊtɪdli prəˈlɔŋd ðə wɔr ənd kənˈtrɪbjutɪd mɔr ˈkæʒəwəltiz tɪ əˈmɛrɪkən ənd ˈæˌlaɪd ˈfɔrsɪz, waɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmɛni ˈʤərmənz mɔr ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk tɪ ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛts. waɪt brɔt ˈəðər ˈkɑmjənəst ˈeɪʤənts ˈɪntu ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt, gɑt ðɛm pərˈmoʊʃənz, ənd rɪˈpitɪdli ˈskətəld ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪv ˈɛfərts ənd əˈtɛmpts tɪ ɪkˈspoʊz ənd riˈmuv ðɛm. waɪt prəˈvaɪdɪd ðə ˈrəʃənz wɪθ ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈprɪnɪŋ pleɪts, ˈkələrd ɪŋks, ˈvɑrnɪʃ, tɪnt blɑks ənd ˈspɛʃəl ˈpeɪpər tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ðɛm tɪ ˈkaʊnərˌfɪt ðə ˈæˌlaɪd ɑkjəˈpeɪʃənəl ˈkərənsi fər ˈʤərməni, əˈlaʊɪŋ ðɛm tɪ fləd ðə ˈkəntri wɪθ ˈkərənsi ðət juz. ˈtækˌspeɪərz wər fɔrst tɪ rɪˈdim. θru ðə ˈɪnfəməs ˈproʊˌgræm, waɪt hɛlpt fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ðə ˈtrænsfər əv ˈbɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz ɪn eɪd tɪ ˈstɑlən. wɪn ˈstɑlən rɪkˈwɛstɪd ə loʊn ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri əv 1945 waɪt əpt ɪt tɪ 10 ˈbɪljən, ənd æt ˈbɛtər tərmz. rɪkˈwɛst hæd bɪn ðət ɪt bi fər 30 jɪrz æt ən ˈænjuəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪt əv pərˈsɛnt. waɪt prəˈpoʊzd ðə ˈlɑrʤər səm wɪθ ə mɔr ˈʤɛnərəs ˈpeɪmənt ˈpɪriəd æt ˈoʊnli tu pərˈsɛnt. pləs, hi prəˈpoʊzd ðət ðə juz. grænt ən əˈdɪʃənəl 1 ˈbɪljən æt noʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛst. waɪl prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ðə ˈkɑmjənəsts wɪθ ˈɛvəri ˈpɑsəbəl əˈsɪstəns, waɪt wɑz duɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ kət ɔf eɪd ðət hæd bɪn əˈproʊpriˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs tɪ əˈsɪst ɑr ˈælaɪ ʧæŋ ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn ˈʧaɪnə. waɪt wɑz ə ki ˈɑpərətɪv ɪn ˈtrɛʧəri ðət pʊʃt ˈʧaɪnə ˈɪntu ˈkɑmjənəst hænz. ɛz ðə ʧif ˈɑrkəˌtɛkt əv ðə 1944 ˈbrɛtən wʊdz ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈkɑnfərəns, hi dɪˈzaɪnd ðə ənd wərld bæŋk, ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈɪnstrəmənts ðət hæv bɪn juzd tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɑvrənti, ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈgloʊbəl ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən, ənd rik ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈhævək. waɪt wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd əˈmɛrɪkən dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ənd hɪz ɪn ðə spaɪ sɛl, fræŋk koʊ, wɑz neɪmd ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə. ɪn 1945 waɪt ʤɔɪnd ˈælʤər hɪs ɪn sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ fər ðə ˈfaʊndɪŋ əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz. hɪs wɑz ɪn ʧɑrʤ ɛz ðə ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə ˈkɑnfərəns. ˈəðər ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈeɪʤənts hum hi hæd neɪmd ɛz əˈmɛrɪkən ˈdɛləˌgeɪts ˌɪnˈkludɪd noʊɛl fild, ˈhɛrəld ˈglæsər, ˈərvɪŋ ˈkæplən, ˈneɪθən ˈgrɛgəri, ˈvɪktər perlo*, ənd ˈhɛnri ˈʤuljən ˈwɔdli. dɪˈkoʊdəd ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ʃoʊ ðət waɪl ɪn sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ waɪt ˈtrænsfərd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɪ vˈlædəmɪr pravdin*, ə ˌkeɪˌʤiˈbi ˈɔfɪsər hu wɑz ˈpoʊzɪŋ ɛz ə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt fər ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt nuz ˈeɪʤənsi tæs. ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ jɪr, 2014 ɛz ðə ənd wərld bæŋk ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ðɛr ˌænəˈvərsəri, ɪt wɪl bi ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ðɛr pəˈtərnɪti. ðə goʊsts əv ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt ənd hɪz ˈfɛloʊ kənˈspɪrətərz hu ˈfæʃənd ðiz ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ənd ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈsɪstəm kənˈtɪnju tɪ hɔnt ˈjuˈɛs, θˈrɛtənɪŋ ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl stəˈbɪlɪti, prɑˈspɛrəti, ənd ˈlɪbərˌti əv ˈɛvəri ˈneɪʃən ənd ˈpərsən ɔn ðɪs ˈplænət. ɛz ðə ˈɑrtɪkəlz ˈlɪstɪd bɪˈloʊ frəm ðə nu əˈmɛrɪkən ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt, ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ɔn ˈfɔrən riˈleɪʃənz kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ pʊʃ fər trænsˈfɔrmɪŋ ðə wɪθ væst nu paʊərz, ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt, noʊ daʊt, wʊd ˈhɑrtəli əˈpruv əv. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ əv ˈhɛri ˈdɛkstər waɪt ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə haʊs kəˈmɪti ɔn ækˈtɪvɪtiz ɔn ˈɔgəst 13 1948 ˌeɪˈpi ˈɪmɪʤɪz rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈɑrtɪkəlz: pərl ˈhɑrbər: həˈwaɪˌi wɑz səˈpraɪzd; wɑz nɑt ˈkaʊnsəl ɔn ˈfɔrən riˈleɪʃənz əˈplɔdz ˌjʊrəˈpiən səbˈvərʒən əv sovereignty”*” ˈkɪlɪŋ ðə ˈdɔlər: pʊʃ fər ˈgloʊbəl fɛd, ˈgloʊbəl ˈkərənsi ““convergence”*”: ˈpɑrtnərɪŋ wɪθ ˈmɑfiə steɪt kənˈvərʤɪŋ wɪθ nu ˈbæŋkɪŋ ɛz ˈgloʊbəl fɛd: əˈʤɛndə bɪˈhaɪnd ðə əˈʤɛndə "supersizing*" ðə
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most of you will be aware of the oligarch bidding wars for high end art at recent auctions held by and sotheby’s. in fact, the feeding frenzy was so extreme, the top 10 lots accounted for almost $800 million alone. some of these paintings are breathtakingly beautiful, such as vincent van gogh’s, “l’allée des alyscamps.” others, not so much. such as this one by mark, which sold for $46.5 million.
unsurprisingly, the paintings which seem to be least inspiring were by artists who were covertly pushed by the cia in the as part of its cold war strategy. mark, for example, was born in the russian empire in 1903 (modern day latvia) and ended up in america in 1913. being a russian artist in america made him the perfect cia tool, and apparently his art served that purpose unbeknownst to him. the cia program was originally set up in 1947, under the not so covert division called the propaganda assets inventory. you really make this up.
in one of the most interesting articles ever read, we learn from the independent in a 1995 article:
for decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. the central intelligence agency used american modern art including the works of such artists as jackson pollock, robert motherwell, willem de kooning and mark as a weapon in the cold war. in the manner of a renaissance prince except that it acted secretly the cia fostered and promoted american abstract expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years.
the connection is improbable. this was a period, in the and 1960s, when the great majority of americans disliked or even despised modern art president truman summed up the popular view when he said: “if art, then a hottentot.” as for the artists themselves, many were ex- communists barely acceptable in the america of the mccarthyite era, and certainly not the sort of people normally likely to receive us government backing.
why did the cia support them? because in the propaganda war with the soviet union, this new artistic movement could be held up as proof of the creativity, the intellectual freedom, and the cultural power of the us. russian art, strapped into the communist ideological straitjacket, could not compete.
the existence of this policy, rumored and disputed for many years, has now been confirmed for the first time by former cia officials. unknown to the artists, the new american art was secretly promoted under a policy known as the “long leash” arrangements similar in some ways to the indirect cia backing of the journal encounter, edited by stephen spender.
the decision to include culture and art in the us cold war arsenal was taken as soon as the cia was founded in 1947. dismayed at the appeal communism still had for many intellectuals and artists in the west, the new agency set up a division, the propaganda assets inventory, which at its peak could influence more than 800 newspapers, magazines and public information organisations. they joked that it was like a wurlitzer jukebox: when the cia pushed a button it could hear whatever tune it wanted playing across the world.
this was the “long leash”. the centerpiece of the cia campaign became the congress for cultural freedom, a vast of intellectuals, writers, historians, poets, and artists which was set up with cia funds in 1950 and run by a cia agent. it was the from which culture could be defended against the attacks of moscow and its “fellow travelers” in the west. at its height, it had offices in 35 countries and published more than two dozen magazines, including encounter.
the congress for cultural freedom also gave the cia the ideal front to promote its covert interest in abstract expressionism. it would be the official sponsor of touring exhibitions; its magazines would provide useful platforms for critics to the new american painting; and no one, the artists included, would be any the wiser.
because abstract expressionism was expensive to move around and exhibit, millionaires and museums were called into play. among these was nelson rockefeller, whose mother had the museum of modern art in new york. as president of what he called “mummy’s museum”, rockefeller was one of the biggest backers of abstract expressionism (which he called “free enterprise painting”). his museum was contracted to the congress for cultural freedom to and curate most of its important art shows.
the museum was also linked to the cia by several other bridges. william paley, the president of cbs broadcasting and a founding father of the cia, sat on the members’ board of the international program. john hay whitney, who had served in the wartime predecessor, the oss, was its chairman. and tom braden, first chief of the international organizations division, was executive secretary of the museum in 1949.
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moʊst əv ju wɪl bi əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈoʊlɪˌgɑrk ˈbɪdɪŋ wɔrz fər haɪ ɛnd ɑrt æt ˈrisənt ˈɔkʃənz hɛld baɪ ənd sotheby’s*. ɪn fækt, ðə ˈfidɪŋ ˈfrɛnzi wɑz soʊ ɪkˈstrim, ðə tɔp 10 lɑts əˈkaʊntɪd fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst 800 ˈmɪljən əˈloʊn. səm əv ðiz ˈpeɪnɪŋz ər ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋli ˈbjutəfəl, səʧ ɛz ˈvɪnsɪnt væn gogh’s*, dɪ alyscamps.”*.” ˈəðərz, nɑt soʊ məʧ. səʧ ɛz ðɪs wən baɪ mɑrk, wɪʧ soʊld fər ˈmɪljən. ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ðə ˈpeɪnɪŋz wɪʧ sim tɪ bi list ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ wər baɪ ˈɑrtɪsts hu wər koʊˈvərtli pʊʃt baɪ ðə siaɪeɪ ɪn ðə ɛz pɑrt əv ɪts koʊld wɔr ˈstrætəʤi. mɑrk, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, wɑz bɔrn ɪn ðə ˈrəʃən ˈɛmpaɪər ɪn 1903 (ˈmɑdərn deɪ ˈlætviə) ənd ˈɛndɪd əp ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə ɪn 1913 biɪŋ ə ˈrəʃən ˈɑrtɪst ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə meɪd ɪm ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt siaɪeɪ tul, ənd əˈpɛrəntli hɪz ɑrt sərvd ðət ˈpərpəs ənbiˈnoʊnst tɪ ɪm. ðə siaɪeɪ ˈproʊˌgræm wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli sɛt əp ɪn 1947 ˈəndər ðə nɑt soʊ ˈkoʊvərt dɪˈvɪʒən kɔld ðə ˌprɑpəˈgændə ˈæˌsɛts ˌɪnvənˈtɔri. ju ˈrɪli meɪk ðɪs əp. ɪn wən əv ðə moʊst ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɑrtɪkəlz ˈɛvər rɛd, wi lərn frəm ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ɪn ə 1995 ˈɑrtɪkəl: fər ˈdɛkeɪdz ɪn ɑrt ˈsərkəlz ɪt wɑz ˈiðər ə ˈrumər ər ə ʤoʊk, bət naʊ ɪt ɪz kənˈfərmd ɛz ə fækt. ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈeɪʤənsi juzd əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmɑdərn ɑrt ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə wərks əv səʧ ˈɑrtɪsts ɛz ˈʤæksən ˈpɑlək, ˈrɑbərt motherwell*, ˈwɪləm də ˈkunɪŋ ənd mɑrk ɛz ə ˈwɛpən ɪn ðə koʊld wɔr. ɪn ðə ˈmænər əv ə ˌrɛnəˈsɑns prɪns ɪkˈsɛpt ðət ɪt ˈæktɪd ˈsikrɪtli ðə siaɪeɪ ˈfɑstərd ənd prəˈmoʊtəd əˈmɛrɪkən ˈæbˌstrækt ɪkˈsprɛʃənəst ˈpeɪnɪŋ əraʊnd ðə wərld fər mɔr ðən 20 jɪrz. ðə kəˈnɛkʃən ɪz ˌɪmˈprɑbəbəl. ðɪs wɑz ə ˈpɪriəd, ɪn ðə ənd 1960s*, wɪn ðə greɪt məˈʤɔrəti əv əˈmɛrɪkənz dɪsˈlaɪkt ər ˈivɪn dɪˈspaɪzd ˈmɑdərn ɑrt ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈtrumən səmd əp ðə ˈpɑpjələr vju wɪn hi sɛd: ɑrt, ðɛn ə hottentot.”*.” ɛz fər ðə ˈɑrtɪsts ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ˈmɛni wər ɛks- ˈkɑmjənəsts ˈbɛrli əkˈsɛptəbəl ɪn ðə əˈmɛrɪkə əv ðə məˈkɑrθiˌaɪt ˈɪrə, ənd ˈsərtənli nɑt ðə sɔrt əv ˈpipəl ˈnɔrməli ˈlaɪkli tɪ rɪˈsiv ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt ˈbækɪŋ. waɪ dɪd ðə siaɪeɪ səˈpɔrt ðɛm? bɪˈkəz ɪn ðə ˌprɑpəˈgændə wɔr wɪθ ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən, ðɪs nu ɑrˈtɪstɪk ˈmuvmənt kʊd bi hɛld əp ɛz pruf əv ðə ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti, ðə ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈfridəm, ənd ðə ˈkəlʧərəl paʊər əv ðə ˈjuˈɛs. ˈrəʃən ɑrt, stræpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɑmjənəst ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈstreɪˌtʤækət, kʊd nɑt kəmˈpit. ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns əv ðɪs ˈpɑləsi, ˈrumərd ənd dɪˈspjutɪd fər ˈmɛni jɪrz, həz naʊ bɪn kənˈfərmd fər ðə fərst taɪm baɪ ˈfɔrmər siaɪeɪ əˈfɪʃəlz. ənˈnoʊn tɪ ðə ˈɑrtɪsts, ðə nu əˈmɛrɪkən ɑrt wɑz ˈsikrɪtli prəˈmoʊtəd ˈəndər ə ˈpɑləsi noʊn ɛz ðə leash”*” ərˈeɪnʤmənts ˈsɪmələr ɪn səm weɪz tɪ ðə ˌɪndərˈɛkt siaɪeɪ ˈbækɪŋ əv ðə ˈʤərnəl ɪnˈkaʊnər, ˈɛdɪtɪd baɪ ˈstivən ˈspɛndər. ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˈkəlʧər ənd ɑrt ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs koʊld wɔr ˈɑrsənəl wɑz ˈteɪkən ɛz sun ɛz ðə siaɪeɪ wɑz ˈfaʊndɪd ɪn 1947 dɪsˈmeɪd æt ðə əˈpil ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm stɪl hæd fər ˈmɛni ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəlz ənd ˈɑrtɪsts ɪn ðə wɛst, ðə nu ˈeɪʤənsi sɛt əp ə dɪˈvɪʒən, ðə ˌprɑpəˈgændə ˈæˌsɛts ˌɪnvənˈtɔri, wɪʧ æt ɪts pik kʊd ˈɪnfluəns mɔr ðən 800 ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz, ˈmægəˌzinz ənd ˈpəblɪk ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz. ðeɪ ʤoʊkt ðət ɪt wɑz laɪk ə ˈwərlɪtsər ˈʤukˌbɑks: wɪn ðə siaɪeɪ pʊʃt ə ˈbətən ɪt kʊd hir ˌwəˈtɛvər tun ɪt ˈwɔntɪd pleɪɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə wərld. ðɪs wɑz ðə leash”*”. ðə ˈsɛntərˌpis əv ðə siaɪeɪ kæmˈpeɪn bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ˈkəlʧərəl ˈfridəm, ə væst əv ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəlz, ˈraɪtərz, hɪˈstɔriənz, poʊəts, ənd ˈɑrtɪsts wɪʧ wɑz sɛt əp wɪθ siaɪeɪ fəndz ɪn 1950 ənd rən baɪ ə siaɪeɪ ˈeɪʤənt. ɪt wɑz ðə frəm wɪʧ ˈkəlʧər kʊd bi dɪˈfɛndɪd əˈgɛnst ðə əˈtæks əv ˈmɔˌskaʊ ənd ɪts travelers”*” ɪn ðə wɛst. æt ɪts haɪt, ɪt hæd ˈɔfəsɪz ɪn 35 ˈkəntriz ənd ˈpəblɪʃt mɔr ðən tu ˈdəzən ˈmægəˌzinz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪnˈkaʊnər. ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ˈkəlʧərəl ˈfridəm ˈɔlsoʊ geɪv ðə siaɪeɪ ðə aɪˈdil frənt tɪ prəˈmoʊt ɪts ˈkoʊvərt ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈæbˌstrækt ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm. ɪt wʊd bi ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈspɑnsər əv ˈtʊrɪŋ ˌɛksəˈbɪʃənz; ɪts ˈmægəˌzinz wʊd prəˈvaɪd ˈjusfəl ˈplætˌfɔrmz fər ˈkrɪtɪks tɪ ðə nu əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpeɪnɪŋ; ənd noʊ wən, ðə ˈɑrtɪsts ˌɪnˈkludɪd, wʊd bi ˈɛni ðə ˈwaɪzər. bɪˈkəz ˈæbˌstrækt ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm wɑz ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ muv əraʊnd ənd ɪgˈzɪbɪt, ˌmɪljəˈnɛrz ənd mˈjuziəmz wər kɔld ˈɪntu pleɪ. əˈməŋ ðiz wɑz ˈnɛlsən ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər, huz ˈməðər hæd ðə mˈjuziəm əv ˈmɑdərn ɑrt ɪn nu jɔrk. ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt əv wət hi kɔld museum”*”, ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər wɑz wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈbækərz əv ˈæbˌstrækt ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm (wɪʧ hi kɔld ˈɛnərˌpraɪz painting”*”). hɪz mˈjuziəm wɑz ˈkɑntræktəd tɪ ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ˈkəlʧərəl ˈfridəm tɪ ənd ˈkjʊrət moʊst əv ɪts ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɑrt ʃoʊz. ðə mˈjuziəm wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ lɪŋkt tɪ ðə siaɪeɪ baɪ ˈsɛvərəl ˈəðər ˈbrɪʤɪz. ˈwɪljəm ˈpeɪli, ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ ənd ə ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑðər əv ðə siaɪeɪ, sæt ɔn ðə members’*’ bɔrd əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈproʊˌgræm. ʤɑn heɪ ˈwɪtni, hu hæd sərvd ɪn ðə ˈwɔrˌtaɪm ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər, ðə ɔs, wɑz ɪts ˈʧɛrmən. ənd tɑm ˈbreɪdən, fərst ʧif əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz dɪˈvɪʒən, wɑz ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə mˈjuziəm ɪn 1949
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most people can name one century italian scientist who challenged aristotle's writings and changed the way science was done for centuries to come. there were actually two! galileo was one. francesco redi was the other. francesco redi is known for his early use of controlled experiments and his challenge to the theory of spontaneous generation.
when a scientist designs an experiment it is important to eliminate as many unknowns as possible. for instance, if one were trying to assess the health effects of a drug on humans, there are many factors which may affect counting how many of the patients get better or worse when given the drug is not good enough. we want to know how many got better or worse specifically from the drug. one solution might be to introduce a control to compare the tests against some standard case. in these one group is commonly given the drug and another group, the control group, is given a placebo (commonly a with no known health effects). the subjects do not know which type of pill they have been given. the drug results from the test group can then be compared against those of the control group and we can get a better idea of which effects result from the drug. this important advance in scientific methods was introduced only 25 years after the death of galileo and only a few kilometres away from where he lived.
francesco redi was able to disprove the theory that maggots could be spontaneously generated from meat using a controlled experiment. spontaneous generation, the theory that life forms can be generated from inanimate objects, had been around since at least the time of aristotle. francesco took eight jars, placed meat in all the jars, but covered four of the jars with muslin. maggots developed in the open jars but did not develop in the jars. today controlled experiments are commonly demanded by scientific journals and are sometimes legally required by regulatory bodies (especially for pharmaceuticals). the image below is taken from alla degl' (p. 187) where francesco redi published a description of the experiment in 1668 (see sidebar for digital copies of book).
we are taught that galileo introduced the scientific method while francesco redi introduced the controlled experiment. both beliefs may be simplistic, however. francesco redi and galileo demonstrated their methods using very simple experiments then explained their procedures in clear and compelling ways. this is why both are so important. but scientists before redi and galileo had recognized the need to control variables and had described the sequence of steps described in galileo's experimental method. when galileo was still a young boy, giuseppe, a professor at the university of padua, conducted a series of experiments on free fall by dropping weights in different media (see timeline of classical mechanics). his test with free fall in water and air specified that the balls must be of the same substance, weight and figure in order to remove doubt. in the same book, when described dropping balls of wood and lead from a tower to demonstrate that free fall doesn't depend on weight (as aristotle had said) he was careful to eliminate size as a nuisance variable by conducting the experiment with wooden balls of different sizes [_1_] .
being careful to control for the known variables doesn't guarantee that you will get the correct results. that is because "you don't know what you don't know". there might be variables that need to be controlled that you don't even know exist. this is why the famous tower of pisa experiment actually came up with incorrect results. many consider the legend of the tower of pisa experiment to be a myth (see myth 1. the tower of pisa myth) . the experiment did occur. it was conducted by renieri, a catholic monk and another university of pisa professor and not by galileo as is commonly thought. was a friend of galileo's. like before him, renieri, controlled for size when he dropped two balls of the same size (one of wood and one of lead). he came up with the wrong results. there was almost 2 metres difference between the heavier and lighter balls when they hit the ground. galileo described similar results in some of his works. these scientists could not have known that they needed to control for human physiology as well. modern experiments with humans dropping balls of markedly different weights show that there is a tendency to grip the heavier ball more tightly and release it more slowly [_2_] .
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moʊst ˈpipəl kən neɪm wən ˈsɛnʧəri ˌɪˈtæljən ˈsaɪəntɪst hu ˈʧælənʤd ˈɛrəˌstɑtəlz ˈraɪtɪŋz ənd ʧeɪnʤd ðə weɪ saɪəns wɑz dən fər ˈsɛnʧəriz tɪ kəm. ðɛr wər ˈæˌkʧuəli tu! ˌgæləˈlioʊ wɑz wən. frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈrɛdi wɑz ðə ˈəðər. frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈrɛdi ɪz noʊn fər hɪz ˈərli juz əv kənˈtroʊld ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ənd hɪz ˈʧælənʤ tɪ ðə ˈθɪri əv spɑnˈteɪniəs ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. wɪn ə ˈsaɪəntɪst dɪˈzaɪnz ən ɪkˈspɛrəmənt ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt ɛz ˈmɛni əˈnoʊnz ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. fər ˈɪnstəns, ɪf wən wər traɪɪŋ tɪ əˈsɛs ðə hɛlθ ˈifɛkts əv ə drəg ɔn ˈjumənz, ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ˈfæktərz wɪʧ meɪ əˈfɛkt ˈkaʊntɪŋ haʊ ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈpeɪʃənz gɪt ˈbɛtər ər wərs wɪn ˈgɪvɪn ðə drəg ɪz nɑt gʊd ɪˈnəf. wi wɔnt tɪ noʊ haʊ ˈmɛni gɑt ˈbɛtər ər wərs spəˈsɪfɪkli frəm ðə drəg. wən səˈluʃən maɪt bi tɪ ˌɪntrəˈdus ə kənˈtroʊl tɪ kəmˈpɛr ðə tɛsts əˈgɛnst səm ˈstændərd keɪs. ɪn ðiz wən grup ɪz ˈkɑmənli ˈgɪvɪn ðə drəg ənd əˈnəðər grup, ðə kənˈtroʊl grup, ɪz ˈgɪvɪn ə pləˈsiboʊ (ˈkɑmənli ə wɪθ noʊ noʊn hɛlθ ˈifɛkts). ðə ˈsəbʤɪkts du nɑt noʊ wɪʧ taɪp əv pɪl ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈgɪvɪn. ðə drəg rɪˈzəlts frəm ðə tɛst grup kən ðɛn bi kəmˈpɛrd əˈgɛnst ðoʊz əv ðə kənˈtroʊl grup ənd wi kən gɪt ə ˈbɛtər aɪˈdiə əv wɪʧ ˈifɛkts rɪˈzəlt frəm ðə drəg. ðɪs ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ədˈvæns ɪn ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈmɛθədz wɑz ˌɪntrəˈdust ˈoʊnli 25 jɪrz ˈæftər ðə dɛθ əv ˌgæləˈlioʊ ənd ˈoʊnli ə fju ˌkɪˈlɔˌmətərz əˈweɪ frəm wɛr hi lɪvd. frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈrɛdi wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ dɪˈspruv ðə ˈθɪri ðət ˈmægəts kʊd bi spɑnˈteɪniəsli ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd frəm mit ˈjuzɪŋ ə kənˈtroʊld ɪkˈspɛrəmənt. spɑnˈteɪniəs ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən, ðə ˈθɪri ðət laɪf fɔrmz kən bi ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd frəm ˌɪˈnænəmət ˈɑbʤɛkts, hæd bɪn əraʊnd sɪns æt list ðə taɪm əv ˈɛrəˌstɑtəl. frænˈʧɛskoʊ tʊk eɪt ʤɑrz, pleɪst mit ɪn ɔl ðə ʤɑrz, bət ˈkəvərd fɔr əv ðə ʤɑrz wɪθ ˈməzlən. ˈmægəts dɪˈvɛləpt ɪn ðə ˈoʊpən ʤɑrz bət dɪd nɑt dɪˈvɛləp ɪn ðə ʤɑrz. təˈdeɪ kənˈtroʊld ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ər ˈkɑmənli dɪˈmændɪd baɪ ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈʤərnəlz ənd ər ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈligəli rikˈwaɪərd baɪ ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈbɑdiz (əˈspɛʃəli fər ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəlz). ðə ˈɪmɪʤ bɪˈloʊ ɪz ˈteɪkən frəm ˈɑlə degl*' (pi. 187 wɛr frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈrɛdi ˈpəblɪʃt ə dɪˈskrɪpʃən əv ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt ɪn 1668 (si ˈsaɪdˌbɑr fər ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkɑpiz əv bʊk). wi ər tɔt ðət ˌgæləˈlioʊ ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈmɛθəd waɪl frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈrɛdi ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə kənˈtroʊld ɪkˈspɛrəmənt. boʊθ bɪˈlifs meɪ bi sɪmˈplɪstɪk, ˌhaʊˈɛvər. frænˈʧɛskoʊ ˈrɛdi ənd ˌgæləˈlioʊ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ðɛr ˈmɛθədz ˈjuzɪŋ ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ðɛn ɪkˈspleɪnd ðɛr prəˈsiʤərz ɪn klɪr ənd kəmˈpɛlɪŋ weɪz. ðɪs ɪz waɪ boʊθ ər soʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt. bət ˈsaɪəntɪsts ˌbiˈfɔr ˈrɛdi ənd ˌgæləˈlioʊ hæd ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðə nid tɪ kənˈtroʊl ˈvɛriəbəlz ənd hæd dɪˈskraɪbd ðə ˈsikwəns əv stɛps dɪˈskraɪbd ɪn ˌgæləˈlioʊz ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ˈmɛθəd. wɪn ˌgæləˈlioʊ wɑz stɪl ə jəŋ bɔɪ, ʤɪˈsɛpi, ə prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈpædjuə, kənˈdəktəd ə ˈsɪriz əv ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ɔn fri fɔl baɪ ˈdrɑpɪŋ weɪts ɪn ˈdɪfərənt ˈmidiə (si ˈtaɪmlaɪn əv ˈklæsɪkəl məˈkænɪks). hɪz tɛst wɪθ fri fɔl ɪn ˈwɔtər ənd ɛr ˈspɛsəˌfaɪd ðət ðə bɔlz məst bi əv ðə seɪm ˈsəbstəns, weɪt ənd ˈfɪgjər ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ riˈmuv daʊt. ɪn ðə seɪm bʊk, wɪn dɪˈskraɪbd ˈdrɑpɪŋ bɔlz əv wʊd ənd lɛd frəm ə taʊər tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ðət fri fɔl ˈdəzənt dɪˈpɛnd ɔn weɪt (ɛz ˈɛrəˌstɑtəl hæd sɛd) hi wɑz ˈkɛrfəl tɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt saɪz ɛz ə ˈnusəns ˈvɛriəbəl baɪ kənˈdəktɪŋ ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt wɪθ ˈwʊdən bɔlz əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈsaɪzɪz 1 biɪŋ ˈkɛrfəl tɪ kənˈtroʊl fər ðə noʊn ˈvɛriəbəlz ˈdəzənt ˌgɛrənˈti ðət ju wɪl gɪt ðə kərˈɛkt rɪˈzəlts. ðət ɪz bɪˈkəz "ju doʊnt noʊ wət ju doʊnt noʊ". ðɛr maɪt bi ˈvɛriəbəlz ðət nid tɪ bi kənˈtroʊld ðət ju doʊnt ˈivɪn noʊ ɪgˈzɪst. ðɪs ɪz waɪ ðə ˈfeɪməs taʊər əv ˈpisə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt ˈæˌkʧuəli keɪm əp wɪθ ˌɪnkərˈɛkt rɪˈzəlts. ˈmɛni kənˈsɪdər ðə ˈlɛʤənd əv ðə taʊər əv ˈpisə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt tɪ bi ə mɪθ (si mɪθ 1 ðə taʊər əv ˈpisə mɪθ) ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt dɪd əˈkər. ɪt wɑz kənˈdəktəd baɪ renieri*, ə ˈkæθlɪk məŋk ənd əˈnəðər ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈpisə prəˈfɛsər ənd nɑt baɪ ˌgæləˈlioʊ ɛz ɪz ˈkɑmənli θɔt. wɑz ə frɛnd əv ˌgæləˈlioʊz. laɪk ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm, renieri*, kənˈtroʊld fər saɪz wɪn hi drɑpt tu bɔlz əv ðə seɪm saɪz (wən əv wʊd ənd wən əv lɛd). hi keɪm əp wɪθ ðə rɔŋ rɪˈzəlts. ðɛr wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst 2 ˈmitərz ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə ˈhɛviər ənd ˈlaɪtər bɔlz wɪn ðeɪ hɪt ðə graʊnd. ˌgæləˈlioʊ dɪˈskraɪbd ˈsɪmələr rɪˈzəlts ɪn səm əv hɪz wərks. ðiz ˈsaɪəntɪsts kʊd nɑt hæv noʊn ðət ðeɪ ˈnidɪd tɪ kənˈtroʊl fər ˈjumən ˌfɪziˈɑləʤi ɛz wɛl. ˈmɑdərn ɪkˈspɛrəmənts wɪθ ˈjumənz ˈdrɑpɪŋ bɔlz əv ˈmɑrkɪdli ˈdɪfərənt weɪts ʃoʊ ðət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈtɛndənsi tɪ grɪp ðə ˈhɛviər bɔl mɔr ˈtaɪtli ənd riˈlis ɪt mɔr sˈloʊli 2
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a few growing pains aside, a linux deployment in a santa rosa, ca elementary school district is maturing robustly, letting teachers and students stand apart from their previous dependence on microsoft windows while they try on new open software attitudes.
the transition in santa rosa from windows 4 to ubuntu linux terminal server project (ltsp) might not get an a+ mark based strictly on smoothness, suggested jordan erickson, been overseeing the seven school networks ever since their launch about three years ago through his company, silicon logical networking solutions (lns). but overall, the linux deployment is ranking highly with the seven schools involved, because it saves them money on microsoft licenses, spares them from windows upgrades, prevents computer viruses, and spurs greater collaboration, erickson said.
the school district in santa rosa decided to switch to following a pilot program at a boys and girls club in petaluma, ca. initially used in an program for six-to-14-year-olds, the implementation at the kids‚äô clubhouse is still up and running, along with a smaller deployment at, for a grand total of nine managed networks, all in sonoma county. administers the whole configuration from its offices in santa rosa, using virtual network computing (vnc) over secure shell for workstations (ssh) tunnels.
each of the eight remote sites also has its own server, which serves up to the systems accessed by the kids for classroom lessons, homework, internet research, and the late games.
although some of the schools already had older compaq pc workstations at the outset, other classrooms were just heading into computerization with the use of or thin clients.
linux-enabled applications used by the schools have revolved around the suite, browser, and typing tutor, a commercially developed program which teaches kids to type. some of the schools are also running virtual machine (vm) terminal services for legacy classroom learning applications, erickson said.
meanwhile, in its own offices, has been running a custom virtual on the same with a accounting system and linux applications that include.org;; thunderbird, for e-mail; sunbird, for shared calendaring; dia, for network diagramming, and a number of others. shell scripts are utilized over the tunnels to automate tasks such as synchronizing the directories on each server from a master.
"we‚äôve experienced a few hiccups with the vm," erickson acknowledged. also had some problems around and... has well known issues with, anyway," he added.
erickson also noted, however, that has been able to work out a lot of the glitches by communicating with other linux community members through the and software applications.
the spirit of collaboration in santa rosa has been contagious, stretching into classrooms, too. erickson concedes that, at first, underwent considerable opposition from some teachers.
"these teachers were so accustomed to windows that any change was difficult for them," according to erickson. say, ‚äòthis is just weird.‚äô"
lns, however, taught the teachers they could do just about anything in linux that done in more importantly, showed them how.
"after the teachers gained more mastery, they flipped a turn. they grew excited about troubleshooting, and they were proud to be able to get to the point where they could solve problems even without our help."
erickson contended that, along the way, lack of support for shockwave director on linux has posed one of the biggest stumbling blocks to in the santa rosa schools.
"adobe has finally added support for flash player on linux, and helpful. but still been absolutely no response from adobe to requests from the community for a to director," he charged. as a result, teachers in santa rosa have been dropping a application formerly used during the first three grades of school. "and there have been some hard feelings against adobe," erickson said.
for the sake of underlying stability, santa rosa has been sticking with the long term support (lts) versions of ubuntu linux, beginning with ubuntu and migrating along to, the current deployment.
hardware upgrades have been performed, as well. "we are putting stability and security first," erickson said. "and had zero viruses with," he added.
meanwhile, though, in the interests of greater ease of use, owns--recently hired a subcontractor to develop a new graphical user interface (gui) for ubuntu. at the same time, thought is now being given to putting lab technicians in place at each of the remote sites on the network, for help to teachers and children.
still, however, is bringing huge benefits to the elementary schools of santa rosa, and it promises to do likewise for other school districts, too, according to erickson.
beyond slashing the costs of microsoft licenses, taking giant steps away from windows permits the schools to hold on to their software investments. particularly with versions of ubuntu, older software stop getting supported, the way it does in windows," he said. moreover, proposed changes to the os "are examined in light of how they might potentially break other things."
also as erickson sees it, thin client systems can produce additional cost savings by providing better energy efficiency than windows pcs.
"schools these days just have all that much to spend. they can apply the money they save from to other needs, such as books," he observed.
"the use of linux and open source also gives schools a chance to collaborate with others, no matter where in the world those schools are located."
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ə fju groʊɪŋ peɪnz əˈsaɪd, ə ˈlɪnəks dɪˈplɔɪmənt ɪn ə ˈsænə ˈroʊzə, ˈsiˈeɪ ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skul ˈdɪstrɪkt ɪz məˈʧʊrɪŋ ˌroʊˈbəstli, ˈlɛtɪŋ ˈtiʧərz ənd ˈstudənts stænd əˈpɑrt frəm ðɛr ˈpriviəs dɪˈpɛndəns ɔn ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈwɪndoʊz waɪl ðeɪ traɪ ɔn nu ˈoʊpən ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈætəˌtudz. ðə trænˈzɪʃən ɪn ˈsænə ˈroʊzə frəm ˈwɪndoʊz 4 tɪ ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈlɪnəks ˈtərmənəl ˈsərvər ˈprɑʤɛkt (ltsp*) maɪt nɑt gɪt ən ə+ mɑrk beɪst ˈstrɪktli ɔn sˈmuðnəs, səˈʤɛstɪd ˈʤɔrdən ˈɛrɪksən, bɪn ˈoʊvərˌsiɪŋ ðə ˈsɛvən skul ˈnɛtˌwərks ˈɛvər sɪns ðɛr lɔnʧ əˈbaʊt θri jɪrz əˈgoʊ θru hɪz ˈkəmpəˌni, ˈsɪləkən ˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ səˈluʃənz (lns*). bət ˈoʊvərˌɔl, ðə ˈlɪnəks dɪˈplɔɪmənt ɪz ˈræŋkɪŋ ˈhaɪli wɪθ ðə ˈsɛvən skulz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, bɪˈkəz ɪt seɪvz ðɛm ˈməni ɔn ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈlaɪsənsɪz, spɛrz ðɛm frəm ˈwɪndoʊz ˈəpˌgreɪdz, prɪˈvɛnts kəmˈpjutər ˈvaɪrəsɪz, ənd spərz ˈgreɪtər kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən, ˈɛrɪksən sɛd. ðə skul ˈdɪstrɪkt ɪn ˈsænə ˈroʊzə ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ swɪʧ tɪ ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə ˈpaɪlət ˈproʊˌgræm æt ə bɔɪz ənd gərlz kləb ɪn ˌpɛtəˈlumə, ˈsiˈeɪ. ˌɪˈnɪʃəli juzd ɪn ən ˈproʊˌgræm fər six-to-14-year-olds*, ðə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən æt ðə kids‚äô*‚äô ˈkləˌbhaʊs ɪz stɪl əp ənd ˈrənɪŋ, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə sˈmɔlər dɪˈplɔɪmənt æt, fər ə grænd ˈtoʊtəl əv naɪn ˈmænɪʤd ˈnɛtˌwərks, ɔl ɪn səˈnoʊmə ˈkaʊnti. ædˈmɪnɪstərz ðə hoʊl kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃən frəm ɪts ˈɔfəsɪz ɪn ˈsænə ˈroʊzə, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈvərʧuəl ˈnɛtˌwərk kəmˈpjutɪŋ (vnc*) ˈoʊvər sɪˈkjʊr ʃɛl fər ˈwərkˌsteɪʃənz (ssh*) ˈtənəlz. iʧ əv ðə eɪt rɪˈmoʊt saɪts ˈɔlsoʊ həz ɪts oʊn ˈsərvər, wɪʧ sərvz əp tɪ ðə ˈsɪstəmz ˈækˌsɛst baɪ ðə kɪdz fər ˈklæsˌrum ˈlɛsənz, ˈhoʊmˌwərk, ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈrisərʧ, ənd ðə leɪt geɪmz. ˌɔlˈðoʊ səm əv ðə skulz ɔˈrɛdi hæd ˈoʊldər ˈkɑmˌpæk ˈpiˈsi ˈwərkˌsteɪʃənz æt ðə ˈaʊtˌsɛt, ˈəðər ˈklæsˌrumz wər ʤɪst ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈɪntu kəmˌpjutərɪˈzeɪʃən wɪθ ðə juz əv ər θɪn klaɪənts. ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz juzd baɪ ðə skulz hæv riˈvɑlvd əraʊnd ðə swit, ˈbraʊzər, ənd ˈtaɪpɪŋ ˈtutər, ə kəˈmərʃəli dɪˈvɛləpt ˈproʊˌgræm wɪʧ ˈtiʧɪz kɪdz tɪ taɪp. səm əv ðə skulz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrənɪŋ ˈvərʧuəl məˈʃin (vm*) ˈtərmənəl ˈsərvɪsɪz fər ˈlɛgəsi ˈklæsˌrum ˈlərnɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, ˈɛrɪksən sɛd. ˈminˌwaɪl, ɪn ɪts oʊn ˈɔfəsɪz, həz bɪn ˈrənɪŋ ə ˈkəstəm ˈvərʧuəl ɔn ðə seɪm wɪθ ə əˈkaʊnɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ənd ˈlɪnəks ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ðət ˌɪnˈklud openoffice.org*;; ˈθəndərˌbərd, fər ˈiˌmeɪl; ˈsənˌbərd, fər ʃɛrd calendaring*; ˈdiə, fər ˈnɛtˌwərk diagramming*, ənd ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈəðərz. ʃɛl skrɪpts ər ˈjutəˌlaɪzd ˈoʊvər ðə ˈtənəlz tɪ ˈɔtəˌmeɪt tæsks səʧ ɛz ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪzɪŋ ðə dɪˈrɛktəriz ɔn iʧ ˈsərvər frəm ə ˈmæstər. ɪkˈspɪriənst ə fju ˈhɪkəps wɪθ ðə vm*," ˈɛrɪksən ækˈnɑlɪʤd. ˈɔlsoʊ hæd səm ˈprɑbləmz əraʊnd ənd... həz wɛl noʊn ˈɪʃuz wɪθ, ˈɛniˌweɪ," hi ˈædɪd. ˈɛrɪksən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət həz bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ wərk aʊt ə lɔt əv ðə ˈglɪʧɪz baɪ kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪŋ wɪθ ˈəðər ˈlɪnəks kəmˈjunɪti ˈmɛmbərz θru ðə ənd ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz. ðə ˈspɪrɪt əv kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈsænə ˈroʊzə həz bɪn kənˈteɪʤəs, ˈstrɛʧɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈklæsˌrumz, tu. ˈɛrɪksən kənˈsidz ðət, æt fərst, ˌəndərˈwɛnt kənˈsɪdərəbəl ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən frəm səm ˈtiʧərz. "ðiz ˈtiʧərz wər soʊ əˈkəstəmd tɪ ˈwɪndoʊz ðət ˈɛni ʧeɪnʤ wɑz ˈdɪfəkəlt fər ðɛm," əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈɛrɪksən. seɪ, ɪz ʤɪst weird.‚äô*.‚äô", ˌhaʊˈɛvər, tɔt ðə ˈtiʧərz ðeɪ kʊd du ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɪn ˈlɪnəks ðət dən ɪn mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli, ʃoʊd ðɛm haʊ. "ˈæftər ðə ˈtiʧərz geɪnd mɔr ˈmæstəri, ðeɪ flɪpt ə tərn. ðeɪ gru ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt troubleshooting*, ənd ðeɪ wər praʊd tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt tɪ ðə pɔɪnt wɛr ðeɪ kʊd sɑlv ˈprɑbləmz ˈivɪn wɪˈθaʊt ɑr hɛlp." ˈɛrɪksən kənˈtɛndɪd ðət, əˈlɔŋ ðə weɪ, læk əv səˈpɔrt fər ˈʃɑkˌweɪv dɪˈrɛktər ɔn ˈlɪnəks həz poʊzd wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈstəmbəlɪŋ blɑks tɪ ɪn ðə ˈsænə ˈroʊzə skulz. "əˈdoʊbi həz ˈfaɪnəli ˈædɪd səˈpɔrt fər flæʃ pleɪər ɔn ˈlɪnəks, ənd ˈhɛlpfəl. bət stɪl bɪn ˌæbsəˈlutli noʊ rɪˈspɑns frəm əˈdoʊbi tɪ rɪkˈwɛsts frəm ðə kəmˈjunɪti fər ə tɪ dɪˈrɛktər," hi ʧɑrʤd. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ˈtiʧərz ɪn ˈsænə ˈroʊzə hæv bɪn ˈdrɑpɪŋ ə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈfɔrmərli juzd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə fərst θri greɪdz əv skul. "ənd ðɛr hæv bɪn səm hɑrd ˈfilɪŋz əˈgɛnst əˈdoʊbi," ˈɛrɪksən sɛd. fər ðə seɪk əv ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ stəˈbɪlɪti, ˈsænə ˈroʊzə həz bɪn ˈstɪkɪŋ wɪθ ðə lɔŋ tərm səˈpɔrt (lts*) ˈvərʒənz əv ˌuˈbuˌtu ˈlɪnəks, bɪˈgɪnɪŋ wɪθ ˌuˈbuˌtu ənd ˈmaɪˌgreɪtɪŋ əˈlɔŋ tɪ ðə ˈkɑrənt dɪˈplɔɪmənt. ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ˈəpˌgreɪdz hæv bɪn pərˈfɔrmd, ɛz wɛl. "wi ər ˈpʊtɪŋ stəˈbɪlɪti ənd sɪˈkjʊrəti fərst," ˈɛrɪksən sɛd. "ənd hæd ˈziroʊ ˈvaɪrəsɪz wɪθ," hi ˈædɪd. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðoʊ, ɪn ðə ˈɪntərɪsts əv ˈgreɪtər iz əv juz, oʊnz haɪərd ə səbˈkɑnˌtræktər tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ə nu ˈgræfɪkəl ˈjuzər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs (gui*) fər ˌuˈbuˌtu. æt ðə seɪm taɪm, θɔt ɪz naʊ biɪŋ ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ˈpʊtɪŋ læb tɛkˈnɪʃənz ɪn pleɪs æt iʧ əv ðə rɪˈmoʊt saɪts ɔn ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk, fər hɛlp tɪ ˈtiʧərz ənd ˈʧɪldrən. stɪl, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz ˈbrɪŋɪŋ juʤ ˈbɛnəfɪts tɪ ðə ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skulz əv ˈsænə ˈroʊzə, ənd ɪt ˈprɑməsəz tɪ du ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz fər ˈəðər skul ˈdɪstrɪkts, tu, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈɛrɪksən. bɪɔnd sˈlæʃɪŋ ðə kɔsts əv ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ˈlaɪsənsɪz, ˈteɪkɪŋ ʤaɪənt stɛps əˈweɪ frəm ˈwɪndoʊz ˈpərˌmɪts ðə skulz tɪ hoʊld ɔn tɪ ðɛr ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˌɪnˈvɛstmənts. ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli wɪθ ˈvərʒənz əv ˌuˈbuˌtu, ˈoʊldər ˈsɔfˌwɛr stɑp ˈgɪtɪŋ səˈpɔrtɪd, ðə weɪ ɪt dɪz ɪn ˈwɪndoʊz," hi sɛd. mɔˈroʊvər, prəˈpoʊzd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə ɑs "ər ɪgˈzæmənd ɪn laɪt əv haʊ ðeɪ maɪt pəˈtɛnʃəli breɪk ˈəðər θɪŋz." ˈɔlsoʊ ɛz ˈɛrɪksən siz ɪt, θɪn klaɪənt ˈsɪstəmz kən ˈproʊdus əˈdɪʃənəl kɔst ˈseɪvɪŋz baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈbɛtər ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi ðən ˈwɪndoʊz ˈpiˈsiz. "skulz ðiz deɪz ʤɪst hæv ɔl ðət məʧ tɪ spɛnd. ðeɪ kən əˈplaɪ ðə ˈməni ðeɪ seɪv frəm tɪ ˈəðər nidz, səʧ ɛz bʊks," hi əbˈzərvd. "ðə juz əv ˈlɪnəks ənd ˈoʊpən sɔrs ˈɔlsoʊ gɪvz skulz ə ʧæns tɪ kəˈlæbərˌeɪt wɪθ ˈəðərz, noʊ ˈmætər wɛr ɪn ðə wərld ðoʊz skulz ər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd."
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on thursday night, with four minutes left in the first game of this year's nba finals, miami heat star lebron james scored to pull his team within two. he immediately pulled up, then began hobbling over to his team's bench before teammates and trainers had to carry him the last few feet.
with lebron out, the san antonio spurs outscored the heat and won the game easily.
people with high levels of sodium in their sweat are naturally prone to cramping
james' problem was a muscle cramp a common, injury that struck at the worst possible moment. lebron haters across the web seized it as an opportunity to question his toughness.
but here's the thing: muscle cramping is a legitimate, immobilizing problem that can befall even elite athletes. dehydration and muscle fatigue are both involved, and heat can exacerbate the problem making the fact that the center's air conditioning went out during the game, driving court temperatures as high as, especially important.
most importantly, some people with high levels of sodium in their sweat seem to be naturally prone to cramping. james may well fall in that category.
the only real ways to relieve muscle cramping are rest, stretching, and massage. so even though lebron surely wanted to play through the injury, it physically just wasn't possible for him to make his legs work the way they would've needed to.
dehydration and muscle fatigue cause cramping
you've probably experienced a muscle cramp before: a sudden, involuntary blast of pain as one of your muscles locks up for seemingly no reason. muscle cramps, as scientists call them, are one particular type of cramp, the kind that befell lebron last night.
despite how common they are, scientists have debated the cause of these cramps for years. part of the reason is that they're hard to study you can't really put people in a lab and try to induce muscle cramps in them, because they happen so randomly.
both of the mechanisms can be driven by excessive heat
over time, two hypotheses about the cause of cramps emerged. one held that repeated overuse of specific muscles leads to excessive activity in sensory receptors inside them, called muscle spindles. this activity then triggers a cascade of changes in the nervous system, ultimately disabling the mechanisms that are normally responsible for making sure muscles don't contract too much. the outcome is muscle cramping: an involuntary, excessive contraction of muscle.
the other hypothesized cause is a little more intuitive: dehydration, and the resulting depletion of in your body. over time, excessive sweating and a failure to replace the salts naturally present in your body can cause sodium levels to dip dangerously. this upsets the balance of fluids in different compartments of your muscle cells, which makes your muscle fibers more likely to fire, ultimately causing your muscles to contract uncontrollably.
ultimately, most scientists have come to the conclusion that both of these mechanisms sometimes cause cramping, sometimes in combination. and both of them, it turns out, can be driven by excessive heat.
some people are naturally more prone to cramping, and heat makes it worse
it's impossible to say for sure what happened to lebron last night, but it seems that both mechanisms probably played a role, helped along by the center's faulty air conditioning. sure, everyone had to deal with that heat, but james had played 33 of the 40 minutes of the game before initially cramping up, increasing both his sweat output and muscle fatigue.
long-term muscle overuse can also contribute to cramping, and lebron had also played in 92 of the previous 97 heat games, averaging about 38 minutes on the floor per night, all while doing a huge amount of running for a man his size.
research among football and tennis players shows that people with more sodium in their sweat cramp more often
but there's also the unfortunate fact that some people even elite athletes are just more prone to cramping, because they have higher salt levels naturally present in their sweat. research among football and tennis players has shown that people with more sodium in their sweat cramp much more often.
despite a world-class nba training staff, lebron has battled muscle cramping in a number of high-profile games throughout his career including game 4 of the 2012 finals so he's probably part of this group.
"drank a lot at halftime, even, changed my uniform, just tried to get the sweat up off of you," james told reporters after the game. "our training staff tried to do the best they could by giving us ice bags and cold towels on timeouts, keep us dry." for a salty sweater in a arena with broken air conditioning, though, this apparently wasn't enough.
the only real treatment is rest
sports scientists have looked for a medication that could cure muscle cramps for years, and found nothing. it's widely agreed that, apart from trying to get as quickly as possible, the only effective treatments to get your muscles working again are resting, stretching, and getting massaged.
lebron physically wasn't capable of staying in the game
lebron physically wasn't capable of staying in the game. right after scoring his last basket, his entire left leg cramped up, rendering him so immobile that he couldn't even walk down the court.
toughness might let players play through pain. but it doesn't let anyone deal with muscle contractions so extreme that they don't let you bend your knee.
"the best option for me was to not move," james told reporters. "i tried and any little step or nudge, it would get worse. i would lock up worse and my muscles ten out of ten. best thing for me to do was just not to move and, you know, it was frustrating."
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ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ naɪt, wɪθ fɔr ˈmɪnəts lɛft ɪn ðə fərst geɪm əv ðɪs jɪrz ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈfaɪnəlz, maɪˈæmi hit stɑr ˈlɛbrən ʤeɪmz skɔrd tɪ pʊl hɪz tim wɪˈθɪn tu. hi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli pʊld əp, ðɛn bɪˈgæn ˈhɑbəlɪŋ ˈoʊvər tɪ hɪz timz bɛnʧ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈtimˌmeɪts ənd ˈtreɪnərz hæd tɪ ˈkɛri ɪm ðə læst fju fit. wɪθ ˈlɛbrən aʊt, ðə sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ spərz aʊtˈskɔrd ðə hit ənd wən ðə geɪm ˈizəli. ˈpipəl wɪθ haɪ ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈsoʊdiəm ɪn ðɛr swɛt ər ˈnæʧərəli proʊn tɪ ˈkræmpɪŋ ʤeɪmz' ˈprɑbləm wɑz ə ˈməsəl kræmp ə ˈkɑmən, ˈɪnʤəri ðət strək æt ðə wərst ˈpɑsəbəl ˈmoʊmənt. ˈlɛbrən ˈheɪtərz əˈkrɔs ðə wɛb sizd ɪt ɛz ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ kˈwɛʃən hɪz ˈtəfnəs. bət hɪrz ðə θɪŋ: ˈməsəl ˈkræmpɪŋ ɪz ə ləˈʤɪtəmət, ˌɪˈmoʊbəˌlaɪzɪŋ ˈprɑbləm ðət kən bɪˈfɔl ˈivɪn ɪˈlit ˈæθˌlits. ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən ənd ˈməsəl fəˈtig ər boʊθ ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ənd hit kən ɪgˈzæsərˌbeɪt ðə ˈprɑbləm ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə fækt ðət ðə ˈsɛnərz ɛr kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ wɛnt aʊt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə geɪm, ˈdraɪvɪŋ kɔrt ˈtɛmpərəʧərz ɛz haɪ ɛz, əˈspɛʃəli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt. moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli, səm ˈpipəl wɪθ haɪ ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈsoʊdiəm ɪn ðɛr swɛt sim tɪ bi ˈnæʧərəli proʊn tɪ ˈkræmpɪŋ. ʤeɪmz meɪ wɛl fɔl ɪn ðət ˈkætəˌgɔri. ðə ˈoʊnli ril weɪz tɪ rɪˈliv ˈməsəl ˈkræmpɪŋ ər rɛst, ˈstrɛʧɪŋ, ənd məˈsɑʒ. soʊ ˈivɪn ðoʊ ˈlɛbrən ˈʃʊrli ˈwɔntɪd tɪ pleɪ θru ðə ˈɪnʤəri, ɪt ˈfɪzɪkəli ʤɪst ˈwəzənt ˈpɑsəbəl fər ɪm tɪ meɪk hɪz lɛgz wərk ðə weɪ ðeɪ ˈwʊdəv ˈnidɪd tɪ. ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən ənd ˈməsəl fəˈtig kɔz ˈkræmpɪŋ juv ˈprɑbəˌbli ɪkˈspɪriənst ə ˈməsəl kræmp ˌbiˈfɔr: ə ˈsədən, ˌɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛri blæst əv peɪn ɛz wən əv jʊr ˈməsəlz lɑks əp fər ˈsimɪŋli noʊ ˈrizən. ˈməsəl kræmps, ɛz ˈsaɪəntɪsts kɔl ðɛm, ər wən ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr taɪp əv kræmp, ðə kaɪnd ðət bɪˈfɛl ˈlɛbrən læst naɪt. dɪˈspaɪt haʊ ˈkɑmən ðeɪ ər, ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæv dəˈbeɪtɪd ðə kɔz əv ðiz kræmps fər jɪrz. pɑrt əv ðə ˈrizən ɪz ðət ðɛr hɑrd tɪ ˈstədi ju kænt ˈrɪli pʊt ˈpipəl ɪn ə læb ənd traɪ tɪ ˌɪnˈdus ˈməsəl kræmps ɪn ðɛm, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ˈhæpən soʊ ˈrændəmli. boʊθ əv ðə ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz kən bi ˈdrɪvən baɪ ɪkˈsɛsɪv hit ˈoʊvər taɪm, tu haɪˈpɑθəˌsiz əˈbaʊt ðə kɔz əv kræmps ˈimərʤd. wən hɛld ðət rɪˈpitɪd ˌoʊvərˈjuz əv spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈməsəlz lidz tɪ ɪkˈsɛsɪv ækˈtɪvɪti ɪn ˈsɛnsəri rəˈsɛptərz ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðɛm, kɔld ˈməsəl spindles*. ðɪs ækˈtɪvɪti ðɛn ˈtrɪgərz ə kæˈskeɪd əv ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə ˈnərvəs ˈsɪstəm, ˈəltəmətli ˌdɪˈseɪblɪŋ ðə ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz ðət ər ˈnɔrməli riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ʃʊr ˈməsəlz doʊnt ˈkɑnˌtrækt tu məʧ. ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm ɪz ˈməsəl ˈkræmpɪŋ: ən ˌɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛri, ɪkˈsɛsɪv kənˈtrækʃən əv ˈməsəl. ðə ˈəðər haɪˈpɑθəˌsaɪzd kɔz ɪz ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ˌɪnˈtuətɪv: ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən, ənd ðə rɪˈzəltɪŋ dɪˈpliʃən əv ɪn jʊr ˈbɑdi. ˈoʊvər taɪm, ɪkˈsɛsɪv sˈwɛtɪŋ ənd ə ˈfeɪljər tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ðə sɔlts ˈnæʧərəli ˈprɛzənt ɪn jʊr ˈbɑdi kən kɔz ˈsoʊdiəm ˈlɛvəlz tɪ dɪp ˈdeɪnʤərəsli. ðɪs ˈəpˌsɛts ðə ˈbæləns əv fluɪdz ɪn ˈdɪfərənt kəmˈpɑrtmənts əv jʊr ˈməsəl sɛlz, wɪʧ meɪks jʊr ˈməsəl ˈfaɪbərz mɔr ˈlaɪkli tɪ faɪər, ˈəltəmətli ˈkɔzɪŋ jʊr ˈməsəlz tɪ ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˌənkənˈtroʊləbli. ˈəltəmətli, moʊst ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæv kəm tɪ ðə kənˈkluʒən ðət boʊθ əv ðiz ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz ˈsəmˌtaɪmz kɔz ˈkræmpɪŋ, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪn ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən. ənd boʊθ əv ðɛm, ɪt tərnz aʊt, kən bi ˈdrɪvən baɪ ɪkˈsɛsɪv hit. səm ˈpipəl ər ˈnæʧərəli mɔr proʊn tɪ ˈkræmpɪŋ, ənd hit meɪks ɪt wərs ɪts ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ seɪ fər ʃʊr wət ˈhæpənd tɪ ˈlɛbrən læst naɪt, bət ɪt simz ðət boʊθ ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz ˈprɑbəˌbli pleɪd ə roʊl, hɛlpt əˈlɔŋ baɪ ðə ˈsɛnərz ˈfɔlti ɛr kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ. ʃʊr, ˈɛvriˌwən hæd tɪ dil wɪθ ðət hit, bət ʤeɪmz hæd pleɪd 33 əv ðə 40 ˈmɪnəts əv ðə geɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ˈkræmpɪŋ əp, ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ boʊθ hɪz swɛt ˈaʊtˌpʊt ənd ˈməsəl fəˈtig. ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˈməsəl ˌoʊvərˈjuz kən ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈtrɪbjut tɪ ˈkræmpɪŋ, ənd ˈlɛbrən hæd ˈɔlsoʊ pleɪd ɪn 92 əv ðə ˈpriviəs 97 hit geɪmz, ˈævrɪʤɪŋ əˈbaʊt 38 ˈmɪnəts ɔn ðə flɔr pər naɪt, ɔl waɪl duɪŋ ə juʤ əˈmaʊnt əv ˈrənɪŋ fər ə mæn hɪz saɪz. ˈrisərʧ əˈməŋ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ənd ˈtɛnɪs pleɪərz ʃoʊz ðət ˈpipəl wɪθ mɔr ˈsoʊdiəm ɪn ðɛr swɛt kræmp mɔr ˈɔfən bət ðɛrz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ənˈfɔrʧənət fækt ðət səm ˈpipəl ˈivɪn ɪˈlit ˈæθˌlits ər ʤɪst mɔr proʊn tɪ ˈkræmpɪŋ, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ hæv haɪər sɔlt ˈlɛvəlz ˈnæʧərəli ˈprɛzənt ɪn ðɛr swɛt. ˈrisərʧ əˈməŋ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ənd ˈtɛnɪs pleɪərz həz ʃoʊn ðət ˈpipəl wɪθ mɔr ˈsoʊdiəm ɪn ðɛr swɛt kræmp məʧ mɔr ˈɔfən. dɪˈspaɪt ə ˈwərldˌklæs ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈtreɪnɪŋ stæf, ˈlɛbrən həz ˈbætəld ˈməsəl ˈkræmpɪŋ ɪn ə ˈnəmbər əv ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl geɪmz θruaʊt hɪz kərɪr ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ geɪm 4 əv ðə 2012 ˈfaɪnəlz soʊ hiz ˈprɑbəˌbli pɑrt əv ðɪs grup. "dræŋk ə lɔt æt ˈhæfˌtaɪm, ˈivɪn, ʧeɪnʤd maɪ ˈjunəˌfɔrm, ʤɪst traɪd tɪ gɪt ðə swɛt əp ɔf əv ju," ʤeɪmz toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ˈæftər ðə geɪm. "ɑr ˈtreɪnɪŋ stæf traɪd tɪ du ðə bɛst ðeɪ kʊd baɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs aɪs bægz ənd koʊld taʊəlz ɔn timeouts*, kip ˈjuˈɛs draɪ." fər ə ˈsɔlti sˈwɛtər ɪn ə ərˈinə wɪθ ˈbroʊkən ɛr kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ, ðoʊ, ðɪs əˈpɛrəntli ˈwəzənt ɪˈnəf. ðə ˈoʊnli ril ˈtritmənt ɪz rɛst spɔrts ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæv lʊkt fər ə ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃən ðət kʊd kjʊr ˈməsəl kræmps fər jɪrz, ənd faʊnd ˈnəθɪŋ. ɪts ˈwaɪdli əˈgrid ðət, əˈpɑrt frəm traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɛz kˈwɪkli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, ðə ˈoʊnli ˈifɛktɪv ˈtritmənts tɪ gɪt jʊr ˈməsəlz ˈwərkɪŋ əˈgɛn ər ˈrɛstɪŋ, ˈstrɛʧɪŋ, ənd ˈgɪtɪŋ məˈsɑʒd. ˈlɛbrən ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈwəzənt ˈkeɪpəbəl əv steɪɪŋ ɪn ðə geɪm ˈlɛbrən ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈwəzənt ˈkeɪpəbəl əv steɪɪŋ ɪn ðə geɪm. raɪt ˈæftər ˈskɔrɪŋ hɪz læst ˈbæskət, hɪz ɪnˈtaɪər lɛft lɛg kræmpt əp, ˈrɛndərɪŋ ɪm soʊ ˌɪˈmoʊˌbil ðət hi ˈkʊdənt ˈivɪn wɔk daʊn ðə kɔrt. ˈtəfnəs maɪt lɛt pleɪərz pleɪ θru peɪn. bət ɪt ˈdəzənt lɛt ˈɛniˌwən dil wɪθ ˈməsəl kənˈtrækʃənz soʊ ɪkˈstrim ðət ðeɪ doʊnt lɛt ju bɛnd jʊr ni. "ðə bɛst ˈɔpʃən fər mi wɑz tɪ nɑt muv," ʤeɪmz toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz. "aɪ traɪd ənd ˈɛni ˈlɪtəl stɛp ər nəʤ, ɪt wʊd gɪt wərs. aɪ wʊd lɑk əp wərs ənd maɪ ˈməsəlz tɛn aʊt əv tɛn. bɛst θɪŋ fər mi tɪ du wɑz ʤɪst nɑt tɪ muv ənd, ju noʊ, ɪt wɑz ˈfrəˌstreɪtɪŋ."
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the discovery follows the announcement that the academy of medical royal colleges has listed 40 treatments that are unnecessary and be given routinely. as well as chemotherapy for advanced cancers, the list includes x-rays for lower back pain, regular scans for terminally ill patients and routine checks for patients after a cataracts procedure or other common and routine surgery.
announcing the list, chairman dame sue bailey said think twice before having tests or treatments, and question whether they really were necessary. “patients should ask ‘what would happen if i do nothing?’” she said.
the, which represents all 21 medical royal colleges, is planning to extend the list to around 150 unnecessary treatments.
in the survey of around doctors, the vast majority who admitted ordering a drug or procedure they knew was useless were driven by a fear of litigation, and, in some cases, because the patient demanded it.
around 20 per cent admitted prescribing an antibiotic, 16 per cent ordered x-rays and 14 per cent ct scans or blood tests that they knew were unnecessary.
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ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈfɑloʊz ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt ðət ðə əˈkædəmi əv ˈmɛdɪkəl rɔɪəl ˈkɑlɪʤɪz həz ˈlɪstɪd 40 ˈtritmənts ðət ər ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ənd bi ˈgɪvɪn ruˈtinli. ɛz wɛl ɛz ˌkimoʊˈθɛrəpi fər ədˈvænst ˈkænsərz, ðə lɪst ˌɪnˈkludz ˈɛksˌreɪz fər loʊər bæk peɪn, ˈrɛgjələr skænz fər ˈtərmənəli ɪl ˈpeɪʃənz ənd ruˈtin ʧɛks fər ˈpeɪʃənz ˈæftər ə ˈkætərˌækts prəˈsiʤər ər ˈəðər ˈkɑmən ənd ruˈtin ˈsərʤəri. əˈnaʊnsɪŋ ðə lɪst, ˈʧɛrmən deɪm su ˈbeɪli sɛd θɪŋk twaɪs ˌbiˈfɔr ˈhævɪŋ tɛsts ər ˈtritmənts, ənd kˈwɛʃən ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ˈrɪli wər ˈnɛsəˌsɛri. ʃʊd æsk wʊd ˈhæpən ɪf aɪ du nothing?’”*?’” ʃi sɛd. ðə, wɪʧ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ɔl 21 ˈmɛdɪkəl rɔɪəl ˈkɑlɪʤɪz, ɪz ˈplænɪŋ tɪ ɪkˈstɛnd ðə lɪst tɪ əraʊnd 150 ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˈtritmənts. ɪn ðə ˈsərˌveɪ əv əraʊnd ˈdɑktərz, ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti hu ədˈmɪtəd ˈɔrdərɪŋ ə drəg ər prəˈsiʤər ðeɪ nu wɑz ˈjusləs wər ˈdrɪvən baɪ ə fɪr əv ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən, ənd, ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈpeɪʃənt dɪˈmændɪd ɪt. əraʊnd 20 pər sɛnt ədˈmɪtəd priˈskraɪbɪŋ ən ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk, 16 pər sɛnt ˈɔrdərd ˈɛksˌreɪz ənd 14 pər sɛnt kɔrt skænz ər bləd tɛsts ðət ðeɪ nu wər ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri.
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(last updated on: january 10, 2016)
a nato report which has been published in spiegel quoted nato probing security conditions will become worst in 2016 comparing to 2015.
officials in ministries of interior and defense said observing the civilian casualties afghan security forces are capable to launch military operations across the country.
part of the report also indicated that nato sees with doubt on afghan security forces capabilities on launching operations to secure afghanistan, therefore the security condition afghanistan will be worst than 2015.
nato member said,” nato fore said that the afghanistan security condition will be worst than 2015 because afghan security forces capable to defend the country.”
out of the total 101 infantry units only one has been characterized by the report as effectively battle-ready, while 38 units have been classified as having “massive problems.” ten battalions of 600 soldiers each have been classified as not operational.
according to the data contributed to the report by us general john f. campbell, the current commander of the resolute support mission and united states forces –afghanistan, out of 17 battalions stationed in provinces of kandahar and zabul, 12 units have only “limited” readiness.
another major problem is highly increased battle casualties, which in 2015 grew by 42 percent compared to 2014. altogether, last year ana had more than combat fatalities, on average losing 22 soldiers every day throughout 2015.
afghanistan defense ministry spokesman said,” we confirm the casualties but who are launching operations against terrorism in afghanistan, afghan security forces are in the front line defending their country.”
meanwhile officials in ministry of interior affairs claimed that we are facing world battle here in afghanistan, afghan security forces are in the front line fighting terrorism.
we are fighting for peace, this is not our war, we confirm the casualties, we are facing international fighters here in afghanistan, there serious threats to world, war erupted in helmand, based on the reports war has been intensified in south part of afghanistan, poor performances of afghan national army caused the war to be expanded ministry of interior spokesmanee said.
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(læst ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ɔn: ˈʤænjuˌɛri 10 2016 ə ˈneɪtoʊ rɪˈpɔrt wɪʧ həz bɪn ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈspigəl kˈwoʊtɪd ˈneɪtoʊ ˈproʊbɪŋ sɪˈkjʊrəti kənˈdɪʃənz wɪl bɪˈkəm wərst ɪn 2016 kəmˈpɛrɪŋ tɪ 2015 əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ˈmɪnɪstriz əv ˌɪnˈtɪriər ənd dɪˈfɛns sɛd əbˈzərvɪŋ ðə səˈvɪljən ˈkæʒəwəltiz ˈæfˌgæn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ər ˈkeɪpəbəl tɪ lɔnʧ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. pɑrt əv ðə rɪˈpɔrt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ðət ˈneɪtoʊ siz wɪθ daʊt ɔn ˈæfˌgæn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz ɔn ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz tɪ sɪˈkjʊr æfˈgænəˌstæn, ˈðɛrˌfɔr ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti kənˈdɪʃən æfˈgænəˌstæn wɪl bi wərst ðən 2015 ˈneɪtoʊ ˈmɛmbər said,”*,” ˈneɪtoʊ fɔr sɛd ðət ðə æfˈgænəˌstæn sɪˈkjʊrəti kənˈdɪʃən wɪl bi wərst ðən 2015 bɪˈkəz ˈæfˌgæn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ˈkeɪpəbəl tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðə country.”*.” aʊt əv ðə ˈtoʊtəl 101 ˈɪnfəntri ˈjunɪts ˈoʊnli wən həz bɪn ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪzd baɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt ɛz ˈifɛktɪvli battle-ready*, waɪl 38 ˈjunɪts hæv bɪn ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ɛz ˈhævɪŋ problems.”*.” tɛn bəˈtæljənz əv 600 ˈsoʊlʤərz iʧ hæv bɪn ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ɛz nɑt ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈdætə kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt baɪ ˈjuˈɛs ˈʤɛnərəl ʤɑn ɛf. ˈkæmbəl, ðə ˈkɑrənt kəˈmændər əv ðə ˈrɛzəˌlut səˈpɔrt ˈmɪʃən ənd juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈfɔrsɪz ––afghanistan*, aʊt əv 17 bəˈtæljənz ˈsteɪʃənd ɪn ˈprɑvənsəz əv ˈkændəhɑr ənd zabul*, 12 ˈjunɪts hæv ˈoʊnli ““limited”*” ˈrɛdinəs. əˈnəðər ˈmeɪʤər ˈprɑbləm ɪz ˈhaɪli ˌɪnˈkrist ˈbætəl ˈkæʒəwəltiz, wɪʧ ɪn 2015 gru baɪ 42 pərˈsɛnt kəmˈpɛrd tɪ 2014 ˌɔltəˈgɛðər, læst jɪr ˈɑnə hæd mɔr ðən ˈkɑmbæt fəˈtælɪtiz, ɔn ˈævərɪʤ ˈluzɪŋ 22 ˈsoʊlʤərz ˈɛvəri deɪ θruaʊt 2015 æfˈgænəˌstæn dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstri ˈspoʊksmən said,”*,” wi kənˈfərm ðə ˈkæʒəwəltiz bət hu ər ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əˈgɛnst ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, ˈæfˌgæn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ər ɪn ðə frənt laɪn dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ðɛr country.”*.” ˈminˌwaɪl əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˌɪnˈtɪriər əˈfɛrz kleɪmd ðət wi ər ˈfeɪsɪŋ wərld ˈbætəl hir ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, ˈæfˌgæn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ər ɪn ðə frənt laɪn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm. wi ər ˈfaɪtɪŋ fər pis, ðɪs ɪz nɑt ɑr wɔr, wi kənˈfərm ðə ˈkæʒəwəltiz, wi ər ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈfaɪtərz hir ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, ðɛr ˈsɪriəs θrɛts tɪ wərld, wɔr ˌɪˈrəptɪd ɪn helmand*, beɪst ɔn ðə rɪˈpɔrts wɔr həz bɪn ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪd ɪn saʊθ pɑrt əv æfˈgænəˌstæn, pur pərˈfɔrmənsɪz əv ˈæfˌgæn ˈnæʃənəl ˈɑrmi kɔzd ðə wɔr tɪ bi ɪkˈspændɪd ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈspoʊksmən sɛd. ˌriˈpɔrtəd baɪ
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five teens were arrested and charged after a shot was fired outside of an orleans county mosque monday night as worshipers were leaving nightly ramadan services.
ynn spoke with members of the world foundation mosque in as well as law enforcement officials to learn more about what happened.
“i’m just grateful that things worse last night, which they easily been,” said david bell of the world foundation mosque.
members of the mosque in said they have been harassed since they were first founded in 1974. they said they have experienced everything from people speeding by and shouting vulgar language to having their fence torn out and burned down.
still, they said nothing compares to what happened monday after nightly prayer services.
“as we were standing here, the one car came back and instead of speeding by that car swerved directly into our group of people. it clipped me,” bell said. “i fell to the ground and even more difficult is what happened after. there was a group of people and a shot was fired before the car sped away.”
“this is actually the first time that actually been physically injured and a concern for us. imagine coming out after a service, particularly a holy service, coming out and seeing someone flipped by a car obviously going to feel threatened by it, going to feel insecure about it and gonna wonder where is our protection and where are our rights,” said of the world foundation mosque.
huzair said once david bell was taken to the hospital for treatment, he and other members of the mosque drove to the boat launch and used their cars to surround the two vehicles full of teens until police arrived.
huzair claims it took more than 40 minutes for police to arrive and that police only came after the teens called 911 to say they were being harassed.
“i think some miscommunication as to what agencies can respond and where they respond. there was more than one law enforcement agency involved in this. we did have local albion police and state police assisting the office on both incidents,” said orleans county sheriff scott hess.
“whether or not it was properly responded to initially is something be looking at, but i can tell you on behalf of this county, this is something that taking extremely serious and will be properly addressed to be sure there will be no further escalation of already occurred and the harassment that been subject to,” said joseph cardone, orleans county district attorney.
investigators charged mark vendetti, 17; tim weader, 17; dylan phillips, 18; jeff donahue, 18; and anthony ogden, 18, with misdemeanor disruption of religious services.
vendetti is also charged with felony criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly shooting a shotgun in front of the mosque where people were leaving. he was arraigned and sent to the orleans county jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
authorities said all five teens are buddies from holley.
no charges have been filed related to injury, though the district attorney said more charges are possible. four of the teens are scheduled to appear in carlton town court on september 6.
“i’m hopeful that something can begin to change,” bell added.
later in the day on tuesday, the council on relations (cair) called for appropriate hate crime charges to be brought against the five orleans county teenagers.
“new york muslims must be free to practice their faith without fear of harassment or intimidation,” said n. ali, community affairs director of new york chapter.
people who live near the mosque are reacting to the arrests. opinion seems to be mixed on whether the incidents are related to religion.
“just kids being renegade kids, you know renegade kids out there. so anyway nobody got shot i guess. kid probably went by and blew a shot out of the window,” said phil coville of albion.
“you do pranks with loaded weapons. unfortunate. kids, i know how old they are, but they have a way of wrecking their own youth with rash acts and i hope somebody will put the brakes on these guys,” said patricia smith of ontario.
“they were wrong because you go interrupt thing and go shoot off a gun, not right, not right. they should think first with their actions, not try to hurt somebody,” said deborah rebar of albion.
people that spoke with said they know very little about the mosque itself.
ynn contacted carlton town supervisor gayle ashbery, who declined comment for our report.
huzair said members of the mosque immediately called 911 to report the incident.
he said another member, who was late to prayer service, spotted the black suv and white truck parked down the road at the lake alice public boat launch. he said the member recognized the vehicles as the ones that were allegedly involved in a separate harassing incident just a few days earlier.
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ˈædmɪn 26 ˈɔgəst 2011 26 ˈɔgəst 2011 ˈʤɛnərəl 8 ˈkɑmɛnts 8 ˈkɑmɛnts iˈmeɪl ðɪs poʊst faɪv tinz wər ərˈɛstɪd ənd ʧɑrʤd ˈæftər ə ʃɑt wɑz faɪərd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ən ˌɔˈrlinz ˈkaʊnti mɔsk ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt ɛz ˈwərʃɪpərz wər ˈlivɪŋ ˈnaɪtli ˈrɑməˌdɑn ˈsərvɪsɪz. spoʊk wɪθ ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə wərld faʊnˈdeɪʃən mɔsk ɪn ɛz wɛl ɛz lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ lərn mɔr əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənd. ʤɪst ˈgreɪtfəl ðət θɪŋz wərs læst naɪt, wɪʧ ðeɪ ˈizəli been,”*,” sɛd ˈdeɪvɪd bɛl əv ðə wərld faʊnˈdeɪʃən mɔsk. ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə mɔsk ɪn sɛd ðeɪ hæv bɪn həræst sɪns ðeɪ wər fərst ˈfaʊndɪd ɪn 1974 ðeɪ sɛd ðeɪ hæv ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ frəm ˈpipəl ˈspidɪŋ baɪ ənd ˈʃaʊtɪŋ ˈvəlgər ˈlæŋgwɪʤ tɪ ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr fɛns tɔrn aʊt ənd bərnd daʊn. stɪl, ðeɪ sɛd ˈnəθɪŋ kəmˈpɛrz tɪ wət ˈhæpənd ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈæftər ˈnaɪtli prɛr ˈsərvɪsɪz. wi wər ˈstændɪŋ hir, ðə wən kɑr keɪm bæk ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈspidɪŋ baɪ ðət kɑr swərvd dɪˈrɛkli ˈɪntu ɑr grup əv ˈpipəl. ɪt klɪpt me,”*,” bɛl sɛd. fɛl tɪ ðə graʊnd ənd ˈivɪn mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt ɪz wət ˈhæpənd ˈæftər. ðɛr wɑz ə grup əv ˈpipəl ənd ə ʃɑt wɑz faɪərd ˌbiˈfɔr ðə kɑr spɛd away.”*.” ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ðə fərst taɪm ðət ˈæˌkʧuəli bɪn ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈɪnʤərd ənd ə kənˈsərn fər ˈjuˈɛs. ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈkəmɪŋ aʊt ˈæftər ə ˈsərvɪs, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ə ˈhoʊli ˈsərvɪs, ˈkəmɪŋ aʊt ənd siɪŋ ˈsəmˌwən flɪpt baɪ ə kɑr ˈɑbviəsli goʊɪŋ tɪ fil θˈrɛtənd baɪ ɪt, goʊɪŋ tɪ fil ˈɪnsəkjər əˈbaʊt ɪt ənd ˈgɑnə ˈwəndər wɛr ɪz ɑr prəˈtɛkʃən ənd wɛr ər ɑr rights,”*,” sɛd əv ðə wərld faʊnˈdeɪʃən mɔsk. sɛd wəns ˈdeɪvɪd bɛl wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl fər ˈtritmənt, hi ənd ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə mɔsk droʊv tɪ ðə boʊt lɔnʧ ənd juzd ðɛr kɑz tɪ səraʊnd ðə tu ˈviɪkəlz fʊl əv tinz ənˈtɪl pəˈlis əraɪvd. kleɪmz ɪt tʊk mɔr ðən 40 ˈmɪnəts fər pəˈlis tɪ əraɪv ənd ðət pəˈlis ˈoʊnli keɪm ˈæftər ðə tinz kɔld 911 tɪ seɪ ðeɪ wər biɪŋ həræst. θɪŋk səm mɪskəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ɛz tɪ wət ˈeɪʤənsiz kən rɪˈspɑnd ənd wɛr ðeɪ rɪˈspɑnd. ðɛr wɑz mɔr ðən wən lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðɪs. wi dɪd hæv ˈloʊkəl ˈælbiən pəˈlis ənd steɪt pəˈlis əˈsɪstɪŋ ðə ˈɔfəs ɔn boʊθ incidents,”*,” sɛd ˌɔˈrlinz ˈkaʊnti ˈʃɛrɪf skɑt hɛs. ər nɑt ɪt wɑz ˈprɑpərli rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ bi ˈlʊkɪŋ æt, bət aɪ kən tɛl ju ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðɪs ˈkaʊnti, ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪkˈstrimli ˈsɪriəs ənd wɪl bi ˈprɑpərli əˈdrɛst tɪ bi ʃʊr ðɛr wɪl bi noʊ ˈfərðər ˌɛskəˈleɪʃən əv ɔˈrɛdi əˈkərd ənd ðə hərˈæsmənt ðət bɪn ˈsəbʤɪkt to,”*,” sɛd ˈʤoʊzəf kɑrˈdoʊni, ˌɔˈrlinz ˈkaʊnti ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni. ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz ʧɑrʤd mɑrk vɛnˈdɛti, 17 tɪm weader*, 17 ˈdɪlən ˈfɪlɪps, 18 ʤɛf ˈdɑnəˌju, 18 ənd ˈænθɔˌni ˈɑgdən, 18 wɪθ ˌmɪsdəˈminər dɪsˈrəpʃən əv rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈsərvɪsɪz. vɛnˈdɛti ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˈfɛləni ˈkrɪmənəl pəˈzɛʃən əv ə ˈwɛpən fər əˈlɛʤədli ˈʃutɪŋ ə ˈʃɑtˌgən ɪn frənt əv ðə mɔsk wɛr ˈpipəl wər ˈlivɪŋ. hi wɑz əreɪnd ənd sɛnt tɪ ðə ˌɔˈrlinz ˈkaʊnti ʤeɪl ɪn lu əv beɪl. əˈθɔrətiz sɛd ɔl faɪv tinz ər ˈbədiz frəm ˈhɑli. noʊ ˈʧɑrʤɪz hæv bɪn faɪld rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈɪnʤəri, ðoʊ ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni sɛd mɔr ˈʧɑrʤɪz ər ˈpɑsəbəl. fɔr əv ðə tinz ər ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ əˈpɪr ɪn ˈkɑrltən taʊn kɔrt ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 6 ˈhoʊpfəl ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ kən bɪˈgɪn tɪ change,”*,” bɛl ˈædɪd. ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə deɪ ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ɔn riˈleɪʃənz (cair*) kɔld fər əˈproʊpriˌeɪt heɪt kraɪm ˈʧɑrʤɪz tɪ bi brɔt əˈgɛnst ðə faɪv ˌɔˈrlinz ˈkaʊnti ˈtiˌneɪʤərz. jɔrk ˈməzlɪmz məst bi fri tɪ ˈpræktɪs ðɛr feɪθ wɪˈθaʊt fɪr əv hərˈæsmənt ər intimidation,”*,” sɛd ɛn. ˈɑli, kəmˈjunɪti əˈfɛrz dɪˈrɛktər əv nu jɔrk ˈʧæptər. ˈpipəl hu lɪv nɪr ðə mɔsk ər riˈæktɪŋ tɪ ðə ərˈɛsts. əˈpɪnjən simz tɪ bi mɪkst ɔn ˈwɛðər ðə ˈɪnsədənts ər rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ rɪˈlɪʤən. kɪdz biɪŋ ˈrɛnəˌgeɪd kɪdz, ju noʊ ˈrɛnəˌgeɪd kɪdz aʊt ðɛr. soʊ ˈɛniˌweɪ ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi gɑt ʃɑt aɪ gɛs. kɪd ˈprɑbəˌbli wɛnt baɪ ənd blu ə ʃɑt aʊt əv ðə window,”*,” sɛd fɪl ˈkoʊˌvɪl əv ˈælbiən. du præŋks wɪθ ˈloʊdɪd ˈwɛpənz. ənˈfɔrʧənət. kɪdz, aɪ noʊ haʊ oʊld ðeɪ ər, bət ðeɪ hæv ə weɪ əv ˈrɛkɪŋ ðɛr oʊn juθ wɪθ ræʃ ækts ənd aɪ hoʊp ˈsəmˌbɑdi wɪl pʊt ðə breɪks ɔn ðiz guys,”*,” sɛd pəˈtrɪʃə smɪθ əv ɑnˈtɛrioʊ. wər rɔŋ bɪˈkəz ju goʊ ˌɪntərˈəpt θɪŋ ənd goʊ ʃut ɔf ə gən, nɑt raɪt, nɑt raɪt. ðeɪ ʃʊd θɪŋk fərst wɪθ ðɛr ˈækʃənz, nɑt traɪ tɪ hərt somebody,”*,” sɛd ˈdɛbərə ˈriˌbɑr əv ˈælbiən. ˈpipəl ðət spoʊk wɪθ sɛd ðeɪ noʊ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl əˈbaʊt ðə mɔsk ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd ˈkɑrltən taʊn ˈsupərˌvaɪzər geɪl ashbery*, hu dɪˈklaɪnd ˈkɑmɛnt fər ɑr rɪˈpɔrt. sɛd ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə mɔsk ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli kɔld 911 tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ðə ˈɪnsədənt. hi sɛd əˈnəðər ˈmɛmbər, hu wɑz leɪt tɪ prɛr ˈsərvɪs, ˈspɑtɪd ðə blæk ˌɛsˌjuˈvi ənd waɪt trək pɑrkt daʊn ðə roʊd æt ðə leɪk ˈælɪs ˈpəblɪk boʊt lɔnʧ. hi sɛd ðə ˈmɛmbər ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðə ˈviɪkəlz ɛz ðə wənz ðət wər əˈlɛʤədli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt hərˈæsɪŋ ˈɪnsədənt ʤɪst ə fju deɪz ˈərliər. ərˈɪʤənəl poʊst: 5 tinz ərˈɛstɪd ˈæftər ʃɑt faɪərd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd mɔsk
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my to the in the houses of that is the powers bill (ip):
1. my name is annie and i worked as an officer for the’s, referred to as, from early 1991 until late 1996. i resigned to help my at the time, officer, expose a of instances of crime and we had our time in the.
2. i note that the draft ip bill repeatedly the of and of the of by an powers as well ass. however, i am about the real and of this.
3. while in the in the we were by the terms of the of act 1985 (ioca), the to ripa, which provided for a ofs for a and.
4. i would like to that the did not work and could be from the inside.
5. i am aware of at least two instances of this my time in the, which were cleared for by in my 2005 book about the case, “spies lies, and whistleblowers”, so my them now is not in breach of the secrets act. i would be happy to provide, either or in person, about these abuses.
6. my about this draft bill is that while the seem to be strengthened, with from both the of state and a, the of fors will still remain opaque and open to the.
7. the for a or involved a case being made in by the officer in charge of an. this then went through four of management, with all the and finessing, before a final was by h branch, signed by the ddg, and then to the of state. so the was only ever with was a of a of a of a of the case.
8.ly, the case could be and misleading. the of the was merely a tick box exercise, and officers would routinely note that such could only be obtained by such methods, rather than all open source options first. the could be even more cavalier.
9. when with this were voiced, officers were told to not rock the boat and just orders. the by the, those withs were banned from him.
10. thus i haves about the power of the into this bill and would urge an provision. this would an whereby officers withs can give and in to the powers in the that a will be and with no to their careers inside the. here is a link to a short video i did for oxford three years ago these proposals:
11. this, in my view, would be a win-win for all. the would have a chance to improve their work practices, learn from mistakes, and, as well as the and of any futures; the officers withs would not be placed in the of either in acts by “justing orders” or the loss of their careers and liberty by going about theirs.
12. i would also like to raise the issue. it strikes me that bulk must surely be a and free democracy, and indeed can harm. why? because the useful, indeed crucial, on and their is lost in the tsunami of. indeed this seems to have been the of every inquiry about the recent spate of “lone wolf” and attacks across the west the were all vaguely known to the but resources were spread too thinly.
13. in fact all that bulk seems to provide is after the fact of a in a incident, which is surely police work. yet the for the and laid out in the bill itself is to vital ahead of an attack in order to it the very of. how is this if the sheer scale of bulk drowns out the vital of?
14. finally, i would like to raise the point that the phrase “national” has been defined for in the. surely this should be the very first step before the ip bill? until we have such a, how can we new and laws in the name ofing an undefined and concept, and how can we judge that the new law will thereby be a democracy?
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maɪ tɪ ðə ɪn ðə ˈhaʊsɪz əv ðət ɪz ðə paʊərz bɪl (ˌaɪˌpi): 1 maɪ neɪm ɪz ˈæni ənd aɪ wərkt ɛz ən ˈɔfɪsər fər ðə, rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz frəm ˈərli 1991 ənˈtɪl leɪt 1996 aɪ rɪˈzaɪnd tɪ hɛlp maɪ æt ðə taɪm, ˈɔfɪsər, ɪkˈspoʊz ə əv ˈɪnstənsɪz əv kraɪm ənd wi hæd ɑr taɪm ɪn ðə. 2 aɪ noʊt ðət ðə dræft ˌaɪˌpi bɪl rɪˈpitɪdli ðə əv ənd əv ðə əv baɪ ən paʊərz ɛz wɛl ɛz commissioners*. however*, aɪ æm əˈbaʊt ðə ril ənd əv ðɪs. 3 waɪl ɪn ðə ɪn ðə wi wər baɪ ðə tərmz əv ðə əv ækt 1985 (ioca*), ðə tɪ ˈripə, wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdɪd fər ə əv fər ə ənd. 4 aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ ðət ðə dɪd nɑt wərk ənd kʊd bi frəm ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd. 5 aɪ æm əˈwɛr əv æt list tu ˈɪnstənsɪz əv ðɪs maɪ taɪm ɪn ðə, wɪʧ wər klɪrd fər baɪ ɪn maɪ 2005 bʊk əˈbaʊt ðə keɪs, laɪz, ənd whistleblowers”*”, soʊ maɪ ðɛm naʊ ɪz nɑt ɪn briʧ əv ðə ˈsikrɪts ækt. aɪ wʊd bi ˈhæpi tɪ prəˈvaɪd, ˈiðər ər ɪn person*, əˈbaʊt ðiz əˈbjuzɪz. 6 maɪ əˈbaʊt ðɪs dræft bɪl ɪz ðət waɪl ðə sim tɪ bi ˈstrɛŋθənd, wɪθ frəm boʊθ ðə əv steɪt ənd ə, ðə əv fər wɪl stɪl rɪˈmeɪn oʊˈpeɪk ənd ˈoʊpən tɪ ðə. 7 ðə fər ə ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ə keɪs biɪŋ meɪd ɪn baɪ ðə ˈɔfɪsər ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ən. ðɪs ðɛn wɛnt θru fɔr əv management*, wɪθ ɔl ðə ənd finessing*, ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈfaɪnəl wɑz baɪ eɪʧ brænʧ, saɪnd baɪ ðə ddg*, ənd ðɛn tɪ ðə əv steɪt. soʊ ðə wɑz ˈoʊnli ˈɛvər wɪθ wɑz ə əv ə əv ə əv ə əv ðə keɪs. 8 additionally*, ðə keɪs kʊd bi ənd misleading*. ðə əv ðə wɑz ˈmɪrli ə tɪk bɑks exercise*, ənd ˈɔfɪsərz wʊd ruˈtinli noʊt ðət səʧ kʊd ˈoʊnli bi əbˈteɪnd baɪ səʧ methods*, ˈrəðər ðən ɔl ˈoʊpən sɔrs ˈɔpʃənz fərst. ðə kʊd bi ˈivɪn mɔr cavalier*. 9 wɪn wɪθ ðɪs wər vɔɪst, ˈɔfɪsərz wər toʊld tɪ nɑt rɑk ðə boʊt ənd ʤɪst ˈɔrdərz. ðə baɪ ðə, ðoʊz wɪθ wər bænd frəm ɪm. 10 ðəs aɪ hæv əˈbaʊt ðə paʊər əv ðə ˈɪntu ðɪs bɪl ənd wʊd ərʤ ən provision*. ðɪs wʊd ən wɛrˈbaɪ ˈɔfɪsərz wɪθ kən gɪv ənd ɪn tɪ ðə paʊərz ɪn ðə ðət ə wɪl bi ənd wɪθ noʊ tɪ ðɛr kərɪrz ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə. hir ɪz ə lɪŋk tɪ ə ʃɔrt ˈvɪdioʊ aɪ dɪd fər ˈɑksfərd θri jɪrz əˈgoʊ ðiz proposals*: 11 ðɪs, ɪn maɪ vju, wʊd bi ə ˌwɪnˈwɪn fər ɔl. ðə wʊd hæv ə ʧæns tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðɛr wərk practices*, lərn frəm mistakes*, ənd, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ənd əv ˈɛni fˈjuʧər scandals*; ðə ˈɔfɪsərz wɪθ wʊd nɑt bi pleɪst ɪn ðə əv ˈiðər ɪn ækts baɪ orders”*” ər ðə lɔs əv ðɛr kərɪrz ənd ˈlɪbərˌti baɪ goʊɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɛr. 12 aɪ wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ laɪk tɪ reɪz ðə ˈɪʃu. ɪt straɪks mi ðət bəlk məst ˈʃʊrli bi ə ənd fri democracy*, ənd ˌɪnˈdid kən hɑrm. waɪ? bɪˈkəz ðə useful*, ˌɪnˈdid crucial*, ɔn ənd ðɛr ɪz lɔst ɪn ðə tsuˈnɑmi əv. ˌɪnˈdid ðɪs simz tɪ hæv bɪn ðə əv ˈɛvəri ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri əˈbaʊt ðə ˈrisənt speɪt əv wolf”*” ənd əˈtæks əˈkrɔs ðə wɛst ðə wər ɔl ˈveɪgli noʊn tɪ ðə bət ˈrisɔrsɪz wər sprɛd tu ˈθɪnli. 13 ɪn fækt ɔl ðət bəlk simz tɪ prəˈvaɪd ɪz ˈæftər ðə fækt əv ə ɪn ə incident*, wɪʧ ɪz ˈʃʊrli pəˈlis wərk. jɛt ðə fər ðə ənd leɪd aʊt ɪn ðə bɪl ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz tɪ ˈvaɪtəl əˈhɛd əv ən əˈtæk ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ɪt ðə ˈvɛri əv. haʊ ɪz ðɪs ɪf ðə ʃɪr skeɪl əv bəlk draʊnz aʊt ðə ˈvaɪtəl əv? 14 ˈfaɪnəli, aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ reɪz ðə pɔɪnt ðət ðə freɪz security”*” həz bɪn dɪˈfaɪnd fər ɪn ðə. ˈʃʊrli ðɪs ʃʊd bi ðə ˈvɛri fərst stɛp ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˌaɪˌpi bɪl? ənˈtɪl wi hæv səʧ ə, haʊ kən wi nu ənd lɔz ɪn ðə neɪm əv ən ˌəndɪˈfaɪnd ənd ˈkɑnsɛpt, ənd haʊ kən wi ʤəʤ ðət ðə nu lɔ wɪl ˈðɛrˈbaɪ bi ə democracy*?
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there was a time when i would wait for sanjay films.
i loved getting transported into those timeless, lands that he created. i loved the drama, the colour, the painful soundtracks. it was just what my teenage heart needed.
unfortunately, while my taste in cinema has grown, endeavors seem increasingly tiring by the day. i am sure in his nightmares, maps and calendars come walking towards bhansali, their hands outstretched, making noises.
if you strip them down to theirics, films have always around a handicap (khamoshi, black, guzarish), or unrequited love (hum de sanam, sawariya). while enough has been said about his knack for creating these worlds, the and the drums seem unnecessary in this film.
playing to the galleries, ram is an average story, and all the peacocks and the statues and the cannot change that fact. and by the time the three hour has ended, sincerely wishing the two of them die already. since inspired by romeo and juliet, we all know how going to end?
at the end of the day, ram is like gordon ramsay cooking puri. a good cook stirring up an everyday dish. so whether you like ram or not, depends on what you feel about gordon ramsay preparing puri.
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but more interesting than the film itself, is the controversy surrounding the film.
you see, some groups were offended by the content.
the film hurt their religious sentiments. even before the bloody film released!
absurd, you say?
i think so. even before lord krishna was born, had known that the boy would offend his sensibilities (by killing him). so not all that a novel idea to get offended by things we even seen yet.
i did a bit of research on who were these sensitive people who got offended, and who should i find, but my old friends?
the dal.
for years now, the dal has taken up the daunting task of handling our sentiments. and that is a herculean task.
because as a nation, we love taking. what we do.
i read in the news that dal had taken to the film because it was called ram. very, very, valid point.
it’s such an overarching point that it negates the need for other banalities, like actually watching the film to find out what it is about. ever the logical diplomats, this is the reason that was given “the title has the name ram, and is associated with lord krishna, so people would mistake it for a mythological film, but it is a film steeped in sex, violence, and vulgarity.”
don’t you feel like standing up and saluting? i know!
because we live in dark ages, where we walk into a film having knowledge only of its name. trailers, teasers, and promotions are for martians, in case they want to enjoy some of our films.
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but this is not new at all. we have been banning films for a few years now. and while expect that with time, societies around the world would loosen up their iron grip on culture, in india we keep going a step backwards every year. have a look at the list.
fanaa: the film was banned in gujarat because khan had spoken out against the dam project. personal opinion, you say? haha, you little fool, you.
billoo barber: the film wased on, a barber. apparently, barbers took to a barber being called a barber. dignity of labour, you say? haha.
black friday: unlike other films, this film did not malign name or character. in fact, it is among the rare films that uses real names, real locations, real incidents. but how can something that really happened, be offensive? haha.
the best part is, these films were banned before they were released. before anybody had an inkling as to what the film could have contained. talk about a seventh sense.
and as if the petitions intellectually stimulating enough, indian courts entertain these people and pass those laws. has been banned in the up, as were the earlier films mentioned in the list.
now, it the work of courts to uphold legal right to release a film? for all their erudition and experience, lawyers and courts be looking at larger issues? we heading towards a banana republic, if any tom, dick, and hairy can walk up to a court with a piece of paper and stall the release of a film?
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but you get depressed. no, no.
apart from upholding our culture as a nation, religious groups also take on the side job of entertaining us once in a while.
the second reason for banning the film was this how can a character named ‘ram’, be involved in violence and killing?
because you know, lord ram vanquished by sending him a bouquet of roses. after which wiped his tears with the words, “ab kar. kya?”
the petition goes on to say that the character named ram is also involved in other trades, like selling of vulgar cds, and is a general casanova.
very very valid point.
i am sure i get through the dal because my cat score was only 18%. after all, how else could one come up with points like this, you tell me?
talking of which, look at some other people who dared to act against their names.
govinda: even though he is named after lord krishna, he had the audacity to romance tandon. he also shamed the nation, lord krishna, and the entire cosmos (because the entire cosmos was inside mouth!), by wearing yellow pants, and crooning ‘meri pant sexy’. he should have instead ‘mama madhuram’. burn his house and blacken his face, i say.
ram: mr. has two wives. in one stroke a few strokes, he has shamed the name of lord ram, who was faithful to mother all through his life, never looking at any other woman, us nazar se.
but this shameless fellow goes on to live his life without his face being blackened.
shakti kapoor: even though named after, mr. kapoor has less than religious feelings towards women. in an interview, he told a girl that she has to ‘fuck’ to get ahead in her career.
apart from this sacrilegious act, his career has spanned a wide vista of characters ranging from the friendly neighbourhood sex offender, to a vicious rapist. how about we blacken his face?
oh wait, we already have!
bala krishna: named after child krishna, this actor has done things that can neither be counted as krishna-like, nor childlike. apart from being accused in a shooting incident, he has also done things that little krishna would never have imagined. even though he had the whole cosmos in his mouth.
how dare these people do anything vulgar, when they have been blessed with names of gods?
how can they dare do their own thing, even though this is a free country?
how can they offend my sensibilities?
blacken their bloody faces!!
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ðɛr wɑz ə taɪm wɪn aɪ wʊd weɪt fər ˈsænʤeɪ fɪlmz. aɪ ləvd ˈgɪtɪŋ trænˈspɔrtəd ˈɪntu ðoʊz ˈtaɪmləs, lændz ðət hi kriˈeɪtɪd. aɪ ləvd ðə ˈdrɑmə, ðə ˈkələr, ðə ˈpeɪnfəl ˈsaʊnˌtræks. ɪt wɑz ʤɪst wət maɪ ˈtiˌneɪʤ hɑrt ˈnidɪd. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, waɪl maɪ teɪst ɪn ˈsɪnəmə həz groʊn, ɪnˈdɛvərz sim ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈtaɪrɪŋ baɪ ðə deɪ. aɪ æm ʃʊr ɪn hɪz ˈnaɪtˌmɛrz, mæps ənd ˈkæləndərz kəm ˈwɔkɪŋ təˈwɔrdz bhansali*, ðɛr hænz aʊtˈstrɛʧt, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈnɔɪzɪz. ɪf ju strɪp ðɛm daʊn tɪ ðɛr ˈbeɪsɪks, fɪlmz hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz əraʊnd ə ˈhændiˌkæp (khamoshi*, blæk, guzarish*), ər ˌənrikˈwaɪtɪd ləv (həm də sanam*, sawariya*). waɪl ɪˈnəf həz bɪn sɛd əˈbaʊt hɪz næk fər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ðiz wərldz, ðə ənd ðə drəmz sim ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ɪn ðɪs fɪlm. pleɪɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈgæləriz, ræm ɪz ən ˈævərɪʤ ˈstɔri, ənd ɔl ðə ˈpiˌkɑks ənd ðə ˈstæˌʧuz ənd ðə ˈkænɑt ʧeɪnʤ ðət fækt. ənd baɪ ðə taɪm ðə θri aʊər həz ˈɛndɪd, sɪnˈsɪrli ˈwɪʃɪŋ ðə tu əv ðɛm daɪ ɔˈrɛdi. sɪns ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ˈroʊmiˌoʊ ənd ˈʤuliˌɛt, wi ɔl noʊ haʊ goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd? æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, ræm ɪz laɪk ˈgɔrdən ˈræmˌseɪ ˈkʊkɪŋ ˈpʊri. ə gʊd kʊk stərɪŋ əp ən ˈɛvriˈdeɪ dɪʃ. soʊ ˈwɛðər ju laɪk ræm ər nɑt, dɪˈpɛndz ɔn wət ju fil əˈbaʊt ˈgɔrdən ˈræmˌseɪ pərˈpɛrɪŋ ˈpʊri. bət mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ðən ðə fɪlm ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ɪz ðə ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðə fɪlm. ju si, səm grups wər əˈfɛndɪd baɪ ðə ˈkɑntɛnt. ðə fɪlm hərt ðɛr rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈsɛnəmənts. ˈivɪn ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈblədi fɪlm riˈlist! əbˈsərd, ju seɪ? aɪ θɪŋk soʊ. ˈivɪn ˌbiˈfɔr lɔrd ˈkrɪʃnə wɑz bɔrn, hæd noʊn ðət ðə bɔɪ wʊd əˈfɛnd hɪz ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtiz (baɪ ˈkɪlɪŋ ɪm). soʊ nɑt ɔl ðət ə ˈnɑvəl aɪˈdiə tɪ gɪt əˈfɛndɪd baɪ θɪŋz wi ˈivɪn sin jɛt. aɪ dɪd ə bɪt əv ˈrisərʧ ɔn hu wər ðiz ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈpipəl hu gɑt əˈfɛndɪd, ənd hu ʃʊd aɪ faɪnd, bət maɪ oʊld frɛndz? ðə dæl. fər jɪrz naʊ, ðə dæl həz ˈteɪkən əp ðə ˈdɔntɪŋ tæsk əv ˈhændəlɪŋ ɑr ˈsɛnəmənts. ənd ðət ɪz ə hərˈkjuliən tæsk. bɪˈkəz ɛz ə ˈneɪʃən, wi ləv ˈteɪkɪŋ. wət wi du. aɪ rɛd ɪn ðə nuz ðət dæl hæd ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə fɪlm bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz kɔld ræm. ˈvɛri, ˈvɛri, ˈvælɪd pɔɪnt. səʧ ən ˈoʊvərˌɑrʧɪŋ pɔɪnt ðət ɪt nɪˈgeɪts ðə nid fər ˈəðər bəˈnælɪtiz, laɪk ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðə fɪlm tɪ faɪnd aʊt wət ɪt ɪz əˈbaʊt. ˈɛvər ðə ˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈdɪpləˌmæts, ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈrizən ðət wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ˈtaɪtəl həz ðə neɪm ræm, ənd ɪz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ lɔrd ˈkrɪʃnə, soʊ ˈpipəl wʊd mɪˈsteɪk ɪt fər ə ˌmɪθəˈlɑʤɪkəl fɪlm, bət ɪt ɪz ə fɪlm stipt ɪn sɛks, ˈvaɪələns, ənd vulgarity.”*.” ju fil laɪk ˈstændɪŋ əp ənd səˈlutɪŋ? aɪ noʊ! bɪˈkəz wi lɪv ɪn dɑrk ˈeɪʤɪz, wɛr wi wɔk ˈɪntu ə fɪlm ˈhævɪŋ ˈnɑlɪʤ ˈoʊnli əv ɪts neɪm. ˈtreɪlərz, teasers*, ənd pərˈmoʊʃənz ər fər ˈmɑrʃənz, ɪn keɪs ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ səm əv ɑr fɪlmz. bət ðɪs ɪz nɑt nu æt ɔl. wi hæv bɪn ˈbænɪŋ fɪlmz fər ə fju jɪrz naʊ. ənd waɪl ɪkˈspɛkt ðət wɪθ taɪm, səˈsaɪɪtiz əraʊnd ðə wərld wʊd ˈlusən əp ðɛr aɪərn grɪp ɔn ˈkəlʧər, ɪn ˈɪndiə wi kip goʊɪŋ ə stɛp ˈbækwərdz ˈɛvəri jɪr. hæv ə lʊk æt ðə lɪst. fanaa*: ðə fɪlm wɑz bænd ɪn ˌgjuʤərˈæt bɪˈkəz kɑn hæd ˈspoʊkən aʊt əˈgɛnst ðə dæm ˈprɑʤɛkt. ˈpərsɪnəl əˈpɪnjən, ju seɪ? haha*, ju ˈlɪtəl ful, ju. ˈbɑrbər: ðə fɪlm wɑz beɪst ɔn, ə ˈbɑrbər. əˈpɛrəntli, ˈbɑrbərz tʊk tɪ ə ˈbɑrbər biɪŋ kɔld ə ˈbɑrbər. ˈdɪgnəti əv ˈleɪbər, ju seɪ? haha*. blæk ˈfraɪˌdeɪ: ənˈlaɪk ˈəðər fɪlmz, ðɪs fɪlm dɪd nɑt məˈlaɪn neɪm ər ˈkɛrɪktər. ɪn fækt, ɪt ɪz əˈməŋ ðə rɛr fɪlmz ðət ˈjuzɪz ril neɪmz, ril loʊˈkeɪʃənz, ril ˈɪnsədənts. bət haʊ kən ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈrɪli ˈhæpənd, bi əˈfɛnsɪv? haha*. ðə bɛst pɑrt ɪz, ðiz fɪlmz wər bænd ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ wər riˈlist. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛnibədi hæd ən ˈɪŋklɪŋ ɛz tɪ wət ðə fɪlm kʊd hæv kənˈteɪnd. tɔk əˈbaʊt ə ˈsɛvənθ sɛns. ənd ɛz ɪf ðə pəˈtɪʃənz ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəli ˈstɪmjəˌleɪtɪŋ ɪˈnəf, ˈɪndiən kɔrts ˌɛnərˈteɪn ðiz ˈpipəl ənd pæs ðoʊz lɔz. həz bɪn bænd ɪn ðə əp, ɛz wər ðə ˈərliər fɪlmz ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn ðə lɪst. naʊ, ɪt ðə wərk əv kɔrts tɪ əˈphoʊld ˈligəl raɪt tɪ riˈlis ə fɪlm? fər ɔl ðɛr ˌɛrəˈdɪʃən ənd ɪkˈspɪriəns, ˈlɔjərz ənd kɔrts bi ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈlɑrʤər ˈɪʃuz? wi ˈhɛdɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ə bəˈnænə riˈpəblɪk, ɪf ˈɛni tɑm, dɪk, ənd ˈhɛri kən wɔk əp tɪ ə kɔrt wɪθ ə pis əv ˈpeɪpər ənd stɔl ðə riˈlis əv ə fɪlm? bət ju gɪt dɪˈprɛst. noʊ, noʊ. əˈpɑrt frəm əˈphoʊldɪŋ ɑr ˈkəlʧər ɛz ə ˈneɪʃən, rɪˈlɪʤəs grups ˈɔlsoʊ teɪk ɔn ðə saɪd ʤɑb əv ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs wəns ɪn ə waɪl. ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈrizən fər ˈbænɪŋ ðə fɪlm wɑz ðɪs haʊ kən ə ˈkɛrɪktər neɪmd ‘‘ram’*’, bi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈvaɪələns ənd ˈkɪlɪŋ? bɪˈkəz ju noʊ, lɔrd ræm ˈvæŋkwɪʃt baɪ ˈsɛndɪŋ ɪm ə buˈkeɪ əv ˈroʊzɪz. ˈæftər wɪʧ waɪpt hɪz tɪrz wɪθ ðə wərdz, kar*. kya?”*?” ðə pəˈtɪʃən goʊz ɔn tɪ seɪ ðət ðə ˈkɛrɪktər neɪmd ræm ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈəðər treɪdz, laɪk ˈsɛlɪŋ əv ˈvəlgər ˈsiˈdiz, ənd ɪz ə ˈʤɛnərəl ˌkæsəˈnoʊvɑ. ˈvɛri ˈvɛri ˈvælɪd pɔɪnt. aɪ æm ʃʊr aɪ gɪt θru ðə dæl bɪˈkəz maɪ kæt skɔr wɑz ˈoʊnli 18 ˈæftər ɔl, haʊ ɛls kʊd wən kəm əp wɪθ pɔɪnts laɪk ðɪs, ju tɛl mi? ˈtɔkɪŋ əv wɪʧ, lʊk æt səm ˈəðər ˈpipəl hu dɛrd tɪ ækt əˈgɛnst ðɛr neɪmz. govinda*: ˈivɪn ðoʊ hi ɪz neɪmd ˈæftər lɔrd ˈkrɪʃnə, hi hæd ðə ɑˈdæsəti tɪ ˈroʊmæns ˈtændən. hi ˈɔlsoʊ ʃeɪmd ðə ˈneɪʃən, lɔrd ˈkrɪʃnə, ənd ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈkɑzmoʊs (bɪˈkəz ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈkɑzmoʊs wɑz ˌɪnˈsaɪd maʊθ!), baɪ ˈwɛrɪŋ ˈjɛloʊ pænts, ənd ˈkrunɪŋ pænt sexy’*’. hi ʃʊd hæv ˌɪnˈstɛd madhuram’*’. bərn hɪz haʊs ənd ˈblækən hɪz feɪs, aɪ seɪ. ræm: ˈmɪstər. həz tu waɪvz. ɪn wən stroʊk ə fju stroʊks, hi həz ʃeɪmd ðə neɪm əv lɔrd ræm, hu wɑz ˈfeɪθfəl tɪ ˈməðər ɔl θru hɪz laɪf, ˈnɛvər ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈwʊmən, ˈjuˈɛs nɑˈzɑr seɪ. bət ðɪs ˈʃeɪmləs ˈfɛloʊ goʊz ɔn tɪ lɪv hɪz laɪf wɪˈθaʊt hɪz feɪs biɪŋ ˈblækənd. kəˈpur: ˈivɪn ðoʊ neɪmd ˈæftər, ˈmɪstər. kəˈpur həz lɛs ðən rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈfilɪŋz təˈwɔrdz ˈwɪmən. ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju, hi toʊld ə gərl ðət ʃi həz tɪ ‘‘fuck’*’ tɪ gɪt əˈhɛd ɪn hər kərɪr. əˈpɑrt frəm ðɪs ˌsækrəˈlɛʤɪs ækt, hɪz kərɪr həz spænd ə waɪd ˈvɪstə əv ˈkɛrɪktərz ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm ðə ˈfrɛndli ˈneɪbərˌhʊd sɛks əˈfɛndər, tɪ ə ˈvɪʃəs ˈreɪpɪst. haʊ əˈbaʊt wi ˈblækən hɪz feɪs? oʊ weɪt, wi ɔˈrɛdi hæv! ˈbɑlə ˈkrɪʃnə: neɪmd ˈæftər ʧaɪld ˈkrɪʃnə, ðɪs ˈæktər həz dən θɪŋz ðət kən ˈniðər bi ˈkaʊntɪd ɛz krishna-like*, nɔr ˈʧaɪlˌdlaɪk. əˈpɑrt frəm biɪŋ əˈkjuzd ɪn ə ˈʃutɪŋ ˈɪnsədənt, hi həz ˈɔlsoʊ dən θɪŋz ðət ˈlɪtəl ˈkrɪʃnə wʊd ˈnɛvər hæv ˌɪˈmæʤənd. ˈivɪn ðoʊ hi hæd ðə hoʊl ˈkɑzmoʊs ɪn hɪz maʊθ. haʊ dɛr ðiz ˈpipəl du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈvəlgər, wɪn ðeɪ hæv bɪn blɛst wɪθ neɪmz əv gɑdz? haʊ kən ðeɪ dɛr du ðɛr oʊn θɪŋ, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðɪs ɪz ə fri ˈkəntri? haʊ kən ðeɪ əˈfɛnd maɪ ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtiz? ˈblækən ðɛr ˈblədi ˈfeɪsɪz!! ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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a juvenile was stabbed at a sacramento light rail station monday afternoon after getting into a fight with two other minors, sacramento regional transit victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. the condition is fight broke out around 3 p.m. at the street light rail station. three juveniles boarded a gold line train together but then got into an argument. when they got off at the station, they started fighting, sac the fight, one of the juveniles pulled out a knife and cut the victim on the arm. sac said all three ran from the scene. but, the victim later returned to the station in order to get help for the other details were released.
a juvenile was stabbed at a sacramento light rail station monday afternoon after getting into a fight with two other minors, sacramento regional transit said.
the victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. the condition is unknown.
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the fight broke out around 3 p.m. at the street light rail station. three juveniles boarded a gold line train together but then got into an argument. when they got off at the station, they started fighting, sac said.
during the fight, one of the juveniles pulled out a knife and cut the victim on the arm.
sac said all three ran from the scene. but, the victim later returned to the station in order to get help for the injury.
no other details were released.
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ə ˈʤuvəˌnaɪl wɑz stæbd æt ə ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ laɪt reɪl ˈsteɪʃən ˈmənˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun ˈæftər ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈɪntu ə faɪt wɪθ tu ˈəðər ˈmaɪnərz, ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ ˈriʤənəl ˈtrænzɪt ˈvɪktɪm wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl fər ˈtritmənt. ðə kənˈdɪʃən ɪz faɪt broʊk aʊt əraʊnd 3 p.m*. æt ðə strit laɪt reɪl ˈsteɪʃən. θri ˈʤuvəˌnaɪlz ˈbɔrdɪd ə goʊld laɪn treɪn təˈgɛðər bət ðɛn gɑt ˈɪntu ən ˈɑrgjəmənt. wɪn ðeɪ gɑt ɔf æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən, ðeɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈfaɪtɪŋ, sæk ðə faɪt, wən əv ðə ˈʤuvəˌnaɪlz pʊld aʊt ə naɪf ənd kət ðə ˈvɪktɪm ɔn ðə ɑrm. sæk sɛd ɔl θri ræn frəm ðə sin. bət, ðə ˈvɪktɪm ˈleɪtər rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt hɛlp fər ðə ˈəðər ˈditeɪlz wər riˈlist. ə ˈʤuvəˌnaɪl wɑz stæbd æt ə ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ laɪt reɪl ˈsteɪʃən ˈmənˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun ˈæftər ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈɪntu ə faɪt wɪθ tu ˈəðər ˈmaɪnərz, ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ ˈriʤənəl ˈtrænzɪt sɛd. ðə ˈvɪktɪm wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl fər ˈtritmənt. ðə kənˈdɪʃən ɪz ənˈnoʊn. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə faɪt broʊk aʊt əraʊnd 3 p.m*. æt ðə strit laɪt reɪl ˈsteɪʃən. θri ˈʤuvəˌnaɪlz ˈbɔrdɪd ə goʊld laɪn treɪn təˈgɛðər bət ðɛn gɑt ˈɪntu ən ˈɑrgjəmənt. wɪn ðeɪ gɑt ɔf æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən, ðeɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈfaɪtɪŋ, sæk sɛd. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə faɪt, wən əv ðə ˈʤuvəˌnaɪlz pʊld aʊt ə naɪf ənd kət ðə ˈvɪktɪm ɔn ðə ɑrm. sæk sɛd ɔl θri ræn frəm ðə sin. bət, ðə ˈvɪktɪm ˈleɪtər rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt hɛlp fər ðə ˈɪnʤəri. noʊ ˈəðər ˈditeɪlz wər riˈlist.
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juan pablo montoya rolls down pit lane during monday's open test at barber park -- photo: chris jones
indycars have some of the most advanced cockpits of any racing series. there are paddle-shifters, gear lights, switches, and a plethora of other buttons to deal with. at the open test at barber park , we got a chance to look inside some of the cockpits of the cars and see just how busy they really are.
below are some shots of the cockpits of the machines. hover over images for more information. all photos courtesy of chris owens, pr.
for a more detailed explanation of what's exactly on the wheel, check out the list below (all explanations courtesy of ):
anti-roll bars: allows driver to the handling of the car by engaging mechanical linkages connected to the front or rear suspension.
dash: displays warning lights and information the driver needs during the race. that information includes lap times, oil, water and gearbox temperatures and fuel mileage.
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wɑn ˈpɑbloʊ mɑnˈtɔɪə roʊlz daʊn pɪt leɪn ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈmənˌdeɪz ˈoʊpən tɛst æt ˈbɑrbər pɑrk ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: krɪs ʤoʊnz hæv səm əv ðə moʊst ədˈvænst ˈkɑkˌpɪts əv ˈɛni ˈreɪsɪŋ ˈsɪriz. ðɛr ər paddle-shifters*, gɪr laɪts, sˈwɪʧɪz, ənd ə ˈplɛθərə əv ˈəðər ˈbətənz tɪ dil wɪθ. æt ðə ˈoʊpən tɛst æt ˈbɑrbər pɑrk wi gɑt ə ʧæns tɪ lʊk ˌɪnˈsaɪd səm əv ðə ˈkɑkˌpɪts əv ðə kɑz ənd si ʤɪst haʊ ˈbɪzi ðeɪ ˈrɪli ər. bɪˈloʊ ər səm ʃɑts əv ðə ˈkɑkˌpɪts əv ðə məˈʃinz. ˈhəvər ˈoʊvər ˈɪmɪʤɪz fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. ɔl ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ˈkərtəsi əv krɪs oʊənz, pr*. fər ə mɔr dɪˈteɪld ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən əv wəts ɪgˈzæktli ɔn ðə wil, ʧɛk aʊt ðə lɪst bɪˈloʊ (ɔl ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz ˈkərtəsi əv bɑrz: əˈlaʊz ˈdraɪvər tɪ ðə ˈhændəlɪŋ əv ðə kɑr baɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤɪŋ məˈkænɪkəl ˈlɪŋkɪʤɪz kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə frənt ər rɪr səˈspɛnʃən. dæʃ: dɪˈspleɪz ˈwɔrnɪŋ laɪts ənd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðə ˈdraɪvər nidz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə reɪs. ðət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˌɪnˈkludz læp taɪmz, ɔɪl, ˈwɔtər ənd ˈgɪrˌbɑks ˈtɛmpərəʧərz ənd fjuəl ˈmaɪlɪʤ.
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oakland the scottish rite center that overlooks lake merritt is undergoing a $1.2 million renovation to return the lodge to its original glory.
for 60 days, the building will close so workers can replace the roof, install led lighting and sound systems and make the building handicap accessible. the grand dome theater will get a fresh coat of paint and leafing on its details.
“there was a huge community here, and we want to bring that back,” said konstantin, the director of operations for the center. “we want to support and reach out to oakland.”
the scottish rite of the valley of oakland, a fraternity, will offer guided public tours and open a restaurant and bar. rooms previously used only by the fraternity will be available to rent. said they want the building to become more accessible, for example, to nonprofits and startups.
the fraternity has a few thousand members the exact number is a secret. however, the building was designed with members in mind.
while those numbers have declined, revitalizing the building is a way to revitalize themselves and the community.
savvon often hears wows, oohs and ahs when people walk into rooms. the rich architecture sparks conversations, which, said, is worth the costly restorations.
the fraternity raised nearly $200,000 and received about $1 million in donations.
“we’re trying to be as original to the period as possible,” he said.
the original ceiling in the entrance room would cost more than what the center is worth today, which is about $240 million. one thousand men working simultaneously built the scottish rite center in 1927 for a cool $1.9 million.
there were no machines to spit out the tiny and intricate architectural details found throughout the building. almost everything was done by hand.
“what i have to do is reconstruct the same motifs with the same materials and techniques,” said philip lawson, lead restorer and artist. “it can be very labor-intensive.”
he and other craftsmen have the painstaking task of restoring thousands of hand-painted, and stone masonic symbols that cover almost every nook and cranny of the building.
“freemasonry has a lot to do with symbolism, so preservation is important,” lawson said. “the reason this needs to be done methodically and carefully is because trying to protect the history, trying to honor the history.”
the masonic history and rituals are also shrouded in mystery and tall tales to the outside world. once construction is finished, visitors will get a glimpse of secret and rooms. some say the building is haunted. ghosts have been spotted roaming, or floating, in the building, said paul adams, the librarian.
“i was not a believer until i saw one,” he said. “there are a lot of secrets in this building.”
the missions of the fraternity are to honor personal liberties and to act with good moral character. the building is like a university where these values are taught and is worth preserving, the fraternity says.
this is the second major renovation in the years.
“it’s been one hell of a battle,” said of restoring the lodge, which has been his project since he walked through the doors of the lodge three years ago. “they build buildings like this anymore.”
