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jose (kiko) garcia july 3, 1992 during a struggle with police officers in the lobby of an apartment building, mr. garcia, a dominican immigrant who the police said was carrying a revolver, was shot twice by officer michael o’keefe. what happened: later that year, a grand jury cleared officer o’keefe, supporting the assertion that mr. garcia reached for a gun before he was shot.
ernest april 29, 1994 mr., 22, was standing outside a staten island housing complex when police officers on an patrol tried to arrest him. mr. suffocated because of pressure on his back, chest and neck while he was handcuffed on the ground. what happened: a grand jury declined to file criminal charges against any of the three police officers involved, apparently concluding that the officers had used reasonable force in subduing mr..
nicholas heyward jr. sept. 27, 1994 nicholas, 13, was playing cops and robbers with friends in a houses building stairwell when officer brian george, mistaking the toy rifle for a real gun, shot him to death. what happened: the brooklyn district attorney decided not to present the case to a grand jury, saying the real culprit was an toy gun.
anthony baez dec. 22, 1994 mr. baez, 29, a security guard, was playing football outside his bronx home when a stray toss landed on a police car. mr. baez died after an officer applied a chokehold while trying to arrest him. what happened: francis x. livoti, who had been dismissed by the force for using an illegal chokehold, was convicted on federal civil rights charges and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, two years after he won acquittal in a state trial.
amadou feb. 4, 1999 mr., a immigrant from guinea, was killed by four officers who fired 41 times in the vestibule of his apartment building in the bronx. they said he seemed to have a gun, but he was unarmed. what happened: in february 2000, after a tense and racially charged trial, all four officers, who were white, were acquitted of murder and other charges, fueling protests. the city agreed to pay the family $3 million.
patrick march 16, 2000 mr., 26, an unarmed black security guard, was shot dead by an undercover narcotics detective in a brawl in front of a bar in midtown manhattan, after mr. became offended when the detective asked him if he had any crack cocaine. what happened: by late july, a grand jury declined to file criminal charges against the detective, anthony vasquez, concluding that the shooting of mr. was not intentional. the city agreed to pay $2.25 million to his family.
ousmane may 23, 2003 mr., 43, an art restorer, was shot and killed by a police officer during a raid at a chelsea warehouse that the police believed was the base of a cd counterfeiting operation. what happened: in 2005, officer bryan a. conroy was convicted at the second of two trials and sentenced to probation. the judge placed the blame for the killing primarily on the poor training and supervision by the police department. the city agreed to pay the family $3 million.
sean bell nov. 25, 2006 five detectives fired 50 times into a car occupied by mr. bell, 23, and two others after a confrontation outside a queens club on mr. wedding day. he was killed. what happened: after a heated trial in 2008, the judge found detectives f., michael oliver and marc cooper not guilty of all charges, which included manslaughter and assault. in 2012, detective was fired, and detectives cooper and oliver, along with a supervisor, were forced to resign. the city agreed to pay the family $3.25 million.
ramarley graham feb. 2, 2012 mr. graham, 18, was shot and killed by richard haste, a police officer, in the bathroom of his bronx apartment after being pursued into his home by a team of officers from a plainclothes street narcotics unit. mr. graham was unarmed. what happened: a grand jury voted to indict officer haste on charges of first- and manslaughter, but a judge dismissed the indictment a year later. prosecutors sought a new indictment. in august 2013, a grand jury decided not to bring charges in the case. the city agreed to pay the family $3.9 million.
eric garner july 17, 2014 mr. garner, 43, died after officer daniel pantaleo restrained him using a chokehold, a maneuver that was banned by the new york police department more than 20 years ago. the officers were trying to arrest mr. garner, whose death was attributed in part to the chokehold, on charges of illegally selling cigarettes. what happened: a grand jury, impaneled in september by the staten island district attorney, voted not to bring criminal charges against officer pantaleo. the city agreed to pay the family $5.9 million.
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ˌhoʊˈzeɪ (kiko*) ˌgɑrˈsiə ˌʤuˈlaɪ 3 1992 ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈstrəgəl wɪθ pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz ɪn ðə ˈlɑbi əv ən əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ, ˈmɪstər. ˌgɑrˈsiə, ə dəˈmɪnəkən ˈɪməgrənt hu ðə pəˈlis sɛd wɑz ˈkɛriɪŋ ə rɪˈvɑlvər, wɑz ʃɑt twaɪs baɪ ˈɔfɪsər ˈmaɪkəl o’keefe*. wət ˈhæpənd: ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr, ə grænd ˈʤʊri klɪrd ˈɔfɪsər o’keefe*, səˈpɔrtɪŋ ðə əˈsərʃən ðət ˈmɪstər. ˌgɑrˈsiə riʧt fər ə gən ˌbiˈfɔr hi wɑz ʃɑt. ˈərnɪst ˈeɪprəl 29 1994 ˈmɪstər., 22 wɑz ˈstændɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ə ˈstætən ˈaɪlənd ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈkɑmplɛks wɪn pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz ɔn ən pəˈtroʊl traɪd tɪ ərˈɛst ɪm. ˈmɪstər. ˈsəfəˌkeɪtɪd bɪˈkəz əv ˈprɛʃər ɔn hɪz bæk, ʧɛst ənd nɛk waɪl hi wɑz ˈhændˌkəft ɔn ðə graʊnd. wət ˈhæpənd: ə grænd ˈʤʊri dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ faɪl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ˈɛni əv ðə θri pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, əˈpɛrəntli kənˈkludɪŋ ðət ðə ˈɔfɪsərz hæd juzd ˈrizənəbəl fɔrs ɪn səbˈduɪŋ ˈmɪstər.. ˈnɪkələs ˈheɪwərd jr*. sɛpt. 27 1994 ˈnɪkələs, 13 wɑz pleɪɪŋ kɑps ənd ˈrɑbərz wɪθ frɛndz ɪn ə ˈhaʊsɪz ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈstɛrˌwɛl wɪn ˈɔfɪsər braɪən ʤɔrʤ, mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ ðə tɔɪ ˈraɪfəl fər ə ril gən, ʃɑt ɪm tɪ dɛθ. wət ˈhæpənd: ðə ˈbrʊklɪn ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd nɑt tɪ ˈprɛzənt ðə keɪs tɪ ə grænd ˈʤʊri, seɪɪŋ ðə ril ˈkəlprɪt wɑz ən tɔɪ gən. ˈænθɔˌni baɪɛz dɛk. 22 1994 ˈmɪstər. baɪɛz, 29 ə sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrd, wɑz pleɪɪŋ ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈaʊtˈsaɪd hɪz brɑŋks hoʊm wɪn ə streɪ tɔs ˈlændɪd ɔn ə pəˈlis kɑr. ˈmɪstər. baɪɛz daɪd ˈæftər ən ˈɔfɪsər əˈplaɪd ə ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld waɪl traɪɪŋ tɪ ərˈɛst ɪm. wət ˈhæpənd: ˈfrænsɪs ɛks. liˈvoʊti, hu hæd bɪn dɪsˈmɪst baɪ ðə fɔrs fər ˈjuzɪŋ ən ˌɪˈligəl ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld, wɑz kənˈvɪktəd ɔn ˈfɛdərəl ˈsɪvəl raɪts ˈʧɑrʤɪz ənd ˈsɛntənst tɪ ˈsɛvən ənd ə hæf jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən, tu jɪrz ˈæftər hi wən əkˈwɪtəl ɪn ə steɪt traɪəl. ˈæməˌdu ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 4 1999 ˈmɪstər., ə ˈɪməgrənt frəm ˈgɪni, wɑz kɪld baɪ fɔr ˈɔfɪsərz hu faɪərd 41 taɪmz ɪn ðə ˈvɛstɪˌbjul əv hɪz əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn ðə brɑŋks. ðeɪ sɛd hi simd tɪ hæv ə gən, bət hi wɑz əˈnɑrmd. wət ˈhæpənd: ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2000 ˈæftər ə tɛns ənd ˈreɪʃəli ʧɑrʤd traɪəl, ɔl fɔr ˈɔfɪsərz, hu wər waɪt, wər əkˈwɪtɪd əv ˈmərdər ənd ˈəðər ˈʧɑrʤɪz, fˈjulɪŋ ˈproʊˌtɛsts. ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ðə ˈfæməli 3 ˈmɪljən. ˈpætrɪk mɑrʧ 16 2000 ˈmɪstər., 26 ən əˈnɑrmd blæk sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrd, wɑz ʃɑt dɛd baɪ ən ˌəndərˈkəvər nɑrˈkɑtɪks dɪˈtɛktɪv ɪn ə brɔl ɪn frənt əv ə bɑr ɪn ˈmɪdˌtaʊn mænˈhætən, ˈæftər ˈmɪstər. bɪˈkeɪm əˈfɛndɪd wɪn ðə dɪˈtɛktɪv æst ɪm ɪf hi hæd ˈɛni kræk koʊˈkeɪn. wət ˈhæpənd: baɪ leɪt ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ə grænd ˈʤʊri dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ faɪl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ðə dɪˈtɛktɪv, ˈænθɔˌni væˈskɛz, kənˈkludɪŋ ðət ðə ˈʃutɪŋ əv ˈmɪstər. wɑz nɑt ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl. ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ˈmɪljən tɪ hɪz ˈfæməli. meɪ 23 2003 ˈmɪstər., 43 ən ɑrt rɪˈstɔrər, wɑz ʃɑt ənd kɪld baɪ ə pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər ˈdʊrɪŋ ə reɪd æt ə ˈʧɛlsi ˈwɛˌrhaʊs ðət ðə pəˈlis bɪˈlivd wɑz ðə beɪs əv ə ˈsiˈdi ˈkaʊnərˌfɪtɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən. wət ˈhæpənd: ɪn 2005 ˈɔfɪsər braɪən ə. ˈkɔnrɔɪ wɑz kənˈvɪktəd æt ðə ˈsɛkənd əv tu traɪəlz ənd ˈsɛntənst tɪ proʊˈbeɪʃən. ðə ʤəʤ pleɪst ðə bleɪm fər ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ praɪˈmɛrəli ɔn ðə pur ˈtreɪnɪŋ ənd ˌsupərˈvɪʒən baɪ ðə pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt. ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ðə ˈfæməli 3 ˈmɪljən. ʃɔn bɛl noʊv. 25 2006 faɪv dɪˈtɛktɪvz faɪərd 50 taɪmz ˈɪntu ə kɑr ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd baɪ ˈmɪstər. bɛl, 23 ənd tu ˈəðərz ˈæftər ə ˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ə kwinz kləb ɔn ˈmɪstər. ˈwɛdɪŋ deɪ. hi wɑz kɪld. wət ˈhæpənd: ˈæftər ə ˈhitɪd traɪəl ɪn 2008 ðə ʤəʤ faʊnd dɪˈtɛktɪvz ɛf., ˈmaɪkəl ˈɑlɪvər ənd mɑrk ˈkupər nɑt ˈgɪlti əv ɔl ˈʧɑrʤɪz, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈmænsˌlɔtər ənd əˈsɔlt. ɪn 2012 dɪˈtɛktɪv wɑz faɪərd, ənd dɪˈtɛktɪvz ˈkupər ənd ˈɑlɪvər, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə ˈsupərˌvaɪzər, wər fɔrst tɪ rɪˈzaɪn. ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ðə ˈfæməli ˈmɪljən. græm ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 2 2012 ˈmɪstər. græm, 18 wɑz ʃɑt ənd kɪld baɪ ˈrɪʧərd heɪst, ə pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər, ɪn ðə ˈbæθˌrum əv hɪz brɑŋks əˈpɑrtmənt ˈæftər biɪŋ pərˈsud ˈɪntu hɪz hoʊm baɪ ə tim əv ˈɔfɪsərz frəm ə ˈpleɪnˈkloʊz strit nɑrˈkɑtɪks ˈjunɪt. ˈmɪstər. græm wɑz əˈnɑrmd. wət ˈhæpənd: ə grænd ˈʤʊri ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ ˌɪnˈdaɪt ˈɔfɪsər heɪst ɔn ˈʧɑrʤɪz əv fərst- ənd ˈmænsˌlɔtər, bət ə ʤəʤ dɪsˈmɪst ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt ə jɪr ˈleɪtər. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz sɔt ə nu ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt. ɪn ˈɔgəst 2013 ə grænd ˈʤʊri ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd nɑt tɪ brɪŋ ˈʧɑrʤɪz ɪn ðə keɪs. ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ðə ˈfæməli ˈmɪljən. ˈɛrɪk ˈgɑrnər ˌʤuˈlaɪ 17 2014 ˈmɪstər. ˈgɑrnər, 43 daɪd ˈæftər ˈɔfɪsər ˈdænjəl pɑnˈtɑlioʊ riˈstreɪnd ɪm ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld, ə məˈnuvər ðət wɑz bænd baɪ ðə nu jɔrk pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt mɔr ðən 20 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ðə ˈɔfɪsərz wər traɪɪŋ tɪ ərˈɛst ˈmɪstər. ˈgɑrnər, huz dɛθ wɑz əˈtrɪbjətəd ɪn pɑrt tɪ ðə ˈʧoʊˌkhoʊld, ɔn ˈʧɑrʤɪz əv ˌɪˈligəli ˈsɛlɪŋ ˌsɪgəˈrɛts. wət ˈhæpənd: ə grænd ˈʤʊri, ˌɪmˈpænəld ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər baɪ ðə ˈstætən ˈaɪlənd ˈdɪstrɪkt əˈtərni, ˈvoʊtɪd nɑt tɪ brɪŋ ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ˈɔfɪsər pɑnˈtɑlioʊ. ðə ˈsɪti əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ðə ˈfæməli ˈmɪljən.
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it used to be that when we talked about the state of education in the islands, the discussion would usually revolve around the public school system.
no longer. the university of hawaii system in particular the flagship campus, the university of hawaii at is increasingly being seen more as a liability than an asset.
the “wonder blunder” (aka the fundraising concert scam that drained at least $200,000 from coffers), the firing of former uh chancellor tom apple and budget shortfalls and fiscal issues are just some of the issues that have rocked.
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however the biggest issue of significance to the general public is the rising cost of tuition. trends in college pricing 2014, a report from the college board that examined resident tuition and other costs charged by state universities across the country, found that uh is now the expensive state school in the country.
this is no surprise when you consider how much tuition costs now not only throughout the uh system a system that includes not only such colleges such as uh west oahu and uh hilo, but several community colleges but as at uh itself.
the february issue of hawaii business had an article on student debt that showcased tuition figures from 2014. resident tuition at uh is at least $10,610 per year and non-resident, $29,402. uh hilo charges $6,842 for tuition, and my alma mater, uh west oahu, demands $6,948 per year.
even the community colleges, which are normally seen as the cheapest and most easily available educational option for population, have hiked their tuition rates by more than 70 percent, according to the same issue of hawaii business.
add all this up and any rational, logical person can easily come up with the same conclusion that i have reached: attending college or university in hawaii is no longer a financial bargain.
i state this not as some aloof, outside observer of higher education in hawaii but as someone who attended and graduated from a college here in this state. i have some skin in the game.
watching tuition costs spiral upward may just strike me as sad, but students going to school within the uh system may more likely see them as unjust. one uh student told me on a civil beat facebook thread that she works two jobs and has a scholarship in order to pay for her schooling.
what also should be taken into account is what i call the “six degrees of integration” how tuition costs must be taken into account along with the cost of living, housing and other costs for college students. it should be remembered that simply paying off tuition is not the only concern for college students they have to buy food, purchase clothing, pay rent and cover other mundane, day-to-day costs. bigger costs in one area, such as tuition, can have an impact on other economic aspects of daily life for college students, and i think i need to go into detail about how expensive and costly living in hawaii can be.
uh costs count more than other campuses
some people may wonder: what does it matter if the uh system raises its tuition rates? private colleges and universities in the state charge more as well? the big deal?
it’s true that some major private colleges such as hawaii pacific university ($20,930) and university ($20,810) have tuition rates that are fairly competitive with. however, the uh system has far more students than hpu, and other private schools in the state. therefore, since the uh system educates more people and awards more degrees to local residents, its financial well being and its rates of tuition are of great concern to parents, their children as well as other potential applicants in the state.
and speaking of well-being, it is only fair to note that has suffered from cutbacks in state funding over the past few years about 27 percent from. therefore, it is not surprising that tuition rates have gone up as a percentage of revenues for.
still, declining legislative appropriations, while admittedly a plausible reason for hiking tuition rates, cannot account wholly for the wholesale alteration of the uh system of colleges from affordability to near luxury.
the propensity for both uh and the uh system of colleges to simply raise tuition year after year has got to come to some kind of end. at the very least, there needs to be a moratorium at some point.
if all things were equal and the cost of living in hawaii was at least moderately affordable with reasonable rents and decent wages for even part-time jobs, maybe raising tuition be as much of an issue. however, higher tuition costs create further challenges for students already having to deal with the daily expenses of living in the islands.
state colleges and universities differ from all other types of schools in that it is their duty to educate the local citizens of their particular state. this includes providing an affordable amount of education.
if the uh system continues to keep hiking up tuition and costs to students attending its campus, public collegiate education may one day become largely out of reach for most of residents. and that would be a much bigger blunder than the wonder blunder.
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ɪt juzd tɪ bi ðət wɪn wi tɔkt əˈbaʊt ðə steɪt əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈaɪləndz, ðə dɪˈskəʃən wʊd ˈjuʒəwəli riˈvɑlv əraʊnd ðə ˈpəblɪk skul ˈsɪstəm. noʊ ˈlɔŋgər. ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv həˈwaɪˌi ˈsɪstəm ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ðə ˈflægˌʃɪp ˈkæmpəs, ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv həˈwaɪˌi æt ɪz ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli biɪŋ sin mɔr ɛz ə ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti ðən ən ˈæˌsɛt. ðə blunder”*” (ˈɑkə ðə ˈfənˌdreɪsɪŋ ˈkɑnsərt skæm ðət dreɪnd æt list frəm ˈkɔfərz), ðə ˈfaɪərrɪŋ əv ˈfɔrmər ə ˈʧænsələr tɑm ˈæpəl ənd ˈbəʤɪt ˈʃɔrtˌfɔlz ənd ˈfɪskəl ˈɪʃuz ər ʤɪst səm əv ðə ˈɪʃuz ðət hæv rɑkt. bit ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈɪʃu əv sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns tɪ ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpəblɪk ɪz ðə ˈraɪzɪŋ kɔst əv tjuˈɪʃən. trɛnz ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈpraɪsɪŋ 2014 ə rɪˈpɔrt frəm ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ bɔrd ðət ɪgˈzæmənd ˈrɛzɪdənt tjuˈɪʃən ənd ˈəðər kɔsts ʧɑrʤd baɪ steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsətiz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri, faʊnd ðət ə ɪz naʊ ðə ɪkˈspɛnsɪv steɪt skul ɪn ðə ˈkəntri. ðɪs ɪz noʊ səˈpraɪz wɪn ju kənˈsɪdər haʊ məʧ tjuˈɪʃən kɔsts naʊ nɑt ˈoʊnli θruaʊt ðə ə ˈsɪstəm ə ˈsɪstəm ðət ˌɪnˈkludz nɑt ˈoʊnli səʧ ˈkɑlɪʤɪz səʧ ɛz ə wɛst ˌoʊˈɑhu ənd ə ˈhiloʊ, bət ˈsɛvərəl kəmˈjunɪti ˈkɑlɪʤɪz bət ɛz æt ə ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ðə ˈfɛbruˌɛri ˈɪʃu əv həˈwaɪˌi ˈbɪznɪs hæd ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn ˈstudənt dɛt ðət ˈʃoʊˌkeɪst tjuˈɪʃən ˈfɪgjərz frəm 2014 ˈrɛzɪdənt tjuˈɪʃən æt ə ɪz æt list pər jɪr ənd nɑnˈrɛzədənt, ə ˈhiloʊ ˈʧɑrʤɪz fər tjuˈɪʃən, ənd maɪ ˈɑlmə ˈmɑtər, ə wɛst ˌoʊˈɑhu, dɪˈmændz pər jɪr. ˈivɪn ðə kəmˈjunɪti ˈkɑlɪʤɪz, wɪʧ ər ˈnɔrməli sin ɛz ðə ˈʧipəst ənd moʊst ˈizəli əˈveɪləbəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˈɔpʃən fər ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən, hæv haɪkt ðɛr tjuˈɪʃən reɪts baɪ mɔr ðən 70 pərˈsɛnt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə seɪm ˈɪʃu əv həˈwaɪˌi ˈbɪznɪs. æd ɔl ðɪs əp ənd ˈɛni ˈræʃənəl, ˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈpərsən kən ˈizəli kəm əp wɪθ ðə seɪm kənˈkluʒən ðət aɪ hæv riʧt: əˈtɛndɪŋ ˈkɑlɪʤ ər ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn həˈwaɪˌi ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈbɑrgɪn. aɪ steɪt ðɪs nɑt ɛz səm əˈluf, ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əbˈzərvər əv haɪər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪn həˈwaɪˌi bət ɛz ˈsəmˌwən hu əˈtɛndəd ənd ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd frəm ə ˈkɑlɪʤ hir ɪn ðɪs steɪt. aɪ hæv səm skɪn ɪn ðə geɪm. ˈwɑʧɪŋ tjuˈɪʃən kɔsts ˈspaɪrəl ˈəpwərd meɪ ʤɪst straɪk mi ɛz sæd, bət ˈstudənts goʊɪŋ tɪ skul wɪˈθɪn ðə ə ˈsɪstəm meɪ mɔr ˈlaɪkli si ðɛm ɛz ənˈʤəst. wən ə ˈstudənt toʊld mi ɔn ə ˈsɪvəl bit ˈfeɪsˌbʊk θrɛd ðət ʃi wərks tu ʤɑbz ənd həz ə ˈskɑlərˌʃɪp ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ peɪ fər hər ˈskulɪŋ. wət ˈɔlsoʊ ʃʊd bi ˈteɪkən ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt ɪz wət aɪ kɔl ðə dɪˈgriz əv integration”*” haʊ tjuˈɪʃən kɔsts məst bi ˈteɪkən ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə kɔst əv ˈlɪvɪŋ, ˈhaʊzɪŋ ənd ˈəðər kɔsts fər ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈstudənts. ɪt ʃʊd bi rɪˈmɛmbərd ðət ˈsɪmpli peɪɪŋ ɔf tjuˈɪʃən ɪz nɑt ðə ˈoʊnli kənˈsərn fər ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈstudənts ðeɪ hæv tɪ baɪ fud, ˈpərʧəs ˈkloʊðɪŋ, peɪ rɛnt ənd ˈkəvər ˈəðər mənˈdeɪn, ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ kɔsts. ˈbɪgər kɔsts ɪn wən ˈɛriə, səʧ ɛz tjuˈɪʃən, kən hæv ən ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈəðər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈæˌspɛkts əv ˈdeɪli laɪf fər ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈstudənts, ənd aɪ θɪŋk aɪ nid tɪ goʊ ˈɪntu ˈditeɪl əˈbaʊt haʊ ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ənd ˈkɔstli ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn həˈwaɪˌi kən bi. ə kɔsts kaʊnt mɔr ðən ˈəðər ˈkæmpəsɪz səm ˈpipəl meɪ ˈwəndər: wət dɪz ɪt ˈmætər ɪf ðə ə ˈsɪstəm ˈreɪzɪz ɪts tjuˈɪʃən reɪts? ˈpraɪvət ˈkɑlɪʤɪz ənd ˌjunəˈvərsətiz ɪn ðə steɪt ʧɑrʤ mɔr ɛz wɛl? ðə bɪg dil? tru ðət səm ˈmeɪʤər ˈpraɪvət ˈkɑlɪʤɪz səʧ ɛz həˈwaɪˌi pəˈsɪfɪk ˌjunəˈvərsəti ənd ˌjunəˈvərsəti hæv tjuˈɪʃən reɪts ðət ər ˈfɛrli kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv wɪθ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ə ˈsɪstəm həz fɑr mɔr ˈstudənts ðən hpu*, ənd ˈəðər ˈpraɪvət skulz ɪn ðə steɪt. ˈðɛrˌfɔr, sɪns ðə ə ˈsɪstəm ˈɛʤəˌkeɪts mɔr ˈpipəl ənd əˈwɔrdz mɔr dɪˈgriz tɪ ˈloʊkəl ˈrɛzɪdənts, ɪts ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl wɛl biɪŋ ənd ɪts reɪts əv tjuˈɪʃən ər əv greɪt kənˈsərn tɪ ˈpɛrənts, ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈəðər pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈæplɪkənts ɪn ðə steɪt. ənd ˈspikɪŋ əv ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ, ɪt ɪz ˈoʊnli fɛr tɪ noʊt ðət həz ˈsəfərd frəm ˈkətˌbæks ɪn steɪt ˈfəndɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə pæst fju jɪrz əˈbaʊt 27 pərˈsɛnt frəm ˈðɛrˌfɔr, ɪt ɪz nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋ ðət tjuˈɪʃən reɪts hæv gɔn əp ɛz ə pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv ˈrɛvəˌnuz fər. stɪl, dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz, waɪl ædˈmɪtɪdli ə ˈplɔzəbəl ˈrizən fər ˈhaɪkɪŋ tjuˈɪʃən reɪts, ˈkænɑt əˈkaʊnt ˈhoʊli fər ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl ˌɔltərˈeɪʃən əv ðə ə ˈsɪstəm əv ˈkɑlɪʤɪz frəm əˌfɔrdəˈbɪləti tɪ nɪr ˈləgʒəri. ðə prəˈpɛnsɪti fər boʊθ ə ənd ðə ə ˈsɪstəm əv ˈkɑlɪʤɪz tɪ ˈsɪmpli reɪz tjuˈɪʃən jɪr ˈæftər jɪr həz gɑt tɪ kəm tɪ səm kaɪnd əv ɛnd. æt ðə ˈvɛri list, ðɛr nidz tɪ bi ə ˌmɔrəˈtɔriəm æt səm pɔɪnt. ɪf ɔl θɪŋz wər ˈikwəl ənd ðə kɔst əv ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn həˈwaɪˌi wɑz æt list ˈmɑdərətli əˈfɔrdəbəl wɪθ ˈrizənəbəl rɛnts ənd ˈdisənt ˈweɪʤɪz fər ˈivɪn ˈpɑrtˈtaɪm ʤɑbz, ˈmeɪbi ˈreɪzɪŋ tjuˈɪʃən bi ɛz məʧ əv ən ˈɪʃu. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, haɪər tjuˈɪʃən kɔsts kriˈeɪt ˈfərðər ˈʧælənʤɪz fər ˈstudənts ɔˈrɛdi ˈhævɪŋ tɪ dil wɪθ ðə ˈdeɪli ɪkˈspɛnsɪz əv ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈaɪləndz. steɪt ˈkɑlɪʤɪz ənd ˌjunəˈvərsətiz ˈdɪfər frəm ɔl ˈəðər taɪps əv skulz ɪn ðət ɪt ɪz ðɛr ˈduti tɪ ˈɛʤəˌkeɪt ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈsɪtɪzənz əv ðɛr ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr steɪt. ðɪs ˌɪnˈkludz prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ən əˈfɔrdəbəl əˈmaʊnt əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən. ɪf ðə ə ˈsɪstəm kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ kip ˈhaɪkɪŋ əp tjuˈɪʃən ənd kɔsts tɪ ˈstudənts əˈtɛndɪŋ ɪts ˈkæmpəs, ˈpəblɪk kəˈliʤɪt ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən meɪ wən deɪ bɪˈkəm ˈlɑrʤli aʊt əv riʧ fər moʊst əv ˈrɛzɪdənts. ənd ðət wʊd bi ə məʧ ˈbɪgər ˈbləndər ðən ðə ˈwəndər ˈbləndər.
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a birmingham has admitted a racist video produced by a former leader of the klu klux klan was shared on his facebook account.
but labour iqbal said he had no idea how it got there. he said: "i know that this type of content could cause deep and i apologise to anyone who was affected by seeing this material."
labour said any allegations of racism will be looked at.
the film, called "cnn, goldman sachs & the matrix!", was produced by david duke, a former imperial wizard of us white supremacist movement the klu klux klan.
the description in the post from facebook account states that it "reveals how thenist matrix of power controls media, politics and banking." this appears to have been generated automatically from the description of the video on youtube, where it was posted by dr duke.
while "zionist" is sometimes used to refer to the state of israel, the idea that jews are part of a "zionist" conspiracy to control institutions across the world is an allegation which was used to jews before modern israel even existed.
coun iqbal said in a statement: "i have no recollection of sharing this video and have no idea how it was shared on my facebook page.
"anyone that interacts with me on social media knows that i would never knowingly share any racist, abusive or content.
"nevertheless i accept that this content was for a period active on my facebook page and it is now been deleted.
"i know that this type of content could cause deep and i apologise to anyone who was affected by seeing this material.
"there is no place for in the labour party or in our society and i will continue to work closely with groups of all faiths in birmingham against racism and prejudice."
a west midlands labour party spokesman said: " the labour party treats all allegations of, racism, intimidation or abuse very seriously. any evidence of such behaviour will be looked at and action will be taken when relevant.
"we comment on individuals’ membership status."
coun iqbal is a labour in south yardley. he also was appointed a justice of peace at magistrates court in 2007, and received an in 2008 for services to education and the community.
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gɪt ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈwikli ˈpɑləˌtɪks ˈstɔriz baɪ iˈmeɪl səbˈskraɪb θæŋk ju fər səbˈskraɪbɪŋ wi hæv mɔr ˈnuzˌlɛtərz ʃoʊ mi si ɑr ˈpraɪvəsi ˈnoʊtɪs kʊd nɑt səbˈskraɪb, traɪ əˈgɛn ˈleɪtər ˌɪnˈvæləd iˈmeɪl ə ˈbərmɪŋˌhæm həz ədˈmɪtəd ə ˈreɪsɪst ˈvɪdioʊ prəˈdust baɪ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈlidər əv ðə ˌkeɪˌɛˈlju kləks klæn wɑz ʃɛrd ɔn hɪz ˈfeɪsˌbʊk əˈkaʊnt. bət ˈleɪbər ˈɪkbəl sɛd hi hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə haʊ ɪt gɑt ðɛr. hi sɛd: "aɪ noʊ ðət ðɪs taɪp əv ˈkɑntɛnt kʊd kɔz dip ənd aɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz tɪ ˈɛniˌwən hu wɑz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ siɪŋ ðɪs məˈtɪriəl." ˈleɪbər sɛd ˈɛni ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv ˈreɪˌsɪzəm wɪl bi lʊkt æt. ðə fɪlm, kɔld "ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn, ˈgoʊldmən sɑks ðə ˈmeɪtrɪks!", wɑz prəˈdust baɪ ˈdeɪvɪd duk, ə ˈfɔrmər ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈwɪzərd əv ˈjuˈɛs waɪt suˈprɛməsɪst ˈmuvmənt ðə ˌkeɪˌɛˈlju kləks klæn. ðə dɪˈskrɪpʃən ɪn ðə poʊst frəm ˈfeɪsˌbʊk əˈkaʊnt steɪts ðət ɪt "rɪˈvilz haʊ ðə ˈzaɪənɪst ˈmeɪtrɪks əv paʊər kənˈtroʊlz ˈmidiə, ˈpɑləˌtɪks ənd ˈbæŋkɪŋ." ðɪs əˈpɪrz tɪ hæv bɪn ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli frəm ðə dɪˈskrɪpʃən əv ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ɔn ˈjuˌtub, wɛr ɪt wɑz ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ ˈdɑktər duk. waɪl "ˈzaɪənɪst" ɪz ˈsəmˌtaɪmz juzd tɪ rɪˈfər tɪ ðə steɪt əv ˈɪzriəl, ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ʤuz ər pɑrt əv ə "ˈzaɪənɪst" kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ kənˈtroʊl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz əˈkrɔs ðə wərld ɪz ən ˌæləˈgeɪʃən wɪʧ wɑz juzd tɪ ʤuz ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmɑdərn ˈɪzriəl ˈivɪn ɪgˈzɪstəd. ˈɪkbəl sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt: "aɪ hæv noʊ ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈʃɛrɪŋ ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ ənd hæv noʊ aɪˈdiə haʊ ɪt wɑz ʃɛrd ɔn maɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ. "ˈɛniˌwən ðət ˌɪnərˈækts wɪθ mi ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə noʊz ðət aɪ wʊd ˈnɛvər ˈnoʊɪŋli ʃɛr ˈɛni ˈreɪsɪst, əˈbjusɪv ər ˈkɑntɛnt. "ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs aɪ əkˈsɛpt ðət ðɪs ˈkɑntɛnt wɑz fər ə ˈpɪriəd ˈæktɪv ɔn maɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ ənd ɪt ɪz naʊ bɪn dɪˈlitəd. "aɪ noʊ ðət ðɪs taɪp əv ˈkɑntɛnt kʊd kɔz dip ənd aɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz tɪ ˈɛniˌwən hu wɑz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ siɪŋ ðɪs məˈtɪriəl. "ðɛr ɪz noʊ pleɪs fər ɪn ðə ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti ər ɪn ɑr soʊˈsaɪɪti ənd aɪ wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ wərk ˈkloʊsli wɪθ grups əv ɔl feɪθs ɪn ˈbərmɪŋˌhæm əˈgɛnst ˈreɪˌsɪzəm ənd ˈprɛʤədɪs." ə wɛst ˈmɪˌdlændz ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti ˈspoʊksmən sɛd: ðə ˈleɪbər ˈpɑrti trits ɔl ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv, ˈreɪˌsɪzəm, ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən ər əˈbjuz ˈvɛri ˈsɪriəsli. ˈɛni ˈɛvədəns əv səʧ bɪˈheɪvjər wɪl bi lʊkt æt ənd ˈækʃən wɪl bi ˈteɪkən wɪn ˈrɛləvənt. "wi ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn individuals’*’ ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˈstætəs." ˈɪkbəl ɪz ə ˈleɪbər ɪn saʊθ ˈjɑrdli. hi ˈɔlsoʊ wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ə ˈʤəstɪs əv pis æt ˈmæʤɪˌstreɪts kɔrt ɪn 2007 ənd rɪˈsivd ən ɪn 2008 fər ˈsərvɪsɪz tɪ ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd ðə kəmˈjunɪti. wɔʧ: ˈleɪbər ˈlidər ˈʤɛrəˌmi sɪz hɪz ˈpɑrti wɪl nɑt ˈtɑlərˌeɪt ˈreɪˌsɪzəm ər
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barry jean is a cajun and expert in cajun music and cajun french. he has written several books, and under the pseudonym jean arceneaux he has written cajun french poetry and lyrics to cajun french songs.
education and career [ edit ]
born in church point, louisiana, he graduated from the nearby university of southwestern louisiana (now named the university of louisiana at lafayette) with a bachelor of arts in french in 1974.
he received a master of arts in folklore from indiana university in 1977, when he began teaching french at the university of southwestern louisiana. later he also taught folklore and francophone studies at the university.
ancelet obtained a doctorate in études (anthropology and linguistics) from the université de provence i) in 1984.
he the tribute to cajun music in 1974, which became the annual festivals acadiens.
ancelet has served as chair of department of modern languages and as the first director of the university's center for and creole folklore regarded as the largest compilation of media resources pertaining to these two south louisiana ethnic groups.
he hosted the des cajuns live weekly music radio program on for more than a decade.
honors and awards [ edit ]
in 2005 was named the willis granger and tom professor of francophone studies at ul.
the french government awarded the title of chevalier in des académiques, an honor reserved for those whose scholarly pursuits are deemed to contribute significantly to french culture.
in 2006, was made a chevalier in des arts et des de la francaise, which honors those who have made important contributions to art and literature. on receiving the award, noted, "i thought it was a very lovely honor, but i was also sort of intrigued by the irony of being knighted apparently for spending my whole career trying to honor the culture of ordinary folks. . . . i feel it's an honor not only for myself, but the entire cajun and creole society that i have always been interested in exploring and celebrating and validating. i feel like i'm going to be wearing this award in the name of an awful lot of]
in 2008, he won the paredes prize by the american folklore society.
in 2009, he was named louisiana "humanist of the year" by the louisiana endowment for the humanities.
ancelet is also a member of the des d'amérique, in quebec, canada, a fellow of the american folklore society, and a fellow of the center for cultural and at university of louisiana at lafayette.
publications [ edit ]
the makers of cajun music / et (1984)
(1984) cajun music: its origins and development (1989)
(1989) cajun country in the south series) [contributor] (1991)
[contributor] (1991) cajun and creole folktales: the french oral tradition of south louisiana (1994)
(1994) capitaine, voyage ton flag: the traditional cajun country mardi gras (1989)
(1989) cajun and creole music makers: musicians et creoles [contributor] (1999)
[contributor] (1999) one generation at a time: biography of a cajun and creole music festival [contributor] (2007)
[contributor] (2007) - today's cajuns [contributor] (1984).
as jean arceneaux
je (1994)
(1994) suite du loup (1998)
films [ edit ]
1989 - été au bal (dir. les blank; is one of the narrators and appears in the film)
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ˈbɛri ʤin ɪz ə ˈkeɪʤən ənd ˈɛkspərt ɪn ˈkeɪʤən mˈjuzɪk ənd ˈkeɪʤən frɛnʧ. hi həz ˈrɪtən ˈsɛvərəl bʊks, ənd ˈəndər ðə ˈsudəˌnɪm ʤin ˈɑrsɪnoʊ hi həz ˈrɪtən ˈkeɪʤən frɛnʧ ˈpoʊətri ənd ˈlɪrɪks tɪ ˈkeɪʤən frɛnʧ sɔŋz. ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd kərɪr ˈɛdət bɔrn ɪn ʧərʧ pɔɪnt, luˌiziˈænə, hi ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌsaʊθˈwɛstərn luˌiziˈænə (naʊ neɪmd ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv luˌiziˈænə æt ˌlɑfiˈɛt) wɪθ ə ˈbæʧələr əv ɑrts ɪn frɛnʧ ɪn 1974 hi rɪˈsivd ə ˈmæstər əv ɑrts ɪn ˈfoʊˌklɔr frəm ˌɪndiˈænə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn 1977 wɪn hi bɪˈgæn ˈtiʧɪŋ frɛnʧ æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌsaʊθˈwɛstərn luˌiziˈænə. ˈleɪtər hi ˈɔlsoʊ tɔt ˈfoʊˌklɔr ənd ˈfræŋkəˌfoʊn ˈstədiz æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti. əbˈteɪnd ə ˈdɑktərət ɪn (ˌænθrəˈpɑləʤi ənd lɪŋgˈwɪstɪks) frəm ðə université*é də ˈproʊvəns aɪ) ɪn 1984 hi ðə ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ˈkeɪʤən mˈjuzɪk ɪn 1974 wɪʧ bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈænjuəl ˈfɛstɪvəlz acadiens*. həz sərvd ɛz ʧɛr əv dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈmɑdərn ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz ənd ɛz ðə fərst dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsətiz ˈsɛnər fər ənd ˈkrioʊl ˈfoʊˌklɔr rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˌkɑmpəˈleɪʃən əv ˈmidiə ˈrisɔrsɪz pərˈteɪnɪŋ tɪ ðiz tu saʊθ luˌiziˈænə ˈɛθnɪk grups. hi ˈhoʊstɪd ðə dɪ ˈkeɪʤənz lɪv ˈwikli mˈjuzɪk ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈproʊˌgræm ɔn fər mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd. ˈɑnərz ənd əˈwɔrdz ˈɛdət ɪn 2005 wɑz neɪmd ðə ˈwɪlɪs ˈgreɪnʤər ənd tɑm prəˈfɛsər əv ˈfræŋkəˌfoʊn ˈstədiz æt əl. ðə frɛnʧ ˈgəvərnmənt əˈwɔrdɪd ðə ˈtaɪtəl əv ˌʃɛvəˈlɪr ɪn dɪ académiques*, ən ˈɑnər rɪˈzərvd fər ðoʊz huz ˈskɑlərli pərˈsuts ər dimd tɪ kənˈtrɪbjut sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli tɪ frɛnʧ ˈkəlʧər. ɪn 2006 wɑz meɪd ə ˌʃɛvəˈlɪr ɪn dɪ ɑrts ɛt dɪ də lɑ frɑnˈsɛz, wɪʧ ˈɑnərz ðoʊz hu hæv meɪd ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz tɪ ɑrt ənd ˈlɪtərəʧər. ɔn rɪˈsivɪŋ ðə əˈwɔrd, ˈnoʊtɪd, "aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ə ˈvɛri ˈləvli ˈɑnər, bət aɪ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ sɔrt əv ˌɪnˈtrigd baɪ ðə ˈaɪrəni əv biɪŋ ˈnaɪtɪd əˈpɛrəntli fər ˈspɛndɪŋ maɪ hoʊl kərɪr traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈɑnər ðə ˈkəlʧər əv ˈɔrdəˌnɛri foʊks. aɪ fil ɪts ən ˈɑnər nɑt ˈoʊnli fər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf, bət ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈkeɪʤən ənd ˈkrioʊl soʊˈsaɪɪti ðət aɪ hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ənd ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪŋ ənd ˈvæləˌdeɪtɪŋ. aɪ fil laɪk əm goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈwɛrɪŋ ðɪs əˈwɔrd ɪn ðə neɪm əv ən ˈɔfəl lɔt əv ɪn 2008 hi wən ðə pɑˈreɪdɛs praɪz baɪ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfoʊˌklɔr soʊˈsaɪɪti. ɪn 2009 hi wɑz neɪmd luˌiziˈænə "ˈhjumənɪst əv ðə jɪr" baɪ ðə luˌiziˈænə ɛnˈdaʊmənt fər ðə juˈmænɪtiz. ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə dɪ d'amérique*, ɪn kwəˈbɛk, ˈkænədə, ə ˈfɛloʊ əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfoʊˌklɔr soʊˈsaɪɪti, ənd ə ˈfɛloʊ əv ðə ˈsɛnər fər ˈkəlʧərəl ənd æt ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv luˌiziˈænə æt ˌlɑfiˈɛt. ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz ˈɛdət ðə ˈmeɪkərz əv ˈkeɪʤən mˈjuzɪk ɛt 1984 1984 ˈkeɪʤən mˈjuzɪk: ɪts ˈɔrəʤɪnz ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt 1989 1989 ˈkeɪʤən ˈkəntri ɪn ðə saʊθ ˈsɪriz) [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 1991 [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 1991 ˈkeɪʤən ənd ˈkrioʊl folktales*: ðə frɛnʧ ˈɔrəl trəˈdɪʃən əv saʊθ luˌiziˈænə 1994 1994 capitaine*, vɔɪəʤ tən flæg: ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈkeɪʤən ˈkəntri ˈmɑrdi grɑ 1989 1989 ˈkeɪʤən ənd ˈkrioʊl mˈjuzɪk ˈmeɪkərz: mjuˈzɪʃənz ɛt kriˈoʊlz [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 1999 [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 1999 wən ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən æt ə taɪm: baɪˈɑgrəfi əv ə ˈkeɪʤən ənd ˈkrioʊl mˈjuzɪk ˈfɛstɪvəl [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 2007 [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 2007 ˈtudeɪz ˈkeɪʤənz [kənˈtrɪbjətər] 1984 ɛz ʤin ˈɑrsɪnoʊ ʤi 1994 1994 swit də lup 1998 fɪlmz ˈɛdət 1989 éété*é oʊ bæl (dir*. lɛs blæŋk; ɪz wən əv ðə ˈnɛˌreɪtərz ənd əˈpɪrz ɪn ðə fɪlm)
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however, lianne did not want to be included in the hashtag, believing that the music industry is fair. in her (now deleted) she stated:
singer lianne la havas says is 'racist' & 'unfounded' & wants to be removed from any reference to it. dionne grant (@dionnegrant) february 25, 2016
apparently it went even further:
she deleted it lol (#wocbeautyuk) (@renee_ed) february 25, 2016
*receipts:
1. its. about. to. go. down.
2. some were speechless
lianne la havas really said the hashtag is racist. i'm reading her like fads (@ofadz_) february 25, 2016
3. like, let me that right quick
reading lianne la havas' timeline like (@mdltn) february 25, 2016
4. wait, what?
when you find out lianne la havas is being problematic dorίαn™ (@pardonmy_hype) february 25, 2016
5. let me read that one more time
reading lianne la havas' timeline like adriana (@bruuhhhh_) february 25, 2016
6. some were disappointed
i wanna live in whatever fairytale world lianne la havas is living where everyone is represented equally + white privilege doesn't exist (@ucnathan) february 25, 2016
7. some thought she should have kept her mouth shut
celebs being silent and celebs being so willfully ignorant are two different things and i wish lianne la havas had stuck to the former (@shaksam_) february 25, 2016
8. some were heartbroken
wow lianne la havas broke my little black heart with them... smh. ɢʜᴏsᴛ (@fauxdeity) february 25, 2016
9. and had to call it quits
looks like my former boo thang is lost in the sauce. lianne la havas. smh. (@rolandwnobrakes) february 25, 2016
10. some were not surprised at her lack of
lianne la havas never gave us a reason to believe she was woke. we put that on her, and now here we are. de no (@janelletoni) february 25, 2016
11. and think they know the source of her problems
lianne la havas using the fact that she's half greek to deny institutional racism is just more proof that white people ruin everything phillip van de kamp (@majorphilebrity) february 25, 2016
12. some were ready to disown her:
lianne la havas after hearing about stance on race. (@lwazi_md) february 25, 2016
13. definitely not a list anyone wants to be part of
s̶t̶a̶c̶e̶y̶ ̶d̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶a̶n̶t̶h̶o̶n̶y̶ ̶m̶a̶c̶k̶i̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶y̶m̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶ ̶l̶e̶m̶o̶n̶ ̶l̶i̶a̶n̶n̶e̶ ̶l̶a̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶a̶s̶ (@byisikalu) february 25, 2016
14. time to delete all records of acknowledgement
*deletes all about lianne* stefanie (@stefanieuwah) february 25, 2016
15. but some kept to their original script
*sees what lianne la havas did* *continues to not listen to her music* sammy (@samsterjr) february 25, 2016
16. glad they never wasted their time:
whewww i dodged a bullet with lianne la havas when it turned out i didn't like her music, unlike most of my friends. win! lol (@lordebarrington) february 25, 2016
17. or had celebrity amnesia
who is lianne la havas ras the destroyer (@smooth_orator) february 25, 2016
welp, time to choose a new fave.
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uh oh. it seems like one of our favorite british singers has devolved into problematic territory. singer lianne la havas reacted on thursday morning to the hashtag, which called out the brit awards for snubbing artists of color, and the music industry for being inherently racist.photo:giphynaturally, twitter reacted accordingly:photo: *updated with receipts.
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giphy-7* ˌhaʊˈɛvər, liæn dɪd nɑt wɔnt tɪ bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈhæʃˌtæg, bɪˈlivɪŋ ðət ðə mˈjuzɪk ˈɪndəstri ɪz fɛr. ɪn hər (naʊ dɪˈlitəd) ʃi ˈsteɪtɪd: ˈsɪŋər liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz sɪz ɪz 'ˈreɪsɪst' 'ənˈfaʊndɪd' wɔnts tɪ bi riˈmuvd frəm ˈɛni ˈrɛfərəns tɪ ɪt. diɑn grænt (@dionnegrant*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 əˈpɛrəntli ɪt wɛnt ˈivɪn ˈfərðər: ʃi dɪˈlitəd ɪt lɔl (#wocbeautyuk*) (@renee_ed*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 *rɪˈsits: 1 ɪts. əˈbaʊt. tɪ. goʊ. daʊn. 2 səm wər ˈspiʧləs liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ˈrɪli sɛd ðə ˈhæʃˌtæg ɪz ˈreɪsɪst. əm ˈrɛdɪŋ hər laɪk fædz (@ofadz*_) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 3 laɪk, lɛt mi ðət raɪt kwɪk ˈrɛdɪŋ liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz' ˈtaɪmlaɪn laɪk (@mdltn*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 4 weɪt, wət? wɪn ju faɪnd aʊt liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ɪz biɪŋ ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk dorίαn™*™ (@pardonmy_hype*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 5 lɛt mi rɛd ðət wən mɔr taɪm ˈrɛdɪŋ liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz' ˈtaɪmlaɪn laɪk ˌeɪdriˈænə (@bruuhhhh*_) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 6 səm wər ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd aɪ ˈwɑnə lɪv ɪn ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈfɛriˌteɪl wərld liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ɪz ˈlɪvɪŋ wɛr ˈɛvriˌwən ɪz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ˈikwəli waɪt ˈprɪvɪlɪʤ ˈdəzənt ɪgˈzɪst (@ucnathan*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 7 səm θɔt ʃi ʃʊd hæv kɛpt hər maʊθ ʃət səˈlɛbz biɪŋ ˈsaɪlənt ənd səˈlɛbz biɪŋ soʊ ˈwɪlfəli ˈɪgnərənt ər tu ˈdɪfərənt θɪŋz ənd aɪ wɪʃ liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz hæd stək tɪ ðə ˈfɔrmər (@shaksam*_) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 8 səm wər ˈhɑrtˌbroʊkən waʊ liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz broʊk maɪ ˈlɪtəl blæk hɑrt wɪθ ðɛm... smh*. ɢʜᴏɢʜᴏsᴛ*ᴛ (@fauxdeity*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 9 ənd hæd tɪ kɔl ɪt kwɪts lʊks laɪk maɪ ˈfɔrmər bu θæŋ ɪz lɔst ɪn ðə sɔs. liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz. smh*. (@rolandwnobrakes*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 10 səm wər nɑt səˈpraɪzd æt hər læk əv liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ˈnɛvər geɪv ˈjuˈɛs ə ˈrizən tɪ bɪˈliv ʃi wɑz woʊk. wi pʊt ðət ɔn hər, ənd naʊ hir wi ər. də noʊ (@janelletoni*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 11 ənd θɪŋk ðeɪ noʊ ðə sɔrs əv hər ˈprɑbləmz liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə fækt ðət ʃiz hæf grik tɪ dɪˈnaɪ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl ˈreɪˌsɪzəm ɪz ʤɪst mɔr pruf ðət waɪt ˈpipəl ruɪn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈfɪlɪp væn də kæmp (@majorphilebrity*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 12 səm wər ˈrɛdi tɪ dɪˈsoʊn hər: liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ˈæftər ˈhirɪŋ əˈbaʊt stæns ɔn reɪs. (@lwazi_md*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 13 ˈdɛfənətli nɑt ə lɪst ˈɛniˌwən wɔnts tɪ bi pɑrt əv s̶t̶a̶c̶e̶y̶*̶ ̶̶d̶a̶s̶h̶*̶ ̶̶a̶n̶t̶h̶o̶n̶y̶*̶ ̶̶m̶a̶c̶k̶i̶e̶*̶ ̶̶r̶a̶v̶e̶n̶*̶ ̶̶s̶y̶m̶o̶n̶e̶*̶ ̶̶d̶o̶n̶*̶ ̶̶l̶e̶m̶o̶n̶*̶ ̶̶l̶i̶a̶n̶n̶e̶*̶ ̶̶l̶a̶*̶ ̶̶h̶a̶v̶a̶s̶*̶ (@byisikalu*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 14 taɪm tɪ dɪˈlit ɔl ˈrɛkərdz əv ækˈnɑlɪʤmənt *dɪˈlits ɔl əˈbaʊt ˈstɛfəni (@stefanieuwah*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 15 bət səm kɛpt tɪ ðɛr ərˈɪʤənəl skrɪpt *siz wət liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz *kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ nɑt ˈlɪsən tɪ hər ˈsæmi (@samsterjr*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 16 glæd ðeɪ ˈnɛvər ˈweɪstɪd ðɛr taɪm: aɪ dɑʤd ə ˈbʊlət wɪθ liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz wɪn ɪt tərnd aʊt aɪ ˈdɪdənt laɪk hər mˈjuzɪk, ənˈlaɪk moʊst əv maɪ frɛndz. wɪn! lɔl (@lordebarrington*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 17 ər hæd səˈlɛbrɪti æmˈniʒə hu ɪz liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz ræs ðə dɪˈstrɔɪər (@smooth_orator*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 25 2016 wɛlp, taɪm tɪ ʧuz ə nu feɪv. ə oʊ. ɪt simz laɪk wən əv ɑr ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈsɪŋərz həz dɪˈvɑlvd ˈɪntu ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri. ˈsɪŋər liæn lɑ ˈhɑvɑz riˈæktɪd ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈhæʃˌtæg, wɪʧ kɔld aʊt ðə brɪt əˈwɔrdz fər sˈnəbɪŋ ˈɑrtɪsts əv ˈkələr, ənd ðə mˈjuzɪk ˈɪndəstri fər biɪŋ ˌɪnˈhɛrəntli racist.photo:giphynaturally*, tˈwɪtər riˈæktɪd accordingly:photo*: *ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd wɪθ rɪˈsits.
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a deployed airbag is seen in a chrysler vehicle at the pick your part salvage yard on may 22, 2015 in medley, florida. the largest automotive recall in history centers around the defective takata corp. air bags that are found in millions of vehicles that are manufactured by bmw, chrysler, daimler trucks, ford, general motors, honda, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru and toyota.
thirteen automakers are recalling more than vehicles in the u.s. in the latest round of dangerous takata air bag inflator recalls.
automakers with front passenger inflator recalls posted thursday are audi, nissan, rover, subaru, daimler vans, tesla, mitsubishi, bmw, ferrari, mercedes, mazda, mclaren and karma.
takata can explode with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister and sending shrapnel into the passenger compartment. sixteen people have died worldwide due to the problem.
the recall is among the latest round covering million vehicles involving 19 automakers in the u.s. in total, it's the largest auto recall in u.s. history, affecting 69 million and 42 million vehicles.
owners can go to the national highway traffic administration website to see if their models are involved.
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ə dɪˈplɔɪd ˈɛrˌbæg ɪz sin ɪn ə ˈkraɪslər ˈviɪkəl æt ðə pɪk jʊr pɑrt ˈsælvɪʤ jɑrd ɔn meɪ 22 2015 ɪn ˈmɛdli, ˈflɔrɪdə. ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv ˈriˌkɔl ɪn ˈhɪstəri ˈsɛnərz əraʊnd ðə dɪˈfɛktɪv tɑˈkɑtə ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən. ɛr bægz ðət ər faʊnd ɪn ˈmɪljənz əv ˈviɪkəlz ðət ər ˌmænjəˈfækʧərd baɪ ˈbiˌɛmˈdəbəlju, ˈkraɪslər, ˈdɛmlər trəks, fɔrd, ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmoʊtərz, ˈhɔndə, ˈmɑzdə, ˌmɪtˌsuˈbiʃi, ˈnisɑn, ˈsubəru ənd toʊˈjoʊtə. ˈθərˈtin ˈɔtoʊˌmeɪkərz ər rɪˈkɔlɪŋ mɔr ðən ˈviɪkəlz ɪn ðə juz. ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst raʊnd əv ˈdeɪnʤərəs tɑˈkɑtə ɛr bæg ˌɪnˈfleɪtər ˈriˌkɔlz. ˈɔtoʊˌmeɪkərz wɪθ frənt ˈpæsənʤər ˌɪnˈfleɪtər ˈriˌkɔlz ˈpoʊstɪd ˈθərzˌdeɪ ər ˈɔdi, ˈnisɑn, ˈroʊvər, ˈsubəru, ˈdɛmlər vænz, ˈtɛzlə, ˌmɪtˌsuˈbiʃi, ˈbiˌɛmˈdəbəlju, fərˈɑri, mərˈseɪdiz, ˈmɑzdə, məˈklɛrən ənd ˈkɑrmə. tɑˈkɑtə kən ɪkˈsploʊd wɪθ tu məʧ fɔrs, bloʊɪŋ əˈpɑrt ə ˈmɛtəl ˈkænɪstər ənd ˈsɛndɪŋ ʃˈræpnəl ˈɪntu ðə ˈpæsənʤər kəmˈpɑrtmənt. ˈsɪkˈstin ˈpipəl hæv daɪd ˈwərldˈwaɪd du tɪ ðə ˈprɑbləm. ðə ˈriˌkɔl ɪz əˈməŋ ðə ˈleɪtəst raʊnd ˈkəvərɪŋ ˈmɪljən ˈviɪkəlz ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ 19 ˈɔtoʊˌmeɪkərz ɪn ðə juz. ɪn ˈtoʊtəl, ɪts ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈɔtoʊ ˈriˌkɔl ɪn juz. ˈhɪstəri, əˈfɛktɪŋ 69 ˈmɪljən ənd 42 ˈmɪljən ˈviɪkəlz. ˈoʊnərz kən goʊ tɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈhaɪˌweɪ ˈtræfɪk ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ˈwɛbˌsaɪt tɪ si ɪf ðɛr ˈmɑdəlz ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs
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the american civil war became the first modern conflict. it opened with cavalry charges and lines of infantry advancing in rows armed with. the first engagements would not have looked out of place in the napoleonic within three and a half years the appearance of over 50 miles of trenches around the southern capital, richmond, as both armies dug in for months, unable to launch a decisive attack, was a clear forerunner of the first world war.
for more than two centuries infantry had advanced in formations, shoulder to shoulder. armed with,, they would fire in the, 55 to 90 yards was the effective range: 270 yards was the maximum, if random, range. then a frenchmen, minié (1804-79) invented a bullet which expanded upon firing and gripped the inside of the barrel as it left the spiral groove was carved into the barrel which imparted a spin to the bullet, making it more accurate and increasing the maximum range to over yards and the effective range to more than 250 yards. with the introduction of in the and and the first manufacture of standardised, interchangeable parts, rifled became one of the earliest products.
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ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɪvəl wɔr bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˈmɑdərn ˈkɑnflɪkt. ɪt ˈoʊpənd wɪθ ˈkævəlri ˈʧɑrʤɪz ənd laɪnz əv ˈɪnfəntri ədˈvænsɪŋ ɪn roʊz ɑrmd wɪθ. ðə fərst ɪnˈgeɪʤmənts wʊd nɑt hæv lʊkt aʊt əv pleɪs ɪn ðə nəˌpoʊliˈɑnɪk wɪˈθɪn θri ənd ə hæf jɪrz ðə əˈpɪrəns əv ˈoʊvər 50 maɪəlz əv ˈtrɛnʧɪz əraʊnd ðə ˈsəðərn ˈkæpɪtəl, ˈrɪʧmənd, ɛz boʊθ ˈɑrmiz dəg ɪn fər mənθs, əˈneɪbəl tɪ lɔnʧ ə dɪˈsaɪsɪv əˈtæk, wɑz ə klɪr ˈfɔˌrənər əv ðə fərst wərld wɔr. fər mɔr ðən tu ˈsɛnʧəriz ˈɪnfəntri hæd ədˈvænst ɪn fɔrˈmeɪʃənz, ˈʃoʊldər tɪ ˈʃoʊldər. ɑrmd wɪθ,, ðeɪ wʊd faɪər ɪn ðə, 55 tɪ 90 jɑrdz wɑz ðə ˈifɛktɪv reɪnʤ: 270 jɑrdz wɑz ðə ˈmæksəməm, ɪf ˈrændəm, reɪnʤ. ðɛn ə ˈfrɛnʧmɛn, minié*é ˌɪnˈvɛntɪd ə ˈbʊlət wɪʧ ɪkˈspændɪd əˈpɑn ˈfaɪərrɪŋ ənd grɪpt ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈbɛrəl ɛz ɪt lɛft ðə ˈspaɪrəl gruv wɑz kɑrvd ˈɪntu ðə ˈbɛrəl wɪʧ ˌɪmˈpɑrtɪd ə spɪn tɪ ðə ˈbʊlət, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt mɔr ˈækjərət ənd ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ðə ˈmæksəməm reɪnʤ tɪ ˈoʊvər jɑrdz ənd ðə ˈifɛktɪv reɪnʤ tɪ mɔr ðən 250 jɑrdz. wɪθ ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ɪn ðə ənd ənd ðə fərst ˌmænjəˈfækʧər əv standardised*, ˌɪnərˈʧeɪnʤəbəl pɑrts, ˈraɪfəld bɪˈkeɪm wən əv ðə ˈərliəst ˈprɑdəkts.
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william m. daley was white house chief of staff from 2011 to 2012 and secretary of commerce from 1997 to 2000.
now that donald trump has won the presidency despite losing the popular vote, a growing cry to rethink, or even abolish, the electoral college. this would be a mistake.
yes, the electoral college is a tempting target, especially for democrats. two of the past five presidential elections have seen republicans claim the white house by winning the electoral vote while losing the popular vote.
i feel your pain. i was al campaign chairman in 2000, when he won a half -million more votes than george w. bush but lost the presidency. case is even more stark, as hillary popular vote margin will exceed 2 million.
but i urge my fellow democrats to think hard before trying to undo the admittedly electoral college. the cure might be worse than the disease.
while imperfect, the electoral college has generally served the republic well. it forces candidates to campaign in a variety of closely contested races, where political debate is typically robust. it often helps new presidents get started by magnifying their mandate. that happened with barack obama, who twice finished with under 53 percent of the popular vote but carried the electoral vote comfortably.
the electoral college also tends to bolster the two major parties, which, for all the criticisms, have helped produce long-term political stability that many nations can only envy. with nearly all states awarding their electoral votes on a basis, difficult for a candidate to contend seriously for the presidency. while a truly national third party necessarily be bad, smaller niche parties are to our federalist system. this system already divides power between the states and the federal government, and uses checks and balances to temper the legislative, executive and judicial branches’ authority.
in parliamentary governments, by contrast, not unusual to see multiple parties split the national vote several ways, enabling a politician with limited support to head the government (provided he or she can assemble a ruling coalition with other minority parties). that arrangement work in our system of built-in tensions and checks between the president and congress. and yet, eliminating the electoral college could produce such an unworkable situation not through small parties but wealthy individuals. aside from the democratic and republican nominees, a handful of billionaires could run campaigns focused especially on, say, texas and florida, or california and new york. one of them could win the presidency with a narrow slice of the vote. with so small a plurality, and no major support, this president would face fierce head winds.
billionaire michael bloomberg outlined this possibility when he decided against a presidential bid last march. “even if i were to receive the most popular votes and the most electoral votes,” bloomberg wrote, “victory would be highly unlikely, because most members of congress would vote for their nominee.”
after a judge rejected the request for a delay, michigan election officials are expected to begin recounting presidential ballots dec. 5 at noon. it is likely to end by dec. 13. (reuters)
but without the electoral college, the decision be tossed to congress, and the billionaire would be president.
constitutional scholars share this concern. “without the electoral college, there would be no effective brake on the number of ‘viable’ presidential candidates,” gettysburg college professor allen and washington lawyer james hulme wrote last month in the post. “abolish it, and it would not be difficult to imagine a scenario where, in a field of a dozen micro-candidates, the ‘winner’ only needs 10 percent of the vote.”
already seen troubling ramifications of weakening our two major parties. sen. bernie sanders (i-vt.) demanded concessions to the left even though he was never truly a democrat. and republicans whose nominating rules give party leaders even less influence than the democrats’ do have seen their party hijacked by trump, a man of uncertain and ideologies often at odds with mainstream conservatism.
the electoral college is a curious institution, concocted by founding fathers struggling to balance the influence of big and small states. not perfect. but until we have a clearly better replacement, stick with it.
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ˈwɪljəm ɛm. ˈdeɪli wɑz waɪt haʊs ʧif əv stæf frəm 2011 tɪ 2012 ənd ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ˈkɑmərs frəm 1997 tɪ 2000 naʊ ðət ˈdɑnəld trəmp həz wən ðə ˈprɛzɪdənsi dɪˈspaɪt ˈluzɪŋ ðə ˈpɑpjələr voʊt, ə groʊɪŋ kraɪ tɪ riˈθɪŋk, ər ˈivɪn əˈbɑlɪʃ, ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ. ðɪs wʊd bi ə mɪˈsteɪk. jɛs, ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪz ə ˈtɛmptɪŋ ˈtərgət, əˈspɛʃəli fər ˈdɛməˌkræts. tu əv ðə pæst faɪv ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃənz hæv sin rɪˈpəblɪkənz kleɪm ðə waɪt haʊs baɪ ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl voʊt waɪl ˈluzɪŋ ðə ˈpɑpjələr voʊt. aɪ fil jʊr peɪn. aɪ wɑz æl kæmˈpeɪn ˈʧɛrmən ɪn 2000 wɪn hi wən ə hæf -ˈmɪljən mɔr voʊts ðən ʤɔrʤ ˈdəbəlju. bʊʃ bət lɔst ðə ˈprɛzɪdənsi. keɪs ɪz ˈivɪn mɔr stɑrk, ɛz ˈhɪləri ˈpɑpjələr voʊt ˈmɑrʤən wɪl ɪkˈsid 2 ˈmɪljən. bət aɪ ərʤ maɪ ˈfɛloʊ ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ θɪŋk hɑrd ˌbiˈfɔr traɪɪŋ tɪ ənˈdu ðə ædˈmɪtɪdli ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ. ðə kjʊr maɪt bi wərs ðən ðə dɪˈziz. waɪl ˌɪmˈpərfɪkt, ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ həz ˈʤɛnərəli sərvd ðə riˈpəblɪk wɛl. ɪt ˈfɔrsɪz ˈkænədɪts tɪ kæmˈpeɪn ɪn ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈkloʊsli kənˈtɛstəd ˈreɪsɪz, wɛr pəˈlɪtɪkəl dəˈbeɪt ɪz ˈtɪpɪkəli roʊˈbəst. ɪt ˈɔfən hɛlps nu ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd baɪ ˈmægnəˌfaɪɪŋ ðɛr ˈmænˌdeɪt. ðət ˈhæpənd wɪθ ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə, hu twaɪs ˈfɪnɪʃt wɪθ ˈəndər 53 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈpɑpjələr voʊt bət ˈkɛrid ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl voʊt ˈkəmfərtəbli. ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈɔlsoʊ tɛndz tɪ ˈboʊlstər ðə tu ˈmeɪʤər ˈpɑrtiz, wɪʧ, fər ɔl ðə ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəmz, hæv hɛlpt ˈproʊdus ˈlɔŋˈtərm pəˈlɪtɪkəl stəˈbɪlɪti ðət ˈmɛni ˈneɪʃənz kən ˈoʊnli ˈɛnvi. wɪθ ˈnɪrli ɔl steɪts əˈwɔrdɪŋ ðɛr ɪˈlɛktərəl voʊts ɔn ə ˈbeɪsɪs, ˈdɪfəkəlt fər ə ˈkænədɪt tɪ kənˈtɛnd ˈsɪriəsli fər ðə ˈprɛzɪdənsi. waɪl ə ˈtruli ˈnæʃənəl θərd ˈpɑrti ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli bi bæd, sˈmɔlər nɪʧ ˈpɑrtiz ər tɪ ɑr ˈfɛdərəlɪst ˈsɪstəm. ðɪs ˈsɪstəm ɔˈrɛdi dɪˈvaɪdz paʊər bɪtˈwin ðə steɪts ənd ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd ˈjuzɪz ʧɛks ənd ˈbælənsɪz tɪ ˈtɛmpər ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ənd ʤuˈdɪʃəl branches’*’ əˈθɔrəti. ɪn ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri ˈgəvərnmənts, baɪ ˈkɑntræst, nɑt ənˈjuˌʒuəl tɪ si ˈməltəpəl ˈpɑrtiz splɪt ðə ˈnæʃənəl voʊt ˈsɛvərəl weɪz, ɪˈneɪbəlɪŋ ə ˌpɑləˈtɪʃən wɪθ ˈlɪmɪtɪd səˈpɔrt tɪ hɛd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt (prəˈvaɪdɪd hi ər ʃi kən əˈsɛmbəl ə ˈrulɪŋ ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən wɪθ ˈəðər məˈnɔrəti ˈpɑrtiz). ðət ərˈeɪnʤmənt wərk ɪn ɑr ˈsɪstəm əv ˈbɪlˌtɪn ˈtɛnʧənz ənd ʧɛks bɪtˈwin ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd ˈkɑŋgrəs. ənd jɛt, ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ kʊd ˈproʊdus səʧ ən ənˈwərkəbəl ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən nɑt θru smɔl ˈpɑrtiz bət ˈwɛlθi ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz. əˈsaɪd frəm ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ənd rɪˈpəblɪkən ˌnɑməˈniz, ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv ˌbɪljəˈnɛrz kʊd rən kæmˈpeɪnz ˈfoʊkɪst əˈspɛʃəli ɔn, seɪ, ˈtɛksəs ənd ˈflɔrɪdə, ər ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ənd nu jɔrk. wən əv ðɛm kʊd wɪn ðə ˈprɛzɪdənsi wɪθ ə ˈnɛroʊ slaɪs əv ðə voʊt. wɪθ soʊ smɔl ə plərˈælɪti, ənd noʊ ˈmeɪʤər səˈpɔrt, ðɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt wʊd feɪs fɪrs hɛd wɪndz. ˌbɪljəˈnɛr ˈmaɪkəl ˈblumbərg ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ðɪs ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti wɪn hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd əˈgɛnst ə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl bɪd læst mɑrʧ. ɪf aɪ wər tɪ rɪˈsiv ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr voʊts ənd ðə moʊst ɪˈlɛktərəl votes,”*,” ˈblumbərg roʊt, wʊd bi ˈhaɪli ənˈlaɪkli, bɪˈkəz moʊst ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs wʊd voʊt fər ðɛr nominee.”*.” ˈæftər ə ʤəʤ rɪˈʤɛktɪd ðə rɪkˈwɛst fər ə dɪˈleɪ, ˈmɪʃɪgən ɪˈlɛkʃən əˈfɪʃəlz ər ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bɪˈgɪn ˌriˈkaʊntɪŋ ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈbæləts dɛk. 5 æt nun. ɪt ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ ɛnd baɪ dɛk. 13 (ˈrɔɪtərz) bət wɪˈθaʊt ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ, ðə dɪˈsɪʒən bi tɔst tɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs, ənd ðə ˌbɪljəˈnɛr wʊd bi ˈprɛzɪdənt. ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ˈskɑlərz ʃɛr ðɪs kənˈsərn. ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ, ðɛr wʊd bi noʊ ˈifɛktɪv breɪk ɔn ðə ˈnəmbər əv ‘‘viable’*’ ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl candidates,”*,” ˈgɛtizbərg ˈkɑlɪʤ prəˈfɛsər ˈælən ənd ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈlɔjər ʤeɪmz həlm roʊt læst mənθ ɪn ðə poʊst. ɪt, ənd ɪt wʊd nɑt bi ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ə sɪˈnɛrioʊ wɛr, ɪn ə fild əv ə ˈdəzən micro-candidates*, ðə ‘‘winner’*’ ˈoʊnli nidz 10 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə vote.”*.” ɔˈrɛdi sin ˈtrəbəlɪŋ ˌræməfəˈkeɪʃənz əv ˈwikənɪŋ ɑr tu ˈmeɪʤər ˈpɑrtiz. sɛn. ˈbərni ˈsændərz (i-vt*.) dɪˈmændɪd kənˈsɛʃənz tɪ ðə lɛft ˈivɪn ðoʊ hi wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈtruli ə ˈdɛməˌkræt. ənd rɪˈpəblɪkənz huz ˈnɑməˌneɪtɪŋ rulz gɪv ˈpɑrti ˈlidərz ˈivɪn lɛs ˈɪnfluəns ðən ðə democrats’*’ du hæv sin ðɛr ˈpɑrti ˈhaɪˌʤækt baɪ trəmp, ə mæn əv ənˈsərtən ənd ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤiz ˈɔfən æt ɑdz wɪθ ˈmeɪnˌstrim kənˈsərvəˌtɪzəm. ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪz ə ˈkjʊriəs ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən, kənˈkɑktəd baɪ ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑðərz ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ ˈbæləns ðə ˈɪnfluəns əv bɪg ənd smɔl steɪts. nɑt ˈpərˌfɪkt. bət ənˈtɪl wi hæv ə ˈklɪrli ˈbɛtər rɪˈpleɪsmənt, stɪk wɪθ ɪt.
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bonnie-chica...?*enters* ɪn ðə heɪ ɪz fər ə wɔnt tɪ noʊ ɪf ju laɪk maɪ nu hɪz gɪˈtɑr ənd sɪts ɔn ðə ʃoʊ ə ʧɛr ənd sɪt ɪn frənt əv ɪm ənd ənd ˈbləʃɪz tɪ əv ðə ðɪs wən ɪz ˈɪntu ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ðə sɔŋ wɑz fər hər ənd stɑrts tɪ ər ju ləv ju ɔl ləv ju tu hɪz ɑrmz ənd həgz ˈprɑbləm goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈsɪriəsli goʊɪŋ tɪ kraɪ wɑz maɪ pɑrt əv maɪ ɑrt treɪd wɪθ wi ʃɪp ɛks ˈbɑni ˈfaɪnəli ˈfɪnɪʃt ðɪs əm stɪl nɑt ˌoʊˈkeɪ wɪθ aɪz ər həz ən ɪˈrɛkʃən ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd səks ˈbɑni ɛks 83 ənd bɪˈlɔŋ tɪ faɪv naɪts æt bɪˈlɔŋz ju laɪk ɪt 3
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a journalist captured in afghanistan told the world he was still alive by with a prison guard's cellphone.
this remarkable tale about a tweet kicks off a new meme here at gadget lab that we're calling tweet of the day, where we'll post our favorite from just about anybody in our orbit: gadget customers, pundits, analysts, journalists, silicon valley bigwigs and so on. each tuesday and thursday, we'll be that we find especially fascinating, enlightening, hilarious, moving or sad anything that really gets us buzzing.
today's tweet comes from, a japanese freelance journalist who was released from five months of captivity in afghanistan over the weekend. since he was captured april 1, no one had heard a single word from, but on sept. 3 he managed to send out a tweet: "i am still allive, but in jail."
speaking at a press conference today in tokyo, recounted the story of how he managed to trick his captors into allowing him to tweet. a soldier had just gotten a new cellphone, a nokia, and was asking how to use it.
the guard had heard of the internet but didn't know what it was, so called customer care to activate the phone and configure it for internet access. he showed the guard how to perform a google search of "al jazeera," and then he talked about twitter.
"but if you are going to do anything, you should use twitter," he said he told the guard. "they asked what that was. and i told them that if you write something on it, then you can reach many japanese journalists. so they said, 'try it.'"
and just like that, was able to communicate to the world that he was still alive. this is a truly amazing story originally reported by news that underscores the power of a gadget and social networking while telling us a bit about the disconnected culture of afghanistan.
a hat tip to mary h.k. choi (@choitotheworld) for spotting and sharing this story.
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ə ˈʤərnəlɪst ˈkæpʧərd ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn toʊld ðə wərld hi wɑz stɪl əˈlaɪv baɪ wɪθ ə ˈprɪzən gɑrdz ˈsɛlfoʊn. ðɪs rɪˈmɑrkəbəl teɪl əˈbaʊt ə twit kɪks ɔf ə nu mim hir æt ˈgæʤət læb ðət wɪr ˈkɔlɪŋ twit əv ðə deɪ, wɛr wɪl poʊst ɑr ˈfeɪvərɪt frəm ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˈɛnibədi ɪn ɑr ˈɔrbət: ˈgæʤət ˈkəstəmərz, ˈpəndɪts, ˈænəlɪsts, ˈʤərnəlɪsts, ˈsɪləkən ˈvæli ˈbɪgˌwɪgz ənd soʊ ɔn. iʧ ˈtuzˌdeɪ ənd ˈθərzˌdeɪ, wɪl bi ðət wi faɪnd əˈspɛʃəli ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ, ˌɛnˈlaɪtənɪŋ, hɪˈlɛriəs, ˈmuvɪŋ ər sæd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət ˈrɪli gɪts ˈjuˈɛs ˈbəzɪŋ. ˈtudeɪz twit kəmz frəm, ə ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈfriˌlæns ˈʤərnəlɪst hu wɑz riˈlist frəm faɪv mənθs əv kæpˈtɪvəti ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd. sɪns hi wɑz ˈkæpʧərd ˈeɪprəl 1 noʊ wən hæd hərd ə ˈsɪŋgəl wərd frəm, bət ɔn sɛpt. 3 hi ˈmænɪʤd tɪ sɛnd aʊt ə twit: "aɪ æm stɪl allive*, bət ɪn ʤeɪl." ˈspikɪŋ æt ə prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns təˈdeɪ ɪn ˈtoʊkiˌoʊ, ˌriˈkaʊntɪd ðə ˈstɔri əv haʊ hi ˈmænɪʤd tɪ trɪk hɪz ˈkæptərz ˈɪntu əˈlaʊɪŋ ɪm tɪ twit. ə ˈsoʊlʤər hæd ʤɪst ˈgɔtən ə nu ˈsɛlfoʊn, ə ˈnoʊkiə ənd wɑz ˈæskɪŋ haʊ tɪ juz ɪt. ðə gɑrd hæd hərd əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt bət ˈdɪdənt noʊ wət ɪt wɑz, soʊ kɔld ˈkəstəmər kɛr tɪ ˈæktəˌveɪt ðə foʊn ənd kənˈfɪgjər ɪt fər ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈækˌsɛs. hi ʃoʊd ðə gɑrd haʊ tɪ pərˈfɔrm ə ˈgugəl sərʧ əv "æl ʤəˈzirə," ənd ðɛn hi tɔkt əˈbaʊt tˈwɪtər. "bət ɪf ju ər goʊɪŋ tɪ du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ju ʃʊd juz tˈwɪtər," hi sɛd hi toʊld ðə gɑrd. "ðeɪ æst wət ðət wɑz. ənd aɪ toʊld ðɛm ðət ɪf ju raɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ ɔn ɪt, ðɛn ju kən riʧ ˈmɛni ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈʤərnəlɪsts. soʊ ðeɪ sɛd, 'traɪ ɪt.'" ənd ʤɪst laɪk ðət, wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt tɪ ðə wərld ðət hi wɑz stɪl əˈlaɪv. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈtruli əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈstɔri ərˈɪʤənəli ˌriˈpɔrtəd baɪ nuz ðət ˌəndərˈskɔrz ðə paʊər əv ə ˈgæʤət ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ waɪl ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ə bɪt əˈbaʊt ðə ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪd ˈkəlʧər əv æfˈgænəˌstæn. ə hæt tɪp tɪ ˈmɛri h.k*. ʧɔɪ (@choitotheworld*) fər ˈspɑtɪŋ ənd ˈʃɛrɪŋ ðɪs ˈstɔri. sin ˈɛni əˈspɛʃəli ˈɔsəm jʊd laɪk ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈfiʧər? ʃɛr ðɛm wɪθ ˈgæʤət læb baɪ tˈwɪtər.
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the therapy gives the immune system the tools to flush out, meaning daily drugs can be ditched one man has been free of them for seven months
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five people with are currently free of detectable virus and daily drugs thanks to a new therapy.
although it is early days, one participant has been for seven months.
most people with need to take drugs (art) each day to stop the virus from replicating and causing damage to their immune system. these have to be taken over a lifetime because the virus can hide away in tissues such as and gut cells; if art is stopped, the virus quickly from these cells.
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although effective, art is expensive, and can cause nasty side effects.
three years ago, of the aids research institute in barcelona, spain, and her colleagues started a trial in which 24 people recently diagnosed with were given two vaccines developed by tomas hanke and his colleagues at the university of oxford. they were also given art, then monitored to see whether the vaccines induced a strong immune response.
this year, 15 of them each received a booster dose of one of the vaccines, followed by three doses of a cancer drug that has shown potential for flushing out of hiding. finally, each person received another vaccine booster, and then stopped taking art.
in 10 of the participants, the virus rapidly bounced back, forcing them to return to art. but five of the participants no longer needed to take the drugs because their immune systems could suppress the virus unaided.
one person has been off art for seven months now. the other four have been free of detectable virus for six, 14, 19 and 21 weeks, respectively., who revealed the results at the conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections in seattle last week, says they will follow each participant to see how long they can control the virus themselves.
it clear why two-thirds of the group respond to the therapy and her colleagues are investigating this now. but even a small number of people responding positively to the therapy is good news, says sharon lewin, director of the peter doherty institute for infection and immunity at the university of melbourne, australia. she says it is the first treatment to stop the virus from replicating without the daily use of art.
“it is the first treatment to stop the virus from replicating without the use of daily drugs”
both vaccines carry genes coding for proteins that are also produced by all known variants of. once these proteins reach the blood, they are recognised as foreign by the immune system, which primes a type of white blood cell called t-cells. if a cell becomes infected by and expresses these proteins on its surface, the cells can recognise them and so attack and destroy the cell.
the second component of the therapy flushes dormant out of its hiding place so it can then be taken out by the cells. “if you have a prepared immune system, once a cell starts showing little parts of the virus, it should be recognised and eliminated,” says.
while the results are significant, excitement should be tempered. previous treatments have appeared to “cure” people with only for the virus to later return. for instance, after being born to ar with, a baby in mississippi was treated with art for 18 months. this seemed to cure her of the virus but it returned when she was 4. has also months after art was stopped in two men who appeared to have got rid of the virus after bone marrow transplants two years earlier.
mothe says that this time might be different. previous treatments involved either attacking the virus as early as possible or trying to replace the entire immune system to get rid of any dormant virus.
this time round researchers are launching a attack: the vaccines focus on priming immune cells to rid the body of active virus as quickly as possible after infection, and the cancer drug flushes out any hidden dormant virus so it, too, can be targeted.
if the treatment were to prove successful, the savings could be huge. costs of art in low to middle-income countries hit $19 billion in 2015 despite having only reached half of the million people infected with.
mothe says her team is now working hard to the mechanisms behind the response and simplify the treatment schedule. a long way to go, she says, “but on the right path”.
this article appeared in print under the headline “hiv infection stopped in its tracks”
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ðə ˈθɛrəpi gɪvz ðə ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəm ðə tulz tɪ fləʃ aʊt, ˈminɪŋ ˈdeɪli drəgz kən bi dɪʧt wən mæn həz bɪn fri əv ðɛm fər ˈsɛvən mənθs faɪv ˈpipəl wɪθ ər ˈkərəntli fri əv dɪˈtɛktəbəl ˈvaɪrəs ənd ˈdeɪli drəgz θæŋks tɪ ə nu ˈθɛrəpi. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt ɪz ˈərli deɪz, wən pɑrˈtɪsəpənt həz bɪn fər ˈsɛvən mənθs. moʊst ˈpipəl wɪθ nid tɪ teɪk drəgz (ɑrt) iʧ deɪ tɪ stɑp ðə ˈvaɪrəs frəm ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪtɪŋ ənd ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ðɛr ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəm. ðiz hæv tɪ bi ˈteɪkən ˈoʊvər ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm bɪˈkəz ðə ˈvaɪrəs kən haɪd əˈweɪ ɪn ˈtɪʃuz səʧ ɛz ənd gət sɛlz; ɪf ɑrt ɪz stɑpt, ðə ˈvaɪrəs kˈwɪkli frəm ðiz sɛlz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈifɛktɪv, ɑrt ɪz ɪkˈspɛnsɪv, ənd kən kɔz ˈnæsti saɪd ˈifɛkts. θri jɪrz əˈgoʊ, əv ðə eɪdz ˈrisərʧ ˈɪnstɪˌtut ɪn ˌbɑrsɪˈloʊnə, speɪn, ənd hər ˈkɑligz ˈstɑrtɪd ə traɪəl ɪn wɪʧ 24 ˈpipəl ˈrisəntli ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst wɪθ wər ˈgɪvɪn tu ˌvækˈsinz dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ toʊˈmɑs hæŋk ənd hɪz ˈkɑligz æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈɑksfərd. ðeɪ wər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈgɪvɪn ɑrt, ðɛn ˈmɑnətərd tɪ si ˈwɛðər ðə ˌvækˈsinz ˌɪnˈdust ə strɔŋ ˌɪmˈjun rɪˈspɑns. ðɪs jɪr, 15 əv ðɛm iʧ rɪˈsivd ə ˈbustər doʊs əv wən əv ðə ˌvækˈsinz, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ θri ˈdoʊsɪz əv ə ˈkænsər drəg ðət həz ʃoʊn pəˈtɛnʃəl fər ˈfləʃɪŋ aʊt əv ˈhaɪdɪŋ. ˈfaɪnəli, iʧ ˈpərsən rɪˈsivd əˈnəðər ˌvækˈsin ˈbustər, ənd ðɛn stɑpt ˈteɪkɪŋ ɑrt. ɪn 10 əv ðə pɑrˈtɪsəpənts, ðə ˈvaɪrəs ˈræpədli baʊnst bæk, ˈfɔrsɪŋ ðɛm tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ɑrt. bət faɪv əv ðə pɑrˈtɪsəpənts noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈnidɪd tɪ teɪk ðə drəgz bɪˈkəz ðɛr ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəmz kʊd səˈprɛs ðə ˈvaɪrəs əˈneɪdɪd. wən ˈpərsən həz bɪn ɔf ɑrt fər ˈsɛvən mənθs naʊ. ðə ˈəðər fɔr hæv bɪn fri əv dɪˈtɛktəbəl ˈvaɪrəs fər sɪks, 14 19 ənd 21 wiks, rɪˈspɛktɪvli., hu rɪˈvild ðə rɪˈzəlts æt ðə ˈkɑnfərəns ɔn ˌrɛtroʊˈvaɪrəsɪz ənd ˌɑpərˌtuˈnɪstɪk ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz ɪn siˈætəl læst wik, sɪz ðeɪ wɪl ˈfɑloʊ iʧ pɑrˈtɪsəpənt tɪ si haʊ lɔŋ ðeɪ kən kənˈtroʊl ðə ˈvaɪrəs ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ɪt klɪr waɪ ˌtuˈθərdz əv ðə grup rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðə ˈθɛrəpi ənd hər ˈkɑligz ər ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ ðɪs naʊ. bət ˈivɪn ə smɔl ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl rɪˈspɑndɪŋ ˈpɑzətɪvli tɪ ðə ˈθɛrəpi ɪz gʊd nuz, sɪz ˈʃɛrən luɪn, dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈpitər ˈdɔrti ˈɪnstɪˌtut fər ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən ənd ˌɪmˈjunɪti æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈmɛlbərn, ɔˈstreɪljə. ʃi sɪz ɪt ɪz ðə fərst ˈtritmənt tɪ stɑp ðə ˈvaɪrəs frəm ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪtɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈdeɪli juz əv ɑrt. ɪz ðə fərst ˈtritmənt tɪ stɑp ðə ˈvaɪrəs frəm ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪtɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ðə juz əv ˈdeɪli drugs”*” boʊθ ˌvækˈsinz ˈkɛri ʤinz ˈkoʊdɪŋ fər ˈproʊˌtinz ðət ər ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈdust baɪ ɔl noʊn ˈvɛriənts əv. wəns ðiz ˈproʊˌtinz riʧ ðə bləd, ðeɪ ər ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ɛz ˈfɔrən baɪ ðə ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəm, wɪʧ praɪmz ə taɪp əv waɪt bləd sɛl kɔld t-cells*. ɪf ə sɛl bɪˈkəmz ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd baɪ ənd ɪkˈsprɛsɪz ðiz ˈproʊˌtinz ɔn ɪts ˈsərfəs, ðə sɛlz kən ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðɛm ənd soʊ əˈtæk ənd dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə sɛl. ðə ˈsɛkənd kəmˈpoʊnənt əv ðə ˈθɛrəpi ˈfləʃɪz ˈdɔrmənt aʊt əv ɪts ˈhaɪdɪŋ pleɪs soʊ ɪt kən ðɛn bi ˈteɪkən aʊt baɪ ðə sɛlz. ju hæv ə priˈpɛrd ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəm, wəns ə sɛl stɑrts ʃoʊɪŋ ˈlɪtəl pɑrts əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs, ɪt ʃʊd bi ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ənd eliminated,”*,” sɪz. waɪl ðə rɪˈzəlts ər sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt, ɪkˈsaɪtmənt ʃʊd bi ˈtɛmpərd. ˈpriviəs ˈtritmənts hæv əˈpɪrd tɪ ““cure”*” ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈoʊnli fər ðə ˈvaɪrəs tɪ ˈleɪtər rɪˈtərn. fər ˈɪnstəns, ˈæftər biɪŋ bɔrn tɪ ə ˈməðər wɪθ, ə ˈbeɪbi ɪn ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi wɑz ˈtritɪd wɪθ ɑrt fər 18 mənθs. ðɪs simd tɪ kjʊr hər əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs bət ɪt rɪˈtərnd wɪn ʃi wɑz 4 həz ˈɔlsoʊ mənθs ˈæftər ɑrt wɑz stɑpt ɪn tu mɛn hu əˈpɪrd tɪ hæv gɑt rɪd əv ðə ˈvaɪrəs ˈæftər boʊn ˈmɛroʊ trænˈsplænts tu jɪrz ˈərliər. sɪz ðət ðɪs taɪm maɪt bi ˈdɪfərənt. ˈpriviəs ˈtritmənts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ˈiðər əˈtækɪŋ ðə ˈvaɪrəs ɛz ˈərli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl ər traɪɪŋ tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəm tɪ gɪt rɪd əv ˈɛni ˈdɔrmənt ˈvaɪrəs. ðɪs taɪm raʊnd ˈrisərʧərz ər ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ə əˈtæk: ðə ˌvækˈsinz ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈpraɪmɪŋ ˌɪmˈjun sɛlz tɪ rɪd ðə ˈbɑdi əv ˈæktɪv ˈvaɪrəs ɛz kˈwɪkli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl ˈæftər ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ənd ðə ˈkænsər drəg ˈfləʃɪz aʊt ˈɛni ˈhɪdən ˈdɔrmənt ˈvaɪrəs soʊ ɪt, tu, kən bi ˈtɑrgətɪd. ɪf ðə ˈtritmənt wər tɪ pruv səkˈsɛsfəl, ðə ˈseɪvɪŋz kʊd bi juʤ. kɔsts əv ɑrt ɪn loʊ tɪ ˈmɪdəˌlɪnkəm ˈkəntriz hɪt 19 ˈbɪljən ɪn 2015 dɪˈspaɪt ˈhævɪŋ ˈoʊnli riʧt hæf əv ðə ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd wɪθ. sɪz hər tim ɪz naʊ ˈwərkɪŋ hɑrd tɪ ðə ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə rɪˈspɑns ənd ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ ðə ˈtritmənt ˈskɛʤʊl. ə lɔŋ weɪ tɪ goʊ, ʃi sɪz, ɔn ðə raɪt path”*”. ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl əˈpɪrd ɪn prɪnt ˈəndər ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪn ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən stɑpt ɪn ɪts tracks”*”
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aden (reuters) - an unidentified warplane attacked the presidential palace in aden on thursday after rival forces fought the worst clashes in years in second city, an official and residents said, in a sharp escalation of the conflict.
militia men loyal to yemen's president mansour take photos near an army tank in yemen's southern port city of aden march 19, 2015.
thirteen people were killed when forces loyal to president mansour fought their way into international airport and wrested an adjacent military base from a renegade officer, aden governor abdulaziz bin said.
both the fighting on the ground and subsequent air attack appeared to be part of a deepening power struggle between and the muslim group, which controls the capital sanaa and is allied with former president ali abdullah saleh.
in a statement described the attack on aden as an attempted coup backed by the previous regime.
“the failure of the military coup... was backed by the former regime, which was one of the perpetrators of extermination,” said the presidential statement.
the statement made no reference to saleh but said that “agents of iran” had also backed the former forces.
“what happened today is a clear message to the whole world that the coup and their supporters of traitors reject any solutions or sit at the dialogue table in order to exit the crisis of yemen to safety,” it added.
earlier on thursday in a televised speech, accused thes of being behind the air attack on the compound in district, where is based, but said the bomb “had fallen harmlessly into the sea”.
“aden is peaceful and things are back to normal after the rebellion was ended,” he said on aden television. a spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.
thes earlier this week removed the air force chief for refusing to provide them with air support and replaced him with a general who is closer to their group.
residents said guns opened fire at the plane, and smoke was seen rising from the area, but it was not immediately clear if was in the compound. a second approach by a warplane was repelled by fire, they said.
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an aide to said the president was “safe at a secure location ... there was a raid, but there were no casualties.”
in washington, u.s. state department spokeswoman jen called on both parties to refrain from violence.
“we’re concerned about actions that could increase tensions in yemen and lead to further destabilization. we call on all parties to the situation,” she said.
renegade camp
the affiliation of the aircraft was not immediately known, but residents in sanaa said they saw an unusually busy level of flights by military aircraft in the skies of the capital.
earlier in the day, soldiers and militiamen loyal to using tanks and armored vehicles battled their way into airport and stormed the nearby military base, residents said.
general had been holed up for days in the base after refusing’s order to hand his special forces unit to another command, a security source said.
the fighting brought traffic at the airport to a halt.
witnesses said many special forces soldiers had been taken prisoner at the base in the district.
saqqaf later turned himself in to the governor of the adjacent province, the aden newspaper reported.
in a statement, the-led supreme security committee urged an end to the aden fighting, saying both sides “are obliged to keep the peace and return to the negotiating table”.
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the growing instability in aden has overshadowed a determined campaign of attacks by al qaeda, long seen by washington as the main threat to the country, which shares a long border with the top oil exporter, saudi arabia.
tensions have been heightened in aden since fled there in february after escaping a month of house arrest in sanaa by forces who seized sanaa last september. has been trying to consolidate his control over aden, the better to mount a challenge to ambitions to control the country.
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ˈeɪdən (ˈrɔɪtərz) ən ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˈwɔrˌpleɪn əˈtækt ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈpæləs ɪn ˈeɪdən ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈæftər ˈraɪvəl ˈfɔrsɪz fɔt ðə wərst ˈklæʃɪz ɪn jɪrz ɪn ˈsɛkənd ˈsɪti, ən əˈfɪʃəl ənd ˈrɛzɪdənts sɛd, ɪn ə ʃɑrp ˌɛskəˈleɪʃən əv ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt. mɪˈlɪʃə mɛn lɔɪəl tɪ ˈjɛmənz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmænsər teɪk ˈfoʊˌtoʊz nɪr ən ˈɑrmi tæŋk ɪn ˈjɛmənz ˈsəðərn pɔrt ˈsɪti əv ˈeɪdən mɑrʧ 19 2015 ˈθərˈtin ˈpipəl wər kɪld wɪn ˈfɔrsɪz lɔɪəl tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmænsər fɔt ðɛr weɪ ˈɪntu ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈɛrˌpɔrt ənd ˈrɛstɪd ən əˈʤeɪsənt ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri beɪs frəm ə ˈrɛnəˌgeɪd ˈɔfɪsər, ˈeɪdən ˈgəvərnər æbˌduləˈziz bɪn sɛd. boʊθ ðə ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɔn ðə graʊnd ənd ˈsəbsəkwənt ɛr əˈtæk əˈpɪrd tɪ bi pɑrt əv ə ˈdipənɪŋ paʊər ˈstrəgəl bɪtˈwin ənd ðə ˈməzlɪm grup, wɪʧ kənˈtroʊlz ðə ˈkæpɪtəl səˈnɑ ənd ɪz ˈæˌlaɪd wɪθ ˈfɔrmər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈɑli ˌæbˈdələ ˈsɑlɛh. ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt dɪˈskraɪbd ðə əˈtæk ɔn ˈeɪdən ɛz ən əˈtɛmptəd ku bækt baɪ ðə ˈpriviəs rəˈʒim. ˈfeɪljər əv ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ku... wɑz bækt baɪ ðə ˈfɔrmər rəˈʒim, wɪʧ wɑz wən əv ðə ˈpərpəˌtreɪtərz əv extermination,”*,” sɛd ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈsteɪtmənt. ðə ˈsteɪtmənt meɪd noʊ ˈrɛfərəns tɪ ˈsɑlɛh bət sɛd ðət əv iran”*” hæd ˈɔlsoʊ bækt ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈfɔrsɪz. ˈhæpənd təˈdeɪ ɪz ə klɪr ˈmɛsɪʤ tɪ ðə hoʊl wərld ðət ðə ku ənd ðɛr səˈpɔrtərz əv ˈtreɪtərz ˈriʤɛkt ˈɛni səˈluʃənz ər sɪt æt ðə ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ˈteɪbəl ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈɛksət ðə ˈkraɪsəs əv ˈjɛmən tɪ safety,”*,” ɪt ˈædɪd. ˈərliər ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɪn ə ˈtɛləˌvaɪzd spiʧ, əˈkjuzd ðə əv biɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ɛr əˈtæk ɔn ðə ˈkɑmpaʊnd ɪn ˈdɪstrɪkt, wɛr ɪz beɪst, bət sɛd ðə bɔm ˈfɑlən ˈhɑrmləsli ˈɪntu ðə sea”*”. ɪz ˈpisfəl ənd θɪŋz ər bæk tɪ ˈnɔrməl ˈæftər ðə rɪˈbɛljən wɑz ended,”*,” hi sɛd ɔn ˈeɪdən ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən. ə ˈspoʊksmən kʊd nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli bi riʧt fər ˈkɑmɛnt. ðə ˈərliər ðɪs wik riˈmuvd ðə ɛr fɔrs ʧif fər rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ prəˈvaɪd ðɛm wɪθ ɛr səˈpɔrt ənd ˌriˈpleɪst ɪm wɪθ ə ˈʤɛnərəl hu ɪz ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðɛr grup. ˈrɛzɪdənts sɛd gənz ˈoʊpənd faɪər æt ðə pleɪn, ənd smoʊk wɑz sin ˈraɪzɪŋ frəm ðə ˈɛriə, bət ɪt wɑz nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli klɪr ɪf wɑz ɪn ðə ˈkɑmpaʊnd. ə ˈsɛkənd əˈproʊʧ baɪ ə ˈwɔrˌpleɪn wɑz rɪˈpɛld baɪ faɪər, ðeɪ sɛd. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈeɪdən ˈgəvərnər əˈkjuzɪz ˈjɛmənz əv ɛr straɪk ən eɪd tɪ sɛd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt wɑz æt ə sɪˈkjʊr loʊˈkeɪʃən ðɛr wɑz ə reɪd, bət ðɛr wər noʊ casualties.”*.” ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, juz. steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən ʤɛn kɔld ɔn boʊθ ˈpɑrtiz tɪ rɪˈfreɪn frəm ˈvaɪələns. kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt ˈækʃənz ðət kʊd ˌɪnˈkris ˈtɛnʧənz ɪn ˈjɛmən ənd lɛd tɪ ˈfərðər diˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃən. wi kɔl ɔn ɔl ˈpɑrtiz tɪ ðə situation,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ˈrɛnəˌgeɪd kæmp ðə əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən əv ðə ˈɛrˌkræft wɑz nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli noʊn, bət ˈrɛzɪdənts ɪn səˈnɑ sɛd ðeɪ sɔ ən ənˈjuˌʒuəli ˈbɪzi ˈlɛvəl əv flaɪts baɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɛrˌkræft ɪn ðə skaɪz əv ðə ˈkæpɪtəl. ˈərliər ɪn ðə deɪ, ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd məˈlɪʃəmɪn lɔɪəl tɪ ˈjuzɪŋ tæŋks ənd ˈɑrmərd ˈviɪkəlz ˈbætəld ðɛr weɪ ˈɪntu ˈɛrˌpɔrt ənd stɔrmd ðə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri beɪs, ˈrɛzɪdənts sɛd. ˈʤɛnərəl hæd bɪn hoʊld əp fər deɪz ɪn ðə beɪs ˈæftər rɪfˈjuzɪŋ ˈɔrdər tɪ hænd hɪz ˈspɛʃəl ˈfɔrsɪz ˈjunɪt tɪ əˈnəðər kəˈmænd, ə sɪˈkjʊrəti sɔrs sɛd. ðə ˈfaɪtɪŋ brɔt ˈtræfɪk æt ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt tɪ ə hɔlt. ˈwɪtnəsɪz sɛd ˈmɛni ˈspɛʃəl ˈfɔrsɪz ˈsoʊlʤərz hæd bɪn ˈteɪkən ˈprɪzənər æt ðə beɪs ɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt. ˈleɪtər tərnd hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn tɪ ðə ˈgəvərnər əv ðə əˈʤeɪsənt ˈprɑvɪns, ðə ˈeɪdən ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˌriˈpɔrtəd. ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt, ðə səˈprim sɪˈkjʊrəti kəˈmɪti ərʤd ən ɛnd tɪ ðə ˈeɪdən ˈfaɪtɪŋ, seɪɪŋ boʊθ saɪdz əˈblaɪʤd tɪ kip ðə pis ənd rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ table”*”. 7 ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ðə groʊɪŋ ˌɪnstəˈbɪlɪti ɪn ˈeɪdən həz ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd ə dɪˈtərmənd kæmˈpeɪn əv əˈtæks baɪ æl qaeda*, lɔŋ sin baɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɛz ðə meɪn θrɛt tɪ ðə ˈkəntri, wɪʧ ʃɛrz ə lɔŋ ˈbɔrdər wɪθ ðə tɔp ɔɪl ɪkˈspɔrtər, ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə. ˈtɛnʧənz hæv bɪn ˈhaɪtənd ɪn ˈeɪdən sɪns flɛd ðɛr ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri ˈæftər ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ ə mənθ əv haʊs ərˈɛst ɪn səˈnɑ baɪ ˈfɔrsɪz hu sizd səˈnɑ læst sɛpˈtɛmbər. həz bɪn traɪɪŋ tɪ kənˈsɑlɪˌdeɪt hɪz kənˈtroʊl ˈoʊvər ˈeɪdən, ðə ˈbɛtər tɪ maʊnt ə ˈʧælənʤ tɪ æmˈbɪʃənz tɪ kənˈtroʊl ðə ˈkəntri.
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do we know the full truth about the euphrates shield? daily veteran diplomatic correspondent,, reported on monday that euphrates shield operation in northern syria, launched on aug. 24 against the islamic state in iraq and the levant (isil) and the peoples’ protection units (ypg) which ankara says is a terrorist group linked to the kurdistan workers party (pkk) has slowed down.
using background information from official sources, cited three reasons for this: the strong resistance by in the town of, the time needed to prepare to break this resistance and the recent abduction of two turkish soldiers by.
an immediate question that springs to mind especially in the wake of recent statements by president which clearly suggested that the capture of is only days away is why these very likely contingencies were not factored into the planning of the operation.
another question that crops up is whether the free syria army (fsa), which provides the main component of the euphrates shield, is up to the task. the has proved to be ineffective in the past, and it seems that it may still not be up to scratch when it comes to serious fighting.
yet another question is why the abduction of two soldiers by sad as it is can stall a major operation, as it has been billed to date by the government, and whether this does not send a message to to try and abduct more soldiers, given the effect this will have on the turkish military.
there are a lot of gaps regarding the operation despite the great hope placed on this by the government, and’s report clearly highlights this. but there is another and more crucial question that’s sources are clearly shying away from.
could it be that the euphrates shield has reached the limit that will be allowed by damascus and its main backer, moscow? this question is especially crucial in light of the recent aerial attack against turkish forces stationed near, for which the turkish military blamed the syrian regime.
russia denies that it or the regime was behind this attack, but the turkish armed forces have not retracted their original statement. as for the government, it has been trying to downplay the attack. this is noteworthy given the attempt by ankara to cozy up to moscow in order to counterbalance its deteriorating ties with its western allies.
put mildly, that attack was a serious blow and embarrassment to ankara. that strike also made it risky for the turkish air force to fly missions in support of turkish forces and their vanguard in the region.
the likely russian thinking in this regard is simple to understand. is a gateway to aleppo, where russia and syria are on the verge of defeating the and radical islamic elements fighting alongside them. moscow clearly does not want to see a presence take control of that town.
erdoğan’s promise was also to move on to manbij, currently held by the syrian democratic forces (sdf), once was captured, in order to rid it of fighters operating under the umbrella. washington, however, does not want to see that happen.
the way things are stacked in northern syria presently, it appears will be unable to fulfill this promise either.
so is it all rhetoric and nothing else we have been hearing from and other members of the government about the great successes being secured by the euphrates shield?’s statement last week that the euphrates shield aimed to topple bashar al-assad, and his retraction of this statement a few days later after signs of disapproval from moscow, has only added to the confusion.
in other words, are there developments on the ground that are being withheld from the turkish public? these questions will be increasingly asked in the coming period. meanwhile, syria policy continues to give the impression of being an intractable debacle.
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du wi noʊ ðə fʊl truθ əˈbaʊt ðə juˈfreɪtiz ʃild? ˈdeɪli ˈvɛtərən ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt,, ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ðət juˈfreɪtiz ʃild ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈsɪriə, lɔnʧt ɔn ˈɔgəst. 24 əˈgɛnst ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk ənd ðə ləˈvænt (isil*) ənd ðə peoples’*’ prəˈtɛkʃən ˈjunɪts (ypg*) wɪʧ ˈæŋkərə sɪz ɪz ə ˈtɛrərɪst grup lɪŋkt tɪ ðə ˈkərdɪˌstæn ˈwərkərz ˈpɑrti (pkk*) həz sloʊd daʊn. ˈjuzɪŋ ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən frəm əˈfɪʃəl ˈsɔrsəz, ˈsaɪtɪd θri ˈrizənz fər ðɪs: ðə strɔŋ rɪˈzɪstəns baɪ ɪn ðə taʊn əv, ðə taɪm ˈnidɪd tɪ priˈpɛr tɪ breɪk ðɪs rɪˈzɪstəns ənd ðə ˈrisənt əbˈdəkʃən əv tu ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsoʊlʤərz baɪ. ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət kˈwɛʃən ðət spərɪŋz tɪ maɪnd əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ðə weɪk əv ˈrisənt ˈsteɪtmənts baɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt wɪʧ ˈklɪrli səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ðə ˈkæpʧər əv ɪz ˈoʊnli deɪz əˈweɪ ɪz waɪ ðiz ˈvɛri ˈlaɪkli kənˈtɪnʤənsiz wər nɑt ˈfæktərd ˈɪntu ðə ˈplænɪŋ əv ðə ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən. əˈnəðər kˈwɛʃən ðət krɑps əp ɪz ˈwɛðər ðə fri ˈsɪriə ˈɑrmi (fsa*), wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ðə meɪn kəmˈpoʊnənt əv ðə juˈfreɪtiz ʃild, ɪz əp tɪ ðə tæsk. ðə həz pruvd tɪ bi ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv ɪn ðə pæst, ənd ɪt simz ðət ɪt meɪ stɪl nɑt bi əp tɪ skræʧ wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈsɪriəs ˈfaɪtɪŋ. jɛt əˈnəðər kˈwɛʃən ɪz waɪ ðə əbˈdəkʃən əv tu ˈsoʊlʤərz baɪ sæd ɛz ɪt ɪz kən stɔl ə ˈmeɪʤər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən, ɛz ɪt həz bɪn bɪld tɪ deɪt baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd ˈwɛðər ðɪs dɪz nɑt sɛnd ə ˈmɛsɪʤ tɪ tɪ traɪ ənd æbˈdəkt mɔr ˈsoʊlʤərz, ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈifɛkt ðɪs wɪl hæv ɔn ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri. ðɛr ər ə lɔt əv gæps rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən dɪˈspaɪt ðə greɪt hoʊp pleɪst ɔn ðɪs baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd rɪˈpɔrt ˈklɪrli ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ðɪs. bət ðɛr ɪz əˈnəðər ənd mɔr ˈkruʃəl kˈwɛʃən ðət ˈsɔrsəz ər ˈklɪrli ʃaɪɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm. kʊd ɪt bi ðət ðə juˈfreɪtiz ʃild həz riʧt ðə ˈlɪmət ðət wɪl bi əˈlaʊd baɪ dəˈmæskəs ənd ɪts meɪn ˈbækər, ˈmɔˌskaʊ? ðɪs kˈwɛʃən ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˈkruʃəl ɪn laɪt əv ðə ˈrisənt ˈɛriəl əˈtæk əˈgɛnst ˈtərkɪʃ ˈfɔrsɪz ˈsteɪʃənd nɪr, fər wɪʧ ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri bleɪmd ðə ˈsɪriən rəˈʒim. ˈrəʃə dɪˈnaɪz ðət ɪt ər ðə rəˈʒim wɑz bɪˈhaɪnd ðɪs əˈtæk, bət ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz hæv nɑt riˈtræktəd ðɛr ərˈɪʤənəl ˈsteɪtmənt. ɛz fər ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, ɪt həz bɪn traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ ðə əˈtæk. ðɪs ɪz ˈnoʊtˌwərði ˈgɪvɪn ðə əˈtɛmpt baɪ ˈæŋkərə tɪ ˈkoʊzi əp tɪ ˈmɔˌskaʊ ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈkaʊnərˌbæləns ɪts dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪtɪŋ taɪz wɪθ ɪts ˈwɛstərn ˈælaɪz. pʊt ˈmaɪldli, ðət əˈtæk wɑz ə ˈsɪriəs bloʊ ənd ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt tɪ ˈæŋkərə. ðət straɪk ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd ɪt ˈrɪski fər ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ɛr fɔrs tɪ flaɪ ˈmɪʃənz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ˈtərkɪʃ ˈfɔrsɪz ənd ðɛr ˈvænˌgɑrd ɪn ðə ˈriʤən. ðə ˈlaɪkli ˈrəʃən ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ɪn ðɪs rɪˈgɑrd ɪz ˈsɪmpəl tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd. ɪz ə ˈgeɪtˌweɪ tɪ aleppo*, wɛr ˈrəʃə ənd ˈsɪriə ər ɔn ðə vərʤ əv dɪˈfitɪŋ ðə ənd ˈrædɪkəl ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈɛləmənts ˈfaɪtɪŋ əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðɛm. ˈmɔˌskaʊ ˈklɪrli dɪz nɑt wɔnt tɪ si ə ˈprɛzəns teɪk kənˈtroʊl əv ðət taʊn. ˈprɑməs wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ tɪ muv ɔn tɪ manbij*, ˈkərəntli hɛld baɪ ðə ˈsɪriən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈfɔrsɪz (sdf*), wəns wɑz ˈkæpʧərd, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ rɪd ɪt əv ˈfaɪtərz ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈəndər ðə ˈəmˌbrɛlə. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, dɪz nɑt wɔnt tɪ si ðət ˈhæpən. ðə weɪ θɪŋz ər stækt ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈsɪriə ˈprɛzəntli, ɪt əˈpɪrz wɪl bi əˈneɪbəl tɪ fʊlˈfɪl ðɪs ˈprɑməs ˈiðər. soʊ ɪz ɪt ɔl ˈrɛtərɪk ənd ˈnəθɪŋ ɛls wi hæv bɪn ˈhirɪŋ frəm ənd ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈbaʊt ðə greɪt səkˈsɛsɪz biɪŋ sɪˈkjʊrd baɪ ðə juˈfreɪtiz ʃild? ˈsteɪtmənt læst wik ðət ðə juˈfreɪtiz ʃild eɪmd tɪ ˈtɑpəl bəˈʃɑr al-assad*, ənd hɪz riˈtrækʃən əv ðɪs ˈsteɪtmənt ə fju deɪz ˈleɪtər ˈæftər saɪnz əv dɪsəˈpruvəl frəm ˈmɔˌskaʊ, həz ˈoʊnli ˈædɪd tɪ ðə kənfˈjuʒən. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ər ðɛr dɪˈvɛləpmənts ɔn ðə graʊnd ðət ər biɪŋ wɪθˈhɛld frəm ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈpəblɪk? ðiz kˈwɛsʧənz wɪl bi ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli æst ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ ˈpɪriəd. ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈsɪriə ˈpɑləsi kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ gɪv ðə ˌɪmˈprɛʃən əv biɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈtræktəbəl dəˈbɑkəl.
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mawlana imam is one of two recipients of the 2013 prize of the council of europe. the prize was awarded by the president of portugal in a ceremony held at the portuguese parliament on thursday, 12 june 2014.
this will take place on thursday, 12 june 2014 and is expected to begin soon after am lisbon time) this has now concluded. thank you for joining us.
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mawlana imam and suzanne jabbour received the 2013 prize of the council of europe. the prize was awarded by the president of portugal in a ceremony held at the portuguese parliament on thursday, 12 june 2014.
the annual prize is awarded to two recipients each year, and is announced by the centre of the council of europe. based in lisbon, the centre seeks to “promote global citizenship based on human rights and citizen's responsibility through dialogue and cooperation between europe, the southern mediterranean and africa.” past recipients of the prize include kofi annan, mary robinson and queen rania of jordan.
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mawlana* ˈaɪmæm ɪz wən əv tu rɪˈsɪpiənts əv ðə 2013 praɪz əv ðə ˈkaʊnsəl əv ˈjʊrəp. ðə praɪz wɑz əˈwɔrdɪd baɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈpɔrʧəgəl ɪn ə ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni hɛld æt ðə ˈpɔrʧəˌgiz ˈpɑrləmɛnt ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, 12 ʤun 2014 ðɪs wɪl teɪk pleɪs ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, 12 ʤun 2014 ənd ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bɪˈgɪn sun ˈæftər æm ˈlɪzbən taɪm ðɪs həz naʊ kənˈkludɪd. θæŋk ju fər ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs. lɪv pərˈzɛnəd baɪ theismaili.org*, ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ðə ˈməzlɪm kəmˈjunɪti. ðɪs ɪz ə lɪv əv ðə əˈwɔrd ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni əv ðə 2013 praɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ pleɪs ɔn 12 ʤun 2014 ɪn ˈlɪzbən, ˈpɔrʧəgəl. ɪt ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ kəˈmɛns sun ˈæftər æm wɛst (ˈlɪzbən taɪm). ɪf ju ər ˈhævɪŋ ˈtrəbəl vjuɪŋ ðɪs, pliz rɪˈfrɛʃ ðə peɪʤ. ɔlˈtərnətɪvli ðə kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi vjud ɔn ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ðə ˈɑgə kɑn dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈnɛtˌwərk. ˈfɑloʊ ənd fər lɪv tˈwɪtər ˈkəvərɪʤ. ˈaɪmæm ənd suˈzæn ʒəˈbʊr rɪˈsivd ðə 2013 praɪz əv ðə ˈkaʊnsəl əv ˈjʊrəp. ðə praɪz wɑz əˈwɔrdɪd baɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈpɔrʧəgəl ɪn ə ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni hɛld æt ðə ˈpɔrʧəˌgiz ˈpɑrləmɛnt ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, 12 ʤun 2014 ðə ˈænjuəl praɪz ɪz əˈwɔrdɪd tɪ tu rɪˈsɪpiənts iʧ jɪr, ənd ɪz əˈnaʊnst baɪ ðə ˈsɛntər əv ðə ˈkaʊnsəl əv ˈjʊrəp. beɪst ɪn ˈlɪzbən, ðə ˈsɛntər siks tɪ ˈgloʊbəl ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp beɪst ɔn ˈjumən raɪts ənd ˈsɪtəzənz riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti θru ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ənd kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən bɪtˈwin ˈjʊrəp, ðə ˈsəðərn ˌmɛdətərˈeɪniən ənd africa.”*.” pæst rɪˈsɪpiənts əv ðə praɪz ˌɪnˈklud ˈkoʊfi ˈænən, ˈmɛri ˈrɑbənsən ənd kwin ˈrɑniə əv ˈʤɔrdən.
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in our interview, we spoke with ceo chris roberts on his thoughts regarding the event, the for star citizen, and squadron absence. learn more in the video, or find a transcript below.
viewers of the stream ( or our content ) will know that squadron 42 didn't make it into the live demonstration, already packed with hours of discussion on spectrum systems), procedural generation, authoring tools, ands. the demonstration was technologically and graphically impressive, but squadron 42 was left out for polish and refinement reasons. roberts indirectly referenced our interview on stage, stating that, “i gave an interview about 3 weeks ago and probably spoke too soon,” but continued that he hoped the planet and tools demonstrations would make up for this.
citizencon 2016 included the biggest technological demonstrations that the game has publicly shown to-date, including fully functional procedural generation for planets, real-time spring physics, and authoring tools. the technology suite was detailed in two of our recent interviews with sean tracy and chris roberts , but was overshadowed in some ways by statements given regarding a potential squadron 42 demonstration for 2016.
"i mentioned when we interviewed before that i was hoping we were going to show one of the essentially, in our process, we're sort of story and content complete. we filmed most our stuff, we're very far along in most of the assets. we have all this the missions, the chapters sort of blocked-out, what we call 'white box,' some are much further stages along. we were taking one of them, which is what we were planning on originally showing here to a final polish, finished level, but it's very important to be that final level. we got pretty close, but i didn't feel like it was close enough.
“for me, on, that was the commitment i made we're going to show it when it's ready. we're not quite there yet, so we'll continue on that, we'll show that when it happens, but that sort of sets the bar for the rest of it. so, when all that's in, that's sort of our ability to a lot of times, until you start bringing things to the final quality, you're not polishing the animations, you're not testing the technology, you're not covering the edge cases between things working. that's a lot of what's been going on. we've been working on for a long time, but even this final chapter for quite a while. we're not happy with something that's ok, or good, kind of like some other games. it needs to be super fluid, and you don't feel like, 'oh, he's jumping between ai locomotion and a [performance] cap scene.' we weren't quite ready to show it.
“also, you don't want to show too much stuff all at once. we showed a pretty big demo, and sometimes i think that's a problem like last time at gamescom, we showed the morrow tour, where characters were more basic than they are now. and really, sort of overshadowed it, which was the large world and the procedural stuff. to me, we're putting our best foot forward, so i showed the crashed javelin demo with big space worm. that's kind of what the experience will look like, but on squadron 42, it's on another level beyond that. we weren't quite there, but we have a couple live streams this year. we have a november and december one, so tune in for that and you never know what you'll see.”
the beginning of the video discusses the procedural planet technology and plans for star marine and arena commander in the immediate future, both of which will soon receive updates. we've got a more technologically inclined interview with sean tracy that will soon go live, followed by a interview with erin roberts. check back for those.
for more depth and a full recap of the evening's presentation, be sure to check out our article with screenshots.
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video: keegan “hornetsting” gallick
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ɪn ɑr ˈɪntərvˌju, wi spoʊk wɪθ ˈsiˌiˈoʊ krɪs ˈrɑbərts ɔn hɪz θɔts rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ɪˈvɛnt, ðə fər stɑr ˈsɪtɪzən, ənd skˈwɑdrən ˈæbsəns. lərn mɔr ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ, ər faɪnd ə ˈtrænˌskrɪpt bɪˈloʊ. vjuərz əv ðə strim ər ɑr ˈkɑntɛnt wɪl noʊ ðət skˈwɑdrən 42 ˈdɪdənt meɪk ɪt ˈɪntu ðə lɪv ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən, ɔˈrɛdi pækt wɪθ aʊərz əv dɪˈskəʃən ɔn ˈspɛktrəm ˈsɪstəmz), prəˈsiʤərəl ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən, ˈɔθərɪŋ tulz, ənd roadmaps*. ðə ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən wɑz ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəli ənd ˈgræfɪkli ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv, bət skˈwɑdrən 42 wɑz lɛft aʊt fər ˈpɑlɪʃ ənd rəˈfaɪnmənt ˈrizənz. ˈrɑbərts ˌɪndərˈɛkˌtli ˈrɛfərənst ɑr ˈɪntərvˌju ɔn steɪʤ, ˈsteɪtɪŋ ðət, geɪv ən ˈɪntərvˌju əˈbaʊt 3 wiks əˈgoʊ ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli spoʊk tu soon,”*,” bət kənˈtɪnjud ðət hi hoʊpt ðə ˈplænət ənd tulz ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃənz wʊd meɪk əp fər ðɪs. 2016 ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðə ˈbɪgəst ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃənz ðət ðə geɪm həz ˈpəblɪkli ʃoʊn to-date*, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈfʊli ˈfəŋkʃənəl prəˈsiʤərəl ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən fər ˈplænəts, ˈrilˌtaɪm spərɪŋ ˈfɪzɪks, ənd ˈɔθərɪŋ tulz. ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi swit wɑz dɪˈteɪld ɪn tu əv ɑr ˈrisənt ˈɪntərvˌjuz wɪθ ʃɔn ˈtreɪsi ənd krɪs ˈrɑbərts bət wɑz ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd ɪn səm weɪz baɪ ˈsteɪtmənts ˈgɪvɪn rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ə pəˈtɛnʃəl skˈwɑdrən 42 ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən fər 2016 "aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd wɪn wi ˈɪntərvˌjud ˌbiˈfɔr ðət aɪ wɑz ˈhoʊpɪŋ wi wər goʊɪŋ tɪ ʃoʊ wən əv ðə ɛˈsɛnʃəli, ɪn ɑr ˈprɔˌsɛs, wɪr sɔrt əv ˈstɔri ənd ˈkɑntɛnt kəmˈplit. wi fɪlmd moʊst ɑr stəf, wɪr ˈvɛri fɑr əˈlɔŋ ɪn moʊst əv ðə ˈæˌsɛts. wi hæv ɔl ðɪs ðə ˈmɪʃənz, ðə ˈʧæptərz sɔrt əv blocked-out*, wət wi kɔl 'waɪt bɑks,' səm ər məʧ ˈfərðər ˈsteɪʤɪz əˈlɔŋ. wi wər ˈteɪkɪŋ wən əv ðɛm, wɪʧ ɪz wət wi wər ˈplænɪŋ ɔn ərˈɪʤənəli ʃoʊɪŋ hir tɪ ə ˈfaɪnəl ˈpɑlɪʃ, ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈlɛvəl, bət ɪts ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ bi ðət ˈfaɪnəl ˈlɛvəl. wi gɑt ˈprɪti kloʊz, bət aɪ ˈdɪdənt fil laɪk ɪt wɑz kloʊz ɪˈnəf. mi, ɔn ðət wɑz ðə kəˈmɪtmənt aɪ meɪd wɪr goʊɪŋ tɪ ʃoʊ ɪt wɪn ɪts ˈrɛdi. wɪr nɑt kwaɪt ðɛr jɛt, soʊ wɪl kənˈtɪnju ɔn ðət, wɪl ʃoʊ ðət wɪn ɪt ˈhæpənz, bət ðət sɔrt əv sɛts ðə bɑr fər ðə rɛst əv ɪt. soʊ, wɪn ɔl ðæts ɪn, ðæts sɔrt əv ɑr əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ə lɔt əv taɪmz, ənˈtɪl ju stɑrt ˈbrɪŋɪŋ θɪŋz tɪ ðə ˈfaɪnəl kˈwɑləti, jʊr nɑt ˈpɑlɪʃɪŋ ðə ˌænəˈmeɪʃənz, jʊr nɑt ˈtɛstɪŋ ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi, jʊr nɑt ˈkəvərɪŋ ðə ɛʤ ˈkeɪsɪz bɪtˈwin θɪŋz ˈwərkɪŋ. ðæts ə lɔt əv wəts bɪn goʊɪŋ ɔn. wiv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn fər ə lɔŋ taɪm, bət ˈivɪn ðɪs ˈfaɪnəl ˈʧæptər fər kwaɪt ə waɪl. wɪr nɑt ˈhæpi wɪθ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðæts ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ər gʊd, kaɪnd əv laɪk səm ˈəðər geɪmz. ɪt nidz tɪ bi ˈsupər fluɪd, ənd ju doʊnt fil laɪk, 'oʊ, hiz ˈʤəmpɪŋ bɪtˈwin eɪaɪ ˌloʊkəˈmoʊʃən ənd ə [pərˈfɔrməns] kæp sin.' wi wərənt kwaɪt ˈrɛdi tɪ ʃoʊ ɪt. ““also*, ju doʊnt wɔnt tɪ ʃoʊ tu məʧ stəf ɔl æt wəns. wi ʃoʊd ə ˈprɪti bɪg ˈdɛmoʊ, ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz aɪ θɪŋk ðæts ə ˈprɑbləm laɪk læst taɪm æt gamescom*, wi ʃoʊd ðə ˈmɔroʊ tʊr, wɛr ˈkɛrɪktərz wər mɔr ˈbeɪsɪk ðən ðeɪ ər naʊ. ənd ˈrɪli, sɔrt əv ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd ɪt, wɪʧ wɑz ðə lɑrʤ wərld ənd ðə prəˈsiʤərəl stəf. tɪ mi, wɪr ˈpʊtɪŋ ɑr bɛst fʊt ˈfɔrwərd, soʊ aɪ ʃoʊd ðə kræʃt ˈʤævəlɪn ˈdɛmoʊ wɪθ bɪg speɪs wərm. ðæts kaɪnd əv wət ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪl lʊk laɪk, bət ɔn skˈwɑdrən 42 ɪts ɔn əˈnəðər ˈlɛvəl bɪɔnd ðət. wi wərənt kwaɪt ðɛr, bət wi hæv ə ˈkəpəl lɪv strimz ðɪs jɪr. wi hæv ə noʊˈvɛmbər ənd dɪˈsɛmbər wən, soʊ tun ɪn fər ðət ənd ju ˈnɛvər noʊ wət jul see.”*.” ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə ˈvɪdioʊ dɪˈskəsɪz ðə prəˈsiʤərəl ˈplænət tɛkˈnɑləʤi ənd plænz fər stɑr mərˈin ənd ərˈinə kəˈmændər ɪn ðə ˌɪˈmiˌdiət fˈjuʧər, boʊθ əv wɪʧ wɪl sun rɪˈsiv ˈəpˌdeɪts. wiv gɑt ə mɔr ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəli ˌɪnˈklaɪnd ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ʃɔn ˈtreɪsi ðət wɪl sun goʊ lɪv, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ə ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈɛrɪn ˈrɑbərts. ʧɛk bæk fər ðoʊz. fər mɔr dɛpθ ənd ə fʊl ˈriˌkæp əv ðə ˈivnɪŋz ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən, bi ʃʊr tɪ ʧɛk aʊt ɑr ˈɑrtɪkəl wɪθ screenshots*. ˈfɑloʊ ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ˈjuˌtub, tˈwɪtər, ər səˈpɔrt ɔn fər mɔr ˈkɑntɛnt ɪn ʃɔrt ˈɔrdər. ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl: stiv ““lelldorianx”*” bərk ˈvɪdioʊ: ˈkigən ““hornetsting”*” ˈgælɪk
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delta and wieden & kennedy, new york, go totally '80s in the latest of its creative safety videos. this new film, which just launched online today, is rife with references from that decade of net shirts, neon and big hair. as the flight attendant goes through the seatbelt and oxygen mask motions, we meet passengers pulled straight out of the era -- peppered with fun references like a rubik's cube, cassette tapes, teddy ruxpin and a hat. there are even cameos of lovable '80s alien alf, and in the final cockpit scene -- that famous copilot from the classic '80s laffer "airplane" -- lakers vet kareem abdul-jabbar.
delta's efforts in the "safety" realm seem to be getting more crafty with each turn. the brand started out in 2012 with this mildly amusing take on the instructional film and last year launched a fun video. it follows in the footsteps of air new zealand, who has been innovating in the space with safety themed around the hobbit, the and even '80s fitness guru richard simmons.
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ˈdɛltə ənd ˈwidən ˈkɛnədi, nu jɔrk, goʊ ˈtoʊtəli ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst əv ɪts kriˈeɪtɪv ˈseɪfti ˈvɪdioʊz. ðɪs nu fɪlm, wɪʧ ʤɪst lɔnʧt ˈɔnˌlaɪn təˈdeɪ, ɪz raɪf wɪθ ˈrɛfərənsɪz frəm ðət ˈdɛkeɪd əv nɛt ʃərts, niɑn ənd bɪg hɛr. ɛz ðə flaɪt əˈtɛndənt goʊz θru ðə ˈsitˌbɛlt ənd ˈɑksɪʤən mæsk ˈmoʊʃənz, wi mit ˈpæsənʤərz pʊld streɪt aʊt əv ðə ˈɪrə ˈpɛpərd wɪθ fən ˈrɛfərənsɪz laɪk ə ˈrubɪks kjub, kəˈsɛt teɪps, ˈtɛdi ˈrəkspɪn ənd ə hæt. ðɛr ər ˈivɪn ˈkæmiˌoʊz əv ˈləvəbəl ˈeɪliən ælf, ənd ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈkɑkˌpɪt sin ðət ˈfeɪməs ˈkoʊpaɪlət frəm ðə ˈklæsɪk ˈlæfər "ˈɛrˌpleɪn" ˈleɪkərz vɛt kərˈim abdul-jabbar*. ˈdɛltəz ˈɛfərts ɪn ðə "ˈseɪfti" rɛlm sim tɪ bi ˈgɪtɪŋ mɔr ˈkræfti wɪθ iʧ tərn. ðə brænd ˈstɑrtɪd aʊt ɪn 2012 wɪθ ðɪs ˈmaɪldli əmˈjuzɪŋ teɪk ɔn ðə ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənəl fɪlm ənd læst jɪr lɔnʧt ə fən ˈvɪdioʊ. ɪt ˈfɑloʊz ɪn ðə ˈfʊtˌstɛps əv ɛr nu ˈzilənd, hu həz bɪn ˌɪnəˈveɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə speɪs wɪθ ˈseɪfti θimd əraʊnd ðə ˈhɔbɪt, ðə ənd ˈivɪn ˈfɪtnəs ˈguˌru ˈrɪʧərd ˈsɪmənz. fər mɔr ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ aɪˈdiəz ɪn brænd ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti, tun ɪn tɪ creativity-online.com*, ˈfɑloʊ ɔn tˈwɪtər ər saɪn əp fər ðə ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti ˈnuzˌlɛtər.
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if you quite have the right stuff, but always thought being an astronaut would be cool, a way for you to contribute to the us space program. go to bed. with nasa. “i would absolutely recommend it. it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life,” said heather archuletta, who has participated in three different studies for the human test subject facility (htsf) at the johnson space center. these ongoing studies use long-term bed rest to simulate the effects of an astronaut would experience during extended space flight. “this is a great opportunity for the general public to help nasa with their scientific research,” said john foster, who works for solitaire creative services, a company that promotes the studies.
“this is one of biggest barriers for sending humans to mars,” archuletta told universe today. “if they can find a way around bone demineralization, wow, that would really boost the possibilities for human spaceflight.”
nasa is planning a series of studies that support the scientific needs of the space program. the studies will be conducted over the next ten years, and currently, nasa is looking to fill spots in bed rest studies and a lunar analog feasibility study.
for the bed rest study, participants are placed in bed with the head of the bed tilted down at a incline. the lunar analog feasibility study is a study to demonstrate if it is possible to simulate g lunar gravity using bed rest.
“participants are compensated for their time and expenses,” said foster. “for example, a participant who completed a study was paid approximately $13,800.”
“i know they desperately need more healthy females,” archuletta said. “it seems people think only guys can do these studies, so it seems harder to get women.”
archuletta, who is also known as the “pillow-naut” from her blog about her experiences, pillow astronaut, said amazingly, the studies simulate very well what astronauts experience in space. “you think that something as simple as tilting the body would mimic what astronauts experience, but it affects your system the same way and you get the same exact fluid shift where all the blood pools in your head. you get a little bit of muscle atrophy and some bone mineral loss, and they see the same exact lowering in plasma volume and lower heart rate. almost everything that happens in space they can do with tilting the bed. that was major news for me.”
she said the first week of being in bed is the hardest part of the study. “when they put you in the position, it kind of messes with the inner ear and your equilibrium,” archuletta said. “they warned me about it, but i give it much credence, because i thought, ‘you’re lying down, how hard can it be?’ but you get a blood rush to the head, so my teeth were throbbing and i had a headache.”
she also would get dizzy when she turned her head quickly, which again, mimics what many astronauts experience in space. “i have been able to talk with two different astronauts and they both said, yes, the first few days you are on orbit, the veteran astronauts tell them not to turn their head quickly because when you are weightless it messes with the system.”
those symptoms passed in about a week, archuletta said. “it is amazing what the body can adapt to. all of a sudden my body just said, ‘ok, this is our new reality and deal with it.’ within a couple of weeks i felt normal and actually getting up was the hard part. you get used to lying down and it actually starts to feel normal.”
but the benefits of participating outweighed any she went through. “you have tons and tons of free time. i tore through about 30 books. you have your own room but there is a common room where we can play games and talk, but i worked a little while i was there,” said archuletta, who works as a consultant for an it company and also is a freelance writer. “but mostly it was nice just to catch up on a lot of things wanted to do for a while.”
but expect to be chosen to participate if you plan to just play video games for three months. “they are really looking for people who come in with goals,” archuletta said, “such as one person there learned spanish, i learned sign language, and another person brought their guitar and wrote songs. they want people who have ideas about how to keep themselves busy because they will be less likely to get restless.”
archuletta said the question she gets asked most often is if she got bored. “absolutely not,” she said. “it is a very busy testing schedule when you first come, so you go through a lot of physical exertion before the bed rest phase; they keep you very busy. once you are in bed you do get a lot of free time, but you are being monitored. they take a couple of times a day, and make sure you are doing ok. you stretch a couple times a day so you get blood clots, but you outright exercise. but you get a massage every other day definitely one of the good parts! i think the astronauts get that in space!”
the studies are done at the university of texas medical branch in galveston, texas. participants will live in a special research unit for the entire study and be fed a carefully controlled diet. the first days of the study, participants undergo tests, but are not on bed rest. the next 60 days participants are constantly in bed, (except for limited times for specific tests) with their head tilted downward slightly. then there are 14 days to recover, to allow the body to get back to normal.
participants must be nonsmokers who are in good health with no history of cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, or problems.
interested?
more information on the bed rest study.
more information on the lunar analog study
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contact the human test subject facility at (1-866-572-8378)
pillow select pages on just her experiences during the study.
