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by brandon turbeville
as the syrian crisis enters its sixth year, the donald trump administration is looking more and more like the obama administration every day. with the trump regime refusing to open useful dialogue with russia regarding syria, its obvious and positioning, and support for a very questionable “safe zone” plan for syria, the odds of a rational u.s. policy in regards to syria has lower and lower odds of existence as time progresses.
yet, despite the fact that the trump administration is apparently poised to continue the obama proxy war of aggression against the people of syria, an example of seamless transition, it should also be remembered that the plan to destroy syria did not begin with obama but with the bush administration.
even now, as the world awaits the continuation of the syrian war through a democratic and republican administration, the genesis of that war goes back to the republican bush administration, demonstrating that there is indeed an overarching agenda and an overarching infrastructure of an deep state intent on moving forward regardless of which party is seemingly in power.
as journalist seymour hersh wrote in his article, “the redirection,”
to undermine iran, which is predominantly shiite, the bush administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the middle east. in lebanon, the administration has cooperated with saudi government, which is sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken hezbollah, the shiite organization that is backed by iran. the u.s. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at iran and its ally syria. a of these activities has been the bolstering of sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of islam and are hostile to america and sympathetic to al qaeda.
“extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of islam” who are “hostile to america and sympathetic to al-qaeda” are the definition of the so-called “rebels” turned loose on syria in 2011. likewise, the fact that both iran and hezbollah, who are natural enemies of al-qaeda and such radical sunni groups, are involved in the battle against isis and other related terrorist organizations in syria proves the accuracy of the article on another level.
hersh also wrote,
the new american policy, in its broad outlines, has been discussed publicly. in testimony before the senate foreign relations committee in january, secretary of state rice said that there is “a new strategic alignment in the middle east,” separating “reformers” and “extremists”; she pointed to the sunni states as centers of moderation, and said that iran, syria, and hezbollah were “on the other side of that divide.” sunni majority is dominated by the sect.) iran and syria, she said, “have made their choice and their choice is to destabilize.” some of the core tactics of the redirection are not public, however. the clandestine operations have been kept secret, in some cases, by leaving the execution or the funding to the saudis, or by finding other ways to work around the normal congressional appropriations process, current and former officials close to the administration said. . . . . . . this time, the u.s. government consultant told me, bandar and other saudis have assured the white house that “they will keep a very close eye on the religious fundamentalists. their message to us was ‘we’ve created this movement, and we can control it.’ not that we want the to throw bombs; who they throw them at—hezbollah, al-sadr, iran, and at the syrians, if they continue to work with hezbollah and iran.” . . . . . . fourth, the saudi government, with approval, would provide funds and logistical aid to weaken the government of president bashir assad, of syria. the israelis believe that putting such pressure on the assad government will make it more conciliatory and open to negotiations. syria is a major conduit of arms to hezbollah. . . . . . . . . . . . the syrian muslim brotherhood, a branch of a radical sunni movement founded in egypt in 1928, engaged in more than a decade of violent opposition to the regime of hafez assad, father. in 1982, the brotherhood took control of the city of hama; assad bombarded the city for a week, killing between six thousand and twenty thousand people. membership in the brotherhood is punishable by death in syria. the brotherhood is also an avowed enemy of the u.s. and of israel. nevertheless, said, “we told cheney that the basic link between iran and lebanon is to weaken iran you need to open the door to effective syrian opposition.” . . . . . there is evidence that the redirection strategy has already benefitted the brotherhood. the syrian national salvation front is a coalition of opposition groups whose principal members are a faction led by abdul khaddam, a former syrian vice-president who defected in 2005, and the brotherhood. a former c.i.a. officer told me, “the americans have provided both political and financial support. the saudis are taking the lead with financial support, but there is american involvement.” he said that khaddam, who now lives in paris, was getting money from saudi arabia, with the knowledge of the white house. (in 2005, a delegation of the members met with officials from the national security council, according to press reports.) a former white house official told me that the saudis had provided members of the front with travel documents.
hersh also spoke with sheikh hassan, leader of the lebanese militia, hezbollah. in relation to the western strategy against syria, he reported,
nasrallah said he believed that america also wanted to bring about the partition of lebanon and of syria. in syria, he said, the result would be to push the country “into chaos and internal battles like in iraq.” in lebanon, “there will be a sunni state, an state, a christian state, and a druze state.” but, he said, “i do not know if there will be a shiite state.” told me that he suspected that one aim of the israeli bombing of lebanon last summer was “the destruction of shiite areas and the displacement of shiites from lebanon. the idea was to have the shiites of lebanon and syria flee to southern iraq,” which is dominated by shiites. “i am not sure, but i smell this,” he told me. partition would leave israel surrounded by “small tranquil states,” he said. “i can assure you that the saudi kingdom will also be divided, and the issue will reach to north african states. there will be small ethnic and confessional states,” he said. “in other words, israel will be the most important and the strongest state in a region that has been partitioned into ethnic and confessional states that are in agreement with each other. this is the new middle east.”
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yet, while even the connections between the plans to destroy syria and the bush administration are generally unknown, what is even less well-known is the fact that there existed a plan to destroy syria as far back as 1983.
documents contained in the u.s. national archives and drawn up by the cia reveal a plan to destroy the syrian government going back decades. one such document entitled, “bringing real muscle to bear in syria,” written by cia officer graham fuller, is particularly illuminating. in this document, fuller wrote,
syria at present has a hammerlock on us interests both in lebanon and in the gulf through closure of pipeline thereby threatening iraqi internationalization of the [iran-iraq] war. the us should consider sharply escalating the pressures against assad [sr.] through covertly orchestrating simultaneous military threats against syria from three border states hostile to syria: iraq, israel and turkey.
even as far back as 1983, syrian president bashar father, hafez assad, was viewed as a gadfly to the plans of western imperialists seeking to weaken both the iraqis and the iranians and extend hegemony over the middle east and persia. the document shows that assad and hence syria represented a resistance to western imperialism, a threat to israel, and that assad himself was well aware of the game the united states, israel, and other members of the western imperialist coalition were trying to play against him. the report reads,
syria continues to maintain a hammerlock on two key u.s. interests in the middle east: syrian refusal to withdraw its troops from lebanon ensures israeli occupation in the south; syrian closure of the iraqi pipeline has been a key factor in bringing iraq to its financial knees, it towards dangerous internationalization of the war in the gulf diplomatic initiatives to date have had little effect on assad who has so far correctly calculated the play of forces in the area and concluded that they are only weakly arrayed against him. if the u.s. is to rein in spoiling role, it can only do so through exertion of real muscle which will pose a vital threat to position and power.
the author then presents a plan that sounds eerily similar to those now being discussed publicly by western and specifically american think tanks and private non-governmental organizations who unofficially craft american policy. fuller writes,
the us should consider sharply escalating the pressures against assad [sr.] through covertly orchestrating simultaneous military threats against syria from three border states hostile to syria: iraq, israel and turkey. iraq, perceived to be increasingly desperate in the gulf war, would undertake limited military (air) operations against syria with the sole goal of opening the pipeline. although opening war on a second front against syria poses considerable risk to iraq, syria would also face a war since it is already heavily engaged in the bekaa, on the golan and in maintaining control over a hostile and restive population inside syria. israel would simultaneously raise tensions along lebanon front without actually going to war. turkey, angered by syrian support to armenian terrorism, to iraqi kurds on kurdish border areas and to turkish terrorists operating out of northern syria, has often considered launching unilateral military operations against terrorist camps in northern syria. virtually all arab states would have sympathy for iraq. faced with three belligerent fronts, assad would probably be forced to abandon his policy of closure of the pipeline. such a concession would relieve the economic pressure on iraq, and perhaps force iran to reconsider bringing the war to an end. it would be a sharpening blow to prestige and could effect the equation of forces in lebanon.
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baɪ ˈbrændən ˈtərbvɪl ɛz ðə ˈsɪriən ˈkraɪsəs ˈɛnərz ɪts sɪksθ jɪr, ðə ˈdɑnəld trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ mɔr ənd mɔr laɪk ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ˈɛvəri deɪ. wɪθ ðə trəmp rəˈʒim rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ ˈoʊpən ˈjusfəl ˈdaɪəˌlɔg wɪθ ˈrəʃə rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈsɪriə, ɪts ˈɑbviəs ənd pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ, ənd səˈpɔrt fər ə ˈvɛri kˈwɛsʧənəbəl zone”*” plæn fər ˈsɪriə, ðə ɑdz əv ə ˈræʃənəl juz. ˈpɑləsi ɪn rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ ˈsɪriə həz loʊər ənd loʊər ɑdz əv ɪgˈzɪstəns ɛz taɪm ˈprɑˌgrɛsəz. jɛt, dɪˈspaɪt ðə fækt ðət ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ɪz əˈpɛrəntli pɔɪzd tɪ kənˈtɪnju ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ˈprɑksi wɔr əv əˈgrɛʃən əˈgɛnst ðə ˈpipəl əv ˈsɪriə, ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈsimləs trænˈzɪʃən, ɪt ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ bi rɪˈmɛmbərd ðət ðə plæn tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ˈsɪriə dɪd nɑt bɪˈgɪn wɪθ ˌoʊˈbɑmə bət wɪθ ðə bʊʃ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. ˈivɪn naʊ, ɛz ðə wərld əˈweɪts ðə kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən əv ðə ˈsɪriən wɔr θru ə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ənd rɪˈpəblɪkən ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, ðə ˈʤɛnəsəs əv ðət wɔr goʊz bæk tɪ ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən bʊʃ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪŋ ðət ðɛr ɪz ˌɪnˈdid ən ˈoʊvərˌɑrʧɪŋ əˈʤɛndə ənd ən ˈoʊvərˌɑrʧɪŋ ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər əv ən dip steɪt ˌɪnˈtɛnt ɔn ˈmuvɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd rəˈgɑrdləs əv wɪʧ ˈpɑrti ɪz ˈsimɪŋli ɪn paʊər. ɛz ˈʤərnəlɪst ˈsimɔr hərʃ roʊt ɪn hɪz ˈɑrtɪkəl, redirection,”*,” tɪ ˈəndərˌmaɪn ˌɪˈrɑn, wɪʧ ɪz ˌprɪˈdɑmənənˌtli ʃiaɪt, ðə bʊʃ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd, ɪn ˈifɛkt, tɪ ˌrikənˈfɪgjər ɪts praɪˈɔrətiz ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist. ɪn ˈlɛbənən, ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz kˈwɑpərˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈsɔdi ˈgəvərnmənt, wɪʧ ɪz ˈsuni, ɪn klænˈdɛstɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ðət ər ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈwikən ˌhɛzbɑˈlə, ðə ʃiaɪt ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ðət ɪz bækt baɪ ˌɪˈrɑn. ðə juz. həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈteɪkən pɑrt ɪn klænˈdɛstɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz eɪmd æt ˌɪˈrɑn ənd ɪts ˈælaɪ ˈsɪriə. ə əv ðiz ækˈtɪvɪtiz həz bɪn ðə ˈboʊlstərɪŋ əv ˈsuni ɪkˈstrimɪst grups ðət ɪˈspaʊz ə ˈmɪlətənt ˈvɪʒən əv ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ər ˈhɑstəl tɪ əˈmɛrɪkə ənd ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk tɪ æl qaeda*. grups ðət ɪˈspaʊz ə ˈmɪlətənt ˈvɪʒən əv islam”*” hu ər tɪ əˈmɛrɪkə ənd ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk tɪ al-qaeda”*” ər ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld ““rebels”*” tərnd lus ɔn ˈsɪriə ɪn 2011 ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, ðə fækt ðət boʊθ ˌɪˈrɑn ənd ˌhɛzbɑˈlə, hu ər ˈnæʧərəl ˈɛnəmiz əv ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ ənd səʧ ˈrædɪkəl ˈsuni grups, ər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈbætəl əˈgɛnst ˈaɪsəs ənd ˈəðər rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈtɛrərɪst ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ɪn ˈsɪriə pruvz ðə ˈækjərəsi əv ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn əˈnəðər ˈlɛvəl. hərʃ ˈɔlsoʊ roʊt, ðə nu əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpɑləsi, ɪn ɪts brɔd ˈaʊˌtlaɪnz, həz bɪn dɪˈskəst ˈpəblɪkli. ɪn ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈsɛnɪt ˈfɔrən riˈleɪʃənz kəˈmɪti ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri, ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt raɪs sɛd ðət ðɛr ɪz nu strəˈtiʤɪk əˈlaɪnmənt ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl east,”*,” ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪŋ ““reformers”*” ənd ““extremists”*”; ʃi ˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ ðə ˈsuni steɪts ɛz ˈsɛnərz əv ˌmɑdərˈeɪʃən, ənd sɛd ðət ˌɪˈrɑn, ˈsɪriə, ənd ˌhɛzbɑˈlə wər ðə ˈəðər saɪd əv ðət divide.”*.” ˈsuni məˈʤɔrəti ɪz ˈdɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ ðə sɛkt.) ˌɪˈrɑn ənd ˈsɪriə, ʃi sɛd, meɪd ðɛr ʧɔɪs ənd ðɛr ʧɔɪs ɪz tɪ destabilize.”*.” səm əv ðə kɔr ˈtæktɪks əv ðə ˌridərˈɛkʃən ər nɑt ˈpəblɪk, ˌhaʊˈɛvər. ðə klænˈdɛstɪn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz hæv bɪn kɛpt ˈsikrɪt, ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, baɪ ˈlivɪŋ ðə ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən ər ðə ˈfəndɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsɔdiz, ər baɪ ˈfaɪndɪŋ ˈəðər weɪz tɪ wərk əraʊnd ðə ˈnɔrməl kənˈgrɛʃənəl əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz ˈprɔˌsɛs, ˈkɑrənt ənd ˈfɔrmər əˈfɪʃəlz kloʊz tɪ ðə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən sɛd. ðɪs taɪm, ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt kənˈsəltənt toʊld mi, ˈbændɑr ənd ˈəðər ˈsɔdiz hæv əˈʃʊrd ðə waɪt haʊs ðət wɪl kip ə ˈvɛri kloʊz aɪ ɔn ðə rɪˈlɪʤəs ˌfəndəˈmɛnəlɪsts. ðɛr ˈmɛsɪʤ tɪ ˈjuˈɛs wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd ðɪs ˈmuvmənt, ənd wi kən kənˈtroʊl it.’*.’ nɑt ðət wi wɔnt ðə tɪ θroʊ bɑmz; hu ðeɪ θroʊ ðɛm at—hezbollah*, al-sadr*, ˌɪˈrɑn, ənd æt ðə ˈsɪriənz, ɪf ðeɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ wərk wɪθ ˌhɛzbɑˈlə ənd iran.”*.” fɔrθ, ðə ˈsɔdi ˈgəvərnmənt, wɪθ əˈpruvəl, wʊd prəˈvaɪd fəndz ənd ləˈʤɪstɪkəl eɪd tɪ ˈwikən ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əv ˈprɛzɪdənt bəˈʃɪr əˈsɑd, əv ˈsɪriə. ðə ˌɪzˈreɪliz bɪˈliv ðət ˈpʊtɪŋ səʧ ˈprɛʃər ɔn ðə əˈsɑd ˈgəvərnmənt wɪl meɪk ɪt mɔr kənˈsɪˌliəˌtɔri ənd ˈoʊpən tɪ nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz. ˈsɪriə ɪz ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈkɑnʤuɪt əv ɑrmz tɪ ˌhɛzbɑˈlə. ðə ˈsɪriən ˈməzlɪm ˈbrəðərˌhʊd, ə brænʧ əv ə ˈrædɪkəl ˈsuni ˈmuvmənt ˈfaʊndɪd ɪn ˈiʤɪpt ɪn 1928 ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɪn mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd əv ˈvaɪələnt ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ðə rəˈʒim əv ˈhɑfɛz əˈsɑd, ˈfɑðər. ɪn 1982 ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd tʊk kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈhɑmə; əˈsɑd bɑmˈbɑrdɪd ðə ˈsɪti fər ə wik, ˈkɪlɪŋ bɪtˈwin sɪks ˈθaʊzənd ənd tˈwɛnti ˈθaʊzənd ˈpipəl. ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ɪn ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ɪz ˈpənɪʃəbəl baɪ dɛθ ɪn ˈsɪriə. ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ən əˈvaʊd ˈɛnəmi əv ðə juz. ənd əv ˈɪzriəl. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, sɛd, toʊld ˈʧeɪni ðət ðə ˈbeɪsɪk lɪŋk bɪtˈwin ˌɪˈrɑn ənd ˈlɛbənən ɪz tɪ ˈwikən ˌɪˈrɑn ju nid tɪ ˈoʊpən ðə dɔr tɪ ˈifɛktɪv ˈsɪriən opposition.”*.” ðɛr ɪz ˈɛvədəns ðət ðə ˌridərˈɛkʃən ˈstrætəʤi həz ɔˈrɛdi ˈbɛnəfɪtɪd ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd. ðə ˈsɪriən ˈnæʃənəl sælˈveɪʃən frənt ɪz ə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən əv ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən grups huz ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈmɛmbərz ər ə ˈfækʃən lɛd baɪ æbˈdul khaddam*, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɪriən ˈvaɪˈsprɛzədənt hu dɪˈfɛktɪd ɪn 2005 ənd ðə ˈbrəðərˌhʊd. ə ˈfɔrmər c.i.a*. ˈɔfɪsər toʊld mi, əˈmɛrɪkənz hæv prəˈvaɪdɪd boʊθ pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl səˈpɔrt. ðə ˈsɔdiz ər ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə lɛd wɪθ ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl səˈpɔrt, bət ðɛr ɪz əˈmɛrɪkən involvement.”*.” hi sɛd ðət khaddam*, hu naʊ lɪvz ɪn ˈpɛrɪs, wɑz ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈməni frəm ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, wɪθ ðə ˈnɑlɪʤ əv ðə waɪt haʊs. (ɪn 2005 ə ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən əv ðə ˈmɛmbərz mɛt wɪθ əˈfɪʃəlz frəm ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈkaʊnsəl, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ prɛs rɪˈpɔrts.) ə ˈfɔrmər waɪt haʊs əˈfɪʃəl toʊld mi ðət ðə ˈsɔdiz hæd prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə frənt wɪθ ˈtrævəl ˈdɑkjəmənts. hərʃ ˈɔlsoʊ spoʊk wɪθ ʃik həˈsɑn, ˈlidər əv ðə ˈlɛbəˌniz mɪˈlɪʃə, ˌhɛzbɑˈlə. ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈstrætəʤi əˈgɛnst ˈsɪriə, hi ˌriˈpɔrtəd, sɛd hi bɪˈlivd ðət əˈmɛrɪkə ˈɔlsoʊ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ brɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə pɑrˈtɪʃən əv ˈlɛbənən ənd əv ˈsɪriə. ɪn ˈsɪriə, hi sɛd, ðə rɪˈzəlt wʊd bi tɪ pʊʃ ðə ˈkəntri keɪɑs ənd ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈbætəlz laɪk ɪn iraq.”*.” ɪn ˈlɛbənən, wɪl bi ə ˈsuni steɪt, ən steɪt, ə ˈkrɪsʧɪn steɪt, ənd ə druz state.”*.” bət, hi sɛd, du nɑt noʊ ɪf ðɛr wɪl bi ə ʃiaɪt state.”*.” toʊld mi ðət hi səˈspɛktɪd ðət wən eɪm əv ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈbɑmɪŋ əv ˈlɛbənən læst ˈsəmər wɑz dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ʃiaɪt ˈɛriəz ənd ðə dɪˈspleɪsmənt əv ʃiaɪts frəm ˈlɛbənən. ðə aɪˈdiə wɑz tɪ hæv ðə ʃiaɪts əv ˈlɛbənən ənd ˈsɪriə fli tɪ ˈsəðərn iraq,”*,” wɪʧ ɪz ˈdɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ ʃiaɪts. æm nɑt ʃʊr, bət aɪ smɛl this,”*,” hi toʊld mi. pɑrˈtɪʃən wʊd liv ˈɪzriəl sərˈaʊndɪd baɪ ˈtræŋkwɪl states,”*,” hi sɛd. kən əˈʃʊr ju ðət ðə ˈsɔdi ˈkɪŋdəm wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi dɪˈvaɪdɪd, ənd ðə ˈɪʃu wɪl riʧ tɪ nɔrθ ˈæfrɪkɑn steɪts. ðɛr wɪl bi smɔl ˈɛθnɪk ənd kənˈfɛʃənəl states,”*,” hi sɛd. ˈəðər wərdz, ˈɪzriəl wɪl bi ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd ðə ˈstrɔŋgəst steɪt ɪn ə ˈriʤən ðət həz bɪn pɑrˈtɪʃənd ˈɪntu ˈɛθnɪk ənd kənˈfɛʃənəl steɪts ðət ər ɪn əˈgrimənt wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər. ðɪs ɪz ðə nu ˈmɪdəl east.”*.” ˈdaʊnˌloʊd jʊr fərst ˈɪʃu fri! du ju wɔnt tɪ lərn haʊ tɪ bɪˈkəm ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt, meɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ə trəˈdɪʃənəl ʤɑb ˈfaɪnəli lɪv fri? ˈdaʊnˌloʊd jʊr fri ˈkɑpi əv ˈkaʊntər ˈmɑrkɪts jɛt, waɪl ˈivɪn ðə kəˈnɛkʃənz bɪtˈwin ðə plænz tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ˈsɪriə ənd ðə bʊʃ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ər ˈʤɛnərəli ənˈnoʊn, wət ɪz ˈivɪn lɛs ˈwɛlˈnoʊn ɪz ðə fækt ðət ðɛr ɪgˈzɪstəd ə plæn tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ˈsɪriə ɛz fɑr bæk ɛz 1983 ˈdɑkjəmənts kənˈteɪnd ɪn ðə juz. ˈnæʃənəl ˈɑrˌkaɪvz ənd drɔn əp baɪ ðə siaɪeɪ rɪˈvil ə plæn tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə ˈsɪriən ˈgəvərnmənt goʊɪŋ bæk ˈdɛkeɪdz. wən səʧ ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ɛnˈtaɪtəld, ril ˈməsəl tɪ bɛr ɪn syria,”*,” ˈrɪtən baɪ siaɪeɪ ˈɔfɪsər græm ˈfʊlər, ɪz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˌɪˈluməˌneɪtɪŋ. ɪn ðɪs ˈdɑkjəmɛnt, ˈfʊlər roʊt, ˈsɪriə æt ˈprɛzənt həz ə ˈhæmərˌlɑk ɔn ˈjuˈɛs ˈɪntərɪsts boʊθ ɪn ˈlɛbənən ənd ɪn ðə gəlf θru ˈkloʊʒər əv ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ˈðɛrˈbaɪ θˈrɛtənɪŋ ˌɪˈræki ˌɪnərˌnæʃənɑlɪˈzeɪʃən əv ðə [iran-iraq*] wɔr. ðə ˈjuˈɛs ʃʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈʃɑrpli ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪŋ ðə ˈprɛʃərz əˈgɛnst əˈsɑd [ˈsɪstər.] θru koʊˈvərtli ˈɔrkɪˌstreɪtɪŋ ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri θrɛts əˈgɛnst ˈsɪriə frəm θri ˈbɔrdər steɪts ˈhɑstəl tɪ ˈsɪriə: ˌɪˈrɑk, ˈɪzriəl ənd ˈtərki. ˈivɪn ɛz fɑr bæk ɛz 1983 ˈsɪriən ˈprɛzɪdənt bəˈʃɑr ˈfɑðər, ˈhɑfɛz əˈsɑd, wɑz vjud ɛz ə ˈgædˌflaɪ tɪ ðə plænz əv ˈwɛstərn ˌɪmˈpɪriəlɪsts ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ˈwikən boʊθ ðə ˌɪˈrækiz ənd ðə ˌɪˈrɑniənz ənd ɪkˈstɛnd hiˈʤɛməni ˈoʊvər ðə ˈmɪdəl ist ənd ˈpərʒə. ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ʃoʊz ðət əˈsɑd ənd hɛns ˈsɪriə ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ə rɪˈzɪstəns tɪ ˈwɛstərn ˌɪmˈpɪriəˌlɪzəm, ə θrɛt tɪ ˈɪzriəl, ənd ðət əˈsɑd hɪmˈsɛlf wɑz wɛl əˈwɛr əv ðə geɪm ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ˈɪzriəl, ənd ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈwɛstərn ˌɪmˈpɪriəlɪst ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən wər traɪɪŋ tɪ pleɪ əˈgɛnst ɪm. ðə rɪˈpɔrt ridz, ˈsɪriə kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ə ˈhæmərˌlɑk ɔn tu ki juz. ˈɪntərɪsts ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist: ˈsɪriən rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ wɪθˈdrɔ ɪts trups frəm ˈlɛbənən ɪnˈʃʊrz ˌɪzˈreɪli ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən ɪn ðə saʊθ; ˈsɪriən ˈkloʊʒər əv ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈpaɪˌplaɪn həz bɪn ə ki ˈfæktər ɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˌɪˈrɑk tɪ ɪts ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl niz, ɪt təˈwɔrdz ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˌɪnərˌnæʃənɑlɪˈzeɪʃən əv ðə wɔr ɪn ðə gəlf ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz tɪ deɪt hæv hæd ˈlɪtəl ˈifɛkt ɔn əˈsɑd hu həz soʊ fɑr kərˈɛktli ˈkælkjəˌleɪtɪd ðə pleɪ əv ˈfɔrsɪz ɪn ðə ˈɛriə ənd kənˈkludɪd ðət ðeɪ ər ˈoʊnli ˈwikli əreɪd əˈgɛnst ɪm. ɪf ðə juz. ɪz tɪ reɪn ɪn ˈspɔɪlɪŋ roʊl, ɪt kən ˈoʊnli du soʊ θru ɪgˈzərʃən əv ril ˈməsəl wɪʧ wɪl poʊz ə ˈvaɪtəl θrɛt tɪ pəˈzɪʃən ənd paʊər. ðə ˈɔθər ðɛn ˈprɛzənts ə plæn ðət saʊnz ˈɪrəli ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðoʊz naʊ biɪŋ dɪˈskəst ˈpəblɪkli baɪ ˈwɛstərn ənd spəˈsɪfɪkli əˈmɛrɪkən θɪŋk tæŋks ənd ˈpraɪvət nɑnˌgəvərnˈmɛntəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz hu ənəˈfɪʃəli kræft əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpɑləsi. ˈfʊlər raɪts, ðə ˈjuˈɛs ʃʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈʃɑrpli ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪŋ ðə ˈprɛʃərz əˈgɛnst əˈsɑd [ˈsɪstər.] θru koʊˈvərtli ˈɔrkɪˌstreɪtɪŋ ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri θrɛts əˈgɛnst ˈsɪriə frəm θri ˈbɔrdər steɪts ˈhɑstəl tɪ ˈsɪriə: ˌɪˈrɑk, ˈɪzriəl ənd ˈtərki. ˌɪˈrɑk, pərˈsivd tɪ bi ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈdɛspərɪt ɪn ðə gəlf wɔr, wʊd ˈəndərˌteɪk ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri (ɛr) ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əˈgɛnst ˈsɪriə wɪθ ðə soʊl goʊl əv ˈoʊpənɪŋ ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈoʊpənɪŋ wɔr ɔn ə ˈsɛkənd frənt əˈgɛnst ˈsɪriə ˈpoʊzɪz kənˈsɪdərəbəl rɪsk tɪ ˌɪˈrɑk, ˈsɪriə wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ feɪs ə wɔr sɪns ɪt ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ˈhɛvəli ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɪn ðə bɛˈkɑ, ɔn ðə ˈgoʊlən ənd ɪn meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ kənˈtroʊl ˈoʊvər ə ˈhɑstəl ənd ˈrɛstɪv ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈsɪriə. ˈɪzriəl wʊd ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli reɪz ˈtɛnʧənz əˈlɔŋ ˈlɛbənən frənt wɪˈθaʊt ˈæˌkʧuəli goʊɪŋ tɪ wɔr. ˈtərki, ˈæŋgərd baɪ ˈsɪriən səˈpɔrt tɪ ɑrˈminiən ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm, tɪ ˌɪˈræki kərdz ɔn ˈkərdɪʃ ˈbɔrdər ˈɛriəz ənd tɪ ˈtərkɪʃ ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ aʊt əv ˈnɔrðərn ˈsɪriə, həz ˈɔfən kənˈsɪdərd ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ˌjunəˈlætərəl ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz əˈgɛnst ˈtɛrərɪst kæmps ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈsɪriə. ˈvərʧuəli ɔl ˈærəb steɪts wʊd hæv ˈsɪmpəθi fər ˌɪˈrɑk. feɪst wɪθ θri bəˈlɪʤərənt frənts, əˈsɑd wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli bi fɔrst tɪ əˈbændən hɪz ˈpɑləsi əv ˈkloʊʒər əv ðə ˈpaɪˌplaɪn. səʧ ə kənˈsɛʃən wʊd rɪˈliv ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈprɛʃər ɔn ˌɪˈrɑk, ənd pərˈhæps fɔrs ˌɪˈrɑn tɪ ˌrikənˈsɪdər ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðə wɔr tɪ ən ɛnd. ɪt wʊd bi ə ˈʃɑrpənɪŋ bloʊ tɪ prɛˈstiʒ ənd kʊd ˈifɛkt ðə ɪkˈweɪʒən əv ˈfɔrsɪz ɪn ˈlɛbənən.
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washington (reuters) - maryland, delaware and louisiana on monday joined a growing number of u.s. states that have refused to hand over voter data to a commission established by president donald trump to investigate possible voting fraud.
file photo: a ballot is placed into a locked ballot box by a poll worker as people line-up to vote early at the san diego county elections office in san diego, california, u.s., november 7, 2016. photo
more than 20 states, including virginia, kentucky, california, new york and massachusetts, have declined to provide some or all of the information that the panel requested, saying it was unnecessary and violated privacy.
republican trump created the presidential advisory commission on election integrity in may after making unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally for his democratic rival, hillary clinton, in last election.
calling the request “repugnant,” maryland attorney general brian said in a statement that his office had advised the state board of elections that the request was illegal.
the request “appears designed only to intimidate voters and to indulge president fantasy that he won the popular vote,” said.
the commission sent a letter to the 50 states asking them to turn over voter information including names, the last four digits of social security numbers, addresses, birth dates, political affiliations, felony convictions and voting histories.
louisiana secretary of state tom schedler said the presidential commission could purchase the limited information legally available to candidates running for office.
“you’re not going to play politics with voter data,” he said in a statement.
delaware elections commissioner elaine manlove said in an interview with radio that her office would not comply since some of the information was confidential. manlove said she was working with the attorney office to see if the request could be denied completely.
trump has blasted the states who have refused to turn over the data. he said in a tweet on saturday, “what are they trying to hide?”
trump won the white house through victory in the electoral college, which tallies wins in states, but he lost the popular vote to clinton by some 3 million votes. he has claimed he would have won the popular vote had it not been for voter fraud.
civil rights activists say the commission will encourage voter suppression by justifying new barriers to voting, such as requiring identity cards to vote.
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ˈwɔʃɪŋtən (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈmɛrələnd, ˈdɛləˌwɛr ənd luˌiziˈænə ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ʤɔɪnd ə groʊɪŋ ˈnəmbər əv juz. steɪts ðət hæv rɪfˈjuzd tɪ hænd ˈoʊvər ˈvoʊtər ˈdætə tɪ ə kəˈmɪʃən ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld trəmp tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt ˈpɑsəbəl ˈvoʊtɪŋ frɔd. faɪl ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ə ˈbælət ɪz pleɪst ˈɪntu ə lɑkt ˈbælət bɑks baɪ ə poʊl ˈwərkər ɛz ˈpipəl ˈlaɪˌnəp tɪ voʊt ˈərli æt ðə sæn diˈeɪgoʊ ˈkaʊnti ɪˈlɛkʃənz ˈɔfəs ɪn sæn diˈeɪgoʊ, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, juz., noʊˈvɛmbər 7 2016 ˈfoʊˌtoʊ mɔr ðən 20 steɪts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ vərˈʤɪnjə, kənˈtəki, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, nu jɔrk ənd ˌmæsəˈʧusəts, hæv dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ prəˈvaɪd səm ər ɔl əv ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət ðə ˈpænəl rɪkˈwɛstɪd, seɪɪŋ ɪt wɑz ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ənd ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd ˈpraɪvəsi. rɪˈpəblɪkən trəmp kriˈeɪtɪd ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ædˈvaɪzəri kəˈmɪʃən ɔn ɪˈlɛkʃən ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ɪn meɪ ˈæftər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˌənsəbˈstænʃiˌeɪtɪd kleɪmz ðət ˈmɪljənz əv ˈpipəl ˈvoʊtɪd ˌɪˈligəli fər hɪz ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈraɪvəl, ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən, ɪn læst ɪˈlɛkʃən. ˈkɔlɪŋ ðə rɪkˈwɛst ““repugnant,”*,” ˈmɛrələnd əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl braɪən sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt ðət hɪz ˈɔfəs hæd ədˈvaɪzd ðə steɪt bɔrd əv ɪˈlɛkʃənz ðət ðə rɪkˈwɛst wɑz ˌɪˈligəl. ðə rɪkˈwɛst dɪˈzaɪnd ˈoʊnli tɪ ˌɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt ˈvoʊtərz ənd tɪ ˌɪnˈdəlʤ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈfænəsi ðət hi wən ðə ˈpɑpjələr vote,”*,” sɛd. ðə kəˈmɪʃən sɛnt ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ðə 50 steɪts ˈæskɪŋ ðɛm tɪ tərn ˈoʊvər ˈvoʊtər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ neɪmz, ðə læst fɔr ˈdɪʤɪts əv ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈnəmbərz, ˈæˈdrɛsɪz, bərθ deɪts, pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˌfɪliˈeɪʃənz, ˈfɛləni kənˈvɪkʃənz ənd ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈhɪstəriz. luˌiziˈænə ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt tɑm ˈʃɛdələr sɛd ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kəˈmɪʃən kʊd ˈpərʧəs ðə ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈligəli əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈkænədɪts ˈrənɪŋ fər ˈɔfəs. nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ pleɪ ˈpɑləˌtɪks wɪθ ˈvoʊtər data,”*,” hi sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. ˈdɛləˌwɛr ɪˈlɛkʃənz kəˈmɪʃənər ˌiˈleɪn ˈmænˌləv sɛd ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ðət hər ˈɔfəs wʊd nɑt kəmˈplaɪ sɪns səm əv ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɑz ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl. ˈmænˌləv sɛd ʃi wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ðə əˈtərni ˈɔfəs tɪ si ɪf ðə rɪkˈwɛst kʊd bi dɪˈnaɪd kəmˈplitli. trəmp həz ˈblæstɪd ðə steɪts hu hæv rɪfˈjuzd tɪ tərn ˈoʊvər ðə ˈdætə. hi sɛd ɪn ə twit ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, ər ðeɪ traɪɪŋ tɪ hide?”*?” trəmp wən ðə waɪt haʊs θru ˈvɪktəri ɪn ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ, wɪʧ ˈtæliz wɪnz ɪn steɪts, bət hi lɔst ðə ˈpɑpjələr voʊt tɪ ˈklɪntən baɪ səm 3 ˈmɪljən voʊts. hi həz kleɪmd hi wʊd hæv wən ðə ˈpɑpjələr voʊt hæd ɪt nɑt bɪn fər ˈvoʊtər frɔd. ˈsɪvəl raɪts ˈæktɪvɪsts seɪ ðə kəˈmɪʃən wɪl ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈvoʊtər səˈprɛʃən baɪ ˈʤəstəˌfaɪɪŋ nu ˈbɛriərz tɪ ˈvoʊtɪŋ, səʧ ɛz rikˈwaɪərɪŋ aɪˈdɛntəˌti kɑrdz tɪ voʊt.
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after dinner, we headed out into the street to buy some food for the train ride. we found a stall with freshly prepared sandwiches and bought some stock. a taxi picked us up and drove us to the train station at 6pm. and gregor, new friends, which we have met at the hotel in hanoi went also on this train, however they had a ticket to hoi an and we had a ticket for hue. while we had a reserved ticket in a compartment with beds, they had to endure all night in the seat section of the train. when we got to our compartment, we realized that we will share it with jim from usa and his wife from china. they were a really great company and we quickly fell into a debate. in the late evening we turned out the lights and quickly fell asleep. the ride towards the town of hue was faster this way. the next day, with a delay, we arrived at the city of hue. we said goodbye to our one-night room-mates. at the exit from the train station our ride to the hotel, which we booked beforehand, was already waiting for us. reviews of the hotel were excellent, however it had a little bit strange name "google hotel". upon arrival at the hotel, it turned out that the hotel has nothing to do with google. :)
after a late breakfast, we headed out onto the streets. after a few steps we met, a friend, who we met at the trip to bay a few days earlier. we decided to go on a last drink before he returns home to cold sweden. i really liked that a person who approaches his seventies still travels and enjoys the hustle and bustle in vietnam. most people at that age would probably choose to travel with a group or choose a more serene destination. after a drink, we split up, his way, and we our way.
vietnamese burn fake money, since they believe their ancestors will receive it.
river song respectively. translated river that divides the city.
hairdresser with an interesting entrance.
the bridge is always full of scooters.
river is also used for transportation.
on the opposite bank they had an exhibition of flowers and bonsai trees.
and fishes... :)
tools on the ground.
flowers with a flag tower in background.
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they had really a lot of flowers...
city of hue is well known for the fact that it was the capital and also imperial city from 1802 till 1945. within the city there was a forbidden city where the emperor lived. access to the city had only concubines and his top officials. whoever wanted to enter by force was killed on the spot. today it is under protections of unesco and converted into a museum. i really recommend the visit, since the city has wonderful architecture.
the entrance does not disappoint.
there are really many details.
it is also worth to look up as the roofs are also richly decorated.
even the emperor's premises are, of course, top notch decorated. :)
view at the main square inside the forbidden city.
artifacts and shadow play...
architecture...
open corridors also make an interesting motif.
some are also richly decorated.
around the city leads a walking path. it is also possible to go on a carriage ride.
transitions between different parts of the city are separated by striking doors.
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the choice of complementary colors is also interesting.
tea house.
another passage.
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rich decoration.
and the exit from the forbidden city.
the streets are full as allways.
waiting for the green light.
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ˈæftər ˈdɪnər, wi ˈhɛdɪd aʊt ˈɪntu ðə strit tɪ baɪ səm fud fər ðə treɪn raɪd. wi faʊnd ə stɔl wɪθ ˈfrɛʃli priˈpɛrd ˈsænwɪʧɪz ənd bɔt səm stɑk. ə ˈtæksi pɪkt ˈjuˈɛs əp ənd droʊv ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ðə treɪn ˈsteɪʃən æt 6pm*. ənd ˈgrɛgər, nu frɛndz, wɪʧ wi hæv mɛt æt ðə hoʊˈtɛl ɪn ˈhænɔɪ wɛnt ˈɔlsoʊ ɔn ðɪs treɪn, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðeɪ hæd ə ˈtɪkɪt tɪ hɔɪ ən ənd wi hæd ə ˈtɪkɪt fər hju. waɪl wi hæd ə rɪˈzərvd ˈtɪkɪt ɪn ə kəmˈpɑrtmənt wɪθ bɛdz, ðeɪ hæd tɪ ɪnˈdʊr ɔl naɪt ɪn ðə sit ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə treɪn. wɪn wi gɑt tɪ ɑr kəmˈpɑrtmənt, wi ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət wi wɪl ʃɛr ɪt wɪθ ʤɪm frəm ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ ənd hɪz waɪf frəm ˈʧaɪnə. ðeɪ wər ə ˈrɪli greɪt ˈkəmpəˌni ənd wi kˈwɪkli fɛl ˈɪntu ə dəˈbeɪt. ɪn ðə leɪt ˈivnɪŋ wi tərnd aʊt ðə laɪts ənd kˈwɪkli fɛl əsˈlip. ðə raɪd təˈwɔrdz ðə taʊn əv hju wɑz ˈfæstər ðɪs weɪ. ðə nɛkst deɪ, wɪθ ə dɪˈleɪ, wi əraɪvd æt ðə ˈsɪti əv hju. wi sɛd ˌgʊdˈbaɪ tɪ ɑr ˌwəˈnaɪt room-mates*. æt ðə ˈɛksət frəm ðə treɪn ˈsteɪʃən ɑr raɪd tɪ ðə hoʊˈtɛl, wɪʧ wi bʊkt bɪˈfɔˌrhænd, wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ˈjuˈɛs. rəvˈjuz əv ðə hoʊˈtɛl wər ˈɛksələnt, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪt hæd ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt streɪnʤ neɪm "ˈgugəl hoʊˈtɛl". əˈpɑn ərˈaɪvəl æt ðə hoʊˈtɛl, ɪt tərnd aʊt ðət ðə hoʊˈtɛl həz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˈgugəl. ˈæftər ə leɪt ˈbrɛkfəst, wi ˈhɛdɪd aʊt ˈɔntu ðə strits. ˈæftər ə fju stɛps wi mɛt, ə frɛnd, hu wi mɛt æt ðə trɪp tɪ beɪ ə fju deɪz ˈərliər. wi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ goʊ ɔn ə læst drɪŋk ˌbiˈfɔr hi rɪˈtərnz hoʊm tɪ koʊld sˈwidən. aɪ ˈrɪli laɪkt ðət ə ˈpərsən hu əˈproʊʧɪz hɪz ˈsɛvəntiz stɪl ˈtrævəlz ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪz ðə ˈhəsəl ənd ˈbəsəl ɪn viˌɛtˈnɑm. moʊst ˈpipəl æt ðət eɪʤ wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli ʧuz tɪ ˈtrævəl wɪθ ə grup ər ʧuz ə mɔr sərˈin ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən. ˈæftər ə drɪŋk, wi splɪt əp, hɪz weɪ, ənd wi ɑr weɪ. viˌɛtnɑˈmis bərn feɪk ˈməni, sɪns ðeɪ bɪˈliv ðɛr ˈænˌsɛstərz wɪl rɪˈsiv ɪt. ˈrɪvər sɔŋ rɪˈspɛktɪvli. trænzˈleɪtəd ˈrɪvər ðət dɪˈvaɪdz ðə ˈsɪti. ˈhɛrˌdrɛsər wɪθ ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɛntrəns. ðə brɪʤ ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz fʊl əv ˈskutərz. ˈrɪvər ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ juzd fər ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən. ɔn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt bæŋk ðeɪ hæd ən ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən əv flaʊərz ənd bɑnˈsaɪ triz. ənd ˈfɪʃɪz... tulz ɔn ðə graʊnd. flaʊərz wɪθ ə flæg taʊər ɪn ˈbækˌgraʊnd. ðeɪ hæd ˈrɪli ə lɔt əv flaʊərz... ˈsɪti əv hju ɪz wɛl noʊn fər ðə fækt ðət ɪt wɑz ðə ˈkæpɪtəl ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪmˈpɪriəl ˈsɪti frəm 1802 tɪl 1945 wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈsɪti ðɛr wɑz ə ˈfɔrbɪdən ˈsɪti wɛr ðə ˈɛmpərər lɪvd. ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈsɪti hæd ˈoʊnli ˈkɑnkjəˌbaɪnz ənd hɪz tɔp əˈfɪʃəlz. huˈɛvər ˈwɔntɪd tɪ ˈɛnər baɪ fɔrs wɑz kɪld ɔn ðə spɑt. təˈdeɪ ɪt ɪz ˈəndər prəˈtɛkʃənz əv juˈnɛˌskoʊ ənd kənˈvərtɪd ˈɪntu ə mˈjuziəm. aɪ ˈrɪli ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ðə ˈvɪzɪt, sɪns ðə ˈsɪti həz ˈwəndərfəl ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər. ðə ˈɛntrəns dɪz nɑt ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt. ðɛr ər ˈrɪli ˈmɛni ˈditeɪlz. ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ wərθ tɪ lʊk əp ɛz ðə rufs ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrɪʧli ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪd. ˈivɪn ðə ˈɛmpərərz ˈprɛməsəz ər, əv kɔrs, tɔp nɑʧ ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪd. vju æt ðə meɪn skwɛr ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈfɔrbɪdən ˈsɪti. ˈɑrtəˌfækts ənd ˈʃæˌdoʊ pleɪ... ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər... ˈoʊpən ˈkɔrɪdərz ˈɔlsoʊ meɪk ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ moʊˈtif. səm ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrɪʧli ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪd. əraʊnd ðə ˈsɪti lidz ə ˈwɔkɪŋ pæθ. ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ goʊ ɔn ə ˈkɛrəʤ raɪd. trænˈzɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ˈdɪfərənt pɑrts əv ðə ˈsɪti ər ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd baɪ ˈstraɪkɪŋ dɔrz. ðə ʧɔɪs əv ˌkɑmpləˈmɛnʧi ˈkələrz ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ. ti haʊs. əˈnəðər ˈpæsɪʤ. rɪʧ ˌdɛkərˈeɪʃən. ənd ðə ˈɛksət frəm ðə ˈfɔrbɪdən ˈsɪti. ðə strits ər fʊl ɛz allways*. ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ðə grin laɪt.
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a memorial sponsored by the college republicans club at a small, liberal arts college in california was repeatedly vandalized on the anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks. nearly flags at occidental college were crushed and trashed.
“today is meant to be a day of respect and remembrance for all the victims and heroes of the occidental college republicans wrote in a facebook post. the american flags the club sponsored were planted by “students of all backgrounds” to represent the people who died in the terrorist attacks.
however, the memorial was destroyed in the overnight hours ahead of the anniversary.
“at midnight early this morning, vandals crushed, snapped, and threw in the garbage every single flag,” the club wrote on sunday. “not one was left in the ground. not only did they destroy the memorial, they put posters and flyers up that shamed the victims of
those makeshift flyers were taped to benches and other surfaces. many of them read: “r.i.p. the americans who died in. r.i.p. the innocent iraqis who died during the u.s. invasion for something they do.”
a group of 15 students pulled the flags out of the trash and replaced them on the quad. but the vandalism finished. despite having a few students who “stood guard at the memorial” in the early hours of sunday morning, “[f]our occidental students came up and snapped a few flags right in our faces. when we confronted them, those cowards got away as fast as they possibly could.”
later in the morning, the club said, there was “another lazy attempt at vandalism,” with hundreds of the flags “kicked and smashed,” and about 50 were again thrown out.
“this is beyond politics, this is about those lives that were so tragically taken,” the occidental college republicans wrote. “we ask that all students respect the memorial for the remainder of its time in the quad. if you try to destroy it, we will rebuild it.”
the school itself is looking into the vandalism.
“we don't yet know who is responsible for this incident, but the college is investigating and will take appropriate disciplinary action,” occidental said in a statement. “if you have any information about this incident, please share that information with us at conduct@oxy.edu."
president barack obama attended the small, liberal arts school in los angeles for two years before transferring to columbia university to finish his undergraduate degree.
occidental’s memorial the only one that was vandalized ahead of the anniversary of the terrorist attacks. on friday, emergency medical veterans response in phoenix, arizona discovered that the specially designed memorial wrap on its ambulance was torn and burned beyond repair. the owner, currier, found the damage as he was heading to arizona state university to provide medical aid at the tribute run.
"it was a very stupid move. it was very and thoughtless," currier, an army veteran, told ksaz. “a lot of us are firefighters, a lot of are veterans, so it's kind of like having 911 on site."
"there's a lot of different emotions going on right now. i've got the anger, i've got the sadness, i've got the where do we go from here," he added.
a local sign company has stepped up to donate a new wrap, which is expected to cost between $4,500 and $5,500.
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ə məˈmɔriəl ˈspɑnsərd baɪ ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ rɪˈpəblɪkənz kləb æt ə smɔl, ˈlɪˌbərəl ɑrts ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə wɑz rɪˈpitɪdli ˈvændəˌlaɪzd ɔn ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə sɛpˈtɛmbər 11 ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks. ˈnɪrli flægz æt ˌɑksəˈdɛntəl ˈkɑlɪʤ wər krəʃt ənd træʃt. ɪz mɛnt tɪ bi ə deɪ əv rɪˈspɛkt ənd riˈmɛmbrəns fər ɔl ðə ˈvɪktɪmz ənd ˈhɪroʊz əv ðə ˌɑksəˈdɛntəl ˈkɑlɪʤ rɪˈpəblɪkənz roʊt ɪn ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊst. ðə əˈmɛrɪkən flægz ðə kləb ˈspɑnsərd wər ˈplænɪd baɪ əv ɔl backgrounds”*” tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ðə ˈpipəl hu daɪd ɪn ðə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə məˈmɔriəl wɑz dɪˈstrɔɪd ɪn ðə ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt aʊərz əˈhɛd əv ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri. ˈmɪdˌnaɪt ˈərli ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ˈvændəlz krəʃt, snæpt, ənd θru ɪn ðə ˈgɑrbɪʤ ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl flag,”*,” ðə kləb roʊt ɔn ˈsənˌdi. wən wɑz lɛft ɪn ðə graʊnd. nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪd ðeɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə məˈmɔriəl, ðeɪ pʊt ˈpoʊstərz ənd flaɪərz əp ðət ʃeɪmd ðə ˈvɪktɪmz əv ðoʊz ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft flaɪərz wər teɪpt tɪ ˈbɛnʧɪz ənd ˈəðər ˈsərfəsɪz. ˈmɛni əv ðɛm rɛd: ““r.i.p*. ðə əˈmɛrɪkənz hu daɪd ɪn r.i.p*. ðə ˈɪnəsənt ˌɪˈrækiz hu daɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə juz. ˌɪnˈveɪʒən fər ˈsəmθɪŋ ðeɪ do.”*.” ə grup əv 15 ˈstudənts pʊld ðə flægz aʊt əv ðə træʃ ənd ˌriˈpleɪst ðɛm ɔn ðə kwɑd. bət ðə ˈvændəlɪzəm ˈfɪnɪʃt. dɪˈspaɪt ˈhævɪŋ ə fju ˈstudənts hu gɑrd æt ðə memorial”*” ɪn ðə ˈərli aʊərz əv ˈsənˌdi ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ˌɑksəˈdɛntəl ˈstudənts keɪm əp ənd snæpt ə fju flægz raɪt ɪn ɑr ˈfeɪsɪz. wɪn wi kənˈfrəntɪd ðɛm, ðoʊz kaʊərdz gɑt əˈweɪ ɛz fæst ɛz ðeɪ ˈpɑsəbli could.”*.” ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ, ðə kləb sɛd, ðɛr wɑz ˈleɪzi əˈtɛmpt æt vandalism,”*,” wɪθ ˈhənərdz əv ðə flægz ənd smashed,”*,” ənd əˈbaʊt 50 wər əˈgɛn θroʊn aʊt. ɪz bɪɔnd ˈpɑləˌtɪks, ðɪs ɪz əˈbaʊt ðoʊz lɪvz ðət wər soʊ ˈtræʤɪkli taken,”*,” ðə ˌɑksəˈdɛntəl ˈkɑlɪʤ rɪˈpəblɪkənz roʊt. æsk ðət ɔl ˈstudənts rɪˈspɛkt ðə məˈmɔriəl fər ðə rɪˈmeɪndər əv ɪts taɪm ɪn ðə kwɑd. ɪf ju traɪ tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ɪt, wi wɪl riˈbɪld it.”*.” ðə skul ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈvændəlɪzəm. doʊnt jɛt noʊ hu ɪz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðɪs ˈɪnsədənt, bət ðə ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪz ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ ənd wɪl teɪk əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri action,”*,” ˌɑksəˈdɛntəl sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. ju hæv ˈɛni ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈɪnsədənt, pliz ʃɛr ðət ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs æt conduct@oxy.edu*." ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə əˈtɛndəd ðə smɔl, ˈlɪˌbərəl ɑrts skul ɪn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs fər tu jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr trænsˈfərɪŋ tɪ kəˈləmbiə ˌjunəˈvərsəti tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ hɪz ˌəndərˈgræʤəwət dɪˈgri. məˈmɔriəl ðə ˈoʊnli wən ðət wɑz ˈvændəˌlaɪzd əˈhɛd əv ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks. ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈimərʤənsi ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈvɛtərənz rɪˈspɑns ɪn ˈfinɪks, ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə dɪˈskəvərd ðət ðə ˈspɛʃəli dɪˈzaɪnd məˈmɔriəl ræp ɔn ɪts ˈæmbjələns wɑz tɔrn ənd bərnd bɪɔnd rɪˈpɛr. ðə ˈoʊnər, ˈkəriər, faʊnd ðə ˈdæmɪʤ ɛz hi wɑz ˈhɛdɪŋ tɪ ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈmɛdɪkəl eɪd æt ðə ˈtrɪbjut rən. "ɪt wɑz ə ˈvɛri ˈstupɪd muv. ɪt wɑz ˈvɛri ənd ˈθɔtləs," ˈkəriər, ən ˈɑrmi ˈvɛtərən, toʊld ksaz*. lɔt əv ˈjuˈɛs ər ˈfaɪərˌfaɪtərz, ə lɔt əv ər ˈvɛtərənz, soʊ ɪts kaɪnd əv laɪk ˈhævɪŋ 911 ɔn saɪt." "ðɛrz ə lɔt əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz goʊɪŋ ɔn raɪt naʊ. aɪv gɑt ðə ˈæŋgər, aɪv gɑt ðə ˈsædnəs, aɪv gɑt ðə wɛr du wi goʊ frəm hir," hi ˈædɪd. ə ˈloʊkəl saɪn ˈkəmpəˌni həz stɛpt əp tɪ ˈdoʊˌneɪt ə nu ræp, wɪʧ ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ kɔst bɪtˈwin ənd
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miami, - february 04: carolina villar pumps gas on february 4, 2013 in miami,orida. reports indicate that gas pump prices are at their highest level on record for this period of the year and may be an indication that the year ahead may see even higher records. (photo by joe images) (photo by joe images)
chicago (cbs) repairs at whiting, ind., refinery sent gasoline prices plunging last week across chicago and nationwide, the biggest drop this year.
in chicago, the average price for a gallon stood at $3.03 on sunday, which was down cents compared with last week, according to.
one year ago, the average gasoline price was $3.70 a gallon.
the national average is $2.47/gallon–nearly a dollar cheaper than last year.
“nationally, gas prices saw their largest weekly drop of the year,” said patrick dehaan, senior petroleum analyst.
“prices moved lower in all but one state, utah, with plunges at the pump throughout the great lakes as a result of whiting, indiana refinery coming back online.
“the national average now stands at its lowest point since april, a fitting way to close out the summer driving season with labor day approaching.”
dehaan said prices should continue to fall in the next week as the cost at the pump has not fallen in concert with lower oil prices over the summer.
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maɪˈæmi, ˈfɛbruˌɛri 04 ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ˈvɪlər pəmps gæs ɔn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 4 2013 ɪn maɪˈæmi, ˈflɔrɪdə. rɪˈpɔrts ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ðət gæs pəmp ˈpraɪsɪz ər æt ðɛr haɪəst ˈlɛvəl ɔn ˈrɛkərd fər ðɪs ˈpɪriəd əv ðə jɪr ənd meɪ bi ən ˌɪndəˈkeɪʃən ðət ðə jɪr əˈhɛd meɪ si ˈivɪn haɪər ˈrɛkərdz. (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ ʤoʊ ˈɪmɪʤɪz) (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ ʤoʊ ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ (ˈsiˌbiˌɛs) rɪˈpɛrz æt ˈwaɪtɪŋ, ind*., rɪˈfaɪnəri sɛnt ˈgæsəˌlin ˈpraɪsɪz ˈplənʤɪŋ læst wik əˈkrɔs ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ ənd ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd, ðə ˈbɪgəst drɔp ðɪs jɪr. ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ, ðə ˈævərɪʤ praɪs fər ə ˈgælən stʊd æt ɔn ˈsənˌdi, wɪʧ wɑz daʊn sɛnts kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ læst wik, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ. wən jɪr əˈgoʊ, ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈgæsəˌlin praɪs wɑz ə ˈgælən. ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈævərɪʤ ɪz ə ˈdɔlər ˈʧipər ðən læst jɪr. ““nationally*, gæs ˈpraɪsɪz sɔ ðɛr ˈlɑrʤəst ˈwikli drɔp əv ðə year,”*,” sɛd ˈpætrɪk ˈdɛhɑn, ˈsinjər pəˈtroʊliəm ˈænəlɪst. muvd loʊər ɪn ɔl bət wən steɪt, ˈjuˌtɔ, wɪθ ˈplənʤɪz æt ðə pəmp θruaʊt ðə greɪt leɪks ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈwaɪtɪŋ, ˌɪndiˈænə rɪˈfaɪnəri ˈkəmɪŋ bæk ˈɔnˌlaɪn. ˈnæʃənəl ˈævərɪʤ naʊ stændz æt ɪts loʊəst pɔɪnt sɪns ˈeɪprəl, ə ˈfɪtɪŋ weɪ tɪ kloʊz aʊt ðə ˈsəmər ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈsizən wɪθ ˈleɪbər deɪ approaching.”*.” ˈdɛhɑn sɛd ˈpraɪsɪz ʃʊd kənˈtɪnju tɪ fɔl ɪn ðə nɛkst wik ɛz ðə kɔst æt ðə pəmp həz nɑt ˈfɑlən ɪn ˈkɑnsərt wɪθ loʊər ɔɪl ˈpraɪsɪz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈsəmər.
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here we go again the new takes into consideration the feedback had from the forums, pod casts and. thanks again to everyone who assisted in making this possible.
reddit update:
below the graphic is a bit of history surrounding this effort with a breakdown what we learned while doing this project. i apologize for the size for the size of the png.
a little history about the infamous version one
the original was released shortly after delta rising for star trek online by cryptic studios. the goal of the was to provide a ‘sum total’ of the costs for upgrading the most common builds for current players. it was limited to a single starship, it ignored the ground elements, and it offered a somewhat fuzzy interpretation of a cash value to achieve the upgrade from to xiv.
the original was controversial. for many it lacked accuracy; it lacked citation and sources. for others they felt it was unreasonable and presented in a negative way during a time when cryptic was struggling to get a handle on player reactions. and for even more people, the seem to go far enough.
cryptic reacted to the communities concerns by making changes that impacted the originals’ data, primarily in the availability of materials and the actual costs associated with. player familiarity with and now secondary sources of information (spreadsheets and calculators produced separately from our efforts) became available to revisit the initial results.
lastly market conditions as to costs and availability have stabilized on the last 2 weeks as players have become to the changes.
what did we get right?
the initial costs remain unchanged, only the number of items upgraded has increased to reflect a full cruiser and ground joked about the $83 cost associated with buying everything you needed. in truth the total is closer to $100 but you can do it without paying money if you mind grinding for an extended period of time. our estimates for a single toon is 69 days @ 4 hours per day.
the initial costs remain unchanged, only the number of items upgraded has increased to reflect a full cruiser and ground joked about the $83 cost associated with buying everything you needed. in truth the total is closer to $100 but you can do it without paying money if you mind grinding for an extended period of time. our estimates for a single toon is 69 days @ 4 hours per day. what did we miss?
understanding the impact of, and how actually cheaper and easier than we first thought. be dedicating a full post to crafting sometime in the next few weeks.
understanding the impact of, and how actually cheaper and easier than we first thought. be dedicating a full post to crafting sometime in the next few weeks. what did we get wrong?
it was more expensive to upgrade than we had experienced; there is a 50% cost difference between upgrading very rare and reputation tone in which the graphic was extremely adversarial which was due primarily to the frustrations we all experiencing.
it was more expensive to upgrade than we had experienced; there is a 50% cost difference between upgrading very rare and reputation tone in which the graphic was extremely adversarial which was due primarily to the frustrations we all experiencing. what did we learn?
a lot. so much in fact working on an upgraders’ quick reference sheet to help first time players
what the consider: captains’ runabout fighter shuttle, quality options with upgrades, what upgrade options are ’the best’, the costs associated with leveling one toon from 1 to 50, and the variability with the and availability or cost of acquiring duty officers.
it even try to take the specialization process into consideration. that may come as a later project after the command specialization is released.
we also understand that everything regarding costs is in a constant state of flux. cryptic has made changes, and will continue to make changes as it see fit. the rumored addition of omega particle elements is one area we left out for lack of better knowledge.
as with the last, if there is anything you feel gotten wrong, misspelled or provided poor attribution for, please let us know in the comments below.
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hir wi goʊ əˈgɛn ðə nu teɪks ˈɪntu kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən ðə ˈfidˌbæk hæd frəm ðə ˈfɔrəmz, pɑd kæsts ənd. θæŋks əˈgɛn tɪ ˈɛvriˌwən hu əˈsɪstɪd ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɪs ˈpɑsəbəl. ˈəpˌdeɪt: bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈgræfɪk ɪz ə bɪt əv ˈhɪstəri sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðɪs ˈɛfərt wɪθ ə ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn wət wi ˈlərnɪd waɪl duɪŋ ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt. aɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər ðə saɪz fər ðə saɪz əv ðə png*. ə ˈlɪtəl ˈhɪstəri əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪnfəməs ˈvərʒən wən ðə ərˈɪʤənəl wɑz riˈlist ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ˈdɛltə ˈraɪzɪŋ fər stɑr trɛk ˈɔnˌlaɪn baɪ ˈkrɪptɪk ˈstudiˌoʊz. ðə goʊl əv ðə wɑz tɪ prəˈvaɪd ə total’*’ əv ðə kɔsts fər ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən bɪldz fər ˈkɑrənt pleɪərz. ɪt wɑz ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈstɑrˌʃɪp, ɪt ˌɪgˈnɔrd ðə graʊnd ˈɛləmənts, ənd ɪt ˈɔfərd ə ˈsəmˈwət ˈfəzi ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən əv ə kæʃ ˈvælju tɪ əˈʧiv ðə ˈəpˈgreɪd frəm tɪ xiv*. ðə ərˈɪʤənəl wɑz ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl. fər ˈmɛni ɪt lækt ˈækjərəsi; ɪt lækt saɪˈteɪʃən ənd ˈsɔrsəz. fər ˈəðərz ðeɪ fɛlt ɪt wɑz ənˈriznəbəl ənd pərˈzɛnəd ɪn ə ˈnɛgətɪv weɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ə taɪm wɪn ˈkrɪptɪk wɑz ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ gɪt ə ˈhændəl ɔn pleɪər riˈækʃənz. ənd fər ˈivɪn mɔr ˈpipəl, ðə sim tɪ goʊ fɑr ɪˈnəf. ˈkrɪptɪk riˈæktɪd tɪ ðə kəmˈjunɪtiz kənˈsərnz baɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðət ˌɪmˈpæktɪd ðə ərˈɪʤənəl infographics’*’ ˈdætə, praɪˈmɛrəli ɪn ðə əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti əv məˈtɪriəlz ənd ðə ˈækʧəwəl kɔsts əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ. pleɪər fəˌmɪˈljɛrəti wɪθ ənd naʊ ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈsɔrsəz əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən (ˈsprɛdˌʃits ənd ˈkælkjəˌleɪtərz prəˈdust ˈsɛpərətli frəm ɑr ˈɛfərts) bɪˈkeɪm əˈveɪləbəl tɪ riˈvɪzɪt ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl rɪˈzəlts. ˈlæstli ˈmɑrkɪt kənˈdɪʃənz ɛz tɪ kɔsts ənd əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti hæv ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪzd ɔn ðə læst 2 wiks ɛz pleɪərz hæv bɪˈkəm tɪ ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz. wət dɪd wi gɪt raɪt? ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl kɔsts rɪˈmeɪn ənˈʧeɪnʤd, ˈoʊnli ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈaɪtəmz ˈəpˌgreɪdɪd həz ˌɪnˈkrist tɪ rɪˈflɛkt ə fʊl ˈkruzər ənd graʊnd ʤoʊkt əˈbaʊt ðə 83 kɔst əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ baɪɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju ˈnidɪd. ɪn truθ ðə ˈtoʊtəl ɪz ˈkloʊzər tɪ 100 bət ju kən du ɪt wɪˈθaʊt peɪɪŋ ˈməni ɪf ju maɪnd ˈgraɪndɪŋ fər ən ɪkˈstɛndɪd ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm. ɑr ˈɛstəˌmeɪts fər ə ˈsɪŋgəl tun ɪz 69 deɪz 4 aʊərz pər deɪ. ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl kɔsts rɪˈmeɪn ənˈʧeɪnʤd, ˈoʊnli ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈaɪtəmz ˈəpˌgreɪdɪd həz ˌɪnˈkrist tɪ rɪˈflɛkt ə fʊl ˈkruzər ənd graʊnd ʤoʊkt əˈbaʊt ðə 83 kɔst əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ baɪɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju ˈnidɪd. ɪn truθ ðə ˈtoʊtəl ɪz ˈkloʊzər tɪ 100 bət ju kən du ɪt wɪˈθaʊt peɪɪŋ ˈməni ɪf ju maɪnd ˈgraɪndɪŋ fər ən ɪkˈstɛndɪd ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm. ɑr ˈɛstəˌmeɪts fər ə ˈsɪŋgəl tun ɪz 69 deɪz 4 aʊərz pər deɪ. wət dɪd wi mɪs? ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv, ənd haʊ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈʧipər ənd ˈiziər ðən wi fərst θɔt. bi ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɪŋ ə fʊl poʊst tɪ ˈkræftɪŋ ˈsəmˌtaɪm ɪn ðə nɛkst fju wiks. ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv, ənd haʊ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈʧipər ənd ˈiziər ðən wi fərst θɔt. bi ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɪŋ ə fʊl poʊst tɪ ˈkræftɪŋ ˈsəmˌtaɪm ɪn ðə nɛkst fju wiks. wət dɪd wi gɪt rɔŋ? ɪt wɑz mɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd ðən wi hæd ɪkˈspɪriənst; ðɛr ɪz ə 50 kɔst ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ ˈvɛri rɛr ənd ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən toʊn ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈgræfɪk wɑz ɪkˈstrimli ˌædvərˈsɛriəl wɪʧ wɑz du praɪˈmɛrəli tɪ ðə frəˈstreɪʃənz wi ɔl ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ. ɪt wɑz mɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd ðən wi hæd ɪkˈspɪriənst; ðɛr ɪz ə 50 kɔst ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ ˈvɛri rɛr ənd ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən toʊn ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈgræfɪk wɑz ɪkˈstrimli ˌædvərˈsɛriəl wɪʧ wɑz du praɪˈmɛrəli tɪ ðə frəˈstreɪʃənz wi ɔl ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ. wət dɪd wi lərn? ə lɔt. soʊ məʧ ɪn fækt ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ən upgraders’*’ kwɪk ˈrɛfərəns ʃit tɪ hɛlp fərst taɪm pleɪərz wət ðə kənˈsɪdər: captains’*’ ˈrənəˌbaʊt ˈfaɪtər ˈʃətəl, kˈwɑləti ˈɔpʃənz wɪθ ˈəpˌgreɪdz, wət ˈəpˈgreɪd ˈɔpʃənz ər best’*’, ðə kɔsts əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈlɛvəlɪŋ wən tun frəm 1 tɪ 50 ənd ðə vɛriəˈbɪlɪti wɪθ ðə ənd əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti ər kɔst əv əkˈwaɪərɪŋ ˈduti ˈɔfɪsərz. ɪt ˈivɪn traɪ tɪ teɪk ðə ˌspɛʃələˈzeɪʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈɪntu kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən. ðət meɪ kəm ɛz ə ˈleɪtər ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈæftər ðə kəˈmænd ˌspɛʃələˈzeɪʃən ɪz riˈlist. wi ˈɔlsoʊ ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ kɔsts ɪz ɪn ə ˈkɑnstənt steɪt əv fləks. ˈkrɪptɪk həz meɪd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz, ənd wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ meɪk ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɛz ɪt si fɪt. ðə ˈrumərd əˈdɪʃən əv oʊˈmɛgə ˈpɑrtɪkəl ˈɛləmənts ɪz wən ˈɛriə wi lɛft aʊt fər læk əv ˈbɛtər ˈnɑlɪʤ. ɛz wɪθ ðə læst, ɪf ðɛr ɪz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ju fil ˈgɔtən rɔŋ, mɪˈspɛld ər prəˈvaɪdɪd pur ˌætrɪˈbjuʃən fər, pliz lɛt ˈjuˈɛs noʊ ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts bɪˈloʊ.
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rumor: marvel vs. capcom: infinite full roster leaked
28 characters at launch. six additional characters planned.
neogaf user who leaked the existence of marvel vs. capcom: infinite before its december 2016 announcement in november, as well as provided repeated leaks and hints about the game post-announcement, has posted what he claims is the full roster for the upcoming fighting game.
here is the list, as provided by:
capcom arthur
chris
chun-li
dante
firebrand
jedah
monster hunter
morrigan
nemesis
ryu
spencer
strider
x
unknown character guesses someone like frank west) marvel
captain america
captain marvel
doctor strange
gamora
hawkeye
hulk
iron man
nova
rocket / groots says the character was named to him in this way, and that not sure if just rocket raccoon with groot assists or a redesigned character actually called rocket / groot)
spider-man
thanos
thor
ultron content six additional characters planned for first season, including the already confirmed sigma, and venom.
marvel vs. capcom infinite is due out for playstation 4, one, and pc on september 19.
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ˈrumər: ˈmɑrvəl ˈvərsəz. ˈkæpkəm: ˈɪnfənət fʊl ˈrɑstər likt 28 ˈkɛrɪktərz æt lɔnʧ. sɪks əˈdɪʃənəl ˈkɛrɪktərz plænd. ˈjuzər hu likt ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns əv ˈmɑrvəl ˈvərsəz. ˈkæpkəm: ˈɪnfənət ˌbiˈfɔr ɪts dɪˈsɛmbər 2016 əˈnaʊnsmɛnt ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər, ɛz wɛl ɛz prəˈvaɪdɪd rɪˈpitɪd liks ənd hɪnts əˈbaʊt ðə geɪm post-announcement*, həz ˈpoʊstɪd wət hi kleɪmz ɪz ðə fʊl ˈrɑstər fər ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈfaɪtɪŋ geɪm. hir ɪz ðə lɪst, ɛz prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ: ˈkæpkəm ˈɑrθər krɪs ˈdɑnteɪ ˈfaɪərˌbrænd ˈmɑnstər ˈhəntər ˈnɛməsɪs ˈspɛnsər ˈstraɪdər ɛks ənˈnoʊn ˈkɛrɪktər ˈgɛsɪz ˈsəmˌwən laɪk fræŋk wɛst) ˈmɑrvəl ˈkæptən əˈmɛrɪkə ˈkæptən ˈmɑrvəl ˈdɔktər streɪnʤ ˈhɔˌkaɪ həlk aɪərn mæn ˈnoʊvə ˈrɑkət grut sɪz ðə ˈkɛrɪktər wɑz neɪmd tɪ ɪm ɪn ðɪs weɪ, ənd ðət nɑt ʃʊr ɪf ʤɪst ˈrɑkət ræˈkun wɪθ grut əˈsɪsts ər ə ˌridɪˈzaɪnd ˈkɛrɪktər ˈæˌkʧuəli kɔld ˈrɑkət grut) ˈspaɪdərmæn ˈθɑnoʊs θɔr ˈkɑntɛnt sɪks əˈdɪʃənəl ˈkɛrɪktərz plænd fər fərst ˈsizən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ɔˈrɛdi kənˈfərmd ˈsɪgmə, ənd ˈvɛnəm. ˈmɑrvəl ˈvərsəz. ˈkæpkəm ˈɪnfənət ɪz du aʊt fər ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən 4 wən, ənd ˈpiˈsi ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 19
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even in the most basic scenario you can picture, where the logic of an core is boiled down to just pulling in a few records from the database, bringing some domain objects to life, and then dumping them to the screen through an of some basic rendering mechanism, always an ongoing transaction behind the scenes whose most expensive facet often gets blurred beneath the appealing outward influence of the user interface.
if you think this through, notice that the crux of the matter is the transaction lies not surprisingly in the heap of database trips, even though they can be largely mitigated by a clever caching strategy. in relatively small applications, where there are just a few basic domain objects involved in each transaction, and where the hike to the database is just for retrieving data most of the time, a simple caching system dropped into the appropriate place certainly can help get things sorted out with efficiency.
while sad but true, reality is a ruthless creature always shouting at us radically different things than the sweet ones rather hear instead. in most cases, because of the intrinsic, unavoidable of domain objects (with a few scarce exceptions when the dependencies of domain classes are around the concept of immutable value objects), chances are that some objects will need to be modified across multiple requests, and even new ones will be put in memory in response to some event.
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in short, this means that even dummy crud applications that encapsulate extensive chunks of additional business logic can quickly become bloated and generate a lot of overhead under the hood when it comes to performing multiple database writes. what if they reach a point where necessary to handle a huge number of domain objects, which must be persisted and removed in sync, without compromising what us programming loosely call data integrity?
let’s be honest with ourselves (at least once). neither all the lofty data source architectural patterns that we could just pick up along the way, nor that cool new approach we might have figured out overnight, can tackle satisfactorily something as predictable and mundane as writing out and removing multiple sets of data from storage. in light of this, should we just give up and call the issue pretty much a lost cause?
admittedly the question is rhetorical. in fact, feasible to wrap collections of domain objects inside a fairly flexible business model and just perform several database in one go, therefore avoiding having to break down the process into more atomic and expensive database calls, which always lead to the antipattern. moreover, this mechanism rests on the academic formalities of a design pattern commonly known as unit of work (uow), and its implementation in several popular packages, such as hibernate, is quite prolific and prosperous.
on the flip side, is, for obvious reasons, still elusive at having a variety of running in production, excepting in a few libraries like doctrine and redbeanphp, which use the forces at disparate levels in order to process and coordinate operations on entities. despite this, it would be certainly pretty educational to take a closer look at the benefits a provides, that way you can see if they are something that may meet your requirements.
registering domain objects with a unit of work
in his book patterns of enterprise application architecture, martin fowler discusses two mainstream approaches that can be followed when it comes to implementing a: the first makes the directly responsible for registering or queuing domain objects for insertion, update, or deletion, and the second shifts this responsibility over to the domain objects themselves.
in this case, since like to have the domain model only encapsulating my business logic and remain agnostic about any form of persistence that may exist further down in other layers, going to just stick to the commandments of the first option. in either case, free to pick the approach you feel will fit the bill the best.
a lightweight implementation of a might look like this:
<?php modelrepository; use modelentityinterface; interface { public function fetchbyid($id); public function $entity); public function $entity); public function $entity); public function $entity); public function commit(); public function rollback(); public function clear(); }
<?php modelrepository; usedatamapperinterface, librarystorageobjectstorageinterface, modelentityinterface; class implements { = "new"; = "clean"; = "dirty"; = "removed"; protected $datamapper; protected $storage; public function $datamapper, $storage) { = $datamapper; = $storage; } public function getdatamapper() { return; } public function getobjectstorage() { return; } public function fetchbyid($id) { $entity =->fetchbyid($id); $this->registerclean($entity); return $entity; } public function $entity) { $this->registerentity($entity, self::state_new); return $this; } public function $entity) { $this->registerentity($entity, self::state_clean); return $this; } public function $entity) { $this->registerentity($entity, self::state_dirty); return $this; } public function $entity) { $this->registerentity($entity, self::state_removed); return $this; } protected function registerentity($entity, $state = self::state_clean) {->attach($entity, $state); } public function commit() { as $entity) { switch[$entity]) { case self::state_new: case self::state_dirty:->save($entity); break; case self::state_removed:->delete($entity); } } $this->clear(); } public function rollback() { // your custom rollback implementation goes here } public function clear() {->clear(); return $this; } }
it should be clear to see that a is nothing but plain, object storage which keeps track of which domain objects should be scheduled for insertion, update, and removal. in short, the convention could be boiled down to something along these lines: domain objects that need to be added to the storage will be registered “new”; those being updated will be marked “dirty”; the ones flagged “removed” will be… yep, dropped from the database. in addition, any object registered “clean” will be kept frozen and safe in memory until the client code explicitly requests to modify its associated state.
of course, the method that performs these operations in just one single transaction is commit() , which exploits the functionality of an still undefined data to get access to the persistence layer. it would be even easier for you to understand the’s inner workings if i show you the implementation of the collaborators injected in itsructor, so the components that compose the object storage module:
<?php librarystorage; interface extends countable, iterator, { public function attach($object, $data = null); public function detach($object); public function clear(); }
<?php librarystorage; class extends implements { public function clear() { = clone $this; $this->addall($tempstorage); $this->removeall($tempstorage); = null; } }
in this case in particular, i decided to use a implementation of the class for registering domain objects without much fuss along with their related states with the, even though pretty much the same can be also achieved using plain arrays. again, up to you to have the domain objects registered by using the method that best accommodates your needs.
with the custom class in place, take a look at the implementation of the aforementioned data:
<?php; use modelentityinterface; interface { public function fetchbyid($id); public function $conditions = array()); public function $entity); public function $entity); public function $entity); public function $entity); }
<?php; use librarydatabasedatabaseadapterinterface, modelcollectionentitycollectioninterface, modelentityinterface; abstract class implements { protected $adapter; protected $collection; protected; public function $adapter, $collection, = null) { = $adapter; = $collection; if !== null) { $this->setentitytable($entitytable); } } public function setentitytable($entitytable) { if (!is_string($table) || empty($entitytable)) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the entity table is invalid."); } =; return $this; } public function fetchbyid($id) {->select($this->entitytable, array("id" => $id)); if (!$row =->fetch()) { return null; } return $this->loadentity($row); } public function $conditions = array()) {->select($this->entitytable, $conditions); $rows =->fetchall(); return $this->loadentitycollection($rows); } public function $entity) { return->insert($this->entitytable, $entity->toarray()); } public function $entity) { return->update($this->entitytable, $entity->toarray(), "id = $entity->id"); } public function $entity) { return !isset($entity->id) ?->insert($this->entitytable, $entity->toarray()) :->update($this->entitytable, $entity->toarray(), "id = $entity->id"); } public function $entity) { return->delete($this->entitytable, "id = $entity->id"); } protected function $rows) {->clear(); ($rows as $row) {[] = $this->loadentity($row); } return; } abstract protected function $row); }
the puts behind a pretty standard the bulk of logic required for pulling domain objects in and out of the database. to make things even easier, be also nice to a refined implementation of it, that way we could easily test the with a few sample user objects. how this extra mapping looks:
<?php; use modeluser; class extends { protected = "users"; protected function $row) { return new user(array( "id" => $row["id"], "name" => $row["name"], "email" => $row["email"], "role" => $row["role"])); } }
at this point we just could put our hands on the and see if its schema delivers what it promises. but before we do, first off we really should drop at least a few domain objects in memory. that way, we can get them neatly registered with the. so now define a primitive domain model which will be charged with supplying the objects in question.
defining a basic domain model
frankly speaking, there are several ways to implement a functional domain model (most likely there exists one per developer living and breathing out there). since in this case i want the process to be both painless and short, the model be using for testing the will be composed just of a prototypical entity class, along with a derivative, which will be charged with spawning basic users objects:
<?php model; interface { public function setfield($name, $value); public function getfield($name); public function fieldexists($name); public function removefield($name); public function toarray(); }
<?php model; abstract class implements { protected $fields = array(); protected = array(); public function $fields = array()) { if (!empty($fields)) { ($fields as $name => $value) { = $value; } } } public function setfield($name, $value) { return $this->__set($name, $value); } public function getfield($name) { return $this->__get($name); } public function fieldexists($name) { return $this->__isset($name); } public function removefield($name) { return $this->__unset($name); } public function toarray() { return $this->fields; } public function __set($name, $value) { $this->checkallowedfields($name); = "set" . ucfirst(strtolower($name)); if (method_exists($this,) && is_callable(array($this,))) { $this->$mutator($value); } else { $this->fields[$name] = $value; } return $this; } public function __get($name) { $this->checkallowedfields($name); = "get" . ucfirst($name); if (method_exists($this,) && is_callable(array($this,))) { return $this->$accessor(); } if (!$this->__isset($name)) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the field '$name' has not been set for this entity yet."); } return $this->fields[$name]; } public function __isset($name) { $this->checkallowedfields($name); return isset($this->fields[$name]); } public function __unset($name) { $this->checkallowedfields($name); if (!$this->__isset($name)) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the field "$name" has not been set for this entity yet."); } unset($this->fields[$name]); return $this; } protected function checkallowedfields($field) { if (!in_array($field, $this->allowedfields)) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the requested operation on the field '$field' is not allowed for this entity."); } } }
<?php model; class user extends { = "administrator"; = "guest"; protected = array("id", "name", "email", "role"); public function setid($id) { if (isset($this->fields["id"])) { throw new badmethodcallexception( "the id for this user has been set already."); } if (!is_int($id) || $id < 1) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the user id is invalid."); } $this->fields["id"] = $id; return $this; } public function setname($name) { if (strlen($name) < 2 || strlen($name) > 30) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the user name is invalid."); } $this->fields["name"] = htmlspecialchars(trim($name), ent_quotes); return $this; } public function setemail($email) { if (!filter_var($email, filter_validate_email)) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the user email is invalid."); } $this->fields["email"] = $email; return $this; } public function setrole($role) { if ($role !== && $role !== self::guest_role) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "the user role is invalid."); } $this->fields["role"] = $role; return $this; } }
while the of the and user classes might look complex at first glance, i assure this is just a fuzzy impression. in fact, the former is a skeletal wrapper for some typical magic methods, while the latter some straightforward mutators, in order to assign the appropriate values to the fields of generic user objects.
with these domain classes already doing their business in relaxed insulation, now do the last building block of the model. in reality, this is an optional class which can be skipped over if the situation warrants, and its responsibility is just to wrap collections of entities. its implementation is as following:
<?php modelcollection; use modelentityinterface; interface extends countable,, { public function $entity); public function $entity); public function get($key); public function exists($key); public function clear(); public function toarray(); }
<?php modelcollection; use modelentityinterface; class implements { protected $entities = array(); public function $entities = array()) { if (!empty($entities)) { = $entities; } } public function $entity) { $this->offsetset($entity); } public function $entity) { $this->offsetunset($entity); } public function get($key) { $this->offsetget($key); } public function exists($key) { return $this->offsetexists($key); } public function clear() { = array(); } public function toarray() { return; } public function count() { return count($this->entities); } public function offsetset($key, $entity) { if (!$entity) { throw new invalidargumentexception( "could not add the entity to the collection."); } if (!isset($key)) {[] = $entity; } else {[$key] = $entity; } } public function offsetunset($key) { if ($key) { = array_filter($this->entities, function ($v) use ($key) { return $v !== $key; }); } else if (isset($this->entities[$key])) { unset($this->entities[$key]); } } public function offsetget($key) { if (isset($this->entities[$key])) { return[$key]; } } public function offsetexists($key) { return $key ? array_search($key,) : isset($this->entities[$key]); } public function getiterator() { return new arrayiterator($this->entities); } }
at this point managed to create a primitive domain model, which certainly we can use for user objects without a major hassle. in doing do, we have a real chance to see if the is actually the functional component it seems to be when it comes to persisting multiple entities in the database as one single transaction.
putting the under test
if reached this point of the article, you probably feel like being pulled in opposite directions, wondering if all of the hard up front work required in writing a bunch of interfaces and classes was really worth it. in fact, it was. moreover, if still skeptical, make sure check the following code snippet, which shows how to put the to work in sweet with some user objects:
<?php __dir__ . "/library/loader/autoloader.php"; = new autoloader;->register(); $adapter = newadapter("mysql:dbname=test", "myfancyusername", "myhardtoguesspassword"); = new(new($adapter, new), new); = new user(array("name" => "john doe", "email" => "john@example.com"));->registernew($user1); =->fetchbyid(1);->name = "joe";->registerdirty($user2); =->fetchbyid(2);->registerdeleted($user3); =->fetchbyid(3);->name = "julie";->commit();
leaving aside some irrelevant details, such as assuming effectively a adapter living somewhere, the driving logic of the earlier script should be fairly easy to assimilate. simply put, it shows off how to get things rolling with the, which drags in some user objects from the database and queues them for insertion, update, and deletion by using the corresponding registering methods. at the end of the process, commit() just loops internally over the registered objects and performs the proper operations all in one go.
while in a standard implementation a does expose the typical set of registering methods that expect to see, its formal definition provide any kind of finder. in this case, however, i decided intentionally to implement a generic one so you can see more clearly how to pull in objects from storage and in turn register them with the without struggling with the oddities of a standalone, domain structure, such as a repository or even an overkill service.
closing thoughts
now that peeked behind the curtain at a and learned how to implement a one from scratch, let your wild side show and tweak it at your will.
keep in mind though that while there are benefits with the pattern, far from being a panacea that will solve all of the issues associated with massive to the persistence layer. in applications that must perform expensive database writes across several places, though, a provides an effective,-like approach that reduces the underlying overhead, hence becoming a solid, multifaceted solution when properly coupled to a caching mechanism.
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ˈivɪn ɪn ðə moʊst ˈbeɪsɪk sɪˈnɛrioʊ ju kən ˈpɪkʧər, wɛr ðə ˈlɑʤɪk əv ən kɔr ɪz bɔɪld daʊn tɪ ʤɪst ˈpʊlɪŋ ɪn ə fju ˈrɛkərdz frəm ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs, ˈbrɪŋɪŋ səm doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts tɪ laɪf, ənd ðɛn ˈdəmpɪŋ ðɛm tɪ ðə skrin θru ən əv səm ˈbeɪsɪk ˈrɛndərɪŋ ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm, ˈɔlˌweɪz ən ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ trænˈzækʃən bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz huz moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈfæsət ˈɔfən gɪts blərd bɪˈniθ ðə əˈpilɪŋ ˈaʊtwərd ˈɪnfluəns əv ðə ˈjuzər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs. ɪf ju θɪŋk ðɪs θru, ˈnoʊtɪs ðət ðə krəks əv ðə ˈmætər ɪz ðə trænˈzækʃən laɪz nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋli ɪn ðə hip əv ˈdætəˌbeɪs trɪps, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðeɪ kən bi ˈlɑrʤli ˈmɪtəˌgeɪtɪd baɪ ə ˈklɛvər ˈkæʃɪŋ ˈstrætəʤi. ɪn ˈrɛlətɪvli smɔl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, wɛr ðɛr ər ʤɪst ə fju ˈbeɪsɪk doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn iʧ trænˈzækʃən, ənd wɛr ðə haɪk tɪ ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs ɪz ʤɪst fər riˈtrivɪŋ ˈdætə moʊst əv ðə taɪm, ə ˈsɪmpəl ˈkæʃɪŋ ˈsɪstəm drɑpt ˈɪntu ðə əˈproʊpriˌeɪt pleɪs ˈsərtənli kən hɛlp gɪt θɪŋz ˈsɔrtɪd aʊt wɪθ ɪˈfɪʃənsi. waɪl sæd bət tru, ˌriˈæləˌti ɪz ə ˈruθləs ˈkriʧər ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈʃaʊtɪŋ æt ˈjuˈɛs ˈrædɪkli ˈdɪfərənt θɪŋz ðən ðə swit wənz ˈrəðər hir ˌɪnˈstɛd. ɪn moʊst ˈkeɪsɪz, bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪk, ˌənəˈvɔɪdəbəl əv doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts (wɪθ ə fju skɛrs ɪkˈsɛpʃənz wɪn ðə dɪˈpɛndənsiz əv doʊˈmeɪn ˈklæsɪz ər əraʊnd ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt əv ˌɪmˈjutəbəl ˈvælju ˈɑbʤɛkts), ˈʧænsɪz ər ðət səm ˈɑbʤɛkts wɪl nid tɪ bi ˈmɑdəˌfaɪd əˈkrɔs ˈməltəpəl rɪkˈwɛsts, ənd ˈivɪn nu wənz wɪl bi pʊt ɪn ˈmɛməri ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ səm ɪˈvɛnt. --ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt-- ɪn ʃɔrt, ðɪs minz ðət ˈivɪn ˈdəmi krəd ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ðət ɛnˈkæpsəˌleɪt ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ʧəŋks əv əˈdɪʃənəl ˈbɪznɪs ˈlɑʤɪk kən kˈwɪkli bɪˈkəm ˈbloʊtɪd ənd ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ə lɔt əv ˈoʊvərˈhɛd ˈəndər ðə hʊd wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ pərˈfɔrmɪŋ ˈməltəpəl ˈdætəˌbeɪs raɪts. wət ɪf ðeɪ riʧ ə pɔɪnt wɛr ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ˈhændəl ə juʤ ˈnəmbər əv doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts, wɪʧ məst bi pərˈsɪstɪd ənd riˈmuvd ɪn sɪŋk, wɪˈθaʊt ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ wət ˈjuˈɛs ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈlusli kɔl ˈdætə ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti? bi ˈɑnəst wɪθ ɑrˈsɛlvz (æt list wəns). ˈniðər ɔl ðə ˈlɔfti ˈdætə sɔrs ˌɑrkəˈtɛkʧərəl ˈpætərnz ðət wi kʊd ʤɪst pɪk əp əˈlɔŋ ðə weɪ, nɔr ðət kul nu əˈproʊʧ wi maɪt hæv ˈfɪgjərd aʊt ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt, kən ˈtækəl ˌsætɪsˈfæktrəli ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛz prɪˈdɪktəbəl ənd mənˈdeɪn ɛz ˈraɪtɪŋ aʊt ənd riˈmuvɪŋ ˈməltəpəl sɛts əv ˈdætə frəm ˈstɔrɪʤ. ɪn laɪt əv ðɪs, ʃʊd wi ʤɪst gɪv əp ənd kɔl ðə ˈɪʃu ˈprɪti məʧ ə lɔst kɔz? ædˈmɪtɪdli ðə kˈwɛʃən ɪz rɪˈtɔrɪkəl. ɪn fækt, ˈfizəbəl tɪ ræp kəˈlɛkʃənz əv doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ˌɪnˈsaɪd ə ˈfɛrli ˈflɛksəbəl ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəl ənd ʤɪst pərˈfɔrm ˈsɛvərəl ˈdætəˌbeɪs ɪn wən goʊ, ˈðɛrˌfɔr əˈvɔɪdɪŋ ˈhævɪŋ tɪ breɪk daʊn ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈɪntu mɔr əˈtɑmɪk ənd ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈdætəˌbeɪs kɔlz, wɪʧ ˈɔlˌweɪz lɛd tɪ ðə antipattern*. mɔˈroʊvər, ðɪs ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm rɛsts ɔn ðə ˌækəˈdɛmɪk fɔrˈmælətiz əv ə dɪˈzaɪn ˈpætərn ˈkɑmənli noʊn ɛz ˈjunɪt əv wərk (uow*), ənd ɪts ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈpɑpjələr ˈpækɪʤɪz, səʧ ɛz ˈhaɪbərˌneɪt, ɪz kwaɪt proʊˈlɪfɪk ənd ˈprɑspərəs. ɔn ðə flɪp saɪd, ɪz, fər ˈɑbviəs ˈrizənz, stɪl ɪˈlusɪv æt ˈhævɪŋ ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈrənɪŋ ɪn pərˈdəkʃən, ˌɛkˈsɛptɪŋ ɪn ə fju ˈlaɪbrɛˌriz laɪk ˈdɔktərɪn ənd redbeanphp*, wɪʧ juz ðə ˈfɔrsɪz æt ˈdɪspərɪt ˈlɛvəlz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪt ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ɔn ˈɛntɪtiz. dɪˈspaɪt ðɪs, ɪt wʊd bi ˈsərtənli ˈprɪti ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl tɪ teɪk ə ˈkloʊzər lʊk æt ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts ə prəˈvaɪdz, ðət weɪ ju kən si ɪf ðeɪ ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət meɪ mit jʊr rɪkˈwaɪrmənts. ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts wɪθ ə ˈjunɪt əv wərk ɪn hɪz bʊk ˈpætərnz əv ˈɛnərˌpraɪz ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər, ˈmɑrtɪn ˈfaʊlər dɪˈskəsɪz tu ˈmeɪnˌstrim əˈproʊʧɪz ðət kən bi ˈfɑloʊd wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ə: ðə fərst meɪks ðə dɪˈrɛkli riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ ər kjuɪŋ doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts fər ˌɪnˈsərʃən, ˈəpˌdeɪt, ər dɪˈliʃən, ənd ðə ˈsɛkənd ʃɪfts ðɪs riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ɪn ðɪs keɪs, sɪns laɪk tɪ hæv ðə doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəl ˈoʊnli ɛnˈkæpsəˌleɪtɪŋ maɪ ˈbɪznɪs ˈlɑʤɪk ənd rɪˈmeɪn ægˈnɑstɪk əˈbaʊt ˈɛni fɔrm əv pərˈsɪstəns ðət meɪ ɪgˈzɪst ˈfərðər daʊn ɪn ˈəðər leɪərz, goʊɪŋ tɪ ʤɪst stɪk tɪ ðə kəˈmændmənts əv ðə fərst ˈɔpʃən. ɪn ˈiðər keɪs, fri tɪ pɪk ðə əˈproʊʧ ju fil wɪl fɪt ðə bɪl ðə bɛst. ə ˈlaɪtˈweɪt ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ə maɪt lʊk laɪk ðɪs: modelrepository*; juz modelentityinterface*; ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən fetchbyid($id*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən kəˈmɪt(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən ˈroʊlˌbæk(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən klɪr(); modelrepository*; juz mapperdatamapperinterface*, librarystorageobjectstorageinterface*, modelentityinterface*; klæs ˈɪmpləmənts "nu"; "klin"; "ˈdərti"; "riˈmuvd"; prəˈtɛktɪd $datamapper*; prəˈtɛktɪd $ˈstɔrɪʤ; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $datamapper*, $ˈstɔrɪʤ) $datamapper*; $ˈstɔrɪʤ; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən getdatamapper*() rɪˈtərn; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən getobjectstorage*() rɪˈtərn; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən fetchbyid($id*) $ˈɛntɪti $this->datamapper->fetchbyid($id*); $this->registerclean($entity*); rɪˈtərn $ˈɛntɪti; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) $this->registerentity($entity*, self::state_new*); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) $this->registerentity($entity*, self::state_clean*); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) $this->registerentity($entity*, self::state_dirty*); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) $this->registerentity($entity*, self::state_removed*); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; prəˈtɛktɪd ˈfəŋkʃən registerentity($entity*, $steɪt self::state_clean*) $this->storage->attach($entity*, $steɪt); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən kəˈmɪt() ɛz $ˈɛntɪti) swɪʧ ($this->storage[$entity*]) keɪs self::state_new*: keɪs self::state_dirty*: $this->datamapper->save($entity*); breɪk; keɪs self::state_removed*: $this->datamapper->delete($entity*); $this->clear*(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən ˈroʊlˌbæk() jʊr ˈkəstəm ˈroʊlˌbæk ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən goʊz hir ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən klɪr() $this->storage->clear*(); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ɪt ʃʊd bi klɪr tɪ si ðət ə ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ bət pleɪn, ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈstɔrɪʤ wɪʧ kips træk əv wɪʧ doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ʃʊd bi ˈskɛʤʊld fər ˌɪnˈsərʃən, ˈəpˌdeɪt, ənd rɪˈmuvəl. ɪn ʃɔrt, ðə kənˈvɛnʃən kʊd bi bɔɪld daʊn tɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ðiz laɪnz: doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ðət nid tɪ bi ˈædɪd tɪ ðə ˈstɔrɪʤ wɪl bi ˈrɛʤɪstərd ““new”*”; ðoʊz biɪŋ ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd wɪl bi mɑrkt ““dirty”*”; ðə wənz flægd ““removed”*” wɪl be…*… jɛp, drɑpt frəm ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ˈɛni ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈrɛʤɪstərd ““clean”*” wɪl bi kɛpt ˈfroʊzən ənd seɪf ɪn ˈmɛməri ənˈtɪl ðə klaɪənt koʊd ɪkˈsplɪsətli rɪkˈwɛsts tɪ ˈmɑdəˌfaɪ ɪts əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd steɪt. əv kɔrs, ðə ˈmɛθəd ðət pərˈfɔrmz ðiz ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ɪn ʤɪst wən ˈsɪŋgəl trænˈzækʃən ɪz kəˈmɪt() wɪʧ ˈɛkˌsplɔɪts ðə ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti əv ən stɪl ˌəndɪˈfaɪnd ˈdætə tɪ gɪt ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə pərˈsɪstəns leɪər. ɪt wʊd bi ˈivɪn ˈiziər fər ju tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈɪnər ˈwərkɪŋz ɪf aɪ ʃoʊ ju ðə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ðə kəˈlæbərˌeɪtərz ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪd ɪn ɪts kənˈstrəktər, soʊ ðə kəmˈpoʊnənts ðət kəmˈpoʊz ðə ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈmɑʤul: librarystorage*; ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ɪkˈstɛndz ˈkaʊntəbəl, iterator*, ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən attach($object*, $ˈdætə nəl); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən detach($object*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən klɪr(); librarystorage*; klæs ɪkˈstɛndz ˈɪmpləmənts ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən klɪr() kloʊn $ðɪs; $this->addall($tempstorage*); $this->removeall($tempstorage*); nəl; ɪn ðɪs keɪs ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ juz ə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ðə klæs fər ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts wɪˈθaʊt məʧ fəs əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðɛr rɪˈleɪtɪd steɪts wɪθ ðə, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ˈprɪti məʧ ðə seɪm kən bi ˈɔlsoʊ əˈʧivd ˈjuzɪŋ pleɪn əreɪz. əˈgɛn, əp tɪ ju tɪ hæv ðə doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ˈrɛʤɪstərd baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈmɛθəd ðət bɛst əˈkɑməˌdeɪts jʊr nidz. wɪθ ðə ˈkəstəm klæs ɪn pleɪs, teɪk ə lʊk æt ðə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ðə əˈfɔrˌmɛnʃənd ˈdætə:; juz modelentityinterface*; ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən fetchbyid($id*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $kənˈdɪʃənz əreɪ()); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ; juz librarydatabasedatabaseadapterinterface*, modelcollectionentitycollectioninterface*, modelentityinterface*; ˈæbˌstrækt klæs ˈɪmpləmənts prəˈtɛktɪd $əˈdæptər; prəˈtɛktɪd $kəˈlɛkʃən; prəˈtɛktɪd; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $əˈdæptər, $kəˈlɛkʃən, nəl) $əˈdæptər; $kəˈlɛkʃən; ɪf nəl) $this->setentitytable($entitytable*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setentitytable($entitytable*) ɪf (!is_string($table*) empty($entitytable*)) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə ˈɛntɪti ˈteɪbəl ɪz ˌɪnˈvæləd."); ; rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən fetchbyid($id*) $this->adapter->select($this->entitytable*, array("id*" $ˈaɪˈdi)); ɪf (!$roʊ $this->adapter->fetch*()) rɪˈtərn nəl; rɪˈtərn $this->loadentity($row*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $kənˈdɪʃənz əreɪ()) $this->adapter->select($this->entitytable*, $kənˈdɪʃənz); $roʊz $this->adapter->fetchall*(); rɪˈtərn $this->loadentitycollection($rows*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) rɪˈtərn $this->adapter->insert($this->entitytable*, $entity->toarray*()); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) rɪˈtərn $this->adapter->update($this->entitytable*, $entity->toarray*(), "ˈaɪˈdi $entity->id*"); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) rɪˈtərn !isset($entity->id*) $this->adapter->insert($this->entitytable*, $entity->toarray*()) $this->adapter->update($this->entitytable*, $entity->toarray*(), "ˈaɪˈdi $entity->id*"); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) rɪˈtərn $this->adapter->delete($this->entitytable*, "ˈaɪˈdi $entity->id*"); prəˈtɛktɪd ˈfəŋkʃən $roʊz) $this->collection->clear*(); ($roʊz ɛz $roʊ) [] $this->loadentity($row*); rɪˈtərn; ˈæbˌstrækt prəˈtɛktɪd ˈfəŋkʃən $roʊ); ðə pʊts bɪˈhaɪnd ə ˈprɪti ˈstændərd ðə bəlk əv ˈlɑʤɪk rikˈwaɪərd fər ˈpʊlɪŋ doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ɪn ənd aʊt əv ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs. tɪ meɪk θɪŋz ˈivɪn ˈiziər, bi ˈɔlsoʊ nis tɪ ə rɪˈfaɪnd ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ɪt, ðət weɪ wi kʊd ˈizəli tɛst ðə wɪθ ə fju ˈsæmpəl ˈjuzər ˈɑbʤɛkts. haʊ ðɪs ˈɛkstrə ˈmæpɪŋ lʊks:; juz modeluser*; klæs ɪkˈstɛndz prəˈtɛktɪd "ˈjuzərz"; prəˈtɛktɪd ˈfəŋkʃən $roʊ) rɪˈtərn nu user(array*( "ˈaɪˈdi" $row["id*"], "neɪm" $row["name*"], "iˈmeɪl" $row["email*"], "roʊl" $row["role*"])); æt ðɪs pɔɪnt wi ʤɪst kʊd pʊt ɑr hænz ɔn ðə ənd si ɪf ɪts ˈskimə dɪˈlɪvərz wət ɪt ˈprɑməsəz. bət ˌbiˈfɔr wi du, fərst ɔf wi ˈrɪli ʃʊd drɔp æt list ə fju doʊˈmeɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts ɪn ˈmɛməri. ðət weɪ, wi kən gɪt ðɛm ˈnitli ˈrɛʤɪstərd wɪθ ðə. soʊ naʊ dɪˈfaɪn ə ˈprɪmɪtɪv doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəl wɪʧ wɪl bi ʧɑrʤd wɪθ səˈplaɪɪŋ ðə ˈɑbʤɛkts ɪn kˈwɛʃən. dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ə ˈbeɪsɪk doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəl ˈfræŋkli ˈspikɪŋ, ðɛr ər ˈsɛvərəl weɪz tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ə ˈfəŋkʃənəl doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəl (moʊst ˈlaɪkli ðɛr ɪgˈzɪsts wən pər dɪˈvɛləpər ˈlɪvɪŋ ənd ˈbriðɪŋ aʊt ðɛr). sɪns ɪn ðɪs keɪs aɪ wɔnt ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs tɪ bi boʊθ ˈpeɪnləs ənd ʃɔrt, ðə ˈmɑdəl bi ˈjuzɪŋ fər ˈtɛstɪŋ ðə wɪl bi kəmˈpoʊzd ʤɪst əv ə ˌproʊtoʊˈtɪpɪkəl ˈɛntɪti klæs, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə dərˈɪvɪtɪv, wɪʧ wɪl bi ʧɑrʤd wɪθ ˈspɔnɪŋ ˈbeɪsɪk ˈjuzərz ˈɑbʤɛkts: ˈmɑdəl; ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setfield($name*, $ˈvælju); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən getfield($name*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən fieldexists($name*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən removefield($name*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən toarray*(); ˈmɑdəl; ˈæbˌstrækt klæs ˈɪmpləmənts prəˈtɛktɪd $fildz əreɪ(); prəˈtɛktɪd əreɪ(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $fildz əreɪ()) ɪf (!empty($fields*)) ($fildz ɛz $neɪm $ˈvælju) $ˈvælju; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setfield($name*, $ˈvælju) rɪˈtərn $this->__set($name*, $ˈvælju); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən getfield($name*) rɪˈtərn $this->__get($name*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən fieldexists($name*) rɪˈtərn $this->__isset($name*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən removefield($name*) rɪˈtərn $this->__unset($name*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən toarray*() rɪˈtərn $this->fields*; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən __set($name*, $ˈvælju) $this->checkallowedfields($name*); "sɛt" ucfirst(strtolower($name*)); ɪf (method_exists($this*,) is_callable(array($this*,))) $this->$mutator($value*); ɛls $this->fields[$name*] $ˈvælju; rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən __get($name*) $this->checkallowedfields($name*); "gɪt" ucfirst($name*); ɪf (method_exists($this*,) is_callable(array($this*,))) rɪˈtərn $this->$accessor*(); ɪf (!$this->__isset($name*)) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə fild '$neɪm' həz nɑt bɪn sɛt fər ðɪs ˈɛntɪti jɛt."); rɪˈtərn $this->fields[$name*]; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən __isset($name*) $this->checkallowedfields($name*); rɪˈtərn isset($this->fields[$name*]); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən __unset($name*) $this->checkallowedfields($name*); ɪf (!$this->__isset($name*)) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə fild "$neɪm" həz nɑt bɪn sɛt fər ðɪs ˈɛntɪti jɛt."); unset($this->fields[$name*]); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; prəˈtɛktɪd ˈfəŋkʃən checkallowedfields($field*) ɪf (!in_array($field*, $this->allowedfields*)) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə rɪkˈwɛstɪd ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ɔn ðə fild '$fild' ɪz nɑt əˈlaʊd fər ðɪs ˈɛntɪti."); ˈmɑdəl; klæs ˈjuzər ɪkˈstɛndz "ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər"; "gɛst"; prəˈtɛktɪd array("id*", "neɪm", "iˈmeɪl", "roʊl"); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setid($id*) ɪf (isset($this->fields["id*"])) θroʊ nu badmethodcallexception*( "ðə ˈaɪˈdi fər ðɪs ˈjuzər həz bɪn sɛt ɔˈrɛdi."); ɪf (!is_int($id*) $ˈaɪˈdi 1 θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə ˈjuzər ˈaɪˈdi ɪz ˌɪnˈvæləd."); $this->fields["id*"] $ˈaɪˈdi; rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setname($name*) ɪf (strlen($name*) 2 strlen($name*) 30 θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə ˈjuzər neɪm ɪz ˌɪnˈvæləd."); $this->fields["name*"] htmlspecialchars(trim($name*), ent_quotes*); rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setemail($email*) ɪf (!filter_var($email*, filter_validate_email*)) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə ˈjuzər iˈmeɪl ɪz ˌɪnˈvæləd."); $this->fields["email*"] $iˈmeɪl; rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən setrole($role*) ɪf ($roʊl $roʊl self::guest_role*) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "ðə ˈjuzər roʊl ɪz ˌɪnˈvæləd."); $this->fields["role*"] $roʊl; rɪˈtərn $ðɪs; waɪl ðə əv ðə ənd ˈjuzər ˈklæsɪz maɪt lʊk ˈkɑmplɛks æt fərst glæns, aɪ əˈʃʊr ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ə ˈfəzi ˌɪmˈprɛʃən. ɪn fækt, ðə ˈfɔrmər ɪz ə ˈskɛlətəl ˈræpər fər səm ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈmæʤɪk ˈmɛθədz, waɪl ðə ˈlætər səm ˈstreɪtˈfɔrwərd mutators*, ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈsaɪn ðə əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈvæljuz tɪ ðə fildz əv ʤəˈnɛrɪk ˈjuzər ˈɑbʤɛkts. wɪθ ðiz doʊˈmeɪn ˈklæsɪz ɔˈrɛdi duɪŋ ðɛr ˈbɪznɪs ɪn rɪˈlækst ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən, naʊ du ðə læst ˈbɪldɪŋ blɑk əv ðə ˈmɑdəl. ɪn ˌriˈæləˌti, ðɪs ɪz ən ˈɔpʃənəl klæs wɪʧ kən bi skɪpt ˈoʊvər ɪf ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˈwɔrənts, ənd ɪts riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ɪz ʤɪst tɪ ræp kəˈlɛkʃənz əv ˈɛntɪtiz. ɪts ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən ɪz ɛz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ: modelcollection*; juz modelentityinterface*; ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ɪkˈstɛndz ˈkaʊntəbəl,, ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən get($key*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən exists($key*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən klɪr(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən toarray*(); modelcollection*; juz modelentityinterface*; klæs ˈɪmpləmənts prəˈtɛktɪd $ˈɛntɪtiz əreɪ(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪtiz əreɪ()) ɪf (!empty($entities*)) $ˈɛntɪtiz; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) $this->offsetset($entity*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən $ˈɛntɪti) $this->offsetunset($entity*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən get($key*) $this->offsetget($key*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən exists($key*) rɪˈtərn $this->offsetexists($key*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən klɪr() əreɪ(); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən toarray*() rɪˈtərn; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən kaʊnt() rɪˈtərn count($this->entities*); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən offsetset($key*, $ˈɛntɪti) ɪf (!$ˈɛntɪti) θroʊ nu invalidargumentexception*( "kʊd nɑt æd ðə ˈɛntɪti tɪ ðə kəˈlɛkʃən."); ɪf (!isset($key*)) [] $ˈɛntɪti; ɛls $this->entities[$key*] $ˈɛntɪti; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən offsetunset($key*) ɪf ($ki) array_filter($this->entities*, ˈfəŋkʃən ($vi) juz ($ki) rɪˈtərn $vi $ki; ɛls ɪf (isset($this->entities[$key*])) unset($this->entities[$key*]); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən offsetget($key*) ɪf (isset($this->entities[$key*])) rɪˈtərn $this->entities[$key*]; ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən offsetexists($key*) rɪˈtərn $ki array_search($key*,) isset($this->entities[$key*]); ˈpəblɪk ˈfəŋkʃən getiterator*() rɪˈtərn nu arrayiterator($this->entities*); æt ðɪs pɔɪnt ˈmænɪʤd tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈprɪmɪtɪv doʊˈmeɪn ˈmɑdəl, wɪʧ ˈsərtənli wi kən juz fər ˈjuzər ˈɑbʤɛkts wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈhæsəl. ɪn duɪŋ du, wi hæv ə ril ʧæns tɪ si ɪf ðə ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ðə ˈfəŋkʃənəl kəmˈpoʊnənt ɪt simz tɪ bi wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ pərˈsɪstɪŋ ˈməltəpəl ˈɛntɪtiz ɪn ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs ɛz wən ˈsɪŋgəl trænˈzækʃən. ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə ˈəndər tɛst ɪf riʧt ðɪs pɔɪnt əv ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl, ju ˈprɑbəˌbli fil laɪk biɪŋ pʊld ɪn ˈɑpəzɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz, ˈwəndərɪŋ ɪf ɔl əv ðə hɑrd əp frənt wərk rikˈwaɪərd ɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ ə bənʧ əv ˈɪnərˌfeɪsɪz ənd ˈklæsɪz wɑz ˈrɪli wərθ ɪt. ɪn fækt, ɪt wɑz. mɔˈroʊvər, ɪf stɪl ˈskɛptɪkəl, meɪk ʃʊr ʧɛk ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ koʊd sˈnɪpət, wɪʧ ʃoʊz haʊ tɪ pʊt ðə tɪ wərk ɪn swit wɪθ səm ˈjuzər ˈɑbʤɛkts: __dir*__ "/library/loader/autoloader.php*"; nu autoloader*; $autoloader->register*(); $əˈdæptər nu pdoadapter("mysql:dbname=test*", "myfancyusername*", "myhardtoguesspassword*"); nu usermapper($adapter*, nu), nu); nu user(array("name*" "ʤɑn doʊ", "iˈmeɪl" "john@example.com*")); "ʤoʊ"; "ˈʤuli"; $unitofwork->commit*(); ˈlivɪŋ əˈsaɪd səm ˌɪˈrɛləvənt ˈditeɪlz, səʧ ɛz əˈsumɪŋ ˈifɛktɪvli ə əˈdæptər ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈsəmˌwɛr, ðə ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈlɑʤɪk əv ðə ˈərliər skrɪpt ʃʊd bi ˈfɛrli ˈizi tɪ əˈsɪməˌleɪt. ˈsɪmpli pʊt, ɪt ʃoʊz ɔf haʊ tɪ gɪt θɪŋz ˈroʊlɪŋ wɪθ ðə, wɪʧ drægz ɪn səm ˈjuzər ˈɑbʤɛkts frəm ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs ənd kjuz ðɛm fər ˌɪnˈsərʃən, ˈəpˌdeɪt, ənd dɪˈliʃən baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪŋ ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ ˈmɛθədz. æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs, kəˈmɪt() ʤɪst lups ˌɪnˈtərnəli ˈoʊvər ðə ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈɑbʤɛkts ənd pərˈfɔrmz ðə ˈprɑpər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ɔl ɪn wən goʊ. waɪl ɪn ə ˈstændərd ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən ə dɪz ɪkˈspoʊz ðə ˈtɪpɪkəl sɛt əv ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ ˈmɛθədz ðət ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ si, ɪts ˈfɔrməl ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən prəˈvaɪd ˈɛni kaɪnd əv ˈfaɪndər. ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ə ʤəˈnɛrɪk wən soʊ ju kən si mɔr ˈklɪrli haʊ tɪ pʊl ɪn ˈɑbʤɛkts frəm ˈstɔrɪʤ ənd ɪn tərn ˈrɛʤɪstər ðɛm wɪθ ðə wɪˈθaʊt ˈstrəgəlɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈɑdətiz əv ə standalone*, doʊˈmeɪn ˈstrəkʧər, səʧ ɛz ə riˈpɑzəˌtɔri ər ˈivɪn ən ˈoʊvərˌkɪl ˈsərvɪs. ˈkloʊzɪŋ θɔts naʊ ðət pikt bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈkərtən æt ə ənd ˈlərnɪd haʊ tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ə wən frəm skræʧ, lɛt jʊr waɪld saɪd ʃoʊ ənd twik ɪt æt jʊr wɪl. kip ɪn maɪnd ðoʊ ðət waɪl ðɛr ər ˈbɛnəfɪts wɪθ ðə ˈpætərn, fɑr frəm biɪŋ ə ˌpænəˈsiə ðət wɪl sɑlv ɔl əv ðə ˈɪʃuz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈmæsɪv tɪ ðə pərˈsɪstəns leɪər. ɪn ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ðət məst pərˈfɔrm ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈdætəˌbeɪs raɪts əˈkrɔs ˈsɛvərəl ˈpleɪsɪz, ðoʊ, ə prəˈvaɪdz ən ˈifɛktɪv, əˈproʊʧ ðət rɪˈdusɪz ðə ˌəndərˈlaɪɪŋ ˈoʊvərˈhɛd, hɛns bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə ˈsɑləd, ˌməltiˈfæsətɪd səˈluʃən wɪn ˈprɑpərli ˈkəpəld tɪ ə ˈkæʃɪŋ ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈviə ˈoʊləg
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history edit
in 1914, senator robert la follette sr. and representative john m. nelson, both of wisconsin, promoted the inclusion in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations act of a provision directing the establishment of a special reference unit within the library of] building upon a concept developed by the new york state library in 1890, and the wisconsin legislative reference library in 1901, they were motivated by progressive era ideas about the importance of the acquisition of knowledge for an informed and independent] the move also reflected the expanding role of the librarian and the of the] the new department was charged with responding to congressional requests for] the legislation authorized the librarian of congress, herbert putnam, to “employ competent persons to prepare such indexes, digests, and compilations of laws as may be required for congress and other official use...” (the intent behind the creation of the agency can be derived from u.s. senate, committee on the library, legislative drafting bureau and reference division, cong., sess., 1913, s..) renamed the legislative reference service and given a permanent authorization with the legislative reorganization act of] it assisted congress primarily by providing facts and publications and by transmitting research and analysis done largely by other government agencies, private organizations, and individual] the library of congress, the home of, had experimented during the with unrestricted publication public affairs bulletins, which were produced by staff of the legislative reference service, and devoted to various public policy issues. they were promoted by archibald macleish, the librarian of congress, and, among other topics, addressed timely policy issues, such as american national defense. about 100 public affairs bulletins were] before congressional appropriators ended their production in] the renaming under the legislative reorganization act of 1970 reflected the service's changing] this legislation directed to devote more of its efforts and increased resources to doing research and analysis that assists congress in direct support of the legislative] when the congressional research service review was launched in 1980, it continued for a little more than a decade before congressional appropriators, once again, invoked fiscal closure. the review, which was published ten times a year and available to the public by subscription, offered original analytical articles, summaries highlighting research products, and other kinds of assistance to the congressional] as inquiries increased from questions per year in 1980 to in 2000, sought to prepare itself for future challenges, initiating an organizational realignment in 1999. the realignment, which has required extensive relocation of staff and the design of more efficient workstations, was intended to promote improved communication within and increase the service's ability to focus on legislative deliberations of congress by applying its expertise to public policy issues in user-friendly, accessible formats when congress needs]
mission edit
crs offers congress research and analysis on all current and emerging issues of national] offers timely and confidential assistance to all members and committees that request it, limited only by’s resources and the requirements for balance, and] makes no legislative or other policy recommendations to congress; its responsibility is to ensure that members of the house and senate have available the best possible information and analysis on which to base the policy decisions the american people have elected them to] in all its work, analysts are governed by requirements for confidentiality, timeliness, accuracy, objectivity, balance, and. services are not limited to those that relate directly to enacting new laws. for example, attempts to assess emerging issues and developing problems so that it will be prepared to assist the congress if and when it becomes necessary. although it rarely conducts field research, assists committees in other aspects of their study and oversight responsibilities. in addition, it offers numerous courses, including legal research seminars and institutes on the legislative process, the budget processes, and the work of district and state staff. at the beginning of each congress, also provides an orientation seminar for new] does not conduct research on sitting members or living former members of congress, unless granted specific permission by that member or if that member is nominated by the president for another]
organization edit
crs is now divided into six interdisciplinary research divisions, each of which is further divided into subject specialist sections. the six divisions are: american law; domestic social policy; foreign affairs, defense and trade; government and finance; knowledge services; and resources, science and] the six research divisions are supported in their work by five “infrastructure” offices: finance and administration, information management and technology, counselor to the director, congressional information and publishing, and workforce management and]
overview of services edit
responses to congressional requests take the form of reports, memoranda, customized briefings, seminars, videotaped presentations, information obtained from automated databases, and consultations in person and by] "supports the members, committees, and leaders of the house and senate at all stages of the legislative] ideas for legislation. a 2008 report details how the service can assist legislators in evaluating the need for legislation: at the preliminary stage, members may ask to provide background information and analysis on issues and events so they can better understand the existing situation and then assess whether there is a problem requiring a legislative remedy. this assistance may be a summary and explanation of the scientific evidence on a technically complex matter, for example, or it may be a collection of newspaper and journal articles discussing an issue from different perspectives, or a comparative analysis of several explanations that have been offered to account for a generally recognized problem. also identifies national and international experts with whom members and staff may consult about whatever issues concern them and sponsors programs at which members meet with experts to discuss issues of broad interest to] analyzing a bill. the same 2008 report also clarifies the various ways in which the service further supports the work of legislators once a bill has been introduced: if a member decides to introduce a bill, analysts can assist the legislator in clarifying the purposes of the bill, identifying issues it may address, defining alternative ways for dealing with them, evaluating the possible advantages and disadvantages of each alternative, developing information and arguments to support the bill, and anticipating possible criticisms of the bill and responses to them. although does not draft bills, resolutions, and amendments, its analysts may join staff consulting with the professional draftsman within each office of the legislative counsel as they translate the policy decisions into formal legislative language. members and committees also can request to help them assess and compare legislative proposals, including competing bills introduced by members and proposals presented by executive branch officials, private citizens and organizations. can assess the intent, scope, and limits, of the various] the report goes on: during committee and floor consideration, can assist representatives and senators in several different ways, in addition to providing background information to assist members in understanding the issues a bill addresses. attorneys can help clarify legal effects the bill may have. policy analysts can work with members in deciding whether to propose amendments and then in making certain that their amendments are designed and phrased to achieve the desired results. also can help members prepare for the debate by providing data and other information that they can use to support the positions they have decided to] hearings . when a subcommittee selects a bill (or several bills on the same subject) for serious attention, it usually begins by conducting public hearings on one or more days at which executive branch officials, other members of congress, representatives of private organizations, and even individual citizens present their views on the merits. analysts can assist in this process by providing background information and reports, presenting a preliminary briefing to members or staff, identifying potential witnesses, and suggesting questions that members may consider asking the witnesses.
. when a subcommittee selects a bill (or several bills on the same subject) for serious attention, it usually begins by conducting public hearings on one or more days at which executive branch officials, other members of congress, representatives of private organizations, and even individual citizens present their views on the merits. analysts can assist in this process by providing background information and reports, presenting a preliminary briefing to members or staff, identifying potential witnesses, and suggesting questions that members may consider asking the witnesses. subcommittee or committee votes . after the hearings on a bill, the subcommittee or committee meets to debate and vote on amendments to it. if requested, staff may attend these meetings to serve as a nonpartisan source of expert information available to all members. if the subcommittee and then the full committee conclude that new legislation is needed, they report a bill to the house or senate for all its members to consider. the committee also submits a written report that explains the background for its decision, analyzes the purposes and effects of each major provision of the bill, and includes other information, such as predictions about the cost of implementing it, that help other members decide whether they should support the bill. specialists may assist the staff in preparing some sections of this report, although cost estimates are developed by the congressional budget office.
. after the hearings on a bill, the subcommittee or committee meets to debate and vote on amendments to it. if requested, staff may attend these meetings to serve as a nonpartisan source of expert information available to all members. if the subcommittee and then the full committee conclude that new legislation is needed, they report a bill to the house or senate for all its members to consider. the committee also submits a written report that explains the background for its decision, analyzes the purposes and effects of each major provision of the bill, and includes other information, such as predictions about the cost of implementing it, that help other members decide whether they should support the bill. specialists may assist the staff in preparing some sections of this report, although cost estimates are developed by the congressional budget office. parliamentary procedure . staff can clarify the legislative procedures of the house and senate, assisting members and staff in understanding the effects of these procedures and how members can use the procedures to promote their own legislative goals.
. staff can clarify the legislative procedures of the house and senate, assisting members and staff in understanding the effects of these procedures and how members can use the procedures to promote their own legislative goals. conference committees. analysts can contribute to this last stage of the legislative process by helping identify the issues to be resolved, by clarifying and comparing the positions of the two houses on each issue, and by identifying different ways in which the legislative disagreements could be resolved. also performs several functions that support congressional and public understanding of the legislative process and other issues. bill summaries . since 1935 the legislative analysis and information section (formerly "bill digest") of has had statutory responsibility for preparation of authoritative, objective, nonpartisan summaries of introduced public bills and resolutions and maintenance of historical legislative information. detailed revised summaries are written to reflect changes made in the course of the legislative process. this office also prepares titles, bill relationships, subject terms, and congressional record citations for debates, full texts of measures, and member introductory remarks. the bill summaries are released to the public via thomas, the library of congress's online database. [13]
. since 1935 the legislative analysis and information section (formerly "bill digest") of has had statutory responsibility for preparation of authoritative, objective, nonpartisan summaries of introduced public bills and resolutions and maintenance of historical legislative information. detailed revised summaries are written to reflect changes made in the course of the legislative process. this office also prepares titles, bill relationships, subject terms, and congressional record citations for debates, full texts of measures, and member introductory remarks. the bill summaries are released to the public via thomas, the library of congress's online database. constitution annotated. the american law division of the congressional research service prepares the constitution of the united states of and interpretation (popularly known as the constitution] a continuously updated legal treatise that explains the u.s. constitution as it has been interpreted by the u.s. supreme court.
crs websites edit
current members of congress and their offices may access the website (www.crs.gov) and's legislative information service (lis) website (www.congress.gov). the two sites are the most comprehensive and integrated sources of information regarding workings of the federal government, and are arguably the best sources of information regarding the legislative process of the united] these sites provide all information necessary to become informed about any aspect of government. they also have the information needed to keep on most legislation including information from past bills similar to the current legislation; historical information about the legislation; biographical data about the members who introduced it; the ability to track the legislation as it moves through committee hearings to the floor; and links to information about the legislation in the congressional record, floor and committee schedule information, and the federal] neither of these websites is available to the public. in order to prevent public access to the websites, has erected an elaborate firewall to keep the public out. taxpayers are only allowed access to thomas (thomas.loc.gov). in fact, when the public tries to access the lis, they are automatically forwarded to thomas without] www.crs.gov. the website provides publications on current legislative issues, electronic briefing books, information on the legislative and budget processes, a database of all products, and other information about congressional procedures and activities.. the lis website is specifically designed to track legislation and legislative activity. according to the, "the lis ... provides bill summary and status, full text of legislation and public laws, full text of committee reports, hearings, and other documents, and the congressional record for the current and earlier congresses. the system also gives (and is by) committee, sponsorship, and cosponsorship; identification of identical bills; and other] the lis varies substantially from the system which is available to the public at the library of congress' thomas website (thomas.loc.gov). in fact, has a special page detailing the enhanced capabilities of the restricted lis website over the public thomas website. the following is's comparison of the lis (www.congress.gov) with thomas] service legislative information system thomas website who can use it available to the public. (previously only available to congress, including state and district offices, and legislative support agencies. some features listed below may no longer be available.) available to the public. best used for finding the most complete legislative information for congressional staff or for a member; obtaining information, using databases, and linking to pages that are not available to the public on thomas. should not be used for making links from member or committee home page (since the public cannot access lis). working with constituents; making links from member or committee home pages; making printouts that are to be sent to constituents. commercial databases links to databases that have been licensed for use by house and senate staff, such as national journal and the ap newswire. links from the status of a bill to national journal markups. no links to commercial databases. reports links from bill summary & status display to reports related to a bill. ability to search all reports via the home page; these products can be searched, displayed, and printed. no reports are available to the public. restricted links links to restricted capitol hill web sites such as the house intranet, senate webster, and senate amendment tracking system. no links to restricted capitol hill web sites. floor & committee schedule information links to capitol hill and outside sources of floor and committee schedule information, selected to be of most use to congressional staff. minimal links to floor and committee schedule information. advanced search capabilities special advanced search capabilities, providing boolean searching (and, or, not), word proximity searching (quotes to indicate phrases, adj/l, near/l), and other features. only basic search capabilities. saved searches and email alerts the ability to save searches and to request daily email alerts of new items added to databases that meet the search criteria. no ability to save searches or request email alerts.
written edit
document types include reports, appropriations reports (usually released as a long report), and congressional distribution] reports edit main article: report the most commonly requested product is the general congressional distribution reports, known as reports". the purpose of a report is to clearly define the issue in the legislative] the types of reports include issue briefs (ib), research memos (rm), and reports, which appear in both short (rs) and long (rl)] over 700 new reports are produced each year and made available to at] 566 new products were prepared in fiscal year] nearly are in existence as of the end of] other than a passing generic reference to "reports" in its statutory charter, has no mandate for these] they are created in the context of the overall mission of to provide research support to] the reports may take many forms, including policy analysis, economic studies, statistical reviews, and legal] reports are considered in-depth, accurate, objective, and timely, and topped the list of the "10 government documents" survey by the center for democracy and technology in] copyright status edit the new york times has written that the reports contain neither classified information nor copyrighted] the has] may incorporate preexisting material in its written responses to congressional requests. although such material is often from public domain sources, in certain instances the material, appropriately credited, may be from copyrighted sources. to the extent that the material is copyrighted, either: obtains permission for the use; [footnote: although obtains permission to reproduce certain copyrighted works, the permissions are generally based on legislative use and the expectation that dissemination is limited to members of congress.] considers its function protected by the speech or debate clause; or believes that the use falls under the 'fair use' doctrine of the copyright act as applied in the context of the legislative process."
public access to reports edit
main article: congressional research service reports prior to september 2018 products were only made directly available to members of congress, congressional committees, and's sister agencies and gao) through the internal web system. as of september 2018 the official us government websitereports.congress.gov.
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ˈhɪstəri ˈɛdət ɪn 1914 ˈsɛnətər ˈrɑbərt lɑ ˌfɑˈlɛt ˈsɪstər. ənd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv ʤɑn ɛm. ˈnɛlsən, boʊθ əv wɪˈskɑnsən, prəˈmoʊtəd ðə ˌɪnˈkluʒən ɪn ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv, ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, ənd ʤuˈdɪʃəl əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz ækt əv ə prəˈvɪʒən dɪˈrɛktɪŋ ðə ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt əv ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈrɛfərəns ˈjunɪt wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈbɪldɪŋ əˈpɑn ə ˈkɑnsɛpt dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ðə nu jɔrk steɪt ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ɪn 1890 ənd ðə wɪˈskɑnsən ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈrɛfərəns ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ɪn 1901 ðeɪ wər ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd baɪ prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈɪrə aɪˈdiəz əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ðə ˌækwəˈzɪʃən əv ˈnɑlɪʤ fər ən ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ənd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ðə muv ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈflɛktɪd ðə ɪkˈspændɪŋ roʊl əv ðə laɪˈbrɛˌriən ənd ðə əv ðə ðə nu dɪˈpɑrtmənt wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ kənˈgrɛʃənəl rɪkˈwɛsts fər ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ðə laɪˈbrɛˌriən əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ˈhərbərt ˈpətnəm, tɪ ˈkɑmpətɪnt ˈpərsənz tɪ priˈpɛr səʧ ˈɪndɛksɪz, ˌdaɪˈʤɛsts, ənd ˌkɑmpəˈleɪʃənz əv lɔz ɛz meɪ bi rikˈwaɪərd fər ˈkɑŋgrəs ənd ˈəðər əˈfɪʃəl use...”*...” (ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnt bɪˈhaɪnd ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ðə ˈeɪʤənsi kən bi dəraɪvd frəm juz. ˈsɛnɪt, kəˈmɪti ɔn ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri, ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈdræftɪŋ ˈbjʊroʊ ənd ˈrɛfərəns dɪˈvɪʒən, kɔŋ., sess*., 1913 ɛs. riˈneɪmd ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈrɛfərəns ˈsərvɪs ənd ˈgɪvɪn ə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˌɔθərəˈzeɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌriɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ækt əv ɪt əˈsɪstɪd ˈkɑŋgrəs praɪˈmɛrəli baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ fækts ənd ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz ənd baɪ trænsˈmɪtɪŋ ˈrisərʧ ənd æˈnælɪsɪs dən ˈlɑrʤli baɪ ˈəðər ˈgəvərnmənt ˈeɪʤənsiz, ˈpraɪvət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, ənd ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ðə hoʊm əv, hæd ɪkˈspɛrəməntəd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wɪθ ˌənriˈstrɪktɪd ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən ˈpəblɪk əˈfɛrz ˈbʊlətənz, wɪʧ wər prəˈdust baɪ stæf əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈrɛfərəns ˈsərvɪs, ənd dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ ˈvɛriəs ˈpəblɪk ˈpɑləsi ˈɪʃuz. ðeɪ wər prəˈmoʊtəd baɪ ˈɑrʧəˌbɔld məˈkliʃ, ðə laɪˈbrɛˌriən əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ənd, əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˈtɑpɪks, əˈdrɛst ˈtaɪmli ˈpɑləsi ˈɪʃuz, səʧ ɛz əˈmɛrɪkən ˈnæʃənəl dɪˈfɛns. əˈbaʊt 100 ˈpəblɪk əˈfɛrz ˈbʊlətənz wər ˌbiˈfɔr kənˈgrɛʃənəl əˈproʊpriˌeɪtərz ˈɛndɪd ðɛr pərˈdəkʃən ɪn ðə riˈneɪmɪŋ ˈəndər ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌriɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ækt əv 1970 rɪˈflɛktɪd ðə ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðɪs ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən dɪˈrɛktɪd tɪ dɪˈvoʊt mɔr əv ɪts ˈɛfərts ənd ˌɪnˈkrist ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ duɪŋ ˈrisərʧ ənd æˈnælɪsɪs ðət əˈsɪsts ˈkɑŋgrəs ɪn dɪˈrɛkt səˈpɔrt əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv wɪn ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrisərʧ ˈsərvɪs ˌrivˈju wɑz lɔnʧt ɪn 1980 ɪt kənˈtɪnjud fər ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˌbiˈfɔr kənˈgrɛʃənəl əˈproʊpriˌeɪtərz, wəns əˈgɛn, ˌɪnˈvoʊkt ˈfɪskəl ˈkloʊʒər. ðə ˌrivˈju, wɪʧ wɑz ˈpəblɪʃt tɛn taɪmz ə jɪr ənd əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk baɪ səbˈskrɪpʃən, ˈɔfərd ərˈɪʤənəl ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈɑrtɪkəlz, ˈsəməriz ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ ˈrisərʧ ˈprɑdəkts, ənd ˈəðər kaɪnz əv əˈsɪstəns tɪ ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ɛz ˌɪnkˈwaɪəriz ˌɪnˈkrist frəm kˈwɛsʧənz pər jɪr ɪn 1980 tɪ ɪn 2000 sɔt tɪ priˈpɛr ˌɪtˈsɛlf fər fˈjuʧər ˈʧælənʤɪz, ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪtɪŋ ən ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənəl riəˈlaɪnmənt ɪn 1999 ðə riəˈlaɪnmənt, wɪʧ həz rikˈwaɪərd ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˌriˈloʊˈkeɪʃən əv stæf ənd ðə dɪˈzaɪn əv mɔr ɪˈfɪʃənt ˈwərkˌsteɪʃənz, wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ prəˈmoʊt ˌɪmˈpruvd kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən wɪˈθɪn ənd ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈsərvɪsɪz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃənz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs baɪ əˈplaɪɪŋ ɪts ˌɛkspərˈtiz tɪ ˈpəblɪk ˈpɑləsi ˈɪʃuz ɪn user-friendly*, ækˈsɛsəbəl ˈfɔrˌmæts wɪn ˈkɑŋgrəs nidz ˈmɪʃən ˈɛdət ˈɔfərz ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈrisərʧ ənd æˈnælɪsɪs ɔn ɔl ˈkɑrənt ənd ˈimərʤɪŋ ˈɪʃuz əv ˈnæʃənəl ˈɔfərz ˈtaɪmli ənd ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl əˈsɪstəns tɪ ɔl ˈmɛmbərz ənd kəˈmɪtiz ðət rɪkˈwɛst ɪt, ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈoʊnli baɪ ˈrisɔrsɪz ənd ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fər ˈbæləns, ənd meɪks noʊ ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ər ˈəðər ˈpɑləsi ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz tɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs; ɪts riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ɪz tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt hæv əˈveɪləbəl ðə bɛst ˈpɑsəbəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd æˈnælɪsɪs ɔn wɪʧ tɪ beɪs ðə ˈpɑləsi dɪˈsɪʒənz ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl hæv ɪˈlɛktɪd ðɛm tɪ ɪn ɔl ɪts wərk, ˈænəlɪsts ər ˈgəvərnd baɪ rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fər ˌkɑnfəˌdɛnʃiˈæləti, ˈtaɪmlinəs, ˈækjərəsi, ˌɑbʤɛkˈtɪvɪti, ˈbæləns, ənd. ˈsərvɪsɪz ər nɑt ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ ðoʊz ðət rɪˈleɪt dɪˈrɛkli tɪ ɛˈnæktɪŋ nu lɔz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, əˈtɛmpts tɪ əˈsɛs ˈimərʤɪŋ ˈɪʃuz ənd dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈprɑbləmz soʊ ðət ɪt wɪl bi priˈpɛrd tɪ əˈsɪst ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs ɪf ənd wɪn ɪt bɪˈkəmz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt ˈrɛrli kənˈdəkts fild ˈrisərʧ, əˈsɪsts kəˈmɪtiz ɪn ˈəðər ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðɛr ˈstədi ənd ˈoʊvərˌsaɪt riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ɪt ˈɔfərz ˈnumərəs ˈkɔrsɪz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈligəl ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛməˌnɑrz ənd ˈɪnstɪˌtuts ɔn ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs, ðə ˈbəʤɪt ˈprɑsɛsəz, ənd ðə wərk əv ˈdɪstrɪkt ənd steɪt stæf. æt ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv iʧ ˈkɑŋgrəs, ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈvaɪdz ən ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən ˈsɛməˌnɑr fər nu dɪz nɑt ˈkɑndəkt ˈrisərʧ ɔn ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz ər ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈfɔrmər ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ənˈlɛs ˈgrænɪd spɪˈsɪfɪk pərˈmɪʃən baɪ ðət ˈmɛmbər ər ɪf ðət ˈmɛmbər ɪz ˈnɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt fər əˈnəðər ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˈɛdət ɪz naʊ dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈɪntu sɪks ˌɪntərˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri ˈrisərʧ dɪˈvɪʒənz, iʧ əv wɪʧ ɪz ˈfərðər dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈɪntu ˈsəbʤɪkt ˈspɛʃəlɪst ˈsɛkʃənz. ðə sɪks dɪˈvɪʒənz ər: əˈmɛrɪkən lɔ; dəˈmɛstɪk ˈsoʊʃəl ˈpɑləsi; ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz, dɪˈfɛns ənd treɪd; ˈgəvərnmənt ənd ˈfaɪˌnæns; ˈnɑlɪʤ ˈsərvɪsɪz; ənd ˈrisɔrsɪz, saɪəns ənd ðə sɪks ˈrisərʧ dɪˈvɪʒənz ər səˈpɔrtɪd ɪn ðɛr wərk baɪ faɪv ““infrastructure”*” ˈɔfəsɪz: ˈfaɪˌnæns ənd ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈmænɪʤmənt ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi, ˈkaʊnsələr tɪ ðə dɪˈrɛktər, kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ, ənd ˈwərkˌfɔrs ˈmænɪʤmənt ənd ˈoʊvərvˌju əv ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈɛdət rɪˈspɑnsɪz tɪ kənˈgrɛʃənəl rɪkˈwɛsts teɪk ðə fɔrm əv rɪˈpɔrts, ˌmɛmərˈændə, ˈkəstəˌmaɪzd ˈbrifɪŋz, ˈsɛməˌnɑrz, ˈvɪdioʊˈteɪpt ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃənz, ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əbˈteɪnd frəm ˈɔtəˌmeɪtɪd ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz, ənd ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃənz ɪn ˈpərsən ənd baɪ "səˈpɔrts ðə ˈmɛmbərz, kəˈmɪtiz, ənd ˈlidərz əv ðə haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt æt ɔl ˈsteɪʤɪz əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv aɪˈdiəz fər ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. ə 2008 rɪˈpɔrt ˈditeɪlz haʊ ðə ˈsərvɪs kən əˈsɪst ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz ɪn ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ðə nid fər ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən: æt ðə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri steɪʤ, ˈmɛmbərz meɪ æsk tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd æˈnælɪsɪs ɔn ˈɪʃuz ənd ɪˈvɛnts soʊ ðeɪ kən ˈbɛtər ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ənd ðɛn əˈsɛs ˈwɛðər ðɛr ɪz ə ˈprɑbləm rikˈwaɪərɪŋ ə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈrɛmədi. ðɪs əˈsɪstəns meɪ bi ə ˈsəməri ənd ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən əv ðə ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈɛvədəns ɔn ə ˈtɛknɪkəli ˈkɑmplɛks ˈmætər, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ər ɪt meɪ bi ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈnuzˌpeɪpər ənd ˈʤərnəl ˈɑrtɪkəlz dɪˈskəsɪŋ ən ˈɪʃu frəm ˈdɪfərənt pərˈspɛktɪvz, ər ə kəmˈpærətɪv æˈnælɪsɪs əv ˈsɛvərəl ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz ðət hæv bɪn ˈɔfərd tɪ əˈkaʊnt fər ə ˈʤɛnərəli ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ˈprɑbləm. ˈɔlsoʊ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪz ˈnæʃənəl ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈɛkspərts wɪθ hum ˈmɛmbərz ənd stæf meɪ kənˈsəlt əˈbaʊt ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈɪʃuz kənˈsərn ðɛm ənd ˈspɑnsərz ˈproʊˌgræmz æt wɪʧ ˈmɛmbərz mit wɪθ ˈɛkspərts tɪ dɪˈskəs ˈɪʃuz əv brɔd ˈɪntəˌrɛst tɪ ˈænəˌlaɪzɪŋ ə bɪl. ðə seɪm 2008 rɪˈpɔrt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈklɛrəˌfaɪz ðə ˈvɛriəs weɪz ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈsərvɪs ˈfərðər səˈpɔrts ðə wərk əv ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz wəns ə bɪl həz bɪn ˌɪntrəˈdust: ɪf ə ˈmɛmbər ˌdɪˈsaɪdz tɪ ˌɪntrəˈdus ə bɪl, ˈænəlɪsts kən əˈsɪst ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtər ɪn ˈklɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ ðə ˈpərpəsɪz əv ðə bɪl, aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈɪʃuz ɪt meɪ ˈæˌdrɛs, dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ɔlˈtərnətɪv weɪz fər ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðɛm, ɪˈvæljuˌeɪtɪŋ ðə ˈpɑsəbəl ædˈvæntɪʤɪz ənd ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤz əv iʧ ɔlˈtərnətɪv, dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ˈɑrgjəmənts tɪ səˈpɔrt ðə bɪl, ənd ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ˈpɑsəbəl ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəmz əv ðə bɪl ənd rɪˈspɑnsɪz tɪ ðɛm. ˌɔlˈðoʊ dɪz nɑt dræft bɪlz, ˌrɛzəˈluʃənz, ənd əˈmɛndmənts, ɪts ˈænəlɪsts meɪ ʤɔɪn stæf kənˈsəltɪŋ wɪθ ðə prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈdræftsmən wɪˈθɪn iʧ ˈɔfəs əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈkaʊnsəl ɛz ðeɪ trænzˈleɪt ðə ˈpɑləsi dɪˈsɪʒənz ˈɪntu ˈfɔrməl ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈlæŋgwɪʤ. ˈmɛmbərz ənd kəˈmɪtiz ˈɔlsoʊ kən rɪkˈwɛst tɪ hɛlp ðɛm əˈsɛs ənd kəmˈpɛr ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv prəˈpoʊzəlz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ kəmˈpitɪŋ bɪlz ˌɪntrəˈdust baɪ ˈmɛmbərz ənd prəˈpoʊzəlz pərˈzɛnəd baɪ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv brænʧ əˈfɪʃəlz, ˈpraɪvət ˈsɪtɪzənz ənd ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz. kən əˈsɛs ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnt, skoʊp, ənd ˈlɪmɪts, əv ðə ˈvɛriəs ðə rɪˈpɔrt goʊz ɔn: ˈdʊrɪŋ kəˈmɪti ənd flɔr kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən, kən əˈsɪst ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz ənd ˈsɛnətərz ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈdɪfərənt weɪz, ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɪ əˈsɪst ˈmɛmbərz ɪn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˈɪʃuz ə bɪl ˈæˈdrɛsɪz. əˈtərniz kən hɛlp ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ˈligəl ˈifɛkts ðə bɪl meɪ hæv. ˈpɑləsi ˈænəlɪsts kən wərk wɪθ ˈmɛmbərz ɪn ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ ˈwɛðər tɪ prəˈpoʊz əˈmɛndmənts ənd ðɛn ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈsərtən ðət ðɛr əˈmɛndmənts ər dɪˈzaɪnd ənd freɪzd tɪ əˈʧiv ðə dɪˈzaɪərd rɪˈzəlts. ˈɔlsoʊ kən hɛlp ˈmɛmbərz priˈpɛr fər ðə dəˈbeɪt baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈdætə ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət ðeɪ kən juz tɪ səˈpɔrt ðə pəˈzɪʃənz ðeɪ hæv ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈhirɪŋz wɪn ə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti səˈlɛkts ə bɪl (ər ˈsɛvərəl bɪlz ɔn ðə seɪm ˈsəbʤɪkt) fər ˈsɪriəs əˈtɛnʃən, ɪt ˈjuʒəwəli bɪˈgɪnz baɪ kənˈdəktɪŋ ˈpəblɪk ˈhirɪŋz ɔn wən ər mɔr deɪz æt wɪʧ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv brænʧ əˈfɪʃəlz, ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz əv ˈpraɪvət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, ənd ˈivɪn ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈprɛzənt ðɛr vjuz ɔn ðə ˈmɛrɪts. ˈænəlɪsts kən əˈsɪst ɪn ðɪs ˈprɔˌsɛs baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd rɪˈpɔrts, prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ˈbrifɪŋ tɪ ˈmɛmbərz ər stæf, aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈwɪtnəsɪz, ənd səˈʤɛstɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz ðət ˈmɛmbərz meɪ kənˈsɪdər ˈæskɪŋ ðə ˈwɪtnəsɪz. wɪn ə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti səˈlɛkts ə bɪl (ər ˈsɛvərəl bɪlz ɔn ðə seɪm ˈsəbʤɪkt) fər ˈsɪriəs əˈtɛnʃən, ɪt ˈjuʒəwəli bɪˈgɪnz baɪ kənˈdəktɪŋ ˈpəblɪk ˈhirɪŋz ɔn wən ər mɔr deɪz æt wɪʧ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv brænʧ əˈfɪʃəlz, ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz əv ˈpraɪvət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz, ənd ˈivɪn ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈprɛzənt ðɛr vjuz ɔn ðə ˈmɛrɪts. ˈænəlɪsts kən əˈsɪst ɪn ðɪs ˈprɔˌsɛs baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd rɪˈpɔrts, prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ˈbrifɪŋ tɪ ˈmɛmbərz ər stæf, aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈwɪtnəsɪz, ənd səˈʤɛstɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz ðət ˈmɛmbərz meɪ kənˈsɪdər ˈæskɪŋ ðə ˈwɪtnəsɪz. ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ər kəˈmɪti voʊts ˈæftər ðə ˈhirɪŋz ɔn ə bɪl, ðə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ər kəˈmɪti mits tɪ dəˈbeɪt ənd voʊt ɔn əˈmɛndmənts tɪ ɪt. ɪf rɪkˈwɛstɪd, stæf meɪ əˈtɛnd ðiz ˈmitɪŋz tɪ sərv ɛz ə nɑnˈpɑrtəzən sɔrs əv ˈɛkspərt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ɔl ˈmɛmbərz. ɪf ðə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ənd ðɛn ðə fʊl kəˈmɪti kənˈklud ðət nu ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɪz ˈnidɪd, ðeɪ rɪˈpɔrt ə bɪl tɪ ðə haʊs ər ˈsɛnɪt fər ɔl ɪts ˈmɛmbərz tɪ kənˈsɪdər. ðə kəˈmɪti ˈɔlsoʊ ˌsəbˈmɪts ə ˈrɪtən rɪˈpɔrt ðət ɪkˈspleɪnz ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd fər ɪts dɪˈsɪʒən, ˈænəˌlaɪzɪz ðə ˈpərpəsɪz ənd ˈifɛkts əv iʧ ˈmeɪʤər prəˈvɪʒən əv ðə bɪl, ənd ˌɪnˈkludz ˈəðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, səʧ ɛz priˈdɪkʃənz əˈbaʊt ðə kɔst əv ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ɪt, ðət hɛlp ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ʃʊd səˈpɔrt ðə bɪl. ˈspɛʃəlɪsts meɪ əˈsɪst ðə stæf ɪn pərˈpɛrɪŋ səm ˈsɛkʃənz əv ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt, ˌɔlˈðoʊ kɔst ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ər dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈbəʤɪt ˈɔfəs. ˈæftər ðə ˈhirɪŋz ɔn ə bɪl, ðə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ər kəˈmɪti mits tɪ dəˈbeɪt ənd voʊt ɔn əˈmɛndmənts tɪ ɪt. ɪf rɪkˈwɛstɪd, stæf meɪ əˈtɛnd ðiz ˈmitɪŋz tɪ sərv ɛz ə nɑnˈpɑrtəzən sɔrs əv ˈɛkspərt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ɔl ˈmɛmbərz. ɪf ðə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ənd ðɛn ðə fʊl kəˈmɪti kənˈklud ðət nu ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɪz ˈnidɪd, ðeɪ rɪˈpɔrt ə bɪl tɪ ðə haʊs ər ˈsɛnɪt fər ɔl ɪts ˈmɛmbərz tɪ kənˈsɪdər. ðə kəˈmɪti ˈɔlsoʊ ˌsəbˈmɪts ə ˈrɪtən rɪˈpɔrt ðət ɪkˈspleɪnz ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd fər ɪts dɪˈsɪʒən, ˈænəˌlaɪzɪz ðə ˈpərpəsɪz ənd ˈifɛkts əv iʧ ˈmeɪʤər prəˈvɪʒən əv ðə bɪl, ənd ˌɪnˈkludz ˈəðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, səʧ ɛz priˈdɪkʃənz əˈbaʊt ðə kɔst əv ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ɪt, ðət hɛlp ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ʃʊd səˈpɔrt ðə bɪl. ˈspɛʃəlɪsts meɪ əˈsɪst ðə stæf ɪn pərˈpɛrɪŋ səm ˈsɛkʃənz əv ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt, ˌɔlˈðoʊ kɔst ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ər dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈbəʤɪt ˈɔfəs. ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri prəˈsiʤər stæf kən ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv prəˈsiʤərz əv ðə haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt, əˈsɪstɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz ənd stæf ɪn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˈifɛkts əv ðiz prəˈsiʤərz ənd haʊ ˈmɛmbərz kən juz ðə prəˈsiʤərz tɪ prəˈmoʊt ðɛr oʊn ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv goʊlz. stæf kən ˈklɛrəˌfaɪ ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv prəˈsiʤərz əv ðə haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt, əˈsɪstɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz ənd stæf ɪn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðə ˈifɛkts əv ðiz prəˈsiʤərz ənd haʊ ˈmɛmbərz kən juz ðə prəˈsiʤərz tɪ prəˈmoʊt ðɛr oʊn ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv goʊlz. ˈkɑnfərəns kəˈmɪtiz. ˈænəlɪsts kən kənˈtrɪbjut tɪ ðɪs læst steɪʤ əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs baɪ ˈhɛlpɪŋ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðə ˈɪʃuz tɪ bi riˈzɑlvd, baɪ ˈklɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ ənd kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ðə pəˈzɪʃənz əv ðə tu ˈhaʊsɪz ɔn iʧ ˈɪʃu, ənd baɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt weɪz ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌdɪsəˈgrimənts kʊd bi riˈzɑlvd. ˈɔlsoʊ pərˈfɔrmz ˈsɛvərəl ˈfəŋkʃənz ðət səˈpɔrt kənˈgrɛʃənəl ənd ˈpəblɪk ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ˈəðər ˈɪʃuz. bɪl ˈsəməriz sɪns 1935 ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv æˈnælɪsɪs ənd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsɛkʃən (ˈfɔrmərli "bɪl ˈdaɪʤɛst") əv həz hæd ˈstæʧəˌtɔri riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən əv əˈθɔrəˌteɪtɪv, əˈbʤɛktɪv, nɑnˈpɑrtəzən ˈsəməriz əv ˌɪntrəˈdust ˈpəblɪk bɪlz ənd ˌrɛzəˈluʃənz ənd ˈmeɪntənəns əv hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. dɪˈteɪld rɪˈvaɪzd ˈsəməriz ər ˈrɪtən tɪ rɪˈflɛkt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz meɪd ɪn ðə kɔrs əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs. ðɪs ˈɔfəs ˈɔlsoʊ pərˈpɛrz ˈtaɪtəlz, bɪl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps, ˈsəbʤɪkt tərmz, ənd kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrɛkərd saɪˈteɪʃənz fər dəˈbeɪts, fʊl tɛksts əv ˈmɛʒərz, ənd ˈmɛmbər ˌɪntrəˈdəktəri rɪˈmɑrks. ðə bɪl ˈsəməriz ər riˈlist tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈviə ˈtɑməs, ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈkɑŋgrəsɪz ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈdætəˌbeɪs. 13 sɪns 1935 ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv æˈnælɪsɪs ənd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsɛkʃən (ˈfɔrmərli "bɪl ˈdaɪʤɛst") əv həz hæd ˈstæʧəˌtɔri riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti fər ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən əv əˈθɔrəˌteɪtɪv, əˈbʤɛktɪv, nɑnˈpɑrtəzən ˈsəməriz əv ˌɪntrəˈdust ˈpəblɪk bɪlz ənd ˌrɛzəˈluʃənz ənd ˈmeɪntənəns əv hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. dɪˈteɪld rɪˈvaɪzd ˈsəməriz ər ˈrɪtən tɪ rɪˈflɛkt ˈʧeɪnʤɪz meɪd ɪn ðə kɔrs əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs. ðɪs ˈɔfəs ˈɔlsoʊ pərˈpɛrz ˈtaɪtəlz, bɪl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps, ˈsəbʤɪkt tərmz, ənd kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrɛkərd saɪˈteɪʃənz fər dəˈbeɪts, fʊl tɛksts əv ˈmɛʒərz, ənd ˈmɛmbər ˌɪntrəˈdəktəri rɪˈmɑrks. ðə bɪl ˈsəməriz ər riˈlist tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈviə ˈtɑməs, ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈkɑŋgrəsɪz ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈdætəˌbeɪs. ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən ˌænəˈteɪtɪd. ðə əˈmɛrɪkən lɔ dɪˈvɪʒən əv ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrisərʧ ˈsərvɪs pərˈpɛrz ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əv ənd ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən (ˈpɑpjələrli noʊn ɛz ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən ə kənˈtɪnjuəsli ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ˈligəl ˈtritəs ðət ɪkˈspleɪnz ðə juz. ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃən ɛz ɪt həz bɪn ˌɪnˈtərprətəd baɪ ðə juz. səˈprim kɔrt. ˈwɛbˌsaɪts ˈɛdət ˈkɑrənt ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs ənd ðɛr ˈɔfəsɪz meɪ ˈækˌsɛs ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt (www.crs.gov*) ənd ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsərvɪs (lɪs) ˈwɛbˌsaɪt (www.congress.gov*). ðə tu saɪts ər ðə moʊst ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ənd ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd ˈsɔrsəz əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈwərkɪŋz əv ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt, ənd ər ˈɑrgjuəbli ðə bɛst ˈsɔrsəz əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ðiz saɪts prəˈvaɪd ɔl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ bɪˈkəm ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əˈbaʊt ˈɛni ˈæˌspɛkt əv ˈgəvərnmənt. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈnidɪd tɪ kip ɔn moʊst ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən frəm pæst bɪlz ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən; hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən; ˌbaɪəˈgræfɪkəl ˈdætə əˈbaʊt ðə ˈmɛmbərz hu ˌɪntrəˈdust ɪt; ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ træk ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɛz ɪt muvz θru kəˈmɪti ˈhirɪŋz tɪ ðə flɔr; ənd lɪŋks tɪ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɪn ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrɛkərd, flɔr ənd kəˈmɪti ˈskɛʤʊl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ənd ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈniðər əv ðiz ˈwɛbˌsaɪts ɪz əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk. ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈpəblɪk ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪts, həz ɪˈrɛktɪd ən ɪˈlæbərˌeɪt ˈfaɪrwɑl tɪ kip ðə ˈpəblɪk aʊt. ˈtækˌspeɪərz ər ˈoʊnli əˈlaʊd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈtɑməs (thomas.loc.gov*). ɪn fækt, wɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk traɪz tɪ ˈækˌsɛs ðə lɪs, ðeɪ ər ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli ˈfɔrwərdɪd tɪ ˈtɑməs wɪˈθaʊt www.crs.gov*. ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt prəˈvaɪdz ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃənz ɔn ˈkɑrənt ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈɪʃuz, ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˈbrifɪŋ bʊks, ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ənd ˈbəʤɪt ˈprɑsɛsəz, ə ˈdætəˌbeɪs əv ɔl ˈprɑdəkts, ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt kənˈgrɛʃənəl prəˈsiʤərz ənd ækˈtɪvɪtiz.. ðə lɪs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ɪz spəˈsɪfɪkli dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ træk ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ənd ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ækˈtɪvɪti. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə, "ðə lɪs prəˈvaɪdz bɪl ˈsəməri ənd ˈstætəs, fʊl tɛkst əv ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ənd ˈpəblɪk lɔz, fʊl tɛkst əv kəˈmɪti rɪˈpɔrts, ˈhirɪŋz, ənd ˈəðər ˈdɑkjəmənts, ənd ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrɛkərd fər ðə ˈkɑrənt ənd ˈərliər ˈkɑŋgrəsɪz. ðə ˈsɪstəm ˈɔlsoʊ gɪvz (ənd ɪz baɪ) kəˈmɪti, ˈspɑnsərˌʃɪp, ənd cosponsorship*; aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeɪʃən əv aɪˈdɛntɪkəl bɪlz; ənd ˈəðər ðə lɪs ˈvɛriz səbˈstænʃəli frəm ðə ˈsɪstəm wɪʧ ɪz əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk æt ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈkɑŋgrəs' ˈtɑməs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt (thomas.loc.gov*). ɪn fækt, həz ə ˈspɛʃəl peɪʤ dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ðə ɛnˈhænst ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz əv ðə riˈstrɪktɪd lɪs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈtɑməs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɪz kəmˈpɛrəsən əv ðə lɪs (www.congress.gov*) wɪθ ˈtɑməs ˈsərvɪs ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ˈtɑməs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt hu kən juz ɪt əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk. (ˈpriviəsli ˈoʊnli əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈkɑŋgrəs, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ steɪt ənd ˈdɪstrɪkt ˈɔfəsɪz, ənd ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv səˈpɔrt ˈeɪʤənsiz. səm ˈfiʧərz ˈlɪstɪd bɪˈloʊ meɪ noʊ ˈlɔŋgər bi əˈveɪləbəl.) əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk. bɛst juzd fər ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðə moʊst kəmˈplit ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən fər kənˈgrɛʃənəl stæf ər fər ə ˈmɛmbər; əbˈteɪnɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz, ənd ˈlɪŋkɪŋ tɪ ˈpeɪʤɪz ðət ər nɑt əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ɔn ˈtɑməs. ʃʊd nɑt bi juzd fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ lɪŋks frəm ˈmɛmbər ər kəˈmɪti hoʊm peɪʤ (sɪns ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈkænɑt ˈækˌsɛs lɪs). ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ kənˈstɪʧuənts; ˈmeɪkɪŋ lɪŋks frəm ˈmɛmbər ər kəˈmɪti hoʊm ˈpeɪʤɪz; ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈprɪnˌtaʊts ðət ər tɪ bi sɛnt tɪ kənˈstɪʧuənts. kəˈmərʃəl ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz lɪŋks tɪ ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz ðət hæv bɪn ˈlaɪsənst fər juz baɪ haʊs ənd ˈsɛnɪt stæf, səʧ ɛz ˈnæʃənəl ˈʤərnəl ənd ðə ˌeɪˈpi ˈnuzˌwaɪr. lɪŋks frəm ðə ˈstætəs əv ə bɪl tɪ ˈnæʃənəl ˈʤərnəl ˈmɑrˌkəps. noʊ lɪŋks tɪ kəˈmərʃəl ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz. rɪˈpɔrts lɪŋks frəm bɪl ˈsəməri ˈstætəs dɪˈspleɪ tɪ rɪˈpɔrts rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ə bɪl. əˈbɪləˌti tɪ sərʧ ɔl rɪˈpɔrts ˈviə ðə hoʊm peɪʤ; ðiz ˈprɑdəkts kən bi sərʧt, dɪˈspleɪd, ənd ˈprɪnɪd. noʊ rɪˈpɔrts ər əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk. riˈstrɪktɪd lɪŋks lɪŋks tɪ riˈstrɪktɪd ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl wɛb saɪts səʧ ɛz ðə haʊs intranet*, ˈsɛnɪt ˈwɛbstər, ənd ˈsɛnɪt əˈmɛndmənt ˈtrækɪŋ ˈsɪstəm. noʊ lɪŋks tɪ riˈstrɪktɪd ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl wɛb saɪts. flɔr kəˈmɪti ˈskɛʤʊl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən lɪŋks tɪ ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl ənd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈsɔrsəz əv flɔr ənd kəˈmɪti ˈskɛʤʊl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən, səˈlɛktɪd tɪ bi əv moʊst juz tɪ kənˈgrɛʃənəl stæf. ˈmɪnəməl lɪŋks tɪ flɔr ənd kəˈmɪti ˈskɛʤʊl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. ədˈvænst sərʧ ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz ˈspɛʃəl ədˈvænst sərʧ ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz, prəˈvaɪdɪŋ buˈliən ˈsərʧɪŋ (ənd, ər, nɑt), wərd prɑkˈsɪməti ˈsərʧɪŋ (kwoʊts tɪ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ˈfreɪzɪz, adj/l*, near/l*), ənd ˈəðər ˈfiʧərz. ˈoʊnli ˈbeɪsɪk sərʧ ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlətiz. seɪvd ˈsərʧɪz ənd iˈmeɪl əˈlərts ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ seɪv ˈsərʧɪz ənd tɪ rɪkˈwɛst ˈdeɪli iˈmeɪl əˈlərts əv nu ˈaɪtəmz ˈædɪd tɪ ˈdætəˌbeɪsɪz ðət mit ðə sərʧ kraɪˈtɪriə. noʊ əˈbɪləˌti tɪ seɪv ˈsərʧɪz ər rɪkˈwɛst iˈmeɪl əˈlərts. ˈrɪtən ˈɛdət ˈdɑkjəmɛnt taɪps ˌɪnˈklud rɪˈpɔrts, əˌproʊpriˈeɪʃənz rɪˈpɔrts (ˈjuʒəwəli riˈlist ɛz ə lɔŋ rɪˈpɔrt), ənd kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən rɪˈpɔrts ˈɛdət meɪn ˈɑrtɪkəl: rɪˈpɔrt ðə moʊst ˈkɑmənli rɪkˈwɛstɪd ˈprɑdəkt ɪz ðə ˈʤɛnərəl kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən rɪˈpɔrts, noʊn ɛz rɪˈpɔrts". ðə ˈpərpəs əv ə rɪˈpɔrt ɪz tɪ ˈklɪrli dɪˈfaɪn ðə ˈɪʃu ɪn ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ðə taɪps əv rɪˈpɔrts ˌɪnˈklud ˈɪʃu brifs (ˈaɪˈbi), ˈrisərʧ ˈmɛmoʊz (rm*), ənd rɪˈpɔrts, wɪʧ əˈpɪr ɪn boʊθ ʃɔrt (rs*) ənd lɔŋ (rl*) ˈoʊvər 700 nu rɪˈpɔrts ər prəˈdust iʧ jɪr ənd meɪd əˈveɪləbəl tɪ æt 566 nu ˈprɑdəkts wər priˈpɛrd ɪn ˈfɪskəl jɪr ˈnɪrli ər ɪn ɪgˈzɪstəns ɛz əv ðə ɛnd əv ˈəðər ðən ə ˈpæsɪŋ ʤəˈnɛrɪk ˈrɛfərəns tɪ "rɪˈpɔrts" ɪn ɪts ˈstæʧəˌtɔri ˈʧɑrtər, həz noʊ ˈmænˌdeɪt fər ðiz ðeɪ ər kriˈeɪtɪd ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðə ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈmɪʃən əv tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈrisərʧ səˈpɔrt tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrts meɪ teɪk ˈmɛni fɔrmz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈpɑləsi æˈnælɪsɪs, ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈstədiz, stəˈtɪstɪkəl rəvˈjuz, ənd ˈligəl rɪˈpɔrts ər kənˈsɪdərd in-depth*, ˈækjərət, əˈbʤɛktɪv, ənd ˈtaɪmli, ənd tɑpt ðə lɪst əv ðə 10 ˈgəvərnmənt ˈdɑkjəmənts" ˈsərˌveɪ baɪ ðə ˈsɛnər fər dɪˈmɑkrəsi ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪn ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈstætəs ˈɛdət ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz həz ˈrɪtən ðət ðə rɪˈpɔrts kənˈteɪn ˈniðər ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən nɔr ˈkɑpiˌraɪtɪd ðə həz meɪ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt ˈpriɪgˈzɪstɪŋ məˈtɪriəl ɪn ɪts ˈrɪtən rɪˈspɑnsɪz tɪ kənˈgrɛʃənəl rɪkˈwɛsts. ˌɔlˈðoʊ səʧ məˈtɪriəl ɪz ˈɔfən frəm ˈpəblɪk doʊˈmeɪn ˈsɔrsəz, ɪn ˈsərtən ˈɪnstənsɪz ðə məˈtɪriəl, əˈproʊpriɪtli ˈkrɛdɪtɪd, meɪ bi frəm ˈkɑpiˌraɪtɪd ˈsɔrsəz. tɪ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt ðət ðə məˈtɪriəl ɪz ˈkɑpiˌraɪtɪd, ˈiðər: əbˈteɪnz pərˈmɪʃən fər ðə juz; [ˈfʊtˌnoʊt: ˌɔlˈðoʊ əbˈteɪnz pərˈmɪʃən tɪ ˌriprəˈdus ˈsərtən ˈkɑpiˌraɪtɪd wərks, ðə pərˈmɪʃənz ər ˈʤɛnərəli beɪst ɔn ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv juz ənd ðə ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən ðət dɪˌsɛməˈneɪʃən ɪz ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs.] kənˈsɪdərz ɪts ˈfəŋkʃən prəˈtɛktɪd baɪ ðə spiʧ ər dəˈbeɪt klɔz; ər bɪˈlivz ðət ðə juz fɔlz ˈəndər ðə 'fɛr juz' ˈdɔktərɪn əv ðə ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ækt ɛz əˈplaɪd ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈprɔˌsɛs." ˈpəblɪk ˈækˌsɛs tɪ rɪˈpɔrts ˈɛdət meɪn ˈɑrtɪkəl: kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈrisərʧ ˈsərvɪs rɪˈpɔrts praɪər tɪ sɛpˈtɛmbər 2018 ˈprɑdəkts wər ˈoʊnli meɪd dɪˈrɛkli əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈkɑŋgrəs, kənˈgrɛʃənəl kəˈmɪtiz, ənd ˈsɪstər ˈeɪʤənsiz ənd gao*) θru ðə ˌɪnˈtərnəl wɛb ˈsɪstəm. ɛz əv sɛpˈtɛmbər 2018 ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt ˈwɛbˌsaɪt crsreports.congress.gov*. si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət
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let’s be real. many of us drink coffee every morning of the week, so not like we need one of those arbitrary national holidays reminding us to celebrate the caffeinated beverage. but, hey, any excuse to drink a cup, right?
national coffee day is sept. 29, when a handful of local coffee shops are commemorating our favorite beverage with drink specials. and if none of those places strike your fancy, got many other suggestions for where to go for your espresso needs (see below!).
the coffee shop to visit on friday is east tiny fleet coffee, which has joined a nationwide effort started by coffee publication to raise money for good causes in honor of national coffee day. the night of pours which actually runs all day at fleet starting at 7 a.m. will raise money for the houston food bank, in need of donations following the devastation of hurricane harvey.
fleet will donate 20 percent of its sales for the day to the houston food bank. plus, the coffee shop has some pretty sweet raffle items from local breweries, restaurants and other coffee shops that you can try and win. the items include gift cards and from craft meats, nickel city, suerte, pizzeria and all-natural.
cuvee coffee bar is another place to visit on friday. the east sixth street shop will have a national coffee day blowout with activities all day starting when opens at a.m. the highlights include two hours of adult water coloring and a race that will determine who can shotgun cans of’s black & blue nitro cold brew the fastest.
one other austin spot celebrating national coffee day is stonehouse coffee and bar, which is offering $1 drip coffee and espresso drinks. (if a teacher, be extra lucky at this south lamar coffee shop.)
if prefer a cup in the comfort of your own home, an coffee subscription service called atlas coffee club has just the national coffee day deal. get your first bag free if you sign up for the service by using the code “atlascoffeeday17” at checkout. atlas takes coffee addicts on a caffeinated world tour each month, and a worthy purchase.
but geez, austin has a lot of coffee shops.
what if you want beer with your coffee? got this roundup of 10 local places where you can get both kinds of brew.
we also offer several guides to local coffee shops depending upon what part of town you want to find a cup of joe. best austin coffee shops near north lamar boulevard? near burnet road? near south first street? coffee lover michael barnes has broken it all down for us.
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let’s* bi ril. ˈmɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs drɪŋk ˈkɔfi ˈɛvəri ˈmɔrnɪŋ əv ðə wik, soʊ nɑt laɪk wi nid wən əv ðoʊz ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri ˈnæʃənəl ˈhɑləˌdeɪz riˈmaɪndɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ðə ˈkæfɪˌneɪtəd ˈbɛvərɪʤ. bət, heɪ, ˈɛni ɪkˈskjuz tɪ drɪŋk ə kəp, raɪt? ˈnæʃənəl ˈkɔfi deɪ ɪz sɛpt. 29 wɪn ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv ˈloʊkəl ˈkɔfi ʃɑps ər kəˈmɛmərˌeɪtɪŋ ɑr ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈbɛvərɪʤ wɪθ drɪŋk ˈspɛʃəlz. ənd ɪf nən əv ðoʊz ˈpleɪsɪz straɪk jʊr ˈfænsi, gɑt ˈmɛni ˈəðər səˈʤɛsʧənz fər wɛr tɪ goʊ fər jʊr ˌɛˈsprɛsoʊ nidz (si bɪˈloʊ!). ðə ˈkɔfi ʃɑp tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ɪz ist ˈtaɪni flit ˈkɔfi, wɪʧ həz ʤɔɪnd ə ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd ˈɛfərt ˈstɑrtɪd baɪ ˈkɔfi ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən tɪ reɪz ˈməni fər gʊd ˈkɔzɪz ɪn ˈɑnər əv ˈnæʃənəl ˈkɔfi deɪ. ðə naɪt əv pɔrz wɪʧ ˈæˌkʧuəli rənz ɔl deɪ æt flit ˈstɑrtɪŋ æt 7 a.m*. wɪl reɪz ˈməni fər ðə ˈhjustən fud bæŋk, ɪn nid əv doʊˈneɪʃənz ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃən əv ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈhɑrvi. flit wɪl ˈdoʊˌneɪt 20 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪts seɪlz fər ðə deɪ tɪ ðə ˈhjustən fud bæŋk. pləs, ðə ˈkɔfi ʃɑp həz səm ˈprɪti swit ˈræfəl ˈaɪtəmz frəm ˈloʊkəl ˈbruəriz, ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ənd ˈəðər ˈkɔfi ʃɑps ðət ju kən traɪ ənd wɪn. ðə ˈaɪtəmz ˌɪnˈklud gɪft kɑrdz ənd frəm kræft mits, ˈnɪkəl ˈsɪti, suerte*, ˌpitsərˈiə ənd all-natural*. ˈkɔfi bɑr ɪz əˈnəðər pleɪs tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ðə ist sɪksθ strit ʃɑp wɪl hæv ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈkɔfi deɪ bloʊaʊt wɪθ ækˈtɪvɪtiz ɔl deɪ ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪn ˈoʊpənz æt a.m*. ðə ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ˌɪnˈklud tu aʊərz əv ˈædəlt ˈwɔtər ˈkələrɪŋ ənd ə reɪs ðət wɪl dɪˈtərmən hu kən ˈʃɑtˌgən kænz əv blæk blu ˈnɪtroʊ koʊld bru ðə ˈfæstəst. wən ˈəðər ˈɔstən spɑt ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪŋ ˈnæʃənəl ˈkɔfi deɪ ɪz ˈstoʊnˌhaʊs ˈkɔfi ənd bɑr, wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔfərɪŋ 1 drɪp ˈkɔfi ənd ˌɛˈsprɛsoʊ drɪŋks. (ɪf ə ˈtiʧər, bi ˈɛkstrə ˈləki æt ðɪs saʊθ lɑˈmɑr ˈkɔfi ʃɑp.) ɪf prɪˈfər ə kəp ɪn ðə ˈkəmfərt əv jʊr oʊn hoʊm, ən ˈkɔfi səbˈskrɪpʃən ˈsərvɪs kɔld ˈætləs ˈkɔfi kləb həz ʤɪst ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈkɔfi deɪ dil. gɪt jʊr fərst bæg fri ɪf ju saɪn əp fər ðə ˈsərvɪs baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə koʊd æt ˈʧɛˌkaʊt. ˈætləs teɪks ˈkɔfi ˈæˌdɪkts ɔn ə ˈkæfɪˌneɪtəd wərld tʊr iʧ mənθ, ənd ə ˈwərði ˈpərʧəs. bət ʤiz, ˈɔstən həz ə lɔt əv ˈkɔfi ʃɑps. wət ɪf ju wɔnt bɪr wɪθ jʊr ˈkɔfi? gɑt ðɪs ˈraʊnˌdəp əv 10 ˈloʊkəl ˈpleɪsɪz wɛr ju kən gɪt boʊθ kaɪnz əv bru. wi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔfər ˈsɛvərəl gaɪdz tɪ ˈloʊkəl ˈkɔfi ʃɑps dɪˈpɛndɪŋ əˈpɑn wət pɑrt əv taʊn ju wɔnt tɪ faɪnd ə kəp əv ʤoʊ. bɛst ˈɔstən ˈkɔfi ʃɑps nɪr nɔrθ lɑˈmɑr ˈbʊləˌvɑrd? nɪr ˈbərnɪt roʊd? nɪr saʊθ fərst strit? ˈkɔfi ˈləvər ˈmaɪkəl bɑrnz həz ˈbroʊkən ɪt ɔl daʊn fər ˈjuˈɛs. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈstɔriz: kəˈmiliən ɪkˈspændz wɪθ laɪn əv gʊdz ˈkɔfi ˈroʊstərz ædz ˈteɪstɪŋ rum ɪn ˈdrɪpɪŋ əˈməŋ tɔp 10 fər ˈkɔfi fanatics’*’
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there was some talk about the elusive great ___s found in the shin games, so i figured share some small (linguistic) explanations for the three we know.