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ˈoʊklənd ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ raɪt ˈsɛnər ðət ˈoʊvərˌlʊks leɪk ˈmɛrɪt ɪz ˌəndərˈgoʊɪŋ ə ˈmɪljən ˌrɛnəˈveɪʃən tɪ rɪˈtərn ðə lɑʤ tɪ ɪts ərˈɪʤənəl ˈglɔri. fər 60 deɪz, ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ wɪl kloʊz soʊ ˈwərkərz kən ˌriˈpleɪs ðə rʊf, ˌɪnˈstɔl lɛd ˈlaɪtɪŋ ənd saʊnd ˈsɪstəmz ənd meɪk ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈhændiˌkæp ækˈsɛsəbəl. ðə grænd doʊm ˈθieɪtər wɪl gɪt ə frɛʃ koʊt əv peɪnt ənd ˈlifɪŋ ɔn ɪts ˈditeɪlz. wɑz ə juʤ kəmˈjunɪti hir, ənd wi wɔnt tɪ brɪŋ ðət back,”*,” sɛd ˈkɑnstɪnˌtin, ðə dɪˈrɛktər əv ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz fər ðə ˈsɛnər. wɔnt tɪ səˈpɔrt ənd riʧ aʊt tɪ oakland.”*.” ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ raɪt əv ðə ˈvæli əv ˈoʊklənd, ə frəˈtərnɪti, wɪl ˈɔfər ˈgaɪdɪd ˈpəblɪk tʊrz ənd ˈoʊpən ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ənd bɑr. rumz ˈpriviəsli juzd ˈoʊnli baɪ ðə frəˈtərnɪti wɪl bi əˈveɪləbəl tɪ rɛnt. sɛd ðeɪ wɔnt ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm mɔr ækˈsɛsəbəl, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, tɪ ˈnɑnˈprɑfɪts ənd ˈstɑrˌtəps. ðə frəˈtərnɪti həz ə fju ˈθaʊzənd ˈmɛmbərz ðə ɪgˈzækt ˈnəmbər ɪz ə ˈsikrɪt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ wɑz dɪˈzaɪnd wɪθ ˈmɛmbərz ɪn maɪnd. waɪl ðoʊz ˈnəmbərz hæv dɪˈklaɪnd, riˈvaɪtəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪz ə weɪ tɪ riˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz ðɛmˈsɛlvz ənd ðə kəmˈjunɪti. ˈɔfən hirz waʊz, uz ənd ɑz wɪn ˈpipəl wɔk ˈɪntu rumz. ðə rɪʧ ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər spɑrks ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz, wɪʧ, sɛd, ɪz wərθ ðə ˈkɔstli ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃənz. ðə frəˈtərnɪti reɪzd ˈnɪrli ənd rɪˈsivd əˈbaʊt 1 ˈmɪljən ɪn doʊˈneɪʃənz. traɪɪŋ tɪ bi ɛz ərˈɪʤənəl tɪ ðə ˈpɪriəd ɛz possible,”*,” hi sɛd. ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈsilɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈɛntrəns rum wʊd kɔst mɔr ðən wət ðə ˈsɛnər ɪz wərθ təˈdeɪ, wɪʧ ɪz əˈbaʊt 240 ˈmɪljən. wən ˈθaʊzənd mɛn ˈwərkɪŋ ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli bɪlt ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ raɪt ˈsɛnər ɪn 1927 fər ə kul ˈmɪljən. ðɛr wər noʊ məˈʃinz tɪ spɪt aʊt ðə ˈtaɪni ənd ˈɪntrəkət ˌɑrkəˈtɛkʧərəl ˈditeɪlz faʊnd θruaʊt ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɑz dən baɪ hænd. aɪ hæv tɪ du ɪz ˌrikənˈstrəkt ðə seɪm moʊˈtifs wɪθ ðə seɪm məˈtɪriəlz ənd techniques,”*,” sɛd ˈfɪlɪp ˈlɔsən, lɛd rɪˈstɔrər ənd ˈɑrtɪst. kən bi ˈvɛri labor-intensive.”*.” hi ənd ˈəðər ˈkræftsmɛn hæv ðə ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ tæsk əv rɪˈstɔrɪŋ ˈθaʊzənz əv hand-painted*, ənd stoʊn məˈsɑnɪk ˈsɪmbəlz ðət ˈkəvər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri nʊk ənd ˈkræni əv ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ. həz ə lɔt tɪ du wɪθ ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm, soʊ ˌprɛzərˈveɪʃən ɪz important,”*,” ˈlɔsən sɛd. ˈrizən ðɪs nidz tɪ bi dən məˈθɑdɪkəli ənd ˈkɛrfəli ɪz bɪˈkəz traɪɪŋ tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈhɪstəri, traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈɑnər ðə history.”*.” ðə məˈsɑnɪk ˈhɪstəri ənd ˈrɪʧuəlz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ʃˈraʊdɪd ɪn ˈmɪstəri ənd tɔl teɪlz tɪ ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd wərld. wəns kənˈstrəkʃən ɪz ˈfɪnɪʃt, ˈvɪzɪtərz wɪl gɪt ə glɪmps əv ˈsikrɪt ənd rumz. səm seɪ ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪz ˈhɔntɪd. goʊsts hæv bɪn ˈspɑtɪd ˈroʊmɪŋ, ər ˈfloʊtɪŋ, ɪn ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ, sɛd pɔl ˈædəmz, ðə laɪˈbrɛˌriən. wɑz nɑt ə bɪˈlivər ənˈtɪl aɪ sɔ one,”*,” hi sɛd. ər ə lɔt əv ˈsikrɪts ɪn ðɪs building.”*.” ðə ˈmɪʃənz əv ðə frəˈtərnɪti ər tɪ ˈɑnər ˈpərsɪnəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz ənd tɪ ækt wɪθ gʊd ˈmɔrəl ˈkɛrɪktər. ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪz laɪk ə ˌjunəˈvərsəti wɛr ðiz ˈvæljuz ər tɔt ənd ɪz wərθ prɪˈzərvɪŋ, ðə frəˈtərnɪti sɪz. ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈmeɪʤər ˌrɛnəˈveɪʃən ɪn ðə jɪrz. bɪn wən hɛl əv ə battle,”*,” sɛd əv rɪˈstɔrɪŋ ðə lɑʤ, wɪʧ həz bɪn hɪz ˈprɑʤɛkt sɪns hi wɔkt θru ðə dɔrz əv ðə lɑʤ θri jɪrz əˈgoʊ. bɪld ˈbɪldɪŋz laɪk ðɪs anymore.”*.”
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what would christianity mean if there were no saints?
to rephrase the question: what would be the meaning of the christian gospel if there were no wonderworkers, no people who had been with the divine light, no clairvoyant prophets, no healers, no people who had raised the dead, no living alone in the deserts for years on end, no beacons of radical, love?
what would be the meaning of the christian gospel if there were no relics, no true body and blood of christ, no true baptism in the death and resurrection of christ? what if there were no weeping icons?
first, it would mean that the version of christianity was the correct version. what would remain if all those artifacts of the faith were removed would be the mere idea of christianity accompanied by the moral efforts of those who admired it. saints would simply mean “dead christians.”
the christian gospel, as recorded in the scriptures and maintained in classical christianity, is replete with the artifacts of holiness tangible, living examples of lives not morally improved but something other. human beings becoming gods (in the bold language of the early fathers).
there began, however, in the century, a rebellion against the honoring of the saints, and the wholesale jettisoning of many aspects of the classical faith. the century, with the reformation, saw the advent of the ordinary christian as the normative christian and the ordinary world as the normative world.
all believers are saints! (they said)…
the preaching of a radicalized grace and the demonization of works brought about the democratization of heaven (many contemporary christians still denounce practices such as fasting and vigils as “works righteousness”). the spiritual elitism of a special class of christians was denounced as a fraud. in england (and other places as well), the bodies and bones of the saints were dismantled, desecrated and destroyed. the democratic republic of heaven wanted no going back.
the removal of any form of transformation to somewhere other than our present world was required by the of the ordinary. the possibility of transformation endangered the entire scheme of the ordinary. the presence of a single honored saint who was more than merely heroic represented an indictment of the entire reformation project.
thinking of the reformation and contemporary christianity in such terms almost sounds like the plot of a novel. but that is the nature of a time that can only be seen as bizarre.
moving forward in history, this same shift to the ordinary was met with resistance which continues to this day. the great “awakenings” (the “first” and the “second”) should be seen as uprisings against the ordinary. against the theory of idealized, postponed christianity, popular revolts leapt forward towards experience. in england, the following john and charles wesley were accused of enthusiasm (a very serious matter among the british). people swooned, and even barked like dogs under the “sway of the spirit” as john wesley, george whitefield and others preached. the established church was ruptured.
the second great awakening gave birth to the second birth, and theology itself was ruptured with the creation of evangelical experiential claims. perhaps the most significant (and extreme) response to the reforms were found in the various pentecostal movements of the century (and beyond). evangelical demands for a experience were pushed by demands for a baptism in the spirit (with signs following).
the instinct of these reactionary movements should be seen in the context of ordinary protestantism. the emptiness of a postponed spiritual reality gave birth to undisciplined, non-traditional forms of spiritual experience. the new testament itself bore constant witness against the banal, empty futility of ordinary protestantism. it promises so much more.
from a classical christian perspective these eruptions of movements should not be judged too harshly. they are often defective in doctrine and marked by delusional claims, but their instinct and hunger are correct. i think that current conversations between orthodoxy and (at least on the theological level) will be very fruitful particularly for the pentecostals.
the tradition teaches the reality of the spiritual life:
we have seen the true light, we have received the heavenly spirit, we have found the true faith, worshipping the undivided trinity who has saved us!
the tradition also places the reality of the experience into the disciplined life of the church. thus years of experience produces saints rather than ephemeral movements. for in the end, the experience of orthodox christianity is about far more than popular demand: it is the promise and realization of union with god.
individual believers have a “taste” of this reality but the fruit of the orthodox life is found in the saints those persons who have been so united with christ that the very life of christ himself is tangibly visible in their works and teachings. like the resurrection of christ himself, their reality validates the life and struggles of all believers.
the traditional of orthodoxy is not a method. it is not a set of actions and thoughts that inherently produce the results of sanctity. such a notion would reduce god to an impersonal force. they are, however, guards against delusion and the path by which we may know the true and living god. but the “ordinariness” of general experience is not the “norm” for the christian life. christ himself alone, and the stature of his fullness (eph.) are the measure and standard of the christian life.
the language of the church quickly evolved in its use and definition of the term “saint.” though st. paul regularly addresses his readers as “saints,” in a manner that makes the term seem synonymous with the word “believers,” it sometimes has a stronger meaning.
to all who are in rome, beloved of god, called to be saints: grace to you and peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ. (rom)
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to the church of god which is at corinth, to those who are in christ jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of jesus christ our lord, both theirs and ours: grace to you and peace from god our father and the lord jesus christ. (1co)
in time, the church came to restrict the use of the title, “saint,” for those whose manner of life truly conformed to the life of the gospel. they were not merely significant “historical” figures, but people whose lives were indeed filled with the spirit. figures who remain controversial in this designation (such as constantine the great) are controversial precisely because some question whether they rightly meet this standard. their inclusion does not change the meaning the questioning confirms it.
i have elsewhere described this normative, classical understanding of truly experiential christianity as “christianity in a universe.” the bifurcation of the christian life is ultimately a denial of the truth of the faith and an of a bland, mundane substitute whose emptiness can only suffocate true believing.
the church of the saints is the only complete proclamation of the christian faith.
all articles are written by fr. stephen freeman, rector of st. anne orthodox church in oak ridge, tn, unless otherwise noted.
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wət wʊd ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti min ɪf ðɛr wər noʊ seɪnts? tɪ riˈfreɪz ðə kˈwɛʃən: wət wʊd bi ðə ˈminɪŋ əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈgɔspəl ɪf ðɛr wər noʊ wonderworkers*, noʊ ˈpipəl hu hæd bɪn wɪθ ðə dɪˈvaɪn laɪt, noʊ klɛrˈvɔɪənt ˈprɑfəts, noʊ ˈhilərz, noʊ ˈpipəl hu hæd reɪzd ðə dɛd, noʊ ˈlɪvɪŋ əˈloʊn ɪn ðə ˈdɛzərts fər jɪrz ɔn ɛnd, noʊ ˈbikənz əv ˈrædɪkəl, ləv? wət wʊd bi ðə ˈminɪŋ əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈgɔspəl ɪf ðɛr wər noʊ ˈrɛlɪks, noʊ tru ˈbɑdi ənd bləd əv kraɪst, noʊ tru ˈbæptɪzəm ɪn ðə dɛθ ənd ˌrɛzərˈɛkʃən əv kraɪst? wət ɪf ðɛr wər noʊ ˈwipɪŋ ˈaɪˌkɑnz? fərst, ɪt wʊd min ðət ðə ˈvərʒən əv ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti wɑz ðə kərˈɛkt ˈvərʒən. wət wʊd rɪˈmeɪn ɪf ɔl ðoʊz ˈɑrtəˌfækts əv ðə feɪθ wər riˈmuvd wʊd bi ðə mɪr aɪˈdiə əv ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti əˈkəmpənid baɪ ðə ˈmɔrəl ˈɛfərts əv ðoʊz hu ədˈmaɪərd ɪt. seɪnts wʊd ˈsɪmpli min christians.”*.” ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈgɔspəl, ɛz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɪn ðə ˈskrɪpʧərz ənd meɪnˈteɪnd ɪn ˈklæsɪkəl ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti, ɪz riˈplit wɪθ ðə ˈɑrtəˌfækts əv ˈhoʊlinəs ˈtænʤəbəl, ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv lɪvz nɑt ˈmɔrəli ˌɪmˈpruvd bət ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈəðər. ˈjumən biɪŋz bɪˈkəmɪŋ gɑdz (ɪn ðə boʊld ˈlæŋgwɪʤ əv ðə ˈərli ˈfɑðərz). ðɛr bɪˈgæn, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪn ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, ə rɪˈbɛljən əˈgɛnst ðə ˈɑnərɪŋ əv ðə seɪnts, ənd ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl ˈʤɛtəsənɪŋ əv ˈmɛni ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðə ˈklæsɪkəl feɪθ. ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, wɪθ ðə ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən, sɔ ðə ˈædˌvɛnt əv ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈkrɪsʧɪn ɛz ðə ˈnɔrmətɪv ˈkrɪsʧɪn ənd ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri wərld ɛz ðə ˈnɔrmətɪv wərld. ɔl bɪˈlivərz ər seɪnts! (ðeɪ said)…*)… ðə ˈpriʧɪŋ əv ə ˈrædɪkəˌlaɪzd greɪs ənd ðə ˌdimənəˈzeɪʃən əv wərks brɔt əˈbaʊt ðə dɪˌmɑkrətəˈzeɪʃən əv ˈhɛvən (ˈmɛni kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈkrɪsʧɪnz stɪl dɪˈnaʊns ˈpræktɪsɪz səʧ ɛz ˈfæstɪŋ ənd ˈvɪʤəlz ɛz righteousness”*”). ðə ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ˈɛlɪˌtɪzəm əv ə ˈspɛʃəl klæs əv ˈkrɪsʧɪnz wɑz dɪˈnaʊnst ɛz ə frɔd. ɪn ˈɪŋglənd (ənd ˈəðər ˈpleɪsɪz ɛz wɛl), ðə ˈbɑdiz ənd boʊnz əv ðə seɪnts wər dɪsˈmænəld, dɛzəˈkreɪtɪd ənd dɪˈstrɔɪd. ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk riˈpəblɪk əv ˈhɛvən ˈwɔntɪd noʊ goʊɪŋ bæk. ðə rɪˈmuvəl əv ˈɛni fɔrm əv ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən tɪ ˈsəmˌwɛr ˈəðər ðən ɑr ˈprɛzənt wərld wɑz rikˈwaɪərd baɪ ðə əv ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri. ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən ɪnˈdeɪnʤərd ðə ɪnˈtaɪər skim əv ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri. ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈɑnərd seɪnt hu wɑz mɔr ðən ˈmɪrli hɪˈroʊɪk ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ən ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən ˈprɑʤɛkt. ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv ðə ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən ənd kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti ɪn səʧ tərmz ˈɔlˌmoʊst saʊnz laɪk ðə plɑt əv ə ˈnɑvəl. bət ðət ɪz ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ə taɪm ðət kən ˈoʊnli bi sin ɛz bɪˈzɑr. ˈmuvɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ˈhɪstəri, ðɪs seɪm ʃɪft tɪ ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri wɑz mɛt wɪθ rɪˈzɪstəns wɪʧ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ðɪs deɪ. ðə greɪt ““awakenings”*” (ðə ““first”*” ənd ðə ““second”*”) ʃʊd bi sin ɛz ˈəˌpraɪzɪŋz əˈgɛnst ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri. əˈgɛnst ðə ˈθɪri əv aɪˈdiəˌlaɪzd, poʊstˈpoʊnd ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti, ˈpɑpjələr riˈvoʊlts lɛpt ˈfɔrwərd təˈwɔrdz ɪkˈspɪriəns. ɪn ˈɪŋglənd, ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ʤɑn ənd ˈʧɑrəlz ˈwɛsli wər əˈkjuzd əv ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm (ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪriəs ˈmætər əˈməŋ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ). ˈpipəl swund, ənd ˈivɪn bɑrkt laɪk dɔgz ˈəndər ðə əv ðə spirit”*” ɛz ʤɑn ˈwɛsli, ʤɔrʤ ˈwaɪtˌfild ənd ˈəðərz priʧt. ðə ɪˈstæblɪʃt ʧərʧ wɑz ˈrəpʧərd. ðə ˈsɛkənd greɪt əˈweɪkənɪŋ geɪv bərθ tɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd bərθ, ənd θiˈɑləʤi ˌɪtˈsɛlf wɑz ˈrəpʧərd wɪθ ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl ɛkˌspɛriˈɛnʃəl kleɪmz. pərˈhæps ðə moʊst sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt (ənd ɪkˈstrim) rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðə rɪˈfɔrmz wər faʊnd ɪn ðə ˈvɛriəs ˌpɛntəˈkɔstəl ˈmuvmənts əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri (ənd bɪɔnd). ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl dɪˈmændz fər ə ɪkˈspɪriəns wər pʊʃt baɪ dɪˈmændz fər ə ˈbæptɪzəm ɪn ðə ˈspɪrɪt (wɪθ saɪnz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ). ðə ˈɪnstɪŋkt əv ðiz riˈækʃəˌnɛri ˈmuvmənts ʃʊd bi sin ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈprɑtəstənˌtɪzəm. ðə ˈɛmtinəs əv ə poʊstˈpoʊnd ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti geɪv bərθ tɪ ənˈdɪsɪplɪnd, ˌnɑntrəˈdɪʃənəl fɔrmz əv ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ɪkˈspɪriəns. ðə nu ˈtɛstəmənt ˌɪtˈsɛlf bɔr ˈkɑnstənt ˈwɪtnəs əˈgɛnst ðə bəˈnɑl, ˈɛmti fjuˈtɪləti əv ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈprɑtəstənˌtɪzəm. ɪt ˈprɑməsəz soʊ məʧ mɔr. frəm ə ˈklæsɪkəl ˈkrɪsʧɪn pərˈspɛktɪv ðiz ˌɪˈrəpʃənz əv ˈmuvmənts ʃʊd nɑt bi ʤəʤd tu ˈhɑrʃli. ðeɪ ər ˈɔfən dɪˈfɛktɪv ɪn ˈdɔktərɪn ənd mɑrkt baɪ dɪˈluʒənəl kleɪmz, bət ðɛr ˈɪnstɪŋkt ənd ˈhəŋgər ər kərˈɛkt. aɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈkɑrənt ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ˈɔrθəˌdɑksi ənd (æt list ɔn ðə ˌθiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈlɛvəl) wɪl bi ˈvɛri ˈfrutfəl ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli fər ðə pentecostals*. ðə trəˈdɪʃən ˈtiʧɪz ðə ˌriˈæləˌti əv ðə ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl laɪf: wi hæv sin ðə tru laɪt, wi hæv rɪˈsivd ðə ˈhɛvənli ˈspɪrɪt, wi hæv faʊnd ðə tru feɪθ, ˈwərʃəpɪŋ ðə ˌəndəˈvaɪdɪd ˈtrɪnɪti hu həz seɪvd ˈjuˈɛs! ðə trəˈdɪʃən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈpleɪsɪz ðə ˌriˈæləˌti əv ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈɪntu ðə ˈdɪsəplənd laɪf əv ðə ʧərʧ. ðəs jɪrz əv ɪkˈspɪriəns prəˈdusɪz seɪnts ˈrəðər ðən ɪˈfɛmərəl ˈmuvmənts. fər ɪn ðə ɛnd, ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns əv ˈɔrθəˌdɑks ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti ɪz əˈbaʊt fɑr mɔr ðən ˈpɑpjələr dɪˈmænd: ɪt ɪz ðə ˈprɑməs ənd ˈriləˈzeɪʃən əv ˈjunjən wɪθ gɑd. ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl bɪˈlivərz hæv ə ““taste”*” əv ðɪs ˌriˈæləˌti bət ðə frut əv ðə ˈɔrθəˌdɑks laɪf ɪz faʊnd ɪn ðə seɪnts ðoʊz ˈpərsənz hu hæv bɪn soʊ juˈnaɪtɪd wɪθ kraɪst ðət ðə ˈvɛri laɪf əv kraɪst hɪmˈsɛlf ɪz ˈtænʤəbli ˈvɪzəbəl ɪn ðɛr wərks ənd ˈtiʧɪŋz. laɪk ðə ˌrɛzərˈɛkʃən əv kraɪst hɪmˈsɛlf, ðɛr ˌriˈæləˌti ˈvæləˌdeɪts ðə laɪf ənd ˈstrəgəlz əv ɔl bɪˈlivərz. ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl əv ˈɔrθəˌdɑksi ɪz nɑt ə ˈmɛθəd. ɪt ɪz nɑt ə sɛt əv ˈækʃənz ənd θɔts ðət ˌɪnˈhɛrəntli ˈproʊdus ðə rɪˈzəlts əv ˈsæŋktɪti. səʧ ə ˈnoʊʃən wʊd rɪˈdus gɑd tɪ ən ˌɪmˈpərsənəl fɔrs. ðeɪ ər, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, gɑrdz əˈgɛnst dɪˈluʒən ənd ðə pæθ baɪ wɪʧ wi meɪ noʊ ðə tru ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ gɑd. bət ðə ““ordinariness”*” əv ˈʤɛnərəl ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪz nɑt ðə ““norm”*” fər ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn laɪf. kraɪst hɪmˈsɛlf əˈloʊn, ənd ðə ˈstæʧər əv hɪz ˈfʊlnəs (eph*. ər ðə ˈmɛʒər ənd ˈstændərd əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn laɪf. ðə ˈlæŋgwɪʤ əv ðə ʧərʧ kˈwɪkli ɪˈvɑlvd ɪn ɪts juz ənd ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ðə tərm ““saint.”*.” ðoʊ st*. pɔl ˈrɛgjələrli ˈæˈdrɛsɪz hɪz ˈridərz ɛz ““saints,”*,” ɪn ə ˈmænər ðət meɪks ðə tərm sim səˈnɑnəməs wɪθ ðə wərd ““believers,”*,” ɪt ˈsəmˌtaɪmz həz ə ˈstrɔŋgər ˈminɪŋ. tɪ ɔl hu ər ɪn roʊm, bɪˈləvəd əv gɑd, kɔld tɪ bi seɪnts: greɪs tɪ ju ənd pis frəm gɑd ɑr ˈfɑðər ənd ðə lɔrd ˈʤizəs kraɪst. (rɑm ənd tɪ ðə ʧərʧ əv gɑd wɪʧ ɪz æt ˈkɔrənθ, tɪ ðoʊz hu ər ɪn kraɪst ˈʤizəs, kɔld tɪ bi seɪnts, wɪθ ɔl hu ɪn ˈɛvəri pleɪs kɔl ɔn ðə neɪm əv ˈʤizəs kraɪst ɑr lɔrd, boʊθ ðɛrz ənd ɑrz: greɪs tɪ ju ənd pis frəm gɑd ɑr ˈfɑðər ənd ðə lɔrd ˈʤizəs kraɪst. ɪn taɪm, ðə ʧərʧ keɪm tɪ riˈstrɪkt ðə juz əv ðə ˈtaɪtəl, ““saint,”*,” fər ðoʊz huz ˈmænər əv laɪf ˈtruli kənˈfɔrmd tɪ ðə laɪf əv ðə ˈgɔspəl. ðeɪ wər nɑt ˈmɪrli sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ““historical”*” ˈfɪgjərz, bət ˈpipəl huz lɪvz wər ˌɪnˈdid fɪld wɪθ ðə ˈspɪrɪt. ˈfɪgjərz hu rɪˈmeɪn ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ɪn ðɪs ˌdɛzɪgˈneɪʃən (səʧ ɛz ˈkɑnstənˌtin ðə greɪt) ər ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl prɪˈsaɪsli bɪˈkəz səm kˈwɛʃən ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ˈraɪtli mit ðɪs ˈstændərd. ðɛr ˌɪnˈkluʒən dɪz nɑt ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈminɪŋ ðə kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ kənˈfərmz ɪt. aɪ hæv ˈɛlsˌwɛr dɪˈskraɪbd ðɪs ˈnɔrmətɪv, ˈklæsɪkəl ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ˈtruli ɛkˌspɛriˈɛnʃəl ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti ɛz ɪn ə universe.”*.” ðə ˌbɪfərˈkeɪʃən əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn laɪf ɪz ˈəltəmətli ə dɪˈnaɪəl əv ðə truθ əv ðə feɪθ ənd ən əv ə blænd, mənˈdeɪn ˈsəbstəˌtut huz ˈɛmtinəs kən ˈoʊnli ˈsəfəˌkeɪt tru bɪˈlivɪŋ. ðə ʧərʧ əv ðə seɪnts ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli kəmˈplit ˌprɑkləˈmeɪʃən əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn feɪθ. ɔl ˈɑrtɪkəlz ər ˈrɪtən baɪ fr*. ˈstivən ˈfrimən, ˈrɛktər əv st*. æn ˈɔrθəˌdɑks ʧərʧ ɪn oʊk rɪʤ, tn*, ənˈlɛs ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˈnoʊtɪd.
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belgium has placed brussels at the highest terror alert level, citing a "serious and imminent threat that requires taking specific security measures as well as specific recommendations for the population."
the announcement by the crisis centre of the belgian interior ministry is advising the public to avoid places where large groups gather -- such as concerts, sporting events, airports and train stations -- and comply with security checks.
"following our latest evaluation... the centre has raised its terror alert to level 4, signifying a very serious threat, for the brussels region," said a statement from national crisis centre.
the increase in alert level for brussels comes as authorities investigating last week's terror attacks in paris conduct raids in belgium as they work to identify and take down the network of terrorists behind the carnage.
salah abdeslam, 26, is the subject of an international search warrant. he was last seen driving toward the belgian border when police stopped and questioned him a few hours after the attacks, not knowing that he was allegedly involved. his whereabouts are unknown.
hours before the alert, belgian authorities charged a third person in connection to the terrorist attacks in paris.
this is a developing story, check back for updates.
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pliz ɪˈneɪbəl ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt tɪ wɔʧ ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ ˈbɛlʤəm həz pleɪst ˈbrəsəlz æt ðə haɪəst ˈtɛrər əˈlərt ˈlɛvəl, ˈsaɪtɪŋ ə "ˈsɪriəs ənd ˈɪmənənt θrɛt ðət rikˈwaɪərz ˈteɪkɪŋ spɪˈsɪfɪk sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈmɛʒərz ɛz wɛl ɛz spɪˈsɪfɪk ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz fər ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən." ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt baɪ ðə ˈkraɪsəs ˈsɛntər əv ðə ˈbɛlʤən ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstri ɪz ædˈvaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈpəblɪk tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈpleɪsɪz wɛr lɑrʤ grups ˈgæðər səʧ ɛz ˈkɑnsərts, ˈspɔrtɪŋ ɪˈvɛnts, ˈɛrˌpɔrts ənd treɪn ˈsteɪʃənz ənd kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ sɪˈkjʊrəti ʧɛks. "ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɑr ˈleɪtəst ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən... ðə ˈsɛntər həz reɪzd ɪts ˈtɛrər əˈlərt tɪ ˈlɛvəl 4 ˈsɪgnəˌfaɪɪŋ ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪriəs θrɛt, fər ðə ˈbrəsəlz ˈriʤən," sɛd ə ˈsteɪtmənt frəm ˈnæʃənəl ˈkraɪsəs ˈsɛntər. ðə ˌɪnˈkris ɪn əˈlərt ˈlɛvəl fər ˈbrəsəlz kəmz ɛz əˈθɔrətiz ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ læst wiks ˈtɛrər əˈtæks ɪn ˈpɛrɪs ˈkɑndəkt reɪdz ɪn ˈbɛlʤəm ɛz ðeɪ wərk tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ənd teɪk daʊn ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk əv ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈkɑrnɪʤ. ˈsælə abdeslam*, 26 ɪz ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl sərʧ ˈwɔrənt. hi wɑz læst sin ˈdraɪvɪŋ təˈwɔrd ðə ˈbɛlʤən ˈbɔrdər wɪn pəˈlis stɑpt ənd kˈwɛsʧənd ɪm ə fju aʊərz ˈæftər ðə əˈtæks, nɑt noʊɪŋ ðət hi wɑz əˈlɛʤədli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. hɪz ˈwɛrəˌbaʊts ər ənˈnoʊn. aʊərz ˌbiˈfɔr ðə əˈlərt, ˈbɛlʤən əˈθɔrətiz ʧɑrʤd ə θərd ˈpərsən ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ðə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks ɪn ˈpɛrɪs. ðɪs ɪz ə dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈstɔri, ʧɛk bæk fər ˈəpˌdeɪts.
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pete townshend has always been obsessed with stories, not just songs. in the mid-’60s, there were few songwriters (the kinks ray davies comes to mind) who were more interested than the who guitarist in crafting songs that related a short tale or painted a character portrait. listen to those early who singles and album cuts; many of them are simple, stories "a legal matter," "pictures of lily", "tattoo" and (most importantly) a boy."
when the idea of a “rock opera” was just a glimmer in eye, he had the idea of a larger musical piece called quads that was set in a future when parents could select the genders of their children. the main conflict of the story (and the one at the heart of a boy") is that one couple gets a boy instead of the girl they ordered, but make do the best they can with the unwelcome child. the bigger project was never completed and may not have been really attempted but it did result in a great slice of power pop for the who and a no. 2 u.k. hit in 1966.
townshend continued to think about musical stories that could expand beyond a radio single. when extra material was needed for his sophomore lp in 1966, he wrote the six-part, "a quick one, while away" the most significant precursor to the story of tommy . a year later, the who released arguably the best concept album. the who sell out link songs by subject matter, but by the idea of a pirate radio broadcast complete with goofy fake ads.
listen to the who's 'a quick one, while he's away'
as the who were creating a larger global presence for themselves with the american breakthrough of "i can see for miles" and the electrifying performance at the monterey international pop festival, ambitions continued to grow. in his autobiography, who i am , pete discussed the perfect storm that led to the creation of the rock opera tommy , which was released on may 23, 1969.
for one, the album was becoming more important than the single in rock and roll (thanks to bands like the beatles , the beach boys and, yes, the who). townshend wanted to do something to fully capitalize on the album as a continuous art form… even more so than sell out . he also wanted to reach new audiences, ones who had not been particularly interested in the blasts of "maximum r&b," and people he felt would be interested in a longer musical piece.
he endeavored to address themes of spirituality in pop music. as someone who had recently become a follower of the teachings of indian spiritual leader baba, townshend was looking for an outlet to explore what he was learning. he felt that rock fans would be out to find the same answers he was seeking. tommy would be dedicated to baba, who had died months before the release.
townshend has joked that, in the to tommy , he would talk about the notion of a rock opera to anyone who would listen. that included rolling stone magazine founder jann wenner, who spoke with the guitarist at length in the summer of 1968 about the next project. "the package i hope is going to be called deaf, dumb and blind boy , he said. "it's a story about a kid that's born deaf, dumb and blind and what happens to him throughout his life. the deaf, dumb and blind boy is played by the who, the musical what it's really all about is the fact that because the boy is 'd, d & b,' he's seeing things basically as vibrations which we translate as music. that's really what we want to do: create this feeling that when you listen to the music you can actually become aware of the boy, and aware of what he is all about, because we are creating him as we play."
as townshend explored his newfound spirituality and toured extensively with the who, he began to piece together bits of the tommy story. "sensation" was based on a sexual attraction he had to a fellow baba follower in australia. "sally simpson" came from an ugly experience on the road. other songs came from deeply personal places in memory. he farmed out a couple of songs to bassist john entwistle , both of which involved the violent and sexual abuse of the protagonist. pete later said that he had been abused as a boy. because he want to deal with this aspect of his past at the time, he subconsciously left those tunes for john to write, who penned "cousin kevin" and "fiddle about" in a darkly humorous manner.
listen to the who's 'sensation'
as the who began recording tommy in, the story came together. a boy who witnessed a tragic death as a child goes catatonic and becomes deaf, dumb and blind. we hear about his trials and tribulations growing up, before tommy becomes cured with the smashing of his image in a mirror. he turns into a messianic celebrity who is adored by hordes of followers until he starts to preach about simple living. they reject tommy, who recedes back into his inner world.
feeling that he had captured most of what was happening in his head, townshend played a rough version of the album for critic nik cohn, who was not as impressed with the scope of tommy as pete was. the two discussed reaction and concluded that the serious tragedies of the story could be lightened by the presence of a tune. knowing that cohn was a pinball buff, pete suggested that tommy could be a mystical master of pinball. townshend hastily wrote " pinball wizard " and the who recorded it in the winter of 1969. they slapped it in the middle of side three and cohn now called tommy “a masterpiece.”
other critics were similarly taken with tommy , lavishing praise on the as a breakthrough for the who and as one of the most daring albums in rock and roll. with "pinball wizard" as a hit single and the who hitting the road for marathon performances of (most of) tommy along with other live staples, the album introduced the band to a new level of superstardom.
as the lead singer, roger became tommy for the audience especially in the widely seen, and heavily fringed, woodstock appearance. the singer discovered a new, more powerful voice in the tommy performances (listen to him on live at the isle of wight or live at leeds ). he stopped trying to sing like the townshend and found a lower, fuller sound that would be his calling card for the rest of his time as a frontman.
of course, the tommy story end there. in 1972 there was an all-star orchestral recording and, in 1975, it became a surrealistic movie directed by ken russell and starring, the rest of the who, tina turner, eric clapton and elton john . in 1989, all-star casts were assembled for who reunion performances in new york and los angeles. and, in 1993, the tommy became a full-blown, tony broadway musical.
tommy , the original album, remains a cornerstone of rock culture as most famous rock opera. one of the most commercially successful albums, having sold more than 20 million copies. if tommys reputation has since been downgraded from “masterpiece” (because of pretensions or some silly songs), partially because townshend topped himself in 1973 with the more substantial . one rock opera is never enough.
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pit ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn əbˈsɛst wɪθ ˈstɔriz, nɑt ʤɪst sɔŋz. ɪn ðə mid-’60s*, ðɛr wər fju ˈsɔŋˌraɪtərz (ðə kɪŋks reɪ ˈdeɪviz kəmz tɪ maɪnd) hu wər mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ðən ðə hu ˌgɪˈtɑrɪst ɪn ˈkræftɪŋ sɔŋz ðət rɪˈleɪtɪd ə ʃɔrt teɪl ər ˈpeɪnɪd ə ˈkɛrɪktər ˈpɔrtrət. ˈlɪsən tɪ ðoʊz ˈərli hu ˈsɪŋgəlz ənd ˈælbəm kəts; ˈmɛni əv ðɛm ər ˈsɪmpəl, ˈstɔriz "ə ˈligəl ˈmætər," "ˈpɪkʧərz əv ˈlɪli", "ˌtæˈtu" ənd (moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli) ə bɔɪ." wɪn ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə opera”*” wɑz ʤɪst ə ˈglɪmər ɪn aɪ, hi hæd ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə ˈlɑrʤər mˈjuzɪkəl pis kɔld kwɑdz ðət wɑz sɛt ɪn ə fˈjuʧər wɪn ˈpɛrənts kʊd səˈlɛkt ðə ˈʤɛndərz əv ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən. ðə meɪn ˈkɑnflɪkt əv ðə ˈstɔri (ənd ðə wən æt ðə hɑrt əv ə bɔɪ") ɪz ðət wən ˈkəpəl gɪts ə bɔɪ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə gərl ðeɪ ˈɔrdərd, bət meɪk du ðə bɛst ðeɪ kən wɪθ ðə ənˈwɛlkəm ʧaɪld. ðə ˈbɪgər ˈprɑʤɛkt wɑz ˈnɛvər kəmˈplitɪd ənd meɪ nɑt hæv bɪn ˈrɪli əˈtɛmptəd bət ɪt dɪd rɪˈzəlt ɪn ə greɪt slaɪs əv paʊər pɑp fər ðə hu ənd ə noʊ. 2 u.k*. hɪt ɪn 1966 ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd kənˈtɪnjud tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt mˈjuzɪkəl ˈstɔriz ðət kʊd ɪkˈspænd bɪɔnd ə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsɪŋgəl. wɪn ˈɛkstrə məˈtɪriəl wɑz ˈnidɪd fər hɪz ˈsɑfˌmɔr ˈɛlˈpi ɪn 1966 hi roʊt ðə six-part*, "ə kwɪk wən, waɪl əˈweɪ" ðə moʊst sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt priˈkərsər tɪ ðə ˈstɔri əv ˈtɑmi ə jɪr ˈleɪtər, ðə hu riˈlist ˈɑrgjuəbli ðə bɛst ˈkɑnsɛpt ˈælbəm. ðə hu sɛl aʊt lɪŋk sɔŋz baɪ ˈsəbʤɪkt ˈmætər, bət baɪ ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə ˈpaɪrət ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈbrɔdˌkæst kəmˈplit wɪθ ˈgufi feɪk ædz. ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə huz 'ə kwɪk wən, waɪl hiz əˈweɪ' ɛz ðə hu wər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈlɑrʤər ˈgloʊbəl ˈprɛzəns fər ðɛmˈsɛlvz wɪθ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈbreɪkθˌru əv "aɪ kən si fər maɪəlz" ənd ðə ɪˈlɛktrəˌfaɪɪŋ pərˈfɔrməns æt ðə ˌmɑntəˈreɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl pɑp ˈfɛstɪvəl, æmˈbɪʃənz kənˈtɪnjud tɪ groʊ. ɪn hɪz ˌɔtəbaɪˈɑgrəfi, hu aɪ æm pit dɪˈskəst ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt stɔrm ðət lɛd tɪ ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ðə rɑk ˈɑprə ˈtɑmi wɪʧ wɑz riˈlist ɔn meɪ 23 1969 fər wən, ðə ˈælbəm wɑz bɪˈkəmɪŋ mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðən ðə ˈsɪŋgəl ɪn rɑk ənd roʊl (θæŋks tɪ bændz laɪk ðə ˈbitəlz ðə biʧ bɔɪz ənd, jɛs, ðə hu). ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd ˈwɔntɪd tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ ˈfʊli ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz ɔn ðə ˈælbəm ɛz ə kənˈtɪnjuəs ɑrt form…*… ˈivɪn mɔr soʊ ðən sɛl aʊt hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ riʧ nu ˈɔdiənsəz, wənz hu hæd nɑt bɪn ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðə blæsts əv "ˈmæksəməm r&b*," ənd ˈpipəl hi fɛlt wʊd bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ə ˈlɔŋgər mˈjuzɪkəl pis. hi ɪnˈdɛvərd tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs θimz əv ˌspɪrɪˌʧuˈæləˌti ɪn pɑp mˈjuzɪk. ɛz ˈsəmˌwən hu hæd ˈrisəntli bɪˈkəm ə ˈfɑloʊər əv ðə ˈtiʧɪŋz əv ˈɪndiən ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ˈlidər ˈbəbə, ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ən ˈaʊˌtlɛt tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr wət hi wɑz ˈlərnɪŋ. hi fɛlt ðət rɑk fænz wʊd bi aʊt tɪ faɪnd ðə seɪm ˈænsərz hi wɑz ˈsikɪŋ. ˈtɑmi wʊd bi ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ˈbəbə, hu hæd daɪd mənθs ˌbiˈfɔr ðə riˈlis. ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd həz ʤoʊkt ðət, ɪn ðə tɪ ˈtɑmi hi wʊd tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈnoʊʃən əv ə rɑk ˈɑprə tɪ ˈɛniˌwən hu wʊd ˈlɪsən. ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈroʊlɪŋ stoʊn ˈmægəˌzin ˈfaʊndər ʤæn ˈwɛnər, hu spoʊk wɪθ ðə ˌgɪˈtɑrɪst æt lɛŋθ ɪn ðə ˈsəmər əv 1968 əˈbaʊt ðə nɛkst ˈprɑʤɛkt. "ðə ˈpækɪʤ aɪ hoʊp ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi kɔld dɛf, dəm ənd blaɪnd bɔɪ hi sɛd. "ɪts ə ˈstɔri əˈbaʊt ə kɪd ðæts bɔrn dɛf, dəm ənd blaɪnd ənd wət ˈhæpənz tɪ ɪm θruaʊt hɪz laɪf. ðə dɛf, dəm ənd blaɪnd bɔɪ ɪz pleɪd baɪ ðə hu, ðə mˈjuzɪkəl wət ɪts ˈrɪli ɔl əˈbaʊt ɪz ðə fækt ðət bɪˈkəz ðə bɔɪ ɪz 'di, di bi,' hiz siɪŋ θɪŋz ˈbeɪsɪkli ɛz vaɪˈbreɪʃənz wɪʧ wi trænzˈleɪt ɛz mˈjuzɪk. ðæts ˈrɪli wət wi wɔnt tɪ du: kriˈeɪt ðɪs ˈfilɪŋ ðət wɪn ju ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə mˈjuzɪk ju kən ˈæˌkʧuəli bɪˈkəm əˈwɛr əv ðə bɔɪ, ənd əˈwɛr əv wət hi ɪz ɔl əˈbaʊt, bɪˈkəz wi ər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ɪm ɛz wi pleɪ." ɛz ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd ɪkˈsplɔrd hɪz ˈnuˈfaʊnd ˌspɪrɪˌʧuˈæləˌti ənd tʊrd ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli wɪθ ðə hu, hi bɪˈgæn tɪ pis təˈgɛðər bɪts əv ðə ˈtɑmi ˈstɔri. "sɛnˈseɪʃən" wɑz beɪst ɔn ə ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈtrækʃən hi hæd tɪ ə ˈfɛloʊ ˈbəbə ˈfɑloʊər ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə. "ˈsæli ˈsɪmpsən" keɪm frəm ən ˈəgli ɪkˈspɪriəns ɔn ðə roʊd. ˈəðər sɔŋz keɪm frəm ˈdipli ˈpərsɪnəl ˈpleɪsɪz ɪn ˈmɛməri. hi fɑrmd aʊt ə ˈkəpəl əv sɔŋz tɪ ˈbeɪsɪst ʤɑn ɪntˈwɪsəl boʊθ əv wɪʧ ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ðə ˈvaɪələnt ənd ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈbjuz əv ðə proʊˈtægənəst. pit ˈleɪtər sɛd ðət hi hæd bɪn əˈbjuzd ɛz ə bɔɪ. bɪˈkəz hi wɔnt tɪ dil wɪθ ðɪs ˈæˌspɛkt əv hɪz pæst æt ðə taɪm, hi səbˈkɑnʃəsli lɛft ðoʊz tunz fər ʤɑn tɪ raɪt, hu pɛnd "ˈkəzən ˈkɛvɪn" ənd "ˈfɪdəl əˈbaʊt" ɪn ə ˈdɑrkli ˈhjumərəs ˈmænər. ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə huz 'sɛnˈseɪʃən' ɛz ðə hu bɪˈgæn rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈtɑmi ɪn ðə ˈstɔri keɪm təˈgɛðər. ə bɔɪ hu ˈwɪtnəst ə ˈtræʤɪk dɛθ ɛz ə ʧaɪld goʊz ˌkætəˈtɑnɪk ənd bɪˈkəmz dɛf, dəm ənd blaɪnd. wi hir əˈbaʊt hɪz traɪəlz ənd ˌtrɪbjəˈleɪʃənz groʊɪŋ əp, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈtɑmi bɪˈkəmz kjʊrd wɪθ ðə sˈmæʃɪŋ əv hɪz ˈɪmɪʤ ɪn ə ˈmɪrər. hi tərnz ˈɪntu ə ˌmɛsiˈænɪk səˈlɛbrɪti hu ɪz əˈdɔrd baɪ hɔrdz əv ˈfɑloʊərz ənˈtɪl hi stɑrts tɪ priʧ əˈbaʊt ˈsɪmpəl ˈlɪvɪŋ. ðeɪ ˈriʤɛkt ˈtɑmi, hu riˈsidz bæk ˈɪntu hɪz ˈɪnər wərld. ˈfilɪŋ ðət hi hæd ˈkæpʧərd moʊst əv wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ ɪn hɪz hɛd, ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd pleɪd ə rəf ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈælbəm fər ˈkrɪtɪk nɪk koʊn, hu wɑz nɑt ɛz ˌɪmˈprɛst wɪθ ðə skoʊp əv ˈtɑmi ɛz pit wɑz. ðə tu dɪˈskəst riˈækʃən ənd kənˈkludɪd ðət ðə ˈsɪriəs ˈtræʤədiz əv ðə ˈstɔri kʊd bi ˈlaɪtənd baɪ ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ə tun. noʊɪŋ ðət koʊn wɑz ə ˈpɪnˌbɔl bəf, pit səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ˈtɑmi kʊd bi ə ˈmɪstɪkəl ˈmæstər əv ˈpɪnˌbɔl. ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd ˈheɪstəli roʊt ˈpɪnˌbɔl ˈwɪzərd ənd ðə hu rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɪt ɪn ðə ˈwɪntər əv 1969 ðeɪ slæpt ɪt ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv saɪd θri ənd koʊn naʊ kɔld ˈtɑmi masterpiece.”*.” ˈəðər ˈkrɪtɪks wər ˈsɪmələrli ˈteɪkən wɪθ ˈtɑmi ˈlævɪʃɪŋ preɪz ɔn ðə ɛz ə ˈbreɪkθˌru fər ðə hu ənd ɛz wən əv ðə moʊst ˈdɛrɪŋ ˈælbəmz ɪn rɑk ənd roʊl. wɪθ "ˈpɪnˌbɔl ˈwɪzərd" ɛz ə hɪt ˈsɪŋgəl ənd ðə hu ˈhɪtɪŋ ðə roʊd fər ˈmɛrəˌθɑn pərˈfɔrmənsɪz əv (moʊst əv) ˈtɑmi əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈəðər lɪv ˈsteɪpəlz, ðə ˈælbəm ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə bænd tɪ ə nu ˈlɛvəl əv superstardom*. ɛz ðə lɛd ˈsɪŋər, ˈrɑʤər bɪˈkeɪm ˈtɑmi fər ðə ˈɔdiəns əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ðə ˈwaɪdli sin, ənd ˈhɛvəli fringed*, ˈwʊdˌstɑk əˈpɪrəns. ðə ˈsɪŋər dɪˈskəvərd ə nu, mɔr ˈpaʊərfəl vɔɪs ɪn ðə ˈtɑmi pərˈfɔrmənsɪz (ˈlɪsən tɪ ɪm ɔn lɪv æt ðə aɪl əv waɪt ər lɪv æt lidz hi stɑpt traɪɪŋ tɪ sɪŋ laɪk ðə ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd ənd faʊnd ə loʊər, ˈfʊlər saʊnd ðət wʊd bi hɪz ˈkɔlɪŋ kɑrd fər ðə rɛst əv hɪz taɪm ɛz ə frontman*. əv kɔrs, ðə ˈtɑmi ˈstɔri ɛnd ðɛr. ɪn 1972 ðɛr wɑz ən ˌɔlˈstɑr ɔrˈkɛstrəl rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ənd, ɪn 1975 ɪt bɪˈkeɪm ə sərˌiˈlɪstɪk ˈmuvi dɪˈrɛktɪd baɪ kɛn ˈrəsəl ənd ˈstɑrɪŋ, ðə rɛst əv ðə hu, ˈtinə ˈtərnər, ˈɛrɪk ˈklæptən ənd ˈɛltən ʤɑn ɪn 1989 ˌɔlˈstɑr kæsts wər əˈsɛmbəld fər hu riˈunjən pərˈfɔrmənsɪz ɪn nu jɔrk ənd lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs. ənd, ɪn 1993 ðə ˈtɑmi bɪˈkeɪm ə ˌfʊlˈbloʊn, ˈtoʊni ˈbrɔdˌweɪ mˈjuzɪkəl. ˈtɑmi ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈælbəm, rɪˈmeɪnz ə ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn əv rɑk ˈkəlʧər ɛz moʊst ˈfeɪməs rɑk ˈɑprə. wən əv ðə moʊst kəˈmərʃəli səkˈsɛsfəl ˈælbəmz, ˈhævɪŋ soʊld mɔr ðən 20 ˈmɪljən ˈkɑpiz. ɪf ˈtɑmi ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən həz sɪns bɪn ˈdaʊnˈgreɪdəd frəm ““masterpiece”*” (bɪˈkəz əv prəˈtɛnʃənz ər səm ˈsɪli sɔŋz), ˈpɑrʃəli bɪˈkəz ˈtaʊnˌʃɛnd tɑpt hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn 1973 wɪθ ðə mɔr səbˈstænʃəl wən rɑk ˈɑprə ɪz ˈnɛvər ɪˈnəf.
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when you have a scene as new and constantly changing as, situations are going to crop up that cause debate over what the definition of "cheating" actual entails. now, at, we have a new case where a team used an map exploit to rocket their way to victory, only to be met with derision by fans for employing the tactic, and which eventually led them to forfeit the series.
dreamhack in sweden hosts the world's largest: global offensive tournament, and the matches in question occurred during a match between swedish team and french team. was staring down the barrel of a deficit, and knew they would have to get creative in order to make a comeback.
unfortunately, they got a little too creative.
in's next ten games, they employed a "boost" to reach an otherwise inaccessible portion of the map. a "boost" in is when players use each other as springboard to jump to hard to reach locations, a legitimate tactic in the game that's used frequently. but in this case, they were using it to boost one player to a portion of the map where they couldn't be killed and had a full view of the entire map. knowing exactly where the other team was at all times gave them a significant advantage and they won ten straight to pull off a huge comeback upset over the french team.
naturally, immediately filled a motion that what did was illegal, but this is an issue with. wasn't hiding this, and the fact that they were doing it could be seen by everyone watching. but their argument was that it was the game that was at fault, not their team, and that just because they discovered and used an existing exploit, that didn't mean they were doing anything wrong.
that line of logic didn't last long, however. at first, declared that the entire series would be replayed starting at in order to have a fresh slate. but that still didn't sit well with who was up nine games when the exploit was used. eventually public pressure or a simple change of conscience made change their tune and they forfeited the series so now moves on to the without issue.
this kind of thing doesn't happen too often in, as you seldom see glitches and exploits pulled out of a hat to be used to orchestrate an otherwise impossible comeback. for example, i've never seen a starcraft player glitch out of the map to find a mineral node that gives him infinite money, or a league of legends team band together to break the game to cause the immediate destruction of their opponent's nexus. those may sound silly, but "god view mode" in is practically as good as any of those glitches would be, as evidenced by a preposterous comeback.
i think both and fans were in the right here to immediately crack down on this kind of thing even if "using exploit" wasn't an exact passage in the rulebook. even figured out they really didn't have a leg to stand on in the end, and i have to think they never really thought they'd get away with it.
esports will always have its challenges as it continues to grow and evolve, and we've just seen a rather interesting one unfold here. in the end, wrongs were righted and it will probably be a while until you see a major team trying to use such an obvious exploit in matches again.
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wɪn ju hæv ə sin ɛz nu ənd ˈkɑnstəntli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɛz, ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz ər goʊɪŋ tɪ krɑp əp ðət kɔz dəˈbeɪt ˈoʊvər wət ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv "ˈʧitɪŋ" ˈækʧəwəl ɪnˈteɪlz. naʊ, æt, wi hæv ə nu keɪs wɛr ə tim juzd ən mæp ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt tɪ ˈrɑkət ðɛr weɪ tɪ ˈvɪktəri, ˈoʊnli tɪ bi mɛt wɪθ dərˈɪʒən baɪ fænz fər ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ ðə ˈtæktɪk, ənd wɪʧ ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli lɛd ðɛm tɪ ˈfɔrfɪt ðə ˈsɪriz. ɪn sˈwidən hoʊsts ðə wərldz ˈlɑrʤəst: ˈgloʊbəl əˈfɛnsɪv ˈtʊrnəmənt, ənd ðə ˈmæʧɪz ɪn kˈwɛʃən əˈkərd ˈdʊrɪŋ ə mæʧ bɪtˈwin sˈwidɪʃ tim ənd frɛnʧ tim. wɑz ˈstɛrɪŋ daʊn ðə ˈbɛrəl əv ə ˈdɛfəsət, ənd nu ðeɪ wʊd hæv tɪ gɪt kriˈeɪtɪv ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk ə ˈkəmˌbæk. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðeɪ gɑt ə ˈlɪtəl tu kriˈeɪtɪv. ɪn nɛkst tɛn geɪmz, ðeɪ ɪmˈplɔɪd ə "bust" tɪ riʧ ən ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˌɪnəkˈsɛsəbəl ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə mæp. ə "bust" ɪn ɪz wɪn pleɪərz juz iʧ ˈəðər ɛz ˈsprɪŋˌbɔrd tɪ ʤəmp tɪ hɑrd tɪ riʧ loʊˈkeɪʃənz, ə ləˈʤɪtəmət ˈtæktɪk ɪn ðə geɪm ðæts juzd ˈfrikwɛntli. bət ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ðeɪ wər ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt tɪ bust wən pleɪər tɪ ə ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə mæp wɛr ðeɪ ˈkʊdənt bi kɪld ənd hæd ə fʊl vju əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər mæp. noʊɪŋ ɪgˈzæktli wɛr ðə ˈəðər tim wɑz æt ɔl taɪmz geɪv ðɛm ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ædˈvæntɪʤ ənd ðeɪ wən tɛn streɪt tɪ pʊl ɔf ə juʤ ˈkəmˌbæk ˈəpˌsɛt ˈoʊvər ðə frɛnʧ tim. ˈnæʧərəli, ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli fɪld ə ˈmoʊʃən ðət wət dɪd wɑz ˌɪˈligəl, bət ðɪs ɪz ən ˈɪʃu wɪθ. ˈwəzənt ˈhaɪdɪŋ ðɪs, ənd ðə fækt ðət ðeɪ wər duɪŋ ɪt kʊd bi sin baɪ ˈɛvriˌwən ˈwɑʧɪŋ. bət ðɛr ˈɑrgjəmənt wɑz ðət ɪt wɑz ðə geɪm ðət wɑz æt fɔlt, nɑt ðɛr tim, ənd ðət ʤɪst bɪˈkəz ðeɪ dɪˈskəvərd ənd juzd ən ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt, ðət ˈdɪdənt min ðeɪ wər duɪŋ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ rɔŋ. ðət laɪn əv ˈlɑʤɪk ˈdɪdənt læst lɔŋ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər. æt fərst, dɪˈklɛrd ðət ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsɪriz wʊd bi riˈpleɪd ˈstɑrtɪŋ æt ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ hæv ə frɛʃ sleɪt. bət ðət stɪl ˈdɪdənt sɪt wɛl wɪθ hu wɑz əp naɪn geɪmz wɪn ðə ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt wɑz juzd. ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈpəblɪk ˈprɛʃər ər ə ˈsɪmpəl ʧeɪnʤ əv ˈkɑnʃəns meɪd ʧeɪnʤ ðɛr tun ənd ðeɪ ˈfɔrfɪtɪd ðə ˈsɪriz soʊ naʊ muvz ɔn tɪ ðə wɪˈθaʊt ˈɪʃu. ðɪs kaɪnd əv θɪŋ ˈdəzənt ˈhæpən tu ˈɔfən ɪn, ɛz ju ˈsɛldəm si ˈglɪʧɪz ənd ˈɛkˌsplɔɪts pʊld aʊt əv ə hæt tɪ bi juzd tɪ ˈɔrkɪˌstreɪt ən ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl ˈkəmˌbæk. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, aɪv ˈnɛvər sin ə ˈstɑrˌkræft pleɪər glɪʧ aʊt əv ðə mæp tɪ faɪnd ə ˈmɪnərəl noʊd ðət gɪvz ɪm ˈɪnfənət ˈməni, ər ə lig əv ˈlɛʤəndz tim bænd təˈgɛðər tɪ breɪk ðə geɪm tɪ kɔz ðə ˌɪˈmiˌdiət dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ðɛr əˈpoʊnənts ˈnɛksəs. ðoʊz meɪ saʊnd ˈsɪli, bət "gɑd vju moʊd" ɪn ɪz ˈpræktɪkəli ɛz gʊd ɛz ˈɛni əv ðoʊz ˈglɪʧɪz wʊd bi, ɛz ˈɛvɪdənst baɪ ə prɪˈpɑstərəs ˈkəmˌbæk. aɪ θɪŋk boʊθ ənd fænz wər ɪn ðə raɪt hir tɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli kræk daʊn ɔn ðɪs kaɪnd əv θɪŋ ˈivɪn ɪf "ˈjuzɪŋ ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ˈwəzənt ən ɪgˈzækt ˈpæsɪʤ ɪn ðə ˈrulˌbʊk. ˈivɪn ˈfɪgjərd aʊt ðeɪ ˈrɪli ˈdɪdənt hæv ə lɛg tɪ stænd ɔn ɪn ðə ɛnd, ənd aɪ hæv tɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ ˈnɛvər ˈrɪli θɔt ðeɪd gɪt əˈweɪ wɪθ ɪt. wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz hæv ɪts ˈʧælənʤɪz ɛz ɪt kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ groʊ ənd ɪˈvɑlv, ənd wiv ʤɪst sin ə ˈrəðər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ wən ənˈfoʊld hir. ɪn ðə ɛnd, rɔŋz wər ˈraɪtɪd ənd ɪt wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ə waɪl ənˈtɪl ju si ə ˈmeɪʤər tim traɪɪŋ tɪ juz səʧ ən ˈɑbviəs ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ɪn ˈmæʧɪz əˈgɛn. ˈfɑloʊ mi ɔn tˈwɪtər, laɪk maɪ peɪʤ ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ənd pɪk əp ə ˈkɑpi əv maɪ ˌsaɪˈfaɪ ˈnɑvəl, ðə læst ˈɛksədəs, ənd ɪts ˈsikwəl, ðə ˈɛkˌsaɪld earthborn*, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ maɪ nu fɔrbz bʊk, wɔrz. ʧɛk aʊt haʊ ˈʃæˌdoʊ əv ˈnɛməsɪs ˈsɪstəm maɪt wərk ɪn ˈəðər geɪmz:
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madeline smith, the canadian press
toronto -- canada's public health agency has confirmed the country's first case of defects in a fetus.
a spokeswoman for the public health agency of canada said on friday that the fetus has "severe congenital neurological anomalies," but didn't provide further information citing privacy reasons.
rebecca gilman said it is canada's second case of transmission of the virus, which has been linked to serious birth defects that include, where babies are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains to mothers who were infected while pregnant.
gilman said the first canadian case of transmission occurred in a baby that was confirmed to have the virus, but did not have related birth defects and so far appears normal.
a world health organization report released on thursday also mentions canada as the latest country to report a case of congenital malformation associated with a zika infection.
zika is primarily transmitted by the mosquito, which isn't found in canada. mosquitos transmitting zika have recently been found in a part of miami, fla., prompting canada's public health agency to warn pregnant women to avoid travelling there.
as of thursday, there have been 205 confirmed cases of zika infections in canada and two cases of sexual transmission.
university of toronto professor of medicine and infectious disease expert jay keystone said he isn't surprised to see more cases of zika emerging, but the problem is much worse in countries dealing with transmission of the virus, such as brazil.
"it was a matter of time before we start seeing zika cases in canada and it's a matter of time before a fetus was infected from the virus," he said.
"the hope is there will be less and less as canadians become more aware of the risk."
keystone said the mosquito is a insect most active in the morning and late afternoon, and using mosquito repellent and covering your body as much as possible in areas with zika outbreaks is important.
university health network infectious diseases specialist isaac said the full range of health issues related to zika still isn't clear, and doctors will be closely watching babies who have been infected to see if cognitive problems emerge as they grow.
"we know is one illness the developing child can have, and it can be pretty catastrophic at times. but they may have a whole spectrum of which can include cognitive deficits, they can have problems with vision, they can have problems with hearing."
he added that canadians should take precautions but don't need to be alarmed, calling the guidelines for preventing infections "spot on."
"the level of concern here is low, but we can't let our guard down," he said. "it's appropriately low, but it's not zero."
canada's public health agency has recommended that women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant shouldn't travel to areas with zika outbreaks. but men who are travelling also need to be aware of the risks -- current canadian public health guidelines say men who have travelled to areas should consider using condoms or avoid having sex for six months to avoid transmitting the virus to partners.
they also say women who have travelled to areas with zika outbreaks should wait at least two months before trying to conceive.
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ˈmædəlɪn smɪθ, ðə kəˈneɪdiən prɛs tərˈɑntoʊ ˈkænədəz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈeɪʤənsi həz kənˈfərmd ðə ˈkəntriz fərst keɪs əv ˈdifɛkts ɪn ə ˈfitəs. ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən fər ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈeɪʤənsi əv ˈkænədə sɛd ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ðət ðə ˈfitəs həz "səˈvɪr kənˈʤɛnətəl ˌnʊrəˈlɑʤɪkəl əˈnɑməliz," bət ˈdɪdənt prəˈvaɪd ˈfərðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈpraɪvəsi ˈrizənz. rəˈbɛkə ˈgɪlmən sɛd ɪt ɪz ˈkænədəz ˈsɛkənd keɪs əv trænzˈmɪʃən əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs, wɪʧ həz bɪn lɪŋkt tɪ ˈsɪriəs bərθ ˈdifɛkts ðət ˌɪnˈklud, wɛr ˈbeɪbiz ər bɔrn wɪθ æbˈnɔrməli smɔl hɛdz ənd ˌəndərdɪˈvɛləpt breɪnz tɪ ˈməðərz hu wər ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd waɪl ˈprɛgnənt. ˈgɪlmən sɛd ðə fərst kəˈneɪdiən keɪs əv trænzˈmɪʃən əˈkərd ɪn ə ˈbeɪbi ðət wɑz kənˈfərmd tɪ hæv ðə ˈvaɪrəs, bət dɪd nɑt hæv rɪˈleɪtɪd bərθ ˈdifɛkts ənd soʊ fɑr əˈpɪrz ˈnɔrməl. ə wərld hɛlθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən rɪˈpɔrt riˈlist ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmɛnʃənz ˈkænədə ɛz ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈkəntri tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ə keɪs əv kənˈʤɛnətəl ˌmælfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ə ˈzɪkə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən. ˈzɪkə ɪz praɪˈmɛrəli trænzˈmɪtəd baɪ ðə məˈskitoʊ, wɪʧ ˈɪzənt faʊnd ɪn ˈkænədə. məˈskitoʊz trænsˈmɪtɪŋ ˈzɪkə hæv ˈrisəntli bɪn faʊnd ɪn ə pɑrt əv maɪˈæmi, fla*., ˈprɑmptɪŋ ˈkænədəz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈeɪʤənsi tɪ wɔrn ˈprɛgnənt ˈwɪmən tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈtrævəlɪŋ ðɛr. ɛz əv ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ðɛr hæv bɪn 205 kənˈfərmd ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈzɪkə ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz ɪn ˈkænədə ənd tu ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈsɛkʃuəl trænzˈmɪʃən. ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv tərˈɑntoʊ prəˈfɛsər əv ˈmɛdəsən ənd ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziz ˈɛkspərt ʤeɪ ˈkiˌstoʊn sɛd hi ˈɪzənt səˈpraɪzd tɪ si mɔr ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈzɪkə ˈimərʤɪŋ, bət ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz məʧ wərs ɪn ˈkəntriz ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ trænzˈmɪʃən əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs, səʧ ɛz brəˈzɪl. "ɪt wɑz ə ˈmætər əv taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr wi stɑrt siɪŋ ˈzɪkə ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn ˈkænədə ənd ɪts ə ˈmætər əv taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈfitəs wɑz ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd frəm ðə ˈvaɪrəs," hi sɛd. "ðə hoʊp ɪz ðɛr wɪl bi lɛs ənd lɛs ɛz kəˈneɪdiənz bɪˈkəm mɔr əˈwɛr əv ðə rɪsk." ˈkiˌstoʊn sɛd ðə məˈskitoʊ ɪz ə ˈɪnˌsɛkt moʊst ˈæktɪv ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ ənd leɪt ˌæftərˈnun, ənd ˈjuzɪŋ məˈskitoʊ rɪˈpɛlənt ənd ˈkəvərɪŋ jʊr ˈbɑdi ɛz məʧ ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl ɪn ˈɛriəz wɪθ ˈzɪkə ˈaʊtˌbreɪks ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt. ˌjunəˈvərsəti hɛlθ ˈnɛtˌwərk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈzizɪz ˈspɛʃəlɪst ˈaɪzɪk sɛd ðə fʊl reɪnʤ əv hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈzɪkə stɪl ˈɪzənt klɪr, ənd ˈdɑktərz wɪl bi ˈkloʊsli ˈwɑʧɪŋ ˈbeɪbiz hu hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd tɪ si ɪf ˈkɑgnɪtɪv ˈprɑbləmz ˈimərʤ ɛz ðeɪ groʊ. "wi noʊ ɪz wən ˈɪlnəs ðə dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ʧaɪld kən hæv, ənd ɪt kən bi ˈprɪti ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk æt taɪmz. bət ðeɪ meɪ hæv ə hoʊl ˈspɛktrəm əv wɪʧ kən ˌɪnˈklud ˈkɑgnɪtɪv ˈdɛfɪsɪts, ðeɪ kən hæv ˈprɑbləmz wɪθ ˈvɪʒən, ðeɪ kən hæv ˈprɑbləmz wɪθ ˈhirɪŋ." hi ˈædɪd ðət kəˈneɪdiənz ʃʊd teɪk priˈkɔʃənz bət doʊnt nid tɪ bi əˈlɑrmd, ˈkɔlɪŋ ðə ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz fər prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz "spɑt ɔn." "ðə ˈlɛvəl əv kənˈsərn hir ɪz loʊ, bət wi kænt lɛt ɑr gɑrd daʊn," hi sɛd. "ɪts əˈproʊpriɪtli loʊ, bət ɪts nɑt ˈziroʊ." ˈkænədəz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈeɪʤənsi həz ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ˈwɪmən hu ər ˈprɛgnənt ər ˈplænɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈprɛgnənt ˈʃʊdənt ˈtrævəl tɪ ˈɛriəz wɪθ ˈzɪkə ˈaʊtˌbreɪks. bət mɛn hu ər ˈtrævəlɪŋ ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ bi əˈwɛr əv ðə rɪsks ˈkɑrənt kəˈneɪdiən ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz seɪ mɛn hu hæv ˈtrævəld tɪ ˈɛriəz ʃʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈjuzɪŋ ˈkɑndəmz ər əˈvɔɪd ˈhævɪŋ sɛks fər sɪks mənθs tɪ əˈvɔɪd trænsˈmɪtɪŋ ðə ˈvaɪrəs tɪ ˈpɑrtnərz. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ seɪ ˈwɪmən hu hæv ˈtrævəld tɪ ˈɛriəz wɪθ ˈzɪkə ˈaʊtˌbreɪks ʃʊd weɪt æt list tu mənθs ˌbiˈfɔr traɪɪŋ tɪ kənˈsiv.
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eiji kawashima has 72 japan caps
japan international goalkeeper eiji kawashima will be in the dundee united squad for saturday's premiership match against dundee at dens park.
tannadice manager confirmed on thursday that the player had been granted international clearance to play.
kawashima signed for the terrors earlier in the week following a protracted wait during which he had to sit an english exam.
he has signed until the summer.
paatelainen said: "it has taken a bit longer than any of us would have liked, but this is a fantastic coup for the club."
kawashima's signing had initially been announced in november, but he had to go through a lengthy work permit application, which included taking an english exam in japan.
reports recently claimed that dutch club could hijack the deal, but united have now signed the goalkeeper who has 72 caps for his country but was a free agent after leaving belgian outfit standard liege in the summer.
"eiji will strengthen the competition in the position," told his club website.
mixu's side sit bottom of the scottish premiership
"he is a seasoned professional who has played at major tournaments and this experience will help our young also.
"he is a strong character who has shown great desire to play for dundee united and i look forward to working with him."
kawashima, who has appeared at the last two world cup finals, played for ardija, nagoya eight and kawasaki in his homeland before joining belgian club in 2010.
now he will try to help united off the foot of the scottish premiership table.
"finally i'm able to join to dundee united," he said. "i'm delighted to join this club.
"i will try to do all my best with my fighting spirit and my ambition as a player.
"i hope that can bring something different to the squad and also i hope i can use my experience as well.
"i'm looking forward to wearing the dundee united jersey on the pitch soon."
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ˈeɪʤi ˌkɑwɑˈʃimə həz 72 ʤəˈpæn kæps ʤəˈpæn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈgoʊlˌkipər ˈeɪʤi ˌkɑwɑˈʃimə wɪl bi ɪn ðə dənˈdi juˈnaɪtɪd skwɑd fər ˈsætərdiz prɛˈmɪrˌʃɪp mæʧ əˈgɛnst dənˈdi æt dɛnz pɑrk. ˈmænɪʤər kənˈfərmd ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ðət ðə pleɪər hæd bɪn ˈgrænɪd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈklɪrəns tɪ pleɪ. ˌkɑwɑˈʃimə saɪnd fər ðə ˈtɛrərz ˈərliər ɪn ðə wik ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə proʊˈtræktɪd weɪt ˈdʊrɪŋ wɪʧ hi hæd tɪ sɪt ən ˈɪŋlɪʃ ɪgˈzæm. hi həz saɪnd ənˈtɪl ðə ˈsəmər. sɛd: "ɪt həz ˈteɪkən ə bɪt ˈlɔŋgər ðən ˈɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs wʊd hæv laɪkt, bət ðɪs ɪz ə fænˈtæstɪk ku fər ðə kləb." ˈsaɪnɪŋ hæd ˌɪˈnɪʃəli bɪn əˈnaʊnst ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər, bət hi hæd tɪ goʊ θru ə ˈlɛŋθi wərk ˈpərˌmɪt ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈteɪkɪŋ ən ˈɪŋlɪʃ ɪgˈzæm ɪn ʤəˈpæn. rɪˈpɔrts ˈrisəntli kleɪmd ðət dəʧ kləb kʊd ˈhaɪˌʤæk ðə dil, bət juˈnaɪtɪd hæv naʊ saɪnd ðə ˈgoʊlˌkipər hu həz 72 kæps fər hɪz ˈkəntri bət wɑz ə fri ˈeɪʤənt ˈæftər ˈlivɪŋ ˈbɛlʤən ˈaʊtˌfɪt ˈstændərd liʤ ɪn ðə ˈsəmər. "ˈeɪʤi wɪl ˈstrɛŋθən ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn ðə pəˈzɪʃən," toʊld hɪz kləb ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. saɪd sɪt ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ prɛˈmɪrˌʃɪp "hi ɪz ə ˈsizənd prəˈfɛʃənəl hu həz pleɪd æt ˈmeɪʤər ˈtərnəmənts ənd ðɪs ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪl hɛlp ɑr jəŋ ˈɔlsoʊ. "hi ɪz ə strɔŋ ˈkɛrɪktər hu həz ʃoʊn greɪt dɪˈzaɪər tɪ pleɪ fər dənˈdi juˈnaɪtɪd ənd aɪ lʊk ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ɪm." ˌkɑwɑˈʃimə, hu həz əˈpɪrd æt ðə læst tu wərld kəp ˈfaɪnəlz, pleɪd fər ardija*, nəˈgɔɪə eɪt ənd ˌkɑwɑˈsɑki ɪn hɪz ˈhoʊmˌlænd ˌbiˈfɔr ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈbɛlʤən kləb ɪn 2010 naʊ hi wɪl traɪ tɪ hɛlp juˈnaɪtɪd ɔf ðə fʊt əv ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ prɛˈmɪrˌʃɪp ˈteɪbəl. "ˈfaɪnəli əm ˈeɪbəl tɪ ʤɔɪn tɪ dənˈdi juˈnaɪtɪd," hi sɛd. "əm dɪˈlaɪtɪd tɪ ʤɔɪn ðɪs kləb. "aɪ wɪl traɪ tɪ du ɔl maɪ bɛst wɪθ maɪ ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈspɪrɪt ənd maɪ æmˈbɪʃən ɛz ə pleɪər. "aɪ hoʊp ðət kən brɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt tɪ ðə skwɑd ənd ˈɔlsoʊ aɪ hoʊp aɪ kən juz maɪ ɪkˈspɪriəns ɛz wɛl. "əm ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈwɛrɪŋ ðə dənˈdi juˈnaɪtɪd ˈʤərzi ɔn ðə pɪʧ sun."
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add tokyo to the growing list of cities that are a nonstop flight away from tel aviv.
a new aviation deal between israeli and japanese airlines will offer customers up to 14 direct flights between the two countries each week.
representatives from airline el al and biggest airline, all nippon, signed the deal at a recent meeting tokyo.
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transportation minister katz wednesday confirmed the new aviation agreement, calling it “really good news.”
“this agreement is a direct continuation of my policy to open the skies,” katz said, according to ynet.
no date was given for the launch of the new route.
“i believe that adding destinations in japan itself, as well as flights, will increase the number of tourists arriving in israel in the near future. the agreement is also an important component in the policy to strengthen relations with japan.”
there are no direct flights between israel and japan currently, and most passengers traveling between the two countries must make connecting flights in hong kong or seoul.
according to the tourism ministry, some people traveled from japan to israel in 2014.
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æd ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ tɪ ðə groʊɪŋ lɪst əv ˈsɪtiz ðət ər ə ˌnɑnˈstɑp flaɪt əˈweɪ frəm tɛl ɑˈviv. ə nu ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən dil bɪtˈwin ˌɪzˈreɪli ənd ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈɛˌrlaɪnz wɪl ˈɔfər ˈkəstəmərz əp tɪ 14 dɪˈrɛkt flaɪts bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈkəntriz iʧ wik. ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz frəm ˈɛˌrlaɪn ɛl æl ənd ˈbɪgəst ˈɛˌrlaɪn, ɔl ˌnɪˈpɑn, saɪnd ðə dil æt ə ˈrisənt ˈmitɪŋ ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ. gɪt ðə ˈstɑrˌtəp ˈɪzriəlz ˈdeɪli ˈstɑrˌtəp baɪ iˈmeɪl ənd ˈnɛvər mɪs ɑr tɔp ˈstɔriz fri saɪn əp ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstər kæts ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ kənˈfərmd ðə nu ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən əˈgrimənt, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪt gʊd news.”*.” əˈgrimənt ɪz ə dɪˈrɛkt kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən əv maɪ ˈpɑləsi tɪ ˈoʊpən ðə skies,”*,” kæts sɛd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ynet*. noʊ deɪt wɑz ˈgɪvɪn fər ðə lɔnʧ əv ðə nu rut. bɪˈliv ðət ˈædɪŋ ˌdɛstəˈneɪʃənz ɪn ʤəˈpæn ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ɛz wɛl ɛz flaɪts, wɪl ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈtʊrɪsts ərˈaɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈɪzriəl ɪn ðə nɪr fˈjuʧər. ðə əˈgrimənt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt kəmˈpoʊnənt ɪn ðə ˈpɑləsi tɪ ˈstrɛŋθən riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ japan.”*.” ðɛr ər noʊ dɪˈrɛkt flaɪts bɪtˈwin ˈɪzriəl ənd ʤəˈpæn ˈkərəntli, ənd moʊst ˈpæsənʤərz ˈtrævəlɪŋ bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈkəntriz məst meɪk kəˈnɛktɪŋ flaɪts ɪn hɔŋ kɔŋg ər soʊl. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ˈmɪnɪstri, səm ˈpipəl ˈtrævəld frəm ʤəˈpæn tɪ ˈɪzriəl ɪn 2014
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after listening to excuses from irs officials about why they cannot produce "lost" emails requested through a judicial watch freedom of information act lawsuit, u.s. district court judge emmet sullivan has ordered the irs to come up with a better explanation as to why the agency cannot produce valid documentation. he's also asking for details about irs hard drive destruction policy and wants verification from an outside source that irs hard drives in question were in fact destroyed as officials have claimed.
"in an extraordinary step, u. s. district court judge emmett sullivan has launched an independent inquiry into the issue of the missing emails associated with former irs official lois lerner," president of judicial watch john fitton said in a statement. "previously, judge sullivan ordered the irs to produce sworn declarations about the irs email issue by august 11. order confirms judicial read of this irs’ filings that treated as a joke judge order."
from judge sullivan's order:
in light of [26] the declarations filed by the irs, the irs is hereby ordered to file a sworn declaration, by an official with the authority to speak under oath for the agency, by no later than august 22, 2014. in this declaration, the irs must: (1) provide information about its efforts, if any, to recover missing lois lerner emails from alternate sources (i.e., blackberry, iphone, ipad); (2) provide additional information explaining the policy of tracking inventory through use of bar code property tags, including whether component parts, such as hard drives, receive a bar code tag when serviced. if individual components do not receive a bar code tag, provide information on how the irs tracks component parts, such as hard drives, when being serviced; (3)
provide information about the policy to hard drives, including whether the irs records whose hard drive ised, either by tracking the employee's name or the particular machine with which the hard drive was associated; and (4) provide information about the outside vendor who can verify the destruction policies concerning hard drives.
the irs has one week to come up with some answers.
h/t ed morrissey
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ˈæftər ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ɪkˈskjuzɪz frəm ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs əˈfɪʃəlz əˈbaʊt waɪ ðeɪ ˈkænɑt ˈproʊdus "lɔst" iˈmeɪlz rɪkˈwɛstɪd θru ə ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ˈfridəm əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ækt ˈlɔˌsut, juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ʤəʤ ˈɛmɪt ˈsəlɪvən həz ˈɔrdərd ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs tɪ kəm əp wɪθ ə ˈbɛtər ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən ɛz tɪ waɪ ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ˈkænɑt ˈproʊdus ˈvælɪd ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən. hiz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈæskɪŋ fər ˈditeɪlz əˈbaʊt ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs hɑrd draɪv dɪˈstrəkʃən ˈpɑləsi ənd wɔnts ˌvɛrəfəˈkeɪʃən frəm ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd sɔrs ðət ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs hɑrd draɪvz ɪn kˈwɛʃən wər ɪn fækt dɪˈstrɔɪd ɛz əˈfɪʃəlz hæv kleɪmd. "ɪn ən ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri stɛp, ju. ɛs. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ʤəʤ ˈɛmɪt ˈsəlɪvən həz lɔnʧt ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri ˈɪntu ðə ˈɪʃu əv ðə ˈmɪsɪŋ iˈmeɪlz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈfɔrmər ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs əˈfɪʃəl loʊəs ˈlərnər," ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ʤɑn ˈfɪtən sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. "ˈpriviəsli, ʤəʤ ˈsəlɪvən ˈɔrdərd ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs tɪ ˈproʊdus swɔrn ˌdɛklərˈeɪʃənz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs iˈmeɪl ˈɪʃu baɪ ˈɔgəst 11 ˈɔrdər kənˈfərmz ʤuˈdɪʃəl rɛd əv ðɪs irs’*’ ˈfaɪlɪŋz ðət ˈtritɪd ɛz ə ʤoʊk ʤəʤ ˈɔrdər." frəm ʤəʤ ˈsəlɪvənz ˈɔrdər: ɪn laɪt əv 26 ðə ˌdɛklərˈeɪʃənz faɪld baɪ ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs, ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs ɪz hɪrˈbaɪ ˈɔrdərd tɪ faɪl ə swɔrn ˌdɛklərˈeɪʃən, baɪ ən əˈfɪʃəl wɪθ ðə əˈθɔrəti tɪ spik ˈəndər oʊθ fər ðə ˈeɪʤənsi, baɪ noʊ ˈleɪtər ðən ˈɔgəst 22 2014 ɪn ðɪs ˌdɛklərˈeɪʃən, ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs məst: 1 prəˈvaɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ɪts ˈɛfərts, ɪf ˈɛni, tɪ rɪˈkəvər ˈmɪsɪŋ loʊəs ˈlərnər iˈmeɪlz frəm ˈɔltərˌneɪt ˈsɔrsəz (i.e*., ˈblækˌbɛri, ˈaɪˌfoʊn, ˈaɪˌpæd); 2 prəˈvaɪd əˈdɪʃənəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ ðə ˈpɑləsi əv ˈtrækɪŋ ˌɪnvənˈtɔri θru juz əv bɑr koʊd ˈprɑpərti tægz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈwɛðər kəmˈpoʊnənt pɑrts, səʧ ɛz hɑrd draɪvz, rɪˈsiv ə bɑr koʊd tæg wɪn ˈsərvɪst. ɪf ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl kəmˈpoʊnənts du nɑt rɪˈsiv ə bɑr koʊd tæg, prəˈvaɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn haʊ ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs træks kəmˈpoʊnənt pɑrts, səʧ ɛz hɑrd draɪvz, wɪn biɪŋ ˈsərvɪst; 3 prəˈvaɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpɑləsi tɪ hɑrd draɪvz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈwɛðər ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs ˈrɛkərdz huz hɑrd draɪv ɪz degaussed*, ˈiðər baɪ ˈtrækɪŋ ðə ɪmˈplɔɪiz neɪm ər ðə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr məˈʃin wɪθ wɪʧ ðə hɑrd draɪv wɑz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd; ənd 4 prəˈvaɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈvɛndər hu kən ˈvɛrəˌfaɪ ðə dɪˈstrəkʃən ˈpɑləsiz kənˈsərnɪŋ hɑrd draɪvz. ðə ˈaɪˌɑˈrɛs həz wən wik tɪ kəm əp wɪθ səm ˈænsərz. ɛd ˈmɔrɪsi
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more than public sector staff have been empowered by section 4 of the investigatory powers act to snoop on people's web browsing records.
and that's before the estimated staff at security agency, the at and at are taken into account.
that's according to the responses from a series of almost 100 freedom of information (foi) requests made in a bid to find out exactly who has the power to snoop on ordinary people's web browsing histories under the act.
gchq, the home office,, the national crime agency, the ministry of justice, all three armed forces and police service of scotland all failed to respond to the requests, so the total could be much higher.
according to whoishostingthis.com, a tool that enables internet users to find out which web hosting company a site is hosted with and the organisation that filed the requests, the sheer number of people empowered under the investigatory powers act will increase the risk of a large-scale breach of highly sensitive data.
"small-scale data protection breaches happen all the time; large scale hacks aren't that rare. and the government has a long track record of losing personal data accidentally, too," claimed the organisation.
access to people's web browsing histories by public sector staff is broken down into two types, full access or entities, the latter which provides a more restricted view.
"it's important to get to grips with the sheer scale of the issue. there are a dizzying number of people with access to your private data. they all have permission to see what you get up to on your laptop or phone. and, in some cases, it isn't clear how their jobs have anything to do with the supposed reasons the investigatory powers act was passed in the first place," the organisation added.
there are almost staff at with the power to peruse people's internet connection records out of 'full-time equivalents', which means that more than five per cent of employees can spy on people's web browsing histories. that is on top of in the's various police forces.
the investigatory powers act became law in 2016 after almost a decade in which governments of various complexions had tried - and failed - to bring in such web surveillance laws.
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mɔr ðən ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər stæf hæv bɪn ɪmˈpaʊərd baɪ ˈsɛkʃən 4 əv ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstəgəˌtɔri paʊərz ækt tɪ snup ɔn ˈpipəlz wɛb ˈbraʊzɪŋ ˈrɛkərdz. ənd ðæts ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd stæf æt sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi ðə æt ənd æt ər ˈteɪkən ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt. ðæts əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈspɑnsɪz frəm ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈɔlˌmoʊst 100 ˈfridəm əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən (foi*) rɪkˈwɛsts meɪd ɪn ə bɪd tɪ faɪnd aʊt ɪgˈzæktli hu həz ðə paʊər tɪ snup ɔn ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈpipəlz wɛb ˈbraʊzɪŋ ˈhɪstəriz ˈəndər ðə ækt., ðə hoʊm ˈɔfəs, ðə ˈnæʃənəl kraɪm ˈeɪʤənsi, ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈʤəstɪs, ɔl θri ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz ənd pəˈlis ˈsərvɪs əv ˈskɑtlənd ɔl feɪld tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðə rɪkˈwɛsts, soʊ ðə ˈtoʊtəl kʊd bi məʧ haɪər. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ whoishostingthis.com*, ə tul ðət ɪˈneɪbəlz ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈjuzərz tɪ faɪnd aʊt wɪʧ wɛb ˈhoʊstɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni ə saɪt ɪz ˈhoʊstɪd wɪθ ənd ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən ðət faɪld ðə rɪkˈwɛsts, ðə ʃɪr ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl ɪmˈpaʊərd ˈəndər ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstəgəˌtɔri paʊərz ækt wɪl ˌɪnˈkris ðə rɪsk əv ə ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl briʧ əv ˈhaɪli ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə. ˈdætə prəˈtɛkʃən ˈbriʧɪz ˈhæpən ɔl ðə taɪm; lɑrʤ skeɪl hæks ˈɑrənt ðət rɛr. ənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt həz ə lɔŋ træk ˈrɛkərd əv ˈluzɪŋ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə ˌæksəˈdɛnəli, tu," kleɪmd ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən. ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈpipəlz wɛb ˈbraʊzɪŋ ˈhɪstəriz baɪ ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər stæf ɪz ˈbroʊkən daʊn ˈɪntu tu taɪps, fʊl ˈækˌsɛs ər ˈɛntɪtiz, ðə ˈlætər wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ə mɔr riˈstrɪktɪd vju. "ɪts ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ gɪt tɪ grɪps wɪθ ðə ʃɪr skeɪl əv ðə ˈɪʃu. ðɛr ər ə ˈdɪziɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ jʊr ˈpraɪvət ˈdætə. ðeɪ ɔl hæv pərˈmɪʃən tɪ si wət ju gɪt əp tɪ ɔn jʊr ˈlæpˌtɑp ər foʊn. ənd, ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, ɪt ˈɪzənt klɪr haʊ ðɛr ʤɑbz hæv ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ðə səˈpoʊzd ˈrizənz ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstəgəˌtɔri paʊərz ækt wɑz pæst ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs," ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən ˈædɪd. ðɛr ər ˈɔlˌmoʊst stæf æt wɪθ ðə paʊər tɪ pəruz ˈpipəlz ˈɪntərˌnɛt kəˈnɛkʃən ˈrɛkərdz aʊt əv 'ˈfʊlˌtaɪm ɪkˈwɪvələnts', wɪʧ minz ðət mɔr ðən faɪv pər sɛnt əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz kən spaɪ ɔn ˈpipəlz wɛb ˈbraʊzɪŋ ˈhɪstəriz. ðət ɪz ɔn tɔp əv ɪn ðə ˈvɛriəs pəˈlis ˈfɔrsɪz. ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstəgəˌtɔri paʊərz ækt bɪˈkeɪm lɔ ɪn 2016 ˈæftər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə ˈdɛkeɪd ɪn wɪʧ ˈgəvərnmənts əv ˈvɛriəs kəmˈplɛkʃənz hæd traɪd ənd feɪld tɪ brɪŋ ɪn səʧ wɛb sərˈveɪləns lɔz.
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fear of a second mongol invasion was echoed even in king dynastic policy. he wrote in a letter to the pope: “in the interests of christianity, we let our royal dignity suffer humiliation by two of our daughters to princes and the third to a pole, in order to receive through them and other foreigners in the east news about the secretive tatars.” clearly an even greater sacrifice, mentioned in the same letter, was the marriage of his firstborn son to a girl; this was supposed to bind the warlike nomad horsemen, called back a few years after the mongol attack to the areas of the plains, even closer to the house of árpád, and hasten their absorption into the western christian community.
the aversion to foreigners, even when they were urgently needed as allies; the friction within their own ranks, even in times of extreme danger; and finally the justified sense of and being at the mercy of others, formed the background to the first catastrophe in the history of the christian hungarian kingdom. that the hungarians felt misjudged, betrayed and besieged by enemies was probably also, or perhaps primarily, the result of what is unanimously criticized in international historiography as “brazen blackmail”. the austrian duke, frederick, set a trap for the fleeing king of hungary (his cousin and neighbour, not to be confused with the emperor) robbed and imprisoned him. the austrian was already nicknamed “the quarrelsome” because he had fallen out with most of his neighbours, even having been temporarily outlawed and divested of his fief in 1236 by the emperor.
rogerius, mentioned lived through the mongol invasion as an and was himself imprisoned for a year, described this deed in the chapter of his account:
after his flight from the hordes the king rode day and night until he reached the polish border region: from there he hurried, as fast as he could, by the direct route to the queen, whoayed on the border with austria. on hearing this the duke of austria came to meet him with wicked intentions in his heart, but feigning friendship. the king had just laid down his weapons and, while breakfast was being prepared, lain down to sleep on the bank of aretch of water, having by an act of divine providence made his long escape alone from many horrible arrows and swords, when he was awakened. as soon as he beheld the duke he was very happy. meanwhile the duke, after saying other comforting words, asked the king to cross the danube, to have a more secure rest on the opposite bank, and the king, suspecting no evil, consented because the duke had said that he owned a castle on the other side where he could offer more befitting intended not to entertain the king but to destroy him. while the kingill believed he could get away from scylla, he fell victim to charybdis, and like the fish that tries to escape from the frying pan and jumps into the fire, believing that it has escaped misfortune, he found himself in an even more difficult situation because the duke of austria seized hold of him by cunning, and dealt with him according to his whim. he demanded from him a sum of money which he claimed the king had once extorted from him. what then? the king could not get away until he had counted out part of that money in coin and another part in gold and silver vessels, finally pledging three adjacent counties of his kingdom.
according to rogerius, duke frederick robbed the hungarian refugees and invaded the country with his army. he even attempted to capture (now bratislava) and györ, which however managed to defend themselves. the chronicler did not realize that duke frederick and had old scores to settle. frederick had attacked hungary several times since 1233, and had supported an uprising by hungarian magnates against their king. when and his sons. and coloman, resisted and chased him back to vienna, the duke could obtain a peace agreement only in return for a costly fine. he had never forgotten this humiliation, and now, against the admonitions of pope gregory ix, exploited the hungarians’ desperate situation.
the historian referred to the “understandably very negative impression” which “the treachery of its western neighbour left in hungarian historical as is well-known, none of the central and east europeanates have school textbooks that treat in a particularly balanced way their own and their history.ill, the chasm is rarely as wide as in the depiction of the episode described by rogerius. thus the hungarian historian (1935): “frederick… capped the disgraceful against the right of hospitality to the greater glory of christian solidarity with an attack on the country suffering under the tatars.” the austrian historian hugo (1947) saw the role of the duke differently: “frederick…ops the tatars’ advance to germany… austria once again proves its worth as the bulwark of the occident, as the shield of the empire.”
it was an irony of fate indeed that the moribund kingdom was successful against the expansionist attempts of duke frederick of austria in particular. after death in the battle at the leitha in june 1246 even got involved in the successionruggle of thes and brought temporarily under his control, his son and successor becoming its prince for some years. however, after a serious defeat by of bohemia at in austria, the hungarians were no longer able to assert themselves. the “annihilation of the kingdom of actually came to pass. on the contrary,eeled himself after his return for the enormous task of rebuilding the ravaged country, especially the lowland and eastern areas, which he did with considerable energy, resolve and courage.
béla, not unjustly dubbed in his country as its second founder afterephen for hisatesmanship and achievements,ill had years ahead of him after the departure of the mongols. likeephen, he was a ruler who practised openness, and the prime mover in an extensive policy of colonization. his realm extended over the entire basin and embraced croatia-slavonia, and part of bosnia. the reason why he so quickly regained his political power is partly that the most densely populated western areas of the country were those least affected by the mongol depredations.ill, his entire domestic and external politics were always haunted by the nightmare of a renewed mongol incursion, which led to the organizing of a completely new defensive system. the fact that only some castles had withstood the mongol attacks showed that only forts offered genuine security. that is why the king wanted to see so many cities and smaller places encircled byone walls. he created a new powerful army, replacing the light archers with a force of heavy cavalry.
béla managed to resettle thes on the great plains, and this foreign tribe came to play an outstanding role in the new army. in his previously cited letter to pope innocent he wrote: “unfortunately we now defend our country with pagans, and with their help we bring the enemies of the church under control.” the alan jazyges, originally alsoeppe horsemen from the east, settled in the country with thes. a royal document of 1267ates that the king had called peasants and soldiers from all parts of the world into the country to it. german colonists as well as slovaks, poles and thus came into upper hungary slovakia); germans and romanians, but also many hungarians, moved to transylvania. soon french, walloon, italian and greek migrants moved to the cities. the jewish communities of (newly fortified as a royal seat), and were under the personal protection. already by 1050, according to the historical chronology of hungary by benda, was a centre for jewish traders who maintained the business connection between russia and regensburg and are said to have built a synagogue. minting was assigned to the of, which in turn entrusted the task to a jew from vienna named herschel.
king finally had to pay a high political price to the predominantly narrow-minded, selfish oligarchs for the surprisingly fast reconstruction, the promotion of urban development establishment of a new army. the disastrous concentration of power in the hands of the great magnates remained in force, and inark contrast to radical measures and the reforms passed before the mongol attack, they were able to assert their old privileges and, even more serious, they were not after all required to return the royal estates and castles, but even received further endowments. this soon created chaotic conditions.
during the last decade of his reign was already embroiled in a serious conflict with his son, the laterephen v, who wasrong in military virtues but.ephen’s rule as sole king lasted only two years; he could not control the mounting tensions between the power of the by now were feuding among themselves, as were some of the senior the lower nobility, who had been supported by as their counterbalance through the granting of privileges. but it was the particularly explosive and unresolved issue of the absorption of the horsemen into the hungarian environment which once again impinged disastrously on the royal house itself. although thes were a mainstay of the new army, especially in campaigns outside borders, the complete and linguistic assimilation of the tens of thousands of former nomad horsemen took another two to three centuries.
the marriage of sonephen to elizabeth, daughter of the assassinated prince kötöny, was meant to seal a lasting reconciliation with this ethnic group. the plan was to give thes parity of treatment with the nobility, butephen’s untimely death brought an abrupt end to these endeavours.
stephen’s son (1272–90) wasill a child, and the queen mother elizabeth, who called herself “queen of hungary, daughter of the emperor”, proved to be a puppet in the hands of the oligarchs and blatant favourites, and thus totally for the task of regency. she and her son trusted onlys, hindering rather than fostering the precarious process of integration by their exaggerated and demonstrative partiality towards theeppe warriors.
only once did the young king show his a historic action at a decisive moment for future. it happened on the battlefield of dürnkrut, where the army of hungarians ands, estimated at men, resolved the conflict between rudolf of habsburg and of bohemia. in the words of the hungarian historian hanák, “in the battle of the [dürnkrut] hungarian arms helped establish the and imperial authority of the habsburgs.” apart from this, the life of the young king, already known in his lifetime as “ladislaus the” lászló), was an uninterrupted series of scandals, intrigues and bloody settling of scores. the passionate, spirited and, according to tradition, continuously king for some reason refused to produce a successor with his wife, the princess isabella of naples, and had her locked up in a convent. when his pagan following and numerous mistresses resulted in a papal interdict, the psychopathic monarch threatened (as the archbishop expressed it in a letter to the pope) “to have the archbishop of, his bishops and the whole bunch in rome decapitated with a tatar sabre”. incidentally, is supposed to have performed the sex act with his mistress during a council meeting in the presence of the dignitaries and high clergy. he was excommunicated, and finally killed at the age of by twos hired by the hungarian magnates.
ladislaus died without issue and anarchy followed. groups of oligarchs ruled their spheres of interest as if they were family estates, and considered the entire country theirs for the taking, dividing it up between themselves. the last árpád king,i, was unable to central authority or prevent the disintegration. he died in 1301, leaving only an infant daughter, and with him the male line of the árpáds died out. years ofruggle for the coveted throne of hungary, by now recognized as a member of the european community ofates, resulted in 1308 in the victory of the charles robert, grandson of mary of naples, sister of.
in the long run the politically and, above all, psychologically most significant heritage of the time of “ladislaus the” was the “new historical image” of the hungarians, invented from a to z by his court preacher simon kézai. in his famous letter to the pope, kingill compared the mongols with attila and his murderous and. barely a generation later, between 1281 and 1285, the court scribe saw the in a quite different light. kézai, a giftedoryteller, perceived attila as a worthy ancestor of the christian kings. from sources he found “all around italy, france and germany” this court cleric, a man of simple background, calling himself in his preface an enthusiastic adherent of king, concocted the evidently desired historical image. he produced the surprising theory of a “dual conquest”: the original 108 clans had in the distant past already made up the same at that time were the, and were now the hungarians. coming from scythia, they had already occupied once before, around the year 700, and under attila conquered half the world. they then retreated to scythia, finally settling permanently in. the 108 clans of 1280 were thus, according to simon kézai, the descendants of the original any mingling. thus was born a historical continuity which had never existed.
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fɪr əv ə ˈsɛkənd ˈmɑŋgəl ˌɪnˈveɪʒən wɑz ˈɛkoʊd ˈivɪn ɪn kɪŋ daɪˈnæstɪk ˈpɑləsi. hi roʊt ɪn ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ðə poʊp: ðə ˈɪntərɪsts əv ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti, wi lɛt ɑr rɔɪəl ˈdɪgnəti ˈsəfər hjuˌmɪliˈeɪʃən baɪ tu əv ɑr ˈdɔtərz tɪ ˈprɪnsɪz ənd ðə θərd tɪ ə poʊl, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ rɪˈsiv θru ðɛm ənd ˈəðər ˈfɔrənərz ɪn ðə ist nuz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsikrətɪv tatars.”*.” ˈklɪrli ən ˈivɪn ˈgreɪtər ˈsækrəˌfaɪs, ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn ðə seɪm ˈlɛtər, wɑz ðə ˈmɛrɪʤ əv hɪz ˈfərstˈbɔrn sən tɪ ə gərl; ðɪs wɑz səˈpoʊzd tɪ baɪnd ðə ˈwɔˌrlaɪk ˈnoʊˌmæd ˈhɔrsmən, kɔld bæk ə fju jɪrz ˈæftər ðə ˈmɑŋgəl əˈtæk tɪ ðə ˈɛriəz əv ðə pleɪnz, ˈivɪn ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðə haʊs əv, ənd ˈheɪsən ðɛr əbˈzɔrpʃən ˈɪntu ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈkrɪsʧɪn kəmˈjunɪti. ðə əˈvərʒən tɪ ˈfɔrənərz, ˈivɪn wɪn ðeɪ wər ˈərʤəntli ˈnidɪd ɛz ˈælaɪz; ðə ˈfrɪkʃən wɪˈθɪn ðɛr oʊn ræŋks, ˈivɪn ɪn taɪmz əv ɪkˈstrim ˈdeɪnʤər; ənd ˈfaɪnəli ðə ˈʤəstəˌfaɪd sɛns əv ənd biɪŋ æt ðə ˈmərsi əv ˈəðərz, fɔrmd ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd tɪ ðə fərst kəˈtæstrəfi ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn həŋˈgɛriən ˈkɪŋdəm. ðət ðə həŋˈgɛriənz fɛlt mɪsˈʤəʤd, bɪˈtreɪd ənd bɪˈsiʤd baɪ ˈɛnəmiz wɑz ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈɔlsoʊ, ər pərˈhæps praɪˈmɛrəli, ðə rɪˈzəlt əv wət ɪz juˈnænəməsli ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ɪn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl hɪˌstɔriˈɑgrəfi ɛz blackmail”*”. ðə ˈɔstriən duk, ˈfrɛdərɪk, sɛt ə træp fər ðə fliɪŋ kɪŋ əv ˈhəŋgəri (hɪz ˈkəzən ənd ˈneɪbər, nɑt tɪ bi kənfˈjuzd wɪθ ðə ˈɛmpərər) rɑbd ənd ˌɪmˈprɪzənd ɪm. ðə ˈɔstriən wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ˈnɪkˌneɪmd quarrelsome”*” bɪˈkəz hi hæd ˈfɑlən aʊt wɪθ moʊst əv hɪz ˈneɪbərz, ˈivɪn ˈhævɪŋ bɪn ˌtɛmpərˈɛrəli ˈaʊˌtlɔd ənd daɪˈvɛstɪd əv hɪz fif ɪn 1236 baɪ ðə ˈɛmpərər. rogerius*, ˈmɛnʃənd lɪvd θru ðə ˈmɑŋgəl ˌɪnˈveɪʒən ɛz ən ənd wɑz hɪmˈsɛlf ˌɪmˈprɪzənd fər ə jɪr, dɪˈskraɪbd ðɪs did ɪn ðə ˈʧæptər əv hɪz əˈkaʊnt: ˈæftər hɪz flaɪt frəm ðə hɔrdz ðə kɪŋ roʊd deɪ ənd naɪt ənˈtɪl hi riʧt ðə ˈpɑlɪʃ ˈbɔrdər ˈriʤən: frəm ðɛr hi ˈhərid, ɛz fæst ɛz hi kʊd, baɪ ðə dɪˈrɛkt rut tɪ ðə kwin, hu steɪd ɔn ðə ˈbɔrdər wɪθ ˈɔstriə. ɔn ˈhirɪŋ ðɪs ðə duk əv ˈɔstriə keɪm tɪ mit ɪm wɪθ ˈwɪkəd ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz ɪn hɪz hɑrt, bət ˈfeɪnɪŋ ˈfrɛndʃɪp. ðə kɪŋ hæd ʤɪst leɪd daʊn hɪz ˈwɛpənz ənd, waɪl ˈbrɛkfəst wɑz biɪŋ priˈpɛrd, leɪn daʊn tɪ slip ɔn ðə bæŋk əv ə strɛʧ əv ˈwɔtər, ˈhævɪŋ baɪ ən ækt əv dɪˈvaɪn ˈprɑvədəns meɪd hɪz lɔŋ ɪˈskeɪp əˈloʊn frəm ˈmɛni ˈhɔrəbəl ˈɛroʊz ənd sɔrdz, wɪn hi wɑz əˈweɪkənd. ɛz sun ɛz hi biˈhɛld ðə duk hi wɑz ˈvɛri ˈhæpi. ˈminˌwaɪl ðə duk, ˈæftər seɪɪŋ ˈəðər ˈkəmfərtɪŋ wərdz, æst ðə kɪŋ tɪ krɔs ðə ˈdænjub, tɪ hæv ə mɔr sɪˈkjʊr rɛst ɔn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt bæŋk, ənd ðə kɪŋ, səˈspɛktɪŋ noʊ ˈivəl, kənˈsɛnɪd bɪˈkəz ðə duk hæd sɛd ðət hi oʊnd ə ˈkæsəl ɔn ðə ˈəðər saɪd wɛr hi kʊd ˈɔfər mɔr bɪˈfɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd nɑt tɪ ˌɛnərˈteɪn ðə kɪŋ bət tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ɪm. waɪl ðə kɪŋ stɪl bɪˈlivd hi kʊd gɪt əˈweɪ frəm ˈsɪlə, hi fɛl ˈvɪktɪm tɪ charybdis*, ənd laɪk ðə fɪʃ ðət traɪz tɪ ɪˈskeɪp frəm ðə fraɪɪŋ pæn ənd ʤəmps ˈɪntu ðə faɪər, bɪˈlivɪŋ ðət ɪt həz ɪˈskeɪpt mɪsˈfɔrʧən, hi faʊnd hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ən ˈivɪn mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən bɪˈkəz ðə duk əv ˈɔstriə sizd hoʊld əv ɪm baɪ ˈkənɪŋ, ənd dɛlt wɪθ ɪm əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ hɪz wɪm. hi dɪˈmændɪd frəm ɪm ə səm əv ˈməni wɪʧ hi kleɪmd ðə kɪŋ hæd wəns ɛkˈstɔrtɪd frəm ɪm. wət ðɛn? ðə kɪŋ kʊd nɑt gɪt əˈweɪ ənˈtɪl hi hæd ˈkaʊntɪd aʊt pɑrt əv ðət ˈməni ɪn kɔɪn ənd əˈnəðər pɑrt ɪn goʊld ənd ˈsɪlvər ˈvɛsəlz, ˈfaɪnəli ˈplɛʤɪŋ θri əˈʤeɪsənt ˈkaʊntiz əv hɪz ˈkɪŋdəm. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ rogerius*, duk ˈfrɛdərɪk rɑbd ðə həŋˈgɛriən ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz ənd ˌɪnˈveɪdɪd ðə ˈkəntri wɪθ hɪz ˈɑrmi. hi ˈivɪn əˈtɛmptəd tɪ ˈkæpʧər (naʊ bratislava*) ənd györ*, wɪʧ ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˈmænɪʤd tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðə ˈkrɑnɪklər dɪd nɑt ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət duk ˈfrɛdərɪk ənd hæd oʊld skɔrz tɪ ˈsɛtəl. ˈfrɛdərɪk hæd əˈtækt ˈhəŋgəri ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz sɪns 1233 ənd hæd səˈpɔrtɪd ən ˈəˌpraɪzɪŋ baɪ həŋˈgɛriən ˈmægˌneɪts əˈgɛnst ðɛr kɪŋ. wɪn ənd hɪz sənz. ənd coloman*, rɪˈzɪstɪd ənd ʧeɪst ɪm bæk tɪ viˈɛnə, ðə duk kʊd əbˈteɪn ə pis əˈgrimənt ˈoʊnli ɪn rɪˈtərn fər ə ˈkɔstli faɪn. hi hæd ˈnɛvər fərˈgɑtən ðɪs hjuˌmɪliˈeɪʃən, ənd naʊ, əˈgɛnst ðə ˌædməˈnɪʃənz əv poʊp ˈgrɛgəri ix*, ˈɛkˌsplɔɪtəd ðə hungarians’*’ ˈdɛspərɪt ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ðə hɪˈstɔriən rɪˈfərd tɪ ðə ˈvɛri ˈnɛgətɪv impression”*” wɪʧ ˈtrɛʧəri əv ɪts ˈwɛstərn ˈneɪbər lɛft ɪn həŋˈgɛriən hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ɛz ɪz ˈwɛlˈnoʊn, nən əv ðə ˈsɛntrəl ənd ist ˌjʊrəˈpiən steɪts hæv skul ˈtɛkstˌbʊks ðət trit ɪn ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈbælənst weɪ ðɛr oʊn ənd ðɛr ˈhɪstəri. stɪl, ðə ˈkæzəm ɪz ˈrɛrli ɛz waɪd ɛz ɪn ðə dɪˈpɪkʃən əv ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd dɪˈskraɪbd baɪ rogerius*. ðəs ðə həŋˈgɛriən hɪˈstɔriən 1935 ““frederick…*… kæpt ðə dɪsˈgreɪsfəl əˈgɛnst ðə raɪt əv ˌhɑspəˈtæləti tɪ ðə ˈgreɪtər ˈglɔri əv ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˌsɑləˈdɛrəti wɪθ ən əˈtæk ɔn ðə ˈkəntri ˈsəfərɪŋ ˈəndər ðə tatars.”*.” ðə ˈɔstriən hɪˈstɔriən ˈjugoʊ 1947 sɔ ðə roʊl əv ðə duk ˈdɪfərˈɛntli: ““frederick…*… stɑps ðə tatars’*’ ədˈvæns tɪ germany…*… ˈɔstriə wəns əˈgɛn pruvz ɪts wərθ ɛz ðə ˈbʊlwərk əv ðə ˈɑksəˌdɛnt, ɛz ðə ʃild əv ðə empire.”*.” ɪt wɑz ən ˈaɪrəni əv feɪt ˌɪnˈdid ðət ðə ˈmɔrəbənd ˈkɪŋdəm wɑz səkˈsɛsfəl əˈgɛnst ðə ɪkˈspænʧənɪst əˈtɛmpts əv duk ˈfrɛdərɪk əv ˈɔstriə ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr. ˈæftər dɛθ ɪn ðə ˈbætəl æt ðə ˈliðə ɪn ʤun 1246 ˈivɪn gɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə səkˈsɛʃən ˈstrəgəl əv ðə ənd brɔt ˌtɛmpərˈɛrəli ˈəndər hɪz kənˈtroʊl, hɪz sən ənd səkˈsɛsər bɪˈkəmɪŋ ɪts prɪns fər səm jɪrz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈæftər ə ˈsɪriəs dɪˈfit baɪ əv boʊˈhimiə æt ɪn ˈɔstriə, ðə həŋˈgɛriənz wər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈeɪbəl tɪ əˈsərt ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðə əv ðə ˈkɪŋdəm əv ˈæˌkʧuəli keɪm tɪ pæs. ɔn ðə ˈkɑntrɛri, stild hɪmˈsɛlf ˈæftər hɪz rɪˈtərn fər ðə ɪˈnɔrmɪs tæsk əv riˈbɪldɪŋ ðə ˈrævɪʤd ˈkəntri, əˈspɛʃəli ðə ˈloʊˌlænd ənd ˈistərn ˈɛriəz, wɪʧ hi dɪd wɪθ kənˈsɪdərəbəl ˈɛnərʤi, riˈzɑlv ənd kərɪʤ., nɑt ənˈʤəstli dəbd ɪn hɪz ˈkəntri ɛz ɪts ˈsɛkənd ˈfaʊndər ˈæftər ˈstivən fər hɪz ˈsteɪtsmənˌʃɪp ənd əˈʧivmənts, stɪl hæd jɪrz əˈhɛd əv ɪm ˈæftər ðə dɪˈpɑrʧər əv ðə ˈmɑŋgəlz. laɪk ˈstivən, hi wɑz ə ˈrulər hu ˈpræktɪst ˈoʊpənəs, ənd ðə praɪm ˈmuvər ɪn ən ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈpɑləsi əv ˌkɑlənɪˈzeɪʃən. hɪz rɛlm ɪkˈstɛndɪd ˈoʊvər ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈbeɪsən ənd ɛmˈbreɪst croatia-slavonia*, ənd pɑrt əv ˈbɑzniə. ðə ˈrizən waɪ hi soʊ kˈwɪkli riˈgeɪnd hɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl paʊər ɪz ˈpɑrtli ðət ðə moʊst ˈdɛnsli ˈpɑpjəˌleɪtəd ˈwɛstərn ˈɛriəz əv ðə ˈkəntri wər ðoʊz list əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðə ˈmɑŋgəl ˌdɛprəˈdeɪʃənz. stɪl, hɪz ɪnˈtaɪər dəˈmɛstɪk ənd ɪkˈstərnəl ˈpɑləˌtɪks wər ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈhɔntɪd baɪ ðə ˈnaɪtˌmɛr əv ə rɪˈnud ˈmɑŋgəl ˌɪnˈkərʒən, wɪʧ lɛd tɪ ðə ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzɪŋ əv ə kəmˈplitli nu dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈsɪstəm. ðə fækt ðət ˈoʊnli səm ˈkæsəlz hæd wɪθˈstʊd ðə ˈmɑŋgəl əˈtæks ʃoʊd ðət ˈoʊnli fɔrts ˈɔfərd ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪn sɪˈkjʊrəti. ðət ɪz waɪ ðə kɪŋ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ si soʊ ˈmɛni ˈsɪtiz ənd sˈmɔlər ˈpleɪsɪz ɪnˈsərkəld baɪ stoʊn wɔlz. hi kriˈeɪtɪd ə nu ˈpaʊərfəl ˈɑrmi, rɪˈpleɪsɪŋ ðə laɪt ˈɑrʧərz wɪθ ə fɔrs əv ˈhɛvi ˈkævəlri. ˈmænɪʤd tɪ riˈsɛtəl ðə ɔn ðə greɪt pleɪnz, ənd ðɪs ˈfɔrən traɪb keɪm tɪ pleɪ ən ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ roʊl ɪn ðə nu ˈɑrmi. ɪn hɪz ˈpriviəsli ˈsaɪtɪd ˈlɛtər tɪ poʊp ˈɪnəsənt hi roʊt: wi naʊ dɪˈfɛnd ɑr ˈkəntri wɪθ pagans*, ənd wɪθ ðɛr hɛlp wi brɪŋ ðə ˈɛnəmiz əv ðə ʧərʧ ˈəndər control.”*.” ðə ˈælən jazyges*, ərˈɪʤənəli ˈɔlsoʊ stɛp ˈhɔrsmən frəm ðə ist, ˈsɛtəld ɪn ðə ˈkəntri wɪθ ðə. ə rɔɪəl ˈdɑkjəmɛnt əv 1267 steɪts ðət ðə kɪŋ hæd kɔld ˈpɛzənts ənd ˈsoʊlʤərz frəm ɔl pɑrts əv ðə wərld ˈɪntu ðə ˈkəntri tɪ ɪt. ˈʤərmən ˈkɑlənɪsts ɛz wɛl ɛz sˈloʊvɑks, poʊlz ənd ðəs keɪm ˈɪntu ˈəpər ˈhəŋgəri sˌloʊˈvɑˌkiə); ˈʤərmənz ənd roʊˈmeɪniənz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmɛni həŋˈgɛriənz, muvd tɪ ˌtrænzilˈveɪniə. sun frɛnʧ, walloon*, ˌɪˈtæljən ənd grik ˈmaɪgrənts muvd tɪ ðə ˈsɪtiz. ðə ʤuɪʃ kəmˈjunɪtiz əv (ˈnuli ˈfɔrtəˌfaɪd ɛz ə rɔɪəl sit), ənd wər ˈəndər ðə ˈpərsɪnəl prəˈtɛkʃən. ɔˈrɛdi baɪ 1050 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl krəˈnɑləʤi əv ˈhəŋgəri baɪ ˈbɛndə, wɑz ə ˈsɛntər fər ʤuɪʃ ˈtreɪdərz hu meɪnˈteɪnd ðə ˈbɪznɪs kəˈnɛkʃən bɪtˈwin ˈrəʃə ənd ˈrigənzbərg ənd ər sɛd tɪ hæv bɪlt ə ˈsɪnəˌgɔg. ˈmɪntɪŋ wɑz əˈsaɪnd tɪ ðə əv, wɪʧ ɪn tərn ɛnˈtrəstɪd ðə tæsk tɪ ə ʤu frəm viˈɛnə neɪmd ˈhərʃəl. kɪŋ ˈfaɪnəli hæd tɪ peɪ ə haɪ pəˈlɪtɪkəl praɪs tɪ ðə ˌprɪˈdɑmənənˌtli narrow-minded*, ˈsɛlfɪʃ ˈoʊlɪˌgɑrks fər ðə səˈpraɪzɪŋli fæst ˌrikənˈstrəkʃən, ðə pərˈmoʊʃən əv ˈərbən dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt əv ə nu ˈɑrmi. ðə dɪˈzæstrəs ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən əv paʊər ɪn ðə hænz əv ðə greɪt ˈmægˌneɪts rɪˈmeɪnd ɪn fɔrs, ənd ɪn stɑrk ˈkɑntræst tɪ ˈrædɪkəl ˈmɛʒərz ənd ðə rɪˈfɔrmz pæst ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈmɑŋgəl əˈtæk, ðeɪ wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ əˈsərt ðɛr oʊld ˈprɪvɪˌlɪʤɪz ənd, ˈivɪn mɔr ˈsɪriəs, ðeɪ wər nɑt ˈæftər ɔl rikˈwaɪərd tɪ rɪˈtərn ðə rɔɪəl ɛˈsteɪts ənd ˈkæsəlz, bət ˈivɪn rɪˈsivd ˈfərðər ɛnˈdaʊmənts. ðɪs sun kriˈeɪtɪd keɪˈɑtɪk kənˈdɪʃənz. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst ˈdɛkeɪd əv hɪz reɪn wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ɛmˈbrɔɪld ɪn ə ˈsɪriəs ˈkɑnflɪkt wɪθ hɪz sən, ðə ˈleɪtər ˈstivən vi, hu wɑz strɔŋ ɪn ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈvərʧuz bət. rul ɛz soʊl kɪŋ ˈlæstɪd ˈoʊnli tu jɪrz; hi kʊd nɑt kənˈtroʊl ðə ˈmaʊntɪŋ ˈtɛnʧənz bɪtˈwin ðə paʊər əv ðə baɪ naʊ wər fˈjudɪŋ əˈməŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz, ɛz wər səm əv ðə ˈsinjər ðə loʊər noʊˈbɪləti, hu hæd bɪn səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ɛz ðɛr ˈkaʊnərˌbæləns θru ðə ˈgrænɪŋ əv ˈprɪvɪˌlɪʤɪz. bət ɪt wɑz ðə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪkˈsploʊsɪv ənd ənrɪˈzɑlvd ˈɪʃu əv ðə əbˈzɔrpʃən əv ðə ˈhɔrsmən ˈɪntu ðə həŋˈgɛriən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt wɪʧ wəns əˈgɛn ˌɪmˈpɪnʤd dɪˈzæstrəsli ɔn ðə rɔɪəl haʊs ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə wər ə ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ əv ðə nu ˈɑrmi, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn kæmˈpeɪnz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈbɔrdərz, ðə kəmˈplit ənd lɪŋgˈwɪstɪk əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən əv ðə tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈfɔrmər ˈnoʊˌmæd ˈhɔrsmən tʊk əˈnəðər tu tɪ θri ˈsɛnʧəriz. ðə ˈmɛrɪʤ əv sən ˈstivən tɪ ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ, ˈdɔtər əv ðə əˈsæsəˌneɪtəd prɪns kötöny*, wɑz mɛnt tɪ sil ə ˈlæstɪŋ ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən wɪθ ðɪs ˈɛθnɪk grup. ðə plæn wɑz tɪ gɪv ðə ˈpɛrəti əv ˈtritmənt wɪθ ðə noʊˈbɪləti, bət ənˈtaɪmli dɛθ brɔt ən əˈbrəpt ɛnd tɪ ðiz endeavours*. sən wɑz stɪl ə ʧaɪld, ənd ðə kwin ˈməðər ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ, hu kɔld hərˈsɛlf əv ˈhəŋgəri, ˈdɔtər əv ðə emperor”*”, pruvd tɪ bi ə ˈpəpɪt ɪn ðə hænz əv ðə ˈoʊlɪˌgɑrks ənd ˈbleɪtənt favourites*, ənd ðəs ˈtoʊtəli fər ðə tæsk əv ˈriʤənsi. ʃi ənd hər sən ˈtrəstɪd ˈoʊnli, ˈhɪndərɪŋ ˈrəðər ðən ˈfɑstərɪŋ ðə priˈkɛriəs ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən baɪ ðɛr ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪd ənd dɪˈmɑnstrətɪv ˌpɑrʃiˈæləti təˈwɔrdz ðə stɛp ˈwɔrjərz. ˈoʊnli wəns dɪd ðə jəŋ kɪŋ ʃoʊ hɪz ə hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈækʃən æt ə dɪˈsaɪsɪv ˈmoʊmənt fər fˈjuʧər. ɪt ˈhæpənd ɔn ðə ˈbætəlˌfild əv dürnkrut*, wɛr ðə ˈɑrmi əv həŋˈgɛriənz ənd, ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd æt mɛn, riˈzɑlvd ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt bɪtˈwin ˈruˌdɑlf əv ˈhæpsbərg ənd əv boʊˈhimiə. ɪn ðə wərdz əv ðə həŋˈgɛriən hɪˈstɔriən hanák*, ðə ˈbætəl əv ðə [dürnkrut*] həŋˈgɛriən ɑrmz hɛlpt ɪˈstæblɪʃ ðə ənd ˌɪmˈpɪriəl əˈθɔrəti əv ðə habsburgs.”*.” əˈpɑrt frəm ðɪs, ðə laɪf əv ðə jəŋ kɪŋ, ɔˈrɛdi noʊn ɪn hɪz ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm ɛz ðə cuman”*” lászló*ó), wɑz ən ˌənɪnərˈəptɪd ˈsɪriz əv ˈskændəlz, ˌɪnˈtrigz ənd ˈblədi ˈsɛtəlɪŋ əv skɔrz. ðə ˈpæʃənət, ˈspɪrɪtəd ənd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ trəˈdɪʃən, kənˈtɪnjuəsli kɪŋ fər səm ˈrizən rɪfˈjuzd tɪ ˈproʊdus ə səkˈsɛsər wɪθ hɪz waɪf, ðə ˈprɪnsɛs ˌɪzəˈbɛlə əv ˈneɪpəlz, ənd hæd hər lɑkt əp ɪn ə ˈkɑnˌvɛnt. wɪn hɪz ˈpeɪgən ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ənd ˈnumərəs ˈmɪstrəsɪz rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn ə ˈpeɪpəl ˈɪntərˌdɪkt, ðə ˌsaɪkəˈpæθɪk ˈmɑˌnɑrk θˈrɛtənd (ɛz ðə ˈɑrʧˈbɪʃəp ɪkˈsprɛst ɪt ɪn ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ðə poʊp) hæv ðə ˈɑrʧˈbɪʃəp əv, hɪz ˈbɪʃəps ənd ðə hoʊl bənʧ ɪn roʊm diˈkæpəˌteɪtɪd wɪθ ə ˌtɑˈtɑr sabre”*”. ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli, ɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ hæv pərˈfɔrmd ðə sɛks ækt wɪθ hɪz ˈmɪstrəs ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈkaʊnsəl ˈmitɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ðə ˈdɪgnəˌtɛriz ənd haɪ ˈklərʤi. hi wɑz ˌɛkskəmˈjunəˌkeɪtəd, ənd ˈfaɪnəli kɪld æt ðə eɪʤ əv baɪ tu haɪərd baɪ ðə həŋˈgɛriən ˈmægˌneɪts. daɪd wɪˈθaʊt ˈɪʃu ənd ˈænərˌki ˈfɑloʊd. grups əv ˈoʊlɪˌgɑrks ruld ðɛr sfɪrz əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɛz ɪf ðeɪ wər ˈfæməli ɛˈsteɪts, ənd kənˈsɪdərd ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈkəntri ðɛrz fər ðə ˈteɪkɪŋ, dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ ɪt əp bɪtˈwin ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðə læst kɪŋ, iii*, wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ ˈsɛntrəl əˈθɔrəti ər prɪˈvɛnt ðə dɪˌsɪnəˈgreɪʃən. hi daɪd ɪn 1301 ˈlivɪŋ ˈoʊnli ən ˈɪnfənt ˈdɔtər, ənd wɪθ ɪm ðə meɪl laɪn əv ðə daɪd aʊt. jɪrz əv ˈstrəgəl fər ðə ˈkəvətɪd θroʊn əv ˈhəŋgəri, baɪ naʊ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən kəmˈjunɪti əv steɪts, rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn 1308 ɪn ðə ˈvɪktəri əv ðə ˈʧɑrəlz ˈrɑbərt, ˈgrændˌsən əv ˈmɛri əv ˈneɪpəlz, ˈsɪstər əv. ɪn ðə lɔŋ rən ðə ˈplɪtɪkli ənd, əˈbəv ɔl, ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkli moʊst sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ əv ðə taɪm əv ðə cuman”*” wɑz ðə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl image”*” əv ðə həŋˈgɛriənz, ˌɪnˈvɛntɪd frəm ə tɪ zi baɪ hɪz kɔrt ˈpriʧər ˈsaɪmən kézai*. ɪn hɪz ˈfeɪməs ˈlɛtər tɪ ðə poʊp, kɪŋ stɪl kəmˈpɛrd ðə ˈmɑŋgəlz wɪθ əˈtɪlə ənd hɪz ˈmərdərəs ənd. ˈbɛrli ə ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈleɪtər, bɪtˈwin 1281 ənd 1285 ðə kɔrt skraɪb sɔ ðə ɪn ə kwaɪt ˈdɪfərənt laɪt. kézai*, ə ˈgɪftɪd ˈstɔriˌtɛlər, pərˈsivd əˈtɪlə ɛz ə ˈwərði ˈænˌsɛstər əv ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn kɪŋz. frəm ˈsɔrsəz hi faʊnd əraʊnd ˈɪtəli, fræns ənd germany”*” ðɪs kɔrt ˈklɛrɪk, ə mæn əv ˈsɪmpəl ˈbækˌgraʊnd, ˈkɔlɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn hɪz ˈprɛfəs ən ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪk əˈdhɪrənt əv kɪŋ, kənˈkɑktəd ðə ˈɛvədəntli dɪˈzaɪərd hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈɪmɪʤ. hi prəˈdust ðə səˈpraɪzɪŋ ˈθɪri əv ə conquest”*”: ðə ərˈɪʤənəl 108 klænz hæd ɪn ðə ˈdɪstənt pæst ɔˈrɛdi meɪd əp ðə seɪm æt ðət taɪm wər ðə, ənd wər naʊ ðə həŋˈgɛriənz. ˈkəmɪŋ frəm scythia*, ðeɪ hæd ɔˈrɛdi ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd wəns ˌbiˈfɔr, əraʊnd ðə jɪr 700 ənd ˈəndər əˈtɪlə ˈkɑŋkərd hæf ðə wərld. ðeɪ ðɛn riˈtritɪd tɪ scythia*, ˈfaɪnəli ˈsɛtəlɪŋ ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli ɪn. ðə 108 klænz əv 1280 wər ðəs, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsaɪmən kézai*, ðə dɪˈsɛnɪnts əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɛni ˈmɪŋgəlɪŋ. ðəs wɑz bɔrn ə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˌkɑntəˈnuəti wɪʧ hæd ˈnɛvər ɪgˈzɪstəd. ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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family leadership summit
the american family association is throwing a prayer rally for gov. bobby at next month. (ap neibergall)
are legal abortion and same-sex marriage leading to more disasters like hurricane katrina? does the first amendment only protect christian religious expression?
next month, gov. bobby is bringing a mass prayer event to's campus sponsored by a conservative christian group that has espoused controversial views on a number of issues, including the causes of hurricane katrina.
the american family association (afa), based out of mississippi, has weighed in on everything from homosexuality to eric garner -- the man who died after a new york city police officer put him in a chokehold. they are paying for's mass prayer event at, called the response, in january.
"i haven't looked at their website, so you will need to talk to them about it. here's what we do nation is facing serious issues, but god is real, he is powerful, and he answers prayer. that is why we are asking people to come to baton rouge, louisiana on january and pray for revival," said shannon bates,'s deputy communications manager, in a written statement about the organization.
"this is a prayer meeting -- not a political rally. one thing that most people can agree on is that prayer is a positive thing," bates said.
abortion, homosexuality and hurricane katrina?
the implied -- in a prayer guide originally distributed in connection with's january rally -- that there is a direct link between the rising approval of same-sex marriage and abortion in the united states and events like hurricane katrina.
the prayer guide -- which appeared to be a few years old and outdated -- was pulled from the website friday (dec. 12). before it was taken down, it contained the following language:
"we have watched sin escalate to a proportion the nation has never seen before. we live in the first generation in which the wholesale murder of infants through abortion is not only accepted but protected by law. homosexuality has been embraced as an alternative lifestyle. same-sex marriage is legal in six states and washington, d.c. pornography is available through the internet. biblical signs of are before our very eyes. while the united states still claims to be a nation 'under god' it is obvious that we have greatly strayed from our foundations in christianity.
"this year we have seen a dramatic increase in tornadoes that have taken the lives of many and crippled entire cities, such as tuscaloosa, al & joplin, mo. and let us not forget that we are only six years from the tragic events of hurricane katrina, which rendered the entire gulf coast powerless."
more on homosexuality
the group counts the "preservation of marriage and family" as one of its top priorities. concerns about same-sex marriage and homosexuality are raised throughout the group's website.
for example, the organization has begun lobbying on behalf of the, a family on reality television who have spoken out against an ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in their home state of arkansas.