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ɪf ju kwaɪt hæv ðə raɪt stəf, bət ˈɔlˌweɪz θɔt biɪŋ ən ˈæstrəˌnɑt wʊd bi kul, ə weɪ fər ju tɪ kənˈtrɪbjut tɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs speɪs ˈproʊˌgræm. goʊ tɪ bɛd. wɪθ ˈnæsə. wʊd ˌæbsəˈlutli ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ɪt. ɪt wɑz wən əv ðə moʊst əˈmeɪzɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz əv maɪ life,”*,” sɛd ˈhɛðər ɑrkuˈlɛtə, hu həz pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ɪn θri ˈdɪfərənt ˈstədiz fər ðə ˈjumən tɛst ˈsəbʤɪkt fəˈsɪlɪti (htsf*) æt ðə ˈʤɑnsən speɪs ˈsɛnər. ðiz ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈstədiz juz ˈlɔŋˈtərm bɛd rɛst tɪ ˈsɪmjəˌleɪt ðə ˈifɛkts əv ən ˈæstrəˌnɑt wʊd ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈdʊrɪŋ ɪkˈstɛndɪd speɪs flaɪt. ɪz ə greɪt ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpəblɪk tɪ hɛlp ˈnæsə wɪθ ðɛr ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk research,”*,” sɛd ʤɑn ˈfɑstər, hu wərks fər ˌsɑləˈtɛr kriˈeɪtɪv ˈsərvɪsɪz, ə ˈkəmpəˌni ðət prəˈmoʊts ðə ˈstədiz. ɪz wən əv ˈbɪgəst ˈbɛriərz fər ˈsɛndɪŋ ˈjumənz tɪ mars,”*,” ɑrkuˈlɛtə toʊld ˈjunəˌvərs təˈdeɪ. ðeɪ kən faɪnd ə weɪ əraʊnd boʊn demineralization*, waʊ, ðət wʊd ˈrɪli bust ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪlətiz fər ˈjumən spaceflight.”*.” ˈnæsə ɪz ˈplænɪŋ ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈstədiz ðət səˈpɔrt ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk nidz əv ðə speɪs ˈproʊˌgræm. ðə ˈstədiz wɪl bi kənˈdəktəd ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst tɛn jɪrz, ənd ˈkərəntli, ˈnæsə ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ fɪl spɑts ɪn bɛd rɛst ˈstədiz ənd ə ˈlunər ˈænəˌlɔg ˌfizəˈbɪləti ˈstədi. fər ðə bɛd rɛst ˈstədi, pɑrˈtɪsəpənts ər pleɪst ɪn bɛd wɪθ ðə hɛd əv ðə bɛd ˈtɪltɪd daʊn æt ə ˌɪnˈklaɪn. ðə ˈlunər ˈænəˌlɔg ˌfizəˈbɪləti ˈstədi ɪz ə ˈstədi tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ɪf ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ˈsɪmjəˌleɪt ʤi ˈlunər ˈgrævɪti ˈjuzɪŋ bɛd rɛst. ər ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd fər ðɛr taɪm ənd expenses,”*,” sɛd ˈfɑstər. ɪgˈzæmpəl, ə pɑrˈtɪsəpənt hu kəmˈplitɪd ə ˈstədi wɑz peɪd əˈprɑksəmətli noʊ ðeɪ ˈdɛspərətli nid mɔr ˈhɛlθi females,”*,” ɑrkuˈlɛtə sɛd. simz ˈpipəl θɪŋk ˈoʊnli gaɪz kən du ðiz ˈstədiz, soʊ ɪt simz ˈhɑrdər tɪ gɪt women.”*.” ɑrkuˈlɛtə, hu ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn ɛz ðə ““pillow-naut”*” frəm hər blɔg əˈbaʊt hər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz, ˈpɪloʊ ˈæstrəˌnɑt, sɛd əˈmeɪzɪŋli, ðə ˈstədiz ˈsɪmjəˌleɪt ˈvɛri wɛl wət ˈæstrəˌnɔts ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪn speɪs. θɪŋk ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛz ˈsɪmpəl ɛz ˈtɪltɪŋ ðə ˈbɑdi wʊd ˈmɪmɪk wət ˈæstrəˌnɔts ɪkˈspɪriəns, bət ɪt əˈfɛkts jʊr ˈsɪstəm ðə seɪm weɪ ənd ju gɪt ðə seɪm ɪgˈzækt fluɪd ʃɪft wɛr ɔl ðə bləd pulz ɪn jʊr hɛd. ju gɪt ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv ˈməsəl ˈætrəfi ənd səm boʊn ˈmɪnərəl lɔs, ənd ðeɪ si ðə seɪm ɪgˈzækt loʊərɪŋ ɪn ˈplæzmə ˈvɑljum ənd loʊər hɑrt reɪt. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənz ɪn speɪs ðeɪ kən du wɪθ ˈtɪltɪŋ ðə bɛd. ðət wɑz ˈmeɪʤər nuz fər me.”*.” ʃi sɛd ðə fərst wik əv biɪŋ ɪn bɛd ɪz ðə ˈhɑrdəst pɑrt əv ðə ˈstədi. ðeɪ pʊt ju ɪn ðə pəˈzɪʃən, ɪt kaɪnd əv ˈmɛsɪz wɪθ ðə ˈɪnər ɪr ənd jʊr equilibrium,”*,” ɑrkuˈlɛtə sɛd. wɔrnd mi əˈbaʊt ɪt, bət aɪ gɪv ɪt məʧ ˈkridəns, bɪˈkəz aɪ θɔt, laɪɪŋ daʊn, haʊ hɑrd kən ɪt be?’*?’ bət ju gɪt ə bləd rəʃ tɪ ðə hɛd, soʊ maɪ tiθ wər θˈrɑbɪŋ ənd aɪ hæd ə headache.”*.” ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ wʊd gɪt ˈdɪzi wɪn ʃi tərnd hər hɛd kˈwɪkli, wɪʧ əˈgɛn, ˈmɪmɪks wət ˈmɛni ˈæstrəˌnɔts ɪkˈspɪriəns ɪn speɪs. hæv bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ tɔk wɪθ tu ˈdɪfərənt ˈæstrəˌnɔts ənd ðeɪ boʊθ sɛd, jɛs, ðə fərst fju deɪz ju ər ɔn ˈɔrbət, ðə ˈvɛtərən ˈæstrəˌnɔts tɛl ðɛm nɑt tɪ tərn ðɛr hɛd kˈwɪkli bɪˈkəz wɪn ju ər ˈweɪtləs ɪt ˈmɛsɪz wɪθ ðə system.”*.” ðoʊz ˈsɪmptəmz pæst ɪn əˈbaʊt ə wik, ɑrkuˈlɛtə sɛd. ɪz əˈmeɪzɪŋ wət ðə ˈbɑdi kən əˈdæpt tɪ. ɔl əv ə ˈsədən maɪ ˈbɑdi ʤɪst sɛd, ‘‘ok*, ðɪs ɪz ɑr nu ˌriˈæləˌti ənd dil wɪθ it.’*.’ wɪˈθɪn ə ˈkəpəl əv wiks aɪ fɛlt ˈnɔrməl ənd ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈgɪtɪŋ əp wɑz ðə hɑrd pɑrt. ju gɪt juzd tɪ laɪɪŋ daʊn ənd ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli stɑrts tɪ fil normal.”*.” bət ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts əv pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ aʊtˈweɪd ˈɛni ʃi wɛnt θru. hæv tənz ənd tənz əv fri taɪm. aɪ tɔr θru əˈbaʊt 30 bʊks. ju hæv jʊr oʊn rum bət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈkɑmən rum wɛr wi kən pleɪ geɪmz ənd tɔk, bət aɪ wərkt ə ˈlɪtəl waɪl aɪ wɑz there,”*,” sɛd ɑrkuˈlɛtə, hu wərks ɛz ə kənˈsəltənt fər ən ɪt ˈkəmpəˌni ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ɪz ə ˈfriˌlæns ˈraɪtər. ˈmoʊstli ɪt wɑz nis ʤɪst tɪ kæʧ əp ɔn ə lɔt əv θɪŋz ˈwɔntɪd tɪ du fər ə while.”*.” bət ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ bi ˈʧoʊzən tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪf ju plæn tɪ ʤɪst pleɪ ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz fər θri mənθs. ər ˈrɪli ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈpipəl hu kəm ɪn wɪθ goals,”*,” ɑrkuˈlɛtə sɛd, ɛz wən ˈpərsən ðɛr ˈlərnɪd ˈspænɪʃ, aɪ ˈlərnɪd saɪn ˈlæŋgwɪʤ, ənd əˈnəðər ˈpərsən brɔt ðɛr gɪˈtɑr ənd roʊt sɔŋz. ðeɪ wɔnt ˈpipəl hu hæv aɪˈdiəz əˈbaʊt haʊ tɪ kip ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈbɪzi bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wɪl bi lɛs ˈlaɪkli tɪ gɪt restless.”*.” ɑrkuˈlɛtə sɛd ðə kˈwɛʃən ʃi gɪts æst moʊst ˈɔfən ɪz ɪf ʃi gɑt bɔrd. not,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ɪz ə ˈvɛri ˈbɪzi ˈtɛstɪŋ ˈskɛʤʊl wɪn ju fərst kəm, soʊ ju goʊ θru ə lɔt əv ˈfɪzɪkəl ɪgˈzərʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ðə bɛd rɛst feɪz; ðeɪ kip ju ˈvɛri ˈbɪzi. wəns ju ər ɪn bɛd ju du gɪt ə lɔt əv fri taɪm, bət ju ər biɪŋ ˈmɑnətərd. ðeɪ teɪk ə ˈkəpəl əv taɪmz ə deɪ, ənd meɪk ʃʊr ju ər duɪŋ ˈoʊˈkeɪ. ju strɛʧ ə ˈkəpəl taɪmz ə deɪ soʊ ju gɪt bləd klɑts, bət ju ˈaʊˈtraɪt ˈɛksərˌsaɪz. bət ju gɪt ə məˈsɑʒ ˈɛvəri ˈəðər deɪ ˈdɛfənətli wən əv ðə gʊd pɑrts! aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈæstrəˌnɔts gɪt ðət ɪn space!”*!” ðə ˈstədiz ər dən æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈtɛksəs ˈmɛdɪkəl brænʧ ɪn ˈgælvəstən, ˈtɛksəs. pɑrˈtɪsəpənts wɪl lɪv ɪn ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈrisərʧ ˈjunɪt fər ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈstədi ənd bi fɛd ə ˈkɛrfəli kənˈtroʊld daɪət. ðə fərst deɪz əv ðə ˈstədi, pɑrˈtɪsəpənts ˌəndərˈgoʊ tɛsts, bət ər nɑt ɔn bɛd rɛst. ðə nɛkst 60 deɪz pɑrˈtɪsəpənts ər ˈkɑnstəntli ɪn bɛd, (ɪkˈsɛpt fər ˈlɪmɪtɪd taɪmz fər spɪˈsɪfɪk tɛsts) wɪθ ðɛr hɛd ˈtɪltɪd ˈdaʊnwərd sˈlaɪtli. ðɛn ðɛr ər 14 deɪz tɪ rɪˈkəvər, tɪ əˈlaʊ ðə ˈbɑdi tɪ gɪt bæk tɪ ˈnɔrməl. pɑrˈtɪsəpənts məst bi nɑnsˈmoʊkərz hu ər ɪn gʊd hɛlθ wɪθ noʊ ˈhɪstəri əv ˌkɑrdioʊˈvæskjələr, ˌnʊrəˈlɑʤɪkəl, ˌgæstroʊɪnˈtɛstənəl, ər ˈprɑbləmz. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd? mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðə bɛd rɛst ˈstədi. mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈlunər ˈænəˌlɔg ˈstədi ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən fɔrm ˈkɑnˌtækt ðə ˈjumən tɛst ˈsəbʤɪkt fəˈsɪlɪti æt ˈpɪloʊ səˈlɛkt ˈpeɪʤɪz ɔn ʤɪst hər ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈstədi.
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a case of murder has been filed against the perpetrators, who turned out to be junior police officials, behind the killing of a crime watch group leader in gloria municipality, oriental over the weekend.
the oriental police filed the criminal complaint against senior insp. magdaleno pimentel jr. and insp. markson, both graduates of the philippine national police academy (pnpa), for the death of citizens crime watch (ccw) regional chairperson, zenaida luz last sunday.
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senior supt. chris birung, provincial director of the oriental police, said the suspects have been presented to the office to undergo inquest proceedings on wednesday afternoon.
in civilian clothes, pimentel and shot and killed luz in front of her house while riding in tandem on a motorcycle in (village) past 11 p.m. on sunday.
responding to a distress call from a local village chief in brgy. banutan, a police mobile team chased pimentel and after seeing luz lying on the pavement. during the pursuit, one of them opened fire on the police team. both suspects were wounded.
a manila bulletin report said even wore a mask and a wig as a disguise while pimentel wore a bonnet and jacket.
chief supt. mayor, police regional director, said the regional internal affairs service will conduct an investigation on the administrative liability of the two officials.
mayor said pimentel and are still confined in the hospital while under custody of the gloria police and the provincial public safety company.
almeranez is the chief of police in the same province and was among the top 10 graduates of the “tagapamagitan” class of 2013.
last september, chief dir. gen. ronald “bato” dela rosa as outstanding police commissioned officer in a ceremony in city.
pimentel, meanwhile, is a member of the “kaisang-bisig” class of 2009 and currently assigned at the first maneuver platoon of oriental police public safety company (ppsc).
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not tolerating rogue cops
pnp spokesperson senior supt. carlos said the swift move of the police to file criminal charges against its men manifests the stand of the not to tolerate illegal acts from its personnel.
“the swift actions of the oriental (provincial police office) to respond to the distress call, arrest the suspects, and file criminal charges before the court clearly manifest the stand of the not to tolerate any wrongdoings even from among our ranks,” he said.
“this is in line with the directive of chief, dir. gen. ronald dela rosa to cleanse out ranks of misfits and rogue cops. the two suspects will have their day in court for the acts they committed,” carlos added.
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ə keɪs əv ˈmərdər həz bɪn faɪld əˈgɛnst ðə ˈpərpəˌtreɪtərz, hu tərnd aʊt tɪ bi ˈʤunjər pəˈlis əˈfɪʃəlz, bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ əv ə kraɪm wɔʧ grup ˈlidər ɪn ˈglɔriə mˌjunɪsəˈpæləti, ˌɔriˈɛnəl ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd. ðə ˌɔriˈɛnəl pəˈlis faɪld ðə ˈkrɪmənəl kəmˈpleɪnt əˈgɛnst ˈsinjər insp*. mɑgdɑˈleɪnoʊ ˈpɪmɪntəl jr*. ənd insp*. ˈmɑrksən, boʊθ ˈgræʤəˌweɪts əv ðə ˈfɪləˌpin ˈnæʃənəl pəˈlis əˈkædəmi (pnpa*), fər ðə dɛθ əv ˈsɪtɪzənz kraɪm wɔʧ (ccw*) ˈriʤənəl ˈʧɛrˌpərsən, zɪˈneɪdə ləz læst ˈsənˌdi. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈsinjər supt*. krɪs birung*, prəˈvɪnʃəl dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˌɔriˈɛnəl pəˈlis, sɛd ðə ˈsəˌspɛkts hæv bɪn pərˈzɛnəd tɪ ðə ˈɔfəs tɪ ˌəndərˈgoʊ ˈɪnkˌwɛst prəˈsidɪŋz ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun. ɪn səˈvɪljən kloʊðz, ˈpɪmɪntəl ənd ʃɑt ənd kɪld ləz ɪn frənt əv hər haʊs waɪl ˈraɪdɪŋ ɪn ˈtændəm ɔn ə ˈmoʊtərˌsaɪkəl ɪn (ˈvɪlɪʤ) pæst 11 p.m*. ɔn ˈsənˌdi. rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ ə dɪˈstrɛs kɔl frəm ə ˈloʊkəl ˈvɪlɪʤ ʧif ɪn brgy*. banutan*, ə pəˈlis ˈmoʊbəl tim ʧeɪst ˈpɪmɪntəl ənd ˈæftər siɪŋ ləz laɪɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈpeɪvmənt. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə pərˈsut, wən əv ðɛm ˈoʊpənd faɪər ɔn ðə pəˈlis tim. boʊθ ˈsəˌspɛkts wər ˈwundɪd. ə məˈnɪlə ˈbʊlɪtən rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ˈivɪn wɔr ə mæsk ənd ə wɪg ɛz ə dɪsˈgaɪz waɪl ˈpɪmɪntəl wɔr ə ˈbɑnət ənd ˈʤækɪt. ʧif supt*. meɪər, pəˈlis ˈriʤənəl dɪˈrɛktər, sɛd ðə ˈriʤənəl ˌɪnˈtərnəl əˈfɛrz ˈsərvɪs wɪl ˈkɑndəkt ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɔn ðə ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti əv ðə tu əˈfɪʃəlz. meɪər sɛd ˈpɪmɪntəl ənd ər stɪl kənˈfaɪnd ɪn ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl waɪl ˈəndər ˈkəstədi əv ðə ˈglɔriə pəˈlis ənd ðə prəˈvɪnʃəl ˈpəblɪk ˈseɪfti ˈkəmpəˌni. ɪz ðə ʧif əv pəˈlis ɪn ðə seɪm ˈprɑvɪns ənd wɑz əˈməŋ ðə tɔp 10 ˈgræʤəˌweɪts əv ðə ““tagapamagitan”*” klæs əv 2013 læst sɛpˈtɛmbər, ʧif dir*. ʤɛn. ˈrɑnəld ““bato”*” ˈdɛlə ˈroʊzə ɛz ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ pəˈlis kəˈmɪʃənd ˈɔfɪsər ɪn ə ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni ɪn ˈsɪti. ˈpɪmɪntəl, ˈminˌwaɪl, ɪz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ““kaisang-bisig”*” klæs əv 2009 ənd ˈkərəntli əˈsaɪnd æt ðə fərst məˈnuvər pləˈtun əv ˌɔriˈɛnəl pəˈlis ˈpəblɪk ˈseɪfti ˈkəmpəˌni (ppsc*). ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt nɑt ˈtɑlərˌeɪtɪŋ roʊg kɑps ˈspoʊkspərsən ˈsinjər supt*. ˈkɑrloʊs sɛd ðə swɪft muv əv ðə pəˈlis tɪ faɪl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ɪts mɛn ˈmænəˌfɛsts ðə stænd əv ðə nɑt tɪ ˈtɑlərˌeɪt ˌɪˈligəl ækts frəm ɪts ˌpərsəˈnɛl. swɪft ˈækʃənz əv ðə ˌɔriˈɛnəl (prəˈvɪnʃəl pəˈlis ˈɔfəs) tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðə dɪˈstrɛs kɔl, ərˈɛst ðə ˈsəˌspɛkts, ənd faɪl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz ˌbiˈfɔr ðə kɔrt ˈklɪrli ˈmænəˌfɛst ðə stænd əv ðə nɑt tɪ ˈtɑlərˌeɪt ˈɛni rɔŋˈduɪŋz ˈivɪn frəm əˈməŋ ɑr ranks,”*,” hi sɛd. ɪz ɪn laɪn wɪθ ðə dɪˈrɛktɪv əv ʧif, dir*. ʤɛn. ˈrɑnəld ˈdɛlə ˈroʊzə tɪ klɛnz aʊt ræŋks əv ˈmɪsˌfɪts ənd roʊg kɑps. ðə tu ˈsəˌspɛkts wɪl hæv ðɛr deɪ ɪn kɔrt fər ðə ækts ðeɪ committed,”*,” ˈkɑrloʊs ˈædɪd. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈstɔriz rɛd nɛkst ˈleɪtəst ˈstɔriz moʊst rɛd
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while robert downey jr. has yet to officially say if he will return for an iron man 4 movie, he has no problem sharing his thoughts on other franchises and potential franchises. when asked by usa today about why taking so long for a black widow movie, downey jr. quipped, “doesn’t scarlett deserve a break?”
downey jr. then went on to rave about all the major female characters in marvel studios movies. downey jr. said, “i think that the interesting thing particularly after guardians with zoe (saldana), (or) even from the first iron man where pepper was kind of this really to me the iron man franchise would never have taken off without (gwyneth) paltrow. something about her that grounded the story. not your typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by iron man 3 swallowing and putting on suits and kicking (butt) and all that stuff.”
in the end though, downey jr. conceded that it would probably be most appropriate for a character already established like the black widow to lead a movie, noting that people seem to like to go see whatever scarlett does. downey jr. stop with just black widow though, he added, “the funny thing is honestly at this point everyone deserves a franchise. i think jeremy renner is when folks see the avengers: age of just a rockstar, a bada–. and ruffalo is pumped. he does great (work). like to hear them talk even more seriously about a hulk franchise, because been one of the toughest ones to get right. but sure that my parent company is feeling expansive and bold after the summer had.”
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waɪl ˈrɑbərt ˈdaʊni jr*. həz jɛt tɪ əˈfɪʃəli seɪ ɪf hi wɪl rɪˈtərn fər ən aɪərn mæn 4 ˈmuvi, hi həz noʊ ˈprɑbləm ˈʃɛrɪŋ hɪz θɔts ɔn ˈəðər ˈfrænˌʧaɪzɪz ənd pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈfrænˌʧaɪzɪz. wɪn æst baɪ ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ təˈdeɪ əˈbaʊt waɪ ˈteɪkɪŋ soʊ lɔŋ fər ə blæk ˈwɪdoʊ ˈmuvi, ˈdaʊni jr*. kwɪpt, ˈskɑrlɪt dɪˈzərv ə break?”*?” ˈdaʊni jr*. ðɛn wɛnt ɔn tɪ reɪv əˈbaʊt ɔl ðə ˈmeɪʤər ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈkɛrɪktərz ɪn ˈmɑrvəl ˈstudiˌoʊz ˈmuviz. ˈdaʊni jr*. sɛd, θɪŋk ðət ðə ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ θɪŋ ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈæftər ˈgɑrdiənz wɪθ zoʊi (sɑlˈdænə), (ər) ˈivɪn frəm ðə fərst aɪərn mæn wɛr ˈpɛpər wɑz kaɪnd əv ðɪs ˈrɪli tɪ mi ðə aɪərn mæn ˈfrænˌʧaɪz wʊd ˈnɛvər hæv ˈteɪkən ɔf wɪˈθaʊt (gˈwɪnəθ) paltrow*. ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt hər ðət ˈgraʊndɪd ðə ˈstɔri. nɑt jʊr ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈleɪdi ɪn ə ˌsupərˈhiroʊ ˈmuvi, ənd ðɛn baɪ aɪərn mæn 3 sˈwɑloʊɪŋ ənd ˈpʊtɪŋ ɔn suts ənd ˈkɪkɪŋ (bət) ənd ɔl ðət stuff.”*.” ɪn ðə ɛnd ðoʊ, ˈdaʊni jr*. kənˈsidɪd ðət ɪt wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli bi moʊst əˈproʊpriˌeɪt fər ə ˈkɛrɪktər ɔˈrɛdi ɪˈstæblɪʃt laɪk ðə blæk ˈwɪdoʊ tɪ lɛd ə ˈmuvi, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ˈpipəl sim tɪ laɪk tɪ goʊ si ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈskɑrlɪt dɪz. ˈdaʊni jr*. stɑp wɪθ ʤɪst blæk ˈwɪdoʊ ðoʊ, hi ˈædɪd, ˈfəni θɪŋ ɪz ˈɑnəstli æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ˈɛvriˌwən dɪˈzərvz ə ˈfrænˌʧaɪz. aɪ θɪŋk ˈʤɛrəˌmi ˈrɛnər ɪz wɪn foʊks si ðə avengers*: eɪʤ əv ʤɪst ə rockstar*, ə bada–*–. ənd ruˈfɑloʊ ɪz pəmpt. hi dɪz greɪt (wərk). laɪk tɪ hir ðɛm tɔk ˈivɪn mɔr ˈsɪriəsli əˈbaʊt ə həlk ˈfrænˌʧaɪz, bɪˈkəz bɪn wən əv ðə ˈtəfəst wənz tɪ gɪt raɪt. bət ʃʊr ðət maɪ ˈpɛrənt ˈkəmpəˌni ɪz ˈfilɪŋ ɪkˈspænsɪv ənd boʊld ˈæftər ðə ˈsəmər had.”*.”
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albany, new york (reuters) - a buffalo man who was shot nearly a decade ago can sue the manufacturer, the distributor and the dealer of the pistol used to shoot him, a new york state appeals court ruled on friday.
attorneys for daniel williams, who was shot in 2003 when he was in high school, argued that manufacturer and the distributor, supply, violated federal law by knowingly supplying guns to irresponsible dealers.
the defendants said they cannot be sued because of the federal protection of lawful commerce in arms act, a 2005 law that shields firearm manufacturers and sellers from liability for harm caused by the criminal misuse of their products.
a unanimous panel of the appellate division, fourth department, on friday reversed a 2011 ruling that threw out the case against the defendants -, supply and gun dealer charles brown, who sold the guns to james bostic, a buffalo resident accused of running a trafficking scheme that funneled guns into the black market in new york.
the decision the case.
the brady center to prevent gun violence, which is representing williams, claims bostic is a convicted felon and is barred from purchasing guns, according to the ruling.
the center said bostic traveled to ohio, which does not require a license to buy a gun, to procure a large numbers of handguns, including the pistol used to shoot williams, the ruling said.
“although the complaint does not specify the statutes allegedly violated (by the defendants), it sufficiently alleges facts supporting a finding that defendants knowingly violated federal gun laws,” justice erin wrote for the court.
jeffrey malsch, a lawyer for, said he is reviewing the decision.
“we believe (the lower ruling) was a courageous and legally correct decision, but the fourth department was unwilling to follow his well reasoned opinion,” he said. “whether we appeal or not, we are confident that ultimately the facts will contradict the baseless allegations in the complaint and the case will be dismissed.”
attorneys for williams and the remaining defendants did not immediately return requests for comment.
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ˈɔlbəni, nu jɔrk (ˈrɔɪtərz) ə ˈbəfəˌloʊ mæn hu wɑz ʃɑt ˈnɪrli ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ kən su ðə ˌmænjəˈfækʧərər, ðə dɪˈstrɪbjətər ənd ðə ˈdilər əv ðə ˈpɪstəl juzd tɪ ʃut ɪm, ə nu jɔrk steɪt əˈpilz kɔrt ruld ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. əˈtərniz fər ˈdænjəl ˈwɪljəmz, hu wɑz ʃɑt ɪn 2003 wɪn hi wɑz ɪn haɪ skul, ˈɑrgjud ðət ˌmænjəˈfækʧərər ənd ðə dɪˈstrɪbjətər, səˈplaɪ, ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd ˈfɛdərəl lɔ baɪ ˈnoʊɪŋli səˈplaɪɪŋ gənz tɪ ˌɪrəˈspɑnsəbəl ˈdilərz. ðə dɪˈfɛndənts sɛd ðeɪ ˈkænɑt bi sud bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl prəˈtɛkʃən əv ˈlɔfəl ˈkɑmərs ɪn ɑrmz ækt, ə 2005 lɔ ðət ʃildz ˈfaɪˌrɑrm ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz ənd ˈsɛlərz frəm ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti fər hɑrm kɔzd baɪ ðə ˈkrɪmənəl mɪsˈjuz əv ðɛr ˈprɑdəkts. ə juˈnænəməs ˈpænəl əv ðə əˈpɛˌleɪt dɪˈvɪʒən, fɔrθ dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ rɪˈvərst ə 2011 ˈrulɪŋ ðət θru aʊt ðə keɪs əˈgɛnst ðə dɪˈfɛndənts , səˈplaɪ ənd gən ˈdilər ˈʧɑrəlz braʊn, hu soʊld ðə gənz tɪ ʤeɪmz ˈbɑstɪk, ə ˈbəfəˌloʊ ˈrɛzɪdənt əˈkjuzd əv ˈrənɪŋ ə ˈtræfɪkɪŋ skim ðət ˈfənəld gənz ˈɪntu ðə blæk ˈmɑrkɪt ɪn nu jɔrk. ðə dɪˈsɪʒən ðə keɪs. ðə ˈbreɪdi ˈsɛnər tɪ prɪˈvɛnt gən ˈvaɪələns, wɪʧ ɪz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪŋ ˈwɪljəmz, kleɪmz ˈbɑstɪk ɪz ə kənˈvɪktəd ˈfɛlən ənd ɪz bɑrd frəm ˈpərʧəsɪŋ gənz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈrulɪŋ. ðə ˈsɛnər sɛd ˈbɑstɪk ˈtrævəld tɪ oʊˈhaɪoʊ, wɪʧ dɪz nɑt ˌrikˈwaɪər ə ˈlaɪsəns tɪ baɪ ə gən, tɪ proʊˈkjʊr ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbərz əv ˈhændˌgənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈpɪstəl juzd tɪ ʃut ˈwɪljəmz, ðə ˈrulɪŋ sɛd. ðə kəmˈpleɪnt dɪz nɑt ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ ðə ˈstæʧuts əˈlɛʤədli ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd (baɪ ðə dɪˈfɛndənts), ɪt səˈfɪʃəntli əˈlɛʤɪz fækts səˈpɔrtɪŋ ə ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðət dɪˈfɛndənts ˈnoʊɪŋli ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd ˈfɛdərəl gən laws,”*,” ˈʤəstɪs ˈɛrɪn roʊt fər ðə kɔrt. ˈʤɛfri malsch*, ə ˈlɔjər fər, sɛd hi ɪz rivˈjuɪŋ ðə dɪˈsɪʒən. bɪˈliv (ðə loʊər ˈrulɪŋ) wɑz ə kərˈeɪʤəs ənd ˈligəli kərˈɛkt dɪˈsɪʒən, bət ðə fɔrθ dɪˈpɑrtmənt wɑz ənˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ ˈfɑloʊ hɪz wɛl ˈrizənd opinion,”*,” hi sɛd. wi əˈpil ər nɑt, wi ər ˈkɑnfədənt ðət ˈəltəmətli ðə fækts wɪl ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkt ðə ˈbeɪsləs ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ɪn ðə kəmˈpleɪnt ənd ðə keɪs wɪl bi dismissed.”*.” əˈtərniz fər ˈwɪljəmz ənd ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ dɪˈfɛndənts dɪd nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli rɪˈtərn rɪkˈwɛsts fər ˈkɑmɛnt.
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there was once a time when, if you were going to see a huge concert in philadelphia, it meant going to the spectrum. the historic south philly arena opened 48 years ago today september 30, 1967 and though it was initially a sports arena and home to the flyers and 76ers, it quickly developed a strong rep as rock and roll central on broad and pattison.
bruce springsteen played his first arena shows there in 1976. the boss was also performing there in 1980, the day john lennon was shot and killed; he opened the show with a moving speech. billy joel holds a record for selling it out the most, and developed a strong connection with his philadelphia fans over his song “captain jack.” ( the version on his 1980 live album songs in the attic was recorded at the spectrum). fleetwood mac and the grateful dead played the spectrum a times over the years, and hometown heroes the hooters headlined on thanksgiving, 1987, for a special simulcast on mtv. (watch “and we danced” from that show below.)
in the 90s, beck played his biggest show at the time (and one of the biggest of his career) before a packed spectrum on the tour. also made their philly arena debut there in 1991, and me saw my first concert there when nine inch nails performed with jim rose circus sideshow and marilyn manson in december of 1994. (watch that entire show here.)
by the end of the 90s, the philly concert landscape was changing major acts started to be booked at the neighboring wells fargo center following its 1996 opening first union center, wachovia center), and during the summertime, they went to the in camden center, amphitheater). by the mid-aughties, the old rock hall was in slow decline though still housing a ton of memories and during its final run in 2009, it hosted headlining gigs from taylor swift and a whopping stand from pearl jam, who brought the house down with an epic halloween show that closed with a cover of neil “rockin’ in the free world.” (i remember being at this show, watching fans try to steal chairs on the way out and security hysterically wrestling them away.)
to mark the birthday, we collected an assortment of videos from its history beginning with the most recent and working our way backwards through time. check them out below, and leave your memories of the spectrum in the comments.
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ðɛr wɑz wəns ə taɪm wɪn, ɪf ju wər goʊɪŋ tɪ si ə juʤ ˈkɑnsərt ɪn ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə, ɪt mɛnt goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈspɛktrəm. ðə hɪˈstɔrɪk saʊθ ˈfɪli ərˈinə ˈoʊpənd 48 jɪrz əˈgoʊ təˈdeɪ sɛpˈtɛmbər 30 1967 ənd ðoʊ ɪt wɑz ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ə spɔrts ərˈinə ənd hoʊm tɪ ðə flaɪərz ənd 76ers*, ɪt kˈwɪkli dɪˈvɛləpt ə strɔŋ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv ɛz rɑk ənd roʊl ˈsɛntrəl ɔn brɔd ənd ˈpætɪsən. brus ˈsprɪŋˌstin pleɪd hɪz fərst ərˈinə ʃoʊz ðɛr ɪn 1976 ðə bɔs wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ pərˈfɔrmɪŋ ðɛr ɪn 1980 ðə deɪ ʤɑn ˈlɛnən wɑz ʃɑt ənd kɪld; hi ˈoʊpənd ðə ʃoʊ wɪθ ə ˈmuvɪŋ spiʧ. ˈbɪli ʤoʊəl hoʊldz ə ˈrɛkərd fər ˈsɛlɪŋ ɪt aʊt ðə moʊst, ənd dɪˈvɛləpt ə strɔŋ kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ hɪz ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə fænz ˈoʊvər hɪz sɔŋ jack.”*.” ðə ˈvərʒən ɔn hɪz 1980 lɪv ˈælbəm sɔŋz ɪn ðə ˈætɪk wɑz rɪˈkɔrdɪd æt ðə ˈspɛktrəm). ˈflitˌwʊd mæk ənd ðə ˈgreɪtfəl dɛd pleɪd ðə ˈspɛktrəm ə taɪmz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz, ənd ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn ˈhɪroʊz ðə ˈhutərz ˈhɛˌdlaɪnd ɔn ˌθæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ, 1987 fər ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈsɪmjəlˌkæst ɔn ˈɛmˈtiˈvi. (wɔʧ wi danced”*” frəm ðət ʃoʊ bɪˈloʊ.) ɪn ðə 90s*, bɛk pleɪd hɪz ˈbɪgəst ʃoʊ æt ðə taɪm (ənd wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst əv hɪz kərɪr) ˌbiˈfɔr ə pækt ˈspɛktrəm ɔn ðə tʊr. ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd ðɛr ˈfɪli ərˈinə ˈdeɪbju ðɛr ɪn 1991 ənd mi sɔ maɪ fərst ˈkɑnsərt ðɛr wɪn naɪn ɪnʧ neɪlz pərˈfɔrmd wɪθ ʤɪm roʊz ˈsərkəs ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊ ənd ˈmɛrəlɪn ˈmænsən ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər əv 1994 (wɔʧ ðət ɪnˈtaɪər ʃoʊ hir.) baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə 90s*, ðə ˈfɪli ˈkɑnsərt ˈlænˌskeɪp wɑz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˈmeɪʤər ækts ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ bi bʊkt æt ðə ˈneɪbərɪŋ wɛlz ˈfɑrˌgoʊ ˈsɛnər ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪts 1996 ˈoʊpənɪŋ fərst ˈjunjən ˈsɛnər, wɑˈʧoʊviə ˈsɛnər), ənd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsəmərˌtaɪm, ðeɪ wɛnt tɪ ðə ɪn ˈkæmdən ˈsɛnər, ˈæmfəθiˈeɪtər). baɪ ðə mid-aughties*, ðə oʊld rɑk hɔl wɑz ɪn sloʊ dɪˈklaɪn ðoʊ stɪl ˈhaʊzɪŋ ə tən əv ˈmɛməriz ənd ˈdʊrɪŋ ɪts ˈfaɪnəl rən ɪn 2009 ɪt ˈhoʊstɪd ˈhɛˌdlaɪnɪŋ gɪgz frəm ˈteɪlər swɪft ənd ə ˈwɑpɪŋ stænd frəm pərl ʤæm, hu brɔt ðə haʊs daʊn wɪθ ən ˈɛpɪk ˌhæləˈwin ʃoʊ ðət kloʊzd wɪθ ə ˈkəvər əv nil ““rockin’*’ ɪn ðə fri world.”*.” (aɪ rɪˈmɛmbər biɪŋ æt ðɪs ʃoʊ, ˈwɑʧɪŋ fænz traɪ tɪ stil ʧɛrz ɔn ðə weɪ aʊt ənd sɪˈkjʊrəti ˌhɪˈstɛrɪkli ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ðɛm əˈweɪ.) tɪ mɑrk ðə ˈbərθˌdeɪ, wi kəˈlɛktəd ən əˈsɔrtmənt əv ˈvɪdioʊz frəm ɪts ˈhɪstəri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ wɪθ ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ənd ˈwərkɪŋ ɑr weɪ ˈbækwərdz θru taɪm. ʧɛk ðɛm aʊt bɪˈloʊ, ənd liv jʊr ˈmɛməriz əv ðə ˈspɛktrəm ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts. ˈkɑmɛnts ˈkætəgərˌaɪzd ˈəndər: tægz: ðə ˈspɛktrəm
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hialeah, fla. -- police in florida are searching for a man accused of dousing his pregnant girlfriend in gasoline and lighting her on fire, cbs miami reports.
police said noel grullon, 32, left his girlfriend with second degree burns to her upper torso area after the incident around 5 a.m. thursday morning.
the girlfriend's two children from another relationship -- a and -- witnessed the entire incident, police said.
they said grullon fled the scene in a 2007 ford pickup truck.
noel grullon cbs miami
police said the couple had been in a relationship for six months and were arguing over cigarettes. the woman is pregnant with child.
the victim took hours to reveal that the burns were deliberately inflicted by her ex-boyfriend.
as of friday night, she was in the hospital being treated for her injuries.
"it took most of the day for her to finally admit to a social worker what had really happened to her. at first she was saying it was a accident," said hialeah police sgt. carl zogby.
zogby said grullon has a lengthy history of arrests and convictions for violent crimes including armed robbery, armed carjacking, kidnapping, aggravated battery, grand theft, burglary and criminal mischief.
grullon was released from state prison just eight months ago after serving 12 years for carjacking and robbery offenses.
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ˌhaɪəˈliə, fla*. pəˈlis ɪn ˈflɔrɪdə ər ˈsərʧɪŋ fər ə mæn əˈkjuzd əv ˈdaʊsɪŋ hɪz ˈprɛgnənt ˈgərlˌfrɛnd ɪn ˈgæsəˌlin ənd ˈlaɪtɪŋ hər ɔn faɪər, ˈsiˌbiˌɛs maɪˈæmi rɪˈpɔrts. pəˈlis sɛd noʊɛl ˈgrələn, 32 lɛft hɪz ˈgərlˌfrɛnd wɪθ ˈsɛkənd dɪˈgri bərnz tɪ hər ˈəpər ˈtɔrˌsoʊ ˈɛriə ˈæftər ðə ˈɪnsədənt əraʊnd 5 a.m*. ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ. ðə ˈgərlˌfrɛndz tu ˈʧɪldrən frəm əˈnəðər riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ə ənd ˈwɪtnəst ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈɪnsədənt, pəˈlis sɛd. ðeɪ sɛd ˈgrələn flɛd ðə sin ɪn ə 2007 fɔrd ˈpɪˌkəp trək. noʊɛl ˈgrələn ˈsiˌbiˌɛs maɪˈæmi pəˈlis sɛd ðə ˈkəpəl hæd bɪn ɪn ə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp fər sɪks mənθs ənd wər ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˌsɪgəˈrɛts. ðə ˈwʊmən ɪz ˈprɛgnənt wɪθ ʧaɪld. ðə ˈvɪktɪm tʊk aʊərz tɪ rɪˈvil ðət ðə bərnz wər dɪˈlɪbərətli ˌɪnˈflɪktɪd baɪ hər ˈɛksˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd. ɛz əv ˈfraɪˌdeɪ naɪt, ʃi wɑz ɪn ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl biɪŋ ˈtritɪd fər hər ˈɪnʤəriz. "ɪt tʊk moʊst əv ðə deɪ fər hər tɪ ˈfaɪnəli ədˈmɪt tɪ ə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈwərkər wət hæd ˈrɪli ˈhæpənd tɪ hər. æt fərst ʃi wɑz seɪɪŋ ɪt wɑz ə ˈæksədənt," sɛd ˌhaɪəˈliə pəˈlis ˈsɑrʤənt. kɑrl ˈzɔgbi. ˈzɔgbi sɛd ˈgrələn həz ə ˈlɛŋθi ˈhɪstəri əv ərˈɛsts ənd kənˈvɪkʃənz fər ˈvaɪələnt kraɪmz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɑrmd ˈrɑbəri, ɑrmd ˈkɑˌrʤækɪŋ, ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ, ˈægrəˌveɪtɪd ˈbætəri, grænd θɛft, ˈbərgləri ənd ˈkrɪmənəl ˈmɪsʧəf. ˈgrələn wɑz riˈlist frəm steɪt ˈprɪzən ʤɪst eɪt mənθs əˈgoʊ ˈæftər ˈsərvɪŋ 12 jɪrz fər ˈkɑˌrʤækɪŋ ənd ˈrɑbəri əˈfɛnsɪz.
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as the houston astros battle to stay in the playoff chase, it's not clear whether two starters who helped them to the last year will do the same this year.
left-hander dallas, who has been sidelined with shoulder inflammation, said monday that he is not ready to resume throwing. he's been out since aug. 27 and said friday that he would reassess his situation sunday. that has been pushed back to wednesday.
right-hander lance mccullers, meanwhile, hasn't thrown off a mound as he tries to come back from a sprained elbow suffered aug. 2.
dallas is not ready to throw after being sidelined with shoulder inflammation since late august. ap christian smith
"it's going to depend on where we're at as a team and where they're at," astros manager a.j. hinch said monday, according to the houston chronicle. "our idea is to continue positive progress with these guys and not set a timeline or a necessary deadline for them to have to meet. otherwise we'll threaten further injury. one more setback for any of these guys, and it's over."
keuchel, 28, won 20 games and the cy young last season for an astros team that advanced to the division series, losing to the eventual world series champion royals. mccullers, 22, was counted on to be a big part of the astros this season after an encouraging rookie campaign.
astros starters are struggling at the wrong time. houston is games out of the second wild card and in its past 10 games. hinch acknowledged that the team is walking a tightrope with the two pitchers.
"they're not doing enough to be ruled in or out," hinch said, according to the newspaper. "mccullers is the closest guy, but you can play catch all you want -- until you get on the mound, it's when you really get serious about pitching.'s not throwing yet, so there's certainly some concern on both of theirs for different reasons because of where we are on the schedule, but we'll go day-to-day."
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ɛz ðə ˈhjustən ˈæstroʊs ˈbætəl tɪ steɪ ɪn ðə pleɪɔf ʧeɪs, ɪts nɑt klɪr ˈwɛðər tu ˈstɑrtərz hu hɛlpt ðɛm tɪ ðə læst jɪr wɪl du ðə seɪm ðɪs jɪr. ˈdæləs, hu həz bɪn ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnd wɪθ ˈʃoʊldər ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃən, sɛd ˈmənˌdeɪ ðət hi ɪz nɑt ˈrɛdi tɪ ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ θroʊɪŋ. hiz bɪn aʊt sɪns ˈɔgəst. 27 ənd sɛd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ðət hi wʊd riəˈsɛs hɪz ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈsənˌdi. ðət həz bɪn pʊʃt bæk tɪ ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. læns məˈkələrz, ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈhæzənt θroʊn ɔf ə maʊnd ɛz hi traɪz tɪ kəm bæk frəm ə spreɪnd ˈɛlˌboʊ ˈsəfərd ˈɔgəst. 2 ˈdæləs ɪz nɑt ˈrɛdi tɪ θroʊ ˈæftər biɪŋ ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnd wɪθ ˈʃoʊldər ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃən sɪns leɪt ˈɔgəst. ˌeɪˈpi ˈkrɪsʧɪn smɪθ "ɪts goʊɪŋ tɪ dɪˈpɛnd ɔn wɛr wɪr æt ɛz ə tim ənd wɛr ðɛr æt," ˈæstroʊs ˈmænɪʤər a.j*. hɪnʧ sɛd ˈmənˌdeɪ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈhjustən ˈkrɑnɪkəl. "ɑr aɪˈdiə ɪz tɪ kənˈtɪnju ˈpɑzətɪv ˈprɑˌgrɛs wɪθ ðiz gaɪz ənd nɑt sɛt ə ˈtaɪmlaɪn ər ə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˈdɛˌdlaɪn fər ðɛm tɪ hæv tɪ mit. ˈəðərˌwaɪz wɪl θˈrɛtən ˈfərðər ˈɪnʤəri. wən mɔr ˈsɛtˌbæk fər ˈɛni əv ðiz gaɪz, ənd ɪts ˈoʊvər.", 28 wən 20 geɪmz ənd ðə saɪ jəŋ læst ˈsizən fər ən ˈæstroʊs tim ðət ədˈvænst tɪ ðə dɪˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz, ˈluzɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈvɛnʧuəl wərld ˈsɪriz ˈʧæmpiən rɔɪəlz. məˈkələrz, 22 wɑz ˈkaʊntɪd ɔn tɪ bi ə bɪg pɑrt əv ðə ˈæstroʊs ðɪs ˈsizən ˈæftər ən ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ˈrʊki kæmˈpeɪn. ˈæstroʊs ˈstɑrtərz ər ˈstrəgəlɪŋ æt ðə rɔŋ taɪm. ˈhjustən ɪz geɪmz aʊt əv ðə ˈsɛkənd waɪld kɑrd ənd ɪn ɪts pæst 10 geɪmz. hɪnʧ ækˈnɑlɪʤd ðət ðə tim ɪz ˈwɔkɪŋ ə ˈtaɪˌtroʊp wɪθ ðə tu ˈpɪʧərz. "ðɛr nɑt duɪŋ ɪˈnəf tɪ bi ruld ɪn ər aʊt," hɪnʧ sɛd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər. "məˈkələrz ɪz ðə ˈkloʊsəst gaɪ, bət ju kən pleɪ kæʧ ɔl ju wɔnt ənˈtɪl ju gɪt ɔn ðə maʊnd, ɪts wɪn ju ˈrɪli gɪt ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt ˈpɪʧɪŋ. nɑt θroʊɪŋ jɛt, soʊ ðɛrz ˈsərtənli səm kənˈsərn ɔn boʊθ əv ðɛrz fər ˈdɪfərənt ˈrizənz bɪˈkəz əv wɛr wi ər ɔn ðə ˈskɛʤʊl, bət wɪl goʊ ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ."
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posted wednesday, june 21, 2017 pm
handguns, vests, and stuffed animals.
what item on this list seem to belong?
you probably said “stuffed animals,” but when it comes to equipment that middletown borough police officers need to carry, stuffed animals really do belong on the list.
only you find stuffed animals among the list of police equipment items that are funded by the borough budget.
instead, the has depended on the generosity of outside groups to provide a piece of equipment that officers say comes in very handy especially any time an officer is dealing with a situation involving a young child.
in recent years, kiwanis and members have donated teddy bears and other stuffed animals to the department for officers to give to children, said patrol officer mark laudenslager.
now, a new group has stepped up the penn state harrisburg chapter of the national criminal justice honor society, known as alpha phi sigma.
the chapter is new this academic year, said jennifer gibbs, an assistant professor of criminal justice and chapter along with jennifer smith, a lecturer in criminal justice at penn state harrisburg.
after seeing a video in gibbs’ class depicting a young girl in a car accident being calmed down by a police officer giving her a stuffed animal, students in the chapter were inspired to organize a collection of new stuffed animals to be donated to the middletown police department.
dubbed “operation tactical teddy bear” by the students, the collection took place over the course of the past semester starting in january, and was the first community service project, gibbs said.
gibbs and smith recently showed up at the to drop off four large bags full of new stuffed animals to the department. the animals vary in size, shape and color, but they are all cuddly.
smaller bags containing a few of the stuffed animals will be placed in each police cruiser, laudenslager said. officers give them out at their own discretion. however, police typically hand out a stuffed animal to any child who is at the scene or involved in a domestic violence incident, an accident or emergency, or any situation involving child custody.
laudenslager has seen first hand the impact the stuffed animals can have upon a child.
“it usually calms them down right away. they will hug it (the stuffed animal) the whole time,” he said.
penn state harrisburg has about 150 criminal justice students. many are looking to become police officers, gibbs said.
among other requirements, undergraduate criminal justice students at penn state harrisburg must have a minimum grade point average of to get into the national criminal justice honor society. graduate students need a minimum of.
the new penn state harrisburg chapter has eight students. the idea for the stuffed animal drive is credited to the three officers: president michael raymond, vice president michael imbrogno, and aric townes.
other members who assisted are bao pham, christine hollman, daniela barberi and michael posteraro.
the chapter plans to have more service projects and will look for other opportunities to connect with the middletown police department, gibbs said.
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ˈpoʊstɪd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ʤun 21 2017 piɛm ˈhændˌgənz, vɛsts, ənd stəft ˈænəməlz. wət ˈaɪtəm ɔn ðɪs lɪst sim tɪ bɪˈlɔŋ? ju ˈprɑbəˌbli sɛd animals,”*,” bət wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ɪkˈwɪpmənt ðət ˈmɪdəlˌtaʊn bəroʊ pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz nid tɪ ˈkɛri, stəft ˈænəməlz ˈrɪli du bɪˈlɔŋ ɔn ðə lɪst. ˈoʊnli ju faɪnd stəft ˈænəməlz əˈməŋ ðə lɪst əv pəˈlis ɪkˈwɪpmənt ˈaɪtəmz ðət ər ˈfəndɪd baɪ ðə bəroʊ ˈbəʤɪt. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðə həz dɪˈpɛndɪd ɔn ðə ˌʤɛnərˈɑsəti əv ˈaʊtˈsaɪd grups tɪ prəˈvaɪd ə pis əv ɪkˈwɪpmənt ðət ˈɔfɪsərz seɪ kəmz ɪn ˈvɛri ˈhændi əˈspɛʃəli ˈɛni taɪm ən ˈɔfɪsər ɪz ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ə jəŋ ʧaɪld. ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz, kɪˈwɑnɪs ənd ˈmɛmbərz hæv ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd ˈtɛdi bɛrz ənd ˈəðər stəft ˈænəməlz tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt fər ˈɔfɪsərz tɪ gɪv tɪ ˈʧɪldrən, sɛd pəˈtroʊl ˈɔfɪsər mɑrk ˈlaʊdɪnsleɪgər. naʊ, ə nu grup həz stɛpt əp ðə pɛn steɪt ˈhɛrɪsbərg ˈʧæptər əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈɑnər soʊˈsaɪɪti, noʊn ɛz ˈælfə faɪ ˈsɪgmə. ðə ˈʧæptər ɪz nu ðɪs ˌækəˈdɛmɪk jɪr, sɛd ˈʤɛnəfər gɪbz, ən əˈsɪstənt prəˈfɛsər əv ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs ənd ˈʧæptər əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈʤɛnəfər smɪθ, ə ˈlɛkʧərər ɪn ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs æt pɛn steɪt ˈhɛrɪsbərg. ˈæftər siɪŋ ə ˈvɪdioʊ ɪn gibbs’*’ klæs dɪˈpɪktɪŋ ə jəŋ gərl ɪn ə kɑr ˈæksədənt biɪŋ kɑmd daʊn baɪ ə pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər ˈgɪvɪŋ hər ə stəft ˈænəməl, ˈstudənts ɪn ðə ˈʧæptər wər ˌɪnˈspaɪərd tɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪz ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv nu stəft ˈænəməlz tɪ bi ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd tɪ ðə ˈmɪdəlˌtaʊn pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt. dəbd ˈtæktɪkəl ˈtɛdi bear”*” baɪ ðə ˈstudənts, ðə kəˈlɛkʃən tʊk pleɪs ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ðə pæst səˈmɛstər ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri, ənd wɑz ðə fərst kəmˈjunɪti ˈsərvɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt, gɪbz sɛd. gɪbz ənd smɪθ ˈrisəntli ʃoʊd əp æt ðə tɪ drɔp ɔf fɔr lɑrʤ bægz fʊl əv nu stəft ˈænəməlz tɪ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt. ðə ˈænəməlz ˈvɛri ɪn saɪz, ʃeɪp ənd ˈkələr, bət ðeɪ ər ɔl ˈkədli. sˈmɔlər bægz kənˈteɪnɪŋ ə fju əv ðə stəft ˈænəməlz wɪl bi pleɪst ɪn iʧ pəˈlis ˈkruzər, ˈlaʊdɪnsleɪgər sɛd. ˈɔfɪsərz gɪv ðɛm aʊt æt ðɛr oʊn dɪˈskrɛʃən. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, pəˈlis ˈtɪpɪkəli hænd aʊt ə stəft ˈænəməl tɪ ˈɛni ʧaɪld hu ɪz æt ðə sin ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns ˈɪnsədənt, ən ˈæksədənt ər ˈimərʤənsi, ər ˈɛni ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ʧaɪld ˈkəstədi. ˈlaʊdɪnsleɪgər həz sin fərst hænd ðə ˌɪmˈpækt ðə stəft ˈænəməlz kən hæv əˈpɑn ə ʧaɪld. ˈjuʒəwəli kɑmz ðɛm daʊn raɪt əˈweɪ. ðeɪ wɪl həg ɪt (ðə stəft ˈænəməl) ðə hoʊl time,”*,” hi sɛd. pɛn steɪt ˈhɛrɪsbərg həz əˈbaʊt 150 ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈstudənts. ˈmɛni ər ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz, gɪbz sɛd. əˈməŋ ˈəðər rɪkˈwaɪrmənts, ˌəndərˈgræʤəwət ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈstudənts æt pɛn steɪt ˈhɛrɪsbərg məst hæv ə ˈmɪnəməm greɪd pɔɪnt ˈævərɪʤ əv tɪ gɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs ˈɑnər soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˈgræʤəˌweɪt ˈstudənts nid ə ˈmɪnəməm əv ðə nu pɛn steɪt ˈhɛrɪsbərg ˈʧæptər həz eɪt ˈstudənts. ðə aɪˈdiə fər ðə stəft ˈænəməl draɪv ɪz ˈkrɛdɪtɪd tɪ ðə θri ˈɔfɪsərz: ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmaɪkəl ˈreɪmənd, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈmaɪkəl ˌɪmˈbroʊgˌnoʊ, ənd ˈærɪk taʊnz. ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz hu əˈsɪstɪd ər baʊ fæm, krɪˈstin ˈhɑlmən, dænˈjɛlə bɑrˈbɛri ənd ˈmaɪkəl ˌpɔstɛˈrɑroʊ. ðə ˈʧæptər plænz tɪ hæv mɔr ˈsərvɪs ˈprɑʤɛkts ənd wɪl lʊk fər ˈəðər ˌɑpərˈtunətiz tɪ kəˈnɛkt wɪθ ðə ˈmɪdəlˌtaʊn pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt, gɪbz sɛd.
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"two and a half men" star charlie sheen has skirted disaster as a wayward, middle-aged party boy who regularly tested the patience of the tv network and studio trying to protect their valuable sitcom property. it was a and radio rant that helped push him over the edge and, finally, forced cbs and warner bros. television to take action.
"two and a half men" star charlie sheen has skirted disaster as a wayward, middle-aged party boy who regularly tested the patience of the tv network and studio trying to protect their valuable sitcom property.
it was a and radio rant that helped push him over the edge and, finally, forced cbs and warner bros. television to take action.
in a joint statement thursday, the companies said they were ending production on television's no. 1 sitcom for the season, a decision based on the "totality of charlie sheen's statements, conduct and condition."
whether he's gone far enough to sink the series and, possibly, his career as one of tv's actors remained unclear. sheen's rambling interview thursday with host alex jones was reminiscent of mel gibson's tirade during a 2006 traffic stop but sheen knew his remarks were public.
the production halt leaves cbs eight episodes shy of the 24 it had expected to air as the cornerstone of its monday night comedy lineup. and it makes the network and warner, which reaps hundreds of millions from the show in syndication, the potential between sheen and "two and a half men" executive producer chuck.
lorre bore the brunt of sheen's attacks during the radio interview and in a subsequent "open letter" sent to after the decision and posted on the entertainment website.
in the letter, the actor called a "contaminated little maggot" and wished the producer "nothing but pain."
"clearly i have defeated this earthworm with my words imagine what i would have done with my fire breathing fists," the sheen wrote.
improbably, he also called on his admirers to start a protest movement for him.
"i urge all my beautiful and loyal fans who embraced this show for almost a decade to walk with me side-by-side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong," sheen wrote.
those remarks, along with his comments to jones, veered from ludicrous to self-aggrandizing to threatening. for a man who has battled addiction and faced allegations of domestic violence, the outbursts raised troubling questions about his state of mind and his most recent effort at rehabilitation.
in an interview wednesday, his father, martin sheen ("the west wing," ''apocalypse now") compared his son's fight against addiction to that of a cancer patient.
"the disease of addiction is a form of cancer," martin sheen told sky news in london. "you have to have an equal measure of concern and love and lift them up, so that's what we do for him."
cbs and warner had tolerated sheen's recent misadventures, including wild partying and three hospitalizations in three months. the incidents are part of a checkered life that included his $50,000-plus tab as a client of "hollywood madam" heidi fleiss' prostitution ring, a cocaine overdose in 1998, and marriages.
(last august, he pleaded guilty in aspen, colo., to misdemeanor assault after a christmas day altercation with his third wife, brooke mueller. the couple's divorce was recently finalized.)
the tv season was interrupted for "two and a half men" after sheen was briefly hospitalized last month following a 911 call in which he was described as "very, very intoxicated" and in pain. production was put on hold while sheen tried rehab, reportedly at home, but also railed against the hiatus as unneeded.
he signed a new contract at the end of last season that reportedly pays him about $1.8 million per episode.
plans were set for taping to resume next week. then came the jones radio interview and the attack on that of anti-semitism.
"there's something this side of deplorable that a certain chaim levine yeah, that's chuck's real name mistook this rock star for his own selfish exit strategy, bro. check it, alex: i embarrassed him in front of his children and the world by healing at a pace that his mind cannot process," sheen told jones.
"last i checked, chaim, i spent close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold. and the gratitude i get is this charlatan chose not to do his job, which is to write," he said.
lorre, who was born charles levine, is a veteran producer whose hits include "the big bang theory," ''dharma & greg" and "cybill." he had no comment on sheen's remarks or the production shut down, a spokeswoman said thursday.
speaking of himself, the star of the films "platoon," ''wall street" and "major league" said he has "magic and poetry in my fingertips, most of the time."
but he also made repeated, unclear references to mayhem. at one point, sheen called himself the new sheriff in town who has an "army of assassins."
"if you love with violence and you hate with violence, there's nothing that can be questioned," he said.
when cbs entertainment president nina was asked about sheen at a news conference in january, she said, "we have a high level of concern. how can we not?" she said.
when a reporter suggested a person in a different line of work and a similar track record would be fired, replied: "what do you get fired for? going to work and doing your job?"
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"tu ənd ə hæf mɛn" stɑr ˈʧɑrli ʃin həz ˈskərtɪd dɪˈzæstər ɛz ə ˈweɪwərd, ˈmɪdəˌleɪgd ˈpɑrti bɔɪ hu ˈrɛgjələrli ˈtɛstɪd ðə ˈpeɪʃəns əv ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd ˈstudiˌoʊ traɪɪŋ tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛr ˈvæljəbəl ˈsɪtˌkɑm ˈprɑpərti. ɪt wɑz ə ənd ˈreɪdiˌoʊ rænt ðət hɛlpt pʊʃ ɪm ˈoʊvər ðə ɛʤ ənd, ˈfaɪnəli, fɔrst ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ənd ˈwɔrnər bros*. ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən tɪ teɪk ˈækʃən. "tu ənd ə hæf mɛn" stɑr ˈʧɑrli ʃin həz ˈskərtɪd dɪˈzæstər ɛz ə ˈweɪwərd, ˈmɪdəˌleɪgd ˈpɑrti bɔɪ hu ˈrɛgjələrli ˈtɛstɪd ðə ˈpeɪʃəns əv ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd ˈstudiˌoʊ traɪɪŋ tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðɛr ˈvæljəbəl ˈsɪtˌkɑm ˈprɑpərti. ɪt wɑz ə ənd ˈreɪdiˌoʊ rænt ðət hɛlpt pʊʃ ɪm ˈoʊvər ðə ɛʤ ənd, ˈfaɪnəli, fɔrst ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ənd ˈwɔrnər bros*. ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən tɪ teɪk ˈækʃən. ɪn ə ʤɔɪnt ˈsteɪtmənt ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz sɛd ðeɪ wər ˈɛndɪŋ pərˈdəkʃən ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒənz noʊ. 1 ˈsɪtˌkɑm fər ðə ˈsizən, ə dɪˈsɪʒən beɪst ɔn ðə "toʊˈtæləti əv ˈʧɑrli ʃinz ˈsteɪtmənts, ˈkɑndəkt ənd kənˈdɪʃən." ˈwɛðər hiz gɔn fɑr ɪˈnəf tɪ sɪŋk ðə ˈsɪriz ənd, ˈpɑsəbli, hɪz kərɪr ɛz wən əv ˈtiˈviz ˈæktərz rɪˈmeɪnd ənˈklɪr. ʃinz ˈræmbəlɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌju ˈθərzˌdeɪ wɪθ hoʊst ˈæləks ʤoʊnz wɑz ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt əv mɛl ˈgɪbsənz taɪˈreɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ə 2006 ˈtræfɪk stɑp bət ʃin nu hɪz rɪˈmɑrks wər ˈpəblɪk. ðə pərˈdəkʃən hɔlt livz ˈsiˌbiˌɛs eɪt ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ʃaɪ əv ðə 24 ɪt hæd ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ɛr ɛz ðə ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn əv ɪts ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt ˈkɑmədi ˈlaɪˌnəp. ənd ɪt meɪks ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd ˈwɔrnər, wɪʧ rips ˈhənərdz əv ˈmɪljənz frəm ðə ʃoʊ ɪn ˌsɪndɪˈkeɪʃən, ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl bɪtˈwin ʃin ənd "tu ənd ə hæf mɛn" ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv prəˈdusər ʧək. bɔr ðə brənt əv ʃinz əˈtæks ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɪntərvˌju ənd ɪn ə ˈsəbsəkwənt "ˈoʊpən ˈlɛtər" sɛnt tɪ ˈæftər ðə dɪˈsɪʒən ənd ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ðə ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ɪn ðə ˈlɛtər, ðə ˈæktər kɔld ə "kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd ˈlɪtəl ˈmægət" ənd wɪʃt ðə prəˈdusər "ˈnəθɪŋ bət peɪn." "ˈklɪrli aɪ hæv dɪˈfitɪd ðɪs ˈərθˌwərm wɪθ maɪ wərdz ˌɪˈmæʤən wət aɪ wʊd hæv dən wɪθ maɪ faɪər ˈbriðɪŋ fɪsts," ðə ʃin roʊt. ˌɪmˈprɑbəbli, hi ˈɔlsoʊ kɔld ɔn hɪz ədˈmaɪrərz tɪ stɑrt ə ˈproʊˌtɛst ˈmuvmənt fər ɪm. "aɪ ərʤ ɔl maɪ ˈbjutəfəl ənd lɔɪəl fænz hu ɛmˈbreɪst ðɪs ʃoʊ fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə ˈdɛkeɪd tɪ wɔk wɪθ mi ˈsaɪdbaɪˈsaɪd ɛz wi mɑrʧ əp ðə stɛps əv ˈʤəstɪs tɪ raɪt ðɪs ənˈkɑnʃənəbəl rɔŋ," ʃin roʊt. ðoʊz rɪˈmɑrks, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hɪz ˈkɑmɛnts tɪ ʤoʊnz, vɪrd frəm ˈludəkrəs tɪ ˈsɛlfəˈgrænˌdaɪzɪŋ tɪ θˈrɛtənɪŋ. fər ə mæn hu həz ˈbætəld əˈdɪkʃən ənd feɪst ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns, ðə ˈaʊtˌbərsts reɪzd ˈtrəbəlɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt hɪz steɪt əv maɪnd ənd hɪz moʊst ˈrisənt ˈɛfərt æt ˌriəˌbɪləˈteɪʃən. ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, hɪz ˈfɑðər, ˈmɑrtɪn ʃin ("ðə wɛst wɪŋ," ''əˈpɑkəˌlɪps naʊ") kəmˈpɛrd hɪz sənz faɪt əˈgɛnst əˈdɪkʃən tɪ ðət əv ə ˈkænsər ˈpeɪʃənt. "ðə dɪˈziz əv əˈdɪkʃən ɪz ə fɔrm əv ˈkænsər," ˈmɑrtɪn ʃin toʊld skaɪ nuz ɪn ˈləndən. "ju hæv tɪ hæv ən ˈikwəl ˈmɛʒər əv kənˈsərn ənd ləv ənd lɪft ðɛm əp, soʊ ðæts wət wi du fər ɪm." ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ənd ˈwɔrnər hæd ˈtɑlərˌeɪtəd ʃinz ˈrisənt mɪsədˈvɛnʧərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ waɪld ˈpɑrtiɪŋ ənd θri ˌhɑspɪtələˈzeɪʃənz ɪn θri mənθs. ðə ˈɪnsədənts ər pɑrt əv ə ˈʧɛkərd laɪf ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd hɪz tæb ɛz ə klaɪənt əv "ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈmædəm" ˈhaɪdi flaɪʃ' ˌprɑstəˈtuʃən rɪŋ, ə koʊˈkeɪn ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs ɪn 1998 ənd ˈmɛrɪʤɪz. (læst ˈɔgəst, hi ˈplidɪd ˈgɪlti ɪn ˈæspən, ˈkoʊloʊ., tɪ ˌmɪsdəˈminər əˈsɔlt ˈæftər ə ˈkrɪsməs deɪ ˌɑltərˈkeɪʃən wɪθ hɪz θərd waɪf, brʊk mˈjulər. ðə ˈkəpəlz dɪˈvɔrs wɑz ˈrisəntli ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzd.) ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsizən wɑz ˌɪntərˈəptɪd fər "tu ənd ə hæf mɛn" ˈæftər ʃin wɑz ˈbrifli ˈhɑspɪtəˌlaɪzd læst mənθ ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə 911 kɔl ɪn wɪʧ hi wɑz dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz "ˈvɛri, ˈvɛri ˌɪnˈtɑksɪˌkeɪtɪd" ənd ɪn peɪn. pərˈdəkʃən wɑz pʊt ɔn hoʊld waɪl ʃin traɪd rihæb, rɪˈpɔrtədli æt hoʊm, bət ˈɔlsoʊ reɪld əˈgɛnst ðə haɪˈeɪtəs ɛz ənˈnidɪd. hi saɪnd ə nu ˈkɑnˌtrækt æt ðə ɛnd əv læst ˈsizən ðət rɪˈpɔrtədli peɪz ɪm əˈbaʊt ˈmɪljən pər ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd. plænz wər sɛt fər ˈteɪpɪŋ tɪ ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ nɛkst wik. ðɛn keɪm ðə ʤoʊnz ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɪntərvˌju ənd ðə əˈtæk ɔn ðət əv anti-semitism*. "ðɛrz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðɪs saɪd əv dɪˈplɔrəbəl ðət ə ˈsərtən haɪɪm lɛˈvin jæ, ðæts ʧəks ril neɪm mɪˈstʊk ðɪs rɑk stɑr fər hɪz oʊn ˈsɛlfɪʃ ˈɛksət ˈstrætəʤi, broʊ. ʧɛk ɪt, ˈæləks: aɪ ɪmˈbɛrəst ɪm ɪn frənt əv hɪz ˈʧɪldrən ənd ðə wərld baɪ ˈhilɪŋ æt ə peɪs ðət hɪz maɪnd ˈkænɑt ˈprɔˌsɛs," ʃin toʊld ʤoʊnz. "læst aɪ ʧɛkt, haɪɪm, aɪ spɛnt kloʊz tɪ ðə læst ˈdɛkeɪd ˈɛfərtləsli ənd ˈmæʤɪkəli kənˈvərtɪŋ jʊr tɪn kænz ˈɪntu pjʊr goʊld. ənd ðə ˈgrætəˌtud aɪ gɪt ɪz ðɪs ˈʃɑrlətən ʧoʊz nɑt tɪ du hɪz ʤɑb, wɪʧ ɪz tɪ raɪt," hi sɛd., hu wɑz bɔrn ˈʧɑrəlz lɛˈvin, ɪz ə ˈvɛtərən prəˈdusər huz hɪts ˌɪnˈklud "ðə bɪg bæŋ ˈθɪri," ''ˈdɑrmə grɛg" ənd "ˈsaɪˌbɪl." hi hæd noʊ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ʃinz rɪˈmɑrks ər ðə pərˈdəkʃən ʃət daʊn, ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən sɛd ˈθərzˌdeɪ. ˈspikɪŋ əv hɪmˈsɛlf, ðə stɑr əv ðə fɪlmz "pləˈtun," ''wɔl strit" ənd "ˈmeɪʤər lig" sɛd hi həz "ˈmæʤɪk ənd ˈpoʊətri ɪn maɪ ˈfɪŋgərˌtɪps, moʊst əv ðə taɪm." bət hi ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd rɪˈpitɪd, ənˈklɪr ˈrɛfərənsɪz tɪ ˈmeɪˌhɛm. æt wən pɔɪnt, ʃin kɔld hɪmˈsɛlf ðə nu ˈʃɛrɪf ɪn taʊn hu həz ən "ˈɑrmi əv əˈsæsənz." "ɪf ju ləv wɪθ ˈvaɪələns ənd ju heɪt wɪθ ˈvaɪələns, ðɛrz ˈnəθɪŋ ðət kən bi kˈwɛsʧənd," hi sɛd. wɪn ˈsiˌbiˌɛs ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈninə wɑz æst əˈbaʊt ʃin æt ə nuz ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri, ʃi sɛd, "wi hæv ə haɪ ˈlɛvəl əv kənˈsərn. haʊ kən wi nɑt?" ʃi sɛd. wɪn ə rɪˈpɔrtər səˈʤɛstɪd ə ˈpərsən ɪn ə ˈdɪfərənt laɪn əv wərk ənd ə ˈsɪmələr træk ˈrɛkərd wʊd bi faɪərd, rɪˈplaɪd: "wət du ju gɪt faɪərd fər? goʊɪŋ tɪ wərk ənd duɪŋ jʊr ʤɑb?"
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camp myth is a summer camp built exclusively for mythological creatures. a place where mythical kids from across the globe gather to earn merit badges for obviously practical skills like phoenix watching, fishing, golem building, or unicorn taming. eloy (third eye games) and chris lewis carter (author of camp myth) have joined forces to create camp myth: the! create your own mythic camper, and go on amazing adventures with friends to earn dozens of unique merit badges.
playable races
fae - obsessed with studying magic in all of its forms, most fae are blowhards who are unfamiliar with the concept of fun. those who decide to shun the mystic arts in favour of other pursuits are considered outcasts among their own people, and avoided like a plague.
- obsessed with studying magic in all of its forms, most fae are blowhards who are unfamiliar with the concept of fun. those who decide to shun the mystic arts in favour of other pursuits are considered outcasts among their own people, and avoided like a plague. cyclops - hulks who live for the thrill of combat, a cyclops only feels at home on the battlefield. unfortunately for the other races attending camp myth, also have a tendency to turn wherever they currently reside into a battlefield...
- hulks who live for the thrill of combat, a cyclops only feels at home on the battlefield. unfortunately for the other races attending camp myth, also have a tendency to turn wherever they currently reside into a battlefield... - part human, part fox, these magical are both agile and cunning. for a, there is no greater honour than to grow an additional tail, as it symbolizes power and maturity.
- part human, part fox, these magical are both agile and cunning. for a, there is no greater honour than to grow an additional tail, as it symbolizes power and maturity. - known as both fierce warriors and logic-seekers, youngs are just as likely to cut you in half as they are to stare at a tower for hours contemplating the best move.
- known as both fierce warriors and logic-seekers, youngs are just as likely to cut you in half as they are to stare at a tower for hours contemplating the best move. kappa powerful with the ability to walk on land, are required to carry a container of water with them at all times to help avoid dehydration. after all, staying out of their natural habitat for too long can lead to several... unusual side-effects.
– powerful with the ability to walk on land, are required to carry a container of water with them at all times to help avoid dehydration. after all, staying out of their natural habitat for too long can lead to several... unusual side-effects. - malicious little tricksters who inhabit the warrens, a series of tunnels running underneath the camp, a is most easily identified by its long, crimson hat. but why are they so attached to their headgear, and why do the hats always appear to be dripping with red liquid...
- malicious little tricksters who inhabit the warrens, a series of tunnels running underneath the camp, a is most easily identified by its long, crimson hat. but why are they so attached to their headgear, and why do the hats always appear to be dripping with red liquid... heralds of nature,s become extremely upset with anybody who they believe is harming the environment in any way. they are also hopelessly drawn to animals especially those in need of assistance.
– heralds of nature,s become extremely upset with anybody who they believe is harming the environment in any way. they are also hopelessly drawn to animals especially those in need of assistance. leprechaun - known for their fantastic luck, especially in tricky situations. however, if even one of their gold coins become lost (as they almost always do), a leprechaun will stop at nothing to get it back - even jumping headfirst into extreme danger.
- known for their fantastic luck, especially in tricky situations. however, if even one of their gold coins become lost (as they almost always do), a leprechaun will stop at nothing to get it back - even jumping headfirst into extreme danger. centaur - the resident "jocks" of camp myth, centaurs are fiercely competitive, and believe that all disagreements are best settled on the result of a game. from to a fight to the death, a centaur will always abide by the results.
- the resident "jocks" of camp myth, centaurs are fiercely competitive, and believe that all disagreements are best settled on the result of a game. from to a fight to the death, a centaur will always abide by the results. - obsessed with climbing the social ladder, are materialistic and self-centered. they are also shameless gossips, and can't ever resist a juicy rumour about a fellow camper.
the “mythic pips” system
camp myth: the uses a modified version of third eye games' pip system, dubbed “mythic pips.” not only is this system highly and gm-friendly, but it only requires dice to play. it's easy to scale the difficulty level of each monster up or down to suit your story, or, if you'd simply like to add a mythical beast that isn't included with the game, just build it from scratch with our intuitive “creature crafter.” it's fun and accessible for kids and beginners, but has enough crunch for even the most experienced players.
we want to make sure that our mythology and summer camp themes are involved in all aspects of the camp myth. take a look at just a few of the mechanics found in camp myth: the.
summer camp skill sets your camper will improve skills such as arts and crafts, drama, mythic knowledge, and wilderness training. your skill decisions impact your chances of earning specific merit badges. have no respect for bullies, but a cyclops only respects the fiercest of creatures. once your camper has completed enough tasks, they just might have the skills needed to earn a merit badge.
– your camper will improve skills such as arts and crafts, drama, mythic knowledge, and wilderness training. your skill decisions impact your chances of earning specific merit badges. have no respect for bullies, but a cyclops only respects the fiercest of creatures. once your camper has completed enough tasks, they just might have the skills needed to earn a merit badge. homesickness camp myth is a dangerous place, but even the most terrifying creatures are no match for a bout of homesickness. failing to navigate certain social situations (or encounters) can wound your ego more than your body, and a homesick camper can be a recipe for disaster!
– camp myth is a dangerous place, but even the most terrifying creatures are no match for a bout of homesickness. failing to navigate certain social situations (or encounters) can wound your ego more than your body, and a homesick camper can be a recipe for disaster! letters from camp a completely optional (but super-fun) system that rewards players for writing “letters home” between sessions. not only is this a great way for players to become further immersed in their characters, but it allows to get an inside look on what events stood out to their players during the last session.
– a completely optional (but super-fun) system that rewards players for writing “letters home” between sessions. not only is this a great way for players to become further immersed in their characters, but it allows to get an inside look on what events stood out to their players during the last session. knife for all campers, this tool allows players to invent their own unique attachments to help during adventures. it's a complex device, but thankfully you knew exactly how to spray mandrake repellant!
– for all campers, this tool allows players to invent their own unique attachments to help during adventures. it's a complex device, but thankfully you knew exactly how to spray mandrake repellant! dozens of companion creatures by using an intuitive system, any monster can be easily converted to become an companion pet. what better way to reward (or spice up) a camper than by giving them a faithful puppy or a clipped phoenix!
rewards and stretch goals
backing this project guarantees you'll receive a quality gaming experience from two people with proven track records. all funds will be used to pay for printing, artwork, rewards, and distribution, and additional funds will be used to create a richer camp myth experience for all backers. just take a look at our current stretch goals:
$7,500 two additional races and ten additional merit badges: they just missed a spot on the main roster, but these two mythical races are out to prove they deserve cabins of their own! this stretch goal will unlock the gorgon and yeti character classes, which will be included in all copies of the camp myth. also, complete your sash with ten more amazing merit badges (and abilities) for your campers to earn, which will be included in all copies of the camp myth.
they just missed a spot on the main roster, but these two mythical races are out to prove they deserve cabins of their own! this stretch goal will unlock the gorgon and yeti character classes, which will be included in all copies of the camp myth. also, complete your sash with ten more amazing merit badges (and abilities) for your campers to earn, which will be included in all copies of the camp myth. $10,000 three additional custom scenarios: want more tales from camp myth? this stretch goal will unlock three more custom scenarios written by chris lewis carter, including “the talent show,” a look at what happens when mythical creatures hit the stage to impress their peers!
want more tales from camp myth? this stretch goal will unlock three more custom scenarios written by chris lewis carter, including “the talent show,” a look at what happens when mythical creatures hit the stage to impress their peers! $15,000 free expansion: there must be a campfire, because everyone wants s'more! all backers will receive an additional expansion to the camp myth, which will include even more races, merit badges, scenarios, and abilities!
for more information about camp myth, visit www.campmyth.com, or chrislewiscarter.com. you can also “like” facebook.com/campmyth, or email chris directly at chrislewiscarter@gmail.com.
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kæmp mɪθ ɪz ə ˈsəmər kæmp bɪlt ɪkˈsklusɪvli fər ˌmɪθəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈkriʧərz. ə pleɪs wɛr ˈmɪθɪkəl kɪdz frəm əˈkrɔs ðə gloʊb ˈgæðər tɪ ərn ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz fər ˈɑbviəsli ˈpræktɪkəl skɪlz laɪk ˈfinɪks ˈwɑʧɪŋ, ˈfɪʃɪŋ, ˈgoʊləm ˈbɪldɪŋ, ər ˈjunɪˌkɔrn ˈteɪmɪŋ. ˈilɔɪ (θərd aɪ geɪmz) ənd krɪs luɪs ˈkɑrtər (ˈɔθər əv kæmp mɪθ) hæv ʤɔɪnd ˈfɔrsɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt kæmp mɪθ: ðə! kriˈeɪt jʊr oʊn ˈmɪθɪk ˈkæmpər, ənd goʊ ɔn əˈmeɪzɪŋ ædˈvɛnʧərz wɪθ frɛndz tɪ ərn ˈdəzənz əv juˈnik ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz. ˈreɪsɪz faɪ əbˈsɛst wɪθ ˈstədiɪŋ ˈmæʤɪk ɪn ɔl əv ɪts fɔrmz, moʊst faɪ ər ˈbloʊˌhɑrdz hu ər ˌənfəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt əv fən. ðoʊz hu ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ ʃən ðə ˈmɪstɪk ɑrts ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈəðər pərˈsuts ər kənˈsɪdərd ˈaʊtˌkæsts əˈməŋ ðɛr oʊn ˈpipəl, ənd əˈvɔɪdɪd laɪk ə pleɪg. əbˈsɛst wɪθ ˈstədiɪŋ ˈmæʤɪk ɪn ɔl əv ɪts fɔrmz, moʊst faɪ ər ˈbloʊˌhɑrdz hu ər ˌənfəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt əv fən. ðoʊz hu ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ ʃən ðə ˈmɪstɪk ɑrts ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈəðər pərˈsuts ər kənˈsɪdərd ˈaʊtˌkæsts əˈməŋ ðɛr oʊn ˈpipəl, ənd əˈvɔɪdɪd laɪk ə pleɪg. ˈsaɪˌklɔps həlks hu lɪv fər ðə θrɪl əv ˈkɑmbæt, ə ˈsaɪˌklɔps ˈoʊnli filz æt hoʊm ɔn ðə ˈbætəlˌfild. ənˈfɔrʧənətli fər ðə ˈəðər ˈreɪsɪz əˈtɛndɪŋ kæmp mɪθ, ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ə ˈtɛndənsi tɪ tərn wɛˈrɛvər ðeɪ ˈkərəntli rɪˈzaɪd ˈɪntu ə ˈbætəlˌfild... həlks hu lɪv fər ðə θrɪl əv ˈkɑmbæt, ə ˈsaɪˌklɔps ˈoʊnli filz æt hoʊm ɔn ðə ˈbætəlˌfild. ənˈfɔrʧənətli fər ðə ˈəðər ˈreɪsɪz əˈtɛndɪŋ kæmp mɪθ, ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ə ˈtɛndənsi tɪ tərn wɛˈrɛvər ðeɪ ˈkərəntli rɪˈzaɪd ˈɪntu ə ˈbætəlˌfild... pɑrt ˈjumən, pɑrt fɑks, ðiz ˈmæʤɪkəl ər boʊθ ˈæʤəl ənd ˈkənɪŋ. fər ə, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈgreɪtər ˈɑnər ðən tɪ groʊ ən əˈdɪʃənəl teɪl, ɛz ɪt ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪzɪz paʊər ənd məˈʧʊrəti. pɑrt ˈjumən, pɑrt fɑks, ðiz ˈmæʤɪkəl ər boʊθ ˈæʤəl ənd ˈkənɪŋ. fər ə, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈgreɪtər ˈɑnər ðən tɪ groʊ ən əˈdɪʃənəl teɪl, ɛz ɪt ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪzɪz paʊər ənd məˈʧʊrəti. noʊn ɛz boʊθ fɪrs ˈwɔrjərz ənd logic-seekers*, jəŋ ər ʤɪst ɛz ˈlaɪkli tɪ kət ju ɪn hæf ɛz ðeɪ ər tɪ stɛr æt ə taʊər fər aʊərz ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪŋ ðə bɛst muv. noʊn ɛz boʊθ fɪrs ˈwɔrjərz ənd logic-seekers*, jəŋ ər ʤɪst ɛz ˈlaɪkli tɪ kət ju ɪn hæf ɛz ðeɪ ər tɪ stɛr æt ə taʊər fər aʊərz ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪŋ ðə bɛst muv. ˈkæpə ˈpaʊərfəl wɪθ ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ wɔk ɔn lænd, ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ ˈkɛri ə kənˈteɪnər əv ˈwɔtər wɪθ ðɛm æt ɔl taɪmz tɪ hɛlp əˈvɔɪd ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən. ˈæftər ɔl, steɪɪŋ aʊt əv ðɛr ˈnæʧərəl ˈhæbəˌtæt fər tu lɔŋ kən lɛd tɪ ˈsɛvərəl... ənˈjuˌʒuəl side-effects*. ˈpaʊərfəl wɪθ ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ wɔk ɔn lænd, ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ ˈkɛri ə kənˈteɪnər əv ˈwɔtər wɪθ ðɛm æt ɔl taɪmz tɪ hɛlp əˈvɔɪd ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən. ˈæftər ɔl, steɪɪŋ aʊt əv ðɛr ˈnæʧərəl ˈhæbəˌtæt fər tu lɔŋ kən lɛd tɪ ˈsɛvərəl... ənˈjuˌʒuəl side-effects*. məˈlɪʃəs ˈlɪtəl ˈtrɪkstərz hu ˌɪnˈhæbət ðə ˈwɔrənz, ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈtənəlz ˈrənɪŋ ˌəndərˈniθ ðə kæmp, ə ɪz moʊst ˈizəli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd baɪ ɪts lɔŋ, ˈkrɪmzən hæt. bət waɪ ər ðeɪ soʊ əˈtæʧt tɪ ðɛr ˈhɛdˌgɪr, ənd waɪ du ðə hæts ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈpɪr tɪ bi ˈdrɪpɪŋ wɪθ rɛd ˈlɪkwɪd... məˈlɪʃəs ˈlɪtəl ˈtrɪkstərz hu ˌɪnˈhæbət ðə ˈwɔrənz, ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈtənəlz ˈrənɪŋ ˌəndərˈniθ ðə kæmp, ə ɪz moʊst ˈizəli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd baɪ ɪts lɔŋ, ˈkrɪmzən hæt. bət waɪ ər ðeɪ soʊ əˈtæʧt tɪ ðɛr ˈhɛdˌgɪr, ənd waɪ du ðə hæts ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈpɪr tɪ bi ˈdrɪpɪŋ wɪθ rɛd ˈlɪkwɪd... ˈhɛrəldz əv ˈneɪʧər, bɪˈkəm ɪkˈstrimli ˈəpˌsɛt wɪθ ˈɛnibədi hu ðeɪ bɪˈliv ɪz ˈhɑrmɪŋ ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ɪn ˈɛni weɪ. ðeɪ ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhoʊpləsli drɔn tɪ ˈænəməlz əˈspɛʃəli ðoʊz ɪn nid əv əˈsɪstəns. ˈhɛrəldz əv ˈneɪʧər, bɪˈkəm ɪkˈstrimli ˈəpˌsɛt wɪθ ˈɛnibədi hu ðeɪ bɪˈliv ɪz ˈhɑrmɪŋ ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ɪn ˈɛni weɪ. ðeɪ ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhoʊpləsli drɔn tɪ ˈænəməlz əˈspɛʃəli ðoʊz ɪn nid əv əˈsɪstəns. ˈlɛpərˌkɔn noʊn fər ðɛr fænˈtæstɪk lək, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ˈtrɪki ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪf ˈivɪn wən əv ðɛr goʊld kɔɪnz bɪˈkəm lɔst (ɛz ðeɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔlˌweɪz du), ə ˈlɛpərˌkɔn wɪl stɑp æt ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɪt bæk ˈivɪn ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈhɛdˈfərst ˈɪntu ɪkˈstrim ˈdeɪnʤər. noʊn fər ðɛr fænˈtæstɪk lək, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ˈtrɪki ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪf ˈivɪn wən əv ðɛr goʊld kɔɪnz bɪˈkəm lɔst (ɛz ðeɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɔlˌweɪz du), ə ˈlɛpərˌkɔn wɪl stɑp æt ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɪt bæk ˈivɪn ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈhɛdˈfərst ˈɪntu ɪkˈstrim ˈdeɪnʤər. ˈsɛnˌtɔr ðə ˈrɛzɪdənt "ʤɑks" əv kæmp mɪθ, ˈsɛnˌtɔrz ər ˈfɪrsli kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv, ənd bɪˈliv ðət ɔl ˌdɪsəˈgrimənts ər bɛst ˈsɛtəld ɔn ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ə geɪm. frəm tɪ ə faɪt tɪ ðə dɛθ, ə ˈsɛnˌtɔr wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈbaɪd baɪ ðə rɪˈzəlts. ðə ˈrɛzɪdənt "ʤɑks" əv kæmp mɪθ, ˈsɛnˌtɔrz ər ˈfɪrsli kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv, ənd bɪˈliv ðət ɔl ˌdɪsəˈgrimənts ər bɛst ˈsɛtəld ɔn ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ə geɪm. frəm tɪ ə faɪt tɪ ðə dɛθ, ə ˈsɛnˌtɔr wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈbaɪd baɪ ðə rɪˈzəlts. əbˈsɛst wɪθ ˈklaɪmɪŋ ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈlædər, ər məˌtɪriəˈlɪstɪk ənd ˈsɛlfˈsɛntərd. ðeɪ ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈʃeɪmləs ˈgɑsəps, ənd kænt ˈɛvər rɪˈzɪst ə ˈʤusi ˈrumər əˈbaʊt ə ˈfɛloʊ ˈkæmpər. ðə pips”*” ˈsɪstəm kæmp mɪθ: ðə ˈjuzɪz ə ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd ˈvərʒən əv θərd aɪ geɪmz' pɪp ˈsɪstəm, dəbd pips.”*.” nɑt ˈoʊnli ɪz ðɪs ˈsɪstəm ˈhaɪli ənd gm-friendly*, bət ɪt ˈoʊnli rikˈwaɪərz daɪs tɪ pleɪ. ɪts ˈizi tɪ skeɪl ðə ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti ˈlɛvəl əv iʧ ˈmɑnstər əp ər daʊn tɪ sut jʊr ˈstɔri, ər, ɪf jʊd ˈsɪmpli laɪk tɪ æd ə ˈmɪθɪkəl bist ðət ˈɪzənt ˌɪnˈkludɪd wɪθ ðə geɪm, ʤɪst bɪld ɪt frəm skræʧ wɪθ ɑr ˌɪnˈtuətɪv crafter.”*.” ɪts fən ənd ækˈsɛsəbəl fər kɪdz ənd bɪˈgɪnərz, bət həz ɪˈnəf krənʧ fər ˈivɪn ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɪriənst pleɪərz. wi wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðət ɑr məˈθɑləˌʤi ənd ˈsəmər kæmp θimz ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ɔl ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðə kæmp mɪθ. teɪk ə lʊk æt ʤɪst ə fju əv ðə məˈkænɪks faʊnd ɪn kæmp mɪθ: ðə. ˈsəmər kæmp skɪl sɛts jʊr ˈkæmpər wɪl ˌɪmˈpruv skɪlz səʧ ɛz ɑrts ənd kræfts, ˈdrɑmə, ˈmɪθɪk ˈnɑlɪʤ, ənd ˈwɪldərnəs ˈtreɪnɪŋ. jʊr skɪl dɪˈsɪʒənz ˌɪmˈpækt jʊr ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈərnɪŋ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz. hæv noʊ rɪˈspɛkt fər ˈbʊliz, bət ə ˈsaɪˌklɔps ˈoʊnli rɪˈspɛkts ðə ˈfɪrsəst əv ˈkriʧərz. wəns jʊr ˈkæmpər həz kəmˈplitɪd ɪˈnəf tæsks, ðeɪ ʤɪst maɪt hæv ðə skɪlz ˈnidɪd tɪ ərn ə ˈmɛrət bæʤ. jʊr ˈkæmpər wɪl ˌɪmˈpruv skɪlz səʧ ɛz ɑrts ənd kræfts, ˈdrɑmə, ˈmɪθɪk ˈnɑlɪʤ, ənd ˈwɪldərnəs ˈtreɪnɪŋ. jʊr skɪl dɪˈsɪʒənz ˌɪmˈpækt jʊr ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈərnɪŋ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz. hæv noʊ rɪˈspɛkt fər ˈbʊliz, bət ə ˈsaɪˌklɔps ˈoʊnli rɪˈspɛkts ðə ˈfɪrsəst əv ˈkriʧərz. wəns jʊr ˈkæmpər həz kəmˈplitɪd ɪˈnəf tæsks, ðeɪ ʤɪst maɪt hæv ðə skɪlz ˈnidɪd tɪ ərn ə ˈmɛrət bæʤ. ˈhoʊmˌsɪknəs kæmp mɪθ ɪz ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs pleɪs, bət ˈivɪn ðə moʊst ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈkriʧərz ər noʊ mæʧ fər ə baʊt əv ˈhoʊmˌsɪknəs. ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ ˈnævəˌgeɪt ˈsərtən ˈsoʊʃəl ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz (ər ɪnˈkaʊnərz) kən wund jʊr ˈigoʊ mɔr ðən jʊr ˈbɑdi, ənd ə ˈhoʊmˌsɪk ˈkæmpər kən bi ə ˈrɛsəpi fər dɪˈzæstər! kæmp mɪθ ɪz ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs pleɪs, bət ˈivɪn ðə moʊst ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈkriʧərz ər noʊ mæʧ fər ə baʊt əv ˈhoʊmˌsɪknəs. ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ ˈnævəˌgeɪt ˈsərtən ˈsoʊʃəl ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz (ər ɪnˈkaʊnərz) kən wund jʊr ˈigoʊ mɔr ðən jʊr ˈbɑdi, ənd ə ˈhoʊmˌsɪk ˈkæmpər kən bi ə ˈrɛsəpi fər dɪˈzæstər! ˈlɛtərz frəm kæmp ə kəmˈplitli ˈɔpʃənəl (bət super-fun*) ˈsɪstəm ðət rɪˈwɔrdz pleɪərz fər ˈraɪtɪŋ home”*” bɪtˈwin ˈsɛʃənz. nɑt ˈoʊnli ɪz ðɪs ə greɪt weɪ fər pleɪərz tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈfərðər ˌɪˈmərst ɪn ðɛr ˈkɛrɪktərz, bət ɪt əˈlaʊz tɪ gɪt ən ˌɪnˈsaɪd lʊk ɔn wət ɪˈvɛnts stʊd aʊt tɪ ðɛr pleɪərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst ˈsɛʃən. ə kəmˈplitli ˈɔpʃənəl (bət super-fun*) ˈsɪstəm ðət rɪˈwɔrdz pleɪərz fər ˈraɪtɪŋ home”*” bɪtˈwin ˈsɛʃənz. nɑt ˈoʊnli ɪz ðɪs ə greɪt weɪ fər pleɪərz tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈfərðər ˌɪˈmərst ɪn ðɛr ˈkɛrɪktərz, bət ɪt əˈlaʊz tɪ gɪt ən ˌɪnˈsaɪd lʊk ɔn wət ɪˈvɛnts stʊd aʊt tɪ ðɛr pleɪərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə læst ˈsɛʃən. naɪf fər ɔl ˈkæmpərz, ðɪs tul əˈlaʊz pleɪərz tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛnt ðɛr oʊn juˈnik əˈtæʧmənts tɪ hɛlp ˈdʊrɪŋ ædˈvɛnʧərz. ɪts ə ˈkɑmplɛks dɪˈvaɪs, bət ˈθæŋkfəli ju nu ɪgˈzæktli haʊ tɪ spreɪ ˈmænˌdreɪk repellant*! fər ɔl ˈkæmpərz, ðɪs tul əˈlaʊz pleɪərz tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛnt ðɛr oʊn juˈnik əˈtæʧmənts tɪ hɛlp ˈdʊrɪŋ ædˈvɛnʧərz. ɪts ə ˈkɑmplɛks dɪˈvaɪs, bət ˈθæŋkfəli ju nu ɪgˈzæktli haʊ tɪ spreɪ ˈmænˌdreɪk repellant*! ˈdəzənz əv kəmˈpænjən ˈkriʧərz baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈtuətɪv ˈsɪstəm, ˈɛni ˈmɑnstər kən bi ˈizəli kənˈvərtɪd tɪ bɪˈkəm ən kəmˈpænjən pɛt. wət ˈbɛtər weɪ tɪ rɪˈwɔrd (ər spaɪs əp) ə ˈkæmpər ðən baɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ðɛm ə ˈfeɪθfəl ˈpəpi ər ə klɪpt ˈfinɪks! rɪˈwɔrdz ənd strɛʧ goʊlz ˈbækɪŋ ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt ˌgɛrənˈtiz jul rɪˈsiv ə kˈwɑləti ˈgeɪmɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns frəm tu ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈpruvən træk ˈrɛkərdz. ɔl fəndz wɪl bi juzd tɪ peɪ fər ˈprɪnɪŋ, ˈɑrtˌwərk, rɪˈwɔrdz, ənd ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən, ənd əˈdɪʃənəl fəndz wɪl bi juzd tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈrɪʧər kæmp mɪθ ɪkˈspɪriəns fər ɔl ˈbækərz. ʤɪst teɪk ə lʊk æt ɑr ˈkɑrənt strɛʧ goʊlz: tu əˈdɪʃənəl ˈreɪsɪz ənd tɛn əˈdɪʃənəl ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz: ðeɪ ʤɪst mɪst ə spɑt ɔn ðə meɪn ˈrɑstər, bət ðiz tu ˈmɪθɪkəl ˈreɪsɪz ər aʊt tɪ pruv ðeɪ dɪˈzərv ˈkæbənz əv ðɛr oʊn! ðɪs strɛʧ goʊl wɪl ənˈlɑk ðə ˈgɔrgən ənd ˈjɛti ˈkɛrɪktər ˈklæsɪz, wɪʧ wɪl bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ɔl ˈkɑpiz əv ðə kæmp mɪθ. ˈɔlsoʊ, kəmˈplit jʊr sæʃ wɪθ tɛn mɔr əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz (ənd əˈbɪləˌtiz) fər jʊr ˈkæmpərz tɪ ərn, wɪʧ wɪl bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ɔl ˈkɑpiz əv ðə kæmp mɪθ. ðeɪ ʤɪst mɪst ə spɑt ɔn ðə meɪn ˈrɑstər, bət ðiz tu ˈmɪθɪkəl ˈreɪsɪz ər aʊt tɪ pruv ðeɪ dɪˈzərv ˈkæbənz əv ðɛr oʊn! ðɪs strɛʧ goʊl wɪl ənˈlɑk ðə ˈgɔrgən ənd ˈjɛti ˈkɛrɪktər ˈklæsɪz, wɪʧ wɪl bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ɔl ˈkɑpiz əv ðə kæmp mɪθ. ˈɔlsoʊ, kəmˈplit jʊr sæʃ wɪθ tɛn mɔr əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz (ənd əˈbɪləˌtiz) fər jʊr ˈkæmpərz tɪ ərn, wɪʧ wɪl bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ɔl ˈkɑpiz əv ðə kæmp mɪθ. θri əˈdɪʃənəl ˈkəstəm sɪˈnɛrioʊz: wɔnt mɔr teɪlz frəm kæmp mɪθ? ðɪs strɛʧ goʊl wɪl ənˈlɑk θri mɔr ˈkəstəm sɪˈnɛrioʊz ˈrɪtən baɪ krɪs luɪs ˈkɑrtər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈtælənt show,”*,” ə lʊk æt wət ˈhæpənz wɪn ˈmɪθɪkəl ˈkriʧərz hɪt ðə steɪʤ tɪ ˌɪmˈprɛs ðɛr pɪrz! wɔnt mɔr teɪlz frəm kæmp mɪθ? ðɪs strɛʧ goʊl wɪl ənˈlɑk θri mɔr ˈkəstəm sɪˈnɛrioʊz ˈrɪtən baɪ krɪs luɪs ˈkɑrtər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈtælənt show,”*,” ə lʊk æt wət ˈhæpənz wɪn ˈmɪθɪkəl ˈkriʧərz hɪt ðə steɪʤ tɪ ˌɪmˈprɛs ðɛr pɪrz! fri ɪkˈspænʧən: ðɛr məst bi ə ˈkæmpˌfaɪər, bɪˈkəz ˈɛvriˌwən wɔnts s'more*! ɔl ˈbækərz wɪl rɪˈsiv ən əˈdɪʃənəl ɪkˈspænʧən tɪ ðə kæmp mɪθ, wɪʧ wɪl ˌɪnˈklud ˈivɪn mɔr ˈreɪsɪz, ˈmɛrət ˈbæʤɪz, sɪˈnɛrioʊz, ənd əˈbɪləˌtiz! fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt kæmp mɪθ, ˈvɪzɪt www.campmyth.com*, ər chrislewiscarter.com*. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ ““like”*” facebook.com/campmyth*, ər iˈmeɪl krɪs dɪˈrɛkli æt chrislewiscarter@gmail.com*. fər mɔr greɪt ˈprɑdəkts frəm θərd aɪ geɪmz, ˈvɪzɪt ər "laɪk" facebook.com/thirdeyegames*.
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chiptune artists have been using and other retro gaming hardware to create some tunes for a long time now, but never been quite as easy as this. using new mono cartridge, now anyone can convert their into a synthesizer.
nanoloop is a brand that has been part of the movement since its earliest days. cartridges produced under that name have been around since the late and there is already a one which provides functionality for artists, but the mono is a much more piece of kit.
the mono turns a game boy into a analog synthesizer. it generates sound on the cartridge itself and then outputs through the headphone jack of the game boy. and it is able to generate some really quite impressive tunes, as early adopters are finding.
it works, as the creators describe:
“the analog components (op-amps, comparators, logic cells, etc.) of a pic are connected and configured in such a way that they form a hybrid sound chip with 3 analog filters and a true random noise generator, using only a few passive external components; a step with control for all parameters. there are 8 banks of flash memory, each of which can hold 15 patterns per channel and a song structure.”
much like the previous cartridges, this one comes built on a single, robust that measures just a few millimeters in thickness. it also comes with software to help you create tunes on it, offering control for all parameters.
all of the additional functionality does come at a price, though. while it fits onto a singular, much like the previous 1 and 2, the mono does cost quite a bit more. the latter two are priced at 28 euros ($31) and 50 euros ($55) apiece, but the mono is just shy of 70 euros ($77).
for those interested, the mono is expected to begin shipping on december 2 this year.
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ʃɛr ˈɑrtɪsts hæv bɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ənd ˈəðər ˈrɛtroʊ ˈgeɪmɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr tɪ kriˈeɪt səm tunz fər ə lɔŋ taɪm naʊ, bət ˈnɛvər bɪn kwaɪt ɛz ˈizi ɛz ðɪs. ˈjuzɪŋ nu ˈmoʊnoʊ ˈkɑrtrɪʤ, naʊ ˈɛniˌwən kən ˈkɑnvərt ðɛr ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪzər. ɪz ə brænd ðət həz bɪn pɑrt əv ðə ˈmuvmənt sɪns ɪts ˈərliəst deɪz. ˈkɑrtrəʤəz prəˈdust ˈəndər ðət neɪm hæv bɪn əraʊnd sɪns ðə leɪt ənd ðɛr ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ə wən wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti fər ˈɑrtɪsts, bət ðə ˈmoʊnoʊ ɪz ə məʧ mɔr pis əv kɪt. ðə ˈmoʊnoʊ tərnz ə geɪm bɔɪ ˈɪntu ə ˈænəˌlɔg ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪzər. ɪt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪts saʊnd ɔn ðə ˈkɑrtrɪʤ ˌɪtˈsɛlf ənd ðɛn ˈaʊtˌpʊts θru ðə ˈhɛdˌfoʊn ʤæk əv ðə geɪm bɔɪ. ənd ɪt ɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt səm ˈrɪli kwaɪt ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv tunz, ɛz ˈərli əˈdɑptərz ər ˈfaɪndɪŋ. ɪt wərks, ɛz ðə kriˈeɪtərz dɪˈskraɪb: ˈænəˌlɔg kəmˈpoʊnənts (op-amps*, comparators*, ˈlɑʤɪk sɛlz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.) əv ə pɪk ər kəˈnɛktɪd ənd kənˈfɪgjərd ɪn səʧ ə weɪ ðət ðeɪ fɔrm ə ˈhaɪbrɪd saʊnd ʧɪp wɪθ 3 ˈænəˌlɔg ˈfɪltərz ənd ə tru ˈrændəm nɔɪz ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtər, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈoʊnli ə fju ˈpæsɪv ɪkˈstərnəl kəmˈpoʊnənts; ə stɛp wɪθ kənˈtroʊl fər ɔl pərˈæmətərz. ðɛr ər 8 bæŋks əv flæʃ ˈmɛməri, iʧ əv wɪʧ kən hoʊld 15 ˈpætərnz pər ˈʧænəl ənd ə sɔŋ structure.”*.” məʧ laɪk ðə ˈpriviəs ˈkɑrtrəʤəz, ðɪs wən kəmz bɪlt ɔn ə ˈsɪŋgəl, roʊˈbəst ðət ˈmɛʒərz ʤɪst ə fju ˈmɪləˌmitərz ɪn ˈθɪknəs. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ kəmz wɪθ ˈsɔfˌwɛr tɪ hɛlp ju kriˈeɪt tunz ɔn ɪt, ˈɔfərɪŋ kənˈtroʊl fər ɔl pərˈæmətərz. ɔl əv ðə əˈdɪʃənəl ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti dɪz kəm æt ə praɪs, ðoʊ. waɪl ɪt fɪts ˈɔntu ə ˈsɪŋgjələr, məʧ laɪk ðə ˈpriviəs 1 ənd 2 ðə ˈmoʊnoʊ dɪz kɔst kwaɪt ə bɪt mɔr. ðə ˈlætər tu ər praɪst æt 28 ˈjuˌroʊz 31 ənd 50 ˈjuˌroʊz 55 əˈpis, bət ðə ˈmoʊnoʊ ɪz ʤɪst ʃaɪ əv 70 ˈjuˌroʊz 77 fər ðoʊz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd, ðə ˈmoʊnoʊ ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bɪˈgɪn ˈʃɪpɪŋ ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 2 ðɪs jɪr.
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city staff recommended wednesday that the city council adopt a percent water rate increase for 2016 and approve a plan for future increases from 2017 to 2020.
council members said they will continue discussions about improving billing procedures at the san antonio water system, while reaching out to families eligible for affordability programs.
saws ceo robert puente said the trustees view the increases projected for 2017 and beyond as the maximum amounts the utility will pursue to provide water and sewer service for million people.
“they understand these are caps, and they want us to come under those caps,” puente said.
the council is set to vote nov. 19 on the rate increase, as well as on a plan to raise the overall water rate to percent in 2017 and to increase the saws water supply fee from 2018 to 2020.
the increases would support the vista ridge pipeline, federally mandated sewer upgrades, brackish water desalination, and replacement of hundreds of miles of the aging sewer and water lines.
the chief financial officer, ben, recommended that the council approve the rate plan and an updated rate structure to take effect jan. 1, expanding the number of residential billing rate blocks from four to eight.
he also recommended “additional assistance” to low-income customers whose monthly use exceeds gallons; improvements in billing procedures; and continued efforts to prevent “water loss.” saws estimates that 16 percent of its water is lost through leaks, flushing of lines and other factors or is not registered by outdated water meters.
some of the 42 positions being added by saws in 2016 will be focused on customer service, leak repair, sewer upgrades and technology upgrades. noted the recent rash of high bills saws sent out, stirring complaints from customers at a time when rate increases are planned over several years.
the council has wrestled with the proposals, and delayed action by three weeks, as the matter also has become clouded with opposition to the central texas pipeline and delays in the final release of what was intended to be a comprehensive city water policy report.
although the council unanimously approved a contract last year between saws and a private consortium to fund and build the vista ridge pipeline, to carry up to billion gallons annually to san antonio as early as 2020, councilman ron nirenberg has asked pointed questions about it.
the project will initially force saws to raise rates to help finance the pipeline from burleson county and will provide some of the most expensive water, at more than $2,000 per acre-foot, according to saws. officials have said the project will secure a long-term supply for the growth, with costs certain to fall by the time saws retains ownership of the pipeline in 2050.
the council asked wednesday about the financial stability of the consortium, led by an affiliate of, an international utility and energy conglomerate. the subsidiary, vista ridge, is “shielded” from financial default by the parent company, saws chief financial officer doug evanson told the council.
wednesday’s work session was less contentious than one a week earlier, when nirenberg told puente he would keep asking questions so the public can fully understand the complex pipeline deal “in the context of what trying to do in the next 30 to 60 years.”
nirenberg has said the council should review the texas university water policy report before voting on a saws rate increase.
the study is scheduled for presentation to the council nov. 12 and public comment later that day, and at a nov. 18 council work session. a july draft version leaked to the san antonio in september and later posted by mayor ivy taylor called vista ridge a “high-risk” project, but one that could be needed to help the city avoid a future water deficit.
shuddleston
@express-news.net
more information saws rates in future the average monthly residential bill for a customer using gallons is expected to rise from $54.34 currently to $81.73 in 2020, to fund various projects, including water supply and delivery expansions, federally mandated sewer upgrades and replacement of aging water and sewer mains. the city council is set to vote nov. 19 on a rate increase for 2016 and a rate plan for 2017 to 2020. 2016: average saws bill, including state fees, to rise percent to $58.60 2017: average saws bill, including state fees, to rise percent to $62.67 2018: water supply fee to rise percent; average bill projected to run $66.67 2019: water supply fee to rise percent; average bill projected to run $72.23 2020: water supply fee to rise percent; average bill projected to run $81.73 source: san antonio water system, city of san antonio
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ˈsɪti stæf ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ðət ðə ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl əˈdɑpt ə pərˈsɛnt ˈwɔtər reɪt ˌɪnˈkris fər 2016 ənd əˈpruv ə plæn fər fˈjuʧər ˌɪnˈkrisɪz frəm 2017 tɪ 2020 ˈkaʊnsəl ˈmɛmbərz sɛd ðeɪ wɪl kənˈtɪnju dɪˈskəʃənz əˈbaʊt ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ˈbɪlɪŋ prəˈsiʤərz æt ðə sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ ˈwɔtər ˈsɪstəm, waɪl ˈriʧɪŋ aʊt tɪ ˈfæməliz ˈɛlɪʤəbəl fər əˌfɔrdəˈbɪləti ˈproʊˌgræmz. sɔz ˈsiˌiˈoʊ ˈrɑbərt punt sɛd ðə ˌtrəˈstiz vju ðə ˌɪnˈkrisɪz prɑˈʤɛktəd fər 2017 ənd bɪɔnd ɛz ðə ˈmæksəməm əˈmaʊnts ðə juˈtɪləti wɪl pərˈsu tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈwɔtər ənd suər ˈsərvɪs fər ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl. ˌəndərˈstænd ðiz ər kæps, ənd ðeɪ wɔnt ˈjuˈɛs tɪ kəm ˈəndər ðoʊz caps,”*,” punt sɛd. ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ɪz sɛt tɪ voʊt noʊv. 19 ɔn ðə reɪt ˌɪnˈkris, ɛz wɛl ɛz ɔn ə plæn tɪ reɪz ðə ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈwɔtər reɪt tɪ pərˈsɛnt ɪn 2017 ənd tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ðə sɔz ˈwɔtər səˈplaɪ fi frəm 2018 tɪ 2020 ðə ˌɪnˈkrisɪz wʊd səˈpɔrt ðə ˈvɪstə rɪʤ ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, ˈfɛdərəli ˈmænˌdeɪtɪd suər ˈəpˌgreɪdz, ˈbrækɪʃ ˈwɔtər diˌseɪlɪˈneɪʃən, ənd rɪˈpleɪsmənt əv ˈhənərdz əv maɪəlz əv ðə ˈeɪʤɪŋ suər ənd ˈwɔtər laɪnz. ðə ʧif ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈɔfɪsər, bɛn, ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ðə ˈkaʊnsəl əˈpruv ðə reɪt plæn ənd ən ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd reɪt ˈstrəkʧər tɪ teɪk ˈifɛkt ʤæn. 1 ɪkˈspændɪŋ ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈbɪlɪŋ reɪt blɑks frəm fɔr tɪ eɪt. hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd assistance”*” tɪ ˌloʊˈɪnkəm ˈkəstəmərz huz ˈmənθli juz ɪkˈsidz ˈgælənz; ˌɪmˈpruvmənts ɪn ˈbɪlɪŋ prəˈsiʤərz; ənd kənˈtɪnjud ˈɛfərts tɪ prɪˈvɛnt loss.”*.” sɔz ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ðət 16 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪts ˈwɔtər ɪz lɔst θru liks, ˈfləʃɪŋ əv laɪnz ənd ˈəðər ˈfæktərz ər ɪz nɑt ˈrɛʤɪstərd baɪ ˈaʊtˌdeɪtɪd ˈwɔtər ˈmitərz. səm əv ðə 42 pəˈzɪʃənz biɪŋ ˈædɪd baɪ sɔz ɪn 2016 wɪl bi ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ˈkəstəmər ˈsərvɪs, lik rɪˈpɛr, suər ˈəpˌgreɪdz ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈəpˌgreɪdz. ˈnoʊtɪd ðə ˈrisənt ræʃ əv haɪ bɪlz sɔz sɛnt aʊt, stərɪŋ kəmˈpleɪnts frəm ˈkəstəmərz æt ə taɪm wɪn reɪt ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ər plænd ˈoʊvər ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz. ðə ˈkaʊnsəl həz ˈrɛsəld wɪθ ðə prəˈpoʊzəlz, ənd dɪˈleɪd ˈækʃən baɪ θri wiks, ɛz ðə ˈmætər ˈɔlsoʊ həz bɪˈkəm ˈklaʊdɪd wɪθ ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈtɛksəs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ənd dɪˈleɪz ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl riˈlis əv wət wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ bi ə ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈsɪti ˈwɔtər ˈpɑləsi rɪˈpɔrt. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈkaʊnsəl juˈnænəməsli əˈpruvd ə ˈkɑnˌtrækt læst jɪr bɪtˈwin sɔz ənd ə ˈpraɪvət kənˈsɔrʃjəm tɪ fənd ənd bɪld ðə ˈvɪstə rɪʤ ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, tɪ ˈkɛri əp tɪ ˈbɪljən ˈgælənz ˈænjuəli tɪ sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ ɛz ˈərli ɛz 2020 ˈkaʊnsəlmən rɑn ˈnaɪrənbərg həz æst ˈpɔɪntɪd kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ɪt. ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɪl ˌɪˈnɪʃəli fɔrs sɔz tɪ reɪz reɪts tɪ hɛlp ˈfaɪˌnæns ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn frəm ˈbərlɪsən ˈkaʊnti ənd wɪl prəˈvaɪd səm əv ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈwɔtər, æt mɔr ðən pər acre-foot*, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ sɔz. əˈfɪʃəlz hæv sɛd ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt wɪl sɪˈkjʊr ə ˈlɔŋˈtərm səˈplaɪ fər ðə groʊθ, wɪθ kɔsts ˈsərtən tɪ fɔl baɪ ðə taɪm sɔz rɪˈteɪnz ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp əv ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ɪn 2050 ðə ˈkaʊnsəl æst ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ əˈbaʊt ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl stəˈbɪlɪti əv ðə kənˈsɔrʃjəm, lɛd baɪ ən əˈfɪliˌeɪt əv, ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl juˈtɪləti ənd ˈɛnərʤi kənˈglɑmərət. ðə səbˈsɪdiˌɛri, ˈvɪstə rɪʤ, ɪz ““shielded”*” frəm ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl dɪˈfɔlt baɪ ðə ˈpɛrənt ˈkəmpəˌni, sɔz ʧif ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈɔfɪsər dəg ˈɛvənsən toʊld ðə ˈkaʊnsəl. wərk ˈsɛʃən wɑz lɛs kənˈtɛnʃəs ðən wən ə wik ˈərliər, wɪn ˈnaɪrənbərg toʊld punt hi wʊd kip ˈæskɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz soʊ ðə ˈpəblɪk kən ˈfʊli ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈkɑmplɛks ˈpaɪˌplaɪn dil ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv wət traɪɪŋ tɪ du ɪn ðə nɛkst 30 tɪ 60 years.”*.” ˈnaɪrənbərg həz sɛd ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ʃʊd ˌrivˈju ðə ˈtɛksəs ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈwɔtər ˈpɑləsi rɪˈpɔrt ˌbiˈfɔr ˈvoʊtɪŋ ɔn ə sɔz reɪt ˌɪnˈkris. ðə ˈstədi ɪz ˈskɛʤʊld fər ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈkaʊnsəl noʊv. 12 ənd ˈpəblɪk ˈkɑmɛnt ˈleɪtər ðət deɪ, ənd æt ə noʊv. 18 ˈkaʊnsəl wərk ˈsɛʃən. ə ˌʤuˈlaɪ dræft ˈvərʒən likt tɪ ðə sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər ənd ˈleɪtər ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ meɪər ˈaɪvi ˈteɪlər kɔld ˈvɪstə rɪʤ ə ““high-risk”*” ˈprɑʤɛkt, bət wən ðət kʊd bi ˈnidɪd tɪ hɛlp ðə ˈsɪti əˈvɔɪd ə fˈjuʧər ˈwɔtər ˈdɛfəsət. mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən sɔz reɪts ɪn fˈjuʧər ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈmənθli ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl bɪl fər ə ˈkəstəmər ˈjuzɪŋ ˈgælənz ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ raɪz frəm ˈkərəntli tɪ ɪn 2020 tɪ fənd ˈvɛriəs ˈprɑʤɛkts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈwɔtər səˈplaɪ ənd dɪˈlɪvəri ɪkˈspænʧənz, ˈfɛdərəli ˈmænˌdeɪtɪd suər ˈəpˌgreɪdz ənd rɪˈpleɪsmənt əv ˈeɪʤɪŋ ˈwɔtər ənd suər meɪnz. ðə ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl ɪz sɛt tɪ voʊt noʊv. 19 ɔn ə reɪt ˌɪnˈkris fər 2016 ənd ə reɪt plæn fər 2017 tɪ 2020 2016 ˈævərɪʤ sɔz bɪl, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ steɪt fiz, tɪ raɪz pərˈsɛnt tɪ 2017 ˈævərɪʤ sɔz bɪl, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ steɪt fiz, tɪ raɪz pərˈsɛnt tɪ 2018 ˈwɔtər səˈplaɪ fi tɪ raɪz pərˈsɛnt; ˈævərɪʤ bɪl prɑˈʤɛktəd tɪ rən 2019 ˈwɔtər səˈplaɪ fi tɪ raɪz pərˈsɛnt; ˈævərɪʤ bɪl prɑˈʤɛktəd tɪ rən 2020 ˈwɔtər səˈplaɪ fi tɪ raɪz pərˈsɛnt; ˈævərɪʤ bɪl prɑˈʤɛktəd tɪ rən sɔrs: sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ ˈwɔtər ˈsɪstəm, ˈsɪti əv sæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ
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just take some leeches and stay away from the vaccines.
today was vaccine day, thanks to chris oddly equivocal interview on the subject. vaccine is a form of unscientific craziness that has mostly lacked any partisan profile, as it brings together paranoia shared more by the right than the left with paranoia shared more by the left than the right. but the scent of crazy in the air inevitably attracted rand paul, who gave a disturbing interview to cnbc.
first, displaying the rigid libertarian logic that has previously caused him to refuse to fully endorse the 1964 civil rights act, he argued that vaccination must be voluntary, which kind of runs against the inherent way vaccination works. (a handful of cranks who refuse can mess it up for everybody else, which is exactly happening now.)
more crankishly, paul actually endorsed the belief that vaccines can cause autism. “i’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines,” he argued very, very wrongly.
rand paul is a doctor, for goodness’ sake.
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ʤɪst teɪk səm ˈliʧɪz ənd steɪ əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˌvækˈsinz. təˈdeɪ wɑz ˌvækˈsin deɪ, θæŋks tɪ krɪs ˈɑdli ɪkˈwɪvəkəl ˈɪntərvˌju ɔn ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt. ˌvækˈsin ɪz ə fɔrm əv ənˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈkreɪzinəs ðət həz ˈmoʊstli lækt ˈɛni ˈpɑrtəzən ˈproʊˌfaɪl, ɛz ɪt brɪŋz təˈgɛðər ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə ʃɛrd mɔr baɪ ðə raɪt ðən ðə lɛft wɪθ ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə ʃɛrd mɔr baɪ ðə lɛft ðən ðə raɪt. bət ðə sɛnt əv ˈkreɪzi ɪn ðə ɛr ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli əˈtræktəd rænd pɔl, hu geɪv ə dɪˈstərbɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌju tɪ cnbc*. fərst, dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ðə ˈrɪʤɪd ˌlɪˌbərˈtɛˌriən ˈlɑʤɪk ðət həz ˈpriviəsli kɔzd ɪm tɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ ˈfʊli ɛnˈdɔrs ðə 1964 ˈsɪvəl raɪts ækt, hi ˈɑrgjud ðət væksəˈneɪʃən məst bi ˈvɑləntɛri, wɪʧ kaɪnd əv rənz əˈgɛnst ðə ˌɪnˈhɛrənt weɪ væksəˈneɪʃən wərks. (ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv kræŋks hu ˈrɛfˌjuz kən mɛs ɪt əp fər ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ɛls, wɪʧ ɪz ɪgˈzæktli ˈhæpənɪŋ naʊ.) mɔr crankishly*, pɔl ˈæˌkʧuəli ɛnˈdɔrst ðə bɪˈlif ðət ˌvækˈsinz kən kɔz ˈɔˌtɪzəm. hərd əv ˈmɛni ˈtræʤɪk ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈwɔkɪŋ, ˈtɔkɪŋ, ˈnɔrməl ˈʧɪldrən hu wund əp wɪθ proʊˈfaʊnd ˈmɛntəl dɪˈsɔrdərz ˈæftər vaccines,”*,” hi ˈɑrgjud ˈvɛri, ˈvɛri ˈrɔŋli. rænd pɔl ɪz ə ˈdɔktər, fər goodness’*’ seɪk.
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decades of exposure to games marketing materials has conditioned me not to paint individual figures, but regiments, and then armies. there was no stopping at just one. on your gnelly. ebay has turned up two more gems from.
lord with his hawk antonius, accompanied by two.
lord is a simple conversion of the foundry with the arm from a black tree command figure holding a hawk swapped in to make him a regimental champion. i also sculpted on a strap so he could carry a shield while waving around the bird of command but barely worth mentioning as this sentence took longer to type than the strap took to sculpt.
you can see the original figure as it appeared in white dwarf 92, with the cliché french names variously inspired by inspector clouseau, martin cognac, marie and maybe ‘allo ‘allo characters.
and just what is the french for “cliché”?
why a hawk? hawks were a symbol of authority in norman times. the tapestry initially shows harold holding a hawk, and switches to showing william holding a hawk when his claim to throne becomes legitimate.
i might push this idea of animals command into the realm of fantasy and model a norman king on a giant hawk or griffon. i am enjoying the blend of historical and fantasy in the same project.
lord and the against wights.
all three i have painted now are variants of the same figure. in the above image the is the unadulterated miniature. the one on the left i converted with an arm and sword from a citadel goblin. the central is the version that appeared in the later range who has the same body but a new weapon arm and head. challenge now is how to convert future to provide enough variety for a complete regiment.
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ˈdɛkeɪdz əv ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ geɪmz ˈmɑrkətɪŋ məˈtɪriəlz həz kənˈdɪʃənd mi nɑt tɪ peɪnt ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈfɪgjərz, bət ˈrɛʤəmənts, ənd ðɛn ˈɑrmiz. ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈstɑpɪŋ æt ʤɪst wən. ɔn jʊr gnelly*. ˈiˌbeɪ həz tərnd əp tu mɔr ʤɛmz frəm lɔrd wɪθ hɪz hɔk ænˈtoʊniəs, əˈkəmpənid baɪ tu. lɔrd ɪz ə ˈsɪmpəl kənˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈfaʊndri wɪθ ðə ɑrm frəm ə blæk tri kəˈmænd ˈfɪgjər ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə hɔk swɔpt ɪn tɪ meɪk ɪm ə ˌrɛʤəˈmɛntəl ˈʧæmpiən. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈskəlptɪd ɔn ə stræp soʊ hi kʊd ˈkɛri ə ʃild waɪl ˈweɪvɪŋ əraʊnd ðə bərd əv kəˈmænd bət ˈbɛrli wərθ ˈmɛnʃənɪŋ ɛz ðɪs ˈsɛntəns tʊk ˈlɔŋgər tɪ taɪp ðən ðə stræp tʊk tɪ skəlpt. ju kən si ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈfɪgjər ɛz ɪt əˈpɪrd ɪn waɪt dwɔrf 92 wɪθ ðə cliché*é frɛnʧ neɪmz ˈvɛriəsli ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ˌɪnˈspɛktər clouseau*, ˈmɑrtɪn ˈkɑnˌjæk, mərˈi ənd ˈmeɪbi ˈkɛrɪktərz. ənd ʤɪst wət ɪz ðə frɛnʧ fər ““cliché”*é”? waɪ ə hɔk? hɔks wər ə ˈsɪmbəl əv əˈθɔrəti ɪn ˈnɔrmən taɪmz. ðə ˈtæpəstri ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ʃoʊz ˈhɛrəld ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə hɔk, ənd sˈwɪʧɪz tɪ ʃoʊɪŋ ˈwɪljəm ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə hɔk wɪn hɪz kleɪm tɪ θroʊn bɪˈkəmz ləˈʤɪtəmət. aɪ maɪt pʊʃ ðɪs aɪˈdiə əv ˈænəməlz kəˈmænd ˈɪntu ðə rɛlm əv ˈfænəsi ənd ˈmɑdəl ə ˈnɔrmən kɪŋ ɔn ə ʤaɪənt hɔk ər ˈgrɪfən. aɪ æm ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ ðə blɛnd əv hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ənd ˈfænəsi ɪn ðə seɪm ˈprɑʤɛkt. lɔrd ənd ðə əˈgɛnst wights*. ɔl θri aɪ hæv ˈpeɪnɪd naʊ ər ˈvɛriənts əv ðə seɪm ˈfɪgjər. ɪn ðə əˈbəv ˈɪmɪʤ ðə ɪz ðə ˌənəˈdəltərˌeɪtɪd ˈmɪnɪˌʧʊr. ðə wən ɔn ðə lɛft aɪ kənˈvərtɪd wɪθ ən ɑrm ənd sɔrd frəm ə ˈsɪtəˌdɛl ˈgɑblɪn. ðə ˈsɛntrəl ɪz ðə ˈvərʒən ðət əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə ˈleɪtər reɪnʤ hu həz ðə seɪm ˈbɑdi bət ə nu ˈwɛpən ɑrm ənd hɛd. ˈʧælənʤ naʊ ɪz haʊ tɪ ˈkɑnvərt fˈjuʧər tɪ prəˈvaɪd ɪˈnəf vərˈaɪəti fər ə kəmˈplit ˈrɛʤəmənt.
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los angeles has been blessed by a multitude of restaurants that continue to serve diners with classic fare that strikes at the heart of nostalgia. but many of these restaurants aren't just or old-school, they're very much alive thanks to dedicated regulars who find comfort in knowing what to expect in a restaurant: hospitality, familiarity, and predictable cooking.
other places are just glorified watering holes, but they continue to attract new waves of who want to sit in a comfortable seat. here now, a collection of the oldest restaurants in los angeles, ones that every angeleno should frequent at least once in their lifetime.
removed: the original cafe, valentino, cole’s, italian steakhouse & jazz club, el
added: bernie’s, lucques, la casita,
note: restaurants on this map are listed geographically.
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lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs həz bɪn blɛst baɪ ə ˈməltəˌtud əv ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ðət kənˈtɪnju tɪ sərv ˈdaɪnərz wɪθ ˈklæsɪk fɛr ðət straɪks æt ðə hɑrt əv nɔˈstælʤə. bət ˈmɛni əv ðiz ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ˈɑrənt ʤɪst ər ˌoʊldˈskul, ðɛr ˈvɛri məʧ əˈlaɪv θæŋks tɪ ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd ˈrɛgjələrz hu faɪnd ˈkəmfərt ɪn noʊɪŋ wət tɪ ɪkˈspɛkt ɪn ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt: ˌhɑspəˈtæləti, fəˌmɪˈljɛrəti, ənd prɪˈdɪktəbəl ˈkʊkɪŋ. ˈəðər ˈpleɪsɪz ər ʤɪst ˈglɔrəˌfaɪd ˈwɔtərɪŋ hoʊlz, bət ðeɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ əˈtrækt nu weɪvz əv hu wɔnt tɪ sɪt ɪn ə ˈkəmfərtəbəl sit. hir naʊ, ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv ðə ˈoʊldəst ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ɪn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs, wənz ðət ˈɛvəri ˌænʤəˈlɛnoʊ ʃʊd ˈfrikˌwɛnt æt list wəns ɪn ðɛr ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm. riˈmuvd: ðə ərˈɪʤənəl kəˈfeɪ, ˌvælənˈtinoʊ, cole’s*, ˌɪˈtæljən ˈsteɪˌkhaʊs ʤæz kləb, ɛl ˈædɪd: bernie’s*, lucques*, lɑ casita*, noʊt: ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ɔn ðɪs mæp ər ˈlɪstɪd ˌʤiəˈgræfɪkəli.
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jeff horn (17-0-1, 11 kos) is peaking with confidence since the welterweight belt wrapped around his waist, so much so that he aims to get champion mcgregor in the ring and gives him ''no chance'' whatsoever of defeating him under boxing rules.
after getting a feel of technique when he made the transition from the octagon against five division champion floyd mayweather back in august, horn saw the fitness and fatigue kick in as the irishman was forced to stand his ground for nine rounds in comparison to a maximum of five in the octagon.
the once humble, peaceful schoolteacher had little banter before he took on filipino champion manny, but his unlikely victory has him growing with belief he is up there with the top fighters in the world.
when asked about his chances against the biggest name in, horn had a response, claiming the fight would be a walk in the park.
''it would be the easiest fight of my career,’’ horn told the courier mail. "if under boxing rules mcgregor has no chance.
"i watched fight with floyd mayweather and floyd wore him down and stopped him even though floyd fought for a couple of years.
"i would bring a lot more pressure on mcgregor right from the opening bell and i hit a lot harder than floyd too. if the fight can be made love it. to bring mcgregor to australia like we did with manny would be a terrific event. a big name and i think the crowd here would love to see me beat him."
horn's focus is on gary corcoran at the brisbane convention centre on december 13 after a rematch was ruled off the table due to his senatorial commitments.
ufc president dana white stated in a recent interview that horn had no chance of landing a boxing match with mcgregor.
but, promoter dean lonergan is ready to make an offer that mcgregor can't refuse.
“we’d love to have manny in brisbane again but there has been talk about jeff against mcgregor and a huge fight. putting the challenge out to mcgregor tell us how much money you want and see if we can make it happen," lonergan said.
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ʤɛf hɔrn 11 kɑs) ɪz ˈpikɪŋ wɪθ ˈkɑnfədɛns sɪns ðə ˈwɛltərˌweɪt bɛlt ræpt əraʊnd hɪz weɪst, soʊ məʧ soʊ ðət hi eɪmz tɪ gɪt ˈʧæmpiən məˈgrɛgər ɪn ðə rɪŋ ənd gɪvz ɪm ''noʊ ʧæns'' ˌwətsoʊˈɛvər əv dɪˈfitɪŋ ɪm ˈəndər ˈbɑksɪŋ rulz. ˈæftər ˈgɪtɪŋ ə fil əv tɛkˈnik wɪn hi meɪd ðə trænˈzɪʃən frəm ðə ˈɑktəˌgɑn əˈgɛnst faɪv dɪˈvɪʒən ˈʧæmpiən flɔɪd ˈmeɪˌwɛðər bæk ɪn ˈɔgəst, hɔrn sɔ ðə ˈfɪtnəs ənd fəˈtig kɪk ɪn ɛz ðə ˈaɪrɪʃmən wɑz fɔrst tɪ stænd hɪz graʊnd fər naɪn raʊnz ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ə ˈmæksəməm əv faɪv ɪn ðə ˈɑktəˌgɑn. ðə wəns ˈhəmbəl, ˈpisfəl ˈskulˌtiʧər hæd ˈlɪtəl ˈbæntər ˌbiˈfɔr hi tʊk ɔn ˌfɪləˈpinoʊ ˈʧæmpiən ˈmæni, bət hɪz ənˈlaɪkli ˈvɪktəri həz ɪm groʊɪŋ wɪθ bɪˈlif hi ɪz əp ðɛr wɪθ ðə tɔp ˈfaɪtərz ɪn ðə wərld. wɪn æst əˈbaʊt hɪz ˈʧænsɪz əˈgɛnst ðə ˈbɪgəst neɪm ɪn, hɔrn hæd ə rɪˈspɑns, ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðə faɪt wʊd bi ə wɔk ɪn ðə pɑrk. ''ɪt wʊd bi ðə ˈiziəst faɪt əv maɪ career,’’*,’’ hɔrn toʊld ðə ˈkəriər meɪl. "ɪf ˈəndər ˈbɑksɪŋ rulz məˈgrɛgər həz noʊ ʧæns. "aɪ wɔʧt faɪt wɪθ flɔɪd ˈmeɪˌwɛðər ənd flɔɪd wɔr ɪm daʊn ənd stɑpt ɪm ˈivɪn ðoʊ flɔɪd fɔt fər ə ˈkəpəl əv jɪrz. "aɪ wʊd brɪŋ ə lɔt mɔr ˈprɛʃər ɔn məˈgrɛgər raɪt frəm ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ bɛl ənd aɪ hɪt ə lɔt ˈhɑrdər ðən flɔɪd tu. ɪf ðə faɪt kən bi meɪd ləv ɪt. tɪ brɪŋ məˈgrɛgər tɪ ɔˈstreɪljə laɪk wi dɪd wɪθ ˈmæni wʊd bi ə tərˈɪfɪk ɪˈvɛnt. ə bɪg neɪm ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðə kraʊd hir wʊd ləv tɪ si mi bit ɪm." hɔrnz ˈfoʊkɪs ɪz ɔn ˈgɛri ˈkɔrkərən æt ðə ˈbrɪzˌbeɪn kənˈvɛnʃən ˈsɛntər ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 13 ˈæftər ə ˈriˈmæʧ wɑz ruld ɔf ðə ˈteɪbəl du tɪ hɪz ˌsɛnəˈtɔriəl kəˈmɪtmənts. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdeɪnə waɪt ˈsteɪtɪd ɪn ə ˈrisənt ˈɪntərvˌju ðət hɔrn hæd noʊ ʧæns əv ˈlændɪŋ ə ˈbɑksɪŋ mæʧ wɪθ məˈgrɛgər. bət, prəˈmoʊtər din ˈlɑnərgən ɪz ˈrɛdi tɪ meɪk ən ˈɔfər ðət məˈgrɛgər kænt ˈrɛfˌjuz. ləv tɪ hæv ˈmæni ɪn ˈbrɪzˌbeɪn əˈgɛn bət ðɛr həz bɪn tɔk əˈbaʊt ʤɛf əˈgɛnst məˈgrɛgər ənd ə juʤ faɪt. ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə ˈʧælənʤ aʊt tɪ məˈgrɛgər tɛl ˈjuˈɛs haʊ məʧ ˈməni ju wɔnt ənd si ɪf wi kən meɪk ɪt ˈhæpən," ˈlɑnərgən sɛd.
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as florida lawmakers begin a special session in tallahassee today to address a budget agreement between gov. rick scott and legislative leaders, voters in state senate president joe treasure beach district are getting mailers from a newly formed pac criticizing role in an education bill closely identified with house speaker richard corcoran, r-land-o’lakes.
hb 7069 promotes charter schools and has drawn the wrath of teacher unions and others who say it will weaken traditional public schools. after passage by the house and senate, up to scott to sign or veto the bill, which was a top priority of corcoran.
corcoran softened his opposition to funding business and tourism incentives and agreed to increase public school funding in the budget deal with scott. many tallahassee watchers believe corcoran moved toward position on the budget in exchange for a pledge from the governor to sign 7069. scott, however, said still reviewing bill.
negron, a republican from stuart, also supports 7069.
the mailer from a group called from evanston, illinois, criticizes 7069 and focuses on negron rather than corcoran.
sunshinepac was formed may 25 as a federal committee, according to federal election committee records. it is headed by john hennelly, a former florida director for the service employees international union now a consultant with the liberal firm democracy partners.
donors to be revealed until the organization files its first report in july.
“what has politician joe negron been up to in tallahassee this session? making backroom deals and our schools are paying the price,” says one side of the mailer, which shows a picture of negron and corcoran but identify the house speaker.
