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brewer, maine local vietnam veteran ron warner, who has spent decades protesting long wait times for mainers seeking health care through the department of veterans affairs, was recently told he would have to wait three months to find out if he had cancer.
long wait times triggered the government’s new veterans choice program, but the process to get an appointment still was confusing, said warner, who wore a u.s. marine corps uniform from 1969 to 1971 and joined the disabled american veterans upon his return stateside.
warner recently found blood in his urine and his va doctor recommended a urologist be consulted.
“the va gave me an appointment 90 days out,” warner said. “they are supposed to get you in within 30 days. that was 60 days over the guideline, so that qualified me for veterans choice.”
the veterans choice program is designed to provide veterans with access to medical care through civilian providers when their local va facilities face long wait times, a lack of available specialists or if the veteran lives more than 40 miles from the closest va facility that provides the type of care they need. it was created under the august 2014 veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014, a $16.3 billion funding and reform measure passed in the wake of a scandal over falsified records covering up long patient delays at va hospitals and clinics around the country.
maine’s va health system never was implicated, and togus outperformed many of its counterparts in other states on wait times. but a recent investigation by a government watchdog found inappropriate practices, including mishandled referrals and appointment scheduling for mental health treatment, and a shortage of providers.
the va system in maine is now recruiting doctors and other providers to serve patients under the veterans choice program.
since the program is still in its infancy, there is a lot of confusion, said joanne bradshaw, manager at the bangor va clinic.
“we’re taking about 200 calls a day,” she said earlier this month, just before an informational program offered at the clinic for patients to learn more about veterans choice.
the bangor clinic has six full-time providers and handles around 6,500 patients annually.
“we try to get a person in within 30 days,” bradshaw said. “sometimes that doesn’t happen.”
newport disabled veteran george mathis, a former disabled american veterans state commander, said he was confused about veterans choice recently when he started having heart palpitations.
“i live within a 40-mile radius of a va health center but i can’t go to the bangor va [for emergencies] because it’s not a walk-in clinic,” mathis said.
he explained his situation to jody kundreskas, a representative from va maine healthcare system, during an informational meeting. she explained that the veterans choice card does not cover emergency care outside the va.
“everything has to be pre-authorized,” kundreskas said. “it’s been very helpful with the very rural population.”
for warner, the veterans choice program eventually helped get him to a doctor in ellsworth. he learned he’s cancer-free, but his va doctor now has to track down notes from the civilian urologist to make a plan to treat his unresolved medical problems, he said. that wouldn’t happen within the va’s electronic medical record system.
getting the appointment took effort on his part. warner, who also contacted a maine va medical center official, urges other veterans to aggressively pursue their medical care rather than languish on waitlists.
“i called the veterans choice and they put me on their list,” warner said. “they told me they would get back to me in four or five days and they didn’t. twelve business days after that i still hadn’t heard from them.”
warner, an activist since at least 1998, when he manned picket lines and held a hunger strike to protest conditions and waiting times to see a doctor at what was then the va togus medical center in augusta, called sen. susan collins’ bangor office. one of her representatives made a few calls that, he says, got the ball rolling.
collins and u.s. sen. angus king led a bipartisan group that successfully pushed the va to widen eligibility for the program. in march, the va announced it would use actual driving distance to calculate the 40-mile requirement, rather than measuring it “as the crow flies.”
the senators are seeking other changes, arguing the rules also should consider the type of care available within 40 miles of a veteran’s home.
rep. bruce poliquin recently co-sponsored the veterans’ mental health care access act, which expands the choice program to allow veterans to seek immediate mental health care at any facility eligible to receive medicare or medicaid reimbursement, according to a spokesman.