- shin has mention what we call the great will aka ishi]
- shini brings into discussion the great will once more, this time with a slightly different kanji ishi]
- shin final offers us a change, with the great will becoming the great (depending on how you want to read it, they function on the same principle)/kotowari]
both and are read the same and generally denote the same thing: intention. in fact, noticed that japanese players use them interchangeably, with an overwhelming preference for (probably because the more recent game).
allght, so different? actually a very interesting difference between them. signifies the determination to do something, a proactive state of mind [from - will, intention, motive]. on the other hand, refers to thoughts and feelings because of shi - to think.
basically like the difference between ‘i want to do thing’ and ‘i’m thinking of doing thing’. the intention is there, but with a different nuance for each word.
now, on to. the second kanji can be read either or. the dictionary tells us it means reason, truth, the natural order of things, fundamental truth, etc. fun fact: if sounds familiar, because the reasons of (which only had the version).
japanese players have also noticed the difference and look like they have decided that the great reason is the equivalent of the great will in the universe. i figure the official translation will maintain the terminology of the previous games, but knowing some details never hurts. c:
(source: manapedia.jp)
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ðɛr wɑz səm tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ɪˈlusɪv greɪt ___ɛs faʊnd ɪn ðə ʃɪn geɪmz, soʊ aɪ ˈfɪgjərd ʃɛr səm smɔl (lɪŋgˈwɪstɪk) ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz fər ðə θri wi noʊ. ʃɪn həz ˈmɛnʃən wət wi kɔl ðə greɪt wɪl ˈɑkə ˈɪʃi] ʃɪn brɪŋz ˈɪntu dɪˈskəʃən ðə greɪt wɪl wəns mɔr, ðɪs taɪm wɪθ ə sˈlaɪtli ˈdɪfərənt ˈkænʤi ˈɪʃi] ʃɪn ˈfaɪnəl ˈɔfərz ˈjuˈɛs ə ʧeɪnʤ, wɪθ ðə greɪt wɪl bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə greɪt (dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn haʊ ju wɔnt tɪ rɛd ɪt, ðeɪ ˈfəŋkʃən ɔn ðə seɪm ˈprɪnsəpəl) ri/kotowari*] boʊθ ənd ər rɛd ðə seɪm ənd ˈʤɛnərəli dɪˈnoʊt ðə seɪm θɪŋ: ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən. ɪn fækt, ˈnoʊtɪst ðət ˌʤæpəˈniz pleɪərz juz ðɛm ˌɪnərˈʧeɪnʤəbli, wɪθ ən ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ˈprɛfərəns fər (ˈprɑbəˌbli bɪˈkəz ðə mɔr ˈrisənt geɪm). ɔl raɪt, soʊ ˈdɪfərənt? ˈæˌkʧuəli ə ˈvɛri ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðɛm. ˈsɪgnəˌfaɪz ðə dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ, ə ˌproʊˈæktɪv steɪt əv maɪnd [frəm wɪl, ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən, ˈmoʊtɪv]. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, rɪˈfərz tɪ θɔts ənd ˈfilɪŋz bɪˈkəz əv ʃi tɪ θɪŋk. ˈbeɪsɪkli laɪk ðə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin wɔnt tɪ du thing’*’ ənd ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv duɪŋ thing’*’. ðə ˌɪnˈtɛnʧən ɪz ðɛr, bət wɪθ ə ˈdɪfərənt nuɑns fər iʧ wərd. naʊ, ɔn tɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈkænʤi kən bi rɛd ˈiðər ər. ðə ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs ɪt minz ˈrizən, truθ, ðə ˈnæʧərəl ˈɔrdər əv θɪŋz, ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl truθ, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. fən fækt: ɪf saʊnz fəˈmɪljər, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈrizənz əv (wɪʧ ˈoʊnli hæd ðə ˈvərʒən ˌʤæpəˈniz pleɪərz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪst ðə ˈdɪfərəns ənd lʊk laɪk ðeɪ hæv ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ðət ðə greɪt ˈrizən ɪz ðə ɪkˈwɪvələnt əv ðə greɪt wɪl ɪn ðə ˈjunəˌvərs. aɪ ˈfɪgjər ðə əˈfɪʃəl trænzˈleɪʃən wɪl meɪnˈteɪn ðə ˌtərmɪˈnɑləʤi əv ðə ˈpriviəs geɪmz, bət noʊɪŋ səm ˈditeɪlz ˈnɛvər hərts. si: (sɔrs: manapedia.jp*)
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more than one million people have played elite: dangerous at one point or another. despite this achievement that surpasses any space sim in history, very few people have actually seen or heard of the best that the game has to offer.
like other space sims, elite: dangerous is challenging and often times cumbersome. most of its content is never explained in-game, and instead a large majority of veterans gained their knowledge through experimentation by posting questions on places like reddit. but not everyone puts in the time nor effort to experience the game's potential, and as such their understanding of what it offers is limited to the small gallery of options available from the start.
at this point i have 53 confirmed hours played in elite: dangerous using virtual reality, which is well below what most of the active community has accumulated, but a large enough number that i feel like i've become acquainted with the game.
there are a lot of ways to spend time and progress in elite: dangerous, one of the most coveted of which is exploration. although i had succeeded at things like bounty hunting, trading, and missions during my first 53 hours, i had no exploration experience.
i recently felt inspired to change that with the arrival of the patch. so, last week i packed my bags, threw on my rift, and set off into outer space, unknowing of what awaited in the cosmos.
travel preparations
my journey began with investing most of my savings into a ship and outfitting. after arriving at a space hub with large quantity of vehicles in-stock, i put down credits on a scout. this particular ship excels at exploration with a default jump range of light years, high maneuverability, and four utility mounts to equip with essentials like the fuel scoop.
i would spend almost the entirety of the rest of my savings on equipment. i upgraded virtually every facet of the ship, including its power distributor, thrusters, and i even put down more than one million credits on an advanced discovery scanner, allowing me to acquire data from scanning star systems which i could then sell for income.
as an enthusiast of astronomy, opening up the galaxy map is always delightful. elite: dangerous' world replicates that of our own milky way with incredible accuracy; you can visit earth if you want to, alpha centauri a, polaris, among other notable stars known by even the most inexperienced space enthusiast. in-fact, there are over 100 billion star systems to visit in the game, around of which are directly inspired by real life. if you're the first person to visit one you can forever lay claim to it, etching your name onto its profile for as long as elite: dangerous has online game servers.
after some deep thought, i soon found myself on visiting a nebula. i had heard that the hot, colorful gases of these giant wonders are a sight to behold, and wanted to see one for myself.
after a few minutes of staring at the galaxy map, i set my trajectory for a class a star within the lupus dark region b.
the journey begins
within 20 minutes i had crossed the boundary of inhabited space, an incredibly small portion of the galaxy that had been populated by human beings. as i would come to know, this would mean that places to dock for fuel and goods would leave with me. i was out in the wild blue yonder all on my own.
travel takes an incredibly long time in elite: dangerous. i outfitted my scout with some of the best equipment available specialized in long distance hyperspace travel. even then, my maximum jump distance was only light years. although that's far enough to travel roughly four times the distance of the nearest star to our solar system, the milky way is light years in diameter.
in my case, i needed to travel 464 light years before i would reach lupus dark region b. that's over 27 hyperspace jumps, each of which require manual jump input; there is no autopilot available like in eve online.
also read: the famous elite: dangerous alien encounter
the further i ventured from inhabited space, the more i was amazed by the scope of the game. i could visibly see the variance in each star and its systems as i hopped from system to system. some systems had two stars in a tidal lock (bound to each other like the moon to the earth), and others had a plethora of gas giants with rings circling them. some systems didn't even have planets, which made me feel almost like the star was lonely, floating out in space for at least until andromeda collides with our milky way in four billion years.
this variation is a great thing for making money. since i had a discovery scanner equipped, i was able to scan systems for data. rarer objects are worth a lot more money when scanned, so in cases where monotony began to set in, i was entertained at the thought of visiting distinct locations worth tens of thousands of credits. this is something i would do with all of the more than 60 systems i would visit, providing a monetary benefit to my time investment.
beautiful sights
i made an effort to veer off the path and visit some sights along the way. my first stop was a neutron star, which are some of the most dense and powerful stellar objects in existence. these are formed when stars with 10 to 29 solar masses have their core collapse, melting their protons and electrons resulting in an incredibly dense mass. these are so dense that a portion of one the size of a city equates to roughly the mass of the sun. or put more simply, one teaspoon of neutron star material has 900 times the mass of the great pyramid of giza.
neutron stars are small in comparison to the average star, but remarkably bright. while i haven't seen one in real life using a telescope, i stared at one through my rift and was nearly blinded; its ultra violet+ light produced a blueish white hue that dazzled before its dark background. it was almost like seeing a massive diamond in outer space.
as beautiful as it was, i was more impressed by how elite: dangerous maps each star. instead of using a static sky box in the background, all stars within your proximity are visible precisely where they are located in relation to your current location. as i flowed from system to system, i could see the location of stars shift, and occasionally caught a glimpse of stars with incredible colors like dark red class m stars and even blue type o stars (which have an effective temperature of over kelvin).
at one point during my journey i hoped i would cross paths with a black hole, but a part of me was terrified by what that would be like. i think i've watched too many neil degrasse tyson documentaries at this point to not respect the power of black holes. the truth is that most of the black holes known in our galaxy are near the galactic core, and although i was traveling for multiple hours, i wasn't even coming close to the proximity of that location. maybe someday.
crisis scenario
long distance travel in elite: dangerous does require some work beyond hyperspace travel. fuel is consumed during each jump, to a point where i had to fill up every 5 to 10 minutes. with no space ports nearby, i had to rely on my fuel scoop. this entailed flying around stars while managing my velocity, trajectory, and heat; if i got too close, i would be ripped out of and be exposed to the incredible energy of the star (a risky proposition when near higher temperature stars). if i was too far, my fuel gained per minute wasn't so i was effectively adding transit time to my travels.
for the exploration fiend of elite: dangerous, heat is a primary concern. it is technically possible to be interdicted by another ship and therefore be open to the possibility of a battle related death, but that's incredibly rare within the context of deep space travel. attentively refueling during mental fatigue is the most common cause of death among explorers.
i made the mistake of getting too close to a star on several occasions, losing a small portion of my hull in the process. in one particular case i came too close to a class b star (11,000 to kelvin temperature) and was stopped dead in my tracks with a 30 second frame shift drive cooldown. seconds felt like minutes as i scrambled to manage the situation. were rising at a rate i had never seen before. a fire burst from my control panel, and the subsequent smoke my glass shielding.
also read: elite: dangerous is the game no man's sky aspires to be
as my hull took damage i was thankfully quick to turn off unnecessary components. these included my shields (useless against radiation), weapons, and life support, each of which produce heat of their own, contributing to the problems i was experiencing. my heart raced as i flipped the switches, and aimed my trajectory for the escape vector. it was at this moment that i felt like an apollo astronaut; nobody was there to save me but myself, and i was in a dire situation that could result in (virtual) death.
by the time i was able to enter and escape the wrath of the star's energy, i had lost more than 30% of my hull. this meant that i was more susceptible to further damage during my travels, and therefore needed to be far more careful with future fuel scoops. nonetheless, i made the decision to press on after my components.
the nebula
i was soon rewarded with the best sight of my journey. as i approached lupus dark region b, i could see the dark, blood red nebula drape the sky in the distance. it became bigger as i approached, eventually taking up nearly half of the visible sky.
i made an effort to land on a planet at my destination. it was a red, rocky planet not too dissimilar from mars, devoid of vegetation or water. landing was quite the experience, as there was a feeling i had when touching down on an alien world, unknowing of how it would handle my reception. although it was unfamiliar to me, it paid no mind in me sharing a few minutes of coexistence.
i ended up drive around in my buggy doing power slides while gathering materials and admiring the incredible beauty that surrounded me. although the system map stated that someone had been here before, the dirt that i drove on was pristine. no other player had ever landed on the planet at the location where i visited, and that's amazing when you think about it.
it was an incredibly odd feeling being in such a remote location. with billions of stars, there was an infinitesimal chance that any of the thousand of players online were anywhere near me. if i needed help, i was on my own, and the sight i was seeing was my own.
i was glad that i set my destination for a nebula, as it was prettier than i had imagined. this alien world was one vastly different than my home in the orion arm.
coming home
at this point i had spent more than four hours traveling through the cosmos. part of me missed being around fellow human beings, having access to a dock and repairs. with that, i decided to head home.
on my way back i took an alternate route, visiting some new stars and scanning them in the process. though, there was a sense of winding down that came with my final hour of travel. i was no longer heading into a place far beyond, and instead was putting in time to travel to a place i had been before. i'd be lying if i said i didn't consider the thought of self-destruction to instantly travel back to inhabited space, but i knew that would be costly.
i eventually arrived back at 3447, and docked my wounded ship at the dalton gateway. my first order of business was making sure i got credit for my exploration scans. i was happy to learn that i earned million credits for my efforts, much of which came from my scans of celestial bodies like the neutron star.
as i logged out, i considered that at some point i should travel to the galactic core where star density is incredible, the stakes are even higher , and the sights are so far beyond anything i'd seen before that many players consider it worth the dozens of hours of transit. but for now i was happy with being million credits richer, and knowing that i had embraced exploration in elite: dangerous for my first time. i think i might be hooked.
before i go, here are a few quick tips for you if you plan to go on an adventure of your own:
bring the best discovery scanner you can afford.
earthlike planets are highly valuable for scans. skip metal planets and those without an atmosphere.
gas giants tend to be too far from the star to be worth scanning due to the requirements for travel time.
lupus dark region is roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes out from the center of inhabited space.
don't forget to bring a fuel scoop and equip your ship with a heat shield.
learn how to hyperspace jump as quickly as possible to reduce transit time.
be careful if you go as you could be interdicted.
maximum jump distance is very important. invest in components to improve this value as high as possible.
if you've been considering a headset and have money for one, it's highly recommended as it greatly improves immersion.
godspeed.
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mɔr ðən wən ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl hæv pleɪd ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs æt wən pɔɪnt ər əˈnəðər. dɪˈspaɪt ðɪs əˈʧivmənt ðət sərˈpæsɪz ˈɛni speɪs sɪm ɪn ˈhɪstəri, ˈvɛri fju ˈpipəl hæv ˈæˌkʧuəli sin ər hərd əv ðə bɛst ðət ðə geɪm həz tɪ ˈɔfər. laɪk ˈəðər speɪs sɪmz, ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs ɪz ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ənd ˈɔfən taɪmz ˈkəmbərsəm. moʊst əv ɪts ˈkɑntɛnt ɪz ˈnɛvər ɪkˈspleɪnd in-game*, ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd ə lɑrʤ məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈvɛtərənz geɪnd ðɛr ˈnɑlɪʤ θru ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən baɪ ˈpoʊstɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz ɔn ˈpleɪsɪz laɪk reddit*. bət nɑt ˈɛvriˌwən pʊts ɪn ðə taɪm nɔr ˈɛfərt tɪ ɪkˈspɪriəns ðə geɪmz pəˈtɛnʃəl, ənd ɛz səʧ ðɛr ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv wət ɪt ˈɔfərz ɪz ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ ðə smɔl ˈgæləri əv ˈɔpʃənz əˈveɪləbəl frəm ðə stɑrt. æt ðɪs pɔɪnt aɪ hæv 53 kənˈfərmd aʊərz pleɪd ɪn ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈjuzɪŋ ˈvərʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti, wɪʧ ɪz wɛl bɪˈloʊ wət moʊst əv ðə ˈæktɪv kəmˈjunɪti həz əˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪd, bət ə lɑrʤ ɪˈnəf ˈnəmbər ðət aɪ fil laɪk aɪv bɪˈkəm əkˈweɪnɪd wɪθ ðə geɪm. ðɛr ər ə lɔt əv weɪz tɪ spɛnd taɪm ənd ˈprɑˌgrɛs ɪn ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs, wən əv ðə moʊst ˈkəvətɪd əv wɪʧ ɪz ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən. ˌɔlˈðoʊ aɪ hæd səkˈsidɪd æt θɪŋz laɪk ˈbaʊnti ˈhəntɪŋ, ˈtreɪdɪŋ, ənd ˈmɪʃənz ˈdʊrɪŋ maɪ fərst 53 aʊərz, aɪ hæd noʊ ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ɪkˈspɪriəns. aɪ ˈrisəntli fɛlt ˌɪnˈspaɪərd tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðət wɪθ ðə ərˈaɪvəl əv ðə pæʧ. soʊ, læst wik aɪ pækt maɪ bægz, θru ɔn maɪ rɪft, ənd sɛt ɔf ˈɪntu ˈaʊtər speɪs, ənˈnoʊɪŋ əv wət əˈweɪtɪd ɪn ðə ˈkɑzmoʊs. ˈtrævəl ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃənz maɪ ˈʤərni bɪˈgæn wɪθ ˌɪnˈvɛstɪŋ moʊst əv maɪ ˈseɪvɪŋz ˈɪntu ə ʃɪp ənd ˈaʊtˌfɪtɪŋ. ˈæftər ərˈaɪvɪŋ æt ə speɪs həb wɪθ lɑrʤ kˈwɑntəti əv ˈviɪkəlz in-stock*, aɪ pʊt daʊn ˈkrɛdɪts ɔn ə skaʊt. ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ʃɪp ɪkˈsɛlz æt ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən wɪθ ə dɪˈfɔlt ʤəmp reɪnʤ əv laɪt jɪrz, haɪ məˌnuvərəˈbɪlɪti, ənd fɔr juˈtɪləti maʊnts tɪ ɪkˈwɪp wɪθ ɛˈsɛnʃəlz laɪk ðə fjuəl skup. aɪ wʊd spɛnd ˈɔlˌmoʊst ðə ɪnˈtaɪərti əv ðə rɛst əv maɪ ˈseɪvɪŋz ɔn ɪkˈwɪpmənt. aɪ ˈəpˌgreɪdɪd ˈvərʧuəli ˈɛvəri ˈfæsət əv ðə ʃɪp, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɪts paʊər dɪˈstrɪbjətər, θˈrəstərz, ənd aɪ ˈivɪn pʊt daʊn mɔr ðən wən ˈmɪljən ˈkrɛdɪts ɔn ən ədˈvænst ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈskænər, əˈlaʊɪŋ mi tɪ əkˈwaɪər ˈdætə frəm ˈskænɪŋ stɑr ˈsɪstəmz wɪʧ aɪ kʊd ðɛn sɛl fər ˈɪnˌkəm. ɛz ən ɛnˈθuziˌæst əv əˈstrɑnəmi, ˈoʊpənɪŋ əp ðə ˈgæləksi mæp ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz dɪˈlaɪtfəl. ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs' wərld ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪts ðət əv ɑr oʊn ˈmɪlki weɪ wɪθ ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈækjərəsi; ju kən ˈvɪzɪt ərθ ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ, ˈælfə sɛnˈtɑri ə, poʊˈlɛrəs, əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˈnoʊtəbəl stɑrz noʊn baɪ ˈivɪn ðə moʊst ˌɪnɛkˈspɪriənst speɪs ɛnˈθuziˌæst. in-fact*, ðɛr ər ˈoʊvər 100 ˈbɪljən stɑr ˈsɪstəmz tɪ ˈvɪzɪt ɪn ðə geɪm, əraʊnd əv wɪʧ ər dɪˈrɛkli ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ril laɪf. ɪf jʊr ðə fərst ˈpərsən tɪ ˈvɪzɪt wən ju kən fərˈɛvər leɪ kleɪm tɪ ɪt, ˈɛʧɪŋ jʊr neɪm ˈɔntu ɪts ˈproʊˌfaɪl fər ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs həz ˈɔnˌlaɪn geɪm ˈsərvərz. ˈæftər səm dip θɔt, aɪ sun faʊnd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ɔn ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ə ˈnɛbjələ. aɪ hæd hərd ðət ðə hɑt, ˈkələrfəl ˈgæsɪz əv ðiz ʤaɪənt ˈwəndərz ər ə saɪt tɪ bɪˈhoʊld, ənd ˈwɔntɪd tɪ si wən fər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. ˈæftər ə fju ˈmɪnəts əv ˈstɛrɪŋ æt ðə ˈgæləksi mæp, aɪ sɛt maɪ trəˈʤɛktəri fər ə klæs ə stɑr wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈlupəs dɑrk ˈriʤən bi. ðə ˈʤərni bɪˈgɪnz wɪˈθɪn 20 ˈmɪnəts aɪ hæd krɔst ðə ˈbaʊndəri əv ˌɪnˈhæbətəd speɪs, ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli smɔl ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə ˈgæləksi ðət hæd bɪn ˈpɑpjəˌleɪtəd baɪ ˈjumən biɪŋz. ɛz aɪ wʊd kəm tɪ noʊ, ðɪs wʊd min ðət ˈpleɪsɪz tɪ dɑk fər fjuəl ənd gʊdz wʊd liv wɪθ mi. aɪ wɑz aʊt ɪn ðə waɪld blu ˈjɑndər ɔl ɔn maɪ oʊn. ˈtrævəl teɪks ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli lɔŋ taɪm ɪn ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs. aɪ ˈaʊtˌfɪtɪd maɪ skaʊt wɪθ səm əv ðə bɛst ɪkˈwɪpmənt əˈveɪləbəl ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪzd ɪn lɔŋ ˈdɪstəns ˌhaɪpərˈspeɪs ˈtrævəl. ˈivɪn ðɛn, maɪ ˈmæksəməm ʤəmp ˈdɪstəns wɑz ˈoʊnli laɪt jɪrz. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðæts fɑr ɪˈnəf tɪ ˈtrævəl ˈrəfli fɔr taɪmz ðə ˈdɪstəns əv ðə ˈnɪrəst stɑr tɪ ɑr ˈsoʊlər ˈsɪstəm, ðə ˈmɪlki weɪ ɪz laɪt jɪrz ɪn daɪˈæmətər. ɪn maɪ keɪs, aɪ ˈnidɪd tɪ ˈtrævəl 464 laɪt jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr aɪ wʊd riʧ ˈlupəs dɑrk ˈriʤən bi. ðæts ˈoʊvər 27 ˌhaɪpərˈspeɪs ʤəmps, iʧ əv wɪʧ ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈmænjuəl ʤəmp ˈɪnˌpʊt; ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət əˈveɪləbəl laɪk ɪn iv ˈɔnˌlaɪn. ˈɔlsoʊ rɛd: ðə ˈfeɪməs ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈeɪliən ɪnˈkaʊnər ðə ˈfərðər aɪ ˈvɛnʧərd frəm ˌɪnˈhæbətəd speɪs, ðə mɔr aɪ wɑz əˈmeɪzd baɪ ðə skoʊp əv ðə geɪm. aɪ kʊd ˈvɪzəbli si ðə ˈvɛriəns ɪn iʧ stɑr ənd ɪts ˈsɪstəmz ɛz aɪ hɑpt frəm ˈsɪstəm tɪ ˈsɪstəm. səm ˈsɪstəmz hæd tu stɑrz ɪn ə ˈtaɪdəl lɑk (baʊnd tɪ iʧ ˈəðər laɪk ðə mun tɪ ðə ərθ), ənd ˈəðərz hæd ə ˈplɛθərə əv gæs ʤaɪənts wɪθ rɪŋz ˈsərkəlɪŋ ðɛm. səm ˈsɪstəmz ˈdɪdənt ˈivɪn hæv ˈplænəts, wɪʧ meɪd mi fil ˈɔlˌmoʊst laɪk ðə stɑr wɑz ˈloʊnli, ˈfloʊtɪŋ aʊt ɪn speɪs fər æt list ənˈtɪl ænˈdrɑmədə kəˈlaɪdz wɪθ ɑr ˈmɪlki weɪ ɪn fɔr ˈbɪljən jɪrz. ðɪs ˌvɛriˈeɪʃən ɪz ə greɪt θɪŋ fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈməni. sɪns aɪ hæd ə ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈskænər ɪkˈwɪpt, aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ skæn ˈsɪstəmz fər ˈdætə. ˈrɛrər ˈɑbʤɛkts ər wərθ ə lɔt mɔr ˈməni wɪn skænd, soʊ ɪn ˈkeɪsɪz wɛr məˈnɑtəni bɪˈgæn tɪ sɛt ɪn, aɪ wɑz ˌɛnərˈteɪnd æt ðə θɔt əv ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ dɪˈstɪŋkt loʊˈkeɪʃənz wərθ tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈkrɛdɪts. ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ wʊd du wɪθ ɔl əv ðə mɔr ðən 60 ˈsɪstəmz aɪ wʊd ˈvɪzɪt, prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ə ˈmɑnəˌtɛri ˈbɛnəfɪt tɪ maɪ taɪm ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt. ˈbjutəfəl saɪts aɪ meɪd ən ˈɛfərt tɪ vɪr ɔf ðə pæθ ənd ˈvɪzɪt səm saɪts əˈlɔŋ ðə weɪ. maɪ fərst stɑp wɑz ə ˈnuˌtrɑn stɑr, wɪʧ ər səm əv ðə moʊst dɛns ənd ˈpaʊərfəl ˈstɛlər ˈɑbʤɛkts ɪn ɪgˈzɪstəns. ðiz ər fɔrmd wɪn stɑrz wɪθ 10 tɪ 29 ˈsoʊlər ˈmæsɪz hæv ðɛr kɔr kəˈlæps, ˈmɛltɪŋ ðɛr ˈproʊˌtɑnz ənd ˌɪˈlɛktrɑnz rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli dɛns mæs. ðiz ər soʊ dɛns ðət ə ˈpɔrʃən əv wən ðə saɪz əv ə ˈsɪti ɪkˈweɪts tɪ ˈrəfli ðə mæs əv ðə sən. ər pʊt mɔr ˈsɪmpli, wən ˈtiˌspun əv ˈnuˌtrɑn stɑr məˈtɪriəl həz 900 taɪmz ðə mæs əv ðə greɪt ˈpɪrəmɪd əv ˈgɪzə. ˈnuˌtrɑn stɑrz ər smɔl ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ðə ˈævərɪʤ stɑr, bət rɪˈmɑrkəbli braɪt. waɪl aɪ ˈhævənt sin wən ɪn ril laɪf ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈtɛləˌskoʊp, aɪ stɛrd æt wən θru maɪ rɪft ənd wɑz ˈnɪrli ˈblaɪndɪd; ɪts ˈəltrə ˈvaɪəlɪt+ laɪt prəˈdust ə bluɪʃ waɪt hju ðət ˈdæzəld ˌbiˈfɔr ɪts dɑrk ˈbækˌgraʊnd. ɪt wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst laɪk siɪŋ ə ˈmæsɪv ˈdaɪmənd ɪn ˈaʊtər speɪs. ɛz ˈbjutəfəl ɛz ɪt wɑz, aɪ wɑz mɔr ˌɪmˈprɛst baɪ haʊ ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs mæps iʧ stɑr. ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈstætɪk skaɪ bɑks ɪn ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd, ɔl stɑrz wɪˈθɪn jʊr prɑkˈsɪməti ər ˈvɪzəbəl prɪˈsaɪsli wɛr ðeɪ ər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ jʊr ˈkɑrənt loʊˈkeɪʃən. ɛz aɪ floʊd frəm ˈsɪstəm tɪ ˈsɪstəm, aɪ kʊd si ðə loʊˈkeɪʃən əv stɑrz ʃɪft, ənd ɔˈkeɪʒənəˌli kɔt ə glɪmps əv stɑrz wɪθ ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈkələrz laɪk dɑrk rɛd klæs ɛm stɑrz ənd ˈivɪn blu taɪp oʊ stɑrz (wɪʧ hæv ən ˈifɛktɪv ˈtɛmpərəʧər əv ˈoʊvər ˈkɛlvɪn). æt wən pɔɪnt ˈdʊrɪŋ maɪ ˈʤərni aɪ hoʊpt aɪ wʊd krɔs pæθs wɪθ ə blæk hoʊl, bət ə pɑrt əv mi wɑz ˈtɛrəˌfaɪd baɪ wət ðət wʊd bi laɪk. aɪ θɪŋk aɪv wɔʧt tu ˈmɛni nil dɪˈgrɑsi ˈtaɪsən ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəriz æt ðɪs pɔɪnt tɪ nɑt rɪˈspɛkt ðə paʊər əv blæk hoʊlz. ðə truθ ɪz ðət moʊst əv ðə blæk hoʊlz noʊn ɪn ɑr ˈgæləksi ər nɪr ðə gəˈlæktɪk kɔr, ənd ˌɔlˈðoʊ aɪ wɑz ˈtrævəlɪŋ fər ˈməltəpəl aʊərz, aɪ ˈwəzənt ˈivɪn ˈkəmɪŋ kloʊz tɪ ðə prɑkˈsɪməti əv ðət loʊˈkeɪʃən. ˈmeɪbi ˈsəmˌdeɪ. ˈkraɪsəs sɪˈnɛrioʊ lɔŋ ˈdɪstəns ˈtrævəl ɪn ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs dɪz ˌrikˈwaɪər səm wərk bɪɔnd ˌhaɪpərˈspeɪs ˈtrævəl. fjuəl ɪz kənˈsumd ˈdʊrɪŋ iʧ ʤəmp, tɪ ə pɔɪnt wɛr aɪ hæd tɪ fɪl əp ˈɛvəri 5 tɪ 10 ˈmɪnəts. wɪθ noʊ speɪs pɔrts ˈnɪrˈbaɪ, aɪ hæd tɪ rɪˈlaɪ ɔn maɪ fjuəl skup. ðɪs ɪnˈteɪld flaɪɪŋ əraʊnd stɑrz waɪl ˈmænəʤɪŋ maɪ vəˈlɑsəti, trəˈʤɛktəri, ənd hit; ɪf aɪ gɑt tu kloʊz, aɪ wʊd bi rɪpt aʊt əv ənd bi ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ðə ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈɛnərʤi əv ðə stɑr (ə ˈrɪski ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən wɪn nɪr haɪər ˈtɛmpərəʧər stɑrz). ɪf aɪ wɑz tu fɑr, maɪ fjuəl geɪnd pər ˈmɪnət ˈwəzənt soʊ aɪ wɑz ˈifɛktɪvli ˈædɪŋ ˈtrænzɪt taɪm tɪ maɪ ˈtrævəlz. fər ðə ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən find əv ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs, hit ɪz ə ˈpraɪˌmɛri kənˈsərn. ɪt ɪz ˈtɛknɪkəli ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ bi ˈɪntərˌdɪktɪd baɪ əˈnəðər ʃɪp ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr bi ˈoʊpən tɪ ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ə ˈbætəl rɪˈleɪtɪd dɛθ, bət ðæts ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli rɛr wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv dip speɪs ˈtrævəl. əˈtɛntɪvli rifˈjuəlɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈmɛntəl fəˈtig ɪz ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən kɔz əv dɛθ əˈməŋ ɪkˈsplɔrərz. aɪ meɪd ðə mɪˈsteɪk əv ˈgɪtɪŋ tu kloʊz tɪ ə stɑr ɔn ˈsɛvərəl ɔˈkeɪʒənz, ˈluzɪŋ ə smɔl ˈpɔrʃən əv maɪ həl ɪn ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ɪn wən ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr keɪs aɪ keɪm tu kloʊz tɪ ə klæs bi stɑr tɪ ˈkɛlvɪn ˈtɛmpərəʧər) ənd wɑz stɑpt dɛd ɪn maɪ træks wɪθ ə 30 ˈsɛkənd freɪm ʃɪft draɪv cooldown*. ˈsɛkəndz fɛlt laɪk ˈmɪnəts ɛz aɪ ˈskræmbəld tɪ ˈmænɪʤ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. wər ˈraɪzɪŋ æt ə reɪt aɪ hæd ˈnɛvər sin ˌbiˈfɔr. ə faɪər bərst frəm maɪ kənˈtroʊl ˈpænəl, ənd ðə ˈsəbsəkwənt smoʊk maɪ glæs ˈʃildɪŋ. ˈɔlsoʊ rɛd: ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs ɪz ðə geɪm noʊ mænz skaɪ əˈspaɪərz tɪ bi ɛz maɪ həl tʊk ˈdæmɪʤ aɪ wɑz ˈθæŋkfəli kwɪk tɪ tərn ɔf ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri kəmˈpoʊnənts. ðiz ˌɪnˈkludɪd maɪ ʃildz (ˈjusləs əˈgɛnst ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən), ˈwɛpənz, ənd laɪf səˈpɔrt, iʧ əv wɪʧ ˈproʊdus hit əv ðɛr oʊn, kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈprɑbləmz aɪ wɑz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ. maɪ hɑrt reɪst ɛz aɪ flɪpt ðə sˈwɪʧɪz, ənd eɪmd maɪ trəˈʤɛktəri fər ðə ɪˈskeɪp ˈvɛktər. ɪt wɑz æt ðɪs ˈmoʊmənt ðət aɪ fɛlt laɪk ən əˈpɑloʊ ˈæstrəˌnɑt; ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi wɑz ðɛr tɪ seɪv mi bət ˌmaɪˈsɛlf, ənd aɪ wɑz ɪn ə daɪər ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ðət kʊd rɪˈzəlt ɪn (ˈvərʧuəl) dɛθ. baɪ ðə taɪm aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈɛnər ənd ɪˈskeɪp ðə ræθ əv ðə stɑrz ˈɛnərʤi, aɪ hæd lɔst mɔr ðən 30 əv maɪ həl. ðɪs mɛnt ðət aɪ wɑz mɔr səˈsɛptəbəl tɪ ˈfərðər ˈdæmɪʤ ˈdʊrɪŋ maɪ ˈtrævəlz, ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˈnidɪd tɪ bi fɑr mɔr ˈkɛrfəl wɪθ fˈjuʧər fjuəl skups. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, aɪ meɪd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ prɛs ɔn ˈæftər maɪ kəmˈpoʊnənts. ðə ˈnɛbjələ aɪ wɑz sun rɪˈwɔrdɪd wɪθ ðə bɛst saɪt əv maɪ ˈʤərni. ɛz aɪ əˈproʊʧt ˈlupəs dɑrk ˈriʤən bi, aɪ kʊd si ðə dɑrk, bləd rɛd ˈnɛbjələ dreɪp ðə skaɪ ɪn ðə ˈdɪstəns. ɪt bɪˈkeɪm ˈbɪgər ɛz aɪ əˈproʊʧt, ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈteɪkɪŋ əp ˈnɪrli hæf əv ðə ˈvɪzəbəl skaɪ. aɪ meɪd ən ˈɛfərt tɪ lænd ɔn ə ˈplænət æt maɪ ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən. ɪt wɑz ə rɛd, ˈrɑki ˈplænət nɑt tu dɪˈsɪmələr frəm mɑrz, dɪˈvɔɪd əv ˌvɛʤəˈteɪʃən ər ˈwɔtər. ˈlændɪŋ wɑz kwaɪt ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns, ɛz ðɛr wɑz ə ˈfilɪŋ aɪ hæd wɪn ˈtəʧɪŋ daʊn ɔn ən ˈeɪliən wərld, ənˈnoʊɪŋ əv haʊ ɪt wʊd ˈhændəl maɪ rɪˈsɛpʃən. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt wɑz ˌənfəˈmɪljər tɪ mi, ɪt peɪd noʊ maɪnd ɪn mi ˈʃɛrɪŋ ə fju ˈmɪnəts əv ˌkoʊɪgˈzɪstəns. aɪ ˈɛndɪd əp draɪv əraʊnd ɪn maɪ ˈbəgi duɪŋ paʊər slaɪdz waɪl ˈgæðərɪŋ məˈtɪriəlz ənd ædˈmaɪrɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈbjuti ðət sərˈaʊndɪd mi. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈsɪstəm mæp ˈsteɪtɪd ðət ˈsəmˌwən hæd bɪn hir ˌbiˈfɔr, ðə dərt ðət aɪ droʊv ɔn wɑz ˈprɪstin. noʊ ˈəðər pleɪər hæd ˈɛvər ˈlændɪd ɔn ðə ˈplænət æt ðə loʊˈkeɪʃən wɛr aɪ ˈvɪzɪtɪd, ənd ðæts əˈmeɪzɪŋ wɪn ju θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ɪt. ɪt wɑz ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ɑd ˈfilɪŋ biɪŋ ɪn səʧ ə rɪˈmoʊt loʊˈkeɪʃən. wɪθ ˈbɪljənz əv stɑrz, ðɛr wɑz ən ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl ʧæns ðət ˈɛni əv ðə ˈθaʊzənd əv pleɪərz ˈɔnˌlaɪn wər ˈɛniˌwɛr nɪr mi. ɪf aɪ ˈnidɪd hɛlp, aɪ wɑz ɔn maɪ oʊn, ənd ðə saɪt aɪ wɑz siɪŋ wɑz maɪ oʊn. aɪ wɑz glæd ðət aɪ sɛt maɪ ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən fər ə ˈnɛbjələ, ɛz ɪt wɑz ˈprɪtiər ðən aɪ hæd ˌɪˈmæʤənd. ðɪs ˈeɪliən wərld wɑz wən ˈvæstli ˈdɪfərənt ðən maɪ hoʊm ɪn ðə ɔˈraɪən ɑrm. ˈkəmɪŋ hoʊm æt ðɪs pɔɪnt aɪ hæd spɛnt mɔr ðən fɔr aʊərz ˈtrævəlɪŋ θru ðə ˈkɑzmoʊs. pɑrt əv mi mɪst biɪŋ əraʊnd ˈfɛloʊ ˈjumən biɪŋz, ˈhævɪŋ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ə dɑk ənd rɪˈpɛrz. wɪθ ðət, aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ hɛd hoʊm. ɔn maɪ weɪ bæk aɪ tʊk ən ˈɔltərˌneɪt rut, ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ səm nu stɑrz ənd ˈskænɪŋ ðɛm ɪn ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ðoʊ, ðɛr wɑz ə sɛns əv ˈwaɪndɪŋ daʊn ðət keɪm wɪθ maɪ ˈfaɪnəl aʊər əv ˈtrævəl. aɪ wɑz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈɪntu ə pleɪs fɑr bɪɔnd, ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd wɑz ˈpʊtɪŋ ɪn taɪm tɪ ˈtrævəl tɪ ə pleɪs aɪ hæd bɪn ˌbiˈfɔr. aɪd bi laɪɪŋ ɪf aɪ sɛd aɪ ˈdɪdənt kənˈsɪdər ðə θɔt əv ˈsɛlfdɪˈstrəkts tɪ ˈɪnstəntli ˈtrævəl bæk tɪ ˌɪnˈhæbətəd speɪs, bət aɪ nu ðət wʊd bi ˈkɔstli. aɪ ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli əraɪvd bæk æt 3447 ənd dɑkt maɪ ˈwundɪd ʃɪp æt ðə ˈdɔltən ˈgeɪtˌweɪ. maɪ fərst ˈɔrdər əv ˈbɪznɪs wɑz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ʃʊr aɪ gɑt ˈkrɛdɪt fər maɪ ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən skænz. aɪ wɑz ˈhæpi tɪ lərn ðət aɪ ərnd ˈmɪljən ˈkrɛdɪts fər maɪ ˈɛfərts, məʧ əv wɪʧ keɪm frəm maɪ skænz əv səˈlɛsʧəl ˈbɑdiz laɪk ðə ˈnuˌtrɑn stɑr. ɛz aɪ lɔgd aʊt, aɪ kənˈsɪdərd ðət æt səm pɔɪnt aɪ ʃʊd ˈtrævəl tɪ ðə gəˈlæktɪk kɔr wɛr stɑr ˈdɛnsɪti ɪz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl, ðə steɪks ər ˈivɪn haɪər ənd ðə saɪts ər soʊ fɑr bɪɔnd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ aɪd sin ˌbiˈfɔr ðət ˈmɛni pleɪərz kənˈsɪdər ɪt wərθ ðə ˈdəzənz əv aʊərz əv ˈtrænzɪt. bət fər naʊ aɪ wɑz ˈhæpi wɪθ biɪŋ ˈmɪljən ˈkrɛdɪts ˈrɪʧər, ənd noʊɪŋ ðət aɪ hæd ɛmˈbreɪst ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ɪn ɪˈlit: ˈdeɪnʤərəs fər maɪ fərst taɪm. aɪ θɪŋk aɪ maɪt bi hʊkt. ˌbiˈfɔr aɪ goʊ, hir ər ə fju kwɪk tɪps fər ju ɪf ju plæn tɪ goʊ ɔn ən ədˈvɛnʧər əv jʊr oʊn: brɪŋ ðə bɛst ˌdɪˈskəvri ˈskænər ju kən əˈfɔrd. ˈplænəts ər ˈhaɪli ˈvæljəbəl fər skænz. skɪp ˈmɛtəl ˈplænəts ənd ðoʊz wɪˈθaʊt ən ˈætməsˌfɪr. gæs ʤaɪənts tɛnd tɪ bi tu fɑr frəm ðə stɑr tɪ bi wərθ ˈskænɪŋ du tɪ ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fər ˈtrævəl taɪm. ˈlupəs dɑrk ˈriʤən ɪz ˈrəfli 1 aʊər ənd 45 ˈmɪnəts aʊt frəm ðə ˈsɛnər əv ˌɪnˈhæbətəd speɪs. doʊnt fərˈgɛt tɪ brɪŋ ə fjuəl skup ənd ɪkˈwɪp jʊr ʃɪp wɪθ ə hit ʃild. lərn haʊ tɪ ˌhaɪpərˈspeɪs ʤəmp ɛz kˈwɪkli ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ rɪˈdus ˈtrænzɪt taɪm. bi ˈkɛrfəl ɪf ju goʊ ɛz ju kʊd bi ˈɪntərˌdɪktɪd. ˈmæksəməm ʤəmp ˈdɪstəns ɪz ˈvɛri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt. ˌɪnˈvɛst ɪn kəmˈpoʊnənts tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðɪs ˈvælju ɛz haɪ ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. ɪf juv bɪn kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ə ˈhɛdˌsɛt ənd hæv ˈməni fər wən, ɪts ˈhaɪli ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ɛz ɪt ˈgreɪtli ˌɪmˈpruvz ˌɪˈmərʒən. ˈgɑdspid.
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jim jones and the jonestown massacre
on this podcast we take a look at the largest cult killings of modern times and the man who made it happen, jim jones and the jonestown massacre. born out of the socialist movement of america this religious group soon gave way to conspiratorial prophecies and revolutionary societal change. the group was started and by doomsday pastor jim jones and he took them from indiana to california to guyana, picking up admirers like jane fonda and harvey milk along the way. but it would all in in a tragedy that claimed the lives of over 900 people. we look at an event so shocking that it remains the definitive description of a modern religious cult and has managed to coin own phrase in pop culture:
“don’t drink the kool-aid!”
the temple
from the very beginning jim jones led a troubled and unconventional life. one where he was educated in important and useful lessons on the topics of segregation, disenfranchisement, fear of nuclear war and mistrust of governments. it was these lessons that would lead him to become the leader of the temple and would inform the sermons that garnered him unflinching support. and he would use this support to live out his own personal fantasies and sadistic nature. his desire for power only bettered by his cruel methods of control. we cover the life and mind of the charismatic chief of this group of allegedly brain washed americans and the forces of corruption and control that both protected and projected the church they called the temple.
the cia, guyana and the kool aid
but as political pressure and journalistic investigation threatened to tear the group apart they would make their ominous move to guyana. and with the terrible tragedy that ensued the conspiracy theories began. talk of ultra techniques of mind control and programming. cia connections in the jonestown site and the personnel surrounding the hierarchy of the church. the talk of a staged event or ‘psy-op’ all part of long held nefarious scheme. we discuss dead congressmen and dead babies, all the mayhem, madness and mind control and some heavy cia connections and coincidences to boot as we cover all the theories jim jones and the jonestown massacre.
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ʤɪm ʤoʊnz ənd ðə ˈʤoʊnztaʊn ˈmæsəkər ɔn ðɪs ˈpɔdˌkæst wi teɪk ə lʊk æt ðə ˈlɑrʤəst kəlt ˈkɪlɪŋz əv ˈmɑdərn taɪmz ənd ðə mæn hu meɪd ɪt ˈhæpən, ʤɪm ʤoʊnz ənd ðə ˈʤoʊnztaʊn ˈmæsəkər. bɔrn aʊt əv ðə ˈsoʊʃəlɪst ˈmuvmənt əv əˈmɛrɪkə ðɪs rɪˈlɪʤəs grup sun geɪv weɪ tɪ kənˌspɪrəˈtɔriəl ˈprɑfəsiz ənd ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri səˈsaɪɪtəl ʧeɪnʤ. ðə grup wɑz ˈstɑrtɪd ənd baɪ ˈdumzˌdeɪ ˈpæstər ʤɪm ʤoʊnz ənd hi tʊk ðɛm frəm ˌɪndiˈænə tɪ ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə tɪ ˌgaɪˈɑnə, ˈpɪkɪŋ əp ədˈmaɪrərz laɪk ʤeɪn ˈfɑndə ənd ˈhɑrvi mɪlk əˈlɔŋ ðə weɪ. bət ɪt wʊd ɔl ɪn ɪn ə ˈtræʤədi ðət kleɪmd ðə lɪvz əv ˈoʊvər 900 ˈpipəl. wi lʊk æt ən ɪˈvɛnt soʊ ˈʃɑkɪŋ ðət ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz ðə dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv dɪˈskrɪpʃən əv ə ˈmɑdərn rɪˈlɪʤəs kəlt ənd həz ˈmænɪʤd tɪ kɔɪn oʊn freɪz ɪn pɑp ˈkəlʧər: drɪŋk ðə kool-aid!”*!” ðə ˈtɛmpəl frəm ðə ˈvɛri bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ʤɪm ʤoʊnz lɛd ə ˈtrəbəld ənd ˌənkənˈvɛnʃənəl laɪf. wən wɛr hi wɑz ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd ɪn ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd ˈjusfəl ˈlɛsənz ɔn ðə ˈtɑpɪks əv ˌsɛgrəˈgeɪʃən, dɪsɪnˈfrænˌʧaɪzmənt, fɪr əv ˈnukliər wɔr ənd mɪˈstrəst əv ˈgəvərnmənts. ɪt wɑz ðiz ˈlɛsənz ðət wʊd lɛd ɪm tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə ˈlidər əv ðə ˈtɛmpəl ənd wʊd ˌɪnˈfɔrm ðə ˈsərmənz ðət ˈgɑrnərd ɪm ənˈflɪnʧɪŋ səˈpɔrt. ənd hi wʊd juz ðɪs səˈpɔrt tɪ lɪv aʊt hɪz oʊn ˈpərsɪnəl ˈfænəsiz ənd səˈdɪstɪk ˈneɪʧər. hɪz dɪˈzaɪər fər paʊər ˈoʊnli ˈbɛtərd baɪ hɪz kruəl ˈmɛθədz əv kənˈtroʊl. wi ˈkəvər ðə laɪf ənd maɪnd əv ðə kɛrɪzˈmætɪk ʧif əv ðɪs grup əv əˈlɛʤədli breɪn wɑʃt əˈmɛrɪkənz ənd ðə ˈfɔrsɪz əv kərˈəpʃən ənd kənˈtroʊl ðət boʊθ prəˈtɛktɪd ənd prɑˈʤɛktəd ðə ʧərʧ ðeɪ kɔld ðə ˈtɛmpəl. ðə siaɪeɪ, ˌgaɪˈɑnə ənd ðə kul eɪd bət ɛz pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprɛʃər ənd ˌʤərnəˈlɪstɪk ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən θˈrɛtənd tɪ tɪr ðə grup əˈpɑrt ðeɪ wʊd meɪk ðɛr ˈɑmənəs muv tɪ ˌgaɪˈɑnə. ənd wɪθ ðə ˈtɛrəbəl ˈtræʤədi ðət ɪnˈsud ðə kənˈspɪrəsi ˈθɪriz bɪˈgæn. tɔk əv ˈəltrə tɛkˈniks əv maɪnd kənˈtroʊl ənd ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ. siaɪeɪ kəˈnɛkʃənz ɪn ðə ˈʤoʊnztaʊn saɪt ənd ðə ˌpərsəˈnɛl sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðə ˈhaɪˌrɑrki əv ðə ʧərʧ. ðə tɔk əv ə steɪʤd ɪˈvɛnt ər ‘‘psy-op’*’ ɔl pɑrt əv lɔŋ hɛld nəˈfɛriəs skim. wi dɪˈskəs dɛd ˈkɑŋgrəsmɪn ənd dɛd ˈbeɪbiz, ɔl ðə ˈmeɪˌhɛm, ˈmædnəs ənd maɪnd kənˈtroʊl ənd səm ˈhɛvi siaɪeɪ kəˈnɛkʃənz ənd koʊˈɪnsədənsɪz tɪ but ɛz wi ˈkəvər ɔl ðə ˈθɪriz ʤɪm ʤoʊnz ənd ðə ˈʤoʊnztaʊn ˈmæsəkər.
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cosmo scharf is a film student and ofla. he talks about some of the challenges of storytelling and the differences between a environment vs. a traditional film. film has a series of tools to direct attention such as depth of field, camera direction, cues to look to left or right, contrasting colors or movement in the frame. some of these translate over to, but you use all of them since no camera movement, focus or framing in.
he talks about the process of starting a meet up in los angeles calledla, and that a lot of people in the film industry are seeing as the future of storytelling and entertainment.
cosmo also sees that experiences are a spectrum from ranging from completely interactive like a video game, cinematic experience, and the completely passive. not a whole lot of people are looking into the completely passive experiences yet, but what interested in exploring as a film student.
he strongly believes the future of storytelling, video games, computing as well as disseminating information in general, and very excited to get more involved in the industry
reddit discussion here.
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0:00 founder of la. initially interested in after hearing about involvement in. reading and listening to and heard a podcast about starting a meet up.
1:44 film involvement and how many were new to? weeks after the facebook acquisition, and so there were over 200 people who came out.
2:34 what type of feedback did you receive? a lot of people in the movie industry are seeing as the future of storytelling. cosmo wants to provide experiences.
3:22 what type of story things are interesting to you. not a lot of storytelling in happening yet. is early. differences between film and. filmmaking rules and practices to use 4 frames for 100 years. is a new medium. how do you effectively tell a story without relying upon the same filmmaking techniques.
4:36 what are some of the open problems in storytelling? how to direct attention. with filmmaking you can use depth of field, camera direction, cues to look to left or right, colors or movement in the frame. some of the cues in real life are if others are looking in a direction and which direction sounds are coming from. passive vs. interactive: completely interactive like a video game, cinematic experience, and the completely passive. not a whole lot of people are looking at the third way.
6:22 familiar with de la work. she attendedla #1. interesting in terms of as a tool for building empathy. when placed virtually in someone shoes, feel what going to feel. you can connect to people via a screen, but you know that a distance. with, in it and completely immersed and engaged.
7:31 what about choose your own adventure vs. a linear film: experience similar to mass effect where you have different options to say to characters. your response will change how the story unfolds. would like to see a natural feedback between you and the ai characters
8:22 where would like to see going? still very early with, no consumer product is out yet and that will determine if is a real thing. strongly believes the future of storytelling, video games, computing & disseminating information in general. will be portable. convergence of augmented reality with. hard to determine how the industry will evolve within the next month, but most exciting industry to be a part of. all of the leaders of the consumer space are at svvrcon.
theme music: “fatality” by
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ˈkɔzmoʊ ʃɑrf ɪz ə fɪlm ˈstudənt ənd əv. hi tɔks əˈbaʊt səm əv ðə ˈʧælənʤɪz əv ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ ənd ðə ˈdɪfərənsɪz bɪtˈwin ə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈvərsəz. ə trəˈdɪʃənəl fɪlm. fɪlm həz ə ˈsɪriz əv tulz tɪ dɪˈrɛkt əˈtɛnʃən səʧ ɛz dɛpθ əv fild, ˈkæmərə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn, kjuz tɪ lʊk tɪ lɛft ər raɪt, kənˈtræstɪŋ ˈkələrz ər ˈmuvmənt ɪn ðə freɪm. səm əv ðiz trænzˈleɪt ˈoʊvər tɪ, bət ju juz ɔl əv ðɛm sɪns noʊ ˈkæmərə ˈmuvmənt, ˈfoʊkɪs ər ˈfreɪmɪŋ ɪn. hi tɔks əˈbaʊt ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˈstɑrtɪŋ ə mit əp ɪn lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs kɔld, ənd ðət ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ɪn ðə fɪlm ˈɪndəstri ər siɪŋ ɛz ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ ənd ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt. ˈkɔzmoʊ ˈɔlsoʊ siz ðət ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ər ə ˈspɛktrəm frəm ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm kəmˈplitli ˌɪnərˈæktɪv laɪk ə ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm, ˌsɪnəˈmætɪk ɪkˈspɪriəns, ənd ðə kəmˈplitli ˈpæsɪv. nɑt ə hoʊl lɔt əv ˈpipəl ər ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə kəmˈplitli ˈpæsɪv ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz jɛt, bət wət ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ɛz ə fɪlm ˈstudənt. hi ˈstrɔŋli bɪˈlivz ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ, ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz, kəmˈpjutɪŋ ɛz wɛl ɛz dɪˈsɛməˌneɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl, ənd ˈvɛri ɪkˈsaɪtɪd tɪ gɪt mɔr ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈɪndəstri dɪˈskəʃən hir. ˈtɑpɪks ˈfaʊndər əv lɑ. ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈæftər ˈhirɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ɪn. ˈrɛdɪŋ ənd ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ənd hərd ə ˈpɔdˌkæst əˈbaʊt ˈstɑrtɪŋ ə mit əp. fɪlm ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ənd haʊ ˈmɛni wər nu tɪ? wiks ˈæftər ðə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˌækwəˈzɪʃən, ənd soʊ ðɛr wər ˈoʊvər 200 ˈpipəl hu keɪm aʊt. wət taɪp əv ˈfidˌbæk dɪd ju rɪˈsiv? ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ɪn ðə ˈmuvi ˈɪndəstri ər siɪŋ ɛz ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ. ˈkɔzmoʊ wɔnts tɪ prəˈvaɪd ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz. wət taɪp əv ˈstɔri θɪŋz ər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ ju. nɑt ə lɔt əv ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ ɪn ˈhæpənɪŋ jɛt. ɪz ˈərli. ˈdɪfərənsɪz bɪtˈwin fɪlm ənd. ˈfɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ rulz ənd ˈpræktɪsɪz tɪ juz 4 freɪmz fər 100 jɪrz. ɪz ə nu ˈmidiəm. haʊ du ju ˈifɛktɪvli tɛl ə ˈstɔri wɪˈθaʊt riˈlaɪɪŋ əˈpɑn ðə seɪm ˈfɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ tɛkˈniks. wət ər səm əv ðə ˈoʊpən ˈprɑbləmz ɪn ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ? haʊ tɪ dɪˈrɛkt əˈtɛnʃən. wɪθ ˈfɪlˌmeɪkɪŋ ju kən juz dɛpθ əv fild, ˈkæmərə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn, kjuz tɪ lʊk tɪ lɛft ər raɪt, ˈkələrz ər ˈmuvmənt ɪn ðə freɪm. səm əv ðə kjuz ɪn ril laɪf ər ɪf ˈəðərz ər ˈlʊkɪŋ ɪn ə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ənd wɪʧ dɪˈrɛkʃɪn saʊnz ər ˈkəmɪŋ frəm. ˈpæsɪv ˈvərsəz. ˌɪnərˈæktɪv: kəmˈplitli ˌɪnərˈæktɪv laɪk ə ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm, ˌsɪnəˈmætɪk ɪkˈspɪriəns, ənd ðə kəmˈplitli ˈpæsɪv. nɑt ə hoʊl lɔt əv ˈpipəl ər ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə θərd weɪ. fəˈmɪljər wɪθ də lɑ wərk. ʃi əˈtɛndəd 1 ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɪn tərmz əv ɛz ə tul fər ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈɛmpəθi. wɪn pleɪst ˈvərʧuəli ɪn ˈsəmˌwən ʃuz, fil wət goʊɪŋ tɪ fil. ju kən kəˈnɛkt tɪ ˈpipəl ˈviə ə skrin, bət ju noʊ ðət ə ˈdɪstəns. wɪθ, ɪn ɪt ənd kəmˈplitli ˌɪˈmərst ənd ɪnˈgeɪʤd. wət əˈbaʊt ʧuz jʊr oʊn ədˈvɛnʧər ˈvərsəz. ə ˈlɪniər fɪlm: ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈsɪmələr tɪ mæs ˈifɛkt wɛr ju hæv ˈdɪfərənt ˈɔpʃənz tɪ seɪ tɪ ˈkɛrɪktərz. jʊr rɪˈspɑns wɪl ʧeɪnʤ haʊ ðə ˈstɔri ənˈfoʊldz. wʊd laɪk tɪ si ə ˈnæʧərəl ˈfidˌbæk bɪtˈwin ju ənd ðə eɪaɪ ˈkɛrɪktərz wɛr wʊd laɪk tɪ si goʊɪŋ? stɪl ˈvɛri ˈərli wɪθ, noʊ kənˈsumər ˈprɑdəkt ɪz aʊt jɛt ənd ðət wɪl dɪˈtərmən ɪf ɪz ə ril θɪŋ. ˈstrɔŋli bɪˈlivz ðə fˈjuʧər əv ˈstɔriˌtɛlɪŋ, ˈvɪdioʊ geɪmz, kəmˈpjutɪŋ dɪˈsɛməˌneɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl. wɪl bi ˈpɔrtəbəl. kənˈvərʤəns əv ɑgˈmɛntəd ˌriˈæləˌti wɪθ. hɑrd tɪ dɪˈtərmən haʊ ðə ˈɪndəstri wɪl ɪˈvɑlv wɪˈθɪn ðə nɛkst mənθ, bət moʊst ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈɪndəstri tɪ bi ə pɑrt əv. ɔl əv ðə ˈlidərz əv ðə kənˈsumər speɪs ər æt svvrcon*. θim mˈjuzɪk: ““fatality”*” baɪ
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2016 gave us of old games, computers that were made to look old, industry trends that we wish were things of the past, and an old name that suddenly feels fresher than ever.
best
day of the tentacleed
in a year dominated by "remasters" that consisted of minor graphical to games that it feels like we just got through playing, day of the tentacleed stands out as a loving and actually necessary restoration of a revered old classic. this is a game from an era when graphics and digital speech were only starting to become the norm, so needless to say, the original production values don't hold up particularly well these days. also, people love day of the tentacle. those two factors make this a whose time has come, and it's all the better because double fine dove into musty, archives of source material like original voice recordings and concept art to recreate the elements of the game at a level of quality that should stand the test of time. they even documented that process on youtube, something we'd love to see other developers do more of.
throw in requisite bonus features like developer commentary, the ability to seamlessly switch between old and new graphics, and a revamped interface that works great on a controller and lets you expand the area to full screen, and this is a textbook case of a done right. as the video game business continues to see demand for updates to old favorites, we could do with fewer" of games that were already in the first place, and more labors of love like this restoration of one of lucasarts' most popular old adventure games.
runners-up: odin sphere leifthrasir, the legend of zelda: twilight princess
best fake computer
hackmud's fake computer is so good that you'll need to know how to write javascript on a real computer if you want to truly get deep. this multiplayer hacking game is little more than a terminal window and a tutorial that tells you the basics of what you're doing. but once you're thrust into the actual multiplayer end of hackmud, you're on your own... or you could always make the mistake of trusting another player. did that player just send you a script that's going to help you become a better hacker, like they said it would? or will running it simply siphon off all of your currency and send it to the hacker, leaving you broke and broken? there are ways for you to find out, but we're not going to tell you here. that'd spoil the fun.
runners-up:], cowboy
please stop
shipping unfinished games on disc
buying a game today is a lot different than it was a decade ago. with the assumption that players will have access to the internet we've seen welcomed patches that include bug fixes, tweaks, some rebalancing here and there. "wait for the patch" has become a fairly common refrain for the first week of release. this year, though, it has felt like more games have taken release to mean initial release, with the final release forthcoming, if ever.
no man's sky released and then months later had a major content patch that added a whole host of new and improved features. final fantasy is promising some narrative updates with to fill some story gaps. while live development used to be the realm of and games, it is settling in throughout the industry. it's not necessarily a bad thing on its own, as we all should have a better game in the end. it only becomes a problem when you put the onus on the consumer to shoulder the burden of receiving those updates.
data caps, poor internet speeds, and limited connectivity are all realities for some players. there's a difference between having internet access and being able to easily get that patch onto your system. buying and inserting a disc only to have to download the entire game in order to play it is a hassle at the very least and impossible in some cases. it feels like we're a bit caught in a between physical media and digital, without a proper offline solution for the former. the assumption that all players have access to or are able to pay for the infrastructure to get a proper version of the game they already paid for is unfair. there is a good use case for patches, and being able to make updates to a game, but don't abuse that system to ship something you know will be fixed or better in a few months.
runners-up: the return of bad pc ports, not providing early review copies
best surprise
before release, numerous elements of the new doom were reason for concern. it was coming from the ashes of a scrapped call of duty clone. its multiplayer beta failed to impress. review copies weren't sent out early to press outlets. any one of these things could have been seen as red flags, and the combination of them didn't bode well for resurrection. no one could have expected what we wound up getting, which is one of the best shooter campaigns of all time. it managed to retain the mood of classic doom while adding a surprisingly sense of humor and an excellent glory kill system. multiplayer didn't take the world by storm by any means, but we were all too distracted by the shockingly good campaign to care.
runners-up: valley, hitman
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wɔʧ ðə deɪ θri dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃənz hir: ju nid ə ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ɪˈneɪbəld ˈbraʊzər tɪ wɔʧ ˈvɪdioʊz. klɪk tɪ geɪm əv ðə jɪr 2016 deɪ θri dɪˌlɪbərˈeɪʃənz ˈbrɛkfəst 'ɛn' bɛn ˈɔtoʊ ʧɛs ʃɛr lɪŋk ɪmˈbɛd saɪz: 640 360 480 270 stɑrt æt: ɛnd æt: lup wɔnt ˈjuˈɛs tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ðɪs ˈsɛtɪŋ fər ɔl jʊr dɪˈvaɪsɪz? saɪn əp ər saɪn ɪn naʊ! pliz juz ə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkeɪpəbəl ˈbraʊzər tɪ wɔʧ ˈvɪdioʊz. ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ həz ən ˌɪnˈvæləd faɪl ˈfɔrˌmæt. ˈjuˌtub ˈɔtoʊ haɪ loʊ ˈɔtoʊ rɪˈpɔrt ə ˈprɑbləm ˈsɑri, bət ju kænt ˈækˌsɛs ðɪs ˈkɑntɛnt! pliz ˈɛnər jʊr deɪt əv bərθ tɪ vju ðɪs ˈvɪdioʊ baɪ ˈklɪkɪŋ 'ˈɛnər', ju əˈgri tɪ ʤaɪənt bɑmz tərmz əv juz ənd ˈpraɪvəsi ˈpɑləsi ˈɛnər 2016 geɪv ˈjuˈɛs əv oʊld geɪmz, kəmˈpjutərz ðət wər meɪd tɪ lʊk oʊld, ˈɪndəstri trɛnz ðət wi wɪʃ wər θɪŋz əv ðə pæst, ənd ən oʊld neɪm ðət ˈsədənli filz ˈfrɛʃər ðən ˈɛvər. bɛst deɪ əv ðə ˈtɛntəkəl ɪn ə jɪr ˈdɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ "remasters*" ðət kənˈsɪstɪd əv ˈmaɪnər ˈgræfɪkəl tɪ geɪmz ðət ɪt filz laɪk wi ʤɪst gɑt θru pleɪɪŋ, deɪ əv ðə ˈtɛntəkəl stændz aʊt ɛz ə ˈləvɪŋ ənd ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən əv ə rɪˈvɪrd oʊld ˈklæsɪk. ðɪs ɪz ə geɪm frəm ən ˈɪrə wɪn ˈgræfɪks ənd ˈdɪʤɪtəl spiʧ wər ˈoʊnli ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə nɔrm, soʊ ˈnidləs tɪ seɪ, ðə ərˈɪʤənəl pərˈdəkʃən ˈvæljuz doʊnt hoʊld əp ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli wɛl ðiz deɪz. ˈɔlsoʊ, ˈpipəl ləv deɪ əv ðə ˈtɛntəkəl. ðoʊz tu ˈfæktərz meɪk ðɪs ə huz taɪm həz kəm, ənd ɪts ɔl ðə ˈbɛtər bɪˈkəz ˈdəbəl faɪn dəv ˈɪntu ˈməsti, ˈɑrˌkaɪvz əv sɔrs məˈtɪriəl laɪk ərˈɪʤənəl vɔɪs rɪˈkɔrdɪŋz ənd ˈkɑnsɛpt ɑrt tɪ ˈrɛkriˌeɪt ðə ˈɛləmənts əv ðə geɪm æt ə ˈlɛvəl əv kˈwɑləti ðət ʃʊd stænd ðə tɛst əv taɪm. ðeɪ ˈivɪn ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs ɔn ˈjuˌtub, ˈsəmθɪŋ wid ləv tɪ si ˈəðər dɪˈvɛləpərz du mɔr əv. θroʊ ɪn ˈrɛkwəzət ˈboʊnəs ˈfiʧərz laɪk dɪˈvɛləpər ˈkɑmənˌtɛri, ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈsimləsli swɪʧ bɪtˈwin oʊld ənd nu ˈgræfɪks, ənd ə riˈvæmpt ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ðət wərks greɪt ɔn ə kənˈtroʊlər ənd lɛts ju ɪkˈspænd ðə ˈɛriə tɪ fʊl skrin, ənd ðɪs ɪz ə ˈtɛkstˌbʊk keɪs əv ə dən raɪt. ɛz ðə ˈvɪdioʊ geɪm ˈbɪznɪs kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ si dɪˈmænd fər ˈəpˌdeɪts tɪ oʊld ˈfeɪvərɪts, wi kʊd du wɪθ fjuər" əv geɪmz ðət wər ɔˈrɛdi ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs, ənd mɔr ˈleɪbərz əv ləv laɪk ðɪs ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən əv wən əv lucasarts*' moʊst ˈpɑpjələr oʊld ədˈvɛnʧər geɪmz. runners-up*: ˈoʊdən sfɪr leifthrasir*, ðə ˈlɛʤənd əv ˈzɛldə: tˈwaɪˌlaɪt ˈprɪnsɛs bɛst feɪk kəmˈpjutər feɪk kəmˈpjutər ɪz soʊ gʊd ðət jul nid tɪ noʊ haʊ tɪ raɪt ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ɔn ə ril kəmˈpjutər ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ ˈtruli gɪt dip. ðɪs ˈməltiˌpleɪər ˈhækɪŋ geɪm ɪz ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən ə ˈtərmənəl ˈwɪndoʊ ənd ə tuˈtɔriəl ðət tɛlz ju ðə ˈbeɪsɪks əv wət jʊr duɪŋ. bət wəns jʊr θrəst ˈɪntu ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈməltiˌpleɪər ɛnd əv hackmud*, jʊr ɔn jʊr oʊn... ər ju kʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz meɪk ðə mɪˈsteɪk əv ˈtrəstɪŋ əˈnəðər pleɪər. dɪd ðət pleɪər ʤɪst sɛnd ju ə skrɪpt ðæts goʊɪŋ tɪ hɛlp ju bɪˈkəm ə ˈbɛtər ˈhækər, laɪk ðeɪ sɛd ɪt wʊd? ər wɪl ˈrənɪŋ ɪt ˈsɪmpli ˈsaɪfən ɔf ɔl əv jʊr ˈkərənsi ənd sɛnd ɪt tɪ ðə ˈhækər, ˈlivɪŋ ju broʊk ənd ˈbroʊkən? ðɛr ər weɪz fər ju tɪ faɪnd aʊt, bət wɪr nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ tɛl ju hir. ˈðætɪd spɔɪl ðə fən. runners-up*: ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ pliz stɑp ˈʃɪpɪŋ ənˈfɪnɪʃt geɪmz ɔn dɪsk baɪɪŋ ə geɪm təˈdeɪ ɪz ə lɔt ˈdɪfərənt ðən ɪt wɑz ə ˈdɛkeɪd əˈgoʊ. wɪθ ðə əˈsəmpʃən ðət pleɪərz wɪl hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt wiv sin ˈwɛlkəmd ˈpæʧɪz ðət ˌɪnˈklud bəg ˈfɪksɪz, twiks, səm riˈbælənsɪŋ hir ənd ðɛr. "weɪt fər ðə pæʧ" həz bɪˈkəm ə ˈfɛrli ˈkɑmən rɪˈfreɪn fər ðə fərst wik əv riˈlis. ðɪs jɪr, ðoʊ, ɪt həz fɛlt laɪk mɔr geɪmz hæv ˈteɪkən riˈlis tɪ min ˌɪˈnɪʃəl riˈlis, wɪθ ðə ˈfaɪnəl riˈlis ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ, ɪf ˈɛvər. noʊ mænz skaɪ riˈlist ənd ðɛn mənθs ˈleɪtər hæd ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈkɑntɛnt pæʧ ðət ˈædɪd ə hoʊl hoʊst əv nu ənd ˌɪmˈpruvd ˈfiʧərz. ˈfaɪnəl ˈfænəsi ɪz ˈprɑməsɪŋ səm ˈnɛrətɪv ˈəpˌdeɪts wɪθ tɪ fɪl səm ˈstɔri gæps. waɪl lɪv dɪˈvɛləpmənt juzd tɪ bi ðə rɛlm əv ənd geɪmz, ɪt ɪz ˈsɛtəlɪŋ ɪn θruaʊt ðə ˈɪndəstri. ɪts nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ə bæd θɪŋ ɔn ɪts oʊn, ɛz wi ɔl ʃʊd hæv ə ˈbɛtər geɪm ɪn ðə ɛnd. ɪt ˈoʊnli bɪˈkəmz ə ˈprɑbləm wɪn ju pʊt ðə ˈoʊnəs ɔn ðə kənˈsumər tɪ ˈʃoʊldər ðə ˈbərdən əv rɪˈsivɪŋ ðoʊz ˈəpˌdeɪts. ˈdætə kæps, pur ˈɪntərˌnɛt spidz, ənd ˈlɪmɪtɪd kənɛkˈtɪvɪti ər ɔl ˌriˈæləˌtiz fər səm pleɪərz. ðɛrz ə ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈhævɪŋ ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈækˌsɛs ənd biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈizəli gɪt ðət pæʧ ˈɔntu jʊr ˈsɪstəm. baɪɪŋ ənd ˌɪnˈsərtɪŋ ə dɪsk ˈoʊnli tɪ hæv tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə ɪnˈtaɪər geɪm ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ pleɪ ɪt ɪz ə ˈhæsəl æt ðə ˈvɛri list ənd ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz. ɪt filz laɪk wɪr ə bɪt kɔt ɪn ə bɪtˈwin ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈmidiə ənd ˈdɪʤɪtəl, wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈprɑpər ˈɔˌflaɪn səˈluʃən fər ðə ˈfɔrmər. ðə əˈsəmpʃən ðət ɔl pleɪərz hæv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ər ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ peɪ fər ðə ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər tɪ gɪt ə ˈprɑpər ˈvərʒən əv ðə geɪm ðeɪ ɔˈrɛdi peɪd fər ɪz ˌɔnˈfɛr. ðɛr ɪz ə gʊd juz keɪs fər ˈpæʧɪz, ənd biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ meɪk ˈəpˌdeɪts tɪ ə geɪm, bət doʊnt əˈbjuz ðət ˈsɪstəm tɪ ʃɪp ˈsəmθɪŋ ju noʊ wɪl bi fɪkst ər ˈbɛtər ɪn ə fju mənθs. runners-up*: ðə rɪˈtərn əv bæd ˈpiˈsi pɔrts, nɑt prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈərli ˌrivˈju ˈkɑpiz bɛst səˈpraɪz ˌbiˈfɔr riˈlis, ˈnumərəs ˈɛləmənts əv ðə nu dum wər ˈrizən fər kənˈsərn. ɪt wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ðə ˈæʃɪz əv ə skræpt kɔl əv ˈduti kloʊn. ɪts ˈməltiˌpleɪər ˈbeɪtə feɪld tɪ ˌɪmˈprɛs. ˌrivˈju ˈkɑpiz wərənt sɛnt aʊt ˈərli tɪ prɛs ˈaʊˌtlɛts. ˈɛni wən əv ðiz θɪŋz kʊd hæv bɪn sin ɛz rɛd flægz, ənd ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ðɛm ˈdɪdənt boʊd wɛl fər ˌrɛzərˈɛkʃən. noʊ wən kʊd hæv ɪkˈspɛktɪd wət wi wund əp ˈgɪtɪŋ, wɪʧ ɪz wən əv ðə bɛst ˈʃutər kæmˈpeɪnz əv ɔl taɪm. ɪt ˈmænɪʤd tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə mud əv ˈklæsɪk dum waɪl ˈædɪŋ ə səˈpraɪzɪŋli sɛns əv ˈhjumər ənd ən ˈɛksələnt ˈglɔri kɪl ˈsɪstəm. ˈməltiˌpleɪər ˈdɪdənt teɪk ðə wərld baɪ stɔrm baɪ ˈɛni minz, bət wi wər ɔl tu dɪˈstræktɪd baɪ ðə ˈʃɑkɪŋli gʊd kæmˈpeɪn tɪ kɛr. runners-up*: ˈvæli, ˈhɪtˌmæn
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m a i n n e w s beijing plays down row over disputed map in its
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tribune news service new delhi, december 7
china continues to indulge in in the latest map row with india, vietnam and the philippines, refusing to budge from its position that the move was purely a security measure and not aimed against any country. chinese sources sought to play down the concerns raised by india and some east asian countries over new, the latest bone of contention between beijing and its neighbours. this is not targeted at any particular country, they told the tribune. map of discontent * india noticed that beijing had started issuing new biometric passports depicting two areas along the border as part of china * one of the areas was pradesh while the other was chin, a remote part of jammu and kashmir that beijing had occupied after the 1962 war * beijing had informed all countries in advance about the proposed changes in the as is the general practice under the regulations of the international civil aviation organisation, chinese sources said * they explained that the move followed a suggestion from the chinese ministry of public security that the introduction of would help improve security effectively, preventing counterfeiting sources pointed out that beijing had informed all countries in advance about the proposed changes in the as is the general practice under the regulations of the international civil aviation organisation. they explained that the move followed a suggestion from the chinese ministry of public security that the introduction of would help improve security effectively, preventing counterfeiting. the controversy erupted a few weeks back when india noticed that beijing had started issuing new biometric passports depicting two areas along the border as part of china. one of the areas was pradesh while the other was chin, a remote part of jammu and kashmir that beijing had occupied after the 1962 war. much to the consternation of vietnam and the philippines, the also shows shoals and in the south china sea that beijing claims almost entirely, but which is contested and, in some areas, patrolled by a number of other southeast asian nations. the move was interpreted as yet another crude attempt by china to keep its neighbours on and aggressively display its designs. officials in new delhi swiftly got into action, considering ways and means to counter the chinese move. though technically it was an issue concerning the chinese passport, new delhi felt that stamping visas to its holders could amount to endorsing stand. when new delhi complained to the chinese foreign ministry in this regard, it got no response. left with no choice, india went in for a tit-for-tat response, covering up the controversial map that appears as a watermark on the pages of the latest chinese passports with a specially redesigned visa that displays version of the border. the redesigned visa depicts the two himalayan regions as a part of india. asked if the redesigned visa had annoyed the chinese, an official source said, we are not concerned about how they react because they are the ones who started it. in response to a question, the source said there was no need for a parliamentary approval for the redesigned visa. meanwhile, vietnam and the philippines have also found ways to deal with the situation. vietnam is now issuing visas to chinese nationals on separate slips of paper rather than stamps affixed to passport pages to avoid approving action. similarly, the philippine visas will be stamped on a separate visa form for chinese applicants.
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ɛm ə aɪ ɛn ɛn i ˈdəbəlju ɛs ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ pleɪz daʊn roʊ ˈoʊvər dɪˈspjutɪd mæp ɪn ɪts ˈæʃɑk ˈtrɪbjun nuz ˈsərvɪs nu ˈdɛli, dɪˈsɛmbər 7 ˈʧaɪnə kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ ˌɪnˈdəlʤ ɪn ɪn ðə ˈleɪtəst mæp roʊ wɪθ ˈɪndiə, viˌɛtˈnɑm ənd ðə ˈfɪləˌpinz, rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ bəʤ frəm ɪts pəˈzɪʃən ðət ðə muv wɑz ˈpjʊrli ə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈmɛʒər ənd nɑt eɪmd əˈgɛnst ˈɛni ˈkəntri. ʧaɪˈniz ˈsɔrsəz sɔt tɪ pleɪ daʊn ðə kənˈsərnz reɪzd baɪ ˈɪndiə ənd səm ist ˈeɪʒən ˈkəntriz ˈoʊvər nu, ðə ˈleɪtəst boʊn əv kənˈtɛnʃən bɪtˈwin ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ ənd ɪts ˈneɪbərz. ɪz nɑt ˈtɑrgətɪd æt ˈɛni ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr country,*, ðeɪ toʊld ðə ˈtrɪbjun. mæp əv dɪskənˈtɛnt ˈɪndiə ˈnoʊtɪst ðət ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ hæd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈɪʃuɪŋ nu ˌbaɪəˈmɛtrək ˈpæˌspɔrts dɪˈpɪktɪŋ tu ˈɛriəz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər ɛz pɑrt əv ˈʧaɪnə wən əv ðə ˈɛriəz wɑz prəˈdɛʃ waɪl ðə ˈəðər wɑz ʧɪn, ə rɪˈmoʊt pɑrt əv ʤəˈmu ənd ˈkæʃmɪr ðət ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ hæd ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ˈæftər ðə 1962 wɔr ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ hæd ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ɔl ˈkəntriz ɪn ədˈvæns əˈbaʊt ðə prəˈpoʊzd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə ɛz ɪz ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpræktɪs ˈəndər ðə ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsɪvəl ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən, ʧaɪˈniz ˈsɔrsəz sɛd ðeɪ ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət ðə muv ˈfɑloʊd ə səˈʤɛsʧən frəm ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈpəblɪk sɪˈkjʊrəti ðət ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv wʊd hɛlp ˌɪmˈpruv sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈifɛktɪvli, prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ˈkaʊnərˌfɪtɪŋ ˈsɔrsəz ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ðət ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ hæd ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ɔl ˈkəntriz ɪn ədˈvæns əˈbaʊt ðə prəˈpoʊzd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə ɛz ɪz ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈpræktɪs ˈəndər ðə ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsɪvəl ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən. ðeɪ ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət ðə muv ˈfɑloʊd ə səˈʤɛsʧən frəm ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈpəblɪk sɪˈkjʊrəti ðət ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv wʊd hɛlp ˌɪmˈpruv sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈifɛktɪvli, prɪˈvɛnɪŋ ˈkaʊnərˌfɪtɪŋ. ðə ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi ˌɪˈrəptɪd ə fju wiks bæk wɪn ˈɪndiə ˈnoʊtɪst ðət ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ hæd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈɪʃuɪŋ nu ˌbaɪəˈmɛtrək ˈpæˌspɔrts dɪˈpɪktɪŋ tu ˈɛriəz əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər ɛz pɑrt əv ˈʧaɪnə. wən əv ðə ˈɛriəz wɑz prəˈdɛʃ waɪl ðə ˈəðər wɑz ʧɪn, ə rɪˈmoʊt pɑrt əv ʤəˈmu ənd ˈkæʃmɪr ðət ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ hæd ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ˈæftər ðə 1962 wɔr. məʧ tɪ ðə ˌkɑnstərˈneɪʃən əv viˌɛtˈnɑm ənd ðə ˈfɪləˌpinz, ðə ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊz ʃoʊlz ənd ɪn ðə saʊθ ˈʧaɪnə si ðət ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ kleɪmz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɪnˈtaɪərli, bət wɪʧ ɪz kənˈtɛstəd ənd, ɪn səm ˈɛriəz, pəˈtroʊld baɪ ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈəðər ˌsaʊˈθist ˈeɪʒən ˈneɪʃənz. ðə muv wɑz ˌɪnˈtərprətəd ɛz jɛt əˈnəðər krud əˈtɛmpt baɪ ˈʧaɪnə tɪ kip ɪts ˈneɪbərz ɔn ənd əˈgrɛsɪvli dɪˈspleɪ ɪts dɪˈzaɪnz. əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn nu ˈdɛli sˈwɪftli gɑt ˈɪntu ˈækʃən, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ weɪz ənd minz tɪ ˈkaʊntər ðə ʧaɪˈniz muv. ðoʊ ˈtɛknɪkəli ɪt wɑz ən ˈɪʃu kənˈsərnɪŋ ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈpæˌspɔrt, nu ˈdɛli fɛlt ðət ˈstæmpɪŋ ˈvizəz tɪ ɪts ˈhoʊldərz kʊd əˈmaʊnt tɪ ɛnˈdɔrsɪŋ stænd. wɪn nu ˈdɛli kəmˈpleɪnd tɪ ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstri ɪn ðɪs rɪˈgɑrd, ɪt gɑt noʊ rɪˈspɑns. lɛft wɪθ noʊ ʧɔɪs, ˈɪndiə wɛnt ɪn fər ə ˈtɪtˌfɔrˈtæt rɪˈspɑns, ˈkəvərɪŋ əp ðə ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl mæp ðət əˈpɪrz ɛz ə ˈwɔtərˌmɑrk ɔn ðə ˈpeɪʤɪz əv ðə ˈleɪtəst ʧaɪˈniz ˈpæˌspɔrts wɪθ ə ˈspɛʃəli ˌridɪˈzaɪnd ˈvizə ðət dɪˈspleɪz ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈbɔrdər. ðə ˌridɪˈzaɪnd ˈvizə dɪˈpɪkts ðə tu ˌhɪməˈleɪən ˈriʤənz ɛz ə pɑrt əv ˈɪndiə. æst ɪf ðə ˌridɪˈzaɪnd ˈvizə hæd əˈnɔɪd ðə ʧaɪˈniz, ən əˈfɪʃəl sɔrs sɛd, ər nɑt kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt haʊ ðeɪ riækt bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər ðə wənz hu ˈstɑrtɪd it.*. ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ə kˈwɛʃən, ðə sɔrs sɛd ðɛr wɑz noʊ nid fər ə ˌpɑrləˈmɛntəri əˈpruvəl fər ðə ˌridɪˈzaɪnd ˈvizə. ˈminˌwaɪl, viˌɛtˈnɑm ənd ðə ˈfɪləˌpinz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd weɪz tɪ dil wɪθ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. viˌɛtˈnɑm ɪz naʊ ˈɪʃuɪŋ ˈvizəz tɪ ʧaɪˈniz ˈnæʃənəlz ɔn ˈsɛpərˌeɪt slɪps əv ˈpeɪpər ˈrəðər ðən stæmps əˈfɪkst tɪ ˈpæˌspɔrt ˈpeɪʤɪz tɪ əˈvɔɪd əˈpruvɪŋ ˈækʃən. ˈsɪmələrli, ðə ˈfɪləˌpin ˈvizəz wɪl bi stæmpt ɔn ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˈvizə fɔrm fər ʧaɪˈniz ˈæplɪkənts.
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in 2008 and 2009, we suffered the worst recession since the great depression. and now we're experiencing the weakest recovery in modern history. here we are in the third year of an economic expansion, and we're barely back where we started. and by some measures, most importantly unemployment, we have failed to get back where we started.
to make matters worse, with the crisis in europe and a slowdown in china, some people worry that another recession might be looming for next year, especially if we fall off the proverbial fiscal cliff of increased taxes and an end to government economic stimulus.
so let's go back to basics. what would keyes do?
john maynard keynes (1883–1946) was the most influential economist of the century. his ideas were adopted by franklin d. roosevelt to battle the depression. most economists, even many republicans, credit roosevelt and keynesian economics with putting americans back to work in the 1930s, helping the u.s. climb out of economic disaster, and setting the stage for the economic boom. by 1971, president richard nixon admitted, “we’re all keynesians now.”
keynes theorized that during recessions, the public gets frightened and holds back on spending, resulting in more layoffs, which in turn produces less spending in a vicious circle of economic decline. the way to break the cycle, said keynes, is to pump government spending into the economy by building roads and bridges and other public works. even hired unemployed writers for a federal writers’ project, traveling the country to produce guidebooks on states and cities.
keynes overturned classical economic theory which said that free markets produce full employment. keynes argued that aggregate demand determines the level of economic activity. if demand falls short, it leads to recession and high unemployment. keynesian economics fell out of favor under president reagan, but george bush brought back keynes in the 2000s, ramping up spending in order to pump up aggregate demand, and president obama has tried to follow suit, with limited success.
so what would keynes do in 2012? speculate:
1. clearly, he would advise the federal government to invest in infrastructure, building roads and bridges, improving the electric grid, reinvigorating the space program, and developing alternative energy. remember, it was who built the alternative energy infrastructure of his day, from the grand coulee dam to the tennessee valley authority.
2. keynes introduced the concept of price stickiness, which means that workers resist lowering their wages in the face of falling demand for labor. keynes was undeniably liberal, yet he would certainly comprehend the current fiscal problems of cities and states, burdened with past promises of unaffordable pay packages for their workers. he would probably not support the draconian measures of officials like wisconsin governor scott walker to take away worker rights. but he probably would support less drastic cutbacks taking place in states like new york and california, where politicians are pushing to balance budgets in the face of lower economic conditions.
3. keynes said if money saved exceeds the amount being invested, then unemployment will rise. think of all the money hoarded on corporate balance sheets. google alone is sitting on almost $50 billion in cash. microsoft has almost $60 billion. he might well be in favor of lowering taxes on funds that american businesses hold overseas so they would bring the money home. and he would certainly support tax breaks and other incentives for corporations to build new factories and ramp up research and development.
4. keynes felt that countries should not run large trade surpluses or deficits. he would likely be in favor of lowering the value of the dollar to boost american exports, give our multinational corporations a competitive edge, and reduce the u.s. trade deficit.
5. finally, keynes argued that world war should be paid for with higher taxation. to the extent that higher taxation would not reduce little evidence that modestly higher taxes on incomes above $250,000 would reduce aggregate demand, because these are the people who are hoarding "too much" would be in favor of increasing taxes on super-rich, and maybe even the near-rich, to help pay for our military ventures, finance infrastructure investment, and narrow the budget deficit.
tom sightings is a former publishing executive who was eased into early retirement in his mid-50s. he lives in the new york area and blogs at sightings at 60, where he covers health, finance, retirement, and other concerns of baby boomers who realize that somehow they have grown up.
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ɪn 2008 ənd 2009 wi ˈsəfərd ðə wərst ˌriˈsɛʃən sɪns ðə greɪt dɪˈprɛʃən. ənd naʊ wɪr ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ðə ˈwikəst rɪˈkəvəri ɪn ˈmɑdərn ˈhɪstəri. hir wi ər ɪn ðə θərd jɪr əv ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ɪkˈspænʧən, ənd wɪr ˈbɛrli bæk wɛr wi ˈstɑrtɪd. ənd baɪ səm ˈmɛʒərz, moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt, wi hæv feɪld tɪ gɪt bæk wɛr wi ˈstɑrtɪd. tɪ meɪk ˈmætərz wərs, wɪθ ðə ˈkraɪsəs ɪn ˈjʊrəp ənd ə sˈloʊˌdaʊn ɪn ˈʧaɪnə, səm ˈpipəl ˈwəri ðət əˈnəðər ˌriˈsɛʃən maɪt bi ˈlumɪŋ fər nɛkst jɪr, əˈspɛʃəli ɪf wi fɔl ɔf ðə prəˈvərbiəl ˈfɪskəl klɪf əv ˌɪnˈkrist ˈtæksɪz ənd ən ɛnd tɪ ˈgəvərnmənt ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈstɪmjələs. soʊ lɛts goʊ bæk tɪ ˈbeɪsɪks. wət wʊd kiz du? ʤɑn ˈmeɪnərd keɪnz wɑz ðə moʊst ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl ɪˈkɑnəmɪst əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri. hɪz aɪˈdiəz wər əˈdɑptəd baɪ ˈfræŋklɪn di. ˈruzəˌvɛlt tɪ ˈbætəl ðə dɪˈprɛʃən. moʊst ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts, ˈivɪn ˈmɛni rɪˈpəblɪkənz, ˈkrɛdɪt ˈruzəˌvɛlt ənd ˈkeɪnziən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks wɪθ ˈpʊtɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkənz bæk tɪ wərk ɪn ðə 1930s*, ˈhɛlpɪŋ ðə juz. klaɪm aʊt əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈzæstər, ənd ˈsɛtɪŋ ðə steɪʤ fər ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk bum. baɪ 1971 ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈrɪʧərd ˈnɪksən ədˈmɪtəd, ɔl ˈkeɪnziənz now.”*.” keɪnz θiəraɪzd ðət ˈdʊrɪŋ rɪˈsɛʃənz, ðə ˈpəblɪk gɪts ˈfraɪtənd ənd hoʊldz bæk ɔn ˈspɛndɪŋ, rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn mɔr leɪɔfs, wɪʧ ɪn tərn prəˈdusɪz lɛs ˈspɛndɪŋ ɪn ə ˈvɪʃəs ˈsərkəl əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈklaɪn. ðə weɪ tɪ breɪk ðə ˈsaɪkəl, sɛd keɪnz, ɪz tɪ pəmp ˈgəvərnmənt ˈspɛndɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi baɪ ˈbɪldɪŋ roʊdz ənd ˈbrɪʤɪz ənd ˈəðər ˈpəblɪk wərks. ˈivɪn haɪərd ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd ˈraɪtərz fər ə ˈfɛdərəl writers’*’ ˈprɑʤɛkt, ˈtrævəlɪŋ ðə ˈkəntri tɪ ˈproʊdus ˈgaɪdˌbʊks ɔn steɪts ənd ˈsɪtiz. keɪnz ˈoʊvərˌtərnd ˈklæsɪkəl ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈθɪri wɪʧ sɛd ðət fri ˈmɑrkɪts ˈproʊdus fʊl ɪmˈplɔɪmənt. keɪnz ˈɑrgjud ðət ˈægrəgət dɪˈmænd dɪˈtərmənz ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ækˈtɪvɪti. ɪf dɪˈmænd fɔlz ʃɔrt, ɪt lidz tɪ ˌriˈsɛʃən ənd haɪ ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt. ˈkeɪnziən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks fɛl aʊt əv ˈfeɪvər ˈəndər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈrigən, bət ʤɔrʤ bʊʃ brɔt bæk keɪnz ɪn ðə 2000s*, ˈræmpɪŋ əp ˈspɛndɪŋ ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ pəmp əp ˈægrəgət dɪˈmænd, ənd ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə həz traɪd tɪ ˈfɑloʊ sut, wɪθ ˈlɪmɪtɪd səkˈsɛs. soʊ wət wʊd keɪnz du ɪn 2012 ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt: 1 ˈklɪrli, hi wʊd ədˈvaɪz ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛst ɪn ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər, ˈbɪldɪŋ roʊdz ənd ˈbrɪʤɪz, ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛktrɪk grɪd, ˌriɪnˈvɪgərˌeɪtɪŋ ðə speɪs ˈproʊˌgræm, ənd dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈɛnərʤi. rɪˈmɛmbər, ɪt wɑz hu bɪlt ðə ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər əv hɪz deɪ, frəm ðə grænd ˈkuli dæm tɪ ðə ˌtɛnəˈsi ˈvæli əˈθɔrəti. 2 keɪnz ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt əv praɪs stickiness*, wɪʧ minz ðət ˈwərkərz rɪˈzɪst loʊərɪŋ ðɛr ˈweɪʤɪz ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˈfɑlɪŋ dɪˈmænd fər ˈleɪbər. keɪnz wɑz ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbli ˈlɪˌbərəl, jɛt hi wʊd ˈsərtənli ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnd ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈfɪskəl ˈprɑbləmz əv ˈsɪtiz ənd steɪts, ˈbərdənd wɪθ pæst ˈprɑməsəz əv ənəˈfɔrdəbəl peɪ ˈpækɪʤɪz fər ðɛr ˈwərkərz. hi wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt səˈpɔrt ðə drəˈkoʊniən ˈmɛʒərz əv əˈfɪʃəlz laɪk wɪˈskɑnsən ˈgəvərnər skɑt ˈwɔkər tɪ teɪk əˈweɪ ˈwərkər raɪts. bət hi ˈprɑbəˌbli wʊd səˈpɔrt lɛs ˈdræstɪk ˈkətˌbæks ˈteɪkɪŋ pleɪs ɪn steɪts laɪk nu jɔrk ənd ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, wɛr ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ər ˈpʊʃɪŋ tɪ ˈbæləns ˈbəʤɪts ɪn ðə feɪs əv loʊər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk kənˈdɪʃənz. 3 keɪnz sɛd ɪf ˈməni seɪvd ɪkˈsidz ðə əˈmaʊnt biɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd, ðɛn ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt wɪl raɪz. θɪŋk əv ɔl ðə ˈməni ˈhɔrdɪd ɔn ˈkɔrpərət ˈbæləns ʃits. ˈgugəl əˈloʊn ɪz ˈsɪtɪŋ ɔn ˈɔlˌmoʊst 50 ˈbɪljən ɪn kæʃ. ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft həz ˈɔlˌmoʊst 60 ˈbɪljən. hi maɪt wɛl bi ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv loʊərɪŋ ˈtæksɪz ɔn fəndz ðət əˈmɛrɪkən ˈbɪznɪsɪz hoʊld ˈoʊvərˈsiz soʊ ðeɪ wʊd brɪŋ ðə ˈməni hoʊm. ənd hi wʊd ˈsərtənli səˈpɔrt tæks breɪks ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz fər ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz tɪ bɪld nu ˈfæktəriz ənd ræmp əp ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt. 4 keɪnz fɛlt ðət ˈkəntriz ʃʊd nɑt rən lɑrʤ treɪd ˈsərpləsɪz ər ˈdɛfɪsɪts. hi wʊd ˈlaɪkli bi ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv loʊərɪŋ ðə ˈvælju əv ðə ˈdɔlər tɪ bust əˈmɛrɪkən ˈɛkspɔrts, gɪv ɑr ˌməlˌtiˈnæʃənəl ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz ə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ɛʤ, ənd rɪˈdus ðə juz. treɪd ˈdɛfəsət. 5 ˈfaɪnəli, keɪnz ˈɑrgjud ðət wərld wɔr ʃʊd bi peɪd fər wɪθ haɪər tækˈseɪʃən. tɪ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt ðət haɪər tækˈseɪʃən wʊd nɑt rɪˈdus ˈlɪtəl ˈɛvədəns ðət ˈmɑdəstli haɪər ˈtæksɪz ɔn ˈɪnˌkəmz əˈbəv wʊd rɪˈdus ˈægrəgət dɪˈmænd, bɪˈkəz ðiz ər ðə ˈpipəl hu ər ˈhɔrdɪŋ "tu məʧ" wʊd bi ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈtæksɪz ɔn super-rich*, ənd ˈmeɪbi ˈivɪn ðə near-rich*, tɪ hɛlp peɪ fər ɑr ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈvɛnʧərz, ˈfaɪˌnæns ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt, ənd ˈnɛroʊ ðə ˈbəʤɪt ˈdɛfəsət. tɑm ˈsaɪtɪŋz ɪz ə ˈfɔrmər ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv hu wɑz izd ˈɪntu ˈərli rɪˈtaɪərmənt ɪn hɪz mid-50s*. hi lɪvz ɪn ðə nu jɔrk ˈɛriə ənd blɔgz æt ˈsaɪtɪŋz æt 60 wɛr hi ˈkəvərz hɛlθ, ˈfaɪˌnæns, rɪˈtaɪərmənt, ənd ˈəðər kənˈsərnz əv ˈbeɪbi ˈbumərz hu ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ˈsəmˌhaʊ ðeɪ hæv groʊn əp.
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by coleen van der watt, august 29, 2013
www.stankovuniversallaw.com
preface
by georgi
it may take some time before we comprehend exactly what has happened yesterday and this night. but there is no doubt that a major final decision has been made to begin with the detonation of the pat supernova independently of what will happen on the ground what crimes the dark cabal intend to perpetrate on humanity. it is a predetermined outcome that they will fail and drop out from this reality, so that this final outburst of dark energies will only fuel our ascension, which is overdue long time ago.
the report of coleen from south africa as of today is another powerful confirmation that the ascension process has begun.
carla had yesterday another important ascension journey to the dimension, but she still needs to discuss its ramifications with the before we know exactly what she has accomplished during this visit. at the same time i was also retrieved from this reality and dwelled for almost two hours in the higher realms, where some important decisions were made as reported this night. as soon as i have more information on these recent energetic events, i will publish it immediately.
it is also important to note that yesterday there was another huge shift to higher dimensions and now, while i am writing this preface, a second powerful surge of source energies is coming. there is no doubt that the dramatics of the ascension process is now peaking parallel to the beginning of the anticipated atrocities of the dark western cabal in the middle east and elsewhere around the world. this is all part and parcel of the last act of this cosmic human drama before the curtain falls for this reality and the new earth is unveiled.
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coleen’s energy report august 29th, 2013
from south africa
dear georgi
the last email i sent was really quick, my internet is almost finished, so wanted to let you know. but here i am going to try and explain how i felt, hopefully the email will get to you.
last night i could feel the soaring. i kept refreshing your site as i knew i would hear from you. it smacked me of my chair when my told me “no”, not the internet. i tried to listen what she was going to say. to my surprise it was you. you told me that you were in and that you needed my help in sending as much light as i could to the and the pat.
i immediately went to lie down this was at pm and started sending out my light with the help of as you told me. i felt all the angels and light beings around me feeling their love and peace. and if i should ascend, they are there with me. i took your hand and and could see all the pat standing in huge circles holding hands with each their light so bright.
i could feel in body that i could dissolve any moment. after an hour (although it felt much less) i opened my eyes, feeling as if i was in the wrong place. but i was in my room and all felt different but everything i was seeing was the same. i am truly still feeling like “where am i ?” i asked what this was all about. and she told me that there was a huge shift. i only slept for 2 hours at night and slept the whole morning. really tired. but had a dream about the supernova.
i know you reply to any emails but would like to hear from you.
love and light
coleen
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dear coleen,
i am very obliged for sending me this comprehensive account on what has happened yesterday evening and in the night. carla had also a remarkable experience yesterday, but she still needs some validation from the what exactly took place.
i will publish your report as a confirmation of the beginning of the ascension process.
with love and light
george
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baɪ kɔˈlin væn dər wɑt, ˈɔgəst 29 2013 ˈprɛfəs baɪ ʤiˈɑrʤi ɪt meɪ teɪk səm taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr wi ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnd ɪgˈzæktli wət həz ˈhæpənd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ənd ðɪs naɪt. bət ðɛr ɪz noʊ daʊt ðət ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈfaɪnəl dɪˈsɪʒən həz bɪn meɪd tɪ bɪˈgɪn wɪθ ðə ˌdɛtəˈneɪʃən əv ðə pæt ˌsupərˈnoʊvə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli əv wət wɪl ˈhæpən ɔn ðə graʊnd wət kraɪmz ðə dɑrk kəˈbɑl ˌɪnˈtɛnd tɪ ˈpərpəˌtreɪt ɔn juˈmænɪti. ɪt ɪz ə ˌpridiˈtərmɪnd ˈaʊtˌkəm ðət ðeɪ wɪl feɪl ənd drɔp aʊt frəm ðɪs ˌriˈæləˌti, soʊ ðət ðɪs ˈfaɪnəl ˈaʊtˌbərst əv dɑrk ˈɛnərʤiz wɪl ˈoʊnli fjuəl ɑr əˈsɛnʃən, wɪʧ ɪz ˈoʊvərˈdu lɔŋ taɪm əˈgoʊ. ðə rɪˈpɔrt əv kɔˈlin frəm saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ ɛz əv təˈdeɪ ɪz əˈnəðər ˈpaʊərfəl ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən ðət ðə əˈsɛnʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs həz ˈbeɪgən. ˈkɑrlɑ hæd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ əˈnəðər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əˈsɛnʃən ˈʤərni tɪ ðə dɪˈmɛnʃən, bət ʃi stɪl nidz tɪ dɪˈskəs ɪts ˌræməfəˈkeɪʃənz wɪθ ðə ˌbiˈfɔr wi noʊ ɪgˈzæktli wət ʃi həz əˈkɑmplɪʃt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈvɪzɪt. æt ðə seɪm taɪm aɪ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ riˈtrivd frəm ðɪs ˌriˈæləˌti ənd dwɛld fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst tu aʊərz ɪn ðə haɪər rɛlmz, wɛr səm ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt dɪˈsɪʒənz wər meɪd ɛz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðɪs naɪt. ɛz sun ɛz aɪ hæv mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðiz ˈrisənt ˌɛnərˈʤɛtɪk ɪˈvɛnts, aɪ wɪl ˈpəblɪʃ ɪt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli. ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ noʊt ðət ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ðɛr wɑz əˈnəðər juʤ ʃɪft tɪ haɪər dɪˈmɛnʃənz ənd naʊ, waɪl aɪ æm ˈraɪtɪŋ ðɪs ˈprɛfəs, ə ˈsɛkənd ˈpaʊərfəl sərʤ əv sɔrs ˈɛnərʤiz ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ. ðɛr ɪz noʊ daʊt ðət ðə drəˈmætɪks əv ðə əˈsɛnʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪz naʊ ˈpikɪŋ ˈpɛrəˌlɛl tɪ ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd əˈtrɑsətiz əv ðə dɑrk ˈwɛstərn kəˈbɑl ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist ənd ˈɛlsˌwɛr əraʊnd ðə wərld. ðɪs ɪz ɔl pɑrt ənd ˈpɑrsəl əv ðə læst ækt əv ðɪs ˈkɑzmɪk ˈjumən ˈdrɑmə ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈkərtən fɔlz fər ðɪs ˌriˈæləˌti ənd ðə nu ərθ ɪz ənˈveɪld. ˈɛnərʤi rɪˈpɔrt ˈɔgəst 29th*, 2013 frəm saʊθ ˈæfrɪkɑ dɪr ʤiˈɑrʤi ðə læst iˈmeɪl aɪ sɛnt wɑz ˈrɪli kwɪk, maɪ ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈfɪnɪʃt, soʊ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ lɛt ju noʊ. bət hir aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ traɪ ənd ɪkˈspleɪn haʊ aɪ fɛlt, ˈhoʊpfəli ðə iˈmeɪl wɪl gɪt tɪ ju. læst naɪt aɪ kʊd fil ðə ˈsɔrɪŋ. aɪ kɛpt rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ jʊr saɪt ɛz aɪ nu aɪ wʊd hir frəm ju. ɪt smækt mi əv maɪ ʧɛr wɪn maɪ toʊld mi ““no”*”, nɑt ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. aɪ traɪd tɪ ˈlɪsən wət ʃi wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ seɪ. tɪ maɪ səˈpraɪz ɪt wɑz ju. ju toʊld mi ðət ju wər ɪn ənd ðət ju ˈnidɪd maɪ hɛlp ɪn ˈsɛndɪŋ ɛz məʧ laɪt ɛz aɪ kʊd tɪ ðə ənd ðə pæt. aɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli wɛnt tɪ laɪ daʊn ðɪs wɑz æt piɛm ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈsɛndɪŋ aʊt maɪ laɪt wɪθ ðə hɛlp əv ɛz ju toʊld mi. aɪ fɛlt ɔl ðə ˈeɪnʤəlz ənd laɪt biɪŋz əraʊnd mi ˈfilɪŋ ðɛr ləv ənd pis. ənd ɪf aɪ ʃʊd əˈsɛnd, ðeɪ ər ðɛr wɪθ mi. aɪ tʊk jʊr hænd ənd ənd kʊd si ɔl ðə pæt ˈstændɪŋ ɪn juʤ ˈsərkəlz ˈhoʊldɪŋ hænz wɪθ iʧ ðɛr laɪt soʊ braɪt. aɪ kʊd fil ɪn ˈbɑdi ðət aɪ kʊd dɪˈzɑlv ˈɛni ˈmoʊmənt. ˈæftər ən aʊər (ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt fɛlt məʧ lɛs) aɪ ˈoʊpənd maɪ aɪz, ˈfilɪŋ ɛz ɪf aɪ wɑz ɪn ðə rɔŋ pleɪs. bət aɪ wɑz ɪn maɪ rum ənd ɔl fɛlt ˈdɪfərənt bət ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ wɑz siɪŋ wɑz ðə seɪm. aɪ æm ˈtruli stɪl ˈfilɪŋ laɪk æm aɪ aɪ æst wət ðɪs wɑz ɔl əˈbaʊt. ənd ʃi toʊld mi ðət ðɛr wɑz ə juʤ ʃɪft. aɪ ˈoʊnli slɛpt fər 2 aʊərz æt naɪt ənd slɛpt ðə hoʊl ˈmɔrnɪŋ. ˈrɪli taɪərd. bət hæd ə drim əˈbaʊt ðə ˌsupərˈnoʊvə. aɪ noʊ ju rɪˈplaɪ tɪ ˈɛni iˈmeɪlz bət wʊd laɪk tɪ hir frəm ju. ləv ənd laɪt kɔˈlin dɪr kɔˈlin, aɪ æm ˈvɛri əˈblaɪʤd fər ˈsɛndɪŋ mi ðɪs ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv əˈkaʊnt ɔn wət həz ˈhæpənd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ ənd ɪn ðə naɪt. ˈkɑrlɑ hæd ˈɔlsoʊ ə rɪˈmɑrkəbəl ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, bət ʃi stɪl nidz səm ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən frəm ðə wət ɪgˈzæktli tʊk pleɪs. aɪ wɪl ˈpəblɪʃ jʊr rɪˈpɔrt ɛz ə ˌkɑnfərˈmeɪʃən əv ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə əˈsɛnʃən ˈprɔˌsɛs. wɪθ ləv ənd laɪt ʤɔrʤ
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the west coast expansion tour travelled north from la to san francisco (sort of) this past weekend. while some folks were less than pleased by the distance that the venue was from san francisco itself (roughly 75 miles), sonoma county residents such as myself were incredibly excited to finally have a large-scale event in our own backyard.
the event was held in the rolling hills surrounding lake sonoma, in the small town of geyserville. know this location well, as it annually hosts the lake sonoma 50 miler. saturday morning brought clear skies, and temps in the low 50’s; this was in stark contrast to the three days prior to the event, which saw nothing but rain. as a result, the athletes were in for a very slick and muddy course. oh of hills.
battlefrog spread 29 obstacles across the course (which measured as long as miles depending upon whose gps you believe). this was my first attempt at an event that a tough mudder, so i was anxious to see how fare on some of the tougher obstacles.
as is the case with most events, the elite and masters male and female waves all launched at around 7:30am. the folks (those who attempt to complete as many laps as possible during the day) were up next. if you ever attend a event, be sure to catch the briefing for the heat. chris acord (aka the beard) spells out the rules and dishes out a little punishment; and for those who miss the briefing well, some special punishment (and public shaming) awaits them at the start line.
once the athletes were gone, it was time for the first open wave of the day. this included yours truly. coach pain dewayne lined us up in rows of 10 to 12 and then provided us with his signature motivational speech. he then sent us on our way, launching row after row every 15 seconds or so.
the course started off with a fairly steep downhill section. this would later be looked upon as a luxury, as they managed (or at least it seemed) to make a majority of this course uphill.
one thing was certain from the get loves walls. you name it, got it. we started with an set, and then came upon a ladder wall shortly after that. throughout the course, there were many more. there were straight walls of different heights (8 foot, 6 foot, 4 foot). there were walls angled in various directions (inverted wall, ramp wall, wedge wall). they also threw in a challenging rope wall right near the end, just in case you had any grip strength left.
one of my favorite things about the course was the way they used the natural terrain against you. as a local who has run the trails in this area before, i thought have a bit of an advantage. that would have been the case, had we actually stuck to the trails. to loosely paraphrase doc brown, “trails? where going, we need trails”. where we did go was straight up the side of the mountain. a lot. the “hill scramble” was the obstacle of the course, and it was hardly a scramble at all. it was a very long and very steep climb through some low grass. i know the actual length of the climb, but my calves tell me it was 17 miles. these types of climbs occurred multiple times, this one just happened to have a title.
since the event was held near a lake, i figured end up in the lake at some we it was just a short trudge through the shallows, no more than thigh deep. later, there was a really fun technical part of the course called frog falls, where we basically hiked and climbed our way through a deep creek bed for a while. the recent rains made climbing out of this area particularly slippery.
there were two “carry” obstacles on this course. the wreck bag carry (50lb sandbag) and the jerry can carry (one for each hand. for the men and for the women). if you are guessing that most of the carrying was done going uphill, be correct.
as for the “tougher” obstacles that i mentioned earlier? the first to show up was called weaver. this is a shallow structure with wide parallel bars across it. as you go through it, you must “weave” over a bar and then under a bar (and so on) until you reach the end. for me, the transition from over to under was particularly painful, and i have the bruises to prove it.
a bit further down the trail (mostly uphill, of course) was tip of the spear. this obstacle combines two grip strength sapping elements, both of which take place against steep walls. the first section had 6 ropes lying side by side, which you had to use to traverse the wall from right to left. this was made more difficult thanks to the wall being covered in a slippery plastic. a balance beam lead you to the middle wall. this one had secured toward the top of the walls, angled upward in a chevron shape. there were two of these set-ups on the wall, with a small ledge to rest your feet after you completed the first one. a second balance beam lead you to the final wall, which was a repeat of the rope wall. the only catch here is that at the top of the last rope there is a bell that you must ring.
the rope climb was the obstacle of the day, and one that i had never attempted before. it was not as tall as i had expected, which artificially boosted my confidence. a quick attempt to muscle up the rope using only my arms was quickly met with defeat. as i waited for the feeling to return to my hands, i watched a few other athletes come through. by mimicking their cross footed, thigh squeezing technique, i was able to ring the bell on my second attempt.
anyone who has heard of, has heard of the platinum rig. i knew it was coming, i just know exactly when. after yet another climb, as approached the apex of the could hear the commotion. lots of cheering, lots of grunting, and a few expletives being shouted. there is was, in all its lime green glory. as luck would have it, we were treated to rigs. this would be my only failed obstacle of the day, which coincided with my first time ever doing body builders. hats off to anyone who was able to complete this bad boy, i look forward to the day that i do.
following the rig, you were actually able to get a glimpse of the finish line. with the “tough” obstacles behind me, this put a little boost in my gait. but our friends done messing with us just yet. after a short distance through relatively flat terrain, the monkey bars appeared. the big difference with these monkey bars is that the bars fixed. so they roll as you grip them. this added an extra degree of difficulty. it was a nice twist on an otherwise standard obstacle.
with the finish line now in clear site (up one more hill, of course), there was one more wall to conquer (of course there was). this was a rope wall. this obstacle is basically a wall with a rope hanging off the top, and a horizontal about half way up. because this obstacle was placed so late in the course, and grip strength was exhausted, it was quite challenging. i was fortunate to clear it, but my from the top could best be described as “controlled falling”.
the signature delta cargo obstacle was the final of the day. after clearing that, my first was officially in the books. i received my finisher medal and headed to the beer tent.
i really know what to expect when i signed up for this event. like any company, there are fans and detractors of them all. personally, i came away from this event incredibly impressed. parking at this venue is incredibly sparse, but i feel they did a good job with the shuttle bus system that they employed. registration was seamless for me, and the staff and volunteers were knowledgeable and friendly. i would definitely consider myself a fan of this series, and look forward to attending the one in san jose in august.
*photo credits to david bird, joe forney, gladden, and christopher thomas
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baɪ ðə wɛst koʊst ɪkˈspænʧən tʊr ˈtrævəld nɔrθ frəm lɑ tɪ sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ (sɔrt əv) ðɪs pæst ˈwiˌkɪnd. waɪl səm foʊks wər lɛs ðən plizd baɪ ðə ˈdɪstəns ðət ðə ˈvɛnju wɑz frəm sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ˌɪtˈsɛlf (ˈrəfli 75 maɪəlz), səˈnoʊmə ˈkaʊnti ˈrɛzɪdənts səʧ ɛz ˌmaɪˈsɛlf wər ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ɪkˈsaɪtɪd tɪ ˈfaɪnəli hæv ə ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl ɪˈvɛnt ɪn ɑr oʊn ˈbæˌkjɑrd. ðə ɪˈvɛnt wɑz hɛld ɪn ðə ˈroʊlɪŋ hɪlz sərˈaʊndɪŋ leɪk səˈnoʊmə, ɪn ðə smɔl taʊn əv geyserville*. noʊ ðɪs loʊˈkeɪʃən wɛl, ɛz ɪt ˈænjuəli hoʊsts ðə leɪk səˈnoʊmə 50 ˈmaɪlər. ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ brɔt klɪr skaɪz, ənd tɛmps ɪn ðə loʊ 50’s*; ðɪs wɑz ɪn stɑrk ˈkɑntræst tɪ ðə θri deɪz praɪər tɪ ðə ɪˈvɛnt, wɪʧ sɔ ˈnəθɪŋ bət reɪn. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ðə ˈæθˌlits wər ɪn fər ə ˈvɛri slɪk ənd ˈmədi kɔrs. oʊ əv hɪlz. sprɛd 29 ˈɑbstəkəlz əˈkrɔs ðə kɔrs (wɪʧ ˈmɛʒərd ɛz lɔŋ ɛz maɪəlz dɪˈpɛndɪŋ əˈpɑn huz ˈgipiˈɛs ju bɪˈliv). ðɪs wɑz maɪ fərst əˈtɛmpt æt ən ɪˈvɛnt ðət ə təf mudder*, soʊ aɪ wɑz ˈæŋʃəs tɪ si haʊ fɛr ɔn səm əv ðə ˈtəfər ˈɑbstəkəlz. ɛz ɪz ðə keɪs wɪθ moʊst ɪˈvɛnts, ðə ɪˈlit ənd ˈmæstərz meɪl ənd ˈfiˌmeɪl weɪvz ɔl lɔnʧt æt əraʊnd 7:30am*. ðə foʊks (ðoʊz hu əˈtɛmpt tɪ kəmˈplit ɛz ˈmɛni læps ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə deɪ) wər əp nɛkst. ɪf ju ˈɛvər əˈtɛnd ə ɪˈvɛnt, bi ʃʊr tɪ kæʧ ðə ˈbrifɪŋ fər ðə hit. krɪs əˈkɔrd (ˈɑkə ðə bɪrd) spɛlz aʊt ðə rulz ənd ˈdɪʃɪz aʊt ə ˈlɪtəl ˈpənɪʃmənt; ənd fər ðoʊz hu mɪs ðə ˈbrifɪŋ wɛl, səm ˈspɛʃəl ˈpənɪʃmənt (ənd ˈpəblɪk ˈʃeɪmɪŋ) əˈweɪts ðɛm æt ðə stɑrt laɪn. wəns ðə ˈæθˌlits wər gɔn, ɪt wɑz taɪm fər ðə fərst ˈoʊpən weɪv əv ðə deɪ. ðɪs ˌɪnˈkludɪd jʊrz ˈtruli. koʊʧ peɪn dɪˈweɪn laɪnd ˈjuˈɛs əp ɪn roʊz əv 10 tɪ 12 ənd ðɛn prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈjuˈɛs wɪθ hɪz ˈsɪgnəʧər ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənəl spiʧ. hi ðɛn sɛnt ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ɑr weɪ, ˈlɔnʧɪŋ roʊ ˈæftər roʊ ˈɛvəri 15 ˈsɛkəndz ər soʊ. ðə kɔrs ˈstɑrtɪd ɔf wɪθ ə ˈfɛrli stip ˈdaʊnˈhɪl ˈsɛkʃən. ðɪs wʊd ˈleɪtər bi lʊkt əˈpɑn ɛz ə ˈləgʒəri, ɛz ðeɪ ˈmænɪʤd (ər æt list ɪt simd) tɪ meɪk ə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðɪs kɔrs ˈəˈphɪl. wən θɪŋ wɑz ˈsərtən frəm ðə gɪt ləvz wɔlz. ju neɪm ɪt, gɑt ɪt. wi ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ən sɛt, ənd ðɛn keɪm əˈpɑn ə ˈlædər wɔl ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ðət. θruaʊt ðə kɔrs, ðɛr wər ˈmɛni mɔr. ðɛr wər streɪt wɔlz əv ˈdɪfərənt haɪts 8 fʊt, 6 fʊt, 4 fʊt). ðɛr wər wɔlz ˈæŋgəld ɪn ˈvɛriəs dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz (ˌɪnˈvərtɪd wɔl, ræmp wɔl, wɛʤ wɔl). ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ θru ɪn ə ˈʧælənʤɪŋ roʊp wɔl raɪt nɪr ðə ɛnd, ʤɪst ɪn keɪs ju hæd ˈɛni grɪp strɛŋθ lɛft. wən əv maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt θɪŋz əˈbaʊt ðə kɔrs wɑz ðə weɪ ðeɪ juzd ðə ˈnæʧərəl təreɪn əˈgɛnst ju. ɛz ə ˈloʊkəl hu həz rən ðə treɪlz ɪn ðɪs ˈɛriə ˌbiˈfɔr, aɪ θɔt hæv ə bɪt əv ən ædˈvæntɪʤ. ðət wʊd hæv bɪn ðə keɪs, hæd wi ˈæˌkʧuəli stək tɪ ðə treɪlz. tɪ ˈlusli ˈpɛrəˌfreɪz dɑk braʊn, ““trails*? wɛr goʊɪŋ, wi nid trails”*”. wɛr wi dɪd goʊ wɑz streɪt əp ðə saɪd əv ðə ˈmaʊntən. ə lɔt. ðə scramble”*” wɑz ðə ˈɑbstəkəl əv ðə kɔrs, ənd ɪt wɑz ˈhɑrdli ə ˈskræmbəl æt ɔl. ɪt wɑz ə ˈvɛri lɔŋ ənd ˈvɛri stip klaɪm θru səm loʊ græs. aɪ noʊ ðə ˈækʧəwəl lɛŋθ əv ðə klaɪm, bət maɪ kævz tɛl mi ɪt wɑz 17 maɪəlz. ðiz taɪps əv klaɪmz əˈkərd ˈməltəpəl taɪmz, ðɪs wən ʤɪst ˈhæpənd tɪ hæv ə ˈtaɪtəl. sɪns ðə ɪˈvɛnt wɑz hɛld nɪr ə leɪk, aɪ ˈfɪgjərd ɛnd əp ɪn ðə leɪk æt səm wi ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ə ʃɔrt trəʤ θru ðə shallows*, noʊ mɔr ðən θaɪ dip. ˈleɪtər, ðɛr wɑz ə ˈrɪli fən ˈtɛknɪkəl pɑrt əv ðə kɔrs kɔld frɑg fɔlz, wɛr wi ˈbeɪsɪkli haɪkt ənd klaɪmd ɑr weɪ θru ə dip krik bɛd fər ə waɪl. ðə ˈrisənt reɪnz meɪd ˈklaɪmɪŋ aʊt əv ðɪs ˈɛriə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli sˈlɪpəri. ðɛr wər tu ““carry”*” ˈɑbstəkəlz ɔn ðɪs kɔrs. ðə rɛk bæg ˈkɛri ˈsændˌbæg) ənd ðə ˈʤɛri kən ˈkɛri (wən fər iʧ hænd. fər ðə mɛn ənd fər ðə ˈwɪmən). ɪf ju ər ˈgɛsɪŋ ðət moʊst əv ðə ˈkɛriɪŋ wɑz dən goʊɪŋ ˈəˈphɪl, bi kərˈɛkt. ɛz fər ðə ““tougher”*” ˈɑbstəkəlz ðət aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd ˈərliər? ðə fərst tɪ ʃoʊ əp wɑz kɔld ˈwivər. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈʃæloʊ ˈstrəkʧər wɪθ waɪd ˈpɛrəˌlɛl bɑrz əˈkrɔs ɪt. ɛz ju goʊ θru ɪt, ju məst ““weave”*” ˈoʊvər ə bɑr ənd ðɛn ˈəndər ə bɑr (ənd soʊ ɔn) ənˈtɪl ju riʧ ðə ɛnd. fər mi, ðə trænˈzɪʃən frəm ˈoʊvər tɪ ˈəndər wɑz ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈpeɪnfəl, ənd aɪ hæv ðə ˈbruzɪz tɪ pruv ɪt. ə bɪt ˈfərðər daʊn ðə treɪl (ˈmoʊstli ˈəˈphɪl, əv kɔrs) wɑz tɪp əv ðə spɪr. ðɪs ˈɑbstəkəl kəmˈbaɪnz tu grɪp strɛŋθ ˈsæpɪŋ ˈɛləmənts, boʊθ əv wɪʧ teɪk pleɪs əˈgɛnst stip wɔlz. ðə fərst ˈsɛkʃən hæd 6 roʊps laɪɪŋ saɪd baɪ saɪd, wɪʧ ju hæd tɪ juz tɪ ˈtrævərs ðə wɔl frəm raɪt tɪ lɛft. ðɪs wɑz meɪd mɔr ˈdɪfəkəlt θæŋks tɪ ðə wɔl biɪŋ ˈkəvərd ɪn ə sˈlɪpəri ˈplæstɪk. ə ˈbæləns bim lɛd ju tɪ ðə ˈmɪdəl wɔl. ðɪs wən hæd sɪˈkjʊrd təˈwɔrd ðə tɔp əv ðə wɔlz, ˈæŋgəld ˈəpwərd ɪn ə ˈʃɛvrən ʃeɪp. ðɛr wər tu əv ðiz ˈsɛˌtəps ɔn ðə wɔl, wɪθ ə smɔl lɛʤ tɪ rɛst jʊr fit ˈæftər ju kəmˈplitɪd ðə fərst wən. ə ˈsɛkənd ˈbæləns bim lɛd ju tɪ ðə ˈfaɪnəl wɔl, wɪʧ wɑz ə rɪˈpit əv ðə roʊp wɔl. ðə ˈoʊnli kæʧ hir ɪz ðət æt ðə tɔp əv ðə læst roʊp ðɛr ɪz ə bɛl ðət ju məst rɪŋ. ðə roʊp klaɪm wɑz ðə ˈɑbstəkəl əv ðə deɪ, ənd wən ðət aɪ hæd ˈnɛvər əˈtɛmptəd ˌbiˈfɔr. ɪt wɑz nɑt ɛz tɔl ɛz aɪ hæd ɪkˈspɛktɪd, wɪʧ ˌɑrtəˈfɪʃəli ˈbustɪd maɪ ˈkɑnfədɛns. ə kwɪk əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈməsəl əp ðə roʊp ˈjuzɪŋ ˈoʊnli maɪ ɑrmz wɑz kˈwɪkli mɛt wɪθ dɪˈfit. ɛz aɪ ˈweɪtɪd fər ðə ˈfilɪŋ tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ maɪ hænz, aɪ wɔʧt ə fju ˈəðər ˈæθˌlits kəm θru. baɪ ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ ðɛr krɔs ˈfʊtɪd, θaɪ skˈwizɪŋ tɛkˈnik, aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɪŋ ðə bɛl ɔn maɪ ˈsɛkənd əˈtɛmpt. ˈɛniˌwən hu həz hərd əv, həz hərd əv ðə ˈplætənəm rɪg. aɪ nu ɪt wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ, aɪ ʤɪst noʊ ɪgˈzæktli wɪn. ˈæftər jɛt əˈnəðər klaɪm, ɛz əˈproʊʧt ðə ˈeɪˌpɛks əv ðə kʊd hir ðə kəˈmoʊʃən. lɑts əv ˈʧɪrɪŋ, lɑts əv ˈgrəntɪŋ, ənd ə fju ˈɛksplətɪvz biɪŋ ˈʃaʊtɪd. ðɛr ɪz wɑz, ɪn ɔl ɪts laɪm grin ˈglɔri. ɛz lək wʊd hæv ɪt, wi wər ˈtritɪd tɪ rɪgz. ðɪs wʊd bi maɪ ˈoʊnli feɪld ˈɑbstəkəl əv ðə deɪ, wɪʧ ˌkoʊənˈsaɪdəd wɪθ maɪ fərst taɪm ˈɛvər duɪŋ ˈbɑdi ˈbɪldərz. hæts ɔf tɪ ˈɛniˌwən hu wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ kəmˈplit ðɪs bæd bɔɪ, aɪ lʊk ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ðə deɪ ðət aɪ du. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə rɪg, ju wər ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ə glɪmps əv ðə ˈfɪnɪʃ laɪn. wɪθ ðə ““tough”*” ˈɑbstəkəlz bɪˈhaɪnd mi, ðɪs pʊt ə ˈlɪtəl bust ɪn maɪ geɪt. bət ɑr frɛndz dən ˈmɛsɪŋ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ʤɪst jɛt. ˈæftər ə ʃɔrt ˈdɪstəns θru ˈrɛlətɪvli flæt təreɪn, ðə ˈməŋki bɑrz əˈpɪrd. ðə bɪg ˈdɪfərəns wɪθ ðiz ˈməŋki bɑrz ɪz ðət ðə bɑrz fɪkst. soʊ ðeɪ roʊl ɛz ju grɪp ðɛm. ðɪs ˈædɪd ən ˈɛkstrə dɪˈgri əv ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti. ɪt wɑz ə nis twɪst ɔn ən ˈəðərˌwaɪz ˈstændərd ˈɑbstəkəl. wɪθ ðə ˈfɪnɪʃ laɪn naʊ ɪn klɪr saɪt (əp wən mɔr hɪl, əv kɔrs), ðɛr wɑz wən mɔr wɔl tɪ ˈkɑŋkər (əv kɔrs ðɛr wɑz). ðɪs wɑz ə roʊp wɔl. ðɪs ˈɑbstəkəl ɪz ˈbeɪsɪkli ə wɔl wɪθ ə roʊp ˈhæŋɪŋ ɔf ðə tɔp, ənd ə ˌhɔrəˈzɑntəl əˈbaʊt hæf weɪ əp. bɪˈkəz ðɪs ˈɑbstəkəl wɑz pleɪst soʊ leɪt ɪn ðə kɔrs, ənd grɪp strɛŋθ wɑz ɪgˈzɔstɪd, ɪt wɑz kwaɪt ˈʧælənʤɪŋ. aɪ wɑz ˈfɔrʧənət tɪ klɪr ɪt, bət maɪ frəm ðə tɔp kʊd bɛst bi dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz falling”*”. ðə ˈsɪgnəʧər ˈdɛltə ˈkɑrˌgoʊ ˈɑbstəkəl wɑz ðə ˈfaɪnəl əv ðə deɪ. ˈæftər ˈklɪrɪŋ ðət, maɪ fərst wɑz əˈfɪʃəli ɪn ðə bʊks. aɪ rɪˈsivd maɪ ˈfɪnɪʃər ˈmɛdəl ənd ˈhɛdɪd tɪ ðə bɪr tɛnt. aɪ ˈrɪli noʊ wət tɪ ɪkˈspɛkt wɪn aɪ saɪnd əp fər ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt. laɪk ˈɛni ˈkəmpəˌni, ðɛr ər fænz ənd dɪˈtræktərz əv ðɛm ɔl. ˈpərsənəli, aɪ keɪm əˈweɪ frəm ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˌɪmˈprɛst. ˈpɑrkɪŋ æt ðɪs ˈvɛnju ɪz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli spɑrs, bət aɪ fil ðeɪ dɪd ə gʊd ʤɑb wɪθ ðə ˈʃətəl bəs ˈsɪstəm ðət ðeɪ ɪmˈplɔɪd. ˌrɛʤɪˈstreɪʃən wɑz ˈsimləs fər mi, ənd ðə stæf ənd ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz wər ˈnɑləʤəbəl ənd ˈfrɛndli. aɪ wʊd ˈdɛfənətli kənˈsɪdər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ə fæn əv ðɪs ˈsɪriz, ənd lʊk ˈfɔrwərd tɪ əˈtɛndɪŋ ðə wən ɪn sæn ˌhoʊˈzeɪ ɪn ˈɔgəst. *ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈkrɛdɪts tɪ ˈdeɪvɪd bərd, ʤoʊ ˈfɔrni, ˈglædən, ənd ˈkrɪstəfər ˈtɑməs
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authorities recovered 11 kilos of suspected from a stronghold of the maute group in city during a clearing operation, the military said on monday.
troops of alfa company led by first lieutenant emerson of the infantry battalion found the and four high-powered firearms in a former maute position at 6 p.m. on sunday, joint task force brig. gen. rolando bautista said in a statement.
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later, soldiers engaged maute members in a firefight.
“soldiers spotted men clad in black emerging from a cluster of houses that prompted troops to maneuver. the terrorists put up a fight but fled while carrying items taken from one of the houses,” bautista said.
authorities estimate the value of recovered at around million to million.
the recovered drugs were turned over to joint task group and will be transferred to the appropriate government agency, bautista said.
western mindanao command chief lt. gen. carlito galvez said the recovered illegal drugs was the biggest haul from the maute group so far.
during the first and second weeks of the fighting, soldiers also found smaller but numerous packets of from places used by the terrorists.
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əˈθɔrətiz rɪˈkəvərd 11 ˈkiˌloʊz əv səˈspɛktɪd frəm ə ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld əv ðə mɔt grup ɪn ˈsɪti ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈklɪrɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən, ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri sɛd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ. trups əv ˈælfə ˈkəmpəˌni lɛd baɪ fərst luˈtɛnənt ˈɛmərsən əv ðə ˈɪnfəntri bəˈtæljən faʊnd ðə ənd fɔr ˌhaɪˈpaʊərd ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz ɪn ə ˈfɔrmər mɔt pəˈzɪʃən æt 6 p.m*. ɔn ˈsənˌdi, ʤɔɪnt tæsk fɔrs brɪg. ʤɛn. roʊˈlɑndoʊ bɔˈtistə sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈleɪtər, ˈsoʊlʤərz ɪnˈgeɪʤd mɔt ˈmɛmbərz ɪn ə ˈfaɪrˌfaɪt. ˈspɑtɪd mɛn klæd ɪn blæk ˈimərʤɪŋ frəm ə ˈkləstər əv ˈhaʊsɪz ðət ˈprɑmptɪd trups tɪ məˈnuvər. ðə ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts pʊt əp ə faɪt bət flɛd waɪl ˈkɛriɪŋ ˈaɪtəmz ˈteɪkən frəm wən əv ðə houses,”*,” bɔˈtistə sɛd. əˈθɔrətiz ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ðə ˈvælju əv rɪˈkəvərd æt əraʊnd ˈmɪljən tɪ ˈmɪljən. ðə rɪˈkəvərd drəgz wər tərnd ˈoʊvər tɪ ʤɔɪnt tæsk grup ənd wɪl bi ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ðə əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈgəvərnmənt ˈeɪʤənsi, bɔˈtistə sɛd. ˈwɛstərn ˌmɪndəˈneɪoʊ kəˈmænd ʧif lt*. ʤɛn. kɑˈrlitoʊ gɑlˈvɛz sɛd ðə rɪˈkəvərd ˌɪˈligəl drəgz wɑz ðə ˈbɪgəst hɔl frəm ðə mɔt grup soʊ fɑr. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə fərst ənd ˈsɛkənd wiks əv ðə ˈfaɪtɪŋ, ˈsoʊlʤərz ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd sˈmɔlər bət ˈnumərəs ˈpækɪts əv frəm ˈpleɪsɪz juzd baɪ ðə ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt rɛd nɛkst ˈleɪtəst ˈstɔriz moʊst rɛd
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texas pilot theodore r. wright emerged from the gulf of mexico in 2012 with a story to tell.
pilot theodore r. wright, right, and passenger raymond fosdick were rescued by the u.s. coast guard after ditching in the gulf of mexico in september 2012. both men now stand accused of fraud. u.s. coast guard photo.
he had ditched a beechcraft baron; filmed himself and his passenger treading water while awaiting rescue; and soon made the rounds on television with his video and harrowing tale of a cockpit fire, emergency descent, and water landing. federal prosecutors say that was actually the first in a series of acts in a conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and arson by destroying two airplanes, a sports car, and a yacht.
wright and his passenger from the 2012 baron ditching, raymond fosdick, are among four men who now face decades in federal prison if convicted of all charges in the u.s. district court for the eastern district of texas in tyler. wright was arrested june 28, posted bond, then lost his freedom again july 5 when u.s. district court judge ron clark ordered wright to be remanded to custody pending a trial scheduled to begin in october.
once all four accused conspirators had been arrested by late july, the court unsealed the indictment detailing accusations against the quartet, with much of that case focused on wright. fosdick, who was arrested in south carolina july 21, and shane gordon, who was associated with wright in a variety of business ventures, as well as a registered charity wright created, are accused of conspiring in various ways. alleged conspirator edward delima was taken into custody in hawaii, where prosecutors say he insured a 1998 hunter passage yacht (which wright had purchased for $50,150) for $195,000, a few months before it sank at the dock.
fosdick stands accused of participating in the first act of fraud, the gulf of mexico ditching, though wright alone is named in conjunction with each overt act alleged in the federal grand indictment. according to that indictment, signed about a month before wright's arrest, wright prepared himself to ditch the 1966 baron, n265q, attending “water-landing training” in alabama on three occasions prior to the final flight: in april 2012, august 2012, and september 2012.
on sept. 20, 2012, wright and fosdick departed baytown, texas, bound for bradenton, florida, a flight that ended in the deep water of the gulf of mexico, from which the aircraft was never recovered. wright had purchased the baron in march 2012 for $46,000, insured it for $85,000 in april 2012, and collected an $84,000 insurance payout oct. 3, 2012.
“hopefully we never have to do that again,” wright told in a telephone interview on oct. 9, 2012, offering an account of the experience coping with a purported fire that had transformed him, if briefly, into a media celebrity. his version of events at the time contrasts sharply with the version put forward more recently by federal prosecutors. according to federal court documents, fosdick went on to sue wright for $1 million for injuries and damages sustained in the september ditching. fosdick settled his claim against wright's insurance company for $100,000 in december 2013, and the proceeds were eventually divided between the two men and their lawyers.
a month later, wright bought a 2008 lamborghini gallardo with a salvage title for $76,000, insured it, and then drove it into a ditch full of water on march 9, 2014. wright went on to collect $169,554.83 from the insurance company, a check deposited by gordon.
five days after the lamborghini was flooded, wright purchased a 1971 cessna citation for $190,000, and subsequently insured it for $440,000 through one of several companies wright and gordon were involved in as listed corporate officers. prosecutors say fosdick flew to athens, texas, to destroy the jet on aug. 29, 2014. excerpts from a text message conversation between wright and fosdick are included in the grand jury indictment:
“just look suspicious there,” wright warned in an exchange. he offered advice to fosdick, who reported trouble with engine start. later, fosdick advised he had company:
“old man just showed up,” fosdick wrote, drawing an expletive from wright in reply.
prosecutors say fosdick left the citation at the airport on aug. 30, 2014, and returned sept. 12, 2014, to finish the job. wright offered advice on vehicle “switcheroos:”
“do not get made in that car or it will sink us,” wright wrote in a text conversation.
prosecutors say gordon communicated via phone and email with the fire marshal in athens, making false representations about the ownership of the aircraft, along with an unmanned “co-conspirator” who came forward to claim ownership. gordon would later file the insurance claim, and wright and his alleged received a $440,000 insurance settlement for the destroyed citation. the check was deposited feb. 11, 2015, and endorsed by gordon, prosecutors said. gordon and wright then purchased a gates learjet model 35a, serial number 476, on feb. 27, 2015.
also in february 2015, the sailboat sank. wright had purchased the 1998 hunter passage in october 2014, and, according to the indictment, “'loaned'” delima $193,500 to buy the vessel. delima insured it for $195,000, and wright paid the premiums, according to court documents. on feb. 20, 2015, “the vessel was extensively damaged due to partially sinking in a marina in ko olina, hawaii,” the indictment states.
a week later, delima and wright had a facebook chat, also recorded in the indictment, regarding the insurance claim for the sailboat:
“i think you and i should be on the phone together for the claim call, i pretend to be you and give them all the info, then you will hear everything so you know what to say later, and we will be on messenger if we need to communicate while we are on the phone with them,” wright wrote.
prosecutors say the insurance company (not named in the indictment) issued a check for $180,023.80 on july 3, 2015.
federal prosecutors have sought the forfeiture of the learjet and $938,554.80 in known proceeds from the various crimes. the indictment was signed may 17.
wright has apparently deleted facebook and accounts for which he developed a following, sharing photos and anecdotes of aeronautical exploits. the last remaining trace of the online life wright presented to the world is a facebook page for his purported charity, around the world for life, which he claimed to have created to inspire children to fly in the october 2012 telephone interview with. that interview followed appearances on inside edition and with anderson cooper. wright said at the time that his sudden celebrity should be leveraged to help spread good words about general aviation.
“let’s get what benefit we can out of this thing,” wright said.
wright’s attorney did not respond to an email seeking comment on behalf of his client, who, along with his alleged conspirators, faces a potential prison term of up to 90 years and up to $1 million in fines if convicted.
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ˈtɛksəs ˈpaɪlət ˈθiəˌdɔr ɑr. raɪt ˈimərʤd frəm ðə gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ɪn 2012 wɪθ ə ˈstɔri tɪ tɛl. ˈpaɪlət ˈθiəˌdɔr ɑr. raɪt, raɪt, ənd ˈpæsənʤər ˈreɪmənd ˈfɑsdɪk wər ˈrɛskjud baɪ ðə juz. koʊst gɑrd ˈæftər ˈdɪʧɪŋ ɪn ðə gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2012 boʊθ mɛn naʊ stænd əˈkjuzd əv frɔd. juz. koʊst gɑrd ˈfoʊˌtoʊ. hi hæd dɪʧt ə ˈbiʧˌkræft ˈbɛrən; fɪlmd hɪmˈsɛlf ənd hɪz ˈpæsənʤər ˈtrɛdɪŋ ˈwɔtər waɪl əˈweɪtɪŋ ˈrɛskju; ənd sun meɪd ðə raʊnz ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən wɪθ hɪz ˈvɪdioʊ ənd ˈhɛroʊɪŋ teɪl əv ə ˈkɑkˌpɪt faɪər, ˈimərʤənsi dɪˈsɛnt, ənd ˈwɔtər ˈlændɪŋ. ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ ðət wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli ðə fərst ɪn ə ˈsɪriz əv ækts ɪn ə kənˈspɪrəsi tɪ kəˈmɪt ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns frɔd ənd ˈɑrsən baɪ dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ tu ˈɛrpleɪnz, ə spɔrts kɑr, ənd ə jɑt. raɪt ənd hɪz ˈpæsənʤər frəm ðə 2012 ˈbɛrən ˈdɪʧɪŋ, ˈreɪmənd ˈfɑsdɪk, ər əˈməŋ fɔr mɛn hu naʊ feɪs ˈdɛkeɪdz ɪn ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɪzən ɪf kənˈvɪktəd əv ɔl ˈʧɑrʤɪz ɪn ðə juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt fər ðə ˈistərn ˈdɪstrɪkt əv ˈtɛksəs ɪn ˈtaɪlər. raɪt wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ʤun 28 ˈpoʊstɪd bɑnd, ðɛn lɔst hɪz ˈfridəm əˈgɛn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 5 wɪn juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ʤəʤ rɑn klɑrk ˈɔrdərd raɪt tɪ bi rɪˈmændɪd tɪ ˈkəstədi ˈpɛndɪŋ ə traɪəl ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ bɪˈgɪn ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər. wəns ɔl fɔr əˈkjuzd kənˈspɪrətərz hæd bɪn ərˈɛstɪd baɪ leɪt ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ðə kɔrt ənˈsild ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt dɪˈteɪlɪŋ ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əˈgɛnst ðə kwɔrˈtɛt, wɪθ məʧ əv ðət keɪs ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn raɪt. ˈfɑsdɪk, hu wɑz ərˈɛstɪd ɪn saʊθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ˌʤuˈlaɪ 21 ənd ʃeɪn ˈgɔrdən, hu wɑz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ raɪt ɪn ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈbɪznɪs ˈvɛnʧərz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ə ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈʧɛrɪti raɪt kriˈeɪtɪd, ər əˈkjuzd əv kənˈspaɪrɪŋ ɪn ˈvɛriəs weɪz. əˈlɛʤd kənˈspɪrətər ˈɛdwərd dɛˈlimə wɑz ˈteɪkən ˈɪntu ˈkəstədi ɪn həˈwaɪˌi, wɛr ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ hi ˌɪnˈʃʊrd ə 1998 ˈhəntər ˈpæsɪʤ jɑt (wɪʧ raɪt hæd ˈpərʧəst fər fər ə fju mənθs ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt sæŋk æt ðə dɑk. ˈfɑsdɪk stændz əˈkjuzd əv pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ɪn ðə fərst ækt əv frɔd, ðə gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ˈdɪʧɪŋ, ðoʊ raɪt əˈloʊn ɪz neɪmd ɪn kənˈʤəŋkʃən wɪθ iʧ ˈoʊvərt ækt əˈlɛʤd ɪn ðə ˈfɛdərəl grænd ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðət ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt, saɪnd əˈbaʊt ə mənθ ˌbiˈfɔr raɪts ərˈɛst, raɪt priˈpɛrd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ dɪʧ ðə 1966 ˈbɛrən, n265q*, əˈtɛndɪŋ training”*” ɪn ˌæləˈbæmə ɔn θri ɔˈkeɪʒənz praɪər tɪ ðə ˈfaɪnəl flaɪt: ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2012 ˈɔgəst 2012 ənd sɛpˈtɛmbər 2012 ɔn sɛpt. 20 2012 raɪt ənd ˈfɑsdɪk dɪˈpɑrtɪd ˈbeɪˌtaʊn, ˈtɛksəs, baʊnd fər ˈbrædəntən, ˈflɔrɪdə, ə flaɪt ðət ˈɛndɪd ɪn ðə dip ˈwɔtər əv ðə gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, frəm wɪʧ ðə ˈɛrˌkræft wɑz ˈnɛvər rɪˈkəvərd. raɪt hæd ˈpərʧəst ðə ˈbɛrən ɪn mɑrʧ 2012 fər ˌɪnˈʃʊrd ɪt fər ɪn ˈeɪprəl 2012 ənd kəˈlɛktəd ən ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns peɪaʊt ɔkt. 3 2012 wi ˈnɛvər hæv tɪ du ðət again,”*,” raɪt toʊld ɪn ə ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈɪntərvˌju ɔn ɔkt. 9 2012 ˈɔfərɪŋ ən əˈkaʊnt əv ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈkoʊpɪŋ wɪθ ə pərˈpɔrtɪd faɪər ðət hæd trænsˈfɔrmd ɪm, ɪf ˈbrifli, ˈɪntu ə ˈmidiə səˈlɛbrɪti. hɪz ˈvərʒən əv ɪˈvɛnts æt ðə taɪm ˈkɑntræsts ˈʃɑrpli wɪθ ðə ˈvərʒən pʊt ˈfɔrwərd mɔr ˈrisəntli baɪ ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts, ˈfɑsdɪk wɛnt ɔn tɪ su raɪt fər 1 ˈmɪljən fər ˈɪnʤəriz ənd ˈdæmɪʤɪz səˈsteɪnd ɪn ðə sɛpˈtɛmbər ˈdɪʧɪŋ. ˈfɑsdɪk ˈsɛtəld hɪz kleɪm əˈgɛnst raɪts ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈkəmpəˌni fər ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər 2013 ənd ðə prəˈsidz wər ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli dɪˈvaɪdɪd bɪtˈwin ðə tu mɛn ənd ðɛr ˈlɔjərz. ə mənθ ˈleɪtər, raɪt bɔt ə 2008 ˌlæmbərˈgini gɑˈlɑrdoʊ wɪθ ə ˈsælvɪʤ ˈtaɪtəl fər ˌɪnˈʃʊrd ɪt, ənd ðɛn droʊv ɪt ˈɪntu ə dɪʧ fʊl əv ˈwɔtər ɔn mɑrʧ 9 2014 raɪt wɛnt ɔn tɪ kəˈlɛkt frəm ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈkəmpəˌni, ə ʧɛk dɪˈpɑzətəd baɪ ˈgɔrdən. faɪv deɪz ˈæftər ðə ˌlæmbərˈgini wɑz ˈflədɪd, raɪt ˈpərʧəst ə 1971 ˈsɛznə saɪˈteɪʃən fər ənd ˈsəbsəkwəntli ˌɪnˈʃʊrd ɪt fər θru wən əv ˈsɛvərəl ˈkəmpəˌniz raɪt ənd ˈgɔrdən wər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ɛz ˈlɪstɪd ˈkɔrpərət ˈɔfɪsərz. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ ˈfɑsdɪk flu tɪ ˈæθənz, ˈtɛksəs, tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ðə ʤɛt ɔn ˈɔgəst. 29 2014 ˈɛksərpts frəm ə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤ ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən bɪtˈwin raɪt ənd ˈfɑsdɪk ər ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə grænd ˈʤʊri ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt: lʊk səˈspɪʃəs there,”*,” raɪt wɔrnd ɪn ən ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ. hi ˈɔfərd ədˈvaɪs tɪ ˈfɑsdɪk, hu ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈtrəbəl wɪθ ˈɪnʤən stɑrt. ˈleɪtər, ˈfɑsdɪk ədˈvaɪzd hi hæd ˈkəmpəˌni: mæn ʤɪst ʃoʊd up,”*,” ˈfɑsdɪk roʊt, drɔɪŋ ən ˈɛksplətɪv frəm raɪt ɪn rɪˈplaɪ. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ ˈfɑsdɪk lɛft ðə saɪˈteɪʃən æt ðə ˈɛrˌpɔrt ɔn ˈɔgəst. 30 2014 ənd rɪˈtərnd sɛpt. 12 2014 tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ðə ʤɑb. raɪt ˈɔfərd ədˈvaɪs ɔn ˈviɪkəl ““switcheroos:”*:” nɑt gɪt meɪd ɪn ðət kɑr ər ɪt wɪl sɪŋk us,”*,” raɪt roʊt ɪn ə tɛkst ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ ˈgɔrdən kəmˈjunəˌkeɪtɪd ˈviə foʊn ənd iˈmeɪl wɪθ ðə faɪər ˈmɑrʃəl ɪn ˈæθənz, ˈmeɪkɪŋ fɔls ˌrɛprəzənˈteɪʃənz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp əv ðə ˈɛrˌkræft, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ən ənˈmænd ““co-conspirator”*” hu keɪm ˈfɔrwərd tɪ kleɪm ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp. ˈgɔrdən wʊd ˈleɪtər faɪl ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns kleɪm, ənd raɪt ənd hɪz əˈlɛʤd rɪˈsivd ə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈsɛtəlmənt fər ðə dɪˈstrɔɪd saɪˈteɪʃən. ðə ʧɛk wɑz dɪˈpɑzətəd ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 11 2015 ənd ɛnˈdɔrst baɪ ˈgɔrdən, ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz sɛd. ˈgɔrdən ənd raɪt ðɛn ˈpərʧəst ə geɪts ˈlɪˌrʤɛt ˈmɑdəl 35a*, ˈsɪˌriəl ˈnəmbər 476 ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 27 2015 ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2015 ðə ˈseɪlˌboʊt sæŋk. raɪt hæd ˈpərʧəst ðə 1998 ˈhəntər ˈpæsɪʤ ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər 2014 ənd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt, “'“'loaned'”*'” dɛˈlimə tɪ baɪ ðə ˈvɛsəl. dɛˈlimə ˌɪnˈʃʊrd ɪt fər ənd raɪt peɪd ðə ˈprimiəmz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts. ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 20 2015 ˈvɛsəl wɑz ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli ˈdæmɪʤd du tɪ ˈpɑrʃəli ˈsɪŋkɪŋ ɪn ə mərˈinə ɪn koʊ olina*, hawaii,”*,” ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt steɪts. ə wik ˈleɪtər, dɛˈlimə ənd raɪt hæd ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ʧæt, ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɪn ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt, rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns kleɪm fər ðə ˈseɪlˌboʊt: θɪŋk ju ənd aɪ ʃʊd bi ɔn ðə foʊn təˈgɛðər fər ðə kleɪm kɔl, aɪ priˈtɛnd tɪ bi ju ənd gɪv ðɛm ɔl ðə ˈɪnfoʊ, ðɛn ju wɪl hir ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ soʊ ju noʊ wət tɪ seɪ ˈleɪtər, ənd wi wɪl bi ɔn ˈmɛsɪnʤər ɪf wi nid tɪ kəmˈjunəˌkeɪt waɪl wi ər ɔn ðə foʊn wɪθ them,”*,” raɪt roʊt. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz seɪ ðə ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ˈkəmpəˌni (nɑt neɪmd ɪn ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt) ˈɪʃud ə ʧɛk fər ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 3 2015 ˈfɛdərəl ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz hæv sɔt ðə ˈfɔrfəʧər əv ðə ˈlɪˌrʤɛt ənd ɪn noʊn prəˈsidz frəm ðə ˈvɛriəs kraɪmz. ðə ˌɪnˈdaɪtmənt wɑz saɪnd meɪ 17 raɪt həz əˈpɛrəntli dɪˈlitəd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ənd əˈkaʊnts fər wɪʧ hi dɪˈvɛləpt ə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ, ˈʃɛrɪŋ ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ənd ˈænɪkˌdoʊts əv ˌɛrəˈnɑtəkəl ˈɛkˌsplɔɪts. ðə læst rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ treɪs əv ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn laɪf raɪt pərˈzɛnəd tɪ ðə wərld ɪz ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ fər hɪz pərˈpɔrtɪd ˈʧɛrɪti, əraʊnd ðə wərld fər laɪf, wɪʧ hi kleɪmd tɪ hæv kriˈeɪtɪd tɪ ˌɪnˈspaɪr ˈʧɪldrən tɪ flaɪ ɪn ðə ɑkˈtoʊbər 2012 ˈtɛləˌfoʊn ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ. ðət ˈɪntərvˌju ˈfɑloʊd əˈpɪrənsəz ɔn ˌɪnˈsaɪd ɪˈdɪʃən ənd wɪθ ˈændərsən ˈkupər. raɪt sɛd æt ðə taɪm ðət hɪz ˈsədən səˈlɛbrɪti ʃʊd bi ˈlɛvərɪʤd tɪ hɛlp sprɛd gʊd wərdz əˈbaʊt ˈʤɛnərəl ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən. gɪt wət ˈbɛnəfɪt wi kən aʊt əv ðɪs thing,”*,” raɪt sɛd. əˈtərni dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ən iˈmeɪl ˈsikɪŋ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn bɪˈhæf əv hɪz klaɪənt, hu, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hɪz əˈlɛʤd kənˈspɪrətərz, ˈfeɪsɪz ə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈprɪzən tərm əv əp tɪ 90 jɪrz ənd əp tɪ 1 ˈmɪljən ɪn faɪnz ɪf kənˈvɪktəd.
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image copyright reuters image caption the attackers targeted a busy bus stop and a food kiosk in
six people have been killed in explosions in the kenyan capital, nairobi, officials say.
several people were wounded in the attack, which took place in the suburb of the city.
more than 200 people were arrested in following the explosions, a police spokeswoman said.
eastleigh is known as "little mogadishu" because of its large somali population.
although no group said it was behind the latest attack, many are blaming it on the somali militant group al-shabab.
four members of the group were behind the siege at a shopping centre in nairobi last september, in which 67 people died.
'grenades'
eyewitnesses said devices appeared to have been thrown towards a bus stop and a food kiosk as people made their way home for the evening.
kenya's standard newspaper said that the twin blasts went off some (165ft) apart on street, and some of those caught up in the attack had serious injuries.
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"we suspect it is a grenade," a local police officer told the news agency.
eastleigh has seen several recent grenade attacks, including one in december last year that killed four people.
the bbc's caroline in the capital, nairobi, says the 200 arrests do not come as a surprise - the police tend to carry out mass arrests after such attacks and charge people with petty like loitering, she says.
a week ago, more than 100 people were arrested following an attack on a church near the coastal city of mombasa.
unidentified gunmen entered the church, killing six people.
kenya's government has ordered all somali refugees living in towns to move into designated camps in a bid to end the attacks.
interior minister joseph ole said the directive had been issued because of the "emergency security challenges" facing kenya. a refugee group condemned the decision as illegal.
image copyright reuters image caption nairobi has seen several attacks in recent months despite increased security efforts
kenya has several thousand troops in somalia, helping the government tackle al-shabab, who are linked to al-qaeda.
president has said kenya's tourism sector is "on its knees" because of the threat from islamist militants.
mr met ethnic somali leaders last week to ask for their help in identifying people they thought may be behind recent attacks in the capital.
"we all have a responsibility to bring this to an end," mr said.
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ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈrɔɪtərz ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ðə əˈtækərz ˈtɑrgətɪd ə ˈbɪzi bəs stɑp ənd ə fud kiɔsk ɪn sɪks ˈpipəl hæv bɪn kɪld ɪn ɪkˈsploʊʒənz ɪn ðə ˈkɛnjən ˈkæpɪtəl, ˌnaɪˈroʊbi, əˈfɪʃəlz seɪ. ˈsɛvərəl ˈpipəl wər ˈwundɪd ɪn ðə əˈtæk, wɪʧ tʊk pleɪs ɪn ðə ˈsəbərb əv ðə ˈsɪti. mɔr ðən 200 ˈpipəl wər ərˈɛstɪd ɪn ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ɪkˈsploʊʒənz, ə pəˈlis ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən sɛd. ɪz noʊn ɛz "ˈlɪtəl ˌmoʊgəˈdiˌʃu" bɪˈkəz əv ɪts lɑrʤ səˈmɑli ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. ˌɔlˈðoʊ noʊ grup sɛd ɪt wɑz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈleɪtəst əˈtæk, ˈmɛni ər ˈbleɪmɪŋ ɪt ɔn ðə səˈmɑli ˈmɪlətənt grup al-shabab*. fɔr ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə grup wər bɪˈhaɪnd ðə siʤ æt ə ˈʃɑpɪŋ ˈsɛntər ɪn ˌnaɪˈroʊbi læst sɛpˈtɛmbər, ɪn wɪʧ 67 ˈpipəl daɪd. 'grəˈneɪdz' ˈaɪˌwɪtnəsɪz sɛd dɪˈvaɪsɪz əˈpɪrd tɪ hæv bɪn θroʊn təˈwɔrdz ə bəs stɑp ənd ə fud kiɔsk ɛz ˈpipəl meɪd ðɛr weɪ hoʊm fər ðə ˈivnɪŋ. ˈkɛnjəz ˈstændərd ˈnuzˌpeɪpər sɛd ðət ðə twɪn blæsts wɛnt ɔf səm 165ft*) əˈpɑrt ɔn strit, ənd səm əv ðoʊz kɔt əp ɪn ðə əˈtæk hæd ˈsɪriəs ˈɪnʤəriz. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˌbibiˈsi "wi ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪt ɪz ə grəˈneɪd," ə ˈloʊkəl pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər toʊld ðə nuz ˈeɪʤənsi. həz sin ˈsɛvərəl ˈrisənt grəˈneɪd əˈtæks, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ wən ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər læst jɪr ðət kɪld fɔr ˈpipəl. ðə ˌbibiˈsis ˈkɛrəˌlaɪn ɪn ðə ˈkæpɪtəl, ˌnaɪˈroʊbi, sɪz ðə 200 ərˈɛsts du nɑt kəm ɛz ə səˈpraɪz ðə pəˈlis tɛnd tɪ ˈkɛri aʊt mæs ərˈɛsts ˈæftər səʧ əˈtæks ənd ʧɑrʤ ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈpɛˌti laɪk ˈlɔɪtərɪŋ, ʃi sɪz. ə wik əˈgoʊ, mɔr ðən 100 ˈpipəl wər ərˈɛstɪd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ən əˈtæk ɔn ə ʧərʧ nɪr ðə ˈkoʊstəl ˈsɪti əv mɑmˈbɑsə. ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˈgənˌmɛn ˈɛnərd ðə ʧərʧ, ˈkɪlɪŋ sɪks ˈpipəl. ˈkɛnjəz ˈgəvərnmənt həz ˈɔrdərd ɔl səˈmɑli ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn taʊnz tɪ muv ˈɪntu ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd kæmps ɪn ə bɪd tɪ ɛnd ðə əˈtæks. ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstər ˈʤoʊzəf ˌoʊˈleɪ sɛd ðə dɪˈrɛktɪv hæd bɪn ˈɪʃud bɪˈkəz əv ðə "ˈimərʤənsi sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈʧælənʤɪz" ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈkɛnjə. ə ˈrɛfjuʤi grup kənˈdɛmd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən ɛz ˌɪˈligəl. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈrɔɪtərz ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˌnaɪˈroʊbi həz sin ˈsɛvərəl əˈtæks ɪn ˈrisənt mənθs dɪˈspaɪt ˌɪnˈkrist sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈɛfərts ˈkɛnjə həz ˈsɛvərəl ˈθaʊzənd trups ɪn səˈmɑljə, ˈhɛlpɪŋ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈtækəl al-shabab*, hu ər lɪŋkt tɪ ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ. ˈprɛzɪdənt həz sɛd ˈkɛnjəz ˈtʊˌrɪzəm ˈsɛktər ɪz "ɔn ɪts niz" bɪˈkəz əv ðə θrɛt frəm ˈɪsləmɪst ˈmɪlətənts. ˈmɪstər mɛt ˈɛθnɪk səˈmɑli ˈlidərz læst wik tɪ æsk fər ðɛr hɛlp ɪn aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈpipəl ðeɪ θɔt meɪ bi bɪˈhaɪnd ˈrisənt əˈtæks ɪn ðə ˈkæpɪtəl. "wi ɔl hæv ə riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ brɪŋ ðɪs tɪ ən ɛnd," ˈmɪstər sɛd.