“behind closed doors, joe negron and his friends in tallahassee passed 7069 which takes away much needed funding to our public schools,” the other side of the mailer says. it urges recipients to “call governor rick tell him to veto deal 7069) and stand up for our students!”
negron is senate president through 2018. been mentioned as a potential candidate for attorney general (a position he briefly sought in 2006), but said tuesday: “i’m completely focused on being senate president right now.”
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ɛz ˈflɔrɪdə ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz bɪˈgɪn ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈsɛʃən ɪn ˌtæləˈhæsi təˈdeɪ tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ə ˈbəʤɪt əˈgrimənt bɪtˈwin gəv. rɪk skɑt ənd ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈlidərz, ˈvoʊtərz ɪn steɪt ˈsɛnɪt ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤoʊ ˈtrɛʒər biʧ ˈdɪstrɪkt ər ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈmeɪlərz frəm ə ˈnuli fɔrmd pæk ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪŋ roʊl ɪn ən ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən bɪl ˈkloʊsli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd wɪθ haʊs ˈspikər ˈrɪʧərd ˈkɔrkərən, r-land-o’lakes*. 7069 prəˈmoʊts ˈʧɑrtər skulz ənd həz drɔn ðə ræθ əv ˈtiʧər ˈjunjənz ənd ˈəðərz hu seɪ ɪt wɪl ˈwikən trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈpəblɪk skulz. ˈæftər ˈpæsɪʤ baɪ ðə haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt, əp tɪ skɑt tɪ saɪn ər ˈviˌtoʊ ðə bɪl, wɪʧ wɑz ə tɔp praɪˈɔrəti əv ˈkɔrkərən. ˈkɔrkərən ˈsɔfənd hɪz ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈfəndɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs ənd ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz ənd əˈgrid tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ˈpəblɪk skul ˈfəndɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈbəʤɪt dil wɪθ skɑt. ˈmɛni ˌtæləˈhæsi ˈwɑʧərz bɪˈliv ˈkɔrkərən muvd təˈwɔrd pəˈzɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈbəʤɪt ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər ə plɛʤ frəm ðə ˈgəvərnər tɪ saɪn 7069 skɑt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, sɛd stɪl rivˈjuɪŋ bɪl. ˈnɛgrən, ə rɪˈpəblɪkən frəm stɔrt, ˈɔlsoʊ səˈpɔrts 7069 ðə ˈmeɪlər frəm ə grup kɔld frəm ˈɛvənstən, ˌɪləˈnɔɪz, ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪzɪz 7069 ənd ˈfoʊkɪsɪz ɔn ˈnɛgrən ˈrəðər ðən ˈkɔrkərən. wɑz fɔrmd meɪ 25 ɛz ə ˈfɛdərəl kəˈmɪti, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈfɛdərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən kəˈmɪti ˈrɛkərdz. ɪt ɪz ˈhɛdɪd baɪ ʤɑn ˈhɛnəli, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈflɔrɪdə dɪˈrɛktər fər ðə ˈsərvɪs ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈjunjən naʊ ə kənˈsəltənt wɪθ ðə ˈlɪˌbərəl fərm dɪˈmɑkrəsi ˈpɑrtnərz. ˈdoʊnərz tɪ bi rɪˈvild ənˈtɪl ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən faɪlz ɪts fərst rɪˈpɔrt ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ. həz ˌpɑləˈtɪʃən ʤoʊ ˈnɛgrən bɪn əp tɪ ɪn ˌtæləˈhæsi ðɪs ˈsɛʃən? ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈbæˌkrum dilz ənd ɑr skulz ər peɪɪŋ ðə price,”*,” sɪz wən saɪd əv ðə ˈmeɪlər, wɪʧ ʃoʊz ə ˈpɪkʧər əv ˈnɛgrən ənd ˈkɔrkərən bət aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðə haʊs ˈspikər. kloʊzd dɔrz, ʤoʊ ˈnɛgrən ənd hɪz frɛndz ɪn ˌtæləˈhæsi pæst 7069 wɪʧ teɪks əˈweɪ məʧ ˈnidɪd ˈfəndɪŋ tɪ ɑr ˈpəblɪk schools,”*,” ðə ˈəðər saɪd əv ðə ˈmeɪlər sɪz. ɪt ˈərʤɪz rɪˈsɪpiənts tɪ ˈgəvərnər rɪk tɛl ɪm tɪ ˈviˌtoʊ dil 7069 ənd stænd əp fər ɑr students!”*!” ˈnɛgrən ɪz ˈsɛnɪt ˈprɛzɪdənt θru 2018 bɪn ˈmɛnʃənd ɛz ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt fər əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl (ə pəˈzɪʃən hi ˈbrifli sɔt ɪn 2006 bət sɛd ˈtuzˌdeɪ: kəmˈplitli ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn biɪŋ ˈsɛnɪt ˈprɛzɪdənt raɪt now.”*.”
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exploring the unknown
we’ve been promised a whole list of newness for episode 2 of guild wars latest living world season, which will be with us by the end of the month, so i wanted to dedicate this edition of chronicles to outlining what we can expect on september 20th. i wait to get my hands on the new episode in two weeks time, and very curious as to where the story will pull us to, especially after such a big reveal at the end of episode 1.
the new zone will be another jog down memory lane for guild wars players since it is set within the ring of fire island chain that we all know from the prophecies campaign. my mind is blown by the return: the new being set in an entire region that never set foot on in is exceedingly brave considering that other offerings are extensions of somewhere that we already have some sort of foothold in. even heart of maguuma, which i always think of as quite an extensive, technically impressive region, was familiar to us by extension from the other areas.
speculation was already brewing over the ring of fire due to an been trekking in this general direction for a while now. hoping that the zone evolves in a similar pattern to orr, with some tentative footholds being secured via the ember bay zone during the next episode and deeper exploration happening into connected ring of fire zones as the season continues. i am noticing on the map that there are two very small outer islands that look as though make a great landing space before hitting the larger island chain, and there are plenty of curves and crevices along the coastline that could make for some fantastic underwater exploration.
we really know much so far, so expecting that the next two weeks will be filled with little and promo reels as we approach launch. this is definite encouragement for us all to stay glued to livestreams, people: you want to miss any new information at all as and when it drops. i have heard whispers of september being a key date for those wanting to learn more, and the new map will be revealed during the 2016 grand finals on september 17th. there an ember bay area in the original game, so we really are going in blind here! the islands themselves look so different that definitely predicting that more crazy magical has occurred here, changing the landscape significantly from what we might remember.
new inclusions for ember bay
as you might expect for a new zone, see a new achievements and mastery development in episode 2. also hearing quite a lot about this episode being a break in the tension for players that should serve to cut through the doom and gloom of the white mantle and dragon story arcs with a injection of good old-fashioned fun. pirates, raw magical overspills, and lava everything does sound like fun, right?
i’ve read several recommendations for players to max out those gliding before the month is out due to the size and scope of the map. ancient magic is getting a second tier: thermal propulsion will help us to navigate the vast area as well since it lobs out from place to place across the bay. finally, heart quests have made a sort of comeback here as a form of repeatable daily, though no word on what those rewards will look like just yet. i read some fantastic asides coming from the hearts demo about a baby mega sloth and pirates, for example, in which players must face off against some empowered while placating a rather angry and confused sloth baby. hilarious, quirky, and authentically guild wars 2!
new map!
we’re also being treated to a new conquest arena name the eternal coliseum that will be rather similar in design ethos to revenge of the capricorn and will be introduced firstly to play in a similar way as well. themes and plenty of should make this a compelling offering to the usual lineup, especially when some capture points are involved. just as in capricorn, a secondary objective is triggered every three minutes, so players will be scrambling across the rather large map to gain the granted bonus for their side.
one cool new feature for this map is an interactive crowd that has very particular tastes in competitors depending on where sat. should you crush your foes in front of the friendly crowd surrounding your side of the arena, be rewarded with progressively louder cheers, with the inverse occurring if you do the same on the enemy side of the arena. i wait to hear that cheering and jeering for myself!
jumping puzzle guesses
i am loving the idea of a volcanic island jumping puzzle (heck, i just like the idea of any new jumping puzzle, really!), especially if the new jumping puzzles on the movement to up the challenge and tie in those skills. i would love to see us zip across the centre of a volcano after jumping from craggy basalt and gliding to avoid lava spew. a girl can dream, right? the jumping puzzle is apparently located in the heart of a fortress, so i doubt get the lava jumping concocted in my head, though with josh foreman behind it and the new focus on uncontrolled magic messes, i reckon be pleasantly surprised by the theme and complexity anyway.
over to you!
i will be getting my hands on the content for myself rather soon, so expect a fuller piece for my next chronicles. at this point, impressed at just how much content seems to have been packed into this episode, especially considering the previous lack of development on the story front before this season. i was just writing about what to do to bridge the short wait but it now seems as though the gap between the episodes will be even shorter than i had envisioned (eight weeks between episodes). glad to see some armour being created that is as well, so definitely want to nab those pieces and support the development of gear.
to me, the division of teams is working really well for right now, with all areas of the game seeing slow and steady development right around the clock. i most definitely appreciate that some proof of the pudding now lies in our laps at this point in 2016, especially after the debacle that is still being teased out and the content drought that this dedication to content.
what do you think is going to happen in episode 2? have you a list of predictions to share? were you expecting to see hearts making a comback? are you looking forward to the ring of fire? let me know in the comments!
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ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ðə ənˈnoʊn bɪn ˈprɑməst ə hoʊl lɪst əv ˈnunəs fər ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 2 əv gɪld wɔrz ˈleɪtəst ˈlɪvɪŋ wərld ˈsizən, wɪʧ wɪl bi wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə mənθ, soʊ aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ˈdɛdəˌkeɪt ðɪs ɪˈdɪʃən əv ˈkrɑnɪkəlz tɪ ˈaʊˌtlaɪnɪŋ wət wi kən ɪkˈspɛkt ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 20th*. aɪ weɪt tɪ gɪt maɪ hænz ɔn ðə nu ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ɪn tu wiks taɪm, ənd ˈvɛri ˈkjʊriəs ɛz tɪ wɛr ðə ˈstɔri wɪl pʊl ˈjuˈɛs tɪ, əˈspɛʃəli ˈæftər səʧ ə bɪg rɪˈvil æt ðə ɛnd əv ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 1 ðə nu zoʊn wɪl bi əˈnəðər ʤɑg daʊn ˈmɛməri leɪn fər gɪld wɔrz pleɪərz sɪns ɪt ɪz sɛt wɪˈθɪn ðə rɪŋ əv faɪər ˈaɪlənd ʧeɪn ðət wi ɔl noʊ frəm ðə ˈprɑfəsiz kæmˈpeɪn. maɪ maɪnd ɪz bloʊn baɪ ðə rɪˈtərn: ðə nu biɪŋ sɛt ɪn ən ɪnˈtaɪər ˈriʤən ðət ˈnɛvər sɛt fʊt ɔn ɪn ɪz ɪkˈsidɪŋli breɪv kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðət ˈəðər ˈɔfərɪŋz ər ɪkˈstɛnʃənz əv ˈsəmˌwɛr ðət wi ɔˈrɛdi hæv səm sɔrt əv ˈfʊˌthoʊld ɪn. ˈivɪn hɑrt əv maguuma*, wɪʧ aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz θɪŋk əv ɛz kwaɪt ən ɪkˈstɛnsɪv, ˈtɛknɪkəli ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv ˈriʤən, wɑz fəˈmɪljər tɪ ˈjuˈɛs baɪ ɪkˈstɛnʃən frəm ðə ˈəðər ˈɛriəz. ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən wɑz ɔˈrɛdi bruɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə rɪŋ əv faɪər du tɪ ən bɪn ˈtrɛkɪŋ ɪn ðɪs ˈʤɛnərəl dɪˈrɛkʃɪn fər ə waɪl naʊ. ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət ðə zoʊn ɪˈvɑlvz ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr ˈpætərn tɪ ɔr, wɪθ səm ˈtɛntətɪv ˈfʊˌthoʊldz biɪŋ sɪˈkjʊrd ˈviə ðə ˈɛmbər beɪ zoʊn ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə nɛkst ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ənd ˈdipər ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ˈhæpənɪŋ ˈɪntu kəˈnɛktɪd rɪŋ əv faɪər zoʊnz ɛz ðə ˈsizən kənˈtɪnjuz. aɪ æm ˈnoʊtɪsɪŋ ɔn ðə mæp ðət ðɛr ər tu ˈvɛri smɔl ˈaʊtər ˈaɪləndz ðət lʊk ɛz ðoʊ meɪk ə greɪt ˈlændɪŋ speɪs ˌbiˈfɔr ˈhɪtɪŋ ðə ˈlɑrʤər ˈaɪlənd ʧeɪn, ənd ðɛr ər ˈplɛnti əv kərvz ənd ˈkrɛvəsɪz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈkoʊˌstlaɪn ðət kʊd meɪk fər səm fænˈtæstɪk ˈəndərˌwɔtər ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən. wi ˈrɪli noʊ məʧ soʊ fɑr, soʊ ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ ðət ðə nɛkst tu wiks wɪl bi fɪld wɪθ ˈlɪtəl ənd ˈproʊˌmoʊ rilz ɛz wi əˈproʊʧ lɔnʧ. ðɪs ɪz ˈdɛfənət ɛnˈkərɪʤmənt fər ˈjuˈɛs ɔl tɪ steɪ glud tɪ livestreams*, ˈpipəl: ju wɔnt tɪ mɪs ˈɛni nu ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən æt ɔl ɛz ənd wɪn ɪt drɑps. aɪ hæv hərd ˈwɪspərz əv sɛpˈtɛmbər biɪŋ ə ki deɪt fər ðoʊz ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ lərn mɔr, ənd ðə nu mæp wɪl bi rɪˈvild ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2016 grænd ˈfaɪnəlz ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 17th*. ðɛr ən ˈɛmbər beɪ ˈɛriə ɪn ðə ərˈɪʤənəl geɪm, soʊ wi ˈrɪli ər goʊɪŋ ɪn blaɪnd hir! ðə ˈaɪləndz ðɛmˈsɛlvz lʊk soʊ ˈdɪfərənt ðət ˈdɛfənətli prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ðət mɔr ˈkreɪzi ˈmæʤɪkəl həz əˈkərd hir, ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðə ˈlænˌskeɪp sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli frəm wət wi maɪt rɪˈmɛmbər. nu ˌɪnˈkluʒənz fər ˈɛmbər beɪ ɛz ju maɪt ɪkˈspɛkt fər ə nu zoʊn, si ə nu əˈʧivmənts ənd ˈmæstəri dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɪn ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 2 ˈɔlsoʊ ˈhirɪŋ kwaɪt ə lɔt əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd biɪŋ ə breɪk ɪn ðə ˈtɛnʃən fər pleɪərz ðət ʃʊd sərv tɪ kət θru ðə dum ənd glum əv ðə waɪt ˈmæntəl ənd ˈdrægən ˈstɔri ɑrks wɪθ ə ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃən əv gʊd ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd fən. ˈpaɪrəts, rɑ ˈmæʤɪkəl overspills*, ənd ˈlɑvə ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ dɪz saʊnd laɪk fən, raɪt? rɛd ˈsɛvərəl ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz fər pleɪərz tɪ mæks aʊt ðoʊz ˈglaɪdɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə mənθ ɪz aʊt du tɪ ðə saɪz ənd skoʊp əv ðə mæp. ˈeɪnʧənt ˈmæʤɪk ɪz ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ˈsɛkənd tir: ˈθərməl prəˈpəlʃən wɪl hɛlp ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈnævəˌgeɪt ðə væst ˈɛriə ɛz wɛl sɪns ɪt lɑbz aʊt frəm pleɪs tɪ pleɪs əˈkrɔs ðə beɪ. ˈfaɪnəli, hɑrt kwɛsts hæv meɪd ə sɔrt əv ˈkəmˌbæk hir ɛz ə fɔrm əv rɪˈpitəbəl ˈdeɪli, ðoʊ noʊ wərd ɔn wət ðoʊz rɪˈwɔrdz wɪl lʊk laɪk ʤɪst jɛt. aɪ rɛd səm fænˈtæstɪk əˈsaɪdz ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ðə hɑrts ˈdɛmoʊ əˈbaʊt ə ˈbeɪbi ˈmɛgə sloʊθ ənd ˈpaɪrəts, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪn wɪʧ pleɪərz məst feɪs ɔf əˈgɛnst səm ɪmˈpaʊərd waɪl ˈpleɪˌkeɪtɪŋ ə ˈrəðər ˈæŋgri ənd kənfˈjuzd sloʊθ ˈbeɪbi. hɪˈlɛriəs, kˈwərki, ənd ˌɔˈθɛnɪkli gɪld wɔrz 2 nu mæp! ˈɔlsoʊ biɪŋ ˈtritɪd tɪ ə nu ˈkɑŋkwɛst ərˈinə neɪm ðə ɪˈtərnəl ˌkɑləˈsiəm ðət wɪl bi ˈrəðər ˈsɪmələr ɪn dɪˈzaɪn ˈiθɑs tɪ riˈvɛnʤ əv ðə ˈkæprəkɔrn ənd wɪl bi ˌɪntrəˈdust ˈfərstli tɪ pleɪ ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr weɪ ɛz wɛl. θimz ənd ˈplɛnti əv ʃʊd meɪk ðɪs ə kəmˈpɛlɪŋ ˈɔfərɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈjuʒəwəl ˈlaɪˌnəp, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn səm ˈkæpʧər pɔɪnts ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. ʤɪst ɛz ɪn ˈkæprəkɔrn, ə ˈsɛkənˌdɛri əˈbʤɛktɪv ɪz ˈtrɪgərd ˈɛvəri θri ˈmɪnəts, soʊ pleɪərz wɪl bi ˈskræmbəlɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə ˈrəðər lɑrʤ mæp tɪ geɪn ðə ˈgrænɪd ˈboʊnəs fər ðɛr saɪd. wən kul nu ˈfiʧər fər ðɪs mæp ɪz ən ˌɪnərˈæktɪv kraʊd ðət həz ˈvɛri ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr teɪsts ɪn kəmˈpɛtɪtərz dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn wɛr sæt. ʃʊd ju krəʃ jʊr foʊz ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈfrɛndli kraʊd sərˈaʊndɪŋ jʊr saɪd əv ðə ərˈinə, bi rɪˈwɔrdɪd wɪθ prɑˈgrɛsɪvli ˈlaʊdər ʧɪrz, wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈvərs əˈkərɪŋ ɪf ju du ðə seɪm ɔn ðə ˈɛnəmi saɪd əv ðə ərˈinə. aɪ weɪt tɪ hir ðət ˈʧɪrɪŋ ənd ˈʤirɪŋ fər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf! ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈpəzəl ˈgɛsɪz aɪ æm ˈləvɪŋ ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə vɑlˈkænɪk ˈaɪlənd ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈpəzəl (hɛk, aɪ ʤɪst laɪk ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈɛni nu ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈpəzəl, ˈrɪli!), əˈspɛʃəli ɪf ðə nu ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈpəzəlz ɔn ðə ˈmuvmənt tɪ əp ðə ˈʧælənʤ ənd taɪ ɪn ðoʊz skɪlz. aɪ wʊd ləv tɪ si ˈjuˈɛs zɪp əˈkrɔs ðə ˈsɛntər əv ə vɑlˈkeɪnoʊ ˈæftər ˈʤəmpɪŋ frəm ˈkrægi bəˈsɔlt ənd ˈglaɪdɪŋ tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈlɑvə spju. ə gərl kən drim, raɪt? ðə ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈpəzəl ɪz əˈpɛrəntli ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ðə hɑrt əv ə ˈfɔrtrəs, soʊ aɪ daʊt gɪt ðə ˈlɑvə ˈʤəmpɪŋ kənˈkɑktəd ɪn maɪ hɛd, ðoʊ wɪθ ʤɑʃ ˈfɔrmən bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt ənd ðə nu ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˌənkənˈtroʊld ˈmæʤɪk ˈmɛsɪz, aɪ ˈrɛkən bi ˈplɛzəntli səˈpraɪzd baɪ ðə θim ənd kəmˈplɛksɪti ˈɛniˌweɪ. ˈoʊvər tɪ ju! aɪ wɪl bi ˈgɪtɪŋ maɪ hænz ɔn ðə ˈkɑntɛnt fər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˈrəðər sun, soʊ ɪkˈspɛkt ə ˈfʊlər pis fər maɪ nɛkst ˈkrɑnɪkəlz. æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, ˌɪmˈprɛst æt ʤɪst haʊ məʧ ˈkɑntɛnt simz tɪ hæv bɪn pækt ˈɪntu ðɪs ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd, əˈspɛʃəli kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðə ˈpriviəs læk əv dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɔn ðə ˈstɔri frənt ˌbiˈfɔr ðɪs ˈsizən. aɪ wɑz ʤɪst ˈraɪtɪŋ əˈbaʊt wət tɪ du tɪ brɪʤ ðə ʃɔrt weɪt bət ɪt naʊ simz ɛz ðoʊ ðə gæp bɪtˈwin ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz wɪl bi ˈivɪn ˈʃɔrtər ðən aɪ hæd ɛnˈvɪʒənd (eɪt wiks bɪtˈwin ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz). glæd tɪ si səm ˈɑrmər biɪŋ kriˈeɪtɪd ðət ɪz ɛz wɛl, soʊ ˈdɛfənətli wɔnt tɪ næb ðoʊz ˈpisɪz ənd səˈpɔrt ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv gɪr. tɪ mi, ðə dɪˈvɪʒən əv timz ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ ˈrɪli wɛl fər raɪt naʊ, wɪθ ɔl ˈɛriəz əv ðə geɪm siɪŋ sloʊ ənd ˈstɛdi dɪˈvɛləpmənt raɪt əraʊnd ðə klɑk. aɪ moʊst ˈdɛfənətli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ðət səm pruf əv ðə ˈpʊdɪŋ naʊ laɪz ɪn ɑr læps æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ɪn 2016 əˈspɛʃəli ˈæftər ðə dəˈbɑkəl ðət ɪz stɪl biɪŋ tizd aʊt ənd ðə ˈkɑntɛnt draʊt ðət ðɪs ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən tɪ ˈkɑntɛnt. wət du ju θɪŋk ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈhæpən ɪn ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 2 hæv ju ə lɪst əv priˈdɪkʃənz tɪ ʃɛr? wər ju ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ tɪ si hɑrts ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə comback*? ər ju ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ðə rɪŋ əv faɪər? lɛt mi noʊ ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts!
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still, “i just wanted a movie i wanted to go see,” she added. “i trying to do a studies class.”
ms. own experiences informed the humorous and chaste treatment scenes, in which women of different ages are “cured.” for instance she recalled the situation many women find themselves in at the office, feet in stirrups while doctors chitchat. “you’re like, ‘dude sitting here,’ she said.
working from a script by the team stephen dyer and jonah lisa dyer, ms. wexler spent close to seven years working to get the film made with the producer tracey becker, who said it was not an easy sell. “we saw the marketing potential,” ms. becker said, “but when it came right down to it, we had this script which dealt with these very themes, and most of the time it was in the hands of a male executive, who had the veto power.”
“hysteria” represents something of a departure from the traditional studio film aimed at women, and ms. wexler, ms. polley and others said there was a hunger for more movies that just end with a kiss and marriage.
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“i like a good movie, like all girls, if good,” ms. wexler said, “but just not all we want.”
ms. “take this waltz,” which will be released next month, starts a few years after the wedding, with michelle williams as a young married woman confronting temptation. “i wanted to look at what happens to sexuality over time, and something we talk about,” ms. polley said in a telephone interview.
in part because men have been in the seat, “the cliché is always the woman has a headache or is tired of sex, or some kind of burning out of sexuality, and i remember an example of the opposite that men get bored and men have a of sexual intensity too,” ms. polley said. “maybe men show that because emasculating, but it does happen to men in long-term relationships.”
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nudity, ms. polley said, was also important for her to address as a director. “every time you see a naked body on screen, either in a sexual context or if an older woman the scene in ‘about schmidt,’ where kathy bates gets in to the hot tub and the whole audience is supposed to scream, and jack nicholson is so horrified,” she said. “i’ve seen that over and over, and i find that really offensive that bodies are either or used for comic value.”
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in “take this waltz” ms. polley included a shower scene in a health club with women of all ages naked in a completely casual way. “that scene came specifically out of being a female filmmaker,” she said, “i would have maybe pretended a few years ago that i just want to make stories like everyone else, and my gender matter, but i think naïve. certainly with this film i was very conscious of the way i was handling nudity and sexuality.”
for actresses, having a female director can influence the dynamic during sex scenes. ms. said that a female director changes the feel of a film. “the most interesting sex scenes that done or seen are the ones that are truthful from a perspective,” she said. “instead of what i think everybody got used to in the and ’90s: put on a black secret demi bra and be lit perfectly and arch your back.”
“that’s supposed to look like sex,” she added, “but that look like sex for most people, and if it does, i think probably missing out on a lot.”
juliette binoche, who stars in “elles,” ms. graphic look at student prostitutes in paris that was released last month, also noticed the difference a female director makes. “because used to working with male directors, working with a woman there was a new feeling i had which was related to something more personal, it felt like an at some moments,” she said. “and so the responsibility of acting with a director of the same sex, something of a mirroring feeling.”
ms. wexler and her colleagues said that making movies that focus on female sexuality also meant risking being pigeonholed as a director only for women. noting that marc webb followed up the romantic comedy) days of summer” with “the amazing spider-man,” ms. wexler said: “i doubt that getting ‘the avengers’ or ‘justice league.’ i want to do movies for women, but i only want to do that.”
for ms. wexler, and others, more films by women about women is no doubt progress, but, she added, that inevitably presents another set of challenges. “what doing as women by making these small, little movies, because all give us, is making things that make as much money, that have a smaller audience and are harder to get right, and then wondering why we get bigger movies. that is very self-reinforcing. i would love me a big hollywood movie. ‘wonder woman’? give me a call.”
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stɪl, ʤɪst ˈwɔntɪd ə ˈmuvi aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ goʊ see,”*,” ʃi ˈædɪd. traɪɪŋ tɪ du ə ˈstədiz class.”*.” mɪz. oʊn ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ðə ˈhjumərəs ənd ʧeɪst ˈtritmənt sinz, ɪn wɪʧ ˈwɪmən əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈeɪʤɪz ər ““cured.”*.” fər ˈɪnstəns ʃi rɪˈkɔld ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈmɛni ˈwɪmən faɪnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪn æt ðə ˈɔfəs, fit ɪn stərəps waɪl ˈdɑktərz ˈʧɪˌtʧæt. laɪk, ˈsɪtɪŋ here,’*,’ ʃi sɛd. ˈwərkɪŋ frəm ə skrɪpt baɪ ðə tim ˈstivən daɪər ənd ˈʤoʊnə ˈlisə daɪər, mɪz. ˈwɛkslər spɛnt kloʊz tɪ ˈsɛvən jɪrz ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ gɪt ðə fɪlm meɪd wɪθ ðə prəˈdusər ˈtreɪsi ˈbɛkər, hu sɛd ɪt wɑz nɑt ən ˈizi sɛl. sɔ ðə ˈmɑrkətɪŋ potential,”*,” mɪz. ˈbɛkər sɛd, wɪn ɪt keɪm raɪt daʊn tɪ ɪt, wi hæd ðɪs skrɪpt wɪʧ dɛlt wɪθ ðiz ˈvɛri θimz, ənd moʊst əv ðə taɪm ɪt wɑz ɪn ðə hænz əv ə meɪl ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, hu hæd ðə ˈviˌtoʊ power.”*.” ““hysteria”*” ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ˈsəmθɪŋ əv ə dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈstudiˌoʊ fɪlm eɪmd æt ˈwɪmən, ənd mɪz. ˈwɛkslər, mɪz. ˈpɑli ənd ˈəðərz sɛd ðɛr wɑz ə ˈhəŋgər fər mɔr ˈmuviz ðət ʤɪst ɛnd wɪθ ə kɪs ənd ˈmɛrɪʤ. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ laɪk ə gʊd ˈmuvi, laɪk ɔl gərlz, ɪf good,”*,” mɪz. ˈwɛkslər sɛd, ʤɪst nɑt ɔl wi want.”*.” mɪz. ðɪs waltz,”*,” wɪʧ wɪl bi riˈlist nɛkst mənθ, stɑrts ə fju jɪrz ˈæftər ðə ˈwɛdɪŋ, wɪθ mɪˈʃɛl ˈwɪljəmz ɛz ə jəŋ ˈmɛrid ˈwʊmən kənˈfrəntɪŋ tɛmˈteɪʃən. ˈwɔntɪd tɪ lʊk æt wət ˈhæpənz tɪ ˌsɛkʃuˈæləti ˈoʊvər taɪm, ənd ˈsəmθɪŋ wi tɔk about,”*,” mɪz. ˈpɑli sɛd ɪn ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈɪntərvˌju. ɪn pɑrt bɪˈkəz mɛn hæv bɪn ɪn ðə sit, cliché*é ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ðə ˈwʊmən həz ə ˈhɛˌdeɪk ər ɪz taɪərd əv sɛks, ər səm kaɪnd əv ˈbərnɪŋ aʊt əv ˌsɛkʃuˈæləti, ənd aɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðə ˈɑpəzɪt ðət mɛn gɪt bɔrd ənd mɛn hæv ə əv ˈsɛkʃuəl ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti too,”*,” mɪz. ˈpɑli sɛd. mɛn ʃoʊ ðət bɪˈkəz emasculating*, bət ɪt dɪz ˈhæpən tɪ mɛn ɪn ˈlɔŋˈtərm relationships.”*.” ˈnuzˌlɛtər saɪn əp kənˈtɪnju ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə meɪn ˈstɔri pliz ˈvɛrəˌfaɪ jʊr nɑt ə ˈroʊˌbət baɪ ˈklɪkɪŋ ðə bɑks. ˌɪnˈvæləd iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs. pliz re-enter*. ju məst səˈlɛkt ə ˈnuzˌlɛtər tɪ səbˈskraɪb tɪ. saɪn əp ju wɪl rɪˈsiv iˈmeɪlz kənˈteɪnɪŋ nuz ˈkɑntɛnt ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd pərˈmoʊʃənz frəm ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz. ju meɪ æt ˈɛni taɪm. ju əˈgri tɪ rɪˈsiv ɔˈkeɪʒənəl ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd ˈspɛʃəl ˈɔfərz fər ðə nu jɔrk ˈtaɪmzɪz ˈprɑdəkts ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz. θæŋk ju fər səbˈskraɪbɪŋ. ən ˈɛrər həz əˈkərd. pliz traɪ əˈgɛn ˈleɪtər. vju ɔl nu jɔrk taɪmz ˈnuzˌlɛtərz. ˈnudɪti, mɪz. ˈpɑli sɛd, wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt fər hər tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ɛz ə dɪˈrɛktər. taɪm ju si ə ˈneɪkəd ˈbɑdi ɔn skrin, ˈiðər ɪn ə ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈkɑntɛkst ər ɪf ən ˈoʊldər ˈwʊmən ðə sin ɪn schmidt,’*,’ wɛr ˈkæθi beɪts gɪts ɪn tɪ ðə hɑt təb ənd ðə hoʊl ˈɔdiəns ɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ skrim, ənd ʤæk ˈnɪkəlsən ɪz soʊ horrified,”*,” ʃi sɛd. sin ðət ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər, ənd aɪ faɪnd ðət ˈrɪli əˈfɛnsɪv ðət ˈbɑdiz ər ˈiðər ər juzd fər ˈkɑmɪk value.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt kənˈtɪnju ˈrɛdɪŋ ðə meɪn ˈstɔri ɪn ðɪs waltz”*” mɪz. ˈpɑli ˌɪnˈkludɪd ə ʃaʊər sin ɪn ə hɛlθ kləb wɪθ ˈwɪmən əv ɔl ˈeɪʤɪz ˈneɪkəd ɪn ə kəmˈplitli ˈkæʒəwəl weɪ. sin keɪm spəˈsɪfɪkli aʊt əv biɪŋ ə ˈfiˌmeɪl filmmaker,”*,” ʃi sɛd, wʊd hæv ˈmeɪbi priˈtɛndɪd ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ ðət aɪ ʤɪst wɔnt tɪ meɪk ˈstɔriz laɪk ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls, ənd maɪ ˈʤɛndər ˈmætər, bət aɪ θɪŋk naïve*. ˈsərtənli wɪθ ðɪs fɪlm aɪ wɑz ˈvɛri ˈkɑnʃəs əv ðə weɪ aɪ wɑz ˈhændəlɪŋ ˈnudɪti ənd sexuality.”*.” fər ˈæktrəsɪz, ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈfiˌmeɪl dɪˈrɛktər kən ˈɪnfluəns ðə daɪˈnæmɪk ˈdʊrɪŋ sɛks sinz. mɪz. sɛd ðət ə ˈfiˌmeɪl dɪˈrɛktər ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðə fil əv ə fɪlm. moʊst ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ sɛks sinz ðət dən ər sin ər ðə wənz ðət ər ˈtruθfəl frəm ə perspective,”*,” ʃi sɛd. əv wət aɪ θɪŋk ˈɛvriˌbɑdi gɑt juzd tɪ ɪn ðə ənd ’90s*: pʊt ɔn ə blæk ˈsikrɪt ˈdɛmi brɑ ənd bi lɪt ˈpərfəktli ənd ɑrʧ jʊr back.”*.” səˈpoʊzd tɪ lʊk laɪk sex,”*,” ʃi ˈædɪd, ðət lʊk laɪk sɛks fər moʊst ˈpipəl, ənd ɪf ɪt dɪz, aɪ θɪŋk ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈmɪsɪŋ aʊt ɔn ə lot.”*.” ʤuliˈɛt binoche*, hu stɑrz ɪn ““elles,”*,” mɪz. ˈgræfɪk lʊk æt ˈstudənt ˈprɑstəˌtuts ɪn ˈpɛrɪs ðət wɑz riˈlist læst mənθ, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪst ðə ˈdɪfərəns ə ˈfiˌmeɪl dɪˈrɛktər meɪks. juzd tɪ ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ meɪl dɪˈrɛktərz, ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈwʊmən ðɛr wɑz ə nu ˈfilɪŋ aɪ hæd wɪʧ wɑz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ mɔr ˈpərsɪnəl, ɪt fɛlt laɪk ən æt səm moments,”*,” ʃi sɛd. soʊ ðə riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti əv ˈæktɪŋ wɪθ ə dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə seɪm sɛks, ˈsəmθɪŋ əv ə ˈmɪrərɪŋ feeling.”*.” mɪz. ˈwɛkslər ənd hər ˈkɑligz sɛd ðət ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmuviz ðət ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈfiˌmeɪl ˌsɛkʃuˈæləti ˈɔlsoʊ mɛnt ˈrɪskɪŋ biɪŋ ˈpɪʤənˌhoʊld ɛz ə dɪˈrɛktər ˈoʊnli fər ˈwɪmən. ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət mɑrk wɛb ˈfɑloʊd əp ðə roʊˈmæntɪk ˈkɑmədi deɪz əv summer”*” wɪθ əˈmeɪzɪŋ spider-man,”*,” mɪz. ˈwɛkslər sɛd: daʊt ðət ˈgɪtɪŋ avengers’*’ ər league.’*.’ aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ˈmuviz fər ˈwɪmən, bət aɪ ˈoʊnli wɔnt tɪ du that.”*.” fər mɪz. ˈwɛkslər, ənd ˈəðərz, mɔr fɪlmz baɪ ˈwɪmən əˈbaʊt ˈwɪmən ɪz noʊ daʊt ˈprɑˌgrɛs, bət, ʃi ˈædɪd, ðət ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli ˈprɛzənts əˈnəðər sɛt əv ˈʧælənʤɪz. duɪŋ ɛz ˈwɪmən baɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðiz smɔl, ˈlɪtəl ˈmuviz, bɪˈkəz ɔl gɪv ˈjuˈɛs, ɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ θɪŋz ðət meɪk ɛz məʧ ˈməni, ðət hæv ə sˈmɔlər ˈɔdiəns ənd ər ˈhɑrdər tɪ gɪt raɪt, ənd ðɛn ˈwəndərɪŋ waɪ wi gɪt ˈbɪgər ˈmuviz. ðət ɪz ˈvɛri self-reinforcing*. aɪ wʊd ləv mi ə bɪg ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈmuvi. woman’*’? gɪv mi ə call.”*.”
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by bob cesca: for the last couple of days, i've been totally obsessed with recent polls that confirm the correlation between the american people and the townspeople of springfield on the simpsons.
i'm not breaking any news with that comparison since the legendary cartoon show is built around the idea of a satire of the united states and all of its weirdness. we're fickle, fearful, misinformed, ignorant, and loaded with contradictions. but these flaws are becoming increasingly self-evident, and especially so with the release of a poll indicating that americans love the provisions of the affordable care act, while incongruously hating the law itself.
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we just don't seem to realize what we're telling pollsters. we love those healthcare provisions! too bad they're not compiled into a law with the word "affordable" in the title. that'd be swell! do you like the healthcare reform law called the affordable care act with all of those provisions included? obamacare?! hell no! impeach!
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there's another poll that was released yesterday that highlights a second huge example of this infuriating dynamic.
the latest nbc news / wall street journal poll:
60 percent say president obama inherited the current economic conditions, compared with 26 percent who blame his policies for the state of the economy.
in other words, a supermajority of americans blame george w. bush, and, perhaps, others before him, for the great recession.
and rightfully so. the seeds of the recession and the near collapse of the american economy were planted by ronald reagan more than 30 years ago. if there's one legacy the reagan administration left behind -- the legacy that too often gets overlooked when the press discusses the present state of the economy -- it's the dissolution of the middle class, the dismantling of government regulations and massive tax cuts for the rich. the press won't tell you this, but these policies have always been the driving cause behind everything awful that's happened since around 2007.
the nation's wealthiest citizens continued to get richer, while middle class wages stagnated and personal debt skyrocketed. meanwhile, the dismantling of government regulations allowed financial institutions to get away with economic murder.
sadly, it wasn't just about reagan. bill clinton and congressional democrats lapsed into the mindset, too. lured by the political success of the reagan republicans, the era democrats sold out liberal principles by pandering to small government conservatives. clinton not only declared an end to the "era of big government," but also signed the commodity futures modernization act of 2000 and the act, which repealed and blurred the line between banks and "shadow banks" -- the big financial institutions that crashed and burned throughout 2008. these moves probably helped clinton's poll numbers, but they also perpetuated a economic philosophy.
regardless, the american people are wise enough to see how the fire was started long before president obama was elected. however, they clearly don't understand the depth of the problem nor do they grasp the fact that the republicans are deliberately sabotaging the economy by filibustering and blocking everything related to the recovery in order to prevent the president from being re-elected.
and so what, exactly, is the contradiction in all of this?
it looks like half of the country wants mitt romney to be president. half. the polls are almost all tied, with gallup and rasmussen showing romney in the lead. as we all know, romney's economic plan is to give us more reaganomics. basically, romney's plan is the george w. bush plan with a better haircut. there is literally no difference between the romney plan and bush's terribly disastrous policies. romney wants smaller government, fewer regulations, permanent tax cuts for him and his corporate and a repeal of everything president obama has done to repair the damage.
the great recession isn't obama's fault, they say. but let's elect someone who's pitching the same ideas that caused these calamities in the first place.
smart.
sometimes i honestly believe americans get what they deserve.
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baɪ bɑb cesca*: fər ðə læst ˈkəpəl əv deɪz, aɪv bɪn ˈtoʊtəli əbˈsɛst wɪθ ˈrisənt poʊlz ðət kənˈfərm ðə ˌkɔrəˈleɪʃən bɪtˈwin ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl ənd ðə ˈtaʊnzˌpipəl əv ˈsprɪŋˌfild ɔn ðə ˈsɪmpsənz. əm nɑt ˈbreɪkɪŋ ˈɛni nuz wɪθ ðət kəmˈpɛrəsən sɪns ðə ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri kɑrˈtun ʃoʊ ɪz bɪlt əraʊnd ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə ˈsæˌtaɪər əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd ɔl əv ɪts ˈwɪrdnəs. wɪr ˈfɪkəl, ˈfɪrfəl, mɪsɪnˈfɔrmd, ˈɪgnərənt, ənd ˈloʊdɪd wɪθ ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃənz. bət ðiz flɔz ər bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli self-evident*, ənd əˈspɛʃəli soʊ wɪθ ðə riˈlis əv ə poʊl ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪŋ ðət əˈmɛrɪkənz ləv ðə prəˈvɪʒənz əv ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt, waɪl ˌɪŋˈkɔŋruəsli ˈheɪtɪŋ ðə lɔ ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θæŋks fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ! ˈvɪzɪt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt wi ʤɪst doʊnt sim tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz wət wɪr ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈpoʊlstərz. wi ləv ðoʊz ˈhɛlθˌkɛr prəˈvɪʒənz! tu bæd ðɛr nɑt kəmˈpaɪld ˈɪntu ə lɔ wɪθ ðə wərd "əˈfɔrdəbəl" ɪn ðə ˈtaɪtəl. ˈðætɪd bi swɛl! du ju laɪk ðə ˈhɛlθˌkɛr rɪˈfɔrm lɔ kɔld ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt wɪθ ɔl əv ðoʊz prəˈvɪʒənz ˌɪnˈkludɪd? obamacare*?! hɛl noʊ! ˌɪmˈpiʧ! ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θæŋks fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ! ˈvɪzɪt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt θæŋks fər ˈwɑʧɪŋ! ˈvɪzɪt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðɛrz əˈnəðər poʊl ðət wɑz riˈlist ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ðət ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ə ˈsɛkənd juʤ ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðɪs ˌɪnfˈjʊriˌeɪtɪŋ daɪˈnæmɪk. ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈɛnˌbiˈsi nuz wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl poʊl: 60 pərˈsɛnt seɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˌɪnˈhɛrətɪd ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk kənˈdɪʃənz, kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ 26 pərˈsɛnt hu bleɪm hɪz ˈpɑləsiz fər ðə steɪt əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ə ˈsupərməˌʤɔrɪti əv əˈmɛrɪkənz bleɪm ʤɔrʤ ˈdəbəlju. bʊʃ, ənd, pərˈhæps, ˈəðərz ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm, fər ðə greɪt ˌriˈsɛʃən. ənd ˈraɪtfəli soʊ. ðə sidz əv ðə ˌriˈsɛʃən ənd ðə nɪr kəˈlæps əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ɪˈkɑnəmi wər ˈplænɪd baɪ ˈrɑnəld ˈrigən mɔr ðən 30 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ɪf ðɛrz wən ˈlɛgəsi ðə ˈrigən ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən lɛft bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈlɛgəsi ðət tu ˈɔfən gɪts ˈoʊvərˌlʊkt wɪn ðə prɛs dɪˈskəsɪz ðə ˈprɛzənt steɪt əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi ɪts ðə ˌdɪsəˈluʃən əv ðə ˈmɪdəl klæs, ðə ˌdɪsˈmæntlɪŋ əv ˈgəvərnmənt ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz ənd ˈmæsɪv tæks kəts fər ðə rɪʧ. ðə prɛs woʊnt tɛl ju ðɪs, bət ðiz ˈpɑləsiz hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ðə ˈdraɪvɪŋ kɔz bɪˈhaɪnd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈɔfəl ðæts ˈhæpənd sɪns əraʊnd 2007 ðə ˈneɪʃənz ˈwɛlθiəst ˈsɪtɪzənz kənˈtɪnjud tɪ gɪt ˈrɪʧər, waɪl ˈmɪdəl klæs ˈweɪʤɪz ˈstægˌneɪtɪd ənd ˈpərsɪnəl dɛt ˈskaɪˌrɑkətɪd. ˈminˌwaɪl, ðə ˌdɪsˈmæntlɪŋ əv ˈgəvərnmənt ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz əˈlaʊd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz tɪ gɪt əˈweɪ wɪθ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈmərdər. ˈsædli, ɪt ˈwəzənt ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ˈrigən. bɪl ˈklɪntən ənd kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈdɛməˌkræts læpst ˈɪntu ðə ˈmaɪndˌsɛt, tu. lʊrd baɪ ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl səkˈsɛs əv ðə ˈrigən rɪˈpəblɪkənz, ðə ˈɪrə ˈdɛməˌkræts soʊld aʊt ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈprɪnsəpəlz baɪ ˈpændərɪŋ tɪ smɔl ˈgəvərnmənt kənˈsərvətɪvz. ˈklɪntən nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪˈklɛrd ən ɛnd tɪ ðə "ˈɪrə əv bɪg ˈgəvərnmənt," bət ˈɔlsoʊ saɪnd ðə kəˈmɑdəti fˈjuʧərz ˌmɑdərnəˈzeɪʃən ækt əv 2000 ənd ðə ækt, wɪʧ rɪˈpild ənd blərd ðə laɪn bɪtˈwin bæŋks ənd "ˈʃæˌdoʊ bæŋks" ðə bɪg ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ðət kræʃt ənd bərnd θruaʊt 2008 ðiz muvz ˈprɑbəˌbli hɛlpt ˈklɪntənz poʊl ˈnəmbərz, bət ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ pərˈpɛʧəˌweɪtɪd ə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk fəˈlɑsəfi. rəˈgɑrdləs, ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl ər waɪz ɪˈnəf tɪ si haʊ ðə faɪər wɑz ˈstɑrtɪd lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɑz ɪˈlɛktɪd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðeɪ ˈklɪrli doʊnt ˌəndərˈstænd ðə dɛpθ əv ðə ˈprɑbləm nɔr du ðeɪ græsp ðə fækt ðət ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz ər dɪˈlɪbərətli ˈsæbəˌtɑʒɪŋ ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi baɪ ˈfɪləˌbəstərɪŋ ənd ˈblɑkɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðə rɪˈkəvəri ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt frəm biɪŋ re-elected*. ənd soʊ wət, ɪgˈzæktli, ɪz ðə ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃən ɪn ɔl əv ðɪs? ɪt lʊks laɪk hæf əv ðə ˈkəntri wɔnts mɪt ˈrɑmni tɪ bi ˈprɛzɪdənt. hæf. ðə poʊlz ər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɔl taɪd, wɪθ ˈgæləp ənd ˈræsməsən ʃoʊɪŋ ˈrɑmni ɪn ðə lɛd. ɛz wi ɔl noʊ, ˈrɑmniz ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk plæn ɪz tɪ gɪv ˈjuˈɛs mɔr ˌreɪgəˈnɑmɪks. ˈbeɪsɪkli, ˈrɑmniz plæn ɪz ðə ʤɔrʤ ˈdəbəlju. bʊʃ plæn wɪθ ə ˈbɛtər ˈhɛrˌkət. ðɛr ɪz ˈlɪtərəli noʊ ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə ˈrɑmni plæn ənd ˈbʊʃɪz ˈtɛrəbli dɪˈzæstrəs ˈpɑləsiz. ˈrɑmni wɔnts sˈmɔlər ˈgəvərnmənt, fjuər ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz, ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt tæks kəts fər ɪm ənd hɪz ˈkɔrpərət ənd ə rɪˈpil əv ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz dən tɪ rɪˈpɛr ðə ˈdæmɪʤ. ðə greɪt ˌriˈsɛʃən ˈɪzənt ˌoʊˈbɑməz fɔlt, ðeɪ seɪ. bət lɛts ɪˈlɛkt ˈsəmˌwən huz ˈpɪʧɪŋ ðə seɪm aɪˈdiəz ðət kɔzd ðiz kəˈlæmətiz ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. smɑrt. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz aɪ ˈɑnəstli bɪˈliv əˈmɛrɪkənz gɪt wət ðeɪ dɪˈzərv.
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we continue our look at fallout 4 with a look at the world for, one and pc.
as we push deeper into the year, bethesda continues to add more content to fallout 4, a game already packed to the brim with hundreds of hours of content.
the company released its massive far harbor in may and still hope for fallout 4. have been delayed since june and are currently under “evaluation.”
bethesda released the contraptions workshop on june and its new workshop on july 26th.
and now, after a stint in beta, the released a much larger piece of content called world.
at its 2016 event in june, bethesda outlined the next three pieces of fallout 4. the most exciting of the bunch is the world and now available on the one, playstation 4 and windows pc.
there are some important things to know about fallout world, the world achievements/trophies, world deals, and more. this roundup also takes a look at coming after the world.
here’s what fallout 4 season pass owners and prospective buyers need to know about the fallout 4 world as we push away from the release date.
we’ll continue to update this with new information as it becomes available so check back for frequent updates.
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wi kənˈtɪnju ɑr lʊk æt ˈfɔˌlaʊt 4 wɪθ ə lʊk æt ðə wərld fər wən ənd ˈpiˈsi. ɛz wi pʊʃ ˈdipər ˈɪntu ðə jɪr, bəˈθɛzdə kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ æd mɔr ˈkɑntɛnt tɪ ˈfɔˌlaʊt 4 ə geɪm ɔˈrɛdi pækt tɪ ðə brɪm wɪθ ˈhənərdz əv aʊərz əv ˈkɑntɛnt. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni riˈlist ɪts ˈmæsɪv fɑr ˈhɑrbər ɪn meɪ ənd stɪl hoʊp fər ˈfɔˌlaʊt 4. hæv bɪn dɪˈleɪd sɪns ʤun ənd ər ˈkərəntli ˈəndər ““evaluation.”*.” bəˈθɛzdə riˈlist ðə kənˈtræpʃənz ˈwərkˌʃɑp ɔn ʤun ənd ɪts nu ˈwərkˌʃɑp ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 26th*. ənd naʊ, ˈæftər ə stɪnt ɪn ˈbeɪtə, ðə riˈlist ə məʧ ˈlɑrʤər pis əv ˈkɑntɛnt kɔld wərld. æt ɪts 2016 ɪˈvɛnt ɪn ʤun, bəˈθɛzdə ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ðə nɛkst θri ˈpisɪz əv ˈfɔˌlaʊt 4. ðə moʊst ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ əv ðə bənʧ ɪz ðə wərld ənd naʊ əˈveɪləbəl ɔn ðə wən, ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən 4 ənd ˈwɪndoʊz ˈpiˈsi. ðɛr ər səm ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋz tɪ noʊ əˈbaʊt ˈfɔˌlaʊt wərld, ðə wərld achievements/trophies*, wərld dilz, ənd mɔr. ðɪs ˈraʊnˌdəp ˈɔlsoʊ teɪks ə lʊk æt ˈkəmɪŋ ˈæftər ðə wərld. wət ˈfɔˌlaʊt 4 ˈsizən pæs ˈoʊnərz ənd prəˈspɛktɪv baɪərz nid tɪ noʊ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈfɔˌlaʊt 4 wərld ɛz wi pʊʃ əˈweɪ frəm ðə riˈlis deɪt. kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈəpˌdeɪt ðɪs wɪθ nu ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɛz ɪt bɪˈkəmz əˈveɪləbəl soʊ ʧɛk bæk fər ˈfrikˌwɛnt ˈəpˌdeɪts.
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ˈtɑmi ˈhɪlfɪgər ˈloʊgoʊ slaɪd ˈsændəlz ɪn waɪt. dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ ˈprimiəm staɪl, ˈvælju ənd kˈwɑləti tɪ kənˈsumərz ˈwərldˈwaɪd. ðiz ɛˈsɛnʃəlz æd ə ˈlɛvəl əv ˈkəmfərt ənd staɪl tɪ jʊr reɪnʤ wɪθ ə ˈkʊʃənd, ˈlaɪtˈweɪt dɪˈzaɪn ənd boʊld ˈbrændɪŋ. pleɪst ˈæftər ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ər ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, wɪl bi ɔn baɪ ˈmɪdˌnaɪt tɪ rɪˈsiv jʊr ˈaɪtəmz bɪtˈwin ənd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈstændərd dɪˈlɪvəri fər ˈɔrdərz ˈoʊvər 10 rɪˈtərnz ˈpɑləsi wi ˌgɛrənˈti tɪ ˈriˌfənd ər ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ˈɛni ˈaɪtəm nɑt kəmˈplitli ˈhæpi wɪθ, prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ju rɪˈtərn ɪt tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ən ənˈjuzd ənd kənˈdɪʃən wɪˈθɪn 14 deɪz əv ðə deɪt ɔn jʊr rɪˈsit. wi eɪm tɪ ˈprɔˌsɛs ɔl rɪˈtərnz wɪˈθɪn 7 deɪz əv ˈjuˈɛs rɪˈsivɪŋ ðə gʊdz bæk ɪn ɑr ˈwɛˌrhaʊs. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, pliz meɪk ʃʊr ðət ju fɪl aʊt jʊr rɪˈtərnz fɔrm ɪn fʊl ˌbiˈfɔr ˈsɛndɪŋ ɪt bæk tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ɛz ðɪs wɪl hɛlp tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈɛni dɪˈleɪz wɪθ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ ənd ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ jʊr rɪˈtərn.
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by clay turner, creative director - friday, may 22, 2015
if gun control was a brand, it would be the sharper image.
that gadgets and sleek stores once were the definition of high-tech (remember that catchphrase?), making them the coolest kid in the mall. they sold shiny, gadgets at premium (at least to a college kid like me) prices that solved problems you even know you had. they were hot before hot was even a thing.
the fall began when we learned that sharper indispensable air ionizer actually pumped our designer living rooms full of noxious ozone. lawsuits followed, and stores closed. i remember seeing a tv spot featuring founder richard thalheimer, the man who created it all, as pitchman. he came across as the guy never want to have dinner with. “hot” had lost its cool.
if you consider gun control as a brand of advocacy, you can catch a whiff of sharper image in it. the hot new cause (or brand) for those who believed their thinking stink, gun control had everything going for it in the and ’70s. it was driven by high-profile assassinations, benefited from the national movement, and had the support of the major daily papers, monthly magazines and the channels that constituted a tv monopoly. gun control had brought us sparkling products like the waiting period for gun purchases, background checks and the assault weapons politicians bought them.
but in the bill clinton era, the brand began to lose its mojo. gun control had brought us sparkling products like the waiting period for gun purchases, background checks and the assault weapons politicians bought them. waiting on its shelves were shiny new bans on handguns, saturday night specials and bullets, too.
americans, however, buy them, because the stuff we had already purchased was starting to smell funny.
first, we learned that only citizens submit to background checks, while criminals steal their guns or buy them from other criminals. then we learned that “assault weapons” worked just like shotgun, and when the fbi told us the ban had no effect on gun crime, politicians caught the scent and declined to renew it. perhaps they were both early examples of, “we had to pass the bill to find out what was in the bill.”
americans began to feel been sold a bill of goods, and looked at the other products like they contained lead paint.
so-called bullets turned out to be most hunting rifle rounds. saturday night specials were nothing more than affordable handguns. the assault weapons ban was not only a hoax; it was also a ruse to ban every handgun, rifle and shotgun with amatic action. smelling a rat, we began buying handguns like they were hotcakes, and we made the the most popular rifle in america.
and their losing streak continued. al gore for president. john kerry for president. heller. mcdonald.
in response, groups began to exhibit all the classic signs of brand panic. they changed their names to distance themselves from past failed products. handgun control inc. became the brady campaign to prevent gun violence, which then adopted the nickname the brady campaign so it could easily be written on a check. the national coalition to ban handguns became the coalition to stop gun violence. the million moms for gun control became the million mom march somewhere along the line (or vice versa). unable to garner even a fraction of that many moms, it then morphed into moms demand action for gun sense in america. michael bloomberg then acquired the moms brand, after all but abandoning his mayors against illegal guns in the face of departing mayors. to keep up the momentum, he folded both into a whole new brand, for gun safety, which involve every town, and is not focused on gun safety.
just when things looked darkest, newtown national nightmare so incomprehensible that it shook every american, whether gun owner or not. americans began to feel been sold a bill of goods, and looked at the other products like they contained lead paint.
the movement saw daylight, and ran to it. in the middle of that opening was a microphone, and standing behind it was the most powerful man in the world, who welcomed the brand right into the white house. every newspaper, every magazine and every tv anchor screamed for gun owners’ heads, and none dared to debate them in their righteous time slot.
yet gun control lost that one, too. congress demurred. states revolted. voters voted.
in fairness, the movement had lost that battle before it even began. just as if they were choosing a family minivan, americans had done their research and distrusted the specious claims, false data and empty promises. brands die when they lie: once that trust bond with brand loyalists is broken, nearly impossible to regain it. gun control had promised us safety, but deliver. consumers may be fooled once, but brutal on brands when betrayed.
today, the classic signs of brand desperation continue to accelerate. unable to get the center for disease control to do it for them, publishes “studies” so thin on credibility that they serve as their own opposition research. shannon watts of moms demand action barely rises from the pavement before she trips over another falsehood. bloomberg dismisses recalled state senators as being from districts “where i think roads.” moms demand manipulates photos of its rallies to hide paltry attendance. the brand has little grassroots support: without an infusion of cash from billionaire investors, it likely would be on the trash heap.
in contrast stands a brand of advocacy called the national rifle association, which has never been, nor ever will be, the national rifle, handgun and shotgun association or the national march for things that propel projectiles. for 144 years, the has stood for the protection, enjoyment and pursuit of the second amendment right to keep and bear arms.
in the branding world, called “focus.” and a brand that loses focus will eventually begin to smell like it is past its “use by” date.
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baɪ kleɪ ˈtərnər, kriˈeɪtɪv dɪˈrɛktər ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, meɪ 22 2015 ɪf gən kənˈtroʊl wɑz ə brænd, ɪt wʊd bi ðə ˈʃɑrpər ˈɪmɪʤ. ðət ˈgæʤəts ənd slik stɔrz wəns wər ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ˌhaɪˈtɛk (rɪˈmɛmbər ðət catchphrase*?), ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɛm ðə ˈkuləst kɪd ɪn ðə mɔl. ðeɪ soʊld ˈʃaɪni, ˈgæʤəts æt ˈprimiəm (æt list tɪ ə ˈkɑlɪʤ kɪd laɪk mi) ˈpraɪsɪz ðət sɑlvd ˈprɑbləmz ju ˈivɪn noʊ ju hæd. ðeɪ wər hɑt ˌbiˈfɔr hɑt wɑz ˈivɪn ə θɪŋ. ðə fɔl bɪˈgæn wɪn wi ˈlərnɪd ðət ˈʃɑrpər ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl ɛr ˈaɪəˌnaɪzər ˈæˌkʧuəli pəmpt ɑr dɪˈzaɪnər ˈlɪvɪŋ rumz fʊl əv ˈnɑkʃəs ˈoʊˌzoʊn. ˈlɔˌsuts ˈfɑloʊd, ənd stɔrz kloʊzd. aɪ rɪˈmɛmbər siɪŋ ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən spɑt ˈfiʧərɪŋ ˈfaʊndər ˈrɪʧərd ˈθælhaɪmər, ðə mæn hu kriˈeɪtɪd ɪt ɔl, ɛz ˈpɪʧmən. hi keɪm əˈkrɔs ɛz ðə gaɪ ˈnɛvər wɔnt tɪ hæv ˈdɪnər wɪθ. ““hot”*” hæd lɔst ɪts kul. ɪf ju kənˈsɪdər gən kənˈtroʊl ɛz ə brænd əv ˈædvəkəsi, ju kən kæʧ ə wɪf əv ˈʃɑrpər ˈɪmɪʤ ɪn ɪt. ðə hɑt nu kɔz (ər brænd) fər ðoʊz hu bɪˈlivd ðɛr ˈθɪŋkɪŋ stɪŋk, gən kənˈtroʊl hæd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ goʊɪŋ fər ɪt ɪn ðə ənd ’70s*. ɪt wɑz ˈdrɪvən baɪ ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl əˌsæsəˈneɪʃənz, ˈbɛnəˌfɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈmuvmənt, ənd hæd ðə səˈpɔrt əv ðə ˈmeɪʤər ˈdeɪli ˈpeɪpərz, ˈmənθli ˈmægəˌzinz ənd ðə ˈʧænəlz ðət ˈkɑnstəˌtutəd ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən məˈnɑpəli. gən kənˈtroʊl hæd brɔt ˈjuˈɛs ˈspɑrkəlɪŋ ˈprɑdəkts laɪk ðə ˈweɪtɪŋ ˈpɪriəd fər gən ˈpərʧəsɪz, ˈbækˌgraʊnd ʧɛks ənd ðə əˈsɔlt ˈwɛpənz ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz bɔt ðɛm. bət ɪn ðə bɪl ˈklɪntən ˈɪrə, ðə brænd bɪˈgæn tɪ luz ɪts ˈmoʊʤoʊ. gən kənˈtroʊl hæd brɔt ˈjuˈɛs ˈspɑrkəlɪŋ ˈprɑdəkts laɪk ðə ˈweɪtɪŋ ˈpɪriəd fər gən ˈpərʧəsɪz, ˈbækˌgraʊnd ʧɛks ənd ðə əˈsɔlt ˈwɛpənz ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz bɔt ðɛm. ˈweɪtɪŋ ɔn ɪts ʃɛlvz wər ˈʃaɪni nu bænz ɔn ˈhændˌgənz, ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ˈspɛʃəlz ənd ˈbʊləts, tu. əˈmɛrɪkənz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, baɪ ðɛm, bɪˈkəz ðə stəf wi hæd ɔˈrɛdi ˈpərʧəst wɑz ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ smɛl ˈfəni. fərst, wi ˈlərnɪd ðət ˈoʊnli ˈsɪtɪzənz səbˈmɪt tɪ ˈbækˌgraʊnd ʧɛks, waɪl ˈkrɪmənəlz stil ðɛr gənz ər baɪ ðɛm frəm ˈəðər ˈkrɪmənəlz. ðɛn wi ˈlərnɪd ðət weapons”*” wərkt ʤɪst laɪk ˈʃɑtˌgən, ənd wɪn ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ðə bæn hæd noʊ ˈifɛkt ɔn gən kraɪm, ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz kɔt ðə sɛnt ənd dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ rɪˈnu ɪt. pərˈhæps ðeɪ wər boʊθ ˈərli ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv, hæd tɪ pæs ðə bɪl tɪ faɪnd aʊt wət wɑz ɪn ðə bill.”*.” əˈmɛrɪkənz bɪˈgæn tɪ fil bɪn soʊld ə bɪl əv gʊdz, ənd lʊkt æt ðə ˈəðər ˈprɑdəkts laɪk ðeɪ kənˈteɪnd lɛd peɪnt. ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈbʊləts tərnd aʊt tɪ bi moʊst ˈhəntɪŋ ˈraɪfəl raʊnz. ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ˈspɛʃəlz wər ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən əˈfɔrdəbəl ˈhændˌgənz. ðə əˈsɔlt ˈwɛpənz bæn wɑz nɑt ˈoʊnli ə hoʊks; ɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ruz tɪ bæn ˈɛvəri ˈhændˌgən, ˈraɪfəl ənd ˈʃɑtˌgən wɪθ ə ˈækʃən. sˈmɛlɪŋ ə ræt, wi bɪˈgæn baɪɪŋ ˈhændˌgənz laɪk ðeɪ wər ˈhɑtˌkeɪks, ənd wi meɪd ðə ðə moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈraɪfəl ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə. ənd ðɛr ˈluzɪŋ strik kənˈtɪnjud. æl gɔr fər ˈprɛzɪdənt. ʤɑn ˈkɛri fər ˈprɛzɪdənt. ˈhɛlər. məkˈdɑnəld. ɪn rɪˈspɑns, grups bɪˈgæn tɪ ɪgˈzɪbɪt ɔl ðə ˈklæsɪk saɪnz əv brænd ˈpænɪk. ðeɪ ʧeɪnʤd ðɛr neɪmz tɪ ˈdɪstəns ðɛmˈsɛlvz frəm pæst feɪld ˈprɑdəkts. ˈhændˌgən kənˈtroʊl ɪŋk. bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈbreɪdi kæmˈpeɪn tɪ prɪˈvɛnt gən ˈvaɪələns, wɪʧ ðɛn əˈdɑptəd ðə ˈnɪkˌneɪm ðə ˈbreɪdi kæmˈpeɪn soʊ ɪt kʊd ˈizəli bi ˈrɪtən ɔn ə ʧɛk. ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən tɪ bæn ˈhændˌgənz bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən tɪ stɑp gən ˈvaɪələns. ðə ˈmɪljən mɑmz fər gən kənˈtroʊl bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈmɪljən mɑm mɑrʧ ˈsəmˌwɛr əˈlɔŋ ðə laɪn (ər vaɪs ˈvərsə). əˈneɪbəl tɪ ˈgɑrnər ˈivɪn ə ˈfrækʃən əv ðət ˈmɛni mɑmz, ɪt ðɛn mɔrft ˈɪntu mɑmz dɪˈmænd ˈækʃən fər gən sɛns ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə. ˈmaɪkəl ˈblumbərg ðɛn əkˈwaɪərd ðə mɑmz brænd, ˈæftər ɔl bət əˈbændənɪŋ hɪz meɪərz əˈgɛnst ˌɪˈligəl gənz ɪn ðə feɪs əv dɪˈpɑrtɪŋ meɪərz. tɪ kip əp ðə moʊˈmɛntəm, hi ˈfoʊldɪd boʊθ ˈɪntu ə hoʊl nu brænd, fər gən ˈseɪfti, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈɛvəri taʊn, ənd ɪz nɑt ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn gən ˈseɪfti. ʤɪst wɪn θɪŋz lʊkt ˈdɑrkəst, ˈnuˌtaʊn ˈnæʃənəl ˈnaɪtˌmɛr soʊ ˌɪŋˌkɑmprəˈhɛnsɪbəl ðət ɪt ʃʊk ˈɛvəri əˈmɛrɪkən, ˈwɛðər gən ˈoʊnər ər nɑt. əˈmɛrɪkənz bɪˈgæn tɪ fil bɪn soʊld ə bɪl əv gʊdz, ənd lʊkt æt ðə ˈəðər ˈprɑdəkts laɪk ðeɪ kənˈteɪnd lɛd peɪnt. ðə ˈmuvmənt sɔ ˈdeɪˌlaɪt, ənd ræn tɪ ɪt. ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ðət ˈoʊpənɪŋ wɑz ə ˈmaɪkrəˌfoʊn, ənd ˈstændɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt wɑz ðə moʊst ˈpaʊərfəl mæn ɪn ðə wərld, hu ˈwɛlkəmd ðə brænd raɪt ˈɪntu ðə waɪt haʊs. ˈɛvəri ˈnuzˌpeɪpər, ˈɛvəri ˈmægəˌzin ənd ˈɛvəri ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈæŋkər skrimd fər gən owners’*’ hɛdz, ənd nən dɛrd tɪ dəˈbeɪt ðɛm ɪn ðɛr ˈraɪʧəs taɪm slɑt. jɛt gən kənˈtroʊl lɔst ðət wən, tu. ˈkɑŋgrəs dɪˈmərd. steɪts rɪˈvoʊltɪd. ˈvoʊtərz ˈvoʊtɪd. ɪn ˈfɛrnəs, ðə ˈmuvmənt hæd lɔst ðət ˈbætəl ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt ˈivɪn bɪˈgæn. ʤɪst ɛz ɪf ðeɪ wər ˈʧuzɪŋ ə ˈfæməli ˈmɪniˈvæn, əˈmɛrɪkənz hæd dən ðɛr ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈstrəstɪd ðə ˈspiʃəs kleɪmz, fɔls ˈdætə ənd ˈɛmti ˈprɑməsəz. brændz daɪ wɪn ðeɪ laɪ: wəns ðət trəst bɑnd wɪθ brænd ˈlɔɪəlɪsts ɪz ˈbroʊkən, ˈnɪrli ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ rɪˈgeɪn ɪt. gən kənˈtroʊl hæd ˈprɑməst ˈjuˈɛs ˈseɪfti, bət dɪˈlɪvər. kənˈsumərz meɪ bi fuld wəns, bət ˈbrutəl ɔn brændz wɪn bɪˈtreɪd. təˈdeɪ, ðə ˈklæsɪk saɪnz əv brænd ˌdɛspərˈeɪʃɪn kənˈtɪnju tɪ ækˈsɛlərˌeɪt. əˈneɪbəl tɪ gɪt ðə ˈsɛnər fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl tɪ du ɪt fər ðɛm, ˈpəblɪʃɪz ““studies”*” soʊ θɪn ɔn ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti ðət ðeɪ sərv ɛz ðɛr oʊn ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ˈrisərʧ. ˈʃænən wɑts əv mɑmz dɪˈmænd ˈækʃən ˈbɛrli ˈraɪzɪz frəm ðə ˈpeɪvmənt ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi trɪps ˈoʊvər əˈnəðər ˈfælsˌhʊd. ˈblumbərg dɪsˈmɪsɪz rɪˈkɔld steɪt ˈsɛnətərz ɛz biɪŋ frəm ˈdɪstrɪkts aɪ θɪŋk roads.”*.” mɑmz dɪˈmænd məˈnɪpjəˌleɪts ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv ɪts ˈræliz tɪ haɪd ˈpɔltri əˈtɛndəns. ðə brænd həz ˈlɪtəl ˈgræsˈruts səˈpɔrt: wɪˈθaʊt ən ˌɪnfˈjuʒən əv kæʃ frəm ˌbɪljəˈnɛr ˌɪnˈvɛstərz, ɪt ˈlaɪkli wʊd bi ɔn ðə træʃ hip. ɪn ˈkɑntræst stændz ə brænd əv ˈædvəkəsi kɔld ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈraɪfəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, wɪʧ həz ˈnɛvər bɪn, nɔr ˈɛvər wɪl bi, ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈraɪfəl, ˈhændˌgən ənd ˈʃɑtˌgən əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ər ðə ˈnæʃənəl mɑrʧ fər θɪŋz ðət prəˈpɛl prɑˈʤɛktəlz. fər 144 jɪrz, ðə həz stʊd fər ðə prəˈtɛkʃən, ˌɛnˈʤɔɪmənt ənd pərˈsut əv ðə ˈsɛkənd əˈmɛndmənt raɪt tɪ kip ənd bɛr ɑrmz. ɪn ðə ˈbrændɪŋ wərld, kɔld ““focus.”*.” ənd ə brænd ðət ˈluzɪz ˈfoʊkɪs wɪl ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli bɪˈgɪn tɪ smɛl laɪk ɪt ɪz pæst ɪts by”*” deɪt.
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hillary clinton's seemingly inevitable march to the democratic presidential nomination may still be in doubt, according to a former pollster and political adviser to bill clinton.
douglas e. schoen, in an editorial in the wall street journal, said that a bernie sanders win in california could blunt path to the nomination even if she captures the required number of delegates to hit the majority currently less than 80 away when super delegates are included, according to the associated press).
“the inevitability behind mrs. nomination will be in large measure eviscerated if she loses the june 7 california primary to bernie sanders,” schoen writes. “that could well happen.”
california, as do all states under democratic primary rules, will allocate its 475 pledged delegates proportionally based on the primary results.
the former secretary of state is ahead of sanders in the state by about 9 points, according to the rolling average, but recent surveys vary widely. a public policy institute of california poll has clinton ahead by just 2 points, while a survey that ended the same day had her ahead by 18.
in his editorial, schoen highlights the argument that sanders has been making for a while now: if he continues to gain momentum, the superdelegates party leaders and elected officials free to support anyone will have to change their votes to go with the will of voters.
“a sanders win in california would powerfully underscore mrs. weakness as a candidate in the general election. democratic by the party establishment and overwhelmingly backing mrs. clinton, would seriously question whether they should continue to stand behind her candidacy,” he writes.
“there is every reason to believe that at the convention mr. sanders will offer a rules change requiring superdelegates to vote for the candidate who won their primary or caucus. a vote on that proposed change would almost certainly occur and it would function as a referendum on the clinton candidacy. if mr. sanders wins california, montana and north dakota on tuesday and stays competitive in new jersey, he could well be within 200 pledged delegates of mrs. clinton, making a vote in favor of the rules change on superdelegates more likely.”
schoen then ticks off a series of what he sees as weaknesses, including the closing gap in the polls in a general election matchup with trump, her legal troubles related to her private email server and a lack of trust from voters.
in what could only be described as highly unlikely scenarios, schoen also suggests it's still possible that secretary of state john kerry, or more plausibly, he says, vice president biden could still claim the nomination.
“mr. biden would be cast as the white knight rescuing the party, and the nation, from a possible trump presidency. to win over sanders supporters, he would likely choose as his running mate someone like sen. elizabeth warren who is respected by the left wing,” he said.
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ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntənz ˈsimɪŋli ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl mɑrʧ tɪ ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən meɪ stɪl bi ɪn daʊt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈpoʊlstər ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl ædˈvaɪzər tɪ bɪl ˈklɪntən. ˈdəgləs i. ʃoʊn, ɪn ən ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl ɪn ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl, sɛd ðət ə ˈbərni ˈsændərz wɪn ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə kʊd blənt pæθ tɪ ðə ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən ˈivɪn ɪf ʃi ˈkæpʧərz ðə rikˈwaɪərd ˈnəmbər əv ˈdɛləˌgeɪts tɪ hɪt ðə məˈʤɔrəti ˈkərəntli lɛs ðən 80 əˈweɪ wɪn ˈsupər ˈdɛləˌgeɪts ər ˌɪnˈkludɪd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs). ˌɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti bɪˈhaɪnd ˈmɪsɪz. ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən wɪl bi ɪn lɑrʤ ˈmɛʒər əˈvɪsərˌeɪtɪd ɪf ʃi ˈluzɪz ðə ʤun 7 ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ˈpraɪˌmɛri tɪ ˈbərni sanders,”*,” ʃoʊn raɪts. kʊd wɛl happen.”*.” ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, ɛz du ɔl steɪts ˈəndər ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpraɪˌmɛri rulz, wɪl ˈæləˌkeɪt ɪts 475 plɛʤd ˈdɛləˌgeɪts prəˈpɔrʃənəli beɪst ɔn ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri rɪˈzəlts. ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt ɪz əˈhɛd əv ˈsændərz ɪn ðə steɪt baɪ əˈbaʊt 9 pɔɪnts, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈroʊlɪŋ ˈævərɪʤ, bət ˈrisənt ˈsərˌveɪz ˈvɛri ˈwaɪdli. ə ˈpəblɪk ˈpɑləsi ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə poʊl həz ˈklɪntən əˈhɛd baɪ ʤɪst 2 pɔɪnts, waɪl ə ˈsərˌveɪ ðət ˈɛndɪd ðə seɪm deɪ hæd hər əˈhɛd baɪ 18 ɪn hɪz ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl, ʃoʊn ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ðə ˈɑrgjəmənt ðət ˈsændərz həz bɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ fər ə waɪl naʊ: ɪf hi kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ geɪn moʊˈmɛntəm, ðə supərˈdɛləgəts ˈpɑrti ˈlidərz ənd ɪˈlɛktɪd əˈfɪʃəlz fri tɪ səˈpɔrt ˈɛniˌwən wɪl hæv tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðɛr voʊts tɪ goʊ wɪθ ðə wɪl əv ˈvoʊtərz. ˈsændərz wɪn ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə wʊd ˈpaʊərfli ˌəndərˈskɔr ˈmɪsɪz. ˈwiknəs ɛz ə ˈkænədɪt ɪn ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən. ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk baɪ ðə ˈpɑrti ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt ənd ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋli ˈbækɪŋ ˈmɪsɪz. ˈklɪntən, wʊd ˈsɪriəsli kˈwɛʃən ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ʃʊd kənˈtɪnju tɪ stænd bɪˈhaɪnd hər candidacy,”*,” hi raɪts. ɪz ˈɛvəri ˈrizən tɪ bɪˈliv ðət æt ðə kənˈvɛnʃən ˈmɪstər. ˈsændərz wɪl ˈɔfər ə rulz ʧeɪnʤ rikˈwaɪərɪŋ supərˈdɛləgəts tɪ voʊt fər ðə ˈkænədɪt hu wən ðɛr ˈpraɪˌmɛri ər ˈkɔkəs. ə voʊt ɔn ðət prəˈpoʊzd ʧeɪnʤ wʊd ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈsərtənli əˈkər ənd ɪt wʊd ˈfəŋkʃən ɛz ə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɔn ðə ˈklɪntən ˈkændɪdəsi. ɪf ˈmɪstər. ˈsændərz wɪnz ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, mɑnˈtænə ənd nɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ənd steɪz kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ɪn nu ˈʤərzi, hi kʊd wɛl bi wɪˈθɪn 200 plɛʤd ˈdɛləˌgeɪts əv ˈmɪsɪz. ˈklɪntən, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə voʊt ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ðə rulz ʧeɪnʤ ɔn supərˈdɛləgəts mɔr likely.”*.” ʃoʊn ðɛn tɪks ɔf ə ˈsɪriz əv wət hi siz ɛz ˈwiknəsɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈkloʊzɪŋ gæp ɪn ðə poʊlz ɪn ə ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈmæʧəp wɪθ trəmp, hər ˈligəl ˈtrəbəlz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ hər ˈpraɪvət iˈmeɪl ˈsərvər ənd ə læk əv trəst frəm ˈvoʊtərz. ɪn wət kʊd ˈoʊnli bi dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ˈhaɪli ənˈlaɪkli sɪˈnɛrioʊz, ʃoʊn ˈɔlsoʊ səˈʤɛsts ɪts stɪl ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt ʤɑn ˈkɛri, ər mɔr ˈplɔzəbli, hi sɪz, vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbaɪdən kʊd stɪl kleɪm ðə ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən. ““mr*. ˈbaɪdən wʊd bi kæst ɛz ðə waɪt naɪt ˈrɛskjuɪŋ ðə ˈpɑrti, ənd ðə ˈneɪʃən, frəm ə ˈpɑsəbəl trəmp ˈprɛzɪdənsi. tɪ wɪn ˈoʊvər ˈsændərz səˈpɔrtərz, hi wʊd ˈlaɪkli ʧuz ɛz hɪz ˈrənɪŋ meɪt ˈsəmˌwən laɪk sɛn. ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ ˈwɔrən hu ɪz rɪˈspɛktɪd baɪ ðə lɛft wing,”*,” hi sɛd.
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the entire economics world is abuzz about the intriguing between paul krugman and ron paul on bloomberg. the guardian summarises:
ron paul said pretentious for anyone to think they know what inflation should be and what the ideal level for the money supply is.
paul krugman replied that not pretentious, necessary. he accused paul of living in a fantasy world, of wanting to turn back the clock 150 years. he said the advent of modern currencies and made an unmanaged economy an impracticable idea.
he accused paul of living in a fantasy world, of wanting to turn back the clock 150 years. he said the advent of modern currencies and made an unmanaged economy an impracticable idea. paul accused the fed of perpetrating “fraud,” in part by screwing with the value of the dollar, so people who save get hurt. he stopped short of calling for an immediate end to the fed, saying that for now, competition of currencies and banking structures should be allowed in the us.
he stopped short of calling for an immediate end to the fed, saying that for now, competition of currencies and banking structures should be allowed in the us. krugman brought up milton friedman, who traversed the ideological spectrum to criticize the fed for not doing enough during the great depression. the same criticism krugman is leveling at the fed now. “it’s really telling that in america right now, milton friedman would count as being on the far left in monetary policy,” krugman said.
paul’s central point, that the fed hurts main street by focusing on the welfare of wall street, is well taken. point that the fed is needed to steer the economy and has done a better job overall than congress, in any case, is also well taken.
i find it quite disappointing that there has not been more discussion in the media of the idea something ron paul alluded to that most of the problems we face today are extensions of the failure to liquidate in 2008. bailouts and interventionism has left the system (and many of the companies within it) a wreck. why are we talking about residual debt overhang? most of it would have been razed in 2008 had the market been allowed to liquidate. worse, when you bail out economic failures and as far as concerned, everyone who would have been wiped out by the shadow banking collapse is an economic failure you obliterate the market mechanism. should it really be any surprise that money flowing to where needed?
a whole host of previously illiquid zombie banks, corporations and shadow banks are holding onto trillions of dollars as a liquidity buffer. so instead of being used to finance useful and productive endeavours, the money is just sitting there. this is reflected in the levels of excess reserves banks are holding (presently at an all-time high), as well as the velocity of money, which is at a postwar low:
krugman’s view that introducing more money into the economy and scaring into spending more is not guaranteed to achieve any boost in productivity.
as i wrote last month:
the fundamental problem at the heart of this is that the fed is trying to encourage risk taking by making it difficult to allow market participants from amassing the capital necessary to take risk. why seeing domestic equity outflows. and so the only people with the apparatus to invest and create jobs are large institutions, banks and corporations, which they are patently not doing. would more easing convince them to do that? probably not. if a multinational corporation with access to foreign markets where input costs are significantly cheaper, why would you invest in the expensive, american market other than to the products manufactured abroad? so will (even deeper) negative real rates cause money to start flowing? probably but probably mostly abroad so probably without the benefits of domestic investment and job creation.
nor is it guaranteed to achieve any great boost in debt relief.
as dan wrote for naked capitalism last month:
inflation only reduces debt overhang in a significant way for households who are fortunate enough to see their nominal wages rise along with the general rise in prices. in economy, workers are frequently not so fortunate.
again, i have to bring this back to why we are even talking about debt relief. the 2008 crash was a natural form of debt-relief; the 2008 bailouts, and ongoing and twist programs (which contrary to professor really do transfer wealth from the middle classes to wall street) the debt burden born from a bubble created by easy money policies. there would be no need for a debt jubilee (either an absolute one, or a one) if we had simply let the market do its work. a legitimate function for government would have at most been to bail out account holders, provide a welfare net for poor people (never poor corporations) and let bankruptcy courts and markets do the rest. instead, the central planners in washington decided they knew best.
the key moment in the debate?
i am not a defender of the economic policies of the emperor. so just make that clear. paul krugman
actually you are. ron paul
ron paul is dead right. krugman and the regime for which he stands are absolutely following in the spirit of.
from dennis gartman:
rome had its socialist interlude under. faced with increasing poverty and restlessness among the masses, and with the imminent danger of barbarian invasion, he issued in a.d. 301 an de pretiis, which denounced for keeping goods from the market to raise prices, and set maximum prices and wages for all important articles and services. extensive public works were undertaken to put the unemployed to work, and food was distributed gratis, or at reduced prices, to the poor. the government which already owned most mines, quarries, and salt deposits brought nearly all major industries and guilds under detailed control. explained that the barbarians were at the gate, and that individual liberty had to be shelved until collective liberty could be made secure. the socialism of was a war economy, made possible by fear of foreign attack. other factors equal, internal liberty varies inversely with external danger.
while krugman does not by any means endorse the level of centralism that introduced, his defence of bailouts, his insistence on the planning of interest rates and inflation, and (most frighteningly) his insistence that war can be an economic stimulus (in reality, war is a capital destroyer) all put him firmly in’s economic planning camp.
so how did’s economic program work out?
well, i think it is fair to say even without modern data that just as krugman desires’s measures boosted aggregate demand through public works and just as krugman desires it introduced inflation.
diocletian’s mass minting of coins of low metallic value continued to increase inflation, and the maximum prices in the edict were apparently too low. merchants either stopped producing goods, sold their goods illegally, or used barter. the edict tended to disrupt trade and commerce, especially among merchants. it is safe to assume that a gray market economy evolved out of the edict at least between merchants.
and certainly rome lived for almost 150 years after. however the long term effects of’s economic program were dire:
thousands of romans, to escape the tax gatherer, fled over the frontiers to seek refuge among the barbarians. seeking to check this elusive mobility and to facilitate regulation and taxation, the government issued decrees binding the peasant to his field and the worker to his shop until all their debts and taxes had been paid. in this and other ways medieval began.
have the 2008 bailouts done the same thing, cementing a new feudal aristocracy of bankers, financiers and zombies, alongside a serf class that exists to fund the excesses of the financial and corporate elite?
only time will tell.
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ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks wərld ɪz əˈbəz əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ bɪtˈwin pɔl ˈkrəgmən ənd rɑn pɔl ɔn ˈblumbərg. ðə ˈgɑrdiən summarises*: rɑn pɔl sɛd priˈtɛnʃəs fər ˈɛniˌwən tɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ noʊ wət ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən ʃʊd bi ənd wət ðə aɪˈdil ˈlɛvəl fər ðə ˈməni səˈplaɪ ɪz. pɔl ˈkrəgmən rɪˈplaɪd ðət nɑt priˈtɛnʃəs, ˈnɛsəˌsɛri. hi əˈkjuzd pɔl əv ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ə ˈfænəsi wərld, əv ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ tərn bæk ðə klɑk 150 jɪrz. hi sɛd ðə ˈædˌvɛnt əv ˈmɑdərn ˈkərənsiz ənd meɪd ən ənˈmænɪʤd ɪˈkɑnəmi ən ˌɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl aɪˈdiə. hi əˈkjuzd pɔl əv ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ə ˈfænəsi wərld, əv ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ tərn bæk ðə klɑk 150 jɪrz. hi sɛd ðə ˈædˌvɛnt əv ˈmɑdərn ˈkərənsiz ənd meɪd ən ənˈmænɪʤd ɪˈkɑnəmi ən ˌɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl aɪˈdiə. pɔl əˈkjuzd ðə fɛd əv ˈpərpəˌtreɪtɪŋ ““fraud,”*,” ɪn pɑrt baɪ skruɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈvælju əv ðə ˈdɔlər, soʊ ˈpipəl hu seɪv gɪt hərt. hi stɑpt ʃɔrt əv ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ɛnd tɪ ðə fɛd, seɪɪŋ ðət fər naʊ, ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən əv ˈkərənsiz ənd ˈbæŋkɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərz ʃʊd bi əˈlaʊd ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs. hi stɑpt ʃɔrt əv ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ɛnd tɪ ðə fɛd, seɪɪŋ ðət fər naʊ, ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən əv ˈkərənsiz ənd ˈbæŋkɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərz ʃʊd bi əˈlaʊd ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs. ˈkrəgmən brɔt əp ˈmɪltən ˈfridmən, hu ˈtrævərst ðə ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈspɛktrəm tɪ ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz ðə fɛd fər nɑt duɪŋ ɪˈnəf ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə greɪt dɪˈprɛʃən. ðə seɪm ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm ˈkrəgmən ɪz ˈlɛvəlɪŋ æt ðə fɛd naʊ. ˈrɪli ˈtɛlɪŋ ðət ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə raɪt naʊ, ˈmɪltən ˈfridmən wʊd kaʊnt ɛz biɪŋ ɔn ðə fɑr lɛft ɪn ˈmɑnəˌtɛri policy,”*,” ˈkrəgmən sɛd. ˈsɛntrəl pɔɪnt, ðət ðə fɛd hərts meɪn strit baɪ ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈwɛlˌfɛr əv wɔl strit, ɪz wɛl ˈteɪkən. pɔɪnt ðət ðə fɛd ɪz ˈnidɪd tɪ stɪr ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi ənd həz dən ə ˈbɛtər ʤɑb ˈoʊvərˌɔl ðən ˈkɑŋgrəs, ɪn ˈɛni keɪs, ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ wɛl ˈteɪkən. aɪ faɪnd ɪt kwaɪt ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ ðət ðɛr həz nɑt bɪn mɔr dɪˈskəʃən ɪn ðə ˈmidiə əv ðə aɪˈdiə ˈsəmθɪŋ rɑn pɔl əˈludəd tɪ ðət moʊst əv ðə ˈprɑbləmz wi feɪs təˈdeɪ ər ɪkˈstɛnʃənz əv ðə ˈfeɪljər tɪ ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt ɪn 2008 ˈbeɪˌlaʊts ənd ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃəˌnɪzəm həz lɛft ðə ˈsɪstəm (ənd ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz wɪˈθɪn ɪt) ə rɛk. waɪ ər wi ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt rɪˈzɪʤuəl dɛt ˈoʊvərˌhæŋ? moʊst əv ɪt wʊd hæv bɪn reɪzd ɪn 2008 hæd ðə ˈmɑrkɪt bɪn əˈlaʊd tɪ ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪt. wərs, wɪn ju beɪl aʊt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈfeɪljərz ənd ɛz fɑr ɛz kənˈsərnd, ˈɛvriˌwən hu wʊd hæv bɪn waɪpt aʊt baɪ ðə ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈbæŋkɪŋ kəˈlæps ɪz ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈfeɪljər ju əˈblɪtərˌeɪt ðə ˈmɑrkɪt ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm. ʃʊd ɪt ˈrɪli bi ˈɛni səˈpraɪz ðət ˈməni floʊɪŋ tɪ wɛr ˈnidɪd? ə hoʊl hoʊst əv ˈpriviəsli ˌɪˈlɪkwɪd ˈzɑmbi bæŋks, ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz ənd ˈʃæˌdoʊ bæŋks ər ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈɔntu ˈtrɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz ɛz ə lɪkˈwɪdɪti ˈbəfər. soʊ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv biɪŋ juzd tɪ ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈjusfəl ənd pərˈdəktɪv endeavours*, ðə ˈməni ɪz ʤɪst ˈsɪtɪŋ ðɛr. ðɪs ɪz rɪˈflɛktɪd ɪn ðə ˈlɛvəlz əv ˈɛkˌsɛs rɪˈzərvz bæŋks ər ˈhoʊldɪŋ (ˈprɛzəntli æt ən ˌɔlˈtaɪm haɪ), ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə vəˈlɑsəti əv ˈməni, wɪʧ ɪz æt ə ˈpoʊstˈwɔr loʊ: vju ðət ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ mɔr ˈməni ˈɪntu ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi ənd ˈskɛrɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈspɛndɪŋ mɔr ɪz nɑt ˌgɛrənˈtid tɪ əˈʧiv ˈɛni bust ɪn ˌproʊdəkˈtɪvɪti. ɛz aɪ roʊt læst mənθ: ðə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˈprɑbləm æt ðə hɑrt əv ðɪs ɪz ðət ðə fɛd ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ rɪsk ˈteɪkɪŋ baɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈmɑrkɪt pɑrˈtɪsəpənts frəm əˈmæsɪŋ ðə ˈkæpɪtəl ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ teɪk rɪsk. waɪ siɪŋ dəˈmɛstɪk ˈɛkwəti ˈaʊtˌfloʊz. ənd soʊ ðə ˈoʊnli ˈpipəl wɪθ ðə ˌæpərˈætəs tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛst ənd kriˈeɪt ʤɑbz ər lɑrʤ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz, bæŋks ənd ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz, wɪʧ ðeɪ ər ˈpætəntli nɑt duɪŋ. wʊd mɔr ˈizɪŋ kənˈvɪns ðɛm tɪ du ðət? ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt. ɪf ə ˌməlˌtiˈnæʃənəl ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən wɪθ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈfɔrən ˈmɑrkɪts wɛr ˈɪnˌpʊt kɔsts ər sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ˈʧipər, waɪ wʊd ju ˌɪnˈvɛst ɪn ðə ɪkˈspɛnsɪv, əˈmɛrɪkən ˈmɑrkɪt ˈəðər ðən tɪ ðə ˈprɑdəkts ˌmænjəˈfækʧərd əˈbrɔd? soʊ wɪl (ˈivɪn ˈdipər) ˈnɛgətɪv ril reɪts kɔz ˈməni tɪ stɑrt floʊɪŋ? ˈprɑbəˌbli bət ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈmoʊstli əˈbrɔd soʊ ˈprɑbəˌbli wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ənd ʤɑb kriˈeɪʃən. nɔr ɪz ɪt ˌgɛrənˈtid tɪ əˈʧiv ˈɛni greɪt bust ɪn dɛt rɪˈlif. ɛz dæn roʊt fər ˈneɪkəd ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm læst mənθ: ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən ˈoʊnli rɪˈdusɪz dɛt ˈoʊvərˌhæŋ ɪn ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt weɪ fər ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz hu ər ˈfɔrʧənət ɪˈnəf tɪ si ðɛr ˈnɑmənəl ˈweɪʤɪz raɪz əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə ˈʤɛnərəl raɪz ɪn ˈpraɪsɪz. ɪn ɪˈkɑnəmi, ˈwərkərz ər ˈfrikwɛntli nɑt soʊ ˈfɔrʧənət. əˈgɛn, aɪ hæv tɪ brɪŋ ðɪs bæk tɪ waɪ wi ər ˈivɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt dɛt rɪˈlif. ðə 2008 kræʃ wɑz ə ˈnæʧərəl fɔrm əv debt-relief*; ðə 2008 ˈbeɪˌlaʊts, ənd ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ənd twɪst ˈproʊˌgræmz (wɪʧ ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ prəˈfɛsər ˈrɪli du ˈtrænsfər wɛlθ frəm ðə ˈmɪdəl ˈklæsɪz tɪ wɔl strit) ðə dɛt ˈbərdən bɔrn frəm ə ˈbəbəl kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ˈizi ˈməni ˈpɑləsiz. ðɛr wʊd bi noʊ nid fər ə dɛt ˌʤubəˈli (ˈiðər ən ˈæbsəˌlut wən, ər ə wən) ɪf wi hæd ˈsɪmpli lɛt ðə ˈmɑrkɪt du ɪts wərk. ə ləˈʤɪtəmət ˈfəŋkʃən fər ˈgəvərnmənt wʊd hæv æt moʊst bɪn tɪ beɪl aʊt əˈkaʊnt ˈhoʊldərz, prəˈvaɪd ə ˈwɛlˌfɛr nɛt fər pur ˈpipəl (ˈnɛvər pur ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz) ənd lɛt ˈbæŋkrəptsi kɔrts ənd ˈmɑrkɪts du ðə rɛst. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈplænərz ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ðeɪ nu bɛst. ðə ki ˈmoʊmənt ɪn ðə dəˈbeɪt? aɪ æm nɑt ə dɪˈfɛndər əv ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈpɑləsiz əv ðə ˈɛmpərər. soʊ ʤɪst meɪk ðət klɪr. pɔl ˈkrəgmən ˈæˌkʧuəli ju ər. rɑn pɔl rɑn pɔl ɪz dɛd raɪt. ˈkrəgmən ənd ðə rəˈʒim fər wɪʧ hi stændz ər ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈspɪrɪt əv. frəm ˈdɛnɪs ˈgɑrtmən: roʊm hæd ɪts ˈsoʊʃəlɪst ˈɪntərˌlud ˈəndər. feɪst wɪθ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈpɑvərti ənd ˈrɛstləsnəs əˈməŋ ðə ˈmæsɪz, ənd wɪθ ðə ˈɪmənənt ˈdeɪnʤər əv bɑrˈbɛriən ˌɪnˈveɪʒən, hi ˈɪʃud ɪn a.d*. 301 ən də pretiis*, wɪʧ dɪˈnaʊnst fər ˈkipɪŋ gʊdz frəm ðə ˈmɑrkɪt tɪ reɪz ˈpraɪsɪz, ənd sɛt ˈmæksəməm ˈpraɪsɪz ənd ˈweɪʤɪz fər ɔl ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈɑrtɪkəlz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz. ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈpəblɪk wərks wər ˈəndərˌteɪkən tɪ pʊt ðə ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd tɪ wərk, ənd fud wɑz dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ˈgrætəs, ər æt rɪˈdust ˈpraɪsɪz, tɪ ðə pur. ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wɪʧ ɔˈrɛdi oʊnd moʊst maɪnz, kˈwɔriz, ənd sɔlt dɪˈpɑzəts brɔt ˈnɪrli ɔl ˈmeɪʤər ˈɪndəstriz ənd gɪldz ˈəndər dɪˈteɪld kənˈtroʊl. ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət ðə bɑrˈbɛriənz wər æt ðə geɪt, ənd ðət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈlɪbərˌti hæd tɪ bi ʃɛlvd ənˈtɪl kəˈlɛktɪv ˈlɪbərˌti kʊd bi meɪd sɪˈkjʊr. ðə ˈsoʊʃəˌlɪzəm əv wɑz ə wɔr ɪˈkɑnəmi, meɪd ˈpɑsəbəl baɪ fɪr əv ˈfɔrən əˈtæk. ˈəðər ˈfæktərz ˈikwəl, ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈlɪbərˌti ˈvɛriz ˌɪnˈvərsli wɪθ ɪkˈstərnəl ˈdeɪnʤər. waɪl ˈkrəgmən dɪz nɑt baɪ ˈɛni minz ɛnˈdɔrs ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˈsɛntrəˌlɪzəm ðət ˌɪntrəˈdust, hɪz dɪˈfɛns əv ˈbeɪˌlaʊts, hɪz ˌɪnˈsɪstəns ɔn ðə ˈplænɪŋ əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts ənd ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən, ənd (moʊst ˈfraɪtənɪŋli) hɪz ˌɪnˈsɪstəns ðət wɔr kən bi ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈstɪmjələs (ɪn ˌriˈæləˌti, wɔr ɪz ə ˈkæpɪtəl dɪˈstrɔɪər) ɔl pʊt ɪm ˈfərmli ɪn ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈplænɪŋ kæmp. soʊ haʊ dɪd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈproʊˌgræm wərk aʊt? wɛl, aɪ θɪŋk ɪt ɪz fɛr tɪ seɪ ˈivɪn wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɑdərn ˈdætə ðət ʤɪst ɛz ˈkrəgmən dɪˈzaɪərz ˈmɛʒərz ˈbustɪd ˈægrəgət dɪˈmænd θru ˈpəblɪk wərks ənd ʤɪst ɛz ˈkrəgmən dɪˈzaɪərz ɪt ˌɪntrəˈdust ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən. mæs ˈmɪntɪŋ əv kɔɪnz əv loʊ məˈtælɪk ˈvælju kənˈtɪnjud tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən, ənd ðə ˈmæksəməm ˈpraɪsɪz ɪn ðə ˈidɪkt wər əˈpɛrəntli tu loʊ. ˈmərʧənts ˈiðər stɑpt prəˈdusɪŋ gʊdz, soʊld ðɛr gʊdz ˌɪˈligəli, ər juzd ˈbɑrtər. ðə ˈidɪkt ˈtɛndɪd tɪ dɪsˈrəpt treɪd ənd ˈkɑmərs, əˈspɛʃəli əˈməŋ ˈmərʧənts. ɪt ɪz seɪf tɪ əˈsum ðət ə greɪ ˈmɑrkɪt ɪˈkɑnəmi ɪˈvɑlvd aʊt əv ðə ˈidɪkt æt list bɪtˈwin ˈmərʧənts. ənd ˈsərtənli roʊm lɪvd fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst 150 jɪrz ˈæftər. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə lɔŋ tərm ˈifɛkts əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈproʊˌgræm wər daɪər: ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈroʊmənz, tɪ ɪˈskeɪp ðə tæks ˈgæðərər, flɛd ˈoʊvər ðə frənˈtɪrz tɪ sik ˈrɛfjuʤ əˈməŋ ðə bɑrˈbɛriənz. ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ʧɛk ðɪs ɪˈlusɪv moʊˈbɪlɪti ənd tɪ fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən ənd tækˈseɪʃən, ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈɪʃud dɪˈkriz ˈbaɪndɪŋ ðə ˈpɛzənt tɪ hɪz fild ənd ðə ˈwərkər tɪ hɪz ʃɑp ənˈtɪl ɔl ðɛr dɛts ənd ˈtæksɪz hæd bɪn peɪd. ɪn ðɪs ənd ˈəðər weɪz mɪˈdjivəl bɪˈgæn. hæv ðə 2008 ˈbeɪˌlaʊts dən ðə seɪm θɪŋ, sɪˈmɛntɪŋ ə nu fˈjudəl ˌɛrəˈstɑkrəsi əv ˈbæŋkərz, ˌfɪnənˈsɪrz ənd ˈzɑmbiz, əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ə sərf klæs ðət ɪgˈzɪsts tɪ fənd ðə ˌɛkˈsɛsɪz əv ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ənd ˈkɔrpərət ɪˈlit? ˈoʊnli taɪm wɪl tɛl.
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"central" here. for other uses, see (disambiguation)
the is a small, central pit composed of closely packed cones in the eye. it is located in the center of the of the]
the is responsible for sharp central vision (also calledl vision), which is necessary in humans for activities where visual detail is of primary importance, such as reading and driving. the is surrounded by the belt, and the outer] the is the intermediate belt, where the cell layer is composed of more than five rows of cells, as well as the highest density of cones; the is the outermost region where the cell layer contains two to four rows of cells, and is where visual acuity is below the optimum. the contains an even more diminished density of cones, having 12 per 100 versus 50 per 100 in the most central. this, in turn, is surrounded by a larger peripheral area that delivers highly compressed information of low resolution following the pattern of compression inted needed]
approximately half of the nerve fibers in the optic nerve carry information from the, while the remaining half carry information from the rest of the retina. the extends to a radius of from the central, and the is found at a radius from the.[3]
the term comes from the from latin foves, meaning 'pit'.
structure [ edit ]
fovea is the depression in the inner retinal surface, about wide, the layer of which is entirely cones and which is specialized for maximum visual acuity. within the is a region of diameter called thel zone (an area without any blood vessels). this allows the light to be sensed without any dispersion or loss. this anatomy is responsible for the depression in the center of the. thel pit is surrounded by thel rim that contains the neurons displaced from the pit. this is the thickest part of the]
the is located in a small zone and receives most of its oxygen from the vessels in the choroid, which is across the retinal pigment and membrane. the high spatial density of cones along with the absence of blood vessels at the accounts for the high visual acuity capability at the.[5]
the center of the is the about in diameter or central pit where only cones are present and there are virtually no] the central consists of very compact cones, thinner and more in appearance than cones elsewhere. these cones are very densely packed (in a hexagonal pattern). starting at the outskirts of the, however, rods gradually appear, and the absolute density of cone receptors progressively decreases.
the anatomy of the was recently reinvestigated, and it was discovered that outer segments from the centralr cones of monkeys are not straight and twice as long as those from the.[6]
size [ edit ]
the size of the is relatively small with regard to the rest of the retina. however, it is the only area in the retina where vision is attainable, and is the area where fine detail and colour can be]
properties [ edit ]
oct scan of a retina at with an axial resolution of
the diagram shows the relative acuity of the left human eye (horizontal section) inrees from the.
photograph of the retina of the human eye, with overlay diagrams showing the positions and sizes of the,, and optic disc
anatomical / / area (clinical: posterior pole): diameter = (~3.5 disc-diameters) (about 18 of vf) by the superior and inferior temporal arterial arcades. has an elliptical shape horizontally. the only region of the retina where has >1 layer of cells yellowish appearance =l pigments and ( ) in the outer nuclear layers inward.
anatomical: region between (2.5mm) and edge of has layers of cells. 12 cones / 100 um
anatomical: diameter =mm. has >5 layers of cells, and highest density of cones
anatomical / (clinical:) area of depression in the centre of the. diameter =mm (~1 disc-diameter) (about 5 of vf)
foveal zone (faz) diameter = (about of vf) approximately equal to the
anatomical (clinical:) diameter =mm (about 1 of vf) the central floor of depression of 50 cones / 100 um highest visual acuity
anatomical represents the precise center of the [9] diameter = corresponds to the clinical light reflex
function [ edit ]
illustration of the distribution of cone cells in the of an individual with normal color vision (left), and a color blind (protanopic) retina. note that the center of the holds very few cones.
in the primate (including humans) the ratios of cells tos is about; almost every cell receives data from a single cone, and each cone feeds onto between 1 and 3] therefore, the acuity ofl vision is limited only by the density of the cone mosaic, and the is the area of the eye with the highest sensitivity to fine] cones in the central express pigments that are sensitive to green and red light. these cones are the 'midget' pathways that also underpin high acuity functions of the.
the is employed for accurate vision in the direction where it is pointed. it comprises less than 1% of retinal size but takes up over 50% of the visual cortex in the] the sees only the central tworees of the visual field, (approximately twice the width of your thumbnail at arm's] if an object is large and thus covers a large angle, the eyes must constantly shift their gaze to subsequently bring different portions of the image into the (as in reading).
[14] distribution of rods and cones along a line passing through the and the blind spot of a human eye
since the does not have rods, it is not sensitive to dim lighting. hence, in order to observe dim stars, astronomers use averted vision, looking out of the side of their eyes where the density of rods is greater, and hence dim objects are more easily visible.
the has a high concentration of the yellow pigments and zeaxanthin. they are concentrated in the henle fiber layer axons that go radially outward from the) and to a lesser extent in the] they are believed to play a protective role against the effects of high intensities of blue light which can damage the sensitive cones. the pigments also enhance the acuity of the by reducing the sensitivity of the to short wavelengths and counteracting the effect of] this is also accompanied by a lower density of blue cones at the center of the.[18] the maximum density of blue cones occurs in a ring about the. consequently, the maximum acuity for blue light is lower than that of other and occurs approximately off]
angular size ofl cones [ edit ]
see also: retina display , a trademarked term describing a pixel density matching that of the human eye.
on average, each square millimeter (mm) of the contains approximately cone] or 383 cones per millimeter. the average focal length of the eye, i.e. the distance between the lens and, is.[20] from these values, one can calculate the average angle of view of a single sensor (cone cell), which is approximately arc seconds.
the following is a table of pixel densities required at various distances so that there is one pixel per arc seconds:
example object distance from eye assumed (ppcm) to match
avg.l cone density
(20/10.5 vision) phone or tablet 10 inches (25.4 cm) (258.1) laptop screen 2 feet (61 cm) (107.6) 42" (1.07 m) hdtv, view feet (1.73 m) (37.8)
peak cone density varies highly between individuals, such that peak values below and above are not] assuming average focal lengths, this suggests that individuals with both high cone densities and perfect optics may resolve pixels with an angular size of arc seconds, requiring values at least times those shown above in order for images not to appear pixelated.
it is worth noting that individuals with (6/6 m) vision, defined as the ability to discern a pixel letter that has an angular size of 5 arc minutes, cannot see pixels smaller than 60 arc seconds. in order to resolve a pixel the size of and arc seconds, an individual would need (6/3.1 m) and (6/2.1 m) vision, respectively. to find the values discernible at, simply divide the values in the above table by the visual acuity ratio (e.g. 96 / (20/10.5 vision) = for vision).
entoptic effects in the [ edit ]
the presence of the pigment in the radially arranged axons of the henle fiber layer causes it to be dichroic and] to blue light. this effect is visible through the brush when the is pointed to a polarized light source.
the combined effects of ther pigment and the distribution of short wavelength cones results in the having a lower sensitivity to blue light (blue light scotoma). though this is not visible under normal circumstances due to "filling in" of information by the brain, under certain patterns of blue light illumination, a dark spot is visible at the point of] also, if mixture of red and blue light is viewed (by viewing white light through a dichroic filter), the point ofl focus will have a central red spot surrounded by a few red] this is called the maxwell's spot after james clerk] who discovered it.
bifoveal fixation [ edit ]
in binocular vision, the two eyes converge to enable fixation, which is necessary for achieving high stereoacuity.
in contrast, in a condition known as anomalous retinal correspondence, the brain associates the of one eye with an area of the other eye.
other animals [ edit ]
the is also a pit in the surface of the of many types of fish, reptiles, and birds. among mammals, it is found only in simian primates. the retinal takes slightly different forms in different types of animals. for example, in primates, cones line the base of thel pit, the cells that elsewhere in the retina form more superficial layers having been displaced away from thel region during late fetal and early postnatal life. othere may show only a reduced thickness in the inner cell layers, rather than an almost complete absence. many species of birds have a double.[citation needed]
additional images [ edit ]
illustration showing main structures of the eye including the
structures of the eye labeled
this image shows another labeled view of the structures of the eye
schematic diagram of the of the retina, showing,,, and clinical
a photograph showing the as a spot to the left. the optic disc is the area on the right where blood vessels converge. the grey, more diffuse spot in the centre is a shadow artifact.
see also [ edit ]
this article uses anatomical terminology; for an overview, see anatomical terminology
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"ˈsɛntrəl" hir. fər ˈəðər ˈjuzɪz, si (disambiguation*) ðə ɪz ə smɔl, ˈsɛntrəl pɪt kəmˈpoʊzd əv ˈkloʊsli pækt koʊnz ɪn ðə aɪ. ɪt ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə əv ðə ðə ɪz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ʃɑrp ˈsɛntrəl ˈvɪʒən (ˈɔlsoʊ kɔld ˈvɪʒən), wɪʧ ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ɪn ˈjumənz fər ækˈtɪvɪtiz wɛr ˈvɪʒəwəl ˈditeɪl ɪz əv ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns, səʧ ɛz ˈrɛdɪŋ ənd ˈdraɪvɪŋ. ðə ɪz sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ðə bɛlt, ənd ðə ˈaʊtər ðə ɪz ðə ˌɪnərˈmidiɪt bɛlt, wɛr ðə sɛl leɪər ɪz kəmˈpoʊzd əv mɔr ðən faɪv roʊz əv sɛlz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə haɪəst ˈdɛnsɪti əv koʊnz; ðə ɪz ðə ˈaʊtərˌmoʊst ˈriʤən wɛr ðə sɛl leɪər kənˈteɪnz tu tɪ fɔr roʊz əv sɛlz, ənd ɪz wɛr ˈvɪʒəwəl əˈkjuəti ɪz bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈɑptɪməm. ðə kənˈteɪnz ən ˈivɪn mɔr dɪˈmɪnɪʃt ˈdɛnsɪti əv koʊnz, ˈhævɪŋ 12 pər 100 ˈvərsəz 50 pər 100 ɪn ðə moʊst ˈsɛntrəl. ðɪs, ɪn tərn, ɪz sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ə ˈlɑrʤər pərˈɪfərəl ˈɛriə ðət dɪˈlɪvərz ˈhaɪli kəmˈprɛst ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əv loʊ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈpætərn əv kəmˈprɛʃən ɪn ˈnidɪd] əˈprɑksəmətli hæf əv ðə nərv ˈfaɪbərz ɪn ðə ˈɑptɪk nərv ˈkɛri ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən frəm ðə, waɪl ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ hæf ˈkɛri ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən frəm ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈrɛtənə. ðə ɪkˈstɛndz tɪ ə ˈreɪdiəs əv frəm ðə ˈsɛntrəl, ənd ðə ɪz faʊnd æt ə ˈreɪdiəs frəm ðə ðə tərm kəmz frəm ðə frəm ˈlætən foves*, ˈminɪŋ 'pɪt'. ˈstrəkʧər ˈɛdət ɪz ðə dɪˈprɛʃən ɪn ðə ˈɪnər ˈrɛtənəl ˈsərfəs, əˈbaʊt waɪd, ðə leɪər əv wɪʧ ɪz ɪnˈtaɪərli koʊnz ənd wɪʧ ɪz ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd fər ˈmæksəməm ˈvɪʒəwəl əˈkjuəti. wɪˈθɪn ðə ɪz ə ˈriʤən əv daɪˈæmətər kɔld ðə zoʊn (ən ˈɛriə wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni bləd ˈvɛsəlz). ðɪs əˈlaʊz ðə laɪt tɪ bi sɛnst wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni dɪˈspərʒən ər lɔs. ðɪs əˈnætəmi ɪz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə dɪˈprɛʃən ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə. ðə pɪt ɪz sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ðə rɪm ðət kənˈteɪnz ðə ˈnʊrɑnz dɪˈspleɪst frəm ðə pɪt. ðɪs ɪz ðə ˈθɪkɪst pɑrt əv ðə ðə ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ə smɔl zoʊn ənd rɪˈsivz moʊst əv ɪts ˈɑksɪʤən frəm ðə ˈvɛsəlz ɪn ðə choroid*, wɪʧ ɪz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈrɛtənəl ˈpɪgmɛnt ənd ˈmɛmˌbreɪn. ðə haɪ ˈspeɪʃəl ˈdɛnsɪti əv koʊnz əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə ˈæbsəns əv bləd ˈvɛsəlz æt ðə əˈkaʊnts fər ðə haɪ ˈvɪʒəwəl əˈkjuəti ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti æt ðə ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə ɪz ðə əˈbaʊt ɪn daɪˈæmətər ər ˈsɛntrəl pɪt wɛr ˈoʊnli koʊn ər ˈprɛzənt ənd ðɛr ər ˈvərʧuəli noʊ ðə ˈsɛntrəl kənˈsɪsts əv ˈvɛri ˈkɑmpækt koʊnz, ˈθɪnər ənd mɔr ɪn əˈpɪrəns ðən koʊnz ˈɛlsˌwɛr. ðiz koʊnz ər ˈvɛri ˈdɛnsli pækt (ɪn ə hɛkˈsægənəl ˈpætərn). ˈstɑrtɪŋ æt ðə ˈaʊtˌskərts əv ðə, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, rɑdz ˈgræʤuəli əˈpɪr, ənd ðə ˈæbsəˌlut ˈdɛnsɪti əv koʊn rəˈsɛptərz prɑˈgrɛsɪvli ˈdiˌkrisɪz. ðə əˈnætəmi əv ðə wɑz ˈrisəntli reinvestigated*, ənd ɪt wɑz dɪˈskəvərd ðət ˈaʊtər ˌsɛgˈmɛnts frəm ðə ˈsɛntrəl koʊnz əv ˈməŋkiz ər nɑt streɪt ənd twaɪs ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðoʊz frəm ðə saɪz ˈɛdət ðə saɪz əv ðə ɪz ˈrɛlətɪvli smɔl wɪθ rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈrɛtənə. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli ˈɛriə ɪn ðə ˈrɛtənə wɛr ˈvɪʒən ɪz əˈteɪnəbəl, ənd ɪz ðə ˈɛriə wɛr faɪn ˈditeɪl ənd ˈkələr kən bi ˈprɑpərtiz ˈɛdət ɔkt skæn əv ə ˈrɛtənə æt wɪθ ən ˈæksiəl ˌrɛzəˈluʃən əv ðə ˈdaɪəˌgræm ʃoʊz ðə ˈrɛlətɪv əˈkjuəti əv ðə lɛft ˈjumən aɪ (ˌhɔrəˈzɑntəl ˈsɛkʃən) ɪn dɪˈgriz frəm ðə. ˈfoʊtəˌgræf əv ðə ˈrɛtənə əv ðə ˈjumən aɪ, wɪθ ˈoʊvərˌleɪ ˈdaɪəˌgræmz ʃoʊɪŋ ðə pəˈzɪʃənz ənd ˈsaɪzɪz əv ðə,, ənd ˈɑptɪk dɪsk ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl ˈɛriə (ˈklɪnɪkəl: ˌpɔˈstɪrjər poʊl): daɪˈæmətər disc-diameters*) (əˈbaʊt 18 əv vf*) baɪ ðə suˈpɪriər ənd ˌɪnˈfɪriər ˈtɛmpərəl ɑrˈtɪriəl ɑrˈkeɪdz. həz ən ɪˈlɪptɪkəl ʃeɪp ˌhɔrɪˈzɑntəli. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈriʤən əv ðə ˈrɛtənə wɛr həz 1 leɪər əv sɛlz ˈjɛloʊɪʃ əˈpɪrəns ˈpɪgˌmɛnts ənd ɪn ðə ˈaʊtər ˈnukliər leɪərz ˈɪnwərd. ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl: ˈriʤən bɪtˈwin 2.5mm*) ənd ɛʤ əv həz leɪərz əv sɛlz. 12 koʊnz 100 əm ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl: daɪˈæmətər 2.5mm*. həz 5 leɪərz əv sɛlz, ənd haɪəst ˈdɛnsɪti əv koʊnz ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl (ˈklɪnɪkəl:) ˈɛriə əv dɪˈprɛʃən ɪn ðə ˈsɛntər əv ðə. daɪˈæmətər 1 disc-diameter*) (əˈbaʊt 5 əv vf*) zoʊn (fæz) daɪˈæmətər (əˈbaʊt əv vf*) əˈprɑksəmətli ˈikwəl tɪ ðə ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl (ˈklɪnɪkəl:) daɪˈæmətər (əˈbaʊt 1 əv vf*) ðə ˈsɛntrəl flɔr əv dɪˈprɛʃən əv 50 koʊnz 100 əm haɪəst ˈvɪʒəwəl əˈkjuəti ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ðə prɪˈsaɪs ˈsɛnər əv ðə 9 daɪˈæmətər ˌkɔrəˈspɑndz tɪ ðə ˈklɪnɪkəl laɪt ˈriflɛks ˈfəŋkʃən ˈɛdət ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən əv ðə ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv koʊn sɛlz ɪn ðə əv ən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl wɪθ ˈnɔrməl ˈkələr ˈvɪʒən (lɛft), ənd ə ˈkələr blaɪnd (protanopic*) ˈrɛtənə. noʊt ðət ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə hoʊldz ˈvɛri fju koʊnz. ɪn ðə ˈpraɪˌmeɪt (ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈjumənz) ðə ˈreɪʃiˌoʊz əv sɛlz tɪ ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri sɛl rɪˈsivz ˈdætə frəm ə ˈsɪŋgəl koʊn, ənd iʧ koʊn fidz ˈɔntu bɪtˈwin 1 ənd 3 ˈðɛrˌfɔr, ðə əˈkjuəti əv ˈvɪʒən ɪz ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈoʊnli baɪ ðə ˈdɛnsɪti əv ðə koʊn moʊˈzeɪɪk, ənd ðə ɪz ðə ˈɛriə əv ðə aɪ wɪθ ðə haɪəst ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti tɪ faɪn koʊnz ɪn ðə ˈsɛntrəl ɪkˈsprɛs ˈpɪgˌmɛnts ðət ər ˈsɛnsɪtɪv tɪ grin ənd rɛd laɪt. ðiz koʊnz ər ðə 'ˈmɪʤət' ˈpæθˌweɪz ðət ˈɔlsoʊ ˈəndərˌpɪn haɪ əˈkjuəti ˈfəŋkʃənz əv ðə. ðə ɪz ɪmˈplɔɪd fər ˈækjərət ˈvɪʒən ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn wɛr ɪt ɪz ˈpɔɪntɪd. ɪt kəmˈpraɪzɪz lɛs ðən 1 əv ˈrɛtənəl saɪz bət teɪks əp ˈoʊvər 50 əv ðə ˈvɪʒəwəl ˈkɔrtɛks ɪn ðə ðə siz ˈoʊnli ðə ˈsɛntrəl tu dɪˈgriz əv ðə ˈvɪʒəwəl fild, (əˈprɑksəmətli twaɪs ðə wɪdθ əv jʊr ˈθəmˌneɪl æt ɑrmz ɪf ən ˈɑbʤɛkt ɪz lɑrʤ ənd ðəs ˈkəvərz ə lɑrʤ ˈæŋgəl, ðə aɪz məst ˈkɑnstəntli ʃɪft ðɛr geɪz tɪ ˈsəbsəkwəntli brɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt ˈpɔrʃənz əv ðə ˈɪmɪʤ ˈɪntu ðə (ɛz ɪn ˈrɛdɪŋ). 14 ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv rɑdz ənd koʊnz əˈlɔŋ ə laɪn ˈpæsɪŋ θru ðə ənd ðə blaɪnd spɑt əv ə ˈjumən aɪ sɪns ðə dɪz nɑt hæv rɑdz, ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈsɛnsɪtɪv tɪ dɪm ˈlaɪtɪŋ. hɛns, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əbˈzərv dɪm stɑrz, əˈstrɑnəmərz juz əˈvərtəd ˈvɪʒən, ˈlʊkɪŋ aʊt əv ðə saɪd əv ðɛr aɪz wɛr ðə ˈdɛnsɪti əv rɑdz ɪz ˈgreɪtər, ənd hɛns dɪm ˈɑbʤɛkts ər mɔr ˈizəli ˈvɪzəbəl. ðə həz ə haɪ ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən əv ðə ˈjɛloʊ ˈpɪgˌmɛnts ənd zeaxanthin*. ðeɪ ər ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd ɪn ðə ˈhɛnəl ˈfaɪbər leɪər ˈækˌsɑnz ðət goʊ ˈreɪdiəli ˈaʊtwərd frəm ðə) ənd tɪ ə ˈlɛsər ɪkˈstɛnt ɪn ðə ðeɪ ər bɪˈlivd tɪ pleɪ ə prəˈtɛktɪv roʊl əˈgɛnst ðə ˈifɛkts əv haɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪtiz əv blu laɪt wɪʧ kən ˈdæmɪʤ ðə ˈsɛnsɪtɪv koʊnz. ðə ˈpɪgˌmɛnts ˈɔlsoʊ ɛnˈhæns ðə əˈkjuəti əv ðə baɪ rɪˈdusɪŋ ðə ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti əv ðə tɪ ʃɔrt ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθs ənd ˌkaʊntərˈæktɪŋ ðə ˈifɛkt əv ðɪs ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈkəmpənid baɪ ə loʊər ˈdɛnsɪti əv blu koʊnz æt ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə ðə ˈmæksəməm ˈdɛnsɪti əv blu koʊnz əˈkərz ɪn ə rɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə. ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli, ðə ˈmæksəməm əˈkjuəti fər blu laɪt ɪz loʊər ðən ðət əv ˈəðər ənd əˈkərz əˈprɑksəmətli ɔf ˈæŋgjələr saɪz əv koʊnz ˈɛdət si ˈɔlsoʊ: ˈrɛtənə dɪˈspleɪ ə ˈtreɪdˌmɑrkt tərm dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ə ˈpɪksəl ˈdɛnsɪti ˈmæʧɪŋ ðət əv ðə ˈjumən aɪ. ɔn ˈævərɪʤ, iʧ skwɛr ˈmɪləˌmitər (mm*) əv ðə kənˈteɪnz əˈprɑksəmətli koʊn ər 383 koʊnz pər ˈmɪləˌmitər. ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈfoʊkəl lɛŋθ əv ðə aɪ, i.e*. ðə ˈdɪstəns bɪtˈwin ðə lɛnz ənd, ɪz frəm ðiz ˈvæljuz, wən kən ˈkælkjəˌleɪt ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈæŋgəl əv vju əv ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsɛnsər (koʊn sɛl), wɪʧ ɪz əˈprɑksəmətli ɑrk ˈsɛkəndz. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪz ə ˈteɪbəl əv ˈpɪksəl ˈdɛnsətiz rikˈwaɪərd æt ˈvɛriəs ˈdɪstənsɪz soʊ ðət ðɛr ɪz wən ˈpɪksəl pər ɑrk ˈsɛkəndz: ɪgˈzæmpəl ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈdɪstəns frəm aɪ əˈsumd (ppcm*) tɪ mæʧ avg*. koʊn ˈdɛnsɪti ˈvɪʒən) foʊn ər ˈtæblət 10 ˈɪnʧɪz cm*) ˈlæpˌtɑp skrin 2 fit 61 cm*) 42 ɛm) hdtv*, vju fit ɛm) pik koʊn ˈdɛnsɪti ˈvɛriz ˈhaɪli bɪtˈwin ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz, səʧ ðət pik ˈvæljuz bɪˈloʊ ənd əˈbəv ər nɑt əˈsumɪŋ ˈævərɪʤ ˈfoʊkəl lɛŋθs, ðɪs səˈʤɛsts ðət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz wɪθ boʊθ haɪ koʊn ˈdɛnsətiz ənd ˈpərˌfɪkt ˈɑptɪks meɪ riˈzɑlv ˈpɪksəlz wɪθ ən ˈæŋgjələr saɪz əv ɑrk ˈsɛkəndz, rikˈwaɪərɪŋ ˈvæljuz æt list taɪmz ðoʊz ʃoʊn əˈbəv ɪn ˈɔrdər fər ˈɪmɪʤɪz nɑt tɪ əˈpɪr pixelated*. ɪt ɪz wərθ ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz wɪθ ɛm) ˈvɪʒən, dɪˈfaɪnd ɛz ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ dɪˈsərn ə ˈpɪksəl ˈlɛtər ðət həz ən ˈæŋgjələr saɪz əv 5 ɑrk ˈmɪnəts, ˈkænɑt si ˈpɪksəlz sˈmɔlər ðən 60 ɑrk ˈsɛkəndz. ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ riˈzɑlv ə ˈpɪksəl ðə saɪz əv ənd ɑrk ˈsɛkəndz, ən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl wʊd nid ɛm) ənd ɛm) ˈvɪʒən, rɪˈspɛktɪvli. tɪ faɪnd ðə ˈvæljuz dɪˈsərnəbəl æt ˈsɪmpli dɪˈvaɪd ðə ˈvæljuz ɪn ðə əˈbəv ˈteɪbəl baɪ ðə ˈvɪʒəwəl əˈkjuəti ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ (e.g*. 96 ˈvɪʒən) fər ˈvɪʒən). ˈifɛkts ɪn ðə ˈɛdət ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ðə ˈpɪgmɛnt ɪn ðə ˈreɪdiəli əreɪnʤd ˈækˌsɑnz əv ðə ˈhɛnəl ˈfaɪbər leɪər ˈkɔzɪz ɪt tɪ bi daɪˈkroʊɪk ənd tɪ blu laɪt. ðɪs ˈifɛkt ɪz ˈvɪzəbəl θru ðə brəʃ wɪn ðə ɪz ˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ ə ˈpoʊlərˌaɪzd laɪt sɔrs. ðə kəmˈbaɪnd ˈifɛkts əv ðə ˈpɪgmɛnt ənd ðə ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv ʃɔrt ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ koʊnz rɪˈzəlts ɪn ðə ˈhævɪŋ ə loʊər ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti tɪ blu laɪt (blu laɪt scotoma*). ðoʊ ðɪs ɪz nɑt ˈvɪzəbəl ˈəndər ˈnɔrməl ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz du tɪ "ˈfɪlɪŋ ɪn" əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən baɪ ðə breɪn, ˈəndər ˈsərtən ˈpætərnz əv blu laɪt ˌɪˌluməˈneɪʃən, ə dɑrk spɑt ɪz ˈvɪzəbəl æt ðə pɔɪnt əv ˈɔlsoʊ, ɪf ˈmɪksʧər əv rɛd ənd blu laɪt ɪz vjud (baɪ vjuɪŋ waɪt laɪt θru ə daɪˈkroʊɪk ˈfɪltər), ðə pɔɪnt əv ˈfoʊkɪs wɪl hæv ə ˈsɛntrəl rɛd spɑt sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ə fju rɛd ðɪs ɪz kɔld ðə ˈmæksˌwɛlz spɑt ˈæftər ʤeɪmz klərk hu dɪˈskəvərd ɪt. fɪkˈseɪʃən ˈɛdət ɪn bəˈnɑkjələr ˈvɪʒən, ðə tu aɪz kənˈvərʤ tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl fɪkˈseɪʃən, wɪʧ ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri fər əˈʧivɪŋ haɪ stereoacuity*. ɪn ˈkɑntræst, ɪn ə kənˈdɪʃən noʊn ɛz əˈnɑmələs ˈrɛtənəl ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns, ðə breɪn əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪts ðə əv wən aɪ wɪθ ən ˈɛriə əv ðə ˈəðər aɪ. ˈəðər ˈænəməlz ˈɛdət ðə ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə pɪt ɪn ðə ˈsərfəs əv ðə əv ˈmɛni taɪps əv fɪʃ, ˈrɛptaɪlz, ənd bərdz. əˈməŋ ˈmæməlz, ɪt ɪz faʊnd ˈoʊnli ɪn ˈsɪmiən ˈpraɪˌmeɪts. ðə ˈrɛtənəl teɪks sˈlaɪtli ˈdɪfərənt fɔrmz ɪn ˈdɪfərənt taɪps əv ˈænəməlz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪn ˈpraɪˌmeɪts, koʊn laɪn ðə beɪs əv ðə pɪt, ðə sɛlz ðət ˈɛlsˌwɛr ɪn ðə ˈrɛtənə fɔrm mɔr ˌsupərˈfɪʃəl leɪərz ˈhævɪŋ bɪn dɪˈspleɪst əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈriʤən ˈdʊrɪŋ leɪt ˈfitəl ənd ˈərli ˈpoʊstˈneɪtəl laɪf. ˈəðər meɪ ʃoʊ ˈoʊnli ə rɪˈdust ˈθɪknəs ɪn ðə ˈɪnər sɛl leɪərz, ˈrəðər ðən ən ˈɔlˌmoʊst kəmˈplit ˈæbsəns. ˈmɛni ˈspiʃiz əv bərdz hæv ə ˈdəbəl ˈnidɪd] əˈdɪʃənəl ˈɪmɪʤɪz ˈɛdət ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən ʃoʊɪŋ meɪn ˈstrəkʧərz əv ðə aɪ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈstrəkʧərz əv ðə aɪ ˈleɪbəld ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ʃoʊz əˈnəðər ˈleɪbəld vju əv ðə ˈstrəkʧərz əv ðə aɪ skɪˈmætɪk ˈdaɪəˌgræm əv ðə əv ðə ˈrɛtənə, ʃoʊɪŋ,,, ənd ˈklɪnɪkəl ə ˈfoʊtəˌgræf ʃoʊɪŋ ðə ɛz ə spɑt tɪ ðə lɛft. ðə ˈɑptɪk dɪsk ɪz ðə ˈɛriə ɔn ðə raɪt wɛr bləd ˈvɛsəlz kənˈvərʤ. ðə greɪ, mɔr dɪfˈjuz spɑt ɪn ðə ˈsɛntər ɪz ə ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈɑrtəˌfækt. si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈjuzɪz ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl ˌtərmɪˈnɑləʤi; fər ən ˈoʊvərvˌju, si ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl ˌtərmɪˈnɑləʤi
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posted on october 16, 2012
candy crowley: romney was actually "right in the main" on libya
candy crowley, debate moderator, after the debate: you know, again, i heard the president's speech at the time. i sort of reread a lot of stuff about libya because i knew we'd probably get a libya question, so i kind of wanted to be up on it. so we knew that the president had said, you know, 'these acts of terror won't stand,' or whatever the whole quote was.
i think actually, you know, because right after that, i did turn to romney and said you were totally correct but they spent two weeks telling us that this was about a tape and that there was this riot outside of the consulate, which there wasn't. so he was right in the main, i just think that he picked the wrong word.
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ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 16 2012 ˈkændi ˈkraʊli: ˈrɑmni wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli "raɪt ɪn ðə meɪn" ɔn ˈlɪˌbiə ˈkændi ˈkraʊli, dəˈbeɪt ˈmɑdərˌeɪtər, ˈæftər ðə dəˈbeɪt: ju noʊ, əˈgɛn, aɪ hərd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts spiʧ æt ðə taɪm. aɪ sɔrt əv ˈriˈrid ə lɔt əv stəf əˈbaʊt ˈlɪˌbiə bɪˈkəz aɪ nu wid ˈprɑbəˌbli gɪt ə ˈlɪˌbiə kˈwɛʃən, soʊ aɪ kaɪnd əv ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bi əp ɔn ɪt. soʊ wi nu ðət ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt hæd sɛd, ju noʊ, 'ðiz ækts əv ˈtɛrər woʊnt stænd,' ər ˌwəˈtɛvər ðə hoʊl kwoʊt wɑz. aɪ θɪŋk ˈæˌkʧuəli, ju noʊ, bɪˈkəz raɪt ˈæftər ðət, aɪ dɪd tərn tɪ ˈrɑmni ənd sɛd ju wər ˈtoʊtəli kərˈɛkt bət ðeɪ spɛnt tu wiks ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ðət ðɪs wɑz əˈbaʊt ə teɪp ənd ðət ðɛr wɑz ðɪs raɪət ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈkɑnsələt, wɪʧ ðɛr ˈwəzənt. soʊ hi wɑz raɪt ɪn ðə meɪn, aɪ ʤɪst θɪŋk ðət hi pɪkt ðə rɔŋ wərd.
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reacting to the kenyan energy regulatory stern stance on withholding the license of coal power plant,
greenpeace executive director, has commended the energy regulatory commission (erc) for withholding the licence of the proposed power station.
kabeberi says the decision has raised the importance of thorough environmental impact assessments (eia) in ecologically sensitive regions like, and has set a clear precedent for fellow african countries.
“kenya’s energy regulatory commission has taken the right and just decision,” she said.
she added, “greenpeace stands in solidarity with the save natural justice movement in saying no to any new power stations.”
in a statement to newsrooms, said over the years greenpeace has clearly documented the vastly negative impacts of power stations on health, and the air and water quality of the surrounding areas in south africa.
“with the abundance of renewable energy potential, it is clear that kenya should focus more on sustainable energy alternatives and stay away from polluting and power stations,” added.
“in light of the fact that kenya has signed the paris agreement, which commits to keep global temperatures to below degrees celsius, it is essential that the government continues to take crucial steps forward such as the decision to revoke the licence for the power station,” she said.
she commended the government for showing leadership in the clean energy sector.
“in this case, the kenyan government is showing the kind of leadership needed on the african continent and other african leaders should learn from this example, but it is critical that does not make a reappearance, and we call for’s cancellation to remain final,” concluded.
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plant-in city is an art installation that takes to the century.
the vision
we are creating a large-scale interactive art installation, a "green city," where plants populate structures inside a gallery space in manhattan. our goal is to raise funds to buy materials and develop technology needed to complete this project.
in our installation we envision a dense, lush skyline, where water flows from one to another. visitors to the space enter an environment. sounds of plants echo in their ears. vibrant rays of light articulate every nuance of beauty that the eye can see.
we're creating a space where a community who loves architecture, technology and plants can meet. our mission is to integrate these disciplines into a new paradigm that changes the way we live and interact with nature. we believe that interacting with plants will improve our lives.
plant-in city - illustration of the first "green city"
how it works
plant-in city taps into the natural systems that foster plant life to give the plants themselves a voice. this revolutionary planter system contains built-in sensors that are activated by sun exposure, changes in soil moisture, humidity, temperature, and other natural cycles. once activated, these sensors translate the environmental data into sounds or visuals, creating an imaginary vibrant wilderness.
plant-in city - concept illustration - frame with embedded sensors
the hardware: a system of stacked or interconnected planter frames equipped with an embedded microcomputer (arduino) and a series of sensors that detect changes in light, soil moisture, temperature, etc. we currently have three types of frames in our system: soil frame: the base planter unit that contains soil plants and sensors.
the base planter unit that contains soil plants and sensors. light frame: a unit with embedded led lighting and provides a uniform and pleasant light.
a unit with embedded led lighting and provides a uniform and pleasant light. water frame: consists of a water tank, valve and copper tubing irrigation system that provides a natural rain effect when watering plants. 12" x 48" - light frame - soil frame - irrigation frame ($3500 pledge)
the technology
our innovative design utilizes hardware and software solutions to provide plants with most of the care they need to thrive.
iphone and: the technology powering city.
the software: the connects the frames to the web linking the sensors and control systems for water and light. these enable you to remotely connect to the city using a mobile web app to check the plants’ vital signs and control lights or other systems and even water them.
demonstration of our water frame irrigation system being controlled by the iphone.
open source
we plan to release our source code to the public as we develop our hardware and software designs. we are also looking into the release of hardware design blueprints so that we can invite third parties to develop their own hardware for the city system.
our plan
using the funds we raise through this, we will create our first large scale city installation in a new york gallery (location tbc). with the amount we have budgeted we can buy materials, electronics and plants to build it.
we have prototypes for the majority of these components and interactions. however, a significant amount of work still needs to be done in order to build all the new frames and develop the interactive experiences further.
after we are done with this production and development stage, all of the frames we build as a result of this campaign will come together to create an architecture full of plants, sounds, lights and data.
pledge rewards
$15 pledge: set of hand built cedar blocks (15 units ea. aprox.)