"the are under a malicious attack because of their uncompromising stand on marriage and abstinence. the homosexual lobby has drawn a bully bead on jim and michelle duggar. gay activists are publicly labeling jim and michelle with words like 'ignorance' and 'fear mongering,'" reads one recent letter posted on the american family association website, asking people to support the television stars.
eric garner and the chokehold
the has also recently weighed in on the case of eric garner, who died after a new york police officer put him in a chokehold for selling loose cigarettes. a grand jury's refusal to indict the arresting officer for using excessive force has spurred protests across the country.
bryan fischer, director of issue analysis for the, has said garner was responsible for his own death because he was breaking the law at the time the police arrested him.
"to put it as simply as possible, if mr. garner had not broken the law and then resisted arrest, he would be alive today," wrote fischer in an article on the american family association website.
first amendment
in a recent opinion column, fischer has also argued that the first amendment of the constitution is not meant to protect all freedom of expression, but only christian religious exercises.
"americans, even educated ones, do not understand this basic fact about the first amendment: that by the word 'religion' in the first amendment, the founders meant only the various expressions of christianity," wrote fischer in a column about the first amendment this november.
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the prayer guide originally posted in connection with's mass prayer rally can be found below:
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ˈfæməli ˈlidərˌʃɪp ˈsəmɪt ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfæməli əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ɪz θroʊɪŋ ə prɛr ˈræli fər gəv. ˈbɑbi æt nɛkst mənθ. (ˌeɪˈpi neibergall*) ər ˈligəl əˈbɔrʃən ənd ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ ˈlidɪŋ tɪ mɔr dɪˈzæstərz laɪk ˈhərəˌkeɪnz kəˈtrinə? dɪz ðə fərst əˈmɛndmənt ˈoʊnli prəˈtɛkt ˈkrɪsʧɪn rɪˈlɪʤəs ɪkˈsprɛʃən? nɛkst mənθ, gəv. ˈbɑbi ɪz ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ə mæs prɛr ɪˈvɛnt tɪ ˈkæmpəs ˈspɑnsərd baɪ ə kənˈsərvətɪv ˈkrɪsʧɪn grup ðət həz ɪˈspaʊzd ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl vjuz ɔn ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈɪʃuz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈkɔzɪz əv ˈhərəˌkeɪnz kəˈtrinə. ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfæməli əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən (afa*), beɪst aʊt əv ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi, həz weɪd ɪn ɔn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ frəm ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti tɪ ˈɛrɪk ˈgɑrnər ðə mæn hu daɪd ˈæftər ə nu jɔrk ˈsɪti pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər pʊt ɪm ɪn ə ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld. ðeɪ ər peɪɪŋ fər mæs prɛr ɪˈvɛnt æt, kɔld ðə rɪˈspɑns, ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri. "aɪ ˈhævənt lʊkt æt ðɛr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt, soʊ ju wɪl nid tɪ tɔk tɪ ðɛm əˈbaʊt ɪt. hɪrz wət wi du ˈneɪʃən ɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈsɪriəs ˈɪʃuz, bət gɑd ɪz ril, hi ɪz ˈpaʊərfəl, ənd hi ˈænsərz prɛr. ðət ɪz waɪ wi ər ˈæskɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ kəm tɪ ˈbæˌtɑn ruʒ, luˌiziˈænə ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri ənd preɪ fər rɪˈvaɪvəl," sɛd ˈʃænən beɪts, ˈdɛpjəti kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ˈmænɪʤər, ɪn ə ˈrɪtən ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən. "ðɪs ɪz ə prɛr ˈmitɪŋ nɑt ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈræli. wən θɪŋ ðət moʊst ˈpipəl kən əˈgri ɔn ɪz ðət prɛr ɪz ə ˈpɑzətɪv θɪŋ," beɪts sɛd. əˈbɔrʃən, ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti ənd ˈhərəˌkeɪnz kəˈtrinə? ðə ˌɪmˈplaɪd ɪn ə prɛr gaɪd ərˈɪʤənəli dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ˈʤænjuˌɛri ˈræli ðət ðɛr ɪz ə dɪˈrɛkt lɪŋk bɪtˈwin ðə ˈraɪzɪŋ əˈpruvəl əv ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ ənd əˈbɔrʃən ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd ɪˈvɛnts laɪk ˈhərəˌkeɪnz kəˈtrinə. ðə prɛr gaɪd wɪʧ əˈpɪrd tɪ bi ə fju jɪrz oʊld ənd ˈaʊtˌdeɪtɪd wɑz pʊld frəm ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ (dɛk. 12 ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt wɑz ˈteɪkən daʊn, ɪt kənˈteɪnd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈlæŋgwɪʤ: "wi hæv wɔʧt sɪn ˈɛskəˌleɪt tɪ ə prəˈpɔrʃən ðə ˈneɪʃən həz ˈnɛvər sin ˌbiˈfɔr. wi lɪv ɪn ðə fərst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl ˈmərdər əv ˈɪnfənts θru əˈbɔrʃən ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ækˈsɛptɪd bət prəˈtɛktɪd baɪ lɔ. ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti həz bɪn ɛmˈbreɪst ɛz ən ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl. ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪz ˈligəl ɪn sɪks steɪts ənd ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*. pɔrˈnɑgrəfi ɪz əˈveɪləbəl θru ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ˈbɪblɪkəl saɪnz əv ər ˌbiˈfɔr ɑr ˈvɛri aɪz. waɪl ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts stɪl kleɪmz tɪ bi ə ˈneɪʃən 'ˈəndər gɑd' ɪt ɪz ˈɑbviəs ðət wi hæv ˈgreɪtli streɪd frəm ɑr faʊnˈdeɪʃənz ɪn ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti. "ðɪs jɪr wi hæv sin ə drəˈmætɪk ˌɪnˈkris ɪn tɔrˈneɪdoʊz ðət hæv ˈteɪkən ðə lɪvz əv ˈmɛni ənd ˈkrɪpəld ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsɪtiz, səʧ ɛz ˌtəskəˈlusə, æl ˈʤɑplɪn, moʊ. ənd lɛt ˈjuˈɛs nɑt fərˈgɛt ðət wi ər ˈoʊnli sɪks jɪrz frəm ðə ˈtræʤɪk ɪˈvɛnts əv ˈhərəˌkeɪnz kəˈtrinə, wɪʧ ˈrɛndərd ðə ɪnˈtaɪər gəlf koʊst ˈpaʊərləs." mɔr ɔn ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti ðə grup kaʊnts ðə "ˌprɛzərˈveɪʃən əv ˈmɛrɪʤ ənd ˈfæməli" ɛz wən əv ɪts tɔp praɪˈɔrətiz. kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt ˌseɪmˈsɛks ˈmɛrɪʤ ənd ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈæləˌti ər reɪzd θruaʊt ðə grups ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən həz ˈbeɪgən ˈlɑbiɪŋ ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə, ə ˈfæməli ɔn ˌriˈæləˌti ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən hu hæv ˈspoʊkən aʊt əˈgɛnst ən ˈɔrdənəns proʊˈhɪbətɪŋ dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən beɪst ɔn ˈsɛkʃuəl ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən ɪn ðɛr hoʊm steɪt əv ˈɑrkənˌsɑ. "ðə ər ˈəndər ə məˈlɪʃəs əˈtæk bɪˈkəz əv ðɛr ənˈkɑmprəmaɪzɪŋ stænd ɔn ˈmɛrɪʤ ənd ˈæbstənəns. ðə ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃuəl ˈlɑbi həz drɔn ə ˈbʊli bid ɔn ʤɪm ənd mɪˈʃɛl ˈdəgər. geɪ ˈæktɪvɪsts ər ˈpəblɪkli ˈleɪbəlɪŋ ʤɪm ənd mɪˈʃɛl wɪθ wərdz laɪk 'ˈɪgnərəns' ənd 'fɪr ˈməŋgərɪŋ,'" ridz wən ˈrisənt ˈlɛtər ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfæməli əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈwɛbˌsaɪt, ˈæskɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən stɑrz. ˈɛrɪk ˈgɑrnər ənd ðə ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld ðə həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrisəntli weɪd ɪn ɔn ðə keɪs əv ˈɛrɪk ˈgɑrnər, hu daɪd ˈæftər ə nu jɔrk pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər pʊt ɪm ɪn ə ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld fər ˈsɛlɪŋ lus ˌsɪgəˈrɛts. ə grænd ˈʤʊriz rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ ˌɪnˈdaɪt ðə ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈɔfɪsər fər ˈjuzɪŋ ɪkˈsɛsɪv fɔrs həz spərd ˈproʊˌtɛsts əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. braɪən ˈfɪʃər, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈɪʃu æˈnælɪsɪs fər ðə, həz sɛd ˈgɑrnər wɑz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər hɪz oʊn dɛθ bɪˈkəz hi wɑz ˈbreɪkɪŋ ðə lɔ æt ðə taɪm ðə pəˈlis ərˈɛstɪd ɪm. "tɪ pʊt ɪt ɛz ˈsɪmpli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, ɪf ˈmɪstər. ˈgɑrnər hæd nɑt ˈbroʊkən ðə lɔ ənd ðɛn rɪˈzɪstɪd ərˈɛst, hi wʊd bi əˈlaɪv təˈdeɪ," roʊt ˈfɪʃər ɪn ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfæməli əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. fərst əˈmɛndmənt ɪn ə ˈrisənt əˈpɪnjən ˈkɑləm, ˈfɪʃər həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɑrgjud ðət ðə fərst əˈmɛndmənt əv ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən ɪz nɑt mɛnt tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɔl ˈfridəm əv ɪkˈsprɛʃən, bət ˈoʊnli ˈkrɪsʧɪn rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈɛksərˌsaɪzɪz. "əˈmɛrɪkənz, ˈivɪn ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd wənz, du nɑt ˌəndərˈstænd ðɪs ˈbeɪsɪk fækt əˈbaʊt ðə fərst əˈmɛndmənt: ðət baɪ ðə wərd 'rɪˈlɪʤən' ɪn ðə fərst əˈmɛndmənt, ðə ˈfaʊndərz mɛnt ˈoʊnli ðə ˈvɛriəs ɪkˈsprɛʃənz əv ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti," roʊt ˈfɪʃər ɪn ə ˈkɑləm əˈbaʊt ðə fərst əˈmɛndmənt ðɪs noʊˈvɛmbər. ðə prɛr gaɪd ərˈɪʤənəli ˈpoʊstɪd ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ mæs prɛr ˈræli kən bi faʊnd bɪˈloʊ: (pdf*) ˈʤuljə oʊˈdɑnəhu ɪz ə steɪt ˈpɑləˌtɪks rɪˈpɔrtər beɪst ɪn ˈbæˌtɑn ruʒ. ʃi kən bi riʧt æt ər ɔn tˈwɪtər æt @jsodonoghue*. pliz kənˈsɪdər ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk æt ənd ruʒ.
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illegally placed domestic tableaux have been popping up in the german subway network. either the destination yet or an artistic societal critique
checked wallpaper decorated with a matisse poster and a miniature portrait of the virgin mary. a black leather sofa. a single bed with sheets. an ikea lampshade. a star wars novel and a catalogue of african string the floor.
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at first, the underground workers who stumbled upon this scene in a tunnel in district in assumed they had encountered an abandoned film set. but checks showed that no film recordings had been applied for in the area. the wallpaper, furniture and books were deemed a fire risk and were swiftly removed.
a month later, photographs of the bedroom were emailed to the biggest berlin newspapers by someone claiming to be an anonymous rail worker. transport body,, denied that its staff had anything to do with it.
then, a second domestic tableau appeared in early march, this time in an underground passage at station: a front garden complete with fence, garden gnome, flower bed and a cat staring through a window.
since then, berliners have been speculating about which artist could be behind the underground rooms and what it could all mean. an posted (and since removed) on alongside a photo of the bedroom points towards a critique of the german rapid gentrification. “central location, close to the line,” the ad reads. “loft character, retro-chic. the apartment was completely in 2016 and is relatively quiet (as long as you wear earplugs). perfect for commuters and rough sleepers.”
facebook twitter among the concrete walls and industrial stairs, the bedroom looks pretty cosy.
others have suggested that the clues may lie in the books. the battle theme of the star wars novel and the book on african string instruments could be a reference to the refugee crisis, pondered architecture critic nikolaus in berliner zeitung newspaper, pointing out that the berlin senate had sheltered some refugees in its windowless congress centre. another writer noted the catalogue of instruments was published in 1984 clearly the installation was a commentary on the surveillance state and the end of privacy.
that the artists behind the rooms have stayed anonymous is hardly surprising. says the creators must have gained illegal access to the tunnel the least they could expect would be a fine for trespassing. “we cannot condone these works,” says petra reetz, a spokeswoman for the company. “but the attention to detail gone into these rooms, quite original i have to admit that.”
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ˌɪˈligəli pleɪst dəˈmɛstɪk təˈbloʊ hæv bɪn ˈpɑpɪŋ əp ɪn ðə ˈʤərmən ˈsəbˌweɪ ˈnɛtˌwərk. ˈiðər ðə ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən jɛt ər ən ɑrˈtɪstɪk səˈsaɪɪtəl krɪˈtik ʧɛkt ˈwɔlˌpeɪpər ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ə ˈmætis ˈpoʊstər ənd ə ˈmɪnɪˌʧʊr ˈpɔrtrət əv ðə ˈvərʤɪn ˈmɛri. ə blæk ˈlɛðər ˈsoʊfə. ə ˈsɪŋgəl bɛd wɪθ ʃits. ən ˌaɪˈkiə lampshade*. ə stɑr wɔrz ˈnɑvəl ənd ə ˈkætəˌlɔg əv ˈæfrɪkɑn strɪŋ ðə flɔr. moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈrɛntəl: ə ˈtaɪni ˈkæbən ɪn ðə ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə wʊdz rɛd mɔr æt fərst, ðə ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈwərkərz hu ˈstəmbəld əˈpɑn ðɪs sin ɪn ə ˈtənəl ɪn ˈdɪstrɪkt ɪn əˈsumd ðeɪ hæd ɪnˈkaʊnərd ən əˈbændənd fɪlm sɛt. bət ʧɛks ʃoʊd ðət noʊ fɪlm rɪˈkɔrdɪŋz hæd bɪn əˈplaɪd fər ɪn ðə ˈɛriə. ðə ˈwɔlˌpeɪpər, ˈfərnɪʧər ənd bʊks wər dimd ə faɪər rɪsk ənd wər sˈwɪftli riˈmuvd. ə mənθ ˈleɪtər, ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs əv ðə ˈbɛˌdrum wər iˈmeɪld tɪ ðə ˈbɪgəst bərˈlɪn ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz baɪ ˈsəmˌwən ˈkleɪmɪŋ tɪ bi ən əˈnɑnəməs reɪl ˈwərkər. ˈtrænspɔrt ˈbɑdi,, dɪˈnaɪd ðət ɪts stæf hæd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ɪt. ðɛn, ə ˈsɛkənd dəˈmɛstɪk təˈbloʊ əˈpɪrd ɪn ˈərli mɑrʧ, ðɪs taɪm ɪn ən ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈpæsɪʤ æt ˈsteɪʃən: ə frənt ˈgɑrdən kəmˈplit wɪθ fɛns, ˈgɑrdən noʊm, flaʊər bɛd ənd ə kæt ˈstɛrɪŋ θru ə ˈwɪndoʊ. sɪns ðɛn, bərˈlɪnərz hæv bɪn ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪŋ əˈbaʊt wɪʧ ˈɑrtɪst kʊd bi bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈəndərˌgraʊnd rumz ənd wət ɪt kʊd ɔl min. ən ˈpoʊstɪd (ənd sɪns riˈmuvd) ɔn əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ əv ðə ˈbɛˌdrum pɔɪnts təˈwɔrdz ə krɪˈtik əv ðə ˈʤərmən ˈræpɪd ˌʤɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən. loʊˈkeɪʃən, kloʊz tɪ ðə line,”*,” ðə æd ridz. ˈkɛrɪktər, retro-chic*. ðə əˈpɑrtmənt wɑz kəmˈplitli ɪn 2016 ənd ɪz ˈrɛlətɪvli kwaɪət (ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ju wɛr ˈɪrˌpləgz). ˈpərˌfɪkt fər kəmˈjutərz ənd rəf sleepers.”*.” ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər əˈməŋ ðə ˈkɑnkrit wɔlz ənd ˌɪnˈdəstriəl stɛrz, ðə ˈbɛˌdrum lʊks ˈprɪti ˈkoʊzi. ˈəðərz hæv səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ðə kluz meɪ laɪ ɪn ðə bʊks. ðə ˈbætəl θim əv ðə stɑr wɔrz ˈnɑvəl ənd ðə bʊk ɔn ˈæfrɪkɑn strɪŋ ˈɪnstrəmənts kʊd bi ə ˈrɛfərəns tɪ ðə ˈrɛfjuʤi ˈkraɪsəs, ˈpɑndərd ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər ˈkrɪtɪk ˈnɪkəlaʊz ɪn bərˈlɪnər ˈzaɪtəŋ ˈnuzˌpeɪpər, ˈpɔɪntɪŋ aʊt ðət ðə bərˈlɪn ˈsɛnɪt hæd ˈʃɛltərd səm ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz ɪn ɪts ˈwɪndoʊləs ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈsɛntər. əˈnəðər ˈraɪtər ˈnoʊtɪd ðə ˈkætəˌlɔg əv ˈɪnstrəmənts wɑz ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn 1984 ˈklɪrli ðə ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən wɑz ə ˈkɑmənˌtɛri ɔn ðə sərˈveɪləns steɪt ənd ðə ɛnd əv ˈpraɪvəsi. ðət ðə ˈɑrtɪsts bɪˈhaɪnd ðə rumz hæv steɪd əˈnɑnəməs ɪz ˈhɑrdli səˈpraɪzɪŋ. sɪz ðə kriˈeɪtərz məst hæv geɪnd ˌɪˈligəl ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈtənəl ðə list ðeɪ kʊd ɪkˈspɛkt wʊd bi ə faɪn fər ˈtrɛˌspæsɪŋ. ˈkænɑt kənˈdoʊn ðiz works,”*,” sɪz ˈpɛtrə rits, ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən fər ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. ðə əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ˈditeɪl gɔn ˈɪntu ðiz rumz, kwaɪt ərˈɪʤənəl aɪ hæv tɪ ədˈmɪt that.”*.”
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the principality is situated 517 (354 mi) north of perth, along the hutt river. it is about 75uare kilometres (29 mi; acres) in size. exports include wildflowers, stamps and coins and agricultural produce which is also exported overseas. tourism is also important to the economy with tourists, predominantly from overseas countries, visiting the principality every] while the principality has only 23 residents, it claims a worldwide citizenry of] the principality has no standing army, but a number of its citizens have been awarded military commissions. honorary guardsmen attend on formal occasions and, despite being completely landlocked, naval commissions have been conferred on supporters of the principality. since 2 september 2004, hutt river has accepted company registrations. at least one company experienced in the registration of entities in traditional offshore jurisdictions (british virgin islands, cayman islands etc.) as tax havens has been to act as a registered agent for] on 29 march 2005 the hutt river province international business company announced that it would accept registrations of company trusts which have since been promoted worldwide by registered financial] concerned that hutt river registrations "may be sold as part of a tax avoidance or evasion arrangement", in april 2012 the australian taxation office warned potential purchasers that the registrations have no legal basis and "could be] hutt river also allows car registrations, including issuing license plates to overseas vehicles. the capital,, is named after in galilee. when the principality of hutt river seceded, a bill of rights, a brief document outlining the rights of "hutt river" citizens, was drafted. it also provided for an administration board to govern the principality until a permanent form of government could be established. when declared himself "prince", the administration board clause lost effect and the hutt river principality became an absolute monarchy, with a legislation committee to draft new legislation. in 1997, the legislation committee presented a proposal for a constitution to and his] although he and the cabinet are yet to officially adopt and promulgate the proposal, there is a decree stating that any constitution will be in effect while under consideration, except for any clauses that conflict with the bill of rights, so the proposal has essentially become a provisional]
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obverse of a 50 cent coin depicting "his royal highness prince leonard i of hutt" is the style used by leonard since his creation of the principality. prince leonard pursued a number of occupations before purchasing a large wheat farm near the towns of northampton and in the 1960s. he worked for a shipping company based in perth and, although he left school at 14, describes himself as a mathematician and physicist and has claimed to have written articles for] he is an adherent of hermeticism, a subject on which he has privately published a number of research papers and] he is the subject of a permanent exhibit at the national museum of australia in] prince leonard was married to shirley butler) until her death on 7 july] the principality went into a period of mourning, closing some of its] she was styled as "her royal highness princess shirley of hutt, dame of the rose of sharon". princess shirley played host to dignitaries and diplomatic representatives visiting the principality each] as well as receiving television crews and magazine journalists. she was the patron and chair of the board of directors of the red cross of hutt, a parallel organisation to the international red] leonard and shirley had seven children, among them ian ("prince ian", born 1947) and graeme. prince ian is involved in wildflower production, with the product being exported to perth and internationally. prince graeme succeeded his father in an ceremony that took place on 11 february needed] prince leonard claims the use of titles is purely practical as they are required for legal needed]
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ˈhɪstəri ˈɛdət ˈstætəs ˈɛdət stəˈtɪstɪks ˈɛdət ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti ɪz ˈsɪʧuˌeɪtɪd 517 354 mi) nɔrθ əv pərθ, əˈlɔŋ ðə hət ˈrɪvər. ɪt ɪz əˈbaʊt 75 skwɛr ˌkɪˈlɔˌmətərz 29 mi; ˈeɪkərz) ɪn saɪz. ˈɛkspɔrts ˌɪnˈklud ˈwaɪldˌflaʊrz, stæmps ənd kɔɪnz ənd ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl ˈproʊdus wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈspɔrtəd ˈoʊvərˈsiz. ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi wɪθ ˈtʊrɪsts, ˌprɪˈdɑmənənˌtli frəm ˈoʊvərˈsiz ˈkəntriz, ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti ˈɛvəri waɪl ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti həz ˈoʊnli 23 ˈrɛzɪdənts, ɪt kleɪmz ə ˈwərldˈwaɪd ˈsɪtɪzənri əv ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti həz noʊ ˈstændɪŋ ˈɑrmi, bət ə ˈnəmbər əv ɪts ˈsɪtɪzənz hæv bɪn əˈwɔrdɪd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz. ˈɑnərˌɛri ˈgɑrdzmɪn əˈtɛnd ɔn ˈfɔrməl ɔˈkeɪʒənz ənd, dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ kəmˈplitli ˈlænˌdlɑkt, ˈneɪvəl kəˈmɪʃənz hæv bɪn kənˈfərd ɔn səˈpɔrtərz əv ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti. sɪns 2 sɛpˈtɛmbər 2004 hət ˈrɪvər həz ækˈsɛptɪd ˈkəmpəˌni ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃənz. æt list wən ˈkəmpəˌni ɪkˈspɪriənst ɪn ðə ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən əv ˈɛntɪtiz ɪn trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈɔfˈʃɔr ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz (ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈvərʤɪn ˈaɪləndz, ˈkeɪmən ˈaɪləndz ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.) ɛz tæks ˈheɪvənz həz bɪn tɪ ækt ɛz ə ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈeɪʤənt fər ɔn 29 mɑrʧ 2005 ðə hət ˈrɪvər ˈprɑvɪns ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈbɪznɪs ˈkəmpəˌni əˈnaʊnst ðət ɪt wʊd əkˈsɛpt ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃənz əv ˈkəmpəˌni trəsts wɪʧ hæv sɪns bɪn prəˈmoʊtəd ˈwərldˈwaɪd baɪ ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl kənˈsərnd ðət hət ˈrɪvər ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃənz "meɪ bi soʊld ɛz pɑrt əv ə tæks əˈvɔɪdəns ər ɪˈveɪʒən ərˈeɪnʤmənt", ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2012 ðə ɔˈstreɪljən tækˈseɪʃən ˈɔfəs wɔrnd pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈpərʧəsərz ðət ðə ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃənz hæv noʊ ˈligəl ˈbeɪsɪs ənd "kʊd bi hət ˈrɪvər ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlaʊz kɑr ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈɪʃuɪŋ ˈlaɪsəns pleɪts tɪ ˈoʊvərˈsiz ˈviɪkəlz. ðə ˈkæpɪtəl,, ɪz neɪmd ˈæftər ɪn ˈgæləˌli. wɪn ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti əv hət ˈrɪvər sɪˈsidɪd, ə bɪl əv raɪts, ə brif ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈaʊˌtlaɪnɪŋ ðə raɪts əv "hət ˈrɪvər" ˈsɪtɪzənz, wɑz ˈdræftɪd. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈvaɪdɪd fər ən ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən bɔrd tɪ ˈgəvərn ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti ənˈtɪl ə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt fɔrm əv ˈgəvərnmənt kʊd bi ɪˈstæblɪʃt. wɪn dɪˈklɛrd hɪmˈsɛlf "prɪns", ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən bɔrd klɔz lɔst ˈifɛkt ənd ðə hət ˈrɪvər ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti bɪˈkeɪm ən ˈæbsəˌlut ˈmɑnɑrki, wɪθ ə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən kəˈmɪti tɪ dræft nu ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. ɪn 1997 ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən kəˈmɪti pərˈzɛnəd ə prəˈpoʊzəl fər ə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən tɪ ənd hɪz ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi ənd ðə ˈkæbənət ər jɛt tɪ əˈfɪʃəli əˈdɑpt ənd proʊˈməlgeɪt ðə prəˈpoʊzəl, ðɛr ɪz ə dɪˈkri ˈsteɪtɪŋ ðət ˈɛni ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən wɪl bi ɪn ˈifɛkt waɪl ˈəndər kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən, ɪkˈsɛpt fər ˈɛni ˈklɔzɪz ðət ˈkɑnflɪkt wɪθ ðə bɪl əv raɪts, soʊ ðə prəˈpoʊzəl həz ɛˈsɛnʃəli bɪˈkəm ə prəˈvɪʒənəl ˈfæməli ˈɛdət əbˈvərs əv ə 50 sɛnt kɔɪn dɪˈpɪktɪŋ "hɪz rɔɪəl ˈhaɪnəs prɪns ˈlɛnərd aɪ əv hət" ɪz ðə staɪl juzd baɪ ˈlɛnərd sɪns hɪz kriˈeɪʃən əv ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti. prɪns ˈlɛnərd pərˈsud ə ˈnəmbər əv ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənz ˌbiˈfɔr ˈpərʧəsɪŋ ə lɑrʤ wit fɑrm nɪr ðə taʊnz əv ˌnɔrˈθæmptən ənd ɪn ðə 1960s*. hi wərkt fər ə ˈʃɪpɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni beɪst ɪn pərθ ənd, ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi lɛft skul æt 14 dɪˈskraɪbz hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz ə ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃən ənd ˈfɪzɪsɪst ənd həz kleɪmd tɪ hæv ˈrɪtən ˈɑrtɪkəlz fər hi ɪz ən əˈdhɪrənt əv hermeticism*, ə ˈsəbʤɪkt ɔn wɪʧ hi həz ˈpraɪvətli ˈpəblɪʃt ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈrisərʧ ˈpeɪpərz ənd hi ɪz ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ɪgˈzɪbɪt æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl mˈjuziəm əv ɔˈstreɪljə ɪn prɪns ˈlɛnərd wɑz ˈmɛrid tɪ ˈʃərli ˈbətlər) ənˈtɪl hər dɛθ ɔn 7 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti wɛnt ˈɪntu ə ˈpɪriəd əv ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ˈkloʊzɪŋ səm əv ɪts ʃi wɑz staɪld ɛz "hər rɔɪəl ˈhaɪnəs ˈprɪnsɛs ˈʃərli əv hət, deɪm əv ðə roʊz əv ˈʃɛrən". ˈprɪnsɛs ˈʃərli pleɪd hoʊst tɪ ˈdɪgnəˌtɛriz ənd ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ðə ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti iʧ ɛz wɛl ɛz rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən kruz ənd ˈmægəˌzin ˈʤərnəlɪsts. ʃi wɑz ðə ˈpeɪtrən ənd ʧɛr əv ðə bɔrd əv dɪˈrɛktərz əv ðə rɛd krɔs əv hət, ə ˈpɛrəˌlɛl ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən tɪ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl rɛd ˈlɛnərd ənd ˈʃərli hæd ˈsɛvən ˈʧɪldrən, əˈməŋ ðɛm ˈiən ("prɪns ˈiən", bɔrn 1947 ənd græm. prɪns ˈiən ɪz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈwaɪldˌflaʊər pərˈdəkʃən, wɪθ ðə ˈprɑdəkt biɪŋ ɪkˈspɔrtəd tɪ pərθ ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli. prɪns græm səkˈsidɪd hɪz ˈfɑðər ɪn ən ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni ðət tʊk pleɪs ɔn 11 ˈfɛbruˌɛri ˈnidɪd] prɪns ˈlɛnərd kleɪmz ðə juz əv ˈtaɪtəlz ɪz ˈpjʊrli ˈpræktɪkəl ɛz ðeɪ ər rikˈwaɪərd fər ˈligəl ˈnidɪd] ˈkərənsi ˈɛdət si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˈɛdət
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nuclear ethics is a field of academic and study in which the problems associated with nuclear warfare, nuclear deterrence, nuclear arms control, nuclear disarmament, or nuclear energy are examined through one or more ethical or moral theories or] in contemporary security studies, the problems of nuclear warfare, deterrence, proliferation, and so forth are often understood strictly in political, strategic, or military] in the study of international organizations and law, however, these problems are also understood in legal] nuclear ethics assumes that the very real possibilities of human extinction, mass human destruction, or mass environmental damage which could result from nuclear warfare are deep ethical or moral problems. specifically, it assumes that the outcomes of human extinction, mass human destruction, or environmental damage count as moral evils. another area of inquiry concerns future generations and the burden that nuclear waste and pollution imposes on them. some scholars have concluded that it is therefore morally wrong to act in ways that produce these outcomes, which means it is morally wrong to engage in nuclear]
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nuclear ethics is interested in examining policies of nuclear deterrence, nuclear arms control and disarmament, and nuclear energy insofar as they are linked to the cause or prevention of nuclear warfare. ethical justifications of nuclear deterrence, for example, emphasize its role in preventing great power nuclear war since the end of world war] indeed, some scholars claim that nuclear deterrence seems to be the morally rational response to a] moral condemnation of nuclear deterrence, in contrast, emphasizes the seemingly inevitable violations of human and democratic rights which]
early ethical issues [ edit ]
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the application of nuclear technology, both as a source of energy and as an instrument of war, has been]
even before the first nuclear weapons had been developed, scientists involved with the manhattan project were divided over the use of the weapon. the role of the two atomic bombings of the country in japan's surrender and the ethical justification for them has been the subject of scholarly and popular debate for decades. the question of whether nations should have nuclear weapons, or test them, has been continually and nearly universally]
the public became concerned about nuclear weapons testing from about 1954, following extensive nuclear testing in the pacific ocean. in 1961, at the height of the cold war, about women brought together by women strike for peace marched in 60 cities in the united states to demonstrate against nuclear] in 1963, many countries ratified the partial test ban treaty which prohibited atmospheric nuclear]
some local opposition to nuclear power emerged in the early] and in the late some members of the scientific community began to express their] in the early 1970s, there were large protests about a proposed nuclear power plant in, germany. the project was cancelled in 1975 and success at inspired opposition to nuclear power in other parts of europe and north america. nuclear power became an issue of major public protest in the]
uranium mining and milling [ edit ]
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shiprock, new mexico uranium mill aerial photo
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between 1949 and 1989, over uranium mines in the four corner region of the american southwest produced more than tons of uranium ore. this activity affected a large number of native american nations, including the laguna, navajo, zuni, southern, mountain, hopi, and other pueblo] many of these peoples worked in the mines, mills and processing plants in new mexico, arizona, utah and] these workers were not only poorly paid, they were seldom informed of dangers nor were they given appropriate protective] the government, mine owners, scientific, and health communities were all well aware of the hazards of working with radioactive materials at this] due to the cold war demand for increasingly destructive and powerful nuclear weapons, these laborers were both exposed to and brought home large amounts of radiation in the form of dust on their clothing and] studies of the families of these workers have shown increased incidents of cancers, miscarriages, cleft palates and other birth] the extent of these genetic effects on indigenous populations and the extent of dna damage remains to be] uranium mining on the navajo reservation continues to be a disputed issue as former navajo mine workers and their families continue to suffer from health]
notable nuclear weapons accidents [ edit ]
nuclear fallout [ edit ]
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over 500 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests were conducted at various sites around the world from 1945 to 1980. radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing was first drawn to public attention in 1954 when the castle bravo hydrogen bomb test at the pacific proving grounds contaminated the crew and catch of the japanese fishing boat lucky] one of the fishermen died in japan seven months later, and the fear of contaminated tuna led to a temporary boycotting of the popular staple in japan. the incident caused widespread concern around the world, especially regarding the effects of nuclear fallout and atmospheric nuclear testing, and "provided a decisive impetus for the emergence of the weapons movement in many]
as public awareness and concern mounted over the possible health hazards associated with exposure to the nuclear fallout, various studies were done to assess the extent of the hazard. a centers for disease control and prevention/ national cancer institute study claims that fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests would lead to perhaps excess deaths amongst people alive during atmospheric testing in the united states from all forms of cancer, including leukemia, from 1951 to well into the] as of march 2009, the u.s. is the only nation that compensates nuclear test victims. since the radiation exposure compensation act of 1990, more than $1.38 billion in compensation has been approved. the money is going to people who took part in the tests, notably at the nevada test site, and to others exposed to the]
nuclear labor issues [ edit ]
voa herman april 13, 2011 fukushima nuclear power
nuclear labor issues exist within the nuclear power industry and the nuclear weapons production sector that impact upon the lives and health of laborers, itinerant workers and their] this subculture of frequently undocumented workers (e.g., radium girls, the fukushima 50, liquidators, and nuclear samurai) do the dirty, difficult, and potentially dangerous work shunned by regular] when they exceed their allowable radiation exposure limit at a specific facility, they often migrate to a different nuclear facility. the industry implicitly accepts this conduct as it can not operate without these]
existent labor laws protecting health rights are not properly] records are required to be kept, but frequently they are not. some personnel were not properly trained resulting own exposure to toxic amounts of radiation. at several facilities there are ongoing failures to perform required radiological screenings or to implement corrective actions.
many questions regarding these nuclear worker conditions go unanswered, and with the exception of a few whistleblowers, the vast majority of laborers unseen, underpaid, overworked and exploited, have few incentives to share their] the median annual wage for hazardous radioactive materials removal workers, according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics is $37,590 in the u.s $18 per] a collaborative cohort study of cancer risks due to exposure to ionizing radiation, involving nuclear industry workers showed significant increase in cancer mortality. the study evaluated 31 types of cancers, primary and]
civil liberties [ edit ]
nuclear power may be a potential target for terrorists, and also increases the chances of nuclear weapons proliferation. circumventing these problems involves cutting back on civil liberties, such as freedom of speech and assembly. so, brian martin says that "nuclear power is not a suitable power source for a free]
human radiation experiments [ edit ]
the advisory committee on human radiation experiments (achre) was formed on january 15, 1994 by president bill clinton. hazel o"leary, the secretary of energy at the u.s. department of energy called for a policy of "new openness", initiating the release of over million pages of classified documents. these records revealed that since the 1940s, the atomic energy commission was conducting widespread testing on human beings without their consent. children, pregnant women, as well as male prisoners were injected with or orally consumed radioactive]
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ˈnukliər ˈɛθɪks ɪz ə fild əv ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ənd ˈstədi ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈprɑbləmz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈnukliər ˈwɔrˌfɛr, ˈnukliər dɪˈtərəns, ˈnukliər ɑrmz kənˈtroʊl, ˈnukliər dɪˈsɑrməmənt, ər ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi ər ɪgˈzæmənd θru wən ər mɔr ˈɛθɪkəl ər ˈmɔrəl ˈθɪriz ər ɪn kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈstədiz, ðə ˈprɑbləmz əv ˈnukliər ˈwɔrˌfɛr, dɪˈtərəns, ˌproʊlɪfərˈeɪʃən, ənd soʊ fɔrθ ər ˈɔfən ˌəndərˈstʊd ˈstrɪktli ɪn pəˈlɪtɪkəl, strəˈtiʤɪk, ər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ɪn ðə ˈstədi əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ənd lɔ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðiz ˈprɑbləmz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˌəndərˈstʊd ɪn ˈligəl ˈnukliər ˈɛθɪks əˈsumz ðət ðə ˈvɛri ril ˌpɑsəˈbɪlətiz əv ˈjumən ɪkˈstɪŋʃən, mæs ˈjumən dɪˈstrəkʃən, ər mæs ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈdæmɪʤ wɪʧ kʊd rɪˈzəlt frəm ˈnukliər ˈwɔrˌfɛr ər dip ˈɛθɪkəl ər ˈmɔrəl ˈprɑbləmz. spəˈsɪfɪkli, ɪt əˈsumz ðət ðə ˈaʊtˌkəmz əv ˈjumən ɪkˈstɪŋʃən, mæs ˈjumən dɪˈstrəkʃən, ər ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈdæmɪʤ kaʊnt ɛz ˈmɔrəl ˈivəlz. əˈnəðər ˈɛriə əv ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri kənˈsərnz fˈjuʧər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz ənd ðə ˈbərdən ðət ˈnukliər weɪst ənd pəˈluʃən ˌɪmˈpoʊzɪz ɔn ðɛm. səm ˈskɑlərz hæv kənˈkludɪd ðət ɪt ɪz ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˈmɔrəli rɔŋ tɪ ækt ɪn weɪz ðət ˈproʊdus ðiz ˈaʊtˌkəmz, wɪʧ minz ɪt ɪz ˈmɔrəli rɔŋ tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ˈnukliər ˈtrɪnɪti ʃɑt ˈkələr ˈtrɪnɪti ˈfɔˌlaʊt ˈnukliər ˈɛθɪks ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ ˈpɑləsiz əv ˈnukliər dɪˈtərəns, ˈnukliər ɑrmz kənˈtroʊl ənd dɪˈsɑrməmənt, ənd ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi ˈɪnsəfɑr ɛz ðeɪ ər lɪŋkt tɪ ðə kɔz ər priˈvɛnʃən əv ˈnukliər ˈwɔrˌfɛr. ˈɛθɪkəl ˌʤəstɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz əv ˈnukliər dɪˈtərəns, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz ɪts roʊl ɪn prɪˈvɛnɪŋ greɪt paʊər ˈnukliər wɔr sɪns ðə ɛnd əv wərld wɔr ˌɪnˈdid, səm ˈskɑlərz kleɪm ðət ˈnukliər dɪˈtərəns simz tɪ bi ðə ˈmɔrəli ˈræʃənəl rɪˈspɑns tɪ ə ˈmɔrəl ˌkɑndəmˈneɪʃən əv ˈnukliər dɪˈtərəns, ɪn ˈkɑntræst, ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzɪz ðə ˈsimɪŋli ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl vaɪəˈleɪʃənz əv ˈjumən ənd ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk raɪts wɪʧ ˈərli ˈɛθɪkəl ˈɪʃuz ˈɛdət ˈjuˈɛs ˈfɔˌlaʊt ɪkˈspoʊʒər ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən əv ˈnukliər tɛkˈnɑləʤi, boʊθ ɛz ə sɔrs əv ˈɛnərʤi ənd ɛz ən ˈɪnstrəmənt əv wɔr, həz bɪn ˈivɪn ˌbiˈfɔr ðə fərst ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz hæd bɪn dɪˈvɛləpt, ˈsaɪəntɪsts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wɪθ ðə mænˈhætən ˈprɑʤɛkt wər dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈoʊvər ðə juz əv ðə ˈwɛpən. ðə roʊl əv ðə tu əˈtɑmɪk ˈbɑmɪŋz əv ðə ˈkəntri ɪn ʤəˈpænz sərˈɛndər ənd ðə ˈɛθɪkəl ˌʤəstəfəˈkeɪʃən fər ðɛm həz bɪn ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ˈskɑlərli ənd ˈpɑpjələr dəˈbeɪt fər ˈdɛkeɪdz. ðə kˈwɛʃən əv ˈwɛðər ˈneɪʃənz ʃʊd hæv ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz, ər tɛst ðɛm, həz bɪn kənˈtɪnjuəli ənd ˈnɪrli ˌjunəˈvərsəli ðə ˈpəblɪk bɪˈkeɪm kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz ˈtɛstɪŋ frəm əˈbaʊt 1954 ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈnukliər ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪn ðə pəˈsɪfɪk ˈoʊʃən. ɪn 1961 æt ðə haɪt əv ðə koʊld wɔr, əˈbaʊt ˈwɪmən brɔt təˈgɛðər baɪ ˈwɪmən straɪk fər pis mɑrʧt ɪn 60 ˈsɪtiz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt əˈgɛnst ˈnukliər ɪn 1963 ˈmɛni ˈkəntriz ˈrætəˌfaɪd ðə ˈpɑrʃəl tɛst bæn ˈtriti wɪʧ proʊˈhɪbətəd ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˈnukliər səm ˈloʊkəl ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈnukliər paʊər ˈimərʤd ɪn ðə ˈərli ənd ɪn ðə leɪt səm ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk kəmˈjunɪti bɪˈgæn tɪ ɪkˈsprɛs ðɛr ɪn ðə ˈərli 1970s*, ðɛr wər lɑrʤ ˈproʊˌtɛsts əˈbaʊt ə prəˈpoʊzd ˈnukliər paʊər plænt ɪn, ˈʤərməni. ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɑz ˈkænsəld ɪn 1975 ənd səkˈsɛs æt ˌɪnˈspaɪərd ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈnukliər paʊər ɪn ˈəðər pɑrts əv ˈjʊrəp ənd nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə. ˈnukliər paʊər bɪˈkeɪm ən ˈɪʃu əv ˈmeɪʤər ˈpəblɪk ˈproʊˌtɛst ɪn ðə jərˈeɪniəm ˈmaɪnɪŋ ənd ˈmɪlɪŋ ˈɛdət juˈnaɪtɪd ˈnukliər ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ʧərʧ rɑk jərˈeɪniəm mɪl shiprock*, nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ jərˈeɪniəm mɪl ˈɛriəl ˈfoʊˌtoʊ moʊæb jərˈeɪniəm mɪl ˈteɪlɪŋz paɪl bɪtˈwin 1949 ənd 1989 ˈoʊvər jərˈeɪniəm maɪnz ɪn ðə fɔr ˈkɔrnər ˈriʤən əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˌsaʊθˈwɛst prəˈdust mɔr ðən tənz əv jərˈeɪniəm ɔr. ðɪs ækˈtɪvɪti əˈfɛktɪd ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv ˈneɪtɪv əˈmɛrɪkən ˈneɪʃənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ləˈgunə, ˈnɑvəˌhoʊ, ˈzuˌni, ˈsəðərn, ˈmaʊntən, ˈhoʊpi, ənd ˈəðər pˈwɛbloʊ ˈmɛni əv ðiz ˈpipəlz wərkt ɪn ðə maɪnz, mɪlz ənd ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ plænts ɪn nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə, ˈjuˌtɔ ənd ðiz ˈwərkərz wər nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈpurli peɪd, ðeɪ wər ˈsɛldəm ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əv ˈdeɪnʤərz nɔr wər ðeɪ ˈgɪvɪn əˈproʊpriˌeɪt prəˈtɛktɪv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, maɪn ˈoʊnərz, ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk, ənd hɛlθ kəmˈjunɪtiz wər ɔl wɛl əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈhæzərdz əv ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv məˈtɪriəlz æt ðɪs du tɪ ðə koʊld wɔr dɪˈmænd fər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli dɪˈstrəktɪv ənd ˈpaʊərfəl ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz, ðiz ˈleɪbərərz wər boʊθ ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ənd brɔt hoʊm lɑrʤ əˈmaʊnts əv ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ɪn ðə fɔrm əv dəst ɔn ðɛr ˈkloʊðɪŋ ənd ˈstədiz əv ðə ˈfæməliz əv ðiz ˈwərkərz hæv ʃoʊn ˌɪnˈkrist ˈɪnsədənts əv ˈkænsərz, mɪˈskɛrɪʤɪz, klɛft ˈpæləts ənd ˈəðər bərθ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðiz ʤəˈnɛtɪk ˈifɛkts ɔn ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz ənd ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ˈdæmɪʤ rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi jərˈeɪniəm ˈmaɪnɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈnɑvəˌhoʊ ˌrɛzərˈveɪʃən kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bi ə dɪˈspjutɪd ˈɪʃu ɛz ˈfɔrmər ˈnɑvəˌhoʊ maɪn ˈwərkərz ənd ðɛr ˈfæməliz kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈsəfər frəm hɛlθ ˈnoʊtəbəl ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz ˈæksədənts ˈɛdət ˈnukliər ˈfɔˌlaʊt ˈɛdət ˈkæsəl ˈbrɑvoʊ blæst ˈoʊvər 500 ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz tɛsts wər kənˈdəktəd æt ˈvɛriəs saɪts əraʊnd ðə wərld frəm 1945 tɪ 1980 ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv ˈfɔˌlaʊt frəm ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz ˈtɛstɪŋ wɑz fərst drɔn tɪ ˈpəblɪk əˈtɛnʃən ɪn 1954 wɪn ðə ˈkæsəl ˈbrɑvoʊ ˈhaɪdrəʤən bɔm tɛst æt ðə pəˈsɪfɪk ˈpruvɪŋ graʊnz kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd ðə kru ənd kæʧ əv ðə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈfɪʃɪŋ boʊt ˈləki wən əv ðə ˈfɪʃərmɪn daɪd ɪn ʤəˈpæn ˈsɛvən mənθs ˈleɪtər, ənd ðə fɪr əv kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd ˈtunə lɛd tɪ ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈbɔɪˌkɑtɪŋ əv ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈsteɪpəl ɪn ʤəˈpæn. ðə ˈɪnsədənt kɔzd ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd kənˈsərn əraʊnd ðə wərld, əˈspɛʃəli rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈifɛkts əv ˈnukliər ˈfɔˌlaʊt ənd ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˈnukliər ˈtɛstɪŋ, ənd "prəˈvaɪdɪd ə dɪˈsaɪsɪv ˈɪmpətəs fər ðə ˈimərʤəns əv ðə ˈwɛpənz ˈmuvmənt ɪn ˈmɛni ɛz ˈpəblɪk əˈwɛrnəs ənd kənˈsərn ˈmaʊnɪd ˈoʊvər ðə ˈpɑsəbəl hɛlθ ˈhæzərdz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ ðə ˈnukliər ˈfɔˌlaʊt, ˈvɛriəs ˈstədiz wər dən tɪ əˈsɛs ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðə ˈhæzərd. ə ˈsɛnərz fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd priˈvɛnʃən/ ˈnæʃənəl ˈkænsər ˈɪnstɪˌtut ˈstədi kleɪmz ðət ˈfɔˌlaʊt frəm ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˈnukliər tɛsts wʊd lɛd tɪ pərˈhæps ˈɛkˌsɛs dɛθs əˈməŋst ˈpipəl əˈlaɪv ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts frəm ɔl fɔrmz əv ˈkænsər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ luˈkimiə, frəm 1951 tɪ wɛl ˈɪntu ðə ɛz əv mɑrʧ 2009 ðə juz. ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli ˈneɪʃən ðət ˈkɑmpənˌseɪts ˈnukliər tɛst ˈvɪktɪmz. sɪns ðə ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ɪkˈspoʊʒər ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən ækt əv 1990 mɔr ðən ˈbɪljən ɪn ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən həz bɪn əˈpruvd. ðə ˈməni ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈpipəl hu tʊk pɑrt ɪn ðə tɛsts, ˈnoʊtəbli æt ðə nəˈvɑdə tɛst saɪt, ənd tɪ ˈəðərz ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ðə ˈnukliər ˈleɪbər ˈɪʃuz ˈɛdət ˈhərmən ˈeɪprəl 13 2011 fukuˈʃimə ˈnukliər paʊər ˈnukliər ˈleɪbər ˈɪʃuz ɪgˈzɪst wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈnukliər paʊər ˈɪndəstri ənd ðə ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz pərˈdəkʃən ˈsɛktər ðət ˌɪmˈpækt əˈpɑn ðə lɪvz ənd hɛlθ əv ˈleɪbərərz, aɪˈtɪnərənt ˈwərkərz ənd ðɛr ðɪs ˈsəbˌkəlʧər əv ˈfrikwɛntli ənˈdɑkjəmɛnɪd ˈwərkərz (e.g*., ˈreɪdiəm gərlz, ðə fukuˈʃimə 50 ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtərz, ənd ˈnukliər ˈsæmʊˌraɪ) du ðə ˈdərti, ˈdɪfəkəlt, ənd pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈdeɪnʤərəs wərk ʃənd baɪ ˈrɛgjələr wɪn ðeɪ ɪkˈsid ðɛr əˈlaʊəbəl ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ɪkˈspoʊʒər ˈlɪmət æt ə spɪˈsɪfɪk fəˈsɪlɪti, ðeɪ ˈɔfən ˈmaɪˌgreɪt tɪ ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈnukliər fəˈsɪlɪti. ðə ˈɪndəstri ˌɪmˈplɪsətli ækˈsɛpts ðɪs ˈkɑndəkt ɛz ɪt kən nɑt ˈɔpərˌeɪt wɪˈθaʊt ðiz ɛgˈzɪstənt ˈleɪbər lɔz prəˈtɛktɪŋ hɛlθ raɪts ər nɑt ˈprɑpərli ˈrɛkərdz ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ bi kɛpt, bət ˈfrikwɛntli ðeɪ ər nɑt. səm ˌpərsəˈnɛl wər nɑt ˈprɑpərli treɪnd rɪˈzəltɪŋ oʊn ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ ˈtɑksɪk əˈmaʊnts əv ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən. æt ˈsɛvərəl fəˈsɪlɪtiz ðɛr ər ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈfeɪljərz tɪ pərˈfɔrm rikˈwaɪərd ˌreɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈskrinɪŋz ər tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt kərˈɛktɪv ˈækʃənz. ˈmɛni kˈwɛsʧənz rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðiz ˈnukliər ˈwərkər kənˈdɪʃənz goʊ ˌəˈnænsərd, ənd wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ə fju ˈwɪsəlˌbloʊərz, ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈleɪbərərz ənˈsin, ˈəndərˈpeɪd, ˌoʊvərˈwərkt ənd ˈɛkˌsplɔɪtəd, hæv fju ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz tɪ ʃɛr ðɛr ðə ˈmidiən ˈænjuəl weɪʤ fər ˈhæzərdəs ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv məˈtɪriəlz rɪˈmuvəl ˈwərkərz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə juz. ˈbjʊroʊ əv ˈleɪbər stəˈtɪstɪks ɪz ɪn ðə juz 18 pər ə kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪv ˈkoʊhɔrt ˈstədi əv ˈkænsər rɪsks du tɪ ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ ˈaɪəˌnaɪzɪŋ ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən, ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈnukliər ˈɪndəstri ˈwərkərz ʃoʊd sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ˈkænsər mɔrˈtæləti. ðə ˈstədi ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtəd 31 taɪps əv ˈkænsərz, ˈpraɪˌmɛri ənd ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz ˈɛdət ˈnukliər paʊər meɪ bi ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈtərgət fər ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ðə ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz ˌproʊlɪfərˈeɪʃən. ˌsərkəmˈvɛntɪŋ ðiz ˈprɑbləmz ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ˈkətɪŋ bæk ɔn ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz, səʧ ɛz ˈfridəm əv spiʧ ənd əˈsɛmbli. soʊ, braɪən ˈmɑrtɪn sɪz ðət "ˈnukliər paʊər ɪz nɑt ə ˈsutəbəl paʊər sɔrs fər ə fri ˈjumən ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ˈɛdət ðə ædˈvaɪzəri kəˈmɪti ɔn ˈjumən ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ɪkˈspɛrəmənts (achre*) wɑz fɔrmd ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 15 1994 baɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt bɪl ˈklɪntən. ˈheɪzəl o"leary*, ðə ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ˈɛnərʤi æt ðə juz. dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈɛnərʤi kɔld fər ə ˈpɑləsi əv "nu ˈoʊpənəs", ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ðə riˈlis əv ˈoʊvər ˈmɪljən ˈpeɪʤɪz əv ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ˈdɑkjəmənts. ðiz ˈrɛkərdz rɪˈvild ðət sɪns ðə 1940s*, ðə əˈtɑmɪk ˈɛnərʤi kəˈmɪʃən wɑz kənˈdəktɪŋ ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˈtɛstɪŋ ɔn ˈjumən biɪŋz wɪˈθaʊt ðɛr kənˈsɛnt. ˈʧɪldrən, ˈprɛgnənt ˈwɪmən, ɛz wɛl ɛz meɪl ˈprɪzənərz wər ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪd wɪθ ər ˈɔrəli kənˈsumd ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv
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the dodgers have signed korean for $36mm over six years, reports jon heyman of (twitter links). the deal was struck just prior to the ct deadline and only 20 hours after signing zack greinke to a six-year, $147mm contract.
ryu's deal includes performance bonuses worth $1m per year, which could raise the total of the contract to $42mm, according to heyman (twitter links). heyman also reports (via twitter) that can opt out after the fifth year of the deal. the opt out can be triggered if throws 175 innings during those five years, writes yahoo! sports' tim brown. brown adds will receive a $5mm signing bonus. dylan hernandez of the l.a. times that will earn $2.5mm in 2013, $3.5mm in 2014, $4mm in 2015 and $7mm annually from.
hernandez also breaks down (via twitter) the performance bonuses and other details (all links go to twitter) from the scott negotiated deal including: there isn't a clause,'s salary can increase depending on how he fares in the cy young voting, can't be sent to the minors without his written consent, the dodgers will pay for an interpreter, and's jersey will sport the number 99.
the dodgers expect to be part of their starting rotation next season, reports hernandez. joins greinke, clayton kershaw, josh beckett, chad billingsley, ted lilly, chris capuano, and aaron as starters already under contract. with this surplus, jon paul of capuano or could be dealt in the coming days or weeks.
ryu was posted by the eagles last month and the dodgers won his negotiating rights with a bid worth a bit more than $25.7mm. the has been one of the korea baseball organization's most dominant pitchers over the last several years, helping korea win olympic gold in 2008 and finish second in the 2009 world baseball classic. went with a era last season for last place with 210 strikeouts in 182 innings. he has a era over his career in korea.
this marks the dodgers’ second significant move in the international market since they were purchased by guggenheim baseball management. in june, the dodgers signed cuban defector puig to a, $42-million contract.
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ðə ˈdɑʤərz hæv saɪnd ˌkɔˈriən fər ˈoʊvər sɪks jɪrz, rɪˈpɔrts ʤɑn ˈheɪmən əv (tˈwɪtər lɪŋks). ðə dil wɑz strək ʤɪst praɪər tɪ ðə kɔrt ˈdɛˌdlaɪn ənd ˈoʊnli 20 aʊərz ˈæftər ˈsaɪnɪŋ zæk greɪŋk tɪ ə six-year*, ˈkɑnˌtrækt. dil ˌɪnˈkludz pərˈfɔrməns ˈboʊnəsɪz wərθ pər jɪr, wɪʧ kʊd reɪz ðə ˈtoʊtəl əv ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt tɪ 42mm*, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈheɪmən (tˈwɪtər lɪŋks). ˈheɪmən ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈpɔrts (ˈviə tˈwɪtər) ðət kən ɑpt aʊt ˈæftər ðə fɪθ jɪr əv ðə dil. ðə ɑpt aʊt kən bi ˈtrɪgərd ɪf θroʊz 175 ˈɪnɪŋz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðoʊz faɪv jɪrz, raɪts ˈjɑˌhu! spɔrts' tɪm braʊn. braʊn ædz wɪl rɪˈsiv ə ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈboʊnəs. ˈdɪlən hərˈnændɛz əv ðə l.a*. taɪmz ðət wɪl ərn ɪn 2013 ɪn 2014 ɪn 2015 ənd ˈænjuəli frəm hərˈnændɛz ˈɔlsoʊ breɪks daʊn (ˈviə tˈwɪtər) ðə pərˈfɔrməns ˈboʊnəsɪz ənd ˈəðər ˈditeɪlz (ɔl lɪŋks goʊ tɪ tˈwɪtər) frəm ðə skɑt nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪd dil ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ: ðɛr ˈɪzənt ə klɔz, ˈsæləri kən ˌɪnˈkris dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn haʊ hi fɛrz ɪn ðə saɪ jəŋ ˈvoʊtɪŋ, kænt bi sɛnt tɪ ðə ˈmaɪnərz wɪˈθaʊt hɪz ˈrɪtən kənˈsɛnt, ðə ˈdɑʤərz wɪl peɪ fər ən ˌɪnˈtərprətər, ənd ˈʤərzi wɪl spɔrt ðə ˈnəmbər 99 ðə ˈdɑʤərz ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ bi pɑrt əv ðɛr ˈstɑrtɪŋ roʊˈteɪʃən nɛkst ˈsizən, rɪˈpɔrts hərˈnændɛz. ʤɔɪnz greɪŋk, ˈkleɪtən ˈkərˌʃɑ, ʤɑʃ ˈbɛkɪt, ʧæd ˈbɪlɪŋzli, tɛd ˈlɪli, krɪs kɑpuˈɑnoʊ, ənd ˈɛrən ɛz ˈstɑrtərz ɔˈrɛdi ˈəndər ˈkɑnˌtrækt. wɪθ ðɪs ˈsərpləs, ʤɑn pɔl əv kɑpuˈɑnoʊ ər kʊd bi dɛlt ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ deɪz ər wiks. wɑz ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ ðə ˈigəlz læst mənθ ənd ðə ˈdɑʤərz wən hɪz nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ raɪts wɪθ ə bɪd wərθ ə bɪt mɔr ðən 25.7mm*. ðə həz bɪn wən əv ðə ˌkɔˈriə ˈbeɪsˈbɔl ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz moʊst ˈdɑmənənt ˈpɪʧərz ˈoʊvər ðə læst ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz, ˈhɛlpɪŋ ˌkɔˈriə wɪn oʊˈlɪmpɪk goʊld ɪn 2008 ənd ˈfɪnɪʃ ˈsɛkənd ɪn ðə 2009 wərld ˈbeɪsˈbɔl ˈklæsɪk. wɛnt wɪθ ə ˈɪrə læst ˈsizən fər læst pleɪs wɪθ 210 ˈstraɪˌkaʊts ɪn 182 ˈɪnɪŋz. hi həz ə ˈɪrə ˈoʊvər hɪz kərɪr ɪn ˌkɔˈriə. ðɪs mɑrks ðə dodgers’*’ ˈsɛkənd sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt muv ɪn ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmɑrkɪt sɪns ðeɪ wər ˈpərʧəst baɪ ˈgugənˌhaɪm ˈbeɪsˈbɔl ˈmænɪʤmənt. ɪn ʤun, ðə ˈdɑʤərz saɪnd ˈkjubən dɪˈfɛktər pug tɪ ə, ˈkɑnˌtrækt.
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2016 was a year of remarkable scientific breakthroughs. a century after albert einstein proposed his general theory of relativity, researchers proved him right when, for the first time ever, they were able to observe gravitational waves produced by two black holes that collided billion years ago. astronomers discovered a potentially habitable planet just light-years from earth. and scientists even came up with a good reason to put a bunch of adorable dogs in an machine.
unfortunately, there was a lot of nonsense this year, of it from our political leaders. on issues ranging from climate change to criminal justice, our was a notable offender. but some of his rivals joined in as well. so did his nominees. and congress. and members of the media. here, in no particular order, are some of the most appalling examples. you can let us know in the comments which one you think is the worst.
hurricane matthew
in early october, as hurricane matthew approached the southeastern united states and officials ordered mass evacuations, a group of commentators alleged that the obama administration was conspiring to exaggerate hurricane forecasts in order to scare the public about climate change. on october 5, rush limbaugh said hurricane forecasting often involved “politics” because “the national hurricane center is part of the national weather service, which is part of the commerce department, which is part of the obama administration, which by definition has been tainted.” he added, however, that matthew itself was “a serious bad storm” and been politicized.
the next day, matt drudge took the theory a step further, tweeting, “the are starting to wonder if has been lying to them about hurricane matthew intensity to make exaggerated point on climate.” he added, “hurricane center has monopoly on data. no way of verifying claims.” were widely condemned as dangerous and irresponsible. they also caught the attention of conspiracy kingpin alex jones:
a day later, limbaugh also went full matthew truther, declaring it “inarguable” that the government is “hyping hurricane matthew to sell climate change.” matthew would ultimately kill more than 40 people in the united states and hundreds in haiti. it caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage.
congress lift the gun research ban
gun violence is a public health crisis that kills people in the united states each year, injures another, and, according to an mother jones investigation, costs $229 billion annually. but as the annals of internal medicine explained in a 2015 editorial, pressure from the national rifle for years essentially banned federal dollars from being used to study the causes of, and possible solutions to, this epidemic:
two years ago, we called on physicians to focus on the public health threat of guns. the relative silence was disturbing but in part explicable by our inability to study the problem. political forces had effectively banned the centers for disease control and prevention and other scientific agencies from funding research on injury and death. the ban worked: a recent systematic review of studies evaluating access to guns and its association with suicide and homicide identified no relevant studies published since 2005.
following the june 12 terrorist shootings that killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in orlando, democrats tried once again to lift the research ban. but as the hill reported, “republicans blocked two amendments that would have allowed the [cdc] to study deaths. neither had a recorded vote.”
officials face charges in flint water crisis
perhaps the biggest scientific scandal in recent memory was the revelation that residents of flint, impoverished, exposed to dangerous levels of lead after government officials switched their drinking water source. lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities and behavioral problems, along with a variety of other serious health issues. officials then publicly warnings that water was unsafe to drink. according to one study, the percentage of flint children with elevated lead levels doubled following the. the water crisis may also be to blame for a deadly outbreak of legionnaires’ disease.
since april 2016, michigan attorney general bill schuette has filed charges against 13 current and former government officials for their alleged role in the crisis. on december 19, schuette accused two former emergency who had been appointed by the governor to oversee finances with minimal input from local elected moving forward with the despite knowing the situation was unsafe. according to the charging document, darnell earley conspired with gerald ambrose and others to “enter into a contract based upon false pretenses [that required] flint to utilize the flint river as its drinking water source knowing that the flint water treatment unable to produce safe water.” the document says that earley and ambrose were “advised to switch back to treated water” from water department (which had previously supplied water) but that they failed to do so, “which caused the flint citizens’ prolonged exposure to lead and bacteria.” the attorney general also alleged that ambrose “breached his duties by obstructing and hindering” a health department investigation into the legionnaires’ outbreak. earley and ambrose have pleaded not guilty.
trump’s budget director sure the government should fund zika research
rep. mick mulvaney (r-s.c.), donald choice to head the white house office of management and budget, just a global warming denier. as mother jones reported, he recently questioned whether the government should even fund scientific research. in september, mulvaney took to facebook to discuss the congressional showdown over urgently needed funding for the zika that would pay for mosquito control, vaccine studies, and research into the effects of the virus. (among other disputes, republicans sought to prevent planned parenthood from receiving zika funds.)
“[d]o we need research at all[?]” wrote mulvaney in his post. even more remarkably, he went on to raise doubts about whether zika really causes in babies. as phil plait noted, “there is wide scientific consensus that zika and are linked, and had been for some time before mulvaney wrote that.”
the house “science” committee
the house committee on science, space, and technology is quickly becoming one of the most inaccurately named entities in washington. for the past several years, rep. lamar smith (r-texas) has used his position as chairman of the committee to harass scientists through congressional investigations. even accused researchers at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration of having “altered historic climate data to get politically correct results” about global warming. as we explained in february, “smith is determined to get to the bottom of what he sees as an insidious plot by noaa to falsify research. his original subpoena for internal communications, issued last october, has been followed by a series of letters to obama administration officials in noaa and other agencies demanding information and expressing frustration that noaa has not been sufficiently forthcoming.”
fast-forward to december 2016, when someone working for smith decided to use the committee twitter account to promote an article from news titled “global temperatures plunge. icy silence from climate alarmists.” is the website that was formerly run by chief trump strategist steve bannon. in addition to climate denial, bannon has said the site is “the platform for the alt-right,” a movement that is closely tied to white nationalism.)
.@breitbartnews: global temperatures plunge. icy silence from climate alarmists (@housescience) december 1, 2016
unsurprisingly, actual scientists pleased.
gop platform declares coal is “clean”
republicans’ devotion to coal was one of the defining environmental issues of the 2016 campaign. trump promised to revive the struggling industry and put miners back to work by repealing “all the obama executive actions.” those commitments were reflected in an early version of the platform, which listed many wonderful qualities and said that republicans would dismantle clean power plan, which limits emissions from power plants. that go far enough for activist david barton, who convinced delegates at the convention to add one additional word to the text. “i would insert the adjective ‘clean,'” said barton. “so: ‘the democratic party does not understand that coal is an abundant, clean, affordable, reliable domestic energy resource.'” wording change was approved unanimously. as grist noted at the time, “for years the coal at one point, even president the idea of ‘clean coal,’ that expensive and imperfect technology could someday make coal less terrible. but no way it is clean.”
global warming in the primaries
as 2016 kicked off, there were still 12 candidates competing for the republican presidential nomination. nearly all of them rejected the overwhelming scientific consensus that humans are the main cause of global warming. (the contenders who spoke most forcefully in favor of the graham and george dropped out of the race in late 2015.)
as recently as december 2015, trump declared that “a lot of” the global warming issue is “a hoax.” his chief rival, ted cruz, said in february that climate change is “the perfect pseudoscientific theory” to justify liberal politicians’ efforts to expand “government power over the american citizenry.” in a debate in march, marco rubio drew loud applause when he said, “well, sure, the climate is changing, and one of the reasons why the climate is changing is the climate has always been as far as a law that we can pass in washington to change the weather: no such thing.” moments later, john kasich said, “i do believe we contribute to climate change.” but he added, “we know how much humans actually contribute.”
in 2015, ben carson told the san francisco chronicle, “there is no overwhelming science that the things that are going on are and not naturally caused.” a few months earlier, jeb bush said, “the climate is changing. i think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is the people to say the science is decided on this is just really arrogant.” in one 2014 interview, rand paul seemed to accept that carbon pollution is warming the planet; in a different interview, he said “not sure anybody exactly knows why” the climate changes. mike huckabee claimed in 2015 that “a volcano in one blast will contribute more [to climate change] than a hundred years of human activity.” completely wrong.) in 2011, rick santorum called climate change “junk science.” in 2008, jim gilmore said, “we know the climate is changing, but we do not know for sure how much is caused by man and how much is part of a natural cycle change.”
two other candidates, chris christie and carly fiorina, seemed to largely accept the science behind climate change, but neither of them had much of a plan to deal with the problem.
trump’s (other) wars on science
trump’s rejection of science goes well beyond basic climate research. here are some of his more outlandish claims from the past year:
trump wants to use hairspray. trump has repeatedly complained that efforts to protect the ozone layer are interfering with his hair routine. “you’re not allowed to use hairspray anymore because it affects the ozone,” he said in may, arguing that more environmentally friendly hair products are only “good for 12 minutes.” he added, “so if i take hairspray and i spray it in my apartment, which is all sealed, telling me that affects the ozone say no way, folks. no way. no way.” actually went through the trouble of asking scientists whether strategy of using hairspray indoors would help contain the chemicals. “it makes absolutely no difference!” said steve montzka, a noaa chemist. “it will eventually make it outside.”
jill stein (yep, she deserves her very own category)
vaccines. of course, science denial confined to the political right. during the 2008 presidential campaign, both obama and hillary clinton flirted with the notion that vaccines could be causing autism and that more research was needed on the after that theory had been discredited. obama and clinton have abandoned these misguided views, but green party presidential candidate jill stein is apparently still concerned. in july, she told the washington post that vaccines are “invaluable” medications but that the pharmaceutical industry has too much influence over safety determinations from the food and drug administration and the cdc. “as a medical doctor, there was a time when i looked very closely at those issues, and not all those issues were completely resolved,” she said. “there were concerns among physicians about what the vaccination schedule meant, the toxic substances like mercury which used to be rampant in vaccines. there were real questions that needed to be addressed. i think some of them at least have been addressed. i know if all of them have been addressed.”
gmos. there are plenty of reasonable debates surrounding the use of genetically modified crops. but when it comes to their impact on human health, scientists are pretty much in agreement: are safe to eat. once again, stein convinced. during the 2016 campaign, stein called for a moratorium on the introduction of new genetically modified organisms and a “phaseout” of current genetically modified crops “unless independent research shows decisively that are not harmful to human health or ecosystems.” website promised that her administration would “mandate food labeling so you can be sure that what choosing at the store is healthy and-free! you can finally feel secure that your family is eating safely with no foods on your table!” that page also featured a 2013 video of stein saying, “this is about what we are eating. this is about whether we are going to have a food system at all. this is about whether our food system is built out of poison and frankenfood.”
the cabinet
trump has loaded up his incoming administration with officials who, to varying extents, share his views on climate change. vice mike pence once called global warming a “myth,” though he now acknowledges that humans have “some impact on climate.” scott pruitt, pick to run the environmental protection agency, wrote in may that “scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.” energy secretary nominee rick perry once alleged that “a substantial number” of climate scientists had “manipulated data.” interior secretary nominee, ryan zinke, believes that climate change is “not a hoax, but not proven science either.” ben carson (see above) is slated to run the department of housing and urban development, an agency facing serious challenges from global warming. mulvaney, the incoming white house budget director, has said we abandon domestic fossil fuels “because of baseless claims regarding global warming.” attorney general nominee jeff sessions claimed in 2015 that predictions of warming “aren’t coming true.”
interfering with government scientists?
trump even been sworn in yet, but already there are troubling signs that his administration may attempt to interfere with the work of government scientists and experts.
energy department questionnaire. the’s transition team submitted a questionnaire to the department of energy asking for a list of employees and contractors who had worked on the obama efforts to calculate the “social cost of is, the dollar value of the health and environmental damage caused by burning fossil fuels. the transition team also asked for a list of staffers who attended un climate negotiations. as the washington post explained, the questionnaire “has raised concern that the trump transition team is trying to figure out how to target the people, including civil servants, who have helped implement policies under obama.” (the department comply with the request, and the trump team ultimately disavowed the questionnaire after facing criticism.)
the’s transition team submitted a questionnaire to the department of energy asking for a list of employees and contractors who had worked on the obama efforts to calculate the “social cost of is, the dollar value of the health and environmental damage caused by burning fossil fuels. the transition team also asked for a list of staffers who attended un climate negotiations. as the washington post explained, the questionnaire “has raised concern that the trump transition team is trying to figure out how to target the people, including civil servants, who have helped implement policies under obama.” (the department comply with the request, and the trump team ultimately disavowed the questionnaire after facing criticism.) earth science at nasa. one of space advisers, bob walker, has repeatedly floated the idea that the administration should begin to remove earth science from portfolio. earth science program is well known for producing some of the most important climate change research, and proposal has sparked an outcry among many in the scientific community. (walker has suggested shifting the work to noaa, but the incoming administration proposed giving noaa additional funding, and critics have called the plan unworkable.) trump actually adopted idea, and scientists such as david, an who receives nasa funding, are optimistic that he. but if trump does attempt to gut research efforts, the backlash could be intense. “we’re not going to stand for that,” said on our inquiring minds podcast. “we’re going to keep doing earth science and make the case for it. get scientists to march on washington if we have to. going to be a lot of resistance.”
abortion and breast cancer
for years, abortion rights opponents have insisted that abortion can cause breast cancer. that claim was based on a handful of flawed studies and has since been repeatedly debunked by the scientific community. according to the american congress of obstetricians and gynecologists, “more rigorous recent studies demonstrate no causal relationship between induced abortion and a subsequent increase in breast cancer risk.” influential groups have frequently emphasized a more nuanced but still misleading version of the breast cancer claim: that having an abortion deprives women of the health benefits they would otherwise receive by giving birth. that argument has found its way into an official booklet that the state of texas provides to women seeking abortions. according to the latest version of the booklet, released in early december:
your pregnancy history affects your chances of getting breast cancer. if you give birth to your baby, you are less likely to develop breast cancer in the future. research indicates that having an abortion will not provide you this increased protection against breast cancer.
“the wording in [the texas booklet] gets very cute,” said otis brawley, the american cancer chief medical officer, in an interview with the washington post. “it’s technically correct, but it is deceiving.” the problem, as explained by the post:
women who deliver their first baby to at 30 years or younger face a decreased long-term risk of breast cancer than women who have their first baby at older than 30 or 35, or who never deliver a baby at a baby does provide increased protection against breast cancer, but it mean that having an abortion affects your risk one way or another. for example, women who deliver a child before 30, but then have an abortion after their first child, still have a decreased risk of breast cancer, said brawley, who described himself as “pro-life and pro-truth.”
pence denies the existence of implicit bias in police shootings
during her first debate with trump, clinton supported efforts to retrain police officers to counter so-called “implicit bias.” she noted that people in just police to engage in subconscious racism. but she added that in the case of law enforcement, these biases “can have literally fatal consequences.” during the vice presidential debate a few days later, pence blasted clinton and other advocates of police reform for “bad-mouthing” cops. he criticized people who “seize upon tragedy in the wake of police action use a broad brush to accuse law enforcement of implicit bias or institutional racism.” that, he said, “really has got to stop.”
pence’s comments were a gross misrepresentation of a key scientific issue in the national debate over police killings of african americans. implicit bias does not, as he implied, refer to intentional, overt bigotry or to systematic efforts by law enforcement to target minorities (though there are plenty of examples of those, too). rather, implicit bias refers to subconscious prejudices that affect example, whether or not a cop shoots an unarmed civilian. as chris mooney explained in a 2014 mother jones story:
this phenomenon has been directly studied in the lab, particularly through shooter tests, where subjects must rapidly decide whether to shoot individuals holding either guns or harmless objects like wallets and soda cans. research suggests that police officers (those studied were mostly white) are much more accurate at the general task (not shooting unarmed people) than civilians, thanks to their training. but like civilians, police are considerably slower to press the “don’t shoot” button for an unarmed black man than they are for an unarmed white faster to shoot an armed black man than an armed white man.
and as mooney noted, acknowledging that implicit biases are pence refused to scientists and law enforcement to devise that seek to counter the problem.
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ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈmæθju əˈproʊʧt ðə ˌsaʊˈθistərn juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd əˈfɪʃəlz ˈɔrdərd mæs ɪˌvækjəˈweɪʃənz, ə grup əv ˈkɑmənˌteɪtərz əˈlɛʤd ðət ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wɑz kənˈspaɪrɪŋ tɪ ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪt ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈfɔrˌkæsts ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ skɛr ðə ˈpəblɪk əˈbaʊt ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 5 rəʃ ˈlɪmˌbɔ sɛd ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈfɔrˌkæstɪŋ ˈɔfən ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ““politics”*” bɪˈkəz ˈnæʃənəl ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈsɛnər ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈwɛðər ˈsərvɪs, wɪʧ ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ˈkɑmərs dɪˈpɑrtmənt, wɪʧ ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, wɪʧ baɪ ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən həz bɪn tainted.”*.” hi ˈædɪd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət ˈmæθju ˌɪtˈsɛlf wɑz ˈsɪriəs bæd storm”*” ənd bɪn pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪzd. ðə nɛkst deɪ, mæt drəʤ tʊk ðə ˈθɪri ə stɛp ˈfərðər, tweeting*, ər ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ ˈwəndər ɪf həz bɪn laɪɪŋ tɪ ðɛm əˈbaʊt ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈmæθju ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti tɪ meɪk ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪd pɔɪnt ɔn climate.”*.” hi ˈædɪd, ˈsɛnər həz məˈnɑpəli ɔn ˈdætə. noʊ weɪ əv ˈvɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ claims.”*.” wər ˈwaɪdli kənˈdɛmd ɛz ˈdeɪnʤərəs ənd ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ kɔt ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv kənˈspɪrəsi ˈkɪŋˌpɪn ˈæləks ʤoʊnz: ə deɪ ˈleɪtər, ˈlɪmˌbɔ ˈɔlsoʊ wɛnt fʊl ˈmæθju truther*, dɪˈklɛrɪŋ ɪt ““inarguable”*” ðət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈmæθju tɪ sɛl ˈklaɪmɪt change.”*.” ˈmæθju wʊd ˈəltəmətli kɪl mɔr ðən 40 ˈpipəl ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd ˈhənərdz ɪn ˈheɪti. ɪt kɔzd ˈbɪljənz əv dollars’*’ wərθ əv ˈdæmɪʤ. ˈkɑŋgrəs lɪft ðə gən ˈrisərʧ bæn gən ˈvaɪələns ɪz ə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈkraɪsəs ðət kɪlz ˈpipəl ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts iʧ jɪr, ˈɪnʤərz əˈnəðər ənd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ən ˈməðər ʤoʊnz ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, kɔsts 229 ˈbɪljən ˈænjuəli. bət ɛz ðə ˈænəlz əv ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈmɛdəsən ɪkˈspleɪnd ɪn ə 2015 ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl, ˈprɛʃər frəm ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈraɪfəl fər jɪrz ɛˈsɛnʃəli bænd ˈfɛdərəl ˈdɔlərz frəm biɪŋ juzd tɪ ˈstədi ðə ˈkɔzɪz əv, ənd ˈpɑsəbəl səˈluʃənz tɪ, ðɪs ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk: tu jɪrz əˈgoʊ, wi kɔld ɔn fɪˈzɪʃənz tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ θrɛt əv gənz. ðə ˈrɛlətɪv ˈsaɪləns wɑz dɪˈstərbɪŋ bət ɪn pɑrt ɛkˈsplɪkəbəl baɪ ɑr ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti tɪ ˈstədi ðə ˈprɑbləm. pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈfɔrsɪz hæd ˈifɛktɪvli bænd ðə ˈsɛnərz fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd priˈvɛnʃən ənd ˈəðər ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈeɪʤənsiz frəm ˈfəndɪŋ ˈrisərʧ ɔn ˈɪnʤəri ənd dɛθ. ðə bæn wərkt: ə ˈrisənt ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk ˌrivˈju əv ˈstədiz ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ gənz ənd ɪts əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən wɪθ ˈsuɪˌsaɪd ənd ˈhɑməˌsaɪd aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd noʊ ˈrɛləvənt ˈstədiz ˈpəblɪʃt sɪns 2005 ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ʤun 12 ˈtɛrərɪst ˈʃutɪŋz ðət kɪld 49 ˈpipəl æt ə geɪ ˈnaɪtˌkləb ɪn ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ, ˈdɛməˌkræts traɪd wəns əˈgɛn tɪ lɪft ðə ˈrisərʧ bæn. bət ɛz ðə hɪl ˌriˈpɔrtəd, blɑkt tu əˈmɛndmənts ðət wʊd hæv əˈlaʊd ðə [ˈsiˌdiˈsi] tɪ ˈstədi dɛθs. ˈniðər hæd ə rɪˈkɔrdɪd vote.”*.” əˈfɪʃəlz feɪs ˈʧɑrʤɪz ɪn flɪnt ˈwɔtər ˈkraɪsəs pərˈhæps ðə ˈbɪgəst ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈskændəl ɪn ˈrisənt ˈmɛməri wɑz ðə ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən ðət ˈrɛzɪdənts əv flɪnt, ˌɪmˈpɑvrɪʃt, ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈlɛvəlz əv lɛd ˈæftər ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəlz swɪʧt ðɛr ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈwɔtər sɔrs. lɛd ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ kən kɔz ˈlərnɪŋ dɪsəˈbɪlɪtiz ənd bɪˈheɪvjərəl ˈprɑbləmz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈəðər ˈsɪriəs hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz. əˈfɪʃəlz ðɛn ˈpəblɪkli ˈwɔrnɪŋz ðət ˈwɔtər wɑz ənˈseɪf tɪ drɪŋk. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ wən ˈstədi, ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv flɪnt ˈʧɪldrən wɪθ ˈɛləˌveɪtɪd lɛd ˈlɛvəlz ˈdəbəld ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə. ðə ˈwɔtər ˈkraɪsəs meɪ ˈɔlsoʊ bi tɪ bleɪm fər ə ˈdɛdli ˈaʊtˌbreɪk əv legionnaires’*’ dɪˈziz. sɪns ˈeɪprəl 2016 ˈmɪʃɪgən əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl bɪl skut həz faɪld ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst 13 ˈkɑrənt ənd ˈfɔrmər ˈgəvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəlz fər ðɛr əˈlɛʤd roʊl ɪn ðə ˈkraɪsəs. ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 19 skut əˈkjuzd tu ˈfɔrmər ˈimərʤənsi hu hæd bɪn əˈpɔɪntɪd baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnər tɪ ˈoʊvərˌsi ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz wɪθ ˈmɪnəməl ˈɪnˌpʊt frəm ˈloʊkəl ɪˈlɛktɪd ˈmuvɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ ðə dɪˈspaɪt noʊɪŋ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɑz ənˈseɪf. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, dɑrˈnɛl ˈərli kənˈspaɪərd wɪθ ˈʤɛrəld ˈæmˌbroʊz ənd ˈəðərz tɪ ˈɪntu ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt beɪst əˈpɑn fɔls priˈtɛnsɪz [ðət rikˈwaɪərd] flɪnt tɪ ˈjutəˌlaɪz ðə flɪnt ˈrɪvər ɛz ɪts ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈwɔtər sɔrs noʊɪŋ ðət ðə flɪnt ˈwɔtər ˈtritmənt əˈneɪbəl tɪ ˈproʊdus seɪf water.”*.” ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt sɪz ðət ˈərli ənd ˈæmˌbroʊz wər tɪ swɪʧ bæk tɪ ˈtritɪd water”*” frəm ˈwɔtər dɪˈpɑrtmənt (wɪʧ hæd ˈpriviəsli səˈplaɪd ˈwɔtər) bət ðət ðeɪ feɪld tɪ du soʊ, kɔzd ðə flɪnt citizens’*’ prəˈlɔŋd ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ lɛd ənd bacteria.”*.” ðə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlɛʤd ðət ˈæmˌbroʊz hɪz ˈdutiz baɪ əbˈstrəktɪŋ ənd hindering”*” ə hɛlθ dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu ðə legionnaires’*’ ˈaʊtˌbreɪk. ˈərli ənd ˈæmˌbroʊz hæv ˈplidɪd nɑt ˈgɪlti. ˈbəʤɪt dɪˈrɛktər ʃʊr ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ʃʊd fənd ˈzɪkə ˈrisərʧ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. mɪk ˌməlˈveɪni (r-s.c*.), ˈdɑnəld ʧɔɪs tɪ hɛd ðə waɪt haʊs ˈɔfəs əv ˈmænɪʤmənt ənd ˈbəʤɪt, ʤɪst ə ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ denier*. ɛz ˈməðər ʤoʊnz ˌriˈpɔrtəd, hi ˈrisəntli kˈwɛsʧənd ˈwɛðər ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ʃʊd ˈivɪn fənd ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈrisərʧ. ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər, ˌməlˈveɪni tʊk tɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tɪ dɪˈskəs ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn ˈoʊvər ˈərʤəntli ˈnidɪd ˈfəndɪŋ fər ðə ˈzɪkə ðət wʊd peɪ fər məˈskitoʊ kənˈtroʊl, ˌvækˈsin ˈstədiz, ənd ˈrisərʧ ˈɪntu ðə ˈifɛkts əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs. (əˈməŋ ˈəðər dɪˈspjuts, rɪˈpəblɪkənz sɔt tɪ prɪˈvɛnt plænd ˈpɛrənˌthʊd frəm rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈzɪkə fəndz.) wi nid ˈrisərʧ æt all[?]”*[?]” roʊt ˌməlˈveɪni ɪn hɪz poʊst. ˈivɪn mɔr rɪˈmɑrkəbli, hi wɛnt ɔn tɪ reɪz daʊts əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ˈzɪkə ˈrɪli ˈkɔzɪz ɪn ˈbeɪbiz. ɛz fɪl pleɪt ˈnoʊtɪd, ɪz waɪd ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk kənˈsɛnsəs ðət ˈzɪkə ənd ər lɪŋkt, ənd hæd bɪn fər səm taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ˌməlˈveɪni roʊt that.”*.” ðə haʊs ““science”*” kəˈmɪti ðə haʊs kəˈmɪti ɔn saɪəns, speɪs, ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪz kˈwɪkli bɪˈkəmɪŋ wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪˈnækjərətli neɪmd ˈɛntɪtiz ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. fər ðə pæst ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz, rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. lɑˈmɑr smɪθ (r-texas*) həz juzd hɪz pəˈzɪʃən ɛz ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə kəˈmɪti tɪ həræs ˈsaɪəntɪsts θru kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz. ˈivɪn əˈkjuzd ˈrisərʧərz æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌoʊʃiˈænɪk ənd ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əv ˈhævɪŋ hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈklaɪmɪt ˈdætə tɪ gɪt ˈplɪtɪkli kərˈɛkt results”*” əˈbaʊt ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ. ɛz wi ɪkˈspleɪnd ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri, ɪz dɪˈtərmənd tɪ gɪt tɪ ðə ˈbɑtəm əv wət hi siz ɛz ən ˌɪnˈsɪˌdiəs plɑt baɪ ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ tɪ ˈfɔlsəˌfaɪ ˈrisərʧ. hɪz ərˈɪʤənəl səˈpinə fər ˌɪnˈtərnəl kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz, ˈɪʃud læst ɑkˈtoʊbər, həz bɪn ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈlɛtərz tɪ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ ənd ˈəðər ˈeɪʤənsiz dɪˈmændɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ɪkˈsprɛsɪŋ frəˈstreɪʃən ðət ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ həz nɑt bɪn səˈfɪʃəntli forthcoming.”*.” ˌfæstˈfɔrwərd tɪ dɪˈsɛmbər 2016 wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ˈwərkɪŋ fər smɪθ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ juz ðə kəˈmɪti tˈwɪtər əˈkaʊnt tɪ prəˈmoʊt ən ˈɑrtɪkəl frəm nuz ˈtaɪtəld ˈtɛmpərəʧərz plənʤ. ˈaɪsi ˈsaɪləns frəm ˈklaɪmɪt alarmists.”*.” ɪz ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðət wɑz ˈfɔrmərli rən baɪ ʧif trəmp ˈstrætɪʤɪst stiv ˈbænən. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈklaɪmɪt dɪˈnaɪəl, ˈbænən həz sɛd ðə saɪt ɪz ˈplætˌfɔrm fər ðə alt-right,”*,” ə ˈmuvmənt ðət ɪz ˈkloʊsli taɪd tɪ waɪt ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm.) .@breitbartnews*: ˈgloʊbəl ˈtɛmpərəʧərz plənʤ. ˈaɪsi ˈsaɪləns frəm ˈklaɪmɪt əˈlɑrmɪsts (@housescience*) dɪˈsɛmbər 1 2016 ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ˈækʧəwəl ˈsaɪəntɪsts plizd. ˈplætˌfɔrm dɪˈklɛrz koʊl ɪz ““clean”*” republicans’*’ dɪˈvoʊʃən tɪ koʊl wɑz wən əv ðə dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈɪʃuz əv ðə 2016 kæmˈpeɪn. trəmp ˈprɑməst tɪ rɪˈvaɪv ðə ˈstrəgəlɪŋ ˈɪndəstri ənd pʊt ˈmaɪnərz bæk tɪ wərk baɪ riˈpilɪŋ ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv actions.”*.” ðoʊz kəˈmɪtmənts wər rɪˈflɛktɪd ɪn ən ˈərli ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈplætˌfɔrm, wɪʧ ˈlɪstɪd ˈmɛni ˈwəndərfəl kˈwɑlətiz ənd sɛd ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz wʊd dɪsˈmænəl klin paʊər plæn, wɪʧ ˈlɪmɪts ɪˈmɪʃənz frəm paʊər plænts. ðət goʊ fɑr ɪˈnəf fər ˈæktɪvɪst ˈdeɪvɪd ˈbɑrtən, hu kənˈvɪnst ˈdɛləˌgeɪts æt ðə kənˈvɛnʃən tɪ æd wən əˈdɪʃənəl wərd tɪ ðə tɛkst. wʊd ˌɪnˈsərt ðə ˈæʤɪktɪv ‘‘clean,'”*,'” sɛd ˈbɑrtən.: ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpɑrti dɪz nɑt ˌəndərˈstænd ðət koʊl ɪz ən əˈbəndənt, klin, əˈfɔrdəbəl, rɪˈlaɪəbəl dəˈmɛstɪk ˈɛnərʤi resource.'”*.'” ˈwərdɪŋ ʧeɪnʤ wɑz əˈpruvd juˈnænəməsli. ɛz grɪst ˈnoʊtɪd æt ðə taɪm, jɪrz ðə koʊl æt wən pɔɪnt, ˈivɪn ˈprɛzɪdənt ðə aɪˈdiə əv coal,’*,’ ðət ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ənd ˌɪmˈpərfɪkt tɛkˈnɑləʤi kʊd ˈsəmˌdeɪ meɪk koʊl lɛs ˈtɛrəbəl. bət noʊ weɪ ɪt ɪz clean.”*.” ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛriz ɛz 2016 kɪkt ɔf, ðɛr wər stɪl 12 ˈkænədɪts kəmˈpitɪŋ fər ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən. ˈnɪrli ɔl əv ðɛm rɪˈʤɛktɪd ðə ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk kənˈsɛnsəs ðət ˈjumənz ər ðə meɪn kɔz əv ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ. (ðə kənˈtɛndərz hu spoʊk moʊst ˈfɔrsfəli ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ðə græm ənd ʤɔrʤ drɑpt aʊt əv ðə reɪs ɪn leɪt 2015 ɛz ˈrisəntli ɛz dɪˈsɛmbər 2015 trəmp dɪˈklɛrd ðət lɔt of”*” ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ˈɪʃu ɪz hoax.”*.” hɪz ʧif ˈraɪvəl, tɛd kruz, sɛd ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri ðət ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ˈpərˌfɪkt ˌsudoʊˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk theory”*” tɪ ˈʤəstəˌfaɪ ˈlɪˌbərəl politicians’*’ ˈɛfərts tɪ ɪkˈspænd paʊər ˈoʊvər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən citizenry.”*.” ɪn ə dəˈbeɪt ɪn mɑrʧ, ˈmɑrkoʊ ˈrubioʊ dru laʊd əˈplɔz wɪn hi sɛd, ““well*, ʃʊr, ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ, ənd wən əv ðə ˈrizənz waɪ ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɪz ðə ˈklaɪmɪt həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ɛz fɑr ɛz ə lɔ ðət wi kən pæs ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈwɛðər: noʊ səʧ thing.”*.” ˈmoʊmənts ˈleɪtər, ʤɑn ˈkɑsɪʧ sɛd, du bɪˈliv wi kənˈtrɪbjut tɪ ˈklaɪmɪt change.”*.” bət hi ˈædɪd, noʊ haʊ məʧ ˈjumənz ˈæˌkʧuəli contribute.”*.” ɪn 2015 bɛn ˈkɑrzən toʊld ðə sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ˈkrɑnɪkəl, ɪz noʊ ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ saɪəns ðət ðə θɪŋz ðət ər goʊɪŋ ɔn ər ənd nɑt ˈnæʧərəli caused.”*.” ə fju mənθs ˈərliər, ʤɛb bʊʃ sɛd, ˈklaɪmɪt ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk ðə saɪəns ɪz klɪr əv wət pərˈsɛnɪʤ ɪz ˈmænˌmeɪd ənd wət pərˈsɛnɪʤ ɪz ðə ˈpipəl tɪ seɪ ðə saɪəns ɪz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ɔn ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ˈrɪli arrogant.”*.” ɪn wən 2014 ˈɪntərvˌju, rænd pɔl simd tɪ əkˈsɛpt ðət ˈkɑrbən pəˈluʃən ɪz ˈwɔrmɪŋ ðə ˈplænət; ɪn ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈɪntərvˌju, hi sɛd ʃʊr ˈɛnibədi ɪgˈzæktli noʊz why”*” ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. maɪk ˈhəkəbi kleɪmd ɪn 2015 ðət vɑlˈkeɪnoʊ ɪn wən blæst wɪl kənˈtrɪbjut mɔr [tɪ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ] ðən ə ˈhənərd jɪrz əv ˈjumən activity.”*.” kəmˈplitli rɔŋ.) ɪn 2011 rɪk sænˈtɔrəm kɔld ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ science.”*.” ɪn 2008 ʤɪm ˈgɪlmɔr sɛd, noʊ ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ, bət wi du nɑt noʊ fər ʃʊr haʊ məʧ ɪz kɔzd baɪ mæn ənd haʊ məʧ ɪz pɑrt əv ə ˈnæʧərəl ˈsaɪkəl change.”*.” tu ˈəðər ˈkænədɪts, krɪs ˈkrɪsti ənd ˈkɑrli fiɔˈrinə, simd tɪ ˈlɑrʤli əkˈsɛpt ðə saɪəns bɪˈhaɪnd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ, bət ˈniðər əv ðɛm hæd məʧ əv ə plæn tɪ dil wɪθ ðə ˈprɑbləm. (ˈəðər) wɔrz ɔn saɪəns rɪˈʤɛkʃən əv saɪəns goʊz wɛl bɪɔnd ˈbeɪsɪk ˈklaɪmɪt ˈrisərʧ. hir ər səm əv hɪz mɔr aʊˈtlændɪʃ kleɪmz frəm ðə pæst jɪr: trəmp wɔnts tɪ juz ˈhɛrˌspreɪ. trəmp həz rɪˈpitɪdli kəmˈpleɪnd ðət ˈɛfərts tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈoʊˌzoʊn leɪər ər ˌɪnərˈfɪrɪŋ wɪθ hɪz hɛr ruˈtin. nɑt əˈlaʊd tɪ juz ˈhɛrˌspreɪ ˌɛniˈmɔr bɪˈkəz ɪt əˈfɛkts ðə ozone,”*,” hi sɛd ɪn meɪ, ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ðət mɔr ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəli ˈfrɛndli hɛr ˈprɑdəkts ər ˈoʊnli fər 12 minutes.”*.” hi ˈædɪd, ɪf aɪ teɪk ˈhɛrˌspreɪ ənd aɪ spreɪ ɪt ɪn maɪ əˈpɑrtmənt, wɪʧ ɪz ɔl sild, ˈtɛlɪŋ mi ðət əˈfɛkts ðə ˈoʊˌzoʊn seɪ noʊ weɪ, foʊks. noʊ weɪ. noʊ way.”*.” ˈæˌkʧuəli wɛnt θru ðə ˈtrəbəl əv ˈæskɪŋ ˈsaɪəntɪsts ˈwɛðər ˈstrætəʤi əv ˈjuzɪŋ ˈhɛrˌspreɪ ˈɪnˌdɔrz wʊd hɛlp kənˈteɪn ðə ˈkɛmɪkəlz. meɪks ˌæbsəˈlutli noʊ difference!”*!” sɛd stiv montzka*, ə ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ ˈkɛmɪst. wɪl ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli meɪk ɪt outside.”*.” ʤɪl staɪn (jɛp, ʃi dɪˈzərvz hər ˈvɛri oʊn ˈkætəˌgɔri) ˌvækˈsinz. əv kɔrs, saɪəns dɪˈnaɪəl kənˈfaɪnd tɪ ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl raɪt. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2008 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn, boʊθ ˌoʊˈbɑmə ənd ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈflərtɪd wɪθ ðə ˈnoʊʃən ðət ˌvækˈsinz kʊd bi ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈɔˌtɪzəm ənd ðət mɔr ˈrisərʧ wɑz ˈnidɪd ɔn ðə ˈæftər ðət ˈθɪri hæd bɪn dɪˈskrɛdɪtɪd. ˌoʊˈbɑmə ənd ˈklɪntən hæv əˈbændənd ðiz mɪsˈgaɪdɪd vjuz, bət grin ˈpɑrti ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt ʤɪl staɪn ɪz əˈpɛrəntli stɪl kənˈsərnd. ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ʃi toʊld ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ðət ˌvækˈsinz ər ““invaluable”*” ˌmɛdəˈkeɪʃənz bət ðət ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈɪndəstri həz tu məʧ ˈɪnfluəns ˈoʊvər ˈseɪfti dɪˌtərmɪˈneɪʃənz frəm ðə fud ənd drəg ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ənd ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi. ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈdɔktər, ðɛr wɑz ə taɪm wɪn aɪ lʊkt ˈvɛri ˈkloʊsli æt ðoʊz ˈɪʃuz, ənd nɑt ɔl ðoʊz ˈɪʃuz wər kəmˈplitli resolved,”*,” ʃi sɛd. wər kənˈsərnz əˈməŋ fɪˈzɪʃənz əˈbaʊt wət ðə væksəˈneɪʃən ˈskɛʤʊl mɛnt, ðə ˈtɑksɪk ˈsəbstənsɪz laɪk ˈmərkjəri wɪʧ juzd tɪ bi ˈræmpənt ɪn ˌvækˈsinz. ðɛr wər ril kˈwɛsʧənz ðət ˈnidɪd tɪ bi əˈdrɛst. aɪ θɪŋk səm əv ðɛm æt list hæv bɪn əˈdrɛst. aɪ noʊ ɪf ɔl əv ðɛm hæv bɪn addressed.”*.”. ðɛr ər ˈplɛnti əv ˈrizənəbəl dəˈbeɪts sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðə juz əv ʤəˈnɛtɪkli ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd krɑps. bət wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ðɛr ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈjumən hɛlθ, ˈsaɪəntɪsts ər ˈprɪti məʧ ɪn əˈgrimənt: ər seɪf tɪ it. wəns əˈgɛn, staɪn kənˈvɪnst. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2016 kæmˈpeɪn, staɪn kɔld fər ə ˌmɔrəˈtɔriəm ɔn ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv nu ʤəˈnɛtɪkli ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz ənd ə ““phaseout”*” əv ˈkɑrənt ʤəˈnɛtɪkli ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd krɑps ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈrisərʧ ʃoʊz dɪˈsaɪsɪvli ðət ər nɑt ˈhɑrmfəl tɪ ˈjumən hɛlθ ər ecosystems.”*.” ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˈprɑməst ðət hər ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wʊd fud ˈleɪbəlɪŋ soʊ ju kən bi ʃʊr ðət wət ˈʧuzɪŋ æt ðə stɔr ɪz ˈhɛlθi ənd gmo-free*! ju kən ˈfaɪnəli fil sɪˈkjʊr ðət jʊr ˈfæməli ɪz ˈitɪŋ ˈseɪfli wɪθ noʊ fudz ɔn jʊr table!”*!” ðət peɪʤ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfiʧərd ə 2013 ˈvɪdioʊ əv staɪn seɪɪŋ, ɪz əˈbaʊt wət wi ər ˈitɪŋ. ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ə fud ˈsɪstəm æt ɔl. ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ɑr fud ˈsɪstəm ɪz bɪlt aʊt əv ˈpɔɪzən ənd frankenfood.”*.” ðə ˈkæbənət trəmp həz ˈloʊdɪd əp hɪz ˈɪnˌkəmɪŋ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wɪθ əˈfɪʃəlz hu, tɪ ˈvɛriɪŋ extents*, ʃɛr hɪz vjuz ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. vaɪs maɪk pɛns wəns kɔld ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ə ““myth,”*,” ðoʊ hi naʊ ækˈnɑlɪʤɪz ðət ˈjumənz hæv ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn climate.”*.” skɑt pruɪt, pɪk tɪ rən ðə ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl prəˈtɛkʃən ˈeɪʤənsi, roʊt ɪn meɪ ðət kənˈtɪnju tɪ dɪsəˈgri əˈbaʊt ðə dɪˈgri ənd ɪkˈstɛnt əv ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ənd ɪts kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ðə ˈækʃənz əv mankind.”*.” ˈɛnərʤi ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˌnɑməˈni rɪk ˈpɛri wəns əˈlɛʤd ðət səbˈstænʃəl number”*” əv ˈklaɪmɪt ˈsaɪəntɪsts hæd data.”*.” ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˌnɑməˈni, raɪən zɪŋk, bɪˈlivz ðət ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ə hoʊks, bət nɑt ˈpruvən saɪəns either.”*.” bɛn ˈkɑrzən (si əˈbəv) ɪz sˈleɪtɪd tɪ rən ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhaʊzɪŋ ənd ˈərbən dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ən ˈeɪʤənsi ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈsɪriəs ˈʧælənʤɪz frəm ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ. ˌməlˈveɪni, ðə ˈɪnˌkəmɪŋ waɪt haʊs ˈbəʤɪt dɪˈrɛktər, həz sɛd wi əˈbændən dəˈmɛstɪk ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz əv ˈbeɪsləs kleɪmz rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈgloʊbəl warming.”*.” əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ˌnɑməˈni ʤɛf ˈsɛʃənz kleɪmd ɪn 2015 ðət priˈdɪkʃənz əv ˈwɔrmɪŋ ˈkəmɪŋ true.”*.” ˌɪnərˈfɪrɪŋ wɪθ ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsaɪəntɪsts? trəmp ˈivɪn bɪn swɔrn ɪn jɛt, bət ɔˈrɛdi ðɛr ər ˈtrəbəlɪŋ saɪnz ðət hɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən meɪ əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˌɪnərˈfɪr wɪθ ðə wərk əv ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsaɪəntɪsts ənd ˈɛkspərts. ˈɛnərʤi dɪˈpɑrtmənt kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr. ðə trænˈzɪʃən tim səbˈmɪtəd ə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈɛnərʤi ˈæskɪŋ fər ə lɪst əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz ənd ˈkɑnˌtræktərz hu hæd wərkt ɔn ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈɛfərts tɪ ˈkælkjəˌleɪt ðə kɔst əv ɪz, ðə ˈdɔlər ˈvælju əv ðə hɛlθ ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈdæmɪʤ kɔzd baɪ ˈbərnɪŋ ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz. ðə trænˈzɪʃən tim ˈɔlsoʊ æst fər ə lɪst əv ˈstæfərz hu əˈtɛndəd ˈjuˈɛn ˈklaɪmɪt nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz. ɛz ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ɪkˈspleɪnd, ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr reɪzd kənˈsərn ðət ðə trəmp trænˈzɪʃən tim ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt haʊ tɪ ˈtərgət ðə ˈpipəl, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvənts, hu hæv hɛlpt ˈɪmpləmənt ˈpɑləsiz ˈəndər obama.”*.” (ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə rɪkˈwɛst, ənd ðə trəmp tim ˈəltəmətli ˌdɪsəˈvaʊd ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr ˈæftər ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm.) ðə trænˈzɪʃən tim səbˈmɪtəd ə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈɛnərʤi ˈæskɪŋ fər ə lɪst əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz ənd ˈkɑnˌtræktərz hu hæd wərkt ɔn ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈɛfərts tɪ ˈkælkjəˌleɪt ðə kɔst əv ɪz, ðə ˈdɔlər ˈvælju əv ðə hɛlθ ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈdæmɪʤ kɔzd baɪ ˈbərnɪŋ ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz. ðə trænˈzɪʃən tim ˈɔlsoʊ æst fər ə lɪst əv ˈstæfərz hu əˈtɛndəd ˈjuˈɛn ˈklaɪmɪt nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz. ɛz ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ɪkˈspleɪnd, ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr reɪzd kənˈsərn ðət ðə trəmp trænˈzɪʃən tim ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt haʊ tɪ ˈtərgət ðə ˈpipəl, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvənts, hu hæv hɛlpt ˈɪmpləmənt ˈpɑləsiz ˈəndər obama.”*.” (ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə rɪkˈwɛst, ənd ðə trəmp tim ˈəltəmətli ˌdɪsəˈvaʊd ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr ˈæftər ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm.) ərθ saɪəns æt ˈnæsə. wən əv speɪs ædˈvaɪzərz, bɑb ˈwɔkər, həz rɪˈpitɪdli ˈfloʊtɪd ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ʃʊd bɪˈgɪn tɪ riˈmuv ərθ saɪəns frəm pɔrtˈfoʊliˌoʊ. ərθ saɪəns ˈproʊˌgræm ɪz wɛl noʊn fər prəˈdusɪŋ səm əv ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈrisərʧ, ənd prəˈpoʊzəl həz spɑrkt ən ˈaʊtˌkraɪ əˈməŋ ˈmɛni ɪn ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk kəmˈjunɪti. (ˈwɔkər həz səˈʤɛstɪd ˈʃɪftɪŋ ðə wərk tɪ ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ, bət ðə ˈɪnˌkəmɪŋ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən prəˈpoʊzd ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ əˈdɪʃənəl ˈfəndɪŋ, ənd ˈkrɪtɪks hæv kɔld ðə plæn ənˈwərkəbəl.) trəmp ˈæˌkʧuəli əˈdɑptəd aɪˈdiə, ənd ˈsaɪəntɪsts səʧ ɛz ˈdeɪvɪd, ən hu rɪˈsivz ˈnæsə ˈfəndɪŋ, ər ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk ðət hi. bət ɪf trəmp dɪz əˈtɛmpt tɪ gət ˈrisərʧ ˈɛfərts, ðə ˈbæˌklæʃ kʊd bi ˌɪnˈtɛns. nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ stænd fər that,”*,” sɛd ɔn ɑr ˌɪnkˈwaɪərɪŋ maɪndz ˈpɔdˌkæst. goʊɪŋ tɪ kip duɪŋ ərθ saɪəns ənd meɪk ðə keɪs fər ɪt. gɪt ˈsaɪəntɪsts tɪ mɑrʧ ɔn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɪf wi hæv tɪ. goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə lɔt əv resistance.”*.” əˈbɔrʃən ənd brɛst ˈkænsər fər jɪrz, əˈbɔrʃən raɪts əˈpoʊnənts hæv ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðət əˈbɔrʃən kən kɔz brɛst ˈkænsər. ðət kleɪm wɑz beɪst ɔn ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv flɔd ˈstədiz ənd həz sɪns bɪn rɪˈpitɪdli dɪˈbəŋkt baɪ ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk kəmˈjunɪti. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈkɑŋgrəs əv ˌɑbstəˈtrɪʃənz ənd ˌgaɪnəˈkɑləʤəsts, ˈrɪgərəs ˈrisənt ˈstədiz ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt noʊ ˈkɔzəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ˌɪnˈdust əˈbɔrʃən ənd ə ˈsəbsəkwənt ˌɪnˈkris ɪn brɛst ˈkænsər risk.”*.” ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl grups hæv ˈfrikwɛntli ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ə mɔr nuɑnst bət stɪl mɪsˈlidɪŋ ˈvərʒən əv ðə brɛst ˈkænsər kleɪm: ðət ˈhævɪŋ ən əˈbɔrʃən dɪˈpraɪvz ˈwɪmən əv ðə hɛlθ ˈbɛnəfɪts ðeɪ wʊd ˈəðərˌwaɪz rɪˈsiv baɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ bərθ. ðət ˈɑrgjəmənt həz faʊnd ɪts weɪ ˈɪntu ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈbʊklɪt ðət ðə steɪt əv ˈtɛksəs prəˈvaɪdz tɪ ˈwɪmən ˈsikɪŋ əˈbɔrʃənz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈbʊklɪt, riˈlist ɪn ˈərli dɪˈsɛmbər: jʊr ˈprɛgnənsi ˈhɪstəri əˈfɛkts jʊr ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈgɪtɪŋ brɛst ˈkænsər. ɪf ju gɪv bərθ tɪ jʊr ˈbeɪbi, ju ər lɛs ˈlaɪkli tɪ dɪˈvɛləp brɛst ˈkænsər ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. ˈrisərʧ ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət ˈhævɪŋ ən əˈbɔrʃən wɪl nɑt prəˈvaɪd ju ðɪs ˌɪnˈkrist prəˈtɛkʃən əˈgɛnst brɛst ˈkænsər. ˈwərdɪŋ ɪn [ðə ˈtɛksəs ˈbʊklɪt] gɪts ˈvɛri cute,”*,” sɛd ˈoʊtɪs ˈbrɔli, ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈkænsər ʧif ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈɔfɪsər, ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst. ˈtɛknɪkəli kərˈɛkt, bət ɪt ɪz deceiving.”*.” ðə ˈprɑbləm, ɛz ɪkˈspleɪnd baɪ ðə poʊst: ˈwɪmən hu dɪˈlɪvər ðɛr fərst ˈbeɪbi tɪ æt 30 jɪrz ər ˈjəŋgər feɪs ə ˈdiˌkrist ˈlɔŋˈtərm rɪsk əv brɛst ˈkænsər ðən ˈwɪmən hu hæv ðɛr fərst ˈbeɪbi æt ˈoʊldər ðən 30 ər 35 ər hu ˈnɛvər dɪˈlɪvər ə ˈbeɪbi æt ə ˈbeɪbi dɪz prəˈvaɪd ˌɪnˈkrist prəˈtɛkʃən əˈgɛnst brɛst ˈkænsər, bət ɪt min ðət ˈhævɪŋ ən əˈbɔrʃən əˈfɛkts jʊr rɪsk wən weɪ ər əˈnəðər. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈwɪmən hu dɪˈlɪvər ə ʧaɪld ˌbiˈfɔr 30 bət ðɛn hæv ən əˈbɔrʃən ˈæftər ðɛr fərst ʧaɪld, stɪl hæv ə ˈdiˌkrist rɪsk əv brɛst ˈkænsər, sɛd ˈbrɔli, hu dɪˈskraɪbd hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz ənd pro-truth.”*.” pɛns dɪˈnaɪz ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns əv ˌɪmˈplɪsət baɪəs ɪn pəˈlis ˈʃutɪŋz ˈdʊrɪŋ hər fərst dəˈbeɪt wɪθ trəmp, ˈklɪntən səˈpɔrtɪd ˈɛfərts tɪ riˈtreɪn pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz tɪ ˈkaʊntər ˈsoʊˈkɔld bias.”*.” ʃi ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈpipəl ɪn ʤɪst pəˈlis tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn səbˈkɑnʃəs ˈreɪˌsɪzəm. bət ʃi ˈædɪd ðət ɪn ðə keɪs əv lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt, ðiz ˈbaɪəsɪz hæv ˈlɪtərəli ˈfeɪtəl consequences.”*.” ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə vaɪs ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl dəˈbeɪt ə fju deɪz ˈleɪtər, pɛns ˈblæstɪd ˈklɪntən ənd ˈəðər ˈædvəˌkeɪts əv pəˈlis rɪˈfɔrm fər ““bad-mouthing”*” kɑps. hi ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ˈpipəl hu əˈpɑn ˈtræʤədi ɪn ðə weɪk əv pəˈlis ˈækʃən juz ə brɔd brəʃ tɪ əˈkjuz lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əv ˌɪmˈplɪsət baɪəs ər ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl racism.”*.” ðət, hi sɛd, həz gɑt tɪ stop.”*.” ˈkɑmɛnts wər ə groʊs mɪsˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən əv ə ki ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɪʃu ɪn ðə ˈnæʃənəl dəˈbeɪt ˈoʊvər pəˈlis ˈkɪlɪŋz əv ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkənz. ˌɪmˈplɪsət baɪəs dɪz nɑt, ɛz hi ˌɪmˈplaɪd, rɪˈfər tɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl, ˈoʊvərt ˈbɪgətri ər tɪ ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk ˈɛfərts baɪ lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt tɪ ˈtərgət məˈnɔrətiz (ðoʊ ðɛr ər ˈplɛnti əv ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv ðoʊz, tu). ˈrəðər, ˌɪmˈplɪsət baɪəs rɪˈfərz tɪ səbˈkɑnʃəs ˈprɛʤədɪsɪz ðət əˈfɛkt ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ə kɑp ʃuts ən əˈnɑrmd səˈvɪljən. ɛz krɪs ˈmuni ɪkˈspleɪnd ɪn ə 2014 ˈməðər ʤoʊnz ˈstɔri: ðɪs fəˈnɑməˌnɑn həz bɪn dɪˈrɛkli ˈstədid ɪn ðə læb, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli θru ˈʃutər tɛsts, wɛr ˈsəbʤɪkts məst ˈræpədli ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər tɪ ʃut ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈiðər gənz ər ˈhɑrmləs ˈɑbʤɛkts laɪk ˈwɔləts ənd ˈsoʊdə kænz. ˈrisərʧ səˈʤɛsts ðət pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz (ðoʊz ˈstədid wər ˈmoʊstli waɪt) ər məʧ mɔr ˈækjərət æt ðə ˈʤɛnərəl tæsk (nɑt ˈʃutɪŋ əˈnɑrmd ˈpipəl) ðən səˈvɪljənz, θæŋks tɪ ðɛr ˈtreɪnɪŋ. bət laɪk səˈvɪljənz, pəˈlis ər kənˈsɪdərəbli sloʊər tɪ prɛs ðə shoot”*” ˈbətən fər ən əˈnɑrmd blæk mæn ðən ðeɪ ər fər ən əˈnɑrmd waɪt ˈfæstər tɪ ʃut ən ɑrmd blæk mæn ðən ən ɑrmd waɪt mæn. ənd ɛz ˈmuni ˈnoʊtɪd, ækˈnɑlɪʤɪŋ ðət ˌɪmˈplɪsət ˈbaɪəsɪz ər pɛns rɪfˈjuzd tɪ ˈsaɪəntɪsts ənd lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt tɪ dɪˈvaɪz ðət sik tɪ ˈkaʊntər ðə ˈprɑbləm.
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naloxone is commonly used to reverse narcotic intoxication. however, its use is not entirely free of hazards. for instance, pulmonary edema (pe) has been reported to arise with the mechanism of discharge caused by release of or central responses to narcotic reversal. here, we report a healthy young patient who, after undergoing an uneventful for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, developed following administration of. respiratory depression was found during anesthesia emergence and thus was indicated for reversal. unfortunately, upper airway negative pressure occurred following administration. from this case, we suggest that a patent airway should be ascertained before administration for treating respiratory depression.
copyright 2010 taiwan society of anesthesiologists. published by elsevier b.v. all rights reserved.
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naloxone* ɪz ˈkɑmənli juzd tɪ rɪˈvərs nɑrˈkɑtɪk ˌɪnˌtɑksəˈkeɪʃən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪts juz ɪz nɑt ɪnˈtaɪərli fri əv ˈhæzərdz. fər ˈɪnstəns, ˈpʊlməˌnɛri ɪˈdimə (pe*) həz bɪn ˌriˈpɔrtəd tɪ əraɪz wɪθ ðə ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm əv ˈdɪsˌʧɑrʤ kɔzd baɪ riˈlis əv ər ˈsɛntrəl rɪˈspɑnsɪz tɪ nɑrˈkɑtɪk rɪˈvərsəl. hir, wi rɪˈpɔrt ə ˈhɛlθi jəŋ ˈpeɪʃənt hu, ˈæftər ˌəndərˈgoʊɪŋ ən ˌəniˈvɛntfəl fər əbˈstrəktɪv slip ˈæpniə ˈsɪnˌdroʊm, dɪˈvɛləpt ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əv. ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri dɪˈprɛʃən wɑz faʊnd ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌænɪsˈθiˌʒiə ˈimərʤəns ənd ðəs wɑz ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd fər rɪˈvərsəl. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ˈəpər ˈɛrˌweɪ ˈnɛgətɪv ˈprɛʃər əˈkərd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. frəm ðɪs keɪs, wi səˈʤɛst ðət ə ˈpætənt ˈɛrˌweɪ ʃʊd bi ˌæsərˈteɪnd ˌbiˈfɔr ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən fər ˈtritɪŋ ˈrɛspərəˌtɔri dɪˈprɛʃən. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2010 ˈtaɪˈwɑn soʊˈsaɪɪti əv ˌænəsˌθiziˈɑləʤɪsts. ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ˈɛlsəˌvɪr b.v*. ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd.
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by massad ayoob, american
situation:
the big man has threatened to beat you to death, and you have reason to believe capable of doing it. now he shows up at your house, and begins to beat you
lesson:
not everyone who violently attacks you will be a stereotypical criminal, and the justice system still has trouble recognizing your attacker need a weapon to kill you.
social scientists tell us by the time we turn 21, seen thousands of people “killed” on tv and movie screens. those images shape our values, sometimes in unrealistic and unhealthy ways. tv and movies can give the general public false impressions.
the guy was shot in the back? “it possibly be self-defense he must be a victim of cowardly, murderous ambush!” the deceased was shot more than once or twice, particularly with a relatively powerful gun? “hey, when gary cooper shot a bad cowboy once with a .45, it knocked him off his feet! this shooting must have been motivated solely by murderous malice!”
years of watching shows such as “csi” on tv can lead the viewer to think if the spent casing was found in position x, then without a doubt the shot must have been fired from exactly position y. and, horror of horrors, an armed citizen shot someone unarmed? in reference to one such case last year, i saw a cnn commentator literally scream into the camera, “murder! murder! murder!”
the facts
anyone been involved in homicide cases for any length of time knows all of the popular beliefs listed above are misconceptions. any number of dynamics can account for a bullet entering behind the lateral midline of an body. many factors can turn a violent assailant into a “bullet sponge,” who soaks up wound after deadly wound before he goes down.
any shooter who has tried to retrieve brass after a range session absolutely knows the position does not exactly correlate to where the spent casing ends up. and any medical examiner or homicide investigator who has ever seen the corpse of someone beaten to death knows a criminal assailant does not require a deadly weapon to kill an innocent victim.
movies teach us to expect an attacker who resembles a street monster out of hollywood central casting. the fact is, with surprising frequency, the attacker is someone who happen to have a criminal record, and who is loved by family and friends who genuinely see him as a good guy.
earlier this year, i was involved in a premeditated murder trial in the appalachians where all of these factors came together. i came to know the defendant and his wife, who asked me to keep their names out of this story because they have suffered enough from the negative publicity. the same seems fair for the family of the deceased. for these reasons, i am going to change two names here, the name of the defendant and the name of the man who was killed. all other names appearing in this account are real.
prelude
the men on each side of the gun the night of this shooting had clean criminal records and were respectable citizens. one of the men, who call “mr.,” had an eye for the wife of the man call “mr. gunn.” neither man had ever so much as met, but mr. gunn got wind of it. he touched base with wife. he testified later she told him she surprised, because her husband had a wandering eye, and mr. gunn had better be careful because mr. was a dangerous man who stood six-feet-three, weighed 300 to 350 pounds of solid muscle, and messing with him was a good way to get killed.
this was a definite concern for mr. gunn, who was of average height and had never been in a serious fight. a hunter and recreational gun owner with a concealed carry permit, he had long made a habit of keeping a pistol in his car, and bringing it into the house when he came home. it was kept out of reach of his little boys, but in a place where mr. gunn could get to for home defense.
late on the night of nov. 17, 2010, the gunn family was asleep when mr. gunn heard a loud banging at the door, awakening him. he got up, and without opening the door, asked who was there. mr., clearly in a state of rage, identified himself and his anger, claiming gunn had put his marriage in jeopardy by talking to mrs.. in his verbal tirade, he swore he would “beat the life” out of the smaller man.
gunn, wisely, never unlocked the door. eventually drove off into the night. shaken, gunn called and told the dispatcher what happened. since this was a rural community with a limited police presence, he was told to simply call back if the man returned.
the incident
four days later, devastation occurred. it is approximately p.m. the two little boys in the gunn family were eager for christmas, and even though it yet thanksgiving, decorating the house for the holidays is now in full swing. the doorbell rang, and mrs. gunn answered it. in moments, she was back inside, a look of grave concern on her face informing her husband mr. was at the door demanding to talk to him.
gunn’s mind immediately flashed back to the screaming rage he witnessed at his door four nights ago. he was glad his kids were asleep then and hear any of it. fearing it would escalate again, he told his wife to take the boys into another room. then, because he had every reason to be genuinely in fear of his life, he took his pistol from its high resting place and tucked it into his behind his right hip.
the gun was a ruger he bought used from a friend a few years ago. its hammer was on a live round the way he always carried this gun, with the lever up and off safe. having been told all his life to load magazines one round short of capacity to save their springs and preserve reliability, his magazines had seven remington jacketed .45 cartridges. after a round, he never bothered to top it off; meaning a pistol capable of holding rounds had only seven.
pausing at the door, gunn then stepped out onto the dimly lit porch area and closed the door behind him. part of him hoped the man had simply come to apologize for his previous outburst. no such luck.
this was the first time he had seen the dreaded mr. face-to-face. the man towered over him, looking every bit of the pounds been described, and launched into a tirade. wife had just kicked him out and he was holding gunn responsible for ending his marriage of more than 20 years.
he angrily repeated his previous, ominous threat, “i’ll beat the life out of you!”
a punch came out of the darkness from nowhere, hammering into the right side of face like the kick of a mule. he felt his partial plate dislodge from the painful and stunning impact.
reeling back and acutely aware of the situation knowing his wife and children were inside and certain this enraged giant was not going to stop gunn reached for the ruger with his right hand, and as soon as it cleared his belt, he opened fire on the enraged assailant.
gunn then realized the big man was running away from him down the side of his property and watched him fall at the backend of the house. not knowing what else to do, gunn walked back inside and placed his empty, on the kitchen counter.
gunn’s brother, who had been working on a truck in the yard, sprinted toward the house. at the first shot, he raised his head, witnessing the exchange between his brother and. he immediately called. also nearby, father, who was staying in a motor home on the property, grabbed his shotgun and ran to help after he heard the shots fired.
emergency response was swift. the gunn home was located at the edge of the county line, and the dispatcher sent full ambulance crews from both counties to be fail-safe. pulling in at opposite sides of the yard, two crews rushed toward the downed patient with their gurneys. one gurney rolled directly through the “evidence field” in front of the house which was in line with the spent brass from the gun fired from the porch. in minutes, police were on the scene.
mr. did not survive. and, a documented 12 minutes after the police arrived, mr. gunn was placed under arrest for premeditated murder.
next, issues and answers
issues and answers
autopsy revealed eight gunshot wound tracks from seven bullets, all but one clearly entering behind lateral midline. trial began on feb. 4, 2013, in the court of circuit judge eric in logan, w.va. the prosecution argued a jealous husband had murdered a perceived suitor of his wife, shooting the unarmed man several times in the back and arming himself before the confrontation constituted the element of premeditation.
the night of the shooting, five spent .45 casings were recovered from in front of the porch. the following afternoon, two more were discovered near where the dying man had fallen; this, the prosecution maintained, meant gunn must have walked 40 feet forward and fired two more execution shots into the “victim,” who had collapsed and was rendered helpless.
gunn wisely retained brian abraham, former district attorney of logan county, to defend him. management of this case, i think, is a template for future defenses in cases of this nature. this case presented a number of issues needing to be addressed.
firstly, spent brass does not correlate exactly to shooter position. remember the six responders and their two gurneys, one of which left tracks through where the first five spent casings were found? many lawmen and other people walked through the same area. the own firearms and examiner from the crime lab testified factually and honestly too many factors to list here were inconsistent between lab testing and assured reality points he clarified in expertly delivered.
the prosecution then brought in an expert witness, a young engineer who had never been involved in a ballistics trial before, disputed the expert analysis by claiming the location of the spent cases absolutely correlated to where they would land. the real expert insisted the casings could have been kicked, caught in shoe treads or picked up in the treads of the gurney wheels and where they were eventually found; the outside expert stipulated the casings had to be execution shots. abraham tore him apart in his.
shots in the back were a critical issue. when i was on the stand, i explained the dynamics of paradigms, and demonstrated on video how a man can easily shoot seven shots from this type of gun in under a second and a half. i also demonstrated how the human body can turn 180 degrees in half a second, and how those time frames could intersect in a situation like this one. we showed the jury a training film i had produced for the american law institute and the american bar association, in which i was shot multiple times in the back with simunitions. in the criminal attacker role, i spun away from the legitimate defender who was shooting back at me.
when shooting as fast as you can to save your life and your nearby family from an irrational, violent man, it takes a relatively long time to react to something unexpected which in this case was the other man suddenly breaking off the attack. but, “seven shots”? we showed the jury on video the significant muzzle flash of the remington express jhp, the same lot of ammunition the evidence showed the defendant was using. he never saw a muzzle flash, and after the savage blow to his head, the next thing he saw was the other man running away.
an experienced fighter can train himself to keep his eyes open after such a blow so he can block or parry the next blow, and see his target to counterpunch and the reaction of an untrained person such as mr. gunn is to instinctively close the eyes. because of what did, gunn see him unexpectedly turning away in time to stop his defensive stream of fire.
the “power of the gun” issue came up here, certainly not for the first time in such a case. the medical examiner who did the autopsy spoke of how powerful a .45 was and how devastating the bullets were implying a terrible unfair advantage and malice on the part of the shooter. when my turn came on the stand, i simply pointed out the arresting officers carried essentially the same amount of stopping power: a smith & wesson model 4566s, all loaded with gold dot .45s.
but, the medical examiner dropped a bomb. the fatal shot of the seven fired had gone through the left of heart. asked by the prosecutor how far a man so wounded could have traveled, he answered adamantly, no more than 10 feet which fueled the theory of the execution shots.
this testimony occurred on wednesday, february 6. it was too late for the defense to retain its own forensic pathologist to counter the testimony and i was due on the stand the next day. courts often accept testimony on these matters from us who are extensively trained homicide investigators, but a pathologist has more credibility. i had with me for other reasons a textbook by pathologist abdullah fatteh, which explained why wounds of the left are the least likely among heart shots to cause rapid death, and even a study by the own mentor showing men shot through the heart going great distances and even shooting back.
however, i remembered a classic case from dr. vincent dimaio authoritative text, gunshot wounds, in which a man whose heart was shredded by a close range shotgun blast ran a far greater distance before falling. i have it with me, so i phoned marty hayes and jim fleming of armed citizens legal defense network. within hours, they had it faxed and e-mailed to me, and i read it to the jury the next day, showing them the theory pertaining to gunn taking shots as totally false.
all evidence has to be correlated! gunn, his wife, his brother, and his dad had all stated from the very beginning the shots were fired as fast as a trigger could be pulled, and in one continuous string of fire. three impartial heard the same. a neighbor lady bathing her grandchild when the shots were fired said it sounded like “a string of firecrackers.” another neighboring couple agreed, with the husband saying it sounded like one long, echoing rifle shot in the woods.
brian abraham had me explain how long it would take for a man to run 40 feet, and why there would have had to be a distinct pause between the first five shots and the last two if the theory was to be valid. my final statement before it went to was if the prosecution theory was true, we would have to discount the testimony of all seven eye- and, and suspend the laws of time and space.
disparity of force was a key element here. it means when an ostensibly unarmed man is so likely to kill or cripple you, his physical advantage becomes the equivalent of a deadly weapon, and warrants your recourse to a gun or knife or whatever in self-defense. gunn was dramatically by his much bigger and stronger attacker, and already stunned by a blow to the head so brutal it had knocked his teeth loose. he knew a man this irrational was a threat to wife and children as well as to him. the man could take his .45 and kill them all once he had overpowered gunn. the defendant was indeed facing deadly force, and brian abraham drove that home to the jury effectively throughout the week of trial.
next, the verdict
the verdict
on the afternoon of friday, feb. 8, 2013, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. the long ordeal was over. under west virginia law, a conviction on the charge of premeditated murder would have resulted in a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. instead, a good man went home to his family to rebuild his life.
there are no winners here. the acquittal meant merely a wrongly accused man did not lose as much as he could have lost. his actions certainly saved him from death or great bodily harm at the hands of a man who had threatened to “beat the life out of him,” and may well have saved his wife and children also.
real life is rarely as starkly black and white as in a charles bronson death wish movie. i want to commend brian abraham for an outstanding piece of trial advocacy, and extend my best wishes for the healing of the families on both sides of this unfortunate incident.