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!i:;«;y'-?' 73 .7ggcom :<.'!,;;•:</:-■ university of florida libraries college library digitized by the internet archive in 2011 with fundingom and sloan foundation the coming tests with russia books by walter lippmann a preface to politics drift and mastery the stakes of diplomacy the political scene liberty and the news public opinion the phantom public men of destiny american inquisitors a preface to morals interpretations interpretations the method ofeedom the new imperative the good society u. s. foreign policy: shield of the republic u. s. war aims the cold war: a study in u. s. foreign policy isolation and alliances: an american speaks to the british the public philosophy the communist world and ours the coming tests with russia with william o. scroggs the united states in world affairs the united states in world affairs the coming tests with russia by walter lippmann an atlantic monthly press book boston little, brown and company toronto copyright 1961 by walter lippmann all rights reserved. no part of this book may be repro- in any form without permission in writingom the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief pas- sages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. library of congress catalog card no. first edition atlantic-little, brown books are published by little, brown and company in association with the atlantic monthly press published simultaneously in canada by little, brown 6 company {canada) limited printed in the united states of america editor's note mr. lippmann had his first meeting with mr. khrushchev in the autumn of 1958, and at the conclusion he drew up a penetrating analysis of the communist objectives as he had seen them emerge in their discussion. he emphasized that one of the fundamental differences between ourselves and the russians is in our inter- of ''the status quo." "whereas we think of the status quo as the situation as it exists at the moment, [mr. khrushchev] thinks of it as the proc- ess of revolutionary change which is in progress. he wants us to recognize the revolution not only as it is but as it is going to be." that is a hard truth which we must keep in mind as we prepare for the coming tests with russia. the second meeting of the two men took place [v] editor's note on april 10, 1961, at the russian premier's dacha at sochi on the shores of the black sea. it was some- thing of a family affair, beginning with a long pri- talk at in the morning, at which mr. khrushchev, the official interpreter, and mr. and mrs. lippmann were present, and running on for eight hours with time out for eating, drinking, and a game of badminton. (mr. and mrs. lippmann played against mr. khrushchev and the woman in- terpreter.) fateful events were impending, for this was on the eve of the launching of the russian astro- (of which mr. khrushchev said nothing); and the eve of the invasion of cuba, of which mr. khrushchev had been forewarned: he told mr. lippmann that it would be carried out by cubans supplied with american arms, and that it would fail. in the opening talk, which lasted until nearly three o'clock, and intermittently thereafter, mr, opened his mind moreeely and for- than he has to any other correspondentom the west. he spoke of disarmament, and dismissed the value for russia of small nuclear weapons. he spoke of neutrality, and the inference to be drawn is that the soviet union will never again trust to [vi] i editor's note "the neutrality" of an individual, such as secretary general hammarskjold. ("you have not been troubled about this as long as you had the majority," mr. lippmann recalled his saying afterwards, "but when you lose the majority in the united nations, as you will, the veto power will mean as much to you as it does to us.") the discussion ranged widely over the uncommitted nations, with mr. khrush- specifying those which would be in a rebellious state, and quite confident that the revolution would succeed. but the most serious part of the confronta- centered in the discussion of the future of ger- many, which mr. khrushchev clearly regards as the most sensitive issue between the east and the west. in realistic detail he looked ahead to the solution which he declares must be found in the near future. this is an uncensored account of a vital and il- exchange. it was written down, the first part of it, on the plane flying theom moscow to london and the balance in the english capital. it is a sobering blueprint of the designs of our greatest adversary which we will do well to keep in mind in the tense months ahead. edward weeks [vii] i face to face: i 3 face to face: 13 face to face:i 21 postscript: to ourselves be true 31 the coming tests with russia face to face: i on this, our second visit, my wife and i were taken on a long journey by plane and auto to mr. khrushchev's country place in sochi on the black sea. before we left moscow, accompanied by two interpreters and an of the press depart-, there was much mystery about all the details of the coming visit, such as when and where we were to see the great man. in fact, as it turned out, he had no other appointments after half past eleven in the morning, when he met us in the pine woods near the entrance of his place. eight hours later, a bit worn by much talk and two large meals, we in- on leaving in order to go to bed. i would not like to leave the impression that all eight hours were devoted to great affairs of the world. perhaps, all told, three and a half hours were spent in serious talk. the rest of the time went into [5] the coming tests the two prolonged meals at which mr. khrushchev, who is on what appears to be a diet, broke the rules, saying that the doctor had gone to moscow for a day or two. the talk was largely banter between mr. khrushchev and miko- yan (first deputy premier), who joined us for lunch, and the banter turned chiefly on armenian food and armenian wine and armenian customs, which include the compulsion to drink all glasses to the end at each toast. though we all drank a bit more than we wanted, chose to regard us as american who only sipped their wine. finally mr. khrushchev took pity on us by provid- ing a bowl into which we could pour the wine as fast as filled our glasses. between this heroic eating and drinking we walked around the place, which is large, met mr. khrushchev's grandson and's granddaugh- ter, inspected the new and very swimming pool and, believe it or not, played badminton with mr. khrushchev. in the serious talks, i might say that my wife made fairly full notes, i made a few jottings, but [6] with russia there was no transcript and the translation was done very ably by mr. victor m. sukhodrev, who is an official in the foreign ministry. it was understood that i wasee to write what i liked when i had left russia and to quote mr. khrushchev or not to quote him as seemed desirable. i shall set down my own understanding and interpretation of the most important and interesting points that he made. for an opening i reminded him that we had last seen him in october, 1958, nearly a year before his visit to the united states. much has happened in these two and a half years and would he tell me what seemed to him the most important events for good or evil? after a moment or two of hesitation, he replied that during this period the two main forces in the world the capitalist and the socialist have concluded that it was useless to "test" one another by military means. i took him to mean by "test" the backing of their political aims by the threat of war. in contrast with 1958, when he professed to be- that the united states and germany might at- tack him, he spoke with confidence that, because of [7] the coming tests the growing strength of the communist orbit, the threat of warom our side was dying down. as a re- sult, the united states was abandoning the "dulles doctrine" that the neutrality of small states is "im- moral." he himself welcomed president kennedy's proposals for a neutral laos. you think then, i asked him, that there has been a change in united states policy? to this he replied that while there were some signs of a change, as for example in laos, it was not a "radical" change, as could be seen in the united states attitude toward disarmament. what, i asked him, is wrong with the united states attitude? we cannot see, he replied, that any change is imminent when the subject of dis- armament is put in the hands of such a believer in armaments as mr. mccloy. we think well of mr. mccloy and during his time in germany we had good relations with him. but asking him to deal with disarmament is a case of asking the goat to look after the cabbage patch. i interjected the remark that the final decisions would be made by the president. but mr. khrush- [8] with russia insisted that the forces behind the president would determine his pohcy. these forces behind the kennedy administration he summed up in the one word "rockefeller." the view that he is running the kennedy administration will be news to gover- nor rockefeller. i should add that mr. khrushchev considers me a republican, which will be news to mr. nixon. then we got onto the subject of nuclear testing. he said that the western powers were not ready to conclude an agreement, and that this was shown, among other things, by the demand for twenty-one or perhaps nineteen inspections a year. he had been led personally to believe that the west would be satisfied with about three "sym-" inspections. nineteen inspections, our pres- ent demand, were nothing but a demand for the right to conduct complete reconnaissance of the soviet union. i asked him about his attitude towards under- ground testing. he replied that the u. s. s. r. has never done any underground testing and never will. [9] the coming tests i asked why? because, he said, we do not see any value in small, tactical atomic weapons. if it comes to war, we shall use only the biggest weapons. the smaller ones are very expensive and they can decide nothing. the fact that they are expensive doesn't bother you because you don't care what you spend, and what is more many of your generals are con- with big business. but in the u. s. s. r. we have to economize, and tactical weapons are a waste. i report this without having the technical expertise to comment on it. then he went on to say that the second reason why he had no great hopes of an agreement was that theench are now testing and are unlikely to sign the agreement. it is obvious, he said, that if theench are not in the agreement, they will do the testing for the americans. to which i said, and the chinese will do the testing for you. he paused and then said that this was a fair remark. but, he added, while china is moving in the direction where she will be able to make tests, she is not yet able to make them. when the time comes that she can, there will be a new problem. we would like all states to sign a nuclear agreement. [10] with russia finally, he came to his third reason why an agree- may not be possible. it turns on the problem of the administrator of the agreement. here, he was vehement and unqualified. he would never accept a single neutral administrator. why? because, he said, while there are neutral countries, there are no neutral men. you would not accept a communist administrator and i cannot accept a non-commu- nist administrator. i will never entrust the security of the soviet union to any foreigner. we cannot have another hammarskjold, no matter where he comesom among the neutral countries. i found this enlightening. it was plain to me that here is a new dogma, that there are no neutral men. after all, the soviet union had accepted trygve lie and hammarskjold. the soviet government has now come to the conclusion that there can be no such thing as an impartial civil servant in this deeply divided world, and that the kind of political celibacy which the british theory of the civil service calls for is in international affairs a fiction. this new dogma has long consequences. it means that there can be international only if, in the ad- the coming tests ministration as well as in the policy-making, the soviet union has a veto. our talk went on to cuba, iran, revolutionary movements in general and finally to germany. i shall report on these topics in subsequent articles. [12] face to face: 11 in this article i shall put together those parts of the talk which dealt with the revolutionary movements among small nations. mr. khrushchev spoke specifically of three of them laos, cuba and iran. but for him these three are merely ex- of what he regards as a worldwide and his- revolutionary movement akin to the changeom feudalism to capitalism which is surely des- to bring the old colonial countries into the communist orbit. i could detect no doubt or reser- in his mind that this will surely happen, that there is no alternative, that while he will help this manifest destiny and while we will oppose it, the destiny would be realized no matter what either of us did. speaking of iran, which he did without my rais- ['5] the coming tests ing the subject, he said that iran had a very weak communist party but that nevertheless the misery of the masses and the corruption of the government was surely producing a revolution. "you will assert/' he said, "that the shah has been overthrown by the communists, and we shall be very glad to have it thought in the world that all the progressive people in iran recognize that we are the leaders of the progress of mankind." judging by the general tenor of what he said about iran, it would be fair to conclude that he is not contemplating military intervention and occu- "iran is a poor country which is of no use to the soviet union" but that he will do all he can by propaganda and indirect intervention to bring down the shah. in his mind, iran is the most immediate example of the inevitable movement of history in which he believes so completely. he would not admit that we can divert this historic movement by championing liberal democratic reforms. nothing that any of us can say can change his mind, which is that of a true believer, except a demonstration in some country that we can promote deep democratic reforms. [16] with russia his attitude towards cuba is based on this same dogma. castro's revolution is inevitable and prede- termined. it was not made by the soviet union but by the history of cuba, and the soviet union is in- because castro appealed for economic help when the united states tried to strangle the revolu- with an embargo. he said flatly, but not, i thought, with much passion, that we were preparing a landing in cuba, a landing not with american troops but with cu- bans armed and supported by the united states. he said that if this happened, the soviet union would "oppose" the united states. i hope i was not misled in understanding him to mean that he would oppose us by propaganda and diplomacy, and that he did not have in mind mili- intervention. i would in fact go a bit further, based not on what he said but on the general tone of his remarks, that in his book it is normal for a great power to undermine an unfriendly govern- within its own sphere of interest. he has been doing this himself in laos and iran and his feeling about the american support of subversion in cuba is altogether different in qualityom his feeling [17] the coming tests about the encouragement of resistance in the satel- states of europe. mr. khrushchev thinks much more and metternich than woodrow wilson. i had an impression that his primary in- is not in the cold war about the small and underdeveloped countries. the support of the revo- movements among these countries is for him an interesting, hopeful, agreeable opportunity, but it is not a vital interest in the sense that he would go to war about it. he is quite sure that he will win this cold war without military force be- cause he is on the side of history, and because he has the military power to deter usom a serious military intervention. his primary concern is with the strong countries, especially with the united states, germany, and china. i could not ask him direct questions about china. but there is no doubt that in his calculations of world power, china is a major factor. i felt that he thought of china as a problem of the future, and that may be one of the reasons why for him the immediate and passionate questions have to do with with russia germany and disarmament. in my next article, i shall deal with what he had to say about germany, which he discussed at some length. for the present i should add a few miscellaneous impressions. during our walk after lunch, (first deputy premier) being with us then, i tried to find out what they thought of president ken- purpose to bring the american economy not only out of the current recession but out of its chronic sluggishness. for quite evidently, much of his buoyant confidence in the historic destiny of the soviet union is based on the undoubted material progress of soviet industry as compared with our slow rate of growth. i had put the question to, assuming that he was the economic expert, but he deferred at once to mr. khrushchev. to mr. khrushchev it was certain that president kennedy cannot succeed in accelerating american economic growth. he had, he told me, explained that to mrs. roosevelt when he was in new york during the american election. why can't president kennedy succeed? because, he said, of "rockefeller," and then added "du pont." [19j the coming tests they will not let him. this was, it appears, one of those truths that cannot be doubted by any sane man. none of this, however, was said with any personal animus against president kennedy. rather it was said as one might speak of the seasons and the tides and about mortality, about natural events which man does not control. while he has no confidence in the newontier, he has obvious respect for the president personally, though he confessed he could hardly understand how any man who had not been in a big government for a long time could suddenly become the head of it. moreover, as i shall report tomorrow in talking about the german question, it is clear, i think, that he looks forward to another round of international negotiations before he pre- a crisis over berlin. [20] face to face:i it was clear to me at the end of a long talk that in mr. khrushchev's mind the future of ger- many is the key question. i sought first to under- stand why he thinks the german problem is so urgent, and so i asked him whether, since agree- was so far off, a standstill of five or ten years might not be desirable. he said this was impossible. why? because there must be a german solution before ''hitler's generals with their twelve nato divisions" get atomic weaponsomance and the united states. before this happens there must be a peace treaty defining theontiers of poland and czechoslovakia and stabilizing the existence of the east german state. otherwise, west germany will drag nato into a war for the unification of ger- many and the restoration of the old easternontier. his feeling of urgency, then, springsom two [^3l the coming tests causes: his need to consolidate the communist east german state, the german democratic republic known for short as the and second, his need to do this before west germany is rearmed. he said several times that he would soon bring the german question to a head. quite evidently, the possibility of nuclear arms for west germany is not immediate. bonn does not now have the weapons and although the possibility of it is real enough, the threat is not so urgent as to be a matter of a few months. the more immediately urgent considera- is, no doubt, the need to stabilize the east ger- man regime, particularly in view of the flow of refugees. my general impression was that he was firmly re- solved, perhaps irretrievably committed, to a show- down on the german question. but it was evident also that he dreaded the tension he referred to this several times and is still looking for a ne- which will work out a postponement and an accommodation. in talks it transpired that he is thinking of the problem as having three phases. with russia the first is what he considers the real and also the eventual solution. he has no hope, however, that the west will now accept it. his thesis is as follows: the two germanys cannot be reunited. the west will not agree to a unified communist germany and the soviet union will not agree to the absorption and destruction of the by west germany. there are in fact two germanys. the way to proceed is, then, to "codify" the status quo in the form of peace treaties with what he called the three elements of germany. these three elements are west germany, east germany, and west berlin. this codification would require de facto but not diplomatic recognition of the. it would fix by international statute the position of west berlin as "aee city," with its rights of access and its in- liberty guaranteed by the presence of "sym- contingents" ofench, british, american and russian troops, by neutral troops under the aegis of the united nations, and by the signatures of the two germanys and the four occupying powers. as i said above, mr. khrushchev does not expect [25] the coming tests at this time to reach this solution. he has, there- fore, a second position which he called a "fallback" position. this is essentially that of the soviets at the last geneva conference of the foreign ministers. it would call for a temporary agreement. in the russian view but not in our view this temporary agreement would have a short and fixed time limit of perhaps two to three years. during this time the two german states would be invited to negotiate on a form of unification perhaps, though he did not say so specifically in this talk, a kind of loose con- federation. at the end of the fixed period of time, if a new agreement about west berlin along the lines i have outlined previously was reached, it would be embodied in a treaty. if no agreement was reached, the legal rights of occupation would lapse. this german solution was, as we know, refused by the west. but if there is to be another round of negotiation, variants on it are likely to be the sub- stance of the bargaining. if this fails, mr. khrushchev's third position is that he will sign a separate peace treaty with east germany. then the will in the soviet view [26] with russia be sovereign over the rights of access to west ber- hn. if the western powers refuse to do business the and use force to enter west berhn, then the soviet government will use the red army to blockade west berlin. though it would be foolish to undervalue his determination, the threat is not quite so fierce as it sounds. for he most certainly does not want a mili- showdown, and "doing business" with the is a flexible and not a rigid conception. i have confined myself strictly to reporting my understanding of the soviet policy on germany. if i may venture an opinion of my own, i would make these points. first, mr. khrushchev will not precipitate a crisis until he has had a chance to talk face to face with president kennedy.* second, he will surely sign a separate peace treaty if he cannot negotiate a temporary accommodation, which is described under his "second position." * during the interview mr. khrushchev told me that there was the of a meeting with the president early in june either in vienna or stockholm, and asked me to keep this news confidential exceptom the united states ambassador. the coming tests third, the crucial points which will determine whether the german question is resolved by nego- or goes to a showdown are whether the pros- of nuclear arms for germany increases or diminishes, and whether or not we say that theeedom of west berlin, to which we are pledged, can be maintained only by a refusal to negotiate about this future. i have been asked many times since we left the soviet union to come to london whether i found the whole interview encouraging or depressing. i found it sobering. on the one hand, the evidence was convincing that the u. s. s. r, is not contem- plating war and is genuinely concerned to prevent any crisis, be it in laos, in cuba, or in germany,om becoming uncontrollable. on the other hand, there is no doubt that the soviet government has a relentless determination to foster the revolutionary movement in the underdeveloped countries. this relentless determination springsom an unqualified faith in the predestined acceptance of communism by the underdeveloped countries. the soviet gov- has great confidence in its own military [28] with russia forces. but it regards them not as an instrument of world conquest, but as the guardian against ameri- can interference with the predestined world revo- lution. i was sobered by all this because i do not think there is any bluff in it. [29] postscript may g, 1961 to ourselves be true we have been forced to ask ourselves re- how aee and open society can compete with a totalitarian state. this is a crucial question. can our western society survive and flourish if it remains true to its own faith and prin-? or must it abandon them in order to fight fire with fire? there are those who believe that in cuba the attempt to fight fire with fire would have succeeded if only the president had been more ruthless and had had no scruples about using american forces. i think they are wrong. i think that success for the cuban adventure was impossible. in aee society like ours a policy is bound to fail which deliberately violates our pledges and our principles, our treaties and our laws. it is not possible for aee and open [33i the coming tests society to organize successfully a spectacular con- spiracy. the united states, like every other government, must employ secret agents. but the united states cannot successfully conduct large secret conspira- cies. it is impossible to keep them secret. it is im- possible for everybody concerned, beginning with the president himself, to be sufficiently ruthless and unscrupulous. the american conscience is a reality. it will make hesitant and ineffectual, even if it does not prevent, an policy. the ultimate reason why the cuban affair was incompetent is that it was out of character, like a cow that tried to fly or a fish that tried to walk. it follows that in the great struggle with com- munism, we must find our strength by developing and applying our own principles, not in abandoning them. before anyone tells me that this is sissy, i should like to say why i believe it, especially after listening carefully and at some length to mr. khrushchev. i am very certain that we shall have the answer to mr. khrushchev if, but only if, we stop being fascinated by the cloak and dagger busi- [34] with russia ness and, being true to ourselves, take our own prin- seriously. mr. k. is a true believer that communism is destined to supplant capitalism as capitalism sup- planted feudalism. for him this is an absolute dogma, and he will tell you that while he intends to do what he can to assist the inevitable, knowing that we will do what we can to oppose the inevi- table, what he does and what we do will not be decisive. destiny will be realized no matter what men do. the dogma of inevitability not only gives him the of a man who has no doubts but is a most powerful ingredient of the communist propa- ganda. what do we say to him, we who believe in a certaineedom of the human will and in the ca- of men to affect the course of history by their discoveries, their wisdom and their courage? we can say that in mr. k.'s dogma there is an premise. it is that the capitalist society is static, that it is and always will be what it was [35] the coming tests when marx described it a hundred years ago, that to use mr. k.'s own there is no difference between governor rockefeller and his grandfather. because a capitalist society cannot change, in its dealings with the underdeveloped countries it can only dominate and exploit. it cannot emancipate and help. if it could emancipate and help, the in- of communism would evaporate. i venture to argueom this analysis that the rea- son we are on the defensive in so many places is that for some ten years we have been doing exactly what mr. k. expects us to do. we have used money and arms in a long losing attempt to stabilize native governments which, in the name of anti-commu- nism, are opposed to all important social change. this has been exactly what mr. k.'s dogma calls for that communism should be the only alternative to the status quo with its immemorial poverty and privilege. we cannot compete with communism in asia, africa, or latin america if we go on doing what we have done so often and so widely which is to place the weak countries in a dilemma where they [36] with russia must stand still with us and our client rulers or start moving with the communists. this dilemma can- not be dissolved unless it is our central and persist- ent and unswerving policy to offer these unhappy countries a third option, which is economic develop- and social improvement without the totali- discipline of communism, for the only real alternative to communism is a liberal and progressive society. 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fʊl tɛkst əv "ˈkəmɪŋ tɛst wɪθ ˈrəʃə" !i:;«;y*'-?' 73 ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈflɔrɪdə ˈlaɪbrɛˌriz ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈlaɪbrɛˌri ˈdɪʤəˌtaɪzd baɪ ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈɑrˌkaɪv ɪn 2011 wɪθ ˈfəndɪŋ frəm ənd sloʊn faʊnˈdeɪʃən ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts wɪθ ˈrəʃə bʊks baɪ ˈwɔltər ˈlɪpmən ə ˈprɛfəs tɪ ˈpɑləˌtɪks drɪft ənd ˈmæstəri ðə steɪks əv dɪˈploʊməsi ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl sin ˈlɪbərˌti ənd ðə nuz ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən ðə ˈfænəm ˈpəblɪk mɛn əv ˈdɛstəni əˈmɛrɪkən ˌɪnkˈwɪzətərz ə ˈprɛfəs tɪ ˈmɔrəlz ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃənz ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃənz ðə ˈmɛθəd əv ˈfridəm ðə nu ˌɪmˈpɛrətɪv ðə gʊd soʊˈsaɪɪti ju. ɛs. ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi: ʃild əv ðə riˈpəblɪk ju. ɛs. wɔr eɪmz ðə koʊld wɔr: ə ˈstədi ɪn ju. ɛs. ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən ənd əˈlaɪənsɪz: ən əˈmɛrɪkən spiks tɪ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ðə ˈpəblɪk fəˈlɑsəfi ðə ˈkɑmjənəst wərld ənd ɑrz ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts wɪθ ˈrəʃə wɪθ ˈwɪljəm oʊ. skrɑgz ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn wərld əˈfɛrz ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɪn wərld əˈfɛrz ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts wɪθ ˈrəʃə baɪ ˈwɔltər ˈlɪpmən ən əˈtlæntɪk ˈmənθli prɛs bʊk ˈbɔstən ˈlɪtəl, braʊn ənd ˈkəmpəˌni tərˈɑntoʊ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 1961 baɪ ˈwɔltər ˈlɪpmən ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. noʊ pɑrt əv ðɪs bʊk meɪ bi repro*- ɪn ˈɛni fɔrm wɪˈθaʊt pərˈmɪʃən ɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ frəm ðə ˈpəblɪʃər, ɪkˈsɛpt baɪ ə rivˈjuər hu meɪ kwoʊt brif pɑz- ˈseɪʤɪz ɪn ə ˌrivˈju tɪ bi ˈprɪnɪd ɪn ə ˈmægəˌzin ər ˈnuzˌpeɪpər. ˈlaɪbrɛˌri əv ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈkætəlɔg kɑrd noʊ. fərst ɪˈdɪʃən atlantic-little*, braʊn bʊks ər ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ ˈlɪtəl, braʊn ənd ˈkəmpəˌni ɪn əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən wɪθ ðə əˈtlæntɪk ˈmənθli prɛs ˈpəblɪʃt ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli ɪn ˈkænədə baɪ ˈlɪtəl, braʊn 6 ˈkəmpəˌni {ˈkænədə) ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈprɪnɪd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əv əˈmɛrɪkə ˈɛdɪtərz noʊt ˈmɪstər. ˈlɪpmən hæd hɪz fərst ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ɪn ðə ˈɔtəm əv 1958 ənd æt ðə kənˈkluʒən hi dru əp ə ˈpɛnəˌtreɪtɪŋ æˈnælɪsɪs əv ðə ˈkɑmjənəst əˈbʤɛktɪvz ɛz hi hæd sin ðɛm ˈimərʤ ɪn ðɛr dɪˈskəʃən. hi ˈɛmfəˌsaɪzd ðət wən əv ðə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˈdɪfərənsɪz bɪtˈwin ɑrˈsɛlvz ənd ðə ˈrəʃənz ɪz ɪn ɑr ˌɪnˈtər- əv ''ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ." "wɛˈræz wi θɪŋk əv ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ ɛz ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɛz ɪt ɪgˈzɪsts æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt, [ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv] θɪŋks əv ɪt ɛz ðə proc*- ɛs əv ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ʧeɪnʤ wɪʧ ɪz ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs. hi wɔnts ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən nɑt ˈoʊnli ɛz ɪt ɪz bət ɛz ɪt ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi." ðət ɪz ə hɑrd truθ wɪʧ wi məst kip ɪn maɪnd ɛz wi priˈpɛr fər ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts wɪθ ˈrəʃə. ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈmitɪŋ əv ðə tu mɛn tʊk pleɪs [vi] ˈɛdɪtərz noʊt ɔn ˈeɪprəl 10 1961 æt ðə ˈrəʃən prɛˈmɪrz ˈdɑʧə æt ˈsoʊʧi ɔn ðə ʃɔrz əv ðə blæk si. ɪt wɑz səm- θɪŋ əv ə ˈfæməli əˈfɛr, bɪˈgɪnɪŋ wɪθ ə lɔŋ pri- tɔk æt ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ, æt wɪʧ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv, ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnˈtərprətər, ənd ˈmɪstər. ənd ˈmɪsɪz. ˈlɪpmən wər ˈprɛzənt, ənd ˈrənɪŋ ɔn fər eɪt aʊərz wɪθ taɪm aʊt fər ˈitɪŋ, ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ, ənd ə geɪm əv ˈbædˌmɪntən. (ˈmɪstər. ənd ˈmɪsɪz. ˈlɪpmən pleɪd əˈgɛnst ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ənd ðə ˈwʊmən ɪn- terpreter*.) ˈfeɪtfəl ɪˈvɛnts wər ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ, fər ðɪs wɑz ɔn ðə iv əv ðə ˈlɔnʧɪŋ əv ðə ˈrəʃən ˈæstroʊ- (əv wɪʧ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv sɛd ˈnəθɪŋ); ənd ðə iv əv ðə ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ˈkjubə, əv wɪʧ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv hæd bɪn fɔrˈwɔrnd: hi toʊld ˈmɪstər. ˈlɪpmən ðət ɪt wʊd bi ˈkɛrid aʊt baɪ ˈkjubənz səˈplaɪd wɪθ əˈmɛrɪkən ɑrmz, ənd ðət ɪt wʊd feɪl. ɪn ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ tɔk, wɪʧ ˈlæstɪd ənˈtɪl ˈnɪrli θri əˈklɑk, ənd ˌɪntərˈmɪtəntli ðɛˈræftər, ˈmɪstər, ˈoʊpənd hɪz maɪnd mɔr ˈfrili ənd fər- ðən hi həz tɪ ˈɛni ˈəðər ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt frəm ðə wɛst. hi spoʊk əv dɪˈsɑrməmənt, ənd dɪsˈmɪst ðə ˈvælju fər ˈrəʃə əv smɔl ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz. hi spoʊk əv nuˈtræləti, ənd ðə ˈɪnfərəns tɪ bi drɔn ɪz ðət ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən wɪl ˈnɛvər əˈgɛn trəst tɪ [vi] aɪ ˈɛdɪtərz noʊt "ðə nuˈtræləti" əv ən ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl, səʧ ɛz ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛnərəl hammarskjold*. ("ju hæv nɑt bɪn ˈtrəbəld əˈbaʊt ðɪs ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ju hæd ðə məˈʤɔrəti," ˈmɪstər. ˈlɪpmən rɪˈkɔld hɪz seɪɪŋ ˈæftərwərdz, "bət wɪn ju luz ðə məˈʤɔrəti ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz, ɛz ju wɪl, ðə ˈviˌtoʊ paʊər wɪl min ɛz məʧ tɪ ju ɛz ɪt dɪz tɪ ˈjuˈɛs.") ðə dɪˈskəʃən reɪnʤd ˈwaɪdli ˈoʊvər ðə ˌənkəˈmɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz, wɪθ ˈmɪstər. khrush*- ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɪŋ ðoʊz wɪʧ wʊd bi ɪn ə rɪˈbɛljəs steɪt, ənd kwaɪt ˈkɑnfədənt ðət ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən wʊd səkˈsid. bət ðə moʊst ˈsɪriəs pɑrt əv ðə confronta*- ˈsɛntərd ɪn ðə dɪˈskəʃən əv ðə fˈjuʧər əv ger*- ˈmɛni, wɪʧ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ˈklɪrli rɪˈgɑrdz ɛz ðə moʊst ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈɪʃu bɪtˈwin ðə ist ənd ðə wɛst. ɪn ˌriəˈlɪstɪk ˈditeɪl hi lʊkt əˈhɛd tɪ ðə səˈluʃən wɪʧ hi dɪˈklɛrz məst bi faʊnd ɪn ðə nɪr fˈjuʧər. ðɪs ɪz ən ənˈsɛnsərd əˈkaʊnt əv ə ˈvaɪtəl ənd ɪl- ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ. ɪt wɑz ˈrɪtən daʊn, ðə fərst pɑrt əv ɪt, ɔn ðə pleɪn flaɪɪŋ ðə frəm ˈmɔˌskaʊ tɪ ˈləndən ənd ðə ˈbæləns ɪn ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈkæpɪtəl. ɪt ɪz ə ˈsoʊbərɪŋ ˈbluˌprɪnt əv ðə dɪˈzaɪnz əv ɑr ˈgreɪtəst ˈædvərˌsɛri wɪʧ wi wɪl du wɛl tɪ kip ɪn maɪnd ɪn ðə tɛns mənθs əˈhɛd. ˈɛdwərd wiks [vii*] aɪ feɪs tɪ feɪs: aɪ 3 feɪs tɪ feɪs: 13 feɪs tɪ feɪs: 21 ˈpoʊˌskrɪpt: tɪ ɑrˈsɛlvz bi tru 31 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts wɪθ ˈrəʃə feɪs tɪ feɪs: aɪ ɔn ðɪs, ɑr ˈsɛkənd ˈvɪzɪt, maɪ waɪf ənd aɪ wər ˈteɪkən ɔn ə lɔŋ ˈʤərni baɪ pleɪn ənd ˈɔtoʊ tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛvz ˈkəntri pleɪs ɪn ˈsoʊʧi ɔn ðə blæk si. ˌbiˈfɔr wi lɛft ˈmɔˌskaʊ, əˈkəmpənid baɪ tu ˌɪnˈtərprətərz ənd ən əv ðə prɛs dɪˈpɑrt-, ðɛr wɑz məʧ ˈmɪstəri əˈbaʊt ɔl ðə ˈditeɪlz əv ðə ˈkəmɪŋ ˈvɪzɪt, səʧ ɛz wɪn ənd wɛr wi wər tɪ si ðə greɪt mæn. ɪn fækt, ɛz ɪt tərnd aʊt, hi hæd noʊ ˈəðər əˈpɔɪntmənts ˈæftər hæf pæst ˈilɛvən ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ, wɪn hi mɛt ˈjuˈɛs ɪn ðə paɪn wʊdz nɪr ðə ˈɛntrəns əv hɪz pleɪs. eɪt aʊərz ˈleɪtər, ə bɪt wɔrn baɪ məʧ tɔk ənd tu lɑrʤ milz, wi ɪn- ɔn ˈlivɪŋ ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ goʊ tɪ bɛd. aɪ wʊd nɑt laɪk tɪ liv ðə ˌɪmˈprɛʃən ðət ɔl eɪt aʊərz wər dɪˈvoʊtɪd tɪ greɪt əˈfɛrz əv ðə wərld. pərˈhæps, ɔl toʊld, θri ənd ə hæf aʊərz wər spɛnt ɪn ˈsɪriəs tɔk. ðə rɛst əv ðə taɪm wɛnt ˈɪntu 5 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts ðə tu prəˈlɔŋd milz æt wɪʧ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv, hu ɪz ɔn wət əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ə daɪət, broʊk ðə rulz, seɪɪŋ ðət ðə ˈdɔktər hæd gɔn tɪ ˈmɔˌskaʊ fər ə deɪ ər tu. ðə tɔk wɑz ˈlɑrʤli ˈbæntər bɪtˈwin ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ənd ˈmaɪkoʊ- jæn (fərst ˈdɛpjəti prɛˈmɪr), hu ʤɔɪnd ˈjuˈɛs fər lənʧ, ənd ðə ˈbæntər tərnd ˈʧifli ɔn ɑrˈminiən fud ənd ɑrˈminiən waɪn ənd ɑrˈminiən ˈkəstəmz, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈklud ðə kəmˈpəlʃən tɪ drɪŋk ɔl ˈglæsɪz tɪ ðə ɛnd æt iʧ toʊst. ðoʊ wi ɔl dræŋk ə bɪt mɔr ðən wi ˈwɔntɪd, ʧoʊz tɪ rɪˈgɑrd ˈjuˈɛs ɛz əˈmɛrɪkən hu ˈoʊnli sɪpt ðɛr waɪn. ˈfaɪnəli ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv tʊk ˈpɪti ɔn ˈjuˈɛs baɪ provid*- ɪŋ ə boʊl ˈɪntu wɪʧ wi kʊd pɔr ðə waɪn ɛz fæst ɛz fɪld ɑr ˈglæsɪz. bɪtˈwin ðɪs hɪˈroʊɪk ˈitɪŋ ənd ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ wi wɔkt əraʊnd ðə pleɪs, wɪʧ ɪz lɑrʤ, mɛt ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛvz ˈgrændˌsən ənd granddaugh*- tər, ˌɪnˈspɛktɪd ðə nu ənd ˈvɛri sˈwɪmɪŋ pul ənd, bɪˈliv ɪt ər nɑt, pleɪd ˈbædˌmɪntən wɪθ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv. ɪn ðə ˈsɪriəs tɔks, aɪ maɪt seɪ ðət maɪ waɪf meɪd ˈfɛrli fʊl noʊts, aɪ meɪd ə fju jottings*, bət 6 wɪθ ˈrəʃə ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈtrænˌskrɪpt ənd ðə trænzˈleɪʃən wɑz dən ˈvɛri ˈeɪbli baɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈvɪktər ɛm. sukhodrev*, hu ɪz ən əˈfɪʃəl ɪn ðə ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstri. ɪt wɑz ˌəndərˈstʊd ðət aɪ wɑz fri tɪ raɪt wət aɪ laɪkt wɪn aɪ hæd lɛft ˈrəʃə ənd tɪ kwoʊt ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ər nɑt tɪ kwoʊt ɪm ɛz simd dɪˈzaɪərəbəl. aɪ ʃæl sɛt daʊn maɪ oʊn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ənd ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ pɔɪnts ðət hi meɪd. fər ən ˈoʊpənɪŋ aɪ riˈmaɪndɪd ɪm ðət wi hæd læst sin ɪm ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər, 1958 ˈnɪrli ə jɪr ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ˈvɪzɪt tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. məʧ həz ˈhæpənd ɪn ðiz tu ənd ə hæf jɪrz ənd wʊd hi tɛl mi wət simd tɪ ɪm ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪˈvɛnts fər gʊd ər ˈivəl? ˈæftər ə ˈmoʊmənt ər tu əv ˌhɛzəˈteɪʃən, hi rɪˈplaɪd ðət ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈpɪriəd ðə tu meɪn ˈfɔrsɪz ɪn ðə wərld ðə ˈkæpətəlɪst ənd ðə ˈsoʊʃəlɪst hæv kənˈkludɪd ðət ɪt wɑz ˈjusləs tɪ "tɛst" wən əˈnəðər baɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri minz. aɪ tʊk ɪm tɪ min baɪ "tɛst" ðə ˈbækɪŋ əv ðɛr pəˈlɪtɪkəl eɪmz baɪ ðə θrɛt əv wɔr. ɪn ˈkɑntræst wɪθ 1958 wɪn hi prəˈfɛst tɪ bi- ðət ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ənd ˈʤərməni maɪt æt- tæk ɪm, hi spoʊk wɪθ ˈkɑnfədɛns ðət, bɪˈkəz əv 7 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts ðə groʊɪŋ strɛŋθ əv ðə ˈkɑmjənəst ˈɔrbət, ðə θrɛt əv wɔr frəm ɑr saɪd wɑz daɪɪŋ daʊn. ɛz ə ri- səlt, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts wɑz əˈbændənɪŋ ðə "ˈdələs ˈdɔktərɪn" ðət ðə nuˈtræləti əv smɔl steɪts ɪz "ɪm- ˈmɔrəl." hi hɪmˈsɛlf ˈwɛlkəmd ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈkɛnədiz prəˈpoʊzəlz fər ə ˈnutrəl lɑoʊs. ju θɪŋk ðɛn, aɪ æst ɪm, ðət ðɛr həz bɪn ə ʧeɪnʤ ɪn juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈpɑləsi? tɪ ðɪs hi rɪˈplaɪd ðət waɪl ðɛr wər səm saɪnz əv ə ʧeɪnʤ, ɛz fər ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪn lɑoʊs, ɪt wɑz nɑt ə "ˈrædɪkəl" ʧeɪnʤ, ɛz kʊd bi sin ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈætəˌtud təˈwɔrd dɪˈsɑrməmənt. wət, aɪ æst ɪm, ɪz rɔŋ wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈætəˌtud? wi ˈkænɑt si, hi rɪˈplaɪd, ðət ˈɛni ʧeɪnʤ ɪz ˈɪmənənt wɪn ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv dɪs- ˈɑrməmənt ɪz pʊt ɪn ðə hænz əv səʧ ə bɪˈlivər ɪn ˈɑrməmənts ɛz ˈmɪstər. məˈklɔɪ. wi θɪŋk wɛl əv ˈmɪstər. məˈklɔɪ ənd ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz taɪm ɪn ˈʤərməni wi hæd gʊd riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ ɪm. bət ˈæskɪŋ ɪm tɪ dil wɪθ dɪˈsɑrməmənt ɪz ə keɪs əv ˈæskɪŋ ðə goʊt tɪ lʊk ˈæftər ðə ˈkæbɪʤ pæʧ. aɪ ˌɪntərˈʤɛktɪd ðə rɪˈmɑrk ðət ðə ˈfaɪnəl dɪˈsɪʒənz wʊd bi meɪd baɪ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt. bət ˈmɪstər. khrush*- 8 wɪθ ˈrəʃə ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðət ðə ˈfɔrsɪz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt wʊd dɪˈtərmən hɪz pohcy*. ðiz ˈfɔrsɪz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈkɛnədi ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən hi səmd əp ɪn ðə wən wərd "ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər." ðə vju ðət hi ɪz ˈrənɪŋ ðə ˈkɛnədi ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən wɪl bi nuz tɪ ˈgəvər- nɔr ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər. aɪ ʃʊd æd ðət ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv kənˈsɪdərz mi ə rɪˈpəblɪkən, wɪʧ wɪl bi nuz tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈnɪksən. ðɛn wi gɑt ˈɔntu ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ˈnukliər ˈtɛstɪŋ. hi sɛd ðət ðə ˈwɛstərn paʊərz wər nɑt ˈrɛdi tɪ kənˈklud ən əˈgrimənt, ənd ðət ðɪs wɑz ʃoʊn, əˈməŋ ˈəðər θɪŋz, baɪ ðə dɪˈmænd fər tˈwɛntiˌwɔn ər pərˈhæps ˈnaɪnˈtin ˌɪnˈspɛkʃənz ə jɪr. hi hæd bɪn lɛd ˈpərsənəli tɪ bɪˈliv ðət ðə wɛst wʊd bi ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd wɪθ əˈbaʊt θri "sɪm-" ˌɪnˈspɛkʃənz. ˈnaɪnˈtin ˌɪnˈspɛkʃənz, ɑr prɛz- ɛnt dɪˈmænd, wər ˈnəθɪŋ bət ə dɪˈmænd fər ðə raɪt tɪ ˈkɑndəkt kəmˈplit riˈkɑnəsəns əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən. aɪ æst ɪm əˈbaʊt hɪz ˈætəˌtud təˈwɔrdz ˈəndər- graʊnd ˈtɛstɪŋ. hi rɪˈplaɪd ðət ðə ju. ɛs. ɛs. ɑr. həz ˈnɛvər dən ˈɛni ˈəndərˌgraʊnd ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd ˈnɛvər wɪl. 9 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts aɪ æst waɪ? bɪˈkəz, hi sɛd, wi du nɑt si ˈɛni ˈvælju ɪn smɔl, ˈtæktɪkəl əˈtɑmɪk ˈwɛpənz. ɪf ɪt kəmz tɪ wɔr, wi ʃæl juz ˈoʊnli ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈwɛpənz. ðə sˈmɔlər wənz ər ˈvɛri ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ənd ðeɪ kən ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈnəθɪŋ. ðə fækt ðət ðeɪ ər ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈdəzənt ˈbɑðər ju bɪˈkəz ju doʊnt kɛr wət ju spɛnd, ənd wət ɪz mɔr ˈmɛni əv jʊr ˈʤɛnərəlz ər kɑn- wɪθ bɪg ˈbɪznɪs. bət ɪn ðə ju. ɛs. ɛs. ɑr. wi hæv tɪ ɪˈkɑnəˌmaɪz, ənd ˈtæktɪkəl ˈwɛpənz ər ə weɪst. aɪ rɪˈpɔrt ðɪs wɪˈθaʊt ˈhævɪŋ ðə ˈtɛknɪkəl ˌɛkspərˈtiz tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ɪt. ðɛn hi wɛnt ɔn tɪ seɪ ðət ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈrizən waɪ hi hæd noʊ greɪt hoʊps əv ən əˈgrimənt wɑz ðət ðə frɛnʧ ər naʊ ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd ər ənˈlaɪkli tɪ saɪn ðə əˈgrimənt. ɪt ɪz ˈɑbviəs, hi sɛd, ðət ɪf ðə frɛnʧ ər nɑt ɪn ðə əˈgrimənt, ðeɪ wɪl du ðə ˈtɛstɪŋ fər ðə əˈmɛrɪkənz. tɪ wɪʧ aɪ sɛd, ənd ðə ʧaɪˈniz wɪl du ðə ˈtɛstɪŋ fər ju. hi pɔzd ənd ðɛn sɛd ðət ðɪs wɑz ə fɛr rɪˈmɑrk. bət, hi ˈædɪd, waɪl ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ˈmuvɪŋ ɪn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn wɛr ʃi wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ meɪk tɛsts, ʃi ɪz nɑt jɛt ˈeɪbəl tɪ meɪk ðɛm. wɪn ðə taɪm kəmz ðət ʃi kən, ðɛr wɪl bi ə nu ˈprɑbləm. wi wʊd laɪk ɔl steɪts tɪ saɪn ə ˈnukliər əˈgrimənt. 10 wɪθ ˈrəʃə ˈfaɪnəli, hi keɪm tɪ hɪz θərd ˈrizən waɪ ən əˈgri- meɪ nɑt bi ˈpɑsəbəl. ɪt tərnz ɔn ðə ˈprɑbləm əv ðə ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər əv ðə əˈgrimənt. hir, hi wɑz ˈviəmənt ənd ənkˈwɑlɪˌfaɪd. hi wʊd ˈnɛvər əkˈsɛpt ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈnutrəl ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər. waɪ? bɪˈkəz, hi sɛd, waɪl ðɛr ər ˈnutrəl ˈkəntriz, ðɛr ər noʊ ˈnutrəl mɛn. ju wʊd nɑt əkˈsɛpt ə ˈkɑmjənəst ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər ənd aɪ ˈkænɑt əkˈsɛpt ə non-commu*- nɪst ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər. aɪ wɪl ˈnɛvər ɛnˈtrəst ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən tɪ ˈɛni ˈfɔrənər. wi ˈkænɑt hæv əˈnəðər hammarskjold*, noʊ ˈmætər wɛr hi kəmz frəm əˈməŋ ðə ˈnutrəl ˈkəntriz. aɪ faʊnd ðɪs ˌɛnˈlaɪtənɪŋ. ɪt wɑz pleɪn tɪ mi ðət hir ɪz ə nu ˈdɑgmə, ðət ðɛr ər noʊ ˈnutrəl mɛn. ˈæftər ɔl, ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən hæd ækˈsɛptɪd ˈtrɪgvi laɪ ənd hammarskjold*. ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈgəvərnmənt həz naʊ kəm tɪ ðə kənˈkluʒən ðət ðɛr kən bi noʊ səʧ θɪŋ ɛz ən ˌɪmˈpɑrʃəl ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvənt ɪn ðɪs ˈdipli dɪˈvaɪdɪd wərld, ənd ðət ðə kaɪnd əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsɛləbəsi wɪʧ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈθɪri əv ðə ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvɪs kɔlz fər ɪz ɪn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl əˈfɛrz ə ˈfɪkʃən. ðɪs nu ˈdɑgmə həz lɔŋ ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz. ɪt minz ðət ðɛr kən bi ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈoʊnli ɪf, ɪn ðə æd- ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts ˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃən ɛz wɛl ɛz ɪn ðə policy-making*, ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən həz ə ˈviˌtoʊ. ɑr tɔk wɛnt ɔn tɪ ˈkjubə, ˌɪˈrɑn, ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈmuvmənts ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ənd ˈfaɪnəli tɪ ˈʤərməni. aɪ ʃæl rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ðiz ˈtɑpɪks ɪn ˈsəbsəkwənt ˈɑrtɪkəlz. 12 feɪs tɪ feɪs: 11 ɪn ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl aɪ ʃæl pʊt təˈgɛðər ðoʊz pɑrts əv ðə tɔk wɪʧ dɛlt wɪθ ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈmuvmənts əˈməŋ smɔl ˈneɪʃənz. ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv spoʊk spəˈsɪfɪkli əv θri əv ðɛm lɑoʊs, ˈkjubə ənd ˌɪˈrɑn. bət fər ɪm ðiz θri ər ˈmɪrli ɛks- əv wət hi rɪˈgɑrdz ɛz ə ˈwərldˈwaɪd ənd hɪz- ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈmuvmənt ˈeɪkɪn tɪ ðə ʧeɪnʤ frəm fˈjudəˌlɪzəm tɪ ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm wɪʧ ɪz ˈʃʊrli dɪ- tɪ brɪŋ ðə oʊld kəˈloʊniəl ˈkəntriz ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɑmjənəst ˈɔrbət. aɪ kʊd dɪˈtɛkt noʊ daʊt ər ˈrizər- ɪn hɪz maɪnd ðət ðɪs wɪl ˈʃʊrli ˈhæpən, ðət ðɛr ɪz noʊ ɔlˈtərnətɪv, ðət waɪl hi wɪl hɛlp ðɪs ˈmænəˌfɛst ˈdɛstəni ənd waɪl wi wɪl əˈpoʊz ɪt, ðə ˈdɛstəni wʊd bi ˈriəˌlaɪzd noʊ ˈmætər wət ˈiðər əv ˈjuˈɛs dɪd. ˈspikɪŋ əv ˌɪˈrɑn, wɪʧ hi dɪd wɪˈθaʊt maɪ reɪs- 5 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts ɪŋ ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt, hi sɛd ðət ˌɪˈrɑn hæd ə ˈvɛri wik ˈkɑmjənəst ˈpɑrti bət ðət ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs ðə ˈmɪzəri əv ðə ˈmæsɪz ənd ðə kərˈəpʃən əv ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wɑz ˈʃʊrli prəˈdusɪŋ ə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən. "ju wɪl əˈsərt/' hi sɛd, "ðət ðə ʃɑ həz bɪn ˌoʊvərθˈroʊn baɪ ðə ˈkɑmjənəsts, ənd wi ʃæl bi ˈvɛri glæd tɪ hæv ɪt θɔt ɪn ðə wərld ðət ɔl ðə prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈpipəl ɪn ˌɪˈrɑn ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðət wi ər ðə ˈlidərz əv ðə ˈprɑˌgrɛs əv ˈmænˈkaɪnd." ˈʤəʤɪŋ baɪ ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈtɛnər əv wət hi sɛd əˈbaʊt ˌɪˈrɑn, ɪt wʊd bi fɛr tɪ kənˈklud ðət hi ɪz nɑt ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪŋ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən ənd occu*- "ˌɪˈrɑn ɪz ə pur ˈkəntri wɪʧ ɪz əv noʊ juz tɪ ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən" bət ðət hi wɪl du ɔl hi kən baɪ ˌprɑpəˈgændə ənd ˌɪndərˈɛkt ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən tɪ brɪŋ daʊn ðə ʃɑ. ɪn hɪz maɪnd, ˌɪˈrɑn ɪz ðə moʊst ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðə ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl ˈmuvmənt əv ˈhɪstəri ɪn wɪʧ hi bɪˈlivz soʊ kəmˈplitli. hi wʊd nɑt ədˈmɪt ðət wi kən dɪˈvərt ðɪs hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈmuvmənt baɪ ˈʧæmpiənɪŋ ˈlɪˌbərəl ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk rɪˈfɔrmz. ˈnəθɪŋ ðət ˈɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs kən seɪ kən ʧeɪnʤ hɪz maɪnd, wɪʧ ɪz ðət əv ə tru bɪˈlivər, ɪkˈsɛpt ə ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən ɪn səm ˈkəntri ðət wi kən prəˈmoʊt dip ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk rɪˈfɔrmz. 16 wɪθ ˈrəʃə hɪz ˈætəˌtud təˈwɔrdz ˈkjubə ɪz beɪst ɔn ðɪs seɪm ˈdɑgmə. ˈkæstroʊz ˌrɛvəˈluʃən ɪz ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl ənd prede*- termined*. ɪt wɑz nɑt meɪd baɪ ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən bət baɪ ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ˈkjubə, ənd ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən ɪz ɪn- bɪˈkəz ˈkæstroʊ əˈpild fər ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk hɛlp wɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts traɪd tɪ ˈstræŋgəl ðə revolu*- wɪθ ən ɛmˈbɑrgoʊ. hi sɛd ˈflætli, bət nɑt, aɪ θɔt, wɪθ məʧ ˈpæʃən, ðət wi wər pərˈpɛrɪŋ ə ˈlændɪŋ ɪn ˈkjubə, ə ˈlændɪŋ nɑt wɪθ əˈmɛrɪkən trups bət wɪθ cu*- bænz ɑrmd ənd səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. hi sɛd ðət ɪf ðɪs ˈhæpənd, ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən wʊd "əˈpoʊz" ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. aɪ hoʊp aɪ wɑz nɑt mɪsˈlɛd ɪn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ɪm tɪ min ðət hi wʊd əˈpoʊz ˈjuˈɛs baɪ ˌprɑpəˈgændə ənd dɪˈploʊməsi, ənd ðət hi dɪd nɑt hæv ɪn maɪnd mili*- ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən. aɪ wʊd ɪn fækt goʊ ə bɪt ˈfərðər, beɪst nɑt ɔn wət hi sɛd bət ɔn ðə ˈʤɛnərəl toʊn əv hɪz rɪˈmɑrks, ðət ɪn hɪz bʊk ɪt ɪz ˈnɔrməl fər ə greɪt paʊər tɪ ˈəndərˌmaɪn ən ənˈfrɛndli ˈgəvərn- wɪˈθɪn ɪts oʊn sfɪr əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst. hi həz bɪn duɪŋ ðɪs hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn lɑoʊs ənd ˌɪˈrɑn ənd hɪz ˈfilɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə əˈmɛrɪkən səˈpɔrt əv səbˈvərʒən ɪn ˈkjubə ɪz ˌɔltəˈgɛðər ˈdɪfərənt ɪn kˈwɑləti frəm hɪz ˈfilɪŋ 17 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts əˈbaʊt ðə ɛnˈkərɪʤmənt əv rɪˈzɪstəns ɪn ðə satel*- steɪts əv ˈjʊrəp. ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv θɪŋks məʧ mɔr ənd ˈmɛtərnɪʧ ðən ˈwʊˌdroʊ ˈwɪlsən. aɪ hæd ən ˌɪmˈprɛʃən ðət hɪz ˈpraɪˌmɛri ɪn- ɪz nɑt ɪn ðə koʊld wɔr əˈbaʊt ðə smɔl ənd ˌəndərdɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz. ðə səˈpɔrt əv ðə revo*- ˈmuvmənts əˈməŋ ðiz ˈkəntriz ɪz fər ɪm ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ, ˈhoʊpfəl, əˈgriəbəl ˌɑpərˈtunəti, bət ɪt ɪz nɑt ə ˈvaɪtəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə sɛns ðət hi wʊd goʊ tɪ wɔr əˈbaʊt ɪt. hi ɪz kwaɪt ʃʊr ðət hi wɪl wɪn ðɪs koʊld wɔr wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri fɔrs bi- kɔz hi ɪz ɔn ðə saɪd əv ˈhɪstəri, ənd bɪˈkəz hi həz ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri paʊər tɪ dɪˈtər ˈjuˈɛs frəm ə ˈsɪriəs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən. hɪz ˈpraɪˌmɛri kənˈsərn ɪz wɪθ ðə strɔŋ ˈkəntriz, əˈspɛʃəli wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ˈʤərməni, ənd ˈʧaɪnə. aɪ kʊd nɑt æsk ɪm dɪˈrɛkt kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ˈʧaɪnə. bət ðɛr ɪz noʊ daʊt ðət ɪn hɪz ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz əv wərld paʊər, ˈʧaɪnə ɪz ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈfæktər. aɪ fɛlt ðət hi θɔt əv ˈʧaɪnə ɛz ə ˈprɑbləm əv ðə fˈjuʧər, ənd ðət meɪ bi wən əv ðə ˈrizənz waɪ fər ɪm ðə ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ənd ˈpæʃənət kˈwɛsʧənz hæv tɪ du wɪθ wɪθ ˈrəʃə ˈʤərməni ənd dɪˈsɑrməmənt. ɪn maɪ nɛkst ˈɑrtɪkəl, aɪ ʃæl dil wɪθ wət hi hæd tɪ seɪ əˈbaʊt ˈʤərməni, wɪʧ hi dɪˈskəst æt səm lɛŋθ. fər ðə ˈprɛzənt aɪ ʃʊd æd ə fju ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs ˌɪmˈprɛʃənz. ˈdʊrɪŋ ɑr wɔk ˈæftər lənʧ, (fərst ˈdɛpjəti prɛˈmɪr) biɪŋ wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ðɛn, aɪ traɪd tɪ faɪnd aʊt wət ðeɪ θɔt əv ˈprɛzɪdənt kɛn- ˈpərpəs tɪ brɪŋ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ɪˈkɑnəmi nɑt ˈoʊnli aʊt əv ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌriˈsɛʃən bət aʊt əv ɪts ˈkrɑnɪk sˈləgɪʃnəs. fər kwaɪt ˈɛvədəntli, məʧ əv hɪz bɔɪənt ˈkɑnfədɛns ɪn ðə hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈdɛstəni əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən ɪz beɪst ɔn ðə ənˈdaʊtɪd məˈtɪriəl ˈprɑˌgrɛs əv ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈɪndəstri ɛz kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ ɑr sloʊ reɪt əv groʊθ. aɪ hæd pʊt ðə kˈwɛʃən tɪ, əˈsumɪŋ ðət hi wɑz ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈɛkspərt, bət hi dɪˈfərd æt wəns tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv. tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ɪt wɑz ˈsərtən ðət ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈkɛnədi ˈkænɑt səkˈsid ɪn ækˈsɛlərˌeɪtɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ. hi hæd, hi toʊld mi, ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət tɪ ˈmɪsɪz. ˈruzəˌvɛlt wɪn hi wɑz ɪn nu jɔrk ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ɪˈlɛkʃən. waɪ kænt ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈkɛnədi səkˈsid? bɪˈkəz, hi sɛd, əv "ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər," ənd ðɛn ˈædɪd "də pɑnt." ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts ðeɪ wɪl nɑt lɛt ɪm. ðɪs wɑz, ɪt əˈpɪrz, wən əv ðoʊz truθs ðət ˈkænɑt bi ˈdaʊtɪd baɪ ˈɛni seɪn mæn. nən əv ðɪs, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɑz sɛd wɪθ ˈɛni ˈpərsɪnəl ˈænɪməs əˈgɛnst ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈkɛnədi. ˈrəðər ɪt wɑz sɛd ɛz wən maɪt spik əv ðə ˈsizənz ənd ðə taɪdz ənd əˈbaʊt mɔrˈtæləti, əˈbaʊt ˈnæʧərəl ɪˈvɛnts wɪʧ mæn dɪz nɑt kənˈtroʊl. waɪl hi həz noʊ ˈkɑnfədɛns ɪn ðə nu frənˈtɪr, hi həz ˈɑbviəs rɪˈspɛkt fər ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈpərsənəli, ðoʊ hi kənˈfɛst hi kʊd ˈhɑrdli ˌəndərˈstænd haʊ ˈɛni mæn hu hæd nɑt bɪn ɪn ə bɪg ˈgəvərnmənt fər ə lɔŋ taɪm kʊd ˈsədənli bɪˈkəm ðə hɛd əv ɪt. mɔˈroʊvər, ɛz aɪ ʃæl rɪˈpɔrt təˈmɑˌroʊ ɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈʤərmən kˈwɛʃən, ɪt ɪz klɪr, aɪ θɪŋk, ðət hi lʊks ˈfɔrwərd tɪ əˈnəðər raʊnd əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ˌbiˈfɔr hi pri- ə ˈkraɪsəs ˈoʊvər bərˈlɪn. 20 feɪs tɪ feɪs: ɪt wɑz klɪr tɪ mi æt ðə ɛnd əv ə lɔŋ tɔk ðət ɪn ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛvz maɪnd ðə fˈjuʧər əv ger*- ˈmɛni ɪz ðə ki kˈwɛʃən. aɪ sɔt fərst tɪ ˈəndər- stænd waɪ hi θɪŋks ðə ˈʤərmən ˈprɑbləm ɪz soʊ ˈərʤənt, ənd soʊ aɪ æst ɪm ˈwɛðər, sɪns əˈgri- wɑz soʊ fɑr ɔf, ə ˈstændˌstɪl əv faɪv ər tɛn jɪrz maɪt nɑt bi dɪˈzaɪərəbəl. hi sɛd ðɪs wɑz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl. waɪ? bɪˈkəz ðɛr məst bi ə ˈʤərmən səˈluʃən ˌbiˈfɔr ''ˈhɪtlərz ˈʤɛnərəlz wɪθ ðɛr twɛlv ˈneɪtoʊ dɪˈvɪʒənz" gɪt əˈtɑmɪk ˈwɛpənz frəm fræns ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ˌbiˈfɔr ðɪs ˈhæpənz ðɛr məst bi ə pis ˈtriti dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ðə frənˈtɪrz əv ˈpoʊlənd ənd ˌʧɛkəsloʊˈvɑkiə ənd ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns əv ðə ist ˈʤərmən steɪt. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, wɛst ˈʤərməni wɪl dræg ˈneɪtoʊ ˈɪntu ə wɔr fər ðə ˌjunəfəˈkeɪʃən əv ger*- ˈmɛni ənd ðə ˌrɛstərˈeɪʃən əv ðə oʊld ˈistərn frənˈtɪr. hɪz ˈfilɪŋ əv ˈərʤənsi, ðɛn, spərɪŋz frəm tu ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts ˈkɔzɪz: hɪz nid tɪ kənˈsɑlɪˌdeɪt ðə ˈkɑmjənəst ist ˈʤərmən steɪt, ðə ˈʤərmən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk riˈpəblɪk noʊn fər ʃɔrt ɛz ðə ənd ˈsɛkənd, hɪz nid tɪ du ðɪs ˌbiˈfɔr wɛst ˈʤərməni ɪz rearmed*. hi sɛd ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz ðət hi wʊd sun brɪŋ ðə ˈʤərmən kˈwɛʃən tɪ ə hɛd. kwaɪt ˈɛvədəntli, ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ˈnukliər ɑrmz fər wɛst ˈʤərməni ɪz nɑt ˌɪˈmiˌdiət. bɑn dɪz nɑt naʊ hæv ðə ˈwɛpənz ənd ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ɪt ɪz ril ɪˈnəf, ðə θrɛt ɪz nɑt soʊ ˈərʤənt ɛz tɪ bi ə ˈmætər əv ə fju mənθs. ðə mɔr ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈərʤənt considera*- ɪz, noʊ daʊt, ðə nid tɪ ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz ðə ist ger*- mæn rəˈʒim, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪn vju əv ðə floʊ əv ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz. maɪ ˈʤɛnərəl ˌɪmˈprɛʃən wɑz ðət hi wɑz ˈfərmli ri- sɑlvd, pərˈhæps ˌɪrəˈtrivəbli kəˈmɪtɪd, tɪ ə ʃoʊ- daʊn ɔn ðə ˈʤərmən kˈwɛʃən. bət ɪt wɑz ˈɛvədənt ˈɔlsoʊ ðət hi ˈdrɛdɪd ðə ˈtɛnʃən hi rɪˈfərd tɪ ðɪs ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz ənd ɪz stɪl ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə ni- wɪʧ wɪl wərk aʊt ə poʊstˈpoʊnmənt ənd ən əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃən. ɪn tɔks ɪt trænˈspaɪərd ðət hi ɪz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv ðə ˈprɑbləm ɛz ˈhævɪŋ θri ˈfeɪzɪz. wɪθ ˈrəʃə ðə fərst ɪz wət hi kənˈsɪdərz ðə ril ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ðə əˈvɛnʧuəl səˈluʃən. hi həz noʊ hoʊp, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət ðə wɛst wɪl naʊ əkˈsɛpt ɪt. hɪz ˈθiˌsɪs ɪz ɛz ˈfɑloʊz: ðə tu ˈʤərməniz ˈkænɑt bi ˌriuˈnaɪtɪd. ðə wɛst wɪl nɑt əˈgri tɪ ə ˈjunəˌfaɪd ˈkɑmjənəst ˈʤərməni ənd ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən wɪl nɑt əˈgri tɪ ðə əbˈzɔrpʃən ənd dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ðə baɪ wɛst ˈʤərməni. ðɛr ər ɪn fækt tu ˈʤərməniz. ðə weɪ tɪ pərˈsid ɪz, ðɛn, tɪ "ˈkoʊdəˌfaɪ" ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ ɪn ðə fɔrm əv pis ˈtritiz wɪθ wət hi kɔld ðə θri ˈɛləmənts əv ˈʤərməni. ðiz θri ˈɛləmənts ər wɛst ˈʤərməni, ist ˈʤərməni, ənd wɛst bərˈlɪn. ðɪs ˌkɑdəfəˈkeɪʃən wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər də ˈfæktoʊ bət nɑt ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən əv ðə. ɪt wʊd fɪks baɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈstæʧut ðə pəˈzɪʃən əv wɛst bərˈlɪn ɛz "ə fri ˈsɪti," wɪθ ɪts raɪts əv ˈækˌsɛs ənd ɪts ɪn- ˈlɪbərˌti ˌgɛrənˈtid baɪ ðə ˈprɛzəns əv "sɪm- kənˈtɪnʤənts" əv frɛnʧ, ˈbrɪtɪʃ, əˈmɛrɪkən ənd ˈrəʃən trups, baɪ ˈnutrəl trups ˈəndər ðə ˈiʤəs əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz, ənd baɪ ðə ˈsɪgnəʧərz əv ðə tu ˈʤərməniz ənd ðə fɔr ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ paʊərz. ɛz aɪ sɛd əˈbəv, ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv dɪz nɑt ɪkˈspɛkt 25 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts æt ðɪs taɪm tɪ riʧ ðɪs səˈluʃən. hi həz, ðɛr- fɔr, ə ˈsɛkənd pəˈzɪʃən wɪʧ hi kɔld ə "ˈfɔlˌbæk" pəˈzɪʃən. ðɪs ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli ðət əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛts æt ðə læst ʤəˈnivə ˈkɑnfərəns əv ðə ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstərz. ɪt wʊd kɔl fər ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri əˈgrimənt. ɪn ðə ˈrəʃən vju bət nɑt ɪn ɑr vju ðɪs ˈtɛmpərˌɛri əˈgrimənt wʊd hæv ə ʃɔrt ənd fɪkst taɪm ˈlɪmət əv pərˈhæps tu tɪ θri jɪrz. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs taɪm ðə tu ˈʤərmən steɪts wʊd bi ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ɔn ə fɔrm əv ˌjunəfəˈkeɪʃən pərˈhæps, ðoʊ hi dɪd nɑt seɪ soʊ spəˈsɪfɪkli ɪn ðɪs tɔk, ə kaɪnd əv lus kɑn- ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən. æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə fɪkst ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm, ɪf ə nu əˈgrimənt əˈbaʊt wɛst bərˈlɪn əˈlɔŋ ðə laɪnz aɪ hæv ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ˈpriviəsli wɑz riʧt, ɪt wʊd bi ɪmˈbɑdid ɪn ə ˈtriti. ɪf noʊ əˈgrimənt wɑz riʧt, ðə ˈligəl raɪts əv ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən wʊd læps. ðɪs ˈʤərmən səˈluʃən wɑz, ɛz wi noʊ, rɪfˈjuzd baɪ ðə wɛst. bət ɪf ðɛr ɪz tɪ bi əˈnəðər raʊnd əv nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ˈvɛriənts ɔn ɪt ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ðə səb- stæns əv ðə ˈbɑrgɪnɪŋ. ɪf ðɪs feɪlz, ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛvz θərd pəˈzɪʃən ɪz ðət hi wɪl saɪn ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt pis ˈtriti wɪθ ist ˈʤərməni. ðɛn ðə wɪl ɪn ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt vju 26 wɪθ ˈrəʃə bi ˈsɑvrən ˈoʊvər ðə raɪts əv ˈækˌsɛs tɪ wɛst ber*- hn*. ɪf ðə ˈwɛstərn paʊərz ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ du ˈbɪznɪs ðə ənd juz fɔrs tɪ ˈɛnər wɛst berhn*, ðɛn ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈgəvərnmənt wɪl juz ðə rɛd ˈɑrmi tɪ ˌblɑˈkeɪd wɛst bərˈlɪn. ðoʊ ɪt wʊd bi ˈfulɪʃ tɪ ˈəndərˌvælju hɪz dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən, ðə θrɛt ɪz nɑt kwaɪt soʊ fɪrs ɛz ɪt saʊnz. fər hi moʊst ˈsərtənli dɪz nɑt wɔnt ə mili*- ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn, ənd "duɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs" wɪθ ðə ɪz ə ˈflɛksəbəl ənd nɑt ə ˈrɪʤɪd kənˈsɛpʃən. aɪ hæv kənˈfaɪnd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˈstrɪktli tɪ rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ maɪ ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈpɑləsi ɔn ˈʤərməni. ɪf aɪ meɪ ˈvɛnʧər ən əˈpɪnjən əv maɪ oʊn, aɪ wʊd meɪk ðiz pɔɪnts. fərst, ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv wɪl nɑt prɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪt ə ˈkraɪsəs ənˈtɪl hi həz hæd ə ʧæns tɪ tɔk feɪs tɪ feɪs wɪθ ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈsɛkənd, hi wɪl ˈʃʊrli saɪn ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt pis ˈtriti ɪf hi ˈkænɑt nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri əˌkɑməˈdeɪʃən, wɪʧ ɪz dɪˈskraɪbd ˈəndər hɪz "ˈsɛkənd pəˈzɪʃən." ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈɪntərvˌju ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv toʊld mi ðət ðɛr wɑz ðə əv ə ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈərli ɪn ʤun ˈiðər ɪn viˈɛnə ər ˈstɑˌkhoʊlm, ənd æst mi tɪ kip ðɪs nuz ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ɪkˈsɛpt frəm ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts æmˈbæsədər. ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts θərd, ðə ˈkruʃəl pɔɪnts wɪʧ wɪl dɪˈtərmən ˈwɛðər ðə ˈʤərmən kˈwɛʃən ɪz riˈzɑlvd baɪ nego*- ər goʊz tɪ ə ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn ər ˈwɛðər ðə proʊz- əv ˈnukliər ɑrmz fər ˈʤərməni ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ər dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪz, ənd ˈwɛðər ər nɑt wi seɪ ðət ðə ˈfridəm əv wɛst bərˈlɪn, tɪ wɪʧ wi ər plɛʤd, kən bi meɪnˈteɪnd ˈoʊnli baɪ ə rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt əˈbaʊt ðɪs fˈjuʧər. aɪ hæv bɪn æst ˈmɛni taɪmz sɪns wi lɛft ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈjunjən tɪ kəm tɪ ˈləndən ˈwɛðər aɪ faʊnd ðə hoʊl ˈɪntərvˌju ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ər dɪˈprɛsɪŋ. aɪ faʊnd ɪt ˈsoʊbərɪŋ. ɔn ðə wən hænd, ðə ˈɛvədəns wɑz kənˈvɪnsɪŋ ðət ðə ju. ɛs. ɛs. ɑr, ɪz nɑt contem*- ˈpleɪtɪŋ wɔr ənd ɪz ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli kənˈsərnd tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈɛni ˈkraɪsəs, bi ɪt ɪn lɑoʊs, ɪn ˈkjubə, ər ɪn ˈʤərməni, frəm bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˌənkənˈtroʊləbəl. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, ðɛr ɪz noʊ daʊt ðət ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈgəvərnmənt həz ə rɪˈlɛntlɪs dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən tɪ ˈfɑstər ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri ˈmuvmənt ɪn ðə ˌəndərdɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz. ðɪs rɪˈlɛntlɪs dɪˌtərməˈneɪʃən spərɪŋz frəm ən ənkˈwɑlɪˌfaɪd feɪθ ɪn ðə ˌpriˈdɛstənd əkˈsɛptəns əv ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm baɪ ðə ˌəndərdɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz. ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt gəv- həz greɪt ˈkɑnfədɛns ɪn ɪts oʊn ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri 28 wɪθ ˈrəʃə ˈfɔrsɪz. bət ɪt rɪˈgɑrdz ðɛm nɑt ɛz ən ˈɪnstrəmənt əv wərld ˈkɑŋkwɛst, bət ɛz ðə ˈgɑrdiən əˈgɛnst əˈmɛri- kən ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns wɪθ ðə ˌpriˈdɛstənd wərld revo*- lution*. aɪ wɑz ˈsoʊbərd baɪ ɔl ðɪs bɪˈkəz aɪ du nɑt θɪŋk ðɛr ɪz ˈɛni bləf ɪn ɪt. 29 ˈpoʊˌskrɪpt meɪ ʤi, 1961 tɪ ɑrˈsɛlvz bi tru wi hæv bɪn fɔrst tɪ æsk ɑrˈsɛlvz ri- haʊ ə fri ənd ˈoʊpən soʊˈsaɪɪti kən kəmˈpit wɪθ ə ˌtoʊˌtælɪˈtɛriən steɪt. ðɪs ɪz ə ˈkruʃəl kˈwɛʃən. kən ɑr ˈwɛstərn soʊˈsaɪɪti sərˈvaɪv ənd flərɪʃ ɪf ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz tru tɪ ɪts oʊn feɪθ ənd prin*-? ər məst ɪt əˈbændən ðɛm ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ faɪt faɪər wɪθ faɪər? ðɛr ər ðoʊz hu bɪˈliv ðət ɪn ˈkjubə ðə əˈtɛmpt tɪ faɪt faɪər wɪθ faɪər wʊd hæv səkˈsidɪd ɪf ˈoʊnli ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt hæd bɪn mɔr ˈruθləs ənd hæd hæd noʊ ˈskrupəlz əˈbaʊt ˈjuzɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfɔrsɪz. aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ ər rɔŋ. aɪ θɪŋk ðət səkˈsɛs fər ðə ˈkjubən ədˈvɛnʧər wɑz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl. ɪn ə fri soʊˈsaɪɪti laɪk ɑrz ə ˈpɑləsi ɪz baʊnd tɪ feɪl wɪʧ dɪˈlɪbərətli ˈvaɪəleɪts ɑr ˈplɛʤɪz ənd ɑr ˈprɪnsəpəlz, ɑr ˈtritiz ənd ɑr lɔz. ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈpɑsəbəl fər ə fri ənd ˈoʊpən ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts soʊˈsaɪɪti tɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪz səkˈsɛsfəli ə spɛkˈtækjələr kɑn- spiracy*. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, laɪk ˈɛvəri ˈəðər ˈgəvərnmənt, məst ɪmˈplɔɪ ˈsikrɪt ˈeɪʤənts. bət ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈkænɑt səkˈsɛsfəli ˈkɑndəkt lɑrʤ ˈsikrɪt conspira*- cies*. ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ kip ðɛm ˈsikrɪt. ɪt ɪz ɪm- ˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈɛvriˌbɑdi kənˈsərnd, bɪˈgɪnɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt hɪmˈsɛlf, tɪ bi səˈfɪʃəntli ˈruθləs ənd ənˈskrupjələs. ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈkɑnʃəns ɪz ə ˌriˈæləˌti. ɪt wɪl meɪk ˈhɛzɪtənt ənd ˌɪnəˈfɛkʧuəl, ˈivɪn ɪf ɪt dɪz nɑt prɪˈvɛnt, ən ˈpɑləsi. ðə ˈəltəmət ˈrizən waɪ ðə ˈkjubən əˈfɛr wɑz ˌɪnˈkɑmpətənt ɪz ðət ɪt wɑz aʊt əv ˈkɛrɪktər, laɪk ə kaʊ ðət traɪd tɪ flaɪ ər ə fɪʃ ðət traɪd tɪ wɔk. ɪt ˈfɑloʊz ðət ɪn ðə greɪt ˈstrəgəl wɪθ kɑm- munism*, wi məst faɪnd ɑr strɛŋθ baɪ dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ənd əˈplaɪɪŋ ɑr oʊn ˈprɪnsəpəlz, nɑt ɪn əˈbændənɪŋ ðɛm. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛniˌwən tɛlz mi ðət ðɪs ɪz ˈsɪsi, aɪ ʃʊd laɪk tɪ seɪ waɪ aɪ bɪˈliv ɪt, əˈspɛʃəli ˈæftər ˈlɪsənɪŋ ˈkɛrfəli ənd æt səm lɛŋθ tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv. aɪ æm ˈvɛri ˈsərtən ðət wi ʃæl hæv ðə ˈænsər tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈkrusˌʧɛv ɪf, bət ˈoʊnli ɪf, wi stɑp biɪŋ ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪd baɪ ðə kloʊk ənd ˈdægər busi*- 34 wɪθ ˈrəʃə nɛs ənd, biɪŋ tru tɪ ɑrˈsɛlvz, teɪk ɑr oʊn prin*- ˈsɪriəsli. ˈmɪstər. keɪ. ɪz ə tru bɪˈlivər ðət ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm ɪz ˈdɛstɪnd tɪ səˈplænt ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm ɛz ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm səp- ˈplænɪd fˈjudəˌlɪzəm. fər ɪm ðɪs ɪz ən ˈæbsəˌlut ˈdɑgmə, ənd hi wɪl tɛl ju ðət waɪl hi ˌɪnˈtɛndz tɪ du wət hi kən tɪ əˈsɪst ðə ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl, noʊɪŋ ðət wi wɪl du wət wi kən tɪ əˈpoʊz ðə inevi*- ˈteɪbəl, wət hi dɪz ənd wət wi du wɪl nɑt bi dɪˈsaɪsɪv. ˈdɛstəni wɪl bi ˈriəˌlaɪzd noʊ ˈmætər wət mɛn du. ðə ˈdɑgmə əv ˌɪˌnɛvɪtəˈbɪlɪti nɑt ˈoʊnli gɪvz ɪm ðə əv ə mæn hu həz noʊ daʊts bət ɪz ə moʊst ˈpaʊərfəl ˌɪnˈgridiənt əv ðə ˈkɑmjənəst propa*- ˈgændə. wət du wi seɪ tɪ ɪm, wi hu bɪˈliv ɪn ə ˈsərtən ˈfridəm əv ðə ˈjumən wɪl ənd ɪn ðə ˈsiˈeɪ- əv mɛn tɪ əˈfɛkt ðə kɔrs əv ˈhɪstəri baɪ ðɛr dɪˈskəvəriz, ðɛr ˈwɪzdəm ənd ðɛr kərɪʤ? wi kən seɪ ðət ɪn ˈmɪstər. keɪz ˈdɑgmə ðɛr ɪz ən ˈprɛmɪs. ɪt ɪz ðət ðə ˈkæpətəlɪst soʊˈsaɪɪti ɪz ˈstætɪk, ðət ɪt ɪz ənd ˈɔlˌweɪz wɪl bi wət ɪt wɑz 35 ðə ˈkəmɪŋ tɛsts wɪn mɑrks dɪˈskraɪbd ɪt ə ˈhənərd jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ðət tɪ juz ˈmɪstər. keɪz oʊn ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ˈgəvərnər ˈrɑkəˌfɛlər ənd hɪz ˈgrænˌfɑðər. bɪˈkəz ə ˈkæpətəlɪst soʊˈsaɪɪti ˈkænɑt ʧeɪnʤ, ɪn ɪts ˈdilɪŋz wɪθ ðə ˌəndərdɪˈvɛləpt ˈkəntriz ɪt kən ˈoʊnli ˈdɑməˌneɪt ənd ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt. ɪt ˈkænɑt ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt ənd hɛlp. ɪf ɪt kʊd ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt ənd hɛlp, ðə ɪn- əv ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm wʊd ɪˈvæpərˌeɪt. aɪ ˈvɛnʧər tɪ ˈɑrgju frəm ðɪs æˈnælɪsɪs ðət ðə reɪ- sən wi ər ɔn ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv ɪn soʊ ˈmɛni ˈpleɪsɪz ɪz ðət fər səm tɛn jɪrz wi hæv bɪn duɪŋ ɪgˈzæktli wət ˈmɪstər. keɪ. ɪkˈspɛkts ˈjuˈɛs tɪ du. wi hæv juzd ˈməni ənd ɑrmz ɪn ə lɔŋ ˈluzɪŋ əˈtɛmpt tɪ ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz ˈneɪtɪv ˈgəvərnmənts wɪʧ, ɪn ðə neɪm əv anti-commu*- nism*, ər əˈpoʊzd tɪ ɔl ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈsoʊʃəl ʧeɪnʤ. ðɪs həz bɪn ɪgˈzæktli wət ˈmɪstər. keɪz ˈdɑgmə kɔlz fər ðət ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm ʃʊd bi ðə ˈoʊnli ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ wɪθ ɪts ˌɪməˈmɔriəl ˈpɑvərti ənd ˈprɪvɪlɪʤ. wi ˈkænɑt kəmˈpit wɪθ ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm ɪn ˈeɪʒə, ˈæfrɪkɑ, ər ˈlætən əˈmɛrɪkə ɪf wi goʊ ɔn duɪŋ wət wi hæv dən soʊ ˈɔfən ənd soʊ ˈwaɪdli wɪʧ ɪz tɪ pleɪs ðə wik ˈkəntriz ɪn ə dɪˈlɛmə wɛr ðeɪ 36 wɪθ ˈrəʃə məst stænd stɪl wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ənd ɑr klaɪənt ˈrulərz ər stɑrt ˈmuvɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈkɑmjənəsts. ðɪs dɪˈlɛmə kən- nɑt bi dɪˈzɑlvd ənˈlɛs ɪt ɪz ɑr ˈsɛntrəl ənd pərˈsɪst- ɛnt ənd ənsˈwərvɪŋ ˈpɑləsi tɪ ˈɔfər ðiz ənˈhæpi ˈkəntriz ə θərd ˈɔpʃən, wɪʧ ɪz ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈvɛləp- ənd ˈsoʊʃəl ˌɪmˈpruvmənt wɪˈθaʊt ðə 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with two weeks left before a potentially significant status update in the comcast houston bankruptcy case, astros owner jim crane said negotiations continue with carriers and potential investors in the financially strapped network and that he is, as always, hopeful of progress.
u.s. bankruptcy judge marvin isgur earlier this month granted attorneys for the network an additional 30 days to submit a plan of reorganization and set a houston status conference for july 2.
in the meantime, crane said this week the network “is in negotiations with pretty much everybody and hopeful of getting something done.”
“we’ve been in contact with everybody in the game, and some activity,” crane said. “there’s been some interest from some private equity firms.”
the houston bankruptcy case, now in its ninth month, has unfolded slowly during a period of rapid changes in the television landscape. recent developments have included plan to purchase time warner cable, which has systems in several major texas cities, and the proposed purchase of directv by at&t, which owns the video service.
“you’ve got two things coming down, and i think going to create some tension,” crane said. “it could be a positive for us.”
however, carriers ranging from directv to comcast and also must be concerned with the approaching launch of sec network.
espn and the southeastern conference reportedly are seeking monthly subscription fees of $1.30 per month in the conference footprint, which includes the entire state of texas, at the same time that attorneys for houston are trying to fashion a reorganization plan that will lift the network toward profitability.
csn rate structure remains sealed under a court order, but similar networks generally charge in excess of $4 per month for their core territory and less than a dollar in outlying areas.
crane’s said the astros’ recent improvement has sparked viewers’ interest in the team.
“we’ve gotten lots of calls the last couple of weeks,” he said. “people want to watch the games. got to get them on.”
there has been no movement in more than two months on the astros’ motion to dismiss judge chapter 11 order, which was issued last february.
also still pending in federal court is a civil lawsuit filed by ownership group against former astros owner drayton mclane and comcast, which stems from the valuation set on houston when crane bought the team and percent share in houston in 2012.
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wɪθ tu wiks lɛft ˌbiˈfɔr ə pəˈtɛnʃəli sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈstætəs ˈəpˌdeɪt ɪn ðə ˈkɑmˌkæst ˈhjustən ˈbæŋkrəptsi keɪs, ˈæstroʊs ˈoʊnər ʤɪm kreɪn sɛd nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz kənˈtɪnju wɪθ ˈkɛriərz ənd pəˈtɛnʃəl ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ɪn ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəli stræpt ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd ðət hi ɪz, ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz, ˈhoʊpfəl əv ˈprɑˌgrɛs. juz. ˈbæŋkrəptsi ʤəʤ ˈmɑrvɪn ˈɪsgər ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ ˈgrænɪd əˈtərniz fər ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk ən əˈdɪʃənəl 30 deɪz tɪ səbˈmɪt ə plæn əv ˌriɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ənd sɛt ə ˈhjustən ˈstætəs ˈkɑnfərəns fər ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2 ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, kreɪn sɛd ðɪs wik ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk ɪn nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz wɪθ ˈprɪti məʧ ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ənd ˈhoʊpfəl əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ done.”*.” bɪn ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ɪn ðə geɪm, ənd səm activity,”*,” kreɪn sɛd. bɪn səm ˈɪntəˌrɛst frəm səm ˈpraɪvət ˈɛkwəti firms.”*.” ðə ˈhjustən ˈbæŋkrəptsi keɪs, naʊ ɪn ɪts naɪnθ mənθ, həz ənˈfoʊldəd sˈloʊli ˈdʊrɪŋ ə ˈpɪriəd əv ˈræpɪd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈlænˌskeɪp. ˈrisənt dɪˈvɛləpmənts hæv ˌɪnˈkludɪd plæn tɪ ˈpərʧəs taɪm ˈwɔrnər ˈkeɪbəl, wɪʧ həz ˈsɪstəmz ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈmeɪʤər ˈtɛksəs ˈsɪtiz, ənd ðə prəˈpoʊzd ˈpərʧəs əv dɪˈrɛkˈtiˈvi baɪ at&t*, wɪʧ oʊnz ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈsərvɪs. gɑt tu θɪŋz ˈkəmɪŋ daʊn, ənd aɪ θɪŋk goʊɪŋ tɪ kriˈeɪt səm tension,”*,” kreɪn sɛd. kʊd bi ə ˈpɑzətɪv fər us.”*.” ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈkɛriərz ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm dɪˈrɛkˈtiˈvi tɪ ˈkɑmˌkæst ənd ˈɔlsoʊ məst bi kənˈsərnd wɪθ ðə əˈproʊʧɪŋ lɔnʧ əv sɛk ˈnɛtˌwərk. ənd ðə ˌsaʊˈθistərn ˈkɑnfərəns rɪˈpɔrtədli ər ˈsikɪŋ ˈmənθli səbˈskrɪpʃən fiz əv pər mənθ ɪn ðə ˈkɑnfərəns ˈfʊtˌprɪnt, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludz ðə ɪnˈtaɪər steɪt əv ˈtɛksəs, æt ðə seɪm taɪm ðət əˈtərniz fər ˈhjustən ər traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfæʃən ə ˌriɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən plæn ðət wɪl lɪft ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk təˈwɔrd ˌprɑfɪtəˈbɪlɪti. reɪt ˈstrəkʧər rɪˈmeɪnz sild ˈəndər ə kɔrt ˈɔrdər, bət ˈsɪmələr ˈnɛtˌwərks ˈʤɛnərəli ʧɑrʤ ɪn ˈɛkˌsɛs əv 4 pər mənθ fər ðɛr kɔr ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ənd lɛs ðən ə ˈdɔlər ɪn ˈaʊˌtlaɪɪŋ ˈɛriəz. sɛd ðə astros’*’ ˈrisənt ˌɪmˈpruvmənt həz spɑrkt viewers’*’ ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə tim. ˈgɔtən lɑts əv kɔlz ðə læst ˈkəpəl əv weeks,”*,” hi sɛd. wɔnt tɪ wɔʧ ðə geɪmz. gɑt tɪ gɪt ðɛm on.”*.” ðɛr həz bɪn noʊ ˈmuvmənt ɪn mɔr ðən tu mənθs ɔn ðə astros’*’ ˈmoʊʃən tɪ dɪsˈmɪs ʤəʤ ˈʧæptər 11 ˈɔrdər, wɪʧ wɑz ˈɪʃud læst ˈfɛbruˌɛri. ˈɔlsoʊ stɪl ˈpɛndɪŋ ɪn ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt ɪz ə ˈsɪvəl ˈlɔˌsut faɪld baɪ ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp grup əˈgɛnst ˈfɔrmər ˈæstroʊs ˈoʊnər ˈdreɪtən məˈkleɪn ənd ˈkɑmˌkæst, wɪʧ stɛmz frəm ðə væljuˈeɪʃən sɛt ɔn ˈhjustən wɪn kreɪn bɔt ðə tim ənd pərˈsɛnt ʃɛr ɪn ˈhjustən ɪn 2012
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the first scrimmage of oregon's preseason camp was marred by "a lot of penalties," coach willie taggart said, but he considered it "a good scrimmage we all can learn from."
the scrimmage, held saturday and featuring officials, capped the first two weeks of preseason camp, and was followed by a team barbecue in north eugene.
"i saw some good things and bad things," taggart told reporters monday in eugene. "with it being the first scrimmage you expect some penalties. we had a lot of penalties. i thought overall it was a good scrimmage. i thought it was a good scrimmage we all can learn from."
"... again those penalties just drive you crazy. i was also excited how we bounced back from those penalties. we didn't let it just kill us. some of those penalties could be penalties but our guys stayed focused and was able to bounce back and make plays afterward, so i thought that was a good thing."
oregon averaged penalties per game last season, the average in the football bowl subdivision. oregon also ranked by racking up yards tied to penalties per game. taggart's south florida team averaged penalties per game last season, ranking 79th, and yards from them, which ranked 89th.
"today we're going to go back and watch that film some more and learn from a lot of our mistakes and also learn from some of the good things we did be cause we did some good things, as well," taggart said.
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ðə fərst ˈskrɪmɪʤ əv ˈɔrəˌgɑnz ˌpriˈsizən kæmp wɑz mɑrd baɪ "ə lɔt əv ˈpɛnəltiz," koʊʧ ˈwɪli ˈtægərt sɛd, bət hi kənˈsɪdərd ɪt "ə gʊd ˈskrɪmɪʤ wi ɔl kən lərn frəm." ðə ˈskrɪmɪʤ, hɛld ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ənd ˈfiʧərɪŋ əˈfɪʃəlz, kæpt ðə fərst tu wiks əv ˌpriˈsizən kæmp, ənd wɑz ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ə tim ˈbɑrbɪˌkju ɪn nɔrθ ˈjuʤin. "aɪ sɔ səm gʊd θɪŋz ənd bæd θɪŋz," ˈtægərt toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ˈmənˌdeɪ ɪn ˈjuʤin. "wɪθ ɪt biɪŋ ðə fərst ˈskrɪmɪʤ ju ɪkˈspɛkt səm ˈpɛnəltiz. wi hæd ə lɔt əv ˈpɛnəltiz. aɪ θɔt ˈoʊvərˌɔl ɪt wɑz ə gʊd ˈskrɪmɪʤ. aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ə gʊd ˈskrɪmɪʤ wi ɔl kən lərn frəm." əˈgɛn ðoʊz ˈpɛnəltiz ʤɪst draɪv ju ˈkreɪzi. aɪ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈsaɪtɪd haʊ wi baʊnst bæk frəm ðoʊz ˈpɛnəltiz. wi ˈdɪdənt lɛt ɪt ʤɪst kɪl ˈjuˈɛs. səm əv ðoʊz ˈpɛnəltiz kʊd bi ˈpɛnəltiz bət ɑr gaɪz steɪd ˈfoʊkɪst ənd wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ baʊns bæk ənd meɪk pleɪz ˈæftərwərd, soʊ aɪ θɔt ðət wɑz ə gʊd θɪŋ." ˈɔrəˌgɑn ˈævrɪʤd ˈpɛnəltiz pər geɪm læst ˈsizən, ðə ˈævərɪʤ ɪn ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl boʊl ˈsəbdɪˌvɪʒən. ˈɔrəˌgɑn ˈɔlsoʊ ræŋkt baɪ ˈrækɪŋ əp jɑrdz taɪd tɪ ˈpɛnəltiz pər geɪm. ˈtægərts saʊθ ˈflɔrɪdə tim ˈævrɪʤd ˈpɛnəltiz pər geɪm læst ˈsizən, ˈræŋkɪŋ 79th*, ənd jɑrdz frəm ðɛm, wɪʧ ræŋkt 89th*. "təˈdeɪ wɪr goʊɪŋ tɪ goʊ bæk ənd wɔʧ ðət fɪlm səm mɔr ənd lərn frəm ə lɔt əv ɑr mɪˈsteɪks ənd ˈɔlsoʊ lərn frəm səm əv ðə gʊd θɪŋz wi dɪd bi kɔz wi dɪd səm gʊd θɪŋz, ɛz wɛl," ˈtægərt sɛd. hir ər ˈtudeɪz lɪŋks:
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cyprus is turkish, after all. turks can do whatever they want there. they can even celebrate dropping napalm on greeks and slaughtering them.
uzay the writer is a turkish journalist and political analyst formerly based in ankara. she now lives in the united states. more from the author the writer is a turkish journalist and political analyst formerly based in ankara. she now lives in the united states.
on august 8, muslim turkish cypriots and illegal settlers from turkey celebrated the anniversary of napalm bombing of greek cypriot civilians in the enclave of in cyprus. mustafa akıncı, the president of the “turkish republic of northern cyprus” (trnc), which is recognized only by turkey, also participated in the celebrations.
in august 1964, turkish warplanes dropped napalm bombs on in the peninsula, hitting residential areas and a hospital, and killing more than 50 people, including 19 civilians. ten years later, in 1974, turkey invaded cyprus and has occupied almost 40 percent of the island ever since.
the ministry of foreign affairs of greece issued a note of condemnation regarding the celebrations:
“we are dismayed to note the celebrations of the turkish cypriot leadership, including mr. himself, of the anniversary of the use of chemical weapons and dropping of napalm bombs by the turkish air force on the peninsula. this was the first use of banned chemical weapons in the history of our planet.
“today, when the whole planet bows to the victims of wars and such hostile acts, the holding of and participation in such celebrations is an affront to international law, to the memory of the fallen, and to the whole of humanity.”
the republic of cyprus declared independence in 1960. afterwards, turkey escalated its preparations to invade the island, which included but were not limited to establishing a bridgehead at in 1964 and smuggling arms and fighters from turkey into the area in order to strengthen turkish positions there.
according to the high commission of the republic of cyprus in london,
“when in august 1964 the [cypriot] government attempted to contain the bridgehead, turkey's air force bombed the national guard and neighboring greek villages with napalm and threatened to invade. the other major purpose served by the enclaves was the political and physical separation of the two communities.”
another preparation for the occupation by turkey was its disguised violent attacks against turkish cypriots to further escalate conflicts and alienate cypriots from greek cypriots.
general yirmibeşoğlu, a turkish army officer, for example, said in televised comments in 2010 that turkey burned a mosque during the cyprus conflict “in order to foster civil resistance” against greeks on the that “the turkish special warfare department has a rule to engage in acts of sabotage against respected values [of turks] made to look as if they were carried out by the enemy.”
the deadly military assault against in 1964 is celebrated by many turkish cypriots and settlers from turkey as the august resistance day.” turks now call “erenköy,” turkish for “the village of the [islamic] saints.”
in 2014, for example, the community leader of kato pyrgos, costas michaelides, condemned the formal turkish celebrations in, describing them as a “disgrace.” “the memories are alive because the victims, those who survived, are here. the crosses [on the graves] are here. however, many years pass, 50 or 150, we will see this in our daily lives, because they remind us of this cowardly attack against the unarmed people of tylliria,” he said.
the turkish narrative does not deny the smuggling of arms and fighters to cyprus in 1964; the problem is turks do not view these acts as illegal activities or crimes against the republic of cyprus. they see them as “heroism.”
during the celebrations on august 8, mehmet kadı, the mayor of (yialousa), said:
“53 days ago, today, in august 1964, the villagers, students and our mujahedeen [jihadists] struggled together, fought for this land and did not allow the enemy to enter here.”
the enemy that kadı referred to is the republic of cyprus and greek cypriots, the natives of the island who still comprised the majority in the northern part of cyprus back then.
the turkish cypriot minister of economy and energy, atun, also issued a statement regarding “the resistance” and referred to it as “an act of heroism.”
“turkish cypriot people engaged in powerful and honorable resistance in the face of the inhumane attacks by the dual of the rum [ethnic greeks] and greece. about 500 students from anatolia and a group of turkish cypriots from britain started landing in cyprus to defend their homeland when attacks against turkish cypriots escalated in
mustafa arıkan, the head of the mujahedeen [jihadists] association, also announced that during the commemoration, “for the first time, family members of 28 martyrs were given plaques.”
on july 20, 1974, turkey mounted a bloody invasion of the island. the second turkish offensive, attila 2, took place between august. the invasion was accompanied by the mass murder of greek cypriot civilians, including women, and infants, unlawful arrests and torture of greek cypriots, and rapes of greek cypriot children and women, among other atrocities.
zenon rossides, the representative to the united nations, sent a letter on 6 december 1974 to the un secretary general, which said in part that turkey “launched a full scale aggressive attack against cyprus, a small non-aligned and virtually defenseless country, possessing no air force, no navy and no army except for a small national guard. thus, turkey's overwhelming military machine embarked upon an armed attack including napalm bombing of open towns and villages, wreaking destruction, setting forests on fire and spreading indiscriminate death and human suffering to the civilian population of the island.”
the greatest consequence of the invasion was that turkey changed the demographic structure of the northern part of the island, terrorizing around indigenous greek cypriot majority population (more than one-third of the population) into fleeing to the southern part of the island. it is estimated that more than turkish settlers have been implanted in northern cyprus since then. lands and houses belonging to greek cypriots were then distributed to turkish cypriots and to turks brought from turkey to settle in those areas.
according to the official website of the turkish ministry of foreign affairs, “cyprus has never been a greek island
turkish supremacists act so blatantly in cyprus because they claim cyprus is a turkish island. thus, bringing in turkish fighters to cyprus to kill greek cypriots, importing tens of thousands of settlers from turkey, deploying around turkish soldiers there, forcibly changing the demographics of the island, seizing the homes and other property of greek cypriots, and wiping out the historic hellenic and christian identity through the destruction of its cultural heritage are all legitimate acts according to the turkish narrative.
cyprus is turkish, after all. turks can do whatever they want there. they can even celebrate dropping napalm on and slaughtering greeks.
employing orwellian rhetoric, turkey calls the military invasion of cyprus “a peace operation.” in 1974, and islamists of all political parties supported the invasion of cyprus. moreover, turkey does not recognize cyprus as a greek island or even as “a nation.”
according to the official website of the turkish ministry of foreign affairs, “cyprus has never been a greek island. it is both useful and important to keep in mind that there has never been in cyprus a ‘cypriot nation’ due to the distinct national, religious and cultural characteristics of each ethnic people who, in addition, speak different languages.”
the turkish ministry cannot be more wrong. never until the turkish invasion in 1974 did the northern part of the island have a turkish majority. both the north and south of the island were and until 1974. “cyprus has been a part of the greek world as far back as can be attested by recorded history,” writes the author constantine tzanos.
“after the collapse of the byzantine empire and the defeat of the venetians, it fell to ottoman rule from 1571 to 1878. in 1878 it was placed under british administration, was annexed by britain in 1914, and in 1925 became a british colony.”
however, the cyprus question has been one of the key aspects of the turkish foreign policy for a very long time. actually, cyprus has never ceased to be a “national cause” for turks ever since the first invaded it in 1571. a muslim sovereign is not allowed to relinquish land once it has been conquered. and they can even celebrate their war crimes and murders.
showing no regard for the sufferings of greek cypriots, many turkish cypriots and their leaders including mustafa akıncı have celebrated the deadly assaults on their greek neighbors. but a community leader who genuinely aims for a peaceful resolution and coexistence in cyprus would condemn the use of napalm bombs on unarmed civilians and the destruction of that part of the island, and would commemorate the greek cypriot victims as well.
sadly, turkish cypriots’ celebrations of the brutal warfare against greek cypriot civilians have discredited all of their erstwhile statements that they support a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the island and justice for all its inhabitants.
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ˈsaɪprəs ɪz ˈtərkɪʃ, ˈæftər ɔl. tərks kən du ˌwəˈtɛvər ðeɪ wɔnt ðɛr. ðeɪ kən ˈivɪn ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ˈdrɑpɪŋ ˈneɪpɑm ɔn griks ənd sˈlɔtərɪŋ ðɛm. ðə ˈraɪtər ɪz ə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈʤərnəlɪst ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈænəlɪst ˈfɔrmərli beɪst ɪn ˈæŋkərə. ʃi naʊ lɪvz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. mɔr frəm ðə ˈɔθər ðə ˈraɪtər ɪz ə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈʤərnəlɪst ənd pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈænəlɪst ˈfɔrmərli beɪst ɪn ˈæŋkərə. ʃi naʊ lɪvz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ɔn ˈɔgəst 8 ˈməzlɪm ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts ənd ˌɪˈligəl ˈsɛtələrz frəm ˈtərki ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪd ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ˈneɪpɑm ˈbɑmɪŋ əv grik ˈsɪpriˌɑt səˈvɪljənz ɪn ðə ˈɛnˌkleɪv əv ɪn ˈsaɪprəs. muˈstɑfə akıncı*ı, ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə riˈpəblɪk əv ˈnɔrðərn cyprus”*” (trnc*), wɪʧ ɪz ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ˈoʊnli baɪ ˈtərki, ˈɔlsoʊ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ɪn ðə ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz. ɪn ˈɔgəst 1964 ˈtərkɪʃ ˈwɔrˌpleɪnz drɑpt ˈneɪpɑm bɑmz ɔn ɪn ðə pəˈnɪnsələ, ˈhɪtɪŋ ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈɛriəz ənd ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, ənd ˈkɪlɪŋ mɔr ðən 50 ˈpipəl, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ 19 səˈvɪljənz. tɛn jɪrz ˈleɪtər, ɪn 1974 ˈtərki ˌɪnˈveɪdɪd ˈsaɪprəs ənd həz ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ˈɔlˌmoʊst 40 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈaɪlənd ˈɛvər sɪns. ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz əv gris ˈɪʃud ə noʊt əv ˌkɑndəmˈneɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz: ər dɪsˈmeɪd tɪ noʊt ðə ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz əv ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑt ˈlidərˌʃɪp, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈmɪstər. hɪmˈsɛlf, əv ðə ˌænəˈvərsəri əv ðə juz əv ˈkɛmɪkəl ˈwɛpənz ənd ˈdrɑpɪŋ əv ˈneɪpɑm bɑmz baɪ ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ɛr fɔrs ɔn ðə pəˈnɪnsələ. ðɪs wɑz ðə fərst juz əv bænd ˈkɛmɪkəl ˈwɛpənz ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ɑr ˈplænət. ““today*, wɪn ðə hoʊl ˈplænət boʊz tɪ ðə ˈvɪktɪmz əv wɔrz ənd səʧ ˈhɑstəl ækts, ðə ˈhoʊldɪŋ əv ənd pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən ɪn səʧ ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz ɪz ən əˈfrənt tɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl lɔ, tɪ ðə ˈmɛməri əv ðə ˈfɑlən, ənd tɪ ðə hoʊl əv humanity.”*.” ðə riˈpəblɪk əv ˈsaɪprəs dɪˈklɛrd ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ɪn 1960 ˈæftərwərdz, ˈtərki ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪd ɪts ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃənz tɪ ˌɪnˈveɪd ðə ˈaɪlənd, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈkludɪd bət wər nɑt ˈlɪmɪtɪd tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ ə ˈbrɪˌʤhɛd æt ɪn 1964 ənd sˈməgəlɪŋ ɑrmz ənd ˈfaɪtərz frəm ˈtərki ˈɪntu ðə ˈɛriə ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈstrɛŋθən ˈtərkɪʃ pəˈzɪʃənz ðɛr. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə haɪ kəˈmɪʃən əv ðə riˈpəblɪk əv ˈsaɪprəs ɪn ˈləndən, ɪn ˈɔgəst 1964 ðə [ˈsɪpriˌɑt] ˈgəvərnmənt əˈtɛmptəd tɪ kənˈteɪn ðə ˈbrɪˌʤhɛd, ˈtərkiz ɛr fɔrs bɑmd ðə ˈnæʃənəl gɑrd ənd ˈneɪbərɪŋ grik ˈvɪlɪʤɪz wɪθ ˈneɪpɑm ənd θˈrɛtənd tɪ ˌɪnˈveɪd. ðə ˈəðər ˈmeɪʤər ˈpərpəs sərvd baɪ ðə ˈɛnˌkleɪvz wɑz ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˈfɪzɪkəl ˌsɛpərˈeɪʃən əv ðə tu communities.”*.” əˈnəðər ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən fər ðə ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən baɪ ˈtərki wɑz ɪts dɪsˈgaɪzd ˈvaɪələnt əˈtæks əˈgɛnst ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts tɪ ˈfərðər ˈɛskəˌleɪt ˈkɑnflɪkts ənd ˈeɪljəˌneɪt ˈsɪpriˌɑts frəm grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts. ˈʤɛnərəl yirmibeşoğlu*, ə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈɑrmi ˈɔfɪsər, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, sɛd ɪn ˈtɛləˌvaɪzd ˈkɑmɛnts ɪn 2010 ðət ˈtərki bərnd ə ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsaɪprəs ˈkɑnflɪkt ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈfɑstər ˈsɪvəl resistance”*” əˈgɛnst griks ɔn ðə ðət ˈtərkɪʃ ˈspɛʃəl ˈwɔrˌfɛr dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz ə rul tɪ ɪnˈgeɪʤ ɪn ækts əv ˈsæbəˌtɑʒ əˈgɛnst rɪˈspɛktɪd ˈvæljuz [əv tərks] meɪd tɪ lʊk ɛz ɪf ðeɪ ˈkɛrid aʊt baɪ ðə enemy.”*.” ðə ˈdɛdli ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri əˈsɔlt əˈgɛnst ɪn 1964 ɪz ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪd baɪ ˈmɛni ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts ənd ˈsɛtələrz frəm ˈtərki ɛz ðə ˈɔgəst rɪˈzɪstəns day.”*.” tərks naʊ kɔl ““erenköy,”*,” ˈtərkɪʃ fər ˈvɪlɪʤ əv ðə [ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk] saints.”*.” ɪn 2014 fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ðə kəmˈjunɪti ˈlidər əv ˈkeɪtoʊ pyrgos*, ˈkɔstəz michaelides*, kənˈdɛmd ðə ˈfɔrməl ˈtərkɪʃ ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz ɪn, dɪˈskraɪbɪŋ ðɛm ɛz ə ““disgrace.”*.” ˈmɛməriz ər əˈlaɪv bɪˈkəz ðə ˈvɪktɪmz, ðoʊz hu sərˈvaɪvd, ər hir. ðə ˈkrɔsɪz [ɔn ðə greɪvz] ər hir. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈmɛni jɪrz pæs, 50 ər 150 wi wɪl si ðɪs ɪn ɑr ˈdeɪli lɪvz, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ riˈmaɪnd ˈjuˈɛs əv ðɪs ˈkaʊərdli əˈtæk əˈgɛnst ðə əˈnɑrmd ˈpipəl əv tylliria,”*,” hi sɛd. ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈnɛrətɪv dɪz nɑt dɪˈnaɪ ðə sˈməgəlɪŋ əv ɑrmz ənd ˈfaɪtərz tɪ ˈsaɪprəs ɪn 1964 ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz tərks du nɑt vju ðiz ækts ɛz ˌɪˈligəl ækˈtɪvɪtiz ər kraɪmz əˈgɛnst ðə riˈpəblɪk əv ˈsaɪprəs. ðeɪ si ðɛm ɛz ““heroism.”*.” ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz ɔn ˈɔgəst 8 ˈmɛmət kadı*ı, ðə meɪər əv (yialousa*), sɛd: deɪz əˈgoʊ, təˈdeɪ, ɪn ˈɔgəst 1964 ðə ˈvɪlɪʤərz, ˈstudənts ənd ɑr ˌmuʤəhɛˈdin [ʤiˈhɑˌdɪsts] ˈstrəgəld təˈgɛðər, fɔt fər ðɪs lænd ənd dɪd nɑt əˈlaʊ ðə ˈɛnəmi tɪ ˈɛnər here.”*.” ðə ˈɛnəmi ðət kadı*ı rɪˈfərd tɪ ɪz ðə riˈpəblɪk əv ˈsaɪprəs ənd grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts, ðə ˈneɪtɪvz əv ðə ˈaɪlənd hu stɪl kəmˈpraɪzd ðə məˈʤɔrəti ɪn ðə ˈnɔrðərn pɑrt əv ˈsaɪprəs bæk ðɛn. ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑt ˈmɪnɪstər əv ɪˈkɑnəmi ənd ˈɛnərʤi, atun*, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪʃud ə ˈsteɪtmənt rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ resistance”*” ənd rɪˈfərd tɪ ɪt ɛz ækt əv heroism.”*.” ˈsɪpriˌɑt ˈpipəl ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɪn ˈpaʊərfəl ənd ˈɑnərəbəl rɪˈzɪstəns ɪn ðə feɪs əv ðə ˌɪnhjuˈmeɪn əˈtæks baɪ ðə duəl əv ðə rəm [ˈɛθnɪk griks] ənd gris. əˈbaʊt 500 ˈstudənts frəm ˌænəˈtoʊliə ənd ə grup əv ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts frəm ˈbrɪtən ˈstɑrtɪd ˈlændɪŋ ɪn ˈsaɪprəs tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ðɛr ˈhoʊmˌlænd wɪn əˈtæks əˈgɛnst ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪd ɪn muˈstɑfə arıkan*, ðə hɛd əv ðə ˌmuʤəhɛˈdin [ʤiˈhɑˌdɪsts] əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, ˈɔlsoʊ əˈnaʊnst ðət ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kəˌmɛmərˈeɪʃən, ðə fərst taɪm, ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz əv 28 ˈmɑrtərz wər ˈgɪvɪn plaques.”*.” ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 20 1974 ˈtərki ˈmaʊnɪd ə ˈblədi ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ðə ˈaɪlənd. ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈtərkɪʃ əˈfɛnsɪv, əˈtɪlə 2 tʊk pleɪs bɪtˈwin ˈɔgəst ðə ˌɪnˈveɪʒən wɑz əˈkəmpənid baɪ ðə mæs ˈmərdər əv grik ˈsɪpriˌɑt səˈvɪljənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈwɪmən, ənd ˈɪnfənts, ənˈlɔfəl ərˈɛsts ənd ˈtɔrʧər əv grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts, ənd reɪps əv grik ˈsɪpriˌɑt ˈʧɪldrən ənd ˈwɪmən, əˈməŋ ˈəðər əˈtrɑsətiz. ˈzinən rossides*, ðə ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv tɪ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz, sɛnt ə ˈlɛtər ɔn 6 dɪˈsɛmbər 1974 tɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛn ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛnərəl, wɪʧ sɛd ɪn pɑrt ðət ˈtərki ə fʊl skeɪl əˈgrɛsɪv əˈtæk əˈgɛnst ˈsaɪprəs, ə smɔl ˈnɑnəˌlaɪnd ənd ˈvərʧuəli dɪˈfɛnsləs ˈkəntri, pəˈzɛsɪŋ noʊ ɛr fɔrs, noʊ ˈneɪvi ənd noʊ ˈɑrmi ɪkˈsɛpt fər ə smɔl ˈnæʃənəl gɑrd. ðəs, ˈtərkiz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri məˈʃin ɛmˈbɑrkt əˈpɑn ən ɑrmd əˈtæk ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈneɪpɑm ˈbɑmɪŋ əv ˈoʊpən taʊnz ənd ˈvɪlɪʤɪz, ˈrikɪŋ dɪˈstrəkʃən, ˈsɛtɪŋ ˈfɔrəsts ɔn faɪər ənd ˈsprɛdɪŋ ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmənət dɛθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsəfərɪŋ tɪ ðə səˈvɪljən ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv ðə island.”*.” ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈkɑnsəkwəns əv ðə ˌɪnˈveɪʒən wɑz ðət ˈtərki ʧeɪnʤd ðə ˌdɛməˈgræfɪk ˈstrəkʧər əv ðə ˈnɔrðərn pɑrt əv ðə ˈaɪlənd, ˈtɛrəˌraɪzɪŋ əraʊnd ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs grik ˈsɪpriˌɑt məˈʤɔrəti ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən (mɔr ðən ˌwənˈθərd əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən) ˈɪntu fliɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈsəðərn pɑrt əv ðə ˈaɪlənd. ɪt ɪz ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðət mɔr ðən ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɛtələrz hæv bɪn ˌɪmˈplæntɪd ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈsaɪprəs sɪns ðɛn. lændz ənd ˈhaʊsɪz bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts wər ðɛn dɪˈstrɪbjətəd tɪ ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts ənd tɪ tərks brɔt frəm ˈtərki tɪ ˈsɛtəl ɪn ðoʊz ˈɛriəz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz, həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ə grik ˈaɪlənd ˈtərkɪʃ suˈprɛməsɪsts ækt soʊ ˈbleɪtəntli ɪn ˈsaɪprəs bɪˈkəz ðeɪ kleɪm ˈsaɪprəs ɪz ə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈaɪlənd. ðəs, ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ɪn ˈtərkɪʃ ˈfaɪtərz tɪ ˈsaɪprəs tɪ kɪl grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts, ˌɪmˈpɔrtɪŋ tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈsɛtələrz frəm ˈtərki, dɪˈplɔɪɪŋ əraʊnd ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsoʊlʤərz ðɛr, ˈfɔrsəbli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðə ˌdɛməˈgræfɪks əv ðə ˈaɪlənd, ˈsizɪŋ ðə hoʊmz ənd ˈəðər ˈprɑpərti əv grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts, ənd ˈwaɪpɪŋ aʊt ðə hɪˈstɔrɪk həˈlɛnɪk ənd ˈkrɪsʧɪn aɪˈdɛntəˌti θru ðə dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ɪts ˈkəlʧərəl ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ər ɔl ləˈʤɪtəmət ækts əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈnɛrətɪv. ˈsaɪprəs ɪz ˈtərkɪʃ, ˈæftər ɔl. tərks kən du ˌwəˈtɛvər ðeɪ wɔnt ðɛr. ðeɪ kən ˈivɪn ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ˈdrɑpɪŋ ˈneɪpɑm ɔn ənd sˈlɔtərɪŋ griks. ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ ˌɔrˈwɛliən ˈrɛtərɪk, ˈtərki kɔlz ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ˈsaɪprəs pis operation.”*.” ɪn 1974 ənd ˈɪsləmɪsts əv ɔl pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈpɑrtiz səˈpɔrtɪd ðə ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ˈsaɪprəs. mɔˈroʊvər, ˈtərki dɪz nɑt ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ˈsaɪprəs ɛz ə grik ˈaɪlənd ər ˈivɪn ɛz nation.”*.” əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt əv ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz, həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ə grik ˈaɪlənd. ɪt ɪz boʊθ ˈjusfəl ənd ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ kip ɪn maɪnd ðət ðɛr həz ˈnɛvər bɪn ɪn ˈsaɪprəs ə nation’*’ du tɪ ðə dɪˈstɪŋkt ˈnæʃənəl, rɪˈlɪʤəs ənd ˈkəlʧərəl ˌkɛrɪktərˈɪstɪks əv iʧ ˈɛθnɪk ˈpipəl hu, ɪn əˈdɪʃən, spik ˈdɪfərənt languages.”*.” ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈmɪnɪstri ˈkænɑt bi mɔr rɔŋ. ˈnɛvər ənˈtɪl ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˌɪnˈveɪʒən ɪn 1974 dɪd ðə ˈnɔrðərn pɑrt əv ðə ˈaɪlənd hæv ə ˈtərkɪʃ məˈʤɔrəti. boʊθ ðə nɔrθ ənd saʊθ əv ðə ˈaɪlənd wər ənd ənˈtɪl 1974 həz bɪn ə pɑrt əv ðə grik wərld ɛz fɑr bæk ɛz kən bi əˈtɛstɪd baɪ rɪˈkɔrdɪd history,”*,” raɪts ðə ˈɔθər ˈkɑnstənˌtin tzanos*. ðə kəˈlæps əv ðə ˈbɪzənˌtin ˈɛmpaɪər ənd ðə dɪˈfit əv ðə venetians*, ɪt fɛl tɪ ˈɑtəmən rul frəm 1571 tɪ 1878 ɪn 1878 ɪt wɑz pleɪst ˈəndər ˈbrɪtɪʃ ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, wɑz ˈænɛkst baɪ ˈbrɪtən ɪn 1914 ənd ɪn 1925 bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈbrɪtɪʃ colony.”*.” ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈsaɪprəs kˈwɛʃən həz bɪn wən əv ðə ki ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðə ˈtərkɪʃ ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi fər ə ˈvɛri lɔŋ taɪm. ˈæˌkʧuəli, ˈsaɪprəs həz ˈnɛvər sist tɪ bi ə cause”*” fər tərks ˈɛvər sɪns ðə fərst ˌɪnˈveɪdɪd ɪt ɪn 1571 ə ˈməzlɪm ˈsɑvrən ɪz nɑt əˈlaʊd tɪ rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ lænd wəns ɪt həz bɪn ˈkɑŋkərd. ənd ðeɪ kən ˈivɪn ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ðɛr wɔr kraɪmz ənd ˈmərdərz. ʃoʊɪŋ noʊ rɪˈgɑrd fər ðə ˈsəfərɪŋz əv grik ˈsɪpriˌɑts, ˈmɛni ˈtərkɪʃ ˈsɪpriˌɑts ənd ðɛr ˈlidərz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ muˈstɑfə akıncı*ı hæv ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪd ðə ˈdɛdli əˈsɔlts ɔn ðɛr grik ˈneɪbərz. bət ə kəmˈjunɪti ˈlidər hu ˈʤɛnjuˌaɪnli eɪmz fər ə ˈpisfəl ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ənd ˌkoʊɪgˈzɪstəns ɪn ˈsaɪprəs wʊd kənˈdɛm ðə juz əv ˈneɪpɑm bɑmz ɔn əˈnɑrmd səˈvɪljənz ənd ðə dɪˈstrəkʃən əv ðət pɑrt əv ðə ˈaɪlənd, ənd wʊd kəˈmɛmərˌeɪt ðə grik ˈsɪpriˌɑt ˈvɪktɪmz ɛz wɛl. ˈsædli, ˈtərkɪʃ cypriots’*’ ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz əv ðə ˈbrutəl ˈwɔrˌfɛr əˈgɛnst grik ˈsɪpriˌɑt səˈvɪljənz hæv dɪˈskrɛdɪtɪd ɔl əv ðɛr ˈərstˌwaɪl ˈsteɪtmənts ðət ðeɪ səˈpɔrt ə ˈpisfəl ˌrɛzəˈluʃən əv ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt ɪn ðə ˈaɪlənd ənd ˈʤəstɪs fər ɔl ɪts ˌɪnˈhæbɪtənts.
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wellington (reuters) - new zealand prime minister john key, who won praise for his economic stewardship after the global financial crisis, unexpectedly announced his resignation on monday after eight years in power, backing his finance minister to take the helm.
bill english, deputy prime minister and finance minister, said he would likely decide overnight whether to stand for the leadership of the ruling national party at a special december 12 caucus meeting.
key, a popular former foreign exchange dealer who grew up in state housing, is through a third, three-year term that has been marked by political stability and economic reform.
he told reporters he would stay in parliament long enough for his party to avoid a for his seat. national elections are not expected until late 2017.
“it leaves the cabinet and caucus plenty of time to settle in with a new prime minister before heading into election year with a proud record of strong economic management,” key told reporters in wellington.
“i am hugely confident that national can and will win the next election.”
key said he would vote for english if he stood for party leader and prime minister at the december 12 caucus meeting.
“i’ll be talking to caucus and family today and tonight,” english told reporters. “i stand if there strong caucus support for me standing.”
english, a political veteran who previously worked on the family farm and as a treasury department policy analyst, would likely continue with many of core policies, analysts said.
steven joyce, who has held a variety of senior cabinet positions since joining the parliament in 2008, is seen as another potential candidate, while judith collins, the minister for police and corrections, told local media she would not rule out running.
“we expect new very strong institutions to lead to a smooth transition and policy continuity,” ratings agency said in a statement, adding there were no implications for new aaa credit rating.
the new zealand dollar fell around a fifth of a u.s. cent on the news and was last trading around $0.71.
“one issue to be mindful of is that had political stability in new zealand now for a number of years,” said philip borkin, a senior economist at anz. “that may not change significantly but it does add a little bit of uncertainty to the political environment that used to.”
new zealand's prime minister john key waves to photographers during the apec economic cooperation) summit in lima, peru, november 20, 2016. photo
“say it so, bro”
key, a who worked at banks including merrill lynch, won office for the nationals in 2008, ending the rule of helen clark. english briefly served as leader of the national party previously, trying and failing to unseat clark in 2002.
together key and english won praise for their stewardship of the billion ($170 billion) economy in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and two devastating earthquakes near christchurch.
in october, new zealand reported its second straight budget surplus, helped by an economy growing at percent in the second quarter.
key steps down with his party in a dominant position in new mixed member proportional representation parliament.
a roy morgan poll last week showed support for the national party up percent to percent, clearly ahead of the alliance, at percent support.
“i sent him one very short message ‘say it so bro’,” australian prime minister malcolm turnbull told reporters in melbourne.
“john key is one of the most outstanding national leaders in the world is somebody that all of us, right around the world, leaders in countries large and small, draw inspiration from.”
key has been dubbed “teflon john” for avoiding lasting damage from a series of controversies which include repeatedly pulling the ponytail of a waitress, his handling of the arrest of accused internet piracy kingpin kim and his backing of a failed referendum to change the new zealand flag.
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“as a top trader he knows you sell stocks when they are at their highs, not lows,” bryce edwards, lecturer in politics at the university of otago, told reuters. “so managed to leave politics on a high note and will go down in history as a popular politician.”
asked if he had any regrets, key said that not securing the trans pacific partnership trade deal was a major one, but it was time to call it quits for his wife bronagh.
“ten years at the top is a long time, it is a lot of lonely nights for bronagh. i really feel i owe it to family to come home.”
($1 = new zealand dollars)
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ˈwɛlɪŋtən (ˈrɔɪtərz) nu ˈzilənd praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ʤɑn ki, hu wən preɪz fər hɪz ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈstuərdˌʃɪp ˈæftər ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsəs, ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli əˈnaʊnst hɪz ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈæftər eɪt jɪrz ɪn paʊər, ˈbækɪŋ hɪz ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈmɪnɪstər tɪ teɪk ðə hɛlm. bɪl ˈɪŋlɪʃ, ˈdɛpjəti praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ənd ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈmɪnɪstər, sɛd hi wʊd ˈlaɪkli ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt ˈwɛðər tɪ stænd fər ðə ˈlidərˌʃɪp əv ðə ˈrulɪŋ ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑrti æt ə ˈspɛʃəl dɪˈsɛmbər 12 ˈkɔkəs ˈmitɪŋ. ki, ə ˈpɑpjələr ˈfɔrmər ˈfɔrən ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ˈdilər hu gru əp ɪn steɪt ˈhaʊzɪŋ, ɪz θru ə θərd, θˈriˌjɪr tərm ðət həz bɪn mɑrkt baɪ pəˈlɪtɪkəl stəˈbɪlɪti ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk rɪˈfɔrm. hi toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz hi wʊd steɪ ɪn ˈpɑrləmɛnt lɔŋ ɪˈnəf fər hɪz ˈpɑrti tɪ əˈvɔɪd ə fər hɪz sit. ˈnæʃənəl ɪˈlɛkʃənz ər nɑt ɪkˈspɛktɪd ənˈtɪl leɪt 2017 livz ðə ˈkæbənət ənd ˈkɔkəs ˈplɛnti əv taɪm tɪ ˈsɛtəl ɪn wɪθ ə nu praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˌbiˈfɔr ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈɪntu ɪˈlɛkʃən jɪr wɪθ ə praʊd ˈrɛkərd əv strɔŋ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk management,”*,” ki toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ɪn ˈwɛlɪŋtən. æm ˈhjuʤli ˈkɑnfədənt ðət ˈnæʃənəl kən ənd wɪl wɪn ðə nɛkst election.”*.” ki sɛd hi wʊd voʊt fər ˈɪŋlɪʃ ɪf hi stʊd fər ˈpɑrti ˈlidər ənd praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər æt ðə dɪˈsɛmbər 12 ˈkɔkəs ˈmitɪŋ. bi ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ˈkɔkəs ənd ˈfæməli təˈdeɪ ənd tonight,”*,” ˈɪŋlɪʃ toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz. stænd ɪf ðɛr strɔŋ ˈkɔkəs səˈpɔrt fər mi standing.”*.” ˈɪŋlɪʃ, ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈvɛtərən hu ˈpriviəsli wərkt ɔn ðə ˈfæməli fɑrm ənd ɛz ə ˈtrɛʒəri dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈpɑləsi ˈænəlɪst, wʊd ˈlaɪkli kənˈtɪnju wɪθ ˈmɛni əv kɔr ˈpɑləsiz, ˈænəlɪsts sɛd. ˈstivən ʤɔɪs, hu həz hɛld ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈsinjər ˈkæbənət pəˈzɪʃənz sɪns ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ðə ˈpɑrləmɛnt ɪn 2008 ɪz sin ɛz əˈnəðər pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt, waɪl ˈʤudɪθ ˈkɑlɪnz, ðə ˈmɪnɪstər fər pəˈlis ənd kərˈɛkʃənz, toʊld ˈloʊkəl ˈmidiə ʃi wʊd nɑt rul aʊt ˈrənɪŋ. ɪkˈspɛkt nu ˈvɛri strɔŋ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz tɪ lɛd tɪ ə smuð trænˈzɪʃən ənd ˈpɑləsi continuity,”*,” ˈreɪtɪŋz ˈeɪʤənsi sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt, ˈædɪŋ ðɛr wər noʊ ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz fər nu ˌtrɪpəˈleɪ ˈkrɛdɪt ˈreɪtɪŋ. ðə nu ˈzilənd ˈdɔlər fɛl əraʊnd ə fɪθ əv ə juz. sɛnt ɔn ðə nuz ənd wɑz læst ˈtreɪdɪŋ əraʊnd ˈɪʃu tɪ bi ˈmaɪndfəl əv ɪz ðət hæd pəˈlɪtɪkəl stəˈbɪlɪti ɪn nu ˈzilənd naʊ fər ə ˈnəmbər əv years,”*,” sɛd ˈfɪlɪp borkin*, ə ˈsinjər ɪˈkɑnəmɪst æt anz*. meɪ nɑt ʧeɪnʤ sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli bət ɪt dɪz æd ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv ənˈsərtənti tɪ ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ðət juzd to.”*.” nu ˈziləndz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ʤɑn ki weɪvz tɪ fəˈtɑgrəfərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈeɪˌpɛk ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən) ˈsəmɪt ɪn ˈlimə, pəru, noʊˈvɛmbər 20 2016 ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ɪt soʊ, bro”*” ki, ə hu wərkt æt bæŋks ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈmɛrəl lɪnʧ, wən ˈɔfəs fər ðə ˈnæʃənəlz ɪn 2008 ˈɛndɪŋ ðə rul əv ˈhɛlən klɑrk. ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈbrifli sərvd ɛz ˈlidər əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑrti ˈpriviəsli, traɪɪŋ ənd ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ ənˈsit klɑrk ɪn 2002 təˈgɛðər ki ənd ˈɪŋlɪʃ wən preɪz fər ðɛr ˈstuərdˌʃɪp əv ðə ˈbɪljən 170 ˈbɪljən) ɪˈkɑnəmi ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌmæθ əv ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsəs ənd tu ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ ˈərθkˌweɪks nɪr ˈkraɪstʧərʧ. ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər, nu ˈzilənd ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɪts ˈsɛkənd streɪt ˈbəʤɪt ˈsərpləs, hɛlpt baɪ ən ɪˈkɑnəmi groʊɪŋ æt pərˈsɛnt ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd kˈwɔrtər. ki stɛps daʊn wɪθ hɪz ˈpɑrti ɪn ə ˈdɑmənənt pəˈzɪʃən ɪn nu mɪkst ˈmɛmbər prəˈpɔrʃənəl ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən ˈpɑrləmɛnt. ə rɔɪ ˈmɔrgən poʊl læst wik ʃoʊd səˈpɔrt fər ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑrti əp pərˈsɛnt tɪ pərˈsɛnt, ˈklɪrli əˈhɛd əv ðə əˈlaɪəns, æt pərˈsɛnt səˈpɔrt. sɛnt ɪm wən ˈvɛri ʃɔrt ˈmɛsɪʤ ɪt soʊ bro’,”*’,” ɔˈstreɪljən praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈmælkəm ˈtərnˌbʊl toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ɪn ˈmɛlbərn. ki ɪz wən əv ðə moʊst ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ ˈnæʃənəl ˈlidərz ɪn ðə wərld ɪz ˈsəmˌbɑdi ðət ɔl əv ˈjuˈɛs, raɪt əraʊnd ðə wərld, ˈlidərz ɪn ˈkəntriz lɑrʤ ənd smɔl, drɔ ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃən from.”*.” ki həz bɪn dəbd john”*” fər əˈvɔɪdɪŋ ˈlæstɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ frəm ə ˈsɪriz əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsiz wɪʧ ˌɪnˈklud rɪˈpitɪdli ˈpʊlɪŋ ðə ˈpoʊniˌteɪl əv ə ˈweɪtrəs, hɪz ˈhændəlɪŋ əv ðə ərˈɛst əv əˈkjuzd ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈpaɪrəsi ˈkɪŋˌpɪn kɪm ənd hɪz ˈbækɪŋ əv ə feɪld ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə nu ˈzilənd flæg. 4 ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ə tɔp ˈtreɪdər hi noʊz ju sɛl stɑks wɪn ðeɪ ər æt ðɛr haɪz, nɑt lows,”*,” braɪs ˈɛdwərdz, ˈlɛkʧərər ɪn ˈpɑləˌtɪks æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv otago*, toʊld ˈrɔɪtərz. ˈmænɪʤd tɪ liv ˈpɑləˌtɪks ɔn ə haɪ noʊt ənd wɪl goʊ daʊn ɪn ˈhɪstəri ɛz ə ˈpɑpjələr politician.”*.” æst ɪf hi hæd ˈɛni rɪˈgrɛts, ki sɛd ðət nɑt sɪˈkjʊrɪŋ ðə trænz pəˈsɪfɪk ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp treɪd dil wɑz ə ˈmeɪʤər wən, bət ɪt wɑz taɪm tɪ kɔl ɪt kwɪts fər hɪz waɪf bronagh*. jɪrz æt ðə tɔp ɪz ə lɔŋ taɪm, ɪt ɪz ə lɔt əv ˈloʊnli naɪts fər bronagh*. aɪ ˈrɪli fil aɪ oʊ ɪt tɪ ˈfæməli tɪ kəm home.”*.” 1 nu ˈzilənd ˈdɔlərz)
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back toward the end of 2015, light field camera company announced a major turn toward the market with the introduction of ‘immerge’, a light field camera made for capturing data which can be played back as video with tracking. now the company is showing the first footage shot with the camera.
lytro has made consumer light field cameras since 2012. and while the company has had some success in the static photo market, the potential market for the application of light field capture has pulled the company into in a big way.
immerge, a 360 degree light field camera in the works by, captures incoming light from all directions. with not only the color of the light, but also its direction, the camera is capable of capturing data representing a snippet of the real world, and (uniquely compared to other 360 degree cameras) the data which is captured allows for tracking from the head (the ability to move your head through space {‘parallax’} and have the scene react accurately).
this ability is one of the major advantages over standard film capture, and is seen as critical for immersion and comfort in experience. now, is showing off the first light field footage shot by their camera; they say the “first piece of 360 live action content ever produced.”
light field captures from’s camera also have a few other tricks, like the ability to change the (distance between the stereo images, to align with each eyes) and focus as needed in post-production.
the company says that’s light field data captures scenes not only with parallax, but also with lighting (reflections that move correctly based on your head position), and truly correct stereo which works no matter the orientation of your head. traditional 360 degree camera systems have issues showing content when the viewer tilts their head in certain directions, while’s light field captures retain proper stereo no matter the orientation of the head, says.
according to’s vp of engineering, tim milliron, can render up to per eye resolution, synthesizing the view from hundreds of constituent sub-cameras. milliron says the company expects content creators to use’s light field captures like a high quality master file, from which a high-end-capable experience could be distributed in to desktop headsets, or other more basic 360 video files could be rendered for uploading and playback through traditional means.
last year, raised a $50 million investment to pursue their interests. while the company initially expected to have ready in the first half of 2016, just now in that seeing the first test footage shot with the device. felix & paul studios, within (formerly ‘vrse)’, and were initially said to be among the first companies outside of to get access to the camera to begin prototyping content. the company is also accepting applications for access to the prototype camera on the official website.
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247 ʃɛrz ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər bæk təˈwɔrd ðə ɛnd əv 2015 laɪt fild ˈkæmərə ˈkəmpəˌni əˈnaʊnst ə ˈmeɪʤər tərn təˈwɔrd ðə ˈmɑrkɪt wɪθ ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ‘‘immerge’*’, ə laɪt fild ˈkæmərə meɪd fər ˈkæpʧərɪŋ ˈdætə wɪʧ kən bi pleɪd bæk ɛz ˈvɪdioʊ wɪθ ˈtrækɪŋ. naʊ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪz ʃoʊɪŋ ðə fərst ˈfʊtɪʤ ʃɑt wɪθ ðə ˈkæmərə. həz meɪd kənˈsumər laɪt fild ˈkæmərəz sɪns 2012 ənd waɪl ðə ˈkəmpəˌni həz hæd səm səkˈsɛs ɪn ðə ˈstætɪk ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈmɑrkɪt, ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈmɑrkɪt fər ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən əv laɪt fild ˈkæpʧər həz pʊld ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˈɪntu ɪn ə bɪg weɪ., ə 360 dɪˈgri laɪt fild ˈkæmərə ɪn ðə wərks baɪ, ˈkæpʧərz ˈɪnˌkəmɪŋ laɪt frəm ɔl dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz. wɪθ nɑt ˈoʊnli ðə ˈkələr əv ðə laɪt, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ɪts dɪˈrɛkʃɪn, ðə ˈkæmərə ɪz ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈkæpʧərɪŋ ˈdætə ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪŋ ə sˈnɪpət əv ðə ril wərld, ənd (juˈnikli kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈəðər 360 dɪˈgri ˈkæmərəz) ðə ˈdætə wɪʧ ɪz ˈkæpʧərd əˈlaʊz fər ˈtrækɪŋ frəm ðə hɛd (ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ muv jʊr hɛd θru speɪs {‘‘parallax’*’} ənd hæv ðə sin riækt ˈækjərətli). ðɪs əˈbɪləˌti ɪz wən əv ðə ˈmeɪʤər ædˈvæntɪʤɪz ˈoʊvər ˈstændərd fɪlm ˈkæpʧər, ənd ɪz sin ɛz ˈkrɪtɪkəl fər ˌɪˈmərʒən ənd ˈkəmfərt ɪn ɪkˈspɪriəns. naʊ, ɪz ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ðə fərst laɪt fild ˈfʊtɪʤ ʃɑt baɪ ðɛr ˈkæmərə; ðeɪ seɪ ðə pis əv 360 lɪv ˈækʃən ˈkɑntɛnt ˈɛvər produced.”*.” laɪt fild ˈkæpʧərz frəm ˈkæmərə ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ə fju ˈəðər trɪks, laɪk ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə (ˈdɪstəns bɪtˈwin ðə ˈstɛriˌoʊ ˈɪmɪʤɪz, tɪ əˈlaɪn wɪθ iʧ aɪz) ənd ˈfoʊkɪs ɛz ˈnidɪd ɪn post-production*. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni sɪz ðət laɪt fild ˈdætə ˈkæpʧərz sinz nɑt ˈoʊnli wɪθ ˈpɛrəˌlæks, bət ˈɔlsoʊ wɪθ ˈlaɪtɪŋ (rɪˈflɛkʃənz ðət muv kərˈɛktli beɪst ɔn jʊr hɛd pəˈzɪʃən), ənd ˈtruli kərˈɛkt ˈstɛriˌoʊ wɪʧ wərks noʊ ˈmætər ðə ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən əv jʊr hɛd. trəˈdɪʃənəl 360 dɪˈgri ˈkæmərə ˈsɪstəmz hæv ˈɪʃuz ʃoʊɪŋ ˈkɑntɛnt wɪn ðə vjuər tɪlts ðɛr hɛd ɪn ˈsərtən dɪˈrɛkʃɪnz, waɪl laɪt fild ˈkæpʧərz rɪˈteɪn ˈprɑpər ˈstɛriˌoʊ noʊ ˈmætər ðə ˌɔriɛnˈteɪʃən əv ðə hɛd, sɪz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˌviˈpi əv ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ, tɪm ˈmɪlərən, kən ˈrɛndər əp tɪ pər aɪ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən, ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪzɪŋ ðə vju frəm ˈhənərdz əv kənˈstɪʧuənt sub-cameras*. ˈmɪlərən sɪz ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪkˈspɛkts ˈkɑntɛnt kriˈeɪtərz tɪ juz laɪt fild ˈkæpʧərz laɪk ə haɪ kˈwɑləti ˈmæstər faɪl, frəm wɪʧ ə haɪɛnd ɪkˈspɪriəns kʊd bi dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ɪn tɪ ˈdɛskˌtɑp ˈhɛdˌsɛts, ər ˈəðər mɔr ˈbeɪsɪk 360 ˈvɪdioʊ faɪlz kʊd bi ˈrɛndərd fər ˈəˌploʊdɪŋ ənd ˈpleɪˌbæk θru trəˈdɪʃənəl minz. læst jɪr, reɪzd ə 50 ˈmɪljən ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt tɪ pərˈsu ðɛr ˈɪntərɪsts. waɪl ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ hæv ˈrɛdi ɪn ðə fərst hæf əv 2016 ʤɪst naʊ ɪn ðət siɪŋ ðə fərst tɛst ˈfʊtɪʤ ʃɑt wɪθ ðə dɪˈvaɪs. ˈfilɪks pɔl ˈstudiˌoʊz, wɪˈθɪn (ˈfɔrmərli ‘‘vrse)’*)’, ənd wər ˌɪˈnɪʃəli sɛd tɪ bi əˈməŋ ðə fərst ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv tɪ gɪt ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈkæmərə tɪ bɪˈgɪn ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪpɪŋ ˈkɑntɛnt. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz fər ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ˈkæmərə ɔn ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt.
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new york (cnnmoney.com) -- oil prices plummeted friday, erasing the previous session's spike, as the dollar strengthened and investors worried that a decline in demand will spread outside the united states.
u.s. crude for october delivery dropped $6.59 to settle at $114.59 a barrel on the new york mercantile exchange.
the drop in oil was the largest slide in dollar terms since jan. 17, 1991, when oil fell by $10.56. on that day, president george h.w. bush withdrew oil from the strategic petroleum reserve ahead of the first gulf war.
but in 1991, oil was trading at just $32 a barrel, so the more than $10 slide in dollar terms represented a record 33% drop. oil fell% tuesday, which does not even crack the top 50 price declines in percentage terms.
oil's slide on friday comes a day after the gain on record. crude futures soared $5.62 a barrel thursday to rise above $121 a barrel.
"we're trending towards a lot of oil price volatility on the direction of the dollar," said peter beutel, an oil analyst with cameron hanover. "there are huge amounts of money involved, and the large moves have been based primarily on dollar strength."
dollar rebounds: the dollar rose after a key measurement showed british economic growth stalled in the second quarter.
the gross domestic product between april and june showed zero growth, the country's statistics office reported friday.
the economic weakness in britain signaled that falling demand for oil due to high fuel prices could spread to europe, according to kyle cooper, director of research with advisors in houston.
"fewer trucks delivering packages, fewer people going to work ... there's a very strong correlation between growth and oil usage," said cooper.
the u.k. report follows other reports this week showing weakness in the euro zone and japanese economies, putting u.s. investment - and the dollar - in a more favorable light.
a stronger dollar makes crude more expensive for foreign investors, because crude futures are traded in u.s. currency. rising dollar values also pull investor money out of oil, since many use crude and other commodities as a hedge against inflation.
georgia-russia: oil rose thursday on tensions between nato and russia over the nation's occupation of georgia. georgia contains several vital pipeline links that carry crude oil and natural gas between europe and asia.
but those tensions appeared to ease friday.
"there was the potential for some type of action across the georgian border and we just haven't seen anything," said neal dingmann, senior energy analyst with dahlman rose & co.
also easing supply worries, a consortium prepared to resume oil flow through the region's pipeline, a major oil link between turkey and the caspian sea.
"we're still integrity testing," said spokesman toby odone, "we expect it will be back in normal operation next week."
u.s. gasoline demand: falling demand for fuels in the united states has been the main force behind oil's fall from a record high of $147.27 in mid-july.
demand for gasoline last week was about million barrels a day, or% lower than it was last year, according to an energy department inventory report released wednesday.
drivers were also spending less time on the road in june, according to a second report from the transportation department last week.
drivers will even cut back over the labor day weekend, according to a projection from motorist group aaa. the number of travelers avoiding cars and air travel, and using buses, trains, or other transportation will increase by% this year, aaa said.
national gasoline prices are down more than 42 cents a gallon from the record high set last month, according to the daily survey of service stations, falling below $3.70 a gallon.
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nu jɔrk (cnnmoney.com*) ɔɪl ˈpraɪsɪz ˈpləmətɪd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ɪˈreɪsɪŋ ðə ˈpriviəs ˈsɛʃənz spaɪk, ɛz ðə ˈdɔlər ˈstrɛŋθənd ənd ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ˈwərid ðət ə dɪˈklaɪn ɪn dɪˈmænd wɪl sprɛd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. juz. krud fər ɑkˈtoʊbər dɪˈlɪvəri drɑpt tɪ ˈsɛtəl æt ə ˈbɛrəl ɔn ðə nu jɔrk ˈmərkənˌtaɪl ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ. ðə drɔp ɪn ɔɪl wɑz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst slaɪd ɪn ˈdɔlər tərmz sɪns ʤæn. 17 1991 wɪn ɔɪl fɛl baɪ ɔn ðət deɪ, ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤɔrʤ h.w*. bʊʃ wɪθˈdru ɔɪl frəm ðə strəˈtiʤɪk pəˈtroʊliəm rɪˈzərv əˈhɛd əv ðə fərst gəlf wɔr. bət ɪn 1991 ɔɪl wɑz ˈtreɪdɪŋ æt ʤɪst 32 ə ˈbɛrəl, soʊ ðə mɔr ðən 10 slaɪd ɪn ˈdɔlər tərmz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ə ˈrɛkərd 33 drɔp. ɔɪl fɛl ˈtuzˌdeɪ, wɪʧ dɪz nɑt ˈivɪn kræk ðə tɔp 50 praɪs dɪˈklaɪnz ɪn pərˈsɛnɪʤ tərmz. ɔɪlz slaɪd ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ kəmz ə deɪ ˈæftər ðə geɪn ɔn ˈrɛkərd. krud fˈjuʧərz sɔrd ə ˈbɛrəl ˈθərzˌdeɪ tɪ raɪz əˈbəv 121 ə ˈbɛrəl. "wɪr ˈtrɛndɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ə lɔt əv ɔɪl praɪs ˌvɑləˈtɪləti ɔn ðə dɪˈrɛkʃɪn əv ðə ˈdɔlər," sɛd ˈpitər bjuˈtɛl, ən ɔɪl ˈænəlɪst wɪθ ˈkæmərən ˈhænoʊvər. "ðɛr ər juʤ əˈmaʊnts əv ˈməni ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ənd ðə lɑrʤ muvz hæv bɪn beɪst praɪˈmɛrəli ɔn ˈdɔlər strɛŋθ." ˈdɔlər ˈriˌbaʊndz: ðə ˈdɔlər roʊz ˈæftər ə ki ˈmɛʒərmənt ʃoʊd ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk groʊθ stɔld ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd kˈwɔrtər. ðə groʊs dəˈmɛstɪk ˈprɑdəkt bɪtˈwin ˈeɪprəl ənd ʤun ʃoʊd ˈziroʊ groʊθ, ðə ˈkəntriz stəˈtɪstɪks ˈɔfəs ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ðə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈwiknəs ɪn ˈbrɪtən ˈsɪgnəld ðət ˈfɑlɪŋ dɪˈmænd fər ɔɪl du tɪ haɪ fjuəl ˈpraɪsɪz kʊd sprɛd tɪ ˈjʊrəp, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kaɪl ˈkupər, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈrisərʧ wɪθ ædˈvaɪzərz ɪn ˈhjustən. "fjuər trəks dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ ˈpækɪʤɪz, fjuər ˈpipəl goʊɪŋ tɪ wərk ðɛrz ə ˈvɛri strɔŋ ˌkɔrəˈleɪʃən bɪtˈwin groʊθ ənd ɔɪl ˈjusɪʤ," sɛd ˈkupər. ðə u.k*. rɪˈpɔrt ˈfɑloʊz ˈəðər rɪˈpɔrts ðɪs wik ʃoʊɪŋ ˈwiknəs ɪn ðə ˈjʊrə zoʊn ənd ˌʤæpəˈniz ɪˈkɑnəmiz, ˈpʊtɪŋ juz. ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ənd ðə ˈdɔlər ɪn ə mɔr ˈfeɪvərəbəl laɪt. ə ˈstrɔŋgər ˈdɔlər meɪks krud mɔr ɪkˈspɛnsɪv fər ˈfɔrən ˌɪnˈvɛstərz, bɪˈkəz krud fˈjuʧərz ər ˈtreɪdɪd ɪn juz. ˈkərənsi. ˈraɪzɪŋ ˈdɔlər ˈvæljuz ˈɔlsoʊ pʊl ˌɪnˈvɛstər ˈməni aʊt əv ɔɪl, sɪns ˈmɛni juz krud ənd ˈəðər kəˈmɑdətiz ɛz ə hɛʤ əˈgɛnst ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən. georgia-russia*: ɔɪl roʊz ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɔn ˈtɛnʧənz bɪtˈwin ˈneɪtoʊ ənd ˈrəʃə ˈoʊvər ðə ˈneɪʃənz ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən əv ˈʤɔrʤə. ˈʤɔrʤə kənˈteɪnz ˈsɛvərəl ˈvaɪtəl ˈpaɪˌplaɪn lɪŋks ðət ˈkɛri krud ɔɪl ənd ˈnæʧərəl gæs bɪtˈwin ˈjʊrəp ənd ˈeɪʒə. bət ðoʊz ˈtɛnʧənz əˈpɪrd tɪ iz ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. "ðɛr wɑz ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl fər səm taɪp əv ˈækʃən əˈkrɔs ðə ˈʤɔrʤən ˈbɔrdər ənd wi ʤɪst ˈhævənt sin ˈɛniˌθɪŋ," sɛd nil dingmann*, ˈsinjər ˈɛnərʤi ˈænəlɪst wɪθ ˈdɑlmən roʊz koʊ. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈizɪŋ səˈplaɪ ˈwəriz, ə kənˈsɔrʃjəm priˈpɛrd tɪ ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ ɔɪl floʊ θru ðə ˈriʤənz ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, ə ˈmeɪʤər ɔɪl lɪŋk bɪtˈwin ˈtərki ənd ðə ˈkæspiən si. "wɪr stɪl ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ˈtɛstɪŋ," sɛd ˈspoʊksmən ˈtoʊbi odone*, "wi ɪkˈspɛkt ɪt wɪl bi bæk ɪn ˈnɔrməl ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən nɛkst wik." juz. ˈgæsəˌlin dɪˈmænd: ˈfɑlɪŋ dɪˈmænd fər fjuəlz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts həz bɪn ðə meɪn fɔrs bɪˈhaɪnd ɔɪlz fɔl frəm ə ˈrɛkərd haɪ əv ɪn mid-july*. dɪˈmænd fər ˈgæsəˌlin læst wik wɑz əˈbaʊt ˈmɪljən ˈbɛrəlz ə deɪ, ər loʊər ðən ɪt wɑz læst jɪr, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ən ˈɛnərʤi dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˌɪnvənˈtɔri rɪˈpɔrt riˈlist ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ˈdraɪvərz wər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈspɛndɪŋ lɛs taɪm ɔn ðə roʊd ɪn ʤun, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈsɛkənd rɪˈpɔrt frəm ðə ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən dɪˈpɑrtmənt læst wik. ˈdraɪvərz wɪl ˈivɪn kət bæk ˈoʊvər ðə ˈleɪbər deɪ ˈwiˌkɪnd, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə prɑˈʤɛkʃən frəm ˈmoʊtərɪst grup ˌtrɪpəˈleɪ. ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈtrævələrz əˈvɔɪdɪŋ kɑz ənd ɛr ˈtrævəl, ənd ˈjuzɪŋ ˈbəsɪz, treɪnz, ər ˈəðər ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən wɪl ˌɪnˈkris baɪ ðɪs jɪr, ˌtrɪpəˈleɪ sɛd. ˈnæʃənəl ˈgæsəˌlin ˈpraɪsɪz ər daʊn mɔr ðən 42 sɛnts ə ˈgælən frəm ðə ˈrɛkərd haɪ sɛt læst mənθ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈdeɪli ˈsərˌveɪ əv ˈsərvɪs ˈsteɪʃənz, ˈfɑlɪŋ bɪˈloʊ ə ˈgælən.
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jessie and katey, two high-spirited from baltimore known for their bold, geometric style, are well on their way to completing a new commission on the side of the 710 main theatre.
i caught up with the pair this morning as they were putting down the first layer:
unterhalter and arrived last week to start the mural and have spent the last several nights sketching out its basic contours with help from video artist and projection pro keith harrington (also known as projex). they're about a third finished with the piece, which will look something like this when it's complete:
and here's an image of the artists' rendering as if viewed straight-on:
the project is part of the art gallery's public art program, a collaboration with erie county and the city of buffalo.
stay tuned for more about the mural and the artists throughout the day.
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ˈʤɛsi ənd ˈkeɪti, tu ˌhaɪˈspɪrɪdɪd frəm ˈbɔltəˌmɔr noʊn fər ðɛr boʊld, ˌʤiəˈmɛtrɪk staɪl, ər wɛl ɔn ðɛr weɪ tɪ kəmˈplitɪŋ ə nu kəˈmɪʃən ɔn ðə saɪd əv ðə 710 meɪn ˈθiətər. aɪ kɔt əp wɪθ ðə pɛr ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ ɛz ðeɪ wər ˈpʊtɪŋ daʊn ðə fərst leɪər: ənd əraɪvd læst wik tɪ stɑrt ðə mˈjʊrəl ənd hæv spɛnt ðə læst ˈsɛvərəl naɪts ˈskɛʧɪŋ aʊt ɪts ˈbeɪsɪk ˈkɑnˌtʊrz wɪθ hɛlp frəm ˈvɪdioʊ ˈɑrtɪst ənd prɑˈʤɛkʃən proʊ kiθ ˈhɛrɪŋtən (ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn ɛz projex*). ðɛr əˈbaʊt ə θərd ˈfɪnɪʃt wɪθ ðə pis, wɪʧ wɪl lʊk ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ðɪs wɪn ɪts kəmˈplit: ənd hɪrz ən ˈɪmɪʤ əv ðə ˈɑrtɪsts' ˈrɛndərɪŋ ɛz ɪf vjud straight-on*: ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ɑrt ˈgæləriz ˈpəblɪk ɑrt ˈproʊˌgræm, ə kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən wɪθ ˈɪri ˈkaʊnti ənd ðə ˈsɪti əv ˈbəfəˌloʊ. steɪ tund fər mɔr əˈbaʊt ðə mˈjʊrəl ənd ðə ˈɑrtɪsts θruaʊt ðə deɪ. iˈmeɪl:
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president trump has had a busy first week in office, displaying the anarchic grandiosity, callousness, and ineptitude of which he seems uniquely capable. he is every inch what we knew him to be: a malignant chauncey gardiner. and now our institutions have begun to shudder at his whim. the fact that atheists like me find the time to worry about the religious crackpots he has brought with him into power is a measure of how bad the man is. christian fundamentalism has become the least of our concerns. our democracy has been engulfed by a hurricane of lies.
many readers have asked me to comment on the executive order suspending immigration from certain countries. i believe stated my positions on the relevant topics fairly clearly. but perhaps a brief summary is in order.
1. i did everything i could to make the case against trump prior to the election (while many of the liberals now attacking me for enabling his “islamophobia” actively undermined the candidacy of hillary clinton, even in the final days of the campaign).
2. i think “muslim ban” is a terrible policy. not only is it unethical with respect to the plight of refugees, it is bound to be ineffective in stopping the spread of. as many have pointed out, it is also internally inconsistent: it include saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, egypt, or lebanon, any of which has been a more fertile source of jihadist terrorism than several of the countries trump named.
3. however, most of what is being said in opposition to order is thoroughly contaminated by identity politics and liberal delusion. the left seems determined to empower the right by continuing to lie about the problem of. as david frum recently wrote, “when liberals insist that only fascists will defend borders, then voters will hire fascists to do the job liberals do.” i have been saying as much for more than a am vilified by my fellow liberals whenever i do.
what we need, above all, is a new center to our that defends secularism, science, and free speech against their enemies on both the left and the right.
4. it is perfectly increasingly speak about the ideological roots of and jihadism, and even about the unique need for reform within mainstream islam itself, without lapsing into bigotry or disregarding the suffering of refugees. indeed, when one understands the problem for what it is, one realizes that secular muslims, liberal muslims, and former muslims are among the most desirable allies to have in the west—and, indeed, such people are the primary victims of islamist intolerance and jihadist terror in countries.
5. if liberals who refuse to speak honestly on these topics continue to march with islamists, denigrate free speech, and oppose the work of the real reformers in the muslim community, they will only further provoke and empower trump. and trump, in turn, will empower islamists the world over by threatening the civil liberties of all muslims within his reach.
6. the next acts of jihadist terrorism to take place on american soil will most likely be met with blunt (and even illegal) countermeasures by the trump administration. if all that liberals can do in response is continue to lie about the causes of terrorism and lock arms with islamists, we have some very rough times ahead.
7. if you are listening to like linda sarsour, dalia mogahed, reza aslan, and representatives of cair, and denigrating true secularists and reformers like nawaz, ali, raza, and sarah haider, you are part of the problem.
nothing that i have said or written about islam, the war on terror, or even “profiling”[1] stands in contradiction to these points.
what we need, above all, is a new center to our that defends secularism, science, and free speech against their enemies on both the left and the right. and now we each must choose between supporting that project and joining in the chaos to come.
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the following interview was recorded several months before the 2016 presidential election:
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ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp həz hæd ə ˈbɪzi fərst wik ɪn ˈɔfəs, dɪˈspleɪɪŋ ðə æˈnɑrkɪk grandiosity*, ˈkæləsnəs, ənd ˌɪˈnɛptɪˌtud əv wɪʧ hi simz juˈnikli ˈkeɪpəbəl. hi ɪz ˈɛvəri ɪnʧ wət wi nu ɪm tɪ bi: ə məˈlɪgnənt ˈʧɔnsi ˈgɑrdnər. ənd naʊ ɑr ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz hæv ˈbeɪgən tɪ ˈʃədər æt hɪz wɪm. ðə fækt ðət ˈeɪθiəsts laɪk mi faɪnd ðə taɪm tɪ ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ðə rɪˈlɪʤəs ˈkrækˌpɑts hi həz brɔt wɪθ ɪm ˈɪntu paʊər ɪz ə ˈmɛʒər əv haʊ bæd ðə mæn ɪz. ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˌfəndəˈmɛnəˌlɪzəm həz bɪˈkəm ðə list əv ɑr kənˈsərnz. ɑr dɪˈmɑkrəsi həz bɪn ɪnˈgəlft baɪ ə ˈhərəˌkeɪnz əv laɪz. ˈmɛni ˈridərz hæv æst mi tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ðə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɔrdər səˈspɛndɪŋ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən frəm ˈsərtən ˈkəntriz. aɪ bɪˈliv ˈsteɪtɪd maɪ pəˈzɪʃənz ɔn ðə ˈrɛləvənt ˈtɑpɪks ˈfɛrli ˈklɪrli. bət pərˈhæps ə brif ˈsəməri ɪz ɪn ˈɔrdər. 1 aɪ dɪd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪ kʊd tɪ meɪk ðə keɪs əˈgɛnst trəmp praɪər tɪ ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən (waɪl ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz naʊ əˈtækɪŋ mi fər ɪˈneɪbəlɪŋ hɪz ““islamophobia”*” ˈæktɪvli ˌəndərˈmaɪnd ðə ˈkændɪdəsi əv ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən, ˈivɪn ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl deɪz əv ðə kæmˈpeɪn). 2 aɪ θɪŋk ban”*” ɪz ə ˈtɛrəbəl ˈpɑləsi. nɑt ˈoʊnli ɪz ɪt əˈnɛθɪkəl wɪθ rɪˈspɛkt tɪ ðə plaɪt əv ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz, ɪt ɪz baʊnd tɪ bi ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv ɪn ˈstɑpɪŋ ðə sprɛd əv. ɛz ˈmɛni hæv ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt, ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈtərnəli ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt: ɪt ˌɪnˈklud ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈærəb ˈɛmərˌeɪts, ˈiʤɪpt, ər ˈlɛbənən, ˈɛni əv wɪʧ həz bɪn ə mɔr ˈfərtəl sɔrs əv ʤiˈhɑˌdɪst ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ðən ˈsɛvərəl əv ðə ˈkəntriz trəmp neɪmd. 3 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, moʊst əv wət ɪz biɪŋ sɛd ɪn ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈɔrdər ɪz ˈθəroʊli kənˈtæməˌneɪtɪd baɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌti ˈpɑləˌtɪks ənd ˈlɪˌbərəl dɪˈluʒən. ðə lɛft simz dɪˈtərmənd tɪ ɪmˈpaʊər ðə raɪt baɪ kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ tɪ laɪ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈprɑbləm əv. ɛz ˈdeɪvɪd frəm ˈrisəntli roʊt, ˈlɪˌbərəlz ˌɪnˈsɪst ðət ˈoʊnli ˈfæʃɪsts wɪl dɪˈfɛnd ˈbɔrdərz, ðɛn ˈvoʊtərz wɪl haɪər ˈfæʃɪsts tɪ du ðə ʤɑb ˈlɪˌbərəlz do.”*.” aɪ hæv bɪn seɪɪŋ ɛz məʧ fər mɔr ðən ə æm ˈvɪləfaɪd baɪ maɪ ˈfɛloʊ ˈlɪˌbərəlz wɛˈnɛvər aɪ du. wət wi nid, əˈbəv ɔl, ɪz ə nu ˈsɛnər tɪ ɑr ðət dɪˈfɛndz ˈsɛkjələrˌɪzəm, saɪəns, ənd fri spiʧ əˈgɛnst ðɛr ˈɛnəmiz ɔn boʊθ ðə lɛft ənd ðə raɪt. 4 ɪt ɪz ˈpərfəktli ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli spik əˈbaʊt ðə ˌaɪdiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ruts əv ənd jihadism*, ənd ˈivɪn əˈbaʊt ðə juˈnik nid fər rɪˈfɔrm wɪˈθɪn ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˌɪsˈlɑm ˌɪtˈsɛlf, wɪˈθaʊt ˈlæpsɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈbɪgətri ər ˌdɪsrɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈsəfərɪŋ əv ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz. ˌɪnˈdid, wɪn wən ˌəndərˈstændz ðə ˈprɑbləm fər wət ɪt ɪz, wən ˈriəˌlaɪzɪz ðət ˈsɛkjələr ˈməzlɪmz, ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈməzlɪmz, ənd ˈfɔrmər ˈməzlɪmz ər əˈməŋ ðə moʊst dɪˈzaɪərəbəl ˈælaɪz tɪ hæv ɪn ðə west—and*, ˌɪnˈdid, səʧ ˈpipəl ər ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈvɪktɪmz əv ˈɪsləmɪst ˌɪnˈtɑlərəns ənd ʤiˈhɑˌdɪst ˈtɛrər ɪn ˈkəntriz. 5 ɪf ˈlɪˌbərəlz hu ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ spik ˈɑnəstli ɔn ðiz ˈtɑpɪks kənˈtɪnju tɪ mɑrʧ wɪθ ˈɪsləmɪsts, ˈdɛnəˌgreɪt fri spiʧ, ənd əˈpoʊz ðə wərk əv ðə ril rɪˈfɔrmərz ɪn ðə ˈməzlɪm kəmˈjunɪti, ðeɪ wɪl ˈoʊnli ˈfərðər prəˈvoʊk ənd ɪmˈpaʊər trəmp. ənd trəmp, ɪn tərn, wɪl ɪmˈpaʊər ˈɪsləmɪsts ðə wərld ˈoʊvər baɪ θˈrɛtənɪŋ ðə ˈsɪvəl ˈlɪbərˌtiz əv ɔl ˈməzlɪmz wɪˈθɪn hɪz riʧ. 6 ðə nɛkst ækts əv ʤiˈhɑˌdɪst ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm tɪ teɪk pleɪs ɔn əˈmɛrɪkən sɔɪl wɪl moʊst ˈlaɪkli bi mɛt wɪθ blənt (ənd ˈivɪn ˌɪˈligəl) ˈkaʊntərˌmɛʒərz baɪ ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. ɪf ɔl ðət ˈlɪˌbərəlz kən du ɪn rɪˈspɑns ɪz kənˈtɪnju tɪ laɪ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkɔzɪz əv ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm ənd lɑk ɑrmz wɪθ ˈɪsləmɪsts, wi hæv səm ˈvɛri rəf taɪmz əˈhɛd. 7 ɪf ju ər ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ laɪk ˈlɪndə sarsour*, ˈdɑljə mogahed*, ˈrɛzə æsˈlən, ənd ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz əv cair*, ənd ˈdɛnɪˌgreɪtɪŋ tru ˈsɛkjələrɪsts ənd rɪˈfɔrmərz laɪk nawaz*, ˈɑli, ˈræzə, ənd ˈsɛrə ˈheɪdər, ju ər pɑrt əv ðə ˈprɑbləm. ˈnəθɪŋ ðət aɪ hæv sɛd ər ˈrɪtən əˈbaʊt ˌɪsˈlɑm, ðə wɔr ɔn ˈtɛrər, ər ˈivɪn stændz ɪn ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃən tɪ ðiz pɔɪnts. wət wi nid, əˈbəv ɔl, ɪz ə nu ˈsɛnər tɪ ɑr ðət dɪˈfɛndz ˈsɛkjələrˌɪzəm, saɪəns, ənd fri spiʧ əˈgɛnst ðɛr ˈɛnəmiz ɔn boʊθ ðə lɛft ənd ðə raɪt. ənd naʊ wi iʧ məst ʧuz bɪtˈwin səˈpɔrtɪŋ ðət ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ɪn ðə keɪɑs tɪ kəm. əˈdɛndəm ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈɪntərvˌju wɑz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ˈsɛvərəl mənθs ˌbiˈfɔr ðə 2016 ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən:
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the jihad sisters: bubbly and exceptionally bright, these twins with 28 were set to train as doctors. now they're in syria 'training to be killers'
twins and left their parents’ home in middle of night
they then caught a flight to turkey, before crossing the border to syria
sisters appeared to be typical teenagers, pouting for selfies and shopping
now they are feared to be training for battle in footsteps of elder brother
twin schoolgirls who followed their jihadi brother to syria were hard-working students who hoped to train as doctors.
sixteen-year-olds and, who last summer achieved 28 between them, left their parents’ home in the middle of the night and caught a flight to turkey, before crossing the border.
police said the pair are thought to have followed their elder brother, who ditched his own ‘excellent’ academic career to join the isis terror group around a year ago.
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salma (left) and (right), who last summer achieved 28 between them, left their parents’ home in the middle of the night and caught a flight to turkey, before crossing the border
friends said the twins had appeared to be typical teenagers, pouting for selfies and shopping at primark but they are now feared to be training for battle.
last night a rebel fighter boasted that he was teaching girls as young as 16 how to fight. yilmaz, a dutch national who has been in syria for two years, told sky news: ‘it’s extremely easy to get here. people go on holiday ... they end up in syria.’
the twins’ parents raised the alarm last month, after finding the girls’ beds empty and their passports and clothes missing.
a former neighbour said the couple had been ‘quite strict’, and did not allow the girls to ‘mix with other children on the street’. others recalled that the twins wore when they were as young as nine. but rhea headlam, who sat next to in primary school, said they were ‘just normal teenage girls’.
‘i’m really shocked i used to bump into them at primark,’ she added. ‘they were both really clever.’
selfies:, left, and, right, pose with friends in pictures taken not long before they fled the
schoolgirl: in front of friends when she was in year 6 at her primary school
last summer achieved 13 11 of them at grades a* to c while passed 15, of which 12 were a*-c. the results put them in the top 10 per cent of their year group at whalley range high school for girls in manchester.
they went on to study at connell sixth form college, where fellow students said they hoped to follow in the footsteps of their elder sister hafsa, 25, who is at medical school in denmark after graduating from manchester university.
‘the twins both have aspirations to become doctors that is their ambition,’ said one. another claimed it was ‘typical’ of the girls to head to syria ‘after they had finished term’, adding: ‘they want to mess up their education.
‘i’m shocked they have gone. they seem to be radical or extremist in their views.’
support: visitors arrive at the family home yesterday, but the girls' parents have not spoken publicly
it emerged yesterday that the girls’ devoutly muslim somali refugee parents and their 11 children had been moved from an estate made famous by the tv series shameless to an upmarket suburb, after telling the council they needed more bedrooms.
they were given a despite the protests of the existing tenant. yesterday the large back and front gardens were strewn with discarded household items and plastic toys.
the house's previous resident - a army heroine who served in bosnia - said last night she had been booted out of the house by manchester city council so the twins and their family could move in.
former lance corporal dawn benjamin told the sun she had thought the house - her childhood home - would be 'going to a good family'.
she added: 'i lost my life, memories, everything i'd grown up with, to house jihadi wannabes'.
ms benjamin and her young son had to move out after they were served with a court order. the council confirmed the house had been needed for a larger family.
police probe: officers were seen leaving the house. the large back and front gardens were strewn with discarded household items and children's plastic toys
neighbours said the twins’ parents were keen to share elements of somalian culture with them, taking round dishes of traditional delicacies for them to try. the twins’ father ibrahim is understood to teach at a nearby mosque, where leaders this week issued a statement repudiating extremism and opposing violence of all kinds.
mohammed shafiq, of the ramadan foundation, said the family were moderate muslims who know all about the dangers of countries. ‘they were desperately unhappy to discover [their son] had gone to syria, and they thought they were keeping a watchful eye on their other children. then this happens,’ he said.
sources believe and were inspired by their transformation into a jihadi fighter, and became themselves while viewing extremist islamist material online.
according to police sources, their brother also travelled to the native somalia, where he may have linked up with another islamist terror group al-shabab.
a friend told the sun the brother was known for his ability to recite long passages of the koran.
officers are investigating how the girls funded their own trip, over fears they have been bankrolled by jihadi fighters who want them as their wives.
as many as britons may have travelled to syria to fight alongside rebels. many of them have posted messages online promising to use their ‘terror skills’ if they return to britain.
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ðə ˈʤihɑd ˈsɪstərz: ˈbəbəli ənd ɪkˈsɛpʃənəli braɪt, ðiz twɪnz wɪθ 28 wər sɛt tɪ treɪn ɛz ˈdɑktərz. naʊ ðɛr ɪn ˈsɪriə 'ˈtreɪnɪŋ tɪ bi ˈkɪlərz' twɪnz ənd lɛft ðɛr parents’*’ hoʊm ɪn ˈmɪdəl əv naɪt ðeɪ ðɛn kɔt ə flaɪt tɪ ˈtərki, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkrɔsɪŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər tɪ ˈsɪriə ˈsɪstərz əˈpɪrd tɪ bi ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈtiˌneɪʤərz, ˈpaʊtɪŋ fər ˈsɛlˌfiz ənd ˈʃɑpɪŋ naʊ ðeɪ ər fɪrd tɪ bi ˈtreɪnɪŋ fər ˈbætəl ɪn ˈfʊtˌstɛps əv ˈɛldər ˈbrəðər twɪn ˈskulˌgərlz hu ˈfɑloʊd ðɛr ʤiˈhɑˌdi ˈbrəðər tɪ ˈsɪriə wər ˌhɑrdˈwərkɪŋ ˈstudənts hu hoʊpt tɪ treɪn ɛz ˈdɑktərz. ənd, hu læst ˈsəmər əˈʧivd 28 bɪtˈwin ðɛm, lɛft ðɛr parents’*’ hoʊm ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ðə naɪt ənd kɔt ə flaɪt tɪ ˈtərki, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkrɔsɪŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər. pəˈlis sɛd ðə pɛr ər θɔt tɪ hæv ˈfɑloʊd ðɛr ˈɛldər ˈbrəðər, hu dɪʧt hɪz oʊn ‘‘excellent’*’ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk kərɪr tɪ ʤɔɪn ðə ˈaɪsəs ˈtɛrər grup əraʊnd ə jɪr əˈgoʊ. skroʊl daʊn fər ˈvɪdioʊ (lɛft) ənd (raɪt), hu læst ˈsəmər əˈʧivd 28 bɪtˈwin ðɛm, lɛft ðɛr parents’*’ hoʊm ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ðə naɪt ənd kɔt ə flaɪt tɪ ˈtərki, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkrɔsɪŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər frɛndz sɛd ðə twɪnz hæd əˈpɪrd tɪ bi ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈtiˌneɪʤərz, ˈpaʊtɪŋ fər ˈsɛlˌfiz ənd ˈʃɑpɪŋ æt ˈprɪmɑrk bət ðeɪ ər naʊ fɪrd tɪ bi ˈtreɪnɪŋ fər ˈbætəl. læst naɪt ə ˈrɛbəl ˈfaɪtər ˈboʊstɪd ðət hi wɑz ˈtiʧɪŋ gərlz ɛz jəŋ ɛz 16 haʊ tɪ faɪt. yilmaz*, ə dəʧ ˈnæʃənəl hu həz bɪn ɪn ˈsɪriə fər tu jɪrz, toʊld skaɪ nuz: ɪkˈstrimli ˈizi tɪ gɪt hir. ˈpipəl goʊ ɔn ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ ðeɪ ɛnd əp ɪn syria.’*.’ ðə twins’*’ ˈpɛrənts reɪzd ðə əˈlɑrm læst mənθ, ˈæftər ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðə girls’*’ bɛdz ˈɛmti ənd ðɛr ˈpæˌspɔrts ənd kloʊðz ˈmɪsɪŋ. ə ˈfɔrmər ˈneɪbər sɛd ðə ˈkəpəl hæd bɪn strict’*’, ənd dɪd nɑt əˈlaʊ ðə gərlz tɪ wɪθ ˈəðər ˈʧɪldrən ɔn ðə street’*’. ˈəðərz rɪˈkɔld ðət ðə twɪnz wɔr wɪn ðeɪ wər ɛz jəŋ ɛz naɪn. bət ˈriə headlam*, hu sæt nɛkst tɪ ɪn ˈpraɪˌmɛri skul, sɛd ðeɪ wər ˈnɔrməl ˈtiˌneɪʤ girls’*’. ˈrɪli ʃɑkt aɪ juzd tɪ bəmp ˈɪntu ðɛm æt primark,’*,’ ʃi ˈædɪd. wər boʊθ ˈrɪli clever.’*.’ ˈsɛlˌfiz:, lɛft, ənd, raɪt, poʊz wɪθ frɛndz ɪn ˈpɪkʧərz ˈteɪkən nɑt lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ flɛd ðə ˈskulˌgərl: ɪn frənt əv frɛndz wɪn ʃi wɑz ɪn jɪr 6 æt hər ˈpraɪˌmɛri skul læst ˈsəmər əˈʧivd 13 11 əv ðɛm æt greɪdz tɪ si waɪl pæst 15 əv wɪʧ 12 wər a*-c*. ðə rɪˈzəlts pʊt ðɛm ɪn ðə tɔp 10 pər sɛnt əv ðɛr jɪr grup æt ˈwæli reɪnʤ haɪ skul fər gərlz ɪn ˈmænˌʧɛstər. ðeɪ wɛnt ɔn tɪ ˈstədi æt ˈkɑnəl sɪksθ fɔrm ˈkɑlɪʤ, wɛr ˈfɛloʊ ˈstudənts sɛd ðeɪ hoʊpt tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ɪn ðə ˈfʊtˌstɛps əv ðɛr ˈɛldər ˈsɪstər hafsa*, 25 hu ɪz æt ˈmɛdɪkəl skul ɪn ˈdɛnˌmɑrk ˈæftər ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪŋ frəm ˈmænˌʧɛstər ˌjunəˈvərsəti. twɪnz boʊθ hæv ˌæspərˈeɪʃənz tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈdɑktərz ðət ɪz ðɛr ambition,’*,’ sɛd wən. əˈnəðər kleɪmd ɪt wɑz ‘‘typical’*’ əv ðə gərlz tɪ hɛd tɪ ˈsɪriə ðeɪ hæd ˈfɪnɪʃt term’*’, ˈædɪŋ: wɔnt tɪ mɛs əp ðɛr ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən. ʃɑkt ðeɪ hæv gɔn. ðeɪ sim tɪ bi ˈrædɪkəl ər ɪkˈstrimɪst ɪn ðɛr views.’*.’ səˈpɔrt: ˈvɪzɪtərz əraɪv æt ðə ˈfæməli hoʊm ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, bət ðə gərlz' ˈpɛrənts hæv nɑt ˈspoʊkən ˈpəblɪkli ɪt ˈimərʤd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ðət ðə girls’*’ dɪˈvaʊtli ˈməzlɪm səˈmɑli ˈrɛfjuʤi ˈpɛrənts ənd ðɛr 11 ˈʧɪldrən hæd bɪn muvd frəm ən ɛˈsteɪt meɪd ˈfeɪməs baɪ ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz ˈʃeɪmləs tɪ ən ˈəpˌmɑrkət ˈsəbərb, ˈæftər ˈtɛlɪŋ ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ðeɪ ˈnidɪd mɔr ˈbɛˌdrumz. ðeɪ wər ˈgɪvɪn ə dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈproʊˌtɛsts əv ðə ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈtɛnənt. ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ðə lɑrʤ bæk ənd frənt ˈgɑrdənz wər strun wɪθ dɪˈskɑrdɪd ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈaɪtəmz ənd ˈplæstɪk tɔɪz. ðə ˈhaʊsɪz ˈpriviəs ˈrɛzɪdənt ə ˈɑrmi ˈhɛroʊən hu sərvd ɪn ˈbɑzniə sɛd læst naɪt ʃi hæd bɪn ˈbutɪd aʊt əv ðə haʊs baɪ ˈmænˌʧɛstər ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl soʊ ðə twɪnz ənd ðɛr ˈfæməli kʊd muv ɪn. ˈfɔrmər læns ˈkɔrpərəl dɔn ˈbɛnʤəmən toʊld ðə sən ʃi hæd θɔt ðə haʊs hər ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd hoʊm wʊd bi 'goʊɪŋ tɪ ə gʊd ˈfæməli'. ʃi ˈædɪd: 'aɪ lɔst maɪ laɪf, ˈmɛməriz, ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ aɪd groʊn əp wɪθ, tɪ haʊs ʤiˈhɑˌdi ˈwɑnəˌbiz'. mɪz ˈbɛnʤəmən ənd hər jəŋ sən hæd tɪ muv aʊt ˈæftər ðeɪ wər sərvd wɪθ ə kɔrt ˈɔrdər. ðə ˈkaʊnsəl kənˈfərmd ðə haʊs hæd bɪn ˈnidɪd fər ə ˈlɑrʤər ˈfæməli. pəˈlis proʊb: ˈɔfɪsərz wər sin ˈlivɪŋ ðə haʊs. ðə lɑrʤ bæk ənd frənt ˈgɑrdənz wər strun wɪθ dɪˈskɑrdɪd ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈaɪtəmz ənd ˈʧɪldrənz ˈplæstɪk tɔɪz ˈneɪbərz sɛd ðə twins’*’ ˈpɛrənts wər kin tɪ ʃɛr ˈɛləmənts əv səˈmɑljən ˈkəlʧər wɪθ ðɛm, ˈteɪkɪŋ raʊnd ˈdɪʃɪz əv trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈdɛlɪkəsiz fər ðɛm tɪ traɪ. ðə twins’*’ ˈfɑðər ˌɪbrɑˈhim ɪz ˌəndərˈstʊd tɪ tiʧ æt ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ mɔsk, wɛr ˈlidərz ðɪs wik ˈɪʃud ə ˈsteɪtmənt riˈpjudiˌeɪtɪŋ ˌɪkˈstrɛmɪzəm ənd əˈpoʊzɪŋ ˈvaɪələns əv ɔl kaɪnz. moʊˈhæmɪd shafiq*, əv ðə ˈrɑməˌdɑn faʊnˈdeɪʃən, sɛd ðə ˈfæməli wər ˈmɑdərˌeɪt ˈməzlɪmz hu noʊ ɔl əˈbaʊt ðə ˈdeɪnʤərz əv ˈkəntriz. wər ˈdɛspərətli ənˈhæpi tɪ dɪˈskəvər [ðɛr sən] hæd gɔn tɪ ˈsɪriə, ənd ðeɪ θɔt ðeɪ wər ˈkipɪŋ ə ˈwɑʧfəl aɪ ɔn ðɛr ˈəðər ˈʧɪldrən. ðɛn ðɪs happens,’*,’ hi sɛd. ˈsɔrsəz bɪˈliv ənd wər ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ðɛr ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃən ˈɪntu ə ʤiˈhɑˌdi ˈfaɪtər, ənd bɪˈkeɪm ðɛmˈsɛlvz waɪl vjuɪŋ ɪkˈstrimɪst ˈɪsləmɪst məˈtɪriəl ˈɔnˌlaɪn. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ pəˈlis ˈsɔrsəz, ðɛr ˈbrəðər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈtrævəld tɪ ðə ˈneɪtɪv səˈmɑljə, wɛr hi meɪ hæv lɪŋkt əp wɪθ əˈnəðər ˈɪsləmɪst ˈtɛrər grup al-shabab*. ə frɛnd toʊld ðə sən ðə ˈbrəðər wɑz noʊn fər hɪz əˈbɪləˌti tɪ rəˈsaɪt lɔŋ ˈpæsɪʤɪz əv ðə kɔˈrɑn. ˈɔfɪsərz ər ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ haʊ ðə gərlz ˈfəndɪd ðɛr oʊn trɪp, ˈoʊvər fɪrz ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈbæŋˌkroʊld baɪ ʤiˈhɑˌdi ˈfaɪtərz hu wɔnt ðɛm ɛz ðɛr waɪvz. ɛz ˈmɛni ɛz ˈbrɪtənz meɪ hæv ˈtrævəld tɪ ˈsɪriə tɪ faɪt əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ˈrɛbəlz. ˈmɛni əv ðɛm hæv ˈpoʊstɪd ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈprɑməsɪŋ tɪ juz ðɛr skills’*’ ɪf ðeɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈbrɪtən.
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- if you place a relentless raider turn 1 and follow it with any of greystone or clan captain turn 2, you can fool your opponent you're a plain deck. that can cause him to focus on raider, rather than, letting you keep that precious on board.
- if you place just a greystone on board, you can trick your opponent you're a prophecy. especially if your next card is gatekeeper.
- and, finally, placing can make him think you're a midrange with plenty of wards. in next turn also won't break the illusion.
wh-where do i start. this deck changed my life. and i didn't mean i'm with this deck. after getting with midrange warrior i decided to change things up a bit and make an. the idea was around my head for a while, ever since i saw now midrange assassin list with dark rebirths and dragons.so... let's talk about advantages and disadvantages.+ burst. you can close the gaps like nothing else in this game. between lightning bolts,, dark rebirth (with charge creatures or) and charge creatures you can go face really hard and not worry.+ pretty easy to pick up. at its core it's an list. it's not time to fight, but it's still relatively easy to just get up and play. barring the cards' cost in dust that is.+ so many favorable matchups. i've beaten 3 rage archers on my way there. i've smashed ramp and scout. if you recognize these - good. that's probably how a ladder looks for you now lol.- if the ladder is full of control mages (specifically mages, you couldn't care less if you're facings) or token crusaders or literally anything faster, you probably shouldn't play this deck. it can race, but not that well. and as a passive player you can't do much due to all the breakthrough.- no healing. to be expected from a.and probably something else. i don't know. i love this deck, but at the same time i'm scared because i can close a gap as large as 10 damage on turn acceptable starting hand is at least 1 card that is a drop and preferably neither nor stronghold patrol. not really hard. keep rapid shot if you're facing a (1 creatures a plenty) and assassin if you feel like you're against goblins, i guess. then start pressuring. depending on your starting hand you can seriously fool your opponent. now let's talk about you keep that in mind, you can potentially make your opponent play however you want him general plan is to go face. if your opponent drops a card, think what will he do with it and play accordingly. trade with breakthrough against stuff that can kill something on your side. keep s in your pocket for problematic creatures, same with spinner s for guards or, for example, talk about budget replacements here, but there's one little issue. wood headhunter is a part of this deck. the 5 cost 5 attack charge creature is huge. you can't just replace it. not even vigilante, which i still pack 1 of, can do the job this thing can. the closest thing with that much impact would be royal sage . you can even dark rebirth the sage for double the impact, but trust me when i say that these two are not even close to be compared, unless your sage gets charge twice. alternatively, to keep the deck mostly red, you can play triumphant , but i personally really don't like this card. it doesn't feel right, that's than that your replacements are the usual. relentless raider into fiery imp spinner and belligerent giant into 3 copies of cast out and 1 bone bow , despite being a rare, are a part of madhouse collection. with twitch drops you should buy that collection eventually, but for the sake of just bringing the gem cost down for everything, try garnag, dark adherent and (though you should probably have his deck bought) for... i have no clue what you could bring here. maybe fate weaver , although there ain't that many prophecies in the deck.finally, underworld vigilante 's closest available replacement is battlefield in the end, just focus in having 3 underworld vigilante s in deck. as a matter of fact, either time to fight by flex or prophecy will probably be a better thing to run. woods are, seriously, too important. unless you really loves and want to play them, don't craft them first.
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ɪf ju pleɪs ə rɪˈlɛntlɪs ˈreɪdər tərn 1 ənd ˈfɑloʊ ɪt wɪθ ˈɛni əv ˈgreɪˌstoʊn ər klæn ˈkæptən tərn 2 ju kən ful jʊr əˈpoʊnənt jʊr ə pleɪn dɛk. ðət kən kɔz ɪm tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈreɪdər, ˈrəðər ðən, ˈlɛtɪŋ ju kip ðət ˈprɛʃəs ɔn bɔrd. ɪf ju pleɪs ʤɪst ə ˈgreɪˌstoʊn ɔn bɔrd, ju kən trɪk jʊr əˈpoʊnənt jʊr ə ˈprɑfəsi. əˈspɛʃəli ɪf jʊr nɛkst kɑrd ɪz ˈgeɪtˌkipər. ənd, ˈfaɪnəli, ˈpleɪsɪŋ kən meɪk ɪm θɪŋk jʊr ə ˈmɪˌdreɪnʤ wɪθ ˈplɛnti əv wɔrdz. ɪn nɛkst tərn ˈɔlsoʊ woʊnt breɪk ðə ˌɪˈluʒən. du aɪ stɑrt. ðɪs dɛk ʧeɪnʤd maɪ laɪf. ənd aɪ ˈdɪdənt min əm wɪθ ðɪs dɛk. ˈæftər ˈgɪtɪŋ wɪθ ˈmɪˌdreɪnʤ ˈwɔrjər aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ʧeɪnʤ θɪŋz əp ə bɪt ənd meɪk ən. ðə aɪˈdiə wɑz əraʊnd maɪ hɛd fər ə waɪl, ˈɛvər sɪns aɪ sɔ naʊ ˈmɪˌdreɪnʤ əˈsæsən lɪst wɪθ dɑrk riˈbərθs ənd dragons.so*... lɛts tɔk əˈbaʊt ædˈvæntɪʤɪz ənd ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤz.+ bərst. ju kən kloʊz ðə gæps laɪk ˈnəθɪŋ ɛls ɪn ðɪs geɪm. bɪtˈwin ˈlaɪtnɪŋ boʊlts,, dɑrk riˈbərθ (wɪθ ʧɑrʤ ˈkriʧərz ər) ənd ʧɑrʤ ˈkriʧərz ju kən goʊ feɪs ˈrɪli hɑrd ənd nɑt ˈwəri.+ ˈprɪti ˈizi tɪ pɪk əp. æt ɪts kɔr ɪts ən lɪst. ɪts nɑt taɪm tɪ faɪt, bət ɪts stɪl ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈizi tɪ ʤɪst gɪt əp ənd pleɪ. ˈbɑrɪŋ ðə kɑrdz' kɔst ɪn dəst ðət ɪz.+ soʊ ˈmɛni ˈfeɪvərəbəl ˈmæʧəps. aɪv ˈbitən 3 reɪʤ ˈɑrʧərz ɔn maɪ weɪ ðɛr. aɪv smæʃt ræmp ənd skaʊt. ɪf ju ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðiz gʊd. ðæts ˈprɑbəˌbli haʊ ə ˈlædər lʊks fər ju naʊ lɔl.- ɪf ðə ˈlædər ɪz fʊl əv kənˈtroʊl ˈmeɪʤɪz (spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈmeɪʤɪz, ju ˈkʊdənt kɛr lɛs ɪf jʊr ˈfeɪsɪŋ spellswords*) ər ˈtoʊkən kruˈseɪdərz ər ˈlɪtərəli ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈfæstər, ju ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈʃʊdənt pleɪ ðɪs dɛk. ɪt kən reɪs, bət nɑt ðət wɛl. ənd ɛz ə ˈpæsɪv pleɪər ju kænt du məʧ du tɪ ɔl ðə ˈbreɪkθˌru.- noʊ ˈhilɪŋ. tɪ bi ɪkˈspɛktɪd frəm ə ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls. aɪ doʊnt noʊ. aɪ ləv ðɪs dɛk, bət æt ðə seɪm taɪm əm skɛrd bɪˈkəz aɪ kən kloʊz ə gæp ɛz lɑrʤ ɛz 10 ˈdæmɪʤ ɔn tərn əkˈsɛptəbəl ˈstɑrtɪŋ hænd ɪz æt list 1 kɑrd ðət ɪz ə drɔp ənd ˈprɛfərəbli ˈniðər nɔr ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld pəˈtroʊl. nɑt ˈrɪli hɑrd. kip ˈræpɪd ʃɑt ɪf jʊr ˈfeɪsɪŋ ə 1 ˈkriʧərz ə ˈplɛnti) ənd əˈsæsən ɪf ju fil laɪk jʊr əˈgɛnst ˈgɑblɪnz, aɪ gɛs. ðɛn stɑrt ˈprɛʃərɪŋ. dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn jʊr ˈstɑrtɪŋ hænd ju kən ˈsɪriəsli ful jʊr əˈpoʊnənt. naʊ lɛts tɔk əˈbaʊt ju kip ðət ɪn maɪnd, ju kən pəˈtɛnʃəli meɪk jʊr əˈpoʊnənt pleɪ ˌhaʊˈɛvər ju wɔnt ɪm ˈʤɛnərəl plæn ɪz tɪ goʊ feɪs. ɪf jʊr əˈpoʊnənt drɑps ə kɑrd, θɪŋk wət wɪl hi du wɪθ ɪt ənd pleɪ əˈkɔrdɪŋli. treɪd wɪθ ˈbreɪkθˌru əˈgɛnst stəf ðət kən kɪl ˈsəmθɪŋ ɔn jʊr saɪd. kip ɛs ɪn jʊr ˈpɑkət fər ˌprɑbləˈmætɪk ˈkriʧərz, seɪm wɪθ ˈspɪnər ɛs fər gɑrdz ər, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, tɔk əˈbaʊt ˈbəʤɪt riˈpleɪsmənts hir, bət ðɛrz wən ˈlɪtəl ˈɪʃu. wʊd ˈhɛˌdhəntər ɪz ə pɑrt əv ðɪs dɛk. ðə 5 kɔst 5 əˈtæk ʧɑrʤ ˈkriʧər ɪz juʤ. ju kænt ʤɪst ˌriˈpleɪs ɪt. nɑt ˈivɪn ˌvɪʤəˈlænti, wɪʧ aɪ stɪl pæk 1 əv, kən du ðə ʤɑb ðɪs θɪŋ kən. ðə ˈkloʊsəst θɪŋ wɪθ ðət məʧ ˌɪmˈpækt wʊd bi rɔɪəl seɪʤ ju kən ˈivɪn dɑrk riˈbərθ ðə seɪʤ fər ˈdəbəl ðə ˌɪmˈpækt, bət trəst mi wɪn aɪ seɪ ðət ðiz tu ər nɑt ˈivɪn kloʊz tɪ bi kəmˈpɛrd, ənˈlɛs jʊr seɪʤ gɪts ʧɑrʤ twaɪs. ɔlˈtərnətɪvli, tɪ kip ðə dɛk ˈmoʊstli rɛd, ju kən pleɪ traɪˈəmfənt bət aɪ ˈpərsənəli ˈrɪli doʊnt laɪk ðɪs kɑrd. ɪt ˈdəzənt fil raɪt, ðæts ðən ðət jʊr riˈpleɪsmənts ər ðə ˈjuʒəwəl. rɪˈlɛntlɪs ˈreɪdər ˈɪntu ˈfaɪəri ɪmp ˈspɪnər ənd bəˈlɪʤərənt ʤaɪənt ˈɪntu 3 ˈkɑpiz əv kæst aʊt ənd 1 boʊn boʊ dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ ə rɛr, ər ə pɑrt əv ˈmæˌdhaʊs kəˈlɛkʃən. wɪθ twɪʧ drɑps ju ʃʊd baɪ ðət kəˈlɛkʃən ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, bət fər ðə seɪk əv ʤɪst ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðə ʤɛm kɔst daʊn fər ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ, traɪ garnag*, dɑrk əˈdhɪrənt ənd (ðoʊ ju ʃʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv hɪz dɛk bɔt) fər... aɪ hæv noʊ klu wət ju kʊd brɪŋ hir. ˈmeɪbi feɪt ˈwivər ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɛr eɪnt ðət ˈmɛni ˈprɑfəsiz ɪn ðə deck.finally*, ˈəndərˌwərld ˌvɪʤəˈlænti 'ɛs ˈkloʊsəst əˈveɪləbəl rɪˈpleɪsmənt ɪz ˈbætəlˌfild ɪn ðə ɛnd, ʤɪst ˈfoʊkɪs ɪn ˈhævɪŋ 3 ˈəndərˌwərld ˌvɪʤəˈlænti ɛs ɪn dɛk. ɛz ə ˈmætər əv fækt, ˈiðər taɪm tɪ faɪt baɪ flɛks ər ˈprɑfəsi wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ə ˈbɛtər θɪŋ tɪ rən. wʊd ər, ˈsɪriəsli, tu ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt. ənˈlɛs ju ˈrɪli ləv ənd wɔnt tɪ pleɪ ðɛm, doʊnt kræft ðɛm fərst.
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nonprofits in arkansas will no longer benefit from the sales and use tax refund provided by the nonprofit incentive act of 2005. senate bill 160, which was signed into law last week, repeals the act, effective 90 days after the end of the 2017 legislative session.
the nonprofit incentive act was created as an incentive to draw nonprofits to the state. the text of the act notes, “in situations in which a nonprofit organization is considering whether to locate its operations in arkansas, it is important to have an inducement to help the nonprofit organization decide to locate to arkansas.”
however, bill sponsor sen. david wallace told the senate that the incentives had never been used because nonprofits would “rather stay in washington, d.c.” wallace was asked by the arkansas economic development commission to sponsor a bill to eliminate the program. additional information about the incentive is available in the text of 160.
changes in product taxability, exemptions, and sales and use tax rates make it challenging for businesses to manage sales and use tax. tax automation software facilitates sales and use tax compliance in all states. learn more.
photo credit.
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ˈnɑnˈprɑfɪts ɪn ˈɑrkənˌsɑ wɪl noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ðə seɪlz ənd juz tæks ˈriˌfənd prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ ðə nɑnˈprɑfət ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv ækt əv 2005 ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 160 wɪʧ wɑz saɪnd ˈɪntu lɔ læst wik, riˈpilz ðə ækt, ˈifɛktɪv 90 deɪz ˈæftər ðə ɛnd əv ðə 2017 ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈsɛʃən. ðə nɑnˈprɑfət ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv ækt wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd ɛz ən ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv tɪ drɔ ˈnɑnˈprɑfɪts tɪ ðə steɪt. ðə tɛkst əv ðə ækt noʊts, ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz ɪn wɪʧ ə nɑnˈprɑfət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ɪz kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ˈwɛðər tɪ ˈloʊˌkeɪt ɪts ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ɪn ˈɑrkənˌsɑ, ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ hæv ən ˌɪnˈdusmənt tɪ hɛlp ðə nɑnˈprɑfət ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ ˈloʊˌkeɪt tɪ arkansas.”*.” ˌhaʊˈɛvər, bɪl ˈspɑnsər sɛn. ˈdeɪvɪd ˈwɔlɪs toʊld ðə ˈsɛnɪt ðət ðə ˌɪnˈsɪnɪvz hæd ˈnɛvər bɪn juzd bɪˈkəz ˈnɑnˈprɑfɪts wʊd steɪ ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c.”*.” ˈwɔlɪs wɑz æst baɪ ðə ˈɑrkənˌsɑ ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk dɪˈvɛləpmənt kəˈmɪʃən tɪ ˈspɑnsər ə bɪl tɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt ðə ˈproʊˌgræm. əˈdɪʃənəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv ɪz əˈveɪləbəl ɪn ðə tɛkst əv 160 ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn ˈprɑdəkt ˌtæksəˈbɪlɪti, ɪgˈzɛmpʃənz, ənd seɪlz ənd juz tæks reɪts meɪk ɪt ˈʧælənʤɪŋ fər ˈbɪznɪsɪz tɪ ˈmænɪʤ seɪlz ənd juz tæks. tæks ɔtəˈmeɪʃən ˈsɔfˌwɛr fəˈsɪləˌteɪts seɪlz ənd juz tæks kəmˈplaɪəns ɪn ɔl steɪts. lərn mɔr. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈkrɛdɪt.
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best. match. ever!
the yarn is exactly what i would've picked out myself (with brands i've never tried, too!); and oh my gosh, the goodies! winnie definitely went above and beyond the call of duty with this 'mission'. ;)
i got some chocolate and i was just thinking about how i need chocolate earlier today. perfect.
i got some star trek stitch markers; kirk and spock! my first star trek love was the original series. perfect.
i got some earl grey tea. i just ran out, and i do love the next generation as well! perfect.
i got two amazing cards, one with an star trek transmission, and one with lovely flowers and a butterfly and a sweet handwritten note. perfect, and thoughtful to boot!
i am incredibly impressed and my face hurts from smiling so much! :d
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bɛst. mæʧ. ˈɛvər! ðə jɑrn ɪz ɪgˈzæktli wət aɪ ˈwʊdəv pɪkt aʊt ˌmaɪˈsɛlf (wɪθ brændz aɪv ˈnɛvər traɪd, tu!); ənd oʊ maɪ gɑʃ, ðə ˈgʊdiz! ˈwɪni ˈdɛfənətli wɛnt əˈbəv ənd bɪɔnd ðə kɔl əv ˈduti wɪθ ðɪs 'ˈmɪʃən'. aɪ gɑt səm ˈʧɔklət ənd aɪ wɑz ʤɪst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt haʊ aɪ nid ˈʧɔklət ˈərliər təˈdeɪ. ˈpərˌfɪkt. aɪ gɑt səm stɑr trɛk stɪʧ ˈmɑrkərz; kərk ənd spɑk! maɪ fərst stɑr trɛk ləv wɑz ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈsɪriz. ˈpərˌfɪkt. aɪ gɑt səm ərl greɪ ti. aɪ ʤɪst ræn aʊt, ənd aɪ du ləv ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ɛz wɛl! ˈpərˌfɪkt. aɪ gɑt tu əˈmeɪzɪŋ kɑrdz, wən wɪθ ən stɑr trɛk trænzˈmɪʃən, ənd wən wɪθ ˈləvli flaʊərz ənd ə ˈbətərˌflaɪ ənd ə swit ˈhænˌdrɪtən noʊt. ˈpərˌfɪkt, ənd ˈθɔtfəl tɪ but! aɪ æm ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˌɪmˈprɛst ənd maɪ feɪs hərts frəm sˈmaɪlɪŋ soʊ məʧ! :di
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recently by ron paul: americans deserve a transparent fed
statement before the foreign affairs committee, united states house of representatives, december 10, 2009
mr. speaker thank you for holding these important hearings on us policy in afghanistan. i would like to welcome the witnesses, ambassador karl w. eikenberry and general stanley a. mcchrystal, and thank them for appearing before this committee.
i have serious concerns, however, about the decision to add some troops and an as yet undisclosed number of civilian personnel to escalate our afghan operation. this surge will bring us troop levels to approximately those of the soviets when they occupied afghanistan with disastrous result back in the 1980s. i fear the us military occupation of afghanistan may end up similarly unsuccessful.
in late 1986 soviet armed forces commander, marshal sergei akhromeev, told general secretary mikhail gorbachev, "military actions in afghanistan will soon be seven years old. there is no single piece of land in this country which has not been occupied by a soviet soldier. nonetheless, the majority of the territory remains in the hands of rebels. soon gorbachev began the soviet withdrawal from its afghan misadventure. thousands were dead on both sides, yet the occupation failed to produce a stable national afghan government.
eight years into our own war in afghanistan the soviet words ring eerily familiar. part of the problem stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation. it is our presence as occupiers that feeds the insurgency. as would be the case if we were invaded and occupied, diverse groups have put aside their disagreements to unify against foreign occupation. adding more us troops will only assist those who recruit fighters to attack our soldiers and who use the us occupation to convince villages to side with the taliban.
the revolution: a mani... ron paul best price: $1.27 buy new $5.00 (as of est - details) proponents of the afghanistan escalation cite the successful surge in iraq as evidence that this second surge will have similar results. i fear they might be correct about the similar result, but i dispute the success propaganda about iraq. in fact, the violence in iraq only temporarily subsided with the completion of the ethnic cleansing of from sunni neighborhoods and vice versa and all neighborhoods of christians. those sunni fighters who remained were easily turned against the foreign al-qaeda presence when offered us money and weapons. we are increasingly seeing this success breaking down: sectarian violence is flaring up and this time the various groups are better armed with weapons. similarly, the insurgents paid by the us to stop their attacks are increasingly restive now that the iraqi government is no longer paying bribes on a regular basis. so i am skeptical about reports on the success of the iraqi surge. if you like this site, please help keep it going and growing.
likewise, we are told that we have to win in afghanistan so that al-qaeda cannot use afghan territory to plan further attacks against the us. we need to remember that the attack on the united states on september 11, 2001 was, according to the commission report, largely planned in the united states (and germany) by terrorists who were in our country legally. according to the logic of those who endorse military action against afghanistan because al-qaeda was physically present, one could argue in favor of us airstrikes against several us states and germany! it makes no sense. the taliban allowed al-qaeda to remain in afghanistan because both had been engaged, with us assistance, in the insurgency against the soviet occupation.
nevertheless, the national security advisor, gen. james jones, (ret.), said in a recent interview that less than 100 al-qaeda remain in afghanistan and that the chance they would reconstitute a significant presence there was slim. are we to believe that more troops are needed to defeat 100 al-qaeda fighters? i fear that there will be increasing pressure for the us to invade pakistan, to where many taliban and al-qaeda have escaped. already cia drone attacks on pakistan have destabilized that country and have killed scores of innocents, producing strong feelings and calls for revenge. i do not see how that contributes to our national security.
a foreign policy of fr... ron paul best price: $0.25 buy new $6.00 (as of est - details) the top advisor for afghanistan and pakistan, richard holbrooke, said recently, i would say this about defining success in afghanistan and pakistan. in the simplest sense, the supreme court test for another issue, know it when we see it. that does not inspire much confidence.
supporters of this surge argue that we must train an afghan national army to take over and strengthen the rule and authority of kabul. but experts have noted that the ranks of the afghan national army are increasingly being filled by the tajik minority at the expense of the plurality. us diplomat matthew hoh, who resigned as senior civilian representative for the u.s. government in province, noted in his resignation letter that he fail[s] to see the value or the worth in continued u.s. casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the afghan government in what is, truly, a civil war. mr. hoh went on to write that [l]ike the soviets, we continue to secure and bolster a failing state, while encouraging an ideology and system of government unknown and unwanted by [the afghan] people.
i have always opposed as unconstitutional and ineffective. afghanistan is no different. without a real strategy in afghanistan, without a vision of what victory will look like, we are left with the empty rhetoric of the last administration that when the afghan people stand up, the us will stand down. i am afraid the only solution to the afghanistan quagmire is a rapid and complete us withdrawal from that country and the region. we cannot afford to maintain this empire and our occupation of these foreign lands is not making us any safer. it is time to leave afghanistan.