$25 pledge: set of hand built cedar magnets (5 units ea. aprox.).
$75 pledge: led light fixture.
$250 pledge: 12" light cube frame.
$500 pledge: 12" light cube frame with custom landscape.
$800 pledge: three day, two stay in nyc. vacation with city
$1500 pledge: cedar led chandelier
$1,000 pledge: 12" x 24" x 18" light frame with custom landscape.
$3,500 pledge: 12" x 48" x 18" soil, light and water frames with custom landscape.
$7,500 pledge: customized city architectural installation commission for your location of choice. units per installation based on frame types selected.
note: currently, we are not selling the city until our phase is complete. however, if you donate $250 or more to our campaign, we will build a working prototype frame for you. this frame will also be included in the city installation at the end of our campaign. donate and become a vital building block in our city installation!
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plant-in* ˈsɪti ɪz ən ɑrt ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən ðət teɪks tɪ ðə ˈsɛnʧəri. ðə ˈvɪʒən wi ər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ɑrt ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən, ə "grin ˈsɪti," wɛr plænts ˈpɑpjəˌleɪt ˈstrəkʧərz ˌɪnˈsaɪd ə ˈgæləri speɪs ɪn mænˈhætən. ɑr goʊl ɪz tɪ reɪz fəndz tɪ baɪ məˈtɪriəlz ənd dɪˈvɛləp tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈnidɪd tɪ kəmˈplit ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪn ɑr ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən wi ɛnˈvɪʒən ə dɛns, ləʃ ˈskaɪˌlaɪn, wɛr ˈwɔtər floʊz frəm wən tɪ əˈnəðər. ˈvɪzɪtərz tɪ ðə speɪs ˈɛnər ən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. saʊnz əv plænts ˈɛkoʊ ɪn ðɛr ɪrz. ˈvaɪbrənt reɪz əv laɪt ɑrˈtɪkjəˌleɪt ˈɛvəri nuɑns əv ˈbjuti ðət ðə aɪ kən si. wɪr kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə speɪs wɛr ə kəmˈjunɪti hu ləvz ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər, tɛkˈnɑləʤi ənd plænts kən mit. ɑr ˈmɪʃən ɪz tɪ ˈɪnəˌgreɪt ðiz ˈdɪsəplənz ˈɪntu ə nu ˈpɛrəˌdaɪm ðət ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðə weɪ wi lɪv ənd ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ ˈneɪʧər. wi bɪˈliv ðət ˌɪnərˈæktɪŋ wɪθ plænts wɪl ˌɪmˈpruv ɑr lɪvz. ˈsɪti ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən əv ðə fərst "grin ˈsɪti" haʊ ɪt wərks ˈsɪti tæps ˈɪntu ðə ˈnæʧərəl ˈsɪstəmz ðət ˈfɑstər plænt laɪf tɪ gɪv ðə plænts ðɛmˈsɛlvz ə vɔɪs. ðɪs ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈplæntər ˈsɪstəm kənˈteɪnz ˈbɪlˌtɪn ˈsɛnsərz ðət ər ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd baɪ sən ɪkˈspoʊʒər, ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn sɔɪl ˈmɔɪsʧər, hjuˈmɪdəti, ˈtɛmpərəʧər, ənd ˈəðər ˈnæʧərəl ˈsaɪkəlz. wəns ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd, ðiz ˈsɛnsərz trænzˈleɪt ðə ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈdætə ˈɪntu saʊnz ər ˈvɪʒwəlz, kriˈeɪtɪŋ ən ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri ˈvaɪbrənt ˈwɪldərnəs. ˈsɪti ˈkɑnsɛpt ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən freɪm wɪθ ɛmˈbɛdɪd ˈsɛnsərz ðə ˈhɑrdˌwɛr: ə ˈsɪstəm əv stækt ər ˌɪntərkəˈnɛktɪd ˈplæntər freɪmz ɪkˈwɪpt wɪθ ən ɛmˈbɛdɪd ˈmaɪˌkroʊkəmˈpjutər (arduino*) ənd ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈsɛnsərz ðət dɪˈtɛkt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn laɪt, sɔɪl ˈmɔɪsʧər, ˈtɛmpərəʧər, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. wi ˈkərəntli hæv θri taɪps əv freɪmz ɪn ɑr ˈsɪstəm: sɔɪl freɪm: ðə beɪs ˈplæntər ˈjunɪt ðət kənˈteɪnz sɔɪl plænts ənd ˈsɛnsərz. ðə beɪs ˈplæntər ˈjunɪt ðət kənˈteɪnz sɔɪl plænts ənd ˈsɛnsərz. laɪt freɪm: ə ˈjunɪt wɪθ ɛmˈbɛdɪd lɛd ˈlaɪtɪŋ ənd prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm ənd ˈplɛzənt laɪt. ə ˈjunɪt wɪθ ɛmˈbɛdɪd lɛd ˈlaɪtɪŋ ənd prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm ənd ˈplɛzənt laɪt. ˈwɔtər freɪm: kənˈsɪsts əv ə ˈwɔtər tæŋk, vælv ənd ˈkɑpər ˈtubɪŋ ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ðət prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈnæʧərəl reɪn ˈifɛkt wɪn ˈwɔtərɪŋ plænts. 12 ɛks 48 laɪt freɪm sɔɪl freɪm ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən freɪm 3500 plɛʤ) ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɑr ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv dɪˈzaɪn ˈjutəˌlaɪzɪz ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ənd ˈsɔfˌwɛr səˈluʃənz tɪ prəˈvaɪd plænts wɪθ moʊst əv ðə kɛr ðeɪ nid tɪ θraɪv. ˈaɪˌfoʊn ənd: ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi paʊərɪŋ ˈsɪti. ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr: ðə kəˈnɛkts ðə freɪmz tɪ ðə wɛb ˈlɪŋkɪŋ ðə ˈsɛnsərz ənd kənˈtroʊl ˈsɪstəmz fər ˈwɔtər ənd laɪt. ðiz ɪˈneɪbəl ju tɪ riˈmoʊtli kəˈnɛkt tɪ ðə ˈsɪti ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈmoʊbəl wɛb æp tɪ ʧɛk ðə plants’*’ ˈvaɪtəl saɪnz ənd kənˈtroʊl laɪts ər ˈəðər ˈsɪstəmz ənd ˈivɪn ˈwɔtər ðɛm. ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən əv ɑr ˈwɔtər freɪm ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm biɪŋ kənˈtroʊld baɪ ðə ˈaɪˌfoʊn. ˈoʊpən sɔrs wi plæn tɪ riˈlis ɑr sɔrs koʊd tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ɛz wi dɪˈvɛləp ɑr ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ənd ˈsɔfˌwɛr dɪˈzaɪnz. wi ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə riˈlis əv ˈhɑrdˌwɛr dɪˈzaɪn ˈbluˌprɪnts soʊ ðət wi kən ˌɪnˈvaɪt θərd ˈpɑrtiz tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ðɛr oʊn ˈhɑrdˌwɛr fər ðə ˈsɪti ˈsɪstəm. ɑr plæn ˈjuzɪŋ ðə fəndz wi reɪz θru ðɪs, wi wɪl kriˈeɪt ɑr fərst lɑrʤ skeɪl ˈsɪti ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən ɪn ə nu jɔrk ˈgæləri (loʊˈkeɪʃən tbc*). wɪθ ðə əˈmaʊnt wi hæv ˈbəʤɪtɪd wi kən baɪ məˈtɪriəlz, ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ənd plænts tɪ bɪld ɪt. wi hæv ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪps fər ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðiz kəmˈpoʊnənts ənd ˌɪnərˈækʃənz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt əˈmaʊnt əv wərk stɪl nidz tɪ bi dən ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ bɪld ɔl ðə nu freɪmz ənd dɪˈvɛləp ðə ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ˈfərðər. ˈæftər wi ər dən wɪθ ðɪs pərˈdəkʃən ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt steɪʤ, ɔl əv ðə freɪmz wi bɪld ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðɪs kæmˈpeɪn wɪl kəm təˈgɛðər tɪ kriˈeɪt ən ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər fʊl əv plænts, saʊnz, laɪts ənd ˈdætə. plɛʤ rɪˈwɔrdz 15 plɛʤ: sɛt əv hænd bɪlt ˈsidər blɑks 15 ˈjunɪts ea*. aprox*.) 25 plɛʤ: sɛt əv hænd bɪlt ˈsidər ˈmægnəts 5 ˈjunɪts ea*. aprox*.). 75 plɛʤ: lɛd laɪt ˈfɪksʧər. 250 plɛʤ: 12 laɪt kjub freɪm. 500 plɛʤ: 12 laɪt kjub freɪm wɪθ ˈkəstəm ˈlænˌskeɪp. 800 plɛʤ: θri deɪ, tu steɪ ɪn nyc*. veɪˈkeɪʃən wɪθ ˈsɪti 1500 plɛʤ: ˈsidər lɛd ʃændəˈlɪr plɛʤ: 12 ɛks 24 ɛks 18 laɪt freɪm wɪθ ˈkəstəm ˈlænˌskeɪp. plɛʤ: 12 ɛks 48 ɛks 18 sɔɪl, laɪt ənd ˈwɔtər freɪmz wɪθ ˈkəstəm ˈlænˌskeɪp. plɛʤ: ˈkəstəˌmaɪzd ˈsɪti ˌɑrkəˈtɛkʧərəl ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən kəˈmɪʃən fər jʊr loʊˈkeɪʃən əv ʧɔɪs. ˈjunɪts pər ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən beɪst ɔn freɪm taɪps səˈlɛktɪd. noʊt: ˈkərəntli, wi ər nɑt ˈsɛlɪŋ ðə ˈsɪti ənˈtɪl ɑr feɪz ɪz kəmˈplit. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪf ju ˈdoʊˌneɪt 250 ər mɔr tɪ ɑr kæmˈpeɪn, wi wɪl bɪld ə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp freɪm fər ju. ðɪs freɪm wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɪti ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən æt ðə ɛnd əv ɑr kæmˈpeɪn. ˈdoʊˌneɪt ənd bɪˈkəm ə ˈvaɪtəl ˈbɪldɪŋ blɑk ɪn ɑr ˈsɪti ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən! əˈbaʊt ˈjuˈɛs
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during a recent visit by the king of saudi arabia to china, the two countries signed deals worth $65 billion, including a partnership for manufacturing drones, foreign media reported. in recent months, saudi arabia has repeatedly turned to china to buy drones. experts said that the choice reflects the growing popularity of chinese drones on the global market, especially in the middle east, due to their high cost-efficiency. they also noted that saudi arabia needs support from china to wean its economy off oil exports.
an unmanned drone works in a field on saturday in ji'ning, east china's shandong province. photo:
as a rising dealer of military drones, china has found a good customer in the gulf country of saudi a state visit to china by saudi arabia's king salman bin abdulaziz al saud from march 15 to march 18, the two countries signed deals worth as much as $65 billion, including a partnership agreement to manufacture drones, reuters reported on march media outlets have reported that the agreement was signed between china aerospace science and technology corp (casc) and saudi arabia. declined to confirm the recent months, saudi arabia has frequently bought drones from china. according to a report in february by the xinhua news agency, china's unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), called the, had the "biggest overseas purchase order in the history of chinese foreign military sales" of unmanned aircraft xinhua didn't disclose the name of the buyer, a report on in march revealed that the was sold to saudi the international defense exhibition and conference held in february in abu dhabi, chinese companies signed deals with saudi buyers to sell them the rainbow production line, according to a report on on march growing trade of drones with saudi arabia reflects the growing popularity of chinese weapons, especiallys, on the global market, thanks to their comparatively low prices and technical advantages, a source from, who did not want to be named, told the global times on an active participant, there are good reasons for saudi arabia to prefers. one of the most important is person brought up the rainbow as an example of china's advanced drones are very good at striking targets, which have been in battle in countries that have bought and used the weapon. this makes the rainbow suited to fights against militants," he the past, the iraqi air force has deployed rainbow drones against rebels. in one battle in 2015, a destroyed an enemy stronghold, said li daguang, a professor at the national defence university pla china. he added that nigeria has also used rainbows to fights' wonderful performance on middle east battlefields such as in pakistan may have caught saudi arabia's attention," said zhou rong, a senior research fellow at the institute for financial studies at university of advantage of chinese drones is that they are more than many of competings. according to sarah kreps, associate professor of the department of government at cornell university, a drone produced by china is "a fraction of the cost of the comparable drone produced in the us," giving middle east customers like saudi arabia a good economic reason to acquire drones from costs about $1 million, while a similar reaper made in the us costs about $30 million, li told the global times on wednesday.externally, the us, the biggest competitor to china's drone exports, has a "complicated, idiosyncratic, and unpredictable" process for exporting military technology, kreps told the global times on recently, the us canceled a weapon sale to saudi arabia because of its involvement in yemen, according to kreps. these factors have prompted saudi arabia to turn to china, which offers a more streamlined process for acquiring arabia's growing dealings with china come at a time when chinese drones are gaining popularity on the international example, rainbow drones have been sold to more than 20 customers in more than 10 countries, the person such as saudi arabia, egypt, iraq, the united arab emirates, pakistan and nigeria have all reportedly importeds from china, a report said on march source noted that the prospects for chinese drone exports are promising because chineses are not only for military use. they also have wider applications in civilian markets such as forest fire prevention, marine surveillance and transportation biggest market fors is the civilian market, which requires more exploration. also, the development ofs will be closely linked with artificial intelligence and big data in the future," he saudi arabia runs increasingly short on oil reserves, the country is beefing up efforts to shift its economic focus from oil to other sectors such as manufacturing, and china can help them achieve this goal, zhou told the global times on fact that they have not only bought drones, but also drone production lines shows saudi arabia's ambition to become a manufacturing center in the middle east, as they turn from an affluent country to a developed country with assets and technologies," zhou to the initiative, saudi arabia intends to become a global investment powerhouse by the end of noted that buying a production line is not a common practice, "but it's a smart decision because it can help saudi arabia narrow its gap with iran's manufacturing industry," li froms, the $65 billion in deals also included agreements in sectors such as energy, transportation, telecommunications and guess saudi arabia has been attracted by the results of the 'one belt and one road' initiative and the economic corridor," zhou also noted that orders from saudi arabia can also bring benefits to china, not only in terms of money, but also in terms of easier access to the middle east for greater economic cooperation.
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ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈrisənt ˈvɪzɪt baɪ ðə kɪŋ əv ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə tɪ ˈʧaɪnə, ðə tu ˈkəntriz saɪnd dilz wərθ 65 ˈbɪljən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp fər ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ droʊnz, ˈfɔrən ˈmidiə ˌriˈpɔrtəd. ɪn ˈrisənt mənθs, ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə həz rɪˈpitɪdli tərnd tɪ ˈʧaɪnə tɪ baɪ droʊnz. ˈɛkspərts sɛd ðət ðə ʧɔɪs rɪˈflɛkts ðə groʊɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti əv ʧaɪˈniz droʊnz ɔn ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈmɑrkɪt, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist, du tɪ ðɛr haɪ cost-efficiency*. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə nidz səˈpɔrt frəm ˈʧaɪnə tɪ win ɪts ɪˈkɑnəmi ɔf ɔɪl ˈɛkspɔrts. ən ənˈmænd droʊn wərks ɪn ə fild ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ɪn ji'ning*, ist ˈʧaɪnəz ˌʃɑnˈdoʊŋ ˈprɑvɪns. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ɛz ə ˈraɪzɪŋ ˈdilər əv ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri droʊnz, ˈʧaɪnə həz faʊnd ə gʊd ˈkəstəmər ɪn ðə gəlf ˈkəntri əv ˈsɔdi ə steɪt ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ˈʧaɪnə baɪ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiəz kɪŋ ˈsæmən bɪn æbˌduləˈziz æl sɔd frəm mɑrʧ 15 tɪ mɑrʧ 18 ðə tu ˈkəntriz saɪnd dilz wərθ ɛz məʧ ɛz 65 ˈbɪljən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp əˈgrimənt tɪ ˌmænjəˈfækʧər droʊnz, ˈrɔɪtərz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn mɑrʧ ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛts hæv ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə əˈgrimənt wɑz saɪnd bɪtˈwin ˈʧaɪnə ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs saɪəns ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈkɔrpərˈeɪʃən (casc*) ənd ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə. dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ kənˈfərm ðə ˈrisənt mənθs, ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə həz ˈfrikwɛntli bɔt droʊnz frəm ˈʧaɪnə. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri baɪ ðə ˈzɪnhjuə nuz ˈeɪʤənsi, ˈʧaɪnəz ənˈmænd ˈɛriəl ˈviɪkəl (uav*), kɔld ðə, hæd ðə "ˈbɪgəst ˈoʊvərˈsiz ˈpərʧəs ˈɔrdər ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ʧaɪˈniz ˈfɔrən ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri seɪlz" əv ənˈmænd ˈɛrˌkræft ˈzɪnhjuə ˈdɪdənt dɪˈskloʊz ðə neɪm əv ðə baɪər, ə rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ɪn mɑrʧ rɪˈvild ðət ðə wɑz soʊld tɪ ˈsɔdi ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl dɪˈfɛns ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən ənd ˈkɑnfərəns hɛld ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri ɪn ˈæbu ˈdɑbi, ʧaɪˈniz ˈkəmpəˌniz saɪnd dilz wɪθ ˈsɔdi baɪərz tɪ sɛl ðɛm ðə ˈreɪnˌboʊ pərˈdəkʃən laɪn, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ɔn mɑrʧ groʊɪŋ treɪd əv droʊnz wɪθ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə rɪˈflɛkts ðə groʊɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti əv ʧaɪˈniz ˈwɛpənz, əˈspɛʃəli, ɔn ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈmɑrkɪt, θæŋks tɪ ðɛr kəmˈpærətɪvˌli loʊ ˈpraɪsɪz ənd ˈtɛknɪkəl ædˈvæntɪʤɪz, ə sɔrs frəm, hu dɪd nɑt wɔnt tɪ bi neɪmd, toʊld ðə ˈgloʊbəl taɪmz ɔn ən ˈæktɪv pɑrˈtɪsəpənt, ðɛr ər gʊd ˈrizənz fər ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə tɪ prɪˈfər. wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪz ˈpərsən brɔt əp ðə ˈreɪnˌboʊ ɛz ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈʧaɪnəz ədˈvænst droʊn ər ˈvɛri gʊd æt ˈstraɪkɪŋ ˈtɑrgəts, wɪʧ hæv bɪn ɪn ˈbætəl ɪn ˈkəntriz ðət hæv bɔt ənd juzd ðə ˈwɛpən. ðɪs meɪks ðə ˈreɪnˌboʊ ˈsutɪd tɪ faɪts əˈgɛnst ˈmɪlətənts," hi ðə pæst, ðə ˌɪˈræki ɛr fɔrs həz dɪˈplɔɪd ˈreɪnˌboʊ droʊnz əˈgɛnst ˈrɛbəlz. ɪn wən ˈbætəl ɪn 2015 ə dɪˈstrɔɪd ən ˈɛnəmi ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld, sɛd li daguang*, ə prəˈfɛsər æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl dɪˈfɛns ˌjunəˈvərsəti plɑ ˈʧaɪnə. hi ˈædɪd ðət naɪˈʤɪriə həz ˈɔlsoʊ juzd ˈreɪnˌboʊ tɪ faɪt' ˈwəndərfəl pərˈfɔrməns ɔn ˈmɪdəl ist ˈbætəlˌfildz səʧ ɛz ɪn ˈpækɪˌstæn meɪ hæv kɔt ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiəz əˈtɛnʃən," sɛd ʒu rɔŋ, ə ˈsinjər ˈrisərʧ ˈfɛloʊ æt ðə ˈɪnstɪˌtut fər ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈstədiz æt ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ʧaɪˈniz droʊnz ɪz ðət ðeɪ ər mɔr ðən ˈmɛni əv kəmˈpitɪŋ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsɛrə krɛps, əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər əv ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈgəvərnmənt æt kɔrˈnɛl ˌjunəˈvərsəti, ə droʊn prəˈdust baɪ ˈʧaɪnə ɪz "ə ˈfrækʃən əv ðə kɔst əv ðə ˈkɑmprəbəl droʊn prəˈdust ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs," ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈmɪdəl ist ˈkəstəmərz laɪk ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ə gʊd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈrizən tɪ əkˈwaɪər droʊnz frəm kɔsts əˈbaʊt 1 ˈmɪljən, waɪl ə ˈsɪmələr ˈripər meɪd ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs kɔsts əˈbaʊt 30 ˈmɪljən, li toʊld ðə ˈgloʊbəl taɪmz ɔn wednesday.externally*, ðə ˈjuˈɛs, ðə ˈbɪgəst kəmˈpɛtɪtər tɪ ˈʧaɪnəz droʊn ˈɛkspɔrts, həz ə "ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd, ˌɪdioʊˌsɪnˈkrætɪk, ənd ˌənprɪˈdɪktəbəl" ˈprɔˌsɛs fər ɪkˈspɔrtɪŋ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri tɛkˈnɑləʤi, krɛps toʊld ðə ˈgloʊbəl taɪmz ɔn ˈrisəntli, ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈkænsəld ə ˈwɛpən seɪl tɪ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə bɪˈkəz əv ɪts ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ɪn ˈjɛmən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ krɛps. ðiz ˈfæktərz hæv ˈprɑmptɪd ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə tɪ tərn tɪ ˈʧaɪnə, wɪʧ ˈɔfərz ə mɔr ˈstrimˌlaɪnd ˈprɔˌsɛs fər əkˈwaɪərɪŋ əˈreɪbiəz groʊɪŋ ˈdilɪŋz wɪθ ˈʧaɪnə kəm æt ə taɪm wɪn ʧaɪˈniz droʊnz ər ˈgeɪnɪŋ ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti ɔn ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈreɪnˌboʊ droʊnz hæv bɪn soʊld tɪ mɔr ðən 20 ˈkəstəmərz ɪn mɔr ðən 10 ˈkəntriz, ðə ˈpərsən səʧ ɛz ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, ˈiʤɪpt, ˌɪˈrɑk, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈærəb ˈɛmərˌeɪts, ˈpækɪˌstæn ənd naɪˈʤɪriə hæv ɔl rɪˈpɔrtədli ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪd frəm ˈʧaɪnə, ə rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ɔn mɑrʧ sɔrs ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ðə ˈprɑspɛkts fər ʧaɪˈniz droʊn ˈɛkspɔrts ər ˈprɑməsɪŋ bɪˈkəz ʧaɪˈniz ər nɑt ˈoʊnli fər ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri juz. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ˈwaɪdər ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ɪn səˈvɪljən ˈmɑrkɪts səʧ ɛz ˈfɔrɪst faɪər priˈvɛnʃən, mərˈin sərˈveɪləns ənd ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˈbɪgəst ˈmɑrkɪt fər ɪz ðə səˈvɪljən ˈmɑrkɪt, wɪʧ rikˈwaɪərz mɔr ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən. ˈɔlsoʊ, ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv wɪl bi ˈkloʊsli lɪŋkt wɪθ ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ənd bɪg ˈdætə ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər," hi ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə rənz ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ʃɔrt ɔn ɔɪl rɪˈzərvz, ðə ˈkəntri ɪz ˈbifɪŋ əp ˈɛfərts tɪ ʃɪft ɪts ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈfoʊkɪs frəm ɔɪl tɪ ˈəðər ˈsɛktərz səʧ ɛz ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ, ənd ˈʧaɪnə kən hɛlp ðɛm əˈʧiv ðɪs goʊl, ʒu toʊld ðə ˈgloʊbəl taɪmz ɔn fækt ðət ðeɪ hæv nɑt ˈoʊnli bɔt droʊnz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ droʊn pərˈdəkʃən laɪnz ʃoʊz ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiəz æmˈbɪʃən tɪ bɪˈkəm ə ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˈsɛnər ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist, ɛz ðeɪ tərn frəm ən ˈæfluənt ˈkəntri tɪ ə dɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntri wɪθ ˈæˌsɛts ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤiz," ʒu tɪ ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv, ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ bɪˈkəm ə ˈgloʊbəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈpaʊərˌhaʊs baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ˈnoʊtɪd ðət baɪɪŋ ə pərˈdəkʃən laɪn ɪz nɑt ə ˈkɑmən ˈpræktɪs, "bət ɪts ə smɑrt dɪˈsɪʒən bɪˈkəz ɪt kən hɛlp ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ˈnɛroʊ ɪts gæp wɪθ ˌɪˈrænz ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˈɪndəstri," li frəm, ðə 65 ˈbɪljən ɪn dilz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd əˈgrimənts ɪn ˈsɛktərz səʧ ɛz ˈɛnərʤi, ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən, ˌtɛləkəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ənd gɛs ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə həz bɪn əˈtræktəd baɪ ðə rɪˈzəlts əv ðə 'wən bɛlt ənd wən roʊd' ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv ənd ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈkɔrɪdər," ʒu ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈɔrdərz frəm ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə kən ˈɔlsoʊ brɪŋ ˈbɛnəfɪts tɪ ˈʧaɪnə, nɑt ˈoʊnli ɪn tərmz əv ˈməni, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn tərmz əv ˈiziər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈmɪdəl ist fər ˈgreɪtər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən.
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with a plodding inevitability, the thread below a post i wrote about the mentality of abusers turned into an ugly fight debating the mentality of victims. asking sexist, domineering men to fuck off is apparently too tall an order for this world; the only people who can ever be asked to change are women, even women who have done nothing wrong. men are objects, apparently, and women soft playthings whose every move, no matter how innocent and non-harmful, is up for questioning. when a man hits a woman, the question we all want to ask is, “why did she put her face in front of his fist?”
well, i reject that. whole-heartedly. i think that the strategy of asking women so wrong with them that they were totally easy to hit like that has been tried and it has failed. i think time to start asking the hard question. stop asking why she was stupid enough to let him abuse her and start asking why he chose to abuse. it will be hard, actually blaming the people who are responsible instead of the victims, even though the victims are so frequently women and therefore just asking to be blamed for everything. but with some work, i think it can be done. so, i put together a little guide of urges you may have when confronted with domestic violence, why those urges are to your supposed goal of reducing domestic violence, and what questions you can substitute instead.
question: why did she stay?
what victims hear when you ask that: only a stupid person would let it get to the point of him hitting you. you let anyone know this happened, or going to ask why you stayed. your pain is already great, and having people imply stupid and you did this to yourself will just make it worse. so, you should conceal the abuse and pretend everything is okay. otherwise, people are going to wonder how you could be so stupid.
what to ask instead: why did he continue to hit her after he promised he would never do it again? what kind of man does that? why does lying to someone he supposedly love come so easily to him? why is hitting her more important to him than keeping his promises?
question: broken with her that she would stay? she need help?
what victims hear when you say that: if people find out that he hit me, going to think a weird, fucked up, broken person. they will judge me. they want to be around me. my kids will become pariahs. i may have trouble getting a job if people find out. my parents will wonder how they failed. be outcast and possibly poor. better hide the abuse rather than let people decide that some kind of basketcase.
what to ask instead: broken with him that he thinks hitting is okay? why he get help before he gave in to the urge to hit? why does he think okay to hit people if he get his way? how did our culture thwart so many men that they think that something manly about hitting women?
question: why does she still love him?
what victims hear when you say that: if you a robot who can turn off your feelings at the drop of a hat, something seriously wrong with you. your confusion and vulnerability makes you unacceptably weak. better hide the abuse so people start to think feeble-minded.
what to ask instead: why does he hit someone he claims to love?
with this helpful guide, you too can stop contributing to an environment where victims linger in abusive relationships, afraid to ask for help because they know that be treated like freaks and pariahs. with practice, you too can start blaming the people who are to blame when domestic violence occurs: the people who make the choice to belittle, beat, stalk, rape, and intimidate. as long as you keep to the program, eventually you too can stop being a contributor to the problem of domestic violence, and start creating a supportive environment that actually makes it possible for victims to leave.
what are you waiting for? no reason to not drop the today and start blaming abusers for abusing. the only people who hurt are men who like to hit women. and why should we help them cultivate the environment of shame and fear that keeps their victims with them?
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pandagon* ɪz ˈdeɪli əˈpɪnjən blɔg ˈkəvərɪŋ ˈfɛmɪˌnɪzəm, ˈpɑləˌtɪks, ənd pɑp ˈkəlʧər. kəm fər ðə ˈpɑləˌtɪks, steɪ fər ðə kəmˈplit læk əv ˈpeɪʃəns fər ðə biz. ənd bæd feɪθ ˈkəmɪŋ frəm kənˈsərvətɪv ˈlidərz ənd ˈpəndɪts. wɪθ ə ˈplɑdɪŋ ˌɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti, ðə θrɛd bɪˈloʊ ə poʊst aɪ roʊt əˈbaʊt ðə mɛnˈtælɪti əv əˈbjuzərz tərnd ˈɪntu ən ˈəgli faɪt dəˈbeɪtɪŋ ðə mɛnˈtælɪti əv ˈvɪktɪmz. ˈæskɪŋ ˈsɛksɪst, ˌdɑməˈnɪrɪŋ mɛn tɪ fək ɔf ɪz əˈpɛrəntli tu tɔl ən ˈɔrdər fər ðɪs wərld; ðə ˈoʊnli ˈpipəl hu kən ˈɛvər bi æst tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ər ˈwɪmən, ˈivɪn ˈwɪmən hu hæv dən ˈnəθɪŋ rɔŋ. mɛn ər ˈɑbʤɛkts, əˈpɛrəntli, ənd ˈwɪmən sɔft ˈpleɪˌθɪŋz huz ˈɛvəri muv, noʊ ˈmætər haʊ ˈɪnəsənt ənd non-harmful*, ɪz əp fər kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ. wɪn ə mæn hɪts ə ˈwʊmən, ðə kˈwɛʃən wi ɔl wɔnt tɪ æsk ɪz, dɪd ʃi pʊt hər feɪs ɪn frənt əv hɪz fist?”*?” wɛl, aɪ ˈriʤɛkt ðət. whole-heartedly*. aɪ θɪŋk ðət ðə ˈstrætəʤi əv ˈæskɪŋ ˈwɪmən soʊ rɔŋ wɪθ ðɛm ðət ðeɪ wər ˈtoʊtəli ˈizi tɪ hɪt laɪk ðət həz bɪn traɪd ənd ɪt həz feɪld. aɪ θɪŋk taɪm tɪ stɑrt ˈæskɪŋ ðə hɑrd kˈwɛʃən. stɑp ˈæskɪŋ waɪ ʃi wɑz ˈstupɪd ɪˈnəf tɪ lɛt ɪm əˈbjuz hər ənd stɑrt ˈæskɪŋ waɪ hi ʧoʊz tɪ əˈbjuz. ɪt wɪl bi hɑrd, ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈbleɪmɪŋ ðə ˈpipəl hu ər riˈspɑnsəbəl ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈvɪktɪmz, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ər soʊ ˈfrikwɛntli ˈwɪmən ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ʤɪst ˈæskɪŋ tɪ bi bleɪmd fər ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. bət wɪθ səm wərk, aɪ θɪŋk ɪt kən bi dən. soʊ, aɪ pʊt təˈgɛðər ə ˈlɪtəl gaɪd əv ˈərʤɪz ju meɪ hæv wɪn kənˈfrəntɪd wɪθ dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns, waɪ ðoʊz ˈərʤɪz ər tɪ jʊr səˈpoʊzd goʊl əv rɪˈdusɪŋ dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns, ənd wət kˈwɛsʧənz ju kən ˈsəbstəˌtut ˌɪnˈstɛd. kˈwɛʃən: waɪ dɪd ʃi steɪ? wət ˈvɪktɪmz hir wɪn ju æsk ðət: ˈoʊnli ə ˈstupɪd ˈpərsən wʊd lɛt ɪt gɪt tɪ ðə pɔɪnt əv ɪm ˈhɪtɪŋ ju. ju lɛt ˈɛniˌwən noʊ ðɪs ˈhæpənd, ər goʊɪŋ tɪ æsk waɪ ju steɪd. jʊr peɪn ɪz ɔˈrɛdi greɪt, ənd ˈhævɪŋ ˈpipəl ˌɪmˈplaɪ ˈstupɪd ənd ju dɪd ðɪs tɪ ˈjɔrsɛlf wɪl ʤɪst meɪk ɪt wərs. soʊ, ju ʃʊd kənˈsil ðə əˈbjuz ənd priˈtɛnd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪz ˌoʊˈkeɪ. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ˈpipəl ər goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈwəndər haʊ ju kʊd bi soʊ ˈstupɪd. wət tɪ æsk ˌɪnˈstɛd: waɪ dɪd hi kənˈtɪnju tɪ hɪt hər ˈæftər hi ˈprɑməst hi wʊd ˈnɛvər du ɪt əˈgɛn? wət kaɪnd əv mæn dɪz ðət? waɪ dɪz laɪɪŋ tɪ ˈsəmˌwən hi səˈpoʊzədli ləv kəm soʊ ˈizəli tɪ ɪm? waɪ ɪz ˈhɪtɪŋ hər mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ɪm ðən ˈkipɪŋ hɪz ˈprɑməsəz? kˈwɛʃən: ˈbroʊkən wɪθ hər ðət ʃi wʊd steɪ? ʃi nid hɛlp? wət ˈvɪktɪmz hir wɪn ju seɪ ðət: ɪf ˈpipəl faɪnd aʊt ðət hi hɪt mi, goʊɪŋ tɪ θɪŋk ə wɪrd, fəkt əp, ˈbroʊkən ˈpərsən. ðeɪ wɪl ʤəʤ mi. ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ bi əraʊnd mi. maɪ kɪdz wɪl bɪˈkəm pəraɪəz. aɪ meɪ hæv ˈtrəbəl ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ʤɑb ɪf ˈpipəl faɪnd aʊt. maɪ ˈpɛrənts wɪl ˈwəndər haʊ ðeɪ feɪld. bi ˈaʊtˌkæst ənd ˈpɑsəbli pur. ˈbɛtər haɪd ðə əˈbjuz ˈrəðər ðən lɛt ˈpipəl ˌdɪˈsaɪd ðət səm kaɪnd əv basketcase*. wət tɪ æsk ˌɪnˈstɛd: ˈbroʊkən wɪθ ɪm ðət hi θɪŋks ˈhɪtɪŋ ɪz ˌoʊˈkeɪ? waɪ hi gɪt hɛlp ˌbiˈfɔr hi geɪv ɪn tɪ ðə ərʤ tɪ hɪt? waɪ dɪz hi θɪŋk ˌoʊˈkeɪ tɪ hɪt ˈpipəl ɪf hi gɪt hɪz weɪ? haʊ dɪd ɑr ˈkəlʧər θwɔrt soʊ ˈmɛni mɛn ðət ðeɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈmænli əˈbaʊt ˈhɪtɪŋ ˈwɪmən? kˈwɛʃən: waɪ dɪz ʃi stɪl ləv ɪm? wət ˈvɪktɪmz hir wɪn ju seɪ ðət: ɪf ju ə ˈroʊˌbət hu kən tərn ɔf jʊr ˈfilɪŋz æt ðə drɔp əv ə hæt, ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈsɪriəsli rɔŋ wɪθ ju. jʊr kənfˈjuʒən ənd ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti meɪks ju ˌənækˈsɛptəbli wik. ˈbɛtər haɪd ðə əˈbjuz soʊ ˈpipəl stɑrt tɪ θɪŋk feeble-minded*. wət tɪ æsk ˌɪnˈstɛd: waɪ dɪz hi hɪt ˈsəmˌwən hi kleɪmz tɪ ləv? wɪθ ðɪs ˈhɛlpfəl gaɪd, ju tu kən stɑp kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ tɪ ən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt wɛr ˈvɪktɪmz ˈlɪŋər ɪn əˈbjusɪv riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps, əˈfreɪd tɪ æsk fər hɛlp bɪˈkəz ðeɪ noʊ ðət bi ˈtritɪd laɪk friks ənd pəraɪəz. wɪθ ˈpræktɪs, ju tu kən stɑrt ˈbleɪmɪŋ ðə ˈpipəl hu ər tɪ bleɪm wɪn dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns əˈkərz: ðə ˈpipəl hu meɪk ðə ʧɔɪs tɪ bɪˈlɪtəl, bit, stɔk, reɪp, ənd ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt. ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ju kip tɪ ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ju tu kən stɑp biɪŋ ə kənˈtrɪbjətər tɪ ðə ˈprɑbləm əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns, ənd stɑrt kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə səˈpɔrtɪv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ðət ˈæˌkʧuəli meɪks ɪt ˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈvɪktɪmz tɪ liv. wət ər ju ˈweɪtɪŋ fər? noʊ ˈrizən tɪ nɑt drɔp ðə təˈdeɪ ənd stɑrt ˈbleɪmɪŋ əˈbjuzərz fər əˈbjuzɪŋ. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈpipəl hu hərt ər mɛn hu laɪk tɪ hɪt ˈwɪmən. ənd waɪ ʃʊd wi hɛlp ðɛm ˈkəltəˌveɪt ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt əv ʃeɪm ənd fɪr ðət kips ðɛr ˈvɪktɪmz wɪθ ðɛm?
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elp laser turntable (lt-2xa) and 800
a laser turntable (or optical turntable) is a phonograph that plays standard lp records (and other records) using laser beams as the pickup instead of using a stylus as in conventional turntables.
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william k. heine presented a paper "a laser scanning phonograph record player" to the audio engineering society (aes) convention in may 1977. the paper details a method developed by heine that employs a single laser for both tracking a record groove and reproducing the stereo audio of a phonograph in real time. in development since 1972, the working prototype was named the "laserphone", and the methods it used for playback was awarded u.s. patent on 16 november] heine concluded in his paper that he hoped his work would increase interest in using lasers for playback.
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four years later in 1981 robert s. reis, a graduate student in engineering at stanford university, wrote his master's thesis on "an optical] in 1983 he and fellow stanford electrical engineer robert e. stoddard founded technology to develop and market a laser turntable, raising $7 million in venture capital. in 1984 expert robert n. stark joined the]
a of the proposed turntable was shown at the 1984 consumer electronics show (ces), generating much interest and a fair amount of mystery, since the patents had not yet been granted and the details had to be kept secret. the first working model, the (laser), was completed in time for the 1986 ces. the prototype revealed an interesting flaw of laser turntables: they are so accurate that they play every particle of dirt and dust on the record, rather than pushing them aside as a conventional stylus would. the laser pickup does have the advantages of eliminating record wear, tracking noise, turntable rumble and feedback from the speakers. the projected $2,500 street price (later raised to $3,786 in 1988) limited the potential market to professionals (libraries, radio stations and archivists) and a few]
unfortunately for, the laser turntable development exactly coincided with two major events, a major economic recession, and the perfection and introduction of the digital compact disc, which soon began flooding the market at prices comparable to (with cd players in the $300 range). vinyl record sales plummeted, and many existing turntable manufacturers went out of business as a result.
the turntable never went into production. after a few (and] prototypes were completed and shown, tooling delays, component unavailability (in the days before cheap lasers), marketing blunders, and high development costs kept pushing back the release date. with over million in venture capital invested, was faced with a dilemma: to forge ahead with a selling price that was too high for most consumers, or to gamble on going into mass production at a much lower price and hoping the market would lower costs.
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in late 1989's investors finally cut their losses and liquidated the firm, selling the patents to japanese turntable maker bsr, which became japan, which in turn created japan for continued development of the "super-audiophile" turntable. after eight more years of development the laser turntable was finally put on sale in 1997 twenty years after the initial proposal as thexa laser turntable, with a list price of,500 (in 2003 the price was lowered to] the turntable, which uses two lasers to read the groove and three more to position the head, does allow one to vary the depth at which the groove is read, possibly bypassing existing record wear. it will not, however, read clear or colored vinyl] continues to sell laser turntables directly to consumers in two versions (lt-basic, and] at a reported cost of approximately $15,000 for the basic]
irene system [ edit ]
a completely separate] has been developed by physicists carl haber and of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory. installed in the library of congress late in 2006, the irene system (for image, reconstruct, erase noise,] uses a two-dimensional camera rotating around the record and taking detailed photographs of the grooves. software then uses the digital images to reconstruct the]. in 2018 the system was used to play, for the first time, the only known recording of alexander graham bell's voice. irene often produces a large amount of hiss with the recording, but it is very capable of removing pops and clicks produced by imperfections on the record surface. irene will only read lateral information (monophonic), but a three-dimensional scanner project is underway that will handle and records, in addition to historical]
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elp* ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəl (lt-2xa*) ənd 800 ə ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəl (ər ˈɑptɪkəl ˈtərnˌteɪbəl) ɪz ə ˈfoʊnəˌgræf ðət pleɪz ˈstændərd ˈɛlˈpi ˈrɛkərdz (ənd ˈəðər ˈrɛkərdz) ˈjuzɪŋ ˈleɪzər bimz ɛz ðə ˈpɪˌkəp ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈstaɪləs ɛz ɪn kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈtərnˌteɪbəlz. ˈhɪstəri ˈɛdət ˈwɪljəm keɪ. haɪn pərˈzɛnəd ə ˈpeɪpər "ə ˈleɪzər ˈskænɪŋ ˈfoʊnəˌgræf ˈrɛkərd pleɪər" tɪ ðə ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ soʊˈsaɪɪti (aes*) kənˈvɛnʃən ɪn meɪ 1977 ðə ˈpeɪpər ˈditeɪlz ə ˈmɛθəd dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ haɪn ðət ɪmˈplɔɪz ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈleɪzər fər boʊθ ˈtrækɪŋ ə ˈrɛkərd gruv ənd ˌriprəˈdusɪŋ ðə ˈstɛriˌoʊ ˈɑdiˌoʊ əv ə ˈfoʊnəˌgræf ɪn ril taɪm. ɪn dɪˈvɛləpmənt sɪns 1972 ðə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp wɑz neɪmd ðə "laserphone*", ənd ðə ˈmɛθədz ɪt juzd fər ˈpleɪˌbæk wɑz əˈwɔrdɪd juz. ˈpætənt ɔn 16 noʊˈvɛmbər haɪn kənˈkludɪd ɪn hɪz ˈpeɪpər ðət hi hoʊpt hɪz wərk wʊd ˌɪnˈkris ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ˈleɪzərz fər ˈpleɪˌbæk. ˈɛdət fɔr jɪrz ˈleɪtər ɪn 1981 ˈrɑbərt ɛs. riz, ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt ˈstudənt ɪn ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ æt ˈstænfərd ˌjunəˈvərsəti, roʊt hɪz ˈmæstərz ˈθiˌsɪs ɔn "ən ˈɑptɪkəl ɪn 1983 hi ənd ˈfɛloʊ ˈstænfərd ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ˈrɑbərt i. ˈstɑdərd ˈfaʊndɪd tɛkˈnɑləʤi tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ənd ˈmɑrkɪt ə ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəl, ˈreɪzɪŋ 7 ˈmɪljən ɪn ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpɪtəl. ɪn 1984 ˈɛkspərt ˈrɑbərt ɛn. stɑrk ʤɔɪnd ðə ə əv ðə prəˈpoʊzd ˈtərnˌteɪbəl wɑz ʃoʊn æt ðə 1984 kənˈsumər ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ʃoʊ (ces*), ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ məʧ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ənd ə fɛr əˈmaʊnt əv ˈmɪstəri, sɪns ðə ˈpætənts hæd nɑt jɛt bɪn ˈgrænɪd ənd ðə ˈditeɪlz hæd tɪ bi kɛpt ˈsikrɪt. ðə fərst ˈwərkɪŋ ˈmɑdəl, ðə (ˈleɪzər wɑz kəmˈplitɪd ɪn taɪm fər ðə 1986 ces*. ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp rɪˈvild ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ flɔ əv ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəlz: ðeɪ ər soʊ ˈækjərət ðət ðeɪ pleɪ ˈɛvəri ˈpɑrtɪkəl əv dərt ənd dəst ɔn ðə ˈrɛkərd, ˈrəðər ðən ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðɛm əˈsaɪd ɛz ə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈstaɪləs wʊd. ðə ˈleɪzər ˈpɪˌkəp dɪz hæv ðə ædˈvæntɪʤɪz əv ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ ˈrɛkərd wɛr, ˈtrækɪŋ nɔɪz, ˈtərnˌteɪbəl ˈrəmbəl ənd ˈfidˌbæk frəm ðə ˈspikərz. ðə prɑˈʤɛktəd strit praɪs (ˈleɪtər reɪzd tɪ ɪn 1988 ˈlɪmɪtɪd ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈmɑrkɪt tɪ prəˈfɛʃənəlz (ˈlaɪbrɛˌriz, ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃənz ənd ˈɑrkəvɪsts) ənd ə fju ənˈfɔrʧənətli fər, ðə ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɪgˈzæktli ˌkoʊənˈsaɪdəd wɪθ tu ˈmeɪʤər ɪˈvɛnts, ə ˈmeɪʤər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌriˈsɛʃən, ənd ðə pərˈfɛkʃən ənd ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkɑmpækt dɪsk, wɪʧ sun bɪˈgæn ˈflədɪŋ ðə ˈmɑrkɪt æt ˈpraɪsɪz ˈkɑmprəbəl tɪ (wɪθ ˈsiˈdi pleɪərz ɪn ðə 300 reɪnʤ). ˈvaɪnəl ˈrɛkərd seɪlz ˈpləmətɪd, ənd ˈmɛni ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈtərnˌteɪbəl ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz wɛnt aʊt əv ˈbɪznɪs ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt. ðə ˈtərnˌteɪbəl ˈnɛvər wɛnt ˈɪntu pərˈdəkʃən. ˈæftər ə fju (ənd ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪps wər kəmˈplitɪd ənd ʃoʊn, ˈtulɪŋ dɪˈleɪz, kəmˈpoʊnənt ənəˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti (ɪn ðə deɪz ˌbiˈfɔr ʧip ˈleɪzərz), ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈbləndərz, ənd haɪ dɪˈvɛləpmənt kɔsts kɛpt ˈpʊʃɪŋ bæk ðə riˈlis deɪt. wɪθ ˈoʊvər ˈmɪljən ɪn ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpɪtəl ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd, wɑz feɪst wɪθ ə dɪˈlɛmə: tɪ fɔrʤ əˈhɛd wɪθ ə ˈsɛlɪŋ praɪs ðət wɑz tu haɪ fər moʊst kənˈsumərz, ər tɪ ˈgæmbəl ɔn goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu mæs pərˈdəkʃən æt ə məʧ loʊər praɪs ənd ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðə ˈmɑrkɪt wʊd loʊər kɔsts. ˈɛdət ɪn leɪt 1989 ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ˈfaɪnəli kət ðɛr ˈlɔsɪz ənd ˈlɪkwɪˌdeɪtɪd ðə fərm, ˈsɛlɪŋ ðə ˈpætənts tɪ ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈtərnˌteɪbəl ˈmeɪkər bsr*, wɪʧ bɪˈkeɪm ʤəˈpæn, wɪʧ ɪn tərn kriˈeɪtɪd ʤəˈpæn fər kənˈtɪnjud dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv ðə "super-audiophile*" ˈtərnˌteɪbəl. ˈæftər eɪt mɔr jɪrz əv dɪˈvɛləpmənt ðə ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəl wɑz ˈfaɪnəli pʊt ɔn seɪl ɪn 1997 tˈwɛnti jɪrz ˈæftər ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl prəˈpoʊzəl ɛz ðə ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəl, wɪθ ə lɪst praɪs əv (ɪn 2003 ðə praɪs wɑz loʊərd tɪ ðə ˈtərnˌteɪbəl, wɪʧ ˈjuzɪz tu ˈleɪzərz tɪ rɛd ðə gruv ənd θri mɔr tɪ pəˈzɪʃən ðə hɛd, dɪz əˈlaʊ wən tɪ ˈvɛri ðə dɛpθ æt wɪʧ ðə gruv ɪz rɛd, ˈpɑsəbli ˈbaɪˌpæsɪŋ ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈrɛkərd wɛr. ɪt wɪl nɑt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, rɛd klɪr ər ˈkələrd ˈvaɪnəl kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ sɛl ˈleɪzər ˈtərnˌteɪbəlz dɪˈrɛkli tɪ kənˈsumərz ɪn tu ˈvərʒənz (lt-basic*, ənd æt ə ˌriˈpɔrtəd kɔst əv əˈprɑksəmətli fər ðə ˈbeɪsɪk aɪˈrin ˈsɪstəm ˈɛdət ə kəmˈplitli ˈsɛpərˌeɪt həz bɪn dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ˈfɪzɪsɪsts kɑrl ˈheɪbər ənd əv ðə ˈlɔrəns ˈbərkli ˈnæʃənəl ˈlæbrəˌtɔri. ˌɪnˈstɔld ɪn ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈkɑŋgrəs leɪt ɪn 2006 ðə aɪˈrin ˈsɪstəm (fər ˈɪmɪʤ, ˌrikənˈstrəkt, ɪˈreɪs nɔɪz, ˈjuzɪz ə ˌtudɪˈmɛnʃənəl ˈkæmərə ˈroʊˌteɪtɪŋ əraʊnd ðə ˈrɛkərd ənd ˈteɪkɪŋ dɪˈteɪld ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs əv ðə gruvz. ˈsɔfˌwɛr ðɛn ˈjuzɪz ðə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈɪmɪʤɪz tɪ ˌrikənˈstrəkt ðə ɪn 2018 ðə ˈsɪstəm wɑz juzd tɪ pleɪ, fər ðə fərst taɪm, ðə ˈoʊnli noʊn rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ əv ˌælɪgˈzændər græm bɛlz vɔɪs. aɪˈrin ˈɔfən prəˈdusɪz ə lɑrʤ əˈmaʊnt əv hɪs wɪθ ðə rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ, bət ɪt ɪz ˈvɛri ˈkeɪpəbəl əv riˈmuvɪŋ pɑps ənd klɪks prəˈdust baɪ ˌɪmpərˈfɛkʃənz ɔn ðə ˈrɛkərd ˈsərfəs. aɪˈrin wɪl ˈoʊnli rɛd ˈlætərəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən (ˌmɑnəˈfɑnɪk), bət ə θˌrizdɪˈmɛnʃənəl ˈskænər ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz ˌəndərˈweɪ ðət wɪl ˈhændəl ənd ˈrɛkərdz, ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ hɪˈstɔrɪkəl
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david,
a bike tour in buffalo that aimed to "inspire feelings of civic duty and moral outrage" may have also exposed weaknesses in a movement's philosophy.
the most important event during this year's congress for the new urbanism wasn't in a convention center. upwards of 75 people, myself included, took part in a "tour de neglect" last saturday as this year's, held in buffalo, wrapped up. the guided bike tour took riders through the city's economically devastated and mostly african-american east side, where some census tracts have lost as much as 89 percent of their populations since 1950. on a ride with wide streets and few cars, the first stop took us to a hulking but shuttered catholic church a few minutes from downtown. there, someone in the crowd of bicyclists handed out a flier with a list of "five things to think about" during the tour. the first one said: the east side is not a zoo. -these are neighborhoods where people live their lives every day. these residents are people just like you, with full lives and dreams of their own. -do not romanticize or demonize what you see. -do not treat them as lab rats to be observed for research. the woman, unaffiliated with the tour organizers, passed around the two-page, stapled list to the group of mostly news. she disappeared as quietly as she arrived.
after a of sessions that spoke to the aesthetic values of cities (it was, after all, a large gathering of mostly planners and architects) more often than the poverty and inequality they too often host, there was reason to worry the tour would quickly unravel into an uncomfortable two hours of professionals and students marveling over the "potential" and "authenticity" of their surroundings. but it didn't. leading the tour was activist and blogger david. has been living on the east side and documenting its decline for a decade now. involved with, a group of young professionals who put together unsanctioned events for attendees each year (this year, the congress added events onto the official calendar, bypassing host committee consent), the bike ride was a rare opportunity for attendees to find out about the other side of main street. "otherwise," tells us, "the east elephant in the room here in have been swept under the rug."
a nearby resident, atlas johnson, happened to be riding his bike by our first stop, the st. ann's church. he not only decided to join but nearly took over narration duties. sharing his own story and memories of the church standing behind him, we then went to another shuttered church nearby with atlas enthusiastically leading the way.
without mention, the path down emslie street took us by one of local rocco first forays into the construction world: a blighted, apartment building built for a veterans housing non-profit before eventually sold to an overseas investor. long before he became the face of downtown and north buffalo's most luxurious, new developments, termini got his start building modest homes on the east side that, in many instances, have aged poorly and without much notice. earlier this year, he publicly wished buffalo had "manhattan rents." cities are changing fast. keep up with the daily newsletter. the best way to follow issues you care about. subscribe loading... heading further south, we arrived at, the business district filled with whimsical public spaces and high-end offices inside former industrial buildings. in front of a massive old warehouse in rough shape but anchored by a popular army supply store, city planner chris hawley shared the story of old buffalo's blue collar economic might. the remains of that era aren't hard to find in what was originally known as "the hydraulics." now, attracts white collar jobs, mostly relocated from buffalo's suburbs.
but as it continues to evolve into something more like the type of warehouse district you'd expect to find in seattle or pittsburgh, has still failed to add much at all in the way of housing. just before the neighborhood gained popularity, the census tract it sits on had lost 10 percent of its population between 2000 and 2010. an abundant amount of surface parking and a nearby highway make the site more attractive to employers than residential developers. after a stop inside the central terminal, a former train station that has benefitted from a slow but impressive stabilization effort by a non-profit organization, we arrived at a nearby urban farm. successfully operated since 2009 by a husband and wife team on formerly vacant land, hawley and reminded us that the city's new green code, once adopted, will make it easier to encourage similar successes.
on the way back downtown to the beautifully restored hotel lafayette crowning achievement) we returned to the version of buffalo the host committee wanted us to see.
image courtesy david,.
buffalo news arts critic colin dabkowski was one of the few local journalists to question's priorities during the organization's time in buffalo. in an open letter to them last sunday, he suggested the movement often appears regressive and unwilling to shout as loudly for equality as it does for. "while there was some talk about developing neighborhoods," says dabkowski, "neither the new nor anything i heard during the conference proposed a convincing or coherent strategy for accomplishing that on a grand scale." he concluded, "we need to rebuild a traditional city, a traditional neighborhood or a traditional way of life. what we desperately need is to create a new one."
for buffalo, which spends a lot of energy on its past and has been failed by so many postwar planning decisions, new urbanism is understandably appealing. but in many cities, developers, upon discovering the profitability of quaint architecture, and transit access (all pillars of new urbanism and things buffalo certainly has), have helped turn what should be very basic neighborhood amenities into marketable commodities for luxury housing.
in economically stagnant cities like buffalo, there's concern that leaves neighborhoods dependent on some sort of renewal, where inequality and poverty wait to be addressed while each preservation effort and historically sensitive new building creates the illusion of a city being fixed. with a growing collection of art galleries, trendy restaurants, and rising rents on the city's west side, and an abundance of construction cranes downtown not seen in decades, signs of so-called progress in buffalo are easy to spot. according to the enterprise, there's over $5 billion worth of completed, underway, or planned construction in and around downtown in the last decade. in the past year, however, the region's job force has shrunk nearly 2 percent while generating a growth rate (0.7 percent) that's about half the national pace. the city's racial and household income distribution reminds us just how unequal that modest growth looks. if you're a building, it's a more promising time than usual to be in buffalo. but for the average person, not much is different. reasons for the east side's long decline are complex. solutions for places like it, whether from the minds of news or some movement, will be challenging to execute. today, few either have the answers or the ability to affect meaningful change, including many of those who spoke at this year's. "if the revival of distressed cities does not become the mission of the congress for the new urbanism," stresses, "the movement will become irrelevant."
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ˈdeɪvɪd, ə baɪk tʊr ɪn ˈbəfəˌloʊ ðət eɪmd tɪ "ˌɪnˈspaɪr ˈfilɪŋz əv ˈsɪvɪk ˈduti ənd ˈmɔrəl ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ" meɪ hæv ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈspoʊzd ˈwiknəsɪz ɪn ə ˈmuvmənts fəˈlɑsəfi. ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪˈvɛnt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs jɪrz ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ðə nu ˈərbənɪzm ˈwəzənt ɪn ə kənˈvɛnʃən ˈsɛnər. ˈəpwərdz əv 75 ˈpipəl, ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˌɪnˈkludɪd, tʊk pɑrt ɪn ə "tʊr də nɪˈglɛkt" læst ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ɛz ðɪs jɪrz, hɛld ɪn ˈbəfəˌloʊ, ræpt əp. ðə ˈgaɪdɪd baɪk tʊr tʊk ˈraɪdərz θru ðə ˈsɪtiz ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪd ənd ˈmoʊstli ˈæfrɪkənəˈmɛrɪkən ist saɪd, wɛr səm ˈsɛnsəs trækts hæv lɔst ɛz məʧ ɛz 89 pərˈsɛnt əv ðɛr ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃənz sɪns 1950 ɔn ə raɪd wɪθ waɪd strits ənd fju kɑz, ðə fərst stɑp tʊk ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ə ˈhəlkɪŋ bət ˈʃətərd ˈkæθlɪk ʧərʧ ə fju ˈmɪnəts frəm ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn. ðɛr, ˈsəmˌwən ɪn ðə kraʊd əv ˈbaɪˌsɪklɪsts ˈhændɪd aʊt ə flaɪər wɪθ ə lɪst əv "faɪv θɪŋz tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt" ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə tʊr. ðə fərst wən sɛd: ðə ist saɪd ɪz nɑt ə zu. -ðiz ər ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz wɛr ˈpipəl lɪv ðɛr lɪvz ˈɛvəri deɪ. ðiz ˈrɛzɪdənts ər ˈpipəl ʤɪst laɪk ju, wɪθ fʊl lɪvz ənd drimz əv ðɛr oʊn. -du nɑt roʊˈmæntəˌsaɪz ər ˈdiməˌnaɪz wət ju si. -du nɑt trit ðɛm ɛz læb ræts tɪ bi əbˈzərvd fər ˈrisərʧ. ðə ˈwʊmən, ənəˈfɪliˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ðə tʊr ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz, pæst əraʊnd ðə two-page*, ˈsteɪpəld lɪst tɪ ðə grup əv ˈmoʊstli nu. ʃi ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd ɛz kˈwaɪətli ɛz ʃi əraɪvd. ˈæftər ə əv ˈsɛʃənz ðət spoʊk tɪ ðə ɛsˈθɛtɪk ˈvæljuz əv ˈsɪtiz (ɪt wɑz, ˈæftər ɔl, ə lɑrʤ ˈgæðərɪŋ əv ˈmoʊstli ˈplænərz ənd ˈɑrkəˌtɛkts) mɔr ˈɔfən ðən ðə ˈpɑvərti ənd ˌɪnɪkˈwɑləti ðeɪ tu ˈɔfən hoʊst, ðɛr wɑz ˈrizən tɪ ˈwəri ðə tʊr wʊd kˈwɪkli ənˈrævəl ˈɪntu ən ənˈkəmfərtəbəl tu aʊərz əv prəˈfɛʃənəlz ənd ˈstudənts ˈmɑrvəlɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə "pəˈtɛnʃəl" ənd "ˌɔθənˈtɪsɪti" əv ðɛr sərˈaʊndɪŋz. bət ɪt ˈdɪdənt. ˈlidɪŋ ðə tʊr wɑz ˈæktɪvɪst ənd ˈblɔgər ˈdeɪvɪd. həz bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ɔn ðə ist saɪd ənd ˈdɑkjəmənɪŋ ɪts dɪˈklaɪn fər ə ˈdɛkeɪd naʊ. ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wɪθ, ə grup əv jəŋ prəˈfɛʃənəlz hu pʊt təˈgɛðər ənˈsæŋkʃənd ɪˈvɛnts fər əˈtɛnˈdiz iʧ jɪr (ðɪs jɪr, ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈædɪd ɪˈvɛnts ˈɔntu ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈkæləndər, ˈbaɪˌpæsɪŋ hoʊst kəˈmɪti kənˈsɛnt), ðə baɪk raɪd wɑz ə rɛr ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər əˈtɛnˈdiz tɪ faɪnd aʊt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈəðər saɪd əv meɪn strit. "ˈəðərˌwaɪz," tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs, "ðə ist ˈɛləfənt ɪn ðə rum hir ɪn hæv bɪn swɛpt ˈəndər ðə rəg." ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈrɛzɪdənt, ˈætləs ˈʤɑnsən, ˈhæpənd tɪ bi ˈraɪdɪŋ hɪz baɪk baɪ ɑr fərst stɑp, ðə st*. ænz ʧərʧ. hi nɑt ˈoʊnli ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ʤɔɪn bət ˈnɪrli tʊk ˈoʊvər nɛˈreɪʃən ˈdutiz. ˈʃɛrɪŋ hɪz oʊn ˈstɔri ənd ˈmɛməriz əv ðə ʧərʧ ˈstændɪŋ bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm, wi ðɛn wɛnt tɪ əˈnəðər ˈʃətərd ʧərʧ ˈnɪrˈbaɪ wɪθ ˈætləs ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪkli ˈlidɪŋ ðə weɪ. wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɛnʃən, ðə pæθ daʊn ˈɛmsəli strit tʊk ˈjuˈɛs baɪ wən əv ˈloʊkəl ˈrɑkoʊ fərst ˈfɔreɪz ˈɪntu ðə kənˈstrəkʃən wərld: ə ˈblaɪtɪd, əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ bɪlt fər ə ˈvɛtərənz ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˌnɑnˈprɔfɪt ˌbiˈfɔr ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli soʊld tɪ ən ˈoʊvərˈsiz ˌɪnˈvɛstər. lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə feɪs əv ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ənd nɔrθ ˈbəfəˌloʊz moʊst ləgˈʒəriəs, nu dɪˈvɛləpmənts, ˈtərmɪˌnaɪ gɑt hɪz stɑrt ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈmɑdəst hoʊmz ɔn ðə ist saɪd ðət, ɪn ˈmɛni ˈɪnstənsɪz, hæv ˈeɪʤɪd ˈpurli ənd wɪˈθaʊt məʧ ˈnoʊtɪs. ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, hi ˈpəblɪkli wɪʃt ˈbəfəˌloʊ hæd "mænˈhætən rɛnts." ˈsɪtiz ər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ fæst. kip əp wɪθ ðə ˈdeɪli ˈnuzˌlɛtər. ðə bɛst weɪ tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ˈɪʃuz ju kɛr əˈbaʊt. səbˈskraɪb ˈloʊdɪŋ... ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈfərðər saʊθ, wi əraɪvd æt, ðə ˈbɪznɪs ˈdɪstrɪkt fɪld wɪθ ˈwɪmzɪkəl ˈpəblɪk ˈspeɪsɪz ənd haɪɛnd ˈɔfəsɪz ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈfɔrmər ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈbɪldɪŋz. ɪn frənt əv ə ˈmæsɪv oʊld ˈwɛˌrhaʊs ɪn rəf ʃeɪp bət ˈæŋkərd baɪ ə ˈpɑpjələr ˈɑrmi səˈplaɪ stɔr, ˈsɪti ˈplænər krɪs ˈhɔli ʃɛrd ðə ˈstɔri əv oʊld ˈbəfəˌloʊz blu ˈkɑlər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk maɪt. ðə rɪˈmeɪnz əv ðət ˈɪrə ˈɑrənt hɑrd tɪ faɪnd ɪn wət wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli noʊn ɛz "ðə haɪˈdrɔlɪks." naʊ, əˈtrækts waɪt ˈkɑlər ʤɑbz, ˈmoʊstli ˌriˈloʊkeɪtɪd frəm ˈbəfəˌloʊz ˈsəbərbz. bət ɛz ɪt kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ɪˈvɑlv ˈɪntu ˈsəmθɪŋ mɔr laɪk ðə taɪp əv ˈwɛˌrhaʊs ˈdɪstrɪkt jʊd ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ faɪnd ɪn siˈætəl ər ˈpɪtsbərg, həz stɪl feɪld tɪ æd məʧ æt ɔl ɪn ðə weɪ əv ˈhaʊzɪŋ. ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd geɪnd ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti, ðə ˈsɛnsəs trækt ɪt sɪts ɔn hæd lɔst 10 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪts ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən bɪtˈwin 2000 ənd 2010 ən əˈbəndənt əˈmaʊnt əv ˈsərfəs ˈpɑrkɪŋ ənd ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈhaɪˌweɪ meɪk ðə saɪt mɔr əˈtræktɪv tɪ ɪmˈplɔɪərz ðən ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl dɪˈvɛləpərz. ˈæftər ə stɑp ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈtərmənəl, ə ˈfɔrmər treɪn ˈsteɪʃən ðət həz ˈbɛnəfɪtɪd frəm ə sloʊ bət ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv ˌsteɪbələˈzeɪʃən ˈɛfərt baɪ ə ˌnɑnˈprɔfɪt ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, wi əraɪvd æt ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈərbən fɑrm. səkˈsɛsfəli ˈɑpərˌeɪtəd sɪns 2009 baɪ ə ˈhəzbənd ənd waɪf tim ɔn ˈfɔrmərli ˈveɪkənt lænd, ˈhɔli ənd riˈmaɪndɪd ˈjuˈɛs ðət ðə ˈsɪtiz nu grin koʊd, wəns əˈdɑptəd, wɪl meɪk ɪt ˈiziər tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈsɪmələr səkˈsɛsɪz. ɔn ðə weɪ bæk ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn tɪ ðə ˈbjutəfli rɪˈstɔrd hoʊˈtɛl ˌlɑfiˈɛt ˈkraʊnɪŋ əˈʧivmənt) wi rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈvərʒən əv ˈbəfəˌloʊ ðə hoʊst kəˈmɪti ˈwɔntɪd ˈjuˈɛs tɪ si. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkərtəsi ˈdeɪvɪd,. ˈbəfəˌloʊ nuz ɑrts ˈkrɪtɪk ˈkoʊlɪn dəbˈkɔfski wɑz wən əv ðə fju ˈloʊkəl ˈʤərnəlɪsts tɪ kˈwɛʃən praɪˈɔrətiz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz taɪm ɪn ˈbəfəˌloʊ. ɪn ən ˈoʊpən ˈlɛtər tɪ ðɛm læst ˈsənˌdi, hi səˈʤɛstɪd ðə ˈmuvmənt ˈɔfən əˈpɪrz rəˈgrɛsɪv ənd ənˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ ʃaʊt ɛz ˈlaʊdli fər ɪkˈwɑləti ɛz ɪt dɪz fər. "waɪl ðɛr wɑz səm tɔk əˈbaʊt dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz," sɪz dəbˈkɔfski, "ˈniðər ðə nu nɔr ˈɛniˌθɪŋ aɪ hərd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈkɑnfərəns prəˈpoʊzd ə kənˈvɪnsɪŋ ər koʊˈhɪrənt ˈstrætəʤi fər əˈkɑmplɪʃɪŋ ðət ɔn ə grænd skeɪl." hi kənˈkludɪd, "wi nid tɪ riˈbɪld ə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈsɪti, ə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ər ə trəˈdɪʃənəl weɪ əv laɪf. wət wi ˈdɛspərətli nid ɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu wən." fər ˈbəfəˌloʊ, wɪʧ spɛnz ə lɔt əv ˈɛnərʤi ɔn ɪts pæst ənd həz bɪn feɪld baɪ soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpoʊstˈwɔr ˈplænɪŋ dɪˈsɪʒənz, nu ˈərbənɪzm ɪz ˌəndərˈstændəbli əˈpilɪŋ. bət ɪn ˈmɛni ˈsɪtiz, dɪˈvɛləpərz, əˈpɑn dɪˈskəvərɪŋ ðə ˌprɑfɪtəˈbɪlɪti əv kweɪnt ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər, ənd ˈtrænzɪt ˈækˌsɛs (ɔl ˈpɪlərz əv nu ˈərbənɪzm ənd θɪŋz ˈbəfəˌloʊ ˈsərtənli həz), hæv hɛlpt tərn wət ʃʊd bi ˈvɛri ˈbeɪsɪk ˈneɪbərˌhʊd əˈmɛnətiz ˈɪntu ˈmɑrkətəbəl kəˈmɑdətiz fər ˈləgʒəri ˈhaʊzɪŋ. ɪn ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli ˈstægnənt ˈsɪtiz laɪk ˈbəfəˌloʊ, ðɛrz kənˈsərn ðət livz ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn səm sɔrt əv rɪˈnuəl, wɛr ˌɪnɪkˈwɑləti ənd ˈpɑvərti weɪt tɪ bi əˈdrɛst waɪl iʧ ˌprɛzərˈveɪʃən ˈɛfərt ənd hɪˈstɔrɪkəli ˈsɛnsɪtɪv nu ˈbɪldɪŋ kriˈeɪts ðə ˌɪˈluʒən əv ə ˈsɪti biɪŋ fɪkst. wɪθ ə groʊɪŋ kəˈlɛkʃən əv ɑrt ˈgæləriz, ˈtrɛndi ˈrɛˌstrɑnts, ənd ˈraɪzɪŋ rɛnts ɔn ðə ˈsɪtiz wɛst saɪd, ənd ən əˈbəndəns əv kənˈstrəkʃən kreɪnz ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn nɑt sin ɪn ˈdɛkeɪdz, saɪnz əv ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈprɑˌgrɛs ɪn ˈbəfəˌloʊ ər ˈizi tɪ spɑt. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈɛnərˌpraɪz, ðɛrz ˈoʊvər 5 ˈbɪljən wərθ əv kəmˈplitɪd, ˌəndərˈweɪ, ər plænd kənˈstrəkʃən ɪn ənd əraʊnd ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ɪn ðə læst ˈdɛkeɪd. ɪn ðə pæst jɪr, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈriʤənz ʤɑb fɔrs həz ʃrəŋk ˈnɪrli 2 pərˈsɛnt waɪl ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ ə groʊθ reɪt pərˈsɛnt) ðæts əˈbaʊt hæf ðə ˈnæʃənəl peɪs. ðə ˈsɪtiz ˈreɪʃəl ənd ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈɪnˌkəm ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən riˈmaɪndz ˈjuˈɛs ʤɪst haʊ əˈnikwəl ðət ˈmɑdəst groʊθ lʊks. ɪf jʊr ə ˈbɪldɪŋ, ɪts ə mɔr ˈprɑməsɪŋ taɪm ðən ˈjuʒəwəl tɪ bi ɪn ˈbəfəˌloʊ. bət fər ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈpərsən, nɑt məʧ ɪz ˈdɪfərənt. ˈrizənz fər ðə ist saɪdz lɔŋ dɪˈklaɪn ər ˈkɑmplɛks. səˈluʃənz fər ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk ɪt, ˈwɛðər frəm ðə maɪndz əv nu ər səm ˈmuvmənt, wɪl bi ˈʧælənʤɪŋ tɪ ˈɛksəˌkjut. təˈdeɪ, fju ˈiðər hæv ðə ˈænsərz ər ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ əˈfɛkt ˈminɪŋfəl ʧeɪnʤ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈmɛni əv ðoʊz hu spoʊk æt ðɪs jɪrz. "ɪf ðə rɪˈvaɪvəl əv dɪˈstrɛst ˈsɪtiz dɪz nɑt bɪˈkəm ðə ˈmɪʃən əv ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ðə nu ˈərbənɪzm," ˈstrɛsɪz, "ðə ˈmuvmənt wɪl bɪˈkəm ˌɪˈrɛləvənt."
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for the past two years i have used this space to blog about a wide range of issues in my role as a mental health advocate. sometimes i've shared deep and personal details about my life and other times i've suggested ways in which we can all advance the mental health agenda in this country.
i haven't been afraid to specifically call out celebrities for furthering mental health stigma; other times i've defended them for being the victim of stigma. and sometimes corporations have been the subject of my blogs. i have a habit of blogging when i'm ticked off and the subject matter of this blog is no exception. this time it's personal; real personal!
toronto mayor rob ford and his brother city councilor doug ford seem to make the news on a daily basis saying something shocking. on occasion these shocking things have made international headlines. sidebar: i am stunned television newscasts have yet to create their own graphics package and theme music and devote a specific segment to what comes out of the ford brother's mouths.
over the weekend it was reported that doug ford wants a community based group home located in a residential neighborhood of west toronto, to be moved. according to ford was ok with the group home moving into the neighborhood and was told it would house "a few kids with autism who wouldn't leave without supervision" but feels mislead after learning some of the residents with allegedly violent tendencies were able to leave the property unsupervised.
according to the guardian, the griffin centre (which operates the group home) says ford was told exactly what kind of facility would be housed in the neighborhood. ford alleges emergency personnel have responded to the home multiple times and cars have also been broken into.
enough of what ford has to say. i lived in group homes in 'normal neighborhoods' for nine years. yes, everybody in the neighborhood knew what the house was. i'll also admit at times the fire department, paramedics, and police had to respond to the group home. however, not one bad thing was ever said to me or other residents by the neighbors.
the neighbors were nothing but welcoming to us. sure, they recognized the challenges we faced and i'm sure some days they were grateful it was us facing those challenges and not them. it is my opinion that the neighborhood recognized they played an essential part of our recovery. in order for us to succeed and thrive we had to learn what it meant living in a very real community.
mental health centres (otherwise known as psychiatric institutions or hospitals) do have a purpose, but they should not house people over the long term unless ordered by a court or if agreed to by a team of mental health professionals. this should only happen in the rarest of circumstances.
it is my opinion that if a resident of a group home in a neighborhood is such a disturbance and cannot thrive in such an environment, they will be relocated and not necessarily to another neighborhood. it may be to a hospital or even into the suburbs where neighborhoods are less condensed.
ford is alleging cars are being broken into. i don't know if this is true or not but the allegations alone suggest ford believes people with mental illness to be violent.
there are concerns by ford along with residents that the group home would drive down property values. there is no evidence to suggest this is true. any neighborhood i've ever lived in, including downtown toronto, hasn't seen an influx of homes put up for sale as a result of the group home moving in, nor have residents complained of their properties losing value.
ford's brother rob is supposedly in rehab right now. i'm willing to bet doug would be beyond angry if rob was in a residential rehab facility and the neighborhood tried to force him out. what happens if one of doug's children or niece or nephew lived in a group home? would he propose institutionalizing them in a hospital because they weren't fit to live amongst everybody else? yet, apparently it's okay for doug to want a children's mental health facility that he has no relation to, to relocate. where would this group home go? to another neighborhood and become somebody else's problem?
people with mental illness are not violent as doug ford suggests. they are deserving of being given the opportunity to live in the community like everybody else. there is no denying there will be the odd disturbance. however, i hope the neighbors give the griffin centre a chance. i am hopeful within a matter of time they'll see the group home makes the neighborhood and community a more diverse and richer place to live in.
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fər ðə pæst tu jɪrz aɪ hæv juzd ðɪs speɪs tɪ blɔg əˈbaʊt ə waɪd reɪnʤ əv ˈɪʃuz ɪn maɪ roʊl ɛz ə ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ ˈædvəˌkeɪt. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz aɪv ʃɛrd dip ənd ˈpərsɪnəl ˈditeɪlz əˈbaʊt maɪ laɪf ənd ˈəðər taɪmz aɪv səˈʤɛstɪd weɪz ɪn wɪʧ wi kən ɔl ədˈvæns ðə ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ əˈʤɛndə ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri. aɪ ˈhævənt bɪn əˈfreɪd tɪ spəˈsɪfɪkli kɔl aʊt səˈlɛbrɪtiz fər ˈfərðərɪŋ ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ ˈstɪgmə; ˈəðər taɪmz aɪv dɪˈfɛndɪd ðɛm fər biɪŋ ðə ˈvɪktɪm əv ˈstɪgmə. ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz hæv bɪn ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv maɪ blɔgz. aɪ hæv ə ˈhæbət əv ˈblɔgɪŋ wɪn əm tɪkt ɔf ənd ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt ˈmætər əv ðɪs blɔg ɪz noʊ ɪkˈsɛpʃən. ðɪs taɪm ɪts ˈpərsɪnəl; ril ˈpərsɪnəl! tərˈɑntoʊ meɪər rɑb fɔrd ənd hɪz ˈbrəðər ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsɪlər dəg fɔrd sim tɪ meɪk ðə nuz ɔn ə ˈdeɪli ˈbeɪsɪs seɪɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈʃɑkɪŋ. ɔn əˈkeɪʒən ðiz ˈʃɑkɪŋ θɪŋz hæv meɪd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz. ˈsaɪdˌbɑr: aɪ æm stənd ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈnuzˌkæsts hæv jɛt tɪ kriˈeɪt ðɛr oʊn ˈgræfɪks ˈpækɪʤ ənd θim mˈjuzɪk ənd dɪˈvoʊt ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˌsɛgˈmɛnt tɪ wət kəmz aʊt əv ðə fɔrd ˈbrəðərz maʊðz. ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd ɪt wɑz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət dəg fɔrd wɔnts ə kəmˈjunɪti beɪst grup hoʊm ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ə ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈneɪbərˌhʊd əv wɛst tərˈɑntoʊ, tɪ bi muvd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ fɔrd wɑz ˈoʊˈkeɪ wɪθ ðə grup hoʊm ˈmuvɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ənd wɑz toʊld ɪt wʊd haʊs "ə fju kɪdz wɪθ ˈɔˌtɪzəm hu ˈwʊdənt liv wɪˈθaʊt ˌsupərˈvɪʒən" bət filz mɪsˈlid ˈæftər ˈlərnɪŋ səm əv ðə ˈrɛzɪdənts wɪθ əˈlɛʤədli ˈvaɪələnt ˈtɛndənsiz wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ liv ðə ˈprɑpərti ənˈsupərˌvaɪzd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈgɑrdiən, ðə ˈgrɪfɪn ˈsɛntər (wɪʧ ˈɑpərˌeɪts ðə grup hoʊm) sɪz fɔrd wɑz toʊld ɪgˈzæktli wət kaɪnd əv fəˈsɪlɪti wʊd bi haʊzd ɪn ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd. fɔrd əˈlɛʤɪz ˈimərʤənsi ˌpərsəˈnɛl hæv rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ðə hoʊm ˈməltəpəl taɪmz ənd kɑz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈbroʊkən ˈɪntu. ɪˈnəf əv wət fɔrd həz tɪ seɪ. aɪ lɪvd ɪn grup hoʊmz ɪn 'ˈnɔrməl ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz' fər naɪn jɪrz. jɛs, ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ɪn ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd nu wət ðə haʊs wɑz. aɪl ˈɔlsoʊ ədˈmɪt æt taɪmz ðə faɪər dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ˌpɛrəˈmɛdɪks, ənd pəˈlis hæd tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðə grup hoʊm. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, nɑt wən bæd θɪŋ wɑz ˈɛvər sɛd tɪ mi ər ˈəðər ˈrɛzɪdənts baɪ ðə ˈneɪbərz. ðə ˈneɪbərz wər ˈnəθɪŋ bət ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ tɪ ˈjuˈɛs. ʃʊr, ðeɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðə ˈʧælənʤɪz wi feɪst ənd əm ʃʊr səm deɪz ðeɪ wər ˈgreɪtfəl ɪt wɑz ˈjuˈɛs ˈfeɪsɪŋ ðoʊz ˈʧælənʤɪz ənd nɑt ðɛm. ɪt ɪz maɪ əˈpɪnjən ðət ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðeɪ pleɪd ən ɛˈsɛnʃəl pɑrt əv ɑr rɪˈkəvəri. ɪn ˈɔrdər fər ˈjuˈɛs tɪ səkˈsid ənd θraɪv wi hæd tɪ lərn wət ɪt mɛnt ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ə ˈvɛri ril kəmˈjunɪti. ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ ˈsɛntərz (ˈəðərˌwaɪz noʊn ɛz ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ər ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz) du hæv ə ˈpərpəs, bət ðeɪ ʃʊd nɑt haʊs ˈpipəl ˈoʊvər ðə lɔŋ tərm ənˈlɛs ˈɔrdərd baɪ ə kɔrt ər ɪf əˈgrid tɪ baɪ ə tim əv ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ prəˈfɛʃənəlz. ðɪs ʃʊd ˈoʊnli ˈhæpən ɪn ðə ˈrɛrəst əv ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz. ɪt ɪz maɪ əˈpɪnjən ðət ɪf ə ˈrɛzɪdənt əv ə grup hoʊm ɪn ə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ɪz səʧ ə dɪˈstərbəns ənd ˈkænɑt θraɪv ɪn səʧ ən ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, ðeɪ wɪl bi ˌriˈloʊkeɪtɪd ənd nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli tɪ əˈnəðər ˈneɪbərˌhʊd. ɪt meɪ bi tɪ ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ər ˈivɪn ˈɪntu ðə ˈsəbərbz wɛr ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz ər lɛs kənˈdɛnst. fɔrd ɪz əˈlɛʤɪŋ kɑz ər biɪŋ ˈbroʊkən ˈɪntu. aɪ doʊnt noʊ ɪf ðɪs ɪz tru ər nɑt bət ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əˈloʊn səˈʤɛst fɔrd bɪˈlivz ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈmɛntəl ˈɪlnəs tɪ bi ˈvaɪələnt. ðɛr ər kənˈsərnz baɪ fɔrd əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈrɛzɪdənts ðət ðə grup hoʊm wʊd draɪv daʊn ˈprɑpərti ˈvæljuz. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈɛvədəns tɪ səˈʤɛst ðɪs ɪz tru. ˈɛni ˈneɪbərˌhʊd aɪv ˈɛvər lɪvd ɪn, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn tərˈɑntoʊ, ˈhæzənt sin ən ˈɪnˌfləks əv hoʊmz pʊt əp fər seɪl ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə grup hoʊm ˈmuvɪŋ ɪn, nɔr hæv ˈrɛzɪdənts kəmˈpleɪnd əv ðɛr ˈprɑpərtiz ˈluzɪŋ ˈvælju. fɔrdz ˈbrəðər rɑb ɪz səˈpoʊzədli ɪn rihæb raɪt naʊ. əm ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ bɛt dəg wʊd bi bɪɔnd ˈæŋgri ɪf rɑb wɑz ɪn ə ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl rihæb fəˈsɪlɪti ənd ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd traɪd tɪ fɔrs ɪm aʊt. wət ˈhæpənz ɪf wən əv dəgz ˈʧɪldrən ər nis ər ˈnɛfju lɪvd ɪn ə grup hoʊm? wʊd hi prəˈpoʊz ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðɛm ɪn ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wərənt fɪt tɪ lɪv əˈməŋst ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ɛls? jɛt, əˈpɛrəntli ɪts ˌoʊˈkeɪ fər dəg tɪ wɔnt ə ˈʧɪldrənz ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ fəˈsɪlɪti ðət hi həz noʊ riˈleɪʃən tɪ, tɪ ˌriˈloʊkeɪt. wɛr wʊd ðɪs grup hoʊm goʊ? tɪ əˈnəðər ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ənd bɪˈkəm ˈsəmˌbɑdi ˈɛlsɪz ˈprɑbləm? ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈmɛntəl ˈɪlnəs ər nɑt ˈvaɪələnt ɛz dəg fɔrd səˈʤɛsts. ðeɪ ər dɪˈzərvɪŋ əv biɪŋ ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ lɪv ɪn ðə kəmˈjunɪti laɪk ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ɛls. ðɛr ɪz noʊ dɪˈnaɪɪŋ ðɛr wɪl bi ðə ɑd dɪˈstərbəns. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ hoʊp ðə ˈneɪbərz gɪv ðə ˈgrɪfɪn ˈsɛntər ə ʧæns. aɪ æm ˈhoʊpfəl wɪˈθɪn ə ˈmætər əv taɪm ðɛl si ðə grup hoʊm meɪks ðə ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ənd kəmˈjunɪti ə mɔr dɪˈvərs ənd ˈrɪʧər pleɪs tɪ lɪv ɪn. mɔr ɔn huffpost*:
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bieber, and lavigne share a common family connection that goes back 400 years to some of quebec's earliest settlers, according to the ancestry experts.
bieber and are cousins once removed, while bieber and lavigne are cousins through common relatives roy and marguerite biré. as for dion, she and the are cousins three times removed through jacques and marie boisdon.
sounds kinda confusing, but, as with most things, a diagram helps.
"discoveries like this are rare, so the fact that some of canada's top entertainment industry stars are all related is especially fascinating," says lesley anderson.
"there's something special about discovering a shared connection, and to be able to go so far back in history to do so is one of the most satisfying aspects of family history research."
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ˈbibər, ənd ləˈvɪnj ʃɛr ə ˈkɑmən ˈfæməli kəˈnɛkʃən ðət goʊz bæk 400 jɪrz tɪ səm əv kwɪˈbɛks ˈərliəst ˈsɛtələrz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈænsɛstri ˈɛkspərts. ˈbibər ənd ər ˈkəzənz wəns riˈmuvd, waɪl ˈbibər ənd ləˈvɪnj ər ˈkəzənz θru ˈkɑmən ˈrɛlətɪvz rɔɪ ənd ˌmɑrgərˈit biré*é. ɛz fər diɔn, ʃi ənd ðə ər ˈkəzənz θri taɪmz riˈmuvd θru ʤæk ənd mərˈi boisdon*. saʊnz ˈkɪndə kənfˈjuzɪŋ, bət, ɛz wɪθ moʊst θɪŋz, ə ˈdaɪəˌgræm hɛlps. "dɪˈskəvəriz laɪk ðɪs ər rɛr, soʊ ðə fækt ðət səm əv ˈkænədəz tɔp ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈɪndəstri stɑrz ər ɔl rɪˈleɪtɪd ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ," sɪz ˈlɛsli ˈændərsən. "ðɛrz ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈspɛʃəl əˈbaʊt dɪˈskəvərɪŋ ə ʃɛrd kəˈnɛkʃən, ənd tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ goʊ soʊ fɑr bæk ɪn ˈhɪstəri tɪ du soʊ ɪz wən əv ðə moʊst ˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ ˈæˌspɛkts əv ˈfæməli ˈhɪstəri ˈrisərʧ."
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garland (cbsdfw.com) the garland city council approved a new school zone outside of garland high school tuesday night.
this was a direct response to a request from parents at the campus after instances of kids being hit by fast drivers along the busy south garland avenue.
the street runs directly in front of the high school, with no school zone. the current speed limit is 35 mph, but city leaders are proposing a 20 mph speed limit along this road during appropriate hours. that change will be up for a vote at the city council meeting on tuesday night.
there is currently no school zone along this roadway because most kids do not arrive at campus from this direction.
garland’s mayor expects the recommendation to pass without any question. “when the school zone says 20 mph, people need to be doing exactly 20 mph or less,” said mayor douglas athas. “people just realize that hitting someone with a car at 25 mph or greater is almost guaranteed serious injury or death.”
in the last two months, two students from garland high school have been hit by drivers. in both instances, the students were in the crosswalk on their way to school in the morning. and, in one of the cases, the student hit a button at the crosswalk for a set of lights to start flashing.
when a pedestrian is in the crosswalk, vehicles must yield. but that has not been enough to keep kids safe. athas believes that too many drivers are distracted behind the wheel, and being dangerous. “people need to be a lot more cautious around schools than what being,” he said.
“i get it too, because rushing to work, but just, sometimes, they care,” said student marcos dejesus.
a pickup truck hit natalia estrada back in january and threw her several yards. she broke six bones and endured multiple surgeries. the driver of that vehicle fled from the scene. then, just last month, another student was struck along the same road. after the second incident, the school held an assembly to reinforce to kids the need to be careful while crossing the street.
“it’s not just around schools,” athas said. “we’re seeing an uptick in accidents. not just garland. cities all over the united states are seeing an uptick in accidents. and most of it, i presume, because of distracted driving.” along with a penalty for speeding, a new school zone in garland would also create a penalty for using a cell phone.
“i really think just a matter of people paying better attention, honestly,” added mother gloria gray. she and parents emily coker and aubrey blankenship welcome the proposal for a school zone, but are not sure that it will solve the problem. nearby streets are also under a school zone, and two other crashes occurred in those areas earlier this year. according to police, those were the fault of teenage pedestrians, not drivers.
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ˈfɑloʊ cbsdfw.com*: ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər ˈgɑrlənd (cbsdfw.com*) ðə ˈgɑrlənd ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl əˈpruvd ə nu skul zoʊn ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ˈgɑrlənd haɪ skul ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt. ðɪs wɑz ə dɪˈrɛkt rɪˈspɑns tɪ ə rɪkˈwɛst frəm ˈpɛrənts æt ðə ˈkæmpəs ˈæftər ˈɪnstənsɪz əv kɪdz biɪŋ hɪt baɪ fæst ˈdraɪvərz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈbɪzi saʊθ ˈgɑrlənd ˈævəˌnu. ðə strit rənz dɪˈrɛkli ɪn frənt əv ðə haɪ skul, wɪθ noʊ skul zoʊn. ðə ˈkɑrənt spid ˈlɪmət ɪz 35 ˈɛmˈpiˈeɪʧ, bət ˈsɪti ˈlidərz ər prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ə 20 ˈɛmˈpiˈeɪʧ spid ˈlɪmət əˈlɔŋ ðɪs roʊd ˈdʊrɪŋ əˈproʊpriˌeɪt aʊərz. ðət ʧeɪnʤ wɪl bi əp fər ə voʊt æt ðə ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl ˈmitɪŋ ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt. ðɛr ɪz ˈkərəntli noʊ skul zoʊn əˈlɔŋ ðɪs ˈroʊdˌweɪ bɪˈkəz moʊst kɪdz du nɑt əraɪv æt ˈkæmpəs frəm ðɪs dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. meɪər ɪkˈspɛkts ðə ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən tɪ pæs wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni kˈwɛʃən. ðə skul zoʊn sɪz 20 ˈɛmˈpiˈeɪʧ, ˈpipəl nid tɪ bi duɪŋ ɪgˈzæktli 20 ˈɛmˈpiˈeɪʧ ər less,”*,” sɛd meɪər ˈdəgləs ˈeɪðəz. ʤɪst ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ˈhɪtɪŋ ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ ə kɑr æt 25 ˈɛmˈpiˈeɪʧ ər ˈgreɪtər ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˌgɛrənˈtid ˈsɪriəs ˈɪnʤəri ər death.”*.” ɪn ðə læst tu mənθs, tu ˈstudənts frəm ˈgɑrlənd haɪ skul hæv bɪn hɪt baɪ ˈdraɪvərz. ɪn boʊθ ˈɪnstənsɪz, ðə ˈstudənts wər ɪn ðə ˈkrɑsˌwɑk ɔn ðɛr weɪ tɪ skul ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ. ənd, ɪn wən əv ðə ˈkeɪsɪz, ðə ˈstudənt hɪt ə ˈbətən æt ðə ˈkrɑsˌwɑk fər ə sɛt əv laɪts tɪ stɑrt ˈflæʃɪŋ. wɪn ə pəˈdɛstriən ɪz ɪn ðə ˈkrɑsˌwɑk, ˈviɪkəlz məst jild. bət ðət həz nɑt bɪn ɪˈnəf tɪ kip kɪdz seɪf. ˈeɪðəz bɪˈlivz ðət tu ˈmɛni ˈdraɪvərz ər dɪˈstræktɪd bɪˈhaɪnd ðə wil, ənd biɪŋ ˈdeɪnʤərəs. nid tɪ bi ə lɔt mɔr ˈkɔʃəs əraʊnd skulz ðən wət being,”*,” hi sɛd. gɪt ɪt tu, bɪˈkəz ˈrəʃɪŋ tɪ wərk, bət ʤɪst, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz, ðeɪ care,”*,” sɛd ˈstudənt ˈmɑrkoʊs dɪˈʤizəs. ə ˈpɪˌkəp trək hɪt nəˈtɑljə ɛˈstrɑdə bæk ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri ənd θru hər ˈsɛvərəl jɑrdz. ʃi broʊk sɪks boʊnz ənd ɪnˈdʊrd ˈməltəpəl ˈsərʤəriz. ðə ˈdraɪvər əv ðət ˈviɪkəl flɛd frəm ðə sin. ðɛn, ʤɪst læst mənθ, əˈnəðər ˈstudənt wɑz strək əˈlɔŋ ðə seɪm roʊd. ˈæftər ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈɪnsədənt, ðə skul hɛld ən əˈsɛmbli tɪ ˌriɪnˈfɔrs tɪ kɪdz ðə nid tɪ bi ˈkɛrfəl waɪl ˈkrɔsɪŋ ðə strit. nɑt ʤɪst əraʊnd schools,”*,” ˈeɪðəz sɛd. siɪŋ ən ˈəpˌtɪk ɪn ˈæksədənts. nɑt ʤɪst ˈgɑrlənd. ˈsɪtiz ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ər siɪŋ ən ˈəpˌtɪk ɪn ˈæksədənts. ənd moʊst əv ɪt, aɪ prɪˈzum, bɪˈkəz əv dɪˈstræktɪd driving.”*.” əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə ˈpɛnəlti fər ˈspidɪŋ, ə nu skul zoʊn ɪn ˈgɑrlənd wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ kriˈeɪt ə ˈpɛnəlti fər ˈjuzɪŋ ə sɛl foʊn. ˈrɪli θɪŋk ʤɪst ə ˈmætər əv ˈpipəl peɪɪŋ ˈbɛtər əˈtɛnʃən, honestly,”*,” ˈædɪd ˈməðər ˈglɔriə greɪ. ʃi ənd ˈpɛrənts ˈɛmɪli ˈkoʊkər ənd ˈɔbri ˈblæŋkənˌʃɪp ˈwɛlkəm ðə prəˈpoʊzəl fər ə skul zoʊn, bət ər nɑt ʃʊr ðət ɪt wɪl sɑlv ðə ˈprɑbləm. ˈnɪrˈbaɪ strits ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈəndər ə skul zoʊn, ənd tu ˈəðər ˈkræʃɪz əˈkərd ɪn ðoʊz ˈɛriəz ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ pəˈlis, ðoʊz wər ðə fɔlt əv ˈtiˌneɪʤ pəˈdɛstriənz, nɑt ˈdraɪvərz.
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the search for the man police believe responsible for the killing of a woman at a business in burnaby has expanded across the lower mainland.
on tuesday, the integrated homicide investigation team provided an update on the investigation into the murder of hee youn, noting police are still looking for her ex-husband, youn.
but is also asking for the help finding old kim, who police believe is girlfriend and who may be with him. kim has not been in contact with anyone since oct. 5, and family and police are concerned for her well-being. police believe kim could be in danger.
ihit has released a timeline of the events related to the case starting on oct. 5.
at approximately 11 a.m., hee youn was found dead in the bathroom of her business in the 4500 block of north road.
at the same time, ridge meadows received information about a man who was suicidal. this man was identified by the caller as youn. at this stage, police said youn was a person of interest in the murder of his ex-wife. ridge meadows conducted a search in their area and located cruiser on the corner of harris road and fraser way.
just before 11 a.m., kim received a call from youn, and vehicle was spotted on the golden ears bridge just before noon.
at 11 p.m., grey hyundai sonata was spotted by park patrol employees in the golden ears park, just off of mike lake road.
police noted investigators found vehicle in golden ears park on oct. 8 and determined that the vehicle had been in the area of the park since the evening of oct. 5.
ihit said various police agencies were involved in an extensive search of the park, but neither youn nor kim was found.
youn, 60, is described as five feet, seven inches tall, weighing 143 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
anyone who sees the pair is asked to call 911 immediately.
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ðə sərʧ fər ðə mæn pəˈlis bɪˈliv riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ əv ə ˈwʊmən æt ə ˈbɪznɪs ɪn ˈbərnəbi həz ɪkˈspændɪd əˈkrɔs ðə loʊər ˈmeɪnˌlænd. ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən tim prəˈvaɪdɪd ən ˈəpˌdeɪt ɔn ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˈɪntu ðə ˈmərdər əv hi jən, ˈnoʊtɪŋ pəˈlis ər stɪl ˈlʊkɪŋ fər hər ˈɛksˈhəzbənd, jən. bət ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈæskɪŋ fər ðə hɛlp ˈfaɪndɪŋ oʊld kɪm, hu pəˈlis bɪˈliv ɪz ˈgərlˌfrɛnd ənd hu meɪ bi wɪθ ɪm. kɪm həz nɑt bɪn ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ˈɛniˌwən sɪns ɔkt. 5 ənd ˈfæməli ənd pəˈlis ər kənˈsərnd fər hər ˌwɛlˈbiɪŋ. pəˈlis bɪˈliv kɪm kʊd bi ɪn ˈdeɪnʤər. həz riˈlist ə ˈtaɪmlaɪn əv ðə ɪˈvɛnts rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ðə keɪs ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɔn ɔkt. 5 æt əˈprɑksəmətli 11 a.m*., hi jən wɑz faʊnd dɛd ɪn ðə ˈbæθˌrum əv hər ˈbɪznɪs ɪn ðə 4500 blɑk əv nɔrθ roʊd. æt ðə seɪm taɪm, rɪʤ ˈmɛˌdoʊz rɪˈsivd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ə mæn hu wɑz ˌsuəˈsaɪdəl. ðɪs mæn wɑz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd baɪ ðə ˈkɔlər ɛz jən. æt ðɪs steɪʤ, pəˈlis sɛd jən wɑz ə ˈpərsən əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə ˈmərdər əv hɪz ˈɛksˈwaɪf. rɪʤ ˈmɛˌdoʊz kənˈdəktəd ə sərʧ ɪn ðɛr ˈɛriə ənd ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ˈkruzər ɔn ðə ˈkɔrnər əv ˈhɛrɪs roʊd ənd ˈfreɪzər weɪ. ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr 11 a.m*., kɪm rɪˈsivd ə kɔl frəm jən, ənd ˈviɪkəl wɑz ˈspɑtɪd ɔn ðə ˈgoʊldən ɪrz brɪʤ ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr nun. æt 11 p.m*., greɪ ˈhənˌdeɪ səˈnɑtə wɑz ˈspɑtɪd baɪ pɑrk pəˈtroʊl ɪmˈplɔɪiz ɪn ðə ˈgoʊldən ɪrz pɑrk, ʤɪst ɔf əv maɪk leɪk roʊd. pəˈlis ˈnoʊtɪd ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz faʊnd ˈviɪkəl ɪn ˈgoʊldən ɪrz pɑrk ɔn ɔkt. 8 ənd dɪˈtərmənd ðət ðə ˈviɪkəl hæd bɪn ɪn ðə ˈɛriə əv ðə pɑrk sɪns ðə ˈivnɪŋ əv ɔkt. 5 sɛd ˈvɛriəs pəˈlis ˈeɪʤənsiz wər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ən ɪkˈstɛnsɪv sərʧ əv ðə pɑrk, bət ˈniðər jən nɔr kɪm wɑz faʊnd. jən, 60 ɪz dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz faɪv fit, ˈsɛvən ˈɪnʧɪz tɔl, weɪɪŋ 143 paʊnz, wɪθ braʊn aɪz ənd blæk hɛr. ˈɛniˌwən hu siz ðə pɛr ɪz æst tɪ kɔl 911 ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli. ˈɑrtɪkəl kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ
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baby-faced woman, 21, faces life in jail after leading vigilante gang who murdered teenager falsely accused of rape
emma hall, 21, convicted of murdering luke harwood
her two friends were also convicted of murder
they battered and then murdered the teenager on wasteland in may
18-year-old had pointed him to hall during chance meeting and claimed he sexually assaulted her two years earlier
savage: emma hall, 21, is facing a life sentence for leading a vigilante gang who tortured and brutally killed a teenager wrongly accused of rape
a woman is facing a life sentence for leading a vigilante gang who tortured and brutally killed a teenager wrongly accused of rape.
emma hall, 21, of romford, showed no emotion as she was found guilty of murdering luke harwood, 18, at the old bailey.
her friends james danby, 27, and tony, 30, were also convicted of murder.
mr harwood was savagely beaten to death in may last year after an girl pointed him out to hall during a chance meeting and claimed she had been raped by him two years before.
she had made a complaint to police but the matter was dropped when she withdrew the allegation.
police found no evidence that a rape had taken place.
the teenager and hall were visiting friends at a house in romford, essex, where mr harwood was also staying.
he was beaten up in a room and dumped on wasteland in woodford green, east london.
simon denison qc, prosecuting, said: 'she told the others that he was the person she had told hall about at the time who had raped her.
'the men, over a prolonged period of time, severely beat him up by punching and kicking him to the head, so he was bleeding heavily from his injuries and his face was terribly swollen.'
hall then drove danby and and mr harwood to a lane where he was taken to the bank of a stream and 'finished off'.
false accusation: luke harwood was just 18 when the gang attacked and murdered him
mr denison said: 'they killed him by punching and kicking him and stamping on his head many, many times.
'the bones in his face were crushed.'
the killers then bought petrol and set fire to their bloody clothing, before cleaning up bloodstains at the house.
the following evening, hall drove them and another man to the spot where the body had been covered with a mattress and other rubbish.
killers: james danby and tony o'toole were also convicted of murder. they punched, kicked and stomped luke harwood to death
billy duggan was found guilty of perverting the course of justice
mr denison said: 'they had with them knives and a pair of bolt cutters that they were intending to use to mutilate his body to make it more difficult for him to be identified by cutting off his fingers and removing his teeth.'
but hall had secretly tipped off police to divert guilt from herself, and officers were waiting for them when they arrived.
mr denison told the jury: 'his murder was quite extraordinarily callous, violent and brutal.'
two years earlier, the teenage girl had claimed she was raped 'but when what she was saying was examined more closely by police, it was clear that she was not in fact saying that he had raped her', added mr denison.
hall and danby were also found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and perverting justice.
o’toole was also found guilty of perverting justice and conspiracy to pervert justice along with danby.
billy duggan, 21, was found guilty of perverting justice and conspiracy to pervert justice.
the defendants, who were all from romford, were remanded in custody to be sentenced next week.
jovan roberts, 28, was cleared of murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and khalid hassan, 20, was cleared of conspiracy to pervert justice. they were discharged.
grief: caroline harwood (left), the mother of victim luke harwood outside the old bailey today
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baby-faced* ˈwʊmən, 21 ˈfeɪsɪz laɪf ɪn ʤeɪl ˈæftər ˈlidɪŋ ˌvɪʤəˈlænti gæŋ hu ˈmərdərd ˈtiˌneɪʤər ˈfɔlsli əˈkjuzd əv reɪp ˈɛmə hɔl, 21 kənˈvɪktəd əv ˈmərdərɪŋ luk ˈhɑrˌwʊd hər tu frɛndz wər ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈvɪktəd əv ˈmərdər ðeɪ ˈbætərd ənd ðɛn ˈmərdərd ðə ˈtiˌneɪʤər ɔn ˈweɪˌstlænd ɪn meɪ hæd ˈpɔɪntɪd ɪm tɪ hɔl ˈdʊrɪŋ ʧæns ˈmitɪŋ ənd kleɪmd hi ˈsɛkʃuəli əˈsɔltɪd hər tu jɪrz ˈərliər ˈsævɪʤ: ˈɛmə hɔl, 21 ɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ ə laɪf ˈsɛntəns fər ˈlidɪŋ ə ˌvɪʤəˈlænti gæŋ hu ˈtɔrʧərd ənd ˈbrutəli kɪld ə ˈtiˌneɪʤər ˈrɔŋli əˈkjuzd əv reɪp ə ˈwʊmən ɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ ə laɪf ˈsɛntəns fər ˈlidɪŋ ə ˌvɪʤəˈlænti gæŋ hu ˈtɔrʧərd ənd ˈbrutəli kɪld ə ˈtiˌneɪʤər ˈrɔŋli əˈkjuzd əv reɪp. ˈɛmə hɔl, 21 əv romford*, ʃoʊd noʊ ˈiˌmoʊʃən ɛz ʃi wɑz faʊnd ˈgɪlti əv ˈmərdərɪŋ luk ˈhɑrˌwʊd, 18 æt ðə oʊld ˈbeɪli. hər frɛndz ʤeɪmz ˈdænbi, 27 ənd ˈtoʊni, 30 wər ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈvɪktəd əv ˈmərdər. ˈmɪstər ˈhɑrˌwʊd wɑz ˈsævɪʤli ˈbitən tɪ dɛθ ɪn meɪ læst jɪr ˈæftər ən gərl ˈpɔɪntɪd ɪm aʊt tɪ hɔl ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ʧæns ˈmitɪŋ ənd kleɪmd ʃi hæd bɪn reɪpt baɪ ɪm tu jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr. ʃi hæd meɪd ə kəmˈpleɪnt tɪ pəˈlis bət ðə ˈmætər wɑz drɑpt wɪn ʃi wɪθˈdru ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃən. pəˈlis faʊnd noʊ ˈɛvədəns ðət ə reɪp hæd ˈteɪkən pleɪs. ðə ˈtiˌneɪʤər ənd hɔl wər ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ frɛndz æt ə haʊs ɪn romford*, ˈɛsɪks, wɛr ˈmɪstər ˈhɑrˌwʊd wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ steɪɪŋ. hi wɑz ˈbitən əp ɪn ə rum ənd dəmpt ɔn ˈweɪˌstlænd ɪn ˈwʊdfərd grin, ist ˈləndən. ˈsaɪmən ˈdɛnɪsən qc*, ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪŋ, sɛd: 'ʃi toʊld ðə ˈəðərz ðət hi wɑz ðə ˈpərsən ʃi hæd toʊld hɔl əˈbaʊt æt ðə taɪm hu hæd reɪpt hər. 'ðə mɛn, ˈoʊvər ə prəˈlɔŋd ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm, səˈvɪrli bit ɪm əp baɪ ˈpənʧɪŋ ənd ˈkɪkɪŋ ɪm tɪ ðə hɛd, soʊ hi wɑz ˈblidɪŋ ˈhɛvəli frəm hɪz ˈɪnʤəriz ənd hɪz feɪs wɑz ˈtɛrəbli sˈwoʊlən.' hɔl ðɛn droʊv ˈdænbi ənd ənd ˈmɪstər ˈhɑrˌwʊd tɪ ə leɪn wɛr hi wɑz ˈteɪkən tɪ ðə bæŋk əv ə strim ənd 'ˈfɪnɪʃt ɔf'. fɔls ˌækjəˈzeɪʃən: luk ˈhɑrˌwʊd wɑz ʤɪst 18 wɪn ðə gæŋ əˈtækt ənd ˈmərdərd ɪm ˈmɪstər ˈdɛnɪsən sɛd: 'ðeɪ kɪld ɪm baɪ ˈpənʧɪŋ ənd ˈkɪkɪŋ ɪm ənd ˈstæmpɪŋ ɔn hɪz hɛd ˈmɛni, ˈmɛni taɪmz. 'ðə boʊnz ɪn hɪz feɪs wər krəʃt.' ðə ˈkɪlərz ðɛn bɔt ˈpɛtroʊl ənd sɛt faɪər tɪ ðɛr ˈblədi ˈkloʊðɪŋ, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈklinɪŋ əp ˈblədˌsteɪnz æt ðə haʊs. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈivnɪŋ, hɔl droʊv ðɛm ənd əˈnəðər mæn tɪ ðə spɑt wɛr ðə ˈbɑdi hæd bɪn ˈkəvərd wɪθ ə ˈmætrəs ənd ˈəðər ˈrəbɪʃ. ˈkɪlərz: ʤeɪmz ˈdænbi ənd ˈtoʊni oʊˈtul wər ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈvɪktəd əv ˈmərdər. ðeɪ pənʧt, kɪkt ənd stɑmpt luk ˈhɑrˌwʊd tɪ dɛθ ˈbɪli ˈdəgən wɑz faʊnd ˈgɪlti əv pərˈvərtɪŋ ðə kɔrs əv ˈʤəstɪs ˈmɪstər ˈdɛnɪsən sɛd: 'ðeɪ hæd wɪθ ðɛm naɪvz ənd ə pɛr əv boʊlt ˈkətərz ðət ðeɪ wər ˌɪnˈtɛndɪŋ tɪ juz tɪ mˈjutəˌleɪt hɪz ˈbɑdi tɪ meɪk ɪt mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt fər ɪm tɪ bi aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd baɪ ˈkətɪŋ ɔf hɪz ˈfɪŋgərz ənd riˈmuvɪŋ hɪz tiθ.' bət hɔl hæd ˈsikrɪtli tɪpt ɔf pəˈlis tɪ dɪˈvərt gɪlt frəm hərˈsɛlf, ənd ˈɔfɪsərz wər ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ðɛm wɪn ðeɪ əraɪvd. ˈmɪstər ˈdɛnɪsən toʊld ðə ˈʤʊri: 'hɪz ˈmərdər wɑz kwaɪt ɛkˌstrɔrdəˈnɛrəli ˈkæləs, ˈvaɪələnt ənd ˈbrutəl.' tu jɪrz ˈərliər, ðə ˈtiˌneɪʤ gərl hæd kleɪmd ʃi wɑz reɪpt 'bət wɪn wət ʃi wɑz seɪɪŋ wɑz ɪgˈzæmənd mɔr ˈkloʊsli baɪ pəˈlis, ɪt wɑz klɪr ðət ʃi wɑz nɑt ɪn fækt seɪɪŋ ðət hi hæd reɪpt hər', ˈædɪd ˈmɪstər ˈdɛnɪsən. hɔl ənd ˈdænbi wər ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ˈgɪlti əv ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈgrivəs ˈbɑdəli hɑrm wɪθ ˌɪnˈtɛnt ənd pərˈvərtɪŋ ˈʤəstɪs. wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ˈgɪlti əv pərˈvərtɪŋ ˈʤəstɪs ənd kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ ˈpərvərt ˈʤəstɪs əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈdænbi. ˈbɪli ˈdəgən, 21 wɑz faʊnd ˈgɪlti əv pərˈvərtɪŋ ˈʤəstɪs ənd kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ ˈpərvərt ˈʤəstɪs. ðə dɪˈfɛndənts, hu wər ɔl frəm romford*, wər rɪˈmændɪd ɪn ˈkəstədi tɪ bi ˈsɛntənst nɛkst wik. ˈʤoʊvən ˈrɑbərts, 28 wɑz klɪrd əv ˈmərdər ənd ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈgrivəs ˈbɑdəli hɑrm wɪθ ˌɪnˈtɛnt, ənd ˈkɑlɪd həˈsɑn, 20 wɑz klɪrd əv kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ ˈpərvərt ˈʤəstɪs. ðeɪ wər ˈdɪsˌʧɑrʤd. grif: ˈkɛrəˌlaɪn ˈhɑrˌwʊd (lɛft), ðə ˈməðər əv ˈvɪktɪm luk ˈhɑrˌwʊd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə oʊld ˈbeɪli təˈdeɪ
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could the rock be joining sacramento's bench once more?
comcast bill has learned that mitch richmond is being considered by new head coach george karl as an addition to the coaching staff. from's report:
one of the short term objectives for george karl is assembling his coaching staff in sacramento and it's likely that the kings existing assistants will remain intact -- with perhaps one addition, is learning. according to league sources, mitch richmond and coby karl are possible additions. richmond -- a hall of famer, former king, and current scout for the franchise -- may be in the mix to join karl's staff.
according to, coby karl is currently playing professionally in germany and would be unlikely to join the team this season, making richmond a more realistic probability. chris haynes of the cleveland plain dealer has also suggested another possible addition:
once a deal is reached between george karl and kings, i'm told offensive guru vance walberg is expected to be brought on as an assistant. chris haynes (@chrisbhaynes) february 10, 2015
walberg is currently an assistant with the philadelphia 76ers, and as such, wouldn't join the team this year either. because it is mid-season, i wouldn't expect wholesale changes to the coaching staff, with maybe one or two minor additions. richmond would be that, although another hall of famer wants to join the staff as well: gary payton, who told today that he'd be reaching out to karl.
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kʊd ðə rɑk bi ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊz bɛnʧ wəns mɔr? ˈkɑmˌkæst bɪl həz ˈlərnɪd ðət mɪʧ ˈrɪʧmənd ɪz biɪŋ kənˈsɪdərd baɪ nu hɛd koʊʧ ʤɔrʤ kɑrl ɛz ən əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf. frəm rɪˈpɔrt: wən əv ðə ʃɔrt tərm əˈbʤɛktɪvz fər ʤɔrʤ kɑrl ɪz əˈsɛmbəlɪŋ hɪz ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf ɪn ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ ənd ɪts ˈlaɪkli ðət ðə kɪŋz ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ əˈsɪstənts wɪl rɪˈmeɪn ˌɪnˈtækt wɪθ pərˈhæps wən əˈdɪʃən, ɪz ˈlərnɪŋ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ lig ˈsɔrsəz, mɪʧ ˈrɪʧmənd ənd ˈkoʊbi kɑrl ər ˈpɑsəbəl əˈdɪʃənz. ˈrɪʧmənd ə hɔl əv ˈfeɪmər, ˈfɔrmər kɪŋ, ənd ˈkɑrənt skaʊt fər ðə ˈfrænˌʧaɪz meɪ bi ɪn ðə mɪks tɪ ʤɔɪn kɑrlz stæf. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ, ˈkoʊbi kɑrl ɪz ˈkərəntli pleɪɪŋ prəˈfɛʃənəli ɪn ˈʤərməni ənd wʊd bi ənˈlaɪkli tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə tim ðɪs ˈsizən, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈrɪʧmənd ə mɔr ˌriəˈlɪstɪk ˌprɑbəˈbɪləˌti. krɪs heɪnz əv ðə ˈklivlənd pleɪn ˈdilər həz ˈɔlsoʊ səˈʤɛstɪd əˈnəðər ˈpɑsəbəl əˈdɪʃən: wəns ə dil ɪz riʧt bɪtˈwin ʤɔrʤ kɑrl ənd kɪŋz, əm toʊld əˈfɛnsɪv ˈguˌru væns ˈwɔlbərg ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi brɔt ɔn ɛz ən əˈsɪstənt. krɪs heɪnz (@chrisbhaynes*) ˈfɛbruˌɛri 10 2015 ˈwɔlbərg ɪz ˈkərəntli ən əˈsɪstənt wɪθ ðə ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə 76ers*, ənd ɛz səʧ, ˈwʊdənt ʤɔɪn ðə tim ðɪs jɪr ˈiðər. bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz mid-season*, aɪ ˈwʊdənt ɪkˈspɛkt ˈhoʊlˌseɪl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf, wɪθ ˈmeɪbi wən ər tu ˈmaɪnər əˈdɪʃənz. ˈrɪʧmənd wʊd bi ðət, ˌɔlˈðoʊ əˈnəðər hɔl əv ˈfeɪmər wɔnts tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə stæf ɛz wɛl: ˈgɛri ˈpeɪtən, hu toʊld təˈdeɪ ðət hid bi ˈriʧɪŋ aʊt tɪ kɑrl.