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baɪ ˈmæsəd ayoob*, əˈmɛrɪkən ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən: ðə bɪg mæn həz θˈrɛtənd tɪ bit ju tɪ dɛθ, ənd ju hæv ˈrizən tɪ bɪˈliv ˈkeɪpəbəl əv duɪŋ ɪt. naʊ hi ʃoʊz əp æt jʊr haʊs, ənd bɪˈgɪnz tɪ bit ju ˈlɛsən: nɑt ˈɛvriˌwən hu ˈvaɪələntli əˈtæks ju wɪl bi ə ˌstɛrioʊˈtɪpɪkəl ˈkrɪmənəl, ənd ðə ˈʤəstɪs ˈsɪstəm stɪl həz ˈtrəbəl ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzɪŋ jʊr əˈtækər nid ə ˈwɛpən tɪ kɪl ju. ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪəntɪsts tɛl ˈjuˈɛs baɪ ðə taɪm wi tərn 21 sin ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈpipəl ““killed”*” ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd ˈmuvi skrinz. ðoʊz ˈɪmɪʤɪz ʃeɪp ɑr ˈvæljuz, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪn ənˌriˈlɪstɪk ənd ənˈhɛlθi weɪz. ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd ˈmuviz kən gɪv ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpəblɪk fɔls ˌɪmˈprɛʃənz. ðə gaɪ wɑz ʃɑt ɪn ðə bæk? ˈpɑsəbli bi ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns hi məst bi ə ˈvɪktɪm əv ˈkaʊərdli, ˈmərdərəs ambush!”*!” ðə dɪˈsist wɑz ʃɑt mɔr ðən wəns ər twaɪs, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli wɪθ ə ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈpaʊərfəl gən? ““hey*, wɪn ˈgɛri ˈkupər ʃɑt ə bæd ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ wəns wɪθ ə 45 ɪt nɑkt ɪm ɔf hɪz fit! ðɪs ˈʃutɪŋ məst hæv bɪn ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd ˈsoʊəli baɪ ˈmərdərəs malice!”*!” jɪrz əv ˈwɑʧɪŋ ʃoʊz səʧ ɛz ““csi”*” ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən kən lɛd ðə vjuər tɪ θɪŋk ɪf ðə spɛnt ˈkeɪsɪŋ wɑz faʊnd ɪn pəˈzɪʃən ɛks, ðɛn wɪˈθaʊt ə daʊt ðə ʃɑt məst hæv bɪn faɪərd frəm ɪgˈzæktli pəˈzɪʃən waɪ. ənd, ˈhɔrər əv ˈhɔrərz, ən ɑrmd ˈsɪtɪzən ʃɑt ˈsəmˌwən əˈnɑrmd? ɪn ˈrɛfərəns tɪ wən səʧ keɪs læst jɪr, aɪ sɔ ə ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˈkɑmənˌteɪtər ˈlɪtərəli skrim ˈɪntu ðə ˈkæmərə, ““murder*! ˈmərdər! murder!”*!” ðə fækts ˈɛniˌwən bɪn ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ˈkeɪsɪz fər ˈɛni lɛŋθ əv taɪm noʊz ɔl əv ðə ˈpɑpjələr bɪˈlifs ˈlɪstɪd əˈbəv ər mɪskənˈsɛpʃənz. ˈɛni ˈnəmbər əv daɪˈnæmɪks kən əˈkaʊnt fər ə ˈbʊlət ˈɛnərɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈlætərəl ˈmɪˌdlaɪn əv ən ˈbɑdi. ˈmɛni ˈfæktərz kən tərn ə ˈvaɪələnt əˈseɪlənt ˈɪntu ə sponge,”*,” hu soʊks əp wund ˈæftər ˈdɛdli wund ˌbiˈfɔr hi goʊz daʊn. ˈɛni ˈʃutər hu həz traɪd tɪ rɪˈtriv bræs ˈæftər ə reɪnʤ ˈsɛʃən ˌæbsəˈlutli noʊz ðə pəˈzɪʃən dɪz nɑt ɪgˈzæktli ˈkɔrəˌleɪt tɪ wɛr ðə spɛnt ˈkeɪsɪŋ ɛndz əp. ənd ˈɛni ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪgˈzæmənər ər ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtər hu həz ˈɛvər sin ðə kɔrps əv ˈsəmˌwən ˈbitən tɪ dɛθ noʊz ə ˈkrɪmənəl əˈseɪlənt dɪz nɑt ˌrikˈwaɪər ə ˈdɛdli ˈwɛpən tɪ kɪl ən ˈɪnəsənt ˈvɪktɪm. ˈmuviz tiʧ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ɪkˈspɛkt ən əˈtækər hu rɪˈzɛmbəlz ə strit ˈmɑnstər aʊt əv ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈsɛntrəl ˈkæstɪŋ. ðə fækt ɪz, wɪθ səˈpraɪzɪŋ ˈfrikwənsi, ðə əˈtækər ɪz ˈsəmˌwən hu ˈhæpən tɪ hæv ə ˈkrɪmənəl ˈrɛkərd, ənd hu ɪz ləvd baɪ ˈfæməli ənd frɛndz hu ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli si ɪm ɛz ə gʊd gaɪ. ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, aɪ wɑz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə priˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪd ˈmərdər traɪəl ɪn ðə ˌæpəˈleɪʧənz wɛr ɔl əv ðiz ˈfæktərz keɪm təˈgɛðər. aɪ keɪm tɪ noʊ ðə dɪˈfɛndənt ənd hɪz waɪf, hu æst mi tɪ kip ðɛr neɪmz aʊt əv ðɪs ˈstɔri bɪˈkəz ðeɪ hæv ˈsəfərd ɪˈnəf frəm ðə ˈnɛgətɪv pəˈblɪsɪti. ðə seɪm simz fɛr fər ðə ˈfæməli əv ðə dɪˈsist. fər ðiz ˈrizənz, aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ ʧeɪnʤ tu neɪmz hir, ðə neɪm əv ðə dɪˈfɛndənt ənd ðə neɪm əv ðə mæn hu wɑz kɪld. ɔl ˈəðər neɪmz əˈpɪrɪŋ ɪn ðɪs əˈkaʊnt ər ril. ˈpreɪˌlud ðə mɛn ɔn iʧ saɪd əv ðə gən ðə naɪt əv ðɪs ˈʃutɪŋ hæd klin ˈkrɪmənəl ˈrɛkərdz ənd wər rɪˈspɛktəbəl ˈsɪtɪzənz. wən əv ðə mɛn, hu kɔl ““mr*. phist,”*,” hæd ən aɪ fər ðə waɪf əv ðə mæn kɔl ““mr*. gunn.”*.” ˈniðər mæn hæd ˈɛvər soʊ məʧ ɛz mɛt, bət ˈmɪstər. gən gɑt wɪnd əv ɪt. hi təʧt beɪs wɪθ waɪf. hi ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ˈleɪtər ʃi toʊld ɪm ʃi səˈpraɪzd, bɪˈkəz hər ˈhəzbənd hæd ə ˈwɑndərɪŋ aɪ, ənd ˈmɪstər. gən hæd ˈbɛtər bi ˈkɛrfəl bɪˈkəz ˈmɪstər. wɑz ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs mæn hu stʊd six-feet-three*, weɪd 300 tɪ 350 paʊnz əv ˈsɑləd ˈməsəl, ənd ˈmɛsɪŋ wɪθ ɪm wɑz ə gʊd weɪ tɪ gɪt kɪld. ðɪs wɑz ə ˈdɛfənət kənˈsərn fər ˈmɪstər. gən, hu wɑz əv ˈævərɪʤ haɪt ənd hæd ˈnɛvər bɪn ɪn ə ˈsɪriəs faɪt. ə ˈhəntər ənd ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃənəl gən ˈoʊnər wɪθ ə kənˈsild ˈkɛri ˈpərˌmɪt, hi hæd lɔŋ meɪd ə ˈhæbət əv ˈkipɪŋ ə ˈpɪstəl ɪn hɪz kɑr, ənd ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ɪt ˈɪntu ðə haʊs wɪn hi keɪm hoʊm. ɪt wɑz kɛpt aʊt əv riʧ əv hɪz ˈlɪtəl bɔɪz, bət ɪn ə pleɪs wɛr ˈmɪstər. gən kʊd gɪt tɪ fər hoʊm dɪˈfɛns. leɪt ɔn ðə naɪt əv noʊv. 17 2010 ðə gən ˈfæməli wɑz əsˈlip wɪn ˈmɪstər. gən hərd ə laʊd ˈbæŋɪŋ æt ðə dɔr, əˈweɪkənɪŋ ɪm. hi gɑt əp, ənd wɪˈθaʊt ˈoʊpənɪŋ ðə dɔr, æst hu wɑz ðɛr. ˈmɪstər., ˈklɪrli ɪn ə steɪt əv reɪʤ, aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd hɪmˈsɛlf ənd hɪz ˈæŋgər, ˈkleɪmɪŋ gən hæd pʊt hɪz ˈmɛrɪʤ ɪn ˈʤɛpərdi baɪ ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ˈmɪsɪz.. ɪn hɪz ˈvərbəl taɪˈreɪd, hi swɔr hi wʊd ðə life”*” aʊt əv ðə sˈmɔlər mæn. gən, ˈwaɪzli, ˈnɛvər ənˈlɑkt ðə dɔr. ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli droʊv ɔf ˈɪntu ðə naɪt. ˈʃeɪkən, gən kɔld ənd toʊld ðə ˈdɪˌspæʧər wət ˈhæpənd. sɪns ðɪs wɑz ə ˈrʊrəl kəmˈjunɪti wɪθ ə ˈlɪmɪtɪd pəˈlis ˈprɛzəns, hi wɑz toʊld tɪ ˈsɪmpli kɔl bæk ɪf ðə mæn rɪˈtərnd. ðə ˈɪnsədənt fɔr deɪz ˈleɪtər, ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃən əˈkərd. ɪt ɪz əˈprɑksəmətli p.m*. ðə tu ˈlɪtəl bɔɪz ɪn ðə gən ˈfæməli wər ˈigər fər ˈkrɪsməs, ənd ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt jɛt ˌθæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ, ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪŋ ðə haʊs fər ðə ˈhɑləˌdeɪz ɪz naʊ ɪn fʊl swɪŋ. ðə ˈdɔrˌbɛl ræŋ, ənd ˈmɪsɪz. gən ˈænsərd ɪt. ɪn ˈmoʊmənts, ʃi wɑz bæk ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ə lʊk əv greɪv kənˈsərn ɔn hər feɪs ˌɪnˈfɔrmɪŋ hər ˈhəzbənd ˈmɪstər. wɑz æt ðə dɔr dɪˈmændɪŋ tɪ tɔk tɪ ɪm. maɪnd ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli flæʃt bæk tɪ ðə ˈskrimɪŋ reɪʤ hi ˈwɪtnəst æt hɪz dɔr fɔr naɪts əˈgoʊ. hi wɑz glæd hɪz kɪdz wər əsˈlip ðɛn ənd hir ˈɛni əv ɪt. ˈfɪrɪŋ ɪt wʊd ˈɛskəˌleɪt əˈgɛn, hi toʊld hɪz waɪf tɪ teɪk ðə bɔɪz ˈɪntu əˈnəðər rum. ðɛn, bɪˈkəz hi hæd ˈɛvəri ˈrizən tɪ bi ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli ɪn fɪr əv hɪz laɪf, hi tʊk hɪz ˈpɪstəl frəm ɪts haɪ ˈrɛstɪŋ pleɪs ənd təkt ɪt ˈɪntu hɪz bɪˈhaɪnd hɪz raɪt hɪp. ðə gən wɑz ə ˈrugər hi bɔt juzd frəm ə frɛnd ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ɪts ˈhæmər wɑz ɔn ə lɪv raʊnd ðə weɪ hi ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈkɛrid ðɪs gən, wɪθ ðə ˈlɛvər əp ənd ɔf seɪf. ˈhævɪŋ bɪn toʊld ɔl hɪz laɪf tɪ loʊd ˈmægəˌzinz wən raʊnd ʃɔrt əv kəˈpæsɪti tɪ seɪv ðɛr spərɪŋz ənd prɪˈzərv riˌlaɪəˈbɪləti, hɪz ˈmægəˌzinz hæd ˈsɛvən ˈrɛmɪŋtən ˈʤækətɪd 45 ˈkɑrtrəʤəz. ˈæftər ə raʊnd, hi ˈnɛvər ˈbɑðərd tɪ tɔp ɪt ɔf; ˈminɪŋ ə ˈpɪstəl ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈhoʊldɪŋ raʊnz hæd ˈoʊnli ˈsɛvən. ˈpɔzɪŋ æt ðə dɔr, gən ðɛn stɛpt aʊt ˈɔntu ðə ˈdɪmli lɪt pɔrʧ ˈɛriə ənd kloʊzd ðə dɔr bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm. pɑrt əv ɪm hoʊpt ðə mæn hæd ˈsɪmpli kəm tɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər hɪz ˈpriviəs ˈaʊtˌbərst. noʊ səʧ lək. ðɪs wɑz ðə fərst taɪm hi hæd sin ðə ˈdrɛdɪd ˈmɪstər. ˈfeɪstuˈfeɪs. ðə mæn taʊərd ˈoʊvər ɪm, ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈɛvəri bɪt əv ðə paʊnz bɪn dɪˈskraɪbd, ənd lɔnʧt ˈɪntu ə taɪˈreɪd. waɪf hæd ʤɪst kɪkt ɪm aʊt ənd hi wɑz ˈhoʊldɪŋ gən riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈɛndɪŋ hɪz ˈmɛrɪʤ əv mɔr ðən 20 jɪrz. hi ˈæŋgrəli rɪˈpitɪd hɪz ˈpriviəs, ˈɑmənəs θrɛt, bit ðə laɪf aʊt əv you!”*!” ə pənʧ keɪm aʊt əv ðə ˈdɑrknəs frəm ˈnoʊˌwɛr, ˈhæmərɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə raɪt saɪd əv feɪs laɪk ðə kɪk əv ə mjul. hi fɛlt hɪz ˈpɑrʃəl pleɪt dɪsˈlɑʤ frəm ðə ˈpeɪnfəl ənd ˈstənɪŋ ˌɪmˈpækt. ˈrilɪŋ bæk ənd əˈkjutli əˈwɛr əv ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən noʊɪŋ hɪz waɪf ənd ˈʧɪldrən wər ˌɪnˈsaɪd ənd ˈsərtən ðɪs ɪnˈreɪʤd ʤaɪənt wɑz nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ stɑp gən riʧt fər ðə ˈrugər wɪθ hɪz raɪt hænd, ənd ɛz sun ɛz ɪt klɪrd hɪz bɛlt, hi ˈoʊpənd faɪər ɔn ðə ɪnˈreɪʤd əˈseɪlənt. gən ðɛn ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðə bɪg mæn wɑz ˈrənɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ɪm daʊn ðə saɪd əv hɪz ˈprɑpərti ənd wɔʧt ɪm fɔl æt ðə ˌbæˈkɛnd əv ðə haʊs. nɑt noʊɪŋ wət ɛls tɪ du, gən wɔkt bæk ˌɪnˈsaɪd ənd pleɪst hɪz ˈɛmti, ɔn ðə ˈkɪʧən ˈkaʊntər. ˈbrəðər, hu hæd bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ə trək ɪn ðə jɑrd, ˈsprɪntɪd təˈwɔrd ðə haʊs. æt ðə fərst ʃɑt, hi reɪzd hɪz hɛd, ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ ðə ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ bɪtˈwin hɪz ˈbrəðər ənd. hi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli kɔld ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnɪrˈbaɪ, ˈfɑðər, hu wɑz steɪɪŋ ɪn ə ˈmoʊtər hoʊm ɔn ðə ˈprɑpərti, græbd hɪz ˈʃɑtˌgən ənd ræn tɪ hɛlp ˈæftər hi hərd ðə ʃɑts faɪərd. ˈimərʤənsi rɪˈspɑns wɑz swɪft. ðə gən hoʊm wɑz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd æt ðə ɛʤ əv ðə ˈkaʊnti laɪn, ənd ðə ˈdɪˌspæʧər sɛnt fʊl ˈæmbjələns kruz frəm boʊθ ˈkaʊntiz tɪ bi ˈfeɪlˌseɪf. ˈpʊlɪŋ ɪn æt ˈɑpəzɪt saɪdz əv ðə jɑrd, tu kruz rəʃt təˈwɔrd ðə daʊnd ˈpeɪʃənt wɪθ ðɛr gurneys*. wən ˈgərni roʊld dɪˈrɛkli θru ðə field”*” ɪn frənt əv ðə haʊs wɪʧ wɑz ɪn laɪn wɪθ ðə spɛnt bræs frəm ðə gən faɪərd frəm ðə pɔrʧ. ɪn ˈmɪnəts, pəˈlis wər ɔn ðə sin. ˈmɪstər. dɪd nɑt sərˈvaɪv. ənd, ə ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd 12 ˈmɪnəts ˈæftər ðə pəˈlis əraɪvd, ˈmɪstər. gən wɑz pleɪst ˈəndər ərˈɛst fər priˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪd ˈmərdər. nɛkst, ˈɪʃuz ənd ˈænsərz ˈɪʃuz ənd ˈænsərz ˈɔˌtɑpsi rɪˈvild eɪt ˈgənˌʃɑt wund træks frəm ˈsɛvən ˈbʊləts, ɔl bət wən ˈklɪrli ˈɛnərɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ˈlætərəl ˈmɪˌdlaɪn. traɪəl bɪˈgæn ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 4 2013 ɪn ðə kɔrt əv ˈsərkət ʤəʤ ˈɛrɪk ɪn ˈloʊgən, w.va*. ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən ˈɑrgjud ə ˈʤɛləs ˈhəzbənd hæd ˈmərdərd ə pərˈsivd ˈsutər əv hɪz waɪf, ˈʃutɪŋ ðə əˈnɑrmd mæn ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz ɪn ðə bæk ənd ˈɑrmɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃən ˈkɑnstəˌtutəd ðə ˈɛləmənt əv priˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən. ðə naɪt əv ðə ˈʃutɪŋ, faɪv spɛnt 45 ˈkeɪsɪŋz wər rɪˈkəvərd frəm ɪn frənt əv ðə pɔrʧ. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˌæftərˈnun, tu mɔr wər dɪˈskəvərd nɪr wɛr ðə daɪɪŋ mæn hæd ˈfɑlən; ðɪs, ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən meɪnˈteɪnd, mɛnt gən məst hæv wɔkt 40 fit ˈfɔrwərd ənd faɪərd tu mɔr ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən ʃɑts ˈɪntu ðə ““victim,”*,” hu hæd kəˈlæpst ənd wɑz ˈrɛndərd ˈhɛlpləs. gən ˈwaɪzli rɪˈteɪnd braɪən ˈeɪbrəˌhæm, ˈfɔrmər ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni əv ˈloʊgən ˈkaʊnti, tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ɪm. ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ðɪs keɪs, aɪ θɪŋk, ɪz ə ˈtɛmplət fər fˈjuʧər dɪˈfɛnsɪz ɪn ˈkeɪsɪz əv ðɪs ˈneɪʧər. ðɪs keɪs pərˈzɛnəd ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈɪʃuz ˈnidɪŋ tɪ bi əˈdrɛst. ˈfərstli, spɛnt bræs dɪz nɑt ˈkɔrəˌleɪt ɪgˈzæktli tɪ ˈʃutər pəˈzɪʃən. rɪˈmɛmbər ðə sɪks rɪˈspɑndərz ənd ðɛr tu gurneys*, wən əv wɪʧ lɛft træks θru wɛr ðə fərst faɪv spɛnt ˈkeɪsɪŋz wər faʊnd? ˈmɛni ˈlɔˈmɛn ənd ˈəðər ˈpipəl wɔkt θru ðə seɪm ˈɛriə. ðə oʊn ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz ənd ɪgˈzæmənər frəm ðə kraɪm læb ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪd ˈfækʧuəli ənd ˈɑnəstli tu ˈmɛni ˈfæktərz tɪ lɪst hir wər ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt bɪtˈwin læb ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd əˈʃʊrd ˌriˈæləˌti pɔɪnts hi ˈklɛrəˌfaɪd ɪn ˈɛkspərtli dɪˈlɪvərd. ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən ðɛn brɔt ɪn ən ˈɛkspərt ˈwɪtnəs, ə jəŋ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr hu hæd ˈnɛvər bɪn ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə bəˈlɪstɪks traɪəl ˌbiˈfɔr, dɪˈspjutɪd ðə ˈɛkspərt æˈnælɪsɪs baɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðə loʊˈkeɪʃən əv ðə spɛnt ˈkeɪsɪz ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈkɔrəˌleɪtəd tɪ wɛr ðeɪ wʊd lænd. ðə ril ˈɛkspərt ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðə ˈkeɪsɪŋz kʊd hæv bɪn kɪkt, kɔt ɪn ʃu trɛdz ər pɪkt əp ɪn ðə trɛdz əv ðə ˈgərni wilz ənd wɛr ðeɪ wər ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli faʊnd; ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈɛkspərt ˈstɪpjəˌleɪtɪd ðə ˈkeɪsɪŋz hæd tɪ bi ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən ʃɑts. ˈeɪbrəˌhæm tɔr ɪm əˈpɑrt ɪn hɪz. ʃɑts ɪn ðə bæk wər ə ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈɪʃu. wɪn aɪ wɑz ɔn ðə stænd, aɪ ɪkˈspleɪnd ðə daɪˈnæmɪks əv ˈpɛrəˌdaɪmz, ənd ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ɔn ˈvɪdioʊ haʊ ə mæn kən ˈizəli ʃut ˈsɛvən ʃɑts frəm ðɪs taɪp əv gən ɪn ˈəndər ə ˈsɛkənd ənd ə hæf. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd haʊ ðə ˈjumən ˈbɑdi kən tərn 180 dɪˈgriz ɪn hæf ə ˈsɛkənd, ənd haʊ ðoʊz taɪm freɪmz kʊd ˌɪntərˈsɛkt ɪn ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən laɪk ðɪs wən. wi ʃoʊd ðə ˈʤʊri ə ˈtreɪnɪŋ fɪlm aɪ hæd prəˈdust fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən lɔ ˈɪnstɪˌtut ənd ðə əˈmɛrɪkən bɑr əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ɪn wɪʧ aɪ wɑz ʃɑt ˈməltəpəl taɪmz ɪn ðə bæk wɪθ simunitions*. ɪn ðə ˈkrɪmənəl əˈtækər roʊl, aɪ spən əˈweɪ frəm ðə ləˈʤɪtəmət dɪˈfɛndər hu wɑz ˈʃutɪŋ bæk æt mi. wɪn ˈʃutɪŋ ɛz fæst ɛz ju kən tɪ seɪv jʊr laɪf ənd jʊr ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈfæməli frəm ən ˌɪˈræʃənəl, ˈvaɪələnt mæn, ɪt teɪks ə ˈrɛlətɪvli lɔŋ taɪm tɪ riækt tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd wɪʧ ɪn ðɪs keɪs wɑz ðə ˈəðər mæn ˈsədənli ˈbreɪkɪŋ ɔf ðə əˈtæk. bət, shots”*”? wi ʃoʊd ðə ˈʤʊri ɔn ˈvɪdioʊ ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈməzəl flæʃ əv ðə ˈrɛmɪŋtən ɪkˈsprɛs jhp*, ðə seɪm lɔt əv ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən ðə ˈɛvədəns ʃoʊd ðə dɪˈfɛndənt wɑz ˈjuzɪŋ. hi ˈnɛvər sɔ ə ˈməzəl flæʃ, ənd ˈæftər ðə ˈsævɪʤ bloʊ tɪ hɪz hɛd, ðə nɛkst θɪŋ hi sɔ wɑz ðə ˈəðər mæn ˈrənɪŋ əˈweɪ. ən ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈfaɪtər kən treɪn hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ kip hɪz aɪz ˈoʊpən ˈæftər səʧ ə bloʊ soʊ hi kən blɑk ər ˈpɛri ðə nɛkst bloʊ, ənd si hɪz ˈtərgət tɪ ˈkaʊntərˌpənʧ ənd ðə riˈækʃən əv ən ənˈtreɪnd ˈpərsən səʧ ɛz ˈmɪstər. gən ɪz tɪ ˌɪnˈstɪŋktɪvˌli kloʊz ðə aɪz. bɪˈkəz əv wət dɪd, gən si ɪm ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli ˈtərnɪŋ əˈweɪ ɪn taɪm tɪ stɑp hɪz dɪˈfɛnsɪv strim əv faɪər. ðə əv ðə gun”*” ˈɪʃu keɪm əp hir, ˈsərtənli nɑt fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn səʧ ə keɪs. ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪgˈzæmənər hu dɪd ðə ˈɔˌtɑpsi spoʊk əv haʊ ˈpaʊərfəl ə 45 wɑz ənd haʊ ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ ðə ˈbʊləts wər ˌɪmˈplaɪɪŋ ə ˈtɛrəbəl ˌɔnˈfɛr ædˈvæntɪʤ ənd ˈmælɪs ɔn ðə pɑrt əv ðə ˈʃutər. wɪn maɪ tərn keɪm ɔn ðə stænd, aɪ ˈsɪmpli ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ðə ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈɔfɪsərz ˈkɛrid ɛˈsɛnʃəli ðə seɪm əˈmaʊnt əv ˈstɑpɪŋ paʊər: ə smɪθ ˈwɛsən ˈmɑdəl 4566s*, ɔl ˈloʊdɪd wɪθ goʊld dɑt 45 hollowpoints*. bət, ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪgˈzæmənər drɑpt ə bɔm. ðə ˈfeɪtəl ʃɑt əv ðə ˈsɛvən faɪərd hæd gɔn θru ðə lɛft əv hɑrt. æst baɪ ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər haʊ fɑr ə mæn soʊ ˈwundɪd kʊd hæv ˈtrævəld, hi ˈænsərd ˈædəməntli, noʊ mɔr ðən 10 fit wɪʧ fjuəld ðə ˈθɪri əv ðə ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən ʃɑts. ðɪs ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni əˈkərd ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ˈfɛbruˌɛri 6 ɪt wɑz tu leɪt fər ðə dɪˈfɛns tɪ rɪˈteɪn ɪts oʊn ˌfɔˈrɛnsɪk pəˈθɑləʤəst tɪ ˈkaʊntər ðə ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni ənd aɪ wɑz du ɔn ðə stænd ðə nɛkst deɪ. kɔrts ˈɔfən əkˈsɛpt ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni ɔn ðiz ˈmætərz frəm ˈjuˈɛs hu ər ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli treɪnd ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz, bət ə pəˈθɑləʤəst həz mɔr ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti. aɪ hæd wɪθ mi fər ˈəðər ˈrizənz ə ˈtɛkstˌbʊk baɪ pəˈθɑləʤəst ˌæbˈdələ fatteh*, wɪʧ ɪkˈspleɪnd waɪ wundz əv ðə lɛft ər ðə list ˈlaɪkli əˈməŋ hɑrt ʃɑts tɪ kɔz ˈræpɪd dɛθ, ənd ˈivɪn ə ˈstədi baɪ ðə oʊn ˈmɛnˌtɔr ʃoʊɪŋ mɛn ʃɑt θru ðə hɑrt goʊɪŋ greɪt ˈdɪstənsɪz ənd ˈivɪn ˈʃutɪŋ bæk. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ rɪˈmɛmbərd ə ˈklæsɪk keɪs frəm ˈdɑktər. ˈvɪnsɪnt dɪˈmɑiˌoʊ əˈθɔrəˌteɪtɪv tɛkst, ˈgənˌʃɑt wundz, ɪn wɪʧ ə mæn huz hɑrt wɑz ʃˈrɛdɪd baɪ ə kloʊz reɪnʤ ˈʃɑtˌgən blæst ræn ə fɑr ˈgreɪtər ˈdɪstəns ˌbiˈfɔr ˈfɑlɪŋ. aɪ hæv ɪt wɪθ mi, soʊ aɪ foʊnd ˈmɑrti heɪz ənd ʤɪm ˈflɛmɪŋ əv ɑrmd ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈligəl dɪˈfɛns ˈnɛtˌwərk. wɪˈθɪn aʊərz, ðeɪ hæd ɪt fækst ənd ˈiˌmeɪld tɪ mi, ənd aɪ rɛd ɪt tɪ ðə ˈʤʊri ðə nɛkst deɪ, ʃoʊɪŋ ðɛm ðə ˈθɪri pərˈteɪnɪŋ tɪ gən ˈteɪkɪŋ ʃɑts ɛz ˈtoʊtəli fɔls. ɔl ˈɛvədəns həz tɪ bi ˈkɔrəˌleɪtəd! gən, hɪz waɪf, hɪz ˈbrəðər, ənd hɪz dæd hæd ɔl ˈsteɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ðə ʃɑts wər faɪərd ɛz fæst ɛz ə ˈtrɪgər kʊd bi pʊld, ənd ɪn wən kənˈtɪnjuəs strɪŋ əv faɪər. θri ˌɪmˈpɑrʃəl hərd ðə seɪm. ə ˈneɪbər ˈleɪdi ˈbeɪðɪŋ hər ˈgrænˌʧaɪld wɪn ðə ʃɑts wər faɪərd sɛd ɪt ˈsaʊndɪd laɪk strɪŋ əv firecrackers.”*.” əˈnəðər ˈneɪbərɪŋ ˈkəpəl əˈgrid, wɪθ ðə ˈhəzbənd seɪɪŋ ɪt ˈsaʊndɪd laɪk wən lɔŋ, ˈɛkoʊɪŋ ˈraɪfəl ʃɑt ɪn ðə wʊdz. braɪən ˈeɪbrəˌhæm hæd mi ɪkˈspleɪn haʊ lɔŋ ɪt wʊd teɪk fər ə mæn tɪ rən 40 fit, ənd waɪ ðɛr wʊd hæv hæd tɪ bi ə dɪˈstɪŋkt pɔz bɪtˈwin ðə fərst faɪv ʃɑts ənd ðə læst tu ɪf ðə ˈθɪri wɑz tɪ bi ˈvælɪd. maɪ ˈfaɪnəl ˈsteɪtmənt ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt wɛnt tɪ wɑz ɪf ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən ˈθɪri wɑz tru, wi wʊd hæv tɪ ˈdɪskaʊnt ðə ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni əv ɔl ˈsɛvən aɪ- ənd, ənd səˈspɛnd ðə lɔz əv taɪm ənd speɪs. dɪˈspɛrəti əv fɔrs wɑz ə ki ˈɛləmənt hir. ɪt minz wɪn ən ɑˈstɛnsəbli əˈnɑrmd mæn ɪz soʊ ˈlaɪkli tɪ kɪl ər ˈkrɪpəl ju, hɪz ˈfɪzɪkəl ædˈvæntɪʤ bɪˈkəmz ðə ɪkˈwɪvələnt əv ə ˈdɛdli ˈwɛpən, ənd ˈwɔrənts jʊr ˈrikɔrs tɪ ə gən ər naɪf ər ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪn ˌsɛlfdɪˈfɛns. gən wɑz drəˈmætɪkəli baɪ hɪz məʧ ˈbɪgər ənd ˈstrɔŋgər əˈtækər, ənd ɔˈrɛdi stənd baɪ ə bloʊ tɪ ðə hɛd soʊ ˈbrutəl ɪt hæd nɑkt hɪz tiθ lus. hi nu ə mæn ðɪs ˌɪˈræʃənəl wɑz ə θrɛt tɪ waɪf ənd ˈʧɪldrən ɛz wɛl ɛz tɪ ɪm. ðə mæn kʊd teɪk hɪz 45 ənd kɪl ðɛm ɔl wəns hi hæd ˌoʊvərˈpaʊərd gən. ðə dɪˈfɛndənt wɑz ˌɪnˈdid ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈdɛdli fɔrs, ənd braɪən ˈeɪbrəˌhæm droʊv ðət hoʊm tɪ ðə ˈʤʊri ˈifɛktɪvli θruaʊt ðə wik əv traɪəl. nɛkst, ðə ˈvərdɪkt ðə ˈvərdɪkt ɔn ðə ˌæftərˈnun əv ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 8 2013 ðə ˈʤʊri rɪˈtərnd ə ˈvərdɪkt əv nɑt ˈgɪlti. ðə lɔŋ ɔrˈdil wɑz ˈoʊvər. ˈəndər wɛst vərˈʤɪnjə lɔ, ə kənˈvɪkʃən ɔn ðə ʧɑrʤ əv priˈmɛdəˌteɪtɪd ˈmərdər wʊd hæv rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn ə ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈsɛntəns əv laɪf ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt wɪˈθaʊt ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv pəroʊl. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ə gʊd mæn wɛnt hoʊm tɪ hɪz ˈfæməli tɪ riˈbɪld hɪz laɪf. ðɛr ər noʊ ˈwɪnərz hir. ðə əkˈwɪtəl mɛnt ˈmɪrli ə ˈrɔŋli əˈkjuzd mæn dɪd nɑt luz ɛz məʧ ɛz hi kʊd hæv lɔst. hɪz ˈækʃənz ˈsərtənli seɪvd ɪm frəm dɛθ ər greɪt ˈbɑdəli hɑrm æt ðə hænz əv ə mæn hu hæd θˈrɛtənd tɪ ðə laɪf aʊt əv him,”*,” ənd meɪ wɛl hæv seɪvd hɪz waɪf ənd ˈʧɪldrən ˈɔlsoʊ. ril laɪf ɪz ˈrɛrli ɛz ˈstɑrkli blæk ənd waɪt ɛz ɪn ə ˈʧɑrəlz ˈbrɑnsən dɛθ wɪʃ ˈmuvi. aɪ wɔnt tɪ kəˈmɛnd braɪən ˈeɪbrəˌhæm fər ən ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ pis əv traɪəl ˈædvəkəsi, ənd ɪkˈstɛnd maɪ bɛst ˈwɪʃɪz fər ðə ˈhilɪŋ əv ðə ˈfæməliz ɔn boʊθ saɪdz əv ðɪs ənˈfɔrʧənət ˈɪnsədənt. gɪt əˈmɛrɪkən dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ jʊr hoʊm. traɪ ə səbˈskrɪpʃən tɪ əˈmɛrɪkən. ðə fərst ˈɪʃu ɪz ɔn ˈjuˈɛs! klɪk hir.
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beside ads beckoning believers to explore islam, attend services at the boston chinese evangelical church, or learn about the healing powers of christian science, the walls of the subway cars will make room this month for another creed: nonbelief.
a group called the boston area coalition of reason has spent $11,000 to buy ads on more than 200 subway cars on the red line and green line to raise awareness about people who believe that god is a myth. surveys suggest that they account for an increasing number of americans.
the ads, which were unveiled yesterday and will be up for the next month, are set in a background of blue sky with puffy clouds. the message reads: “good without god? millions of americans are.’’
“the point of this ‘good without god’ campaign is to reach out to the millions of humanists, atheists, and agnostics living in the united states,’’ said fred edwords, head of the united coalition of reason, which is sponsoring the campaign in boston, as well as similar efforts in new york, new jersey, and chicago. “nontheists sometimes realize a community out there for them, because inundated with religious messages at every turn. so we hope this will serve as a beacon and let them know they alone.’’
the national coalition, funded by an anonymous donor, has already sponsored ads this year on billboards and transit systems in cities including dallas; charleston, s.c.; des moines; phoenix; and new orleans, with the message: “don’t believe in god? you are not alone.’’
it plans ads for another 10 cities, which will coincide with the publication of a book titled “good without god,’’ by greg epstein, a member of the board who is the humanist chaplain at harvard.
the ads follow campaigns by other groups, such as billboards and signs posted last year by the freedom from religion foundation of wisconsin, including one beside a nativity scene in the us capitol that read: “there is only our natural world. religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and minds.’’
last fall, the british humanist association posted ads on london buses that read: “there’s probably no god. now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’’
the new ad campaign does not bother dave schmelzer, the lead pastor at vineyard christian fellowship in cambridge, which has been posting its own ads on the t for a decade.
“their message seems and hopeless, but i do think possible to be good without god,’’ he said. “yet i think preaching to the choir in boston. find a lot of people who agree with them.’’
he said he complain about the allowing the ads, because “that would be hypocritical.’’
“it’s a free country,’’ he said.
other religious groups that have bought ads on subway cars include the reunion christian church; hope fellowship church; catholic charities; the islamic society of boston; the second church of christ, scientist; and the boston chinese evangelical, say officials of the massachusetts bay transportation authority.
joe pesaturo, an spokesman, said there have yet to be any complaints about the ads, which began appearing on subway cars on monday.
stephen prothero, a religion professor at boston university, said the ad campaign reflects the new assertiveness of the nonbelievers, who call themselves atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, humanists, secularists, or brights.
they have been emboldened, he said, by a raft of books, including sam “the end of faith,’’ christopher “god is not great: how religion poisons everything,’’ and richard “the god delusion.’’
they also point to polls suggesting that the numbers of nonbelievers are increasing.
a 2007 pew research center for the people & the press, for example, found that 20 percent of americans surveyed between the ages of 18 and 25 say they have no religious affiliation or consider themselves atheists or agnostics, nearly double the percentage of those who said that in a similar survey 20 years ago.
another pew survey that year found 12 percent of americans surveyed who were 20 and older described themselves as not religious, up from 8 percent in 1987.
“there will be conservatives upset about this, because they want nonbelievers in the public space,’’ prothero said. “but i think the people sponsoring this campaign are evangelistic or want christians to read the billboards and realize the error of their ways.
“i think this is more of a party for atheists,’’ he said. “it’s about achieving a public recognition. i think this group is about not wanting to feel invisible.’’
david abel can be reached at dabel@globe.com.
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ˌbiˈsaɪd ædz ˈbɛkənɪŋ bɪˈlivərz tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr ˌɪsˈlɑm, əˈtɛnd ˈsərvɪsɪz æt ðə ˈbɔstən ʧaɪˈniz ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl ʧərʧ, ər lərn əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhilɪŋ paʊərz əv ˈkrɪsʧɪn saɪəns, ðə wɔlz əv ðə ˈsəbˌweɪ kɑz wɪl meɪk rum ðɪs mənθ fər əˈnəðər krid: nonbelief*. ə grup kɔld ðə ˈbɔstən ˈɛriə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən əv ˈrizən həz spɛnt tɪ baɪ ædz ɔn mɔr ðən 200 ˈsəbˌweɪ kɑz ɔn ðə rɛd laɪn ənd grin laɪn tɪ reɪz əˈwɛrnəs əˈbaʊt ˈpipəl hu bɪˈliv ðət gɑd ɪz ə mɪθ. ˈsərˌveɪz səˈʤɛst ðət ðeɪ əˈkaʊnt fər ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv əˈmɛrɪkənz. ðə ædz, wɪʧ wər ənˈveɪld ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ənd wɪl bi əp fər ðə nɛkst mənθ, ər sɛt ɪn ə ˈbækˌgraʊnd əv blu skaɪ wɪθ ˈpəfi klaʊdz. ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ ridz: wɪˈθaʊt gɑd? ˈmɪljənz əv əˈmɛrɪkənz are.’’*.’’ pɔɪnt əv ðɪs wɪˈθaʊt god’*’ kæmˈpeɪn ɪz tɪ riʧ aʊt tɪ ðə ˈmɪljənz əv ˈhjumənɪsts, ˈeɪθiəsts, ənd ægˈnɑstɪks ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd states,’’*,’’ sɛd frɛd edwords*, hɛd əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən əv ˈrizən, wɪʧ ɪz ˈspɑnsərɪŋ ðə kæmˈpeɪn ɪn ˈbɔstən, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈsɪmələr ˈɛfərts ɪn nu jɔrk, nu ˈʤərzi, ənd ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈriəˌlaɪz ə kəmˈjunɪti aʊt ðɛr fər ðɛm, bɪˈkəz ˈɪnənˌdeɪtɪd wɪθ rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈmɛsɪʤɪz æt ˈɛvəri tərn. soʊ wi hoʊp ðɪs wɪl sərv ɛz ə ˈbikən ənd lɛt ðɛm noʊ ðeɪ alone.’’*.’’ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən, ˈfəndɪd baɪ ən əˈnɑnəməs ˈdoʊnər, həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈspɑnsərd ædz ðɪs jɪr ɔn ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz ənd ˈtrænzɪt ˈsɪstəmz ɪn ˈsɪtiz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈdæləs; ˈʧɑrəlstən, s.c*.; dɪ mɔɪnz; ˈfinɪks; ənd nu ˌɔˈrlinz, wɪθ ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ: bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd? ju ər nɑt alone.’’*.’’ ɪt plænz ædz fər əˈnəðər 10 ˈsɪtiz, wɪʧ wɪl ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd wɪθ ðə ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən əv ə bʊk ˈtaɪtəld wɪˈθaʊt god,’’*,’’ baɪ grɛg ˈɛpˌstin, ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə bɔrd hu ɪz ðə ˈhjumənɪst ˈʧæplən æt ˈhɑrvərd. ðə ædz ˈfɑloʊ kæmˈpeɪnz baɪ ˈəðər grups, səʧ ɛz ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz ənd saɪnz ˈpoʊstɪd læst jɪr baɪ ðə ˈfridəm frəm rɪˈlɪʤən faʊnˈdeɪʃən əv wɪˈskɑnsən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wən ˌbiˈsaɪd ə nəˈtɪvəti sin ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈkæpɪtəl ðət rɛd: ɪz ˈoʊnli ɑr ˈnæʧərəl wərld. rɪˈlɪʤən ɪz bət mɪθ ənd ˌsupərˈstɪʃən ðət ˈhɑrdənz hɑrts ənd minds.’’*.’’ læst fɔl, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈhjumənɪst əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈpoʊstɪd ædz ɔn ˈləndən ˈbəsɪz ðət rɛd: ˈprɑbəˌbli noʊ gɑd. naʊ stɑp ˈwəriɪŋ ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ jʊr life.’’*.’’ ðə nu æd kæmˈpeɪn dɪz nɑt ˈbɑðər deɪv ʃˈmɛlzər, ðə lɛd ˈpæstər æt ˈvɪnjərd ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈfɛloʊˌʃɪp ɪn ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ, wɪʧ həz bɪn ˈpoʊstɪŋ ɪts oʊn ædz ɔn ðə ti fər ə ˈdɛkeɪd. ˈmɛsɪʤ simz ənd ˈhoʊpləs, bət aɪ du θɪŋk ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ bi gʊd wɪˈθaʊt god,’’*,’’ hi sɛd. aɪ θɪŋk ˈpriʧɪŋ tɪ ðə kwaɪər ɪn ˈbɔstən. faɪnd ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl hu əˈgri wɪθ them.’’*.’’ hi sɛd hi kəmˈpleɪn əˈbaʊt ðə əˈlaʊɪŋ ðə ædz, bɪˈkəz wʊd bi hypocritical.’’*.’’ ə fri country,’’*,’’ hi sɛd. ˈəðər rɪˈlɪʤəs grups ðət hæv bɔt ædz ɔn ˈsəbˌweɪ kɑz ˌɪnˈklud ðə riˈunjən ˈkrɪsʧɪn ʧərʧ; hoʊp ˈfɛloʊˌʃɪp ʧərʧ; ˈkæθlɪk ˈʧɛrɪtiz; ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk soʊˈsaɪɪti əv ˈbɔstən; ðə ˈsɛkənd ʧərʧ əv kraɪst, ˈsaɪəntɪst; ənd ðə ˈbɔstən ʧaɪˈniz ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl, seɪ əˈfɪʃəlz əv ðə ˌmæsəˈʧusəts beɪ ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən əˈθɔrəti. ʤoʊ pesaturo*, ən ˈspoʊksmən, sɛd ðɛr hæv jɛt tɪ bi ˈɛni kəmˈpleɪnts əˈbaʊt ðə ædz, wɪʧ bɪˈgæn əˈpɪrɪŋ ɔn ˈsəbˌweɪ kɑz ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ. ˈstivən ˈprɑðərˌoʊ, ə rɪˈlɪʤən prəˈfɛsər æt ˈbɔstən ˌjunəˈvərsəti, sɛd ðə æd kæmˈpeɪn rɪˈflɛkts ðə nu əˈsərtɪvnəs əv ðə ˌnɑnbɪˈlivərz, hu kɔl ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈeɪθiəsts, ægˈnɑstɪks, ˈfriˈθɪŋkərz, ˈhjumənɪsts, ˈsɛkjələrɪsts, ər brights*. ðeɪ hæv bɪn ɛmˈboʊldənd, hi sɛd, baɪ ə ræft əv bʊks, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ sæm ɛnd əv faith,’’*,’’ ˈkrɪstəfər ɪz nɑt greɪt: haʊ rɪˈlɪʤən ˈpɔɪzənz everything,’’*,’’ ənd ˈrɪʧərd gɑd delusion.’’*.’’ ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ pɔɪnt tɪ poʊlz səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət ðə ˈnəmbərz əv ˌnɑnbɪˈlivərz ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ. ə 2007 pju ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnər fər ðə ˈpipəl ðə prɛs, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, faʊnd ðət 20 pərˈsɛnt əv əˈmɛrɪkənz ˈsərˌveɪd bɪtˈwin ðə ˈeɪʤɪz əv 18 ənd 25 seɪ ðeɪ hæv noʊ rɪˈlɪʤəs əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən ər kənˈsɪdər ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈeɪθiəsts ər ægˈnɑstɪks, ˈnɪrli ˈdəbəl ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ðoʊz hu sɛd ðət ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr ˈsərˌveɪ 20 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. əˈnəðər pju ˈsərˌveɪ ðət jɪr faʊnd 12 pərˈsɛnt əv əˈmɛrɪkənz ˈsərˌveɪd hu wər 20 ənd ˈoʊldər dɪˈskraɪbd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz nɑt rɪˈlɪʤəs, əp frəm 8 pərˈsɛnt ɪn 1987 wɪl bi kənˈsərvətɪvz ˈəpˌsɛt əˈbaʊt ðɪs, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wɔnt ˌnɑnbɪˈlivərz ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk space,’’*,’’ ˈprɑðərˌoʊ sɛd. aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈpipəl ˈspɑnsərɪŋ ðɪs kæmˈpeɪn ər iˈvænʤəlɪstɪk ər wɔnt ˈkrɪsʧɪnz tɪ rɛd ðə ˈbɪlˌbɔrdz ənd ˈriəˌlaɪz ðə ˈɛrər əv ðɛr weɪz. θɪŋk ðɪs ɪz mɔr əv ə ˈpɑrti fər atheists,’’*,’’ hi sɛd. əˈbaʊt əˈʧivɪŋ ə ˈpəblɪk ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən. aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs grup ɪz əˈbaʊt nɑt ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ fil invisible.’’*.’’ ˈdeɪvɪd ˈeɪbəl kən bi riʧt æt dabel@globe.com*. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2009 gloʊb ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈkəmpəˌni.
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we begin this evening in the alternate realm, and many years ago, i assume (they even bother with a caption this time). we observe rapunzel, driving a carriage on a dark and stormy night containing her husband, marcus (who is obviously ill) and two young daughters.
rapunzel pulls the carriage over because found something to eat but she assures her worried daughter that “their lanterns will connect them” find her way back to them and furthermore, do anything for her family.
it turns out she picking veggies from garden, and is intrigued that she come merely to steal magic. “it’s rare to find a flower that can grow amongst the weeds of human nature,” she tells rapunzel. offers rapunzel a chance to give her family a better life and rapunzel makes the deal gladly, only to find herself enchanted and stuck in a tower.
she calls out to her husband (who hear her, of course) and her daughters and anastasia, giving us the big reveal we all knew was coming anyway because once, like snow white, is crap at keeping secrets.
rapunzel is victoria belfry a.k.a. lady tremaine.
ahead now to hyperion heights, where victoria waits in a holding cell garbed in stunning prison orange (which, of course, has to remark upon) as she awaits her fate after being accused of kidnapping poor eloise gardner. and then she calls “ivy” even though she knows woke and it irks me just like it used to irk me through season 2 when david constantly called snow “mary margaret.”
anyhoo, wants to know where to find body. she claims to want to wake her up, but victoria is sure she only wants the magic within body. she refuses to make a deal, and tells her teaming up with to find her sister.
rumple makes the next visit and they parry for a bit, as victoria offers to make a deal for his help in getting to body. rumple plays dumb for a bit, but it turns out victoria has some key information regarding “the guardian” and he clearly wants it. he makes the deal, sealing it with the use of her proper name: rapunzel.
across town, lucy is back home with jacinda and sabine. working on mom, trying to get henry an invitation to dinner or something. sabine presses jacinda about her intentions with henry, but right now all that is on hold since henry and roni are both out of town on their way to san francisco.
back now to rapunzel in the tower, keeping track of the days with endless tally marks as she watches the lantern festival outside her window, surrounded by her tresses. she realizes got a way out, and makes her escape, sliding down a rope of hair.
in hyperion heights, rogers shows up at the station just as victoria is leaving, and more than pissed out roaming around free. rumple shows up to let him know that his failure to get a warrant (despite exigent circumstance) means victoria got off on a technicality. rogers is ready to do battle over this but rumple warns him that his habit of not doing what told worked out very well for him so far before he climbs into the car with victoria. she means to wake anastasia, so they have a few stops to make to see the deed done.
stop one is jacinda and, where victoria hands over all the custody paperwork for lucy, foregoing all her custodial rights. jacinda is understandably wary, but victoria assures her that all legit. the fact that jacinda is fighting for lucy counts for something in her eyes, and she really only wants happiness. she hands over a doll that lucy is particularly fond of, and lauds jacinda for reconnecting with nick father).
ivy is of course following her mother and has in the car, sure that victoria will lead them to anastasia. warns her not to underestimate her mother, but ivy scoffs, reiterating that victoria always makes the wrong choices.
back to rapunzel, escaped from the tower. we learn that six years have passed, and anastasia and have been sending up the lanterns, hoping return to them. well, anastasia hopes. is at the thought of seeing mom again. of course, cue to show up, having followed the lanterns.
she hugs anastasia, she hugs marcus, but ignores in her happiness at being reunited. out walks ella, and it gets awkward when rapunzel learns that marcus has remarried, thinking her dead. he introduces her to his new wife, cecilia. then he sets rapunzel up in a smaller house on the property, and as the girls visit her, rapunzel can see that is slipping away from her.
marcus pays a visit to return her cloak mended it and kept it all these years and she asks him if he still loves her. he assures her that he does, that their children mean everything to him but so do ella and cecelia. he leaves without even a goodbye kiss.
as rapunzel gives way to tears, shows up. not even pissed about rapunzel getting free because got an interest in polluting a pure soul. she offers rapunzel a magic from wonderland, instructing her to squeeze it into drink when not looking and cecelia will “go away.” rapunzel refuses to harm an innocent, tossing the into the fire only to have it reappear again, waiting for her to break and use it.
ahead in hyperion heights, father, nick the lawyer is looking over the custody agreement and assures jacinda that paperwork is legit. thrilled and thanks him profusely, then steps a bit closer and he goes in for the kiss.
finally. some chemistry.
too bad not with the person supposed to be sparking with.
oh well.
she pushes him away and picks up her copy of the mix tape she made henry with a contemplative look.
rogers, despite being recently promoted to full detective seem to have code access to the evidence room at the station, so he pulls the fire alarm and that releases the door.
he finds his hook in an evidence bag and gives it a déjà vu filled glance before zeroing in on case files, where he finds a file on himself and just about everyone else in town.
he heads over to the food truck to have a word with sabine under the guise of following up on the fire at mr. cluck’s. she lets him know that weaver mentioned the alley door had been jimmied with a knife a very particular knife that she recognize. she draws the knife for rogers and of course, we all know what that particular knife looks like.
across town, rumple remarks that is following them as he and victoria head down into a crypt somewhere in the business district because where they keep crypts in seattle. they break into a vault and pull out a large bag that victoria tells him contains all she needs to wake anastasia.
rumple takes a moment a really heartfelt moment to remind her that got two daughters, and never too late to reconcile. he relates his own experience with bae, and victoria snaps that he know what been through. he pulls her by the hands, revealing what looks to me like scars on wrists (am i seeing that? if so, i want to know that story), as he assures her that he does know, and reconciliation, like magic, can come with a price.
back into the other realm now, where the family is celebrating’s birthday. cecelia approaches rapunzel to thank her for her work on the party refreshements, and rapunzel whines to marcus that even thank her for her gift.
she did, however, gush over the gift cecelia gave her. she even calls cecelia “mother.” rapunzel is seriously not pleased to hear it, too.
she heads back to the house to refill the lavender lemonade favorite) and squeezes the into a cup.
ahead to the seattle crypt now as victoria takes off. heads down to the crypt with, only to run into rumple, been waiting for them. she knows nothing down there for her, but wants a word, so leaves the two of them to have a chat.
gothel cautions rumple that reawakening anastasia will come at the cost of an belief and she asks him if he knows where lucy is right now.
we then see lucy running into victoria at the ballet school. victoria pulls out the original story book, and confesses that all of it is real and going to tell lucy “the rest of the story.”
she shows lucy that she was indeed, rapunzel, that she put the juice in drink, which caused her to flee to wonderland (and marcus to run after her). when marcus returned they made a new family, with ella becoming a true sister to anastasia and. we flash back to a cozy scene of the girls building a snowman on the top of a frozen pond (seriously? what parent allowed that?)
of course, the head rolls off a la olaf and ella runs across the cracking ice to fetch it (showing us yet again that this girl is dumb as a box of rocks), with anastasia following to warn her. both girls fall in as marcus runs to save them. he dives in, rescuing only ella as he was unable to save anastasia. (and why the hell he dive right back in? with rapunzel marcus!)
in hyperion heights, victoria walks lucy to the hospital, where anastasia is a comatose patient and ivy never thought to look there? really? victoria tells lucy that while fairy tales are real, happily ever after is not, no matter how hard heroes try. lucy refuses to believe that so victoria pulls out the final weapon in her arsenal: video of nick kissing jacinda guessing the camera was planted in the doll she left for lucy).
victoria gently tells lucy that jacinda care about henry, and to make matters worse, henry left town because lucy failed to make him stay. so their stories are similar.
they’d both do anything to keep their family together, but despite their heroic efforts, it will never happen. “when your beliefs betray you, you must let them go,” she tells lucy. tear falls onto the story book and she takes off running.
back in the other realm, we see a tearful rapunzel bringing lifeless body to, begging her for help. locks in last breath, keeping her hovering between life and death. she tells victoria that anastasia will now go into the tower becoming “the guardian.” she needed someone pure of heart, a true hero who be tempted, and since rapunzel failed the test by using the, going to take anastasia instead.
rapunzel is a step ahead of her, however. she has the magic dust used on her before, and she throws it imprisoning in the tower instead.
rumple has his officers out searching for lucy, but rogers confronts him, wanting to know about the files. rumple finally comes clean, admitting that trying to get back to his wife, belle, and “all this is in service to that.” rogers understand exactly, but he believes him, and offers to help.
across town, victoria has saved the tear from face, and uses it to awaken anastasia. as the tear hits her skin and anastasia awakens, lucy collapses into arms. we see observe all of this through the open doorway, and she turns and walks away with tears in her eyes.
this may be the episode where lucy stops believing, but the season 7 episode that finally made me start.
i’m giving this one 5 out of 5. finally.
this episode may not have been with action or feels, but it did come with a huge amount of information, and now i am definitely intrigued.
my thoughts:
gothel needs someone a true hero, pure of heart, unable to be tempted into straying from the course as her guardian. guardian of what, exactly? starting to think that garden of hers is a lot more central to this story arc as is its counterpart in hyperion heights. and thinking (in the true tradition of once upon a time) may not be an entirely evil villain. oh wait. she abandoned her own newborn baby. nevermind.
so anastasia is the guardian or is she? maybe meant for her to be, but i have a feeling tear hitting the story book before it got to her will come into play. i have a gut feeling that the magic of the story book ties anastasia to lucy somehow, and now lucy is the guardian and only has to awaken or believe again for that to manifest itself. after all, the only one who had her memories outside of victoria and ivy. or maybe henry is the guardian, and in a to emma in season one, he has to truly believe to awake lucy and claim his power.
cecelia thanks rapunzel for making the best lavender lemonade tasted since “the bayou.” hmmm. that be coincidence. so cecelia calls the bayou home, which means real dad may be from the bayou, and betcha good money come up that ella is either the daughter of dr. or related to somehow by blood.
rumple tells rogers that “all this is in service” to his quest to return to belle (in the afterlife, i guess? he has to lose his immortality to do that). clearly, rumple is much more a part of this curse than just a victim of aftermath. he preset a clue with alice, telling her to wound him (thereby bringing his memory back when his dark one immortality powers were activated) so got a lot going on in the background, here.
why rumple wake killian? sure he can concoct something do the trick why he?
why did rumple try to force the dark one dagger into hand? what was the effect he was hoping for from her?
i have a hard time buying into love for her family when so clearly and utterly cold to. i realize was a baby when rapunzel was imprisoned and there was a stronger connection to anastasia, but to cut her other daughter dead like that? it just set right or make sense or make me feel much sympathy for victoria -despite the heartbreak experienced.
how did victoria get the story book? last time we saw old faithful, it was in hands as henry cautioned her to protect it at all costs.
so many questions and a good thing. for the first time, i am genuinely intrigued by this season. i want to see how this unravels.
how about you? did this tickle your interest? or leave you feeling flat?
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wi bɪˈgɪn ðɪs ˈivnɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈɔltərˌneɪt rɛlm, ənd ˈmɛni jɪrz əˈgoʊ, aɪ əˈsum (ðeɪ ˈivɪn ˈbɑðər wɪθ ə ˈkæpʃən ðɪs taɪm). wi əbˈzərv ˌrɑˈpʊzəl, ˈdraɪvɪŋ ə ˈkɛrəʤ ɔn ə dɑrk ənd ˈstɔrmi naɪt kənˈteɪnɪŋ hər ˈhəzbənd, ˈmɑrkəs (hu ɪz ˈɑbviəsli ɪl) ənd tu jəŋ ˈdɔtərz. ˌrɑˈpʊzəl pʊlz ðə ˈkɛrəʤ ˈoʊvər bɪˈkəz faʊnd ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ it bət ʃi əˈʃʊrz hər ˈwərid ˈdɔtər ðət ˈlæntərnz wɪl kəˈnɛkt them”*” faɪnd hər weɪ bæk tɪ ðɛm ənd ˈfərðərˌmɔr, du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ fər hər ˈfæməli. ɪt tərnz aʊt ʃi ˈpɪkɪŋ ˈvɛʤiz frəm ˈgɑrdən, ənd ɪz ˌɪnˈtrigd ðət ʃi kəm ˈmɪrli tɪ stil ˈmæʤɪk. rɛr tɪ faɪnd ə flaʊər ðət kən groʊ əˈməŋst ðə widz əv ˈjumən nature,”*,” ʃi tɛlz ˌrɑˈpʊzəl. ˈɔfərz ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ə ʧæns tɪ gɪv hər ˈfæməli ə ˈbɛtər laɪf ənd ˌrɑˈpʊzəl meɪks ðə dil ˈglædli, ˈoʊnli tɪ faɪnd hərˈsɛlf ɛnˈʧænɪd ənd stək ɪn ə taʊər. ʃi kɔlz aʊt tɪ hər ˈhəzbənd (hu hir hər, əv kɔrs) ənd hər ˈdɔtərz ənd ænəˈsteɪʒə, ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ðə bɪg rɪˈvil wi ɔl nu wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ ˈɛniˌweɪ bɪˈkəz wəns, laɪk snoʊ waɪt, ɪz kræp æt ˈkipɪŋ ˈsikrɪts. ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ɪz vɪkˈtɔriə ˈbɛlfri a.k.a*. ˈleɪdi trɪˈmeɪn. əˈhɛd naʊ tɪ haɪˈpɪriən haɪts, wɛr vɪkˈtɔriə weɪts ɪn ə ˈhoʊldɪŋ sɛl gɑrbd ɪn ˈstənɪŋ ˈprɪzən ˈɔrɪnʤ (wɪʧ, əv kɔrs, həz tɪ rɪˈmɑrk əˈpɑn) ɛz ʃi əˈweɪts hər feɪt ˈæftər biɪŋ əˈkjuzd əv ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ pur ˈɛloʊiz ˈgɑrdnər. ənd ðɛn ʃi kɔlz ““ivy”*” ˈivɪn ðoʊ ʃi noʊz woʊk ənd ɪt ərks mi ʤɪst laɪk ɪt juzd tɪ ərk mi θru ˈsizən 2 wɪn ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkɑnstəntli kɔld snoʊ margaret.”*.” anyhoo*, wɔnts tɪ noʊ wɛr tɪ faɪnd ˈbɑdi. ʃi kleɪmz tɪ wɔnt tɪ weɪk hər əp, bət vɪkˈtɔriə ɪz ʃʊr ʃi ˈoʊnli wɔnts ðə ˈmæʤɪk wɪˈθɪn ˈbɑdi. ʃi rɪfˈjuzɪz tɪ meɪk ə dil, ənd tɛlz hər ˈtimɪŋ əp wɪθ tɪ faɪnd hər ˈsɪstər. ˈrəmpəl meɪks ðə nɛkst ˈvɪzɪt ənd ðeɪ ˈpɛri fər ə bɪt, ɛz vɪkˈtɔriə ˈɔfərz tɪ meɪk ə dil fər hɪz hɛlp ɪn ˈgɪtɪŋ tɪ ˈbɑdi. ˈrəmpəl pleɪz dəm fər ə bɪt, bət ɪt tərnz aʊt vɪkˈtɔriə həz səm ki ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ guardian”*” ənd hi ˈklɪrli wɔnts ɪt. hi meɪks ðə dil, ˈsilɪŋ ɪt wɪθ ðə juz əv hər ˈprɑpər neɪm: ˌrɑˈpʊzəl. əˈkrɔs taʊn, ˈlusi ɪz bæk hoʊm wɪθ ʤəˈsɪndə ənd səˈbin. ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn mɑm, traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ˈhɛnri ən ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən tɪ ˈdɪnər ər ˈsəmθɪŋ. səˈbin ˈprɛsɪz ʤəˈsɪndə əˈbaʊt hər ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz wɪθ ˈhɛnri, bət raɪt naʊ ɔl ðət ɪz ɔn hoʊld sɪns ˈhɛnri ənd ˈroʊni ər boʊθ aʊt əv taʊn ɔn ðɛr weɪ tɪ sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ. bæk naʊ tɪ ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ɪn ðə taʊər, ˈkipɪŋ træk əv ðə deɪz wɪθ ˈɛndləs ˈtæli mɑrks ɛz ʃi ˈwɑʧɪz ðə ˈlæntərn ˈfɛstɪvəl ˈaʊtˈsaɪd hər ˈwɪndoʊ, sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ hər ˈtrɛsɪz. ʃi ˈriəˌlaɪzɪz gɑt ə weɪ aʊt, ənd meɪks hər ɪˈskeɪp, sˈlaɪdɪŋ daʊn ə roʊp əv hɛr. ɪn haɪˈpɪriən haɪts, ˈrɑʤərz ʃoʊz əp æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən ʤɪst ɛz vɪkˈtɔriə ɪz ˈlivɪŋ, ənd mɔr ðən pɪst aʊt ˈroʊmɪŋ əraʊnd fri. ˈrəmpəl ʃoʊz əp tɪ lɛt ɪm noʊ ðət hɪz ˈfeɪljər tɪ gɪt ə ˈwɔrənt (dɪˈspaɪt ˈɛksɪʤənt ˈsərkəmˌstæns) minz vɪkˈtɔriə gɑt ɔf ɔn ə ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti. ˈrɑʤərz ɪz ˈrɛdi tɪ du ˈbætəl ˈoʊvər ðɪs bət ˈrəmpəl wɔrnz ɪm ðət hɪz ˈhæbət əv nɑt duɪŋ wət toʊld wərkt aʊt ˈvɛri wɛl fər ɪm soʊ fɑr ˌbiˈfɔr hi klaɪmz ˈɪntu ðə kɑr wɪθ vɪkˈtɔriə. ʃi minz tɪ weɪk ænəˈsteɪʒə, soʊ ðeɪ hæv ə fju stɑps tɪ meɪk tɪ si ðə did dən. stɑp wən ɪz ʤəˈsɪndə ənd, wɛr vɪkˈtɔriə hænz ˈoʊvər ɔl ðə ˈkəstədi ˈpeɪpərˌwərk fər ˈlusi, fɔrˈgoʊɪŋ ɔl hər kəˈstoʊdiəl raɪts. ʤəˈsɪndə ɪz ˌəndərˈstændəbli ˈwɛri, bət vɪkˈtɔriə əˈʃʊrz hər ðət ɔl ˈlɛʤɪt. ðə fækt ðət ʤəˈsɪndə ɪz ˈfaɪtɪŋ fər ˈlusi kaʊnts fər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪn hər aɪz, ənd ʃi ˈrɪli ˈoʊnli wɔnts ˈhæpinəs. ʃi hænz ˈoʊvər ə dɑl ðət ˈlusi ɪz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli fɑnd əv, ənd lɔdz ʤəˈsɪndə fər rikəˈnɛktɪŋ wɪθ nɪk ˈfɑðər). ˈaɪvi ɪz əv kɔrs ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hər ˈməðər ənd həz ɪn ðə kɑr, ʃʊr ðət vɪkˈtɔriə wɪl lɛd ðɛm tɪ ænəˈsteɪʒə. wɔrnz hər nɑt tɪ ˈəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪt hər ˈməðər, bət ˈaɪvi skɔfs, riˈɪtərˌeɪtɪŋ ðət vɪkˈtɔriə ˈɔlˌweɪz meɪks ðə rɔŋ ˈʧɔɪsɪz. bæk tɪ ˌrɑˈpʊzəl, ɪˈskeɪpt frəm ðə taʊər. wi lərn ðət sɪks jɪrz hæv pæst, ənd ænəˈsteɪʒə ənd hæv bɪn ˈsɛndɪŋ əp ðə ˈlæntərnz, ˈhoʊpɪŋ rɪˈtərn tɪ ðɛm. wɛl, ænəˈsteɪʒə hoʊps. ɪz æt ðə θɔt əv siɪŋ mɑm əˈgɛn. əv kɔrs, kju tɪ ʃoʊ əp, ˈhævɪŋ ˈfɑloʊd ðə ˈlæntərnz. ʃi həgz ænəˈsteɪʒə, ʃi həgz ˈmɑrkəs, bət ˌɪgˈnɔrz ɪn hər ˈhæpinəs æt biɪŋ ˌriuˈnaɪtɪd. aʊt wɔks ˈɛlə, ənd ɪt gɪts ˈɔkwərd wɪn ˌrɑˈpʊzəl lərnz ðət ˈmɑrkəs həz riˈmɛrid, ˈθɪŋkɪŋ hər dɛd. hi ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz hər tɪ hɪz nu waɪf, sɪˈsiljə. ðɛn hi sɛts ˌrɑˈpʊzəl əp ɪn ə sˈmɔlər haʊs ɔn ðə ˈprɑpərti, ənd ɛz ðə gərlz ˈvɪzɪt hər, ˌrɑˈpʊzəl kən si ðət ɪz sˈlɪpɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm hər. ˈmɑrkəs peɪz ə ˈvɪzɪt tɪ rɪˈtərn hər kloʊk ˈmɛndɪd ɪt ənd kɛpt ɪt ɔl ðiz jɪrz ənd ʃi æsks ɪm ɪf hi stɪl ləvz hər. hi əˈʃʊrz hər ðət hi dɪz, ðət ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən min ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ tɪ ɪm bət soʊ du ˈɛlə ənd sɪˈsiljə. hi livz wɪˈθaʊt ˈivɪn ə ˌgʊdˈbaɪ kɪs. ɛz ˌrɑˈpʊzəl gɪvz weɪ tɪ tɪrz, ʃoʊz əp. nɑt ˈivɪn pɪst əˈbaʊt ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ˈgɪtɪŋ fri bɪˈkəz gɑt ən ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn pəˈlutɪŋ ə pjʊr soʊl. ʃi ˈɔfərz ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ə ˈmæʤɪk frəm ˈwəndərˌlænd, ˌɪnˈstrəktɪŋ hər tɪ skwiz ɪt ˈɪntu drɪŋk wɪn nɑt ˈlʊkɪŋ ənd sɪˈsiljə wɪl away.”*.” ˌrɑˈpʊzəl rɪfˈjuzɪz tɪ hɑrm ən ˈɪnəsənt, ˈtɔsɪŋ ðə ˈɪntu ðə faɪər ˈoʊnli tɪ hæv ɪt ˌriəˈpɪr əˈgɛn, ˈweɪtɪŋ fər hər tɪ breɪk ənd juz ɪt. əˈhɛd ɪn haɪˈpɪriən haɪts, ˈfɑðər, nɪk ðə ˈlɔjər ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈkəstədi əˈgrimənt ənd əˈʃʊrz ʤəˈsɪndə ðət ˈpeɪpərˌwərk ɪz ˈlɛʤɪt. θrɪld ənd θæŋks ɪm prəfˈjusli, ðɛn stɛps ə bɪt ˈkloʊzər ənd hi goʊz ɪn fər ðə kɪs. ˈfaɪnəli. səm ˈkɛmɪstri. tu bæd nɑt wɪθ ðə ˈpərsən səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ˈspɑrkɪŋ wɪθ. oʊ wɛl. ʃi ˈpʊʃɪz ɪm əˈweɪ ənd pɪks əp hər ˈkɑpi əv ðə mɪks teɪp ʃi meɪd ˈhɛnri wɪθ ə kənˈtɛmplətɪv lʊk. ˈrɑʤərz, dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ ˈrisəntli prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ fʊl dɪˈtɛktɪv sim tɪ hæv koʊd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈɛvədəns rum æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən, soʊ hi pʊlz ðə faɪər əˈlɑrm ənd ðət rɪˈlisɪz ðə dɔr. hi faɪndz hɪz hʊk ɪn ən ˈɛvədəns bæg ənd gɪvz ɪt ə déjà*à vu fɪld glæns ˌbiˈfɔr ˈziroʊɪŋ ɪn ɔn keɪs faɪlz, wɛr hi faɪndz ə faɪl ɔn hɪmˈsɛlf ənd ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls ɪn taʊn. hi hɛdz ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə fud trək tɪ hæv ə wərd wɪθ səˈbin ˈəndər ðə gaɪz əv ˈfɑloʊɪŋ əp ɔn ðə faɪər æt ˈmɪstər. cluck’s*. ʃi lɛts ɪm noʊ ðət ˈwivər ˈmɛnʃənd ðə ˈæli dɔr hæd bɪn ˈʤɪmid wɪθ ə naɪf ə ˈvɛri ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr naɪf ðət ʃi ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz. ʃi drɔz ðə naɪf fər ˈrɑʤərz ənd əv kɔrs, wi ɔl noʊ wət ðət ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr naɪf lʊks laɪk. əˈkrɔs taʊn, ˈrəmpəl rɪˈmɑrks ðət ɪz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðɛm ɛz hi ənd vɪkˈtɔriə hɛd daʊn ˈɪntu ə krɪpt ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ðə ˈbɪznɪs ˈdɪstrɪkt bɪˈkəz wɛr ðeɪ kip krɪpts ɪn siˈætəl. ðeɪ breɪk ˈɪntu ə vɔlt ənd pʊl aʊt ə lɑrʤ bæg ðət vɪkˈtɔriə tɛlz ɪm kənˈteɪnz ɔl ʃi nidz tɪ weɪk ænəˈsteɪʒə. ˈrəmpəl teɪks ə ˈmoʊmənt ə ˈrɪli ˈhɑrtˌfɛlt ˈmoʊmənt tɪ riˈmaɪnd hər ðət gɑt tu ˈdɔtərz, ənd ˈnɛvər tu leɪt tɪ ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl. hi rɪˈleɪts hɪz oʊn ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ baɪ, ənd vɪkˈtɔriə snæps ðət hi noʊ wət bɪn θru. hi pʊlz hər baɪ ðə hænz, rɪˈvilɪŋ wət lʊks tɪ mi laɪk skɑrz ɔn rɪsts (æm aɪ siɪŋ ðət? ɪf soʊ, aɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ ðət ˈstɔri), ɛz hi əˈʃʊrz hər ðət hi dɪz noʊ, ənd ˌrɛkənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən, laɪk ˈmæʤɪk, kən kəm wɪθ ə praɪs. bæk ˈɪntu ðə ˈəðər rɛlm naʊ, wɛr ðə ˈfæməli ɪz ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪŋ ˈbərθˌdeɪ. sɪˈsiljə əˈproʊʧɪz ˌrɑˈpʊzəl tɪ θæŋk hər fər hər wərk ɔn ðə ˈpɑrti refreshements*, ənd ˌrɑˈpʊzəl waɪnz tɪ ˈmɑrkəs ðət ˈivɪn θæŋk hər fər hər gɪft. ʃi dɪd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, gəʃ ˈoʊvər ðə gɪft sɪˈsiljə geɪv hər. ʃi ˈivɪn kɔlz sɪˈsiljə ““mother.”*.” ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ɪz ˈsɪriəsli nɑt plizd tɪ hir ɪt, tu. ʃi hɛdz bæk tɪ ðə haʊs tɪ ˈrifɪl ðə ˈlævəndər ˈlɛməˈneɪd ˈfeɪvərɪt) ənd skˈwizɪz ðə ˈɪntu ə kəp. əˈhɛd tɪ ðə siˈætəl krɪpt naʊ ɛz vɪkˈtɔriə teɪks ɔf. hɛdz daʊn tɪ ðə krɪpt wɪθ, ˈoʊnli tɪ rən ˈɪntu ˈrəmpəl, bɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ðɛm. ʃi noʊz ˈnəθɪŋ daʊn ðɛr fər hər, bət wɔnts ə wərd, soʊ livz ðə tu əv ðɛm tɪ hæv ə ʧæt. ˈkɔʃənz ˈrəmpəl ðət ˌriəˈweɪkənɪŋ ænəˈsteɪʒə wɪl kəm æt ðə kɔst əv ən bɪˈlif ənd ʃi æsks ɪm ɪf hi noʊz wɛr ˈlusi ɪz raɪt naʊ. wi ðɛn si ˈlusi ˈrənɪŋ ˈɪntu vɪkˈtɔriə æt ðə bæˈleɪ skul. vɪkˈtɔriə pʊlz aʊt ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈstɔri bʊk, ənd kənˈfɛsɪz ðət ɔl əv ɪt ɪz ril ənd goʊɪŋ tɪ tɛl ˈlusi rɛst əv ðə story.”*.” ʃi ʃoʊz ˈlusi ðət ʃi wɑz ˌɪnˈdid, ˌrɑˈpʊzəl, ðət ʃi pʊt ðə ʤus ɪn drɪŋk, wɪʧ kɔzd hər tɪ fli tɪ ˈwəndərˌlænd (ənd ˈmɑrkəs tɪ rən ˈæftər hər). wɪn ˈmɑrkəs rɪˈtərnd ðeɪ meɪd ə nu ˈfæməli, wɪθ ˈɛlə bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə tru ˈsɪstər tɪ ænəˈsteɪʒə ənd. wi flæʃ bæk tɪ ə ˈkoʊzi sin əv ðə gərlz ˈbɪldɪŋ ə sˈnoʊˌmæn ɔn ðə tɔp əv ə ˈfroʊzən pɑnd (ˈsɪriəsli? wət ˈpɛrənt əˈlaʊd ðət?) əv kɔrs, ðə hɛd roʊlz ɔf ə lɑ ˈoʊlɑf ənd ˈɛlə rənz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkrækɪŋ aɪs tɪ fɛʧ ɪt (ʃoʊɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs jɛt əˈgɛn ðət ðɪs gərl ɪz dəm ɛz ə bɑks əv rɑks), wɪθ ænəˈsteɪʒə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ tɪ wɔrn hər. boʊθ gərlz fɔl ɪn ɛz ˈmɑrkəs rənz tɪ seɪv ðɛm. hi daɪvz ɪn, ˈrɛskjuɪŋ ˈoʊnli ˈɛlə ɛz hi wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ seɪv ænəˈsteɪʒə. (ənd waɪ ðə hɛl hi daɪv raɪt bæk ɪn? wɪθ ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ˈmɑrkəs!) ɪn haɪˈpɪriən haɪts, vɪkˈtɔriə wɔks ˈlusi tɪ ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, wɛr ænəˈsteɪʒə ɪz ə ˈkoʊməˌtoʊs ˈpeɪʃənt ənd ˈaɪvi ˈnɛvər θɔt tɪ lʊk ðɛr? ˈrɪli? vɪkˈtɔriə tɛlz ˈlusi ðət waɪl ˈfɛri teɪlz ər ril, ˈhæpəli ˈɛvər ˈæftər ɪz nɑt, noʊ ˈmætər haʊ hɑrd ˈhɪroʊz traɪ. ˈlusi rɪfˈjuzɪz tɪ bɪˈliv ðət soʊ vɪkˈtɔriə pʊlz aʊt ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈwɛpən ɪn hər ˈɑrsənəl: ˈvɪdioʊ əv nɪk ˈkɪsɪŋ ʤəˈsɪndə ˈgɛsɪŋ ðə ˈkæmərə wɑz ˈplænɪd ɪn ðə dɑl ʃi lɛft fər ˈlusi). vɪkˈtɔriə ˈʤɛntli tɛlz ˈlusi ðət ʤəˈsɪndə kɛr əˈbaʊt ˈhɛnri, ənd tɪ meɪk ˈmætərz wərs, ˈhɛnri lɛft taʊn bɪˈkəz ˈlusi feɪld tɪ meɪk ɪm steɪ. soʊ ðɛr ˈstɔriz ər ˈsɪmələr. boʊθ du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ kip ðɛr ˈfæməli təˈgɛðər, bət dɪˈspaɪt ðɛr hɪˈroʊɪk ˈɛfərts, ɪt wɪl ˈnɛvər ˈhæpən. jʊr bɪˈlifs bɪˈtreɪ ju, ju məst lɛt ðɛm go,”*,” ʃi tɛlz ˈlusi. tɪr fɔlz ˈɔntu ðə ˈstɔri bʊk ənd ʃi teɪks ɔf ˈrənɪŋ. bæk ɪn ðə ˈəðər rɛlm, wi si ə ˈtɪrfəl ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈlaɪfləs ˈbɑdi tɪ, ˈbɛgɪŋ hər fər hɛlp. lɑks ɪn læst brɛθ, ˈkipɪŋ hər ˈhəvərɪŋ bɪtˈwin laɪf ənd dɛθ. ʃi tɛlz vɪkˈtɔriə ðət ænəˈsteɪʒə wɪl naʊ goʊ ˈɪntu ðə taʊər bɪˈkəmɪŋ guardian.”*.” ʃi ˈnidɪd ˈsəmˌwən pjʊr əv hɑrt, ə tru ˈhɪroʊ hu bi ˈtɛmptɪd, ənd sɪns ˌrɑˈpʊzəl feɪld ðə tɛst baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə, goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk ænəˈsteɪʒə ˌɪnˈstɛd. ˌrɑˈpʊzəl ɪz ə stɛp əˈhɛd əv hər, ˌhaʊˈɛvər. ʃi həz ðə ˈmæʤɪk dəst juzd ɔn hər ˌbiˈfɔr, ənd ʃi θroʊz ɪt ˌɪmˈprɪzənɪŋ ɪn ðə taʊər ˌɪnˈstɛd. ˈrəmpəl həz hɪz ˈɔfɪsərz aʊt ˈsərʧɪŋ fər ˈlusi, bət ˈrɑʤərz kənˈfrənts ɪm, ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə faɪlz. ˈrəmpəl ˈfaɪnəli kəmz klin, ədˈmɪtɪŋ ðət traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt bæk tɪ hɪz waɪf, bɛl, ənd ðɪs ɪz ɪn ˈsərvɪs tɪ that.”*.” ˈrɑʤərz ˌəndərˈstænd ɪgˈzæktli, bət hi bɪˈlivz ɪm, ənd ˈɔfərz tɪ hɛlp. əˈkrɔs taʊn, vɪkˈtɔriə həz seɪvd ðə tɪr frəm feɪs, ənd ˈjuzɪz ɪt tɪ əˈweɪkən ænəˈsteɪʒə. ɛz ðə tɪr hɪts hər skɪn ənd ænəˈsteɪʒə əˈweɪkənz, ˈlusi kəˈlæpsɪz ˈɪntu ɑrmz. wi si əbˈzərv ɔl əv ðɪs θru ðə ˈoʊpən ˈdɔrˌweɪ, ənd ʃi tərnz ənd wɔks əˈweɪ wɪθ tɪrz ɪn hər aɪz. ðɪs meɪ bi ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd wɛr ˈlusi stɑps bɪˈlivɪŋ, bət ðə ˈsizən 7 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ðət ˈfaɪnəli meɪd mi stɑrt. ˈgɪvɪŋ ðɪs wən 5 aʊt əv 5 ˈfaɪnəli. ðɪs ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd meɪ nɑt hæv bɪn wɪθ ˈækʃən ər filz, bət ɪt dɪd kəm wɪθ ə juʤ əˈmaʊnt əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ənd naʊ aɪ æm ˈdɛfənətli ˌɪnˈtrigd. maɪ θɔts: nidz ˈsəmˌwən ə tru ˈhɪroʊ, pjʊr əv hɑrt, əˈneɪbəl tɪ bi ˈtɛmptɪd ˈɪntu streɪɪŋ frəm ðə kɔrs ɛz hər ˈgɑrdiən. ˈgɑrdiən əv wət, ɪgˈzæktli? ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈgɑrdən əv hərz ɪz ə lɔt mɔr ˈsɛntrəl tɪ ðɪs ˈstɔri ɑrk ɛz ɪz ɪts ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrt ɪn haɪˈpɪriən haɪts. ənd ˈθɪŋkɪŋ (ɪn ðə tru trəˈdɪʃən əv wəns əˈpɑn ə taɪm) meɪ nɑt bi ən ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈivəl ˈvɪlən. oʊ weɪt. ʃi əˈbændənd hər oʊn ˈnubɔrn ˈbeɪbi. ˈnɛvərˌmaɪnd. soʊ ænəˈsteɪʒə ɪz ðə ˈgɑrdiən ər ɪz ʃi? ˈmeɪbi mɛnt fər hər tɪ bi, bət aɪ hæv ə ˈfilɪŋ tɪr ˈhɪtɪŋ ðə ˈstɔri bʊk ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt gɑt tɪ hər wɪl kəm ˈɪntu pleɪ. aɪ hæv ə gət ˈfilɪŋ ðət ðə ˈmæʤɪk əv ðə ˈstɔri bʊk taɪz ænəˈsteɪʒə tɪ ˈlusi ˈsəmˌhaʊ, ənd naʊ ˈlusi ɪz ðə ˈgɑrdiən ənd ˈoʊnli həz tɪ əˈweɪkən ər bɪˈliv əˈgɛn fər ðət tɪ ˈmænəˌfɛst ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈæftər ɔl, ðə ˈoʊnli wən hu hæd hər ˈmɛməriz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv vɪkˈtɔriə ənd ˈaɪvi. ər ˈmeɪbi ˈhɛnri ɪz ðə ˈgɑrdiən, ənd ɪn ə tɪ ˈɛmə ɪn ˈsizən wən, hi həz tɪ ˈtruli bɪˈliv tɪ əˈweɪk ˈlusi ənd kleɪm hɪz paʊər. sɪˈsiljə θæŋks ˌrɑˈpʊzəl fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə bɛst ˈlævəndər ˈlɛməˈneɪd ˈteɪstɪd sɪns bayou.”*.” hmmm*. ðət bi koʊˈɪnsɪdəns. soʊ sɪˈsiljə kɔlz ðə baɪu hoʊm, wɪʧ minz ril dæd meɪ bi frəm ðə baɪu, ənd ˈbɛʧə gʊd ˈməni kəm əp ðət ˈɛlə ɪz ˈiðər ðə ˈdɔtər əv ˈdɑktər. ər rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈsəmˌhaʊ baɪ bləd. ˈrəmpəl tɛlz ˈrɑʤərz ðət ðɪs ɪz ɪn service”*” tɪ hɪz kwɛst tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ bɛl (ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌlaɪf, aɪ gɛs? hi həz tɪ luz hɪz ˌɪmɔrˈtælɪti tɪ du ðət). ˈklɪrli, ˈrəmpəl ɪz məʧ mɔr ə pɑrt əv ðɪs kərs ðən ʤɪst ə ˈvɪktɪm əv ˈæftərˌmæθ. hi priˈsɛt ə klu wɪθ ˈælɪs, ˈtɛlɪŋ hər tɪ wund ɪm (ˈðɛrˈbaɪ ˈbrɪŋɪŋ hɪz ˈmɛməri bæk wɪn hɪz dɑrk wən ˌɪmɔrˈtælɪti paʊərz wər ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd) soʊ gɑt ə lɔt goʊɪŋ ɔn ɪn ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd, hir. waɪ ˈrəmpəl weɪk ˈkɪljən? ʃʊr hi kən kənˈkɑkt ˈsəmθɪŋ du ðə trɪk waɪ hi? waɪ dɪd ˈrəmpəl traɪ tɪ fɔrs ðə dɑrk wən ˈdægər ˈɪntu hænd? wət wɑz ðə ˈifɛkt hi wɑz ˈhoʊpɪŋ fər frəm hər? aɪ hæv ə hɑrd taɪm baɪɪŋ ˈɪntu ləv fər hər ˈfæməli wɪn soʊ ˈklɪrli ənd ˈətərli koʊld tɪ. aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz wɑz ə ˈbeɪbi wɪn ˌrɑˈpʊzəl wɑz ˌɪmˈprɪzənd ənd ðɛr wɑz ə ˈstrɔŋgər kəˈnɛkʃən tɪ ænəˈsteɪʒə, bət tɪ kət hər ˈəðər ˈdɔtər dɛd laɪk ðət? ɪt ʤɪst sɛt raɪt ər meɪk sɛns ər meɪk mi fil məʧ ˈsɪmpəθi fər vɪkˈtɔriə -dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈhɑrtˌbreɪk ɪkˈspɪriənst. haʊ dɪd vɪkˈtɔriə gɪt ðə ˈstɔri bʊk? læst taɪm wi sɔ oʊld ˈfeɪθfəl, ɪt wɑz ɪn hænz ɛz ˈhɛnri ˈkɔʃənd hər tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɪt æt ɔl kɔsts. soʊ ˈmɛni kˈwɛsʧənz ənd ə gʊd θɪŋ. fər ðə fərst taɪm, aɪ æm ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli ˌɪnˈtrigd baɪ ðɪs ˈsizən. aɪ wɔnt tɪ si haʊ ðɪs ənˈrævəlz. haʊ əˈbaʊt ju? dɪd ðɪs ˈtɪkəl jʊr ˈɪntəˌrɛst? ər liv ju ˈfilɪŋ flæt? ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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utah state sen. chris buttars, jordan, has been removed from a senate committee because of comments he made that became public this week. senate president michael says he decided to take the action because of public pressure, but at the same time he affirmed buttars' free speech rights.
buttars isn't backing down, even as senate leaders announced his punishment. in a statement posted online, buttars says he disagrees with the censure, but he's a "grown man who can take his knocks." senate president michael took him off of the senate judiciary committee.
even in the face of what amounts to a demotion, sen. buttars is not apologizing and his supporters don't think he has anything to apologize for. at the same time, his critics are angry. they want more severe action against buttars, even for him to quit the senate.
buttars was kicked off the judicial committee he chaired after comparing gay activists to radical muslims during an interview for a documentary. buttars also told filmmaker reed cowan that gay activists are "probably the greatest threat to america going down."
there has been outrage over the comments this year because gays have unsuccessfully sponsored a package of bills they say find common ground on the issue of equal rights. also, butters has a record of speaking off the cuff when it comes to gays, illegal immigrants, and african americans.
waddoups, r-taylorsville, says the move shouldn't be viewed as punishment but rather the removal of a distraction.
"i want the citizens of utah to know that the senate stands behind sen. buttars and his right to speak, that we stand behind him as colleague and support his right to serve in this state," said.
senate pres. michael
he said this will free sen. buttars to be more at ease when speaking his opinions.
"we agree with many of the things that he said. we disagree with some of them. we may disagree with some of the ways he said it, but we stand four square behind what he wants to say and needs to say," said.
to listen to' statement, play the audio link on this page.
buttars defended himself in a blog post on friday, saying, in part, "for the record, i do not agree with the censure. i see it as an attempt to shy away from controversy. in particular, i disagree with my removal as chair of the senate judiciary committee, since my work there is entirely unrelated to my opposition to the homosexual agenda."
there were those who didn't think the penalty went far enough; and that buttars should be removed from the powerful senate rules committee, too.
senate democrats do seem satisfied. but senator ross romero is going a step further, proposing sensitivity training for legislators. he said, "we need to balance the constitutional rights of free speech. we are doing so as representatives of our state, and to have some sensitivity training, have some diversity training my hope is it will help educate those in the body who don't appreciate the differences that individuals brings."
cowan interviewed buttars in january for a documentary about california's proposition 8 campaign. the comments were made public this week.
reaction varies as emotions run high
sen. buttars' supporters say today is a victory for free speech. "it would have been a chilling effect if he were censured for what he said, on all lawmakers," gayle ruzicka, president of the utah eagle forum, said.
she and others are wearing his campaign button around the capitol. "we just thought it would be a good day to say we support chris buttars and his right to free speech," she said.
buttars' supporter karen clark said, "i've been in his home many times and talked to him. he said, ‘you may not agree with me, but you'll always know where i stand.' and there are a lot of people in his district who voted for him because of that issue, that stance. he will stand up and speak the things that are near and dear to him and us, as well."
but plenty of people say they're offended at buttars' comments. those people also were at the capitol and wanted their voices to be heard.
troy williams said, "we are a vibrant, beautiful part of this community. we demand to be heard. we're not going away. we believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we believe that includes us as well as everyone else in this state. we're here to fight for that."
listeners flooded doug wright show by phone and e-mail following the announcement. one said, "i'm very pleased with how that was handled. you go, president, and thanks for supporting sen. buttars!"
another said, doesn't care because this is a state."
and someone else said, "buttars should be forced to resign. he is an embarrassment for our state."
the buttars story has gotten more that page views on.com, about 10 times that of a typical news story. by mid-afternoon, more than 900 people posted comments on's message board.
greg l. wrote, "i thought senator buttars also had amendment rights just like homosexuals. apparently not. why is he being reprimanded?"
another responded, "his particular comment was hateful and bigoted. this kind of mentality has no place in the judicial system."
national group the human rights campaign calls buttars' comments dangerous and his committee removal not enough. bruce bastian of the campaign said, "it's a slap on the wrist because, again, there's no apology. how can you just let something like that go and say ok, what he said, he said, and it's ok, basically?"
but others say it went too far. stephen graham of the standard of liberty foundation said, "it is a slap on the wrist, but it's a slap on the wrist that he didn't deserve. he shouldn't have received that. they had no business saying because you used your freedom of speech we are affecting the job you have in the senate. it's uncalled for."
earlier, chairman of the utah democratic party, wayne holland, had called it statement time for the republicans. "they have an opportunity here to show utah citizens that they are tired of this kind of politics," he said.
utah republican party vice chair todd weiler earlier said the comments attributed to buttars do not represent the party. "our state party platform is that we recognize the traditional family as the fundamental unit of society, and that's it. the republican party doesn't discriminate or encourage discriminatory statements against any group of citizens," he said.
he feels the comments are unfortunate and take away from some of the positive things the senator has done.
also today, the church of jesus christ of saints issued a statement urging "civil and respectful dialogue." it said, "from the outset, the church's position has always been to engage in civil and respectful dialogue on this issue. senator buttars does not speak for the church."
the utah pride center said buttars' recent comments as well as today's press conference deeply hurt and saddened its community. and the group equality utah said it appreciates the removal of buttars as chair of the judiciary committee, but says that is "far from enough to repair the damage caused by buttars' comments."
the american civil liberties union of utah defends buttars' right to voice his opinions. a statement released by the civil liberties group reads in part: "while we disagree vehemently with senator buttars' views, we strongly support the constitution's free speech protections.
"restricting the speech of one group or individual jeopardizes everyone's rights because the same laws or regulations used to silence unpopular and controversial speech can be used to silence valid discourse," it said.
all members of the senate are ready to move on now. they consider this a huge distraction from the work they still have to do on dozens of bills and the state budget.
buttars himself did not respond to questions after the news conference.
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tim ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈjuˌtɔ steɪt sɛn. krɪs ˈbətərz, ˈʤɔrdən, həz bɪn riˈmuvd frəm ə ˈsɛnɪt kəˈmɪti bɪˈkəz əv ˈkɑmɛnts hi meɪd ðət bɪˈkeɪm ˈpəblɪk ðɪs wik. ˈsɛnɪt ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmaɪkəl sɪz hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ teɪk ðə ˈækʃən bɪˈkəz əv ˈpəblɪk ˈprɛʃər, bət æt ðə seɪm taɪm hi əˈfərmd ˈbətərz' fri spiʧ raɪts. ˈbətərz ˈɪzənt ˈbækɪŋ daʊn, ˈivɪn ɛz ˈsɛnɪt ˈlidərz əˈnaʊnst hɪz ˈpənɪʃmənt. ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt ˈpoʊstɪd ˈɔnˌlaɪn, ˈbətərz sɪz hi dɪsəˈgriz wɪθ ðə ˈsɛnʃər, bət hiz ə "groʊn mæn hu kən teɪk hɪz nɑks." ˈsɛnɪt ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmaɪkəl tʊk ɪm ɔf əv ðə ˈsɛnɪt ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri kəˈmɪti. ˈivɪn ɪn ðə feɪs əv wət əˈmaʊnts tɪ ə dɪˈmoʊʃən, sɛn. ˈbətərz ɪz nɑt əˈpɑləˌʤaɪzɪŋ ənd hɪz səˈpɔrtərz doʊnt θɪŋk hi həz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər. æt ðə seɪm taɪm, hɪz ˈkrɪtɪks ər ˈæŋgri. ðeɪ wɔnt mɔr səˈvɪr ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ˈbətərz, ˈivɪn fər ɪm tɪ kwɪt ðə ˈsɛnɪt. ˈbətərz wɑz kɪkt ɔf ðə ʤuˈdɪʃəl kəˈmɪti hi ʧɛrd ˈæftər kəmˈpɛrɪŋ geɪ ˈæktɪvɪsts tɪ ˈrædɪkəl ˈməzlɪmz ˈdʊrɪŋ ən ˈɪntərvˌju fər ə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri. ˈbətərz ˈɔlsoʊ toʊld ˈfɪlˌmeɪkər rid kaʊən ðət geɪ ˈæktɪvɪsts ər "ˈprɑbəˌbli ðə ˈgreɪtəst θrɛt tɪ əˈmɛrɪkə goʊɪŋ daʊn." ðɛr həz bɪn ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ðɪs jɪr bɪˈkəz geɪz hæv ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəli ˈspɑnsərd ə ˈpækɪʤ əv bɪlz ðeɪ seɪ faɪnd ˈkɑmən graʊnd ɔn ðə ˈɪʃu əv ˈikwəl raɪts. ˈɔlsoʊ, ˈbətərz həz ə ˈrɛkərd əv ˈspikɪŋ ɔf ðə kəf wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ geɪz, ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts, ənd ˈæfrɪkɑn əˈmɛrɪkənz., r-taylorsville*, sɪz ðə muv ˈʃʊdənt bi vjud ɛz ˈpənɪʃmənt bət ˈrəðər ðə rɪˈmuvəl əv ə dɪˈstrækʃən. "aɪ wɔnt ðə ˈsɪtɪzənz əv ˈjuˌtɔ tɪ noʊ ðət ðə ˈsɛnɪt stændz bɪˈhaɪnd sɛn. ˈbətərz ənd hɪz raɪt tɪ spik, ðət wi stænd bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm ɛz ˈkɑlig ənd səˈpɔrt hɪz raɪt tɪ sərv ɪn ðɪs steɪt," sɛd. ˈsɛnɪt prɛz. ˈmaɪkəl hi sɛd ðɪs wɪl fri sɛn. ˈbətərz tɪ bi mɔr æt iz wɪn ˈspikɪŋ hɪz əˈpɪnjənz. "wi əˈgri wɪθ ˈmɛni əv ðə θɪŋz ðət hi sɛd. wi dɪsəˈgri wɪθ səm əv ðɛm. wi meɪ dɪsəˈgri wɪθ səm əv ðə weɪz hi sɛd ɪt, bət wi stænd fɔr skwɛr bɪˈhaɪnd wət hi wɔnts tɪ seɪ ənd nidz tɪ seɪ," sɛd. tɪ ˈlɪsən tɪ' ˈsteɪtmənt, pleɪ ðə ˈɑdiˌoʊ lɪŋk ɔn ðɪs peɪʤ. ˈbətərz dɪˈfɛndɪd hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ə blɔg poʊst ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, seɪɪŋ, ɪn pɑrt, "fər ðə ˈrɛkərd, aɪ du nɑt əˈgri wɪθ ðə ˈsɛnʃər. aɪ si ɪt ɛz ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ ʃaɪ əˈweɪ frəm ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi. ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, aɪ dɪsəˈgri wɪθ maɪ rɪˈmuvəl ɛz ʧɛr əv ðə ˈsɛnɪt ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri kəˈmɪti, sɪns maɪ wərk ðɛr ɪz ɪnˈtaɪərli ˌənrɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ maɪ ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ðə ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkʃuəl əˈʤɛndə." ðɛr wər ðoʊz hu ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk ðə ˈpɛnəlti wɛnt fɑr ɪˈnəf; ənd ðət ˈbətərz ʃʊd bi riˈmuvd frəm ðə ˈpaʊərfəl ˈsɛnɪt rulz kəˈmɪti, tu. ˈsɛnɪt ˈdɛməˌkræts du sim ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd. bət ˈsɛnətər rɔs roʊˈmɛroʊ ɪz goʊɪŋ ə stɛp ˈfərðər, prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti ˈtreɪnɪŋ fər ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz. hi sɛd, "wi nid tɪ ˈbæləns ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl raɪts əv fri spiʧ. wi ər duɪŋ soʊ ɛz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz əv ɑr steɪt, ənd tɪ hæv səm ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti ˈtreɪnɪŋ, hæv səm dɪˈvərsɪti ˈtreɪnɪŋ maɪ hoʊp ɪz ɪt wɪl hɛlp ˈɛʤəˌkeɪt ðoʊz ɪn ðə ˈbɑdi hu doʊnt əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ðə ˈdɪfərənsɪz ðət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz brɪŋz." kaʊən ˈɪntərvˌjud ˈbətərz ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri fər ə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri əˈbaʊt ˌkælɪˈfɔrnjəz ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən 8 kæmˈpeɪn. ðə ˈkɑmɛnts wər meɪd ˈpəblɪk ðɪs wik. riˈækʃən ˈvɛriz ɛz ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz rən haɪ sɛn. ˈbətərz' səˈpɔrtərz seɪ təˈdeɪ ɪz ə ˈvɪktəri fər fri spiʧ. "ɪt wʊd hæv bɪn ə ˈʧɪlɪŋ ˈifɛkt ɪf hi wər ˈsɛnʃərd fər wət hi sɛd, ɔn ɔl ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz," geɪl ˌruˈzɪkə, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə ˈjuˌtɔ ˈigəl ˈfɔrəm, sɛd. ʃi ənd ˈəðərz ər ˈwɛrɪŋ hɪz kæmˈpeɪn ˈbətən əraʊnd ðə ˈkæpɪtəl. "wi ʤɪst θɔt ɪt wʊd bi ə gʊd deɪ tɪ seɪ wi səˈpɔrt krɪs ˈbətərz ənd hɪz raɪt tɪ fri spiʧ," ʃi sɛd. ˈbətərz' səˈpɔrtər ˈkɛrən klɑrk sɛd, "aɪv bɪn ɪn hɪz hoʊm ˈmɛni taɪmz ənd tɔkt tɪ ɪm. hi sɛd, meɪ nɑt əˈgri wɪθ mi, bət jul ˈɔlˌweɪz noʊ wɛr aɪ stænd.' ənd ðɛr ər ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ɪn hɪz ˈdɪstrɪkt hu ˈvoʊtɪd fər ɪm bɪˈkəz əv ðət ˈɪʃu, ðət stæns. hi wɪl stænd əp ənd spik ðə θɪŋz ðət ər nɪr ənd dɪr tɪ ɪm ənd ˈjuˈɛs, ɛz wɛl." bət ˈplɛnti əv ˈpipəl seɪ ðɛr əˈfɛndɪd æt ˈbətərz' ˈkɑmɛnts. ðoʊz ˈpipəl ˈɔlsoʊ wər æt ðə ˈkæpɪtəl ənd ˈwɔntɪd ðɛr ˈvɔɪsɪz tɪ bi hərd. trɔɪ ˈwɪljəmz sɛd, "wi ər ə ˈvaɪbrənt, ˈbjutəfəl pɑrt əv ðɪs kəmˈjunɪti. wi dɪˈmænd tɪ bi hərd. wɪr nɑt goʊɪŋ əˈweɪ. wi bɪˈliv ɪn laɪf, ˈlɪbərˌti ənd ðə pərˈsut əv ˈhæpinəs. wi bɪˈliv ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ˈjuˈɛs ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls ɪn ðɪs steɪt. wɪr hir tɪ faɪt fər ðət." ˈlɪsənərz ˈflədɪd dəg raɪt ʃoʊ baɪ foʊn ənd ˈiˌmeɪl ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt. wən sɛd, "əm ˈvɛri plizd wɪθ haʊ ðət wɑz ˈhændəld. ju goʊ, ˈprɛzɪdənt, ənd θæŋks fər səˈpɔrtɪŋ sɛn. ˈbətərz!" əˈnəðər sɛd, ˈdəzənt kɛr bɪˈkəz ðɪs ɪz ə steɪt." ənd ˈsəmˌwən ɛls sɛd, "ˈbətərz ʃʊd bi fɔrst tɪ rɪˈzaɪn. hi ɪz ən ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt fər ɑr steɪt." ðə ˈbətərz ˈstɔri həz ˈgɔtən mɔr ðət peɪʤ vjuz ɔn ksl.com*, əˈbaʊt 10 taɪmz ðət əv ə ˈtɪpɪkəl nuz ˈstɔri. baɪ mid-afternoon*, mɔr ðən 900 ˈpipəl ˈpoʊstɪd ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ˈmɛsɪʤ bɔrd. grɛg ɛl. roʊt, "aɪ θɔt ˈsɛnətər ˈbətərz ˈɔlsoʊ hæd əˈmɛndmənt raɪts ʤɪst laɪk ˌhoʊmoʊˈsɛkˌʃuəlz. əˈpɛrəntli nɑt. waɪ ɪz hi biɪŋ ˈrɛprəˌmændɪd?" əˈnəðər rɪˈspɑndɪd, "hɪz ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈkɑmɛnt wɑz ˈheɪtfəl ənd ˈbɪgətɪd. ðɪs kaɪnd əv mɛnˈtælɪti həz noʊ pleɪs ɪn ðə ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˈsɪstəm." ˈnæʃənəl grup ðə ˈjumən raɪts kæmˈpeɪn kɔlz ˈbətərz' ˈkɑmɛnts ˈdeɪnʤərəs ənd hɪz kəˈmɪti rɪˈmuvəl nɑt ɪˈnəf. brus ˈbæsʧɪn əv ðə kæmˈpeɪn sɛd, "ɪts ə slæp ɔn ðə rɪst bɪˈkəz, əˈgɛn, ðɛrz noʊ əˈpɑləˌʤi. haʊ kən ju ʤɪst lɛt ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ðət goʊ ənd seɪ ˈoʊˈkeɪ, wət hi sɛd, hi sɛd, ənd ɪts ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˈbeɪsɪkli?" bət ˈəðərz seɪ ɪt wɛnt tu fɑr. ˈstivən græm əv ðə ˈstændərd əv ˈlɪbərˌti faʊnˈdeɪʃən sɛd, "ɪt ɪz ə slæp ɔn ðə rɪst, bət ɪts ə slæp ɔn ðə rɪst ðət hi ˈdɪdənt dɪˈzərv. hi ˈʃʊdənt hæv rɪˈsivd ðət. ðeɪ hæd noʊ ˈbɪznɪs seɪɪŋ bɪˈkəz ju juzd jʊr ˈfridəm əv spiʧ wi ər əˈfɛktɪŋ ðə ʤɑb ju hæv ɪn ðə ˈsɛnɪt. ɪts ənˈkɔld fər." ˈərliər, ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə ˈjuˌtɔ ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpɑrti, weɪn ˈhɑlənd, hæd kɔld ɪt ˈsteɪtmənt taɪm fər ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz. "ðeɪ hæv ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti hir tɪ ʃoʊ ˈjuˌtɔ ˈsɪtɪzənz ðət ðeɪ ər taɪərd əv ðɪs kaɪnd əv ˈpɑləˌtɪks," hi sɛd. ˈjuˌtɔ rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈpɑrti vaɪs ʧɛr tɑd ˈwaɪlər ˈərliər sɛd ðə ˈkɑmɛnts əˈtrɪbjətəd tɪ ˈbətərz du nɑt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ðə ˈpɑrti. "ɑr steɪt ˈpɑrti ˈplætˌfɔrm ɪz ðət wi ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈfæməli ɛz ðə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˈjunɪt əv soʊˈsaɪɪti, ənd ðæts ɪt. ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈpɑrti ˈdəzənt dɪˈskrɪməˌneɪt ər ɪnˈkərəʤ dɪˈskrɪmənəˌtɔri ˈsteɪtmənts əˈgɛnst ˈɛni grup əv ˈsɪtɪzənz," hi sɛd. hi filz ðə ˈkɑmɛnts ər ənˈfɔrʧənət ənd teɪk əˈweɪ frəm səm əv ðə ˈpɑzətɪv θɪŋz ðə ˈsɛnətər həz dən. ˈɔlsoʊ təˈdeɪ, ðə ʧərʧ əv ˈʤizəs kraɪst əv seɪnts ˈɪʃud ə ˈsteɪtmənt ˈərʤɪŋ "ˈsɪvəl ənd rɪˈspɛktfəl ˈdaɪəˌlɔg." ɪt sɛd, "frəm ðə ˈaʊtˌsɛt, ðə ˈʧərʧəz pəˈzɪʃən həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ˈsɪvəl ənd rɪˈspɛktfəl ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ɔn ðɪs ˈɪʃu. ˈsɛnətər ˈbətərz dɪz nɑt spik fər ðə ʧərʧ." ðə ˈjuˌtɔ praɪd ˈsɛnər sɛd ˈbətərz' ˈrisənt ˈkɑmɛnts ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈtudeɪz prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns ˈdipli hərt ənd ˈsædənd ɪts kəmˈjunɪti. ənd ðə grup ɪkˈwɑləti ˈjuˌtɔ sɛd ɪt əˈpriʃiˌeɪts ðə rɪˈmuvəl əv ˈbətərz ɛz ʧɛr əv ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri kəˈmɪti, bət sɪz ðət ɪz "fɑr frəm ɪˈnəf tɪ rɪˈpɛr ðə ˈdæmɪʤ kɔzd baɪ ˈbətərz' ˈkɑmɛnts." ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz ˈjunjən əv ˈjuˌtɔ dɪˈfɛndz ˈbətərz' raɪt tɪ vɔɪs hɪz əˈpɪnjənz. ə ˈsteɪtmənt riˈlist baɪ ðə ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz grup ridz ɪn pɑrt: "waɪl wi dɪsəˈgri ˈviəməntli wɪθ ˈsɛnətər ˈbətərz' vjuz, wi ˈstrɔŋli səˈpɔrt ðə ˌkɑnstɪˈtuʃənz fri spiʧ prəˈtɛkʃənz. "riˈstrɪktɪŋ ðə spiʧ əv wən grup ər ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈʤɛpərˌdaɪzɪz ˈɛvriˌwənz raɪts bɪˈkəz ðə seɪm lɔz ər ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz juzd tɪ ˈsaɪləns ˌənˈpɑpjələr ənd ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl spiʧ kən bi juzd tɪ ˈsaɪləns ˈvælɪd ˈdɪskɔrs," ɪt sɛd. ɔl ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈsɛnɪt ər ˈrɛdi tɪ muv ɔn naʊ. ðeɪ kənˈsɪdər ðɪs ə juʤ dɪˈstrækʃən frəm ðə wərk ðeɪ stɪl hæv tɪ du ɔn ˈdəzənz əv bɪlz ənd ðə steɪt ˈbəʤɪt. ˈbətərz hɪmˈsɛlf dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ kˈwɛsʧənz ˈæftər ðə nuz ˈkɑnfərəns. ˈiˌmeɪl: ˈiˌmeɪl: ˈiˌmeɪl: ˈiˌmeɪl: ˈiˌmeɪl: (ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2008 ˈbɑnəˌvɪl ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən. ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. ðɪs məˈtɪriəl meɪ nɑt bi ˈpəblɪʃt, ˈbrɔdˌkæst, riˈrɪtən, ər dɪˈstrɪbjətəd. ˌeɪˈpi kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt.) rɪˈleɪtɪd lɪŋks rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈstɔriz
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the national secular society has written to the department for education and calling for a fresh inspection of an islamic school where pupils are reportedly banned from with "outsiders".
sky news reported on 25 july that the islamic institute of education in threatens students with expulsion if they with, and that boarders are banned from using televisions and cameras, as well as music players, mobile phones and other "items that are prohibited in islam".
pupils must wear strict islamic dress and receive no formal sex education at the independent faith school.
however despite this, the last inspection by in 2011 rated the school as "good".
ofsted praised the school for the "excellent tracking and assessment system in place" for lessons on the of the quran. the inspection report said that [is] outstanding."
the 2011 inspection found that "students have an excellent understanding of their own muslim culture" but have "no experiences" at all to "extend their empathy with differing cultural groups in society both at home and overseas."
the school says it aims to "create competent native islamic scholars."
the report recommended that the school develop "links with other schools to provide students with opportunities to and learn with their peers in different environments", which is in stark contrast to the rules uncovered by sky news which prohibit social interactions with.
since 2014, independent schools have been required to "actively promote" the fundamental values "of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs."
the national secular society has written to the department for education and calling for an inspection to take place under the new rules as a matter of urgency.
stephen evans, national secular society campaigns manager, said: "the most recent inspection of the islamic institute of education predates the revision of the regulations, but we believe there are serious doubts as to whether the school sufficiently met the standards in operation at the time of its previous inspection.
"a fresh inspection is therefore necessary to ensure that the school is meeting the new independent school standards and adequately preparing its students for life in modern britain.
"it is important that throughout all aspects of education there is an emphasis on the basic values that underpin a free, equal and progressive society. no establishment found to be involved in promoting ideas that are counter-cohesive, separatist and contrary to the values outlined in the standards should be permitted to operate as registered school."
the national secular society responded to a government consultation on the new standards for independent schools in august 2014, and warned at the time that any attempt to tackle extremism in schools would be "undermined by an education system that encourages faith based schools and allows children to be separated according to the religious beliefs of their parents."
the new guidance states that "pupils must be encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance".
the prime minister recently made a significant speech on tackling extremism in which he said that "it cannot be right" that "people can grow up and go to school and hardly ever come into meaningful contact with people from other backgrounds and faiths."
while the welcomed much of his speech, his refusal to tackle faith schools ignored a key factor which drives ethnic and social segregation in the today.
david cameron added that "you don't have to support violence to subscribe to certain intolerant ideas which create a climate in which extremists can flourish."
mr evans added, "the insular nature of the institute of islamic education and its prohibition on with sounds like a case study in what the prime minister warned about. we hope a new investigation is carried out as soon as possible."
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ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɛkjələr soʊˈsaɪɪti həz ˈrɪtən tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt fər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ə frɛʃ ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən əv ən ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk skul wɛr ˈpjupəlz ər rɪˈpɔrtədli bænd frəm wɪθ "aʊtˈsaɪdərz". skaɪ nuz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn 25 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ðət ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪn θˈrɛtənz ˈstudənts wɪθ ɪkˈspəlʃən ɪf ðeɪ wɪθ, ənd ðət ˈbɔrdərz ər bænd frəm ˈjuzɪŋ ˈtɛləˌvɪʒənz ənd ˈkæmərəz, ɛz wɛl ɛz mˈjuzɪk pleɪərz, ˈmoʊbəl foʊnz ənd ˈəðər "ˈaɪtəmz ðət ər proʊˈhɪbətəd ɪn ˌɪsˈlɑm". ˈpjupəlz məst wɛr strɪkt ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk drɛs ənd rɪˈsiv noʊ ˈfɔrməl sɛks ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən æt ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt feɪθ skul. ˌhaʊˈɛvər dɪˈspaɪt ðɪs, ðə læst ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən baɪ ɪn 2011 ˈreɪtɪd ðə skul ɛz "gʊd". preɪzd ðə skul fər ðə "ˈɛksələnt ˈtrækɪŋ ənd əˈsɛsmənt ˈsɪstəm ɪn pleɪs" fər ˈlɛsənz ɔn ðə əv ðə quran*. ðə ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ðət [ɪz] ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ." ðə 2011 ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən faʊnd ðət "ˈstudənts hæv ən ˈɛksələnt ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðɛr oʊn ˈməzlɪm ˈkəlʧər" bət hæv "noʊ ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz" æt ɔl tɪ "ɪkˈstɛnd ðɛr ˈɛmpəθi wɪθ ˈdɪfərɪŋ ˈkəlʧərəl grups ɪn soʊˈsaɪɪti boʊθ æt hoʊm ənd ˈoʊvərˈsiz." ðə skul sɪz ɪt eɪmz tɪ "kriˈeɪt ˈkɑmpətɪnt ˈneɪtɪv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈskɑlərz." ðə rɪˈpɔrt ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ðə skul dɪˈvɛləp "lɪŋks wɪθ ˈəðər skulz tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈstudənts wɪθ ˌɑpərˈtunətiz tɪ ənd lərn wɪθ ðɛr pɪrz ɪn ˈdɪfərənt ɪnˈvaɪrənmənts", wɪʧ ɪz ɪn stɑrk ˈkɑntræst tɪ ðə rulz ənˈkəvərd baɪ skaɪ nuz wɪʧ proʊˈhɪbət ˈsoʊʃəl ˌɪnərˈækʃənz wɪθ. sɪns 2014 ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt skulz hæv bɪn rikˈwaɪərd tɪ "ˈæktɪvli prəˈmoʊt" ðə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˈvæljuz "əv dɪˈmɑkrəsi, ðə rul əv lɔ, ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈlɪbərˌti, ənd mˈjuʧuəl rɪˈspɛkt ənd ˈtɑlərəns əv ðoʊz wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt feɪθs ənd bɪˈlifs." ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɛkjələr soʊˈsaɪɪti həz ˈrɪtən tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt fər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ən ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən tɪ teɪk pleɪs ˈəndər ðə nu rulz ɛz ə ˈmætər əv ˈərʤənsi. ˈstivən ˈɛvənz, ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɛkjələr soʊˈsaɪɪti kæmˈpeɪnz ˈmænɪʤər, sɛd: "ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən əv ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈpriˈdeɪts ðə riˈvɪʒən əv ðə ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz, bət wi bɪˈliv ðɛr ər ˈsɪriəs daʊts ɛz tɪ ˈwɛðər ðə skul səˈfɪʃəntli mɛt ðə ˈstændərdz ɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən æt ðə taɪm əv ɪts ˈpriviəs ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən. "ə frɛʃ ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən ɪz ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ðə skul ɪz ˈmitɪŋ ðə nu ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt skul ˈstændərdz ənd ˈædəkwɪtli pərˈpɛrɪŋ ɪts ˈstudənts fər laɪf ɪn ˈmɑdərn ˈbrɪtən. "ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðət θruaʊt ɔl ˈæˌspɛkts əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ðɛr ɪz ən ˈɛmfəsɪs ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪk ˈvæljuz ðət ˈəndərˌpɪn ə fri, ˈikwəl ənd prəˈgrɛsɪv soʊˈsaɪɪti. noʊ ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt faʊnd tɪ bi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn prəˈmoʊtɪŋ aɪˈdiəz ðət ər counter-cohesive*, ˈsɛpərətɪst ənd ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ ðə ˈvæljuz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ɪn ðə ˈstændərdz ʃʊd bi pərˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈɔpərˌeɪt ɛz ˈrɛʤɪstərd skul." ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɛkjələr soʊˈsaɪɪti rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ə ˈgəvərnmənt ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən ɔn ðə nu ˈstændərdz fər ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt skulz ɪn ˈɔgəst 2014 ənd wɔrnd æt ðə taɪm ðət ˈɛni əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈtækəl ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm ɪn skulz wʊd bi "ˌəndərˈmaɪnd baɪ ən ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ðət ɪnˈkərəʤəz feɪθ beɪst skulz ənd əˈlaʊz ˈʧɪldrən tɪ bi ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈlɪʤəs bɪˈlifs əv ðɛr ˈpɛrənts." ðə nu ˈgaɪdəns steɪts ðət "ˈpjupəlz məst bi ɪnˈkərəʤd tɪ rɪˈgɑrd ˈpipəl əv ɔl feɪθs, ˈreɪsɪz ənd ˈkəlʧərz wɪθ rɪˈspɛkt ənd ˈtɑlərəns". ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈrisəntli meɪd ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt spiʧ ɔn ˈtækəlɪŋ ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm ɪn wɪʧ hi sɛd ðət "ɪt ˈkænɑt bi raɪt" ðət "ˈpipəl kən groʊ əp ənd goʊ tɪ skul ənd ˈhɑrdli ˈɛvər kəm ˈɪntu ˈminɪŋfəl ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ˈpipəl frəm ˈəðər ˈbækˌgraʊndz ənd feɪθs." waɪl ðə ˈwɛlkəmd məʧ əv hɪz spiʧ, hɪz rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ ˈtækəl feɪθ skulz ˌɪgˈnɔrd ə ki ˈfæktər wɪʧ draɪvz ˈɛθnɪk ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˌsɛgrəˈgeɪʃən ɪn ðə təˈdeɪ. ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkæmərən ˈædɪd ðət "ju doʊnt hæv tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈvaɪələns tɪ səbˈskraɪb tɪ ˈsərtən ˌɪnˈtɑlərənt aɪˈdiəz wɪʧ kriˈeɪt ə ˈklaɪmɪt ɪn wɪʧ ɪkˈstriməsts kən flərɪʃ." ˈmɪstər ˈɛvənz ˈædɪd, "ðə ˈɪnsələr ˈneɪʧər əv ðə ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd ɪts ˌproʊəˈbɪʃən ɔn wɪθ saʊnz laɪk ə keɪs ˈstədi ɪn wət ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər wɔrnd əˈbaʊt. wi hoʊp ə nu ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪz ˈkɛrid aʊt ɛz sun ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl."
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like many people, i've been slowly rewatching star trek: deep space nine ever since it popped up on netflix. and one thing becomes clear: in many ways, 2012 has already overtaken as the future goes barring, of course, space travel and replicators. culturally, at least, we've zoomed right past star version of the century, by the second decade of the 21st.
i've been struck particularly by two things missing from the universe one that was unpredictable in the span of the series, and one that was predictable but unattractive from the creators' standpoint. nobody uses social media, and nobody wastes time. spoilers ahead...
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as i watch everyone interact on the station, the lack of social media sticks out hugely to me simply because it is how so many of us interact with each other especially over long distances. there is no hashtag for workers to tweet or talk to families back home. everyone uses communication rather than text despite the security issues this obviously poses (and of course a social network of any kind poses security problems in and of itself, but provides rich narrative opportunities in that arena which i've yet to see explored much) and the fact that we are seeing even now many people shy away even from the telephone when given an alternative. we have the of science fiction no one much cares. we use it sometimes, but it's far more of a pain to make yourself presentable onscreen, get the kids and dogs to leave you alone for long enough to skype, and carry on an etiquette minefield of a conversation when a quick text or email will do for most business.
this doesn't begin to cover the constant "come here and see this" requests, where said person will not be able to come there and see that due to falling plot. we live in a world already where no one need come and see anything, a quick picture upload obviates the need for o'brien to come squint at your shit in person. part of the reason, i think, that minority report continues to be a for interface technology is that it showed a new(ish) way for people to interact with technology. in, instantaneous information tech is available and evenly distributed, but the writers do not live in a world, yet, where anyone has begun to figure out what to do with it. so walkie talkies are still, in 1999, the model for communication. cares about physical presence in a way we are already beginning to leave behind. image by lord
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all of the episodes involving jake's incipient (besides being pretty in general) make much more sense if one imagines him as a blogger rather than an intrepid boy reporter newspaper? magazine? i find it sort of touching that the kind of reporter that jake seems to aspire to be is still considered worthy and wants to write our brand of realist fiction (when we hear his plots they do not involve spaceships or aliens even though those would be realism for him) and even more amusingly, he's terribly famous in the future he glimpses on account of having published a single short story collection. in fact, the war correspondence he so longs to he believes he is the only one who can write be one of many, many voices escaping from occupied in the post arab spring networked news.
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i do think the presence of a would be deeply erosive to the power structure on, though i'm not wholly sure that's a bad thing. everyone in power is good and believes themselves a when they are deceitful and manipulative it is always in service of the greater good, where the greater good is defined as the survival of the federation. can you imagine the for the station? how many atheists would tear down sisko the messiah, how every decision would be questioned, mocked, dissected where the actors and the acted upon could see it? every show of this type has a "view from below" episode at some part of the point of the barrage of opinions and information we now sort through every day is that the view from below is as available as the a narrative, at all times. image by ledven/cheezburger.
but it's not there. at one point someone asks for a high-speed data connection and this is treated as a pretty serious request. but all i could think is: for what?
this absolutely feeds into my second point, which i think is far more endemic to in general than simply the lack of anyone predicting facebook in 1993.
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we do see hobbies on the station: o'brien and bashir, who are basically married by season 2, like to famous battles in the holosuite. sisko likes to baseball games. people gamble, they play sports, they play instruments, they buy prostitutes both virtual and real. but the hobby we see most often is reading books (followed by cooking food, which is interesting and i think a right call in a world of replicators—real, cooked food suddenly has a tremendous value and becomes a status-flag) we never see anyone just wasting time.
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battlements are eminently useful for military officers; likewise strategic sports and even programs and the crew's low-tech poker games, though that's getting further afield than i'd like. gambling is almost always shown as a social activity (as opposed to online poker) in which many other kinds of important information can be had. reading books is mentally stimulating and often the books themselves are classics even by our own standards, such as shakespeare. (most people, no matter what their profiles say, do not read shakespeare to unwind. apparently all starfleet captains do, however.) in fact, the pastimes we see are very victorian in nature. they are parlor pastimes: reading, talking, playing live instruments (something we already see drastically less of than even a few decades ago, especially as compared to how many people can play rock band vs can play a guitar). it's all over aubrey and up in there.
nobody sits around and plays farmville. nobody gets embroiled in a flame war concerning the portrayal of klingons in human or just sits and watches with their feet up. nope. the brave men and women of the future read (super old) books, talk to each other face to face, and even in their fantasies practice for things they will have to do in real life or, admittedly quite realistically, have space holosex. there is no wow. there are no video games at all unless they are evil ones from risa that will suck out your brains.