“i was frustrated,” warner said. “my question is: how many veterans are out there waiting?”
veterans who want to check to see if they are eligible for the veterans choice card can call 866-606-8198.
the va also has a new online service, myhealth.va.gov, which can be used to set up and track appointments, prescription refills, provide wellness reminders and get information about a patient’s lab results.
va maine healthcare recently launched a patient call center, staffed by five registered nurses and 13 medical support associates, that veterans can use to get health care questions answered and schedule appointments. the call center is available at 623-8411, ext. 7490, or 877-421-8263, ext. 7490.
what is the veterans choice program?
the veterans choice program is designed to provide veterans with access to medical care when their local va facility faces long wait times, a lack of available specialists, or if the veteran lives far from the closest va facility that provides the type of care they need. under the program, veterans can see health providers outside the va system, rather than waiting for a va appointment or traveling to a va facility.
eligible veterans are issued a veterans choice card, which is not an insurance card.
are you eligible?
if you are already enrolled in va health care, you may be eligible if:
— you have waited or expect to wait more than 30 days for va medical care.
— you live more than 40 miles from a va facility.
using the program does not affect care you receive within the va system. the choice card is designed to supplement, not replace, that care.
all care received under the program must be pre-authorized. care from non-va providers is covered only for medical needs approved by your va physician.
the program does not cover emergency care.
veterans who want to check to see if they are eligible can call 866-606-8198.
source: u.s. department of veterans affairs | ə ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈgræsˈruts ˈæktɪvɪst grup kleɪmz tɪ hæv reɪzd mɔr ðən ɪn 24 aʊərz tɪ ˈʧælənʤ ˈvəlnərəbəl rɪˈpəblɪkənz hu ˈvoʊtɪd fər ðə plæn tɪ rɪˈpil ənd ˌriˈpleɪs. ðə grup, swɪŋ lɛft, həz bɪn ˈtaʊtɪŋ ɪts ˈfənˌdreɪsɪŋ hɔl ɔn tˈwɪtər ɛz ðə doʊˈneɪʃənz pɔr ɪn. ənd ɪt ˈnoʊtɪd ɪn ə riˈlis ðət əv ðət ˈtoʊtəl wɑz reɪzd ɪn ðə fərst aʊər ˈæftər ðə ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun voʊt. bɪˈkəz əv ju wiv reɪzd hæf ə ˈmɪljən ˈdɔlərz ɪn 24 tɪ ənˈsit rɪˈpəblɪkənz ɪn 2018 ju ɔl ər ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl. swɪŋ lɛft (@swingleft*) meɪ 4 2017 ˈdoʊnərz geɪv spəˈsɪfɪkli fər ðə əˈvɛnʧuəl ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈʧælɪnʤər tɪ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. ˈdɛrəl ˈɪsə (r-calif*.), ə tɔp ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈtərgət hu ˈvoʊtɪd fər ðə rɪˈpil bɪl. "ðə haʊs ʤɪst pæst wɪθ 35 voʊts frəm ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz ɪn swɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkts," ðə grup raɪts ɪn ɪts ˈfənˌdreɪsɪŋ əˈpil. swɪŋ lɛft ˈtaʊtɪd doʊˈneɪʃənz ɛz ə ʧæns tɪ meɪk ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz "rɪˈgrɛt ˈvoʊtɪŋ fər trəmps dɪˈzæstrəs əˈʤɛndə." ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt swɪŋ lɛft ɪz əˈtɛmptɪŋ tɪ ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz ˈdɛməˌkræts tɪ wɪn ˈoʊvər 65 aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd swɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkts 48 ənd 17 democratic-held*. ɔn tɔp əv doʊˈneɪʃənz, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ siks tɪ spər ˌvɑlənˈtɪrz tɪ wərk ɪn swɪŋ ˈdɪstrɪkts ðət ðeɪ lɪv nɪr. ʤɑn fəvˈroʊ, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈspiˌʧraɪtər fər ˈfɔrmər ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə, ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ðə grup. ɛz ˈdɛməˌkræts lʊk tɪ ˈprɛʃər ˈvəlnərəbəl rɪˈpəblɪkənz, grups ər ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ hɛlp ðɛr ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz tu. ðə ˌnɑnˈprɔfɪt əˈmɛrɪkən ˈækʃən ˈnɛtˌwərk əˈnaʊnst ə 2 ˈmɪljən æd baɪ əˈkrɔs 21 kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈdɪstrɪkts tɪ θæŋk rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈɪsə, fər ðɛr səˈpɔrt ənd prəˈvaɪd ðɛm wɪθ ˈkəvər ɪn ðɛr ˈdɪstrɪkts. ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd meɪ 5 æt a.m*. |
a liberal grassroots activist group claims to have raised more than $500,000 in 24 hours to challenge vulnerable republicans who voted for the gop's plan to repeal and replace obamacare.