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binyam ahmed mohamed (amharic:) (arabic:) (also listed as benjamin mohammed, (ahmed) mohammed and mohammed al-habashi) (born 24 july 1978) is an ethiopian national and united kingdom resident, who was detained as a suspected enemy combatant by the us government in guantanamo bay prison between 2004 and 2009 without] he was arrested in pakistan and transported first to morocco under the illegal extraordinary rendition program, where he claimed to have been interrogated under torture.
after some time, mohamed was transferred to military custody at guantanamo bay detention camp. military personal representative at the time of his combatant status review tribunal reported that he had admitted that he had trained in the al-qaeda terrorist training camp, al] mohamed has since said that the evidence against him was obtained using torture and denied any]
the us dropped its charges against him, and eventually released him. he arrived in the united kingdom on 23 february 2009. together with other detainees, he took legal action against the government for collusion by and in his torture by the united states. in february 2010, the court of appeal ruled that he had been subjected to "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the united states] in which the british intelligence services had been complicit. the government agreed to pay an undisclosed sum in compensation in november 2010.
early life and background [ edit ]
born in ethiopia, mohamed immigrated to canada in 1995, where he sought political asylum. he lived there for seven years with leave to remain while his application was resolved. he was seeking permanent resident]
travel to asia [ edit ]
in june 2001, mohamed travelled to afghanistan, for reasons which are in dispute. he and his supporters said that he had gone to conquer his drug problems and to see muslim countries "with his own eyes". the british and u.s. authorities contend, and the personal representative's initial interview notes record, that mohamed admitted receiving paramilitary training in the al training camp run by] he admitted to military training, but said that it was to fight with the muslim resistance in chechnya against the russians, which was not] mohamed said that he had made false statements while being tortured in pakistani jails.
arrest and detention [ edit ]
on 10 april 2002, mohamed was arrested at pakistan's karachi airport by pakistani authorities as a suspected terrorist, while attempting to return to the under a false] mohamed contends that he was subjected to extraordinary rendition by the united states, and entered a "ghost prison system" run by us intelligence] in pakistan,] and afghanistan. while he was held in morocco, he said that interrogators tortured him by repeatedly using scalpels or razor blades to cut his penis and]
on 19 september 2004, mohamed was taken by u.s. military authorities from airbase in afghanistan to their bay detention camp at their navy base in cuba. he says that he was "routinely humiliated and abused and constantly lied to" there.
in february 2005, he was placed in camp v, the harsh "super-maximum" facility where, reports suggest, "uncooperative" detainees are held. he was told that he would be required to testify against other]
mohamed's british barrister, clive stafford smith, legal director of reprieve said that mohamed participated in lengthy hunger strikes in 2005 to protest against the harsh conditions and lack of access to any judicial] the hunger strike started in july 2005, and resumed in august 2005 because the detainees believed the us authorities failed to keep promises to meet their demands.
from a written statement by mohamed dated 11 august 2005:
the administration promised that if we gave them 10 days, they would bring the prison into compliance with the geneva conventions. they said this had been approved by donald rumsfeld himself in washington dc. as a result of these promises, we agreed to end the strike on july 28. it is now august 11. they have betrayed our trust (again). hisham from tunisia was savagely beaten in his interrogation and they publicly desecrated the (again). saad from kuwait was [subjected to the extreme reaction force] for refusing to go (again) to interrogation because the female interrogator had sexually humiliated him (again) for 5 hours _ therefore, the strike must begin]
charged with conspiracy [ edit ]
ten presidentially military commissions were convened in the former terminal building of the airfield on the guantanamo naval base's eastern peninsula.
the u.s. government planned to house up to 80 of the new congressionally military commissions in a $12 million tent city.
on 7 november 2005, mohamed was charged by a military commission at guantanamo with conspiracy. the complaint alleges that mohamed was trained in kabul to build dirty bombs (weapons combining conventional explosives with radioactive material intended to be dispersed over a large area). according to the complaint, he "was planning terror attacks against apartment buildings in the united states and was arrested at an airport in pakistan, attempting to go to london while using a forged]
at the start of his military commission, mohamed chose to represent himself. he protested against the commissions, and said he was not the person charged because the prosecution had spelled his name incorrectly. he held up a sign "con mission" and stated: "this is not a commission, it's a con mission, it's a mission to con the]
in, the united states supreme court ruled in hamdan v. rumsfeld that the president lacked the constitutional authority to create military commissions outside the regular federal and military justice systems, and they were unconstitutional. military commission was halted.
in late 2008, the united states department of defense (dod) filed new charges against mohamed after the united states congress new military commissions under the military commissions act of 2006 to respond to the supreme court ruling.
on 21 october 2008, susan j. crawford, the official in charge of the office of military commissions, announced that charges were dropped against mohamed and four other captives, al qahtani, al sharbi, barhoumi, and]
carol j. williams, writing in the los angeles times, reported that all five men had been connected to abu one of the three captives the cia has acknowledged was interrogated using the controversial technique known as waterboarding. williams quoted the men's attorneys, who anticipated the five men would be within thirty] they told williams that "prosecutors called the move procedural", and attributed it to the resignation of fellow prosecutor darrel, who resigned on ethical grounds. williams reported that clive stafford smith speculated that the prosecution's dropping of the charges, and plans to charges later, was intended to counter and disarm the testimony was anticipated to offer that the prosecution had withheld exculpatory evidence.
accusations of abusive incarceration and complicity [ edit ]
in december 2005, the of his lawyer's notes permitted additional claims of abusive interrogation to be made] he said that he had been transported by the us to a black site known as "the dark prison" in kabul, where captives were permanently chained to the wall, kept in constant darkness, and was subjected to dr. and "the real slim shady" by at extremely loud levels for 20]
binyam's attorneys reported that he had been subjected to "extraordinary rendition", transferred to morocco, where he was tortured, in addition to the cia interrogation centres in afghanistan, prior to his transfer to in]
on 21 june 2008, the new york times reported that the government had sent a letter to clive stafford smith, confirming that it had information about allegations of]
on 28 july 2008, his lawyers filed a petition in a court to compel the foreign office to turn over the evidence of] they also filed a petition with the irish government for the records of his illegal air transport over ireland. on 21 august 2008, the high court of the united kingdom found in favour, ruling that the foreign office should disclose this material. the judges said of the information that it was "not only necessary but essential for his]
although the documents were disclosed to legal counsel as ordered, they were not released to the general] the high court later found in favour of the foreign secretary to prevent the publication of these] the reasons given were that even if it was unreasonable for it to affect international relations if the foreign secretary thought it was going to harm the special intelligence relationship with the united states, it would not be in the public]
in february 2009, cbc news reported that mohamed had described being warned to cooperate by two women, who represented themselves as] each woman had represented herself as a intervener, who warned mohamed that she thought he should co-operate. each suggested he should answer the americans' questions fully, or he was likely to be tortured. according to the cbc report, canada had an obligation to object if it determined that the americans had falsely represented us security officials as canadians, as a ploy to trick mohamed into confessing.
british request for release of legal residents [ edit ]
on 7 august 2007, the british foreign secretary david requested that the us release mohamed and four other detainees, all of whom had been granted refugee status or other legal right to remain in the united kingdom, prior to their capture by us] previously, the british government had only sought the release of british citizens, not residents.
civil suit [ edit ]
on 1 august 2007, mohamed joined a civil suit filed with the assistance of the american civil liberties union under the united states' alien tort statute against jeppesen dataplan, which had operated the planes that carried him during extraordinary] [33][34][35][36] the defendant in the case was a boeing subsidiary accused of arranging extraordinary rendition flights for the cia. mohamed had a joint lawsuit with four other plaintiffs: bisher al-rawi, abou britel, ahmed agiza, and mohamed ahmad bashmilah.
accepting the argument of the obama administration that hearing the case would divulge state secrets, the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit dismissed the lawsuit on 8 september]
release [ edit ]
on 7 august 2007, the united kingdom government requested the release of mohamed and four other, men who had been legal british] he was not released however, and in june 2008 the u.s. military announced they were formally charging him. later that year, he went on a hunger strike to protest his continued detention.
on 16 january 2009, the independent reported that mohamed had told his lawyers he had been told to prepare for return to the united] the independent quoted a recently declassified note from mohamed: "it has come to my attention through several reliable sources that my release from to the had been ordered several weeks ago. it is a cruel tactic of delay to suspend my travel till the last days of this [bush] administration while i should have been home a long time]
in an interview with jon snow of channel 4 news on 9 february 2009, assigned military defence lawyer, yvonne bradley, asserted that there was no doubt that mohamed had been tortured, and that britain and the us were complicit in his] bradley subsequently took up his case directly with british foreign secretary david on 11 february]
according to agence france presse, mohamed had been on a hunger strike but had stopped on 5 february 2009, when his lawyers informed him he could soon expect transfer to the.[42] he was visited on 14 and 15 february 2009 by a delegation of officials, including a doctor who confirmed he was healthy enough to be flown back to england.
on 23 february 2009, almost seven years after his arrest, mohamed was repatriated from to the, where he was released after]
allegations of collusion [ edit ]
two weeks after release, the bbc published claims that the british domestic security service had colluded with his interrogators. they provided specific questions and his responses led to his making false confessions of terrorist activities. in a first memo, an agent asked for a name to be put to mohamed and for him to be questioned further about that person. a second telegram concerned another interrogation. the legal organisation reprieve, which represents mohamed, said its client was shown the telegrams by his military lawyer yvonne bradley.
while the claims of collusion were being investigated by the british government, the shadow justice secretary, dominic grieve, called for a judicial inquiry into the allegations and for the matter to be referred to the police. chakrabarti, director of campaign group liberty said: "these are more than allegations - these are pieces of a puzzle that are being put together. it makes an immediate criminal investigation absolutely]
on 12 march 2009, in an piece in the guardian, the analyst timothy garton ash called for claims of torture and collusion to be referred to the director of public prosecutions. he said that any other decision "will inevitably be interpreted as a political]
on 10 february 2010, the court of appeal ruled that material held by the foreign secretary must be revealed. knew that mohamed, the former guantanamo detainee, was being tortured by the cia, a court of appeal judgment has revealed." the court opinion noted:
...cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the united states authorities. the treatment reported, if had been administered on behalf of the united kingdom, would clearly have been in breach of the undertakings given by the united kingdom in 1972 [in the un convention on torture]. combined with the sleep deprivation, threats and inducements were made to him. his fears of being removed from united states custody and ‘disappearing’ were played]
the former detainees' suit against the government for the collusion of and in the unlawful treatment by the cia, was eventually tried in 2009. despite attempts by the foreign secretary, david, to suppress evidence on the grounds that such disclosure would harm national security, the government lost the case in the high]
on 14 december 2009, appealed against six high court rulings that cia information on treatment, and what and knew about it, must be disclosed. in an unprecedented case, counsel for the guardian and other media organisations, mohamed and two civil rights groups, liberty and justice, argued that the public interest in disclosing the role played by british and us agencies in unlawful activities far outweighed any claim about potential threats to national]
on 20 december 2009, a u.s. district court judge, gladys kessler, found that there was "credible" evidence that a british resident was tortured while being detained on behalf of the us government. her formerly classified legal opinion, obtained by the observer, records that the us government does not dispute "credible" evidence that mohamed had been tortured while being held at its]
on 27 january 2010, the guardian reported that "united nations human rights investigators had concluded that the british government had been complicit in the mistreatment and possible torture of several of its own citizens during the 'war on terror'". among listed cases in which the authors concluded that a state has been complicit in secret detention, they highlight "the united kingdom in the cases of several individuals, including]
on 10 february 2010, three court of appeal judges ordered the british government to reveal evidence of and complicity in the torture of mohamed, overruling the foreign secretary, david.[51]
in response to highly critical media coverage of the torture, alan johnson, the home secretary, insisted that these were "baseless, groundless] he denied that government lawyers had forced the judiciary to water down criticism of, despite an earlier draft ruling by lord neuberger, the master of the rolls, that the security service had failed to respect human rights, had deliberately misled parliament, and had a "culture of suppression" that undermined government assurances about its]
according to the washington post, the court order forcing the british government to publish secret memos that it received from us intelligence officials will future intelligence] the washington post quoted "white house officials" on 10 february 2010, who said the publication: "will complicate the confidentiality of our relationship". according to the guardian, an anonymous white house official told them: "the court decision would not provoke a broad review of intelligence liaison between britain and the us because the need for close was greater now than]
in november 2010, mohamed received an undisclosed sum as compensation from the british government as part of a settlement of a number of suits against the government for collusion by.[56]
representation in other media [ edit ]
binyam case was featured in extraordinary rendition, a documentary by productions.[ citation needed ]
see also [ edit ]
suspected secret torture centres in morocco where mohamed was held:
references [ edit ]
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binyam* ˈɑmɛd moʊˈhɑmɛd (amharic*: (ˈɛrəbɪk: (ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlɪstɪd ɛz ˈbɛnʤəmən moʊˈhæmɪd, (ˈɑmɛd) moʊˈhæmɪd ənd moʊˈhæmɪd al-habashi*) (bɔrn 24 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 1978 ɪz ən ˌiθiˈoʊpiən ˈnæʃənəl ənd juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ˈrɛzɪdənt, hu wɑz dɪˈteɪnd ɛz ə səˈspɛktɪd ˈɛnəmi kəmˈbætənt baɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn gˌwɑnˈtɑnəˌmoʊ beɪ ˈprɪzən bɪtˈwin 2004 ənd 2009 wɪˈθaʊt hi wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ɪn ˈpækɪˌstæn ənd trænˈspɔrtəd fərst tɪ mərˈɑkoʊ ˈəndər ðə ˌɪˈligəl ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri rɛnˈdɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræm, wɛr hi kleɪmd tɪ hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtɪd ˈəndər ˈtɔrʧər. ˈæftər səm taɪm, moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈkəstədi æt gˌwɑnˈtɑnəˌmoʊ beɪ dɪˈtɛnʃən kæmp. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈpərsɪnəl ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv æt ðə taɪm əv hɪz kəmˈbætənt ˈstætəs ˌrivˈju trəˈbjunəl ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət hi hæd ədˈmɪtəd ðət hi hæd treɪnd ɪn ðə ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ ˈtɛrərɪst ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp, æl moʊˈhɑmɛd həz sɪns sɛd ðət ðə ˈɛvədəns əˈgɛnst ɪm wɑz əbˈteɪnd ˈjuzɪŋ ˈtɔrʧər ənd dɪˈnaɪd ˈɛni ðə ˈjuˈɛs drɑpt ɪts ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ɪm, ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli riˈlist ɪm. hi əraɪvd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ɔn 23 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2009 təˈgɛðər wɪθ ˈəðər dɪˌteɪˈniz, hi tʊk ˈligəl ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ðə ˈgəvərnmənt fər kəˈluʒən baɪ ənd ɪn hɪz ˈtɔrʧər baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2010 ðə kɔrt əv əˈpil ruld ðət hi hæd bɪn səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ "kruəl, ˌɪnˈhjumən ənd dɪˈgreɪdɪŋ ˈtritmənt baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈsərvɪsɪz hæd bɪn kəmˈplɪsət. ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈgrid tɪ peɪ ən ˌəndɪˈskloʊzd səm ɪn ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2010 ˈərli laɪf ənd ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˈɛdət bɔrn ɪn ˌiθiˈoʊpiə, moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈɪməˌgreɪtɪd tɪ ˈkænədə ɪn 1995 wɛr hi sɔt pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˈsaɪləm. hi lɪvd ðɛr fər ˈsɛvən jɪrz wɪθ liv tɪ rɪˈmeɪn waɪl hɪz ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən wɑz riˈzɑlvd. hi wɑz ˈsikɪŋ ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈrɛzɪdənt ˈtrævəl tɪ ˈeɪʒə ˈɛdət ɪn ʤun 2001 moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈtrævəld tɪ æfˈgænəˌstæn, fər ˈrizənz wɪʧ ər ɪn dɪˈspjut. hi ənd hɪz səˈpɔrtərz sɛd ðət hi hæd gɔn tɪ ˈkɑŋkər hɪz drəg ˈprɑbləmz ənd tɪ si ˈməzlɪm ˈkəntriz "wɪθ hɪz oʊn aɪz". ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ənd juz. əˈθɔrətiz kənˈtɛnd, ənd ðə ˈpərsɪnəl ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈɪntərvˌju noʊts ˈrɛkərd, ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd ədˈmɪtəd rɪˈsivɪŋ ˌpɛrəˈmɪləˌtɛri ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɪn ðə æl ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp rən baɪ hi ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈtreɪnɪŋ, bət sɛd ðət ɪt wɑz tɪ faɪt wɪθ ðə ˈməzlɪm rɪˈzɪstəns ɪn ˈʧɛʧniə əˈgɛnst ðə ˈrəʃənz, wɪʧ wɑz nɑt moʊˈhɑmɛd sɛd ðət hi hæd meɪd fɔls ˈsteɪtmənts waɪl biɪŋ ˈtɔrʧərd ɪn ˌpækɪˈstæni ʤeɪlz. ərˈɛst ənd dɪˈtɛnʃən ˈɛdət ɔn 10 ˈeɪprəl 2002 moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz ərˈɛstɪd æt ˈpækɪˌstænz kɑˈrɑʧi ˈɛrˌpɔrt baɪ ˌpækɪˈstæni əˈθɔrətiz ɛz ə səˈspɛktɪd ˈtɛrərɪst, waɪl əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə ˈəndər ə fɔls moʊˈhɑmɛd kənˈtɛndz ðət hi wɑz səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri rɛnˈdɪʃən baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ənd ˈɛnərd ə "goʊst ˈprɪzən ˈsɪstəm" rən baɪ ˈjuˈɛs ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ɪn ˈpækɪˌstæn, ənd æfˈgænəˌstæn. waɪl hi wɑz hɛld ɪn mərˈɑkoʊ, hi sɛd ðət ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtərz ˈtɔrʧərd ɪm baɪ rɪˈpitɪdli ˈjuzɪŋ ˈskælpəlz ər ˈreɪzər bleɪdz tɪ kət hɪz ˈpinɪs ənd ɔn 19 sɛpˈtɛmbər 2004 moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz ˈteɪkən baɪ juz. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈθɔrətiz frəm ˈɛrˌbeɪs ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn tɪ ðɛr beɪ dɪˈtɛnʃən kæmp æt ðɛr ˈneɪvi beɪs ɪn ˈkjubə. hi sɪz ðət hi wɑz "ruˈtinli hjuˈmɪliˌeɪtɪd ənd əˈbjuzd ənd ˈkɑnstəntli laɪd tɪ" ðɛr. ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2005 hi wɑz pleɪst ɪn kæmp vi, ðə hɑrʃ "super-maximum*" fəˈsɪlɪti wɛr, rɪˈpɔrts səˈʤɛst, "ənkoʊˈɑpərətɪv" dɪˌteɪˈniz ər hɛld. hi wɑz toʊld ðət hi wʊd bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪ əˈgɛnst ˈəðər ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈbɛrɪstər, klaɪv ˈstæfərd smɪθ, ˈligəl dɪˈrɛktər əv riˈpriv sɛd ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ɪn ˈlɛŋθi ˈhəŋgər straɪks ɪn 2005 tɪ ˈproʊˌtɛst əˈgɛnst ðə hɑrʃ kənˈdɪʃənz ənd læk əv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈɛni ʤuˈdɪʃəl ðə ˈhəŋgər straɪk ˈstɑrtɪd ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2005 ənd rɪˈzumd ɪn ˈɔgəst 2005 bɪˈkəz ðə dɪˌteɪˈniz bɪˈlivd ðə ˈjuˈɛs əˈθɔrətiz feɪld tɪ kip ˈprɑməsəz tɪ mit ðɛr dɪˈmændz. frəm ə ˈrɪtən ˈsteɪtmənt baɪ moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈdeɪtɪd 11 ˈɔgəst 2005 ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ˈprɑməst ðət ɪf wi geɪv ðɛm 10 deɪz, ðeɪ wʊd brɪŋ ðə ˈprɪzən ˈɪntu kəmˈplaɪəns wɪθ ðə ʤəˈnivə kənˈvɛnʃənz. ðeɪ sɛd ðɪs hæd bɪn əˈpruvd baɪ ˈdɑnəld ˈrəmzˌfɛld hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˌdiˈsi. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðiz ˈprɑməsəz, wi əˈgrid tɪ ɛnd ðə straɪk ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 28 ɪt ɪz naʊ ˈɔgəst 11 ðeɪ hæv bɪˈtreɪd ɑr trəst (əˈgɛn). ˈhɪʃəm frəm ˌtuˈniʒə wɑz ˈsævɪʤli ˈbitən ɪn hɪz ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən ənd ðeɪ ˈpəblɪkli dɛzəˈkreɪtɪd ðə (əˈgɛn). sɑd frəm kuˈweɪt wɑz [səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ðə ɪkˈstrim riˈækʃən fɔrs] fər rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ goʊ (əˈgɛn) tɪ ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən bɪˈkəz ðə ˈfiˌmeɪl ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtər hæd ˈsɛkʃuəli hjuˈmɪliˌeɪtɪd ɪm (əˈgɛn) fər 5 aʊərz ˈðɛrˌfɔr, ðə straɪk məst bɪˈgɪn ʧɑrʤd wɪθ kənˈspɪrəsi ˈɛdət tɛn ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəli ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz wər kənˈvind ɪn ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈtərmənəl ˈbɪldɪŋ əv ðə ˈɛrˌfild ɔn ðə gˌwɑnˈtɑnəˌmoʊ ˈneɪvəl ˈbeɪsəz ˈistərn pəˈnɪnsələ. ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt plænd tɪ haʊs əp tɪ 80 əv ðə nu kənˈgrɛʃənəli ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz ɪn ə 12 ˈmɪljən tɛnt ˈsɪti. ɔn 7 noʊˈvɛmbər 2005 moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz ʧɑrʤd baɪ ə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃən æt gˌwɑnˈtɑnəˌmoʊ wɪθ kənˈspɪrəsi. ðə kəmˈpleɪnt əˈlɛʤɪz ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz treɪnd ɪn ˈkɑbʊl tɪ bɪld ˈdərti bɑmz (ˈwɛpənz kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ kənˈvɛnʃənəl ɪkˈsploʊsɪvz wɪθ ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv məˈtɪriəl ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ bi dɪˈspərst ˈoʊvər ə lɑrʤ ˈɛriə). əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə kəmˈpleɪnt, hi "wɑz ˈplænɪŋ ˈtɛrər əˈtæks əˈgɛnst əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd wɑz ərˈɛstɪd æt ən ˈɛrˌpɔrt ɪn ˈpækɪˌstæn, əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ goʊ tɪ ˈləndən waɪl ˈjuzɪŋ ə fɔrʤd æt ðə stɑrt əv hɪz ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃən, moʊˈhɑmɛd ʧoʊz tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt hɪmˈsɛlf. hi ˈproʊˌtɛstəd əˈgɛnst ðə kəˈmɪʃənz, ənd sɛd hi wɑz nɑt ðə ˈpərsən ʧɑrʤd bɪˈkəz ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən hæd spɛld hɪz neɪm ˌɪnkərˈɛktli. hi hɛld əp ə saɪn "kɑn ˈmɪʃən" ənd ˈsteɪtɪd: "ðɪs ɪz nɑt ə kəˈmɪʃən, ɪts ə kɑn ˈmɪʃən, ɪts ə ˈmɪʃən tɪ kɑn ðə ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts səˈprim kɔrt ruld ɪn ˈhæmdən vi. ˈrəmzˌfɛld ðət ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt lækt ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl əˈθɔrəti tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈfɛdərəl ənd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈʤəstɪs ˈsɪstəmz, ənd ðeɪ wər ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃən wɑz ˈhɔltɪd. ɪn leɪt 2008 ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv dɪˈfɛns (dod*) faɪld nu ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈæftər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈkɑŋgrəs nu ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz ˈəndər ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz ækt əv 2006 tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðə səˈprim kɔrt ˈrulɪŋ. ɔn 21 ɑkˈtoʊbər 2008 ˈsuzən ʤeɪ. ˈkrɔfərd, ðə əˈfɪʃəl ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə ˈɔfəs əv ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmɪʃənz, əˈnaʊnst ðət ˈʧɑrʤɪz wər drɑpt əˈgɛnst moʊˈhɑmɛd ənd fɔr ˈəðər ˈkæptɪvz, æl qahtani*, æl sharbi*, barhoumi*, ənd ˈkɛrəl ʤeɪ. ˈwɪljəmz, ˈraɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs taɪmz, ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ɔl faɪv mɛn hæd bɪn kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ˈæbu wən əv ðə θri ˈkæptɪvz ðə siaɪeɪ həz ækˈnɑlɪʤd wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl tɛkˈnik noʊn ɛz waterboarding*. ˈwɪljəmz kˈwoʊtɪd ðə mɛnz əˈtərniz, hu ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ðə faɪv mɛn wʊd bi wɪˈθɪn ˈθərˌdi ðeɪ toʊld ˈwɪljəmz ðət "ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz kɔld ðə muv prəˈsiʤərəl", ənd əˈtrɪbjətəd ɪt tɪ ðə ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən əv ˈfɛloʊ ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər ˈdɛrəl, hu rɪˈzaɪnd ɔn ˈɛθɪkəl graʊnz. ˈwɪljəmz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət klaɪv ˈstæfərd smɪθ ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪd ðət ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃənz ˈdrɑpɪŋ əv ðə ˈʧɑrʤɪz, ənd plænz tɪ ˈʧɑrʤɪz ˈleɪtər, wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈkaʊntər ənd dɪˈsɑrm ðə ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni wɑz ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd tɪ ˈɔfər ðət ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən hæd wɪθˈhɛld ˌɛkˈskəlpəˌtɔri ˈɛvədəns. ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əv əˈbjusɪv ˌɪnˌkɑrsərˈeɪʃən ənd kəmˈplɪsɪti ˈɛdət ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər 2005 ðə əv hɪz ˈlɔjərz noʊts pərˈmɪtɪd əˈdɪʃənəl kleɪmz əv əˈbjusɪv ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən tɪ bi meɪd hi sɛd ðət hi hæd bɪn trænˈspɔrtəd baɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ə blæk saɪt noʊn ɛz "ðə dɑrk ˈprɪzən" ɪn ˈkɑbʊl, wɛr ˈkæptɪvz wər ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli ʧeɪnd tɪ ðə wɔl, kɛpt ɪn ˈkɑnstənt ˈdɑrknəs, ənd wɑz səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ˈdɑktər. ənd "ðə ril slɪm ˈʃeɪdi" baɪ æt ɪkˈstrimli laʊd ˈlɛvəlz fər 20 əˈtərniz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət hi hæd bɪn səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ "ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri rɛnˈdɪʃən", ˈtrænsfərd tɪ mərˈɑkoʊ, wɛr hi wɑz ˈtɔrʧərd, ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðə siaɪeɪ ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən ˈsɛntərz ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, praɪər tɪ hɪz ˈtrænsfər tɪ ɪn ɔn 21 ʤun 2008 ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt hæd sɛnt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ klaɪv ˈstæfərd smɪθ, kənˈfərmɪŋ ðət ɪt hæd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv ɔn 28 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2008 hɪz ˈlɔjərz faɪld ə pəˈtɪʃən ɪn ə kɔrt tɪ kəmˈpɛl ðə ˈfɔrən ˈɔfəs tɪ tərn ˈoʊvər ðə ˈɛvədəns əv ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ faɪld ə pəˈtɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt fər ðə ˈrɛkərdz əv hɪz ˌɪˈligəl ɛr ˈtrænspɔrt ˈoʊvər ˈaɪərlənd. ɔn 21 ˈɔgəst 2008 ðə haɪ kɔrt əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm faʊnd ɪn ˈfeɪvər, ˈrulɪŋ ðət ðə ˈfɔrən ˈɔfəs ʃʊd dɪˈskloʊz ðɪs məˈtɪriəl. ðə ˈʤəʤɪz sɛd əv ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət ɪt wɑz "nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈnɛsəˌsɛri bət ɛˈsɛnʃəl fər hɪz ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts wər dɪˈskloʊzd tɪ ˈligəl ˈkaʊnsəl ɛz ˈɔrdərd, ðeɪ wər nɑt riˈlist tɪ ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ðə haɪ kɔrt ˈleɪtər faʊnd ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ðə ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ðə ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən əv ðiz ðə ˈrizənz ˈgɪvɪn wər ðət ˈivɪn ɪf ɪt wɑz ənˈriznəbəl fər ɪt tɪ əˈfɛkt ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl riˈleɪʃənz ɪf ðə ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri θɔt ɪt wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ hɑrm ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ɪt wʊd nɑt bi ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2009 ˈsiˌbiˈsi nuz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd hæd dɪˈskraɪbd biɪŋ wɔrnd tɪ kˈwɑpərˌeɪt baɪ tu ˈwɪmən, hu ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz iʧ ˈwʊmən hæd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd hərˈsɛlf ɛz ə intervener*, hu wɔrnd moʊˈhɑmɛd ðət ʃi θɔt hi ʃʊd co-operate*. iʧ səˈʤɛstɪd hi ʃʊd ˈænsər ðə əˈmɛrɪkənz' kˈwɛsʧənz ˈfʊli, ər hi wɑz ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ˈtɔrʧərd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsiˌbiˈsi rɪˈpɔrt, ˈkænədə hæd ən ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ ˈɑbʤɛkt ɪf ɪt dɪˈtərmənd ðət ðə əˈmɛrɪkənz hæd ˈfɔlsli ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ˈjuˈɛs sɪˈkjʊrəti əˈfɪʃəlz ɛz kəˈneɪdiənz, ɛz ə plɔɪ tɪ trɪk moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈɪntu kənˈfɛsɪŋ. ˈbrɪtɪʃ rɪkˈwɛst fər riˈlis əv ˈligəl ˈrɛzɪdənts ˈɛdət ɔn 7 ˈɔgəst 2007 ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈdeɪvɪd rɪkˈwɛstɪd ðət ðə ˈjuˈɛs riˈlis moʊˈhɑmɛd ənd fɔr ˈəðər dɪˌteɪˈniz, ɔl əv hum hæd bɪn ˈgrænɪd ˈrɛfjuʤi ˈstætəs ər ˈəðər ˈligəl raɪt tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm, praɪər tɪ ðɛr ˈkæpʧər baɪ ˈjuˈɛs ˈpriviəsli, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt hæd ˈoʊnli sɔt ðə riˈlis əv ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈsɪtɪzənz, nɑt ˈrɛzɪdənts. ˈsɪvəl sut ˈɛdət ɔn 1 ˈɔgəst 2007 moʊˈhɑmɛd ʤɔɪnd ə ˈsɪvəl sut faɪld wɪθ ðə əˈsɪstəns əv ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz ˈjunjən ˈəndər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts' ˈeɪliən tɔrt ˈstæʧut əˈgɛnst ˈʤɛpizən dataplan*, wɪʧ hæd ˈɑpərˌeɪtəd ðə pleɪnz ðət ˈkɛrid ɪm ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ðə dɪˈfɛndənt ɪn ðə keɪs wɑz ə boʊɪŋ səbˈsɪdiˌɛri əˈkjuzd əv ərˈeɪnʤɪŋ ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri rɛnˈdɪʃən flaɪts fər ðə siaɪeɪ. moʊˈhɑmɛd hæd ə ʤɔɪnt ˈlɔˌsut wɪθ fɔr ˈəðər ˈpleɪnɪfs: ˈbɪʃər al-rawi*, əˈbu britel*, ˈɑmɛd agiza*, ənd moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈɑmɑd bashmilah*. əkˈsɛptɪŋ ðə ˈɑrgjəmənt əv ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ðət ˈhirɪŋ ðə keɪs wʊd dɪˈvəlʤ steɪt ˈsikrɪts, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts kɔrt əv əˈpilz fər ðə naɪnθ ˈsərkət dɪsˈmɪst ðə ˈlɔˌsut ɔn 8 sɛpˈtɛmbər riˈlis ˈɛdət ɔn 7 ˈɔgəst 2007 ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ˈgəvərnmənt rɪkˈwɛstɪd ðə riˈlis əv moʊˈhɑmɛd ənd fɔr ˈəðər, mɛn hu hæd bɪn ˈligəl ˈbrɪtɪʃ hi wɑz nɑt riˈlist ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənd ɪn ʤun 2008 ðə juz. ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈnaʊnst ðeɪ wər ˈfɔrməli ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ ɪm. ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr, hi wɛnt ɔn ə ˈhəŋgər straɪk tɪ ˈproʊˌtɛst hɪz kənˈtɪnjud dɪˈtɛnʃən. ɔn 16 ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2009 ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd hæd toʊld hɪz ˈlɔjərz hi hæd bɪn toʊld tɪ priˈpɛr fər rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt kˈwoʊtɪd ə ˈrisəntli dɪˈklæsəˌfaɪd noʊt frəm moʊˈhɑmɛd: "ɪt həz kəm tɪ maɪ əˈtɛnʃən θru ˈsɛvərəl rɪˈlaɪəbəl ˈsɔrsəz ðət maɪ riˈlis frəm tɪ ðə hæd bɪn ˈɔrdərd ˈsɛvərəl wiks əˈgoʊ. ɪt ɪz ə kruəl ˈtæktɪk əv dɪˈleɪ tɪ səˈspɛnd maɪ ˈtrævəl tɪl ðə læst deɪz əv ðɪs [bʊʃ] ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən waɪl aɪ ʃʊd hæv bɪn hoʊm ə lɔŋ taɪm ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ʤɑn snoʊ əv ˈʧænəl 4 nuz ɔn 9 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2009 əˈsaɪnd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri dɪˈfɛns ˈlɔjər, ˌɪˈvɑn ˈbrædli, əˈsərtəd ðət ðɛr wɑz noʊ daʊt ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd hæd bɪn ˈtɔrʧərd, ənd ðət ˈbrɪtən ənd ðə ˈjuˈɛs wər kəmˈplɪsət ɪn hɪz ˈbrædli ˈsəbsəkwəntli tʊk əp hɪz keɪs dɪˈrɛkli wɪθ ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈdeɪvɪd ɔn 11 ˈfɛbruˌɛri əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈæʤəns fræns prɛs, moʊˈhɑmɛd hæd bɪn ɔn ə ˈhəŋgər straɪk bət hæd stɑpt ɔn 5 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2009 wɪn hɪz ˈlɔjərz ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ɪm hi kʊd sun ɪkˈspɛkt ˈtrænsfər tɪ ðə hi wɑz ˈvɪzɪtɪd ɔn 14 ənd 15 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2009 baɪ ə ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən əv əˈfɪʃəlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈdɔktər hu kənˈfərmd hi wɑz ˈhɛlθi ɪˈnəf tɪ bi floʊn bæk tɪ ˈɪŋglənd. ɔn 23 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2009 ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈsɛvən jɪrz ˈæftər hɪz ərˈɛst, moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz riˈpeɪtriˌeɪtɪd frəm tɪ ðə, wɛr hi wɑz riˈlist ˈæftər ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv kəˈluʒən ˈɛdət tu wiks ˈæftər riˈlis, ðə ˌbibiˈsi ˈpəblɪʃt kleɪmz ðət ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ dəˈmɛstɪk sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsərvɪs hæd kəˈludɪd wɪθ hɪz ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtərz. ðeɪ prəˈvaɪdɪd spɪˈsɪfɪk kˈwɛsʧənz ənd hɪz rɪˈspɑnsɪz lɛd tɪ hɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ fɔls kənˈfɛʃənz əv ˈtɛrərɪst ækˈtɪvɪtiz. ɪn ə fərst ˈmɛˌmoʊ, ən ˈeɪʤənt æst fər ə neɪm tɪ bi pʊt tɪ moʊˈhɑmɛd ənd fər ɪm tɪ bi kˈwɛsʧənd ˈfərðər əˈbaʊt ðət ˈpərsən. ə ˈsɛkənd ˈtɛləˌgræm kənˈsərnd əˈnəðər ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən. ðə ˈligəl ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən riˈpriv, wɪʧ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts moʊˈhɑmɛd, sɛd ɪts klaɪənt wɑz ʃoʊn ðə ˈtɛləˌgræmz baɪ hɪz ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈlɔjər ˌɪˈvɑn ˈbrædli. waɪl ðə kleɪmz əv kəˈluʒən wər biɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt, ðə ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈʤəstɪs ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, ˈdɑmənɪk griv, kɔld fər ə ʤuˈdɪʃəl ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri ˈɪntu ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ənd fər ðə ˈmætər tɪ bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ðə pəˈlis. chakrabarti*, dɪˈrɛktər əv kæmˈpeɪn grup ˈlɪbərˌti sɛd: "ðiz ər mɔr ðən ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ðiz ər ˈpisɪz əv ə ˈpəzəl ðət ər biɪŋ pʊt təˈgɛðər. ɪt meɪks ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ˈkrɪmənəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ˌæbsəˈlutli ɔn 12 mɑrʧ 2009 ɪn ən pis ɪn ðə ˈgɑrdiən, ðə ˈænəlɪst ˈtɪməθi ˈgɑrtən æʃ kɔld fər kleɪmz əv ˈtɔrʧər ənd kəˈluʒən tɪ bi rɪˈfərd tɪ ðə dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈpəblɪk ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃənz. hi sɛd ðət ˈɛni ˈəðər dɪˈsɪʒən "wɪl ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli bi ˌɪnˈtərprətəd ɛz ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ɔn 10 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2010 ðə kɔrt əv əˈpil ruld ðət məˈtɪriəl hɛld baɪ ðə ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri məst bi rɪˈvild. nu ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd, ðə ˈfɔrmər gˌwɑnˈtɑnəˌmoʊ ˌditeɪˈni, wɑz biɪŋ ˈtɔrʧərd baɪ ðə siaɪeɪ, ə kɔrt əv əˈpil ˈʤəʤmənt həz rɪˈvild." ðə kɔrt əˈpɪnjən ˈnoʊtɪd: ...kruəl, ˌɪnˈhjumən ənd dɪˈgreɪdɪŋ ˈtritmənt baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əˈθɔrətiz. ðə ˈtritmənt ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ɪf hæd bɪn ədˈmɪnɪstərd ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm, wʊd ˈklɪrli hæv bɪn ɪn briʧ əv ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkɪŋz ˈgɪvɪn baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ɪn 1972 [ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛn kənˈvɛnʃən ɔn ˈtɔrʧər]. kəmˈbaɪnd wɪθ ðə slip ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən, θrɛts ənd ˌɪnˈdusmənts wər meɪd tɪ ɪm. hɪz fɪrz əv biɪŋ riˈmuvd frəm juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈkəstədi ənd ‘‘disappearing’*’ wər pleɪd ðə ˈfɔrmər dɪˌteɪˈniz' sut əˈgɛnst ðə ˈgəvərnmənt fər ðə kəˈluʒən əv ənd ɪn ðə ənˈlɔfəl ˈtritmənt baɪ ðə siaɪeɪ, wɑz ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli traɪd ɪn 2009 dɪˈspaɪt əˈtɛmpts baɪ ðə ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, ˈdeɪvɪd, tɪ səˈprɛs ˈɛvədəns ɔn ðə graʊnz ðət səʧ dɪˈskloʊʒər wʊd hɑrm ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti, ðə ˈgəvərnmənt lɔst ðə keɪs ɪn ðə haɪ ɔn 14 dɪˈsɛmbər 2009 əˈpild əˈgɛnst sɪks haɪ kɔrt ˈrulɪŋz ðət siaɪeɪ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ˈtritmənt, ənd wət ənd nu əˈbaʊt ɪt, məst bi dɪˈskloʊzd. ɪn ən ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd keɪs, ˈkaʊnsəl fər ðə ˈgɑrdiən ənd ˈəðər ˈmidiə ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz, moʊˈhɑmɛd ənd tu ˈsɪvəl raɪts grups, ˈlɪbərˌti ənd ˈʤəstɪs, ˈɑrgjud ðət ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn dɪˈskloʊzɪŋ ðə roʊl pleɪd baɪ ˈbrɪtɪʃ ənd ˈjuˈɛs ˈeɪʤənsiz ɪn ənˈlɔfəl ækˈtɪvɪtiz fɑr aʊtˈweɪd ˈɛni kleɪm əˈbaʊt pəˈtɛnʃəl θrɛts tɪ ˈnæʃənəl ɔn 20 dɪˈsɛmbər 2009 ə juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ʤəʤ, ˈglædɪs ˈkɛslər, faʊnd ðət ðɛr wɑz "ˈkrɛdəbəl" ˈɛvədəns ðət ə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈrɛzɪdənt wɑz ˈtɔrʧərd waɪl biɪŋ dɪˈteɪnd ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt. hər ˈfɔrmərli ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ˈligəl əˈpɪnjən, əbˈteɪnd baɪ ðə əbˈzərvər, ˈrɛkərdz ðət ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt dɪz nɑt dɪˈspjut "ˈkrɛdəbəl" ˈɛvədəns ðət moʊˈhɑmɛd hæd bɪn ˈtɔrʧərd waɪl biɪŋ hɛld æt ɪts ɔn 27 ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2010 ðə ˈgɑrdiən ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət "juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz ˈjumən raɪts ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz hæd kənˈkludɪd ðət ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt hæd bɪn kəmˈplɪsət ɪn ðə mɪˈstritmənt ənd ˈpɑsəbəl ˈtɔrʧər əv ˈsɛvərəl əv ɪts oʊn ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 'wɔr ɔn ˈtɛrər'". əˈməŋ ˈlɪstɪd ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈɔθərz kənˈkludɪd ðət ə steɪt həz bɪn kəmˈplɪsət ɪn ˈsikrɪt dɪˈtɛnʃən, ðeɪ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt "ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ɪn ðə ˈkeɪsɪz əv ˈsɛvərəl ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɔn 10 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2010 θri kɔrt əv əˈpil ˈʤəʤɪz ˈɔrdərd ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ rɪˈvil ˈɛvədəns əv ənd kəmˈplɪsɪti ɪn ðə ˈtɔrʧər əv moʊˈhɑmɛd, ˈoʊvərˌrulɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, ˈdeɪvɪd ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈhaɪli ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈmidiə ˈkəvərɪʤ əv ðə ˈtɔrʧər, ˈælən ˈʤɑnsən, ðə hoʊm ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri, ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðət ðiz wər "ˈbeɪsləs, ˈgraʊndləs hi dɪˈnaɪd ðət ˈgəvərnmənt ˈlɔjərz hæd fɔrst ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri tɪ ˈwɔtər daʊn ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv dɪˈspaɪt ən ˈərliər dræft ˈrulɪŋ baɪ lɔrd ˈnubərgər, ðə ˈmæstər əv ðə roʊlz, ðət ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsərvɪs hæd feɪld tɪ rɪˈspɛkt ˈjumən raɪts, hæd dɪˈlɪbərətli mɪsˈlɛd ˈpɑrləmɛnt, ənd hæd ə "ˈkəlʧər əv səˈprɛʃən" ðət ˌəndərˈmaɪnd ˈgəvərnmənt əˈʃʊrəntsɪz əˈbaʊt ɪts əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst, ðə kɔrt ˈɔrdər ˈfɔrsɪŋ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ ˈpəblɪʃ ˈsikrɪt ˈmɛmoʊz ðət ɪt rɪˈsivd frəm ˈjuˈɛs ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns əˈfɪʃəlz wɪl fˈjuʧər ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst kˈwoʊtɪd "waɪt haʊs əˈfɪʃəlz" ɔn 10 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2010 hu sɛd ðə ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən: "wɪl ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪt ðə ˌkɑnfəˌdɛnʃiˈæləti əv ɑr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp". əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈgɑrdiən, ən əˈnɑnəməs waɪt haʊs əˈfɪʃəl toʊld ðɛm: "ðə kɔrt dɪˈsɪʒən wʊd nɑt prəˈvoʊk ə brɔd ˌrivˈju əv ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns liˈeɪˌzɑn bɪtˈwin ˈbrɪtən ənd ðə ˈjuˈɛs bɪˈkəz ðə nid fər kloʊz wɑz ˈgreɪtər naʊ ðən ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2010 moʊˈhɑmɛd rɪˈsivd ən ˌəndɪˈskloʊzd səm ɛz ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən frəm ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt ɛz pɑrt əv ə ˈsɛtəlmənt əv ə ˈnəmbər əv suts əˈgɛnst ðə ˈgəvərnmənt fər kəˈluʒən baɪ ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən ɪn ˈəðər ˈmidiə ˈɛdət keɪs wɑz ˈfiʧərd ɪn ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri rɛnˈdɪʃən, ə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri baɪ pərˈdəkʃənz.[ saɪˈteɪʃən ˈnidɪd si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət səˈspɛktɪd ˈsikrɪt ˈtɔrʧər ˈsɛntərz ɪn mərˈɑkoʊ wɛr moʊˈhɑmɛd wɑz hɛld: ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˈɛdət ˈfərðər ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈɛdət
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scp-2837
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object class: safe
special containment procedures: all instances of are to be kept at separate sites. no instances are allowed to be at the same site for any period of time without the consensus of both the lead researchers on and the site director.
scp-2837-1 is kept at site 17, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 4 m x 4 m x 4m.-2 is kept at site 24, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 60 m x 60 m x 60 m.-3 is kept at site 37, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 15 m x 15 m x 15 m.-4 is kept at site 50, suspended in the center of a cell measuring 35 m x 35 m x 35 m. all containment cells are to have access doors located only in one of the upper corners of the chamber, with a walkway extending to the center of the room, allowing access to the instance.
by preference, only robots are allowed to enter the range of effect of an instance. in the rare event that direct human exposure is required, only personnel are to be used.
scp-2837 instances present a null probability of active containment breach. if accessed or moved by an outside force or individual, follow standard protocols for neutralizing the outside agent.
description: consists of a set of 4 perfect platonic solids composed of different unidentified indestructible substances. the edges of each instance are in length. each instance is surrounded by an anomalous region of space centered on it, within which the laws of physics are altered such that all matter consists of mixtures of 4 indivisible particles, described below, and the laws of and motion are greatly simplified. normal molecular structures are replaced by simple structures composed of these particles, which interact in a manner sufficient to mimic those of standard molecules. the action by which this mimicry works is poorly understood.
scp-2837-1 is a tetrahedron composed of a uniform red (wavelength 700 nm) substance. its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of m. all exothermic reactions occurring within this volume produce approximately 50% more thermal energy than they do outside the affected region. inside the affected region, all thermal and electrodynamic energetic processes are facilitated by the transfer of tetrahedral particles. purely thermal or electric discharges are composed exclusively of these particles, in varying concentrations and luminosities.
scp-2837-2 is a cube composed of a uniform green (wavelength 549 nm) substance. its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of m. within the affected region, the force of gravity is normalized such that all objects within it experience m/ of acceleration towards the center of the earth, regardless of the distance from the earth. a continuous flow of particles extends from all solid objects towards the center of the earth. additionally, any magnetized objects form similar, less intense flows with ferromagnetic objects within the affected region. all solid matter contains high concentrations of these particles, with elemental iron being formed exclusively of them.
scp-2837-3 is an octahedron composed of a uniform yellow (wavelength 570 nm) substance. its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of m. creatures report a greater clarity of thought and ease of thinking within the affected region and perform, on average, 15% higher on standardized measures of intelligence and achievement than they do outside the region. dense clouds of octahedral particles surround all living brain tissue within the affected region, with density operating according to the law. additionally, all objects that contain or transmit coherent information are accompanied by similar, but less dense, clouds of these particles. all gases within the effective range are rendered uniform and and are composed exclusively of these particles.
scp-2837-4 is an composed of a uniform blue (wavelength 446 nm) substance. its range of effect is a sphere with a radius of m. all coefficients of friction are reduced by approximately half within the affected region. additionally, all mechanical or kinetic processes are facilitated by the transfer or action of particles. all liquids are composed primarily of these particles, with purified water being composed exclusively of them.
when two or more instances are within of each other, the affected region becomes a perfect sphere with center at the of the placement of the instances. the radius of the sphere is equal to the sum of the of the spheres surrounding each included instance. the effects of each instance are active throughout the entirety of the new volume. experimentation has determined that biological processes that occur within this collective region operate at approximately% efficiency, depending on the complexity of the organism. notably, microscopic organisms die immediately upon entering this region. all biological matter that expires within the region rapidly decays into disorganized of the four particle types, which gradually stratify over time.
scp-2837 was discovered in 1847 within a sealed, underground roman tomb located in turkey by the royal society for the study of curiosities and peculiarities, a foundation precursor. the tomb has since been destroyed by regional conflicts, but etchings and drawings made at the time of discovery indicate that the entry door and interior of the tomb were covered in bas-relief carvings and depicting a previously unknown mystery cult devoted to the roman god orcus. several of the drawings indicate that the cultists considered to be a gift from orcus, intended to purify the world in preparation for his return to the surface world. notes from the archaeologists responsible for the finding indicate the tomb was sealed by order of an official entitled the "curator arcanorum", or superintendent of secrets.
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scp-2837* ˈaɪtəm ˈɑbʤɛkt klæs: seɪf ˈspɛʃəl kənˈteɪnmənt prəˈsiʤərz: ɔl ˈɪnstənsɪz əv ər tɪ bi kɛpt æt ˈsɛpərˌeɪt saɪts. noʊ ˈɪnstənsɪz ər əˈlaʊd tɪ bi æt ðə seɪm saɪt fər ˈɛni ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm wɪˈθaʊt ðə kənˈsɛnsəs əv boʊθ ðə lɛd ˈrisərʧərz ɔn ənd ðə saɪt dɪˈrɛktər. ɪz kɛpt æt saɪt 17 səˈspɛndɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv ə sɛl ˈmɛʒərɪŋ 4 ɛm ɛks 4 ɛm ɛks 4m*. ɪz kɛpt æt saɪt 24 səˈspɛndɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv ə sɛl ˈmɛʒərɪŋ 60 ɛm ɛks 60 ɛm ɛks 60 ɛm. ɪz kɛpt æt saɪt 37 səˈspɛndɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv ə sɛl ˈmɛʒərɪŋ 15 ɛm ɛks 15 ɛm ɛks 15 ɛm. ɪz kɛpt æt saɪt 50 səˈspɛndɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv ə sɛl ˈmɛʒərɪŋ 35 ɛm ɛks 35 ɛm ɛks 35 ɛm. ɔl kənˈteɪnmənt sɛlz ər tɪ hæv ˈækˌsɛs dɔrz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ˈoʊnli ɪn wən əv ðə ˈəpər ˈkɔrnərz əv ðə ˈʧeɪmbər, wɪθ ə ˈwɔkˌweɪ ɪkˈstɛndɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə rum, əˈlaʊɪŋ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈɪnstəns. baɪ ˈprɛfərəns, ˈoʊnli ˈroʊˌbəts ər əˈlaʊd tɪ ˈɛnər ðə reɪnʤ əv ˈifɛkt əv ən ˈɪnstəns. ɪn ðə rɛr ɪˈvɛnt ðət dɪˈrɛkt ˈjumən ɪkˈspoʊʒər ɪz rikˈwaɪərd, ˈoʊnli ˌpərsəˈnɛl ər tɪ bi juzd. ˈɪnstənsɪz ˈprɛzənt ə nəl ˌprɑbəˈbɪləˌti əv ˈæktɪv kənˈteɪnmənt briʧ. ɪf ˈækˌsɛst ər muvd baɪ ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd fɔrs ər ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl, ˈfɑloʊ ˈstændərd ˈproʊtəˌkɔlz fər ˈnutrəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈeɪʤənt. dɪˈskrɪpʃən: kənˈsɪsts əv ə sɛt əv 4 ˈpərˌfɪkt pləˈtɑnɪk ˈsɑlədz kəmˈpoʊzd əv ˈdɪfərənt ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˌɪndəˈstrəktɪbəl ˈsəbstənsɪz. ðə ˈɛʤɪz əv iʧ ˈɪnstəns ər ɪn lɛŋθ. iʧ ˈɪnstəns ɪz sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ən əˈnɑmələs ˈriʤən əv speɪs ˈsɛntərd ɔn ɪt, wɪˈθɪn wɪʧ ðə lɔz əv ˈfɪzɪks ər ˈɔltərd səʧ ðət ɔl ˈmætər kənˈsɪsts əv ˈmɪksʧərz əv 4 ˌɪndɪˈvɪsɪbəl ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, dɪˈskraɪbd bɪˈloʊ, ənd ðə lɔz əv ənd ˈmoʊʃən ər ˈgreɪtli ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪd. ˈnɔrməl məˈlɛkjələr ˈstrəkʧərz ər ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ ˈsɪmpəl ˈstrəkʧərz kəmˈpoʊzd əv ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, wɪʧ ˌɪnərˈækt ɪn ə ˈmænər səˈfɪʃənt tɪ ˈmɪmɪk ðoʊz əv ˈstændərd ˈmɑləˌkjulz. ðə ˈækʃən baɪ wɪʧ ðɪs ˈmɪmɪkri wərks ɪz ˈpurli ˌəndərˈstʊd. ɪz ə ˌtɛtrəˈhidrən kəmˈpoʊzd əv ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm rɛd (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ 700 nm*) ˈsəbstəns. ɪts reɪnʤ əv ˈifɛkt ɪz ə sfɪr wɪθ ə ˈreɪdiəs əv ɛm. ɔl ˌɛksoʊˈθərmɪk riˈækʃənz əˈkərɪŋ wɪˈθɪn ðɪs ˈvɑljum ˈproʊdus əˈprɑksəmətli 50 mɔr ˈθərməl ˈɛnərʤi ðən ðeɪ du ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən. ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən, ɔl ˈθərməl ənd ˌɪˌlɛktroʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk ˌɛnərˈʤɛtɪk ˈprɑsɛsəz ər fəˈsɪləˌteɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈtrænsfər əv ˌtɛtrəˈhidrəl ˈpɑrtɪkəlz. ˈpjʊrli ˈθərməl ər ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈdɪsˌʧɑrʤəz ər kəmˈpoʊzd ɪkˈsklusɪvli əv ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, ɪn ˈvɛriɪŋ ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃənz ənd luminosities*. ɪz ə kjub kəmˈpoʊzd əv ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm grin (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ 549 nm*) ˈsəbstəns. ɪts reɪnʤ əv ˈifɛkt ɪz ə sfɪr wɪθ ə ˈreɪdiəs əv ɛm. wɪˈθɪn ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən, ðə fɔrs əv ˈgrævɪti ɪz ˈnɔrməˌlaɪzd səʧ ðət ɔl ˈɑbʤɛkts wɪˈθɪn ɪt ɪkˈspɪriəns ɛm/ əv ˌækˌsɛlərˈeɪʃən təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə ərθ, rəˈgɑrdləs əv ðə ˈdɪstəns frəm ðə ərθ. ə kənˈtɪnjuəs floʊ əv ˈpɑrtɪkəlz ɪkˈstɛndz frəm ɔl ˈsɑləd ˈɑbʤɛkts təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə ərθ. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, ˈɛni ˈmægnɪˌtaɪzd ˈɑbʤɛkts fɔrm ˈsɪmələr, lɛs ˌɪnˈtɛns floʊz wɪθ ˌfɛroʊˌmægˈnɛtɪk ˈɑbʤɛkts wɪˈθɪn ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən. ɔl ˈsɑləd ˈmætər kənˈteɪnz haɪ ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃənz əv ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, wɪθ ˌɛləˈmɛnəl aɪərn biɪŋ fɔrmd ɪkˈsklusɪvli əv ðɛm. ɪz ən ˌɑktəˈhidrən kəmˈpoʊzd əv ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm ˈjɛloʊ (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ 570 nm*) ˈsəbstəns. ɪts reɪnʤ əv ˈifɛkt ɪz ə sfɪr wɪθ ə ˈreɪdiəs əv ɛm. ˈkriʧərz rɪˈpɔrt ə ˈgreɪtər ˈklɛrɪti əv θɔt ənd iz əv ˈθɪŋkɪŋ wɪˈθɪn ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən ənd pərˈfɔrm, ɔn ˈævərɪʤ, 15 haɪər ɔn ˈstændərˌdaɪzd ˈmɛʒərz əv ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ənd əˈʧivmənt ðən ðeɪ du ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈriʤən. dɛns klaʊdz əv ˌɑktəˈhidrəl ˈpɑrtɪkəlz səraʊnd ɔl ˈlɪvɪŋ breɪn ˈtɪʃu wɪˈθɪn ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən, wɪθ ˈdɛnsɪti ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə lɔ. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, ɔl ˈɑbʤɛkts ðət kənˈteɪn ər trænzˈmɪt koʊˈhɪrənt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ər əˈkəmpənid baɪ ˈsɪmələr, bət lɛs dɛns, klaʊdz əv ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz. ɔl ˈgæsɪz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈifɛktɪv reɪnʤ ər ˈrɛndərd ˈjunəˌfɔrm ənd ənd ər kəmˈpoʊzd ɪkˈsklusɪvli əv ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz. ɪz ən kəmˈpoʊzd əv ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm blu (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ 446 nm*) ˈsəbstəns. ɪts reɪnʤ əv ˈifɛkt ɪz ə sfɪr wɪθ ə ˈreɪdiəs əv ɛm. ɔl ˌkoʊəˈfɪʃənts əv ˈfrɪkʃən ər rɪˈdust baɪ əˈprɑksəmətli hæf wɪˈθɪn ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, ɔl məˈkænɪkəl ər kɪˈnɛtɪk ˈprɑsɛsəz ər fəˈsɪləˌteɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈtrænsfər ər ˈækʃən əv ˈpɑrtɪkəlz. ɔl ˈlɪkwɪdz ər kəmˈpoʊzd praɪˈmɛrəli əv ðiz ˈpɑrtɪkəlz, wɪθ ˈpjʊrəˌfaɪd ˈwɔtər biɪŋ kəmˈpoʊzd ɪkˈsklusɪvli əv ðɛm. wɪn tu ər mɔr ˈɪnstənsɪz ər wɪˈθɪn əv iʧ ˈəðər, ðə əˈfɛktɪd ˈriʤən bɪˈkəmz ə ˈpərˌfɪkt sfɪr wɪθ ˈsɛnər æt ðə əv ðə ˈpleɪsmənt əv ðə ˈɪnstənsɪz. ðə ˈreɪdiəs əv ðə sfɪr ɪz ˈikwəl tɪ ðə səm əv ðə əv ðə sfɪrz sərˈaʊndɪŋ iʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈɪnstəns. ðə ˈifɛkts əv iʧ ˈɪnstəns ər ˈæktɪv θruaʊt ðə ɪnˈtaɪərti əv ðə nu ˈvɑljum. ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən həz dɪˈtərmənd ðət ˌbaɪəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈprɑsɛsəz ðət əˈkər wɪˈθɪn ðɪs kəˈlɛktɪv ˈriʤən ˈɔpərˌeɪt æt əˈprɑksəmətli ɪˈfɪʃənsi, dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə kəmˈplɛksɪti əv ðə ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəm. ˈnoʊtəbli, ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz daɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli əˈpɑn ˈɛnərɪŋ ðɪs ˈriʤən. ɔl ˌbaɪəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈmætər ðət ɪkˈspaɪərz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈriʤən ˈræpədli dəˈkeɪz ˈɪntu dɪˈsɔrgəˌnaɪzd əv ðə fɔr ˈpɑrtɪkəl taɪps, wɪʧ ˈgræʤuəli ˈstrætəˌfaɪ ˈoʊvər taɪm. wɑz dɪˈskəvərd ɪn 1847 wɪˈθɪn ə sild, ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈroʊmən tum ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ˈtərki baɪ ðə rɔɪəl soʊˈsaɪɪti fər ðə ˈstədi əv ˌkjʊriˈɑsətiz ənd pɪˌkjuliˈɛrətiz, ə faʊnˈdeɪʃən priˈkərsər. ðə tum həz sɪns bɪn dɪˈstrɔɪd baɪ ˈriʤənəl ˈkɑnflɪkts, bət ˈɛʧɪŋz ənd drɔɪŋz meɪd æt ðə taɪm əv ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət ðə ˈɛntri dɔr ənd ˌɪnˈtɪriər əv ðə tum wər ˈkəvərd ɪn ˈbɑsriˈlif ˈkɑrvɪŋz ənd dɪˈpɪktɪŋ ə ˈpriviəsli ənˈnoʊn ˈmɪstəri kəlt dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ ðə ˈroʊmən gɑd orcus*. ˈsɛvərəl əv ðə drɔɪŋz ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət ðə ˈkəltɪsts kənˈsɪdərd tɪ bi ə gɪft frəm orcus*, ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈpjʊrəˌfaɪ ðə wərld ɪn ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən fər hɪz rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə ˈsərfəs wərld. noʊts frəm ðə ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə ˈfaɪndɪŋ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðə tum wɑz sild baɪ ˈɔrdər əv ən əˈfɪʃəl ɛnˈtaɪtəld ðə "ˈkjʊrətər arcanorum*", ər ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt əv ˈsikrɪts.
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if we were aboard a sinking ship, and the captain boldly stated that to prevent submersion we must turn off the air conditioners, burn less oil, and start using light bulbs, it would be clear that the captain had truly lost his mind. president fixation on climate change as the most pressing issue facing the nation whilst experiencing a global conflagration of islamic extremist terrorism, should be seen no differently.
isis, contrary to the assertion, is not “contained,” and is spreading throughout the middle east, leaving a wake of beheadings, mass executions, and destruction. terrorists sympathetic to jihad are striking globally, including 130 innocent victims slain in paris two weeks ago, and now striking on our own soil in san bernardino this week. yet the president and his administration continue to appear impotent not only addressing the threats, but even acknowledging them for what they are.
instead, in conjunction with the paris climate conference this week, administration officials uttered these and non-sequiturs: “today, there is no greater threat to our planet than climate change.” “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.” “it is indeed one of the biggest threats facing our planet today.” “climate change is the threat multiplier.” “if another country threatened to wipe out an american town, do everything in our power to protect ourselves. climate change poses the same threat right now.”
and unsurprisingly, the mainstream media parrots the lunacy. cnn reported, “the recent terror attacks are tragic. and many lives will never be the same because of them. they should not be minimized. but climate change is another form of terror and one wreaking on ourselves.” so after the estimated 350 billion tons of emitted for the in paris, apparently to assume that safer from the threat of global jihad just because they the two issues. and if we ascribe validity to the premise, all 150 global leaders are now accomplices to global climatic terror by their carbon footprint to paris.
we have addressed this issue ad nauseam in the past, how the “science” behind purported anthropogenic climate change (aka “global warming,” until the earth quit warming 17 years ago), is not “settled.” the issue is a political one, not a scientific one, as recently by a nobel scientist who has been a supporter of obama.
dr. ivar, a physicist who won the nobel prize for physics, declared in july, “i would say that basically global warming is a non-problem.” after referencing declaration that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” said it was a “ridiculous statement.” he went on to say, “i say this to obama: excuse me, mr. president, but wrong. dead wrong,”
in 2009, was one of over 100 scientists who wrote a letter to the president that stated, “we the scientists, maintain that the case for alarm regarding climate change is grossly overstated.”
giaever says that the theory behind fears about rising carbon dioxide levels created by man “is not backed by evidence.” he said, “global warming really has become a new religion. because you cannot discuss it. not proper.”
clearly the nobel laureate is correct. the political left is wholly sold on the notion that carbon dioxide, the gas we exhale and that plants feed on, causes climate change. and to attempt to reason with them based on the actual evidence and logic, rather than the hyperbolic talking points of those with vested interests, especially those receiving government grants for their confirmation bias, is utterly futile.
the ideological fascism exercised from the left on climate change the possibility of diversity from their preconceived conclusions. discussions, regardless of logic and data, inexorably devolve to casting aspersions and adolescent name-calling. one is a “flat-earther” if one fails to embrace the highly doctored, exaggerated, and notion of man-made climate change.
yet interestingly, even among climate scientists, there is no “consensus,” and the% agree in man-made climate change” is bogus. the most recent polling of 6550 scientists working in climate related fields including climate physics, climate impact, and mitigation, was conducted by netherlands environment assessment agency. they found that only 43% agree with the premise that human activity is causal to global warming, or climate change.
obama’s attempt to conflate terrorism with climate change is entirely specious, and his preoccupation with faux man-made climate change is ideological, not scientific. there is no evidence that governmental intervention and regulation, however well intentioned, can alter climatic trends, for such an assumption is based upon an unsettled and unproven “scientific” premise.
when it comes to facing exogenous and valid threats to the nation, we truly need a commander in chief, not an meteorologist in chief.
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ɪf wi wər əˈbɔrd ə ˈsɪŋkɪŋ ʃɪp, ənd ðə ˈkæptən ˈboʊldli ˈsteɪtɪd ðət tɪ prɪˈvɛnt səbˈmərʒən wi məst tərn ɔf ðə ɛr kənˈdɪʃənərz, bərn lɛs ɔɪl, ənd stɑrt ˈjuzɪŋ laɪt bəlbz, ɪt wʊd bi klɪr ðət ðə ˈkæptən hæd ˈtruli lɔst hɪz maɪnd. ˈprɛzɪdənt fɪkˈseɪʃən ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɛz ðə moʊst ˈprɛsɪŋ ˈɪʃu ˈfeɪsɪŋ ðə ˈneɪʃən waɪlst ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ə ˈgloʊbəl ˌkɑnfləˈgreɪʃən əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ɪkˈstrimɪst ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm, ʃʊd bi sin noʊ ˈdɪfərˈɛntli. ˈaɪsəs, ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ ðə əˈsərʃən, ɪz nɑt ““contained,”*,” ənd ɪz ˈsprɛdɪŋ θruaʊt ðə ˈmɪdəl ist, ˈlivɪŋ ə weɪk əv bɪˈhɛdɪŋz, mæs ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənz, ənd dɪˈstrəkʃən. ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk tɪ ˈʤihɑd ər ˈstraɪkɪŋ ˈgloʊbəli, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ 130 ˈɪnəsənt ˈvɪktɪmz sleɪn ɪn ˈpɛrɪs tu wiks əˈgoʊ, ənd naʊ ˈstraɪkɪŋ ɔn ɑr oʊn sɔɪl ɪn sæn ˌbərnɑrˈdinoʊ ðɪs wik. jɛt ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd hɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən kənˈtɪnju tɪ əˈpɪr ˈɪmpətənt nɑt ˈoʊnli æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðə θrɛts, bət ˈivɪn ækˈnɑlɪʤɪŋ ðɛm fər wət ðeɪ ər. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ɪn kənˈʤəŋkʃən wɪθ ðə ˈpɛrɪs ˈklaɪmɪt ˈkɑnfərəns ðɪs wik, ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən əˈfɪʃəlz ˈətərd ðiz ənd ˈnɑnˈsɛkwɪtərz: ““today*, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈgreɪtər θrɛt tɪ ɑr ˈplænət ðən ˈklaɪmɪt change.”*.” ˈʧælənʤ ˈpoʊzɪz ə ˈgreɪtər θrɛt tɪ fˈjuʧər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz ðən ˈklaɪmɪt change.”*.” ɪz ˌɪnˈdid wən əv ðə ˈbɪgəst θrɛts ˈfeɪsɪŋ ɑr ˈplænət today.”*.” ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ðə θrɛt multiplier.”*.” əˈnəðər ˈkəntri θˈrɛtənd tɪ waɪp aʊt ən əˈmɛrɪkən taʊn, du ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪn ɑr paʊər tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɑrˈsɛlvz. ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ˈpoʊzɪz ðə seɪm θrɛt raɪt now.”*.” ənd ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ðə ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈmidiə ˈpɛrəts ðə ˈlunəsi. ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ˈrisənt ˈtɛrər əˈtæks ər ˈtræʤɪk. ənd ˈmɛni lɪvz wɪl ˈnɛvər bi ðə seɪm bɪˈkəz əv ðɛm. ðeɪ ʃʊd nɑt bi ˈmɪnəˌmaɪzd. bət ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz əˈnəðər fɔrm əv ˈtɛrər ənd wən ˈrikɪŋ ɔn ourselves.”*.” soʊ ˈæftər ðə ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd 350 ˈbɪljən tənz əv ɪˈmɪtɪd fər ðə ɪn ˈpɛrɪs, əˈpɛrəntli tɪ əˈsum ðət ˈseɪfər frəm ðə θrɛt əv ˈgloʊbəl ˈʤihɑd ʤɪst bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ðə tu ˈɪʃuz. ənd ɪf wi əˈskraɪb vəˈlɪdɪti tɪ ðə ˈprɛmɪs, ɔl 150 ˈgloʊbəl ˈlidərz ər naʊ əˈkɑmpləsəz tɪ ˈgloʊbəl klaɪˈmætɪk ˈtɛrər baɪ ðɛr ˈkɑrbən ˈfʊtˌprɪnt tɪ ˈpɛrɪs. wi hæv əˈdrɛst ðɪs ˈɪʃu æd ˈnaʊˌzim ɪn ðə pæst, haʊ ðə ““science”*” bɪˈhaɪnd pərˈpɔrtɪd ˌænθrəpəˈʤɛnɪk ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ (ˈɑkə warming,”*,” ənˈtɪl ðə ərθ kwɪt ˈwɔrmɪŋ 17 jɪrz əˈgoʊ), ɪz nɑt ““settled.”*.” ðə ˈɪʃu ɪz ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl wən, nɑt ə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk wən, ɛz ˈrisəntli baɪ ə noʊˈbɛl ˈsaɪəntɪst hu həz bɪn ə səˈpɔrtər əv ˌoʊˈbɑmə. ˈdɑktər. ˈɪvər, ə ˈfɪzɪsɪst hu wən ðə noʊˈbɛl praɪz fər ˈfɪzɪks, dɪˈklɛrd ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ, wʊd seɪ ðət ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ɪz ə non-problem.”*.” ˈæftər ˈrɛfərənsɪŋ ˌdɛklərˈeɪʃən ðət ˈʧælənʤ ˈpoʊzɪz ə ˈgreɪtər θrɛt tɪ fˈjuʧər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz ðən ˈklaɪmɪt change,”*,” sɛd ɪt wɑz ə statement.”*.” hi wɛnt ɔn tɪ seɪ, seɪ ðɪs tɪ ˌoʊˈbɑmə: ɪkˈskjuz mi, ˈmɪstər. ˈprɛzɪdənt, bət rɔŋ. dɛd wrong,”*,” ɪn 2009 wɑz wən əv ˈoʊvər 100 ˈsaɪəntɪsts hu roʊt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ðət ˈsteɪtɪd, ðə ˈsaɪəntɪsts, meɪnˈteɪn ðət ðə keɪs fər əˈlɑrm rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ˈgroʊsli overstated.”*.” sɪz ðət ðə ˈθɪri bɪˈhaɪnd fɪrz əˈbaʊt ˈraɪzɪŋ ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈlɛvəlz kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ mæn nɑt bækt baɪ evidence.”*.” hi sɛd, ˈwɔrmɪŋ ˈrɪli həz bɪˈkəm ə nu rɪˈlɪʤən. bɪˈkəz ju ˈkænɑt dɪˈskəs ɪt. nɑt proper.”*.” ˈklɪrli ðə noʊˈbɛl ˈlɔriət ɪz kərˈɛkt. ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl lɛft ɪz ˈhoʊli soʊld ɔn ðə ˈnoʊʃən ðət ˈkɑrbən daɪˈɑkˌsaɪd, ðə gæs wi ɛksˈheɪl ənd ðət plænts fid ɔn, ˈkɔzɪz ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. ənd tɪ əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈrizən wɪθ ðɛm beɪst ɔn ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈɛvədəns ənd ˈlɑʤɪk, ˈrəðər ðən ðə ˌhaɪpərˈbɑlɪk ˈtɔkɪŋ pɔɪnts əv ðoʊz wɪθ ˈvɛstɪd ˈɪntərɪsts, əˈspɛʃəli ðoʊz rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈgəvərnmənt grænts fər ðɛr ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən baɪəs, ɪz ˈətərli fˈjutəl. ðə ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈfæˌʃɪzəm ˈɛksərˌsaɪzd frəm ðə lɛft ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv dɪˈvərsɪti frəm ðɛr ˌprikənˈsivd kənˈkluʒənz. dɪˈskəʃənz, rəˈgɑrdləs əv ˈlɑʤɪk ənd ˈdætə, ˌɪˈnɛksərəbli dɪˈvɑlv tɪ ˈkæstɪŋ əˈspərʒənz ənd ˌædəˈlɛsənt name-calling*. wən ɪz ə ““flat-earther”*” ɪf wən feɪlz tɪ ɪmˈbreɪs ðə ˈhaɪli ˈdɑktərd, ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪd, ənd ˈnoʊʃən əv ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. jɛt ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, ˈivɪn əˈməŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ˈsaɪəntɪsts, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ““consensus,”*,” ənd ðə əˈgri ɪn ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈklaɪmɪt change”*” ɪz ˈboʊgəs. ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˈpoʊlɪŋ əv 6550 ˈsaɪəntɪsts ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ˈklaɪmɪt rɪˈleɪtɪd fildz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ˈfɪzɪks, ˈklaɪmɪt ˌɪmˈpækt, ənd ˌmɪtɪˈgeɪʃən, wɑz kənˈdəktəd baɪ ˈnɛðərləndz ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt əˈsɛsmənt ˈeɪʤənsi. ðeɪ faʊnd ðət ˈoʊnli 43 əˈgri wɪθ ðə ˈprɛmɪs ðət ˈjumən ækˈtɪvɪti ɪz ˈkɔzəl tɪ ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ, ər ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. əˈtɛmpt tɪ kənˈfleɪt ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm wɪθ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈspiʃəs, ənd hɪz priˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən wɪθ foʊ ˈmænˌmeɪd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl, nɑt ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈɛvədəns ðət ˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən ənd ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər wɛl ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənd, kən ˈɔltər klaɪˈmætɪk trɛnz, fər səʧ ən əˈsəmpʃən ɪz beɪst əˈpɑn ən ənˈsɛtəld ənd ənˈpruvən ““scientific”*” ˈprɛmɪs. wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˌɛkˈsoʊʤənəs ənd ˈvælɪd θrɛts tɪ ðə ˈneɪʃən, wi ˈtruli nid ə kəˈmændər ɪn ʧif, nɑt ən ˌmitiərˈɑləʤɪst ɪn ʧif.
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star indian surfers including and will be seen riding the waves for the top slot in their respective categories during the second edition of the indian open of surfing, which gets underway at beach here from friday.
besides and, the other big indian names in the premier competition include gowda, nayak, and along with jagadish.
the indian surfers are expected to face stiff competition in their respective categories from their australian, us and french counterparts in the event.
tanvi is a stand up and will be the surfer to look out for at the event. she had recently achieved major international glory by emerging third in the stand up paddling event at the west marine carolina cup in the us.
tanvi has been the national champion in the sup surfing and sup racing since 2014, and the girl has been making waves on international shores as well.
ishita is india's first professional female surfer, who began surfing in 2007 after meeting a german exchange student.
she currently runs a surf club named the shaka surf club as well as a camp called camp in karnataka.
the 23 has achieved quite a lot in the sport of surfing. coming from a small fishermen family in tamil nadu, he took up surfing about 10 years ago.
murthy is india's top male surfer while, a computer science engineering graduate, turned his hobby into a profession.
the was the national champion at the indian open of surfing in 2016.
though the competition will see a few international surfers like surfer ismail miguel in the open category, it will be interesting to see how the indian surfers will raise the standard of the competition.
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(this story has not been edited by business standard staff and is from a syndicated feed.)
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stɑr ˈɪndiən ˈsərfərz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ənd wɪl bi sin ˈraɪdɪŋ ðə weɪvz fər ðə tɔp slɑt ɪn ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv ˈkætəˌgɔriz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɛkənd ɪˈdɪʃən əv ðə ˈɪndiən ˈoʊpən əv ˈsərfɪŋ, wɪʧ gɪts ˌəndərˈweɪ æt biʧ hir frəm ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ˌbiˈsaɪdz ənd, ðə ˈəðər bɪg ˈɪndiən neɪmz ɪn ðə prɛˈmɪr ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ˌɪnˈklud gowda*, nayak*, ənd əˈlɔŋ wɪθ jagadish*. ðə ˈɪndiən ˈsərfərz ər ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ feɪs stɪf ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv ˈkætəˌgɔriz frəm ðɛr ɔˈstreɪljən, ˈjuˈɛs ənd frɛnʧ ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts ɪn ðə ɪˈvɛnt. ɪz ə stænd əp ənd wɪl bi ðə ˈsərfər tɪ lʊk aʊt fər æt ðə ɪˈvɛnt. ʃi hæd ˈrisəntli əˈʧivd ˈmeɪʤər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈglɔri baɪ ˈimərʤɪŋ θərd ɪn ðə stænd əp ˈpædəlɪŋ ɪˈvɛnt æt ðə wɛst mərˈin ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə kəp ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs. həz bɪn ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈʧæmpiən ɪn ðə səp ˈsərfɪŋ ənd səp ˈreɪsɪŋ sɪns 2014 ənd ðə gərl həz bɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ weɪvz ɔn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ʃɔrz ɛz wɛl. ɪz ˈɪndiəz fərst prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈsərfər, hu bɪˈgæn ˈsərfɪŋ ɪn 2007 ˈæftər ˈmitɪŋ ə ˈʤərmən ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ˈstudənt. ʃi ˈkərəntli rənz ə sərf kləb neɪmd ðə ˈʃɑkə sərf kləb ɛz wɛl ɛz ə kæmp kɔld kæmp ɪn karnataka*. ðə 23 həz əˈʧivd kwaɪt ə lɔt ɪn ðə spɔrt əv ˈsərfɪŋ. ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ə smɔl ˈfɪʃərmɪn ˈfæməli ɪn ˈtæmɪl nadu*, hi tʊk əp ˈsərfɪŋ əˈbaʊt 10 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ˈmərθi ɪz ˈɪndiəz tɔp meɪl ˈsərfər waɪl, ə kəmˈpjutər saɪəns ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ ˈgræʤəˌweɪt, tərnd hɪz ˈhɑbi ˈɪntu ə prəˈfɛʃən. ðə wɑz ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈʧæmpiən æt ðə ˈɪndiən ˈoʊpən əv ˈsərfɪŋ ɪn 2016 ðoʊ ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən wɪl si ə fju ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsərfərz laɪk ˈsərfər ˈɪsmeɪl mɪˈgɛl ɪn ðə ˈoʊpən ˈkætəˌgɔri, ɪt wɪl bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ si haʊ ðə ˈɪndiən ˈsərfərz wɪl reɪz ðə ˈstændərd əv ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən. (ðɪs ˈstɔri həz nɑt bɪn ˈɛdɪtɪd baɪ ˈbɪznɪs ˈstændərd stæf ənd ɪz frəm ə ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪtɪd fid.)
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a recent report from european center includes a forecast that the first “online murder” will likely occur before the end of 2014. obviously this is a frightening concept and one that a number of news outlets quickly seized upon with ominous headlines. however, a far more dangerous story that underlies this prediction, a story that illustrates some of the challenges of rapid, unrelenting progress.
the forecast was included in the internet organized crime threat assessment (iocta) report that examines the growing commercialization of. according to the report, the underground economy has been developing a “crime-as-a-service” (caas) business model in which skilled specialists create a wide range of products and services. these cover many different forms of criminal activity and are allowing those with few technical resources to readily enter into the world of. unfortunately for most of us, this a bar that needed to be lowered.
so, is murder over the internet actually feasible? without a doubt. years ago, i wrote about this possibility via poorly secured wi-fi in implantable medical devices (imds) such as pacemakers, ventricular assist devices and insulin pumps. causing the intentional malfunction of such equipment could definitely result in a death. by example, last year former vice president dick cheney told 60 minutes that he went so far as to have the wireless function in his own implanted defibrillator disabled in 2007, lest assassins attempt to exploit the vulnerability.
in addition to risks from imds, even more security holes will inevitably emerge as body area networks or bans become prevalent. a ban is a communications network that is situated in, on or near the body and is based on standards established by. of course, without adequate consideration, driverless cars and other autonomous vehicles will also become potential threats. as the internet of things exponentially increases the current 10 billion devices, it will no doubt also bring with it new dangers. these are but a few examples of emerging technologies criminals could exploit for deadly purposes.
but to say online murder already happened? when hackers cause widespread power outages as they may have done in brazil nearly a decade ago, it likely that someone among the millions affected will die due to a lack of electricity? true, such deaths have been specifically targeted, but to any victims and their families that distinction is of little comfort.
this alarming prediction and its timeframe the truly important story here. what should really concern us is the potential for a vast increase in due to the low barrier of entry being created. not only will this likely give rise to still more activity, it could also lead to a race to the bottom, with developers providing ever cheaper and easier to use tools and services.
from the standpoint, however, all of this illustrates an even broader trend and threat one we should be working to address much sooner than later. as technological progress continues to accelerate, we find ourselves having to deal with new innovations all the time. nearly all of these are being developed for good, even altruistic reasons. invariably they generate new opportunities and provide many competitive advantages. no one develops the internet or automobiles or advances in medicine for nefarious purposes. but perhaps we need to learn to build this darker perspective into our development process and actually consider some of these possibilities? not with the intention of halting the work, for that will never succeed. after all, when the time is right, an invention will inevitably come into the world. just ask the 23 other early inventors of the incandescent light bulb whose names edison.
no, the idea would be to give greater consideration to the negative and unanticipated consequences of our new technologies as early in their development as we possibly can, in order to better address their vulnerabilities and shortcomings. in doing this, we can potentially alleviate many of the significant, possibly even enormous costs and dangers otherwise have to face later down the road. had such an approach been taken in the early days of the internet, perhaps we now be dealing with a problem that has an estimated global cost of $445 billion annually.
of course, this will add to research and development costs at a stage when many businesses, especially startups, can least afford it. perhaps one approach could be in the form of federal technology grants earmarked for just this purpose? or separate consulting businesses that help envisage or even assist in mitigating consequences? whatever the solution, society would be well served if we were to apply better foresight to the early stages of developing new technologies. in light of this recent report, becoming increasingly evident it would be a crime not to.
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ə ˈrisənt rɪˈpɔrt frəm ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈsɛnər ˌɪnˈkludz ə ˈfɔrˌkæst ðət ðə fərst murder”*” wɪl ˈlaɪkli əˈkər ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɛnd əv 2014 ˈɑbviəsli ðɪs ɪz ə ˈfraɪtənɪŋ ˈkɑnsɛpt ənd wən ðət ə ˈnəmbər əv nuz ˈaʊˌtlɛts kˈwɪkli sizd əˈpɑn wɪθ ˈɑmənəs ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ə fɑr mɔr ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈstɔri ðət ˌəndərˈlaɪz ðɪs priˈdɪkʃən, ə ˈstɔri ðət ˈɪləˌstreɪts səm əv ðə ˈʧælənʤɪz əv ˈræpɪd, ˌənriˈlɛntɪŋ ˈprɑˌgrɛs. ðə ˈfɔrˌkæst wɑz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd kraɪm θrɛt əˈsɛsmənt (iocta*) rɪˈpɔrt ðət ɪgˈzæmənz ðə groʊɪŋ kəˌmərʃəlɪˈzeɪʃən əv. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt, ðə ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ɪˈkɑnəmi həz bɪn dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ə ““crime-as-a-service”*” (caas*) ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəl ɪn wɪʧ skɪld ˈspɛʃəlɪsts kriˈeɪt ə waɪd reɪnʤ əv ˈprɑdəkts ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz. ðiz ˈkəvər ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənt fɔrmz əv ˈkrɪmənəl ækˈtɪvɪti ənd ər əˈlaʊɪŋ ðoʊz wɪθ fju ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ ˈrɛdəli ˈɛnər ˈɪntu ðə wərld əv. ənˈfɔrʧənətli fər moʊst əv ˈjuˈɛs, ðɪs ə bɑr ðət ˈnidɪd tɪ bi loʊərd. soʊ, ɪz ˈmərdər ˈoʊvər ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈfizəbəl? wɪˈθaʊt ə daʊt. jɪrz əˈgoʊ, aɪ roʊt əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ˈviə ˈpurli sɪˈkjʊrd ˈwaɪˌfaɪ ɪn ˈɪmˌplæntəbəl ˈmɛdɪkəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz (imds*) səʧ ɛz ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkərz, vɛnˈtrɪkjulər əˈsɪst dɪˈvaɪsɪz ənd ˈɪnsələn pəmps. ˈkɔzɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl mælˈfəŋkʃən əv səʧ ɪkˈwɪpmənt kʊd ˈdɛfənətli rɪˈzəlt ɪn ə dɛθ. baɪ ɪgˈzæmpəl, læst jɪr ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt dɪk ˈʧeɪni toʊld 60 ˈmɪnəts ðət hi wɛnt soʊ fɑr ɛz tɪ hæv ðə ˈwaɪrlɪs ˈfəŋkʃən ɪn hɪz oʊn ˌɪmˈplæntɪd diˈfɪbrɪˌleɪtər dɪˈseɪbəld ɪn 2007 lɛst əˈsæsənz əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ðə ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ rɪsks frəm imds*, ˈivɪn mɔr sɪˈkjʊrəti hoʊlz wɪl ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli ˈimərʤ ɛz ˈbɑdi ˈɛriə ˈnɛtˌwərks ər bænz bɪˈkəm ˈprɛvələnt. ə bæn ɪz ə kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ˈnɛtˌwərk ðət ɪz ˈsɪʧuˌeɪtɪd ɪn, ɔn ər nɪr ðə ˈbɑdi ənd ɪz beɪst ɔn ˈstændərdz ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ əv kɔrs, wɪˈθaʊt ˈædəkˌweɪt kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən, ˈdraɪvərlɪs kɑz ənd ˈəðər ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈviɪkəlz wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈkəm pəˈtɛnʃəl θrɛts. ɛz ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt əv θɪŋz ˌɛkspoʊˈnɛnʃəli ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ðə ˈkɑrənt 10 ˈbɪljən dɪˈvaɪsɪz, ɪt wɪl noʊ daʊt ˈɔlsoʊ brɪŋ wɪθ ɪt nu ˈdeɪnʤərz. ðiz ər bət ə fju ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv ˈimərʤɪŋ tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ˈkrɪmənəlz kʊd ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt fər ˈdɛdli ˈpərpəsɪz. bət tɪ seɪ ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈmərdər ɔˈrɛdi ˈhæpənd? wɪn ˈhækərz kɔz ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd paʊər ˈaʊtɪʤɪz ɛz ðeɪ meɪ hæv dən ɪn brəˈzɪl ˈnɪrli ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ, ɪt ˈlaɪkli ðət ˈsəmˌwən əˈməŋ ðə ˈmɪljənz əˈfɛktɪd wɪl daɪ du tɪ ə læk əv ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti? tru, səʧ dɛθs hæv bɪn spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈtɑrgətɪd, bət tɪ ˈɛni ˈvɪktɪmz ənd ðɛr ˈfæməliz ðət dɪˈstɪŋkʃən ɪz əv ˈlɪtəl ˈkəmfərt. ðɪs əˈlɑrmɪŋ priˈdɪkʃən ənd ɪts ˈtaɪmˌfreɪm ðə ˈtruli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈstɔri hir. wət ʃʊd ˈrɪli kənˈsərn ˈjuˈɛs ɪz ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl fər ə væst ˌɪnˈkris ɪn du tɪ ðə loʊ ˈbɛriər əv ˈɛntri biɪŋ kriˈeɪtɪd. nɑt ˈoʊnli wɪl ðɪs ˈlaɪkli gɪv raɪz tɪ stɪl mɔr ækˈtɪvɪti, ɪt kʊd ˈɔlsoʊ lɛd tɪ ə reɪs tɪ ðə ˈbɑtəm, wɪθ dɪˈvɛləpərz prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈɛvər ˈʧipər ənd ˈiziər tɪ juz tulz ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz. frəm ðə ˈstændˌpɔɪnt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɔl əv ðɪs ˈɪləˌstreɪts ən ˈivɪn ˈbrɔdər trɛnd ənd θrɛt wən wi ʃʊd bi ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs məʧ ˈsunər ðən ˈleɪtər. ɛz ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈprɑˌgrɛs kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ækˈsɛlərˌeɪt, wi faɪnd ɑrˈsɛlvz ˈhævɪŋ tɪ dil wɪθ nu ˌɪnəˈveɪʃənz ɔl ðə taɪm. ˈnɪrli ɔl əv ðiz ər biɪŋ dɪˈvɛləpt fər gʊd, ˈivɪn ˌɔltruˈɪstɪk ˈrizənz. ˌɪnˈvɛriəbli ðeɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt nu ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ənd prəˈvaɪd ˈmɛni kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ædˈvæntɪʤɪz. noʊ wən dɪˈvɛləps ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ər ˌɔtəmoʊˈbilz ər ədˈvænsɪz ɪn ˈmɛdəsən fər nəˈfɛriəs ˈpərpəsɪz. bət pərˈhæps wi nid tɪ lərn tɪ bɪld ðɪs ˈdɑrkər pərˈspɛktɪv ˈɪntu ɑr dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ˈæˌkʧuəli kənˈsɪdər səm əv ðiz ˌpɑsəˈbɪlətiz? nɑt wɪθ ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən əv ˈhɔltɪŋ ðə wərk, fər ðət wɪl ˈnɛvər səkˈsid. ˈæftər ɔl, wɪn ðə taɪm ɪz raɪt, ən ˌɪnˈvɛnʃən wɪl ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli kəm ˈɪntu ðə wərld. ʤɪst æsk ðə 23 ˈəðər ˈərli ˌɪnˈvɛntərz əv ðə ˌɪnkənˈdɛsənt laɪt bəlb huz neɪmz ˈɛdɪsən. noʊ, ðə aɪˈdiə wʊd bi tɪ gɪv ˈgreɪtər kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈnɛgətɪv ənd ˌənænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv ɑr nu tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ɛz ˈərli ɪn ðɛr dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɛz wi ˈpɑsəbli kən, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈbɛtər ˈæˌdrɛs ðɛr ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ənd ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋz. ɪn duɪŋ ðɪs, wi kən pəˈtɛnʃəli əˈliviˌeɪt ˈmɛni əv ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt, ˈpɑsəbli ˈivɪn ɪˈnɔrmɪs kɔsts ənd ˈdeɪnʤərz ˈəðərˌwaɪz hæv tɪ feɪs ˈleɪtər daʊn ðə roʊd. hæd səʧ ən əˈproʊʧ bɪn ˈteɪkən ɪn ðə ˈərli deɪz əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt, pərˈhæps wi naʊ bi ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈprɑbləm ðət həz ən ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈgloʊbəl kɔst əv 445 ˈbɪljən ˈænjuəli. əv kɔrs, ðɪs wɪl æd tɪ ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt kɔsts æt ə steɪʤ wɪn ˈmɛni ˈbɪznɪsɪz, əˈspɛʃəli ˈstɑrˌtəps, kən list əˈfɔrd ɪt. pərˈhæps wən əˈproʊʧ kʊd bi ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ˈfɛdərəl tɛkˈnɑləʤi grænts ˈɪrˌmɑrkt fər ʤɪst ðɪs ˈpərpəs? ər ˈsɛpərˌeɪt kənˈsəltɪŋ ˈbɪznɪsɪz ðət hɛlp ɛnˈvɪzɪʤ ər ˈivɪn əˈsɪst ɪn ˈmɪtəˌgeɪtɪŋ ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz? ˌwəˈtɛvər ðə səˈluʃən, soʊˈsaɪɪti wʊd bi wɛl sərvd ɪf wi wər tɪ əˈplaɪ ˈbɛtər ˈfɔrˌsaɪt tɪ ðə ˈərli ˈsteɪʤɪz əv dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ nu tɛkˈnɑləʤiz. ɪn laɪt əv ðɪs ˈrisənt rɪˈpɔrt, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈɛvədənt ɪt wʊd bi ə kraɪm nɑt tɪ.
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the students were met by a legislative assistant, said, who gave the students a questionnaire, telling them it must be filled out in writing.
adam, executive director of council on relations (cair) oklahoma, told news that high school students from peace academy visited bennett's office to either meet with him or schedule a meeting.
oklahoma rep. john bennett asked his constituents taking part in the state's third annual muslim day on thursday in which muslims have the opportunity to interact with state legislators at the capitol to fill out the questionnaire.
muslims hoping to meet with a oklahoma lawmaker during a special event had to first fill out a controversial questionnaire about islam that included inquiries such as "do you beat your wife?"
the questionnaire includes questions such as, "the koran, the of mohammed and sharia law of all schools says that the husband can beat his wife. do you beat your wife?"
another question is, "i have heard that, according to accepted islamic sources, mohammed, at age of 49, married a girl, and that he had sex with her when he was 52 and she was only 9 years old. is that really true?"
"i was distraught when [the students] showed me the questionnaire," told news. "i wasn't completely surprised by it because obviously we have been challenging bennett's hate rhetoric for many years."
martha perry, legislative assistant, told news the lawmaker was not available for comment.
bennett, a former us marine who served in iraq and afghanistan, made headlines in 2014 when he made comments on social media, later adding that islam is a "cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out."
he also said there is no difference between moderate and radical islam.
"how can i be racist against muslims or islam when the ethnicity is actual arab?" he said at the time, adding, "this is kind of confusing."
last year, oklahoma lawmakers approved a proposal bennett submitted to study the "current threat posted by radical islam and the effect that sharia law, the muslim brotherhood and jihadist indoctrination have in the radicalization process in oklahoma and america."
soltani said he does not know how many people got the questionnaire because more than 200 people attended muslim day at the capitol, adding that all the other legislators were very supportive and welcoming.
the questionnaire was written up by group act for america the group's logo and email address are on the sheet of paper.
"the question that comes to mind is, does he do this to others?" said. "does he ask question to his christian constituents? his jewish constituents? if the answer is no, that's discrimination. there's no other way to call it."
soltani said there shouldn't be somebody working for the state of oklahoma who doesn't represent all citizens.
"nobody should be vetted with stupid, islamophobic, hateful, bigoted questions before they can meet with their representative," said in a video posted to facebook thursday.
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ðə ˈstudənts wər mɛt baɪ ə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv əˈsɪstənt, sɛd, hu geɪv ðə ˈstudənts ə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr, ˈtɛlɪŋ ðɛm ɪt məst bi fɪld aʊt ɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ. ˈædəm, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈkaʊnsəl ɔn riˈleɪʃənz (cair*) ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə, toʊld nuz ðət haɪ skul ˈstudənts frəm pis əˈkædəmi ˈvɪzɪtɪd ˈbɛnəts ˈɔfəs tɪ ˈiðər mit wɪθ ɪm ər ˈskɛʤʊl ə ˈmitɪŋ. ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ʤɑn ˈbɛnɪt æst hɪz kənˈstɪʧuənts ˈteɪkɪŋ pɑrt ɪn ðə steɪts θərd ˈænjuəl ˈməzlɪm deɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɪn wɪʧ ˈməzlɪmz hæv ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ steɪt ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz æt ðə ˈkæpɪtəl tɪ fɪl aʊt ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr. ˈməzlɪmz ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ mit wɪθ ə ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə ˈlɔˌmeɪkər ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈspɛʃəl ɪˈvɛnt hæd tɪ fərst fɪl aʊt ə ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr əˈbaʊt ˌɪsˈlɑm ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˌɪnkˈwaɪəriz səʧ ɛz "du ju bit jʊr waɪf?" ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr ˌɪnˈkludz kˈwɛsʧənz səʧ ɛz, "ðə kɔˈrɑn, ðə əv moʊˈhæmɪd ənd ˈʃɑriə lɔ əv ɔl skulz sɪz ðət ðə ˈhəzbənd kən bit hɪz waɪf. du ju bit jʊr waɪf?" əˈnəðər kˈwɛʃən ɪz, "aɪ hæv hərd ðət, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ækˈsɛptɪd ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈsɔrsəz, moʊˈhæmɪd, æt eɪʤ əv 49 ˈmɛrid ə gərl, ənd ðət hi hæd sɛks wɪθ hər wɪn hi wɑz 52 ənd ʃi wɑz ˈoʊnli 9 jɪrz oʊld. ɪz ðət ˈrɪli tru?" "aɪ wɑz dɪˈstrɔt wɪn [ðə ˈstudənts] ʃoʊd mi ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr," toʊld nuz. "aɪ ˈwəzənt kəmˈplitli səˈpraɪzd baɪ ɪt bɪˈkəz ˈɑbviəsli wi hæv bɪn ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ˈbɛnəts heɪt ˈrɛtərɪk fər ˈmɛni jɪrz." ˈmɑrθə ˈpɛri, ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv əˈsɪstənt, toʊld nuz ðə ˈlɔˌmeɪkər wɑz nɑt əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈkɑmɛnt. ˈbɛnɪt, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈjuˈɛs mərˈin hu sərvd ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk ənd æfˈgænəˌstæn, meɪd ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz ɪn 2014 wɪn hi meɪd ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə, ˈleɪtər ˈædɪŋ ðət ˌɪsˈlɑm ɪz ə "ˈkænsər ɪn ɑr ˈneɪʃən ðət nidz tɪ bi kət aʊt." hi ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈmɑdərˌeɪt ənd ˈrædɪkəl ˌɪsˈlɑm. "haʊ kən aɪ bi ˈreɪsɪst əˈgɛnst ˈməzlɪmz ər ˌɪsˈlɑm wɪn ðə ɛθˈnɪsɪti ɪz ˈækʧəwəl ˈærəb?" hi sɛd æt ðə taɪm, ˈædɪŋ, "ðɪs ɪz kaɪnd əv kənfˈjuzɪŋ." læst jɪr, ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz əˈpruvd ə prəˈpoʊzəl ˈbɛnɪt səbˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈstədi ðə "ˈkɑrənt θrɛt ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ ˈrædɪkəl ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ðə ˈifɛkt ðət ˈʃɑriə lɔ, ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ənd ʤiˈhɑˌdɪst ˌɪnˌdɑktrəˈneɪʃən hæv ɪn ðə ˌrædɪkəlɪˈzeɪʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪn ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə ənd əˈmɛrɪkə." sɛd hi dɪz nɑt noʊ haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl gɑt ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr bɪˈkəz mɔr ðən 200 ˈpipəl əˈtɛndəd ˈməzlɪm deɪ æt ðə ˈkæpɪtəl, ˈædɪŋ ðət ɔl ðə ˈəðər ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz wər ˈvɛri səˈpɔrtɪv ənd ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ. ðə kˌwɛsʧəˈnɛr wɑz ˈrɪtən əp baɪ grup ækt fər əˈmɛrɪkə ðə grups ˈloʊgoʊ ənd iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs ər ɔn ðə ʃit əv ˈpeɪpər. "ðə kˈwɛʃən ðət kəmz tɪ maɪnd ɪz, dɪz hi du ðɪs tɪ ˈəðərz?" sɛd. "dɪz hi æsk kˈwɛʃən tɪ hɪz ˈkrɪsʧɪn kənˈstɪʧuənts? hɪz ʤuɪʃ kənˈstɪʧuənts? ɪf ðə ˈænsər ɪz noʊ, ðæts dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən. ðɛrz noʊ ˈəðər weɪ tɪ kɔl ɪt." sɛd ðɛr ˈʃʊdənt bi ˈsəmˌbɑdi ˈwərkɪŋ fər ðə steɪt əv ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə hu ˈdəzənt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ɔl ˈsɪtɪzənz. "ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ʃʊd bi ˈvɛtɪd wɪθ ˈstupɪd, islamophobic*, ˈheɪtfəl, ˈbɪgətɪd kˈwɛsʧənz ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ kən mit wɪθ ðɛr ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv," sɛd ɪn ə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈpoʊstɪd tɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈθərzˌdeɪ.
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one good south carolina teacher didn't exactly heed the steve miller band's advice to "take the money and run."
instead, sherry whitesides and her son, alan, of york, s.c., turned in $11,000 in cash they found literally flying at them out of thin air.
"we were downtown on a fairly busy street and there was a vehicle in front of me, a couple car lengths in front of me, and i saw what, to me, looked like something had flown off the top of the car," whitesides, 42, told goodmorningamerica.com. "i saw it hit the road, and then i saw the scatter."
the money, stacks and stacks of $100 bills, had flown out of a black wells fargo bank bag before landing squarely on the side of the road, scattering all over the place - ripe for the picking.
"we get out of the car and i looked down and saw all these $100 bills," she recalled. "but they were pink and blue, like the brand new ones, and my first thought was, 'this isn't real.'"
however, they were very real, and the befuddled whitesides knew there was only one thing they could do. they had to return it.
"it was just the right thing to do," whitesides said. "god put me in that situation for a reason."
fortunately, they had plenty of clues to help them get the cash back to its rightful owner, who never even realized the money had flown off the car, let alone turned around to go back for it.
"there was a white piece of paper and it looked like trash, and i just felt the lord telling me to pick it up," said whitesides. "i opened it up and it was a receipt for wells fargo in the amount of $30,000 cash. and i thought, 'well, we've got to go back there.' he must've just come from there."
she and her son quickly gathered up all the money and drove down the road to the bank just a few blocks away, hoping they'd be able to track the transaction, but the bank was were closed.
"my thought was, 'i cannot keep this money until tomorrow when wells fargo opens," she said.
the bank receipt wasn't the only telling piece of information inside the bag, though. the man's drivers license and credit cards were also thrown in, together with the wads of cash.
"i just figured he had just come from the bank and just stuffed all that stuff in the bag," whitesides said.
her next stop was the police station.
"i told them, 'i think i just found $30,000,' and the look on their faces were priceless," she said of the two officers that greeted her. "they sent a deputy out to his house to see if he'd lost anything and to follow up."
after she left the station, however, whitesides couldn't get the entire wacky scenario out of her head. she paid another visit to the clover police department, where they informed her they were, indeed, successful in finding the money's owner and returning the cash, which turned out being only $11,000 of the $30,000 from his bank receipt.
what became of the rest of the money or how the man lost the cash off the top of his car remains a mystery to whitesides.
"he's a man in his and they [the police] said he had just moved to clover," she said. "he has not contacted me and i don't feel like it's my place to contact him. but i'm just thankful he got it back.
"my whole purpose in doing this was to show my son the money was not ours," she added. "i was not going to hide and try to claim that something was mine. i wanted to set a godly example for him. and i did not feel like this was a provision from heaven. it didn't just fall from the sky. when you find stuff like this, the right thing to do is give it back. because if i had lost it, i'd want someone to be able to return it to me."
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wən gʊd saʊθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ˈtiʧər ˈdɪdənt ɪgˈzæktli hid ðə stiv ˈmɪlər bændz ədˈvaɪs tɪ "teɪk ðə ˈməni ənd rən." ˌɪnˈstɛd, ˈʃɛri ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz ənd hər sən, ˈælən, əv jɔrk, s.c*., tərnd ɪn ɪn kæʃ ðeɪ faʊnd ˈlɪtərəli flaɪɪŋ æt ðɛm aʊt əv θɪn ɛr. "wi wər ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ɔn ə ˈfɛrli ˈbɪzi strit ənd ðɛr wɑz ə ˈviɪkəl ɪn frənt əv mi, ə ˈkəpəl kɑr lɛŋθs ɪn frənt əv mi, ənd aɪ sɔ wət, tɪ mi, lʊkt laɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ hæd floʊn ɔf ðə tɔp əv ðə kɑr," ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz, 42 toʊld goodmorningamerica.com*. "aɪ sɔ ɪt hɪt ðə roʊd, ənd ðɛn aɪ sɔ ðə ˈskætər." ðə ˈməni, stæks ənd stæks əv 100 bɪlz, hæd floʊn aʊt əv ə blæk wɛlz ˈfɑrˌgoʊ bæŋk bæg ˌbiˈfɔr ˈlændɪŋ skˈwɛrli ɔn ðə saɪd əv ðə roʊd, ˈskætərɪŋ ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə pleɪs raɪp fər ðə ˈpɪkɪŋ. "wi gɪt aʊt əv ðə kɑr ənd aɪ lʊkt daʊn ənd sɔ ɔl ðiz 100 bɪlz," ʃi rɪˈkɔld. "bət ðeɪ wər pɪŋk ənd blu, laɪk ðə brænd nu wənz, ənd maɪ fərst θɔt wɑz, 'ðɪs ˈɪzənt ril.'" ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðeɪ wər ˈvɛri ril, ənd ðə bɪˈfədəld ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz nu ðɛr wɑz ˈoʊnli wən θɪŋ ðeɪ kʊd du. ðeɪ hæd tɪ rɪˈtərn ɪt. "ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ðə raɪt θɪŋ tɪ du," ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz sɛd. "gɑd pʊt mi ɪn ðət ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən fər ə ˈrizən." ˈfɔrʧənətli, ðeɪ hæd ˈplɛnti əv kluz tɪ hɛlp ðɛm gɪt ðə kæʃ bæk tɪ ɪts ˈraɪtfəl ˈoʊnər, hu ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðə ˈməni hæd floʊn ɔf ðə kɑr, lɛt əˈloʊn tərnd əraʊnd tɪ goʊ bæk fər ɪt. "ðɛr wɑz ə waɪt pis əv ˈpeɪpər ənd ɪt lʊkt laɪk træʃ, ənd aɪ ʤɪst fɛlt ðə lɔrd ˈtɛlɪŋ mi tɪ pɪk ɪt əp," sɛd ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz. "aɪ ˈoʊpənd ɪt əp ənd ɪt wɑz ə rɪˈsit fər wɛlz ˈfɑrˌgoʊ ɪn ðə əˈmaʊnt əv kæʃ. ənd aɪ θɔt, 'wɛl, wiv gɑt tɪ goʊ bæk ðɛr.' hi ˈməstɪv ʤɪst kəm frəm ðɛr." ʃi ənd hər sən kˈwɪkli ˈgæðərd əp ɔl ðə ˈməni ənd droʊv daʊn ðə roʊd tɪ ðə bæŋk ʤɪst ə fju blɑks əˈweɪ, ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðeɪd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ træk ðə trænˈzækʃən, bət ðə bæŋk wɑz wər kloʊzd. "maɪ θɔt wɑz, 'aɪ ˈkænɑt kip ðɪs ˈməni ənˈtɪl təˈmɑˌroʊ wɪn wɛlz ˈfɑrˌgoʊ ˈoʊpənz," ʃi sɛd. ðə bæŋk rɪˈsit ˈwəzənt ðə ˈoʊnli ˈtɛlɪŋ pis əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə bæg, ðoʊ. ðə mænz ˈdraɪvərz ˈlaɪsəns ənd ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrdz wər ˈɔlsoʊ θroʊn ɪn, təˈgɛðər wɪθ ðə wɑdz əv kæʃ. "aɪ ʤɪst ˈfɪgjərd hi hæd ʤɪst kəm frəm ðə bæŋk ənd ʤɪst stəft ɔl ðət stəf ɪn ðə bæg," ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz sɛd. hər nɛkst stɑp wɑz ðə pəˈlis ˈsteɪʃən. "aɪ toʊld ðɛm, 'aɪ θɪŋk aɪ ʤɪst faʊnd ənd ðə lʊk ɔn ðɛr ˈfeɪsɪz wər ˈpraɪsləs," ʃi sɛd əv ðə tu ˈɔfɪsərz ðət ˈgritɪd hər. "ðeɪ sɛnt ə ˈdɛpjəti aʊt tɪ hɪz haʊs tɪ si ɪf hid lɔst ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ənd tɪ ˈfɑloʊ əp." ˈæftər ʃi lɛft ðə ˈsteɪʃən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz ˈkʊdənt gɪt ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈwæki sɪˈnɛrioʊ aʊt əv hər hɛd. ʃi peɪd əˈnəðər ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ðə ˈkloʊvər pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt, wɛr ðeɪ ˌɪnˈfɔrmd hər ðeɪ wər, ˌɪnˈdid, səkˈsɛsfəl ɪn ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðə ˈməniz ˈoʊnər ənd rɪˈtərnɪŋ ðə kæʃ, wɪʧ tərnd aʊt biɪŋ ˈoʊnli əv ðə frəm hɪz bæŋk rɪˈsit. wət bɪˈkeɪm əv ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈməni ər haʊ ðə mæn lɔst ðə kæʃ ɔf ðə tɔp əv hɪz kɑr rɪˈmeɪnz ə ˈmɪstəri tɪ ˈwaɪtˌsaɪdz. "hiz ə mæn ɪn hɪz ənd ðeɪ [ðə pəˈlis] sɛd hi hæd ʤɪst muvd tɪ ˈkloʊvər," ʃi sɛd. "hi həz nɑt ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd mi ənd aɪ doʊnt fil laɪk ɪts maɪ pleɪs tɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt ɪm. bət əm ʤɪst ˈθæŋkfəl hi gɑt ɪt bæk. "maɪ hoʊl ˈpərpəs ɪn duɪŋ ðɪs wɑz tɪ ʃoʊ maɪ sən ðə ˈməni wɑz nɑt ɑrz," ʃi ˈædɪd. "aɪ wɑz nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ haɪd ənd traɪ tɪ kleɪm ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ wɑz maɪn. aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ sɛt ə ˈgɑdli ɪgˈzæmpəl fər ɪm. ənd aɪ dɪd nɑt fil laɪk ðɪs wɑz ə prəˈvɪʒən frəm ˈhɛvən. ɪt ˈdɪdənt ʤɪst fɔl frəm ðə skaɪ. wɪn ju faɪnd stəf laɪk ðɪs, ðə raɪt θɪŋ tɪ du ɪz gɪv ɪt bæk. bɪˈkəz ɪf aɪ hæd lɔst ɪt, aɪd wɔnt ˈsəmˌwən tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɪˈtərn ɪt tɪ mi."
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designing a helmet & bird perfume
sirocco the looks for love in all the wrong places. photo department of conservation / flickr
would you let an endangered bird mate with your head?
meet the: a flightless, nocturnal, chunky parrot from new zealand. formerly found throughout new zealand,s were nearly wiped out by feral cats and are now restricted to only four small, offshore (and predator free) islands.
to demonstrate their reproductive fitness, males toddle up a mountain, dig a hole in the dirt, and then “boom” into it for up to 8 hours straight. these calls can travel up to 5 kilometers. upon hearing this enticing serenade, females have to clamber through the forest and up the mountain to find the males.
ridiculous at the best of times, this mating strategy is especially ineffective when there are only about 100 birds left. so to help bolster genetic diversity and conserve the species, recovery started a captive breeding program. they noticed that some males were vastly more popular than others, and realized that is had something to do with how those males smelled. so researchers from massey university are using a gas mass spectrometer to analyze feathers from the successful males, in the hopes of figuring out just why these males have such scent appeal and, perhaps, developing a synthetic “perfume” to improve captive breeding success.
speaking of breeding… one wild (but hand-raised),, developed an unfortunate habit of attempting to mate with heads. believe me? watch filmmaker mark get “shagged by a rare parrot” as actor stephen fry looks on.
trying to make the best of an awkward situation, the recovery staff improvised a special helmet that would collect’s semen. unfortunately, prefers seducing heads, and he now receives special behavioral training to teach him to redirect his urges toward a stuffed owl puppet.
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dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ə ˈhɛlmət bərd pərfˈjum ðə lʊks fər ləv ɪn ɔl ðə rɔŋ ˈpleɪsɪz. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃən ˈflɪkər wʊd ju lɛt ən ɪnˈdeɪnʤərd bərd meɪt wɪθ jʊr hɛd? mit ðə: ə ˈflaɪtləs, nɑkˈtərnəl, ˈʧəŋki ˈpɛrət frəm nu ˈzilənd. ˈfɔrmərli faʊnd θruaʊt nu ˈzilənd, wər ˈnɪrli waɪpt aʊt baɪ ˈfɛrəl kæts ənd ər naʊ riˈstrɪktɪd tɪ ˈoʊnli fɔr smɔl, ˈɔfˈʃɔr (ənd ˈprɛdətər fri) ˈaɪləndz. tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ðɛr ˌriprəˈdəktɪv ˈfɪtnəs, meɪl ˈtɑdəl əp ə ˈmaʊntən, dɪg ə hoʊl ɪn ðə dərt, ənd ðɛn ““boom”*” ˈɪntu ɪt fər əp tɪ 8 aʊərz streɪt. ðiz kɔlz kən ˈtrævəl əp tɪ 5 ˈkɪləˌmitərz. əˈpɑn ˈhirɪŋ ðɪs ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ ˌsɛrəˈneɪd, ˈfiˌmeɪl hæv tɪ ˈklæmbər θru ðə ˈfɔrɪst ənd əp ðə ˈmaʊntən tɪ faɪnd ðə meɪlz. rɪˈdɪkjələs æt ðə bɛst əv taɪmz, ðɪs ˈmeɪtɪŋ ˈstrætəʤi ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv wɪn ðɛr ər ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt 100 bərdz lɛft. soʊ tɪ hɛlp ˈboʊlstər ʤəˈnɛtɪk dɪˈvərsɪti ənd kənˈsərv ðə ˈspiʃiz, rɪˈkəvəri ˈstɑrtɪd ə ˈkæptɪv ˈbridɪŋ ˈproʊˌgræm. ðeɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ðət səm meɪlz wər ˈvæstli mɔr ˈpɑpjələr ðən ˈəðərz, ənd ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ɪz hæd ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ haʊ ðoʊz meɪlz smɛld. soʊ ˈrisərʧərz frəm ˈmæsi ˌjunəˈvərsəti ər ˈjuzɪŋ ə gæs mæs spɛkˈtrɑmətər tɪ ˈænəˌlaɪz ˈfɛðərz frəm ðə səkˈsɛsfəl meɪlz, ɪn ðə hoʊps əv ˈfɪgjərɪŋ aʊt ʤɪst waɪ ðiz meɪlz hæv səʧ sɛnt əˈpil ənd, pərˈhæps, dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ə sɪnˈθɛtɪk ““perfume”*” tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ˈkæptɪv ˈbridɪŋ səkˈsɛs. ˈspikɪŋ əv breeding…*… wən waɪld (bət hand-raised*),, dɪˈvɛləpt ən ənˈfɔrʧənət ˈhæbət əv əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ meɪt wɪθ hɛdz. bɪˈliv mi? wɔʧ ˈfɪlˌmeɪkər mɑrk gɪt baɪ ə rɛr parrot”*” ɛz ˈæktər ˈstivən fraɪ lʊks ɔn. traɪɪŋ tɪ meɪk ðə bɛst əv ən ˈɔkwərd ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən, ðə rɪˈkəvəri stæf ˈɪmprəˌvaɪzd ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈhɛlmət ðət wʊd kəˈlɛkt ˈsimən. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, prɪˈfərz sɪˈdusɪŋ hɛdz, ənd hi naʊ rɪˈsivz ˈspɛʃəl bɪˈheɪvjərəl ˈtreɪnɪŋ tɪ tiʧ ɪm tɪ ˌridərˈɛkt hɪz ˈərʤɪz təˈwɔrd ə stəft aʊl ˈpəpɪt.
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alyoshenka (russian:, diminutive of the russian male first name alexey) or the dwarf is believed by many to be a prematurely born female baby with many deformities found in the village of kaolinovy, near, chelyabinsk oblast, russia in may 1996. subsequently, the remains were lost. only photos and videos of the corpse survive. various supernatural and mystical speculation arose; regard the information about its existence as nothing more than urban legends.
discovery [ edit ]
a small human, was found by an elderly woman, tamara. the had an unusual appearance, giving rise to rumours of its extraterrestrial origin. the local population readily supported this rumour, collecting fees from reporters for interviews at least two japanese companies (asahi tv and mtv japan) made documentaries about the remains.
physical appearance [ edit ]
alyoshenka was a about 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length. its hairless head had a number of dark spots. the eyes were large, occupying most of the face. it breathed through a small nose below the eyes.
later incidents [ edit ]
somewhere between a few days to a month after the discovery, tamara was admitted to a hospital or psychiatric hospital (details vary on this) for treatment, and in some accounts the remains were passed to the local (police) by a neighbour. in most accounts, once the body was given to authorities in order to get dna testing, it "disappeared" and's family was unable to retrieve it from authorities. in 1999, was killed in a car accident in an attempt to escape from the]
speculation [ edit ]
little is known about what happened to the remains, and accounts of's death and appearance vary greatly. a local claimed that the corpse was taken away by a ufo inhabited by members of's species. some hold that it was bought by a wealthy collector of curiosities. a doctor from the local hospital who had allegedly seen the corpse reported that it corresponded to a normal 20- to human, born prematurely. it could have lived for several hours, but not several weeks, contrary to's]
testing [ edit ]
bendlin decided initially that this was the mummified remains of a child and took it to dr irina for analysis. she stated that it wasn't a hoax in that it was a genuine mummified body that was once living tissue. her conclusions though were that it was a premature child that was deformed, something which could be attributed to the far reaching of the 1957 disaster.
on 15 april 2004, scientists made an official statement that the creature" was a premature female human infant, with severe deformities. however, other experts and eyewitnesses said it could not have been a human as there were too many differences (up to 20 were counted) in the skeleton that varied from a human being, especially in regard to the skull.
however's clinical assistant, romanowa, who herself had seen many deformities in children stated that "they had never seen anything like this", and that she believed that it was "not of human origin". she said the differences were just too many, not least of which the amount of bones on the head that consisted of four in total that had sharp edges which were "completely different to a human]
according to genetic experts at the moscow institute of general genetics, dna analysis of the clothes was wrapped in revealed evidence that his dna was of unknown origin. it was also tested for radiation, but did not show high radiation]
a march 2018 study on the similar atacama skeleton found an extremely high number of mutations for bone & muscle formation, suggesting that such major mutations, although extremely rare, are possible.
see also [ edit ]
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alyoshenka* (ˈrəʃən: dɪˈmɪnjətɪv əv ðə ˈrəʃən meɪl fərst neɪm alexey*) ər ðə dwɔrf ɪz bɪˈlivd baɪ ˈmɛni tɪ bi ə ˌpriməˈʧʊrli bɔrn ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈbeɪbi wɪθ ˈmɛni dɪˈfɔrmətiz faʊnd ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv kaolinovy*, nɪr, ʧɛljəˈbɪnsk ˈɑblæst, ˈrəʃə ɪn meɪ 1996 ˈsəbsəkwəntli, ðə rɪˈmeɪnz wər lɔst. ˈoʊnli ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ənd ˈvɪdioʊz əv ðə kɔrps sərˈvaɪv. ˈvɛriəs ˌsupərˈnæʧərəl ənd ˈmɪstɪkəl ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən əroʊz; rɪˈgɑrd ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ɪts ɪgˈzɪstəns ɛz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ˈərbən ˈlɛʤəndz. ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈɛdət ə smɔl ˈjumən, wɑz faʊnd baɪ ən ˈɛldərli ˈwʊmən, təˈmɑrə. ðə hæd ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl əˈpɪrəns, ˈgɪvɪŋ raɪz tɪ ˈrumərz əv ɪts ˌɛkstrətərˈɛstriəl ˈɔrəʤən. ðə ˈloʊkəl ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˈrɛdəli səˈpɔrtɪd ðɪs ˈrumər, kəˈlɛktɪŋ fiz frəm rɪˈpɔrtərz fər ˈɪntərvˌjuz æt list tu ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈkəmpəˌniz (əˈsɑhi ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd ˈɛmˈtiˈvi ʤəˈpæn) meɪd ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəriz əˈbaʊt ðə rɪˈmeɪnz. ˈfɪzɪkəl əˈpɪrəns ˈɛdət wɑz ə əˈbaʊt 25 ˈsɛntəˌmitərz ɪn) ɪn lɛŋθ. ɪts ˈhɛrləs hɛd hæd ə ˈnəmbər əv dɑrk spɑts. ðə aɪz wər lɑrʤ, ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ moʊst əv ðə feɪs. ɪt briðd θru ə smɔl noʊz bɪˈloʊ ðə aɪz. ˈleɪtər ˈɪnsədənts ˈɛdət ˈsəmˌwɛr bɪtˈwin ə fju deɪz tɪ ə mənθ ˈæftər ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri, təˈmɑrə wɑz ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ər ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk ˈhɑˌspɪtəl (ˈditeɪlz ˈvɛri ɔn ðɪs) fər ˈtritmənt, ənd ɪn səm əˈkaʊnts ðə rɪˈmeɪnz wər pæst tɪ ðə ˈloʊkəl (pəˈlis) baɪ ə ˈneɪbər. ɪn moʊst əˈkaʊnts, wəns ðə ˈbɑdi wɑz ˈgɪvɪn tɪ əˈθɔrətiz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ˈtɛstɪŋ, ɪt "ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd" ənd ˈfæməli wɑz əˈneɪbəl tɪ rɪˈtriv ɪt frəm əˈθɔrətiz. ɪn 1999 wɑz kɪld ɪn ə kɑr ˈæksədənt ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ ɪˈskeɪp frəm ðə ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən ˈɛdət ˈlɪtəl ɪz noʊn əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənd tɪ ðə rɪˈmeɪnz, ənd əˈkaʊnts əv dɛθ ənd əˈpɪrəns ˈvɛri ˈgreɪtli. ə ˈloʊkəl kleɪmd ðət ðə kɔrps wɑz ˈteɪkən əˈweɪ baɪ ə ˌjuˌɛˈfoʊ ˌɪnˈhæbətəd baɪ ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈspiʃiz. səm hoʊld ðət ɪt wɑz bɔt baɪ ə ˈwɛlθi kəˈlɛktər əv ˌkjʊriˈɑsətiz. ə ˈdɔktər frəm ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈhɑˌspɪtəl hu hæd əˈlɛʤədli sin ðə kɔrps ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ɪt ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪd tɪ ə ˈnɔrməl 20 tɪ ˈjumən, bɔrn ˌpriməˈʧʊrli. ɪt kʊd hæv lɪvd fər ˈsɛvərəl aʊərz, bət nɑt ˈsɛvərəl wiks, ˈkɑntrɛri tɪ ˈtɛstɪŋ ˈɛdət ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ðət ðɪs wɑz ðə ˈməmɪˌfaɪd rɪˈmeɪnz əv ə ʧaɪld ənd tʊk ɪt tɪ ˈdɑktər ˌɪˈrinə fər æˈnælɪsɪs. ʃi ˈsteɪtɪd ðət ɪt ˈwəzənt ə hoʊks ɪn ðət ɪt wɑz ə ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪn ˈməmɪˌfaɪd ˈbɑdi ðət wɑz wəns ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈtɪʃu. hər kənˈkluʒənz ðoʊ wər ðət ɪt wɑz ə ˌpriməˈʧʊr ʧaɪld ðət wɑz dɪˈfɔrmd, ˈsəmθɪŋ wɪʧ kʊd bi əˈtrɪbjətəd tɪ ðə fɑr ˈriʧɪŋ əv ðə 1957 dɪˈzæstər. ɔn 15 ˈeɪprəl 2004 ˈsaɪəntɪsts meɪd ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈsteɪtmənt ðət ðə ˈkriʧər" wɑz ə ˌpriməˈʧʊr ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈjumən ˈɪnfənt, wɪθ səˈvɪr dɪˈfɔrmətiz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈəðər ˈɛkspərts ənd ˈaɪˌwɪtnəsɪz sɛd ɪt kʊd nɑt hæv bɪn ə ˈjumən ɛz ðɛr wər tu ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənsɪz (əp tɪ 20 wər ˈkaʊntɪd) ɪn ðə ˈskɛlətən ðət ˈvɛrid frəm ə ˈjumən biɪŋ, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ðə skəl. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˈklɪnɪkəl əˈsɪstənt, romanowa*, hu hərˈsɛlf hæd sin ˈmɛni dɪˈfɔrmətiz ɪn ˈʧɪldrən ˈsteɪtɪd ðət "ðeɪ hæd ˈnɛvər sin ˈɛniˌθɪŋ laɪk ðɪs", ənd ðət ʃi bɪˈlivd ðət ɪt wɑz "nɑt əv ˈjumən ˈɔrəʤən". ʃi sɛd ðə ˈdɪfərənsɪz wər ʤɪst tu ˈmɛni, nɑt list əv wɪʧ ðə əˈmaʊnt əv boʊnz ɔn ðə hɛd ðət kənˈsɪstɪd əv fɔr ɪn ˈtoʊtəl ðət hæd ʃɑrp ˈɛʤɪz wɪʧ wər "kəmˈplitli ˈdɪfərənt tɪ ə ˈjumən əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ʤəˈnɛtɪk ˈɛkspərts æt ðə ˈmɔˌskaʊ ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈʤɛnərəl ʤəˈnɛtɪks, ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ æˈnælɪsɪs əv ðə kloʊðz wɑz ræpt ɪn rɪˈvild ˈɛvədəns ðət hɪz ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ wɑz əv ənˈnoʊn ˈɔrəʤən. ɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈtɛstɪd fər ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən, bət dɪd nɑt ʃoʊ haɪ ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən ə mɑrʧ 2018 ˈstədi ɔn ðə ˈsɪmələr ˈɑtɑˌkɑmɑ ˈskɛlətən faʊnd ən ɪkˈstrimli haɪ ˈnəmbər əv mjuˈteɪʃənz fər boʊn ˈməsəl fɔrˈmeɪʃən, səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət səʧ ˈmeɪʤər mjuˈteɪʃənz, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪkˈstrimli rɛr, ər ˈpɑsəbəl. si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət
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a paper sun hangs on the wall, and the dresser is covered with bottles of nail polish in all colors. the woman who used to inhabit this room, who has been in the hands of the government for the past three months, seemed to have a fondness for ladybugs. there is a stuffed animal ladybug on the bed, and a rug in the shape of a ladybug on the floor. "her friends called her the ladybug of the revolution,", 22, says of her sister, who has disappeared.
el-taweel says her sister was restless and constantly on the go, taking pictures wherever she went. the walls are covered with patches of dried adhesive. "we took down the pictures," she says, explaining that anyone depicted in them is in danger. pulls letters from her sister out of a cardboard box. they were folded to make them as small as possible, so that they could be smuggled out of prison. "i was blindfolded for 15 days," reads from one of the letters. "i felt as if i were in a grave. it was so bad that i prayed to god to allow me to be resurrected. but i couldn't kneel down. they kidnapped me on the last day of my period. i couldn't wash myself for 17 days."
esraa, 23, a sociology student and freelance photographer, was abducted on june 1 of this year -- not by criminals or a terrorist organization, but by the police in her own country.
more than four years after the egyptian revolution, the government headed by president abdel is cracking down on unwelcome journalists, former revolutionaries and, most of all, islamists. in the name of fighting terror, laws are enacted that limit freedom of the press and freedom of expression. in some cases, government forces are breaking the country's laws, in what sometimes feels like a retaliation campaign against those who drove out former dictator hosni mubarak and believed in democracy.
kept in the dark
young people are being detained -- on the street, at work and at home. they are interrogated without arrest warrants or access to an attorney, and their family members are kept in the dark about their whereabouts. there were occasional cases like these already under mubarak, but since interior minister abdul came into office in march, the police are disappearing scores of people, especially members and supporters of the muslim brotherhood, which the new regime collectively treats as terrorists. human rights activists believe there are up to around 800 such cases in egypt today.
duaa looks tired as she sits in a café in cairo's district, wearing costume jewelry. it is still hot, even though it is already evening, and a song by whitney houston is blaring from the loudspeakers -- the louder, the better, to prevent others from listening in on conversations. can hardly concentrate on what she is saying, and her movements are erratic, her eyes constantly darting around the room.
"it was the worst when we didn't know anything at all," she says. "we didn't even know if she was still alive." had said goodbye to her sister at about 5 p.m. on the day of her abduction. she had plans to meet two friends for dinner at chili's. they tried a new restaurant every week, eating everything from grilled chicken to indian food. had left her crutches at home that evening, because her friends were able to help her walk. her legs have been partially paralyzed since jan. 25, 2014, the third anniversary of the revolution, when security forces shot her in the back during a demonstration.
she disappeared on that evening, along with her two friends. when they left the restaurant, several police officers dressed in civilian clothing pulled them into a minivan.
the family had no idea what had happened, and there was no news from her for two weeks.'s father went on television to ask the public for help. they contacted an attorney, who filed a complaint with the attorney general. "tell me where she is and we will investigate the case," the general prosecutor's office replied, suggesting that perhaps she had run off with a lover.
it was only by accident that the family learned what had happened to. a young woman who had seen her in prison contacted the family via facebook.
perfidious tactics
duaa says she talks in her sleep at night, constantly repeating the number of her sister's missing person report: 1191. the day before our interview, she saw her sister again for the first time since her disappearance, but only from a distance, beyond a barrier in front of the building that houses the prosecutor general's office.'s detention was extended by 14 days, but the same thing has been happening every two weeks. she is charged with being a member of the muslim brotherhood, and of having disseminated false reports and provided information to other countries.
"those are the top three charges if you want to arrest someone these days," says her attorney,. denies them all. describes the enforced disappearances as a tactic, because "it allows the government to hide people from the law." a person who is officially arrested cannot be interrogated without an attorney present. the person's case would have to be presented to the public prosecutor within 24 hours, and the government would have to release him or her if there were no indictment, says.
but the "disappeared" are stuck in a legal vacuum of sorts. they are initially taken to a building owned by the state security service. "confessions are forcibly extracted from them there," sometimes through torture, explains. then an indictment is prepared. according to her attorney, was interrogated for 18 hours, and in the end she signed the minutes of the interrogation. the document also bears the signature of an attorney, but that lawyer wasn't even present, says.
according to, there is no legal basis for arresting people without an arrest warrant. "but the government doesn't have to amend the laws," says. "it simply breaks them."
esraa denies the claim that she belongs to the muslim brotherhood. ahmed el degwy, 23, however, was in fact a member of the political arm of the brotherhood, the freedom and justice party, and headed its youth organization. he disappeared on july 16.
after the revolution, the muslim brotherhood rapidly came into power and then suffered a brutal fall from grace. because it was the most political force in a country with no experience with democracy, the freedom and justice party won egypt's first free elections.
but then it established a corrupt regime under then president mohamed. seized more and more power by issuing constitutional decrees. the people protested, and egypt seemed to be sinking into chaos. this is why a large share of egyptians, anxious for stability, supported the military takeover, and the reason many still support today.
fear
thousands of members of the muslim brotherhood were arrested after's overthrow, and hundreds, including the former president himself, were sentenced to death by trial courts. anyone who was a member of the brotherhood is now in prison, has fled abroad or is in hiding.
the new government declared the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization, and the islamist community has since become radicalized. for years, cells and groups affiliated with the so-called islamic state have been operating on the sinai peninsula, and egypt has recently been shaken by a series of violent attacks. because it is so difficult to come to grips with terrorism in the country, and the government is determined to produce successes, it has also taken a harsh stance against those who share islamist or politically divergent views but are not prepared to commit acts of violence.
reda ghada abassy, 49, the mother of ahmed el degwy, is wearing a purple niqab. she is afraid -- for her son ahmed, for her three other children and for her husband. she doesn't want to meet us in her home, saying it isn't a safe place. she tells us that her apartment has been searched several times. first she proposes a recreational club, but then she changes her mind, because visitors are required to register at the front desk. in the end, we meet in a coffeehouse, where she sits in a corner and shows us photos of her son on her mobile phone: ahmed as a little boy, holding a birthday present, ahmed smiling on the beach in alexandria, and ahmed wrapped in a palestinian scarf on square, an attractive man with amber eyes and wavy hair.
before his arrest, he had been in hiding for two years, living in the apartments of various friends and constantly changing his whereabouts. his mother never knew where exactly he was at any given time. he communicated with her via whatsapp. sometimes they met in public places, like a café or a park. his clothes looked old and worn, and she tried to give him money. "he usually refused to take it," she says.
"ahmed didn't want to leave the country," his mother says. "he always insisted that he had done nothing wrong." but soon the net began to tighten around him. several of his friends were arrested. when he received a text message from the confiscated mobile phone of one of his friends, he began to worry that the intelligence service could locate his phone.
on july 16, the last day of the month of ramadan, he had made plans to meet at a friend's apartment to play with his x-box. he's been missing ever since. his friends say he is being held in a building owned by the state security service, but there is no official confirmation of his whereabouts, nor has an indictment been issued. "that's what is so dangerous," says his mother. "they could accuse him of all kinds of things, even of committing a terrorist attack that never happened."
ahmed's mother has tears in her eyes. "may god return the apple of my eye to me, just as he returned moses to his mother," she writes in a social media status update. she fears her son will be killed.
civil rights under attack
after the 2011 revolution, the constitution was amended to allow civilians to be tried in military courts, where defendants have virtually no rights. all terrorism cases -- and all it takes to classify a case as terrorism is damage to public property -- can be tried by military courts. this is one of the changes president issued by decree.
a new law enacted by the egyptian government has recently come under fire internationally, because it restricts freedom of speech. under the law, journalists can expect substantial fines if their reports on attacks contradict the official government accounts. according to the government, the purpose of the law is to improve morals in the country.
a trial that came to a preliminary end on aug. 29 demonstrates how harshly the regime takes action against media organizations. a cairo court sentenced each of three employees of the al jazeera network -- egyptian mohamed, canadian mohamed fahmy and australian peter -- to three years in prison. they had been arrested in a luxury hotel on island in the nile river. they were accused of working without a permit from the information ministry, disseminating false information and aiding a "terrorist organization," the muslim brotherhood.
the situation is even more serious for three other egyptians who were arrested in connection with the same case, because they allegedly supplied the network with material. one of them is political science student saad. "it's true that he worked as a freelance journalist," says his brother, osama saad, 26, "and it is certainly possible that he also supplied al jazeera with videos."
osama saad is sitting in an italian restaurant in downtown cairo. he doesn't want anything to drink, and he doesn't want to talk about al jazeera anymore. in a few days, his brother will be put on trial before a military court in a completely different case, in which he stands accused of being one of the country's most dangerous terrorists.
torture with
sohaib saad was also abducted, while the official investigation against him and the other journalists was still underway. in other words, says his brother, it was at a time when he was already required to report to a police station every day. the family heard nothing from him for 15 days. during that time, saad made a confession. the military published his statement in a video on "the arrest of the most dangerous terrorist cell, which is a threat to national security." in it, saad appears with a pale face and dark circles around his eyes. he confesses to having received money and purchased a weapon. the television news programs depict images of machine guns, hand grenades and explosives. "they gave him a piece of paper and told him to memorize it," says his brother, who claims that saad was tortured with electric shocks, has a scar on his nose and gashes on his wrists, where he was allegedly bound and suspended from the ceiling.
the italian restaurant is located near square. with the tents and crowds of people that once covered the square, along with the drums and graffiti, it was once the chaotic, pulsating heart of the revolution.
today the square consists of a number of manicured lawns and flowing traffic. the egyptian flag flutters on a flagpole in the center. the place where a regime was once toppled is now a symbol of its return to power.
when visits her sister once a week, they sit in a small room with a few chairs in it, and a guard listens to their conversation.
esraa was in bad shape the last time she saw her, says. she had lost a lot of weight, her skin was covered with blisters, and she was feeling pain in her paralyzed legs because she was not being given physical therapy. had brought along a bottle of water, which her sister ripped from her hands and drank. she had been unable to buy any water in a week, says, and the tap water smelled of sewage. merely using it for washing was enough to cause infections. fainted the day before due to dehydration.
"i still can't believe what has happened," wrote in one of her letters. "i wake up in a panic, and i don't know where i am."
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ə ˈpeɪpər sən hæŋz ɔn ðə wɔl, ənd ðə ˈdrɛsər ɪz ˈkəvərd wɪθ ˈbɑtəlz əv neɪl ˈpɑlɪʃ ɪn ɔl ˈkələrz. ðə ˈwʊmən hu juzd tɪ ˌɪnˈhæbət ðɪs rum, hu həz bɪn ɪn ðə hænz əv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt fər ðə pæst θri mənθs, simd tɪ hæv ə ˈfɑndnəs fər ˈleɪdiˌbəgz. ðɛr ɪz ə stəft ˈænəməl ˈleɪdiˌbəg ɔn ðə bɛd, ənd ə rəg ɪn ðə ʃeɪp əv ə ˈleɪdiˌbəg ɔn ðə flɔr. "hər frɛndz kɔld hər ðə ˈleɪdiˌbəg əv ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən,", 22 sɪz əv hər ˈsɪstər, hu həz ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd. sɪz hər ˈsɪstər wɑz ˈrɛstləs ənd ˈkɑnstəntli ɔn ðə goʊ, ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈpɪkʧərz wɛˈrɛvər ʃi wɛnt. ðə wɔlz ər ˈkəvərd wɪθ ˈpæʧɪz əv draɪd əˈdhisɪv. "wi tʊk daʊn ðə ˈpɪkʧərz," ʃi sɪz, ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ ðət ˈɛniˌwən dɪˈpɪktɪd ɪn ðɛm ɪz ɪn ˈdeɪnʤər. pʊlz ˈlɛtərz frəm hər ˈsɪstər aʊt əv ə ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd bɑks. ðeɪ wər ˈfoʊldɪd tɪ meɪk ðɛm ɛz smɔl ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl, soʊ ðət ðeɪ kʊd bi sˈməgəld aʊt əv ˈprɪzən. "aɪ wɑz ˈblaɪndˌfoʊldɪd fər 15 deɪz," ridz frəm wən əv ðə ˈlɛtərz. "aɪ fɛlt ɛz ɪf aɪ wər ɪn ə greɪv. ɪt wɑz soʊ bæd ðət aɪ preɪd tɪ gɑd tɪ əˈlaʊ mi tɪ bi ˌrɛzərˈɛktɪd. bət aɪ ˈkʊdənt nil daʊn. ðeɪ ˈkɪdˌnæpt mi ɔn ðə læst deɪ əv maɪ ˈpɪriəd. aɪ ˈkʊdənt wɑʃ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf fər 17 deɪz.", 23 ə ˌsoʊsiˈɑləʤi ˈstudənt ənd ˈfriˌlæns fəˈtɑgrəfər, wɑz əbˈdəktɪd ɔn ʤun 1 əv ðɪs jɪr nɑt baɪ ˈkrɪmənəlz ər ə ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, bət baɪ ðə pəˈlis ɪn hər oʊn ˈkəntri. mɔr ðən fɔr jɪrz ˈæftər ðə ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˌrɛvəˈluʃən, ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈhɛdɪd baɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈæbˌdɛl ɪz ˈkrækɪŋ daʊn ɔn ənˈwɛlkəm ˈʤərnəlɪsts, ˈfɔrmər ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛriz ənd, moʊst əv ɔl, ˈɪsləmɪsts. ɪn ðə neɪm əv ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈtɛrər, lɔz ər ɛˈnæktəd ðət ˈlɪmət ˈfridəm əv ðə prɛs ənd ˈfridəm əv ɪkˈsprɛʃən. ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, ˈgəvərnmənt ˈfɔrsɪz ər ˈbreɪkɪŋ ðə ˈkəntriz lɔz, ɪn wət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz filz laɪk ə riˌtæliˈeɪʃən kæmˈpeɪn əˈgɛnst ðoʊz hu droʊv aʊt ˈfɔrmər ˈdɪkteɪtər ˈhɔsni muˈbɑrɪk ənd bɪˈlivd ɪn dɪˈmɑkrəsi. kɛpt ɪn ðə dɑrk jəŋ ˈpipəl ər biɪŋ dɪˈteɪnd ɔn ðə strit, æt wərk ənd æt hoʊm. ðeɪ ər ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtɪd wɪˈθaʊt ərˈɛst ˈwɔrənts ər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ən əˈtərni, ənd ðɛr ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz ər kɛpt ɪn ðə dɑrk əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˈwɛrəˌbaʊts. ðɛr wər ɔˈkeɪʒənəl ˈkeɪsɪz laɪk ðiz ɔˈrɛdi ˈəndər muˈbɑrɪk, bət sɪns ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstər æbˈdul keɪm ˈɪntu ˈɔfəs ɪn mɑrʧ, ðə pəˈlis ər ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ skɔrz əv ˈpipəl, əˈspɛʃəli ˈmɛmbərz ənd səˈpɔrtərz əv ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd, wɪʧ ðə nu rəˈʒim kəˈlɛktɪvli trits ɛz ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts. ˈjumən raɪts ˈæktɪvɪsts bɪˈliv ðɛr ər əp tɪ əraʊnd 800 səʧ ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn ˈiʤɪpt təˈdeɪ. lʊks taɪərd ɛz ʃi sɪts ɪn ə café*é ɪn ˈkaɪroʊz ˈdɪstrɪkt, ˈwɛrɪŋ ˈkɑstum ˈʤuəlri. ɪt ɪz stɪl hɑt, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ˈivnɪŋ, ənd ə sɔŋ baɪ ˈwɪtni ˈhjustən ɪz ˈblɛrɪŋ frəm ðə ˈlaʊdˌspikərz ðə ˈlaʊdər, ðə ˈbɛtər, tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈəðərz frəm ˈlɪsənɪŋ ɪn ɔn ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz. kən ˈhɑrdli ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt ɔn wət ʃi ɪz seɪɪŋ, ənd hər ˈmuvmənts ər ɪˈrætɪk, hər aɪz ˈkɑnstəntli ˈdɑrtɪŋ əraʊnd ðə rum. "ɪt wɑz ðə wərst wɪn wi ˈdɪdənt noʊ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ æt ɔl," ʃi sɪz. "wi ˈdɪdənt ˈivɪn noʊ ɪf ʃi wɑz stɪl əˈlaɪv." hæd sɛd ˌgʊdˈbaɪ tɪ hər ˈsɪstər æt əˈbaʊt 5 p.m*. ɔn ðə deɪ əv hər əbˈdəkʃən. ʃi hæd plænz tɪ mit tu frɛndz fər ˈdɪnər æt ˈʧɪliz. ðeɪ traɪd ə nu ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ˈɛvəri wik, ˈitɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ frəm grɪld ˈʧɪkən tɪ ˈɪndiən fud. hæd lɛft hər ˈkrəʧɪz æt hoʊm ðət ˈivnɪŋ, bɪˈkəz hər frɛndz wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ hɛlp hər wɔk. hər lɛgz hæv bɪn ˈpɑrʃəli ˈpɛrəˌlaɪzd sɪns ʤæn. 25 2014 ðə θərd ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən, wɪn sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ʃɑt hər ɪn ðə bæk ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən. ʃi ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd ɔn ðət ˈivnɪŋ, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hər tu frɛndz. wɪn ðeɪ lɛft ðə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt, ˈsɛvərəl pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz drɛst ɪn səˈvɪljən ˈkloʊðɪŋ pʊld ðɛm ˈɪntu ə ˈmɪniˈvæn. ðə ˈfæməli hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə wət hæd ˈhæpənd, ənd ðɛr wɑz noʊ nuz frəm hər fər tu wiks. ˈfɑðər wɛnt ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən tɪ æsk ðə ˈpəblɪk fər hɛlp. ðeɪ ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd ən əˈtərni, hu faɪld ə kəmˈpleɪnt wɪθ ðə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl. "tɛl mi wɛr ʃi ɪz ənd wi wɪl ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ðə keɪs," ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ˈɔfəs rɪˈplaɪd, səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət pərˈhæps ʃi hæd rən ɔf wɪθ ə ˈləvər. ɪt wɑz ˈoʊnli baɪ ˈæksədənt ðət ðə ˈfæməli ˈlərnɪd wət hæd ˈhæpənd tɪ. ə jəŋ ˈwʊmən hu hæd sin hər ɪn ˈprɪzən ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd ðə ˈfæməli ˈviə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk. ˈtæktɪks sɪz ʃi tɔks ɪn hər slip æt naɪt, ˈkɑnstəntli rɪˈpitɪŋ ðə ˈnəmbər əv hər ˈsɪstərz ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈpərsən rɪˈpɔrt: 1191 ðə deɪ ˌbiˈfɔr ɑr ˈɪntərvˌju, ʃi sɔ hər ˈsɪstər əˈgɛn fər ðə fərst taɪm sɪns hər ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns, bət ˈoʊnli frəm ə ˈdɪstəns, bɪɔnd ə ˈbɛriər ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ðət ˈhaʊsɪz ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər ˈʤɛnərəlz ˈɔfəs. dɪˈtɛnʃən wɑz ɪkˈstɛndɪd baɪ 14 deɪz, bət ðə seɪm θɪŋ həz bɪn ˈhæpənɪŋ ˈɛvəri tu wiks. ʃi ɪz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ biɪŋ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd, ənd əv ˈhævɪŋ dɪˈsɛməˌneɪtəd fɔls rɪˈpɔrts ənd prəˈvaɪdɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɪ ˈəðər ˈkəntriz. "ðoʊz ər ðə tɔp θri ˈʧɑrʤɪz ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ ərˈɛst ˈsəmˌwən ðiz deɪz," sɪz hər əˈtərni,. dɪˈnaɪz ðɛm ɔl. dɪˈskraɪbz ðə ɛnˈfɔrst ˌdɪsəˈpɪrənsɪz ɛz ə ˈtæktɪk, bɪˈkəz "ɪt əˈlaʊz ðə ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ haɪd ˈpipəl frəm ðə lɔ." ə ˈpərsən hu ɪz əˈfɪʃəli ərˈɛstɪd ˈkænɑt bi ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtɪd wɪˈθaʊt ən əˈtərni ˈprɛzənt. ðə ˈpərsənz keɪs wʊd hæv tɪ bi pərˈzɛnəd tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈprɑsɪˌkjutər wɪˈθɪn 24 aʊərz, ənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wʊd hæv tɪ riˈlis ɪm ər hər ɪf ðɛr wər noʊ ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt, sɪz. bət ðə "ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd" ər stək ɪn ə ˈligəl ˈvækjum əv sɔrts. ðeɪ ər ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ˈteɪkən tɪ ə ˈbɪldɪŋ oʊnd baɪ ðə steɪt sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsərvɪs. "kənˈfɛʃənz ər ˈfɔrsəbli ɛkˈstræktɪd frəm ðɛm ðɛr," ˈsəmˌtaɪmz θru ˈtɔrʧər, ɪkˈspleɪnz. ðɛn ən ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt ɪz priˈpɛrd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ hər əˈtərni, wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛrəˌgeɪtɪd fər 18 aʊərz, ənd ɪn ðə ɛnd ʃi saɪnd ðə ˈmɪnəts əv ðə ˌɪnˌtɛrəˈgeɪʃən. ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈɔlsoʊ bɛrz ðə ˈsɪgnəʧər əv ən əˈtərni, bət ðət ˈlɔjər ˈwəzənt ˈivɪn ˈprɛzənt, sɪz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈligəl ˈbeɪsɪs fər ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈpipəl wɪˈθaʊt ən ərˈɛst ˈwɔrənt. "bət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈdəzənt hæv tɪ əˈmɛnd ðə lɔz," sɪz. "ɪt ˈsɪmpli breɪks ðɛm." dɪˈnaɪz ðə kleɪm ðət ʃi bɪˈlɔŋz tɪ ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd. ˈɑmɛd ɛl degwy*, 23 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɑz ɪn fækt ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ɑrm əv ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd, ðə ˈfridəm ənd ˈʤəstɪs ˈpɑrti, ənd ˈhɛdɪd ɪts juθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən. hi ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 16 ˈæftər ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən, ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ˈræpədli keɪm ˈɪntu paʊər ənd ðɛn ˈsəfərd ə ˈbrutəl fɔl frəm greɪs. bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz ðə moʊst pəˈlɪtɪkəl fɔrs ɪn ə ˈkəntri wɪθ noʊ ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ dɪˈmɑkrəsi, ðə ˈfridəm ənd ˈʤəstɪs ˈpɑrti wən ˈiʤɪpts fərst fri ɪˈlɛkʃənz. bət ðɛn ɪt ɪˈstæblɪʃt ə kərəpt rəˈʒim ˈəndər ðɛn ˈprɛzɪdənt moʊˈhɑmɛd. sizd mɔr ənd mɔr paʊər baɪ ˈɪʃuɪŋ ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl dɪˈkriz. ðə ˈpipəl ˈproʊˌtɛstəd, ənd ˈiʤɪpt simd tɪ bi ˈsɪŋkɪŋ ˈɪntu keɪɑs. ðɪs ɪz waɪ ə lɑrʤ ʃɛr əv ɪˈʤɪpʃənz, ˈæŋʃəs fər stəˈbɪlɪti, səˈpɔrtɪd ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈteɪˌkoʊvər, ənd ðə ˈrizən ˈmɛni stɪl səˈpɔrt təˈdeɪ. fɪr ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd wər ərˈɛstɪd ˈæftər ˈoʊvərθˌroʊ, ənd ˈhənərdz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈprɛzɪdənt hɪmˈsɛlf, wər ˈsɛntənst tɪ dɛθ baɪ traɪəl kɔrts. ˈɛniˌwən hu wɑz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ɪz naʊ ɪn ˈprɪzən, həz flɛd əˈbrɔd ər ɪz ɪn ˈhaɪdɪŋ. ðə nu ˈgəvərnmənt dɪˈklɛrd ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ə ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, ənd ðə ˈɪsləmɪst kəmˈjunɪti həz sɪns bɪˈkəm ˈrædɪkəˌlaɪzd. fər jɪrz, sɛlz ənd grups əˈfɪliˌeɪtɪd wɪθ ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt hæv bɪn ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈsaɪˌnaɪ pəˈnɪnsələ, ənd ˈiʤɪpt həz ˈrisəntli bɪn ˈʃeɪkən baɪ ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈvaɪələnt əˈtæks. bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz soʊ ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ kəm tɪ grɪps wɪθ ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, ənd ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz dɪˈtərmənd tɪ ˈproʊdus səkˈsɛsɪz, ɪt həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈteɪkən ə hɑrʃ stæns əˈgɛnst ðoʊz hu ʃɛr ˈɪsləmɪst ər ˈplɪtɪkli dɪˈvərʤənt vjuz bət ər nɑt priˈpɛrd tɪ kəˈmɪt ækts əv ˈvaɪələns. ˈreɪdə ˈgɑdə abassy*, 49 ðə ˈməðər əv ˈɑmɛd ɛl degwy*, ɪz ˈwɛrɪŋ ə ˈpərpəl niqab*. ʃi ɪz əˈfreɪd fər hər sən ˈɑmɛd, fər hər θri ˈəðər ˈʧɪldrən ənd fər hər ˈhəzbənd. ʃi ˈdəzənt wɔnt tɪ mit ˈjuˈɛs ɪn hər hoʊm, seɪɪŋ ɪt ˈɪzənt ə seɪf pleɪs. ʃi tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs ðət hər əˈpɑrtmənt həz bɪn sərʧt ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz. fərst ʃi prəˈpoʊzɪz ə ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃənəl kləb, bət ðɛn ʃi ˈʧeɪnʤɪz hər maɪnd, bɪˈkəz ˈvɪzɪtərz ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ ˈrɛʤɪstər æt ðə frənt dɛsk. ɪn ðə ɛnd, wi mit ɪn ə ˈkɔfiˌhaʊs, wɛr ʃi sɪts ɪn ə ˈkɔrnər ənd ʃoʊz ˈjuˈɛs ˈfoʊˌtoʊz əv hər sən ɔn hər ˈmoʊbəl foʊn: ˈɑmɛd ɛz ə ˈlɪtəl bɔɪ, ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə ˈbərθˌdeɪ ˈprɛzənt, ˈɑmɛd sˈmaɪlɪŋ ɔn ðə biʧ ɪn ˌæləgˈzændriə, ənd ˈɑmɛd ræpt ɪn ə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən skɑrf ɔn skwɛr, ən əˈtræktɪv mæn wɪθ ˈæmbər aɪz ənd ˈweɪvi hɛr. ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ərˈɛst, hi hæd bɪn ɪn ˈhaɪdɪŋ fər tu jɪrz, ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ðə əˈpɑrtmənts əv ˈvɛriəs frɛndz ənd ˈkɑnstəntli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ hɪz ˈwɛrəˌbaʊts. hɪz ˈməðər ˈnɛvər nu wɛr ɪgˈzæktli hi wɑz æt ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn taɪm. hi kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪd wɪθ hər ˈviə whatsapp*. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ðeɪ mɛt ɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz, laɪk ə café*é ər ə pɑrk. hɪz kloʊðz lʊkt oʊld ənd wɔrn, ənd ʃi traɪd tɪ gɪv ɪm ˈməni. "hi ˈjuʒəwəli rɪfˈjuzd tɪ teɪk ɪt," ʃi sɪz. "ˈɑmɛd ˈdɪdənt wɔnt tɪ liv ðə ˈkəntri," hɪz ˈməðər sɪz. "hi ˈɔlˌweɪz ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðət hi hæd dən ˈnəθɪŋ rɔŋ." bət sun ðə nɛt bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈtaɪtən əraʊnd ɪm. ˈsɛvərəl əv hɪz frɛndz wər ərˈɛstɪd. wɪn hi rɪˈsivd ə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤ frəm ðə ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəd ˈmoʊbəl foʊn əv wən əv hɪz frɛndz, hi bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈwəri ðət ðə ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈsərvɪs kʊd ˈloʊˌkeɪt hɪz foʊn. ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 16 ðə læst deɪ əv ðə mənθ əv ˈrɑməˌdɑn, hi hæd meɪd plænz tɪ mit æt ə frɛndz əˈpɑrtmənt tɪ pleɪ wɪθ hɪz x-box*. hiz bɪn ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈɛvər sɪns. hɪz frɛndz seɪ hi ɪz biɪŋ hɛld ɪn ə ˈbɪldɪŋ oʊnd baɪ ðə steɪt sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsərvɪs, bət ðɛr ɪz noʊ əˈfɪʃəl ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən əv hɪz ˈwɛrəˌbaʊts, nɔr həz ən ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt bɪn ˈɪʃud. "ðæts wət ɪz soʊ ˈdeɪnʤərəs," sɪz hɪz ˈməðər. "ðeɪ kʊd əˈkjuz ɪm əv ɔl kaɪnz əv θɪŋz, ˈivɪn əv kəˈmɪtɪŋ ə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæk ðət ˈnɛvər ˈhæpənd." ˈməðər həz tɪrz ɪn hər aɪz. "meɪ gɑd rɪˈtərn ðə ˈæpəl əv maɪ aɪ tɪ mi, ʤɪst ɛz hi rɪˈtərnd ˈmoʊzɪs tɪ hɪz ˈməðər," ʃi raɪts ɪn ə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈstætəs ˈəpˌdeɪt. ʃi fɪrz hər sən wɪl bi kɪld. ˈsɪvəl raɪts ˈəndər əˈtæk ˈæftər ðə 2011 ˌrɛvəˈluʃən, ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən wɑz əˈmɛndɪd tɪ əˈlaʊ səˈvɪljənz tɪ bi traɪd ɪn ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kɔrts, wɛr dɪˈfɛndənts hæv ˈvərʧuəli noʊ raɪts. ɔl ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ˈkeɪsɪz ənd ɔl ɪt teɪks tɪ ˈklæsəˌfaɪ ə keɪs ɛz ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ɪz ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ˈpəblɪk ˈprɑpərti kən bi traɪd baɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kɔrts. ðɪs ɪz wən əv ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈɪʃud baɪ dɪˈkri. ə nu lɔ ɛˈnæktəd baɪ ðə ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈgəvərnmənt həz ˈrisəntli kəm ˈəndər faɪər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli, bɪˈkəz ɪt riˈstrɪkts ˈfridəm əv spiʧ. ˈəndər ðə lɔ, ˈʤərnəlɪsts kən ɪkˈspɛkt səbˈstænʃəl faɪnz ɪf ðɛr rɪˈpɔrts ɔn əˈtæks ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkt ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈgəvərnmənt əˈkaʊnts. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt, ðə ˈpərpəs əv ðə lɔ ɪz tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ˈmɔrəlz ɪn ðə ˈkəntri. ə traɪəl ðət keɪm tɪ ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ɛnd ɔn ˈɔgəst. 29 ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts haʊ ˈhɑrʃli ðə rəˈʒim teɪks ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ˈmidiə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz. ə ˈkaɪroʊ kɔrt ˈsɛntənst iʧ əv θri ɪmˈplɔɪiz əv ðə æl ʤəˈzirə ˈnɛtˌwərk ɪˈʤɪpʃən moʊˈhɑmɛd, kəˈneɪdiən moʊˈhɑmɛd ˈfɑmi ənd ɔˈstreɪljən ˈpitər tɪ θri jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən. ðeɪ hæd bɪn ərˈɛstɪd ɪn ə ˈləgʒəri hoʊˈtɛl ɔn ˈaɪlənd ɪn ðə naɪl ˈrɪvər. ðeɪ wər əˈkjuzd əv ˈwərkɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈpərˌmɪt frəm ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈmɪnɪstri, dɪˈsɛməˌneɪtɪŋ fɔls ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ˈeɪdɪŋ ə "ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən," ðə ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd. ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɪz ˈivɪn mɔr ˈsɪriəs fər θri ˈəðər ɪˈʤɪpʃənz hu wər ərˈɛstɪd ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ðə seɪm keɪs, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ əˈlɛʤədli səˈplaɪd ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk wɪθ məˈtɪriəl. wən əv ðɛm ɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl saɪəns ˈstudənt sɑd. "ɪts tru ðət hi wərkt ɛz ə ˈfriˌlæns ˈʤərnəlɪst," sɪz hɪz ˈbrəðər, oʊˈsɑmə sɑd, 26 "ənd ɪt ɪz ˈsərtənli ˈpɑsəbəl ðət hi ˈɔlsoʊ səˈplaɪd æl ʤəˈzirə wɪθ ˈvɪdioʊz." oʊˈsɑmə sɑd ɪz ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ən ˌɪˈtæljən ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ɪn ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ˈkaɪroʊ. hi ˈdəzənt wɔnt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ drɪŋk, ənd hi ˈdəzənt wɔnt tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt æl ʤəˈzirə ˌɛniˈmɔr. ɪn ə fju deɪz, hɪz ˈbrəðər wɪl bi pʊt ɔn traɪəl ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kɔrt ɪn ə kəmˈplitli ˈdɪfərənt keɪs, ɪn wɪʧ hi stændz əˈkjuzd əv biɪŋ wən əv ðə ˈkəntriz moʊst ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts. ˈtɔrʧər wɪθ sɑd wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ əbˈdəktɪd, waɪl ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən əˈgɛnst ɪm ənd ðə ˈəðər ˈʤərnəlɪsts wɑz stɪl ˌəndərˈweɪ. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, sɪz hɪz ˈbrəðər, ɪt wɑz æt ə taɪm wɪn hi wɑz ɔˈrɛdi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ rɪˈpɔrt tɪ ə pəˈlis ˈsteɪʃən ˈɛvəri deɪ. ðə ˈfæməli hərd ˈnəθɪŋ frəm ɪm fər 15 deɪz. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðət taɪm, sɑd meɪd ə kənˈfɛʃən. ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈpəblɪʃt hɪz ˈsteɪtmənt ɪn ə ˈvɪdioʊ ɔn "ðə ərˈɛst əv ðə moʊst ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈtɛrərɪst sɛl, wɪʧ ɪz ə θrɛt tɪ ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti." ɪn ɪt, sɑd əˈpɪrz wɪθ ə peɪl feɪs ənd dɑrk ˈsərkəlz əraʊnd hɪz aɪz. hi kənˈfɛsɪz tɪ ˈhævɪŋ rɪˈsivd ˈməni ənd ˈpərʧəst ə ˈwɛpən. ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən nuz ˈproʊˌgræmz dɪˈpɪkt ˈɪmɪʤɪz əv məˈʃin gənz, hænd grəˈneɪdz ənd ɪkˈsploʊsɪvz. "ðeɪ geɪv ɪm ə pis əv ˈpeɪpər ənd toʊld ɪm tɪ ˈmɛmərˌaɪz ɪt," sɪz hɪz ˈbrəðər, hu kleɪmz ðət sɑd wɑz ˈtɔrʧərd wɪθ ɪˈlɛktrɪk ʃɑks, həz ə skɑr ɔn hɪz noʊz ənd ˈgæʃəz ɔn hɪz rɪsts, wɛr hi wɑz əˈlɛʤədli baʊnd ənd səˈspɛndɪd frəm ðə ˈsilɪŋ. ðə ˌɪˈtæljən ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd nɪr skwɛr. wɪθ ðə tɛnts ənd kraʊdz əv ˈpipəl ðət wəns ˈkəvərd ðə skwɛr, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə drəmz ənd grəˈfiti, ɪt wɑz wəns ðə keɪˈɑtɪk, ˈpəlˌseɪtɪŋ hɑrt əv ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən. təˈdeɪ ðə skwɛr kənˈsɪsts əv ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈmænɪkjərd lɔnz ənd floʊɪŋ ˈtræfɪk. ðə ɪˈʤɪpʃən flæg ˈflətərz ɔn ə ˈflægˌpoʊl ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər. ðə pleɪs wɛr ə rəˈʒim wɑz wəns ˈtɑpəld ɪz naʊ ə ˈsɪmbəl əv ɪts rɪˈtərn tɪ paʊər. wɪn ˈvɪzɪts hər ˈsɪstər wəns ə wik, ðeɪ sɪt ɪn ə smɔl rum wɪθ ə fju ʧɛrz ɪn ɪt, ənd ə gɑrd ˈlɪsənz tɪ ðɛr ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən. wɑz ɪn bæd ʃeɪp ðə læst taɪm ʃi sɔ hər, sɪz. ʃi hæd lɔst ə lɔt əv weɪt, hər skɪn wɑz ˈkəvərd wɪθ ˈblɪstərz, ənd ʃi wɑz ˈfilɪŋ peɪn ɪn hər ˈpɛrəˌlaɪzd lɛgz bɪˈkəz ʃi wɑz nɑt biɪŋ ˈgɪvɪn ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈθɛrəpi. hæd brɔt əˈlɔŋ ə ˈbɑtəl əv ˈwɔtər, wɪʧ hər ˈsɪstər rɪpt frəm hər hænz ənd dræŋk. ʃi hæd bɪn əˈneɪbəl tɪ baɪ ˈɛni ˈwɔtər ɪn ə wik, sɪz, ənd ðə tæp ˈwɔtər smɛld əv suɪʤ. ˈmɪrli ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt fər ˈwɑʃɪŋ wɑz ɪˈnəf tɪ kɔz ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz. ˈfeɪntɪd ðə deɪ ˌbiˈfɔr du tɪ ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən. "aɪ stɪl kænt bɪˈliv wət həz ˈhæpənd," roʊt ɪn wən əv hər ˈlɛtərz. "aɪ weɪk əp ɪn ə ˈpænɪk, ənd aɪ doʊnt noʊ wɛr aɪ æm."