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because of this, and because of the lack of a social network, it is possible to be alone in the star trek world in a way which i would have to deliberately take action to achieve in my world. even when we are alone, most of us check a number of communication vectors and leave them live—twitter, email, text messages, facebook, our blogs, reddit, news feeds. we are a baby spinning our training wheels. to be alone as profoundly (to me) as sisko, kira, and the rest often are, i would have to make a decision to shut down all of those streams. (and i do that sometimes. but it's a choice. the internet is always on. actually, in my house we have century nights where all the power and screens are shut off and only activities are on the table. you know, reading books, playing live instruments, talking, cooking, playing cards. it's a bit hilarious that those nights are the closest thing i can get to living on.) image via scifun.
sidebar: interestingly, the whole notion of the great link seems to present a very high-level version of that interconnected, networked state, much like asimov's galaxia. this is a concept that used to horrify me, being a good 14 year old "rugged" "individualist" american. but now i live in the of that world, where i can plug into the world's thoughts at will. it's addictive; very hard to unplug once you're there. and the great link is a wholly, constantly networked their bodies are open source. they do not need to eat or work or sleep or have sex or die. when they're not getting up in the alpha grill, they simply are.
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and in terms of's universe, the great link is at best and at worst an abomination. that connectivity, that lack of need, is presented as a big part of their otherness, the reason that not only are they bad because they engineer species and want to fight the federation, but that their being is essentially suspect. not like our upstanding heroes, who never waste a moment, never let a consideration of others get too much in the way of doing the right thing.
anyway. i know wasting time is not necessarily interesting, (though it can be. how one wastes time says a lot about a person) but star trek is at least in a world, and the federation is not at war until season six. wasting time fucking around would be a lot of what people did with their lives. it's a lot of what we do now, and we're not even close to at all. no one is frivolous in the future. no one exhibits poor or even mediocre time management. all are of self-organization.
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wasting time has a unique pleasure (some call it slack) that we as humans are kind of addicted to. we're starting to do it collectively on our social networks now, to waste time in a connected way. the universe of is culturally incredibly old-fashioned all the aspects of life that were important to a century officer can be found in spades, both and in a meta-sense. in a world with faith in its higher-ups, as star trek purported to be, it is terrifying to see the playing wow. they should be defending justice even in their sleep and this too is a very old idea.
much continues to be made of the fact that we now have star trek pads, ubiquitous, available, and to be honest, better than those on the show, which showed piles of them required to convey basic ship business. but more than the pads, in fifteen years or so, we've leapfrogged the social norms of star trek on the back of the internet. it's amazing to me just how quick the transition course we're still in that more recent star treks have not and probably will not engage with this new reality either.
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star trek is a butterfly in a glass. it is no longer meant to predict or exhibit the future, but to quietly stand for the world of the past, as much as the shire ever was. it's not exactly revolutionary to say that about star trek, but still gets props for its realistic portrayal of war (i actually think the war bits are sort of trite and easy the dominion is never for a moment meant to be seen as having a point or being in the right) and, since of course = quality in terms of much contemporary media.
but it strikes me that, though she wears a pretty technodress, underneath it all, is grandma telling us kids how it was in her day, and that no matter how many fancy doodads we get, her day will go on forever.
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this article by m. valente originally appeared over at charles stross' blog.
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laɪk ˈmɛni ˈpipəl, aɪv bɪn sˈloʊli riˈwɑʧɪŋ stɑr trɛk: dip speɪs naɪn ˈɛvər sɪns ɪt pɑpt əp ɔn netflix*. ənd wən θɪŋ bɪˈkəmz klɪr: ɪn ˈmɛni weɪz, 2012 həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈoʊvərˌteɪkən ɛz ðə fˈjuʧər goʊz ˈbɑrɪŋ, əv kɔrs, speɪs ˈtrævəl ənd ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪtərs. ˈkəlʧərəˌli, æt list, wiv zumd raɪt pæst stɑr ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, baɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈdɛkeɪd əv ðə 21st*. aɪv bɪn strək ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli baɪ tu θɪŋz ˈmɪsɪŋ frəm ðə ˈjunəˌvərs wən ðət wɑz ˌənprɪˈdɪktəbəl ɪn ðə spæn əv ðə ˈsɪriz, ənd wən ðət wɑz prɪˈdɪktəbəl bət ˌənəˈtræktɪv frəm ðə kriˈeɪtərz' ˈstændˌpɔɪnt. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ˈjuzɪz ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə, ənd ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi weɪsts taɪm. ˈspɔɪlərz əˈhɛd... ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ɛz aɪ wɔʧ ˈɛvriˌwən ˌɪnərˈækt ɔn ðə ˈsteɪʃən, ðə læk əv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə stɪks aʊt ˈhjuʤli tɪ mi ˈsɪmpli bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz haʊ soʊ ˈmɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər əˈspɛʃəli ˈoʊvər lɔŋ ˈdɪstənsɪz. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈhæʃˌtæg fər ˈwərkərz tɪ twit ər tɔk tɪ ˈfæməliz bæk hoʊm. ˈɛvriˌwən ˈjuzɪz kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ˈrəðər ðən tɛkst dɪˈspaɪt ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈɪʃuz ðɪs ˈɑbviəsli ˈpoʊzɪz (ənd əv kɔrs ə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk əv ˈɛni kaɪnd ˈpoʊzɪz sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈprɑbləmz ɪn ənd əv ˌɪtˈsɛlf, bət prəˈvaɪdz rɪʧ ˈnɛrətɪv ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ɪn ðət ərˈinə wɪʧ aɪv jɛt tɪ si ɪkˈsplɔrd məʧ) ənd ðə fækt ðət wi ər siɪŋ ˈivɪn naʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl ʃaɪ əˈweɪ ˈivɪn frəm ðə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn wɪn ˈgɪvɪn ən ɔlˈtərnətɪv. wi hæv ðə əv saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən noʊ wən məʧ kɛrz. wi juz ɪt ˈsəmˌtaɪmz, bət ɪts fɑr mɔr əv ə peɪn tɪ meɪk ˈjɔrsɛlf prəˈzɛntəbəl ˌɑnˈskrin, gɪt ðə kɪdz ənd dɔgz tɪ liv ju əˈloʊn fər lɔŋ ɪˈnəf tɪ skaɪp, ənd ˈkɛri ɔn ən ˈɛtəkət ˈmaɪnˌfild əv ə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɪn ə kwɪk tɛkst ər iˈmeɪl wɪl du fər moʊst ˈbɪznɪs. ðɪs ˈdəzənt bɪˈgɪn tɪ ˈkəvər ðə ˈkɑnstənt "kəm hir ənd si ðɪs" rɪkˈwɛsts, wɛr sɛd ˈpərsən wɪl nɑt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəm ðɛr ənd si ðət du tɪ ˈfɑlɪŋ plɑt. wi lɪv ɪn ə wərld ɔˈrɛdi wɛr noʊ wən nid kəm ənd si ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ə kwɪk ˈpɪkʧər ˈəˌploʊd ˈɑbviˌeɪts ðə nid fər oʊˈbraɪɪn tɪ kəm skwɪnt æt jʊr ʃɪt ɪn ˈpərsən. pɑrt əv ðə ˈrizən, aɪ θɪŋk, ðət məˈnɔrəti rɪˈpɔrt kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bi ə fər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪz ðət ɪt ʃoʊd ə new(ish*) weɪ fər ˈpipəl tɪ ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ɪn ˌɪnstənˈtæniəs ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɛk ɪz əˈveɪləbəl ənd ˈivənli dɪˈstrɪbjətəd, bət ðə ˈraɪtərz du nɑt lɪv ɪn ə wərld, jɛt, wɛr ˈɛniˌwən həz ˈbeɪgən tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt wət tɪ du wɪθ ɪt. soʊ ˈwɔki ˈtɔkiz ər stɪl, ɪn 1999 ðə ˈmɑdəl fər kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən. kɛrz əˈbaʊt ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈprɛzəns ɪn ə weɪ wi ər ɔˈrɛdi bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ liv bɪˈhaɪnd. ˈɪmɪʤ baɪ lɔrd ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ɔl əv ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ʤeɪks ˌɪnˈsɪpiənt (ˌbiˈsaɪdz biɪŋ ˈprɪti ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl) meɪk məʧ mɔr sɛns ɪf wən ˌɪˈmæʤənz ɪm ɛz ə ˈblɔgər ˈrəðər ðən ən ˌɪnˈtrɛpəd bɔɪ rɪˈpɔrtər ˈnuzˌpeɪpər? ˈmægəˌzin? aɪ faɪnd ɪt sɔrt əv ˈtəʧɪŋ ðət ðə kaɪnd əv rɪˈpɔrtər ðət ʤeɪk simz tɪ əˈspaɪr tɪ bi ɪz stɪl kənˈsɪdərd ˈwərði ənd wɔnts tɪ raɪt ɑr brænd əv ˈriəlɪst ˈfɪkʃən (wɪn wi hir hɪz plɑts ðeɪ du nɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈspeɪsˌʃɪps ər ˈeɪliənz ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðoʊz wʊd bi ˈriəlɪzm fər ɪm) ənd ˈivɪn mɔr əmˈjuzɪŋli, hiz ˈtɛrəbli ˈfeɪməs ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər hi ˈglɪmpsɪz ɔn əˈkaʊnt əv ˈhævɪŋ ˈpəblɪʃt ə ˈsɪŋgəl ʃɔrt ˈstɔri kəˈlɛkʃən. ɪn fækt, ðə wɔr ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns hi soʊ lɔŋz tɪ hi bɪˈlivz hi ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli wən hu kən raɪt bi wən əv ˈmɛni, ˈmɛni ˈvɔɪsɪz ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ frəm ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ɪn ðə poʊst ˈærəb spərɪŋ ˈnɛtˌwərkt nuz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt aɪ du θɪŋk ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ə wʊd bi ˈdipli ɪˈroʊsɪv tɪ ðə paʊər ˈstrəkʧər ɔn ðoʊ əm nɑt ˈhoʊli ʃʊr ðæts ə bæd θɪŋ. ˈɛvriˌwən ɪn paʊər ɪz gʊd ənd bɪˈlivz ðɛmˈsɛlvz ə wɪn ðeɪ ər dɪˈsitfəl ənd məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtɪv ɪt ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ɪn ˈsərvɪs əv ðə ˈgreɪtər gʊd, wɛr ðə ˈgreɪtər gʊd ɪz dɪˈfaɪnd ɛz ðə sərˈvaɪvəl əv ðə ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən. kən ju ˌɪˈmæʤən ðə fər ðə ˈsteɪʃən? haʊ ˈmɛni ˈeɪθiəsts wʊd tɪr daʊn ˈsɪskoʊ ðə məˈsaɪə, haʊ ˈɛvəri dɪˈsɪʒən wʊd bi kˈwɛsʧənd, mɑkt, daɪˈsɛktəd wɛr ðə ˈæktərz ənd ðə ˈæktɪd əˈpɑn kʊd si ɪt? ˈɛvəri ʃoʊ əv ðɪs taɪp həz ə "vju frəm bɪˈloʊ" ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd æt səm pɑrt əv ðə pɔɪnt əv ðə bərɑʒ əv əˈpɪnjənz ənd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wi naʊ sɔrt θru ˈɛvəri deɪ ɪz ðət ðə vju frəm bɪˈloʊ ɪz ɛz əˈveɪləbəl ɛz ðə ə ˈnɛrətɪv, æt ɔl taɪmz. ˈɪmɪʤ baɪ ledven/cheezburger*. bət ɪts nɑt ðɛr. æt wən pɔɪnt ˈsəmˌwən æsks fər ə ˈhaɪˌspid ˈdætə kəˈnɛkʃən ənd ðɪs ɪz ˈtritɪd ɛz ə ˈprɪti ˈsɪriəs rɪkˈwɛst. bət ɔl aɪ kʊd θɪŋk ɪz: fər wət? ðɪs ˌæbsəˈlutli fidz ˈɪntu maɪ ˈsɛkənd pɔɪnt, wɪʧ aɪ θɪŋk ɪz fɑr mɔr ɛnˈdɛmɪk tɪ ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ðən ˈsɪmpli ðə læk əv ˈɛniˌwən prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ɪn 1993 ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt wi du si ˈhɑbiz ɔn ðə ˈsteɪʃən: oʊˈbraɪɪn ənd bəˈʃɪr, hu ər ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈmɛrid baɪ ˈsizən 2 laɪk tɪ ˈfeɪməs ˈbætəlz ɪn ðə holosuite*. ˈsɪskoʊ laɪks tɪ ˈbeɪsˈbɔl geɪmz. ˈpipəl ˈgæmbəl, ðeɪ pleɪ spɔrts, ðeɪ pleɪ ˈɪnstrəmənts, ðeɪ baɪ ˈprɑstəˌtuts boʊθ ˈvərʧuəl ənd ril. bət ðə ˈhɑbi wi si moʊst ˈɔfən ɪz ˈrɛdɪŋ bʊks (ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ˈkʊkɪŋ fud, wɪʧ ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ənd aɪ θɪŋk ə raɪt kɔl ɪn ə wərld əv replicators—real*, kʊkt fud ˈsədənli həz ə trɪˈmɛndəs ˈvælju ənd bɪˈkəmz ə status-flag*) wi ˈnɛvər si ˈɛniˌwən ʤɪst ˈweɪstɪŋ taɪm. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈbætəl ər ˈɛmənəntli ˈjusfəl fər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɔfɪsərz; ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz strəˈtiʤɪk spɔrts ənd ˈivɪn ˈproʊˌgræmz ənd ðə kruz ˌloʊˈtɛk ˈpoʊkər geɪmz, ðoʊ ðæts ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈfərðər əˈfild ðən aɪd laɪk. ˈgæmbəlɪŋ ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔlˌweɪz ʃoʊn ɛz ə ˈsoʊʃəl ækˈtɪvɪti (ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈpoʊkər) ɪn wɪʧ ˈmɛni ˈəðər kaɪnz əv ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən kən bi hæd. ˈrɛdɪŋ bʊks ɪz ˈmɛnəli ˈstɪmjəˌleɪtɪŋ ənd ˈɔfən ðə bʊks ðɛmˈsɛlvz ər ˈklæsɪks ˈivɪn baɪ ɑr oʊn ˈstændərdz, səʧ ɛz ˈʃeɪkˌspir. (moʊst ˈpipəl, noʊ ˈmætər wət ðɛr ˈproʊˌfaɪlz seɪ, du nɑt rɛd ˈʃeɪkˌspir tɪ ənˈwaɪnd. əˈpɛrəntli ɔl ˈstɑrˌfit ˈkæptənz du, ˌhaʊˈɛvər.) ɪn fækt, ðə ˈpæˌstaɪmz wi si ər ˈvɛri vɪkˈtɔriən ɪn ˈneɪʧər. ðeɪ ər ˈpɑrlər ˈpæˌstaɪmz: ˈrɛdɪŋ, ˈtɔkɪŋ, pleɪɪŋ lɪv ˈɪnstrəmənts (ˈsəmθɪŋ wi ɔˈrɛdi si ˈdræstɪkli lɛs əv ðən ˈivɪn ə fju ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ, əˈspɛʃəli ɛz kəmˈpɛrd tɪ haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl kən pleɪ rɑk bænd ˈvərsəz kən pleɪ ə gɪˈtɑr). ɪts ɔl ˈoʊvər ˈɔbri ənd əp ɪn ðɛr. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi sɪts əraʊnd ənd pleɪz farmville*. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi gɪts ɛmˈbrɔɪld ɪn ə fleɪm wɔr kənˈsərnɪŋ ðə pɔrˈtreɪəl əv ˈklɪŋˌgɔnz ɪn ˈjumən ər ʤɪst sɪts ənd ˈwɑʧɪz wɪθ ðɛr fit əp. noʊp. ðə breɪv mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən əv ðə fˈjuʧər rɛd (ˈsupər oʊld) bʊks, tɔk tɪ iʧ ˈəðər feɪs tɪ feɪs, ənd ˈivɪn ɪn ðɛr ˈfænəsiz ˈpræktɪs fər θɪŋz ðeɪ wɪl hæv tɪ du ɪn ril laɪf ər, ædˈmɪtɪdli kwaɪt ˌriəˈlɪstɪkli, hæv speɪs holosex*. ðɛr ɪz noʊ waʊ. ðɛr ər noʊ ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz æt ɔl ənˈlɛs ðeɪ ər ˈivəl wənz frəm ˈrisə ðət wɪl sək aʊt jʊr breɪnz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt bɪˈkəz əv ðɪs, ənd bɪˈkəz əv ðə læk əv ə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk, ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ bi əˈloʊn ɪn ðə stɑr trɛk wərld ɪn ə weɪ wɪʧ aɪ wʊd hæv tɪ dɪˈlɪbərətli teɪk ˈækʃən tɪ əˈʧiv ɪn maɪ wərld. ˈivɪn wɪn wi ər əˈloʊn, moʊst əv ˈjuˈɛs ʧɛk ə ˈnəmbər əv kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ˈvɛktərz ənd liv ðɛm live—twitter*, iˈmeɪl, tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ɑr blɔgz, reddit*, nuz fidz. wi ər ə ˈbeɪbi ˈspɪnɪŋ ɑr ˈtreɪnɪŋ wilz. tɪ bi əˈloʊn ɛz proʊˈfaʊndli (tɪ mi) ɛz ˈsɪskoʊ, ˈkirɑ, ənd ðə rɛst ˈɔfən ər, aɪ wʊd hæv tɪ meɪk ə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ ʃət daʊn ɔl əv ðoʊz strimz. (ənd aɪ du ðət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz. bət ɪts ə ʧɔɪs. ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ɔn. ˈæˌkʧuəli, ɪn maɪ haʊs wi hæv ˈsɛnʧəri naɪts wɛr ɔl ðə paʊər ənd skrinz ər ʃət ɔf ənd ˈoʊnli ækˈtɪvɪtiz ər ɔn ðə ˈteɪbəl. ju noʊ, ˈrɛdɪŋ bʊks, pleɪɪŋ lɪv ˈɪnstrəmənts, ˈtɔkɪŋ, ˈkʊkɪŋ, pleɪɪŋ kɑrdz. ɪts ə bɪt hɪˈlɛriəs ðət ðoʊz naɪts ər ðə ˈkloʊsəst θɪŋ aɪ kən gɪt tɪ ˈlɪvɪŋ ɔn ˈɪmɪʤ ˈviə scifun*. ˈsaɪdˌbɑr: ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, ðə hoʊl ˈnoʊʃən əv ðə greɪt lɪŋk simz tɪ ˈprɛzənt ə ˈvɛri ˌhaɪˈlɛvəl ˈvərʒən əv ðət ˌɪntərkəˈnɛktɪd, ˈnɛtˌwərkt steɪt, məʧ laɪk ˈæzɪmɑvz galaxia*. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈkɑnsɛpt ðət juzd tɪ ˈhɔrəˌfaɪ mi, biɪŋ ə gʊd 14 jɪr oʊld "ˈrəgəd" "ˌɪndɪvɪˈduəlɪst" əˈmɛrɪkən. bət naʊ aɪ lɪv ɪn ðə əv ðət wərld, wɛr aɪ kən pləg ˈɪntu ðə wərldz θɔts æt wɪl. ɪts əˈdɪktɪv; ˈvɛri hɑrd tɪ ənˈpləg wəns jʊr ðɛr. ənd ðə greɪt lɪŋk ɪz ə ˈhoʊli, ˈkɑnstəntli ˈnɛtˌwərkt ðɛr ˈbɑdiz ər ˈoʊpən sɔrs. ðeɪ du nɑt nid tɪ it ər wərk ər slip ər hæv sɛks ər daɪ. wɪn ðɛr nɑt ˈgɪtɪŋ əp ɪn ðə ˈælfə grɪl, ðeɪ ˈsɪmpli ər. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ənd ɪn tərmz əv ˈjunəˌvərs, ðə greɪt lɪŋk ɪz æt bɛst ənd æt wərst ən əˌbɑməˈneɪʃən. ðət kənɛkˈtɪvɪti, ðət læk əv nid, ɪz pərˈzɛnəd ɛz ə bɪg pɑrt əv ðɛr ˈəðərnəs, ðə ˈrizən ðət nɑt ˈoʊnli ər ðeɪ bæd bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ˈspiʃiz ənd wɔnt tɪ faɪt ðə ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən, bət ðət ðɛr biɪŋ ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈsəˌspɛkt. nɑt laɪk ɑr ˈəpˌstændɪŋ ˈhɪroʊz, hu ˈnɛvər weɪst ə ˈmoʊmənt, ˈnɛvər lɛt ə kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən əv ˈəðərz gɪt tu məʧ ɪn ðə weɪ əv duɪŋ ðə raɪt θɪŋ. ˈɛniˌweɪ. aɪ noʊ ˈweɪstɪŋ taɪm ɪz nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, (ðoʊ ɪt kən bi. haʊ wən weɪsts taɪm sɪz ə lɔt əˈbaʊt ə ˈpərsən) bət stɑr trɛk ɪz æt list ɪn ə wərld, ənd ðə ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ɪz nɑt æt wɔr ənˈtɪl ˈsizən sɪks. ˈweɪstɪŋ taɪm ˈfəkɪŋ əraʊnd wʊd bi ə lɔt əv wət ˈpipəl dɪd wɪθ ðɛr lɪvz. ɪts ə lɔt əv wət wi du naʊ, ənd wɪr nɑt ˈivɪn kloʊz tɪ æt ɔl. noʊ wən ɪz ˈfrɪvələs ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. noʊ wən ɪgˈzɪbəts pur ər ˈivɪn ˌmidiˈoʊkər taɪm ˈmænɪʤmənt. ɔl ər əv ˌsɛlˌfɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈweɪstɪŋ taɪm həz ə juˈnik ˈplɛʒər (səm kɔl ɪt slæk) ðət wi ɛz ˈjumənz ər kaɪnd əv əˈdɪktɪd tɪ. wɪr ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ du ɪt kəˈlɛktɪvli ɔn ɑr ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərks naʊ, tɪ weɪst taɪm ɪn ə kəˈnɛktɪd weɪ. ðə ˈjunəˌvərs əv ɪz ˈkəlʧərəˌli ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd ɔl ðə ˈæˌspɛkts əv laɪf ðət wər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ə ˈsɛnʧəri ˈɔfɪsər kən bi faʊnd ɪn speɪdz, boʊθ ənd ɪn ə meta-sense*. ɪn ə wərld wɪθ feɪθ ɪn ɪts higher-ups*, ɛz stɑr trɛk pərˈpɔrtɪd tɪ bi, ɪt ɪz ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ tɪ si ðə pleɪɪŋ waʊ. ðeɪ ʃʊd bi dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ˈʤəstɪs ˈivɪn ɪn ðɛr slip ənd ðɪs tu ɪz ə ˈvɛri oʊld aɪˈdiə. məʧ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bi meɪd əv ðə fækt ðət wi naʊ hæv stɑr trɛk pædz, juˈbɪkwɪtəs, əˈveɪləbəl, ənd tɪ bi ˈɑnəst, ˈbɛtər ðən ðoʊz ɔn ðə ʃoʊ, wɪʧ ʃoʊd paɪlz əv ðɛm rikˈwaɪərd tɪ kənˈveɪ ˈbeɪsɪk ʃɪp ˈbɪznɪs. bət mɔr ðən ðə pædz, ɪn ˈfɪfˈtin jɪrz ər soʊ, wiv ˈlipˌfrɔgd ðə ˈsoʊʃəl nɔrmz əv stɑr trɛk ɔn ðə bæk əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ɪts əˈmeɪzɪŋ tɪ mi ʤɪst haʊ kwɪk ðə trænˈzɪʃən kɔrs wɪr stɪl ɪn ðət mɔr ˈrisənt stɑr trɛks hæv nɑt ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli wɪl nɑt ɪnˈgeɪʤ wɪθ ðɪs nu ˌriˈæləˌti ˈiðər. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt stɑr trɛk ɪz ə ˈbətərˌflaɪ ɪn ə glæs. ɪt ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər mɛnt tɪ prɪˈdɪkt ər ɪgˈzɪbɪt ðə fˈjuʧər, bət tɪ kˈwaɪətli stænd fər ðə wərld əv ðə pæst, ɛz məʧ ɛz ðə ʃaɪr ˈɛvər wɑz. ɪts nɑt ɪgˈzæktli ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri tɪ seɪ ðət əˈbaʊt stɑr trɛk, bət stɪl gɪts prɑps fər ɪts ˌriəˈlɪstɪk pɔrˈtreɪəl əv wɔr (aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli θɪŋk ðə wɔr bɪts ər sɔrt əv traɪt ənd ˈizi ðə dəˈmɪnjən ɪz ˈnɛvər fər ə ˈmoʊmənt mɛnt tɪ bi sin ɛz ˈhævɪŋ ə pɔɪnt ər biɪŋ ɪn ðə raɪt) ənd, sɪns əv kɔrs kˈwɑləti ɪn tərmz əv məʧ kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈmidiə. bət ɪt straɪks mi ðət, ðoʊ ʃi wɛrz ə ˈprɪti technodress*, ˌəndərˈniθ ɪt ɔl, ɪz ˈgrændmɑ ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs kɪdz haʊ ɪt wɑz ɪn hər deɪ, ənd ðət noʊ ˈmætər haʊ ˈmɛni ˈfænsi ˈduˌdædz wi gɪt, hər deɪ wɪl goʊ ɔn fərˈɛvər. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl baɪ ɛm. vɑˈlɛnˌti ərˈɪʤənəli əˈpɪrd ˈoʊvər æt ˈʧɑrəlz stross*' blɔg.
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the federal budget is taking affordable housing seriously, with a new national housing strategy that wants to tackle housing crisis.
the 2017 budget proposes to spend $11.2 billion over 11 years and will build safe and affordable housing across the country. in cities with high prices and a severe lack of affordable housing, like toronto and vancouver, this funding cannot come soon enough. the proposed housing fund will be run by the canada mortgage and housing corporation (cmhc) the public insurance program for mortgages. the will receive $5 billion over 11 years to work on several projects related to housing. another $3.2 billion will be dedicated to affordable housing specifically and will use a multilateral investment framework, relying on private and public funding to get affordable housing projects up and running across the country.
out of the $11.2 billion, $3 billion will be spent in the next three years and $20 million for this year.
the money budgeted falls short of what the big city mayors caucus asked for at their meeting in late 2016. they asked for a pledge of $12.6 billion, spread over eight years to solve the affordable housing crisis that are growing in largest cities. toronto specifically has $2.6 billion in repairs needed for toronto community housing units on the brink of being closed down.
mayor john tory is asking that the province pitch in to the housing fund as well and fill the gap that the federal government cannot commit to. affordable housing in toronto needs a huge investment to repair current community housing units as well as provide more. there are households on the in the city, most consisting of families and seniors, and with rising house costs people are desperate for somewhere to live.
all three levels of government ultimately need to work together to tackle the affordable housing crises popping up across canada. the national housing strategy is a brave step and the commitment of billions of dollars will make headway to giving vulnerable parts of the population somewhere safe and healthy to live. without a home, it is nearly impossible to escape the throes of poverty finally it seems that canada is realizing the importance of shelter in the great white north. hope that investment is maintained!
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ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈbəʤɪt ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈsɪriəsli, wɪθ ə nu ˈnæʃənəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈstrætəʤi ðət wɔnts tɪ ˈtækəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈkraɪsəs. ðə 2017 ˈbəʤɪt prəˈpoʊzɪz tɪ spɛnd ˈbɪljən ˈoʊvər 11 jɪrz ənd wɪl bɪld seɪf ənd əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. ɪn ˈsɪtiz wɪθ haɪ ˈpraɪsɪz ənd ə səˈvɪr læk əv əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ, laɪk tərˈɑntoʊ ənd vænˈkuvər, ðɪs ˈfəndɪŋ ˈkænɑt kəm sun ɪˈnəf. ðə prəˈpoʊzd ˈhaʊzɪŋ fənd wɪl bi rən baɪ ðə ˈkænədə ˈmɔrgɪʤ ənd ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən (cmhc*) ðə ˈpəblɪk ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈproʊˌgræm fər ˈmɔrgɪʤɪz. ðə wɪl rɪˈsiv 5 ˈbɪljən ˈoʊvər 11 jɪrz tɪ wərk ɔn ˈsɛvərəl ˈprɑʤɛkts rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈhaʊzɪŋ. əˈnəðər ˈbɪljən wɪl bi ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ spəˈsɪfɪkli ənd wɪl juz ə ˌməltɪˈlætərəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈfreɪmˌwərk, riˈlaɪɪŋ ɔn ˈpraɪvət ənd ˈpəblɪk ˈfəndɪŋ tɪ gɪt əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkts əp ənd ˈrənɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri. aʊt əv ðə ˈbɪljən, 3 ˈbɪljən wɪl bi spɛnt ɪn ðə nɛkst θri jɪrz ənd 20 ˈmɪljən fər ðɪs jɪr. ðə ˈməni ˈbəʤɪtɪd fɔlz ʃɔrt əv wət ðə bɪg ˈsɪti meɪərz ˈkɔkəs æst fər æt ðɛr ˈmitɪŋ ɪn leɪt 2016 ðeɪ æst fər ə plɛʤ əv ˈbɪljən, sprɛd ˈoʊvər eɪt jɪrz tɪ sɑlv ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈkraɪsəs ðət ər groʊɪŋ ɪn ˈlɑrʤəst ˈsɪtiz. tərˈɑntoʊ spəˈsɪfɪkli həz ˈbɪljən ɪn rɪˈpɛrz ˈnidɪd fər tərˈɑntoʊ kəmˈjunɪti ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈjunɪts ɔn ðə brɪŋk əv biɪŋ kloʊzd daʊn. meɪər ʤɑn ˈtɔri ɪz ˈæskɪŋ ðət ðə ˈprɑvɪns pɪʧ ɪn tɪ ðə ˈhaʊzɪŋ fənd ɛz wɛl ənd fɪl ðə gæp ðət ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt ˈkænɑt kəˈmɪt tɪ. əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪn tərˈɑntoʊ nidz ə juʤ ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt tɪ rɪˈpɛr ˈkɑrənt kəmˈjunɪti ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈjunɪts ɛz wɛl ɛz prəˈvaɪd mɔr. ðɛr ər ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz ɔn ðə ɪn ðə ˈsɪti, moʊst kənˈsɪstɪŋ əv ˈfæməliz ənd ˈsinjərz, ənd wɪθ ˈraɪzɪŋ haʊs kɔsts ˈpipəl ər ˈdɛspərɪt fər ˈsəmˌwɛr tɪ lɪv. ɔl θri ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈgəvərnmənt ˈəltəmətli nid tɪ wərk təˈgɛðər tɪ ˈtækəl ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈkraɪsiz ˈpɑpɪŋ əp əˈkrɔs ˈkænədə. ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈstrætəʤi ɪz ə breɪv stɛp ənd ðə kəˈmɪtmənt əv ˈbɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz wɪl meɪk ˈhɛdˌweɪ tɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈvəlnərəbəl pɑrts əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈsəmˌwɛr seɪf ənd ˈhɛlθi tɪ lɪv. wɪˈθaʊt ə hoʊm, ɪt ɪz ˈnɪrli ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ɪˈskeɪp ðə θroʊz əv ˈpɑvərti ˈfaɪnəli ɪt simz ðət ˈkænədə ɪz ˈriəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ˈʃɛltər ɪn ðə greɪt waɪt nɔrθ. hoʊp ðət ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪz meɪnˈteɪnd!
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(tallinn) - delegates from the council of europe's greco watchdog will visit estonia next week to focus on a spate of allegations about irregularities in party funding.
"the greco visit was agreed ... before a former member of parliament alleged governing reform party was involved in money laundering,", head of transparency international estonia told on thursday.
prii said he welcomed the timely visit by the independent european body focused on evaluating levels of corruption among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors.
last week prosecutors in estonia launched a probe into allegations that the country's governing reform party had received donations from murky sources for years.
reform party member and of parliament silver publicly claimed he funneled money of unknown origin into party coffers on several occasions in.
meikar also alleged he was asked to do so by then reform party secretary general kristen michal, who became justice minister in the spring of 2011.
both michal and current reform party leader, prime minister andrus, have flatly denied the claims, but several powerful businessmen and politicians have admitted their own involvement in activities similar to those described by.
estonia's finance minister jurgen slammed this week, saying his public revelations about reform party funding "should be considered crimes against estonia and its national security".
calling "a liar", said this week he has complete confidence in his justice minister.
a country of million, estonia broke free from the crumbling soviet union in 1991 and went on to join nato and the european union in 2004 and the in 2011.
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(tallinn*) ˈdɛləˌgeɪts frəm ðə ˈkaʊnsəl əv ˈjʊrəps ˈgrɛkoʊ ˈwɑʧˌdɔg wɪl ˈvɪzɪt ɛˈstoʊniə nɛkst wik tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ə speɪt əv ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əˈbaʊt ˌɪrɛgjəˈlɛrətiz ɪn ˈpɑrti ˈfəndɪŋ. "ðə ˈgrɛkoʊ ˈvɪzɪt wɑz əˈgrid ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈfɔrmər ˈmɛmbər əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt əˈlɛʤd ˈgəvərnɪŋ rɪˈfɔrm ˈpɑrti wɑz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈməni ˈlɔndərɪŋ,", hɛd əv trænˈspɛrənsi ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ɛˈstoʊniə toʊld ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ. sɛd hi ˈwɛlkəmd ðə ˈtaɪmli ˈvɪzɪt baɪ ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈbɑdi ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ˈlɛvəlz əv kərˈəpʃən əˈməŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt, ˈʤəʤɪz ənd ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz. læst wik ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪn ɛˈstoʊniə lɔnʧt ə proʊb ˈɪntu ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ðət ðə ˈkəntriz ˈgəvərnɪŋ rɪˈfɔrm ˈpɑrti hæd rɪˈsivd doʊˈneɪʃənz frəm ˈmərki ˈsɔrsəz fər jɪrz. rɪˈfɔrm ˈpɑrti ˈmɛmbər ənd əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt ˈsɪlvər ˈpəblɪkli kleɪmd hi ˈfənəld ˈməni əv ənˈnoʊn ˈɔrəʤən ˈɪntu ˈpɑrti ˈkɔfərz ɔn ˈsɛvərəl ɔˈkeɪʒənz ɪn ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlɛʤd hi wɑz æst tɪ du soʊ baɪ ðɛn rɪˈfɔrm ˈpɑrti ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛnərəl ˈkrɪstən ˈmɪʧəl, hu bɪˈkeɪm ˈʤəstɪs ˈmɪnɪstər ɪn ðə spərɪŋ əv 2011 boʊθ ˈmɪʧəl ənd ˈkɑrənt rɪˈfɔrm ˈpɑrti ˈlidər, praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈændrəs, hæv ˈflætli dɪˈnaɪd ðə kleɪmz, bət ˈsɛvərəl ˈpaʊərfəl ˈbɪznɪsˌmɛn ənd ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz hæv ədˈmɪtəd ðɛr oʊn ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ɪn ækˈtɪvɪtiz ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðoʊz dɪˈskraɪbd baɪ. ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈmɪnɪstər ˈʤərgən slæmd ðɪs wik, seɪɪŋ hɪz ˈpəblɪk ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənz əˈbaʊt rɪˈfɔrm ˈpɑrti ˈfəndɪŋ "ʃʊd bi kənˈsɪdərd kraɪmz əˈgɛnst ɛˈstoʊniə ənd ɪts ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti". ˈkɔlɪŋ "ə laɪər", sɛd ðɪs wik hi həz kəmˈplit ˈkɑnfədɛns ɪn hɪz ˈʤəstɪs ˈmɪnɪstər. ə ˈkəntri əv ˈmɪljən, ɛˈstoʊniə broʊk fri frəm ðə ˈkrəmbəlɪŋ ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən ɪn 1991 ənd wɛnt ɔn tɪ ʤɔɪn ˈneɪtoʊ ənd ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ɪn 2004 ənd ðə ɪn 2011
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kevin de has been speaking to german magazine about his future and has been quite frank about his aims to play for a huge club like manchester united. put it directly to de "your consultant patrick de koster told us during the winter break that europe's top clubs have you in their sights. they were psg, and manchester united, you have a contract with until 2019. will you leave again in the summer?"
de wasn't as flustered as many would be when put on that particular spot and responded "i'll never say that in the summer i'll go or stay. in football it wouldn't be wise. lots kiss the badge on the jersey and say 'i'm staying'. then they're gone. also in football, things can go fast."
the former chelsea player had already said "and my ambition is also to one day be at a top european club and to win as many titles as possible."
short of de saying to "of course i'd like to move to one of those clubs," he couldn't have made it much clearer he'd be up for a transfer to psg, munich or manchester united should the right offer come in. wolfsburg will want a hefty fee for the player and selling de could help their battle with whilst at the same time providing funds to spend during the summer transfer window.
de certainly isn't scared of returning to the premier league, despite what happened at chelsea, and may feel he has a point to prove in english football.
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ˈkɛvɪn də həz bɪn ˈspikɪŋ tɪ ˈʤərmən ˈmægəˌzin əˈbaʊt hɪz fˈjuʧər ənd həz bɪn kwaɪt fræŋk əˈbaʊt hɪz eɪmz tɪ pleɪ fər ə juʤ kləb laɪk ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd. pʊt ɪt dɪˈrɛkli tɪ də "jʊr kənˈsəltənt ˈpætrɪk də ˈkɑstər toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈwɪntər breɪk ðət ˈjʊrəps tɔp kləbz hæv ju ɪn ðɛr saɪts. ðeɪ wər psg*, ənd ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd, ju hæv ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ ənˈtɪl 2019 wɪl ju liv əˈgɛn ɪn ðə ˈsəmər?" də ˈwəzənt ɛz ˈfləstərd ɛz ˈmɛni wʊd bi wɪn pʊt ɔn ðət ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr spɑt ənd rɪˈspɑndɪd "aɪl ˈnɛvər seɪ ðət ɪn ðə ˈsəmər aɪl goʊ ər steɪ. ɪn ˈfʊtˌbɔl ɪt ˈwʊdənt bi waɪz. lɑts kɪs ðə bæʤ ɔn ðə ˈʤərzi ənd seɪ 'əm steɪɪŋ'. ðɛn ðɛr gɔn. ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ˈfʊtˌbɔl, θɪŋz kən goʊ fæst." ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈʧɛlsi pleɪər hæd ɔˈrɛdi sɛd "ənd maɪ æmˈbɪʃən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ tɪ wən deɪ bi æt ə tɔp ˌjʊrəˈpiən kləb ənd tɪ wɪn ɛz ˈmɛni ˈtaɪtəlz ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl." ʃɔrt əv də seɪɪŋ tɪ "əv kɔrs aɪd laɪk tɪ muv tɪ wən əv ðoʊz kləbz," hi ˈkʊdənt hæv meɪd ɪt məʧ ˈklɪrər hid bi əp fər ə ˈtrænsfər tɪ psg*, mˈjunɪk ər ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd ʃʊd ðə raɪt ˈɔfər kəm ɪn. ˈwʊlfsbərg wɪl wɔnt ə ˈhɛfti fi fər ðə pleɪər ənd ˈsɛlɪŋ də kʊd hɛlp ðɛr ˈbætəl wɪθ waɪlst æt ðə seɪm taɪm prəˈvaɪdɪŋ fəndz tɪ spɛnd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsəmər ˈtrænsfər ˈwɪndoʊ. də ˈsərtənli ˈɪzənt skɛrd əv rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ ðə prɛˈmɪr lig, dɪˈspaɪt wət ˈhæpənd æt ˈʧɛlsi, ənd meɪ fil hi həz ə pɔɪnt tɪ pruv ɪn ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈfʊtˌbɔl.
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θæŋks fər ˈʧɛkɪŋ aʊt ðə lɪl' laɪn əv dæns poʊlz. wi noʊ ðɛr ər ˈʧɔɪsɪz aʊt ðɛr ənd wi θæŋk ju fər kənˈsɪdərɪŋ wət wi hæv tɪ ˈɔfər. lɪl ər prəˈfɛʃənəl greɪd dæns poʊlz, meɪd ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ. ðiz ər nɑt ʧip poʊlz meɪd ɪn ˈʧaɪnə faʊnd ɪn ə ˈnɑvəlti stɔr ɪn jʊr ˈloʊkəl mɔl ər ɔn ˈəðər wɛb saɪts. wi praɪd ɑrˈsɛlvz ənd ɑr ˈkəmpəˌni baɪ steɪɪŋ ə ˈjuˈɛs meɪd ˈprɑdəkt ˈkipɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ˈwərkərz ˈwərkɪŋ. wi wɪl nɑt sɛl aʊt tɪ ˈoʊvərˈsiz ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ tɪ meɪk ə bək! lɪl' həz ðə bɛst ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈbɪznɪs ɛz ə seɪf, rɪˈlaɪəbəl, ənd ˈstərdi prəˈfɛʃənəl greɪd laɪn əv dæns poʊlz fər hoʊmz ənd ˈstudiˌoʊz wɪθ ˈkəstəmər ˈsərvɪs ˈsɛkənd tɪ nən. wi hæv bɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ rɪˈmuvəbəl poʊlz ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈlɔŋgər ənd ˈbɛtər ðən ˈɛniˌwən ɛls. ɔl əv ɑr poʊlz ər hænd ˈkræftɪd wən æt ə taɪm fər ɑr ˈkəstəmərz. wi mæs ˈproʊdus ɑr poʊlz laɪk ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls. wi ər ðə ˈoʊnli ril ˈkəmpəˌni ðət kən ˈɔfər ˈtruli ˈkəstəm poʊlz bɪˈkəz wət wi du. wɪn kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ə rɪˈmuvəbəl dæns poʊl jʊr 1 kənˈsərn ʃʊd bi ˈseɪfti. ˈseɪfti ɪz ɑr ˈbɪznɪs! ənˈlaɪk ˈəðər poʊlz ðət rɪˈlaɪ ˈsoʊəli ɔn ˈfrɪkʃən tɪ hoʊld ðə poʊl ɪn pleɪs, wi hæv bɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ə maʊnt sɪns deɪ wən. ˈhævɪŋ ə sɪˈkjʊr ˈmaʊntɪŋ ˈsərfəs tɪ hoʊld ðə poʊl ɪn pleɪs ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli weɪ ju kən fil ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ jʊr poʊl ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən. wɪθ ˈfrɪkʃən ju hæv tɪ kənˈtɪnjuəsli ʧɛk ðə poʊlz sɪns ðeɪ kəm lus ɛz ðeɪ pʊʃ jʊr ˈsilɪŋ əp. ðə spərɪŋ juzd ɪn ˈhoʊldɪŋ ðə lɪl' poʊl ɪn pleɪs həz ə əv ˈoʊvər ðɪs ɪz ə kənˈtɪnjuəs ˈduti tɛst, ðə kaɪnd ðə poʊl wɪl ˈnɛvər si. ˈɔlsoʊ, ɑr spərɪŋ kən sɪt ɪn ə kəmˈprɛst steɪt ˌɪnˈdɛfənətli wɪˈθaʊt ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɪts ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti tɪ hoʊld ðə poʊl ɪn pleɪs. wi wɪl ˈnɛvər ˈsækrəˌfaɪs jʊr ˈseɪfti tɪ ərn ə ˈdɔlər. soʊ wɪn ˈʧuzɪŋ ə rɪˈmuvəbəl dæns poʊl, ˈɔlˌweɪz kip ˈseɪfti ənd ˌsutəˈbɪlɪti jʊr tɔp praɪˈɔrətiz. ðə lɪl' dæns poʊlz ər ʃɪpt ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə wərld fər ðə ʤɪmz ˈɔfərɪŋ poʊl dæns ˈklæsɪz. ˈʃilə ˈkɛliz ɛs ˈfæktər ənd poʊl ˈfɪtnəs ˈstudiˌoʊ juz ənd trəst ðə lɪl' fər ðɛr klaɪənts. ɔl ðə bɛst ˈstudiˌoʊz ˈɔfər ðə lɪl' dæns poʊl tɪ ðɛr ˈstudənts tɪ kənˈtɪnju ðɛr ˈpræktɪs æt hoʊm. lɪl' həz bɪn ɔn ˈmɛni ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ʃoʊz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈkipɪŋ əp wɪθ ðə kardashians*, rɑk əv ləv wɪθ brɛt ˈmaɪkəlz, təˈkilə ənd wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfiʧərd ɔn ˈfæbjələs laɪf səˈlɛbrɪti sɛks ɛz moʊst əv ˈtudeɪz tɔp səˈlɛbrɪtiz ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ wət ðə lɪl' dæns poʊl həz tɪ ˈɔfər. ðɪs ˌɪnˈkludz kɪm ˈkɑdəˌʃeɪn, ˈpɛrɪs ˈhɪltən, ˈkəri, ˈtɛri ˈhæʧər, ˈkɑrmən ɪˈlɛktrə, ˈdɛrəl ˈhænə, ˈpæmələ ˈændərsən, keɪt ˈhədsən, ˈʤɛsɪkə ˈælbə, ˈfərgi, ˈsɪndi ˈkrɔfərd ənd ˈmɛni ˈəðərz. ðə poʊl dæns kreɪz wɑz ˈbustɪd wɪn ðə lɪl' dæns poʊl wɑz ˈfiʧərd wɪθ ɛs ˈfæktər ɔn ðə ˈoʊprə ʃoʊ.
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stripper belinda talks about having a child with star thompson after sex with groups of players.
nrl star thompson has broken his silence on his group sex scandal with some shock allegations of his own.
the warriors forward was on tuesday embroiled in a messy group sex scandal following allegations from his former partner that he broke team rules to have sex before matches and engaged in group sex with teammates.
sydney penthouse model and stripper belinda told the daily telegraph she consented to group sex with the former gold coast, tigers and new zealand warriors star and his teammates.
the pair has a son hendrix, who was conceived in 2015 while one of teammates watched on, the daily telegraph revealed.
their relationship has turned into an ugly dispute over finances to raise their child.
medlyn claims thompson has been late in making child support payments.
thompson’s lawyer has said his client “doesn’t owe a cent”.
now the player has responded to’s claims by issuing a statement to channel 9.
thompson claimed ms approached him in june threatening to expose the story unless he gave her $50,000.
“i refused to pay her this money on the basis that i was already paying her child support ...” he said.
“i wish to make a statement in relation to the latest media reports regarding my private life and family,” thompson said in the statement reported by channel 9 reported danny weidler.
“i am most concerned that these allegations, which occurred many years ago, have been raised so publicly ... to the detriment of myself and my child. this story has no benefit except to attempt to smear my reputation.
“the allegations and the fact that they have been raised so publicly are extremely hurtful to my family and i.
“i hope everyone can appreciate and respect my privacy, particularly in light of there being a young child involved in this matter and my main objective is to protect him from these indelible articles being circulated.
“although i do not wish to give any more oxygen to this story, i believe it is important to put the facts on the table.
“ms approached me in june 2017 threatening that she would expose this story ... i was already paying her child support as assessed by the child support agency.
“i love my son and i have been striving to have a relationship with him. ms has made this difficult, however i continue to seek avenues to pursue having a proper relationship with my son.
“i continue to meet all of my financial obligations to my son and work hard to ensure his future.”
medlyn initially told the daily telegraph the has a “pack mentality” culture which makes players believe they can get away with anything.
medlyn told the telegraph they would meet behind coaches’ backs at hotels and sent photos of friends to each other to consider for group sex.
medlyn claims she met up with thompson in team hotel rooms where they had sex before his matches.
steamy text messages the dancer and star sent each other have been revealed by the telegraph. in one of them, thompson sends a photo of his teammate saying: “this guy is so keen to f*** you”.
thompson first “met” on social media. his tigers teammates went to santa fe gold strip club after a game against the cowboys two seasons ago and although he there, a dancer introduced the two on instagram.
from there and thompson had sex at his sydney apartment, her place at in eastern suburbs and hotel rooms.
medlyn said the culture in the makes players believe they can get away with anything.
“there’s a pack mentality among players,” she told the telegraph.
“they think rock stars who can do what they want, until it goes wrong.”
the warriors on tuesday also released a statement to declare the club does not plan to take any action against thompson, saying the scandal is a “personal matter” between him and.
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ˈstrɪpər bɛˈlɪndə tɔks əˈbaʊt ˈhævɪŋ ə ʧaɪld wɪθ stɑr ˈtɑmsən ˈæftər sɛks wɪθ grups əv pleɪərz. stɑr ˈtɑmsən həz ˈbroʊkən hɪz ˈsaɪləns ɔn hɪz grup sɛks ˈskændəl wɪθ səm ʃɑk ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv hɪz oʊn. ðə ˈwɔrjərz ˈfɔrwərd wɑz ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɛmˈbrɔɪld ɪn ə ˈmɛsi grup sɛks ˈskændəl ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz frəm hɪz ˈfɔrmər ˈpɑrtnər ðət hi broʊk tim rulz tɪ hæv sɛks ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmæʧɪz ənd ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɪn grup sɛks wɪθ ˈtimˌmeɪts. ˈsɪdni ˈpɛnˌthaʊs ˈmɑdəl ənd ˈstrɪpər bɛˈlɪndə toʊld ðə ˈdeɪli ˈtɛləˌgræf ʃi kənˈsɛnɪd tɪ grup sɛks wɪθ ðə ˈfɔrmər goʊld koʊst, ˈtaɪgərz ənd nu ˈzilənd ˈwɔrjərz stɑr ənd hɪz ˈtimˌmeɪts. ðə pɛr həz ə sən ˈhɛndrɪks, hu wɑz kənˈsivd ɪn 2015 waɪl wən əv ˈtimˌmeɪts wɔʧt ɔn, ðə ˈdeɪli ˈtɛləˌgræf rɪˈvild. ðɛr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp həz tərnd ˈɪntu ən ˈəgli dɪˈspjut ˈoʊvər ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz tɪ reɪz ðɛr ʧaɪld. kleɪmz ˈtɑmsən həz bɪn leɪt ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ʧaɪld səˈpɔrt ˈpeɪmənts. ˈlɔjər həz sɛd hɪz klaɪənt oʊ ə cent”*”. naʊ ðə pleɪər həz rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ kleɪmz baɪ ˈɪʃuɪŋ ə ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ ˈʧænəl 9 ˈtɑmsən kleɪmd mɪz əˈproʊʧt ɪm ɪn ʤun θˈrɛtənɪŋ tɪ ɪkˈspoʊz ðə ˈstɔri ənˈlɛs hi geɪv hər rɪfˈjuzd tɪ peɪ hər ðɪs ˈməni ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs ðət aɪ wɑz ɔˈrɛdi peɪɪŋ hər ʧaɪld səˈpɔrt hi sɛd. wɪʃ tɪ meɪk ə ˈsteɪtmənt ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈmidiə rɪˈpɔrts rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ maɪ ˈpraɪvət laɪf ənd family,”*,” ˈtɑmsən sɛd ɪn ðə ˈsteɪtmənt ˌriˈpɔrtəd baɪ ˈʧænəl 9 ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈdæni ˈwaɪdələr. æm moʊst kənˈsərnd ðət ðiz ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz, wɪʧ əˈkərd ˈmɛni jɪrz əˈgoʊ, hæv bɪn reɪzd soʊ ˈpəblɪkli tɪ ðə ˈdɛtrəmənt əv ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ənd maɪ ʧaɪld. ðɪs ˈstɔri həz noʊ ˈbɛnəfɪt ɪkˈsɛpt tɪ əˈtɛmpt tɪ smɪr maɪ ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən. ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ənd ðə fækt ðət ðeɪ hæv bɪn reɪzd soʊ ˈpəblɪkli ər ɪkˈstrimli ˈhərtfəl tɪ maɪ ˈfæməli ənd aɪ. hoʊp ˈɛvriˌwən kən əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ənd rɪˈspɛkt maɪ ˈpraɪvəsi, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪn laɪt əv ðɛr biɪŋ ə jəŋ ʧaɪld ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðɪs ˈmætər ənd maɪ meɪn əˈbʤɛktɪv ɪz tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɪm frəm ðiz ˌɪnˈdɛlɪbəl ˈɑrtɪkəlz biɪŋ ˈsərkjəˌleɪtɪd. aɪ du nɑt wɪʃ tɪ gɪv ˈɛni mɔr ˈɑksɪʤən tɪ ðɪs ˈstɔri, aɪ bɪˈliv ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ pʊt ðə fækts ɔn ðə ˈteɪbəl. əˈproʊʧt mi ɪn ʤun 2017 θˈrɛtənɪŋ ðət ʃi wʊd ɪkˈspoʊz ðɪs ˈstɔri aɪ wɑz ɔˈrɛdi peɪɪŋ hər ʧaɪld səˈpɔrt ɛz əˈsɛst baɪ ðə ʧaɪld səˈpɔrt ˈeɪʤənsi. ləv maɪ sən ənd aɪ hæv bɪn ˈstraɪvɪŋ tɪ hæv ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ɪm. mɪz həz meɪd ðɪs ˈdɪfəkəlt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər aɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ sik ˈævəˌnuz tɪ pərˈsu ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈprɑpər riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ maɪ sən. kənˈtɪnju tɪ mit ɔl əv maɪ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃənz tɪ maɪ sən ənd wərk hɑrd tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr hɪz future.”*.” ˌɪˈnɪʃəli toʊld ðə ˈdeɪli ˈtɛləˌgræf ðə həz ə mentality”*” ˈkəlʧər wɪʧ meɪks pleɪərz bɪˈliv ðeɪ kən gɪt əˈweɪ wɪθ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. toʊld ðə ˈtɛləˌgræf ðeɪ wʊd mit bɪˈhaɪnd coaches’*’ bæks æt hoʊˈtɛlz ənd sɛnt ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv frɛndz tɪ iʧ ˈəðər tɪ kənˈsɪdər fər grup sɛks. kleɪmz ʃi mɛt əp wɪθ ˈtɑmsən ɪn tim hoʊˈtɛl rumz wɛr ðeɪ hæd sɛks ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ˈmæʧɪz. ˈstimi tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ðə ˈdænsər ənd stɑr sɛnt iʧ ˈəðər hæv bɪn rɪˈvild baɪ ðə ˈtɛləˌgræf. ɪn wən əv ðɛm, ˈtɑmsən sɛndz ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ əv hɪz ˈtiˌmeɪt seɪɪŋ: gaɪ ɪz soʊ kin tɪ you”*”. ˈtɑmsən fərst ““met”*” ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə. hɪz ˈtaɪgərz ˈtimˌmeɪts wɛnt tɪ ˈsænə feɪ goʊld strɪp kləb ˈæftər ə geɪm əˈgɛnst ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz tu ˈsizənz əˈgoʊ ənd ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi ðɛr, ə ˈdænsər ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə tu ɔn instagram*. frəm ðɛr ənd ˈtɑmsən hæd sɛks æt hɪz ˈsɪdni əˈpɑrtmənt, hər pleɪs æt ɪn ˈistərn ˈsəbərbz ənd hoʊˈtɛl rumz. sɛd ðə ˈkəlʧər ɪn ðə meɪks pleɪərz bɪˈliv ðeɪ kən gɪt əˈweɪ wɪθ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. ə pæk mɛnˈtælɪti əˈməŋ players,”*,” ʃi toʊld ðə ˈtɛləˌgræf. θɪŋk rɑk stɑrz hu kən du wət ðeɪ wɔnt, ənˈtɪl ɪt goʊz wrong.”*.” ðə ˈwɔrjərz ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ riˈlist ə ˈsteɪtmənt tɪ dɪˈklɛr ðə kləb dɪz nɑt plæn tɪ teɪk ˈɛni ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ˈtɑmsən, seɪɪŋ ðə ˈskændəl ɪz ə matter”*” bɪtˈwin ɪm ənd.
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on tuesday, november 27, 2012 one of individual trolling cases, pictures llc, v. nguyen, (12-cv-01685) was dismissed by judge mary scriven with fireworks (emphasis is mine):
federal judge mary scriven
the case is dismissed for failure to appear at this hearing, for failure to present a lawful agent, for attempted fraud on the court by offering up a person who has no authority to act on behalf of the corporation as its corporate representative, and the court will hear, by motion, a motion for sanctions and fees against this entity and everyone affiliated with it, including a motion against mr. wasinger for his purposeful failure to appear at this hearing. and a motion will also be heard on mr. duffy for his lack of candor in relation to his connection with this matter based upon the representation of mr. torres that he was contacted by the law group or law, inc. for the purpose of being retained as local counsel in this case and that was not presented to the court in this purportedcorrespondence. the case is dismissed. i intend to advise the other judges in the courthouse of the nature of this matter and may refer this matter to the florida bar for further proceedings.
what preceded this ruling is an unreal, kafkaesque hearing, that i offer for your enjoyment below. i read this transcript in a gym on a treadmill a couple of hours ago collecting strange looks from the gymgoers: my uncontrollable giggles and gasps were probably too loud.
the court: mr. lutz, who is the individual who you just spoke to in the courtroom with you?
mr. lutz: sorry?
the court: who is that behind you?
mr. steele: your honor, my name is john steele.
the court: who are you?
mr. steele: an attorney, but not involved in this case.
the court: an attorney with what law firm?
mr. steele: not an attorney with any law firm right now […]
during the entire hearing, the attempted to understand who was who in this comedy with plot. despite that it was apparently the only actual agenda, i am not sure that the judge succeeded in figuring that out. the only thing that she seemingly got right is that she dealt with a bunch of fraudsters, and very sloppy ones. i hope that she will carry out her intentions to alert other judges and to ask the florida bar to conduct yet another investigation.
although both this hearing and the resulted dismissal were based on procedural questions, if you want to learn about the merits (or the lack thereof, to be more precise) of this case, read an excellent motion to dismiss written by the defense counsel graham syfert.
please set sharp things aside, do not eat and drink, and sit firmly and comfortably, so you cannot fall and injure yourself. laughs are guaranteed (not for steele though: i am sure that some unpleasant phone conversations ruined his evening).
after you wipe off your tears and your hiccups subside, i will have a question for you. i am waiting.
ready?
girls and boys, ladies and gentleman, senior citizens!
do you understand that the clowns that appeared in this comedy are the very same people that manage to terrorize tens of thousands and to induce fear so irrational, that many, prior to understanding going on, reach out their checkbooks and write amounts on the checks? how can it possibly happen?
appendix. and florida: a love story
many things happened since my interview with graham syfert “who and where is law? what happened to john steele?” written in may, but you do not need to follow all the intrigues, just one fact is enough to know. this fact is: has tried and failed to secure nine local counsels in florida:
joanne diez : filed one case, it is not implausible that her name was used without her consent.
: filed one case, it is not implausible that her name was used without her consent. robert : resigned.
: resigned. joseph perea : was an integral part of, officially left it, although continues trolling, investigated by the florida bar (initiated by multiple parties).
: was an integral part of, officially left it, although continues trolling, investigated by the florida bar (initiated by multiple parties). george banas : resigned.
: resigned. maurice castellanos : resigned.
: resigned. matthew wasinger : resigned.
: resigned. jonathan torres : resigned.
: resigned. alan greenstein: a current counsel, but for how long will he hold the ground?
every time a new guy understood that the newly acquired stink he get rid of is exuded by law, he ran away as quickly as possible. even 75% contingency fee cannot persuade local lawyers to stain their future careers by associating themselves with a that is actively investigated by the florida bar association, and is expected to be investigated criminally in the nearest future.
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ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, noʊˈvɛmbər 27 2012 wən əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈtroʊlɪŋ ˈkeɪsɪz, ˈpɪkʧərz llc*, vi. nuˈjɛn, wɑz dɪsˈmɪst baɪ ʤəʤ ˈmɛri ˈskrɪvɪn wɪθ ˈfaɪrˌwərks (ˈɛmfəsɪs ɪz maɪn): ˈfɛdərəl ʤəʤ ˈmɛri ˈskrɪvɪn ðə keɪs ɪz dɪsˈmɪst fər ˈfeɪljər tɪ əˈpɪr æt ðɪs ˈhirɪŋ, fər ˈfeɪljər tɪ ˈprɛzənt ə ˈlɔfəl ˈeɪʤənt, fər əˈtɛmptəd frɔd ɔn ðə kɔrt baɪ ˈɔfərɪŋ əp ə ˈpərsən hu həz noʊ əˈθɔrəti tɪ ækt ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ɛz ɪts ˈkɔrpərət ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv, ənd ðə kɔrt wɪl hir, baɪ ˈmoʊʃən, ə ˈmoʊʃən fər ˈsæŋkʃənz ənd fiz əˈgɛnst ðɪs ˈɛntɪti ənd ˈɛvriˌwən əˈfɪliˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ɪt, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈmoʊʃən əˈgɛnst ˈmɪstər. ˈwɔsɪnʤər fər hɪz ˈpərpəsfəl ˈfeɪljər tɪ əˈpɪr æt ðɪs ˈhirɪŋ. ənd ə ˈmoʊʃən wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi hərd ɔn ˈmɪstər. ˈdəfi fər hɪz læk əv ˈkændər ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ hɪz kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ðɪs ˈmætər beɪst əˈpɑn ðə ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən əv ˈmɪstər. ˈtɔˌrɛz ðət hi wɑz ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd baɪ ðə lɔ grup ər lɔ, ɪŋk. fər ðə ˈpərpəs əv biɪŋ rɪˈteɪnd ɛz ˈloʊkəl ˈkaʊnsəl ɪn ðɪs keɪs ənd ðət wɑz nɑt pərˈzɛnəd tɪ ðə kɔrt ɪn ðɪs purportedcorrespondence*. ðə keɪs ɪz dɪsˈmɪst. aɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnd tɪ ədˈvaɪz ðə ˈəðər ˈʤəʤɪz ɪn ðə ˈkɔrˌthaʊs əv ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ðɪs ˈmætər ənd meɪ rɪˈfər ðɪs ˈmætər tɪ ðə ˈflɔrɪdə bɑr fər ˈfərðər prəˈsidɪŋz. wət prɪˈsidɪd ðɪs ˈrulɪŋ ɪz ən ənˈril, ˈkɑfkəˈɛsk ˈhirɪŋ, ðət aɪ ˈɔfər fər jʊr ˌɛnˈʤɔɪmənt bɪˈloʊ. aɪ rɛd ðɪs ˈtrænˌskrɪpt ɪn ə ʤɪm ɔn ə ˈtrɛdˌmɪl ə ˈkəpəl əv aʊərz əˈgoʊ kəˈlɛktɪŋ streɪnʤ lʊks frəm ðə gymgoers*: maɪ ˌənkənˈtroʊləbəl ˈgɪgəlz ənd gæsps wər ˈprɑbəˌbli tu laʊd. ðə kɔrt: ˈmɪstər. ləts, hu ɪz ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl hu ju ʤɪst spoʊk tɪ ɪn ðə ˈkɔrˌtrum wɪθ ju? ˈmɪstər. ləts: ˈsɑri? ðə kɔrt: hu ɪz ðət bɪˈhaɪnd ju? ˈmɪstər. stil: jʊr ˈɑnər, maɪ neɪm ɪz ʤɑn stil. ðə kɔrt: hu ər ju? ˈmɪstər. stil: ən əˈtərni, bət nɑt ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðɪs keɪs. ðə kɔrt: ən əˈtərni wɪθ wət lɔ fərm? ˈmɪstər. stil: nɑt ən əˈtərni wɪθ ˈɛni lɔ fərm raɪt naʊ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈhirɪŋ, ðə əˈtɛmptəd tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd hu wɑz hu ɪn ðɪs ˈkɑmədi wɪθ plɑt. dɪˈspaɪt ðət ɪt wɑz əˈpɛrəntli ðə ˈoʊnli ˈækʧəwəl əˈʤɛndə, aɪ æm nɑt ʃʊr ðət ðə ʤəʤ səkˈsidɪd ɪn ˈfɪgjərɪŋ ðət aʊt. ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ðət ʃi ˈsimɪŋli gɑt raɪt ɪz ðət ʃi dɛlt wɪθ ə bənʧ əv ˈfrɔdstərz, ənd ˈvɛri sˈlɑpi wənz. aɪ hoʊp ðət ʃi wɪl ˈkɛri aʊt hər ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz tɪ əˈlərt ˈəðər ˈʤəʤɪz ənd tɪ æsk ðə ˈflɔrɪdə bɑr tɪ ˈkɑndəkt jɛt əˈnəðər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən. ˌɔlˈðoʊ boʊθ ðɪs ˈhirɪŋ ənd ðə rɪˈzəltɪd dɪsˈmɪsəl wər beɪst ɔn prəˈsiʤərəl kˈwɛsʧənz, ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ lərn əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmɛrɪts (ər ðə læk ˌðɛˈrəv, tɪ bi mɔr prɪˈsaɪs) əv ðɪs keɪs, rɛd ən ˈɛksələnt ˈmoʊʃən tɪ dɪsˈmɪs ˈrɪtən baɪ ðə dɪˈfɛns ˈkaʊnsəl græm ˈsɪfərt. pliz sɛt ʃɑrp θɪŋz əˈsaɪd, du nɑt it ənd drɪŋk, ənd sɪt ˈfərmli ənd ˈkəmfərtəbli, soʊ ju ˈkænɑt fɔl ənd ˈɪnʤər ˈjɔrsɛlf. læfs ər ˌgɛrənˈtid (nɑt fər stil ðoʊ: aɪ æm ʃʊr ðət səm ənˈplɛzənt foʊn ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz ruɪnd hɪz ˈivnɪŋ). ˈæftər ju waɪp ɔf jʊr tɪrz ənd jʊr ˈhɪkəps səbˈsaɪd, aɪ wɪl hæv ə kˈwɛʃən fər ju. aɪ æm ˈweɪtɪŋ. ˈrɛdi? gərlz ənd bɔɪz, ˈleɪdiz ənd ˈʤɛnəlmən, ˈsinjər ˈsɪtɪzənz! du ju ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ðə klaʊnz ðət əˈpɪrd ɪn ðɪs ˈkɑmədi ər ðə ˈvɛri seɪm ˈpipəl ðət ˈmænɪʤ tɪ ˈtɛrəˌraɪz tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz ənd tɪ ˌɪnˈdus fɪr soʊ ˌɪˈræʃənəl, ðət ˈmɛni, praɪər tɪ ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ goʊɪŋ ɔn, riʧ aʊt ðɛr ˈʧɛkˌbʊks ənd raɪt əˈmaʊnts ɔn ðə ʧɛks? haʊ kən ɪt ˈpɑsəbli ˈhæpən? əˈpɛndɪks. ənd ˈflɔrɪdə: ə ləv ˈstɔri ˈmɛni θɪŋz ˈhæpənd sɪns maɪ ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ græm ˈsɪfərt ənd wɛr ɪz lɔ? wət ˈhæpənd tɪ ʤɑn steele?”*?” ˈrɪtən ɪn meɪ, bət ju du nɑt nid tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ɔl ðə ˌɪnˈtrigz, ʤɪst wən fækt ɪz ɪˈnəf tɪ noʊ. ðɪs fækt ɪz: həz traɪd ənd feɪld tɪ sɪˈkjʊr naɪn ˈloʊkəl ˈkaʊnsəlz ɪn ˈflɔrɪdə: ʤoʊæn daɪəz faɪld wən keɪs, ɪt ɪz nɑt ˌɪmˈplɔzəbəl ðət hər neɪm wɑz juzd wɪˈθaʊt hər kənˈsɛnt. faɪld wən keɪs, ɪt ɪz nɑt ˌɪmˈplɔzəbəl ðət hər neɪm wɑz juzd wɪˈθaʊt hər kənˈsɛnt. ˈrɑbərt rɪˈzaɪnd. rɪˈzaɪnd. ˈʤoʊzəf pərˈiə wɑz ən ˈɪnəgrəl pɑrt əv, əˈfɪʃəli lɛft ɪt, ˌɔlˈðoʊ kənˈtɪnjuz ˈtroʊlɪŋ, ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈflɔrɪdə bɑr (ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈməltəpəl ˈpɑrtiz). wɑz ən ˈɪnəgrəl pɑrt əv, əˈfɪʃəli lɛft ɪt, ˌɔlˈðoʊ kənˈtɪnjuz ˈtroʊlɪŋ, ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈflɔrɪdə bɑr (ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈməltəpəl ˈpɑrtiz). ʤɔrʤ ˈbænəz rɪˈzaɪnd. rɪˈzaɪnd. ˈmɑrɪs kɑsteɪˈlɑnoʊz rɪˈzaɪnd. rɪˈzaɪnd. ˈmæθju ˈwɔsɪnʤər rɪˈzaɪnd. rɪˈzaɪnd. ˈʤɑnəθən ˈtɔˌrɛz rɪˈzaɪnd. rɪˈzaɪnd. ˈælən ˈgrinˌstin: ə ˈkɑrənt ˈkaʊnsəl, bət fər haʊ lɔŋ wɪl hi hoʊld ðə graʊnd? ˈɛvəri taɪm ə nu gaɪ ˌəndərˈstʊd ðət ðə ˈnuli əkˈwaɪərd stɪŋk hi gɪt rɪd əv ɪz ɪgˈzudɪd baɪ lɔ, hi ræn əˈweɪ ɛz kˈwɪkli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ˈivɪn 75 kənˈtɪnʤənsi fi ˈkænɑt pərsˈweɪd ˈloʊkəl ˈlɔjərz tɪ steɪn ðɛr fˈjuʧər kərɪrz baɪ əˈsoʊsiˌeɪtɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz wɪθ ə ðət ɪz ˈæktɪvli ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈflɔrɪdə bɑr əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ənd ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd ˈkrɪmənəli ɪn ðə ˈnɪrəst fˈjuʧər. ˈkəvərɪʤ
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american actor and professional wrestler
"david batista" here. for the brazilian footballer, see david batista (footballer)
david michael bautista jr. (born january 18, 1969) is an american actor, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
bautista began wrestling in 1999, and signed with the world wrestling federation (wwf, now) in 2000. from 2002 to 2010 he gained fame under the ring name batista, winning the world heavyweight championship four times and the championship twice. he holds the record for the longest reign as world heavyweight champion at 282 days and has also won the world tag team championship three times (twice with ric flair and once with john) and the tag team championship once (with rey). he was the winner of the 2005 royal rumble match and went on to headline 21, one of the top five events in professional wrestling] bautista with in 2013, going on to win the 2014 royal rumble match and headline.
bautista began acting in 2006 and has starred in the man with the iron fists (2012), riddick (2013), the james bond film spectre (2015), and blade runner 2049 (2017).[8] he is perhaps best known for his role as in the marvel cinematic universe, portraying the character in the films guardians of the galaxy (2014), guardians of the galaxy vol. 2 (2017), and avengers: infinity war (2018). he has also appeared in several films since 2009.
in august 2012, bautista signed a contract with classic entertainment & sports to fight in mixed martial] he won his debut on october 6, 2012, defeating vince lucero via in the first round.
early life
david michael bautista] was born on january 18,] in arlington,] the son of donna raye mullins) and david michael bautista, a hairdresser in the d.c. area. his mother has greek ancestry, while his father is the son of filipino] his parents divorced, and he later called himself "the proud son of a] his paternal grandfather served in the filipino military, worked as a taxi driver and barber, and held other jobs to feed the family. bautista has said that he lived in] and that he had a hard he reached the age of nine, three murders had occurred on his front] as young as age 13, he was stealing] by age 17, bautista was estranged from his parents and lived on his] he later admitted, "i am proud of my parents. they are good, honest, hard-working folks. they taught me the values of working] he was a nightclub bouncer until he was arrested after a fight that left two patrons injured, one of whom was rendered] after a trial, he was sentenced to one year of] he also worked as a] before pursuing a career in] crediting the latter with saving his]
professional wrestling career
training and early career (1999–2000)
bautista tried out at the world championship wrestling (wcw) power plant, but was told he would never make it in the wrestling business by sgt. buddy lee] he then went to the world wrestling federation (wwf), who advised him to train with in the wild samoan training center wrestling] where he went to train and compete in world wrestling (wxw) promotion. he had his debut match as khan on october 30,] bautista also trained with crump in thai and] most recently, he trained atar gracie underar gracie and has become a purple belt in brazilian.[23]
world wrestling
ohio valley wrestling (2000–2002)
upon signing with the in 2000, bautista was sent to ohio valley wrestling (ovw), a developmental territory. he made his debut later that year under the ring name leviathan, where he immediately joined forces with] as a member of the disciples of stable, he went undefeated until being beaten at christmas chaos by kane with help from stone cold steve austin. he later won the heavyweight championship from "the machine" doug basham before losing the belt to the prototype. a few months later, bautista left after he was promoted to's main]
early storylines (2002–2003)
while still in, bautista began appearing on events. he began his televised career on may 9, 2002 on an episode of! as deacon batista, a villainous enforcer for reverend] he made his debut in a tag team match teaming with against and randy orton, pinning orton. over several weeks, orton tried to beat and batista with different partners, but ultimately lost each] batista suffered his first loss in a match against after accidentally punched him, allowing to take advantage and pin batista. batista and argued over the forthcoming weeks, with batista eventually turning on. on the november 11 episode of, batista defeated to end their] after splitting with, he was assigned to the raw brand and was renamed batista. he aligned himself with ric] and feuded with kane, whom he defeated at]
evolution (2003–2005)
in january 2003, batista joined triple h, ric flair and randy orton to form the villainous stable] batista, however, was sidelined for much of 2003 after he tore his right triceps muscle at a raw live event in a match against brock lesnar. while training after the injury, batista his triceps, extending his stay on the] batista made his return on october 20 episode of raw, interfering in a match between goldberg and shawn michaels and "shattering" goldberg's ankle with a chair. after the interference, evolution came out, and triple h rewarded batista with $100,000.[32] on november 10 episode of raw, goldberg defeated batista by disqualification when triple h]
at armageddon, batista took part in two matches; losing to shawn michaels in a singles] and winning a tag team turmoil match along with ric flair to become of the world tag team] by the end of the event, all four members of evolution held every male championship on raw, with triple h winning the world heavyweight championship and randy orton winning the intercontinental] they held the title until february 16, 2004 episode of raw, when they were defeated by booker t and rob van] they later regained the title for a short]
at survivor series, triple h, batista, gene and edge were defeated by maven, chris jericho, chris benoit, and randy orton in an elimination tag team match for control of raw over the following] the members of the winning team would each be the raw general manager for a week. throughout the next two months, the relationship between batista and triple h began to deteriorate. after a loss to chris jericho, triple h verbally insulted batista. batista teased leaving evolution that night, but declared that he was still part of evolution and that they tricked] despite this ploy, batista began behaving more like a fan favorite over the next few weeks in comparison to villainous tactics. one particular moment saw batista express disgust as triple h and ric flair boasted about how they had intimidated beat up jim ross, danny hodge, and stacy keibler. regardless, he continued to show his loyalty to triple h and evolution by running down to the ring and assisting them in matches.
as 2005 began, triple h realized the possibility of batista becoming a threat to his world heavyweight championship. triple h suggested that he not enter the royal rumble, claiming that it would be selfish of him to do so, and to simply focus on triple h retaining the title. batista entered anyway and went on to win the rumble earning the right to participate in the main event of 21 against the world champion of his] in an attempt to persuade batista to challenge champion john "bradshaw" layfield and challenger john in a match rather than him, triple h concocted a scheme to have batista run over in a limousine resembling the one used by layfield. initially, dave did not want help from evolution and wanted to confront by himself. triple h insisted that evolution stick together and accompanied dave anyway, saving him from the oncoming] batista became aware of the plot while eavesdropping on fellow evolution members and signed a contract guaranteeing him a match with the world heavyweight champion triple h at 21, thus leaving evolution and officially turning into a fan favorite. batista initially pretended that he would sign with!, giving triple h and flair the "thumbs up", but turned it into a "thumbs down" before attacking the pair. he emphasized his departure by triple h through the table used for the contract]
world heavyweight champion (2005–2008)
batista won the world heavyweight championship on april 3 in the main event of] 21 received million buys worldwide the ever number of buys for any. batista's match with triple h was described by sports journalist dave meltzer as "the peak of one of [wwe's] best storylines in] batista won a rematch with triple h for the world heavyweight championship at] after batista retained his title against edge, he was betrayed by ric flair, who helped triple h viciously attack the champion as triple h challenged batista to a hell in a cell match at] batista won the match at vengeance, retaining his title yet again. with this win, batista became the first wrestler to pin triple h in a hell in a cell]
batista in 2006
on june 30, batista was drafted to! as the last pick in the 2005 draft lottery, making a surprise appearance to attack, who was celebrating his victory in a elimination match to crown the inaugural "smackdown!] defeated batista at the great american bash by disqualification after the referee saw batista use a steel] they had a rematch at in a no holds barred match in which batista pinned.[51] the feud culminated in a bull rope match with batista retaining his] soon after retaining the title in a feud with eddie].com reported that batista suffered a muscle tear in his back at the taping for november 11 episode of! due to a double from big show and] plans had been made for batista to defend the title in a triple threat match with eddie guerrero and randy orton on november 18 episode, but the match did not take place due to the unexpected death of guerrero on november 13, the date of the taping. batista paid homage to guerrero during the! and raw tribute shows dedicated to]
batista led team! against team raw in an feud before survivor series. the feud saw big show and kaneming batista several more times in the weeks leading up to survivor series in an explanation for batista's] batista ultimately helped his team win the] after batista saved rey from big show and] it was announced that would team with batista to face the big show and kane at armageddon.
on december 16 episode of!, batista and defeated tag team] to win the titles in a match they dedicated to eddie guerrero, and thus batista became a double] after this, the clash with big show and kane at armageddon turned into a champions vs. champions encounter. batista and lost to big show and kane at] two weeks later on!, defeated batista and after help from the returning mark henry to regain the tag team championships. during the interference, henry attacked batista, and performed his world's strongest] the teams met again in a steel cage match that henry also became involved in, and batista and were defeated] on january 9,.com announced that batista tore his right triceps during a match with mark henry at a live event on january 6. due to his injury, batista was forced to vacate the world heavyweight championship at the! tapings on january 13, two days after surpassing triple h's previous mark of 280 days for longest reigning champion. in his book, batista unleashed, batista said that he believed that henry was "careless" during their match as he never gave batista any warning that the move was coming. batista went on to have successful surgery on his arm on january]
batista made an appearance at no way out and told the crowd that once his arm had healed he would return to regain the world heavyweight] at 22, he interrupted a randy orton interview, putting! on notice that the world heavyweight championship would return to him by]
batista made his official return during july 7 episode of! immediately calling out and entering into a feud with mark] at saturday night's main event, batista won a tag match with teammates rey and bobby lashley, defeating world heavyweight champion king booker, finlay, and mark] henry was legitimately injured and was ruled out of the scheduled match between the two at the great american bash, thus further delaying a potential feud between the two after being delayed by batista's initial]
batista put out an open challenge to replace the injured henry, which was answered by mr.] batista lost this match via disqualification for failing to stop choking mr. kennedy into the with his boot, but continued to attack kennedy resulting in a laceration on his forehead so severe that it exposed his cranium and required more than 20 stitches to] batista lost another match with kennedy via count out in a rematch on! before finally defeating kennedy by on august 4 episode of]
during this time, batista tried to regain a world title, facing both big show for his world championship on,[74] and king booker for his world heavyweight championship at and on!. batista won the match, but not the title as the contests ended via disqualification meaning booker retained the] in the! about a few weeks later, booker retained with help from his] batista remained a top contender to the world championship, competing against king booker on several occasions while feuding with] before finally defeating booker to regain the world heavyweight championship at survivor] ironically, the win occurred at the same arena where he surrendered the title in]
batista holding the world heavyweight championship in 2006
at 23, batista lost the championship to the winner of the royal rumble match, the] they continued to battle over the title to a stalemate in a last man standing match at] and a steel cage match on 11 may episode of!, in both matches batista and the undertaker ended in draw, thus undertaker retained the championship. following the latter, edge took advantage and won the title from the undertaker by cashing in his money in the bank] afterward, batista challenged edge unsuccessfully for the world heavyweight championship at judgment day, one night stand (in a steel cage match), and vengeance: night of champions (in a last chance] the loss at vengeance stipulated that batista could no longer get another chance at the world heavyweight championship while edge remained]
batista accepted an open challenge from the great at the great american bash. edge relinquished the title due to an injury the week before the, and became the new world heavyweight champion, winning a battle royal and eliminating batista. batista and kane, title opponent, faced at the great american bash in a triple threat match where retained the] batista received a disqualification victory against at after used a steel chair, thus retaining the title] batista finally claimed his third world heavyweight championship after eight consecutive attempts, by defeating in a match that included rey at] his first challenge was from the great in a prison match at no mercy where batista retained his title. he won the match by leaping from the inner bamboo structure to the outer one, shortening his escape route and beating to the]
after the return of the undertaker at unforgiven, the duo reignited their feud at cyber sunday where the fans chose stone cold steve austin as the special guest referee. batista pinned the undertaker after two batista] the feud continued with a hell in a cell match at survivor series. during the match, edge returned and interfered by giving the undertaker a con-chair-to. he then pulled an unconscious batista on top of the undertaker for the to retain the world heavyweight] at armageddon, edge won a triple threat match, alongside the undertaker for batista's world heavyweight]
batista in june 2008
batista appeared in the royal rumble and was eliminated by triple h. at no way out, he was part of the elimination chamber match and eliminated big daddy v, but was last eliminated by the undertaker. at xxiv, he defeated in an match. after shawn michaels defeated ric flair at the same] batista began a feud with michaels, calling him selfish and egotistical. the two faced off at backlash with chris jericho as the special guest referee. michaels won after faking a knee injury and performing sweet chin] batista then defeated michaels at one night stand in a stretcher match, thus ending their]
on june 23, batista was drafted from to the raw brand during the 2008] batista became a world tag team champion for a third time on august 4 episode of raw when he teamed up with john to defeat cody rhodes and ted dibiase for the] but they failed to retain the titles against the former champions on the next episode of] batista defeated at.[99]
on october 26 at cyber sunday, batista defeated chris jericho for his fourth world heavyweight championship in a match in which stone cold steve austin was voted in as the special guest] batista's reign, however, only lasted eight days when jericho won the title back in a steel cage match on a three-hour special episode of]
batista then entered a feud with former evolution partner, randy orton; at survivor series, batista led a team of himself, punk, kofi kingston, matt hardy, and to face the team of randy orton, shelton benjamin, william regal, cody rhodes, and mark henry. team won with orton pinning batista, winning the match for his team. his feud with orton continued up to armageddon where batista defeated orton. on december 15 episode of raw, batista was put into a handicap match against the legacy with john as his partner. during the match, orton struck batista with a punt to the head. batista was knocked out and put out of action indefinitely due to a storyline head injury..com later reported that batista elected to undergo surgery to repair a hamstring] his hamstring was injured at, in the same match that john was forced out of action with a neck injury. he was expected to be out of action for six to eight months.
wwe champion (2009–2010)
batista returned on the april 6, 2009, episode of raw, the raw after xxv, to save triple h, shane mcmahon, and vince mcmahon from the legacy (randy orton, cody rhodes and ted dibiase jr.). vince mcmahon then announced that batista would take his place at backlash, where he would team up with champion triple h and shane mcmahon to face the legacy. during the match, batista had brought out a chair, but triple h tried to stop him, so they would not get disqualified. this distraction however, cost triple h his championship, after he lost it to orton. the following night on raw, batista won a singles match against big show due to a distraction by john, to become the number one contender for the championship at judgment] batista went on to defeat orton in a rematch at extreme rules in a steel cage match to capture the] however, on june 8 episode of raw, batista was to vacate the title due to a staged brutal attack by orton and the legacy. it was later revealed that batista had suffered a legitimate torn left biceps similar to what he suffered in 2006. legacy was given on-screen credit for his]
batista returned on the september 14 episode of raw with his arm still in a vice and began his announcement. randy orton, assuming batista was announcing his retirement, then came out and stated that he ended batista's career. batista then went on to remove his arm vice, as it was a fake just to lure out orton, and proceeded to attack orton. he then announced that he would not retire, but moving to instead. later that night, he defeated orton in a barred match which was to be his last match on]
following his return to, batista defeated unified tag team champions (chris jericho and the big show) in singles] these two victories culminated in a tag team title match against with his partner rey on october 4 at hell in a cell, which] that same month at bragging rights, batista was unsuccessful in winning the world heavyweight championship in a fatal match including punk, rey, and champion and event winner the undertaker. during the match, broke up batista's pin on undertaker possibly costing him the match and the title. after the match, batista and appeared to patch things up, but batista said he was tired of coming so close only to be stabbed in the back and told he was going to rip his head off. batista proceeded to brutally attack, turning heel in the] batista faced on november 22 at survivor series, where batista won via referee stoppage after delivering three batista bombs to.[111] batista defeated again in a street fight on the december 11 episode of.[112] a few weeks later, batista lost to in a number one contenders match for the world heavyweight]'s title match against the undertaker ended as a after interference from] on december 13 at tlc: tables, ladders & chairs, batista faced undertaker for the world heavyweight championship in a chairs match. batista initially won the match and the title, but general manager theodore long reversed the decision because batista had hit undertaker with a low blow behind the referee's back. the match was restarted with the undertaker winning and retaining the]
batista then became involved in chairman vince mcmahon and bret hart's rivalry in february 2010 by assisting mcmahon in attacking hart; john attempted to save hart, but was assaulted by] on february 21 at elimination chamber, as payment for batista attacking hart, mcmahon allowed batista to face for the championship immediately after won the title in an elimination chamber match. batista won the match and thus his second championship, which resulted in batista moving back to] on march 28 at xxvi, batista lost the championship to john in a rematch, ending his reign at 35] batista received his rematch for the title in a last man standing match on april 25 at extreme rules, but was defeated by after his legs around a ring post, preventing him from standing] batista and faced off once again for the championship on may 23 at over the limit, but he failed again to regain the title from in an "i quit" match, quitting as threatened to give him the attitude adjustment off the roof of a car. did so anyway, throwing batista off of the car and through the stage]
the following night on raw, batista opened the show in a wheelchair and claimed that he would be pursuing legal action against and for his injuries (which he revealed in 2014 to be a legitimate compression fracture of his] his promo was interrupted by new raw general manager bret hart, who ordered he face an injured randy orton to qualify for a shot at championship against again at the new fatal. batista refused and quit the company after hart named orton winner by forfeit. his profile was subsequently moved to the alumni page on's] he later said in an interview that he left because he "did not like the direction the company was going]
return to (2013–2014)
on the december 23, 2013 episode of raw, a vignette aired announcing the return of batista on january 20, 2014 episode of] it was later announced that batista would be participating in the 2014 royal rumble] batista returned as a face to confront world heavyweight champion randy orton on the january 20 raw, and vowed to win the royal rumble match and become champion at. later that night, batista confronted alberto del rio, who had been trash talking him for several weeks, and eventually attacked him with a batista] six days later at the royal rumble, batista entered the rumble match at number 28 and last eliminated roman reigns to win the match, becoming the fifth wrestler to win multiple rumble matches, and the first, and so far only royal rumble winner to win from the same entrant number (28).[128] the live crowd reacted negatively towards batista's win, as daniel bryan did not take part in the match. despite a positive reaction originally, the crowd began to boo batista after reigns was] after the show went off the air, batista mocked bryan and gestured his middle finger at the] according to batista, he thought a return as face was a bad idea because of the fans being so invested in daniel bryan's "yes] on the february 3 raw, batista was confronted and was ultimately assaulted by del rio before chasing him] batista retaliated the following week, del rio through the announce]
at the elimination chamber event and on the following raw, batista was heavily booed by the fans during matches against del] batista won the match at elimination chamber, but continued to suffer a torrid fan reaction with "boo-tista"] batista responded to the audience on the february 28 episode of, saying that he did not come back to be liked, then mocked the other wrestlers by stating that they were not "real men" and promised to be the next world heavyweight champion, thus turning] after orton retained his title at the elimination chamber, the scheduled main event was batista vs. orton, however bryan was added to the match after defeating triple h in the opening contest of the show. batista ultimately lost the triple threat match at after bryan forced him to submit to win the world heavyweight]
the next night on raw, batista and orton teamed together to face the for the tag team championship, but the match ended in a double count] later that night, batista and orton, along with kane, attacked bryan before he was set to defend his title against triple h. before triple h could defeat bryan, the shield interrupted by spearing triple h and taking out batista, orton and kane, causing bryan to retain his title via] on the april 14 episode of raw, batista, triple h and randy orton came down to the ring to attack the shield after their handicap match, using the name and the theme of] at both extreme rules and payback, evolution lost to the] on the june 2 episode of raw, batista quit after triple h denied him a shot at the world heavyweight]
after the episode, he made one last appearance for at an event on june 12 as a face cutting a promo with bo dallas before attacking him with a, and receiving cheers again from the] batista legitimately quit the due to creative differences soon]
in april 2015, batista said that he would be interested in returning to, but only at] he was contacted to appear at 32 in 2016, but turned down the] regarding his last tenure in professional wrestling, he said that his greatest achievement was "putting guys over" and "repaying]
second return to (2018-present)
on october 16, 2018, batista reunited with the rest of evolution for an appearance on's] on february 25, 2019, batista returned to raw and attacked ric flair backstage as flair was about to make an appearance for his birthday celebration, subsequently calling out triple]
professional wrestling style and persona
batista bomb, on batista performing his move, the, on finlay at a house show in 2006
batista utilized a powerbomb, named the batista bomb in, or the demon bomb during his time in.[152] he also used a spear and a as occasional]
upon his return to in 2014, batista was heavily booed by the crowd after winning the royal rumble, despite playing a face] in an interview with.com, batista said regarding the crowd reaction that "it was weird. it like a normal response. it was almost like a personal attack. it had to do with factors that were not in my control, factors and things that were going on in the company with other people, stuff that really had nothing to do with me. to me, it was a little frustrating, a little confusing, and, you know, i want to say i completely took it personal, but i did] the fan reaction caused batista to turn prematurely] he was declared as the greatest wrestling villain of all time by a article in] has also ranked him as the second best world heavyweight champion of all]
mixed martial arts career
after leaving, bautista attended: los angeles on june 16, 2010, having previously registered an interest in competing in mixed martial arts. on june 21, 2010, bautista announced to that he would be embarking on an] he also became a purple belt in brazilian under the tutelage ofar]
bautista had announced that he and had agreed on a price and were negotiating a contract. however, in april 2011, batista announced to that negotiating a contract with fell through when was bought by zuffa,]
the closing moments of win against vince lucero in 2012
bautista was expected to make his debut against rashid evans (not rashad evans) on october 6, 2012 at classic entertainment and sports: real pain in providence, rhode] however, on october 1, 2012, it was announced that evans was forced out of the bout after a probation violation landed him back in jail. with debut still on for the event, evans was replaced by journeyman and veteran vince lucero. batista would go on to win the fight by at in the first]
mixed martial arts record
professional record breakdown 1 match 1 win 0 losses by knockout 1 0
res. record opponent method event date round time location notes win vince lucero (punches): real pain october 6, 2012 1 providence, rhode island, united states
acting career
film career
bautista worked alongside rob van dam, crump and ja rule in the action film titled wrong side of]
bautista appeared as the villainous brass body in the universal studios film the man with the iron fists. he played the destroyer in the 2014 marvel studios film guardians of the galaxy, which was a critical and commercial] he played mr. in the james bond film, spectre (2015), and starred as the villain tong po in the reboot of the 1989 martial arts film kickboxer, opposite georges] bautista joined the cast of blade runner 2049 as sapper morton, which was released on october 6,] he his role as in guardians of the galaxy vol. 2, released in may] and avengers: infinity war, released in april 2018. in january 2019, bautista was cast in the upcoming denis villeneuve adaptation of]
in 2018, batista joined the rest of his supporting cast as they showed strong support to guardians of the galaxy director james gunn after his firing for old joking about pedophilia and] batista went a step further, and declared that if disney (parent company of marvel studios) would not use gunn's script for guardians of the galaxy vol. 3, that he would ask to be recast, calling gunn's firing]
other media
batista at a meet and greet in 2005
in addition to wrestling, bautista has been in several commercials and on several magazine covers. he was shown in a commercial promoting in 2004 where he did his take on a "floor routine", a routine that parodied the floor routines shown at the olympic] he was also on the cover of the april 2005] and muscle & fitness for september]
moreover, bautista has acted and has in several television shows as both himself and as batista. he in the eighth episode of season 6 of the american drama television series smallville; he played an extraterrestrial alien named that escaped from the phantom zone, who sucks the bones out of people for] along with john and ashley massaro, bautista appeared representing on an episode of extreme makeover: home edition in january 2007, giving the kids of the family whose house was renovated merchandise and eight tickets to]
during the week of november 5, 2007, he appeared on family feud with several other] on september 7, 2008, he appeared on an episode of iron chef america as one of the judges, with snails as the theme] bautista, along with candice michelle, shelton benjamin, and josh mathews, represented the at the 2008 democratic national convention in an effort to persuade fans to register to vote in the 2008 presidential] batista has also appeared on mtv cribs showing his house and his]
on may 2, 2009, he was shown on camera where he accompanied boxer and fellow filipino manny in his fight against british boxer ricky hatton in which won in the second round. he told the sun that he loves hatton, but manny is in a league of his own and he tends to support his fellow filipinos out of patriotism, adding that he is thrilled to be there to support manny before his]
in june 2009, bautista made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the australian soap opera] in 2010, he made an appearance on an episode of] he has also made a cameo appearance in relative]
dave bautista had his first biographical dvd released through productions entitled batista: i walk alone. it was released october 20,]
in august 2010, bautista, in conjunction with the south of france spa and monday night mayhem wrestling released a video to obtain monetary contributions to ovarian cancer research fund. the video showed bautista in various locales and included his friend and veteran mixed martial arts fighter lee, his friend and trainer, crump, his daughter, athena and ex-wife angie. bautista dedicated the video to angie, who has battled ovarian cancer for several years and is in remission.