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ˈrisəntli baɪ rɑn pɔl: əˈmɛrɪkənz dɪˈzərv ə trænˈspɛrənt fɛd ˈsteɪtmənt ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈfɔrən əˈfɛrz kəˈmɪti, juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz, dɪˈsɛmbər 10 2009 ˈmɪstər. ˈspikər θæŋk ju fər ˈhoʊldɪŋ ðiz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈhirɪŋz ɔn ˈjuˈɛs ˈpɑləsi ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn. aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ ˈwɛlkəm ðə ˈwɪtnəsɪz, æmˈbæsədər kɑrl ˈdəbəlju. ˈikənbɛri ənd ˈʤɛnərəl ˈstænli ə. mcchrystal*, ənd θæŋk ðɛm fər əˈpɪrɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðɪs kəˈmɪti. aɪ hæv ˈsɪriəs kənˈsərnz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, əˈbaʊt ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ æd səm trups ənd ən ɛz jɛt ˌəndɪˈskloʊzd ˈnəmbər əv səˈvɪljən ˌpərsəˈnɛl tɪ ˈɛskəˌleɪt ɑr ˈæfˌgæn ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən. ðɪs surge* wɪl brɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs trup ˈlɛvəlz tɪ əˈprɑksəmətli ðoʊz əv ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛts wɪn ðeɪ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd æfˈgænəˌstæn wɪθ dɪˈzæstrəs rɪˈzəlt bæk ɪn ðə 1980s*. aɪ fɪr ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən əv æfˈgænəˌstæn meɪ ɛnd əp ˈsɪmələrli ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəl. ɪn leɪt 1986 ˈsoʊviˌɛt ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz kəˈmændər, ˈmɑrʃəl ˈsɛrˌgeɪ akhromeev*, toʊld ˈʤɛnərəl ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri mɪˈkeɪl ˈgɔrbəˌʧɔf, "ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈækʃənz ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn wɪl sun bi ˈsɛvən jɪrz oʊld. ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈsɪŋgəl pis əv lænd ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri wɪʧ həz nɑt bɪn ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd baɪ ə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˈsoʊlʤər. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri rɪˈmeɪnz ɪn ðə hænz əv rebels.*. sun ˈgɔrbəˌʧɔf bɪˈgæn ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt wɪθˈdrɔəl frəm ɪts ˈæfˌgæn mɪsədˈvɛnʧər. ˈθaʊzənz wər dɛd ɔn boʊθ saɪdz, jɛt ðə ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən feɪld tɪ ˈproʊdus ə ˈsteɪbəl ˈnæʃənəl ˈæfˌgæn ˈgəvərnmənt. eɪt jɪrz ˈɪntu ɑr oʊn wɔr ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt wərdz rɪŋ ˈɪrəli fəˈmɪljər. pɑrt əv ðə ˈprɑbləm stɛmz frəm ə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˌmɪsəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ɪt ɪz ɑr ˈprɛzəns ɛz ˈɑkjəˌpaɪərz ðət fidz ðə ˌɪnˈsərʤənsi. ɛz wʊd bi ðə keɪs ɪf wi wər ˌɪnˈveɪdɪd ənd ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd, dɪˈvərs grups hæv pʊt əˈsaɪd ðɛr ˌdɪsəˈgrimənts tɪ ˈjunəˌfaɪ əˈgɛnst ˈfɔrən ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən. ˈædɪŋ mɔr ˈjuˈɛs trups wɪl ˈoʊnli əˈsɪst ðoʊz hu rɪˈkrut ˈfaɪtərz tɪ əˈtæk ɑr ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd hu juz ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən tɪ kənˈvɪns ˈvɪlɪʤɪz tɪ saɪd wɪθ ðə ˈtælɪˌbæn. ðə ˌrɛvəˈluʃən: ə ˈmɑni... rɑn pɔl bɛst praɪs: baɪ nu (ɛz əv ɛst ˈditeɪlz) prəˈpoʊnənts əv ðə æfˈgænəˌstæn ˌɛskəˈleɪʃən saɪt ðə səkˈsɛsfəl surge* ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk ɛz ˈɛvədəns ðət ðɪs ˈsɛkənd sərʤ wɪl hæv ˈsɪmələr rɪˈzəlts. aɪ fɪr ðeɪ maɪt bi kərˈɛkt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsɪmələr rɪˈzəlt, bət aɪ dɪˈspjut ðə səkˈsɛs ˌprɑpəˈgændə əˈbaʊt ˌɪˈrɑk. ɪn fækt, ðə ˈvaɪələns ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk ˈoʊnli ˌtɛmpərˈɛrəli səbˈsaɪdɪd wɪθ ðə kəmˈpliʃən əv ðə ˈɛθnɪk ˈklɛnzɪŋ əv frəm ˈsuni ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz ənd vaɪs ˈvərsə ənd ɔl ˈneɪbərˌhʊdz əv ˈkrɪsʧɪnz. ðoʊz ˈsuni ˈfaɪtərz hu rɪˈmeɪnd wər ˈizəli tərnd əˈgɛnst ðə ˈfɔrən ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ ˈprɛzəns wɪn ˈɔfərd ˈjuˈɛs ˈməni ənd ˈwɛpənz. wi ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli siɪŋ ðɪs success* ˈbreɪkɪŋ daʊn: sɛkˈtɛriən ˈvaɪələns ɪz ˈflɛrɪŋ əp ənd ðɪs taɪm ðə ˈvɛriəs grups ər ˈbɛtər ɑrmd wɪθ ˈwɛpənz. ˈsɪmələrli, ðə ˌɪnˈsərʤənts peɪd baɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs tɪ stɑp ðɛr əˈtæks ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈrɛstɪv naʊ ðət ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər peɪɪŋ braɪbz ɔn ə ˈrɛgjələr ˈbeɪsɪs. soʊ aɪ æm ˈskɛptɪkəl əˈbaʊt rɪˈpɔrts ɔn ðə səkˈsɛs əv ðə ˌɪˈræki sərʤ. ɪf ju laɪk ðɪs saɪt, pliz hɛlp kip ɪt goʊɪŋ ənd groʊɪŋ. ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, wi ər toʊld ðət wi hæv tɪ win* ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn soʊ ðət ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ ˈkænɑt juz ˈæfˌgæn ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri tɪ plæn ˈfərðər əˈtæks əˈgɛnst ðə ˈjuˈɛs. wi nid tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ðət ðə əˈtæk ɔn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 11 2001 wɑz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə kəˈmɪʃən rɪˈpɔrt, ˈlɑrʤli plænd ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts (ənd ˈʤərməni) baɪ ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts hu wər ɪn ɑr ˈkəntri ˈligəli. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈlɑʤɪk əv ðoʊz hu ɛnˈdɔrs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst æfˈgænəˌstæn bɪˈkəz ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ wɑz ˈfɪzɪkəli ˈprɛzənt, wən kʊd ˈɑrgju ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈjuˈɛs ˈɛrˌstraɪks əˈgɛnst ˈsɛvərəl ˈjuˈɛs steɪts ənd ˈʤərməni! ɪt meɪks noʊ sɛns. ðə ˈtælɪˌbæn əˈlaʊd ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn bɪˈkəz boʊθ hæd bɪn ɪnˈgeɪʤd, wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs əˈsɪstəns, ɪn ðə ˌɪnˈsərʤənsi əˈgɛnst ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛt ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ædˈvaɪzər, ʤɛn. ʤeɪmz ʤoʊnz, (rɛt.), sɛd ɪn ə ˈrisənt ˈɪntərvˌju ðət lɛs ðən 100 ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ rɪˈmeɪn ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn ənd ðət ðə ʧæns ðeɪ wʊd riˈkɑnstəˌtut ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈprɛzəns ðɛr wɑz slɪm. ər wi tɪ bɪˈliv ðət mɔr trups ər ˈnidɪd tɪ dɪˈfit 100 ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ ˈfaɪtərz? aɪ fɪr ðət ðɛr wɪl bi ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈprɛʃər fər ðə ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˌɪnˈveɪd ˈpækɪˌstæn, tɪ wɛr ˈmɛni ˈtælɪˌbæn ənd ˌɑlˈkaɪdɑ hæv ɪˈskeɪpt. ɔˈrɛdi siaɪeɪ droʊn əˈtæks ɔn ˈpækɪˌstæn hæv dɪˈsteɪbəˌlaɪzd ðət ˈkəntri ənd hæv kɪld skɔrz əv ˈɪnəsənts, prəˈdusɪŋ strɔŋ ˈfilɪŋz ənd kɔlz fər riˈvɛnʤ. aɪ du nɑt si haʊ ðət kənˈtrɪbjuts tɪ ɑr ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti. ə ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi əv fr*... rɑn pɔl bɛst praɪs: baɪ nu (ɛz əv ɛst ˈditeɪlz) ðə tɔp ædˈvaɪzər fər æfˈgænəˌstæn ənd ˈpækɪˌstæn, ˈrɪʧərd ˈhoʊlbrʊk, sɛd ˈrisəntli, wʊd seɪ ðɪs əˈbaʊt dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ səkˈsɛs ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn ənd ˈpækɪˌstæn. ɪn ðə ˈsɪmpləst sɛns, ðə səˈprim kɔrt tɛst fər əˈnəðər ˈɪʃu, noʊ ɪt wɪn wi si it.*. ðət dɪz nɑt ˌɪnˈspaɪr məʧ ˈkɑnfədɛns. səˈpɔrtərz əv ðɪs sərʤ ˈɑrgju ðət wi məst treɪn ən ˈæfˌgæn ˈnæʃənəl ˈɑrmi tɪ teɪk ˈoʊvər ənd ˈstrɛŋθən ðə rul ənd əˈθɔrəti əv ˈkɑbʊl. bət ˈɛkspərts hæv ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ðə ræŋks əv ðə ˈæfˌgæn ˈnæʃənəl ˈɑrmi ər ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli biɪŋ fɪld baɪ ðə ˈtɑʤɪk məˈnɔrəti æt ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv ðə plərˈælɪti. ˈjuˈɛs ˈdɪpləˌmæt ˈmæθju hoʊ, hu rɪˈzaɪnd ɛz ˈsinjər səˈvɪljən ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv fər ðə juz. ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn ˈprɑvɪns, ˈnoʊtɪd ɪn hɪz ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən ˈlɛtər ðət hi fail[s*] tɪ si ðə ˈvælju ər ðə wərθ ɪn kənˈtɪnjud juz. ˈkæʒəwəltiz ər ɪkˈspɛndɪʧərz əv ˈrisɔrsɪz ɪn səˈpɔrt əv ðə ˈæfˌgæn ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn wət ɪz, ˈtruli, ə ˈsɪvəl war.*. ˈmɪstər. hoʊ wɛnt ɔn tɪ raɪt ðət ðə ˈsoʊviˌɛts, wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ sɪˈkjʊr ənd ˈboʊlstər ə ˈfeɪlɪŋ steɪt, waɪl ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ən ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤi ənd ˈsɪstəm əv ˈgəvərnmənt ənˈnoʊn ənd ənˈwɔntɪd baɪ [ðə ˈæfˌgæn] people.*. aɪ hæv ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈpoʊzd ɛz ˌənˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl ənd ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv. æfˈgænəˌstæn ɪz noʊ ˈdɪfərənt. wɪˈθaʊt ə ril ˈstrætəʤi ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn, wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈvɪʒən əv wət ˈvɪktəri wɪl lʊk laɪk, wi ər lɛft wɪθ ðə ˈɛmti ˈrɛtərɪk əv ðə læst ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən ðət ðə ˈæfˌgæn ˈpipəl stænd əp, ðə ˈjuˈɛs wɪl stænd down.*. aɪ æm əˈfreɪd ðə ˈoʊnli səˈluʃən tɪ ðə æfˈgænəˌstæn kˈwægˌmaɪər ɪz ə ˈræpɪd ənd kəmˈplit ˈjuˈɛs wɪθˈdrɔəl frəm ðət ˈkəntri ənd ðə ˈriʤən. wi ˈkænɑt əˈfɔrd tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðɪs ˈɛmpaɪər ənd ɑr ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən əv ðiz ˈfɔrən lændz ɪz nɑt ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ˈɛni ˈseɪfər. ɪt ɪz taɪm tɪ liv æfˈgænəˌstæn. si ðə rɑn pɔl faɪl dɪˈsɛmbər 12 2009 ðə bɛst əv rɑn pɔl
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gov. larry hogan weighed into the health care fray again wednesday, signing a bipartisan letter to senate leaders that opposes the so-called “skinny repeal” plan emerging as a potentially viable option to dismantle.
“congress should be working to make health insurance more affordable while stabilizing the health insurance market,” hogan and nine other governors wrote in the letter.
the state leaders, who could be blamed for rate hikes caused by congressional action, said the skinny repeal would “accelerate health plans leaving the individual market, increase premiums, and result in fewer americans having access to coverage.”
senate leaders are considering a pared down repeal that would eliminate unpopular provisions of the 2010 law, such as the requirement that all americans carry some level of insurance or face a tax penalty. but that provision the entire system making another measure, guaranteed coverage for people with preexisting conditions, possible.
without a requirement for healthy people to carry insurance, the system breaks down because no one would purchase coverage until they became sick. the congressional budget office estimated wednesday that as many as 16 million people could lose their coverage under that arrangement.
republican leaders are hopeful a skinny repeal could garner majority support in the senate so that the chamber could bring something into a conference committee. that would allow senate and house leaders to begin negotiations on a final bill.
but the governors dismissed that idea.
“instead, we ask senators to work with governors on solutions to problems we can all agree on: fixing our unstable insurance markets,” they wrote. “the next best step is for senators and governors of both parties to come together to work to improve our health care system.”
the letter marks the second time in as many weeks hogan and other republican governors have openly questioned the strategy embraced by their leaders in washington. after months of avoiding questions of national policy, hogan has become increasingly vocal on health care.
last week hogan and other governors wrote a letter opposing the so-called strategy that would have unwound the affordable care act now and then held off on a replacement.
wednesday’s letter was also signed by the democratic governors of colorado, virginia, pennsylvania, montana and louisiana and the republican governors of nevada, massachusetts, ohio and vermont.
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gəv. ˈlɛri ˈhoʊˌgɑn weɪd ˈɪntu ðə hɛlθ kɛr freɪ əˈgɛn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ˈsaɪnɪŋ ə baɪˈpɑrtɪzən ˈlɛtər tɪ ˈsɛnɪt ˈlidərz ðət əˈpoʊzɪz ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld repeal”*” plæn ˈimərʤɪŋ ɛz ə pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈvaɪəbəl ˈɔpʃən tɪ dɪsˈmænəl. ʃʊd bi ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ meɪk hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns mɔr əˈfɔrdəbəl waɪl ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə hɛlθ ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns market,”*,” ˈhoʊˌgɑn ənd naɪn ˈəðər ˈgəvərnərz roʊt ɪn ðə ˈlɛtər. ðə steɪt ˈlidərz, hu kʊd bi bleɪmd fər reɪt haɪks kɔzd baɪ kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈækʃən, sɛd ðə ˈskɪni rɪˈpil wʊd hɛlθ plænz ˈlivɪŋ ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ˈmɑrkɪt, ˌɪnˈkris ˈprimiəmz, ənd rɪˈzəlt ɪn fjuər əˈmɛrɪkənz ˈhævɪŋ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ coverage.”*.” ˈsɛnɪt ˈlidərz ər kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ə pɛrd daʊn rɪˈpil ðət wʊd ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt ˌənˈpɑpjələr prəˈvɪʒənz əv ðə 2010 lɔ, səʧ ɛz ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənt ðət ɔl əˈmɛrɪkənz ˈkɛri səm ˈlɛvəl əv ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns ər feɪs ə tæks ˈpɛnəlti. bət ðət prəˈvɪʒən ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsɪstəm ˈmeɪkɪŋ əˈnəðər ˈmɛʒər, ˌgɛrənˈtid ˈkəvərɪʤ fər ˈpipəl wɪθ ˈpriɪgˈzɪstɪŋ kənˈdɪʃənz, ˈpɑsəbəl. wɪˈθaʊt ə rɪkˈwaɪrmənt fər ˈhɛlθi ˈpipəl tɪ ˈkɛri ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns, ðə ˈsɪstəm breɪks daʊn bɪˈkəz noʊ wən wʊd ˈpərʧəs ˈkəvərɪʤ ənˈtɪl ðeɪ bɪˈkeɪm sɪk. ðə kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈbəʤɪt ˈɔfəs ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ðət ɛz ˈmɛni ɛz 16 ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl kʊd luz ðɛr ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈəndər ðət ərˈeɪnʤmənt. rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlidərz ər ˈhoʊpfəl ə ˈskɪni rɪˈpil kʊd ˈgɑrnər məˈʤɔrəti səˈpɔrt ɪn ðə ˈsɛnɪt soʊ ðət ðə ˈʧeɪmbər kʊd brɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈɪntu ə ˈkɑnfərəns kəˈmɪti. ðət wʊd əˈlaʊ ˈsɛnɪt ənd haʊs ˈlidərz tɪ bɪˈgɪn nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ɔn ə ˈfaɪnəl bɪl. bət ðə ˈgəvərnərz dɪsˈmɪst ðət aɪˈdiə. ““instead*, wi æsk ˈsɛnətərz tɪ wərk wɪθ ˈgəvərnərz ɔn səˈluʃənz tɪ ˈprɑbləmz wi kən ɔl əˈgri ɔn: ˈfɪksɪŋ ɑr ənˈsteɪbəl ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns markets,”*,” ðeɪ roʊt. nɛkst bɛst stɛp ɪz fər ˈsɛnətərz ənd ˈgəvərnərz əv boʊθ ˈpɑrtiz tɪ kəm təˈgɛðər tɪ wərk tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ɑr hɛlθ kɛr system.”*.” ðə ˈlɛtər mɑrks ðə ˈsɛkənd taɪm ɪn ɛz ˈmɛni wiks ˈhoʊˌgɑn ənd ˈəðər rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈgəvərnərz hæv ˈoʊpənli kˈwɛsʧənd ðə ˈstrætəʤi ɛmˈbreɪst baɪ ðɛr ˈlidərz ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ˈæftər mənθs əv əˈvɔɪdɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənz əv ˈnæʃənəl ˈpɑləsi, ˈhoʊˌgɑn həz bɪˈkəm ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈvoʊkəl ɔn hɛlθ kɛr. læst wik ˈhoʊˌgɑn ənd ˈəðər ˈgəvərnərz roʊt ə ˈlɛtər əˈpoʊzɪŋ ðə ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈstrætəʤi ðət wʊd hæv ənˈwaʊnd ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl kɛr ækt naʊ ənd ðɛn hɛld ɔf ɔn ə rɪˈpleɪsmənt. ˈlɛtər wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ saɪnd baɪ ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈgəvərnərz əv ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ, vərˈʤɪnjə, ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə, mɑnˈtænə ənd luˌiziˈænə ənd ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈgəvərnərz əv nəˈvɑdə, ˌmæsəˈʧusəts, oʊˈhaɪoʊ ənd vərˈmɑnt.
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ˈɔlsoʊ, maɪ frɛnd ənd jʊrz ʧɪp æst ˈpipəl ɔn tˈwɪtər wət tɪ drɔ ðə ˈəðər deɪ, ənd aɪ sɛd "drɔ ˈsupərˌmæn ˈflɛksɪŋ ənd ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf hɪz ˌtæˈtuz", ənd ðɛn ˈdəstɪn ˈhɑrbɪn səˈʤɛstɪd ʧɪp drɔ mi ˈflɛksɪŋ ənd ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf maɪ ˈsupərˌmæn ˌtæˈtuz ənd ˈɛniˌweɪ lɔŋ ˈstɔri ʃɔrt ju kən baɪ ðɪs ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪˈvɑkətɪv ˈpɪkʧər əv mi ɔn ˈiˌbeɪ tɪ səˈpɔrt ðɪs əˈmɛrɪkən laɪf. ənd ʧɪp wɪl ˈivɪn drɔ ɪn ə fɔrθ ˌtæˈtu əv jʊr ˈʧuzɪŋ! dil! gɛs wət ʤɪst keɪm aʊt: ɪts maɪ nu bʊk!! ɪf juv ˈɛvər ˈwəndərd wət jʊd du ɪf ju wər ˈstrændɪd ɪn ðə pæst, ˈwəndər noʊ ˈlɔŋgər! wɪθ haʊ tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛnt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ, jul ˌriɪnˈvɛnt ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən frəm skræʧ, noʊ ˈmætər wət taɪm ˈpɪriəd jʊr ɪn. jul bɪˈkəm ðə ˈsɪŋgəl moʊst ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl, dɪˈsaɪsɪv, ənd ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈpərsən ˈɛvər bɔrn. jul meɪk ˈhɪstəri... ...ˈbɛtər. hɪrz ðə ˈtreɪlər! wən jɪr əˈgoʊ təˈdeɪ: ɪt ɪz ə wərd ðət ɪz ˈvɛri ˈhændi ɪf ju ər ɪn ðə ˈeɪliən ˈmuviz ənd ə frɛnd əv jʊrz həz ən ˈeɪliən pɑp aʊt əv hɪz ʧɛst. ju woʊnt ˈstrəgəl fər wərdz ɪn ðət ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ˌɛniˈmɔr. raɪən
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image caption archaeologists from somerset county council excavated the jar and coins
one of the largest ever finds of roman coins in britain has been made by a man using a metal detector.
the hoard of more than coins dating from the century ad was found buried in a field near frome in somerset.
the coins were found in a huge jar just over a foot (30cm) below the surface by dave crisp, from in wiltshire.
"i have made many finds over the years, but this is my first major coin hoard," he said.
after his metal detector gave a "funny signal", mr crisp says he dug down before he found what had caused it.
"i put my hand in, pulled out a bit of clay and there was a little radial, a little bronze roman coin. very, very small, about the size of my fingernail."
mr crisp reported the find to the authorities, allowing archaeologists to excavate the site.
offering to gods
since the discovery in late april, experts from the portable antiquities scheme at the british museum have been working through the find.
the coins were all contained in a single clay pot. although it only measured (45cm) across, the coins were packed inside and would have weighed an estimated (350lb).
"i don't believe myself that this is a hoard of coins intended for recovery," says sam moorhead from the portable antiquities scheme.
"i think what you could see is a community of people who are actually making offerings and they are each pouring in their own contribution to a communal ritual offering to the gods."
it is estimated the coins were worth about four years' pay for a soldier.
"because mr crisp resisted the temptation to dig up the coins, it has allowed archaeologists from somerset county council to carefully excavate the pot and its contents," said anna booth, local finds liaison officer.
somerset county council heritage service now hope the coroner will declare the find as treasure. that would allow the museum of somerset to acquire the coins at market value with the reward shared by mr crisp and the land owner.
the story of the excavation will be told in a new bbc two archaeology series, digging for britain, presented by dr alice roberts and made by 360production, to be broadcast in august.
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ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts frəm ˈsəmərˌsɛt ˈkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsəl ˈɛkskəˌveɪtɪd ðə ʤɑr ənd kɔɪnz wən əv ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈɛvər faɪndz əv ˈroʊmən kɔɪnz ɪn ˈbrɪtən həz bɪn meɪd baɪ ə mæn ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈmɛtəl dɪˈtɛktər. ðə hɔrd əv mɔr ðən kɔɪnz ˈdeɪtɪŋ frəm ðə ˈsɛnʧəri æd wɑz faʊnd ˈbɛrid ɪn ə fild nɪr froʊm ɪn ˈsəmərˌsɛt. ðə kɔɪnz wər faʊnd ɪn ə juʤ ʤɑr ʤɪst ˈoʊvər ə fʊt 30cm*) bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈsərfəs baɪ deɪv krɪsp, frəm ɪn ˈwɪˌlʧaɪr. "aɪ hæv meɪd ˈmɛni faɪndz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz, bət ðɪs ɪz maɪ fərst ˈmeɪʤər kɔɪn hɔrd," hi sɛd. ˈæftər hɪz ˈmɛtəl dɪˈtɛktər geɪv ə "ˈfəni ˈsɪgnəl", ˈmɪstər krɪsp sɪz hi dəg daʊn ˌbiˈfɔr hi faʊnd wət hæd kɔzd ɪt. "aɪ pʊt maɪ hænd ɪn, pʊld aʊt ə bɪt əv kleɪ ənd ðɛr wɑz ə ˈlɪtəl ˈreɪdiəl, ə ˈlɪtəl brɑnz ˈroʊmən kɔɪn. ˈvɛri, ˈvɛri smɔl, əˈbaʊt ðə saɪz əv maɪ ˈfɪŋgərˌneɪl." ˈmɪstər krɪsp ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðə faɪnd tɪ ðə əˈθɔrətiz, əˈlaʊɪŋ ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts tɪ ˈɛkskəˌveɪt ðə saɪt. ˈɔfərɪŋ tɪ gɑdz sɪns ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri ɪn leɪt ˈeɪprəl, ˈɛkspərts frəm ðə ˈpɔrtəbəl ænˈtɪkwətiz skim æt ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ mˈjuziəm hæv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ θru ðə faɪnd. ðə kɔɪnz wər ɔl kənˈteɪnd ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl kleɪ pɑt. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt ˈoʊnli ˈmɛʒərd 45cm*) əˈkrɔs, ðə kɔɪnz wər pækt ˌɪnˈsaɪd ənd wʊd hæv weɪd ən ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd 350lb*). "aɪ doʊnt bɪˈliv ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ðət ðɪs ɪz ə hɔrd əv kɔɪnz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd fər rɪˈkəvəri," sɪz sæm ˈmʊˌrhɛd frəm ðə ˈpɔrtəbəl ænˈtɪkwətiz skim. "aɪ θɪŋk wət ju kʊd si ɪz ə kəmˈjunɪti əv ˈpipəl hu ər ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɔfərɪŋz ənd ðeɪ ər iʧ ˈpɔrɪŋ ɪn ðɛr oʊn ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən tɪ ə kəmˈjunəl ˈrɪʧuəl ˈɔfərɪŋ tɪ ðə gɑdz." ɪt ɪz ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðə kɔɪnz wər wərθ əˈbaʊt fɔr jɪrz' peɪ fər ə ˈsoʊlʤər. "bɪˈkəz ˈmɪstər krɪsp rɪˈzɪstɪd ðə tɛmˈteɪʃən tɪ dɪg əp ðə kɔɪnz, ɪt həz əˈlaʊd ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤɪsts frəm ˈsəmərˌsɛt ˈkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsəl tɪ ˈkɛrfəli ˈɛkskəˌveɪt ðə pɑt ənd ɪts ˈkɑntɛnts," sɛd ˈænə buθ, ˈloʊkəl faɪndz liˈeɪˌzɑn ˈɔfɪsər. ˈsəmərˌsɛt ˈkaʊnti ˈkaʊnsəl ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ˈsərvɪs naʊ hoʊp ðə ˈkɔrənər wɪl dɪˈklɛr ðə faɪnd ɛz ˈtrɛʒər. ðət wʊd əˈlaʊ ðə mˈjuziəm əv ˈsəmərˌsɛt tɪ əkˈwaɪər ðə kɔɪnz æt ˈmɑrkɪt ˈvælju wɪθ ðə rɪˈwɔrd ʃɛrd baɪ ˈmɪstər krɪsp ənd ðə lænd ˈoʊnər. ðə ˈstɔri əv ðə ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən wɪl bi toʊld ɪn ə nu ˌbibiˈsi tu ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤi ˈsɪriz, ˈdɪgɪŋ fər ˈbrɪtən, pərˈzɛnəd baɪ ˈdɑktər ˈælɪs ˈrɑbərts ənd meɪd baɪ 360production*, tɪ bi ˈbrɔdˌkæst ɪn ˈɔgəst.
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baghdad (reuters) - the iraqi army will need the kurds’ help to retake mosul, the largest city under the control of islamic state with the planned offensive expected to be very challenging in a region home to rival religious and ethnic groups, an iraqi minister said. mosul, 400 (250 miles) north of baghdad, has been designated by the government as the next target for armed forces after they retook the western city of, the first major success of the force that initially fled in the face of islamic advance 18 months ago.
volunteers to fight the islamic state, from different iraqi factions including kurdish ands, train at a camping area near kurdish security points on mountain, around northeast of the islamic state held city of mosul, march 7, 2015.
retaking the mostly sunni city of mosul would be hard as the local and regional players in northern iraq have diverging agendas. the region is a mosaic of different ethnic and religious groups lying between turkey, syria and iraqi kurdistan.
it would effectively mark the end of the proclaimed by islamic state in adjacent sunni areas of iraq and syria, finance minister told reuters in an interview.
“mosul needs good planning, preparations, commitment from all the key players,”, a kurd, said on monday in baghdad. “peshmerga is a major force; you cannot do mosul without,” he said, referring to the armed forces of iraqi kurdistan, an autonomous northern region close to mosul.
kurdish forces have positions east, north and west of mosul while iraqi security forces backed by militias have positions in baiji, south of mosul.
the city had a population of two million before it fell to the militants in june 2014, in the first stage of their sweeping advance through northern and western battle of mosul would be “very, very challenging”, said. “it will not be an easy operation, for some time they have been strengthening themselves, but the extent of the area that needs to be secured around mosul during the attack, the army may also need to draw on local sunni forces and possibly the popular forces (pmf) in support roles, he said. the, known in arabic as shaabi, is a loosely knit coalition of mostly militias set up to fight islamic state. the government sidelined the in the battle to ensure air support from the u.s. which is reluctant to be seen fighting on the same side as the militias.
“mosul is different from,” u.s. army colonel steve warren, spokesman for the coalition told reporters on a video conference on tuesday.
“it’s a big, big, big city and going to take a lot of effort. going to take more training. going to take more equipment, and going to take patience.”
‘final blow’
prime minister haider said on monday that islamic state would be defeated in 2016 with the army planning to move on mosul. “we are coming to liberate mosul and it will be the fatal and final blow to daesh,” he said in speech praising the “victory” in. “it’s there (mosul) where abu declared his,” said, referring to the leader. “it is literally their capital.”
the iraqi kurdish president,, discussed plans for the liberation of mosul with lieutenant general tom beckett, senior defense adviser, in september, according to kurdish tv rudaw.
peshmerga forces, backed by us air strikes, in november dislodged islamic state from, a town west of mosul that is home to minority who suffered at the hands of islamic state when it overran the area in august 2014.
barzani said at the time the capture of “would have a big impact on liberating mosul,” as the town lies on the road to raqqa, islamic stronghold on syrian territory.
arab sunnis ands are concerned that the kurds could use the battle as a mean to expand the territory under their control, said al-hashimi, chairman of the iraqi group for strategic studies, a in baghdad.
the kurds are concerned that thes would use their presence to bolster the influence of the central government in baghdad, he said.
“the’s involvement will be inevitable but could further complicate the battle in mosul if not enough guarantees have been taken from the regional leadership that they will not use it to expand their territories,” said hashimi.
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ˈbægdæd (ˈrɔɪtərz) ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈɑrmi wɪl nid ðə kurds’*’ hɛlp tɪ ˈriˈteɪk ˈmoʊsəl, ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈsɪti ˈəndər ðə kənˈtroʊl əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt wɪθ ðə plænd əˈfɛnsɪv ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ bi ˈvɛri ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ɪn ə ˈriʤən hoʊm tɪ ˈraɪvəl rɪˈlɪʤəs ənd ˈɛθnɪk grups, ən ˌɪˈræki ˈmɪnɪstər sɛd. ˈmoʊsəl, 400 250 maɪəlz) nɔrθ əv ˈbægdæd, həz bɪn ˈdɛzɪgˌneɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɛz ðə nɛkst ˈtərgət fər ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz ˈæftər ðeɪ riˈtʊk ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈsɪti əv, ðə fərst ˈmeɪʤər səkˈsɛs əv ðə fɔrs ðət ˌɪˈnɪʃəli flɛd ɪn ðə feɪs əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ədˈvæns 18 mənθs əˈgoʊ. ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz tɪ faɪt ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt, frəm ˈdɪfərənt ˌɪˈræki ˈfækʃənz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈkərdɪʃ ənd yazidis*, treɪn æt ə ˈkæmpɪŋ ˈɛriə nɪr ˈkərdɪʃ sɪˈkjʊrəti pɔɪnts ɔn ˈmaʊntən, əraʊnd ˌnɔrˈθist əv ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt hɛld ˈsɪti əv ˈmoʊsəl, mɑrʧ 7 2015 riˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˈmoʊstli ˈsuni ˈsɪti əv ˈmoʊsəl wʊd bi hɑrd ɛz ðə ˈloʊkəl ənd ˈriʤənəl pleɪərz ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˌɪˈrɑk hæv daɪˈvərʤɪŋ əˈʤɛndəz. ðə ˈriʤən ɪz ə moʊˈzeɪɪk əv ˈdɪfərənt ˈɛθnɪk ənd rɪˈlɪʤəs grups laɪɪŋ bɪtˈwin ˈtərki, ˈsɪriə ənd ˌɪˈræki ˈkərdɪˌstæn. ɪt wʊd ˈifɛktɪvli mɑrk ðə ɛnd əv ðə proʊˈkleɪmd baɪ ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt ɪn əˈʤeɪsənt ˈsuni ˈɛriəz əv ˌɪˈrɑk ənd ˈsɪriə, ˈfaɪˌnæns ˈmɪnɪstər toʊld ˈrɔɪtərz ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju. nidz gʊd ˈplænɪŋ, ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃənz, kəˈmɪtmənt frəm ɔl ðə ki players,”*,”, ə kərd, sɛd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ɪn ˈbægdæd. ɪz ə ˈmeɪʤər fɔrs; ju ˈkænɑt du ˈmoʊsəl wɪˈθaʊt peshmerga,”*,” hi sɛd, rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ðə ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz əv ˌɪˈræki ˈkərdɪˌstæn, ən ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈnɔrðərn ˈriʤən kloʊz tɪ ˈmoʊsəl. ˈkərdɪʃ ˈfɔrsɪz hæv pəˈzɪʃənz ist, nɔrθ ənd wɛst əv ˈmoʊsəl waɪl ˌɪˈræki sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz bækt baɪ mɪˈlɪʃəz hæv pəˈzɪʃənz ɪn baiji*, saʊθ əv ˈmoʊsəl. ðə ˈsɪti hæd ə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv tu ˈmɪljən ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt fɛl tɪ ðə ˈmɪlətənts ɪn ʤun 2014 ɪn ðə fərst steɪʤ əv ðɛr sˈwipɪŋ ədˈvæns θru ˈnɔrðərn ənd ˈwɛstərn ˈbætəl əv ˈmoʊsəl wʊd bi ““very*, ˈvɛri challenging”*”, sɛd. wɪl nɑt bi ən ˈizi ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən, fər səm taɪm ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈstrɛŋθənɪŋ ðɛmˈsɛlvz, bət ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðə ˈɛriə ðət nidz tɪ bi sɪˈkjʊrd əraʊnd ˈmoʊsəl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə əˈtæk, ðə ˈɑrmi meɪ ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ drɔ ɔn ˈloʊkəl ˈsuni ˈfɔrsɪz ənd ˈpɑsəbli ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈfɔrsɪz (pmf*) ɪn səˈpɔrt roʊlz, hi sɛd. ðə, noʊn ɪn ˈɛrəbɪk ɛz shaabi*, ɪz ə ˈlusli nɪt ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən əv ˈmoʊstli mɪˈlɪʃəz sɛt əp tɪ faɪt ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt. ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnd ðə ɪn ðə ˈbætəl tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ɛr səˈpɔrt frəm ðə juz. wɪʧ ɪz rɪˈləktənt tɪ bi sin ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɔn ðə seɪm saɪd ɛz ðə mɪˈlɪʃəz. ɪz ˈdɪfərənt frəm ramadi,”*,” juz. ˈɑrmi ˈkərnəl stiv ˈwɔrən, ˈspoʊksmən fər ðə ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃən toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz ɔn ə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkɑnfərəns ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ə bɪg, bɪg, bɪg ˈsɪti ənd goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk ə lɔt əv ˈɛfərt. goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk mɔr ˈtreɪnɪŋ. goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk mɔr ɪkˈwɪpmənt, ənd goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk patience.”*.” blow’*’ praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈheɪdər sɛd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ðət ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt wʊd bi dɪˈfitɪd ɪn 2016 wɪθ ðə ˈɑrmi ˈplænɪŋ tɪ muv ɔn ˈmoʊsəl. ər ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ ˈlɪˌbərˌeɪt ˈmoʊsəl ənd ɪt wɪl bi ðə ˈfeɪtəl ənd ˈfaɪnəl bloʊ tɪ daesh,”*,” hi sɛd ɪn spiʧ ˈpreɪzɪŋ ðə ““victory”*” ɪn. ðɛr (ˈmoʊsəl) wɛr ˈæbu dɪˈklɛrd hɪz caliphate,”*,” sɛd, rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈlidər. ɪz ˈlɪtərəli ðɛr capital.”*.” ðə ˌɪˈræki ˈkərdɪʃ ˈprɛzɪdənt,, dɪˈskəst plænz fər ðə ˌlɪˌbərˈeɪʃən əv ˈmoʊsəl wɪθ luˈtɛnənt ˈʤɛnərəl tɑm ˈbɛkɪt, ˈsinjər dɪˈfɛns ædˈvaɪzər, ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈkərdɪʃ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən rudaw*. ˈfɔrsɪz, bækt baɪ ˈjuˈɛs ɛr straɪks, ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər dɪsˈlɑʤd ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt frəm, ə taʊn wɛst əv ˈmoʊsəl ðət ɪz hoʊm tɪ məˈnɔrəti hu ˈsəfərd æt ðə hænz əv ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt wɪn ɪt ˈoʊvərˈræn ðə ˈɛriə ɪn ˈɔgəst 2014 sɛd æt ðə taɪm ðə ˈkæpʧər əv hæv ə bɪg ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈlɪˌbərˌeɪtɪŋ mosul,”*,” ɛz ðə taʊn laɪz ɔn ðə roʊd tɪ raqqa*, ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld ɔn ˈsɪriən ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri. ˈærəb ˈsʊˌniz ənd ər kənˈsərnd ðət ðə kərdz kʊd juz ðə ˈbætəl ɛz ə min tɪ ɪkˈspænd ðə ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri ˈəndər ðɛr kənˈtroʊl, sɛd al-hashimi*, ˈʧɛrmən əv ðə ˌɪˈræki grup fər strəˈtiʤɪk ˈstədiz, ə ɪn ˈbægdæd. ðə kərdz ər kənˈsərnd ðət ðə wʊd juz ðɛr ˈprɛzəns tɪ ˈboʊlstər ðə ˈɪnfluəns əv ðə ˈsɛntrəl ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn ˈbægdæd, hi sɛd. ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt wɪl bi ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl bət kʊd ˈfərðər ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪt ðə ˈbætəl ɪn ˈmoʊsəl ɪf nɑt ɪˈnəf ˌgɛrənˈtiz hæv bɪn ˈteɪkən frəm ðə ˈriʤənəl ˈlidərˌʃɪp ðət ðeɪ wɪl nɑt juz ɪt tɪ ɪkˈspænd ðɛr territories,”*,” sɛd hashimi*.
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a stringent project designed to curb crime in the us state of south dakota is to be used as a model for a project in the uk.
the "24/7 sobriety program" forces problem drinkers to take - and pay for - breath tests to prove they are sober.
the tests can be used as a sentence after a conviction, or a condition of bail, after an crime. they can also be imposed upon parents as a condition of having children returned to a household in families with a history of alcohol abuse.
failure of a test usually means an instant short spell in jail, and it is hoped that such a dramatic sentence will shock people out of - thereby reducing long-term prison numbers and cutting off crime at the source.
the greater london authority is working on a pilot of the project meaning compulsory sobriety would be used as a sentencing tool for magistrates and judges as an alternative to custody.
the bbc's nye travelled to south dakota to see what the programme looks like there.
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ˈvɪdioʊ ə ˈstrɪnʤənt ˈprɑʤɛkt dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ kərb kraɪm ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs steɪt əv saʊθ dəˈkoʊtə ɪz tɪ bi juzd ɛz ə ˈmɑdəl fər ə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪn ðə uk*. ðə soʊˈbraɪəti ˈproʊˌgræm" ˈfɔrsɪz ˈprɑbləm ˈdrɪŋkərz tɪ teɪk ənd peɪ fər brɛθ tɛsts tɪ pruv ðeɪ ər ˈsoʊbər. ðə tɛsts kən bi juzd ɛz ə ˈsɛntəns ˈæftər ə kənˈvɪkʃən, ər ə kənˈdɪʃən əv beɪl, ˈæftər ən kraɪm. ðeɪ kən ˈɔlsoʊ bi ˌɪmˈpoʊzd əˈpɑn ˈpɛrənts ɛz ə kənˈdɪʃən əv ˈhævɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən rɪˈtərnd tɪ ə ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ɪn ˈfæməliz wɪθ ə ˈhɪstəri əv ˈælkəˌhɑl əˈbjuz. ˈfeɪljər əv ə tɛst ˈjuʒəwəli minz ən ˈɪnstənt ʃɔrt spɛl ɪn ʤeɪl, ənd ɪt ɪz hoʊpt ðət səʧ ə drəˈmætɪk ˈsɛntəns wɪl ʃɑk ˈpipəl aʊt əv ˈðɛrˈbaɪ rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈlɔŋˈtərm ˈprɪzən ˈnəmbərz ənd ˈkətɪŋ ɔf kraɪm æt ðə sɔrs. ðə ˈgreɪtər ˈləndən əˈθɔrəti ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ə ˈpaɪlət əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈminɪŋ kəmˈpəlsəri soʊˈbraɪəti wʊd bi juzd ɛz ə ˈsɛntənsɪŋ tul fər ˈmæʤɪˌstreɪts ənd ˈʤəʤɪz ɛz ən ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ˈkəstədi. ðə ˌbibiˈsis naɪ ˈtrævəld tɪ saʊθ dəˈkoʊtə tɪ si wət ðə ˈproʊˌgræm lʊks laɪk ðɛr.
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korean team conducting feasibility study for the first purpose built it park in islamabad, called on the minister of state for it mrs. rehman khan here in islamabad today and shared in detail the salient features, models and proposed designs along with other technical aspects for the building of first it park in pakistan.
minister of state for it mrs. rehman, federal secretary it mr. bashir khan and senior officials from ministry of it and had a very fruitful discussion with the korean experts regarding different aspects of feasibility study report. the 13 members’ korean team was lead by dr. yim soon and prof. park hung kook.
minister of it welcomed the korean delegation to and shared with them vision to provide good infrastructure to the it industry to leverage the full potential of it talent. she said that it park will provide a whole ecosystem including affordable space to it companies along with power, bandwidth, and linkages between industry and academia. it park in islamabad will be followed by two more parks at lahore and karachi subsequently.
minister said that pakistan has abundant it talent and it parks would be a good way of leveraging that talent to boost it exports which have already grown over 40% since last year. she appreciated the passion and spirit of korean team and their constant support in it park project and hoped that the it park would further augment the long lasting and strong relationship between pakistan and korea.
minister requested the korean team to fast track its efforts and submit their final report by next week so that they could enter in the implementation phase of the project at the earliest. she urged all stakeholders to collectively work to achieve the milestones.
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ˌkɔˈriən tim kənˈdəktɪŋ ˌfizəˈbɪləti ˈstədi fər ðə fərst ˈpərpəs bɪlt ɪt pɑrk ɪn ˌɪsˈlæməbæd, kɔld ɔn ðə ˈmɪnɪstər əv steɪt fər ɪt ˈmɪsɪz. ˈrɛmən kɑn hir ɪn ˌɪsˈlæməbæd təˈdeɪ ənd ʃɛrd ɪn ˈditeɪl ðə ˈseɪljənt ˈfiʧərz, ˈmɑdəlz ənd prəˈpoʊzd dɪˈzaɪnz əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈəðər ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈæˌspɛkts fər ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ əv fərst ɪt pɑrk ɪn ˈpækɪˌstæn. ˈmɪnɪstər əv steɪt fər ɪt ˈmɪsɪz. ˈrɛmən, ˈfɛdərəl ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ɪt ˈmɪstər. bəˈʃɪr kɑn ənd ˈsinjər əˈfɪʃəlz frəm ˈmɪnɪstri əv ɪt ənd hæd ə ˈvɛri ˈfrutfəl dɪˈskəʃən wɪθ ðə ˌkɔˈriən ˈɛkspərts rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt ˈæˌspɛkts əv ˌfizəˈbɪləti ˈstədi rɪˈpɔrt. ðə 13 members’*’ ˌkɔˈriən tim wɑz lɛd baɪ ˈdɑktər. jɪm sun ənd prof*. pɑrk həŋ kuk. ˈmɪnɪstər əv ɪt ˈwɛlkəmd ðə ˌkɔˈriən ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən tɪ ənd ʃɛrd wɪθ ðɛm ˈvɪʒən tɪ prəˈvaɪd gʊd ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər tɪ ðə ɪt ˈɪndəstri tɪ ˈlɛvərɪʤ ðə fʊl pəˈtɛnʃəl əv ɪt ˈtælənt. ʃi sɛd ðət ɪt pɑrk wɪl prəˈvaɪd ə hoʊl ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ əˈfɔrdəbəl speɪs tɪ ɪt ˈkəmpəˌniz əˈlɔŋ wɪθ paʊər, ˈbændwɪdθ, ənd ˈlɪŋkɪʤɪz bɪtˈwin ˈɪndəstri ənd ˌækəˈdimiə. ɪt pɑrk ɪn ˌɪsˈlæməbæd wɪl bi ˈfɑloʊd baɪ tu mɔr pɑrks æt lɑˈhɔr ənd kɑˈrɑʧi ˈsəbsəkwəntli. ˈmɪnɪstər sɛd ðət ˈpækɪˌstæn həz əˈbəndənt ɪt ˈtælənt ənd ɪt pɑrks wʊd bi ə gʊd weɪ əv ˈlɛvərɪʤɪŋ ðət ˈtælənt tɪ bust ɪt ˈɛkspɔrts wɪʧ hæv ɔˈrɛdi groʊn ˈoʊvər 40 sɪns læst jɪr. ʃi əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd ðə ˈpæʃən ənd ˈspɪrɪt əv ˌkɔˈriən tim ənd ðɛr ˈkɑnstənt səˈpɔrt ɪn ɪt pɑrk ˈprɑʤɛkt ənd hoʊpt ðət ðə ɪt pɑrk wʊd ˈfərðər ɔgˈmɛnt ðə lɔŋ ˈlæstɪŋ ənd strɔŋ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ˈpækɪˌstæn ənd ˌkɔˈriə. ˈmɪnɪstər rɪkˈwɛstɪd ðə ˌkɔˈriən tim tɪ fæst træk ɪts ˈɛfərts ənd səbˈmɪt ðɛr ˈfaɪnəl rɪˈpɔrt baɪ nɛkst wik soʊ ðət ðeɪ kʊd ˈɛnər ɪn ðə ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən feɪz əv ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt æt ðə ˈərliəst. ʃi ərʤd ɔl ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz tɪ kəˈlɛktɪvli wərk tɪ əˈʧiv ðə ˈmaɪlˌstoʊnz.
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two further points to make.
by tim on september 9, 2014 at pm
i posted this article following two weeks in which high-profile female developers and critics were subjected to violent threats from an angry minority of gamers. these types of threats are not welcome on, and while passionately argued, the position outlined in the article was a straightforward extension of our acceptable use policy.
i’d like to thank those of you who have expressed their support for the article and for my stand. today, however, there are two points i would like to address.
firstly, i made the decision to disable comments on the article in question. this is not in keeping with the policies of, or of, and indeed it was the first time in five years of writing for the site that i have disabled comments on an article.
in my judgement as editor, i believed that the comments would quickly devolve into argument. seeing such arguments on our site does nothing but hurt our image and turn away visitors. i was anxious to avoid this, and i was also anxious to avoid accusations of posting “flamebait”, of simply posting a controversial article simply to benefit from the traffic that comes from visitors having an intense argument.
nevertheless, i recognise that public debate and engagement is welcomed by both and, and i apologise for closing comments on this article. we will be reviewing our commenting policy in the coming days and weeks to ensure that we can maintain the levels of debate and engagement you expect, while working hard to stand up for the equality and decency we believe is so important in gaming.
secondly, my conduct on my twitter account has always been passionate and personal, and uses a level of language that breaches social media policy, and has no place in a professional environment. i apologise for my conduct on twitter, and to any readers of or group customers who have taken at that conduct.
in the interest of transparency and accountability, i will be posting our complete editorial policy in the coming days.
thanks again to all of our readers and customers for your overwhelming support.
tim
editor-in-chief
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tu ˈfərðər pɔɪnts tɪ meɪk. baɪ tɪm ɔn sɛpˈtɛmbər 9 2014 æt piɛm aɪ ˈpoʊstɪd ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈfɑloʊɪŋ tu wiks ɪn wɪʧ ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈfiˌmeɪl dɪˈvɛləpərz ənd ˈkrɪtɪks wər səˈbʤɛktɪd tɪ ˈvaɪələnt θrɛts frəm ən ˈæŋgri məˈnɔrəti əv ˈgeɪmərz. ðiz taɪps əv θrɛts ər nɑt ˈwɛlkəm ɔn, ənd waɪl ˈpæʃənətli ˈɑrgjud, ðə pəˈzɪʃən ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl wɑz ə ˈstreɪtˈfɔrwərd ɪkˈstɛnʃən əv ɑr əkˈsɛptəbəl juz ˈpɑləsi. laɪk tɪ θæŋk ðoʊz əv ju hu hæv ɪkˈsprɛst ðɛr səˈpɔrt fər ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ənd fər maɪ stænd. təˈdeɪ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðɛr ər tu pɔɪnts aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs. ˈfərstli, aɪ meɪd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ dɪˈseɪbəl ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn kˈwɛʃən. ðɪs ɪz nɑt ɪn ˈkipɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈpɑləsiz əv, ər əv, ənd ˌɪnˈdid ɪt wɑz ðə fərst taɪm ɪn faɪv jɪrz əv ˈraɪtɪŋ fər ðə saɪt ðət aɪ hæv dɪˈseɪbəld ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ən ˈɑrtɪkəl. ɪn maɪ ˈʤəʤmənt ɛz ˈɛdɪtər, aɪ bɪˈlivd ðət ðə ˈkɑmɛnts wʊd kˈwɪkli dɪˈvɑlv ˈɪntu ˈɑrgjəmənt. siɪŋ səʧ ˈɑrgjəmənts ɔn ɑr saɪt dɪz ˈnəθɪŋ bət hərt ɑr ˈɪmɪʤ ənd tərn əˈweɪ ˈvɪzɪtərz. aɪ wɑz ˈæŋʃəs tɪ əˈvɔɪd ðɪs, ənd aɪ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈæŋʃəs tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əv ˈpoʊstɪŋ ““flamebait”*”, əv ˈsɪmpli ˈpoʊstɪŋ ə ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈsɪmpli tɪ ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ðə ˈtræfɪk ðət kəmz frəm ˈvɪzɪtərz ˈhævɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈtɛns ˈɑrgjəmənt. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, aɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz ðət ˈpəblɪk dəˈbeɪt ənd ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ɪz ˈwɛlkəmd baɪ boʊθ ənd, ənd aɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər ˈkloʊzɪŋ ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl. wi wɪl bi rivˈjuɪŋ ɑr ˈkɑmɛntɪŋ ˈpɑləsi ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ deɪz ənd wiks tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət wi kən meɪnˈteɪn ðə ˈlɛvəlz əv dəˈbeɪt ənd ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ju ɪkˈspɛkt, waɪl ˈwərkɪŋ hɑrd tɪ stænd əp fər ðə ɪkˈwɑləti ənd ˈdisənsi wi bɪˈliv ɪz soʊ ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪn ˈgeɪmɪŋ. ˈsɛkəndli, maɪ ˈkɑndəkt ɔn maɪ tˈwɪtər əˈkaʊnt həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ˈpæʃənət ənd ˈpərsɪnəl, ənd ˈjuzɪz ə ˈlɛvəl əv ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ðət ˈbriʧɪz ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈpɑləsi, ənd həz noʊ pleɪs ɪn ə prəˈfɛʃənəl ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. aɪ əˈpɑləˌʤaɪz fər maɪ ˈkɑndəkt ɔn tˈwɪtər, ənd tɪ ˈɛni ˈridərz əv ər grup ˈkəstəmərz hu hæv ˈteɪkən æt ðət ˈkɑndəkt. ɪn ðə ˈɪntəˌrɛst əv trænˈspɛrənsi ənd əˈkaʊntəˌbɪlɪti, aɪ wɪl bi ˈpoʊstɪŋ ɑr kəmˈplit ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl ˈpɑləsi ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ deɪz. θæŋks əˈgɛn tɪ ɔl əv ɑr ˈridərz ənd ˈkəstəmərz fər jʊr ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ səˈpɔrt. tɪm
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one week after launching his one-man protest at amazon headquarters in seattle, former amazon employee varghese is still at it, trying to bring attention to his allegations of unethical and deceptive business practices at the company.
today he will be trying a new tactic, handing out a new letter to employees calling on the company to augment its 14 leadership principles with new points addressing 1) employee treatment 2) business ethics and 3) environmental responsibility.
on the first point, the letter (pdf) takes the unusual step of urging amazon employees not to work so hard. writes varghese in the letter
1) life is short, enjoy it give it all to amazon. leave work at a reasonable hour, work nights and weekends. 2) if got more work on your plate than you can do, the company should hire more people, not drive you like a slave to get it done. 3) kill yourselves to keep the ship running. slow down. amazon will be fine.
oh, boy. questioning the business ethics is one thing, but urging employees to be less productive? it will be interesting to see how amazon reacts.
varghese says via email that he has so far successfully resisted efforts by amazon security to move his protest, and notes that he has been getting an “unbelievably positive response talking to hundreds of employees over the past several days.”
varghese is involved in a protracted legal battle with the company, which has declined to comment on his protest.
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wən wik ˈæftər ˈlɔnʧɪŋ hɪz ˌwəˈmæn ˈproʊˌtɛst æt ˈæməˌzɑn ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz ɪn siˈætəl, ˈfɔrmər ˈæməˌzɑn ɪmˈplɔɪi ˈvɑrgiz ɪz stɪl æt ɪt, traɪɪŋ tɪ brɪŋ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ hɪz ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əv əˈnɛθɪkəl ənd dɪˈsɛptɪv ˈbɪznɪs ˈpræktɪsɪz æt ðə ˈkəmpəˌni. təˈdeɪ hi wɪl bi traɪɪŋ ə nu ˈtæktɪk, ˈhændɪŋ aʊt ə nu ˈlɛtər tɪ ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈkɔlɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni tɪ ɔgˈmɛnt ɪts 14 ˈlidərˌʃɪp ˈprɪnsəpəlz wɪθ nu pɔɪnts æˈdrɛsɪŋ 1 ɪmˈplɔɪi ˈtritmənt 2 ˈbɪznɪs ˈɛθɪks ənd 3 ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti. ɔn ðə fərst pɔɪnt, ðə ˈlɛtər (pdf*) teɪks ðə ənˈjuˌʒuəl stɛp əv ˈərʤɪŋ ˈæməˌzɑn ɪmˈplɔɪiz nɑt tɪ wərk soʊ hɑrd. raɪts ˈvɑrgiz ɪn ðə ˈlɛtər 1 laɪf ɪz ʃɔrt, ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ɪt gɪv ɪt ɔl tɪ ˈæməˌzɑn. liv wərk æt ə ˈrizənəbəl aʊər, wərk naɪts ənd ˈwiˌkɛndz. 2 ɪf gɑt mɔr wərk ɔn jʊr pleɪt ðən ju kən du, ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ʃʊd haɪər mɔr ˈpipəl, nɑt draɪv ju laɪk ə sleɪv tɪ gɪt ɪt dən. 3 kɪl ˈjɔrsɛlvz tɪ kip ðə ʃɪp ˈrənɪŋ. sloʊ daʊn. ˈæməˌzɑn wɪl bi faɪn. oʊ, bɔɪ. kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ðə ˈbɪznɪs ˈɛθɪks ɪz wən θɪŋ, bət ˈərʤɪŋ ɪmˈplɔɪiz tɪ bi lɛs pərˈdəktɪv? ɪt wɪl bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ si haʊ ˈæməˌzɑn riækts. ˈvɑrgiz sɪz ˈviə iˈmeɪl ðət hi həz soʊ fɑr səkˈsɛsfəli rɪˈzɪstɪd ˈɛfərts baɪ ˈæməˌzɑn sɪˈkjʊrəti tɪ muv hɪz ˈproʊˌtɛst, ənd noʊts ðət hi həz bɪn ˈgɪtɪŋ ən ˈpɑzətɪv rɪˈspɑns ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ˈhənərdz əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈoʊvər ðə pæst ˈsɛvərəl days.”*.” ˈvɑrgiz ɪz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ə proʊˈtræktɪd ˈligəl ˈbætəl wɪθ ðə ˈkəmpəˌni, wɪʧ həz dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn hɪz ˈproʊˌtɛst.
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appearance and function match the final product, but is made with different manufacturing methods.
looks like the final product, but is not functional.
demonstrates the functionality of the final product, but looks different.
a prototype is a preliminary model of something. projects that offer physical products need to show backers documentation of a working prototype. this gallery features photos, videos, and other visual documentation that will give backers a sense of been accomplished so far and left to do. though the development process can vary for each project, these are the stages we typically see:
these photos and videos provide a detailed look at this development.
about
final minutes!
we didn't reach our funding goal, but we are continuing work on future products and launches.
follow us on our other social media sites to keep getting updates about our latest developments.
juicebox zero website: http://juiceboxzero.com/ zero facebook: https://www.facebook.com/juiceboxzero/ zero twitter: zero instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getjuiceboxzero/
a big thank you to everyone involved!
the zero is the only battery solution on the market built especially for raspberry pi zero that requires no code. it is the easiest way to make your pi zero or zero w instantly portable, and works right out of the box!
features
on/off switch
4 status indicator
pi zero camera mount
micro power input
juicebox zero works right out of the box. but with one additional line of python, you can poll a pin for low battery status so you can trigger a safe shutdown of your pi zero.
small, mobile cameras are one of the most common applications for portable pi zero devices. for that reason, the zero was designed with a camera mount built right into the board!
you need
juicebox zero
raspberry pi zero or zero w
header connection
jst-compatible battery
the story
while searching for a mobile battery solution for my raspberry pi 3, i found several boards that were still a bit too cumbersome to set up. when the pi zero was released, i instantly saw the potential its tiny form factor provided for truly mobile inventions. but to be truly mobile, it be tethered to a power source. just imagine how useless an iphone would be if it had to be plugged into the wall!
so i took matters into my own hands to create a truly portable battery solution that is both plug ‘n play and matches the raspberry pi tiny footprint. the by provided a stable baseline to start from then i shrank it down and added a handful of my own improvements.
i’m excited about it, and wait to see what you do you now that you can cut your pi zero loose.
— sam
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əˈpɪrəns ənd ˈfəŋkʃən mæʧ ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈprɑdəkt, bət ɪz meɪd wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ˈmɛθədz. lʊks laɪk ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈprɑdəkt, bət ɪz nɑt ˈfəŋkʃənəl. ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts ðə ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti əv ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈprɑdəkt, bət lʊks ˈdɪfərənt. ə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ɪz ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ˈmɑdəl əv ˈsəmθɪŋ. ˈprɑʤɛkts ðət ˈɔfər ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈprɑdəkts nid tɪ ʃoʊ ˈbækərz ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ə ˈwərkɪŋ ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp. ðɪs ˈgæləri ˈfiʧərz ˈfoʊˌtoʊz, ˈvɪdioʊz, ənd ˈəðər ˈvɪʒəwəl ˌdɑkjəmɛnˈteɪʃən ðət wɪl gɪv ˈbækərz ə sɛns əv bɪn əˈkɑmplɪʃt soʊ fɑr ənd lɛft tɪ du. ðoʊ ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈprɔˌsɛs kən ˈvɛri fər iʧ ˈprɑʤɛkt, ðiz ər ðə ˈsteɪʤɪz wi ˈtɪpɪkəli si: ðiz ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ənd ˈvɪdioʊz prəˈvaɪd ə dɪˈteɪld lʊk æt ðɪs dɪˈvɛləpmənt. əˈbaʊt ˈfaɪnəl ˈmɪnəts! wi ˈdɪdənt riʧ ɑr ˈfəndɪŋ goʊl, bət wi ər kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ wərk ɔn fˈjuʧər ˈprɑdəkts ənd ˈlɔnʧɪz. ˈfɑloʊ ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ɑr ˈəðər ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə saɪts tɪ kip ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈəpˌdeɪts əˈbaʊt ɑr ˈleɪtəst dɪˈvɛləpmənts. ˈziroʊ ˈwɛbˌsaɪt: http://juiceboxzero.com*/ ˈziroʊ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk: https://www.facebook.com/juiceboxzero*/ ˈziroʊ tˈwɪtər: ˈziroʊ instagram*: https://www.instagram.com/getjuiceboxzero*/ ə bɪg θæŋk ju tɪ ˈɛvriˌwən ˌɪnˈvɑlvd! ðə ˈziroʊ ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli ˈbætəri səˈluʃən ɔn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt bɪlt əˈspɛʃəli fər ˈræzˌbɛri paɪ ˈziroʊ ðət rikˈwaɪərz noʊ koʊd. ɪt ɪz ðə ˈiziəst weɪ tɪ meɪk jʊr paɪ ˈziroʊ ər ˈziroʊ ˈdəbəlju ˈɪnstəntli ˈpɔrtəbəl, ənd wərks raɪt aʊt əv ðə bɑks! ˈfiʧərz swɪʧ 4 ˈstætəs ˈɪndəˌkeɪtər paɪ ˈziroʊ ˈkæmərə maʊnt ˈmaɪˌkroʊ paʊər ˈɪnˌpʊt ˈziroʊ wərks raɪt aʊt əv ðə bɑks. bət wɪθ wən əˈdɪʃənəl laɪn əv ˈpaɪθɑn, ju kən poʊl ə pɪn fər loʊ ˈbætəri ˈstætəs soʊ ju kən ˈtrɪgər ə seɪf ˈʃətˌdaʊn əv jʊr paɪ ˈziroʊ. smɔl, ˈmoʊbəl ˈkæmərəz ər wən əv ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz fər ˈpɔrtəbəl paɪ ˈziroʊ dɪˈvaɪsɪz. fər ðət ˈrizən, ðə ˈziroʊ wɑz dɪˈzaɪnd wɪθ ə ˈkæmərə maʊnt bɪlt raɪt ˈɪntu ðə bɔrd! ju nid ˈziroʊ ˈræzˌbɛri paɪ ˈziroʊ ər ˈziroʊ ˈdəbəlju ˈhɛdər kəˈnɛkʃən ˈbætəri ðə ˈstɔri waɪl ˈsərʧɪŋ fər ə ˈmoʊbəl ˈbætəri səˈluʃən fər maɪ ˈræzˌbɛri paɪ 3 aɪ faʊnd ˈsɛvərəl bɔrdz ðət wər stɪl ə bɪt tu ˈkəmbərsəm tɪ sɛt əp. wɪn ðə paɪ ˈziroʊ wɑz riˈlist, aɪ ˈɪnstəntli sɔ ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ɪts ˈtaɪni fɔrm ˈfæktər prəˈvaɪdɪd fər ˈtruli ˈmoʊbəl ˌɪnˈvɛnʃənz. bət tɪ bi ˈtruli ˈmoʊbəl, ɪt bi ˈtɛðərd tɪ ə paʊər sɔrs. ʤɪst ˌɪˈmæʤən haʊ ˈjusləs ən ˈaɪˌfoʊn wʊd bi ɪf ɪt hæd tɪ bi pləgd ˈɪntu ðə wɔl! soʊ aɪ tʊk ˈmætərz ˈɪntu maɪ oʊn hænz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈtruli ˈpɔrtəbəl ˈbætəri səˈluʃən ðət ɪz boʊθ pləg pleɪ ənd ˈmæʧɪz ðə ˈræzˌbɛri paɪ ˈtaɪni ˈfʊtˌprɪnt. ðə baɪ prəˈvaɪdɪd ə ˈsteɪbəl ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn tɪ stɑrt frəm ðɛn aɪ ʃræŋk ɪt daʊn ənd ˈædɪd ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv maɪ oʊn ˌɪmˈpruvmənts. ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt ɪt, ənd weɪt tɪ si wət ju du ju naʊ ðət ju kən kət jʊr paɪ ˈziroʊ lus. sæm
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mid-4, #phillies trail toronto. but this happened that was cool. phillies (@phillies) june 17, 2016
ok this guy is a wizard, but i understand how someone can be so cool, so calm when a ball is coming at them and holding a child. when holding my son i turn into a protective cacoon, absorbing every glancing blow from a passerby or rogue wall. i move around like on a moon bounce, turning edges into soft ripples. similar to the move i used in my years, the tuck and tumble not a sex move, not even close where i would curl my hand and allow my shoulder or elbow to absorb all blows in a crowded bar, creating a effect with the beer, to minimize or reduce spillage. how i hold my son, only a protective shield. so if there was a foul ball coming at us, tuck him under my seat, stand up proudly and scream wildly, while the ball like tanaka in major league ii…
… or probably just turn my back and take a devastating kidney shot.
anyway, credit to this guy. so cool under pressure.
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mid-4* #ˈfɪliz treɪl tərˈɑntoʊ bət ðɪs ˈhæpənd ðət wɑz kul. ˈfɪliz (@ˈfɪliz) ʤun 17 2016 ˈoʊˈkeɪ ðɪs gaɪ ɪz ə ˈwɪzərd, bət aɪ ˌəndərˈstænd haʊ ˈsəmˌwən kən bi soʊ kul, soʊ kɑm wɪn ə bɔl ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ æt ðɛm ənd ˈhoʊldɪŋ ə ʧaɪld. wɪn ˈhoʊldɪŋ maɪ sən aɪ tərn ˈɪntu ə prəˈtɛktɪv cacoon*, əbˈzɔrbɪŋ ˈɛvəri ˈglænsɪŋ bloʊ frəm ə ˈpæsərbi ər roʊg wɔl. aɪ muv əraʊnd laɪk ɔn ə mun baʊns, ˈtərnɪŋ ˈɛʤɪz ˈɪntu sɔft ˈrɪpəlz. ˈsɪmələr tɪ ðə muv aɪ juzd ɪn maɪ jɪrz, ðə tək ənd ˈtəmbəl nɑt ə sɛks muv, nɑt ˈivɪn kloʊz wɛr aɪ wʊd kərl maɪ hænd ənd əˈlaʊ maɪ ˈʃoʊldər ər ˈɛlˌboʊ tɪ əbˈzɔrb ɔl bloʊz ɪn ə ˈkraʊdɪd bɑr, kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈifɛkt wɪθ ðə bɪr, tɪ ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz ər rɪˈdus ˈspɪlɪʤ. haʊ aɪ hoʊld maɪ sən, ˈoʊnli ə prəˈtɛktɪv ʃild. soʊ ɪf ðɛr wɑz ə faʊl bɔl ˈkəmɪŋ æt ˈjuˈɛs, tək ɪm ˈəndər maɪ sit, stænd əp ˈpraʊdli ənd skrim ˈwaɪldli, waɪl ðə bɔl laɪk tɑˈnɑkə ɪn ˈmeɪʤər lig ii…*… ər ˈprɑbəˌbli ʤɪst tərn maɪ bæk ənd teɪk ə ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ ˈkɪdni ʃɑt. ˈɛniˌweɪ, ˈkrɛdɪt tɪ ðɪs gaɪ. soʊ kul ˈəndər ˈprɛʃər.
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what is to be done? that question is being asked with increasing urgency about the british political system. can we go on any longer with our dysfunctional, discredited, arrangements? or, to put the challenge in more practical terms, how can we use the next few months to bring about such a profound change at the forthcoming general election that there can be a fresh start? the scandalous exploitation by members of parliament of the expenses system, while it is far from the most serious deficiency of our system of government, has had the perverse benefit of making people very angry.
for fierce disgust is a necessary condition for carrying through substantial improvements in the way we are governed. the last time this happened was in the winter of, when public sector workers went out on strike for weeks. uncollected mountains of rubbish were piled high in the cities, army vehicles replaced ambulances and bodies remained unburied. at the subsequent general election, the untried margaret thatcher, proposing real change, swept labour out of power for 18 years. substitutes' expenses for the "winter of discontent" and you see that today's political conditions closely resemble those of 30 years ago.
however, to understand how far the rot in government has spread, note what lord said last week when he resigned after a short spell as a foreign office minister. gordon brown's government was more "chaotic" than many administrations in the developing world, he said. everything was cobbled together at the last minute and no one took the time to plan ahead.
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it was no better when tony blair was prime minister. in one of the entries in his diary, recounting his days working at 10 downing street, lance price comments: "tony blair's political note to everybody today (14 may 2000) was quite funny. they never seem to produce any real action because of [no 10's] ludicrous lack of an effective command structure and absence of discipline. he has obviously spotted this and says, 'i don't write them for fun'."
or go back to john major's government. writing about the crisis in cattle, sir richard packer, who was a senior civil servant at the time, wrote: "ministers collectively panicked. none of these established conventions were followed in the absence of standard procedures, disorder and confusion abounded." indeed, our last three prime ministers, john major, tony blair and gordon brown, have been masters of dysfunction.
the unnecessary deaths of our soldiers in afghanistan because of shortcomings in their equipment flow directly from the pervasive chaos that penetrates much of government. which brings up the first question for those of us who want a big change: would a government led by david cameron be any better? i wouldn't bank on it for a variety of reasons. like tony blair before him, mr cameron would enter downing street when his party had been in opposition for a lengthy period. he would be subject to the same strong temptation to put securing a second term as the overriding priority. if so, mr cameron might easily find himself driven to allowing presentation to dictate policy as mr blair was. we would again, for instance, have government by gesture.
as before, the announcement of new legislation would be chiefly designed to serve public relations purposes, with little consideration given to the detailed contents of the bills placed before parliament. the chris mullin wrote in his diary for may 2003: "today we nodded through plan for ratcheting up life sentences and doubling (from seven to 14 days) the length of time that terrorist suspects can be held without trial. both of these measures have only appeared in the last 10 days, so there has been no previous opportunity for discussion."
mr brown is an equally awful example. first, he thinks up the headline he would like to see, then he conjures up a policy that would produce the desired result. after that, he watches with dismay as numerous objections to the desired policy are voiced and finally he makes a u-turn. would mr cameron finally be so different once he got under way? fears that mr cameron in office would be more or less the same as before, with a different voice, are causing many people to echo the title of lenin's famous pamphlet and ask themselves: "what is to be done?" in a useful posting on the website, anthony barnett describes seven suggestions that are being actively discussed as ways of delivering change. i list them here.
1. take a single issue like electoral reform and demand a referendum on it at the same time as the election, as the key issue that will open up change. this is the approach of "vote for change".
2. generate basic pledges for change that are then taken to all candidates to create a reforming parliament.
3. meet, deliberate, hold a convention, decide, influence, elect and hold to account, starting with meetings in pubs or living rooms around the uk, or as part of discussions in existing networks. this is the original "real change" proposal.
4. get parliament to pass an act empowering a citizen's deliberative convention to decide on a set of major reforms. a bill to do this has been written by "unlock democracy".
5. launch a campaign to "take back our parliament". this would focus on how it represents us (proportionality, open primaries), its honesty (transparency), defending our liberties (independence) and its funding (no corruption).
6. bring about a network of independent candidates committed to implementing a reform agenda.
7. an online force for change on the lines of in the us. this is the approach adopted by the campaign group 38 degrees.
it would be interesting to know what readers think of this list. faced with such a choice of dishes, i would prefer to take something from most of them. i would cheerfully join a campaign to take back our parliament. it has been at the centre of the nation's life for 600 to 700 years and it is only through parliament that legitimate change can be achieved, so that is where i would start. british government can be reformed only from the inside, not the outside.
to do this, i would take up the suggestion that a network of independent candidates committed to implementing a reform agenda should be created. their aim would have to be the incredibly ambitious one of forming the next government. i hope that such a force, if it could be formed, would commit itself to cleaning up our system of government within the life of a single parliament and then withdraw. it wouldn't be possible to keep the traditional parties at bay for much longer than that.
i would also borrow from its mastery of the internet for political purposes. and to establish what such a reform programme should comprise, i would go with the "real change" proposal and have the meetings around the country. in his pamphlet, lenin called for the formation of a new party. that, too, is what a lot of people are thinking about, though in my mind it would be strictly temporary its task would be to make our political system fit for the century. job done, its representatives would return to ordinary life.
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wət ɪz tɪ bi dən? ðət kˈwɛʃən ɪz biɪŋ æst wɪθ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈərʤənsi əˈbaʊt ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsɪstəm. kən wi goʊ ɔn ˈɛni ˈlɔŋgər wɪθ ɑr dɪsˈfəŋkʃənəl, dɪˈskrɛdɪtɪd, ərˈeɪnʤmənts? ər, tɪ pʊt ðə ˈʧælənʤ ɪn mɔr ˈpræktɪkəl tərmz, haʊ kən wi juz ðə nɛkst fju mənθs tɪ brɪŋ əˈbaʊt səʧ ə proʊˈfaʊnd ʧeɪnʤ æt ðə ˈfɔrθˈkəmɪŋ ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən ðət ðɛr kən bi ə frɛʃ stɑrt? ðə ˈskændələs ˌɛkˌsplɔɪˈteɪʃən baɪ ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt əv ðə ɪkˈspɛnsɪz ˈsɪstəm, waɪl ɪt ɪz fɑr frəm ðə moʊst ˈsɪriəs dɪˈfɪʃənsi əv ɑr ˈsɪstəm əv ˈgəvərnmənt, həz hæd ðə pərˈvərs ˈbɛnəfɪt əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈpipəl ˈvɛri ˈæŋgri. fər fɪrs dɪsˈgəst ɪz ə ˈnɛsəˌsɛri kənˈdɪʃən fər ˈkɛriɪŋ θru səbˈstænʃəl ˌɪmˈpruvmənts ɪn ðə weɪ wi ər ˈgəvərnd. ðə læst taɪm ðɪs ˈhæpənd wɑz ɪn ðə ˈwɪntər əv wɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər ˈwərkərz wɛnt aʊt ɔn straɪk fər wiks. ənkəˈlɛktɪd ˈmaʊntənz əv ˈrəbɪʃ wər paɪld haɪ ɪn ðə ˈsɪtiz, ˈɑrmi ˈviɪkəlz ˌriˈpleɪst ˈæmbjələnsɪz ənd ˈbɑdiz rɪˈmeɪnd unburied*. æt ðə ˈsəbsəkwənt ˈʤɛnərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən, ðə ənˈtraɪd ˈmɑrgərɪt ˈθæʧər, prəˈpoʊzɪŋ ril ʧeɪnʤ, swɛpt ˈleɪbər aʊt əv paʊər fər 18 jɪrz. ˈsəbstəˌtut mps*' ɪkˈspɛnsɪz fər ðə "ˈwɪntər əv dɪskənˈtɛnt" ənd ju si ðət ˈtudeɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl kənˈdɪʃənz ˈkloʊsli rɪˈzɛmbəl ðoʊz əv 30 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, tɪ ˌəndərˈstænd haʊ fɑr ðə rɑt ɪn ˈgəvərnmənt həz sprɛd, noʊt wət lɔrd sɛd læst wik wɪn hi rɪˈzaɪnd ˈæftər ə ʃɔrt spɛl ɛz ə ˈfɔrən ˈɔfəs ˈmɪnɪstər. ˈgɔrdən braʊnz ˈgəvərnmənt wɑz mɔr "keɪˈɑtɪk" ðən ˈmɛni ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃənz ɪn ðə dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ wərld, hi sɛd. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɑz ˈkɑbəld təˈgɛðər æt ðə læst ˈmɪnət ənd noʊ wən tʊk ðə taɪm tɪ plæn əˈhɛd. ʤɔɪn ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt maɪndz fər ɪkˈsklusɪv ˈɑrtɪkəlz, ɪˈvɛnts ənd ən rɛd fər ʤɪst ə mənθ gɪt ðə bɛst əv ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt wɪθ ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt maɪndz səbˈskrɪpʃən fər ʤɪst ə mənθ gɪt ðə bɛst əv ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt wɪˈθaʊt ðə ædz fər ʤɪst ə mənθ ɪt wɑz noʊ ˈbɛtər wɪn ˈtoʊni blɛr wɑz praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər. ɪn wən əv ðə ˈɛntriz ɪn hɪz ˈdaɪəri, ˌriˈkaʊntɪŋ hɪz deɪz ˈwərkɪŋ æt 10 ˈdaʊnɪŋ strit, læns praɪs ˈkɑmɛnts: "ˈtoʊni blɛrz pəˈlɪtɪkəl noʊt tɪ ˈɛvriˌbɑdi təˈdeɪ 14 meɪ 2000 wɑz kwaɪt ˈfəni. ðeɪ ˈnɛvər sim tɪ ˈproʊdus ˈɛni ril ˈækʃən bɪˈkəz əv [noʊ 10's*] ˈludəkrəs læk əv ən ˈifɛktɪv kəˈmænd ˈstrəkʧər ənd ˈæbsəns əv ˈdɪsəplən. hi həz ˈɑbviəsli ˈspɑtɪd ðɪs ənd sɪz, 'aɪ doʊnt raɪt ðɛm fər fən'." ər goʊ bæk tɪ ʤɑn ˈmeɪʤərz ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈraɪtɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈkraɪsəs ɪn ˈkætəl, sər ˈrɪʧərd ˈpækər, hu wɑz ə ˈsinjər ˈsɪvəl ˈsərvənt æt ðə taɪm, roʊt: "ˈmɪnɪstərz kəˈlɛktɪvli ˈpænɪkt. nən əv ðiz ɪˈstæblɪʃt kənˈvɛnʃənz wər ˈfɑloʊd ɪn ðə ˈæbsəns əv ˈstændərd prəˈsiʤərz, dɪˈsɔrdər ənd kənfˈjuʒən əˈbaʊndɪd." ˌɪnˈdid, ɑr læst θri praɪm ˈmɪnɪstərz, ʤɑn ˈmeɪʤər, ˈtoʊni blɛr ənd ˈgɔrdən braʊn, hæv bɪn ˈmæstərz əv dɪsˈfəŋkʃən. ðə ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri dɛθs əv ɑr ˈsoʊlʤərz ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn bɪˈkəz əv ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋz ɪn ðɛr ɪkˈwɪpmənt floʊ dɪˈrɛkli frəm ðə pərˈveɪsɪv keɪɑs ðət ˈpɛnəˌtreɪts məʧ əv ˈgəvərnmənt. wɪʧ brɪŋz əp ðə fərst kˈwɛʃən fər ðoʊz əv ˈjuˈɛs hu wɔnt ə bɪg ʧeɪnʤ: wʊd ə ˈgəvərnmənt lɛd baɪ ˈdeɪvɪd ˈkæmərən bi ˈɛni ˈbɛtər? aɪ ˈwʊdənt bæŋk ɔn ɪt fər ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈrizənz. laɪk ˈtoʊni blɛr ˌbiˈfɔr ɪm, ˈmɪstər ˈkæmərən wʊd ˈɛnər ˈdaʊnɪŋ strit wɪn hɪz ˈpɑrti hæd bɪn ɪn ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən fər ə ˈlɛŋθi ˈpɪriəd. hi wʊd bi ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ðə seɪm strɔŋ tɛmˈteɪʃən tɪ pʊt sɪˈkjʊrɪŋ ə ˈsɛkənd tərm ɛz ðə ˈoʊvərˌraɪdɪŋ praɪˈɔrəti. ɪf soʊ, ˈmɪstər ˈkæmərən maɪt ˈizəli faɪnd hɪmˈsɛlf ˈdrɪvən tɪ əˈlaʊɪŋ ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən tɪ ˈdɪkˌteɪt ˈpɑləsi ɛz ˈmɪstər blɛr wɑz. wi wʊd əˈgɛn, fər ˈɪnstəns, hæv ˈgəvərnmənt baɪ ˈʤɛsʧər. ɛz ˌbiˈfɔr, ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt əv nu ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən wʊd bi ˈʧifli dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ sərv ˈpəblɪk riˈleɪʃənz ˈpərpəsɪz, wɪθ ˈlɪtəl kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ðə dɪˈteɪld ˈkɑntɛnts əv ðə bɪlz pleɪst ˌbiˈfɔr ˈpɑrləmɛnt. ðə krɪs ˈməlɪn roʊt ɪn hɪz ˈdaɪəri fər meɪ 2003 "təˈdeɪ wi ˈnɑdɪd θru plæn fər ˈræʧətɪŋ əp laɪf ˈsɛntənsɪz ənd ˈdəbəlɪŋ (frəm ˈsɛvən tɪ 14 deɪz) ðə lɛŋθ əv taɪm ðət ˈtɛrərɪst ˈsəˌspɛkts kən bi hɛld wɪˈθaʊt traɪəl. boʊθ əv ðiz ˈmɛʒərz hæv ˈoʊnli əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə læst 10 deɪz, soʊ ðɛr həz bɪn noʊ ˈpriviəs ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər dɪˈskəʃən." ˈmɪstər braʊn ɪz ən ˈikwəli ˈɔfəl ɪgˈzæmpəl. fərst, hi θɪŋks əp ðə ˈhɛˌdlaɪn hi wʊd laɪk tɪ si, ðɛn hi ˈkɑnʤərz əp ə ˈpɑləsi ðət wʊd ˈproʊdus ðə dɪˈzaɪərd rɪˈzəlt. ˈæftər ðət, hi ˈwɑʧɪz wɪθ dɪsˈmeɪ ɛz ˈnumərəs əˈbʤɛkʃənz tɪ ðə dɪˈzaɪərd ˈpɑləsi ər vɔɪst ənd ˈfaɪnəli hi meɪks ə ˈjuˌtərn. wʊd ˈmɪstər ˈkæmərən ˈfaɪnəli bi soʊ ˈdɪfərənt wəns hi gɑt ˈəndər weɪ? fɪrz ðət ˈmɪstər ˈkæmərən ɪn ˈɔfəs wʊd bi mɔr ər lɛs ðə seɪm ɛz ˌbiˈfɔr, wɪθ ə ˈdɪfərənt vɔɪs, ər ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl tɪ ˈɛkoʊ ðə ˈtaɪtəl əv ˈlɛnɪnz ˈfeɪməs ˈpæmflət ənd æsk ðɛmˈsɛlvz: "wət ɪz tɪ bi dən?" ɪn ə ˈjusfəl ˈpoʊstɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt, ˈænθɔˌni bɑrˈnɛt dɪˈskraɪbz ˈsɛvən səˈʤɛsʧənz ðət ər biɪŋ ˈæktɪvli dɪˈskəst ɛz weɪz əv dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ ʧeɪnʤ. aɪ lɪst ðɛm hir. 1 teɪk ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈɪʃu laɪk ɪˈlɛktərəl rɪˈfɔrm ənd dɪˈmænd ə ˌrɛfərˈɛndəm ɔn ɪt æt ðə seɪm taɪm ɛz ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən, ɛz ðə ki ˈɪʃu ðət wɪl ˈoʊpən əp ʧeɪnʤ. ðɪs ɪz ðə əˈproʊʧ əv "voʊt fər ʧeɪnʤ". 2 ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ˈbeɪsɪk ˈplɛʤɪz fər ʧeɪnʤ ðət ər ðɛn ˈteɪkən tɪ ɔl ˈkænədɪts tɪ kriˈeɪt ə rɪˈfɔrmɪŋ ˈpɑrləmɛnt. 3 mit, dɪˈlɪbərˌeɪt, hoʊld ə kənˈvɛnʃən, ˌdɪˈsaɪd, ˈɪnfluəns, ɪˈlɛkt ənd hoʊld tɪ əˈkaʊnt, ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ ˈmitɪŋz ɪn pəbz ər ˈlɪvɪŋ rumz əraʊnd ðə uk*, ər ɛz pɑrt əv dɪˈskəʃənz ɪn ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈnɛtˌwərks. ðɪs ɪz ðə ərˈɪʤənəl "ril ʧeɪnʤ" prəˈpoʊzəl. 4 gɪt ˈpɑrləmɛnt tɪ pæs ən ækt ɪmˈpaʊərɪŋ ə ˈsɪtəzənz dɪˈlɪbərˌeɪtɪv kənˈvɛnʃən tɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd ɔn ə sɛt əv ˈmeɪʤər rɪˈfɔrmz. ə bɪl tɪ du ðɪs həz bɪn ˈrɪtən baɪ "ənˈlɑk dɪˈmɑkrəsi". 5 lɔnʧ ə kæmˈpeɪn tɪ "teɪk bæk ɑr ˈpɑrləmɛnt". ðɪs wʊd ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn haʊ ɪt ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ˈjuˈɛs (prəˌpɔrʃəˈnælɪti, ˈoʊpən ˈpraɪˌmɛriz), ɪts ˈɑnəsti (trænˈspɛrənsi), dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ɑr ˈlɪbərˌtiz (ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns) ənd ɪts ˈfəndɪŋ (noʊ kərˈəpʃən). 6 brɪŋ əˈbaʊt ə ˈnɛtˌwərk əv ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈkænədɪts kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ə rɪˈfɔrm əˈʤɛndə. 7 ən ˈɔnˌlaɪn fɔrs fər ʧeɪnʤ ɔn ðə laɪnz əv ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs. ðɪs ɪz ðə əˈproʊʧ əˈdɑptəd baɪ ðə kæmˈpeɪn grup 38 dɪˈgriz. ɪt wʊd bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ noʊ wət ˈridərz θɪŋk əv ðɪs lɪst. feɪst wɪθ səʧ ə ʧɔɪs əv ˈdɪʃɪz, aɪ wʊd prɪˈfər tɪ teɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ frəm moʊst əv ðɛm. aɪ wʊd ˈʧɪrfəli ʤɔɪn ə kæmˈpeɪn tɪ teɪk bæk ɑr ˈpɑrləmɛnt. ɪt həz bɪn æt ðə ˈsɛntər əv ðə ˈneɪʃənz laɪf fər 600 tɪ 700 jɪrz ənd ɪt ɪz ˈoʊnli θru ˈpɑrləmɛnt ðət ləˈʤɪtəmət ʧeɪnʤ kən bi əˈʧivd, soʊ ðət ɪz wɛr aɪ wʊd stɑrt. ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈgəvərnmənt kən bi rɪˈfɔrmd ˈoʊnli frəm ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd, nɑt ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd. tɪ du ðɪs, aɪ wʊd teɪk əp ðə səˈʤɛsʧən ðət ə ˈnɛtˌwərk əv ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈkænədɪts kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈɪmpləˌmɛnɪŋ ə rɪˈfɔrm əˈʤɛndə ʃʊd bi kriˈeɪtɪd. ðɛr eɪm wʊd hæv tɪ bi ðə ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli æmˈbɪʃəs wən əv ˈfɔrmɪŋ ðə nɛkst ˈgəvərnmənt. aɪ hoʊp ðət səʧ ə fɔrs, ɪf ɪt kʊd bi fɔrmd, wʊd kəˈmɪt ˌɪtˈsɛlf tɪ ˈklinɪŋ əp ɑr ˈsɪstəm əv ˈgəvərnmənt wɪˈθɪn ðə laɪf əv ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈpɑrləmɛnt ənd ðɛn wɪθˈdrɔ. ɪt ˈwʊdənt bi ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ kip ðə trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈpɑrtiz æt beɪ fər məʧ ˈlɔŋgər ðən ðət. aɪ wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈbɑˌroʊ frəm ɪts ˈmæstəri əv ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt fər pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈpərpəsɪz. ənd tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ wət səʧ ə rɪˈfɔrm ˈproʊˌgræm ʃʊd kəmˈpraɪz, aɪ wʊd goʊ wɪθ ðə "ril ʧeɪnʤ" prəˈpoʊzəl ənd hæv ðə ˈmitɪŋz əraʊnd ðə ˈkəntri. ɪn hɪz ˈpæmflət, ˈlɛnɪn kɔld fər ðə fɔrˈmeɪʃən əv ə nu ˈpɑrti. ðət, tu, ɪz wət ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ər ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt, ðoʊ ɪn maɪ maɪnd ɪt wʊd bi ˈstrɪktli ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ɪts tæsk wʊd bi tɪ meɪk ɑr pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsɪstəm fɪt fər ðə ˈsɛnʧəri. ʤɑb dən, ɪts ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz wʊd rɪˈtərn tɪ ˈɔrdəˌnɛri laɪf. tɛl ju tru. ju kən fɔrm jʊr oʊn vju. æt ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt, noʊ wən tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs wət tɪ raɪt. waɪ, ɪn ən ˈɪrə əv pəˈlɪtɪkəl laɪz ənd baɪəs, mɔr ˈridərz ər ˈtərnɪŋ tɪ ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt sɔrs. səbˈskraɪb frəm ʤɪst ə deɪ fər ˈɛkstrə ɪkˈsklusɪvz, ɪˈvɛnts ənd ɔl wɪθ noʊ ædz. səbˈskraɪb naʊ
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the moon's crust was apparently active far more recently than previously believed, scientists say.
these new findings raise questions about how the moon formed and evolved, researchers said.
although the earth's crust is still shifting, driven by the churning rock underneath it, researchers had thought the moon had cooled off much too long ago to still have any such tectonic activity. for instance, the youngest known tectonic features on the lunar landscape until now small cliffs in the lunar highlands resulting from wrinkling of the surface as the moon's interior cooled and shrunk are thought to be less than 1 billion years old, although by how much is uncertain.
now, images collected by the lunar reconnaissance orbiter hints the moon has probably seen tectonic activity within the last 50 million years.
in these photos, researchers spotted a dozen or so narrow, features known as graben in the lunar highlands and in the dark plains of volcanic rock known as the mare basalts. graben are essentially troughs with two faults or cracks in the surface on either side of them. they are thought to have formed as the lunar crust was stretched. [10 coolest moon discoveries]
"overall on the moon, you have this contracting, shrinking environment, but in some places, apparently there's this stretching extension of the crust," said study lead author thomas watters, a planetary scientist at the smithsonian institution in washington.
the graben the scientists detected, which reach up to about feet (500 meters) wide and miles (1.8 kilometers) long, appear relatively pristine. this suggests they formed recently otherwise, they would be marred more often by craters from meteor impacts over time.
"we think they're less than 50 million years old, but they could be 10 million years old, could be 1 million years old, could have happened 40 years ago," watters told. "the intriguing picture that's emerging of the moon is that there is recent geological activity going on."
moonquakes detected by seismic sensors installed during the apollo missions support the notion of recent activity on the moon, researchers added. all in all, the moon's interior may still be hot.
"the moon may not only have been active recently, but may still be active today," watters said.
models of how the moon cooled over time suggest it was totally molten after its formation, and that it should now be contracting as it cools, forcing the surface to wrinkle. however, if this was true, such compression would have suppressed the creation of graben these ditches typically form when the crust stretches, not crinkles.
instead, these findings suggest the moon was not completely molten after it was formed. if this were the case, the moon would not contract strongly enough to suppress the emergence of graben.
"currently, a popular idea for how the moon formed is that it was completely molten in the beginning— after a object hit earth very early in its history, the debris cloud from the surviving material formed the moon," watters said. "this may lend support to alternative scenarios that the moon was not completely molten when it formed, that only part of it was, forming a magma ocean."
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future research can look for more graben in lunar reconnaissance orbiter photos once the satellite finishes imaging the moon, watters said. he and his colleagues detailed their findings online feb. 19 in the journal nature geoscience.
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ðə munz krəst wɑz əˈpɛrəntli ˈæktɪv fɑr mɔr ˈrisəntli ðən ˈpriviəsli bɪˈlivd, ˈsaɪəntɪsts seɪ. ðiz nu ˈfaɪndɪŋz reɪz kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt haʊ ðə mun fɔrmd ənd ɪˈvɑlvd, ˈrisərʧərz sɛd. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ərθs krəst ɪz stɪl ˈʃɪftɪŋ, ˈdrɪvən baɪ ðə ˈʧərnɪŋ rɑk ˌəndərˈniθ ɪt, ˈrisərʧərz hæd θɔt ðə mun hæd kuld ɔf məʧ tu lɔŋ əˈgoʊ tɪ stɪl hæv ˈɛni səʧ tɛkˈtɑnɪk ækˈtɪvɪti. fər ˈɪnstəns, ðə ˈjəŋgəst noʊn tɛkˈtɑnɪk ˈfiʧərz ɔn ðə ˈlunər ˈlænˌskeɪp ənˈtɪl naʊ smɔl klɪfs ɪn ðə ˈlunər ˈhaɪləndz rɪˈzəltɪŋ frəm ˈrɪŋkəlɪŋ əv ðə ˈsərfəs ɛz ðə munz ˌɪnˈtɪriər kuld ənd ʃrəŋk ər θɔt tɪ bi lɛs ðən 1 ˈbɪljən jɪrz oʊld, ˌɔlˈðoʊ baɪ haʊ məʧ ɪz ənˈsərtən. naʊ, ˈɪmɪʤɪz kəˈlɛktəd baɪ ðə ˈlunər riˈkɑnəsəns ˈɔrbətər hɪnts ðə mun həz ˈprɑbəˌbli sin tɛkˈtɑnɪk ækˈtɪvɪti wɪˈθɪn ðə læst 50 ˈmɪljən jɪrz. ɪn ðiz ˈfoʊˌtoʊz, ˈrisərʧərz ˈspɑtɪd ə ˈdəzən ər soʊ ˈnɛroʊ, ˈfiʧərz noʊn ɛz ˈgræbən ɪn ðə ˈlunər ˈhaɪləndz ənd ɪn ðə dɑrk pleɪnz əv vɑlˈkænɪk rɑk noʊn ɛz ðə mɛr bəˈsɔlts. ˈgræbən ər ɛˈsɛnʃəli trɔfs wɪθ tu fɔlts ər kræks ɪn ðə ˈsərfəs ɔn ˈiðər saɪd əv ðɛm. ðeɪ ər θɔt tɪ hæv fɔrmd ɛz ðə ˈlunər krəst wɑz strɛʧt. 10 ˈkuləst mun dɪˈskəvəriz] "ˈoʊvərˌɔl ɔn ðə mun, ju hæv ðɪs ˈkɑntræktɪŋ, ʃˈrɪŋkɪŋ ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, bət ɪn səm ˈpleɪsɪz, əˈpɛrəntli ðɛrz ðɪs ˈstrɛʧɪŋ ɪkˈstɛnʃən əv ðə krəst," sɛd ˈstədi lɛd ˈɔθər ˈtɑməs ˈwɑtərz, ə ˈplænəˌtɛri ˈsaɪəntɪst æt ðə smɪθˈsoʊniən ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ðə ˈgræbən ðə ˈsaɪəntɪsts dɪˈtɛktɪd, wɪʧ riʧ əp tɪ əˈbaʊt fit 500 ˈmitərz) waɪd ənd maɪəlz ˈkɪləˌmitərz) lɔŋ, əˈpɪr ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈprɪstin. ðɪs səˈʤɛsts ðeɪ fɔrmd ˈrisəntli ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ðeɪ wʊd bi mɑrd mɔr ˈɔfən baɪ ˈkreɪtərz frəm ˈmitiər ˌɪmˈpækts ˈoʊvər taɪm. "wi θɪŋk ðɛr lɛs ðən 50 ˈmɪljən jɪrz oʊld, bət ðeɪ kʊd bi 10 ˈmɪljən jɪrz oʊld, kʊd bi 1 ˈmɪljən jɪrz oʊld, kʊd hæv ˈhæpənd 40 jɪrz əˈgoʊ," ˈwɑtərz toʊld. "ðə ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ˈpɪkʧər ðæts ˈimərʤɪŋ əv ðə mun ɪz ðət ðɛr ɪz ˈrisənt ˌʤiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ækˈtɪvɪti goʊɪŋ ɔn." dɪˈtɛktɪd baɪ ˈsaɪzmɪk ˈsɛnsərz ˌɪnˈstɔld ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə əˈpɑloʊ ˈmɪʃənz səˈpɔrt ðə ˈnoʊʃən əv ˈrisənt ækˈtɪvɪti ɔn ðə mun, ˈrisərʧərz ˈædɪd. ɔl ɪn ɔl, ðə munz ˌɪnˈtɪriər meɪ stɪl bi hɑt. "ðə mun meɪ nɑt ˈoʊnli hæv bɪn ˈæktɪv ˈrisəntli, bət meɪ stɪl bi ˈæktɪv təˈdeɪ," ˈwɑtərz sɛd. ˈmɑdəlz əv haʊ ðə mun kuld ˈoʊvər taɪm səˈʤɛst ɪt wɑz ˈtoʊtəli ˈmoʊltən ˈæftər ɪts fɔrˈmeɪʃən, ənd ðət ɪt ʃʊd naʊ bi ˈkɑntræktɪŋ ɛz ɪt kulz, ˈfɔrsɪŋ ðə ˈsərfəs tɪ ˈrɪŋkəl. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪf ðɪs wɑz tru, səʧ kəmˈprɛʃən wʊd hæv səˈprɛst ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ˈgræbən ðiz ˈdɪʧɪz ˈtɪpɪkəli fɔrm wɪn ðə krəst ˈstrɛʧɪz, nɑt crinkles*. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðiz ˈfaɪndɪŋz səˈʤɛst ðə mun wɑz nɑt kəmˈplitli ˈmoʊltən ˈæftər ɪt wɑz fɔrmd. ɪf ðɪs wər ðə keɪs, ðə mun wʊd nɑt ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˈstrɔŋli ɪˈnəf tɪ səˈprɛs ðə ˈimərʤəns əv ˈgræbən. "ˈkərəntli, ə ˈpɑpjələr aɪˈdiə fər haʊ ðə mun fɔrmd ɪz ðət ɪt wɑz kəmˈplitli ˈmoʊltən ɪn ðə beginning—*— ˈæftər ə ˈɑbʤɛkt hɪt ərθ ˈvɛri ˈərli ɪn ɪts ˈhɪstəri, ðə dəˈbri klaʊd frəm ðə sərˈvaɪvɪŋ məˈtɪriəl fɔrmd ðə mun," ˈwɑtərz sɛd. "ðɪs meɪ lɛnd səˈpɔrt tɪ ɔlˈtərnətɪv sɪˈnɛrioʊz ðət ðə mun wɑz nɑt kəmˈplitli ˈmoʊltən wɪn ɪt fɔrmd, ðət ˈoʊnli pɑrt əv ɪt wɑz, ˈfɔrmɪŋ ə ˈmægmə ˈoʊʃən." gɪt ðə ˈmɑnətər ˈstɔriz ju kɛr əˈbaʊt dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ jʊr inbox*. baɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp, ju əˈgri tɪ ɑr ˈpraɪvəsi ˈpɑləsi fˈjuʧər ˈrisərʧ kən lʊk fər mɔr ˈgræbən ɪn ˈlunər riˈkɑnəsəns ˈɔrbətər ˈfoʊˌtoʊz wəns ðə ˈsætəˌlaɪt ˈfɪnɪʃɪz ˈɪmɪʤɪŋ ðə mun, ˈwɑtərz sɛd. hi ənd hɪz ˈkɑligz dɪˈteɪld ðɛr ˈfaɪndɪŋz ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 19 ɪn ðə ˈʤərnəl ˈneɪʧər geoscience*. ˈfɑloʊ fər ðə ˈleɪtəst ɪn speɪs saɪəns ənd ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən nuz ɔn ənd ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk.
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one day a few years ago i passed a street teeming with panhandlers, begging for change. and it made me wonder what causes people to stop for beggars and what causes them to walk on by. so i hung out for a while, engaging in a bit of discreet peoplewatching. many people passed the beggars without giving anything, but there were a few who stopped. what was it that separated those who paused and gave money from those who didn’t? and what separated the more successful beggars from those who were less successful? was it something specific about their situation, or their presentation? was it the strategy?
to look into this question, i called on daniel berger jones, an acting student at boston university who had just finished hiking around europe. not having shaved in months and already looking pretty scruffy, he was ready for the job (plus as part of his training to be an actor i figured it would be good for him to learn how to beg for money at the time he did not see that particular benefit). so i found a street corner and placed him there to take on the panhandling trade. i asked daniel to try a few different approaches to begging and to keep track of the approaches that made him more or less money. (of course, after the experiment was over we donated all the money that he made to charity). the general setup was what we call a design: when people walked by, daniel would either be sitting down (the passive approach) or standing up (the active approach) and he would either look them in the eyes or not. so there were times when he was 1) sitting down and looking people in the eyes, 2) sitting down and not looking people in the eyes, 3) standing up and looking people in the eyes, or 4) standing up and not looking people in the eyes.
daniel got to work, scrounging for money. he stayed on his corner for a while, trying the different approaches. and it turned out that both his position and his eye contact did, in fact, make a difference. he made more money when he was standing and when he looked people in the eyes. it seemed that the most lucrative strategy was to put in more effort, to get people to notice him, and to look them in the eyes so that they could not pretend to not see him.
interestingly, while the eye contact approach was working in general, it was clear that some of the passersby had a counterstrategy: they were actively shifting their gaze in what seemed to be an attempt to pretend that he there. they simply acted as if there was a dark hole in front of them rather than a person, and they were quite successful at averting their gaze.
at some point, something very interesting happened. there was another beggar on the street a professional beggar who approached young daniel and said, “look kid, you know what doing. let me teach you.” and so he did. this beggar took our concept of effort and human contact to the next level, walking right up to people and offering his hand up for them to shake. with this dramatic gesture, people had a very hard time refusing him or pretending that they did not seen him. apparently, the social forces of a handshake are simply too strong and too deeply to resist and many people gave in and shook his hand. of course, once they shook his hand, they would also look him in the eyes; the beggar succeeded at breaking the social barrier and was able to get many people to give him money. once he became a real flesh and blood person with eyes, a smile and needs, people gave in and opened their wallets. when the beggar left his new pupil, he felt so sorry for poor danieland his panhandling ineptitude– that he actually gave him some money. of course daniel tried to refuse, but the beggar insisted.
i think there are two main lessons here. the first is to realize how much of our lives are structured by social norms. we do what we think is right, and if someone gives us a hand, a good chance we will shake it, make eye contact, and act very differently than we would otherwise.
the second lesson is to confront the tendency to avert our eyes when we know that someone is in need. we realize that if we face the problem, feel compelled to do something about it, and so we avoid looking and thereby avoid the temptation to give in and help. we know that if we stop for a beggar on the street, we will have a very hard time refusing his plea for help, so we try hard to ignore the hardship in front of us: we want to see, hear, and speak no evil. and if we can pretend that it there, we can trick ourselves into believingat least for that moment– that it exist. the good news is that, while it is difficult to stop ignoring the sad things, if we actively chose to pay attention there is a good chance that we will take an action and help a person in need.
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wən deɪ ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ aɪ pæst ə strit ˈtimɪŋ wɪθ ˈpænˌhændlərz, ˈbɛgɪŋ fər ʧeɪnʤ. ənd ɪt meɪd mi ˈwəndər wət ˈkɔzɪz ˈpipəl tɪ stɑp fər ˈbɛgərz ənd wət ˈkɔzɪz ðɛm tɪ wɔk ɔn baɪ. soʊ aɪ həŋ aʊt fər ə waɪl, ɪnˈgeɪʤɪŋ ɪn ə bɪt əv dɪˈskrit peoplewatching*. ˈmɛni ˈpipəl pæst ðə ˈbɛgərz wɪˈθaʊt ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, bət ðɛr wər ə fju hu stɑpt. wət wɑz ɪt ðət ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd ðoʊz hu pɔzd ənd geɪv ˈməni frəm ðoʊz hu didn’t*? ənd wət ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd ðə mɔr səkˈsɛsfəl ˈbɛgərz frəm ðoʊz hu wər lɛs səkˈsɛsfəl? wɑz ɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ spɪˈsɪfɪk əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən, ər ðɛr ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən? wɑz ɪt ðə ˈstrætəʤi? tɪ lʊk ˈɪntu ðɪs kˈwɛʃən, aɪ kɔld ɔn ˈdænjəl ˈbərgər ʤoʊnz, ən ˈæktɪŋ ˈstudənt æt ˈbɔstən ˌjunəˈvərsəti hu hæd ʤɪst ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈhaɪkɪŋ əraʊnd ˈjʊrəp. nɑt ˈhævɪŋ ʃeɪvd ɪn mənθs ənd ɔˈrɛdi ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈprɪti ˈskrəfi, hi wɑz ˈrɛdi fər ðə ʤɑb (pləs ɛz pɑrt əv hɪz ˈtreɪnɪŋ tɪ bi ən ˈæktər aɪ ˈfɪgjərd ɪt wʊd bi gʊd fər ɪm tɪ lərn haʊ tɪ bɛg fər ˈməni æt ðə taɪm hi dɪd nɑt si ðət ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈbɛnəfɪt). soʊ aɪ faʊnd ə strit ˈkɔrnər ənd pleɪst ɪm ðɛr tɪ teɪk ɔn ðə ˈpænˌhændlɪŋ treɪd. aɪ æst ˈdænjəl tɪ traɪ ə fju ˈdɪfərənt əˈproʊʧɪz tɪ ˈbɛgɪŋ ənd tɪ kip træk əv ðə əˈproʊʧɪz ðət meɪd ɪm mɔr ər lɛs ˈməni. (əv kɔrs, ˈæftər ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt wɑz ˈoʊvər wi ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd ɔl ðə ˈməni ðət hi meɪd tɪ ˈʧɛrɪti). ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈsɛˌtəp wɑz wət wi kɔl ə dɪˈzaɪn: wɪn ˈpipəl wɔkt baɪ, ˈdænjəl wʊd ˈiðər bi ˈsɪtɪŋ daʊn (ðə ˈpæsɪv əˈproʊʧ) ər ˈstændɪŋ əp (ðə ˈæktɪv əˈproʊʧ) ənd hi wʊd ˈiðər lʊk ðɛm ɪn ðə aɪz ər nɑt. soʊ ðɛr wər taɪmz wɪn hi wɑz 1 ˈsɪtɪŋ daʊn ənd ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ðə aɪz, 2 ˈsɪtɪŋ daʊn ənd nɑt ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ðə aɪz, 3 ˈstændɪŋ əp ənd ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ðə aɪz, ər 4 ˈstændɪŋ əp ənd nɑt ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈpipəl ɪn ðə aɪz. ˈdænjəl gɑt tɪ wərk, ˈskraʊnʤɪŋ fər ˈməni. hi steɪd ɔn hɪz ˈkɔrnər fər ə waɪl, traɪɪŋ ðə ˈdɪfərənt əˈproʊʧɪz. ənd ɪt tərnd aʊt ðət boʊθ hɪz pəˈzɪʃən ənd hɪz aɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt dɪd, ɪn fækt, meɪk ə ˈdɪfərəns. hi meɪd mɔr ˈməni wɪn hi wɑz ˈstændɪŋ ənd wɪn hi lʊkt ˈpipəl ɪn ðə aɪz. ɪt simd ðət ðə moʊst ˈlukrətɪv ˈstrætəʤi wɑz tɪ pʊt ɪn mɔr ˈɛfərt, tɪ gɪt ˈpipəl tɪ ˈnoʊtɪs ɪm, ənd tɪ lʊk ðɛm ɪn ðə aɪz soʊ ðət ðeɪ kʊd nɑt priˈtɛnd tɪ nɑt si ɪm. ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋli, waɪl ðə aɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt əˈproʊʧ wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl, ɪt wɑz klɪr ðət səm əv ðə ˈpæsərzbi hæd ə counterstrategy*: ðeɪ wər ˈæktɪvli ˈʃɪftɪŋ ðɛr geɪz ɪn wət simd tɪ bi ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ priˈtɛnd ðət hi ðɛr. ðeɪ ˈsɪmpli ˈæktɪd ɛz ɪf ðɛr wɑz ə dɑrk hoʊl ɪn frənt əv ðɛm ˈrəðər ðən ə ˈpərsən, ənd ðeɪ wər kwaɪt səkˈsɛsfəl æt əˈvərtɪŋ ðɛr geɪz. æt səm pɔɪnt, ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈvɛri ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈhæpənd. ðɛr wɑz əˈnəðər ˈbɛgər ɔn ðə strit ə prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈbɛgər hu əˈproʊʧt jəŋ ˈdænjəl ənd sɛd, kɪd, ju noʊ wət duɪŋ. lɛt mi tiʧ you.”*.” ənd soʊ hi dɪd. ðɪs ˈbɛgər tʊk ɑr ˈkɑnsɛpt əv ˈɛfərt ənd ˈjumən ˈkɑnˌtækt tɪ ðə nɛkst ˈlɛvəl, ˈwɔkɪŋ raɪt əp tɪ ˈpipəl ənd ˈɔfərɪŋ hɪz hænd əp fər ðɛm tɪ ʃeɪk. wɪθ ðɪs drəˈmætɪk ˈʤɛsʧər, ˈpipəl hæd ə ˈvɛri hɑrd taɪm rɪfˈjuzɪŋ ɪm ər priˈtɛndɪŋ ðət ðeɪ dɪd nɑt sin ɪm. əˈpɛrəntli, ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈfɔrsɪz əv ə ˈhændˌʃeɪk ər ˈsɪmpli tu strɔŋ ənd tu ˈdipli tɪ rɪˈzɪst ənd ˈmɛni ˈpipəl geɪv ɪn ənd ʃʊk hɪz hænd. əv kɔrs, wəns ðeɪ ʃʊk hɪz hænd, ðeɪ wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ lʊk ɪm ɪn ðə aɪz; ðə ˈbɛgər səkˈsidɪd æt ˈbreɪkɪŋ ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈbɛriər ənd wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ˈmɛni ˈpipəl tɪ gɪv ɪm ˈməni. wəns hi bɪˈkeɪm ə ril flɛʃ ənd bləd ˈpərsən wɪθ aɪz, ə smaɪl ənd nidz, ˈpipəl geɪv ɪn ənd ˈoʊpənd ðɛr ˈwɔləts. wɪn ðə ˈbɛgər lɛft hɪz nu ˈpjupəl, hi fɛlt soʊ ˈsɑri fər pur ˈdænjəl hɪz ˈpænˌhændlɪŋ ineptitude–*– ðət hi ˈæˌkʧuəli geɪv ɪm səm ˈməni. əv kɔrs ˈdænjəl traɪd tɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz, bət ðə ˈbɛgər ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd. aɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ər tu meɪn ˈlɛsənz hir. ðə fərst ɪz tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz haʊ məʧ əv ɑr lɪvz ər ˈstrəkʧərd baɪ ˈsoʊʃəl nɔrmz. wi du wət wi θɪŋk ɪz raɪt, ənd ɪf ˈsəmˌwən gɪvz ˈjuˈɛs ə hænd, ə gʊd ʧæns wi wɪl ʃeɪk ɪt, meɪk aɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt, ənd ækt ˈvɛri ˈdɪfərˈɛntli ðən wi wʊd ˈəðərˌwaɪz. ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈlɛsən ɪz tɪ kənˈfrənt ðə ˈtɛndənsi tɪ əˈvərt ɑr aɪz wɪn wi noʊ ðət ˈsəmˌwən ɪz ɪn nid. wi ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ɪf wi feɪs ðə ˈprɑbləm, fil kəmˈpɛld tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt, ənd soʊ wi əˈvɔɪd ˈlʊkɪŋ ənd ˈðɛrˈbaɪ əˈvɔɪd ðə tɛmˈteɪʃən tɪ gɪv ɪn ənd hɛlp. wi noʊ ðət ɪf wi stɑp fər ə ˈbɛgər ɔn ðə strit, wi wɪl hæv ə ˈvɛri hɑrd taɪm rɪfˈjuzɪŋ hɪz pli fər hɛlp, soʊ wi traɪ hɑrd tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ðə ˈhɑrdʃɪp ɪn frənt əv ˈjuˈɛs: wi wɔnt tɪ si, hir, ənd spik noʊ ˈivəl. ənd ɪf wi kən priˈtɛnd ðət ɪt ðɛr, wi kən trɪk ɑrˈsɛlvz ˈɪntu bɪˈlivɪŋ list fər ðət moment–*– ðət ɪt ɪgˈzɪst. ðə gʊd nuz ɪz ðət, waɪl ɪt ɪz ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ stɑp ˌɪgˈnɔrɪŋ ðə sæd θɪŋz, ɪf wi ˈæktɪvli ʧoʊz tɪ peɪ əˈtɛnʃən ðɛr ɪz ə gʊd ʧæns ðət wi wɪl teɪk ən ˈækʃən ənd hɛlp ə ˈpərsən ɪn nid.
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did punk change the landscape of? feb 06, 2014
many people have voiced their opinions on the ‘best in the world’ walking out of last week.
whether you think punk was right or wrong to leave in the manner he did, one thing is undeniable: he changed the business.
historically, vince mcmahon maintained the policy that bigger guys get championships. however, era, that mindset softened somewhat, as we saw guys like rey hold the belt.
nonetheless, you still had to look like a champion… until punk came along.
punk walked into the in 2005 covered in tattoos, with facial and long hair. he look like a champion; he looked like a tramp. the company took one look at him and made a decision that he would never be a top superstar. punk himself admitted in his best in the world documentary that he think he would be part of for long.
in spite of this, punk proved that he had the skills in the ring and his big breakthrough came when he showed that he could work as a heel.
the straight edge society made him one of the most hated heels in the company, and following contract negotiations in 2011, punk proved himself to be the best superstar on the mic when he delivered one of the greatest promos in history.
the took’s popularity through the roof with his trademark leading up to money in the bank 2011, where he finally beat ‘the man’ john for the championship, and went on to become the champion of the modern era (and the sixth longest of all time), with a 434 day run.
only the returning dwayne ‘the rock” johnson could knock punk off his perch, which he did at last royal rumble.
punk managed to change’s that only good-looking, superstars could hold the title. he walked in as a punk kid and became the champion without ever changing his character or beliefs; he became and world champion his way, broke down barriers at every interval and showed the company that they should never judge a book by its cover.
there are stories circulating about how selfish punk has been by leaving without notice or putting anyone over, but i feel he is justified in his actions. daniel bryan has the universe behind him every match and is part of a storyline where those in charge are keeping him from the title. punk went through the same thing in real life behind the scenes. he was kept away from the title trail for most of last year, and put into an endless feud with paul heyman, but he still turned out great performances.
he went to every event and stole the show, but never gave him his main event.
if he was to hang on and leave in july when his contract expires, then he be able to make this kind of point, by leaving out of principle prior to. of course, by leaving now, he still get his main event (or that fat mania payday), but in doing so he has made an impact. he has highlighted’s reliance on past superstars and made the world aware that the talent feel the same way as the fans.
i feel like punk has done all he can in to smash through those glass ceilings or reach those brass rings, and he felt that his job was done. and whether people will admit it or not, punk has changed the landscape of the biggest wrestling company in the world.
other wrestlers now know that they need to look a certain way; they need to behave a certain way; and they can make a career for themselves on their own terms.
with punk gone, there will be a gap that needs to be filled. hopefully his comrade daniel bryan can step up and be ‘the man’ in his absence.
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dɪd pəŋk ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈlænˌskeɪp əv? ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri 06 2014 ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hæv vɔɪst ðɛr əˈpɪnjənz ɔn ðə ɪn ðə world’*’ ˈwɔkɪŋ aʊt əv læst wik. ˈwɛðər ju θɪŋk pəŋk wɑz raɪt ər rɔŋ tɪ liv ɪn ðə ˈmænər hi dɪd, wən θɪŋ ɪz ˌəndɪˈnaɪəbəl: hi ʧeɪnʤd ðə ˈbɪznɪs. hɪˈstɔrɪkəli, vɪns məkˈmæn meɪnˈteɪnd ðə ˈpɑləsi ðət ˈbɪgər gaɪz gɪt ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈɪrə, ðət ˈmaɪndˌsɛt ˈsɔfənd ˈsəmˈwət, ɛz wi sɔ gaɪz laɪk reɪ hoʊld ðə bɛlt. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, ju stɪl hæd tɪ lʊk laɪk ə champion…*… ənˈtɪl pəŋk keɪm əˈlɔŋ. pəŋk wɔkt ˈɪntu ðə ɪn 2005 ˈkəvərd ɪn ˌtæˈtuz, wɪθ ˈfeɪʃəl ənd lɔŋ hɛr. hi lʊk laɪk ə ˈʧæmpiən; hi lʊkt laɪk ə træmp. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni tʊk wən lʊk æt ɪm ənd meɪd ə dɪˈsɪʒən ðət hi wʊd ˈnɛvər bi ə tɔp ˌsupərˈstɑr. pəŋk hɪmˈsɛlf ədˈmɪtəd ɪn hɪz bɛst ɪn ðə wərld ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ðət hi θɪŋk hi wʊd bi pɑrt əv fər lɔŋ. ɪn spaɪt əv ðɪs, pəŋk pruvd ðət hi hæd ðə skɪlz ɪn ðə rɪŋ ənd hɪz bɪg ˈbreɪkθˌru keɪm wɪn hi ʃoʊd ðət hi kʊd wərk ɛz ə hil. ðə streɪt ɛʤ soʊˈsaɪɪti meɪd ɪm wən əv ðə moʊst ˈheɪtɪd hilz ɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni, ənd ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈkɑnˌtrækt nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ɪn 2011 pəŋk pruvd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ bi ðə bɛst ˌsupərˈstɑr ɔn ðə mɪk wɪn hi dɪˈlɪvərd wən əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈproʊˌmoʊz ɪn ˈhɪstəri. ðə tʊk ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti θru ðə rʊf wɪθ hɪz ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk ˈlidɪŋ əp tɪ ˈməni ɪn ðə bæŋk 2011 wɛr hi ˈfaɪnəli bit man’*’ ʤɑn fər ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, ənd wɛnt ɔn tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə ˈʧæmpiən əv ðə ˈmɑdərn ˈɪrə (ənd ðə sɪksθ ˈlɔŋgɪst əv ɔl taɪm), wɪθ ə 434 deɪ rən. ˈoʊnli ðə rɪˈtərnɪŋ dweɪn rock”*” ˈʤɑnsən kʊd nɑk pəŋk ɔf hɪz pərʧ, wɪʧ hi dɪd æt læst rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl. pəŋk ˈmænɪʤd tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðət ˈoʊnli ˈgʊˌdlʊkɪŋ, ˌsupərˈstɑrz kʊd hoʊld ðə ˈtaɪtəl. hi wɔkt ɪn ɛz ə pəŋk kɪd ənd bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈʧæmpiən wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛvər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ hɪz ˈkɛrɪktər ər bɪˈlifs; hi bɪˈkeɪm ənd wərld ˈʧæmpiən hɪz weɪ, broʊk daʊn ˈbɛriərz æt ˈɛvəri ˈɪntərvəl ənd ʃoʊd ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ðət ðeɪ ʃʊd ˈnɛvər ʤəʤ ə bʊk baɪ ɪts ˈkəvər. ðɛr ər ˈstɔriz ˈsərkjəˌleɪtɪŋ əˈbaʊt haʊ ˈsɛlfɪʃ pəŋk həz bɪn baɪ ˈlivɪŋ wɪˈθaʊt ˈnoʊtɪs ər ˈpʊtɪŋ ˈɛniˌwən ˈoʊvər, bət aɪ fil hi ɪz ˈʤəstəˌfaɪd ɪn hɪz ˈækʃənz. ˈdænjəl braɪən həz ðə ˈjunəˌvərs bɪˈhaɪnd ɪm ˈɛvəri mæʧ ənd ɪz pɑrt əv ə ˈstɔriˌlaɪn wɛr ðoʊz ɪn ʧɑrʤ ər ˈkipɪŋ ɪm frəm ðə ˈtaɪtəl. pəŋk wɛnt θru ðə seɪm θɪŋ ɪn ril laɪf bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz. hi wɑz kɛpt əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈtaɪtəl treɪl fər moʊst əv læst jɪr, ənd pʊt ˈɪntu ən ˈɛndləs fjud wɪθ pɔl ˈheɪmən, bət hi stɪl tərnd aʊt greɪt pərˈfɔrmənsɪz. hi wɛnt tɪ ˈɛvəri ɪˈvɛnt ənd stoʊl ðə ʃoʊ, bət ˈnɛvər geɪv ɪm hɪz meɪn ɪˈvɛnt. ɪf hi wɑz tɪ hæŋ ɔn ənd liv ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ wɪn hɪz ˈkɑnˌtrækt ɪkˈspaɪərz, ðɛn hi bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ meɪk ðɪs kaɪnd əv pɔɪnt, baɪ ˈlivɪŋ aʊt əv ˈprɪnsəpəl praɪər tɪ. əv kɔrs, baɪ ˈlivɪŋ naʊ, hi stɪl gɪt hɪz meɪn ɪˈvɛnt (ər ðət fæt ˈmeɪniə ˈpeɪˌdeɪ), bət ɪn duɪŋ soʊ hi həz meɪd ən ˌɪmˈpækt. hi həz ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪd rɪˈlaɪəns ɔn pæst ˌsupərˈstɑrz ənd meɪd ðə wərld əˈwɛr ðət ðə ˈtælənt fil ðə seɪm weɪ ɛz ðə fænz. aɪ fil laɪk pəŋk həz dən ɔl hi kən ɪn tɪ smæʃ θru ðoʊz glæs ˈsilɪŋz ər riʧ ðoʊz bræs rɪŋz, ənd hi fɛlt ðət hɪz ʤɑb wɑz dən. ənd ˈwɛðər ˈpipəl wɪl ədˈmɪt ɪt ər nɑt, pəŋk həz ʧeɪnʤd ðə ˈlænˌskeɪp əv ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni ɪn ðə wərld. ˈəðər ˈrɛsələrz naʊ noʊ ðət ðeɪ nid tɪ lʊk ə ˈsərtən weɪ; ðeɪ nid tɪ bɪˈheɪv ə ˈsərtən weɪ; ənd ðeɪ kən meɪk ə kərɪr fər ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɔn ðɛr oʊn tərmz. wɪθ pəŋk gɔn, ðɛr wɪl bi ə gæp ðət nidz tɪ bi fɪld. ˈhoʊpfəli hɪz ˈkɑmˌræd ˈdænjəl braɪən kən stɛp əp ənd bi man’*’ ɪn hɪz ˈæbsəns. rɪˈleɪtɪd poʊsts waɪ ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl ɪz ˈbɛtər ðən moʊst ˈrɛsəlɪŋ fænz kənˈsɪdər tɪ bi ðə bɛst əv ðə jɪr, bət ðə rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz bi maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt. ˈɛvər sɪns aɪ dɪˈskəvərd ə teɪp əv ðə 1992 rɔɪəl ˈrəmbəl æt maɪ ˈloʊkəl ˈvɪdioʊ stɔr ɛz ə ʧaɪld, bɪn ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪd baɪ ðə ɪˈvɛnt. waɪl ðə ˈtaɪtəl ˈmæʧɪz ɔn ðə kɑrd ˌrivˈju: ˈbeɪwɑʧ aɪ juzd tɪ bi ə juʤ fæn əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈsɪriz əv ˈbeɪwɑʧ 1989 1999 əˈbaʊt ˈrənɪŋ (ɪn slo-mo*, əv kɔrs) əˈlɔŋ ə ˈgoʊldən sænd biʧ ɪn ə rɛd wən pis, maɪ lɔŋ lɑks floʊɪŋ laɪk sɪlk bɪˈhaɪnd mi. soʊ wɪn ðə ˌɪnˈvaɪt keɪm θru fər ðə 2017 ˈmuvi riˈbut həz ə nu ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən dil gʊd nuz fər ˈrɛsəlɪŋ fænz wɪl bi bæk ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən frəm ˈeɪprəl 21 ðə ˈrɛsəlɪŋ pərˈmoʊʃən həz saɪnd ə dil wɪθ ˈʧænəl spaɪk tɪ ˈbrɔdˌkæst ˌɪmˈpækt ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ənd ɪn ðə. ðə ˈfɔrmər hoʊm, ˈʧælənʤ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən, wɪʧ juzd tɪ ɛr ðə ˈwikli ˌɪmˈpækt ʃoʊ ɔn ˈsənˌdi naɪts, drɑpt ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri.
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albert einstein is considered to be one of the most intelligent people that ever lived, so researchers are naturally curious about what made his brain tick.
photographs taken shortly after his death, but never before in detail, have now revealed that brain had several unusual features, providing tantalizing clues about the neural basis of his extraordinary mental.
while doing einstein's autopsy, the pathologist thomas harvey removed the brain and preserved it in formalin. he then took dozens of black and white photographs of it before it was cut up into 240 blocks. he then took tissue samples from each block, mounted them onto microscope slides and distributed the slides to some of the best neuropathologists.
the autopsy revealed that brain was smaller than average and subsequent analyses showed all the changes that normally occur with ageing. nothing more was, however. harvey stored the brain fragments in a jar in a cider box kept under a beer cooler in his office. decades later, several researchers asked harvey for some samples, and noticed some unusual features when them.
a study done in 1985 showed that two parts of his brain contained an unusually large number of cells called for every. and one published more than a decade later showed that the parietal lobe lacks a furrow and a structure called the. the missing furrow may have enhanced the connections in this region, which is thought to be involved in functions and mathematical skills such as arithmetic.
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now, anthropologist dean falk of florida state university in tallahassee and her colleagues have obtained 12 of original photographs from the national museum of health and medicine in silver spring, maryland, them and compared the patterns of convoluted ridges and with those of 85 brains described in other studies.
many of the photographs were taken from unusual angles, and show structures that were not visible in photographs that have been previously. the analysis is published today in the journal.
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the most striking observation, says falk, was “the complexity and pattern of on certain parts of einstein's cerebral cortex”, especially in the prefrontal cortex, and also parietal lobes and visual cortex.
the prefrontal cortex is important for the kind of abstract thinking that einstein would have needed for his famous thought experiments on the nature of space and time, such as imagining riding alongside a beam of light. the unusually complex pattern of there probably gave the region and unusually large surface area, which may have contributed to his remarkable abilities.
falk and her colleagues also noticed an unusual feature in the right cortex, which receives sensory information from the body. in this part of brain, the region corresponding to the left hand is expanded, and the researchers suggest that this may have contributed to his accomplished violin playing.
according to sandra witelson, a neuroscientist at mcmaster university in hamilton, canada, who discovered that the parietal is missing from brain, the biggest contribution may be in encouraging further studies. “it makes clear the location and accessibility of photographs and slides of einstein's brain,” she says. “this may serve as an incentive for other investigations of einstein's brain, and ultimately of any consequences of its anatomical variations.”
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ˈɪmɪʤ frəm rɛf 1 wɪθ pərˈmɪʃən əv nmhm*, ˈsɪlvər spərɪŋ, frəm rɛf 1 wɪθ pərˈmɪʃən əv nmhm*, ˈsɪlvər spərɪŋ, frəm rɛf 1 wɪθ pərˈmɪʃən əv nmhm*, ˈsɪlvər spərɪŋ, ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn ɪz kənˈsɪdərd tɪ bi wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪnˈtɛləʤənt ˈpipəl ðət ˈɛvər lɪvd, soʊ ˈrisərʧərz ər ˈnæʧərəli ˈkjʊriəs əˈbaʊt wət meɪd hɪz breɪn tɪk. ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs ˈteɪkən ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər hɪz dɛθ, bət ˈnɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr ɪn ˈditeɪl, hæv naʊ rɪˈvild ðət breɪn hæd ˈsɛvərəl ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈfiʧərz, prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈtænəˌlaɪzɪŋ kluz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈnʊrəl ˈbeɪsɪs əv hɪz ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈmɛntəl waɪl duɪŋ ˈaɪnstaɪnz ˈɔˌtɑpsi, ðə pəˈθɑləʤəst ˈtɑməs ˈhɑrvi riˈmuvd ðə breɪn ənd prɪˈzərvd ɪt ɪn formalin*. hi ðɛn tʊk ˈdəzənz əv blæk ənd waɪt ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs əv ɪt ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt wɑz kət əp ˈɪntu 240 blɑks. hi ðɛn tʊk ˈtɪʃu ˈsæmpəlz frəm iʧ blɑk, ˈmaʊnɪd ðɛm ˈɔntu ˈmaɪkrəˌskoʊp slaɪdz ənd dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ðə slaɪdz tɪ səm əv ðə bɛst neuropathologists*. ðə ˈɔˌtɑpsi rɪˈvild ðət breɪn wɑz sˈmɔlər ðən ˈævərɪʤ ənd ˈsəbsəkwənt æˈnælɪˌsiz ʃoʊd ɔl ðə ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðət ˈnɔrməli əˈkər wɪθ ageing*. ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr wɑz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər. ˈhɑrvi stɔrd ðə breɪn ˈfrægmənts ɪn ə ʤɑr ɪn ə ˈsaɪdər bɑks kɛpt ˈəndər ə bɪr ˈkulər ɪn hɪz ˈɔfəs. ˈdɛkeɪdz ˈleɪtər, ˈsɛvərəl ˈrisərʧərz æst ˈhɑrvi fər səm ˈsæmpəlz, ənd ˈnoʊtɪst səm ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈfiʧərz wɪn ðɛm. ə ˈstədi dən ɪn 1985 ʃoʊd ðət tu pɑrts əv hɪz breɪn kənˈteɪnd ən ənˈjuˌʒuəli lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv sɛlz kɔld fər ˈɛvəri ənd wən ˈpəblɪʃt mɔr ðən ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˈleɪtər ʃoʊd ðət ðə pərˈaɪətəl loʊb læks ə fəroʊ ənd ə ˈstrəkʧər kɔld ðə ðə ˈmɪsɪŋ fəroʊ meɪ hæv ɛnˈhænst ðə kəˈnɛkʃənz ɪn ðɪs ˈriʤən, wɪʧ ɪz θɔt tɪ bi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈfəŋkʃənz ənd ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl skɪlz səʧ ɛz ˌɛrɪθˈmɛtɪk. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˌɑpərˈtunəti naʊ, ˌænθrəˈpɑləʤɪst din fɔk əv ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn ˌtæləˈhæsi ənd hər ˈkɑligz hæv əbˈteɪnd 12 əv ərˈɪʤənəl ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs frəm ðə ˈnæʃənəl mˈjuziəm əv hɛlθ ənd ˈmɛdəsən ɪn ˈsɪlvər spərɪŋ, ˈmɛrələnd, ðɛm ənd kəmˈpɛrd ðə ˈpætərnz əv ˈkɑnvəˌlutəd ˈrɪʤɪz ənd wɪθ ðoʊz əv 85 breɪnz dɪˈskraɪbd ɪn ˈəðər ˈstədiz. ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs wər ˈteɪkən frəm ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈæŋgəlz, ənd ʃoʊ ˈstrəkʧərz ðət wər nɑt ˈvɪzəbəl ɪn ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs ðət hæv bɪn ˈpriviəsli. ðə æˈnælɪsɪs ɪz ˈpəblɪʃt təˈdeɪ ɪn ðə ˈʤərnəl ˈɪmɪʤɪz ðə moʊst ˈstraɪkɪŋ ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən, sɪz fɔk, wɑz kəmˈplɛksɪti ənd ˈpætərn əv ɔn ˈsərtən pɑrts əv ˈaɪnstaɪnz ˈsɛrəbrəl cortex”*”, əˈspɛʃəli ɪn ðə priˈfrəntəl ˈkɔrtɛks, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ pərˈaɪətəl loʊbz ənd ˈvɪʒəwəl ˈkɔrtɛks. ðə priˈfrəntəl ˈkɔrtɛks ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt fər ðə kaɪnd əv ˈæbˌstrækt ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ðət ˈaɪnstaɪn wʊd hæv ˈnidɪd fər hɪz ˈfeɪməs θɔt ɪkˈspɛrəmənts ɔn ðə ˈneɪʧər əv speɪs ənd taɪm, səʧ ɛz ˌɪˈmæʤənɪŋ ˈraɪdɪŋ əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ə bim əv laɪt. ðə ənˈjuˌʒuəli ˈkɑmplɛks ˈpætərn əv ðɛr ˈprɑbəˌbli geɪv ðə ˈriʤən ənd ənˈjuˌʒuəli lɑrʤ ˈsərfəs ˈɛriə, wɪʧ meɪ hæv kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ hɪz rɪˈmɑrkəbəl əˈbɪləˌtiz. fɔk ənd hər ˈkɑligz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪst ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈfiʧər ɪn ðə raɪt ˈkɔrtɛks, wɪʧ rɪˈsivz ˈsɛnsəri ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən frəm ðə ˈbɑdi. ɪn ðɪs pɑrt əv breɪn, ðə ˈriʤən ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ ðə lɛft hænd ɪz ɪkˈspændɪd, ənd ðə ˈrisərʧərz səˈʤɛst ðət ðɪs meɪ hæv kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ hɪz əˈkɑmplɪʃt vaɪəˈlɪn pleɪɪŋ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsændrə witelson*, ə nˈjʊroʊˌsaɪənɪst æt məkˈmæstər ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn ˈhæməltən, ˈkænədə, hu dɪˈskəvərd ðət ðə pərˈaɪətəl ɪz ˈmɪsɪŋ frəm breɪn, ðə ˈbɪgəst ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən meɪ bi ɪn ɪnˈkərəʤɪŋ ˈfərðər ˈstədiz. meɪks klɪr ðə loʊˈkeɪʃən ənd ˌæksɛsəˈbɪlɪti əv ˈfoʊtəˌgræfs ənd slaɪdz əv ˈaɪnstaɪnz brain,”*,” ʃi sɪz. meɪ sərv ɛz ən ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv fər ˈəðər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz əv ˈaɪnstaɪnz breɪn, ənd ˈəltəmətli əv ˈɛni ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛnsəz əv ɪts ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl variations.”*.”
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most expensive senate race in u.s. history - and balance of senate along with it - may be determined by 100% unverifiable votes...
brad friedman,
so far, in the to tuesday's election, we've covered 100% unverifiable votes reportedly flipping on screen in texas (d to r), in illinois (r to d), in tennessee (no to yes on initiative), in maryland (r to d) and in arkansas (unclear which direction the votes were flipping in several different counties.)
now, votes are reportedly flipping from democratic to republican in the "toss up" u.s. senate race in north carolina, a crucial contest if democrats have any chance of hanging on to the majority in that chamber. the "down to the wire" contest is also reportedly turning out to be the most expensive senate race in u.s. history.
so can supporters of either candidate actually have any confidence at all in results to be reported after the close of polls on tuesday in the tar heel state?...
as the reports:
greensboro - another guilford county voter has reported having problems casting a vote for a u.s. senate candidate. percy bostick, 69, of greensboro said he tried casting a vote for democrat kay hagan at the old guilford county courthouse, only to have the machine register republican thom tillis as his choice. "i called one of the poll workers over," bostick said. "she said do it again. and again, i touched the screen at the proper place for kay hagan, and it again reported it for thom tillis." on his fourth attempt, the machine registered the vote for hagan.
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charlie collicutt, guilford county elections director, said his office has received 14 reports of voting problems since early voting started oct. 23, including seven from people who became concerned after they got home.
should voters be worried about votes flipping on systems? what should you do if it happens to you or someone else at the polls?
see our first report of the 2014 election season on this issue for answers to those questions, as well as several of our subsequent reports (all listed below). unfortunately, we have to file similar reports after after, since, despite the by now shortcomings of these systems, so many elected officials simply don't give a damn about whether their voters are able to cast overseeable, verifiable votes.
more than a quarter of u.s. voters this year will cast 100% unverifiable votes on such systems which may, or may not, record and register any votes the way that voters intended. there is no way for voters to ever know one way or another.
whenever a "winner" is finally announced in the north carolina race, based on the completely unverifiable computer tallies from the state's voting systems, supporters of the "losing" candidate are likely to yell foul if the margin of reported victory is smaller than the number of votes cast on the oft-failed, voting systems. given that so many votes are still, shamefully, completely unverifiable votes in 2014, those partisans (from either party) will have every right to do so.
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moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈsɛnɪt reɪs ɪn juz. ˈhɪstəri ənd ˈbæləns əv ˈsɛnɪt əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ɪt meɪ bi dɪˈtərmənd baɪ 100 ənˌvɛrɪˈfaɪəbəl voʊts... bræd ˈfridmən soʊ fɑr, ɪn ðə tɪ ˈtuzˌdeɪz ɪˈlɛkʃən, wiv ˈkəvərd 100 ənˌvɛrɪˈfaɪəbəl voʊts rɪˈpɔrtədli ˈflɪpɪŋ ɔn skrin ɪn ˈtɛksəs (di tɪ ɑr), ɪn ˌɪləˈnɔɪz (ɑr tɪ di), ɪn ˌtɛnəˈsi (noʊ tɪ jɛs ɔn ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv), ɪn ˈmɛrələnd (ɑr tɪ di) ənd ɪn ˈɑrkənˌsɑ (ənˈklɪr wɪʧ dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ðə voʊts wər ˈflɪpɪŋ ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈdɪfərənt ˈkaʊntiz.) naʊ, voʊts ər rɪˈpɔrtədli ˈflɪpɪŋ frəm ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk tɪ rɪˈpəblɪkən ɪn ðə "tɔs əp" juz. ˈsɛnɪt reɪs ɪn nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə, ə ˈkruʃəl ˈkɑntɛst ɪf ˈdɛməˌkræts hæv ˈɛni ʧæns əv ˈhæŋɪŋ ɔn tɪ ðə məˈʤɔrəti ɪn ðət ˈʧeɪmbər. ðə "daʊn tɪ ðə waɪər" ˈkɑntɛst ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈpɔrtədli ˈtərnɪŋ aʊt tɪ bi ðə moʊst ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈsɛnɪt reɪs ɪn juz. ˈhɪstəri. soʊ kən səˈpɔrtərz əv ˈiðər ˈkænədɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv ˈɛni ˈkɑnfədɛns æt ɔl ɪn rɪˈzəlts tɪ bi ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈæftər ðə kloʊz əv poʊlz ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ɪn ðə tɑr hil steɪt?... ɛz ðə rɪˈpɔrts: ˈgrinzbərroʊ əˈnəðər ˈgɪlfərd ˈkaʊnti ˈvoʊtər həz ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈhævɪŋ ˈprɑbləmz ˈkæstɪŋ ə voʊt fər ə juz. ˈsɛnɪt ˈkænədɪt. ˈpərsi ˈboʊstɪk, 69 əv ˈgrinzbərroʊ sɛd hi traɪd ˈkæstɪŋ ə voʊt fər ˈdɛməˌkræt keɪ ˈheɪgən æt ðə oʊld ˈgɪlfərd ˈkaʊnti ˈkɔrˌthaʊs, ˈoʊnli tɪ hæv ðə məˈʃin ˈrɛʤɪstər rɪˈpəblɪkən tɑm ˈtɪlɪs ɛz hɪz ʧɔɪs. "aɪ kɔld wən əv ðə poʊl ˈwərkərz ˈoʊvər," ˈboʊstɪk sɛd. "ʃi sɛd du ɪt əˈgɛn. ənd əˈgɛn, aɪ təʧt ðə skrin æt ðə ˈprɑpər pleɪs fər keɪ ˈheɪgən, ənd ɪt əˈgɛn ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɪt fər tɑm ˈtɪlɪs." ɔn hɪz fɔrθ əˈtɛmpt, ðə məˈʃin ˈrɛʤɪstərd ðə voʊt fər ˈheɪgən. ˈʧɑrli collicutt*, ˈgɪlfərd ˈkaʊnti ɪˈlɛkʃənz dɪˈrɛktər, sɛd hɪz ˈɔfəs həz rɪˈsivd 14 rɪˈpɔrts əv ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈprɑbləmz sɪns ˈərli ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈstɑrtɪd ɔkt. 23 ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈsɛvən frəm ˈpipəl hu bɪˈkeɪm kənˈsərnd ˈæftər ðeɪ gɑt hoʊm. ʃʊd ˈvoʊtərz bi ˈwərid əˈbaʊt voʊts ˈflɪpɪŋ ɔn ˈsɪstəmz? wət ʃʊd ju du ɪf ɪt ˈhæpənz tɪ ju ər ˈsəmˌwən ɛls æt ðə poʊlz? si ɑr fərst rɪˈpɔrt əv ðə 2014 ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈsizən ɔn ðɪs ˈɪʃu fər ˈænsərz tɪ ðoʊz kˈwɛsʧənz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈsɛvərəl əv ɑr ˈsəbsəkwənt rɪˈpɔrts (ɔl ˈlɪstɪd bɪˈloʊ). ənˈfɔrʧənətli, wi hæv tɪ faɪl ˈsɪmələr rɪˈpɔrts ˈæftər ˈæftər, sɪns, dɪˈspaɪt ðə baɪ naʊ ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋz əv ðiz ˈsɪstəmz, soʊ ˈmɛni ɪˈlɛktɪd əˈfɪʃəlz ˈsɪmpli doʊnt gɪv ə dæm əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ðɛr ˈvoʊtərz ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ kæst overseeable*, ˈvɛrəˌfaɪəbəl voʊts. mɔr ðən ə kˈwɔrtər əv juz. ˈvoʊtərz ðɪs jɪr wɪl kæst 100 ənˌvɛrɪˈfaɪəbəl voʊts ɔn səʧ ˈsɪstəmz wɪʧ meɪ, ər meɪ nɑt, ˈrɛkərd ənd ˈrɛʤɪstər ˈɛni voʊts ðə weɪ ðət ˈvoʊtərz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd. ðɛr ɪz noʊ weɪ fər ˈvoʊtərz tɪ ˈɛvər noʊ wən weɪ ər əˈnəðər. wɛˈnɛvər ə "ˈwɪnər" ɪz ˈfaɪnəli əˈnaʊnst ɪn ðə nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə reɪs, beɪst ɔn ðə kəmˈplitli ənˌvɛrɪˈfaɪəbəl kəmˈpjutər ˈtæliz frəm ðə steɪts ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz, səˈpɔrtərz əv ðə "ˈluzɪŋ" ˈkænədɪt ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ jɛl faʊl ɪf ðə ˈmɑrʤən əv ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈvɪktəri ɪz sˈmɔlər ðən ðə ˈnəmbər əv voʊts kæst ɔn ðə oft-failed*, ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz. ˈgɪvɪn ðət soʊ ˈmɛni voʊts ər stɪl, shamefully*, kəmˈplitli ənˌvɛrɪˈfaɪəbəl voʊts ɪn 2014 ðoʊz ˈpɑrtəzənz (frəm ˈiðər ˈpɑrti) wɪl hæv ˈɛvəri raɪt tɪ du soʊ. pliz hɛlp səˈpɔrt ðə bræd ˈfɪrsli ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt, ˈkəvərɪʤ əv jʊr ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈsɪstəm naʊ ɪn ɑr ˈilɛvənθ jɪr! ɛz əˈveɪləbəl frəm noʊ ˈəðər ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛt ɪn ðə ˈneɪʃən... ʧuz ˈmənθli əˈmaʊnt... 10 ˈmənθli 20 ˈmənθli 50 ˈmənθli 100 ˈmənθli
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the ratings for last premiere were, fittingly, very super.
according to entertainment weekly, the series set “a fall new series record of 14 million viewers and a rating among adults was the series on tv last night, following the big bang theory.
tv michael schneider writes that, of the series’ teen viewers, more were male than female:
interesting stat: did better with male teens (1.7) than female teens (1.4). either way, no. 1 show with teens (1.6) monday michael schneider (@franklinavenue) october 27, 2015
although it remains to be seen if‘s ratings will continue to soar up, up, and away as the series progresses, the excitement over the premiere, despite (or perhaps because?) of the pilot leak back in may, seems to me to indicate an appetite for more shows like this one.
it’s worth noting that the jaimie blindspot, another genre show, is also one of the series of the fall.
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ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz fər læst prɛˈmɪr wər, ˈfɪtɪŋli, ˈvɛri ˈsupər. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈwikli, ðə ˈsɪriz sɛt fɔl nu ˈsɪriz ˈrɛkərd əv 14 ˈmɪljən vjuərz ənd ə ˈreɪtɪŋ əˈməŋ ˈædəlts wɑz ðə ˈsɪriz ɔn ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən læst naɪt, ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə bɪg bæŋ ˈθɪri. ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈmaɪkəl ʃˈnaɪdər raɪts ðət, əv ðə series’*’ tin vjuərz, mɔr wər meɪl ðən ˈfiˌmeɪl: ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ stæt: dɪd ˈbɛtər wɪθ meɪl tinz ðən ˈfiˌmeɪl tinz ˈiðər weɪ, noʊ. 1 ʃoʊ wɪθ tinz ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈmaɪkəl ʃˈnaɪdər (@franklinavenue*) ɑkˈtoʊbər 27 2015 ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi sin ɪf ˈreɪtɪŋz wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ sɔr əp, əp, ənd əˈweɪ ɛz ðə ˈsɪriz ˈprɑˌgrɛsəz, ðə ɪkˈsaɪtmənt ˈoʊvər ðə prɛˈmɪr, dɪˈspaɪt (ər pərˈhæps bɪˈkəz?) əv ðə ˈpaɪlət lik bæk ɪn meɪ, simz tɪ mi tɪ ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ən ˈæpəˌtaɪt fər mɔr ʃoʊz laɪk ðɪs wən. wərθ ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ðə ˈʤeɪmi blindspot*, əˈnəðər ˈʒɑnrə ʃoʊ, ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ wən əv ðə ˈsɪriz əv ðə fɔl. meɪk noʊt əv ðə ˈmɛri ˈʤɛnərəl ˈkɑmɛnt policy.—*.— du ju ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˈmɛri su ɔn tˈwɪtər, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ˈtəmblər, pinterest*, ˈgugəl
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in 20 short days, the beaches will open on bachelor in paradise, a tropical halfway house for rejects still looking for love despite getting the boot on their respective show. as per usual, this season's ensemble is a carefully calibrated mix of veterans (clare, whose native american name is "talks with raccoons"), (wait, who is dan again?), recent castoffs (jared and his patchy beard), professional drama queens (ashley i.), and comic relief (ashley s., aka "onion girl"). together they will descend on the town of sayulita, located in vallarta-nayarit, mexico, for weeks of flirting, fighting, forming alliances, occasionally fornicating, and generally jockeying to be the final couple standing. click through this to meet all of this season's players (and read their hilariously earnest "official" bios), and then join us back here every week for bachelor in paradise recaps and host chris harrison's blog. after all, it's the summer doesn't your brain need a vacation?
bachelor in paradise premieres sunday, aug. 2 at 8 p.m. on abc.
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ɪn 20 ʃɔrt deɪz, ðə ˈbiʧɪz wɪl ˈoʊpən ɔn ˈbæʧələr ɪn ˈpɛrəˌdaɪs, ə ˈtrɑpɪkəl ˈhæfˈweɪ haʊs fər ˈriʤɛkts stɪl ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ləv dɪˈspaɪt ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə but ɔn ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv ʃoʊ. ɛz pər ˈjuʒəwəl, ðɪs ˈsizənz ɑnˈsɑmbəl ɪz ə ˈkɛrfəli ˈkæləˌbreɪtəd mɪks əv ˈvɛtərənz (klɛr, huz ˈneɪtɪv əˈmɛrɪkən neɪm ɪz "tɔks wɪθ ræˈkunz"), (weɪt, hu ɪz dæn əˈgɛn?), ˈrisənt ˈkæˌstɔfs (ˈʤɛrɪd ənd hɪz ˈpæʧi bɪrd), prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈdrɑmə kwinz (ˈæʃli aɪ.), ənd ˈkɑmɪk rɪˈlif (ˈæʃli ɛs., ˈɑkə "ˈənjən gərl"). təˈgɛðər ðeɪ wɪl dɪˈsɛnd ɔn ðə taʊn əv sayulita*, ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn vallarta-nayarit*, ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, fər wiks əv ˈflərtɪŋ, ˈfaɪtɪŋ, ˈfɔrmɪŋ əˈlaɪənsɪz, ɔˈkeɪʒənəˌli fornicating*, ənd ˈʤɛnərəli ˈʤɑkiɪŋ tɪ bi ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈkəpəl ˈstændɪŋ. klɪk θru ðɪs tɪ mit ɔl əv ðɪs ˈsizənz pleɪərz (ənd rɛd ðɛr hɪˈlɛriəsli ˈərnɪst "əˈfɪʃəl" baɪoʊs), ənd ðɛn ʤɔɪn ˈjuˈɛs bæk hir ˈɛvəri wik fər ˈbæʧələr ɪn ˈpɛrəˌdaɪs ˈriˌkæps ənd hoʊst krɪs ˈhɛrɪsənz blɔg. ˈæftər ɔl, ɪts ðə ˈsəmər ˈdəzənt jʊr breɪn nid ə veɪˈkeɪʃən? ˈbæʧələr ɪn ˈpɛrəˌdaɪs prɛˈmɪrz ˈsənˌdi, ˈɔgəst. 2 æt 8 p.m*. ɔn ˈeɪˌbiˌsi.
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“if we fail on this, just picture europe,” said rep. dave brat (r-va) of what would happen if congress failed to permanently repair “broken immigration system” and just passed another amnesty instead.
brat made his comments on edition of news tonight in an interview with senior rebecca mansour.
america will resemble “france, sweden, germany, [or] the netherlands” in the absence of enacting an immigration system “for the benefit of american citizens and u.s. workers,” said brat.
immigration is a issue, said brat: “this is not like any other policy issue. this will determine the nature of our country over the next decades in how we settle this. either going to add to the anxiety and all this back and forth, or we find an economic solution for this country moving forward.”
brat discussed considerations to codify the obama deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) policy into federal law.
congress must prioritize four repairs for the immigration system before contemplating any amnesty negotiation, said brat: 1. ending chain migration and the visa lottery; 2. mandating employer use of e-verify; 3. construction of a southern border wall; and 4. interior enforcement of immigration law.
the four aforementioned “permanent fixes” must precede any negotiation regarding amnesty for illegal immigrants, said brat: “it be about trusting or hoping, the permanent part has to come first, you see in that place and then you negotiate later.”
rep. steve king (r-ia) echoed position in an interview with news tonight aired last week, calling for of border security and interior enforcement of immigration law over any consideration of amnesty for foreigners illegally residing in the homeland.
promises for border security and interior enforcement of immigration law from politicians supporting broad amnesty for illegal immigrants are always broken, said brat:
you need permanent fixes to the broken immigration system before any negotiation takes place, because is an automatic and permanent three million increase. so’s times three or four, and that gives you the three million, and permanent, so you trust anything. our side always gets rolled, we get promises for internal enforcement. obama was all in favor of that, right? he even added spending, more agents, more this, more that, and then he said, “hey, agents that we just hired? follow the law of land.” he told them not to enforce the law.
drawing on the expansion of previous amnesties, mansour asked how politicians’ promised parameters of a new bill could be trusted.
“there’s talk of putting an end to chain migration,” said mansour. “but that seems to be a little bit like wishful thinking because this be litigated in the courts? even if you try to pass something, how effective is that going to be long-term? it seems as if with each one of these amnesties that are granted, always litigated in the courts and there are always loopholes that people find, and it just ends up being endless. how much can we trust that going to be something in some deal that they strike that [ends] chain migration? how is that going to be enforced?”
brat said this is precisely why we need “the permanent fixes in policy” as a “starting point.” he explained:
we’re already hearing decay from the original permanent policy, even on [chain migration]. starting to say, “well, maybe just [chain migration] for these people, and maybe not just, more than.” so, right. just like [the amnesty granted under] reagan. you really trust. why i emphasize the permanent fixes. you need permanent fixes to the immigration system broken before any negotiation takes places, because the is an automatic three million permanent increase; so’s times three or four, and that gives you the three million, and permanent. so right, you trust anything, right?
“elites” and “the swamp in dc” support amnesty legislation, said brat, because they “want cheap labor.”
“i think of anything worse for republicans than to vote against that series of policies,” cautioned brat, referring to the aforementioned “permanent fixes” he proposed toward immigration policy.
house speaker paul ryan (r-wi), said brat, had promised not to connect budgetary debates votes to any amnesty: “our leadership promised that would not be attached to any [continuing resolution], because that is a total a breakdown and usually ends up with chasing democrat votes. if they keep their word on that, a pretty good sign. they promised it would be a bill on, and good news, and that would require a majority of republican votes to pass.”
republican focus on millions of illegal immigrants, said mansour, is divorced from president donald popular mandate on issues relating to immigration.
“a fix is nowhere near what the american people are most concerned about, nowhere near the top of the list,” said mansour. “i understand the urgency on this. it seems to me to be a democrat issue of urgency since this is their next big pool of voters. not sure why the feels such urgency to deal with this.”
“yeah, i either,” said brat. “that always amazes me. nothing on policy in the republican platform. paul ryan, to his credit, promised that a fix would not be attached to any legislation like a budget, [continuing resolution], omnibus, et cetera. coming up january 20th. he said it would be stand alone.”
noting that president trump won in 2016 on “a very immigration platform” that was “wildly successful,” mansour said that grassroots conservatives found this push for amnesty, instead of the popular trump immigration agenda, concerning.
“it’s a little bit strange to us that the first bit of immigration legislation that the republican party has taken up on capitol hill is a fix instead of the raise act that the trump administration got behind or the wall,” said mansour. “why does it have to be? it seems a little bit odd that what going to be taking up on immigration first.”
“right,” replied brat. “well, we do have some bipartisan stuff coming up be interesting to see how the president puts all of this together. got infrastructure coming up. the democrats will likely want to do that.”
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““if* wi feɪl ɔn ðɪs, ʤɪst ˈpɪkʧər europe,”*,” sɛd rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. deɪv bræt (r-va*) əv wət wʊd ˈhæpən ɪf ˈkɑŋgrəs feɪld tɪ ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli rɪˈpɛr ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən system”*” ənd ʤɪst pæst əˈnəðər ˈæmnəsti ˌɪnˈstɛd. bræt meɪd hɪz ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ɪˈdɪʃən əv nuz təˈnaɪt ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈsinjər rəˈbɛkə ˈmænsər. əˈmɛrɪkə wɪl rɪˈzɛmbəl ““france*, sˈwidən, ˈʤərməni, [ər] ðə netherlands”*” ɪn ðə ˈæbsəns əv ɛˈnæktɪŋ ən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt əv əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɪtɪzənz ənd juz. workers,”*,” sɛd bræt. ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ɪz ə ˈɪʃu, sɛd bræt: ɪz nɑt laɪk ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈpɑləsi ˈɪʃu. ðɪs wɪl dɪˈtərmən ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ɑr ˈkəntri ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst ˈdɛkeɪdz ɪn haʊ wi ˈsɛtəl ðɪs. ˈiðər goʊɪŋ tɪ æd tɪ ðə æŋˈzaɪəti ənd ɔl ðɪs bæk ənd fɔrθ, ər wi faɪnd ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk səˈluʃən fər ðɪs ˈkəntri ˈmuvɪŋ forward.”*.” bræt dɪˈskəst kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃənz tɪ ˈkoʊdəˌfaɪ ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə dɪˈfərd ˈækʃən fər ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd ərˈaɪvəlz (daca*) ˈpɑləsi ˈɪntu ˈfɛdərəl lɔ. ˈkɑŋgrəs məst praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪz fɔr rɪˈpɛrz fər ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪtɪŋ ˈɛni ˈæmnəsti nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, sɛd bræt: 1 ˈɛndɪŋ ʧeɪn maɪˈgreɪʃən ənd ðə ˈvizə ˈlɑtəri; 2 ˈmænˌdeɪtɪŋ ɪmˈplɔɪər juz əv e-verify*; 3 kənˈstrəkʃən əv ə ˈsəðərn ˈbɔrdər wɔl; ənd 4 ˌɪnˈtɪriər ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən lɔ. ðə fɔr əˈfɔrˌmɛnʃənd fixes”*” məst prɪˈsid ˈɛni nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈæmnəsti fər ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts, sɛd bræt: bi əˈbaʊt ˈtrəstɪŋ ər ˈhoʊpɪŋ, ðə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt pɑrt həz tɪ kəm fərst, ju si ɪn ðət pleɪs ənd ðɛn ju nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt later.”*.” rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. stiv kɪŋ (r-ia*) ˈɛkoʊd pəˈzɪʃən ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ nuz təˈnaɪt ɛrd læst wik, ˈkɔlɪŋ fər əv ˈbɔrdər sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ˌɪnˈtɪriər ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən lɔ ˈoʊvər ˈɛni kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən əv ˈæmnəsti fər ˈfɔrənərz ˌɪˈligəli rɪˈzaɪdɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈhoʊmˌlænd. ˈprɑməsəz fər ˈbɔrdər sɪˈkjʊrəti ənd ˌɪnˈtɪriər ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən lɔ frəm ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz səˈpɔrtɪŋ brɔd ˈæmnəsti fər ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts ər ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈbroʊkən, sɛd bræt: ju nid ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈfɪksɪz tɪ ðə ˈbroʊkən ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛni nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən teɪks pleɪs, bɪˈkəz ɪz ən ˌɔtəˈmætɪk ənd ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt θri ˈmɪljən ˌɪnˈkris. soʊ taɪmz θri ər fɔr, ənd ðət gɪvz ju ðə θri ˈmɪljən, ənd ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt, soʊ ju trəst ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. ɑr saɪd ˈɔlˌweɪz gɪts roʊld, wi gɪt ˈprɑməsəz fər ˌɪnˈtərnəl ɛnˈfɔrsmənt. ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɑz ɔl ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ðət, raɪt? hi ˈivɪn ˈædɪd ˈspɛndɪŋ, mɔr ˈeɪʤənts, mɔr ðɪs, mɔr ðət, ənd ðɛn hi sɛd, ““hey*, ˈeɪʤənts ðət wi ʤɪst haɪərd? ˈfɑloʊ ðə lɔ əv land.”*.” hi toʊld ðɛm nɑt tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ðə lɔ. drɔɪŋ ɔn ðə ɪkˈspænʧən əv ˈpriviəs ˈæmnəstiz, ˈmænsər æst haʊ politicians’*’ ˈprɑməst pərˈæmətərz əv ə nu bɪl kʊd bi ˈtrəstɪd. tɔk əv ˈpʊtɪŋ ən ɛnd tɪ ʧeɪn migration,”*,” sɛd ˈmænsər. ðət simz tɪ bi ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt laɪk ˈwɪʃfəl ˈθɪŋkɪŋ bɪˈkəz ðɪs bi ˈlɪtɪˌgeɪtɪd ɪn ðə kɔrts? ˈivɪn ɪf ju traɪ tɪ pæs ˈsəmθɪŋ, haʊ ˈifɛktɪv ɪz ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈlɔŋˈtərm? ɪt simz ɛz ɪf wɪθ iʧ wən əv ðiz ˈæmnəstiz ðət ər ˈgrænɪd, ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈlɪtɪˌgeɪtɪd ɪn ðə kɔrts ənd ðɛr ər ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈluˌphoʊlz ðət ˈpipəl faɪnd, ənd ɪt ʤɪst ɛndz əp biɪŋ ˈɛndləs. haʊ məʧ kən wi trəst ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪn səm dil ðət ðeɪ straɪk ðət [ɛndz] ʧeɪn maɪˈgreɪʃən? haʊ ɪz ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ bi enforced?”*?” bræt sɛd ðɪs ɪz prɪˈsaɪsli waɪ wi nid ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈfɪksɪz ɪn policy”*” ɛz ə point.”*.” hi ɪkˈspleɪnd: ɔˈrɛdi ˈhirɪŋ dɪˈkeɪ frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈpɑləsi, ˈivɪn ɔn [ʧeɪn maɪˈgreɪʃən]. ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ seɪ, ““well*, ˈmeɪbi ʤɪst [ʧeɪn maɪˈgreɪʃən] fər ðiz ˈpipəl, ənd ˈmeɪbi nɑt ʤɪst, mɔr ðən daca.”*.” soʊ, raɪt. ʤɪst laɪk [ðə ˈæmnəsti ˈgrænɪd ˈəndər] ˈrigən. ju ˈrɪli trəst. waɪ aɪ ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz ðə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈfɪksɪz. ju nid ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈfɪksɪz tɪ ðə ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ˈbroʊkən ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛni nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃən teɪks ˈpleɪsɪz, bɪˈkəz ðə ɪz ən ˌɔtəˈmætɪk θri ˈmɪljən ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˌɪnˈkris; soʊ taɪmz θri ər fɔr, ənd ðət gɪvz ju ðə θri ˈmɪljən, ənd ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt. soʊ raɪt, ju trəst ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, raɪt? ““elites”*” ənd swɔmp ɪn dc”*” səˈpɔrt ˈæmnəsti ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, sɛd bræt, bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ʧip labor.”*.” θɪŋk əv ˈɛniˌθɪŋ wərs fər rɪˈpəblɪkənz ðən tɪ voʊt əˈgɛnst ðət ˈsɪriz əv policies,”*,” ˈkɔʃənd bræt, rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ðə əˈfɔrˌmɛnʃənd fixes”*” hi prəˈpoʊzd təˈwɔrd ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˈpɑləsi. haʊs ˈspikər pɔl raɪən (r-wi*), sɛd bræt, hæd ˈprɑməst nɑt tɪ kəˈnɛkt ˈbəʤɪˌtɛri dəˈbeɪts voʊts tɪ ˈɛni ˈæmnəsti: ˈlidərˌʃɪp ˈprɑməst ðət wʊd nɑt bi əˈtæʧt tɪ ˈɛni [kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən], bɪˈkəz ðət ɪz ə ˈtoʊtəl ə ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn ənd ˈjuʒəwəli ɛndz əp wɪθ ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ˈdɛməˌkræt voʊts. ɪf ðeɪ kip ðɛr wərd ɔn ðət, ə ˈprɪti gʊd saɪn. ðeɪ ˈprɑməst ɪt wʊd bi ə bɪl ɔn, ənd gʊd nuz, ənd ðət wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər ə məˈʤɔrəti əv rɪˈpəblɪkən voʊts tɪ pass.”*.” rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈmɪljənz əv ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts, sɛd ˈmænsər, ɪz dɪˈvɔrst frəm ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdɑnəld ˈpɑpjələr ˈmænˌdeɪt ɔn ˈɪʃuz rɪˈleɪtɪŋ tɪ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən. fɪks ɪz ˈnoʊˌwɛr nɪr wət ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl ər moʊst kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt, ˈnoʊˌwɛr nɪr ðə tɔp əv ðə list,”*,” sɛd ˈmænsər. ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈərʤənsi ɔn ðɪs. ɪt simz tɪ mi tɪ bi ə ˈdɛməˌkræt ˈɪʃu əv ˈərʤənsi sɪns ðɪs ɪz ðɛr nɛkst bɪg pul əv ˈvoʊtərz. nɑt ʃʊr waɪ ðə filz səʧ ˈərʤənsi tɪ dil wɪθ this.”*.” ““yeah*, aɪ either,”*,” sɛd bræt. ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈmeɪzɪz mi. ˈnəθɪŋ ɔn ˈpɑləsi ɪn ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈplætˌfɔrm. pɔl raɪən, tɪ hɪz ˈkrɛdɪt, ˈprɑməst ðət ə fɪks wʊd nɑt bi əˈtæʧt tɪ ˈɛni ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən laɪk ə ˈbəʤɪt, [kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˌrɛzəˈluʃən], ˈɑmnəbəs, ɛt ˈsɛtərə. ˈkəmɪŋ əp ˈʤænjuˌɛri 20th*. hi sɛd ɪt wʊd bi stænd alone.”*.” ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ˈprɛzɪdənt trəmp wən ɪn 2016 ɔn ˈvɛri ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən platform”*” ðət wɑz successful,”*,” ˈmænsər sɛd ðət ˈgræsˈruts kənˈsərvətɪvz faʊnd ðɪs pʊʃ fər ˈæmnəsti, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə ˈpɑpjələr trəmp ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən əˈʤɛndə, kənˈsərnɪŋ. ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt streɪnʤ tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ðət ðə fərst bɪt əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ðət ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈpɑrti həz ˈteɪkən əp ɔn ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl ɪz ə fɪks ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ðə reɪz ækt ðət ðə trəmp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən gɑt bɪˈhaɪnd ər ðə wall,”*,” sɛd ˈmænsər. dɪz ɪt hæv tɪ bi? ɪt simz ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt ɑd ðət wət goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈteɪkɪŋ əp ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən first.”*.” ““right,”*,” rɪˈplaɪd bræt. ““well*, wi du hæv səm baɪˈpɑrtɪzən stəf ˈkəmɪŋ əp bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ si haʊ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt pʊts ɔl əv ðɪs təˈgɛðər. gɑt ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ˈkəmɪŋ əp. ðə ˈdɛməˌkræts wɪl ˈlaɪkli wɔnt tɪ du that.”*.” nuz təˈnaɪt ɛrz ˈmənˌdeɪ θru ˈfraɪˌdeɪ ɔn ˈpeɪtriət ˈʧænəl 125 bɪtˈwin p.m*. ənd ˈmɪdˌnaɪt ˈistərn p.m*. tɪ p.m*. pəˈsɪfɪk). ˈlɪsən: ˈfɑloʊ ˈrɑbərt ɔn tˈwɪtər @rkraychik*.
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one of the important steps of computing point addition over curves is a division of two polynomials. when working in $gf(2^n)$ we don't have large enough powers to actually do a division, so we compute the inverse of the denominator and then multiply. this is usually done using method, but if squaring and multiplying are fast we can take advantage of these operations and compute the inverse in just a few steps.
the first time i ran across this method it really confused me. the process itself does not depend on normal basis math, it just looks like it. using normal basis to compute the squares means you only need a barrel shifter, so for the field sizes mentioned in the "one cycle polynomial math" blog, this method is ideal for either or embedded.
we start off with a polynomial $\alpha$ in a field $gf(2^n)$ which means $$\alpha = \sum_{i=0}^{i=n-1}c_i\beta^{2^i}=\sum_{i=0}^{i=n-1}d_i\beta^i$$ where $c_i$ and $d_i$ have values $0$ or $1$. we want to find its inverse}$. using little theorem we can write} = - 2}$. the first step is to break this down by noticing that} =$$ from here, things get a little more complicated.
what we are going to do is build a chain of terms all of the form}$. the final term in the chain will be}$ so we just need to square this result to have our inverse. the chain will start with}=\alpha$.
since we are going to do an addition chain, the next form to look at is is}$. let's expand this:}\\}\\}\end{array}$$ so if we have the forms}$ and}$ we can get the form}$ by squaring the form}$ $j$ times.
a special version of this is when $k = j$. putting $k+k=2k$ into the above we find}$ so now we have the tools to build an addition chain.
there are many ways to create a chain of sums. the simplest is to look at the binary representation of a number, use the $2k$ form for each bit position, and add the terms with the bits set. as a concrete example, let's look at$. the first step is to subtract $1$ so we start with $105$. in binary $105 = 1101001$. the most significant bit is $2^6$ so the first 6 terms in the chain are $1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64$. the bit position for is set so we add the form for $32$ to get $96$, the bit for position $2^3$ is set so we add form $8$ to get $104$, and then the last bit is set so we add the term for $1$ to get $105$. the first term is just $\alpha$. let's call the first term$. we use the doubling form 6 times and get the following
$\gamma_0$}$$}$$}$$}$$
$\alpha^{2^{16}-1}$$}$$}$
now we can begin the summation part of the chain. bit 6 and bit 5 are set in the binary representation of 105 so we start with}$. bit 3 is the next bit set so =}$. finally the last bit is set so we have=\alpha^{2^{105}-1}$.
our final step is to compute the square of}$.
the thing that confused me the most about this algorithm was the number of times to square the first term. it depends on the second term. we can see this from the derivation of the $j+k$ form when we add and subtract the second term's $2j$ value. we could have just as easily added and subtracted $2k$, but then $k$ would be the second term.
another thing that confused me is the arbitrariness of the addition chain. a completely valid result can be derived using the sequence $1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 13, 26, 52, 104, 105$. this method "walks" down the bit pattern. it takes the same number of steps as the doubling first and adding terms. it might take some experimentation to determine which method (or something else entirely) is better for a particular application.
when implemented using normal basis representation, the squaring operations can be performed in a single cycle using a barrel shifter. if implemented in a field size which allows the type 1 normal basis, then the multiplies can be also be done very quickly. thus, for the right field size, computing an inverse using the above algorithm can be done in very few clock cycles compared with standard which can take of clocks.
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wən əv ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt stɛps əv kəmˈpjutɪŋ pɔɪnt əˈdɪʃən ˈoʊvər kərvz ɪz ə dɪˈvɪʒən əv tu polynomials*. wɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn $gf(2^n*)$ wi doʊnt hæv lɑrʤ ɪˈnəf paʊərz tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli du ə dɪˈvɪʒən, soʊ wi kəmˈpjut ðə ˌɪnˈvərs əv ðə dɪˈnɑməˌneɪtər ənd ðɛn ˈməltəˌplaɪ. ðɪs ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli dən ˈjuzɪŋ ˈmɛθəd, bət ɪf skˈwɛrɪŋ ənd ˈməltəˌplaɪɪŋ ər fæst wi kən teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðiz ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ənd kəmˈpjut ðə ˌɪnˈvərs ɪn ʤɪst ə fju stɛps. ðə fərst taɪm aɪ ræn əˈkrɔs ðɪs ˈmɛθəd ɪt ˈrɪli kənfˈjuzd mi. ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˌɪtˈsɛlf dɪz nɑt dɪˈpɛnd ɔn ˈnɔrməl ˈbeɪsɪs mæθ, ɪt ʤɪst lʊks laɪk ɪt. ˈjuzɪŋ ˈnɔrməl ˈbeɪsɪs tɪ kəmˈpjut ðə skwɛrz minz ju ˈoʊnli nid ə ˈbɛrəl ˈʃɪftər, soʊ fər ðə fild ˈsaɪzɪz ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn ðə "wən ˈsaɪkəl ˌpɑˌliˈnoʊmiəl mæθ" blɔg, ðɪs ˈmɛθəd ɪz aɪˈdil fər ˈiðər ər ɛmˈbɛdɪd. wi stɑrt ɔf wɪθ ə ˌpɑˌliˈnoʊmiəl $\ˈælfə$ ɪn ə fild $gf(2^n*)$ wɪʧ minz $$\ˈælfə \sum_{i=0}^{i=n-1}c_i\beta^{2^i}=\sum_{i=0}^{i=n-1}d_i\beta^i*$$ wɛr $c_i*$ ənd $d_i*$ hæv ˈvæljuz 0 ər 1 wi wɔnt tɪ faɪnd ɪts ˌɪnˈvərs ˈjuzɪŋ ˈlɪtəl ˈθɪrəm wi kən raɪt 2 ðə fərst stɛp ɪz tɪ breɪk ðɪs daʊn baɪ ˈnoʊtɪsɪŋ ðət frəm hir, θɪŋz gɪt ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd. wət wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ du ɪz bɪld ə ʧeɪn əv tərmz ɔl əv ðə fɔrm ðə ˈfaɪnəl tərm ɪn ðə ʧeɪn wɪl bi soʊ wi ʤɪst nid tɪ skwɛr ðɪs rɪˈzəlt tɪ hæv ɑr ˌɪnˈvərs. ðə ʧeɪn wɪl stɑrt wɪθ $\alpha^{2^1-1}=\alpha*$. sɪns wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ du ən əˈdɪʃən ʧeɪn, ðə nɛkst fɔrm tɪ lʊk æt ɪz ɪz lɛts ɪkˈspænd ðɪs: \alpha^{2^j-1}\end{array*}$$ soʊ ɪf wi hæv ðə fɔrmz ənd wi kən gɪt ðə fɔrm baɪ skˈwɛrɪŋ ðə fɔrm $ʤeɪ$ taɪmz. ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈvərʒən əv ðɪs ɪz wɪn $keɪ ʤeɪ$. ˈpʊtɪŋ $k+k=2k*$ ˈɪntu ðə əˈbəv wi faɪnd soʊ naʊ wi hæv ðə tulz tɪ bɪld ən əˈdɪʃən ʧeɪn. ðɛr ər ˈmɛni weɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ʧeɪn əv səmz. ðə ˈsɪmpləst ɪz tɪ lʊk æt ðə ˈbaɪnəˌri ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən əv ə ˈnəmbər, juz ðə 2k*$ fɔrm fər iʧ bɪt pəˈzɪʃən, ənd æd ðə tərmz wɪθ ðə bɪts sɛt. ɛz ə ˈkɑnkrit ɪgˈzæmpəl, lɛts lʊk æt ðə fərst stɛp ɪz tɪ səbˈtrækt 1 soʊ wi stɑrt wɪθ 105 ɪn ˈbaɪnəˌri 105 1101001 ðə moʊst sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt bɪt ɪz soʊ ðə fərst 6 tərmz ɪn ðə ʧeɪn ər 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 ðə bɪt pəˈzɪʃən fər ɪz sɛt soʊ wi æd ðə fɔrm fər 32 tɪ gɪt 96 ðə bɪt fər pəˈzɪʃən ɪz sɛt soʊ wi æd fɔrm 8 tɪ gɪt 104 ənd ðɛn ðə læst bɪt ɪz sɛt soʊ wi æd ðə tərm fər 1 tɪ gɪt 105 ðə fərst tərm ɪz ʤɪst $\ˈælfə$. lɛts kɔl ðə fərst tərm wi juz ðə ˈdəbəlɪŋ fɔrm 6 taɪmz ənd gɪt ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ naʊ wi kən bɪˈgɪn ðə səˈmeɪʃən pɑrt əv ðə ʧeɪn. bɪt 6 ənd bɪt 5 ər sɛt ɪn ðə ˈbaɪnəˌri ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən əv 105 soʊ wi stɑrt wɪθ bɪt 3 ɪz ðə nɛkst bɪt sɛt soʊ ˈfaɪnəli ðə læst bɪt ɪz sɛt soʊ wi hæv ɑr ˈfaɪnəl stɛp ɪz tɪ kəmˈpjut ðə skwɛr əv ðə θɪŋ ðət kənfˈjuzd mi ðə moʊst əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈælgərˌɪðəm wɑz ðə ˈnəmbər əv taɪmz tɪ skwɛr ðə fərst tərm. ɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn ðə ˈsɛkənd tərm. wi kən si ðɪs frəm ðə ˌdɛrəˈveɪʃən əv ðə $j+k*$ fɔrm wɪn wi æd ənd səbˈtrækt ðə ˈsɛkənd tərmz 2j*$ ˈvælju. wi kʊd hæv ʤɪst ɛz ˈizəli ˈædɪd ənd səbˈtræktɪd 2k*$, bət ðɛn $keɪ$ wʊd bi ðə ˈsɛkənd tərm. əˈnəðər θɪŋ ðət kənfˈjuzd mi ɪz ðə ˈɑrbəˌtrɛrinəs əv ðə əˈdɪʃən ʧeɪn. ə kəmˈplitli ˈvælɪd rɪˈzəlt kən bi dəraɪvd ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈsikwəns 1 2 3 6 12 13 26 52 104 105 ðɪs ˈmɛθəd "wɔks" daʊn ðə bɪt ˈpætərn. ɪt teɪks ðə seɪm ˈnəmbər əv stɛps ɛz ðə ˈdəbəlɪŋ fərst ənd ˈædɪŋ tərmz. ɪt maɪt teɪk səm ɪkˌspɛrəmənˈteɪʃən tɪ dɪˈtərmən wɪʧ ˈmɛθəd (ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls ɪnˈtaɪərli) ɪz ˈbɛtər fər ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən. wɪn ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ˈjuzɪŋ ˈnɔrməl ˈbeɪsɪs ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən, ðə skˈwɛrɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz kən bi pərˈfɔrmd ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsaɪkəl ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˈbɛrəl ˈʃɪftər. ɪf ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ɪn ə fild saɪz wɪʧ əˈlaʊz ðə taɪp 1 ˈnɔrməl ˈbeɪsɪs, ðɛn ðə ˈməltəˌplaɪz kən bi ˈɔlsoʊ bi dən ˈvɛri kˈwɪkli. ðəs, fər ðə raɪt fild saɪz, kəmˈpjutɪŋ ən ˌɪnˈvərs ˈjuzɪŋ ðə əˈbəv ˈælgərˌɪðəm kən bi dən ɪn ˈvɛri fju klɑk ˈsaɪkəlz kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ ˈstændərd wɪʧ kən teɪk əv klɑks.