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online thieves who steal credit and debit card numbers are making millions of dollars in profits, fueling a global criminal enterprise marked by the high-profile data breaches of major companies such as target and home depot.
thomas j. holt, michigan state university criminologist and lead investigator of one of the first scientific studies to estimate profits, says the findings should be a wakeup call for consumers and law enforcement officials alike.
“in the past two years there have been hundreds of data breaches involving customer information, some very serious like the target breach in said holt, associate professor of criminal justice. “it’s happening so often that average consumers are just getting into this mindset of, ‘well, my bank will just the card, not a problem.’ but this is more than a hassle or inconvenience. a real economic phenomenon that has real economic impact and consequences.”
holt and fellow researchers analyzed online forums in english and russian where criminals sold stolen financial and personal information, often in batches of 50 or 100. the buyers then attempt to access the victims’ bank accounts or buy goods or services with the stolen cards.
on average, a batch of 50 stolen credit or debit cards can make a seller between about $250,000 and $1 million.
buyers, in turn, assume more risk (since they could get caught trying to use the cards), but also stand to gain more. on average, a batch of 50 stolen credit or debit cards could make the buyer between $2 million (if only 25 percent of the cards worked) and nearly $8 million (if all cards worked).
in a 2014 report for the national institute of justice, holt called for a more intensive, coordinated approach by law enforcement agencies around the world to attack.
ultimately, holt hopes to help protect consumers from the potentially disastrous effects of identity theft and credit fraud.
“my goal is make people cognizant of just how much their personal information means, how much value there is,” holt says. “if we understand the scope of this problem, if we just treat it as a nuisance, then going to enable and embolden this as a form of crime that stop.”
holt’s coauthors were olga smirnova, assistant professor at eastern carolina university, and yi ting chua, doctoral student in criminal justice at michigan state. the study, published online in the journal deviant behavior, was funded by the national institute of justice.
source: michigan state university
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ʃɛr ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər iˈmeɪl ju ər fri tɪ ʃɛr ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈəndər ðə ˌætrɪˈbjuʃən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈlaɪsəns. ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˈɔnˌlaɪn θivz hu stil ˈkrɛdɪt ənd ˈdɛbɪt kɑrd ˈnəmbərz ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈmɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz ɪn ˈprɑfɪts, fˈjulɪŋ ə ˈgloʊbəl ˈkrɪmənəl ˈɛnərˌpraɪz mɑrkt baɪ ðə ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈdætə ˈbriʧɪz əv ˈmeɪʤər ˈkəmpəˌniz səʧ ɛz ˈtərgət ənd hoʊm ˈdipoʊ. ˈtɑməs ʤeɪ. hoʊlt, ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti ˌkrɪmɪˈnɑləʤɪst ənd lɛd ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtər əv wən əv ðə fərst ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈstədiz tɪ ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ˈprɑfɪts, sɪz ðə ˈfaɪndɪŋz ʃʊd bi ə ˈweɪˌkəp kɔl fər kənˈsumərz ənd lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əˈfɪʃəlz əˈlaɪk. ðə pæst tu jɪrz ðɛr hæv bɪn ˈhənərdz əv ˈdætə ˈbriʧɪz ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈkəstəmər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, səm ˈvɛri ˈsɪriəs laɪk ðə ˈtərgət briʧ ɪn sɛd hoʊlt, əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər əv ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs. ˈhæpənɪŋ soʊ ˈɔfən ðət ˈævərɪʤ kənˈsumərz ər ʤɪst ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈɪntu ðɪs ˈmaɪndˌsɛt əv, ‘‘well*, maɪ bæŋk wɪl ʤɪst ðə kɑrd, nɑt ə problem.’*.’ bət ðɪs ɪz mɔr ðən ə ˈhæsəl ər ˌɪnkənˈvinjəns. ə ril ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk fəˈnɑməˌnɑn ðət həz ril ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌɪmˈpækt ənd consequences.”*.” hoʊlt ənd ˈfɛloʊ ˈrisərʧərz ˈænəˌlaɪzd ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈfɔrəmz ɪn ˈɪŋlɪʃ ənd ˈrəʃən wɛr ˈkrɪmənəlz soʊld ˈstoʊlən ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ənd ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ˈɔfən ɪn ˈbæʧɪz əv 50 ər 100 ðə baɪərz ðɛn əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈækˌsɛs ðə victims’*’ bæŋk əˈkaʊnts ər baɪ gʊdz ər ˈsərvɪsɪz wɪθ ðə ˈstoʊlən kɑrdz. ɔn ˈævərɪʤ, ə bæʧ əv 50 ˈstoʊlən ˈkrɛdɪt ər ˈdɛbɪt kɑrdz kən meɪk ə ˈsɛlər bɪtˈwin əˈbaʊt ənd 1 ˈmɪljən. baɪərz, ɪn tərn, əˈsum mɔr rɪsk (sɪns ðeɪ kʊd gɪt kɔt traɪɪŋ tɪ juz ðə kɑrdz), bət ˈɔlsoʊ stænd tɪ geɪn mɔr. ɔn ˈævərɪʤ, ə bæʧ əv 50 ˈstoʊlən ˈkrɛdɪt ər ˈdɛbɪt kɑrdz kʊd meɪk ðə baɪər bɪtˈwin 2 ˈmɪljən (ɪf ˈoʊnli 25 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə kɑrdz wərkt) ənd ˈnɪrli 8 ˈmɪljən (ɪf ɔl kɑrdz wərkt). ɪn ə 2014 rɪˈpɔrt fər ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈʤəstɪs, hoʊlt kɔld fər ə mɔr ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv, koʊˈɔrdəneɪtɪd əˈproʊʧ baɪ lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz əraʊnd ðə wərld tɪ əˈtæk. ˈəltəmətli, hoʊlt hoʊps tɪ hɛlp prəˈtɛkt kənˈsumərz frəm ðə pəˈtɛnʃəli dɪˈzæstrəs ˈifɛkts əv aɪˈdɛntəˌti θɛft ənd ˈkrɛdɪt frɔd. goʊl ɪz meɪk ˈpipəl ˈkɑgnəzənt əv ʤɪst haʊ məʧ ðɛr ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən minz, haʊ məʧ ˈvælju ðɛr is,”*,” hoʊlt sɪz. wi ˌəndərˈstænd ðə skoʊp əv ðɪs ˈprɑbləm, ɪf wi ʤɪst trit ɪt ɛz ə ˈnusəns, ðɛn goʊɪŋ tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ənd ɛmˈboʊldən ðɪs ɛz ə fɔrm əv kraɪm ðət stop.”*.” ˈkoʊˈɑθərz wər ˈoʊlgə sˌmərˈnoʊvə, əˈsɪstənt prəˈfɛsər æt ˈistərn ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ˌjunəˈvərsəti, ənd ji tɪŋ kwɑ, ˈdɑktərəl ˈstudənt ɪn ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʤəstɪs æt ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt. ðə ˈstədi, ˈpəblɪʃt ˈɔnˌlaɪn ɪn ðə ˈʤərnəl ˈdiviənt bɪˈheɪvjər, wɑz ˈfəndɪd baɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈʤəstɪs. sɔrs: ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti
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president donald trump speaks as japanese prime minister abe listens as they both made statements about north korea at in palm beach, fla., saturday, feb. 11, 2017. (ap walsh)
washington (ap) there was president donald trump, in the middle of his resort, conferring with japanese prime minister abe on decisions with national security implications over iceberg wedge salads. the club members snapped photos and posted them to facebook with detailed narratives about what they were seeing unfold before their eyes saturday night in palm beach, florida.
“holy moly !!! it was fascinating to watch the flurry of activity at dinner when the news came that north korea had launched a missile in the direction of japan,” richard wrote on his public facebook page.
welcome to the social media presidency and all of the security and ethical challenges it poses.
deagazio also posed for a photo with a man whom he said carries the “nuclear football” for the president. since deleted his account and did not respond to requests for comment from the associated press.
cnn and other news outlets used’s and other social media accounts to write about what seemed to be an situation room. the publicly shared photos showed trump, illuminated by cell phone flashlights, conducting national security business on the terrace of his oceanfront resort, in an area accessible to members.
white house spokesman sean spicer said no classified material was discussed at the dinner table and that the president had been briefed previously and afterward in a secure setting. he said the photos on social media depicted trump and abe aides discussing the logistics of a press conference they were about to hold.
yet democrats said the scene at seemed to pose security risks. trump spent much of his campaign blasting opponent hillary clinton for her use of a private email server to conduct business while she was secretary of state, something trump said was not nearly secure enough.
“there’s inconsistency all over the place in terms of how much donald trump raised national security on the campaign trail and how he is now operating as president,” said brian fallon, who was campaign spokesman. “and hypocrisy from congressional leaders who this issue, constantly accusing hillary clinton of doing something that was far less egregious than this very conspicuous departure from security protocols.”
house minority leader nancy pelosi wrote on twitter, “there’s no excuse for letting an international crisis play out in front of a bunch of country club members like dinner theater.”
senate minority leader chuck schumer said trump “never should have had such a sensitive discussion in such a public place.”
some republicans appeared frustrated by saturday night powwow. “you make it up,” said arizona sen. john mccain, a frequent trump critic of late.
“usually not a place where you do that kind of thing,” said florida sen. marco rubio, who sits on the senate select committee on intelligence.
the chairman of that committee, north carolina sen. richard burr, seemed dismissive of the concerns.
“if the president speak of things that be spoken of in public, then no problem with it,” he said. he said he saw no immediate need for a briefing on the matter.
there’s also an ethical component: memberships now cost $200,000. some of that money makes its way back to the president, since he has stepped away from operating his businesses but not given up his financial stake.
that means those who can afford it get special access to trump, who has dubbed his “winter white house” and now traveled there two weekends in a row for official duties.
“this is all a symptom of donald trump continuing to his business ventures with his official government duties,” fallon said. “he’s trying to make more of a destination for paying members and paying diners by bringing state visitors there.”
after working through the details of their joint response to north korea, the two world leaders stepped into a wedding being held on property. a guest shot a video of impromptu speech, which was then shared with new york magazine.
“i said to the prime minister of japan, i said, ’come on,, go over and say hello,” trump says in the video. “it’s an honor to be with you, and you really are a special, beautiful couple.”
the groom, carl henry lindner iv, is the son of the chief executive of american financial group. the elder lindner gave $100,000 last fall to two super pacs supporting trump.
at the wedding, the video showed, the president kissed the bride on the cheek and encouraged the guests to get back to dancing.
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ap white house correspondent julie pace and ap writers erica werner, catherine lucey and stephen contributed to this report.
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ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp spiks ɛz ˌʤæpəˈniz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər eɪb ˈlɪsənz ɛz ðeɪ boʊθ meɪd ˈsteɪtmənts əˈbaʊt nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə æt ɪn pɑm biʧ, fla*., ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 11 2017 (ˌeɪˈpi wɔlʃ) ˈwɔʃɪŋtən (ˌeɪˈpi) ðɛr wɑz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp, ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv hɪz rɪˈzɔrt, kənˈfərɪŋ wɪθ ˌʤæpəˈniz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər eɪb ɔn dɪˈsɪʒənz wɪθ ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz ˈoʊvər ˈaɪsbərg wɛʤ ˈsælədz. ðə kləb ˈmɛmbərz snæpt ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ənd ˈpoʊstɪd ðɛm tɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk wɪθ dɪˈteɪld ˈnɛrətɪvz əˈbaʊt wət ðeɪ wər siɪŋ ənˈfoʊld ˌbiˈfɔr ðɛr aɪz ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ɪn pɑm biʧ, ˈflɔrɪdə. ˈmoʊli ɪt wɑz ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ tɪ wɔʧ ðə ˈfləri əv ækˈtɪvɪti æt ˈdɪnər wɪn ðə nuz keɪm ðət nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə hæd lɔnʧt ə ˈmɪsəl ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv japan,”*,” ˈrɪʧərd roʊt ɔn hɪz ˈpəblɪk ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ. ˈwɛlkəm tɪ ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈprɛzɪdənsi ənd ɔl əv ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ˈɛθɪkəl ˈʧælənʤɪz ɪt ˈpoʊzɪz. ˈɔlsoʊ poʊzd fər ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ wɪθ ə mæn hum hi sɛd ˈkɛriz ðə football”*” fər ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt. sɪns dɪˈlitəd hɪz əˈkaʊnt ənd dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ rɪkˈwɛsts fər ˈkɑmɛnt frəm ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs. ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ənd ˈəðər nuz ˈaʊˌtlɛts juzd ənd ˈəðər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə əˈkaʊnts tɪ raɪt əˈbaʊt wət simd tɪ bi ən ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən rum. ðə ˈpəblɪkli ʃɛrd ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ʃoʊd trəmp, ˌɪˈluməˌneɪtəd baɪ sɛl foʊn ˈflæʃˌlaɪts, kənˈdəktɪŋ ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈbɪznɪs ɔn ðə ˈtɛrəs əv hɪz ˈoʊʃənˌfrənt rɪˈzɔrt, ɪn ən ˈɛriə ækˈsɛsəbəl tɪ ˈmɛmbərz. waɪt haʊs ˈspoʊksmən ʃɔn ˈspaɪsər sɛd noʊ ˈklæsəˌfaɪd məˈtɪriəl wɑz dɪˈskəst æt ðə ˈdɪnər ˈteɪbəl ənd ðət ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt hæd bɪn brift ˈpriviəsli ənd ˈæftərwərd ɪn ə sɪˈkjʊr ˈsɛtɪŋ. hi sɛd ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə dɪˈpɪktɪd trəmp ənd eɪb eɪdz dɪˈskəsɪŋ ðə ləˈʤɪstɪks əv ə prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns ðeɪ wər əˈbaʊt tɪ hoʊld. jɛt ˈdɛməˌkræts sɛd ðə sin æt simd tɪ poʊz sɪˈkjʊrəti rɪsks. trəmp spɛnt məʧ əv hɪz kæmˈpeɪn ˈblæstɪŋ əˈpoʊnənt ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən fər hər juz əv ə ˈpraɪvət iˈmeɪl ˈsərvər tɪ ˈkɑndəkt ˈbɪznɪs waɪl ʃi wɑz ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt, ˈsəmθɪŋ trəmp sɛd wɑz nɑt ˈnɪrli sɪˈkjʊr ɪˈnəf. ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə pleɪs ɪn tərmz əv haʊ məʧ ˈdɑnəld trəmp reɪzd ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ɔn ðə kæmˈpeɪn treɪl ənd haʊ hi ɪz naʊ ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ɛz president,”*,” sɛd braɪən ˈfælən, hu wɑz kæmˈpeɪn ˈspoʊksmən. hɪˈpɑkrəsi frəm kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈlidərz hu ðɪs ˈɪʃu, ˈkɑnstəntli əˈkjuzɪŋ ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən əv duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət wɑz fɑr lɛs ɪˈgriʤəs ðən ðɪs ˈvɛri kənˈspɪkjuəs dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm sɪˈkjʊrəti protocols.”*.” haʊs məˈnɔrəti ˈlidər ˈnænsi pɛˈloʊsi roʊt ɔn tˈwɪtər, noʊ ɪkˈskjuz fər ˈlɛtɪŋ ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkraɪsəs pleɪ aʊt ɪn frənt əv ə bənʧ əv ˈkəntri kləb ˈmɛmbərz laɪk ˈdɪnər theater.”*.” ˈsɛnɪt məˈnɔrəti ˈlidər ʧək ˈʃumər sɛd trəmp ʃʊd hæv hæd səʧ ə ˈsɛnsɪtɪv dɪˈskəʃən ɪn səʧ ə ˈpəblɪk place.”*.” səm rɪˈpəblɪkənz əˈpɪrd ˈfrəˌstreɪtəd baɪ ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ˈpaʊˌwaʊ. meɪk ɪt up,”*,” sɛd ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə sɛn. ʤɑn məˈkeɪn, ə ˈfrikˌwɛnt trəmp ˈkrɪtɪk əv leɪt. nɑt ə pleɪs wɛr ju du ðət kaɪnd əv thing,”*,” sɛd ˈflɔrɪdə sɛn. ˈmɑrkoʊ ˈrubioʊ, hu sɪts ɔn ðə ˈsɛnɪt səˈlɛkt kəˈmɪti ɔn ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns. ðə ˈʧɛrmən əv ðət kəˈmɪti, nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə sɛn. ˈrɪʧərd bər, simd dɪsˈmɪsɪv əv ðə kənˈsərnz. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt spik əv θɪŋz ðət bi ˈspoʊkən əv ɪn ˈpəblɪk, ðɛn noʊ ˈprɑbləm wɪθ it,”*,” hi sɛd. hi sɛd hi sɔ noʊ ˌɪˈmiˌdiət nid fər ə ˈbrifɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈmætər. ˈɔlsoʊ ən ˈɛθɪkəl kəmˈpoʊnənt: ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪps naʊ kɔst səm əv ðət ˈməni meɪks ɪts weɪ bæk tɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt, sɪns hi həz stɛpt əˈweɪ frəm ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ hɪz ˈbɪznɪsɪz bət nɑt ˈgɪvɪn əp hɪz ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl steɪk. ðət minz ðoʊz hu kən əˈfɔrd ɪt gɪt ˈspɛʃəl ˈækˌsɛs tɪ trəmp, hu həz dəbd hɪz waɪt house”*” ənd naʊ ˈtrævəld ðɛr tu ˈwiˌkɛndz ɪn ə roʊ fər əˈfɪʃəl ˈdutiz. ɪz ɔl ə ˈsɪmptəm əv ˈdɑnəld trəmp kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ hɪz ˈbɪznɪs ˈvɛnʧərz wɪθ hɪz əˈfɪʃəl ˈgəvərnmənt duties,”*,” ˈfælən sɛd. traɪɪŋ tɪ meɪk mɔr əv ə ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən fər peɪɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz ənd peɪɪŋ ˈdaɪnərz baɪ ˈbrɪŋɪŋ steɪt ˈvɪzɪtərz there.”*.” ˈæftər ˈwərkɪŋ θru ðə ˈditeɪlz əv ðɛr ʤɔɪnt rɪˈspɑns tɪ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə, ðə tu wərld ˈlidərz stɛpt ˈɪntu ə ˈwɛdɪŋ biɪŋ hɛld ɔn ˈprɑpərti. ə gɛst ʃɑt ə ˈvɪdioʊ əv ˌɪmˈprɑmptu spiʧ, wɪʧ wɑz ðɛn ʃɛrd wɪθ nu jɔrk ˈmægəˌzin. sɛd tɪ ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər əv ʤəˈpæn, aɪ sɛd, ɔn,, goʊ ˈoʊvər ənd seɪ hello,”*,” trəmp sɪz ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ. ən ˈɑnər tɪ bi wɪθ ju, ənd ju ˈrɪli ər ə ˈspɛʃəl, ˈbjutəfəl couple.”*.” ðə grum, kɑrl ˈhɛnri ˈlɪndnər iv*, ɪz ðə sən əv ðə ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv əv əˈmɛrɪkən ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl grup. ðə ˈɛldər ˈlɪndnər geɪv læst fɔl tɪ tu ˈsupər pæks səˈpɔrtɪŋ trəmp. æt ðə ˈwɛdɪŋ, ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ʃoʊd, ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt kɪst ðə braɪd ɔn ðə ʧik ənd ɪnˈkərəʤd ðə gɛsts tɪ gɪt bæk tɪ ˈdænsɪŋ. ˌeɪˈpi waɪt haʊs ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt ˈʤuli peɪs ənd ˌeɪˈpi ˈraɪtərz ˈɛrɪkə ˈwərnər, ˈkæθərɪn ˈlusi ənd ˈstivən kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt.
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the play "short" used to be the hornets' own highlight factory. it produced a number of by gerald henderson his last two years in charlotte as coach steve clifford's staff primarily used the play for the bouncy duke blue devil.
for those interested, i did a full on the specifics of the play back in november when henderson visited charlotte with his current team, the portland trail blazers. back then within four seconds of playing time the former hornet faced an situation and recognized what was about to come.
unfortunately for him, nicolas also made an audible. realized that henderson had instructed young teammate allen crabbe to stay underneath the screen in anticipation for the lob pass, instead of following the frenchman through the fake action. the small forward thus actually used the screen for real to pop out for a three-pointer:
it is only one of the four times that "short", which used to have a rather good completion rate, has worked out this season. jeremy lamb, suited for the play due to his lank, has been on the finishing end twice.
jeremy lin has made the single successful off "short" ever since the incident. ironically, it occurred against the new york knicks who now have been burnt by all three aforementioned players (twice by, once by lamb and lin, per my notes).
given the fact that the team has mostly moved on from the play, it's almost as if the coaching staff couldn't help themselves and coach clifford said to patrick ewing: "ten bucks says that they fall for it again."
other than that it seems as if the rest of the league has this set in their scouting report. after "short" being heavily disrupted a number of times in november, the hornets have rarely gone back to it.
once opponents know that it's coming, it can be quite easy for them to crowd the paint where the recipient of the should have space for his take-off. it can be as simple as the defender of the stepping in lamb's way and possibly switching with lamb's defender altogether.
it has come to the point that "short" is very likely to be a turnover in the makings. here is wizards assistant coach pat sullivan anticipating it and gesturing with his hands to demonstrate what is about to happen just like henderson did:
with charlotte's play likely being a thing of the past to which the team will return scarcely, here are three frequently used sets that the hornets have settled on.
"two-four-five"
quite simply referred to as "two-four-five" due to the positions of the players involved, it seemingly has been the most frequent hornets play as of late.
it starts off like this:
the (nicolas) exits his starting position underneath the basket to set a on the four's (marvin williams) defender somewhere near the free throw line:
it serves two purposes. obviously, it would be great if marv cut for an uncontested layup. however, if's man takes a step off him to bother williams and the path he's taken, it might give enough space for what is about to come.
in this case, defenders are smart enough not to get hit with a.
the then instantly pops out to the corner through a screen set by the center (cody zeller):
if's man sags off just a little bit to prevent that cut by the four-man, it might give him the necessary head start to get an open look. just like it happens on this play with jordan clarkson trying to help out:
what makes this set smart is that there's even a way to transition seamlessly into the possession if the players choose to do so. in case the wing player didn't take or get a jumper, the movement can continue with the center setting a for the power forward so he appears for a post touch in motion:
in some cases it can also be a "one-four-five" if coach clifford wants to involve the point guard. this way you can somewhat ensure the fact that he'll get the ball. in these scenarios the play might be more about simply finding him than getting a quick look at the basket.
"triangle four"
way more simpler of a play, yet also used regularly. a simple screen set by the center to free up one of charlotte's power forwards for a baseline jumper.
one would have to assume that the main motivation behind this play is using our good shooters at the four spot - marvin williams and frank kaminsky.
although an look isn't the sexiest of shots, you could call it a fine way of getting yourself a decent look, especially if there's not much time left on the clock. if the opposition is playing two real bigs, they might not have the instincts or willingness to prevent marvin or kaminsky getting at least somewhat open.
an pass for lamb
it's not an idea exclusive to the hornets. plenty of teams around the nba have done this to capitalize on the defense's lack of attention or to use the athletic abilities of their own player(s).
moreover, you certainly cannot rely on it day in and day out. it's a sneaky play moreso meant to catch one by surprise.
that being said, i enjoy seeing this use of jeremy lamb's long arms. it might be the closest thing to "short" that we have left.
one more random note which probably isn't worthy of an article on its own before wrapping this up...
courtney lee's lack of offensive activity
courtney lee has never been a particularly important offensive piece on any of his teams. he spaces the court, takes the open looks he gets and occasionally puts the ball on the court for what usually is a jumper, while doing his job admirably on defense. the indiana native is a true player (awesome pun, isn't it?).
with that in mind, he's currently taking only field goal attempts per 36 minutes in charlotte, a clear career-low. however, it's not due to him passing good looks. as the table below shows his front court touches are also way down.
team min front ct touches front ct touches per 36 memphis charlotte
(data per at as of march, the 9th)
justise winslow and gerald green have been the only perimeter players to average more than 25 minutes per game this season and touch the ball less often in the front court than lee.
courtney lee's style of play makes him a good fit alongside the walker.
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ðə pleɪ "ʃɔrt" juzd tɪ bi ðə ˈhɔrnəts' oʊn ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ˈfæktəri. ɪt prəˈdust ə ˈnəmbər əv baɪ ˈʤɛrəld ˈhɛndərsən hɪz læst tu jɪrz ɪn ˈʃɑrlət ɛz koʊʧ stiv ˈklɪfərdz stæf praɪˈmɛrəli juzd ðə pleɪ fər ðə ˈbaʊnsi duk blu ˈdɛvəl. fər ðoʊz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd, aɪ dɪd ə fʊl ɔn ðə spɪˈsɪfɪks əv ðə pleɪ bæk ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər wɪn ˈhɛndərsən ˈvɪzɪtɪd ˈʃɑrlət wɪθ hɪz ˈkɑrənt tim, ðə ˈpɔrtlənd treɪl ˈbleɪzərz. bæk ðɛn wɪˈθɪn fɔr ˈsɛkəndz əv pleɪɪŋ taɪm ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈhɔrnɪt feɪst ən ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ənd ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd wət wɑz əˈbaʊt tɪ kəm. ənˈfɔrʧənətli fər ɪm, ˈnɪkɔləs ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd ən ˈɑdəbəl. ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ˈhɛndərsən hæd ˌɪnˈstrəktɪd jəŋ ˈtiˌmeɪt ˈælən kræb tɪ steɪ ˌəndərˈniθ ðə skrin ɪn ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən fər ðə lɑb pæs, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈfrɛnʧmæn θru ðə feɪk ˈækʃən. ðə smɔl ˈfɔrwərd ðəs ˈæˌkʧuəli juzd ðə skrin fər ril tɪ pɑp aʊt fər ə three-pointer*: ɪt ɪz ˈoʊnli wən əv ðə fɔr taɪmz ðət "ʃɔrt", wɪʧ juzd tɪ hæv ə ˈrəðər gʊd kəmˈpliʃən reɪt, həz wərkt aʊt ðɪs ˈsizən. ˈʤɛrəˌmi læm, ˈsutɪd fər ðə pleɪ du tɪ hɪz læŋk, həz bɪn ɔn ðə ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ ɛnd twaɪs. ˈʤɛrəˌmi lɪn həz meɪd ðə ˈsɪŋgəl səkˈsɛsfəl ɔf "ʃɔrt" ˈɛvər sɪns ðə ˈɪnsədənt. aɪˈrɑnɪkli, ɪt əˈkərd əˈgɛnst ðə nu jɔrk nɪks hu naʊ hæv bɪn bərnt baɪ ɔl θri əˈfɔrˌmɛnʃənd pleɪərz (twaɪs baɪ, wəns baɪ læm ənd lɪn, pər maɪ noʊts). ˈgɪvɪn ðə fækt ðət ðə tim həz ˈmoʊstli muvd ɔn frəm ðə pleɪ, ɪts ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɛz ɪf ðə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf ˈkʊdənt hɛlp ðɛmˈsɛlvz ənd koʊʧ ˈklɪfərd sɛd tɪ ˈpætrɪk juɪŋ: "tɛn bəks sɪz ðət ðeɪ fɔl fər ɪt əˈgɛn." ˈəðər ðən ðət ɪt simz ɛz ɪf ðə rɛst əv ðə lig həz ðɪs sɛt ɪn ðɛr ˈskaʊtɪŋ rɪˈpɔrt. ˈæftər "ʃɔrt" biɪŋ ˈhɛvəli dɪsˈrəptɪd ə ˈnəmbər əv taɪmz ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər, ðə ˈhɔrnəts hæv ˈrɛrli gɔn bæk tɪ ɪt. wəns əˈpoʊnənts noʊ ðət ɪts ˈkəmɪŋ, ɪt kən bi kwaɪt ˈizi fər ðɛm tɪ kraʊd ðə peɪnt wɛr ðə rɪˈsɪpiənt əv ðə ʃʊd hæv speɪs fər hɪz take-off*. ɪt kən bi ɛz ˈsɪmpəl ɛz ðə dɪˈfɛndər əv ðə ˈstɛpɪŋ ɪn læmz weɪ ənd ˈpɑsəbli sˈwɪʧɪŋ wɪθ læmz dɪˈfɛndər ˌɔltəˈgɛðər. ɪt həz kəm tɪ ðə pɔɪnt ðət "ʃɔrt" ɪz ˈvɛri ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ə ˈtərˌnoʊvər ɪn ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋz. hir ɪz ˈwɪzərdz əˈsɪstənt koʊʧ pæt ˈsəlɪvən ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ɪt ənd ˈʤɛsʧərɪŋ wɪθ hɪz hænz tɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt wət ɪz əˈbaʊt tɪ ˈhæpən ʤɪst laɪk ˈhɛndərsən dɪd: wɪθ ˈʃɑrləts pleɪ ˈlaɪkli biɪŋ ə θɪŋ əv ðə pæst tɪ wɪʧ ðə tim wɪl rɪˈtərn ˈskɛrsli, hir ər θri ˈfrikwɛntli juzd sɛts ðət ðə ˈhɔrnəts hæv ˈsɛtəld ɔn. "two-four-five*" kwaɪt ˈsɪmpli rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz "two-four-five*" du tɪ ðə pəˈzɪʃənz əv ðə pleɪərz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ɪt ˈsimɪŋli həz bɪn ðə moʊst ˈfrikˌwɛnt ˈhɔrnəts pleɪ ɛz əv leɪt. ɪt stɑrts ɔf laɪk ðɪs: ðə (ˈnɪkɔləs) ˈɛksəts hɪz ˈstɑrtɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən ˌəndərˈniθ ðə ˈbæskət tɪ sɛt ə ɔn ðə fɔrz (ˈmɑrvɪn ˈwɪljəmz) dɪˈfɛndər ˈsəmˌwɛr nɪr ðə fri θroʊ laɪn: ɪt sərvz tu ˈpərpəsɪz. ˈɑbviəsli, ɪt wʊd bi greɪt ɪf mɑrv kət fər ən ˌənkənˈtɛstɪd layup*. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪf mæn teɪks ə stɛp ɔf ɪm tɪ ˈbɑðər ˈwɪljəmz ənd ðə pæθ hiz ˈteɪkən, ɪt maɪt gɪv ɪˈnəf speɪs fər wət ɪz əˈbaʊt tɪ kəm. ɪn ðɪs keɪs, dɪˈfɛndərz ər smɑrt ɪˈnəf nɑt tɪ gɪt hɪt wɪθ ə. ðə ðɛn ˈɪnstəntli pɑps aʊt tɪ ðə ˈkɔrnər θru ə skrin sɛt baɪ ðə ˈsɛnər (ˈkoʊdi ˈzɛlər): ɪf mæn sægz ɔf ʤɪst ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ðət kət baɪ ðə four-man*, ɪt maɪt gɪv ɪm ðə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri hɛd stɑrt tɪ gɪt ən ˈoʊpən lʊk. ʤɪst laɪk ɪt ˈhæpənz ɔn ðɪs pleɪ wɪθ ˈʤɔrdən ˈklɑrksən traɪɪŋ tɪ hɛlp aʊt: wət meɪks ðɪs sɛt smɑrt ɪz ðət ðɛrz ˈivɪn ə weɪ tɪ trænˈzɪʃən ˈsimləsli ˈɪntu ðə pəˈzɛʃən ɪf ðə pleɪərz ʧuz tɪ du soʊ. ɪn keɪs ðə wɪŋ pleɪər ˈdɪdənt teɪk ər gɪt ə ˈʤəmpər, ðə ˈmuvmənt kən kənˈtɪnju wɪθ ðə ˈsɛnər ˈsɛtɪŋ ə fər ðə paʊər ˈfɔrwərd soʊ hi əˈpɪrz fər ə poʊst təʧ ɪn ˈmoʊʃən: ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz ɪt kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi ə "one-four-five*" ɪf koʊʧ ˈklɪfərd wɔnts tɪ ˌɪnˈvɑlv ðə pɔɪnt gɑrd. ðɪs weɪ ju kən ˈsəmˈwət ɪnˈʃʊr ðə fækt ðət hil gɪt ðə bɔl. ɪn ðiz sɪˈnɛrioʊz ðə pleɪ maɪt bi mɔr əˈbaʊt ˈsɪmpli ˈfaɪndɪŋ ɪm ðən ˈgɪtɪŋ ə kwɪk lʊk æt ðə ˈbæskət. "ˈtraɪˌæŋgəl fɔr" weɪ mɔr ˈsɪmpələr əv ə pleɪ, jɛt ˈɔlsoʊ juzd ˈrɛgjələrli. ə ˈsɪmpəl skrin sɛt baɪ ðə ˈsɛnər tɪ fri əp wən əv ˈʃɑrləts paʊər ˈfɔrwərdz fər ə ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn ˈʤəmpər. wən wʊd hæv tɪ əˈsum ðət ðə meɪn ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃən bɪˈhaɪnd ðɪs pleɪ ɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ɑr gʊd ˈʃutərz æt ðə fɔr spɑt ˈmɑrvɪn ˈwɪljəmz ənd fræŋk kəˈmɪnski. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ən lʊk ˈɪzənt ðə ˈsɛksiəst əv ʃɑts, ju kʊd kɔl ɪt ə faɪn weɪ əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈjɔrsɛlf ə ˈdisənt lʊk, əˈspɛʃəli ɪf ðɛrz nɑt məʧ taɪm lɛft ɔn ðə klɑk. ɪf ðə ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən ɪz pleɪɪŋ tu ril bɪgz, ðeɪ maɪt nɑt hæv ðə ˈɪnstɪŋkts ər ˈwɪlɪŋnəs tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈmɑrvɪn ər kəˈmɪnski ˈgɪtɪŋ æt list ˈsəmˈwət ˈoʊpən. ən pæs fər læm ɪts nɑt ən aɪˈdiə ɪkˈsklusɪv tɪ ðə ˈhɔrnəts. ˈplɛnti əv timz əraʊnd ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ hæv dən ðɪs tɪ ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz ɔn ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪz læk əv əˈtɛnʃən ər tɪ juz ðə æθˈlɛtɪk əˈbɪləˌtiz əv ðɛr oʊn player(s*). mɔˈroʊvər, ju ˈsərtənli ˈkænɑt rɪˈlaɪ ɔn ɪt deɪ ɪn ənd deɪ aʊt. ɪts ə sˈniki pleɪ mɔˈrɛsoʊ mɛnt tɪ kæʧ wən baɪ səˈpraɪz. ðət biɪŋ sɛd, aɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ siɪŋ ðɪs juz əv ˈʤɛrəˌmi læmz lɔŋ ɑrmz. ɪt maɪt bi ðə ˈkloʊsəst θɪŋ tɪ "ʃɔrt" ðət wi hæv lɛft. wən mɔr ˈrændəm noʊt wɪʧ ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈɪzənt ˈwərði əv ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn ɪts oʊn ˌbiˈfɔr ˈræpɪŋ ðɪs əp... ˈkɔrtni liz læk əv əˈfɛnsɪv ækˈtɪvɪti ˈkɔrtni li həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əˈfɛnsɪv pis ɔn ˈɛni əv hɪz timz. hi ˈspeɪsɪz ðə kɔrt, teɪks ðə ˈoʊpən lʊks hi gɪts ənd ɔˈkeɪʒənəˌli pʊts ðə bɔl ɔn ðə kɔrt fər wət ˈjuʒəwəli ɪz ə ˈʤəmpər, waɪl duɪŋ hɪz ʤɑb ˈædmərəbli ɔn dɪˈfɛns. ðə ˌɪndiˈænə ˈneɪtɪv ɪz ə tru pleɪər (ˈɔsəm pən, ˈɪzənt ɪt?). wɪθ ðət ɪn maɪnd, hiz ˈkərəntli ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈoʊnli fild goʊl əˈtɛmpts pər 36 ˈmɪnəts ɪn ˈʃɑrlət, ə klɪr career-low*. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪts nɑt du tɪ ɪm ˈpæsɪŋ gʊd lʊks. ɛz ðə ˈteɪbəl bɪˈloʊ ʃoʊz hɪz frənt kɔrt ˈtəʧɪz ər ˈɔlsoʊ weɪ daʊn. tim mɪn frənt kɔrt ˈtəʧɪz frənt kɔrt ˈtəʧɪz pər 36 ˈmɛmpfɪs ˈʃɑrlət (ˈdætə pər æt ɛz əv mɑrʧ, ðə 9th*) ˈwɪnzloʊ ənd ˈʤɛrəld grin hæv bɪn ðə ˈoʊnli pərˈɪmətər pleɪərz tɪ ˈævərɪʤ mɔr ðən 25 ˈmɪnəts pər geɪm ðɪs ˈsizən ənd təʧ ðə bɔl lɛs ˈɔfən ɪn ðə frənt kɔrt ðən li. ˈkɔrtni liz staɪl əv pleɪ meɪks ɪm ə gʊd fɪt əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðə ˈwɔkər.
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outside linebacker ryan kerrigan, right, chases dallas cowboys quarterback dak prescott. (john washington post)
greg is hardly the first new nfl defensive coordinator to promise a more aggressive, attacking approach to play-calling. but, named in january to succeed washington redskins defensive coordinator joe barry, had a novel way of illustrating his basic concept to reporters this week before teeing off for the ryan kerrigan leukemia golf classic at lansdowne resort.
asked how his defense would be more aggressive,, a former linebacker with 12 years’ nfl experience, started by reviewing the role of defensive backs, who, he explained, “play from distance and vision.” then he recapped the linebackers’ stance, five yards off the line.
suddenly, thrust his massive, round head about a centimeter from a nose and growled: “our linemen, like right here! makes you feel uncomfortable!”
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and he broke into a devilish grin “we might not win a game,” he said with a chuckle, “but sure beat the crap out of a lot of people!”
if making opposing offenses uncomfortable is the new rallying cry, kerrigan wait to get started, mindful of the gutting completions that sustained far too many drives on last season.
“we obviously had our struggles last year defensively, no doubt about it especially on third down,” said kerrigan, a pro bowl honoree, of the redskins’ ranked defense.
kerrigan said he loved seeing the redskins invest their top three picks on defense in the recent nfl draft and believe that alabama defensive lineman jonathan allen, regarded by many analysts as a pick, fell to washington at 17th. and he loved the selection of alabama linebacker ryan anderson “dude can really get after the passer!”
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though the full squad start work until may 23, kerrigan said he has been struck by the amount of pressure intends to install in the defense, based on what he has seen on paper.
“you look at the install sheets for when installing our defense, and you see a lot of lines going forward,” said kerrigan, be among the front five said. “that’s a cool [thing] for a guy that plays up front because going to allow us to hopefully play in the backfield a little bit.”
kerrigan led the redskins’ outside linebackers with 11 sacks last season. trent murphy added nine, and preston smith contributed. with the addition of anderson and the expected return of junior galette, kerrigan thinks the outside linebacker position should be a strength of team this season.
inside linebacker will compton said bullish about the entire defense and senses a new energy with the influx of the new rookies and free agents vying for starting jobs.
“you’re excited to play for [manusky] and learn the new scheme,” compton said. “but always an energy when you bring in a lot of young guys, especially on the defensive side where there will be a lot of competition and battles. you can tell guys are really into it. really serious.”
in’s view, the combination of eager rookies and seasoned veterans gives the redskins defense the raw material for success this season. “the players that are in that room that we have, we have to win with ‘em,” said. “and we will win with ‘em.”
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ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækər raɪən ˈkɛrɪgən, raɪt, ˈʧeɪsɪz ˈdæləs ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˈdiˈeɪˈkeɪ ˈprɛskɑt. (ʤɑn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst) grɛg ɪz ˈhɑrdli ðə fərst nu ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər tɪ ˈprɑməs ə mɔr əˈgrɛsɪv, əˈtækɪŋ əˈproʊʧ tɪ play-calling*. bət, neɪmd ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri tɪ səkˈsid ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈrɛdˌskɪnz dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ʤoʊ ˈbɛri, hæd ə ˈnɑvəl weɪ əv ˈɪləˌstreɪtɪŋ hɪz ˈbeɪsɪk ˈkɑnsɛpt tɪ rɪˈpɔrtərz ðɪs wik ˌbiˈfɔr tiɪŋ ɔf fər ðə raɪən ˈkɛrɪgən luˈkimiə gɔlf ˈklæsɪk æt ˈlænsˌdaʊn rɪˈzɔrt. æst haʊ hɪz dɪˈfɛns wʊd bi mɔr əˈgrɛsɪv,, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈlaɪnˌbækər wɪθ 12 years’*’ ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ɪkˈspɪriəns, ˈstɑrtɪd baɪ rivˈjuɪŋ ðə roʊl əv dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæks, hu, hi ɪkˈspleɪnd, frəm ˈdɪstəns ənd vision.”*.” ðɛn hi riˈkæpt ðə linebackers’*’ stæns, faɪv jɑrdz ɔf ðə laɪn. ˈsədənli, θrəst hɪz ˈmæsɪv, raʊnd hɛd əˈbaʊt ə ˈsɛntəˌmitər frəm ə noʊz ənd graʊld: ˈlaɪnmən, laɪk raɪt hir! meɪks ju fil uncomfortable!”*!” ɔn ˈkəzənz ˈkɑnˌtrækt: ˈgɑnə bi hir ðɪs ˈsizən ənd ɔl aɪ kɛr about.’*.’] ənd hi broʊk ˈɪntu ə ˈdɛvlɪʃ grɪn maɪt nɑt wɪn ə game,”*,” hi sɛd wɪθ ə ˈʧəkəl, ʃʊr bit ðə kræp aʊt əv ə lɔt əv people!”*!” ɪf ˈmeɪkɪŋ əˈpoʊzɪŋ əˈfɛnsɪz ənˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪz ðə nu ˈræliɪŋ kraɪ, ˈkɛrɪgən weɪt tɪ gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd, ˈmaɪndfəl əv ðə ˈgətɪŋ kəmˈpliʃənz ðət səˈsteɪnd fɑr tu ˈmɛni draɪvz ɔn læst ˈsizən. ˈɑbviəsli hæd ɑr ˈstrəgəlz læst jɪr dɪˈfɛnsɪvli, noʊ daʊt əˈbaʊt ɪt əˈspɛʃəli ɔn θərd down,”*,” sɛd ˈkɛrɪgən, ə proʊ boʊl ɑnərˈi, əv ðə redskins’*’ ræŋkt dɪˈfɛns. ˈkɛrɪgən sɛd hi ləvd siɪŋ ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz ˌɪnˈvɛst ðɛr tɔp θri pɪks ɔn dɪˈfɛns ɪn ðə ˈrisənt ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl dræft ənd bɪˈliv ðət ˌæləˈbæmə dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈlaɪnmən ˈʤɑnəθən ˈælən, rɪˈgɑrdɪd baɪ ˈmɛni ˈænəlɪsts ɛz ə pɪk, fɛl tɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən æt 17th*. ənd hi ləvd ðə səˈlɛkʃən əv ˌæləˈbæmə ˈlaɪnˌbækər raɪən ˈændərsən kən ˈrɪli gɪt ˈæftər ðə passer!”*!” [ˈrɛdˌskɪnz əˈnaʊns 2017 ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp deɪts] ðoʊ ðə fʊl skwɑd stɑrt wərk ənˈtɪl meɪ 23 ˈkɛrɪgən sɛd hi həz bɪn strək baɪ ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ˈprɛʃər ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ ˌɪnˈstɔl ɪn ðə dɪˈfɛns, beɪst ɔn wət hi həz sin ɔn ˈpeɪpər. lʊk æt ðə ˌɪnˈstɔl ʃits fər wɪn ˌɪnˈstɔlɪŋ ɑr dɪˈfɛns, ənd ju si ə lɔt əv laɪnz goʊɪŋ forward,”*,” sɛd ˈkɛrɪgən, bi əˈməŋ ðə frənt faɪv sɛd. ə kul [θɪŋ] fər ə gaɪ ðət pleɪz əp frənt bɪˈkəz goʊɪŋ tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈhoʊpfəli pleɪ ɪn ðə ˈbækˌfild ə ˈlɪtəl bit.”*.” ˈkɛrɪgən lɛd ðə redskins’*’ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækərz wɪθ 11 sæks læst ˈsizən. trɛnt ˈmərfi ˈædɪd naɪn, ənd ˈprɛstən smɪθ kənˈtrɪbjutɪd wɪθ ðə əˈdɪʃən əv ˈændərsən ənd ðə ɪkˈspɛktɪd rɪˈtərn əv ˈʤunjər galette*, ˈkɛrɪgən θɪŋks ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækər pəˈzɪʃən ʃʊd bi ə strɛŋθ əv tim ðɪs ˈsizən. ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækər wɪl ˈkɑmptən sɛd ˈbʊlɪʃ əˈbaʊt ðə ɪnˈtaɪər dɪˈfɛns ənd ˈsɛnsɪz ə nu ˈɛnərʤi wɪθ ðə ˈɪnˌfləks əv ðə nu ˈrʊkiz ənd fri ˈeɪʤənts vaɪɪŋ fər ˈstɑrtɪŋ ʤɑbz. ɪkˈsaɪtɪd tɪ pleɪ fər [manusky*] ənd lərn ðə nu scheme,”*,” ˈkɑmptən sɛd. ˈɔlˌweɪz ən ˈɛnərʤi wɪn ju brɪŋ ɪn ə lɔt əv jəŋ gaɪz, əˈspɛʃəli ɔn ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv saɪd wɛr ðɛr wɪl bi ə lɔt əv ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ənd ˈbætəlz. ju kən tɛl gaɪz ər ˈrɪli ˈɪntu ɪt. ˈrɪli serious.”*.” ɪn vju, ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ˈigər ˈrʊkiz ənd ˈsizənd ˈvɛtərənz gɪvz ðə ˈrɛdˌskɪnz dɪˈfɛns ðə rɑ məˈtɪriəl fər səkˈsɛs ðɪs ˈsizən. pleɪərz ðət ər ɪn ðət rum ðət wi hæv, wi hæv tɪ wɪn wɪθ ‘‘em,”*,” sɛd. wi wɪl wɪn wɪθ ‘‘em.”*.”
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utsa used a team effort thursday night to defeat rival texas state in its home opener in a victory at the convocation center. the won by scores of,, and.it was the first win over texas state since the 2012 season when (7-3) swept the bobcats at double digits with 24 and 11 kills, respectively, to lead the squad.collectively, hit a .308 clip and is the third consecutive match this season the hit .300 or her fourth match of assists with 48 helpers and was a dig shy of a with an exceptional performance for the once again with seven kills for a .600 attack percentage and a six dropped the opening frame, the turned it on in the second set as they closed out the set on a run to win. hit a set best .417 and held texas state to a -.100 hitting state (7-7) attempted to spoil the third set victory after reached set point on a kill by and then scored four straight points before a kill the win,.utsa played from behind in the fourth set after a run by the bobcats had the visiting team leading. the rallied back and eventually tied the score at nine on a block byand. the never looked back to win its fourth straight match of the team will return for the second day of the roundup and take on texas tech at 1 p.m. on friday.
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utsa* juzd ə tim ˈɛfərt ˈθərzˌdeɪ naɪt tɪ dɪˈfit ˈraɪvəl ˈtɛksəs steɪt ɪn ɪts hoʊm ˈoʊpənər ɪn ə ˈvɪktəri æt ðə ˌkɑnvəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɛnər. ðə wən baɪ skɔrz əv ənd wɑz ðə fərst wɪn ˈoʊvər ˈtɛksəs steɪt sɪns ðə 2012 ˈsizən wɪn swɛpt ðə ˈbɑbˌkætz æt ˈdəbəl ˈdɪʤɪts wɪθ 24 ənd 11 kɪlz, rɪˈspɛktɪvli, tɪ lɛd ðə squad.collectively*, hɪt ə 308 klɪp ənd ɪz ðə θərd kənˈsɛkjətɪv mæʧ ðɪs ˈsizən ðə hɪt 300 ər hər fɔrθ mæʧ əv əˈsɪsts wɪθ 48 ˈhɛlpərz ənd wɑz ə dɪg ʃaɪ əv ə wɪθ ən ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl pərˈfɔrməns fər ðə wəns əˈgɛn wɪθ ˈsɛvən kɪlz fər ə 600 əˈtæk pərˈsɛnɪʤ ənd ə sɪks drɑpt ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ freɪm ðə tərnd ɪt ɔn ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd sɛt ɛz ðeɪ kloʊzd aʊt ðə sɛt ɔn ə rən tɪ wɪn hɪt ə sɛt bɛst 417 ənd hɛld ˈtɛksəs steɪt tɪ ə 100 ˈhɪtɪŋ steɪt əˈtɛmptəd tɪ spɔɪl ðə θərd sɛt ˈvɪktəri ˈæftər riʧt sɛt pɔɪnt ɔn ə kɪl baɪ ənd ðɛn skɔrd fɔr streɪt pɔɪnts ˌbiˈfɔr ə kɪl ðə wɪn, pleɪd frəm bɪˈhaɪnd ɪn ðə fɔrθ sɛt ˈæftər ə rən baɪ ðə ˈbɑbˌkætz hæd ðə ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ tim ˈlidɪŋ ðə ˈrælid bæk ənd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli taɪd ðə skɔr æt naɪn ɔn ə blɑk byand*. ðə ˈnɛvər lʊkt bæk tɪ wɪn ɪts fɔrθ streɪt mæʧ əv ðə tim wɪl rɪˈtərn fər ðə ˈsɛkənd deɪ əv ðə ˈraʊnˌdəp ənd teɪk ɔn ˈtɛksəs tɛk æt 1 p.m*. ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ.
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president obama has left few questions about what he plans to unveil in his state of the union address tonight, having dropped several previews in the last two weeks about legislation the white house is proposing. he will undoubtedly go into more detail tonight at 9 p.m. et, and we will be watching specifically to hear him expand on comments already made about proposed changes to legislation (.pdf).
the state of the union address is traditionally the vehicle for the president to reveal his legislative agenda for the year to congress. with republicans now in charge of both houses, president obama did something he hasn't done in the six state of unions he's delivered before took his agenda to the public first. the point of this public tactic is no doubt to win support for his new proposals outside the beltway, applying pressure on capitol hill.
there are several areas of the address that will be of interest to wired threat level readers. some of them involve changes to the existing computer fraud and abuse act, some of them involve new legislative proposals.
1. about computer intrusions
obama has proposed legislation that would give companies certain immunity for sharing information with the government about breaches they experience. the move is meant to help the government predict and combat by encouraging companies to share threat data with the department of homeland security and and analysis as fear of potential lawsuits from customers. similar legislation was proposed in the past but failed to gain traction due, in part, to concerns from civil liberties groups that the data could include information that violates the privacy of customers and provides the government with another avenue for conducting warrantless surveillance. of particular concern to privacy groups is a provision of the new proposal that would allow to further share the information in "near real time” with other government agencies, including the fbi, secret service, nsa, and the defense department's u.s. cyber command.
groups like the electronic frontier foundation are concerned that personal information shared with law enforcement and intelligence agencies might be used for purposes other than combating cyber threats. but the white house has pointed out that in order to qualify for immunity under the proposal legislation, companies would be required to remove unnecessary personal information before handing it off to. the white house proposal also calls for imposing limits on how and when the data can be used and tasks and the justice department with developing guidelines for its retention and use.
2. breach notification
the white house is also proposing a federal breach notification law. this would require entities that are companies, educational institutions and government agencies, for notify victims within 30 days after discovering that their personally identifiable information has been stolen or accessed by an unauthorized person. the proposal attempts to resolve disparities between a patchwork of state breach notification laws that are confusing and costly to enforce.
3. expansion of federal law deterring spyware
the white house proposal would allow the government to seize any proceeds gained from the sale of spyware or other tools intended to be used for unlawful data interception. in the wake of a recent indictment against the maker of a spyware app called, this is meant to target all sellers of spyware and stalkingware. is a spy app for iphones, android phones and blackberry devices that was marketed primarily to people who suspected their spouse or lover of cheating on them, but products like it are also used by stalkers and perpetrators of domestic violence to track their victims. the app secretly recorded phone calls and siphoned text messages and other data from a phone, all of which customers of the software could view online. authorities arrested ceo akbar, a pakistani resident, last october following his indictment in virginia on federal wiretapping charges, which included conspiracy to market and sell the surreptitious interception device. “advertising and selling spyware technology is a criminal offense, and such conduct will be aggressively pursued by this office and our law enforcement partners,” u.s. attorney dana j. of the eastern district of virginia said in a statement about the case.
although not uncommon for the makers of illicit tools used in criminal hacking to be charged with illegal activity, often the case that the developers of such tools are also its surreptitious users. the case against akbar was remarkable for its focus on the seller of a commercial software program who wasn't accused of using the tool for illegal purposes. the government argued that the maker of such software is liable as an enabler of a privacy invasion.
4. give courts authority to shut down
botnets, or armies of infected machines, are used by to deliver spam, conduct attacks and distribute malware. a burgeoning business has developed to supply and with access to by renting them time on the hijacked machines. the white house proposal would give courts the authority to shut down and would also give immunity to anyone complying with such an order as well as authorize officials to reimburse someone who incurs a monetary cost for complying with the order. the proposal is meant to cement authority that has already been exercised by courts in a few the case in which a federal court granted the fbi a controversial order to distribute code to infected machines to disable the malware on those systems.
5. criminalize the sale of stolen financial data
it's already illegal to steal financial data or use it for fraudulent purposes, and it's illegal to traffic in stolen data, but the white house is proposing to put a fine point on the law by criminalizing the overseas sale of stolen u.s. credit card and bank account numbers. the proposal targets the vendors on and administrators of underground of them hosted and administered outside the stolen credit card data is traded and sold.
6. can be prosecuted like mob crimes
the white house proposes to affirm that the federal rico statute or racketeering law applies tos. although conspiracy to commit fraud is already included in the computer fraud and abuse act and covers individuals who may not actually commit a crime but facilitate it in some way or are involved in the planning of it, this change further codifies that they can also be charged under the rico statute. mark jaycox, legislative analyst for the eff, says the rico statute sets a lower bar for prosecuting anyone who belongs to a criminal organization no matter their role in it. this would potentially allow even the most minor player in a hacking conspiracy to be prosecuted under the rico statute. and jaycox notes that rico doesn't actually define "organization," therefore there is concern that prosecutors could get creative in their definition of it.
7. additional changes to the computer fraud and abuse act
the white house is proposing several changes to the federal statute, which was originally passed in 1984 during the early days of hacking and has struggled to keep pace with the changing nature of computer intrusions. the prohibits unauthorized access to a computer whether that involves bypassing protections on the as in the case of exceeding authorized access to a computer for unauthorized purposes (for example, an employee who has legitimate access to his company's database but uses that access to steal data). currently, basic hacking is considered a misdemeanor unless it's done for profit or for the furtherance of another crime. as for exceeding authorized access, george washington university law professor orin kerr points out that courts are currently divided over what constitutes a violation of this.
the proposed changes would turn a basic case of unauthorized access into a felony punishable by a sentence up to three years or up to ten years in some cases if it's considered a hack for profit or for the furtherance of another crime.
the proposal also attempts to clarify the kind of activity that is considered unauthorized access. it states that access is unauthorized any time a user information “for a purpose that the knows is not authorized by the computer owner.” this is likely meant to address problems that occurred with the prosecution of andrew "weev". was convicted of hacking an web site by using a vulnerability in the site that allowed anyone to obtain the unprotected email addresses of ipad customers. his defense attorneys argued that this wasn't unauthorized since by posting the information online and failing to protect it, had essentially authorized anyone in the world to access it. the government argued, however, that knew did not intend for users to access the data in the way he did and therefore it was unauthorized. the white house proposal, according to kerr, could be intended to strengthen the government's stance in similar cases in the future.
"[t]he expansion of 'exceeding authorized access' would seem to allow lots of prosecutions under a 'you knew the computer owner like that' theory," kerr wrote in a washington post column last week. "and that strikes me as a dangerous idea, as it focuses on the subjective wishes of the computer owner instead of the actual conduct."
ordinarily,'s act, if considered a violation, should have been a misdemeanor, but the government charged him with a felony by saying that his unauthorized access was in furtherance of another new jersey state law against unauthorized access. defense attorneys considered this a of a single offense and's conviction was later overturned.
the white house proposal appears to address this. for example, it states that simple unauthorized access is a felony if done against a government computer, if the value of the data exceeds $5,000 or if it's done in furtherance of a state or federal felony crime. but if, in the latter case, the state or other federal violation is "based solely on obtaining the information without authorization or in excess of is, with no other additional crime than this, then it would not qualify for a felony. kerr says the wording is tricky, however, and could be interpreted as a means to address the problem that prosecutors encountered with the case. as long as the law governing the other state or federal felony crime is not just about unauthorized access but includes an additional element to it then a defendant could be charged with a felony for exceeding authorized access based on the combination of the and the state law.
"if the state unauthorized access crime has just one element beyond unauthorized access such as 'obtaining information,' the thinking would run, the violation is not based 'solely on obtaining the information without authorization," kerr notes. "that will usually be the case, though, which to my mind introduces a serious double counting problem…. given that the proposals would make liability for breaching a written condition a felony where the theory is allowed mostly serious maximum felonies the problem gives me some heartburn."
the white house also proposes to make it illegal to traffic in any tool that provides the "means of access" to a computer, if the maker has reason to believe someone could use it for illegal purposes. this is meant to criminalize the sale or trading of stolen passwords or similar credentials but the proposal also refers to trafficking in "any other means of access" to a computer. critics are concerned that the latter could be interpreted to outlaw the sale or distribution of penetration tools or exploit that is used by cyber criminals to attack vulnerabilities in computer systems to gain access to them. this matters because exploits and penetration tools are also used by security professionals to determine if a system is vulnerable to attack. jaycox says this is the most dangerous part of the white house changes to the.
"they're potentially killing the security tools researchers use to find security holes," he says. "the chilling effect this may have on researchers is enormous."
in summary, kerr says on the whole he's "skeptical" of the proposals for the since they would make some punishments too severe and "expand liability in some undesirable ways." but he notes that the administration has also made some compromises. giving up more than they would have a few years ago, and there are some promising ideas in there," he noted in his assessment.
it will all depend on which of the proposals, if any, lawmakers decide to adopt and how they word their changes.
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ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz lɛft fju kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt wət hi plænz tɪ ənˈveɪl ɪn hɪz steɪt əv ðə ˈjunjən ˈæˌdrɛs təˈnaɪt, ˈhævɪŋ drɑpt ˈsɛvərəl ˈprivˌjuz ɪn ðə læst tu wiks əˈbaʊt ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ðə waɪt haʊs ɪz prəˈpoʊzɪŋ. hi wɪl ənˈdaʊtɪdli goʊ ˈɪntu mɔr ˈditeɪl təˈnaɪt æt 9 p.m*. ɛt, ənd wi wɪl bi ˈwɑʧɪŋ spəˈsɪfɪkli tɪ hir ɪm ɪkˈspænd ɔn ˈkɑmɛnts ɔˈrɛdi meɪd əˈbaʊt prəˈpoʊzd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən (.pdf*). ðə steɪt əv ðə ˈjunjən ˈæˌdrɛs ɪz trəˈdɪʃənəli ðə ˈviɪkəl fər ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt tɪ rɪˈvil hɪz ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv əˈʤɛndə fər ðə jɪr tɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs. wɪθ rɪˈpəblɪkənz naʊ ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv boʊθ ˈhaʊsɪz, ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə dɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ hi ˈhæzənt dən ɪn ðə sɪks steɪt əv ˈjunjənz hiz dɪˈlɪvərd ˌbiˈfɔr tʊk hɪz əˈʤɛndə tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk fərst. ðə pɔɪnt əv ðɪs ˈpəblɪk ˈtæktɪk ɪz noʊ daʊt tɪ wɪn səˈpɔrt fər hɪz nu prəˈpoʊzəlz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈbɛltˌweɪ, əˈplaɪɪŋ ˈprɛʃər ɔn ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl. ðɛr ər ˈsɛvərəl ˈɛriəz əv ðə ˈæˌdrɛs ðət wɪl bi əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst tɪ waɪərd θrɛt ˈlɛvəl ˈridərz. səm əv ðɛm ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ kəmˈpjutər frɔd ənd əˈbjuz ækt, səm əv ðɛm ˌɪnˈvɑlv nu ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv prəˈpoʊzəlz. 1 əˈbaʊt kəmˈpjutər ˌɪnˈtruʒənz ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz prəˈpoʊzd ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ðət wʊd gɪv ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈsərtən ˌɪmˈjunɪti fər ˈʃɛrɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈbaʊt ˈbriʧɪz ðeɪ ɪkˈspɪriəns. ðə muv ɪz mɛnt tɪ hɛlp ðə ˈgəvərnmənt prɪˈdɪkt ənd ˈkɑmbæt baɪ ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌniz tɪ ʃɛr θrɛt ˈdætə wɪθ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈhoʊmˌlænd sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ənd æˈnælɪsɪs ɛz fɪr əv pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈlɔˌsuts frəm ˈkəstəmərz. ˈsɪmələr ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən wɑz prəˈpoʊzd ɪn ðə pæst bət feɪld tɪ geɪn ˈtrækʃən du, ɪn pɑrt, tɪ kənˈsərnz frəm ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz grups ðət ðə ˈdætə kʊd ˌɪnˈklud ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət ˈvaɪəleɪts ðə ˈpraɪvəsi əv ˈkəstəmərz ənd prəˈvaɪdz ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wɪθ əˈnəðər ˈævəˌnu fər kənˈdəktɪŋ ˈwɔrəntləs sərˈveɪləns. əv ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr kənˈsərn tɪ ˈpraɪvəsi grups ɪz ə prəˈvɪʒən əv ðə nu prəˈpoʊzəl ðət wʊd əˈlaʊ tɪ ˈfərðər ʃɛr ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪn "nɪr ril time”*” wɪθ ˈəðər ˈgəvərnmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ, ˈsikrɪt ˈsərvɪs, nsa*, ənd ðə dɪˈfɛns dɪˈpɑrtmənts juz. kəˈmænd. grups laɪk ðə ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk frənˈtɪr faʊnˈdeɪʃən ər kənˈsərnd ðət ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ʃɛrd wɪθ lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ənd ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈeɪʤənsiz maɪt bi juzd fər ˈpərpəsɪz ˈəðər ðən kəmˈbætɪŋ ˈsaɪbər θrɛts. bət ðə waɪt haʊs həz ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ðət ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ˌɪmˈjunɪti ˈəndər ðə prəˈpoʊzəl ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, ˈkəmpəˌniz wʊd bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ riˈmuv ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˈpərsɪnəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ˈhændɪŋ ɪt ɔf tɪ. ðə waɪt haʊs prəˈpoʊzəl ˈɔlsoʊ kɔlz fər ˌɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ ˈlɪmɪts ɔn haʊ ənd wɪn ðə ˈdætə kən bi juzd ənd tæsks ənd ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənt wɪθ dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz fər ɪts riˈtɛnʃən ənd juz. 2 briʧ ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən ðə waɪt haʊs ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ə ˈfɛdərəl briʧ ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən lɔ. ðɪs wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈɛntɪtiz ðət ər ˈkəmpəˌniz, ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ənd ˈgəvərnmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz, fər ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪ ˈvɪktɪmz wɪˈθɪn 30 deɪz ˈæftər dɪˈskəvərɪŋ ðət ðɛr ˈpərsənəli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪəbəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən həz bɪn ˈstoʊlən ər ˈækˌsɛst baɪ ən əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈpərsən. ðə prəˈpoʊzəl əˈtɛmpts tɪ riˈzɑlv dɪˈspɛrətiz bɪtˈwin ə ˈpæʧˌwərk əv steɪt briʧ ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən lɔz ðət ər kənfˈjuzɪŋ ənd ˈkɔstli tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs. 3 ɪkˈspænʧən əv ˈfɛdərəl lɔ dɪˈtərɪŋ ˈspaɪˌwɛr ðə waɪt haʊs prəˈpoʊzəl wʊd əˈlaʊ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ siz ˈɛni prəˈsidz geɪnd frəm ðə seɪl əv ˈspaɪˌwɛr ər ˈəðər tulz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ bi juzd fər ənˈlɔfəl ˈdætə ˌɪnərˈsɛpʃən. ɪn ðə weɪk əv ə ˈrisənt ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt əˈgɛnst ðə ˈmeɪkər əv ə ˈspaɪˌwɛr æp kɔld, ðɪs ɪz mɛnt tɪ ˈtərgət ɔl ˈsɛlərz əv ˈspaɪˌwɛr ənd stalkingware*. ɪz ə spaɪ æp fər ˈaɪˌfoʊnz, ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊnz ənd ˈblækˌbɛri dɪˈvaɪsɪz ðət wɑz ˈmɑrkətɪd praɪˈmɛrəli tɪ ˈpipəl hu səˈspɛktɪd ðɛr spaʊs ər ˈləvər əv ˈʧitɪŋ ɔn ðɛm, bət ˈprɑdəkts laɪk ɪt ər ˈɔlsoʊ juzd baɪ ˈstɔkərz ənd ˈpərpəˌtreɪtərz əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns tɪ træk ðɛr ˈvɪktɪmz. ðə æp ˈsikrɪtli rɪˈkɔrdɪd foʊn kɔlz ənd ˈsaɪfənd tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ənd ˈəðər ˈdætə frəm ə foʊn, ɔl əv wɪʧ ˈkəstəmərz əv ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr kʊd vju ˈɔnˌlaɪn. əˈθɔrətiz ərˈɛstɪd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ ˈɑkˌbɑr, ə ˌpækɪˈstæni ˈrɛzɪdənt, læst ɑkˈtoʊbər ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hɪz ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə ɔn ˈfɛdərəl ˈwaɪərˌtæpɪŋ ˈʧɑrʤɪz, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt ənd sɛl ðə ˌsərəpˈtɪʃəs ˌɪnərˈsɛpʃən dɪˈvaɪs. ənd ˈsɛlɪŋ ˈspaɪˌwɛr tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪz ə ˈkrɪmənəl əˈfɛns, ənd səʧ ˈkɑndəkt wɪl bi əˈgrɛsɪvli pərˈsud baɪ ðɪs ˈɔfəs ənd ɑr lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt partners,”*,” juz. əˈtərni ˈdeɪnə ʤeɪ. əv ðə ˈistərn ˈdɪstrɪkt əv vərˈʤɪnjə sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbaʊt ðə keɪs. ˌɔlˈðoʊ nɑt ənˈkɑmən fər ðə ˈmeɪkərz əv ˌɪˈlɪsət tulz juzd ɪn ˈkrɪmənəl ˈhækɪŋ tɪ bi ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˌɪˈligəl ækˈtɪvɪti, ˈɔfən ðə keɪs ðət ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz əv səʧ tulz ər ˈɔlsoʊ ɪts ˌsərəpˈtɪʃəs ˈjuzərz. ðə keɪs əˈgɛnst ˈɑkˌbɑr wɑz rɪˈmɑrkəbəl fər ɪts ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ðə ˈsɛlər əv ə kəˈmərʃəl ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈproʊˌgræm hu ˈwəzənt əˈkjuzd əv ˈjuzɪŋ ðə tul fər ˌɪˈligəl ˈpərpəsɪz. ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈɑrgjud ðət ðə ˈmeɪkər əv səʧ ˈsɔfˌwɛr ɪz ˈlaɪəbəl ɛz ən ɪˈneɪbələr əv ə ˈpraɪvəsi ˌɪnˈveɪʒən. 4 gɪv kɔrts əˈθɔrəti tɪ ʃət daʊn, ər ˈɑrmiz əv ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd məˈʃinz, ər juzd baɪ tɪ dɪˈlɪvər spæm, ˈkɑndəkt əˈtæks ənd dɪˈstrɪbjut ˈmælˌwɛr. ə ˈbərʤənɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs həz dɪˈvɛləpt tɪ səˈplaɪ ənd wɪθ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ baɪ ˈrɛntɪŋ ðɛm taɪm ɔn ðə ˈhaɪˌʤækt məˈʃinz. ðə waɪt haʊs prəˈpoʊzəl wʊd gɪv kɔrts ðə əˈθɔrəti tɪ ʃət daʊn ənd wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ gɪv ˌɪmˈjunɪti tɪ ˈɛniˌwən kəmˈplaɪɪŋ wɪθ səʧ ən ˈɔrdər ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɔθərˌaɪz əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ ˌriɪmˈbərs ˈsəmˌwən hu ˌɪnˈkərz ə ˈmɑnəˌtɛri kɔst fər kəmˈplaɪɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈɔrdər. ðə prəˈpoʊzəl ɪz mɛnt tɪ sɪˈmɛnt əˈθɔrəti ðət həz ɔˈrɛdi bɪn ˈɛksərˌsaɪzd baɪ kɔrts ɪn ə fju ðə keɪs ɪn wɪʧ ə ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt ˈgrænɪd ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ ə ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ˈɔrdər tɪ dɪˈstrɪbjut koʊd tɪ ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd məˈʃinz tɪ dɪˈseɪbəl ðə ˈmælˌwɛr ɔn ðoʊz ˈsɪstəmz. 5 ˈkrɪmənəˌlaɪz ðə seɪl əv ˈstoʊlən ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈdætə ɪts ɔˈrɛdi ˌɪˈligəl tɪ stil ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈdætə ər juz ɪt fər ˈfrɔʤələnt ˈpərpəsɪz, ənd ɪts ˌɪˈligəl tɪ ˈtræfɪk ɪn ˈstoʊlən ˈdætə, bət ðə waɪt haʊs ɪz prəˈpoʊzɪŋ tɪ pʊt ə faɪn pɔɪnt ɔn ðə lɔ baɪ ˈkrɪmənəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈoʊvərˈsiz seɪl əv ˈstoʊlən juz. ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrd ənd bæŋk əˈkaʊnt ˈnəmbərz. ðə prəˈpoʊzəl ˈtɑrgəts ðə ˈvɛndərz ɔn ənd ædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtərz əv ˈəndərˌgraʊnd əv ðɛm ˈhoʊstɪd ənd ədˈmɪnɪstərd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈstoʊlən ˈkrɛdɪt kɑrd ˈdætə ɪz ˈtreɪdɪd ənd soʊld. 6 kən bi ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪd laɪk mɑb kraɪmz ðə waɪt haʊs prəˈpoʊzɪz tɪ əˈfərm ðət ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈrikoʊ ˈstæʧut ər ˌrækɪˈtɪrɪŋ lɔ əˈplaɪz tɪ cybercrimes*. ˌɔlˈðoʊ kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ kəˈmɪt frɔd ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə kəmˈpjutər frɔd ənd əˈbjuz ækt ənd ˈkəvərz ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz hu meɪ nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli kəˈmɪt ə kraɪm bət fəˈsɪləˌteɪt ɪt ɪn səm weɪ ər ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈplænɪŋ əv ɪt, ðɪs ʧeɪnʤ ˈfərðər ˈkoʊdəˌfaɪz ðət ðeɪ kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi ʧɑrʤd ˈəndər ðə ˈrikoʊ ˈstæʧut. mɑrk ˈʤeɪˌkɑks, ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈænəlɪst fər ðə eff*, sɪz ðə ˈrikoʊ ˈstæʧut sɛts ə loʊər bɑr fər ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪŋ ˈɛniˌwən hu bɪˈlɔŋz tɪ ə ˈkrɪmənəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən noʊ ˈmætər ðɛr roʊl ɪn ɪt. ðɪs wʊd pəˈtɛnʃəli əˈlaʊ ˈivɪn ðə moʊst ˈmaɪnər pleɪər ɪn ə ˈhækɪŋ kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ bi ˈprɑsɪˌkjutɪd ˈəndər ðə ˈrikoʊ ˈstæʧut. ənd ˈʤeɪˌkɑks noʊts ðət ˈrikoʊ ˈdəzənt ˈæˌkʧuəli dɪˈfaɪn "ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən," ˈðɛrˌfɔr ðɛr ɪz kənˈsərn ðət ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz kʊd gɪt kriˈeɪtɪv ɪn ðɛr ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ɪt. 7 əˈdɪʃənəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə kəmˈpjutər frɔd ənd əˈbjuz ækt ðə waɪt haʊs ɪz prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ˈsɛvərəl ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈstæʧut, wɪʧ wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli pæst ɪn 1984 ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈərli deɪz əv ˈhækɪŋ ənd həz ˈstrəgəld tɪ kip peɪs wɪθ ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˈneɪʧər əv kəmˈpjutər ˌɪnˈtruʒənz. ðə proʊˈhɪbəts əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ə kəmˈpjutər ˈwɛðər ðət ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ˈbaɪˌpæsɪŋ prəˈtɛkʃənz ɔn ðə ɛz ɪn ðə keɪs əv ɪkˈsidɪŋ ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ə kəmˈpjutər fər əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈpərpəsɪz (fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ən ɪmˈplɔɪi hu həz ləˈʤɪtəmət ˈækˌsɛs tɪ hɪz ˈkəmpəniz ˈdætəˌbeɪs bət ˈjuzɪz ðət ˈækˌsɛs tɪ stil ˈdætə). ˈkərəntli, ˈbeɪsɪk ˈhækɪŋ ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ə ˌmɪsdəˈminər ənˈlɛs ɪts dən fər ˈprɑfɪt ər fər ðə ˈfərθərəns əv əˈnəðər kraɪm. ɛz fər ɪkˈsidɪŋ ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs, ʤɔrʤ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˌjunəˈvərsəti lɔ prəˈfɛsər ˈɔrɪn kər pɔɪnts aʊt ðət kɔrts ər ˈkərəntli dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈoʊvər wət ˈkɑnstəˌtuts ə vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv ðɪs. ðə prəˈpoʊzd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wʊd tərn ə ˈbeɪsɪk keɪs əv əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs ˈɪntu ə ˈfɛləni ˈpənɪʃəbəl baɪ ə ˈsɛntəns əp tɪ θri jɪrz ər əp tɪ tɛn jɪrz ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz ɪf ɪts kənˈsɪdərd ə hæk fər ˈprɑfɪt ər fər ðə ˈfərθərəns əv əˈnəðər kraɪm. ðə prəˈpoʊzəl ˈɔlsoʊ əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ðə kaɪnd əv ækˈtɪvɪti ðət ɪz kənˈsɪdərd əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs. ɪt steɪts ðət ˈækˌsɛs ɪz əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈɛni taɪm ə ˈjuzər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ə ˈpərpəs ðət ðə noʊz ɪz nɑt ˈɔθərˌaɪzd baɪ ðə kəmˈpjutər owner.”*.” ðɪs ɪz ˈlaɪkli mɛnt tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ˈprɑbləmz ðət əˈkərd wɪθ ðə ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃən əv ˈændru "weev*". wɑz kənˈvɪktəd əv ˈhækɪŋ ən wɛb saɪt baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti ɪn ðə saɪt ðət əˈlaʊd ˈɛniˌwən tɪ əbˈteɪn ðə ˌənprəˈtɛktɪd iˈmeɪl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz əv ˈaɪˌpæd ˈkəstəmərz. hɪz dɪˈfɛns əˈtərniz ˈɑrgjud ðət ðɪs ˈwəzənt əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd sɪns baɪ ˈpoʊstɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈɔnˌlaɪn ənd ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɪt, hæd ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ˈɛniˌwən ɪn ðə wərld tɪ ˈækˌsɛs ɪt. ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈɑrgjud, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət nu dɪd nɑt ˌɪnˈtɛnd fər ˈjuzərz tɪ ˈækˌsɛs ðə ˈdætə ɪn ðə weɪ hi dɪd ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ɪt wɑz əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd. ðə waɪt haʊs prəˈpoʊzəl, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kər, kʊd bi ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈstrɛŋθən ðə ˈgəvərnmənts stæns ɪn ˈsɪmələr ˈkeɪsɪz ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. ɪkˈspænʧən əv 'ɪkˈsidɪŋ ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs' wʊd sim tɪ əˈlaʊ lɑts əv ˌprɑsəˈkjuʃənz ˈəndər ə 'ju nu ðə kəmˈpjutər ˈoʊnər laɪk ðət' ˈθɪri," kər roʊt ɪn ə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən poʊst ˈkɑləm læst wik. "ənd ðət straɪks mi ɛz ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs aɪˈdiə, ɛz ɪt ˈfoʊkɪsɪz ɔn ðə səˈbʤɛktɪv ˈwɪʃɪz əv ðə kəmˈpjutər ˈoʊnər ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈkɑndəkt." ˌɔrdəˈnɛrəli, ækt, ɪf kənˈsɪdərd ə vaɪəˈleɪʃən, ʃʊd hæv bɪn ə ˌmɪsdəˈminər, bət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ʧɑrʤd ɪm wɪθ ə ˈfɛləni baɪ seɪɪŋ ðət hɪz əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs wɑz ɪn ˈfərθərəns əv əˈnəðər nu ˈʤərzi steɪt lɔ əˈgɛnst əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs. dɪˈfɛns əˈtərniz kənˈsɪdərd ðɪs ə əv ə ˈsɪŋgəl əˈfɛns ənd kənˈvɪkʃən wɑz ˈleɪtər ˈoʊvərˌtərnd. ðə waɪt haʊs prəˈpoʊzəl əˈpɪrz tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðɪs. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪt steɪts ðət ˈsɪmpəl əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs ɪz ə ˈfɛləni ɪf dən əˈgɛnst ə ˈgəvərnmənt kəmˈpjutər, ɪf ðə ˈvælju əv ðə ˈdætə ɪkˈsidz ər ɪf ɪts dən ɪn ˈfərθərəns əv ə steɪt ər ˈfɛdərəl ˈfɛləni kraɪm. bət ɪf, ɪn ðə ˈlætər keɪs, ðə steɪt ər ˈəðər ˈfɛdərəl vaɪəˈleɪʃən ɪz "beɪst ˈsoʊəli ɔn əbˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɪˈθaʊt ˌɔθərəˈzeɪʃən ər ɪn ˈɛkˌsɛs əv ɪz, wɪθ noʊ ˈəðər əˈdɪʃənəl kraɪm ðən ðɪs, ðɛn ɪt wʊd nɑt kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ə ˈfɛləni. kər sɪz ðə ˈwərdɪŋ ɪz ˈtrɪki, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənd kʊd bi ˌɪnˈtərprətəd ɛz ə minz tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðə ˈprɑbləm ðət ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪnˈkaʊnərd wɪθ ðə keɪs. ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ðə lɔ ˈgəvərnɪŋ ðə ˈəðər steɪt ər ˈfɛdərəl ˈfɛləni kraɪm ɪz nɑt ʤɪst əˈbaʊt əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs bət ˌɪnˈkludz ən əˈdɪʃənəl ˈɛləmənt tɪ ɪt ðɛn ə dɪˈfɛndənt kʊd bi ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ə ˈfɛləni fər ɪkˈsidɪŋ ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs beɪst ɔn ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ðə ənd ðə steɪt lɔ. "ɪf ðə steɪt əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs kraɪm həz ʤɪst wən ˈɛləmənt bɪɔnd əˈnɔθərˌaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs səʧ ɛz 'əbˈteɪnɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən,' ðə ˈθɪŋkɪŋ wʊd rən, ðə vaɪəˈleɪʃən ɪz nɑt beɪst 'ˈsoʊəli ɔn əbˈteɪnɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɪˈθaʊt ˌɔθərəˈzeɪʃən," kər noʊts. "ðət wɪl ˈjuʒəwəli bi ðə keɪs, ðoʊ, wɪʧ tɪ maɪ maɪnd ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz ə ˈsɪriəs ˈdəbəl ˈkaʊntɪŋ problem…*…. ˈgɪvɪn ðət ðə prəˈpoʊzəlz wʊd meɪk ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti fər ˈbriʧɪŋ ə ˈrɪtən kənˈdɪʃən ə ˈfɛləni wɛr ðə ˈθɪri ɪz əˈlaʊd ˈmoʊstli ˈsɪriəs ˈmæksəməm ˈfɛləniz ðə ˈprɑbləm gɪvz mi səm ˈhɑrtˌbərn." ðə waɪt haʊs ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈpoʊzɪz tɪ meɪk ɪt ˌɪˈligəl tɪ ˈtræfɪk ɪn ˈɛni tul ðət prəˈvaɪdz ðə "minz əv ˈækˌsɛs" tɪ ə kəmˈpjutər, ɪf ðə ˈmeɪkər həz ˈrizən tɪ bɪˈliv ˈsəmˌwən kʊd juz ɪt fər ˌɪˈligəl ˈpərpəsɪz. ðɪs ɪz mɛnt tɪ ˈkrɪmənəˌlaɪz ðə seɪl ər ˈtreɪdɪŋ əv ˈstoʊlən ˈpæsˌwərdz ər ˈsɪmələr krəˈdɛnʃəlz bət ðə prəˈpoʊzəl ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈfərz tɪ ˈtræfɪkɪŋ ɪn "ˈɛni ˈəðər minz əv ˈækˌsɛs" tɪ ə kəmˈpjutər. ˈkrɪtɪks ər kənˈsərnd ðət ðə ˈlætər kʊd bi ˌɪnˈtərprətəd tɪ ˈaʊˌtlɔ ðə seɪl ər ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən əv ˌpɛnəˈtreɪʃən tulz ər ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ðət ɪz juzd baɪ ˈsaɪbər ˈkrɪmənəlz tɪ əˈtæk ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪtiz ɪn kəmˈpjutər ˈsɪstəmz tɪ geɪn ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðɛm. ðɪs ˈmætərz bɪˈkəz ˈɛkˌsplɔɪts ənd ˌpɛnəˈtreɪʃən tulz ər ˈɔlsoʊ juzd baɪ sɪˈkjʊrəti prəˈfɛʃənəlz tɪ dɪˈtərmən ɪf ə ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ əˈtæk. ˈʤeɪˌkɑks sɪz ðɪs ɪz ðə moʊst ˈdeɪnʤərəs pɑrt əv ðə waɪt haʊs ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə. "ðɛr pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈkɪlɪŋ ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti tulz ˈrisərʧərz juz tɪ faɪnd sɪˈkjʊrəti hoʊlz," hi sɪz. "ðə ˈʧɪlɪŋ ˈifɛkt ðɪs meɪ hæv ɔn ˈrisərʧərz ɪz ɪˈnɔrmɪs." ɪn ˈsəməri, kər sɪz ɔn ðə hoʊl hiz "ˈskɛptɪkəl" əv ðə prəˈpoʊzəlz fər ðə sɪns ðeɪ wʊd meɪk səm ˈpənɪʃmənts tu səˈvɪr ənd "ɪkˈspænd ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti ɪn səm ˌəndɪˈzaɪrəbəl weɪz." bət hi noʊts ðət ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd səm ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzɪz. ˈgɪvɪŋ əp mɔr ðən ðeɪ wʊd hæv ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ənd ðɛr ər səm ˈprɑməsɪŋ aɪˈdiəz ɪn ðɛr," hi ˈnoʊtɪd ɪn hɪz əˈsɛsmənt. ɪt wɪl ɔl dɪˈpɛnd ɔn wɪʧ əv ðə prəˈpoʊzəlz, ɪf ˈɛni, ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ əˈdɑpt ənd haʊ ðeɪ wərd ðɛr ˈʧeɪnʤɪz.
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researchers have discovered a new antibiotic and it belongs to a brand new compound, named, treated a wide variety of infections in mice, including staph and blood infections, reports a study published in nature today. and because of molecular structure, researchers believe that developing resistance to the compound will be difficult an important characteristic in the face of increasingly resistant bacterial infections worldwide.
teixobactin probably couldn't have been discovered until now
teixobactin probably couldn't have been discovered until now. normally, the bacteria used to produce antibiotics are grown in sterilized laboratory settings. but only 1 percent of environmental microorganisms can be grown successfully in petri dishes, says kim lewis, a microbiologist at northeastern university and a of the study, in a press call. so researchers were limited to a tiny portion of the available why researchers at northeastern came up with a way to grow bacteria" in soil, their natural environment something scientists previously thought would be too difficult to achieve. then, the researchers screened soil bacterial strains and identified 25 that might be capable of producing new antibiotics. and of that set, lewis said, was the most promising.
"early on we saw that there was no resistance development to," lewis said. "we also find that had good efficacy in several animal models of infection," without causing any visible to the doses tested a characteristic that makes it "a promising drug candidate."
"there was no resistance development to."
the antibiotic discovery comes at a time when many bacterial infections have become difficult to treat. approximately people die in the us each year because of resistant strains. in response, health officials have asked that antibiotics only be used when absolutely necessary a move that has contributed to a decline in antibiotic research, and growing disinterest from the pharmacological industry. "pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics," lewis said. and "we now have pathogens, such as strains of tuberculosis, that are resistant to all available antibiotics." the researchers therefore hope that the announcement of a new antibiotic candidate be the kick in the pants that the pharmaceutical world needs to start searching for new compounds again.
teixobactin works by breaking down bacteria's cell wall, triggering the cell's death which is "a particular achilles heel for antibiotic attack," said tanya schneider, a biochemist at connecticut college and a of the study. because bacteria can't easily modify their cell walls to resist antibiotics, the drug won't spur resistance as readily, schneider says.
teixobactin works by breaking down bacteria's cell wall
the researchers were able to use to successfully treat mice with blood infection, lung infections, and staph infections. unfortunately, the compound able to treat infections caused by e. coli because this type of bacteria commonly referred to as bacteria" is surrounded by an outer membrane that prevents access to the drug's target.
henry chambers, an infectious disease researcher at the university of california, san francisco, who participate in the study, thinks the researchers’ new approach is interesting. but the fact that the antibiotic effective against most bacteria is slightly disappointing. "there are now plenty of drugs for infections caused by gram-positive," he said, "and the more pressing need is for resistants."
chambers also cautions against getting too excited about the idea of a new antibiotic. "too early to get excited for yet to be proven clinical utility," chambers says. and even if the drug is approved for human use, it solve the current problem of widespread antibiotic resistance a problem that stems from overuse in both medicine and food production. "if an antibiotic is used enough, resistance ultimately will emerge." for example, although it took 40 years for resistance to develop against vancomycin another antibiotic that works in a similar way resistance did eventually occur. still, if is approved for human use in a few years, that will be good news, chambers says. "new potent and effective antibiotics belonging to a novel class are welcome, even for gram-positives."
getting the antibiotic to market will take at least five years
a lot can go wrong during drug development, though. so far, producing large quantities of the bacteria that produces been too difficultbut because the drug has yet to be tested on humans, difficult to predict how well it will do in the long run. before human trials can take place, the researchers would like to find out if they can produce the drug synthetically, rather than from bacteria a process that might be more efficient. they also want to improve the effectiveness. that, lewis said, will take about two years. and then they will need at least another three years to test on humans. still, the antibiotic discovery is encouraging, because the method used to discover it could lead to other new discoveries, too.
"the discovery of compounds like that came from bacteria suggests that this is a promising source in general for antibiotics," lewis says. "and that it has a good chance of helping revive the field of antibiotic discovery."
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ˈrisərʧərz hæv dɪˈskəvərd ə nu ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ənd ɪt bɪˈlɔŋz tɪ ə brænd nu ˈkɑmpaʊnd, neɪmd, ˈtritɪd ə waɪd vərˈaɪəti əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz ɪn maɪs, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ stæf ənd bləd ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz, rɪˈpɔrts ə ˈstədi ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn ˈneɪʧər təˈdeɪ. ənd bɪˈkəz əv məˈlɛkjələr ˈstrəkʧər, ˈrisərʧərz bɪˈliv ðət dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ rɪˈzɪstəns tɪ ðə ˈkɑmpaʊnd wɪl bi ˈdɪfəkəlt ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪk ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli rɪˈzɪstənt bækˈtɪriəl ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz ˈwərldˈwaɪd. ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈkʊdənt hæv bɪn dɪˈskəvərd ənˈtɪl naʊ ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈkʊdənt hæv bɪn dɪˈskəvərd ənˈtɪl naʊ. ˈnɔrməli, ðə bækˈtɪriə juzd tɪ ˈproʊdus ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks ər groʊn ɪn ˈstɛrəˌlaɪzd ˈlæbrəˌtɔri ˈsɛtɪŋz. bət ˈoʊnli 1 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˌmaɪkroʊˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz kən bi groʊn səkˈsɛsfəli ɪn ˈpɛtri ˈdɪʃɪz, sɪz kɪm luɪs, ə ˌmaɪkroʊbiˈɑləʤɪst æt ˌnɔrˈθistərn ˌjunəˈvərsəti ənd ə əv ðə ˈstədi, ɪn ə prɛs kɔl. soʊ ˈrisərʧərz wər ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ ə ˈtaɪni ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə əˈveɪləbəl waɪ ˈrisərʧərz æt ˌnɔrˈθistərn keɪm əp wɪθ ə weɪ tɪ groʊ bækˈtɪriə" ɪn sɔɪl, ðɛr ˈnæʧərəl ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈsaɪəntɪsts ˈpriviəsli θɔt wʊd bi tu ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ əˈʧiv. ðɛn, ðə ˈrisərʧərz skrind sɔɪl bækˈtɪriəl streɪnz ənd aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd 25 ðət maɪt bi ˈkeɪpəbəl əv prəˈdusɪŋ nu ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks. ənd əv ðət sɛt, luɪs sɛd, wɑz ðə moʊst ˈprɑməsɪŋ. "ˈərli ɔn wi sɔ ðət ðɛr wɑz noʊ rɪˈzɪstəns dɪˈvɛləpmənt tɪ," luɪs sɛd. "wi ˈɔlsoʊ faɪnd ðət hæd gʊd ˈɛfɪˌkæsi ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈænəməl ˈmɑdəlz əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən," wɪˈθaʊt ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈɛni ˈvɪzəbəl tɪ ðə ˈdoʊsɪz ˈtɛstɪd ə ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪk ðət meɪks ɪt "ə ˈprɑməsɪŋ drəg ˈkænədɪt." "ðɛr wɑz noʊ rɪˈzɪstəns dɪˈvɛləpmənt tɪ." ðə ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ˌdɪˈskəvri kəmz æt ə taɪm wɪn ˈmɛni bækˈtɪriəl ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz hæv bɪˈkəm ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ trit. əˈprɑksəmətli ˈpipəl daɪ ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs iʧ jɪr bɪˈkəz əv rɪˈzɪstənt streɪnz. ɪn rɪˈspɑns, hɛlθ əˈfɪʃəlz hæv æst ðət ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks ˈoʊnli bi juzd wɪn ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ə muv ðət həz kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ə dɪˈklaɪn ɪn ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ˈrisərʧ, ənd groʊɪŋ dɪˈsɪntərəst frəm ðə ˌfɑrməkəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈɪndəstri. "ˈpæθəʤənz ər əkˈwaɪərɪŋ rɪˈzɪstəns ˈfæstər ðən wi kən ˌɪntrəˈdus nu ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks," luɪs sɛd. ənd "wi naʊ hæv ˈpæθəʤənz, səʧ ɛz streɪnz əv təˌbərkjəˈloʊsɪs, ðət ər rɪˈzɪstənt tɪ ɔl əˈveɪləbəl ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks." ðə ˈrisərʧərz ˈðɛrˌfɔr hoʊp ðət ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt əv ə nu ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ˈkænədɪt bi ðə kɪk ɪn ðə pænts ðət ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl wərld nidz tɪ stɑrt ˈsərʧɪŋ fər nu ˈkɑmpaʊndz əˈgɛn. wərks baɪ ˈbreɪkɪŋ daʊn bækˈtɪriəz sɛl wɔl, ˈtrɪgərɪŋ ðə sɛlz dɛθ wɪʧ ɪz "ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr əˈkɪliz hil fər ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk əˈtæk," sɛd ˈtɑnjə ʃˈnaɪdər, ə ˌbaɪoʊˈkɛmɪst æt kəˈnɛtəkət ˈkɑlɪʤ ənd ə əv ðə ˈstədi. bɪˈkəz bækˈtɪriə kænt ˈizəli ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ ðɛr sɛl wɔlz tɪ rɪˈzɪst ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks, ðə drəg woʊnt spər rɪˈzɪstəns ɛz ˈrɛdəli, ʃˈnaɪdər sɪz. wərks baɪ ˈbreɪkɪŋ daʊn bækˈtɪriəz sɛl wɔl ðə ˈrisərʧərz wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ juz tɪ səkˈsɛsfəli trit maɪs wɪθ bləd ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ləŋ ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz, ənd stæf ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðə ˈkɑmpaʊnd ˈeɪbəl tɪ trit ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz kɔzd baɪ i. ˈkoʊli bɪˈkəz ðɪs taɪp əv bækˈtɪriə ˈkɑmənli rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz bækˈtɪriə" ɪz sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ən ˈaʊtər ˈmɛmˌbreɪn ðət prɪˈvɛnts ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə drəgz ˈtərgət. ˈhɛnri ˈʧeɪmbərz, ən ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziz ˈrisərʧər æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ, hu pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ðə ˈstədi, θɪŋks ðə researchers’*’ nu əˈproʊʧ ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. bət ðə fækt ðət ðə ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ˈifɛktɪv əˈgɛnst moʊst bækˈtɪriə ɪz sˈlaɪtli ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ. "ðɛr ər naʊ ˈplɛnti əv drəgz fər ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz kɔzd baɪ gram-positive*," hi sɛd, "ənd ðə mɔr ˈprɛsɪŋ nid ɪz fər rɪˈzɪstənt gram-negatives*." ˈʧeɪmbərz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkɔʃənz əˈgɛnst ˈgɪtɪŋ tu ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə nu ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk. "tu ˈərli tɪ gɪt ɪkˈsaɪtɪd fər jɛt tɪ bi ˈpruvən ˈklɪnɪkəl juˈtɪləti," ˈʧeɪmbərz sɪz. ənd ˈivɪn ɪf ðə drəg ɪz əˈpruvd fər ˈjumən juz, ɪt sɑlv ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈprɑbləm əv ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk rɪˈzɪstəns ə ˈprɑbləm ðət stɛmz frəm ˌoʊvərˈjuz ɪn boʊθ ˈmɛdəsən ənd fud pərˈdəkʃən. "ɪf ən ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ɪz juzd ɪˈnəf, rɪˈzɪstəns ˈəltəmətli wɪl ˈimərʤ." fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt tʊk 40 jɪrz fər rɪˈzɪstəns tɪ dɪˈvɛləp əˈgɛnst ˌvænkoʊˈmaɪsɪn əˈnəðər ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ðət wərks ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr weɪ rɪˈzɪstəns dɪd ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli əˈkər. stɪl, ɪf ɪz əˈpruvd fər ˈjumən juz ɪn ə fju jɪrz, ðət wɪl bi gʊd nuz, ˈʧeɪmbərz sɪz. "nu ˈpoʊtənt ənd ˈifɛktɪv ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ə ˈnɑvəl klæs ər ˈwɛlkəm, ˈivɪn fər gram-positives*." ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt wɪl teɪk æt list faɪv jɪrz ə lɔt kən goʊ rɔŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ drəg dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ðoʊ. soʊ fɑr, prəˈdusɪŋ lɑrʤ kˈwɑntətiz əv ðə bækˈtɪriə ðət prəˈdusɪz bɪn tu ˈdɪfəkəlt bɪˈkəz ðə drəg həz jɛt tɪ bi ˈtɛstɪd ɔn ˈjumənz, ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ prɪˈdɪkt haʊ wɛl ɪt wɪl du ɪn ðə lɔŋ rən. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈjumən traɪəlz kən teɪk pleɪs, ðə ˈrisərʧərz wʊd laɪk tɪ faɪnd aʊt ɪf ðeɪ kən ˈproʊdus ðə drəg sɪnˈθɛtɪkli, ˈrəðər ðən frəm bækˈtɪriə ə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət maɪt bi mɔr ɪˈfɪʃənt. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ wɔnt tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə ˈifɛktɪvnəs. ðət, luɪs sɛd, wɪl teɪk əˈbaʊt tu jɪrz. ənd ðɛn ðeɪ wɪl nid æt list əˈnəðər θri jɪrz tɪ tɛst ɔn ˈjumənz. stɪl, ðə ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ˌdɪˈskəvri ɪz ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈmɛθəd juzd tɪ dɪˈskəvər ɪt kʊd lɛd tɪ ˈəðər nu dɪˈskəvəriz, tu. "ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri əv ˈkɑmpaʊndz laɪk ðət keɪm frəm bækˈtɪriə səˈʤɛsts ðət ðɪs ɪz ə ˈprɑməsɪŋ sɔrs ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl fər ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪks," luɪs sɪz. "ənd ðət ɪt həz ə gʊd ʧæns əv ˈhɛlpɪŋ rɪˈvaɪv ðə fild əv ˌæntibaɪˈɑtɪk ˌdɪˈskəvri."
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by bob kravitz, indianapolis star
team president peter wilt was walking up new york street on the campus shortly before 6 p.m., checking out the surroundings near carroll stadium on the night of the indy sellout debut.
“i saw two people, two of our biggest supporters, and they had been there for a half an hour,” wilt said at halftime of the draw with the carolina railhawks. “then i walked around the corner and saw the line; it kept going and going and going more than 100 yards. i was saying to people, not general admission seating, not first-come, first-served, go have a beer in the parking lot and come back in a half hour or so.’
“and like, `no, we want to get in now when it opens.’ i was truly surprised by the enthusiasm of people who wanted to get inside and get this thing going. the whole humbled. i really am.”
professional soccer has tried here in indianapolis, and failed, for any number of different reasons. but if opening night is any indication, owner and wilt have a winning proposition on their hands. fans came early and stayed late, and were rewarded with an entertaining draw.
the eleven sold more than season tickets in short order, and would have sold more than if have chosen to do so. they cut it off at in the interest of drawing new fans to the games, specifically sales and tickets. little wonder the eleven is already thinking about building its own stadium and moving up to major league soccer. clearly, there is a market here for the sport of the millennials.
“the reaction, the noise, nothing like seen or heard before,” wilt said. “we had a bigger crowd (more than) for our first game (with the chicago fire) but the passion is greater here. the big part is the community here has totally bought in. look around: how many indy eleven jerseys have you seen, and sweatshirts and scarves? our first year in chicago, we see that until we got well into the season. indy bought into the indy eleven before we ever started.”
the heartbeat of the eleven is the brickyard battalion, a group of roughly soccer zealots who have turned the west end zone into the biggest pep rally. area 55 and the zone on steroids. from the opening kickoff until the very end, they stand, they chant, they sing. it is a taste of international soccer on local soil.
“they were formed more than two years ago with the idea of bringing pro soccer to indiana,” wilt said. “they had a facebook page, a web page, invented a team name, created scarves. they were in place before we ever had a team, before (owner) (ozdemir) brought me down here. the ones creating this atmosphere tonight. advocates. evangelists. the ones who made this happen.”
the battalion fans, per se. they are supporters. and loud and resistant to fatigue. and they had plenty of company saturday night as the eleven performed in front of a only house.
“i’ve never played in front of a crowd like this,” said eleven forward and graduate mike ambersley, who scored the lone goal in the first half. “i say enough about them.”
we know for a couple of years whether indy can support the eleven and the fuel on top of the colts, pacers and indians, plus all the college teams in the area. this is an undeniably rabid sports town, but a small town in terms of dollars. is there enough to go around for everybody?
we can say this much: the eleven got off to a rousing start.
even if there were a couple of logistical glitches.
“in a word, lines,” wilt said. “we had long lines at concession stands and for merchandise, and get that fixed. i guess if not going to have a problem with long lines anywhere, good that it at the restrooms.”
parking was a bit of a challenge, too, but wilt believes that once holders figure out and egress, things will run more smoothly.
“we did get everyone into the stadium by kickoff, though, so good,” wilt said.
clearly, carroll stadium cannot be the indy home in the future. a reason already has talked about building a facility in the city. carroll is small and antiquated, an erector set of a stadium.
but first things first.
the eleven made a good first impression. now a matter of maintaining it.
“this is the future of sports in america,” wilt said. “groups supporting this team are the future of america. suburban youth soccer, young adults, the millennials, the new americans first and second generation immigrants. this is their sport. soccer is a primary passion for them. and indiana finally has a team.”
indiana has had pro soccer teams before, and failed. but the time is right now. the demographics are right now. this was a start, and it was a loud and impressive one.
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baɪ bɑb ˈkrævɪts, ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs stɑr tim ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈpitər wɪlt wɑz ˈwɔkɪŋ əp nu jɔrk strit ɔn ðə ˈkæmpəs ˈʃɔrtli ˌbiˈfɔr 6 p.m*., ˈʧɛkɪŋ aʊt ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋz nɪr ˈkɛrəl ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn ðə naɪt əv ðə ˈɪndi ˈsɛˌlaʊt ˈdeɪbju. sɔ tu ˈpipəl, tu əv ɑr ˈbɪgəst səˈpɔrtərz, ənd ðeɪ hæd bɪn ðɛr fər ə hæf ən hour,”*,” wɪlt sɛd æt ˈhæfˌtaɪm əv ðə drɔ wɪθ ðə ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə railhawks*. aɪ wɔkt əraʊnd ðə ˈkɔrnər ənd sɔ ðə laɪn; ɪt kɛpt goʊɪŋ ənd goʊɪŋ ənd goʊɪŋ mɔr ðən 100 jɑrdz. aɪ wɑz seɪɪŋ tɪ ˈpipəl, nɑt ˈʤɛnərəl ədˈmɪʃən ˈsitɪŋ, nɑt first-come*, first-served*, goʊ hæv ə bɪr ɪn ðə ˈpɑrkɪŋ lɔt ənd kəm bæk ɪn ə hæf aʊər ər so.’*.’ laɪk, `noʊ, wi wɔnt tɪ gɪt ɪn naʊ wɪn ɪt opens.’*.’ aɪ wɑz ˈtruli səˈpraɪzd baɪ ðə ɪnˈθuziˌæzəm əv ˈpipəl hu ˈwɔntɪd tɪ gɪt ˌɪnˈsaɪd ənd gɪt ðɪs θɪŋ goʊɪŋ. ðə hoʊl ˈhəmbəld. aɪ ˈrɪli am.”*.” prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈsɑkər həz traɪd hir ɪn ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs, ənd feɪld, fər ˈɛni ˈnəmbər əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈrizənz. bət ɪf ˈoʊpənɪŋ naɪt ɪz ˈɛni ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃən, ˈoʊnər ənd wɪlt hæv ə ˈwɪnɪŋ ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən ɔn ðɛr hænz. fænz keɪm ˈərli ənd steɪd leɪt, ənd wər rɪˈwɔrdɪd wɪθ ən ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ drɔ. ðə ˈilɛvən soʊld mɔr ðən ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪts ɪn ʃɔrt ˈɔrdər, ənd wʊd hæv soʊld mɔr ðən ɪf hæv ˈʧoʊzən tɪ du soʊ. ðeɪ kət ɪt ɔf æt ɪn ðə ˈɪntəˌrɛst əv drɔɪŋ nu fænz tɪ ðə geɪmz, spəˈsɪfɪkli seɪlz ənd ˈtɪkɪts. ˈlɪtəl ˈwəndər ðə ˈilɛvən ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪts oʊn ˈsteɪdiəm ənd ˈmuvɪŋ əp tɪ ˈmeɪʤər lig ˈsɑkər. ˈklɪrli, ðɛr ɪz ə ˈmɑrkɪt hir fər ðə spɔrt əv ðə millennials*. riˈækʃən, ðə nɔɪz, ˈnəθɪŋ laɪk sin ər hərd before,”*,” wɪlt sɛd. hæd ə ˈbɪgər kraʊd (mɔr ðən fər ɑr fərst geɪm (wɪθ ðə ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ faɪər) bət ðə ˈpæʃən ɪz ˈgreɪtər hir. ðə bɪg pɑrt ɪz ðə kəmˈjunɪti hir həz ˈtoʊtəli bɔt ɪn. lʊk əraʊnd: haʊ ˈmɛni ˈɪndi ˈilɛvən ˈʤərziz hæv ju sin, ənd sˈwɛtˌʃərts ənd skɑrvz? ɑr fərst jɪr ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ, wi si ðət ənˈtɪl wi gɑt wɛl ˈɪntu ðə ˈsizən. ˈɪndi bɔt ˈɪntu ðə ˈɪndi ˈilɛvən ˌbiˈfɔr wi ˈɛvər started.”*.” ðə ˈhɑrtˌbit əv ðə ˈilɛvən ɪz ðə ˈbrɪˌkjɑrd bəˈtæljən, ə grup əv ˈrəfli ˈsɑkər ˈzɛləts hu hæv tərnd ðə wɛst ɛnd zoʊn ˈɪntu ðə ˈbɪgəst pɛp ˈræli. ˈɛriə 55 ənd ðə zoʊn ɔn ˈstɛrɔɪdz. frəm ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ ˈkɪˌkɔf ənˈtɪl ðə ˈvɛri ɛnd, ðeɪ stænd, ðeɪ ʧænt, ðeɪ sɪŋ. ɪt ɪz ə teɪst əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsɑkər ɔn ˈloʊkəl sɔɪl. wər fɔrmd mɔr ðən tu jɪrz əˈgoʊ wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈbrɪŋɪŋ proʊ ˈsɑkər tɪ indiana,”*,” wɪlt sɛd. hæd ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ, ə wɛb peɪʤ, ˌɪnˈvɛntɪd ə tim neɪm, kriˈeɪtɪd skɑrvz. ðeɪ wər ɪn pleɪs ˌbiˈfɔr wi ˈɛvər hæd ə tim, ˌbiˈfɔr (ˈoʊnər) (ozdemir*) brɔt mi daʊn hir. ðə wənz kriˈeɪtɪŋ ðɪs ˈætməsˌfɪr təˈnaɪt. ˈædvəˌkeɪts. ɪˈvænʤəlɪsts. ðə wənz hu meɪd ðɪs happen.”*.” ðə bəˈtæljən fænz, pər seɪ. ðeɪ ər səˈpɔrtərz. ənd laʊd ənd rɪˈzɪstənt tɪ fəˈtig. ənd ðeɪ hæd ˈplɛnti əv ˈkəmpəˌni ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ɛz ðə ˈilɛvən pərˈfɔrmd ɪn frənt əv ə ˈoʊnli haʊs. ˈnɛvər pleɪd ɪn frənt əv ə kraʊd laɪk this,”*,” sɛd ˈilɛvən ˈfɔrwərd ənd ˈgræʤəˌweɪt maɪk ambersley*, hu skɔrd ðə loʊn goʊl ɪn ðə fərst hæf. seɪ ɪˈnəf əˈbaʊt them.”*.” wi noʊ fər ə ˈkəpəl əv jɪrz ˈwɛðər ˈɪndi kən səˈpɔrt ðə ˈilɛvən ənd ðə fjuəl ɔn tɔp əv ðə koʊlts, ˈpeɪsərz ənd ˈɪndiənz, pləs ɔl ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ timz ɪn ðə ˈɛriə. ðɪs ɪz ən ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbli ˈræbɪd spɔrts taʊn, bət ə smɔl taʊn ɪn tərmz əv ˈdɔlərz. ɪz ðɛr ɪˈnəf tɪ goʊ əraʊnd fər ˈɛvriˌbɑdi? wi kən seɪ ðɪs məʧ: ðə ˈilɛvən gɑt ɔf tɪ ə ˈraʊzɪŋ stɑrt. ˈivɪn ɪf ðɛr wər ə ˈkəpəl əv ləˈʤɪstɪkəl ˈglɪʧɪz. ə wərd, lines,”*,” wɪlt sɛd. hæd lɔŋ laɪnz æt kənˈsɛʃən stændz ənd fər ˈmərʧənˌdaɪz, ənd gɪt ðət fɪkst. aɪ gɛs ɪf nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv ə ˈprɑbləm wɪθ lɔŋ laɪnz ˈɛniˌwɛr, gʊd ðət ɪt æt ðə restrooms.”*.” ˈpɑrkɪŋ wɑz ə bɪt əv ə ˈʧælənʤ, tu, bət wɪlt bɪˈlivz ðət wəns ˈhoʊldərz ˈfɪgjər aʊt ənd ɪˈgrɛs, θɪŋz wɪl rən mɔr sˈmuðli. dɪd gɪt ˈɛvriˌwən ˈɪntu ðə ˈsteɪdiəm baɪ ˈkɪˌkɔf, ðoʊ, soʊ good,”*,” wɪlt sɛd. ˈklɪrli, ˈkɛrəl ˈsteɪdiəm ˈkænɑt bi ðə ˈɪndi hoʊm ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. ə ˈrizən ɔˈrɛdi həz tɔkt əˈbaʊt ˈbɪldɪŋ ə fəˈsɪlɪti ɪn ðə ˈsɪti. ˈkɛrəl ɪz smɔl ənd ˈæntəkˌweɪtɪd, ən ɪˈrɛktər sɛt əv ə ˈsteɪdiəm. bət fərst θɪŋz fərst. ðə ˈilɛvən meɪd ə gʊd fərst ˌɪmˈprɛʃən. naʊ ə ˈmætər əv meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ ɪt. ɪz ðə fˈjuʧər əv spɔrts ɪn america,”*,” wɪlt sɛd. səˈpɔrtɪŋ ðɪs tim ər ðə fˈjuʧər əv əˈmɛrɪkə. səˈbərbən juθ ˈsɑkər, jəŋ ˈædəlts, ðə millennials*, ðə nu əˈmɛrɪkənz fərst ənd ˈsɛkənd ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈɪməgrənts. ðɪs ɪz ðɛr spɔrt. ˈsɑkər ɪz ə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈpæʃən fər ðɛm. ənd ˌɪndiˈænə ˈfaɪnəli həz ə team.”*.” ˌɪndiˈænə həz hæd proʊ ˈsɑkər timz ˌbiˈfɔr, ənd feɪld. bət ðə taɪm ɪz raɪt naʊ. ðə ˌdɛməˈgræfɪks ər raɪt naʊ. ðɪs wɑz ə stɑrt, ənd ɪt wɑz ə laʊd ənd ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv wən.
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the obama administration says it is launching a new partnership with africa to improve democracy, economic growth, security and trade in the new presidential policy directive on africa is based on many of the themes outlined in barack obama's 2009 speech to lawmakers in ghana. the white house says it commits the united states to elevating its work to strengthen democratic institutions and boost economic growth, trade and of state hillary clinton says president obama believes passionately that africa's future is can and must do better by deepening our cooperation and improving our performance. this is a priority for the united states," she policy directive aims to advance african democracy by strengthening institutions for more open and accountable governance and for promoting human rights and the rule of law. it also vows to challenge leaders "whose actions threaten the credibility of democratic commits the united states to increasing trade and investment in africa by improving economic governance, promoting regional integration, expanding african access to global markets and encouraging u.s. companies to trade with and invest in waivers under the african growth and opportunity act have increased u.s. trade with africa. secretary clinton told public and private sector leaders thursday at an annual meeting of beneficiaries of those waivers that the obama administration is pushing congress to extend the so-called trade united states will stand with you as your partner on the basis of mutual respect in order to make sure that the benefits that we see as so potentially achievable are available for you and, particularly, for the next generation," she said.
secretary clinton delivers remarks at the african growth and opportunity act forum and marks global economic statecraft day, at the department of state, june 14, 2012.
the presidential policy directive on africa says the united states will deepen its security partnership with african countries and regional organizations, as "only governments and people can resolve the security challenges and internal divisions that have plagued the continent, but the united states can make a positive says the directive also continues to focus u.s. aid on sustainable can make a commitment knowing that it's not only about economic growth but also democratic progress, improved security, development gains," she said. "because all taken together, we will strengthen the security, the prosperity, and the democracies across africa and by doing so help to fulfill that dream of a future of peace, freedom, prosperity, and dignity for all obama administration says its new policy builds on what it calls "numerous accomplishments" in africa, including helping to end political violence in ivory coast and kenya, working to bring peace to sudan, pursuing the lord's resistance army and helping to bring stability to somalia.
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ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən sɪz ɪt ɪz ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ə nu ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp wɪθ ˈæfrɪkɑ tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv dɪˈmɑkrəsi, ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ, sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd treɪd ɪn ðə nu ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈpɑləsi dɪˈrɛktɪv ɔn ˈæfrɪkɑ ɪz beɪst ɔn ˈmɛni əv ðə θimz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ɪn ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑməz 2009 spiʧ tɪ ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz ɪn ˈgænə. ðə waɪt haʊs sɪz ɪt kəˈmɪts ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ ˈɛləˌveɪtɪŋ ɪts wərk tɪ ˈstrɛŋθən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz ənd bust ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ, treɪd ənd əv steɪt ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən sɪz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə bɪˈlivz ˈpæʃənətli ðət ˈæfrɪkɑz fˈjuʧər ɪz kən ənd məst du ˈbɛtər baɪ ˈdipənɪŋ ɑr kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən ənd ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ɑr pərˈfɔrməns. ðɪs ɪz ə praɪˈɔrəti fər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts," ʃi ˈpɑləsi dɪˈrɛktɪv eɪmz tɪ ədˈvæns ˈæfrɪkɑn dɪˈmɑkrəsi baɪ ˈstrɛŋθənɪŋ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz fər mɔr ˈoʊpən ənd əˈkaʊntəbəl ˈgəvərnəns ənd fər prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ˈjumən raɪts ənd ðə rul əv lɔ. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ vaʊz tɪ ˈʧælənʤ ˈlidərz "huz ˈækʃənz θˈrɛtən ðə ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti əv ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk kəˈmɪts ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts tɪ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ treɪd ənd ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn ˈæfrɪkɑ baɪ ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈgəvərnəns, prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ˈriʤənəl ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən, ɪkˈspændɪŋ ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈgloʊbəl ˈmɑrkɪts ənd ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ juz. ˈkəmpəˌniz tɪ treɪd wɪθ ənd ˌɪnˈvɛst ɪn ˈweɪvərz ˈəndər ðə ˈæfrɪkɑn groʊθ ənd ˌɑpərˈtunəti ækt hæv ˌɪnˈkrist juz. treɪd wɪθ ˈæfrɪkɑ. ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈklɪntən toʊld ˈpəblɪk ənd ˈpraɪvət ˈsɛktər ˈlidərz ˈθərzˌdeɪ æt ən ˈænjuəl ˈmitɪŋ əv ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃiˌɛriz əv ðoʊz ˈweɪvərz ðət ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz ˈpʊʃɪŋ ˈkɑŋgrəs tɪ ɪkˈstɛnd ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld treɪd juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts wɪl stænd wɪθ ju ɛz jʊr ˈpɑrtnər ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs əv mˈjuʧuəl rɪˈspɛkt ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðət ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts ðət wi si ɛz soʊ pəˈtɛnʃəli əˈʧivəbəl ər əˈveɪləbəl fər ju ənd, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli, fər ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən," ʃi sɛd. ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈklɪntən dɪˈlɪvərz rɪˈmɑrks æt ðə ˈæfrɪkɑn groʊθ ənd ˌɑpərˈtunəti ækt ˈfɔrəm ənd mɑrks ˈgloʊbəl ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈsteɪtˌkræft deɪ, æt ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv steɪt, ʤun 14 2012 ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈpɑləsi dɪˈrɛktɪv ɔn ˈæfrɪkɑ sɪz ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts wɪl ˈdipən ɪts sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp wɪθ ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈkəntriz ənd ˈriʤənəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, ɛz "ˈoʊnli ˈgəvərnmənts ənd ˈpipəl kən riˈzɑlv ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈʧælənʤɪz ənd ˌɪnˈtərnəl dɪˈvɪʒənz ðət hæv pleɪgd ðə ˈkɑntənənt, bət ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts kən meɪk ə ˈpɑzətɪv sɪz ðə dɪˈrɛktɪv ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs juz. eɪd ɔn səˈsteɪnəbəl kən meɪk ə kəˈmɪtmənt noʊɪŋ ðət ɪts nɑt ˈoʊnli əˈbaʊt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈprɑˌgrɛs, ˌɪmˈpruvd sɪˈkjʊrəti, dɪˈvɛləpmənt geɪnz," ʃi sɛd. "bɪˈkəz ɔl ˈteɪkən təˈgɛðər, wi wɪl ˈstrɛŋθən ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti, ðə prɑˈspɛrəti, ənd ðə dɪˈmɑkrəsiz əˈkrɔs ˈæfrɪkɑ ənd baɪ duɪŋ soʊ hɛlp tɪ fʊlˈfɪl ðət drim əv ə fˈjuʧər əv pis, ˈfridəm, prɑˈspɛrəti, ənd ˈdɪgnəti fər ɔl ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən sɪz ɪts nu ˈpɑləsi bɪldz ɔn wət ɪt kɔlz "ˈnumərəs əˈkɑmplɪʃmənts" ɪn ˈæfrɪkɑ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ ɛnd pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈvaɪələns ɪn ˈaɪvəri koʊst ənd ˈkɛnjə, ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ brɪŋ pis tɪ suˈdæn, pərˈsuɪŋ ðə lɔrdz rɪˈzɪstəns ˈɑrmi ənd ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ brɪŋ stəˈbɪlɪti tɪ səˈmɑljə.
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if you happen to be flying over county in the republic of ireland, you may be astonished to see a beautiful arrangement of conifer trees in the shape of a celtic cross growing on the ground below.
“it’s not just cutting patterns in your back garden," gareth austin, a gardening columnist for the daily said. "this is horticultural engineering we will be appreciating this for up to the next 70 years."
to pull off the beautiful design, measuring 330 feet long by 210 feet wide, two different species of trees were planted. every autumn, the celtic trees (likely composed of eastern white pine) change their hue, while the surrounding species retains its dark green. the display went viral this fall after a particularly dry stretch of months made the colors contrast sharply. airline passengers couldn't resist posting to social media about the mysterious cross. as shown in the video below, drone pilots quickly followed:
when a reporter for northern ireland went to investigate, he discovered that the creative planting was the work of irish forester liam emmery. sadly, emmery passed away six years ago at the age of 51. until this year's dramatic display, his family had completely forgotten about the legacy he had planted on the hill behind their home.
“if he was here, we would have all heard about it because he would have been so proud,” liam's wife, norma emmery, told the irish post. “he just loved things to be perfect. and i think the celtic cross is perfect for him.”
a 'hidden' forest in the shape of a celtic cross has emerged in ireland
the beautifully engineered living artwork was created by the late irish forester liam emmery.
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ɪf ju ˈhæpən tɪ bi flaɪɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˈkaʊnti ɪn ðə riˈpəblɪk əv ˈaɪərlənd, ju meɪ bi əˈstɑnɪʃt tɪ si ə ˈbjutəfəl ərˈeɪnʤmənt əv ˈkɑnəfər triz ɪn ðə ʃeɪp əv ə ˈsɛltɪk krɔs groʊɪŋ ɔn ðə graʊnd bɪˈloʊ. nɑt ʤɪst ˈkətɪŋ ˈpætərnz ɪn jʊr bæk ˈgɑrdən," ˈgɛrɪθ ˈɔstən, ə ˈgɑrdənɪŋ ˈkɑləmnəst fər ðə ˈdeɪli sɛd. "ðɪs ɪz ˌhɔrtəˈkəlʧərəl ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ wi wɪl bi əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ðɪs fər əp tɪ ðə nɛkst 70 jɪrz." tɪ pʊl ɔf ðə ˈbjutəfəl dɪˈzaɪn, ˈmɛʒərɪŋ 330 fit lɔŋ baɪ 210 fit waɪd, tu ˈdɪfərənt ˈspiʃiz əv triz wər ˈplænɪd. ˈɛvəri ˈɔtəm, ðə ˈsɛltɪk triz (ˈlaɪkli kəmˈpoʊzd əv ˈistərn waɪt paɪn) ʧeɪnʤ ðɛr hju, waɪl ðə sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈspiʃiz rɪˈteɪnz ɪts dɑrk grin. ðə dɪˈspleɪ wɛnt ˈvaɪrəl ðɪs fɔl ˈæftər ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli draɪ strɛʧ əv mənθs meɪd ðə ˈkələrz ˈkɑntræst ˈʃɑrpli. ˈɛˌrlaɪn ˈpæsənʤərz ˈkʊdənt rɪˈzɪst ˈpoʊstɪŋ tɪ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə əˈbaʊt ðə mɪˈstɪriəs krɔs. ɛz ʃoʊn ɪn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ bɪˈloʊ, droʊn ˈpaɪləts kˈwɪkli ˈfɑloʊd: wɪn ə rɪˈpɔrtər fər ˈnɔrðərn ˈaɪərlənd wɛnt tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt, hi dɪˈskəvərd ðət ðə kriˈeɪtɪv ˈplæntɪŋ wɑz ðə wərk əv ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈfɔrəstər ˈliəm ˈɛməri. ˈsædli, ˈɛməri pæst əˈweɪ sɪks jɪrz əˈgoʊ æt ðə eɪʤ əv 51 ənˈtɪl ðɪs jɪrz drəˈmætɪk dɪˈspleɪ, hɪz ˈfæməli hæd kəmˈplitli fərˈgɑtən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈlɛgəsi hi hæd ˈplænɪd ɔn ðə hɪl bɪˈhaɪnd ðɛr hoʊm. hi wɑz hir, wi wʊd hæv ɔl hərd əˈbaʊt ɪt bɪˈkəz hi wʊd hæv bɪn soʊ proud,”*,” ˈliəmz waɪf, ˈnɔrmə ˈɛməri, toʊld ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ poʊst. ʤɪst ləvd θɪŋz tɪ bi ˈpərˌfɪkt. ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈsɛltɪk krɔs ɪz ˈpərˌfɪkt fər him.”*.” ə 'ˈhɪdən' ˈfɔrɪst ɪn ðə ʃeɪp əv ə ˈsɛltɪk krɔs həz ˈimərʤd ɪn ˈaɪərlənd ðə ˈbjutəfli ˌɛnʤəˈnird ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈɑrtˌwərk wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ðə leɪt ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈfɔrəstər ˈliəm ˈɛməri.
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jonathan pryce and terry gilliam on set for 'the man who killed don quixote'
the director has previously called the allegations "ignorant nonsense."
portuguese authorities have rejected a television program's claims that one of the country's most cherished historic monuments was damaged during the shooting of a film by director and former monty python star terry gilliam.
the for heritage says an investigation has found that the century convent of christ suffered only "insignificant" damage during a recent location shoot for the man who killed don quixote.
the report published monday said a program by public broadcaster alleging wider damage "lacked rigor and revealed a lack of scientific knowledge."
gilliam has previously called the allegations "ignorant nonsense."
the convent was a stronghold of the knights templar, a christian military order founded in 1119, and is classified as a world heritage site by unesco.
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ˈʤɑnəθən praɪs ənd ˈtɛri ˈgɪliəm ɔn sɛt fər 'ðə mæn hu kɪld dɑn kiˈhoʊti' ðə dɪˈrɛktər həz ˈpriviəsli kɔld ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz "ˈɪgnərənt ˈnɑnsɛns." ˈpɔrʧəˌgiz əˈθɔrətiz hæv rɪˈʤɛktɪd ə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈproʊˌgræmz kleɪmz ðət wən əv ðə ˈkəntriz moʊst ˈʧɛrɪʃt hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈmɑnjəmənts wɑz ˈdæmɪʤd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈʃutɪŋ əv ə fɪlm baɪ dɪˈrɛktər ənd ˈfɔrmər ˈmɔnti ˈpaɪθɑn stɑr ˈtɛri ˈgɪliəm. ðə fər ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ sɪz ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən həz faʊnd ðət ðə ˈsɛnʧəri ˈkɑnˌvɛnt əv kraɪst ˈsəfərd ˈoʊnli "ˌɪnsɪgnˈjɪfɪkənt" ˈdæmɪʤ ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈrisənt loʊˈkeɪʃən ʃut fər ðə mæn hu kɪld dɑn kiˈhoʊti. ðə rɪˈpɔrt ˈpəblɪʃt ˈmənˌdeɪ sɛd ə ˈproʊˌgræm baɪ ˈpəblɪk ˈbrɔdˌkæstər əˈlɛʤɪŋ ˈwaɪdər ˈdæmɪʤ "lækt ˈrɪgər ənd rɪˈvild ə læk əv ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈnɑlɪʤ." ˈgɪliəm həz ˈpriviəsli kɔld ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz "ˈɪgnərənt ˈnɑnsɛns." ðə ˈkɑnˌvɛnt wɑz ə ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld əv ðə naɪts ˈtɛmplər, ə ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɔrdər ˈfaʊndɪd ɪn 1119 ənd ɪz ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ɛz ə wərld ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ saɪt baɪ juˈnɛˌskoʊ.