controversies
incident with booker t
batista's backstage problems continued at the 2006 commercial shoot. batista got into a real-life with booker t. the incident was reported on.com, with both men telling their sides of the story. booker t believed that batista considered himself to be better than the rest of the roster due to his main event status and relatively quick climb to achieve it. wrestlers backstage were praising booker for speaking his mind to batista about his]
steroid allegations
in august 2007, incorrectly included batista on a list of names that they claimed were clients of signature pharmacy of orlando, florida, one of many pharmacies under investigation for illicitly providing anabolic] batista released a statement denying's allegations and was furious over the report. he denied ever being a customer of signature and stated that he has been "tested regularly by the, and i am in full compliance with the wellness] suspended ten wrestlers named in the statement; batista was not one of]
personal life
bautista in july 2013
bautista married his first wife, glenda, in 1990. they had two daughters named (born 1990) and athena (born 1992) before divorcing in] bautista married his second wife, angie, on october 13, 1998; they divorced in] before the age of 40, bautista already had two grandsons through.[192][193] during his marriage to angie, he became an avid collector of vintage metales. his favorite is the 1967 green hornet as it has bruce lee on it. this collection started when he bought angie an e.t. and she did not want to break it, so he bought a second] in october 2015, he married competitive pole dancer sarah]
on october 16, 2007, autobiography, batista unleashed, was] in an interview about the book, he claimed, "i didn't want to tell my story unless it was honest... you have to go through three sets of lawyers: simon & schuster lawyers, lawyers, my lawyers. everything now being the way it is, you can be sued for the simplest] one source of controversy was the book's mentioning of chris benoit, who was almost completely removed due to his double murder and suicide. bautista responded, "i loved the guy. i despise what he did, but that doesn't erase him from my life. i fought to keep him in there and glad they] when asked about his ex-wife, angie, he says, "[we] have really become close again, which we really haven't been in years. i really learned a lot about her, and she learned a lot about me from reading the book. she actually saw things from a different perspective from reading the book. so that was definitely]
he has numerous tattoos, including a large dragon on his back, red kanji lettering on his upper left biceps which says "angel" in tribute to angie, a signature design on his upper right biceps, and a small sun on his stomach which his belly] he also has a tattoo on his arm of the flags of greece and the philippines. while taking time off due to injury in 2009, he had both upper arms covered in large, tribal style tattoos, including the phrase "dc soldier" on his right]
bautista supported barack obama during the 2012 presidential election, citing his support for women's rights and]
filmography
web series year title role notes 2016 the show dr. jason rush 2 episodes
short films year title role notes 2017 2048: nowhere to run sapper morton short film
championships and accomplishments
batista during his second world heavyweight championship reign
see also
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(bɔrn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 18 1969 ɪz ən əˈmɛrɪkən ˈæktər, prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛsələr ənd mɪkst ˈmɑrʃəl ˈɑrtɪst. bɔˈtistə bɪˈgæn ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ɪn 1999 ənd saɪnd wɪθ ðə wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən (wwf*, naʊ) ɪn 2000 frəm 2002 tɪ 2010 hi geɪnd feɪm ˈəndər ðə rɪŋ neɪm bəˈtɪstɑ, ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp fɔr taɪmz ənd ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp twaɪs. hi hoʊldz ðə ˈrɛkərd fər ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst reɪn ɛz wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən æt 282 deɪz ənd həz ˈɔlsoʊ wən ðə wərld tæg tim ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp θri taɪmz (twaɪs wɪθ rɪk flɛr ənd wəns wɪθ ʤɑn) ənd ðə tæg tim ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp wəns (wɪθ reɪ). hi wɑz ðə ˈwɪnər əv ðə 2005 rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl mæʧ ənd wɛnt ɔn tɪ ˈhɛˌdlaɪn 21 wən əv ðə tɔp faɪv ɪˈvɛnts ɪn prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛsəlɪŋ bɔˈtistə wɪθ ɪn 2013 goʊɪŋ ɔn tɪ wɪn ðə 2014 rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl mæʧ ənd ˈhɛˌdlaɪn. bɔˈtistə bɪˈgæn ˈæktɪŋ ɪn 2006 ənd həz stɑrd ɪn ðə mæn wɪθ ðə aɪərn fɪsts 2012 ˈrɪdɪk 2013 ðə ʤeɪmz bɑnd fɪlm ˈspɛktər 2015 ənd bleɪd ˈrənər 2049 hi ɪz pərˈhæps bɛst noʊn fər hɪz roʊl ɛz ɪn ðə ˈmɑrvəl ˌsɪnəˈmætɪk ˈjunəˌvərs, pɔrˈtreɪɪŋ ðə ˈkɛrɪktər ɪn ðə fɪlmz ˈgɑrdiənz əv ðə ˈgæləksi 2014 ˈgɑrdiənz əv ðə ˈgæləksi vol*. 2 2017 ənd avengers*: ˌɪnˈfɪnɪti wɔr 2018 hi həz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpɪrd ɪn ˈsɛvərəl fɪlmz sɪns 2009 ɪn ˈɔgəst 2012 bɔˈtistə saɪnd ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ ˈklæsɪk ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt spɔrts tɪ faɪt ɪn mɪkst ˈmɑrʃəl hi wən hɪz ˈdeɪbju ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 6 2012 dɪˈfitɪŋ vɪns luˈʧɛroʊ ˈviə ɪn ðə fərst raʊnd. ˈərli laɪf ˈdeɪvɪd ˈmaɪkəl bɔˈtistə wɑz bɔrn ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 18 ɪn ˈɑrlɪŋtən, ðə sən əv ˈdɑnə reɪ ˈməˌlɪnz) ənd ˈdeɪvɪd ˈmaɪkəl bɔˈtistə, ə ˈhɛrˌdrɛsər ɪn ðə d.c*. ˈɛriə. hɪz ˈməðər həz grik ˈænsɛstri, waɪl hɪz ˈfɑðər ɪz ðə sən əv ˌfɪləˈpinoʊ hɪz ˈpɛrənts dɪˈvɔrst, ənd hi ˈleɪtər kɔld hɪmˈsɛlf "ðə praʊd sən əv ə hɪz pəˈtərnəl ˈgrænˌfɑðər sərvd ɪn ðə ˌfɪləˈpinoʊ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri, wərkt ɛz ə ˈtæksi ˈdraɪvər ənd ˈbɑrbər, ənd hɛld ˈəðər ʤɑbz tɪ fid ðə ˈfæməli. bɔˈtistə həz sɛd ðət hi lɪvd ɪn ənd ðət hi hæd ə hɑrd hi riʧt ðə eɪʤ əv naɪn, θri ˈmərdərz hæd əˈkərd ɔn hɪz frənt ɛz jəŋ ɛz eɪʤ 13 hi wɑz ˈstilɪŋ baɪ eɪʤ 17 bɔˈtistə wɑz ɛˈstreɪnʤd frəm hɪz ˈpɛrənts ənd lɪvd ɔn hɪz hi ˈleɪtər ədˈmɪtəd, "aɪ æm praʊd əv maɪ ˈpɛrənts. ðeɪ ər gʊd, ˈɑnəst, ˌhɑrdˈwərkɪŋ foʊks. ðeɪ tɔt mi ðə ˈvæljuz əv ˈwərkɪŋ hi wɑz ə ˈnaɪtˌkləb ˈbaʊnsər ənˈtɪl hi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ˈæftər ə faɪt ðət lɛft tu ˈpeɪtrənz ˈɪnʤərd, wən əv hum wɑz ˈrɛndərd ˈæftər ə traɪəl, hi wɑz ˈsɛntənst tɪ wən jɪr əv hi ˈɔlsoʊ wərkt ɛz ə ˌbiˈfɔr pərˈsuɪŋ ə kərɪr ɪn ˈkrɛdətɪŋ ðə ˈlætər wɪθ ˈseɪvɪŋ hɪz prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛsəlɪŋ kərɪr ˈtreɪnɪŋ ənd ˈərli kərɪr bɔˈtistə traɪd aʊt æt ðə wərld ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˈrɛsəlɪŋ (wcw*) paʊər plænt, bət wɑz toʊld hi wʊd ˈnɛvər meɪk ɪt ɪn ðə ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs baɪ ˈsɑrʤənt. ˈbədi li hi ðɛn wɛnt tɪ ðə wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən (wwf*), hu ədˈvaɪzd ɪm tɪ treɪn wɪθ ɪn ðə waɪld səˈmoʊən ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈsɛnər ˈrɛsəlɪŋ wɛr hi wɛnt tɪ treɪn ənd kəmˈpit ɪn wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ (wxw*) pərˈmoʊʃən. hi hæd hɪz ˈdeɪbju mæʧ ɛz kɑn ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 30 bɔˈtistə ˈɔlsoʊ treɪnd wɪθ krəmp ɪn taɪ ənd moʊst ˈrisəntli, hi treɪnd æt ˈsizər ˈgreɪsi ˈəndər ˈsizər ˈgreɪsi ənd həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈpərpəl bɛlt ɪn brəˈzɪljən wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ oʊˈhaɪoʊ ˈvæli ˈrɛsəlɪŋ əˈpɑn ˈsaɪnɪŋ wɪθ ðə ɪn 2000 bɔˈtistə wɑz sɛnt tɪ oʊˈhaɪoʊ ˈvæli ˈrɛsəlɪŋ (ovw*), ə dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛnəl ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri. hi meɪd hɪz ˈdeɪbju ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr ˈəndər ðə rɪŋ neɪm lɛˈvaɪəθən, wɛr hi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ʤɔɪnd ˈfɔrsɪz wɪθ ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə dɪˈsaɪpəlz əv ˈsteɪbəl, hi wɛnt ˌəndɪˈfitɪd ənˈtɪl biɪŋ ˈbitən æt ˈkrɪsməs keɪɑs baɪ keɪn wɪθ hɛlp frəm stoʊn koʊld stiv ˈɔstən. hi ˈleɪtər wən ðə ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp frəm "ðə məˈʃin" dəg ˈbæʃəm ˌbiˈfɔr ˈluzɪŋ ðə bɛlt tɪ ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp. ə fju mənθs ˈleɪtər, bɔˈtistə lɛft ˈæftər hi wɑz prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ meɪn ˈərli ˈstɔriˌlaɪnz waɪl stɪl ɪn, bɔˈtistə bɪˈgæn əˈpɪrɪŋ ɔn ɪˈvɛnts. hi bɪˈgæn hɪz ˈtɛləˌvaɪzd kərɪr ɔn meɪ 9 2002 ɔn ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv! ɛz ˈdikən bəˈtɪstɑ, ə ˈvɪlənəs ɛnˈfɔrsər fər ˈrɛvərənd hi meɪd hɪz ˈdeɪbju ɪn ə tæg tim mæʧ ˈtimɪŋ wɪθ əˈgɛnst ənd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən, ˈpɪnɪŋ ˈɔrtən. ˈoʊvər ˈsɛvərəl wiks, ˈɔrtən traɪd tɪ bit ənd bəˈtɪstɑ wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈpɑrtnərz, bət ˈəltəmətli lɔst iʧ bəˈtɪstɑ ˈsəfərd hɪz fərst lɔs ɪn ə mæʧ əˈgɛnst ˈæftər ˌæksəˈdɛnəli pənʧt ɪm, əˈlaʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ ənd pɪn bəˈtɪstɑ. bəˈtɪstɑ ənd ˈɑrgjud ˈoʊvər ðə ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ wiks, wɪθ bəˈtɪstɑ ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈtərnɪŋ ɔn. ɔn ðə noʊˈvɛmbər 11 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv, bəˈtɪstɑ dɪˈfitɪd tɪ ɛnd ðɛr ˈæftər ˈsplɪtɪŋ wɪθ, hi wɑz əˈsaɪnd tɪ ðə rɑ brænd ənd wɑz riˈneɪmd bəˈtɪstɑ. hi əˈlaɪnd hɪmˈsɛlf wɪθ rɪk ənd fˈjudɪd wɪθ keɪn, hum hi dɪˈfitɪd æt ˌɛvəˈluʃən ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2003 bəˈtɪstɑ ʤɔɪnd ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ, rɪk flɛr ənd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən tɪ fɔrm ðə ˈvɪlənəs ˈsteɪbəl bəˈtɪstɑ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɑz ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnd fər məʧ əv 2003 ˈæftər hi tɔr hɪz raɪt ˈtraɪˌsɛps ˈməsəl æt ə rɑ lɪv ɪˈvɛnt ɪn ə mæʧ əˈgɛnst brɑk lesnar*. waɪl ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈæftər ðə ˈɪnʤəri, bəˈtɪstɑ hɪz ˈtraɪˌsɛps, ɪkˈstɛndɪŋ hɪz steɪ ɔn ðə bəˈtɪstɑ meɪd hɪz rɪˈtərn ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 20 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, ˌɪnərˈfɪrɪŋ ɪn ə mæʧ bɪtˈwin ˈgoʊldbərg ənd ʃɔn ˈmaɪkəlz ənd "ˈʃætərɪŋ" ˈgoʊldbərgz ˈæŋkəl wɪθ ə ʧɛr. ˈæftər ðə ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns, ˌɛvəˈluʃən keɪm aʊt, ənd ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ rɪˈwɔrdɪd bəˈtɪstɑ wɪθ ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 10 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, ˈgoʊldbərg dɪˈfitɪd bəˈtɪstɑ baɪ dɪskˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃən wɪn ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ æt ˌɑrməˈgɛdən, bəˈtɪstɑ tʊk pɑrt ɪn tu ˈmæʧɪz; ˈluzɪŋ tɪ ʃɔn ˈmaɪkəlz ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəlz ənd ˈwɪnɪŋ ə tæg tim ˈtərˌmɔɪl mæʧ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ rɪk flɛr tɪ bɪˈkəm əv ðə wərld tæg tim baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə ɪˈvɛnt, ɔl fɔr ˈmɛmbərz əv ˌɛvəˈluʃən hɛld ˈɛvəri meɪl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɔn rɑ, wɪθ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ənd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ˌɪntərˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl ðeɪ hɛld ðə ˈtaɪtəl ənˈtɪl ˈfɛbruˌɛri 16 2004 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, wɪn ðeɪ wər dɪˈfitɪd baɪ ˈbʊkər ti ənd rɑb væn ðeɪ ˈleɪtər riˈgeɪnd ðə ˈtaɪtəl fər ə ʃɔrt æt sərˈvaɪvər ˈsɪriz, ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ, bəˈtɪstɑ, ʤin ənd ɛʤ wər dɪˈfitɪd baɪ ˈmeɪvən, krɪs ˈʤɛrɪˌkoʊ, krɪs bəˈnɔɪt, ənd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən ɪn ən ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən tæg tim mæʧ fər kənˈtroʊl əv rɑ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈwɪnɪŋ tim wʊd iʧ bi ðə rɑ ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər fər ə wik. θruaʊt ðə nɛkst tu mənθs, ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin bəˈtɪstɑ ənd ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ bɪˈgæn tɪ dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪt. ˈæftər ə lɔs tɪ krɪs ˈʤɛrɪˌkoʊ, ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ vərˈbæli ˌɪnˈsəltɪd bəˈtɪstɑ. bəˈtɪstɑ tizd ˈlivɪŋ ˌɛvəˈluʃən ðət naɪt, bət dɪˈklɛrd ðət hi wɑz stɪl pɑrt əv ˌɛvəˈluʃən ənd ðət ðeɪ trɪkt dɪˈspaɪt ðɪs plɔɪ, bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈgæn bɪˈheɪvɪŋ mɔr laɪk ə fæn ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst fju wiks ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ˈvɪlənəs ˈtæktɪks. wən ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈmoʊmənt sɔ bəˈtɪstɑ ɪkˈsprɛs dɪsˈgəst ɛz ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ənd rɪk flɛr ˈboʊstɪd əˈbaʊt haʊ ðeɪ hæd ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪtɪd bit əp ʤɪm rɔs, ˈdæni hɑʤ, ənd ˈsteɪsi keibler*. rəˈgɑrdləs, hi kənˈtɪnjud tɪ ʃoʊ hɪz ˈlɔɪəlti tɪ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ənd ˌɛvəˈluʃən baɪ ˈrənɪŋ daʊn tɪ ðə rɪŋ ənd əˈsɪstɪŋ ðɛm ɪn ˈmæʧɪz. ɛz 2005 bɪˈgæn, ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə θrɛt tɪ hɪz wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp. ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ səˈʤɛstɪd ðət hi nɑt ˈɛnər ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl, ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət ɪt wʊd bi ˈsɛlfɪʃ əv ɪm tɪ du soʊ, ənd tɪ ˈsɪmpli ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ rɪˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˈtaɪtəl. bəˈtɪstɑ ˈɛnərd ˈɛniˌweɪ ənd wɛnt ɔn tɪ wɪn ðə ˈrəmbəl ˈərnɪŋ ðə raɪt tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ðə meɪn ɪˈvɛnt əv 21 əˈgɛnst ðə wərld ˈʧæmpiən əv hɪz ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ pərsˈweɪd bəˈtɪstɑ tɪ ˈʧælənʤ ˈʧæmpiən ʤɑn "ˈbrædˌʃɔ" ˈleɪˌfild ənd ˈʧælɪnʤər ʤɑn ɪn ə mæʧ ˈrəðər ðən ɪm, ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ kənˈkɑktəd ə skim tɪ hæv bəˈtɪstɑ rən ˈoʊvər ɪn ə ˈlɪməˌzin rɪˈzɛmbəlɪŋ ðə wən juzd baɪ ˈleɪˌfild. ˌɪˈnɪʃəli, deɪv dɪd nɑt wɔnt hɛlp frəm ˌɛvəˈluʃən ənd ˈwɔntɪd tɪ kənˈfrənt baɪ hɪmˈsɛlf. ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðət ˌɛvəˈluʃən stɪk təˈgɛðər ənd əˈkəmpənid deɪv ˈɛniˌweɪ, ˈseɪvɪŋ ɪm frəm ðə ˈɔnˌkəmɪŋ bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈkeɪm əˈwɛr əv ðə plɑt waɪl ˈivzˌdrɑpɪŋ ɔn ˈfɛloʊ ˌɛvəˈluʃən ˈmɛmbərz ənd saɪnd ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˌgɛrənˈtiɪŋ ɪm ə mæʧ wɪθ ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ æt 21 ðəs ˈlivɪŋ ˌɛvəˈluʃən ənd əˈfɪʃəli ˈtərnɪŋ ˈɪntu ə fæn ˈfeɪvərɪt. bəˈtɪstɑ ˌɪˈnɪʃəli priˈtɛndɪd ðət hi wʊd saɪn wɪθ!, ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ənd flɛr ðə "θəmz əp", bət tərnd ɪt ˈɪntu ə "θəmz daʊn" ˌbiˈfɔr əˈtækɪŋ ðə pɛr. hi ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd hɪz dɪˈpɑrʧər baɪ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ θru ðə ˈteɪbəl juzd fər ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən bəˈtɪstɑ wən ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɔn ˈeɪprəl 3 ɪn ðə meɪn ɪˈvɛnt əv 21 rɪˈsivd ˈmɪljən baɪz ˈwərldˈwaɪd ðə ˈɛvər ˈnəmbər əv baɪz fər ˈɛni. bəˈtɪstɑz mæʧ wɪθ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ wɑz dɪˈskraɪbd baɪ spɔrts ˈʤərnəlɪst deɪv ˈmɛltsər ɛz "ðə pik əv wən əv [wwe's*] bɛst ˈstɔriˌlaɪnz ɪn bəˈtɪstɑ wən ə ˈriˈmæʧ wɪθ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ fər ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp æt ˈæftər bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈteɪnd hɪz ˈtaɪtəl əˈgɛnst ɛʤ, hi wɑz bɪˈtreɪd baɪ rɪk flɛr, hu hɛlpt ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ˈvɪʃəsli əˈtæk ðə ˈʧæmpiən ɛz ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ˈʧælənʤd bəˈtɪstɑ tɪ ə hɛl ɪn ə sɛl mæʧ æt bəˈtɪstɑ wən ðə mæʧ æt ˈvɛnʤəns, rɪˈteɪnɪŋ hɪz ˈtaɪtəl jɛt əˈgɛn. wɪθ ðɪs wɪn, bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˈrɛsələr tɪ pɪn ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ɪn ə hɛl ɪn ə sɛl bəˈtɪstɑ ɪn 2006 ɔn ʤun 30 bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz ˈdræftɪd tɪ! ɛz ðə læst pɪk ɪn ðə 2005 dræft ˈlɑtəri, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə səˈpraɪz əˈpɪrəns tɪ əˈtæk, hu wɑz ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪŋ hɪz ˈvɪktəri ɪn ə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən mæʧ tɪ kraʊn ðə ˌɪˈnɔgərəl "smackdown*! dɪˈfitɪd bəˈtɪstɑ æt ðə greɪt əˈmɛrɪkən bæʃ baɪ dɪskˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃən ˈæftər ðə ˌrɛfərˈi sɔ bəˈtɪstɑ juz ə stil ðeɪ hæd ə ˈriˈmæʧ æt ɪn ə noʊ hoʊldz bɑrd mæʧ ɪn wɪʧ bəˈtɪstɑ pɪnd ðə fjud ˈkəlməˌneɪtɪd ɪn ə bʊl roʊp mæʧ wɪθ bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈteɪnɪŋ hɪz sun ˈæftər rɪˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ə fjud wɪθ ˈɛdi ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət bəˈtɪstɑ ˈsəfərd ə ˈməsəl tɪr ɪn hɪz bæk æt ðə ˈteɪpɪŋ fər noʊˈvɛmbər 11 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv! du tɪ ə ˈdəbəl frəm bɪg ʃoʊ ənd plænz hæd bɪn meɪd fər bəˈtɪstɑ tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ə ˈtrɪpəl θrɛt mæʧ wɪθ ˈɛdi gərˈɛroʊ ənd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 18 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd, bət ðə mæʧ dɪd nɑt teɪk pleɪs du tɪ ðə ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd dɛθ əv gərˈɛroʊ ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 13 ðə deɪt əv ðə ˈteɪpɪŋ. bəˈtɪstɑ peɪd ˈɑməʤ tɪ gərˈɛroʊ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə! ənd rɑ ˈtrɪbjut ʃoʊz ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ bəˈtɪstɑ lɛd tim! əˈgɛnst tim rɑ ɪn ən fjud ˌbiˈfɔr sərˈvaɪvər ˈsɪriz. ðə fjud sɔ bɪg ʃoʊ ənd keɪn bəˈtɪstɑ ˈsɛvərəl mɔr taɪmz ɪn ðə wiks ˈlidɪŋ əp tɪ sərˈvaɪvər ˈsɪriz ɪn ən ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən fər bəˈtɪstɑz bəˈtɪstɑ ˈəltəmətli hɛlpt hɪz tim wɪn ðə ˈæftər bəˈtɪstɑ seɪvd reɪ frəm bɪg ʃoʊ ənd ɪt wɑz əˈnaʊnst ðət wʊd tim wɪθ bəˈtɪstɑ tɪ feɪs ðə bɪg ʃoʊ ənd keɪn æt ˌɑrməˈgɛdən. ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 16 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv!, bəˈtɪstɑ ənd dɪˈfitɪd tæg tim tɪ wɪn ðə ˈtaɪtəlz ɪn ə mæʧ ðeɪ ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ˈɛdi gərˈɛroʊ, ənd ðəs bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈdəbəl ˈæftər ðɪs, ðə klæʃ wɪθ bɪg ʃoʊ ənd keɪn æt ˌɑrməˈgɛdən tərnd ˈɪntu ə ˈʧæmpiənz ˈvərsəz. ˈʧæmpiənz ɪnˈkaʊnər. bəˈtɪstɑ ənd lɔst tɪ bɪg ʃoʊ ənd keɪn æt tu wiks ˈleɪtər ɔn!, dɪˈfitɪd bəˈtɪstɑ ənd ˈæftər hɛlp frəm ðə rɪˈtərnɪŋ mɑrk ˈhɛnri tɪ rɪˈgeɪn ðə tæg tim ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns, ˈhɛnri əˈtækt bəˈtɪstɑ, ənd pərˈfɔrmd hɪz wərldz ˈstrɔŋgəst ðə timz mɛt əˈgɛn ɪn ə stil keɪʤ mæʧ ðət ˈhɛnri ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈkeɪm ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn, ənd bəˈtɪstɑ ənd wər dɪˈfitɪd ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 9 əˈnaʊnst ðət bəˈtɪstɑ tɔr hɪz raɪt ˈtraɪˌsɛps ˈdʊrɪŋ ə mæʧ wɪθ mɑrk ˈhɛnri æt ə lɪv ɪˈvɛnt ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 6 du tɪ hɪz ˈɪnʤəri, bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz fɔrst tɪ ˈveɪkeɪt ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp æt ðə! ˈteɪpɪŋz ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 13 tu deɪz ˈæftər sərˈpæsɪŋ ˈtrɪpəl ˈeɪʧɪz ˈpriviəs mɑrk əv 280 deɪz fər ˈlɔŋgɪst ˈreɪnɪŋ ˈʧæmpiən. ɪn hɪz bʊk, bəˈtɪstɑ ənˈliʃt, bəˈtɪstɑ sɛd ðət hi bɪˈlivd ðət ˈhɛnri wɑz "ˈkɛrlɛs" ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɛr mæʧ ɛz hi ˈnɛvər geɪv bəˈtɪstɑ ˈɛni ˈwɔrnɪŋ ðət ðə muv wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ. bəˈtɪstɑ wɛnt ɔn tɪ hæv səkˈsɛsfəl ˈsərʤəri ɔn hɪz ɑrm ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri bəˈtɪstɑ meɪd ən əˈpɪrəns æt noʊ weɪ aʊt ənd toʊld ðə kraʊd ðət wəns hɪz ɑrm hæd hild hi wʊd rɪˈtərn tɪ rɪˈgeɪn ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt æt 22 hi ˌɪntərˈəptɪd ə ˈrændi ˈɔrtən ˈɪntərvˌju, ˈpʊtɪŋ! ɔn ˈnoʊtɪs ðət ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp wʊd rɪˈtərn tɪ ɪm baɪ bəˈtɪstɑ meɪd hɪz əˈfɪʃəl rɪˈtərn ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌʤuˈlaɪ 7 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv! ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈkɔlɪŋ aʊt ənd ˈɛnərɪŋ ˈɪntu ə fjud wɪθ mɑrk æt ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪts meɪn ɪˈvɛnt, bəˈtɪstɑ wən ə tæg mæʧ wɪθ ˈtimˌmeɪts reɪ ənd ˈbɑbi ˈlæʃli, dɪˈfitɪŋ wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən kɪŋ ˈbʊkər, ˈfɪnli, ənd mɑrk ˈhɛnri wɑz ləˈʤɪtəmətli ˈɪnʤərd ənd wɑz ruld aʊt əv ðə ˈskɛʤʊld mæʧ bɪtˈwin ðə tu æt ðə greɪt əˈmɛrɪkən bæʃ, ðəs ˈfərðər dɪˈleɪɪŋ ə pəˈtɛnʃəl fjud bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈæftər biɪŋ dɪˈleɪd baɪ bəˈtɪstɑz ˌɪˈnɪʃəl bəˈtɪstɑ pʊt aʊt ən ˈoʊpən ˈʧælənʤ tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ðə ˈɪnʤərd ˈhɛnri, wɪʧ wɑz ˈænsərd baɪ ˈmɪstər. bəˈtɪstɑ lɔst ðɪs mæʧ ˈviə dɪskˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃən fər ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ stɑp ˈʧoʊkɪŋ ˈmɪstər. ˈkɛnədi ˈɪntu ðə wɪθ hɪz but, bət kənˈtɪnjud tɪ əˈtæk ˈkɛnədi rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ə ˌlæsərˈeɪʃən ɔn hɪz ˈfɔrhɛd soʊ səˈvɪr ðət ɪt ɪkˈspoʊzd hɪz ˈkreɪˌniəm ənd rikˈwaɪərd mɔr ðən 20 ˈstɪʧɪz tɪ bəˈtɪstɑ lɔst əˈnəðər mæʧ wɪθ ˈkɛnədi ˈviə kaʊnt aʊt ɪn ə ˈriˈmæʧ ɔn! ˌbiˈfɔr ˈfaɪnəli dɪˈfitɪŋ ˈkɛnədi baɪ ɔn ˈɔgəst 4 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs taɪm, bəˈtɪstɑ traɪd tɪ rɪˈgeɪn ə wərld ˈtaɪtəl, ˈfeɪsɪŋ boʊθ bɪg ʃoʊ fər hɪz wərld ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɔn ənd kɪŋ ˈbʊkər fər hɪz wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp æt ənd ɔn!. bəˈtɪstɑ wən ðə mæʧ, bət nɑt ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɛz ðə ˈkɑntɛsts ˈɛndɪd ˈviə dɪskˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃən ˈminɪŋ ˈbʊkər rɪˈteɪnd ðə ɪn ðə! əˈbaʊt ə fju wiks ˈleɪtər, ˈbʊkər rɪˈteɪnd wɪθ hɛlp frəm hɪz bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈmeɪnd ə tɔp kənˈtɛndər tɪ ðə wərld ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, kəmˈpitɪŋ əˈgɛnst kɪŋ ˈbʊkər ɔn ˈsɛvərəl ɔˈkeɪʒənz waɪl fˈjudɪŋ wɪθ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈfaɪnəli dɪˈfitɪŋ ˈbʊkər tɪ rɪˈgeɪn ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp æt sərˈvaɪvər aɪˈrɑnɪkli, ðə wɪn əˈkərd æt ðə seɪm ərˈinə wɛr hi sərˈɛndərd ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn bəˈtɪstɑ ˈhoʊldɪŋ ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɪn 2006 æt 23 bəˈtɪstɑ lɔst ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp tɪ ðə ˈwɪnər əv ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl mæʧ, ðə ðeɪ kənˈtɪnjud tɪ ˈbætəl ˈoʊvər ðə ˈtaɪtəl tɪ ə ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt ɪn ə læst mæn ˈstændɪŋ mæʧ æt ənd ə stil keɪʤ mæʧ ɔn 11 meɪ ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv!, ɪn boʊθ ˈmæʧɪz bəˈtɪstɑ ənd ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər ˈɛndɪd ɪn drɔ, ðəs ˈəndərˌteɪkər rɪˈteɪnd ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈlætər, ɛʤ tʊk ædˈvæntɪʤ ənd wən ðə ˈtaɪtəl frəm ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər baɪ ˈkæʃɪŋ ɪn hɪz ˈməni ɪn ðə bæŋk ˈæftərwərd, bəˈtɪstɑ ˈʧælənʤd ɛʤ ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəli fər ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp æt ˈʤəʤmənt deɪ, wən naɪt stænd (ɪn ə stil keɪʤ mæʧ), ənd ˈvɛnʤəns: naɪt əv ˈʧæmpiənz (ɪn ə læst ʧæns ðə lɔs æt ˈvɛnʤəns ˈstɪpjəˌleɪtɪd ðət bəˈtɪstɑ kʊd noʊ ˈlɔŋgər gɪt əˈnəðər ʧæns æt ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp waɪl ɛʤ rɪˈmeɪnd bəˈtɪstɑ ækˈsɛptɪd ən ˈoʊpən ˈʧælənʤ frəm ðə greɪt æt ðə greɪt əˈmɛrɪkən bæʃ. ɛʤ rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃt ðə ˈtaɪtəl du tɪ ən ˈɪnʤəri ðə wik ˌbiˈfɔr ðə, ənd bɪˈkeɪm ðə nu wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən, ˈwɪnɪŋ ə ˈbætəl rɔɪəl ənd ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ bəˈtɪstɑ. bəˈtɪstɑ ənd keɪn, ˈtaɪtəl əˈpoʊnənt, feɪst æt ðə greɪt əˈmɛrɪkən bæʃ ɪn ə ˈtrɪpəl θrɛt mæʧ wɛr rɪˈteɪnd ðə bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈsivd ə dɪskˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃən ˈvɪktəri əˈgɛnst æt ˈæftər juzd ə stil ʧɛr, ðəs rɪˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˈtaɪtəl bəˈtɪstɑ ˈfaɪnəli kleɪmd hɪz θərd wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˈæftər eɪt kənˈsɛkjətɪv əˈtɛmpts, baɪ dɪˈfitɪŋ ɪn ə mæʧ ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd reɪ æt hɪz fərst ˈʧælənʤ wɑz frəm ðə greɪt ɪn ə ˈprɪzən mæʧ æt noʊ ˈmərsi wɛr bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈteɪnd hɪz ˈtaɪtəl. hi wən ðə mæʧ baɪ ˈlipɪŋ frəm ðə ˈɪnər bæmˈbu ˈstrəkʧər tɪ ðə ˈaʊtər wən, ˈʃɔrtənɪŋ hɪz ɪˈskeɪp rut ənd ˈbitɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈæftər ðə rɪˈtərn əv ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər æt ˌənfərˈgɪvən, ðə ˈduoʊ ˌriɪgˈnaɪtɪd ðɛr fjud æt ˈsaɪbər ˈsənˌdi wɛr ðə fænz ʧoʊz stoʊn koʊld stiv ˈɔstən ɛz ðə ˈspɛʃəl gɛst ˌrɛfərˈi. bəˈtɪstɑ pɪnd ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər ˈæftər tu bəˈtɪstɑ ðə fjud kənˈtɪnjud wɪθ ə hɛl ɪn ə sɛl mæʧ æt sərˈvaɪvər ˈsɪriz. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə mæʧ, ɛʤ rɪˈtərnd ənd ˌɪnərˈfɪrd baɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər ə con-chair-to*. hi ðɛn pʊld ən ˌənˈkɑnʃəs bəˈtɪstɑ ɔn tɔp əv ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər fər ðə tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt æt ˌɑrməˈgɛdən, ɛʤ wən ə ˈtrɪpəl θrɛt mæʧ, əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər fər bəˈtɪstɑz wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt bəˈtɪstɑ ɪn ʤun 2008 bəˈtɪstɑ əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl ənd wɑz ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd baɪ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ. æt noʊ weɪ aʊt, hi wɑz pɑrt əv ðə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən ˈʧeɪmbər mæʧ ənd ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd bɪg ˈdædi vi, bət wɑz læst ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər. æt xxiv*, hi dɪˈfitɪd ɪn ən mæʧ. ˈæftər ʃɔn ˈmaɪkəlz dɪˈfitɪd rɪk flɛr æt ðə seɪm bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈgæn ə fjud wɪθ ˈmaɪkəlz, ˈkɔlɪŋ ɪm ˈsɛlfɪʃ ənd ˌigəˈtɪstɪkəl. ðə tu feɪst ɔf æt ˈbæˌklæʃ wɪθ krɪs ˈʤɛrɪˌkoʊ ɛz ðə ˈspɛʃəl gɛst ˌrɛfərˈi. ˈmaɪkəlz wən ˈæftər ˈfeɪkɪŋ ə ni ˈɪnʤəri ənd pərˈfɔrmɪŋ swit ʧɪn bəˈtɪstɑ ðɛn dɪˈfitɪd ˈmaɪkəlz æt wən naɪt stænd ɪn ə ˈstrɛʧər mæʧ, ðəs ˈɛndɪŋ ðɛr ɔn ʤun 23 bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz ˈdræftɪd frəm tɪ ðə rɑ brænd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2008 bəˈtɪstɑ bɪˈkeɪm ə wərld tæg tim ˈʧæmpiən fər ə θərd taɪm ɔn ˈɔgəst 4 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ wɪn hi timd əp wɪθ ʤɑn tɪ dɪˈfit ˈkoʊdi roʊdz ənd tɛd ˌdibiˈɑsi fər ðə bət ðeɪ feɪld tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə ˈtaɪtəlz əˈgɛnst ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈʧæmpiənz ɔn ðə nɛkst ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv bəˈtɪstɑ dɪˈfitɪd æt ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 26 æt ˈsaɪbər ˈsənˌdi, bəˈtɪstɑ dɪˈfitɪd krɪs ˈʤɛrɪˌkoʊ fər hɪz fɔrθ wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɪn ə mæʧ ɪn wɪʧ stoʊn koʊld stiv ˈɔstən wɑz ˈvoʊtɪd ɪn ɛz ðə ˈspɛʃəl gɛst bəˈtɪstɑz reɪn, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈoʊnli ˈlæstɪd eɪt deɪz wɪn ˈʤɛrɪˌkoʊ wən ðə ˈtaɪtəl bæk ɪn ə stil keɪʤ mæʧ ɔn ə θriaʊər ˈspɛʃəl ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv bəˈtɪstɑ ðɛn ˈɛnərd ə fjud wɪθ ˈfɔrmər ˌɛvəˈluʃən ˈpɑrtnər, ˈrændi ˈɔrtən; æt sərˈvaɪvər ˈsɪriz, bəˈtɪstɑ lɛd ə tim əv hɪmˈsɛlf, pəŋk, ˈkoʊfi ˈkɪŋstən, mæt ˈhɑrdi, ənd tɪ feɪs ðə tim əv ˈrændi ˈɔrtən, ˈʃɛltən ˈbɛnʤəmən, ˈwɪljəm ˈrigəl, ˈkoʊdi roʊdz, ənd mɑrk ˈhɛnri. tim wən wɪθ ˈɔrtən ˈpɪnɪŋ bəˈtɪstɑ, ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə mæʧ fər hɪz tim. hɪz fjud wɪθ ˈɔrtən kənˈtɪnjud əp tɪ ˌɑrməˈgɛdən wɛr bəˈtɪstɑ dɪˈfitɪd ˈɔrtən. ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 15 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz pʊt ˈɪntu ə ˈhændiˌkæp mæʧ əˈgɛnst ðə ˈlɛgəsi wɪθ ʤɑn ɛz hɪz ˈpɑrtnər. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə mæʧ, ˈɔrtən strək bəˈtɪstɑ wɪθ ə pənt tɪ ðə hɛd. bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz nɑkt aʊt ənd pʊt aʊt əv ˈækʃən ˌɪnˈdɛfənətli du tɪ ə ˈstɔriˌlaɪn hɛd ˈɪnʤəri. ˈleɪtər ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət bəˈtɪstɑ ɪˈlɛktɪd tɪ ˌəndərˈgoʊ ˈsərʤəri tɪ rɪˈpɛr ə ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ hɪz ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ wɑz ˈɪnʤərd æt, ɪn ðə seɪm mæʧ ðət ʤɑn wɑz fɔrst aʊt əv ˈækʃən wɪθ ə nɛk ˈɪnʤəri. hi wɑz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi aʊt əv ˈækʃən fər sɪks tɪ eɪt mənθs. ˈʧæmpiən bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈtərnd ɔn ðə ˈeɪprəl 6 2009 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, ðə rɑ ˈæftər xxv*, tɪ seɪv ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ, ʃeɪn məkˈmæn, ənd vɪns məkˈmæn frəm ðə ˈlɛgəsi (ˈrændi ˈɔrtən, ˈkoʊdi roʊdz ənd tɛd ˌdibiˈɑsi jr*.). vɪns məkˈmæn ðɛn əˈnaʊnst ðət bəˈtɪstɑ wʊd teɪk hɪz pleɪs æt ˈbæˌklæʃ, wɛr hi wʊd tim əp wɪθ ˈʧæmpiən ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ənd ʃeɪn məkˈmæn tɪ feɪs ðə ˈlɛgəsi. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə mæʧ, bəˈtɪstɑ hæd brɔt aʊt ə ʧɛr, bət ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ traɪd tɪ stɑp ɪm, soʊ ðeɪ wʊd nɑt gɪt dɪskˈwɑləˌfaɪd. ðɪs dɪˈstrækʃən ˌhaʊˈɛvər, kɔst ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ hɪz ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, ˈæftər hi lɔst ɪt tɪ ˈɔrtən. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ naɪt ɔn rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ wən ə ˈsɪŋgəlz mæʧ əˈgɛnst bɪg ʃoʊ du tɪ ə dɪˈstrækʃən baɪ ʤɑn, tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə ˈnəmbər wən kənˈtɛndər fər ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp æt ˈʤəʤmənt bəˈtɪstɑ wɛnt ɔn tɪ dɪˈfit ˈɔrtən ɪn ə ˈriˈmæʧ æt ɪkˈstrim rulz ɪn ə stil keɪʤ mæʧ tɪ ˈkæpʧər ðə ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɔn ʤun 8 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz tɪ ˈveɪkeɪt ðə ˈtaɪtəl du tɪ ə steɪʤd ˈbrutəl əˈtæk baɪ ˈɔrtən ənd ðə ˈlɛgəsi. ɪt wɑz ˈleɪtər rɪˈvild ðət bəˈtɪstɑ hæd ˈsəfərd ə ləˈʤɪtəmət tɔrn lɛft ˈbaɪˌsɛps ˈsɪmələr tɪ wət hi ˈsəfərd ɪn 2006 ˈlɛgəsi wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ˈɑnˌskrin ˈkrɛdɪt fər hɪz bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈtərnd ɔn ðə sɛpˈtɛmbər 14 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ wɪθ hɪz ɑrm stɪl ɪn ə vaɪs ənd bɪˈgæn hɪz əˈnaʊnsmɛnt. ˈrændi ˈɔrtən, əˈsumɪŋ bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz əˈnaʊnsɪŋ hɪz rɪˈtaɪərmənt, ðɛn keɪm aʊt ənd ˈsteɪtɪd ðət hi ˈɛndɪd bəˈtɪstɑz kərɪr. bəˈtɪstɑ ðɛn wɛnt ɔn tɪ riˈmuv hɪz ɑrm vaɪs, ɛz ɪt wɑz ə feɪk ʤɪst tɪ lʊr aʊt ˈɔrtən, ənd prəˈsidəd tɪ əˈtæk ˈɔrtən. hi ðɛn əˈnaʊnst ðət hi wʊd nɑt ˌriˈtaɪər, bət ˈmuvɪŋ tɪ ˌɪnˈstɛd. ˈleɪtər ðət naɪt, hi dɪˈfitɪd ˈɔrtən ɪn ə bɑrd mæʧ wɪʧ wɑz tɪ bi hɪz læst mæʧ ɔn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hɪz rɪˈtərn tɪ, bəˈtɪstɑ dɪˈfitɪd ˈjunəˌfaɪd tæg tim ˈʧæmpiənz (krɪs ˈʤɛrɪˌkoʊ ənd ðə bɪg ʃoʊ) ɪn ˈsɪŋgəlz ðiz tu ˈvɪktəriz ˈkəlməˌneɪtɪd ɪn ə tæg tim ˈtaɪtəl mæʧ əˈgɛnst wɪθ hɪz ˈpɑrtnər reɪ ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 4 æt hɛl ɪn ə sɛl, wɪʧ ðət seɪm mənθ æt ˈbrægɪŋ raɪts, bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəl ɪn ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈfeɪtəl mæʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ pəŋk, reɪ, ənd ˈʧæmpiən ənd ɪˈvɛnt ˈwɪnər ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə mæʧ, broʊk əp bəˈtɪstɑz pɪn ɔn ˈəndərˌteɪkər ˈpɑsəbli ˈkɔstɪŋ ɪm ðə mæʧ ənd ðə ˈtaɪtəl. ˈæftər ðə mæʧ, bəˈtɪstɑ ənd əˈpɪrd tɪ pæʧ θɪŋz əp, bət bəˈtɪstɑ sɛd hi wɑz taɪərd əv ˈkəmɪŋ soʊ kloʊz ˈoʊnli tɪ bi stæbd ɪn ðə bæk ənd toʊld hi wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ rɪp hɪz hɛd ɔf. bəˈtɪstɑ prəˈsidəd tɪ ˈbrutəli əˈtæk, ˈtərnɪŋ hil ɪn ðə bəˈtɪstɑ feɪst ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 22 æt sərˈvaɪvər ˈsɪriz, wɛr bəˈtɪstɑ wən ˈviə ˌrɛfərˈi ˈstɑpɪʤ ˈæftər dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ θri bəˈtɪstɑ bɑmz tɪ bəˈtɪstɑ dɪˈfitɪd əˈgɛn ɪn ə strit faɪt ɔn ðə dɪˈsɛmbər 11 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ə fju wiks ˈleɪtər, bəˈtɪstɑ lɔst tɪ ɪn ə ˈnəmbər wən kənˈtɛndərz mæʧ fər ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈtaɪtəl mæʧ əˈgɛnst ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər ˈɛndɪd ɛz ə ˈæftər ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns frəm ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 13 æt tlc*: ˈteɪbəlz, ˈlædərz ʧɛrz, bəˈtɪstɑ feɪst ˈəndərˌteɪkər fər ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɪn ə ʧɛrz mæʧ. bəˈtɪstɑ ˌɪˈnɪʃəli wən ðə mæʧ ənd ðə ˈtaɪtəl, bət ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər ˈθiəˌdɔr lɔŋ rɪˈvərst ðə dɪˈsɪʒən bɪˈkəz bəˈtɪstɑ hæd hɪt ˈəndərˌteɪkər wɪθ ə loʊ bloʊ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˌrɛfərˈiz bæk. ðə mæʧ wɑz riˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkər ˈwɪnɪŋ ənd rɪˈteɪnɪŋ ðə bəˈtɪstɑ ðɛn bɪˈkeɪm ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈʧɛrmən vɪns məkˈmæn ənd brɛt hɑrts ˈraɪvəlri ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2010 baɪ əˈsɪstɪŋ məkˈmæn ɪn əˈtækɪŋ hɑrt; ʤɑn əˈtɛmptəd tɪ seɪv hɑrt, bət wɑz əˈsɔltɪd baɪ ɔn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 21 æt ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən ˈʧeɪmbər, ɛz ˈpeɪmənt fər bəˈtɪstɑ əˈtækɪŋ hɑrt, məkˈmæn əˈlaʊd bəˈtɪstɑ tɪ feɪs fər ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈæftər wən ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ən ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən ˈʧeɪmbər mæʧ. bəˈtɪstɑ wən ðə mæʧ ənd ðəs hɪz ˈsɛkənd ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, wɪʧ rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn bəˈtɪstɑ ˈmuvɪŋ bæk tɪ ɔn mɑrʧ 28 æt xxvi*, bəˈtɪstɑ lɔst ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp tɪ ʤɑn ɪn ə ˈriˈmæʧ, ˈɛndɪŋ hɪz reɪn æt 35 bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈsivd hɪz ˈriˈmæʧ fər ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ə læst mæn ˈstændɪŋ mæʧ ɔn ˈeɪprəl 25 æt ɪkˈstrim rulz, bət wɑz dɪˈfitɪd baɪ ˈæftər hɪz lɛgz əraʊnd ə rɪŋ poʊst, prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ɪm frəm ˈstændɪŋ bəˈtɪstɑ ənd feɪst ɔf wəns əˈgɛn fər ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɔn meɪ 23 æt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈlɪmət, bət hi feɪld əˈgɛn tɪ rɪˈgeɪn ðə ˈtaɪtəl frəm ɪn ən "aɪ kwɪt" mæʧ, kˈwɪtɪŋ ɛz θˈrɛtənd tɪ gɪv ɪm ðə ˈætəˌtud əˈʤəstmənt ɔf ðə rʊf əv ə kɑr. dɪd soʊ ˈɛniˌweɪ, θroʊɪŋ bəˈtɪstɑ ɔf əv ðə kɑr ənd θru ðə steɪʤ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ naɪt ɔn rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ ˈoʊpənd ðə ʃoʊ ɪn ə ˈwiˌlʧɛr ənd kleɪmd ðət hi wʊd bi pərˈsuɪŋ ˈligəl ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ənd fər hɪz ˈɪnʤəriz (wɪʧ hi rɪˈvild ɪn 2014 tɪ bi ə ləˈʤɪtəmət kəmˈprɛʃən ˈfrækʧər əv hɪz hɪz ˈproʊˌmoʊ wɑz ˌɪntərˈəptɪd baɪ nu rɑ ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər brɛt hɑrt, hu ˈɔrdərd hi feɪs ən ˈɪnʤərd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən tɪ kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ə ʃɑt æt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp əˈgɛnst əˈgɛn æt ðə nu ˈfeɪtəl. bəˈtɪstɑ rɪfˈjuzd ənd kwɪt ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈæftər hɑrt neɪmd ˈɔrtən ˈwɪnər baɪ ˈfɔrfɪt. hɪz ˈproʊˌfaɪl wɑz ˈsəbsəkwəntli muvd tɪ ðə əˈləmˌnaɪ peɪʤ ɔn hi ˈleɪtər sɛd ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju ðət hi lɛft bɪˈkəz hi "dɪd nɑt laɪk ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɑz goʊɪŋ rɪˈtərn tɪ ɔn ðə dɪˈsɛmbər 23 2013 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, ə vɪnˈjɛt ɛrd əˈnaʊnsɪŋ ðə rɪˈtərn əv bəˈtɪstɑ ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 20 2014 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ɪt wɑz ˈleɪtər əˈnaʊnst ðət bəˈtɪstɑ wʊd bi pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə 2014 rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈtərnd ɛz ə feɪs tɪ kənˈfrənt wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən ˈrændi ˈɔrtən ɔn ðə ˈʤænjuˌɛri 20 rɑ, ənd vaʊd tɪ wɪn ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl mæʧ ənd bɪˈkəm ˈʧæmpiən æt. ˈleɪtər ðət naɪt, bəˈtɪstɑ kənˈfrəntɪd ælˈbərtoʊ dɛl ˈrioʊ, hu hæd bɪn træʃ ˈtɔkɪŋ ɪm fər ˈsɛvərəl wiks, ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli əˈtækt ɪm wɪθ ə bəˈtɪstɑ sɪks deɪz ˈleɪtər æt ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl, bəˈtɪstɑ ˈɛnərd ðə ˈrəmbəl mæʧ æt ˈnəmbər 28 ənd læst ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd ˈroʊmən reɪnz tɪ wɪn ðə mæʧ, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə fɪθ ˈrɛsələr tɪ wɪn ˈməltəpəl ˈrəmbəl ˈmæʧɪz, ənd ðə fərst, ənd soʊ fɑr ˈoʊnli rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl ˈwɪnər tɪ wɪn frəm ðə seɪm ˈɛntrənt ˈnəmbər ðə lɪv kraʊd riˈæktɪd ˈnɛgətɪvli təˈwɔrdz bəˈtɪstɑz wɪn, ɛz ˈdænjəl braɪən dɪd nɑt teɪk pɑrt ɪn ðə mæʧ. dɪˈspaɪt ə ˈpɑzətɪv riˈækʃən ərˈɪʤənəli, ðə kraʊd bɪˈgæn tɪ bu bəˈtɪstɑ ˈæftər reɪnz wɑz ˈæftər ðə ʃoʊ wɛnt ɔf ðə ɛr, bəˈtɪstɑ mɑkt braɪən ənd ˈʤɛsʧərd hɪz ˈmɪdəl ˈfɪŋgər æt ðə əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ bəˈtɪstɑ, hi θɔt ə rɪˈtərn ɛz feɪs wɑz ə bæd aɪˈdiə bɪˈkəz əv ðə fænz biɪŋ soʊ ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ɪn ˈdænjəl braɪənz "jɛs ɔn ðə ˈfɛbruˌɛri 3 rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz kənˈfrəntɪd ənd wɑz ˈəltəmətli əˈsɔltɪd baɪ dɛl ˈrioʊ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ɪm bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈtæliˌeɪtɪd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ wik, dɛl ˈrioʊ θru ðə əˈnaʊns æt ðə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən ˈʧeɪmbər ɪˈvɛnt ənd ɔn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz ˈhɛvəli bud baɪ ðə fænz ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈmæʧɪz əˈgɛnst dɛl bəˈtɪstɑ wən ðə mæʧ æt ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən ˈʧeɪmbər, bət kənˈtɪnjud tɪ ˈsəfər ə ˈtɔrəd fæn riˈækʃən wɪθ "boo-tista*" bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ðə ˈɔdiəns ɔn ðə ˈfɛbruˌɛri 28 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv, seɪɪŋ ðət hi dɪd nɑt kəm bæk tɪ bi laɪkt, ðɛn mɑkt ðə ˈəðər ˈrɛsələrz baɪ ˈsteɪtɪŋ ðət ðeɪ wər nɑt "ril mɛn" ənd ˈprɑməst tɪ bi ðə nɛkst wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən, ðəs ˈtərnɪŋ ˈæftər ˈɔrtən rɪˈteɪnd hɪz ˈtaɪtəl æt ðə ɪˌlɪməˈneɪʃən ˈʧeɪmbər, ðə ˈskɛʤʊld meɪn ɪˈvɛnt wɑz bəˈtɪstɑ ˈvərsəz. ˈɔrtən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər braɪən wɑz ˈædɪd tɪ ðə mæʧ ˈæftər dɪˈfitɪŋ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ɪn ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ ˈkɑntɛst əv ðə ʃoʊ. bəˈtɪstɑ ˈəltəmətli lɔst ðə ˈtrɪpəl θrɛt mæʧ æt ˈæftər braɪən fɔrst ɪm tɪ səbˈmɪt tɪ wɪn ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ðə nɛkst naɪt ɔn rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ ənd ˈɔrtən timd təˈgɛðər tɪ feɪs ðə fər ðə tæg tim ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, bət ðə mæʧ ˈɛndɪd ɪn ə ˈdəbəl kaʊnt ˈleɪtər ðət naɪt, bəˈtɪstɑ ənd ˈɔrtən, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ keɪn, əˈtækt braɪən ˌbiˈfɔr hi wɑz sɛt tɪ dɪˈfɛnd hɪz ˈtaɪtəl əˈgɛnst ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ kʊd dɪˈfit braɪən, ðə ʃild ˌɪntərˈəptɪd baɪ ˈspɪrɪŋ ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ənd ˈteɪkɪŋ aʊt bəˈtɪstɑ, ˈɔrtən ənd keɪn, ˈkɔzɪŋ braɪən tɪ rɪˈteɪn hɪz ˈtaɪtəl ˈviə ɔn ðə ˈeɪprəl 14 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ, ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ ənd ˈrændi ˈɔrtən keɪm daʊn tɪ ðə rɪŋ tɪ əˈtæk ðə ʃild ˈæftər ðɛr ˈhændiˌkæp mæʧ, ˈjuzɪŋ ðə neɪm ənd ðə θim əv æt boʊθ ɪkˈstrim rulz ənd ˈpeɪˌbæk, ˌɛvəˈluʃən lɔst tɪ ðə ɔn ðə ʤun 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv rɑ, bəˈtɪstɑ kwɪt ˈæftər ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ dɪˈnaɪd ɪm ə ʃɑt æt ðə wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈæftər ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd, hi meɪd wən læst əˈpɪrəns fər æt ən ɪˈvɛnt ɔn ʤun 12 ɛz ə feɪs ˈkətɪŋ ə ˈproʊˌmoʊ wɪθ boʊ ˈdæləs ˌbiˈfɔr əˈtækɪŋ ɪm wɪθ ə, ənd rɪˈsivɪŋ ʧɪrz əˈgɛn frəm ðə bəˈtɪstɑ ləˈʤɪtəmətli kwɪt ðə du tɪ kriˈeɪtɪv ˈdɪfərənsɪz sun ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2015 bəˈtɪstɑ sɛd ðət hi wʊd bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ, bət ˈoʊnli æt hi wɑz ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd tɪ əˈpɪr æt 32 ɪn 2016 bət tərnd daʊn ðə rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ hɪz læst ˈtɛnjər ɪn prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛsəlɪŋ, hi sɛd ðət hɪz ˈgreɪtəst əˈʧivmənt wɑz "ˈpʊtɪŋ gaɪz ˈoʊvər" ənd "riˈpeɪɪŋ ˈsɛkənd rɪˈtərn tɪ 2018-present*) ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 16 2018 bəˈtɪstɑ ˌriuˈnaɪtɪd wɪθ ðə rɛst əv ˌɛvəˈluʃən fər ən əˈpɪrəns ɔn ɔn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2019 bəˈtɪstɑ rɪˈtərnd tɪ rɑ ənd əˈtækt rɪk flɛr ˈbækˈsteɪʤ ɛz flɛr wɑz əˈbaʊt tɪ meɪk ən əˈpɪrəns fər hɪz ˈbərθˌdeɪ ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃən, ˈsəbsəkwəntli ˈkɔlɪŋ aʊt ˈtrɪpəl prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛsəlɪŋ staɪl ənd pərˈsoʊnə bəˈtɪstɑ bɔm, ɔn bəˈtɪstɑ pərˈfɔrmɪŋ hɪz muv, ðə, ɔn ˈfɪnli æt ə haʊs ʃoʊ ɪn 2006 bəˈtɪstɑ ˈjutəˌlaɪzd ə powerbomb*, neɪmd ðə bəˈtɪstɑ bɔm ɪn, ər ðə ˈdimən bɔm ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz taɪm ɪn hi ˈɔlsoʊ juzd ə spɪr ənd ə ɛz ɔˈkeɪʒənəl əˈpɑn hɪz rɪˈtərn tɪ ɪn 2014 bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz ˈhɛvəli bud baɪ ðə kraʊd ˈæftər ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl, dɪˈspaɪt pleɪɪŋ ə feɪs ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ, bəˈtɪstɑ sɛd rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə kraʊd riˈækʃən ðət "ɪt wɑz wɪrd. ɪt laɪk ə ˈnɔrməl rɪˈspɑns. ɪt wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst laɪk ə ˈpərsɪnəl əˈtæk. ɪt hæd tɪ du wɪθ ˈfæktərz ðət wər nɑt ɪn maɪ kənˈtroʊl, ˈfæktərz ənd θɪŋz ðət wər goʊɪŋ ɔn ɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɪθ ˈəðər ˈpipəl, stəf ðət ˈrɪli hæd ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ mi. tɪ mi, ɪt wɑz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈfrəˌstreɪtɪŋ, ə ˈlɪtəl kənfˈjuzɪŋ, ənd, ju noʊ, aɪ wɔnt tɪ seɪ aɪ kəmˈplitli tʊk ɪt ˈpərsɪnəl, bət aɪ dɪd ðə fæn riˈækʃən kɔzd bəˈtɪstɑ tɪ tərn ˌpriməˈʧʊrli hi wɑz dɪˈklɛrd ɛz ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˈvɪlən əv ɔl taɪm baɪ ə ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn həz ˈɔlsoʊ ræŋkt ɪm ɛz ðə ˈsɛkənd bɛst wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiən əv ɔl mɪkst ˈmɑrʃəl ɑrts kərɪr ˈæftər ˈlivɪŋ, bɔˈtistə əˈtɛndəd: lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs ɔn ʤun 16 2010 ˈhævɪŋ ˈpriviəsli ˈrɛʤɪstərd ən ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn kəmˈpitɪŋ ɪn mɪkst ˈmɑrʃəl ɑrts. ɔn ʤun 21 2010 bɔˈtistə əˈnaʊnst tɪ ðət hi wʊd bi ɛmˈbɑrkɪŋ ɔn ən hi ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈpərpəl bɛlt ɪn brəˈzɪljən ˈəndər ðə ˈtjutɪlɪʤ əv ˈsizər bɔˈtistə hæd əˈnaʊnst ðət hi ənd hæd əˈgrid ɔn ə praɪs ənd wər nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2011 bəˈtɪstɑ əˈnaʊnst tɪ ðət nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪθ fɛl θru wɪn wɑz bɔt baɪ zuffa*, ðə ˈkloʊzɪŋ ˈmoʊmənts əv wɪn əˈgɛnst vɪns luˈʧɛroʊ ɪn 2012 bɔˈtistə wɑz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ meɪk hɪz ˈdeɪbju əˈgɛnst rəˈʃid ˈɛvənz (nɑt rəˈʃɑd ˈɛvənz) ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 6 2012 æt ˈklæsɪk ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ənd spɔrts: ril peɪn ɪn ˈprɑvədəns, roʊd ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 1 2012 ɪt wɑz əˈnaʊnst ðət ˈɛvənz wɑz fɔrst aʊt əv ðə baʊt ˈæftər ə proʊˈbeɪʃən vaɪəˈleɪʃən ˈlændɪd ɪm bæk ɪn ʤeɪl. wɪθ ˈdeɪbju stɪl ɔn fər ðə ɪˈvɛnt, ˈɛvənz wɑz ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ ˈʤərniˌmæn ənd ˈvɛtərən vɪns luˈʧɛroʊ. bəˈtɪstɑ wʊd goʊ ɔn tɪ wɪn ðə faɪt baɪ æt ɪn ðə fərst mɪkst ˈmɑrʃəl ɑrts ˈrɛkərd prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛkərd ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn 1 mæʧ 1 wɪn 0 ˈlɔsɪz baɪ ˈnɑˌkaʊt 1 0 reɪz. ˈrɛkərd əˈpoʊnənt ˈmɛθəd ɪˈvɛnt deɪt raʊnd taɪm loʊˈkeɪʃən noʊts wɪn vɪns luˈʧɛroʊ (ˈpənʧɪz): ril peɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 6 2012 1 ˈprɑvədəns, roʊd ˈaɪlənd, juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈæktɪŋ kərɪr fɪlm kərɪr bɔˈtistə wərkt əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd rɑb væn dæm, krəmp ənd jɑ rul ɪn ðə ˈækʃən fɪlm ˈtaɪtəld rɔŋ saɪd əv bɔˈtistə əˈpɪrd ɛz ðə ˈvɪlənəs bræs ˈbɑdi ɪn ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəl ˈstudiˌoʊz fɪlm ðə mæn wɪθ ðə aɪərn fɪsts. hi pleɪd ðə dɪˈstrɔɪər ɪn ðə 2014 ˈmɑrvəl ˈstudiˌoʊz fɪlm ˈgɑrdiənz əv ðə ˈgæləksi, wɪʧ wɑz ə ˈkrɪtɪkəl ənd kəˈmərʃəl hi pleɪd ˈmɪstər. ɪn ðə ʤeɪmz bɑnd fɪlm, ˈspɛktər 2015 ənd stɑrd ɛz ðə ˈvɪlən tɔŋ poʊ ɪn ðə riˈbut əv ðə 1989 ˈmɑrʃəl ɑrts fɪlm kickboxer*, ˈɑpəzɪt ˈʤɔrʤɪz bɔˈtistə ʤɔɪnd ðə kæst əv bleɪd ˈrənər 2049 ɛz ˈsæpər ˈmɔrtən, wɪʧ wɑz riˈlist ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 6 hi hɪz roʊl ɛz ɪn ˈgɑrdiənz əv ðə ˈgæləksi vol*. 2 riˈlist ɪn meɪ ənd avengers*: ˌɪnˈfɪnɪti wɔr, riˈlist ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2018 ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2019 bɔˈtistə wɑz kæst ɪn ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈdɛnɪs ˈvɪlɪnuv ˌædəpˈteɪʃən əv ɪn 2018 bəˈtɪstɑ ʤɔɪnd ðə rɛst əv hɪz səˈpɔrtɪŋ kæst ɛz ðeɪ ʃoʊd strɔŋ səˈpɔrt tɪ ˈgɑrdiənz əv ðə ˈgæləksi dɪˈrɛktər ʤeɪmz gən ˈæftər hɪz ˈfaɪərrɪŋ fər oʊld ˈʤoʊkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˌpɛdəˈfɪljə ənd bəˈtɪstɑ wɛnt ə stɛp ˈfərðər, ənd dɪˈklɛrd ðət ɪf ˈdɪzni (ˈpɛrənt ˈkəmpəˌni əv ˈmɑrvəl ˈstudiˌoʊz) wʊd nɑt juz gənz skrɪpt fər ˈgɑrdiənz əv ðə ˈgæləksi vol*. 3 ðət hi wʊd æsk tɪ bi riˈkæst, ˈkɔlɪŋ gənz ˈfaɪərrɪŋ ˈəðər ˈmidiə bəˈtɪstɑ æt ə mit ənd grit ɪn 2005 ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈrɛsəlɪŋ, bɔˈtistə həz bɪn ɪn ˈsɛvərəl kəˈmərʃəlz ənd ɔn ˈsɛvərəl ˈmægəˌzin ˈkəvərz. hi wɑz ʃoʊn ɪn ə kəˈmərʃəl prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ɪn 2004 wɛr hi dɪd hɪz teɪk ɔn ə "flɔr ruˈtin", ə ruˈtin ðət ˈpɛrədid ðə flɔr ruˈtinz ʃoʊn æt ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪk hi wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ɔn ðə ˈkəvər əv ðə ˈeɪprəl 2005 ənd ˈməsəl ˈfɪtnəs fər sɛpˈtɛmbər mɔˈroʊvər, bɔˈtistə həz ˈæktɪd ənd həz ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ʃoʊz ɛz boʊθ hɪmˈsɛlf ənd ɛz bəˈtɪstɑ. hi ɪn ðə eɪθ ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈsizən 6 əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈdrɑmə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈsɪriz smallville*; hi pleɪd ən ˌɛkstrətərˈɛstriəl ˈeɪliən neɪmd ðət ɪˈskeɪpt frəm ðə ˈfænəm zoʊn, hu səks ðə boʊnz aʊt əv ˈpipəl fər əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ʤɑn ənd ˈæʃli məˈsɑroʊ, bɔˈtistə əˈpɪrd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪŋ ɔn ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ɪkˈstrim ˈmæˌkoʊvər: hoʊm ɪˈdɪʃən ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2007 ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə kɪdz əv ðə ˈfæməli huz haʊs wɑz ˈrɛnəˌveɪtɪd ˈmərʧənˌdaɪz ənd eɪt ˈtɪkɪts tɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wik əv noʊˈvɛmbər 5 2007 hi əˈpɪrd ɔn ˈfæməli fjud wɪθ ˈsɛvərəl ˈəðər ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 7 2008 hi əˈpɪrd ɔn ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv aɪərn ʃɛf əˈmɛrɪkə ɛz wən əv ðə ˈʤəʤɪz, wɪθ sneɪlz ɛz ðə θim bɔˈtistə, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈkændɪs mɪˈʃɛl, ˈʃɛltən ˈbɛnʤəmən, ənd ʤɑʃ ˈmæθjuz, ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ðə æt ðə 2008 ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈnæʃənəl kənˈvɛnʃən ɪn ən ˈɛfərt tɪ pərsˈweɪd fænz tɪ ˈrɛʤɪstər tɪ voʊt ɪn ðə 2008 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl bəˈtɪstɑ həz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpɪrd ɔn ˈɛmˈtiˈvi krɪbz ʃoʊɪŋ hɪz haʊs ənd hɪz ɔn meɪ 2 2009 hi wɑz ʃoʊn ɔn ˈkæmərə wɛr hi əˈkəmpənid ˈbɑksər ənd ˈfɛloʊ ˌfɪləˈpinoʊ ˈmæni ɪn hɪz faɪt əˈgɛnst ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈbɑksər ˈrɪˌki ˈhætən ɪn wɪʧ wən ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd raʊnd. hi toʊld ðə sən ðət hi ləvz ˈhætən, bət ˈmæni ɪz ɪn ə lig əv hɪz oʊn ənd hi tɛndz tɪ səˈpɔrt hɪz ˈfɛloʊ ˌfɪləˈpinoʊz aʊt əv ˈpeɪtriəˌtɪzəm, ˈædɪŋ ðət hi ɪz θrɪld tɪ bi ðɛr tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈmæni ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ɪn ʤun 2009 bɔˈtistə meɪd ə ˈkæmiˌoʊ əˈpɪrəns ɛz hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ðə ɔˈstreɪljən soʊp ˈɑprə ɪn 2010 hi meɪd ən əˈpɪrəns ɔn ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv hi həz ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd ə ˈkæmiˌoʊ əˈpɪrəns ɪn ˈrɛlətɪv deɪv bɔˈtistə hæd hɪz fərst ˌbaɪəˈgræfɪkəl ˌdiˌviˈdi riˈlist θru pərˈdəkʃənz ɛnˈtaɪtəld bəˈtɪstɑ: aɪ wɔk əˈloʊn. ɪt wɑz riˈlist ɑkˈtoʊbər 20 ɪn ˈɔgəst 2010 bɔˈtistə, ɪn kənˈʤəŋkʃən wɪθ ðə saʊθ əv fræns spɑ ənd ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt ˈmeɪˌhɛm ˈrɛsəlɪŋ riˈlist ə ˈvɪdioʊ tɪ əbˈteɪn ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz tɪ oʊˈvɛˌriən ˈkænsər ˈrisərʧ fənd. ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ʃoʊd bɔˈtistə ɪn ˈvɛriəs loʊˈkælz ənd ˌɪnˈkludɪd hɪz frɛnd ənd ˈvɛtərən mɪkst ˈmɑrʃəl ɑrts ˈfaɪtər li, hɪz frɛnd ənd ˈtreɪnər, krəmp, hɪz ˈdɔtər, æˈθinə ənd ˈɛksˈwaɪf ˈænʤi. bɔˈtistə ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd ðə ˈvɪdioʊ tɪ ˈænʤi, hu həz ˈbætəld oʊˈvɛˌriən ˈkænsər fər ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz ənd ɪz ɪn riˈmɪʃən. ˈkɑntrəˌvərsiz ˈɪnsədənt wɪθ ˈbʊkər ti bəˈtɪstɑz ˈbækˈsteɪʤ ˈprɑbləmz kənˈtɪnjud æt ðə 2006 kəˈmərʃəl ʃut. bəˈtɪstɑ gɑt ˈɪntu ə ˈriˌllaɪf wɪθ ˈbʊkər ti. ðə ˈɪnsədənt wɑz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn, wɪθ boʊθ mɛn ˈtɛlɪŋ ðɛr saɪdz əv ðə ˈstɔri. ˈbʊkər ti bɪˈlivd ðət bəˈtɪstɑ kənˈsɪdərd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ bi ˈbɛtər ðən ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈrɑstər du tɪ hɪz meɪn ɪˈvɛnt ˈstætəs ənd ˈrɛlətɪvli kwɪk klaɪm tɪ əˈʧiv ɪt. ˈrɛsələrz ˈbækˈsteɪʤ wər ˈpreɪzɪŋ ˈbʊkər fər ˈspikɪŋ hɪz maɪnd tɪ bəˈtɪstɑ əˈbaʊt hɪz stərɔɪd ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ɪn ˈɔgəst 2007 ˌɪnkərˈɛktli ˌɪnˈkludɪd bəˈtɪstɑ ɔn ə lɪst əv neɪmz ðət ðeɪ kleɪmd wər klaɪənts əv ˈsɪgnəʧər ˈfɑrməsi əv ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ, ˈflɔrɪdə, wən əv ˈmɛni ˈfɑrməsiz ˈəndər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən fər ˈɪlɪsɪtli prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˌænəˈbɑlɪk bəˈtɪstɑ riˈlist ə ˈsteɪtmənt dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ənd wɑz fˈjʊriəs ˈoʊvər ðə rɪˈpɔrt. hi dɪˈnaɪd ˈɛvər biɪŋ ə ˈkəstəmər əv ˈsɪgnəʧər ənd ˈsteɪtɪd ðət hi həz bɪn "ˈtɛstɪd ˈrɛgjələrli baɪ ðə, ənd aɪ æm ɪn fʊl kəmˈplaɪəns wɪθ ðə ˈwɛlnəs səˈspɛndɪd tɛn ˈrɛsələrz neɪmd ɪn ðə ˈsteɪtmənt; bəˈtɪstɑ wɑz nɑt wən əv ˈpərsɪnəl laɪf bɔˈtistə ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2013 bɔˈtistə ˈmɛrid hɪz fərst waɪf, ˈglɛndə, ɪn 1990 ðeɪ hæd tu ˈdɔtərz neɪmd (bɔrn 1990 ənd æˈθinə (bɔrn 1992 ˌbiˈfɔr dɪˈvɔrsɪŋ ɪn bɔˈtistə ˈmɛrid hɪz ˈsɛkənd waɪf, ˈænʤi, ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 13 1998 ðeɪ dɪˈvɔrst ɪn ˌbiˈfɔr ðə eɪʤ əv 40 bɔˈtistə ɔˈrɛdi hæd tu ˈgrændˌsənz θru ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˈmɛrɪʤ tɪ ˈænʤi, hi bɪˈkeɪm ən ˈævɪd kəˈlɛktər əv ˈvɪntɪʤ ˈmɛtəl lunchboxes*. hɪz ˈfeɪvərɪt ɪz ðə 1967 grin ˈhɔrnɪt ɛz ɪt həz brus li ɔn ɪt. ðɪs kəˈlɛkʃən ˈstɑrtɪd wɪn hi bɔt ˈænʤi ən e.t*. ənd ʃi dɪd nɑt wɔnt tɪ breɪk ɪt, soʊ hi bɔt ə ˈsɛkənd ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2015 hi ˈmɛrid kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv poʊl ˈdænsər ˈsɛrə ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 16 2007 ˌɔtəbaɪˈɑgrəfi, bəˈtɪstɑ ənˈliʃt, wɑz ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju əˈbaʊt ðə bʊk, hi kleɪmd, "aɪ ˈdɪdənt wɔnt tɪ tɛl maɪ ˈstɔri ənˈlɛs ɪt wɑz ˈɑnəst... ju hæv tɪ goʊ θru θri sɛts əv ˈlɔjərz: ˈsaɪmən ˈʃustər ˈlɔjərz, ˈlɔjərz, maɪ ˈlɔjərz. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ naʊ biɪŋ ðə weɪ ɪt ɪz, ju kən bi sud fər ðə ˈsɪmpləst wən sɔrs əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi wɑz ðə bʊks ˈmɛnʃənɪŋ əv krɪs bəˈnɔɪt, hu wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst kəmˈplitli riˈmuvd du tɪ hɪz ˈdəbəl ˈmərdər ənd ˈsuɪˌsaɪd. bɔˈtistə rɪˈspɑndɪd, "aɪ ləvd ðə gaɪ. aɪ dɪˈspaɪz wət hi dɪd, bət ðət ˈdəzənt ɪˈreɪs ɪm frəm maɪ laɪf. aɪ fɔt tɪ kip ɪm ɪn ðɛr ənd glæd ðeɪ wɪn æst əˈbaʊt hɪz ˈɛksˈwaɪf, ˈænʤi, hi sɪz, "[wi] hæv ˈrɪli bɪˈkəm kloʊz əˈgɛn, wɪʧ wi ˈrɪli ˈhævənt bɪn ɪn jɪrz. aɪ ˈrɪli ˈlərnɪd ə lɔt əˈbaʊt hər, ənd ʃi ˈlərnɪd ə lɔt əˈbaʊt mi frəm ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə bʊk. ʃi ˈæˌkʧuəli sɔ θɪŋz frəm ə ˈdɪfərənt pərˈspɛktɪv frəm ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə bʊk. soʊ ðət wɑz ˈdɛfənətli hi həz ˈnumərəs ˌtæˈtuz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə lɑrʤ ˈdrægən ɔn hɪz bæk, rɛd ˈkænʤi ˈlɛtərɪŋ ɔn hɪz ˈəpər lɛft ˈbaɪˌsɛps wɪʧ sɪz "ˈeɪnʤəl" ɪn ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ˈænʤi, ə ˈsɪgnəʧər dɪˈzaɪn ɔn hɪz ˈəpər raɪt ˈbaɪˌsɛps, ənd ə smɔl sən ɔn hɪz ˈstəmək wɪʧ hɪz ˈbɛli hi ˈɔlsoʊ həz ə ˌtæˈtu ɔn hɪz ɑrm əv ðə flægz əv gris ənd ðə ˈfɪləˌpinz. waɪl ˈteɪkɪŋ taɪm ɔf du tɪ ˈɪnʤəri ɪn 2009 hi hæd boʊθ ˈəpər ɑrmz ˈkəvərd ɪn lɑrʤ, ˈtraɪbəl staɪl ˌtæˈtuz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə freɪz "ˌdiˈsi ˈsoʊlʤər" ɔn hɪz raɪt bɔˈtistə səˈpɔrtɪd ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2012 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən, ˈsaɪtɪŋ hɪz səˈpɔrt fər ˈwɪmənz raɪts ənd wɛb ˈsɪriz jɪr ˈtaɪtəl roʊl noʊts 2016 ðə ʃoʊ ˈdɑktər. ˈʤeɪsən rəʃ 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ʃɔrt fɪlmz jɪr ˈtaɪtəl roʊl noʊts 2017 2048 ˈnoʊˌwɛr tɪ rən ˈsæpər ˈmɔrtən ʃɔrt fɪlm ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps ənd əˈkɑmplɪʃmənts bəˈtɪstɑ ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˈsɛkənd wərld ˈhɛviˌweɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp reɪn si ˈɔlsoʊ
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sometimes people say things that are so profoundly stupid that it makes your brain ache. actually, since donald trump was elected, more several times a day and one now. the un secretary general said that putting america first is not in best interest. kind of like saying that feeding your dog is not the best way to feed your dog only much dumber.
here’s something that could only be brought to you by cnn:
president trump said in his inauguration speech that the slogan “america first” would govern his administration and approach to foreign policy. but un believes that the pledge is “detrimental to american interests.” the whole idea of “america first” is predicated on a belief that “the interests of the american people are best protected by the us in itself, and that international organizations do not contribute much to it,” told on sunday. but, the emphasized, this simply “wasn’t true.”
if at all possible, managed to get even more idiotic with this next statement.
“the us is too big and too relevant to be able to think it alone. the way things happen in the world has a very important impact in the way things happen in the united states,” said.
wait, see if understanding this correctly. the united states is too important and self-sufficient to make its own decisions? and that we need other countries to do our thinking for us?
as it turns out the un secretary general so much saying that the us needs to include other countries in our decision making process as he was saying that america has to keep handing out freebies to the rest of the world.
“it’s very important for the united states that the us engages engages in climate action, engages in migration but also engages in addressing crises like the crisis in syria or iraq or afghanistan or south sudan or the drc,” said.
in other words, is saying that we have to give insane amounts of foreign aid to countries that hate us, provide a safe haven for every piece of shit who hates us, and put the lives of our own people on the line to settle conflicts between groups who hate us. yeah, we already do that, but maybe time we stopped.
what is really saying is that he want the united states to stop paying the bills, since the rest of the word feel like chipping in very much.
the un human rights commission regularly slams america for being a racist country that is dangerous for people of color and respect the basic rights of non-white non-americans. now we have the secretary general saying that putting america first is not in best interest. i have an alternate theory: maybe this global organization should spend less time attacking the country that keeps the lights on at the un. it would definitely be in the best interest to not shit all over the one country that makes their ridiculous agenda possible.
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ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈpipəl seɪ θɪŋz ðət ər soʊ proʊˈfaʊndli ˈstupɪd ðət ɪt meɪks jʊr breɪn eɪk. ˈæˌkʧuəli, sɪns ˈdɑnəld trəmp wɑz ɪˈlɛktɪd, mɔr ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz ə deɪ ənd wən naʊ. ðə ˈjuˈɛn ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛnərəl sɛd ðət ˈpʊtɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkə fərst ɪz nɑt ɪn bɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst. kaɪnd əv laɪk seɪɪŋ ðət ˈfidɪŋ jʊr dɔg ɪz nɑt ðə bɛst weɪ tɪ fid jʊr dɔg ˈoʊnli məʧ ˈdəmər. ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət kʊd ˈoʊnli bi brɔt tɪ ju baɪ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn: ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp sɛd ɪn hɪz ˌɪˌnɔgjəˈreɪʃən spiʧ ðət ðə sˈloʊgən first”*” wʊd ˈgəvərn hɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ənd əˈproʊʧ tɪ ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi. bət ˈjuˈɛn bɪˈlivz ðət ðə plɛʤ ɪz tɪ əˈmɛrɪkən interests.”*.” ðə hoʊl aɪˈdiə əv first”*” ɪz ˈprɛdəˌkeɪtɪd ɔn ə bɪˈlif ðət ˈɪntərɪsts əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl ər bɛst prəˈtɛktɪd baɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ənd ðət ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz du nɑt kənˈtrɪbjut məʧ tɪ it,”*,” toʊld ɔn ˈsənˌdi. bət, ðə ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd, ðɪs ˈsɪmpli true.”*.” ɪf æt ɔl ˈpɑsəbəl, ˈmænɪʤd tɪ gɪt ˈivɪn mɔr ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk wɪθ ðɪs nɛkst ˈsteɪtmənt. ˈjuˈɛs ɪz tu bɪg ənd tu ˈrɛləvənt tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ θɪŋk ɪt əˈloʊn. ðə weɪ θɪŋz ˈhæpən ɪn ðə wərld həz ə ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌɪmˈpækt ɪn ðə weɪ θɪŋz ˈhæpən ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd states,”*,” sɛd. weɪt, si ɪf ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðɪs kərˈɛktli. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪz tu ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd ˌsɛlfsəˈfɪʃɪnt tɪ meɪk ɪts oʊn dɪˈsɪʒənz? ənd ðət wi nid ˈəðər ˈkəntriz tɪ du ɑr ˈθɪŋkɪŋ fər ˈjuˈɛs? ɛz ɪt tərnz aʊt ðə ˈjuˈɛn ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛnərəl soʊ məʧ seɪɪŋ ðət ðə ˈjuˈɛs nidz tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˈəðər ˈkəntriz ɪn ɑr dɪˈsɪʒən ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ɛz hi wɑz seɪɪŋ ðət əˈmɛrɪkə həz tɪ kip ˈhændɪŋ aʊt ˈfribiz tɪ ðə rɛst əv ðə wərld. ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt fər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ðət ðə ˈjuˈɛs ɪnˈgeɪʤɪz ɪnˈgeɪʤɪz ɪn ˈklaɪmɪt ˈækʃən, ɪnˈgeɪʤɪz ɪn maɪˈgreɪʃən bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɪnˈgeɪʤɪz ɪn æˈdrɛsɪŋ ˈkraɪsiz laɪk ðə ˈkraɪsəs ɪn ˈsɪriə ər ˌɪˈrɑk ər æfˈgænəˌstæn ər saʊθ suˈdæn ər ðə drc,”*,” sɛd. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ɪz seɪɪŋ ðət wi hæv tɪ gɪv ˌɪnˈseɪn əˈmaʊnts əv ˈfɔrən eɪd tɪ ˈkəntriz ðət heɪt ˈjuˈɛs, prəˈvaɪd ə seɪf ˈheɪvən fər ˈɛvəri pis əv ʃɪt hu heɪts ˈjuˈɛs, ənd pʊt ðə lɪvz əv ɑr oʊn ˈpipəl ɔn ðə laɪn tɪ ˈsɛtəl ˈkɑnflɪkts bɪtˈwin grups hu heɪt ˈjuˈɛs. jæ, wi ɔˈrɛdi du ðət, bət ˈmeɪbi taɪm wi stɑpt. wət ɪz ˈrɪli seɪɪŋ ɪz ðət hi wɔnt ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ stɑp peɪɪŋ ðə bɪlz, sɪns ðə rɛst əv ðə wərd fil laɪk ˈʧɪpɪŋ ɪn ˈvɛri məʧ. ðə ˈjuˈɛn ˈjumən raɪts kəˈmɪʃən ˈrɛgjələrli slæmz əˈmɛrɪkə fər biɪŋ ə ˈreɪsɪst ˈkəntri ðət ɪz ˈdeɪnʤərəs fər ˈpipəl əv ˈkələr ənd rɪˈspɛkt ðə ˈbeɪsɪk raɪts əv ˈnɑnˈwaɪt non-americans*. naʊ wi hæv ðə ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛnərəl seɪɪŋ ðət ˈpʊtɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkə fərst ɪz nɑt ɪn bɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst. aɪ hæv ən ˈɔltərˌneɪt ˈθɪri: ˈmeɪbi ðɪs ˈgloʊbəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ʃʊd spɛnd lɛs taɪm əˈtækɪŋ ðə ˈkəntri ðət kips ðə laɪts ɔn æt ðə ˈjuˈɛn. ɪt wʊd ˈdɛfənətli bi ɪn ðə bɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst tɪ nɑt ʃɪt ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə wən ˈkəntri ðət meɪks ðɛr rɪˈdɪkjələs əˈʤɛndə ˈpɑsəbəl. ˈfɑloʊ braɪən ˈændərsən ɔn tˈwɪtər
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the indian space research organisation (isro) launched the series satellite carried by india's polar satellite launch vehicle) at am on friday. here's all you need to know about this momentous occasion:
where: will be launched from the first launch pad (flp) of space centre (sdsc) shar, sriharikota, pradesh.
pslv-c38 at first launch pad. picture credit:
mission's details: in its flight, will launch the 712 series satellite for earth observation and 30 satellites. together this is about 243 at into a 505 polar sun orbit (sso).
pslv-c38. picture credit:
the satellites comprise 29 nano satellites from 14 countries namely, austria, belgium, chile, czech republic, finland, france, germany, italy, japan, latvia, lithuania, slovakia, united kingdom, and united states of america as well as one nano satellite from india.
pslv-c38 heat shield closed with all 31 satellites. picture credit:
the total weight of all these satellites carried is about 955.
hoisting of second stage during vehicle integration. picture credit:
the launch of international customer nano satellites is a result of commercial arrangements between corporation limited (antrix), a government of india company under department of space (dos) and the commercial arm of and the international customers.
fully integrated core stage along with of inside the mobile service tower. picture credit:
the primary satellite being carried by is the series satellite, which is similar to the earlier five satellites stall it's series. after its launch into the by, the satellite will be brought to operational configuration, following which it will begin providing remote sensing services using its and cameras.
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ðə ˈɪndiən speɪs ˈrisərʧ ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən (isro*) lɔnʧt ðə ˈsɪriz ˈsætəˌlaɪt ˈkɛrid baɪ ˈɪndiəz ˈpoʊlər ˈsætəˌlaɪt lɔnʧ ˈviɪkəl æt æm ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. hɪrz ɔl ju nid tɪ noʊ əˈbaʊt ðɪs moʊˈmɛntəs əˈkeɪʒən: wɛr: wɪl bi lɔnʧt frəm ðə fərst lɔnʧ pæd (flp*) əv speɪs ˈsɛntər (sdsc*) shar*, sriharikota*, prəˈdɛʃ. æt fərst lɔnʧ pæd. ˈpɪkʧər ˈkrɛdɪt: ˈmɪʃənz ˈditeɪlz: ɪn ɪts flaɪt, wɪl lɔnʧ ðə 712 ˈsɪriz ˈsætəˌlaɪt fər ərθ ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ənd 30 ˈsætəˌlaɪts. təˈgɛðər ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt 243 æt ˈɪntu ə 505 ˈpoʊlər sən ˈɔrbət (sso*). ˈpɪkʧər ˈkrɛdɪt: ðə ˈsætəˌlaɪts kəmˈpraɪz 29 ˈnɑnoʊ ˈsætəˌlaɪts frəm 14 ˈkəntriz ˈneɪmli, ˈɔstriə, ˈbɛlʤəm, ˈʧɪli, ʧɛk riˈpəblɪk, ˈfɪnˌlænd, fræns, ˈʤərməni, ˈɪtəli, ʤəˈpæn, ˈlætviə, ˌlɪθəˈweɪniə, sˌloʊˈvɑˌkiə, juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm, ənd juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əv əˈmɛrɪkə ɛz wɛl ɛz wən ˈnɑnoʊ ˈsætəˌlaɪt frəm ˈɪndiə. hit ʃild kloʊzd wɪθ ɔl 31 ˈsætəˌlaɪts. ˈpɪkʧər ˈkrɛdɪt: ˈtoʊtəl weɪt əv ɔl ðiz ˈsætəˌlaɪts ˈkɛrid ɪz əˈbaʊt 955. ˈhɔɪstɪŋ əv ˈsɛkənd steɪʤ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈviɪkəl ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən. ˈpɪkʧər ˈkrɛdɪt: ðə lɔnʧ əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkəstəmər ˈnɑnoʊ ˈsætəˌlaɪts ɪz ə rɪˈzəlt əv kəˈmərʃəl ərˈeɪnʤmənts bɪtˈwin ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈlɪmɪtɪd (antrix*), ə ˈgəvərnmənt əv ˈɪndiə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈəndər dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv speɪs (dɔs) ənd ðə kəˈmərʃəl ɑrm əv ənd ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkəstəmərz. ˈfʊli ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd kɔr steɪʤ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ əv ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈmoʊbəl ˈsərvɪs taʊər. ˈpɪkʧər ˈkrɛdɪt: ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈsætəˌlaɪt biɪŋ ˈkɛrid baɪ ɪz ðə ˈsɪriz ˈsætəˌlaɪt, wɪʧ ɪz ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə ˈərliər faɪv ˈsætəˌlaɪts stɔl ɪts ˈsɪriz. ˈæftər ɪts lɔnʧ ˈɪntu ðə baɪ ðə ˈsætəˌlaɪt wɪl bi brɔt tɪ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənəl kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃən, ˈfɑloʊɪŋ wɪʧ ɪt wɪl bɪˈgɪn prəˈvaɪdɪŋ rɪˈmoʊt ˈsɛnsɪŋ ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts ənd ˈkæmərəz. ˈsɪriz ˈsætəˌlaɪt. ˈpɪkʧər ˈkrɛdɪt:
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gawker, one of the defining magazines of the century, announced thursday that shutting down next week for reasons that are too repulsive and terrifying to think about for long. in its lifespan, gawker published breakthrough investigations and scurrilous gossip and everything in between. it created much of the lively, ironic, emotionally house style of the internet. it revealed that the mayor of toronto had been filmed smoking crack and that mike allen let a source write an item and that benny johnson plagiarized from yahoo answers. the fact that a billionaire could kill gawker out of spite is a crisis, and the fact that gawker is gone is a tragedy.
when it comes to gawker we are conflicted out the wazoo. one slate editor is married to a gawker editor. one is married to a lawyer who represented gawker in the hulk hogan trial. one is a former gawker media executive editor. none of these slate staffers worked on this roundup.
here are some of our favorite gawker posts for you to read before they disappear into the memory furnace to be replaced by something peter thiel likes better.
my search for the end of endless appetizers by weaver
weaver’s famous stunt just about endless appetizers. about the supreme difficulty of entertaining yourself for 14 goddamn hours without being able to read a book or use the free wi-fi. (though she did play with the app.) —torie bosch
is it time? by dog
everything published in dog column was a pure delight. impossible to imagine any other publication printing this but affectionate satire of both dogs and columnists and accompanying it with such beautiful illustrations (by jim cooke, of course). this is a good one in which dog explains why he wear a watch. “it’s not for me. classy, not flashy. i also know how to read a watch,” dog writes. i will miss dog so much. —l.v. anderson
burning bridges that never really mattered: joe dolce edition by jessica coen
coen’s departing editor letter is a total of the of star, who tried to have an unflattering post removed. it is hilarious yet very fair, a burned bridge done right. —jeffrey bloomer
the zimmerman jury told young black men what we already knew by cord jefferson
writing before the movement took hold, bracing, bitter essay on george acquittal, on what he had experienced as a black man in america, and on what black people have to put up with every day remains powerful. —seth maxon
real housewives of new york: the stoning of f. by richard lawson
lawson’s real housewives summed up so much of what made gawker gawker: bitchy, exacting, exhaustive, hilarious, obsessive, and a little surreal. at their best, the recaps blurred fiction and reality so that if you watch the show (and maybe even if you did), you be quite sure what really went down and what was spun purely out of headspace. the loopy he concocted for the countess de was of a thread in david cloud atlas. —jessica winter
is donald hair a $60,000 weave? a gawker investigation by ashley feinberg
donald hair, with its absurd, complexity, has long been an object of ridicule and speculation. is it a wig? is it a transplant? is it the hide of an unfortunate golden retriever? this year, gawker finally cracked the case, accumulating a mountain of circumstantial evidence that the demagogue is wearing an awful and outrageously expensive weave, created by a specialist who worked out of his own building. this is a hilarious investigation for the ages and one of the best things read this whole election cycle. —jordan weissmann
everything i ever thought i knew about street sharks was a goddamned lie by andy cush
cush’s outrage over the revealed history of bogus for the cartoon street sharks is one of the funniest things to come from the ghost of internet past. who knows how much time (or how many requests) will pass before we purge this fake history from our collective consciousness? —dawnthea price
the most deranged sorority girl email you will ever read by weaver
perhaps the defining literary work of our time, every sentence a crystalline gem of violent beauty and power. —gabriel roth
alex day off back, baby by
this little throwaway post from almost 10 years ago is so funny and great that i even know what to say. —heather
here’s missing from straight outta compton: me and the other women dr. beat up by dee barnes
plenty of media organizations are happy to be the vessels for the stories famous and powerful people tell about themselves. gawker never was, and we all benefitted from the existence of a place that called out and ripped apart narratives. —josh levin
what are the odds these new media brands will survive? a power ranking by leah finnegan and max read
this is a little morbid, but also an example of what made gawker great. even with its hearty sense of self-deprecation, rereading this today stings. —susan matthews
the gawker endorsement: none of them by alex
pareene’s case against each of the remaining presidential candidates on the day of the new york primary was a lucid of thisadful political year. —seth maxon
on by tom
snark is the revenge of the powerless. the powerful like it. they prefer, a positive, happy view of the world, which smooths out conflict and serves to maintain the status quo. tom makes the case against and shows why we need in this memorable 2013 essay. —helaine olen
who needs a log flume when you can get a blow job in a theme park bathroom instead?: my family vacation by rich
this might not be the most serious or poignant of writing at root about trading blow jobs with a guy in toon it is representative of the fearless, honest, and compassionate way treated subjects, especially queer ones, in his time there. ability to find humor and beauty in the strangest or most mundane of assignments has always impressed me, and this piece represents an early and important of a aspect of queer male life. i think of his as a crucial voice in the conversation, one with which often agreed and just as often argued. i hope, after gawker, we continue to hear it. —j. bryan lowder
fuck boston by hamilton nolan
i’ve only lived in cambridge, massachusetts for a year, and leaving in two weeks, but i quite like the place as well as the city it borders. still, hamilton 2013 essay “fuck which hamilton clarifies that he also means “fuck the puritans” and “fuck boston (the one of the funniest things gawker ever published. —seth maxon
a long, dark early evening of the soul with keith by emily gould
what other magazine would have let someone publish this? and yet, why not! they probably got a lot of out of it too. —gabriel roth
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ˈgɑkər, wən əv ðə dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈmægəˌzinz əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, əˈnaʊnst ˈθərzˌdeɪ ðət ˈʃətɪŋ daʊn nɛkst wik fər ˈrizənz ðət ər tu riˈpəlsɪv ənd ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt fər lɔŋ. ɪn ɪts ˈlaɪfˌspæn, ˈgɑkər ˈpəblɪʃt ˈbreɪkθˌru ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz ənd ˈskərələs ˈgɑsəp ənd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪn bɪtˈwin. ɪt kriˈeɪtɪd məʧ əv ðə ˈlaɪvli, aɪˈrɑnɪk, ˈiˌmoʊʃnəli haʊs staɪl əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ɪt rɪˈvild ðət ðə meɪər əv tərˈɑntoʊ hæd bɪn fɪlmd sˈmoʊkɪŋ kræk ənd ðət maɪk ˈælən lɛt ə sɔrs raɪt ən ˈaɪtəm ənd ðət ˈbɛni ˈʤɑnsən ˈpleɪʤərˌaɪzd frəm ˈjɑˌhu ˈænsərz. ðə fækt ðət ə ˌbɪljəˈnɛr kʊd kɪl ˈgɑkər aʊt əv spaɪt ɪz ə ˈkraɪsəs, ənd ðə fækt ðət ˈgɑkər ɪz gɔn ɪz ə ˈtræʤədi. wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈgɑkər wi ər kənˈflɪktɪd aʊt ðə wazoo*. wən sleɪt ˈɛdɪtər ɪz ˈmɛrid tɪ ə ˈgɑkər ˈɛdɪtər. wən ɪz ˈmɛrid tɪ ə ˈlɔjər hu ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ˈgɑkər ɪn ðə həlk ˈhoʊˌgɑn traɪəl. wən ɪz ə ˈfɔrmər ˈgɑkər ˈmidiə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɛdɪtər. nən əv ðiz sleɪt ˈstæfərz wərkt ɔn ðɪs ˈraʊnˌdəp. hir ər səm əv ɑr ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈgɑkər poʊsts fər ju tɪ rɛd ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ ˌdɪsəˈpɪr ˈɪntu ðə ˈmɛməri ˈfərnəs tɪ bi ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈpitər θil laɪks ˈbɛtər. maɪ sərʧ fər ðə ɛnd əv ˈɛndləs ˈæpəˌtaɪzərz baɪ ˈwivər ˈfeɪməs stənt ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˈɛndləs ˈæpəˌtaɪzərz. əˈbaʊt ðə səˈprim ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti əv ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ ˈjɔrsɛlf fər 14 ˌgɑˈdæm aʊərz wɪˈθaʊt biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɛd ə bʊk ər juz ðə fri ˈwaɪˌfaɪ. (ðoʊ ʃi dɪd pleɪ wɪθ ðə æp.) bɔʃ ɪz ɪt taɪm? baɪ dɔg ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn dɔg ˈkɑləm wɑz ə pjʊr dɪˈlaɪt. ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈɛni ˈəðər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən ˈprɪnɪŋ ðɪs bət əˈfɛkʃənət ˈsæˌtaɪər əv boʊθ dɔgz ənd ˈkɑləmnəsts ənd əˈkəmpəniɪŋ ɪt wɪθ səʧ ˈbjutəfəl ˌɪləˈstreɪʃənz (baɪ ʤɪm kʊk, əv kɔrs). ðɪs ɪz ə gʊd wən ɪn wɪʧ dɔg ɪkˈspleɪnz waɪ hi wɛr ə wɔʧ. nɑt fər mi. ˈklæsi, nɑt ˈflæʃi. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ noʊ haʊ tɪ rɛd ə watch,”*,” dɔg raɪts. aɪ wɪl mɪs dɔg soʊ məʧ. ——l.v*. ˈændərsən ˈbərnɪŋ ˈbrɪʤɪz ðət ˈnɛvər ˈrɪli ˈmætərd: ʤoʊ ˈdoʊˌlʧeɪ ɪˈdɪʃən baɪ ˈʤɛsɪkə koʊɪn dɪˈpɑrtɪŋ ˈɛdɪtər ˈlɛtər ɪz ə ˈtoʊtəl əv ðə əv stɑr, hu traɪd tɪ hæv ən ənˈflætərɪŋ poʊst riˈmuvd. ɪt ɪz hɪˈlɛriəs jɛt ˈvɛri fɛr, ə bərnd brɪʤ dən raɪt. ˈblumər ðə ˈzɪmərmən ˈʤʊri toʊld jəŋ blæk mɛn wət wi ɔˈrɛdi nu baɪ kɔrd ˈʤɛfərsən ˈraɪtɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈmuvmənt tʊk hoʊld, ˈbreɪsɪŋ, ˈbɪtər ˈɛˌseɪ ɔn ʤɔrʤ əkˈwɪtəl, ɔn wət hi hæd ɪkˈspɪriənst ɛz ə blæk mæn ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə, ənd ɔn wət blæk ˈpipəl hæv tɪ pʊt əp wɪθ ˈɛvəri deɪ rɪˈmeɪnz ˈpaʊərfəl. ˈmæksən ril ˈhaʊsˌwaɪvz əv nu jɔrk: ðə ˈstoʊnɪŋ əv ɛf. baɪ ˈrɪʧərd ˈlɔsən ril ˈhaʊsˌwaɪvz səmd əp soʊ məʧ əv wət meɪd ˈgɑkər ˈgɑkər: ˈbɪʧi, ɪgˈzæktɪŋ, ɪgˈzɔstɪv, hɪˈlɛriəs, əbˈsɛsɪv, ənd ə ˈlɪtəl sərˈil. æt ðɛr bɛst, ðə ˈriˌkæps blərd ˈfɪkʃən ənd ˌriˈæləˌti soʊ ðət ɪf ju wɔʧ ðə ʃoʊ (ənd ˈmeɪbi ˈivɪn ɪf ju dɪd), ju bi kwaɪt ʃʊr wət ˈrɪli wɛnt daʊn ənd wət wɑz spən ˈpjʊrli aʊt əv headspace*. ðə ˈlupi hi kənˈkɑktəd fər ðə ˈkaʊntəs də wɑz əv ə θrɛd ɪn ˈdeɪvɪd klaʊd ˈætləs. ˈwɪntər ɪz ˈdɑnəld hɛr ə wiv? ə ˈgɑkər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən baɪ ˈæʃli ˈfaɪnbərg ˈdɑnəld hɛr, wɪθ ɪts əbˈsərd, kəmˈplɛksɪti, həz lɔŋ bɪn ən ˈɑbʤɛkt əv ˈrɪdəˌkjul ənd ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən. ɪz ɪt ə wɪg? ɪz ɪt ə trænˈsplænt? ɪz ɪt ðə haɪd əv ən ənˈfɔrʧənət ˈgoʊldən riˈtrivər? ðɪs jɪr, ˈgɑkər ˈfaɪnəli krækt ðə keɪs, əˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪŋ ə ˈmaʊntən əv ˌsərkəmˈstænʃəl ˈɛvədəns ðət ðə ˈdɛməˌgɑg ɪz ˈwɛrɪŋ ən ˈɔfəl ənd ˌaʊˈtreɪʤəsli ɪkˈspɛnsɪv wiv, kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ə ˈspɛʃəlɪst hu wərkt aʊt əv hɪz oʊn ˈbɪldɪŋ. ðɪs ɪz ə hɪˈlɛriəs ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən fər ðə ˈeɪʤɪz ənd wən əv ðə bɛst θɪŋz rɛd ðɪs hoʊl ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈsaɪkəl. ˈwaɪsmən ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ ˈɛvər θɔt aɪ nu əˈbaʊt strit ʃɑrks wɑz ə ˌgɑˈdæmd laɪ baɪ ˈændi kʊʃ ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ ˈoʊvər ðə rɪˈvild ˈhɪstəri əv ˈboʊgəs fər ðə kɑrˈtun strit ʃɑrks ɪz wən əv ðə ˈfəniəst θɪŋz tɪ kəm frəm ðə goʊst əv ˈɪntərˌnɛt pæst. hu noʊz haʊ məʧ taɪm (ər haʊ ˈmɛni rɪkˈwɛsts) wɪl pæs ˌbiˈfɔr wi pərʤ ðɪs feɪk ˈhɪstəri frəm ɑr kəˈlɛktɪv ˈkɑnʃəsnəs? praɪs ðə moʊst dɪˈreɪnʤd sərˈɔrəti gərl iˈmeɪl ju wɪl ˈɛvər rɛd baɪ ˈwivər pərˈhæps ðə dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈlɪtərˌɛri wərk əv ɑr taɪm, ˈɛvəri ˈsɛntəns ə ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪn ʤɛm əv ˈvaɪələnt ˈbjuti ənd paʊər. rɔθ ˈæləks deɪ ɔf bæk, ˈbeɪbi baɪ ðɪs ˈlɪtəl θˈroʊəˌweɪ poʊst frəm ˈɔlˌmoʊst 10 jɪrz əˈgoʊ ɪz soʊ ˈfəni ənd greɪt ðət aɪ ˈivɪn noʊ wət tɪ seɪ. ˈmɪsɪŋ frəm streɪt ˈutə ˈkɑmptən: mi ənd ðə ˈəðər ˈwɪmən ˈdɑktər. bit əp baɪ di bɑrnz ˈplɛnti əv ˈmidiə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ər ˈhæpi tɪ bi ðə ˈvɛsəlz fər ðə ˈstɔriz ˈfeɪməs ənd ˈpaʊərfəl ˈpipəl tɛl əˈbaʊt ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ˈgɑkər ˈnɛvər wɑz, ənd wi ɔl ˈbɛnəfɪtɪd frəm ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns əv ə pleɪs ðət kɔld aʊt ənd rɪpt əˈpɑrt ˈnɛrətɪvz. ˈlɛvɪn wət ər ðə ɑdz ðiz nu ˈmidiə brændz wɪl sərˈvaɪv? ə paʊər ˈræŋkɪŋ baɪ ˈliə ˈfɪnəgən ənd mæks rɛd ðɪs ɪz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈmɔrbəd, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv wət meɪd ˈgɑkər greɪt. ˈivɪn wɪθ ɪts ˈhɑrti sɛns əv self-deprecation*, ˈriˈridɪŋ ðɪs təˈdeɪ stɪŋz. ˈmæθjuz ðə ˈgɑkər ɛnˈdɔrsmənt: nən əv ðɛm baɪ ˈæləks keɪs əˈgɛnst iʧ əv ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪts ɔn ðə deɪ əv ðə nu jɔrk ˈpraɪˌmɛri wɑz ə ˈlusɪd əv ðɪs ˈdrɛdfəl pəˈlɪtɪkəl jɪr. ˈmæksən ɔn baɪ tɑm ɪz ðə riˈvɛnʤ əv ðə ˈpaʊərləs. ðə ˈpaʊərfəl laɪk ɪt. ðeɪ prɪˈfər, ə ˈpɑzətɪv, ˈhæpi vju əv ðə wərld, wɪʧ smuðz aʊt ˈkɑnflɪkt ənd sərvz tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ. tɑm meɪks ðə keɪs əˈgɛnst ənd ʃoʊz waɪ wi nid ɪn ðɪs ˈmɛmərəbəl 2013 ˈɛˌseɪ. ˈɑlən hu nidz ə lɔg flum wɪn ju kən gɪt ə bloʊ ʤɑb ɪn ə θim pɑrk ˈbæθˌrum ˌɪnˈstɛd?: maɪ ˈfæməli veɪˈkeɪʃən baɪ rɪʧ ðɪs maɪt nɑt bi ðə moʊst ˈsɪriəs ər ˈpɔɪnjənt əv ˈraɪtɪŋ æt rut əˈbaʊt ˈtreɪdɪŋ bloʊ ʤɑbz wɪθ ə gaɪ ɪn tun ɪt ɪz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv əv ðə ˈfɪrləs, ˈɑnəst, ənd kəmˈpæʃənət weɪ ˈtritɪd ˈsəbʤɪkts, əˈspɛʃəli kwɪr wənz, ɪn hɪz taɪm ðɛr. əˈbɪləˌti tɪ faɪnd ˈhjumər ənd ˈbjuti ɪn ðə ˈstreɪnʤɪst ər moʊst mənˈdeɪn əv əˈsaɪnmənts həz ˈɔlˌweɪz ˌɪmˈprɛst mi, ənd ðɪs pis ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ən ˈərli ənd ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əv ə ˈæˌspɛkt əv kwɪr meɪl laɪf. aɪ θɪŋk əv hɪz ɛz ə ˈkruʃəl vɔɪs ɪn ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, wən wɪθ wɪʧ ˈɔfən əˈgrid ənd ʤɪst ɛz ˈɔfən ˈɑrgjud. aɪ hoʊp, ˈæftər ˈgɑkər, wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ hir ɪt. ——j*. braɪən ˈloʊdər fək ˈbɔstən baɪ ˈhæməltən ˈnoʊlən ˈoʊnli lɪvd ɪn ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ, ˌmæsəˈʧusəts fər ə jɪr, ənd ˈlivɪŋ ɪn tu wiks, bət aɪ kwaɪt laɪk ðə pleɪs ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˈsɪti ɪt ˈbɔrdərz. stɪl, ˈhæməltən 2013 ˈɛˌseɪ wɪʧ ˈhæməltən ˈklɛrəˌfaɪz ðət hi ˈɔlsoʊ minz ðə puritans”*” ənd ˈbɔstən (ðə wən əv ðə ˈfəniəst θɪŋz ˈgɑkər ˈɛvər ˈpəblɪʃt. ˈmæksən ə lɔŋ, dɑrk ˈərli ˈivnɪŋ əv ðə soʊl wɪθ kiθ baɪ ˈɛmɪli guld wət ˈəðər ˈmægəˌzin wʊd hæv lɛt ˈsəmˌwən ˈpəblɪʃ ðɪs? ənd jɛt, waɪ nɑt! ðeɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli gɑt ə lɔt əv aʊt əv ɪt tu. rɔθ
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residents are urging to oppose the proposal to allow charities and volunteer groups to take over responsibility for heritage forests, such as the new forest in hampshire and the forest of dean in gloucestershire, and sell off the leases to thousands of acres of timber land to private individuals.
ministers are braced for a rebellion when debate the plans tomorrow. while losing the vote would have no practical effect, because it is being called on an opposition day motion, it would make it more likely that the government would be forced to think again.
mary creagh, the shadow environment secretary, has written to the 42 coalition with more than acres of woodland maintained by the forestry commission in their constituencies, urging them to join the rebellion. they include julian lewis, tory for new forest east, which has nearly acres potentially affected by the proposals, and guy opperman, conservative for hexham, whose constituency includes acres affected in the forest.
ministers insist that conditions would be attached to all sales which would protect public access to all forests, and ensure that biodiversity would be maintained. but campaigners claim that private individuals would not be as rigorous at maintaining the forests and allowing the public to enjoy them, as the commission.
charities have also warned that they lack the resources to take over responsibility for woodland which is currently in public ownership.
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ˈrɛzɪdənts ər ˈərʤɪŋ tɪ əˈpoʊz ðə prəˈpoʊzəl tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈʧɛrɪtiz ənd ˌvɑlənˈtɪr grups tɪ teɪk ˈoʊvər riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ˈfɔrəsts, səʧ ɛz ðə nu ˈfɔrɪst ɪn ˈhæmʃər ənd ðə ˈfɔrɪst əv din ɪn gloucestershire*, ənd sɛl ɔf ðə ˈlisɪz tɪ ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈeɪkərz əv ˈtɪmbər lænd tɪ ˈpraɪvət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz. ˈmɪnɪstərz ər breɪst fər ə rɪˈbɛljən wɪn dəˈbeɪt ðə plænz təˈmɑˌroʊ. waɪl ˈluzɪŋ ðə voʊt wʊd hæv noʊ ˈpræktɪkəl ˈifɛkt, bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz biɪŋ kɔld ɔn ən ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən deɪ ˈmoʊʃən, ɪt wʊd meɪk ɪt mɔr ˈlaɪkli ðət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wʊd bi fɔrst tɪ θɪŋk əˈgɛn. ˈmɛri krig, ðə ˈʃæˌdoʊ ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, həz ˈrɪtən tɪ ðə 42 ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən wɪθ mɔr ðən ˈeɪkərz əv ˈwʊˌdlænd meɪnˈteɪnd baɪ ðə ˈfɔrəstri kəˈmɪʃən ɪn ðɛr kənˈstɪʧuənsiz, ˈərʤɪŋ ðɛm tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə rɪˈbɛljən. ðeɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˈʤuljən luɪs, ˈtɔri fər nu ˈfɔrɪst ist, wɪʧ həz ˈnɪrli ˈeɪkərz pəˈtɛnʃəli əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðə prəˈpoʊzəlz, ənd gaɪ ˈɑpərmən, kənˈsərvətɪv fər hexham*, huz kənˈstɪʧuənsi ˌɪnˈkludz ˈeɪkərz əˈfɛktɪd ɪn ðə ˈfɔrɪst. ˈmɪnɪstərz ˌɪnˈsɪst ðət kənˈdɪʃənz wʊd bi əˈtæʧt tɪ ɔl seɪlz wɪʧ wʊd prəˈtɛkt ˈpəblɪk ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ɔl ˈfɔrəsts, ənd ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ˌbaɪoʊdaɪˈvərsəti wʊd bi meɪnˈteɪnd. bət kæmˈpeɪnərz kleɪm ðət ˈpraɪvət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz wʊd nɑt bi ɛz ˈrɪgərəs æt meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrəsts ənd əˈlaʊɪŋ ðə ˈpəblɪk tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðɛm, ɛz ðə kəˈmɪʃən. ˈʧɛrɪtiz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ wɔrnd ðət ðeɪ læk ðə ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ teɪk ˈoʊvər riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ˈwʊˌdlænd wɪʧ ɪz ˈkərəntli ɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp.
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t-mobile announced today that giving away a 12 months of directv now, new live tv service, to customers who switch from. the company says only need to migrate one number to t-mobile and it will give you a $35 credit on your bill for the next year. however, you will have to sign up for t-mobile one, the confusing new unlimited plan, and open two lines with the company. also, the $35 credit is the price of directv cheapest plan, and that plan does not include like hbo or select sports channels from plans. the full details of the promotion can be found here.
the goal, of course, is to try and publicly poke holes in mobile offering. since the launch of directv now, t-mobile ceo john legere has been openly bragging about his commitment to the potentially practice of, which exempts select internet services from counting toward a data cap. is directv now for customers who use its cell network, and the practice could be harmful to the open internet. nonetheless, legere sees as a benefit it offers, and t-mobile has pretty much written the book on how to get away with it using its binge on and music freedom initiatives.
1/ a few weeks ago, themselves for #dtvnow, but guess what??? we already do that to all video w/ #tmobileone! john legere (@johnlegere) december 15, 2016
so while this new promotion might seem like a bit of corporate trolling and it definitely is there is more at stake here. large telecoms are trying to outdo each other when it comes to giving away stuff for free, sometimes in ways that may have lasting ripple effects on the state of the internet. and no company loves to up the ante more than t-mobile.
update et,: clarified that promotion involves signing up for its new unlimited plan, as well as opening two lines.
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ˈtiˌmoʊbəl əˈnaʊnst təˈdeɪ ðət ˈgɪvɪŋ əˈweɪ ə 12 mənθs əv dɪˈrɛkˈtiˈvi naʊ, nu lɪv ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsərvɪs, tɪ ˈkəstəmərz hu swɪʧ frəm. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni sɪz ˈoʊnli nid tɪ ˈmaɪˌgreɪt wən ˈnəmbər tɪ ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ənd ɪt wɪl gɪv ju ə 35 ˈkrɛdɪt ɔn jʊr bɪl fər ðə nɛkst jɪr. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ju wɪl hæv tɪ saɪn əp fər ˈtiˌmoʊbəl wən, ðə kənfˈjuzɪŋ nu ənˈlɪmɪtɪd plæn, ənd ˈoʊpən tu laɪnz wɪθ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. ˈɔlsoʊ, ðə 35 ˈkrɛdɪt ɪz ðə praɪs əv dɪˈrɛkˈtiˈvi ˈʧipəst plæn, ənd ðət plæn dɪz nɑt ˌɪnˈklud laɪk ˈeɪʧbiˈoʊ ər səˈlɛkt spɔrts ˈʧænəlz frəm plænz. ðə fʊl ˈditeɪlz əv ðə pərˈmoʊʃən kən bi faʊnd hir. ðə goʊl, əv kɔrs, ɪz tɪ traɪ ənd ˈpəblɪkli poʊk hoʊlz ɪn ˈmoʊbəl ˈɔfərɪŋ. sɪns ðə lɔnʧ əv dɪˈrɛkˈtiˈvi naʊ, ˈtiˌmoʊbəl ˈsiˌiˈoʊ ʤɑn ˈlɛgər həz bɪn ˈoʊpənli ˈbrægɪŋ əˈbaʊt hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ðə pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈpræktɪs əv, wɪʧ ɪgˈzɛmpts səˈlɛkt ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈsərvɪsɪz frəm ˈkaʊntɪŋ təˈwɔrd ə ˈdætə kæp. ɪz dɪˈrɛkˈtiˈvi naʊ fər ˈkəstəmərz hu juz ɪts sɛl ˈnɛtˌwərk, ənd ðə ˈpræktɪs kʊd bi ˈhɑrmfəl tɪ ðə ˈoʊpən ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ˈlɛgər siz ɛz ə ˈbɛnəfɪt ɪt ˈɔfərz, ənd ˈtiˌmoʊbəl həz ˈprɪti məʧ ˈrɪtən ðə bʊk ɔn haʊ tɪ gɪt əˈweɪ wɪθ ɪt ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts bɪnʤ ɔn ənd mˈjuzɪk ˈfridəm ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz. 1 ə fju wiks əˈgoʊ, ðɛmˈsɛlvz fər #dtvnow*, bət gɛs wət??? wi ɔˈrɛdi du ðət tɪ ɔl ˈvɪdioʊ ˈdəbəlju/ #tmobileone*! ʤɑn ˈlɛgər (@johnlegere*) dɪˈsɛmbər 15 2016 soʊ waɪl ðɪs nu pərˈmoʊʃən maɪt sim laɪk ə bɪt əv ˈkɔrpərət ˈtroʊlɪŋ ənd ɪt ˈdɛfənətli ɪz ðɛr ɪz mɔr æt steɪk hir. lɑrʤ ˈtɛləkɑmz ər traɪɪŋ tɪ ˌaʊtˈdu iʧ ˈəðər wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ əˈweɪ stəf fər fri, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪn weɪz ðət meɪ hæv ˈlæstɪŋ ˈrɪpəl ˈifɛkts ɔn ðə steɪt əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. ənd noʊ ˈkəmpəˌni ləvz tɪ əp ðə ˈænti mɔr ðən ˈtiˌmoʊbəl. ˈəpˌdeɪt ɛt, ˈklɛrəˌfaɪd ðət pərˈmoʊʃən ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp fər ɪts nu ənˈlɪmɪtɪd plæn, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈoʊpənɪŋ tu laɪnz.
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niagara falls ontario progressive conservative leader tim hudak issued a statement on the results of the ontario by-elections.
“this results prove that the people of this province want change. they sent the liberals a clear message. they want leadership that will take decisive action, implement a plan to balance the budget and create jobs.
“the majority of voters chose an ontario pc plan to bring jobs and opportunity back to our province. my million jobs plan will create more jobs with better pay by making energy affordable, lowering taxes, and reducing government debt.
“tonight, i am pleased to congratulate gila on her election victory in thornhill. i look forward to welcoming gila to the ontario pc caucus, and to working closely with our newest to bring jobs and opportunity to thornhill.
“i want to thank bart maves and his team of dedicated volunteers. bart has represented niagara for 11 years and has a proven track record of creating jobs. he ran a great campaign and i know he will continue to fight for his community.
“tonight, hardworking ontario families should be worried about the willingness of the liberals and to side with and protect special interest unions rather than ontario families. those special interest groups make no distinction between the high tax, policies the liberals have used to drive jobs away, and the high tax, approach the would take to drive away even more job.”
“once again, the ontario pc party received the most votes of any party. ontario will have two choices in the next election: a coalition that will raise taxes, increase spending and debt, or an ontario pc party with a million jobs plan that will create jobs and opportunities for families across our province. our message remains the same. we will stand up for more jobs and a better ontario”.
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naɪˈægrə fɔlz ɑnˈtɛrioʊ prəˈgrɛsɪv kənˈsərvətɪv ˈlidər tɪm ˈhudək ˈɪʃud ə ˈsteɪtmənt ɔn ðə rɪˈzəlts əv ðə ɑnˈtɛrioʊ by-elections*. rɪˈzəlts pruv ðət ðə ˈpipəl əv ðɪs ˈprɑvɪns wɔnt ʧeɪnʤ. ðeɪ sɛnt ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz ə klɪr ˈmɛsɪʤ. ðeɪ wɔnt ˈlidərˌʃɪp ðət wɪl teɪk dɪˈsaɪsɪv ˈækʃən, ˈɪmpləmənt ə plæn tɪ ˈbæləns ðə ˈbəʤɪt ənd kriˈeɪt ʤɑbz. məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈvoʊtərz ʧoʊz ən ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈpiˈsi plæn tɪ brɪŋ ʤɑbz ənd ˌɑpərˈtunəti bæk tɪ ɑr ˈprɑvɪns. maɪ ˈmɪljən ʤɑbz plæn wɪl kriˈeɪt mɔr ʤɑbz wɪθ ˈbɛtər peɪ baɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɛnərʤi əˈfɔrdəbəl, loʊərɪŋ ˈtæksɪz, ənd rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈgəvərnmənt dɛt. ““tonight*, aɪ æm plizd tɪ kənˈgræʧəˌleɪt ˈgilə ɔn hər ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈvɪktəri ɪn ˈθɔrnˌhɪl. aɪ lʊk ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ ˈgilə tɪ ðə ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈpiˈsi ˈkɔkəs, ənd tɪ ˈwərkɪŋ ˈkloʊsli wɪθ ɑr nuəst tɪ brɪŋ ʤɑbz ənd ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˈθɔrnˌhɪl. wɔnt tɪ θæŋk bɑrt meɪvz ənd hɪz tim əv ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz. bɑrt həz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd naɪˈægrə fər 11 jɪrz ənd həz ə ˈpruvən træk ˈrɛkərd əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ ʤɑbz. hi ræn ə greɪt kæmˈpeɪn ənd aɪ noʊ hi wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ faɪt fər hɪz kəmˈjunɪti. ““tonight*, ˈhɑrdˌwərkɪŋ ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈfæməliz ʃʊd bi ˈwərid əˈbaʊt ðə ˈwɪlɪŋnəs əv ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz ənd tɪ saɪd wɪθ ənd prəˈtɛkt ˈspɛʃəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˈjunjənz ˈrəðər ðən ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈfæməliz. ðoʊz ˈspɛʃəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst grups meɪk noʊ dɪˈstɪŋkʃən bɪtˈwin ðə haɪ tæks, ˈpɑləsiz ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz hæv juzd tɪ draɪv ʤɑbz əˈweɪ, ənd ðə haɪ tæks, əˈproʊʧ ðə wʊd teɪk tɪ draɪv əˈweɪ ˈivɪn mɔr job.”*.” əˈgɛn, ðə ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈpiˈsi ˈpɑrti rɪˈsivd ðə moʊst voʊts əv ˈɛni ˈpɑrti. ɑnˈtɛrioʊ wɪl hæv tu ˈʧɔɪsɪz ɪn ðə nɛkst ɪˈlɛkʃən: ə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən ðət wɪl reɪz ˈtæksɪz, ˌɪnˈkris ˈspɛndɪŋ ənd dɛt, ər ən ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈpiˈsi ˈpɑrti wɪθ ə ˈmɪljən ʤɑbz plæn ðət wɪl kriˈeɪt ʤɑbz ənd ˌɑpərˈtunətiz fər ˈfæməliz əˈkrɔs ɑr ˈprɑvɪns. ɑr ˈmɛsɪʤ rɪˈmeɪnz ðə seɪm. wi wɪl stænd əp fər mɔr ʤɑbz ənd ə ˈbɛtər ontario”*”. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈɑrtɪkəlz əˈkrɔs ðə wɛb
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on november 9, eric tucker, of a marketing company in austin, texas, about buses crowded with people paid to protest against donald trump. the tweet went viral nationwide. with just 40 followers, message was times and was shared more than times on facebook. although tweet brought controversy and even caught the’s attention no such buses ever existed. according to the new york times, a company called tableau software hired the buses for a conference.
two days later, a fake news site called the denver guardian spread across facebook with negative and false messages about hillary clinton, including a claim that an fbi agent connected to email disclosures had murdered his wife and shot himself.
fake news has become a problem that the media and technology industries are urgently searching for ways to solve. as a result, “the mainstream media has lost credibility even when it deserves it,” dustin siggins, a conservative journalist, said.
the problem has been growing for some time, but the presidential campaign turned a spotlight on this viral disinformation. in fact, fabricated stories drew more engagement on social media than real news as the elections drew to a close. in particular, fake news that is, hoaxes, false and misleading stories from illegitimate sources took advantage of the widening gap between booming tech platforms and legacy media companies. facebook in particular has suffered the brunt of the criticism for allowing stories filled with factual inaccuracies to flood pages and misinform the public. according to pew research center, nearly billion people log on to facebook every day; nearly half of americans rely on the social network as their primary news source.
mark zuckerberg, chief executive of facebook, deflected responsibility for the fake news epidemic away from his company, claiming that “identifying the truth is complicated.” columbia journalism review found that it may be complex for algorithms but easy for journalists whose daily duty is as simple as investigating what happened, when it happened, who did what, how and why. media literacy has become a challenge because people have grown so distrustful of institutional media that they turn to alternative sources. a pew research center survey found that only 18 percent of people have a lot of trust in national news organizations, nearly 75 percent said news organizations are biased.
although zuckerberg dismissed the idea that fake news significantly influenced voters in november, facebook has nonetheless mounted its most concerted effort to combat the problem. facebook announced it had begun a series of experiments to limit misinformation on its site. the tests include putting warning labels on fake news posts, making it easier for its billion members to report fabricated stories, and creating partnerships with outside organizations including factcheck.org, google, the new york times, politifact, the associated press and cnn to help it indicate when articles are false. “below the headline there will be a red label that says, ‘disputed byers,’” facebook vice president adam said in a blog post.
news organizations are also investing in cutting-edge technology to battle for audiences’ trust and legacy using various ways that help the reader distinguish a real story from crafted one.
the washington post has created a google chrome extension to trump's. trump, who uses twitter like no other u.s. politician before him, discusses topics ranging from the political to the personal but not all of his are entirely accurate.
the washington post said the extension was built “to help ensure that the public receives the most accurate possible information by creating this extension, which will add more context or corrections to things that trump.” when the extension is active, a fact check box will appear directly beneath any given tweet.
among other new filtering policies, google promised to replace the “in the news" section that sits atop all desktop google search results with a rotation of "top stories." google spokeswoman andrea was not clear on how the company will determine the difference between false and accurate information going forward. “we use a combination of automated systems and human review,” she told the washington post.
slate has also built “this is fake,” a free google chrome extension that both identifies articles in facebook feed that intentionally spread information and allows the users to tell their friends when they are sharing a fake story.
“when you connect this is fake to your facebook account you can also flag fabricated stories for our moderators,” slate announced in a statement.
according to slate, once you install the extension, as you scroll through your facebook feed, stories that slate has identified as fake news will be flagged with a red banner over the preview image, indicating that been debunked.
main image by flickr via poirrier. second image courtesy of the washington post.
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ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 9 ˈɛrɪk ˈtəkər, əv ə ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni ɪn ˈɔstən, ˈtɛksəs, əˈbaʊt ˈbəsɪz ˈkraʊdɪd wɪθ ˈpipəl peɪd tɪ ˈproʊˌtɛst əˈgɛnst ˈdɑnəld trəmp. ðə twit wɛnt ˈvaɪrəl ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd. wɪθ ʤɪst 40 ˈfɑloʊərz, ˈmɛsɪʤ wɑz taɪmz ənd wɑz ʃɛrd mɔr ðən taɪmz ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk. ˌɔlˈðoʊ twit brɔt ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi ənd ˈivɪn kɔt ðə əˈtɛnʃən noʊ səʧ ˈbəsɪz ˈɛvər ɪgˈzɪstəd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz, ə ˈkəmpəˌni kɔld təˈbloʊ ˈsɔfˌwɛr haɪərd ðə ˈbəsɪz fər ə ˈkɑnfərəns. tu deɪz ˈleɪtər, ə feɪk nuz saɪt kɔld ðə ˈdɛnvər ˈgɑrdiən sprɛd əˈkrɔs ˈfeɪsˌbʊk wɪθ ˈnɛgətɪv ənd fɔls ˈmɛsɪʤɪz əˈbaʊt ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə kleɪm ðət ən ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ˈeɪʤənt kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ iˈmeɪl dɪˈskloʊʒərz hæd ˈmərdərd hɪz waɪf ənd ʃɑt hɪmˈsɛlf. feɪk nuz həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈprɑbləm ðət ðə ˈmidiə ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈɪndəstriz ər ˈərʤəntli ˈsərʧɪŋ fər weɪz tɪ sɑlv. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈmidiə həz lɔst ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti ˈivɪn wɪn ɪt dɪˈzərvz it,”*,” ˈdəstɪn ˈsɪgɪnz, ə kənˈsərvətɪv ˈʤərnəlɪst, sɛd. ðə ˈprɑbləm həz bɪn groʊɪŋ fər səm taɪm, bət ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn tərnd ə ˈspɑˌtlaɪt ɔn ðɪs ˈvaɪrəl dɪˌzɪnfərˈmeɪʃən. ɪn fækt, ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtɪd ˈstɔriz dru mɔr ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ðən ril nuz ɛz ðə ɪˈlɛkʃənz dru tɪ ə kloʊz. ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, feɪk nuz ðət ɪz, ˈhoʊksɪz, fɔls ənd mɪsˈlidɪŋ ˈstɔriz frəm ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəmɪt ˈsɔrsəz tʊk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðə ˈwaɪdənɪŋ gæp bɪtˈwin ˈbumɪŋ tɛk ˈplætˌfɔrmz ənd ˈlɛgəsi ˈmidiə ˈkəmpəˌniz. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr həz ˈsəfərd ðə brənt əv ðə ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm fər əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈstɔriz fɪld wɪθ ˈfækʧuəl ˌɪˈnækjərˌæsiz tɪ fləd ˈpeɪʤɪz ənd mɪˌsɪnˈfɔrm ðə ˈpəblɪk. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ pju ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnər, ˈnɪrli ˈbɪljən ˈpipəl lɔg ɔn tɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈɛvəri deɪ; ˈnɪrli hæf əv əˈmɛrɪkənz rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk ɛz ðɛr ˈpraɪˌmɛri nuz sɔrs. mɑrk ˈzəkərˌbərg, ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv əv ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, dɪˈflɛktɪd riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ðə feɪk nuz ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk əˈweɪ frəm hɪz ˈkəmpəˌni, ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət ðə truθ ɪz complicated.”*.” kəˈləmbiə ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ˌrivˈju faʊnd ðət ɪt meɪ bi ˈkɑmplɛks fər ˈælgərˌɪðəmz bət ˈizi fər ˈʤərnəlɪsts huz ˈdeɪli ˈduti ɪz ɛz ˈsɪmpəl ɛz ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ wət ˈhæpənd, wɪn ɪt ˈhæpənd, hu dɪd wət, haʊ ənd waɪ. ˈmidiə ˈlɪtərəsi həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈʧælənʤ bɪˈkəz ˈpipəl hæv groʊn soʊ dɪˈstrəstfəl əv ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl ˈmidiə ðət ðeɪ tərn tɪ ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈsɔrsəz. ə pju ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnər ˈsərˌveɪ faʊnd ðət ˈoʊnli 18 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈpipəl hæv ə lɔt əv trəst ɪn ˈnæʃənəl nuz ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, ˈnɪrli 75 pərˈsɛnt sɛd nuz ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ər baɪəst. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈzəkərˌbərg dɪsˈmɪst ðə aɪˈdiə ðət feɪk nuz sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ˈɪnfluənst ˈvoʊtərz ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk həz ˌnənðəˈlɛs ˈmaʊnɪd ɪts moʊst kənˈsərtɪd ˈɛfərt tɪ ˈkɑmbæt ðə ˈprɑbləm. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk əˈnaʊnst ɪt hæd ˈbeɪgən ə ˈsɪriz əv ɪkˈspɛrəmənts tɪ ˈlɪmət ˌmɪsɪnfərˈmeɪʃən ɔn ɪts saɪt. ðə tɛsts ˌɪnˈklud ˈpʊtɪŋ ˈwɔrnɪŋ ˈleɪbəlz ɔn feɪk nuz poʊsts, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈiziər fər ɪts ˈbɪljən ˈmɛmbərz tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtɪd ˈstɔriz, ənd kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪps wɪθ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ factcheck.org*, ˈgugəl, ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz, politifact*, ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs ənd ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn tɪ hɛlp ɪt ˈɪndəˌkeɪt wɪn ˈɑrtɪkəlz ər fɔls. ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪn ðɛr wɪl bi ə rɛd ˈleɪbəl ðət sɪz, baɪ fact-checkers,’”*,’” ˈfeɪsˌbʊk vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈædəm sɛd ɪn ə blɔg poʊst. nuz ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈvɛstɪŋ ɪn ˈkətɪˌŋɛʤ tɛkˈnɑləʤi tɪ ˈbætəl fər audiences’*’ trəst ənd ˈlɛgəsi ˈjuzɪŋ ˈvɛriəs weɪz ðət hɛlp ðə ˈridər dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃ ə ril ˈstɔri frəm ˈkræftɪd wən. ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst həz kriˈeɪtɪd ə ˈgugəl kroʊm ɪkˈstɛnʃən tɪ trəmps. trəmp, hu ˈjuzɪz tˈwɪtər laɪk noʊ ˈəðər juz. ˌpɑləˈtɪʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm, dɪˈskəsɪz ˈtɑpɪks ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl tɪ ðə ˈpərsɪnəl bət nɑt ɔl əv hɪz ər ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈækjərət. ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst sɛd ðə ɪkˈstɛnʃən wɑz bɪlt hɛlp ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ðə ˈpəblɪk rɪˈsivz ðə moʊst ˈækjərət ˈpɑsəbəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən baɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ ðɪs ɪkˈstɛnʃən, wɪʧ wɪl æd mɔr ˈkɑntɛkst ər kərˈɛkʃənz tɪ θɪŋz ðət trəmp tweets.”*.” wɪn ðə ɪkˈstɛnʃən ɪz ˈæktɪv, ə fækt ʧɛk bɑks wɪl əˈpɪr dɪˈrɛkli bɪˈniθ ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn twit. əˈməŋ ˈəðər nu ˈfɪltərɪŋ ˈpɑləsiz, ˈgugəl ˈprɑməst tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ðə ðə nuz" ˈsɛkʃən ðət sɪts əˈtɑp ɔl ˈdɛskˌtɑp ˈgugəl sərʧ rɪˈzəlts wɪθ ə roʊˈteɪʃən əv "tɔp ˈstɔriz." ˈgugəl ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən ˌɑnˈdreɪə wɑz nɑt klɪr ɔn haʊ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɪl dɪˈtərmən ðə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin fɔls ənd ˈækjərət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən goʊɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd. juz ə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪd ˈsɪstəmz ənd ˈjumən review,”*,” ʃi toʊld ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst. sleɪt həz ˈɔlsoʊ bɪlt ɪz fake,”*,” ə fri ˈgugəl kroʊm ɪkˈstɛnʃən ðət boʊθ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪz ˈɑrtɪkəlz ɪn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk fid ðət ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli sprɛd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd əˈlaʊz ðə ˈjuzərz tɪ tɛl ðɛr frɛndz wɪn ðeɪ ər ˈʃɛrɪŋ ə feɪk ˈstɔri. ju kəˈnɛkt ðɪs ɪz feɪk tɪ jʊr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk əˈkaʊnt ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ flæg ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtɪd ˈstɔriz fər ɑr moderators,”*,” sleɪt əˈnaʊnst ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ sleɪt, wəns ju ˌɪnˈstɔl ðə ɪkˈstɛnʃən, ɛz ju skroʊl θru jʊr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk fid, ˈstɔriz ðət sleɪt həz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɛz feɪk nuz wɪl bi flægd wɪθ ə rɛd ˈbænər ˈoʊvər ðə ˈprivˌju ˈɪmɪʤ, ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪŋ ðət bɪn dɪˈbəŋkt. meɪn ˈɪmɪʤ baɪ ˈflɪkər ˈviə ˈpɔɪriˌeɪ. ˈsɛkənd ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkərtəsi əv ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst.
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(for the most chart included in this blog post, check out our health care tools page.)
(the numbers on the chart on this page were updated on august 12, 2009, to include 2009 second quarter campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures.)
if been following the money in the public health care debate with us for the last month, probably got a pretty good sense now where it leads. as congress continues debating the issue, making it even easier for you to keep track of the money by comparing the views of the big industries involved and some of the key players in each industry.
check out how much money spent on lobbying expenditures in 2008 and in the first three months of 2009, the total given to lawmakers’ candidate committees and leadership political action committees since the start of the 2008 election cycle and which party bankrolling.
crp senior researcher douglas weber, lobbying researcher matthias jaime and communications intern aaron contributed to the chart below. webmaster hector rivera produced the graphic.
players lobbying,
2008 and 2009 contributions
2008 and 2010 cycles democrats republicans policy positions products $370,440,214 $33,622,476 51% 49% pharmaceutical researchers and manufacturers association (phrma) $33,280,000 $348,609 51% 49% supports individual mandate to buy insurance.
opposes public health insurance plan. biotechnology industry association $11,400,000 $253,979 48% 52% has not endorsed or opposed public health insurance plan. pfizer $23,900,000 $2,138,668 52% 48% represented by eli lilly & co. $19,515,000 $1,267,073 50% 50% opposes public health insurance plan.
opposes taxing health care benefits.
supports expanding health savings (hsas). insurance $144,738,590 $22,870,936 54% 46% blue shield $25,089,912 $3,164,955 52% 48% supports individual mandate to buy insurance.
opposes public health insurance plan. health insurance plans $11,440,000 $754,820 43% 57% supports individual mandate to buy insurance.
opposes public health insurance plan.
proposed ending practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems. metlife inc. $7,760,000 $1,278,886 59% 41% represented by group $7,330,000 $1,601,466 61% 39% represented by health professionals $117,291,855 $105,848,099 53% 47% american medical association $29,025,000 $1,990,418 56% 44% opposes public health insurance plan.
opposes 21 percent cut in medicare fees to doctors.
supports malpractice reform. american dental association $2,970,398 $2,658,490 55% 45% supports funding for prevention measures and the recruitment of dentists.
supports improving the medicaid dental program, especially for low-income adults. american nurses association $1,960,386 $866,891 79% 21% supports system in which the government finances medical coverage. american association of surgeons $2,809,000 $1,588,853 50% 50% opposes increasing medicare payments to general practitioners only, especially if it means it would be paid for by reducing payments to specialists. homes $151,880,681 $26,600,830 63% 37% american hospital association $28,599,860 $2,560,016 65% 35% supports individual mandate to buy insurance.
opposes public health insurance plan.
opposes cuts to reimbursements to hospitals. alliance for quality nursing home care $3,176,246 $68,00 65% 35% opposes reducing senior medicare funding. american health care association $2,598,000 $1,701,440 65% 35% opposes reducing senior medicare funding. federation of american hospitals $4,305,000 $696,287 53% 47% opposes public health insurance plan.
supports co-op option. advocacy american association of retired persons (aarp) $37,280,000 $56,172 90% 10% has not endorsed or opposed public health insurance plan.
supports more “comparative effectiveness studies.” health care for america now $150,000 $500 100% 0% supports public health insurance plan. families usa foundation $57,000 $87,735 100% 0% supports public health insurance plan. business (pacs only) $2,826,028,184 $433,053,147 49% 51% u.s. chamber of commerce $117,921,000 $294,657 31% 69% opposes employer mandate. wal-mart $10,770,000 $2,446,543 43% 56% supports employer mandate. national federation of independent business $5,530,402 $866,797 16% 84% opposes employer mandate. labor (pacs only) $53,624,397 $92,802,666 92% 8% $4,920,000 $1,542,318 91% 9% supports public health insurance plan.
opposes taxing health benefits. $3,853,950 $2,821,103 95% 5% supports public health insurance plan.
opposes taxing health benefits. $3,240,000 $2,826,504 99% 1% supports public health insurance plan.
opposes taxing health benefits. blue font indicates that this organization is among the top 20 groups to spend money on lobbying since 1989 red font indicates that this organization is an all-time top contributor since 1989, designated as one of’s “heavy hitters”
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pay to play the health care way (npr, july 9, 2009)
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(fər ðə moʊst ʧɑrt ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðɪs blɔg poʊst, ʧɛk aʊt ɑr hɛlθ kɛr tulz peɪʤ.) (ðə ˈnəmbərz ɔn ðə ʧɑrt ɔn ðɪs peɪʤ wər ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ɔn ˈɔgəst 12 2009 tɪ ˌɪnˈklud 2009 ˈsɛkənd kˈwɔrtər kæmˈpeɪn ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz ənd ˈlɑbiɪŋ ɪkˈspɛndɪʧərz.) ɪf bɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈməni ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ kɛr dəˈbeɪt wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs fər ðə læst mənθ, ˈprɑbəˌbli gɑt ə ˈprɪti gʊd sɛns naʊ wɛr ɪt lidz. ɛz ˈkɑŋgrəs kənˈtɪnjuz dəˈbeɪtɪŋ ðə ˈɪʃu, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈivɪn ˈiziər fər ju tɪ kip træk əv ðə ˈməni baɪ kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ðə vjuz əv ðə bɪg ˈɪndəstriz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ənd səm əv ðə ki pleɪərz ɪn iʧ ˈɪndəstri. ʧɛk aʊt haʊ məʧ ˈməni spɛnt ɔn ˈlɑbiɪŋ ɪkˈspɛndɪʧərz ɪn 2008 ənd ɪn ðə fərst θri mənθs əv 2009 ðə ˈtoʊtəl ˈgɪvɪn tɪ lawmakers’*’ ˈkænədɪt kəˈmɪtiz ənd ˈlidərˌʃɪp pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈækʃən kəˈmɪtiz sɪns ðə stɑrt əv ðə 2008 ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈsaɪkəl ənd wɪʧ ˈpɑrti ˈbæŋˌkroʊlɪŋ. ˈsinjər ˈrisərʧər ˈdəgləs ˈwɛbər, ˈlɑbiɪŋ ˈrisərʧər məˈθaɪəs ˈhaɪmi ənd kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ˈɪntərn ˈɛrən kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðə ʧɑrt bɪˈloʊ. ˈwɛbˌmæstər ˈhɛktər rɪˈvɛrə prəˈdust ðə ˈgræfɪk. pleɪərz ˈlɑbiɪŋ, 2008 ənd 2009 ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz 2008 ənd 2010 ˈsaɪkəlz ˈdɛməˌkræts rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈpɑləsi pəˈzɪʃənz ˈprɑdəkts 51 49 ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈrisərʧərz ənd ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən (phrma*) 51 49 səˈpɔrts ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmænˌdeɪt tɪ baɪ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. ˌbaɪoʊˌtɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈɪndəstri əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən 48 52 həz nɑt ɛnˈdɔrst ər əˈpoʊzd ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. ˈfaɪzər 52 48 ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ ˈilaɪ ˈlɪli koʊ. 50 50 əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈtæksɪŋ hɛlθ kɛr ˈbɛnəfɪts. səˈpɔrts ɪkˈspændɪŋ hɛlθ ˈseɪvɪŋz (hsas*). ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns 54 46 blu ʃild 52 48 səˈpɔrts ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmænˌdeɪt tɪ baɪ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plænz 43 57 səˈpɔrts ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmænˌdeɪt tɪ baɪ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. prəˈpoʊzd ˈɛndɪŋ ˈpræktɪs əv ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ haɪər ˈprimiəmz tɪ ˈpipəl wɪθ ə ˈhɪstəri əv ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈprɑbləmz. ˈmɛˌtlaɪf ɪŋk. 59 41 ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ grup 61 39 ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ hɛlθ prəˈfɛʃənəlz 53 47 əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmɛdɪkəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən 56 44 əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. əˈpoʊzɪz 21 pərˈsɛnt kət ɪn ˈmɛdəˌkɛr fiz tɪ ˈdɑktərz. səˈpɔrts mælˈpræktɪs rɪˈfɔrm. əˈmɛrɪkən ˈdɛntəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən 55 45 səˈpɔrts ˈfəndɪŋ fər priˈvɛnʃən ˈmɛʒərz ənd ðə rɪˈkrutmənt əv ˈdɛntɪsts. səˈpɔrts ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ðə ˈmɛdəˌkeɪd ˈdɛntəl ˈproʊˌgræm, əˈspɛʃəli fər ˌloʊˈɪnkəm ˈædəlts. əˈmɛrɪkən ˈnərsɪz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən 79 21 səˈpɔrts ˈsɪstəm ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈkəvərɪʤ. əˈmɛrɪkən əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv ˈsərʤənz 50 50 əˈpoʊzɪz ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈmɛdəˌkɛr ˈpeɪmənts tɪ ˈʤɛnərəl prækˈtɪʃənərz ˈoʊnli, əˈspɛʃəli ɪf ɪt minz ɪt wʊd bi peɪd fər baɪ rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈpeɪmənts tɪ ˈspɛʃəlɪsts. hoʊmz 63 37 əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhɑˌspɪtəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən 65 35 səˈpɔrts ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmænˌdeɪt tɪ baɪ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. əˈpoʊzɪz kəts tɪ ˌriɪmˈbərsmənts tɪ ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz. əˈlaɪəns fər kˈwɑləti ˈnərsɪŋ hoʊm kɛr 65 35 əˈpoʊzɪz rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈsinjər ˈmɛdəˌkɛr ˈfəndɪŋ. əˈmɛrɪkən hɛlθ kɛr əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən 65 35 əˈpoʊzɪz rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈsinjər ˈmɛdəˌkɛr ˈfəndɪŋ. ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən əv əˈmɛrɪkən ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz 53 47 əˈpoʊzɪz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. səˈpɔrts koʊɑp ˈɔpʃən. ˈædvəkəsi əˈmɛrɪkən əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əv rɪˈtaɪrd ˈpərsənz (aarp*) 90 10 həz nɑt ɛnˈdɔrst ər əˈpoʊzd ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. səˈpɔrts mɔr ˈifɛktɪvnəs studies.”*.” hɛlθ kɛr fər əˈmɛrɪkə naʊ 500 100 0 səˈpɔrts ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. ˈfæməliz ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ faʊnˈdeɪʃən 100 0 səˈpɔrts ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. ˈbɪznɪs (pæks ˈoʊnli) 49 51 juz. ˈʧeɪmbər əv ˈkɑmərs 31 69 əˈpoʊzɪz ɪmˈplɔɪər ˈmænˌdeɪt. ˈwɔlˌmɑrt 43 56 səˈpɔrts ɪmˈplɔɪər ˈmænˌdeɪt. ˈnæʃənəl ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən əv ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈbɪznɪs 16 84 əˈpoʊzɪz ɪmˈplɔɪər ˈmænˌdeɪt. ˈleɪbər (pæks ˈoʊnli) 92 8 91 9 səˈpɔrts ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈtæksɪŋ hɛlθ ˈbɛnəfɪts. 95 5 səˈpɔrts ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈtæksɪŋ hɛlθ ˈbɛnəfɪts. 99 1 səˈpɔrts ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns plæn. əˈpoʊzɪz ˈtæksɪŋ hɛlθ ˈbɛnəfɪts. blu fɑnt ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət ðɪs ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ɪz əˈməŋ ðə tɔp 20 grups tɪ spɛnd ˈməni ɔn ˈlɑbiɪŋ sɪns 1989 rɛd fɑnt ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət ðɪs ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ɪz ən ˌɔlˈtaɪm tɔp kənˈtrɪbjətər sɪns 1989 ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd ɛz wən əv hitters”*” rɪˈtərn tɪ ““diagnosis*: reform”*” ˈsɪriz ɪn ðə nuz peɪ tɪ pleɪ ðə hɛlθ kɛr weɪ (ˈɛnˈpiˈɑr, ˌʤuˈlaɪ 9 2009
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while residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life.
these findings, published in psychological science, a journal of the association for psychological science, suggest that meaning in life may be higher in poorer nations as a result of greater religiosity. as countries become richer, religion becomes less central to people's lives and they lose a sense of meaning in life.
"thus far, the wealth of nations has been almost always associated with longevity, health, happiness, or life satisfaction," explains psychological scientist oishi of the university of virginia. "given that meaning in life is an important aspect of overall well-being, we wanted to look more carefully at differential patterns, correlates, and predictors for meaning in life."
oishi and colleague ed diener of the university of illinois at investigated life satisfaction, meaning, and well-being by examining data from the 2007 gallup world poll, a large-scale survey of over participants from 132 countries. in addition to answering a basic life satisfaction question, participants were asked: "do you feel your life has an important purpose or meaning?" and "is religion an important part of your daily life?"
the data revealed some unexpected trends:
"among americans, those who are high in life satisfaction are also high in meaning in life," says oishi. "but when we looked at the societal level of analysis, we found a completely different pattern of the association between meaning in life and life satisfaction."
when looking across many countries, oishi and diener found that people in wealthier nations were more educated, had fewer children, and expressed more individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries - all factors that were associated with higher life satisfaction but a significantly lower sense of meaning in life.
the data suggest that religiosity may play an important role: residents of wealthier nations, where religiosity is lower, reported less meaning in life and had higher suicide rates than poorer countries.
according to the researchers, religion may provide meaning in life to the extent that it helps people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles of working to survive in poor economic conditions:
"religion gives a system that connects daily experiences with the coherent whole and a general structure to one's plays a critical role in constructing meaning out of extreme hardship," the researchers write.
oishi and diener hope to replicate these findings using more comprehensive measures of meaning and religiosity, and are interested in following countries over time to track whether economic prosperity gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life.
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waɪl ˈrɛzɪdənts əv ˈwɛlθi ˈneɪʃənz tɛnd tɪ hæv ˈgreɪtər laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən, nu ˈrisərʧ ʃoʊz ðət ðoʊz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈpurər ˈneɪʃənz rɪˈpɔrt ˈhævɪŋ ˈgreɪtər ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf. ðiz ˈfaɪndɪŋz, ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl saɪəns, ə ˈʤərnəl əv ðə əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən fər ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl saɪəns, səˈʤɛst ðət ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf meɪ bi haɪər ɪn ˈpurər ˈneɪʃənz ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈgreɪtər rɪˌlɪʤiˈɑsəti. ɛz ˈkəntriz bɪˈkəm ˈrɪʧər, rɪˈlɪʤən bɪˈkəmz lɛs ˈsɛntrəl tɪ ˈpipəlz lɪvz ənd ðeɪ luz ə sɛns əv ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf. "ðəs fɑr, ðə wɛlθ əv ˈneɪʃənz həz bɪn ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ lɔnˈʤɛvəti, hɛlθ, ˈhæpinəs, ər laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən," ɪkˈspleɪnz ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈsaɪəntɪst oʊˈiʃi əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv vərˈʤɪnjə. "ˈgɪvɪn ðət ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf ɪz ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈæˌspɛkt əv ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ, wi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ lʊk mɔr ˈkɛrfəli æt ˌdɪfərˈɛnʃəl ˈpætərnz, ˈkɔrələts, ənd prɪˈdɪktərz fər ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf." oʊˈiʃi ənd ˈkɑlig ɛd ˈdinər əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌɪləˈnɔɪz æt ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən, ˈminɪŋ, ənd ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ baɪ ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ ˈdætə frəm ðə 2007 ˈgæləp wərld poʊl, ə ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl ˈsərˌveɪ əv ˈoʊvər pɑrˈtɪsəpənts frəm 132 ˈkəntriz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈænsərɪŋ ə ˈbeɪsɪk laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən kˈwɛʃən, pɑrˈtɪsəpənts wər æst: "du ju fil jʊr laɪf həz ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈpərpəs ər ˈminɪŋ?" ənd "ɪz rɪˈlɪʤən ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt pɑrt əv jʊr ˈdeɪli laɪf?" ðə ˈdætə rɪˈvild səm ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd trɛnz: "əˈməŋ əˈmɛrɪkənz, ðoʊz hu ər haɪ ɪn laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən ər ˈɔlsoʊ haɪ ɪn ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf," sɪz oʊˈiʃi. "bət wɪn wi lʊkt æt ðə səˈsaɪɪtəl ˈlɛvəl əv æˈnælɪsɪs, wi faʊnd ə kəmˈplitli ˈdɪfərənt ˈpætərn əv ðə əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən bɪtˈwin ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf ənd laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən." wɪn ˈlʊkɪŋ əˈkrɔs ˈmɛni ˈkəntriz, oʊˈiʃi ənd ˈdinər faʊnd ðət ˈpipəl ɪn ˈwɛlθiər ˈneɪʃənz wər mɔr ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd, hæd fjuər ˈʧɪldrən, ənd ɪkˈsprɛst mɔr ˌɪndɪˌvɪʤuəˈlɪstɪk ˈætəˌtudz kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ðoʊz ɪn ˈpurər ˈkəntriz ɔl ˈfæktərz ðət wər əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ haɪər laɪf ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən bət ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli loʊər sɛns əv ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf. ðə ˈdætə səˈʤɛst ðət rɪˌlɪʤiˈɑsəti meɪ pleɪ ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt roʊl: ˈrɛzɪdənts əv ˈwɛlθiər ˈneɪʃənz, wɛr rɪˌlɪʤiˈɑsəti ɪz loʊər, ˌriˈpɔrtəd lɛs ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf ənd hæd haɪər ˈsuɪˌsaɪd reɪts ðən ˈpurər ˈkəntriz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈrisərʧərz, rɪˈlɪʤən meɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf tɪ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt ðət ɪt hɛlps ˈpipəl tɪ ˈoʊvərˌkəm ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti ənd koʊp wɪθ ðə ˈstrəgəlz əv ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ sərˈvaɪv ɪn pur ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk kənˈdɪʃənz: "rɪˈlɪʤən gɪvz ə ˈsɪstəm ðət kəˈnɛkts ˈdeɪli ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz wɪθ ðə koʊˈhɪrənt hoʊl ənd ə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈstrəkʧər tɪ wənz pleɪz ə ˈkrɪtɪkəl roʊl ɪn kənˈstrəktɪŋ ˈminɪŋ aʊt əv ɪkˈstrim ˈhɑrdʃɪp," ðə ˈrisərʧərz raɪt. oʊˈiʃi ənd ˈdinər hoʊp tɪ ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪt ðiz ˈfaɪndɪŋz ˈjuzɪŋ mɔr ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈmɛʒərz əv ˈminɪŋ ənd rɪˌlɪʤiˈɑsəti, ənd ər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈkəntriz ˈoʊvər taɪm tɪ træk ˈwɛðər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk prɑˈspɛrəti gɪvz raɪz tɪ lɛs rɪˌlɪʤiˈɑsəti ənd lɛs ˈminɪŋ ɪn laɪf.
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this was better than anything i've gotten for christmas since i was a little kid!!
i got the package and i knew my santa was the best. a freaking christmas lenny was drawn on the box?! i bet you don't know what that is do you. just shows the level of dedication and stalking my santa did. and if you then santa you need to add me as a friend on :)
three of these look like they were hand made by mjfikes. if they are you are one talented son of a bitch. in the excitement from finding my magnet and baby groot (both of which are proudly going to live on my desk at the job i'm starting on the 29th) i almost missed the piece that is going to get the most from strangers. a sonic freaking screwdriver crochet hook!! are you kidding me! oh dear god it glows in the dark. my 3 favorite things bundled into one glorious object.
and don't think that i don't appreciate the reflective yarn. that shit is gorgeous and soft. i initially wanted to make a little cat sweater, but now that i actually have some i'm tempted to make some cold weather jogging gear for myself.
and i can't forget the candy. i'm going to have to fight to keep my so's grubby paws off. luckily i can keep the candy bracelets close!
thank you again mjfikes, this is by far the most amazing gift anyone has given me!
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ðɪs wɑz ˈbɛtər ðən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ aɪv ˈgɔtən fər ˈkrɪsməs sɪns aɪ wɑz ə ˈlɪtəl kɪd!! aɪ gɑt ðə ˈpækɪʤ ənd aɪ nu maɪ ˈsænə wɑz ðə bɛst. ə ˈfrikɪŋ ˈkrɪsməs ˈlɛni wɑz drɔn ɔn ðə bɑks?! aɪ bɛt ju doʊnt noʊ wət ðət ɪz du ju. ʤɪst ʃoʊz ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən ənd ˈstɔkɪŋ maɪ ˈsænə dɪd. ənd ɪf ju ðɛn ˈsænə ju nid tɪ æd mi ɛz ə frɛnd ɔn θri əv ðiz lʊk laɪk ðeɪ wər hænd meɪd baɪ mjfikes*. ɪf ðeɪ ər ju ər wən ˈtæləntɪd sən əv ə bɪʧ. ɪn ðə ɪkˈsaɪtmənt frəm ˈfaɪndɪŋ maɪ ˈmægnət ənd ˈbeɪbi grut (boʊθ əv wɪʧ ər ˈpraʊdli goʊɪŋ tɪ lɪv ɔn maɪ dɛsk æt ðə ʤɑb əm ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɔn ðə 29th*) aɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst mɪst ðə pis ðət ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt ðə moʊst frəm ˈstreɪnʤərz. ə ˈsɑnɪk ˈfrikɪŋ ˈskruˌdraɪvər kroʊˈʃeɪ hʊk!! ər ju ˈkɪdɪŋ mi! oʊ dɪr gɑd ɪt gloʊz ɪn ðə dɑrk. maɪ 3 ˈfeɪvərɪt θɪŋz ˈbəndəld ˈɪntu wən ˈglɔriəs ˈɑbʤɛkt. ənd doʊnt θɪŋk ðət aɪ doʊnt əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ðə rɪˈflɛktɪv jɑrn. ðət ʃɪt ɪz ˈgɔrʤəs ənd sɔft. aɪ ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ˈwɔntɪd tɪ meɪk ə ˈlɪtəl kæt sˈwɛtər, bət naʊ ðət aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv səm əm ˈtɛmptɪd tɪ meɪk səm koʊld ˈwɛðər ˈʤɔgɪŋ gɪr fər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. ənd aɪ kænt fərˈgɛt ðə ˈkændi. əm goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv tɪ faɪt tɪ kip maɪ soʊz ˈgrəbi pɔz ɔf. ˈləkəli aɪ kən kip ðə ˈkændi ˈbreɪslɪts kloʊz! θæŋk ju əˈgɛn mjfikes*, ðɪs ɪz baɪ fɑr ðə moʊst əˈmeɪzɪŋ gɪft ˈɛniˌwən həz ˈgɪvɪn mi!