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kabul (reuters) - millions of afghans turned out for a second time on saturday to elect a successor to president hamid on saturday, a decisive test of the ambitions to transfer power democratically for the first time in its tumultuous history.
most foreign troops will leave by the end of 2014, and whoever takes over from will inherit a troubled country plagued by an assertive taliban insurgency and an economy crippled by corruption and the weak rule of law.
the pitted former fighter abdullah abdullah against bank economist after neither secured the 50 percent majority needed to win outright in the first round on april 5.
violence spiked on the day as militants launched hundreds of attacks with rockets, explosives and gunfire, leaving at least 20 civilians dead, along with a further 11 police and 15 army personnel, the interior ministry said.
but clashes did not deter millions of voters from turning out and feared high-profile attacks did not materialize. instead, voting ended at 4 p.m. (1130 gmt) with a palpable sense of relief, at least in the afghan capital.
“i’m from this country so i am never afraid of threats,” said azizi, a hospital worker who voted in western kabul just minutes after a small bomb exploded at his polling station. “i hope this election will bring peace.”
officials immediately began counting ballots, although difficult terrain, where ballot boxes have to hauled by donkey from some of its remotest corners, means preliminary results will not be known until july 2.
karzai, standing down after 12 years in power marked by increasingly sour relations with the west, is certain to retain a hand in politics but has been about his plans.
“today afghanistan takes a step towards stability, development and peace. come out and determine your destiny,”, clad in his trademark green afghan robe, said after casting his ballot.
karzai’s relationship with the west has deteriorated sharply over his refusal to sign a security pact with the united states allowing a small contingent of u.s. forces to remain in the country beyond 2014. both abdullah and have promised to sign it promptly.
twelve million voters were eligible to cast ballots at polling centers across afghanistan, from windswept deserts on the iranian border to the rugged hindu kush mountains.
despite the outbreaks of violence, voters defied threats and long queues out of polling centers in urban areas soon after voting began at 7 a.m.
turnout was more than seven million, election commission chief ahmad said, roughly the same as in the first round of voting in april.
the turnout was so high that some 333 voting centers ran out of ballot papers, sparking minor protests by disgruntled voters. the election commission said additional materials were later distributed and calm was restored.
“security is a concern but the people of afghanistan have defied security threats so far,” abdullah said.
further afield, the picture looked less rosy, however, with voters in provinces such as refusing to come out to vote.
“maybe because in the second round people have lost belief in the election,” said masuma, a school teacher in. “the reason is fraud, they think that their vote is useless.” [full story}
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afghan president hamid shows his card before voting in the presidential election in kabul june 14, 2014. ismail
the election has been fraught with accusations of fraud by both candidates and many fear a close outcome will make it less likely the loser will accept defeat, possibly dragging afghanistan into a risky, protracted over the vote.
u.s. secretary of state john kerry acknowledged the concerns by saying that now the voting was finished, the work of the afghan electoral authorities was paramount.
“it is essential that the process of tallying votes, adjudicating complaints, and finalizing the results be transparent and accountable and that the candidates and other stakeholders work with the electoral commissions and respect their conclusions,” he said in a statement.
both candidates have complained repeatedly that electoral organizers are incompetent and biased.
late on saturday, abdullah again raised the issue, questioning the turnout figures provided by the electoral commission, saying he doubted they had been as high as reported.
officials are concerned by the prospect of a close outcome that could, in the worst-case scenario, propel the country back into war along ethnic lines.
“we ask everyone to prevent and discourage people from fraud and so that we can have a transparent, free and fair election,” said after casting his vote in west kabul.
the united nations has urged candidates not to attack the organizers, to safeguard the process.
“there’s a short-term gain only in trying to undermine or bully the institutions at the expense of their legitimacy,” said united nations deputy chief in afghanistan nicholas haysom.
“it’s going to be the legitimacy of the elections which will give legitimacy to the new head.”
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abdullah polled 14 percentage points ahead of in the first round with 45 percent of the vote, but, who is ethnic, stands to gain a portion of the vote that was splintered in the first round.
pashtuns are biggest ethnic group, making up about 45 percent of the population. while abdullah is partly, he is identified more with the ethnic tajik minority.
the chance of an equal split between candidates is hard to gauge because there are few reliable polls. research center, asking respondents to choose between abdullah and, predicted a split before the first round.
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ˈkɑbʊl (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈmɪljənz əv ˈæfˌgænz tərnd aʊt fər ə ˈsɛkənd taɪm ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ tɪ ɪˈlɛkt ə səkˈsɛsər tɪ ˈprɛzɪdənt həˈmid ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, ə dɪˈsaɪsɪv tɛst əv ðə æmˈbɪʃənz tɪ ˈtrænsfər paʊər ˌdɛməˈkrætɪkli fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn ɪts ˌtuˈməˌlʧuəs ˈhɪstəri. moʊst ˈfɔrən trups wɪl liv baɪ ðə ɛnd əv 2014 ənd huˈɛvər teɪks ˈoʊvər frəm wɪl ˌɪnˈhɛrət ə ˈtrəbəld ˈkəntri pleɪgd baɪ ən əˈsərtɪv ˈtælɪˌbæn ˌɪnˈsərʤənsi ənd ən ɪˈkɑnəmi ˈkrɪpəld baɪ kərˈəpʃən ənd ðə wik rul əv lɔ. ðə ˈpɪtɪd ˈfɔrmər ˈfaɪtər ˌæbˈdələ ˌæbˈdələ əˈgɛnst bæŋk ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˈæftər ˈniðər sɪˈkjʊrd ðə 50 pərˈsɛnt məˈʤɔrəti ˈnidɪd tɪ wɪn ˈaʊˈtraɪt ɪn ðə fərst raʊnd ɔn ˈeɪprəl 5 ˈvaɪələns spaɪkt ɔn ðə deɪ ɛz ˈmɪlətənts lɔnʧt ˈhənərdz əv əˈtæks wɪθ ˈrɑkəts, ɪkˈsploʊsɪvz ənd ˈgənˌfaɪər, ˈlivɪŋ æt list 20 səˈvɪljənz dɛd, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə ˈfərðər 11 pəˈlis ənd 15 ˈɑrmi ˌpərsəˈnɛl, ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstri sɛd. bət ˈklæʃɪz dɪd nɑt dɪˈtər ˈmɪljənz əv ˈvoʊtərz frəm ˈtərnɪŋ aʊt ənd fɪrd ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl əˈtæks dɪd nɑt məˈtɪriəˌlaɪz. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈɛndɪd æt 4 p.m*. 1130 gmt*) wɪθ ə ˈpælpəbəl sɛns əv rɪˈlif, æt list ɪn ðə ˈæfˌgæn ˈkæpɪtəl. frəm ðɪs ˈkəntri soʊ aɪ æm ˈnɛvər əˈfreɪd əv threats,”*,” sɛd azizi*, ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈwərkər hu ˈvoʊtɪd ɪn ˈwɛstərn ˈkɑbʊl ʤɪst ˈmɪnəts ˈæftər ə smɔl bɔm ɪkˈsploʊdɪd æt hɪz ˈpoʊlɪŋ ˈsteɪʃən. hoʊp ðɪs ɪˈlɛkʃən wɪl brɪŋ peace.”*.” əˈfɪʃəlz ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli bɪˈgæn ˈkaʊntɪŋ ˈbæləts, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈdɪfəkəlt təreɪn, wɛr ˈbælət ˈbɑksɪz hæv tɪ hɔld baɪ ˈdɔŋki frəm səm əv ɪts rɪˈmoʊtəst ˈkɔrnərz, minz prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri rɪˈzəlts wɪl nɑt bi noʊn ənˈtɪl ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2, ˈstændɪŋ daʊn ˈæftər 12 jɪrz ɪn paʊər mɑrkt baɪ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli saʊər riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ ðə wɛst, ɪz ˈsərtən tɪ rɪˈteɪn ə hænd ɪn ˈpɑləˌtɪks bət həz bɪn əˈbaʊt hɪz plænz. æfˈgænəˌstæn teɪks ə stɛp təˈwɔrdz stəˈbɪlɪti, dɪˈvɛləpmənt ənd pis. kəm aʊt ənd dɪˈtərmən jʊr destiny,”*,”, klæd ɪn hɪz ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk grin ˈæfˌgæn roʊb, sɛd ˈæftər ˈkæstɪŋ hɪz ˈbælət. riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ðə wɛst həz dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪtɪd ˈʃɑrpli ˈoʊvər hɪz rɪfˈjuzəl tɪ saɪn ə sɪˈkjʊrəti pækt wɪθ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts əˈlaʊɪŋ ə smɔl kənˈtɪnʤənt əv juz. ˈfɔrsɪz tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ɪn ðə ˈkəntri bɪɔnd 2014 boʊθ ˌæbˈdələ ənd hæv ˈprɑməst tɪ saɪn ɪt ˈprɑmptli. twɛlv ˈmɪljən ˈvoʊtərz wər ˈɛlɪʤəbəl tɪ kæst ˈbæləts æt ˈpoʊlɪŋ ˈsɛnərz əˈkrɔs æfˈgænəˌstæn, frəm ˈwɪnsˌwɛpt ˈdɛzərts ɔn ðə ˌɪˈrɑniən ˈbɔrdər tɪ ðə ˈrəgəd ˈhɪnˌdu kʊʃ ˈmaʊntənz. dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈaʊtˌbreɪks əv ˈvaɪələns, ˈvoʊtərz dɪˈfaɪd θrɛts ənd lɔŋ kjuz aʊt əv ˈpoʊlɪŋ ˈsɛnərz ɪn ˈərbən ˈɛriəz sun ˈæftər ˈvoʊtɪŋ bɪˈgæn æt 7 a.m*. ˈtərˌnaʊt wɑz mɔr ðən ˈsɛvən ˈmɪljən, ɪˈlɛkʃən kəˈmɪʃən ʧif ˈɑmɑd sɛd, ˈrəfli ðə seɪm ɛz ɪn ðə fərst raʊnd əv ˈvoʊtɪŋ ɪn ˈeɪprəl. ðə ˈtərˌnaʊt wɑz soʊ haɪ ðət səm 333 ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈsɛnərz ræn aʊt əv ˈbælət ˈpeɪpərz, ˈspɑrkɪŋ ˈmaɪnər ˈproʊˌtɛsts baɪ dɪsˈgrənəld ˈvoʊtərz. ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən kəˈmɪʃən sɛd əˈdɪʃənəl məˈtɪriəlz wər ˈleɪtər dɪˈstrɪbjətəd ənd kɑm wɑz rɪˈstɔrd. ɪz ə kənˈsərn bət ðə ˈpipəl əv æfˈgænəˌstæn hæv dɪˈfaɪd sɪˈkjʊrəti θrɛts soʊ far,”*,” ˌæbˈdələ sɛd. ˈfərðər əˈfild, ðə ˈpɪkʧər lʊkt lɛs ˈroʊzi, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɪθ ˈvoʊtərz ɪn ˈprɑvənsəz səʧ ɛz rɪfˈjuzɪŋ tɪ kəm aʊt tɪ voʊt. bɪˈkəz ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd raʊnd ˈpipəl hæv lɔst bɪˈlif ɪn ðə election,”*,” sɛd masuma*, ə skul ˈtiʧər ɪn. ˈrizən ɪz frɔd, ðeɪ θɪŋk ðət ðɛr voʊt ɪz useless.”*.” [fʊl ˈstɔri} ˈrɪski ˈæfˌgæn ˈprɛzɪdənt həˈmid ʃoʊz hɪz kɑrd ˌbiˈfɔr ˈvoʊtɪŋ ɪn ðə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən ɪn ˈkɑbʊl ʤun 14 2014 ˈɪsmeɪl ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən həz bɪn frɔt wɪθ ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əv frɔd baɪ boʊθ ˈkænədɪts ənd ˈmɛni fɪr ə kloʊz ˈaʊtˌkəm wɪl meɪk ɪt lɛs ˈlaɪkli ðə ˈluzər wɪl əkˈsɛpt dɪˈfit, ˈpɑsəbli ˈdrægɪŋ æfˈgænəˌstæn ˈɪntu ə ˈrɪski, proʊˈtræktɪd ˈoʊvər ðə voʊt. juz. ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt ʤɑn ˈkɛri ækˈnɑlɪʤd ðə kənˈsərnz baɪ seɪɪŋ ðət naʊ ðə ˈvoʊtɪŋ wɑz ˈfɪnɪʃt, ðə wərk əv ðə ˈæfˌgæn ɪˈlɛktərəl əˈθɔrətiz wɑz ˈpɛrəˌmaʊnt. ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəl ðət ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv ˈtæliɪŋ voʊts, əˈʤudɪˌkeɪtɪŋ kəmˈpleɪnts, ənd ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə rɪˈzəlts bi trænˈspɛrənt ənd əˈkaʊntəbəl ənd ðət ðə ˈkænədɪts ənd ˈəðər ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz wərk wɪθ ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl kəˈmɪʃənz ənd rɪˈspɛkt ðɛr conclusions,”*,” hi sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt. boʊθ ˈkænədɪts hæv kəmˈpleɪnd rɪˈpitɪdli ðət ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz ər ˌɪnˈkɑmpətənt ənd baɪəst. leɪt ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, ˌæbˈdələ əˈgɛn reɪzd ðə ˈɪʃu, kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ ðə ˈtərˌnaʊt ˈfɪgjərz prəˈvaɪdɪd baɪ ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl kəˈmɪʃən, seɪɪŋ hi ˈdaʊtɪd ðeɪ hæd bɪn ɛz haɪ ɛz ˌriˈpɔrtəd. əˈfɪʃəlz ər kənˈsərnd baɪ ðə ˈprɑspɛkt əv ə kloʊz ˈaʊtˌkəm ðət kʊd, ɪn ðə ˈwərstˈkeɪs sɪˈnɛrioʊ, prəˈpɛl ðə ˈkəntri bæk ˈɪntu wɔr əˈlɔŋ ˈɛθnɪk laɪnz. æsk ˈɛvriˌwən tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ənd dɪˈskərɪʤ ˈpipəl frəm frɔd ənd soʊ ðət wi kən hæv ə trænˈspɛrənt, fri ənd fɛr election,”*,” sɛd ˈæftər ˈkæstɪŋ hɪz voʊt ɪn wɛst ˈkɑbʊl. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz həz ərʤd ˈkænədɪts nɑt tɪ əˈtæk ðə ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzərz, tɪ ˈseɪfˌgɑrd ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ə ˌʃɔrtˈtərm geɪn ˈoʊnli ɪn traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈəndərˌmaɪn ər ˈbʊli ðə ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz æt ðə ɪkˈspɛns əv ðɛr legitimacy,”*,” sɛd juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz ˈdɛpjəti ʧif ɪn æfˈgænəˌstæn ˈnɪkələs haysom*. goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ðə lɪˈʤɪtəməsi əv ðə ɪˈlɛkʃənz wɪʧ wɪl gɪv lɪˈʤɪtəməsi tɪ ðə nu head.”*.” 5 ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ˌæbˈdələ poʊld 14 pərˈsɛnɪʤ pɔɪnts əˈhɛd əv ɪn ðə fərst raʊnd wɪθ 45 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə voʊt, bət, hu ɪz ˈɛθnɪk, stændz tɪ geɪn ə ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə voʊt ðət wɑz ˈsplɪntərd ɪn ðə fərst raʊnd. ər ˈbɪgəst ˈɛθnɪk grup, ˈmeɪkɪŋ əp əˈbaʊt 45 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. waɪl ˌæbˈdələ ɪz ˈpɑrtli, hi ɪz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd mɔr wɪθ ðə ˈɛθnɪk ˈtɑʤɪk məˈnɔrəti. ðə ʧæns əv ən ˈikwəl splɪt bɪtˈwin ˈkænədɪts ɪz hɑrd tɪ geɪʤ bɪˈkəz ðɛr ər fju rɪˈlaɪəbəl poʊlz. ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛnər, ˈæskɪŋ rɪˈspɑndənts tɪ ʧuz bɪtˈwin ˌæbˈdələ ənd, prɪˈdɪktɪd ə splɪt ˌbiˈfɔr ðə fərst raʊnd.
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yang on the couch with a damp towel covering her bathing suit which chilled her skin underneath. sage and sun were sitting in chairs across from her, also in their bathing suits, wrapped in towels and drinking beers. they had just come from the hot tub outside. after a long day of walking around the city seemed like an awesome way to finish off the day. add a few glasses of wine and some beers to the mix and now all three of them were relaxed and buzzed. the warm night air blew gently through the open window and smelled of honeysuckle, which grew like a weed in the yard. yang knew that soon the dampness on her skin from the hot tub would turn to the dampness of the sweat caused by the exceptionally hot evening. being wrapped in a heavy towel didn't help.
sun and sage had been friends since long before yang and sun started dating. sage lived a few hours away, so they only saw each other a few times a year, but yang instantly liked him the first time they met. she and sage had become close friends very fast and grew closer with passing time. she and sun looked forward to visiting with sage every chance that came up. it made sun happy that his best friend and his girlfriend liked each other so much.
one of their favorite things to do together was to roam the city neighborhood around them. they ate and drank and joked and laughed for hours as they made the rounds through the bars and restaurants surrounding their home.
sage's visit this time was going the same as always. the wine they drank in the tub, and the beers they drank most of the day lowered everyone's inhibitions, and conversation had drifted to the subject of pornographic movies. sun had been talking to sage about a particularly funny scene in one of the that he had in his collection (it was her collection too). some parody of astro walk where the makeup on the green woman came off as she was getting banged by captain or some other officer. against her better judgment, yang let sun put the video in to show sage. it wasn't meant to be sexy; it was a funny scene. sun fast forwarded through a scene with two crew members banging, typical stuff, and sun and sage made jokes and sounds that were supposed to be the sounds of the sex on high speed. the wine made them laugh hysterically and yang giggled a little too.
then sun stopped on the scene he wanted. the one with the hot, green alien chick. he spent time going into great detail about how the makeup looked at the beginning of the scene, even going so far as to stand right next to the tv and point at places he knew the makeup would rub off. it was good innocent fun.
sun sat back down when the couple on the tv started getting busy. the green alien girl started blowing captain virk, but he seemed awkward with his hands. he didn't touch her anywhere. sun and sage commented and laughed about it. then he was licking her pussy which didn't have green makeup on the lips, but it got right up to them. jokes and laughter kept coming, but yang was starting to get a little uncomfortable with watching a porno with her boyfriend and his friend. not because she didn't like dirty movies, but because they aroused her, and sage was in the mix "cock-blocking" her.
as the scene went on, the jokes came a little slower. every once in a while, one of the guys would point out where you could see the makeup smeared and flesh showing underneath, but they had fallen into sort of a drunken and lusty interest in the movie. yang looked at sage, who was slouching low in his stuffed chair. he had his towel on still, but his hand was resting on his crotch, probably on his cock. he gripped it absent mindedly every once in a while as he stared at the tv. sun wasn't touching his cock, but she could see that he had an erection.
yang had seen this movie a couple times with sun, and she had to admit that the green alien scene was one of her favorites. the girl in the scene had really nice tits that hung just right so that you could tell they were real, and captain kirk had a really ripped stomach and no tattoos or piercings. just the way she liked her porn stars. she kind of wished that sage wasn't there so she could strip off her damp bathing suit and cool off. she was starting to get hot from the air temperature and the stuff going on in the movie.
she stood up. this was not how she wanted to spend her evening. she had walked around the city all day with the two boys as they and joked and drank beers every chance they could. they walked for hours before coming home to the tub. her feet hurt. she was good friends with sage by now and very comfortable around him, not comfortable enough to just sit and watch though. so she went to the bathroom to rinse off the chlorine from the tub.
the hot water felt good on her skin. she let it stream over her for just a minute and then used soap to wash off all the tub chemicals. then she turned the temperature on the water down until it felt cold, enjoying the sensation of the cool water flowing over her and making her nipples hard. after a moment or two, she turned the water off and stepped out to grab a new towel to wrap around her. the cool shower didn't do much to diminish her buzz. all told, she was gone from the living room for no more than 10 minutes. she grabbed some lotion for her skin and tired feet and went back out wearing just the towel.
the guys were still glued to the tv, but it was a new scene.
"hey, baby," sun said, glancing at her quickly. "almost done."
two men were having their dicks sucked by a woman who was not in a uniform. yang remembered that this was some girl who had been in suspended animation or something and that she just went right to fucking as soon as she woke up. storyline be damned, yang knew that getting the sex on tape was more important. sage and sun were both now, glassy eyed from the booze and the sex on screen. she got a good look at them and could tell they both had hard-ons. she all day boozing had lowered her inhibitions enough that she didn't feel uncomfortable sitting there with them like that. in fact it was turning her on just a little.
she plopped back down on the couch, wrapped only in a towel. her plan was to apply some moisturizer and then go put on some pajamas. she was comfortable enough with sage to sit in just the towel. the boys sort of snapped out of their dreamy stupor and made an effort to make a couple of jokes again for her benefit, but they didn't turn the movie off and didn't stop looking at the screen. yang sighed and started rubbing the vanilla scented lotion on her arms and shoulders. she was utilitarian in her technique. there was nothing intentionally sexy or provocative about how she was applying the lotion, but she caught the boys glancing at her furtively. she didn't think much of it.
after she applied the lotion to her arms, she dropped her head back, held the lotion on her stomach with both hands and just sighed deeply.
"what's wrong?" sun asked, tearing his eyes from the screen for a minute while the girl there was getting a cock in her mouth and one in her pussy.
"my feet are killing me," yang said. "do you think that before we go to sleep, you could rub them for me? pleasssseee."
"yeah, sure. whatever," he answered as he stood up to go to the kitchen for a beer for him and sage.
"i'll do it if you want," sage said. it wasn't an odd offer. sage had rubbed her feet before on one of his visits. he said it loud, too, like he was saying it to yang and sun.
"really, man? that's nice of you. thanks." sun answered for yang.
yang thought about it for about a millisecond, which was probably not long enough, before she said sincerely, "thanks sage. i really appreciate it." then sarcastically she added, "after you guys dragging me around with you today, my dogs are barking." sage stood up to come over and sit at her feet. as he did, his eyes went back to the tv. yang could see his erection under his towel, and for another millisecond thought that maybe she should just rub her own feet, but her love of having her feet rubbed, and her need to have them rubbed right now had her pushing cautious thoughts away in favor of immediate gratification.
sage sat down on the floor and yang turned so that she could give him a foot. he took the left one and squirted a bit of the lotion on it, then began rubbing it hard at her heel and working his way up to her toes. she moaned loudly in approval. he was looking back and forth between the tv and foot as he worked from heel to toe, over and over. she closed her eyes and let her head fall back. sage lifted her foot to work behind her heel, and, in her relaxed state, her knee fell to the left a little, spreading her legs unintentionally. since she had only thought for a couple of milliseconds about his offer to rub her feet, she didn't take into account that she only wore a fluffy bath towel and nothing else. she didn't think about anything after he started rubbing her feet, so she had no idea that she had just spread her legs enough that if he took a look, sage would be able to see under the towel to her shaved pussy. it wasn't completely spread yet, but it was visible now.
sage enthusiastically kept up his rub of her feet. she didn't hear sun come back in, but she knew he was there when he took her other foot in his hands and started rubbing it from heel to toe like he always did. "oh wow!" she said when sun started on her other foot. "this is really nice of you guys. i feel like a princess." the sound of the sex on the screen continued while they rubbed her feet and she sat with her head back and her eyes closed. she really was in heaven and was only thinking about how good it felt to have her feet rubbed. the booze and the late hour contributed to her empty brain and lack of thought. almost any other time, she probably would have recognized that this was not a good plan.
sun lifted her foot to work a different angle on it, and her right knee fell lazily to the side like her left had earlier. now her pussy was pretty much wide spread, barely covered by the towel, which had slipped up when her legs came apart. still she didn't notice, or notice enough to care. the guys were doing a fantastic job on her feet and she expected it to end any second, like it always did when sun got bored with rubbing her without any promise of sex in return.
but then one of the boys stopped, which she was expecting, but she heard more lotion being pumped out of the bottle. "oh," she thought, "still more for me. awesome." and then the lotion was being rubbed on her feet again, but it was a lot of lotion and there wasn't a lot of pressure on her feet. before she knew what was happening, the hands were spreading the lotion up over her calf and towards her knee. her head shot up and her eyes opened. she looked down and saw sun staring at her crotch and rubbing her leg. sage was also staring at her crotch. when she jerked, they both looked away quickly, and then looked at each other, and then looked at her face, and then looked away again. her legs went back together and she moved the towel back down over her privates. "enjoy the show, perverts?" she said.
they looked at each other, then back at her. "uh, yeah," they both answered. sun resumed rubbing her leg and sage gathered more lotion in his hand and started in on her other leg, firmly rubbing from her from her ankle to her knee. she had to admit that it felt pretty good.
"look, your skin just seemed really dry, and i'm trying to be a nice guy here," sun lied. "i mean if you want me to stop and let your skin dry out like an old lady's, no problem." the whole time he talked, he and sage did not stop rubbing her legs. sarcastically he said, "i'm just thinking about you, babe."
yang was no prude and she didn't really care that the boys had seen her pussy. big deal. the lotion did feel good, and she had to admit that she really did kind of feel like a princess, maybe the slutty egyptian princess in the cleopatra porn that they had in their collection, but a princess still. she liked sage and felt comfortable with him. he was sun's best friend after all, had been for 20 years. so if they wanted to get their jollies by rubbing her feet and legs, whatever. that was about all the thought she put into it, which probably wasn't really enough.
she bunched the towel up more between her legs and held it there with her hands and then went back into her pose, head back, legs slightly spread, and enjoyed the attention.
"kill joy," sun teased her.
"i don't want you ass clowns to get any ideas."
they eagerly resumed helping her with her dry skin. they rubbed from her ankles to her knees and then from her knees to the edge of the towel. they used a lot of lotion and firm pressure to knead her quads and inner thighs. her grip relaxed on the towel in her crotch, but she kept her hands there. then sun put up the leg he was working and rested her heel on his shoulder. this spread her a little more and made it harder to hold the towel. he resumed rubbing and focused on her taught hamstring. seconds later, sage made the same move. with both her feet off the floor like this, she down a little more on the couch. the slouching movement caused the towel to loosen a little but it stayed in place.
the guys were rubbing her thighs as high as they could now, their hands almost coming in contact with hers as she covered her pussy. her head was spinning with the effects of the booze and the heady pleasure she was getting from having this kind of attention on her. the sounds of the porno in the background added fuel to her fire too. she had been taking furtive glances at the screen every once in a while to see the hot action there.
sun's hands were now staying mostly on her upper thighs rubbing around the inside and outside of her legs and doggedly rubbing against the barrier of her hands. sage wasn't quite as aggressive or brave, but he was working his hands up to the area only a fraction of an inch lower than sun was. yang felt flushed and nervous and excited. the massage she was getting really felt good, and it was relaxing, and she had a buzz on that was making her less inhibited than normal.
gradually, her hands moved as they gave way to sun's persistence, and before she knew it, he was spreading the lotion up over her hip bone and then down over her pelvis and rubbing the thick, smooth, creamy lotion down the side of her pussy. she fought the urge to spread her legs wide like she would if they were alone. the towel slipped up so that her shaved pubic area was exposed. apparently sage took this as a cue that it was ok to move his motions up a little farther too and he began mirroring sun's hands on the other hip bone and the other side of her pussy. they both had to lean in a little to reach all the way up above her hips and the motion of them doing that made her knees bend slightly, which opened her legs more and made more space around her pussy.
"very nice," breathed sun. "does that feel good?" yang could feel his hot breath and smell the alcohol in it.
"mmmmmm..." is all that yang could manage.
"this is all just for you. we don't want you to get dry," he teased her.
"yeah...mmmmmmm...right." was her response again.
yang was basically in over her head and she knew it. she didn't relish the idea of these guys clumsily pawing around at her pussy, but she didn't want them to stop the massage either. she wasn't sure what the end game was going to be because she couldn't think much past the pleasure she was feeling or the excitement she felt about two men treating her to a great rubdown. still, she felt like she might be losing control of the situation. their hands were starting to get more bold and fingers were brushing against her and rubbing down the slit of her pussy lips, which wasn't unpleasant, but she was sure she didn't want their fingers fighting over getting inside her.
she lifted her legs off their shoulders, which caused her to slump down more and caused the towel to ride up and get a little tangled. she continued her slide until she moved onto the floor. as she came off the edge of the couch, the towel undid itself and stayed behind, freeing her luscious, soft, full tits, bouncing free and revealing her completely. she moved so that she could lay on her back in front of the surprised men. the sneaky part was that even though the change in position resulted in her being totally naked, it also allowed her to put her legs back together. she laid down with her arms out to the sides and said "i think my boobs are pretty dry too," and then closed her eyes. 'that should give me some breathing room,' she thought.
she heard the lotion being dispensed and then there were creamy, slick hands rubbing both her tits gently but firmly. to their credit, the boys didn't just focus on her boobs, but spread lotion on her shoulders and down her arms. sage even spent some time rubbing her hand and massaging her fingers. she thought that was really nice and attentive, but when he released her cream covered hand, it fell into his lap on top of his boner, which was covered only by the thin layer of his bathing suit. he continued as if she weren't touching his dick and rubbed up her arm, over her shoulder and down to her tit again. she didn't move her hand in any way. she could feel his hard cock, and felt she had to make a decision. she periodically opened her eyes to check out the guys as they rubbed her. neither one was looking at the tv any more even though the sound was still loud enough to hear over the sounds of their own pleasures. her two attendants stared only at her now.
this attention was awesome. she didn't remember feeling so good in a long, long time. but she didn't know how far she should go with this. "i'm an idiot," she thought. "where did i think this was going? these two guys are going to keep going until they get to shoot their loads, end of story." she knew she had to either shut it down right now, or just let them keep going to the inevitable end, which would be her with either a bunch of cum inside her or on her. the repercussions of all of this, how it would be in the morning (or more precisely about 15 seconds after her boyfriend had an orgasm and started thinking with his big head) were not foremost on her mind as she lay there with two men eagerly and efficiently helping her fight the dry skin that can come from spending time in a chlorinated hot tub.
sun kissed her passionately on the mouth. she always liked kissing him and it melted her inhibitions even more. her decision making process started to change. now she was thinking that if she started playing with sage's which she was becoming eager- sun might get jealous because she chose his friend first. but if she turned to play with sun's cock, that would present her backside to sage and for sure he would start to fuck her, which, at this point, she pretty much knew was going to happen, but she was still operating on the premise that she could control all this.
"um, maybe you guys have some dry skin too," she said teasingly. the boys stopped, looked at each other, then jumped up and whisked off their bathing suits in a flurry. their stiff cocks stood out straight once they were released from the bindings of their trunks. she thought about throwing the lotion bottle to sun and saying "knock yourselves out," but refrained. once again, she had maybe a little breathing room to think about her choices. as the men went back to work rubbing her whole body from head to toe, paying special attention to her funzones, she put some lotion in one hand, rubbed it into the other hand and took a cock in each hand to stroke them back and forth. she marveled at how hard they were and how good it felt to be rubbing lotion over the firm contours of two dicks. fingers were, indeed, finding their way into her pussy now, and it wasn't as bad as she thought. they were gentle and sensitive but persistent, and she had been unconsciously spreading her legs. soon they each had a finger inside her as she on the floor.
the men were still rubbing her attentively, but she could tell that if she kept up her creamy hand jobs, she would end up with cum all over her, and she'd probably have two passed out men next to her, and she could give up hope of anything close to an orgasm unless she took care of it herself. so she made a decision and sat up, surprising the men a little. she turned towards sage and pushed him gently down so that he could lay on his back. she rolled over and up between his legs, then bent over, letting her hands glide up his muscular thighs as she moved into position to wrap his cock with her ample, soft tits. his cock was hard and slick from the greasy hand job she had been giving him, and her tits were plenty creamy from the attention the boys had already given her. she slid up and down over his pelvis trapping his cock between her tits and his belly.
things started moving really fast after that. sage was bucking up into her tits. she watched the spongy tip of his cock pop out and then back into the valley of her cleavage. and sun moved into position behind her to slide his dick into her creamy, smooth, hot pussy. he slid the head of his dick up and down her ass crack and between her pussy lips to get her ready. when he finally directed the head of his dick into her pussy, she was moving her boobs backwards on sage's cock and ended up pushing her pussy over sun's member until it was plunged all the way inside her. she let out a little gasp, and then a grunt as sun pulled out and then rammed back into her.
"oh i made a good choice," she thought as she was being rocked from behind by sun. she thought for sure, based on the pace that sage was bucking into her tits, that he was going to come any minute and paint her chest with his white goo, but he just kept going and going. sun was grunting and pumping into her furiously, and she could feel the tingling of her own orgasm building with each pump of his hard dick inside her.
after several short minutes of being pounded by sun, he yelled "oh my fucking god!" as he rammed into her hard enough to make her struggle to keep from falling off his dick. he firmly held her hips to keep her in that position as he came, pumping sperm into her like a fire hose. she could actually feel the cum shooting out of his cock inside her. she knew his mode of operation and knew that if it was just the two of them, her chances of getting release were now down to zero. and she had gone through a lot so far to just go to bed frustrated, so, thinking quickly, and faced with an option she had never had before, she lurched forward off of sun's softening cock and moved to straddle sage's still hard and useful tool. with a foot on either side of sage's hips, she impaled herself on him and went to work pumping her cum dripping pussy up and down on him. she was so close that she could almost be there. she began playing with her as she rode him desperately, only slightly amazed that he hadn't shot his load yet.
finally, the waves of an orgasm crashed over her and she sat down hard on sage while she and her pussy on the still hard cock inside her. "holy crap," she stuttered. her orgasm began to subside and she could think again. she wanted to climb off sage and get his dick out of her, but before she could move, he sat up and pushed her down on her back. as she fell back, she looked up to see sun still there. he hadn't rolled over and gone to sleep yet. in fact, he was stroking his cock while he watched.
sage climbed on top of her between her legs and, without using his hands, pushed his cock back into her messy pussy. he put first one of her legs, then the other over his shoulders to open her up more to him. she didn't fight or resist at all. she had hers and was sure that sage would be done very soon. he pounded into her for a minute or so and then stopped and pulled out his cock. with one hand he moved the head of his still rock hard dick until it was pressing firmly against her asshole.
yang had felt a finger or two in her ass at times and found it pleasurable, but she had only tried anal sex once and it was a disaster. the guy had been pretty big and went right for her ass after some really cursory foreplay. it hurt bad and she swore that was it. by the time she thought to protest and started to tense up, the head of his cock was in her ass and moving slowly further. she was amazed that it didn't hurt like before. it was slipping in quite easily due to sage's well cock. she was taking all this in and analyzing it and was surprised that sage had easily snuck almost all of his cock into her asshole, and he started pumping in and out slowly. to her surprise, she wasn't hating it. in fact, she was liking it and started pumping back into him. she was grunting with the effort and force of him fucking her like this, but she liked it. when she looked up, sun was still there, and his cock had come back to be almost as hard as it was a few minutes ago.
yang was amazed that she liked this so much. she felt like maybe she had been missing out for all those years since that first bad experience. sage was really working up to a fast pace, sliding his dick into her from tip to balls without reprieve. suddenly, she pushed him back by pushing her legs towards him and pushing on his chest with her hands.
"oh! i'm so sorry. i'm sorry. was i hurting you? i didn't want to hurt you. it felt so good. i'm so sorry," sage stammered. he had sat up on his knees with his dick pointing out in front of him, and yang was sitting up towards him now that he was out of her ass and not on top of her. she pushed him down onto his back, turned around to face sun and straddled sage again. this time, she lowered herself down until her asshole swallowed his dick all the way down. then she rolled back putting her hands behind her for support and putting her feet on sage's thighs. she looked up at sun with a smile on her face. she knew he could see his friend's dick going up into her ass. her legs were spread wide, and he was staring right at it. he couldn't miss it.
"stop playing with yourself and get busy," she said playfully. honestly, she thought he might go down on her while she fucked sage with her asshole. that was stupid thinking. instead, sun moved in and pushed his tool into her pussy, filling her like she had never been filled before and making her gasp in surprise. he immediately started pumping into her and sage pushed into her ass from underneath her. she just sat there on top of him trying to keep both dicks inside her.
the room filled with grunts and moans and the smell of sweaty bodies mixed with the come and sex juices and vanilla of the lotion. it was a powerful scene and yang was in the middle of it, surprisingly very happy to be there. she could feel another orgasm pulsing through her pussy around sun's cock. he thrust hard into her and started shooting another load on top of his first one. sage said "i'm fucking cumming," between clenched teeth and she could feel his cock start to throb in her ass.
it seemed like the three of them came for hours like that, but after only a minute or two, sun fell off to one side of her. yang climbed off sage's slightly softer cock and rolled in between the two men, draping an arm and a leg over sun. sage gently put his hand on her hip and patted her. sun wrapped one arm around her and kissed the top of her head. the soundtrack of the porno on the tv was the only sound in the room besides their heavy breathing.
sage got up and walked into the kitchen. a second later he returned with three cold beers, drinking one already. yang could see his soft but still large cock swinging as he walked. cum hung off of it in a gooey string still, but he didn't bother to do anything about it. yang and sun sat up and took the beers he offered, drinking eagerly. she polished off half of hers before lowering the can from her lips. sage looked at her naked body.
"you guys done?" he asked. in the pause before either yang or sun said anything, he went on "i mean we're here and i don't think anyone hated that, so..."
yang thought for about another millisecond while she stared at sage's cock. she figured she was the one in control here. whatever direction she went, the guys would follow along without complaint or regrets (at least until they sobered up). she was completely satisfied already, but was also excited by the new ground they had just moved into, so while some slut on the tv cried out in fake moans of fake pleasure while two guys with abnormally large cocks rammed into her pussy and ass, yang made the decision for their small group. she rose up, reached out and took sage's cock in her hand. she rubbed the hanging stream of cum from the tip and wiped that hand on one of her tits and then pulled him down to the ground. he barely had his beer set on the floor before she was climbing on top of him and kissing him passionately, rubbing his glistening cock between their bodies, awakening it to a useful state again.
sun drank from his beer for one last gulp and moved behind her so he could fondle and squeeze her slick tits and play with her as she on top of his friend. she could feel his hard dick pressed against her back.
yang didn't even realize she had gone to sleep until she woke up on the floor where she was when they had all finally collapsed. she didn't know how much time had passed. it was still dark out. the tv was off, and she was covered with one of the blankets they kept on the couch. sage softly on the couch without a blanket. her pussy was tender, and she felt sticky between her legs and ass crack, and she knew she had crusty cum on her tits and, her hair was a disaster, and her jaw was a little sore. the room smelled strongly of vanilla and sex.
sun reappeared, walking into the living room with a glass of ice water. suddenly, yang was really thirsty and grateful that sun brought some water. she heard sizzling in the kitchen and the fragrant smell of sausage wafted to her. the smell of the cooking sausage made her realize she was hungry.
he handed her the water. while she was gulping it down, he one of her tits in his hand and said, "your skin is really, really soft."
she said "i know. thanks," and lifted the blanket for him to climb in with her.
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jæŋ ɔn ðə kaʊʧ wɪθ ə dæmp taʊəl ˈkəvərɪŋ hər ˈbeɪðɪŋ sut wɪʧ ʧɪld hər skɪn ˌəndərˈniθ. seɪʤ ənd sən wər ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ʧɛrz əˈkrɔs frəm hər, ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ðɛr ˈbeɪðɪŋ suts, ræpt ɪn taʊəlz ənd ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ bɪrz. ðeɪ hæd ʤɪst kəm frəm ðə hɑt təb ˈaʊtˈsaɪd. ˈæftər ə lɔŋ deɪ əv ˈwɔkɪŋ əraʊnd ðə ˈsɪti simd laɪk ən ˈɔsəm weɪ tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ɔf ðə deɪ. æd ə fju ˈglæsɪz əv waɪn ənd səm bɪrz tɪ ðə mɪks ənd naʊ ɔl θri əv ðɛm wər rɪˈlækst ənd bəzd. ðə wɔrm naɪt ɛr blu ˈʤɛntli θru ðə ˈoʊpən ˈwɪndoʊ ənd smɛld əv ˈhəniˌsəkəl, wɪʧ gru laɪk ə wid ɪn ðə jɑrd. jæŋ nu ðət sun ðə ˈdæmpnɪs ɔn hər skɪn frəm ðə hɑt təb wʊd tərn tɪ ðə ˈdæmpnɪs əv ðə swɛt kɔzd baɪ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃənəli hɑt ˈivnɪŋ. biɪŋ ræpt ɪn ə ˈhɛvi taʊəl ˈdɪdənt hɛlp. sən ənd seɪʤ hæd bɪn frɛndz sɪns lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr jæŋ ənd sən ˈstɑrtɪd ˈdeɪtɪŋ. seɪʤ lɪvd ə fju aʊərz əˈweɪ, soʊ ðeɪ ˈoʊnli sɔ iʧ ˈəðər ə fju taɪmz ə jɪr, bət jæŋ ˈɪnstəntli laɪkt ɪm ðə fərst taɪm ðeɪ mɛt. ʃi ənd seɪʤ hæd bɪˈkəm kloʊz frɛndz ˈvɛri fæst ənd gru ˈkloʊzər wɪθ ˈpæsɪŋ taɪm. ʃi ənd sən lʊkt ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ wɪθ seɪʤ ˈɛvəri ʧæns ðət keɪm əp. ɪt meɪd sən ˈhæpi ðət hɪz bɛst frɛnd ənd hɪz ˈgərlˌfrɛnd laɪkt iʧ ˈəðər soʊ məʧ. wən əv ðɛr ˈfeɪvərɪt θɪŋz tɪ du təˈgɛðər wɑz tɪ roʊm ðə ˈsɪti ˈneɪbərˌhʊd əraʊnd ðɛm. ðeɪ eɪt ənd dræŋk ənd ʤoʊkt ənd læft fər aʊərz ɛz ðeɪ meɪd ðə raʊnz θru ðə bɑrz ənd ˈrɛˌstrɑnts sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðɛr hoʊm. ˈseɪʤəz ˈvɪzɪt ðɪs taɪm wɑz goʊɪŋ ðə seɪm ɛz ˈɔlˌweɪz. ðə waɪn ðeɪ dræŋk ɪn ðə təb, ənd ðə bɪrz ðeɪ dræŋk moʊst əv ðə deɪ loʊərd ˈɛvriˌwənz ˌɪnəˈbɪʃənz, ənd ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən hæd ˈdrɪftɪd tɪ ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt əv ˌpɔrnəˈgræfɪk ˈmuviz. sən hæd bɪn ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ seɪʤ əˈbaʊt ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈfəni sin ɪn wən əv ðə ðət hi hæd ɪn hɪz kəˈlɛkʃən (ɪt wɑz hər kəˈlɛkʃən tu). səm ˈpɛrədi əv ˈæstroʊ wɔk wɛr ðə ˈmeɪˌkəp ɔn ðə grin ˈwʊmən keɪm ɔf ɛz ʃi wɑz ˈgɪtɪŋ bæŋd baɪ ˈkæptən ər səm ˈəðər ˈɔfɪsər. əˈgɛnst hər ˈbɛtər ˈʤəʤmənt, jæŋ lɛt sən pʊt ðə ˈvɪdioʊ ɪn tɪ ʃoʊ seɪʤ. ɪt ˈwəzənt mɛnt tɪ bi ˈsɛksi; ɪt wɑz ə ˈfəni sin. sən fæst ˈfɔrwərdɪd θru ə sin wɪθ tu kru ˈmɛmbərz ˈbæŋɪŋ, ˈtɪpɪkəl stəf, ənd sən ənd seɪʤ meɪd ʤoʊks ənd saʊnz ðət wər səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ðə saʊnz əv ðə sɛks ɔn haɪ spid. ðə waɪn meɪd ðɛm læf ˌhɪˈstɛrɪkli ənd jæŋ ˈgɪgəld ə ˈlɪtəl tu. ðɛn sən stɑpt ɔn ðə sin hi ˈwɔntɪd. ðə wən wɪθ ðə hɑt, grin ˈeɪliən ʧɪk. hi spɛnt taɪm goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu greɪt ˈditeɪl əˈbaʊt haʊ ðə ˈmeɪˌkəp lʊkt æt ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðə sin, ˈivɪn goʊɪŋ soʊ fɑr ɛz tɪ stænd raɪt nɛkst tɪ ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd pɔɪnt æt ˈpleɪsɪz hi nu ðə ˈmeɪˌkəp wʊd rəb ɔf. ɪt wɑz gʊd ˈɪnəsənt fən. sən sæt bæk daʊn wɪn ðə ˈkəpəl ɔn ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈstɑrtɪd ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɪzi. ðə grin ˈeɪliən gərl ˈstɑrtɪd bloʊɪŋ ˈkæptən virk*, bət hi simd ˈɔkwərd wɪθ hɪz hænz. hi ˈdɪdənt təʧ hər ˈɛniˌwɛr. sən ənd seɪʤ ˈkɑmɛntəd ənd læft əˈbaʊt ɪt. ðɛn hi wɑz ˈlɪkɪŋ hər ˈpʊsi wɪʧ ˈdɪdənt hæv grin ˈmeɪˌkəp ɔn ðə lɪps, bət ɪt gɑt raɪt əp tɪ ðɛm. ʤoʊks ənd ˈlæftər kɛpt ˈkəmɪŋ, bət jæŋ wɑz ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ gɪt ə ˈlɪtəl ənˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ ˈwɑʧɪŋ ə ˈpɔrnoʊ wɪθ hər ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd ənd hɪz frɛnd. nɑt bɪˈkəz ʃi ˈdɪdənt laɪk ˈdərti ˈmuviz, bət bɪˈkəz ðeɪ əraʊzd hər, ənd seɪʤ wɑz ɪn ðə mɪks "cock-blocking*" hər. ɛz ðə sin wɛnt ɔn, ðə ʤoʊks keɪm ə ˈlɪtəl sloʊər. ˈɛvəri wəns ɪn ə waɪl, wən əv ðə gaɪz wʊd pɔɪnt aʊt wɛr ju kʊd si ðə ˈmeɪˌkəp smɪrd ənd flɛʃ ʃoʊɪŋ ˌəndərˈniθ, bət ðeɪ hæd ˈfɑlən ˈɪntu sɔrt əv ə ˈdrəŋkən ənd ˈləsti ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə ˈmuvi. jæŋ lʊkt æt seɪʤ, hu wɑz sˈlaʊʧɪŋ loʊ ɪn hɪz stəft ʧɛr. hi hæd hɪz taʊəl ɔn stɪl, bət hɪz hænd wɑz ˈrɛstɪŋ ɔn hɪz krɑʧ, ˈprɑbəˌbli ɔn hɪz kɑk. hi grɪpt ɪt ˈæbsənt ˈmaɪndɪdli ˈɛvəri wəns ɪn ə waɪl ɛz hi stɛrd æt ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən. sən ˈwəzənt ˈtəʧɪŋ hɪz kɑk, bət ʃi kʊd si ðət hi hæd ən ɪˈrɛkʃən. jæŋ hæd sin ðɪs ˈmuvi ə ˈkəpəl taɪmz wɪθ sən, ənd ʃi hæd tɪ ədˈmɪt ðət ðə grin ˈeɪliən sin wɑz wən əv hər ˈfeɪvərɪts. ðə gərl ɪn ðə sin hæd ˈrɪli nis tɪts ðət həŋ ʤɪst raɪt soʊ ðət ju kʊd tɛl ðeɪ wər ril, ənd ˈkæptən kərk hæd ə ˈrɪli rɪpt ˈstəmək ənd noʊ ˌtæˈtuz ər piercings*. ʤɪst ðə weɪ ʃi laɪkt hər pɔrn stɑrz. ʃi kaɪnd əv wɪʃt ðət seɪʤ ˈwəzənt ðɛr soʊ ʃi kʊd strɪp ɔf hər dæmp ˈbeɪðɪŋ sut ənd kul ɔf. ʃi wɑz ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ gɪt hɑt frəm ðə ɛr ˈtɛmpərəʧər ənd ðə stəf goʊɪŋ ɔn ɪn ðə ˈmuvi. ʃi stʊd əp. ðɪs wɑz nɑt haʊ ʃi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ spɛnd hər ˈivnɪŋ. ʃi hæd wɔkt əraʊnd ðə ˈsɪti ɔl deɪ wɪθ ðə tu bɔɪz ɛz ðeɪ ənd ʤoʊkt ənd dræŋk bɪrz ˈɛvəri ʧæns ðeɪ kʊd. ðeɪ wɔkt fər aʊərz ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkəmɪŋ hoʊm tɪ ðə təb. hər fit hərt. ʃi wɑz gʊd frɛndz wɪθ seɪʤ baɪ naʊ ənd ˈvɛri ˈkəmfərtəbəl əraʊnd ɪm, nɑt ˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪˈnəf tɪ ʤɪst sɪt ənd wɔʧ ðoʊ. soʊ ʃi wɛnt tɪ ðə ˈbæθˌrum tɪ rɪns ɔf ðə ˈklɔrin frəm ðə təb. ðə hɑt ˈwɔtər fɛlt gʊd ɔn hər skɪn. ʃi lɛt ɪt strim ˈoʊvər hər fər ʤɪst ə ˈmɪnət ənd ðɛn juzd soʊp tɪ wɑʃ ɔf ɔl ðə təb ˈkɛmɪkəlz. ðɛn ʃi tərnd ðə ˈtɛmpərəʧər ɔn ðə ˈwɔtər daʊn ənˈtɪl ɪt fɛlt koʊld, ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ ðə sɛnˈseɪʃən əv ðə kul ˈwɔtər floʊɪŋ ˈoʊvər hər ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ hər ˈnɪpəlz hɑrd. ˈæftər ə ˈmoʊmənt ər tu, ʃi tərnd ðə ˈwɔtər ɔf ənd stɛpt aʊt tɪ græb ə nu taʊəl tɪ ræp əraʊnd hər. ðə kul ʃaʊər ˈdɪdənt du məʧ tɪ dɪˈmɪnɪʃ hər bəz. ɔl toʊld, ʃi wɑz gɔn frəm ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ rum fər noʊ mɔr ðən 10 ˈmɪnəts. ʃi græbd səm ˈloʊʃən fər hər skɪn ənd taɪərd fit ənd wɛnt bæk aʊt ˈwɛrɪŋ ʤɪst ðə taʊəl. ðə gaɪz wər stɪl glud tɪ ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən, bət ɪt wɑz ə nu sin. "heɪ, ˈbeɪbi," sən sɛd, ˈglænsɪŋ æt hər kˈwɪkli. "ˈɔlˌmoʊst dən." tu mɛn wər ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr dɪks səkt baɪ ə ˈwʊmən hu wɑz nɑt ɪn ə ˈjunəˌfɔrm. jæŋ rɪˈmɛmbərd ðət ðɪs wɑz səm gərl hu hæd bɪn ɪn səˈspɛndɪd ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ənd ðət ʃi ʤɪst wɛnt raɪt tɪ ˈfəkɪŋ ɛz sun ɛz ʃi woʊk əp. ˈstɔriˌlaɪn bi dæmd, jæŋ nu ðət ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə sɛks ɔn teɪp wɑz mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt. seɪʤ ənd sən wər boʊθ naʊ, ˈglæsi aɪd frəm ðə buz ənd ðə sɛks ɔn skrin. ʃi gɑt ə gʊd lʊk æt ðɛm ənd kʊd tɛl ðeɪ boʊθ hæd hard-ons*. ʃi ɔl deɪ ˈbuzɪŋ hæd loʊərd hər ˌɪnəˈbɪʃənz ɪˈnəf ðət ʃi ˈdɪdənt fil ənˈkəmfərtəbəl ˈsɪtɪŋ ðɛr wɪθ ðɛm laɪk ðət. ɪn fækt ɪt wɑz ˈtərnɪŋ hər ɔn ʤɪst ə ˈlɪtəl. ʃi plɑpt bæk daʊn ɔn ðə kaʊʧ, ræpt ˈoʊnli ɪn ə taʊəl. hər plæn wɑz tɪ əˈplaɪ səm ˈmɔɪsʧərˌaɪzər ənd ðɛn goʊ pʊt ɔn səm pəˈʤɑməz. ʃi wɑz ˈkəmfərtəbəl ɪˈnəf wɪθ seɪʤ tɪ sɪt ɪn ʤɪst ðə taʊəl. ðə bɔɪz sɔrt əv snæpt aʊt əv ðɛr ˈdrimi ˈstupər ənd meɪd ən ˈɛfərt tɪ meɪk ə ˈkəpəl əv ʤoʊks əˈgɛn fər hər ˈbɛnəfɪt, bət ðeɪ ˈdɪdənt tərn ðə ˈmuvi ɔf ənd ˈdɪdənt stɑp ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə skrin. jæŋ saɪd ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈrəbɪŋ ðə vəˈnɪlə ˈsɛntɪd ˈloʊʃən ɔn hər ɑrmz ənd ˈʃoʊldərz. ʃi wɑz juˌtɪləˈtɛriən ɪn hər tɛkˈnik. ðɛr wɑz ˈnəθɪŋ ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli ˈsɛksi ər proʊˈvɑkətɪv əˈbaʊt haʊ ʃi wɑz əˈplaɪɪŋ ðə ˈloʊʃən, bət ʃi kɔt ðə bɔɪz ˈglænsɪŋ æt hər ˈfərtɪvli. ʃi ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk məʧ əv ɪt. ˈæftər ʃi əˈplaɪd ðə ˈloʊʃən tɪ hər ɑrmz, ʃi drɑpt hər hɛd bæk, hɛld ðə ˈloʊʃən ɔn hər ˈstəmək wɪθ boʊθ hænz ənd ʤɪst saɪd ˈdipli. "wəts rɔŋ?" sən æst, ˈtɪrɪŋ hɪz aɪz frəm ðə skrin fər ə ˈmɪnət waɪl ðə gərl ðɛr wɑz ˈgɪtɪŋ ə kɑk ɪn hər maʊθ ənd wən ɪn hər ˈpʊsi. "maɪ fit ər ˈkɪlɪŋ mi," jæŋ sɛd. "du ju θɪŋk ðət ˌbiˈfɔr wi goʊ tɪ slip, ju kʊd rəb ðɛm fər mi? pleasssseee*." "jæ, ʃʊr. ˌwəˈtɛvər," hi ˈænsərd ɛz hi stʊd əp tɪ goʊ tɪ ðə ˈkɪʧən fər ə bɪr fər ɪm ənd seɪʤ. "aɪl du ɪt ɪf ju wɔnt," seɪʤ sɛd. ɪt ˈwəzənt ən ɑd ˈɔfər. seɪʤ hæd rəbd hər fit ˌbiˈfɔr ɔn wən əv hɪz ˈvɪzɪts. hi sɛd ɪt laʊd, tu, laɪk hi wɑz seɪɪŋ ɪt tɪ jæŋ ənd sən. "ˈrɪli, mæn? ðæts nis əv ju. θæŋks." sən ˈænsərd fər jæŋ. jæŋ θɔt əˈbaʊt ɪt fər əˈbaʊt ə ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd, wɪʧ wɑz ˈprɑbəˌbli nɑt lɔŋ ɪˈnəf, ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi sɛd sɪnˈsɪrli, "θæŋks seɪʤ. aɪ ˈrɪli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ɪt." ðɛn sɑrˈkæstɪkli ʃi ˈædɪd, "ˈæftər ju gaɪz ˈdrægɪŋ mi əraʊnd wɪθ ju təˈdeɪ, maɪ dɔgz ər ˈbɑrkɪŋ." seɪʤ stʊd əp tɪ kəm ˈoʊvər ənd sɪt æt hər fit. ɛz hi dɪd, hɪz aɪz wɛnt bæk tɪ ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən. jæŋ kʊd si hɪz ɪˈrɛkʃən ˈəndər hɪz taʊəl, ənd fər əˈnəðər ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd θɔt ðət ˈmeɪbi ʃi ʃʊd ʤɪst rəb hər oʊn fit, bət hər ləv əv ˈhævɪŋ hər fit rəbd, ənd hər nid tɪ hæv ðɛm rəbd raɪt naʊ hæd hər ˈpʊʃɪŋ ˈkɔʃəs θɔts əˈweɪ ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˌɪˈmiˌdiət ˌgrætəfəˈkeɪʃən. seɪʤ sæt daʊn ɔn ðə flɔr ənd jæŋ tərnd soʊ ðət ʃi kʊd gɪv ɪm ə fʊt. hi tʊk ðə lɛft wən ənd skˈwərtɪd ə bɪt əv ðə ˈloʊʃən ɔn ɪt, ðɛn bɪˈgæn ˈrəbɪŋ ɪt hɑrd æt hər hil ənd ˈwərkɪŋ hɪz weɪ əp tɪ hər toʊz. ʃi moʊnd ˈlaʊdli ɪn əˈpruvəl. hi wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ bæk ənd fɔrθ bɪtˈwin ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ənd fʊt ɛz hi wərkt frəm hil tɪ toʊ, ˈoʊvər ənd ˈoʊvər. ʃi kloʊzd hər aɪz ənd lɛt hər hɛd fɔl bæk. seɪʤ ˈlɪftɪd hər fʊt tɪ wərk bɪˈhaɪnd hər hil, ənd, ɪn hər rɪˈlækst steɪt, hər ni fɛl tɪ ðə lɛft ə ˈlɪtəl, ˈsprɛdɪŋ hər lɛgz ˌənɪnˈtɛnʃənəli. sɪns ʃi hæd ˈoʊnli θɔt fər ə ˈkəpəl əv ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkəndz əˈbaʊt hɪz ˈɔfər tɪ rəb hər fit, ʃi ˈdɪdənt teɪk ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt ðət ʃi ˈoʊnli wɔr ə ˈfləfi bæθ taʊəl ənd ˈnəθɪŋ ɛls. ʃi ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈæftər hi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈrəbɪŋ hər fit, soʊ ʃi hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə ðət ʃi hæd ʤɪst sprɛd hər lɛgz ɪˈnəf ðət ɪf hi tʊk ə lʊk, seɪʤ wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ si ˈəndər ðə taʊəl tɪ hər ʃeɪvd ˈpʊsi. ɪt ˈwəzənt kəmˈplitli sprɛd jɛt, bət ɪt wɑz ˈvɪzəbəl naʊ. seɪʤ ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪkli kɛpt əp hɪz rəb əv hər fit. ʃi ˈdɪdənt hir sən kəm bæk ɪn, bət ʃi nu hi wɑz ðɛr wɪn hi tʊk hər ˈəðər fʊt ɪn hɪz hænz ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈrəbɪŋ ɪt frəm hil tɪ toʊ laɪk hi ˈɔlˌweɪz dɪd. "oʊ waʊ!" ʃi sɛd wɪn sən ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn hər ˈəðər fʊt. "ðɪs ɪz ˈrɪli nis əv ju gaɪz. aɪ fil laɪk ə ˈprɪnsɛs." ðə saʊnd əv ðə sɛks ɔn ðə skrin kənˈtɪnjud waɪl ðeɪ rəbd hər fit ənd ʃi sæt wɪθ hər hɛd bæk ənd hər aɪz kloʊzd. ʃi ˈrɪli wɑz ɪn ˈhɛvən ənd wɑz ˈoʊnli ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt haʊ gʊd ɪt fɛlt tɪ hæv hər fit rəbd. ðə buz ənd ðə leɪt aʊər kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ hər ˈɛmti breɪn ənd læk əv θɔt. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛni ˈəðər taɪm, ʃi ˈprɑbəˌbli wʊd hæv ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ðət ðɪs wɑz nɑt ə gʊd plæn. sən ˈlɪftɪd hər fʊt tɪ wərk ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈæŋgəl ɔn ɪt, ənd hər raɪt ni fɛl ˈlæzəli tɪ ðə saɪd laɪk hər lɛft hæd ˈərliər. naʊ hər ˈpʊsi wɑz ˈprɪti məʧ waɪd sprɛd, ˈbɛrli ˈkəvərd baɪ ðə taʊəl, wɪʧ hæd slɪpt əp wɪn hər lɛgz keɪm əˈpɑrt. stɪl ʃi ˈdɪdənt ˈnoʊtɪs, ər ˈnoʊtɪs ɪˈnəf tɪ kɛr. ðə gaɪz wər duɪŋ ə fænˈtæstɪk ʤɑb ɔn hər fit ənd ʃi ɪkˈspɛktɪd ɪt tɪ ɛnd ˈɛni ˈsɛkənd, laɪk ɪt ˈɔlˌweɪz dɪd wɪn sən gɑt bɔrd wɪθ ˈrəbɪŋ hər wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni ˈprɑməs əv sɛks ɪn rɪˈtərn. bət ðɛn wən əv ðə bɔɪz stɑpt, wɪʧ ʃi wɑz ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ, bət ʃi hərd mɔr ˈloʊʃən biɪŋ pəmpt aʊt əv ðə ˈbɑtəl. "oʊ," ʃi θɔt, "stɪl mɔr fər mi. ˈɔsəm." ənd ðɛn ðə ˈloʊʃən wɑz biɪŋ rəbd ɔn hər fit əˈgɛn, bət ɪt wɑz ə lɔt əv ˈloʊʃən ənd ðɛr ˈwəzənt ə lɔt əv ˈprɛʃər ɔn hər fit. ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi nu wət wɑz ˈhæpənɪŋ, ðə hænz wər ˈsprɛdɪŋ ðə ˈloʊʃən əp ˈoʊvər hər kæf ənd təˈwɔrdz hər ni. hər hɛd ʃɑt əp ənd hər aɪz ˈoʊpənd. ʃi lʊkt daʊn ənd sɔ sən ˈstɛrɪŋ æt hər krɑʧ ənd ˈrəbɪŋ hər lɛg. seɪʤ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈstɛrɪŋ æt hər krɑʧ. wɪn ʃi ʤərkt, ðeɪ boʊθ lʊkt əˈweɪ kˈwɪkli, ənd ðɛn lʊkt æt iʧ ˈəðər, ənd ðɛn lʊkt æt hər feɪs, ənd ðɛn lʊkt əˈweɪ əˈgɛn. hər lɛgz wɛnt bæk təˈgɛðər ənd ʃi muvd ðə taʊəl bæk daʊn ˈoʊvər hər ˈpraɪvəts. "ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðə ʃoʊ, ˈpərvərts?" ʃi sɛd. ðeɪ lʊkt æt iʧ ˈəðər, ðɛn bæk æt hər. "ə, jæ," ðeɪ boʊθ ˈænsərd. sən rɪˈzumd ˈrəbɪŋ hər lɛg ənd seɪʤ ˈgæðərd mɔr ˈloʊʃən ɪn hɪz hænd ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ɪn ɔn hər ˈəðər lɛg, ˈfərmli ˈrəbɪŋ frəm hər frəm hər ˈæŋkəl tɪ hər ni. ʃi hæd tɪ ədˈmɪt ðət ɪt fɛlt ˈprɪti gʊd. "lʊk, jʊr skɪn ʤɪst simd ˈrɪli draɪ, ənd əm traɪɪŋ tɪ bi ə nis gaɪ hir," sən laɪd. "aɪ min ɪf ju wɔnt mi tɪ stɑp ənd lɛt jʊr skɪn draɪ aʊt laɪk ən oʊld ˈleɪdiz, noʊ ˈprɑbləm." ðə hoʊl taɪm hi tɔkt, hi ənd seɪʤ dɪd nɑt stɑp ˈrəbɪŋ hər lɛgz. sɑrˈkæstɪkli hi sɛd, "əm ʤɪst ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ju, beɪb." jæŋ wɑz noʊ prud ənd ʃi ˈdɪdənt ˈrɪli kɛr ðət ðə bɔɪz hæd sin hər ˈpʊsi. bɪg dil. ðə ˈloʊʃən dɪd fil gʊd, ənd ʃi hæd tɪ ədˈmɪt ðət ʃi ˈrɪli dɪd kaɪnd əv fil laɪk ə ˈprɪnsɛs, ˈmeɪbi ðə sˈləˌti ɪˈʤɪpʃən ˈprɪnsɛs ɪn ðə ˌkliəˈpætrə pɔrn ðət ðeɪ hæd ɪn ðɛr kəˈlɛkʃən, bət ə ˈprɪnsɛs stɪl. ʃi laɪkt seɪʤ ənd fɛlt ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ ɪm. hi wɑz sənz bɛst frɛnd ˈæftər ɔl, hæd bɪn fər 20 jɪrz. soʊ ɪf ðeɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ gɪt ðɛr ˈʤɑliz baɪ ˈrəbɪŋ hər fit ənd lɛgz, ˌwəˈtɛvər. ðət wɑz əˈbaʊt ɔl ðə θɔt ʃi pʊt ˈɪntu ɪt, wɪʧ ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈwəzənt ˈrɪli ɪˈnəf. ʃi bənʧt ðə taʊəl əp mɔr bɪtˈwin hər lɛgz ənd hɛld ɪt ðɛr wɪθ hər hænz ənd ðɛn wɛnt bæk ˈɪntu hər poʊz, hɛd bæk, lɛgz sˈlaɪtli sprɛd, ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd ðə əˈtɛnʃən. "kɪl ʤɔɪ," sən tizd hər. "aɪ doʊnt wɔnt ju æs klaʊnz tɪ gɪt ˈɛni aɪˈdiəz." ðeɪ ˈigərli rɪˈzumd ˈhɛlpɪŋ hər wɪθ hər draɪ skɪn. ðeɪ rəbd frəm hər ˈæŋkəlz tɪ hər niz ənd ðɛn frəm hər niz tɪ ðə ɛʤ əv ðə taʊəl. ðeɪ juzd ə lɔt əv ˈloʊʃən ənd fərm ˈprɛʃər tɪ nid hər kwɑdz ənd ˈɪnər θaɪz. hər grɪp rɪˈlækst ɔn ðə taʊəl ɪn hər krɑʧ, bət ʃi kɛpt hər hænz ðɛr. ðɛn sən pʊt əp ðə lɛg hi wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ ənd ˈrɛstɪd hər hil ɔn hɪz ˈʃoʊldər. ðɪs sprɛd hər ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ənd meɪd ɪt ˈhɑrdər tɪ hoʊld ðə taʊəl. hi rɪˈzumd ˈrəbɪŋ ənd ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn hər tɔt ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ. ˈsɛkəndz ˈleɪtər, seɪʤ meɪd ðə seɪm muv. wɪθ boʊθ hər fit ɔf ðə flɔr laɪk ðɪs, ʃi daʊn ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ɔn ðə kaʊʧ. ðə sˈlaʊʧɪŋ ˈmuvmənt kɔzd ðə taʊəl tɪ ˈlusən ə ˈlɪtəl bət ɪt steɪd ɪn pleɪs. ðə gaɪz wər ˈrəbɪŋ hər θaɪz ɛz haɪ ɛz ðeɪ kʊd naʊ, ðɛr hænz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ hərz ɛz ʃi ˈkəvərd hər ˈpʊsi. hər hɛd wɑz ˈspɪnɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈifɛkts əv ðə buz ənd ðə ˈhɛdi ˈplɛʒər ʃi wɑz ˈgɪtɪŋ frəm ˈhævɪŋ ðɪs kaɪnd əv əˈtɛnʃən ɔn hər. ðə saʊnz əv ðə ˈpɔrnoʊ ɪn ðə ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˈædɪd fjuəl tɪ hər faɪər tu. ʃi hæd bɪn ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈfərtɪv ˈglænsɪz æt ðə skrin ˈɛvəri wəns ɪn ə waɪl tɪ si ðə hɑt ˈækʃən ðɛr. sənz hænz wər naʊ steɪɪŋ ˈmoʊstli ɔn hər ˈəpər θaɪz ˈrəbɪŋ əraʊnd ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪd ənd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv hər lɛgz ənd ˈdɔgədli ˈrəbɪŋ əˈgɛnst ðə ˈbɛriər əv hər hænz. seɪʤ ˈwəzənt kwaɪt ɛz əˈgrɛsɪv ər breɪv, bət hi wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ hɪz hænz əp tɪ ðə ˈɛriə ˈoʊnli ə ˈfrækʃən əv ən ɪnʧ loʊər ðən sən wɑz. jæŋ fɛlt fləʃt ənd ˈnərvəs ənd ɪkˈsaɪtɪd. ðə məˈsɑʒ ʃi wɑz ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈrɪli fɛlt gʊd, ənd ɪt wɑz rɪˈlæksɪŋ, ənd ʃi hæd ə bəz ɔn ðət wɑz ˈmeɪkɪŋ hər lɛs ˌɪnˈhɪbətɪd ðən ˈnɔrməl. ˈgræʤuəli, hər hænz muvd ɛz ðeɪ geɪv weɪ tɪ sənz pərˈsɪstəns, ənd ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi nu ɪt, hi wɑz ˈsprɛdɪŋ ðə ˈloʊʃən əp ˈoʊvər hər hɪp boʊn ənd ðɛn daʊn ˈoʊvər hər ˈpɛlvəs ənd ˈrəbɪŋ ðə θɪk, smuð, ˈkrimi ˈloʊʃən daʊn ðə saɪd əv hər ˈpʊsi. ʃi fɔt ðə ərʤ tɪ sprɛd hər lɛgz waɪd laɪk ʃi wʊd ɪf ðeɪ wər əˈloʊn. ðə taʊəl slɪpt əp soʊ ðət hər ʃeɪvd ˈpjubɪk ˈɛriə wɑz ɪkˈspoʊzd. əˈpɛrəntli seɪʤ tʊk ðɪs ɛz ə kju ðət ɪt wɑz ˈoʊˈkeɪ tɪ muv hɪz ˈmoʊʃənz əp ə ˈlɪtəl ˈfɑrðər tu ənd hi bɪˈgæn ˈmɪrərɪŋ sənz hænz ɔn ðə ˈəðər hɪp boʊn ənd ðə ˈəðər saɪd əv hər ˈpʊsi. ðeɪ boʊθ hæd tɪ lin ɪn ə ˈlɪtəl tɪ riʧ ɔl ðə weɪ əp əˈbəv hər hɪps ənd ðə ˈmoʊʃən əv ðɛm duɪŋ ðət meɪd hər niz bɛnd sˈlaɪtli, wɪʧ ˈoʊpənd hər lɛgz mɔr ənd meɪd mɔr speɪs əraʊnd hər ˈpʊsi. "ˈvɛri nis," briðd sən. "dɪz ðət fil gʊd?" jæŋ kʊd fil hɪz hɑt brɛθ ənd smɛl ðə ˈælkəˌhɑl ɪn ɪt. "mmmmmm*..." ɪz ɔl ðət jæŋ kʊd ˈmænɪʤ. "ðɪs ɪz ɔl ʤɪst fər ju. wi doʊnt wɔnt ju tɪ gɪt draɪ," hi tizd hər. "yeah...mmmmmmm...right*." wɑz hər rɪˈspɑns əˈgɛn. jæŋ wɑz ˈbeɪsɪkli ɪn ˈoʊvər hər hɛd ənd ʃi nu ɪt. ʃi ˈdɪdənt ˈrɛlɪʃ ðə aɪˈdiə əv ðiz gaɪz ˈkləmsəli pɔɪŋ əraʊnd æt hər ˈpʊsi, bət ʃi ˈdɪdənt wɔnt ðɛm tɪ stɑp ðə məˈsɑʒ ˈiðər. ʃi ˈwəzənt ʃʊr wət ðə ɛnd geɪm wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi bɪˈkəz ʃi ˈkʊdənt θɪŋk məʧ pæst ðə ˈplɛʒər ʃi wɑz ˈfilɪŋ ər ðə ɪkˈsaɪtmənt ʃi fɛlt əˈbaʊt tu mɛn ˈtritɪŋ hər tɪ ə greɪt rubdown*. stɪl, ʃi fɛlt laɪk ʃi maɪt bi ˈluzɪŋ kənˈtroʊl əv ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ðɛr hænz wər ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ gɪt mɔr boʊld ənd ˈfɪŋgərz wər ˈbrəʃɪŋ əˈgɛnst hər ənd ˈrəbɪŋ daʊn ðə slɪt əv hər ˈpʊsi lɪps, wɪʧ ˈwəzənt ənˈplɛzənt, bət ʃi wɑz ʃʊr ʃi ˈdɪdənt wɔnt ðɛr ˈfɪŋgərz ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˈgɪtɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər. ʃi ˈlɪftɪd hər lɛgz ɔf ðɛr ˈʃoʊldərz, wɪʧ kɔzd hər tɪ sləmp daʊn mɔr ənd kɔzd ðə taʊəl tɪ raɪd əp ənd gɪt ə ˈlɪtəl ˈtæŋgəld. ʃi kənˈtɪnjud hər slaɪd ənˈtɪl ʃi muvd ˈɔntu ðə flɔr. ɛz ʃi keɪm ɔf ðə ɛʤ əv ðə kaʊʧ, ðə taʊəl ˌənˈdɪd ˌɪtˈsɛlf ənd steɪd bɪˈhaɪnd, friɪŋ hər ˈləʃɪs, sɔft, fʊl tɪts, ˈbaʊnsɪŋ fri ənd rɪˈvilɪŋ hər kəmˈplitli. ʃi muvd soʊ ðət ʃi kʊd leɪ ɔn hər bæk ɪn frənt əv ðə səˈpraɪzd mɛn. ðə sˈniki pɑrt wɑz ðət ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðə ʧeɪnʤ ɪn pəˈzɪʃən rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn hər biɪŋ ˈtoʊtəli ˈneɪkəd, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ əˈlaʊd hər tɪ pʊt hər lɛgz bæk təˈgɛðər. ʃi leɪd daʊn wɪθ hər ɑrmz aʊt tɪ ðə saɪdz ənd sɛd "aɪ θɪŋk maɪ bubz ər ˈprɪti draɪ tu," ənd ðɛn kloʊzd hər aɪz. 'ðət ʃʊd gɪv mi səm ˈbriðɪŋ rum,' ʃi θɔt. ʃi hərd ðə ˈloʊʃən biɪŋ dɪˈspɛnst ənd ðɛn ðɛr wər ˈkrimi, slɪk hænz ˈrəbɪŋ boʊθ hər tɪts ˈʤɛntli bət ˈfərmli. tɪ ðɛr ˈkrɛdɪt, ðə bɔɪz ˈdɪdənt ʤɪst ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn hər bubz, bət sprɛd ˈloʊʃən ɔn hər ˈʃoʊldərz ənd daʊn hər ɑrmz. seɪʤ ˈivɪn spɛnt səm taɪm ˈrəbɪŋ hər hænd ənd məˈsɑʒɪŋ hər ˈfɪŋgərz. ʃi θɔt ðət wɑz ˈrɪli nis ənd əˈtɛntɪv, bət wɪn hi riˈlist hər krim ˈkəvərd hænd, ɪt fɛl ˈɪntu hɪz læp ɔn tɔp əv hɪz ˈboʊnər, wɪʧ wɑz ˈkəvərd ˈoʊnli baɪ ðə θɪn leɪər əv hɪz ˈbeɪðɪŋ sut. hi kənˈtɪnjud ɛz ɪf ʃi wərənt ˈtəʧɪŋ hɪz dɪk ənd rəbd əp hər ɑrm, ˈoʊvər hər ˈʃoʊldər ənd daʊn tɪ hər tɪt əˈgɛn. ʃi ˈdɪdənt muv hər hænd ɪn ˈɛni weɪ. ʃi kʊd fil hɪz hɑrd kɑk, ənd fɛlt ʃi hæd tɪ meɪk ə dɪˈsɪʒən. ʃi ˌpiriˈɑdɪkəli ˈoʊpənd hər aɪz tɪ ʧɛk aʊt ðə gaɪz ɛz ðeɪ rəbd hər. ˈniðər wən wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈɛni mɔr ˈivɪn ðoʊ ðə saʊnd wɑz stɪl laʊd ɪˈnəf tɪ hir ˈoʊvər ðə saʊnz əv ðɛr oʊn ˈplɛʒərz. hər tu əˈtɛndənts stɛrd ˈoʊnli æt hər naʊ. ðɪs əˈtɛnʃən wɑz ˈɔsəm. ʃi ˈdɪdənt rɪˈmɛmbər ˈfilɪŋ soʊ gʊd ɪn ə lɔŋ, lɔŋ taɪm. bət ʃi ˈdɪdənt noʊ haʊ fɑr ʃi ʃʊd goʊ wɪθ ðɪs. "əm ən ˈɪˌdiət," ʃi θɔt. "wɛr dɪd aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs wɑz goʊɪŋ? ðiz tu gaɪz ər goʊɪŋ tɪ kip goʊɪŋ ənˈtɪl ðeɪ gɪt tɪ ʃut ðɛr loʊdz, ɛnd əv ˈstɔri." ʃi nu ʃi hæd tɪ ˈiðər ʃət ɪt daʊn raɪt naʊ, ər ʤɪst lɛt ðɛm kip goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl ɛnd, wɪʧ wʊd bi hər wɪθ ˈiðər ə bənʧ əv kəm ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər ər ɔn hər. ðə ˌripərˈkəʃənz əv ɔl əv ðɪs, haʊ ɪt wʊd bi ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ (ər mɔr prɪˈsaɪsli əˈbaʊt 15 ˈsɛkəndz ˈæftər hər ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd hæd ən ˈɔrgæzəm ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈθɪŋkɪŋ wɪθ hɪz bɪg hɛd) wər nɑt ˈfɔrˌmoʊst ɔn hər maɪnd ɛz ʃi leɪ ðɛr wɪθ tu mɛn ˈigərli ənd ɪˈfɪʃəntli ˈhɛlpɪŋ hər faɪt ðə draɪ skɪn ðət kən kəm frəm ˈspɛndɪŋ taɪm ɪn ə ˈklɔrəˌneɪtəd hɑt təb. sən kɪst hər ˈpæʃənətli ɔn ðə maʊθ. ʃi ˈɔlˌweɪz laɪkt ˈkɪsɪŋ ɪm ənd ɪt ˈmɛltɪd hər ˌɪnəˈbɪʃənz ˈivɪn mɔr. hər dɪˈsɪʒən ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ ʧeɪnʤ. naʊ ʃi wɑz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ðət ɪf ʃi ˈstɑrtɪd pleɪɪŋ wɪθ ˈseɪʤəz wɪʧ ʃi wɑz bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˈigər- sən maɪt gɪt ˈʤɛləs bɪˈkəz ʃi ʧoʊz hɪz frɛnd fərst. bət ɪf ʃi tərnd tɪ pleɪ wɪθ sənz kɑk, ðət wʊd ˈprɛzənt hər ˈbækˌsaɪd tɪ seɪʤ ənd fər ʃʊr hi wʊd stɑrt tɪ fək hər, wɪʧ, æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, ʃi ˈprɪti məʧ nu wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈhæpən, bət ʃi wɑz stɪl ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈprɛmɪs ðət ʃi kʊd kənˈtroʊl ɔl ðɪs. "əm, ˈmeɪbi ju gaɪz hæv səm draɪ skɪn tu," ʃi sɛd teasingly*. ðə bɔɪz stɑpt, lʊkt æt iʧ ˈəðər, ðɛn ʤəmpt əp ənd wɪskt ɔf ðɛr ˈbeɪðɪŋ suts ɪn ə ˈfləri. ðɛr stɪf kɑks stʊd aʊt streɪt wəns ðeɪ wər riˈlist frəm ðə ˈbaɪndɪŋz əv ðɛr trəŋks. ʃi θɔt əˈbaʊt θroʊɪŋ ðə ˈloʊʃən ˈbɑtəl tɪ sən ənd seɪɪŋ "nɑk ˈjɔrsɛlvz aʊt," bət rɪˈfreɪnd. wəns əˈgɛn, ʃi hæd ˈmeɪbi ə ˈlɪtəl ˈbriðɪŋ rum tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt hər ˈʧɔɪsɪz. ɛz ðə mɛn wɛnt bæk tɪ wərk ˈrəbɪŋ hər hoʊl ˈbɑdi frəm hɛd tɪ toʊ, peɪɪŋ ˈspɛʃəl əˈtɛnʃən tɪ hər funzones*, ʃi pʊt səm ˈloʊʃən ɪn wən hænd, rəbd ɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈəðər hænd ənd tʊk ə kɑk ɪn iʧ hænd tɪ stroʊk ðɛm bæk ənd fɔrθ. ʃi ˈmɑrvɛld æt haʊ hɑrd ðeɪ wər ənd haʊ gʊd ɪt fɛlt tɪ bi ˈrəbɪŋ ˈloʊʃən ˈoʊvər ðə fərm ˈkɑnˌtʊrz əv tu dɪks. ˈfɪŋgərz wər, ˌɪnˈdid, ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðɛr weɪ ˈɪntu hər ˈpʊsi naʊ, ənd ɪt ˈwəzənt ɛz bæd ɛz ʃi θɔt. ðeɪ wər ˈʤɛnəl ənd ˈsɛnsɪtɪv bət pərˈsɪstənt, ənd ʃi hæd bɪn ˌənˈkɑnʃəsli ˈsprɛdɪŋ hər lɛgz. sun ðeɪ iʧ hæd ə ˈfɪŋgər ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər ɛz ʃi ɔn ðə flɔr. ðə mɛn wər stɪl ˈrəbɪŋ hər əˈtɛntɪvli, bət ʃi kʊd tɛl ðət ɪf ʃi kɛpt əp hər ˈkrimi hænd ʤɑbz, ʃi wʊd ɛnd əp wɪθ kəm ɔl ˈoʊvər hər, ənd ʃid ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv tu pæst aʊt mɛn nɛkst tɪ hər, ənd ʃi kʊd gɪv əp hoʊp əv ˈɛniˌθɪŋ kloʊz tɪ ən ˈɔrgæzəm ənˈlɛs ʃi tʊk kɛr əv ɪt hərˈsɛlf. soʊ ʃi meɪd ə dɪˈsɪʒən ənd sæt əp, səˈpraɪzɪŋ ðə mɛn ə ˈlɪtəl. ʃi tərnd təˈwɔrdz seɪʤ ənd pʊʃt ɪm ˈʤɛntli daʊn soʊ ðət hi kʊd leɪ ɔn hɪz bæk. ʃi roʊld ˈoʊvər ənd əp bɪtˈwin hɪz lɛgz, ðɛn bɛnt ˈoʊvər, ˈlɛtɪŋ hər hænz glaɪd əp hɪz ˈməskjələr θaɪz ɛz ʃi muvd ˈɪntu pəˈzɪʃən tɪ ræp hɪz kɑk wɪθ hər ˈæmpəl, sɔft tɪts. hɪz kɑk wɑz hɑrd ənd slɪk frəm ðə ˈgrisi hænd ʤɑb ʃi hæd bɪn ˈgɪvɪŋ ɪm, ənd hər tɪts wər ˈplɛnti ˈkrimi frəm ðə əˈtɛnʃən ðə bɔɪz hæd ɔˈrɛdi ˈgɪvɪn hər. ʃi slɪd əp ənd daʊn ˈoʊvər hɪz ˈpɛlvəs ˈtræpɪŋ hɪz kɑk bɪtˈwin hər tɪts ənd hɪz ˈbɛli. θɪŋz ˈstɑrtɪd ˈmuvɪŋ ˈrɪli fæst ˈæftər ðət. seɪʤ wɑz ˈbəkɪŋ əp ˈɪntu hər tɪts. ʃi wɔʧt ðə ˈspənʤi tɪp əv hɪz kɑk pɑp aʊt ənd ðɛn bæk ˈɪntu ðə ˈvæli əv hər ˈklivɪʤ. ənd sən muvd ˈɪntu pəˈzɪʃən bɪˈhaɪnd hər tɪ slaɪd hɪz dɪk ˈɪntu hər ˈkrimi, smuð, hɑt ˈpʊsi. hi slɪd ðə hɛd əv hɪz dɪk əp ənd daʊn hər æs kræk ənd bɪtˈwin hər ˈpʊsi lɪps tɪ gɪt hər ˈrɛdi. wɪn hi ˈfaɪnəli dɪˈrɛktɪd ðə hɛd əv hɪz dɪk ˈɪntu hər ˈpʊsi, ʃi wɑz ˈmuvɪŋ hər bubz ˈbækwərdz ɔn ˈseɪʤəz kɑk ənd ˈɛndɪd əp ˈpʊʃɪŋ hər ˈpʊsi ˈoʊvər sənz ˈmɛmbər ənˈtɪl ɪt wɑz plənʤd ɔl ðə weɪ ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər. ʃi lɛt aʊt ə ˈlɪtəl gæsp, ənd ðɛn ə grənt ɛz sən pʊld aʊt ənd ðɛn ræmd bæk ˈɪntu hər. "oʊ aɪ meɪd ə gʊd ʧɔɪs," ʃi θɔt ɛz ʃi wɑz biɪŋ rɑkt frəm bɪˈhaɪnd baɪ sən. ʃi θɔt fər ʃʊr, beɪst ɔn ðə peɪs ðət seɪʤ wɑz ˈbəkɪŋ ˈɪntu hər tɪts, ðət hi wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ kəm ˈɛni ˈmɪnət ənd peɪnt hər ʧɛst wɪθ hɪz waɪt gu, bət hi ʤɪst kɛpt goʊɪŋ ənd goʊɪŋ. sən wɑz ˈgrəntɪŋ ənd ˈpəmpɪŋ ˈɪntu hər fˈjʊriəsli, ənd ʃi kʊd fil ðə ˈtɪŋgəlɪŋ əv hər oʊn ˈɔrgæzəm ˈbɪldɪŋ wɪθ iʧ pəmp əv hɪz hɑrd dɪk ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər. ˈæftər ˈsɛvərəl ʃɔrt ˈmɪnəts əv biɪŋ ˈpaʊndɪd baɪ sən, hi jɛld "oʊ maɪ ˈfəkɪŋ gɑd!" ɛz hi ræmd ˈɪntu hər hɑrd ɪˈnəf tɪ meɪk hər ˈstrəgəl tɪ kip frəm ˈfɑlɪŋ ɔf hɪz dɪk. hi ˈfərmli hɛld hər hɪps tɪ kip hər ɪn ðət pəˈzɪʃən ɛz hi keɪm, ˈpəmpɪŋ spərm ˈɪntu hər laɪk ə faɪər hoʊz. ʃi kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli fil ðə kəm ˈʃutɪŋ aʊt əv hɪz kɑk ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər. ʃi nu hɪz moʊd əv ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ənd nu ðət ɪf ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ðə tu əv ðɛm, hər ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈgɪtɪŋ riˈlis wər naʊ daʊn tɪ ˈziroʊ. ənd ʃi hæd gɔn θru ə lɔt soʊ fɑr tɪ ʤɪst goʊ tɪ bɛd ˈfrəˌstreɪtəd, soʊ, ˈθɪŋkɪŋ kˈwɪkli, ənd feɪst wɪθ ən ˈɔpʃən ʃi hæd ˈnɛvər hæd ˌbiˈfɔr, ʃi lərʧt ˈfɔrwərd ɔf əv sənz ˈsɔfənɪŋ kɑk ənd muvd tɪ ˈstrædəl ˈseɪʤəz stɪl hɑrd ənd ˈjusfəl tul. wɪθ ə fʊt ɔn ˈiðər saɪd əv ˈseɪʤəz hɪps, ʃi ˌɪmˈpeɪld hərˈsɛlf ɔn ɪm ənd wɛnt tɪ wərk ˈpəmpɪŋ hər kəm ˈdrɪpɪŋ ˈpʊsi əp ənd daʊn ɔn ɪm. ʃi wɑz soʊ kloʊz ðət ʃi kʊd ˈɔlˌmoʊst bi ðɛr. ʃi bɪˈgæn pleɪɪŋ wɪθ hər ɛz ʃi roʊd ɪm ˈdɛspərətli, ˈoʊnli sˈlaɪtli əˈmeɪzd ðət hi ˈhædənt ʃɑt hɪz loʊd jɛt. ˈfaɪnəli, ðə weɪvz əv ən ˈɔrgæzəm kræʃt ˈoʊvər hər ənd ʃi sæt daʊn hɑrd ɔn seɪʤ waɪl ʃi ənd hər ˈpʊsi ɔn ðə stɪl hɑrd kɑk ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər. "ˈhoʊli kræp," ʃi stuttered*. hər ˈɔrgæzəm bɪˈgæn tɪ səbˈsaɪd ənd ʃi kʊd θɪŋk əˈgɛn. ʃi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ klaɪm ɔf seɪʤ ənd gɪt hɪz dɪk aʊt əv hər, bət ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi kʊd muv, hi sæt əp ənd pʊʃt hər daʊn ɔn hər bæk. ɛz ʃi fɛl bæk, ʃi lʊkt əp tɪ si sən stɪl ðɛr. hi ˈhædənt roʊld ˈoʊvər ənd gɔn tɪ slip jɛt. ɪn fækt, hi wɑz ˈstroʊkɪŋ hɪz kɑk waɪl hi wɔʧt. seɪʤ klaɪmd ɔn tɔp əv hər bɪtˈwin hər lɛgz ənd, wɪˈθaʊt ˈjuzɪŋ hɪz hænz, pʊʃt hɪz kɑk bæk ˈɪntu hər ˈmɛsi ˈpʊsi. hi pʊt fərst wən əv hər lɛgz, ðɛn ðə ˈəðər ˈoʊvər hɪz ˈʃoʊldərz tɪ ˈoʊpən hər əp mɔr tɪ ɪm. ʃi ˈdɪdənt faɪt ər rɪˈzɪst æt ɔl. ʃi hæd hərz ənd wɑz ʃʊr ðət seɪʤ wʊd bi dən ˈvɛri sun. hi ˈpaʊndɪd ˈɪntu hər fər ə ˈmɪnət ər soʊ ənd ðɛn stɑpt ənd pʊld aʊt hɪz kɑk. wɪθ wən hænd hi muvd ðə hɛd əv hɪz stɪl rɑk hɑrd dɪk ənˈtɪl ɪt wɑz ˈprɛsɪŋ ˈfərmli əˈgɛnst hər ˈæshoʊl. jæŋ hæd fɛlt ə ˈfɪŋgər ər tu ɪn hər æs æt taɪmz ənd faʊnd ɪt ˈplɛʒərəbəl, bət ʃi hæd ˈoʊnli traɪd ˈeɪnəl sɛks wəns ənd ɪt wɑz ə dɪˈzæstər. ðə gaɪ hæd bɪn ˈprɪti bɪg ənd wɛnt raɪt fər hər æs ˈæftər səm ˈrɪli ˈkərsəri ˈfɔrˌpleɪ. ɪt hərt bæd ənd ʃi swɔr ðət wɑz ɪt. baɪ ðə taɪm ʃi θɔt tɪ ˈproʊˌtɛst ənd ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ tɛns əp, ðə hɛd əv hɪz kɑk wɑz ɪn hər æs ənd ˈmuvɪŋ sˈloʊli ˈfərðər. ʃi wɑz əˈmeɪzd ðət ɪt ˈdɪdənt hərt laɪk ˌbiˈfɔr. ɪt wɑz sˈlɪpɪŋ ɪn kwaɪt ˈizəli du tɪ ˈseɪʤəz wɛl kɑk. ʃi wɑz ˈteɪkɪŋ ɔl ðɪs ɪn ənd ˈænəˌlaɪzɪŋ ɪt ənd wɑz səˈpraɪzd ðət seɪʤ hæd ˈizəli snək ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɔl əv hɪz kɑk ˈɪntu hər ˈæshoʊl, ənd hi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈpəmpɪŋ ɪn ənd aʊt sˈloʊli. tɪ hər səˈpraɪz, ʃi ˈwəzənt ˈheɪtɪŋ ɪt. ɪn fækt, ʃi wɑz ˈlaɪkɪŋ ɪt ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈpəmpɪŋ bæk ˈɪntu ɪm. ʃi wɑz ˈgrəntɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈɛfərt ənd fɔrs əv ɪm ˈfəkɪŋ hər laɪk ðɪs, bət ʃi laɪkt ɪt. wɪn ʃi lʊkt əp, sən wɑz stɪl ðɛr, ənd hɪz kɑk hæd kəm bæk tɪ bi ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɛz hɑrd ɛz ɪt wɑz ə fju ˈmɪnəts əˈgoʊ. jæŋ wɑz əˈmeɪzd ðət ʃi laɪkt ðɪs soʊ məʧ. ʃi fɛlt laɪk ˈmeɪbi ʃi hæd bɪn ˈmɪsɪŋ aʊt fər ɔl ðoʊz jɪrz sɪns ðət fərst bæd ɪkˈspɪriəns. seɪʤ wɑz ˈrɪli ˈwərkɪŋ əp tɪ ə fæst peɪs, sˈlaɪdɪŋ hɪz dɪk ˈɪntu hər frəm tɪp tɪ bɔlz wɪˈθaʊt riˈpriv. ˈsədənli, ʃi pʊʃt ɪm bæk baɪ ˈpʊʃɪŋ hər lɛgz təˈwɔrdz ɪm ənd ˈpʊʃɪŋ ɔn hɪz ʧɛst wɪθ hər hænz. "oʊ! əm soʊ ˈsɑri. əm ˈsɑri. wɑz aɪ ˈhərtɪŋ ju? aɪ ˈdɪdənt wɔnt tɪ hərt ju. ɪt fɛlt soʊ gʊd. əm soʊ ˈsɑri," seɪʤ stammered*. hi hæd sæt əp ɔn hɪz niz wɪθ hɪz dɪk ˈpɔɪntɪŋ aʊt ɪn frənt əv ɪm, ənd jæŋ wɑz ˈsɪtɪŋ əp təˈwɔrdz ɪm naʊ ðət hi wɑz aʊt əv hər æs ənd nɑt ɔn tɔp əv hər. ʃi pʊʃt ɪm daʊn ˈɔntu hɪz bæk, tərnd əraʊnd tɪ feɪs sən ənd ˈstrædəld seɪʤ əˈgɛn. ðɪs taɪm, ʃi loʊərd hərˈsɛlf daʊn ənˈtɪl hər ˈæshoʊl sˈwɑloʊd hɪz dɪk ɔl ðə weɪ daʊn. ðɛn ʃi roʊld bæk ˈpʊtɪŋ hər hænz bɪˈhaɪnd hər fər səˈpɔrt ənd ˈpʊtɪŋ hər fit ɔn ˈseɪʤəz θaɪz. ʃi lʊkt əp æt sən wɪθ ə smaɪl ɔn hər feɪs. ʃi nu hi kʊd si hɪz frɛndz dɪk goʊɪŋ əp ˈɪntu hər æs. hər lɛgz wər sprɛd waɪd, ənd hi wɑz ˈstɛrɪŋ raɪt æt ɪt. hi ˈkʊdənt mɪs ɪt. "stɑp pleɪɪŋ wɪθ ˈjɔrsɛlf ənd gɪt ˈbɪzi," ʃi sɛd ˈpleɪfəli. ˈɑnəstli, ʃi θɔt hi maɪt goʊ daʊn ɔn hər waɪl ʃi fəkt seɪʤ wɪθ hər ˈæshoʊl. ðət wɑz ˈstupɪd ˈθɪŋkɪŋ. ˌɪnˈstɛd, sən muvd ɪn ənd pʊʃt hɪz tul ˈɪntu hər ˈpʊsi, ˈfɪlɪŋ hər laɪk ʃi hæd ˈnɛvər bɪn fɪld ˌbiˈfɔr ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ hər gæsp ɪn səˈpraɪz. hi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈstɑrtɪd ˈpəmpɪŋ ˈɪntu hər ənd seɪʤ pʊʃt ˈɪntu hər æs frəm ˌəndərˈniθ hər. ʃi ʤɪst sæt ðɛr ɔn tɔp əv ɪm traɪɪŋ tɪ kip boʊθ dɪks ˌɪnˈsaɪd hər. ðə rum fɪld wɪθ grənts ənd moʊnz ənd ðə smɛl əv sˈwɛti ˈbɑdiz mɪkst wɪθ ðə kəm ənd sɛks ˈʤusɪz ənd vəˈnɪlə əv ðə ˈloʊʃən. ɪt wɑz ə ˈpaʊərfəl sin ənd jæŋ wɑz ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ɪt, səˈpraɪzɪŋli ˈvɛri ˈhæpi tɪ bi ðɛr. ʃi kʊd fil əˈnəðər ˈɔrgæzəm ˈpəlsɪŋ θru hər ˈpʊsi əraʊnd sənz kɑk. hi θrəst hɑrd ˈɪntu hər ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˈʃutɪŋ əˈnəðər loʊd ɔn tɔp əv hɪz fərst wən. seɪʤ sɛd "əm ˈfəkɪŋ ˈkəmɪŋ," bɪtˈwin klɛnʧt tiθ ənd ʃi kʊd fil hɪz kɑk stɑrt tɪ θrɑb ɪn hər æs. ɪt simd laɪk ðə θri əv ðɛm keɪm fər aʊərz laɪk ðət, bət ˈæftər ˈoʊnli ə ˈmɪnət ər tu, sən fɛl ɔf tɪ wən saɪd əv hər. jæŋ klaɪmd ɔf ˈseɪʤəz sˈlaɪtli ˈsɔftər kɑk ənd roʊld ɪn bɪtˈwin ðə tu mɛn, ˈdreɪpɪŋ ən ɑrm ənd ə lɛg ˈoʊvər sən. seɪʤ ˈʤɛntli pʊt hɪz hænd ɔn hər hɪp ənd ˈpætɪd hər. sən ræpt wən ɑrm əraʊnd hər ənd kɪst ðə tɔp əv hər hɛd. ðə ˈsaʊnˌtræk əv ðə ˈpɔrnoʊ ɔn ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli saʊnd ɪn ðə rum ˌbiˈsaɪdz ðɛr ˈhɛvi ˈbriðɪŋ. seɪʤ gɑt əp ənd wɔkt ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɪʧən. ə ˈsɛkənd ˈleɪtər hi rɪˈtərnd wɪθ θri koʊld bɪrz, ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ wən ɔˈrɛdi. jæŋ kʊd si hɪz sɔft bət stɪl lɑrʤ kɑk sˈwɪŋɪŋ ɛz hi wɔkt. kəm həŋ ɔf əv ɪt ɪn ə gui strɪŋ stɪl, bət hi ˈdɪdənt ˈbɑðər tɪ du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt. jæŋ ənd sən sæt əp ənd tʊk ðə bɪrz hi ˈɔfərd, ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ ˈigərli. ʃi ˈpɑlɪʃt ɔf hæf əv hərz ˌbiˈfɔr loʊərɪŋ ðə kən frəm hər lɪps. seɪʤ lʊkt æt hər ˈneɪkəd ˈbɑdi. "ju gaɪz dən?" hi æst. ɪn ðə pɔz ˌbiˈfɔr ˈiðər jæŋ ər sən sɛd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, hi wɛnt ɔn "aɪ min wɪr hir ənd aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk ˈɛniˌwən ˈheɪtɪd ðət, soʊ..." jæŋ θɔt fər əˈbaʊt əˈnəðər ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd waɪl ʃi stɛrd æt ˈseɪʤəz kɑk. ʃi ˈfɪgjərd ʃi wɑz ðə wən ɪn kənˈtroʊl hir. ˌwəˈtɛvər dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ʃi wɛnt, ðə gaɪz wʊd ˈfɑloʊ əˈlɔŋ wɪˈθaʊt kəmˈpleɪnt ər rɪˈgrɛts (æt list ənˈtɪl ðeɪ ˈsoʊbərd əp). ʃi wɑz kəmˈplitli ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd ɔˈrɛdi, bət wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈsaɪtɪd baɪ ðə nu graʊnd ðeɪ hæd ʤɪst muvd ˈɪntu, soʊ waɪl səm slət ɔn ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən kraɪd aʊt ɪn feɪk moʊnz əv feɪk ˈplɛʒər waɪl tu gaɪz wɪθ æbˈnɔrməli lɑrʤ kɑks ræmd ˈɪntu hər ˈpʊsi ənd æs, jæŋ meɪd ðə dɪˈsɪʒən fər ðɛr smɔl grup. ʃi roʊz əp, riʧt aʊt ənd tʊk ˈseɪʤəz kɑk ɪn hər hænd. ʃi rəbd ðə ˈhæŋɪŋ strim əv kəm frəm ðə tɪp ənd waɪpt ðət hænd ɔn wən əv hər tɪts ənd ðɛn pʊld ɪm daʊn tɪ ðə graʊnd. hi ˈbɛrli hæd hɪz bɪr sɛt ɔn ðə flɔr ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi wɑz ˈklaɪmɪŋ ɔn tɔp əv ɪm ənd ˈkɪsɪŋ ɪm ˈpæʃənətli, ˈrəbɪŋ hɪz ˈglɪsənɪŋ kɑk bɪtˈwin ðɛr ˈbɑdiz, əˈweɪkənɪŋ ɪt tɪ ə ˈjusfəl steɪt əˈgɛn. sən dræŋk frəm hɪz bɪr fər wən læst gəlp ənd muvd bɪˈhaɪnd hər soʊ hi kʊd ˈfɔndəl ənd skwiz hər slɪk tɪts ənd pleɪ wɪθ hər ɛz ʃi ɔn tɔp əv hɪz frɛnd. ʃi kʊd fil hɪz hɑrd dɪk prɛst əˈgɛnst hər bæk. jæŋ ˈdɪdənt ˈivɪn ˈriəˌlaɪz ʃi hæd gɔn tɪ slip ənˈtɪl ʃi woʊk əp ɔn ðə flɔr wɛr ʃi wɑz wɪn ðeɪ hæd ɔl ˈfaɪnəli kəˈlæpst. ʃi ˈdɪdənt noʊ haʊ məʧ taɪm hæd pæst. ɪt wɑz stɪl dɑrk aʊt. ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən wɑz ɔf, ənd ʃi wɑz ˈkəvərd wɪθ wən əv ðə ˈblæŋkəts ðeɪ kɛpt ɔn ðə kaʊʧ. seɪʤ ˈsɔftli ɔn ðə kaʊʧ wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈblæŋkɪt. hər ˈpʊsi wɑz ˈtɛndər, ənd ʃi fɛlt ˈstɪki bɪtˈwin hər lɛgz ənd æs kræk, ənd ʃi nu ʃi hæd ˈkrəsti kəm ɔn hər tɪts ənd, hər hɛr wɑz ə dɪˈzæstər, ənd hər ʤɔ wɑz ə ˈlɪtəl sɔr. ðə rum smɛld ˈstrɔŋli əv vəˈnɪlə ənd sɛks. sən ˌriəˈpɪrd, ˈwɔkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈlɪvɪŋ rum wɪθ ə glæs əv aɪs ˈwɔtər. ˈsədənli, jæŋ wɑz ˈrɪli ˈθərsti ənd ˈgreɪtfəl ðət sən brɔt səm ˈwɔtər. ʃi hərd ˈsɪzəlɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈkɪʧən ənd ðə ˈfreɪgrənt smɛl əv ˈsɔsɪʤ ˈwɑftɪd tɪ hər. ðə smɛl əv ðə ˈkʊkɪŋ ˈsɔsɪʤ meɪd hər ˈriəˌlaɪz ʃi wɑz ˈhəŋgri. hi ˈhændɪd hər ðə ˈwɔtər. waɪl ʃi wɑz ˈgəlpɪŋ ɪt daʊn, hi wən əv hər tɪts ɪn hɪz hænd ənd sɛd, "jʊr skɪn ɪz ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli sɔft." ʃi sɛd "aɪ noʊ. θæŋks," ənd ˈlɪftɪd ðə ˈblæŋkɪt fər ɪm tɪ klaɪm ɪn wɪθ hər.
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the has demanded that the track down the perpetrators and ensure justice.
the cold-blooded murder of veteran journalist in on tuesday has shocked and angered the country. an outspoken critic of politics, the senior editor was killed right as she was entering her residence on tuesday night, by three assailants who fired several bullets at her at point blank range.
the killing has been condemned by people from across the board, including by leaders of the and the, who also hit out at the government.
union minister for statistics and programme implementation and senior leader called for an impartial probe in the case.
i strongly condemn the murder of journalist. let police conduct impartial enquiry on the murder. (@dvsbjp) september 5, 2017
his cabinet colleague, singh, meanwhile condemned attacks on journalists.
terrible news from about the heinous murder of. i condemn all acts of violence against journalists. (@ra_thore) september 5, 2017
the state president, though, condemned the law and order situation in, taking the opportunity to attack the congress government in the state.
shocked to hear the murder of strongly condemn this inhuman barbaric murder. law &order in the state has collapsed b.s. (@bsybjp) september 5, 2017
on tuesday night, the unit released a statement condemning’s killing. “rss strongly condemns the killing of senior editor, writer and columnist. we pray that god grants her family the strength to withstand the loss. we demand that the government rapidly tracks down the perpetrators and ensures justice,” the statement read.
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gauri* ðə həz dɪˈmændɪd ðət ðə træk daʊn ðə ˈpərpəˌtreɪtərz ənd ɪnˈʃʊr ˈʤəstɪs. ðə ˈkoʊldˈblədəd ˈmərdər əv ˈvɛtərən ˈʤərnəlɪst ɪn ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ həz ʃɑkt ənd ˈæŋgərd ðə ˈkəntri. ən ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən ˈkrɪtɪk əv ˈpɑləˌtɪks, ðə ˈsinjər ˈɛdɪtər wɑz kɪld raɪt ɛz ʃi wɑz ˈɛnərɪŋ hər ˈrɛzɪdəns ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt, baɪ θri əˈseɪlənts hu faɪərd ˈsɛvərəl ˈbʊləts æt hər æt pɔɪnt blæŋk reɪnʤ. ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ həz bɪn kənˈdɛmd baɪ ˈpipəl frəm əˈkrɔs ðə bɔrd, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ baɪ ˈlidərz əv ðə ənd ðə, hu ˈɔlsoʊ hɪt aʊt æt ðə ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈjunjən ˈmɪnɪstər fər stəˈtɪstɪks ənd ˈproʊˌgræm ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən ənd ˈsinjər ˈlidər kɔld fər ən ˌɪmˈpɑrʃəl proʊb ɪn ðə keɪs. aɪ ˈstrɔŋli kənˈdɛm ðə ˈmərdər əv ˈʤərnəlɪst. lɛt pəˈlis ˈkɑndəkt ˌɪmˈpɑrʃəl ɪnkˈwaɪˌri ɔn ðə ˈmərdər. (@dvsbjp*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 5 2017 hɪz ˈkæbənət ˈkɑlig, sɪŋ, ˈminˌwaɪl kənˈdɛmd əˈtæks ɔn ˈʤərnəlɪsts. ˈtɛrəbəl nuz frəm əˈbaʊt ðə ˈheɪnəs ˈmərdər əv. aɪ kənˈdɛm ɔl ækts əv ˈvaɪələns əˈgɛnst ˈʤərnəlɪsts. (@ra_thore*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 5 2017 ðə steɪt ˈprɛzɪdənt, ðoʊ, kənˈdɛmd ðə lɔ ənd ˈɔrdər ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɪn, ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ əˈtæk ðə ˈkɑŋgrəs ˈgəvərnmənt ɪn ðə steɪt. ʃɑkt tɪ hir ðə ˈmərdər əv ˈstrɔŋli kənˈdɛm ðɪs ˌɪnˈhjumən bɑrˈbɛrɪk ˈmərdər. lɔ &ˈɔrdər ɪn ðə steɪt həz kəˈlæpst biz. (@bsybjp*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 5 2017 ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt, ðə ˈjunɪt riˈlist ə ˈsteɪtmənt kənˈdɛmɪŋ ˈkɪlɪŋ. ˈstrɔŋli kənˈdɛmz ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ əv ˈsinjər ˈɛdɪtər, ˈraɪtər ənd ˈkɑləmnəst. wi preɪ ðət gɑd grænts hər ˈfæməli ðə strɛŋθ tɪ wɪθˈstænd ðə lɔs. wi dɪˈmænd ðət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈræpədli træks daʊn ðə ˈpərpəˌtreɪtərz ənd ɪnˈʃʊrz justice,”*,” ðə ˈsteɪtmənt rɛd.
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the devils completed their coaching staff today, naming former lighting assistant adam oates to the same position with the organization.
oates will fall under the role of “offensive assistant” that new coach john maclean spoke about during his introductory press conference. with the lightning, oates helped improve the power play, something the devils desperately need to improve.
general manager lou had nothing but praise for the assistant coach.
“throughout his career, adam was without question one of the top centers, particularly on the power play, and was considered one of the top players in the game,” said in a statement released by the team. “these attributes bring a different dimension to our coaching staff and both john and i are delighted that adam is joining our organization.”
oates, 47, played in games, registering 341 goals and assists for points and 415 penalty minutes. the former center played for detroit, st. louis (where he was teammates with scott stevens in), boston, washington, philadelphia, anaheim and edmonton. oates played in five all-star games, and reached the 100 point mark on four occasions. he ranks sixth all-time in assists. oates retired from playing on april 3, 2004, and took his first assistant job last season with the lightning.
oates joins larry robinson and chris on staff.
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i think oates could do well with the devils this season. clearly, the power play needs help. if he can do something to get solid production night in and night out, then be happy. too many times over the past few years watched the devils look really sharp with the man advantage on night and unorganized the next. the team needs stability, and it seems oates can bring this to the organization.
i also think his influence will be good for the young centers on this team, especially a guy like travis zajac. we all saw zajac take a step forward last season, and oates may be able to continue to improve overall play. oates’ assist numbers are stellar, and sure he can help zajac to develop better vision and skills. while zajac is one of the better centers in the league, sure benefit from some time with oates.
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ðə ˈdɛvəlz kəmˈplitɪd ðɛr ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf təˈdeɪ, ˈneɪmɪŋ ˈfɔrmər ˈlaɪtɪŋ əˈsɪstənt ˈædəm oʊts tɪ ðə seɪm pəˈzɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən. oʊts wɪl fɔl ˈəndər ðə roʊl əv assistant”*” ðət nu koʊʧ ʤɑn məˈkleɪn spoʊk əˈbaʊt ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˌɪntrəˈdəktəri prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns. wɪθ ðə ˈlaɪtnɪŋ, oʊts hɛlpt ˌɪmˈpruv ðə paʊər pleɪ, ˈsəmθɪŋ ðə ˈdɛvəlz ˈdɛspərətli nid tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv. ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər lu hæd ˈnəθɪŋ bət preɪz fər ðə əˈsɪstənt koʊʧ. hɪz kərɪr, ˈædəm wɑz wɪˈθaʊt kˈwɛʃən wən əv ðə tɔp ˈsɛnərz, ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɔn ðə paʊər pleɪ, ənd wɑz kənˈsɪdərd wən əv ðə tɔp pleɪərz ɪn ðə game,”*,” sɛd ɪn ə ˈsteɪtmənt riˈlist baɪ ðə tim. əˈtrɪˌbjuts brɪŋ ə ˈdɪfərənt dɪˈmɛnʃən tɪ ɑr ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf ənd boʊθ ʤɑn ənd aɪ ər dɪˈlaɪtɪd ðət ˈædəm ɪz ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ɑr organization.”*.” oʊts, 47 pleɪd ɪn geɪmz, ˈrɛʤɪstərɪŋ 341 goʊlz ənd əˈsɪsts fər pɔɪnts ənd 415 ˈpɛnəlti ˈmɪnəts. ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛnər pleɪd fər ˈdiˌtrɔɪt, st*. luɪs (wɛr hi wɑz ˈtimˌmeɪts wɪθ skɑt ˈstivənz ɪn ˈbɔstən, ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə, ˈænəˌhaɪm ənd ˈɛdməntən. oʊts pleɪd ɪn faɪv ˌɔlˈstɑr geɪmz, ənd riʧt ðə 100 pɔɪnt mɑrk ɔn fɔr ɔˈkeɪʒənz. hi ræŋks sɪksθ ˌɔlˈtaɪm ɪn əˈsɪsts. oʊts rɪˈtaɪrd frəm pleɪɪŋ ɔn ˈeɪprəl 3 2004 ənd tʊk hɪz fərst əˈsɪstənt ʤɑb læst ˈsizən wɪθ ðə ˈlaɪtnɪŋ. oʊts ʤɔɪnz ˈlɛri ˈrɑbənsən ənd krɪs ɔn stæf. aɪ θɪŋk oʊts kʊd du wɛl wɪθ ðə ˈdɛvəlz ðɪs ˈsizən. ˈklɪrli, ðə paʊər pleɪ nidz hɛlp. ɪf hi kən du ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ gɪt ˈsɑləd pərˈdəkʃən naɪt ɪn ənd naɪt aʊt, ðɛn bi ˈhæpi. tu ˈmɛni taɪmz ˈoʊvər ðə pæst fju jɪrz wɔʧt ðə ˈdɛvəlz lʊk ˈrɪli ʃɑrp wɪθ ðə mæn ædˈvæntɪʤ ɔn naɪt ənd əˈnɔrgəˌnaɪzd ðə nɛkst. ðə tim nidz stəˈbɪlɪti, ənd ɪt simz oʊts kən brɪŋ ðɪs tɪ ðə ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ θɪŋk hɪz ˈɪnfluəns wɪl bi gʊd fər ðə jəŋ ˈsɛnərz ɔn ðɪs tim, əˈspɛʃəli ə gaɪ laɪk ˈtrævɪs zaɪək. wi ɔl sɔ zaɪək teɪk ə stɛp ˈfɔrwərd læst ˈsizən, ənd oʊts meɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ˈoʊvərˌɔl pleɪ. oates’*’ əˈsɪst ˈnəmbərz ər ˈstɛlər, ənd ʃʊr hi kən hɛlp zaɪək tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈbɛtər ˈvɪʒən ənd skɪlz. waɪl zaɪək ɪz wən əv ðə ˈbɛtər ˈsɛnərz ɪn ðə lig, ʃʊr ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm səm taɪm wɪθ oʊts. ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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rome the italian authorities on wednesday arrested the mayor of venice and more than 30 others in a political corruption case linked to the multibillion dollar project. the arrests came only weeks after investigators revealed an embarrassing corruption scandal involving projects for next milan expo.
mayor giorgio of venice was placed under house arrest on wednesday morning on charges that he misused public funds from a project to build underwater barriers to protect the ancient city. investigators also arrested a number of other elected officials in the venice region and were seeking the arrest of a member of the lower house of parliament.
corruption scandals are not uncommon in italy, but the latest arrests in venice and milan involve prestige projects in regions where governance is usually considered more trustworthy. prosecutors on wednesday accused mr. of directing public money for “political purposes.” investigators also are examining whether politicians accepted about 25 million euros, more than $34 million, in bribes in exchange for awarding contracts on the project.
in a televised news conference, carlo nordio, one of the prosecutors in the case, said local businessmen and politicians had established a sophisticated system to divert money for bribes, including slush fund accounts in switzerland and san marino. he said businessmen used inflated bills and false consulting contracts to generate payments from public funds that were then diverted to politicians as bribes.
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roʊm ðə ˌɪˈtæljən əˈθɔrətiz ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ərˈɛstɪd ðə meɪər əv ˈvɛnɪs ənd mɔr ðən 30 ˈəðərz ɪn ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl kərˈəpʃən keɪs lɪŋkt tɪ ðə ˌməlˌtiˈbɪljən ˈdɔlər ˈprɑʤɛkt. ðə ərˈɛsts keɪm ˈoʊnli wiks ˈæftər ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz rɪˈvild ən ɪmˈbɛrəsɪŋ kərˈəpʃən ˈskændəl ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkts fər nɛkst ˈmaɪˌlæn ˈɛkspoʊ. meɪər ˈʤɔrʤioʊ əv ˈvɛnɪs wɑz pleɪst ˈəndər haʊs ərˈɛst ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ ɔn ˈʧɑrʤɪz ðət hi mɪsˈjuzd ˈpəblɪk fəndz frəm ə ˈprɑʤɛkt tɪ bɪld ˈəndərˌwɔtər ˈbɛriərz tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə ˈeɪnʧənt ˈsɪti. ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz ˈɔlsoʊ ərˈɛstɪd ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈəðər ɪˈlɛktɪd əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ðə ˈvɛnɪs ˈriʤən ənd wər ˈsikɪŋ ðə ərˈɛst əv ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə loʊər haʊs əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt. kərˈəpʃən ˈskændəlz ər nɑt ənˈkɑmən ɪn ˈɪtəli, bət ðə ˈleɪtəst ərˈɛsts ɪn ˈvɛnɪs ənd ˈmaɪˌlæn ˌɪnˈvɑlv prɛˈstiʒ ˈprɑʤɛkts ɪn ˈriʤənz wɛr ˈgəvərnəns ɪz ˈjuʒəwəli kənˈsɪdərd mɔr ˈtrəstˌwərði. ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ əˈkjuzd ˈmɪstər. əv dɪˈrɛktɪŋ ˈpəblɪk ˈməni fər purposes.”*.” ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz ˈɔlsoʊ ər ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ækˈsɛptɪd əˈbaʊt 25 ˈmɪljən ˈjuˌroʊz, mɔr ðən 34 ˈmɪljən, ɪn braɪbz ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər əˈwɔrdɪŋ ˈkɑnˌtrækts ɔn ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪn ə ˈtɛləˌvaɪzd nuz ˈkɑnfərəns, ˈkɑrloʊ ˈnɔrdioʊ, wən əv ðə ˈprɑsɪˌkjutərz ɪn ðə keɪs, sɛd ˈloʊkəl ˈbɪznɪsˌmɛn ənd ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz hæd ɪˈstæblɪʃt ə səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd ˈsɪstəm tɪ dɪˈvərt ˈməni fər braɪbz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ sləʃ fənd əˈkaʊnts ɪn sˈwɪtsərlənd ənd sæn mərˈinoʊ. hi sɛd ˈbɪznɪsˌmɛn juzd ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd bɪlz ənd fɔls kənˈsəltɪŋ ˈkɑnˌtrækts tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ˈpeɪmənts frəm ˈpəblɪk fəndz ðət wər ðɛn dɪˈvərtɪd tɪ ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ɛz braɪbz.
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with training camp set to open in less than a month, fury and head coach paul made another important addition to his squad with the signing of defender ramon martin del campo, pending league and federation approval.
del campo, a versatile player that can play as a centre back or an outside back, comes to ottawa after spending last season on loan with puerto rico in the nasl. in 2016, the featured in 16 fall season games. he played 90 minutes in every game, picked up two assists, earned one team of the week nomination and won the play of the week on one occasion.
“ramon is a hardworking, aggressive defender that has an endless desire to win the ball back,” said fury and head coach paul who is currently in california for the combine on scouting duties. “he’s another player that has that ruthless desire to win and his profile suits the type of players that i want to work with. we bring in players that will help us entertain with hearth this season.”
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wɪθ ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp sɛt tɪ ˈoʊpən ɪn lɛs ðən ə mənθ, fˈjʊri ənd hɛd koʊʧ pɔl meɪd əˈnəðər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt əˈdɪʃən tɪ hɪz skwɑd wɪθ ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋ əv dɪˈfɛndər rəˈmoʊn ˈmɑrtɪn dɛl ˈkæmpoʊ, ˈpɛndɪŋ lig ənd ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən əˈpruvəl. dɛl ˈkæmpoʊ, ə ˈvərsətəl pleɪər ðət kən pleɪ ɛz ə ˈsɛntər bæk ər ən ˈaʊtˈsaɪd bæk, kəmz tɪ ˈɑtəˌwɑ ˈæftər ˈspɛndɪŋ læst ˈsizən ɔn loʊn wɪθ ˈpɔrtər ˈrikoʊ ɪn ðə nasl*. ɪn 2016 ðə ˈfiʧərd ɪn 16 fɔl ˈsizən geɪmz. hi pleɪd 90 ˈmɪnəts ɪn ˈɛvəri geɪm, pɪkt əp tu əˈsɪsts, ərnd wən tim əv ðə wik ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən ənd wən ðə pleɪ əv ðə wik ɔn wən əˈkeɪʒən. ɪz ə ˈhɑrdˌwərkɪŋ, əˈgrɛsɪv dɪˈfɛndər ðət həz ən ˈɛndləs dɪˈzaɪər tɪ wɪn ðə bɔl back,”*,” sɛd fˈjʊri ənd hɛd koʊʧ pɔl hu ɪz ˈkərəntli ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə fər ðə ˈkɑmbaɪn ɔn ˈskaʊtɪŋ ˈdutiz. əˈnəðər pleɪər ðət həz ðət ˈruθləs dɪˈzaɪər tɪ wɪn ənd hɪz ˈproʊˌfaɪl suts ðə taɪp əv pleɪərz ðət aɪ wɔnt tɪ wərk wɪθ. wi brɪŋ ɪn pleɪərz ðət wɪl hɛlp ˈjuˈɛs ˌɛnərˈteɪn wɪθ hɑrθ ðɪs season.”*.”
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underwater volcanoes erupt throughout the world, but in the southern gulf of mexico, they churn out something unusual: cold asphalt instead of hot lava. first discovered in 2003, these natural oil seeps at the bottom of the ocean provide a home and fuel for marine life.
the highly diverse ecosystems that spring up around asphalt volcanoes do something else: sequester carbon. federal laws protect ecosystems on the u.s. side of the gulf of mexico, but on the mexico side, no such protections exist. because these sites occupy an area that is open to energy exploration and development, a multinational team of researchers has suggested that it is time to consider the best model to conserve them.
pavement under the sea
natural asphalt is a sticky, viscous form of oil. when microorganisms degrade oil from reservoirs below the seabed, they leave asphalt behind as a waste product.
a team of german, u.s., and mexican researchers discovered asphalt volcanoes at the in the southern gulf of mexico during an expedition in 2003. the researchers named the original site, covering more than a square kilometer in area,, the aztec word for tar.
they found that as the asphalt seeped out of the seabed, it hardened and solidified in the cold water. few processes add hard surfaces to the deep ocean, according to ian macdonald, a biological oceanographer at florida state university in gainesville and one of the researchers who discovered.
most organisms that survive in the depths do so by burrowing under layers of the ocean sediments, macdonald said, but provide a hard surface on which species such as ice worms and some types of mussels can grow. in addition, the seeps provide the starting materials for process by which organisms use energy from inorganic chemical reactions to make their food.
the german government funded return trips in 2006 and again in 2015 to further explore the and characterize the diverse fauna that inhabit them. macdonald presented the results of the 2015 expedition at the 2016 ocean sciences meeting in new orleans.
slow ooze, harboring hydrates
when the team first discovered the asphalt volcanoes, they found that the asphalt looked strikingly similar to lava flows on flows change size, they get wrinkly, they fold over each other, macdonald said. they speculated that the asphalt was released quickly in bursts, but when they returned in 2015, a closer look at the asphalt eliminated that possibility.
by creating a photo mosaic of the main asphalt flow and examining its shape and how the asphalt had weathered over time, they realized that the asphalt oozed slowly out of the seabed, rather than erupting in a quick spurt.
“the come out very slowly,” macdonald said.
unexpectedly, the research team found large mounds of gas of ice with methane trapped or near the volcanoes. they also found massive of tube worms tens of meters long the hydrate mounds. some of the tube worms may be hundreds of years old, they noted.
gas hydrates would normally dissolve quickly in seawater because the concentration of methane in the sea is so low, but the researchers suspect the tube worms help to stabilize the hydrate mounds.
“the tube worms are creating a blanket that essentially sequesters the gas hydrate and stops it from dissolving into the seawater,” macdonald explained.
interocean connectivity
chemosynthetic communities proliferate around hydrocarbon seeps in many areas along the equator, from the gulf of mexico to west atlantic coast and even in the eastern pacific. before the isthmus of panama closed off the atlantic from the pacific, these waters were joined.
“we think that, at some point, all of these communities were connected, and we still see a genetic relationship in some of the crustaceans between these sites.” “we think that, at some point, all of these communities were connected, and we still see a genetic relationship in some of the crustaceans between these sites,” said elva escobar, an aquatic ecologist at the national autonomous university of mexico in mexico city and a member of the research team. the group is now studying how the organisms’ larval stages go from one place to the other and is gathering pacific specimens to compare with those from the other side of the isthmus.
the asphalt ecosystem is an incredibly diverse community that is still understudied, according to escobar. “we know very little about how these communities grow, how they are structured, how they change in time, and how they interact with the gas hydrates,” she said.
chapopote could provide a model for studying and conserving other communities in the deep sea, she said. it “provides a natural laboratory that allows us to see the diversity of the processes occurring below the asphalt, within the asphalt, and at the interface,” she added.
hazards for oil and gas extraction
mexico recently announced the first energy production lease sales in their offshore waters, but the extensive asphalt pavements and gas hydrate mounds at those depths pose hazards for drilling operations, according to the researchers.
if oil and gas companies encounter while drilling, important to know whether the asphalt they hit is above or below the seafloor, macdonald noted.
“that will tell you whether the asphalt that seeing is likely to be expansive and extensive, so you hit it in many places with your drill bit, or still in the subbottom, where it might be a potential resource,” he said.
conservation prospects
escobar, who serves on the legal and technical commission of the international seabed authority, said that to conserve both the seeps and the species they host, researchers need to better understand how far the extend and how they change in space and time.
the mexican government is increasing the extent of marine protected areas off its coasts, escobar said, and should also ensure that these unique ecosystems are included within those zones. according to macdonald, informing both the mexican public and the international community about the importance of these ecosystems might help protect them.
“i think the international public should be engaged to recognize yet again an example of the diversity, beauty, and complexity of deep sea environments,” he said.
—lauren lipuma, contributing writer
citation: lipuma, l. (2016), asphalt volcanoes erupt in slow motion, eos, 97,. published on 15 march 2016.
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ˈəndərˌwɔtər vɑlˈkeɪnoʊz ˈirəpt θruaʊt ðə wərld, bət ɪn ðə ˈsəðərn gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, ðeɪ ʧərn aʊt ˈsəmθɪŋ ənˈjuˌʒuəl: koʊld ˈæsˌfɔlt ˌɪnˈstɛd əv hɑt ˈlɑvə. fərst dɪˈskəvərd ɪn 2003 ðiz ˈnæʧərəl ɔɪl sips æt ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə ˈoʊʃən prəˈvaɪd ə hoʊm ənd fjuəl fər mərˈin laɪf. ðə ˈhaɪli dɪˈvərs ˈikoʊˌsɪstəmz ðət spərɪŋ əp əraʊnd ˈæsˌfɔlt vɑlˈkeɪnoʊz du ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls: sɪkˈwɛstər ˈkɑrbən. ˈfɛdərəl lɔz prəˈtɛkt ˈikoʊˌsɪstəmz ɔn ðə juz. saɪd əv ðə gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, bət ɔn ðə ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ saɪd, noʊ səʧ prəˈtɛkʃənz ɪgˈzɪst. bɪˈkəz ðiz saɪts ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ ən ˈɛriə ðət ɪz ˈoʊpən tɪ ˈɛnərʤi ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt, ə ˌməlˌtiˈnæʃənəl tim əv ˈrisərʧərz həz səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ɪt ɪz taɪm tɪ kənˈsɪdər ðə bɛst ˈmɑdəl tɪ kənˈsərv ðɛm. ˈpeɪvmənt ˈəndər ðə si ˈnæʧərəl ˈæsˌfɔlt ɪz ə ˈstɪki, ˈvɪskəs fɔrm əv ɔɪl. wɪn ˌmaɪkroʊˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz dɪˈgreɪd ɔɪl frəm ˈrɛzərvˌwɑrz bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈsiˌbɛd, ðeɪ liv ˈæsˌfɔlt bɪˈhaɪnd ɛz ə weɪst ˈprɑdəkt. ə tim əv ˈʤərmən, juz., ənd ˈmɛksəkən ˈrisərʧərz dɪˈskəvərd ˈæsˌfɔlt vɑlˈkeɪnoʊz æt ðə ɪn ðə ˈsəðərn gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ˈdʊrɪŋ ən ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən ɪn 2003 ðə ˈrisərʧərz neɪmd ðə ərˈɪʤənəl saɪt, ˈkəvərɪŋ mɔr ðən ə skwɛr ˈkɪləˌmitər ɪn ˈɛriə,, ðə ˈæzˌtɛk wərd fər tɑr. ðeɪ faʊnd ðət ɛz ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt sipt aʊt əv ðə ˈsiˌbɛd, ɪt ˈhɑrdənd ənd səˈlɪdəˌfaɪd ɪn ðə koʊld ˈwɔtər. fju ˈprɑsɛsəz æd hɑrd ˈsərfəsɪz tɪ ðə dip ˈoʊʃən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈiən məkˈdɑnəld, ə ˌbaɪəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˌoʊʃəˈnɑgrəfər æt ˈflɔrɪdə steɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn ˈgeɪnzˌvɪl ənd wən əv ðə ˈrisərʧərz hu dɪˈskəvərd. moʊst ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz ðət sərˈvaɪv ɪn ðə dɛpθs du soʊ baɪ bəroʊɪŋ ˈəndər leɪərz əv ðə ˈoʊʃən ˈsɛdəmənts, məkˈdɑnəld sɛd, bət prəˈvaɪd ə hɑrd ˈsərfəs ɔn wɪʧ ˈspiʃiz səʧ ɛz aɪs wərmz ənd səm taɪps əv ˈməsəlz kən groʊ. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ðə sips prəˈvaɪd ðə ˈstɑrtɪŋ məˈtɪriəlz fər ˈprɔˌsɛs baɪ wɪʧ ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz juz ˈɛnərʤi frəm ˌɪnɔrˈgænɪk ˈkɛmɪkəl riˈækʃənz tɪ meɪk ðɛr fud. ðə ˈʤərmən ˈgəvərnmənt ˈfəndɪd rɪˈtərn trɪps ɪn 2006 ənd əˈgɛn ɪn 2015 tɪ ˈfərðər ɪkˈsplɔr ðə ənd ˈkɛrɪktərˌaɪz ðə dɪˈvərs ˈfɔnə ðət ˌɪnˈhæbət ðɛm. məkˈdɑnəld pərˈzɛnəd ðə rɪˈzəlts əv ðə 2015 ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən æt ðə 2016 ˈoʊʃən ˈsaɪənsɪz ˈmitɪŋ ɪn nu ˌɔˈrlinz. sloʊ uz, ˈhɑrbərɪŋ ˈhaɪˌdreɪts wɪn ðə tim fərst dɪˈskəvərd ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt vɑlˈkeɪnoʊz, ðeɪ faʊnd ðət ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt lʊkt ˈstraɪkɪŋli ˈsɪmələr tɪ ˈlɑvə floʊz ɔn floʊz ʧeɪnʤ saɪz, ðeɪ gɪt wrinkly*, ðeɪ foʊld ˈoʊvər iʧ ˈəðər, məkˈdɑnəld sɛd. ðeɪ ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪd ðət ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt wɑz riˈlist kˈwɪkli ɪn bərsts, bət wɪn ðeɪ rɪˈtərnd ɪn 2015 ə ˈkloʊzər lʊk æt ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd ðət ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti. baɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ moʊˈzeɪɪk əv ðə meɪn ˈæsˌfɔlt floʊ ənd ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ ɪts ʃeɪp ənd haʊ ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt hæd ˈwɛðərd ˈoʊvər taɪm, ðeɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt uzd sˈloʊli aʊt əv ðə ˈsiˌbɛd, ˈrəðər ðən ˌɪˈrəptɪŋ ɪn ə kwɪk spərt. kəm aʊt ˈvɛri slowly,”*,” məkˈdɑnəld sɛd. ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli, ðə ˈrisərʧ tim faʊnd lɑrʤ maʊndz əv gæs əv aɪs wɪθ ˈmɛˌθeɪn træpt ər nɪr ðə vɑlˈkeɪnoʊz. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ faʊnd ˈmæsɪv əv tub wərmz tɛnz əv ˈmitərz lɔŋ ðə ˈhaɪˌdreɪt maʊndz. səm əv ðə tub wərmz meɪ bi ˈhənərdz əv jɪrz oʊld, ðeɪ ˈnoʊtɪd. gæs ˈhaɪˌdreɪts wʊd ˈnɔrməli dɪˈzɑlv kˈwɪkli ɪn ˈsiˌwɔtər bɪˈkəz ðə ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən əv ˈmɛˌθeɪn ɪn ðə si ɪz soʊ loʊ, bət ðə ˈrisərʧərz ˈsəˌspɛkt ðə tub wərmz hɛlp tɪ ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz ðə ˈhaɪˌdreɪt maʊndz. tub wərmz ər kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈblæŋkɪt ðət ɛˈsɛnʃəli sɪkˈwɛstərz ðə gæs ˈhaɪˌdreɪt ənd stɑps ɪt frəm dɪˈzɔlvɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə seawater,”*,” məkˈdɑnəld ɪkˈspleɪnd. kənɛkˈtɪvɪti kəmˈjunɪtiz proʊˈlɪfərˌeɪt əraʊnd ˌhaɪdroʊˈkɑrbən sips ɪn ˈmɛni ˈɛriəz əˈlɔŋ ðə ɪkˈweɪtər, frəm ðə gəlf əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ tɪ wɛst əˈtlæntɪk koʊst ənd ˈivɪn ɪn ðə ˈistərn pəˈsɪfɪk. ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈɪsməs əv ˈpænəˌmɑ kloʊzd ɔf ðə əˈtlæntɪk frəm ðə pəˈsɪfɪk, ðiz ˈwɔtərz wər ʤɔɪnd. θɪŋk ðət, æt səm pɔɪnt, ɔl əv ðiz kəmˈjunɪtiz wər kəˈnɛktɪd, ənd wi stɪl si ə ʤəˈnɛtɪk riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɪn səm əv ðə krəˈsteɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ðiz sites.”*.” θɪŋk ðət, æt səm pɔɪnt, ɔl əv ðiz kəmˈjunɪtiz wər kəˈnɛktɪd, ənd wi stɪl si ə ʤəˈnɛtɪk riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɪn səm əv ðə krəˈsteɪʃənz bɪtˈwin ðiz sites,”*,” sɛd ˈɛlvə ˈɛskəˌbɑr, ən əkˈwɑtɪk ɪˈkɑləʤɪst æt ðə ˈnæʃənəl ɔˈtɑnəməs ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ɪn ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ˈsɪti ənd ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈrisərʧ tim. ðə grup ɪz naʊ ˈstədiɪŋ haʊ ðə organisms’*’ ˈlɑrvəl ˈsteɪʤɪz goʊ frəm wən pleɪs tɪ ðə ˈəðər ənd ɪz ˈgæðərɪŋ pəˈsɪfɪk ˈspɛsəmənz tɪ kəmˈpɛr wɪθ ðoʊz frəm ðə ˈəðər saɪd əv ðə ˈɪsməs. ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm ɪz ən ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli dɪˈvərs kəmˈjunɪti ðət ɪz stɪl understudied*, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈɛskəˌbɑr. noʊ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl əˈbaʊt haʊ ðiz kəmˈjunɪtiz groʊ, haʊ ðeɪ ər ˈstrəkʧərd, haʊ ðeɪ ʧeɪnʤ ɪn taɪm, ənd haʊ ðeɪ ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ ðə gæs hydrates,”*,” ʃi sɛd. kʊd prəˈvaɪd ə ˈmɑdəl fər ˈstədiɪŋ ənd kənˈsərvɪŋ ˈəðər kəmˈjunɪtiz ɪn ðə dip si, ʃi sɛd. ɪt ə ˈnæʧərəl ˈlæbrəˌtɔri ðət əˈlaʊz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ si ðə dɪˈvərsɪti əv ðə ˈprɑsɛsəz əˈkərɪŋ bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt, wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt, ənd æt ðə interface,”*,” ʃi ˈædɪd. ˈhæzərdz fər ɔɪl ənd gæs ɛkˈstrækʃən ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ˈrisəntli əˈnaʊnst ðə fərst ˈɛnərʤi pərˈdəkʃən lis seɪlz ɪn ðɛr ˈɔfˈʃɔr ˈwɔtərz, bət ðə ɪkˈstɛnsɪv ˈæsˌfɔlt ˈpeɪvmənts ənd gæs ˈhaɪˌdreɪt maʊndz æt ðoʊz dɛpθs poʊz ˈhæzərdz fər ˈdrɪlɪŋ ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈrisərʧərz. ɪf ɔɪl ənd gæs ˈkəmpəˌniz ɪnˈkaʊnər waɪl ˈdrɪlɪŋ, ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ noʊ ˈwɛðər ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt ðeɪ hɪt ɪz əˈbəv ər bɪˈloʊ ðə seafloor*, məkˈdɑnəld ˈnoʊtɪd. wɪl tɛl ju ˈwɛðər ðə ˈæsˌfɔlt ðət siɪŋ ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ɪkˈspænsɪv ənd ɪkˈstɛnsɪv, soʊ ju hɪt ɪt ɪn ˈmɛni ˈpleɪsɪz wɪθ jʊr drɪl bɪt, ər stɪl ɪn ðə subbottom*, wɛr ɪt maɪt bi ə pəˈtɛnʃəl resource,”*,” hi sɛd. ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃən ˈprɑspɛkts ˈɛskəˌbɑr, hu sərvz ɔn ðə ˈligəl ənd ˈtɛknɪkəl kəˈmɪʃən əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsiˌbɛd əˈθɔrəti, sɛd ðət tɪ kənˈsərv boʊθ ðə sips ənd ðə ˈspiʃiz ðeɪ hoʊst, ˈrisərʧərz nid tɪ ˈbɛtər ˌəndərˈstænd haʊ fɑr ðə ɪkˈstɛnd ənd haʊ ðeɪ ʧeɪnʤ ɪn speɪs ənd taɪm. ðə ˈmɛksəkən ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv mərˈin prəˈtɛktɪd ˈɛriəz ɔf ɪts koʊsts, ˈɛskəˌbɑr sɛd, ənd ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ðiz juˈnik ˈikoʊˌsɪstəmz ər ˌɪnˈkludɪd wɪˈθɪn ðoʊz zoʊnz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ məkˈdɑnəld, ˌɪnˈfɔrmɪŋ boʊθ ðə ˈmɛksəkən ˈpəblɪk ənd ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kəmˈjunɪti əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ðiz ˈikoʊˌsɪstəmz maɪt hɛlp prəˈtɛkt ðɛm. θɪŋk ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈpəblɪk ʃʊd bi ɪnˈgeɪʤd tɪ ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪz jɛt əˈgɛn ən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðə dɪˈvərsɪti, ˈbjuti, ənd kəmˈplɛksɪti əv dip si environments,”*,” hi sɛd. liˈpumə, kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ ˈraɪtər saɪˈteɪʃən: liˈpumə, ɛl. 2016 ˈæsˌfɔlt vɑlˈkeɪnoʊz ˈirəpt ɪn sloʊ ˈmoʊʃən, iɔs, 97 ˈpəblɪʃt ɔn 15 mɑrʧ 2016
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another pandemic scam is being orchestrated by the corrupt cdc, the world health organization and big pharma . . .via the mainstream propaganda machine!
say no to an ebola vaccine!
over the past few decades the center for disease control (cdc), the world health organization (who) and their partners at big pharma have attempted many times to get a ‘pandemic’ off the ground that would include forced vaccinations.
over the past year, they have succeeded in convincing hospitals and clinics to require their employees take an unnecessary and risky flu shot as a condition of their continued employment. this was a huge and very profitable coup for big pharma. [employee opt out info.]
never underestimate the power of big pharma when it comes to influencing policies in america. the only lobbying interests with more clout are aipac and the banking industry.
if the american people continue to believe the dog and pony shows that play out in the main stream media, they will find themselves duped into accepting a dangerous vaccine that is not warranted as safe or effective by the drug company that produces it.
drug companies have been granted immunity from any and all damages their vaccine products cause. [supreme court: vs wyeth]
so who will insure that an ebola vaccine is safe or effective and who will insure that it do more harm than good? no one!
while there are many good people accepting paychecks from the cdc or the public health industry, they have been intentionally misled by those that control these institutions. as they may also be required to accept an unsafe ebola vaccine or else they will be well served by understanding a few facts about the cdc . . . and ebola.
the cdc is a for-profit corporation listed on dun and bradstreet the cdc promotes vaccines with full awareness that the vaccine manufacturers are immune from all liability should their products cause harm, or even death. v. wyeth (2011)] the cdc owns a patent on the ebola virus, which would include patent rights on a vaccine [1] the cdc, the who and the media are currently broadcasting fake ebola pandemic news and statistics [2] as they did during the fake swine flu pandemic in 2009. [3] the cdc knowingly both health practitioners and the public about the dangers of vaccines, such as information that was buried after their conference in 2000 [4] and other information exposed by cdc whistleblowers like dr david lewis [5] the cdc produces propaganda campaigns using a ‘playbook’ [6] the cdc wastes millions of dollars in ‘perks’, revealed by a congressional committee [7] the cdc hires unscrupulous researchers to create bogus studies, such as dr poul thorsen [8] the cdc does not serve the public, but implements political agendas and policies on behalf of those that control the white house [9] the cdc offers financial bounties to state public health entities and even has employees working in their offices [10] the cdc ignores congressional reports hearings, such as the burton report of 2003 [11] the cdc actively reputable researchers, such as dr andrew wakefield [12] the cdc hires private corporations, such as rand, to produce phony “consensus” science reports [13] [14] the cdc has a long and nasty relationship with the cia [15]
don’t fall for the ebola scare. take your vitamin c, gets lots of sun (vitamin d), eat healthy, sleep well, follow the 10 step pandemic by reading: ebola same game same playbook, and help neutralize this nefarious scam by exposing it.
above all . . . accept a dangerous and toxic ebola vaccine (and the liability that goes with it) that is not warranted by the manufacturer as either safe or effective!!
half-page brochure of this page
endnotes:
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[2] at truthsector.com; http://truthsector.wordpress.com/category/ebola/
[3] former who employee and editor of global exposes the who:
[4] exposé by robert kennedy, jr;
[5] see book science for sale by cdc whistleblower dr david lewis
[6] see research from dr sherri book fowl;
[7] see “cdc off center” report by senate subcommittee on federal financial management;
[8] exposé by robert kennedy, jr;
[9] interview with cdc dr david lewis; http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/06/24/the-shocking-truth-epacdc-whistleblowers-story-tlb-recorded-interview-included/
[10] exposé by pharmacist kristine severyn; profits not science motivate vaccine mandates
[11] the 2003 burton report;
[12] interview with cdc dr david lewis; http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/06/24/the-shocking-truth-epacdc-whistleblowers-story-tlb-recorded-interview-included/
[13]
[14] see: expert ‘consensus’ reports are scientific mumbo jumbo
[15] see: the cdc and the cia: a close and sick relationship
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əˈnəðər pænˈdɛmɪk skæm ɪz biɪŋ ˈɔrkɪˌstreɪtɪd baɪ ðə kərəpt ˈsiˌdiˈsi, ðə wərld hɛlθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ənd bɪg ˈfɑrmə .ˈviə ðə ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˌprɑpəˈgændə məˈʃin! seɪ noʊ tɪ ən iˈboʊlə ˌvækˈsin! ˈoʊvər ðə pæst fju ˈdɛkeɪdz ðə ˈsɛnər fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl (ˈsiˌdiˈsi), ðə wərld hɛlθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən (hu) ənd ðɛr ˈpɑrtnərz æt bɪg ˈfɑrmə hæv əˈtɛmptəd ˈmɛni taɪmz tɪ gɪt ə ‘‘pandemic’*’ ɔf ðə graʊnd ðət wʊd ˌɪnˈklud fɔrst ˌvæksəˈneɪʃənz. ˈoʊvər ðə pæst jɪr, ðeɪ hæv səkˈsidɪd ɪn kənˈvɪnsɪŋ ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz ənd ˈklɪnɪks tɪ ˌrikˈwaɪər ðɛr ɪmˈplɔɪiz teɪk ən ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ənd ˈrɪski flu ʃɑt ɛz ə kənˈdɪʃən əv ðɛr kənˈtɪnjud ɪmˈplɔɪmənt. ðɪs wɑz ə juʤ ənd ˈvɛri ˈprɑfətəbəl ku fər bɪg ˈfɑrmə. [ɪmˈplɔɪi ɑpt aʊt ˈɪnfoʊ.] ˈnɛvər ˈəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪt ðə paʊər əv bɪg ˈfɑrmə wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ ˈɪnˌfluənsɪŋ ˈpɑləsiz ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈlɑbiɪŋ ˈɪntərɪsts wɪθ mɔr klaʊt ər ˈaɪˌpæk ənd ðə ˈbæŋkɪŋ ˈɪndəstri. ɪf ðə əˈmɛrɪkən ˈpipəl kənˈtɪnju tɪ bɪˈliv ðə dɔg ənd ˈpoʊˌni ʃoʊz ðət pleɪ aʊt ɪn ðə meɪn strim ˈmidiə, ðeɪ wɪl faɪnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz dupt ˈɪntu əkˈsɛptɪŋ ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˌvækˈsin ðət ɪz nɑt ˈwɔrəntɪd ɛz seɪf ər ˈifɛktɪv baɪ ðə drəg ˈkəmpəˌni ðət prəˈdusɪz ɪt. drəg ˈkəmpəˌniz hæv bɪn ˈgrænɪd ˌɪmˈjunɪti frəm ˈɛni ənd ɔl ˈdæmɪʤɪz ðɛr ˌvækˈsin ˈprɑdəkts kɔz. [səˈprim kɔrt: ˈvərsəz waɪɛθ] soʊ hu wɪl ˌɪnˈʃʊr ðət ən iˈboʊlə ˌvækˈsin ɪz seɪf ər ˈifɛktɪv ənd hu wɪl ˌɪnˈʃʊr ðət ɪt du mɔr hɑrm ðən gʊd? noʊ wən! waɪl ðɛr ər ˈmɛni gʊd ˈpipəl əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˈpeɪˌʧɛks frəm ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ər ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈɪndəstri, ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəli mɪsˈlɛd baɪ ðoʊz ðət kənˈtroʊl ðiz ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənz. ɛz ðeɪ meɪ ˈɔlsoʊ bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ əkˈsɛpt ən ənˈseɪf iˈboʊlə ˌvækˈsin ər ɛls ðeɪ wɪl bi wɛl sərvd baɪ ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ə fju fækts əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ənd iˈboʊlə. ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ɪz ə ˌfərˈprɑfɪt ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈlɪstɪd ɔn dən ənd ˈbrædˌstrit ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi prəˈmoʊts ˌvækˈsinz wɪθ fʊl əˈwɛrnəs ðət ðə ˌvækˈsin ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz ər ˌɪmˈjun frəm ɔl ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti ʃʊd ðɛr ˈprɑdəkts kɔz hɑrm, ər ˈivɪn dɛθ. vi. waɪɛθ 2011 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi oʊnz ə ˈpætənt ɔn ðə iˈboʊlə ˈvaɪrəs, wɪʧ wʊd ˌɪnˈklud ˈpætənt raɪts ɔn ə ˌvækˈsin 1 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi, ðə hu ənd ðə ˈmidiə ər ˈkərəntli ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ feɪk iˈboʊlə pænˈdɛmɪk nuz ənd stəˈtɪstɪks 2 ɛz ðeɪ dɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə feɪk swaɪn flu pænˈdɛmɪk ɪn 2009 3 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈnoʊɪŋli boʊθ hɛlθ prækˈtɪʃənərz ənd ðə ˈpəblɪk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈdeɪnʤərz əv ˌvækˈsinz, səʧ ɛz ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ðət wɑz ˈbɛrid ˈæftər ðɛr ˈkɑnfərəns ɪn 2000 4 ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪkˈspoʊzd baɪ ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈwɪsəlˌbloʊərz laɪk ˈdɑktər ˈdeɪvɪd luɪs 5 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi prəˈdusɪz ˌprɑpəˈgændə kæmˈpeɪnz ˈjuzɪŋ ə ‘‘playbook’*’ 6 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi weɪsts ˈmɪljənz əv ˈdɔlərz ɪn ‘‘perks’*’, rɪˈvild baɪ ə kənˈgrɛʃənəl kəˈmɪti 7 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi haɪərz ənˈskrupjələs ˈrisərʧərz tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈboʊgəs ˈstədiz, səʧ ɛz ˈdɑktər pul ˈθɔrsən 8 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi dɪz nɑt sərv ðə ˈpəblɪk, bət ˈɪmpləmənts pəˈlɪtɪkəl əˈʤɛndəz ənd ˈpɑləsiz ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ðoʊz ðət kənˈtroʊl ðə waɪt haʊs 9 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈɔfərz ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈbaʊntiz tɪ steɪt ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈɛntɪtiz ənd ˈivɪn həz ɪmˈplɔɪiz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ðɛr ˈɔfəsɪz 10 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˌɪgˈnɔrz kənˈgrɛʃənəl rɪˈpɔrts ˈhirɪŋz, səʧ ɛz ðə ˈbərtən rɪˈpɔrt əv 2003 11 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈæktɪvli ˈrɛpjətəbəl ˈrisərʧərz, səʧ ɛz ˈdɑktər ˈændru ˈweɪkˌfild 12 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi haɪərz ˈpraɪvət ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃənz, səʧ ɛz rænd, tɪ ˈproʊdus ˈfoʊni ““consensus”*” saɪəns rɪˈpɔrts 13 14 ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi həz ə lɔŋ ənd ˈnæsti riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ðə siaɪeɪ 15 fɔl fər ðə iˈboʊlə skɛr. teɪk jʊr ˈvaɪtəmən si, gɪts lɑts əv sən (ˈvaɪtəmən di), it ˈhɛlθi, slip wɛl, ˈfɑloʊ ðə 10 stɛp pænˈdɛmɪk baɪ ˈrɛdɪŋ: iˈboʊlə seɪm geɪm seɪm ˈpleɪbʊk, ənd hɛlp ˈnutrəˌlaɪz ðɪs nəˈfɛriəs skæm baɪ ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ɪt. əˈbəv ɔl əkˈsɛpt ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs ənd ˈtɑksɪk iˈboʊlə ˌvækˈsin (ənd ðə ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪti ðət goʊz wɪθ ɪt) ðət ɪz nɑt ˈwɔrəntɪd baɪ ðə ˌmænjəˈfækʧərər ɛz ˈiðər seɪf ər ˈifɛktɪv!! broʊˈʃʊr əv ðɪs peɪʤ endnotes*: 1 2 æt truthsector.com*; http://truthsector.wordpress.com/category/ebola*/ 3 ˈfɔrmər hu ɪmˈplɔɪi ənd ˈɛdɪtər əv ˈgloʊbəl ɪkˈspoʊzɪz ðə hu: 4 exposé*é baɪ ˈrɑbərt ˈkɛnədi, jr*; 5 si bʊk saɪəns fər seɪl baɪ ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈwɪsəlˌbloʊər ˈdɑktər ˈdeɪvɪd luɪs 6 si ˈrisərʧ frəm ˈdɑktər ˈʃɛri bʊk faʊl; 7 si ɔf center”*” rɪˈpɔrt baɪ ˈsɛnɪt ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ɔn ˈfɛdərəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈmænɪʤmənt; 8 exposé*é baɪ ˈrɑbərt ˈkɛnədi, jr*; 9 ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈdɑktər ˈdeɪvɪd luɪs; http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/06/24/the-shocking-truth-epacdc-whistleblowers-story-tlb-recorded-interview-included*/ 10 exposé*é baɪ ˈfɑrməsɪst krɪˈstin severyn*; ˈprɑfɪts nɑt saɪəns ˈmoʊtəˌveɪt ˌvækˈsin ˈmænˌdeɪts 11 ðə 2003 ˈbərtən rɪˈpɔrt; 12 ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈsiˌdiˈsi ˈdɑktər ˈdeɪvɪd luɪs; http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/06/24/the-shocking-truth-epacdc-whistleblowers-story-tlb-recorded-interview-included*/ 13 14 si: ˈɛkspərt ‘‘consensus’*’ rɪˈpɔrts ər ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˈməmboʊ ˈʤəmboʊ 15 si: ðə ˈsiˌdiˈsi ənd ðə siaɪeɪ: ə kloʊz ənd sɪk riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts
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the world is one where lord chaos reigns supreme and saturday afternoon before 213 saw the mystical one's hand at sport's passionate fan base was shaken up to learn of women's champion amanda nunes being forced out of her championship tilt with valentina at 213 due to confirmed the initial reports, then received word from sources close to the situation that nunes experienced difficulty regaining weight after a difficult cut down to the limit.yet, while the jeers and disappointment hit social media platforms, there came a stir from the back, as president dana white announced women's champion joanna had offered to step up and take the fight in nunes' champion" later doubled down on the notion with a social media post of her own, which served to spawn a heroic narrative of how the scrappy polish champion was doing her to step up and save the url="https://www.instagram.com/p/bwteg3af8rm/?taken-by=joannajedrzejczyk&hl=en""""" notion was awesome and easy to buy into. a dominant champion only in las vegas to do promotional work decides to strap on the gloves and fight up two weight classes against a woman who already owns three victories over her outside the.that's storybook sports fantasy shit right there folks. in all it by white and saturday afternoon with the clock ticking down gave us a glimpse of the promotional game operating at its slickest. there were why the nevada state athletic commission would never allow the champion to step in on less than 24 hours notice, but those were details that didn't seem to stick with most fight fans.furthermore, confirmed with chief bob bennett the never even attempted to get a bout between and pushed through. they knew plenty well this wouldn't happen, but throwing out the social media bits they did served a greater purpose in the larger the entire scenario, pushing the-stepping-up narrative only served to further the gangster reputation the polish fighter has earned with fists, blood, elbows, knees and sweat.furthermore, there's no doubt in this writer's mind could have very well been serious about agreeing to fight, but there was no way that bout was taking place on saturday night in las vegas, and it's hard to imagine the women's champion wasn't aware of that she played the game, and why not? there is no downside to this for "joanna violence" and the move could very well set up a pivotal showdown down the road if she makes the jump to the weight class the has been rumored to open in the coming the "save the day" narrative only helps to further her mystique, and that should absolutely be for fans who jumped on the excitement of the moment they hoped would good on your part as well. fight fans pay money, tune in, operate on twitter to watch, love and stay connected to the fight game. no one can blame the eager masses for wanting some when a dumptruck of bad news was dropped moments the passion that makes fight fans special. and to that, i say never said, watching those who should damn well know better push a fake story is marc raimondi put out a tweet from killing that idea, just as our own elias cepeda got quotes from mr. bennett echoing the same notion, but new headlines kicked up, and more fired out crediting joanna for attempting to save the for this i'll once again quote's bob bennett, "the did not request a replacement for you go. that's a look behind the curtain. the great game on.
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ðə wərld ɪz wən wɛr lɔrd keɪɑs reɪnz səˈprim ənd ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun ˌbiˈfɔr 213 sɔ ðə ˈmɪstɪkəl wənz hænd æt spɔrts ˈpæʃənət fæn beɪs wɑz ˈʃeɪkən əp tɪ lərn əv ˈwɪmənz ˈʧæmpiən əˈmændə nunz biɪŋ fɔrst aʊt əv hər ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp tɪlt wɪθ ˌvɑlɛnˈtinə æt 213 du tɪ kənˈfərmd ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl rɪˈpɔrts, ðɛn rɪˈsivd wərd frəm ˈsɔrsəz kloʊz tɪ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ðət nunz ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti rɪˈgeɪnɪŋ weɪt ˈæftər ə ˈdɪfəkəlt kət daʊn tɪ ðə limit.yet*, waɪl ðə ʤirz ənd ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt hɪt ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈplætˌfɔrmz, ðɛr keɪm ə stər frəm ðə bæk, ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈdeɪnə waɪt əˈnaʊnst ˈwɪmənz ˈʧæmpiən ʤoʊˈænə hæd ˈɔfərd tɪ stɛp əp ənd teɪk ðə faɪt ɪn nunz' ˈʧæmpiən" ˈleɪtər ˈdəbəld daʊn ɔn ðə ˈnoʊʃən wɪθ ə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə poʊst əv hər oʊn, wɪʧ sərvd tɪ spɔn ə hɪˈroʊɪk ˈnɛrətɪv əv haʊ ðə ˈskræpi ˈpɑlɪʃ ˈʧæmpiən wɑz duɪŋ hər tɪ stɛp əp ənd seɪv ðə url="https://www.instagram.com/p/bwteg3af8rm/?taken-by=joannajedrzejczyk&hl=en*" ˈnoʊʃən wɑz ˈɔsəm ənd ˈizi tɪ baɪ ˈɪntu. ə ˈdɑmənənt ˈʧæmpiən ˈoʊnli ɪn ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs tɪ du pərˈmoʊʃənəl wərk ˌdɪˈsaɪdz tɪ stræp ɔn ðə gləvz ənd faɪt əp tu weɪt ˈklæsɪz əˈgɛnst ə ˈwʊmən hu ɔˈrɛdi oʊnz θri ˈvɪktəriz ˈoʊvər hər ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˈstɔriˌbʊk spɔrts ˈfænəsi ʃɪt raɪt ðɛr foʊks. ɪn ɔl ɪt baɪ waɪt ənd ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun wɪθ ðə klɑk ˈtɪkɪŋ daʊn geɪv ˈjuˈɛs ə glɪmps əv ðə pərˈmoʊʃənəl geɪm ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ æt ɪts sˈlɪkəst. ðɛr wər waɪ ðə nəˈvɑdə steɪt æθˈlɛtɪk kəˈmɪʃən wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈlaʊ ðə ˈʧæmpiən tɪ stɛp ɪn ɔn lɛs ðən 24 aʊərz ˈnoʊtɪs, bət ðoʊz wər ˈditeɪlz ðət ˈdɪdənt sim tɪ stɪk wɪθ moʊst faɪt fans.furthermore*, kənˈfərmd wɪθ ʧif bɑb ˈbɛnɪt ðə ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn əˈtɛmptəd tɪ gɪt ə baʊt bɪtˈwin ənd pʊʃt θru. ðeɪ nu ˈplɛnti wɛl ðɪs ˈwʊdənt ˈhæpən, bət θroʊɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə bɪts ðeɪ dɪd sərvd ə ˈgreɪtər ˈpərpəs ɪn ðə ˈlɑrʤər ðə ɪnˈtaɪər sɪˈnɛrioʊ, ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðə ˈnɛrətɪv ˈoʊnli sərvd tɪ ˈfərðər ðə ˈgæŋstər ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən ðə ˈpɑlɪʃ ˈfaɪtər həz ərnd wɪθ fɪsts, bləd, ˈɛlˌboʊz, niz ənd sweat.furthermore*, ðɛrz noʊ daʊt ɪn ðɪs ˈraɪtərz maɪnd kʊd hæv ˈvɛri wɛl bɪn ˈsɪriəs əˈbaʊt əˈgriɪŋ tɪ faɪt, bət ðɛr wɑz noʊ weɪ ðət baʊt wɑz ˈteɪkɪŋ pleɪs ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ naɪt ɪn ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs, ənd ɪts hɑrd tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ðə ˈwɪmənz ˈʧæmpiən ˈwəzənt əˈwɛr əv ðət ʃi pleɪd ðə geɪm, ənd waɪ nɑt? ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd tɪ ðɪs fər "ʤoʊˈænə ˈvaɪələns" ənd ðə muv kʊd ˈvɛri wɛl sɛt əp ə ˈpɪvətəl ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn daʊn ðə roʊd ɪf ʃi meɪks ðə ʤəmp tɪ ðə weɪt klæs ðə həz bɪn ˈrumərd tɪ ˈoʊpən ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ ðə "seɪv ðə deɪ" ˈnɛrətɪv ˈoʊnli hɛlps tɪ ˈfərðər hər mɪˈstik, ənd ðət ʃʊd ˌæbsəˈlutli bi fər fænz hu ʤəmpt ɔn ðə ɪkˈsaɪtmənt əv ðə ˈmoʊmənt ðeɪ hoʊpt wʊd gʊd ɔn jʊr pɑrt ɛz wɛl. faɪt fænz peɪ ˈməni, tun ɪn, ˈɔpərˌeɪt ɔn tˈwɪtər tɪ wɔʧ, ləv ənd steɪ kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə faɪt geɪm. noʊ wən kən bleɪm ðə ˈigər ˈmæsɪz fər ˈwɑnɪŋ səm wɪn ə ˈdəmpˌtrək əv bæd nuz wɑz drɑpt ˈmoʊmənts ðə ˈpæʃən ðət meɪks faɪt fænz ˈspɛʃəl. ənd tɪ ðət, aɪ seɪ ˈnɛvər sɛd, ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðoʊz hu ʃʊd dæm wɛl noʊ ˈbɛtər pʊʃ ə feɪk ˈstɔri ɪz mɑrk rəˈmoʊndi pʊt aʊt ə twit frəm ˈkɪlɪŋ ðət aɪˈdiə, ʤɪst ɛz ɑr oʊn əˈlaɪəs seɪˈpeɪdə gɑt kwoʊts frəm ˈmɪstər. ˈbɛnɪt ˈɛkoʊɪŋ ðə seɪm ˈnoʊʃən, bət nu ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz kɪkt əp, ənd mɔr faɪərd aʊt ˈkrɛdətɪŋ ʤoʊˈænə fər əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ seɪv ðə fər ðɪs aɪl wəns əˈgɛn kwoʊt bɑb ˈbɛnɪt, "ðə dɪd nɑt rɪkˈwɛst ə rɪˈpleɪsmənt fər ju goʊ. ðæts ə lʊk bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈkərtən. ðə greɪt geɪm ɔn.
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by eric m. johnson
seattle (reuters) - a white seattle officer should be fired for biased and improper policing after she arrested an elderly black man using a golf club as a cane during a walk last summer, the director of a police watchdog group said on tuesday.
the office of professional accountability found seattle patrol officer cynthia whitlatch engaged in biased policing, among other policy violations, when she arrested william wingate, now 70, last july, the group's civilian director pierce murphy said.
"after careful review and consideration of all the evidence, i recommended that the chief of police sustain the allegations and end the involved officer's employment," said murphy.
the recommendations come after a u.s. district court approved new policies for the seattle police department, which has been under federal monitoring for excessive force.
they also follow the deaths of several black men at the hands of white police officers in cities across the united states, which have fueled street protests critical of the police's use of force.
in seattle, wingate sued the city and the arresting officer, seeking about $750,000 in damages for racial discrimination, violation of his civil rights and "substantial humiliation, mental and emotional distress." the case is pending.
wingate, a military veteran who requires a cane to walk, was using the golf club as a crutch, according to court papers. his arrest sparked protests. charges against wingate were dropped after his arrest and the police department has apologized.
the lawsuit says whitlatch lied when she alleged he swung the golf club at her. nowhere in a roughly police dashboard camera video can he be seen swinging the club.
a police officer familiar with the ongoing investigation declined to discuss the matter in detail but said whitlatch was notified on monday she faces possible termination.
whitlatch, who was placed on paid administrative leave following the arrest, will have the opportunity to present her case next month to chief kathleen o'toole, who will make a final decision on the course of discipline, murphy said.
murphy said the investigation did not specifically include a facebook message she appeared to post after the incident in which described black paranoia over white people being "out to get them."
the department has since implemented "a fairly clear and strong policy" barring officers from making comments on social media that are detrimental to the agency's values, murphy said.
(reporting by eric m. johnson in seattle; editing by lisa lambert in washington)
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baɪ ˈɛrɪk ɛm. ˈʤɑnsən siˈætəl (ˈrɔɪtərz) ə waɪt siˈætəl ˈɔfɪsər ʃʊd bi faɪərd fər baɪəst ənd ˌɪmˈprɑpər pəˈlisɪŋ ˈæftər ʃi ərˈɛstɪd ən ˈɛldərli blæk mæn ˈjuzɪŋ ə gɔlf kləb ɛz ə keɪn ˈdʊrɪŋ ə wɔk læst ˈsəmər, ðə dɪˈrɛktər əv ə pəˈlis ˈwɑʧˌdɔg grup sɛd ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. ðə ˈɔfəs əv prəˈfɛʃənəl əˈkaʊntəˌbɪlɪti faʊnd siˈætəl pəˈtroʊl ˈɔfɪsər ˈsɪnθiə ˈwɪˌtlæʧ ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɪn baɪəst pəˈlisɪŋ, əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˈpɑləsi vaɪəˈleɪʃənz, wɪn ʃi ərˈɛstɪd ˈwɪljəm ˈwɪnˌgeɪt, naʊ 70 læst ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ðə grups səˈvɪljən dɪˈrɛktər pɪrs ˈmərfi sɛd. "ˈæftər ˈkɛrfəl ˌrivˈju ənd kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən əv ɔl ðə ˈɛvədəns, aɪ ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðət ðə ʧif əv pəˈlis səˈsteɪn ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz ənd ɛnd ðə ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ˈɔfɪsərz ɪmˈplɔɪmənt," sɛd ˈmərfi. ðə ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz kəm ˈæftər ə juz. ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt əˈpruvd nu ˈpɑləsiz fər ðə siˈætəl pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt, wɪʧ həz bɪn ˈəndər ˈfɛdərəl ˈmɑnətərɪŋ fər ɪkˈsɛsɪv fɔrs. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfɑloʊ ðə dɛθs əv ˈsɛvərəl blæk mɛn æt ðə hænz əv waɪt pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz ɪn ˈsɪtiz əˈkrɔs ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, wɪʧ hæv fjuəld strit ˈproʊˌtɛsts ˈkrɪtɪkəl əv ðə pəˈlisɪz juz əv fɔrs. ɪn siˈætəl, ˈwɪnˌgeɪt sud ðə ˈsɪti ənd ðə ərˈɛstɪŋ ˈɔfɪsər, ˈsikɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪn ˈdæmɪʤɪz fər ˈreɪʃəl dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən, vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv hɪz ˈsɪvəl raɪts ənd "səbˈstænʃəl hjuˌmɪliˈeɪʃən, ˈmɛntəl ənd ˈiˌmoʊʃənəl dɪˈstrɛs." ðə keɪs ɪz ˈpɛndɪŋ. ˈwɪnˌgeɪt, ə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈvɛtərən hu rikˈwaɪərz ə keɪn tɪ wɔk, wɑz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə gɔlf kləb ɛz ə krəʧ, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ kɔrt ˈpeɪpərz. hɪz ərˈɛst spɑrkt ˈproʊˌtɛsts. ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ˈwɪnˌgeɪt wər drɑpt ˈæftər hɪz ərˈɛst ənd ðə pəˈlis dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz əˈpɑləˌʤaɪzd. ðə ˈlɔˌsut sɪz ˈwɪˌtlæʧ laɪd wɪn ʃi əˈlɛʤd hi swəŋ ðə gɔlf kləb æt hər. ˈnoʊˌwɛr ɪn ə ˈrəfli pəˈlis ˈdæʃˌbɔrd ˈkæmərə ˈvɪdioʊ kən hi bi sin sˈwɪŋɪŋ ðə kləb. ə pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ dɪˈskəs ðə ˈmætər ɪn ˈditeɪl bət sɛd ˈwɪˌtlæʧ wɑz ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪd ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ʃi ˈfeɪsɪz ˈpɑsəbəl tərməˈneɪʃən. ˈwɪˌtlæʧ, hu wɑz pleɪst ɔn peɪd ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv liv ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ərˈɛst, wɪl hæv ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ˈprɛzənt hər keɪs nɛkst mənθ tɪ ʧif kæθˈlin oʊˈtul, hu wɪl meɪk ə ˈfaɪnəl dɪˈsɪʒən ɔn ðə kɔrs əv ˈdɪsəplən, ˈmərfi sɛd. ˈmərfi sɛd ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən dɪd nɑt spəˈsɪfɪkli ˌɪnˈklud ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈmɛsɪʤ ʃi əˈpɪrd tɪ poʊst ˈæftər ðə ˈɪnsədənt ɪn wɪʧ dɪˈskraɪbd blæk ˌpɛrəˈnɔɪə ˈoʊvər waɪt ˈpipəl biɪŋ "aʊt tɪ gɪt ðɛm." ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt həz sɪns ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd "ə ˈfɛrli klɪr ənd strɔŋ ˈpɑləsi" ˈbɑrɪŋ ˈɔfɪsərz frəm ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ðət ər ˌdɛtrəˈmɛnəl tɪ ðə ˈeɪʤənsiz ˈvæljuz, ˈmərfi sɛd. (rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ baɪ ˈɛrɪk ɛm. ˈʤɑnsən ɪn siˈætəl; ˈɛdɪtɪŋ baɪ ˈlisə ˈlæmbərt ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən)
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while you were sleeping last night, anonymous hacked into the u.s. state website, reportedly in the name of fallen comrades aaron swartz and recently arrested members of lulzsec. personal data including names, email addresses and phone numbers of hundreds of state department staffers were leaked online to the website.
the group also allegedly hit the investment firm george k. baum and company, which has ties to stratfor, the private intelligence service that worked with the cia (another former target of the group).
in that attack, anonymous also published the account data and transaction information of the users. the twitter account says attacks are payback for the death of aaron swartz. “this tragedy is basis for reform of computer crime laws and the overzealous prosecutors,” they write on the twitter bio.
but in an ironic twist, “operation last resort” may have very unintended consequences.
domino effect
will this attack finally wake up the u.s. government to the threat of online attackers? last hack might galvanize lawmakers to support the bill and introduce even harsher internet laws. and that kind of overreaction could cause more damage than the attacks themselves.
this latest attack comes on the heels of anonymous defacing sites owned by the massachusetts institute of technology, the united states sentencing commission, and the federal reserve. anonymous also tried but failed to hit the broadcast of the state of the union speech last week.
so the wheels for enacting draconian laws may already be in motion. anonymous, which champions internet freedom, may have just pushed the web down a dark shaft.
worse yet, anonymous also claims to possess “warheads,” codes to unlock encrypted files said to contain sensitive government data, allegedly obtained during the jan. 25 hack of the u.s. sentencing commission site.
under president new mandate, these actions are cyber threats, punishable by severe action. how far is the government willing to go? and what will be the ultimate effect on our civil liberties?