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boodles british gin is a brand of gin bottled and distributed in the united kingdom by spirits.
history [ edit ]
boodles was named after gentlemen's club in st. james's, london, founded in 1762 and originally run by edward boodle. it was reputed to be the favourite gin of the club's most famous member, winston] though the same has been claimed for plymouth]
boodles was created in] becoming one of the to shape the flavor of the modern london dry style of gin, which is essentially a spirit infused or otherwise flavored with a blend of botanical herbs and] it was originally produced by cock russell &] and was first bottled in the united states by seagram's. in 2001, seagram's assets were sold to several companies, including pernod ricard, which took over] in 2012, boodles was purchased by spirits of new]
in october 2013, boodles gin was released in the, with a redesigned bottle and an alcoholic strength of 80 proof. the botanical recipe for the gin remains the] boodles has always been made in the, but had previously only been available for purchase in the us and]
description [ edit ]
three bottles of boodles gin (current bottle far right).
boodles is bottled at two strengths:% alcohol by volume (90.4 proof) for the us, and 40% alcohol by volume (80 proof) for the] it is produced at the distillery in warrington,] in a]
boodles is known for its distinctive floral nose and lingering juniper flavor, with a clean] it contains a blend of nine botanicals: juniper, coriander seed, angelica root, angelica seed, cassia bark, caraway seed, nutmeg, rosemary and] it is made in a vacuum still, a process that allows the gin to retain more of the flavors of its] it is the only gin to contain nutmeg, rosemary and sage among its] unlike other london dry, boodles contains no citrus]
honors and awards [ edit ]
wine enthusiast magazine gave boodles a score of in 2004. it received a rating of 93 (exceptional) from the beverage tasting institute in 2013, and a silver medal at the 2013 san francisco world spirits]
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ˈbudəlz ˈbrɪtɪʃ ʤɪn ɪz ə brænd əv ʤɪn ˈbɑtəld ənd dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm baɪ ˈspɪrɪts. ˈhɪstəri ˈɛdət ˈbudəlz wɑz neɪmd ˈæftər ˈʤɛnəlˌmɛnz kləb ɪn st*. ˈʤeɪmzɪz, ˈləndən, ˈfaʊndɪd ɪn 1762 ənd ərˈɪʤənəli rən baɪ ˈɛdwərd ˈbudəl. ɪt wɑz rɪˈpjutɪd tɪ bi ðə ˈfeɪvərɪt ʤɪn əv ðə kləbz moʊst ˈfeɪməs ˈmɛmbər, ˈwɪnstən ðoʊ ðə seɪm həz bɪn kleɪmd fər ˈplɪməθ ˈbudəlz wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd ɪn bɪˈkəmɪŋ wən əv ðə tɪ ʃeɪp ðə ˈfleɪvər əv ðə ˈmɑdərn ˈləndən draɪ staɪl əv ʤɪn, wɪʧ ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli ə ˈspɪrɪt ˌɪnfˈjuzd ər ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˈfleɪvərd wɪθ ə blɛnd əv bəˈtænɪkəl ərbz ənd ɪt wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli prəˈdust baɪ kɑk ˈrəsəl ənd wɑz fərst ˈbɑtəld ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts baɪ ˈsigrəmz. ɪn 2001 ˈsigrəmz ˈæˌsɛts wər soʊld tɪ ˈsɛvərəl ˈkəmpəˌniz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ pɛrˈnoʊ rɪˈkɑrd, wɪʧ tʊk ˈoʊvər ɪn 2012 ˈbudəlz wɑz ˈpərʧəst baɪ ˈspɪrɪts əv nu ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2013 ˈbudəlz ʤɪn wɑz riˈlist ɪn ðə, wɪθ ə ˌridɪˈzaɪnd ˈbɑtəl ənd ən ˌælkəˈhɑlɪk strɛŋθ əv 80 pruf. ðə bəˈtænɪkəl ˈrɛsəpi fər ðə ʤɪn rɪˈmeɪnz ðə ˈbudəlz həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn meɪd ɪn ðə, bət hæd ˈpriviəsli ˈoʊnli bɪn əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈpərʧəs ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs ənd dɪˈskrɪpʃən ˈɛdət θri ˈbɑtəlz əv ˈbudəlz ʤɪn (ˈkɑrənt ˈbɑtəl fɑr raɪt). ˈbudəlz ɪz ˈbɑtəld æt tu strɛŋθs: ˈælkəˌhɑl baɪ ˈvɑljum pruf) fər ðə ˈjuˈɛs, ənd 40 ˈælkəˌhɑl baɪ ˈvɑljum 80 pruf) fər ðə ɪt ɪz prəˈdust æt ðə dɪˈstɪləri ɪn ˈwɔrɪŋtən, ɪn ə ˈbudəlz ɪz noʊn fər ɪts dɪˈstɪŋktɪv ˈflɔrəl noʊz ənd ˈlɪŋgərɪŋ ˈʤunəpər ˈfleɪvər, wɪθ ə klin ɪt kənˈteɪnz ə blɛnd əv naɪn botanicals*: ˈʤunəpər, ˌkɔriˈændər sid, ˈænʤəˌlikə rut, ˈænʤəˌlikə sid, ˈkæʃiə bɑrk, ˈkɛrəˌweɪ sid, ˈnətˌmɛg, ˈroʊzˌmɛri ənd ɪt ɪz meɪd ɪn ə ˈvækjum stɪl, ə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət əˈlaʊz ðə ʤɪn tɪ rɪˈteɪn mɔr əv ðə ˈfleɪvərz əv ɪts ɪt ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli ʤɪn tɪ kənˈteɪn ˈnətˌmɛg, ˈroʊzˌmɛri ənd seɪʤ əˈməŋ ɪts ənˈlaɪk ˈəðər ˈləndən draɪ, ˈbudəlz kənˈteɪnz noʊ ˈsɪtrəs ˈɑnərz ənd əˈwɔrdz ˈɛdət waɪn ɛnˈθuziˌæst ˈmægəˌzin geɪv ˈbudəlz ə skɔr əv ɪn 2004 ɪt rɪˈsivd ə ˈreɪtɪŋ əv 93 (ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl) frəm ðə ˈbɛvərɪʤ ˈteɪstɪŋ ˈɪnstɪˌtut ɪn 2013 ənd ə ˈsɪlvər ˈmɛdəl æt ðə 2013 sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ wərld ˈspɪrɪts
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recycle your plastic flower pots and trays and non-food grade styrofoam packing material.
sponsored by chadwick arboretum & learning gardens and phoenix recycling, inc.
dear friends of chadwick arboretum & learning gardens,
following chadwick very successful spring plant sale & auction, i happen to know that there are approximately plastic pots, cell packs, and trays out there that need to be recycled or re-used.
we’ll be partnering with phoenix recycling and accepting horticultural plastics such as pots, cell packs, and trays. also be collecting non-food grade styrofoam such as the material that your computer or tv is packed in.
we hope to fill a with these horticultural plastics as we have in the past. you are also welcome to stand by and take any of these plastics that you might need for your home projects.
please note that chadwick arboretum be able to accept any materials prior to the morning of june 6th, but you should also know that you can drop off your horticultural plastics at any of the stores in central ohio if you participate in our recycling event.
please spread the word of this event among your neighbors and gardening friends!
chadwick arboretum will host a membership table during this event so you can join or renew your support of our programs and gardens as your vehicle is being unloaded by our volunteers, students, and staff.
thanks for continuing to support our programs and operations!
mary c. maloney, director
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riˈsaɪkəl jʊr ˈplæstɪk flaʊər pɑts ənd treɪz ənd ˈnɑnˈfud greɪd ˈstaɪrəˌfoʊm ˈpækɪŋ məˈtɪriəl. ˈspɑnsərd baɪ ˈʧædwɪk ˌɑrbərˈitəm ˈlərnɪŋ ˈgɑrdənz ənd ˈfinɪks riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ, ɪŋk. dɪr frɛndz əv ˈʧædwɪk ˌɑrbərˈitəm ˈlərnɪŋ ˈgɑrdənz, ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈʧædwɪk ˈvɛri səkˈsɛsfəl spərɪŋ plænt seɪl ˈɔkʃən, aɪ ˈhæpən tɪ noʊ ðət ðɛr ər əˈprɑksəmətli ˈplæstɪk pɑts, sɛl pæks, ənd treɪz aʊt ðɛr ðət nid tɪ bi riˈsaɪkəld ər re-used*. bi ˈpɑrtnərɪŋ wɪθ ˈfinɪks riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ənd əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˌhɔrtəˈkəlʧərəl ˈplæstɪks səʧ ɛz pɑts, sɛl pæks, ənd treɪz. ˈɔlsoʊ bi kəˈlɛktɪŋ ˈnɑnˈfud greɪd ˈstaɪrəˌfoʊm səʧ ɛz ðə məˈtɪriəl ðət jʊr kəmˈpjutər ər ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ɪz pækt ɪn. wi hoʊp tɪ fɪl ə wɪθ ðiz ˌhɔrtəˈkəlʧərəl ˈplæstɪks ɛz wi hæv ɪn ðə pæst. ju ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɛlkəm tɪ stænd baɪ ənd teɪk ˈɛni əv ðiz ˈplæstɪks ðət ju maɪt nid fər jʊr hoʊm ˈprɑʤɛkts. pliz noʊt ðət ˈʧædwɪk ˌɑrbərˈitəm bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ əkˈsɛpt ˈɛni məˈtɪriəlz praɪər tɪ ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ əv ʤun 6th*, bət ju ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ noʊ ðət ju kən drɔp ɔf jʊr ˌhɔrtəˈkəlʧərəl ˈplæstɪks æt ˈɛni əv ðə stɔrz ɪn ˈsɛntrəl oʊˈhaɪoʊ ɪf ju pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ɑr riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ɪˈvɛnt. pliz sprɛd ðə wərd əv ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt əˈməŋ jʊr ˈneɪbərz ənd ˈgɑrdənɪŋ frɛndz! ˈʧædwɪk ˌɑrbərˈitəm wɪl hoʊst ə ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˈteɪbəl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt soʊ ju kən ʤɔɪn ər rɪˈnu jʊr səˈpɔrt əv ɑr ˈproʊˌgræmz ənd ˈgɑrdənz ɛz jʊr ˈviɪkəl ɪz biɪŋ ənˈloʊdɪd baɪ ɑr ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz, ˈstudənts, ənd stæf. θæŋks fər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ səˈpɔrt ɑr ˈproʊˌgræmz ənd ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz! ˈmɛri si. məˈloʊni, dɪˈrɛktər
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everton are hoping to move a significantep closer to their dream of building a newadium on the banks of the mersey.
an announcement over the nextage of their plans for a site at bramley moore dock is expected next month.
at general meeting, chief executive robert spoke with confidence about “bottoming out” their partnership with liverpool city council to establish a funding model for the project.
and when it is confirmed that finances are in place to press ahead with the construction of a new ground, said it would ‘trigger the nexteps’.
one of which would be choosing how big a ground to build.
the echo understands that a seatadium has been discussed, increasing goodison capacity from, though no decision has been made and talks are ongoing.
the failed destination kirkby project would have seen a new seat ground built, while aborted move to dock had proposed a capacity new home on the waterfront.
but what about a new ground at the bramley moore?
everton remain conscious of creating a ground that does not impact negatively on atmosphere and want to retain as much of the goodison feel as possible.
athletic bilbao, for example, spoke last year of their decision to cap the capacity of their new san home to to ensure their famous atmosphere remained as intact, even though they could have filled a bigger ground.
every home game this season at goodison has been a sell out and commitment to fair pricingructures, price freezes and payment plans are boosting season ticket sales.
the blues are having to consider a cap on season tickets because of demand and fans are, for the first time in the premier league era at goodison, having to register their interest in getting hold of one.
the premier league dictate that at least tickets have to be made available to away supporters for every game and that 5% of all match tickets are to be put on general sale.
a newadium would also remove the obstructed view seats that exist at goodison and, it is expected as a result, generate yet more interest in season tickets.
everton are believed to have been encouraged by the surge in season ticket sales generated by west ham after they moved into the olympicadium at thisart of this season.
the hammers, who previously had a capacity of at upton park, have moved into the seatadium inretford, and announced in may that they had sold over season tickets.
spurs, meanwhile, are building a new seatadium which would represent a near 70% increase in capacity on their current white hart lane home.
chelsea, who received the green light to construct a newadium on their existingamford bridge site, want to take their capacity up from to - around a 46% increase.
should everton go from 39, 572 to, they would be making around a 39% increase.
another factor in deciding on a capacity, and one which could see increase the scale of their ambition, is that everton are conscious that a newadium must serve the city, as well as the club, given it will form part of a wider redevelopment of the north liverpool docks area.
therefore, new home would have to be with the idea of being able to host concerts and other sporting events, as well being a conference facility.
modernadia are built with changes in mind and it would be expected that the design would allow for future increases in capacity, as manchester city have performed recently.
premier league modernadia capacities (built since 2000)
spurs - new white hart lane (due to be built in 2018):
arsenal - emiratesadium: 60, 432
chelsea - newamford bridge (due to be built in 2021):
man city -adium:
leicester city - king poweradium:
southampton - mary’s:
hull city -adium: 25, 586
swansea city - libertyadium: 20, 520
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gɪt ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈdeɪli ˈstɔriz baɪ iˈmeɪl səbˈskraɪb θæŋk ju fər səbˈskraɪbɪŋ wi hæv mɔr ˈnuzˌlɛtərz ʃoʊ mi si ɑr ˈpraɪvəsi ˈnoʊtɪs kʊd nɑt səbˈskraɪb, traɪ əˈgɛn ˈleɪtər ˌɪnˈvæləd iˈmeɪl ˈɛvərtən ər ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ muv ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt stɛp ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðɛr drim əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ə nu ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn ðə bæŋks əv ðə mersey*. ən əˈnaʊnsmɛnt ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst steɪʤ əv ðɛr plænz fər ə saɪt æt ˈbræmli mʊr dɑk ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd nɛkst mənθ. æt ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmitɪŋ, ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈrɑbərt spoʊk wɪθ ˈkɑnfədɛns əˈbaʊt out”*” ðɛr ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp wɪθ ˈlɪvərˌpul ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ ə ˈfəndɪŋ ˈmɑdəl fər ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ənd wɪn ɪt ɪz kənˈfərmd ðət ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz ər ɪn pleɪs tɪ prɛs əˈhɛd wɪθ ðə kənˈstrəkʃən əv ə nu graʊnd, sɛd ɪt wʊd ðə nɛkst steps’*’. wən əv wɪʧ wʊd bi ˈʧuzɪŋ haʊ bɪg ə graʊnd tɪ bɪld. ðə ˈɛkoʊ ˌəndərˈstændz ðət ə sit ˈsteɪdiəm həz bɪn dɪˈskəst, ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈgʊdɪsən kəˈpæsɪti frəm ðoʊ noʊ dɪˈsɪʒən həz bɪn meɪd ənd tɔks ər ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ. ðə feɪld ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən ˈkərkbi ˈprɑʤɛkt wʊd hæv sin ə nu sit graʊnd bɪlt, waɪl əˈbɔrtɪd muv tɪ dɑk hæd prəˈpoʊzd ə kəˈpæsɪti nu hoʊm ɔn ðə ˈwɔtərˌfrənt. bət wət əˈbaʊt ə nu graʊnd æt ðə ˈbræmli mʊr? ˈɛvərtən rɪˈmeɪn ˈkɑnʃəs əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə graʊnd ðət dɪz nɑt ˌɪmˈpækt ˈnɛgətɪvli ɔn ˈætməsˌfɪr ənd wɔnt tɪ rɪˈteɪn ɛz məʧ əv ðə ˈgʊdɪsən fil ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. æθˈlɛtɪk bɪlˈbaʊ, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, spoʊk læst jɪr əv ðɛr dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ kæp ðə kəˈpæsɪti əv ðɛr nu sæn hoʊm tɪ tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðɛr ˈfeɪməs ˈætməsˌfɪr rɪˈmeɪnd ɛz ˌɪnˈtækt, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðeɪ kʊd hæv fɪld ə ˈbɪgər graʊnd. ˈɛvəri hoʊm geɪm ðɪs ˈsizən æt ˈgʊdɪsən həz bɪn ə sɛl aʊt ənd kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ fɛr ˈpraɪsɪŋ ˈstrəkʧərz, praɪs ˈfrizɪz ənd ˈpeɪmənt plænz ər ˈbustɪŋ ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt seɪlz. ðə bluz ər ˈhævɪŋ tɪ kənˈsɪdər ə kæp ɔn ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪts bɪˈkəz əv dɪˈmænd ənd fænz ər, fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn ðə prɛˈmɪr lig ˈɪrə æt ˈgʊdɪsən, ˈhævɪŋ tɪ ˈrɛʤɪstər ðɛr ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈgɪtɪŋ hoʊld əv wən. ðə prɛˈmɪr lig ˈdɪkˌteɪt ðət æt list ˈtɪkɪts hæv tɪ bi meɪd əˈveɪləbəl tɪ əˈweɪ səˈpɔrtərz fər ˈɛvəri geɪm ənd ðət 5 əv ɔl mæʧ ˈtɪkɪts ər tɪ bi pʊt ɔn ˈʤɛnərəl seɪl. ə nu ˈsteɪdiəm wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ riˈmuv ðə əbˈstrəktɪd vju sits ðət ɪgˈzɪst æt ˈgʊdɪsən ənd, ɪt ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt jɛt mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪts. ˈɛvərtən ər bɪˈlivd tɪ hæv bɪn ɪnˈkərəʤd baɪ ðə sərʤ ɪn ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪt seɪlz ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd baɪ wɛst hæm ˈæftər ðeɪ muvd ˈɪntu ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈsteɪdiəm æt ðɪs stɑrt əv ðɪs ˈsizən. ðə ˈhæmərz, hu ˈpriviəsli hæd ə kəˈpæsɪti əv æt ˈəptən pɑrk, hæv muvd ˈɪntu ðə sit ˈsteɪdiəm ɪn stretford*, ənd əˈnaʊnst ɪn meɪ ðət ðeɪ hæd soʊld ˈoʊvər ˈsizən ˈtɪkɪts. spərz, ˈminˌwaɪl, ər ˈbɪldɪŋ ə nu sit ˈsteɪdiəm wɪʧ wʊd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ə nɪr 70 ˌɪnˈkris ɪn kəˈpæsɪti ɔn ðɛr ˈkɑrənt waɪt hɑrt leɪn hoʊm. ˈʧɛlsi, hu rɪˈsivd ðə grin laɪt tɪ ˈkɑnstrəkt ə nu ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn ðɛr ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈstæmfərd brɪʤ saɪt, wɔnt tɪ teɪk ðɛr kəˈpæsɪti əp frəm tɪ əraʊnd ə 46 ˌɪnˈkris. ʃʊd ˈɛvərtən goʊ frəm 39 572 tɪ ðeɪ wʊd bi ˈmeɪkɪŋ əraʊnd ə 39 ˌɪnˈkris. əˈnəðər ˈfæktər ɪn ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ɔn ə kəˈpæsɪti, ənd wən wɪʧ kʊd si ˌɪnˈkris ðə skeɪl əv ðɛr æmˈbɪʃən, ɪz ðət ˈɛvərtən ər ˈkɑnʃəs ðət ə nu ˈsteɪdiəm məst sərv ðə ˈsɪti, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə kləb, ˈgɪvɪn ɪt wɪl fɔrm pɑrt əv ə ˈwaɪdər ˌridɪˈvɛləpmənt əv ðə nɔrθ ˈlɪvərˌpul dɑks ˈɛriə. ˈðɛrˌfɔr, nu hoʊm wʊd hæv tɪ bi wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə əv biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ hoʊst ˈkɑnsərts ənd ˈəðər ˈspɔrtɪŋ ɪˈvɛnts, ɛz wɛl biɪŋ ə ˈkɑnfərəns fəˈsɪlɪti. ˈmɑdərn ˈstɑˌdiɑ ər bɪlt wɪθ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn maɪnd ənd ɪt wʊd bi ɪkˈspɛktɪd ðət ðə dɪˈzaɪn wʊd əˈlaʊ fər fˈjuʧər ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ɪn kəˈpæsɪti, ɛz ˈmænˌʧɛstər ˈsɪti hæv pərˈfɔrmd ˈrisəntli. prɛˈmɪr lig ˈmɑdərn ˈstɑˌdiɑ kəˈpæsɪtiz (bɪlt sɪns 2000 spərz nu waɪt hɑrt leɪn (du tɪ bi bɪlt ɪn 2018 ˈɑrsənəl ˈɛmərˌeɪts ˈsteɪdiəm: 60 432 ˈʧɛlsi nu ˈstæmfərd brɪʤ (du tɪ bi bɪlt ɪn 2021 mæn ˈsɪti ˈsteɪdiəm: ˈlɛstər ˈsɪti kɪŋ paʊər ˈsteɪdiəm: ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən mary’s*: həl ˈsɪti ˈsteɪdiəm: 25 586 ˈsɪti ˈlɪbərˌti ˈsteɪdiəm: 20 520
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as many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the paris attacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen, french police said monday.
the disclosure came as france deployed troops to protect sensitive sites including jewish schools and neighbourhoods in the wake of the attacks that killed 17 people last week.
brothers and said and their friend,, were killed friday by police after a murderous spree at the satirical newspaper charlie and a kosher supermarket. the three all claimed ties to islamic extremist groups.
two police officials told the associated press that authorities were searching the paris area for the mini cooper registered to, widow. turkish officials say she is now in syria.
one of the police officials said the cell consisted of about 10 members, and that "five or six could still be at large," but he did not provide their names. the other official said the cell was made up of about eight people and included.
soldiers stand guard outside a synagogue in paris, monday, jan. 12, 2015. all of france's 717 jewish schools will be given extra security in the wake of the attacks. (jacques press) one of the other men believed to be part of the cell has been seen driving car around paris in recent days, the two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation with the media. they cautioned that it was not clear whether the driver was an operative, involved in logistics, or had some other, role in the cell.
an interior ministry official declined to comment on an ongoing investigation, and a spokeswoman for the paris prosecutor's office was not immediately available for comment.
'the threat is still present'
one of the police officials also said apparently set off a car bomb thursday in the town of villejuif, but no one was injured and it did not receive significant media attention at the time.
prime minister manuel valls said the manhunt is urgent because "the threat is still present" from the attacks.
"the work on these attacks, on these terrorist and barbaric acts continues ... because we consider that there are most probably some possible accomplices," valls told television.
the nationwide deployment of troops would be completed by tuesday and would focus on the most sensitive locations, defense minister le said.
by midday monday, soldiers and police filled paris' marais district one of the country's oldest jewish neighbourhoods. about of the security forces would be assigned to protect france's 717 jewish schools, interior minister bernard said.
late monday, the website of the newspaper liberation, which has been hosting the charlie staff, posted an image of the next cover of the satirical weekly. it featured a cartoon of a bearded man in a turban with a tear streaming down his cheek, and holding a sign: "je charlie" "i am charlie."
overhead was the phrase: "all is forgiven."
4th suspect believed to be in syria
the attacks began wednesday with 12 people killed at the publication charlie, which had lampooned islam and other religions, by gunmen the police identified as the brothers. police have said, however, that the attack was carried out by three people.
authorities said killed a policewoman thursday and then killed four people at the kosher market friday before he was slain by police.
video emerged sunday of explaining how the attacks in paris would unfold. french police want to find the person or persons who shot and posted the video, which was edited after friday's attacks.
hayet boumddiene, suspect in the kosher market attack, crossed the border into syria on jan. 8, according to a turkish official. (prefecture de police de press) was seen travelling through turkey with a male companion before reportedly arriving in syria with him on jan. 8 the day after the charlie attack and the same day began his murderous spree by killing the policewoman.
according to security camera video shown monday by turkey's newspaper, arrived jan. 2 at airport. a turkish official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the woman on the video was.
turkish intelligence then tracked from her arrival.
turkish foreign minister told the agency that she had stayed at a hotel in istanbul with another person before crossing into syria on thursday.
turkish officials said had arrived in istanbul from madrid on jan. 2. it is believed she made her way to syria. (cctv/reuters)
she and her travelling companion, a man identified as sabry belhoucine, toured istanbul before leaving jan. 4 for a town near the turkish border, according to a turkish intelligence official who was not authorized to speak by name. little was known about belhoucine.
her last phone signal was jan. 8 from the border town of akcakale, where she apparently crossed into islamic territory in syria, the official said. their jan. 9 return plane tickets to madrid went unused.
police release raid videos
french police have released videos of their operations around two sieges on friday after the attacks by the islamic militants.
the videos were issued by the interior ministry on sunday in what french media said was an unusual move.
the videos show the prelude to the raid in en and footage of hostages released from the second siege at the kosher supermarket in paris.
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in the paris footage, police from the groupe de la nationale (gign) are seen hurrying hostages from the supermarket after the police blew up the shop entrance and stormed in to tackle, who had killed four hostages.
islamophobic rallies in germany
in dresden, germany, thousands of people attended a weekly rally its biggest turnout yet after organizers declared it a tribute to the victims of the paris attacks.
organizers said people participated, while dresden police put the figure at over people still considerably more than the who came last week.
the group, which calls itself patriotic europeans against the islamization of the west, or, had asked supporters to wear black ribbons as a show of respect for those killed last week.
"the terrible acts of paris are further proof that is needed," said lutz bachmann, one of the organizers of the dresden rally.
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ɛz ˈmɛni ɛz sɪks ˈmɛmbərz əv ə ˈtɛrərɪst sɛl ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈpɛrɪs əˈtæks meɪ stɪl bi æt lɑrʤ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə mæn hu wɑz sin ˈdraɪvɪŋ ə kɑr ˈrɛʤɪstərd tɪ ðə ˈwɪdoʊ əv wən əv ðə ˈgənˌmɛn, frɛnʧ pəˈlis sɛd ˈmənˌdeɪ. ðə dɪˈskloʊʒər keɪm ɛz fræns dɪˈplɔɪd trups tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈsɛnsɪtɪv saɪts ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ʤuɪʃ skulz ənd ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz ɪn ðə weɪk əv ðə əˈtæks ðət kɪld 17 ˈpipəl læst wik. ˈbrəðərz ənd sɛd ənd ðɛr frɛnd,, wər kɪld ˈfraɪˌdeɪ baɪ pəˈlis ˈæftər ə ˈmərdərəs spri æt ðə səˈtɪrɪkəl ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˈʧɑrli ənd ə ˈkoʊʃər ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt. ðə θri ɔl kleɪmd taɪz tɪ ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ɪkˈstrimɪst grups. tu pəˈlis əˈfɪʃəlz toʊld ðə əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs ðət əˈθɔrətiz wər ˈsərʧɪŋ ðə ˈpɛrɪs ˈɛriə fər ðə ˈmɪni ˈkupər ˈrɛʤɪstərd tɪ, ˈwɪdoʊ. ˈtərkɪʃ əˈfɪʃəlz seɪ ʃi ɪz naʊ ɪn ˈsɪriə. wən əv ðə pəˈlis əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd ðə sɛl kənˈsɪstɪd əv əˈbaʊt 10 ˈmɛmbərz, ənd ðət "faɪv ər sɪks kʊd stɪl bi æt lɑrʤ," bət hi dɪd nɑt prəˈvaɪd ðɛr neɪmz. ðə ˈəðər əˈfɪʃəl sɛd ðə sɛl wɑz meɪd əp əv əˈbaʊt eɪt ˈpipəl ənd ˌɪnˈkludɪd. ˈsoʊlʤərz stænd gɑrd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ə ˈsɪnəˌgɔg ɪn ˈpɛrɪs, ˈmənˌdeɪ, ʤæn. 12 2015 ɔl əv ˈfrænsɪz 717 ʤuɪʃ skulz wɪl bi ˈgɪvɪn ˈɛkstrə sɪˈkjʊrəti ɪn ðə weɪk əv ðə əˈtæks. (ʤæk prɛs) wən əv ðə ˈəðər mɛn bɪˈlivd tɪ bi pɑrt əv ðə sɛl həz bɪn sin ˈdraɪvɪŋ kɑr əraʊnd ˈpɛrɪs ɪn ˈrisənt deɪz, ðə tu əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd, ˈspikɪŋ ɔn kənˈdɪʃən əv ˌænəˈnɪmɪti bɪˈkəz ðeɪ wər nɑt ˈɔθərˌaɪzd tɪ dɪˈskəs ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˈmidiə. ðeɪ ˈkɔʃənd ðət ɪt wɑz nɑt klɪr ˈwɛðər ðə ˈdraɪvər wɑz ən ˈɑpərətɪv, ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ləˈʤɪstɪks, ər hæd səm ˈəðər, roʊl ɪn ðə sɛl. ən ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstri əˈfɪʃəl dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ən ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, ənd ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən fər ðə ˈpɛrɪs ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ˈɔfəs wɑz nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈkɑmɛnt. 'ðə θrɛt ɪz stɪl ˈprɛzənt' wən əv ðə pəˈlis əˈfɪʃəlz ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd əˈpɛrəntli sɛt ɔf ə kɑr bɔm ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɪn ðə taʊn əv villejuif*, bət noʊ wən wɑz ˈɪnʤərd ənd ɪt dɪd nɑt rɪˈsiv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈmidiə əˈtɛnʃən æt ðə taɪm. praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər mɑnˈwɛl vɔlz sɛd ðə ˈmænˌhənt ɪz ˈərʤənt bɪˈkəz "ðə θrɛt ɪz stɪl ˈprɛzənt" frəm ðə əˈtæks. "ðə wərk ɔn ðiz əˈtæks, ɔn ðiz ˈtɛrərɪst ənd bɑrˈbɛrɪk ækts kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈkəz wi kənˈsɪdər ðət ðɛr ər moʊst ˈprɑbəˌbli səm ˈpɑsəbəl əˈkɑmpləsəz," vɔlz toʊld ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən. ðə ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd dɪˈplɔɪmənt əv trups wʊd bi kəmˈplitɪd baɪ ˈtuzˌdeɪ ənd wʊd ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ðə moʊst ˈsɛnsɪtɪv loʊˈkeɪʃənz, dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstər lə sɛd. baɪ ˈmɪdˌdeɪ ˈmənˌdeɪ, ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd pəˈlis fɪld ˈpɛrɪs' ˌmɛˈreɪ ˈdɪstrɪkt wən əv ðə ˈkəntriz ˈoʊldəst ʤuɪʃ ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz. əˈbaʊt əv ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz wʊd bi əˈsaɪnd tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈfrænsɪz 717 ʤuɪʃ skulz, ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstər ˈbərnərd sɛd. leɪt ˈmənˌdeɪ, ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ðə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ˌlɪˌbərˈeɪʃən, wɪʧ həz bɪn ˈhoʊstɪŋ ðə ˈʧɑrli stæf, ˈpoʊstɪd ən ˈɪmɪʤ əv ðə nɛkst ˈkəvər əv ðə səˈtɪrɪkəl ˈwikli. ɪt ˈfiʧərd ə kɑrˈtun əv ə ˈbɪrdəd mæn ɪn ə ˈtərbən wɪθ ə tɪr ˈstrimɪŋ daʊn hɪz ʧik, ənd ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə saɪn: "ʤi ˈʧɑrli" "aɪ æm ˈʧɑrli." ˈoʊvərˈhɛd wɑz ðə freɪz: "ɔl ɪz fərˈgɪvən." ˈsəˌspɛkt bɪˈlivd tɪ bi ɪn ˈsɪriə ðə əˈtæks bɪˈgæn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ wɪθ 12 ˈpipəl kɪld æt ðə ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən ˈʧɑrli, wɪʧ hæd læmˈpund ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ˈəðər riˈlɪʤənz, baɪ ˈgənˌmɛn ðə pəˈlis aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɛz ðə ˈbrəðərz. pəˈlis hæv sɛd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət ðə əˈtæk wɑz ˈkɛrid aʊt baɪ θri ˈpipəl. əˈθɔrətiz sɛd kɪld ə pəˈlisˌwʊmən ˈθərzˌdeɪ ənd ðɛn kɪld fɔr ˈpipəl æt ðə ˈkoʊʃər ˈmɑrkɪt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˌbiˈfɔr hi wɑz sleɪn baɪ pəˈlis. ˈvɪdioʊ ˈimərʤd ˈsənˌdi əv ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ haʊ ðə əˈtæks ɪn ˈpɛrɪs wʊd ənˈfoʊld. frɛnʧ pəˈlis wɔnt tɪ faɪnd ðə ˈpərsən ər ˈpərsənz hu ʃɑt ənd ˈpoʊstɪd ðə ˈvɪdioʊ, wɪʧ wɑz ˈɛdɪtɪd ˈæftər ˈfraɪˌdeɪz əˈtæks. boumddiene*, ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪn ðə ˈkoʊʃər ˈmɑrkɪt əˈtæk, krɔst ðə ˈbɔrdər ˈɪntu ˈsɪriə ɔn ʤæn. 8 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈtərkɪʃ əˈfɪʃəl. (ˈpriˌfɛkʧər də pəˈlis də prɛs) wɑz sin ˈtrævəlɪŋ θru ˈtərki wɪθ ə meɪl kəmˈpænjən ˌbiˈfɔr rɪˈpɔrtədli ərˈaɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈsɪriə wɪθ ɪm ɔn ʤæn. 8 ðə deɪ ˈæftər ðə ˈʧɑrli əˈtæk ənd ðə seɪm deɪ bɪˈgæn hɪz ˈmərdərəs spri baɪ ˈkɪlɪŋ ðə pəˈlisˌwʊmən. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkæmərə ˈvɪdioʊ ʃoʊn ˈmənˌdeɪ baɪ ˈtərkiz ˈnuzˌpeɪpər, əraɪvd ʤæn. 2 æt ˈɛrˌpɔrt. ə ˈtərkɪʃ əˈfɪʃəl, hu spoʊk ɔn kənˈdɪʃən əv ˌænəˈnɪmɪti, kənˈfərmd ðə ˈwʊmən ɔn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ wɑz. ˈtərkɪʃ ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ðɛn trækt frəm hər ərˈaɪvəl. ˈtərkɪʃ ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstər toʊld ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ðət ʃi hæd steɪd æt ə hoʊˈtɛl ɪn ˌɪstɑnˈbul wɪθ əˈnəðər ˈpərsən ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkrɔsɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈsɪriə ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ. ˈtərkɪʃ əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd hæd əraɪvd ɪn ˌɪstɑnˈbul frəm məˈdrɪd ɔn ʤæn. 2 ɪt ɪz bɪˈlivd ʃi meɪd hər weɪ tɪ ˈsɪriə. (cctv/reuters*) ʃi ənd hər ˈtrævəlɪŋ kəmˈpænjən, ə mæn aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɛz ˈsɑbri belhoucine*, tʊrd ˌɪstɑnˈbul ˌbiˈfɔr ˈlivɪŋ ʤæn. 4 fər ə taʊn nɪr ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈbɔrdər, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈtərkɪʃ ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns əˈfɪʃəl hu wɑz nɑt ˈɔθərˌaɪzd tɪ spik baɪ neɪm. ˈlɪtəl wɑz noʊn əˈbaʊt belhoucine*. hər læst foʊn ˈsɪgnəl wɑz ʤæn. 8 frəm ðə ˈbɔrdər taʊn əv akcakale*, wɛr ʃi əˈpɛrəntli krɔst ˈɪntu ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ɪn ˈsɪriə, ðə əˈfɪʃəl sɛd. ðɛr ʤæn. 9 rɪˈtərn pleɪn ˈtɪkɪts tɪ məˈdrɪd wɛnt ənˈjuzd. pəˈlis riˈlis reɪd ˈvɪdioʊz frɛnʧ pəˈlis hæv riˈlist ˈvɪdioʊz əv ðɛr ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əraʊnd tu ˈsiʤɪz ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ˈæftər ðə əˈtæks baɪ ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈmɪlətənts. ðə ˈvɪdioʊz wər ˈɪʃud baɪ ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstri ɔn ˈsənˌdi ɪn wət frɛnʧ ˈmidiə sɛd wɑz ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl muv. ðə ˈvɪdioʊz ʃoʊ ðə ˈpreɪˌlud tɪ ðə reɪd ɪn ɛn ənd ˈfʊtɪʤ əv ˈhɑstəʤəz riˈlist frəm ðə ˈsɛkənd siʤ æt ðə ˈkoʊʃər ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt ɪn ˈpɛrɪs. ɔn ˈmoʊbəl? wɔʧ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ hir ɪn ðə ˈpɛrɪs ˈfʊtɪʤ, pəˈlis frəm ðə grup də lɑ ˈnæʃəˌnæleɪ (gign*) ər sin ˈhəriɪŋ ˈhɑstəʤəz frəm ðə ˈsupərˌmɑrkɪt ˈæftər ðə pəˈlis blu əp ðə ʃɑp ˈɛntrəns ənd stɔrmd ɪn tɪ ˈtækəl, hu hæd kɪld fɔr ˈhɑstəʤəz. ˈræliz ɪn ˈʤərməni ɪn ˈdrɛzdɪn, ˈʤərməni, ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈpipəl əˈtɛndəd ə ˈwikli ˈræli ɪts ˈbɪgəst ˈtərˌnaʊt jɛt ˈæftər ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz dɪˈklɛrd ɪt ə ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ðə ˈvɪktɪmz əv ðə ˈpɛrɪs əˈtæks. ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz sɛd ˈpipəl pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd, waɪl ˈdrɛzdɪn pəˈlis pʊt ðə ˈfɪgjər æt ˈoʊvər ˈpipəl stɪl kənˈsɪdərəbli mɔr ðən ðə hu keɪm læst wik. ðə grup, wɪʧ kɔlz ˌɪtˈsɛlf ˌpeɪtriˈɑtɪk ˌjʊrəˈpiənz əˈgɛnst ðə ˌɪzlɑməˈzeɪʃən əv ðə wɛst, ər, hæd æst səˈpɔrtərz tɪ wɛr blæk ˈrɪbənz ɛz ə ʃoʊ əv rɪˈspɛkt fər ðoʊz kɪld læst wik. "ðə ˈtɛrəbəl ækts əv ˈpɛrɪs ər ˈfərðər pruf ðət ɪz ˈnidɪd," sɛd ləts ˈbɑkmən, wən əv ðə ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz əv ðə ˈdrɛzdɪn ˈræli.
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former park tudor basketball coach kyle cox, 31, resigned unexpectedly and abruptly in mid-december. (photo: matt 2015 file photo)
kyle cox resigned tuesday as boys basketball coach at park tudor.
park players were informed after school on tuesday. an email from park tudor head of school matthew miller to parents of team members, and provided to by a source, said that cox had “tendered his resignation and is no longer employed at park tudor.”
cox, 31, was also the assistant athletic director at the school. when reached by the, cox said he couldn't disclose his reason for resignation.
reached by phone on wednesday, park tudor director of strategic communications cathy chapelle said: “our policy is not to comment on personnel matters.”
according to miller's email to parents, assistant jim melton will serve as interim coach.
cox had led park tudor to a to a record and class state championships. the panthers are and ranked no. 1 in class after moving up a class.
cox was hired in 2009 at park tudor as an assistant coach and assistant athletic director. he is a former basketball standout at blue river high school in henry county, and played golf and basketball at ball state.
call star reporter kyle at (317).
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ˈfɔrmər pɑrk ˈtudər ˈbæskətˌbɔl koʊʧ kaɪl kɑks, 31 rɪˈzaɪnd ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli ənd əˈbrəptli ɪn mid-december*. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: mæt 2015 faɪl ˈfoʊˌtoʊ) kaɪl kɑks rɪˈzaɪnd ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɛz bɔɪz ˈbæskətˌbɔl koʊʧ æt pɑrk ˈtudər. pɑrk pleɪərz wər ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ˈæftər skul ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ən iˈmeɪl frəm pɑrk ˈtudər hɛd əv skul ˈmæθju ˈmɪlər tɪ ˈpɛrənts əv tim ˈmɛmbərz, ənd prəˈvaɪdɪd tɪ baɪ ə sɔrs, sɛd ðət kɑks hæd hɪz ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən ənd ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ɪmˈplɔɪd æt pɑrk tudor.”*.” kɑks, 31 wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə əˈsɪstənt æθˈlɛtɪk dɪˈrɛktər æt ðə skul. wɪn riʧt baɪ ðə, kɑks sɛd hi ˈkʊdənt dɪˈskloʊz hɪz ˈrizən fər ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən. riʧt baɪ foʊn ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, pɑrk ˈtudər dɪˈrɛktər əv strəˈtiʤɪk kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz ˈkæθi ʃəˈpɛl sɛd: ˈpɑləsi ɪz nɑt tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˌpərsəˈnɛl matters.”*.” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈmɪlərz iˈmeɪl tɪ ˈpɛrənts, əˈsɪstənt ʤɪm ˈmɛltən wɪl sərv ɛz ˈɪnərəm koʊʧ. kɑks hæd lɛd pɑrk ˈtudər tɪ ə tɪ ə ˈrɛkərd ənd klæs steɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps. ðə ˈpænθərz ər ənd ræŋkt noʊ. 1 ɪn klæs ˈæftər ˈmuvɪŋ əp ə klæs. kɑks wɑz haɪərd ɪn 2009 æt pɑrk ˈtudər ɛz ən əˈsɪstənt koʊʧ ənd əˈsɪstənt æθˈlɛtɪk dɪˈrɛktər. hi ɪz ə ˈfɔrmər ˈbæskətˌbɔl ˈstænˌdaʊt æt blu ˈrɪvər haɪ skul ɪn ˈhɛnri ˈkaʊnti, ənd pleɪd gɔlf ənd ˈbæskətˌbɔl æt bɔl steɪt. kɔl stɑr rɪˈpɔrtər kaɪl æt 317
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cussing the company that you just quit online? if that type, you might have a lawsuit on your how easy it is today for disgruntled or to vent in cyberspace, a number of indian companies are introducing social media policies and clauses.globally, companies adopt social media policies that dictate what any employee can say, or more importantly, not say online. use is also made of clauses, especially in exits. steven , a key executive who resigned from microsoft , and conan, who had an alleged fallout with nbc, have both signed severance agreements containing such clauses. albeit this is linked to severance payout, and was reportedly paid a cool $32.5 10 facebook users and more than three active twitter accounts in the country, india inc is now following suit. as t, leader at sap labs, india, points out, “in networked environment, negative remarks spread quickly and have a multiplier effect. thus companies are moving towards having legally watertight clauses in employee agreements, whichotect the company, its brand, customers and other likely to a firm are former employees so companies are making severance agreements of key employees tighter. “we have increasingly seen use of clause linked to exit packages in severance agreements with senior employees. we are also seeing a trend of including clauses in new executive employment agreements. automatically, employees would be under an obligation to comply with the clause on exit,” says anand mehta, partner, & co, a law firm. a few years ago, during a shake up at india, newspaper reports indicate that clauses were most cases, when employees exit, theyefer to negotiate a mutual clause under which even the company isohibited from disparaging and harming the interests of the outgoing employee,” says shroff, head, law at desai have also seen cases where the and legal teams of a company work with the exiting employee and draft joint release statements for both internal and external communications,” adds nooreyezdan, partner at law firm & the us, there are stray instances of employees challenging use of clauses. the indian constitution also guarantees freedom of speech. “however, it also allows reasonable restrictions to be placed on exercise of the right to free speech if it could lead to defamation,” explains shroff. so far, clauses been challenged in court and appear to be here to companies are detailing their social media policies in their offer letter itself. “our social media policy is part of our offer letter. code of ethics, which is signed by all employees on joining,ovides that no employee should post any defamatory comments about the company, its employees, clients and associates. sharing ofoprietary information of the company or its clients is alsoohibited. under this code, even cannot engage in activities that could affect the interest,” says arvind agrawal,esident, employees make comments in jest or in a fit of frustration. these policies help educated them on appropriate usage of social media platforms," says pai, chairman, global addition, access to social media sites within officeemises can be curtailed or monitored via an it security system,” adds amit das, chief officer at reliance communications. at reliance communications, access within the office is available only to select social media sites that meet the specified business requirements. toevent behavior after office hours, the company also has an exhaustive social media policy in place. for example, employees are required to abide by national and international copyright laws or those governing libel or defamation. they cannot make personal comments about other employees or the company on networking sites. social media policies adopted by companies evenescribe for disciplinary action in case of errant behaviour, such as at sap labs. personnel also caution against the use of anonymous accounts, as the culprits can always be traced.
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ˈkəsɪŋ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ðət ju ʤɪst kwɪt ˈɔnˌlaɪn? ɪf ðət taɪp, ju maɪt hæv ə ˈlɔˌsut ɔn jʊr haʊ ˈizi ɪt ɪz təˈdeɪ fər dɪsˈgrənəld ər tɪ vɛnt ɪn ˈsaɪbərˌspeɪs, ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈɪndiən ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ˌɪntrəˈdusɪŋ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsiz ənd clauses.globally*, ˈkəmpəˌniz əˈdɑpt ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsiz ðət ˈdɪkˌteɪt wət ˈɛni ɪmˈplɔɪi kən seɪ, ər mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli, nɑt seɪ ˈɔnˌlaɪn. juz ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd əv ˈklɔzɪz, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ˈɛksəts. ˈstivən ə ki ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv hu rɪˈzaɪnd frəm ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ənd ˈkoʊnən, hu hæd ən əˈlɛʤd ˈfɔˌlaʊt wɪθ ˈɛnˌbiˈsi, hæv boʊθ saɪnd ˈsɛˌvərəns əˈgrimənts kənˈteɪnɪŋ səʧ ˈklɔzɪz. ɔlˈbiɪt ðɪs ɪz lɪŋkt tɪ ˈsɛˌvərəns peɪaʊt, ənd wɑz rɪˈpɔrtədli peɪd ə kul 10 ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈjuzərz ənd mɔr ðən θri ˈæktɪv tˈwɪtər əˈkaʊnts ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, ˈɪndiə ɪŋk ɪz naʊ ˈfɑloʊɪŋ sut. ɛz ti, ˈlidər æt sæp læbz, ˈɪndiə, pɔɪnts aʊt, ˈnɛtˌwərkt ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, ˈnɛgətɪv rɪˈmɑrks sprɛd kˈwɪkli ənd hæv ə ˈməltəˌplaɪər ˈifɛkt. ðəs ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ˈmuvɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ˈhævɪŋ ˈligəli ˈwɔtərˌtaɪt ˈklɔzɪz ɪn ɪmˈplɔɪi əˈgrimənts, wɪʧ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈkəmpəˌni, ɪts brænd, ˈkəstəmərz ənd ˈəðər ˈlaɪkli tɪ ə fərm ər ˈfɔrmər ɪmˈplɔɪiz soʊ ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈsɛˌvərəns əˈgrimənts əv ki ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈtaɪtər. hæv ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli sin juz əv klɔz lɪŋkt tɪ ˈɛksət ˈpækɪʤɪz ɪn ˈsɛˌvərəns əˈgrimənts wɪθ ˈsinjər ɪmˈplɔɪiz. wi ər ˈɔlsoʊ siɪŋ ə trɛnd əv ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈklɔzɪz ɪn nu ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ɪmˈplɔɪmənt əˈgrimənts. ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli, ɪmˈplɔɪiz wʊd bi ˈəndər ən ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə klɔz ɔn exit,”*,” sɪz ˈænənd ˈmɛtə, ˈpɑrtnər, koʊ, ə lɔ fərm. ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ʃeɪk əp æt ˈɪndiə, ˈnuzˌpeɪpər rɪˈpɔrts ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət ˈklɔzɪz wər moʊst ˈkeɪsɪz, wɪn ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈɛksət, ðeɪ prɪˈfər tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ə mˈjuʧuəl klɔz ˈəndər wɪʧ ˈivɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪz proʊˈhɪbətəd frəm dɪˈspɛrɪʤɪŋ ənd ˈhɑrmɪŋ ðə ˈɪntərɪsts əv ðə ˈaʊtˌgoʊɪŋ employee,”*,” sɪz ʃrɔf, hɛd, lɔ æt deɪˈsɑi hæv ˈɔlsoʊ sin ˈkeɪsɪz wɛr ðə ənd ˈligəl timz əv ə ˈkəmpəˌni wərk wɪθ ðə ˈɛgzɪtɪŋ ɪmˈplɔɪi ənd dræft ʤɔɪnt riˈlis ˈsteɪtmənts fər boʊθ ˌɪnˈtərnəl ənd ɪkˈstərnəl communications,”*,” ædz nooreyezdan*, ˈpɑrtnər æt lɔ fərm ðə ˈjuˈɛs, ðɛr ər streɪ ˈɪnstənsɪz əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈʧælənʤɪŋ juz əv ˈklɔzɪz. ðə ˈɪndiən ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən ˈɔlsoʊ ˌgɛrənˈtiz ˈfridəm əv spiʧ. ““however*, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlaʊz ˈrizənəbəl riˈstrɪkʃənz tɪ bi pleɪst ɔn ˈɛksərˌsaɪz əv ðə raɪt tɪ fri spiʧ ɪf ɪt kʊd lɛd tɪ defamation,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnz ʃrɔf. soʊ fɑr, ˈklɔzɪz bɪn ˈʧælənʤd ɪn kɔrt ənd əˈpɪr tɪ bi hir tɪ ˈkəmpəˌniz ər dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ðɛr ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsiz ɪn ðɛr ˈɔfər ˈlɛtər ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsi ɪz pɑrt əv ɑr ˈɔfər ˈlɛtər. koʊd əv ˈɛθɪks, wɪʧ ɪz saɪnd baɪ ɔl ɪmˈplɔɪiz ɔn ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ, prəˈvaɪdz ðət noʊ ɪmˈplɔɪi ʃʊd poʊst ˈɛni dɪˈfæməˌtɔri ˈkɑmɛnts əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkəmpəˌni, ɪts ɪmˈplɔɪiz, klaɪənts ənd əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪts. ˈʃɛrɪŋ əv prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ər ɪts klaɪənts ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ proʊˈhɪbətəd. ˈəndər ðɪs koʊd, ˈivɪn ˈkænɑt ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ækˈtɪvɪtiz ðət kʊd əˈfɛkt ðə interest,”*,” sɪz ˈɑrvɪnd əˈgræwəl, ˈprɛzɪdənt, ɪmˈplɔɪiz meɪk ˈkɑmɛnts ɪn ʤɛst ər ɪn ə fɪt əv frəˈstreɪʃən. ðiz ˈpɑləsiz hɛlp ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd ðɛm ɔn əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈjusɪʤ əv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈplætˌfɔrmz," sɪz pɑi, ˈʧɛrmən, ˈgloʊbəl əˈdɪʃən, ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə saɪts wɪˈθɪn ˈɔfəs ˈprɛməsəz kən bi kərˈteɪld ər ˈmɑnətərd ˈviə ən ɪt sɪˈkjʊrəti system,”*,” ædz ˌɑˈmit dɑs, ʧif ˈɔfɪsər æt rɪˈlaɪəns kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz. æt rɪˈlaɪəns kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz, ˈækˌsɛs wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈɔfəs ɪz əˈveɪləbəl ˈoʊnli tɪ səˈlɛkt ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə saɪts ðət mit ðə ˈspɛsəˌfaɪd ˈbɪznɪs rɪkˈwaɪrmənts. tɪ prɪˈvɛnt bɪˈheɪvjər ˈæftər ˈɔfəs aʊərz, ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈɔlsoʊ həz ən ɪgˈzɔstɪv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsi ɪn pleɪs. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪmˈplɔɪiz ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ əˈbaɪd baɪ ˈnæʃənəl ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkɑpiˌraɪt lɔz ər ðoʊz ˈgəvərnɪŋ ˈlaɪbɛl ər ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən. ðeɪ ˈkænɑt meɪk ˈpərsɪnəl ˈkɑmɛnts əˈbaʊt ˈəðər ɪmˈplɔɪiz ər ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɔn ˈnɛtˌwərkɪŋ saɪts. ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsiz əˈdɑptəd baɪ ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈivɪn prəˈskraɪb fər ˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri ˈækʃən ɪn keɪs əv ˈɛrənt bɪˈheɪvjər, səʧ ɛz æt sæp læbz. ˌpərsəˈnɛl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈkɔʃən əˈgɛnst ðə juz əv əˈnɑnəməs əˈkaʊnts, ɛz ðə ˈkəlprɪts kən ˈɔlˌweɪz bi treɪst.
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florida gators head basketball coach billy donovan met with the media on wednesday, two days before his team opens the regular season against the william & mary tribe on friday, nov. 14 at the stephen c. center in gainesville, florida.
not even remotely close
ahead of last season, donovan chastised the gators, going out of his way to say that florida was nowhere near as good as advertised. twelve months later, his attitude has not changed all that much. is the team in the country? “no, not even remotely close,” he said wednesday.
“we’ve talked a lot about that from the perspective of… i know what those kinds of teams look like, and not one of those teams,” donovan added.
did donovan say the same thing last year about a team that wound up advancing to the final four for the first time in seven seasons? you bet. does that mean that he recognizes his standard annual pessimism? not one bit, because every season is different and this issues are different than those that the gators had in.
“and i was right. we were totally dysfunctional,” said donovan of his comments from a year ago. “we had our starting point guard suspended seven games. harris was [missing in action]. you have felt good either. now, we evolved into a team and hopefully we can [do that again]. but right now, that is something i would say for our guys, i think they understand not where we are right now. not.
“i think they can see, guys from last year, they know what a really good defensive team looks like, and not there yet. the biggest thing from last year for me, which is great for this team, is a measuring stick, not in terms of leadership, but in terms of defensive possessions, transition defense, communication, running offense, executing, extra pass, ball movement. they have a pretty good idea what that looks like.”
donovan remains most concerned with defense, noting as first reported two weeks ago that struggled in its secret scrimmage (and once again when facing barry last week).
“the three that basically have played, ok, we are giving up an average of 82 points a game and we are giving up 48 percent from the line. so if that continues, hard for me to say the team in the country,” he noted.
freshmen coming along
following the gators’ exhibition game, donovan harshly and deservedly criticized freshman forward devin robinson for his play. robinson ignored some instructions that donovan shared with him personally, which included worrying about doing the little things rather than concentrating simply on scoring. robinson took numerous bad shots and was ineffective in other areas, leading his coach to give an honest assessment of him after the contest.
one week later, pleased with the way robinson responded to his disappointment.
“i tried to help him understand, when you do that, you take your focus and your mind off what your job is and going on. and i felt like when devin got in the game, it was just all about scoring. i was disappointed with him because i had a conversation with him specifically about that,” he explained again.
“the one thing i give him an enormous amount of credit for was, after i talked after the game, he was waiting for me in the locker room and he wanted to talk, just [show me] his commitment to try to get better. a freshman. going to be learning experience, going to be growing experience.
“i think offensively playing with a better pace and tempo and a better mindset trying to get him out of the fact that got to score points to get on the floor. i showed him his point differential. when he was on the floor, we lost points. but not even thinking about that. my job to help him, teach him what really goes into winning and how to go about winning. and i think, first and foremost, it starts with what kind of mindset in. but i really appreciated from that moment how well he responded.”
donovan added: “i’ve always said this: certain players you tell them, ‘it’s hot, touch,’ and they touch it. other guys you say, ‘hey, hot, touch it,’ and they want to touch it. and they find out what hot is and they learn that way. and i think devin, in that situation, wanted to touch the stove. he could have played a lot better, performed a lot better and helped us if he would have heeded my words. sometimes guys have to go through experiences to learn and grow.”
while robinson has received some due criticism from donovan, has gotten some praise from the future hall of fame coach, who continued his positive assessment of the player on wednesday. “i thought really responded and played well, especially coming down the stretch. i thought he did a really good job for us [in the exhibition game],” he said.
donovan is also pleased with how robinson and have approached the game from a work ethic perspective. he thinks “they can handle” playing the college game and will be “able to sustain intensity” at a high level, at least until they hit the rookie wall at some point this season.
notes and quotes
» donovan plans to start the same five players he did in the exhibition game against barry freshman kasey hill, sophomore guard michael frazier ii, junior g eli carter, junior f dorian and center jon horford.
» on his players learning to stay quiet on the court and not all try to lead at once: “bringing it to their awareness and them understanding, i think been good in terms of just trying to lift each other up and trying to get more connected as a group. i think that been good where not like we need anybody to be a particular leader. nobody in the huddle is in charge; just a matter of them getting engaged and focused on the next thing. i think still a work in progress. i think better today than it was last week and hopefully as the year goes on continue to get better.”
» on william & mary: “obviously [marcus] thornton is a great player. really, really good. be as good as any guard that play against this year. he can really score the ball, got really good size, got deep range, he can play in pick-and-roll, he can play in transition. a special player. going to be playing against a team going to run the princeton style. they are really good in terms of passing, cutting, moving. they utilize the line very well, they get you on back cuts for layups. a team that stays true to their system, their style of play and what doing.”
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ˈflɔrɪdə ˈgeɪtərz hɛd ˈbæskətˌbɔl koʊʧ ˈbɪli ˈdɑnəvən mɛt wɪθ ðə ˈmidiə ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, tu deɪz ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz tim ˈoʊpənz ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən əˈgɛnst ðə ˈwɪljəm ˈmɛri traɪb ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, noʊv. 14 æt ðə ˈstivən si. ˈsɛnər ɪn ˈgeɪnzˌvɪl, ˈflɔrɪdə. nɑt ˈivɪn riˈmoʊtli kloʊz əˈhɛd əv læst ˈsizən, ˈdɑnəvən ʧæˈstaɪzd ðə ˈgeɪtərz, goʊɪŋ aʊt əv hɪz weɪ tɪ seɪ ðət ˈflɔrɪdə wɑz ˈnoʊˌwɛr nɪr ɛz gʊd ɛz ˌædvərˈtaɪzd. twɛlv mənθs ˈleɪtər, hɪz ˈætəˌtud həz nɑt ʧeɪnʤd ɔl ðət məʧ. ɪz ðə tim ɪn ðə ˈkəntri? ““no*, nɑt ˈivɪn riˈmoʊtli close,”*,” hi sɛd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. tɔkt ə lɔt əˈbaʊt ðət frəm ðə pərˈspɛktɪv of…*… aɪ noʊ wət ðoʊz kaɪnz əv timz lʊk laɪk, ənd nɑt wən əv ðoʊz teams,”*,” ˈdɑnəvən ˈædɪd. dɪd ˈdɑnəvən seɪ ðə seɪm θɪŋ læst jɪr əˈbaʊt ə tim ðət wund əp ədˈvænsɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈfaɪnəl fɔr fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn ˈsɛvən ˈsizənz? ju bɛt. dɪz ðət min ðət hi ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzɪz hɪz ˈstændərd ˈænjuəl ˈpɛsəˌmɪzəm? nɑt wən bɪt, bɪˈkəz ˈɛvəri ˈsizən ɪz ˈdɪfərənt ənd ðɪs ˈɪʃuz ər ˈdɪfərənt ðən ðoʊz ðət ðə ˈgeɪtərz hæd ɪn aɪ wɑz raɪt. wi wər ˈtoʊtəli dysfunctional,”*,” sɛd ˈdɑnəvən əv hɪz ˈkɑmɛnts frəm ə jɪr əˈgoʊ. hæd ɑr ˈstɑrtɪŋ pɔɪnt gɑrd səˈspɛndɪd ˈsɛvən geɪmz. ˈhɛrɪs wɑz [ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən]. ju hæv fɛlt gʊd ˈiðər. naʊ, wi ɪˈvɑlvd ˈɪntu ə tim ənd ˈhoʊpfəli wi kən [du ðət əˈgɛn]. bət raɪt naʊ, ðət ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ wʊd seɪ fər ɑr gaɪz, aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ ˌəndərˈstænd nɑt wɛr wi ər raɪt naʊ. nɑt. θɪŋk ðeɪ kən si, gaɪz frəm læst jɪr, ðeɪ noʊ wət ə ˈrɪli gʊd dɪˈfɛnsɪv tim lʊks laɪk, ənd nɑt ðɛr jɛt. ðə ˈbɪgəst θɪŋ frəm læst jɪr fər mi, wɪʧ ɪz greɪt fər ðɪs tim, ɪz ə ˈmɛʒərɪŋ stɪk, nɑt ɪn tərmz əv ˈlidərˌʃɪp, bət ɪn tərmz əv dɪˈfɛnsɪv pəˈzɛʃənz, trænˈzɪʃən dɪˈfɛns, kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən, ˈrənɪŋ əˈfɛns, ˈɛksəˌkjutɪŋ, ˈɛkstrə pæs, bɔl ˈmuvmənt. ðeɪ hæv ə ˈprɪti gʊd aɪˈdiə wət ðət lʊks like.”*.” ˈdɑnəvən rɪˈmeɪnz moʊst kənˈsərnd wɪθ dɪˈfɛns, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ɛz fərst ˌriˈpɔrtəd tu wiks əˈgoʊ ðət ˈstrəgəld ɪn ɪts ˈsikrɪt ˈskrɪmɪʤ (ənd wəns əˈgɛn wɪn ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈbɛri læst wik). θri ðət ˈbeɪsɪkli hæv pleɪd, ˈoʊˈkeɪ, wi ər ˈgɪvɪŋ əp ən ˈævərɪʤ əv 82 pɔɪnts ə geɪm ənd wi ər ˈgɪvɪŋ əp 48 pərˈsɛnt frəm ðə laɪn. soʊ ɪf ðət kənˈtɪnjuz, hɑrd fər mi tɪ seɪ ðə tim ɪn ðə country,”*,” hi ˈnoʊtɪd. ˈfrɛʃmɪn ˈkəmɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə gators’*’ ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən geɪm, ˈdɑnəvən ˈhɑrʃli ənd dɪˈzərvədli ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ˈfrɛʃmən ˈfɔrwərd ˈdɛvɪn ˈrɑbənsən fər hɪz pleɪ. ˈrɑbənsən ˌɪgˈnɔrd səm ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz ðət ˈdɑnəvən ʃɛrd wɪθ ɪm ˈpərsənəli, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ˈwəriɪŋ əˈbaʊt duɪŋ ðə ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz ˈrəðər ðən ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪtɪŋ ˈsɪmpli ɔn ˈskɔrɪŋ. ˈrɑbənsən tʊk ˈnumərəs bæd ʃɑts ənd wɑz ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv ɪn ˈəðər ˈɛriəz, ˈlidɪŋ hɪz koʊʧ tɪ gɪv ən ˈɑnəst əˈsɛsmənt əv ɪm ˈæftər ðə ˈkɑntɛst. wən wik ˈleɪtər, plizd wɪθ ðə weɪ ˈrɑbənsən rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ hɪz ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt. traɪd tɪ hɛlp ɪm ˌəndərˈstænd, wɪn ju du ðət, ju teɪk jʊr ˈfoʊkɪs ənd jʊr maɪnd ɔf wət jʊr ʤɑb ɪz ənd goʊɪŋ ɔn. ənd aɪ fɛlt laɪk wɪn ˈdɛvɪn gɑt ɪn ðə geɪm, ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ɔl əˈbaʊt ˈskɔrɪŋ. aɪ wɑz ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd wɪθ ɪm bɪˈkəz aɪ hæd ə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɪθ ɪm spəˈsɪfɪkli əˈbaʊt that,”*,” hi ɪkˈspleɪnd əˈgɛn. wən θɪŋ aɪ gɪv ɪm ən ɪˈnɔrmɪs əˈmaʊnt əv ˈkrɛdɪt fər wɑz, ˈæftər aɪ tɔkt ˈæftər ðə geɪm, hi wɑz ˈweɪtɪŋ fər mi ɪn ðə ˈlɑkər rum ənd hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ tɔk, ʤɪst [ʃoʊ mi] hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ traɪ tɪ gɪt ˈbɛtər. ə ˈfrɛʃmən. goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈlərnɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns, goʊɪŋ tɪ bi groʊɪŋ ɪkˈspɪriəns. θɪŋk əˈfɛnsɪvli pleɪɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈbɛtər peɪs ənd ˈtɛmˌpoʊ ənd ə ˈbɛtər ˈmaɪndˌsɛt traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɪm aʊt əv ðə fækt ðət gɑt tɪ skɔr pɔɪnts tɪ gɪt ɔn ðə flɔr. aɪ ʃoʊd ɪm hɪz pɔɪnt ˌdɪfərˈɛnʃəl. wɪn hi wɑz ɔn ðə flɔr, wi lɔst pɔɪnts. bət nɑt ˈivɪn ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðət. maɪ ʤɑb tɪ hɛlp ɪm, tiʧ ɪm wət ˈrɪli goʊz ˈɪntu ˈwɪnɪŋ ənd haʊ tɪ goʊ əˈbaʊt ˈwɪnɪŋ. ənd aɪ θɪŋk, fərst ənd ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, ɪt stɑrts wɪθ wət kaɪnd əv ˈmaɪndˌsɛt ɪn. bət aɪ ˈrɪli əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd frəm ðət ˈmoʊmənt haʊ wɛl hi responded.”*.” ˈdɑnəvən ˈædɪd: ˈɔlˌweɪz sɛd ðɪs: ˈsərtən pleɪərz ju tɛl ðɛm, hɑt, touch,’*,’ ənd ðeɪ təʧ ɪt. ˈəðər gaɪz ju seɪ, ‘‘hey*, hɑt, təʧ it,’*,’ ənd ðeɪ wɔnt tɪ təʧ ɪt. ənd ðeɪ faɪnd aʊt wət hɑt ɪz ənd ðeɪ lərn ðət weɪ. ənd aɪ θɪŋk ˈdɛvɪn, ɪn ðət ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən, ˈwɔntɪd tɪ təʧ ðə stoʊv. hi kʊd hæv pleɪd ə lɔt ˈbɛtər, pərˈfɔrmd ə lɔt ˈbɛtər ənd hɛlpt ˈjuˈɛs ɪf hi wʊd hæv ˈhidɪd maɪ wərdz. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz gaɪz hæv tɪ goʊ θru ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz tɪ lərn ənd grow.”*.” waɪl ˈrɑbənsən həz rɪˈsivd səm du ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm frəm ˈdɑnəvən, həz ˈgɔtən səm preɪz frəm ðə fˈjuʧər hɔl əv feɪm koʊʧ, hu kənˈtɪnjud hɪz ˈpɑzətɪv əˈsɛsmənt əv ðə pleɪər ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. θɔt ˈrɪli rɪˈspɑndɪd ənd pleɪd wɛl, əˈspɛʃəli ˈkəmɪŋ daʊn ðə strɛʧ. aɪ θɔt hi dɪd ə ˈrɪli gʊd ʤɑb fər ˈjuˈɛs [ɪn ðə ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən game],”*],” hi sɛd. ˈdɑnəvən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ plizd wɪθ haʊ ˈrɑbənsən ənd hæv əˈproʊʧt ðə geɪm frəm ə wərk ˈɛθɪk pərˈspɛktɪv. hi θɪŋks kən handle”*” pleɪɪŋ ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ geɪm ənd wɪl bi tɪ səˈsteɪn intensity”*” æt ə haɪ ˈlɛvəl, æt list ənˈtɪl ðeɪ hɪt ðə ˈrʊki wɔl æt səm pɔɪnt ðɪs ˈsizən. noʊts ənd kwoʊts ˈdɑnəvən plænz tɪ stɑrt ðə seɪm faɪv pleɪərz hi dɪd ɪn ðə ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən geɪm əˈgɛnst ˈbɛri ˈfrɛʃmən ˈkæsi hɪl, ˈsɑfˌmɔr gɑrd ˈmaɪkəl ˈfreɪʒər ii*, ˈʤunjər ʤi ˈilaɪ ˈkɑrtər, ˈʤunjər ɛf ˈdɔriən ənd ˈsɛnər ʤɑn horford*. ɔn hɪz pleɪərz ˈlərnɪŋ tɪ steɪ kwaɪət ɔn ðə kɔrt ənd nɑt ɔl traɪ tɪ lɛd æt wəns: ɪt tɪ ðɛr əˈwɛrnəs ənd ðɛm ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ, aɪ θɪŋk bɪn gʊd ɪn tərmz əv ʤɪst traɪɪŋ tɪ lɪft iʧ ˈəðər əp ənd traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt mɔr kəˈnɛktɪd ɛz ə grup. aɪ θɪŋk ðət bɪn gʊd wɛr nɑt laɪk wi nid ˈɛnibədi tɪ bi ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈlidər. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ɪn ðə ˈhədəl ɪz ɪn ʧɑrʤ; ʤɪst ə ˈmætər əv ðɛm ˈgɪtɪŋ ɪnˈgeɪʤd ənd ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ðə nɛkst θɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk stɪl ə wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs. aɪ θɪŋk ˈbɛtər təˈdeɪ ðən ɪt wɑz læst wik ənd ˈhoʊpfəli ɛz ðə jɪr goʊz ɔn kənˈtɪnju tɪ gɪt better.”*.” ɔn ˈwɪljəm ˈmɛri: [ˈmɑrkəs] ˈθɔrntən ɪz ə greɪt pleɪər. ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli gʊd. bi ɛz gʊd ɛz ˈɛni gɑrd ðət pleɪ əˈgɛnst ðɪs jɪr. hi kən ˈrɪli skɔr ðə bɔl, gɑt ˈrɪli gʊd saɪz, gɑt dip reɪnʤ, hi kən pleɪ ɪn pick-and-roll*, hi kən pleɪ ɪn trænˈzɪʃən. ə ˈspɛʃəl pleɪər. goʊɪŋ tɪ bi pleɪɪŋ əˈgɛnst ə tim goʊɪŋ tɪ rən ðə ˈprɪnstən staɪl. ðeɪ ər ˈrɪli gʊd ɪn tərmz əv ˈpæsɪŋ, ˈkətɪŋ, ˈmuvɪŋ. ðeɪ ˈjutəˌlaɪz ðə laɪn ˈvɛri wɛl, ðeɪ gɪt ju ɔn bæk kəts fər layups*. ə tim ðət steɪz tru tɪ ðɛr ˈsɪstəm, ðɛr staɪl əv pleɪ ənd wət doing.”*.”
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after the extremely intense frustration we all felt in the late 80's, and the 1990 season, we could barely believe what we were seeing in 1991. after bobby cox fired russ nixon in june 1990 and made himself manager, we had a little hope, but we had no idea how important trading dale murphy that august and signing terry pendleton in the off season would be come 1991. john gave cox the tools to win, and the players rose to the occasion, beating the dodgers for the west crown. the 1991 world series is still called "the best ever" by some baseball reporters. even though it broke our hearts when lonnie smith pulled up at when chuck knoblauch faked him into thinking he was catching a cutoff throw, and we all still collectively hate kent for pulling ron gant off first, 1991 was such a good feeling. there was never anything like it in atlanta. ever. but there has been since!
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ˈæftər ðə ɪkˈstrimli ˌɪnˈtɛns frəˈstreɪʃən wi ɔl fɛlt ɪn ðə leɪt 80's*, ənd ðə 1990 ˈsizən, wi kʊd ˈbɛrli bɪˈliv wət wi wər siɪŋ ɪn 1991 ˈæftər ˈbɑbi kɑks faɪərd rəs ˈnɪksən ɪn ʤun 1990 ənd meɪd hɪmˈsɛlf ˈmænɪʤər, wi hæd ə ˈlɪtəl hoʊp, bət wi hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə haʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈtreɪdɪŋ deɪl ˈmərfi ðət ˈɔgəst ənd ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈtɛri ˈpɛndəltən ɪn ðə ɔf ˈsizən wʊd bi kəm 1991 ʤɑn geɪv kɑks ðə tulz tɪ wɪn, ənd ðə pleɪərz roʊz tɪ ðə əˈkeɪʒən, ˈbitɪŋ ðə ˈdɑʤərz fər ðə wɛst kraʊn. ðə 1991 wərld ˈsɪriz ɪz stɪl kɔld "ðə bɛst ˈɛvər" baɪ səm ˈbeɪsˈbɔl rɪˈpɔrtərz. ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt broʊk ɑr hɑrts wɪn ˈlɔni smɪθ pʊld əp æt wɪn ʧək ˈnɑblaʊk feɪkt ɪm ˈɪntu ˈθɪŋkɪŋ hi wɑz ˈkæʧɪŋ ə ˈkəˌtɔf θroʊ, ənd wi ɔl stɪl kəˈlɛktɪvli heɪt kɛnt fər ˈpʊlɪŋ rɑn gænt ɔf fərst, 1991 wɑz səʧ ə gʊd ˈfilɪŋ. ðɛr wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ laɪk ɪt ɪn æˈtlæntə. ˈɛvər. bət ðɛr həz bɪn sɪns!
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i loved email. it's dead. i loved email. it's dead. we should start thinking of email addresses only as attack vectors. an email address a piece of information which, once disclosed, allows someone or something to communicate with you forever. the consequence of this communication is that you may geterrupted by a notification, and bear the cost of storing, reading, deleting the message; the message also increases the cost of searching through all your other messages. these costs are small. the number of emails you receive, however, is very large. i have received well over a hundred thousand emails so far. over time it adds up. there are communication systems which are indexed on other kinds of addresses (such as your phone number, postal address, your facebook identity, your public key, and so on). email is like a phone number or a postal address: it has the property that "knowledge-is-permission", i.e., if you know the address, you can send data to it. unlike other addressing systems, or "capabilities" to abuse the computer science lingo, sending an email is almost costless, much less than the smallest unit of any normal currency. the problem is that sharing your email address is a operation: you are granting the recipient the capability to share the address with whomever chooses. it is of course much worse than that: the address might be obtained accidentally or maliciously by a third party with whom you have no relationship, due to error, or the recipient going bankrupt, or a data breach, or being sold. there are some laws against sharing "personal data" without permission, but they're not remotely sufficient and probably not the right tool for the job anyway. there is a commercial incentive to obtain email addresses from customers. they improve price discrimination, which means that customers collectively have to pay more (though some may pay less). therefore companies try to force customers to hand over email addresses. you are required to divulge an email address to obtain the product; this is useful because it helps keep you informed as the product is delivered. but then a few weeks or months later, you start getting from the company. in the time it took me to write the previous paragraph, an arrived by email from a company from which i bought some blinds for my flat in december. but in the time it took me to write that paragraph, i blocked all future emails from them. what i have done is established a system of individual addresses for each company i and organisation i deal with. when i signed up with blinds2go, they got given my email address as@no.ucant.org. but all i had to type was: --retire and all future email from them is prevented with a curt "bounce" message, and i never receive a notification or store the message. effectively, this amounts to having one email address pererlocutor, with revocation indexed on sender email address. what we actually need is a distributed messaging system where addresses are not: instead, one would receive an invitation to communicate which could only be used by the recipient and not by third parties. this is vaguely similar to the web of trust, facebook messages between friends, and so on, but is probably most closely represented by the scuttlebutt system. to be continued ...
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there are to be novel and untested arrangements for resolving disputes the and the
some of the measures contemplated would in effect likely be permanent, not even subject to the sort of orderly withdrawal provided for by article 50; this likely entails that the agreement cannot be used as a stepping stone to further withdrawal from the's structures
different parts of the such as northern ireland should not be required to remain within arrangements such as theernal market and customs union i have always accepted that even without the'sernal market, a hard border of some kind would need to be in ireland, and that frictionless trade with the would become impossible upon leaving the customs union. the adoption by the government of frictionless trade and an absent hard border as negotiating objectives are effectively incompatible with the referendum result, and, to some extent, the belfast agreement 1998. by analogy, we appear to be saying to scotland and northern ireland that their right to secede from the is now conditional on their remaining in close economic union with it, which is certainly not in the spirit of the 1998 agreement about ireland, which was adopted by broad popular majorities in both jurisdictions. this is my own view and i don't mean to represent it as the view of any other individual or organisation with which i'm associated.
blog restoration i have restored this blog; it was disabled by a software update in 2015, and one or two posts were lost. i shall retrieve them from backups and them.
should there be a second referendum? should there be a second referendum? mike taylor asks, via the premier discussion medium twitter, “genuinelyerested to hear from: what is the argument against a referendum on whether to proceed when we know the exit terms?” it is welcome that are generallyerested in the views of; there has been far too little engagement and discussion, and too much talking past each other. for my part, i am genuinelyerested in what say to the claim that is inherently undemocratic. to question: having a second referendum is effectively rejecting the result of the first one. as someone who is a citizen of australia, the and ireland, most of the countries of which i am a citizen have mandatory, binding, referendums on constitutional questions like, in which the terms of the measure being voted on are known: effectively, the public is being asked to ratify a statute already enacted but not yet in force. the however, never quick to learn from the example of other countries, put the question whether to leave or remain in the to a referendum in 2016, but employed a non-binding referendum in which the terms were not known: if you wanted the status quo, that really on the ballot, or the outcome of renegotiation, you had to vote remain, and if you wanted to leave but stay in theropean economic area, or leave and have a free trade deal with the, or leave and attempt to join efta, or leave and trade on terms, or leave and have cuts, you would choose the leave option. various parties had promised referendums, as contemplated now in theropean union act 2011; the 2016 membership referendum was nevertheless an referendum, albeit without clarity as to which particular version of in or out would occur. alex salmond demonstrated in the 2014 scottish independence referendum that one could get 45% of the vote in an referendum without being too explicit even as to the currency one would be using in three years’ time, and had he won, no-one would be saying the result was illegitimate on grounds of the uncertainty about what leaving the would mean. in both cases, the options on the ballot paper, but not the wording of the ballot paper were chosen by david cameron, who the option in both cases. it was open to him to put a specific scottish independence or model on the ballot paper. when john howard was faced with the republic issue in australia in the, he faced a republican movement divided on what republican model to adopt, and could have wedged his opponents by putting the “direct election” or “indirect appointment” republican model on the ballot paper (constitutionally mandated referendums in australia require that the status quo be one of the two options, and that the other option be out in legislation). instead, he convened a constitutional convention, half elected, half appointed, to deliberate on what republican model, if any, should go on the ballot paper. no-one could reasonably claim that the minority republican cause get a fair go. the chose to put the renegotiated settlement on the ballot paper as the remain option, against all the possible leave models. they could have convened a constitutional convention, john howard-style, and sat down with the to deliberate on the appropriate leave model to put on the ballot paper, but they chose not to do that. some of the leave models such as norway or switzerland were non-starters for various legal, realpolitik, game theory or economic reasons; other leave models such as the supposed “turkey model” of remaining in the customs union(!) only gained currency due to promotion by and the irish press after the referendum. choosing model for them, and making it synonymous with the leave option on the ballot paper, was something remain chose not to do. the country voted by a small majority to leave the on the understanding that there was some uncertainty about what voting remain or leave would mean: for remain, there was the unknown of how renegotiation would play out in practice, and for leave the unknown of what the/fta models might ultimately entail. a little thought would reveal that remaining members of the (the “single market”), customs union, or rejoining efta would de facto require the active consent of around thirty other countries’ governments, some of whom would be to the, e.g., over gibraltar, northern ireland or akrotiri. remain failed to exert, or knowingly chose not to exert, the message discipline to rule out the leave options that required this kind of consent. it was an open goal and they never lined up the shot. if staying in the was ever really an option, it was demolished by too many’ inability after their defeat to shut up and stop smearing 52% of the voters as racist. the polling done by lord ashcroft suggests that 40% of cited immigration as a reason for their vote. leaving aside the obvious points that most opposition to uncontrolled immigration is not motivated by racism, that people lie about this kind of thing to opinion pollsters, and that some people who said “democracy/sovereignty” rather than immigration was their reason for voting leave tacitly meant “so we can democratically limit immigration by people we much like the look of”, this meant that a vast body of voters wanted the to take back control of the borders, which meant no court of justice jurisdiction over migration, which is logically incompatible with the free movement of workers or of people which are supposedlyegral to the’s single market. by refusing utterly to compromise on this point, the hung out to dry. if they hadn’t, every politically unpalatable sacrifice made foregration would have been put at risk and the whole thing would have unravelled. the’s attitude was completely predictable and predicted, and thus went on to score an own goal: membership was incompatible with respecting the supposed opinions of on immigration. so, the only real leave models were and a free trade agreement. no good saying that because the losing remain side failed to make this clear that they should get a second referendum between a particular and full membership of the. they could have made it clear on the ballot paper itself, or forced the to debate the relative virtues of their leave models during the campaign. a second referendum will be not be able to be held on the substantive issue, but will turn on the procedural issue of why the previous result should be overthrown, on the aspects of project fear that turned out to be spin and lies, hardly helped by niall admissions, and on failure to answer why certain policies claimed to have redistributive effects (e.g., monetary policy in the and immigration in the 2010s) should be outside the scope of democratic control. the public will wonder what if anything can be done to prevent a third referendum and rightly ask what it would take to change’ minds. during the campaign, including the formal debates, i was always prepared to say what would make me change my mind: the existence of aropean people, consenting to be governed in common by majority rule. i never found any prepared to say what would change theirs.
the horns of a many years ago i read j h h work on the constitution of theropean union, and i concluded that you could not simultaneously have all three of democracy, national sovereignty, and deep economicegration; this trade-off is sometimes known as" after the turkish economist who the same idea, in relation to finance markets. apparently unconcerned by effects, most people cannot be persuaded to forgo the benefits of transnational economicegration, and similarly place their feelings of belonging and tradition before self-government and democratic norms. i'm forced to conclude that the only solution is the adoption, bypassing democracy, of a uniform set of economic rules across a broad swathe of the developed world. in effect, this is what we have been acquiescing in for several decades, as treaty after treaty irons out the differences between national laws. as the technological complexity of society has increased, democratic legislatures and executive agencies have completely abdicated any role they might play enforcing the publicerest; the quality of regulation in areas such as copyright and surveillance is so poor as to be beneath one's dignity to takeellectually seriously. supranational regulators have proven to be the only actors capable of reining in transnational corporations like microsoft. a world (as jon worth believes us already to inhabit) would allow much more scope for this proven success of regulation in the publicerest. this of course is not going to be a remotely equal or fair world, but it is one which appears to attract the acquiescence of the governed, without which there can be no lasting order or peace. accordingly, i shall no longer be supporting the campaign for british withdrawal from theropean union, and abstain, as i have at recent elections.
experimenting with a few weeks ago i experimented with, a c compiler from inria, written largely in, with chunks in; this allows the parts of to be formally verified (see below for more on this). now i have no need of a guarantee that my compiler is bug-free, but to the extent that translation my codeo the subset of c supported by reduces the rather than increases it, it's a win. i'm basically using as a lint tool, but it's fun and instructive anyway. the real-world scenario which makes any of thiseresting is therefore if you have a c and suspect a bug in your compiler and want to know how hard it would be to maintain that such that it compiled with a compiler believed to be bug free. for many years i have maintained a of lines of fairly odd c, that implements a computer game i used to run in the, and which predates modern conveniences that might have been used, such as sqlite, pcre, libevent, reliable ip stacks on nextstep, ansi c, free c++ compilers, free erlang, etc, etc. the code is also unusual in shunning the use of struct, and pointer arithmetic. for almost the last twenty years i've kept it with the c on a number of oses, as a way of keeping an eye on what the cool kids are breaking. so: firstly, the needs to be able to cope with multiple compilers; and clang are close to replacements for each other from the perspective of the makefile. not so,: -wall are not accepted as options by, as they're effectively on by default. isn't going to want to know about any code that doesn't pass -wall, but there are a few things thinks it's ok to warn you about that is cool with, which feels like is wasting my time. getting the build system and revision control happy about compiler options has to happen first. i was forced to do change all the remaining instances of conflation ofeger widths. anyone who's done arithmetic in will recognised this as one of the house of inria, but it's a deep issue: a lot of corner cases depend on your installation of the header files and libraries and so on. in my case, function prototypes are culledo a .h file automatically with cproto, which by default changes the width ofegers in c functions: void my_function(i) short i { ... } is output as void i); which and tolerate, but doesn't. there were a couple of other legitimate "well don't do that then" moments that i won't tax you with. effectively one's forced to get all the prototypes and headers and includes exactly right. this showed up a bug: a variable which was supposed to be declared wasn't, and was separately allocated from the global it was supposed to represent. the more formal treatment ofeger widths also meant fixing a lot of format strings. the next thing i had to fix was the idiom char *messages[] = { "...", "...", "...", null }; x = sizeof(messages) / ...; insists on the length of messsages[] being explicitly specified, which means this technique isn't allowed. the harder stuff was signal() and stdarg; basically, supports an subset of c, and doesn't allow stdargs, though it provides the() clique of functions. since wrapping() is about the only thing is used for in c, this turns out not to be a problem, but i originally bet that parts of the were outside the c dialect and would need to be shuntedo libraries. my own adventure in land basically amounted to learning new stylistic restrictions in c. reading around what people have been doing with i came across a feweresting articles and from this chap i learnt about testing which is another technique i have no use for but am glad to have spent time learning about.
an independent scotland will be outside theropean union if the people of scotland vote to leave the united kingdom this week, customs checks along the new border are practically unavoidable. alex salmond claims that scotland will continue to be part of the. he's bluffing, and without membership ofrope's customs union, his newly independent country will no longer be able to export goods to england tariff-free: anything crossing the border must be examined and taxed, and a cut sent off to brussels. it's perfectly possible for scotland to rejoin the after 2016, and the difficulty of doing so is being exaggerated by unionists, but automatic membership is legally impossible. the members of theropean union are states, not peoples or territories, and to gain membership a state must be approved by the governments of all the other member states. except in france. under article of the french constitution, the french government no longer has the power to approve new member states by itself. the political elite there is so distrusted that new states must be approved by the people in a referendum, or by a supermajority in parliament. has mr salmond made a secret deal with the french people, or perhaps with the and nationalists of the french opposition, or is he just winging it again? the french are not going to ignore their own constitution to help the snp, as letting the french political class admit new countries to the means letting turkeyo the, and that is about as popular in france as cutting agricultural subsidies, so somehow the politicians or the people need to be bargained with. even if salmond said he hadn't made a secret deal with any foreign other than rupert murdoch, we should not believe him: his administration spent thousands of pounds of taxpayer's money trying to prevent the disclosure of legal advice on scotland's membership when in fact this advice didn't exist in the first place. would you believe non-existent advice from this man? for an scotland to rejoin the, it needs to conclude a treaty with the existing member states, including the rump. this can't be done while scotland is still part of the (particularly from the perspective of the french constitutional requirements). this means months or years of disrupted trade and customs checks along the tweed, atston station and so on while the other countries sign up. much has been made of the potential attitude of governments in spain, cyprus, greece and other places with sensitivities about secessionism. particularly troublesome are countries such as spain and cyprus which have territorial claims against the in gibraltar and akrotiri. foreign politicians can demand that the abandon naval and military bases in the mediterranean as the price for restoring trade in great britain. this is not a situation david cameron should have allowed to comeo existence. the scottish government has spent taxpayer's money brushing off freedom of information requests asking what discussions they have had with spain and cyprus over this issue. maybe those discussions didn't happen either! scotland may well be better off outside the; after all, small states like norway and new zealand do fine, but pretending that the country won't spend a day outside the is insulting to scottish voters and the nation as a whole.
istos is now in a dispute with the department for education about inspections. puzzled readers may wonder why any school inspection involves notice, for to give notice transforms the inspection regime from an enforcement mechanism to a protection racket: you can run schools however you want, but only if you're enough to cover it up between notification of an inspection and clipboard hitting the desk two days later.
instrumentalising the criminal law, part 94 sometimes the public sector unions ask for the criminal law to be changed to make it a more serious to assault public servants; there was an apparently unsuccessful attempt a decade ago. i wonder whether they think these laws should apply to union members who assault scabs and strike breakers during industrial disputes.
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aɪ ləvd iˈmeɪl. ɪts dɛd. aɪ ləvd iˈmeɪl. ɪts dɛd. wi ʃʊd stɑrt ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv iˈmeɪl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz ˈoʊnli ɛz əˈtæk ˈvɛktərz. ən iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs ə pis əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɪʧ, wəns dɪˈskloʊzd, əˈlaʊz ˈsəmˌwən ər ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt wɪθ ju fərˈɛvər. ðə ˈkɑnsəkwəns əv ðɪs kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ɪz ðət ju meɪ gɪt ˌɪntərˈəptɪd baɪ ə ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən, ənd bɛr ðə kɔst əv ˈstɔrɪŋ, ˈrɛdɪŋ, dɪˈlitɪŋ ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ; ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ðə kɔst əv ˈsərʧɪŋ θru ɔl jʊr ˈəðər ˈmɛsɪʤɪz. ðiz kɔsts ər smɔl. ðə ˈnəmbər əv iˈmeɪlz ju rɪˈsiv, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz ˈvɛri lɑrʤ. aɪ hæv rɪˈsivd wɛl ˈoʊvər ə ˈhənərd ˈθaʊzənd iˈmeɪlz soʊ fɑr. ˈoʊvər taɪm ɪt ædz əp. ðɛr ər kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɪstəmz wɪʧ ər ˈɪndɛkst ɔn ˈəðər kaɪnz əv ˈæˈdrɛsɪz (səʧ ɛz jʊr foʊn ˈnəmbər, ˈpoʊstəl ˈæˌdrɛs, jʊr ˈfeɪsˌbʊk aɪˈdɛntəˌti, jʊr ˈpəblɪk ki, ənd soʊ ɔn). iˈmeɪl ɪz laɪk ə foʊn ˈnəmbər ər ə ˈpoʊstəl ˈæˌdrɛs: ɪt həz ðə ˈprɑpərti ðət "knowledge-is-permission*", i.e*., ɪf ju noʊ ðə ˈæˌdrɛs, ju kən sɛnd ˈdætə tɪ ɪt. ənˈlaɪk ˈəðər æˈdrɛsɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz, ər "ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz" tɪ əˈbjuz ðə kəmˈpjutər saɪəns ˈlɪŋgoʊ, ˈsɛndɪŋ ən iˈmeɪl ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst costless*, məʧ lɛs ðən ðə sˈmɔləst ˈjunɪt əv ˈɛni ˈnɔrməl ˈkərənsi. ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðət ˈʃɛrɪŋ jʊr iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs ɪz ə ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən: ju ər ˈgrænɪŋ ðə rɪˈsɪpiənt ðə ˌkeɪpəˈbɪləti tɪ ʃɛr ðə ˈæˌdrɛs wɪθ huˈmɛvər ˈʧuzɪz. ɪt ɪz əv kɔrs məʧ wərs ðən ðət: ðə ˈæˌdrɛs maɪt bi əbˈteɪnd ˌæksəˈdɛnəli ər məˈlɪʃɪsli baɪ ə θərd ˈpɑrti wɪθ hum ju hæv noʊ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp, du tɪ ˈɛrər, ər ðə rɪˈsɪpiənt goʊɪŋ ˈbæŋkrəpt, ər ə ˈdætə briʧ, ər biɪŋ soʊld. ðɛr ər səm lɔz əˈgɛnst ˈʃɛrɪŋ "ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə" wɪˈθaʊt pərˈmɪʃən, bət ðɛr nɑt riˈmoʊtli səˈfɪʃənt ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt ðə raɪt tul fər ðə ʤɑb ˈɛniˌweɪ. ðɛr ɪz ə kəˈmərʃəl ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv tɪ əbˈteɪn iˈmeɪl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz frəm ˈkəstəmərz. ðeɪ ˌɪmˈpruv praɪs dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən, wɪʧ minz ðət ˈkəstəmərz kəˈlɛktɪvli hæv tɪ peɪ mɔr (ðoʊ səm meɪ peɪ lɛs). ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˈkəmpəˌniz traɪ tɪ fɔrs ˈkəstəmərz tɪ hænd ˈoʊvər iˈmeɪl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz. ju ər rikˈwaɪərd tɪ dɪˈvəlʤ ən iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs tɪ əbˈteɪn ðə ˈprɑdəkt; ðɪs ɪz ˈjusfəl bɪˈkəz ɪt hɛlps kip ju ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ɛz ðə ˈprɑdəkt ɪz dɪˈlɪvərd. bət ðɛn ə fju wiks ər mənθs ˈleɪtər, ju stɑrt ˈgɪtɪŋ frəm ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. ɪn ðə taɪm ɪt tʊk mi tɪ raɪt ðə ˈpriviəs ˈpɛrəˌgræf, ən əraɪvd baɪ iˈmeɪl frəm ə ˈkəmpəˌni frəm wɪʧ aɪ bɔt səm blaɪndz fər maɪ flæt ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər. bət ɪn ðə taɪm ɪt tʊk mi tɪ raɪt ðət ˈpɛrəˌgræf, aɪ blɑkt ɔl fˈjuʧər iˈmeɪlz frəm ðɛm. wət aɪ hæv dən ɪz ɪˈstæblɪʃt ə ˈsɪstəm əv ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz fər iʧ ˈkəmpəˌni aɪ ənd ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən aɪ dil wɪθ. wɪn aɪ saɪnd əp wɪθ blinds2go*, ðeɪ gɑt ˈgɪvɪn maɪ iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs ɛz mk270-blinds@no.ucant.org*. bət ɔl aɪ hæd tɪ taɪp wɑz: --ˌriˈtaɪər ənd ɔl fˈjuʧər iˈmeɪl frəm ðɛm ɪz prɪˈvɛnɪd wɪθ ə kərt "baʊns" ˈmɛsɪʤ, ənd aɪ ˈnɛvər rɪˈsiv ə ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən ər stɔr ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ. ˈifɛktɪvli, ðɪs əˈmaʊnts tɪ ˈhævɪŋ wən iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs pər ˌɪntərˈlɑkjətər, wɪθ ˌrɛvəˈkeɪʃən ˈɪndɛkst ɔn ˈsɛndər iˈmeɪl ˈæˌdrɛs. wət wi ˈæˌkʧuəli nid ɪz ə dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ˈmɛsɪʤɪŋ ˈsɪstəm wɛr ˈæˈdrɛsɪz ər nɑt: ˌɪnˈstɛd, wən wʊd rɪˈsiv ən ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən tɪ kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt wɪʧ kʊd ˈoʊnli bi juzd baɪ ðə rɪˈsɪpiənt ənd nɑt baɪ θərd ˈpɑrtiz. ðɪs ɪz ˈveɪgli ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə wɛb əv trəst, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈmɛsɪʤɪz bɪtˈwin frɛndz, ənd soʊ ɔn, bət ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli moʊst ˈkloʊsli ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd baɪ ðə ˈskətəlˌbət ˈsɪstəm. tɪ bi kənˈtɪnjud ðə wɪθˈdrɔəl əˈgrimənt ðə ˈrisəntli ˈpəblɪʃt wɪθˈdrɔəl əˈgrimənt goʊz səm weɪ, bət nɑt fɑr ɪˈnəf, təˈwɔrdz ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə 2016 ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm. ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi sin ˈwɛðər ˈpɑrləmɛnt wɪl əkˈsɛpt ðə əˈgrimənt; ɪt meɪ jɛt bi ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd səbˈstænʃəli baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ər ˈəðərz, ɪn ə weɪ ðət ˈæˈdrɛsɪz maɪ kənˈsərnz, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ: ɪt ɪz stɪl goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ðə keɪs ðət, ɪn ˈpræktɪs, ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈligəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps bɪtˈwin ˈpraɪvət ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz əˈkrɔs ðə brɔd ˌʤɛnərˈæləti əv ðə əˈfɛrz əv ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ laɪf, ɔn peɪn əv səˈvɪr dɪsˈrəpʃənz tɪ treɪd ðə wɪl nɑt hæv dɪˈskrɛʃən ˈoʊvər ˈkəstəmz ənd treɪd ˈpɑləsi, ənd meɪ hæv tɪ peɪ ə prəˈpɔrʃən əv ˈkəstəmz ˈrɛvəˌnu tɪ ðə tɪ səm ɪkˈstɛnt, ðə ərˈeɪnʤmənt rɪˈteɪnz ˌprɛfərˈɛnʃəl ˈtritmənt ɪn maɪˈgreɪʃən, ˈrɛzɪdənsi ənd ˈvoʊtɪŋ raɪts fər ˈsɪtɪzənz ɛz səʧ ðɛr ər tɪ bi ˈnɑvəl ənd ənˈtɛstɪd ərˈeɪnʤmənts fər riˈzɑlvɪŋ dɪˈspjuts ðə ənd ðə səm əv ðə ˈmɛʒərz ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪd wʊd ɪn ˈifɛkt ˈlaɪkli bi ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt, nɑt ˈivɪn ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ðə sɔrt əv ˈɔrdərli wɪθˈdrɔəl prəˈvaɪdɪd fər baɪ ˈɑrtɪkəl 50 ðɪs ˈlaɪkli ɪnˈteɪlz ðət ðə əˈgrimənt ˈkænɑt bi juzd ɛz ə ˈstɛpɪŋ stoʊn tɪ ˈfərðər wɪθˈdrɔəl frəm ðə ˈstrəkʧərz ˈdɪfərənt pɑrts əv ðə səʧ ɛz ˈnɔrðərn ˈaɪərlənd ʃʊd nɑt bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ rɪˈmeɪn wɪˈθɪn ərˈeɪnʤmənts səʧ ɛz ðə ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈmɑrkɪt ənd ˈkəstəmz ˈjunjən aɪ hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz ækˈsɛptɪd ðət ˈivɪn wɪˈθaʊt ðə ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈmɑrkɪt, ə hɑrd ˈbɔrdər əv səm kaɪnd wʊd nid tɪ bi ɪn ˈaɪərlənd, ənd ðət ˈfrɪkʃənləs treɪd wɪθ ðə wʊd bɪˈkəm ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl əˈpɑn ˈlivɪŋ ðə ˈkəstəmz ˈjunjən. ðə əˈdɑpʃən baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əv ˈfrɪkʃənləs treɪd ənd ən ˈæbsənt hɑrd ˈbɔrdər ɛz nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪŋ əˈbʤɛktɪvz ər ˈifɛktɪvli ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl wɪθ ðə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm rɪˈzəlt, ənd, tɪ səm ɪkˈstɛnt, ðə ˈbɛlˌfæst əˈgrimənt 1998 baɪ əˈnæləʤi, wi əˈpɪr tɪ bi seɪɪŋ tɪ ˈskɑtlənd ənd ˈnɔrðərn ˈaɪərlənd ðət ðɛr raɪt tɪ sɪˈsid frəm ðə ɪz naʊ kənˈdɪʃənəl ɔn ðɛr rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ɪn kloʊz ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈjunjən wɪθ ɪt, wɪʧ ɪz ˈsərtənli nɑt ɪn ðə ˈspɪrɪt əv ðə 1998 əˈgrimənt əˈbaʊt ˈaɪərlənd, wɪʧ wɑz əˈdɑptəd baɪ brɔd ˈpɑpjələr məˈʤɔrɪtiz ɪn boʊθ ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃənz. ðɪs ɪz maɪ oʊn vju ənd aɪ doʊnt min tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ɪt ɛz ðə vju əv ˈɛni ˈəðər ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ər ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən wɪθ wɪʧ əm əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd. blɔg ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən aɪ hæv rɪˈstɔrd ðɪs blɔg; ɪt wɑz dɪˈseɪbəld baɪ ə ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈəpˌdeɪt ɪn 2015 ənd wən ər tu poʊsts wər lɔst. aɪ ʃæl rɪˈtriv ðɛm frəm ˈbæˌkəps ənd ðɛm. ʃʊd ðɛr bi ə ˈsɛkənd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm? ʃʊd ðɛr bi ə ˈsɛkənd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm? maɪk ˈteɪlər æsks, ˈviə ðə prɛˈmɪr dɪˈskəʃən ˈmidiəm tˈwɪtər, ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd tɪ hir frəm: wət ɪz ðə ˈɑrgjəmənt əˈgɛnst ə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɔn ˈwɛðər tɪ pərˈsid wɪn wi noʊ ðə ˈɛksət terms?”*?” ɪt ɪz ˈwɛlkəm ðət ər ˈʤɛnərəli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ðə vjuz əv; ðɛr həz bɪn fɑr tu ˈlɪtəl ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ənd dɪˈskəʃən, ənd tu məʧ ˈtɔkɪŋ pæst iʧ ˈəðər. fər maɪ pɑrt, aɪ æm ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn wət seɪ tɪ ðə kleɪm ðət ɪz ˌɪnˈhɛrəntli ˌəndɛməˈkrætɪk. tɪ kˈwɛʃən: ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈsɛkənd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɪz ˈifɛktɪvli rɪˈʤɛktɪŋ ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə fərst wən. ɛz ˈsəmˌwən hu ɪz ə ˈsɪtɪzən əv ɔˈstreɪljə, ðə ənd ˈaɪərlənd, moʊst əv ðə ˈkəntriz əv wɪʧ aɪ æm ə ˈsɪtɪzən hæv ˈmændəˌtɔri, ˈbaɪndɪŋ, ˌrɛfərˈɛndəmz ɔn ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kˈwɛsʧənz laɪk, ɪn wɪʧ ðə tərmz əv ðə ˈmɛʒər biɪŋ ˈvoʊtɪd ɔn ər noʊn: ˈifɛktɪvli, ðə ˈpəblɪk ɪz biɪŋ æst tɪ ˈrætəˌfaɪ ə ˈstæʧut ɔˈrɛdi ɛˈnæktəd bət nɑt jɛt ɪn fɔrs. ðə ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈnɛvər kwɪk tɪ lərn frəm ðə ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈəðər ˈkəntriz, pʊt ðə kˈwɛʃən ˈwɛðər tɪ liv ər rɪˈmeɪn ɪn ðə tɪ ə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɪn 2016 bət ɪmˈplɔɪd ə ˈnɑnˈbaɪndɪŋ ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɪn wɪʧ ðə tərmz wər nɑt noʊn: ɪf ju ˈwɔntɪd ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ, ðət ˈrɪli ɔn ðə ˈbælət, ər ðə ˈaʊtˌkəm əv ˌrinɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ju hæd tɪ voʊt rɪˈmeɪn, ənd ɪf ju ˈwɔntɪd tɪ liv bət steɪ ɪn ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈɛriə, ər liv ənd hæv ə fri treɪd dil wɪθ ðə, ər liv ənd əˈtɛmpt tɪ ʤɔɪn ˈɛftə, ər liv ənd treɪd ɔn tərmz, ər liv ənd hæv kəts, ju wʊd ʧuz ðə liv ˈɔpʃən. ˈvɛriəs ˈpɑrtiz hæd ˈprɑməst ˌrɛfərˈɛndəmz, ɛz ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪd naʊ ɪn ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ækt 2011 ðə 2016 ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm wɑz ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs ən ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm, ɔlˈbiɪt wɪˈθaʊt ˈklɛrɪti ɛz tɪ wɪʧ ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈvərʒən əv ɪn ər aʊt wʊd əˈkər. ˈæləks ˈsælmənd ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ɪn ðə 2014 ˈskɑtɪʃ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ðət wən kʊd gɪt 45 əv ðə voʊt ɪn ən ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm wɪˈθaʊt biɪŋ tu ɪkˈsplɪsət ˈivɪn ɛz tɪ ðə ˈkərənsi wən wʊd bi ˈjuzɪŋ ɪn θri years’*’ taɪm, ənd hæd hi wən, ˈnoʊwən wʊd bi seɪɪŋ ðə rɪˈzəlt wɑz ˌɪlɪˈʤɪtəmɪt ɔn graʊnz əv ðə ənˈsərtənti əˈbaʊt wət ˈlivɪŋ ðə wʊd min. ɪn boʊθ ˈkeɪsɪz, ðə ˈɔpʃənz ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər, bət nɑt ðə ˈwərdɪŋ əv ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər wər ˈʧoʊzən baɪ ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkæmərən, hu ðə ˈɔpʃən ɪn boʊθ ˈkeɪsɪz. ɪt wɑz ˈoʊpən tɪ ɪm tɪ pʊt ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈskɑtɪʃ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ər ˈmɑdəl ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər. wɪn ʤɑn haʊərd wɑz feɪst wɪθ ðə riˈpəblɪk ˈɪʃu ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə ɪn ðə, hi feɪst ə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈmuvmənt dɪˈvaɪdɪd ɔn wət rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈmɑdəl tɪ əˈdɑpt, ənd kʊd hæv wɛʤd hɪz əˈpoʊnənts baɪ ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə election”*” ər appointment”*” rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈmɑdəl ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər (ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəli ˈmænˌdeɪtɪd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəmz ɪn ɔˈstreɪljə ˌrikˈwaɪər ðət ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ bi wən əv ðə tu ˈɔpʃənz, ənd ðət ðə ˈəðər ˈɔpʃən bi aʊt ɪn ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən). ˌɪnˈstɛd, hi kənˈvind ə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kənˈvɛnʃən, hæf ɪˈlɛktɪd, hæf əˈpɔɪntɪd, tɪ dɪˈlɪbərˌeɪt ɔn wət rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈmɑdəl, ɪf ˈɛni, ʃʊd goʊ ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər. ˈnoʊwən kʊd ˈrizənəbli kleɪm ðət ðə məˈnɔrəti rɪˈpəblɪkən kɔz gɪt ə fɛr goʊ. ðə ʧoʊz tɪ pʊt ðə ˌrinɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪd ˈsɛtəlmənt ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər ɛz ðə rɪˈmeɪn ˈɔpʃən, əˈgɛnst ɔl ðə ˈpɑsəbəl liv ˈmɑdəlz. ðeɪ kʊd hæv kənˈvind ə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kənˈvɛnʃən, ʤɑn howard-style*, ənd sæt daʊn wɪθ ðə tɪ dɪˈlɪbərˌeɪt ɔn ðə əˈproʊpriˌeɪt liv ˈmɑdəl tɪ pʊt ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər, bət ðeɪ ʧoʊz nɑt tɪ du ðət. səm əv ðə liv ˈmɑdəlz səʧ ɛz ˈnɔrˌweɪ ər sˈwɪtsərlənd wər nɑnˈstɑrtərz fər ˈvɛriəs ˈligəl, ˌrilˌpɔlɪˈtɪk, geɪm ˈθɪri ər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈrizənz; ˈəðər liv ˈmɑdəlz səʧ ɛz ðə səˈpoʊzd model”*” əv rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈkəstəmz ˈjunjən(!) ˈoʊnli geɪnd ˈkərənsi du tɪ pərˈmoʊʃən baɪ ənd ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ prɛs ˈæftər ðə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm. ˈʧuzɪŋ ˈmɑdəl fər ðɛm, ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt səˈnɑnəməs wɪθ ðə liv ˈɔpʃən ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər, wɑz ˈsəmθɪŋ rɪˈmeɪn ʧoʊz nɑt tɪ du. ðə ˈkəntri ˈvoʊtɪd baɪ ə smɔl məˈʤɔrəti tɪ liv ðə ɔn ðə ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðət ðɛr wɑz səm ənˈsərtənti əˈbaʊt wət ˈvoʊtɪŋ rɪˈmeɪn ər liv wʊd min: fər rɪˈmeɪn, ðɛr wɑz ðə ənˈnoʊn əv haʊ ˌrinɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən wʊd pleɪ aʊt ɪn ˈpræktɪs, ənd fər liv ðə ənˈnoʊn əv wət ðə ˈmɑdəlz maɪt ˈəltəmətli ɛnˈteɪl. ə ˈlɪtəl θɔt wʊd rɪˈvil ðət rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə (ðə market”*”), ˈkəstəmz ˈjunjən, ər riˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈɛftə wʊd də ˈfæktoʊ ˌrikˈwaɪər ðə ˈæktɪv kənˈsɛnt əv əraʊnd ˈθərˌdi ˈəðər countries’*’ ˈgəvərnmənts, səm əv hum wʊd bi tɪ ðə, e.g*., ˈoʊvər ʤɪˈbrɔltər, ˈnɔrðərn ˈaɪərlənd ər akrotiri*. rɪˈmeɪn feɪld tɪ ɪgˈzərt, ər ˈnoʊɪŋli ʧoʊz nɑt tɪ ɪgˈzərt, ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ ˈdɪsəplən tɪ rul aʊt ðə liv ˈɔpʃənz ðət rikˈwaɪərd ðɪs kaɪnd əv kənˈsɛnt. ɪt wɑz ən ˈoʊpən goʊl ənd ðeɪ ˈnɛvər laɪnd əp ðə ʃɑt. ɪf steɪɪŋ ɪn ðə wɑz ˈɛvər ˈrɪli ən ˈɔpʃən, ɪt wɑz dɪˈmɑlɪʃt baɪ tu ˈmɛni remainers’*’ ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti ˈæftər ðɛr dɪˈfit tɪ ʃət əp ənd stɑp sˈmɪrɪŋ 52 əv ðə ˈvoʊtərz ɛz ˈreɪsɪst. ðə ˈpoʊlɪŋ dən baɪ lɔrd ˈæʃˌkrɔft səˈʤɛsts ðət 40 əv ˈsaɪtɪd ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɛz ə ˈrizən fər ðɛr voʊt. ˈlivɪŋ əˈsaɪd ðə ˈɑbviəs pɔɪnts ðət moʊst ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˌənkənˈtroʊld ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɪz nɑt ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ ˈreɪˌsɪzəm, ðət ˈpipəl laɪ əˈbaʊt ðɪs kaɪnd əv θɪŋ tɪ əˈpɪnjən ˈpoʊlstərz, ənd ðət səm ˈpipəl hu sɛd ““democracy/sovereignty”*” ˈrəðər ðən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən wɑz ðɛr ˈrizən fər ˈvoʊtɪŋ liv ˈtæsɪtli mɛnt wi kən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪkli ˈlɪmət ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən baɪ ˈpipəl wi məʧ laɪk ðə lʊk of”*”, ðɪs mɛnt ðət ə væst ˈbɑdi əv ˈvoʊtərz ˈwɔntɪd ðə tɪ teɪk bæk kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˈbɔrdərz, wɪʧ mɛnt noʊ kɔrt əv ˈʤəstɪs ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃən ˈoʊvər maɪˈgreɪʃən, wɪʧ ɪz ˈlɑʤɪkli ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl wɪθ ðə fri ˈmuvmənt əv ˈwərkərz ər əv ˈpipəl wɪʧ ər səˈpoʊzədli ˈɪnəgrəl tɪ ðə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈmɑrkɪt. baɪ rɪfˈjuzɪŋ ˈətərli tɪ ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪz ɔn ðɪs pɔɪnt, ðə həŋ aʊt tɪ draɪ. ɪf ðeɪ hadn’t*, ˈɛvəri ˈplɪtɪkli ənˈpælətəbəl ˈsækrəˌfaɪs meɪd fər ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən wʊd hæv bɪn pʊt æt rɪsk ənd ðə hoʊl θɪŋ wʊd hæv unravelled*. ðə ˈætəˌtud wɑz kəmˈplitli prɪˈdɪktəbəl ənd prɪˈdɪktɪd, ənd ðəs wɛnt ɔn tɪ skɔr ən oʊn goʊl: ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp wɑz ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl wɪθ riˈspɛktɪŋ ðə səˈpoʊzd əˈpɪnjənz əv ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən. soʊ, ðə ˈoʊnli ril liv ˈmɑdəlz wər ənd ə fri treɪd əˈgrimənt. noʊ gʊd seɪɪŋ ðət bɪˈkəz ðə ˈluzɪŋ rɪˈmeɪn saɪd feɪld tɪ meɪk ðɪs klɪr ðət ðeɪ ʃʊd gɪt ə ˈsɛkənd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm bɪtˈwin ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ənd fʊl ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp əv ðə. ðeɪ kʊd hæv meɪd ɪt klɪr ɔn ðə ˈbælət ˈpeɪpər ˌɪtˈsɛlf, ər fɔrst ðə tɪ dəˈbeɪt ðə ˈrɛlətɪv ˈvərʧuz əv ðɛr liv ˈmɑdəlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kæmˈpeɪn. ə ˈsɛkənd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm wɪl bi nɑt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ bi hɛld ɔn ðə ˈsəbstəntɪv ˈɪʃu, bət wɪl tərn ɔn ðə prəˈsiʤərəl ˈɪʃu əv waɪ ðə ˈpriviəs rɪˈzəlt ʃʊd bi ˌoʊvərθˈroʊn, ɔn ðə ˈæˌspɛkts əv ˈprɑʤɛkt fɪr ðət tərnd aʊt tɪ bi spɪn ənd laɪz, ˈhɑrdli hɛlpt baɪ naɪəl ədˈmɪʃənz, ənd ɔn ˈfeɪljər tɪ ˈænsər waɪ ˈsərtən ˈpɑləsiz kleɪmd tɪ hæv ridɪˈstrɪbjətɪv ˈifɛkts (e.g*., ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈpɑləsi ɪn ðə ənd ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɪn ðə 2010s*) ʃʊd bi ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə skoʊp əv ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk kənˈtroʊl. ðə ˈpəblɪk wɪl ˈwəndər wət ɪf ˈɛniˌθɪŋ kən bi dən tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ə θərd ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ənd ˈraɪtli æsk wət ɪt wʊd teɪk tɪ ʧeɪnʤ remainers’*’ maɪndz. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kæmˈpeɪn, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrməl dəˈbeɪts, aɪ wɑz ˈɔlˌweɪz priˈpɛrd tɪ seɪ wət wʊd meɪk mi ʧeɪnʤ maɪ maɪnd: ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns əv ə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈpipəl, kənˈsɛnɪŋ tɪ bi ˈgəvərnd ɪn ˈkɑmən baɪ məˈʤɔrəti rul. aɪ ˈnɛvər faʊnd ˈɛni priˈpɛrd tɪ seɪ wət wʊd ʧeɪnʤ ðɛrz. ðə hɔrnz əv ə ˈmɛni jɪrz əˈgoʊ aɪ rɛd ʤeɪ eɪʧ eɪʧ wərk ɔn ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən əv ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən, ənd aɪ kənˈkludɪd ðət ju kʊd nɑt ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli hæv ɔl θri əv dɪˈmɑkrəsi, ˈnæʃənəl ˈsɑvrənti, ənd dip ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən; ðɪs ˈtreɪˌdɔf ɪz ˈsəmˌtaɪmz noʊn ɛz" ˈæftər ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ɪˈkɑnəmɪst hu ðə seɪm aɪˈdiə, ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈmɑrkɪts. əˈpɛrəntli ˌənkənˈsərnd baɪ ˈifɛkts, moʊst ˈpipəl ˈkænɑt bi pərsˈweɪdɪd tɪ fɔrˈgoʊ ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts əv trænsˈnæʃənəl ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən, ənd ˈsɪmələrli pleɪs ðɛr ˈfilɪŋz əv bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ ənd trəˈdɪʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ˈsɛlfˈgəvərnmənt ənd ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk nɔrmz. əm fɔrst tɪ kənˈklud ðət ðə ˈoʊnli səˈluʃən ɪz ðə əˈdɑpʃən, ˈbaɪˌpæsɪŋ dɪˈmɑkrəsi, əv ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm sɛt əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk rulz əˈkrɔs ə brɔd swɑð əv ðə dɪˈvɛləpt wərld. ɪn ˈifɛkt, ðɪs ɪz wət wi hæv bɪn ˌækwiˈɛsɪŋ ɪn fər ˈsɛvərəl ˈdɛkeɪdz, ɛz ˈtriti ˈæftər ˈtriti aɪərnz aʊt ðə ˈdɪfərənsɪz bɪtˈwin ˈnæʃənəl lɔz. ɛz ðə ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl kəmˈplɛksɪti əv soʊˈsaɪɪti həz ˌɪnˈkrist, ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz ənd ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈeɪʤənsiz hæv kəmˈplitli ˈæbdəˌkeɪtəd ˈɛni roʊl ðeɪ maɪt pleɪ ɛnˈfɔrsɪŋ ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst; ðə kˈwɑləti əv ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən ɪn ˈɛriəz səʧ ɛz ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ənd sərˈveɪləns ɪz soʊ pur ɛz tɪ bi bɪˈniθ wənz ˈdɪgnəti tɪ teɪk ˌɪnəˈlɛkʧuəli ˈsɪriəsli. ˌsuprəˈnæʃənəl ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtərz hæv ˈpruvən tɪ bi ðə ˈoʊnli ˈæktərz ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈreɪnɪŋ ɪn trænsˈnæʃənəl ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz laɪk ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft. ə wərld (ɛz ʤɑn wərθ bɪˈlivz ˈjuˈɛs ɔˈrɛdi tɪ ˌɪnˈhæbət) wʊd əˈlaʊ məʧ mɔr skoʊp fər ðɪs ˈpruvən səkˈsɛs əv ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst. ðɪs əv kɔrs ɪz nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə riˈmoʊtli ˈikwəl ər fɛr wərld, bət ɪt ɪz wən wɪʧ əˈpɪrz tɪ əˈtrækt ðə ˌækwiˈɛsəns əv ðə ˈgəvərnd, wɪˈθaʊt wɪʧ ðɛr kən bi noʊ ˈlæstɪŋ ˈɔrdər ər pis. əˈkɔrdɪŋli, aɪ ʃæl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi səˈpɔrtɪŋ ðə kæmˈpeɪn fər ˈbrɪtɪʃ wɪθˈdrɔəl frəm ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən, ənd əbˈsteɪn, ɛz aɪ hæv æt ˈrisənt ɪˈlɛkʃənz. ɛkˈspɛrəˌmɛntɪŋ wɪθ ə fju wiks əˈgoʊ aɪ ɪkˈspɛrəməntəd wɪθ, ə si kəmˈpaɪlər frəm inria*, ˈrɪtən ˈlɑrʤli ɪn, wɪθ ʧəŋks ɪn; ðɪs əˈlaʊz ðə pɑrts əv tɪ bi ˈfɔrməli ˈvɛrəˌfaɪd (si bɪˈloʊ fər mɔr ɔn ðɪs). naʊ aɪ hæv noʊ nid əv ə ˌgɛrənˈti ðət maɪ kəmˈpaɪlər ɪz bug-free*, bət tɪ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt ðət trænzˈleɪʃən maɪ koʊd ˈɪntu ðə ˈsəbˌsɛt əv si səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ rɪˈdusɪz ðə ˈrəðər ðən ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ɪt, ɪts ə wɪn. əm ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈjuzɪŋ ɛz ə lɪnt tul, bət ɪts fən ənd ˌɪnˈstrəktɪv ˈɛniˌweɪ. ðə ˈrilˌwərld sɪˈnɛrioʊ wɪʧ meɪks ˈɛni əv ðɪs ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɪz ˈðɛrˌfɔr ɪf ju hæv ə si ənd ˈsəˌspɛkt ə bəg ɪn jʊr kəmˈpaɪlər ənd wɔnt tɪ noʊ haʊ hɑrd ɪt wʊd bi tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðət səʧ ðət ɪt kəmˈpaɪld wɪθ ə kəmˈpaɪlər bɪˈlivd tɪ bi bəg fri. fər ˈmɛni jɪrz aɪ hæv meɪnˈteɪnd ə əv laɪnz əv ˈfɛrli ɑd si, ðət ˈɪmpləmənts ə kəmˈpjutər geɪm aɪ juzd tɪ rən ɪn ðə, ənd wɪʧ ˈpriˈdeɪts ˈmɑdərn kənˈvinjənsɪz ðət maɪt hæv bɪn juzd, səʧ ɛz sqlite*, pcre*, libevent*, rɪˈlaɪəbəl ˌaɪˌpi stæks ɔn ˈnɛkˌstɛp, ˌænˈsi si, fri si++ kəmˈpaɪlərz, fri erlang*, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ðə koʊd ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ənˈjuˌʒuəl ɪn ˈʃənɪŋ ðə juz əv struct*, ənd ˈpɔɪntər ˌɛrɪθˈmɛtɪk. fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst ðə læst tˈwɛnti jɪrz aɪv kɛpt ɪt wɪθ ðə si ɔn ə ˈnəmbər əv oses*, ɛz ə weɪ əv ˈkipɪŋ ən aɪ ɔn wət ðə kul kɪdz ər ˈbreɪkɪŋ. soʊ: ˈfərstli, ðə nidz tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ koʊp wɪθ ˈməltəpəl kəmˈpaɪlərz; ənd klæŋ ər kloʊz tɪ riˈpleɪsmənts fər iʧ ˈəðər frəm ðə pərˈspɛktɪv əv ðə makefile*. nɑt soʊ,: -wɔl ər nɑt ækˈsɛptɪd ɛz ˈɔpʃənz baɪ, ɛz ðɛr ˈifɛktɪvli ɔn baɪ dɪˈfɔlt. ˈɪzənt goʊɪŋ tɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ əˈbaʊt ˈɛni koʊd ðət ˈdəzənt pæs -wɔl, bət ðɛr ər ə fju θɪŋz θɪŋks ɪts ˈoʊˈkeɪ tɪ wɔrn ju əˈbaʊt ðət ɪz kul wɪθ, wɪʧ filz laɪk ɪz ˈweɪstɪŋ maɪ taɪm. ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə bɪld ˈsɪstəm ənd riˈvɪʒən kənˈtroʊl ˈhæpi əˈbaʊt kəmˈpaɪlər ˈɔpʃənz həz tɪ ˈhæpən fərst. aɪ wɑz fɔrst tɪ du ʧeɪnʤ ɔl ðə rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈɪnstənsɪz əv kənˈfleɪʃən əv ˈɪntəʤər wɪdθs. ˈɛniˌwən huz dən ˌɛrɪθˈmɛtɪk ɪn wɪl ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðɪs ɛz wən əv ðə haʊs əv inria*, bət ɪts ə dip ˈɪʃu: ə lɔt əv ˈkɔrnər ˈkeɪsɪz dɪˈpɛnd ɔn jʊr ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən əv ðə ˈhɛdər faɪlz ənd ˈlaɪbrɛˌriz ənd soʊ ɔn. ɪn maɪ keɪs, ˈfəŋkʃən ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪps ər kəld ˈɪntu ə .eɪʧ faɪl ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli wɪθ cproto*, wɪʧ baɪ dɪˈfɔlt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðə wɪdθ əv ˈɪntəʤərz ɪn si ˈfəŋkʃənz: vɔɪd my_function(i*) ʃɔrt aɪ ɪz ˈaʊtˌpʊt ɛz vɔɪd aɪ); wɪʧ ənd ˈtɑlərˌeɪt, bət ˈdəzənt. ðɛr wər ə ˈkəpəl əv ˈəðər ləˈʤɪtəmət "wɛl doʊnt du ðət ðɛn" ˈmoʊmənts ðət aɪ woʊnt tæks ju wɪθ. ˈifɛktɪvli wənz fɔrst tɪ gɪt ɔl ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪps ənd ˈhɛdərz ənd ˌɪnˈkludz ɪgˈzæktli raɪt. ðɪs ʃoʊd əp ə bəg: ə ˈvɛriəbəl wɪʧ wɑz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi dɪˈklɛrd ˈwəzənt, ənd wɑz ˈsɛpərətli ˈæləˌkeɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈgloʊbəl ɪt wɑz səˈpoʊzd tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt. ðə mɔr ˈfɔrməl ˈtritmənt əv ˈɪntəʤər wɪdθs ˈɔlsoʊ mɛnt ˈfɪksɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈfɔrˌmæt strɪŋz. ðə nɛkst θɪŋ aɪ hæd tɪ fɪks wɑz ðə ˈɪdiəm ʧɑr *ˈmɛsɪʤɪz[] nəl ɛks sizeof(messages*) ˌɪnˈsɪsts ɔn ðə lɛŋθ əv messsages*[] biɪŋ ɪkˈsplɪsətli ˈspɛsəˌfaɪd, wɪʧ minz ðɪs tɛkˈnik ˈɪzənt əˈlaʊd. ðə ˈhɑrdər stəf wɑz ˈsɪgnəl() ənd stdarg*; ˈbeɪsɪkli, səˈpɔrts ən ˈsəbˌsɛt əv si, ənd ˈdəzənt əˈlaʊ stdargs*, ðoʊ ɪt prəˈvaɪdz ðə() klik əv ˈfəŋkʃənz. sɪns ˈræpɪŋ() ɪz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ɪz juzd fər ɪn si, ðɪs tərnz aʊt nɑt tɪ bi ə ˈprɑbləm, bət aɪ ərˈɪʤənəli bɛt ðət pɑrts əv ðə wər ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə si ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt ənd wʊd nid tɪ bi ˈʃəntɪd ˈɪntu ˈlaɪbrɛˌriz. maɪ oʊn ədˈvɛnʧər ɪn lænd ˈbeɪsɪkli əˈmaʊnɪd tɪ ˈlərnɪŋ nu staɪˈlɪstɪk riˈstrɪkʃənz ɪn si. ˈrɛdɪŋ əraʊnd wət ˈpipəl hæv bɪn duɪŋ wɪθ aɪ keɪm əˈkrɔs ə fju ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɑrtɪkəlz ənd frəm ðɪs ʧæp aɪ lərnt əˈbaʊt ˈtɛstɪŋ wɪʧ ɪz əˈnəðər tɛkˈnik aɪ hæv noʊ juz fər bət æm glæd tɪ hæv spɛnt taɪm ˈlərnɪŋ əˈbaʊt. ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈskɑtlənd wɪl bi ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ɪf ðə ˈpipəl əv ˈskɑtlənd voʊt tɪ liv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm ðɪs wik, ˈkəstəmz ʧɛks əˈlɔŋ ðə nu ˈbɔrdər ər ˈpræktɪkəli ˌənəˈvɔɪdəbəl. ˈæləks ˈsælmənd kleɪmz ðət ˈskɑtlənd wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ bi pɑrt əv ðə. hiz ˈbləfɪŋ, ənd wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp əv ˈjʊrəps ˈkəstəmz ˈjunjən, hɪz ˈnuli ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈkəntri wɪl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈɛkspɔrt gʊdz tɪ ˈɪŋglənd tariff-free*: ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈkrɔsɪŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər məst bi ɪgˈzæmənd ənd tækst, ənd ə kət sɛnt ɔf tɪ ˈbrəsəlz. ɪts ˈpərfəktli ˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈskɑtlənd tɪ riˈʤɔɪn ðə ˈæftər 2016 ənd ðə ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti əv duɪŋ soʊ ɪz biɪŋ ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈjunjənɪsts, bət ˌɔtəˈmætɪk ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ɪz ˈligəli ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl. ðə ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ər steɪts, nɑt ˈpipəlz ər ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz, ənd tɪ geɪn ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ə steɪt məst bi əˈpruvd baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənts əv ɔl ðə ˈəðər ˈmɛmbər steɪts. ɪkˈsɛpt ɪn fræns. ˈəndər ˈɑrtɪkəl əv ðə frɛnʧ ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən, ðə frɛnʧ ˈgəvərnmənt noʊ ˈlɔŋgər həz ðə paʊər tɪ əˈpruv nu ˈmɛmbər steɪts baɪ ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ɪˈlit ðɛr ɪz soʊ dɪˈstrəstɪd ðət nu steɪts məst bi əˈpruvd baɪ ðə ˈpipəl ɪn ə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm, ər baɪ ə ˈsupərməˌʤɔrɪti ɪn ˈpɑrləmɛnt. həz ˈmɪstər ˈsælmənd meɪd ə ˈsikrɪt dil wɪθ ðə frɛnʧ ˈpipəl, ər pərˈhæps wɪθ ðə ənd ˈnæʃənəlɪsts əv ðə frɛnʧ ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən, ər ɪz hi ʤɪst ˈwɪŋɪŋ ɪt əˈgɛn? ðə frɛnʧ ər nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ðɛr oʊn ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən tɪ hɛlp ðə snp*, ɛz ˈlɛtɪŋ ðə frɛnʧ pəˈlɪtɪkəl klæs ədˈmɪt nu ˈkəntriz tɪ ðə minz ˈlɛtɪŋ ˈtərki ˈɪntu ðə, ənd ðət ɪz əˈbaʊt ɛz ˈpɑpjələr ɪn fræns ɛz ˈkətɪŋ ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl ˈsəbsɪdiz, soʊ ˈsəmˌhaʊ ðə ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ər ðə ˈpipəl nid tɪ bi ˈbɑrgənd wɪθ. ˈivɪn ɪf ˈsælmənd sɛd hi ˈhædənt meɪd ə ˈsikrɪt dil wɪθ ˈɛni ˈfɔrən ˈəðər ðən ˈrupərt ˈmərdɑk, wi ʃʊd nɑt bɪˈliv ɪm: hɪz ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən spɛnt ˈθaʊzənz əv paʊnz əv ˈtækˌspeɪərz ˈməni traɪɪŋ tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ðə dɪˈskloʊʒər əv ˈligəl ədˈvaɪs ɔn ˈskɑtləndz ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp wɪn ɪn fækt ðɪs ədˈvaɪs ˈdɪdənt ɪgˈzɪst ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. wʊd ju bɪˈliv ˌnɑnəgˈzɪstənt ədˈvaɪs frəm ðɪs mæn? fər ən ˈskɑtlənd tɪ riˈʤɔɪn ðə, ɪt nidz tɪ kənˈklud ə ˈtriti wɪθ ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈmɛmbər steɪts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə rəmp. ðɪs kænt bi dən waɪl ˈskɑtlənd ɪz stɪl pɑrt əv ðə (ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli frəm ðə pərˈspɛktɪv əv ðə frɛnʧ ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl rɪkˈwaɪrmənts). ðɪs minz mənθs ər jɪrz əv dɪsˈrəptɪd treɪd ənd ˈkəstəmz ʧɛks əˈlɔŋ ðə twid, æt ˈsteɪʃən ənd soʊ ɔn waɪl ðə ˈəðər ˈkəntriz saɪn əp. məʧ həz bɪn meɪd əv ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈætəˌtud əv ˈgəvərnmənts ɪn speɪn, ˈsaɪprəs, gris ənd ˈəðər ˈpleɪsɪz wɪθ ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtiz əˈbaʊt secessionism*. ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈtrəbəlsəm ər ˈkəntriz səʧ ɛz speɪn ənd ˈsaɪprəs wɪʧ hæv ˌtɛrɪˈtɔriəl kleɪmz əˈgɛnst ðə ɪn ʤɪˈbrɔltər ənd akrotiri*. ˈfɔrən ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz kən dɪˈmænd ðət ðə əˈbændən ˈneɪvəl ənd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈbeɪsɪz ɪn ðə ˌmɛdətərˈeɪniən ɛz ðə praɪs fər rɪˈstɔrɪŋ treɪd ɪn greɪt ˈbrɪtən. ðɪs ɪz nɑt ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkæmərən ʃʊd hæv əˈlaʊd tɪ kəm ˈɪntu ɪgˈzɪstəns. ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt həz spɛnt ˈtækˌspeɪərz ˈməni ˈbrəʃɪŋ ɔf ˈfridəm əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪkˈwɛsts ˈæskɪŋ wət dɪˈskəʃənz ðeɪ hæv hæd wɪθ speɪn ənd ˈsaɪprəs ˈoʊvər ðɪs ˈɪʃu. ˈmeɪbi ðoʊz dɪˈskəʃənz ˈdɪdənt ˈhæpən ˈiðər! ˈskɑtlənd meɪ wɛl bi ˈbɛtər ɔf ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə; ˈæftər ɔl, smɔl steɪts laɪk ˈnɔrˌweɪ ənd nu ˈzilənd du faɪn, bət priˈtɛndɪŋ ðət ðə ˈkəntri woʊnt spɛnd ə deɪ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ɪz ˌɪnˈsəltɪŋ tɪ ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈvoʊtərz ənd ðə ˈneɪʃən ɛz ə hoʊl. ɪz naʊ ɪn ə dɪˈspjut wɪθ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt fər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ˌɪnˈspɛkʃənz. ˈpəzəld ˈridərz meɪ ˈwəndər waɪ ˈɛni skul ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ˈnoʊtɪs, fər tɪ gɪv ˈnoʊtɪs trænsˈfɔrmz ðə ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən rəˈʒim frəm ən ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm tɪ ə prəˈtɛkʃən ˈrækɪt: ju kən rən skulz ˌhaʊˈɛvər ju wɔnt, bət ˈoʊnli ɪf jʊr ɪˈnəf tɪ ˈkəvər ɪt əp bɪtˈwin ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən əv ən ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən ənd ˈklɪpˌbɔrd ˈhɪtɪŋ ðə dɛsk tu deɪz ˈleɪtər. ðə ˈkrɪmənəl lɔ, pɑrt 94 ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər ˈjunjənz æsk fər ðə ˈkrɪmənəl lɔ tɪ bi ʧeɪnʤd tɪ meɪk ɪt ə mɔr ˈsɪriəs tɪ əˈsɔlt ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvənts; ðɛr wɑz ən əˈpɛrəntli ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəl əˈtɛmpt ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ. aɪ ˈwəndər ˈwɛðər ðeɪ θɪŋk ðiz lɔz ʃʊd əˈplaɪ tɪ ˈjunjən ˈmɛmbərz hu əˈsɔlt skæbz ənd straɪk ˈbreɪkərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ˌɪnˈdəstriəl dɪˈspjuts.
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los angeles say what you will about jim buss, but he deserve this.
not to watch every day as his fiercest critic openly campaigns for his job. not while jeanie buss endorses magic every step by remaining silent. not while he still has a job to do, even as he must be wondering whether even empowered to do it anymore.
this is death by slow bleed, the sort of torture the geneva conventions were meant to eradicate.
jim buss has been a flawed executive. he lacks the gravitas that transformed his father into an icon and has been unable to successfully navigate a modern nba far more complicated than the one dr. jerry buss made his playground.
marquee free agents have shunned buss and the lakers. the deals he and general manager mitch have struck over the past half decade were disasters. steve nash and dwight howard yielded not one playoff victory and continue to cripple the franchise thanks to draft picks owed.
the sum total is that buss has not been good enough. he deserves to be replaced atop the lakers at the culmination of a fourth straight losing season. but not like this.
on tuesday, johnson appeared on and not only said he wants to be the lakers’ president of basketball operations, but that if jim and jeanie remained dueling he would not be interested in any other position.
“i’ve got enough things i could be doing,” he said.
never mind that he has zero experience managing an nba front office. his only qualifications for such a position are the five championships he won as a player, and those are not transferrable.
he has a ring for every finger, yes, and that includes the middle one he is waving in face.
did jeanie buss anticipate this sort of when she enlisted johnson as an adviser to ownership earlier this month?
the rollout has been a public relations nightmare. jeanie has not shared her vision for the future with johnson aboard. if it is for him to eventually replace her brother, johnson should have kept his mouth shut until jim either stepped aside or was fired.
if magic could not do that, then jeanie should not have announced johnson was coming on until the deed was done.
what we have instead is a situation that is not only awkward, but heartless.
nobody knows if this was a shrewd, calculated move to hasten jim buss’ removal from power or a rogue power grab.
the onus falls on jeanie buss to explain, but she has been conspicuously silent. the window to clarify remarks and establish the roles of her brother, and johnson is closing.
when jeanie buss invited johnson to take a seat at the proverbial table, she should have known he would head right for the big chair. in fact, the best you can say about role in the fiasco is that she underestimated a man she has known and confided in since 1979.
her inability to muzzle johnson amid his current media junket, apparently scheduled before he signed on with the lakers, is beyond problematic.
if he toe the line now, what happens when he actually takes on power?
by empowering johnson, jeanie buss no longer controls the message.
as the lakers have descended into the darkest depths of the history, she has been largely immune from criticism. this situation, far more chaotic than it ever needed to be, is strike one.
she is drawing question marks that previously were not there.
the carnage might be short-lived. if johnson oversees a championship banner being lifted into the rafters at staples center, few will remember or care how he came to replace old what was his name?
“from here on out,” johnson told the hosts of’s “first take,” “it has to be one message, one team, one voice. because if it come to that, the losing continues.”
johnson is revered and players respect him. his voice will carry weight in free agent pitches; far more than ever did. he will win every press conference he holds.
jim buss will be gone. that, however, is no longer the comfort everyone believed it to be.
it is now clear that those who remain are just as capable of making a mess of things as he ever was.