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by the jaded
things have reached the point where someone could stick a jump on a pair of year old skis and not one professional ski journalist notices. how do i know this? because exactly what a guy from bozeman named rolf wilson did in february 2011. apparently, all the ski journalists were too busy press releases from energy drink companies on their to care. or maybe the snow was really good that week.
either way, if an extra rotation or the “drop” of yet another movie is worth burning a trillion electrons in and facebook posts, i would be severely remiss in my duties if i try to shove this story into the conversation: wilson broke his own world distance record off the nordic jump at hill, flying 375 feet during pro alpine flying championships (formerly known as) on feb. 11.
now, jumping 375 feet on alpine gear (or any gear) is, of course, crazier than a bag of cut snakes. but looking at photo (above), also clear that wilson did it on a pair of salomon 977 bindings and rossi boards from approximately
i’ll grant you, no rotations, not even a token grab, but the bottom line is that the man jumped 375 feet and stuck it. he fall off a big cliff and hot tub into 20 feet of pow. he sent it well and true at speed and stomped. on gear from the reagan
and not like this was some big secret. this happened in the middle of a place known as ski town usa, during a event that headlines said winter carnival, an event where have been jumping feet for 20 years.
as far as concerned, the ski media owes wilson big anyone else who has ever hit a jump with alpine from now on, if we say anything about going big, we should have to keep it the context of rolf wilson. like, “the gap jump at the photo shoot was so huge it was like… almost half as big as rolf wilson goes on his warmup runs.”
and i sure want to read any editorial about how maybe jumps are getting too big. if one thing wilson and the rest of the boys have shown us, exactly where the level is for going large on as far as concerned, the top ought to be buying old and working on nice, at. give me a big air and have a reason to watch x games.
so, to rolf wilson and the rest of the pro tour: you might never get any love from the bro industry, but this for you.
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1 hans ludwig is the jaded local.
2 jumping is the art of jumping for distance off nordic jumps with standard alpine gear and speed suits. without the huge skis and specialized suits that nordic jumpers use, jumpers have to make up for less lift with more speed. in other words, way more badass. the pro tour apparently consists of about twelve with very large legs and high din settings.
3 long after mankind has blown itself to smithereens, and even the cockroaches have boiled away in the fiery heat of our dying sun, steel salomon bindings will live on. if aliens visit our planet in the distant future, they will conclude that we must have been very concerned about throwing a shoe.
4 which makes me feel a lot better about the pair of been skiing on since 2003 when i bought them for $60 off marshall on the forum. i can attest that i had a single in the 600+ days that skied on them. or any release whatsoever, for that matter. so got that going for me.
5 and what the hell do these guys have to do to get sponsored, anyway? jumping a football field (and the end zones) enough?
6 at least until someone lets them jump at one of the meter ski flying hills, where the current distance record on nordic gear is over two football fields (and the end zones).
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baɪ ðə ˈʤeɪdɪd θɪŋz hæv riʧt ðə pɔɪnt wɛr ˈsəmˌwən kʊd stɪk ə ʤəmp ɔn ə pɛr əv jɪr oʊld skiz ənd nɑt wən prəˈfɛʃənəl ski ˈʤərnəlɪst ˈnoʊtɪsɪz. haʊ du aɪ noʊ ðɪs? bɪˈkəz ɪgˈzæktli wət ə gaɪ frəm ˈboʊzmən neɪmd roʊlf ˈwɪlsən dɪd ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2011 əˈpɛrəntli, ɔl ðə ski ˈʤərnəlɪsts wər tu ˈbɪzi prɛs rɪˈlisɪz frəm ˈɛnərʤi drɪŋk ˈkəmpəˌniz ɔn ðɛr tɪ kɛr. ər ˈmeɪbi ðə snoʊ wɑz ˈrɪli gʊd ðət wik. ˈiðər weɪ, ɪf ən ˈɛkstrə roʊˈteɪʃən ər ðə ““drop”*” əv jɛt əˈnəðər ˈmuvi ɪz wərθ ˈbərnɪŋ ə ˈtrɪljən ˌɪˈlɛktrɑnz ɪn ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊsts, aɪ wʊd bi səˈvɪrli riˈmɪs ɪn maɪ ˈdutiz ɪf aɪ traɪ tɪ ʃəv ðɪs ˈstɔri ˈɪntu ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən: ˈwɪlsən broʊk hɪz oʊn wərld ˈdɪstəns ˈrɛkərd ɔf ðə ˈnɔrdɪk ʤəmp æt hɪl, flaɪɪŋ 375 fit ˈdʊrɪŋ proʊ ˈælˌpaɪn flaɪɪŋ ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps (ˈfɔrmərli noʊn ɛz ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 11 naʊ, ˈʤəmpɪŋ 375 fit ɔn ˈælˌpaɪn gɪr (ər ˈɛni gɪr) ɪz, əv kɔrs, ˈkreɪziər ðən ə bæg əv kət sneɪks. bət ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈfoʊˌtoʊ (əˈbəv), ˈɔlsoʊ klɪr ðət ˈwɪlsən dɪd ɪt ɔn ə pɛr əv ˈsæləmən 977 ˈbaɪndɪŋz ənd ˈrɔsi bɔrdz frəm əˈprɑksəmətli grænt ju, noʊ roʊˈteɪʃənz, nɑt ˈivɪn ə ˈtoʊkən græb, bət ðə ˈbɑtəm laɪn ɪz ðət ðə mæn ʤəmpt 375 fit ənd stək ɪt. hi fɔl ɔf ə bɪg klɪf ənd hɑt təb ˈɪntu 20 fit əv paʊ. hi sɛnt ɪt wɛl ənd tru æt spid ənd stɑmpt. ɔn gɪr frəm ðə ˈrigən ənd nɑt laɪk ðɪs wɑz səm bɪg ˈsikrɪt. ðɪs ˈhæpənd ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ə pleɪs noʊn ɛz ski taʊn ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ, ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ɪˈvɛnt ðət ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz sɛd ˈwɪntər ˈkɑrnəvəl, ən ɪˈvɛnt wɛr hæv bɪn ˈʤəmpɪŋ fit fər 20 jɪrz. ɛz fɑr ɛz kənˈsərnd, ðə ski ˈmidiə oʊz ˈwɪlsən bɪg ˈɛniˌwən ɛls hu həz ˈɛvər hɪt ə ʤəmp wɪθ ˈælˌpaɪn frəm naʊ ɔn, ɪf wi seɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt goʊɪŋ bɪg, wi ʃʊd hæv tɪ kip ɪt ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv roʊlf ˈwɪlsən. laɪk, gæp ʤəmp æt ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ʃut wɑz soʊ juʤ ɪt wɑz like…*… ˈɔlˌmoʊst hæf ɛz bɪg ɛz roʊlf ˈwɪlsən goʊz ɔn hɪz ˈwɔrˌməp runs.”*.” ənd aɪ ʃʊr wɔnt tɪ rɛd ˈɛni ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl əˈbaʊt haʊ ˈmeɪbi ʤəmps ər ˈgɪtɪŋ tu bɪg. ɪf wən θɪŋ ˈwɪlsən ənd ðə rɛst əv ðə bɔɪz hæv ʃoʊn ˈjuˈɛs, ɪgˈzæktli wɛr ðə ˈlɛvəl ɪz fər goʊɪŋ lɑrʤ ɔn ɛz fɑr ɛz kənˈsərnd, ðə tɔp ɔt tɪ bi baɪɪŋ oʊld ənd ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn nis, æt. gɪv mi ə bɪg ɛr ənd hæv ə ˈrizən tɪ wɔʧ ɛks geɪmz. soʊ, tɪ roʊlf ˈwɪlsən ənd ðə rɛst əv ðə proʊ tʊr: ju maɪt ˈnɛvər gɪt ˈɛni ləv frəm ðə broʊ ˈɪndəstri, bət ðɪs fər ju. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt 1 hɑns ˈlədwɪg ɪz ðə ˈʤeɪdɪd ˈloʊkəl. 2 ˈʤəmpɪŋ ɪz ðə ɑrt əv ˈʤəmpɪŋ fər ˈdɪstəns ɔf ˈnɔrdɪk ʤəmps wɪθ ˈstændərd ˈælˌpaɪn gɪr ənd spid suts. wɪˈθaʊt ðə juʤ skiz ənd ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd suts ðət ˈnɔrdɪk ˈʤəmpərz juz, ˈʤəmpərz hæv tɪ meɪk əp fər lɛs lɪft wɪθ mɔr spid. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, weɪ mɔr ˈbæˌdæs. ðə proʊ tʊr əˈpɛrəntli kənˈsɪsts əv əˈbaʊt twɛlv wɪθ ˈvɛri lɑrʤ lɛgz ənd haɪ dɪn ˈsɛtɪŋz. 3 lɔŋ ˈæftər ˈmænˈkaɪnd həz bloʊn ˌɪtˈsɛlf tɪ sˌmɪðərˈinz, ənd ˈivɪn ðə ˈkɑˌkroʊʧɪz hæv bɔɪld əˈweɪ ɪn ðə ˈfaɪəri hit əv ɑr daɪɪŋ sən, stil ˈsæləmən ˈbaɪndɪŋz wɪl lɪv ɔn. ɪf ˈeɪliənz ˈvɪzɪt ɑr ˈplænət ɪn ðə ˈdɪstənt fˈjuʧər, ðeɪ wɪl kənˈklud ðət wi məst hæv bɪn ˈvɛri kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt θroʊɪŋ ə ʃu. 4 wɪʧ meɪks mi fil ə lɔt ˈbɛtər əˈbaʊt ðə pɛr əv bɪn skiɪŋ ɔn sɪns 2003 wɪn aɪ bɔt ðɛm fər 60 ɔf ˈmɑrʃəl ɔn ðə ˈfɔrəm. aɪ kən əˈtɛst ðət aɪ hæd ə ˈsɪŋgəl ɪn ðə 600 deɪz ðət skid ɔn ðɛm. ər ˈɛni riˈlis ˌwətsoʊˈɛvər, fər ðət ˈmætər. soʊ gɑt ðət goʊɪŋ fər mi. 5 ənd wət ðə hɛl du ðiz gaɪz hæv tɪ du tɪ gɪt ˈspɑnsərd, ˈɛniˌweɪ? ˈʤəmpɪŋ ə ˈfʊtˌbɔl fild (ənd ðə ɛnd zoʊnz) ɪˈnəf? 6 æt list ənˈtɪl ˈsəmˌwən lɛts ðɛm ʤəmp æt wən əv ðə ˈmitər ski flaɪɪŋ hɪlz, wɛr ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈdɪstəns ˈrɛkərd ɔn ˈnɔrdɪk gɪr ɪz ˈoʊvər tu ˈfʊtˌbɔl fildz (ənd ðə ɛnd zoʊnz).
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as the dust settles on a general election, british corpse is barely even twitching now, its death rattle long since extinguished.
as a journalist covered this campaign from the start on tv, radio and in print, i started out a labour voter previously voted labour all my life)… and ended it anything but.
and while my defection was first started by champagne socialism, it was spurred on by labour voters themselves.
sensing my labour wobble, i was courted by hopeful voters who, despite their disgraceful portrayal in the press, i found to be almost universally polite and passionate.
greens, while often bonkers, were also polite and optimistic for an extra vote. tory voters were of course largely conspicuous by their absence on twitter away from their established media commentators.
and labour? on social media, my conclusion that they have become the party of the social justice warrior. and that is a truly terrible and toxic place to be.
during the election, i routinely watched labour voters like wasps in a jam jar. daily, swarm towards aggressive and brazenly that brought out the worst in these lefties, who became drunk on hate.
the list was endless, with the omnipresent buttressed by and the frankly preposterous final-furlong, parody #jesuised.
potty mouthed
believe me, nobody more than a scorned socialist. they were the polar opposite of ‘shy tories’ and probably the main reason so many tories were shy. after all, who wants an aggressive, expletive-riddled, lecture in privilege from a feminist gender studies student simply for questioning proven muslim corruption in tower hamlets?
in the old days, it was the right who told us how to think. the british conservatives (with a big c) were morally conservative (with a small c). today, it is labour and their voters who, from their high perch, dish out morally superior life advice to the rest of us.
labour’s mindset seemed more interested in gender quotas, championing feminism and trying their best to not offend the and muslim communities. but by pandering to the margins they have fatally ignored the mainstream; the quiet majority who work hard and pay their taxes.
in the strange world of the internet and now in mindset whites, heterosexuals and men are bottom of the privilege pyramid. they matter. worse, if they dare to step out of line, labelled racist, sexist, misogynistic, islamophobic… whatever will shut them up.
bullying
during this election, i was subjected to daily personal attacks on social media and when i went into these timelines, to a man and woman they were labour. and every time, it made it that little bit easier to abandon the labour ship.
not that it bothered me after 20 years in journalism ugly enough to not care about twitter spats, and when had a hate letter posted to your home address from hardest inmate charles bronson, a militant feminist droning on twitter is what it is: a low-level irritant with no more force then a dripping tap.
for at least a year long before it was accepted that labour were losing entire communities to i questioned, then later attacked, abandonment of the working classes.
in the months leading up the the election, i was extremely open about my politics on sky news, radio, in the telegraph and here on breitbart, where i finally i denounced labour as a party i no longer recognised.
for this i was called “a tory bottom feeder” a “murdoch glove puppet”, and, of course, a “class traitor” and “a sell-out”. finally, one enraged told me to “f**k off”.
so, along with millions of others, i did.
ungracious
if the press ever hope to pander beyond the shrinking shores of guardiansville, much like the labour party itself, they need either a wholesale rethink of approach or a root and branch personnel clear-out.
yet, somehow, even worse than media commentators were some labour voters themselves.
the ghoulish for soviet economics and social ideology a minted metropolitan media elite and most outspoken voters, a bunch of furious social justice warriors, feminists, bilious public servants and snide students are still glumly over the grave, making mischief on the streets of london, and wreaking disrespectful havoc on social media.
never in the history of british politics has defeat been soly met. media commentators have been struck down with the worst case of political delusion since “comical ali” was laughed out of iraq in 2003, when suddam iraqi information minister refused to accept his “invincible” iraq army was being eviscerated by the allies despite irrefutable and journalistic proof.
like comical ali, the standard bearers of british socialism media commentators such as owen jones, laurie penny and charlie booker are suffering from a case of selective myopia, one that continues to consume them even after their war has been lost.
when the end was nigh, even adolf hitler had the good grace to pull the trigger, but supporters live in a parallel dimension.
delusional
it was magnificent, for example, to see attempt at playing electoral mystic meg “russell brand has endorsed labour and the tories should be worried,” he wrote many thousands of times post-election. his fortune telling was even printed onto celebratory mugs and t-shirts.
penny’s bitterness at defeat led her first to take to her fainting couch with “depression” before she threw her fedora in with the class war rabble who rioted outside tory the day after the outright election victory had been declared.
when daubed “fuck tory scum!” on the war memorial in whitehall on the anniversary of ve day, a downing street spokesman condemned the graffiti as “a despicable display of disrespect for those who fought and died for their country”.
penny, however, insisted she had “no problem” with the desecration, adding: “the women of including my nanna fought for a better world. national healthcare, education. everything the tories want to destroy.”
for this high treason, she was quickly added to the daily most hated list, an accolade penny and her fans will no doubt draw comfort from. being a target of the right adds to her allure on the left.
worse, when the exit poll was announced, charlie brooker the resident jack dee said voting tory was “like masturbating or listening to gary barlow.”
his previous, wholesale dismissal of the tories had come back to haunt him: “the conservative party is an eternally irritating force for wrong that appeals exclusively to bigots, toffs, machine men, faded entertainers and selfish, grasping who were born with some essential part of their soul missing.”
at a stroke, this minted metropolitan socialist contemptuously dismissed per cent of british voters, not to mention winston churchill, our greatest ever leader and the man who masterminded “nanna” to victory against the nazis.
these sneering are the animal farm socialists: grown fat on lucrative book, journalism and tv deals, buttressed with public speaking appearance fees; lefties who inexplicably feel they have the right to lecture the rest of us on privilege.
their brazen contempt of the british electorate and, in particular, disrespect for our war dead will be long remembered.
liability
when the social justice warrior collides with labour we get the socialist justice warriors: who are encumbered with a rampant, intellectual fascism that grants them the right, hourly, to hunt down and harass anybody who disagrees with them.
sweet revenge came when crosses were placed in tory boxes on may 7th. not forgetting voters, been dismissed by the left as racist, homophobic neanderthals mainly for wanting tougher immigration controls on what they see as an policy a policy that was introduced by labour.
the labour party that once represented coal miners like my father is now the party of the socialist justice warrior.
so we find ourselves in a bizarre position where modern labour voters are now the single biggest reason to not vote labour. how the hell did that happen? and what on earth are labour going to do about it?
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ɛz ðə dəst ˈsɛtəlz ɔn ə ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən, ˈbrɪtɪʃ kɔrps ɪz ˈbɛrli ˈivɪn tˈwɪʧɪŋ naʊ, ɪts dɛθ ˈrætəl lɔŋ sɪns ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃt. ɛz ə ˈʤərnəlɪst ˈkəvərd ðɪs kæmˈpeɪn frəm ðə stɑrt ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən, ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ənd ɪn prɪnt, aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd aʊt ə ˈleɪbər ˈvoʊtər ˈpriviəsli ˈvoʊtɪd ˈleɪbər ɔl maɪ life)…*)… ənd ˈɛndɪd ɪt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ bət. ənd waɪl maɪ dɪˈfɛkʃən wɑz fərst ˈstɑrtɪd baɪ ʃæmˈpeɪn ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm, ɪt wɑz spərd ɔn baɪ ˈleɪbər ˈvoʊtərz ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ˈsɛnsɪŋ maɪ ˈleɪbər ˈwɑbəl, aɪ wɑz ˈkɔrtɪd baɪ ˈhoʊpfəl ˈvoʊtərz hu, dɪˈspaɪt ðɛr dɪsˈgreɪsfəl pɔrˈtreɪəl ɪn ðə prɛs, aɪ faʊnd tɪ bi ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌjunəˈvərsəli pəˈlaɪt ənd ˈpæʃənət. grinz, waɪl ˈɔfən ˈbɑŋkərz, wər ˈɔlsoʊ pəˈlaɪt ənd ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk fər ən ˈɛkstrə voʊt. ˈtɔri ˈvoʊtərz wər əv kɔrs ˈlɑrʤli kənˈspɪkjuəs baɪ ðɛr ˈæbsəns ɔn tˈwɪtər əˈweɪ frəm ðɛr ɪˈstæblɪʃt ˈmidiə ˈkɑmənˌteɪtərz. ənd ˈleɪbər? ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə, maɪ kənˈkluʒən ðət ðeɪ hæv bɪˈkəm ðə ˈpɑrti əv ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈwɔrjər. ənd ðət ɪz ə ˈtruli ˈtɛrəbəl ənd ˈtɑksɪk pleɪs tɪ bi. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən, aɪ ruˈtinli wɔʧt ˈleɪbər ˈvoʊtərz laɪk wɑsps ɪn ə ʤæm ʤɑr. ˈdeɪli, swɔrm təˈwɔrdz əˈgrɛsɪv ənd ˈbreɪzənli ðət brɔt aʊt ðə wərst ɪn ðiz ˈlɛftiz, hu bɪˈkeɪm drəŋk ɔn heɪt. ðə lɪst wɑz ˈɛndləs, wɪθ ðə ˌɑmnɪˈprɛzənt ˈbətrəst baɪ ənd ðə ˈfræŋkli prɪˈpɑstərəs final-furlong*, ˈpɛrədi #jesuised*. ˈpɑti maʊðd bɪˈliv mi, ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi mɔr ðən ə skɔrnd ˈsoʊʃəlɪst. ðeɪ wər ðə ˈpoʊlər ˈɑpəzɪt əv tories’*’ ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli ðə meɪn ˈrizən soʊ ˈmɛni ˈtɔˌriz wər ʃaɪ. ˈæftər ɔl, hu wɔnts ən əˈgrɛsɪv, expletive-riddled*, ˈlɛkʧər ɪn ˈprɪvɪlɪʤ frəm ə ˈfɛmənɪst ˈʤɛndər ˈstədiz ˈstudənt ˈsɪmpli fər kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ˈpruvən ˈməzlɪm kərˈəpʃən ɪn taʊər ˈhæmləts? ɪn ðə oʊld deɪz, ɪt wɑz ðə raɪt hu toʊld ˈjuˈɛs haʊ tɪ θɪŋk. ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ kənˈsərvətɪvz (wɪθ ə bɪg si) wər ˈmɔrəli kənˈsərvətɪv (wɪθ ə smɔl si). təˈdeɪ, ɪt ɪz ˈleɪbər ənd ðɛr ˈvoʊtərz hu, frəm ðɛr haɪ pərʧ, dɪʃ aʊt ˈmɔrəli suˈpɪriər laɪf ədˈvaɪs tɪ ðə rɛst əv ˈjuˈɛs. ˈmaɪndˌsɛt simd mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈʤɛndər kˈwoʊtəz, ˈʧæmpiənɪŋ ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm ənd traɪɪŋ ðɛr bɛst tɪ nɑt əˈfɛnd ðə ənd ˈməzlɪm kəmˈjunɪtiz. bət baɪ ˈpændərɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈmɑrʤənz ðeɪ hæv ˈfeɪtəli ˌɪgˈnɔrd ðə ˈmeɪnˌstrim; ðə kwaɪət məˈʤɔrəti hu wərk hɑrd ənd peɪ ðɛr ˈtæksɪz. ɪn ðə streɪnʤ wərld əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ənd naʊ ɪn ˈmaɪndˌsɛt waɪts, ˌhɛtəroʊˈsɛkˌʃuəlz ənd mɛn ər ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ˈprɪvɪlɪʤ ˈpɪrəmɪd. ðeɪ ˈmætər. wərs, ɪf ðeɪ dɛr tɪ stɛp aʊt əv laɪn, ˈleɪbəld ˈreɪsɪst, ˈsɛksɪst, misogynistic*, islamophobic…*… ˌwəˈtɛvər wɪl ʃət ðɛm əp. ˈbʊliɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ɪˈlɛkʃən, aɪ wɑz səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ˈdeɪli ˈpərsɪnəl əˈtæks ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ənd wɪn aɪ wɛnt ˈɪntu ðiz ˈtaɪmlaɪnz, tɪ ə mæn ənd ˈwʊmən ðeɪ wər ˈleɪbər. ənd ˈɛvəri taɪm, ɪt meɪd ɪt ðət ˈlɪtəl bɪt ˈiziər tɪ əˈbændən ðə ˈleɪbər ʃɪp. nɑt ðət ɪt ˈbɑðərd mi ˈæftər 20 jɪrz ɪn ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ˈəgli ɪˈnəf tɪ nɑt kɛr əˈbaʊt tˈwɪtər spæts, ənd wɪn hæd ə heɪt ˈlɛtər ˈpoʊstɪd tɪ jʊr hoʊm ˈæˌdrɛs frəm ˈhɑrdəst ˈɪnˌmeɪt ˈʧɑrəlz ˈbrɑnsən, ə ˈmɪlətənt ˈfɛmənɪst ˈdroʊnɪŋ ɔn tˈwɪtər ɪz wət ɪt ɪz: ə ˌloʊˈlɛvəl ˈɪrətənt wɪθ noʊ mɔr fɔrs ðɛn ə ˈdrɪpɪŋ tæp. fər æt list ə jɪr lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt wɑz ækˈsɛptɪd ðət ˈleɪbər wər ˈluzɪŋ ɪnˈtaɪər kəmˈjunɪtiz tɪ aɪ kˈwɛsʧənd, ðɛn ˈleɪtər əˈtækt, əˈbændənmənt əv ðə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈklæsɪz. ɪn ðə mənθs ˈlidɪŋ əp ðə ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən, aɪ wɑz ɪkˈstrimli ˈoʊpən əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈpɑləˌtɪks ɔn skaɪ nuz, ˈreɪdiˌoʊ, ɪn ðə ˈtɛləˌgræf ənd hir ɔn breitbart*, wɛr aɪ ˈfaɪnəli aɪ dɪˈnaʊnst ˈleɪbər ɛz ə ˈpɑrti aɪ noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd. fər ðɪs aɪ wɑz kɔld ˈtɔri ˈbɑtəm feeder”*” ə gləv puppet”*”, ənd, əv kɔrs, ə traitor”*” ənd sell-out”*”. ˈfaɪnəli, wən ɪnˈreɪʤd toʊld mi tɪ off”*”. soʊ, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈmɪljənz əv ˈəðərz, aɪ dɪd. ɪf ðə prɛs ˈɛvər hoʊp tɪ ˈpændər bɪɔnd ðə ʃˈrɪŋkɪŋ ʃɔrz əv guardiansville*, məʧ laɪk ðə ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ðeɪ nid ˈiðər ə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl riˈθɪŋk əv əˈproʊʧ ər ə rut ənd brænʧ ˌpərsəˈnɛl clear-out*. jɛt, ˈsəmˌhaʊ, ˈivɪn wərs ðən ˈmidiə ˈkɑmənˌteɪtərz wər səm ˈleɪbər ˈvoʊtərz ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðə ˈgulɪʃ fər ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤi ə ˈmɪntɪd ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən ˈmidiə ɪˈlit ənd moʊst ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən ˈvoʊtərz, ə bənʧ əv fˈjʊriəs ˈsoʊʃəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈwɔrjərz, ˈfɛmənɪsts, ˈbɪliəs ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvənts ənd snaɪd ˈstudənts ər stɪl ˈgləmli ˈoʊvər ðə greɪv, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmɪsʧəf ɔn ðə strits əv ˈləndən, ənd ˈrikɪŋ ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfəl ˈhævək ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə. ˈnɛvər ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈpɑləˌtɪks həz dɪˈfit bɪn soʊ mɛt. ˈmidiə ˈkɑmənˌteɪtərz hæv bɪn strək daʊn wɪθ ðə wərst keɪs əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl dɪˈluʒən sɪns ali”*” wɑz læft aʊt əv ˌɪˈrɑk ɪn 2003 wɪn ˌsəˈdɑm ˌɪˈræki ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstər rɪfˈjuzd tɪ əkˈsɛpt hɪz ““invincible”*” ˌɪˈrɑk ˈɑrmi wɑz biɪŋ əˈvɪsərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈælaɪz dɪˈspaɪt ˌɪrəfˈjutəbəl ənd ˌʤərnəˈlɪstɪk pruf. laɪk ˈkɑmɪkəl ˈɑli, ðə ˈstændərd ˈbɛrərz əv ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm ˈmidiə ˈkɑmənˌteɪtərz səʧ ɛz oʊən ʤoʊnz, ˈlɔri ˈpɛni ənd ˈʧɑrli ˈbʊkər ər ˈsəfərɪŋ frəm ə keɪs əv səˈlɛktɪv maɪˈoʊpiə, wən ðət kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ kənˈsum ðɛm ˈivɪn ˈæftər ðɛr wɔr həz bɪn lɔst. wɪn ðə ɛnd wɑz naɪ, ˈivɪn ˈeɪdɑlf ˈhɪtlər hæd ðə gʊd greɪs tɪ pʊl ðə ˈtrɪgər, bət səˈpɔrtərz lɪv ɪn ə ˈpɛrəˌlɛl dɪˈmɛnʃən. dɪˈluʒənəl ɪt wɑz mægˈnɪfɪsənt, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, tɪ si əˈtɛmpt æt pleɪɪŋ ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈmɪstɪk mɛg brænd həz ɛnˈdɔrst ˈleɪbər ənd ðə ˈtɔˌriz ʃʊd bi worried,”*,” hi roʊt ˈmɛni ˈθaʊzənz əv taɪmz post-election*. hɪz ˈfɔrʧən ˈtɛlɪŋ wɑz ˈivɪn ˈprɪnɪd ˈɔntu səˈlɛbrəˌtɔri məgz ənd ˈtiˌsərts. ˈbɪtərnəs æt dɪˈfit lɛd hər fərst tɪ teɪk tɪ hər ˈfeɪntɪŋ kaʊʧ wɪθ ““depression”*” ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi θru hər fɪˈdɔrə ɪn wɪθ ðə klæs wɔr ˈræbəl hu ˈraɪətɪd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈtɔri ðə deɪ ˈæftər ðə ˈaʊˈtraɪt ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈvɪktəri hæd bɪn dɪˈklɛrd. wɪn dɔbd ˈtɔri scum!”*!” ɔn ðə wɔr məˈmɔriəl ɪn ˈwaɪˌthɔl ɔn ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv vi deɪ, ə ˈdaʊnɪŋ strit ˈspoʊksmən kənˈdɛmd ðə grəˈfiti ɛz dɪˈspɪkəbəl dɪˈspleɪ əv ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛkt fər ðoʊz hu fɔt ənd daɪd fər ðɛr country”*”. ˈpɛni, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ʃi hæd problem”*” wɪθ ðə dɛzəˈkreɪʃən, ˈædɪŋ: ˈwɪmən əv ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ maɪ ˈnænə fɔt fər ə ˈbɛtər wərld. ˈnæʃənəl ˈhɛlθˌkɛr, ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðə ˈtɔˌriz wɔnt tɪ destroy.”*.” fər ðɪs haɪ ˈtrizən, ʃi wɑz kˈwɪkli ˈædɪd tɪ ðə ˈdeɪli moʊst ˈheɪtɪd lɪst, ən ˈækəˌleɪd ˈpɛni ənd hər fænz wɪl noʊ daʊt drɔ ˈkəmfərt frəm. biɪŋ ə ˈtərgət əv ðə raɪt ædz tɪ hər əˈlʊr ɔn ðə lɛft. wərs, wɪn ðə ˈɛksət poʊl wɑz əˈnaʊnst, ˈʧɑrli ˈbrʊkər ðə ˈrɛzɪdənt ʤæk di sɛd ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈtɔri wɑz ˈmæstərˌbeɪtɪŋ ər ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ˈgɛri barlow.”*.” hɪz ˈpriviəs, ˈhoʊlˌseɪl dɪsˈmɪsəl əv ðə ˈtɔˌriz hæd kəm bæk tɪ hɔnt ɪm: kənˈsərvətɪv ˈpɑrti ɪz ən ɪˈtərnəli ˈɪrəˌteɪtɪŋ fɔrs fər rɔŋ ðət əˈpilz ɪkˈsklusɪvli tɪ ˈbɪgəts, toffs*, məˈʃin mɛn, ˈfeɪdɪd ˌɛnərˈteɪnərz ənd ˈsɛlfɪʃ, ˈgræspɪŋ hu wər bɔrn wɪθ səm ɛˈsɛnʃəl pɑrt əv ðɛr soʊl missing.”*.” æt ə stroʊk, ðɪs ˈmɪntɪd ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən ˈsoʊʃəlɪst kənˈtɛmˌpʧuəsli dɪsˈmɪst pər sɛnt əv ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈvoʊtərz, nɑt tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ˈwɪnstən ˈʧərʧɪl, ɑr ˈgreɪtəst ˈɛvər ˈlidər ənd ðə mæn hu ˈmæstərˌmaɪndɪd ““nanna”*” tɪ ˈvɪktəri əˈgɛnst ðə ˈnɑtsiz. ðiz sˈnɪrɪŋ ər ðə ˈænəməl fɑrm ˈsoʊʃəlɪsts: groʊn fæt ɔn ˈlukrətɪv bʊk, ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ənd ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən dilz, ˈbətrəst wɪθ ˈpəblɪk ˈspikɪŋ əˈpɪrəns fiz; ˈlɛftiz hu ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbli fil ðeɪ hæv ðə raɪt tɪ ˈlɛkʧər ðə rɛst əv ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ˈprɪvɪlɪʤ. ðɛr ˈbreɪzən kənˈtɛmpt əv ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ɪˈlɛktərət ənd, ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛkt fər ɑr wɔr dɛd wɪl bi lɔŋ rɪˈmɛmbərd. ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti wɪn ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈwɔrjər kəˈlaɪdz wɪθ ˈleɪbər wi gɪt ðə ˈsoʊʃəlɪst ˈʤəstɪs ˈwɔrjərz: hu ər ɛnˈkəmbərd wɪθ ə ˈræmpənt, ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəl ˈfæˌʃɪzəm ðət grænts ðɛm ðə raɪt, ˈaʊrli, tɪ hənt daʊn ənd həræs ˈɛnibədi hu dɪsəˈgriz wɪθ ðɛm. swit riˈvɛnʤ keɪm wɪn ˈkrɔsɪz wər pleɪst ɪn ˈtɔri ˈbɑksɪz ɔn meɪ 7th*. nɑt fərˈgɛtɪŋ ˈvoʊtərz, bɪn dɪsˈmɪst baɪ ðə lɛft ɛz ˈreɪsɪst, ˌhoʊməˈfoʊbɪk niˈændərˌθɔlz ˈmeɪnli fər ˈwɑnɪŋ ˈtəfər ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən kənˈtroʊlz ɔn wət ðeɪ si ɛz ən ˈpɑləsi ə ˈpɑləsi ðət wɑz ˌɪntrəˈdust baɪ ˈleɪbər. ðə ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti ðət wəns ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd koʊl ˈmaɪnərz laɪk maɪ ˈfɑðər ɪz naʊ ðə ˈpɑrti əv ðə ˈsoʊʃəlɪst ˈʤəstɪs ˈwɔrjər. soʊ wi faɪnd ɑrˈsɛlvz ɪn ə bɪˈzɑr pəˈzɪʃən wɛr ˈmɑdərn ˈleɪbər ˈvoʊtərz ər naʊ ðə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈbɪgəst ˈrizən tɪ nɑt voʊt ˈleɪbər. haʊ ðə hɛl dɪd ðət ˈhæpən? ənd wət ɔn ərθ ər ˈleɪbər goʊɪŋ tɪ du əˈbaʊt ɪt?
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can’t fear your own world part 7 full translation
i’m super late but here it is, going to be another long read (12.5k words) since this part consists of two chapters.
chapter 5
(page 208)
soul society -
“…no matter how many times i come here, never get used to walking around.”
in the eastern end of the sector, is lined with mansions belonging to noblemen, high class*, and establishments catering exclusively to nobles. (*fancy, traditional japanese restaurant.)
at the heart of, releases a small sigh whilst heading towards the central block where commoners cannot enter unless they obtain formal permission or an invitation from a noble.
responding to, hanatarō posed a question.
“you’ve come here a few times then?”
“that ōmaeda guy invited me to dine with him, along with abarai. after all, impossible for me to come here to a street alone on my salary.”
“i-impossible even on a vice really that bad…?”
“oh…well, because i use most of my salary on ordering things like gasoline or guitars from the human world… i only have a bit of money…”
hisagi replied self-consciously.
he ordered a ‘reishi-fied’ motorbike and guitar, amplifiers and electric generators to accompany it, fuels to work them, all from the human world, in so doing, he paid a considerable amount of money as a 'reishi-fication’ fee to shop.
as a result, and despite being in the position of vice captain, his wages had practically disappeared due to transactions with shop, but it seems he still had no intention of giving up his hobby of motorcycles and guitars, even now.
“even though a fellow vice captain, that ōmaeda has his own gem mining business. indeed, true what they say, money attracts money.” alluding to the ōmaedas’ business dealings with the wolf business, see part 9)
the pair chatted away whilst walking on, however,’s feet suddenly came to a stop, he turned his attention to a noticeably grand structure which could be seen in the distance.
“what’s the matter, san?”
“no…i was just thinking, the mansion it…?”
ahead of their stood an extravagant mansion, its roof which was far taller than the surrounding buildings is spread wide.
aside from some facilities, soul society is generally less inclined to build tall building structures making it a set of community developments reminiscent of a city during the period in japan rather than downtown areas like in the human world.
although the same in, the architectural style of the mansion appeared as if it was looking down on the estates belonging to the other nobles, and despite the fact that squad 6 and the clan were the wardens of the entire sector, it almost appeared as if the mansion was insisting that it was they who were in fact the rulers of this neighborhood.
“ah, it appears right, it seems like their clan are the leaders amongst the four great noble houses it? built on a spot directly opposite to the clan.”
“…i see.”
whilst thinking that he may end up having to go to that place sooner or later in order to 'collect information’, at the same time he also considered that an outsider like himself probably be allowed entry.
at the very least, the atmosphere around the mansion did not feel openly inviting like the ōmaeda family at all, rather it exudes an atmosphere that seemed even harder to probe into than that of the clan who were practically like the embodiment of the word 'strict’.
hisagi continued to walk whilst fixing a sharp look at the mansion for a short while, but then hanatarō raised his voice as if he had noticed something.
“ah, i can see it. that over there is the central pharmaceutical institution. although, i even been here since the time i went to celebrate my inauguration…”
“…this is built more extravagantly than the squad 1 barracks, you think…?”
whilst embracing such a thought, also another impression.
“how should i put it… the atmosphere is somewhat similar. but the outward appearance is completely different…”
“eh…? what?”
overpowered by the serious look on’s face, hanatarō whilst breaking into a cold sweat.
then, whether or not he completely understood it even himself, opened his mouth to speak appearing to lack in self-confidence somewhat.
“…the department of research and development.”
squad 12 - department of research and development.
“can you point out the most important facility within?”
when asked that question, most nobles and commoners alike would indicate to the places associated with central 46 or the name of an institution within the governmental district, but many amongst the active would speak about one of the following three.
firstly, the squad 1 barracks, as well as being the general headquarters of the 13, it is also the fortress that accommodatesmuken” in its basement, the lowest level of the central great underground prison.
next, the relief station where many of those who were injured were transported to. previously there were numerous relief specialists from the division who were looked down upon, however as many narrowly escaped death after battling with the, now there was practically nobody who underestimated them.
and finally, the department of research and development which is under the management of squad 12.
it’s said that ninety percent of the advanced technology currently being handled within is born out of this research and development institute,, its founder, and, its second president, were said to be entities who were inseparable from the very history of soul society itself.
however, obviously not like only the president that works here.
a multitude of researchers were at the forefront for the advancement of civilisation, sometimes under the instructions of the president, sometimes at the request of the, and sometimes simply continuing to exhibit shrewdness for their own interests - a beacon of hope that rapidly settles the various impossible demands of the soul society - that was the place they called the department of research and development.
even today, a new impossible demand stood in their way.
“hmph! hungryy~! hungry, hungry hungry~! nicorun, snacks~! give me snacks~! i want to eat castella*~! something that contains a heap of sugar~!” a type of japanese sponge cake.)
kuna thesquad 9 super vice captain” was noisily flapping her hands and feet around like a child on the floor of the department of research and development.
a female technician who was wearing glasses kuna nico addressed her as if scolding a child. nico is short for nicorun)
“you ate the snacks yesterday you, onee-chan.”
“no fair, no fair, no fair~! i have to eat some everyday~! you also have to give me every year~!” (*new gifts, usually in the form of money given to children)
“it’s pointless, onee-chan! i also gave you this year already so next year you be getting any!”
watching as nico scolded her sayingenough” and who continued to throw a tantrum, even starting to roll around on the floor let alone flapping her hands and feet about, a man who had horn like on his forehead the vice president of the department of research and development muttered to himself as if he was exasperated.
“well… it even matter if you give every year does it.”
“or rather, should the younger sister be giving to an older sister of that age…?”
next to him was a man whose outward appearance looked like a cross between a (* a giant mythological catfish) and a temple bell after also muttering to himself, he released a sigh seemingly astounded as he continued to speak.
“just when i thought miss. would stop coming here, it seems come to be that we have her replacement instead…”
hearing that whilst continuing his keystrokes on the nearby observation equipment, technological development staff member groaned with a heavy sigh.
“this place is cursed, it…”
as he says so, he reaches his hand out to a space that is seemingly empty.
then, he took out some sweets from the small hole that had opened up above that space.
“so in the end, your sweets were being hidden away in that artificial subspace huh…”
“this guy is also a member of the department of research and development after all.”
akon who replied in response to’s words, looked at who still continued her riot on the floor, he then opened his mouth to speak as if remembering something.
“that reminds me, an interview request was submitted to the captain again, from the real vice captain of squad 9. but it was swiftly rejected.”
“if the case, why you answer the vice questions instead?”
“even if you say that, what answers can i……”
“huh? getting some kind of weird feedback!”
interrupting’s dialogue, points out the abnormality on his monitor.
confronted with that feedback, leaned forward in curiosity and continued to observe for a short while, he then knit his eyebrows together ever so slightly whilst addressing.
“…ah, that is something we can disregard.”
“is that so? but, this is some unusual, without even using a gate, made a direct appearance in…”
“it’s fine. that pattern. something that has a "no interference required” directive against it personally issued from within the four great noble clans. why the alarms eveng… of course the captain is certainly not satisfied with this, probably have to keep monitoring it independently.“
despite answering in an unconcerned manner, frowned as he watched the numerical values of that pattern.
"compared to what i observed in few hours ago, this has depleted by a significant amount… what the hell happened?”
central pharmaceutical institution - waiting room.
"…incredible. everything including the furnishings, just like a estate in itself you think… is this place truly a waiting room for patients?”
hisagi and hanatarō were currently standing by in the pharmaceutical waiting room.
it appeared that yamada was away from his workstation right now, but they were to wait as he would return soon. today was apparently his day off from general medical examinations, and with the exception of emergency cases, it seems he was not receiving anyone, however when hanatarō gave his name at the reception desk he was met with a polite response and shown into this room where they were presently waiting.
although there was also a formal guest room, he thought he would lose his nerves even being brought into a room used for important nobles, so they were invited into the waiting room at’s suggestion.
“p-perhaps, i think that even all this is considered the bare minimum. my brother, he dislikes decorating things, so i think this is probably just the demands of the noble people.”
“so in other words, even the room in which they wait for a medical examination must be extravagant or else they stomach it. a drag it, this so called aristocratic vanity.”
“but captain seem to pay too much attention to vanities does he?”
“you say that but, captain have that piece of cloth he used to wear around his neck? apparently one of those is worth around ten stately mansions.”
at’s words, hanatarō raised his voice in surprise as his eyes remained partly open.
“t-ten!?”
“i know at first either, but i happened to hear about it when i was collecting information for a special feature on well established shops… i wonder how many motorbikes one of those hair ornaments of his are worth… hn?”
hisagi was just releasing a sigh at the difference in financial standing between himself and the nobles, but then he suddenly lifted his face up, he turned his attention in the direction of the pharmaceutical courtyard which was adjacent to the waiting room.
“what’s wrong, san?”
when hanatarō tilted his head in puzzlement, replied whilst narrowing his eyes.
“no just… there seems to be some sort of weird…”
as he said so with a glare fixed on the courtyard all of a sudden, that space opens up like the jaws of a beast.
“whaa……”
it was no gate the would use. cracks similar to a used by hollows were produced in the space, from within that a single figure emerged.
—- a hollow attack!?
—- inside the shakonmaku!?
he stood up straight despite being in shock, but then he realised he was currently not carrying a zanpakutō at his waist.
at present, there were no special exceptions in operation, even if one held the position of vice captain, carrying a sword was prohibited in several places, inside the pharmaceutical institute was one of them.
hisagi considered that he would need to run over to the reception desk and retrieve his zanpakutō which he had left with them, but his feet stopped when he looked at the true form of the figure that had just appeared.
it was a youngster wearing clothes similar to a shihakushō and it appears the whole body was covered in injuries.
“that’s not a hollow… a? terribly injured!”
“t-this is serious! if i give medical treatment right away…!”
hanatarō set off in a hurry towards the courtyard where he then came to a stop.
there, an androgynous youngster impossible to as either a girl or boy, the shoulder tips were severely mutilated, holes had pierced several places on the abdomen, and one arm was twisted back into an irregular position.
rather than describing it as wounded head to toe, looking at the condition, it be surprising to mistake the child for a corpse even if it was still standing and walking - hanatarō immediately hovered his hands over the openings to those wounds, activating healing kidō known as kaidō
“…uuhn.”
the child drops to both knees on the spot and distorts their face seemingly in pain.
“it’s okay, i will close up those wounds at once! can your hear my voice?!”
the usually timid hanatarō was like a different person, his voice echoed across the courtyard as he tried to vigorously encourage the youngster.
however as the child shook its head from side to side looking sorrowful, its eyes up with tears and it opened its mouth to speak.
“it’s pointless, i go on any longer…”
“such a thing, why would you–”
“i, i was unable to carry out commands… life, life worth living anymore, please just let me die here…!”
“you must be confused… alright! please, try to pull yourself together!”
hanatarō frantically said so whilst continuing kaidō, behind him however,’s body tensed.
—- just did…?
—-did that kid just say,tokinada sama”?
before who was bewildered at the name that had just left the mouth, hanatarō looked anxious for other reasons.
—- this… continuously changing!?
—- i cannot close up these wounds with my kaidō alone…!
deciding that continuing on like this was perilous, hanatarō cried out to.
“hisagi san! please call a pharmaceutical institute staff member quickly! move the patient into an emergency treatment room!”
“r-right!”
hisagi had come to his senses at voice, but as soon as he turned on his heel
there on the spot he had turned to look, stood a man.
“……!? are you a staff member here!? we have an injured person…”
before could even finish talking, that man calmly started to approach the bloodstained youth, lining himself up beside hanatarō, he placed his hands over the wounds.
“indeed, your efficiency in kaidō has improved. however, this patient is a bit of a special case. you be able to heal them alone.”
“ehh”
looking at the person who has appeared beside him, eyes widened as he raised his voice in surprise.
“se-seinosuke nii-san!”
“what!?”
subsequently,’s eyes also opened wide.
a man with a sharp look in his eyes and a, one would be completely unable to associate his image with hanatarō in any way, shape or form.
this man paying no heed to the surprise of the other two, continued to proceed with his medical treatment whilst skillfully changing the nature of the in his own kaidō.
then, the wounds began to heal in an instant and the bleeding had visibility halted.
observing that scene,’s breath was taken away.
even from the viewpoint of who has grown accustomed to receiving medical treatment, he could understand that the kaidō level was in a completely different league in comparison to that of the ordinary members of the division.
—- far from hanatarō… this guy… could it be that he may even be on par with san…?
although still no match for inouerejection of events”, at the extraordinary talent for kaidō that was being displayed before his eyes, marveled about whether this was truly the power that belonged to the chief of the central pharmaceutical institution.
only the youngster being healed showed no signs of improvement in their countenance whilst undergoing the kaidō treatment.
“…oh, yamada san. already a lost cause. please heal me…!”
“i like the sound of that. i prefer keeping a patient who is eager to die, alive against their will. since i let you die so easily, a good idea to prepare yourself while you still can. prepare to live with that dishonour.”
“i face sama…! please just let me rot here like this…!”
“that’s out of the question, after all, you are the property of are you not? if you were to die here of your own accord, then would be unable to forgive you for such a thing you think?”
“huh!”
at the words of the chuckling, the child opened its eyes wide and gave a grunt.
hisagi and hanatarō were dumbfounded by that exchange, when the wounds were closed up, it began to rise and slowly move.
“…thank you very much, yamada san. i almost committed an unforgivable act of disloyalty to sama…”
looking at the disheartened youngster, noticed something.
the suffering this child displayed just a moment ago did not originate from the pain caused by its injuries, but rather from anguish at the simple fact that it had failed in its duties to the man named.
—- does this kid… even feel… things like pain to begin with?
hisagi who had just undergone this strange sensation, was at a loss as to how exactly he should engage in conversation with them, however in that moment it was yamada who started to talk instead.
“i’ve given the patient emergency treatment for the time being, however full-scale medical treatment is still required, sorry that been made to come on this errand for nothing, but can i ask you to reschedule this for another day? lieutenant dono?”
“eh…y-yes.”
it seems the reception desk had already contacted about both himself and hanatarō.
although he realised it was impossible to try and proceed with interview since he was told so by name, there was still something pressing on his mind spurring him on, with a strong tone of voice posed his questions.
“hey, that kid, why are they injured like that? what kind of connection do they have with!?”
then, rather than, the injured youngster who began to walk forward was the one to reply with an unexpected smile on its face.
“you mean me? i am retainer!”
“…, his ’retainer’…?”
a perplexed turns his attention to, but he flashed a wicked smile as he opened his mouth to speak.
“sorry, but as a medical professional, i cannot disclose a personal information.”
“please wait, also as the vice captain of squad 9, a heap of things i want to ask you. firstly, bringing this child to the scene of a battle, that guy, what is he thinking…”
as a of the 13, there were many matters he simply could not ignore, such matters include the fact that this child had emerged from within some-like thing, or those serious injuries said child had received.
moreover, this called did not even appear matured, with a figure which was still that of a much like, and it seemed as if the age would probably match its outward appearance too.
even if this was a matter connected to the four great noble clans, looking at the bigger picture here, if a man was to turn a blind eye to an injured child, probably even be in the position of vice captain today.
however, the instant he went to reach his hand out to’s shoulder in an attempt to hold him back
hisagi’s world rotated around him in a half spin, he realised he was now looking up at the sky of soul society.
“……!?”
perceiving the fact that he had apparently been thrown down to the floor by who seized his hand from the side, opened both of his eyes wide.
hikone’s voice from overhead, down towards.
“uh, s-sorry! i actually thought that yamada san was in danger…”
“………”
“but, if you are able to understand that in this way i…, will have the power to fight for sama, then appreciate it! okay!”
he was unable to discern whether or not he could read the mood in the things was out, but’s thoughts were also captured in deep confusion.
—- hey, wait a minute…
—- just now… what did that kid do to me?
although this was a surprise attack, he still prides himself on the considerable amount of varied experiences accumulated amongst the.
nonetheless, coming from the that introduced itself as a moment ago, he could feel a flow of which was different from any hollow,, or quincy he had battled in the past.
—- different from any guy met in battle so far…no…
—- this sensation… somewhat similar to the time my was absorbed by that zanpakutō has…
although he had faced defeat against it only once, who had received such an attack did not feel the slightest bit of pain, instead he had fallen into this sensation as if every possiblepower” such as his spiritual power, or his physical power and his will power, had all completely dissipated.
hisagi stared up at the sky in a daze.
watching him, yamada shook his head, a smile still on his face.
“this place is the domain of the nobles. as long as there are no wartime special exceptions, the principles of the 13 apply here. if common practice is generally praised as good sense, then i think better that you never set foot in this place.”
then, turns to face hanatarō.
“i will tell you again, hanatarō. take some time away from the squad for a while.”
along with a smile that held a touch of self-ridicule, shrugged his shoulders and continued talking.
“if you want to get dragged any further into matters such as this.”
as got up, he began to ask a question at the backs of the two people who were about to leave.
“hey… i know anything about the circumstances at all but… is this guy really worth serving under to the point where get injured in such a way?”
in response, the child turned its head to look in his direction said child replied, smiling with its whole face almost making it appear as if the youngster just on the verge of death.
“of course! sama is a wonderful person! there is nothing worthy enough that can compare, not even the extent of my own life!”
“……”
the youngster continued even further at who quite sure how to respond.
“also… sama told me he will let me become king! so i must repay that kindness by staking my life for him for the rest of my lifetime!”
“king…?”
looking at the suspicion on the faces of both and hanatarō, gave a strained laugh whilst addressing the child.
“did inform you it would be okay to just casually tell others about that?”
after tilting its head slightly to one side like some small animal, the face instantly turns pale.
“…?.! uh- ahhh! i say anything just now! please forget about it! your kindness mr… err… pardon me, but your names are…?”
“s-sure.. and this is yamada, yamada hanatarō.”
“i see! with your kindness san, hanatarō san! please be sure to forget about my business! but, i forget this favour! when i become king someday, i will repay this favour properly!”
after continuing to laugh in a strained manner, departed towards a medical treatment room taking the youngster along with him, held doubts about whether or not the incident from just a moment ago was all a dream, but the blood which stained the courtyard was a clear indicator that this was indeed the current reality.
“that was baffling… what the hell just happened…?”
at the same time, hanatarō is dumbfounded as he mutters to himself.
“my emergency treatment is truly amazing but… for a person to even be able to walk with their own strength right away in such a state of injury…”
next to who was in deep thought over something, hanatarō recalled the people he had treated in the past, and spontaneously spoke these names.
“it is just like captain or san…”
hikone’s body was lying on a medical table inside the emergency treatment room. the internal nervous system had become a complete mess, it almost seemed like an illusion that this youngster was chatting with a smile on its face only a short while ago.
whilst carrying out the treatment in a detached manner, mutters to himself before an unconscious.
“good grief, it seems the hollows go easy on you, but this was also within the plan it… well, either way i let you die.”
seinosuke made use of the kaidō which set him apart from the ordinary person and at the same time he displayed a smile, as if to conceal his true feelings.
“even if there is not a shred of hope for this life.”
hueco mundo.
“…it was quite the flashy showdown huh.”
an who had arrived late at the scene chasing after cyan one of thetres”, opened her mouth to speak when she saw the devastation in the desert.
the bodies of skull masked soldiers reaching the tens of thousands, pitifully littered the surroundings, who had apparently created them also had a large gash on his body, and was in a state of dying.
“…your blood vessels and nerves have all been connected. please rest until your is recovered.”
an healer who arrived late much like the whilst receiving roca medical treatment, releases a groan in a weak voice.
“understood… but, i am extremely ashamed… not only did i inconvenience sama and the others, but i actually exposed myself to be such a disgraceful sight…”
looking at, as well as and who were similarly injured and receiving treatment, and then the several huge hollows in the vicinity who had gotten caught up in the battle now collapsed on the ground, one of the other raised her voice.
“ha, you are truly pathetic. i heard that you were mowed down by some quincy survivors, and then beaten up by some strange brat who had burst onto the scene?”
“humph… even if i wanted to deny it, i.”
listening to’s pained voice, mila rose, also one of the, opens her mouth to talk.
“well, in the end, sama drove them away right? honestly, do those goddamned look down on mundo as a sort of tourist attraction or something?”
then, shook her head with eyes that were somewhat sombre.
“it with my power alone. without the assistance of,… and those, there was even a possibility that we might have been annihilated… we may come to regret letting this individual escape.”
“huuuh!? what are you saying sama! even if a, it was only one person right!? could it be some sort of freak, like that old fart who could manipulate fire!?”
harribel shook her head at who questioned her whilst in shock.
“the physical strength and were certainly comparable to a captain class. when it comes to their physical abilities alone, it may even have rivaled the ice user i once fought against.”
“so then, did they intentionally send in a captain rank to mundo?”
at’s question, speaks words of denial.
“no, this individual is too inexperienced for that to be the case. why we were even able to catch them off guard. however… i am very concerned about the zanpakutō which was in that possession…”
“what kind of zanpakutō was it?”
harribel pondered on this for a short while before even mentioning the form and nature of this zanpakutō, she stated one fact first.
“it that who opened a… but rather the zanpakutō.”
in a spot slightly further away from where was conversing with her subordinates, questioned who was staring at the empty space where the had disappeared.
“don’t you need to get roca chan to heal you?”
“huh? this thing, just a scratch.”
disregarding the deep gash on his left arm, clicked his tongue whilst thinking back on the battle from earlier.
“i’ve even lost my edge, i missed the chance to kill it in my state.”
“yeah, no way a zanpakutō could become aware of that crisis and act of own free will. one could clearly see it opened up a and let the child fall into it.”
“it make any sense. a zanpakutō acting of its own accord, and making use of a of all things.”
nelliel did not seem to have an answer for that either, after some reflection, she spoke.
“the next time they come here, things may not be like they were this time around.”
“right, this will allow me to become stronger through battle. i particularly care, but you lot, from your points of view, it was a failure that you put an end to the life.”
after giving a contemptuous laugh,’s smile vanished, with a serious expression he was reminded of the face of his rival, his back teeth made a creaking sound as be ground them together.
“i really do hate to say this, but… in this way, the same type as. each time we have a narrow escape from death, like born again but stronger.”
“well… other than that detail, i feel completely different.”
a certain place in the human world.
ancient stone ruins in a certain small country.
within those decaying ruins which were reminiscent of some sort of temple, two and one corpse were hiding.
“if we were going to end up running away, it have been easier to just run away from the very beginning? hey lil, why did you even bother to take advantage of the confusion and attack that?”
at teasing words, lil replies with her usual poker face.
“there was something i wanted to check. you noticed it too right?”
“yeah, i even sprinkled some spurts of blood on that kid, but i able to turn it into a zombie huh? i wonder going on? is it that this kid is as strong as a captain rank?”
“not only that.”
when lil said so, she recalled catching the off guard shooting an arrow at it, and then she remembered the sight of that arrow as it was repelled.
“that kid… it just using an’s hierro. it was also using the quincy vene.”
“are you kidding me!?… really?”
blut vene.
it is an ability unique to which dramatically enhances defence power by circulating inside the blood vessels, and alongside which enhances capability for attack, it is the underlying power of soldiers belonging to the wandenreich.
“why is a able to use it? they be that cunning can they? perhaps this the doing of that dazzling weirdo?”
“perhaps. possible that various quincy bodies have been tampered with. the question is why.”
“the kid was saying something about becoming the king of hollows. was their goal some sort of rebellion like with that guy?”
whilst gently stroking head whose eyes were shut seemingly tired, gigi offered her carefree response.
however, lil accepted her response, with her usual composed expression she uttered troubling words.
“if the are killing each other because of internal disputes, then everything will work out as desired for us.”
“but i hope we can still retrieve and in the midst of all the chaos over there.”
connecting chapter
(page 235)
a few days later -.
that day as ginjō wandered around, a strange crowd caught his eye.
“…hn? what the heck is going on?”
there, several men were causing a commotion, as if they were frantically petitioning for something.
“hey, what the hell happened?”
when he asked the dwellers who occasionally encounter, the other party even tilted their heads like they quite understand.
“oh, those fresh dead guys who have recently arrived in are making a damn racket. their gods were right, soon a new world will begin for them and whatnot.”
“what’s this, religionists?”
one of the troubles caused by inhabitants who have just arrived in is the confusion that occurs from the disparities between religious views they had faith in during their time in the human world and the actual world of life after death.
some amongst religious cult members get caught up in rage and sayi’m supposed to go to heaven, a sorry place like this, no mistaking that this phony world was created by the devil,” consequently, it could be said that one of the roles of the people already living here is also to soothe and humour them.
“no, this the same as usual. i heard them saying "this world is exactly as the sama described” (*founder of a religious sect), they seem to already understand and in quite some detail too about things such as and. and yet, i have no clue why still kicking up a fuss, saying stuff likea new leader and a new world will come” or whatever.“
"…oh? quite interesting.”
is it that a who was dispatched to the human world, happened to spill the beans about everything to a spiritually aware religionist who then spread that as their dogma?
whilst speculating as such, ginjō approached the crowd seeing as he had time to kill.
then, one person amongst the crowd took notice of his attire and spoke up.
“ah! h-hey, that brother over there! judging from the clothes wearing, you must have come here recently right!? if the case, perhaps this brother also knows about our religion!?”
“…sorry, but not interested in canvassing faith.”
as he thought about the fact that this was not a line he was able to say when he was a former substitute since being a substitute entails the need to reassure bewildered spirits about an afterlife in), ginjō decided to listen to what the others had to say however
in the next moment, ginjō was shaken to the core when he heard the words that jumped out of the mouth.
“our commercial message has even been broadcast on tv for the last few months after all, so you ought to know it, 'xcution’ ! えくすきゅーしょん*！(*ekusukyuushon!)”
“……what did you say?”
hearing that name, ginjō noticeably drew his eyebrows together in unease.
—- this all about?
xcution.
it is the name of the organisation ginjō once established in the human world.
it’s easy to think that they had simply adopted this name by chance.
however, it is hard to imagine that mere coincidence when it comes to this group who apparently know a great deal about the.
—- unlikely that yukio, or jackie would spread such things.
—-be that as it may, right now, even if i wanted to investigate, i can't…
although ginjō thought as such, he realises that he was now losing sight of ‘what he should be doing’.
then, the raging flames from when he was still alive reignited in his chest just a little.
—- nothing i can do anyway.
—- but perhaps i should try playing detective, just a bit.
after pondering for a moment, he addressed thesexcution followers” with a friendly smile.
“sorry, i died some time before that. however, piqued my interest somewhat. will you allow me to listen to what you have to say about your sama just a while?”
ginjō.
he was not yet aware at this point in time.
about the fact that he was already getting dragged into the strife of soul society which was enshrouded in secrecy.
and also the fact that a bow was being drawn at thefullbringers” from a completely unforeseen direction.
the department of research and development.
“fullbringers. now that i have exhausted my research into both and, as well, it is they who will become the very trigger for the cultivation of new technology… that, i am certain of.”
“this time around, going back to the basics of the department of research and development now we?”
in front of the tense looking researchers, there was one man who seems to be enjoying himself as he talked about his new 'area of research’.
it is the man who serves in concurrent posts as the president of the department of research and development, and as the captain of squad 12.
“the targets are three 'fullbringers’ confirmed to be hiding out in. under normal circumstances, it would be no problem to have just one specimen, buts have a great manner of differences in abilities depending on the individual. much like our zanpakutōs, or the power used by some.”
“captain, between the three of them, true that one is a criminal, and the other two fought against as well as captain and so on, but there is an official notice from captain commander to wait-and-see…”
at the words of one of the staff members, emphatically shrugs his shoulders as he shook his head.
“does it have something to do with whether or not guilty? better if they can obediently devote themselves to soul technological advancement, then i suppose it be too much of an ask to plead for their pardon with the central 46 from my very own oh so compassionate mouth.”
“isn’t that going to cause a dispute with squad 1 and?”
“what are you talking about, not like going to snatch them away and try to kill them. just a simple matter of requesting their cooperation for a little bit of dismantling and analysis, which of course entails conducting as many experiments as there are stars in the sky. if they feel nothing but a sense of guilt towards the, then they will offer themselves up to us willingly. of course, i suppose i can promise to heal* their bodies back to perfect condition when the experiments are over.” saysnaosu” which means healing but narita uses kanji that meansreconstructing/remodeling” just a cool way to illustrate his sinister intentions, with this in mind the next line should make sense)
watching as he spoke whilst disguising disturbing characters behind the phonetics he was using, posed a question to who was next to him.
“what’s going on? these days the president is more aggressive than ever regarding his research, you think?”
at who summed up the proposal of harvesting and dissecting people with the single wordaggressive”, replied with his usual unconcerned air.
“…since by his side anymore. the captain is trying to fill that temporary sense of loss in the own way.”
“i can only with thes being caught up in this…”
despite nodding in agreement at’s words, was curious about one thing and began to ask a question.
“even so captain, although heard those guys exactly captain level in strength, with the exception of you captain, we probably be able to capture them right? so does this mean the captain will carry out this task himself?”
“honestly, as someone who is a scientist you have to utter such comments,. in that case it would be just like acting with a view to cause violence from the very onset, you agree?”
the man who had spoken of a plan that would quite evidently lead to violence, shook his head as he continued to reply.
"in any case, the experiments will embody a number of uncertain elements. in preparation for everything, i am going to have the appropriate 'equipment’ assembled.”
when presses a button he had produced from somewhere, part of the research and development walls opened up, and something gradually rose up from there.
a countless array of cylindrical tanks stood in a line filled with a highly transparent scarlet liquid.
one figure per cylinder was floating around in the liquid solution, a small group of researchers knit their eyebrows together in discomfort when they saw the identities of those figures.
most of the researchers were able to stay calm because they knew that the same thing had been done with corpses’ in the past.
with his back to the great number of figures that were floating inside those tanks, revealed his usual crooked smile as he opened his mouth to speak.
“this is a great opportunity. as the first experiment, conduct some thorough tests shall we?”
“– concerning the usefulness of with regards to thes.”
kizokugai - residence.
“woah… sorry, but can i ask you all to leave? i have an important meeting to attend now.”
as was preparing to depart for a certain meeting, he sensed an unsettling air sweeping around his own room.
perhaps after hearing’s voice, they had concluded thatmounting a surprise attack is impossible”. without even making a sound, the covers were pushed back and a countless number of sword wielding figures emerged within the residence.
looking at the men who quite clearly appeared to be from the same line of assassins that came for him the other day, gave a small shake of his head.
“hmm… say… there are about eight of you who have the strength of a seated member.”
whilst reading thes of his opponents, calmly releases a sigh.
“my my, actually come to target me when’s undergoing treatment. what bad luck.”
as he spoke, placed his hand on the sword attached at his waist.
tokinada was no longer a of the 13, and his original zanpakutō had also been confiscated.
however, just like the ise hakkyōken, there is a sword that is handed down from generation to generation within the clan, and he had secretly inherited it as clan head.
to be precise that zanpakutō had been stolen secretly before he even became the next clan head.
“and… been underestimated for far too long.”
as he effortlessly used to dodge the leaping assassins who were trying to prevent him from drawing out his sword, called the name of the zanpakutō.
that name sounds extremely similar to the zanpakutō in the possession of his 'rival’ shunsui.
“– revere, 'kuten-kyōkoku’”
(tn as a reminder zanpakutō is calledkaten kyōkotsu”,kuten-kyōkoku” on the other hand literally means 9 heavens mirror valley)
seireitei - main street
without even being aware of his own movements, was finishing up his preparations for new interviews whilst simultaneously walking through the main street of.
yamada’s next day off was a little while ahead, so decided to collect information around beforehand.
after the commotion at the central pharmaceutical institution, he attempted to conduct an independent investigation into this child who gave its name as, but he did not discover anything as a result. he also asked, however it seems he too was completely unaware about anything pertaining to’s personal soldiers, consequently he was unable to obtain any useful information.
—- when that kid threw me to the ground, i sense any animosity or ill will.
—- rather than being gentle or naive. perhaps the kid… quite understand the concept of good and evil just yet.
hisagi is reminded of the face of who revealed an innocent smile despite bearing such horrific injuries, and once again he is resolute for he simply must know what kind of person really is.
therefore decided to approach the interviewees which he had obtained permissions for through in advance.
perhaps by arranging to meet with those interviewees, he had suspected that he could learn something regarding the internal state of affairs or’s strange.
placing interview utensils and the like into a simple kit bag, tied the and carried the bag over his shoulder.
coupled with his usual sleeveless garments and tattooed face, who had the appearance of a hitchhiking rocker continued on his way until he bumped into the captain of the division.
“what’s up? going somewhere?”
“that’s right, going to the human world to collect information for communication”
at’s words, questions him further whilst his head.
“huh? being put back into print already?”
“no, still a few months ahead, but the special feature reissue will look back on the great war. going to take the opportunity to visit place to conduct interviews. if everything goes smoothly, i may even be able to hear the story from that guy as well.”
“ha, to place? an ordeal indeed. that guy is not the type to give you a straightforward response in an interview.”
“ehh? how could……”
but after thinking over’s remark for a moment, a drop of cold sweat ran down’s cheek.
“…now that you mention it.”
“why have you realised this just now? you should have known that from the time you were in your womb.”
although spoke as if he was astounded, he advises about going to the human world.
“well, if going to, then a chance you may encounter hiyori. if you do see her, please feel free make fun of her as much as you like on my behalf.”
“in that case, it me going to suffer the counterattack instead!? forgive me, even after i return be swamped with collecting material in bothersome places like…”
“kizokugai? why in the world would you go there, a feature on ōmaeda’s bourgeois lifestyle or something during a time where restoration is still underway and everything is in chaos, a rather tedious affair?”
“that’s tedious with any kind of timing you think…”
after exchanging a few rounds of banter with each other, departed, heading in the direction of the senkaimon.
watching’s back until he was out of sight, then unintentionally shifted his eyes in the direction of.
“kizokugai huh… come to think of it, was talking about various kinds of suspicious events recently.”
although he observe the state of affairs within from this main street, he felt he was under an illusion as if something in the sky surrounding that place was coiling around it, released a sigh whilst scratching his head.
“i hope nothing too difficult to deal with… well, probably quite unrealistic.”
a certain place in.
deep underground a certain establishment, there is a space not mentioned on official maps.
since ancient times, it has been a sacred place where the five great noble clans would very often discuss issues such as the policies of, and it was regarded as one of the most important locations in soul society second only to the soul king palace.
however, it mean that the thing that serves as the cornerstone of is placed there.
only in the moment when the heads of the five great noble clans were all assembled in that room, it is to a state where one could say their safety in that situation was tied to the fate of as it stood.
and now amongstthe four great noble clans” which excludes the fallen house, the heads of two great houses and a clan head representative of another great house were all assembled within the meeting room.
tokinada is seated on one side of the pentagon shaped conference table, as well as who is acting on behalf of the clan head were each seated at the two sides situated furthest away from him.
the remaining house of the four great noble clans has not made an appearance on this occasion.
this is because there is a law established by the former central 46 thatas a precautionary measure, the heads of the five great noble clans must not converge together in the same place”.
it is a law that was founded on the notion that they cannot afford to lose all the heads of the five great noble clans at the same time in the event of an enemy attack or disaster, it is said that this arose from the quincy attack a thousand years ago.
even now when the five great noble clans has become four, that law still remains, and even now in this way, it has come to be that only three clans are gathered in this room.
“well, the first time entering this place. it seems no evidence of it being used in a while, only the cleaning has been done scrupulously.”
quite in contrast with who was seated in a manner, who sat in his chair with an elegant posture was quiet, and yet his dignified voice within the room.
“i’ve heard only been used once during an inauguration two generations ago. in all likelihood that was probably the last time. even during the expulsion of the clan, this place was never used.”
“ah, why this place has been specially prepared for us. i think also one of our duties as nobles to carry on these traditional customs of old.”
in response to who spoke with an easygoing, made a sniffing sound as she spoke.
“that aside, a thick stench of blood wafting in the air. did you capture and consume some children before coming here?”
the pronounced smell of rusted iron was wrapped around who remained as unharmed as ever.
with a calm smile still on his face, he replied without even denying the fact that he was indeed soaked in spurts of blood.
“oh nothing, i was merely surrounded by a bunch of miscreants. i failed to avoid some of their blood all.”
although they have already been introduced to one another, and were still in a state where they could not probe into this true intentions. they had considered the idea that in the worst case scenario, he had summoned them to a place like this in an attempt to have them assassinated, but they could not sense a situation like that at present.
—- in any case, this is a man who is suspected of killing members of his own head house. we be careless.
with a small smile on her face, observed the new clan head who was before her eyes.
his predecessor was also an arrogant man with all manner of aristocratic vice condensed into him, but this man named also made one feel an air that was truly of a noble.
however, more than that,’s whole body wasging with alarm bells from unpleasant signs that goes beyond the scope of things such as nobility and commoner.
then, whether he felt her gaze on him or not, flashed a gentle smile and opened his mouth to speak.
“that reminds me, this is the first time meeting the former head of the clan. indeed, not called the princess for nothing. you are a beauty both charming and majestic.”
“your transparent flattery is unnecessary. anyway, in your mind you also think of me as an unruly woman unbecoming of nobility, you?”
“if you are conscious about that, then as former clan head you should refrain from acting in such a rash manner.”
whilst ignoring the words of who so interjected, narrowed her eyes in a smile and posed a question to the head of the clan.
“so? why go to the trouble of summoning me and? you asked for me specifically rather than the present head yūshirō… not like you gathered us here to merely show us your face is it?”
“ah, of course. i am concerned about soul future. after all, you all made a blunder when you let us be attacked by the likes of, even allowing them to invade the soul king palace.”
“it pains me to hear it.”
“nevermind, you were mere all along, i even consider this to be the fault of the 13. rather than blaming them, there was the soul king sama and squad zero who completely failed to grasp the flow of the changes by themselves away in their shells. you think so? if we had a soul king sama who could conduct themselves better, the damage to the 13 and so on also been reduced that right?”
although there were no others in the vicinity, spoke in a manner as if he was publicly the soul king.
although his feelings were not revealed on the surface, formed his words with an unfazed as if rebuking him for that statement.
“that’s quite enough. renouncing the soul king in such a manner is not appropriate behaviour for a head amongst the four great noble clans.”
then, as held back his laughter, he spat out remarks as if to provoke.
“and was your behaviour appropriate for a noble? true it. you who was manipulated by the information of a traitor, i possibly imitate behaviour such as yours, you who tried to advance the execution of his own little sister.”
“……”
tokinada continued to throw more remarks at a silent.
“your wife… also did foolish things. after all, the kind of outcome you can expect when you place faith in the likes of nobility and entrust the fate of your own sister to them. or perhaps her outlook on society had even been clouded over as a consequence of being by the and finely clothed lifestyle of a noblewoman?”
“tokinada, you……”
yoruichi whose facial expression had gone blank and was about to say something is cut off with a motion of’s hand.
“it’s true that i attempted to have punished. i mind if i receive any kind of slander for that.”
“…oh?”
“but, there is not even a shred of fault on’s part. all blame, falls on me.”
byakuya remained expressionless, but perceiving the the stream of his inner sentiments, quietly shrugged his shoulders.
“…please make such a grim face. not like i came here to quarrel with you.”
the man who was blatantly picking a fight bowed apologetically after shamelessly declaring as such.
“i apologise for the provocation. i am relieved that you are a man who can separate emotions from politics.”
“cut to the chase already. or do i have no option but to send you flying first?”
in response to’s easygoing manner of speaking, gave a wry smile, then his expression turned serious and he began to broach the real issue at hand.
“i’d like to revive the five great noble clans… or in other words, i intend to propose a restoration of the clan.”
at those words, was still expressionless, raises one eyebrow ever so slightly.
the clan were once part of the five great noble clans, but a man who was a descendant of that house and serving as captain of squad 10 at the time - - disappeared into the human world, as a result they were stripped of their noble standing in the form of bearing responsibility for it.
members of’s household who were the branch family were broken up, and head house members and co who had taken up residence in from the very beginning, were completely expunged even of their status amongst the five great noble clans which was already a mere title in name only at the time. as an outcome, they were formally prohibited from travelling in and out of.
but naturally, in’s case, she would later infiltrate the court by force accompanied by jidanbō, the gatekeeper of the (* white road gate) in the west of.
as the two waited for him to continue with the conversation, went on.
“it’s true,’s departure is an act that can only be described as a betrayal towards soul society. however as a consequence of that,’s son… despite coming from the lineage of a branch family, a descendant of the clan, defeated the king of. you think that meritorious service is enough to clear their name?”
because it was a view that was more earnest than what she could have imagined coming from him, in turn was suspicious of what was thinking.
meanwhile,’s facial expression remains as undisturbed as before, with a nonchalant air he spoke of his own thoughts.
“i agree about’s meritorious service, but will not accept the status of a noble or anything of the like.”
“that’s true. for that guy things like status and prestige are simply not regarded as a reward. rather it only appears to be a nuisance to him at best. if speaking for the sake of entire clan it may be better received, but neither nor are thinking of returning to nobility again.”
after listening to and’s words and quietly nodding in understanding, gave a weak smile as he replied.
“so, true is that sort of man. if the case, then how about we make his two younger sisters nominal clan heads? they need to be involved in any practical duties. only be a formality so no problem.”
“you’ve investigated even as far as’s family members huh?… however, i see what getting at. why are you so fixated on restoring the clan?”
a look of vigilance was playing on’s face, at her question replied with honesty.
“ah, for the sake of valuing justice. i have no problem forcibly getting things done with the might of the clan, but that will only create a breeding grounds for future problems amongst the people of soul society. they would think they were under my dictatorship they? for this reason, i want it to be known the world over that the operates through just procedures.”
“……?”
“so long as the five houses are all present, and acquired the soul formal consent the five great noble clans will have a position equivalent to that of the soul king palace and can become’s decision making body surpassing the central 46. perhaps, the central 46 at the time decided to decimate the clan in order to prevent a situation like that.”
as he stifled his laughter, continued even further.
“in any case, have you never thought to question it? why, out of the five great noble clans, it was the clan that were met with a cold reception from the very beginning? supposedly, because they took up residence in in order to set up a clan secret cannon there. however, before they were stripped of their position amongst the five great noble clans, the clan received treatment no better than a bunch of poor people from lesser nobility. you curious about both the clan and why it was deemed acceptable?”
“who knows, when looking at value alone, the clan residence was in no way inferior to the ordinary noble’s, perhaps they simply felt that was enough. however, surprised by your arrogance, you go as far as to call even nobles, poor people.”
although it was a matter that was certainly on her mind, replied as if she going to tread to deeply into that topic right now.
she concluded that going along with’s ideas here will only serve to stray further away from the truth instead.
whether or not he was also thinking the same, then spoke to with an indifferent air.
“i do not intend to step foot in another internal affairs… at any rate, even if you understand it as a matter of stipulation, i expect consent has never before been handed down from the soul king.”
in response to the point had just raised, distorts his mouth into a grin.
“i expect right. even if soul king sama is able to communicate his general will to the inhabitants of the soul king palace, he will not act to give his consent to anything. well, perhaps i should say, incapable of doing so”
“i still see what getting at. what are you planning?.”
“but, those days are over. eventually, by obtaining the soul king consent, the day will come when… when we the five great noble clans, will independently govern all three worlds. all there is to it.”
at those words, both and slightly raised their brows.
the three worlds.
it’s quite possible referring to soul society and the human world and then, either mundo or hell.
at’s mention of such sudden absurdities, questions him.
“…then let me ask you this before we hear the particulars of the matter. you said the soul king will not give his consent, did you not? how can you be so assertive that the soul king will go out of his way to approve of your proposal?”
“oh, a simple matter. because the next soul king sama is to have free will.”
“……?”
in contrast with a doubtful and perplexed,’s eyes widened in sudden realisation, then those eyes instantly narrowed as she fixed a glare at.
“……! i see. so why you picked me rather than yūshirō……”
caught in her line of sight, plastered a foul expression on his face, smiling, laughing, sneering.
“you saw it you?. the soul king that was killed by… the kind of the state it was in before being killed. but, what was 'that'… right, it seems you lot yet know what kind of existence the soul king had in the first place.”
“though would know about it right”
soul society - in front of the senkaimon.
“urahara san huh… had conversational exchanges over things like motorcycles and gasoline, but this is the first time be officially interviewing him…”
oblivious to the fact that the same topic of discussion was being brought up amongst members of the four great noble clans, proceeded to take a step towards the human world, he spoke of his own resolve in order to encourage himself.
“well, do it for you. if i at least do that, i be able to call myself of communication.”
—- please keep watching. captain.
—- i will definitely light a path for all the people of soul society, in my own way.
—- as captain once did for me.
whilst making use of a jigokuchō heading for town, prepared himself and made progress towards the senkaimon.
by doing so, he remained unaware of the fact that he had thrown himself deeper into a position of conflict.
a number of destinies cling to, encapsulating coincidence and inevitability at the same time.
without knowing that the thing at the centre of the conflict is the very thing that is tied to the core of soul society simply continues to walk his own path.
yielding to fear itself, who had once lit his own path could do nothing but flee.
rather than the path that was his to walk, he was convinced that a path which he had been directed to was the one which was in fact correct.
hisagi is neither a prophet nor an omnipotent and omniscient being, naturally he has no way of knowing his own future.
it’s not like he could cut a path through a checkered fate like.
unlike kenpachi, there a torrent of power dwelling within him.
unlike, he have deep consideration for countermeasures.
unlike, he have a inquisitive mind carved into his very soul.
unlike, he have the to confront a never ending heavy burden.
neither did he have the talent to masterfully control like tōshirō.
nor did he have enough experience to see through inner nature like yamamoto did.
he cleverly parry all manner of temperaments like shunsui.
he have the passion to redefine even the ways of the world like sajin.
his fists are not so strong that he could persist through his own path like kensei.
a who had learned everything about the conflict later told him
that’s precisely why he is who is he, why is a, so that he might be capable of confronting the world itself.
he may be able to finally reach a resolution to that only because he is walking a different path while continuing to follow after the man named.
and so, did not yet know.
perhaps he will continue to never know.
since when did the man named who had demonstrated the path that was supposedly his to walk, stray away from his very own path?
or is it that he never strayed from that path of his until the very end?
several hundred years ago - soul society.
a young man from who appears to be blind was seeking an audience with the central 46.
after leading him away for a few minutes to discuss the matter of thisnoble who murdered his own wife”, that very noble smiled brightly as raised voices could be heard coming towards them.
“hey, you guys. on duty? this citizen tried to raise a hand to me. you quickly kick him out for me?”
although they were quite frankly oblivious to the circumstances, the men who served as guards had no reason to refuse those instructions.
“y-yes sir!”
the guards sense something eerie in the words, nevertheless they decide to obediently follow his instructions.
whether or not there was something behind those words, it was none of their business, so rather than disobeying the nobleman, they knew it would be far more beneficial to beat up this dweller before their eyes.
the noble continues to throw some more words towards the blind man, but they had no need to make sense of it.
they considered the fact that nothing good will come out of getting involved in the disputes of the five great noble clans, even if just a lower seat of a branch family.
the blind citizen whose throat was crushed, tries to yell something whilst glaring at the noble.
such defiant attitude, and from someone with the social standing of a pauper no less.
the guards decided to give this pauper a thorough beating so that he would never set foot in the governmental district again.
as sadistic intentions took hold, stimulated by the look of despair on the blind young face, the guards unwittingly flashed grins that were similar to the even amongst themselves.
this youth know his place, as if he was saying that they needed to teach him a lesson.
and thus, they raised their staves overhead once again, above the blind man who was enveloped by deep despair and anger
this time, there was no one who would stop it.
as the sound of staves making contact with his body continued tog out, the blind youth - - continues to listen to those sounds in a daze.
—- what?
—- these guards… what are they doing?
the soul which was boiling over furiously, engulfed in despair and anger, then began to gradually subside due to bewilderment.
although he see anything with the blindness in his eyes, it seems he could sense what was happening just from the flow of sound and air around him.
donning a sadistic smile, one of the guards proceeded to swing down his staff in front of
towards another fellow guardsman who was standing next to him.
“y-you wretch, what the hell are you… arrgh”
the other guard who was hit gave a groan, but his words were cut off by a strike to the face.
“don’t talk back! you filthy commoner!”
the idea that they might have been overlooking him was immediately dismissed by the beaten palpitations and coarse breathing.
it seems this guard actually intended to deliver the beating to him rather than his own partner who was by his side.
the guard then proceeded to drag his partner who had lost consciousness up to the other end of the street.
in doing so, who was still in a state of confusion, continued to listen to the sound of the guards as they gradually faded into the distance, from behind him an unfamiliar voice of a man could suddenly be heard.
“i switched the water in their flasks with alcohol. end up looking like their actions just now fits with the story that they got into a scuffle after drinking on the job it? that noble will probably suspect something, but better to let suspicion beget more suspicion.”
a gentle voice.
however, unlike - that noble from a moment ago - it made no secret of some incarnation of power dwelling within depths, it was a voice that made one feel pressured just by listening to it.
“who is it… are you also… are you also a…!?”
despite his bewilderment, ignited the hatred in his heart once again and asked his questions whilst enshrouded in enough to tear out the of the man before him.
then, keeping nothing back from him, the man openly replied.
“yes. right. a small scrap of a trivial world that put you in despair just a moment ago, that made you willing to burn it to the ground with flames of hatred.”
this new that has made an appearance offers one proposal.
“that chest filled with hatred, you want to leave it with me… just for a while?” [1] see my translation note concerning this line at the end of this chapter).
although is dubious, judging by the voice of the man before him, this man felt confident, as though he had already seized control of’s heart sensed an overwhelming 'power’, giving him the impression that he was talking with an instinctive leader.
the man extended his arm out to who remained calm speaking his own name.
it is the name of a man who would reveal the one 'path’ to the man called, and then later aim for the heavens by making enemies of this world.
“my name is sōsuke. at present, still… just a lowly.”
[1] quite impossible to incorporate this into english, but here the speaker (aizen) says […]暫し僕……私に預けるつもりはないか？” very literally this meansfor a while to me (僕)… to me () you intend to leave it?” so he starts by usingboku” which means i/me, pauses, and then decides to use (私)watashi” instead which is also a personal pronoun meaning i/me. firstlyboku” sounds more polite and friendly, but not too ‘casual’ either like the rougher soundingore” (俺) , in, a guy who uses the pronounboku” quite often exudes a 'good guy’ vibe, e.g. hanatarō or uryuu. a male who would usewatashi” in is often someone with high status and has to retain some degree of formality or in informal speech, it could be someone who thinks highly of a leader figure. during his days as a member of the 13, would useboku” with his peers and squad members because he was playing the 'good guy’, but after he revealed his betrayal in the arc and left for hm he switched to usingwatashi”. so deciding to stop and usewatashi” instead here means he felt he need to keep up the facade with since obviously seen something in him, thus giving no reason to hide his true nature in front of.)
to be continued in the next volume.
the next installment is scheduled to commence this fall!! please anticipate further details!! (app)
cfyow scheduled to go on sale in winter 2017.