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hey everyone and welcome back to the my
girls happy fun hour i remain your host
mike morals franchiseeative director
on dungeons & dragons and this week we
are going to continue looking at the
sion character class spent a few
weeks on this and before we dive in i
have a quick question for everyone
hello chat the question for you why
you’re all typing in your greetings
consider this so been doing the
sion for a while
and i kind of feel like this is probably
the light i think last week i said
maybe spend two more weeks on it but i
think this might be it might make sense
for this week to tackle the the
you can see i have the phrase at whale
summoning and gonna be our first
can trip gonna tackle what i
thought we would do today is go through
and look at some of the canned trips for
summoning what those can look at
essentially well summoning not
really the shippers doing but
mechanically what is the best match and
then talk about what that looks
like and then i think from there
gonna be a lot of just boring desk work
for me so what i like to do what i like
to do is gonna like bring in some
enlightened self-interest i like to
think that as working on my campaign
i’m running a campaign set in an
interval on fridays if you know that
into your veil it was the world the
fourth edition and adapting what
do you call it the keep on the shadow
fell but making a higher level so i
have some monsters i want to
design for it so i thought would it be
fun if after we work on this because
i’ve kind of shown you how to design a
class a very rough way if i did some
monster design so to chat me
think monster designs sounds good as
kind of our next topic so been
doing character stuff since we started
so the who we got here so see what
monster design however simoes design
okay seeing all yeses and what i
will do is what i want to do is take a
few of thoseeatures and throw
some stuff around them because i thought
it will be fine yeah
yeah okay so be fun and i think
will be fun too is i could take i kind
of share the entire process from start
to finish and not just the mechanics but
also how the story works and in this
case i think it would be fun a game
phantom diem but itching for the
artificer you might not well hey i can
spell anything see see the
but the one of the nice things about
monster designed as i can kind of show
you what it really looks like in terms
of how we often reproach monster design
having a piece of art working at the
story stuff and then just kind of
walk through some of the mechanical
elements alright so seeing a lot
seeing people like seem to think
cool okay cool um cool nice really
spoiler part of his earner first the
artificer might be uh see
see
there might be an artifice or design
somewhere on our network drives that
might be due for you soon i want
to say anything okay just come on
say it well no i come and say yeah
i’ll come on say an artifice of
design there it there was a
revision we have made it revision the
challenge now is and this is something
which you look at the process
going through the silent building a
class is a lot to it so where we are
right now at that is got a revision
based on feedback from a lot of sources
from the play test feedback and then
from a few back from other designers and
then now it has to go through a
refinement phase and this is important
at this stage especially something
as big as the if just
some obvious mistakes in the class we
get everything revved up we throw it up
for you a we could ever in prime to play
test and if just obvious broken
stuff that means the play test feedback
is going to be just more right not
gonna go anywhere the they call me
no spoilers and what the actual casting
thing is not gonna say yeah because
i wantawford to have a chance to look
through it
i want kate to have a chance to review
it and really dig into it so not
gonna those some of the things i changed
still stuff might still change but i
have done another draft for the
artificer the so the anyways get
the sign on exactly okay so next
we could be monsters
we’ll start doing some monsters
show you that process but here
talk about the so we talked
about the being the that
essentially now mechanically going
to think of it like summoning but what
we want the flavor to be is that i am
plucking things out of my imagination or
your imagination and making them real
and making them do stuff now this is the
important thing i think when we think
summoning very easy to get caught
in i summon a thing and it beats people
up i mean definitely a very
useful version of summoning believe me
but also space for more utility
i summon something that fly so it
picks me up and carries me somewhere so
i want to make sure capturing that
too especially for class gonna be
really a sub classes can be really
focused on this ability putting some
flexibility and be really good
because then we just have i just
things are doing my fighting for me and
also it gets us see maybe
some flexibility and how actually
limiting these things so first things i
want to do yeah the are changed eric
we’re making home for imaginary
friends exactly these are this is
your imaginary friend that comes to life
and what i see the
summoning doing oh no i need
a any core body usually
better behaved than that alright so yeah
that’s basically what any we write you
summon your imaginary friend now if
you’re familiar with our process here
the first thing we need to do we start
designing maybe just a go to new
stuff take a look at what exists
in the game already right there are a
number of summoning spells out there so
we turn to a beyond
which is and i gotta say i you know a
total commercial mode right now but i
love using the beyond for design
because it does make just searching
yourself easier
the nice being go through all
spells and we are just going to go
through and do our filter up spell
targets right there i always forget and
we’re just gonna go down to
pretty sure summon spinning is a filter
now filter all our spells so this
is a good starting point we want to
check out we want to do is you know if
you’re familiar with the show you get to
hear me say this again what we want to
do is look at what levels do certain
things come in so checking these things
out now we have fine steed find
familiars not gonna ignore that
one because a bit of a outlier in
terms of its utility infestation is
using the summoning key word but
really not actually summoning
things really the flavor and
just driving home that flavor so
gonna skip fine steed well go back
to it but what i want to focus on is
conjure animals so what
we’re saying here is that with a
third-level spell now uh see
gonna go so my head get in the
way gonna do this so i want to take
some notes here just to get us a sense
here of what we have going on and
what saying here with this spell
is it a third level i can get one
creature so just gonna do a very
quick and dirty table here just so we
can i want is just like
busting in today i wants to be
everywhere just go core body easy
let’s go still know this a spell level
and then see our so whatever establishes
and not gonna care too much about
the other ones for right now what i want
to do is just focus on the one for one i
just burned a third level spell i get
oneeature the other two get
back to those in a sec but not yet
i want to take a look at the other
spells here now whatever you want to do
here gonna skip summon lesser demon
because these are these come with
drawbacks but at fourth we go to mana
elemental and interesting here is
we’re saying at four still seeing
cr two now happening here is
something that gonna say is like a
little soft design what this is
assuming is that by nature of
being theeature type elemental are
going to have more interesting things at
cr two than beasts beasts by design are
very boring generally adjusted
buckets of hit points with some basic
melee attacks
attached to them if any special
abilities pretty minor maybe a
rider on an attack like knocking someone
prone or maybe some sort of sensory
ability so gonna note this right
heret a beast and what
i really want here is that you know
what’s just the raw so seeing
here before that will spell an elemental
it’s 2 so okay not now
the one thing though is not a huge
upgrade going from elephant
elemental to generic beast or vice versa
is not like wow you just doubled its
power more usually what happens is
with summoning one of the things that
will trip you up in is those utility
spells the future might be coming with
and see that because i think fay
now phase also at i know this is a
very common problem least heard
people complained about that some of
these you can bring in you know
you’re dragging in like 8 faith
at all say can cast cure wounds or
something like that the chat might know
the specific issue people are saying but
and kittens and mittens beets are boring
merle’s on why he hates
beastmasters range here following that
beast it was the fae master then be
all be all in so again gating
it here saying a little for spell
that’s worth getting some magic find
greater than greater steve like the
king of the horses i know what the
spell does oh ok so this is kind of
intro see you know this is gonna
be hilarious because i forgot the spell
exists got everything on at
zenith iras book they added at
aftermarket like year 3 expansion the so
this is kind of interesting so
getting a kindest thing fight i forget
let’s see 10 is 5 total combat i get
telepathically uber blah drops to
dismiss it okay seem to see
anything here that it says i make
this tell us into fight so this is
gonna kind of backdoor this in
the griffin the see ours too great
they’re all gonna be to watch this is
gonna be like every summoning spell just
gets er to the okay yeah they come
take it can fight okay yeah
last thing i need is jeremy busting kyle
just gimme yeah this is a flood well
this is a flying but these are flying
creatures though but that why
wouldn’t i just summon these things and
fly them look complaining up my own
game this is classy but wait a sec okay
wait a sec see these conjure and all
does it have a restriction see are two
giant boar and oh these
guys are monstrosity czar they i might
be completely whipping on that is a
griffin what monstrosity or is
it a beast
this is gonna be this yeah a
monstrosity okay there we go so again
we’re getting this segregated here so
basically putting a lot of a lot
of weight on thateature type a lot
more than i i care for personally
not personally professionally saying
like has a dungeon has a game designer
that’s probably more going here so good
ok now up to see our six well
that’s a big jump so we went from so
elemental level 5 up to see our six wow
okay a big jump this is gonna be
interesting to try to balance well look
at the duration of fine good oh is one
of those things like buried the
durations much longer because i think
i’m just gonna snore eyes my oh this
is a minute
wow okay this is this is something that
irritate i got it okay so these are all
this is why we have one minute one hour
find greater seat is 10 minutes
instantaneous one minute this
is one action this is a little all
over the place okay so the thing
this is not not a berry this as an
opportunity opportunity for us to make
something work a bit better
yeah conger fay a minute i get why
a minute really so you do in
the middle of a fight but
concentration so all really gonna
kind of throttle what else you can do
alright opportunities lots of
opportunities here there is lots of
opportunities here we can do a lot of
stuff here that will make something a
lot more fun because a lot of
like how it takes a minute oh i want to
i want to get a foul on a summon a
tyrannosaurus rex hello this is conjure
face
[laughter]
so yeah it is it is a okay cool so
anyways this okay okay this is me gender
sputtering on stream right like okay so
you can up gun the spell why the
t-rex shows up okay so go see our
6:00 at okay but six there
all right opportunity keep saying that
it’s an opportunity for us to make
something you know this is really funny
because i know people on twitter
especially it says oh i want to play a
good be like there
summoning spells in the game but i
personally play a lot ofs
and this is a corner of the game
like you can imagine if the game is a
house i have i gone into those back
corner room and like really
dusty and like with in here oh
there’s summoning and it takes a minute
i had no idea
i literally last night was cleaning our
garages looking for some miniatures and
this is because been married for a
while so getting better at this
there was a check my wife did some
photography works someone sent her a
check for it
and i did not know i read i did not
realize i had put the check out in the
garage with some of my miniatures i
accidentally picked it up and put in a
box and so much looking for it
and so when i said i found it and she
said where was it and i said oh it was
behind the fridge not gonna tell her
i took your check and just put it out in
the garage with a bunch of my my rail
parth of miniatures i was sorting
because a like this okay
alright my new this happened it was this
summer i knew i meant to make it this
way and this is here okay a
celestial force in4 okay so this is
all over the place this is really
interesting case again opportunity right
what seeing here though is i am
going to just be blunt gonna ignore
these spells beyond getting a sense of
where the is because happening
here and this is something that i am not
necessarily a fan of for old
playing games and i know why we did this
here right and this is a case of you
know we did this five years ago
essentially there would have been some
adjustment in two and fourteen before
the game released but this is something
where be afraid to look back at
something you go i really
like how i did that okay that
means learning hey learning
right and not not trying to
be lame and be like my excuse for
doing it this way this is something
where somebody was a real bears
specially in third edition a pun
by the way so you can look him laughs
the cos needs someone to bear the actual
eat someone a whale a whale of a
good time the sum in the whale and
block off a hallway with a hugeeature
even bigger and then it would just flop
around and die but still a barrier but
anyway so this is pride era where
very very cautious because in designing
the entire game system the a lot
of questions you have to ask spells in
in particular you know when you look at
the game where we are now in 2018
seen a lot more sub classes come out in
terms of you a you have not seen as many
spells in terms of our focus and the
challenge being a single spell can
really disturb the balance of the game
but very tricky to get play test
feedback on say 50 new spells as opposed
to two newes or one new
subclass whatever it is that doing
so with spells in fifth we were probably
a lot not probably i know this because i
worked on the game we were a lot more
cautious about pushing things and
summoning this was a great example of we
decided to throttle back a bit on it to
make it more situational what these like
we know casting times of a minute to
really make it something that you had to
plan on rather than something that you
could just do and i can see here okay so
kandra woodland being is an action that
that’s going on here
yeah the tricky thing is as a player i
can admit as a player i like
having multiple axes i have to use two
meant to measure things i also
like the surprise factor i like hey if
i’m a player through
oh hey fine see that looks cool and you
forget got a ten minute casting
time so this is like a warrant warrant
moment in the game like oh hey
the guys are chasing us condors fine
steed cast will get it warmer so no
it actually takes ten minutes and
got all this stuff going on so
what i want this guy to do is is instant
summons like i want i want this to just
be instantly summon you friend or
servant
that’s what we want now the trick
to this oh once i regard you
putting suggest as an h case 2011 action
spider accrual 4080 oh yeah so
something i threw about 12 in fighting
on twitter if you follow me on
twitter
oh and a question from
black ace 13 and i actually wanna get to
that one the okay so do two things
i suggest weapon fighting that on
twitter that instead of costing a bonus
action because as hammered home
many times if watched the stream
to weapon the bonus action economy can
get kind of messy with two up and
fighting often class features require a
bonus action to activate it something
that can be defining like rage which
means a great weapon fighting character
you feel bad i would like you know how
would that work without a bonus action
so the idea is if been
fighting in place of an attack you make
two attacks but your damage gets
decremented down in a well elegant
simple way and the elegant simple way is
what’s kind of struggling here but there
are cases where that could probably lead
to lot of attacks quick question about
the trident so seen them a few
people ask well that why is the trident
such aappy weapon the trident is in
the game not because we strive to make
the trident a an interesting weapon that
sits alongside the spear and the sword
the trident in the game something
because our aquaticeatures wield it
and really a flavor thing we felt
that putting a lot yeah i felt and
people seem to agree that if gonna
show arts to you again or triton or
merfolk who has a trident
but then call it a spear and thus
that might be a little bit disconnect so
that’s all that weapon is literally in
the game because we have aquatic
creatures that use trident
we actually want you to make it
feel like he was a great weapon that
would be a natural thing that would use
now you could argue that maybe that
wasn’t a great case but like in some
ways the weapon list serves two purposes
it serves characters basically i like
that what weapon i want to use it and
then it also always serves the monsters
so anyway while going on
we want favor for at will summoning want
clear utility things have a clear use
have a function beyond combat the can
fight instantly summon a friend or
servant probably gonna say you know
restrict this to oneeature as default
i think a lot of the shenanigans that
come in or one like i can get multiple
creatures twelve or is it gonna be a non
creature summoning option yeah i think
that’s something which would be cool
essentially these are gonna be
constructs can be almost anything and
that frees up a lot of design space for
us so you could say gonna summon a
dancing sword gonna summon a giant
you know rolling boulder toash
through people and move around the got
like a big bees hands say ciao mart so
gets a good comparison so the this is
essentially what we want to do and when
i think of at will summoning this is
where and this is where i think this
sort of this sort of benefit i get as i
put spell slots into this what i think
at will summoning does is it a costs to
your action like yeah cost your
action action on an ongoing basis higher
level summoning lets you stack things on
top of your actions so what i mean by
that is this i have an apples someone
have this imaginary friend i want to
call into being and make them do
something i think if you think of the
unseen servant spell yeah had hergn
unseen servant being something along
those lines except i wanted to be able
to fight um you know otherwise i
really feel like a if
they what doing is just i can move
stuff around but i can do that with
mange hand so i have thiseature i can
bring it into existence like i sculpt it
i can make it fight gonna cost me
my action to make it fight the benefit i
get benefit i get that was thateature
is gonna occupy a space so if you if
you’re miniatures player if you use
miniatures in your game you probably
instantly need to know that benefit as a
party we can control an extra square we
probably have to put a tax on that
though
so going to throw this other thing
in here at will summoning comes with
some damage feedback what does that mean
you might ask well i think what that
what that means is that if i summon a
creature and at will i
invested any magic into it my name our
resources that could you gets killed i
need to take a drawback that could be
damage it could be something like i lose
concentration for a time in favor of
damage fast and easy as a player
to assess not looking for this to be
a lot of damage what i just want to do
is stop you from infinitely blocking a
doorway the size limit northland cal
that’ll be something that play
with as we go to higher levels so
something where we want you to
just round up to round him to keep
blocking the doorway and essentially
have a damaged sponge because the
other benefit and actually take a
quick step back so i realized doing
all this stuff thinking of the benefits
of summoning this is why summoning is so
tricky because got a lot of
follow-on benefits you know a fireball
just does damage doing
damage if you want it to do something
else like set a building on fire or
something the to kind of start
adjudicating this but summoning comes
there’s a lot of things baked in
extra hit points for the party so a
summoning a summoneature comes with
having hit points so i can attack it
essentiallyeating a buffer for the
party
if so think of this scenario the party
is in a dungeon they open a door
five goblins the goes first they
throw a summoneature into the doorway
the goblins rush up with their swords
one or more of the goblins has to spend
their actions essentially dealing with
that summonedeature again very
powerful a can trap and lets me cancel
essentially letting you cancel an
attack at no cost is very good canceling
an attack at a cost so in this case
damage means i can use that but i have
to use it judiciously and if using
it a lot going to drain other party
resources so what we want to make sure
is just not giving you a very big
benefit and denying attacks is a big
benefit if you can put your enemy in a
position where they cannot attack you
that’s and you can attack them back
that’s fantastic that something
do all day
so got to make sure that we take
an account into that more area
control so again if think of if
you’re using grid grid in a minute and
miniatures
it’s another miniature on the table for
the party the so not as big but
it still can be pretty useful and
extra actions just do more stuff right
if you have your adding essentially
member to the party it just gives you
more flexibility if you think of the
party has a group that has x number
of actions to use each round adding more
actions always just a good thing
there is few cases that
aren’t contrived having those
extra actions is actually drawback i
mean at worst neutral example you
need to open a door one action
okay i could have 50 actions or five
actions or one as long as i have one i
can open the door so but typically
scaling those up i have more actions
means i can open that door we can go
through and i can do something else so
now there are some limits to it but
we’re not those limits look more like
adding eight to twelve extractions not
one one is always always beneficial so
we have to account for that too and
that’s why you see often you know the
actually something really we
should look at say and someone
mentioned it because of the fae in the
beasting take a look at
favorite character class the ranger
everyone for definitions of people who
like rangers you see a lot of the
discontent people who like the
beastmaster almost all the things that
they like about this design and go
back to that list that i just rattled
off so take a look at our
companion though a third level you gain
a beast companion that accompanies you
on your adventures and is trained to
fight alongside you choose a beast that
is no larger than medium so an
important thing we want you
getting a large beast largeeatures
especially use miniatures are super
useful to have in your party because
they just they command four spaces party
of four essentially doubled
the number of spaces i can control an a
grid it makes it very easy to clean
clothes off passages things like that
challenge one quarter or lower oh
something gonna write down there too
that’s going to be kind of our
i’m trying to put ranger here to note
that and set a little 3
there’s gonna do note that remember
or chat remind me ok so so you
get some bonuses ok adding your
your proficiency bonus just because we
want to make sure it go you know
sideways so giving it some hit
point cushioning here but our base thing
is so this is essentially the hit
points and the proficiency are just
there to let this scale up so
it’s not you do have to recycle it or
you have to worry about it
becoming useless the lot of people to
argue this is just not very useful to
start with it can understand you sure it
can spend hit dice so it takes its turns
on your initiative though it
take an action less you command it to on
your turn you can verbally command the
beast or to move no action required by
you you can use your action to verbally
command it to attack whatever take
much of actions the and using
your action and so getting back
this idea of adding extra actions to the
party pool the thinking here and you can
see that same reluctance to really
embrace this idea of summoning that we
saw in the spells with like the 10
minute casting times and being kind
of our ceiling and once we hit 2 we
just started changing other things in
the spells to make them better
casting time or type ofeature
seeing this play out here in the ranger
and seeing based on what we saw
in the reaction to this design a lot of
people just not happy with this they
just feel like they were getting
aeature that was their companion they
felt like they were getting a robot with
a remote control attached to it and you
were remote controlling a robot i think
that for me kind of
metaphorically where i feel it is and
yeah and that share this is a
great point all right the problem is
this is made for people who want a pet i
want to pet and then i get a pet and i
get a kind of a pet that sort of lame
and i was just having the discussion
with someone today about a character
race someone was working on and
realizing that the way the design was
configured if you rarely played that
race like maybe you played that race
once it was work fine but if the
type of player who said oh this is my
favorite type of character to play oh
i’m gonna play these guys and connect
year gonna play four different
characters and all them will be this
type of character ooh the way it was
designed is like oh actually
feels kind of lame like it feels fun the
first time but the second when you make
i feels a little to say me so that is
definitely something that is designed
you need to think about that in terms of
the player that aiming to act not
just in terms of what they like but in
terms of over the course of several
campaigns how will this stand up so
0 spiritual basically spiritual
weapon is a streamline but pseudo
version of summoning there might be
something there the well i want to take
a look that actually bring ineatures
i want to make this work because i think
we can make this work a win i
think there are players up there who if
we can make this work would say finally
i can play the character i always want
to play i get to play the character who
has pets and as someone who has two dogs
and four cats i can understand that you
like i mean pets around unless they wake
up at both like a.m. and a.m.
to be let out so much but that might be
them kind of trying to tell you
something and that might be our older
dog and happy that we have a puppy in
the house so used to getting older but
still a puppy so yeah so this is really
where seeing the tension come in
and i feel pretty confident that we we
were cautious here and i think that
caution was warranted i would stand by
that decision i think if we went back to
2013 and whatever revised this we would
revise it because we learn things since
then not because really any
insight that we just missed
when this sort of thing goes wrong it
goes wrong in a way that makes the at
least really irritated because i have
played in the campaign with the broken
summoning with somebody something that
felt broken and in this specific case
elvis find it has something that just
felt like ridiculous and it was doing
things that felt far beyond what
expect from the character to do i had a
friend of mine who would use multiple
summonings to like summon just hoards of
loweatures and just have them all
use the help action and third edition if
i remember right the help action stacked
or it was like the hinder action stacked
so just ridiculous you know but
it was a good example like a low-level
spell that was producing like +10 attack
bonuses which
third edition were great because then
your your iterative attacks got
multiple attacks in third edition your
attack bonus went down dramatically so
getting a big bonus was huge it meant
you were going from hitting one and a
half times per round to like hitting all
three times with your attacks so it
could be really big the all right so
yeah i know a frog wheeler a a
character to scout when you have
disposable another good example
right that comes into the action sort of
thing i have more actions i have actions
i mind sending out to die i were
playing a game with a druid who was
summoning animals and sending them down
to trigger traps and a tumor in which
was just sort of hilarious i am the
guardian of nature animals i love you
plants come to me i will i will take
care of you protect you accept you fight
oh run down that hallway and let me know
if anything jumps out and stabs you so
again that gets back to this idea of
putting the bet penalty on it you know
this idea that if free summoning i
want to throw a some sort of i wanted in
your resources in some way because i
want to avoid hey i have this guy get
some time at well someone him and have
him run down the hallway to trigger
traps we have them open doors we have
them you know a switch maybe we
should pull it well have a summon
creature do it right and then you
want to deal with coming up all these
weird rules like thiseature can
attack but it pull a lever and
they walk down a hall and whatever
right it when you when the restrictions
on an ability start to be the bulk of
its rules that to me is like
doing something very wrong you either
you’re doing something just by its
nature just gonna work gonna
be disrupting the game or doing
something in a way that really what you
want to do is just penalize people in
some way foring it so just make
that as simple and direct and obvious as
possible
because players will always find ways to
get around like very specific drawbacks
but harder to get around like look
ii just taking damage if you can get it
you’ve been getting around taking damage
then great gonna win you
know in a lot of fights the so john
herzog artists are their penalties for
letting the die then
read something later i not
crazy about x i do like the idea that
this is something here for me and
what i think i might do is this all
right so are at will summoning
here’s the mean version so gonna do
like do like version one but it
takes damage you take that damage now i
don’t want to do this because we have a
d6 class then i mean like well i need to
give you more hit points well now i have
you the entire dat separate pool eight
points maybe tracking where so i
don’t wanna deal with that that
what i wanted what i would like to say
is when it is destroyed you take some
damage and lose maybe your focus for
around i think i want i kind of do both
so not just gonna come back so
you’re gonna yeah i think actually yeah
so i want to lose your focus which means
in your concentration in focus so
not gonna be cavalier about it if
in a situation though where you do want
to look mission to sacrifice my
summon character and this is at will not
the other ones get to those in a
sec i think that open what i like
about this is that you can decide
tactically okay gonna take this hit
because i do need to keep the goblins in
the room where i want to block the door
and you know gonna take a drawback
here but it is gonna be useful to keep
these guys out um see oh morey i
think what you the greens a little
hard to read what it was damage i
like the overkill it feels a little
fiddly to me i think rather just
make it a flat number so i have in
a situation where well goblins
only doing like say 1 + 3 damage and
i’m like the higher level i care
if these guys keep killing my summon as
opposed to really worried if the
dragon kills it rather just know
that just a flat a flat thing so
we’re not like this weird scaling thing
taking effect where some things are
really nervous about attacking your
summons and others not so i just
specify that the and i think looking at
its benefits probably gonna go say
that at will summon as a baseline
is that the app will summon is a
is a ateature
now what i mean by that is gonna
figure out either pull staff locks
not gonna go to any step locks today
just gonna use just knees challenge
as our as our baseline so the so
basically our entire thing here you know
aeature you and you have to
spend your action to make it been
it’s action essentially what done
iseated a can trip what i
imagine using this can trip will be a
bonus action so i can summon it in and
then have it attack somebody or i can
have it do something well also gonna do
is try to restrict range gonna say
10 feet or even adjacent i want
this to be like hey a chasm and
there’s something on the side we need i
will summon and my guy shows up and does
something know again i want you to spend
a resource for that i have to spend a
spell slot or spell points or whatever
it is because again if at will at
will things have a higher high
allergy to real good utility net will
because it just distorts the entire
design process of your adventures so so
yeah so i think we want to restrict
range sure this is a great example
playtesting will start revealing other
things come up all right so then
let’s just do a very simple thing here
i’m gonna delete this because i
really care not that i care but
it’s just yeah and what i want to do is
look at what my level so if i know level
0 is see our essentially rip
i’m just gonna this is like this is
where we start getting into like rough
justice right we have a spell system
here that is trying to do summoning but
is maybe not pulling its full weight in
terms of what people want i am pretty
much committed to saying i want
you to summon multipleeatures unless
i want to handcraft that i want to
make it as a look at the spells what
they’re doing is giving you this
sort of progression that here
let me show it to you take a
look at one right this progression of
the number ofeatures is going to end
up with things that unhappy with
as a because no way that
under conjure animals or any of them
like okay
be really fast contra that we
can really consistently say that hey
eight challenge rating
things are equivalent to one two yeah
they’re tax and damage might be but as
soon as i have a spell on her ability
resting here eight of those is just
better than one and sure right now
if i just did a search for monsters i
can find an example here so go to
elementals there might not even be a one
eighth elemental how do we got some
right here yes get the mud method
and then mitch got some sort of
special ability a mud breath so it can
restraineatures now eight guys who
can show up and restrain you so
basically means every round
restraining a lot ofeatures for a
long time so this just really kind of
breaks down that idea of like the swarm
summoning because not gonna say
our get abilities and
this is what kind of makes them fun so
i’m gonna be pretty focused on just
doing this a the so so
go through and now going to assist do
some rough justice here so this is gonna
be spell level so just gonna go
through and add my to hear three four
five six seven eight nine and just
gonna sort of back the envelope what i
think oh my god my computer froze this
has been my thing today my my outlook
just was like weirdly frozen i thought i
broke it and an email is trying to
respond to and oh no there we go
i’m not in trouble 99 oh well
that’s now the new feature here right we
did like the commoner so now the
the the gets how getting
really slow okay check in and just send
all my data to the make sure they
have it all right so we send a level
let’s see never forgotten what does
the
let’s go back here back in again to
our spells so we set here under conjure
animals is a third little spell
should make sure had that right so
just gonna arbitrarily say that
gonna be one and arbitrarily say
half and just gonna again equally
arbitrarily just increase this by one no
i think this is actually going to
work but a handy enough
starting point this is also case now
what i would probably do in play test is
just come up with some generic stat
blocks just get across this
damage armor class and hit points i can
finesse this later but this is what
basically going to look at use if you
spend a spell slot of this level you get
this step this corresponding stop lock
to give you it now take do a
quick reality check here to give you a
sense take a look at somee
creatures and what i want is a eight
beast because as i mentioned before
beasts tend to be very simple so
go to monsters official and go to
beasts you know just look at all
the challenge unless is the billy know
there should be a lot of cluttered so
let’s just do challenge rating eight
like a look all right so saying a
t-rex with a knight the whole spell 136
hit points a pretty lame gonna
get hit pretty quickly got one bite
in one tail this is i know if its
restriction carries any real bite but
we’ll see +10 433 you can grapple +10
420 so seven hinges to the seventeenth
level getting this that feels probably
weak so i probably need to boost that up
a bit
let’s take a look at what did i am i
sort of totally fake math give a game of
cr for for a level 5 spell so a
9th bubble so take a look what
thateature looks like
let’s see how what the damage is there
and i just can i just want a
whoa okay yeah okay elephant okay it
doesn’t get any more comp case guy is ac
1276 yeah i think i
think this actually feels pretty for a
fifth level caster this is my big
creature i get getting seventy six extra
hip points nice and nice
durability +8 419 got this
traveling charge ability dc 12 though so
i’m not too worried mosteatures in
let’s take a look at uh a giant
subterranean lizard simpler
it’s the ac 1466 one bite in
one tail okay gordon one of my kids oh
it’s so so plus 7 for 16 + plus 7 for 12
one target notapple by the lizard
that’s kind of funny very specific
lizard grab me grapple me now you can
hit me with the tail oh that you can
swallow me in that pain alright so that
that this feels reasonable so take
a quick thing here a very rough estimate
of what this matches up if this is a
fighter say typical fighters probably to
have + 2 hit points per hit die and
beginning about 8 hit points per level
so this is actually pretty good
avian +3 so say 9 so level you
know if the fighter the party probably
has 80 to 90 to make a point so not
overshadowing the fighter but
still pretty good the cleric and the
party probably has about say again
this is level so 60 something sacred
cleric and hit points the art
class is really the hard thing here most
beats up pretty lame armor classes
oh also huge my phone is ringing i
thought it told it wow pretty
funny sorry but the first time
that’s happened but it is four months
it’s the first time actually
tried calling me i put on do not disturb
the this is an easy thing to overlook
this is huge so ok not actually
this is really good at locking down a
big air of the battlefield ok so i feel
actually pretty good this
gonna really tank up and gonna dish
out some ok hits i mean his other
main thing only a plus 7 to hit our
party members at level are probably
to be around probably i think nine or
ten maybe ish around there depending up
the up magic items and stuff but this is
yeah trying to summon you
through your phone true enough of our
serious the this is a good example of
i’m getting a text to my wife find
her computer i have no idea where it is
the so texting me now to the can
this wait 17 minutes actually it
chat i can talk while i do this because
i’m gonna tell her i think on the
couch so but what seeing here is
what getting for summoning is a
really big hugeeatures great a
three by three grid like nine
size mediumeatures so i feel pretty
good you know so i want to pay attention
to like the the opto level ten beyond
that i think we just need to get the
numbers right but this feels pretty good
for a fifth level spell slot to get a
challenge foreature
yeah not offended by it the just
gonna put a little like here
just let me know that i need to verify
below oh and even kyle and gonna
tell her because she probably needs it
for work
anyway probably be getting other
things i am gonna have to go silent you
guys get to watch me texts okay anyway
it’s very like this week we have a
holiday here and if not if not in
the states
12th of july isrrow a
wednesday it basically like two
working weekends back to very
strange
this entire week feels very splintered
all right so hey i have to be mortified
if she knew she was on stream okay so
here’s our basic thing now this may
sound like we got a lot done we
got actually had a ton done because
here’s what done all i want to get
to say is i can add will summon
got some basic parameters for that then
if i put a spell slot into this i up gun
my summoneature and then i can drop
these restrictions right so not
gonna say like you know just gonna
say lose these with a spell slide i
think gonna put the note here is
uh stays where so it this is like
our first big step forward so then
because i was thinking about this in
terms of what the to bard the
seven ever just runs away in
horror the so the main thing here is
that we kind of have a rough outline for
oureatures are gonna look like what i
think i will do is rather than say hey
go into the monster menu put a snap
lock i think because this thing is
constructed gonna give you
stat blocks that you will use i think
it’ll be faster to reference plus when
we go to the next thing because i think
some names gonna really show off the
basically the idea of augmenting
abilities the what i want to do is i
want to know if i have and we know about
some right here cause fear increase
image extra actions like just
you know buffs in general we can give
these things i want to know the
destination and one of the
trickiest things in game
design with a system that is allowing
for more character is if
you take something you want to know
where is it going
as an example imagine
have an ability that says whenever i
roll my damage dice if i roll the
highest damage die i get to roll another
die whatever it could do that once
very simple stuff but but you thinking
okay that usually means one extra die oh
wait what about if someone has a six
damage sword yeah the great sort how
does that work you know and if
gonna say well we treat each die
separately that ability is much more
useful for someone with a great sword
than it is for someone say a great
axe where the great axe is gonna get an
extra die of one and twelve yeah
exploding die zack may right whereas
there’s a one in three chance for you
know i have one in six chance normally
of that happening in a six signer but
i’m willing to
so roughly getting twice as many
chances
one out of three top rounds doing an
extra and then you know one
out of 36 issue runs that getting
extra to right so just an
area where knowing the destination
really gives me a real sense of the the
power this going to be so
why rather than have you go to the
monster manual i want you going to these
kind of stat blocks it makes
it clear gonna happen these these
stab blocks can be kept very simple and
utilitarian and then we can kind of get
a sense of what does it mean like to
increase your ac things like that i kind
of know what ac is a great example a +5
bonus to ac if your ac is like 11 and 12
and good but for ac is already 20
you know you might be shifting your
bonus up your ac up to the point where
monsters need to start rolling just
to hit you right look the elephant or
whatever was it was a +7 so i mean
obviously a bonus tacey is always great
but you want to end up with
frustration of just like theeatures
just hit this guy because we push
the ac too high kind of why we
have the sort of this idea of keeping
hackers seeing bonuses narrow so then
let’s do a quick thing what i want to do
is cause fear and other emotions i want
to be say hey gonna give this
creature an aspect that makes it scary
oh a dead in seconds shape your class
features gonna get to that next
actually so what i wanted to do is bang
out what i wanted the spells to do
increase damage indeed this is just
general buffs either
do that extra actions i think
another thing you could say i burned a
spell slot i could you gets to go again
or a spell whatever it is and that
could even scale up so we have some
pretty obvious things we want to do oh
and then we could offset up augment and
other ways no utility comes to mount
flies skills or detection abilities this
is a lot of stuff we can give it here by
essentially having targeted buff spells
that augment my guy so what do we want
to do for thes clients features
well what i thought would be kind of
interesting was the just gonna copy
and paste the nomad here because this is
fully new just you know gonna do
here right favorite word
that’s it bonus disciplines just
become a basic thing so we can give you
two extra disciplines and so what
i like to do think between the scion who
focuses on shaping and theeature they
actually shape or the thing they
actually shape so i thought about like
maybe like like someone mentioned doing
sane you get some like some spell slots
just for only the
a little worried about that because
that’s just a very clear power up over
what other characters are getting a way
to think of it is what that what that
was that you do is i can use my spell
slots to augment my thing and gonna
use my other spells on top of it even if
you’re specific about those bonus spell
slots still just opening up your
bandwidth overall so what i want to try
to do is give you things that improve
the relationship between you and the
creature so and again things that
wouldn’t just be spells so a very simple
thing to do
chicanos augment and shaping and i like
things that are simple indirect so at
first level your summon features gain
advantage on attacks against pictures
within this might not be the best thing
but this is kind of direction where i
want to go because what like to do
here and work on here is this idea that
i can kind of combo up with mike and my
creature especially by summon one
doing its own thing now might be
too close so an alternate might be pick
a target how can they say get them and
my guy is really good at getting that
guy well that might be need a
a another thing we could do is this sort
of free buff the rather than say hey
like some extra small slots
cheese’s you want which but i think
maybe we can do basically when you
summon it
you just get a free benefit so so maybe
you can like increase max grants some
extra game i wanna do get some
extra damage because just makes
your firepower better yeah so i think
you can increase max you could also
like share your skill so
if you can do something you can do
something so that might be kind of
useful to i can actually kind of like
that the the divination spells load
though those degrade that is a good
point the important the i think what
were seeing there is since
they’re degrading what saying is
these spells might not have the impact
that say a fireball would have
incentivizing you to use really
high-level spells for really in
character for you knowing that he was a
player and necessarily
losing out on firepower that you could
use later on the but i remember if
well live it up later it
doesn’t it says only when you use the
divination spell you get as a lower
level slot back right you have to
it say then locked into
using it the rest but anyways the but
yeah definitely a a tricky
thing rather just do it by giving
you just the benefit because again you
also now you want you know going
on you know that
donation you know the benefit you know
where going so i think
augmenting your summons in some simple
ways see
another thing we could let you do is at
six level you get additional reaction
you know gonna throw this because i
think this is interesting
let’s say you can grant oh no i have
seen additional actions as a spell
ability you know what i know if it
that’s actually works and why if
you were last week i talked about how
like in in games that like magic be an
example or any game where the hey i put
aeature into play at a cost there is
invariably a kevin effect that says i
get to kill anyeature for a much
lower cost a potentially much lower cost
they might only cost two or three
resources opposed to like up to like
infinite for aeature the tree thing
with saying hey myeature gets an
extra action is that skills kind of it
does not necessary scale well because we
think of the haste spell and use the hey
spells an example i thought from a
character very specifically says
you get one extra attack there because
we know a lot of the melee characters
they’re getting their benefits for
making multiple attacks now the rogues
an exception that was my design though
we kind of felt like haste would be
something which throwing it on the rope
oh sorry because only during
your turn sorry did this so even the
rogue falls victim to that then i seen
what the rogue is if getting an
extra attack if they missed and
get a chance to use sneak attack they
get to attack again and potentially
amount put it on so i think gonna
strike the the spell effect of granting
extra attacks extra actions gonna
strike that make that a class feature
because i think something that i
don’t think scales well and class
features are a good place to put things
that scale well because because of
this follow usually about the seed
an extra action to a summing feature we
gain on long rest
so pretty cool very dramatic
but i can just say look you get it take
a long rest get this back you just
say keep it a good way to
think of an ability that scaling
abilities often have to be balanced at
they’re their mightiest form which might
push something like this i copy to the
seventh level where you only get one of
those per day this lets me go you know
this is gonna scale so i can give it to
you low levels to i just need to make
sure you can only use it once per day
because it needs to behave like those
level 6 plus pills excuse me pardon me
all right ping we got 5 minutes
but you know what a weird holiday
weekend two days on one day off two days
on go a little late i think
anyone something bust down the door
and yell at me if going to late um
let’s see oh yeah this is so see
so got that just gonna just
put it on this action just be very
utilitarian here as i can remember it um
let’s see got our no man is
getting getting resistance weapon
attacks until the start of your next
turn after you teleport yeah do
this do another do a reverse
reverse damage transference the
level gonna say when you take damage
reaction to have summon feature take all
or some and come out in
the wash so bonus extra bonus x joe what
is it tip bonus in its texture
just double plus more good i know
what it is could be a barrel of toxic
waste but there it is more so i
kind of like the idea giving you a
little more durability you can do this
idea of these as your helpers this might
be one that gets swallowed up by spell
but i think so i like this idea
that there constantly reaction
and especially if a spell
if i use it to dump the damage back in
my aunt wheel guy then i have damaged
plane back to me again so it might have
to be but see gonna put a
custom work there alright we have like
four minutes pelham just step back in
you may have seen a walk behind me i
think about to get kicked off line so
let’s do a fourteenth double thing you
can joe and this is oh do
something here where well right now you
could summon twoeatures because
letting you concentrate twice oh how
would that work because we let you
concentrate twice so never in a
case we have to figure out what happens
my cast of concentration spell again so
you know what i think oh this is the
case oh this is easy well put it a
simple restriction but then lift
it double summons
so i think gonna have to clear up
that and my impulsive to say you
concentrate in the same spell twice
because i think that going to lead
to shenanigans i can probably prove that
later if i have time but you can now
this and gonna put a big note to
myself because just one of the
things that i really thought about which
would be a big mess we consider
it why we work this way to make
sure we consider these things
concentrate on same spell points
question mark but i think be a
very simple thing feel very great
at that you know got your
entire career now i can summon two guys
awesome so then i feel pretty good power
wise it is actually really good so i
think it probably has to sit at i
think we want to say you double
concentrate because flooding the board
with so many guys really good too
hugeeatures again if using
you’re locking down a ton of the board
space so and the rope i mean that for
the actual class feature which i
know if i wrote let me take a quick look
at that did we put your sonic focus
today actually try to write that or did
i just put in the table okay so we are
saying sonic spells not the same
one just throw it in there probably
okay good so i have to worry about
the other summoning spells coming in and
playing poorly with this i can wall
those off all right so at two
o’clock this is a something that i
really need some more deep
thinking now that rather than just die i
don’t want to end up on stream just
doing a lot of flailing around and i
felt like i was flailing around a little
more than i wanted want to when
doing something live because a
lot of like moving parts here so i think
it just needs some time to just kind of
kind of come bring everything together
really bake it for a while and then roll
it back out so do neck next week
let’s do some monsters cause monsters i
think will be fun
and i think that be a bit more
coherent as we go across and give
me some time to really think about all
the implications because
actually a lot of stuff bubbling
up here this is a great example of a
design that seems reasonable and the
first play test may show that none of
works at all right because a lot
of moving parts here so i think this
needs to go in the oven for a bit
kind of like the great british bake off
this is the part of the show where we
just show the bakers like nervously
waiting for like you know the 40 minutes
for their cake the so yeah maybe
wait like maybe give it a month or so
and i got a bunch of monsters i need to
design at mine interval campaign so
let’s tackle those over a couple
weeks that can show you some nice range
ofitters so fail are getting
next you a next monday i think we are
getting it next monday because i know
we’re actually working on it now spoiler
that’s i was talking about a
player-character race so there might be
a race and that you a
so
be sure to race over to our website to
get you way the puns painful
aren’t they they are or is it tuesday a
camera what day you a is i just work on
it and it wanders off and then a bunch
of things to work on so anyways work two
o’clock thanks for tuning in ahh
next week do some monsters and
gonna start working on this and
see if we get a bit more of a stable
design here because doing a lot
we’re juggling a lot of things at once
let’s take a break and put get
everything lined up nice and neat and
then come back and look at this in
august
okay well take care everyone and
see you next week
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heɪ ˈɛvriˌwən ənd ˈwɛlkəm bæk tɪ ðə maɪ gərlz ˈhæpi fən aʊər aɪ rɪˈmeɪn jʊr hoʊst maɪk ˈmɔrəlz ˈfrænˌʧaɪz kriˈeɪtɪv dɪˈrɛktər ɔn ˈdənʤənz ˈdrægənz ənd ðɪs wik wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ kənˈtɪnju ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə ˈkɛrɪktər klæs spɛnt ə fju wiks ɔn ðɪs ənd ˌbiˈfɔr wi daɪv ɪn aɪ hæv ə kwɪk kˈwɛʃən fər ˈɛvriˌwən hɛˈloʊ ʧæt ðə kˈwɛʃən fər ju waɪ ɔl ˈtaɪpɪŋ ɪn jʊr ˈgritɪŋz kənˈsɪdər ðɪs soʊ bɪn duɪŋ ðə fər ə waɪl ənd aɪ kaɪnd əv fil laɪk ðɪs ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli ðə laɪt aɪ θɪŋk læst wik aɪ sɛd ˈmeɪbi spɛnd tu mɔr wiks ɔn ɪt bət aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs maɪt bi ɪt maɪt meɪk sɛns fər ðɪs wik tɪ ˈtækəl ðə ðə ju kən si aɪ hæv ðə freɪz æt weɪl ˈsəmənɪŋ ənd ˈgɑnə bi ɑr fərst kən trɪp ˈgɑnə ˈtækəl wət aɪ θɔt wi wʊd du təˈdeɪ ɪz goʊ θru ənd lʊk æt səm əv ðə kænd trɪps fər ˈsəmənɪŋ wət ðoʊz kən lʊk æt ɛˈsɛnʃəli wɛl ˈsəmənɪŋ nɑt ˈrɪli ðə ˈʃɪpərz duɪŋ bət məˈkænɪkli wət ɪz ðə bɛst mæʧ ənd ðɛn tɔk əˈbaʊt wət ðət lʊks laɪk ənd ðɛn aɪ θɪŋk frəm ðɛr ˈgɑnə bi ə lɔt əv ʤɪst ˈbɔrɪŋ dɛsk wərk fər mi soʊ wət aɪ laɪk tɪ du wət aɪ laɪk tɪ du ɪz ˈgɑnə laɪk brɪŋ ɪn səm ˌɛnˈlaɪtənd ˌsɛlˈfɪntəˌrɛst aɪ laɪk tɪ θɪŋk ðət ɛz ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn maɪ kæmˈpeɪn ˈrənɪŋ ə kæmˈpeɪn sɛt ɪn ən ˈɪntərvəl ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪz ɪf ju noʊ ðət ˈɪntu jʊr veɪl ɪt wɑz ðə wərld ðə fɔrθ ɪˈdɪʃən ənd əˈdæptɪŋ wət du ju kɔl ɪt ðə kip ɔn ðə ˈʃæˌdoʊ fɛl bət ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə haɪər ˈlɛvəl soʊ aɪ hæv səm ˈmɑnstərz aɪ wɔnt tɪ dɪˈzaɪn fər ɪt soʊ aɪ θɔt wʊd ɪt bi fən ɪf ˈæftər wi wərk ɔn ðɪs bɪˈkəz kaɪnd əv ʃoʊn ju haʊ tɪ dɪˈzaɪn ə klæs ə ˈvɛri rəf weɪ ɪf aɪ dɪd səm ˈmɑnstər dɪˈzaɪn soʊ tɪ ʧæt mi θɪŋk ˈmɑnstər dɪˈzaɪnz saʊnz gʊd ɛz kaɪnd əv ɑr nɛkst ˈtɑpɪk soʊ bɪn duɪŋ ˈkɛrɪktər stəf sɪns wi ˈstɑrtɪd soʊ ðə hu wi gɑt hir soʊ si wət ˈmɑnstər dɪˈzaɪn ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˈsaɪmoʊz dɪˈzaɪn ˌoʊˈkeɪ siɪŋ ɔl ˈjɛsɪz ənd wət aɪ wɪl du ɪz wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz teɪk ə fju əv ðoʊz ˈkriʧərz ənd θroʊ səm stəf əraʊnd ðɛm bɪˈkəz aɪ θɔt ɪt wɪl bi faɪn jæ jæ ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ bi fən ənd aɪ θɪŋk wɪl bi fən tu ɪz aɪ kʊd teɪk aɪ kaɪnd əv ʃɛr ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈprɔˌsɛs frəm stɑrt tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ənd nɑt ʤɪst ðə məˈkænɪks bət ˈɔlsoʊ haʊ ðə ˈstɔri wərks ənd ɪn ðɪs keɪs aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wʊd bi fən ə geɪm ˈfænəm dim bət ˈɪʧɪŋ fər ðə ju maɪt nɑt wɛl heɪ aɪ kən spɛl ˈɛniˌθɪŋ si si ðə bət ðə wən əv ðə nis θɪŋz əˈbaʊt ˈmɑnstər dɪˈzaɪnd ɛz aɪ kən kaɪnd əv ʃoʊ ju wət ɪt ˈrɪli lʊks laɪk ɪn tərmz əv haʊ wi ˈɔfən riˈproʊʧ ˈmɑnstər dɪˈzaɪn ˈhævɪŋ ə pis əv ɑrt ˈwərkɪŋ æt ðə ˈstɔri stəf ənd ðɛn ʤɪst kaɪnd əv wɔk θru səm əv ðə məˈkænɪkəl ˈɛləmənts ˌɔˈlraɪt soʊ siɪŋ ə lɔt siɪŋ ˈpipəl laɪk sim tɪ θɪŋk kul ˌoʊˈkeɪ kul əm kul nis ˈrɪli ˈspɔɪlər pɑrt əv hɪz ˈərnər fərst ðə maɪt bi ə si si ðɛr maɪt bi ən ˈɑrtəfɪs ər dɪˈzaɪn ˈsəmˌwɛr ɔn ɑr ˈnɛtˌwərk draɪvz ðət maɪt bi du fər ju sun aɪ wɔnt tɪ seɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ʤɪst kəm ɔn seɪ ɪt wɛl noʊ aɪ kəm ənd seɪ jæ kəm ɔn seɪ ən ˈɑrtəfɪs əv dɪˈzaɪn ðɛr ɪt ðɛr wɑz ə riˈvɪʒən wi hæv meɪd ɪt riˈvɪʒən ðə ˈʧælənʤ naʊ ɪz ənd ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ wɪʧ ju lʊk æt ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs goʊɪŋ θru ðə ˈsaɪlənt ˈbɪldɪŋ ə klæs ɪz ə lɔt tɪ ɪt soʊ wɛr wi ər raɪt naʊ æt ðət ɪz gɑt ə riˈvɪʒən beɪst ɔn ˈfidˌbæk frəm ə lɔt əv ˈsɔrsəz frəm ðə pleɪ tɛst ˈfidˌbæk ənd ðɛn frəm ə fju bæk frəm ˈəðər dɪˈzaɪnərz ənd ðɛn naʊ ɪt həz tɪ goʊ θru ə rəˈfaɪnmənt feɪz ənd ðɪs ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt æt ðɪs steɪʤ əˈspɛʃəli ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛz bɪg ɛz ðə ɪf ʤɪst səm ˈɑbviəs mɪˈsteɪks ɪn ðə klæs wi gɪt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ rɛvd əp wi θroʊ ɪt əp fər ju ə wi kʊd ˈɛvər ɪn praɪm tɪ pleɪ tɛst ənd ɪf ʤɪst ˈɑbviəs ˈbroʊkən stəf ðət minz ðə pleɪ tɛst ˈfidˌbæk ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ʤɪst mɔr raɪt nɑt ˈgɑnə goʊ ˈɛniˌwɛr ðə ðeɪ kɔl mi noʊ ˈspɔɪlərz ənd wət ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈkæstɪŋ θɪŋ ɪz nɑt ˈgɑnə seɪ jæ bɪˈkəz aɪ wɔnt ˈkrɔfərd tɪ hæv ə ʧæns tɪ lʊk θru ɪt aɪ wɔnt keɪt tɪ hæv ə ʧæns tɪ ˌrivˈju ɪt ənd ˈrɪli dɪg ˈɪntu ɪt soʊ nɑt ˈgɑnə ðoʊz səm əv ðə θɪŋz aɪ ʧeɪnʤd stɪl stəf maɪt stɪl ʧeɪnʤ bət aɪ hæv dən əˈnəðər dræft fər ðə ðə soʊ ðə ˈɛniˌweɪz gɪt ðə saɪn ɔn ɪgˈzæktli ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ nɛkst wi kʊd bi ˈmɑnstərz stɑrt duɪŋ səm ˈmɑnstərz ʃoʊ ju ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs bət hir tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə soʊ wi tɔkt əˈbaʊt ðə biɪŋ ðə ðət ɛˈsɛnʃəli naʊ məˈkænɪkli goʊɪŋ tɪ θɪŋk əv ɪt laɪk ˈsəmənɪŋ bət wət wi wɔnt ðə ˈfleɪvər tɪ bi ɪz ðət aɪ æm ˈpləkɪŋ θɪŋz aʊt əv maɪ ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən ər jʊr ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɛm ril ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɛm du stəf naʊ ðɪs ɪz ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋ aɪ θɪŋk wɪn wi θɪŋk ˈsəmənɪŋ ˈvɛri ˈizi tɪ gɪt kɔt ɪn aɪ ˈsəmən ə θɪŋ ənd ɪt bits ˈpipəl əp aɪ min ˈdɛfənətli ə ˈvɛri ˈjusfəl ˈvərʒən əv ˈsəmənɪŋ bɪˈliv mi bət ˈɔlsoʊ speɪs fər mɔr juˈtɪləti aɪ ˈsəmən ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət flaɪ soʊ ɪt pɪks mi əp ənd ˈkɛriz mi ˈsəmˌwɛr soʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ˈkæpʧərɪŋ ðət tu əˈspɛʃəli fər klæs ˈgɑnə bi ˈrɪli ə səb ˈklæsɪz kən bi ˈrɪli ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ðɪs əˈbɪləˌti ˈpʊtɪŋ səm ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti ənd bi ˈrɪli gʊd bɪˈkəz ðɛn wi ʤɪst hæv aɪ ʤɪst θɪŋz ər duɪŋ maɪ ˈfaɪtɪŋ fər mi ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ɪt gɪts ˈjuˈɛs si ˈmeɪbi səm ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti ənd haʊ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈlɪmətɪŋ ðiz θɪŋz soʊ fərst θɪŋz aɪ wɔnt tɪ du jæ ðə ər ʧeɪnʤd ˈɛrɪk ˈmeɪkɪŋ hoʊm fər ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri frɛndz ɪgˈzæktli ðiz ər ðɪs ɪz jʊr ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri frɛnd ðət kəmz tɪ laɪf ənd wət aɪ si ðə ˈsəmənɪŋ duɪŋ oʊ noʊ aɪ nid ə ˈɛni kɔr ˈbɑdi ˈjuʒəwəli ˈbɛtər bɪˈheɪvd ðən ðət ˌɔˈlraɪt soʊ jæ ˈbeɪsɪkli wət ˈɛni wi raɪt ju ˈsəmən jʊr ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri frɛnd naʊ ɪf fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ɑr ˈprɔˌsɛs hir ðə fərst θɪŋ wi nid tɪ du wi stɑrt dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ˈmeɪbi ʤɪst ə goʊ tɪ nu stəf teɪk ə lʊk æt wət ɪgˈzɪsts ɪn ðə geɪm ɔˈrɛdi raɪt ðɛr ər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈsəmənɪŋ spɛlz aʊt ðɛr soʊ wi tərn tɪ ə bɪɔnd wɪʧ ɪz ənd aɪ ˈgɑtə seɪ aɪ ju noʊ ə ˈtoʊtəl kəˈmərʃəl moʊd raɪt naʊ bət aɪ ləv ˈjuzɪŋ ðə bɪɔnd fər dɪˈzaɪn bɪˈkəz ɪt dɪz meɪk ʤɪst ˈsərʧɪŋ ˈjɔrsɛlf ˈiziər ðə nis biɪŋ goʊ θru ɔl spɛlz ənd wi ər ʤɪst goʊɪŋ tɪ goʊ θru ənd du ɑr ˈfɪltər əp spɛl ˈtɑrgəts raɪt ðɛr aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz fərˈgɛt ənd ʤɪst ˈgɑnə goʊ daʊn tɪ ˈprɪti ʃʊr ˈsəmən ˈspɪnɪŋ ɪz ə ˈfɪltər naʊ ˈfɪltər ɔl ɑr spɛlz soʊ ðɪs ɪz ə gʊd ˈstɑrtɪŋ pɔɪnt wi wɔnt tɪ ʧɛk aʊt wi wɔnt tɪ du ɪz ju noʊ ɪf fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə ʃoʊ ju gɪt tɪ hir mi seɪ ðɪs əˈgɛn wət wi wɔnt tɪ du ɪz lʊk æt wət ˈlɛvəlz du ˈsərtən θɪŋz kəm ɪn soʊ ˈʧɛkɪŋ ðiz θɪŋz aʊt naʊ wi hæv faɪn stid faɪnd nɑt ˈgɑnə ˌɪgˈnɔr ðət wən bɪˈkəz ə bɪt əv ə ˈaʊtlaɪər ɪn tərmz əv ɪts juˈtɪləti ˌɪnˈfɛˈsteɪʃən ɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈsəmənɪŋ ki wərd bət ˈrɪli nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈsəmənɪŋ θɪŋz ˈrɪli ðə ˈfleɪvər ənd ʤɪst ˈdraɪvɪŋ hoʊm ðət ˈfleɪvər soʊ ˈgɑnə skɪp faɪn stid wɛl goʊ bæk tɪ ɪt bət wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ɪz ˈkɑnʤər ˈænəməlz soʊ wət seɪɪŋ hir ɪz ðət wɪθ ə spɛl naʊ ə si ˈgɑnə goʊ soʊ maɪ hɛd gɪt ɪn ðə weɪ ˈgɑnə du ðɪs soʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ teɪk səm noʊts hir ʤɪst tɪ gɪt ˈjuˈɛs ə sɛns hir əv wət wi hæv goʊɪŋ ɔn ənd wət seɪɪŋ hir wɪθ ðɪs spɛl ɪz ɪt ə θərd ˈlɛvəl aɪ kən gɪt wən ˈkriʧər soʊ ʤɪst ˈgɑnə du ə ˈvɛri kwɪk ənd ˈdərti ˈteɪbəl hir ʤɪst soʊ wi kən aɪ wɔnt ɪz ʤɪst laɪk ˈbəstɪŋ ɪn təˈdeɪ aɪ wɔnts tɪ bi ˈɛvriˌwɛr ʤɪst goʊ kɔr ˈbɑdi ˈizi goʊ stɪl noʊ ðɪs ə spɛl ˈlɛvəl ənd ðɛn si ɑr soʊ ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪˈstæblɪʃɪz ənd nɑt ˈgɑnə kɛr tu məʧ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈəðər wənz fər raɪt naʊ wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz ʤɪst ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ðə wən fər wən aɪ ʤɪst bərnd ə θərd ˈlɛvəl spɛl aɪ gɪt wən ˈkriʧər ðə ˈəðər tu gɪt bæk tɪ ðoʊz ɪn ə sɛk bət nɑt jɛt aɪ wɔnt tɪ teɪk ə lʊk æt ðə ˈəðər spɛlz hir naʊ ˌwəˈtɛvər ju wɔnt tɪ du hir ˈgɑnə skɪp ˈsəmən ˈlɛsər ˈdimən bɪˈkəz ðiz ər ðiz kəm wɪθ ˈdrɔˌbæks bət æt fɔrθ wi goʊ tɪ ˈmɑnə ˌɛləˈmɛnəl ənd ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ hir ɪz seɪɪŋ æt fɔr stɪl siɪŋ tu naʊ ˈhæpənɪŋ hir ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈgɑnə seɪ ɪz laɪk ə ˈlɪtəl sɔft dɪˈzaɪn wət ðɪs ɪz əˈsumɪŋ ɪz ðət baɪ ˈneɪʧər əv biɪŋ ðə ˈkriʧər taɪp ˌɛləˈmɛnəl ər goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ θɪŋz æt tu ðən bists bists baɪ dɪˈzaɪn ər ˈvɛri ˈbɔrɪŋ ˈʤɛnərəli əˈʤəstɪd ˈbəkəts əv hɪt pɔɪnts wɪθ səm ˈbeɪsɪk ˈmeɪˌleɪ əˈtæks əˈtæʧt tɪ ðɛm ɪf ˈɛni ˈspɛʃəl əˈbɪləˌtiz ˈprɪti ˈmaɪnər ˈmeɪbi ə ˈraɪdər ɔn ən əˈtæk laɪk ˈnɑkɪŋ ˈsəmˌwən proʊn ər ˈmeɪbi səm sɔrt əv ˈsɛnsəri əˈbɪləˌti soʊ ˈgɑnə noʊt ðɪs raɪt hir ə bist ənd wət aɪ ˈrɪli wɔnt hir ɪz ðət ju noʊ ʤɪst ðə rɑ soʊ siɪŋ hir ˌbiˈfɔr ðət wɪl spɛl ən ˌɛləˈmɛnəl 2 soʊ ˌoʊˈkeɪ nɑt naʊ ðə wən θɪŋ ðoʊ ɪz nɑt ə juʤ ˈəpˈgreɪd goʊɪŋ frəm ˈɛləfənt ˌɛləˈmɛnəl tɪ ʤəˈnɛrɪk bist ər vaɪs ˈvərsə ɪz nɑt laɪk waʊ ju ʤɪst ˈdəbəld ɪts paʊər mɔr ˈjuʒəwəli wət ˈhæpənz ɪz wɪθ ˈsəmənɪŋ wən əv ðə θɪŋz ðət wɪl trɪp ju əp ɪn ɪz ðoʊz juˈtɪləti spɛlz ðə fˈjuʧər maɪt bi ˈkəmɪŋ wɪθ ənd si ðət bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk feɪ naʊ feɪz ˈɔlsoʊ æt aɪ noʊ ðɪs ɪz ə ˈvɛri ˈkɑmən ˈprɑbləm list hərd ˈpipəl kəmˈpleɪnd əˈbaʊt ðət səm əv ðiz ju kən brɪŋ ɪn ju noʊ ˈdrægɪŋ ɪn laɪk 8 feɪθ æt ɔl seɪ kən kæst kjʊr wundz ər ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ðət ðə ʧæt maɪt noʊ ðə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈɪʃu ˈpipəl ər seɪɪŋ bət ənd ˈkɪtənz ənd ˈmɪtənz bits ər ˈbɔrɪŋ ɔn waɪ hi heɪts reɪnʤ hir ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðət bist ɪt wɑz ðə faɪ ˈmæstər ðɛn bi ɔl bi ɔl ɪn soʊ əˈgɛn ˈgeɪtɪŋ ɪt hir seɪɪŋ ə ˈlɪtəl fər spɛl wərθ ˈgɪtɪŋ səm ˈmæʤɪk faɪnd ˈgreɪtər ðən ˈgreɪtər stiv laɪk ðə kɪŋ əv ðə ˈhɔrsɪz aɪ noʊ wət ðə spɛl dɪz oʊ ˈoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ðɪs ɪz kaɪnd əv ˈɪntroʊ si ju noʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə bi hɪˈlɛriəs bɪˈkəz aɪ fərˈgɑt ðə spɛl ɪgˈzɪsts gɑt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɔn æt ˈzinɪθ ˈaɪˈɑˈreɪz bʊk ðeɪ ˈædɪd æt ˈæftərˌmɑrkɪt laɪk jɪr 3 ɪkˈspænʧən ðə soʊ ðɪs ɪz kaɪnd əv ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ soʊ ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ˈkaɪndəst θɪŋ faɪt aɪ fərˈgɛt si 10 ɪz 5 ˈtoʊtəl ˈkɑmbæt aɪ gɪt ˈubər blɑ drɑps tɪ dɪsˈmɪs ɪt ˌoʊˈkeɪ sim tɪ si ˈɛniˌθɪŋ hir ðət ɪt sɪz aɪ meɪk ðɪs tɛl ˈjuˈɛs ˈɪntu faɪt soʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə kaɪnd əv ˈbækˌdɔr ðɪs ɪn ðə ˈgrɪfɪn ðə si ɑrz tu greɪt ɔl ˈgɑnə bi tɪ wɔʧ ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə bi laɪk ˈɛvəri ˈsəmənɪŋ spɛl ʤɪst gɪts ər tɪ ðə ˌoʊˈkeɪ jæ ðeɪ kəm teɪk ɪt kən faɪt ˌoʊˈkeɪ jæ læst θɪŋ aɪ nid ɪz ˈʤɛrəˌmi ˈbəstɪŋ kaɪl ʤɪst ˈgɪmi jæ ðɪs ɪz ə fləd wɛl ðɪs ɪz ə flaɪɪŋ bət ðiz ər flaɪɪŋ ˈkriʧərz ðoʊ bət ðət waɪ aɪ ʤɪst ˈsəmən ðiz θɪŋz ənd flaɪ ðɛm lʊk kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ əp maɪ oʊn geɪm ðɪs ɪz ˈklæsi bət weɪt ə sɛk ˌoʊˈkeɪ weɪt ə sɛk si ðiz ˈkɑnʤər ənd ɔl dɪz ɪt hæv ə riˈstrɪkʃən si ər tu ʤaɪənt bɔr ənd oʊ ðiz gaɪz ər mɑnˈstrɑsəti zɑr ðeɪ aɪ maɪt bi kəmˈplitli ˈwɪpɪŋ ɔn ðət ɪz ə ˈgrɪfɪn wət mɑnˈstrɑsəti ər ɪz ɪt ə bist ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə bi ðɪs jæ ə mɑnˈstrɑsəti ˌoʊˈkeɪ ðɛr wi goʊ soʊ əˈgɛn ˈgɪtɪŋ ðɪs ˈsɛgrəˌgeɪtɪd hir soʊ ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈpʊtɪŋ ə lɔt əv ə lɔt əv weɪt ɔn ðət ˈkriʧər taɪp ə lɔt mɔr ðən aɪ aɪ kɛr fər ˈpərsənəli nɑt ˈpərsənəli prəˈfɛʃənəli seɪɪŋ laɪk həz ə ˈdənʤən həz ə geɪm dɪˈzaɪnər ˈprɑbəˌbli mɔr goʊɪŋ hir soʊ gʊd ˈoʊˈkeɪ naʊ əp tɪ si ɑr sɪks wɛl ə bɪg ʤəmp soʊ wi wɛnt frəm soʊ ˌɛləˈmɛnəl ˈlɛvəl 5 əp tɪ si ɑr sɪks waʊ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ə bɪg ʤəmp ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ tɪ traɪ tɪ ˈbæləns wɛl lʊk æt ðə ˈdʊˈreɪʃən əv faɪn gʊd oʊ ɪz wən əv ðoʊz θɪŋz laɪk ˈbɛrid ðə ˈdʊˈreɪʃənz məʧ ˈlɔŋgər bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk ʤɪst ˈgɑnə snɔr aɪz maɪ oʊ ðɪs ɪz ə ˈmɪnət waʊ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ðɪs ɪz ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈɪrɪˌteɪt aɪ gɑt ɪt ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ðiz ər ɔl ðɪs ɪz waɪ wi hæv wən ˈmɪnət wən aʊər faɪnd ˈgreɪtər sit ɪz 10 ˈmɪnəts ˌɪnstənˈtæniəs wən ˈmɪnət ðɪs ɪz wən ˈækʃən ðɪs ɪz ə ˈlɪtəl ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə pleɪs ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ðə θɪŋ ðɪs ɪz nɑt nɑt ə ˈbɛri ðɪs ɛz ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər ˈjuˈɛs tɪ meɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ wərk ə bɪt ˈbɛtər jæ ˈkɔŋər feɪ ə ˈmɪnət aɪ gɪt waɪ ə ˈmɪnət ˈrɪli soʊ ju du ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ə faɪt bət ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən soʊ ɔl ˈrɪli ˈgɑnə kaɪnd əv θˈrɑtəl wət ɛls ju kən du ˌɔˈlraɪt ˌɑpərˈtunətiz lɑts əv ˌɑpərˈtunətiz hir ðɛr ɪz lɑts əv ˌɑpərˈtunətiz hir wi kən du ə lɔt əv stəf hir ðət wɪl meɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ ə lɔt mɔr fən bɪˈkəz ə lɔt əv laɪk haʊ ɪt teɪks ə ˈmɪnət oʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ aɪ wɔnt tɪ gɪt ə faʊl ɔn ə ˈsəmən ə tɪrænəˈsɔrəs rɛks hɛˈloʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈkɑnʤər feɪs [ˈlæftər] soʊ jæ ɪt ɪz ɪt ɪz ə ˌoʊˈkeɪ kul soʊ ˈɛniˌweɪz ðɪs ˌoʊˈkeɪ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ðɪs ɪz mi ˈʤɛndər ˈspətərɪŋ ɔn strim raɪt laɪk ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ju kən əp gən ðə spɛl waɪ ðə ʃoʊz əp ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ goʊ si ɑr æt ˌoʊˈkeɪ bət sɪks ðɛr ɔl raɪt ˌɑpərˈtunəti kip seɪɪŋ ðət ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti fər ˈjuˈɛs tɪ meɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ ju noʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈrɪli ˈfəni bɪˈkəz aɪ noʊ ˈpipəl ɔn tˈwɪtər əˈspɛʃəli ɪt sɪz oʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ pleɪ ə gʊd bi laɪk ðɛr ˈsəmənɪŋ spɛlz ɪn ðə geɪm bət aɪ ˈpərsənəli pleɪ ə lɔt əv ənd ðɪs ɪz ə ˈkɔrnər əv ðə geɪm laɪk ju kən ˌɪˈmæʤən ɪf ðə geɪm ɪz ə haʊs aɪ hæv aɪ gɔn ˈɪntu ðoʊz bæk ˈkɔrnər rum ənd laɪk ˈrɪli ˈdəsti ənd laɪk wɪθ ɪn hir oʊ ˈsəmənɪŋ ənd ɪt teɪks ə ˈmɪnət aɪ hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə aɪ ˈlɪtərəli læst naɪt wɑz ˈklinɪŋ ɑr gərˈɑʒɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ fər səm ˈmɪnɪʧərz ənd ðɪs ɪz bɪˈkəz bɪn ˈmɛrid fər ə waɪl soʊ ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈbɛtər æt ðɪs ðɛr wɑz ə ʧɛk maɪ waɪf dɪd səm fəˈtɑgrəfi wərks ˈsəmˌwən sɛnt hər ə ʧɛk fər ɪt ənd aɪ dɪd nɑt noʊ aɪ rɛd aɪ dɪd nɑt ˈriəˌlaɪz aɪ hæd pʊt ðə ʧɛk aʊt ɪn ðə gərɑʒ wɪθ səm əv maɪ ˈmɪnɪʧərz aɪ ˌæksəˈdɛnəli pɪkt ɪt əp ənd pʊt ɪn ə bɑks ənd soʊ məʧ ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ɪt ənd soʊ wɪn aɪ sɛd aɪ faʊnd ɪt ənd ʃi sɛd wɛr wɑz ɪt ənd aɪ sɛd oʊ ɪt wɑz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə frɪʤ nɑt ˈgɑnə tɛl hər aɪ tʊk jʊr ʧɛk ənd ʤɪst pʊt ɪt aʊt ɪn ðə gərɑʒ wɪθ ə bənʧ əv maɪ maɪ reɪl əv ˈmɪnɪʧərz aɪ wɑz ˈsɔrtɪŋ bɪˈkəz ə laɪk ðɪs ˌoʊˈkeɪ ˌɔˈlraɪt maɪ nu ðɪs ˈhæpənd ɪt wɑz ðɪs ˈsəmər aɪ nu aɪ mɛnt tɪ meɪk ɪt ðɪs weɪ ənd ðɪs ɪz hir ˌoʊˈkeɪ ə səˈlɛsʧəl fɔrs ɪn ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ðɪs ɪz ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə pleɪs ðɪs ɪz ˈrɪli ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ keɪs əˈgɛn ˌɑpərˈtunəti raɪt wət siɪŋ hir ðoʊ ɪz aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ ʤɪst bi blənt ˈgɑnə ˌɪgˈnɔr ðiz spɛlz bɪɔnd ˈgɪtɪŋ ə sɛns əv wɛr ðə ɪz bɪˈkəz ˈhæpənɪŋ hir ənd ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət aɪ æm nɑt ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ə fæn əv fər oʊld pleɪɪŋ geɪmz ənd aɪ noʊ waɪ wi dɪd ðɪs hir raɪt ənd ðɪs ɪz ə keɪs əv ju noʊ wi dɪd ðɪs faɪv jɪrz əˈgoʊ ɛˈsɛnʃəli ðɛr wʊd hæv bɪn səm əˈʤəstmənt ɪn tu ənd ˌfɔrˈtin ˌbiˈfɔr ðə geɪm riˈlist bət ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ wɛr bi əˈfreɪd tɪ lʊk bæk æt ˈsəmθɪŋ ju goʊ aɪ ˈrɪli laɪk haʊ aɪ dɪd ðət ˌoʊˈkeɪ ðət minz ˈlərnɪŋ heɪ ˈlərnɪŋ raɪt ənd nɑt nɑt traɪɪŋ tɪ bi leɪm ənd bi laɪk maɪ ɪkˈskjuz fər duɪŋ ɪt ðɪs weɪ ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ wɛr ˈsəmˌbɑdi wɑz ə ril bɛrz ˈspɛʃəli ɪn θərd ɪˈdɪʃən ə pən baɪ ðə weɪ soʊ ju kən lʊk ɪm læfs ðə kɔs nidz ˈsəmˌwən tɪ bɛr ðə ˈækʧəwəl it ˈsəmˌwən ə weɪl ə weɪl əv ə gʊd taɪm ðə səm ɪn ðə weɪl ənd blɑk ɔf ə ˈhɔlˌweɪ wɪθ ə juʤ ˈkriʧər ˈivɪn ˈbɪgər ənd ðɛn ɪt wʊd ʤɪst flɑp əraʊnd ənd daɪ bət stɪl ə ˈbɛriər bət ˈɛniˌweɪ soʊ ðɪs ɪz praɪd ˈɪrə wɛr ˈvɛri ˈvɛri ˈkɔʃəs bɪˈkəz ɪn dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ðə ɪnˈtaɪər geɪm ˈsɪstəm ðə ə lɔt əv kˈwɛsʧənz ju hæv tɪ æsk spɛlz ɪn ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ju noʊ wɪn ju lʊk æt ðə geɪm wɛr wi ər naʊ ɪn 2018 sin ə lɔt mɔr səb ˈklæsɪz kəm aʊt ɪn tərmz əv ju ə ju hæv nɑt sin ɛz ˈmɛni spɛlz ɪn tərmz əv ɑr ˈfoʊkɪs ənd ðə ˈʧælənʤ biɪŋ ə ˈsɪŋgəl spɛl kən ˈrɪli dɪˈstərb ðə ˈbæləns əv ðə geɪm bət ˈvɛri ˈtrɪki tɪ gɪt pleɪ tɛst ˈfidˌbæk ɔn seɪ 50 nu spɛlz ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ tu nu ər wən nu ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt ɪz ðət duɪŋ soʊ wɪθ spɛlz ɪn fɪθ wi wər ˈprɑbəˌbli ə lɔt nɑt ˈprɑbəˌbli aɪ noʊ ðɪs bɪˈkəz aɪ wərkt ɔn ðə geɪm wi wər ə lɔt mɔr ˈkɔʃəs əˈbaʊt ˈpʊʃɪŋ θɪŋz ənd ˈsəmənɪŋ ðɪs wɑz ə greɪt ɪgˈzæmpəl əv wi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ θˈrɑtəl bæk ə bɪt ɔn ɪt tɪ meɪk ɪt mɔr ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənəl wət ðiz laɪk wi noʊ ˈkæstɪŋ taɪmz əv ə ˈmɪnət tɪ ˈrɪli meɪk ɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ju hæd tɪ plæn ɔn ˈrəðər ðən ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ju kʊd ʤɪst du ənd aɪ kən si hir ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ˈwʊˌdlænd biɪŋ ɪz ən ˈækʃən ðət goʊɪŋ ɔn hir jæ ðə ˈtrɪki θɪŋ ɪz ɛz ə pleɪər aɪ kən ədˈmɪt ɛz ə pleɪər aɪ laɪk ˈhævɪŋ ˈməltəpəl ˈækˌsɪz aɪ hæv tɪ juz tu mɛnt tɪ ˈmɛʒər θɪŋz aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ laɪk ðə səˈpraɪz ˈfæktər aɪ laɪk heɪ ɪf ə pleɪər θru oʊ heɪ faɪn si ðət lʊks kul ənd ju fərˈgɛt gɑt ə tɛn ˈmɪnət ˈkæstɪŋ taɪm soʊ ðɪs ɪz laɪk ə ˈwɔrənt ˈwɔrənt ˈmoʊmənt ɪn ðə geɪm laɪk oʊ heɪ ðə gaɪz ər ˈʧeɪsɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ˈkɑndərz faɪn stid kæst wɪl gɪt ɪt ˈwɔrmər soʊ noʊ ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli teɪks tɛn ˈmɪnəts ənd gɑt ɔl ðɪs stəf goʊɪŋ ɔn soʊ wət aɪ wɔnt ðɪs gaɪ tɪ du ɪz ɪz ˈɪnstənt ˈsəmənz laɪk aɪ wɔnt aɪ wɔnt ðɪs tɪ ʤɪst bi ˈɪnstəntli ˈsəmən ju frɛnd ər ˈsərvənt wət wi wɔnt naʊ ðə trɪk tɪ ðɪs oʊ wəns aɪ rɪˈgɑrd ju ˈpʊtɪŋ səˈʤɛst ɛz ən eɪʧ keɪs 2011 ˈækʃən ˈspaɪdər əˈkruəl 4080 oʊ jæ soʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ θru əˈbaʊt 12 ɪn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɔn tˈwɪtər ɪf ju ˈfɑloʊ mi ɔn tˈwɪtər oʊ ənd ə kˈwɛʃən frəm blæk eɪs 13 ənd aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈwɑnə gɪt tɪ ðət wən ðə ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ du tu θɪŋz aɪ səˈʤɛst ˈwɛpən ˈfaɪtɪŋ ðət ɔn tˈwɪtər ðət ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈkɔstɪŋ ə ˈboʊnəs ˈækʃən bɪˈkəz ɛz ˈhæmərd hoʊm ˈmɛni taɪmz ɪf wɔʧt ðə strim tɪ ˈwɛpən ðə ˈboʊnəs ˈækʃən ɪˈkɑnəmi kən gɪt kaɪnd əv ˈmɛsi wɪθ tu əp ənd ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈɔfən klæs ˈfiʧərz ˌrikˈwaɪər ə ˈboʊnəs ˈækʃən tɪ ˈæktəˌveɪt ɪt ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət kən bi dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ laɪk reɪʤ wɪʧ minz ə greɪt ˈwɛpən ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈkɛrɪktər ju fil bæd aɪ wʊd laɪk ju noʊ haʊ wʊd ðət wərk wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈboʊnəs ˈækʃən soʊ ðə aɪˈdiə ɪz ɪf bɪn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ɪn pleɪs əv ən əˈtæk ju meɪk tu əˈtæks bət jʊr ˈdæmɪʤ gɪts daʊn ɪn ə wɛl ˈɛləgənt ˈsɪmpəl weɪ ənd ðə ˈɛləgənt ˈsɪmpəl weɪ ɪz kaɪnd əv ˈstrəgəlɪŋ hir bət ðɛr ər ˈkeɪsɪz wɛr ðət kʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli lɛd tɪ lɔt əv əˈtæks kwɪk kˈwɛʃən əˈbaʊt ðə ˈtraɪdənt soʊ sin ðɛm ə fju ˈpipəl æsk wɛl ðət waɪ ɪz ðə ˈtraɪdənt səʧ ə ˈkræˌpi ˈwɛpən ðə ˈtraɪdənt ɪz ɪn ðə geɪm nɑt bɪˈkəz wi straɪv tɪ meɪk ðə ˈtraɪdənt ə ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈwɛpən ðət sɪts əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðə spɪr ənd ðə sɔrd ðə ˈtraɪdənt ɪn ðə geɪm ˈsəmθɪŋ bɪˈkəz ɑr əkˈwɑtɪk ˈkriʧərz wild ɪt ənd ˈrɪli ə ˈfleɪvər θɪŋ wi fɛlt ðət ˈpʊtɪŋ ə lɔt jæ aɪ fɛlt ənd ˈpipəl sim tɪ əˈgri ðət ɪf ˈgɑnə ʃoʊ ɑrts tɪ ju əˈgɛn ər ˈtraɪtən ər hu həz ə ˈtraɪdənt bət ðɛn kɔl ɪt ə spɪr ənd ðəs ðət maɪt bi ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt dɪskəˈnɛkt soʊ ɔl ðət ˈwɛpən ɪz ˈlɪtərəli ɪn ðə geɪm bɪˈkəz wi hæv əkˈwɑtɪk ˈkriʧərz ðət juz ˈtraɪdənt wi ˈæˌkʧuəli wɔnt ju tɪ meɪk ɪt fil laɪk hi wɑz ə greɪt ˈwɛpən ðət wʊd bi ə ˈnæʧərəl θɪŋ ðət wʊd juz naʊ ju kʊd ˈɑrgju ðət ˈmeɪbi ðət ə greɪt keɪs bət laɪk ɪn səm weɪz ðə ˈwɛpən lɪst sərvz tu ˈpərpəsɪz ɪt sərvz ˈkɛrɪktərz ˈbeɪsɪkli aɪ laɪk ðət wət ˈwɛpən aɪ wɔnt tɪ juz ɪt ənd ðɛn ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔlˌweɪz sərvz ðə ˈmɑnstərz soʊ ˈɛniˌweɪ waɪl goʊɪŋ ɔn wi wɔnt ˈfeɪvər fər æt wɪl ˈsəmənɪŋ wɔnt klɪr juˈtɪləti θɪŋz hæv ə klɪr juz hæv ə ˈfəŋkʃən bɪɔnd ˈkɑmbæt ðə kən faɪt ˈɪnstəntli ˈsəmən ə frɛnd ər ˈsərvənt ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈgɑnə seɪ ju noʊ riˈstrɪkt ðɪs tɪ wən ˈkriʧər ɛz dɪˈfɔlt aɪ θɪŋk ə lɔt əv ðə ʃəˈnænɪgənz ðət kəm ɪn ər wən laɪk aɪ kən gɪt ˈməltəpəl ˈkriʧərz twɛlv ər ɪz ɪt ˈgɑnə bi ə nɑn ˈkriʧər ˈsəmənɪŋ ˈɔpʃən jæ aɪ θɪŋk ˈsəmθɪŋ wɪʧ wʊd bi kul ɛˈsɛnʃəli ðiz ər ˈgɑnə bi ˈkɑnstrəkts kən bi ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ənd ðət friz əp ə lɔt əv dɪˈzaɪn speɪs fər ˈjuˈɛs soʊ ju kʊd seɪ ˈgɑnə ˈsəmən ə ˈdænsɪŋ sɔrd ˈgɑnə ˈsəmən ə ʤaɪənt ju noʊ ˈroʊlɪŋ ˈboʊldər tɪ kræʃ θru ˈpipəl ənd muv əraʊnd ðə gɑt laɪk ə bɪg biz hænz seɪ ʧaʊ mɑrt soʊ gɪts ə gʊd kəmˈpɛrəsən soʊ ðə ðɪs ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli wət wi wɔnt tɪ du ənd wɪn aɪ θɪŋk əv æt wɪl ˈsəmənɪŋ ðɪs ɪz wɛr ənd ðɪs ɪz wɛr aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs sɔrt əv ðɪs sɔrt əv ˈbɛnəfɪt aɪ gɪt ɛz aɪ pʊt spɛl slɑts ˈɪntu ðɪs wət aɪ θɪŋk æt wɪl ˈsəmənɪŋ dɪz ɪz ɪt ə kɔsts tɪ jʊr ˈækʃən laɪk jæ kɔst jʊr ˈækʃən ˈækʃən ɔn ən ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈbeɪsɪs haɪər ˈlɛvəl ˈsəmənɪŋ lɛts ju stæk θɪŋz ɔn tɔp əv jʊr ˈækʃənz soʊ wət aɪ min baɪ ðət ɪz ðɪs aɪ hæv ən ˈæpəlz ˈsəmˌwən hæv ðɪs ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri frɛnd aɪ wɔnt tɪ kɔl ˈɪntu biɪŋ ənd meɪk ðɛm du ˈsəmθɪŋ aɪ θɪŋk ɪf ju θɪŋk əv ðə ənˈsin ˈsərvənt spɛl jæ hæd hər feɪn ənˈsin ˈsərvənt biɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ðoʊz laɪnz ɪkˈsɛpt aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ faɪt əm ju noʊ ˈəðərˌwaɪz aɪ ˈrɪli fil laɪk ə ɪf ðeɪ wət duɪŋ ɪz ʤɪst aɪ kən muv stəf əraʊnd bət aɪ kən du ðət wɪθ meɪnʤ hænd soʊ aɪ hæv ðɪs ˈkriʧər aɪ kən brɪŋ ɪt ˈɪntu ɪgˈzɪstəns laɪk aɪ skəlpt ɪt aɪ kən meɪk ɪt faɪt ˈgɑnə kɔst mi maɪ ˈækʃən tɪ meɪk ɪt faɪt ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt aɪ gɪt ˈbɛnəfɪt aɪ gɪt ðət wɑz ðət ˈkriʧər ɪz ˈgɑnə ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ ə speɪs soʊ ɪf ju ɪf ˈmɪnɪʧərz pleɪər ɪf ju juz ˈmɪnɪʧərz ɪn jʊr geɪm ju ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈɪnstəntli nid tɪ noʊ ðət ˈbɛnəfɪt ɛz ə ˈpɑrti wi kən kənˈtroʊl ən ˈɛkstrə skwɛr wi ˈprɑbəˌbli hæv tɪ pʊt ə tæks ɔn ðət ðoʊ soʊ goʊɪŋ tɪ θroʊ ðɪs ˈəðər θɪŋ ɪn hir æt wɪl ˈsəmənɪŋ kəmz wɪθ səm ˈdæmɪʤ ˈfidˌbæk wət dɪz ðət min ju maɪt æsk wɛl aɪ θɪŋk wət ðət wət ðət minz ɪz ðət ɪf aɪ ˈsəmən ə ˈkriʧər ənd æt wɪl aɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ˈɛni ˈmæʤɪk ˈɪntu ɪt maɪ neɪm ɑr ˈrisɔrsɪz ðət kʊd ju gɪts kɪld aɪ nid tɪ teɪk ə ˈdrɔˌbæk ðət kʊd bi ˈdæmɪʤ ɪt kʊd bi ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk aɪ luz ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən fər ə taɪm ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈdæmɪʤ fæst ənd ˈizi ɛz ə pleɪər tɪ əˈsɛs nɑt ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ðɪs tɪ bi ə lɔt əv ˈdæmɪʤ wət aɪ ʤɪst wɔnt tɪ du ɪz stɑp ju frəm ˈɪnfənətli ˈblɑkɪŋ ə ˈdɔrˌweɪ ðə saɪz ˈlɪmət ˈnɔrθˌlænd kæl bi ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət pleɪ wɪθ ɛz wi goʊ tɪ haɪər ˈlɛvəlz soʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ wɛr wi wɔnt ju tɪ ʤɪst raʊnd əp tɪ raʊnd ɪm tɪ kip ˈblɑkɪŋ ðə ˈdɔrˌweɪ ənd ɛˈsɛnʃəli hæv ə ˈdæmɪʤd spənʤ bɪˈkəz ðə ˈəðər ˈbɛnəfɪt ənd ˈæˌkʧuəli teɪk ə kwɪk stɛp bæk soʊ aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd duɪŋ ɔl ðɪs stəf ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts əv ˈsəmənɪŋ ðɪs ɪz waɪ ˈsəmənɪŋ ɪz soʊ ˈtrɪki bɪˈkəz gɑt ə lɔt əv ˈbɛnəfɪts ju noʊ ə ˈfaɪərˌbɔl ʤɪst dɪz ˈdæmɪʤ duɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ ɪf ju wɔnt ɪt tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls laɪk sɛt ə ˈbɪldɪŋ ɔn faɪər ər ˈsəmθɪŋ ðə tɪ kaɪnd əv stɑrt əˈʤudɪˌkeɪtɪŋ ðɪs bət ˈsəmənɪŋ kəmz ə lɔt əv θɪŋz beɪkt ɪn ˈɛkstrə hɪt pɔɪnts fər ðə ˈpɑrti soʊ ə ˈsəmənɪŋ ə ˈsəmən ˈkriʧər kəmz wɪθ ˈhævɪŋ hɪt pɔɪnts soʊ aɪ kən əˈtæk ɪt ɛˈsɛnʃəli kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə ˈbəfər fər ðə ˈpɑrti ɪf soʊ θɪŋk əv ðɪs sɪˈnɛrioʊ ðə ˈpɑrti ɪz ɪn ə ˈdənʤən ðeɪ ˈoʊpən ə dɔr faɪv ˈgɑblɪnz ðə goʊz fərst ðeɪ θroʊ ə ˈsəmən ˈkriʧər ˈɪntu ðə ˈdɔrˌweɪ ðə ˈgɑblɪnz rəʃ əp wɪθ ðɛr sɔrdz wən ər mɔr əv ðə ˈgɑblɪnz həz tɪ spɛnd ðɛr ˈækʃənz ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðət ˈsəmənd ˈkriʧər əˈgɛn ˈvɛri ˈpaʊərfəl ə kən træp ənd lɛts mi ˈkænsəl ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈlɛtɪŋ ju ˈkænsəl ən əˈtæk æt noʊ kɔst ɪz ˈvɛri gʊd ˈkænsəlɪŋ ən əˈtæk æt ə kɔst soʊ ɪn ðɪs keɪs ˈdæmɪʤ minz aɪ kən juz ðət bət aɪ hæv tɪ juz ɪt ʤuˈdɪʃɪsli ənd ɪf ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt ə lɔt goʊɪŋ tɪ dreɪn ˈəðər ˈpɑrti ˈrisɔrsɪz soʊ wət wi wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ɪz ʤɪst nɑt ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ə ˈvɛri bɪg ˈbɛnəfɪt ənd dɪˈnaɪɪŋ əˈtæks ɪz ə bɪg ˈbɛnəfɪt ɪf ju kən pʊt jʊr ˈɛnəmi ɪn ə pəˈzɪʃən wɛr ðeɪ ˈkænɑt əˈtæk ju ənd ju kən əˈtæk ðɛm bæk fænˈtæstɪk ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ du ɔl deɪ soʊ gɑt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðət wi teɪk ən əˈkaʊnt ˈɪntu ðət mɔr ˈɛriə kənˈtroʊl soʊ əˈgɛn ɪf θɪŋk əv ɪf ˈjuzɪŋ grɪd grɪd ɪn ə ˈmɪnət ənd ˈmɪnɪʧərz əˈnəðər ˈmɪnɪˌʧʊr ɔn ðə ˈteɪbəl fər ðə ˈpɑrti ðə soʊ nɑt ɛz bɪg bət ɪt stɪl kən bi ˈprɪti ˈjusfəl ənd ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃənz ʤɪst du mɔr stəf raɪt ɪf ju hæv jʊr ˈædɪŋ ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈmɛmbər tɪ ðə ˈpɑrti ɪt ʤɪst gɪvz ju mɔr ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti ɪf ju θɪŋk əv ðə ˈpɑrti həz ə grup ðət həz ɛks ˈnəmbər əv ˈækʃənz tɪ juz iʧ raʊnd ˈædɪŋ mɔr ˈækʃənz ˈɔlˌweɪz ʤɪst ə gʊd θɪŋ ðɛr ɪz fju ˈkeɪsɪz ðət kənˈtraɪvd ˈhævɪŋ ðoʊz ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃənz ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈdrɔˌbæk aɪ min æt wərst ˈnutrəl ɪgˈzæmpəl ju nid tɪ ˈoʊpən ə dɔr wən ˈækʃən ˌoʊˈkeɪ aɪ kʊd hæv 50 ˈækʃənz ər faɪv ˈækʃənz ər wən ɛz lɔŋ ɛz aɪ hæv wən aɪ kən ˈoʊpən ðə dɔr soʊ bət ˈtɪpɪkəli ˈskeɪlɪŋ ðoʊz əp aɪ hæv mɔr ˈækʃənz minz aɪ kən ˈoʊpən ðət dɔr wi kən goʊ θru ənd aɪ kən du ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls soʊ naʊ ðɛr ər səm ˈlɪmɪts tɪ ɪt bət nɑt ðoʊz ˈlɪmɪts lʊk mɔr laɪk ˈædɪŋ eɪt tɪ twɛlv ɛkˈstrækʃənz nɑt wən wən ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃəl soʊ wi hæv tɪ əˈkaʊnt fər ðət tu ənd waɪ ju si ˈɔfən ju noʊ ðə ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈrɪli wi ʃʊd lʊk æt seɪ ənd ˈsəmˌwən ˈmɛnʃənd ɪt bɪˈkəz əv ðə faɪ ɪn ðə teɪk ə lʊk æt ˈfeɪvərɪt ˈkɛrɪktər klæs ðə ˈreɪnʤər ˈɛvriˌwən fər ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃənz əv ˈpipəl hu laɪk ˈreɪnʤərz ju si ə lɔt əv ðə dɪskənˈtɛnt ˈpipəl hu laɪk ðə ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɔl ðə θɪŋz ðət ðeɪ laɪk əˈbaʊt ðɪs dɪˈzaɪn ənd goʊ bæk tɪ ðət lɪst ðət aɪ ʤɪst ˈrætəld ɔf soʊ teɪk ə lʊk æt ɑr kəmˈpænjən ðoʊ ə θərd ˈlɛvəl ju geɪn ə bist kəmˈpænjən ðət əˈkəmpəniz ju ɔn jʊr ædˈvɛnʧərz ənd ɪz treɪnd tɪ faɪt əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ju ʧuz ə bist ðət ɪz noʊ ˈlɑrʤər ðən ˈmidiəm soʊ ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋ wi wɔnt ju ˈgɪtɪŋ ə lɑrʤ bist lɑrʤ ˈkriʧərz əˈspɛʃəli juz ˈmɪnɪʧərz ər ˈsupər ˈjusfəl tɪ hæv ɪn jʊr ˈpɑrti bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ʤɪst ðeɪ kəˈmænd fɔr ˈspeɪsɪz ˈpɑrti əv fɔr ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈdəbəld ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈspeɪsɪz aɪ kən kənˈtroʊl ən ə grɪd ɪt meɪks ɪt ˈvɛri ˈizi tɪ klin kloʊðz ɔf ˈpæsɪʤɪz θɪŋz laɪk ðət ˈʧælənʤ wən kˈwɔrtər ər loʊər oʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈgɑnə raɪt daʊn ðɛr tu goʊɪŋ tɪ bi kaɪnd əv ɑr traɪɪŋ tɪ pʊt ˈreɪnʤər hir tɪ noʊt ðət ənd sɛt ə ˈlɪtəl 3 ˈgɑnə du noʊt ðət rɪˈmɛmbər ər ʧæt riˈmaɪnd mi ˈoʊˈkeɪ soʊ soʊ ju gɪt səm ˈboʊnəsɪz ˈoʊˈkeɪ ˈædɪŋ jʊr jʊr prəˈfɪʃənsi ˈboʊnəs ʤɪst bɪˈkəz wi wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ɪt goʊ ju noʊ ˈsaɪdˌweɪz soʊ ˈgɪvɪŋ ɪt səm hɪt pɔɪnt ˈkʊʃənɪŋ hir bət ɑr beɪs θɪŋ ɪz soʊ ðɪs ɪz ɛˈsɛnʃəli ðə hɪt pɔɪnts ənd ðə prəˈfɪʃənsi ər ʤɪst ðɛr tɪ lɛt ðɪs skeɪl əp soʊ nɑt ju du hæv tɪ riˈsaɪkəl ɪt ər ju hæv tɪ ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ɪt bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˈjusləs ðə lɔt əv ˈpipəl tɪ ˈɑrgju ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst nɑt ˈvɛri ˈjusfəl tɪ stɑrt wɪθ ɪt kən ˌəndərˈstænd ju ʃʊr ɪt kən spɛnd hɪt daɪs soʊ ɪt teɪks ɪts tərnz ɔn jʊr ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪv ðoʊ ɪt teɪk ən ˈækʃən lɛs ju kəˈmænd ɪt tɪ ɔn jʊr tərn ju kən vərˈbæli kəˈmænd ðə bist ər tɪ muv noʊ ˈækʃən rikˈwaɪərd baɪ ju ju kən juz jʊr ˈækʃən tɪ vərˈbæli kəˈmænd ɪt tɪ əˈtæk ˌwəˈtɛvər teɪk məʧ əv ˈækʃənz ðə ənd ˈjuzɪŋ jʊr ˈækʃən ənd soʊ ˈgɪtɪŋ bæk ðɪs aɪˈdiə əv ˈædɪŋ ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃənz tɪ ðə ˈpɑrti pul ðə ˈθɪŋkɪŋ hir ənd ju kən si ðət seɪm rɪˈləktəns tɪ ˈrɪli ɪmˈbreɪs ðɪs aɪˈdiə əv ˈsəmənɪŋ ðət wi sɔ ɪn ðə spɛlz wɪθ laɪk ðə 10 ˈmɪnət ˈkæstɪŋ taɪmz ənd biɪŋ kaɪnd əv ɑr ˈsilɪŋ ənd wəns wi hɪt 2 wi ʤɪst ˈstɑrtɪd ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ˈəðər θɪŋz ɪn ðə spɛlz tɪ meɪk ðɛm ˈbɛtər ˈkæstɪŋ taɪm ər taɪp əv ˈkriʧər siɪŋ ðɪs pleɪ aʊt hir ɪn ðə ˈreɪnʤər ənd siɪŋ beɪst ɔn wət wi sɔ ɪn ðə riˈækʃən tɪ ðɪs dɪˈzaɪn ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl ʤɪst nɑt ˈhæpi wɪθ ðɪs ðeɪ ʤɪst fil laɪk ðeɪ wər ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ˈkriʧər ðət wɑz ðɛr kəmˈpænjən ðeɪ fɛlt laɪk ðeɪ wər ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ˈroʊˌbət wɪθ ə rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊl əˈtæʧt tɪ ɪt ənd ju wər rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊlɪŋ ə ˈroʊˌbət aɪ θɪŋk ðət fər mi kaɪnd əv ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkli wɛr aɪ fil ɪt ɪz ənd jæ ənd ðət ʃɛr ðɪs ɪz ə greɪt pɔɪnt ɔl raɪt ðə ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðɪs ɪz meɪd fər ˈpipəl hu wɔnt ə pɛt aɪ wɔnt tɪ pɛt ənd ðɛn aɪ gɪt ə pɛt ənd aɪ gɪt ə kaɪnd əv ə pɛt ðət sɔrt əv leɪm ənd aɪ wɑz ʤɪst ˈhævɪŋ ðə dɪˈskəʃən wɪθ ˈsəmˌwən təˈdeɪ əˈbaʊt ə ˈkɛrɪktər reɪs ˈsəmˌwən wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ənd ˈriəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðət ðə weɪ ðə dɪˈzaɪn wɑz kənˈfɪgjərd ɪf ju ˈrɛrli pleɪd ðət reɪs laɪk ˈmeɪbi ju pleɪd ðət reɪs wəns ɪt wɑz wərk faɪn bət ɪf ðə taɪp əv pleɪər hu sɛd oʊ ðɪs ɪz maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt taɪp əv ˈkɛrɪktər tɪ pleɪ oʊ ˈgɑnə pleɪ ðiz gaɪz ənd kəˈnɛkt jɪr ˈgɑnə pleɪ fɔr ˈdɪfərənt ˈkɛrɪktərz ənd ɔl ðɛm wɪl bi ðɪs taɪp əv ˈkɛrɪktər u ðə weɪ ɪt wɑz dɪˈzaɪnd ɪz laɪk oʊ ˈæˌkʧuəli filz kaɪnd əv leɪm laɪk ɪt filz fən ðə fərst taɪm bət ðə ˈsɛkənd wɪn ju meɪk aɪ filz ə ˈlɪtəl tɪ seɪ mi soʊ ðət ɪz ˈdɛfənətli ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ɪz dɪˈzaɪnd ju nid tɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ðət ɪn tərmz əv ðə pleɪər ðət ˈeɪmɪŋ tɪ ækt nɑt ʤɪst ɪn tərmz əv wət ðeɪ laɪk bət ɪn tərmz əv ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ˈsɛvərəl kæmˈpeɪnz haʊ wɪl ðɪs stænd əp soʊ 0 ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəl ˈwɛpən ɪz ə ˈstrimˌlaɪn bət ˈsudoʊ ˈvərʒən əv ˈsəmənɪŋ ðɛr maɪt bi ˈsəmθɪŋ ðɛr ðə wɛl aɪ wɔnt tɪ teɪk ə lʊk ðət ˈæˌkʧuəli brɪŋ ɪn ˈkriʧərz aɪ wɔnt tɪ meɪk ðɪs wərk bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk wi kən meɪk ðɪs wərk ə wɪn aɪ θɪŋk ðɛr ər pleɪərz əp ðɛr hu ɪf wi kən meɪk ðɪs wərk wʊd seɪ ˈfaɪnəli aɪ kən pleɪ ðə ˈkɛrɪktər aɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz wɔnt tɪ pleɪ aɪ gɪt tɪ pleɪ ðə ˈkɛrɪktər hu həz pɛts ənd ɛz ˈsəmˌwən hu həz tu dɔgz ənd fɔr kæts aɪ kən ˌəndərˈstænd ðət ju laɪk aɪ min pɛts əraʊnd ənˈlɛs ðeɪ weɪk əp æt boʊθ laɪk a.m*. ənd a.m*. tɪ bi lɛt aʊt soʊ məʧ bət ðət maɪt bi ðɛm kaɪnd əv traɪɪŋ tɪ tɛl ju ˈsəmθɪŋ ənd ðət maɪt bi ɑr ˈoʊldər dɔg ənd ˈhæpi ðət wi hæv ə ˈpəpi ɪn ðə haʊs soʊ juzd tɪ ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈoʊldər bət stɪl ə ˈpəpi soʊ jæ soʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈrɪli wɛr siɪŋ ðə ˈtɛnʃən kəm ɪn ənd aɪ fil ˈprɪti ˈkɑnfədənt ðət wi wi wər ˈkɔʃəs hir ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈkɔʃən wɑz ˈwɔrəntɪd aɪ wʊd stænd baɪ ðət dɪˈsɪʒən aɪ θɪŋk ɪf wi wɛnt bæk tɪ 2013 ənd ˌwəˈtɛvər rɪˈvaɪzd ðɪs wi wʊd rɪˈvaɪz ɪt bɪˈkəz wi lərn θɪŋz sɪns ðɛn nɑt bɪˈkəz ˈrɪli ˈɛni ˈɪnˌsaɪt ðət wi ʤɪst mɪst wɪn ðɪs sɔrt əv θɪŋ goʊz rɔŋ ɪt goʊz rɔŋ ɪn ə weɪ ðət meɪks ðə æt list ˈrɪli ˈɪrəˌteɪtəd bɪˈkəz aɪ hæv pleɪd ɪn ðə kæmˈpeɪn wɪθ ðə ˈbroʊkən ˈsəmənɪŋ wɪθ ˈsəmˌbɑdi ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət fɛlt ˈbroʊkən ənd ɪn ðɪs spɪˈsɪfɪk keɪs ˈɛlvɪs faɪnd ɪt həz ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ʤɪst fɛlt laɪk rɪˈdɪkjələs ənd ɪt wɑz duɪŋ θɪŋz ðət fɛlt fɑr bɪɔnd wət ɪkˈspɛkt frəm ðə ˈkɛrɪktər tɪ du aɪ hæd ə frɛnd əv maɪn hu wʊd juz ˈməltəpəl tɪ laɪk ˈsəmən ʤɪst hɔrdz əv loʊ ˈkriʧərz ənd ʤɪst hæv ðɛm ɔl juz ðə hɛlp ˈækʃən ənd θərd ɪˈdɪʃən ɪf aɪ rɪˈmɛmbər raɪt ðə hɛlp ˈækʃən stækt ər ɪt wɑz laɪk ðə ˈhɪndər ˈækʃən stækt soʊ ʤɪst rɪˈdɪkjələs ju noʊ bət ɪt wɑz ə gʊd ɪgˈzæmpəl laɪk ə ˌloʊˈlɛvəl spɛl ðət wɑz prəˈdusɪŋ laɪk 10 əˈtæk ˈboʊnəsɪz wɪʧ θərd ɪˈdɪʃən wər greɪt bɪˈkəz ðɛn jʊr jʊr ˈɪtərˌeɪtɪv əˈtæks gɑt ˈməltəpəl əˈtæks ɪn θərd ɪˈdɪʃən jʊr əˈtæk ˈboʊnəs wɛnt daʊn drəˈmætɪkəli soʊ ˈgɪtɪŋ ə bɪg ˈboʊnəs wɑz juʤ ɪt mɛnt ju wər goʊɪŋ frəm ˈhɪtɪŋ wən ənd ə hæf taɪmz pər raʊnd tɪ laɪk ˈhɪtɪŋ ɔl θri taɪmz wɪθ jʊr əˈtæks soʊ ɪt kʊd bi ˈrɪli bɪg ðə ɔl raɪt soʊ jæ aɪ noʊ ə frɑg ˈwilər ə ə ˈkɛrɪktər tɪ skaʊt wɪn ju hæv dɪˈspoʊzəbəl əˈnəðər gʊd ɪgˈzæmpəl raɪt ðət kəmz ˈɪntu ðə ˈækʃən sɔrt əv θɪŋ aɪ hæv mɔr ˈækʃənz aɪ hæv ˈækʃənz aɪ maɪnd ˈsɛndɪŋ aʊt tɪ daɪ aɪ wər pleɪɪŋ ə geɪm wɪθ ə druɪd hu wɑz ˈsəmənɪŋ ˈænəməlz ənd ˈsɛndɪŋ ðɛm daʊn tɪ ˈtrɪgər træps ənd ə ˈtumər ɪn wɪʧ wɑz ʤɪst sɔrt əv hɪˈlɛriəs aɪ æm ðə ˈgɑrdiən əv ˈneɪʧər ˈænəməlz aɪ ləv ju plænts kəm tɪ mi aɪ wɪl aɪ wɪl teɪk kɛr əv ju prəˈtɛkt ju əkˈsɛpt ju faɪt oʊ rən daʊn ðət ˈhɔlˌweɪ ənd lɛt mi noʊ ɪf ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ʤəmps aʊt ənd stæbz ju soʊ əˈgɛn ðət gɪts bæk tɪ ðɪs aɪˈdiə əv ˈpʊtɪŋ ðə bɛt ˈpɛnəlti ɔn ɪt ju noʊ ðɪs aɪˈdiə ðət ɪf fri ˈsəmənɪŋ aɪ wɔnt tɪ θroʊ ə səm sɔrt əv aɪ ˈwɔntɪd ɪn jʊr ˈrisɔrsɪz ɪn səm weɪ bɪˈkəz aɪ wɔnt tɪ əˈvɔɪd heɪ aɪ hæv ðɪs gaɪ gɪt səm taɪm æt wɛl ˈsəmˌwən ɪm ənd hæv ɪm rən daʊn ðə ˈhɔlˌweɪ tɪ ˈtrɪgər træps wi hæv ðɛm ˈoʊpən dɔrz wi hæv ðɛm ju noʊ ə swɪʧ ˈmeɪbi wi ʃʊd pʊl ɪt wɛl hæv ə ˈsəmən ˈkriʧər du ɪt raɪt ənd ðɛn ju wɔnt tɪ dil wɪθ ˈkəmɪŋ əp ɔl ðiz wɪrd rulz laɪk ðɪs ˈkriʧər kən əˈtæk bət ɪt pʊl ə ˈlɛvər ənd ðeɪ wɔk daʊn ə hɔl ənd ˌwəˈtɛvər raɪt ɪt wɪn ju wɪn ðə riˈstrɪkʃənz ɔn ən əˈbɪləˌti stɑrt tɪ bi ðə bəlk əv ɪts rulz ðət tɪ mi ɪz laɪk duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈvɛri rɔŋ ju ˈiðər duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ʤɪst baɪ ɪts ˈneɪʧər ʤɪst ˈgɑnə wərk ˈgɑnə bi dɪsˈrəptɪŋ ðə geɪm ər duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ɪn ə weɪ ðət ˈrɪli wət ju wɔnt tɪ du ɪz ʤɪst ˈpɛnəˌlaɪz ˈpipəl ɪn səm weɪ fər əˈbjuzɪŋ ɪt soʊ ʤɪst meɪk ðət ɛz ˈsɪmpəl ənd dɪˈrɛkt ənd ˈɑbviəs ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl bɪˈkəz pleɪərz wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz faɪnd weɪz tɪ gɪt əraʊnd laɪk ˈvɛri spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈdrɔˌbæks bət ˈhɑrdər tɪ gɪt əraʊnd laɪk lʊk ʤɪst ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ ɪf ju kən gɪt ɪt bɪn ˈgɪtɪŋ əraʊnd ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ ðɛn greɪt ˈgɑnə wɪn ju noʊ ɪn ə lɔt əv faɪts ðə soʊ ʤɑn ˈhərzɑg ˈɑrtɪsts ər ðɛr ˈpɛnəltiz fər ˈlɛtɪŋ ðə daɪ ðɛn rɛd ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈleɪtər aɪ nɑt ˈkreɪzi əˈbaʊt ɛks aɪ du laɪk ðə aɪˈdiə ðət ðɪs ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ hir fər mi ənd wət aɪ θɪŋk aɪ maɪt du ɪz ðɪs ɔl raɪt soʊ ər æt wɪl ˈsəmənɪŋ ðə min ˈvərʒən soʊ ˈgɑnə du laɪk du laɪk ˈvərʒən wən bət ɪt teɪks ˈdæmɪʤ ju teɪk ðət ˈdæmɪʤ naʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ðɪs bɪˈkəz wi hæv ə klæs ðɛn aɪ min laɪk wɛl aɪ nid tɪ gɪv ju mɔr hɪt pɔɪnts wɛl naʊ aɪ hæv ju ðə ɪnˈtaɪər dæt ˈsɛpərˌeɪt pul eɪt pɔɪnts ˈmeɪbi ˈtrækɪŋ wɛr soʊ aɪ ˈwɑnə dil wɪθ ðət ðət wət aɪ ˈwɔntɪd wət aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ seɪ ɪz wɪn ɪt ɪz dɪˈstrɔɪd ju teɪk səm ˈdæmɪʤ ənd luz ˈmeɪbi jʊr ˈfoʊkɪs fər əraʊnd aɪ θɪŋk aɪ wɔnt aɪ kaɪnd əv du boʊθ soʊ nɑt ʤɪst ˈgɑnə kəm bæk soʊ ˈgɑnə jæ aɪ θɪŋk ˈæˌkʧuəli jæ soʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ luz jʊr ˈfoʊkɪs wɪʧ minz ɪn jʊr ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən ɪn ˈfoʊkɪs soʊ nɑt ˈgɑnə bi ˌkævəˈlɪr əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪf ɪn ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ðoʊ wɛr ju du wɔnt tɪ lʊk ˈmɪʃən tɪ ˈsækrəˌfaɪs maɪ ˈsəmən ˈkɛrɪktər ənd ðɪs ɪz æt wɪl nɑt ðə ˈəðər wənz gɪt tɪ ðoʊz ɪn ə sɛk aɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈoʊpən wət aɪ laɪk əˈbaʊt ðɪs ɪz ðət ju kən ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈtæktɪkəli ˌoʊˈkeɪ ˈgɑnə teɪk ðɪs hɪt bɪˈkəz aɪ du nid tɪ kip ðə ˈgɑblɪnz ɪn ðə rum wɛr aɪ wɔnt tɪ blɑk ðə dɔr ənd ju noʊ ˈgɑnə teɪk ə ˈdrɔˌbæk hir bət ɪt ɪz ˈgɑnə bi ˈjusfəl tɪ kip ðiz gaɪz aʊt əm si oʊ ˈmɔri aɪ θɪŋk wət ju ðə grinz ə ˈlɪtəl hɑrd tɪ rɛd wət ɪt wɑz ˈdæmɪʤ aɪ laɪk ðə ˈoʊvərˌkɪl ɪt filz ə ˈlɪtəl tɪ mi aɪ θɪŋk ˈrəðər ʤɪst meɪk ɪt ə flæt ˈnəmbər soʊ aɪ hæv ɪn ə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən wɛr wɛl ˈgɑblɪnz ˈoʊnli duɪŋ laɪk seɪ 1 3 ˈdæmɪʤ ənd laɪk ðə haɪər ˈlɛvəl aɪ kɛr ɪf ðiz gaɪz kip ˈkɪlɪŋ maɪ ˈsəmən ɛz əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈrɪli ˈwərid ɪf ðə ˈdrægən kɪlz ɪt ˈrəðər ʤɪst noʊ ðət ʤɪst ə flæt ə flæt θɪŋ soʊ nɑt laɪk ðɪs wɪrd ˈskeɪlɪŋ θɪŋ ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈifɛkt wɛr səm θɪŋz ər ˈrɪli ˈnərvəs əˈbaʊt əˈtækɪŋ jʊr ˈsəmənz ənd ˈəðərz nɑt soʊ aɪ ʤɪst ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ ðət ðə ənd aɪ θɪŋk ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ɪts ˈbɛnəfɪts ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈgɑnə goʊ seɪ ðət æt wɪl ˈsəmən ɛz ə ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn ɪz ðət ðə æp wɪl ˈsəmən ɪz ə ɪz ə æt ˈkriʧər naʊ wət aɪ min baɪ ðət ɪz ˈgɑnə ˈfɪgjər aʊt ˈiðər pʊl stæf lɑks nɑt ˈgɑnə goʊ tɪ ˈɛni stɛp lɑks təˈdeɪ ʤɪst ˈgɑnə juz ʤɪst niz ˈʧælənʤ ɛz ɑr ɛz ɑr ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn soʊ ðə soʊ ˈbeɪsɪkli ɑr ɪnˈtaɪər θɪŋ hir ju noʊ ə ˈkriʧər ju ənd ju hæv tɪ spɛnd jʊr ˈækʃən tɪ meɪk ɪt bɪn ˈækʃən ɛˈsɛnʃəli wət dən ɪz kriˈeɪtɪd ə kən trɪp wət aɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ˈjuzɪŋ ðɪs kən trɪp wɪl bi ə ˈboʊnəs ˈækʃən soʊ aɪ kən ˈsəmən ɪt ɪn ənd ðɛn hæv ɪt əˈtæk ˈsəmˌbɑdi ər aɪ kən hæv ɪt du ˈsəmθɪŋ wɛl ˈɔlsoʊ ˈgɑnə du ɪz traɪ tɪ riˈstrɪkt reɪnʤ ˈgɑnə seɪ 10 fit ər ˈivɪn əˈʤeɪsənt aɪ wɔnt ðɪs tɪ bi laɪk heɪ ə ˈkæzəm ənd ˈsəmθɪŋ ɔn ðə saɪd wi nid aɪ wɪl ˈsəmən ənd maɪ gaɪ ʃoʊz əp ənd dɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ noʊ əˈgɛn aɪ wɔnt ju tɪ spɛnd ə ˈrisɔrs fər ðət aɪ hæv tɪ spɛnd ə spɛl slɑt ər spɛl pɔɪnts ər ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt ɪz bɪˈkəz əˈgɛn ɪf æt wɪl æt wɪl θɪŋz hæv ə haɪər haɪ ˈælərʤi tɪ ril gʊd juˈtɪləti nɛt wɪl bɪˈkəz ɪt ʤɪst dɪˈstɔrts ðə ɪnˈtaɪər dɪˈzaɪn ˈprɔˌsɛs əv jʊr ædˈvɛnʧərz soʊ soʊ jæ soʊ aɪ θɪŋk wi wɔnt tɪ riˈstrɪkt reɪnʤ ʃʊr ðɪs ɪz ə greɪt ɪgˈzæmpəl wɪl stɑrt rɪˈvilɪŋ ˈəðər θɪŋz kəm əp ɔl raɪt soʊ ðɛn ʤɪst du ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl θɪŋ hir ˈgɑnə dɪˈlit ðɪs bɪˈkəz aɪ ˈrɪli kɛr nɑt ðət aɪ kɛr bət ʤɪst jæ ənd wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz lʊk æt wət maɪ ˈlɛvəl soʊ ɪf aɪ noʊ ˈlɛvəl 0 ɪz si ɑr ɛˈsɛnʃəli rɪp ʤɪst ˈgɑnə ðɪs ɪz laɪk ðɪs ɪz wɛr wi stɑrt ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈɪntu laɪk rəf ˈʤəstɪs raɪt wi hæv ə spɛl ˈsɪstəm hir ðət ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ du ˈsəmənɪŋ bət ɪz ˈmeɪbi nɑt ˈpʊlɪŋ ɪts fʊl weɪt ɪn tərmz əv wət ˈpipəl wɔnt aɪ æm ˈprɪti məʧ kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ seɪɪŋ aɪ wɔnt ju tɪ ˈsəmən ˈməltəpəl ˈkriʧərz ənˈlɛs aɪ wɔnt tɪ ˈhændˌkræft ðət aɪ wɔnt tɪ meɪk ɪt ɛz ə lʊk æt ðə spɛlz wət duɪŋ ɪz ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ðɪs sɔrt əv prəˈgrɛʃən ðət hir lɛt mi ʃoʊ ɪt tɪ ju teɪk ə lʊk æt wən raɪt ðɪs prəˈgrɛʃən əv ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈkriʧərz ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd əp wɪθ θɪŋz ðət ənˈhæpi wɪθ ɛz ə bɪˈkəz noʊ weɪ ðət ˈəndər ˈkɑnʤər ˈænəməlz ər ˈɛni əv ðɛm laɪk ˌoʊˈkeɪ bi ˈrɪli fæst ˈkɑntrə ðət wi kən ˈrɪli kənˈsɪstəntli seɪ ðət heɪ eɪt ˈʧælənʤ ˈreɪtɪŋ θɪŋz ər ɪkˈwɪvələnt tɪ wən tu jæ tæks ənd ˈdæmɪʤ maɪt bi bət ɛz sun ɛz aɪ hæv ə spɛl ɔn hər əˈbɪləˌti ˈrɛstɪŋ hir eɪt əv ðoʊz ɪz ʤɪst ˈbɛtər ðən wən ənd ʃʊr raɪt naʊ ɪf aɪ ʤɪst dɪd ə sərʧ fər ˈmɑnstərz aɪ kən faɪnd ən ɪgˈzæmpəl hir soʊ goʊ tɪ ðɛr maɪt nɑt ˈivɪn bi ə wən eɪθ ˌɛləˈmɛnəl haʊ du wi gɑt səm raɪt hir jɛs gɪt ðə məd ˈmɛθəd ənd ðɛn mɪʧ gɑt səm sɔrt əv ˈspɛʃəl əˈbɪləˌti ə məd brɛθ soʊ ɪt kən riˈstreɪn ˈkriʧərz naʊ eɪt gaɪz hu kən ʃoʊ əp ənd riˈstreɪn ju soʊ ˈbeɪsɪkli minz ˈɛvəri raʊnd riˈstreɪnɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈkriʧərz fər ə lɔŋ taɪm soʊ ðɪs ʤɪst ˈrɪli kaɪnd əv breɪks daʊn ðət aɪˈdiə əv laɪk ðə swɔrm ˈsəmənɪŋ bɪˈkəz nɑt ˈgɑnə seɪ ɑr gɪt əˈbɪləˌtiz ənd ðɪs ɪz wət kaɪnd əv meɪks ðɛm fən soʊ ˈgɑnə bi ˈprɪti ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ʤɪst duɪŋ ðɪs ə ðə soʊ soʊ goʊ θru ənd naʊ goʊɪŋ tɪ əˈsɪst du səm rəf ˈʤəstɪs hir soʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə bi spɛl ˈlɛvəl soʊ ʤɪst ˈgɑnə goʊ θru ənd æd maɪ tɪ hir θri fɔr faɪv sɪks ˈsɛvən eɪt naɪn ənd ʤɪst ˈgɑnə sɔrt əv bæk ðə ˈɛnvəˌloʊp wət aɪ θɪŋk oʊ maɪ gɑd maɪ kəmˈpjutər froʊz ðɪs həz bɪn maɪ θɪŋ təˈdeɪ maɪ maɪ ˈaʊˌtlʊk ʤɪst wɑz laɪk ˈwɪrdli ˈfroʊzən aɪ θɔt aɪ broʊk ɪt ənd ən iˈmeɪl ɪz traɪɪŋ tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ənd oʊ noʊ ðɛr wi goʊ nɑt ɪn ˈtrəbəl 99 oʊ wɛl naʊ ðə nu ˈfiʧər hir raɪt wi dɪd laɪk ðə ˈkɑmənər soʊ naʊ ðə ðə ðə gɪts haʊ ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈrɪli sloʊ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ʧɛk ɪn ənd ʤɪst sɛnd ɔl maɪ ˈdætə tɪ ðə meɪk ʃʊr ðeɪ hæv ɪt ɔl raɪt soʊ wi sɛnd ə ˈlɛvəl si ˈnɛvər fərˈgɑtən wət dɪz ðə goʊ bæk hir bæk ɪn əˈgɛn tɪ ɑr spɛlz soʊ wi sɛt hir ˈəndər ˈkɑnʤər ˈænəməlz ɪz ə θərd ˈlɪtəl spɛl ʃʊd meɪk ʃʊr hæd ðət raɪt soʊ ʤɪst ˈgɑnə ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛrəli seɪ ðət ˈgɑnə bi wən ənd ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛrəli seɪ hæf ənd ʤɪst ˈgɑnə əˈgɛn ˈikwəli ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛrəli ʤɪst ˌɪnˈkris ðɪs baɪ wən noʊ aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli goʊɪŋ tɪ wərk bət ə ˈhændi ɪˈnəf ˈstɑrtɪŋ pɔɪnt ðɪs ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ keɪs naʊ wət aɪ wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli du ɪn pleɪ tɛst ɪz ʤɪst kəm əp wɪθ səm ʤəˈnɛrɪk stæt blɑks ʤɪst gɪt əˈkrɔs ðɪs ˈdæmɪʤ ˈɑrmər klæs ənd hɪt pɔɪnts aɪ kən fɪˈnɛs ðɪs ˈleɪtər bət ðɪs ɪz wət ˈbeɪsɪkli goʊɪŋ tɪ lʊk æt juz ɪf ju spɛnd ə spɛl slɑt əv ðɪs ˈlɛvəl ju gɪt ðɪs stɛp ðɪs ˌkɔrəˈspɑndɪŋ stɑp lɑk tɪ gɪv ju ɪt naʊ teɪk du ə kwɪk ˌriˈæləˌti ʧɛk hir tɪ gɪv ju ə sɛns teɪk ə lʊk æt səm ˈkriʧərz ənd wət aɪ wɔnt ɪz ə eɪt bist bɪˈkəz ɛz aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd ˌbiˈfɔr bists tɛnd tɪ bi ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl soʊ goʊ tɪ ˈmɑnstərz əˈfɪʃəl ənd goʊ tɪ bists ju noʊ ʤɪst lʊk æt ɔl ðə ˈʧælənʤ ənˈlɛs ɪz ðə ˈbɪli noʊ ðɛr ʃʊd bi ə lɔt əv ˈklətərd soʊ ʤɪst du ˈʧælənʤ ˈreɪtɪŋ eɪt laɪk ə lʊk ɔl raɪt soʊ seɪɪŋ ə wɪθ ə naɪt ðə hoʊl spɛl 136 hɪt pɔɪnts ə ˈprɪti leɪm ˈgɑnə gɪt hɪt ˈprɪti kˈwɪkli gɑt wən baɪt ɪn wən teɪl ðɪs ɪz aɪ noʊ ɪf ɪts riˈstrɪkʃən ˈkɛriz ˈɛni ril baɪt bət si 10 433 ju kən ˈgræpəl 10 420 soʊ ˈsɛvən ˈhɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə ˈsɛvənˈtinθ ˈlɛvəl ˈgɪtɪŋ ðɪs ðət filz ˈprɑbəˌbli wik soʊ aɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli nid tɪ bust ðət əp ə bɪt teɪk ə lʊk æt wət dɪd aɪ æm aɪ sɔrt əv ˈtoʊtəli feɪk mæθ gɪv ə geɪm əv fər fər ə ˈlɛvəl 5 spɛl soʊ ə ˈbəbəl soʊ teɪk ə lʊk wət ðət ˈkriʧər lʊks laɪk si haʊ wət ðə ˈdæmɪʤ ɪz ðɛr ənd aɪ ʤɪst kən aɪ ʤɪst wɔnt ə woʊ ˌoʊˈkeɪ jæ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ˈɛləfənt ˌoʊˈkeɪ ɪt gɪt ˈɛni mɔr kɑmp keɪs gaɪ ɪz ˈeɪˈsi 1276 jæ aɪ θɪŋk aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ˈæˌkʧuəli filz ˈprɪti fər ə fɪθ ˈlɛvəl ˈkæstər ðɪs ɪz maɪ bɪg ˈkriʧər aɪ gɪt ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈsɛvənti sɪks ˈɛkstrə hɪp pɔɪnts nis ənd nis dərəˈbɪlɪti 8 419 gɑt ðɪs ˈtrævəlɪŋ ʧɑrʤ əˈbɪləˌti ˌdiˈsi 12 ðoʊ soʊ nɑt tu ˈwərid moʊst ˈkriʧərz ɪn teɪk ə lʊk æt ə ə ʤaɪənt səbtərˈeɪniən ˈlɪzərd ˈsɪmpələr ðə ˈeɪˈsi 1466 wən baɪt ɪn wən teɪl ˌoʊˈkeɪ ˈgɔrdən wən əv maɪ kɪdz oʊ soʊ soʊ pləs 7 fər 16 pləs 7 fər 12 wən ˈtərgət nɑt baɪ ðə ˈlɪzərd kaɪnd əv ˈfəni ˈvɛri spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈlɪzərd græb mi ˈgræpəl mi naʊ ju kən hɪt mi wɪθ ðə teɪl oʊ ðət ju kən sˈwɔloʊ mi ɪn ðət peɪn ˌɔˈlraɪt soʊ ðət ðət ðɪs filz ˈrizənəbəl soʊ teɪk ə kwɪk θɪŋ hir ə ˈvɛri rəf ˈɛstəˌmeɪt əv wət ðɪs ˈmæʧɪz əp ɪf ðɪs ɪz ə ˈfaɪtər seɪ ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈfaɪtərz ˈprɑbəˌbli tɪ hæv 2 hɪt pɔɪnts pər hɪt daɪ ənd bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əˈbaʊt 8 hɪt pɔɪnts pər ˈlɛvəl soʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈprɪti gʊd ˈeɪviən 3 soʊ seɪ 9 soʊ ˈlɛvəl ju noʊ ɪf ðə ˈfaɪtər ðə ˈpɑrti ˈprɑbəˌbli həz 80 tɪ 90 tɪ meɪk ə pɔɪnt soʊ nɑt ˈoʊvərˈʃædoʊɪŋ ðə ˈfaɪtər bət stɪl ˈprɪti gʊd ðə ˈklɛrɪk ənd ðə ˈpɑrti ˈprɑbəˌbli həz əˈbaʊt seɪ əˈgɛn ðɪs ɪz ˈlɛvəl soʊ 60 ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈseɪkrɪd ˈklɛrɪk ənd hɪt pɔɪnts ðə ɑrt klæs ɪz ˈrɪli ðə hɑrd θɪŋ hir moʊst bits əp ˈprɪti leɪm ˈɑrmər ˈklæsɪz oʊ ˈɔlsoʊ juʤ maɪ foʊn ɪz ˈrɪŋɪŋ aɪ θɔt ɪt toʊld ɪt waʊ ˈprɪti ˈfəni ˈsɑri bət ðə fərst taɪm ˈhæpənd bət ɪt ɪz fɔr mənθs ðə fərst taɪm ˈæˌkʧuəli traɪd ˈkɔlɪŋ mi aɪ pʊt ɔn du nɑt dɪˈstərb ðə ðɪs ɪz ən ˈizi θɪŋ tɪ ˈoʊvərˌlʊk ðɪs ɪz juʤ soʊ ˈoʊˈkeɪ nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli ðɪs ɪz ˈrɪli gʊd æt ˈlɑkɪŋ daʊn ə bɪg ɛr əv ðə ˈbætəlˌfild ˈoʊˈkeɪ soʊ aɪ fil ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈprɪti gʊd ðɪs ˈgɑnə ˈrɪli tæŋk əp ənd ˈgɑnə dɪʃ aʊt səm ˈoʊˈkeɪ hɪts aɪ min hɪz ˈəðər meɪn θɪŋ ˈoʊnli ə pləs 7 tɪ hɪt ɑr ˈpɑrti ˈmɛmbərz æt ˈlɛvəl ər ˈprɑbəˌbli tɪ bi əraʊnd ˈprɑbəˌbli aɪ θɪŋk naɪn ər tɛn ˈmeɪbi ɪʃ əraʊnd ðɛr dɪˈpɛndɪŋ əp ðə əp ˈmæʤɪk ˈaɪtəmz ənd stəf bət ðɪs ɪz jæ traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈsəmən ju θru jʊr foʊn tru ɪˈnəf əv ɑr ˈsɪriəs ðə ðɪs ɪz ə gʊd ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ə tɛkst tɪ maɪ waɪf faɪnd hər kəmˈpjutər aɪ hæv noʊ aɪˈdiə wɛr ɪt ɪz ðə soʊ ˈtɛkˌstɪŋ mi naʊ tɪ ðə kən ðɪs weɪt 17 ˈmɪnəts ˈæˌkʧuəli ɪt ʧæt aɪ kən tɔk waɪl aɪ du ðɪs bɪˈkəz ˈgɑnə tɛl hər aɪ θɪŋk ɔn ðə kaʊʧ soʊ bət wət siɪŋ hir ɪz wət ˈgɪtɪŋ fər ˈsəmənɪŋ ɪz ə ˈrɪli bɪg juʤ ˈkriʧərz greɪt ə θri baɪ θri grɪd laɪk naɪn saɪz ˈmidiəm ˈkriʧərz soʊ aɪ fil ˈprɪti gʊd ju noʊ soʊ aɪ wɔnt tɪ peɪ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ laɪk ðə ðə ˈɑptoʊ ˈlɛvəl tɛn bɪɔnd ðət aɪ θɪŋk wi ʤɪst nid tɪ gɪt ðə ˈnəmbərz raɪt bət ðɪs filz ˈprɪti gʊd fər ə fɪθ ˈlɛvəl spɛl slɑt tɪ gɪt ə ˈʧælənʤ fər ˈkriʧər jæ nɑt əˈfɛndɪd baɪ ɪt ðə ʤɪst ˈgɑnə pʊt ə ˈlɪtəl laɪk hir ʤɪst lɛt mi noʊ ðət aɪ nid tɪ ˈvɛrəˌfaɪ bɪˈloʊ oʊ ənd ˈivɪn kaɪl ənd ˈgɑnə tɛl hər bɪˈkəz ʃi ˈprɑbəˌbli nidz ɪt fər wərk ˈɛniˌweɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈəðər θɪŋz aɪ æm ˈgɑnə hæv tɪ goʊ ˈsaɪlənt ju gaɪz gɪt tɪ wɔʧ mi tɛksts ˌoʊˈkeɪ ˈɛniˌweɪ ˈvɛri laɪk ðɪs wik wi hæv ə ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ hir ənd ɪf nɑt ɪf nɑt ɪn ðə steɪts əv ˌʤuˈlaɪ ɪz təˈmɑˌroʊ ə ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ɪt ˈbeɪsɪkli laɪk tu ˈwərkɪŋ ˈwiˌkɛndz bæk tɪ ˈvɛri streɪnʤ ðɪs ɪnˈtaɪər wik filz ˈvɛri ˈsplɪntərd ɔl raɪt soʊ heɪ aɪ hæv tɪ bi ˈmɔrtəˌfaɪd ɪf ʃi nu ʃi wɑz ɔn strim ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ ɑr ˈbeɪsɪk θɪŋ naʊ ðɪs meɪ saʊnd laɪk wi gɑt ə lɔt dən wi gɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli hæd ə tən dən bɪˈkəz wət dən ɔl aɪ wɔnt tɪ gɪt tɪ seɪ ɪz aɪ kən æd wɪl ˈsəmən gɑt səm ˈbeɪsɪk pərˈæmətərz fər ðət ðɛn ɪf aɪ pʊt ə spɛl slɑt ˈɪntu ðɪs aɪ əp gən maɪ ˈsəmən ˈkriʧər ənd ðɛn aɪ kən drɔp ðiz riˈstrɪkʃənz raɪt soʊ nɑt ˈgɑnə seɪ laɪk ju noʊ ʤɪst ˈgɑnə seɪ luz ðiz wɪθ ə spɛl slaɪd aɪ θɪŋk ˈgɑnə pʊt ðə noʊt hir ɪz ə steɪz wɛr soʊ ɪt ðɪs ɪz laɪk ɑr fərst bɪg stɛp ˈfɔrwərd soʊ ðɛn bɪˈkəz aɪ wɑz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɪs ɪn tərmz əv wət ðə tɪ bɑrd ðə ˈsɛvən ˈɛvər ʤɪst rənz əˈweɪ ɪn ˈhɔrər ðə soʊ ðə meɪn θɪŋ hir ɪz ðət wi kaɪnd əv hæv ə rəf ˈaʊˌtlaɪn fər ɑr ˈkriʧərz ər ˈgɑnə lʊk laɪk wət aɪ θɪŋk aɪ wɪl du ɪz ˈrəðər ðən seɪ heɪ goʊ ˈɪntu ðə ˈmɑnstər ˈmɛnju pʊt ə snæp lɑk aɪ θɪŋk bɪˈkəz ðɪs θɪŋ ɪz kənˈstrəktɪd ˈgɑnə gɪv ju stæt blɑks ðət ju wɪl juz aɪ θɪŋk bi ˈfæstər tɪ ˈrɛfərəns pləs wɪn wi goʊ tɪ ðə nɛkst θɪŋ bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk səm neɪmz ˈgɑnə ˈrɪli ʃoʊ ɔf ðə ˈbeɪsɪkli ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈɔgˌmɛntɪŋ əˈbɪləˌtiz ðə wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz aɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ ɪf aɪ hæv ənd wi noʊ əˈbaʊt səm raɪt hir kɔz fɪr ˌɪnˈkris ˈɪmɪʤ ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃənz laɪk ʤɪst ju noʊ bəfs ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl wi kən gɪv ðiz θɪŋz aɪ wɔnt tɪ noʊ ðə ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən ənd wən əv ðə ˈtrɪkiəst θɪŋz ɪn geɪm dɪˈzaɪn wɪθ ə ˈsɪstəm ðət ɪz əˈlaʊɪŋ fər mɔr ˈkɛrɪktər ɪz ɪf ju teɪk ˈsəmθɪŋ ju wɔnt tɪ noʊ wɛr ɪz ɪt goʊɪŋ ɛz ən ɪgˈzæmpəl ˌɪˈmæʤən hæv ən əˈbɪləˌti ðət sɪz wɛˈnɛvər aɪ roʊl maɪ ˈdæmɪʤ daɪs ɪf aɪ roʊl ðə haɪəst ˈdæmɪʤ daɪ aɪ gɪt tɪ roʊl əˈnəðər daɪ ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt kʊd du ðət wəns ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl stəf bət bət ju ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˌoʊˈkeɪ ðət ˈjuʒəwəli minz wən ˈɛkstrə daɪ oʊ weɪt wət əˈbaʊt ɪf ˈsəmˌwən həz ə sɪks ˈdæmɪʤ sɔrd jæ ðə greɪt sɔrt haʊ dɪz ðət wərk ju noʊ ənd ɪf ˈgɑnə seɪ wɛl wi trit iʧ daɪ ˈsɛpərətli ðət əˈbɪləˌti ɪz məʧ mɔr ˈjusfəl fər ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ ə greɪt sɔrd ðən ɪt ɪz fər ˈsəmˌwən seɪ ə greɪt æks wɛr ðə greɪt æks ɪz ˈgɑnə gɪt ən ˈɛkstrə daɪ əv wən ənd twɛlv jæ ɪkˈsploʊdɪŋ daɪ zæk meɪ raɪt wɛˈræz ə wən ɪn θri ʧæns fər ju noʊ aɪ hæv wən ɪn sɪks ʧæns ˈnɔrməli əv ðət ˈhæpənɪŋ ɪn ə sɪks ˈsaɪnər bət ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ soʊ ˈrəfli ˈgɪtɪŋ twaɪs ɛz ˈmɛni ˈʧænsɪz wən aʊt əv θri tɔp raʊnz duɪŋ ən ˈɛkstrə ənd ðɛn ju noʊ wən aʊt əv 36 ˈɪʃu rənz ðət ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈɛkstrə tɪ raɪt soʊ ʤɪst ən ˈɛriə wɛr noʊɪŋ ðə ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən ˈrɪli gɪvz mi ə ril sɛns əv ðə ðə paʊər ðɪs goʊɪŋ tɪ bi soʊ waɪ ˈrəðər ðən hæv ju goʊ tɪ ðə ˈmɑnstər ˈmænjuəl aɪ wɔnt ju goʊɪŋ tɪ ðiz kaɪnd əv stæt blɑks ɪt meɪks ɪt klɪr ˈgɑnə ˈhæpən ðiz ðiz stæb blɑks kən bi kɛpt ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl ənd juˌtɪləˈtɛriən ənd ðɛn wi kən kaɪnd əv gɪt ə sɛns əv wət dɪz ɪt min laɪk tɪ ˌɪnˈkris jʊr ˈeɪˈsi θɪŋz laɪk ðət aɪ kaɪnd əv noʊ wət ˈeɪˈsi ɪz ə greɪt ɪgˈzæmpəl ə 5 ˈboʊnəs tɪ ˈeɪˈsi ɪf jʊr ˈeɪˈsi ɪz laɪk 11 ənd 12 ənd gʊd bət fər ˈeɪˈsi ɪz ɔˈrɛdi 20 ju noʊ ju maɪt bi ˈʃɪftɪŋ jʊr ˈboʊnəs əp jʊr ˈeɪˈsi əp tɪ ðə pɔɪnt wɛr ˈmɑnstərz nid tɪ stɑrt ˈroʊlɪŋ ʤɪst tɪ hɪt ju raɪt lʊk ðə ˈɛləfənt ər ˌwəˈtɛvər wɑz ɪt wɑz ə 7 soʊ aɪ min ˈɑbviəsli ə ˈboʊnəs ˈteɪsi ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz greɪt bət ju wɔnt tɪ ɛnd əp wɪθ frəˈstreɪʃən əv ʤɪst laɪk ðə ˈkriʧərz ʤɪst hɪt ðɪs gaɪ bɪˈkəz wi pʊʃ ðə ˈeɪˈsi tu haɪ kaɪnd əv waɪ wi hæv ðə sɔrt əv ðɪs aɪˈdiə əv ˈkipɪŋ ˈhækərz siɪŋ ˈboʊnəsɪz ˈnɛroʊ soʊ ðɛn du ə kwɪk θɪŋ wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ du ɪz kɔz fɪr ənd ˈəðər ˈɪˌmoʊʃənz aɪ wɔnt tɪ bi seɪ heɪ ˈgɑnə gɪv ðɪs ˈkriʧər ən ˈæˌspɛkt ðət meɪks ɪt ˈskɛri oʊ ə dɛd ɪn ˈsɛkəndz ʃeɪp jʊr klæs ˈfiʧərz ˈgɑnə gɪt tɪ ðət nɛkst ˈæˌkʧuəli soʊ wət aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ du ɪz bæŋ aʊt wət aɪ ˈwɔntɪd ðə spɛlz tɪ du ˌɪnˈkris ˈdæmɪʤ ˌɪnˈdid ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ˈʤɛnərəl bəfs ˈiðər du ðət ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃənz aɪ θɪŋk əˈnəðər θɪŋ ju kʊd seɪ aɪ bərnd ə spɛl slɑt aɪ kʊd ju gɪts tɪ goʊ əˈgɛn ər ə spɛl ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt ɪz ənd ðət kʊd ˈivɪn skeɪl əp soʊ wi hæv səm ˈprɪti ˈɑbviəs θɪŋz wi wɔnt tɪ du oʊ ənd ðɛn wi kʊd ˈɔfˌsɛt əp ɔgˈmɛnt ənd ˈəðər weɪz noʊ juˈtɪləti kəmz tɪ maʊnt flaɪz skɪlz ər dɪˈtɛkʃən əˈbɪləˌtiz ðɪs ɪz ə lɔt əv stəf wi kən gɪv ɪt hir baɪ ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˈhævɪŋ ˈtɑrgətɪd bəf spɛlz ðət ɔgˈmɛnt maɪ gaɪ soʊ wət du wi wɔnt tɪ du fər ðə klaɪənts ˈfiʧərz wɛl wət aɪ θɔt wʊd bi kaɪnd əv ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ wɑz ðə ʤɪst ˈgɑnə ˈkɑpi ənd peɪst ðə ˈnoʊˌmæd hir bɪˈkəz ðɪs ɪz ˈfʊli nu ʤɪst ju noʊ ˈgɑnə du hir raɪt ˈfeɪvərɪt wərd ɪt ˈboʊnəs ˈdɪsəplənz ʤɪst bɪˈkəm ə ˈbeɪsɪk θɪŋ soʊ wi kən gɪv ju tu ˈɛkstrə ˈdɪsəplənz ənd soʊ wət aɪ laɪk tɪ du θɪŋk bɪtˈwin ðə saɪən hu ˈfoʊkɪsɪz ɔn ˈʃeɪpɪŋ ənd ðə ˈkriʧər ðeɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli ʃeɪp ər ðə θɪŋ ðeɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli ʃeɪp soʊ aɪ θɔt əˈbaʊt laɪk ˈmeɪbi laɪk laɪk ˈsəmˌwən ˈmɛnʃənd duɪŋ seɪn ju gɪt səm laɪk səm spɛl slɑts ʤɪst fər ˈoʊnli ðə ə ˈlɪtəl ˈwərid əˈbaʊt ðət bɪˈkəz ʤɪst ə ˈvɛri klɪr paʊər əp ˈoʊvər wət ˈəðər ˈkɛrɪktərz ər ˈgɪtɪŋ ə weɪ tɪ θɪŋk əv ɪt ɪz wət ðət wət ðət wɑz ðət ju du ɪz aɪ kən juz maɪ spɛl slɑts tɪ ɔgˈmɛnt maɪ θɪŋ ənd ˈgɑnə juz maɪ ˈəðər spɛlz ɔn tɔp əv ɪt ˈivɪn ɪf spɪˈsɪfɪk əˈbaʊt ðoʊz ˈboʊnəs spɛl slɑts stɪl ʤɪst ˈoʊpənɪŋ əp jʊr ˈbændwɪdθ ˈoʊvərˌɔl soʊ wət aɪ wɔnt tɪ traɪ tɪ du ɪz gɪv ju θɪŋz ðət ˌɪmˈpruv ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ju ənd ðə ˈkriʧər soʊ ənd əˈgɛn θɪŋz ðət ʤɪst bi spɛlz soʊ ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl θɪŋ tɪ du ʧɪˈkɑnoʊz ɔgˈmɛnt ənd ˈʃeɪpɪŋ ənd aɪ laɪk θɪŋz ðət ər ˈsɪmpəl ˌɪndərˈɛkt soʊ æt fərst ˈlɛvəl jʊr ˈsəmən ˈfiʧərz geɪn ædˈvæntɪʤ ɔn əˈtæks əˈgɛnst ˈpɪkʧərz wɪˈθɪn ðɪs maɪt nɑt bi ðə bɛst θɪŋ bət ðɪs ɪz kaɪnd əv dɪˈrɛkʃɪn wɛr aɪ wɔnt tɪ goʊ bɪˈkəz wət laɪk tɪ du hir ənd wərk ɔn hir ɪz ðɪs aɪˈdiə ðət aɪ kən kaɪnd əv ˈkɑmˌboʊ əp wɪθ maɪk ənd maɪ ˈkriʧər əˈspɛʃəli baɪ ˈsəmən wən duɪŋ ɪts oʊn θɪŋ naʊ maɪt bi tu kloʊz soʊ ən ˈɔltərˌneɪt maɪt bi pɪk ə ˈtərgət haʊ kən ðeɪ seɪ gɪt ðɛm ənd maɪ gaɪ ɪz ˈrɪli gʊd æt ˈgɪtɪŋ ðət gaɪ wɛl ðət maɪt bi nid ə ə əˈnəðər θɪŋ wi kʊd du ɪz ðɪs sɔrt əv fri bəf ðə ˈrəðər ðən seɪ heɪ laɪk səm ˈɛkstrə smɔl slɑts ju wɔnt wɪʧ bət aɪ θɪŋk ˈmeɪbi wi kən du ˈbeɪsɪkli wɪn ju ˈsəmən ɪt ju ʤɪst gɪt ə fri ˈbɛnəfɪt soʊ soʊ ˈmeɪbi ju kən laɪk ˌɪnˈkris mæks grænts səm ˈɛkstrə geɪm aɪ ˈwɑnə du gɪt səm ˈɛkstrə ˈdæmɪʤ bɪˈkəz ʤɪst meɪks jʊr ˈfaɪrˌpaʊər ˈbɛtər jæ soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ju kən ˌɪnˈkris mæks ju kʊd ˈɔlsoʊ laɪk ʃɛr jʊr skɪl soʊ ɪf ju kən du ˈsəmθɪŋ ju kən du ˈsəmθɪŋ soʊ ðət maɪt bi kaɪnd əv ˈjusfəl tɪ aɪ kən ˈæˌkʧuəli kaɪnd əv laɪk ðət ðə ðə ˌdɪvəˈneɪʃən spɛlz loʊd ðoʊ ðoʊz dɪˈgreɪd ðət ɪz ə gʊd pɔɪnt ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðə aɪ θɪŋk wət wər siɪŋ ðɛr ɪz sɪns dɪˈgreɪdɪŋ wət seɪɪŋ ɪz ðiz spɛlz maɪt nɑt hæv ðə ˌɪmˈpækt ðət seɪ ə ˈfaɪərˌbɔl wʊd hæv ju tɪ juz ˈrɪli ˌhaɪˈlɛvəl spɛlz fər ˈrɪli ɪn ˈkɛrɪktər fər ju noʊɪŋ ðət hi wɑz ə pleɪər ənd ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli ˈluzɪŋ aʊt ɔn ˈfaɪrˌpaʊər ðət ju kʊd juz ˈleɪtər ɔn ðə bət aɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ɪf wɛl lɪv ɪt əp ˈleɪtər ɪt ɪt sɪz ˈoʊnli wɪn ju juz ðə ˌdɪvəˈneɪʃən spɛl ju gɪt ɛz ə loʊər ˈlɛvəl slɑt bæk raɪt ju hæv tɪ ɪt seɪ ðɛn lɑkt ˈɪntu ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt ðə rɛst bət ˈɛniˌweɪz ðə bət jæ ˈdɛfənətli ə ə ˈtrɪki θɪŋ ˈrəðər ʤɪst du ɪt baɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ʤɪst ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt bɪˈkəz əˈgɛn ju ˈɔlsoʊ naʊ ju wɔnt ju noʊ goʊɪŋ ɔn ju noʊ ðət doʊˈneɪʃən ju noʊ ðə ˈbɛnəfɪt ju noʊ wɛr goʊɪŋ soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ˈɔgˌmɛntɪŋ jʊr ˈsəmənz ɪn səm ˈsɪmpəl weɪz si əˈnəðər θɪŋ wi kʊd lɛt ju du ɪz æt sɪks ˈlɛvəl ju gɪt əˈdɪʃənəl riˈækʃən ju noʊ ˈgɑnə θroʊ ðɪs bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ seɪ ju kən grænt oʊ noʊ aɪ hæv sin əˈdɪʃənəl ˈækʃənz ɛz ə spɛl əˈbɪləˌti ju noʊ wət aɪ noʊ ɪf ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli wərks ənd waɪ ɪf ju wər læst wik aɪ tɔkt əˈbaʊt haʊ laɪk ɪn ɪn geɪmz ðət laɪk ˈmæʤɪk bi ən ɪgˈzæmpəl ər ˈɛni geɪm wɛr ðə heɪ aɪ pʊt ə ˈkriʧər ˈɪntu pleɪ æt ə kɔst ðɛr ɪz ˌɪnˈvɛriəbli ə ˈkɛvɪn ˈifɛkt ðət sɪz aɪ gɪt tɪ kɪl ˈɛni ˈkriʧər fər ə məʧ loʊər kɔst ə pəˈtɛnʃəli məʧ loʊər kɔst ðeɪ maɪt ˈoʊnli kɔst tu ər θri ˈrisɔrsɪz əˈpoʊzd tɪ laɪk əp tɪ laɪk ˈɪnfənət fər ə ˈkriʧər ðə tri θɪŋ wɪθ seɪɪŋ heɪ maɪ ˈkriʧər gɪts ən ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃən ɪz ðət skɪlz kaɪnd əv ɪt dɪz nɑt ˈnɛsəˌsɛri skeɪl wɛl bɪˈkəz wi θɪŋk əv ðə heɪst spɛl ənd juz ðə heɪ spɛlz ən ɪgˈzæmpəl aɪ θɔt frəm ə ˈkɛrɪktər ˈvɛri spəˈsɪfɪkli sɪz ju gɪt wən ˈɛkstrə əˈtæk ðɛr bɪˈkəz wi noʊ ə lɔt əv ðə ˈmeɪˌleɪ ˈkɛrɪktərz ˈgɪtɪŋ ðɛr ˈbɛnəfɪts fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈməltəpəl əˈtæks naʊ ðə roʊgz ən ɪkˈsɛpʃən ðət wɑz maɪ dɪˈzaɪn ðoʊ wi kaɪnd əv fɛlt laɪk heɪst wʊd bi ˈsəmθɪŋ wɪʧ θroʊɪŋ ɪt ɔn ðə roʊp oʊ ˈsɑri bɪˈkəz ˈoʊnli ˈdʊrɪŋ jʊr tərn ˈsɑri dɪd ðɪs soʊ ˈivɪn ðə roʊg fɔlz ˈvɪktɪm tɪ ðət ðɛn aɪ sin wət ðə roʊg ɪz ɪf ˈgɪtɪŋ ən ˈɛkstrə əˈtæk ɪf ðeɪ mɪst ənd gɪt ə ʧæns tɪ juz snik əˈtæk ðeɪ gɪt tɪ əˈtæk əˈgɛn ənd pəˈtɛnʃəli əˈmaʊnt pʊt ɪt ɔn soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ˈgɑnə straɪk ðə ðə spɛl ˈifɛkt əv ˈgrænɪŋ ˈɛkstrə əˈtæks ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃənz ˈgɑnə straɪk ðət meɪk ðət ə klæs ˈfiʧər bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət aɪ θɪŋk skeɪlz wɛl ənd klæs ˈfiʧərz ər ə gʊd pleɪs tɪ pʊt θɪŋz ðət skeɪl wɛl bɪˈkəz bɪˈkəz əv ðɪs ˈfɑloʊ ˈjuʒəwəli əˈbaʊt ðə sid ən ˈɛkstrə ˈækʃən tɪ ə ˈsəmɪŋ ˈfiʧər wi geɪn ɔn lɔŋ rɛst soʊ ˈprɪti kul ˈvɛri drəˈmætɪk bət aɪ kən ʤɪst seɪ lʊk ju gɪt ɪt teɪk ə lɔŋ rɛst gɪt ðɪs bæk ju ʤɪst seɪ kip ɪt ə gʊd weɪ tɪ θɪŋk əv ən əˈbɪləˌti ðət ˈskeɪlɪŋ əˈbɪləˌtiz ˈɔfən hæv tɪ bi ˈbælənst æt ðɛr ˈmaɪtiəst fɔrm wɪʧ maɪt pʊʃ ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ðɪs aɪ ˈkɑpi tɪ ðə ˈsɛvənθ ˈlɛvəl wɛr ju ˈoʊnli gɪt wən əv ðoʊz pər deɪ ðɪs lɛts mi goʊ ju noʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈgɑnə skeɪl soʊ aɪ kən gɪv ɪt tɪ ju loʊ ˈlɛvəlz tɪ aɪ ʤɪst nid tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ju kən ˈoʊnli juz ɪt wəns pər deɪ bɪˈkəz ɪt nidz tɪ bɪˈheɪv laɪk ðoʊz ˈlɛvəl 6 pləs pɪlz ɪkˈskjuz mi ˈpɑrdən mi ɔl raɪt pɪŋ wi gɑt 5 ˈmɪnəts bət ju noʊ wət ə wɪrd ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ ˈwiˌkɪnd tu deɪz ɔn wən deɪ ɔf tu deɪz ɔn goʊ ə ˈlɪtəl leɪt aɪ θɪŋk ˈɛniˌwən ˈsəmθɪŋ bəst daʊn ðə dɔr ənd jɛl æt mi ɪf goʊɪŋ tɪ leɪt əm si oʊ jæ ðɪs ɪz soʊ si soʊ gɑt ðət ʤɪst ˈgɑnə ʤɪst pʊt ɪt ɔn ðɪs ˈækʃən ʤɪst bi ˈvɛri juˌtɪləˈtɛriən hir ɛz aɪ kən rɪˈmɛmbər ɪt əm si gɑt ɑr noʊ mæn ɪz ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈgɪtɪŋ rɪˈzɪstəns ˈwɛpən əˈtæks ənˈtɪl ðə stɑrt əv jʊr nɛkst tərn ˈæftər ju ˈtɛləˈpɔrt jæ du ðɪs du əˈnəðər du ə rɪˈvərs rɪˈvərs ˈdæmɪʤ trænsˈfərəns ðə ˈlɛvəl ˈgɑnə seɪ wɪn ju teɪk ˈdæmɪʤ riˈækʃən tɪ hæv ˈsəmən ˈfiʧər teɪk ɔl ər səm ənd kəm aʊt ɪn ðə wɑʃ soʊ ˈboʊnəs ˈɛkstrə ˈboʊnəs ɛks ʤoʊ wət ɪz ɪt tɪp ˈboʊnəs ɪn ɪts ˈtɛksʧər ʤɪst ˈdəbəl pləs mɔr gʊd aɪ noʊ wət ɪt ɪz kʊd bi ə ˈbɛrəl əv ˈtɑksɪk weɪst bət ðɛr ɪt ɪz mɔr soʊ aɪ kaɪnd əv laɪk ðə aɪˈdiə ˈgɪvɪŋ ju ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr dərəˈbɪlɪti ju kən du ðɪs aɪˈdiə əv ðiz ɛz jʊr ˈhɛlpərz ðɪs maɪt bi wən ðət gɪts sˈwɑloʊd əp baɪ spɛl bət aɪ θɪŋk soʊ aɪ laɪk ðɪs aɪˈdiə ðət ðɛr ˈkɑnstəntli riˈækʃən ənd əˈspɛʃəli ɪf ə spɛl ɪf aɪ juz ɪt tɪ dəmp ðə ˈdæmɪʤ bæk ɪn maɪ ɔnt wil gaɪ ðɛn aɪ hæv ˈdæmɪʤd pleɪn bæk tɪ mi əˈgɛn soʊ ɪt maɪt hæv tɪ bi bət si ˈgɑnə pʊt ə ˈkəstəm wərk ðɛr ˌɔˈlraɪt wi hæv laɪk fɔr ˈmɪnəts ˈpɛləm ʤɪst stɛp bæk ɪn ju meɪ hæv sin ə wɔk bɪˈhaɪnd mi aɪ θɪŋk əˈbaʊt tɪ gɪt kɪkt ɔf laɪn soʊ du ə ˌfɔrˈtinθ ˈdəbəl θɪŋ ju kən ʤoʊ ənd ðɪs ɪz oʊ du ˈsəmθɪŋ hir wɛr wɛl raɪt naʊ ju kʊd ˈsəmən tu ˈkriʧərz bɪˈkəz ˈlɛtɪŋ ju ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt twaɪs oʊ haʊ wʊd ðət wərk bɪˈkəz wi lɛt ju ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt twaɪs soʊ ˈnɛvər ɪn ə keɪs wi hæv tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt wət ˈhæpənz maɪ kæst əv ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən spɛl əˈgɛn soʊ ju noʊ wət aɪ θɪŋk oʊ ðɪs ɪz ðə keɪs oʊ ðɪs ɪz ˈizi wɛl pʊt ɪt ə ˈsɪmpəl riˈstrɪkʃən bət ðɛn lɪft ɪt ˈdəbəl ˈsəmənz soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ˈgɑnə hæv tɪ klɪr əp ðət ənd maɪ ˌɪmˈpəlsɪv tɪ seɪ ju ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt ɪn ðə seɪm spɛl twaɪs bɪˈkəz aɪ θɪŋk ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ lɛd tɪ ʃəˈnænɪgənz aɪ kən ˈprɑbəˌbli pruv ðət ˈleɪtər ɪf aɪ hæv taɪm bət ju kən naʊ ðɪs ənd ˈgɑnə pʊt ə bɪg noʊt tɪ ˌmaɪˈsɛlf bɪˈkəz ʤɪst wən əv ðə θɪŋz ðət aɪ ˈrɪli θɔt əˈbaʊt wɪʧ wʊd bi ə bɪg mɛs wi kənˈsɪdər ɪt waɪ wi wərk ðɪs weɪ tɪ meɪk ʃʊr wi kənˈsɪdər ðiz θɪŋz ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt ɔn seɪm spɛl pɔɪnts kˈwɛʃən mɑrk bət aɪ θɪŋk bi ə ˈvɛri ˈsɪmpəl θɪŋ fil ˈvɛri greɪt æt ðət ju noʊ gɑt jʊr ɪnˈtaɪər kərɪr naʊ aɪ kən ˈsəmən tu gaɪz ˈɔsəm soʊ ðɛn aɪ fil ˈprɪti gʊd paʊər waɪz ɪt ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈrɪli gʊd soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ɪt ˈprɑbəˌbli həz tɪ sɪt æt aɪ θɪŋk wi wɔnt tɪ seɪ ju ˈdəbəl ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪt bɪˈkəz ˈflədɪŋ ðə bɔrd wɪθ soʊ ˈmɛni gaɪz ˈrɪli gʊd tu juʤ ˈkriʧərz əˈgɛn ɪf ˈjuzɪŋ ˈlɑkɪŋ daʊn ə tən əv ðə bɔrd speɪs soʊ ənd ðə roʊp aɪ min ðət fər ðə ˈækʧəwəl klæs ˈfiʧər wɪʧ aɪ noʊ ɪf aɪ roʊt lɛt mi teɪk ə kwɪk lʊk æt ðət dɪd wi pʊt jʊr ˈsɑnɪk ˈfoʊkɪs təˈdeɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli traɪ tɪ raɪt ðət ər dɪd aɪ ʤɪst pʊt ɪn ðə ˈteɪbəl ˌoʊˈkeɪ soʊ wi ər seɪɪŋ ˈsɑnɪk spɛlz nɑt ðə seɪm wən ʤɪst θroʊ ɪt ɪn ðɛr ˈprɑbəˌbli ˌoʊˈkeɪ gʊd soʊ aɪ hæv tɪ ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ðə ˈəðər ˈsəmənɪŋ spɛlz ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn ənd pleɪɪŋ ˈpurli wɪθ ðɪs aɪ kən wɔl ðoʊz ɔf ɔl raɪt soʊ æt tu ðɪs ɪz ə ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət aɪ ˈrɪli nid səm mɔr dip ˈθɪŋkɪŋ naʊ ðət ˈrəðər ðən ʤɪst daɪ aɪ wɔnt tɪ ɛnd əp ɔn strim ʤɪst duɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈfleɪlɪŋ əraʊnd ənd aɪ fɛlt laɪk aɪ wɑz ˈfleɪlɪŋ əraʊnd ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən aɪ ˈwɔntɪd wɔnt tɪ wɪn duɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ lɪv bɪˈkəz ə lɔt əv laɪk ˈmuvɪŋ pɑrts hir soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ɪt ʤɪst nidz səm taɪm tɪ ʤɪst kaɪnd əv kaɪnd əv kəm brɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ təˈgɛðər ˈrɪli beɪk ɪt fər ə waɪl ənd ðɛn roʊl ɪt bæk aʊt soʊ du nɛk nɛkst wik du səm ˈmɑnstərz kɔz ˈmɑnstərz aɪ θɪŋk wɪl bi fən ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðət bi ə bɪt mɔr koʊˈhɪrənt ɛz wi goʊ əˈkrɔs ənd gɪv mi səm taɪm tɪ ˈrɪli θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ɔl ðə ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz bɪˈkəz ˈæˌkʧuəli ə lɔt əv stəf ˈbəbəlɪŋ əp hir ðɪs ɪz ə greɪt ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ə dɪˈzaɪn ðət simz ˈrizənəbəl ənd ðə fərst pleɪ tɛst meɪ ʃoʊ ðət nən əv wərks æt ɔl raɪt bɪˈkəz ə lɔt əv ˈmuvɪŋ pɑrts hir soʊ aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs nidz tɪ goʊ ɪn ðə ˈəvən fər ə bɪt kaɪnd əv laɪk ðə greɪt ˈbrɪtɪʃ beɪk ɔf ðɪs ɪz ðə pɑrt əv ðə ʃoʊ wɛr wi ʤɪst ʃoʊ ðə ˈbeɪkərz laɪk ˈnərvəsli ˈweɪtɪŋ fər laɪk ju noʊ ðə 40 ˈmɪnəts fər ðɛr keɪk ðə soʊ jæ ˈmeɪbi weɪt laɪk ˈmeɪbi gɪv ɪt ə mənθ ər soʊ ənd aɪ gɑt ə bənʧ əv ˈmɑnstərz aɪ nid tɪ dɪˈzaɪn æt maɪn ˈɪntərvəl kæmˈpeɪn soʊ ˈtækəl ðoʊz ˈoʊvər ə ˈkəpəl wiks ðət kən ʃoʊ ju səm nis reɪnʤ əv ˈkrɪtərz soʊ feɪl ər ˈgɪtɪŋ nɛkst ju ə nɛkst ˈmənˌdeɪ aɪ θɪŋk wi ər ˈgɪtɪŋ ɪt nɛkst ˈmənˌdeɪ bɪˈkəz aɪ noʊ ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ɪt naʊ ˈspɔɪlər aɪ wɑz ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ə reɪs soʊ ðɛr maɪt bi ə reɪs ənd ðət ju ə soʊ bi ʃʊr tɪ reɪs ˈoʊvər tɪ ɑr ˈwɛbˌsaɪt tɪ gɪt ju weɪ ðə pənz ˈpeɪnfəl ðeɪ ðeɪ ər ər ɪz ɪt ˈtuzˌdeɪ ə ˈkæmərə wət deɪ ju ə ɪz aɪ ʤɪst wərk ɔn ɪt ənd ɪt ˈwɑndərz ɔf ənd ðɛn ə bənʧ əv θɪŋz tɪ wərk ɔn soʊ ˈɛniˌweɪz wərk tu θæŋks fər ˈtunɪŋ ɪn ɑ nɛkst wik du səm ˈmɑnstərz ənd ˈgɑnə stɑrt ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðɪs ənd si ɪf wi gɪt ə bɪt mɔr əv ə ˈsteɪbəl dɪˈzaɪn hir bɪˈkəz duɪŋ ə lɔt ˈʤəgəlɪŋ ə lɔt əv θɪŋz æt wəns teɪk ə breɪk ənd pʊt gɪt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ laɪnd əp nis ənd nit ənd ðɛn kəm bæk ənd lʊk æt ðɪs ɪn ˈɔgəst ˌoʊˈkeɪ wɛl teɪk kɛr ˈɛvriˌwən ənd si ju nɛkst wik
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mauricio pellegrino has been overseeing saints' penultimate training session today as preparation steps up for the brighton clash, before speaking about the availability of his squad this afternoon.
the manager confirmed that summer signing mario has been ruled out of the weekend's premier league action, following an ankle injury sustained in training, with no time frame put on his return.
the rest of the squad has been given a clean bill of health, while pellegrino is also considering the inclusion of young forward after his contribution against west brom.
"mario is injured this week," the boss began. "he is the only player we'll lose this week."
"sofiane is one possibility from the start, in the last two or three games he is playing well, even from the bench.
"i am happy with that, i want to improve the competition in the squad. is a young lad and this action can give him more confidence to be better."
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maʊˈrisioʊ ˌpɛlɛˈgrinoʊ həz bɪn ˈoʊvərˌsiɪŋ seɪnts' pɛˈnəltəmət ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈsɛʃən təˈdeɪ ɛz ˌprɛpərˈeɪʃən stɛps əp fər ðə ˈbraɪtən klæʃ, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈspikɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪti əv hɪz skwɑd ðɪs ˌæftərˈnun. ðə ˈmænɪʤər kənˈfərmd ðət ˈsəmər ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈmɑrioʊ həz bɪn ruld aʊt əv ðə ˈwiˌkɛndz prɛˈmɪr lig ˈækʃən, ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ən ˈæŋkəl ˈɪnʤəri səˈsteɪnd ɪn ˈtreɪnɪŋ, wɪθ noʊ taɪm freɪm pʊt ɔn hɪz rɪˈtərn. ðə rɛst əv ðə skwɑd həz bɪn ˈgɪvɪn ə klin bɪl əv hɛlθ, waɪl ˌpɛlɛˈgrinoʊ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðə ˌɪnˈkluʒən əv jəŋ ˈfɔrwərd ˈæftər hɪz ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən əˈgɛnst wɛst brɑm. "ˈmɑrioʊ ɪz ˈɪnʤərd ðɪs wik," ðə bɔs bɪˈgæn. "hi ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli pleɪər wɪl luz ðɪs wik." ɪz wən ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti frəm ðə stɑrt, ɪn ðə læst tu ər θri geɪmz hi ɪz pleɪɪŋ wɛl, ˈivɪn frəm ðə bɛnʧ. "aɪ æm ˈhæpi wɪθ ðət, aɪ wɔnt tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn ðə skwɑd. ɪz ə jəŋ læd ənd ðɪs ˈækʃən kən gɪv ɪm mɔr ˈkɑnfədɛns tɪ bi ˈbɛtər."
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theropean union and armenia are close to concluding negotiations on a new agreement to deepen their political and economic ties, a senior diplomat said on tuesday.
piotr switalski, the head of the delegation in armenia, told armenian service (azatutyun.am) that the two sides will hold another round of talks in yerevan later this week. “these are the final moments of the negotiations,” he said.
the planned accord will serve as a substitute for an association agreement negotiated by armenian and officials in the summer of 2013. president sarkisian precluded its signing with his unexpected decision in september 2013 to seek accession a alliance of states.
the framework deal is expected to contain the main political and some economic provisions of the cancelled association agreement. but it will have no free component due to membership in therasian economic union (eeu).
switalski would not be drawn on possible dates for the signing of the new deal reflecting desire to forge closer links with the west even after the 2013 u-turn. the diplomat did note, though, that an armenian deputy foreign minister “was not far from the truth” when he said recently that it will likely be signed in the first quarter of this year.
switalski said the two sides only need to agree on “several issues” relating to the cooperation framework. he declined to disclose those issues, saying only that some of them will require a “political decision.”
asked which side needs to make such a decision, he said: “it’s a process of mutual give and take. nobody is talking about unilateral concessions.”
sarkisian reaffirmed his commitment to deepen ties with the when he met with the’s commissioner forropean neighborhood policy, johannes hahn, in yerevan in november.
according to armenian government data, the accounted for almost 24 percent of foreign trade in 2016, making the bloc the second most important trading partner after russia.
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ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ənd ɑrˈminiə ər kloʊz tɪ kənˈkludɪŋ nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ɔn ə nu əˈgrimənt tɪ ˈdipən ðɛr pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk taɪz, ə ˈsinjər ˈdɪpləˌmæt sɛd ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ. swɪˈtɑlski, ðə hɛd əv ðə ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən ɪn ɑrˈminiə, toʊld ɑrˈminiən ˈsərvɪs (azatutyun.am*) ðət ðə tu saɪdz wɪl hoʊld əˈnəðər raʊnd əv tɔks ɪn ˈjɛrəvən ˈleɪtər ðɪs wik. ər ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈmoʊmənts əv ðə negotiations,”*,” hi sɛd. ðə plænd əˈkɔrd wɪl sərv ɛz ə ˈsəbstəˌtut fər ən əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əˈgrimənt nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪd baɪ ɑrˈminiən ənd əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ðə ˈsəmər əv 2013 ˈprɛzɪdənt sɑrˈkɪʒɪn prɪˈkludɪd ɪts ˈsaɪnɪŋ wɪθ hɪz ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd dɪˈsɪʒən ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2013 tɪ sik əkˈsɛʃən ə əˈlaɪəns əv steɪts. ðə ˈfreɪmˌwərk dil ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ kənˈteɪn ðə meɪn pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd səm ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk prəˈvɪʒənz əv ðə ˈkænsəld əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əˈgrimənt. bət ɪt wɪl hæv noʊ fri kəmˈpoʊnənt du tɪ ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp ɪn ðə jʊˈreɪʒɪn ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈjunjən (eeu*). swɪˈtɑlski wʊd nɑt bi drɔn ɔn ˈpɑsəbəl deɪts fər ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋ əv ðə nu dil rɪˈflɛktɪŋ dɪˈzaɪər tɪ fɔrʤ ˈkloʊzər lɪŋks wɪθ ðə wɛst ˈivɪn ˈæftər ðə 2013 ˈjuˌtərn. ðə ˈdɪpləˌmæt dɪd noʊt, ðoʊ, ðət ən ɑrˈminiən ˈdɛpjəti ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstər nɑt fɑr frəm ðə truth”*” wɪn hi sɛd ˈrisəntli ðət ɪt wɪl ˈlaɪkli bi saɪnd ɪn ðə fərst kˈwɔrtər əv ðɪs jɪr. swɪˈtɑlski sɛd ðə tu saɪdz ˈoʊnli nid tɪ əˈgri ɔn issues”*” rɪˈleɪtɪŋ tɪ ðə kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən ˈfreɪmˌwərk. hi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ dɪˈskloʊz ðoʊz ˈɪʃuz, seɪɪŋ ˈoʊnli ðət səm əv ðɛm wɪl ˌrikˈwaɪər ə decision.”*.” æst wɪʧ saɪd nidz tɪ meɪk səʧ ə dɪˈsɪʒən, hi sɛd: ə ˈprɔˌsɛs əv mˈjuʧuəl gɪv ənd teɪk. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ɪz ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˌjunəˈlætərəl concessions.”*.” sɑrˈkɪʒɪn ˌriəˈfərmd hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ˈdipən taɪz wɪθ ðə wɪn hi mɛt wɪθ ðə kəˈmɪʃənər fər ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ˈpɑləsi, ʤoʊˈhænəs hɑn, ɪn ˈjɛrəvən ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɑrˈminiən ˈgəvərnmənt ˈdætə, ðə əˈkaʊntɪd fər ˈɔlˌmoʊst 24 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈfɔrən treɪd ɪn 2016 ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə blɑk ðə ˈsɛkənd moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈtreɪdɪŋ ˈpɑrtnər ˈæftər ˈrəʃə.
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the galaxy note 5 and galaxy edge+ have the same setup process, which in itself isn't too far removed from what you'd encounter on a brand new galaxy. things have changed slightly, however, and samsung has even added a couple steps to an already quite long setup process. we're going to show you all of the high points of setting up a note 5 or edge, and make sure that you get your new phone started the right way.
wifi connection and end user license agreement
things kick off pretty easily select the language for your phone, and turn on accessibility features from the first screen if you need them. then you'll choose a wifi network and sign into that even if you have an active sim in your phone, we recommend getting wifi connected for when the phone starts data in the later stages of setup. and then it wouldn't be a phone setup without a licensing agreement. samsung pops up a basic eula about the terms of using its software. by default the phone has a box checked to send diagnostic data about the phone back to samsung for analysis you can this if you don't wish to send that data. tap next to move on to more interesting things.
'tap & go' and your google account
now that you have wifi connected, this is where you can start really making the phone your own. google introduced a new feature in android lollipop called "tap & go" that lets you simply place a new phone with your old android phone and transfer your account information to the new phone via and bluetooth. that feature is the next thing you'll be greeted with, and it's a great way to switch to your new phone if you are coming from another android. this will copy over the google account credentials from the old phone to the new one so you don't have to enter them manually. depending on the security level of your account you may need to enter a password, but it's far easier than doing everything manually. plus, it just feels kind of futuristic. if you're not coming from another android phone or don't have your old phone available anymore, simply touch skip and move on to the standard google account setup. you'll enter your primary google account (as in the one you use for google play and gmail) name and password, as well as a authentication code if you've turned that on for your account. if you have more than one google account, enter the primary one you use for your data here, and you can always add additional accounts (google or otherwise) in the phone settings later.
restore your apps and agree to services
once your google account is entered, we go to another screen that's new for lollipop devices. google now lets you choose to restore apps and data from a specific device you have had connected to your google account, rather than just the most recent one. tap the for "restore from this backup" and select the phone you want to restore from it's generally still on which parts of the system will be restored, but expect things like wifi network settings, sync options and wallpapers to make the jump. you can also select to restore the apps (but not app data) from that backup choose "also include" to select which apps (or no apps at all) to restore from that phone. if you'd prefer to start fresh with your new device which is often advisable to avoid issues you can instead choose "set up as new device" from the top menu and select "next." after you choose your restore options, it will then encourage you to set up a screen lock on your phone. it's a good idea to have one and if you have the time, you should set it up. otherwise, you can (and should) add one later in the phone settings. you'll then face a screen where you now have to confirm you're aware of another licensing agreement and service policies. the boxes for backing up your information privately to servers is checked automatically, as is the box to use location services both generally make your phone experience better, and you can choose at any time to turn either one off if you change your mind.
samsung account and sync
now it's samsung's turn to get in on the account game the next steps involve getting signed in to (or signed up for) your samsung account. if you've ever had a samsung phone or tablet before you likely have a samsung account, which is used for data in apps like s health, milk music and the galaxy apps store. if you have the account, sign in with your user name and password here. if you don't have an account, we recommend just signing up for one here so it's out of the way and already into the phone for the times when you use samsung's apps. the nice thing is that samsung now lets you associate your samsung account with a google account, so you can use one set of credentials for both little reason not to do it. and look, more licensing agreements! after signing into your samsung account, you'll be faced with more terms, conditions, policies and agreements. you can read through the terms with each link and select them as you go, or just tap the "i agree to all" option and get on with setup. after doing that, you'll be prompted to choose to back up your data now a second time to samsung's servers. chances are you won't need this if you're going with backup service, and you really should choose to just do one or the other our recommendation is that the better way to go here.
set wake-up command and scan fingerprint
the final two steps aren't really necessary for the function of your phone, but if you have the time it's good to just do them while they're in front of you. s voice on the galaxy note 5 and edge+ has a wake-up command option that lets you get the phone's attention and give it commands without ever touching the phone, and on this screen you can set that up. you choose the phrase or you can go with "hi galaxy" as it suggests and repeat it multiple times so that the phone knows how you'll be addressing it. next is fingerprint scanning, which the phone can use to lock your phone simply but securely, and also use for authenticating in apps that support the sensor. the process is pretty simple just follow the on-screen prompts to put a finger on the home button multiple times at varying angles to get a full scan of the finger. you only get to register one finger at first, but you can always go into the security settings of the phone to add more fingerprints, which you'll definitely want to do.
choose to enable easy mode and knox
the last step to finish your setup is choosing whether you want to enable easy mode, and if you want to learn more about the knox security platform. chances are easy mode isn't right for you if you're reading android central, as it really simplifies the home screen and phone experience, but if you're helping a user get started with their phone this may be a good choice. knox is on the opposite end of the spectrum, as it helps lock down your sensitive data tight and separate it out from the rest of the phone so it's under an extra layer of security. you can learn about knox and see if it's right for you chances are unless you're being required by a company to use it, you may find it overkill.
a few odds and ends to remember
there you go, you're onto the home screen and ready to enjoy your phone! if you're coming to the note 5 or edge+ from another android, you may also notice a few different apps missing here. because of changes in agreements with makers you won't find apps like play newsstand, play movies, google keep or google+ anymore. those apps haven't gone anywhere, and are still freely available in the play store just open up that app and download any google apps you're used to having but weren't installed by default. the same goes for some of samsung's apps, which may need to be installed or updated right out of the box when you get your phone. assuming you signed into your samsung account during setup, open up the galaxy apps store and download (or update) what you need there. and that's it! you're now ready to roll with your new galaxy note 5 or galaxy edge+.