the group, swing left, has been touting its fundraising haul on twitter as the donations pour in. and it noted in a release that $150,000 of that total was raised in the first hour after the thursday afternoon vote.
because of you we've raised half a million dollars in 24 hrs to unseat republicans in 2018. you all are incredible. https://t.co/3qijskjnlg — swing left (@swingleft) may 4, 2017
donors gave $100,000 specifically for the eventual democratic challenger to rep. darrell issa (r-calif.), a top democratic target who voted for the obamacare repeal bill.
"the house just passed trumpcare with 35 votes from representatives in swing districts," the group writes in its fundraising appeal.
swing left touted donations as a chance to make gop lawmakers "regret voting for trump's disastrous agenda."
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swing left is attempting to mobilize democrats to win over 65 identified swing districts — 48 republican-held and 17 democratic-held. on top of donations, it also seeks to spur volunteers to work in swing districts that they live near.
jon favreau, a former speechwriter for former president obama, is working with the group.
as democrats look to pressure vulnerable republicans, gop groups are coming to help their lawmakers too.
the non-profit american action network announced a $2 million ad buy across 21 congressional districts to thank republican lawmakers, including issa, for their support and provide them with cover in their districts.
updated may 5 at 10:46 a.m. | nɪk ˈistər meɪd hɪz əˈpɪrəns fər ɪn ˈsætərdiz wɪn əˈgɛnst ˈlɛstər ˈnəmbər eɪt nɪk ˈistər sɪz hi ɪz "ˈdɛspərɪt" tɪ pleɪ fər ˈɪŋglənd əˈgɛn ənd bɪˈlivz hi dɪˈzərvz ə ˈsɛkənd ʧæns. ˈɪŋglənd koʊʧ stɔrt ˈlæŋkəstər nidz tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs bɛn ˈmɔrgən, hu wɑz ruld aʊt əv ðə sɪks ˈneɪʃənz wɪʧ stɑrts nɛkst mənθ ˈæftər ˈfrækʧərɪŋ hɪz lɛg. ˈistər, 36 həz 47 ˈɪŋglənd kæps bət həz nɑt ˈædɪd tɪ ðɛm sɪns 2011 ˌɔlˈðoʊ hi ɪz ˌɛnˈʤɔɪɪŋ gʊd fɔrm fər hɪz kləb. "ɪf jʊr ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˈhəŋgər ðɛn ju nid nɑt lʊk ˈɛni ˈfərðər," hi sɛd. ˈɪŋglənd sɪks ˈneɪʃənz ˈfɪksʧərz 6 ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri: weɪlz vi ˈɪŋglənd, 14 ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri: ˈɪŋglənd vi ˈɪtəli, 1 mɑr: ˈaɪərlənd vi ˈɪŋglənd, 14 mɑr: ˈɪŋglənd vi ˈskɑtlənd, 21 mɑr: ˈɪŋglənd vi fræns, wɪn æst ɪf hi kʊd stɪl du ə ʤɑb fər ˈɪŋglənd ɪn ə ˌbibiˈsi ˈreɪdiˌoʊ 5 lɪv ˈɪntərvˌju, ˈistər sɛd: "oʊ jæ, aɪ noʊ 100 aɪ kən ənd əm ˈdɛspərɪt tɪ ɛz wɛl. "aɪ θɪŋk aɪ hæv mɔr ˈrizən ðən ˈɛni ˈəðər, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ haʊ ðə læst wərld kəp wɛnt. ɪts bɪn ə ˈdraɪvɪŋ fɔrs fər mi." ˈistər, hu pleɪd fər ˈɪŋglənd bɪtˈwin 2007 ənd 2011 wɑz neɪmd mæn əv ðə mæʧ ɪn ˈsætərdiz ˈvɪktəri ˈoʊvər ˈlɛstər ənd pleɪd ə roʊl ɪn ɔl fɔr əv' traɪz. ˈərliər ɪn ðə wik, ˈfɔrmər ˈɪŋglənd ˈkæptən ˈlɔrəns bækt ˈistər tɪ gɪt ə ˈriˌkɔl tɪ feɪs weɪlz ɪn ˈɪŋgləndz fərst sɪks ˈneɪʃənz mæʧ, ɔn 6 ˈfɛbruˌɛri. |
nick easter made his 250th appearance for quins in saturday's win against leicester
harlequins number eight nick easter says he is "desperate" to play for england again and believes he deserves a second chance.