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can’t* fɪr jʊr oʊn wərld pɑrt 7 fʊl trænzˈleɪʃən ˈsupər leɪt bət hir ɪt ɪz, goʊɪŋ tɪ bi əˈnəðər lɔŋ rɛd wərdz) sɪns ðɪs pɑrt kənˈsɪsts əv tu ˈʧæptərz. ˈʧæptər 5 (peɪʤ 208 soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈmætər haʊ ˈmɛni taɪmz aɪ kəm hir, ˈnɛvər gɪt juzd tɪ ˈwɔkɪŋ əraʊnd kizokugai.”*.” ɪn ðə ˈistərn ɛnd əv ðə ˈsɛktər, ɪz laɪnd wɪθ ˈmænʧənz bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ noblemen*, haɪ klæs*, ənd ɛˈstæblɪʃmənts ˈkeɪtərɪŋ ɪkˈsklusɪvli tɪ ˈnoʊbəlz. (*ˈfænsi, trəˈdɪʃənəl ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈrɛˌstrɑnt.) æt ðə hɑrt əv, rɪˈlisɪz ə smɔl saɪ waɪlst ˈhɛdɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈsɛntrəl blɑk wɛr ˈkɑmənərz ˈkænɑt ˈɛnər ənˈlɛs ðeɪ əbˈteɪn ˈfɔrməl pərˈmɪʃən ər ən ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən frəm ə ˈnoʊbəl. rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ, hanatarō*ō poʊzd ə kˈwɛʃən. kəm hir ə fju taɪmz then?”*?” gaɪ ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd mi tɪ daɪn wɪθ ɪm, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ abarai*. ˈæftər ɔl, ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl fər mi tɪ kəm hir tɪ ə strit əˈloʊn ɔn maɪ salary.”*.” ˈivɪn ɔn ə vaɪs ˈrɪli ðət bad…?”*…?” ““oh…well*, bɪˈkəz aɪ juz moʊst əv maɪ ˈsæləri ɔn ˈɔrdərɪŋ θɪŋz laɪk ˈgæsəˌlin ər gɪˈtɑrz frəm ðə ˈjumən world…*… aɪ ˈoʊnli hæv ə bɪt əv money…”*…” rɪˈplaɪd self-consciously*. hi ˈɔrdərd ə ‘‘reishi-fied’*’ ˈmoʊtərˌbaɪk ənd gɪˈtɑr, ˈæmpləˌfaɪərz ənd ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtərz tɪ əˈkəmpəni ɪt, fjuəlz tɪ wərk ðɛm, ɔl frəm ðə ˈjumən wərld, ɪn soʊ duɪŋ, hi peɪd ə kənˈsɪdərəbəl əˈmaʊnt əv ˈməni ɛz ə 'reishi-fication’*’ fi tɪ ʃɑp. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ənd dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ ɪn ðə pəˈzɪʃən əv vaɪs ˈkæptən, hɪz ˈweɪʤɪz hæd ˈpræktɪkəli ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd du tɪ trænˈzækʃənz wɪθ ʃɑp, bət ɪt simz hi stɪl hæd noʊ ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən əv ˈgɪvɪŋ əp hɪz ˈhɑbi əv ˈmoʊtərˌsaɪkəlz ənd gɪˈtɑrz, ˈivɪn naʊ. ðoʊ ə ˈfɛloʊ vaɪs ˈkæptən, ðət həz hɪz oʊn ʤɛm ˈmaɪnɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs. ˌɪnˈdid, tru wət ðeɪ seɪ, ˈməni əˈtrækts money.”*.” əˈludɪŋ tɪ ðə ōōmaedas’*’ ˈbɪznɪs ˈdilɪŋz wɪθ ðə wʊlf ˈbɪznɪs, si pɑrt 9 ðə pɛr ˈʧætɪd əˈweɪ waɪlst ˈwɔkɪŋ ɔn, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, fit ˈsədənli keɪm tɪ ə stɑp, hi tərnd hɪz əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ə ˈnoʊtɪsəbli grænd ˈstrəkʧər wɪʧ kʊd bi sin ɪn ðə ˈdɪstəns. ðə ˈmætər, san?”*?” wɑz ʤɪst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ, ðə ˈmænʃən it…?”*…?” əˈhɛd əv ðɛr stʊd ən ɛkˈstrævəgənt ˈmænʃən, ɪts rʊf wɪʧ wɑz fɑr ˈtɔlər ðən ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪz sprɛd waɪd. əˈsaɪd frəm səm fəˈsɪlɪtiz, soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ɪz ˈʤɛnərəli lɛs ˌɪnˈklaɪnd tɪ bɪld tɔl ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ə sɛt əv kəmˈjunɪti dɪˈvɛləpmənts ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt əv ə ˈsɪti ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈpɪriəd ɪn ʤəˈpæn ˈrəðər ðən ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ˈɛriəz laɪk ɪn ðə ˈjumən wərld. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə seɪm ɪn, ðə ˌɑrkəˈtɛkʧərəl staɪl əv ðə ˈmænʃən əˈpɪrd ɛz ɪf ɪt wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ daʊn ɔn ðə ɛˈsteɪts bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈəðər ˈnoʊbəlz, ənd dɪˈspaɪt ðə fækt ðət skwɑd 6 ənd ðə klæn wər ðə ˈwɔrdənz əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsɛktər, ɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst əˈpɪrd ɛz ɪf ðə ˈmænʃən wɑz ˌɪnˈsɪstɪŋ ðət ɪt wɑz ðeɪ hu wər ɪn fækt ðə ˈrulərz əv ðɪs ˈneɪbərˌhʊd. ““ah*, ɪt əˈpɪrz raɪt, ɪt simz laɪk ðɛr klæn ər ðə ˈlidərz əˈməŋst ðə fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl ˈhaʊsɪz ɪt? bɪlt ɔn ə spɑt dɪˈrɛkli ˈɑpəzɪt tɪ ðə clan.”*.” see.”*.” waɪlst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ðət hi meɪ ɛnd əp ˈhævɪŋ tɪ goʊ tɪ ðət pleɪs ˈsunər ər ˈleɪtər ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ 'kəˈlɛkt information’*’, æt ðə seɪm taɪm hi ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈsɪdərd ðət ən aʊtˈsaɪdər laɪk hɪmˈsɛlf ˈprɑbəˌbli bi əˈlaʊd ˈɛntri. æt ðə ˈvɛri list, ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr əraʊnd ðə ˈmænʃən dɪd nɑt fil ˈoʊpənli ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ laɪk ðə ˈfæməli æt ɔl, ˈrəðər ɪt ɪgˈzudz ən ˈætməsˌfɪr ðət simd ˈivɪn ˈhɑrdər tɪ proʊb ˈɪntu ðən ðət əv ðə klæn hu wər ˈpræktɪkəli laɪk ðə ɛmˈbɑdimənt əv ðə wərd 'strict’*’. kənˈtɪnjud tɪ wɔk waɪlst ˈfɪksɪŋ ə ʃɑrp lʊk æt ðə ˈmænʃən fər ə ʃɔrt waɪl, bət ðɛn hanatarō*ō reɪzd hɪz vɔɪs ɛz ɪf hi hæd ˈnoʊtɪst ˈsəmθɪŋ. ““ah*, aɪ kən si ɪt. ðət ˈoʊvər ðɛr ɪz ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən. ˌɔlˈðoʊ, aɪ ˈivɪn bɪn hir sɪns ðə taɪm aɪ wɛnt tɪ ˈsɛləˌbreɪt maɪ inauguration…”*…” ɪz bɪlt mɔr ˌɛkˈstrævəgəntli ðən ðə skwɑd 1 ˈbɛrəks, ju think…?”*…?” waɪlst ɛmˈbreɪsɪŋ səʧ ə θɔt, ˈɔlsoʊ əˈnəðər ˌɪmˈprɛʃən. ʃʊd aɪ pʊt it…*… ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr ɪz ˈsəmˈwət ˈsɪmələr. bət ðə ˈaʊtwərd əˈpɪrəns ɪz kəmˈplitli different…”*…” ““eh…*…? what?”*?” ˌoʊvərˈpaʊərd baɪ ðə ˈsɪriəs lʊk ɔn feɪs, hanatarō*ō waɪlst ˈbreɪkɪŋ ˈɪntu ə koʊld swɛt. ðɛn, ˈwɛðər ər nɑt hi kəmˈplitli ˌəndərˈstʊd ɪt ˈivɪn hɪmˈsɛlf, ˈoʊpənd hɪz maʊθ tɪ spik əˈpɪrɪŋ tɪ læk ɪn ˌsɛlfˈkɑnfədəns ˈsəmˈwət. dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd development.”*.” skwɑd 12 dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ju pɔɪnt aʊt ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt fəˈsɪlɪti wɪˈθɪn seireitei?”*?” wɪn æst ðət kˈwɛʃən, moʊst ˈnoʊbəlz ənd ˈkɑmənərz əˈlaɪk wʊd ˈɪndəˌkeɪt tɪ ðə ˈpleɪsɪz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈsɛntrəl 46 ər ðə neɪm əv ən ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən wɪˈθɪn ðə ˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ˈdɪstrɪkt, bət ˈmɛni əˈməŋst ðə ˈæktɪv wʊd spik əˈbaʊt wən əv ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ θri. ˈfərstli, ðə skwɑd 1 ˈbɛrəks, ɛz wɛl ɛz biɪŋ ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz əv ðə 13 ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈfɔrtrəs ðət əˈkɑməˌdeɪts ““muken”*” ɪn ɪts ˈbeɪsmənt, ðə loʊəst ˈlɛvəl əv ðə ˈsɛntrəl greɪt ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈprɪzən. nɛkst, ðə rɪˈlif ˈsteɪʃən wɛr ˈmɛni əv ðoʊz hu wər ˈɪnʤərd wər trænˈspɔrtəd tɪ. ˈpriviəsli ðɛr wər ˈnumərəs rɪˈlif ˈspɛʃəlɪsts frəm ðə dɪˈvɪʒən hu wər lʊkt daʊn əˈpɑn, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɛz ˈmɛni ˈnɛroʊli ɪˈskeɪpt dɛθ ˈæftər ˈbætəlɪŋ wɪθ ðə, naʊ ðɛr wɑz ˈpræktɪkəli ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi hu ˈəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðɛm. ənd ˈfaɪnəli, ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt wɪʧ ɪz ˈəndər ðə ˈmænɪʤmənt əv skwɑd 12 sɛd ðət ˈnaɪnti pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ədˈvænst tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈkərəntli biɪŋ ˈhændəld wɪˈθɪn ɪz bɔrn aʊt əv ðɪs ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈɪnstɪˌtut,, ɪts ˈfaʊndər, ənd, ɪts ˈsɛkənd ˈprɛzɪdənt, wər sɛd tɪ bi ˈɛntɪtiz hu wər ˌɪnˈsɛpərəbəl frəm ðə ˈvɛri ˈhɪstəri əv soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈɑbviəsli nɑt laɪk ˈoʊnli ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ðət wərks hir. ə ˈməltəˌtud əv ˈrisərʧərz wər æt ðə ˈfɔrˌfrənt fər ðə ədˈvænsmənt əv civilisation*, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈəndər ðə ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz əv ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz æt ðə rɪkˈwɛst əv ðə, ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈsɪmpli kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ ɪgˈzɪbɪt ʃˈrudnəs fər ðɛr oʊn ˈɪntərɪsts ə ˈbikən əv hoʊp ðət ˈræpədli ˈsɛtəlz ðə ˈvɛriəs ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl dɪˈmændz əv ðə soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ðət wɑz ðə pleɪs ðeɪ kɔld ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ˈivɪn təˈdeɪ, ə nu ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl dɪˈmænd stʊd ɪn ðɛr weɪ. ““hmph*! hungryy*~! ˈhəŋgri, ˈhəŋgri ˈhəŋgri~! nicorun*, snæks~! gɪv mi snæks~! aɪ wɔnt tɪ it castella**~! ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət kənˈteɪnz ə hip əv sugar~!”*~!” ə taɪp əv ˌʤæpəˈniz spənʤ keɪk.) ˈkjunə ðə 9 ˈsupər vaɪs captain”*” wɑz ˈnɔɪzəli ˈflæpɪŋ hər hænz ənd fit əraʊnd laɪk ə ʧaɪld ɔn ðə flɔr əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ə ˈfiˌmeɪl tɛkˈnɪʃən hu wɑz ˈwɛrɪŋ ˈglæsɪz ˈkjunə ˈnikoʊ əˈdrɛst hər ɛz ɪf ˈskoʊldɪŋ ə ʧaɪld. ˈnikoʊ ɪz ʃɔrt fər nicorun*) eɪt ðə snæks ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ju, onee-chan.”*.” fɛr, noʊ fɛr, noʊ fɛr~! aɪ hæv tɪ it səm ˈɛvriˈdeɪ~! ju ˈɔlsoʊ hæv tɪ gɪv mi ˈɛvəri year~!”*~!” (*nu gɪfts, ˈjuʒəwəli ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ˈməni ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ˈʧɪldrən) ˈpɔɪntləs, onee-chan*! aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ geɪv ju ðɪs jɪr ɔˈrɛdi soʊ nɛkst jɪr ju bi ˈgɪtɪŋ any!”*!” ˈwɑʧɪŋ ɛz ˈnikoʊ ˈskoʊldɪd hər seɪɪŋ ““enough”*” ənd hu kənˈtɪnjud tɪ θroʊ ə ˈtæntrəm, ˈivɪn ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ roʊl əraʊnd ɔn ðə flɔr lɛt əˈloʊn ˈflæpɪŋ hər hænz ənd fit əˈbaʊt, ə mæn hu hæd hɔrn laɪk ɔn hɪz ˈfɔrhɛd ðə vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈmətərd tɪ hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz ɪf hi wɑz ɪgˈzæspərˌeɪtɪd. ““well…*… ɪt ˈivɪn ˈmætər ɪf ju gɪv ˈɛvəri jɪr dɪz it.”*.” ˈrəðər, ʃʊd ðə ˈjəŋgər ˈsɪstər bi ˈgɪvɪŋ tɪ ən ˈoʊldər ˈsɪstər əv ðət age…?”*…?” nɛkst tɪ ɪm wɑz ə mæn huz ˈaʊtwərd əˈpɪrəns lʊkt laɪk ə krɔs bɪtˈwin ə ə ʤaɪənt ˌmɪθəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈkætˌfɪʃ) ənd ə ˈtɛmpəl bɛl ˈæftər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmətərɪŋ tɪ hɪmˈsɛlf, hi riˈlist ə saɪ ˈsimɪŋli əˈstaʊndɪd ɛz hi kənˈtɪnjud tɪ spik. wɪn aɪ θɔt mɪs. wʊd stɑp ˈkəmɪŋ hir, ɪt simz kəm tɪ bi ðət wi hæv hər rɪˈpleɪsmənt instead…”*…” ˈhirɪŋ ðət waɪlst kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ hɪz ˈkiˌstroʊks ɔn ðə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ɪkˈwɪpmənt, ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt stæf ˈmɛmbər groʊnd wɪθ ə ˈhɛvi saɪ. pleɪs ɪz kərst, it…”*…” ɛz hi sɪz soʊ, hi ˈriʧɪz hɪz hænd aʊt tɪ ə speɪs ðət ɪz ˈsimɪŋli ˈɛmti. ðɛn, hi tʊk aʊt səm swits frəm ðə smɔl hoʊl ðət hæd ˈoʊpənd əp əˈbəv ðət speɪs. ɪn ðə ɛnd, jʊr swits wər biɪŋ ˈhɪdən əˈweɪ ɪn ðət ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ˈsəbˌspeɪs huh…”*…” gaɪ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈæftər all.”*.” hu rɪˈplaɪd ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ wərdz, lʊkt æt hu stɪl kənˈtɪnjud hər raɪət ɔn ðə flɔr, hi ðɛn ˈoʊpənd hɪz maʊθ tɪ spik ɛz ɪf rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ. riˈmaɪndz mi, ən ˈɪntərvˌju rɪkˈwɛst wɑz səbˈmɪtəd tɪ ðə ˈkæptən əˈgɛn, frəm ðə ril vaɪs ˈkæptən əv skwɑd 9 bət ɪt wɑz sˈwɪftli rejected.”*.” ðə keɪs, waɪ ju ˈænsər ðə vaɪs kˈwɛsʧənz instead?”*?” ɪf ju seɪ ðət, wət ˈænsərz kən i……”*……” ““huh*? ˈgɪtɪŋ səm kaɪnd əv wɪrd feedback!”*!” ˌɪntərˈəptɪŋ ˈdaɪəˌlɔg, pɔɪnts aʊt ðə ˌæbnɔrˈmæləti ɔn hɪz ˈmɑnətər. kənˈfrəntɪd wɪθ ðət ˈfidˌbæk, lind ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ˌkjʊriˈɑsəti ənd kənˈtɪnjud tɪ əbˈzərv fər ə ʃɔrt waɪl, hi ðɛn nɪt hɪz ˈaɪˌbraʊz təˈgɛðər ˈɛvər soʊ sˈlaɪtli waɪlst æˈdrɛsɪŋ. “…“…ah*, ðət ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ wi kən disregard.”*.” ðət soʊ? bət, ðɪs ɪz səm ənˈjuˌʒuəl, wɪˈθaʊt ˈivɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ə geɪt, meɪd ə dɪˈrɛkt əˈpɪrəns ɪn kizokugai…”*…” faɪn. ðət ˈpætərn. ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət həz ə "noʊ ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns required”*” dɪˈrɛktɪv əˈgɛnst ɪt ˈpərsənəli ˈɪʃud frəm wɪˈθɪn ðə fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz. waɪ ðə əˈlɑrmz ˈivɪn ring…*… əv kɔrs ðə ˈkæptən ɪz ˈsərtənli nɑt ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd wɪθ ðɪs, ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv tɪ kip ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ɪt independently.“*.“ dɪˈspaɪt ˈænsərɪŋ ɪn ən ˌənkənˈsərnd ˈmænər, fraʊnd ɛz hi wɔʧt ðə nuˈmɛrɪkəl ˈvæljuz əv ðət ˈpætərn. "kəmˈpɛrd tɪ wət aɪ əbˈzərvd ɪn fju aʊərz əˈgoʊ, ðɪs həz dɪˈplitɪd baɪ ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt amount…*… wət ðə hɛl happened?”*?” ˈsɛntrəl ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən ˈweɪtɪŋ rum. "……incredible*. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈfərnɪʃɪŋz, ʤɪst laɪk ə ɛˈsteɪt ɪn ˌɪtˈsɛlf ju think…*… ɪz ðɪs pleɪs ˈtruli ə ˈweɪtɪŋ rum fər patients?”*?” ənd hanatarō*ō wər ˈkərəntli ˈstændɪŋ baɪ ɪn ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈweɪtɪŋ rum. ɪt əˈpɪrd ðət jəˈmɑdə wɑz əˈweɪ frəm hɪz ˈwərkˌsteɪʃən raɪt naʊ, bət ðeɪ wər tɪ weɪt ɛz hi wʊd rɪˈtərn sun. təˈdeɪ wɑz əˈpɛrəntli hɪz deɪ ɔf frəm ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃənz, ənd wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ˈimərʤənsi ˈkeɪsɪz, ɪt simz hi wɑz nɑt rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈɛniˌwən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər wɪn hanatarō*ō geɪv hɪz neɪm æt ðə rɪˈsɛpʃən dɛsk hi wɑz mɛt wɪθ ə pəˈlaɪt rɪˈspɑns ənd ʃoʊn ˈɪntu ðɪs rum wɛr ðeɪ wər ˈprɛzəntli ˈweɪtɪŋ. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈfɔrməl gɛst rum, hi θɔt hi wʊd luz hɪz nərvz ˈivɪn biɪŋ brɔt ˈɪntu ə rum juzd fər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈnoʊbəlz, soʊ ðeɪ wər ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd ˈɪntu ðə ˈweɪtɪŋ rum æt səˈʤɛsʧən. ““p-perhaps*, aɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈivɪn ɔl ðɪs ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ðə bɛr ˈmɪnəməm. maɪ ˈbrəðər, hi dɪsˈlaɪks ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪŋ θɪŋz, soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli ʤɪst ðə dɪˈmændz əv ðə ˈnoʊbəl people.”*.” ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ˈivɪn ðə rum ɪn wɪʧ ðeɪ weɪt fər ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪgˌzæməˈneɪʃən məst bi ɛkˈstrævəgənt ər ɛls ðeɪ ˈstəmək ɪt. ə dræg ɪt, ðɪs soʊ kɔld ərˌɪstəˈkrætɪk vanity.”*.” ˈkæptən sim tɪ peɪ tu məʧ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ˈvænətiz dɪz he?”*?” seɪ ðət bət, ˈkæptən hæv ðət pis əv klɔθ hi juzd tɪ wɛr əraʊnd hɪz nɛk? əˈpɛrəntli wən əv ðoʊz ɪz wərθ əraʊnd tɛn ˈsteɪtli mansions.”*.” æt wərdz, hanatarō*ō reɪzd hɪz vɔɪs ɪn səˈpraɪz ɛz hɪz aɪz rɪˈmeɪnd ˈpɑrtli ˈoʊpən. ““t-ten!?”*!?” noʊ æt fərst ˈiðər, bət aɪ ˈhæpənd tɪ hir əˈbaʊt ɪt wɪn aɪ wɑz kəˈlɛktɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən fər ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈfiʧər ɔn wɛl ɪˈstæblɪʃt shops…*… aɪ ˈwəndər haʊ ˈmɛni ˈmoʊtərˌbaɪks wən əv ðoʊz hɛr ˈɔrnəmənts əv hɪz ər worth…*… hn?”*?” wɑz ʤɪst riˈlisɪŋ ə saɪ æt ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪn ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈstændɪŋ bɪtˈwin hɪmˈsɛlf ənd ðə ˈnoʊbəlz, bət ðɛn hi ˈsədənli ˈlɪftɪd hɪz feɪs əp, hi tərnd hɪz əˈtɛnʃən ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd wɪʧ wɑz əˈʤeɪsənt tɪ ðə ˈweɪtɪŋ rum. rɔŋ, san?”*?” wɪn hanatarō*ō ˈtɪltɪd hɪz hɛd ɪn ˈpəzəlmənt, rɪˈplaɪd waɪlst ˈnɛroʊɪŋ hɪz aɪz. just…*… ðɛr simz tɪ bi səm sɔrt əv wɪrd reiatsu…”*…” ɛz hi sɛd soʊ wɪθ ə glɛr fɪkst ɔn ðə ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd ɔl əv ə ˈsədən, ðət speɪs ˈoʊpənz əp laɪk ðə ʤɔz əv ə bist. ““whaa……”*……” ɪt wɑz noʊ geɪt ðə wʊd juz. kræks ˈsɪmələr tɪ ə juzd baɪ ˈhɑloʊz wər prəˈdust ɪn ðə speɪs, frəm wɪˈθɪn ðət ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈfɪgjər ˈimərʤd. ə ˈhɑloʊ əˈtæk!? ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə shakonmaku*!? hi stʊd əp streɪt dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ ɪn ʃɑk, bət ðɛn hi ˈriəˌlaɪzd hi wɑz ˈkərəntli nɑt ˈkɛriɪŋ ə zanpakutō*ō æt hɪz weɪst. æt ˈprɛzənt, ðɛr wər noʊ ˈspɛʃəl ɪkˈsɛpʃənz ɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən, ˈivɪn ɪf wən hɛld ðə pəˈzɪʃən əv vaɪs ˈkæptən, ˈkɛriɪŋ ə sɔrd wɑz proʊˈhɪbətəd ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈpleɪsɪz, ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈɪnstɪˌtut wɑz wən əv ðɛm. kənˈsɪdərd ðət hi wʊd nid tɪ rən ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə rɪˈsɛpʃən dɛsk ənd rɪˈtriv hɪz zanpakutō*ō wɪʧ hi hæd lɛft wɪθ ðɛm, bət hɪz fit stɑpt wɪn hi lʊkt æt ðə tru fɔrm əv ðə ˈfɪgjər ðət hæd ʤɪst əˈpɪrd. ɪt wɑz ə ˈjəŋstər ˈwɛrɪŋ kloʊðz ˈsɪmələr tɪ ə shihakushō*ō ənd ɪt əˈpɪrz ðə hoʊl ˈbɑdi wɑz ˈkəvərd ɪn ˈɪnʤəriz. nɑt ə hollow…*… ə? ˈtɛrəbli injured!”*!” ɪz ˈsɪriəs! ɪf aɪ gɪv ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt raɪt away…!”*…!” hanatarō*ō sɛt ɔf ɪn ə ˈhəri təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd wɛr hi ðɛn keɪm tɪ ə stɑp. ðɛr, ən ænˈdrɔʤənəs ˈjəŋstər ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ɛz ˈiðər ə gərl ər bɔɪ, ðə ˈʃoʊldər tɪps wər səˈvɪrli mˈjutəˌleɪtɪd, hoʊlz hæd pɪrst ˈsɛvərəl ˈpleɪsɪz ɔn ðə ˈæbdəmən, ənd wən ɑrm wɑz tˈwɪstɪd bæk ˈɪntu ən ˌɪˈrɛgjələr pəˈzɪʃən. ˈrəðər ðən dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ɪt ɛz ˈwundɪd hɛd tɪ toʊ, ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə kənˈdɪʃən, ɪt bi səˈpraɪzɪŋ tɪ mɪˈsteɪk ðə ʧaɪld fər ə kɔrps ˈivɪn ɪf ɪt wɑz stɪl ˈstændɪŋ ənd ˈwɔkɪŋ hanatarō*ō ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈhəvərd hɪz hænz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋz tɪ ðoʊz wundz, ˈæktəˌveɪtɪŋ ˈhilɪŋ kidō*ō noʊn ɛz kaidō*ō “…“…uuhn.”*.” ðə ʧaɪld drɑps tɪ boʊθ niz ɔn ðə spɑt ənd dɪˈstɔrts ðɛr feɪs ˈsimɪŋli ɪn peɪn. ˌoʊˈkeɪ, aɪ wɪl kloʊz əp ðoʊz wundz æt wəns! kən jʊr hir maɪ voice?!”*?!” ðə ˈjuʒəwəli ˈtɪmɪd hanatarō*ō wɑz laɪk ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈpərsən, hɪz vɔɪs ˈɛkoʊd əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd ɛz hi traɪd tɪ ˈvɪgərəsli ɪnˈkərəʤ ðə ˈjəŋstər. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɛz ðə ʧaɪld ʃʊk ɪts hɛd frəm saɪd tɪ saɪd ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈsɑroʊfəl, ɪts aɪz əp wɪθ tɪrz ənd ɪt ˈoʊpənd ɪts maʊθ tɪ spik. ˈpɔɪntləs, aɪ goʊ ɔn ˈɛni longer…”*…” ə θɪŋ, waɪ wʊd you–”*–”, aɪ wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ ˈkɛri aʊt commands…*… laɪf, laɪf wərθ ˈlɪvɪŋ ˌɛniˈmɔr, pliz ʤɪst lɛt mi daɪ here…!”*…!” məst bi confused…*… ˌɔˈlraɪt! pliz, traɪ tɪ pʊl ˈjɔrsɛlf together!”*!” hanatarō*ō ˈfrænəkəli sɛd soʊ waɪlst kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ kaidō*ō, bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈbɑdi tensed*. ʤɪst did…*…? ðət kɪd ʤɪst seɪ, sama”*”? ˌbiˈfɔr hu wɑz bɪˈwɪldərd æt ðə neɪm ðət hæd ʤɪst lɛft ðə maʊθ, hanatarō*ō lʊkt ˈæŋʃəs fər ˈəðər ˈrizənz. ðɪs reiatsu…*… kənˈtɪnjuəsli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ!? aɪ ˈkænɑt kloʊz əp ðiz wundz wɪθ maɪ kaidō*ō alone…*…! ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ðət kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ɔn laɪk ðɪs wɑz ˈpɛrələs, hanatarō*ō kraɪd aʊt tɪ. sæn! pliz kɔl ə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˈɪnstɪˌtut stæf ˈmɛmbər kˈwɪkli! muv ðə ˈpeɪʃənt ˈɪntu ən ˈimərʤənsi ˈtritmənt room!”*!” ““r-right!”*!” hæd kəm tɪ hɪz ˈsɛnsɪz æt vɔɪs, bət ɛz sun ɛz hi tərnd ɔn hɪz hil ðɛr ɔn ðə spɑt hi hæd tərnd tɪ lʊk, stʊd ə mæn. ər ju ə stæf ˈmɛmbər hir!? wi hæv ən ˈɪnʤərd person…”*…” ˌbiˈfɔr kʊd ˈivɪn ˈfɪnɪʃ ˈtɔkɪŋ, ðət mæn ˈkɑmli ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ əˈproʊʧ ðə ˈblədˌsteɪnd juθ, ˈlaɪnɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf əp ˌbiˈsaɪd hanatarō*ō, hi pleɪst hɪz hænz ˈoʊvər ðə wundz. ““indeed*, jʊr ɪˈfɪʃənsi ɪn kaidō*ō həz ˌɪmˈpruvd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðɪs ˈpeɪʃənt ɪz ə bɪt əv ə ˈspɛʃəl keɪs. ju bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hil ðɛm alone.”*.” ““ehh”*” ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə ˈpərsən hu həz əˈpɪrd ˌbiˈsaɪd ɪm, aɪz ˈwaɪdənd ɛz hi reɪzd hɪz vɔɪs ɪn səˈpraɪz. nii-san!”*!” ““what!?”*!?” ˈsəbsəkwəntli, aɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈoʊpənd waɪd. ə mæn wɪθ ə ʃɑrp lʊk ɪn hɪz aɪz ənd ə, wən wʊd bi kəmˈplitli əˈneɪbəl tɪ əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt hɪz ˈɪmɪʤ wɪθ hanatarō*ō ɪn ˈɛni weɪ, ʃeɪp ər fɔrm. ðɪs mæn peɪɪŋ noʊ hid tɪ ðə səˈpraɪz əv ðə ˈəðər tu, kənˈtɪnjud tɪ pərˈsid wɪθ hɪz ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt waɪlst ˈskɪlfəli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ðə ɪn hɪz oʊn kaidō*ō. ðɛn, ðə wundz bɪˈgæn tɪ hil ɪn ən ˈɪnstənt ənd ðə ˈblidɪŋ hæd ˌvɪzəˈbɪlɪti ˈhɔltɪd. əbˈzərvɪŋ ðət sin, brɛθ wɑz ˈteɪkən əˈweɪ. ˈivɪn frəm ðə vˈjuˌpɔɪnt əv hu həz groʊn əˈkəstəmd tɪ rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt, hi kʊd ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ðə kaidō*ō ˈlɛvəl wɑz ɪn ə kəmˈplitli ˈdɪfərənt lig ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ðət əv ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə dɪˈvɪʒən. fɑr frəm hanatarō…*ō… ðɪs guy…*… kʊd ɪt bi ðət hi meɪ ˈivɪn bi ɔn pɑr wɪθ san…*…? ˌɔlˈðoʊ stɪl noʊ mæʧ fər ˌɪˈnoʊˌeɪ əv events”*”, æt ðə ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈtælənt fər kaidō*ō ðət wɑz biɪŋ dɪˈspleɪd ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz aɪz, ˈmɑrvɛld əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ðɪs wɑz ˈtruli ðə paʊər ðət bɪˈlɔŋd tɪ ðə ʧif əv ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən. ˈoʊnli ðə ˈjəŋstər biɪŋ hild ʃoʊd noʊ saɪnz əv ˌɪmˈpruvmənt ɪn ðɛr ˈkaʊntənəns waɪlst ˌəndərˈgoʊɪŋ ðə kaidō*ō ˈtritmənt. “…“…oh*, jəˈmɑdə sæn. ɔˈrɛdi ə lɔst kɔz. pliz hil me…!”*…!” laɪk ðə saʊnd əv ðət. aɪ prɪˈfər ˈkipɪŋ ə ˈpeɪʃənt hu ɪz ˈigər tɪ daɪ, əˈlaɪv əˈgɛnst ðɛr wɪl. sɪns aɪ lɛt ju daɪ soʊ ˈizəli, ə gʊd aɪˈdiə tɪ priˈpɛr ˈjɔrsɛlf waɪl ju stɪl kən. priˈpɛr tɪ lɪv wɪθ ðət dishonour.”*.” feɪs sama…*…! pliz ʤɪst lɛt mi rɑt hir laɪk this…!”*…!” aʊt əv ðə kˈwɛʃən, ˈæftər ɔl, ju ər ðə ˈprɑpərti əv ər ju nɑt? ɪf ju wər tɪ daɪ hir əv jʊr oʊn əˈkɔrd, ðɛn wʊd bi əˈneɪbəl tɪ fərˈgɪv ju fər səʧ ə θɪŋ ju think?”*?” ““huh!”*!” æt ðə wərdz əv ðə ˈʧəklɪŋ, ðə ʧaɪld ˈoʊpənd ɪts aɪz waɪd ənd geɪv ə grənt. ənd hanatarō*ō wər ˈdəmfaʊndɪd baɪ ðət ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ, wɪn ðə wundz wər kloʊzd əp, ɪt bɪˈgæn tɪ raɪz ənd sˈloʊli muv. ju ˈvɛri məʧ, jəˈmɑdə sæn. aɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst kəˈmɪtɪd ən ˌənfɔrˈgɪvəbəl ækt əv dɪsˈlɔɪəlti tɪ sama…”*…” ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə dɪsˈhɑrtənd ˈjəŋstər, ˈnoʊtɪst ˈsəmθɪŋ. ðə ˈsəfərɪŋ ðɪs ʧaɪld dɪˈspleɪd ʤɪst ə ˈmoʊmənt əˈgoʊ dɪd nɑt ərˈɪʤəˌneɪt frəm ðə peɪn kɔzd baɪ ɪts ˈɪnʤəriz, bət ˈrəðər frəm ˈæŋgwɪʃ æt ðə ˈsɪmpəl fækt ðət ɪt hæd feɪld ɪn ɪts ˈdutiz tɪ ðə mæn neɪmd. dɪz ðɪs kid…*… ˈivɪn feel…*… θɪŋz laɪk peɪn tɪ bɪˈgɪn wɪθ? hu hæd ʤɪst ˌəndərˈgɔn ðɪs streɪnʤ sɛnˈseɪʃən, wɑz æt ə lɔs ɛz tɪ haʊ ɪgˈzæktli hi ʃʊd ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɪθ ðɛm, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪn ðət ˈmoʊmənt ɪt wɑz jəˈmɑdə hu ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ tɔk ˌɪnˈstɛd. ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈpeɪʃənt ˈimərʤənsi ˈtritmənt fər ðə taɪm biɪŋ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˌfʊlˈskeɪl ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt ɪz stɪl rikˈwaɪərd, ˈsɑri ðət bɪn meɪd tɪ kəm ɔn ðɪs ˈɛrənd fər ˈnəθɪŋ, bət kən aɪ æsk ju tɪ riˈskɛʤul ðɪs fər əˈnəðər deɪ? luˈtɛnənt dono?”*?” ““eh…y-yes.”*.” ɪt simz ðə rɪˈsɛpʃən dɛsk hæd ɔˈrɛdi ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd əˈbaʊt boʊθ hɪmˈsɛlf ənd hanatarō*ō. ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi ˈriəˌlaɪzd ɪt wɑz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ traɪ ənd pərˈsid wɪθ ˈɪntərvˌju sɪns hi wɑz toʊld soʊ baɪ neɪm, ðɛr wɑz stɪl ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈprɛsɪŋ ɔn hɪz maɪnd spərɪŋ ɪm ɔn, wɪθ ə strɔŋ toʊn əv vɔɪs poʊzd hɪz kˈwɛsʧənz. ““hey*, ðət kɪd, waɪ ər ðeɪ ˈɪnʤərd laɪk ðət? wət kaɪnd əv kəˈnɛkʃən du ðeɪ hæv wɪθ tokinada!?”*!?” ðɛn, ˈrəðər ðən, ðə ˈɪnʤərd ˈjəŋstər hu bɪˈgæn tɪ wɔk ˈfɔrwərd wɑz ðə wən tɪ rɪˈplaɪ wɪθ ən ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd smaɪl ɔn ɪts feɪs. min mi? aɪ æm retainer!”*!”, hɪz ’’retainer’…?”*’…?” ə pərˈplɛkst tərnz hɪz əˈtɛnʃən tɪ, bət hi flæʃt ə ˈwɪkəd smaɪl ɛz hi ˈoʊpənd hɪz maʊθ tɪ spik. ““sorry*, bət ɛz ə ˈmɛdɪkəl prəˈfɛʃənəl, aɪ ˈkænɑt dɪˈskloʊz ə ˈpərsɪnəl information.”*.” weɪt, ˈɔlsoʊ ɛz ðə vaɪs ˈkæptən əv skwɑd 9 ə hip əv θɪŋz aɪ wɔnt tɪ æsk ju. ˈfərstli, ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðɪs ʧaɪld tɪ ðə sin əv ə ˈbætəl, ðət gaɪ, wət ɪz hi thinking…”*…” ɛz ə əv ðə 13 ðɛr wər ˈmɛni ˈmætərz hi ˈsɪmpli kʊd nɑt ˌɪgˈnɔr, səʧ ˈmætərz ˌɪnˈklud ðə fækt ðət ðɪs ʧaɪld hæd ˈimərʤd frəm wɪˈθɪn səm θɪŋ, ər ðoʊz ˈsɪriəs ˈɪnʤəriz sɛd ʧaɪld hæd rɪˈsivd. mɔˈroʊvər, ðɪs kɔld dɪd nɑt ˈivɪn əˈpɪr məˈtjʊrd, wɪθ ə ˈfɪgjər wɪʧ wɑz stɪl ðət əv ə məʧ laɪk, ənd ɪt simd ɛz ɪf ðə eɪʤ wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli mæʧ ɪts ˈaʊtwərd əˈpɪrəns tu. ˈivɪn ɪf ðɪs wɑz ə ˈmætər kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə ˈbɪgər ˈpɪkʧər hir, ɪf ə mæn wɑz tɪ tərn ə blaɪnd aɪ tɪ ən ˈɪnʤərd ʧaɪld, ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈivɪn bi ɪn ðə pəˈzɪʃən əv vaɪs ˈkæptən təˈdeɪ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈɪnstənt hi wɛnt tɪ riʧ hɪz hænd aʊt tɪ ˈʃoʊldər ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ hoʊld ɪm bæk wərld ˈroʊˌteɪtɪd əraʊnd ɪm ɪn ə hæf spɪn, hi ˈriəˌlaɪzd hi wɑz naʊ ˈlʊkɪŋ əp æt ðə skaɪ əv soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti. pərˈsivɪŋ ðə fækt ðət hi hæd əˈpɛrəntli bɪn θroʊn daʊn tɪ ðə flɔr baɪ hu sizd hɪz hænd frəm ðə saɪd, ˈoʊpənd boʊθ əv hɪz aɪz waɪd. vɔɪs frəm ˈoʊvərˈhɛd, daʊn təˈwɔrdz. ““uh*, s-sorry*! aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli θɔt ðət jəˈmɑdə sæn wɑz ɪn danger…”*…”, ɪf ju ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ɪn ðɪs weɪ i…*…, wɪl hæv ðə paʊər tɪ faɪt fər ˈsɑmə, ðɛn əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ɪt! okay!”*!” hi wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ dɪˈsərn ˈwɛðər ər nɑt hi kʊd rɛd ðə mud ɪn ðə θɪŋz wɑz aʊt, bət θɔts wər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkæpʧərd ɪn dip kənfˈjuʒən. heɪ, weɪt ə minute…*… ʤɪst now…*… wət dɪd ðət kɪd du tɪ mi? ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɪs wɑz ə səˈpraɪz əˈtæk, hi stɪl praɪdz hɪmˈsɛlf ɔn ðə kənˈsɪdərəbəl əˈmaʊnt əv ˈvɛrid ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz əˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪd əˈməŋst ðə. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ðə ðət ˌɪntrəˈdust ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɛz ə ˈmoʊmənt əˈgoʊ, hi kʊd fil ə floʊ əv wɪʧ wɑz ˈdɪfərənt frəm ˈɛni ˈhɑloʊ,, ər kˈwɪnsi hi hæd ˈbætəld ɪn ðə pæst. ˈdɪfərənt frəm ˈɛni gaɪ mɛt ɪn ˈbætəl soʊ far…no…*… ðɪs sensation…*… ˈsəmˈwət ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə taɪm maɪ wɑz əbˈzɔrbd baɪ ðət zanpakutō*ō has…*… ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi hæd feɪst dɪˈfit əˈgɛnst ɪt ˈoʊnli wəns, hu hæd rɪˈsivd səʧ ən əˈtæk dɪd nɑt fil ðə sˈlaɪtəst bɪt əv peɪn, ˌɪnˈstɛd hi hæd ˈfɑlən ˈɪntu ðɪs sɛnˈseɪʃən ɛz ɪf ˈɛvəri ˈpɑsəbəl ““power”*” səʧ ɛz hɪz ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl paʊər, ər hɪz ˈfɪzɪkəl paʊər ənd hɪz wɪl paʊər, hæd ɔl kəmˈplitli ˈdɪsəˌpeɪtɪd. stɛrd əp æt ðə skaɪ ɪn ə deɪz. ˈwɑʧɪŋ ɪm, jəˈmɑdə ʃʊk hɪz hɛd, ə smaɪl stɪl ɔn hɪz feɪs. pleɪs ɪz ðə doʊˈmeɪn əv ðə ˈnoʊbəlz. ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðɛr ər noʊ ˈwɔrˌtaɪm ˈspɛʃəl ɪkˈsɛpʃənz, ðə ˈprɪnsəpəlz əv ðə 13 əˈplaɪ hir. ɪf ˈkɑmən ˈpræktɪs ɪz ˈʤɛnərəli preɪzd ɛz gʊd sɛns, ðɛn aɪ θɪŋk ˈbɛtər ðət ju ˈnɛvər sɛt fʊt ɪn ðɪs place.”*.” ðɛn, tərnz tɪ feɪs hanatarō*ō. wɪl tɛl ju əˈgɛn, hanatarō*ō. teɪk səm taɪm əˈweɪ frəm ðə skwɑd fər ə while.”*.” əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə smaɪl ðət hɛld ə təʧ əv self-ridicule*, ʃrəgd hɪz ˈʃoʊldərz ənd kənˈtɪnjud ˈtɔkɪŋ. ju wɔnt tɪ gɪt drægd ˈɛni ˈfərðər ˈɪntu ˈmætərz səʧ ɛz this.”*.” ɛz gɑt əp, hi bɪˈgæn tɪ æsk ə kˈwɛʃən æt ðə bæks əv ðə tu ˈpipəl hu wər əˈbaʊt tɪ liv. ““hey…*… aɪ noʊ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz æt ɔl but…*… ɪz ðɪs gaɪ ˈrɪli wərθ ˈsərvɪŋ ˈəndər tɪ ðə pɔɪnt wɛr gɪt ˈɪnʤərd ɪn səʧ ə way?”*?” ɪn rɪˈspɑns, ðə ʧaɪld tərnd ɪts hɛd tɪ lʊk ɪn hɪz dɪˈrɛkʃɪn sɛd ʧaɪld rɪˈplaɪd, sˈmaɪlɪŋ wɪθ ɪts hoʊl feɪs ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt əˈpɪr ɛz ɪf ðə ˈjəŋstər ʤɪst ɔn ðə vərʤ əv dɛθ. kɔrs! ˈsɑmə ɪz ə ˈwəndərfəl ˈpərsən! ðɛr ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ ˈwərði ɪˈnəf ðət kən kəmˈpɛr, nɑt ˈivɪn ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv maɪ oʊn life!”*!” ðə ˈjəŋstər kənˈtɪnjud ˈivɪn ˈfərðər æt hu kwaɪt ʃʊr haʊ tɪ rɪˈspɑnd. ““also…*… ˈsɑmə toʊld mi hi wɪl lɛt mi bɪˈkəm kɪŋ! soʊ aɪ məst riˈpeɪ ðət ˈkaɪndnəs baɪ ˈsteɪkɪŋ maɪ laɪf fər ɪm fər ðə rɛst əv maɪ lifetime!”*!” ““king…?”*…?” ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə səˈspɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈfeɪsɪz əv boʊθ ənd hanatarō*ō, geɪv ə streɪnd læf waɪlst æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðə ʧaɪld. ˌɪnˈfɔrm ju ɪt wʊd bi ˌoʊˈkeɪ tɪ ʤɪst ˈkæʒəwəli tɛl ˈəðərz əˈbaʊt that?”*?” ˈæftər ˈtɪltɪŋ ɪts hɛd sˈlaɪtli tɪ wən saɪd laɪk səm smɔl ˈænəməl, ðə feɪs ˈɪnstəntli tərnz peɪl. ə- ahhh*! aɪ seɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ʤɪst naʊ! pliz fərˈgɛt əˈbaʊt ɪt! jʊr ˈkaɪndnəs mr…*… err…*… ˈpɑrdən mi, bət jʊr neɪmz are…?”*…?” ““s-sure*.. ənd ðɪs ɪz jəˈmɑdə, jəˈmɑdə hanatarō.”*ō.” si! wɪθ jʊr ˈkaɪndnəs sæn, hanatarō*ō sæn! pliz bi ʃʊr tɪ fərˈgɛt əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈbɪznɪs! bət, aɪ fərˈgɛt ðɪs ˈfeɪvər! wɪn aɪ bɪˈkəm kɪŋ ˈsəmˌdeɪ, aɪ wɪl riˈpeɪ ðɪs ˈfeɪvər properly!”*!” ˈæftər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ læf ɪn ə streɪnd ˈmænər, dɪˈpɑrtɪd təˈwɔrdz ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt rum ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˈjəŋstər əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ɪm, hɛld daʊts əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðə ˈɪnsədənt frəm ʤɪst ə ˈmoʊmənt əˈgoʊ wɑz ɔl ə drim, bət ðə bləd wɪʧ steɪnd ðə ˈkɔrˌtjɑrd wɑz ə klɪr ˈɪndəˌkeɪtər ðət ðɪs wɑz ˌɪnˈdid ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌriˈæləˌti. wɑz baffling…*… wət ðə hɛl ʤɪst happened…?”*…?” æt ðə seɪm taɪm, hanatarō*ō ɪz ˈdəmfaʊndɪd ɛz hi ˈmətərz tɪ hɪmˈsɛlf. ˈimərʤənsi ˈtritmənt ɪz ˈtruli əˈmeɪzɪŋ but…*… fər ə ˈpərsən tɪ ˈivɪn bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ wɔk wɪθ ðɛr oʊn strɛŋθ raɪt əˈweɪ ɪn səʧ ə steɪt əv injury…”*…” nɛkst tɪ hu wɑz ɪn dip θɔt ˈoʊvər ˈsəmθɪŋ, hanatarō*ō rɪˈkɔld ðə ˈpipəl hi hæd ˈtritɪd ɪn ðə pæst, ənd spɑnˈteɪniəsli spoʊk ðiz neɪmz. ɪz ʤɪst laɪk ˈkæptən ər san…”*…” ˈbɑdi wɑz laɪɪŋ ɔn ə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈteɪbəl ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈimərʤənsi ˈtritmənt rum. ðə ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈnərvəs ˈsɪstəm hæd bɪˈkəm ə kəmˈplit mɛs, ɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst simd laɪk ən ˌɪˈluʒən ðət ðɪs ˈjəŋstər wɑz ˈʧætɪŋ wɪθ ə smaɪl ɔn ɪts feɪs ˈoʊnli ə ʃɔrt waɪl əˈgoʊ. waɪlst ˈkɛriɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈtritmənt ɪn ə dɪˈtæʧt ˈmænər, ˈmətərz tɪ hɪmˈsɛlf ˌbiˈfɔr ən ˌənˈkɑnʃəs. grif, ɪt simz ðə ˈhɑloʊz goʊ ˈizi ɔn ju, bət ðɪs wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ wɪˈθɪn ðə plæn it…*… wɛl, ˈiðər weɪ aɪ lɛt ju die.”*.” meɪd juz əv ðə kaidō*ō wɪʧ sɛt ɪm əˈpɑrt frəm ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈpərsən ənd æt ðə seɪm taɪm hi dɪˈspleɪd ə smaɪl, ɛz ɪf tɪ kənˈsil hɪz tru ˈfilɪŋz. ɪf ðɛr ɪz nɑt ə ʃrɛd əv hoʊp fər ðɪs life.”*.” ˈməndoʊ. wɑz kwaɪt ðə ˈflæʃi ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn huh.”*.” ən hu hæd əraɪvd leɪt æt ðə sin ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ˈæftər saɪæn wən əv ðə bestias”*”, ˈoʊpənd hər maʊθ tɪ spik wɪn ʃi sɔ ðə ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈdɛzərt. ðə ˈbɑdiz əv skəl mæskt ˈsoʊlʤərz ˈriʧɪŋ ðə tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz, ˈpɪtɪfəli ˈlɪtərd ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋz, hu hæd əˈpɛrəntli kriˈeɪtɪd ðɛm ˈɔlsoʊ hæd ə lɑrʤ gæʃ ɔn hɪz ˈbɑdi, ənd wɑz ɪn ə steɪt əv daɪɪŋ. bləd ˈvɛsəlz ənd nərvz hæv ɔl bɪn kəˈnɛktɪd. pliz rɛst ənˈtɪl jʊr ɪz recovered.”*.” ən ˈhilər hu əraɪvd leɪt məʧ laɪk ðə waɪlst rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈroʊkə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈtritmənt, rɪˈlisɪz ə groʊn ɪn ə wik vɔɪs. ““understood…*… bət, aɪ æm ɪkˈstrimli ashamed…*… nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪd aɪ ˌɪnkənˈvinjəns ˈsɑmə ənd ðə ˈəðərz, bət aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli ɪkˈspoʊzd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf tɪ bi səʧ ə dɪsˈgreɪsfəl sight…”*…” ˈlʊkɪŋ æt, ɛz wɛl ɛz ənd hu wər ˈsɪmələrli ˈɪnʤərd ənd rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈtritmənt, ənd ðɛn ðə ˈsɛvərəl juʤ ˈhɑloʊz ɪn ðə vɪˈsɪnɪti hu hæd ˈgɔtən kɔt əp ɪn ðə ˈbætəl naʊ kəˈlæpst ɔn ðə graʊnd, wən əv ðə ˈəðər reɪzd hər vɔɪs. ““ha*, ju ər ˈtruli pəˈθɛtɪk. aɪ hərd ðət ju wər moʊd daʊn baɪ səm kˈwɪnsi sərˈvaɪvərz, ənd ðɛn ˈbitən əp baɪ səm streɪnʤ bræt hu hæd bərst ˈɔntu ðə scene?”*?” ““humph…*… ˈivɪn ɪf aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ dɪˈnaɪ ɪt, aɪ can’t.”*.” ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ peɪnd vɔɪs, ˈmaɪlə roʊz, ˈɔlsoʊ wən əv ðə, ˈoʊpənz hər maʊθ tɪ tɔk. ““well*, ɪn ðə ɛnd, ˈsɑmə droʊv ðɛm əˈweɪ raɪt? ˈɑnəstli, du ðoʊz ˌgɑˈdæmd lʊk daʊn ɔn ˈməndoʊ ɛz ə sɔrt əv ˈtʊrɪst əˈtrækʃən ər something?”*?” ðɛn, ʃʊk hər hɛd wɪθ aɪz ðət wər ˈsəmˈwət sombre*. wɪθ maɪ paʊər əˈloʊn. wɪˈθaʊt ðə əˈsɪstəns əv, nelliel…*… ənd ðoʊz, ðɛr wɑz ˈivɪn ə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ðət wi maɪt hæv bɪn annihilated…*… wi meɪ kəm tɪ rɪˈgrɛt ˈlɛtɪŋ ðɪs ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl escape.”*.” ““huuuh*!? wət ər ju seɪɪŋ ˈsɑmə! ˈivɪn ɪf ə, ɪt wɑz ˈoʊnli wən ˈpərsən raɪt!? kʊd ɪt bi səm sɔrt əv frik, laɪk ðət oʊld fɑrt hu kʊd məˈnɪpjəˌleɪt fire!?”*!?” ʃʊk hər hɛd æt hu kˈwɛsʧənd hər waɪlst ɪn ʃɑk. ˈfɪzɪkəl strɛŋθ ənd wər ˈsərtənli ˈkɑmprəbəl tɪ ə ˈkæptən klæs. wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ðɛr ˈfɪzɪkəl əˈbɪləˌtiz əˈloʊn, ɪt meɪ ˈivɪn hæv ˈraɪvəld ðə aɪs ˈjuzər aɪ wəns fɔt against.”*.” ðɛn, dɪd ðeɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli sɛnd ɪn ə ˈkæptən ræŋk tɪ mundo?”*?” æt kˈwɛʃən, spiks wərdz əv dɪˈnaɪəl., ðɪs ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ɪz tu ˌɪnɛkˈspɪriənst fər ðət tɪ bi ðə keɪs. waɪ wi wər ˈivɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ kæʧ ðɛm ɔf gɑrd. however…*… aɪ æm ˈvɛri kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ðə zanpakutō*ō wɪʧ wɑz ɪn ðət possession…”*…” kaɪnd əv zanpakutō*ō wɑz it?”*?” ˈpɑndərd ɔn ðɪs fər ə ʃɔrt waɪl ˌbiˈfɔr ˈivɪn ˈmɛnʃənɪŋ ðə fɔrm ənd ˈneɪʧər əv ðɪs zanpakutō*ō, ʃi ˈsteɪtɪd wən fækt fərst. ðət hu ˈoʊpənd ə garganta…*… bət ˈrəðər ðə zanpakutō.”*ō.” ɪn ə spɑt sˈlaɪtli ˈfərðər əˈweɪ frəm wɛr wɑz kənˈvərsɪŋ wɪθ hər səˈbɔrdəˌneɪts, kˈwɛsʧənd hu wɑz ˈstɛrɪŋ æt ðə ˈɛmti speɪs wɛr ðə hæd ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd. ju nid tɪ gɪt ˈroʊkə ʧæn tɪ hil you?”*?” ““huh*? ðɪs θɪŋ, ʤɪst ə scratch.”*.” ˌdɪsrɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə dip gæʃ ɔn hɪz lɛft ɑrm, klɪkt hɪz təŋ waɪlst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ bæk ɔn ðə ˈbætəl frəm ˈərliər. ˈivɪn lɔst maɪ ɛʤ, aɪ mɪst ðə ʧæns tɪ kɪl ɪt ɪn maɪ state.”*.” ““yeah*, noʊ weɪ ə zanpakutō*ō kʊd bɪˈkəm əˈwɛr əv ðət ˈkraɪsəs ənd ækt əv oʊn fri wɪl. wən kʊd ˈklɪrli si ɪt ˈoʊpənd əp ə ənd lɛt ðə ʧaɪld fɔl ˈɪntu it.”*.” meɪk ˈɛni sɛns. ə zanpakutō*ō ˈæktɪŋ əv ɪts oʊn əˈkɔrd, ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ juz əv ə əv ɔl things.”*.” dɪd nɑt sim tɪ hæv ən ˈænsər fər ðət ˈiðər, ˈæftər səm rɪˈflɛkʃən, ʃi spoʊk. nɛkst taɪm ðeɪ kəm hir, θɪŋz meɪ nɑt bi laɪk ðeɪ wər ðɪs taɪm around.”*.” ““right*, ðɪs wɪl əˈlaʊ mi tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈstrɔŋgər θru ˈbætəl. aɪ ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli kɛr, bət ju lɔt, frəm jʊr pɔɪnts əv vju, ɪt wɑz ə ˈfeɪljər ðət ju pʊt ən ɛnd tɪ ðə life.”*.” ˈæftər ˈgɪvɪŋ ə kənˈtɛmpʧuəs læf, smaɪl ˈvænɪʃt, wɪθ ə ˈsɪriəs ɪkˈsprɛʃən hi wɑz riˈmaɪndɪd əv ðə feɪs əv hɪz ˈraɪvəl, hɪz bæk tiθ meɪd ə ˈkrikɪŋ saʊnd ɛz bi graʊnd ðɛm təˈgɛðər. ˈrɪli du heɪt tɪ seɪ ðɪs, but…*… ɪn ðɪs weɪ, ðə seɪm taɪp ɛz. iʧ taɪm wi hæv ə ˈnɛroʊ ɪˈskeɪp frəm dɛθ, laɪk bɔrn əˈgɛn bət stronger.”*.” ““well…*… ˈəðər ðən ðət ˈditeɪl, aɪ fil kəmˈplitli different.”*.” ə ˈsərtən pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈjumən wərld. ˈeɪnʧənt stoʊn ruɪnz ɪn ə ˈsərtən smɔl ˈkəntri. wɪˈθɪn ðoʊz dɪˈkeɪɪŋ ruɪnz wɪʧ wər ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt əv səm sɔrt əv ˈtɛmpəl, tu ənd wən kɔrps wər ˈhaɪdɪŋ. wi wər goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd əp ˈrənɪŋ əˈweɪ, ɪt hæv bɪn ˈiziər tɪ ʤɪst rən əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ? heɪ lɪl, waɪ dɪd ju ˈivɪn ˈbɑðər tɪ teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðə kənfˈjuʒən ənd əˈtæk ðət shinigami?”*?” æt ˈtizɪŋ wərdz, lɪl rɪˈplaɪz wɪθ hər ˈjuʒəwəl ˈpoʊkər feɪs. wɑz ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ʧɛk. ju ˈnoʊtɪst ɪt tu right?”*?” ““yeah*, aɪ ˈivɪn ˈsprɪŋkəld səm spərts əv bləd ɔn ðət kɪd, bət aɪ ˈeɪbəl tɪ tərn ɪt ˈɪntu ə ˈzɑmbi hə? aɪ ˈwəndər goʊɪŋ ɔn? ɪz ɪt ðət ðɪs kɪd ɪz ɛz strɔŋ ɛz ə ˈkæptən rank?”*?” ˈoʊnli that.”*.” wɪn lɪl sɛd soʊ, ʃi rɪˈkɔld ˈkæʧɪŋ ðə ɔf gɑrd ˈʃutɪŋ ən ˈɛroʊ æt ɪt, ənd ðɛn ʃi rɪˈmɛmbərd ðə saɪt əv ðət ˈɛroʊ ɛz ɪt wɑz rɪˈpɛld. kid…*… ɪt ʤɪst ˈjuzɪŋ ən hierro*. ɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə kˈwɪnsi vene.”*.” ju ˈkɪdɪŋ me!?…*!?… really?”*?” vene*. ɪt ɪz ən əˈbɪləˌti juˈnik tɪ wɪʧ drəˈmætɪkəli ɛnˈhænsɪz dɪˈfɛns paʊər baɪ ˈsərkjəˌleɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə bləd ˈvɛsəlz, ənd əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd wɪʧ ɛnˈhænsɪz ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti fər əˈtæk, ɪt ɪz ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ paʊər əv ˈsoʊlʤərz bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ðə wandenreich*. ɪz ə ˈeɪbəl tɪ juz ɪt? ðeɪ bi ðət ˈkənɪŋ kən ðeɪ? pərˈhæps ðɪs ðə duɪŋ əv ðət ˈdæzəlɪŋ weirdo?”*?” ““perhaps*. ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ˈvɛriəs kˈwɪnsi ˈbɑdiz hæv bɪn ˈtæmpərd wɪθ. ðə kˈwɛʃən ɪz why.”*.” kɪd wɑz seɪɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə kɪŋ əv ˈhɑloʊz. wɑz ðɛr goʊl səm sɔrt əv rɪˈbɛljən laɪk wɪθ ðət guy?”*?” waɪlst ˈʤɛntli ˈstroʊkɪŋ hɛd huz aɪz wər ʃət ˈsimɪŋli taɪərd, ˈʤiʤi ˈɔfərd hər ˈkɛrˌfri rɪˈspɑns. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, lɪl ækˈsɛptɪd hər rɪˈspɑns, wɪθ hər ˈjuʒəwəl kəmˈpoʊzd ɪkˈsprɛʃən ʃi ˈətərd ˈtrəbəlɪŋ wərdz. ðə ər ˈkɪlɪŋ iʧ ˈəðər bɪˈkəz əv ˌɪnˈtərnəl dɪˈspjuts, ðɛn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɪl wərk aʊt ɛz dɪˈzaɪərd fər us.”*.” aɪ hoʊp wi kən stɪl rɪˈtriv ənd ɪn ðə mɪst əv ɔl ðə keɪɑs ˈoʊvər there.”*.” kəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈʧæptər (peɪʤ 235 ə fju deɪz ˈleɪtər . ðət deɪ ɛz ginjō*ō ˈwɑndərd əraʊnd, ə streɪnʤ kraʊd kɔt hɪz aɪ. “…“…hn*? wət ðə hɛk ɪz goʊɪŋ on?”*?” ðɛr, ˈsɛvərəl mɛn wər ˈkɔzɪŋ ə kəˈmoʊʃən, ɛz ɪf ðeɪ wər ˈfrænəkəli pəˈtɪʃənɪŋ fər ˈsəmθɪŋ. ““hey*, wət ðə hɛl happened?”*?” wɪn hi æst ðə dˈwɛlərz hu ɔˈkeɪʒənəˌli ɪnˈkaʊnər, ðə ˈəðər ˈpɑrti ˈivɪn ˈtɪltɪd ðɛr hɛdz laɪk ðeɪ kwaɪt ˌəndərˈstænd., ðoʊz frɛʃ dɛd gaɪz hu hæv ˈrisəntli əraɪvd ɪn ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə dæm ˈrækɪt. ðɛr gɑdz wər raɪt, sun ə nu wərld wɪl bɪˈgɪn fər ðɛm ənd whatnot.”*.” ðɪs, religionists?”*?” wən əv ðə ˈtrəbəlz kɔzd baɪ ˌɪnˈhæbɪtənts hu hæv ʤɪst əraɪvd ɪn ɪz ðə kənfˈjuʒən ðət əˈkərz frəm ðə dɪˈspɛrətiz bɪtˈwin rɪˈlɪʤəs vjuz ðeɪ hæd feɪθ ɪn ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɛr taɪm ɪn ðə ˈjumən wərld ənd ðə ˈækʧəwəl wərld əv laɪf ˈæftər dɛθ. səm əˈməŋst rɪˈlɪʤəs kəlt ˈmɛmbərz gɪt kɔt əp ɪn reɪʤ ənd seɪ səˈpoʊzd tɪ goʊ tɪ ˈhɛvən, ə ˈsɑri pleɪs laɪk ðɪs, noʊ mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ ðət ðɪs ˈfoʊni wərld wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ðə devil,”*,” ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli, ɪt kʊd bi sɛd ðət wən əv ðə roʊlz əv ðə ˈpipəl ɔˈrɛdi ˈlɪvɪŋ hir ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ tɪ suð ənd ˈhjumər ðɛm., ðɪs ðə seɪm ɛz ˈjuʒəwəl. aɪ hərd ðɛm seɪɪŋ "ðɪs wərld ɪz ɪgˈzæktli ɛz ðə ˈsɑmə described”*” (*ˈfaʊndər əv ə rɪˈlɪʤəs sɛkt), ðeɪ sim tɪ ɔˈrɛdi ˌəndərˈstænd ənd ɪn kwaɪt səm ˈditeɪl tu əˈbaʊt θɪŋz səʧ ɛz ənd. ənd jɛt, aɪ hæv noʊ klu waɪ stɪl ˈkɪkɪŋ əp ə fəs, seɪɪŋ stəf laɪk nu ˈlidər ənd ə nu wərld wɪl come”*” ər whatever.“*.“ "……oh*? kwaɪt interesting.”*.” ɪz ɪt ðət ə hu wɑz dɪˈspæʧt tɪ ðə ˈjumən wərld, ˈhæpənd tɪ spɪl ðə binz əˈbaʊt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ tɪ ə ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəˌli əˈwɛr riˈlɪʤənɪst hu ðɛn sprɛd ðət ɛz ðɛr ˈdɑgmə? waɪlst ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪŋ ɛz səʧ, ginjō*ō əˈproʊʧt ðə kraʊd siɪŋ ɛz hi hæd taɪm tɪ kɪl. ðɛn, wən ˈpərsən əˈməŋst ðə kraʊd tʊk ˈnoʊtɪs əv hɪz əˈtaɪər ənd spoʊk əp. ““ah*! h-hey*, ðət ˈbrəðər ˈoʊvər ðɛr! ˈʤəʤɪŋ frəm ðə kloʊðz ˈwɛrɪŋ, ju məst hæv kəm hir ˈrisəntli raɪt!? ɪf ðə keɪs, pərˈhæps ðɪs ˈbrəðər ˈɔlsoʊ noʊz əˈbaʊt ɑr religion!?”*!?” “…“…sorry*, bət nɑt ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈkænvəsɪŋ faith.”*.” ɛz hi θɔt əˈbaʊt ðə fækt ðət ðɪs wɑz nɑt ə laɪn hi wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ seɪ wɪn hi wɑz ə ˈfɔrmər ˈsəbstəˌtut sɪns biɪŋ ə ˈsəbstəˌtut ɪnˈteɪlz ðə nid tɪ ˌriəˈʃʊr bɪˈwɪldərd ˈspɪrɪts əˈbaʊt ən ˈæftərˌlaɪf ɪn), ginjō*ō ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈlɪsən tɪ wət ðə ˈəðərz hæd tɪ seɪ ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈmoʊmənt, ginjō*ō wɑz ˈʃeɪkən tɪ ðə kɔr wɪn hi hərd ðə wərdz ðət ʤəmpt aʊt əv ðə maʊθ. kəˈmərʃəl ˈmɛsɪʤ həz ˈivɪn bɪn ˈbrɔdˌkæst ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən fər ðə læst fju mənθs ˈæftər ɔl, soʊ ju ɔt tɪ noʊ ɪt, 'xcution’*’ えくすきゅーしょん*！(*えくすきゅーしょん*！(*ekusukyuushon!)”*!)” dɪd ju say?”*?” ˈhirɪŋ ðət neɪm, ginjō*ō ˈnoʊtɪsəbli dru hɪz ˈaɪˌbraʊz təˈgɛðər ɪn əˈniz. ðɪs ɔl əˈbaʊt? xcution*. ɪt ɪz ðə neɪm əv ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən ginjō*ō wəns ɪˈstæblɪʃt ɪn ðə ˈjumən wərld. ˈizi tɪ θɪŋk ðət ðeɪ hæd ˈsɪmpli əˈdɑptəd ðɪs neɪm baɪ ʧæns. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt ɪz hɑrd tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ðət mɪr koʊˈɪnsɪdəns wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ðɪs grup hu əˈpɛrəntli noʊ ə greɪt dil əˈbaʊt ðə. ənˈlaɪkli ðət juˈkioʊ, ər ˈʤæki wʊd sprɛd səʧ θɪŋz. ðət ɛz ɪt meɪ, raɪt naʊ, ˈivɪn ɪf aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt, aɪ can't…*… ˌɔlˈðoʊ ginjō*ō θɔt ɛz səʧ, hi ˈriəˌlaɪzɪz ðət hi wɑz naʊ ˈluzɪŋ saɪt əv hi ʃʊd bi doing’*’. ðɛn, ðə ˈreɪʤɪŋ fleɪmz frəm wɪn hi wɑz stɪl əˈlaɪv ˌriɪgˈnaɪtɪd ɪn hɪz ʧɛst ʤɪst ə ˈlɪtəl. ˈnəθɪŋ aɪ kən du ˈɛniˌweɪ. bət pərˈhæps aɪ ʃʊd traɪ pleɪɪŋ dɪˈtɛktɪv, ʤɪst ə bɪt. ˈæftər ˈpɑndərɪŋ fər ə ˈmoʊmənt, hi əˈdrɛst ðiz followers”*” wɪθ ə ˈfrɛndli smaɪl. ““sorry*, aɪ daɪd səm taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ðət. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, pikt maɪ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˈsəmˈwət. wɪl ju əˈlaʊ mi tɪ ˈlɪsən tɪ wət ju hæv tɪ seɪ əˈbaʊt jʊr ˈsɑmə ʤɪst ə while?”*?” ginjō*ō. hi wɑz nɑt jɛt əˈwɛr æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ɪn taɪm. əˈbaʊt ðə fækt ðət hi wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ˈgɪtɪŋ drægd ˈɪntu ðə straɪf əv soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti wɪʧ wɑz ɪnʃˈraʊdəd ɪn ˈsikrəsi. ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ðə fækt ðət ə boʊ wɑz biɪŋ drɔn æt ðə ““fullbringers”*” frəm ə kəmˈplitli ˌənfɔrˈsin dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ““fullbringers*. naʊ ðət aɪ hæv ɪgˈzɔstɪd maɪ ˈrisərʧ ˈɪntu boʊθ ənd, ɛz wɛl, ɪt ɪz ðeɪ hu wɪl bɪˈkəm ðə ˈvɛri ˈtrɪgər fər ðə ˌkəltɪˈveɪʃən əv nu technology…*… ðət, aɪ æm ˈsərtən of.”*.” taɪm əraʊnd, goʊɪŋ bæk tɪ ðə ˈbeɪsɪks əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt naʊ we?”*?” ɪn frənt əv ðə tɛns ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈrisərʧərz, ðɛr wɑz wən mæn hu simz tɪ bi ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf ɛz hi tɔkt əˈbaʊt hɪz nu 'ˈɛriə əv research’*’. ɪt ɪz ðə mæn hu sərvz ɪn kənˈkərənt poʊsts ɛz ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ənd ɛz ðə ˈkæptən əv skwɑd 12. ˈtɑrgəts ər θri 'fullbringers’*’ kənˈfərmd tɪ bi ˈhaɪdɪŋ aʊt ɪn. ˈəndər ˈnɔrməl ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz, ɪt wʊd bi noʊ ˈprɑbləm tɪ hæv ʤɪst wən ˈspɛsəmən, bət hæv ə greɪt ˈmænər əv ˈdɪfərənsɪz ɪn əˈbɪləˌtiz dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl. məʧ laɪk ɑr zanpakutōs*, ər ðə paʊər juzd baɪ səm quincies.”*.” ““captain*, bɪtˈwin ðə θri əv ðɛm, tru ðət wən ɪz ə ˈkrɪmənəl, ənd ðə ˈəðər tu fɔt əˈgɛnst ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈkæptən ənd soʊ ɔn, bət ðɛr ɪz ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈnoʊtɪs frəm ˈkæptən kəˈmændər tɪ wait-and-see…”*…” æt ðə wərdz əv wən əv ðə stæf ˈmɛmbərz, ɛmˈfætɪkəli ʃrəgz hɪz ˈʃoʊldərz ɛz hi ʃʊk hɪz hɛd. ɪt hæv ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ˈgɪlti? ˈbɛtər ɪf ðeɪ kən oʊˈbidjəntli dɪˈvoʊt ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ soʊl ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl ədˈvænsmənt, ðɛn aɪ səˈpoʊz ɪt bi tu məʧ əv ən æsk tɪ plid fər ðɛr ˈpɑrdən wɪθ ðə ˈsɛntrəl 46 frəm maɪ ˈvɛri oʊn oʊ soʊ kəmˈpæʃənət mouth.”*.” ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ kɔz ə dɪˈspjut wɪθ skwɑd 1 ənd rukongai?”*?” ər ju ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt, nɑt laɪk goʊɪŋ tɪ snæʧ ðɛm əˈweɪ ənd traɪ tɪ kɪl ðɛm. ʤɪst ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈmætər əv rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ ðɛr kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən fər ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv ˌdɪsˈmæntlɪŋ ənd æˈnælɪsɪs, wɪʧ əv kɔrs ɪnˈteɪlz kənˈdəktɪŋ ɛz ˈmɛni ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ɛz ðɛr ər stɑrz ɪn ðə skaɪ. ɪf ðeɪ fil ˈnəθɪŋ bət ə sɛns əv gɪlt təˈwɔrdz ðə, ðɛn ðeɪ wɪl ˈɔfər ðɛmˈsɛlvz əp tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ˈwɪlɪŋli. əv kɔrs, aɪ səˈpoʊz aɪ kən ˈprɑməs tɪ ðɛr ˈbɑdiz bæk tɪ ˈpərˌfɪkt kənˈdɪʃən wɪn ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ər over.”*.” sɪz ““naosu”*” wɪʧ minz ˈhilɪŋ bət nɛˈritə ˈjuzɪz ˈkænʤi ðət minz ““reconstructing/remodeling”*” ʤɪst ə kul weɪ tɪ ˈɪləˌstreɪt hɪz ˈsɪnɪstər ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz, wɪθ ðɪs ɪn maɪnd ðə nɛkst laɪn ʃʊd meɪk sɛns) ˈwɑʧɪŋ ɛz hi spoʊk waɪlst dɪsˈgaɪzɪŋ dɪˈstərbɪŋ ˈkɛrɪktərz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə fəˈnɛtɪks hi wɑz ˈjuzɪŋ, poʊzd ə kˈwɛʃən tɪ hu wɑz nɛkst tɪ ɪm. goʊɪŋ ɔn? ðiz deɪz ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪz mɔr əˈgrɛsɪv ðən ˈɛvər rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ hɪz ˈrisərʧ, ju think?”*?” æt hu səmd əp ðə prəˈpoʊzəl əv ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ ənd daɪˈsɛktɪŋ ˈpipəl wɪθ ðə ˈsɪŋgəl wərd ““aggressive”*”, rɪˈplaɪd wɪθ hɪz ˈjuʒəwəl ˌənkənˈsərnd ɛr. baɪ hɪz saɪd ˌɛniˈmɔr. ðə ˈkæptən ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ fɪl ðət ˈtɛmpərˌɛri sɛns əv lɔs ɪn ðə oʊn way.”*.” kən ˈoʊnli wɪθ ðə biɪŋ kɔt əp ɪn this…”*…” dɪˈspaɪt ˈnɑdɪŋ ɪn əˈgrimənt æt wərdz, wɑz ˈkjʊriəs əˈbaʊt wən θɪŋ ənd bɪˈgæn tɪ æsk ə kˈwɛʃən. soʊ ˈkæptən, ˌɔlˈðoʊ hərd ðoʊz gaɪz ɪgˈzæktli ˈkæptən ˈlɛvəl ɪn strɛŋθ, wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ju ˈkæptən, wi ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈkæpʧər ðɛm raɪt? soʊ dɪz ðɪs min ðə ˈkæptən wɪl ˈkɛri aʊt ðɪs tæsk himself?”*?” ““honestly*, ɛz ˈsəmˌwən hu ɪz ə ˈsaɪəntɪst ju hæv tɪ ˈətər səʧ ˈkɑmɛnts,. ɪn ðət keɪs ɪt wʊd bi ʤɪst laɪk ˈæktɪŋ wɪθ ə vju tɪ kɔz ˈvaɪələns frəm ðə ˈvɛri ˈɔnˌsɛt, ju agree?”*?” ðə mæn hu hæd ˈspoʊkən əv ə plæn ðət wʊd kwaɪt ˈɛvədəntli lɛd tɪ ˈvaɪələns, ʃʊk hɪz hɛd ɛz hi kənˈtɪnjud tɪ rɪˈplaɪ. "ɪn ˈɛni keɪs, ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənts wɪl ɪmˈbɑdi ə ˈnəmbər əv ənˈsərtən ˈɛləmənts. ɪn ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən fər ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ, aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ðə əˈproʊpriˌeɪt 'equipment’*’ assembled.”*.” wɪn ˈprɛsɪz ə ˈbətən hi hæd prəˈdust frəm ˈsəmˌwɛr, pɑrt əv ðə ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt wɔlz ˈoʊpənd əp, ənd ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈgræʤuəli roʊz əp frəm ðɛr. ə ˈkaʊntləs əreɪ əv sɪˈlɪndrɪkəl tæŋks stʊd ɪn ə laɪn fɪld wɪθ ə ˈhaɪli trænˈspɛrənt ˈskɑrlət ˈlɪkwɪd. wən ˈfɪgjər pər ˈsɪlɪndər wɑz ˈfloʊtɪŋ əraʊnd ɪn ðə ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən, ə smɔl grup əv ˈrisərʧərz nɪt ðɛr ˈaɪˌbraʊz təˈgɛðər ɪn dɪˈskəmfərt wɪn ðeɪ sɔ ðə aɪˈdɛntɪˌtiz əv ðoʊz ˈfɪgjərz. moʊst əv ðə ˈrisərʧərz wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ steɪ kɑm bɪˈkəz ðeɪ nu ðət ðə seɪm θɪŋ hæd bɪn dən wɪθ corpses’*’ ɪn ðə pæst. wɪθ hɪz bæk tɪ ðə greɪt ˈnəmbər əv ˈfɪgjərz ðət wər ˈfloʊtɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðoʊz tæŋks, rɪˈvild hɪz ˈjuʒəwəl ˈkrʊkəd smaɪl ɛz hi ˈoʊpənd hɪz maʊθ tɪ spik. ɪz ə greɪt ˌɑpərˈtunəti. ɛz ðə fərst ɪkˈspɛrəmənt, ˈkɑndəkt səm θəroʊ tɛsts ʃæl we?”*?” kənˈsərnɪŋ ðə ˈjusfəlnəs əv wɪθ rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ ðə fullbringers.”*.” ˈrɛzɪdəns. ““woah…*… ˈsɑri, bət kən aɪ æsk ju ɔl tɪ liv? aɪ hæv ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈmitɪŋ tɪ əˈtɛnd now.”*.” ɛz wɑz pərˈpɛrɪŋ tɪ dɪˈpɑrt fər ə ˈsərtən ˈmitɪŋ, hi sɛnst ən ənˈsɛtəlɪŋ ɛr sˈwipɪŋ əraʊnd hɪz oʊn rum. pərˈhæps ˈæftər ˈhirɪŋ vɔɪs, ðeɪ hæd kənˈkludɪd ðət ə səˈpraɪz əˈtæk ɪz impossible”*”. wɪˈθaʊt ˈivɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə saʊnd, ðə ˈkəvərz wər pʊʃt bæk ənd ə ˈkaʊntləs ˈnəmbər əv sɔrd ˈwildɪŋ ˈfɪgjərz ˈimərʤd wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈrɛzɪdəns. ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə mɛn hu kwaɪt ˈklɪrli əˈpɪrd tɪ bi frəm ðə seɪm laɪn əv əˈsæsənz ðət keɪm fər ɪm ðə ˈəðər deɪ, geɪv ə smɔl ʃeɪk əv hɪz hɛd. ““hmm…*… say…*… ðɛr ər əˈbaʊt eɪt əv ju hu hæv ðə strɛŋθ əv ə ˈsitɪd member.”*.” waɪlst ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə əv hɪz əˈpoʊnənts, ˈkɑmli rɪˈlisɪz ə saɪ. maɪ, ˈæˌkʧuəli kəm tɪ ˈtərgət mi wɪn ˌəndərˈgoʊɪŋ ˈtritmənt. wət bæd luck.”*.” ɛz hi spoʊk, pleɪst hɪz hænd ɔn ðə sɔrd əˈtæʧt æt hɪz weɪst. wɑz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ə əv ðə 13 ənd hɪz ərˈɪʤənəl zanpakutō*ō hæd ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ʤɪst laɪk ðə aɪz hakkyōken*, ðɛr ɪz ə sɔrd ðət ɪz ˈhændɪd daʊn frəm ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən tɪ ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən wɪˈθɪn ðə klæn, ənd hi hæd ˈsikrɪtli ˌɪnˈhɛrətɪd ɪt ɛz klæn hɛd. tɪ bi prɪˈsaɪs ðət zanpakutō*ō hæd bɪn ˈstoʊlən ˈsikrɪtli ˌbiˈfɔr hi ˈivɪn bɪˈkeɪm ðə nɛkst klæn hɛd. ““and…*… bɪn ˈəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd fər fɑr tu long.”*.” ɛz hi ˈɛfərtləsli juzd tɪ dɑʤ ðə ˈlipɪŋ əˈsæsənz hu wər traɪɪŋ tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ɪm frəm drɔɪŋ aʊt hɪz sɔrd, kɔld ðə neɪm əv ðə zanpakutō*ō. ðət neɪm saʊnz ɪkˈstrimli ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə zanpakutō*ō ɪn ðə pəˈzɛʃən əv hɪz 'rival’*’ shunsui*. rɪˈvɪr, 'kuten-kyōkoku’*’ ɛz ə riˈmaɪndər zanpakutō*ō ɪz kɔld kyōkotsu”*”, ““kuten-kyōkoku”*” ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd ˈlɪtərəli minz 9 ˈhɛvənz ˈmɪrər ˈvæli) meɪn strit wɪˈθaʊt ˈivɪn biɪŋ əˈwɛr əv hɪz oʊn ˈmuvmənts, wɑz ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ əp hɪz ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃənz fər nu ˈɪntərvˌjuz waɪlst ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli ˈwɔkɪŋ θru ðə meɪn strit əv. jəˈmɑdə nɛkst deɪ ɔf wɑz ə ˈlɪtəl waɪl əˈhɛd, soʊ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ kəˈlɛkt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əraʊnd bɪˈfɔˌrhænd. ˈæftər ðə kəˈmoʊʃən æt ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən, hi əˈtɛmptəd tɪ ˈkɑndəkt ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu ðɪs ʧaɪld hu geɪv ɪts neɪm ɛz, bət hi dɪd nɑt dɪˈskəvər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt. hi ˈɔlsoʊ æst, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪt simz hi tu wɑz kəmˈplitli ˌənəˈwɛr əˈbaʊt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ pərˈteɪnɪŋ tɪ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈsoʊlʤərz, ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli hi wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ əbˈteɪn ˈɛni ˈjusfəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. wɪn ðət kɪd θru mi tɪ ðə graʊnd, aɪ sɛns ˈɛni ˌænəˈmɑsəti ər ɪl wɪl. ˈrəðər ðən biɪŋ ˈʤɛnəl ər naɪiv. pərˈhæps ðə kid…*… kwaɪt ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt əv gʊd ənd ˈivəl ʤɪst jɛt. ɪz riˈmaɪndɪd əv ðə feɪs əv hu rɪˈvild ən ˈɪnəsənt smaɪl dɪˈspaɪt ˈbɛrɪŋ səʧ hɔˈrɪfɪk ˈɪnʤəriz, ənd wəns əˈgɛn hi ɪz ˈrɛzəˌlut fər hi ˈsɪmpli məst noʊ wət kaɪnd əv ˈpərsən ˈrɪli ɪz. ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ əˈproʊʧ ðə ˌɪntərvjuˈiz wɪʧ hi hæd əbˈteɪnd pərˈmɪʃənz fər θru ɪn ədˈvæns. pərˈhæps baɪ ərˈeɪnʤɪŋ tɪ mit wɪθ ðoʊz ˌɪntərvjuˈiz, hi hæd səˈspɛktɪd ðət hi kʊd lərn ˈsəmθɪŋ rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈtərnəl steɪt əv əˈfɛrz ər streɪnʤ. ˈpleɪsɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌju juˈtɛnsəlz ənd ðə laɪk ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪmpəl kɪt bæg, taɪd ðə ənd ˈkɛrid ðə bæg ˈoʊvər hɪz ˈʃoʊldər. ˈkəpəld wɪθ hɪz ˈjuʒəwəl sˈlivlɪs ˈgɑrmənts ənd ˌtæˈtud feɪs, hu hæd ðə əˈpɪrəns əv ə ˈhɪˌʧhaɪkɪŋ ˈrɑkər kənˈtɪnjud ɔn hɪz weɪ ənˈtɪl hi bəmpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈkæptən əv ðə dɪˈvɪʒən. əp? goʊɪŋ somewhere?”*?” raɪt, goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈjumən wərld tɪ kəˈlɛkt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən fər communication”*” æt wərdz, kˈwɛsʧənz ɪm ˈfərðər waɪlst hɪz hɛd. ““huh*? biɪŋ pʊt bæk ˈɪntu prɪnt already?”*?”, stɪl ə fju mənθs əˈhɛd, bət ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈfiʧər riˈɪʃu wɪl lʊk bæk ɔn ðə greɪt wɔr. goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˈvɪzɪt pleɪs tɪ ˈkɑndəkt ˈɪntərvˌjuz. ɪf ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ goʊz sˈmuðli, aɪ meɪ ˈivɪn bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hir ðə ˈstɔri frəm ðət gaɪ ɛz well.”*.” ““ha*, tɪ pleɪs? ən ɔrˈdil ˌɪnˈdid. ðət gaɪ ɪz nɑt ðə taɪp tɪ gɪv ju ə ˈstreɪtˈfɔrwərd rɪˈspɑns ɪn ən interview.”*.” ““ehh*? haʊ could……”*……” bət ˈæftər ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˈoʊvər rɪˈmɑrk fər ə ˈmoʊmənt, ə drɔp əv koʊld swɛt ræn daʊn ʧik. ðət ju ˈmɛnʃən it.”*.” hæv ju ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðɪs ʤɪst naʊ? ju ʃʊd hæv noʊn ðət frəm ðə taɪm ju wər ɪn jʊr womb.”*.” ˌɔlˈðoʊ spoʊk ɛz ɪf hi wɑz əˈstaʊndɪd, hi ædˈvaɪzɪz əˈbaʊt goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈjumən wərld. ““well*, ɪf goʊɪŋ tɪ, ðɛn ə ʧæns ju meɪ ɪnˈkaʊnər hiyori*. ɪf ju du si hər, pliz fil fri meɪk fən əv hər ɛz məʧ ɛz ju laɪk ɔn maɪ behalf.”*.” ðət keɪs, ɪt mi goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈsəfər ðə ˈkaʊnərəˌtæk ˌɪnˈstɛd!? fərˈgɪv mi, ˈivɪn ˈæftər aɪ rɪˈtərn bi swɔmpt wɪθ kəˈlɛktɪŋ məˈtɪriəl ɪn ˈbɑðərsəm ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk kizokugai…”*…”? waɪ ɪn ðə wərld wʊd ju goʊ ðɛr, ə ˈfiʧər ɔn ˈbʊrʒwɑ ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ ə taɪm wɛr ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən ɪz stɪl ˌəndərˈweɪ ənd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪz ɪn keɪɑs, ə ˈrəðər ˈtidiəs affair?”*?” ˈtidiəs wɪθ ˈɛni kaɪnd əv ˈtaɪmɪŋ ju think…”*…” ˈæftər ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ə fju raʊnz əv ˈbæntər wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər, dɪˈpɑrtɪd, ˈhɛdɪŋ ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv ðə senkaimon*. ˈwɑʧɪŋ bæk ənˈtɪl hi wɑz aʊt əv saɪt, ðɛn ˌənɪnˈtɛnʃənəli ˈʃɪftɪd hɪz aɪz ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv. huh…*… kəm tɪ θɪŋk əv ɪt, wɑz ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈvɛriəs kaɪnz əv səˈspɪʃəs ɪˈvɛnts recently.”*.” ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi əbˈzərv ðə steɪt əv əˈfɛrz wɪˈθɪn frəm ðɪs meɪn strit, hi fɛlt hi wɑz ˈəndər ən ˌɪˈluʒən ɛz ɪf ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪn ðə skaɪ sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðət pleɪs wɑz ˈkɔɪˌlɪŋ əraʊnd ɪt, riˈlist ə saɪ waɪlst ˈskræʧɪŋ hɪz hɛd. hoʊp ˈnəθɪŋ tu ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ dil with…*… wɛl, ˈprɑbəˌbli kwaɪt unrealistic.”*.” ə ˈsərtən pleɪs ɪn. dip ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ə ˈsərtən ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt, ðɛr ɪz ə speɪs nɑt ˈmɛnʃənd ɔn əˈfɪʃəl mæps. sɪns ˈeɪnʧənt taɪmz, ɪt həz bɪn ə ˈseɪkrɪd pleɪs wɛr ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz wʊd ˈvɛri ˈɔfən dɪˈskəs ˈɪʃuz səʧ ɛz ðə ˈpɑləsiz əv, ənd ɪt wɑz rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt loʊˈkeɪʃənz ɪn soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈsɛkənd ˈoʊnli tɪ ðə soʊl kɪŋ ˈpæləs. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt min ðət ðə θɪŋ ðət sərvz ɛz ðə ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn əv ɪz pleɪst ðɛr. ˈoʊnli ɪn ðə ˈmoʊmənt wɪn ðə hɛdz əv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz wər ɔl əˈsɛmbəld ɪn ðət rum, ɪt ɪz tɪ ə steɪt wɛr wən kʊd seɪ ðɛr ˈseɪfti ɪn ðət ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɑz taɪd tɪ ðə feɪt əv ɛz ɪt stʊd. ənd naʊ əˈməŋst fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl clans”*” wɪʧ ɪkˈskludz ðə ˈfɑlən haʊs, ðə hɛdz əv tu greɪt ˈhaʊsɪz ənd ə klæn hɛd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv əv əˈnəðər greɪt haʊs wər ɔl əˈsɛmbəld wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈmitɪŋ rum. ɪz ˈsitɪd ɔn wən saɪd əv ðə ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn ʃeɪpt ˈkɑnfərəns ˈteɪbəl, ɛz wɛl ɛz hu ɪz ˈæktɪŋ ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə klæn hɛd wər iʧ ˈsitɪd æt ðə tu saɪdz ˈsɪʧuˌeɪtɪd ˈfərθəst əˈweɪ frəm ɪm. ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ haʊs əv ðə fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz həz nɑt meɪd ən əˈpɪrəns ɔn ðɪs əˈkeɪʒən. ðɪs ɪz bɪˈkəz ðɛr ɪz ə lɔ ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛntrəl 46 ðət ə prɪˈkɔʃənɛri ˈmɛʒər, ðə hɛdz əv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz məst nɑt kənˈvərʤ təˈgɛðər ɪn ðə seɪm place”*”. ɪt ɪz ə lɔ ðət wɑz ˈfaʊndɪd ɔn ðə ˈnoʊʃən ðət ðeɪ ˈkænɑt əˈfɔrd tɪ luz ɔl ðə hɛdz əv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz æt ðə seɪm taɪm ɪn ðə ɪˈvɛnt əv ən ˈɛnəmi əˈtæk ər dɪˈzæstər, ɪt ɪz sɛd ðət ðɪs əroʊz frəm ðə kˈwɪnsi əˈtæk ə ˈθaʊzənd jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ˈivɪn naʊ wɪn ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz həz bɪˈkəm fɔr, ðət lɔ stɪl rɪˈmeɪnz, ənd ˈivɪn naʊ ɪn ðɪs weɪ, ɪt həz kəm tɪ bi ðət ˈoʊnli θri klænz ər ˈgæðərd ɪn ðɪs rum. ““well*, ðə fərst taɪm ˈɛnərɪŋ ðɪs pleɪs. ɪt simz noʊ ˈɛvədəns əv ɪt biɪŋ juzd ɪn ə waɪl, ˈoʊnli ðə ˈklinɪŋ həz bɪn dən scrupulously.”*.” kwaɪt ɪn ˈkɑntræst wɪθ hu wɑz ˈsitɪd ɪn ə ˈmænər, hu sæt ɪn hɪz ʧɛr wɪθ ən ˈɛləgənt ˈpɑsʧər wɑz kwaɪət, ənd jɛt hɪz ˈdɪgnəˌfaɪd vɔɪs wɪˈθɪn ðə rum. hərd ˈoʊnli bɪn juzd wəns ˈdʊrɪŋ ən ˌɪˌnɔgjəˈreɪʃən tu ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz əˈgoʊ. ɪn ɔl ˈlaɪkliˌhʊd ðət wɑz ˈprɑbəˌbli ðə læst taɪm. ˈivɪn ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ɪkˈspəlʃən əv ðə klæn, ðɪs pleɪs wɑz ˈnɛvər used.”*.” ““ah*, waɪ ðɪs pleɪs həz bɪn ˈspɛʃəli priˈpɛrd fər ˈjuˈɛs. aɪ θɪŋk ˈɔlsoʊ wən əv ɑr ˈdutiz ɛz ˈnoʊbəlz tɪ ˈkɛri ɔn ðiz trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈkəstəmz əv old.”*.” ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ hu spoʊk wɪθ ən ˈiziˈgoʊɪŋ, meɪd ə sˈnɪfɪŋ saʊnd ɛz ʃi spoʊk. əˈsaɪd, ə θɪk stɛnʧ əv bləd ˈwɑftɪŋ ɪn ðə ɛr. dɪd ju ˈkæpʧər ənd kənˈsum səm ˈʧɪldrən ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkəmɪŋ here?”*?” ðə prəˈnaʊnst smɛl əv ˈrəstɪd aɪərn wɑz ræpt əraʊnd hu rɪˈmeɪnd ɛz ənˈhɑrmd ɛz ˈɛvər. wɪθ ə kɑm smaɪl stɪl ɔn hɪz feɪs, hi rɪˈplaɪd wɪˈθaʊt ˈivɪn dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ðə fækt ðət hi wɑz ˌɪnˈdid soʊkt ɪn spərts əv bləd. ˈnəθɪŋ, aɪ wɑz ˈmɪrli sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ə bənʧ əv ˈmɪskriənts. aɪ feɪld tɪ əˈvɔɪd səm əv ðɛr bləd all.”*.” ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðeɪ hæv ɔˈrɛdi bɪn ˌɪntrəˈdust tɪ wən əˈnəðər, ənd wər stɪl ɪn ə steɪt wɛr ðeɪ kʊd nɑt proʊb ˈɪntu ðɪs tru ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz. ðeɪ hæd kənˈsɪdərd ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ɪn ðə wərst keɪs sɪˈnɛrioʊ, hi hæd ˈsəmənd ðɛm tɪ ə pleɪs laɪk ðɪs ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ hæv ðɛm əˈsæsəˌneɪtəd, bət ðeɪ kʊd nɑt sɛns ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən laɪk ðət æt ˈprɛzənt. ɪn ˈɛni keɪs, ðɪs ɪz ə mæn hu ɪz səˈspɛktɪd əv ˈkɪlɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv hɪz oʊn hɛd haʊs. wi bi ˈkɛrlɛs. wɪθ ə smɔl smaɪl ɔn hər feɪs, əbˈzərvd ðə nu klæn hɛd hu wɑz ˌbiˈfɔr hər aɪz. hɪz ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ən ˈɛrəgənt mæn wɪθ ɔl ˈmænər əv ərˌɪstəˈkrætɪk vaɪs kənˈdɛnst ˈɪntu ɪm, bət ðɪs mæn neɪmd ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd wən fil ən ɛr ðət wɑz ˈtruli əv ə ˈnoʊbəl. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, mɔr ðən ðət, hoʊl ˈbɑdi wɑz ˈrɪŋɪŋ wɪθ əˈlɑrm bɛlz frəm ənˈplɛzənt saɪnz ðət goʊz bɪɔnd ðə skoʊp əv θɪŋz səʧ ɛz noʊˈbɪləti ənd ˈkɑmənər. ðɛn, ˈwɛðər hi fɛlt hər geɪz ɔn ɪm ər nɑt, flæʃt ə ˈʤɛnəl smaɪl ənd ˈoʊpənd hɪz maʊθ tɪ spik. riˈmaɪndz mi, ðɪs ɪz ðə fərst taɪm ˈmitɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrmər hɛd əv ðə klæn. ˌɪnˈdid, nɑt kɔld ðə ˈprɪnsɛs fər ˈnəθɪŋ. ju ər ə ˈbjuti boʊθ ˈʧɑrmɪŋ ənd majestic.”*.” trænˈspɛrənt ˈflætəri ɪz ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri. ˈɛniˌweɪ, ɪn jʊr maɪnd ju ˈɔlsoʊ θɪŋk əv mi ɛz ən ənˈruli ˈwʊmən ˌənbɪˈkəmɪŋ əv noʊˈbɪləti, you?”*?” ju ər ˈkɑnʃəs əˈbaʊt ðət, ðɛn ɛz ˈfɔrmər klæn hɛd ju ʃʊd rɪˈfreɪn frəm ˈæktɪŋ ɪn səʧ ə ræʃ manner.”*.” waɪlst ˌɪgˈnɔrɪŋ ðə wərdz əv hu soʊ ˌɪntərˈʤɛktɪd, ˈnɛroʊd hər aɪz ɪn ə smaɪl ənd poʊzd ə kˈwɛʃən tɪ ðə hɛd əv ðə klæn.? waɪ goʊ tɪ ðə ˈtrəbəl əv ˈsəmənɪŋ mi ənd? ju æst fər mi spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈrəðər ðən ðə ˈprɛzənt hɛd yūshirō…*ō… nɑt laɪk ju ˈgæðərd ˈjuˈɛs hir tɪ ˈmɪrli ʃoʊ ˈjuˈɛs jʊr feɪs ɪz it?”*?” ““ah*, əv kɔrs. aɪ æm kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt soʊl fˈjuʧər. ˈæftər ɔl, ju ɔl meɪd ə ˈbləndər wɪn ju lɛt ˈjuˈɛs bi əˈtækt baɪ ðə laɪks əv, ˈivɪn əˈlaʊɪŋ ðɛm tɪ ˌɪnˈveɪd ðə soʊl kɪŋ palace.”*.” peɪnz mi tɪ hir it.”*.” ““nevermind*, ju wər mɪr ɔl əˈlɔŋ, aɪ ˈivɪn kənˈsɪdər ðɪs tɪ bi ðə fɔlt əv ðə 13 ˈrəðər ðən ˈbleɪmɪŋ ðɛm, ðɛr wɑz ðə soʊl kɪŋ ˈsɑmə ənd skwɑd ˈziroʊ hu kəmˈplitli feɪld tɪ græsp ðə floʊ əv ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz baɪ ðɛmˈsɛlvz əˈweɪ ɪn ðɛr ʃɛlz. ju θɪŋk soʊ? ɪf wi hæd ə soʊl kɪŋ ˈsɑmə hu kʊd ˈkɑndəkt ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈbɛtər, ðə ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ðə 13 ənd soʊ ɔn ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn rɪˈdust ðət right?”*?” ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr wər noʊ ˈəðərz ɪn ðə vɪˈsɪnɪti, spoʊk ɪn ə ˈmænər ɛz ɪf hi wɑz ˈpəblɪkli ðə soʊl kɪŋ. ˌɔlˈðoʊ hɪz ˈfilɪŋz wər nɑt rɪˈvild ɔn ðə ˈsərfəs, fɔrmd hɪz wərdz wɪθ ən ənˈfeɪzd ɛz ɪf riˈbjukɪŋ ɪm fər ðət ˈsteɪtmənt. kwaɪt ɪˈnəf. rɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ ðə soʊl kɪŋ ɪn səʧ ə ˈmænər ɪz nɑt əˈproʊpriˌeɪt bɪˈheɪvjər fər ə hɛd əˈməŋst ðə fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl clans.”*.” ðɛn, ɛz hɛld bæk hɪz ˈlæftər, hi spæt aʊt rɪˈmɑrks ɛz ɪf tɪ prəˈvoʊk. wɑz jʊr bɪˈheɪvjər əˈproʊpriˌeɪt fər ə ˈnoʊbəl? tru ɪt. ju hu wɑz məˈnɪpjəˌleɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əv ə ˈtreɪtər, aɪ ˈpɑsəbli ˈɪməˌteɪt bɪˈheɪvjər səʧ ɛz jʊrz, ju hu traɪd tɪ ədˈvæns ðə ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən əv hɪz oʊn ˈlɪtəl sister.”*.” kənˈtɪnjud tɪ θroʊ mɔr rɪˈmɑrks æt ə ˈsaɪlənt. wife…*… ˈɔlsoʊ dɪd ˈfulɪʃ θɪŋz. ˈæftər ɔl, ðə kaɪnd əv ˈaʊtˌkəm ju kən ɪkˈspɛkt wɪn ju pleɪs feɪθ ɪn ðə laɪks əv noʊˈbɪləti ənd ɛnˈtrəst ðə feɪt əv jʊr oʊn ˈsɪstər tɪ ðɛm. ər pərˈhæps hər ˈaʊˌtlʊk ɔn soʊˈsaɪɪti hæd ˈivɪn bɪn ˈklaʊdɪd ˈoʊvər ɛz ə ˈkɑnsəkwəns əv biɪŋ baɪ ðə ənd ˈfaɪnli kloʊðd ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl əv ə noblewoman?”*?”, you……”*……” huz ˈfeɪʃəl ɪkˈsprɛʃən hæd gɔn blæŋk ənd wɑz əˈbaʊt tɪ seɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz kət ɔf wɪθ ə ˈmoʊʃən əv hænd. tru ðət aɪ əˈtɛmptəd tɪ hæv ˈpənɪʃt. aɪ maɪnd ɪf aɪ receive* ˈɛni kaɪnd əv sˈlændər fər that.”*.” “…“…oh?”*?”, ðɛr ɪz nɑt ˈivɪn ə ʃrɛd əv fɔlt ɔn pɑrt. ɔl bleɪm, fɔlz ɔn me.”*.” rɪˈmeɪnd ɪkˌsprɛʃənlɪs, bət pərˈsivɪŋ ðə ðə strim əv hɪz ˈɪnər ˈsɛnəmənts, kˈwaɪətli ʃrəgd hɪz ˈʃoʊldərz. meɪk səʧ ə grɪm feɪs. nɑt laɪk aɪ keɪm hir tɪ kˈwɔrəl wɪθ you.”*.” ðə mæn hu wɑz ˈbleɪtəntli ˈpɪkɪŋ ə faɪt boʊd əˌpɑləˈʤɛtɪˌkli ˈæftər ˈʃeɪmləsli dɪˈklɛrɪŋ ɛz səʧ. əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər ðə ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃən. aɪ æm rɪˈlivd ðət ju ər ə mæn hu kən ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz frəm politics.”*.” tɪ ðə ʧeɪs ɔˈrɛdi. ər du aɪ hæv noʊ ˈɔpʃən bət tɪ sɛnd ju flaɪɪŋ first?”*?” ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈiziˈgoʊɪŋ ˈmænər əv ˈspikɪŋ, geɪv ə raɪ smaɪl, ðɛn hɪz ɪkˈsprɛʃən tərnd ˈsɪriəs ənd hi bɪˈgæn tɪ broʊʧ ðə ril ˈɪʃu æt hænd. laɪk tɪ rɪˈvaɪv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl clans…*… ər ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, aɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnd tɪ prəˈpoʊz ə ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən əv ðə clan.”*.” æt ðoʊz wərdz, wɑz stɪl ɪkˌsprɛʃənlɪs, ˈreɪzɪz wən ˈaɪˌbraʊ ˈɛvər soʊ sˈlaɪtli. ðə klæn wər wəns pɑrt əv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, bət ə mæn hu wɑz ə dɪˈsɛndənt əv ðət haʊs ənd ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz ˈkæptən əv skwɑd 10 æt ðə taɪm ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd ˈɪntu ðə ˈjumən wərld, ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt ðeɪ wər strɪpt əv ðɛr ˈnoʊbəl ˈstændɪŋ ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ˈbɛrɪŋ riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ɪt. ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld hu wər ðə brænʧ ˈfæməli wər ˈbroʊkən əp, ənd hɛd haʊs ˈmɛmbərz ənd koʊ hu hæd ˈteɪkən əp ˈrɛzɪdəns ɪn frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ, wər kəmˈplitli ɪkˈspənʤd ˈivɪn əv ðɛr ˈstætəs əˈməŋst ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz wɪʧ wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ə mɪr ˈtaɪtəl ɪn neɪm ˈoʊnli æt ðə taɪm. ɛz ən ˈaʊtˌkəm, ðeɪ wər ˈfɔrməli proʊˈhɪbətəd frəm ˈtrævəlɪŋ ɪn ənd aʊt əv. bət ˈnæʧərəli, ɪn keɪs, ʃi wʊd ˈleɪtər ˈɪnfɪlˌtreɪt ðə kɔrt baɪ fɔrs əˈkəmpənid baɪ jidanbō*ō, ðə ˈgeɪtˌkipər əv ðə waɪt roʊd geɪt) ɪn ðə wɛst əv. ɛz ðə tu ˈweɪtɪd fər ɪm tɪ kənˈtɪnju wɪθ ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən, wɛnt ɔn. tru, dɪˈpɑrʧər ɪz ən ækt ðət kən ˈoʊnli bi dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ə bɪˈtreɪəl təˈwɔrdz soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɛz ə ˈkɑnsəkwəns əv ðət, son…*… dɪˈspaɪt ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ðə ˈlɪniəʤ əv ə brænʧ ˈfæməli, ə dɪˈsɛndənt əv ðə klæn, dɪˈfitɪd ðə kɪŋ əv. ju θɪŋk ðət ˌmɛrəˈtɔriəs ˈsərvɪs ɪz ɪˈnəf tɪ klɪr ðɛr name?”*?” bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz ə vju ðət wɑz mɔr ˈərnɪst ðən wət ʃi kʊd hæv ˌɪˈmæʤənd ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ɪm, ɪn tərn wɑz səˈspɪʃəs əv wət wɑz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ. ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈfeɪʃəl ɪkˈsprɛʃən rɪˈmeɪnz ɛz ˌəndɪˈstərbd ɛz ˌbiˈfɔr, wɪθ ə ˌnɑnʃəˈlɑnt ɛr hi spoʊk əv hɪz oʊn θɔts. əˈgri əˈbaʊt ˌmɛrəˈtɔriəs ˈsərvɪs, bət wɪl nɑt əkˈsɛpt ðə ˈstætəs əv ə ˈnoʊbəl ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əv ðə like.”*.” tru. fər ðət gaɪ θɪŋz laɪk ˈstætəs ənd prɛˈstiʒ ər ˈsɪmpli nɑt rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz ə rɪˈwɔrd. ˈrəðər ɪt ˈoʊnli əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ə ˈnusəns tɪ ɪm æt bɛst. ɪf ˈspikɪŋ fər ðə seɪk əv ɪnˈtaɪər klæn ɪt meɪ bi ˈbɛtər rɪˈsivd, bət ˈniðər nɔr ər ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ noʊˈbɪləti again.”*.” ˈæftər ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ənd wərdz ənd kˈwaɪətli ˈnɑdɪŋ ɪn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ, geɪv ə wik smaɪl ɛz hi rɪˈplaɪd., tru ɪz ðət sɔrt əv mæn. ɪf ðə keɪs, ðɛn haʊ əˈbaʊt wi meɪk hɪz tu ˈjəŋgər ˈsɪstərz ˈnɑmənəl klæn hɛdz? ðeɪ nid tɪ bi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈɛni ˈpræktɪkəl ˈdutiz. ˈoʊnli bi ə fɔrˈmæləti soʊ noʊ problem.”*.” ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd ˈivɪn ɛz fɑr ɛz ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz huh?…*?… ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ si wət ˈgɪtɪŋ æt. waɪ ər ju soʊ ˈfɪkˌseɪtɪd ɔn rɪˈstɔrɪŋ ðə clan?”*?” ə lʊk əv ˈvɪʤələns wɑz pleɪɪŋ ɔn feɪs, æt hər kˈwɛʃən rɪˈplaɪd wɪθ ˈɑnəsti. ““ah*, fər ðə seɪk əv ˈvæljuɪŋ ˈʤəstɪs. aɪ hæv noʊ ˈprɑbləm ˈfɔrsəbli ˈgɪtɪŋ θɪŋz dən wɪθ ðə maɪt əv ðə klæn, bət ðət wɪl ˈoʊnli kriˈeɪt ə ˈbridɪŋ graʊnz fər fˈjuʧər ˈprɑbləmz əˈməŋst ðə ˈpipəl əv soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti. ðeɪ wʊd θɪŋk ðeɪ wər ˈəndər maɪ dɪkˈteɪtərˌʃɪp ðeɪ? fər ðɪs ˈrizən, aɪ wɔnt ɪt tɪ bi noʊn ðə wərld ˈoʊvər ðət ðə ˈɑpərˌeɪts θru ʤɪst procedures.”*.” lɔŋ ɛz ðə faɪv ˈhaʊsɪz ər ɔl ˈprɛzənt, ənd əkˈwaɪərd ðə soʊl ˈfɔrməl kənˈsɛnt ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz wɪl hæv ə pəˈzɪʃən ɪkˈwɪvələnt tɪ ðət əv ðə soʊl kɪŋ ˈpæləs ənd kən bɪˈkəm dɪˈsɪʒən ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈbɑdi sərˈpæsɪŋ ðə ˈsɛntrəl 46 pərˈhæps, ðə ˈsɛntrəl 46 æt ðə taɪm ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈdɛsəˌmeɪt ðə klæn ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən laɪk that.”*.” ɛz hi ˈstaɪfəld hɪz ˈlæftər, kənˈtɪnjud ˈivɪn ˈfərðər. ˈɛni keɪs, hæv ju ˈnɛvər θɔt tɪ kˈwɛʃən ɪt? waɪ, aʊt əv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, ɪt wɑz ðə klæn ðət wər mɛt wɪθ ə koʊld rɪˈsɛpʃən frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ? səˈpoʊzədli, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ tʊk əp ˈrɛzɪdəns ɪn ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ sɛt əp ə klæn ˈsikrɪt ˈkænən ðɛr. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ wər strɪpt əv ðɛr pəˈzɪʃən əˈməŋst ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, ðə klæn rɪˈsivd ˈtritmənt noʊ ˈbɛtər ðən ə bənʧ əv pur ˈpipəl frəm ˈlɛsər noʊˈbɪləti. ju ˈkjʊriəs əˈbaʊt boʊθ ðə klæn ənd waɪ ɪt wɑz dimd acceptable?”*?” noʊz, wɪn ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈvælju əˈloʊn, ðə klæn ˈrɛzɪdəns wɑz ɪn noʊ weɪ ˌɪnˈfɪriər tɪ ðə ˈɔrdəˌnɛri noble’s*, pərˈhæps ðeɪ ˈsɪmpli fɛlt ðət wɑz ɪˈnəf. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, səˈpraɪzd baɪ jʊr ˈɛrəgəns, ju goʊ ɛz fɑr ɛz tɪ kɔl ˈivɪn ˈnoʊbəlz, pur people.”*.” ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt wɑz ə ˈmætər ðət wɑz ˈsərtənli ɔn hər maɪnd, rɪˈplaɪd ɛz ɪf ʃi goʊɪŋ tɪ trɛd tɪ ˈdipli ˈɪntu ðət ˈtɑpɪk raɪt naʊ. ʃi kənˈkludɪd ðət goʊɪŋ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ aɪˈdiəz hir wɪl ˈoʊnli sərv tɪ streɪ ˈfərðər əˈweɪ frəm ðə truθ ˌɪnˈstɛd. ˈwɛðər ər nɑt hi wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ðə seɪm, ðɛn spoʊk tɪ wɪθ ən ˌɪnˈdɪfərənt ɛr. du nɑt ˌɪnˈtɛnd tɪ stɛp fʊt ɪn əˈnəðər ˌɪnˈtərnəl affairs…*… æt ˈɛni reɪt, ˈivɪn ɪf ju ˌəndərˈstænd ɪt ɛz ə ˈmætər əv ˌstɪpjəˈleɪʃən, aɪ ɪkˈspɛkt kənˈsɛnt həz ˈnɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr bɪn ˈhændɪd daʊn frəm ðə soʊl king.”*.” ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðə pɔɪnt hæd ʤɪst reɪzd, dɪˈstɔrts hɪz maʊθ ˈɪntu ə grɪn. ɪkˈspɛkt raɪt. ˈivɪn ɪf soʊl kɪŋ ˈsɑmə ɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt hɪz ˈʤɛnərəl wɪl tɪ ðə ˌɪnˈhæbɪtənts əv ðə soʊl kɪŋ ˈpæləs, hi wɪl nɑt ækt tɪ gɪv hɪz kənˈsɛnt tɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. wɛl, pərˈhæps aɪ ʃʊd seɪ, ˌɪnˈkeɪpəbəl əv duɪŋ so”*” stɪl si wət ˈgɪtɪŋ æt. wət ər ju ˈplænɪŋ? tokinada.”*.”, ðoʊz deɪz ər ˈoʊvər. ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, baɪ əbˈteɪnɪŋ ðə soʊl kɪŋ kənˈsɛnt, ðə deɪ wɪl kəm wɪn seireitei…*… wɪn wi ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, wɪl ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli ˈgəvərn ɔl θri wərldz. ɔl ðɛr ɪz tɪ it.”*.” æt ðoʊz wərdz, boʊθ ənd sˈlaɪtli reɪzd ðɛr braʊz. ðə θri wərldz. kwaɪt ˈpɑsəbəl rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ənd ðə ˈjumən wərld ənd ðɛn, ˈiðər ˈməndoʊ ər hɛl. æt ˈmɛnʃən əv səʧ ˈsədən əbˈsərdətiz, kˈwɛsʧənz ɪm. lɛt mi æsk ju ðɪs ˌbiˈfɔr wi hir ðə pərˈtɪkjələrz əv ðə ˈmætər. ju sɛd ðə soʊl kɪŋ wɪl nɑt gɪv hɪz kənˈsɛnt, dɪd ju nɑt? haʊ kən ju bi soʊ əˈsərtɪv ðət ðə soʊl kɪŋ wɪl goʊ aʊt əv hɪz weɪ tɪ əˈpruv əv jʊr proposal?”*?”, ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈmætər. bɪˈkəz ðə nɛkst soʊl kɪŋ ˈsɑmə ɪz tɪ hæv fri will.”*.” ɪn ˈkɑntræst wɪθ ə ˈdaʊtfəl ənd pərˈplɛkst, aɪz ˈwaɪdənd ɪn ˈsədən ˈriləˈzeɪʃən, ðɛn ðoʊz aɪz ˈɪnstəntli ˈnɛroʊd ɛz ʃi fɪkst ə glɛr æt. aɪ si. soʊ waɪ ju pɪkt mi ˈrəðər ðən yūshirō……”*ō……” kɔt ɪn hər laɪn əv saɪt, ˈplæstərd ə faʊl ɪkˈsprɛʃən ɔn hɪz feɪs, sˈmaɪlɪŋ, ˈlæfɪŋ, sˈnɪrɪŋ. sɔ ɪt ju?. ðə soʊl kɪŋ ðət wɑz kɪld baɪ ichigo…*… ðə kaɪnd əv ðə steɪt ɪt wɑz ɪn ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ kɪld. bət, wət wɑz 'that'…*'… raɪt, ɪt simz ju lɔt jɛt noʊ wət kaɪnd əv ɪgˈzɪstəns ðə soʊl kɪŋ hæd ɪn ðə fərst place.”*.” wʊd noʊ əˈbaʊt ɪt right”*” soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ɪn frənt əv ðə senkaimon*. sæn huh…*… hæd ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənəl ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈoʊvər θɪŋz laɪk ˈmoʊtərˌsaɪkəlz ənd ˈgæsəˌlin, bət ðɪs ɪz ðə fərst taɪm bi əˈfɪʃəli ˈɪntərvˌjuɪŋ him…”*…” əˈblɪviəs tɪ ðə fækt ðət ðə seɪm ˈtɑpɪk əv dɪˈskəʃən wɑz biɪŋ brɔt əp əˈməŋst ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə fɔr greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, prəˈsidəd tɪ teɪk ə stɛp təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈjumən wərld, hi spoʊk əv hɪz oʊn riˈzɑlv ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ hɪmˈsɛlf. ““well*, du ɪt fər ju. ɪf aɪ æt list du ðət, aɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kɔl ˌmaɪˈsɛlf əv communication.”*.” pliz kip ˈwɑʧɪŋ. ˈkæptən. aɪ wɪl ˈdɛfənətli laɪt ə pæθ fər ɔl ðə ˈpipəl əv soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti, ɪn maɪ oʊn weɪ. ɛz ˈkæptən wəns dɪd fər mi. waɪlst ˈmeɪkɪŋ juz əv ə jigokuchō*ō ˈhɛdɪŋ fər taʊn, priˈpɛrd hɪmˈsɛlf ənd meɪd ˈprɑˌgrɛs təˈwɔrdz ðə senkaimon*. baɪ duɪŋ soʊ, hi rɪˈmeɪnd ˌənəˈwɛr əv ðə fækt ðət hi hæd θroʊn hɪmˈsɛlf ˈdipər ˈɪntu ə pəˈzɪʃən əv ˈkɑnflɪkt. ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈdɛstəniz klɪŋ tɪ, ɛnˈkæpsəˌleɪtɪŋ koʊˈɪnsɪdəns ənd ˌɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti æt ðə seɪm taɪm. wɪˈθaʊt noʊɪŋ ðət ðə θɪŋ æt ðə ˈsɛntər əv ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt ɪz ðə ˈvɛri θɪŋ ðət ɪz taɪd tɪ ðə kɔr əv soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈsɪmpli kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ wɔk hɪz oʊn pæθ. ˈjildɪŋ tɪ fɪr ˌɪtˈsɛlf, hu hæd wəns lɪt hɪz oʊn pæθ kʊd du ˈnəθɪŋ bət fli. ˈrəðər ðən ðə pæθ ðət wɑz hɪz tɪ wɔk, hi wɑz kənˈvɪnst ðət ə pæθ wɪʧ hi hæd bɪn dɪˈrɛktɪd tɪ wɑz ðə wən wɪʧ wɑz ɪn fækt kərˈɛkt. ɪz ˈniðər ə ˈprɑfət nɔr ən ɑmˈnɪpətənt ənd ɑmˈnɪʃənt biɪŋ, ˈnæʧərəli hi həz noʊ weɪ əv noʊɪŋ hɪz oʊn fˈjuʧər. nɑt laɪk hi kʊd kət ə pæθ θru ə ˈʧɛkərd feɪt laɪk. ənˈlaɪk kenpachi*, ðɛr ə ˈtɔrənt əv paʊər dˈwɛlɪŋ wɪˈθɪn ɪm. ənˈlaɪk, hi hæv dip kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən fər ˈkaʊntərˌmɛʒərz. ənˈlaɪk, hi hæv ə ˌɪnkˈwɪzɪtɪv maɪnd kɑrvd ˈɪntu hɪz ˈvɛri soʊl. ənˈlaɪk, hi hæv ðə tɪ kənˈfrənt ə ˈnɛvər ˈɛndɪŋ ˈhɛvi ˈbərdən. ˈniðər dɪd hi hæv ðə ˈtælənt tɪ ˈmæstərfəli kənˈtroʊl laɪk tōshirō*ō. nɔr dɪd hi hæv ɪˈnəf ɪkˈspɪriəns tɪ si θru ˈɪnər ˈneɪʧər laɪk jɑmɑˈmoʊtoʊ dɪd. hi ˈklɛvərli ˈpɛri ɔl ˈmænər əv ˈtɛmpərmənts laɪk shunsui*. hi hæv ðə ˈpæʃən tɪ ridɪˈfaɪn ˈivɪn ðə weɪz əv ðə wərld laɪk sajin*. hɪz fɪsts ər nɑt soʊ strɔŋ ðət hi kʊd pərˈsɪst θru hɪz oʊn pæθ laɪk kensei*. ə hu hæd ˈlərnɪd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt ˈleɪtər toʊld ɪm prɪˈsaɪsli waɪ hi ɪz hu ɪz hi, waɪ ɪz ə, soʊ ðət hi maɪt bi ˈkeɪpəbəl əv kənˈfrəntɪŋ ðə wərld ˌɪtˈsɛlf. hi meɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈfaɪnəli riʧ ə ˌrɛzəˈluʃən tɪ ðət ˈoʊnli bɪˈkəz hi ɪz ˈwɔkɪŋ ə ˈdɪfərənt pæθ waɪl kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ˈæftər ðə mæn neɪmd. ənd soʊ, dɪd nɑt jɛt noʊ. pərˈhæps hi wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈnɛvər noʊ. sɪns wɪn dɪd ðə mæn neɪmd hu hæd ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ðə pæθ ðət wɑz səˈpoʊzədli hɪz tɪ wɔk, streɪ əˈweɪ frəm hɪz ˈvɛri oʊn pæθ? ər ɪz ɪt ðət hi ˈnɛvər streɪd frəm ðət pæθ əv hɪz ənˈtɪl ðə ˈvɛri ɛnd? ˈsɛvərəl ˈhənərd jɪrz əˈgoʊ soʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti. ə jəŋ mæn frəm hu əˈpɪrz tɪ bi blaɪnd wɑz ˈsikɪŋ ən ˈɔdiəns wɪθ ðə ˈsɛntrəl 46 ˈæftər ˈlidɪŋ ɪm əˈweɪ fər ə fju ˈmɪnəts tɪ dɪˈskəs ðə ˈmætər əv ðɪs hu ˈmərdərd hɪz oʊn wife”*”, ðət ˈvɛri ˈnoʊbəl smaɪld ˈbraɪtli ɛz reɪzd ˈvɔɪsɪz kʊd bi hərd ˈkəmɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ðɛm. ““hey*, ju gaɪz. ɔn ˈduti? ðɪs ˈsɪtɪzən traɪd tɪ reɪz ə hænd tɪ mi. ju kˈwɪkli kɪk ɪm aʊt fər me?”*?” ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðeɪ wər kwaɪt ˈfræŋkli əˈblɪviəs tɪ ðə ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz, ðə mɛn hu sərvd ɛz gɑrdz hæd noʊ ˈrizən tɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz ðoʊz ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz. sir!”*!” ðə gɑrdz sɛns ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈɪri ɪn ðə wərdz, ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs ðeɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ oʊˈbidjəntli ˈfɑloʊ hɪz ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz. ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðɛr wɑz ˈsəmθɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ðoʊz wərdz, ɪt wɑz nən əv ðɛr ˈbɪznɪs, soʊ ˈrəðər ðən ˌdɪsoʊˈbeɪɪŋ ðə ˈnoʊbəlmən, ðeɪ nu ɪt wʊd bi fɑr mɔr ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl tɪ bit əp ðɪs dˈwɛlər ˌbiˈfɔr ðɛr aɪz. ðə ˈnoʊbəl kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ θroʊ səm mɔr wərdz təˈwɔrdz ðə blaɪnd mæn, bət ðeɪ hæd noʊ nid tɪ meɪk sɛns əv ɪt. ðeɪ kənˈsɪdərd ðə fækt ðət ˈnəθɪŋ gʊd wɪl kəm aʊt əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə dɪˈspjuts əv ðə faɪv greɪt ˈnoʊbəl klænz, ˈivɪn ɪf ʤɪst ə loʊər sit əv ə brænʧ ˈfæməli. ðə blaɪnd ˈsɪtɪzən huz θroʊt wɑz krəʃt, traɪz tɪ jɛl ˈsəmθɪŋ waɪlst ˈglɛrɪŋ æt ðə ˈnoʊbəl. səʧ dɪˈfaɪənt ˈætəˌtud, ənd frəm ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈstændɪŋ əv ə ˈpɔpər noʊ lɛs. ðə gɑrdz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ gɪv ðɪs ˈpɔpər ə θəroʊ ˈbitɪŋ soʊ ðət hi wʊd ˈnɛvər sɛt fʊt ɪn ðə ˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈgɛn. ɛz səˈdɪstɪk ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz tʊk hoʊld, ˈstɪmjəˌleɪtɪd baɪ ðə lʊk əv dɪˈspɛr ɔn ðə blaɪnd jəŋ feɪs, ðə gɑrdz ənˈwɪtɪŋli flæʃt grɪnz ðət wər ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə ˈivɪn əˈməŋst ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ðɪs juθ noʊ hɪz pleɪs, ɛz ɪf hi wɑz seɪɪŋ ðət ðeɪ ˈnidɪd tɪ tiʧ ɪm ə ˈlɛsən. ənd ðəs, ðeɪ reɪzd ðɛr steɪvz ˈoʊvərˈhɛd wəns əˈgɛn, əˈbəv ðə blaɪnd mæn hu wɑz ɛnˈvɛləpt baɪ dip dɪˈspɛr ənd ˈæŋgər ðɪs taɪm, ðɛr wɑz noʊ wən hu wʊd stɑp ɪt. ɛz ðə saʊnd əv steɪvz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ hɪz ˈbɑdi kənˈtɪnjud tɪ rɪŋ aʊt, ðə blaɪnd juθ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ˈlɪsən tɪ ðoʊz saʊnz ɪn ə deɪz. wət? ðiz guards…*… wət ər ðeɪ duɪŋ? ðə soʊl wɪʧ wɑz ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˈoʊvər fˈjʊriəsli, ɪnˈgəlft ɪn dɪˈspɛr ənd ˈæŋgər, ðɛn bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈgræʤuəli səbˈsaɪd du tɪ bɪˈwɪldərmənt. ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi si ˈɛniˌθɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈblaɪndnəs ɪn hɪz aɪz, ɪt simz hi kʊd sɛns wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ ʤɪst frəm ðə floʊ əv saʊnd ənd ɛr əraʊnd ɪm. ˈdɑnɪŋ ə səˈdɪstɪk smaɪl, wən əv ðə gɑrdz prəˈsidəd tɪ swɪŋ daʊn hɪz stæf ɪn frənt əv təˈwɔrdz əˈnəðər ˈfɛloʊ ˈgɑrdzˌmæn hu wɑz ˈstændɪŋ nɛkst tɪ ɪm. rɛʧ, wət ðə hɛl ər you…*… arrgh”*” ðə ˈəðər gɑrd hu wɑz hɪt geɪv ə groʊn, bət hɪz wərdz wər kət ɔf baɪ ə straɪk tɪ ðə feɪs. tɔk bæk! ju ˈfɪlθi commoner!”*!” ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ðeɪ maɪt hæv bɪn ˈoʊvərˌlʊkɪŋ ɪm wɑz ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli dɪsˈmɪst baɪ ðə ˈbitən ˌpælpɪˈteɪʃənz ənd kɔrs ˈbriðɪŋ. ɪt simz ðɪs gɑrd ˈæˌkʧuəli ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ dɪˈlɪvər ðə ˈbitɪŋ tɪ ɪm ˈrəðər ðən hɪz oʊn ˈpɑrtnər hu wɑz baɪ hɪz saɪd. ðə gɑrd ðɛn prəˈsidəd tɪ dræg hɪz ˈpɑrtnər hu hæd lɔst ˈkɑnʃəsnəs əp tɪ ðə ˈəðər ɛnd əv ðə strit. ɪn duɪŋ soʊ, hu wɑz stɪl ɪn ə steɪt əv kənfˈjuʒən, kənˈtɪnjud tɪ ˈlɪsən tɪ ðə saʊnd əv ðə gɑrdz ɛz ðeɪ ˈgræʤuəli ˈfeɪdɪd ˈɪntu ðə ˈdɪstəns, frəm bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm ən ˌənfəˈmɪljər vɔɪs əv ə mæn kʊd ˈsədənli bi hərd. swɪʧt ðə ˈwɔtər ɪn ðɛr flæsks wɪθ ˈælkəˌhɑl. ɛnd əp ˈlʊkɪŋ laɪk ðɛr ˈækʃənz ʤɪst naʊ fɪts wɪθ ðə ˈstɔri ðət ðeɪ gɑt ˈɪntu ə ˈskəfəl ˈæftər ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ɔn ðə ʤɑb ɪt? ðət ˈnoʊbəl wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈsəˌspɛkt ˈsəmθɪŋ, bət ˈbɛtər tɪ lɛt səˈspɪʃən bɪˈgɛt mɔr suspicion.”*.” ə ˈʤɛnəl vɔɪs. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənˈlaɪk ðət ˈnoʊbəl frəm ə ˈmoʊmənt əˈgoʊ ɪt meɪd noʊ ˈsikrɪt əv səm ˌɪnˈkɑrˈneɪʃən əv paʊər dˈwɛlɪŋ wɪˈθɪn dɛpθs, ɪt wɑz ə vɔɪs ðət meɪd wən fil ˈprɛʃərd ʤɪst baɪ ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ɪt. ɪz it…*… ər ju also…*… ər ju ˈɔlsoʊ ə shinigami…!?”*…!?” dɪˈspaɪt hɪz bɪˈwɪldərmənt, ˌɪgˈnaɪtɪd ðə ˈheɪtrəd ɪn hɪz hɑrt wəns əˈgɛn ənd æst hɪz kˈwɛsʧənz waɪlst ɪnʃˈraʊdəd ɪn ɪˈnəf tɪ tɪr aʊt ðə əv ðə mæn ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm. ðɛn, ˈkipɪŋ ˈnəθɪŋ bæk frəm ɪm, ðə mæn ˈoʊpənli rɪˈplaɪd. ““yes*. raɪt. ə smɔl skræp əv ə ˈtrɪviəl wərld ðət pʊt ju ɪn dɪˈspɛr ʤɪst ə ˈmoʊmənt əˈgoʊ, ðət meɪd ju ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ bərn ɪt tɪ ðə graʊnd wɪθ fleɪmz əv hatred.”*.” ðɪs nu ðət həz meɪd ən əˈpɪrəns ˈɔfərz wən prəˈpoʊzəl. ʧɛst fɪld wɪθ ˈheɪtrəd, ju wɔnt tɪ liv ɪt wɪθ me…*… ʤɪst fər ə while?”*?” 1 si maɪ trænzˈleɪʃən noʊt kənˈsərnɪŋ ðɪs laɪn æt ðə ɛnd əv ðɪs ˈʧæptər). ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪz ˈdubiəs, ˈʤəʤɪŋ baɪ ðə vɔɪs əv ðə mæn ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm, ðɪs mæn fɛlt ˈkɑnfədənt, ɛz ðoʊ hi hæd ɔˈrɛdi sizd kənˈtroʊl əv hɑrt sɛnst ən ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ 'power’*’, ˈgɪvɪŋ ɪm ðə ˌɪmˈprɛʃən ðət hi wɑz ˈtɔkɪŋ wɪθ ən ˌɪnˈstɪŋktɪv ˈlidər. ðə mæn ɪkˈstɛndɪd hɪz ɑrm aʊt tɪ hu rɪˈmeɪnd kɑm ˈspikɪŋ hɪz oʊn neɪm. ɪt ɪz ðə neɪm əv ə mæn hu wʊd rɪˈvil ðə wən 'path’*’ tɪ ðə mæn kɔld, ənd ðɛn ˈleɪtər eɪm fər ðə ˈhɛvənz baɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɛnəmiz əv ðɪs wərld. neɪm ɪz sōsuke*. æt ˈprɛzənt, still…*… ʤɪst ə ˈloʊli shinigami.”*.” 1 kwaɪt ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt ðɪs ˈɪntu ˈɪŋlɪʃ, bət hir ðə ˈspikər (aizen*) sɪz ˈvɛri ˈlɪtərəli ðɪs minz ə waɪl tɪ mi tɪ mi ju ˌɪnˈtɛnd tɪ liv it?”*?” soʊ hi stɑrts baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ““boku”*” wɪʧ minz i/me*, ˈpɔzɪz, ənd ðɛn ˌdɪˈsaɪdz tɪ juz ““watashi”*” ˌɪnˈstɛd wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˈproʊnaʊn ˈminɪŋ i/me*. ˈfərstli ““boku”*” saʊnz mɔr pəˈlaɪt ənd ˈfrɛndli, bət nɑt tu ‘‘casual’*’ ˈiðər laɪk ðə ˈrəfər ˈsaʊndɪŋ ““ore”*” ɪn, ə gaɪ hu ˈjuzɪz ðə ˈproʊnaʊn ““boku”*” kwaɪt ˈɔfən ɪgˈzudz ə 'gʊd guy’*’ vaɪb, e.g*. hanatarō*ō ər uryuu*. ə meɪl hu wʊd juz ““watashi”*” ɪn ɪz ˈɔfən ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ haɪ ˈstætəs ənd həz tɪ rɪˈteɪn səm dɪˈgri əv fɔrˈmæləti ər ɪn ˌɪnˈfɔrməl spiʧ, ɪt kʊd bi ˈsəmˌwən hu θɪŋks ˈhaɪli əv ə ˈlidər ˈfɪgjər. ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz deɪz ɛz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə 13 wʊd juz ““boku”*” wɪθ hɪz pɪrz ənd skwɑd ˈmɛmbərz bɪˈkəz hi wɑz pleɪɪŋ ðə 'gʊd guy’*’, bət ˈæftər hi rɪˈvild hɪz bɪˈtreɪəl ɪn ðə ɑrk ənd lɛft fər həm hi swɪʧt tɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ““watashi”*”. soʊ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ tɪ stɑp ənd juz ““watashi”*” ˌɪnˈstɛd hir minz hi fɛlt hi nid tɪ kip əp ðə fəˈsɑd wɪθ sɪns ˈɑbviəsli sin ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪn ɪm, ðəs ˈgɪvɪŋ noʊ ˈrizən tɪ haɪd hɪz tru ˈneɪʧər ɪn frənt əv.) tɪ bi kənˈtɪnjud ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈvɑljum. ðə nɛkst ˌɪnˈstɔlmənt ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ kəˈmɛns ðɪs fɔl!! pliz ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ˈfərðər 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share. mobile games save the day. mobile games save the day.
despite struggles within the console gaming sphere, japanese game publisher is reporting growth in its net income, with profits up 147 percent.
the company previously reported profits totaling billion ($31.7m) for the fiscal year ending march 31, 2014. however, it's now enjoying billion ($79.1m) in profits for its latest fiscal year, which ended just a couple months ago. interestingly enough, expects to rake in the very same figure over the next year.
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while has had its fair share of issues these past few months with the of silent hills and its deteriorating relationship with metal gear solid creator hideo kojima, its gaming division is still its most profitable arm, thanks to pro evolution soccer 15 and a new mobile baseball game called puroyakyu, which amassed a whopping eight million downloads in its first four months.
konami expects both pro evolution soccer 15 and metal gear solid v: the phantom pain, which releases in september, to be major sources of revenue this year. of course, it also has its health, arcade, and gambling divisions to rely on as viable sources of income as well.
alex osborn is a freelance writer for ign. you can follow him on twitter @alexcosborn.
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ʃɛr. ˈmoʊbəl geɪmz seɪv ðə deɪ. ˈmoʊbəl geɪmz seɪv ðə deɪ. dɪˈspaɪt ˈstrəgəlz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈkɑnsoʊl ˈgeɪmɪŋ sfɪr, ˌʤæpəˈniz geɪm ˈpəblɪʃər ɪz rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ groʊθ ɪn ɪts nɛt ˈɪnˌkəm, wɪθ ˈprɑfɪts əp 147 pərˈsɛnt. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈpriviəsli ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈprɑfɪts ˈtoʊtəlɪŋ ˈbɪljən 31.7m*) fər ðə ˈfɪskəl jɪr ˈɛndɪŋ mɑrʧ 31 2014 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪts naʊ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ ˈbɪljən 79.1m*) ɪn ˈprɑfɪts fər ɪts ˈleɪtəst ˈfɪskəl jɪr, wɪʧ ˈɛndɪd ʤɪst ə ˈkəpəl mənθs əˈgoʊ. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli ɪˈnəf, ɪkˈspɛkts tɪ reɪk ɪn ðə ˈvɛri seɪm ˈfɪgjər ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst jɪr. ˈɛksət ˈθiətər moʊd waɪl həz hæd ɪts fɛr ʃɛr əv ˈɪʃuz ðiz pæst fju mənθs wɪθ ðə əv ˈsaɪlənt hɪlz ənd ɪts dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪtɪŋ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ˈmɛtəl gɪr ˈsɑləd kriˈeɪtər hɪˈdeɪoʊ kəˈjaɪmə, ɪts ˈgeɪmɪŋ dɪˈvɪʒən ɪz stɪl ɪts moʊst ˈprɑfətəbəl ɑrm, θæŋks tɪ proʊ ˌɛvəˈluʃən ˈsɑkər 15 ənd ə nu ˈmoʊbəl ˈbeɪsˈbɔl geɪm kɔld puroyakyu*, wɪʧ əˈmæst ə ˈwɑpɪŋ eɪt ˈmɪljən ˈdaʊnˌloʊdz ɪn ɪts fərst fɔr mənθs. ɪkˈspɛkts boʊθ proʊ ˌɛvəˈluʃən ˈsɑkər 15 ənd ˈmɛtəl gɪr ˈsɑləd vi: ðə ˈfænəm peɪn, wɪʧ rɪˈlisɪz ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər, tɪ bi ˈmeɪʤər ˈsɔrsəz əv ˈrɛvəˌnu ðɪs jɪr. əv kɔrs, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ həz ɪts hɛlθ, ɑrˈkeɪd, ənd ˈgæmbəlɪŋ dɪˈvɪʒənz tɪ rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ɛz ˈvaɪəbəl ˈsɔrsəz əv ˈɪnˌkəm ɛz wɛl. ˈæləks ˈɔzˌbɔrn ɪz ə ˈfriˌlæns ˈraɪtər fər ign*. ju kən ˈfɑloʊ ɪm ɔn tˈwɪtər @alexcosborn*.
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stop working for the man, start working against the man.
my theory is don't do this for the money. they do this for the ability to get out of the system and do something that society says is stopping the or caring for the environment or doing magic the way you want to do it.
make this a prerequisite of the character, and you'll be amazed at what happens. instead of thinking as 'running as "you know, a job", suddenly you're fighting the man. sure, you might be taking money from a, but then you use that to fight b and probably learn a little more about a to begin with and...
add to this the "self-trained" element of punk music. don't use the corp loaded with spyware and apps you won't need, build one yourself with eight old cellphones and a keyboard you found at a recycling plant. don't get the cyber the one that's been and uploaded with new moves and works better so fuck the warranty. don't summon that time you do a tiny bit of mojo is going back to the secret society that wrote the incantation. no, call on this stronger and meaner, but he'll take a joke and worst of all he's creative...
punk, to me, is "the bastards at the top want to grind you you grind right back". don't fit in, and make it that the characters and players feel that. then let them revel in it.
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stɑp ˈwərkɪŋ fər ðə mæn, stɑrt ˈwərkɪŋ əˈgɛnst ðə mæn. maɪ ˈθɪri ɪz doʊnt du ðɪs fər ðə ˈməni. ðeɪ du ðɪs fər ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ gɪt aʊt əv ðə ˈsɪstəm ənd du ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət soʊˈsaɪɪti sɪz ɪz ˈstɑpɪŋ ðə ər ˈkɛrɪŋ fər ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ər duɪŋ ˈmæʤɪk ðə weɪ ju wɔnt tɪ du ɪt. meɪk ðɪs ə priˈrɛkwəzət əv ðə ˈkɛrɪktər, ənd jul bi əˈmeɪzd æt wət ˈhæpənz. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ɛz 'ˈrənɪŋ ɛz "ju noʊ, ə ʤɑb", ˈsədənli jʊr ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðə mæn. ʃʊr, ju maɪt bi ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈməni frəm ə, bət ðɛn ju juz ðət tɪ faɪt bi ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli lərn ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr əˈbaʊt ə tɪ bɪˈgɪn wɪθ ənd... æd tɪ ðɪs ðə "self-trained*" ˈɛləmənt əv pəŋk mˈjuzɪk. doʊnt juz ðə ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈloʊdɪd wɪθ ˈspaɪˌwɛr ənd æps ju woʊnt nid, bɪld wən ˈjɔrsɛlf wɪθ eɪt oʊld ˈsɛlˌfoʊnz ənd ə ˈkiˌbɔrd ju faʊnd æt ə riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ plænt. doʊnt gɪt ðə ˈsaɪbər ðə wən ðæts bɪn ənd ˈəˌploʊdɪd wɪθ nu muvz ənd wərks ˈbɛtər soʊ fək ðə ˈwɔrənti. doʊnt ˈsəmən ðət taɪm ju du ə ˈtaɪni bɪt əv ˈmoʊʤoʊ ɪz goʊɪŋ bæk tɪ ðə ˈsikrɪt soʊˈsaɪɪti ðət roʊt ðə ˌɪnˈkænˈteɪʃən. noʊ, kɔl ɔn ðɪs ˈstrɔŋgər ənd ˈminər, bət hil teɪk ə ʤoʊk ənd wərst əv ɔl hiz kriˈeɪtɪv... pəŋk, tɪ mi, ɪz "ðə ˈbæstərdz æt ðə tɔp wɔnt tɪ graɪnd ju ju graɪnd raɪt bæk". doʊnt fɪt ɪn, ənd meɪk ɪt ðət ðə ˈkɛrɪktərz ənd pleɪərz fil ðət. ðɛn lɛt ðɛm ˈrɛvəl ɪn ɪt.
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by derrick
senior officials with the u.s. department of justice recently announced possible legal changes which could allow the government greater room to combat so-called “anti-government extremists”.
on thursday february 4, reuters reported that john carlin, the justice chief of national security, and federal prosecutors are looking for new tools to deal with the rise of “domestic extremists.”
“based on recent reports and the cases we are seeing, it seems like in a heightened environment,” carlin told reuters. reuters notes that the u.s. government is facing an increase in opposition from militia groups, “sovereign citizens,” and other “anti-government extremists.”
however, federal officials like carlin claim they are impeded in their pursuit of violent domestic terrorists because, although there is currently a u.s. law that prohibits “material” support of internationally recognized terror groups, there is not such a law for domestic groups. reuters reports:
carlin and other justice department officials declined to say if they would ask congress for a comparable domestic extremist statute, or comment on what other changes they might pursue to toughen the fight against extremists. the u.s. state department designates international terrorist organizations to which it is illegal to provide “material support.” no domestic groups have that designation, helping to create a disparity in charges faced by international extremist suspects compared to domestic ones.
carlin told reuters that his team is taking a “thoughtful look at the nature and scope of the domestic terrorism threat” and looking for “potential legal improvements and enhancements to better combat those threats.” the justice department will identify cases being prosecuted at the state level that “could arguably meet the federal definition of domestic terrorism.”
carlin and his team are not only remaining quiet about whether or not they are pursuing the legal changes but the entire team has not been revealed to the public. this means we have an unelected, secret team of people working on identifying which americans should be deemed “domestic extremists.”
will freedom activists be targeted?
carlin’s silence should alarm all activists who consider themselves opposed to the policies of the u.s. government. not only are those who espouse or rhetoric likely to be targeted but the penalty for being a part of such a group, or supporting such a group could eventually mean years in prison. current laws allow for a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for americans who support groups on the state department list of designated terrorist organizations.
under a 1994 law federal prosecutors could attempt to bring “material support” terrorism charges against people who are linked to groups not on the state list but this has only happened twice since the law was enacted. if the justice department creates a list of groups that are deemed extremist or terrorist this could lead to stifling of free speech and expression.
part of the problem is the broad definition of “extremism” itself. as far as the pursuit and defense against “extremism” is concerned, the united states government has failed to adequately define the term, and by doing so, is allowing for perfectly legal behavior to become taboo or even criminalized. in june 2014, jay wrote about this trend:
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download your free copy of counter markets first there was the report, which claimed that potential terrorists include people who own gold, ron paul supporters, libertarians, and even people who fly the u.s. flag. then in 2012, there was a leaked homeland security study that claimed americans who are ‘reverent of individual liberty,’ and ‘suspicious of centralized federal authority’ are possible ‘extreme’ terrorists. more recently, there is a department of defense training manual, obtained by judicial watch via a foia request, that lists people who embrace “individual liberties” and honor “states’ rights,” among other characteristics, as potential “extremists” who are likely to be members of “hate groups.” this document goes on to call the founding fathers extremists, stating, “in u.s. history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements,“ including “[t]he colonists who sought to free themselves from british rule.”
survival solar battery charger - free today! if the united states government cannot clearly define who it is targeting in its war on extremism how are the people supposed to trust that these programs will not simply be used to target outspoken activists and critics of the government? a domestic war on “extremism” these possible legal changes are only the latest effort to combat “extremism” by the justice department. in october 2015 anti media reported that the united nations and the department of justice announced the creation of a new program designed to help local communities combat “violent extremism.” called the strong cities network (scn), the plan calls for “systematic efforts” to “share experiences, pool resources and build a community of cities to inspire local action on a global scale.” u.s. attorney general loretta e. lynch said, “the strong cities network will serve as a vital tool to strengthen and improve will “enable cities to learn from one another, to develop best practices and to build social cohesion and community resilience here at home and around the world.” “to counter violent extremism we need determined action at all levels of governance,” said governing mayor berger of oslo. “to succeed, we must coordinate our efforts and cooperate across borders.” the creation of the smart cities network comes after the justice department announced it would revive a task force on domestic terrorism in an attempt to stop violence within the united states. in june 2014, former attorney general eric holder stated the domestic terrorism executive committee would work to eliminate dangers from violent individuals who may be motivated by or racist views. the federal bureau of investigation, the national security division of the justice department, and the attorney advisory committee are in charge of the efforts. the committee was originally launched to focus on extremism in the aftermath of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing. as americans slowly awaken to the truth of the american empire, the powers that wish they were are scrambling to tighten their control grid. if the american public will not be subdued and distracted by elections or media bread and circuses, the ruling class will have to resort to more direct methods of stifling freedom. this presents the perfect opportunity for those living amongst the zombies to organize and strategize for solutions that do not rely on government or their corporate partners. derrick is an investigative journalist and liberty activist. he is a news editor for and the founder of the theconsciousresistance.com. follow derrick on twitter. this article may be freely in part or in full with author attribution and source link.
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baɪ ˈdɛrɪk ˈsinjər əˈfɪʃəlz wɪθ ðə juz. dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs ˈrisəntli əˈnaʊnst ˈpɑsəbəl ˈligəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wɪʧ kʊd əˈlaʊ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈgreɪtər rum tɪ ˈkɑmbæt ˈsoʊˈkɔld extremists”*”. ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈfɛbruˌɛri 4 ˈrɔɪtərz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ʤɑn ˈkɑrlɪn, ðə ˈʤəstɪs ʧif əv ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti, ənd ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ər ˈlʊkɪŋ fər nu tulz tɪ dil wɪθ ðə raɪz əv extremists.”*.” ɔn ˈrisənt rɪˈpɔrts ənd ðə ˈkeɪsɪz wi ər siɪŋ, ɪt simz laɪk ɪn ə ˈhaɪtənd environment,”*,” ˈkɑrlɪn toʊld ˈrɔɪtərz. ˈrɔɪtərz noʊts ðət ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən frəm mɪˈlɪʃə grups, citizens,”*,” ənd ˈəðər extremists.”*.” ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈfɛdərəl əˈfɪʃəlz laɪk ˈkɑrlɪn kleɪm ðeɪ ər ˌɪmˈpidɪd ɪn ðɛr pərˈsut əv ˈvaɪələnt dəˈmɛstɪk ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts bɪˈkəz, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr ɪz ˈkərəntli ə juz. lɔ ðət proʊˈhɪbəts ““material”*” səˈpɔrt əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ˈtɛrər grups, ðɛr ɪz nɑt səʧ ə lɔ fər dəˈmɛstɪk grups. ˈrɔɪtərz rɪˈpɔrts: ˈkɑrlɪn ənd ˈəðər ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt əˈfɪʃəlz dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ seɪ ɪf ðeɪ wʊd æsk ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ə ˈkɑmprəbəl dəˈmɛstɪk ɪkˈstrimɪst ˈstæʧut, ər ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn wət ˈəðər ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðeɪ maɪt pərˈsu tɪ ˈtəfən ðə faɪt əˈgɛnst ɪkˈstriməsts. ðə juz. steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪts ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz tɪ wɪʧ ɪt ɪz ˌɪˈligəl tɪ prəˈvaɪd support.”*.” noʊ dəˈmɛstɪk grups hæv ðət ˌdɛzɪgˈneɪʃən, ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ kriˈeɪt ə dɪˈspɛrəti ɪn ˈʧɑrʤɪz feɪst baɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ɪkˈstrimɪst ˈsəˌspɛkts kəmˈpɛrd tɪ dəˈmɛstɪk wənz. ˈkɑrlɪn toʊld ˈrɔɪtərz ðət hɪz tim ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ə lʊk æt ðə ˈneɪʧər ənd skoʊp əv ðə dəˈmɛstɪk ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm threat”*” ənd ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈligəl ˌɪmˈpruvmənts ənd ɛnˈhænsmənts tɪ ˈbɛtər ˈkɑmbæt ðoʊz threats.”*.” ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt wɪl aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ˈkeɪsɪz biɪŋ ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪd æt ðə steɪt ˈlɛvəl ðət ˈɑrgjuəbli mit ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv dəˈmɛstɪk terrorism.”*.” ˈkɑrlɪn ənd hɪz tim ər nɑt ˈoʊnli rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ kwaɪət əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðeɪ ər pərˈsuɪŋ ðə ˈligəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz bət ðə ɪnˈtaɪər tim həz nɑt bɪn rɪˈvild tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk. ðɪs minz wi hæv ən ˌənɪˈlɛktɪd, ˈsikrɪt tim əv ˈpipəl ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ wɪʧ əˈmɛrɪkənz ʃʊd bi dimd extremists.”*.” wɪl ˈfridəm ˈæktɪvɪsts bi ˈtɑrgətɪd? ˈsaɪləns ʃʊd əˈlɑrm ɔl ˈæktɪvɪsts hu kənˈsɪdər ðɛmˈsɛlvz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ðə ˈpɑləsiz əv ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt. nɑt ˈoʊnli ər ðoʊz hu ɪˈspaʊz ər ˈrɛtərɪk ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ˈtɑrgətɪd bət ðə ˈpɛnəlti fər biɪŋ ə pɑrt əv səʧ ə grup, ər səˈpɔrtɪŋ səʧ ə grup kʊd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli min jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən. ˈkɑrənt lɔz əˈlaʊ fər ə ˈmæksəməm ˈsɛntəns əv 20 jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən fər əˈmɛrɪkənz hu səˈpɔrt grups ɔn ðə steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt lɪst əv ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz. ˈəndər ə 1994 lɔ ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz kʊd əˈtɛmpt tɪ brɪŋ support”*” ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ˈpipəl hu ər lɪŋkt tɪ grups nɑt ɔn ðə steɪt lɪst bət ðɪs həz ˈoʊnli ˈhæpənd twaɪs sɪns ðə lɔ wɑz ɛˈnæktəd. ɪf ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt kriˈeɪts ə lɪst əv grups ðət ər dimd ɪkˈstrimɪst ər ˈtɛrərɪst ðɪs kʊd lɛd tɪ ˈstaɪfəlɪŋ əv fri spiʧ ənd ɪkˈsprɛʃən. pɑrt əv ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðə brɔd ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ““extremism”*” ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ɛz fɑr ɛz ðə pərˈsut ənd dɪˈfɛns əˈgɛnst ““extremism”*” ɪz kənˈsərnd, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈgəvərnmənt həz feɪld tɪ ˈædəkwɪtli dɪˈfaɪn ðə tərm, ənd baɪ duɪŋ soʊ, ɪz əˈlaʊɪŋ fər ˈpərfəktli ˈligəl bɪˈheɪvjər tɪ bɪˈkəm tæˈbu ər ˈivɪn ˈkrɪmənəˌlaɪzd. ɪn ʤun 2014 ʤeɪ roʊt əˈbaʊt ðɪs trɛnd: ˈdaʊnˌloʊd jʊr fərst ˈɪʃu fri! du ju wɔnt tɪ lərn haʊ tɪ bɪˈkəm ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt, meɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ə trəˈdɪʃənəl ʤɑb ˈfaɪnəli lɪv fri? ˈdaʊnˌloʊd jʊr fri ˈkɑpi əv ˈkaʊntər ˈmɑrkɪts fərst ðɛr wɑz ðə rɪˈpɔrt, wɪʧ kleɪmd ðət pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts ˌɪnˈklud ˈpipəl hu oʊn goʊld, rɑn pɔl səˈpɔrtərz, ˌlɪbərˈtɛˌriənz, ənd ˈivɪn ˈpipəl hu flaɪ ðə juz. flæg. ðɛn ɪn 2012 ðɛr wɑz ə likt ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈstədi ðət kleɪmd əˈmɛrɪkənz hu ər əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl liberty,’*,’ ənd əv ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzd ˈfɛdərəl authority’*’ ər ˈpɑsəbəl right-wing’*’ ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts. mɔr ˈrisəntli, ðɛr ɪz ə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv dɪˈfɛns ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈmænjuəl, əbˈteɪnd baɪ ʤuˈdɪʃəl wɔʧ ˈviə ə ˈɛˈfoʊˈaɪˈeɪ rɪkˈwɛst, ðət lɪsts ˈpipəl hu ɪmˈbreɪs liberties”*” ənd ˈɑnər ““states’*’ rights,”*,” əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪks, ɛz pəˈtɛnʃəl ““extremists”*” hu ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ˈmɛmbərz əv groups.”*.” ðɪs ˈdɑkjəmɛnt goʊz ɔn tɪ kɔl ðə ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑðərz ɪkˈstriməsts, ˈsteɪtɪŋ, juz. ˈhɪstəri, ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv ɪkˈstrimɪst ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤiz ənd movements,“*,“ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈkɑlənɪsts hu sɔt tɪ fri ðɛmˈsɛlvz frəm ˈbrɪtɪʃ rule.”*.” sərˈvaɪvəl ˈsoʊlər ˈbætəri ˈʧɑrʤər fri təˈdeɪ! ɪf ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈgəvərnmənt ˈkænɑt ˈklɪrli dɪˈfaɪn hu ɪt ɪz ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ɪn ɪts wɔr ɔn ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm haʊ ər ðə ˈpipəl səˈpoʊzd tɪ trəst ðət ðiz ˈproʊˌgræmz wɪl nɑt ˈsɪmpli bi juzd tɪ ˈtərgət ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən ˈæktɪvɪsts ənd ˈkrɪtɪks əv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt? ə dəˈmɛstɪk wɔr ɔn ““extremism”*” ðiz ˈpɑsəbəl ˈligəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ər ˈoʊnli ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈɛfərt tɪ ˈkɑmbæt ““extremism”*” baɪ ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt. ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2015 ˈænˌti ˈmidiə ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz ənd ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs əˈnaʊnst ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ə nu ˈproʊˌgræm dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ hɛlp ˈloʊkəl kəmˈjunɪtiz ˈkɑmbæt extremism.”*.” kɔld ðə strɔŋ ˈsɪtiz ˈnɛtˌwərk (scn*), ðə plæn kɔlz fər efforts”*” tɪ ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz, pul ˈrisɔrsɪz ənd bɪld ə kəmˈjunɪti əv ˈsɪtiz tɪ ˌɪnˈspaɪr ˈloʊkəl ˈækʃən ɔn ə ˈgloʊbəl scale.”*.” juz. əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl lərˈɛtə i. lɪnʧ sɛd, strɔŋ ˈsɪtiz ˈnɛtˌwərk wɪl sərv ɛz ə ˈvaɪtəl tul tɪ ˈstrɛŋθən ənd ˌɪmˈpruv wɪl ˈsɪtiz tɪ lərn frəm wən əˈnəðər, tɪ dɪˈvɛləp bɛst ˈpræktɪsɪz ənd tɪ bɪld ˈsoʊʃəl koʊˈhiʒən ənd kəmˈjunɪti rɪˈzɪljəns hir æt hoʊm ənd əraʊnd ðə world.”*.” ˈkaʊntər ˈvaɪələnt ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm wi nid dɪˈtərmənd ˈækʃən æt ɔl ˈlɛvəlz əv governance,”*,” sɛd ˈgəvərnɪŋ meɪər ˈbərgər əv ˈɑzloʊ. səkˈsid, wi məst koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪt ɑr ˈɛfərts ənd kˈwɑpərˌeɪt əˈkrɔs borders.”*.” ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ðə smɑrt ˈsɪtiz ˈnɛtˌwərk kəmz ˈæftər ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt əˈnaʊnst ɪt wʊd rɪˈvaɪv ə tæsk fɔrs ɔn dəˈmɛstɪk ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ stɑp ˈvaɪələns wɪˈθɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ɪn ʤun 2014 ˈfɔrmər əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl ˈɛrɪk ˈhoʊldər ˈsteɪtɪd ðə dəˈmɛstɪk ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv kəˈmɪti wʊd wərk tɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt ˈdeɪnʤərz frəm ˈvaɪələnt ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz hu meɪ bi ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ər ˈreɪsɪst vjuz. ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈbjʊroʊ əv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti dɪˈvɪʒən əv ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ənd ðə əˈtərni ædˈvaɪzəri kəˈmɪti ər ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə ˈɛfərts. ðə kəˈmɪti wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli lɔnʧt tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌmæθ əv ðə 1995 ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə ˈsɪti ˈbɑmɪŋ. ɛz əˈmɛrɪkənz sˈloʊli əˈweɪkən tɪ ðə truθ əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈɛmpaɪər, ðə paʊərz ðət wɪʃ ðeɪ wər ər ˈskræmbəlɪŋ tɪ ˈtaɪtən ðɛr kənˈtroʊl grɪd. ɪf ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpəblɪk wɪl nɑt bi səbˈdud ənd dɪˈstræktɪd baɪ ɪˈlɛkʃənz ər ˈmidiə brɛd ənd ˈsərkəsəz, ðə ˈrulɪŋ klæs wɪl hæv tɪ rɪˈzɔrt tɪ mɔr dɪˈrɛkt ˈmɛθədz əv ˈstaɪfəlɪŋ ˈfridəm. ðɪs ˈprɛzənts ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər ðoʊz ˈlɪvɪŋ əˈməŋst ðə ˈzɑmbiz tɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪz ənd ˈstrætəʤaɪz fər səˈluʃənz ðət du nɑt rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ˈgəvərnmənt ər ðɛr ˈkɔrpərət ˈpɑrtnərz. ˈdɛrɪk ɪz ən ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪv ˈʤərnəlɪst ənd ˈlɪbərˌti ˈæktɪvɪst. hi ɪz ə nuz ˈɛdɪtər fər ənd ðə ˈfaʊndər əv ðə theconsciousresistance.com*. ˈfɑloʊ ˈdɛrɪk ɔn tˈwɪtər. ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl meɪ bi ˈfrili ɪn pɑrt ər ɪn fʊl wɪθ ˈɔθər ˌætrɪˈbjuʃən ənd sɔrs lɪŋk.
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what does the word "rape" mean to you? for many reading this post, i suspect, it is a trigger to appalling events in their own lives. because rape is an everyday crime. by my calculations, roughly 230 people are raped each day in england and wales.
police, this morning, called for specialist units to investigate rape allegations - senior officers are ashamed of a conviction rate they calculate at 6%. "not good enough" says the assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police john yates.
but analysis of the home office data on what they call "intimate violence" suggests the conviction rate is much lower. and the scale of the problem far greater. my source is the home office supplement to the british crime survey - homicides, firearm and intimate violence link). this is a remarkable piece of research in which people were asked to fill out an anonymous questionnaire on their experiences of domestic violence, sexual assault and rape.
it is an exercise that has been conducted three times now and is backed up by other academic studies. the results are consistent. one in 20 women said they had been raped since they were 16. one in 200 said they had been raped in the previous 12 months. in terms of the population of england and wales, that suggests women are raped each year - 230 a day. and yet the number of men convicted of rape is fewer than 800 a year. so the chance of a victim seeing her attacker jailed is less than one in 100.
but rape is a complex crime. only 17% of rapists are strangers to their victim. just 4% are cases of date rape. half (54%) are committed by a husband, partner or ex-partner. what's more, even though their experience is technically rape in law, 57% of rape victims don't necessarily think of themselves that way.
to be clear what the figures as rape, the definition is this: "the penetration of the vagina or anus without consent and penetration of the mouth by a penis without consent."
since the people who have taken part in the studies benefited nothing from alleging rape, and the results appear consistent, it seems probable that the research gives a realistic sense of the scale.
if one looks at the data on rape at any point during adult life, it suggests women have suffered in that way - equivalent to the entire population of leeds.
figures for male rape are too small to measure on an annual basis, but the survey suggest there are approximately men in england and wales who have been raped in adulthood.
the data suggests, if anything, incidents of rape are going down slightly. but, to my mind, the numbers still paint a deeply troubling picture of sexual violence in the century.
how should we respond? the police have made great strides in recent years to deal more effectively with allegations of rape. the idea of specialist units may help. but such is the scale of unwanted sexual advance, assault and rape revealed by the research, the answer surely cannot lie with policing alone.
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wət dɪz ðə wərd "reɪp" min tɪ ju? fər ˈmɛni ˈrɛdɪŋ ðɪs poʊst, aɪ ˈsəˌspɛkt, ɪt ɪz ə ˈtrɪgər tɪ əˈpɔlɪŋ ɪˈvɛnts ɪn ðɛr oʊn lɪvz. bɪˈkəz reɪp ɪz ən ˈɛvriˈdeɪ kraɪm. baɪ maɪ ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz, ˈrəfli 230 ˈpipəl ər reɪpt iʧ deɪ ɪn ˈɪŋglənd ənd weɪlz. pəˈlis, ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ, kɔld fər ˈspɛʃəlɪst ˈjunɪts tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt reɪp ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ˈsinjər ˈɔfɪsərz ər əˈʃeɪmd əv ə kənˈvɪkʃən reɪt ðeɪ ˈkælkjəˌleɪt æt 6 "nɑt gʊd ɪˈnəf" sɪz ðə əˈsɪstənt kəˈmɪʃənər əv ðə ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətən pəˈlis ʤɑn jeɪts. bət æˈnælɪsɪs əv ðə hoʊm ˈɔfəs ˈdætə ɔn wət ðeɪ kɔl "ˈɪnɪmət ˈvaɪələns" səˈʤɛsts ðə kənˈvɪkʃən reɪt ɪz məʧ loʊər. ənd ðə skeɪl əv ðə ˈprɑbləm fɑr ˈgreɪtər. maɪ sɔrs ɪz ðə hoʊm ˈɔfəs ˌsəpləˈmɛnt tɪ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ kraɪm ˈsərˌveɪ ˈhɑməˌsaɪdz, ˈfaɪˌrɑrm ənd ˈɪnɪmət ˈvaɪələns lɪŋk). ðɪs ɪz ə rɪˈmɑrkəbəl pis əv ˈrisərʧ ɪn wɪʧ ˈpipəl wər æst tɪ fɪl aʊt ən əˈnɑnəməs kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr ɔn ðɛr ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns, ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈsɔlt ənd reɪp. ɪt ɪz ən ˈɛksərˌsaɪz ðət həz bɪn kənˈdəktəd θri taɪmz naʊ ənd ɪz bækt əp baɪ ˈəðər ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈstədiz. ðə rɪˈzəlts ər kənˈsɪstənt. wən ɪn 20 ˈwɪmən sɛd ðeɪ hæd bɪn reɪpt sɪns ðeɪ wər 16 wən ɪn 200 sɛd ðeɪ hæd bɪn reɪpt ɪn ðə ˈpriviəs 12 mənθs. ɪn tərmz əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv ˈɪŋglənd ənd weɪlz, ðət səˈʤɛsts ˈwɪmən ər reɪpt iʧ jɪr 230 ə deɪ. ənd jɛt ðə ˈnəmbər əv mɛn kənˈvɪktəd əv reɪp ɪz fjuər ðən 800 ə jɪr. soʊ ðə ʧæns əv ə ˈvɪktɪm siɪŋ hər əˈtækər ʤeɪld ɪz lɛs ðən wən ɪn 100 bət reɪp ɪz ə ˈkɑmplɛks kraɪm. ˈoʊnli 17 əv ˈreɪpɪsts ər ˈstreɪnʤərz tɪ ðɛr ˈvɪktɪm. ʤɪst 4 ər ˈkeɪsɪz əv deɪt reɪp. hæf 54 ər kəˈmɪtɪd baɪ ə ˈhəzbənd, ˈpɑrtnər ər ex-partner*. wəts mɔr, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðɛr ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪz ˈtɛknɪkəli reɪp ɪn lɔ, 57 əv reɪp ˈvɪktɪmz doʊnt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli θɪŋk əv ðɛmˈsɛlvz ðət weɪ. tɪ bi klɪr wət ðə ˈfɪgjərz ɛz reɪp, ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən ɪz ðɪs: "ðə ˌpɛnəˈtreɪʃən əv ðə vəˈʤaɪnə ər ˈeɪnəs wɪˈθaʊt kənˈsɛnt ənd ˌpɛnəˈtreɪʃən əv ðə maʊθ baɪ ə ˈpinɪs wɪˈθaʊt kənˈsɛnt." sɪns ðə ˈpipəl hu hæv ˈteɪkən pɑrt ɪn ðə ˈstədiz ˈbɛnəˌfɪtɪd ˈnəθɪŋ frəm əˈlɛʤɪŋ reɪp, ənd ðə rɪˈzəlts əˈpɪr kənˈsɪstənt, ɪt simz ˈprɑbəbəl ðət ðə ˈrisərʧ gɪvz ə ˌriəˈlɪstɪk sɛns əv ðə skeɪl. ɪf wən lʊks æt ðə ˈdætə ɔn reɪp æt ˈɛni pɔɪnt ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈædəlt laɪf, ɪt səˈʤɛsts ˈwɪmən hæv ˈsəfərd ɪn ðət weɪ ɪkˈwɪvələnt tɪ ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv lidz. ˈfɪgjərz fər meɪl reɪp ər tu smɔl tɪ ˈmɛʒər ɔn ən ˈænjuəl ˈbeɪsɪs, bət ðə ˈsərˌveɪ səˈʤɛst ðɛr ər əˈprɑksəmətli mɛn ɪn ˈɪŋglənd ənd weɪlz hu hæv bɪn reɪpt ɪn əˈdəlˌthʊd. ðə ˈdætə səˈʤɛsts, ɪf ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ˈɪnsədənts əv reɪp ər goʊɪŋ daʊn sˈlaɪtli. bət, tɪ maɪ maɪnd, ðə ˈnəmbərz stɪl peɪnt ə ˈdipli ˈtrəbəlɪŋ ˈpɪkʧər əv ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈvaɪələns ɪn ðə ˈsɛnʧəri. haʊ ʃʊd wi rɪˈspɑnd? ðə pəˈlis hæv meɪd greɪt straɪdz ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz tɪ dil mɔr ˈifɛktɪvli wɪθ ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv reɪp. ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈspɛʃəlɪst ˈjunɪts meɪ hɛlp. bət səʧ ɪz ðə skeɪl əv ənˈwɔntɪd ˈsɛkʃuəl ədˈvæns, əˈsɔlt ənd reɪp rɪˈvild baɪ ðə ˈrisərʧ, ðə ˈænsər ˈʃʊrli ˈkænɑt laɪ wɪθ pəˈlisɪŋ əˈloʊn.
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