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ðə ˈgæləksi noʊt 5 ənd ˈgæləksi ɛʤ+ hæv ðə seɪm ˈsɛˌtəp ˈprɔˌsɛs, wɪʧ ɪn ˌɪtˈsɛlf ˈɪzənt tu fɑr riˈmuvd frəm wət jʊd ɪnˈkaʊnər ɔn ə brænd nu ˈgæləksi θɪŋz hæv ʧeɪnʤd sˈlaɪtli, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ənd ˈsæmˌsəŋ həz ˈivɪn ˈædɪd ə ˈkəpəl stɛps tɪ ən ɔˈrɛdi kwaɪt lɔŋ ˈsɛˌtəp ˈprɔˌsɛs. wɪr goʊɪŋ tɪ ʃoʊ ju ɔl əv ðə haɪ pɔɪnts əv ˈsɛtɪŋ əp ə noʊt 5 ər ɛʤ, ənd meɪk ʃʊr ðət ju gɪt jʊr nu foʊn ˈstɑrtɪd ðə raɪt weɪ. ˈwiˌfi kəˈnɛkʃən ənd ɛnd ˈjuzər ˈlaɪsəns əˈgrimənt θɪŋz kɪk ɔf ˈprɪti ˈizəli səˈlɛkt ðə ˈlæŋgwɪʤ fər jʊr foʊn, ənd tərn ɔn ˌæksɛsəˈbɪlɪti ˈfiʧərz frəm ðə fərst skrin ɪf ju nid ðɛm. ðɛn jul ʧuz ə ˈwiˌfi ˈnɛtˌwərk ənd saɪn ˈɪntu ðət ˈivɪn ɪf ju hæv ən ˈæktɪv sɪm ɪn jʊr foʊn, wi ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈwiˌfi kəˈnɛktɪd fər wɪn ðə foʊn stɑrts ˈdætə ɪn ðə ˈleɪtər ˈsteɪʤɪz əv ˈsɛˌtəp. ənd ðɛn ɪt ˈwʊdənt bi ə foʊn ˈsɛˌtəp wɪˈθaʊt ə ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ əˈgrimənt. ˈsæmˌsəŋ pɑps əp ə ˈbeɪsɪk ˈjulə əˈbaʊt ðə tərmz əv ˈjuzɪŋ ɪts ˈsɔfˌwɛr. baɪ dɪˈfɔlt ðə foʊn həz ə bɑks ʧɛkt tɪ sɛnd ˌdaɪəgˈnɑstɪk ˈdætə əˈbaʊt ðə foʊn bæk tɪ ˈsæmˌsəŋ fər æˈnælɪsɪs ju kən ðɪs ɪf ju doʊnt wɪʃ tɪ sɛnd ðət ˈdætə. tæp nɛkst tɪ muv ɔn tɪ mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ θɪŋz. 'tæp goʊ' ənd jʊr ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt naʊ ðət ju hæv ˈwiˌfi kəˈnɛktɪd, ðɪs ɪz wɛr ju kən stɑrt ˈrɪli ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə foʊn jʊr oʊn. ˈgugəl ˌɪntrəˈdust ə nu ˈfiʧər ɪn ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈlɑliˌpɑp kɔld "tæp goʊ" ðət lɛts ju ˈsɪmpli pleɪs ə nu foʊn wɪθ jʊr oʊld ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn ənd ˈtrænsfər jʊr əˈkaʊnt ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən tɪ ðə nu foʊn ˈviə ənd ˈbluˌtuθ. ðət ˈfiʧər ɪz ðə nɛkst θɪŋ jul bi ˈgritɪd wɪθ, ənd ɪts ə greɪt weɪ tɪ swɪʧ tɪ jʊr nu foʊn ɪf ju ər ˈkəmɪŋ frəm əˈnəðər ˈænˌdrɔɪd. ðɪs wɪl ˈkɑpi ˈoʊvər ðə ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt krəˈdɛnʃəlz frəm ðə oʊld foʊn tɪ ðə nu wən soʊ ju doʊnt hæv tɪ ˈɛnər ðɛm ˈmænjuəli. dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈlɛvəl əv jʊr əˈkaʊnt ju meɪ nid tɪ ˈɛnər ə ˈpæsˌwərd, bət ɪts fɑr ˈiziər ðən duɪŋ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈmænjuəli. pləs, ɪt ʤɪst filz kaɪnd əv fˌjuʧərˈɪstɪk. ɪf jʊr nɑt ˈkəmɪŋ frəm əˈnəðər ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn ər doʊnt hæv jʊr oʊld foʊn əˈveɪləbəl ˌɛniˈmɔr, ˈsɪmpli təʧ skɪp ənd muv ɔn tɪ ðə ˈstændərd ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt ˈsɛˌtəp. jul ˈɛnər jʊr ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt (ɛz ɪn ðə wən ju juz fər ˈgugəl pleɪ ənd gmail*) neɪm ənd ˈpæsˌwərd, ɛz wɛl ɛz ə ɔˌθɛntəˈkeɪʃən koʊd ɪf juv tərnd ðət ɔn fər jʊr əˈkaʊnt. ɪf ju hæv mɔr ðən wən ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt, ˈɛnər ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri wən ju juz fər jʊr ˈdætə hir, ənd ju kən ˈɔlˌweɪz æd əˈdɪʃənəl əˈkaʊnts (ˈgugəl ər ˈəðərˌwaɪz) ɪn ðə foʊn ˈsɛtɪŋz ˈleɪtər. rɪˈstɔr jʊr æps ənd əˈgri tɪ ˈsərvɪsɪz wəns jʊr ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt ɪz ˈɛnərd, wi goʊ tɪ əˈnəðər skrin ðæts nu fər ˈlɑliˌpɑp dɪˈvaɪsɪz. ˈgugəl naʊ lɛts ju ʧuz tɪ rɪˈstɔr æps ənd ˈdætə frəm ə spɪˈsɪfɪk dɪˈvaɪs ju hæv hæd kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ jʊr ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt, ˈrəðər ðən ʤɪst ðə moʊst ˈrisənt wən. tæp ðə fər "rɪˈstɔr frəm ðɪs ˈbæˌkəp" ənd səˈlɛkt ðə foʊn ju wɔnt tɪ rɪˈstɔr frəm ɪts ˈʤɛnərəli stɪl ɔn wɪʧ pɑrts əv ðə ˈsɪstəm wɪl bi rɪˈstɔrd, bət ɪkˈspɛkt θɪŋz laɪk ˈwiˌfi ˈnɛtˌwərk ˈsɛtɪŋz, sɪŋk ˈɔpʃənz ənd ˈwɔlˌpeɪpərz tɪ meɪk ðə ʤəmp. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ səˈlɛkt tɪ rɪˈstɔr ðə æps (bət nɑt æp ˈdætə) frəm ðət ˈbæˌkəp ʧuz "ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈklud" tɪ səˈlɛkt wɪʧ æps (ər noʊ æps æt ɔl) tɪ rɪˈstɔr frəm ðət foʊn. ɪf jʊd prɪˈfər tɪ stɑrt frɛʃ wɪθ jʊr nu dɪˈvaɪs wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔfən ədˈvaɪzəbəl tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈɪʃuz ju kən ˌɪnˈstɛd ʧuz "sɛt əp ɛz nu dɪˈvaɪs" frəm ðə tɔp ˈmɛnju ənd səˈlɛkt "nɛkst." ˈæftər ju ʧuz jʊr rɪˈstɔr ˈɔpʃənz, ɪt wɪl ðɛn ɪnˈkərəʤ ju tɪ sɛt əp ə skrin lɑk ɔn jʊr foʊn. ɪts ə gʊd aɪˈdiə tɪ hæv wən ənd ɪf ju hæv ðə taɪm, ju ʃʊd sɛt ɪt əp. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ju kən (ənd ʃʊd) æd wən ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə foʊn ˈsɛtɪŋz. jul ðɛn feɪs ə skrin wɛr ju naʊ hæv tɪ kənˈfərm jʊr əˈwɛr əv əˈnəðər ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ əˈgrimənt ənd ˈsərvɪs ˈpɑləsiz. ðə ˈbɑksɪz fər ˈbækɪŋ əp jʊr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈpraɪvətli tɪ ˈsərvərz ɪz ʧɛkt ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli, ɛz ɪz ðə bɑks tɪ juz loʊˈkeɪʃən ˈsərvɪsɪz boʊθ ˈʤɛnərəli meɪk jʊr foʊn ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈbɛtər, ənd ju kən ʧuz æt ˈɛni taɪm tɪ tərn ˈiðər wən ɔf ɪf ju ʧeɪnʤ jʊr maɪnd. ˈsæmˌsəŋ əˈkaʊnt ənd sɪŋk naʊ ɪts ˈsæmˌsəŋz tərn tɪ gɪt ɪn ɔn ðə əˈkaʊnt geɪm ðə nɛkst stɛps ˌɪnˈvɑlv ˈgɪtɪŋ saɪnd ɪn tɪ (ər saɪnd əp fər) jʊr ˈsæmˌsəŋ əˈkaʊnt. ɪf juv ˈɛvər hæd ə ˈsæmˌsəŋ foʊn ər ˈtæblət ˌbiˈfɔr ju ˈlaɪkli hæv ə ˈsæmˌsəŋ əˈkaʊnt, wɪʧ ɪz juzd fər ˈdætə ɪn æps laɪk ɛs hɛlθ, mɪlk mˈjuzɪk ənd ðə ˈgæləksi æps stɔr. ɪf ju hæv ðə əˈkaʊnt, saɪn ɪn wɪθ jʊr ˈjuzər neɪm ənd ˈpæsˌwərd hir. ɪf ju doʊnt hæv ən əˈkaʊnt, wi ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ʤɪst ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp fər wən hir soʊ ɪts aʊt əv ðə weɪ ənd ɔˈrɛdi ˈɪntu ðə foʊn fər ðə taɪmz wɪn ju juz ˈsæmˌsəŋz æps. ðə nis θɪŋ ɪz ðət ˈsæmˌsəŋ naʊ lɛts ju əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt jʊr ˈsæmˌsəŋ əˈkaʊnt wɪθ ə ˈgugəl əˈkaʊnt, soʊ ju kən juz wən sɛt əv krəˈdɛnʃəlz fər boʊθ ˈlɪtəl ˈrizən nɑt tɪ du ɪt. ənd lʊk, mɔr ˈlaɪsənsɪŋ əˈgrimənts! ˈæftər ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈɪntu jʊr ˈsæmˌsəŋ əˈkaʊnt, jul bi feɪst wɪθ mɔr tərmz, kənˈdɪʃənz, ˈpɑləsiz ənd əˈgrimənts. ju kən rɛd θru ðə tərmz wɪθ iʧ lɪŋk ənd səˈlɛkt ðɛm ɛz ju goʊ, ər ʤɪst tæp ðə "aɪ əˈgri tɪ ɔl" ˈɔpʃən ənd gɪt ɔn wɪθ ˈsɛˌtəp. ˈæftər duɪŋ ðət, jul bi ˈprɑmptɪd tɪ ʧuz tɪ bæk əp jʊr ˈdætə naʊ ə ˈsɛkənd taɪm tɪ ˈsæmˌsəŋz ˈsərvərz. ˈʧænsɪz ər ju woʊnt nid ðɪs ɪf jʊr goʊɪŋ wɪθ ˈbæˌkəp ˈsərvɪs, ənd ju ˈrɪli ʃʊd ʧuz tɪ ʤɪst du wən ər ðə ˈəðər ɑr ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən ɪz ðət ðə ˈbɛtər weɪ tɪ goʊ hir. sɛt ˈweɪˌkəp kəˈmænd ənd skæn ˈfɪŋgərˌprɪnt ðə ˈfaɪnəl tu stɛps ˈɑrənt ˈrɪli ˈnɛsəˌsɛri fər ðə ˈfəŋkʃən əv jʊr foʊn, bət ɪf ju hæv ðə taɪm ɪts gʊd tɪ ʤɪst du ðɛm waɪl ðɛr ɪn frənt əv ju. ɛs vɔɪs ɔn ðə ˈgæləksi noʊt 5 ənd ɛʤ+ həz ə ˈweɪˌkəp kəˈmænd ˈɔpʃən ðət lɛts ju gɪt ðə foʊnz əˈtɛnʃən ənd gɪv ɪt kəˈmændz wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛvər ˈtəʧɪŋ ðə foʊn, ənd ɔn ðɪs skrin ju kən sɛt ðət əp. ju ʧuz ðə freɪz ər ju kən goʊ wɪθ "haɪ ˈgæləksi" ɛz ɪt səˈʤɛsts ənd rɪˈpit ɪt ˈməltəpəl taɪmz soʊ ðət ðə foʊn noʊz haʊ jul bi æˈdrɛsɪŋ ɪt. nɛkst ɪz ˈfɪŋgərˌprɪnt ˈskænɪŋ, wɪʧ ðə foʊn kən juz tɪ lɑk jʊr foʊn ˈsɪmpli bət sɪˈkjʊrli, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ juz fər ɔˈθɛntəˌkeɪtɪŋ ɪn æps ðət səˈpɔrt ðə ˈsɛnsər. ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ɪz ˈprɪti ˈsɪmpəl ʤɪst ˈfɑloʊ ðə ˈɑnˌskrin prɑmpts tɪ pʊt ə ˈfɪŋgər ɔn ðə hoʊm ˈbətən ˈməltəpəl taɪmz æt ˈvɛriɪŋ ˈæŋgəlz tɪ gɪt ə fʊl skæn əv ðə ˈfɪŋgər. ju ˈoʊnli gɪt tɪ ˈrɛʤɪstər wən ˈfɪŋgər æt fərst, bət ju kən ˈɔlˌweɪz goʊ ˈɪntu ðə sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɛtɪŋz əv ðə foʊn tɪ æd mɔr ˈfɪŋgərˌprɪnts, wɪʧ jul ˈdɛfənətli wɔnt tɪ du. ʧuz tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ˈizi moʊd ənd nɑks ðə læst stɛp tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ jʊr ˈsɛˌtəp ɪz ˈʧuzɪŋ ˈwɛðər ju wɔnt tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ˈizi moʊd, ənd ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ lərn mɔr əˈbaʊt ðə nɑks sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈplætˌfɔrm. ˈʧænsɪz ər ˈizi moʊd ˈɪzənt raɪt fər ju ɪf jʊr ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈsɛntrəl, ɛz ɪt ˈrɪli ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪz ðə hoʊm skrin ənd foʊn ɪkˈspɪriəns, bət ɪf jʊr ˈhɛlpɪŋ ə ˈjuzər gɪt ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ðɛr foʊn ðɪs meɪ bi ə gʊd ʧɔɪs. nɑks ɪz ɔn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt ɛnd əv ðə ˈspɛktrəm, ɛz ɪt hɛlps lɑk daʊn jʊr ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdætə taɪt ənd ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ɪt aʊt frəm ðə rɛst əv ðə foʊn soʊ ɪts ˈəndər ən ˈɛkstrə leɪər əv sɪˈkjʊrəti. ju kən lərn əˈbaʊt nɑks ənd si ɪf ɪts raɪt fər ju ˈʧænsɪz ər ənˈlɛs jʊr biɪŋ rikˈwaɪərd baɪ ə ˈkəmpəˌni tɪ juz ɪt, ju meɪ faɪnd ɪt ˈoʊvərˌkɪl. ə fju ɑdz ənd ɛndz tɪ rɪˈmɛmbər ðɛr ju goʊ, jʊr ˈɔntu ðə hoʊm skrin ənd ˈrɛdi tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ jʊr foʊn! ɪf jʊr ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ ðə noʊt 5 ər ɛʤ+ frəm əˈnəðər ˈænˌdrɔɪd, ju meɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪs ə fju ˈdɪfərənt æps ˈmɪsɪŋ hir. bɪˈkəz əv ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ɪn əˈgrimənts wɪθ ˈmeɪkərz ju woʊnt faɪnd æps laɪk pleɪ ˈnuzˌstænd, pleɪ ˈmuviz, ˈgugəl kip ər ˈgugəl+ ˌɛniˈmɔr. ðoʊz æps ˈhævənt gɔn ˈɛniˌwɛr, ənd ər stɪl ˈfrili əˈveɪləbəl ɪn ðə pleɪ stɔr ʤɪst ˈoʊpən əp ðət æp ənd ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈɛni ˈgugəl æps jʊr juzd tɪ ˈhævɪŋ bət wərənt ˌɪnˈstɔld baɪ dɪˈfɔlt. ðə seɪm goʊz fər səm əv ˈsæmˌsəŋz æps, wɪʧ meɪ nid tɪ bi ˌɪnˈstɔld ər ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd raɪt aʊt əv ðə bɑks wɪn ju gɪt jʊr foʊn. əˈsumɪŋ ju saɪnd ˈɪntu jʊr ˈsæmˌsəŋ əˈkaʊnt ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈsɛˌtəp, ˈoʊpən əp ðə ˈgæləksi æps stɔr ənd ˈdaʊnˌloʊd (ər ˈəpˌdeɪt) wət ju nid ðɛr. ənd ðæts ɪt! jʊr naʊ ˈrɛdi tɪ roʊl wɪθ jʊr nu ˈgæləksi noʊt 5 ər ˈgæləksi ɛʤ+.
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this is spilling the beans , where give us the lowdown on where to go, what to do, and what to eat (and drink) in their hometown.
paul haworth , director of coffee production at cartel coffee lab in arizona, has been working in the coffee industry “since last century,” starting in high school when he got a job at a coffee cart in tuscon. his boss had flown over a roaster from italy to teach them how to handle beans, and haworth turned back since. he met co-founder, jason , in high school too. now, many years later, haworth knows everything about carne fries, tiki bars, and art all in phoenix and tempe. when you get tired of the grand canyon, here are his picks.
where should i stay?
i’d recommend the clarendon . a great little boutique hotel very modern and affordable. also say stay in an in the maple ash farmer wilson area of tempe right next to and our roastery. a lot of culture there because the community is a mix of students and professors.
courtesy of matt's big breakfast
where should i grab breakfast?
if in tempe, essence bakery . a traditional french bakery with the most ridiculous scrambled eggs ever had in my life. there are two locations, but the original is in tempe. in south tempe, also a place called bar , with an amazingly talented chef, savory and sweet crepes, and great coffee. if in central phoenix, recommend matt's big breakfast . a lot of food, but just delicious. never be hungry afterward. get the breakfast potatoes.
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where should i go for a great cup of coffee?
i’d definitely say cartel , because i buy the coffee and obviously believe in it. bar also has a great coffee program; they use beans from heart in portland. also recommend a place called four till four in scottsdale; a four barrel account so you can get a little bit of san francisco in this valley. most people are here but the other local roaster, besides us, is press coffee .
where to go to see great art?
check out roosevelt row . it was a bunch of houses that were turned into art galleries. there are a couple of coffee shops and restaurants there too. it has a crunchy feel to it, and not really polished yet, but where you can really get a feel for the local art scene.
best food market to eat your way around?
this technically in phoenix, but if you can drive 40 minutes, go to . a guy named joe johnston and the farm he grew up on exist as a farm anymore, but converted it into an urbanized version of a farm. people call it . they sell what grows there in their own marketplace, and turned the old barn into a makers’ space. he provides equipment and people make stuff there. one end has a pizza oven. a letterpress shop. and a brewery has a presence there. i think one of the coolest things in the valley.
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hottest new restaurants?
definitely check out chris restaurants. a local celebrity here. pizzeria bianco is still my personal favorite, but people really love , which is his newest one that serves pasta. another one recommend is in scottsdale. the level of hospitality and the things they do with creative. i also love virtù , for its cocktail program and its food. if you want to go to a destination restaurant, and going to the grand canyon anyway, we go to , a small place honestly maybe even better than pizzeria bianco. drive all the way up there just for the pizza and make a day out of it.
old-school phoenix restaurant institution?
it’s pretty random, but there is a new york hot dog company called ted's hot dogs that serves amazing hot dogs. one of the family members moved from new york to here and they use the same charcoal and stuff they use in new york. been here since the and a gem. another one great for lunch is cornish , which is what it sounds like. it makes british pot pies called pastries filled with savory ingredients. if anybody is just in tempe for the day, go here.
best breweries in town?
there are so many now. the one that has the best breadth and the most interesting offerings is arizona wilderness , which is technically in gilbert and a little bit of a drive. otherwise, i recommended four peaks , which has always been a tempe point of pride but was recently purchased by a much larger company. i also really like wren house , which is in a home that was built in the 1920s.
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where to get a great cocktail?
the hottest place in phoenix is this tiki bar underground below a called sip coffee & beer house actually a in a refurbished garage. called undertow , and blown up. their cocktail program is honestly the best in town, but you have to make a reservation through an app, and a little busy, and you want to go on the weekends. i end up drinking at a lot. an awesome restaurant that does a lot of raw italian food, but their drinks menu has the classics plus a cocktail menu rewritten seasonally. i trust the bartenders there. rum bar , which is attached to a restaurant called breadfruit, has any rum you can imagine.
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where to see live music?
there is a place in central phoenix called valley bar a hip venue with a decent cocktail program. also the crescent ballroom , which is owned by the same person, and hosts the best acts that come through here.
best places to get into trouble for the night?
go to mill avenue, the main thoroughfare of tempe, which is right on the border of the university. it has a reputation for being really crazy. pretty much the whole street is bars and also lots of college kids. so, if you want something more low-key, a good place to meet people (and not dance) is casey oyster house , which is actually a bar. it has this weird cult following, and the place where people go.
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where to eat when the party is over?
the breakfast burrito at los , or their carne fries. otherwise, people would probably go to for burgers.
daytrip?
it depends on the time of year, because in the summer have to drive pretty far to be able to deal with the temperature. this time of year, beautiful hiking weather. you could drive to the superstition mountains and be at the trailhead in about 45 minutes. also cool local folklore about the lost gold mine. this guy supposedly had a goldmine and no one knew where it was but supposedly the mine is still out there somewhere. there are people who still spend a lot of time looking for it. then south mountain, which is actually the largest municipal park in the country, and mountain in the scottsdale area.
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ðɪs ɪz ˈspɪlɪŋ ðə binz wɛr gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ðə ˈloʊˌdaʊn ɔn wɛr tɪ goʊ, wət tɪ du, ənd wət tɪ it (ənd drɪŋk) ɪn ðɛr ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn. pɔl ˈhæwərθ dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈkɔfi pərˈdəkʃən æt kɑrˈtɛl ˈkɔfi læb ɪn ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə, həz bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈkɔfi ˈɪndəstri læst century,”*,” ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɪn haɪ skul wɪn hi gɑt ə ʤɑb æt ə ˈkɔfi kɑrt ɪn tuscon*. hɪz bɔs hæd floʊn ˈoʊvər ə ˈroʊstər frəm ˈɪtəli tɪ tiʧ ðɛm haʊ tɪ ˈhændəl binz, ənd ˈhæwərθ tərnd bæk sɪns. hi mɛt co-founder*, ˈʤeɪsən ɪn haɪ skul tu. naʊ, ˈmɛni jɪrz ˈleɪtər, ˈhæwərθ noʊz ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt kɑrn fraɪz, ˈtiˈki bɑrz, ənd ɑrt ɔl ɪn ˈfinɪks ənd ˈtɛmpi. wɪn ju gɪt taɪərd əv ðə grænd ˈkænjən, hir ər hɪz pɪks. wɛr ʃʊd aɪ steɪ? ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ðə ˈklɛrəndən ə greɪt ˈlɪtəl buˈtik hoʊˈtɛl ˈvɛri ˈmɑdərn ənd əˈfɔrdəbəl. ˈɔlsoʊ seɪ steɪ ɪn ən ɪn ðə ˈmeɪpəl æʃ ˈfɑrmər ˈwɪlsən ˈɛriə əv ˈtɛmpi raɪt nɛkst tɪ ənd ɑr roastery*. ə lɔt əv ˈkəlʧər ðɛr bɪˈkəz ðə kəmˈjunɪti ɪz ə mɪks əv ˈstudənts ənd prəˈfɛsərz. ˈkərtəsi əv mætz bɪg ˈbrɛkfəst wɛr ʃʊd aɪ græb ˈbrɛkfəst? ɪf ɪn ˈtɛmpi, ˈɛsəns ˈbeɪkəri ə trəˈdɪʃənəl frɛnʧ ˈbeɪkəri wɪθ ðə moʊst rɪˈdɪkjələs ˈskræmbəld ɛgz ˈɛvər hæd ɪn maɪ laɪf. ðɛr ər tu loʊˈkeɪʃənz, bət ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ɪz ɪn ˈtɛmpi. ɪn saʊθ ˈtɛmpi, ˈɔlsoʊ ə pleɪs kɔld bɑr wɪθ ən əˈmeɪzɪŋli ˈtæləntɪd ʃɛf, ˈseɪvəri ənd swit kreɪps, ənd greɪt ˈkɔfi. ɪf ɪn ˈsɛntrəl ˈfinɪks, ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd mætz bɪg ˈbrɛkfəst ə lɔt əv fud, bət ʤɪst dɪˈlɪʃəs. ˈnɛvər bi ˈhəŋgri ˈæftərwərd. gɪt ðə ˈbrɛkfəst pəˈteɪtoʊz. ˈkərtəsi əv wɛr ʃʊd aɪ goʊ fər ə greɪt kəp əv ˈkɔfi? ˈdɛfənətli seɪ kɑrˈtɛl bɪˈkəz aɪ baɪ ðə ˈkɔfi ənd ˈɑbviəsli bɪˈliv ɪn ɪt. bɑr ˈɔlsoʊ həz ə greɪt ˈkɔfi ˈproʊˌgræm; ðeɪ juz binz frəm hɑrt ɪn ˈpɔrtlənd. ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ə pleɪs kɔld fɔr tɪl fɔr ɪn ˈskɑtsˌdeɪl; ə fɔr ˈbɛrəl əˈkaʊnt soʊ ju kən gɪt ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ ɪn ðɪs ˈvæli. moʊst ˈpipəl ər hir bət ðə ˈəðər ˈloʊkəl ˈroʊstər, ˌbiˈsaɪdz ˈjuˈɛs, ɪz prɛs ˈkɔfi wɛr tɪ goʊ tɪ si greɪt ɑrt? ʧɛk aʊt ˈruzəˌvɛlt roʊ ɪt wɑz ə bənʧ əv ˈhaʊsɪz ðət wər tərnd ˈɪntu ɑrt ˈgæləriz. ðɛr ər ə ˈkəpəl əv ˈkɔfi ʃɑps ənd ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ðɛr tu. ɪt həz ə ˈkrənʧi fil tɪ ɪt, ənd nɑt ˈrɪli ˈpɑlɪʃt jɛt, bət wɛr ju kən ˈrɪli gɪt ə fil fər ðə ˈloʊkəl ɑrt sin. bɛst fud ˈmɑrkɪt tɪ it jʊr weɪ əraʊnd? ðɪs ˈtɛknɪkəli ɪn ˈfinɪks, bət ɪf ju kən draɪv 40 ˈmɪnəts, goʊ tɪ ə gaɪ neɪmd ʤoʊ ˈʤɑnstən ənd ðə fɑrm hi gru əp ɔn ɪgˈzɪst ɛz ə fɑrm ˌɛniˈmɔr, bət kənˈvərtɪd ɪt ˈɪntu ən ˈərbəˌnaɪzd ˈvərʒən əv ə fɑrm. ˈpipəl kɔl ɪt ðeɪ sɛl wət groʊz ðɛr ɪn ðɛr oʊn ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs, ənd tərnd ðə oʊld bɑrn ˈɪntu ə makers’*’ speɪs. hi prəˈvaɪdz ɪkˈwɪpmənt ənd ˈpipəl meɪk stəf ðɛr. wən ɛnd həz ə ˈpitsə ˈəvən. ə ˈlɛtərˌprɛs ʃɑp. ənd ə ˈbruəri həz ə ˈprɛzəns ðɛr. aɪ θɪŋk wən əv ðə ˈkuləst θɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈvæli. ˈkərtəsi əv ˈhɑtəst nu ˈrɛˌstrɑnts? ˈdɛfənətli ʧɛk aʊt krɪs ˈrɛˌstrɑnts. ə ˈloʊkəl səˈlɛbrɪti hir. ˌpitsərˈiə biˈɑŋkoʊ ɪz stɪl maɪ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈfeɪvərɪt, bət ˈpipəl ˈrɪli ləv wɪʧ ɪz hɪz nuəst wən ðət sərvz ˈpɑstə. əˈnəðər wən ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ɪz ɪn ˈskɑtsˌdeɪl. ðə ˈlɛvəl əv ˌhɑspəˈtæləti ənd ðə θɪŋz ðeɪ du wɪθ kriˈeɪtɪv. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ləv virtù*ù fər ɪts ˈkɑkˌteɪl ˈproʊˌgræm ənd ɪts fud. ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ goʊ tɪ ə ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən ˈrɛˌstrɑnt, ənd goʊɪŋ tɪ ðə grænd ˈkænjən ˈɛniˌweɪ, wi goʊ tɪ ə smɔl pleɪs ˈɑnəstli ˈmeɪbi ˈivɪn ˈbɛtər ðən ˌpitsərˈiə biˈɑŋkoʊ. draɪv ɔl ðə weɪ əp ðɛr ʤɪst fər ðə ˈpitsə ənd meɪk ə deɪ aʊt əv ɪt. ˌoʊldˈskul ˈfinɪks ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃən? ˈprɪti ˈrændəm, bət ðɛr ɪz ə nu jɔrk hɑt dɔg ˈkəmpəˌni kɔld tɛdz hɑt dɔgz ðət sərvz əˈmeɪzɪŋ hɑt dɔgz. wən əv ðə ˈfæməli ˈmɛmbərz muvd frəm nu jɔrk tɪ hir ənd ðeɪ juz ðə seɪm ˈʧɑrˌkoʊl ənd stəf ðeɪ juz ɪn nu jɔrk. bɪn hir sɪns ðə ənd ə ʤɛm. əˈnəðər wən greɪt fər lənʧ ɪz ˈkɔrnɪʃ wɪʧ ɪz wət ɪt saʊnz laɪk. ɪt meɪks ˈbrɪtɪʃ pɑt paɪz kɔld ˈpeɪstriz fɪld wɪθ ˈseɪvəri ˌɪnˈgridiənts. ɪf ˈɛnibədi ɪz ʤɪst ɪn ˈtɛmpi fər ðə deɪ, goʊ hir. bɛst ˈbruəriz ɪn taʊn? ðɛr ər soʊ ˈmɛni naʊ. ðə wən ðət həz ðə bɛst brɛdθ ənd ðə moʊst ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ˈɔfərɪŋz ɪz ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə ˈwɪldərnəs wɪʧ ɪz ˈtɛknɪkəli ɪn ˈgɪlbərt ənd ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt əv ə draɪv. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, aɪ ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd fɔr piks wɪʧ həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn ə ˈtɛmpi pɔɪnt əv praɪd bət wɑz ˈrisəntli ˈpərʧəst baɪ ə məʧ ˈlɑrʤər ˈkəmpəˌni. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈrɪli laɪk rɛn haʊs wɪʧ ɪz ɪn ə hoʊm ðət wɑz bɪlt ɪn ðə 1920s*. ˈkərtəsi əv ˈəndərˌtoʊ wɛr tɪ gɪt ə greɪt ˈkɑkˌteɪl? ðə ˈhɑtəst pleɪs ɪn ˈfinɪks ɪz ðɪs ˈtiˈki bɑr ˈəndərˌgraʊnd bɪˈloʊ ə kɔld sɪp ˈkɔfi bɪr haʊs ˈæˌkʧuəli ə ɪn ə riˈfərbɪʃt gərɑʒ. kɔld ˈəndərˌtoʊ ənd bloʊn əp. ðɛr ˈkɑkˌteɪl ˈproʊˌgræm ɪz ˈɑnəstli ðə bɛst ɪn taʊn, bət ju hæv tɪ meɪk ə ˌrɛzərˈveɪʃən θru ən æp, ənd ə ˈlɪtəl ˈbɪzi, ənd ju wɔnt tɪ goʊ ɔn ðə ˈwiˌkɛndz. aɪ ɛnd əp ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ æt ə lɔt. ən ˈɔsəm ˈrɛˌstrɑnt ðət dɪz ə lɔt əv rɑ ˌɪˈtæljən fud, bət ðɛr drɪŋks ˈmɛnju həz ðə ˈklæsɪks pləs ə ˈkɑkˌteɪl ˈmɛnju riˈrɪtən ˈsizənəli. aɪ trəst ðə ˈbɑrˌtɛndərz ðɛr. rəm bɑr wɪʧ ɪz əˈtæʧt tɪ ə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt kɔld ˈbrɛdˌfrut, həz ˈɛni rəm ju kən ˌɪˈmæʤən. ˈkərtəsi əv ˈvæli bɑr wɛr tɪ si lɪv mˈjuzɪk? ðɛr ɪz ə pleɪs ɪn ˈsɛntrəl ˈfinɪks kɔld ˈvæli bɑr ə hɪp ˈvɛnju wɪθ ə ˈdisənt ˈkɑkˌteɪl ˈproʊˌgræm. ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈkrɛsənt ˈbɔˌlrum wɪʧ ɪz oʊnd baɪ ðə seɪm ˈpərsən, ənd hoʊsts ðə bɛst ækts ðət kəm θru hir. bɛst ˈpleɪsɪz tɪ gɪt ˈɪntu ˈtrəbəl fər ðə naɪt? goʊ tɪ mɪl ˈævəˌnu, ðə meɪn ˈθəroʊˌfɛr əv ˈtɛmpi, wɪʧ ɪz raɪt ɔn ðə ˈbɔrdər əv ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti. ɪt həz ə ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən fər biɪŋ ˈrɪli ˈkreɪzi. ˈprɪti məʧ ðə hoʊl strit ɪz bɑrz ənd ˈɔlsoʊ lɑts əv ˈkɑlɪʤ kɪdz. soʊ, ɪf ju wɔnt ˈsəmθɪŋ mɔr low-key*, ə gʊd pleɪs tɪ mit ˈpipəl (ənd nɑt dæns) ɪz ˈkeɪsi ˈɔɪstər haʊs wɪʧ ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ə bɑr. ɪt həz ðɪs wɪrd kəlt ˈfɑloʊɪŋ, ənd ðə pleɪs wɛr ˈpipəl goʊ. ˈæləks laʊ wɛr tɪ it wɪn ðə ˈpɑrti ɪz ˈoʊvər? ðə ˈbrɛkfəst bərˈitoʊ æt lɔs ər ðɛr kɑrn fraɪz. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ˈpipəl wʊd ˈprɑbəˌbli goʊ tɪ fər ˈbərgərz. daytrip*? ɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn ðə taɪm əv jɪr, bɪˈkəz ɪn ðə ˈsəmər hæv tɪ draɪv ˈprɪti fɑr tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ dil wɪθ ðə ˈtɛmpərəʧər. ðɪs taɪm əv jɪr, ˈbjutəfəl ˈhaɪkɪŋ ˈwɛðər. ju kʊd draɪv tɪ ðə ˌsupərˈstɪʃən ˈmaʊntənz ənd bi æt ðə ˈtreɪˌlhɛd ɪn əˈbaʊt 45 ˈmɪnəts. ˈɔlsoʊ kul ˈloʊkəl ˈfoʊˌklɔr əˈbaʊt ðə lɔst goʊld maɪn. ðɪs gaɪ səˈpoʊzədli hæd ə ˈgoʊldˌmaɪn ənd noʊ wən nu wɛr ɪt wɑz bət səˈpoʊzədli ðə maɪn ɪz stɪl aʊt ðɛr ˈsəmˌwɛr. ðɛr ər ˈpipəl hu stɪl spɛnd ə lɔt əv taɪm ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ɪt. ðɛn saʊθ ˈmaʊntən, wɪʧ ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ðə ˈlɑrʤəst mjuˈnɪsəpəl pɑrk ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, ənd ˈmaʊntən ɪn ðə ˈskɑtsˌdeɪl ˈɛriə. ɪn keɪs ju gɑt ˈhəŋgri ˈrɛdɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈpitsə:
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coming on the heels of announcement yesterday sources at have told the intrepid reporters at that they will be announce their own, which might “possibly be named titan.” for those at home keeping track that means we will have showing off the rift, sony showing off the morpheus, valve showing off the steam, showing off the osvr, countless people showing off different iterations of mobile phone headsets, and now… yeah sufficed to say will definitely be having a strong (wait for it…) ‘presence’ this year at gdc.
according to the report the only other details that we know now are that the team behind the project is the same one behind’s shield tablet.
earlier this month, the team sent out invites to an event on march that promised to show something that was “more than 5 years in the making” and that what they plan to show will “redefine the future of gaming.” this is most likely when we will get our first glance at the new hmd.
uploadvr will be in attendance at the event, and will be bringing you in the moment updates on twitter. we will monitor this story as developments continue to come in.
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ˈkəmɪŋ ɔn ðə hilz əv əˈnaʊnsmɛnt ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ˈsɔrsəz æt hæv toʊld ðə ˌɪnˈtrɛpəd rɪˈpɔrtərz æt ðət ðeɪ wɪl bi əˈnaʊns ðɛr oʊn, wɪʧ maɪt bi neɪmd ˈtaɪtən vr.”*.” fər ðoʊz æt hoʊm ˈkipɪŋ træk ðət minz wi wɪl hæv ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ðə rɪft, ˈsoʊni ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ðə ˈmɔrˌfiəs, vælv ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ðə stim, ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ðə osvr*, ˈkaʊntləs ˈpipəl ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ˈdɪfərənt ˌɪtəˈreɪʃənz əv ˈmoʊbəl foʊn ˈhɛdˌsɛts, ənd naʊ nvidia…*… jæ səˈfaɪst tɪ seɪ wɪl ˈdɛfənətli bi ˈhævɪŋ ə strɔŋ (weɪt fər it…*…) ‘‘presence’*’ ðɪs jɪr æt gdc*. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə rɪˈpɔrt ðə ˈoʊnli ˈəðər ˈditeɪlz ðət wi noʊ naʊ ər ðət ðə tim bɪˈhaɪnd ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɪz ðə seɪm wən bɪˈhaɪnd ʃild ˈtæblət. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, ðə tim sɛnt aʊt ˌɪnˈvaɪts tɪ ən ɪˈvɛnt ɔn mɑrʧ ðət ˈprɑməst tɪ ʃoʊ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət wɑz ðən 5 jɪrz ɪn ðə making”*” ənd ðət wət ðeɪ plæn tɪ ʃoʊ wɪl ðə fˈjuʧər əv gaming.”*.” ðɪs ɪz moʊst ˈlaɪkli wɪn wi wɪl gɪt ɑr fərst glæns æt ðə nu hmd*. wɪl bi ɪn əˈtɛndəns æt ðə ɪˈvɛnt, ənd wɪl bi ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ju ɪn ðə ˈmoʊmənt ˈəpˌdeɪts ɔn tˈwɪtər. wi wɪl ˈmɑnətər ðɪs ˈstɔri ɛz dɪˈvɛləpmənts kənˈtɪnju tɪ kəm ɪn.
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flagship is a (real-time-strategy) game with support for the rift that aims to put you in command of a fleet of spaceships. the game is controlled from a first person perspective with the player as the captain working from the bridge of the lead ship. players will command their fleet with the help of the crew and see the action unfold in space around them.
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flagship is looking to raise on and currently 39% of the way there. i spoke with one of the developers, brad jeffrey to learn more about the project.
flagship with developer brad jeffrey
road to: what are your plans for integrating stem? do you have a hydra to prototype with?
jeffrey: we actually have any hardware yet, we held off buying a set of hydra controllers as we were originally expecting the stem earlier in the year. unfortunately there was a shipping delay as updated the design (for the better, i think), but they should start shipping in the next month or so. unity integration seems reasonably simple, so from there just a case of making the various systems onboard the ship work in a way that feels natural with motion controllers. the most obvious way would be to allow the player to just touch the controls with their hands, though in the case of larger interfaces like the map table, a laser pointer style interface may make more sense. the stem system also opens up possibilities for offering fully holographic interfaces that as feasible when using keyboard and mouse.
road to: who is the development team and what is their dev experience, especially with regards to?
jeffrey: urban logic games is made up of myself (brad) and my brother matt. both been tinkering with making games and for about 20 years. matt is a freelance video producer by trade, but also an experienced musician and modeller. a lead web developer as my day job, and had experience on mobile apps and applications. my biggest claim to fame is being one of the lead texture artists on star wars quake: call of the force (aka swtc). it was a pretty famous mod at the time, but going back a few years! both been fans of the games since the 90s, but space strategy games in particular always left us wanting to get a little closer to the action. been bouncing around the idea for flagship for years, but it until about a year and a half ago we felt acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to build it.
road to: will the crew have personalities, strengths/weaknesses, and will you be able to choose, promote, demote, or discharge them?
jeffrey: the aim is for your bridge crew to have distinct personalities, along with other department heads such as the chief engineer, the bartender, and the wing commander etc. beyond that, it depends how far we can stretch our voice acting budget. you probably be promoting and individual crew members, for now focusing on ship simulation aspects that are directly connected to combat and strategy. ships in your fleet will level up providing they survive long enough, but this will probably be a stat.
road to: aside from the bridge, what can players expect to do inside of the flagship?
jeffrey: most likely only leave the bridge during the between battles. there will be consoles in your ready room dedicated to building your fleet and managing your empire. engineering will contain systems you can calibrate to get extra performance (think la forge tinkering in engineering to get that extra 1% out of the warp core). other areas, such as the rec-room, will provide a way of getting to know your crew through interactive cutscenes.
road to: your favorite game so far? which version of the rift are you with?
jeffrey: not sure it qualifies as a game, but i loved titans of space. it was one of the first experiences that really made me think that this time was really going to go somewhere. maybe a bit presentation wise, but there are some pretty startling moments in that demo, and a real sense of scale. more recently, the demo was really cool. i would have expected a game that moved you around so quickly to bring on motion sickness, but for whatever reason it at all.
we’re developing on the at the moment, i quite been able to save enough to get the, but hoping to get our hands on one soon.
in a update, the developers demonstrate the immense scale of one of many solar systems in which combat will take place:
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113 ʃɛrz ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tˈwɪtər ˈflægˌʃɪp ɪz ə (real-time-strategy*) geɪm wɪθ səˈpɔrt fər ðə rɪft ðət eɪmz tɪ pʊt ju ɪn kəˈmænd əv ə flit əv ˈspeɪsˌʃɪps. ðə geɪm ɪz kənˈtroʊld frəm ə fərst ˈpərsən pərˈspɛktɪv wɪθ ðə pleɪər ɛz ðə ˈkæptən ˈwərkɪŋ frəm ðə brɪʤ əv ðə lɛd ʃɪp. pleɪərz wɪl kəˈmænd ðɛr flit wɪθ ðə hɛlp əv ðə kru ənd si ðə ˈækʃən ənˈfoʊld ɪn speɪs əraʊnd ðɛm. ˈflægˌʃɪp ˈflægˌʃɪp ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ reɪz ɔn ənd ˈkərəntli 39 əv ðə weɪ ðɛr. aɪ spoʊk wɪθ wən əv ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz, bræd ˈʤɛfri tɪ lərn mɔr əˈbaʊt ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ˈflægˌʃɪp wɪθ dɪˈvɛləpər bræd ˈʤɛfri roʊd tɪ: wət ər jʊr plænz fər ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪŋ stɛm? du ju hæv ə ˈhaɪdrə tɪ ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp wɪθ? ˈʤɛfri: wi ˈæˌkʧuəli hæv ˈɛni ˈhɑrdˌwɛr jɛt, wi hɛld ɔf baɪɪŋ ə sɛt əv ˈhaɪdrə kənˈtroʊlərz ɛz wi wər ərˈɪʤənəli ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ ðə stɛm ˈərliər ɪn ðə jɪr. ənˈfɔrʧənətli ðɛr wɑz ə ˈʃɪpɪŋ dɪˈleɪ ɛz ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ðə dɪˈzaɪn (fər ðə ˈbɛtər, aɪ θɪŋk), bət ðeɪ ʃʊd stɑrt ˈʃɪpɪŋ ɪn ðə nɛkst mənθ ər soʊ. ˈjunɪti ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən simz ˈrizənəbli ˈsɪmpəl, soʊ frəm ðɛr ʤɪst ə keɪs əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈsɪstəmz ˈɑnˌbɔrd ðə ʃɪp wərk ɪn ə weɪ ðət filz ˈnæʧərəl wɪθ ˈmoʊʃən kənˈtroʊlərz. ðə moʊst ˈɑbviəs weɪ wʊd bi tɪ əˈlaʊ ðə pleɪər tɪ ʤɪst təʧ ðə kənˈtroʊlz wɪθ ðɛr hænz, ðoʊ ɪn ðə keɪs əv ˈlɑrʤər ˈɪnərˌfeɪsɪz laɪk ðə mæp ˈteɪbəl, ə ˈleɪzər ˈpɔɪntər staɪl ˈɪnərˌfeɪs meɪ meɪk mɔr sɛns. ðə stɛm ˈsɪstəm ˈɔlsoʊ ˈoʊpənz əp ˌpɑsəˈbɪlətiz fər ˈɔfərɪŋ ˈfʊli ˌhɔloʊˈgræfɪk ˈɪnərˌfeɪsɪz ðət ɛz ˈfizəbəl wɪn ˈjuzɪŋ ˈkiˌbɔrd ənd maʊs. roʊd tɪ: hu ɪz ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt tim ənd wət ɪz ðɛr dɛv ɪkˈspɪriəns, əˈspɛʃəli wɪθ rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ? ˈʤɛfri: ˈərbən ˈlɑʤɪk geɪmz ɪz meɪd əp əv ˌmaɪˈsɛlf (bræd) ənd maɪ ˈbrəðər mæt. boʊθ bɪn ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ wɪθ ˈmeɪkɪŋ geɪmz ənd fər əˈbaʊt 20 jɪrz. mæt ɪz ə ˈfriˌlæns ˈvɪdioʊ prəˈdusər baɪ treɪd, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ən ɪkˈspɪriənst mjuˈzɪʃən ənd modeller*. ə lɛd wɛb dɪˈvɛləpər ɛz maɪ deɪ ʤɑb, ənd hæd ɪkˈspɪriəns ɔn ˈmoʊbəl æps ənd ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz. maɪ ˈbɪgəst kleɪm tɪ feɪm ɪz biɪŋ wən əv ðə lɛd ˈtɛksʧər ˈɑrtɪsts ɔn stɑr wɔrz kweɪk: kɔl əv ðə fɔrs (ˈɑkə swtc*). ɪt wɑz ə ˈprɪti ˈfeɪməs mɔd æt ðə taɪm, bət goʊɪŋ bæk ə fju jɪrz! boʊθ bɪn fænz əv ðə geɪmz sɪns ðə 90s*, bət speɪs ˈstrætəʤi geɪmz ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈɔlˌweɪz lɛft ˈjuˈɛs ˈwɑnɪŋ tɪ gɪt ə ˈlɪtəl ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðə ˈækʃən. bɪn ˈbaʊnsɪŋ əraʊnd ðə aɪˈdiə fər ˈflægˌʃɪp fər jɪrz, bət ɪt ənˈtɪl əˈbaʊt ə jɪr ənd ə hæf əˈgoʊ wi fɛlt əkˈwaɪərd ðə ˈnɑlɪʤ ənd skɪlz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ bɪld ɪt. roʊd tɪ: wɪl ðə kru hæv ˌpərsəˈnælɪtiz, strengths/weaknesses*, ənd wɪl ju bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ʧuz, prəˈmoʊt, dɪˈmoʊt, ər ˈdɪsˌʧɑrʤ ðɛm? ˈʤɛfri: ðə eɪm ɪz fər jʊr brɪʤ kru tɪ hæv dɪˈstɪŋkt ˌpərsəˈnælɪtiz, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈəðər dɪˈpɑrtmənt hɛdz səʧ ɛz ðə ʧif ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr, ðə ˈbɑrˌtɛndər, ənd ðə wɪŋ kəˈmændər ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. bɪɔnd ðət, ɪt dɪˈpɛndz haʊ fɑr wi kən strɛʧ ɑr vɔɪs ˈæktɪŋ ˈbəʤɪt. ju ˈprɑbəˌbli bi prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ənd ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl kru ˈmɛmbərz, fər naʊ ˈfoʊkɪsɪŋ ɔn ʃɪp ˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃən ˈæˌspɛkts ðət ər dɪˈrɛkli kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ˈkɑmbæt ənd ˈstrætəʤi. ʃɪps ɪn jʊr flit wɪl ˈlɛvəl əp prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ðeɪ sərˈvaɪv lɔŋ ɪˈnəf, bət ðɪs wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ə stæt. roʊd tɪ: əˈsaɪd frəm ðə brɪʤ, wət kən pleɪərz ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ du ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈflægˌʃɪp? ˈʤɛfri: moʊst ˈlaɪkli ˈoʊnli liv ðə brɪʤ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə bɪtˈwin ˈbætəlz. ðɛr wɪl bi kənˈsoʊlz ɪn jʊr ˈrɛdi rum ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ˈbɪldɪŋ jʊr flit ənd ˈmænəʤɪŋ jʊr ˈɛmpaɪər. ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ wɪl kənˈteɪn ˈsɪstəmz ju kən ˈkæləˌbreɪt tɪ gɪt ˈɛkstrə pərˈfɔrməns (θɪŋk lɑ fɔrʤ ˈtɪŋkərɪŋ ɪn ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ tɪ gɪt ðət ˈɛkstrə 1 aʊt əv ðə wɔrp kɔr). ˈəðər ˈɛriəz, səʧ ɛz ðə rec-room*, wɪl prəˈvaɪd ə weɪ əv ˈgɪtɪŋ tɪ noʊ jʊr kru θru ˌɪnərˈæktɪv cutscenes*. roʊd tɪ: jʊr ˈfeɪvərɪt geɪm soʊ fɑr? wɪʧ ˈvərʒən əv ðə rɪft ər ju wɪθ? ˈʤɛfri: nɑt ʃʊr ɪt kˈwɑləˌfaɪz ɛz ə geɪm, bət aɪ ləvd ˈtaɪtənz əv speɪs. ɪt wɑz wən əv ðə fərst ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ðət ˈrɪli meɪd mi θɪŋk ðət ðɪs taɪm wɑz ˈrɪli goʊɪŋ tɪ goʊ ˈsəmˌwɛr. ˈmeɪbi ə bɪt ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən waɪz, bət ðɛr ər səm ˈprɪti ˈstɑrtlɪŋ ˈmoʊmənts ɪn ðət ˈdɛmoʊ, ənd ə ril sɛns əv skeɪl. mɔr ˈrisəntli, ðə ˈdɛmoʊ wɑz ˈrɪli kul. aɪ wʊd hæv ɪkˈspɛktɪd ə geɪm ðət muvd ju əraʊnd soʊ kˈwɪkli tɪ brɪŋ ɔn ˈmoʊʃən ˈsɪknəs, bət fər ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈrizən ɪt æt ɔl. dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ɔn ðə æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt, aɪ kwaɪt bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ seɪv ɪˈnəf tɪ gɪt ðə bət ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɑr hænz ɔn wən sun. ɪn ə ˈəpˌdeɪt, ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt ðə ˌɪˈmɛns skeɪl əv wən əv ˈmɛni ˈsoʊlər ˈsɪstəmz ɪn wɪʧ ˈkɑmbæt wɪl teɪk pleɪs: ˈflægˌʃɪp
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in 1999, mark nokes of wallsall, england was incredibly excited about the imminent release of star wars episode i: the phantom menace. like the rest of us, mark had no idea just how terrible that movie would that didn't stop him from legally changing his name to darth vader
his wife, suzanne, also took her husband's last name of vader because...well, seriously, who wouldn't do that? if you're going to be married to the dark lord, you might as well receive all the benefits that come along with it. can you imagine being called up for dinner for your turn at the dmv?
but i all leads us to 13 years later, when a rogue jedi named hare (c'mon, that even sounds like a mon calamari name) became convinced that mr. vader was using the dark side of the force to seduce his own wife, kelly campbell (definitely a human).
the two men began fighting, but before any light sabers could be unsheathed, mrs. vader stepped in the middle of the two to try and stop a physical altercation from occurring. unfortunately for her, had already committed himself to throwing a landed squarely on mrs. face.
"heavens to betsy!"
the resulting melee was recorded in what may be one of the most incredible sounding police reports of all time. one excerpt, which was reprinted in the birmingham mail , reads in part:
"there was a scuffle involving the two men and mrs vader tried to get between them... the defendant struck her but, there is evidence that, in fact, he had been trying to hit darth vader. hare then picked up a brick and he threw sand into the face of darth vader, whose wife was so worried about him getting further involved in the dispute that she locked him in their house."
hare ran off and hid for two days before being caught and arrested. he was charged with (and pleaded guilty to) possessing a bladed article (knife, not a light saber), assault, and disorderly behavior.
he will be required to complete 200 hours of community service and be placed under strict supervision for 18 months.
considering whose wife he punched, i'd say mr. hare got off pretty light.
just ask the late admiral what
happens when mr. vader dispenses justice himself.
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ɪn 1999 mɑrk noʊks əv wallsall*, ˈɪŋglənd wɑz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪmənənt riˈlis əv stɑr wɔrz ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd aɪ: ðə ˈfænəm ˈmɛnɪs. laɪk ðə rɛst əv ˈjuˈɛs, mɑrk hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə ʤɪst haʊ ˈtɛrəbəl ðət ˈmuvi wʊd ðət ˈdɪdənt stɑp ɪm frəm ˈligəli ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ hɪz neɪm tɪ dɑrθ ˈveɪdər hɪz waɪf, suˈzæn, ˈɔlsoʊ tʊk hər ˈhəzbəndz læst neɪm əv ˈveɪdər because...well*, ˈsɪriəsli, hu ˈwʊdənt du ðət? ɪf jʊr goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˈmɛrid tɪ ðə dɑrk lɔrd, ju maɪt ɛz wɛl rɪˈsiv ɔl ðə ˈbɛnəfɪts ðət kəm əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ɪt. kən ju ˌɪˈmæʤən biɪŋ kɔld əp fər ˈdɪnər fər jʊr tərn æt ðə dmv*? bət aɪ ɔl lidz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ 13 jɪrz ˈleɪtər, wɪn ə roʊg ˈʤɛˌdi neɪmd hɛr (kəˈmɑn, ðət ˈivɪn saʊnz laɪk ə mɑn kɑlɑˈmɑri neɪm) bɪˈkeɪm kənˈvɪnst ðət ˈmɪstər. ˈveɪdər wɑz ˈjuzɪŋ ðə dɑrk saɪd əv ðə fɔrs tɪ sɪˈdus hɪz oʊn waɪf, ˈkɛli ˈkæmbəl (ˈdɛfənətli ə ˈjumən). ðə tu mɛn bɪˈgæn ˈfaɪtɪŋ, bət ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛni laɪt ˈseɪbərz kʊd bi unsheathed*, ˈmɪsɪz. ˈveɪdər stɛpt ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ðə tu tɪ traɪ ənd stɑp ə ˈfɪzɪkəl ˌɑltərˈkeɪʃən frəm əˈkərɪŋ. ənˈfɔrʧənətli fər hər, hæd ɔˈrɛdi kəˈmɪtɪd hɪmˈsɛlf tɪ θroʊɪŋ ə ˈlændɪd skˈwɛrli ɔn ˈmɪsɪz. feɪs. "ˈhɛvənz tɪ ˈbɛtsi!" ðə rɪˈzəltɪŋ ˈmeɪˌleɪ wɑz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɪn wət meɪ bi wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈsaʊndɪŋ pəˈlis rɪˈpɔrts əv ɔl taɪm. wən ˈɛksərpt, wɪʧ wɑz riˈprɪntɪd ɪn ðə ˈbərmɪŋˌhæm meɪl ridz ɪn pɑrt: "ðɛr wɑz ə ˈskəfəl ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ðə tu mɛn ənd ˈmɪsɪz ˈveɪdər traɪd tɪ gɪt bɪtˈwin ðɛm... ðə dɪˈfɛndənt strək hər bət, ðɛr ɪz ˈɛvədəns ðət, ɪn fækt, hi hæd bɪn traɪɪŋ tɪ hɪt dɑrθ ˈveɪdər. hɛr ðɛn pɪkt əp ə brɪk ənd hi θru sænd ˈɪntu ðə feɪs əv dɑrθ ˈveɪdər, huz waɪf wɑz soʊ ˈwərid əˈbaʊt ɪm ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈfərðər ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə dɪˈspjut ðət ʃi lɑkt ɪm ɪn ðɛr haʊs." hɛr ræn ɔf ənd hɪd fər tu deɪz ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ kɔt ənd ərˈɛstɪd. hi wɑz ʧɑrʤd wɪθ (ənd ˈplidɪd ˈgɪlti tɪ) pəˈzɛsɪŋ ə ˈbleɪdɪd ˈɑrtɪkəl (naɪf, nɑt ə laɪt ˈseɪbər), əˈsɔlt, ənd dɪˈsɔrdərli bɪˈheɪvjər. hi wɪl bi rikˈwaɪərd tɪ kəmˈplit 200 aʊərz əv kəmˈjunɪti ˈsərvɪs ənd bi pleɪst ˈəndər strɪkt ˌsupərˈvɪʒən fər 18 mənθs. kənˈsɪdərɪŋ huz waɪf hi pənʧt, aɪd seɪ ˈmɪstər. hɛr gɑt ɔf ˈprɪti laɪt. ʤɪst æsk ðə leɪt ˈædmərəl wət ˈhæpənz wɪn ˈmɪstər. ˈveɪdər dɪˈspɛnsɪz ˈʤəstɪs hɪmˈsɛlf.
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bryan bravo, 19, is shown on a stretcher after he broke into a santa ana home on friday, sept. 4, 2015.
two home invasion suspects chose the wrong house to target. the homeowner, who is trained in martial arts, turned the tables on the criminals, even shooting one of incident took place at erickson home in the 2500 block of west manly avenue around 4 a.m. said two burglars came into his bedroom through an open sliding door, pointed a gun at his head and demanded money."fifty-fifty, it was a struggle. i didn't know whether i was going to die," to protect his sister and his nephew in the house, took saw the gunman turn his head, i attacked. i went for the gun. i have training in maga, so it didn't scare me at all," pushed the gunman against a window, shattered the glass, and then took the fight fending off both men, he took the gun. one suspect ran, but the one who lost the gun wanted to keep never fired a shot on me, but i took that gun and he was going for that gun again, so i had to defend myself," shot the suspect in the leg, when the man tried to run. pushed him into the pool and told him to stay put. when the suspect jumped out of the pool, shot him wanted to run," said. he said the suspect kept saying, "i'm sorry," and tried to flee."no, you're staying right here buddy. so i tried to subdue him even more," he arrived and took bryan bravo into custody. nephew took a photo of him on a say the two suspects might have robbed someone earlier in the description matches. they were on a bike. our victim was walking down the street, had a backpack, cellphone and money," cpl. anthony said about that for, he escaped with a few scratches and a cut on his foot from stepping on glass. he said these men picked the wrong deserved it. he deserved every bit of it. i'd do it again if it happened again," he said bravo is a known gang member with a long criminal history. he is expected to you have any information on the second suspect, you're urged to call santa ana police.
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braɪən ˈbrɑvoʊ, 19 ɪz ʃoʊn ɔn ə ˈstrɛʧər ˈæftər hi broʊk ˈɪntu ə ˈsænə ˈɑnə hoʊm ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, sɛpt. 4 2015 tu hoʊm ˌɪnˈveɪʒən ˈsəˌspɛkts ʧoʊz ðə rɔŋ haʊs tɪ ˈtərgət. ðə ˈhoʊˌmoʊnər, hu ɪz treɪnd ɪn ˈmɑrʃəl ɑrts, tərnd ðə ˈteɪbəlz ɔn ðə ˈkrɪmənəlz, ˈivɪn ˈʃutɪŋ wən əv ˈɪnsədənt tʊk pleɪs æt ˈɛrɪksən hoʊm ɪn ðə 2500 blɑk əv wɛst ˈmænli ˈævəˌnu əraʊnd 4 a.m*. sɛd tu ˈbərglərz keɪm ˈɪntu hɪz ˈbɛˌdrum θru ən ˈoʊpən sˈlaɪdɪŋ dɔr, ˈpɔɪntɪd ə gən æt hɪz hɛd ənd dɪˈmændɪd money."fifty-fifty*, ɪt wɑz ə ˈstrəgəl. aɪ ˈdɪdənt noʊ ˈwɛðər aɪ wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ daɪ," tɪ prəˈtɛkt hɪz ˈsɪstər ənd hɪz ˈnɛfju ɪn ðə haʊs, tʊk sɔ ðə ˈgənmən tərn hɪz hɛd, aɪ əˈtækt. aɪ wɛnt fər ðə gən. aɪ hæv ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɪn maga*, soʊ ɪt ˈdɪdənt skɛr mi æt ɔl," pʊʃt ðə ˈgənmən əˈgɛnst ə ˈwɪndoʊ, ˈʃætərd ðə glæs, ənd ðɛn tʊk ðə faɪt ˈfɛndɪŋ ɔf boʊθ mɛn, hi tʊk ðə gən. wən ˈsəˌspɛkt ræn, bət ðə wən hu lɔst ðə gən ˈwɔntɪd tɪ kip ˈnɛvər faɪərd ə ʃɑt ɔn mi, bət aɪ tʊk ðət gən ənd hi wɑz goʊɪŋ fər ðət gən əˈgɛn, soʊ aɪ hæd tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf," ʃɑt ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪn ðə lɛg, wɪn ðə mæn traɪd tɪ rən. pʊʃt ɪm ˈɪntu ðə pul ənd toʊld ɪm tɪ steɪ pʊt. wɪn ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt ʤəmpt aʊt əv ðə pul, ʃɑt ɪm ˈwɔntɪd tɪ rən," sɛd. hi sɛd ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt kɛpt seɪɪŋ, "əm ˈsɑri," ənd traɪd tɪ flee."no*, jʊr steɪɪŋ raɪt hir ˈbədi. soʊ aɪ traɪd tɪ səbˈdu ɪm ˈivɪn mɔr," hi əraɪvd ənd tʊk braɪən ˈbrɑvoʊ ˈɪntu ˈkəstədi. ˈnɛfju tʊk ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ əv ɪm ɔn ə seɪ ðə tu ˈsəˌspɛkts maɪt hæv rɑbd ˈsəmˌwən ˈərliər ɪn ðə dɪˈskrɪpʃən ˈmæʧɪz. ðeɪ wər ɔn ə baɪk. ɑr ˈvɪktɪm wɑz ˈwɔkɪŋ daʊn ðə strit, hæd ə ˈbækˌpæk, ˈsɛlfoʊn ənd ˈməni," cpl*. ˈænθɔˌni sɛd əˈbaʊt ðət fər, hi ɪˈskeɪpt wɪθ ə fju ˈskræʧɪz ənd ə kət ɔn hɪz fʊt frəm ˈstɛpɪŋ ɔn glæs. hi sɛd ðiz mɛn pɪkt ðə rɔŋ dɪˈzərvd ɪt. hi dɪˈzərvd ˈɛvəri bɪt əv ɪt. aɪd du ɪt əˈgɛn ɪf ɪt ˈhæpənd əˈgɛn," hi sɛd ˈbrɑvoʊ ɪz ə noʊn gæŋ ˈmɛmbər wɪθ ə lɔŋ ˈkrɪmənəl ˈhɪstəri. hi ɪz ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ju hæv ˈɛni ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈsəˌspɛkt, jʊr ərʤd tɪ kɔl ˈsænə ˈɑnə pəˈlis.
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january 27 is international holocaust remembrance day, and this year an ad-hoc german collective called laut nazis (loud against nazis) staged an intriguing protest against the nazi party of germany, or the national democratic party of germany, as they style themselves deutschlands,), by using the innocuous tools of facebook to call attention to the persistence of nazi ideology in germany.
laut nazis called it a “like encouraged liberal opponents of fascist ideas to flood the facebook page by “liking” it and also by posting, as a comment, a link to a image such as “rassismus tötet!” (racism kills!) or a rainbow version of the nazi logo. in addition users were urged to adopt one of those very same images as their personal icons for the day (as they would obviously be seen on the page itself).
the slogan for the day was “wir überfremden die clever phrase requires a bit of unpacking. the german word überfremden is not a common one; it appears to be a bit of jargon, and it means to be overrun by sentiments are surely enough in the u.s. and u.k. as well. the genius of the slogan lies in the fact that laut nazis was proposing to do just that to the facebook it with outside elements.
as the das blog pointed out, the project had the distinct drawback of having to oblige users, however briefly, to “like” such an odious entity as the in order to function. but a sizable number of people appeared not to mind that particular taint, anyway.
in the end, the admins presumably had to work a little harder to maintain their page (it appears that many of the comments were scrubbed, although as of this few more recent comments could be seen on website), and who knows how many minds, if any, were changed. but it remains a pretty clever implementation of social media to land a collective political point.
previously on dangerous minds:
foil facial recognition using sneaky world war i ‘razzle dazzle’ tactics
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ˈʤænjuˌɛri 27 ɪz ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈhɔləˌkɔst riˈmɛmbrəns deɪ, ənd ðɪs jɪr ən ˈæˈdhɑk ˈʤərmən kəˈlɛktɪv kɔld lɔt ˈnɑtsiz (laʊd əˈgɛnst ˈnɑtsiz) steɪʤd ən ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ˈproʊˌtɛst əˈgɛnst ðə ˈnɑtsi ˈpɑrti əv ˈʤərməni, ər ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpɑrti əv ˈʤərməni, ɛz ðeɪ staɪl ðɛmˈsɛlvz deutschlands*,), baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˌɪˈnɑkjuəs tulz əv ˈfeɪsˌbʊk tɪ kɔl əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə pərˈsɪstəns əv ˈnɑtsi ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤi ɪn ˈʤərməni. lɔt ˈnɑtsiz kɔld ɪt ə ɪnˈkərəʤd ˈlɪˌbərəl əˈpoʊnənts əv ˈfæʃɪst aɪˈdiəz tɪ fləd ðə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ baɪ ““liking”*” ɪt ənd ˈɔlsoʊ baɪ ˈpoʊstɪŋ, ɛz ə ˈkɑmɛnt, ə lɪŋk tɪ ə ˈɪmɪʤ səʧ ɛz tötet!”*!” (ˈreɪˌsɪzəm kɪlz!) ər ə ˈreɪnˌboʊ ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈnɑtsi ˈloʊgoʊ. ɪn əˈdɪʃən ˈjuzərz wər ərʤd tɪ əˈdɑpt wən əv ðoʊz ˈvɛri seɪm ˈɪmɪʤɪz ɛz ðɛr ˈpərsɪnəl ˈaɪˌkɑnz fər ðə deɪ (ɛz ðeɪ wʊd ˈɑbviəsli bi sin ɔn ðə peɪʤ ˌɪtˈsɛlf). ðə sˈloʊgən fər ðə deɪ wɑz daɪ ˈklɛvər freɪz rikˈwaɪərz ə bɪt əv ənˈpækɪŋ. ðə ˈʤərmən wərd ɪz nɑt ə ˈkɑmən wən; ɪt əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ə bɪt əv ˈʤɑrgən, ənd ɪt minz tɪ bi ˈoʊvərˌrən baɪ ˈsɛnəmənts ər ˈʃʊrli ɪˈnəf ɪn ðə juz. ənd u.k*. ɛz wɛl. ðə ˈʤinjəs əv ðə sˈloʊgən laɪz ɪn ðə fækt ðət lɔt ˈnɑtsiz wɑz prəˈpoʊzɪŋ tɪ du ʤɪst ðət tɪ ðə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ɪt wɪθ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ˈɛləmənts. ɛz ðə dɑs blɔg ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt, ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt hæd ðə dɪˈstɪŋkt ˈdrɔˌbæk əv ˈhævɪŋ tɪ əˈblaɪʤ ˈjuzərz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˈbrifli, tɪ ““like”*” səʧ ən ˈoʊdiəs ˈɛntɪti ɛz ðə ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈfəŋkʃən. bət ə ˈsaɪzəbəl ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl əˈpɪrd nɑt tɪ maɪnd ðət ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr teɪnt, ˈɛniˌweɪ. ɪn ðə ɛnd, ðə ˈædmɪnz prɪˈzuməbli hæd tɪ wərk ə ˈlɪtəl ˈhɑrdər tɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðɛr peɪʤ (ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ˈmɛni əv ðə ˈkɑmɛnts wər skrəbd, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɛz əv ðɪs fju mɔr ˈrisənt ˈkɑmɛnts kʊd bi sin ɔn ˈwɛbˌsaɪt), ənd hu noʊz haʊ ˈmɛni maɪndz, ɪf ˈɛni, wər ʧeɪnʤd. bət ɪt rɪˈmeɪnz ə ˈprɪti ˈklɛvər ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən əv ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə tɪ lænd ə kəˈlɛktɪv pəˈlɪtɪkəl pɔɪnt. ˈpriviəsli ɔn ˈdeɪnʤərəs maɪndz: fɔɪl ˈfeɪʃəl ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən ˈjuzɪŋ sˈniki wərld wɔr aɪ dazzle’*’ ˈtæktɪks
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ever since it was announced that sony computer entertainment (sce) would be bringing virtual reality (vr) to the playstation 4 back in march 2014, fans have speculated on what franchises could offer their support to the tech. many would like to see such as ratchet and clank or and make the transition to the playstation display (hmd), as called, while others picture driving simulators such as gran turismo as the perfect companion for the device. it seems that head of worldwide studios yoshida agrees with the latter.
“many trial tests been doing, some genres just work fine,” yoshida said when the popular racing franchise was brought up in an interview with released earlier this week. “one of those genres is racing games. so when gran turismo comes out on, like to see it support playstation, yeah.” gran turismo would presumably arrive on playstation 4 as gran turismo 7, but such a title is set to be announced. the series has come to every playstation platform with the exception of the playstation vita, so not hard to imagine it showing up later down the line.
back when playstation was first revealed then known as project morpheus yoshida confirmed that-owned evolution studios had also tested support for its own racing simulator, driveclub. ultimately the team decided against its inclusion, but perhaps possible support for the gran turismo series could go some way to making up for that. as it stands, is yet to announce that any of its classic ip will support in the future, though has announced entirely new ones such as rigs: combat league from guerrilla cambridge.
vrfocus will continue to follow playstation closely, reporting back with the latest updates to the title.
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ˈɛvər sɪns ɪt wɑz əˈnaʊnst ðət ˈsoʊni kəmˈpjutər ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt (sce*) wʊd bi ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈvərʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti (vr*) tɪ ðə ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən 4 bæk ɪn mɑrʧ 2014 fænz hæv ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɪd ɔn wət ˈfrænˌʧaɪzɪz kʊd ˈɔfər ðɛr səˈpɔrt tɪ ðə tɛk. ˈmɛni wʊd laɪk tɪ si səʧ ɛz ˈræʧət ənd klæŋk ər ənd meɪk ðə trænˈzɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən dɪˈspleɪ (hmd*), ɛz kɔld, waɪl ˈəðərz ˈpɪkʧər ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtərz səʧ ɛz græn ˈtʊrɪsmoʊ ɛz ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt kəmˈpænjən fər ðə dɪˈvaɪs. ɪt simz ðət hɛd əv ˈwərldˈwaɪd ˈstudiˌoʊz joʊˈʃidə əˈgriz wɪθ ðə ˈlætər. traɪəl tɛsts bɪn duɪŋ, səm ˈʒɑnrəz ʤɪst wərk fine,”*,” joʊˈʃidə sɛd wɪn ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈreɪsɪŋ ˈfrænˌʧaɪz wɑz brɔt əp ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ riˈlist ˈərliər ðɪs wik. əv ðoʊz ˈʒɑnrəz ɪz ˈreɪsɪŋ geɪmz. soʊ wɪn græn ˈtʊrɪsmoʊ kəmz aʊt ɔn laɪk tɪ si ɪt səˈpɔrt ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən, yeah.”*.” græn ˈtʊrɪsmoʊ wʊd prɪˈzuməbli əraɪv ɔn ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən 4 ɛz græn ˈtʊrɪsmoʊ 7 bət səʧ ə ˈtaɪtəl ɪz sɛt tɪ bi əˈnaʊnst. ðə ˈsɪriz həz kəm tɪ ˈɛvəri ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən ˈplætˌfɔrm wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ðə ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən ˈvaɪtə, soʊ nɑt hɑrd tɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ɪt ʃoʊɪŋ əp ˈleɪtər daʊn ðə laɪn. bæk wɪn ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən wɑz fərst rɪˈvild ðɛn noʊn ɛz ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈmɔrˌfiəs joʊˈʃidə kənˈfərmd ðət ˌɛvəˈluʃən ˈstudiˌoʊz hæd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈtɛstɪd səˈpɔrt fər ɪts oʊn ˈreɪsɪŋ ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtər, driveclub*. ˈəltəmətli ðə tim ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd əˈgɛnst ɪts ˌɪnˈkluʒən, bət pərˈhæps ˈpɑsəbəl səˈpɔrt fər ðə græn ˈtʊrɪsmoʊ ˈsɪriz kʊd goʊ səm weɪ tɪ ˈmeɪkɪŋ əp fər ðət. ɛz ɪt stændz, ɪz jɛt tɪ əˈnaʊns ðət ˈɛni əv ɪts ˈklæsɪk ˌaɪˌpi wɪl səˈpɔrt ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər, ðoʊ həz əˈnaʊnst ɪnˈtaɪərli nu wənz səʧ ɛz rɪgz: ˈkɑmbæt lig frəm gərˈɪlə ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ. wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈfɑloʊ ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən ˈkloʊsli, rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ bæk wɪθ ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈəpˌdeɪts tɪ ðə ˈtaɪtəl.
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scottish transgender alliance has filed a petition with the crown office and fiscal service urging them to work with trans equality groups
thousands have signed a petition demanding courts not jail people if they do not tell their sex partners they are trans.
the scottish transgender alliance asked people to sign a petition asking the crown office and fiscal service (copfs) to urgently work with equality groups.
it comes after chris wilson, 25, pled guilty in court after he was accused of failing to tell two girls his gender history and real age.
he will be this friday (5 april), where he will likely face jail. wilson is already on the sex register for life.
over people signed the petition, addressing their concern trans people could risk imprisonment for not telling their sexual partners their gender history.
writing to the lord advocate, the sta said: ‘we consider it essential that trans right to privacy about their gender history be upheld in all areas of their lives.
‘they must not be placed in fear of imprisonment simply for of their gender reassignment status to a sexual partner.’
last month, wilson admitted to having sex with a girl who said she was 16, after telling her he was 16 when he was really 22.
he also admitted to kissing and cuddling another girl who was also 15 at the time, and also lied about his age.
despite the ages, it is believed due to the ‘obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud’ charge, wilson was only convicted on the basis he had lied about his gender history.
nathan gale, development worker at the sta, said: ‘there are other factors involved in this case, the two young women involved were only 15, but in bringing these particular charges the message the crown office and fiscal service has sent to trans people is, we will criminalize you if you fail to disclose your gender history to sexual partners.
‘or put more bluntly, when it comes to sex you have no right to privacy.
‘i sincerely hope that on receiving this petition will understand the seriousness of trans fears and respond to our call for to take urgent steps to address them.’
if you would like to read more about the case, check out nathan comment piece for gay star news here.
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ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər əˈlaɪəns həz faɪld ə pəˈtɪʃən wɪθ ðə kraʊn ˈɔfəs ənd ˈfɪskəl ˈsərvɪs ˈərʤɪŋ ðɛm tɪ wərk wɪθ trænz ɪkˈwɑləti grups ˈθaʊzənz hæv saɪnd ə pəˈtɪʃən dɪˈmændɪŋ kɔrts nɑt ʤeɪl ˈpipəl ɪf ðeɪ du nɑt tɛl ðɛr sɛks ˈpɑrtnərz ðeɪ ər trænz. ðə ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈtrænzˈʤɛndər əˈlaɪəns æst ˈpipəl tɪ saɪn ə pəˈtɪʃən ˈæskɪŋ ðə kraʊn ˈɔfəs ənd ˈfɪskəl ˈsərvɪs (copfs*) tɪ ˈərʤəntli wərk wɪθ ɪkˈwɑləti grups. ɪt kəmz ˈæftər krɪs ˈwɪlsən, 25 plɛd ˈgɪlti ɪn kɔrt ˈæftər hi wɑz əˈkjuzd əv ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ tɛl tu gərlz hɪz ˈʤɛndər ˈhɪstəri ənd ril eɪʤ. hi wɪl bi ðɪs ˈfraɪˌdeɪ 5 ˈeɪprəl), wɛr hi wɪl ˈlaɪkli feɪs ʤeɪl. ˈwɪlsən ɪz ɔˈrɛdi ɔn ðə sɛks ˈrɛʤɪstər fər laɪf. ˈoʊvər ˈpipəl saɪnd ðə pəˈtɪʃən, æˈdrɛsɪŋ ðɛr kənˈsərn trænz ˈpipəl kʊd rɪsk ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt fər nɑt ˈtɛlɪŋ ðɛr ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈpɑrtnərz ðɛr ˈʤɛndər ˈhɪstəri. ˈraɪtɪŋ tɪ ðə lɔrd ˈædvəˌkeɪt, ðə ˈɛˈstiˈeɪ sɛd: kənˈsɪdər ɪt ɛˈsɛnʃəl ðət trænz raɪt tɪ ˈpraɪvəsi əˈbaʊt ðɛr ˈʤɛndər ˈhɪstəri bi əˈphɛld ɪn ɔl ˈɛriəz əv ðɛr lɪvz. məst nɑt bi pleɪst ɪn fɪr əv ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt ˈsɪmpli fər əv ðɛr ˈʤɛndər riəˈsaɪnmənt ˈstætəs tɪ ə ˈsɛkʃuəl partner.’*.’ læst mənθ, ˈwɪlsən ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈhævɪŋ sɛks wɪθ ə gərl hu sɛd ʃi wɑz 16 ˈæftər ˈtɛlɪŋ hər hi wɑz 16 wɪn hi wɑz ˈrɪli 22 hi ˈɔlsoʊ ədˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈkɪsɪŋ ənd ˈkədlɪŋ əˈnəðər gərl hu wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ 15 æt ðə taɪm, ənd ˈɔlsoʊ laɪd əˈbaʊt hɪz eɪʤ. dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈeɪʤɪz, ɪt ɪz bɪˈlivd du tɪ ðə ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈɪntəməsi baɪ fraud’*’ ʧɑrʤ, ˈwɪlsən wɑz ˈoʊnli kənˈvɪktəd ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsɪs hi hæd laɪd əˈbaʊt hɪz ˈʤɛndər ˈhɪstəri. ˈneɪθən geɪl, dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈwərkər æt ðə ˈɛˈstiˈeɪ, sɛd: ər ˈəðər ˈfæktərz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðɪs keɪs, ðə tu jəŋ ˈwɪmən ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wər ˈoʊnli 15 bət ɪn ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðiz ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈʧɑrʤɪz ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ ðə kraʊn ˈɔfəs ənd ˈfɪskəl ˈsərvɪs həz sɛnt tɪ trænz ˈpipəl ɪz, wi wɪl ˈkrɪmənəˌlaɪz ju ɪf ju feɪl tɪ dɪˈskloʊz jʊr ˈʤɛndər ˈhɪstəri tɪ ˈsɛkʃuəl ˈpɑrtnərz. pʊt mɔr ˈbləntli, wɪn ɪt kəmz tɪ sɛks ju hæv noʊ raɪt tɪ ˈpraɪvəsi. sɪnˈsɪrli hoʊp ðət ɔn rɪˈsivɪŋ ðɪs pəˈtɪʃən wɪl ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈsɪriəsnəs əv trænz fɪrz ənd rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ɑr kɔl fər tɪ teɪk ˈərʤənt stɛps tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs them.’*.’ ɪf ju wʊd laɪk tɪ rɛd mɔr əˈbaʊt ðə keɪs, ʧɛk aʊt ˈneɪθən ˈkɑmɛnt pis fər geɪ stɑr nuz hir.
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world electioneering entertainment 2016: years of energy independence and the greatest con ever? [part]
asobably anyone will attest, the greatest spectacle of the past year if not of the past eon has been none other than the united statesesidential election, something that i now like to refer to as world electioneering entertainment (wee). because tooperly understand this election (and its nascent title) requires, i believe, an understanding of the world wrestling entertainment. i've personally never had a liking for any of that wrestling stuff, but i am nonetheless intimately familiar with it all thanks to an old high school friend of mine who goes by the nom de plume of jason sensation, but whom i knew as jay who has been a wrestler and impersonator in the and other wrestling federations for nearly 20 years now. follow along with this and the next two posts and partially in thanks to my exposure to my old friend's antics and the mechanics of the that he often explained to me you'll see why i've come to the conclusion that this united statesesidential election wee 2016 might very well be the greatest con that any of us have ever witness to.
but before i get to the significance of the to the wee, a partial recap of the threeesidential debates and in particular their mention of energy is required in order toovide some backdrop for understanding their correlation. i didn't actually watch the debates myself but rather listened to them (because i gave up making and watching film and television 10 years or so ago), which in a strange twist of events actually made a significant difference.
while moderator chris wallace stated in the third debate that "there is almost no issue that separates the two of you more than the issue of immigration", there is on the other handobably no issue that more strongly bridges the two candidates to go along with bernie sanders, gary johnson and jill stein than the issue of energy. the first debate didn't cover much ground here, hillary clinton stating that
we can deploy a half a billion more solar panels. we can have enough clean energy to power every home. we can build a new modern electric grid.
skipping over my doubts regarding the possibility of all that (which i've already repeatedly written of), donald trump then stated that "i'm a great believer in all forms of energy".
bravo?
jumping over to the third debate, it was stated by clinton that "i do want us to have an electric grid, energy system that crosses borders." although i won't examine this in detail, it's worth remembering that it was a highly integrated energy grid that in 2003 enabled a software bug and some foliage to allow for a two-day (for some a seven-day) blackout on the eastern seaboard that left 55 million people in a mad scramble over what to do with all of their melting ice cream. (if you think i'm being a bit unfair, it's worth remembering what was broadly learned from the blackout: absolutely nothing.)
(photo by brendan loy)
switching over to the second debate, it was here that a question directly related to energy was (surprisingly?) asked by a fellow named ken bone.
what steps will your energy policy take to meet our energy needs, while at the same time remaining environmentally friendly and minimizing job loss for fossil power plant workers?
roughly translated, his question was "how can we have it all?" or rather, how can we have an increasing energy supply that doesn't pollute and which won't cause much job loss in the fossil fuel power plants that emit pollution?
in response, and in short, it was stated by trump that "there is a thing called clean coal. coal will last for years in this country". clinton then stated that "we are now for the first time ever energy-independent". both statements are patently incorrect, but since neither candidate disagreed with the other's statements on this i figure that we might as well lump both replies together andesume that what both trump and clinton believe in is years of energy independence. consensus!
1,000 years of energy independence for everybody! (photo by gage skidmore)
for the record, and as alice friedmann relayed in her book when trucks stop running, global coal supplies may have hit their energetic peak back in 2011, while the united states' peak in tonnage of coal willobably occur sometime between now and 2050. in regards to clinton's statement about "energy independence", up until or so the united states was in fact the world's overwhelming swingoducer when it came to oil supplies and actuallyoduced more oil than the entire world combined (why do you think the allies won?). that was energy independence. but seeing how the united states currentlyoduces about 9 million barrels of oil a day and consumes about 20 million barrels a day, perhaps it's believed somewhere in the back of clinton's mind that canada and saudi arabia are the and states (which sometimes wouldn't be hard to believe).
having cleared that up, did the media call out either candidate on their highly erroneous statements? well...
in an interview with the new york times, the questioner (sacrificial lamb?) that made the query on energy, ken bone, did turn out to be ratheroud of himself: "i'm just glad i was able to spark the energy debate a little bit". yes, well, so much debate occurred that bone appeared on various newsograms, talk shows, and even did an (ask me anything) on the website. in an interview with cnn,
cnn's carol costello read him a tweet arguing that he had become a meme because of a combination of "33% confidence, 33% calming demeanor, 33% hugability, 1% power."
so thanks to power the united states now has enough energy to wait, what? power? meme? those aren't even for energy. what's going on here?
alright, well, it turns out that had of i watched the second debate and not merely listened to it i would have noticed that bone was wearing a bright red sweater, a sweater which caused a sensation across the internet and got bone booked on various televisionograms. along with
kenneth bone quickly bec[oming] a shorthand for all that is right about american democracy: mutual respect, caring about the issues, and the truly unifying power of a pun on the word "bone"
a halloween costume was crafted in likeness, bone was, of course, offered a porn contract, to go along with all the rest that comes with that 15 minutes of fame thing. following that, and upon doing the on in which he used his regular user account and not a throwaway account, much of dirty laundry was laid bare for all to see via his comment history. i won't dignify any of that gossip by rehashing it here, but it did seem important enough that rather than call out trump and clinton on their "misstatements" about energy supplies, the media dutifully relayed the fact that the "bonezone" had had a vasectomy some years ago. gripping stuff i tell you.
anyway, this is where we get back to the macro spectacle of the wee.
donald trump shaves the head of chairman vince mcmahon, held by stone cold & assisted by bobby lashley, wm 2007. phases pictures (@picturephase) september 29, 2016
donald trump shaves the head of chairman vince mcmahon, held by stone cold & assisted by bobby lashley, wm 2007. phases pictures (@picturephase) september 29, 2016
as was explained to me many years ago by my old friend of notoriety, there are essentially two characters in wrestling: the hero/heroine, known as the "babyface" (or "face" for short), and the villain, known as the "heel". the "face" persona is the figure that aims to garner the respect and sympathy of the audience; they are likeable and honest and are determined to overcome the overwhelming odds placed before them. the "heel" on the other hand is the unethical figure that will lie and cheat and do whatever it takes to win the match the money, the girl/guy, the power, etc.); they readily antagonize the fans and even their peers, and have a habitual streak of playing the victim. furthermore, the "heel" never accepts the loss of a match due to an ingrained perception that a grandiose conspiracy is relentlessly working against them. on top of all that, and regardless if you're the "face" or the "heel", what matters the most in the is that you get attention, and any attention is good attention (meaning it doesn't matter if the audience loves you or hates you, but that you garner a strong reaction).
in other words, and in case it isn't obvious enough, trump's behaviour couldn't possibly fit any closer to the script and blueprint laid out for a "heel": insult and deny, feign conspiracy, rinse and repeat. but while there isobably no greater student of world wrestling entertainment, and no person that has more shrewdly adapted it to politics than the incomparable and indomitable donald trump, i don't mean to imply that trump is merely using the playbook to run his campaign and ultimately win the election. no. what i mean to suggest is that donald trump may very well be playing out the part of a character, just as much as any wrestler does in the and just as my old (wrestling) friend repeatedly did in public, the only ones in on jay's gags and the characters he constantly acted out being his friends and the random person that recognized jay from television and the various public events he in.
"battle of the billionaires" donald trump shaves the head of owner and billionaire vince mcmahon april 1, 2007 gary lee) september 6, 2016
"battle of the billionaires" donald trump shaves the head of owner and billionaire vince mcmahon april 1, 2007 gary lee) september 6, 2016
for starters, trump's history with the goes back to at least the (when the was known as the the world wrestling federation) when a casino of his in atlantic city hosted two of the greatest events in's history and v. along with being a business associate and friend of's owner vince mcmahon, trump performed in 23 in a match dubbed "the battle of the billionaires" (otherwise known as the "hair versus hair" match) where he ended up shaving the head of a subdued mcmahon. six years later trump was inducted into the hall of fame.
donald trump being inducted into the hall of fame in 2013 (photo by rick foster)
i won't delve too much into trump's antics in this post (as i'll save that for the trump post coming up next week), but suffice to say that trump is a media savvy political performance artist like none other and is quite possibly playing out one of the greatest roles any of us have ever seen.
here's something relevant that jay mentioned to me and other friends way back when and which i was able to find quoted on a website:
there was a couple of times i was doing some home shopping gigs in canada with and this wasior to my parody as owen [hart] and triple h was at one of the shows and he came up and asked me to dress up like bret [hart] and make fun of him. i really didn't wanna do it, he was my favorite guy and everything. triple h had to sit down and explain the business to me, telling me, "you can be a fan, you're not offending him, this is a job. you're getting an opportunity, you can still impersonate him for us and it can be in dedication to him even though you're making fun of him, it's just part of the gimmick."
@4cr_billy to be fair, wasn't the first to copy an idol. #trump is clearly running as "mr. mcmahon." lemar mclean (@marzmediaus) july 29, 2016
@4cr_billy to be fair, wasn't the first to copy an idol. #trump is clearly running as "mr. mcmahon." lemar mclean (@marzmediaus) july 29, 2016
if we can parallel that with donald trump, should we be so as to believe that when trump shaved off vince hair that he did so out of spite, or might it make more sense to realize that "it's just part of the gimmick"? likewise, might it not be just as to believe that trump has been sincere when he's called clinton "crooked hillary" or even a "nasty woman" in the third debate? and how about "little rubio", "lyin' ted", "low energy" jeb bush, "miss piggie", and on and on and on? are any of those to be taken seriously, or might it be possible that they're part of a ruse where they're also "just part of the gimmick", one where the "feud" between trump and clinton is entirely made up? and if it is just part of some "gimmick" (the purpose of which i'll touch on in a moment), might it then be possible that by lashing out at incessantly commenting on and trump's antics that our entire media, journalists, and all the rest of us observers have taken the place of the ravenous audience member, giving not just trump, but also the wee, the attention and legitimacy sought after?
because it's not just the that follows the matrix of "any attention is good attention", but also the media in general. as les moonves, ceo and executive chairman of cbs, put it last year,
it [trump's campaign] may not be good for america, but it's damn good for cbs... man, who would have expected the ride we're all having right now?... the money's rolling in and this is fun. i've never seen anything like this, and this is going to be a very good year for us. sorry. it's a terrible thing to say. but, bring it on, donald. keep going.
there's no doubt that trump is well aware of this and doesn't need one bit of reminding. as he put it himself two years before he even announced his candidacy,
i'm going to get in and all the polls are going to go crazy. i'm going to suck all the oxygen out of the room. i know how to work the media in a way that they will never take the lights off of me.
and that's not the bombast of some mereetender. it's the truth being parlayed by possibly the greatest student of the, one who has taken the's mechanics and applied them to the biggest arena in the entire world the ring of the united states federal election.
the hollywood walk of shame
jumping on the bandwagon, such things as the television show the simpsons like to portray themselves as having warned us of a trumpesidency years ago. but on top of that being a bunch of nonsense, the only thing that like the simpsons have done is lay down some very useful groundwork for enabling the showmanship of donald trumps, thanks to its contribution to the creation of a complacent and apathetic people that is highly malleable to this "age of irony" of ours.
as was put by one of the several apologists over at salon,
humor is one of theimary ways that oppressed, weak, and marginalized people speak back to power. the serf mocks the king. the worker laughs at the boss or factory owner. the slave derides and makes fun of the master. the child goofs on the adult.
oddly enough, jay played the character "mcdonald dump" last week at a wrestling event in toronto. i don't think for a second that jay's a fan of trump's, but much like the media and the chattering classes and whether he realizes it or not jay's playing right into the hands of what i see as being the trump and wee ploy (tweet via twitter)
true enough. as i hope this blog shows, i rather like humor (as well as humour). but while making light of the foibles of life is one thing, mockery is something else entirely one where politics turns into theatre. while the various clowns and of late-night televisionide themselves for trump, and while their audiences gleefully lap it all up, said clowns have accomplished absolutely nothing save for supplying trump and the wee with the attention and reaction they seek and require in order to legitimize what i believe to be the charade of wee 2016.
as barack obama's former chief speechwriter back in february, "if trump is the nominee, i actually think we should fund a that hiresofessional comedians to take him down with funny ads." but as the late marshall mcluhan put it several years ago, "the clown is really the emperor's man". otherwise put, the very modus operandi of the mocking satirist is to feed into and legitimize the roasted.
jon stewart to appear at 2016 wrestling central (@wrestlingcent) august 16, 2016
jon stewart to appear at 2016 wrestling central (@wrestlingcent) august 16, 2016
think i'm exaggerating? then take a look at the greatest clown currently alive, jon stewart, "the most trusted name in fake news". while stewart likes to play the role of the responsible observer that uses his with to take down those on high, in an infamous interview on cnn's crosstalk he fired back at cut off criticism of of his actions by pointing out that "the show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls! what is wrong with you?" or in other words, we're supposed to take stewart seriously while not, well, taking him at all.
jon stewart and mick foley (of the) at the rally to perpetuate insanity (photo by cliff)
as if all that weren't enough, while it's well known that stewart recently gave up the helm of his critically acclaimed stint as host of the daily show, it's not quite as well known who one of his recent employers has been. in case you need me to spell it out for you, yes, jon stewart has in fact been working for none other than the, hosting and even wrestling in its raw and summer slam events for the past couple of years. still no word though on when stewart and his foil will be meeting in the ring so that stewart the clown can shave off the mane of his fellow showman, donald trump the emperor.
as i recently read, it's not possible to name the greatest con ever pulled off because the greatest con that ever existed was the one that nobody ever realized was actually a con. with that in mind, might it be possible that trump is actually playing out the role of the greatest "heel" that the, and now the wee, has ever seen? if so, what i can't help but ponder over is whether or not the purpose of "the gimmick" is to create a fog of distraction over the most important issue of the day that in a strange twist of events got superseded by a red sweater, talk of a vasectomy, and, shall we say, something that the "bonezone" "liked". in other words, inane gossip took center stage over the topic of energy supplies. or more specifically, peaking energy supplies.
jon stewart is the best in history @ (@wrestlenewz) august 26, 2015
jon stewart is the best in history @ (@wrestlenewz) august 26, 2015
moreover, i don't think we should expect this "feud" this distraction to end anytime soon. as trump stated at the end of the third debate in response to whether he'd concede the election were he to lose, "what i'm saying is that i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense, okay?" as i'll explain further in the next post, were trump to win the election the "feud" would essentially come to an end. but were he to lose the election, what i see as being a faux feud would be allowed to continue, thus allowing for the to remainoperly distracted from slightly more important things like the collapse of industrial civilization.
none of this is to say though that real people won't be affected in real ways by trump's antics. although what's going on in the ring of the wee may be roughly staged i imagine that trump is taking the lead while clinton has the simple job of playing herself in return at many points in the future many real people in the stands of the wee may be incited to riot, and many real people may, to say the least, get hurt.
alongside that, it's been by john michael greer that upon theotracted collapse of industrial civilization the united states may see the rise of a fred (that is an anagram). which is, i'd say, entirely possible. but as stated by another late, neil postman, in his book amusing ourselves to death: public discourse in the age of show business,
[aldous huxley] believed that it is far more likely that the western democracies will dance and dream themselves into oblivion than march into it, single file and manacled. huxley grasped, as orwell did not, that it is not necessary to conceal anything from a public insensible to contradiction and by technological diversions. although huxley did not specify that television would be our main line to the drug, he would have no difficulty accepting robert observation that "television is the soma of aldous brave new world." big brother turns out to be howdy doody.
in other words, so long as the citizenry is kept and gullible with its soma, what reason is there for how, or why, a fred might emerge? however, once the lights start to go out meaning once the televisions and movie theatres start going dark, and people start losing access to their soma then all bets are summarily off.
furthermore, although i think greer is spot on with his explanation of why so many voters are gravitating towards trump, i'm not so sure about his interpretation regarding trump's motivations. i'll hash out those motivations a bit more in the next two posts, starting with one on donald trump, followed by one on the candidate who i think wasn't so much bound to be the winner of the wee so much as she wasn't bound to be the loser hillary clinton.
having made a comparison between donald trump and my old friend jay, out of fairness i'd like to add that besides being students of the they are nothing alike. while trump slurs virtually everybody he comes across, and whether they are part of a character or not, his words are given as his honest opinion of which there is no excuse for. on the other hand, the only slurs jay ever doled out (that wasn't behind closed doors) were either upon himself or some light ribbing upon close friends.
let's get ready to rumble!!!!
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wərld ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪrɪŋ ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt 2016 jɪrz əv ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ənd ðə ˈgreɪtəst kɑn ˈɛvər? [pɑrt ɛz ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈɛniˌwən wɪl əˈtɛst, ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈspɛktəkəl əv ðə pæst jɪr ɪf nɑt əv ðə pæst iɑn həz bɪn nən ˈəðər ðən ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən, ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət aɪ naʊ laɪk tɪ rɪˈfər tɪ ɛz wərld ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪrɪŋ ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt (wi). bɪˈkəz tɪ ˈprɑpərli ˌəndərˈstænd ðɪs ɪˈlɛkʃən (ənd ɪts ˈneɪsənt ˈtaɪtəl) rikˈwaɪərz, aɪ bɪˈliv, ən ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv ðə wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt. aɪv ˈpərsənəli ˈnɛvər hæd ə ˈlaɪkɪŋ fər ˈɛni əv ðət ˈrɛsəlɪŋ stəf, bət aɪ æm ˌnənðəˈlɛs ˈɪntɪmətli fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ɪt ɔl θæŋks tɪ ən oʊld haɪ skul frɛnd əv maɪn hu goʊz baɪ ðə nɑm də plum əv ˈʤeɪsən sɛnˈseɪʃən, bət hum aɪ nu ɛz ʤeɪ hu həz bɪn ə ˈrɛsələr ənd ˌɪmˈpərsəneɪtər ɪn ðə ənd ˈəðər ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃənz fər ˈnɪrli 20 jɪrz naʊ. ˈfɑloʊ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðɪs ənd ðə nɛkst tu poʊsts ənd ˈpɑrʃəli ɪn θæŋks tɪ maɪ ɪkˈspoʊʒər tɪ maɪ oʊld frɛndz ˈæntɪks ənd ðə məˈkænɪks əv ðə ðət hi ˈɔfən ɪkˈspleɪnd tɪ mi jul si waɪ aɪv kəm tɪ ðə kənˈkluʒən ðət ðɪs juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ɪˈlɛkʃən wi 2016 maɪt ˈvɛri wɛl bi ðə ˈgreɪtəst kɑn ðət ˈɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs hæv ˈɛvər ˈwɪtnəs tɪ. bət ˌbiˈfɔr aɪ gɪt tɪ ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns əv ðə tɪ ðə wi, ə ˈpɑrʃəl ˈriˌkæp əv ðə θri ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl dəˈbeɪts ənd ɪn ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ðɛr ˈmɛnʃən əv ˈɛnərʤi ɪz rikˈwaɪərd ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ prəˈvaɪd səm ˈbækˌdrɑp fər ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðɛr ˌkɔrəˈleɪʃən. aɪ ˈdɪdənt ˈæˌkʧuəli wɔʧ ðə dəˈbeɪts ˌmaɪˈsɛlf bət ˈrəðər ˈlɪsənd tɪ ðɛm (bɪˈkəz aɪ geɪv əp ˈmeɪkɪŋ ənd ˈwɑʧɪŋ fɪlm ənd ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən 10 jɪrz ər soʊ əˈgoʊ), wɪʧ ɪn ə streɪnʤ twɪst əv ɪˈvɛnts ˈæˌkʧuəli meɪd ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈdɪfərəns. waɪl ˈmɑdərˌeɪtər krɪs ˈwɔlɪs ˈsteɪtɪd ɪn ðə θərd dəˈbeɪt ðət "ðɛr ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst noʊ ˈɪʃu ðət ˈsɛpərˌeɪts ðə tu əv ju mɔr ðən ðə ˈɪʃu əv ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən", ðɛr ɪz ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd ˈprɑbəˌbli noʊ ˈɪʃu ðət mɔr ˈstrɔŋli ˈbrɪʤɪz ðə tu ˈkænədɪts tɪ goʊ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈbərni ˈsændərz, ˈgɛri ˈʤɑnsən ənd ʤɪl staɪn ðən ðə ˈɪʃu əv ˈɛnərʤi. ðə fərst dəˈbeɪt ˈdɪdənt ˈkəvər məʧ graʊnd hir, ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈsteɪtɪŋ ðət wi kən dɪˈplɔɪ ə hæf ə ˈbɪljən mɔr ˈsoʊlər ˈpænəlz. wi kən hæv ɪˈnəf klin ˈɛnərʤi tɪ paʊər ˈɛvəri hoʊm. wi kən bɪld ə nu ˈmɑdərn ɪˈlɛktrɪk grɪd. ˈskɪpɪŋ ˈoʊvər maɪ daʊts rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ɔl ðət (wɪʧ aɪv ɔˈrɛdi rɪˈpitɪdli ˈrɪtən əv), ˈdɑnəld trəmp ðɛn ˈsteɪtɪd ðət "əm ə greɪt bɪˈlivər ɪn ɔl fɔrmz əv ˈɛnərʤi". ˈbrɑvoʊ? ˈʤəmpɪŋ ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə θərd dəˈbeɪt, ɪt wɑz ˈsteɪtɪd baɪ ˈklɪntən ðət "aɪ du wɔnt ˈjuˈɛs tɪ hæv ən ɪˈlɛktrɪk grɪd, ˈɛnərʤi ˈsɪstəm ðət ˈkrɔsɪz ˈbɔrdərz." ˌɔlˈðoʊ aɪ woʊnt ɪgˈzæmɪn ðɪs ɪn ˈditeɪl, ɪts wərθ rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ ðət ɪt wɑz ə ˈhaɪli ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd ˈɛnərʤi grɪd ðət ɪn 2003 ɪˈneɪbəld ə ˈsɔfˌwɛr bəg ənd səm ˈfoʊlɪʤ tɪ əˈlaʊ fər ə ˈtuˌdeɪ (fər səm ə seven-day*) ˈblæˌkaʊt ɔn ðə ˈistərn ˈsiˌbɔrd ðət lɛft 55 ˈmɪljən ˈpipəl ɪn ə mæd ˈskræmbəl ˈoʊvər wət tɪ du wɪθ ɔl əv ðɛr ˈmɛltɪŋ aɪs krim. (ɪf ju θɪŋk əm biɪŋ ə bɪt ˌɔnˈfɛr, ɪts wərθ rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ wət wɑz ˈbrɔdli ˈlərnɪd frəm ðə ˈblæˌkaʊt: ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈnəθɪŋ.) (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ ˈbrɛndən lɔɪ) sˈwɪʧɪŋ ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd dəˈbeɪt, ɪt wɑz hir ðət ə kˈwɛʃən dɪˈrɛkli rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ˈɛnərʤi wɑz (səˈpraɪzɪŋli?) æst baɪ ə ˈfɛloʊ neɪmd kɛn boʊn. wət stɛps wɪl jʊr ˈɛnərʤi ˈpɑləsi teɪk tɪ mit ɑr ˈɛnərʤi nidz, waɪl æt ðə seɪm taɪm rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəli ˈfrɛndli ənd ˈmɪnəˌmaɪzɪŋ ʤɑb lɔs fər ˈfɑsəl paʊər plænt ˈwərkərz? ˈrəfli trænzˈleɪtəd, hɪz kˈwɛʃən wɑz "haʊ kən wi hæv ɪt ɔl?" ər ˈrəðər, haʊ kən wi hæv ən ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ˈɛnərʤi səˈplaɪ ðət ˈdəzənt pəˈlut ənd wɪʧ woʊnt kɔz məʧ ʤɑb lɔs ɪn ðə ˈfɑsəl fjuəl paʊər plænts ðət ɪˈmɪt pəˈluʃən? ɪn rɪˈspɑns, ənd ɪn ʃɔrt, ɪt wɑz ˈsteɪtɪd baɪ trəmp ðət "ðɛr ɪz ə θɪŋ kɔld klin koʊl. koʊl wɪl læst fər jɪrz ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri". ˈklɪntən ðɛn ˈsteɪtɪd ðət "wi ər naʊ fər ðə fərst taɪm ˈɛvər energy-independent*". boʊθ ˈsteɪtmənts ər ˈpætəntli ˌɪnkərˈɛkt, bət sɪns ˈniðər ˈkænədɪt dɪsəˈgrid wɪθ ðə ˈəðərz ˈsteɪtmənts ɔn ðɪs aɪ ˈfɪgjər ðət wi maɪt ɛz wɛl ləmp boʊθ rɪˈplaɪz təˈgɛðər ənd prɪˈzum ðət wət boʊθ trəmp ənd ˈklɪntən bɪˈliv ɪn ɪz jɪrz əv ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns. kənˈsɛnsəs! jɪrz əv ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns fər ˈɛvriˌbɑdi! (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ geɪʤ ˈskɪdmɔr) fər ðə ˈrɛkərd, ənd ɛz ˈælɪs ˈfridmən ˈriˌleɪd ɪn hər bʊk wɪn trəks stɑp ˈrənɪŋ, ˈgloʊbəl koʊl səˈplaɪz meɪ hæv hɪt ðɛr ˌɛnərˈʤɛtɪk pik bæk ɪn 2011 waɪl ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts' pik ɪn ˈtənɪʤ əv koʊl wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli əˈkər ˈsəmˌtaɪm bɪtˈwin naʊ ənd 2050 ɪn rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ ˈklɪntənz ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbaʊt "ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns", əp ənˈtɪl ər soʊ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts wɑz ɪn fækt ðə wərldz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ swɪŋ prəˈdusər wɪn ɪt keɪm tɪ ɔɪl səˈplaɪz ənd ˈæˌkʧuəli prəˈdust mɔr ɔɪl ðən ðə ɪnˈtaɪər wərld kəmˈbaɪnd (waɪ du ju θɪŋk ðə ˈælaɪz wən?). ðət wɑz ˈɛnərʤi ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns. bət siɪŋ haʊ ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈkərəntli prəˈdusɪz əˈbaʊt 9 ˈmɪljən ˈbɛrəlz əv ɔɪl ə deɪ ənd kənˈsumz əˈbaʊt 20 ˈmɪljən ˈbɛrəlz ə deɪ, pərˈhæps ɪts bɪˈlivd ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ðə bæk əv ˈklɪntənz maɪnd ðət ˈkænədə ənd ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə ər ðə ənd steɪts (wɪʧ ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈwʊdənt bi hɑrd tɪ bɪˈliv). ˈhævɪŋ klɪrd ðət əp, dɪd ðə ˈmidiə kɔl aʊt ˈiðər ˈkænədɪt ɔn ðɛr ˈhaɪli ɛˈroʊniəs ˈsteɪtmənts? wɛl... ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz, ðə kˈwɛsʧənər (ˌsækrəˈfɪʃəl læm?) ðət meɪd ðə kˈwiri ɔn ˈɛnərʤi, kɛn boʊn, dɪd tərn aʊt tɪ bi ˈrəðər praʊd əv hɪmˈsɛlf: "əm ʤɪst glæd aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ spɑrk ðə ˈɛnərʤi dəˈbeɪt ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt". jɛs, wɛl, soʊ məʧ dəˈbeɪt əˈkərd ðət boʊn əˈpɪrd ɔn ˈvɛriəs nuz ˈproʊˌgræmz, tɔk ʃoʊz, ənd ˈivɪn dɪd ən (æsk mi ˈɛniˌθɪŋ) ɔn ðə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn, ˈsiˈɛˈnɛnz ˈkɛrəl ˌkɔˈstɛloʊ rɛd ɪm ə twit ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ðət hi hæd bɪˈkəm ə mim bɪˈkəz əv ə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv 33 ˈkɑnfədɛns, 33 ˈkɑmɪŋ dɪˈminər, 33 hugability*, 1 paʊər." soʊ θæŋks tɪ paʊər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts naʊ həz ɪˈnəf ˈɛnərʤi tɪ weɪt, wət? paʊər? mim? ðoʊz ˈɑrənt ˈivɪn fər ˈɛnərʤi. wəts goʊɪŋ ɔn hir? ˌɔˈlraɪt, wɛl, ɪt tərnz aʊt ðət hæd əv aɪ wɔʧt ðə ˈsɛkənd dəˈbeɪt ənd nɑt ˈmɪrli ˈlɪsənd tɪ ɪt aɪ wʊd hæv ˈnoʊtɪst ðət boʊn wɑz ˈwɛrɪŋ ə braɪt rɛd sˈwɛtər, ə sˈwɛtər wɪʧ kɔzd ə sɛnˈseɪʃən əˈkrɔs ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ənd gɑt boʊn bʊkt ɔn ˈvɛriəs ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈproʊˌgræmz. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈkɛnɪθ boʊn kˈwɪkli bec[oming*] ə ˈʃɔrˌthænd fər ɔl ðət ɪz raɪt əˈbaʊt əˈmɛrɪkən dɪˈmɑkrəsi: mˈjuʧuəl rɪˈspɛkt, ˈkɛrɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɪʃuz, ənd ðə ˈtruli ˈjunəˌfaɪɪŋ paʊər əv ə pən ɔn ðə wərd "boʊn" ə ˌhæləˈwin ˈkɑstum wɑz ˈkræftɪd ɪn ˈlaɪknəs, boʊn wɑz, əv kɔrs, ˈɔfərd ə pɔrn ˈkɑnˌtrækt, tɪ goʊ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ɔl ðə rɛst ðət kəmz wɪθ ðət 15 ˈmɪnəts əv feɪm θɪŋ. ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðət, ənd əˈpɑn duɪŋ ðə ɔn ɪn wɪʧ hi juzd hɪz ˈrɛgjələr ˈjuzər əˈkaʊnt ənd nɑt ə θˈroʊəˌweɪ əˈkaʊnt, məʧ əv ˈdərti ˈlɔndri wɑz leɪd bɛr fər ɔl tɪ si ˈviə hɪz ˈkɑmɛnt ˈhɪstəri. aɪ woʊnt ˈdɪgnəˌfaɪ ˈɛni əv ðət ˈgɑsəp baɪ riˈhæʃɪŋ ɪt hir, bət ɪt dɪd sim ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪˈnəf ðət ˈrəðər ðən kɔl aʊt trəmp ənd ˈklɪntən ɔn ðɛr "mɪˈsteɪtmənts" əˈbaʊt ˈɛnərʤi səˈplaɪz, ðə ˈmidiə ˈdutifəli ˈriˌleɪd ðə fækt ðət ðə "bonezone*" hæd hæd ə væˈzɛktəmi səm jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ˈgrɪpɪŋ stəf aɪ tɛl ju. ˈɛniˌweɪ, ðɪs ɪz wɛr wi gɪt bæk tɪ ðə ˈmækroʊ ˈspɛktəkəl əv ðə wi. ˈdɑnəld trəmp ʃeɪvz ðə hɛd əv ˈʧɛrmən vɪns məkˈmæn, hɛld baɪ stoʊn koʊld əˈsɪstɪd baɪ ˈbɑbi ˈlæʃli, ˈwɪljəm 2007 ˈfeɪzɪz ˈpɪkʧərz (@picturephase*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 29 2016 ˈdɑnəld trəmp ʃeɪvz ðə hɛd əv ˈʧɛrmən vɪns məkˈmæn, hɛld baɪ stoʊn koʊld əˈsɪstɪd baɪ ˈbɑbi ˈlæʃli, ˈwɪljəm 2007 ˈfeɪzɪz ˈpɪkʧərz (@picturephase*) sɛpˈtɛmbər 29 2016 ɛz wɑz ɪkˈspleɪnd tɪ mi ˈmɛni jɪrz əˈgoʊ baɪ maɪ oʊld frɛnd əv ˌnoʊtərˈaɪəti, ðɛr ər ɛˈsɛnʃəli tu ˈkɛrɪktərz ɪn ˈrɛsəlɪŋ: ðə hero/heroine*, noʊn ɛz ðə "babyface*" (ər "feɪs" fər ʃɔrt), ənd ðə ˈvɪlən, noʊn ɛz ðə "hil". ðə "feɪs" pərˈsoʊnə ɪz ðə ˈfɪgjər ðət eɪmz tɪ ˈgɑrnər ðə rɪˈspɛkt ənd ˈsɪmpəθi əv ðə ˈɔdiəns; ðeɪ ər ˈlaɪkəbəl ənd ˈɑnəst ənd ər dɪˈtərmənd tɪ ˈoʊvərˌkəm ðə ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ ɑdz pleɪst ˌbiˈfɔr ðɛm. ðə "hil" ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd ɪz ðə əˈnɛθɪkəl ˈfɪgjər ðət wɪl laɪ ənd ʧit ənd du ˌwəˈtɛvər ɪt teɪks tɪ wɪn ðə mæʧ ðə ˈməni, ðə girl/guy*, ðə paʊər, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə.); ðeɪ ˈrɛdəli ænˈtægəˌnaɪz ðə fænz ənd ˈivɪn ðɛr pɪrz, ənd hæv ə həˈbɪʧuəl strik əv pleɪɪŋ ðə ˈvɪktɪm. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ðə "hil" ˈnɛvər ækˈsɛpts ðə lɔs əv ə mæʧ du tɪ ən ˌɪnˈgreɪnd pərˈsɛpʃən ðət ə ˌgrændiˈoʊs kənˈspɪrəsi ɪz rɪˈlɛntləsli ˈwərkɪŋ əˈgɛnst ðɛm. ɔn tɔp əv ɔl ðət, ənd rəˈgɑrdləs ɪf jʊr ðə "feɪs" ər ðə "hil", wət ˈmætərz ðə moʊst ɪn ðə ɪz ðət ju gɪt əˈtɛnʃən, ənd ˈɛni əˈtɛnʃən ɪz gʊd əˈtɛnʃən (ˈminɪŋ ɪt ˈdəzənt ˈmætər ɪf ðə ˈɔdiəns ləvz ju ər heɪts ju, bət ðət ju ˈgɑrnər ə strɔŋ riˈækʃən). ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ənd ɪn keɪs ɪt ˈɪzənt ˈɑbviəs ɪˈnəf, trəmps bɪˈheɪvjər ˈkʊdənt ˈpɑsəbli fɪt ˈɛni ˈkloʊzər tɪ ðə skrɪpt ənd ˈbluˌprɪnt leɪd aʊt fər ə "hil": ˌɪnˈsəlt ənd dɪˈnaɪ, feɪn kənˈspɪrəsi, rɪns ənd rɪˈpit. bət waɪl ðɛr ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli noʊ ˈgreɪtər ˈstudənt əv wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt, ənd noʊ ˈpərsən ðət həz mɔr ʃˈrudli əˈdæptɪd ɪt tɪ ˈpɑləˌtɪks ðən ðə ˌɪnˈkɑmpərəbəl ənd ˌɪnˈdɑmətəbəl ˈdɑnəld trəmp, aɪ doʊnt min tɪ ˌɪmˈplaɪ ðət trəmp ɪz ˈmɪrli ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈpleɪbʊk tɪ rən hɪz kæmˈpeɪn ənd ˈəltəmətli wɪn ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən. noʊ. wət aɪ min tɪ səˈʤɛst ɪz ðət ˈdɑnəld trəmp meɪ ˈvɛri wɛl bi pleɪɪŋ aʊt ðə pɑrt əv ə ˈkɛrɪktər, ʤɪst ɛz məʧ ɛz ˈɛni ˈrɛsələr dɪz ɪn ðə ənd ʤɪst ɛz maɪ oʊld (ˈrɛsəlɪŋ) frɛnd rɪˈpitɪdli dɪd ɪn ˈpəblɪk, ðə ˈoʊnli wənz ɪn ɔn ʤeɪz gægz ənd ðə ˈkɛrɪktərz hi ˈkɑnstəntli ˈæktɪd aʊt biɪŋ hɪz frɛndz ənd ðə ˈrændəm ˈpərsən ðət ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ʤeɪ frəm ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ənd ðə ˈvɛriəs ˈpəblɪk ɪˈvɛnts hi ɪn. "ˈbætəl əv ðə ˌbɪljəˈnɛrz" ˈdɑnəld trəmp ʃeɪvz ðə hɛd əv ˈoʊnər ənd ˌbɪljəˈnɛr vɪns məkˈmæn ˈeɪprəl 1 2007 ˈgɛri li sɛpˈtɛmbər 6 2016 "ˈbætəl əv ðə ˌbɪljəˈnɛrz" ˈdɑnəld trəmp ʃeɪvz ðə hɛd əv ˈoʊnər ənd ˌbɪljəˈnɛr vɪns məkˈmæn ˈeɪprəl 1 2007 ˈgɛri li sɛpˈtɛmbər 6 2016 fər ˈstɑrtərz, trəmps ˈhɪstəri wɪθ ðə goʊz bæk tɪ æt list ðə (wɪn ðə wɑz noʊn ɛz ðə ðə wərld ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən) wɪn ə kəˈsinoʊ əv hɪz ɪn əˈtlæntɪk ˈsɪti ˈhoʊstɪd tu əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst ɪˈvɛnts ɪn ˈhɪstəri ənd vi. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ biɪŋ ə ˈbɪznɪs əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt ənd frɛnd əv ˈoʊnər vɪns məkˈmæn, trəmp pərˈfɔrmd ɪn 23 ɪn ə mæʧ dəbd "ðə ˈbætəl əv ðə ˌbɪljəˈnɛrz" (ˈəðərˌwaɪz noʊn ɛz ðə "hɛr ˈvərsəz hɛr" mæʧ) wɛr hi ˈɛndɪd əp ˈʃeɪvɪŋ ðə hɛd əv ə səbˈdud məkˈmæn. sɪks jɪrz ˈleɪtər trəmp wɑz ˌɪnˈdəktɪd ˈɪntu ðə hɔl əv feɪm. ˈdɑnəld trəmp biɪŋ ˌɪnˈdəktɪd ˈɪntu ðə hɔl əv feɪm ɪn 2013 (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ rɪk ˈfɑstər) aɪ woʊnt dɛlv tu məʧ ˈɪntu trəmps ˈæntɪks ɪn ðɪs poʊst (ɛz aɪl seɪv ðət fər ðə trəmp poʊst ˈkəmɪŋ əp nɛkst wik), bət səˈfaɪs tɪ seɪ ðət trəmp ɪz ə ˈmidiə ˈsævi pəˈlɪtɪkəl pərˈfɔrməns ˈɑrtɪst laɪk nən ˈəðər ənd ɪz kwaɪt ˈpɑsəbli pleɪɪŋ aʊt wən əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst roʊlz ˈɛni əv ˈjuˈɛs hæv ˈɛvər sin. hɪrz ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈrɛləvənt ðət ʤeɪ ˈmɛnʃənd tɪ mi ənd ˈəðər frɛndz weɪ bæk wɪn ənd wɪʧ aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ faɪnd kˈwoʊtɪd ɔn ə ˈwɛbˌsaɪt: ðɛr wɑz ə ˈkəpəl əv taɪmz aɪ wɑz duɪŋ səm hoʊm ˈʃɑpɪŋ gɪgz ɪn ˈkænədə wɪθ ənd ðɪs wɑz praɪər tɪ maɪ ˈpɛrədi ɛz oʊən [hɑrt] ənd ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ wɑz æt wən əv ðə ʃoʊz ənd hi keɪm əp ənd æst mi tɪ drɛs əp laɪk brɛt [hɑrt] ənd meɪk fən əv ɪm. aɪ ˈrɪli ˈdɪdənt ˈwɑnə du ɪt, hi wɑz maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt gaɪ ənd ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ. ˈtrɪpəl eɪʧ hæd tɪ sɪt daʊn ənd ɪkˈspleɪn ðə ˈbɪznɪs tɪ mi, ˈtɛlɪŋ mi, "ju kən bi ə fæn, jʊr nɑt əˈfɛndɪŋ ɪm, ðɪs ɪz ə ʤɑb. jʊr ˈgɪtɪŋ ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti, ju kən stɪl ˌɪmˈpərsəˌneɪt ɪm fər ˈjuˈɛs ənd ɪt kən bi ɪn ˌdɛdəˈkeɪʃən tɪ ɪm ˈivɪn ðoʊ jʊr ˈmeɪkɪŋ fən əv ɪm, ɪts ʤɪst pɑrt əv ðə ˈgɪmɪk." tɪ bi fɛr, ˈwəzənt ðə fərst tɪ ˈkɑpi ən ˈaɪdəl. #trəmp ɪz ˈklɪrli ˈrənɪŋ ɛz "ˈmɪstər. məkˈmæn." lɪˈmɑr məˈklin (@marzmediaus*) ˌʤuˈlaɪ 29 2016 tɪ bi fɛr, ˈwəzənt ðə fərst tɪ ˈkɑpi ən ˈaɪdəl. #trəmp ɪz ˈklɪrli ˈrənɪŋ ɛz "ˈmɪstər. məkˈmæn." lɪˈmɑr məˈklin (@marzmediaus*) ˌʤuˈlaɪ 29 2016 ɪf wi kən ˈpɛrəˌlɛl ðət wɪθ ˈdɑnəld trəmp, ʃʊd wi bi soʊ ɛz tɪ bɪˈliv ðət wɪn trəmp ʃeɪvd ɔf vɪns hɛr ðət hi dɪd soʊ aʊt əv spaɪt, ər maɪt ɪt meɪk mɔr sɛns tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət "ɪts ʤɪst pɑrt əv ðə ˈgɪmɪk"? ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz, maɪt ɪt nɑt bi ʤɪst ɛz tɪ bɪˈliv ðət trəmp həz bɪn sɪnˈsɪr wɪn hiz kɔld ˈklɪntən "ˈkrʊkəd ˈhɪləri" ər ˈivɪn ə "ˈnæsti ˈwʊmən" ɪn ðə θərd dəˈbeɪt? ənd haʊ əˈbaʊt "ˈlɪtəl ˈrubioʊ", "lyin*' tɛd", "loʊ ˈɛnərʤi" ʤɛb bʊʃ, "mɪs piggie*", ənd ɔn ənd ɔn ənd ɔn? ər ˈɛni əv ðoʊz tɪ bi ˈteɪkən ˈsɪriəsli, ər maɪt ɪt bi ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ðɛr pɑrt əv ə ruz wɛr ðɛr ˈɔlsoʊ "ʤɪst pɑrt əv ðə ˈgɪmɪk", wən wɛr ðə "fjud" bɪtˈwin trəmp ənd ˈklɪntən ɪz ɪnˈtaɪərli meɪd əp? ənd ɪf ɪt ɪz ʤɪst pɑrt əv səm "ˈgɪmɪk" (ðə ˈpərpəs əv wɪʧ aɪl təʧ ɔn ɪn ə ˈmoʊmənt), maɪt ɪt ðɛn bi ˈpɑsəbəl ðət baɪ ˈlæʃɪŋ aʊt æt ˌɪnˈsɛsəntli ˈkɑmɛntɪŋ ɔn ənd trəmps ˈæntɪks ðət ɑr ɪnˈtaɪər ˈmidiə, ˈʤərnəlɪsts, ənd ɔl ðə rɛst əv ˈjuˈɛs əbˈzərvərz hæv ˈteɪkən ðə pleɪs əv ðə ˈrævənəs ˈɔdiəns ˈmɛmbər, ˈgɪvɪŋ nɑt ʤɪst trəmp, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ðə wi, ðə əˈtɛnʃən ənd lɪˈʤɪtəməsi sɔt ˈæftər? bɪˈkəz ɪts nɑt ʤɪst ðə ðət ˈfɑloʊz ðə ˈmeɪtrɪks əv "ˈɛni əˈtɛnʃən ɪz gʊd əˈtɛnʃən", bət ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈmidiə ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl. ɛz lɛs ˈmunvɛz, ˈsiˌiˈoʊ ənd ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈʧɛrmən əv ˈsiˌbiˌɛs, pʊt ɪt læst jɪr, ɪt [trəmps kæmˈpeɪn] meɪ nɑt bi gʊd fər əˈmɛrɪkə, bət ɪts dæm gʊd fər ˈsiˌbiˌɛs... mæn, hu wʊd hæv ɪkˈspɛktɪd ðə raɪd wɪr ɔl ˈhævɪŋ raɪt naʊ?... ðə ˈməniz ˈroʊlɪŋ ɪn ənd ðɪs ɪz fən. aɪv ˈnɛvər sin ˈɛniˌθɪŋ laɪk ðɪs, ənd ðɪs ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə ˈvɛri gʊd jɪr fər ˈjuˈɛs. ˈsɑri. ɪts ə ˈtɛrəbəl θɪŋ tɪ seɪ. bət, brɪŋ ɪt ɔn, ˈdɑnəld. kip goʊɪŋ. ðɛrz noʊ daʊt ðət trəmp ɪz wɛl əˈwɛr əv ðɪs ənd ˈdəzənt nid wən bɪt əv riˈmaɪndɪŋ. ɛz hi pʊt ɪt hɪmˈsɛlf tu jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr hi ˈivɪn əˈnaʊnst hɪz ˈkændɪdəsi, əm goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɪn ənd ɔl ðə poʊlz ər goʊɪŋ tɪ goʊ ˈkreɪzi. əm goʊɪŋ tɪ sək ɔl ðə ˈɑksɪʤən aʊt əv ðə rum. aɪ noʊ haʊ tɪ wərk ðə ˈmidiə ɪn ə weɪ ðət ðeɪ wɪl ˈnɛvər teɪk ðə laɪts ɔf əv mi. ənd ðæts nɑt ðə ˈbɑmbæst əv səm mɪr priˈtɛndər. ɪts ðə truθ biɪŋ ˈpɑˌrleɪd baɪ ˈpɑsəbli ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈstudənt əv ðə, wən hu həz ˈteɪkən ðə məˈkænɪks ənd əˈplaɪd ðɛm tɪ ðə ˈbɪgəst ərˈinə ɪn ðə ɪnˈtaɪər wərld ðə rɪŋ əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈfɛdərəl ɪˈlɛkʃən. ðə ˈhɑliˌwʊd wɔk əv ʃeɪm ˈʤəmpɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈbændˌwægən, səʧ θɪŋz ɛz ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ʃoʊ ðə ˈsɪmpsənz laɪk tɪ pɔrˈtreɪ ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz ˈhævɪŋ wɔrnd ˈjuˈɛs əv ə trəmp ˈprɛzɪdənsi jɪrz əˈgoʊ. bət ɔn tɔp əv ðət biɪŋ ə bənʧ əv ˈnɑnsɛns, ðə ˈoʊnli θɪŋ ðət laɪk ðə ˈsɪmpsənz hæv dən ɪz leɪ daʊn səm ˈvɛri ˈjusfəl ˈgraʊndˌwərk fər ɪˈneɪbəlɪŋ ðə ˈʃoʊmənˌʃɪp əv ˈdɑnəld trəmps, θæŋks tɪ ɪts ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən tɪ ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ə kəmˈpleɪsənt ənd ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk ˈpipəl ðət ɪz ˈhaɪli ˈmæliəbəl tɪ ðɪs "eɪʤ əv ˈaɪrəni" əv ɑrz. ɛz wɑz pʊt baɪ wən əv ðə ˈsɛvərəl əˈpɑləʤɪsts ˈoʊvər æt səˈlɑn, ˈhjumər ɪz wən əv ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri weɪz ðət əˈprɛst, wik, ənd ˈmɑrʤənəˌlaɪzd ˈpipəl spik bæk tɪ paʊər. ðə sərf mɑks ðə kɪŋ. ðə ˈwərkər læfs æt ðə bɔs ər ˈfæktəri ˈoʊnər. ðə sleɪv dɪˈraɪdz ənd meɪks fən əv ðə ˈmæstər. ðə ʧaɪld gufs ɔn ðə ˈædəlt. ˈɑdli ɪˈnəf, ʤeɪ pleɪd ðə ˈkɛrɪktər "məkˈdɑnəld dəmp" læst wik æt ə ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ɪˈvɛnt ɪn tərˈɑntoʊ. aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk fər ə ˈsɛkənd ðət ʤeɪz ə fæn əv trəmps, bət məʧ laɪk ðə ˈmidiə ənd ðə ˈʧætərɪŋ ˈklæsɪz ənd ˈwɛðər hi ˈriəˌlaɪzɪz ɪt ər nɑt ʤeɪz pleɪɪŋ raɪt ˈɪntu ðə hænz əv wət aɪ si ɛz biɪŋ ðə trəmp ənd wi plɔɪ (twit ˈviə tˈwɪtər) tru ɪˈnəf. ɛz aɪ hoʊp ðɪs blɔg ʃoʊz, aɪ ˈrəðər laɪk ˈhjumər (ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈhjumər). bət waɪl ˈmeɪkɪŋ laɪt əv ðə ˈfɔɪbəlz əv laɪf ɪz wən θɪŋ, ˈmɑkəri ɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ ɛls ɪnˈtaɪərli wən wɛr ˈpɑləˌtɪks tərnz ˈɪntu ˈθiətər. waɪl ðə ˈvɛriəs klaʊnz ənd əv ˈleɪtˌnaɪt ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən praɪd ðɛmˈsɛlvz fər trəmp, ənd waɪl ðɛr ˈɔdiənsəz ˈglifəli læp ɪt ɔl əp, sɛd klaʊnz hæv əˈkɑmplɪʃt ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈnəθɪŋ seɪv fər səˈplaɪɪŋ trəmp ənd ðə wi wɪθ ðə əˈtɛnʃən ənd riˈækʃən ðeɪ sik ənd ˌrikˈwaɪər ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ lɪˈʤɪtəˌmaɪz wət aɪ bɪˈliv tɪ bi ðə ʃəreɪd əv wi 2016 ɛz ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈfɔrmər ʧif ˈspiˌʧraɪtər bæk ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri, "ɪf trəmp ɪz ðə ˌnɑməˈni, aɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli θɪŋk wi ʃʊd fənd ə ðət haɪərz prəˈfɛʃənəl kəˈmidiənz tɪ teɪk ɪm daʊn wɪθ ˈfəni ædz." bət ɛz ðə leɪt ˈmɑrʃəl məˈkluən pʊt ɪt ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz əˈgoʊ, "ðə klaʊn ɪz ˈrɪli ðə ˈɛmpərərz mæn". ˈəðərˌwaɪz pʊt, ðə ˈvɛri ˈmoʊdəs ˌɑpərˈɛndaɪ əv ðə ˈmɑkɪŋ ˈsætərəst ɪz tɪ fid ˈɪntu ənd lɪˈʤɪtəˌmaɪz ðə ˈroʊstɪd. ʤɑn stuərt tɪ əˈpɪr æt 2016 ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˈsɛntrəl (@wrestlingcent*) ˈɔgəst 16 2016 ʤɑn stuərt tɪ əˈpɪr æt 2016 ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ˈsɛntrəl (@wrestlingcent*) ˈɔgəst 16 2016 θɪŋk əm ɪgˈzæʤərˌeɪtɪŋ? ðɛn teɪk ə lʊk æt ðə ˈgreɪtəst klaʊn ˈkərəntli əˈlaɪv, ʤɑn stuərt, "ðə moʊst ˈtrəstɪd neɪm ɪn feɪk nuz". waɪl stuərt laɪks tɪ pleɪ ðə roʊl əv ðə riˈspɑnsəbəl əbˈzərvər ðət ˈjuzɪz hɪz wɪθ tɪ teɪk daʊn ðoʊz ɔn haɪ, ɪn ən ˈɪnfəməs ˈɪntərvˌju ɔn ˈsiˈɛˈnɛnz ˈkrɔˈstɔk hi faɪərd bæk æt kət ɔf ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv əv hɪz ˈækʃənz baɪ ˈpɔɪntɪŋ aʊt ðət "ðə ʃoʊ ðət lidz ˈɪntu mi ɪz ˈpəpɪts ˈmeɪkɪŋ kræŋk foʊn kɔlz! wət ɪz rɔŋ wɪθ ju?" ər ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, wɪr səˈpoʊzd tɪ teɪk stuərt ˈsɪriəsli waɪl nɑt, wɛl, ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪm æt ɔl. ʤɑn stuərt ənd mɪk ˈfoʊli (əv ðə) æt ðə ˈræli tɪ pərˈpɛʧəˌweɪt ˌɪnˈsænɪti (ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ klɪf) ɛz ɪf ɔl ðət wərənt ɪˈnəf, waɪl ɪts wɛl noʊn ðət stuərt ˈrisəntli geɪv əp ðə hɛlm əv hɪz ˈkrɪtɪkəli əˈkleɪmd stɪnt ɛz hoʊst əv ðə ˈdeɪli ʃoʊ, ɪts nɑt kwaɪt ɛz wɛl noʊn hu wən əv hɪz ˈrisənt ɪmˈplɔɪərz həz bɪn. ɪn keɪs ju nid mi tɪ spɛl ɪt aʊt fər ju, jɛs, ʤɑn stuərt həz ɪn fækt bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ fər nən ˈəðər ðən ðə, ˈhoʊstɪŋ ənd ˈivɪn ˈrɛsəlɪŋ ɪn ɪts rɑ ənd ˈsəmər slæm ɪˈvɛnts fər ðə pæst ˈkəpəl əv jɪrz. stɪl noʊ wərd ðoʊ ɔn wɪn stuərt ənd hɪz fɔɪl wɪl bi ˈmitɪŋ ɪn ðə rɪŋ soʊ ðət stuərt ðə klaʊn kən ʃeɪv ɔf ðə meɪn əv hɪz ˈfɛloʊ ˈʃoʊmən, ˈdɑnəld trəmp ðə ˈɛmpərər. ɛz aɪ ˈrisəntli rɛd, ɪts nɑt ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ neɪm ðə ˈgreɪtəst kɑn ˈɛvər pʊld ɔf bɪˈkəz ðə ˈgreɪtəst kɑn ðət ˈɛvər ɪgˈzɪstəd wɑz ðə wən ðət ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ˈɛvər ˈriəˌlaɪzd wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli ə kɑn. wɪθ ðət ɪn maɪnd, maɪt ɪt bi ˈpɑsəbəl ðət trəmp ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli pleɪɪŋ aʊt ðə roʊl əv ðə ˈgreɪtəst "hil" ðət ðə, ənd naʊ ðə wi, həz ˈɛvər sin? ɪf soʊ, wət aɪ kænt hɛlp bət ˈpɑndər ˈoʊvər ɪz ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðə ˈpərpəs əv "ðə ˈgɪmɪk" ɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə fɔg əv dɪˈstrækʃən ˈoʊvər ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈɪʃu əv ðə deɪ ðət ɪn ə streɪnʤ twɪst əv ɪˈvɛnts gɑt ˌsupərˈsidəd baɪ ə rɛd sˈwɛtər, tɔk əv ə væˈzɛktəmi, ənd, ʃæl wi seɪ, ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ðə "bonezone*" "laɪkt". ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, ˌɪˈneɪn ˈgɑsəp tʊk ˈsɛnər steɪʤ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈtɑpɪk əv ˈɛnərʤi səˈplaɪz. ər mɔr spəˈsɪfɪkli, ˈpikɪŋ ˈɛnərʤi səˈplaɪz. ʤɑn stuərt ɪz ðə bɛst ɪn ˈhɪstəri (@wrestlenewz*) ˈɔgəst 26 2015 ʤɑn stuərt ɪz ðə bɛst ɪn ˈhɪstəri (@wrestlenewz*) ˈɔgəst 26 2015 mɔˈroʊvər, aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk wi ʃʊd ɪkˈspɛkt ðɪs "fjud" ðɪs dɪˈstrækʃən tɪ ɛnd ˈɛniˌtaɪm sun. ɛz trəmp ˈsteɪtɪd æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə θərd dəˈbeɪt ɪn rɪˈspɑns tɪ ˈwɛðər hid kənˈsid ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən wər hi tɪ luz, "wət əm seɪɪŋ ɪz ðət aɪ wɪl tɛl ju æt ðə taɪm. aɪl kip ju ɪn səˈspɛns, ˌoʊˈkeɪ?" ɛz aɪl ɪkˈspleɪn ˈfərðər ɪn ðə nɛkst poʊst, wər trəmp tɪ wɪn ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən ðə "fjud" wʊd ɛˈsɛnʃəli kəm tɪ ən ɛnd. bət wər hi tɪ luz ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən, wət aɪ si ɛz biɪŋ ə foʊ fjud wʊd bi əˈlaʊd tɪ kənˈtɪnju, ðəs əˈlaʊɪŋ fər ðə tɪ rɪˈmeɪn ˈprɑpərli dɪˈstræktɪd frəm sˈlaɪtli mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋz laɪk ðə kəˈlæps əv ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən. nən əv ðɪs ɪz tɪ seɪ ðoʊ ðət ril ˈpipəl woʊnt bi əˈfɛktɪd ɪn ril weɪz baɪ trəmps ˈæntɪks. ˌɔlˈðoʊ wəts goʊɪŋ ɔn ɪn ðə rɪŋ əv ðə wi meɪ bi ˈrəfli steɪʤd aɪ ˌɪˈmæʤən ðət trəmp ɪz ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə lɛd waɪl ˈklɪntən həz ðə ˈsɪmpəl ʤɑb əv pleɪɪŋ hərˈsɛlf ɪn rɪˈtərn æt ˈmɛni pɔɪnts ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər ˈmɛni ril ˈpipəl ɪn ðə stændz əv ðə wi meɪ bi ˌɪnˈsaɪtɪd tɪ raɪət, ənd ˈmɛni ril ˈpipəl meɪ, tɪ seɪ ðə list, gɪt hərt. əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðət, ɪts bɪn baɪ ʤɑn ˈmaɪkəl grɪr ðət əˈpɑn ðə proʊˈtræktɪd kəˈlæps əv ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts meɪ si ðə raɪz əv ə frɛd (ðət ɪz ən ˈænəˌgræm). wɪʧ ɪz, aɪd seɪ, ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈpɑsəbəl. bət ɛz ˈsteɪtɪd baɪ əˈnəðər leɪt, nil ˈpoʊstmən, ɪn hɪz bʊk əmˈjuzɪŋ ɑrˈsɛlvz tɪ dɛθ: ˈpəblɪk ˈdɪskɔrs ɪn ðə eɪʤ əv ʃoʊ ˈbɪznɪs, [ˈɑldəs ˈhəksli] bɪˈlivd ðət ɪt ɪz fɑr mɔr ˈlaɪkli ðət ðə ˈwɛstərn dɪˈmɑkrəsiz wɪl dæns ənd drim ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈɪntu əˈblɪviən ðən mɑrʧ ˈɪntu ɪt, ˈsɪŋgəl faɪl ənd manacled*. ˈhəksli græspt, ɛz ˈɔrˌwɛl dɪd nɑt, ðət ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ kənˈsil ˈɛniˌθɪŋ frəm ə ˈpəblɪk ˌɪnˈsɛnsəbəl tɪ ˌkɑntrəˈdɪkʃən ənd baɪ ˌtɛknəˈlɑʤɪkəl dɪˈvərʒənz. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈhəksli dɪd nɑt ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ ðət ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən wʊd bi ɑr meɪn laɪn tɪ ðə drəg, hi wʊd hæv noʊ ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti əkˈsɛptɪŋ ˈrɑbərt ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ðət "ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ɪz ðə ˈsoʊmə əv ˈɑldəs breɪv nu wərld." bɪg ˈbrəðər tərnz aʊt tɪ bi ˈhaʊdi ˈdudi. ɪn ˈəðər wərdz, soʊ lɔŋ ɛz ðə ˈsɪtɪzənri ɪz kɛpt ənd ˈgələbəl wɪθ ɪts ˈsoʊmə, wət ˈrizən ɪz ðɛr fər haʊ, ər waɪ, ə frɛd maɪt ˈimərʤ? ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wəns ðə laɪts stɑrt tɪ goʊ aʊt ˈminɪŋ wəns ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒənz ənd ˈmuvi ˈθiətərz stɑrt goʊɪŋ dɑrk, ənd ˈpipəl stɑrt ˈluzɪŋ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðɛr ˈsoʊmə ðɛn ɔl bɛts ər səˈmɛrɪli ɔf. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ˌɔlˈðoʊ aɪ θɪŋk grɪr ɪz spɑt ɔn wɪθ hɪz ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən əv waɪ soʊ ˈmɛni ˈvoʊtərz ər ˈgrævɪˌteɪtɪŋ təˈwɔrdz trəmp, əm nɑt soʊ ʃʊr əˈbaʊt hɪz ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ trəmps ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənz. aɪl hæʃ aʊt ðoʊz ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənz ə bɪt mɔr ɪn ðə nɛkst tu poʊsts, ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ wən ɔn ˈdɑnəld trəmp, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ wən ɔn ðə ˈkænədɪt hu aɪ θɪŋk ˈwəzənt soʊ məʧ baʊnd tɪ bi ðə ˈwɪnər əv ðə wi soʊ məʧ ɛz ʃi ˈwəzənt baʊnd tɪ bi ðə ˈluzər ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən. ˈhævɪŋ meɪd ə kəmˈpɛrəsən bɪtˈwin ˈdɑnəld trəmp ənd maɪ oʊld frɛnd ʤeɪ, aʊt əv ˈfɛrnəs aɪd laɪk tɪ æd ðət ˌbiˈsaɪdz biɪŋ ˈstudənts əv ðə ðeɪ ər ˈnəθɪŋ əˈlaɪk. waɪl trəmp slərz ˈvərʧuəli ˈɛvriˌbɑdi hi kəmz əˈkrɔs, ənd ˈwɛðər ðeɪ ər pɑrt əv ə ˈkɛrɪktər ər nɑt, hɪz wərdz ər ˈgɪvɪn ɛz hɪz ˈɑnəst əˈpɪnjən əv wɪʧ ðɛr ɪz noʊ ɪkˈskjuz fər. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, ðə ˈoʊnli slərz ʤeɪ ˈɛvər doʊld aʊt (ðət ˈwəzənt bɪˈhaɪnd kloʊzd dɔrz) wər ˈiðər əˈpɑn hɪmˈsɛlf ər səm laɪt ˈrɪbɪŋ əˈpɑn kloʊz frɛndz. lɛts gɪt ˈrɛdi tɪ ˈrəmbəl!!!!
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pcmag's fastest mobile networks story tested eight networks in 30 cities. unfortunately, after the tests were completed, decided to dispute one element of our results. in the interest of fairness, here is's statement and our response.
at&t's statement:
the pc magazine speed tests show the incredible download speeds we provide our customers and validate that offers the best iphone data experience. we have given pc magazine independent data establishing that their testing app has a technical flaw that understates our upload speeds when a particular version of the android software is used. this flaw affected’s upload and overall results. disappointing and a disservice to the public that the editors chose to publish results we have demonstrated are inaccurate.
we respond:
we were surprised to get this response, as's network did extremely well in our tests.'s network won 10 of the 16 cities where it was both available and not spectrum-limited. (for more on that, see why spectrum matters.)
at&t was highly involved with our testing from the start. we used devices supplied by, and engineers spent several days helping to our testing software before we got on the road. we used testing software, which was also the basis of our 2011 network tests.
it also is worth noting that the android devices supplied to us by were loaded with the android (gingerbread) operating system, and it appears that consumers may see faster upload speeds with different versions of the android operating system.
the upload speeds we got were exactly in the range promised by network architecture chief kris rinne when the network launched in 2011, as she told the ap.
all speed tests give different results, as you can see in our tests of sprint's new network. the most important thing to do in a story like this is to use the same test across all carriers and to let everyone have their say, and we feel we've done this.
for the top stories in tech, follow us on twitter at @pcmag.
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pcmag's* ˈfæstəst ˈmoʊbəl ˈnɛtˌwərks ˈstɔri ˈtɛstɪd eɪt ˈnɛtˌwərks ɪn 30 ˈsɪtiz. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ˈæftər ðə tɛsts wər kəmˈplitɪd, ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ dɪˈspjut wən ˈɛləmənt əv ɑr rɪˈzəlts. ɪn ðə ˈɪntəˌrɛst əv ˈfɛrnəs, hir ɪz ˈsteɪtmənt ənd ɑr rɪˈspɑns. ˈsteɪtmənt: ðə ˈpiˈsi ˈmægəˌzin spid tɛsts ʃoʊ ðə ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ˈdaʊnˌloʊd spidz wi prəˈvaɪd ɑr ˈkəstəmərz ənd ˈvælədeɪt ðət ˈɔfərz ðə bɛst ˈaɪˌfoʊn ˈdætə ɪkˈspɪriəns. wi hæv ˈgɪvɪn ˈpiˈsi ˈmægəˌzin ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈdætə ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ ðət ðɛr ˈtɛstɪŋ æp həz ə ˈtɛknɪkəl flɔ ðət ˈəndərˌsteɪts ɑr ˈəˌploʊd spidz wɪn ə ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈsɔfˌwɛr ɪz juzd. ðɪs flɔ əˈfɛktɪd ˈəˌploʊd ənd ˈoʊvərˌɔl rɪˈzəlts. ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ ənd ə dɪˈsərvəs tɪ ðə ˈpəblɪk ðət ðə ˈɛdɪtərz ʧoʊz tɪ ˈpəblɪʃ rɪˈzəlts wi hæv ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd ər ˌɪˈnækjərət. wi rɪˈspɑnd: wi wər səˈpraɪzd tɪ gɪt ðɪs rɪˈspɑns, ɛz ˈnɛtˌwərk dɪd ɪkˈstrimli wɛl ɪn ɑr tɛsts. ˈnɛtˌwərk wən 10 əv ðə 16 ˈsɪtiz wɛr ɪt wɑz boʊθ əˈveɪləbəl ənd nɑt spectrum-limited*. (fər mɔr ɔn ðət, si waɪ ˈspɛktrəm ˈmætərz.) wɑz ˈhaɪli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wɪθ ɑr ˈtɛstɪŋ frəm ðə stɑrt. wi juzd dɪˈvaɪsɪz səˈplaɪd baɪ, ənd ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz spɛnt ˈsɛvərəl deɪz ˈhɛlpɪŋ tɪ ɑr ˈtɛstɪŋ ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˌbiˈfɔr wi gɑt ɔn ðə roʊd. wi juzd ˈtɛstɪŋ ˈsɔfˌwɛr, wɪʧ wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈbeɪsɪs əv ɑr 2011 ˈnɛtˌwərk tɛsts. ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ɪz wərθ ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪsɪz səˈplaɪd tɪ ˈjuˈɛs baɪ wər ˈloʊdɪd wɪθ ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd (ˈʤɪnʤərˌbrɛd) ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm, ənd ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət kənˈsumərz meɪ si ˈfæstər ˈəˌploʊd spidz wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈvərʒənz əv ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm. ðə ˈəˌploʊd spidz wi gɑt wər ɪgˈzæktli ɪn ðə reɪnʤ ˈprɑməst baɪ ˈnɛtˌwərk ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər ʧif krɪs rɪn wɪn ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk lɔnʧt ɪn 2011 ɛz ʃi toʊld ðə ˌeɪˈpi. ɔl spid tɛsts gɪv ˈdɪfərənt rɪˈzəlts, ɛz ju kən si ɪn ɑr tɛsts əv sprɪnts nu ˈnɛtˌwərk. ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋ tɪ du ɪn ə ˈstɔri laɪk ðɪs ɪz tɪ juz ðə seɪm tɛst əˈkrɔs ɔl ˈkɛriərz ənd tɪ lɛt ˈɛvriˌwən hæv ðɛr seɪ, ənd wi fil wiv dən ðɪs. fər ðə tɔp ˈstɔriz ɪn tɛk, ˈfɑloʊ ˈjuˈɛs ɔn tˈwɪtər æt @pcmag*.
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i wait for thursday evening.
today i was granted an unexpected tour of the ice @ after i ran into mcgee chmura, assistant project manager of the erie canal harbor development corporation.
as we walked around the site we could see all of the last minute details being worked out before the big day. the speakers were installed, as were the lights. the skate rental shipping crate (upcycled) was in place, as was the concierge hut. there was a food and beverage kiosk that looked like it was ready to go to. tomorrow the hut will be serving up hot cocoa to people as they enter the site. there were pine boughs and hanging all over the bridges, which will all be lit up tomorrow night. a large christmas tree was decorated from trunk to top that too will be lit up tomorrow.
as we walked, we noticed that the first skater to ever skate on the ice @ took to the ice to test it out. then another skater joined him. it was a spectacle to watch the skater as he glided underneath the bridge that we were standing on. i thought about my own skates that seen the light of day in years. finally, they will be broken out and used this winter.
there are some pretty cool features at that i was not aware of. on one side of the perimeter, the surface is rubber, which means that skaters can walk from the storage lockers to the adirondack chairs to the food and beverage hut, without ever taking their skates off. on the opposite side of the rink, the aggregate stone walkways are heated, which means that snow will never accumulate. brilliant! there will also be a large heated tent for anyone who wants to warm up.
the public areas under the bridges protect people from the wind and falling snow all lit up too). on top of the bridges there are bistro tables and chairs set up, and propane heaters are being assembled to keep people warm. this will eventually be a “beer bridge” where people will be able to sit and order a frosty brew. food trucks will be able to pull right up to the bridge, creating an instant food court.
i also learned that there is a graphic that has been added to the ice surface of the canal rink. the graphic bares the emblem of the aud that once stood at the site. “that spot,” told me. “marks the exact spot where center ice was at the aud. a tribute to the auditorium and the history of the sabres.”
i also discovered that the ice surface had the markings for the sport of curling. not only can you rent skates at (600 pairs of sharpened skates), you can also rent the equipment for recreational curling. the house will make sure that the surface is slick enough for games at any given time.
the huts are all set up and waiting for vendors. the place is coming together quick now. everywhere you look there are signs of life about to be infused into the site. tomorrow is going to be a great day for buffalo. look at the photos and insert people!
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aɪ weɪt fər ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ. təˈdeɪ aɪ wɑz ˈgrænɪd ən ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd tʊr əv ðə aɪs ˈæftər aɪ ræn ˈɪntu məˈgi ʧəˈmʊrə, əˈsɪstənt ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈmænɪʤər əv ðə ˈɪri kəˈnæl ˈhɑrbər dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən. ɛz wi wɔkt əraʊnd ðə saɪt wi kʊd si ɔl əv ðə læst ˈmɪnət ˈditeɪlz biɪŋ wərkt aʊt ˌbiˈfɔr ðə bɪg deɪ. ðə ˈspikərz wər ˌɪnˈstɔld, ɛz wər ðə laɪts. ðə skeɪt ˈrɛntəl ˈʃɪpɪŋ kreɪt (upcycled*) wɑz ɪn pleɪs, ɛz wɑz ðə ˌkɑnsiˈɛrʒ hət. ðɛr wɑz ə fud ənd ˈbɛvərɪʤ kiɔsk ðət lʊkt laɪk ɪt wɑz ˈrɛdi tɪ goʊ tɪ. təˈmɑˌroʊ ðə hət wɪl bi ˈsərvɪŋ əp hɑt ˈkoʊkoʊ tɪ ˈpipəl ɛz ðeɪ ˈɛnər ðə saɪt. ðɛr wər paɪn baʊz ənd ˈhæŋɪŋ ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə ˈbrɪʤɪz, wɪʧ wɪl ɔl bi lɪt əp təˈmɑˌroʊ naɪt. ə lɑrʤ ˈkrɪsməs tri wɑz ˈdɛkərˌeɪtɪd frəm trəŋk tɪ tɔp ðət tu wɪl bi lɪt əp təˈmɑˌroʊ. ɛz wi wɔkt, wi ˈnoʊtɪst ðət ðə fərst ˈskeɪtər tɪ ˈɛvər skeɪt ɔn ðə aɪs tʊk tɪ ðə aɪs tɪ tɛst ɪt aʊt. ðɛn əˈnəðər ˈskeɪtər ʤɔɪnd ɪm. ɪt wɑz ə ˈspɛktəkəl tɪ wɔʧ ðə ˈskeɪtər ɛz hi ˈglaɪdɪd ˌəndərˈniθ ðə brɪʤ ðət wi wər ˈstændɪŋ ɔn. aɪ θɔt əˈbaʊt maɪ oʊn skeɪts ðət sin ðə laɪt əv deɪ ɪn jɪrz. ˈfaɪnəli, ðeɪ wɪl bi ˈbroʊkən aʊt ənd juzd ðɪs ˈwɪntər. ðɛr ər səm ˈprɪti kul ˈfiʧərz æt ðət aɪ wɑz nɑt əˈwɛr əv. ɔn wən saɪd əv ðə pərˈɪmətər, ðə ˈsərfəs ɪz ˈrəbər, wɪʧ minz ðət ˈskeɪtərz kən wɔk frəm ðə ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈlɑkərz tɪ ðə ˌædərˈɑndæk ʧɛrz tɪ ðə fud ənd ˈbɛvərɪʤ hət, wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛvər ˈteɪkɪŋ ðɛr skeɪts ɔf. ɔn ðə ˈɑpəzɪt saɪd əv ðə rɪŋk, ðə ˈægrəgət stoʊn ˈwɔkˌweɪz ər ˈhitɪd, wɪʧ minz ðət snoʊ wɪl ˈnɛvər əˈkjumjəˌleɪt. ˈbrɪljənt! ðɛr wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi ə lɑrʤ ˈhitɪd tɛnt fər ˈɛniˌwən hu wɔnts tɪ wɔrm əp. ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈɛriəz ˈəndər ðə ˈbrɪʤɪz prəˈtɛkt ˈpipəl frəm ðə wɪnd ənd ˈfɑlɪŋ snoʊ ɔl lɪt əp tu). ɔn tɔp əv ðə ˈbrɪʤɪz ðɛr ər ˈbɪstroʊ ˈteɪbəlz ənd ʧɛrz sɛt əp, ənd ˈproʊˌpeɪn ˈhitərz ər biɪŋ əˈsɛmbəld tɪ kip ˈpipəl wɔrm. ðɪs wɪl ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli bi ə bridge”*” wɛr ˈpipəl wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ sɪt ənd ˈɔrdər ə ˈfrɔsti bru. fud trəks wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ pʊl raɪt əp tɪ ðə brɪʤ, kriˈeɪtɪŋ ən ˈɪnstənt fud kɔrt. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlərnɪd ðət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈgræfɪk ðət həz bɪn ˈædɪd tɪ ðə aɪs ˈsərfəs əv ðə kəˈnæl rɪŋk. ðə ˈgræfɪk bɛrz ðə ˈɛmbləm əv ðə ɔd ðət wəns stʊd æt ðə saɪt. spot,”*,” toʊld mi. ðə ɪgˈzækt spɑt wɛr ˈsɛnər aɪs wɑz æt ðə ɔd. ə ˈtrɪbjut tɪ ðə ˌɔdəˈtɔriəm ənd ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ðə sabres.”*.” aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈskəvərd ðət ðə aɪs ˈsərfəs hæd ðə ˈmɑrkɪŋz fər ðə spɔrt əv ˈkərlɪŋ. nɑt ˈoʊnli kən ju rɛnt skeɪts æt 600 pɛrz əv ˈʃɑrpənd skeɪts), ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ rɛnt ðə ɪkˈwɪpmənt fər ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃənəl ˈkərlɪŋ. ðə haʊs wɪl meɪk ʃʊr ðət ðə ˈsərfəs ɪz slɪk ɪˈnəf fər geɪmz æt ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn taɪm. ðə həts ər ɔl sɛt əp ənd ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ˈvɛndərz. ðə pleɪs ɪz ˈkəmɪŋ təˈgɛðər kwɪk naʊ. ˈɛvriˌwɛr ju lʊk ðɛr ər saɪnz əv laɪf əˈbaʊt tɪ bi ˌɪnfˈjuzd ˈɪntu ðə saɪt. təˈmɑˌroʊ ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə greɪt deɪ fər ˈbəfəˌloʊ. lʊk æt ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ənd ˌɪnˈsərt ˈpipəl!
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my secret santa is pretty much amazing. the gift arrived about a month late but that was more than made up for. i received a canon lens coffee love coffee and i moderate r/thismug, which i'm sure is why all of the gifts were mugs. i also received a 376 mug. this one struck me as the most unusual, i can't imagine the amount of or just plain luck that this was the color chosen. when i was in high school i opened a computer repair shop and this is the exact color of my logo. i later managed a printing company, moxicopy.com, i used the same color when recreating that logo. when santa packed every thing up, two mugs were broken so they threw in $50.00.... unbelievable! i would have been happy with 1 coffee mug, even if it was late. thank you elodin!
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maɪ ˈsikrɪt ˈsænə ɪz ˈprɪti məʧ əˈmeɪzɪŋ. ðə gɪft əraɪvd əˈbaʊt ə mənθ leɪt bət ðət wɑz mɔr ðən meɪd əp fər. aɪ rɪˈsivd ə ˈkænən lɛnz ˈkɔfi ləv ˈkɔfi ənd aɪ ˈmɑdərˌeɪt r/thismug*, wɪʧ əm ʃʊr ɪz waɪ ɔl əv ðə gɪfts wər məgz. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈsivd ə 376 məg. ðɪs wən strək mi ɛz ðə moʊst ənˈjuˌʒuəl, aɪ kænt ˌɪˈmæʤən ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ər ʤɪst pleɪn lək ðət ðɪs wɑz ðə ˈkələr ˈʧoʊzən. wɪn aɪ wɑz ɪn haɪ skul aɪ ˈoʊpənd ə kəmˈpjutər rɪˈpɛr ʃɑp ənd ðɪs ɪz ðə ɪgˈzækt ˈkələr əv maɪ ˈloʊgoʊ. aɪ ˈleɪtər ˈmænɪʤd ə ˈprɪnɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni, moxicopy.com*, aɪ juzd ðə seɪm ˈkələr wɪn ˈrɛkriˌeɪtɪŋ ðət ˈloʊgoʊ. wɪn ˈsænə pækt ˈɛvəri θɪŋ əp, tu məgz wər ˈbroʊkən soʊ ðeɪ θru ɪn ˌənbəˈlivəbəl! aɪ wʊd hæv bɪn ˈhæpi wɪθ 1 ˈkɔfi məg, ˈivɪn ɪf ɪt wɑz leɪt. θæŋk ju elodin*!
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it’s not what you think
i was happy to learn that professor steven reached a $600,000 settlement (plus $275,000 in attorney fees) yesterday in his lawsuit against the university of illinois at (uiuc). as others, including steven, himself, have said, universities may now think twice before violating freedom of speech rights of faculty in order to satisfy wealthy jewish donors. here is a statement about the settlement by recently published on the nation website.
in the article titled, “i will always condemn injustice, no matter what the state of my employment,” wrote:
we can claim meaningful victory against uiuc. the most decisive of those victories is the knowledge that upper administrators will think ideally not at wrecking academic freedom and faculty governance by to zionist hysteria.
however, will not be reinstated at uiuc, which was one of his initial demands and the university will not admit to any wrong doing. if dr. would obtain a teaching appointment similar or better than the one he lost, i would view the settlement as a personal victory for him. but if pressure from the lobby will block such a job offer, as was the case with norman finkelstein, the monetary award would not even come close to compensating him for the subsequent loss of income.
i could think of no better person to ask about the settlement than dr. norman finkelstein, who himself was a victim of jewish lobby pressure when he lost his tenure battle at depaul university in 2007. like, finkelstein was denied a position by the school administration who overruled the decision of a departmental faculty committee. unlike, finkelstein chose not to initiate litigation for what appeared to be a clear violation of his rights by the university administration. he was subsequently unable to obtain academic employment despite a stellar publishing history, extremely favorable student evaluations and a doctorate from princeton university.
what follows is my complete and unedited correspondence with dr. finkelstein:
on thu, nov 12, 2015 at pm, ira wrote: dear dr. finkelstein, i was one of the people who hosted your appearance in cazenovia, about four years ago.
i was wondering what your reaction is to the settlement with uiuc.
do you think he will be able to get an academic position in the us?
can i quote your thoughts on this?
i would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts on this matter.
i hope you are well and are enjoying the fall inc. best,
ira
norman finkelstein is known for views which surprise and sometimes dismay activists. his response definitely surprised this reporter who believes that is a gifted writer and speaker, and that he is to hold an academic position such as the one he obtained at uiuc.
dr. finkelstein is known for his decades long history of sharp and incisive criticism of israeli government policy. however, he has taken a number of positions which many understand as incompatible with activism and solidarity. among these are his characterization of boycott, divestment and sanctions (bds) advocates as cultists, his view that the lobby does not influence u.s foreign policy, and his deriding of advocates of a solution for israel/palestine, as hopelessly politically naïve.
in arguing the above positions, finkelstein has maintained that he has been consistent in his thinking and that his views are in no way inimical to the palestinian cause.
i chose to publish this correspondence with dr. permission because there is a general interest in what finkelstein thinks and because his statement may help shed some light on the kind of thought processes that inform his other views.
what follows is the complete and unedited response from finkelstein to my message:
i think you want to hear my reaction. i am not a party-liner. i gave that up when chairman mao passed from the scene: read–or, say, endeavored to read him. even google has yet to invent a translation program that makes coherent sense of his prose. as of now, lost a day of work (he spent the current academic year occupying the prestigious edward said chair at american university in beirut), and he reportedly walks away from university of illinois with nearly a million dollars. not bad for someone with a phd from the university of oklahoma who, before being hired to teach native american studies at an excellent university, last taught english composition at virginia tech. he did not deserve to get fired, but in a rational world it would be cause for wonder how he got hired in the first place. a telling commentary on the state of the humanities that his got greater scrutiny than his (so-called) scholarship. you are free to quote this in full, but not to excerpt it. [underlining in the original.]
there are two factual errors in the statement above. first, it is not true that “hasn’t lost a day of work.” did not teach in the fall semester of 2014 or in the spring semester of 2015. secondly, received $600,000 in the settlement, not “nearly a million dollars,” as stated by finkelstein.
dr., when asked by this writer to respond via email to statement wrote, “no comment.”
update #1: after publication, i was emailed this article, titled, “dershowitz and finkelstein: comrades at heart?,” by steven which was written in 2013. i was unaware of the existence when writing the above post.
update #2: dr. norman finkelstein has informed me via email that at the time of my interview with him he believed that the settlement awarded was $875,000. this is due to the fact the some reports incorrectly stated that amount, neglecting to acknowledge that $275,000 was awarded to’s attorneys.
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it’s* nɑt wət ju θɪŋk aɪ wɑz ˈhæpi tɪ lərn ðət prəˈfɛsər ˈstivən riʧt ə ˈsɛtəlmənt (pləs ɪn əˈtərni fiz) ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ ɪn hɪz ˈlɔˌsut əˈgɛnst ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌɪləˈnɔɪz æt (uiuc*). ɛz ˈəðərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈstivən, hɪmˈsɛlf, hæv sɛd, ˌjunəˈvərsətiz meɪ naʊ θɪŋk twaɪs ˌbiˈfɔr ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ ˈfridəm əv spiʧ raɪts əv ˈfækəlti ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ ˈwɛlθi ʤuɪʃ ˈdoʊnərz. hir ɪz ə ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt baɪ ˈrisəntli ˈpəblɪʃt ɔn ðə ˈneɪʃən ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈtaɪtəld, wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz kənˈdɛm ˌɪnˈʤəstɪs, noʊ ˈmætər wət ðə steɪt əv maɪ employment,”*,” roʊt: wi kən kleɪm ˈminɪŋfəl ˈvɪktəri əˈgɛnst uiuc*. ðə moʊst dɪˈsaɪsɪv əv ðoʊz ˈvɪktəriz ɪz ðə ˈnɑlɪʤ ðət ˈəpər ædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtərz wɪl θɪŋk aɪˈdili nɑt æt ˈrɛkɪŋ ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ˈfridəm ənd ˈfækəlti ˈgəvərnəns baɪ tɪ ˈzaɪənɪst hɪˈstɛriə. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɪl nɑt bi ˌriɪnˈsteɪtɪd æt uiuc*, wɪʧ wɑz wən əv hɪz ˌɪˈnɪʃəl dɪˈmændz ənd ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti wɪl nɑt ədˈmɪt tɪ ˈɛni rɔŋ duɪŋ. ɪf ˈdɑktər. wʊd əbˈteɪn ə ˈtiʧɪŋ əˈpɔɪntmənt ˈsɪmələr ər ˈbɛtər ðən ðə wən hi lɔst, aɪ wʊd vju ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt ɛz ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˈvɪktəri fər ɪm. bət ɪf ˈprɛʃər frəm ðə ˈlɑbi wɪl blɑk səʧ ə ʤɑb ˈɔfər, ɛz wɑz ðə keɪs wɪθ ˈnɔrmən ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin, ðə ˈmɑnəˌtɛri əˈwɔrd wʊd nɑt ˈivɪn kəm kloʊz tɪ ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtɪŋ ɪm fər ðə ˈsəbsəkwənt lɔs əv ˈɪnˌkəm. aɪ kʊd θɪŋk əv noʊ ˈbɛtər ˈpərsən tɪ æsk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt ðən ˈdɑktər. ˈnɔrmən ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin, hu hɪmˈsɛlf wɑz ə ˈvɪktɪm əv ʤuɪʃ ˈlɑbi ˈprɛʃər wɪn hi lɔst hɪz ˈtɛnjər ˈbætəl æt dɪˈpɔl ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn 2007 laɪk, ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin wɑz dɪˈnaɪd ə pəˈzɪʃən baɪ ðə skul ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən hu ˌoʊvərˈruld ðə dɪˈsɪʒən əv ə dɪˌpɑrtˈmɛnəl ˈfækəlti kəˈmɪti. ənˈlaɪk, ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin ʧoʊz nɑt tɪ ˌɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən fər wət əˈpɪrd tɪ bi ə klɪr vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv hɪz raɪts baɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. hi wɑz ˈsəbsəkwəntli əˈneɪbəl tɪ əbˈteɪn ˌækəˈdɛmɪk ɪmˈplɔɪmənt dɪˈspaɪt ə ˈstɛlər ˈpəblɪʃɪŋ ˈhɪstəri, ɪkˈstrimli ˈfeɪvərəbəl ˈstudənt ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃənz ənd ə ˈdɑktərət frəm ˈprɪnstən ˌjunəˈvərsəti. wət ˈfɑloʊz ɪz maɪ kəmˈplit ənd əˈnɛdətɪd ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns wɪθ ˈdɑktər. ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin: ɔn thu*, noʊv 12 2015 æt piɛm, ˌaɪˌɑˈreɪ roʊt: dɪr ˈdɑktər. ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin, aɪ wɑz wən əv ðə ˈpipəl hu ˈhoʊstɪd jʊr əˈpɪrəns ɪn cazenovia*, əˈbaʊt fɔr jɪrz əˈgoʊ. aɪ wɑz ˈwəndərɪŋ wət jʊr riˈækʃən ɪz tɪ ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt wɪθ uiuc*. du ju θɪŋk hi wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt ən ˌækəˈdɛmɪk pəˈzɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs? kən aɪ kwoʊt jʊr θɔts ɔn ðɪs? aɪ wʊd ˈgreɪtli əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ˈhirɪŋ jʊr θɔts ɔn ðɪs ˈmætər. aɪ hoʊp ju ər wɛl ənd ər ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ ðə fɔl ɪn nyc*. bɛst, ˌaɪˌɑˈreɪ ˈnɔrmən ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin ɪz noʊn fər vjuz wɪʧ səˈpraɪz ənd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz dɪsˈmeɪ ˈæktɪvɪsts. hɪz rɪˈspɑns ˈdɛfənətli səˈpraɪzd ðɪs rɪˈpɔrtər hu bɪˈlivz ðət ɪz ə ˈgɪftɪd ˈraɪtər ənd ˈspikər, ənd ðət hi ɪz tɪ hoʊld ən ˌækəˈdɛmɪk pəˈzɪʃən səʧ ɛz ðə wən hi əbˈteɪnd æt uiuc*. ˈdɑktər. ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin ɪz noʊn fər hɪz ˈdɛkeɪdz lɔŋ ˈhɪstəri əv ʃɑrp ənd ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm əv ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈgəvərnmənt ˈpɑləsi. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, hi həz ˈteɪkən ə ˈnəmbər əv pəˈzɪʃənz wɪʧ ˈmɛni ˌəndərˈstænd ɛz ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbəl wɪθ ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm ənd ˌsɑləˈdɛrəti. əˈməŋ ðiz ər hɪz ˌkɛrɪktərɪˈzeɪʃən əv ˈbɔɪˌkɑt, dɪˈvɛsmənt ənd ˈsæŋkʃənz (bds*) ˈædvəˌkeɪts ɛz ˈkəltɪsts, hɪz vju ðət ðə ˈlɑbi dɪz nɑt ˈɪnfluəns juz ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi, ənd hɪz dɪˈraɪdɪŋ əv ˈædvəˌkeɪts əv ə səˈluʃən fər israel/palestine*, ɛz ˈhoʊpləsli ˈplɪtɪkli naïve*. ɪn ˈɑrgjuɪŋ ðə əˈbəv pəˈzɪʃənz, ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin həz meɪnˈteɪnd ðət hi həz bɪn kənˈsɪstənt ɪn hɪz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ənd ðət hɪz vjuz ər ɪn noʊ weɪ ˌɪˈnɪmɪkəl tɪ ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən kɔz. aɪ ʧoʊz tɪ ˈpəblɪʃ ðɪs ˌkɔrəˈspɑndəns wɪθ ˈdɑktər. pərˈmɪʃən bɪˈkəz ðɛr ɪz ə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn wət ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin θɪŋks ənd bɪˈkəz hɪz ˈsteɪtmənt meɪ hɛlp ʃɛd səm laɪt ɔn ðə kaɪnd əv θɔt ˈprɑsɛsəz ðət ˌɪnˈfɔrm hɪz ˈəðər vjuz. wət ˈfɑloʊz ɪz ðə kəmˈplit ənd əˈnɛdətɪd rɪˈspɑns frəm ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin tɪ maɪ ˈmɛsɪʤ: aɪ θɪŋk ju wɔnt tɪ hir maɪ riˈækʃən. aɪ æm nɑt ə party-liner*. aɪ geɪv ðət əp wɪn ˈʧɛrmən maʊ pæst frəm ðə sin: rɛd salaita–or*, seɪ, ɪnˈdɛvərd tɪ rɛd ɪm. ˈivɪn ˈgugəl həz jɛt tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛnt ə trænzˈleɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræm ðət meɪks koʊˈhɪrənt sɛns əv hɪz proʊz. ɛz əv naʊ, lɔst ə deɪ əv wərk (hi spɛnt ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌækəˈdɛmɪk jɪr ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ ðə pərˈstiʤəs ˈɛdwərd sɛd ʧɛr æt əˈmɛrɪkən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn beɪˈrut), ənd hi rɪˈpɔrtədli wɔks əˈweɪ frəm ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌɪləˈnɔɪz wɪθ ˈnɪrli ə ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz. nɑt bæd fər ˈsəmˌwən wɪθ ə ˈpiˌeɪʧˈdi frəm ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə hu, ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ haɪərd tɪ tiʧ ˈneɪtɪv əˈmɛrɪkən ˈstədiz æt ən ˈɛksələnt ˌjunəˈvərsəti, læst tɔt ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃən æt vərˈʤɪnjə tɛk. hi dɪd nɑt dɪˈzərv tɪ gɪt faɪərd, bət ɪn ə ˈræʃənəl wərld ɪt wʊd bi kɔz fər ˈwəndər haʊ hi gɑt haɪərd ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. ə ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈkɑmənˌtɛri ɔn ðə steɪt əv ðə juˈmænɪtiz ðət hɪz gɑt ˈgreɪtər ˈskrutəni ðən hɪz (ˈsoʊˈkɔld) ˈskɑlərˌʃɪp. ju ər fri tɪ kwoʊt ðɪs ɪn fʊl, bət nɑt tɪ ˈɛksərpt ɪt. [ˈəndərˌlaɪnɪŋ ɪn ðə ərˈɪʤənəl.] ðɛr ər tu ˈfækʧuəl ˈɛrərz ɪn ðə ˈsteɪtmənt əˈbəv. fərst, ɪt ɪz nɑt tru ðət lɔst ə deɪ əv work.”*.” dɪd nɑt tiʧ ɪn ðə fɔl səˈmɛstər əv 2014 ər ɪn ðə spərɪŋ səˈmɛstər əv 2015 ˈsɛkəndli, rɪˈsivd ɪn ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt, nɑt ə ˈmɪljən dollars,”*,” ɛz ˈsteɪtɪd baɪ ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin. ˈdɑktər., wɪn æst baɪ ðɪs ˈraɪtər tɪ rɪˈspɑnd ˈviə iˈmeɪl tɪ ˈsteɪtmənt roʊt, comment.”*.” ˈəpˌdeɪt 1 ˈæftər ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən, aɪ wɑz iˈmeɪld ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl, ˈtaɪtəld, ənd ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin: ˈkɑmˌrædz æt heart?,”*?,” baɪ ˈstivən wɪʧ wɑz ˈrɪtən ɪn 2013 aɪ wɑz ˌənəˈwɛr əv ðə ɪgˈzɪstəns wɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ ðə əˈbəv poʊst. ˈəpˌdeɪt 2 ˈdɑktər. ˈnɔrmən ˈfɪŋkəlˌstin həz ˌɪnˈfɔrmd mi ˈviə iˈmeɪl ðət æt ðə taɪm əv maɪ ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ɪm hi bɪˈlivd ðət ðə ˈsɛtəlmənt əˈwɔrdɪd wɑz ðɪs ɪz du tɪ ðə fækt ðə səm rɪˈpɔrts ˌɪnkərˈɛktli ˈsteɪtɪd ðət əˈmaʊnt, nɪˈglɛktɪŋ tɪ ækˈnɑlɪʤ ðət wɑz əˈwɔrdɪd tɪ əˈtərniz.
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nathan own goal against reading had even his own perplexed (picture: getty images)
manchester united do it, regularly. bradford did it, memorably. even german side have managed it, recently. but stoke are the only side not to in the best part of eight months.
what am i talking about? scoring against aston villa, of course.
the stats are pretty sobering, not to mention damning. no clean sheets in 2013. no clean sheets in any of the last matches have played, be it league (22), cup (five) or friendly (six). a sorry run that stretches back to december 8 last year when villa and stoke played out a draw that was every bit as much fun as it sounds.
it’s a pretty embarrassing state of affairs if a villa fan (perhaps more so if jones or jonathan walters). and the leak really been plugged, based on the evidence of pre-season.
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they have conceded in all of their thus far, against the aforementioned (a side at an equivalent level to moors), two german second tier sides, plus luton, and crewe.
sure, results of mean very little all about building up match fitness, establishing patterns of play and integrating new arrivals into the squad. performance 1, results 0. and the constant rotating of personnel in matches makes the odd defensive mix-up inevitable.
pre-season goals conceded just add weight to the view that villa, with their callow defence, start each match down.
villa leaked goals regularly from corners last season, notably in the capital one cup against bradford (picture: getty images)
taken in isolation, these pre-season goals could be viewed as aberrations. but instead they just add weight to the view that villa, with their callow defence, start each match down.
poor judgment blighted the inexperienced villa defence last season.
witness the regular corner kick fiascos or against manchester city in march. but sometimes it was just sheer bad luck that prevented clean sheets own goals by ashley westwood, nathan baker and fabian delph stopped villa from shutting out west ham, reading and fulham.
new signing, by all who saw him play for in the champions league last season, should add quality to the spine, and antonio arrival adds further competition to busy slot (but more of that in a later blog).
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however, suffered a hamstring injury in the match against and has been in treatment ever since. without him, it may be back to the same quartet which, while individually talented, seems prone to an error or two.
with christian benteke, gabby agbonlahor, weimann and nicklas in attack next season, villa will have goals in abundance. but if some of the basic mistakes of last season are repeated, need at least two to win matches.
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ˈneɪθən oʊn goʊl əˈgɛnst ˈrɛdɪŋ hæd ˈivɪn hɪz oʊn pərˈplɛkst (ˈpɪkʧər: ˈgɛti ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd du ɪt, ˈrɛgjələrli. ˈbrædfərd dɪd ɪt, ˈmɛmərəbli. ˈivɪn ˈʤərmən saɪd hæv ˈmænɪʤd ɪt, ˈrisəntli. bət stoʊk ər ðə ˈoʊnli saɪd nɑt tɪ ɪn ðə bɛst pɑrt əv eɪt mənθs. wət æm aɪ ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt? ˈskɔrɪŋ əˈgɛnst ˈæstən ˈvɪlə, əv kɔrs. ðə stæts ər ˈprɪti ˈsoʊbərɪŋ, nɑt tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ˈdæmɪŋ. noʊ klin ʃits ɪn 2013 noʊ klin ʃits ɪn ˈɛni əv ðə læst ˈmæʧɪz hæv pleɪd, bi ɪt lig 22 kəp (faɪv) ər ˈfrɛndli (sɪks). ə ˈsɑri rən ðət ˈstrɛʧɪz bæk tɪ dɪˈsɛmbər 8 læst jɪr wɪn ˈvɪlə ənd stoʊk pleɪd aʊt ə drɔ ðət wɑz ˈɛvəri bɪt ɛz məʧ fən ɛz ɪt saʊnz. ə ˈprɪti ɪmˈbɛrəsɪŋ steɪt əv əˈfɛrz ɪf ə ˈvɪlə fæn (pərˈhæps mɔr soʊ ɪf ʤoʊnz ər ˈʤɑnəθən ˈwɔltərz). ənd ðə lik ˈrɪli bɪn pləgd, beɪst ɔn ðə ˈɛvədəns əv ˌpriˈsizən. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðeɪ hæv kənˈsidɪd ɪn ɔl əv ðɛr ðəs fɑr, əˈgɛnst ðə əˈfɔrˌmɛnʃənd (ə saɪd æt ən ɪkˈwɪvələnt ˈlɛvəl tɪ mʊrz), tu ˈʤərmən ˈsɛkənd tir saɪdz, pləs ˈlutən, ənd kru. ʃʊr, rɪˈzəlts əv min ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl ɔl əˈbaʊt ˈbɪldɪŋ əp mæʧ ˈfɪtnəs, ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ ˈpætərnz əv pleɪ ənd ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪŋ nu ərˈaɪvəlz ˈɪntu ðə skwɑd. pərˈfɔrməns 1 rɪˈzəlts 0 ənd ðə ˈkɑnstənt ˈroʊˌteɪtɪŋ əv ˌpərsəˈnɛl ɪn ˈmæʧɪz meɪks ðə ɑd dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈmɪkˌsəp ˌɪˈnɛvətəbəl. ˌpriˈsizən goʊlz kənˈsidɪd ʤɪst æd weɪt tɪ ðə vju ðət ˈvɪlə, wɪθ ðɛr ˈkæloʊ dɪˈfɛns, stɑrt iʧ mæʧ daʊn. ˈvɪlə likt goʊlz ˈrɛgjələrli frəm ˈkɔrnərz læst ˈsizən, ˈnoʊtəbli ɪn ðə ˈkæpɪtəl wən kəp əˈgɛnst ˈbrædfərd (ˈpɪkʧər: ˈgɛti ˈɪmɪʤɪz) ˈteɪkən ɪn ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən, ðiz ˌpriˈsizən goʊlz kʊd bi vjud ɛz ˌæbərˈeɪʃənz. bət ˌɪnˈstɛd ðeɪ ʤɪst æd weɪt tɪ ðə vju ðət ˈvɪlə, wɪθ ðɛr ˈkæloʊ dɪˈfɛns, stɑrt iʧ mæʧ daʊn. pur ˈʤəʤmənt ˈblaɪtɪd ðə ˌɪnɛkˈspɪriənst ˈvɪlə dɪˈfɛns læst ˈsizən. ˈwɪtnəs ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈkɔrnər kɪk fiˈæskoʊz ər əˈgɛnst ˈmænˌʧɛstər ˈsɪti ɪn mɑrʧ. bət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ʃɪr bæd lək ðət prɪˈvɛnɪd klin ʃits oʊn goʊlz baɪ ˈæʃli ˈwɛstˌwʊd, ˈneɪθən ˈbeɪkər ənd ˈfeɪbiən dɛlf stɑpt ˈvɪlə frəm ˈʃətɪŋ aʊt wɛst hæm, ˈrɛdɪŋ ənd fulham*. nu ˈsaɪnɪŋ, baɪ ɔl hu sɔ ɪm pleɪ fər ɪn ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lig læst ˈsizən, ʃʊd æd kˈwɑləti tɪ ðə spaɪn, ənd ænˈtoʊnioʊ ərˈaɪvəl ædz ˈfərðər ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən tɪ ˈbɪzi slɑt (bət mɔr əv ðət ɪn ə ˈleɪtər blɔg). ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈsəfərd ə ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ ˈɪnʤəri ɪn ðə mæʧ əˈgɛnst ənd həz bɪn ɪn ˈtritmənt ˈɛvər sɪns. wɪˈθaʊt ɪm, ɪt meɪ bi bæk tɪ ðə seɪm kwɔrˈtɛt wɪʧ, waɪl ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤəli ˈtæləntɪd, simz proʊn tɪ ən ˈɛrər ər tu. wɪθ ˈkrɪsʧɪn benteke*, ˈgæbi agbonlahor*, ˈwaɪmən ənd ˈnɪkləz ɪn əˈtæk nɛkst ˈsizən, ˈvɪlə wɪl hæv goʊlz ɪn əˈbəndəns. bət ɪf səm əv ðə ˈbeɪsɪk mɪˈsteɪks əv læst ˈsizən ər rɪˈpitɪd, nid æt list tu tɪ wɪn ˈmæʧɪz.
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editor's note: zheng is one of national geographic's 2014 emerging explorers, part of a program that honors tomorrow's making discoveries, making a difference, and inspiring people to care about the planet.
the catalyst for groundbreaking work in solar energy began with an offhand comment her father made years ago at her parents' apartment, a complex in the northeast china city of anshan.
“in china, the rooftops of many buildings are packed with solar energy devices,” says zheng. “one day my father mentioned how great it would be if a entire surface could be used for solar power, not just the roof, but also walls and windows.”
an invention from research team at stanford university might someday make that possible. they have created a type of solar cell that is thin, flexible, and solar sticker, in effect, that could help power everything from buildings to airplanes.
“by making solar cells extremely thin and flexible, they can be used in all kinds of new ways," says zheng, an associate professor at stanford and recipient of the u.s. presidential early career award for scientists and engineers. "i hope our discovery will dramatically expand the affordable, practical, widespread application of solar power.”
in 2010, a decade after her initial comment, zheng read a research paper that triggered the idea again. it described an experiment in which the was grown on a layer of nickel atop a silicon wafer. when submerged in water, the nickel separated from the surface, along with the.
“it sounded unbelievable, like a magic trick,” she recalls, “but they had achieved very reliable results.” what if, she wondered, the same principle could be used to yield a thinner, more flexible solar cell that could peel off, attach to adhesive, and stick to virtually any surface?
because conventional solar cells are manufactured on glass or silicon wafers, they are rigid, heavy, and quite limited in how and where they can be used. plastic or paper would be far more flexible, but it cannot withstand the high temperatures and chemicals required for fabrication.
“our new technique lets us treat the solar cells like a pizza,” explains zheng. “when you bake pizza, you use a metal pan that can tolerate high temperatures. but when time to distribute the pizza economically, placed in a paper box."
working with her students, zheng set out to fabricate solar cells on a silicone or glass surface as usual, but she inserted a metallic layer between the cell and the surface. after some trial and error, the team was finally able to peel away the metallic layer from the surface after soaking the whole structure in water for just a few seconds.
the result was an active solar cell that is only a couple of microns the thickness of plastic wrap, zheng says. extremely flexible, so it can be attached to any back of a mobile phone, a skylight, a wall, a curved column.”
the skinny, cells can produce the same amount of electricity as rigid ones, and they offer cost benefits as well, according to zheng. “the silicon wafers come through the process clean and shiny,” she says. “so just like a pizza pan, they can be used again and again, which translates to savings.” and because the solar stickers are lighter than conventional panels, they will be easier and less expensive to install.
the stickers might be able to reduce manufacturing costs too, zheng says. in traditional production, the foundation materials account for 25 percent of the cost. the new method will enable that base layer to be removed or replaced with a cheaper material. for example, the windows of a building provide a base layer, so all needed is the solar cell itself. a cell that could simply be peeled and applied enables that economical shortcut.
zheng predicts solar cells could one day paper the sides of buildings, cover sidewalks to light walkways, energize home security systems, and help power solar cars or planes. along with industrial uses, she envisions being able to stop at your corner store to pick up a pack of solar cells the way you buy batteries today.
to help realize those large-scale applications, team wants to test the technology with more efficient cells than the ones used for the initial breakthrough.
"our cells will also need to be larger, expanding from their current centimeter size to a square foot or even square meter," zheng says. new equipment will be needed, too, for the process that the researchers conducted by hand in the lab.
her research group is also looking into how solar energy could be used to split water atoms, producing hydrogen and providing a potentially cheaper, more efficient way to fuel everything from transportation to home heating.
“as scientists,” she says, “i feel it is profoundly important to use our work to improve the world. for the future of our environment, we need to advance renewable energy rather than heavily relying on fossil fuels to meet growing demand. solar power has always been my favorite because sunshine is so clean, abundant, and has fewer limitations on where it can be used.”
exactly how her idea will evolve from a lab to the real world is not yet known. now that the technology has been tested and proven, however, it's a testament to value in pursuing a seemingly outlandish notion.