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lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs seɪ wət ju wɪl əˈbaʊt ʤɪm bəs, bət hi dɪˈzərv ðɪs. nɑt tɪ wɔʧ ˈɛvəri deɪ ɛz hɪz ˈfɪrsəst ˈkrɪtɪk ˈoʊpənli kæmˈpeɪnz fər hɪz ʤɑb. nɑt waɪl ˈʤini bəs ɛnˈdɔrsɪz ˈmæʤɪk ˈɛvəri stɛp baɪ rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈsaɪlənt. nɑt waɪl hi stɪl həz ə ʤɑb tɪ du, ˈivɪn ɛz hi məst bi ˈwəndərɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈivɪn ɪmˈpaʊərd tɪ du ɪt ˌɛniˈmɔr. ðɪs ɪz dɛθ baɪ sloʊ blid, ðə sɔrt əv ˈtɔrʧər ðə ʤəˈnivə kənˈvɛnʃənz wər mɛnt tɪ ɪˈrædəˌkeɪt. ʤɪm bəs həz bɪn ə flɔd ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv. hi læks ðə ˈgrævətəs ðət trænsˈfɔrmd hɪz ˈfɑðər ˈɪntu ən ˈaɪkɑn ənd həz bɪn əˈneɪbəl tɪ səkˈsɛsfəli ˈnævəˌgeɪt ə ˈmɑdərn ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ fɑr mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ðən ðə wən ˈdɑktər. ˈʤɛri bəs meɪd hɪz ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd. mɑrˈki fri ˈeɪʤənts hæv ʃənd bəs ənd ðə ˈleɪkərz. ðə dilz hi ənd ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər mɪʧ hæv strək ˈoʊvər ðə pæst hæf ˈdɛkeɪd wər dɪˈzæstərz. stiv næʃ ənd dwaɪt haʊərd ˈjildɪd nɑt wən pleɪɔf ˈvɪktəri ənd kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈkrɪpəl ðə ˈfrænˌʧaɪz θæŋks tɪ dræft pɪks oʊd. ðə səm ˈtoʊtəl ɪz ðət bəs həz nɑt bɪn gʊd ɪˈnəf. hi dɪˈzərvz tɪ bi ˌriˈpleɪst əˈtɑp ðə ˈleɪkərz æt ðə ˌkəlməˈneɪʃən əv ə fɔrθ streɪt ˈluzɪŋ ˈsizən. bət nɑt laɪk ðɪs. ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ˈʤɑnsən əˈpɪrd ɔn ənd nɑt ˈoʊnli sɛd hi wɔnts tɪ bi ðə lakers’*’ ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈbæskətˌbɔl ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, bət ðət ɪf ʤɪm ənd ˈʤini rɪˈmeɪnd ˈdulɪŋ hi wʊd nɑt bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈɛni ˈəðər pəˈzɪʃən. gɑt ɪˈnəf θɪŋz aɪ kʊd bi doing,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈnɛvər maɪnd ðət hi həz ˈziroʊ ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈmænəʤɪŋ ən ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ frənt ˈɔfəs. hɪz ˈoʊnli kˌwɑləfəˈkeɪʃənz fər səʧ ə pəˈzɪʃən ər ðə faɪv ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps hi wən ɛz ə pleɪər, ənd ðoʊz ər nɑt ˌtrænsˈfərəbəl. hi həz ə rɪŋ fər ˈɛvəri ˈfɪŋgər, jɛs, ənd ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ðə ˈmɪdəl wən hi ɪz ˈweɪvɪŋ ɪn feɪs. dɪd ˈʤini bəs ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ðɪs sɔrt əv wɪn ʃi ˌɛnˈlɪstɪd ˈʤɑnsən ɛz ən ædˈvaɪzər tɪ ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ? ðə ˈroʊˌlaʊt həz bɪn ə ˈpəblɪk riˈleɪʃənz ˈnaɪtˌmɛr. ˈʤini həz nɑt ʃɛrd hər ˈvɪʒən fər ðə fˈjuʧər wɪθ ˈʤɑnsən əˈbɔrd. ɪf ɪt ɪz fər ɪm tɪ ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˌriˈpleɪs hər ˈbrəðər, ˈʤɑnsən ʃʊd hæv kɛpt hɪz maʊθ ʃət ənˈtɪl ʤɪm ˈiðər stɛpt əˈsaɪd ər wɑz faɪərd. ɪf ˈmæʤɪk kʊd nɑt du ðət, ðɛn ˈʤini ʃʊd nɑt hæv əˈnaʊnst ˈʤɑnsən wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ ɔn ənˈtɪl ðə did wɑz dən. wət wi hæv ˌɪnˈstɛd ɪz ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ðət ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ˈɔkwərd, bət ˈhɑrtləs. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi noʊz ɪf ðɪs wɑz ə ʃrud, ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪd muv tɪ ˈheɪsən ʤɪm buss’*’ rɪˈmuvəl frəm paʊər ər ə roʊg paʊər græb. ðə ˈoʊnəs fɔlz ɔn ˈʤini bəs tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn, bət ʃi həz bɪn kənˈspɪkjuəsli ˈsaɪlənt. ðə ˈwɪndoʊ tɪ ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ rɪˈmɑrks ənd ɪˈstæblɪʃ ðə roʊlz əv hər ˈbrəðər, ənd ˈʤɑnsən ɪz ˈkloʊzɪŋ. wɪn ˈʤini bəs ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd ˈʤɑnsən tɪ teɪk ə sit æt ðə prəˈvərbiəl ˈteɪbəl, ʃi ʃʊd hæv noʊn hi wʊd hɛd raɪt fər ðə bɪg ʧɛr. ɪn fækt, ðə bɛst ju kən seɪ əˈbaʊt roʊl ɪn ðə fiˈæskoʊ ɪz ðət ʃi ˈəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ə mæn ʃi həz noʊn ənd kənˈfaɪdɪd ɪn sɪns 1979 hər ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti tɪ ˈməzəl ˈʤɑnsən əˈmɪd hɪz ˈkɑrənt ˈmidiə ˈʤəŋkɪt, əˈpɛrəntli ˈskɛʤʊld ˌbiˈfɔr hi saɪnd ɔn wɪθ ðə ˈleɪkərz, ɪz bɪɔnd ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk. ɪf hi toʊ ðə laɪn naʊ, wət ˈhæpənz wɪn hi ˈæˌkʧuəli teɪks ɔn paʊər? baɪ ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ ˈʤɑnsən, ˈʤini bəs noʊ ˈlɔŋgər kənˈtroʊlz ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ. ɛz ðə ˈleɪkərz hæv dɪˈsɛndɪd ˈɪntu ðə ˈdɑrkəst dɛpθs əv ðə ˈhɪstəri, ʃi həz bɪn ˈlɑrʤli ˌɪmˈjun frəm ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm. ðɪs ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən, fɑr mɔr keɪˈɑtɪk ðən ɪt ˈɛvər ˈnidɪd tɪ bi, ɪz straɪk wən. ʃi ɪz drɔɪŋ kˈwɛʃən mɑrks ðət ˈpriviəsli wər nɑt ðɛr. ðə ˈkɑrnɪʤ maɪt bi ˌʃɔrˈtlɪvd. ɪf ˈʤɑnsən ˈoʊvərˌsiz ə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˈbænər biɪŋ ˈlɪftɪd ˈɪntu ðə ˈræftərz æt ˈsteɪpəlz ˈsɛnər, fju wɪl rɪˈmɛmbər ər kɛr haʊ hi keɪm tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs oʊld wət wɑz hɪz neɪm? hir ɔn out,”*,” ˈʤɑnsən toʊld ðə hoʊsts əv take,”*,” həz tɪ bi wən ˈmɛsɪʤ, wən tim, wən vɔɪs. bɪˈkəz ɪf ɪt kəm tɪ ðət, ðə ˈluzɪŋ continues.”*.” ˈʤɑnsən ɪz rɪˈvɪrd ənd pleɪərz rɪˈspɛkt ɪm. hɪz vɔɪs wɪl ˈkɛri weɪt ɪn fri ˈeɪʤənt ˈpɪʧɪz; fɑr mɔr ðən ˈɛvər dɪd. hi wɪl wɪn ˈɛvəri prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns hi hoʊldz. ʤɪm bəs wɪl bi gɔn. ðət, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ðə ˈkəmfərt ˈɛvriˌwən bɪˈlivd ɪt tɪ bi. ɪt ɪz naʊ klɪr ðət ðoʊz hu rɪˈmeɪn ər ʤɪst ɛz ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə mɛs əv θɪŋz ɛz hi ˈɛvər wɑz. ˈkɑnˌtækt ðə ˈraɪtər:
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if donald trump could have choreographed a week before the first presidential debate it would have looked a lot like this. the week started with a terror attack in (and it looks like the attack was a complex one designed to hit two or three targets at the same time) by an afghan islamist who had been under scrutiny by the fbi but let slide because, well, you know, you be and have a career in law enforcement even when your phobia is well founded. the charlotte, nc, became ground zero in as rodney riot. when hillary clinton tried to show up to pull her al sharpton act, she was asked to stay away. ted cruz (much to his everlasting shame) endorsed trump and, for all intents and purposes, announced that principle really mean all that much and probably had a significant impact on voters who had been reluctant to vote for trump. and the week ended with a turkish immigrant walked into a department store in seattle and gunned down five people.
in poll averages clinton has maintained a pretty consistent 4 point lead
what should be troubling her is her inability to take a decisive lead. she was right earlier in the week when she about feeling like she should be 50 points ahead. if she was a candidate possessed of normal competence, good health a functioning moral compass and the ability to relate to fellow human beings in anything other than a mode she would have run away with the race by now. the fact that it is still a four point race after the nation has seen donald trump in action for over a year should terrify her campaign.
but, as everyone knows, this race is not going to be decided at the national level. it is going to be decided in a handful of states. there the situation is also grim.
ohio
trump has a small lead in the state. his lead is probably much larger because rob portman is beating his senate opponent like a rented mule. portman a terribly charismatic guy and it is difficult to believe that, especially after ted endorsement, that trump will underperform portman. hillary even visited ohio in two months.
when cnn stops for hillary, you know it is serious:
colorado:
clinton has a 3 point lead. that might be enough but the trendline suggests she is losing momentum at a rate that may put the state out of reach for her by election day
pennsylvania
pennsylvania, as james carville famously described it, has pittsburgh on one end, philadelphia on the other and alabama (or pennsyltucky) in the middle. what had looked like a wrap in pennsylvania is now more uncertain
you’ll note the recent polls have been tightening and the last one should scare the living crap out of the clinton camp:
democratic presidential nominee hillary lead over republican rival donald trump has narrowed to 3 points in the battleground state of pennsylvania, according to a new poll. clinton leads trump, 44 percent to 41 percent, in the morning college poll released late saturday. one week ago, clinton had a advantage in that poll, 47 percent to 38 percent. lead in a matchup is now 2 points, 40 percent to 38 percent, pollsters found. libertarian party nominee gary johnson has fallen to 8 percent support, and the green jill stein has 3 percent.
essentially, in this poll, they are tied.
there is still a long way to go in this election and the polls did not cover themselves with glory during the primaries. having said that, hillary failure to open up a lead or break 50% should set alarm bells ringing in her camp. there is much more that can happen in the current events that will hurt her than will hurt trump. she is slow on her feet and her reputation for duplicity has burned down most of the reflexive goodwill that most democrat candidates get from the press. trump has a bit of momentum in key states and had a very good week.
hillary clinton reminds you of the team that goes into the quarter with a 3 point lead and decides to try to run the clock out. the strategy can work but a little bit of bad luck is devastating.
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ɪf ˈdɑnəld trəmp kʊd hæv ˈkɔriəˌgræft ə wik ˌbiˈfɔr ðə fərst ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl dəˈbeɪt ɪt wʊd hæv lʊkt ə lɔt laɪk ðɪs. ðə wik ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ə ˈtɛrər əˈtæk ɪn (ənd ɪt lʊks laɪk ðə əˈtæk wɑz ə ˈkɑmplɛks wən dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ hɪt tu ər θri ˈtɑrgəts æt ðə seɪm taɪm) baɪ ən ˈæfˌgæn ˈɪsləmɪst hu hæd bɪn ˈəndər ˈskrutəni baɪ ðə ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ bət lɛt slaɪd bɪˈkəz, wɛl, ju noʊ, ju bi ənd hæv ə kərɪr ɪn lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt ˈivɪn wɪn jʊr ˈfoʊbiə ɪz wɛl ˈfaʊndɪd. ðə ˈʃɑrlət, nc*, bɪˈkeɪm graʊnd ˈziroʊ ɪn ɛz ˈrɑdni raɪət. wɪn ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən traɪd tɪ ʃoʊ əp tɪ pʊl hər æl ˈʃɑrptən ækt, ʃi wɑz æst tɪ steɪ əˈweɪ. tɛd kruz (məʧ tɪ hɪz ˌɛvərˈlæstɪŋ ʃeɪm) ɛnˈdɔrst trəmp ənd, fər ɔl ˌɪnˈtɛnts ənd ˈpərpəsɪz, əˈnaʊnst ðət ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈrɪli min ɔl ðət məʧ ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli hæd ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈvoʊtərz hu hæd bɪn rɪˈləktənt tɪ voʊt fər trəmp. ənd ðə wik ˈɛndɪd wɪθ ə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈɪməgrənt wɔkt ˈɪntu ə dɪˈpɑrtmənt stɔr ɪn siˈætəl ənd gənd daʊn faɪv ˈpipəl. ɪn poʊl ˈævrɪʤɪz ˈklɪntən həz meɪnˈteɪnd ə ˈprɪti kənˈsɪstənt 4 pɔɪnt lɛd wət ʃʊd bi ˈtrəbəlɪŋ hər ɪz hər ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti tɪ teɪk ə dɪˈsaɪsɪv lɛd. ʃi wɑz raɪt ˈərliər ɪn ðə wik wɪn ʃi əˈbaʊt ˈfilɪŋ laɪk ʃi ʃʊd bi 50 pɔɪnts əˈhɛd. ɪf ʃi wɑz ə ˈkænədɪt pəˈzɛst əv ˈnɔrməl ˈkɑmpətɪns, gʊd hɛlθ ə ˈfəŋkʃənɪŋ ˈmɔrəl ˈkəmpəs ənd ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ rɪˈleɪt tɪ ˈfɛloʊ ˈjumən biɪŋz ɪn ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈəðər ðən ə moʊd ʃi wʊd hæv rən əˈweɪ wɪθ ðə reɪs baɪ naʊ. ðə fækt ðət ɪt ɪz stɪl ə fɔr pɔɪnt reɪs ˈæftər ðə ˈneɪʃən həz sin ˈdɑnəld trəmp ɪn ˈækʃən fər ˈoʊvər ə jɪr ʃʊd ˈtɛrəˌfaɪ hər kæmˈpeɪn. bət, ɛz ˈɛvriˌwən noʊz, ðɪs reɪs ɪz nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈlɛvəl. ɪt ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ɪn ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv steɪts. ðɛr ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ grɪm. oʊˈhaɪoʊ trəmp həz ə smɔl lɛd ɪn ðə steɪt. hɪz lɛd ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli məʧ ˈlɑrʤər bɪˈkəz rɑb ˈpɔrtmən ɪz ˈbitɪŋ hɪz ˈsɛnɪt əˈpoʊnənt laɪk ə ˈrɛntɪd mjul. ˈpɔrtmən ə ˈtɛrəbli kɛrɪzˈmætɪk gaɪ ənd ɪt ɪz ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ bɪˈliv ðət, əˈspɛʃəli ˈæftər tɛd ɛnˈdɔrsmənt, ðət trəmp wɪl ˈəndərpərˌfɔrm ˈpɔrtmən. ˈhɪləri ˈivɪn ˈvɪzɪtɪd oʊˈhaɪoʊ ɪn tu mənθs. wɪn ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn stɑps fər ˈhɪləri, ju noʊ ɪt ɪz ˈsɪriəs: ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ: ˈklɪntən həz ə 3 pɔɪnt lɛd. ðət maɪt bi ɪˈnəf bət ðə ˈtrɛnˌdlaɪn səˈʤɛsts ʃi ɪz ˈluzɪŋ moʊˈmɛntəm æt ə reɪt ðət meɪ pʊt ðə steɪt aʊt əv riʧ fər hər baɪ ɪˈlɛkʃən deɪ ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, ɛz ʤeɪmz ˈkɑrˌvɪl ˈfeɪməsli dɪˈskraɪbd ɪt, həz ˈpɪtsbərg ɔn wən ɛnd, ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə ɔn ðə ˈəðər ənd ˌæləˈbæmə (ər pennsyltucky*) ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl. wət hæd lʊkt laɪk ə ræp ɪn ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə ɪz naʊ mɔr ənˈsərtən noʊt ðə ˈrisənt poʊlz hæv bɪn ˈtaɪtənɪŋ ənd ðə læst wən ʃʊd skɛr ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ kræp aʊt əv ðə ˈklɪntən kæmp: ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈni ˈhɪləri lɛd ˈoʊvər rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈraɪvəl ˈdɑnəld trəmp həz ˈnɛroʊd tɪ 3 pɔɪnts ɪn ðə ˈbætəlˌgraʊnd steɪt əv ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə nu poʊl. ˈklɪntən lidz trəmp, 44 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 41 pərˈsɛnt, ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈkɑlɪʤ poʊl riˈlist leɪt ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ. wən wik əˈgoʊ, ˈklɪntən hæd ə ædˈvæntɪʤ ɪn ðət poʊl, 47 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 38 pərˈsɛnt. lɛd ɪn ə ˈmæʧəp ɪz naʊ 2 pɔɪnts, 40 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 38 pərˈsɛnt, ˈpoʊlstərz faʊnd. ˌlɪˌbərˈtɛˌriən ˈpɑrti ˌnɑməˈni ˈgɛri ˈʤɑnsən həz ˈfɑlən tɪ 8 pərˈsɛnt səˈpɔrt, ənd ðə grin ʤɪl staɪn həz 3 pərˈsɛnt. ɛˈsɛnʃəli, ɪn ðɪs poʊl, ðeɪ ər taɪd. ðɛr ɪz stɪl ə lɔŋ weɪ tɪ goʊ ɪn ðɪs ɪˈlɛkʃən ənd ðə poʊlz dɪd nɑt ˈkəvər ðɛmˈsɛlvz wɪθ ˈglɔri ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛriz. ˈhævɪŋ sɛd ðət, ˈhɪləri ˈfeɪljər tɪ ˈoʊpən əp ə lɛd ər breɪk 50 ʃʊd sɛt əˈlɑrm bɛlz ˈrɪŋɪŋ ɪn hər kæmp. ðɛr ɪz məʧ mɔr ðət kən ˈhæpən ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ɪˈvɛnts ðət wɪl hərt hər ðən wɪl hərt trəmp. ʃi ɪz sloʊ ɔn hər fit ənd hər ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən fər duˈplɪsɪti həz bərnd daʊn moʊst əv ðə rəˈflɛksɪv ˈgʊdˈwɪl ðət moʊst ˈdɛməˌkræt ˈkænədɪts gɪt frəm ðə prɛs. trəmp həz ə bɪt əv moʊˈmɛntəm ɪn ki steɪts ənd hæd ə ˈvɛri gʊd wik. ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən riˈmaɪndz ju əv ðə tim ðət goʊz ˈɪntu ðə kˈwɔrtər wɪθ ə 3 pɔɪnt lɛd ənd ˌdɪˈsaɪdz tɪ traɪ tɪ rən ðə klɑk aʊt. ðə ˈstrætəʤi kən wərk bət ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv bæd lək ɪz ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ.
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after last year's show at my first ever tourney, (only managing a draw as a best result ) i thought it was time to make an army worthy of at least one win.
however, i am still a sucker for themed armies, and i am also not a fan of the or "net list" builds. so whilst it will certainly not be the most competitive list at the tourney, i am hoping it will look tops, be fun to play and give me that one win! (just one and im a happy camper, as it shows some level of imrpovement).
anyway, i have been working on this army for a while, and don't have all the progress shots, so will just do a bit of a dump of where i am up to. if anybody would like to see progress shots let me know as i did take some that are buried in the depths of the my pictures folder somewhere.
firstly, i wanted to try and improve my sculpting on this project, and the bad games workshop mixed with the expensive forge world gave me my first project.
it was time to build papa
i wanted a couple of things:
-he had to be fat, like super fat, but still muscular looking (think the marvel character kingpin for my inspiration.
-he had to have one big eye, staring in the direction he was casting his filthy spells! couple with a mutated little mong eye.
-he had to have a mouth of gnashing gnarly teeth.
-guts / blood / pus / guts / poo / guts / maggots / guts / pimples
starting with a wooden skewer and (for a cheap and malleable base) i started coating bit by bit in sculpt, adding basic detail where i could. i then used green stuff for the details. the horns are branches, the teeth plastic toothpicks and the hands i stole from a and a predator toy i had (i'm new at this so hands was off the cards). i also added some little bits and pieces like a decapitated head nipple ring, a bell on the sword and a little hiding in his guts!
from behind. anal growth was a goer, as well as the embedded maggot nest from the plague bearer sprue, with a few scratch built ones crawling to spread's rot.
hi last year's show at my first ever tourney, (only managing a draw as a best result) i thought it was time to make an army worthy of at least one win.however, i am still a sucker for themed armies, and i am also not a fan of the or "net list" builds. so whilst it will certainly not be the most competitive list at the tourney, i am hoping it will look tops, be fun to play and give me that one win! (just one and im a happy camper, as it shows some level of imrpovement).anyway, i have been working on this army for a while, and don't have all the progress shots, so will just do a bit of a dump of where i am up to. if anybody would like to see progress shots let me know as i did take some that are buried in the depths of the my pictures folder somewhere.firstly, i wanted to try and improve my sculpting on this project, and the bad games workshop mixed with the expensive forge world gave me my first was time to build wanted a couple of had to be fat, like super fat, but still muscular looking (think the marvel character kingpin for my had to have one big eye, staring in the direction he was casting his filthy spells! couple with a mutated little mong had to have a mouth of gnashing gnarly / blood / pus / guts / poo / guts / maggots / guts / with a wooden skewer and (for a cheap and malleable base) i started coating bit by bit in sculpt, adding basic detail where i could. i then used green stuff for the details. the horns are branches, the teeth plastic toothpicks and the hands i stole from a and a predator toy i had (i'm new at this so hands was off the cards). i also added some little bits and pieces like a decapitated head nipple ring, a bell on the sword and a little hiding in his behind. anal growth was a goer, as well as the embedded maggot nest from the plague bearer sprue, with a few scratch built ones crawling to spread's rot.
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ˈmɛmbər grup: ˈvɛtərən ˈmɛmbərz poʊsts: 117 ʤɔɪnd: 10 frəm: ˈɔrɪnʤ, ˈmɛmbər noʊ.: membergroup*: ˈvɛtərən membersposts*: 117joined*: 10from*: ˈɔrɪnʤ, noʊ.: ˈæftər læst jɪrz ʃoʊ æt maɪ fərst ˈɛvər ˈtərni, (ˈoʊnli ˈmænəʤɪŋ ə drɔ ɛz ə bɛst rɪˈzəlt aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz taɪm tɪ meɪk ən ˈɑrmi ˈwərði əv æt list wən wɪn. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ æm stɪl ə ˈsəkər fər θimd ˈɑrmiz, ənd aɪ æm ˈɔlsoʊ nɑt ə fæn əv ðə ər "nɛt lɪst" bɪldz. soʊ waɪlst ɪt wɪl ˈsərtənli nɑt bi ðə moʊst kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv lɪst æt ðə ˈtərni, aɪ æm ˈhoʊpɪŋ ɪt wɪl lʊk tɑps, bi fən tɪ pleɪ ənd gɪv mi ðət wən wɪn! (ʤɪst wən ənd ɪm ə ˈhæpi ˈkæmpər, ɛz ɪt ʃoʊz səm ˈlɛvəl əv imrpovement*). ˈɛniˌweɪ, aɪ hæv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðɪs ˈɑrmi fər ə waɪl, ənd doʊnt hæv ɔl ðə ˈprɑˌgrɛs ʃɑts, soʊ wɪl ʤɪst du ə bɪt əv ə dəmp əv wɛr aɪ æm əp tɪ. ɪf ˈɛnibədi wʊd laɪk tɪ si ˈprɑˌgrɛs ʃɑts lɛt mi noʊ ɛz aɪ dɪd teɪk səm ðət ər ˈbɛrid ɪn ðə dɛpθs əv ðə maɪ ˈpɪkʧərz ˈfoʊldər ˈsəmˌwɛr. ˈfərstli, aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ traɪ ənd ˌɪmˈpruv maɪ ˈskəlptɪŋ ɔn ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt, ənd ðə bæd geɪmz ˈwərkˌʃɑp mɪkst wɪθ ðə ɪkˈspɛnsɪv fɔrʤ wərld geɪv mi maɪ fərst ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪt wɑz taɪm tɪ bɪld ˈpɑˌpə aɪ ˈwɔntɪd ə ˈkəpəl əv θɪŋz: -hi hæd tɪ bi fæt, laɪk ˈsupər fæt, bət stɪl ˈməskjələr ˈlʊkɪŋ (θɪŋk ðə ˈmɑrvəl ˈkɛrɪktər ˈkɪŋˌpɪn fər maɪ ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən. -hi hæd tɪ hæv wən bɪg aɪ, ˈstɛrɪŋ ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn hi wɑz ˈkæstɪŋ hɪz ˈfɪlθi spɛlz! ˈkəpəl wɪθ ə mˈjuˌteɪtɪd ˈlɪtəl mɔŋ aɪ. -hi hæd tɪ hæv ə maʊθ əv ˈnæʃɪŋ ˈnɑrli tiθ. -gəts bləd pəs gəts pu gəts ˈmægəts gəts ˈpɪmpəlz ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈwʊdən skjuər ənd (fər ə ʧip ənd ˈmæliəbəl beɪs) aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈkoʊtɪŋ bɪt baɪ bɪt ɪn skəlpt, ˈædɪŋ ˈbeɪsɪk ˈditeɪl wɛr aɪ kʊd. aɪ ðɛn juzd grin stəf fər ðə ˈditeɪlz. ðə hɔrnz ər ˈbrænʧɪz, ðə tiθ ˈplæstɪk ˈtuθˌpɪks ənd ðə hænz aɪ stoʊl frəm ə ənd ə ˈprɛdətər tɔɪ aɪ hæd (əm nu æt ðɪs soʊ hænz wɑz ɔf ðə kɑrdz). aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈædɪd səm ˈlɪtəl bɪts ənd ˈpisɪz laɪk ə diˈkæpəˌteɪtɪd hɛd ˈnɪpəl rɪŋ, ə bɛl ɔn ðə sɔrd ənd ə ˈlɪtəl ˈhaɪdɪŋ ɪn hɪz gəts! frəm bɪˈhaɪnd. ˈeɪnəl groʊθ wɑz ə goʊər, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ɛmˈbɛdɪd ˈmægət nɛst frəm ðə pleɪg ˈbɛrər sprue*, wɪθ ə fju skræʧ bɪlt wənz ˈkrɔlɪŋ tɪ sprɛd rɑt. haɪ læst jɪrz ʃoʊ æt maɪ fərst ˈɛvər ˈtərni, (ˈoʊnli ˈmænəʤɪŋ ə drɔ ɛz ə bɛst rɪˈzəlt) aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz taɪm tɪ meɪk ən ˈɑrmi ˈwərði əv æt list wən win.however*, aɪ æm stɪl ə ˈsəkər fər θimd ˈɑrmiz, ənd aɪ æm ˈɔlsoʊ nɑt ə fæn əv ðə ər "nɛt lɪst" bɪldz. soʊ waɪlst ɪt wɪl ˈsərtənli nɑt bi ðə moʊst kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv lɪst æt ðə ˈtərni, aɪ æm ˈhoʊpɪŋ ɪt wɪl lʊk tɑps, bi fən tɪ pleɪ ənd gɪv mi ðət wən wɪn! (ʤɪst wən ənd ɪm ə ˈhæpi ˈkæmpər, ɛz ɪt ʃoʊz səm ˈlɛvəl əv imrpovement).anyway*, aɪ hæv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðɪs ˈɑrmi fər ə waɪl, ənd doʊnt hæv ɔl ðə ˈprɑˌgrɛs ʃɑts, soʊ wɪl ʤɪst du ə bɪt əv ə dəmp əv wɛr aɪ æm əp tɪ. ɪf ˈɛnibədi wʊd laɪk tɪ si ˈprɑˌgrɛs ʃɑts lɛt mi noʊ ɛz aɪ dɪd teɪk səm ðət ər ˈbɛrid ɪn ðə dɛpθs əv ðə maɪ ˈpɪkʧərz ˈfoʊldər somewhere.firstly*, aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ traɪ ənd ˌɪmˈpruv maɪ ˈskəlptɪŋ ɔn ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt, ənd ðə bæd geɪmz ˈwərkˌʃɑp mɪkst wɪθ ðə ɪkˈspɛnsɪv fɔrʤ wərld geɪv mi maɪ fərst wɑz taɪm tɪ bɪld ˈwɔntɪd ə ˈkəpəl əv hæd tɪ bi fæt, laɪk ˈsupər fæt, bət stɪl ˈməskjələr ˈlʊkɪŋ (θɪŋk ðə ˈmɑrvəl ˈkɛrɪktər ˈkɪŋˌpɪn fər maɪ hæd tɪ hæv wən bɪg aɪ, ˈstɛrɪŋ ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn hi wɑz ˈkæstɪŋ hɪz ˈfɪlθi spɛlz! ˈkəpəl wɪθ ə mˈjuˌteɪtɪd ˈlɪtəl mɔŋ hæd tɪ hæv ə maʊθ əv ˈnæʃɪŋ ˈnɑrli bləd pəs gəts pu gəts ˈmægəts gəts wɪθ ə ˈwʊdən skjuər ənd (fər ə ʧip ənd ˈmæliəbəl beɪs) aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈkoʊtɪŋ bɪt baɪ bɪt ɪn skəlpt, ˈædɪŋ ˈbeɪsɪk ˈditeɪl wɛr aɪ kʊd. aɪ ðɛn juzd grin stəf fər ðə ˈditeɪlz. ðə hɔrnz ər ˈbrænʧɪz, ðə tiθ ˈplæstɪk ˈtuθˌpɪks ənd ðə hænz aɪ stoʊl frəm ə ənd ə ˈprɛdətər tɔɪ aɪ hæd (əm nu æt ðɪs soʊ hænz wɑz ɔf ðə kɑrdz). aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈædɪd səm ˈlɪtəl bɪts ənd ˈpisɪz laɪk ə diˈkæpəˌteɪtɪd hɛd ˈnɪpəl rɪŋ, ə bɛl ɔn ðə sɔrd ənd ə ˈlɪtəl ˈhaɪdɪŋ ɪn hɪz bɪˈhaɪnd. ˈeɪnəl groʊθ wɑz ə goʊər, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ɛmˈbɛdɪd ˈmægət nɛst frəm ðə pleɪg ˈbɛrər sprue*, wɪθ ə fju skræʧ bɪlt wənz ˈkrɔlɪŋ tɪ sprɛd rɑt. ðɪs maɪt ʤɪst bi ðə bɪr ˈtɔkɪŋ bət, aɪ ləv bɪr. 2013 ˈɑrmi: maɪ wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs ˈmoʊnoʊ gɑd fər 2014 ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ bɪr? ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ nərd ˈgeɪmɪŋ əv ɔl vərˈaɪətiz? ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ bɪr? dɪd aɪ ˈmɛnʃən bɪr? ðɛn ʤɔɪn ˈjuˈɛs æt ˈfraɪˌdeɪ naɪt ˈgeɪmɪŋ fər ɔl jʊr bɪr ənd ˈgeɪmɪŋ nidz! ðɪs maɪt ʤɪst bi ðə bɪr ˈtɔkɪŋ bət, aɪ ləv 2013 ˈɑrmi: maɪ wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs ˈmoʊnoʊ gɑd fər 2014!!
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it looks like the saga may be coming to an end:
fathima, the ohio teenager who fled to orlando nearly three months ago, will return to her home state and foster care there, florida and ohio judges decided tuesday.
orange county circuit judge daniel dawson ruled that an ohio court has jurisdiction over the girl and that matters need to be handled there.
but dawson refused to relinquish immediate emergency jurisdiction because of two issues, including’s immigration status, a topic that prompted banter between attorneys and a scolding from the judge.
rifqa’s family is from sri lanka. her parents have told the orlando sentinel they moved to the united states in 2000.
dawson twice has ordered the parents to hand over the immigration documents, and he asked again tuesday.
rifqa’s guardian ad litem, krista bartholomew, told the judge it was vital thes and their respective lawyers do so.
why?
“as it appears right now, there is a high chance that this child is not legally in this country and has not legally been in this country for quite an extensive time frame,” bartholomew said.
bartholomew, who is also a lawyer, raised the possibility that could be forced to return to sri lanka. she know’s exact residency status.
orlando immigration lawyer gail said that if’s parents are in the country legally, so is their daughter. the law says children of naturalized citizens, legal permanent residents and holders of unexpired visas fall under their parents’ classification.
dawson said he had “very grave concerns” why the documents have not been provided. “i think that hard,” he said of gathering the required documentation.
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ɪt lʊks laɪk ðə ˈsɑgə meɪ bi ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ ən ɛnd:, ðə oʊˈhaɪoʊ ˈtiˌneɪʤər hu flɛd tɪ ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ ˈnɪrli θri mənθs əˈgoʊ, wɪl rɪˈtərn tɪ hər hoʊm steɪt ənd ˈfɑstər kɛr ðɛr, ˈflɔrɪdə ənd oʊˈhaɪoʊ ˈʤəʤɪz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ˈɔrɪnʤ ˈkaʊnti ˈsərkət ʤəʤ ˈdænjəl ˈdɔsən ruld ðət ən oʊˈhaɪoʊ kɔrt həz ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃən ˈoʊvər ðə gərl ənd ðət ˈmætərz nid tɪ bi ˈhændəld ðɛr. bət ˈdɔsən rɪfˈjuzd tɪ rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ˈimərʤənsi ˌʤʊrɪsˈdɪkʃən bɪˈkəz əv tu ˈɪʃuz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈstætəs, ə ˈtɑpɪk ðət ˈprɑmptɪd ˈbæntər bɪtˈwin əˈtərniz ənd ə ˈskoʊldɪŋ frəm ðə ʤəʤ. ˈfæməli ɪz frəm ˈɛˈsɑˈraɪ ˈlæŋkə. hər ˈpɛrənts hæv toʊld ðə ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ ˈsɛntənəl ðeɪ muvd tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn 2000 ˈdɔsən twaɪs həz ˈɔrdərd ðə ˈpɛrənts tɪ hænd ˈoʊvər ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈdɑkjəmənts, ənd hi æst əˈgɛn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ˈgɑrdiən æd ˈlitɛm, ˈkrɪstə bɑrˈθɑləmˌju, toʊld ðə ʤəʤ ɪt wɑz ˈvaɪtəl ðə ənd ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv ˈlɔjərz du soʊ. waɪ? ɪt əˈpɪrz raɪt naʊ, ðɛr ɪz ə haɪ ʧæns ðət ðɪs ʧaɪld ɪz nɑt ˈligəli ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri ənd həz nɑt ˈligəli bɪn ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri fər kwaɪt ən ɪkˈstɛnsɪv taɪm frame,”*,” bɑrˈθɑləmˌju sɛd. bɑrˈθɑləmˌju, hu ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈlɔjər, reɪzd ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti ðət kʊd bi fɔrst tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈɛˈsɑˈraɪ ˈlæŋkə. ʃi noʊ ɪgˈzækt ˈrɛzɪdənsi ˈstætəs. ɔˈrlænˌdoʊ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈlɔjər geɪl sɛd ðət ɪf ˈpɛrənts ər ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ˈligəli, soʊ ɪz ðɛr ˈdɔtər. ðə lɔ sɪz ˈʧɪldrən əv ˈnæʧərəˌlaɪzd ˈsɪtɪzənz, ˈligəl ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈrɛzɪdənts ənd ˈhoʊldərz əv ˌənɪkˈspaɪərd ˈvizəz fɔl ˈəndər ðɛr parents’*’ ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃən. ˈdɔsən sɛd hi hæd greɪv concerns”*” waɪ ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts hæv nɑt bɪn prəˈvaɪdɪd. θɪŋk ðət hard,”*,” hi sɛd əv ˈgæðərɪŋ ðə rikˈwaɪərd ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən.
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nobel-winning economist joseph stiglitz has described the irish ability to suck up pain associated with austerity as 'astonishing'.
nobel-winning economist joseph stiglitz has described the irish ability to suck up pain associated with austerity as 'astonishing'.
and he described our ability to deal with the pain without taking to the streets and rioting like our neighbours in southern europe as akin to religious ideology.
"it's like a view that you have sinned, greece has sinned - redemption through pain. it's almost a religious notion that if you sinned so badly, you have to feel the pain to get redemption," he told morning ireland in an interview.
he said the notion of taking billions out on economy in austerity budgets, as has happened here, was 'totally absurd' and that economists know it does not work.
"why that was not understood by european leaders was beyond me."
columbia professor stiglitz has never been a fan of austerity and the former chief economist at the world bank has voiced his views in the past but he said ireland will recover.
while ireland will recover, he said, it will not be back to the growth path we were on before the economy tanked.
"yes you will get back to where you it will be a lost decade, at least, i think that's the reality that europe needs to wake-up to."
and he reiterated his theory that bondholders should have been burned during the bank bailout instead of laying the responsibility at the hands of taxpayers when was pumped into the irish financial system.
"the first mistake was to make citizens pay for it. the bondholders - in a conventional bankruptcy if you are the owner of a firm that goes bankrupt you suffer.
"you get the upside in capitalism and you get the downside.
"the european central bank and others in europe wanted to save the banks and the other investors in it was really a trade off between banks all over europe and irish citizens.
"it was irish citizens not so much bailing out the economy as bailing out the bondholders."
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nobel-winning* ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˈʤoʊzəf ˈstɪglɪts həz dɪˈskraɪbd ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ əˈbɪləˌti tɪ sək əp peɪn əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˌɔˈstɛrɪti ɛz 'əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ'. ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˈʤoʊzəf ˈstɪglɪts həz dɪˈskraɪbd ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ əˈbɪləˌti tɪ sək əp peɪn əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˌɔˈstɛrɪti ɛz 'əˈstɑnɪʃɪŋ'. ənd hi dɪˈskraɪbd ɑr əˈbɪləˌti tɪ dil wɪθ ðə peɪn wɪˈθaʊt ˈteɪkɪŋ tɪ ðə strits ənd ˈraɪətɪŋ laɪk ɑr ˈneɪbərz ɪn ˈsəðərn ˈjʊrəp ɛz ˈeɪkɪn tɪ rɪˈlɪʤəs ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤi. "ɪts laɪk ə vju ðət ju hæv sɪnd, gris həz sɪnd rɪˈdɛmʃən θru peɪn. ɪts ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈnoʊʃən ðət ɪf ju sɪnd soʊ ˈbædli, ju hæv tɪ fil ðə peɪn tɪ gɪt rɪˈdɛmʃən," hi toʊld ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈaɪərlənd ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju. hi sɛd ðə ˈnoʊʃən əv ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈbɪljənz aʊt ɔn ɪˈkɑnəmi ɪn ˌɔˈstɛrɪti ˈbəʤɪts, ɛz həz ˈhæpənd hir, wɑz 'ˈtoʊtəli əbˈsərd' ənd ðət ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts noʊ ɪt dɪz nɑt wərk. "waɪ ðət wɑz nɑt ˌəndərˈstʊd baɪ ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈlidərz wɑz bɪɔnd mi." kəˈləmbiə prəˈfɛsər ˈstɪglɪts həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ə fæn əv ˌɔˈstɛrɪti ənd ðə ˈfɔrmər ʧif ɪˈkɑnəmɪst æt ðə wərld bæŋk həz vɔɪst hɪz vjuz ɪn ðə pæst bət hi sɛd ˈaɪərlənd wɪl rɪˈkəvər. waɪl ˈaɪərlənd wɪl rɪˈkəvər, hi sɛd, ɪt wɪl nɑt bi bæk tɪ ðə groʊθ pæθ wi wər ɔn ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi tæŋkt. "jɛs ju wɪl gɪt bæk tɪ wɛr ju ɪt wɪl bi ə lɔst ˈdɛkeɪd, æt list, aɪ θɪŋk ðæts ðə ˌriˈæləˌti ðət ˈjʊrəp nidz tɪ ˈweɪˌkəp tɪ." ənd hi riˈɪtərˌeɪtɪd hɪz ˈθɪri ðət ˈbɑnˌdhoʊldərz ʃʊd hæv bɪn bərnd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə bæŋk ˈbeɪˌlaʊt ˌɪnˈstɛd əv leɪɪŋ ðə riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti æt ðə hænz əv ˈtækˌspeɪərz wɪn wɑz pəmpt ˈɪntu ðə ˈaɪrɪʃ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈsɪstəm. "ðə fərst mɪˈsteɪk wɑz tɪ meɪk ˈsɪtɪzənz peɪ fər ɪt. ðə ˈbɑnˌdhoʊldərz ɪn ə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈbæŋkrəptsi ɪf ju ər ðə ˈoʊnər əv ə fərm ðət goʊz ˈbæŋkrəpt ju ˈsəfər. "ju gɪt ðə ˈəpˈsaɪd ɪn ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm ənd ju gɪt ðə ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd. "ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈsɛntrəl bæŋk ənd ˈəðərz ɪn ˈjʊrəp ˈwɔntɪd tɪ seɪv ðə bæŋks ənd ðə ˈəðər ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ɪn ɪt wɑz ˈrɪli ə treɪd ɔf bɪtˈwin bæŋks ɔl ˈoʊvər ˈjʊrəp ənd ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈsɪtɪzənz. "ɪt wɑz ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈsɪtɪzənz nɑt soʊ məʧ ˈbeɪlɪŋ aʊt ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi ɛz ˈbeɪlɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈbɑnˌdhoʊldərz." ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈɛdɪtərz
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iracing has released a new video, featuring an interview with monster energy nascar cup series driver kyle larson! the video talks about the passion for racing, as well as his experiences with the online racing service.
it’s awesome hearing some of what he was saying, especially since he is a local racer, and seen him race around my local track. i also know that had a passion for as well, as i remember racing him a few times back in, which was a blast.
i want to pull one interesting quote from this interview though: “the level of competition on is better than real life. i mean, got thousands of drivers on there that are probably better than what you see on tv, but they just had the opportunities to make it.” that is astounding to hear from the guy who is currently second in the monster energy nascar cup series! when so candid about “struggling for top in the series” on, that speaks volumes for the level of competition in.
the interview is definitely a great watch, and gives you a bit of insight into the mind of kyle larson, one of my favorite active drivers in nascar! what did you think of the interview?
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iracing* həz riˈlist ə nu ˈvɪdioʊ, ˈfiʧərɪŋ ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈmɑnstər ˈɛnərʤi ˈnæˌskɑr kəp ˈsɪriz ˈdraɪvər kaɪl ˈlɑrsən! ðə ˈvɪdioʊ tɔks əˈbaʊt ðə ˈpæʃən fər ˈreɪsɪŋ, ɛz wɛl ɛz hɪz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz wɪθ ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈreɪsɪŋ ˈsərvɪs. ˈɔsəm ˈhirɪŋ səm əv wət hi wɑz seɪɪŋ, əˈspɛʃəli sɪns hi ɪz ə ˈloʊkəl ˈreɪsər, ənd sin ɪm reɪs əraʊnd maɪ ˈloʊkəl træk. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ noʊ ðət hæd ə ˈpæʃən fər ɛz wɛl, ɛz aɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ˈreɪsɪŋ ɪm ə fju taɪmz bæk ɪn wɪʧ wɑz ə blæst. aɪ wɔnt tɪ pʊl wən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ kwoʊt frəm ðɪs ˈɪntərvˌju ðoʊ: ˈlɛvəl əv ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɔn ɪz ˈbɛtər ðən ril laɪf. aɪ min, gɑt ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈdraɪvərz ɔn ðɛr ðət ər ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈbɛtər ðən wət ju si ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən, bət ðeɪ ʤɪst hæd ðə ˌɑpərˈtunətiz tɪ meɪk it.”*.” ðət ɪz əˈstaʊndɪŋ tɪ hir frəm ðə gaɪ hu ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈsɛkənd ɪn ðə ˈmɑnstər ˈɛnərʤi ˈnæˌskɑr kəp ˈsɪriz! wɪn soʊ ˈkændɪd əˈbaʊt fər tɔp ɪn ðə series”*” ɔn, ðət spiks ˈvɑljumz fər ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn. ðə ˈɪntərvˌju ɪz ˈdɛfənətli ə greɪt wɔʧ, ənd gɪvz ju ə bɪt əv ˈɪnˌsaɪt ˈɪntu ðə maɪnd əv kaɪl ˈlɑrsən, wən əv maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈæktɪv ˈdraɪvərz ɪn ˈnæˌskɑr! wət dɪd ju θɪŋk əv ðə ˈɪntərvˌju?
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as for speaker john a. boehner of ohio, no doubt some conservative house members who are eager for another debt limit are angry with him for allowing the measure to go through without any strings attached. but many others are grateful to the speaker for finding a way to spare them the vote and spare their party another bruising in public opinion polls when republicans are feeling very good about their midterm election prospects.
mr. boehner faces an immediate question. having again shown a willingness to violate the so-called hastert rule the unwritten code that legislation should pass the house only with a majority of the majority will he now be willing to take a similar approach on other major issues, namely immigration?
after all, he and scores of other house republicans are interested in overhauling the immigration policy, and mr. boehner could easily shape a significant bipartisan majority if he teamed up republicans who are willing to act on immigration with democrats who are clamoring to do so. democrats have encouraged him to just put a bill on the floor and pass it with mainly democratic votes, as he did with the debt ceiling increase.
but that is unlikely to happen. mr. boehner is no fan of the senate plan, and he would like the house to act on a series of proposals rather than one sweeping bill like the senate did. but another significant reason immigration legislation will not get the same treatment as the debt limit bill is that republicans see no deadline or looming crisis that will force the issue.
if advocates of immigration changes want mr. boehner to plunge ahead, they may need to amp up the pressure.
for the most part, mr. boehner has turned to democratic votes when he has exhausted other options and faced a potential catastrophe like running off the fiscal cliff. he did allow a renewal of the violence against women act to pass with predominantly democratic votes, but house republicans had earlier advanced their own version. in all previous cases, the number of republicans joining democrats was well over 28 87 republicans in the violence against women bill.
recent comparable episodes brought to mind by this house vote were the 2002 vote to overhaul campaign finance laws. just 41 of republicans in the majority 18 percent sided with most democrats to pass that landmark legislation. it was opposed by the house leadership, but enough republicans joined with democrats on a petition to force it to the floor, setting off a fevered debate.
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ɛz fər ˈspikər ʤɑn ə. ˈboʊnər əv oʊˈhaɪoʊ, noʊ daʊt səm kənˈsərvətɪv haʊs ˈmɛmbərz hu ər ˈigər fər əˈnəðər dɛt ˈlɪmət ər ˈæŋgri wɪθ ɪm fər əˈlaʊɪŋ ðə ˈmɛʒər tɪ goʊ θru wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni strɪŋz əˈtæʧt. bət ˈmɛni ˈəðərz ər ˈgreɪtfəl tɪ ðə ˈspikər fər ˈfaɪndɪŋ ə weɪ tɪ spɛr ðɛm ðə voʊt ənd spɛr ðɛr ˈpɑrti əˈnəðər ˈbruzɪŋ ɪn ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən poʊlz wɪn rɪˈpəblɪkənz ər ˈfilɪŋ ˈvɛri gʊd əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˈmɪdˌtərm ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈprɑspɛkts. ˈmɪstər. ˈboʊnər ˈfeɪsɪz ən ˌɪˈmiˌdiət kˈwɛʃən. ˈhævɪŋ əˈgɛn ʃoʊn ə ˈwɪlɪŋnəs tɪ ˈvaɪəleɪt ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈhæstərt rul ðə ənˈrɪtən koʊd ðət ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ʃʊd pæs ðə haʊs ˈoʊnli wɪθ ə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə məˈʤɔrəti wɪl hi naʊ bi ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ teɪk ə ˈsɪmələr əˈproʊʧ ɔn ˈəðər ˈmeɪʤər ˈɪʃuz, ˈneɪmli ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən? ˈæftər ɔl, hi ənd skɔrz əv ˈəðər haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz ər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈoʊvərˌhɔlɪŋ ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈpɑləsi, ənd ˈmɪstər. ˈboʊnər kʊd ˈizəli ʃeɪp ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt baɪˈpɑrtɪzən məˈʤɔrəti ɪf hi timd əp rɪˈpəblɪkənz hu ər ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ ækt ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən wɪθ ˈdɛməˌkræts hu ər ˈklæmərɪŋ tɪ du soʊ. ˈdɛməˌkræts hæv ɪnˈkərəʤd ɪm tɪ ʤɪst pʊt ə bɪl ɔn ðə flɔr ənd pæs ɪt wɪθ ˈmeɪnli ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk voʊts, ɛz hi dɪd wɪθ ðə dɛt ˈsilɪŋ ˌɪnˈkris. bət ðət ɪz ənˈlaɪkli tɪ ˈhæpən. ˈmɪstər. ˈboʊnər ɪz noʊ fæn əv ðə ˈsɛnɪt plæn, ənd hi wʊd laɪk ðə haʊs tɪ ækt ɔn ə ˈsɪriz əv prəˈpoʊzəlz ˈrəðər ðən wən sˈwipɪŋ bɪl laɪk ðə ˈsɛnɪt dɪd. bət əˈnəðər sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈrizən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən wɪl nɑt gɪt ðə seɪm ˈtritmənt ɛz ðə dɛt ˈlɪmət bɪl ɪz ðət rɪˈpəblɪkənz si noʊ ˈdɛˌdlaɪn ər ˈlumɪŋ ˈkraɪsəs ðət wɪl fɔrs ðə ˈɪʃu. ɪf ˈædvəˌkeɪts əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈʧeɪnʤɪz wɔnt ˈmɪstər. ˈboʊnər tɪ plənʤ əˈhɛd, ðeɪ meɪ nid tɪ æmp əp ðə ˈprɛʃər. fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ˈmɪstər. ˈboʊnər həz tərnd tɪ ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk voʊts wɪn hi həz ɪgˈzɔstɪd ˈəðər ˈɔpʃənz ənd feɪst ə pəˈtɛnʃəl kəˈtæstrəfi laɪk ˈrənɪŋ ɔf ðə ˈfɪskəl klɪf. hi dɪd əˈlaʊ ə rɪˈnuəl əv ðə ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən ækt tɪ pæs wɪθ ˌprɪˈdɑmənənˌtli ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk voʊts, bət haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz hæd ˈərliər ədˈvænst ðɛr oʊn ˈvərʒən. ɪn ɔl ˈpriviəs ˈkeɪsɪz, ðə ˈnəmbər əv rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈdɛməˌkræts wɑz wɛl ˈoʊvər 28 87 rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɪn ðə ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈwɪmən bɪl. ˈrisənt ˈkɑmprəbəl ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz brɔt tɪ maɪnd baɪ ðɪs haʊs voʊt wər ðə 2002 voʊt tɪ ˈoʊvərˌhɔl kæmˈpeɪn ˈfaɪˌnæns lɔz. ʤɪst 41 əv rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɪn ðə məˈʤɔrəti 18 pərˈsɛnt ˈsaɪdɪd wɪθ moʊst ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ pæs ðət ˈlændˌmɑrk ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. ɪt wɑz əˈpoʊzd baɪ ðə haʊs ˈlidərˌʃɪp, bət ɪˈnəf rɪˈpəblɪkənz ʤɔɪnd wɪθ ˈdɛməˌkræts ɔn ə pəˈtɪʃən tɪ fɔrs ɪt tɪ ðə flɔr, ˈsɛtɪŋ ɔf ə ˈfivərd dəˈbeɪt.
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on the ice again wednesday, t.j. told reporters he is progressing from the concussion symptoms that have undermined his start to the season, but has no timetable for a return to the st. louis blues' lineup.
like most head injuries, admitted his latest setback has been a difficult one to deal with.
"unfortunately, i know the injured feeling too much from being away from the rink, away from the guys. it's great to get back out here and skate with everyone. it's nice not to be miserable for a couple days in a row," he told reporters.
"i'm feeling better," added. "i'm improving every day. it's a positive step."
oshie dialed back the intensity wednesday after skating through monday's practice at full speed.
he explained that he will not rush his return and will be back when he feels comfortable.
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ɔn ðə aɪs əˈgɛn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, t.j*. toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz hi ɪz prəˈgrɛsɪŋ frəm ðə kənˈkəʃən ˈsɪmptəmz ðət hæv ˌəndərˈmaɪnd hɪz stɑrt tɪ ðə ˈsizən, bət həz noʊ ˈtaɪmˌteɪbəl fər ə rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə st*. luɪs bluz' ˈlaɪˌnəp. laɪk moʊst hɛd ˈɪnʤəriz, ədˈmɪtəd hɪz ˈleɪtəst ˈsɛtˌbæk həz bɪn ə ˈdɪfəkəlt wən tɪ dil wɪθ. "ənˈfɔrʧənətli, aɪ noʊ ðə ˈɪnʤərd ˈfilɪŋ tu məʧ frəm biɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ðə rɪŋk, əˈweɪ frəm ðə gaɪz. ɪts greɪt tɪ gɪt bæk aʊt hir ənd skeɪt wɪθ ˈɛvriˌwən. ɪts nis nɑt tɪ bi ˈmɪzərəbəl fər ə ˈkəpəl deɪz ɪn ə roʊ," hi toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz. "əm ˈfilɪŋ ˈbɛtər," ˈædɪd. "əm ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ˈɛvəri deɪ. ɪts ə ˈpɑzətɪv stɛp." daɪəld bæk ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈæftər ˈskeɪtɪŋ θru ˈmənˌdeɪz ˈpræktɪs æt fʊl spid. hi ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət hi wɪl nɑt rəʃ hɪz rɪˈtərn ənd wɪl bi bæk wɪn hi filz ˈkəmfərtəbəl.
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dick dekker, left, his daughter laura dekker, centre, and her lawyer, peter de lange, hold a news conference aug. 24 in a courtroom in, netherlands. ((bart press) ) a dutch teenaged sailor, who relatives reported had gone missing, has been found on the caribbean island of st., police said sunday.
st. police spokesman ricardo henson confirmed that laura dekker was on the island sunday evening, and said efforts are under way to get her back to the netherlands. he declined to provide further details.
the child protection agency in the netherlands could not immediately be reached for comment late sunday.
utrecht police spokesman bernhard jens said, "we do not believe this is a crime."
a family spokeswoman said dekker left a letter for her father before disappearing on friday. she did not say what was in the letter.
dutch police issued an international alert after dekker was reported missing friday.
earlier, jens said the boat belonging to the girl, who made headlines when she went to court to fight for the right to sail solo around the world, was still moored at its usual berth and she appeared to have left her father's home on her own.
the district court refused to let dekker set sail and placed her under the supervision of authorities in late august.
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dɪk ˈdɛkər, lɛft, hɪz ˈdɔtər ˈlɔrə ˈdɛkər, ˈsɛntər, ənd hər ˈlɔjər, ˈpitər də læŋ, hoʊld ə nuz ˈkɑnfərəns ˈɔgəst. 24 ɪn ə ˈkɔrˌtrum ɪn, ˈnɛðərləndz. ((bɑrt prɛs) ə dəʧ ˈtiˌneɪʤd ˈseɪlər, hu ˈrɛlətɪvz ˌriˈpɔrtəd hæd gɔn ˈmɪsɪŋ, həz bɪn faʊnd ɔn ðə ˌkɛrɪˈbiən ˈaɪlənd əv st*., pəˈlis sɛd ˈsənˌdi. st*. pəˈlis ˈspoʊksmən rɪˈkɑrdoʊ ˈhɛnsən kənˈfərmd ðət ˈlɔrə ˈdɛkər wɑz ɔn ðə ˈaɪlənd ˈsənˌdi ˈivnɪŋ, ənd sɛd ˈɛfərts ər ˈəndər weɪ tɪ gɪt hər bæk tɪ ðə ˈnɛðərləndz. hi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈfərðər ˈditeɪlz. ðə ʧaɪld prəˈtɛkʃən ˈeɪʤənsi ɪn ðə ˈnɛðərləndz kʊd nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli bi riʧt fər ˈkɑmɛnt leɪt ˈsənˌdi. pəˈlis ˈspoʊksmən ˈbərnhɑrd ʤɛnz sɛd, "wi du nɑt bɪˈliv ðɪs ɪz ə kraɪm." ə ˈfæməli ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən sɛd ˈdɛkər lɛft ə ˈlɛtər fər hər ˈfɑðər ˌbiˈfɔr ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ʃi dɪd nɑt seɪ wət wɑz ɪn ðə ˈlɛtər. dəʧ pəˈlis ˈɪʃud ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl əˈlərt ˈæftər ˈdɛkər wɑz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ˈərliər, ʤɛnz sɛd ðə boʊt bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ðə gərl, hu meɪd ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz wɪn ʃi wɛnt tɪ kɔrt tɪ faɪt fər ðə raɪt tɪ seɪl ˈsoʊˌloʊ əraʊnd ðə wərld, wɑz stɪl mʊrd æt ɪts ˈjuʒəwəl bərθ ənd ʃi əˈpɪrd tɪ hæv lɛft hər ˈfɑðərz hoʊm ɔn hər oʊn. ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt rɪfˈjuzd tɪ lɛt ˈdɛkər sɛt seɪl ənd pleɪst hər ˈəndər ðə ˌsupərˈvɪʒən əv əˈθɔrətiz ɪn leɪt ˈɔgəst.
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cincinnati cincinnati announced on tuesday it had signed former montreal defender, mélé for the 2017 season, pending league and federation approval.
“we are incredibly excited to add mélé to our group,” saidc head coach alan koch. “for a younger player, he has an excellent understanding of the game. he is a big, strong defender who has the technical ability to allow us to build from the back. he is joining a quality group of defenders and his presence will add to the healthy competition that will drive our team forward.”
the, a native of darmstadt, germany, played for montreal in 2015 and 2016. in his first year with the club in 2015, he was voted to the team of the week twice after totaling minutes in 19 appearances. last season, saw limited action, playing in four games.
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ˌsɪnsəˈnæti ˌsɪnsəˈnæti əˈnaʊnst ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɪt hæd saɪnd ˈfɔrmər ˌməntriˈɔl dɪˈfɛndər, mélé*é fər ðə 2017 ˈsizən, ˈpɛndɪŋ lig ənd ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən əˈpruvəl. ər ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ɪkˈsaɪtɪd tɪ æd mélé*é tɪ ɑr group,”*,” sɛd hɛd koʊʧ ˈælən kɔʧ. ə ˈjəŋgər pleɪər, hi həz ən ˈɛksələnt ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə geɪm. hi ɪz ə bɪg, strɔŋ dɪˈfɛndər hu həz ðə ˈtɛknɪkəl əˈbɪləˌti tɪ əˈlaʊ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ bɪld frəm ðə bæk. hi ɪz ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ə kˈwɑləti grup əv dɪˈfɛndərz ənd hɪz ˈprɛzəns wɪl æd tɪ ðə ˈhɛlθi ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ðət wɪl draɪv ɑr tim forward.”*.” ðə, ə ˈneɪtɪv əv ˈdɑrmˌstæt, ˈʤərməni, pleɪd fər ˌməntriˈɔl ɪn 2015 ənd 2016 ɪn hɪz fərst jɪr wɪθ ðə kləb ɪn 2015 hi wɑz ˈvoʊtɪd tɪ ðə tim əv ðə wik twaɪs ˈæftər ˈtoʊtəlɪŋ ˈmɪnəts ɪn 19 əˈpɪrənsəz. læst ˈsizən, sɔ ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈækʃən, pleɪɪŋ ɪn fɔr geɪmz.
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what does a living building cost or save versus a leed platinum building?
in 2011, skanska completed the west first and the fourth certified living building in seattle: the school science classroom addition. but living buildings which must meet a series of ambitious performance requirements, including net zero energy, waste and water, over a minimum of 12 months of continuous occupancy are still so rare that many questions remain about how they compare financially to its next closest neighbor, leed platinum.
so when the district of department of environment was looking to understand the costs and benefits associated with net zero energy, net zero water and living buildings, our team was eager to help with this effort of quantifying the rewards of buildings.
the district of department of environment had two goals: first, to investigate the costs associated with upgrading existing buildings from leed platinum to zero energy, zero water and living building. and second, to collect data to advise policy makers on buildings and incentives. their findings are published in: net zero and living building challenge financial study: a cost comparison report for buildings in the district of columbia. for the study, skanska joined the new buildings institute (nbi) and the international living future institute (ilfi) to conceptually transform three leed buildings in the district to net zero energy, net zero water and living buildings. three reference buildings were chosen to represent three of the most common developments in the district of columbia: new office construction, new multifamily construction and office renovation.
a rendering of our 88 m street ne project in washington, d.c., one of the three reference buildings in the study.
nbi and determined the most appropriate energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies for the buildings, while skanska determined the anticipated differential costs for the various energy strategies employed.
the team applied a set of energy efficiency measures to each envelope, lighting, hvac, operations, occupancy and direct loads, along with rainwater harvesting techniques in order to achieve reduced energy and water usage before adding photovoltaics and strategies.
the costs for getting to net zero are difficult to distinguish from overall project costs. however, our team conducted an analysis to identify costs connected to energy and water conservation, as well as the photovoltaic and water reuse systems necessary for such a project.
so the answer?
the initial cost for energy efficiency is approximately percent higher, varying by the building type. this rises to percent in energy buildings when considering the added cost of photovoltaic power supply. but the benefits make the added cost worthwhile: the energy efficiency measures alone offer a return on investment of percent. after factoring current tax and renewable energy credits into these figures, the return on investment in net zero building is approximately 30 percent.
that is not to say the goal is appropriate or feasible in every case. when considered in isolation, even buildings with onsite renewable energy technology cannot generate as much energy or collect as much water as they consume over the course of a year. in fact, these buildings would require up to seven equivalent rooftop areas to achieve net zero. and achieving net zero is not only a matter of design; it also requires careful attention in such areas as operations and maintenance.
but ultimately, this project yielded valuable results that will inform future design decisions on our journey to deep green. the largest benefit: it raises the dialogue over the value of net zero to a new level.
facility owners now have something tangible to consider when looking at buildings. come a long way with living buildings, but there is now a true framework to have meaningful conversations shifting from first cost alone to value, market leaders to explore building solutions that push the envelope toward a more sustainable future.
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wət dɪz ə ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋ kɔst ər seɪv ˈvərsəz ə lid ˈplætənəm ˈbɪldɪŋ? ɪn 2011 ˈskænskə kəmˈplitɪd ðə wɛst fərst ənd ðə fɔrθ ˈsərtəˌfaɪd ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn siˈætəl: ðə skul saɪəns ˈklæsˌrum əˈdɪʃən. bət ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz wɪʧ məst mit ə ˈsɪriz əv æmˈbɪʃəs pərˈfɔrməns rɪkˈwaɪrmənts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ nɛt ˈziroʊ ˈɛnərʤi, weɪst ənd ˈwɔtər, ˈoʊvər ə ˈmɪnəməm əv 12 mənθs əv kənˈtɪnjuəs ˈɑkjəpənsi ər stɪl soʊ rɛr ðət ˈmɛni kˈwɛsʧənz rɪˈmeɪn əˈbaʊt haʊ ðeɪ kəmˈpɛr ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli tɪ ɪts nɛkst ˈkloʊsəst ˈneɪbər, lid ˈplætənəm. soʊ wɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðə kɔsts ənd ˈbɛnəfɪts əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ nɛt ˈziroʊ ˈɛnərʤi, nɛt ˈziroʊ ˈwɔtər ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz, ɑr tim wɑz ˈigər tɪ hɛlp wɪθ ðɪs ˈɛfərt əv kˈwɑntɪˌfaɪɪŋ ðə rɪˈwɔrdz əv ˈbɪldɪŋz. ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt hæd tu goʊlz: fərst, tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ðə kɔsts əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz frəm lid ˈplætənəm tɪ ˈziroʊ ˈɛnərʤi, ˈziroʊ ˈwɔtər ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋ. ənd ˈsɛkənd, tɪ kəˈlɛkt ˈdætə tɪ ədˈvaɪz ˈpɑləsi ˈmeɪkərz ɔn ˈbɪldɪŋz ənd ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz. ðɛr ˈfaɪndɪŋz ər ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn: nɛt ˈziroʊ ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈʧælənʤ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈstədi: ə kɔst kəmˈpɛrəsən rɪˈpɔrt fər ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv kəˈləmbiə. fər ðə ˈstədi, ˈskænskə ʤɔɪnd ðə nu ˈbɪldɪŋz ˈɪnstɪˌtut (nbi*) ənd ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈlɪvɪŋ fˈjuʧər ˈɪnstɪˌtut (ilfi*) tɪ kənˈsɛpʧuəli ˈtrænsfɔrm θri lid ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt tɪ nɛt ˈziroʊ ˈɛnərʤi, nɛt ˈziroʊ ˈwɔtər ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz. θri ˈrɛfərəns ˈbɪldɪŋz wər ˈʧoʊzən tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt θri əv ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən dɪˈvɛləpmənts ɪn ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv kəˈləmbiə: nu ˈɔfəs kənˈstrəkʃən, nu ˌməltiˈfæmli kənˈstrəkʃən ənd ˈɔfəs ˌrɛnəˈveɪʃən. ə ˈrɛndərɪŋ əv ɑr 88 ɛm strit ni ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*., wən əv ðə θri ˈrɛfərəns ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈstədi. ənd dɪˈtərmənd ðə moʊst əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi ənd riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈstrætəʤiz fər ðə ˈbɪldɪŋz, waɪl ˈskænskə dɪˈtərmənd ðə ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ˌdɪfərˈɛnʃəl kɔsts fər ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈɛnərʤi ˈstrætəʤiz ɪmˈplɔɪd. ðə tim əˈplaɪd ə sɛt əv ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi ˈmɛʒərz tɪ iʧ ˈɛnvəˌloʊp, ˈlaɪtɪŋ, hvac*, ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, ˈɑkjəpənsi ənd dɪˈrɛkt loʊdz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈreɪnˌwɔtər ˈhɑrvəstɪŋ tɛkˈniks ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈʧiv rɪˈdust ˈɛnərʤi ənd ˈwɔtər ˈjusɪʤ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈædɪŋ ˈfoʊtoʊvoʊlˈteɪɪks ənd ˈstrætəʤiz. ðə kɔsts fər ˈgɪtɪŋ tɪ nɛt ˈziroʊ ər ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ dɪˈstɪŋgwɪʃ frəm ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈprɑʤɛkt kɔsts. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɑr tim kənˈdəktəd ən æˈnælɪsɪs tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ kɔsts kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ˈɛnərʤi ənd ˈwɔtər ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃən, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˌfoʊtəˌvoʊlˈteɪɪk ənd ˈwɔtər riˈjuz ˈsɪstəmz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri fər səʧ ə ˈprɑʤɛkt. soʊ ðə ˈænsər? ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl kɔst fər ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi ɪz əˈprɑksəmətli pərˈsɛnt haɪər, ˈvɛriɪŋ baɪ ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ taɪp. ðɪs ˈraɪzɪz tɪ pərˈsɛnt ɪn ˈɛnərʤi ˈbɪldɪŋz wɪn kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðə ˈædɪd kɔst əv ˌfoʊtəˌvoʊlˈteɪɪk paʊər səˈplaɪ. bət ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts meɪk ðə ˈædɪd kɔst ˈwərθˈwaɪl: ðə ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənsi ˈmɛʒərz əˈloʊn ˈɔfər ə rɪˈtərn ɔn ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt əv pərˈsɛnt. ˈæftər ˈfæktərɪŋ ˈkɑrənt tæks ənd riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈkrɛdɪts ˈɪntu ðiz ˈfɪgjərz, ðə rɪˈtərn ɔn ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn nɛt ˈziroʊ ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪz əˈprɑksəmətli 30 pərˈsɛnt. ðət ɪz nɑt tɪ seɪ ðə goʊl ɪz əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ər ˈfizəbəl ɪn ˈɛvəri keɪs. wɪn kənˈsɪdərd ɪn ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən, ˈivɪn ˈbɪldɪŋz wɪθ ˈɑnˈsaɪt riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈkænɑt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɛz məʧ ˈɛnərʤi ər kəˈlɛkt ɛz məʧ ˈwɔtər ɛz ðeɪ kənˈsum ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ə jɪr. ɪn fækt, ðiz ˈbɪldɪŋz wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər əp tɪ ˈsɛvən ɪkˈwɪvələnt ˈrufˌtɑp ˈɛriəz tɪ əˈʧiv nɛt ˈziroʊ. ənd əˈʧivɪŋ nɛt ˈziroʊ ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ə ˈmætər əv dɪˈzaɪn; ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ rikˈwaɪərz ˈkɛrfəl əˈtɛnʃən ɪn səʧ ˈɛriəz ɛz ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ənd ˈmeɪntənəns. bət ˈəltəmətli, ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈjildɪd ˈvæljəbəl rɪˈzəlts ðət wɪl ˌɪnˈfɔrm fˈjuʧər dɪˈzaɪn dɪˈsɪʒənz ɔn ɑr ˈʤərni tɪ dip grin. ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈbɛnəfɪt: ɪt ˈreɪzɪz ðə ˈdaɪəˌlɔg ˈoʊvər ðə ˈvælju əv nɛt ˈziroʊ tɪ ə nu ˈlɛvəl. fəˈsɪlɪti ˈoʊnərz naʊ hæv ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈtænʤəbəl tɪ kənˈsɪdər wɪn ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈbɪldɪŋz. kəm ə lɔŋ weɪ wɪθ ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz, bət ðɛr ɪz naʊ ə tru ˈfreɪmˌwərk tɪ hæv ˈminɪŋfəl ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz ˈʃɪftɪŋ frəm fərst kɔst əˈloʊn tɪ ˈvælju, ˈmɑrkɪt ˈlidərz tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr ˈbɪldɪŋ səˈluʃənz ðət pʊʃ ðə ˈɛnvəˌloʊp təˈwɔrd ə mɔr səˈsteɪnəbəl fˈjuʧər. stiv klɛm ˈskænskə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt əv mɔr poʊsts
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amid a growing war of words between saudi arabia and iran, in particular revolving around the one-year anniversary of the 2015 hajj stampede that killed more than 400 iranians, maj. gen. rahim, special military adviser to supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, warned against further escalating matters with its regional rival.
“in the realm of geopolitics, we have a geopolitical rival in the name of saudi arabia,” said, a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps (1997-2007), during a speech at the center for international research and education of the ministry of foreign affairs. “either way, in this realm, my recommendation is that we have to improve our relations with oman, kuwait and even qatar. and in our relations with saudi arabia, we have to act cautiously. in no way must we move toward the conflict [with the] saudis.”
safavi said that riyadh is opposed to current geopolitical strength and blames iran for its losses in iraq, lebanon, syria and yemen, countries in which the two are vying for influence. he also cited the various points of contention between the two countries, including reminding the audience that saudi arabia and kuwait had been iraqi president saddam biggest financial supporters during the war, which according to him was responsible for the deaths of iranians.
the number of iranians killed in the conflict, one of the longest of the century, is disputed. a parliamentary bill from earlier this year seeking damages from the united states because of its support of hussein put the number of iranians killed at.
safavi also mentioned the mina stampede during last hajj, in which more than pilgrims were killed. the high death toll among iranians and traded accusations prevented iranians from making the pilgrimage this year.
in calling for restraint,’s comments stand out as a rare voice among military commanders. most remarks by military officials in regard to the persian gulf have been over issues involving american spy planes flying near iranian waters. according to fox news, three american officials said that on sept. 10, iran had threatened to shoot down the planes that were flying a mile outside territorial waters. despite the threat, according to us officials, iran did not have missile launchers nearby.
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əˈmɪd ə groʊɪŋ wɔr əv wərdz bɪtˈwin ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ənd ˌɪˈrɑn, ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr riˈvɑlvɪŋ əraʊnd ðə ˈwənˌjɪr ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə 2015 hæʤ stæmˈpid ðət kɪld mɔr ðən 400 ˌɪˈrɑniənz, mæʤ. ʤɛn. rəˈhim, ˈspɛʃəl ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ædˈvaɪzər tɪ səˈprim ˈlidər, ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə ˈɑli kəˈmeɪˌni, wɔrnd əˈgɛnst ˈfərðər ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪŋ ˈmætərz wɪθ ɪts ˈriʤənəl ˈraɪvəl. ðə rɛlm əv ˌʤioʊˈpɑlətɪks, wi hæv ə ˌʤioʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈraɪvəl ɪn ðə neɪm əv ˈsɔdi arabia,”*,” sɛd, ə ˈfɔrmər kəˈmændər əv ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri gɑrd kɔrz ˈdʊrɪŋ ə spiʧ æt ðə ˈsɛnər fər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈrisərʧ ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən əv ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz. weɪ, ɪn ðɪs rɛlm, maɪ ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən ɪz ðət wi hæv tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ɑr riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ oʊˈmɑn, kuˈweɪt ənd ˈivɪn ˌkəˈtɑr. ənd ɪn ɑr riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, wi hæv tɪ ækt ˈkɔʃəsli. ɪn noʊ weɪ məst wi muv təˈwɔrd ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt [wɪθ ðə] saudis.”*.” sɛd ðət riɑd ɪz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈkɑrənt ˌʤioʊpəˈlɪtɪkəl strɛŋθ ənd bleɪmz ˌɪˈrɑn fər ɪts ˈlɔsɪz ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk, ˈlɛbənən, ˈsɪriə ənd ˈjɛmən, ˈkəntriz ɪn wɪʧ ðə tu ər vaɪɪŋ fər ˈɪnfluəns. hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsaɪtɪd ðə ˈvɛriəs pɔɪnts əv kənˈtɛnʃən bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈkəntriz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ riˈmaɪndɪŋ ðə ˈɔdiəns ðət ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ənd kuˈweɪt hæd bɪn ˌɪˈræki ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈsɑdəm ˈbɪgəst ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl səˈpɔrtərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɔr, wɪʧ əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɪm wɑz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə dɛθs əv ˌɪˈrɑniənz. ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˌɪˈrɑniənz kɪld ɪn ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt, wən əv ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, ɪz dɪˈspjutɪd. ə ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri bɪl frəm ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr ˈsikɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤɪz frəm ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts bɪˈkəz əv ɪts səˈpɔrt əv huˈseɪn pʊt ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˌɪˈrɑniənz kɪld æt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈmɛnʃənd ðə ˈmɪnə stæmˈpid ˈdʊrɪŋ læst hæʤ, ɪn wɪʧ mɔr ðən ˈpɪlgrəmz wər kɪld. ðə haɪ dɛθ toʊl əˈməŋ ˌɪˈrɑniənz ənd ˈtreɪdɪd ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz prɪˈvɛnɪd ˌɪˈrɑniənz frəm ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə ˈpɪlgrəmɪʤ ðɪs jɪr. ɪn ˈkɔlɪŋ fər rɪˈstreɪnt, ˈkɑmɛnts stænd aʊt ɛz ə rɛr vɔɪs əˈməŋ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri kəˈmændərz. moʊst rɪˈmɑrks baɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ðə ˈpərʒən gəlf hæv bɪn ˈoʊvər ˈɪʃuz ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkən spaɪ pleɪnz flaɪɪŋ nɪr ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈwɔtərz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ fɑks nuz, θri əˈmɛrɪkən əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd ðət ɔn sɛpt. 10 ˌɪˈrɑn hæd θˈrɛtənd tɪ ʃut daʊn ðə pleɪnz ðət wər flaɪɪŋ ə maɪl ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˌtɛrɪˈtɔriəl ˈwɔtərz. dɪˈspaɪt ðə θrɛt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈjuˈɛs əˈfɪʃəlz, ˌɪˈrɑn dɪd nɑt hæv ˈmɪsəl ˈlɔnʧərz ˈnɪrˈbaɪ.
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today i do my first public appearance to speak about case and serial. be at stanford law school, a great pleasure for me, but not the only reason in california right now.
for the past few years worked in the field of (“countering violent extremism”), which is less sexy, cool or controversial as it may sound (but plenty has to be said about it, which merits future articles and posts). to that end, on saturday i had the pleasure of attending a unique summit hosted by youtube that brought together muslim leaders from around the country, experts, youtube celebrities, and technical experts to explore creative ways being used by some amazing young muslim americans to tell their stories. its in that telling, if done well enough, that be able to elevate authentic narratives about the lives everyday muslims lead, and the kinds of good work they do, to counter the ugly that is online (and irl). that ugly comes from two major sources: violent extremists who are muslims, and bigots.
both groups are excellent at declaring, and reinforcing, that the most violent, misogynistic, interpretation of islam is actually islam. which, for about 98% of muslims, is not today nor was in the past. more on this another time, but suffice it to say the summit was a breath of fresh air, and (the dinosaur that i am) i was incredibly impressed with the creativity, boldness, and unapologetic approach that many of the young muslims there were taking in expressing and defining themselves.
tazzy is one of the very cool, young muslim youtube stars i got to meet in la. her series is hilarious
adnan is often on my mind, but that day was particularly so, because in the early hours before dawn i had a dream about him. only dreamt about adnan, or anything related to him, three times in 15 years. so, when a few hours later i arrived at the youtube space, it was both an unusual occurrence and fresh in my head. and as people approached me and asked me about him, i found myself telling them about the dream, and a few times breaking into inadvertent tears, which was not at all awkward and weird for the person who made the mistake of saying “hey, how are things going with the case?” (sorry about that, well meaning folks).
in the dream, i was sitting in a room, not sure where, but around the corner was the bathroom. i saw that the light was on in the bathroom and heard a noise. i went to explore and found a 7 or 8 year old boy in a tub full of water. the water had chilled, the boy had been put in the bath and left there, forgotten. the boy was adnan.
he sat there, shivering and just looking at me, not sure what to do, unable to move without permission of some grownup who would come get him out of the tub. i grabbed a towel, pulled him out, wrapped him up, and led him out. and where my dream ended.
i was mostly struck by the sense of him being left there, forgotten. the day before i had read the moving piece written by ryan ferguson, who had also been wrongfully convicted, about how it felt to hear story. this passage was particularly painful:
“even more surreal, so much of how adnan responds to his circumstances mirrors how i responded to mine. listening to the podcast with my friend showed me just how differently we interpreted the words adnan spoke. to me, what he said made sense. i understood the fears, the pressure, and the fact that you are told to simply sit quietly and do or say nothing. you are a pawn and your sole purpose is to try to survive while others battle for their careers, respect, and status over what amounts to little in their eyes: your life. by the time you understand that the truth, facts, and innocence or guilt matter in this fight, too late. faded from the world and your life is all but over.”
after that piece, and my dream, i sat through the youtube summit realizing how much had changed since the time adnan had faded from the world., wars, new generations of muslims and the new challenges facing them. he has, so far, missed all of that.
yesterday i drove with hubby up the incredibly beautiful coast from la to the bay area. and again, it kept hitting me, how much adnan has missed. i thought about my own daughter, 17 years old, and what it would mean if she was locked away for the next 16 years, or maybe the rest of her life, and how much she would miss. i help but wonder, fearful, if adnan would ever get to see the west coast, or anything outside of his prison, ever.
and i thought about hae, who was also the same age as my daughter when she was killed. tomorrow will mark 16 years since the day her family last saw her, her friends last talked toher, the last time she ever walked out of high school. i thought about all she was never allowed to be and see, and all that adnan also had never experienced. i carry with me always the fear that, as we move from serial, and interviews with the lovely writers at the intercept, to the case itself, we may not get another shot at this. and if we succeed, adnan may permanently fade away.
what’s up with natasha, ken, and the intercept?
a whole lot of crazy, what. at this point, part of the urick interview has yet to be published. in the interim natasha and ken have been clearly expressing their displeasure with their fearless, adversarial bosses, as well as people who think they did a terrible job and are not very good journalists because they believe in fact checking and making corrections. they get very upset at being called out on it.
i am dedicating a post later this week to the entire fiasco, as well as a couple of new kick-ass blog posts by colin miller and susan simpson, but await urick part before dropping it. stay tuned for that.
what’s up with the case
there seems to be a lot of confusion about where we are in the actual case and what to expect. talked about it before, but another briefer here since there is a court deadline this week.
last year adnan lost a appeal. his attorney filed a petition requesting that he be able to get another shot at appeal. that petition, with the maryland court of special appeals, is now awaiting a response by the state. the court gave the office until january (yes two days from now) to respond to one particular issue raised in the petition. once the state gives response, there can be further filings by adnan or the state (amendments, briefs, etc), and at some point the court will make a decision. that could take months. or not. impossible to say.
on the innocence project end, deirdre et all seem poised to file a petition to get the physical evidence that exists tested for dna matches. when they decide to file is up to them, but it seems that they are gotten new information and are waiting for that to suss out a bit. this is a second legal track, not connected to the proceedings, but also a hopeful avenue to get adnan to a new trial or exoneration.
what’s up with the fund and petition
we’ve hit a new benchmark with over $60,000 raised. thank you so much to the people, from around the world, who have contributed to this. if you, please consider a small gift to help us get justice for him: .
the petition has reached nearly signatories. if you signed, please do and share with others.
two things i want to clarify with regard to the fund itself:
1) not a dime goes to me or any of the trustees. not a dime, not a penny. we are fully and completely volunteers (and i have to say a special thanks to attorney dennis robinson, who stays up half the night to help with a hundred different things from fundraising to figuring out how to split up a pdf). the money never comes to me, and i have no access to it. being collected for a variety of things connected to the defense of adnan from fees for private investigators, to attorney fees. i am an attorney, but i am not his attorney. so again, i do not and will not ever get a penny from the fund.
2) said in the past that be releasing trial transcripts for every $10,000 we raise. some people want to characterize this as “selling” the documents and have had their panties in a bunch for weeks over it. those people are idiots. i am not selling the documents, and i can guarantee no one is giving to the fund in order to get the documents. they are donating because they feel strongly that there has been a miscarriage of justice against adnan. i can also virtually guarantee none of the people who are about having to wait for the docs have ever contributed anything at all. lastly, i guarantee that a very small fraction of have given to the fund, and most of the supporters are people who have never been on reddit, and give a hoot about it. so if you think the fund has raised this much money thanks to reddit, you are dazed and confused.
the money would have been raised regardless of how i timed the release of documents, and will continue to come even if i stop posting any more docs, that much i know. the people already donated need to see the trial transcripts, they already decided to give. right? right. but fully cognizant of two things: the time it takes to get documents redacted versus the time i actually have, and the fact that public interest wanes with time.
we need the public interest, there is no question about it. and to keep it alive, necessary to release documents over time, not in one big dump. its called strategy.
so here you go, january 28th, 1999 trial transcripts. more to be posted later this week, once the eagle has landed back home.
january 28, 1999 part i (um, no correction: the year was 2000)
january 28, 1999 part (ditto above)
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təˈdeɪ aɪ du maɪ fərst ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪrəns tɪ spik əˈbaʊt keɪs ənd ˈsɪˌriəl. bi æt ˈstænfərd lɔ skul, ə greɪt ˈplɛʒər fər mi, bət nɑt ðə ˈoʊnli ˈrizən ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə raɪt naʊ. fər ðə pæst fju jɪrz wərkt ɪn ðə fild əv ˈvaɪələnt extremism”*”), wɪʧ ɪz lɛs ˈsɛksi, kul ər ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ɛz ɪt meɪ saʊnd (bət ˈplɛnti həz tɪ bi sɛd əˈbaʊt ɪt, wɪʧ ˈmɛrɪts fˈjuʧər ˈɑrtɪkəlz ənd poʊsts). tɪ ðət ɛnd, ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ aɪ hæd ðə ˈplɛʒər əv əˈtɛndɪŋ ə juˈnik ˈsəmɪt ˈhoʊstɪd baɪ ˈjuˌtub ðət brɔt təˈgɛðər ˈməzlɪm ˈlidərz frəm əraʊnd ðə ˈkəntri, ˈɛkspərts, ˈjuˌtub səˈlɛbrɪtiz, ənd ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈɛkspərts tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr kriˈeɪtɪv weɪz biɪŋ juzd baɪ səm əˈmeɪzɪŋ jəŋ ˈməzlɪm əˈmɛrɪkənz tɪ tɛl ðɛr ˈstɔriz. ɪts ɪn ðət ˈtɛlɪŋ, ɪf dən wɛl ɪˈnəf, ðət bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈɛləˌveɪt əˈθɛnɪk ˈnɛrətɪvz əˈbaʊt ðə lɪvz ˈɛvriˈdeɪ ˈməzlɪmz lɛd, ənd ðə kaɪnz əv gʊd wərk ðeɪ du, tɪ ˈkaʊntər ðə ˈəgli ðət ɪz ˈɔnˌlaɪn (ənd irl*). ðət ˈəgli kəmz frəm tu ˈmeɪʤər ˈsɔrsəz: ˈvaɪələnt ɪkˈstriməsts hu ər ˈməzlɪmz, ənd ˈbɪgəts. boʊθ grups ər ˈɛksələnt æt dɪˈklɛrɪŋ, ənd ˌriɪnˈfɔrsɪŋ, ðət ðə moʊst ˈvaɪələnt, misogynistic*, ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən əv ˌɪsˈlɑm ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˌɪsˈlɑm. wɪʧ, fər əˈbaʊt 98 əv ˈməzlɪmz, ɪz nɑt təˈdeɪ nɔr wɑz ɪn ðə pæst. mɔr ɔn ðɪs əˈnəðər taɪm, bət səˈfaɪs ɪt tɪ seɪ ðə ˈsəmɪt wɑz ə brɛθ əv frɛʃ ɛr, ənd (ðə ˈdaɪnəˌsɔr ðət aɪ æm) aɪ wɑz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˌɪmˈprɛst wɪθ ðə ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti, ˈboʊldnəs, ənd ˌənəˌpɑləˈʤɛtɪk əˈproʊʧ ðət ˈmɛni əv ðə jəŋ ˈməzlɪmz ðɛr wər ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪn ɪkˈsprɛsɪŋ ənd dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ɪz wən əv ðə ˈvɛri kul, jəŋ ˈməzlɪm ˈjuˌtub stɑrz aɪ gɑt tɪ mit ɪn lɑ. hər ˈsɪriz ɪz hɪˈlɛriəs ˈædnən ɪz ˈɔfən ɔn maɪ maɪnd, bət ðət deɪ wɑz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli soʊ, bɪˈkəz ɪn ðə ˈərli aʊərz ˌbiˈfɔr dɔn aɪ hæd ə drim əˈbaʊt ɪm. ˈoʊnli drɛmt əˈbaʊt ˈædnən, ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ɪm, θri taɪmz ɪn 15 jɪrz. soʊ, wɪn ə fju aʊərz ˈleɪtər aɪ əraɪvd æt ðə ˈjuˌtub speɪs, ɪt wɑz boʊθ ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl əˈkərəns ənd frɛʃ ɪn maɪ hɛd. ənd ɛz ˈpipəl əˈproʊʧt mi ənd æst mi əˈbaʊt ɪm, aɪ faʊnd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˈtɛlɪŋ ðɛm əˈbaʊt ðə drim, ənd ə fju taɪmz ˈbreɪkɪŋ ˈɪntu ˌɪnədˈvərtənt tɪrz, wɪʧ wɑz nɑt æt ɔl ˈɔkwərd ənd wɪrd fər ðə ˈpərsən hu meɪd ðə mɪˈsteɪk əv seɪɪŋ ““hey*, haʊ ər θɪŋz goʊɪŋ wɪθ ðə case?”*?” (ˈsɑri əˈbaʊt ðət, wɛl ˈminɪŋ foʊks). ɪn ðə drim, aɪ wɑz ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ə rum, nɑt ʃʊr wɛr, bət əraʊnd ðə ˈkɔrnər wɑz ðə ˈbæθˌrum. aɪ sɔ ðət ðə laɪt wɑz ɔn ɪn ðə ˈbæθˌrum ənd hərd ə nɔɪz. aɪ wɛnt tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr ənd faʊnd ə 7 ər 8 jɪr oʊld bɔɪ ɪn ə təb fʊl əv ˈwɔtər. ðə ˈwɔtər hæd ʧɪld, ðə bɔɪ hæd bɪn pʊt ɪn ðə bæθ ənd lɛft ðɛr, fərˈgɑtən. ðə bɔɪ wɑz ˈædnən. hi sæt ðɛr, ˈʃɪvərɪŋ ənd ʤɪst ˈlʊkɪŋ æt mi, nɑt ʃʊr wət tɪ du, əˈneɪbəl tɪ muv wɪˈθaʊt pərˈmɪʃən əv səm ˈgroʊˌnəp hu wʊd kəm gɪt ɪm aʊt əv ðə təb. aɪ græbd ə taʊəl, pʊld ɪm aʊt, ræpt ɪm əp, ənd lɛd ɪm aʊt. ənd wɛr maɪ drim ˈɛndɪd. aɪ wɑz ˈmoʊstli strək baɪ ðə sɛns əv ɪm biɪŋ lɛft ðɛr, fərˈgɑtən. ðə deɪ ˌbiˈfɔr aɪ hæd rɛd ðə ˈmuvɪŋ pis ˈrɪtən baɪ raɪən ˈfərgəsən, hu hæd ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈrɔŋfəli kənˈvɪktəd, əˈbaʊt haʊ ɪt fɛlt tɪ hir ˈstɔri. ðɪs ˈpæsɪʤ wɑz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈpeɪnfəl: mɔr sərˈil, soʊ məʧ əv haʊ ˈædnən rɪˈspɑndz tɪ hɪz ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz ˈmɪrərz haʊ aɪ rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ maɪn. ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈpɔdˌkæst wɪθ maɪ frɛnd ʃoʊd mi ʤɪst haʊ ˈdɪfərˈɛntli wi ˌɪnˈtərprətəd ðə wərdz ˈædnən spoʊk. tɪ mi, wət hi sɛd meɪd sɛns. aɪ ˌəndərˈstʊd ðə fɪrz, ðə ˈprɛʃər, ənd ðə fækt ðət ju ər toʊld tɪ ˈsɪmpli sɪt kˈwaɪətli ənd du ər seɪ ˈnəθɪŋ. ju ər ə pɔn ənd jʊr soʊl ˈpərpəs ɪz tɪ traɪ tɪ sərˈvaɪv waɪl ˈəðərz ˈbætəl fər ðɛr kərɪrz, rɪˈspɛkt, ənd ˈstætəs ˈoʊvər wət əˈmaʊnts tɪ ˈlɪtəl ɪn ðɛr aɪz: jʊr laɪf. baɪ ðə taɪm ju ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ðə truθ, fækts, ənd ˈɪnəsəns ər gɪlt ˈmætər ɪn ðɪs faɪt, tu leɪt. ˈfeɪdɪd frəm ðə wərld ənd jʊr laɪf ɪz ɔl bət over.”*.” ˈæftər ðət pis, ənd maɪ drim, aɪ sæt θru ðə ˈjuˌtub ˈsəmɪt ˈriəˌlaɪzɪŋ haʊ məʧ hæd ʧeɪnʤd sɪns ðə taɪm ˈædnən hæd ˈfeɪdɪd frəm ðə wərld. wɔrz, nu ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz əv ˈməzlɪmz ənd ðə nu ˈʧælənʤɪz ˈfeɪsɪŋ ðɛm. hi həz, soʊ fɑr, mɪst ɔl əv ðət. ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ aɪ droʊv wɪθ ˈhəbi əp ðə ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˈbjutəfəl koʊst frəm lɑ tɪ ðə beɪ ˈɛriə. ənd əˈgɛn, ɪt kɛpt ˈhɪtɪŋ mi, haʊ məʧ ˈædnən həz mɪst. aɪ θɔt əˈbaʊt maɪ oʊn ˈdɔtər, 17 jɪrz oʊld, ənd wət ɪt wʊd min ɪf ʃi wɑz lɑkt əˈweɪ fər ðə nɛkst 16 jɪrz, ər ˈmeɪbi ðə rɛst əv hər laɪf, ənd haʊ məʧ ʃi wʊd mɪs. aɪ hɛlp bət ˈwəndər, ˈfɪrfəl, ɪf ˈædnən wʊd ˈɛvər gɪt tɪ si ðə wɛst koʊst, ər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv hɪz ˈprɪzən, ˈɛvər. ənd aɪ θɔt əˈbaʊt hae*, hu wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə seɪm eɪʤ ɛz maɪ ˈdɔtər wɪn ʃi wɑz kɪld. təˈmɑˌroʊ wɪl mɑrk 16 jɪrz sɪns ðə deɪ hər ˈfæməli læst sɔ hər, hər frɛndz læst tɔkt toher*, ðə læst taɪm ʃi ˈɛvər wɔkt aʊt əv haɪ skul. aɪ θɔt əˈbaʊt ɔl ʃi wɑz ˈnɛvər əˈlaʊd tɪ bi ənd si, ənd ɔl ðət ˈædnən ˈɔlsoʊ hæd ˈnɛvər ɪkˈspɪriənst. aɪ ˈkɛri wɪθ mi ˈɔlˌweɪz ðə fɪr ðət, ɛz wi muv frəm ˈsɪˌriəl, ənd ˈɪntərvˌjuz wɪθ ðə ˈləvli ˈraɪtərz æt ðə ˌɪnərˈsɛpt, tɪ ðə keɪs ˌɪtˈsɛlf, wi meɪ nɑt gɪt əˈnəðər ʃɑt æt ðɪs. ənd ɪf wi səkˈsid, ˈædnən meɪ ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli feɪd əˈweɪ. əp wɪθ nəˈtɑʃə, kɛn, ənd ðə ˌɪnərˈsɛpt? ə hoʊl lɔt əv ˈkreɪzi, wət. æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, pɑrt əv ðə ˈjərrɪk ˈɪntərvˌju həz jɛt tɪ bi ˈpəblɪʃt. ɪn ðə ˈɪnərəm nəˈtɑʃə ənd kɛn hæv bɪn ˈklɪrli ɪkˈsprɛsɪŋ ðɛr dɪˈsplɛʒər wɪθ ðɛr ˈfɪrləs, ˌædvərˈsɛriəl ˈbɔsɪz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈpipəl hu θɪŋk ðeɪ dɪd ə ˈtɛrəbəl ʤɑb ənd ər nɑt ˈvɛri gʊd ˈʤərnəlɪsts bɪˈkəz ðeɪ bɪˈliv ɪn fækt ˈʧɛkɪŋ ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ kərˈɛkʃənz. ðeɪ gɪt ˈvɛri ˈəpˌsɛt æt biɪŋ kɔld aʊt ɔn ɪt. aɪ æm ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɪŋ ə poʊst ˈleɪtər ðɪs wik tɪ ðə ɪnˈtaɪər fiˈæskoʊ, ɛz wɛl ɛz ə ˈkəpəl əv nu ˈkɪˌkæs blɔg poʊsts baɪ ˈkoʊlɪn ˈmɪlər ənd ˈsuzən ˈsɪmpsən, bət əˈweɪt ˈjərrɪk pɑrt ˌbiˈfɔr ˈdrɑpɪŋ ɪt. steɪ tund fər ðət. əp wɪθ ðə keɪs ðɛr simz tɪ bi ə lɔt əv kənfˈjuʒən əˈbaʊt wɛr wi ər ɪn ðə ˈækʧəwəl keɪs ənd wət tɪ ɪkˈspɛkt. tɔkt əˈbaʊt ɪt ˌbiˈfɔr, bət əˈnəðər ˈbrifər hir sɪns ðɛr ɪz ə kɔrt ˈdɛˌdlaɪn ðɪs wik. læst jɪr ˈædnən lɔst ə əˈpil. hɪz əˈtərni faɪld ə pəˈtɪʃən rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ ðət hi bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt əˈnəðər ʃɑt æt əˈpil. ðət pəˈtɪʃən, wɪθ ðə ˈmɛrələnd kɔrt əv ˈspɛʃəl əˈpilz, ɪz naʊ əˈweɪtɪŋ ə rɪˈspɑns baɪ ðə steɪt. ðə kɔrt geɪv ðə ˈɔfəs ənˈtɪl ˈʤænjuˌɛri (jɛs tu deɪz frəm naʊ) tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ wən ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈɪʃu reɪzd ɪn ðə pəˈtɪʃən. wəns ðə steɪt gɪvz rɪˈspɑns, ðɛr kən bi ˈfərðər ˈfaɪlɪŋz baɪ ˈædnən ər ðə steɪt (əˈmɛndmənts, brifs, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə), ənd æt səm pɔɪnt ðə kɔrt wɪl meɪk ə dɪˈsɪʒən. ðət kʊd teɪk mənθs. ər nɑt. ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ seɪ. ɔn ðə ˈɪnəsəns ˈprɑʤɛkt ɛnd, ˈdirdrə ɛt ɔl sim pɔɪzd tɪ faɪl ə pəˈtɪʃən tɪ gɪt ðə ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈɛvədəns ðət ɪgˈzɪsts ˈtɛstɪd fər ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ˈmæʧɪz. wɪn ðeɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ faɪl ɪz əp tɪ ðɛm, bət ɪt simz ðət ðeɪ ər ˈgɔtən nu ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ər ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ðət tɪ səs aʊt ə bɪt. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈsɛkənd ˈligəl træk, nɑt kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə prəˈsidɪŋz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈhoʊpfəl ˈævəˌnu tɪ gɪt ˈædnən tɪ ə nu traɪəl ər ɪgzɑnərˈeɪʃən. əp wɪθ ðə fənd ənd pəˈtɪʃən hɪt ə nu ˈbɛnʧˌmɑrk wɪθ ˈoʊvər reɪzd. θæŋk ju soʊ məʧ tɪ ðə ˈpipəl, frəm əraʊnd ðə wərld, hu hæv kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðɪs. ɪf ju, pliz kənˈsɪdər ə smɔl gɪft tɪ hɛlp ˈjuˈɛs gɪt ˈʤəstɪs fər ɪm: ðə pəˈtɪʃən həz riʧt ˈnɪrli ˈsɪgnəˌtɔriz. ɪf ju saɪnd, pliz du ənd ʃɛr wɪθ ˈəðərz. tu θɪŋz aɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ wɪθ rɪˈgɑrd tɪ ðə fənd ˌɪtˈsɛlf: 1 nɑt ə daɪm goʊz tɪ mi ər ˈɛni əv ðə ˌtrəˈstiz. nɑt ə daɪm, nɑt ə ˈpɛni. wi ər ˈfʊli ənd kəmˈplitli ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz (ənd aɪ hæv tɪ seɪ ə ˈspɛʃəl θæŋks tɪ əˈtərni ˈdɛnɪs ˈrɑbənsən, hu steɪz əp hæf ðə naɪt tɪ hɛlp wɪθ ə ˈhənərd ˈdɪfərənt θɪŋz frəm ˈfənˌdreɪsɪŋ tɪ ˈfɪgjərɪŋ aʊt haʊ tɪ splɪt əp ə pdf*). ðə ˈməni ˈnɛvər kəmz tɪ mi, ənd aɪ hæv noʊ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ɪt. biɪŋ kəˈlɛktəd fər ə vərˈaɪəti əv θɪŋz kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə dɪˈfɛns əv ˈædnən frəm fiz fər ˈpraɪvət ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz, tɪ əˈtərni fiz. aɪ æm ən əˈtərni, bət aɪ æm nɑt hɪz əˈtərni. soʊ əˈgɛn, aɪ du nɑt ənd wɪl nɑt ˈɛvər gɪt ə ˈpɛni frəm ðə fənd. 2 sɛd ɪn ðə pæst ðət bi riˈlisɪŋ traɪəl ˈtrænˌskrɪpts fər ˈɛvəri wi reɪz. səm ˈpipəl wɔnt tɪ ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪz ðɪs ɛz ““selling”*” ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts ənd hæv hæd ðɛr ˈpæntiz ɪn ə bənʧ fər wiks ˈoʊvər ɪt. ðoʊz ˈpipəl ər ˈɪˌdiəts. aɪ æm nɑt ˈsɛlɪŋ ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts, ənd aɪ kən ˌgɛrənˈti noʊ wən ɪz ˈgɪvɪŋ tɪ ðə fənd ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt ðə ˈdɑkjəmənts. ðeɪ ər ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪŋ bɪˈkəz ðeɪ fil ˈstrɔŋli ðət ðɛr həz bɪn ə mɪˈskɛrəʤ əv ˈʤəstɪs əˈgɛnst ˈædnən. aɪ kən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈvərʧuəli ˌgɛrənˈti nən əv ðə ˈpipəl hu ər əˈbaʊt ˈhævɪŋ tɪ weɪt fər ðə dɑks hæv ˈɛvər kənˈtrɪbjutɪd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ æt ɔl. ˈlæstli, aɪ ˌgɛrənˈti ðət ə ˈvɛri smɔl ˈfrækʃən əv hæv ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ðə fənd, ənd moʊst əv ðə səˈpɔrtərz ər ˈpipəl hu hæv ˈnɛvər bɪn ɔn reddit*, ənd gɪv ə hut əˈbaʊt ɪt. soʊ ɪf ju θɪŋk ðə fənd həz reɪzd ðɪs məʧ ˈməni θæŋks tɪ reddit*, ju ər deɪzd ənd kənfˈjuzd. ðə ˈməni wʊd hæv bɪn reɪzd rəˈgɑrdləs əv haʊ aɪ taɪmd ðə riˈlis əv ˈdɑkjəmənts, ənd wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ kəm ˈivɪn ɪf aɪ stɑp ˈpoʊstɪŋ ˈɛni mɔr dɑks, ðət məʧ aɪ noʊ. ðə ˈpipəl ɔˈrɛdi ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd nid tɪ si ðə traɪəl ˈtrænˌskrɪpts, ðeɪ ɔˈrɛdi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ gɪv. raɪt? raɪt. bət ˈfʊli ˈkɑgnəzənt əv tu θɪŋz: ðə taɪm ɪt teɪks tɪ gɪt ˈdɑkjəmənts rɪˈdæktɪd ˈvərsəz ðə taɪm aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv, ənd ðə fækt ðət ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst weɪnz wɪθ taɪm. wi nid ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst, ðɛr ɪz noʊ kˈwɛʃən əˈbaʊt ɪt. ənd tɪ kip ɪt əˈlaɪv, ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ riˈlis ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈoʊvər taɪm, nɑt ɪn wən bɪg dəmp. ɪts kɔld ˈstrætəʤi. soʊ hir ju goʊ, ˈʤænjuˌɛri 28th*, 1999 traɪəl ˈtrænˌskrɪpts. mɔr tɪ bi ˈpoʊstɪd ˈleɪtər ðɪs wik, wəns ðə ˈigəl həz ˈlændɪd bæk hoʊm. ˈʤænjuˌɛri 28 1999 pɑrt aɪ (əm, noʊ kərˈɛkʃən: ðə jɪr wɑz 2000 ˈʤænjuˌɛri 28 1999 pɑrt (ˈdɪtoʊ əˈbəv)
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yamaha’s simple recipe for the original was a moment of pure genius. now three years old, the firm has gifted the triple a host of significant updates for 2017, making this a genuine bike.
while the most obvious differences are as plain as the new headlamps, the changes are more than skin deep but no doubt the new face and rear end that immediately grab your attention.
the restyled face is headlined by an aggressive led headlight, a departure from the more traditional single light unit of the original.
each of the slanted headlights is equipped with two led bulbs, and the bold new unit matches the full width of the fork tubes rather than sitting between them to reinforce its menacing stance. a pair of slim running lights sit below the headlights, complimented by a pair of winglets.
the full dash is unchanged, but the instruments are moved closer to the headlight assembly, and the indicators have been relocated next to the radiator.
the tail end is a striking departure, too. the upwardly slanted has been shortened by 30mm, and houses an integrated three-dimensional led taillight. the new seat is flatter, higher than before, and claimed to offer better support.
that stubby tail unit also ditches the conventional hanger, which is now mounted on an ugly and incongruous arm that bolts to the swingarm. we reckon be a roaring trade in aftermarket solutions.
beyond aesthetics, the new nine gets the assist & slip (a&s) clutch, delivering more precise engagement, while acting as a slipper clutch under negative load. lever action is reduced by a claimed 20%, making town work lighter on your left hand.
and you need to worry about the lever at all on upshifts, as quick shift system (qss) is fitted as standard. it will be slick and smooth if the is a good indicator.
the 2017 model also gets an fork, with adjustable compression damping in the left fork, rebound adjustment in the right. oddly, considering feedback from owners and press, yamaha appear to have left the rear shock so easily overwhelmed on the current model untouched.
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yamaha’s* ˈsɪmpəl ˈrɛsəpi fər ðə ərˈɪʤənəl wɑz ə ˈmoʊmənt əv pjʊr ˈʤinjəs. naʊ θri jɪrz oʊld, ðə fərm həz ˈgɪftɪd ðə ˈtrɪpəl ə hoʊst əv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈəpˌdeɪts fər 2017 ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɪs ə ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪn baɪk. waɪl ðə moʊst ˈɑbviəs ˈdɪfərənsɪz ər ɛz pleɪn ɛz ðə nu headlamps*, ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ər mɔr ðən skɪn dip bət noʊ daʊt ðə nu feɪs ənd rɪr ɛnd ðət ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli græb jʊr əˈtɛnʃən. ðə riˈstaɪld feɪs ɪz ˈhɛˌdlaɪnd baɪ ən əˈgrɛsɪv lɛd ˈhɛˌdlaɪt, ə dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm ðə mɔr trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈsɪŋgəl laɪt ˈjunɪt əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl. iʧ əv ðə sˈlænɪd ˈhɛˌdlaɪts ɪz ɪkˈwɪpt wɪθ tu lɛd bəlbz, ənd ðə boʊld nu ˈjunɪt ˈmæʧɪz ðə fʊl wɪdθ əv ðə fɔrk tubz ˈrəðər ðən ˈsɪtɪŋ bɪtˈwin ðɛm tɪ ˌriɪnˈfɔrs ɪts ˈmɛnəsɪŋ stæns. ə pɛr əv slɪm ˈrənɪŋ laɪts sɪt bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪts, ˈkɑmpləˌmɛntɪd baɪ ə pɛr əv winglets*. ðə fʊl dæʃ ɪz ənˈʧeɪnʤd, bət ðə ˈɪnstrəmənts ər muvd ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪt əˈsɛmbli, ənd ðə ˈɪndəˌkeɪtərz hæv bɪn ˌriˈloʊkeɪtɪd nɛkst tɪ ðə ˈreɪdiˌeɪtər. ðə teɪl ɛnd ɪz ə ˈstraɪkɪŋ dɪˈpɑrʧər, tu. ðə ˈəpwərdli sˈlænɪd həz bɪn ˈʃɔrtənd baɪ 30mm*, ənd ˈhaʊsɪz ən ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd θˌrizdɪˈmɛnʃənəl lɛd taillight*. ðə nu sit ɪz ˈflætər, haɪər ðən ˌbiˈfɔr, ənd kleɪmd tɪ ˈɔfər ˈbɛtər səˈpɔrt. ðət ˈstəbi teɪl ˈjunɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈdɪʧɪz ðə kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈhæŋər, wɪʧ ɪz naʊ ˈmaʊnɪd ɔn ən ˈəgli ənd ˌɪŋˈkɔŋruəs ɑrm ðət boʊlts tɪ ðə swingarm*. wi ˈrɛkən bi ə ˈrɔrɪŋ treɪd ɪn ˈæftərˌmɑrkɪt səˈluʃənz. bɪɔnd ɛsˈθɛtɪks, ðə nu naɪn gɪts ðə əˈsɪst slɪp (a&s*) kləʧ, dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ mɔr prɪˈsaɪs ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt, waɪl ˈæktɪŋ ɛz ə sˈlɪpər kləʧ ˈəndər ˈnɛgətɪv loʊd. ˈlɛvər ˈækʃən ɪz rɪˈdust baɪ ə kleɪmd 20 ˈmeɪkɪŋ taʊn wərk ˈlaɪtər ɔn jʊr lɛft hænd. ənd ju nid tɪ ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ðə ˈlɛvər æt ɔl ɔn upshifts*, ɛz kwɪk ʃɪft ˈsɪstəm (qss*) ɪz ˈfɪtɪd ɛz ˈstændərd. ɪt wɪl bi slɪk ənd smuð ɪf ðə ɪz ə gʊd ˈɪndəˌkeɪtər. ðə 2017 ˈmɑdəl ˈɔlsoʊ gɪts ən fɔrk, wɪθ əˈʤəstəbəl kəmˈprɛʃən ˈdæmpɪŋ ɪn ðə lɛft fɔrk, riˈbaʊnd əˈʤəstmənt ɪn ðə raɪt. ˈɑdli, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ˈfidˌbæk frəm ˈoʊnərz ənd prɛs, ˈjɑmɑˌhɑ əˈpɪr tɪ hæv lɛft ðə rɪr ʃɑk soʊ ˈizəli ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmd ɔn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈmɑdəl ənˈtəʧt.
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walkie talkie lingo what is common walkie talkie lingo?
1st ad putting his walkie talkie lingo in action
before you can give yourself a walkie talkie code name, you gotta speak the radio lingo. think of this list as a walkie talkie dictionary: “i need to go the bathroom” (number 1)
– “i need to go the bathroom” (number 1) “i need to go the bathroom” (number 2)
– “i need to go the bathroom” (number 2) “i understood the message”
– “i understood the message” 20 location; as in, “what’s your
– location; as in, “what’s your copy “i heard and understood the message”
– “i heard and understood the message” go again “i did not understand the message, please repeat”. you can also say “come back on that”.
– “i did not understand the message, please repeat”. you can also say “come back on that”. eyes on… when someone or something is spotted; as in, “i’ve got eyes on spielberg” or “does anyone have eyes on my lunch box?”
– when someone or something is spotted; as in, “i’ve got eyes on spielberg” or “does anyone have eyes on my lunch box?” first team - the principal actors in in a scene, as in: “walking first team to set"
- the principal actors in in a scene, as in: “walking first team to set" second team - the for the principal actors
- the for the principal actors lock it up “don’t let anyone through”. this is usually an instruction to a pa who was told of a door or area they must block.
– “don’t let anyone through”. this is usually an instruction to a pa who was told of a door or area they must block. flying in when someone or something is en route; as in, “i’m flying in masking tape.”
– when someone or something is en route; as in, “i’m flying in masking tape.” on it when you understand the request and are actively working on it. use only if you have started the work.
– when you understand the request and are actively working on it. use only if you have started the work. ethan for nicky ‘ethan’ being your name, ‘nicky’ being the person you want to reach.
– ‘ethan’ being your name, ‘nicky’ being the person you want to reach. go for nicky the response. “i heard you call for me, up?”
– the response. “i heard you call for me, up?” walkie check when you first turn on your walkie talkie. someone will reply with “good check” so you know your walkie talkies working.
– when you first turn on your walkie talkie. someone will reply with “good check” so you know your walkie talkies working. keying when someone is accidentally holding down the “talk” button on their walkie. someone will catch it and say “keying” or “someone’s keying.”
– when someone is accidentally holding down the “talk” button on their walkie. someone will catch it and say “keying” or “someone’s keying.” going off walkie when taking off your walkie talkie or talk anymore.
– when taking off your walkie talkie or talk anymore. spin that, please when something is said on channel 1 that needs to be passed along to other channels. this is usually assigned to a key set pa or ad before the shoot.
– when something is said on channel 1 that needs to be passed along to other channels. this is usually assigned to a key set pa or ad before the shoot. standby “i hear you, but too busy to reply.”
– “i hear you, but too busy to reply.” standing by “i’ve completed the task and am awaiting further instruction.”
– “i’ve completed the task and am awaiting further instruction.” strike (or 86 ) when something needs to be removed; as in “strike that prop” or those from staging”.
(or ) when something needs to be removed; as in “strike that prop” or those from staging”. kill when something needs to be turned off; as in “kill the fog machine.” what does mean on a film set? on a film set, is the walkie talkie code for the bathroom. while literally meaning you need to pee, using as this as a saves your film crew from t.m.i. if you find you need more time (maybe the craft services is all beans), just ask to “upgrade your.”
advanced walkie talkie lingo what are examples of advanced walkie talkie lingo?
an example of a ad using a walkie talkie
film set slang is as infinite as it is weird. now that past ‘what’s your twenty,’ some film crew terminology you could hear on a channel: martini shot the last shot of the day. the next shot is "tequila."
– the last shot of the day. the next shot is "tequila." a tight close-up of eyes only, as in: “flying in mr. depp for the.”
– a tight close-up of eyes only, as in: “flying in mr. depp for the.” baby legs the legs of a camera tripod.
– the legs of a camera tripod. bogey sometimes “bogie.” someone not supposed to be on set.
– sometimes “bogie.” someone not supposed to be on set. a large trailer with four doors, a production room, a dressing room, and a crew bathroom.
– a large trailer with four doors, a production room, a dressing room, and a crew bathroom. hot brick - a battery with a full charge. obviously more walkie talkie lingo beyond that, but it gets kind of random.
radio etiquette on a film set the best radio etiquette on a film set?
an example of a ad using a walkie talkie
give up your walkie talkie if someone higher than you runs out of battery. speak slowly, clearly, and at a moderate volume. cut back on jokes and other non-sequiturs. learn your voices to avoid constantly asking who you're speaking with. be brief and to the point. bluntness is best. think before you speak. concise your point into walkie talkie codes. are you saying something offensive? just think. wait a beat before you begin to speak. hit the button right when you speak. have to repeat yourself. be aware of your walkie buttons. accidentally switch your dials on, or turn down the volume and miss important instructions. ask twice when needed. while always best to say over and out,” if you understand, be afraid to ask again. repeating instructions back can help this. check your channel often to make sure you didn't forget to switch back. think about buying your own surveillance earpiece. these are cheap and may be in short supply when you get to the set. keep your mic a good distance from your mouth while speaking. you don't want your voice to be too loud. inches away should be good enough. make sure your mic wires are underneath the back of your shirt. loose wires are a danger to yourself and others. learning radio etiquette is a matter of experience. but more often than not, treating a walkie talkie as a powerful instrument of communication rather than a toy resolves most issues.
pro tip: invent your own walkie talkie lingo are you working with an ultra famous actor? or how about a difficult to manage shark robot? then create some walkie talkie code names. by tailoring your radio lingo to your specific project, you can save time and inject some fun throughout the production.
in studiobinder, you can easily add walkie talkie channels when you create your call sheet. that way when your crew gets their call sheet text the night before, be in the loop.
studiobinder's call sheet builder has footer space for your walkie talkie channels.
walkie talkie channel on a film set what is each walkie talkie channel on a film set?
here are some common walkie talkie channels you'll find on productions.
now you that you the most common walkie talkie codes, time to turn to the channels. while it can vary from set to set, the most common walkie talkie channels are: channel 1 - production
- production channel 2 - open, for one-on-one conversation
- open, for one-on-one conversation channel 3 - transportation
- transportation channel 4 - open, for one-on-one conversation
- open, for one-on-one conversation channel 5 - open, for one-on-one conversation
- open, for one-on-one conversation channel 6 - camera
- camera channel 7 - electric
- electric channel 8 - grip
pro tip: check the call sheet for walkie talkie channels every film set is different. no two walkie talkie codes are alike. before you walk on set, ready to sling radio lingo left and right, review the call sheet. the walkie talkie channels being used may have changed.
walkie talkie etiquette switching channel the walkie talkie etiquette switching channels?
here are some common walkie talkie channels you'll find on productions.
each department has its own walkie talkie channel. the number of channels and departments vary from production to production. channel 1, however, will be the main channel. used primarily by the production coordinator and pas, this is where people call for each other and make general requests and notifications. for one-on-one communication, switch to channel 2. if you have a question or reply with one of the terms above, channel 2 is for you. to switch walkie talkie channels, call for someone to “switch to the receiver will respond: “copy, switching to and then "on 2" after they switch. then, chat normally. when finished, call: “back to the receiver should respond “copy, switching back to and voila. on a hectic set, keeping walkie talkie channels open is key. a walkie talkie conversation example knowing enough walkie talkie lingo, you can easily decipher this: ad: does anyone have eyes on the falcon?
pa: flying the falcon in now.
1st ad: your 20?
pa: melrose and santa monica.
1st ad:. can you bring him to make-up?
pa: copy that, going off walkie. the pa mounts a series of hard turns. pa: walkie-check.
1st ad: good check.
pa: falcon at make-up. standing by.
1st ad: over and out.
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ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ wət ɪz ˈkɑmən ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ? æd ˈpʊtɪŋ hɪz ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ ɪn ˈækʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ju kən gɪv ˈjɔrsɛlf ə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki koʊd neɪm, ju ˈgɑtə spik ðə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈlɪŋgoʊ. θɪŋk əv ðɪs lɪst ɛz ə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri: nid tɪ goʊ ðə bathroom”*” (ˈnəmbər 1 nid tɪ goʊ ðə bathroom”*” (ˈnəmbər 1 nid tɪ goʊ ðə bathroom”*” (ˈnəmbər 2 nid tɪ goʊ ðə bathroom”*” (ˈnəmbər 2 ˌəndərˈstʊd ðə message”*” ˌəndərˈstʊd ðə message”*” 20 loʊˈkeɪʃən; ɛz ɪn, jʊr loʊˈkeɪʃən; ɛz ɪn, jʊr ˈkɑpi hərd ənd ˌəndərˈstʊd ðə message”*” hərd ənd ˌəndərˈstʊd ðə message”*” goʊ əˈgɛn dɪd nɑt ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ, pliz repeat”*”. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ seɪ bæk ɔn that”*”. dɪd nɑt ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ, pliz repeat”*”. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ seɪ bæk ɔn that”*”. aɪz on…*… wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz ˈspɑtɪd; ɛz ɪn, gɑt aɪz ɔn spielberg”*” ər ˈɛniˌwən hæv aɪz ɔn maɪ lənʧ box?”*?” wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz ˈspɑtɪd; ɛz ɪn, gɑt aɪz ɔn spielberg”*” ər ˈɛniˌwən hæv aɪz ɔn maɪ lənʧ box?”*?” fərst tim ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈæktərz ɪn ɪn ə sin, ɛz ɪn: fərst tim tɪ sɛt" ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈæktərz ɪn ɪn ə sin, ɛz ɪn: fərst tim tɪ sɛt" ˈsɛkənd tim ðə fər ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈæktərz ðə fər ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈæktərz lɑk ɪt əp lɛt ˈɛniˌwən through”*”. ðɪs ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ən ˌɪnˈstrəkʃən tɪ ə pɑ hu wɑz toʊld əv ə dɔr ər ˈɛriə ðeɪ məst blɑk. lɛt ˈɛniˌwən through”*”. ðɪs ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli ən ˌɪnˈstrəkʃən tɪ ə pɑ hu wɑz toʊld əv ə dɔr ər ˈɛriə ðeɪ məst blɑk. flaɪɪŋ ɪn wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz ɛn rut; ɛz ɪn, flaɪɪŋ ɪn ˈmæskɪŋ tape.”*.” wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz ɛn rut; ɛz ɪn, flaɪɪŋ ɪn ˈmæskɪŋ tape.”*.” ɔn ɪt wɪn ju ˌəndərˈstænd ðə rɪkˈwɛst ənd ər ˈæktɪvli ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ɪt. juz ˈoʊnli ɪf ju hæv ˈstɑrtɪd ðə wərk. wɪn ju ˌəndərˈstænd ðə rɪkˈwɛst ənd ər ˈæktɪvli ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ɪt. juz ˈoʊnli ɪf ju hæv ˈstɑrtɪd ðə wərk. ˈiθən fər ˈnɪki ‘‘ethan’*’ biɪŋ jʊr neɪm, ‘‘nicky’*’ biɪŋ ðə ˈpərsən ju wɔnt tɪ riʧ. ‘‘ethan’*’ biɪŋ jʊr neɪm, ‘‘nicky’*’ biɪŋ ðə ˈpərsən ju wɔnt tɪ riʧ. goʊ fər ˈnɪki ðə rɪˈspɑns. hərd ju kɔl fər mi, up?”*?” ðə rɪˈspɑns. hərd ju kɔl fər mi, up?”*?” ˈwɔki ʧɛk wɪn ju fərst tərn ɔn jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki. ˈsəmˌwən wɪl rɪˈplaɪ wɪθ check”*” soʊ ju noʊ jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔkiz ˈwərkɪŋ. wɪn ju fərst tərn ɔn jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki. ˈsəmˌwən wɪl rɪˈplaɪ wɪθ check”*” soʊ ju noʊ jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔkiz ˈwərkɪŋ. kiɪŋ wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ɪz ˌæksəˈdɛnəli ˈhoʊldɪŋ daʊn ðə ““talk”*” ˈbətən ɔn ðɛr ˈwɔki. ˈsəmˌwən wɪl kæʧ ɪt ənd seɪ ““keying”*” ər keying.”*.” wɪn ˈsəmˌwən ɪz ˌæksəˈdɛnəli ˈhoʊldɪŋ daʊn ðə ““talk”*” ˈbətən ɔn ðɛr ˈwɔki. ˈsəmˌwən wɪl kæʧ ɪt ənd seɪ ““keying”*” ər keying.”*.” goʊɪŋ ɔf ˈwɔki wɪn ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔf jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ər tɔk ˌɛniˈmɔr. wɪn ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔf jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ər tɔk ˌɛniˈmɔr. spɪn ðət, pliz wɪn ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz sɛd ɔn ˈʧænəl 1 ðət nidz tɪ bi pæst əˈlɔŋ tɪ ˈəðər ˈʧænəlz. ðɪs ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli əˈsaɪnd tɪ ə ki sɛt pɑ ər æd ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ʃut. wɪn ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪz sɛd ɔn ˈʧænəl 1 ðət nidz tɪ bi pæst əˈlɔŋ tɪ ˈəðər ˈʧænəlz. ðɪs ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli əˈsaɪnd tɪ ə ki sɛt pɑ ər æd ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ʃut. ˈstændˈbaɪ hir ju, bət tu ˈbɪzi tɪ reply.”*.” hir ju, bət tu ˈbɪzi tɪ reply.”*.” ˈstændɪŋ baɪ kəmˈplitɪd ðə tæsk ənd æm əˈweɪtɪŋ ˈfərðər instruction.”*.” kəmˈplitɪd ðə tæsk ənd æm əˈweɪtɪŋ ˈfərðər instruction.”*.” straɪk (ər 86 wɪn ˈsəmθɪŋ nidz tɪ bi riˈmuvd; ɛz ɪn ðət prop”*” ər ðoʊz frəm staging”*”. (ər wɪn ˈsəmθɪŋ nidz tɪ bi riˈmuvd; ɛz ɪn ðət prop”*” ər ðoʊz frəm staging”*”. kɪl wɪn ˈsəmθɪŋ nidz tɪ bi tərnd ɔf; ɛz ɪn ðə fɔg machine.”*.” wət dɪz min ɔn ə fɪlm sɛt? ɔn ə fɪlm sɛt, ɪz ðə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki koʊd fər ðə ˈbæθˌrum. waɪl ˈlɪtərəli ˈminɪŋ ju nid tɪ pi, ˈjuzɪŋ ɛz ðɪs ɛz ə seɪvz jʊr fɪlm kru frəm t.m.i*. ɪf ju faɪnd ju nid mɔr taɪm (ˈmeɪbi ðə kræft ˈsərvɪsɪz ɪz ɔl binz), ʤɪst æsk tɪ jʊr ədˈvænst ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ wət ər ɪgˈzæmpəlz əv ədˈvænst ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ? ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ə æd ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki fɪlm sɛt slæŋ ɪz ɛz ˈɪnfənət ɛz ɪt ɪz wɪrd. naʊ ðət pæst jʊr twenty,’*,’ səm fɪlm kru ˌtərmɪˈnɑləʤi ju kʊd hir ɔn ə ˈʧænəl: mɑrˈtini ʃɑt ðə læst ʃɑt əv ðə deɪ. ðə nɛkst ʃɑt ɪz "təˈkilə." ðə læst ʃɑt əv ðə deɪ. ðə nɛkst ʃɑt ɪz "təˈkilə." ə taɪt ˈkloʊˌsəp əv aɪz ˈoʊnli, ɛz ɪn: ɪn ˈmɪstər. dɛp fər ðə choker.”*.” ə taɪt ˈkloʊˌsəp əv aɪz ˈoʊnli, ɛz ɪn: ɪn ˈmɪstər. dɛp fər ðə choker.”*.” ˈbeɪbi lɛgz ðə lɛgz əv ə ˈkæmərə ˈtraɪˌpɑd. ðə lɛgz əv ə ˈkæmərə ˈtraɪˌpɑd. ˈboʊgi ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ““bogie.”*.” ˈsəmˌwən nɑt səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ɔn sɛt. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ““bogie.”*.” ˈsəmˌwən nɑt səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ɔn sɛt. ə lɑrʤ ˈtreɪlər wɪθ fɔr dɔrz, ə pərˈdəkʃən rum, ə ˈdrɛsɪŋ rum, ənd ə kru ˈbæθˌrum. ə lɑrʤ ˈtreɪlər wɪθ fɔr dɔrz, ə pərˈdəkʃən rum, ə ˈdrɛsɪŋ rum, ənd ə kru ˈbæθˌrum. hɑt brɪk ə ˈbætəri wɪθ ə fʊl ʧɑrʤ. ˈɑbviəsli mɔr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ bɪɔnd ðət, bət ɪt gɪts kaɪnd əv ˈrændəm. ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɛtəkət ɔn ə fɪlm sɛt ðə bɛst ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɛtəkət ɔn ə fɪlm sɛt? ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ə æd ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki gɪv əp jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ɪf ˈsəmˌwən haɪər ðən ju rənz aʊt əv ˈbætəri. spik sˈloʊli, ˈklɪrli, ənd æt ə ˈmɑdərˌeɪt ˈvɑljum. kət bæk ɔn ʤoʊks ənd ˈəðər ˈnɑnˈsɛkwɪtərz. lərn jʊr ˈvɔɪsɪz tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈkɑnstəntli ˈæskɪŋ hu jʊr ˈspikɪŋ wɪθ. bi brif ənd tɪ ðə pɔɪnt. ˈbləntnəs ɪz bɛst. θɪŋk ˌbiˈfɔr ju spik. kənˈsaɪs jʊr pɔɪnt ˈɪntu ˈwɔki ˈtɔki koʊdz. ər ju seɪɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈfɛnsɪv? ʤɪst θɪŋk. weɪt ə bit ˌbiˈfɔr ju bɪˈgɪn tɪ spik. hɪt ðə ˈbətən raɪt wɪn ju spik. hæv tɪ rɪˈpit ˈjɔrsɛlf. bi əˈwɛr əv jʊr ˈwɔki ˈbətənz. ˌæksəˈdɛnəli swɪʧ jʊr daɪəlz ɔn, ər tərn daʊn ðə ˈvɑljum ənd mɪs ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz. æsk twaɪs wɪn ˈnidɪd. waɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz bɛst tɪ seɪ ˈoʊvər ənd out,”*,” ɪf ju ˌəndərˈstænd, bi əˈfreɪd tɪ æsk əˈgɛn. rɪˈpitɪŋ ˌɪnˈstrəkʃənz bæk kən hɛlp ðɪs. ʧɛk jʊr ˈʧænəl ˈɔfən tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ju ˈdɪdənt fərˈgɛt tɪ swɪʧ bæk. θɪŋk əˈbaʊt baɪɪŋ jʊr oʊn sərˈveɪləns ˈɪrpis. ðiz ər ʧip ənd meɪ bi ɪn ʃɔrt səˈplaɪ wɪn ju gɪt tɪ ðə sɛt. kip jʊr mɪk ə gʊd ˈdɪstəns frəm jʊr maʊθ waɪl ˈspikɪŋ. ju doʊnt wɔnt jʊr vɔɪs tɪ bi tu laʊd. ˈɪnʧɪz əˈweɪ ʃʊd bi gʊd ɪˈnəf. meɪk ʃʊr jʊr mɪk waɪərz ər ˌəndərˈniθ ðə bæk əv jʊr ʃərt. lus waɪərz ər ə ˈdeɪnʤər tɪ ˈjɔrsɛlf ənd ˈəðərz. ˈlərnɪŋ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɛtəkət ɪz ə ˈmætər əv ɪkˈspɪriəns. bət mɔr ˈɔfən ðən nɑt, ˈtritɪŋ ə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ɛz ə ˈpaʊərfəl ˈɪnstrəmənt əv kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ˈrəðər ðən ə tɔɪ riˈzɑlvz moʊst ˈɪʃuz. proʊ tɪp: ˌɪnˈvɛnt jʊr oʊn ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ ər ju ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ən ˈəltrə ˈfeɪməs ˈæktər? ər haʊ əˈbaʊt ə ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ ˈmænɪʤ ʃɑrk ˈroʊˌbət? ðɛn kriˈeɪt səm ˈwɔki ˈtɔki koʊd neɪmz. baɪ ˈteɪlərɪŋ jʊr ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈlɪŋgoʊ tɪ jʊr spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈprɑʤɛkt, ju kən seɪv taɪm ənd ˌɪnˈʤɛkt səm fən θruaʊt ðə pərˈdəkʃən. ɪn studiobinder*, ju kən ˈizəli æd ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz wɪn ju kriˈeɪt jʊr kɔl ʃit. ðət weɪ wɪn jʊr kru gɪts ðɛr kɔl ʃit tɛkst ðə naɪt ˌbiˈfɔr, bi ɪn ðə lup. kɔl ʃit ˈbɪldər həz ˈfʊtər speɪs fər jʊr ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz. ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəl ɔn ə fɪlm sɛt wət ɪz iʧ ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəl ɔn ə fɪlm sɛt? hir ər səm ˈkɑmən ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz jul faɪnd ɔn pərˈdəkʃənz. naʊ ju ðət ju ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən ˈwɔki ˈtɔki koʊdz, taɪm tɪ tərn tɪ ðə ˈʧænəlz. waɪl ɪt kən ˈvɛri frəm sɛt tɪ sɛt, ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz ər: ˈʧænəl 1 pərˈdəkʃən pərˈdəkʃən ˈʧænəl 2 ˈoʊpən, fər ˌwənɔnˈwən ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈoʊpən, fər ˌwənɔnˈwən ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈʧænəl 3 ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˈʧænəl 4 ˈoʊpən, fər ˌwənɔnˈwən ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈoʊpən, fər ˌwənɔnˈwən ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈʧænəl 5 ˈoʊpən, fər ˌwənɔnˈwən ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈoʊpən, fər ˌwənɔnˈwən ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ˈʧænəl 6 ˈkæmərə ˈkæmərə ˈʧænəl 7 ɪˈlɛktrɪk ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈʧænəl 8 grɪp proʊ tɪp: ʧɛk ðə kɔl ʃit fər ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz ˈɛvəri fɪlm sɛt ɪz ˈdɪfərənt. noʊ tu ˈwɔki ˈtɔki koʊdz ər əˈlaɪk. ˌbiˈfɔr ju wɔk ɔn sɛt, ˈrɛdi tɪ slɪŋ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈlɪŋgoʊ lɛft ənd raɪt, ˌrivˈju ðə kɔl ʃit. ðə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz biɪŋ juzd meɪ hæv ʧeɪnʤd. ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈɛtəkət sˈwɪʧɪŋ ˈʧænəl ðə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈɛtəkət sˈwɪʧɪŋ ˈʧænəlz? hir ər səm ˈkɑmən ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz jul faɪnd ɔn pərˈdəkʃənz. iʧ dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz ɪts oʊn ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəl. ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈʧænəlz ənd dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˈvɛri frəm pərˈdəkʃən tɪ pərˈdəkʃən. ˈʧænəl 1 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɪl bi ðə meɪn ˈʧænəl. juzd praɪˈmɛrəli baɪ ðə pərˈdəkʃən koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ənd pɑz, ðɪs ɪz wɛr ˈpipəl kɔl fər iʧ ˈəðər ənd meɪk ˈʤɛnərəl rɪkˈwɛsts ənd ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃənz. fər ˌwənɔnˈwən kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən, swɪʧ tɪ ˈʧænəl 2 ɪf ju hæv ə kˈwɛʃən ər rɪˈplaɪ wɪθ wən əv ðə tərmz əˈbəv, ˈʧænəl 2 ɪz fər ju. tɪ swɪʧ ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz, kɔl fər ˈsəmˌwən tɪ tɪ ðə rɪˈsivər wɪl rɪˈspɑnd: ““copy*, sˈwɪʧɪŋ tɪ ənd ðɛn "ɔn 2 ˈæftər ðeɪ swɪʧ. ðɛn, ʧæt ˈnɔrməli. wɪn ˈfɪnɪʃt, kɔl: tɪ ðə rɪˈsivər ʃʊd rɪˈspɑnd ““copy*, sˈwɪʧɪŋ bæk tɪ ənd vˌwɑˈlɑ. ɔn ə ˈhɛktɪk sɛt, ˈkipɪŋ ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈʧænəlz ˈoʊpən ɪz ki. ə ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ɪgˈzæmpəl noʊɪŋ ɪˈnəf ˈwɔki ˈtɔki ˈlɪŋgoʊ, ju kən ˈizəli dɪˈsaɪfər ðɪs: æd: dɪz ˈɛniˌwən hæv aɪz ɔn ðə ˈfælkən? pɑ: flaɪɪŋ ðə ˈfælkən ɪn naʊ. æd: jʊr 20 pɑ: ˈmɛˌlroʊz ənd ˈsænə ˈmɑnɪkə. æd: kən ju brɪŋ ɪm tɪ ˈmeɪˌkəp? pɑ: ˈkɑpi ðət, goʊɪŋ ɔf ˈwɔki. ðə pɑ maʊnts ə ˈsɪriz əv hɑrd tərnz. pɑ: walkie-check*. æd: gʊd ʧɛk. pɑ: ˈfælkən æt ˈmeɪˌkəp. ˈstændɪŋ baɪ. æd: ˈoʊvər ənd aʊt.
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