“everyone has crazy ideas about some discovery that could change the world,” zheng says. "those ‘what if’ questions are always in the back of your mind. you also always keep your eye on the latest emerging technologies. when those two worlds happen to connect, great.”
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ˈɛdɪtərz noʊt: zɛŋ ɪz wən əv ˈnæʃənəl ˌʤiəˈgræfɪks 2014 ˈimərʤɪŋ ɪkˈsplɔrərz, pɑrt əv ə ˈproʊˌgræm ðət ˈɑnərz təˈmɑˌroʊz ˈmeɪkɪŋ dɪˈskəvəriz, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈdɪfərəns, ənd ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ ˈpipəl tɪ kɛr əˈbaʊt ðə ˈplænət. ðə ˈkætəˌlɪst fər ˈgraʊnˌbreɪkɪŋ wərk ɪn ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi bɪˈgæn wɪθ ən ˈɔfˈhænd ˈkɑmɛnt hər ˈfɑðər meɪd jɪrz əˈgoʊ æt hər ˈpɛrənts' əˈpɑrtmənt, ə ˈkɑmplɛks ɪn ðə ˌnɔrˈθist ˈʧaɪnə ˈsɪti əv ˈænʃən. ˈʧaɪnə, ðə ˈrufˌtɑps əv ˈmɛni ˈbɪldɪŋz ər pækt wɪθ ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi devices,”*,” sɪz zɛŋ. deɪ maɪ ˈfɑðər ˈmɛnʃənd haʊ greɪt ɪt wʊd bi ɪf ə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈsərfəs kʊd bi juzd fər ˈsoʊlər paʊər, nɑt ʤɪst ðə rʊf, bət ˈɔlsoʊ wɔlz ənd windows.”*.” ən ˌɪnˈvɛnʃən frəm ˈrisərʧ tim æt ˈstænfərd ˌjunəˈvərsəti maɪt ˈsəmˌdeɪ meɪk ðət ˈpɑsəbəl. ðeɪ hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ə taɪp əv ˈsoʊlər sɛl ðət ɪz θɪn, ˈflɛksəbəl, ənd ˈsoʊlər ˈstɪkər, ɪn ˈifɛkt, ðət kʊd hɛlp paʊər ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ frəm ˈbɪldɪŋz tɪ ˈɛrpleɪnz. ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈsoʊlər sɛlz ɪkˈstrimli θɪn ənd ˈflɛksəbəl, ðeɪ kən bi juzd ɪn ɔl kaɪnz əv nu weɪz," sɪz zɛŋ, ən əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt prəˈfɛsər æt ˈstænfərd ənd rɪˈsɪpiənt əv ðə juz. ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈərli kərɪr əˈwɔrd fər ˈsaɪəntɪsts ənd ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz. "aɪ hoʊp ɑr ˌdɪˈskəvri wɪl drəˈmætɪkəli ɪkˈspænd ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl, ˈpræktɪkəl, ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən əv ˈsoʊlər power.”*.” ɪn 2010 ə ˈdɛkeɪd ˈæftər hər ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈkɑmɛnt, zɛŋ rɛd ə ˈrisərʧ ˈpeɪpər ðət ˈtrɪgərd ðə aɪˈdiə əˈgɛn. ɪt dɪˈskraɪbd ən ɪkˈspɛrəmənt ɪn wɪʧ ðə wɑz groʊn ɔn ə leɪər əv ˈnɪkəl əˈtɑp ə ˈsɪləkən ˈweɪfər. wɪn səbˈmərʤd ɪn ˈwɔtər, ðə ˈnɪkəl ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd frəm ðə ˈsərfəs, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə. ˈsaʊndɪd ˌənbəˈlivəbəl, laɪk ə ˈmæʤɪk trick,”*,” ʃi ˈriˌkɔlz, ðeɪ hæd əˈʧivd ˈvɛri rɪˈlaɪəbəl results.”*.” wət ɪf, ʃi ˈwəndərd, ðə seɪm ˈprɪnsəpəl kʊd bi juzd tɪ jild ə ˈθɪnər, mɔr ˈflɛksəbəl ˈsoʊlər sɛl ðət kʊd pil ɔf, əˈtæʧ tɪ əˈdhisɪv, ənd stɪk tɪ ˈvərʧuəli ˈɛni ˈsərfəs? bɪˈkəz kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈsoʊlər sɛlz ər ˌmænjəˈfækʧərd ɔn glæs ər ˈsɪləkən ˈweɪfərz, ðeɪ ər ˈrɪʤɪd, ˈhɛvi, ənd kwaɪt ˈlɪmɪtɪd ɪn haʊ ənd wɛr ðeɪ kən bi juzd. ˈplæstɪk ər ˈpeɪpər wʊd bi fɑr mɔr ˈflɛksəbəl, bət ɪt ˈkænɑt wɪθˈstænd ðə haɪ ˈtɛmpərəʧərz ənd ˈkɛmɪkəlz rikˈwaɪərd fər ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən. nu tɛkˈnik lɛts ˈjuˈɛs trit ðə ˈsoʊlər sɛlz laɪk ə pizza,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnz zɛŋ. ju beɪk ˈpitsə, ju juz ə ˈmɛtəl pæn ðət kən ˈtɑlərˌeɪt haɪ ˈtɛmpərəʧərz. bət wɪn taɪm tɪ dɪˈstrɪbjut ðə ˈpitsə ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkli, pleɪst ɪn ə ˈpeɪpər bɑks." ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ hər ˈstudənts, zɛŋ sɛt aʊt tɪ ˈfæbrəˌkeɪt ˈsoʊlər sɛlz ɔn ə ˈsɪləˌkoʊn ər glæs ˈsərfəs ɛz ˈjuʒəwəl, bət ʃi ˌɪnˈsərtɪd ə məˈtælɪk leɪər bɪtˈwin ðə sɛl ənd ðə ˈsərfəs. ˈæftər səm traɪəl ənd ˈɛrər, ðə tim wɑz ˈfaɪnəli ˈeɪbəl tɪ pil əˈweɪ ðə məˈtælɪk leɪər frəm ðə ˈsərfəs ˈæftər ˈsoʊkɪŋ ðə hoʊl ˈstrəkʧər ɪn ˈwɔtər fər ʤɪst ə fju ˈsɛkəndz. ðə rɪˈzəlt wɑz ən ˈæktɪv ˈsoʊlər sɛl ðət ɪz ˈoʊnli ə ˈkəpəl əv ˈmaɪˌkrɑnz ðə ˈθɪknəs əv ˈplæstɪk ræp, zɛŋ sɪz. ɪkˈstrimli ˈflɛksəbəl, soʊ ɪt kən bi əˈtæʧt tɪ ˈɛni bæk əv ə ˈmoʊbəl foʊn, ə ˈskaɪˌlaɪt, ə wɔl, ə kərvd column.”*.” ðə ˈskɪni, sɛlz kən ˈproʊdus ðə seɪm əˈmaʊnt əv ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ɛz ˈrɪʤɪd wənz, ənd ðeɪ ˈɔfər kɔst ˈbɛnəfɪts ɛz wɛl, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ zɛŋ. ˈsɪləkən ˈweɪfərz kəm θru ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs klin ənd shiny,”*,” ʃi sɪz. ʤɪst laɪk ə ˈpitsə pæn, ðeɪ kən bi juzd əˈgɛn ənd əˈgɛn, wɪʧ ˈtrænsˌleɪts tɪ savings.”*.” ənd bɪˈkəz ðə ˈsoʊlər ˈstɪkərz ər ˈlaɪtər ðən kənˈvɛnʃənəl ˈpænəlz, ðeɪ wɪl bi ˈiziər ənd lɛs ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ ˌɪnˈstɔl. ðə ˈstɪkərz maɪt bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɪˈdus ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ kɔsts tu, zɛŋ sɪz. ɪn trəˈdɪʃənəl pərˈdəkʃən, ðə faʊnˈdeɪʃən məˈtɪriəlz əˈkaʊnt fər 25 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə kɔst. ðə nu ˈmɛθəd wɪl ɪˈneɪbəl ðət beɪs leɪər tɪ bi riˈmuvd ər ˌriˈpleɪst wɪθ ə ˈʧipər məˈtɪriəl. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ðə ˈwɪndoʊz əv ə ˈbɪldɪŋ prəˈvaɪd ə beɪs leɪər, soʊ ɔl ˈnidɪd ɪz ðə ˈsoʊlər sɛl ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ə sɛl ðət kʊd ˈsɪmpli bi pild ənd əˈplaɪd ɪˈneɪbəlz ðət ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl ˈʃɔrtˌkət. zɛŋ prɪˈdɪkts ˈsoʊlər sɛlz kʊd wən deɪ ˈpeɪpər ðə saɪdz əv ˈbɪldɪŋz, ˈkəvər ˈsaɪdˌwɔks tɪ laɪt ˈwɔkˌweɪz, ˈɛnərˌʤaɪz hoʊm sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɪstəmz, ənd hɛlp paʊər ˈsoʊlər kɑz ər pleɪnz. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈjuzɪz, ʃi ɛnˈvɪʒənz biɪŋ ˈeɪbəl tɪ stɑp æt jʊr ˈkɔrnər stɔr tɪ pɪk əp ə pæk əv ˈsoʊlər sɛlz ðə weɪ ju baɪ ˈbætəriz təˈdeɪ. tɪ hɛlp ˈriəˌlaɪz ðoʊz ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz, tim wɔnts tɪ tɛst ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɪθ mɔr ɪˈfɪʃənt sɛlz ðən ðə wənz juzd fər ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈbreɪkθˌru. "ɑr sɛlz wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ bi ˈlɑrʤər, ɪkˈspændɪŋ frəm ðɛr ˈkɑrənt ˈsɛntəˌmitər saɪz tɪ ə skwɛr fʊt ər ˈivɪn skwɛr ˈmitər," zɛŋ sɪz. nu ɪkˈwɪpmənt wɪl bi ˈnidɪd, tu, fər ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət ðə ˈrisərʧərz kənˈdəktəd baɪ hænd ɪn ðə læb. hər ˈrisərʧ grup ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈɪntu haʊ ˈsoʊlər ˈɛnərʤi kʊd bi juzd tɪ splɪt ˈwɔtər ˈætəmz, prəˈdusɪŋ ˈhaɪdrəʤən ənd prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ə pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈʧipər, mɔr ɪˈfɪʃənt weɪ tɪ fjuəl ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ frəm ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən tɪ hoʊm ˈhitɪŋ. scientists,”*,” ʃi sɪz, fil ɪt ɪz proʊˈfaʊndli ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ juz ɑr wərk tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðə wərld. fər ðə fˈjuʧər əv ɑr ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt, wi nid tɪ ədˈvæns riˈnuəbəl ˈɛnərʤi ˈrəðər ðən ˈhɛvəli riˈlaɪɪŋ ɔn ˈfɑsəl fjuəlz tɪ mit groʊɪŋ dɪˈmænd. ˈsoʊlər paʊər həz ˈɔlˌweɪz bɪn maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt bɪˈkəz ˈsənˌʃaɪn ɪz soʊ klin, əˈbəndənt, ənd həz fjuər ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz ɔn wɛr ɪt kən bi used.”*.” ɪgˈzæktli haʊ hər aɪˈdiə wɪl ɪˈvɑlv frəm ə læb tɪ ðə ril wərld ɪz nɑt jɛt noʊn. naʊ ðət ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi həz bɪn ˈtɛstɪd ənd ˈpruvən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪts ə ˈtɛstəmənt tɪ ˈvælju ɪn pərˈsuɪŋ ə ˈsimɪŋli aʊˈtlændɪʃ ˈnoʊʃən. həz ˈkreɪzi aɪˈdiəz əˈbaʊt səm ˌdɪˈskəvri ðət kʊd ʧeɪnʤ ðə world,”*,” zɛŋ sɪz. "ðoʊz if’*’ kˈwɛsʧənz ər ˈɔlˌweɪz ɪn ðə bæk əv jʊr maɪnd. ju ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔlˌweɪz kip jʊr aɪ ɔn ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈimərʤɪŋ tɛkˈnɑləʤiz. wɪn ðoʊz tu wərldz ˈhæpən tɪ kəˈnɛkt, great.”*.”
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as a valued friend of the giants you can access 4 x free tickets to the giants match at spotless stadium this saturday in sydney olympic park.
the match details are below:
when match time saturday, 30 april giants v hawthorn
to register for your tickets simply follow the steps below and see you at the game!
1. to redeem your free family pass within general admission, click here
2. to your existing giants account or register for a new account. note, you must create an account before entering the promo code password at step 4.
3. select “find tickets” next to your match
4. type the password “neversurrender” when prompted to enter a promo code (no spaces, all capitals)
5. select your number of tickets (max 4 per person) and click “continue”
6. review your order and click “add to cart”
7. if you already have a giants account, simply log in using your email and password. otherwise click on “create an account” and enter in the details requested
8. select your delivery option tickets only) and click “checkout”
9. agree with the terms of use and select “submit order”
10. select “print tickets” and scan in at the gate on game day
for any questions, please contact or call 1300 giants (1300 442 687) during business hours only. tickets are strictly subject to capacity so get in early to avoid missing out.
see you at the game!
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ɛz ə ˈvæljud frɛnd əv ðə ʤaɪənts ju kən ˈækˌsɛs 4 ɛks fri ˈtɪkɪts tɪ ðə ʤaɪənts mæʧ æt ˈspɑtləs ˈsteɪdiəm ðɪs ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ ɪn ˈsɪdni oʊˈlɪmpɪk pɑrk. ðə mæʧ ˈditeɪlz ər bɪˈloʊ: wɪn mæʧ taɪm ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, 30 ˈeɪprəl ʤaɪənts vi ˈhɔˌθɔrn tɪ ˈrɛʤɪstər fər jʊr ˈtɪkɪts ˈsɪmpli ˈfɑloʊ ðə stɛps bɪˈloʊ ənd si ju æt ðə geɪm! 1 tɪ rɪˈdim jʊr fri ˈfæməli pæs wɪˈθɪn ˈʤɛnərəl ədˈmɪʃən, klɪk hir 2 tɪ jʊr ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ʤaɪənts əˈkaʊnt ər ˈrɛʤɪstər fər ə nu əˈkaʊnt. noʊt, ju məst kriˈeɪt ən əˈkaʊnt ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɛnərɪŋ ðə ˈproʊˌmoʊ koʊd ˈpæsˌwərd æt stɛp 4 3 səˈlɛkt tickets”*” nɛkst tɪ jʊr mæʧ 4 taɪp ðə ˈpæsˌwərd ““neversurrender”*” wɪn ˈprɑmptɪd tɪ ˈɛnər ə ˈproʊˌmoʊ koʊd (noʊ ˈspeɪsɪz, ɔl ˈkæpɪtəlz) 5 səˈlɛkt jʊr ˈnəmbər əv ˈtɪkɪts (mæks 4 pər ˈpərsən) ənd klɪk ““continue”*” 6 ˌrivˈju jʊr ˈɔrdər ənd klɪk tɪ cart”*” 7 ɪf ju ɔˈrɛdi hæv ə ʤaɪənts əˈkaʊnt, ˈsɪmpli lɔg ɪn ˈjuzɪŋ jʊr iˈmeɪl ənd ˈpæsˌwərd. ˈəðərˌwaɪz klɪk ɔn ən account”*” ənd ˈɛnər ɪn ðə ˈditeɪlz rɪkˈwɛstɪd 8 səˈlɛkt jʊr dɪˈlɪvəri ˈɔpʃən ˈtɪkɪts ˈoʊnli) ənd klɪk ““checkout”*” 9 əˈgri wɪθ ðə tərmz əv juz ənd səˈlɛkt order”*” 10 səˈlɛkt tickets”*” ənd skæn ɪn æt ðə geɪt ɔn geɪm deɪ fər ˈɛni kˈwɛsʧənz, pliz ˈkɑnˌtækt ər kɔl 1300 ʤaɪənts 1300 442 687 ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈbɪznɪs aʊərz ˈoʊnli. ˈtɪkɪts ər ˈstrɪktli ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ kəˈpæsɪti soʊ gɪt ɪn ˈərli tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈmɪsɪŋ aʊt. si ju æt ðə geɪm!
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russian officials say four suspected members of an illegal armed group were killed by security forces in an operation at an apartment building in st. petersburg.
investigative committee spokesman vladimir markin said the members of russia's federal security service (fsb) went to the apartment on august 17 to apprehend people recently added to a federal wanted list.
the individuals were added to the list for alleged participation with militant groups in the volatile north caucasus region, markin said.
he said the suspects posed resistance to the agents and opened fire but were killed in a shoot-out.
witnesses said gunshots and explosions were heard at the scene.
markin said no civilians or security forces were injured in the incident.
people who were evacuated from the apartment building have been allowed back into their homes.
based on reporting by tass, interfax, and
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ˈrəʃən əˈfɪʃəlz seɪ fɔr səˈspɛktɪd ˈmɛmbərz əv ən ˌɪˈligəl ɑrmd grup wər kɪld baɪ sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ɪn ən ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən æt ən əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn st*. ˈpitərzbərg. ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪv kəˈmɪti ˈspoʊksmən vˈlædəmɪr ˈmɑrkɪn sɛd ðə ˈmɛmbərz əv ˈrəʃəz ˈfɛdərəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsərvɪs (fsb*) wɛnt tɪ ðə əˈpɑrtmənt ɔn ˈɔgəst 17 tɪ ˌæprɪˈhɛnd ˈpipəl ˈrisəntli ˈædɪd tɪ ə ˈfɛdərəl ˈwɔntɪd lɪst. ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəlz wər ˈædɪd tɪ ðə lɪst fər əˈlɛʤd pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən wɪθ ˈmɪlətənt grups ɪn ðə ˈvɑlətəl nɔrθ ˈkɔkəsəs ˈriʤən, ˈmɑrkɪn sɛd. hi sɛd ðə ˈsəˌspɛkts poʊzd rɪˈzɪstəns tɪ ðə ˈeɪʤənts ənd ˈoʊpənd faɪər bət wər kɪld ɪn ə shoot-out*. ˈwɪtnəsɪz sɛd ˈgənˌʃɑts ənd ɪkˈsploʊʒənz wər hərd æt ðə sin. ˈmɑrkɪn sɛd noʊ səˈvɪljənz ər sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz wər ˈɪnʤərd ɪn ðə ˈɪnsədənt. ˈpipəl hu wər ɪˈvækjəˌweɪtɪd frəm ðə əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ hæv bɪn əˈlaʊd bæk ˈɪntu ðɛr hoʊmz. beɪst ɔn rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ baɪ tæs, ˈɪntərˌfæks, ənd
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8 september, 2016.
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with the finals starting this week, clubs across the country have switched on damage control with many clubs bringing in a flat out alcohol ban on all players to avoid any controversies in the most important fixtures of the year.
however, in the deep north, city council have reinstated their annual amnesty for all north queensland cowboy who find themselves on the wrong side of either the law or public opinion.
“the last thing we want is to lose a player for six rounds like the roosters lost pearce,” said mayor, jenny hill.
“so asked all local media, police and to please not report anything that might hinder our boys in their quest for premierships,”
“it worked for us last year, and fingers crossed it will work again. we could have lost most of the side to that integrity unit in if the got a whiff of half the shit our boys got up to in
with the news that five north queensland cowboys players have been charged after allegedly egging cars in it appears that the police involved have been stood down indefinitely without pay.
the players were in a car stopped by police for a random breath test before midnight on wednesday when an unknown person accused them of throwing eggs.
after the were officially charged in a disgusting display of disrespect and flat out idiocy both the local police, local council and north queensland club executives have ask police to relocate the police officer in question as soon as possible.
“it’s disgusting,” jenny hill says.
“he must be new up here. we have an amnesty for our boys and he should have known that”.
the only exception to the amnesty is in regards to who are likely to represent in the state of origin series.
“in the case of getting pinched for drink driving a few years back, we can all agree that was a fair exception,”
“we spoke to the club beforehand and came to the conclusion that they would be able to continue the season without him. while we do have the support of the local cops, journalists should consult council before reporting on anything that could affect the line up,” said hill, while dressed in cowboys merchandise.
with the season back in full swing, it is a matter of time until young rugby league players from low backgrounds begin making headlines for doing things that might be considered a “bit grubby” in public places.
“yeah, anything short of domestic violence is gonna be overlooked,” said local police chief, ben katter. his comments were met with a roaring reception from the local residents in attendance.
“if they like it down south, they can get fucked. for too long our club was overlooked due to and we going to end this streak any time soon,”
“fuck the southerners. the north will rise again,”
the council meeting was called to end shortly after the amnesty was in by a vast majority of the citizens that were present, this was followed by a stirring rendition of lee boys from the bush by lord mayor, hill.
see also: man accused of being a cop after wearing shoes to the pub
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8 sɛpˈtɛmbər, 2016 ˈklænsi ˈɛdɪtər ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ðə ˈfaɪnəlz ˈstɑrtɪŋ ðɪs wik, kləbz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri hæv swɪʧt ɔn ˈdæmɪʤ kənˈtroʊl wɪθ ˈmɛni kləbz ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ɪn ə flæt aʊt ˈælkəˌhɑl bæn ɔn ɔl pleɪərz tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈɛni ˈkɑntrəˌvərsiz ɪn ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈfɪksʧərz əv ðə jɪr. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪn ðə dip nɔrθ, ˈsɪti ˈkaʊnsəl hæv ˌriɪnˈsteɪtɪd ðɛr ˈænjuəl ˈæmnəsti fər ɔl nɔrθ kˈwinzˌlænd ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ hu faɪnd ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɔn ðə rɔŋ saɪd əv ˈiðər ðə lɔ ər ˈpəblɪk əˈpɪnjən. læst θɪŋ wi wɔnt ɪz tɪ luz ə pleɪər fər sɪks raʊnz laɪk ðə ˈrustərz lɔst pearce,”*,” sɛd meɪər, ˈʤɛni hɪl. æst ɔl ˈloʊkəl ˈmidiə, pəˈlis ənd tɪ pliz nɑt rɪˈpɔrt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət maɪt ˈhɪndər ɑr bɔɪz ɪn ðɛr kwɛst fər premierships,”*,” wərkt fər ˈjuˈɛs læst jɪr, ənd ˈfɪŋgərz krɔst ɪt wɪl wərk əˈgɛn. wi kʊd hæv lɔst moʊst əv ðə saɪd tɪ ðət ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti ˈjunɪt ɪn ɪf ðə gɑt ə wɪf əv hæf ðə ʃɪt ɑr bɔɪz gɑt əp tɪ ɪn wɪθ ðə nuz ðət faɪv nɔrθ kˈwinzˌlænd ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz pleɪərz hæv bɪn ʧɑrʤd ˈæftər əˈlɛʤədli ˈɛgɪŋ kɑz ɪn ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ðə pəˈlis ˌɪnˈvɑlvd hæv bɪn stʊd daʊn ˌɪnˈdɛfənətli wɪˈθaʊt peɪ. ðə pleɪərz wər ɪn ə kɑr stɑpt baɪ pəˈlis fər ə ˈrændəm brɛθ tɛst ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmɪdˌnaɪt ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ wɪn ən ənˈnoʊn ˈpərsən əˈkjuzd ðɛm əv θroʊɪŋ ɛgz. ˈæftər ðə wər əˈfɪʃəli ʧɑrʤd ɪn ə dɪsˈgəstɪŋ dɪˈspleɪ əv ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛkt ənd flæt aʊt ˈɪdiəsi boʊθ ðə ˈloʊkəl pəˈlis, ˈloʊkəl ˈkaʊnsəl ənd nɔrθ kˈwinzˌlænd kləb ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz hæv æsk pəˈlis tɪ ˌriˈloʊkeɪt ðə pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər ɪn kˈwɛʃən ɛz sun ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. disgusting,”*,” ˈʤɛni hɪl sɪz. məst bi nu əp hir. wi hæv ən ˈæmnəsti fər ɑr bɔɪz ənd hi ʃʊd hæv noʊn that”*”. ðə ˈoʊnli ɪkˈsɛpʃən tɪ ðə ˈæmnəsti ɪz ɪn rɪˈgɑrdz tɪ hu ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ɪn ðə steɪt əv ˈɔrəʤən ˈsɪriz. ðə keɪs əv ˈgɪtɪŋ pɪnʧt fər drɪŋk ˈdraɪvɪŋ ə fju jɪrz bæk, wi kən ɔl əˈgri ðət wɑz ə fɛr exception,”*,” spoʊk tɪ ðə kləb bɪˈfɔˌrhænd ənd keɪm tɪ ðə kənˈkluʒən ðət ðeɪ wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ kənˈtɪnju ðə ˈsizən wɪˈθaʊt ɪm. waɪl wi du hæv ðə səˈpɔrt əv ðə ˈloʊkəl kɑps, ˈʤərnəlɪsts ʃʊd kənˈsəlt ˈkaʊnsəl ˌbiˈfɔr rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ɔn ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət kʊd əˈfɛkt ðə laɪn up,”*,” sɛd hɪl, waɪl drɛst ɪn ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈmərʧənˌdaɪz. wɪθ ðə ˈsizən bæk ɪn fʊl swɪŋ, ɪt ɪz ə ˈmætər əv taɪm ənˈtɪl jəŋ ˈrəgbi lig pleɪərz frəm loʊ ˈbækˌgraʊndz bɪˈgɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈhɛˌdlaɪnz fər duɪŋ θɪŋz ðət maɪt bi kənˈsɪdərd ə grubby”*” ɪn ˈpəblɪk ˈpleɪsɪz. ““yeah*, ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ʃɔrt əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns ɪz ˈgɑnə bi overlooked,”*,” sɛd ˈloʊkəl pəˈlis ʧif, bɛn katter*. hɪz ˈkɑmɛnts wər mɛt wɪθ ə ˈrɔrɪŋ rɪˈsɛpʃən frəm ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈrɛzɪdənts ɪn əˈtɛndəns. ðeɪ laɪk ɪt daʊn saʊθ, ðeɪ kən gɪt fəkt. fər tu lɔŋ ɑr kləb wɑz ˈoʊvərˌlʊkt du tɪ ənd wi goʊɪŋ tɪ ɛnd ðɪs strik ˈɛni taɪm soon,”*,” ðə ˈsəðərnərz. ðə nɔrθ wɪl raɪz again,”*,” ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ˈmitɪŋ wɑz kɔld tɪ ɛnd ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər ðə ˈæmnəsti wɑz ɪn baɪ ə væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ˈsɪtɪzənz ðət wər ˈprɛzənt, ðɪs wɑz ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ə stərɪŋ rɛnˈdɪʃən əv li bɔɪz frəm ðə bʊʃ baɪ lɔrd meɪər, hɪl. si ˈɔlsoʊ: mæn əˈkjuzd əv biɪŋ ə kɑp ˈæftər ˈwɛrɪŋ ʃuz tɪ ðə pəb
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minneapolis -- since the beginning of this year, 22 states and the district of columbia have introduced bills that would assess an excise tax on electronic cigarettes and nicotine liquid solutions used ins. with some state legislatures already adjourned and other states moving closer to adjournment for the year, the picture on taxes is becoming clearer.
what is interesting is not just the fact that so many states are considering taxes, but also the different methods being proposed to taxs. so far, bills in eight states to taxs have either been defeated or died due to adjournment of the legislature.
these eight states and the proposed tax rates that failed include the following:
arizona: 18 cents per milliliter of nicotine solution.
arkansas: cents per milliliter of nicotine solution.
indiana: 24% of the wholesale price.
kentucky: 40% of the wholesale price.
montana: cents per milligram of nicotine solution.
nevada: 30% of the wholesale price.
new mexico: 4 cents per milligram of nicotine solution.
virginia: 18 cents and 40 cents per milliliter of nicotine solution.
the other legislatures with tax bills still pending include the following states:
alabama: 25 of nicotine solution.
hawaii: 70% of the wholesale price.
maine: cigarette tax rate of $2.00.
massachusetts: cigarette tax rate of $3.51.
minnesota: 30 cents per milliliter of nicotine solution.
new hampshire:% of the wholesale price.
new jersey: 75% of the wholesale price.
new york: 75% of the wholesale price.
north carolina: 3 cents per milliliter of nicotine solution.
ohio: 60% of the wholesale price.
oregon:% of the wholesale price.
rhode island: 80% of the wholesale price.
vermont: 46% of the wholesale price.
washington: 60% of the retail price.
washington d.c.: 70% of the wholesale price.
for those state legislatures that have not passed an tax bill, there are several key reasons for not enacting such a tax. first, there is uncertainty as to hows and nicotine liquid should be taxed. that uncertainty is reflected in the five different tax methods proposed under these bills including an rate, a rate, a rate, a cigarette tax rate, and a percent of the retail price. second, taxes will not generate a significant amount of tax revenue. third, some lawmakers do not want to use tax policy that would discourage people from transitioning tos.
the tax landscape on taxes will become clearer as additional states wind up their 2015 state legislative sessions in the next several months.
during january of this year, bills have been introduced in eight state legislatures to assess a tax on electronic cigarettes or the nicotine liquid solution used ins. these proposed tax bills include the following:
arkansas: house bill 1156 would assess a tax of cents per milliliter of nicotine liquid solution.
indiana: senate bill 384 would tax vapor products at a rate of .83 cents per milligram of nicotine in each milliliter of nicotine liquid solution.
nevada: senate bill 79 assesses a tax on nicotine liquid solution at the rate of 30% of the wholesale price.
new mexico: senate bill 65 taxes a tax of four cents per milligram of liquid nicotine liquid solution in an electronic cigarette.
new york: assembly bill 296 and senate bill 722 tax electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette cartridges at a rate of 75% of the wholesale price.
oregon: two bills, and, would expand the definition of tobacco product for purposes of taxation to include electronic cigarettes and nicotine liquid solution in order to
apply the tobacco tax rate of 65% of the wholesale price.
virginia: house bill 1310 imposes a tax on electronic cigarettes and other vapor products at a rate of 40 cents per milliliter of nicotine liquid solution.
washington: house bill 1645 and senate bill 5573 would impose a tax on electronic vapor products at a rate of 95% of the taxable sales price.
with many state legislative sessions just beginning this month, plus four state legislatures that open their 2015 legislative sessions in the next month or two, there could be bills introduced in other states to propose a tax on electronic cigarettes or the nicotine liquid solution used ins.
currently, only minnesota and north carolina tax the sale ofs with minnesota assessing a tax rate of 95% of the wholesale price and north carolina assessing a tax rate of five cents per milliliter of liquid nicotine solution.
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ˌmɪniˈæpəlɪs sɪns ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ðɪs jɪr, 22 steɪts ənd ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv kəˈləmbiə hæv ˌɪntrəˈdust bɪlz ðət wʊd əˈsɛs ən ˈɛksaɪz tæks ɔn ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ənd ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃənz juzd ɪn. wɪθ səm steɪt ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz ɔˈrɛdi əˈʤərnd ənd ˈəðər steɪts ˈmuvɪŋ ˈkloʊzər tɪ əˈʤərnmənt fər ðə jɪr, ðə ˈpɪkʧər ɔn ˈtæksɪz ɪz bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˈklɪrər. wət ɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ɪz nɑt ʤɪst ðə fækt ðət soʊ ˈmɛni steɪts ər kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ˈtæksɪz, bət ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈdɪfərənt ˈmɛθədz biɪŋ prəˈpoʊzd tɪ tæks. soʊ fɑr, bɪlz ɪn eɪt steɪts tɪ tæks hæv ˈiðər bɪn dɪˈfitɪd ər daɪd du tɪ əˈʤərnmənt əv ðə ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪʧər. ðiz eɪt steɪts ənd ðə prəˈpoʊzd tæks reɪts ðət feɪld ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ: ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə: 18 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. ˈɑrkənˌsɑ: sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. ˌɪndiˈænə: 24 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. kənˈtəki: 40 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. mɑnˈtænə: sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌgræm əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. nəˈvɑdə: 30 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ: 4 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌgræm əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. vərˈʤɪnjə: 18 sɛnts ənd 40 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. ðə ˈəðər ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz wɪθ tæks bɪlz stɪl ˈpɛndɪŋ ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ steɪts: ˌæləˈbæmə: 25 əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. həˈwaɪˌi: 70 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. meɪn: ˌsɪgəˈrɛt tæks reɪt əv ˌmæsəˈʧusəts: ˌsɪgəˈrɛt tæks reɪt əv ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə: 30 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. nu ˈhæmʃər: əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. nu ˈʤərzi: 75 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. nu jɔrk: 75 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə: 3 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən. oʊˈhaɪoʊ: 60 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. ˈɔrəˌgɑn: əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. roʊd ˈaɪlənd: 80 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. vərˈmɑnt: 46 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən: 60 əv ðə ˈriˌteɪl praɪs. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən d.c*.: 70 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. fər ðoʊz steɪt ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz ðət hæv nɑt pæst ən tæks bɪl, ðɛr ər ˈsɛvərəl ki ˈrizənz fər nɑt ɛˈnæktɪŋ səʧ ə tæks. fərst, ðɛr ɪz ənˈsərtənti ɛz tɪ haʊ ənd ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd ʃʊd bi tækst. ðət ənˈsərtənti ɪz rɪˈflɛktɪd ɪn ðə faɪv ˈdɪfərənt tæks ˈmɛθədz prəˈpoʊzd ˈəndər ðiz bɪlz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ən reɪt, ə reɪt, ə reɪt, ə ˌsɪgəˈrɛt tæks reɪt, ənd ə pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ˈriˌteɪl praɪs. ˈsɛkənd, ˈtæksɪz wɪl nɑt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt əˈmaʊnt əv tæks ˈrɛvəˌnu. θərd, səm ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz du nɑt wɔnt tɪ juz tæks ˈpɑləsi ðət wʊd dɪˈskərɪʤ ˈpipəl frəm trænˈzɪʃənɪŋ tɪ. ðə tæks ˈlænˌskeɪp ɔn ˈtæksɪz wɪl bɪˈkəm ˈklɪrər ɛz əˈdɪʃənəl steɪts wɪnd əp ðɛr 2015 steɪt ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈsɛʃənz ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈsɛvərəl mənθs. ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈʤænjuˌɛri əv ðɪs jɪr, bɪlz hæv bɪn ˌɪntrəˈdust ɪn eɪt steɪt ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz tɪ əˈsɛs ə tæks ɔn ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ər ðə ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən juzd ɪn. ðiz prəˈpoʊzd tæks bɪlz ˌɪnˈklud ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ: ˈɑrkənˌsɑ: haʊs bɪl 1156 wʊd əˈsɛs ə tæks əv sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən. ˌɪndiˈænə: ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 384 wʊd tæks ˈveɪpər ˈprɑdəkts æt ə reɪt əv 83 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌgræm əv ˈnɪkəˌtin ɪn iʧ ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən. nəˈvɑdə: ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 79 əˈsɛsɪz ə tæks ɔn ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən æt ðə reɪt əv 30 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ: ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 65 ˈtæksɪz ə tæks əv fɔr sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌgræm əv ˈlɪkwɪd ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən ɪn ən ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛt. nu jɔrk: əˈsɛmbli bɪl 296 ənd ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 722 tæks ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ənd ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ˈkɑrtrəʤəz æt ə reɪt əv 75 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. ˈɔrəˌgɑn: tu bɪlz, ənd wʊd ɪkˈspænd ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv təˈbæˌkoʊ ˈprɑdəkt fər ˈpərpəsɪz əv tækˈseɪʃən tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ənd ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈplaɪ ðə təˈbæˌkoʊ tæks reɪt əv 65 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs. vərˈʤɪnjə: haʊs bɪl 1310 ˌɪmˈpoʊzɪz ə tæks ɔn ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ənd ˈəðər ˈveɪpər ˈprɑdəkts æt ə reɪt əv 40 sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən. ˈwɔʃɪŋtən: haʊs bɪl 1645 ənd ˈsɛnɪt bɪl 5573 wʊd ˌɪmˈpoʊz ə tæks ɔn ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˈveɪpər ˈprɑdəkts æt ə reɪt əv 95 əv ðə ˈtæksəbəl seɪlz praɪs. wɪθ ˈmɛni steɪt ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈsɛʃənz ʤɪst bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ðɪs mənθ, pləs fɔr steɪt ˈlɛʤɪsˌleɪʧərz ðət ˈoʊpən ðɛr 2015 ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtɪv ˈsɛʃənz ɪn ðə nɛkst mənθ ər tu, ðɛr kʊd bi bɪlz ˌɪntrəˈdust ɪn ˈəðər steɪts tɪ prəˈpoʊz ə tæks ɔn ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk ˌsɪgəˈrɛts ər ðə ˈnɪkəˌtin ˈlɪkwɪd səˈluʃən juzd ɪn. ˈkərəntli, ˈoʊnli ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə ənd nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə tæks ðə seɪl əv wɪθ ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə əˈsɛsɪŋ ə tæks reɪt əv 95 əv ðə ˈhoʊlˌseɪl praɪs ənd nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə əˈsɛsɪŋ ə tæks reɪt əv faɪv sɛnts pər ˈmɪləˌlitər əv ˈlɪkwɪd ˈnɪkəˌtin səˈluʃən.
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ˈɑrmər jʊr məˈʃin priˈpɛr ˈjɔrsɛlf wɛl tɪ ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðə ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv wərld əv ˈvərʧuəl ˌriˈæləˌti. ˌbiˈfɔr ðət, ju hæv tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪz kˈwɑləˌfaɪd, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr, ˈsɔfˌwɛr ənd ˈdraɪvərz. ɪz ðə ki tɪ kəˈnɛkt ˈɛvəri ˈkrɪtɪkəl kəmˈpoʊnənts ənd ˈrɛdi ər ˈdɛfənətli ðə wən jʊr ˈlʊkɪŋ fər. ðə ˈprimiəm kˈwɑləˌfaɪ ɪz əˈʃʊrd baɪ ˈrɪgərəs ˈtɛstɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ dɪˈvɛləpmənt. ðə ˈstərdi kəmˈpoʊnənts ənd pərˈfɔrməns meɪks ju kəmˈplitli ɪn ðə sɪˈnɛrioʊ. ˈjuzərz kən bi əˈʃʊrd tɪ ɪkˈspɪriəns ɛnˈʤɔɪmənts wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛni kəmˌpætəˈbɪləˌti ˈprɑbləmz. ˈtrɪpəl ˈmɑnətər paʊər ɪlˈnɑ ˈɑdiˌoʊ kæps lɪv ˈəpˌdeɪt æp ʃɑp ˈgræfɪks, ˈgræfɪks ənd ˈivɪn mɔr ˈgræfɪks! juv dɪˈmændɪd fər mɔr aɪ ˈkændi, soʊ ðɪs səˈpɔrts ˈtrɪpəl ˈmɑnətər. ju meɪ ʧuz əp tɪ θri dɪˈspleɪ ˈɪnərˌfeɪsɪz frəm ðə rɪr tɪ kəˈnɛkt ˈmɑnətərz ənd juz ðɛm ˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli wɪˈθaʊt ˌɪnˈstɔlɪŋ əˈnəðər ˈgræfɪks wɪθ trəˈdɪʃənəl ðət juz ˈænəˌlɔg paʊər, ðɪs ˈjuzɪz ə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˌmɑʤəˈleɪʃən) dɪˈzaɪn, wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ˈvoʊltɪʤ mɔr ɪˈfɪʃəntli ənd sˈmuðli, soʊ ðət ðə stəˈbɪlɪti ənd ˈlaɪfˌspæn əv ðə ɪz ˈgreɪtli sɪz haɪ kˈwɑləti ˈɑdiˌoʊ ɪz ˈoʊnli əˈveɪləbəl ɔn haɪɛnd? əˈplaɪd ɪlˈnɑ ˈɑdiˌoʊ kəˈpæsɪtərz ɔn ˈmeɪnˌstrim ənd! kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈsɑləd kæps, ðə ˈlikɪʤ ˈkɑrənt əv ɪlˈnɑ ˈɑdiˌoʊ kæps ɪz ˈmɪrli 3ua*. ðɪs ɪz ðə ki tɪ rɪˈdus nɔɪz ˈlɛvəl sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ənd ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ ˈivɪn ðə ɪz ˈməlti ˈpərpəs ˈsɔfˌwɛr swit wɪθ ə nu ˈɪnərˌfeɪs, mɔr nu ˈfiʧərz ənd ˌɪmˈpruvd lɪv ˈəpˌdeɪt æp ʃɑp ɪz dɪˈzaɪnd fər jʊr kənˈvinjəns. wi prəˈvaɪd ˈvɛriəs æps ənd səˈpɔrt ˈsɔfˌwɛr fər ˈjuzərz tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd. ju kən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈizəli ˈɑptɪˌmaɪz jʊr ˈsɪstəm ənd kip jʊr əp tɪ deɪt wɪθ lɪv ˈəpˌdeɪt æp ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ɪz ˈsəbʤɪkt tɪ ʧeɪnʤ wɪˈθaʊt ˈnoʊtɪs ɪn ədˈvæns. ðə brænd ənd ˈprɑdəkt neɪmz ər ˈtreɪdˌmɑrks əv ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv ˈkəmpəˌniz. ˈɛni kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃən ˈəðər ðən ərˈɪʤənəl ˈprɑdəkt ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ɪz nɑt əˈbəv ˈjuzər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ˈpɪkʧər ɪz ə ˈsæmpəl fər ˈrɛfərəns. ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈjuzər ˈɪnərˌfeɪs meɪ ˈvɛri wɪθ ðə ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ˈsɔfˌwɛr ˈvərʒən.
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london, oct. 21 -- british atheists announced tuesday a high-profile advertising campaign to put posters on london buses that say: "there is probably no god. now stop worrying and enjoy your life."
by tuesday night, as many as donors had given about $80,000 on a web site set up to take contributions to fund the ads. the money arrived along with messages that ranged from witty to nasty, summed up by one from a donor who gave 25 pounds ($42): for the non-believers!"
"we wanted it to be a positive message," said stinson, chief executive of the british humanist association, which plans to advertise on buses starting in january. "it's about telling people that it's okay if you don't believe in god. if it raises a smile, too, good."
while the vast majority of britons identify themselves as christians, only a small percentage attend services regularly. atheism is far more popular, and socially and politically accepted, in britain than in the united states.
many people who do not believe in god call themselves humanists or secularists. the british parliament has an active and growing group of legislators who describe themselves as humanists.
one of the world's most outspoken and provocative advocates of atheism, oxford university prof. richard dawkins, author of "the god delusion," is a member of the humanist association and pledged to personally match donations up to pounds (about $9,300), stinson said.
"this campaign to put alternative slogans on london buses will make people think -- and thinking is anathema to religion," dawkins is quoted as saying on the web site.
the church of england issued a statement tuesday defending the humanists' right to express their views but disagreeing with their message. "christian belief is not about worrying or not enjoying life," it said. "quite the opposite: our faith us to put this life into a proper perspective. seven in ten people in this country describe themselves as christian and know the joy that faith can bring."
in an interview, stinson said the initial goal was to raise pounds, enough to put advertising on the sides of 30 of london's buses" for four weeks. but the web site was swamped with donors.
one person pledged 10 pounds and left the comment, "spread the word, and consign this superstitious nonsense to the dustbin of history! america, are you listening?"
another donated 5 pounds and said, "marvelous. sorry it's just a -- i'm between jobs at the moment."
stinson said she was surprised by the outpouring: "it says something about the very loud voice that religion has in our society. people want something to balance that off." the campaign's unexpected success could mean it will be expanded to include posters inside buses or in the london subway.
a spokesman for transport for london, which operates city buses, said buses have carried ads for religious groups, but never ads promoting atheism. he said the humanists had not yet formally submitted an ad request.
the ads are "not intended as an attack" on anyone's faith, stinson said. in her view, they do not encourage people to become atheists, but rather are meant to offer support to "people who already do not believe in god."
the idea for an atheist ad campaign first surfaced in june, as a suggestion by television comedy writer and journalist ariane in a column in the online version of the guardian newspaper. noted that ads running on the london buses at the time directed people to a web site that declared that those who do not believe in god will spend "all eternity in torment in hell."
the humanist association agreed to take on the project. the bus ads are designed to tell atheists that they will not burn forever in the "lake of fire" described on the religious web site, stinson said. "it's about reassurance."
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ˈləndən, ɔkt. 21 ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈeɪθiəsts əˈnaʊnst ˈtuzˌdeɪ ə ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ kæmˈpeɪn tɪ pʊt ˈpoʊstərz ɔn ˈləndən ˈbəsɪz ðət seɪ: "ðɛr ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli noʊ gɑd. naʊ stɑp ˈwəriɪŋ ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ jʊr laɪf." baɪ ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt, ɛz ˈmɛni ɛz ˈdoʊnərz hæd ˈgɪvɪn əˈbaʊt ɔn ə wɛb saɪt sɛt əp tɪ teɪk ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz tɪ fənd ðə ædz. ðə ˈməni əraɪvd əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ðət reɪnʤd frəm ˈwɪti tɪ ˈnæsti, səmd əp baɪ wən frəm ə ˈdoʊnər hu geɪv 25 paʊnz 42 fər ðə ˌnɑnbɪˈlivərz!" "wi ˈwɔntɪd ɪt tɪ bi ə ˈpɑzətɪv ˈmɛsɪʤ," sɛd ˈstɪnsən, ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv əv ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈhjumənɪst əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən, wɪʧ plænz tɪ ˈædvərˌtaɪz ɔn ˈbəsɪz ˈstɑrtɪŋ ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri. "ɪts əˈbaʊt ˈtɛlɪŋ ˈpipəl ðət ɪts ˌoʊˈkeɪ ɪf ju doʊnt bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd. ɪf ɪt ˈreɪzɪz ə smaɪl, tu, gʊd." waɪl ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈbrɪtənz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz ˈkrɪsʧɪnz, ˈoʊnli ə smɔl pərˈsɛnɪʤ əˈtɛnd ˈsərvɪsɪz ˈrɛgjələrli. ˈeɪθiˌɪzəm ɪz fɑr mɔr ˈpɑpjələr, ənd ˈsoʊʃəli ənd ˈplɪtɪkli ækˈsɛptɪd, ɪn ˈbrɪtən ðən ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hu du nɑt bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd kɔl ðɛmˈsɛlvz ˈhjumənɪsts ər ˈsɛkjələrɪsts. ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈpɑrləmɛnt həz ən ˈæktɪv ənd groʊɪŋ grup əv ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz hu dɪˈskraɪb ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz ˈhjumənɪsts. wən əv ðə wərldz moʊst ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən ənd proʊˈvɑkətɪv ˈædvəˌkeɪts əv ˈeɪθiˌɪzəm, ˈɑksfərd ˌjunəˈvərsəti prof*. ˈrɪʧərd ˈdɔkɪnz, ˈɔθər əv "ðə gɑd dɪˈluʒən," ɪz ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈhjumənɪst əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ənd plɛʤd tɪ ˈpərsənəli mæʧ doʊˈneɪʃənz əp tɪ paʊnz (əˈbaʊt ˈstɪnsən sɛd. "ðɪs kæmˈpeɪn tɪ pʊt ɔlˈtərnətɪv sˈloʊgənz ɔn ˈləndən ˈbəsɪz wɪl meɪk ˈpipəl θɪŋk ənd ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ɪz əˈnæθəmə tɪ rɪˈlɪʤən," ˈdɔkɪnz ɪz kˈwoʊtɪd ɛz seɪɪŋ ɔn ðə wɛb saɪt. ðə ʧərʧ əv ˈɪŋglənd ˈɪʃud ə ˈsteɪtmənt ˈtuzˌdeɪ dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ðə ˈhjumənɪsts' raɪt tɪ ɪkˈsprɛs ðɛr vjuz bət dɪsəˈgriɪŋ wɪθ ðɛr ˈmɛsɪʤ. "ˈkrɪsʧɪn bɪˈlif ɪz nɑt əˈbaʊt ˈwəriɪŋ ər nɑt ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ laɪf," ɪt sɛd. "kwaɪt ðə ˈɑpəzɪt: ɑr feɪθ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ pʊt ðɪs laɪf ˈɪntu ə ˈprɑpər pərˈspɛktɪv. ˈsɛvən ɪn tɛn ˈpipəl ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri dɪˈskraɪb ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz ˈkrɪsʧɪn ənd noʊ ðə ʤɔɪ ðət feɪθ kən brɪŋ." ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju, ˈstɪnsən sɛd ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl goʊl wɑz tɪ reɪz paʊnz, ɪˈnəf tɪ pʊt ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ɔn ðə saɪdz əv 30 əv ˈləndənz ˈbəsɪz" fər fɔr wiks. bət ðə wɛb saɪt wɑz swɔmpt wɪθ ˈdoʊnərz. wən ˈpərsən plɛʤd 10 paʊnz ənd lɛft ðə ˈkɑmɛnt, "sprɛd ðə wərd, ənd kənˈsaɪn ðɪs ˌsupərˈstɪʃəs ˈnɑnsɛns tɪ ðə ˈdəstbɪn əv ˈhɪstəri! əˈmɛrɪkə, ər ju ˈlɪsənɪŋ?" əˈnəðər ˈdoʊˌneɪtɪd 5 paʊnz ənd sɛd, "ˈmɑrvələs. ˈsɑri ɪts ʤɪst ə əm bɪtˈwin ʤɑbz æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt." ˈstɪnsən sɛd ʃi wɑz səˈpraɪzd baɪ ðə ˌaʊtˈpɔrɪŋ: "ɪt sɪz ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈvɛri laʊd vɔɪs ðət rɪˈlɪʤən həz ɪn ɑr soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˈpipəl wɔnt ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ ˈbæləns ðət ɔf." ðə kæmˈpeɪnz ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd səkˈsɛs kʊd min ɪt wɪl bi ɪkˈspændɪd tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˈpoʊstərz ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈbəsɪz ər ɪn ðə ˈləndən ˈsəbˌweɪ. ə ˈspoʊksmən fər ˈtrænspɔrt fər ˈləndən, wɪʧ ˈɑpərˌeɪts ˈsɪti ˈbəsɪz, sɛd ˈbəsɪz hæv ˈkɛrid ædz fər rɪˈlɪʤəs grups, bət ˈnɛvər ædz prəˈmoʊtɪŋ ˈeɪθiˌɪzəm. hi sɛd ðə ˈhjumənɪsts hæd nɑt jɛt ˈfɔrməli səbˈmɪtəd ən æd rɪkˈwɛst. ðə ædz ər "nɑt ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd ɛz ən əˈtæk" ɔn ˈɛniˌwənz feɪθ, ˈstɪnsən sɛd. ɪn hər vju, ðeɪ du nɑt ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈpipəl tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈeɪθiəsts, bət ˈrəðər ər mɛnt tɪ ˈɔfər səˈpɔrt tɪ "ˈpipəl hu ɔˈrɛdi du nɑt bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd." ðə aɪˈdiə fər ən ˈeɪθiəst æd kæmˈpeɪn fərst ˈsərfɪst ɪn ʤun, ɛz ə səˈʤɛsʧən baɪ ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈkɑmədi ˈraɪtər ənd ˈʤərnəlɪst ˌɛriˈæn ɪn ə ˈkɑləm ɪn ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈgɑrdiən ˈnuzˌpeɪpər. ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ædz ˈrənɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈləndən ˈbəsɪz æt ðə taɪm dɪˈrɛktɪd ˈpipəl tɪ ə wɛb saɪt ðət dɪˈklɛrd ðət ðoʊz hu du nɑt bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd wɪl spɛnd "ɔl ɪˈtərnəti ɪn ˈtɔrˌmɛnt ɪn hɛl." ðə ˈhjumənɪst əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən əˈgrid tɪ teɪk ɔn ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ðə bəs ædz ər dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ tɛl ˈeɪθiəsts ðət ðeɪ wɪl nɑt bərn fərˈɛvər ɪn ðə "leɪk əv faɪər" dɪˈskraɪbd ɔn ðə rɪˈlɪʤəs wɛb saɪt, ˈstɪnsən sɛd. "ɪts əˈbaʊt ˌriəˈʃʊrəns."
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what does it mean to be “evangelical”?
what must you believe?
what must you reject?
can you be an evangelical christian and believe…
…in evolution?
…that hell is only temporary?
…that people from other religions can be saved without even knowing it?
…that the atonement is not about wrath being poured out on jesus in our place?
…that scripture is errant?
many evangelicals would say “no” to even these. why, in an attempt to protect the name of, some prominent leaders within have made it their responsibility to publicly denounce those with whom they disagree on issues like these.
to be clear, there is no problem with publicly denouncing ideologies (that is, after all, what this article is doing right now). it is, at times, necessary to publicly call out false teachers. however, one must fully consider whether they promote a different gospel before coming forward with such a bold claim.
but not talking about denouncing ideas or exposing real false teachers. talking about needless schisms and inconsistent, exclusivism.
self-appointed gatekeepers of tear apart what could be a noble, diverse movement of the spirit. these gatekeepers take it upon themselves to pronounce who is “in” and who is “out” of orthodox christianity.
by the standards of these gatekeepers, the definition of “evangelical” is becoming increasingly narrow, so much so that very few fit inside the definition.
so, if we are going to be consistent, time to weed out all of the those who have the most just rob bell, rachel held evans or other christian thinkers who have said something controversial recently.
let’s start with these six:
1. c.s. lewis: guilty of and rejecting the penal atonement theory
perhaps the most celebrated christian writer of the last century, c.s. lewis is respected by most christians, no matter what theological corner they occupy. and what confuses me. lewis was no evangelical by the standards of modern evangelical spokespersons. lewis’ seven-volume, fictional masterpiece, the chronicles of narnia, reveals his belief that it is possible for people in other religions to inherit the kingdom of god without knowing it.
lewis also rejects the penal theory of the atonement, which states that christ “diverted” wrath toward us and took it upon himself. instead, in part three of chronicles, lewis describes what is called the “christus victor” view of the atonement, which holds that the cross is not an image of wrath against us, diverted to his son, but it was the defeat of evil through an act of selfless love. (here is a video of greg boyd giving a good description of that view using lewis’ imagery.)
2. martin luther: guilty of rejecting biblical
where would be without martin luther? he is the father of the reformation and the champion of sola scriptura.
but to the dismay of every evangelical calvinist, i fear i must be the bearer of bad news that martin luther apparently believe the bible is fully inspired, true or trustworthy.
speaking of inaccuracies in the books of chronicles, he states, “when one often reads that great numbers of people were example, eighty believe that hardly one thousand were actually killed.”
3. st. augustine: guilty of rejecting a literally reading of the creation story
in his work the literal meaning of genesis, augustine (to put it bluntly) thought christians who took the creation story literally were a laughingstock and looked like idiots among because they denied science and reason. this is augustine, the one to whom we can give credit for the doctrines of original sin and hell as eternal conscious torment (which are at the core of reformed theology).
here is his statement:
“it not infrequently happens that something about the be known with the greatest certainty by reasoning or by experience, even by one who is not a christian. it is too disgraceful and ruinous, though, and greatly to be avoided, that he [the non-christian] should hear a christian speaking so idiotically on these matters, and as if in accord with christian writings, that he might say that he could scarcely keep from laughing when he saw how totally in error they are. in view of this and in keeping it in mind constantly while dealing with the book of genesis, i have, insofar as i was able, explained in detail and set forth for consideration the meanings of obscure passages, taking care not to affirm some one meaning to the prejudice of another and perhaps better explanation.”
few are the pulpits he would be allowed to fill among conservative churches in our day.
4. william barclay: guilty of
william iconic little blue commentaries are on the shelves of many pastors. so odd that rob bell has been so roundly rejected for holding essentially the same belief as this celebrated theologian.
barclay writes, “i am a convinced universalist. i believe that in the end all men will be gathered into the love of choice is whether we accept offer and invitation willingly, or take the long and terrible way round through ages of purification.”
in that work, barclay also lists early church fathers, and gregory of nyssa, as two other christian universalists.
5. john stott: guilty of
john stott is one of the great evangelical christian thinkers of the last generation. stott rejected the view that hell is eternal conscious torment of the wicked and suggested, instead, that the unrepentant cease to exist after enduring the penalty for their sins.
he wrote, “i believe that the ultimate annihilation of the wicked should at least be accepted as a legitimate, founded alternative to their eternal conscious torment.”
6. billy graham: guilty of
billy graham is, perhaps, the epitome of the evangelical identity.
or, so we thought…
like c.s. lewis, graham believes that those who do not hear of christ may, indeed, be saved without explicitly confessing him as lord.
in a 1997 interview with robert schuller, graham said:
“[god] is calling people out of the world for his name, whether they come from the muslim world, or the buddhist world or the christian world, or the world, they are members of the body of christ because they have been called by god. they may not even know the name of jesus, but they know in their hearts that they need something that they have, and they turn to the only light they have, and i think that they are saved and they are going to be with us in heaven.”
there are plenty of other examples: george lobbying for slavery, martin hatred of jews, john approval of burning heretics at the stake, etc. etc.
now, you hopefully find it ridiculous to reject these great and godly people. which is why amazing to me what we ignore in order to protect ourselves from the truth. we want our “heroes of the faith” to be perfect in theology and conduct, so we ignore or justify the parts we like.
we all do it.
so, maybe time to extend a bit more loving kindness to the evolutionists, to those who reject, to those who take the bible literally when it says that god will redeem all people to himself, to the rob bells and the world visions.
and for those of us on the side: maybe we can find it in ourselves to turn the other cheek and forgive those who wish us gone. then, when we find someone who will accept us—“heresy” and all, embrace and learn from them.
this article was originally posted at andygill.org.
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wət dɪz ɪt min tɪ bi ““evangelical”*”? wət məst ju bɪˈliv? wət məst ju ˈriʤɛkt? kən ju bi ən ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl ˈkrɪsʧɪn ənd believe…*… ˌɛvəˈluʃən? hɛl ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈtɛmpərˌɛri? ˈpipəl frəm ˈəðər riˈlɪʤənz kən bi seɪvd wɪˈθaʊt ˈivɪn noʊɪŋ ɪt? ðə əˈtoʊnmənt ɪz nɑt əˈbaʊt ræθ biɪŋ pɔrd aʊt ɔn ˈʤizəs ɪn ɑr pleɪs? ˈskrɪpʧər ɪz ˈɛrənt? ˈmɛni ˌiˌvænˈʤɛlɪkəlz wʊd seɪ ““no”*” tɪ ˈivɪn ðiz. waɪ, ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðə neɪm əv, səm ˈprɑmənənt ˈlidərz wɪˈθɪn hæv meɪd ɪt ðɛr riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti tɪ ˈpəblɪkli dɪˈnaʊns ðoʊz wɪθ hum ðeɪ dɪsəˈgri ɔn ˈɪʃuz laɪk ðiz. tɪ bi klɪr, ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈprɑbləm wɪθ ˈpəblɪkli dɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ ˌaɪdiˈɑləʤiz (ðət ɪz, ˈæftər ɔl, wət ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪz duɪŋ raɪt naʊ). ɪt ɪz, æt taɪmz, ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ ˈpəblɪkli kɔl aʊt fɔls ˈtiʧərz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wən məst ˈfʊli kənˈsɪdər ˈwɛðər ðeɪ prəˈmoʊt ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈgɔspəl ˌbiˈfɔr ˈkəmɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ səʧ ə boʊld kleɪm. bət nɑt ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt dɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ aɪˈdiəz ər ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ril fɔls ˈtiʧərz. ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈnidləs ˈskɪzəmz ənd ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt, exclusivism*. ˈgeɪtˌkipərz əv tɪr əˈpɑrt wət kʊd bi ə ˈnoʊbəl, dɪˈvərs ˈmuvmənt əv ðə ˈspɪrɪt. ðiz ˈgeɪtˌkipərz teɪk ɪt əˈpɑn ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ prəˈnaʊns hu ɪz ““in”*” ənd hu ɪz ““out”*” əv ˈɔrθəˌdɑks ˌkrɪsʧiˈænɪti. baɪ ðə ˈstændərdz əv ðiz ˈgeɪtˌkipərz, ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən əv ““evangelical”*” ɪz bɪˈkəmɪŋ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli ˈnɛroʊ, soʊ məʧ soʊ ðət ˈvɛri fju fɪt ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən. soʊ, ɪf wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ bi kənˈsɪstənt, taɪm tɪ wid aʊt ɔl əv ðə ðoʊz hu hæv ðə moʊst ʤɪst rɑb bɛl, ˈreɪʧəl hɛld ˈɛvənz ər ˈəðər ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈθɪŋkərz hu hæv sɛd ˈsəmθɪŋ ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ˈrisəntli. stɑrt wɪθ ðiz sɪks: 1 siz. luɪs: ˈgɪlti əv ənd rɪˈʤɛktɪŋ ðə ˈpinəl əˈtoʊnmənt ˈθɪri pərˈhæps ðə moʊst ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪd ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈraɪtər əv ðə læst ˈsɛnʧəri, siz. luɪs ɪz rɪˈspɛktɪd baɪ moʊst ˈkrɪsʧɪnz, noʊ ˈmætər wət ˌθiəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈkɔrnər ðeɪ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ. ənd wət kənfˈjuzɪz mi. luɪs wɑz noʊ ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl baɪ ðə ˈstændərdz əv ˈmɑdərn ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl ˈspoʊkspərsənz. lewis’*’ seven-volume*, ˈfɪkʃənəl ˈmæstərˌpis, ðə ˈkrɑnɪkəlz əv ˈnɑrˌniɑ, rɪˈvilz hɪz bɪˈlif ðət ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈpipəl ɪn ˈəðər riˈlɪʤənz tɪ ˌɪnˈhɛrət ðə ˈkɪŋdəm əv gɑd wɪˈθaʊt noʊɪŋ ɪt. luɪs ˈɔlsoʊ ˈriʤɛkts ðə ˈpinəl ˈθɪri əv ðə əˈtoʊnmənt, wɪʧ steɪts ðət kraɪst ““diverted”*” ræθ təˈwɔrd ˈjuˈɛs ənd tʊk ɪt əˈpɑn hɪmˈsɛlf. ˌɪnˈstɛd, ɪn pɑrt θri əv ˈkrɑnɪkəlz, luɪs dɪˈskraɪbz wət ɪz kɔld ðə victor”*” vju əv ðə əˈtoʊnmənt, wɪʧ hoʊldz ðət ðə krɔs ɪz nɑt ən ˈɪmɪʤ əv ræθ əˈgɛnst ˈjuˈɛs, dɪˈvərtɪd tɪ hɪz sən, bət ɪt wɑz ðə dɪˈfit əv ˈivəl θru ən ækt əv ˈsɛlfləs ləv. (hir ɪz ə ˈvɪdioʊ əv grɛg bɔɪd ˈgɪvɪŋ ə gʊd dɪˈskrɪpʃən əv ðət vju ˈjuzɪŋ lewis’*’ ˈɪmɪʤri.) 2 ˈmɑrtɪn ˈluθər: ˈgɪlti əv rɪˈʤɛktɪŋ ˈbɪblɪkəl wɛr wʊd bi wɪˈθaʊt ˈmɑrtɪn ˈluθər? hi ɪz ðə ˈfɑðər əv ðə ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən ənd ðə ˈʧæmpiən əv ˈsoʊlə scriptura*. bət tɪ ðə dɪsˈmeɪ əv ˈɛvəri ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl ˈkælvɪnɪst, aɪ fɪr aɪ məst bi ðə ˈbɛrər əv bæd nuz ðət ˈmɑrtɪn ˈluθər əˈpɛrəntli bɪˈliv ðə ˈbaɪbəl ɪz ˈfʊli ˌɪnˈspaɪərd, tru ər ˈtrəstˌwərði. ˈspikɪŋ əv ˌɪˈnækjərˌæsiz ɪn ðə bʊks əv ˈkrɑnɪkəlz, hi steɪts, wən ˈɔfən ridz ðət greɪt ˈnəmbərz əv ˈpipəl wər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈeɪti bɪˈliv ðət ˈhɑrdli wən ˈθaʊzənd wər ˈæˌkʧuəli killed.”*.” 3 st*. ˈɔgəˌstin: ˈgɪlti əv rɪˈʤɛktɪŋ ə ˈlɪtərəli ˈrɛdɪŋ əv ðə kriˈeɪʃən ˈstɔri ɪn hɪz wərk ðə ˈlɪtərəl ˈminɪŋ əv ˈʤɛnəsəs, ˈɔgəˌstin (tɪ pʊt ɪt ˈbləntli) θɔt ˈkrɪsʧɪnz hu tʊk ðə kriˈeɪʃən ˈstɔri ˈlɪtərəli wər ə ˈlæfɪŋˌstɑk ənd lʊkt laɪk ˈɪˌdiəts əˈməŋ bɪˈkəz ðeɪ dɪˈnaɪd saɪəns ənd ˈrizən. ðɪs ɪz ˈɔgəˌstin, ðə wən tɪ hum wi kən gɪv ˈkrɛdɪt fər ðə ˈdɑktrənz əv ərˈɪʤənəl sɪn ənd hɛl ɛz ɪˈtərnəl ˈkɑnʃəs ˈtɔrˌmɛnt (wɪʧ ər æt ðə kɔr əv rɪˈfɔrmd θiˈɑləʤi). hir ɪz hɪz ˈsteɪtmənt: nɑt ˌɪnˈfrikwəntli ˈhæpənz ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə bi noʊn wɪθ ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈsərtənti baɪ ˈrizənɪŋ ər baɪ ɪkˈspɪriəns, ˈivɪn baɪ wən hu ɪz nɑt ə ˈkrɪsʧɪn. ɪt ɪz tu dɪsˈgreɪsfəl ənd ˈruənəs, ðoʊ, ənd ˈgreɪtli tɪ bi əˈvɔɪdɪd, ðət hi [ðə non-christian*] ʃʊd hir ə ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈspikɪŋ soʊ ˌɪdiˈɑtɪkli ɔn ðiz ˈmætərz, ənd ɛz ɪf ɪn əˈkɔrd wɪθ ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈraɪtɪŋz, ðət hi maɪt seɪ ðət hi kʊd ˈskɛrsli kip frəm ˈlæfɪŋ wɪn hi sɔ haʊ ˈtoʊtəli ɪn ˈɛrər ðeɪ ər. ɪn vju əv ðɪs ənd ɪn ˈkipɪŋ ɪt ɪn maɪnd ˈkɑnstəntli waɪl ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ðə bʊk əv ˈʤɛnəsəs, aɪ hæv, ˈɪnsəfɑr ɛz aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl, ɪkˈspleɪnd ɪn ˈditeɪl ənd sɛt fɔrθ fər kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃən ðə ˈminɪŋz əv əbˈskjʊr ˈpæsɪʤɪz, ˈteɪkɪŋ kɛr nɑt tɪ əˈfərm səm wən ˈminɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈprɛʤədɪs əv əˈnəðər ənd pərˈhæps ˈbɛtər explanation.”*.” fju ər ðə ˈpʊlpɪts hi wʊd bi əˈlaʊd tɪ fɪl əˈməŋ kənˈsərvətɪv ˈʧərʧɪz ɪn ɑr deɪ. 4 ˈwɪljəm ˈbɑrˌkli: ˈgɪlti əv ˈwɪljəm ˌaɪˈkɑnɪk ˈlɪtəl blu ˈkɑmənˌtɛriz ər ɔn ðə ʃɛlvz əv ˈmɛni ˈpæstərz. soʊ ɑd ðət rɑb bɛl həz bɪn soʊ ˈraʊndli rɪˈʤɛktɪd fər ˈhoʊldɪŋ ɛˈsɛnʃəli ðə seɪm bɪˈlif ɛz ðɪs ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪd ˌθiəˈloʊʤiən. ˈbɑrˌkli raɪts, æm ə kənˈvɪnst universalist*. aɪ bɪˈliv ðət ɪn ðə ɛnd ɔl mɛn wɪl bi ˈgæðərd ˈɪntu ðə ləv əv ʧɔɪs ɪz ˈwɛðər wi əkˈsɛpt ˈɔfər ənd ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən ˈwɪlɪŋli, ər teɪk ðə lɔŋ ənd ˈtɛrəbəl weɪ raʊnd θru ˈeɪʤɪz əv purification.”*.” ɪn ðət wərk, ˈbɑrˌkli ˈɔlsoʊ lɪsts ˈərli ʧərʧ ˈfɑðərz, ənd ˈgrɛgəri əv ˈnɪsə, ɛz tu ˈəðər ˈkrɪsʧɪn universalists*. 5 ʤɑn stɑt: ˈgɪlti əv ʤɑn stɑt ɪz wən əv ðə greɪt ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl ˈkrɪsʧɪn ˈθɪŋkərz əv ðə læst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. stɑt rɪˈʤɛktɪd ðə vju ðət hɛl ɪz ɪˈtərnəl ˈkɑnʃəs ˈtɔrˌmɛnt əv ðə ˈwɪkəd ənd səˈʤɛstɪd, ˌɪnˈstɛd, ðət ðə ˌənrɪˈpɛntənt sis tɪ ɪgˈzɪst ˈæftər ɪnˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈpɛnəlti fər ðɛr sɪnz. hi roʊt, bɪˈliv ðət ðə ˈəltəmət əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃən əv ðə ˈwɪkəd ʃʊd æt list bi ækˈsɛptɪd ɛz ə ləˈʤɪtəmət, ˈfaʊndɪd ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ðɛr ɪˈtərnəl ˈkɑnʃəs torment.”*.” 6 ˈbɪli græm: ˈgɪlti əv ˈbɪli græm ɪz, pərˈhæps, ðə ɪˈpɪtəmi əv ðə ˌivænˈʤɛlɪkəl aɪˈdɛntəˌti. ər, soʊ wi thought…*… laɪk siz. luɪs, græm bɪˈlivz ðət ðoʊz hu du nɑt hir əv kraɪst meɪ, ˌɪnˈdid, bi seɪvd wɪˈθaʊt ɪkˈsplɪsətli kənˈfɛsɪŋ ɪm ɛz lɔrd. ɪn ə 1997 ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈrɑbərt ˈʃulər, græm sɛd: “[“[god*] ɪz ˈkɔlɪŋ ˈpipəl aʊt əv ðə wərld fər hɪz neɪm, ˈwɛðər ðeɪ kəm frəm ðə ˈməzlɪm wərld, ər ðə ˈbudəst wərld ər ðə ˈkrɪsʧɪn wərld, ər ðə wərld, ðeɪ ər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˈbɑdi əv kraɪst bɪˈkəz ðeɪ hæv bɪn kɔld baɪ gɑd. ðeɪ meɪ nɑt ˈivɪn noʊ ðə neɪm əv ˈʤizəs, bət ðeɪ noʊ ɪn ðɛr hɑrts ðət ðeɪ nid ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ðeɪ hæv, ənd ðeɪ tərn tɪ ðə ˈoʊnli laɪt ðeɪ hæv, ənd aɪ θɪŋk ðət ðeɪ ər seɪvd ənd ðeɪ ər goʊɪŋ tɪ bi wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ɪn heaven.”*.” ðɛr ər ˈplɛnti əv ˈəðər ɪgˈzæmpəlz: ʤɔrʤ ˈlɑbiɪŋ fər sˈleɪvəri, ˈmɑrtɪn ˈheɪtrəd əv ʤuz, ʤɑn əˈpruvəl əv ˈbərnɪŋ ˈhɛrɛtɪks æt ðə steɪk, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. naʊ, ju ˈhoʊpfəli faɪnd ɪt rɪˈdɪkjələs tɪ ˈriʤɛkt ðiz greɪt ənd ˈgɑdli ˈpipəl. wɪʧ ɪz waɪ əˈmeɪzɪŋ tɪ mi wət wi ˌɪgˈnɔr ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ prəˈtɛkt ɑrˈsɛlvz frəm ðə truθ. wi wɔnt ɑr əv ðə faith”*” tɪ bi ˈpərˌfɪkt ɪn θiˈɑləʤi ənd ˈkɑndəkt, soʊ wi ˌɪgˈnɔr ər ˈʤəstəˌfaɪ ðə pɑrts wi laɪk. wi ɔl du ɪt. soʊ, ˈmeɪbi taɪm tɪ ɪkˈstɛnd ə bɪt mɔr ˈləvɪŋ ˈkaɪndnəs tɪ ðə evolutionists*, tɪ ðoʊz hu ˈriʤɛkt, tɪ ðoʊz hu teɪk ðə ˈbaɪbəl ˈlɪtərəli wɪn ɪt sɪz ðət gɑd wɪl rɪˈdim ɔl ˈpipəl tɪ hɪmˈsɛlf, tɪ ðə rɑb bɛlz ənd ðə wərld ˈvɪʒənz. ənd fər ðoʊz əv ˈjuˈɛs ɔn ðə saɪd: ˈmeɪbi wi kən faɪnd ɪt ɪn ɑrˈsɛlvz tɪ tərn ðə ˈəðər ʧik ənd fərˈgɪv ðoʊz hu wɪʃ ˈjuˈɛs gɔn. ðɛn, wɪn wi faɪnd ˈsəmˌwən hu wɪl əkˈsɛpt us—“heresy”*” ənd ɔl, ɪmˈbreɪs ənd lərn frəm ðɛm. ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl wɑz ərˈɪʤənəli ˈpoʊstɪd æt andygill.org*.
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clinton calls for ban on bullets that pierce body armor : gun control: the president, speaking in chicago, cites those who have managed to circumvent laws barring 'cop killer' ammunition.
the president's appearance came at a time when he is talking about issues to strengthen his hold on the political middle and to preempt the attempts of his presidential rivals. this month, in a striking break with tradition, the white house is spending $2.4 million to televise two advertisements that emphasize clinton's credentials to audiences in california and other key electoral states.
but "if a bullet can rip through a bulletproof vest like a knife through hot butter, then it ought to be history," clinton said. "we should ban it."
standing on ground recently stained with the blood of fallen police officers, clinton told an audience in the austin neighborhood that "clever people" have figured out ways to make powerful ammunition that circumvents current laws to ban "cop killer" handgun ammunition.
chicago seeking to enhance his claim to issues, president clinton traveled friday to west chicago to demand a ban on any handgun ammunition able to pierce bulletproof vests or other body armor.
clinton appeared behind a police precinct headquarters, only steps from the spot where a rookie policeman was killed march 5 in a gun battle with a gang.
officer daniel doffyn, wearing a bulletproof vest and trying to apprehend one gang member, was hit repeatedly in the neck by bullets from anotherr's assault weapon. another officer was badly wounded in the same shootout.
no manufacturer is now producing the kind of handgun ammunition that the law is designed to prohibit, officials acknowledged. but they asserted that history suggests there is every reason to believe manufacturers eventually will make such ammunition unless congress acts to prevent it.
current laws on "cop killer" bullets outlaw ammunition made of certain materials or having other specifications. but federal officials said that such "specification standards" are not sufficient, now that manufacturers are finding ways to make ammunition from other, more commonly found materials. as a result, they said, new standards, based on bullet performance, are needed.
"we're trying to think ahead," said ronald k. noble, treasury undersecretary for enforcement, noting that manufacturers already have tried to find loopholes in the law banning "cop killer" ammunition by varying the design of their products.
legislation drafted by the clinton administration calls on the treasury secretary to try to develop performance standards that would ban any ammunition capable of piercing body armor.
gun-control opponents are likely to fight the effort. they have argued that it will not be possible to develop standards that are uniform and clear.
a national rifle assn. spokesman said that there is no need to supplement the ban on "cop killer" bullets that has been in effect since 1986. tom said that the ban "works flawlessly" and noted that fbi reports indicate no police officer has been killed since 1986 with a bullet capable of piercing protective armor.
rep. charles e. schumer (d-n.y.) sought in june to amend the legislation to extend the ban on ammunition to cover any product that could pierce body armor. his amendment initially passed a house judiciary subcommittee on a vote but stalled when two members switched their position.
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clinton also faces challenges from congressional republicans to the 1994 ban on certain assault weapons that he backed and to his plans to have the federal government help fund the hiring of additional police officers across the nation.
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ˈklɪntən kɔlz fər bæn ɔn ˈbʊləts ðət pɪrs ˈbɑdi ˈɑrmər gən kənˈtroʊl: ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt, ˈspikɪŋ ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ, saɪts ðoʊz hu hæv ˈmænɪʤd tɪ ˌsərkəmˈvɛnt lɔz ˈbɑrɪŋ 'kɑp ˈkɪlər' ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən. ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts əˈpɪrəns keɪm æt ə taɪm wɪn hi ɪz ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈɪʃuz tɪ ˈstrɛŋθən hɪz hoʊld ɔn ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈmɪdəl ənd tɪ priɛmpt ðə əˈtɛmpts əv hɪz ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈraɪvəlz. ðɪs mənθ, ɪn ə ˈstraɪkɪŋ breɪk wɪθ trəˈdɪʃən, ðə waɪt haʊs ɪz ˈspɛndɪŋ ˈmɪljən tɪ ˈtɛləˌvaɪz tu ˈædvərˌtaɪzmənts ðət ˈɛmfəˌsaɪz ˈklɪntənz krəˈdɛnʃəlz tɪ ˈɔdiənsəz ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ənd ˈəðər ki ɪˈlɛktərəl steɪts. bət "ɪf ə ˈbʊlət kən rɪp θru ə ˈbʊlətˌpruf vɛst laɪk ə naɪf θru hɑt ˈbətər, ðɛn ɪt ɔt tɪ bi ˈhɪstəri," ˈklɪntən sɛd. "wi ʃʊd bæn ɪt." ˈstændɪŋ ɔn graʊnd ˈrisəntli steɪnd wɪθ ðə bləd əv ˈfɑlən pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz, ˈklɪntən toʊld ən ˈɔdiəns ɪn ðə ˈɔstən ˈneɪbərˌhʊd ðət "ˈklɛvər ˈpipəl" hæv ˈfɪgjərd aʊt weɪz tɪ meɪk ˈpaʊərfəl ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən ðət ˌsərkəmˈvɛnts ˈkɑrənt lɔz tɪ bæn "kɑp ˈkɪlər" ˈhændˌgən ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən. ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ ˈsikɪŋ tɪ ɛnˈhæns hɪz kleɪm tɪ ˈɪʃuz, ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈklɪntən ˈtrævəld ˈfraɪˌdeɪ tɪ wɛst ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ tɪ dɪˈmænd ə bæn ɔn ˈɛni ˈhændˌgən ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən ˈeɪbəl tɪ pɪrs ˈbʊlətˌpruf vɛsts ər ˈəðər ˈbɑdi ˈɑrmər. ˈklɪntən əˈpɪrd bɪˈhaɪnd ə pəˈlis ˈpriˌsɪŋkt ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz, ˈoʊnli stɛps frəm ðə spɑt wɛr ə ˈrʊki pəˈlismən wɑz kɪld mɑrʧ 5 ɪn ə gən ˈbætəl wɪθ ə gæŋ. ˈɔfɪsər ˈdænjəl doffyn*, ˈwɛrɪŋ ə ˈbʊlətˌpruf vɛst ənd traɪɪŋ tɪ ˌæprɪˈhɛnd wən gæŋ ˈmɛmbər, wɑz hɪt rɪˈpitɪdli ɪn ðə nɛk baɪ ˈbʊləts frəm əˈnəðər əˈsɔlt ˈwɛpən. əˈnəðər ˈɔfɪsər wɑz ˈbædli ˈwundɪd ɪn ðə seɪm ˈʃutaʊt. noʊ ˌmænjəˈfækʧərər ɪz naʊ prəˈdusɪŋ ðə kaɪnd əv ˈhændˌgən ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən ðət ðə lɔ ɪz dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ proʊˈhɪbət, əˈfɪʃəlz ækˈnɑlɪʤd. bət ðeɪ əˈsərtəd ðət ˈhɪstəri səˈʤɛsts ðɛr ɪz ˈɛvəri ˈrizən tɪ bɪˈliv ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli wɪl meɪk səʧ ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən ənˈlɛs ˈkɑŋgrəs ækts tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ɪt. ˈkɑrənt lɔz ɔn "kɑp ˈkɪlər" ˈbʊləts ˈaʊˌtlɔ ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən meɪd əv ˈsərtən məˈtɪriəlz ər ˈhævɪŋ ˈəðər ˌspɛsəfəˈkeɪʃənz. bət ˈfɛdərəl əˈfɪʃəlz sɛd ðət səʧ "ˌspɛsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˈstændərdz" ər nɑt səˈfɪʃənt, naʊ ðət ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz ər ˈfaɪndɪŋ weɪz tɪ meɪk ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən frəm ˈəðər, mɔr ˈkɑmənli faʊnd məˈtɪriəlz. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ðeɪ sɛd, nu ˈstændərdz, beɪst ɔn ˈbʊlət pərˈfɔrməns, ər ˈnidɪd. "wɪr traɪɪŋ tɪ θɪŋk əˈhɛd," sɛd ˈrɑnəld keɪ. ˈnoʊbəl, ˈtrɛʒəri ˌəndərˈsɛkrɪˌtɛri fər ɛnˈfɔrsmənt, ˈnoʊtɪŋ ðət ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz ɔˈrɛdi hæv traɪd tɪ faɪnd ˈluˌphoʊlz ɪn ðə lɔ ˈbænɪŋ "kɑp ˈkɪlər" ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən baɪ ˈvɛriɪŋ ðə dɪˈzaɪn əv ðɛr ˈprɑdəkts. ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ˈdræftɪd baɪ ðə ˈklɪntən ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən kɔlz ɔn ðə ˈtrɛʒəri ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri tɪ traɪ tɪ dɪˈvɛləp pərˈfɔrməns ˈstændərdz ðət wʊd bæn ˈɛni ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈpɪrsɪŋ ˈbɑdi ˈɑrmər. əˈpoʊnənts ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ faɪt ðə ˈɛfərt. ðeɪ hæv ˈɑrgjud ðət ɪt wɪl nɑt bi ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈstændərdz ðət ər ˈjunəˌfɔrm ənd klɪr. ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈraɪfəl assn*. ˈspoʊksmən sɛd ðət ðɛr ɪz noʊ nid tɪ ˌsəpləˈmɛnt ðə bæn ɔn "kɑp ˈkɪlər" ˈbʊləts ðət həz bɪn ɪn ˈifɛkt sɪns 1986 tɑm sɛd ðət ðə bæn "wərks ˈflɔləsli" ənd ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ˈɛfˈbiˈaɪ rɪˈpɔrts ˈɪndəˌkeɪt noʊ pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər həz bɪn kɪld sɪns 1986 wɪθ ə ˈbʊlət ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ˈpɪrsɪŋ prəˈtɛktɪv ˈɑrmər. rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈʧɑrəlz i. ˈʃumər (d-n.y*.) sɔt ɪn ʤun tɪ əˈmɛnd ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən tɪ ɪkˈstɛnd ðə bæn ɔn ˌæmjəˈnɪʃən tɪ ˈkəvər ˈɛni ˈprɑdəkt ðət kʊd pɪrs ˈbɑdi ˈɑrmər. hɪz əˈmɛndmənt ˌɪˈnɪʃəli pæst ə haʊs ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ɔn ə voʊt bət stɔld wɪn tu ˈmɛmbərz swɪʧt ðɛr pəˈzɪʃən. ˈklɪntən ˈɔlsoʊ ˈfeɪsɪz ˈʧælənʤɪz frəm kənˈgrɛʃənəl rɪˈpəblɪkənz tɪ ðə 1994 bæn ɔn ˈsərtən əˈsɔlt ˈwɛpənz ðət hi bækt ənd tɪ hɪz plænz tɪ hæv ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt hɛlp fənd ðə ˈhaɪrɪŋ əv əˈdɪʃənəl pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈneɪʃən.
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likely candidates to become the lions head coach if jim caldwell is fired on black monday.
whether you believe detroit lions head coach jim caldwell should be fired or not is not going to matter on monday. he will be fired or he will not be fired. there have been rumors that the miami dolphins, oakland raiders, denver broncos, cincinnati bengals, cleveland browns, houston texans, indianapolis colts, new york giants, arizona cardinals, chicago bears, titans, and tampa bay buccaneers could be looking for head coaches. some of those have been confirmed and some denied, but we will not really know until monday.
the nfl advisory committee gives teams a list of up and coming head coaching candidates every year. just to help you form an opinion rapidly, i am going to profile the ten that have not been the lions head coach (jim schwartz), or current lions offensive coordinators (jim bob cooter). start with the obvious candidates, and move to the more obscure as i go down the list.
josh mcdaniels
josh mcdaniels, the new england patriots offensive coordinator has been rumored to be bob first choice since the lions took the job. mcdaniels was the son of a high school football coach, his father won the usa today award for high school coach of the year in 1997. mcdaniels was a high school quarterback but moved to wide receiver in college at john carrol university. his coaching career began in 1999 as a graduate assistant with nick michigan state spartans. after a single season, he moved to cleveland for two years and sold industrial plastics.
in 2001 mcdaniels joined the patriots as a personnel assistant, one season after bob quinn joined the team. while quinn stayed in personnel, mcdaniels moved on to coaching. in 2002 he became a defensive coaching assistant. he was promoted to quarterback coach in 2004. in 2005 he called the offensive plays for the team, but was not given the title of offensive coordinator. mcdaniels got that promotion in 2006, and in 2007 he called the plays for an offense that scored 75 touchdowns and scored 589 points. for scale, only two teams are within 200 points of that total going into week 17 of the 2017 season. leading the way are mcdaniels’ patriots with 432.
in 2009 mcdaniels became the head coach of the denver broncos. he immediately alienated the promising franchise quarterback, young (and still good) jay cutler, by trying to get him traded for matt cassel. mcdaniels took over an team, and destroyed it, the team was when mcdaniels was fired through his second season as a head coach. the team returned to mediocrity immediately after mcdaniels was gone, going in 2011.
mcdaniels spent one season in st. louis with the rams before steve spagnuolo was fired, and mcdaniels was allowed to leave. the patriots immediately hired mcdaniels back, their new offensive coordinator bill was leaving to take the head coaching position at penn state. mcdaniels helped the team win super bowls in 2012 and 2016 as their offensive coordinator.onically, with the patriots, mcdaniels has shown the ability to get the job done with any and all players he has been given. it is only his insistence on meddling with the personnel that did him in as a head coach. rumors say that he would like to be active in that area again if he were hired. bob quinn would likely have to give up some authority to bring mcdaniels in. mcdaniels is widely regarded to be the top candidate for a vacancy as the lions head coach.
the patriots defensive coordinator was an interior offensive lineman at rensselaer polytechnic institute from. he graduated with a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering. in 1996 he remained at as a grad assistant before taking a job at hoffman air and filtration systems as an applications engineer. he turned down a salary with another firm in 1999 and instead took the defensive line coach job at college.
in 2001 he became a grad assistant at syracuse. it was 2004 when he joined the patriots as an offensive coaching assistant. in 2005 he became an assistant offensive line coach. it was in 2005 that patricia switched to the defensive side, serving as the linebackers coach. he began calling the patriots defensive plays in 2010 but was not promoted to defensive coordinator until 2012. detroit lions podcast contributor jeff risdon said on the podcast that people he has spoken to have told him that patricia is the type of person who sees his players as game pieces.
patricia would be the polar opposite of jim caldwell, who relies on his personal leadership to unite the team in times of trouble, and keep them humble when times are easy. patricia is undoubtedly smart and capable enough tactically, the question is whether he can lead a team. his roger goodell clown shirt stepping off the team plane returning from the superbowl in january of 2017 will cool his prospects with a lot of teams. his personal relationship with bob quinn will likely whether he becomes the next lions head coach.
mike vrabel
mike vrabel was an ohio state all american defensive end, who went in the third round of the 1997 draft. he was drafted by the steelers, recorded seven sacks in four years before he found his way to the patriots in 2001. he won super bowls with the patriots in 2002, 2004, and 2005. vrabel was a linebacker with versatility. he had a of sacks and recorded multiple touchdowns as a tight end. in 2009 he was traded to the chiefs along with matt cassel for the number 32 pick in the draft. he retired as a player in 2011.
vrabel immediately started coaching linebackers at ohio state. when meyer took over the buckeyes he moved vrabel to the defensive line coach role. vrabel got spectacular reviews at the collegiate level as a coach. he moved up to the nfl as the houston texans linebacker coach under defensive coordinator romeo. in 2017 moved to an assistant head coach position with the texans, and vrabel became the defensive coordinator.
the texans were decimated with injuries this season, and their defensive performance significantly. the 2016 texans, largely without j. j. watt, allowed the fewest yards per game in the nfl. in 2017 they were number 23. the texans have 20 players on going into week 17. that regression, however, does give some analysts, including last podcast dan orlovsky, a reason to pause and take a beat. vrabel may need some more seasoning before taking the next step in his career. he is a long shot to be the lions head coach in 2018.
pat
pat was a center at michigan state. he was a of the spartans team that defeated the trojans in the 1988 rose bowl. joined the nfl coaching ranks in 1999 after nine years coaching at lower levels. he was the eagles tight ends and offensive line coach. in 2002 he became the quarterback coach in philadelphia and oversaw the best years of donovan career. he left the eagles in 2009, for the rams offensive coordinator job under head coach steve spagnuolo.
two years later hopped on board the perpetual train wreck that is the cleveland browns. was given the task of making colt mccoy a franchise quarterback. despite that handicap, won nine games in two seasons, a miracle in cleveland. the jimmy haslam era began with the first of his almost yearly housecleanings. tom heckert was fired and went with him.
he landed as chip offensive coordinator in 2013. he was made the eagles interim head coach after kelly was fired. the 2014 illusion that nick was actually a good quarterback was the work of mr. pat. the only game coached for the eagles as their head coach was a win over the giants, for second place in the east. was narrowly beaten out for the eagles head coaching job by doug pederson.
on january 25, 2016, pat became the vikings tight end coach. on november 2, 2016, he was named the vikings offensive coordinator in the wake of bizarre midseason resignation. the vikings finished the year despite a season that included their best player missing 13 games, and averaging yards per carry in the three he did play, playing their fourth and fifth option at offensive tackle, and having their starting quarterback go down with a injury.
shurmur was confirmed as the permanent choice as the offensive coordinator after the 2016 season ended. he has cobbled together a perfectly functional offense despite losing his starting quarterback, running back, and a patchwork offensive line from week to week. the offense has not been the defining quality of the vikings in 2016, but’s ability to use the pieces he is given will likely make him an attractive head coaching candidate in the 2018 hiring cycle. has the pedigree to become the lions head coach in 2018.
dan campbell
dan campbell was a high school that moved to tight end at texas a&m. he went to the giants in round three of the 2000 draft and started immediately. he primarily served as a blocker and he appeared in superbowl xxxv. in 2003 he moved on to the cowboys under bill parcells and offensive coordinator sean payton. he ended up the number two tight end behind jason whitten, and the highlight of his time in dallas was missing a mere ten days of practice after an appendectomy in 2005. he joined the lions in 2006 and put up receiving numbers with 308 yards and four touchdowns. in 2007 and 2008 campbell was on before the month of september ended. he was released in february of 2009.
campbell was immediately signed by payton in new orleans. it always speaks well of a leadership qualities when a former coach brings them back late in their career. body even make it through august with the saints and he retired shortly after receiving his superbowl ring, despite not playing a down for the saints during the regular season.
campbell became the dolphins tight ends coach in 2011 after a year as a coaching intern with the team. charles clay developed as a player under tutelage. in 2015, when joe philbin was fired early in the season, campbell took over a locker room that was fractured, and a roster that was terrible. he took the dolphins to a record, moderately improving the performance. campbell was immediately hired by his former coach sean payton when the dolphins let campbell go. he has been the saints assistant head coach and tight end coach since 2016.
the 2015 dolphins started with two impressive victories under campbell, blowing out the titans and texans with a combined score of. the success, however, was not sustainable. the dolphins told the press that campbell was their second choice after the man they hired, adam gase, but they were concerned that he had never been more than a tight ends coach. campbell requested his release rather than serving under head coach adam gase.
that was not an unreasonable concern, and it is still true. the assistant head coach title campbell holds in new orleans is not a substitute for authority and experience. there have been coaches that have seen success without serving as a coordinator, the san diego chargers rookie head coach anthony lynn was a running backs coach and has led his team to an record going into week 17. chances at a head coaching job have likely been served well by success. campbell is not a to be the lions head coach in 2018.
matt nagy
matt nagy was a quarterback for the university of delaware fightin’ blue hens. after his graduation, he joined the new york dragons of the. he also spent time with the carolina cobras, the georgia force, and the columbus destroyers. he won an arena bowl in 2005 with the force and lost one in 2007 with the destroyers.
nagy joined the eagles on a coaching internship in 2009. after injuries to their roster, the team tried to sign him as a player, but the nfl disapproved the contract, presumably because they do not want teams stashing players as coaching interns. in 2010 he was promoted to a coaching assistant position, and in 2011 to a quality control coaching spot. the 2013 season saw nagy in kansas city as the quarterbacks coach. he oversaw the revitalization of alex career. he became the chiefs offensive coordinator but did not take over duties until december of this season.
nagy seems like a long shot to grab a head coaching job, with his limited experience as a play-caller. the chiefs would also certainly like to keep the coach who has been shepherding patrick through his rookie campaign. it is not inconceivable that the chiefs will give nagy a sizable raise in order to hold on to him for at least another season. i do not believe nagy will be the lions head coach in 2018.
steve wilks
steve wilks was a defensive back at appalachian state from. his playing career consisted of a single season with the charlotte rage of the as a wide receiver, defensive back, and kick returner. he pops up on the documented coaching radar as the defensive coordinator at johnson c smith university in 1995. in 1997 he moved on to the defensive coordinator at savannah state and took over the head coaching position in 1999. one year later he was the defensive backs coach at illinois state, and he followed that with a one year stint in the same position back at appalachian state. he followed that with a stint as the defensive coordinator at east tennessee state. in 2004 he became the defensive backs coach at notre dame. he took the same position at washington in 2005.
wilks entered the nfl in 2006 as the bears defensive backs coach. he joined the chargers staff at the same position in 2009 and the panthers in 2012. in 2015 he was promoted to assistant head coach in addition to his defensive back coach responsibilities. in 2016 he took over the defensive coordinator duties for the panthers. after a tumultuous 2016 campaign, the panthers defense has returned to form. the panthers defense ranks seventh in yards allowed and eleventh in points allowed going into the final week of the 2017 season. wilks would be a solid choice to be the lions head coach in 2018.
george edwards
george edwards played linebacker for duke. he was a special teams captain and earned all recognition. he began his career on the sideline at florida as a coaching assistant in 1991. the 1992 season saw edwards make his way to appalachian state in the same role. in 1996 he joined duke as a coaching assistant, and in 1997 he was a tutor for richard seymour and marcus stroud among other duties at georgia.
in 1998 edwards became the linebacker coach in dallas, a role he held until joining washington as the assistant defensive coordinator and linebacker coach in 2002. he took over the defensive coordinator role full time in 2003. washington cleaned house in 2004 and edwards took a job as the linebacker coach in cleveland. the browns cleaned house in 2005 and edwards found his stride as the linebacker coach in miami under nick saban. when saban bolted for alabama after the 2006 season, edwards kept his job under new head coach cam cameron, and then again the next year under new head coach tony sparano.
in 2010 edwards became the defensive coordinator of the buffalo bills under head coach chan gailey, but two years later he was back in miami as the linebackers coach. in 2014 he got the defensive coordinator job in minnesota but does not call plays, a duty that is held by head coach mike zimmer, one of the keenest defensive minds. edwards will undoubtedly get a lot of interviews, but his inclusion on this list is a bit baffling.
that he has remained employed in the nfl consistently for two decades is impressive, but that is not the greatestomplishment a head coach should have. the vikings defense is incredible, but it is also clearly mike baby. it would not be the first time a vikings defensive coordinator nobody expected to actually be hired got a job as a head coach. nobody thought mike tomlin had a prayer in 2007 either. george edwards would be a surprising choice to be the lions head coach in 2018.
dave
dave was an offensive lineman for springfield college in 1980 and 81. he moved on to the university of paso for the 1983 and 84 seasons. he earned all honors twice. was drafted by the eagles in the ninth round of the draft but never made an nfl roster. he attended one training camp with the eagles, and two with the rams. his coaching career began as a graduate assistant at in 1986.
in 1987 became the strength and conditioning coach at. he then moved on to the university of missouri where he served as the strength and conditioning coach for nine seasons. andy reid was the offensive line coach there from 1989 to 1991. finished his time with missouri as the defensive line coach for three seasons. in 2001 he entered the nfl as a special teams and quality control coach with the eagles. in 2004 he became the chicago bears special teams coordinator. he was voted special teams coach of the year by the coaches in 2007, a season where he sent a returner, gunner, and punter to the pro bowl.
toub interviewed for the miami dolphins head coach position in 2011, and then for the 2013 bears opening after lovie smith was fired, but was never hired. the bears wanted to retain but he moved on when they chose mark as their head coach. reunited with andy reid in kansas city and the chiefs special teams units have been among the best. it is rare but not unheard of for a special teams coordinator to become a head coach. john harbaugh of the baltimore ravens is among the best head coaches and came up in the league as a special teams coach. is a long shot candidate to be the lions head coach in 2018, but crazier things have happened.
john defilippo
john defilippo was a quarterback at james madison university from 1996 to 1999. he did coaching internships in the summers of 1997 and 1998 with the panthers and colts respectively. in the year 2000, immediately following his playing career, defilippo landed the quarterback coach job at fordham. defilippo took a grad assistant spot at notre dame in 2001. he moved on to the quarterback coach job at columbia 2003.
in 2005 defilippo joined tom giants staff as a quality control coach. in 2007 he joined the lane coached raiders staff as quarterbacks coach. defilippo was retained after was under new head coach tom cable. joined rex jets staff in 2009 in the same role but lasted only one year. in 2010 he took a job as the san jose state quarterback coach and was promoted to the offensive coordinator position in 2011.
defilippo got back into the nfl in 2012 as the raiders quarterbacks coach. he got his first and only coordinator job at the nfl level under head coach mike pettine. the entire management and coaching staff were fired after that season by owner jimmy haslam, but defilippo was brought on board in philadelphia to work with rookie quarterback carson wentz. the play of wentz is the primary reason that defilippo is a candidate for head coaching jobs, and it is likely that he will find a position with a team that is looking to bring a young quarterback into the fold. defilippo does not seem to be a likely candidate for the detroit lions head coach position if it becomes available.
bill
bill is the best head coach that might be fired in 2018. he played linebacker and defensive end for the brown bears from. in 1993 he coached tight ends at his alma-matter. he moved to coaching inside linebackers a year later before moving on to georgia tech as a graduate assistant from. in 1998 he became the running backs coach. he took on the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach role in 2001 and added assistant head coaching duties in 2002. in 2003 he left georgia tech for a role as the running backs coach at the university of maryland. in 2005 became the offensive coordinator at duke, where he coached former detroit lions thad lewis.
in 2007 made the jump to the nfl, taking a job with the patriots as an offensive assistant. in 2008 he took on and quarterback coach duties after josh mcdaniels left to take the denver broncos head coaching position. claimed the offensive coordinator title in 2011 and helped the patriots make it to superbowl xlvi. o
o’brien took the penn state head coaching job in 2012, replacing legendary head coach joe paterno. in july of that year, we all learned of the jerry sandusky scandal and penn state was harshly punished. interviewed for head coaching positions with the eagles and browns in 2013 but decided to remain at penn state. he took the texans head coaching job in 2014.
o’brien took over a texans team and took them to a record in his first season despite a lack of contribution from pick clowney. he repeated a record in 2015 and 2016. was able to string together three winning seasons with ryan fitzpatrick, case keenum, ryan mallett, bryan hoyer, t. j. yates, brandon weeden, brock osweiler, and tom savage at quarterback.
in 2017, however, the texans ended the year with 20 players on injured reserve, including rookie phenom watson, and of the elite pass j. j. watt and whitney mercilus. the texans are and the relationship between and texans general manager rick smith has become toxicording to aaron wilson of the houston chronicle. if were to come available, he would be an ideal candidate to become the lions head coach in 2018.
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ˈlaɪkli ˈkænədɪts tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪf ʤɪm ˈkɔldwɛl ɪz faɪərd ɔn blæk ˈmənˌdeɪ. ˈwɛðər ju bɪˈliv ˈdiˌtrɔɪt laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ʤɪm ˈkɔldwɛl ʃʊd bi faɪərd ər nɑt ɪz nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈmætər ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ. hi wɪl bi faɪərd ər hi wɪl nɑt bi faɪərd. ðɛr hæv bɪn ˈrumərz ðət ðə maɪˈæmi ˈdɑlfənz, ˈoʊklənd ˈreɪdərz, ˈdɛnvər ˈbrɑŋkoʊz, ˌsɪnsəˈnæti ˈbɛŋgəlz, ˈklivlənd braʊnz, ˈhjustən ˈtɛksənz, ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs koʊlts, nu jɔrk ʤaɪənts, ˌɛrɪˈzoʊnə ˈkɑrdɪnəlz, ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ bɛrz, ˈtaɪtənz, ənd ˈtæmpə beɪ ˌbəkəˈnirz kʊd bi ˈlʊkɪŋ fər hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪz. səm əv ðoʊz hæv bɪn kənˈfərmd ənd səm dɪˈnaɪd, bət wi wɪl nɑt ˈrɪli noʊ ənˈtɪl ˈmənˌdeɪ. ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ædˈvaɪzəri kəˈmɪti gɪvz timz ə lɪst əv əp ənd ˈkəmɪŋ hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈkænədɪts ˈɛvəri jɪr. ʤɪst tɪ hɛlp ju fɔrm ən əˈpɪnjən ˈræpədli, aɪ æm goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈproʊˌfaɪl ðə tɛn ðət hæv nɑt bɪn ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ (ʤɪm ʃwɔrts), ər ˈkɑrənt laɪənz əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtərz (ʤɪm bɑb ˈkutər). stɑrt wɪθ ðə ˈɑbviəs ˈkænədɪts, ənd muv tɪ ðə mɔr əbˈskjʊr ɛz aɪ goʊ daʊn ðə lɪst. ʤɑʃ məkˈdænjəlz ʤɑʃ məkˈdænjəlz, ðə nu ˈɪŋglənd ˈpeɪtriəts əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər həz bɪn ˈrumərd tɪ bi bɑb fərst ʧɔɪs sɪns ðə laɪənz tʊk ðə ʤɑb. məkˈdænjəlz wɑz ðə sən əv ə haɪ skul ˈfʊtˌbɔl koʊʧ, hɪz ˈfɑðər wən ðə ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ təˈdeɪ əˈwɔrd fər haɪ skul koʊʧ əv ðə jɪr ɪn 1997 məkˈdænjəlz wɑz ə haɪ skul kˈwɔrtərˌbæk bət muvd tɪ waɪd rɪˈsivər ɪn ˈkɑlɪʤ æt ʤɑn ˈkærəl ˌjunəˈvərsəti. hɪz ˈkoʊʧɪŋ kərɪr bɪˈgæn ɪn 1999 ɛz ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt əˈsɪstənt wɪθ nɪk ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt ˈspɑrtənz. ˈæftər ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsizən, hi muvd tɪ ˈklivlənd fər tu jɪrz ənd soʊld ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈplæstɪks. ɪn 2001 məkˈdænjəlz ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ɛz ə ˌpərsəˈnɛl əˈsɪstənt, wən ˈsizən ˈæftər bɑb kwɪn ʤɔɪnd ðə tim. waɪl kwɪn steɪd ɪn ˌpərsəˈnɛl, məkˈdænjəlz muvd ɔn tɪ ˈkoʊʧɪŋ. ɪn 2002 hi bɪˈkeɪm ə dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈkoʊʧɪŋ əˈsɪstənt. hi wɑz prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ kˈwɔrtərˌbæk koʊʧ ɪn 2004 ɪn 2005 hi kɔld ðə əˈfɛnsɪv pleɪz fər ðə tim, bət wɑz nɑt ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈtaɪtəl əv əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər. məkˈdænjəlz gɑt ðət pərˈmoʊʃən ɪn 2006 ənd ɪn 2007 hi kɔld ðə pleɪz fər ən əˈfɛns ðət skɔrd 75 ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz ənd skɔrd 589 pɔɪnts. fər skeɪl, ˈoʊnli tu timz ər wɪˈθɪn 200 pɔɪnts əv ðət ˈtoʊtəl goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu wik 17 əv ðə 2017 ˈsizən. ˈlidɪŋ ðə weɪ ər mcdaniels’*’ ˈpeɪtriəts wɪθ 432 ɪn 2009 məkˈdænjəlz bɪˈkeɪm ðə hɛd koʊʧ əv ðə ˈdɛnvər ˈbrɑŋkoʊz. hi ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈeɪliəˌneɪtɪd ðə ˈprɑməsɪŋ ˈfrænˌʧaɪz kˈwɔrtərˌbæk, jəŋ (ənd stɪl gʊd) ʤeɪ ˈkətlər, baɪ traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ɪm ˈtreɪdɪd fər mæt ˈkæsəl. məkˈdænjəlz tʊk ˈoʊvər ən tim, ənd dɪˈstrɔɪd ɪt, ðə tim wɑz wɪn məkˈdænjəlz wɑz faɪərd θru hɪz ˈsɛkənd ˈsizən ɛz ə hɛd koʊʧ. ðə tim rɪˈtərnd tɪ ˌmidiˈɑkrəti ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈæftər məkˈdænjəlz wɑz gɔn, goʊɪŋ ɪn 2011 məkˈdænjəlz spɛnt wən ˈsizən ɪn st*. luɪs wɪθ ðə ræmz ˌbiˈfɔr stiv spɑgnjuˈoʊloʊ wɑz faɪərd, ənd məkˈdænjəlz wɑz əˈlaʊd tɪ liv. ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli haɪərd məkˈdænjəlz bæk, ðɛr nu əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər bɪl wɑz ˈlivɪŋ tɪ teɪk ðə hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən æt pɛn steɪt. məkˈdænjəlz hɛlpt ðə tim wɪn ˈsupər boʊlz ɪn 2012 ənd 2016 ɛz ðɛr əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər. aɪˈrɑnɪkli, wɪθ ðə ˈpeɪtriəts, məkˈdænjəlz həz ʃoʊn ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ gɪt ðə ʤɑb dən wɪθ ˈɛni ənd ɔl pleɪərz hi həz bɪn ˈgɪvɪn. ɪt ɪz ˈoʊnli hɪz ˌɪnˈsɪstəns ɔn ˈmɛdəlɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˌpərsəˈnɛl ðət dɪd ɪm ɪn ɛz ə hɛd koʊʧ. ˈrumərz seɪ ðət hi wʊd laɪk tɪ bi ˈæktɪv ɪn ðət ˈɛriə əˈgɛn ɪf hi wər haɪərd. bɑb kwɪn wʊd ˈlaɪkli hæv tɪ gɪv əp səm əˈθɔrəti tɪ brɪŋ məkˈdænjəlz ɪn. məkˈdænjəlz ɪz ˈwaɪdli rɪˈgɑrdɪd tɪ bi ðə tɔp ˈkænədɪt fər ə ˈveɪkənsi ɛz ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ. ðə ˈpeɪtriəts dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər wɑz ən ˌɪnˈtɪriər əˈfɛnsɪv ˈlaɪnmən æt ˌrɛnsəˈlɪr ˌpɑˌliˈtɛknɪk ˈɪnstɪˌtut frəm hi ˈgræʤəˌweɪtɪd wɪθ ə ˈbæʧələr əv saɪəns ɪn ˌɛrəˈnɑtəkəl ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ. ɪn 1996 hi rɪˈmeɪnd æt ɛz ə græd əˈsɪstənt ˌbiˈfɔr ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ʤɑb æt ˈhɔfmən ɛr ənd fɪlˈtreɪʃən ˈsɪstəmz ɛz ən ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr. hi tərnd daʊn ə ˈsæləri wɪθ əˈnəðər fərm ɪn 1999 ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd tʊk ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv laɪn koʊʧ ʤɑb æt ˈkɑlɪʤ. ɪn 2001 hi bɪˈkeɪm ə græd əˈsɪstənt æt ˈsɪrəˌkjuz. ɪt wɑz 2004 wɪn hi ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ɛz ən əˈfɛnsɪv ˈkoʊʧɪŋ əˈsɪstənt. ɪn 2005 hi bɪˈkeɪm ən əˈsɪstənt əˈfɛnsɪv laɪn koʊʧ. ɪt wɑz ɪn 2005 ðət pəˈtrɪʃə swɪʧt tɪ ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv saɪd, ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz ðə ˈlaɪnˌbækərz koʊʧ. hi bɪˈgæn ˈkɔlɪŋ ðə ˈpeɪtriəts dɪˈfɛnsɪv pleɪz ɪn 2010 bət wɑz nɑt prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ənˈtɪl 2012 ˈdiˌtrɔɪt laɪənz ˈpɔdˌkæst kənˈtrɪbjətər ʤɛf ˈrɪsdən sɛd ɔn ðə ˈpɔdˌkæst ðət ˈpipəl hi həz ˈspoʊkən tɪ hæv toʊld ɪm ðət pəˈtrɪʃə ɪz ðə taɪp əv ˈpərsən hu siz hɪz pleɪərz ɛz geɪm ˈpisɪz. pəˈtrɪʃə wʊd bi ðə ˈpoʊlər ˈɑpəzɪt əv ʤɪm ˈkɔldwɛl, hu rɪˈlaɪz ɔn hɪz ˈpərsɪnəl ˈlidərˌʃɪp tɪ ˈjuˌnaɪt ðə tim ɪn taɪmz əv ˈtrəbəl, ənd kip ðɛm ˈhəmbəl wɪn taɪmz ər ˈizi. pəˈtrɪʃə ɪz ənˈdaʊtɪdli smɑrt ənd ˈkeɪpəbəl ɪˈnəf ˈtæktɪkəli, ðə kˈwɛʃən ɪz ˈwɛðər hi kən lɛd ə tim. hɪz ˈrɑʤər ˈgʊdɛl klaʊn ʃərt ˈstɛpɪŋ ɔf ðə tim pleɪn rɪˈtərnɪŋ frəm ðə ˈsupərˌboʊl ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri əv 2017 wɪl kul hɪz ˈprɑspɛkts wɪθ ə lɔt əv timz. hɪz ˈpərsɪnəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ bɑb kwɪn wɪl ˈlaɪkli ˈwɛðər hi bɪˈkəmz ðə nɛkst laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ. maɪk vˈræbəl maɪk vˈræbəl wɑz ən oʊˈhaɪoʊ steɪt ɔl əˈmɛrɪkən dɪˈfɛnsɪv ɛnd, hu wɛnt ɪn ðə θərd raʊnd əv ðə 1997 dræft. hi wɑz ˈdræftɪd baɪ ðə ˈstilərz, rɪˈkɔrdɪd ˈsɛvən sæks ɪn fɔr jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr hi faʊnd hɪz weɪ tɪ ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ɪn 2001 hi wən ˈsupər boʊlz wɪθ ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ɪn 2002 2004 ənd 2005 vˈræbəl wɑz ə ˈlaɪnˌbækər wɪθ ˌvərsəˈtɪləti. hi hæd ə əv sæks ənd rɪˈkɔrdɪd ˈməltəpəl ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz ɛz ə taɪt ɛnd. ɪn 2009 hi wɑz ˈtreɪdɪd tɪ ðə ʧifs əˈlɔŋ wɪθ mæt ˈkæsəl fər ðə ˈnəmbər 32 pɪk ɪn ðə dræft. hi rɪˈtaɪrd ɛz ə pleɪər ɪn 2011 vˈræbəl ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈstɑrtɪd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈlaɪnˌbækərz æt oʊˈhaɪoʊ steɪt. wɪn maɪər tʊk ˈoʊvər ðə ˈbəˌkaɪz hi muvd vˈræbəl tɪ ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv laɪn koʊʧ roʊl. vˈræbəl gɑt spɛkˈtækjələr rəvˈjuz æt ðə kəˈliʤɪt ˈlɛvəl ɛz ə koʊʧ. hi muvd əp tɪ ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ɛz ðə ˈhjustən ˈtɛksənz ˈlaɪnˌbækər koʊʧ ˈəndər dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈroʊmiˌoʊ. ɪn 2017 muvd tɪ ən əˈsɪstənt hɛd koʊʧ pəˈzɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˈtɛksənz, ənd vˈræbəl bɪˈkeɪm ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər. ðə ˈtɛksənz wər ˈdɛsəˌmeɪtɪd wɪθ ˈɪnʤəriz ðɪs ˈsizən, ənd ðɛr dɪˈfɛnsɪv pərˈfɔrməns sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli. ðə 2016 ˈtɛksənz, ˈlɑrʤli wɪˈθaʊt ʤeɪ. ʤeɪ. wɑt, əˈlaʊd ðə fjuəst jɑrdz pər geɪm ɪn ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl. ɪn 2017 ðeɪ wər ˈnəmbər 23 ðə ˈtɛksənz hæv 20 pleɪərz ɔn goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu wik 17 ðət rəˈgrɛʃən, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, dɪz gɪv səm ˈænəlɪsts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ læst ˈpɔdˌkæst dæn orlovsky*, ə ˈrizən tɪ pɔz ənd teɪk ə bit. vˈræbəl meɪ nid səm mɔr ˈsizənɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈteɪkɪŋ ðə nɛkst stɛp ɪn hɪz kərɪr. hi ɪz ə lɔŋ ʃɑt tɪ bi ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 pæt pæt wɑz ə ˈsɛnər æt ˈmɪʃɪgən steɪt. hi wɑz ə əv ðə ˈspɑrtənz tim ðət dɪˈfitɪd ðə ˈtroʊʤənz ɪn ðə 1988 roʊz boʊl. ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ræŋks ɪn 1999 ˈæftər naɪn jɪrz ˈkoʊʧɪŋ æt loʊər ˈlɛvəlz. hi wɑz ðə ˈigəlz taɪt ɛndz ənd əˈfɛnsɪv laɪn koʊʧ. ɪn 2002 hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk koʊʧ ɪn ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə ənd ˈoʊvərˌsɔ ðə bɛst jɪrz əv ˈdɑnəvən kərɪr. hi lɛft ðə ˈigəlz ɪn 2009 fər ðə ræmz əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ʤɑb ˈəndər hɛd koʊʧ stiv spɑgnjuˈoʊloʊ. tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər hɑpt ɔn bɔrd ðə pərˈpɛʧuəl treɪn rɛk ðət ɪz ðə ˈklivlənd braʊnz. wɑz ˈgɪvɪn ðə tæsk əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ koʊlt məˈkɔɪ ə ˈfrænˌʧaɪz kˈwɔrtərˌbæk. dɪˈspaɪt ðət ˈhændiˌkæp, wən naɪn geɪmz ɪn tu ˈsizənz, ə ˈmɪrəkəl ɪn ˈklivlənd. ðə ˈʤɪmi ˈhæsləm ˈɪrə bɪˈgæn wɪθ ðə fərst əv hɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈjɪrli housecleanings*. tɑm ˈhɛkərt wɑz faɪərd ənd wɛnt wɪθ ɪm. hi ˈlændɪd ɛz ʧɪp əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ɪn 2013 hi wɑz meɪd ðə ˈigəlz ˈɪnərəm hɛd koʊʧ ˈæftər ˈkɛli wɑz faɪərd. ðə 2014 ˌɪˈluʒən ðət nɪk wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli ə gʊd kˈwɔrtərˌbæk wɑz ðə wərk əv ˈmɪstər. pæt. ðə ˈoʊnli geɪm koʊʧt fər ðə ˈigəlz ɛz ðɛr hɛd koʊʧ wɑz ə wɪn ˈoʊvər ðə ʤaɪənts, fər ˈsɛkənd pleɪs ɪn ðə ist. wɑz ˈnɛroʊli ˈbitən aʊt fər ðə ˈigəlz hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ʤɑb baɪ dəg ˈpɛdərsən. ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 25 2016 pæt bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz taɪt ɛnd koʊʧ. ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 2 2016 hi wɑz neɪmd ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ɪn ðə weɪk əv bɪˈzɑr ˈmɪdˈsizən ˌrɛzɪgˈneɪʃən. ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz ˈfɪnɪʃt ðə jɪr dɪˈspaɪt ə ˈsizən ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðɛr bɛst pleɪər ˈmɪsɪŋ 13 geɪmz, ənd ˈævrɪʤɪŋ jɑrdz pər ˈkɛri ɪn ðə θri hi dɪd pleɪ, pleɪɪŋ ðɛr fɔrθ ənd fɪθ ˈɔpʃən æt əˈfɛnsɪv ˈtækəl, ənd ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr ˈstɑrtɪŋ kˈwɔrtərˌbæk goʊ daʊn wɪθ ə ˈɪnʤəri. wɑz kənˈfərmd ɛz ðə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ʧɔɪs ɛz ðə əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈæftər ðə 2016 ˈsizən ˈɛndɪd. hi həz ˈkɑbəld təˈgɛðər ə ˈpərfəktli ˈfəŋkʃənəl əˈfɛns dɪˈspaɪt ˈluzɪŋ hɪz ˈstɑrtɪŋ kˈwɔrtərˌbæk, ˈrənɪŋ bæk, ənd ə ˈpæʧˌwərk əˈfɛnsɪv laɪn frəm wik tɪ wik. ðə əˈfɛns həz nɑt bɪn ðə dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ kˈwɑləti əv ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz ɪn 2016 bət əˈbɪləˌti tɪ juz ðə ˈpisɪz hi ɪz ˈgɪvɪn wɪl ˈlaɪkli meɪk ɪm ən əˈtræktɪv hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈkænədɪt ɪn ðə 2018 ˈhaɪrɪŋ ˈsaɪkəl. həz ðə ˈpɛdəgri tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 dæn ˈkæmbəl dæn ˈkæmbəl wɑz ə haɪ skul ðət muvd tɪ taɪt ɛnd æt ˈtɛksəs a&m*. hi wɛnt tɪ ðə ʤaɪənts ɪn raʊnd θri əv ðə 2000 dræft ənd ˈstɑrtɪd ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli. hi praɪˈmɛrəli sərvd ɛz ə ˈblɑkər ənd hi əˈpɪrd ɪn ˈsupərˌboʊl xxxv*. ɪn 2003 hi muvd ɔn tɪ ðə ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz ˈəndər bɪl ˈpɑrsəlz ənd əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ʃɔn ˈpeɪtən. hi ˈɛndɪd əp ðə ˈnəmbər tu taɪt ɛnd bɪˈhaɪnd ˈʤeɪsən ˈwɪtən, ənd ðə ˈhaɪˌlaɪt əv hɪz taɪm ɪn ˈdæləs wɑz ˈmɪsɪŋ ə mɪr tɛn deɪz əv ˈpræktɪs ˈæftər ən ˌæpɪnˈdɛktəmi ɪn 2005 hi ʤɔɪnd ðə laɪənz ɪn 2006 ənd pʊt əp rɪˈsivɪŋ ˈnəmbərz wɪθ 308 jɑrdz ənd fɔr ˈtəʧˌdaʊnz. ɪn 2007 ənd 2008 ˈkæmbəl wɑz ɔn ˌbiˈfɔr ðə mənθ əv sɛpˈtɛmbər ˈɛndɪd. hi wɑz riˈlist ɪn ˈfɛbruˌɛri əv 2009 ˈkæmbəl wɑz ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli saɪnd baɪ ˈpeɪtən ɪn nu ˌɔˈrlinz. ɪt ˈɔlˌweɪz spiks wɛl əv ə ˈlidərˌʃɪp kˈwɑlətiz wɪn ə ˈfɔrmər koʊʧ brɪŋz ðɛm bæk leɪt ɪn ðɛr kərɪr. ˈbɑdi ˈivɪn meɪk ɪt θru ˈɔgəst wɪθ ðə seɪnts ənd hi rɪˈtaɪrd ˈʃɔrtli ˈæftər rɪˈsivɪŋ hɪz ˈsupərˌboʊl rɪŋ, dɪˈspaɪt nɑt pleɪɪŋ ə daʊn fər ðə seɪnts ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən. ˈkæmbəl bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈdɑlfənz taɪt ɛndz koʊʧ ɪn 2011 ˈæftər ə jɪr ɛz ə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈɪntərn wɪθ ðə tim. ˈʧɑrəlz kleɪ dɪˈvɛləpt ɛz ə pleɪər ˈəndər ˈtjutɪlɪʤ. ɪn 2015 wɪn ʤoʊ ˈfɪlbɪn wɑz faɪərd ˈərli ɪn ðə ˈsizən, ˈkæmbəl tʊk ˈoʊvər ə ˈlɑkər rum ðət wɑz ˈfrækʧərd, ənd ə ˈrɑstər ðət wɑz ˈtɛrəbəl. hi tʊk ðə ˈdɑlfənz tɪ ə ˈrɛkərd, ˈmɑdərətli ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ ðə pərˈfɔrməns. ˈkæmbəl wɑz ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli haɪərd baɪ hɪz ˈfɔrmər koʊʧ ʃɔn ˈpeɪtən wɪn ðə ˈdɑlfənz lɛt ˈkæmbəl goʊ. hi həz bɪn ðə seɪnts əˈsɪstənt hɛd koʊʧ ənd taɪt ɛnd koʊʧ sɪns 2016 ðə 2015 ˈdɑlfənz ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ tu ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv ˈvɪktəriz ˈəndər ˈkæmbəl, bloʊɪŋ aʊt ðə ˈtaɪtənz ənd ˈtɛksənz wɪθ ə kəmˈbaɪnd skɔr əv ðə səkˈsɛs, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wɑz nɑt səˈsteɪnəbəl. ðə ˈdɑlfənz toʊld ðə prɛs ðət ˈkæmbəl wɑz ðɛr ˈsɛkənd ʧɔɪs ˈæftər ðə mæn ðeɪ haɪərd, ˈædəm geɪz, bət ðeɪ wər kənˈsərnd ðət hi hæd ˈnɛvər bɪn mɔr ðən ə taɪt ɛndz koʊʧ. ˈkæmbəl rɪkˈwɛstɪd hɪz riˈlis ˈrəðər ðən ˈsərvɪŋ ˈəndər hɛd koʊʧ ˈædəm geɪz. ðət wɑz nɑt ən ənˈriznəbəl kənˈsərn, ənd ɪt ɪz stɪl tru. ðə əˈsɪstənt hɛd koʊʧ ˈtaɪtəl ˈkæmbəl hoʊldz ɪn nu ˌɔˈrlinz ɪz nɑt ə ˈsəbstəˌtut fər əˈθɔrəti ənd ɪkˈspɪriəns. ðɛr hæv bɪn ˈkoʊʧɪz ðət hæv sin səkˈsɛs wɪˈθaʊt ˈsərvɪŋ ɛz ə koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər, ðə sæn diˈeɪgoʊ ˈʧɑrʤərz ˈrʊki hɛd koʊʧ ˈænθɔˌni lɪn wɑz ə ˈrənɪŋ bæks koʊʧ ənd həz lɛd hɪz tim tɪ ən ˈrɛkərd goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu wik 17 ˈʧænsɪz æt ə hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ʤɑb hæv ˈlaɪkli bɪn sərvd wɛl baɪ səkˈsɛs. ˈkæmbəl ɪz nɑt ə tɪ bi ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 mæt ˈneɪgi mæt ˈneɪgi wɑz ə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk fər ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈdɛləˌwɛr fightin’*’ blu hɛnz. ˈæftər hɪz ˌgræʤəˈweɪʃən, hi ʤɔɪnd ðə nu jɔrk ˈdrægənz əv ðə. hi ˈɔlsoʊ spɛnt taɪm wɪθ ðə ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə ˈkoʊbrəz, ðə ˈʤɔrʤə fɔrs, ənd ðə kəˈləmbəs dɪˈstrɔɪərz. hi wən ən ərˈinə boʊl ɪn 2005 wɪθ ðə fɔrs ənd lɔst wən ɪn 2007 wɪθ ðə dɪˈstrɔɪərz. ˈneɪgi ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈigəlz ɔn ə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈɪntərnˌʃɪp ɪn 2009 ˈæftər ˈɪnʤəriz tɪ ðɛr ˈrɑstər, ðə tim traɪd tɪ saɪn ɪm ɛz ə pleɪər, bət ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˌdɪsəˈpruvd ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt, prɪˈzuməbli bɪˈkəz ðeɪ du nɑt wɔnt timz ˈstæʃɪŋ pleɪərz ɛz ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈɪntərnz. ɪn 2010 hi wɑz prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ ə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ əˈsɪstənt pəˈzɪʃən, ənd ɪn 2011 tɪ ə kˈwɑləti kənˈtroʊl ˈkoʊʧɪŋ spɑt. ðə 2013 ˈsizən sɔ ˈneɪgi ɪn ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti ɛz ðə kˈwɔrtərˌbæks koʊʧ. hi ˈoʊvərˌsɔ ðə ˌriˌvaɪtələˈzeɪʃən əv ˈæləks kərɪr. hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə ʧifs əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər bət dɪd nɑt teɪk ˈoʊvər ˈdutiz ənˈtɪl dɪˈsɛmbər əv ðɪs ˈsizən. ˈneɪgi simz laɪk ə lɔŋ ʃɑt tɪ græb ə hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ʤɑb, wɪθ hɪz ˈlɪmɪtɪd ɪkˈspɪriəns ɛz ə play-caller*. ðə ʧifs wʊd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsərtənli laɪk tɪ kip ðə koʊʧ hu həz bɪn ˈʃɛpərdɪŋ ˈpætrɪk θru hɪz ˈrʊki kæmˈpeɪn. ɪt ɪz nɑt ˌɪnkənˈsivəbəl ðət ðə ʧifs wɪl gɪv ˈneɪgi ə ˈsaɪzəbəl reɪz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ hoʊld ɔn tɪ ɪm fər æt list əˈnəðər ˈsizən. aɪ du nɑt bɪˈliv ˈneɪgi wɪl bi ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 stiv wɪlks stiv wɪlks wɑz ə dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæk æt ˌæpəˈlæʧən steɪt frəm hɪz pleɪɪŋ kərɪr kənˈsɪstɪd əv ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsizən wɪθ ðə ˈʃɑrlət reɪʤ əv ðə ɛz ə waɪd rɪˈsivər, dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæk, ənd kɪk returner*. hi pɑps əp ɔn ðə ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈreɪˌdɑr ɛz ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər æt ˈʤɑnsən si smɪθ ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn 1995 ɪn 1997 hi muvd ɔn tɪ ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər æt səˈvænə steɪt ənd tʊk ˈoʊvər ðə hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən ɪn 1999 wən jɪr ˈleɪtər hi wɑz ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæks koʊʧ æt ˌɪləˈnɔɪz steɪt, ənd hi ˈfɑloʊd ðət wɪθ ə wən jɪr stɪnt ɪn ðə seɪm pəˈzɪʃən bæk æt ˌæpəˈlæʧən steɪt. hi ˈfɑloʊd ðət wɪθ ə stɪnt ɛz ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər æt ist ˌtɛnəˈsi steɪt. ɪn 2004 hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæks koʊʧ æt ˈnoʊtər deɪm. hi tʊk ðə seɪm pəˈzɪʃən æt ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɪn 2005 wɪlks ˈɛnərd ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ɪn 2006 ɛz ðə bɛrz dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæks koʊʧ. hi ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈʧɑrʤərz stæf æt ðə seɪm pəˈzɪʃən ɪn 2009 ənd ðə ˈpænθərz ɪn 2012 ɪn 2015 hi wɑz prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ əˈsɪstənt hɛd koʊʧ ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ hɪz dɪˈfɛnsɪv bæk koʊʧ riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz. ɪn 2016 hi tʊk ˈoʊvər ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈdutiz fər ðə ˈpænθərz. ˈæftər ə ˌtuˈməˌlʧuəs 2016 kæmˈpeɪn, ðə ˈpænθərz dɪˈfɛns həz rɪˈtərnd tɪ fɔrm. ðə ˈpænθərz dɪˈfɛns ræŋks ˈsɛvənθ ɪn jɑrdz əˈlaʊd ənd ˈilɛvənθ ɪn pɔɪnts əˈlaʊd goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈfaɪnəl wik əv ðə 2017 ˈsizən. wɪlks wʊd bi ə ˈsɑləd ʧɔɪs tɪ bi ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 ʤɔrʤ ˈɛdwərdz ʤɔrʤ ˈɛdwərdz pleɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækər fər duk. hi wɑz ə ˈspɛʃəl timz ˈkæptən ənd ərnd ɔl ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən. hi bɪˈgæn hɪz kərɪr ɔn ðə ˈsaɪˌdlaɪn æt ˈflɔrɪdə ɛz ə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ əˈsɪstənt ɪn 1991 ðə 1992 ˈsizən sɔ ˈɛdwərdz meɪk hɪz weɪ tɪ ˌæpəˈlæʧən steɪt ɪn ðə seɪm roʊl. ɪn 1996 hi ʤɔɪnd duk ɛz ə ˈkoʊʧɪŋ əˈsɪstənt, ənd ɪn 1997 hi wɑz ə ˈtutər fər ˈrɪʧərd ˈsimɔr ənd ˈmɑrkəs straʊd əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˈdutiz æt ˈʤɔrʤə. ɪn 1998 ˈɛdwərdz bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈlaɪnˌbækər koʊʧ ɪn ˈdæləs, ə roʊl hi hɛld ənˈtɪl ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɛz ðə əˈsɪstənt dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ənd ˈlaɪnˌbækər koʊʧ ɪn 2002 hi tʊk ˈoʊvər ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər roʊl fʊl taɪm ɪn 2003 ˈwɔʃɪŋtən klind haʊs ɪn 2004 ənd ˈɛdwərdz tʊk ə ʤɑb ɛz ðə ˈlaɪnˌbækər koʊʧ ɪn ˈklivlənd. ðə braʊnz klind haʊs ɪn 2005 ənd ˈɛdwərdz faʊnd hɪz straɪd ɛz ðə ˈlaɪnˌbækər koʊʧ ɪn maɪˈæmi ˈəndər nɪk ˈseɪbən. wɪn ˈseɪbən ˈboʊltɪd fər ˌæləˈbæmə ˈæftər ðə 2006 ˈsizən, ˈɛdwərdz kɛpt hɪz ʤɑb ˈəndər nu hɛd koʊʧ kæm ˈkæmərən, ənd ðɛn əˈgɛn ðə nɛkst jɪr ˈəndər nu hɛd koʊʧ ˈtoʊni spərˈænoʊ. ɪn 2010 ˈɛdwərdz bɪˈkeɪm ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər əv ðə ˈbəfəˌloʊ bɪlz ˈəndər hɛd koʊʧ ʧæn ˈgeɪli, bət tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər hi wɑz bæk ɪn maɪˈæmi ɛz ðə ˈlaɪnˌbækərz koʊʧ. ɪn 2014 hi gɑt ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ʤɑb ɪn ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə bət dɪz nɑt kɔl pleɪz, ə ˈduti ðət ɪz hɛld baɪ hɛd koʊʧ maɪk ˈzɪmər, wən əv ðə ˈkinəst dɪˈfɛnsɪv maɪndz. ˈɛdwərdz wɪl ənˈdaʊtɪdli gɪt ə lɔt əv ˈɪntərvˌjuz, bət hɪz ˌɪnˈkluʒən ɔn ðɪs lɪst ɪz ə bɪt ˈbæfəlɪŋ. ðət hi həz rɪˈmeɪnd ɪmˈplɔɪd ɪn ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl kənˈsɪstəntli fər tu ˈdɛkeɪdz ɪz ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv, bət ðət ɪz nɑt ðə ˈgreɪtəst əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt ə hɛd koʊʧ ʃʊd hæv. ðə ˈvaɪkɪŋz dɪˈfɛns ɪz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl, bət ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈklɪrli maɪk ˈbeɪbi. ɪt wʊd nɑt bi ðə fərst taɪm ə ˈvaɪkɪŋz dɪˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli bi haɪərd gɑt ə ʤɑb ɛz ə hɛd koʊʧ. ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi θɔt maɪk ˈtɑmlɪn hæd ə prɛr ɪn 2007 ˈiðər. ʤɔrʤ ˈɛdwərdz wʊd bi ə səˈpraɪzɪŋ ʧɔɪs tɪ bi ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 deɪv deɪv wɑz ən əˈfɛnsɪv ˈlaɪnmən fər ˈsprɪŋˌfild ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪn 1980 ənd 81 hi muvd ɔn tɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈpæsoʊ fər ðə 1983 ənd 84 ˈsizənz. hi ərnd ɔl ˈɑnərz twaɪs. wɑz ˈdræftɪd baɪ ðə ˈigəlz ɪn ðə naɪnθ raʊnd əv ðə dræft bət ˈnɛvər meɪd ən ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈrɑstər. hi əˈtɛndəd wən ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp wɪθ ðə ˈigəlz, ənd tu wɪθ ðə ræmz. hɪz ˈkoʊʧɪŋ kərɪr bɪˈgæn ɛz ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt əˈsɪstənt æt ɪn 1986 ɪn 1987 bɪˈkeɪm ðə strɛŋθ ənd kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ koʊʧ æt. hi ðɛn muvd ɔn tɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv məˈzʊri wɛr hi sərvd ɛz ðə strɛŋθ ənd kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ koʊʧ fər naɪn ˈsizənz. ˈændi rid wɑz ðə əˈfɛnsɪv laɪn koʊʧ ðɛr frəm 1989 tɪ 1991 ˈfɪnɪʃt hɪz taɪm wɪθ məˈzʊri ɛz ðə dɪˈfɛnsɪv laɪn koʊʧ fər θri ˈsizənz. ɪn 2001 hi ˈɛnərd ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ɛz ə ˈspɛʃəl timz ənd kˈwɑləti kənˈtroʊl koʊʧ wɪθ ðə ˈigəlz. ɪn 2004 hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ bɛrz ˈspɛʃəl timz koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər. hi wɑz ˈvoʊtɪd ˈspɛʃəl timz koʊʧ əv ðə jɪr baɪ ðə ˈkoʊʧɪz ɪn 2007 ə ˈsizən wɛr hi sɛnt ə returner*, ˈgənər, ənd ˈpəntər tɪ ðə proʊ boʊl. ˈɪntərvˌjud fər ðə maɪˈæmi ˈdɑlfənz hɛd koʊʧ pəˈzɪʃən ɪn 2011 ənd ðɛn fər ðə 2013 bɛrz ˈoʊpənɪŋ ˈæftər ˈləvi smɪθ wɑz faɪərd, bət wɑz ˈnɛvər haɪərd. ðə bɛrz ˈwɔntɪd tɪ rɪˈteɪn bət hi muvd ɔn wɪn ðeɪ ʧoʊz mɑrk ɛz ðɛr hɛd koʊʧ. ˌriuˈnaɪtɪd wɪθ ˈændi rid ɪn ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti ənd ðə ʧifs ˈspɛʃəl timz ˈjunɪts hæv bɪn əˈməŋ ðə bɛst. ɪt ɪz rɛr bət nɑt ənˈhərd əv fər ə ˈspɛʃəl timz koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər tɪ bɪˈkəm ə hɛd koʊʧ. ʤɑn ˈhɑrˌbɔ əv ðə ˈbɔltəˌmɔr ˈreɪvənz ɪz əˈməŋ ðə bɛst hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪz ənd keɪm əp ɪn ðə lig ɛz ə ˈspɛʃəl timz koʊʧ. ɪz ə lɔŋ ʃɑt ˈkænədɪt tɪ bi ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018 bət ˈkreɪziər θɪŋz hæv ˈhæpənd. ʤɑn dɪfiˈlipoʊ ʤɑn dɪfiˈlipoʊ wɑz ə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk æt ʤeɪmz ˈmædɪsən ˌjunəˈvərsəti frəm 1996 tɪ 1999 hi dɪd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈɪntərnˌʃɪps ɪn ðə ˈsəmərz əv 1997 ənd 1998 wɪθ ðə ˈpænθərz ənd koʊlts rɪˈspɛktɪvli. ɪn ðə jɪr 2000 ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hɪz pleɪɪŋ kərɪr, dɪfiˈlipoʊ ˈlændɪd ðə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk koʊʧ ʤɑb æt ˈfɔrdəm. dɪfiˈlipoʊ tʊk ə græd əˈsɪstənt spɑt æt ˈnoʊtər deɪm ɪn 2001 hi muvd ɔn tɪ ðə kˈwɔrtərˌbæk koʊʧ ʤɑb æt kəˈləmbiə 2003 ɪn 2005 dɪfiˈlipoʊ ʤɔɪnd tɑm ʤaɪənts stæf ɛz ə kˈwɑləti kənˈtroʊl koʊʧ. ɪn 2007 hi ʤɔɪnd ðə leɪn koʊʧt ˈreɪdərz stæf ɛz kˈwɔrtərˌbæks koʊʧ. dɪfiˈlipoʊ wɑz rɪˈteɪnd ˈæftər wɑz ˈəndər nu hɛd koʊʧ tɑm ˈkeɪbəl. ʤɔɪnd rɛks ʤɛts stæf ɪn 2009 ɪn ðə seɪm roʊl bət ˈlæstɪd ˈoʊnli wən jɪr. ɪn 2010 hi tʊk ə ʤɑb ɛz ðə sæn ˌhoʊˈzeɪ steɪt kˈwɔrtərˌbæk koʊʧ ənd wɑz prəˈmoʊtəd tɪ ðə əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər pəˈzɪʃən ɪn 2011 dɪfiˈlipoʊ gɑt bæk ˈɪntu ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ɪn 2012 ɛz ðə ˈreɪdərz kˈwɔrtərˌbæks koʊʧ. hi gɑt hɪz fərst ənd ˈoʊnli koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ʤɑb æt ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈlɛvəl ˈəndər hɛd koʊʧ maɪk pɛˈtini. ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈmænɪʤmənt ənd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ stæf wər faɪərd ˈæftər ðət ˈsizən baɪ ˈoʊnər ˈʤɪmi ˈhæsləm, bət dɪfiˈlipoʊ wɑz brɔt ɔn bɔrd ɪn ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə tɪ wərk wɪθ ˈrʊki kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˈkɑrzən wɛnts. ðə pleɪ əv wɛnts ɪz ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈrizən ðət dɪfiˈlipoʊ ɪz ə ˈkænədɪt fər hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ʤɑbz, ənd ɪt ɪz ˈlaɪkli ðət hi wɪl faɪnd ə pəˈzɪʃən wɪθ ə tim ðət ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ brɪŋ ə jəŋ kˈwɔrtərˌbæk ˈɪntu ðə foʊld. dɪfiˈlipoʊ dɪz nɑt sim tɪ bi ə ˈlaɪkli ˈkænədɪt fər ðə ˈdiˌtrɔɪt laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ pəˈzɪʃən ɪf ɪt bɪˈkəmz əˈveɪləbəl. bɪl bɪl ɪz ðə bɛst hɛd koʊʧ ðət maɪt bi faɪərd ɪn 2018 hi pleɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækər ənd dɪˈfɛnsɪv ɛnd fər ðə braʊn bɛrz frəm ɪn 1993 hi koʊʧt taɪt ɛndz æt hɪz alma-matter*. hi muvd tɪ ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈlaɪnˌbækərz ə jɪr ˈleɪtər ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmuvɪŋ ɔn tɪ ˈʤɔrʤə tɛk ɛz ə ˈgræʤəˌweɪt əˈsɪstənt frəm ɪn 1998 hi bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈrənɪŋ bæks koʊʧ. hi tʊk ɔn ðə əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ənd kˈwɔrtərˌbæks koʊʧ roʊl ɪn 2001 ənd ˈædɪd əˈsɪstənt hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈdutiz ɪn 2002 ɪn 2003 hi lɛft ˈʤɔrʤə tɛk fər ə roʊl ɛz ðə ˈrənɪŋ bæks koʊʧ æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈmɛrələnd. ɪn 2005 bɪˈkeɪm ðə əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər æt duk, wɛr hi koʊʧt ˈfɔrmər ˈdiˌtrɔɪt laɪənz θæd luɪs. ɪn 2007 meɪd ðə ʤəmp tɪ ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl, ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ʤɑb wɪθ ðə ˈpeɪtriəts ɛz ən əˈfɛnsɪv əˈsɪstənt. ɪn 2008 hi tʊk ɔn ənd kˈwɔrtərˌbæk koʊʧ ˈdutiz ˈæftər ʤɑʃ məkˈdænjəlz lɛft tɪ teɪk ðə ˈdɛnvər ˈbrɑŋkoʊz hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃən. kleɪmd ðə əˈfɛnsɪv koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtər ˈtaɪtəl ɪn 2011 ənd hɛlpt ðə ˈpeɪtriəts meɪk ɪt tɪ ˈsupərˌboʊl xlvi*. oʊ tʊk ðə pɛn steɪt hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ʤɑb ɪn 2012 rɪˈpleɪsɪŋ ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri hɛd koʊʧ ʤoʊ pɑˈtɛrnoʊ. ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ əv ðət jɪr, wi ɔl ˈlərnɪd əv ðə ˈʤɛri sænˈdəski ˈskændəl ənd pɛn steɪt wɑz ˈhɑrʃli ˈpənɪʃt. ˈɪntərvˌjud fər hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ pəˈzɪʃənz wɪθ ðə ˈigəlz ənd braʊnz ɪn 2013 bət ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ rɪˈmeɪn æt pɛn steɪt. hi tʊk ðə ˈtɛksənz hɛd ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ʤɑb ɪn 2014 tʊk ˈoʊvər ə ˈtɛksənz tim ənd tʊk ðɛm tɪ ə ˈrɛkərd ɪn hɪz fərst ˈsizən dɪˈspaɪt ə læk əv ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən frəm pɪk ˈklaʊni. hi rɪˈpitɪd ə ˈrɛkərd ɪn 2015 ənd 2016 wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ strɪŋ təˈgɛðər θri ˈwɪnɪŋ ˈsizənz wɪθ raɪən ˌfɪtˈspætrɪk, keɪs ˈkinəm, raɪən ˈmælɪt, braɪən hɔɪər, ti. ʤeɪ. jeɪts, ˈbrændən ˈwidən, brɑk osweiler*, ənd tɑm ˈsævɪʤ æt kˈwɔrtərˌbæk. ɪn 2017 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈtɛksənz ˈɛndɪd ðə jɪr wɪθ 20 pleɪərz ɔn ˈɪnʤərd rɪˈzərv, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈrʊki ˈfɛnəm ˈwɑtsən, ənd əv ðə ɪˈlit pæs ʤeɪ. ʤeɪ. wɑt ənd ˈwɪtni mercilus*. ðə ˈtɛksənz ər ənd ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ənd ˈtɛksənz ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər rɪk smɪθ həz bɪˈkəm ˈtɑksɪk əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈɛrən ˈwɪlsən əv ðə ˈhjustən ˈkrɑnɪkəl. ɪf wər tɪ kəm əˈveɪləbəl, hi wʊd bi ən aɪˈdil ˈkænədɪt tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə laɪənz hɛd koʊʧ ɪn 2018
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the first commercial for the [email protected] television series aired in japan on friday.
the story follows a (shut-in) named (voiced by kana asumi) who is about even changing clothes or eating. her brother ohtsuka) takes care of her, even though she despises his nature. spends her days viewing the outside world via a "brother surveillance tool" on her computer. in the outside world, the three beautiful sisters (played by saito, kana hanazawa, and ai nonaka) and's brother are in the middle of relationships worthy of a romantic comedy.
akiyuki is teaming up again with his and studio shaft to make the television of [email protected] light novel series. katsuhiko takayama (and yet the town moves, love, election & chocolate ) is in charge of the scripts, and harada (romeo juliet, yu-gi-oh! zexal) is designing the characters.
the series will premiere on the and channels in japan on january 10.
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ðə fərst kəˈmərʃəl fər ðə [iˈmeɪl prəˈtɛktɪd] ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ˈsɪriz ɛrd ɪn ʤəˈpæn ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. ðə ˈstɔri ˈfɑloʊz ə (shut-in*) neɪmd (vɔɪst baɪ ˈkænə asumi*) hu ɪz əˈbaʊt ˈivɪn ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ kloʊðz ər ˈitɪŋ. hər ˈbrəðər ohtsuka*) teɪks kɛr əv hər, ˈivɪn ðoʊ ʃi dɪˈspaɪzɪz hɪz ˈneɪʧər. spɛnz hər deɪz vjuɪŋ ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd wərld ˈviə ə "ˈbrəðər sərˈveɪləns tul" ɔn hər kəmˈpjutər. ɪn ðə ˈaʊtˈsaɪd wərld, ðə θri ˈbjutəfəl ˈsɪstərz (pleɪd baɪ ˈseɪˌtoʊ, ˈkænə hanazawa*, ənd eɪaɪ nonaka*) ənd ˈbrəðər ər ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl əv riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps ˈwərði əv ə roʊˈmæntɪk ˈkɑmədi. ɪz ˈtimɪŋ əp əˈgɛn wɪθ hɪz ənd ˈstudiˌoʊ ʃæft tɪ meɪk ðə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən əv [iˈmeɪl prəˈtɛktɪd] laɪt ˈnɑvəl ˈsɪriz. ˌkɑtsuˈhikoʊ tɑkɑˈjɑmə (ənd jɛt ðə taʊn muvz, ləv, ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈʧɔklət ɪz ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə skrɪpts, ənd hɑˈrɑdə (ˈroʊmiˌoʊ ˈʤuliˌɛt, yu-gi-oh*! zexal*) ɪz dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ ðə ˈkɛrɪktərz. ðə ˈsɪriz wɪl prɛˈmɪr ɔn ðə ənd ˈʧænəlz ɪn ʤəˈpæn ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 10
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new ebola vaccine has '100 percent' effectiveness in early results
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in a development that could change the way the deadly ebola disease is fought, researchers have announced promising results of a new vaccine's trial in guinea, one of several countries affected by a historic outbreak in west africa.
"the estimated vaccine efficacy was 100 percent," a team of researchers say.
the trial was called ebola ça french for "ebola that's enough." funded by the world health organization and other groups, it started in april and ended on july 20, relying on participants who consented to be part of the trial. the more than 20 researchers who took part published their findings in the lancet medical journal on friday.
"the current data basically tells us that the vaccine works to protect people against ebola," says dr. bertrand, medical director of sans frontières, which took part in the research along with who and authorities in guinea.
draguez and other experts are heartened by the new results but they also warn that as testing expands, the effectiveness rate of the vaccine will likely fall below 100 percent. the trial used the "ring vaccination" method, in which all suspected contacts receive treatment. no placebos were administered.
"even if the sample size is quite small and more research and analysis is needed," says, "the enormity of the public health emergency should lead us to continue using this vaccine right now to protect those who might get exposed to the disease: contacts of infected patients and workers."
the trial vaccine, formally called but more commonly known as, was supplied by the pharmaceutical firm merck sharp & dohme. the drug was initially developed by canada's public health agency and was tested as early as 2011.
to conduct the guinea trial, researchers used newly confirmed ebola cases to identify clusters of people with whom the patients had contact. on a random basis, those clusters then received the vaccine either immediately or after a delay.
"in the immediate vaccination group, there were no cases of ebola virus disease with symptom onset at least 10 days after," the researchers say, "whereas in the delayed vaccination group there were 16 cases of ebola virus disease from seven clusters, showing a vaccine efficacy of 100 percent."
researchers say that for both groups those who got the vaccine immediately and those who received it after a delay no new ebola cases were diagnosed starting at six days after vaccination.
the phase of the trial was stopped this week, who says, "to allow for all people at risk to receive the vaccine immediately." it will also now include younger people than the adults involved in the trial.
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the first person to receive the trial vaccine in guinea was mohamed soumah, 27. he tells who:
"it wasn't easy. people in the village said that the injection was to kill me. i was afraid. i was the first one to be injected, the very first, here in my village on 23 march 2015. i've been monitored for 3 months and i've had no problems. the last follow-up, 84 days after the vaccination, was all clear."
the vaccine is administered via a shot to the upper arm. the researchers who ran the trial say their results suggest a single injection is highly effective, and that protection against ebola can be established quickly. they're also still analyzing possible adverse reactions to the drug.
the interim findings on the guinea trial are the latest to bolster the belief that could be the drug have been waiting for. earlier this year, it showed positive results in clinical trials at the walter reed army institute of research and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases.
a walter reed release about that study explained how the drug is derived:
"vsv-ebov is based in part on a genetically engineered version of virus, which primarily affects rodents, cattle, swine and horses. human infections are rare and mild. in the investigational vaccine, the gene for the outer protein of replaces the same gene segment of the zaire ebola virus species."
researchers in the guinea trial say the number of new clusters of potential patients is falling, because the rate of new diagnoses in the country has dropped. the next immediate step, they say, is to continue the trial and vaccinate more people. last friday, government and medical ethics groups approved that plan.
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nu iˈboʊlə ˌvækˈsin həz 100 pərˈsɛnt' ˈifɛktɪvnəs ɪn ˈərli rɪˈzəlts ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ðɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən ʃɔn ˈhɔˌki ʃɔn ˈhɔˌki ɪn ə dɪˈvɛləpmənt ðət kʊd ʧeɪnʤ ðə weɪ ðə ˈdɛdli iˈboʊlə dɪˈziz ɪz fɔt, ˈrisərʧərz hæv əˈnaʊnst ˈprɑməsɪŋ rɪˈzəlts əv ə nu ˌvækˈsinz traɪəl ɪn ˈgɪni, wən əv ˈsɛvərəl ˈkəntriz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ə hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈaʊtˌbreɪk ɪn wɛst ˈæfrɪkɑ. "ðə ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˌvækˈsin ˈɛfɪˌkæsi wɑz 100 pərˈsɛnt," ə tim əv ˈrisərʧərz seɪ. ðə traɪəl wɑz kɔld iˈboʊlə frɛnʧ fər "iˈboʊlə ðæts ɪˈnəf." ˈfəndɪd baɪ ðə wərld hɛlθ ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ənd ˈəðər grups, ɪt ˈstɑrtɪd ɪn ˈeɪprəl ənd ˈɛndɪd ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 20 riˈlaɪɪŋ ɔn pɑrˈtɪsəpənts hu kənˈsɛnɪd tɪ bi pɑrt əv ðə traɪəl. ðə mɔr ðən 20 ˈrisərʧərz hu tʊk pɑrt ˈpəblɪʃt ðɛr ˈfaɪndɪŋz ɪn ðə ˈlænsət ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈʤərnəl ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ. "ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈdætə ˈbeɪsɪkli tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs ðət ðə ˌvækˈsin wərks tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈpipəl əˈgɛnst iˈboʊlə," sɪz ˈdɑktər. ˈbərtrənd, ˈmɛdɪkəl dɪˈrɛktər əv sænz frontières*, wɪʧ tʊk pɑrt ɪn ðə ˈrisərʧ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ hu ənd əˈθɔrətiz ɪn ˈgɪni. ənd ˈəðər ˈɛkspərts ər ˈhɑrtənd baɪ ðə nu rɪˈzəlts bət ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ wɔrn ðət ɛz ˈtɛstɪŋ ɪkˈspændz, ðə ˈifɛktɪvnəs reɪt əv ðə ˌvækˈsin wɪl ˈlaɪkli fɔl bɪˈloʊ 100 pərˈsɛnt. ðə traɪəl juzd ðə "rɪŋ væksəˈneɪʃən" ˈmɛθəd, ɪn wɪʧ ɔl səˈspɛktɪd ˈkɑnˌtækts rɪˈsiv ˈtritmənt. noʊ pləˈsiboʊz wər ədˈmɪnɪstərd. "ˈivɪn ɪf ðə ˈsæmpəl saɪz ɪz kwaɪt smɔl ənd mɔr ˈrisərʧ ənd æˈnælɪsɪs ɪz ˈnidɪd," sɪz, "ðə ɪˈnɔrməti əv ðə ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈimərʤənsi ʃʊd lɛd ˈjuˈɛs tɪ kənˈtɪnju ˈjuzɪŋ ðɪs ˌvækˈsin raɪt naʊ tɪ prəˈtɛkt ðoʊz hu maɪt gɪt ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ðə dɪˈziz: ˈkɑnˌtækts əv ˌɪnˈfɛktɪd ˈpeɪʃənz ənd ˈwərkərz." ðə traɪəl ˌvækˈsin, ˈfɔrməli kɔld bət mɔr ˈkɑmənli noʊn ɛz, wɑz səˈplaɪd baɪ ðə ˌfɑrməˈsutɪkəl fərm mərk ʃɑrp doʊm. ðə drəg wɑz ˌɪˈnɪʃəli dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ˈkænədəz ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈeɪʤənsi ənd wɑz ˈtɛstɪd ɛz ˈərli ɛz 2011 tɪ ˈkɑndəkt ðə ˈgɪni traɪəl, ˈrisərʧərz juzd ˈnuli kənˈfərmd iˈboʊlə ˈkeɪsɪz tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ˈkləstərz əv ˈpipəl wɪθ hum ðə ˈpeɪʃənz hæd ˈkɑnˌtækt. ɔn ə ˈrændəm ˈbeɪsɪs, ðoʊz ˈkləstərz ðɛn rɪˈsivd ðə ˌvækˈsin ˈiðər ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ər ˈæftər ə dɪˈleɪ. "ɪn ðə ˌɪˈmiˌdiət væksəˈneɪʃən grup, ðɛr wər noʊ ˈkeɪsɪz əv iˈboʊlə ˈvaɪrəs dɪˈziz wɪθ ˈsɪmptəm ˈɔnˌsɛt æt list 10 deɪz ˈæftər," ðə ˈrisərʧərz seɪ, "wɛˈræz ɪn ðə dɪˈleɪd væksəˈneɪʃən grup ðɛr wər 16 ˈkeɪsɪz əv iˈboʊlə ˈvaɪrəs dɪˈziz frəm ˈsɛvən ˈkləstərz, ʃoʊɪŋ ə ˌvækˈsin ˈɛfɪˌkæsi əv 100 pərˈsɛnt." ˈrisərʧərz seɪ ðət fər boʊθ grups ðoʊz hu gɑt ðə ˌvækˈsin ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ənd ðoʊz hu rɪˈsivd ɪt ˈæftər ə dɪˈleɪ noʊ nu iˈboʊlə ˈkeɪsɪz wər ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊst ˈstɑrtɪŋ æt sɪks deɪz ˈæftər væksəˈneɪʃən. ðə feɪz əv ðə traɪəl wɑz stɑpt ðɪs wik, hu sɪz, "tɪ əˈlaʊ fər ɔl ˈpipəl æt rɪsk tɪ rɪˈsiv ðə ˌvækˈsin ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli." ɪt wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ naʊ ˌɪnˈklud ˈjəŋgər ˈpipəl ðən ðə ˈædəlts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə traɪəl. ˈtɑgəl ˈkæpʃən ʃɔn ˈhɔˌki ðə fərst ˈpərsən tɪ rɪˈsiv ðə traɪəl ˌvækˈsin ɪn ˈgɪni wɑz moʊˈhɑmɛd soumah*, 27 hi tɛlz hu: "ɪt ˈwəzənt ˈizi. ˈpipəl ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ sɛd ðət ðə ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃən wɑz tɪ kɪl mi. aɪ wɑz əˈfreɪd. aɪ wɑz ðə fərst wən tɪ bi ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪd, ðə ˈvɛri fərst, hir ɪn maɪ ˈvɪlɪʤ ɔn 23 mɑrʧ 2015 aɪv bɪn ˈmɑnətərd fər 3 mənθs ənd aɪv hæd noʊ ˈprɑbləmz. ðə læst ˈfɑloʊˌəp, 84 deɪz ˈæftər ðə væksəˈneɪʃən, wɑz ɔl klɪr." ðə ˌvækˈsin ɪz ədˈmɪnɪstərd ˈviə ə ʃɑt tɪ ðə ˈəpər ɑrm. ðə ˈrisərʧərz hu ræn ðə traɪəl seɪ ðɛr rɪˈzəlts səˈʤɛst ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˌɪnˈʤɛkʃən ɪz ˈhaɪli ˈifɛktɪv, ənd ðət prəˈtɛkʃən əˈgɛnst iˈboʊlə kən bi ɪˈstæblɪʃt kˈwɪkli. ðɛr ˈɔlsoʊ stɪl ˈænəˌlaɪzɪŋ ˈpɑsəbəl ˌædˈvərs riˈækʃənz tɪ ðə drəg. ðə ˈɪnərəm ˈfaɪndɪŋz ɔn ðə ˈgɪni traɪəl ər ðə ˈleɪtəst tɪ ˈboʊlstər ðə bɪˈlif ðət kʊd bi ðə drəg hæv bɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ fər. ˈərliər ðɪs jɪr, ɪt ʃoʊd ˈpɑzətɪv rɪˈzəlts ɪn ˈklɪnɪkəl traɪəlz æt ðə ˈwɔltər rid ˈɑrmi ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈrisərʧ ənd ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv ˈælərʤi ənd ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈzizɪz. ə ˈwɔltər rid riˈlis əˈbaʊt ðət ˈstədi ɪkˈspleɪnd haʊ ðə drəg ɪz dəraɪvd: ɪz beɪst ɪn pɑrt ɔn ə ʤəˈnɛtɪkli ˌɛnʤəˈnird ˈvərʒən əv ˈvaɪrəs, wɪʧ praɪˈmɛrəli əˈfɛkts ˈroʊdənts, ˈkætəl, swaɪn ənd ˈhɔrsɪz. ˈjumən ˌɪnˈfɛkʃənz ər rɛr ənd maɪld. ɪn ðə ˌɪnvɛstɪˈgeɪʃənəl ˌvækˈsin, ðə ʤin fər ðə ˈaʊtər ˈproʊˌtin əv rɪˈpleɪsɪz ðə seɪm ʤin ˌsɛgˈmɛnt əv ðə zaɪɪr iˈboʊlə ˈvaɪrəs ˈspiʃiz." ˈrisərʧərz ɪn ðə ˈgɪni traɪəl seɪ ðə ˈnəmbər əv nu ˈkləstərz əv pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈpeɪʃənz ɪz ˈfɑlɪŋ, bɪˈkəz ðə reɪt əv nu ˌdaɪəgˈnoʊsiz ɪn ðə ˈkəntri həz drɑpt. ðə nɛkst ˌɪˈmiˌdiət stɛp, ðeɪ seɪ, ɪz tɪ kənˈtɪnju ðə traɪəl ənd ˈvæksəneɪt mɔr ˈpipəl. læst ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, ˈgəvərnmənt ənd ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈɛθɪks grups əˈpruvd ðət plæn.
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joe scarborough on. joe scarborough on wednesday cautioned donald trump against picking close advisers with little foreign policy experience for top administration posts.
the "morning joe" host said that trump should pick "very boring, very middle-of-the-road" officials to serve in administration posts such as secretary of defense, secretary of state, and director of the national security agency.
"you don't get rookies for that. you don't get ideologues for that," scarborough said.
former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and former united nations ambassador john bolton are both rumored to be potential picks for secretary of state options that scarborough warned would set off a media firestorm and damage relationships abroad.
"abroad, you can't lurch to a john bolton," scarborough said.
"you think the steve bannon appointment got negative press? you think that's bad? pick rudy giuliani as your secretary of state or john bolton as your secretary of state, and watch everything melt down internationally."
scarborough specifically singled out giuliani, citing a new york times article detailing large payments giuliani took from the government as well as a group on the state department's terror watch list.
"after the hillary clinton debacle on paid speeches and foreign interests, how could rudy giuliani ever be secretary of state?" scarborough said.
"is [trump] going to call him 'crooked rudy' now?"
watch the clip below, via:
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ʤoʊ ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ ɔn. ʤoʊ ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈkɔʃənd ˈdɑnəld trəmp əˈgɛnst ˈpɪkɪŋ kloʊz ædˈvaɪzərz wɪθ ˈlɪtəl ˈfɔrən ˈpɑləsi ɪkˈspɪriəns fər tɔp ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən poʊsts. ðə "ˈmɔrnɪŋ ʤoʊ" hoʊst sɛd ðət trəmp ʃʊd pɪk "ˈvɛri ˈbɔrɪŋ, ˈvɛri ˈmɪdələvθəˌrɔd" əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ sərv ɪn ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən poʊsts səʧ ɛz ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv dɪˈfɛns, ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt, ənd dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi. "ju doʊnt gɪt ˈrʊkiz fər ðət. ju doʊnt gɪt ˈaɪdiəlɔgz fər ðət," ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ sɛd. ˈfɔrmər nu jɔrk ˈsɪti meɪər ˈrudi ˌʤuliˈɑni ənd ˈfɔrmər juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz æmˈbæsədər ʤɑn ˈboʊltən ər boʊθ ˈrumərd tɪ bi pəˈtɛnʃəl pɪks fər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt ˈɔpʃənz ðət ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ wɔrnd wʊd sɛt ɔf ə ˈmidiə ˈfaɪrˌstɔrm ənd ˈdæmɪʤ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps əˈbrɔd. "əˈbrɔd, ju kænt lərʧ tɪ ə ʤɑn ˈboʊltən," ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ sɛd. "ju θɪŋk ðə stiv ˈbænən əˈpɔɪntmənt gɑt ˈnɛgətɪv prɛs? ju θɪŋk ðæts bæd? pɪk ˈrudi ˌʤuliˈɑni ɛz jʊr ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt ər ʤɑn ˈboʊltən ɛz jʊr ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt, ənd wɔʧ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ mɛlt daʊn ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli." ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ spəˈsɪfɪkli ˈsɪŋgəld aʊt ˌʤuliˈɑni, ˈsaɪtɪŋ ə nu jɔrk taɪmz ˈɑrtɪkəl dɪˈteɪlɪŋ lɑrʤ ˈpeɪmənts ˌʤuliˈɑni tʊk frəm ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɛz wɛl ɛz ə grup ɔn ðə steɪt dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˈtɛrər wɔʧ lɪst. "ˈæftər ðə ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən dəˈbɑkəl ɔn peɪd ˈspiʧɪz ənd ˈfɔrən ˈɪntərɪsts, haʊ kʊd ˈrudi ˌʤuliˈɑni ˈɛvər bi ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt?" ˈskɑrˌbəroʊ sɛd. "ɪz [trəmp] goʊɪŋ tɪ kɔl ɪm 'ˈkrʊkəd ˈrudi' naʊ?" wɔʧ ðə klɪp bɪˈloʊ, ˈviə:
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square enix today released new world of final fantasy featuring the heroes and lann as a mysterious woman named guides them into the world of grymoire. along the way, the siblings encounter notable characters, locations and monsters that will be familiar to final fantasy fans, including the legendary lightning from final fantasy and the town of cornelia from the original final fantasy.
the new images showcase mirages, powerful creatures that can turn the tide of any battle to aid and lann. players can take advantage of the unique stacking mechanic to increase attack power and and unlock special abilities. among the iconic mirages are shiva, ramuh, and cerberus, ready to wipe out all enemies that oppose the duo. world of final fantasy also introduces train travel with the conductor for and lann to journey across grymoire.
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skwɛr ˈɛnɪks təˈdeɪ riˈlist nu wərld əv ˈfaɪnəl ˈfænəsi ˈfiʧərɪŋ ðə ˈhɪroʊz ənd læn ɛz ə mɪˈstɪriəs ˈwʊmən neɪmd gaɪdz ðɛm ˈɪntu ðə wərld əv grymoire*. əˈlɔŋ ðə weɪ, ðə ˈsɪblɪŋz ɪnˈkaʊnər ˈnoʊtəbəl ˈkɛrɪktərz, loʊˈkeɪʃənz ənd ˈmɑnstərz ðət wɪl bi fəˈmɪljər tɪ ˈfaɪnəl ˈfænəsi fænz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri ˈlaɪtnɪŋ frəm ˈfaɪnəl ˈfænəsi ənd ðə taʊn əv kɔrˈniljə frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈfaɪnəl ˈfænəsi. ðə nu ˈɪmɪʤɪz ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs mərˈɑʒəz, ˈpaʊərfəl ˈkriʧərz ðət kən tərn ðə taɪd əv ˈɛni ˈbætəl tɪ eɪd ənd læn. pleɪərz kən teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðə juˈnik ˈstækɪŋ mɪˈkænɪk tɪ ˌɪnˈkris əˈtæk paʊər ənd ənd ənˈlɑk ˈspɛʃəl əˈbɪləˌtiz. əˈməŋ ðə ˌaɪˈkɑnɪk mərˈɑʒəz ər ˈʃivə, ramuh*, ənd cerberus*, ˈrɛdi tɪ waɪp aʊt ɔl ˈɛnəmiz ðət əˈpoʊz ðə ˈduoʊ. wərld əv ˈfaɪnəl ˈfænəsi ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪntrəˈdusɪz treɪn ˈtrævəl wɪθ ðə kənˈdəktər fər ənd læn tɪ ˈʤərni əˈkrɔs grymoire*.
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yesterday i reported on an article in the daily caller that turned reality on its head by claiming that the attempt to avoid hiring new employees to administer greenhouse gas (ghg) emission permits was actually the planning to hire those employees. as i pointed out, the article had enough major errors that it needed either significant corrections or a full retraction.
today the executive editor of the daily caller, david, attempted to justify the original article in an editorial. however, failed defense of an indefensible article means that the daily caller now has two articles that are so filled with errors and misrepresentations that they should be corrected or retracted entirely.
martosko correctly wrote that the effects of the greenhouse gas regulations was more than the expected. he also correctly wrote that the wrote a tailoring rule that would be implemented in phases so that the impacts to the regulated entities could be minimized. he also correctly wrote that there is a federal court case pending about whether or not the tailoring rule is legal with respect to the clean air act. unfortunately, everything else that wrote about the tailoring rule, the illusionary new jobs, and the pending court case is either wrong or missing critical information.
martosko wrote that the would have to hire another employees in order to regulate million. neglected to mention that the presented this as a choice in their court filing either radically increase the size and budget of the or deal with a permitting process that would lengthen from months today to approximately 10 years, but within the current budget and workforce.
martosko wrote that the “was in court to ask a court for permission” to implement the tailoring rule, and that the court case was “presumably the only way the can avoid the $21 billion hiring spree….” this is simply false. as i mentioned yesterday, the was challenged in federal court by multiple states’ attorneys general and a host of industry groups. those states and industry groups who are demanding that the regulate according to a strict interpretation of the clean air act, and this strict interpretation that would force the to hire more workers or lengthen the permitting process. so not the who is asking permission of the court, the states’ attorneys general who are challenging the authority under the clean air act.
martosko wrote that the tailoring rule “doesn’t seem to comply with the clean air act” because the act “doesn’t allow the government to pick and choose” who to regulate. this may well be true, but know that a court case pending in the us court of appeals for the district of columbia (#10-1073) that will decide this very question. either has some unique portal to the future, or the results of a federal lawsuit.
martosko wrote that the may find itself in an “all-or-nothing scenario” where it has to hire more regulators and the taxpayers have to pay the bill. has to know that wrong about this too. as i mentioned above, the could choose to extend the permitting process instead of hiring new workers. or the could hire some workers and not extend the permitting process quite as much. but always another option ask congress for relief from the strict rules of the clean air act. as i pointed out yesterday, this is one of the two likely reasons that industry wants the to strictly enforce emissions at the legal limit set out in the clean air act to force the to ask a skeptical congress for changes to the clean air act, which would open up the entire act to revision by a congress.
martosko wrote that the is “committed to regulating everyone at the full $21 billion cost at some point down the road.” while true to some extent, neglects to mention a critical point made by the in their court brief the expects to learn enough about how to regulate smaller during the process that the will not need to spend that much money, hire that many people, add that much time to the permitting process. which is a point that, and boyle in his original article on monday, would have known if they had, in fact, written a story that was, as claimed, “well reported, carefully sourced, and solidly written.” one out of three so bad, i guess.
today, committed the same sins of omission and uttered the same objectively false claims that boyle did in the original article on monday. as a result the daily caller now has a credibility problem that is twice as large as it was two articles that require major corrections or instead of just one.
the daily caller has an opportunity to show both its readers and its critics that it has journalistic integrity by correcting or retracting both articles. or not.
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ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ aɪ ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn ən ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn ðə ˈdeɪli ˈkɔlər ðət tərnd ˌriˈæləˌti ɔn ɪts hɛd baɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðət ðə əˈtɛmpt tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈhaɪrɪŋ nu ɪmˈplɔɪiz tɪ ədˈmɪnɪstər ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs (ghg*) ɪˈmɪʃən ˈpərˌmɪts wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli ðə ˈplænɪŋ tɪ haɪər ðoʊz ɪmˈplɔɪiz. ɛz aɪ ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt, ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl hæd ɪˈnəf ˈmeɪʤər ˈɛrərz ðət ɪt ˈnidɪd ˈiðər sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt kərˈɛkʃənz ər ə fʊl riˈtrækʃən. təˈdeɪ ðə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ˈɛdɪtər əv ðə ˈdeɪli ˈkɔlər, ˈdeɪvɪd, əˈtɛmptəd tɪ ˈʤəstəˌfaɪ ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪn ən ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, feɪld dɪˈfɛns əv ən ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəl ˈɑrtɪkəl minz ðət ðə ˈdeɪli ˈkɔlər naʊ həz tu ˈɑrtɪkəlz ðət ər soʊ fɪld wɪθ ˈɛrərz ənd mɪsˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənz ðət ðeɪ ʃʊd bi kərˈɛktɪd ər riˈtræktəd ɪnˈtaɪərli. kərˈɛktli roʊt ðət ðə ˈifɛkts əv ðə ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz wɑz mɔr ðən ðə ɪkˈspɛktɪd. hi ˈɔlsoʊ kərˈɛktli roʊt ðət ðə roʊt ə ˈteɪlərɪŋ rul ðət wʊd bi ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ɪn ˈfeɪzɪz soʊ ðət ðə ˌɪmˈpækts tɪ ðə ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪd ˈɛntɪtiz kʊd bi ˈmɪnəˌmaɪzd. hi ˈɔlsoʊ kərˈɛktli roʊt ðət ðɛr ɪz ə ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt keɪs ˈpɛndɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðə ˈteɪlərɪŋ rul ɪz ˈligəl wɪθ rɪˈspɛkt tɪ ðə klin ɛr ækt. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɛls ðət roʊt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈteɪlərɪŋ rul, ðə ˌɪˈluʒəˌnɛri nu ʤɑbz, ənd ðə ˈpɛndɪŋ kɔrt keɪs ɪz ˈiðər rɔŋ ər ˈmɪsɪŋ ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. roʊt ðət ðə wʊd hæv tɪ haɪər əˈnəðər ɪmˈplɔɪiz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ ˈrɛgjəˌleɪt ˈmɪljən. nɪˈglɛktɪd tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ðət ðə pərˈzɛnəd ðɪs ɛz ə ʧɔɪs ɪn ðɛr kɔrt ˈfaɪlɪŋ ˈiðər ˈrædɪkli ˌɪnˈkris ðə saɪz ənd ˈbəʤɪt əv ðə ər dil wɪθ ə pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət wʊd ˈlɛŋθən frəm mənθs təˈdeɪ tɪ əˈprɑksəmətli 10 jɪrz, bət wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈbəʤɪt ənd ˈwərkˌfɔrs. roʊt ðət ðə ɪn kɔrt tɪ æsk ə kɔrt fər permission”*” tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ðə ˈteɪlərɪŋ rul, ənd ðət ðə kɔrt keɪs wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli weɪ ðə kən əˈvɔɪd ðə 21 ˈbɪljən ˈhaɪrɪŋ spree….”*….” ðɪs ɪz ˈsɪmpli fɔls. ɛz aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ðə wɑz ˈʧælənʤd ɪn ˈfɛdərəl kɔrt baɪ ˈməltəpəl states’*’ əˈtərniz ˈʤɛnərəl ənd ə hoʊst əv ˈɪndəstri grups. ðoʊz steɪts ənd ˈɪndəstri grups hu ər dɪˈmændɪŋ ðət ðə ˈrɛgjəˌleɪt əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə strɪkt ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən əv ðə klin ɛr ækt, ənd ðɪs strɪkt ˌɪnˌtərprɪˈteɪʃən ðət wʊd fɔrs ðə tɪ haɪər mɔr ˈwərkərz ər ˈlɛŋθən ðə pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs. soʊ nɑt ðə hu ɪz ˈæskɪŋ pərˈmɪʃən əv ðə kɔrt, ðə states’*’ əˈtərniz ˈʤɛnərəl hu ər ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ðə əˈθɔrəti ˈəndər ðə klin ɛr ækt. roʊt ðət ðə ˈteɪlərɪŋ rul sim tɪ kəmˈplaɪ wɪθ ðə klin ɛr act”*” bɪˈkəz ðə ækt əˈlaʊ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ pɪk ənd choose”*” hu tɪ ˈrɛgjəˌleɪt. ðɪs meɪ wɛl bi tru, bət noʊ ðət ə kɔrt keɪs ˈpɛndɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs kɔrt əv əˈpilz fər ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt əv kəˈləmbiə ðət wɪl ˌdɪˈsaɪd ðɪs ˈvɛri kˈwɛʃən. ˈiðər həz səm juˈnik ˈpɔrtəl tɪ ðə fˈjuʧər, ər ðə rɪˈzəlts əv ə ˈfɛdərəl ˈlɔˌsut. roʊt ðət ðə meɪ faɪnd ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪn ən scenario”*” wɛr ɪt həz tɪ haɪər mɔr ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtərz ənd ðə ˈtækˌspeɪərz hæv tɪ peɪ ðə bɪl. həz tɪ noʊ ðət rɔŋ əˈbaʊt ðɪs tu. ɛz aɪ ˈmɛnʃənd əˈbəv, ðə kʊd ʧuz tɪ ɪkˈstɛnd ðə pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈhaɪrɪŋ nu ˈwərkərz. ər ðə kʊd haɪər səm ˈwərkərz ənd nɑt ɪkˈstɛnd ðə pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs kwaɪt ɛz məʧ. bət ˈɔlˌweɪz əˈnəðər ˈɔpʃən æsk ˈkɑŋgrəs fər rɪˈlif frəm ðə strɪkt rulz əv ðə klin ɛr ækt. ɛz aɪ ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, ðɪs ɪz wən əv ðə tu ˈlaɪkli ˈrizənz ðət ˈɪndəstri wɔnts ðə tɪ ˈstrɪktli ɛnˈfɔrs ɪˈmɪʃənz æt ðə ˈligəl ˈlɪmət sɛt aʊt ɪn ðə klin ɛr ækt tɪ fɔrs ðə tɪ æsk ə ˈskɛptɪkəl ˈkɑŋgrəs fər ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə klin ɛr ækt, wɪʧ wʊd ˈoʊpən əp ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ækt tɪ riˈvɪʒən baɪ ə ˈkɑŋgrəs. roʊt ðət ðə ɪz tɪ ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪŋ ˈɛvriˌwən æt ðə fʊl 21 ˈbɪljən kɔst æt səm pɔɪnt daʊn ðə road.”*.” waɪl tru tɪ səm ɪkˈstɛnt, nɪˈglɛkts tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ə ˈkrɪtɪkəl pɔɪnt meɪd baɪ ðə ɪn ðɛr kɔrt brif ðə ɪkˈspɛkts tɪ lərn ɪˈnəf əˈbaʊt haʊ tɪ ˈrɛgjəˌleɪt sˈmɔlər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət ðə wɪl nɑt nid tɪ spɛnd ðət məʧ ˈməni, haɪər ðət ˈmɛni ˈpipəl, æd ðət məʧ taɪm tɪ ðə pərˈmɪtɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs. wɪʧ ɪz ə pɔɪnt ðət, ənd bɔɪl ɪn hɪz ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, wʊd hæv noʊn ɪf ðeɪ hæd, ɪn fækt, ˈrɪtən ə ˈstɔri ðət wɑz, ɛz kleɪmd, ˌriˈpɔrtəd, ˈkɛrfəli sourced*, ənd ˈsɑlədli written.”*.” wən aʊt əv θri soʊ bæd, aɪ gɛs. təˈdeɪ, kəˈmɪtɪd ðə seɪm sɪnz əv oʊˈmɪʃən ənd ˈətərd ðə seɪm ɑˈbʤɛktɪvli fɔls kleɪmz ðət bɔɪl dɪd ɪn ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈɑrtɪkəl ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt ðə ˈdeɪli ˈkɔlər naʊ həz ə ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti ˈprɑbləm ðət ɪz twaɪs ɛz lɑrʤ ɛz ɪt wɑz tu ˈɑrtɪkəlz ðət ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈmeɪʤər kərˈɛkʃənz ər ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ʤɪst wən. ðə ˈdeɪli ˈkɔlər həz ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ ʃoʊ boʊθ ɪts ˈridərz ənd ɪts ˈkrɪtɪks ðət ɪt həz ˌʤərnəˈlɪstɪk ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti baɪ kərˈɛktɪŋ ər riˈtræktɪŋ boʊθ ˈɑrtɪkəlz. ər nɑt.
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