england coach stuart lancaster needs to replace ben morgan, who was ruled out of the six nations - which starts next month - after fracturing his leg.
easter, 36, has 47 england caps but has not added to them since 2011, although he is enjoying good form for his club.
"if you're looking for hunger then you need not look any further," he said.
england six nations fixtures 6 feb: wales v england, 20:05 gmt 14 feb: england v italy, 14:30 gmt 1 mar: ireland v england, 15:00 gmt 14 mar: england v scotland, 17:00 gmt 21 mar: england v france, 17:00 gmt
when asked if he could still do a job for england in a bbc radio 5 live interview, easter said: "oh yeah, i know 100% i can and i'm desperate to as well.
"i think i have more reason than any other, considering how the last world cup went. it's been a driving force for me."
easter, who played for england between 2007 and 2011, was named man of the match in saturday's 32-12 victory over leicester and played a role in all four of harlequins' tries.
earlier in the week, former england captain lawrence dallaglio backed easter to get a recall to face wales in england's first six nations match, on 6 february. | ˈpoʊstɪd baɪ: kreɪg ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 6th*, 2011 tɪps ˈjuˈɛs ɔf tɪ ðɪs ˈəpˌdeɪt. ˈrɪʧərd ˈlɪndzi həz ˈɔfərd ðɪs ˌkrɑnəˈlɑʤɪkəl ˈrənˌdaʊn əv ðə ɪˈvɛnts ˈkəvərd hir ɔn kənˈsərnɪŋ ðə pərˈpɔrtɪd ˈʃutɪŋ əv tu ənd ðə ˌɪnˈkluʒən əv sɛd tu ɪn ðə ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ˈstədi əv ˈdɑktər. ˈmɛlbə ˈkɛʧəm. ðə ˈɛrɪksən ˈprɑʤɛkt, ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. krəˈnɑləʤi əv ðə ˈrisənt ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈʃutɪŋ ˈstɔri aɪ noʊ moʊst əv ðə pleɪərz ɪn ðɪs ˈstɔri, ənd aɪ bɪˈliv ðət ɪt ɪz tru. æt list ðə ˈʃutɪŋ pɑrt. hir ɪz wət ˈhæpənd. 1 ðə ˈʃutər ʃoʊz əp ɔn ənd stɑrts ə θrɛd seɪɪŋ hi ʤɪst ʃɑt 2, naʊ wət du aɪ du? ðə ˈʃutər ɪz wɛl noʊn ɔn ðə saɪt ənd ɪz ə ˈfrikˌwɛnt kənˈtrɪbjətər, ðoʊ nɑt wɛl laɪkt æt ɔl (rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz əˈnɛθɪkəl ˈhəntər). 2 θrɛd kˈwɪkli spɪnz aʊt əv kənˈtroʊl goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈmɛni ˈpeɪʤɪz. ˈstɔri ɪz rɪˈvild ɔn ðə θrɛd. 3 gɪt ˈmɛsɪʤ ðət ˈʃutər ɪz biɪŋ həræst ənd θˈrɛtənd baɪ ˈpipəl ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə θrɛd, əˈpɛrəntli mæd ðət hi kɪld tu bf’s*. 4 θrɛd ɪz ʃət daʊn. 5 ə mæn neɪmd hunter”*” frəm gɪts ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, kɔlz əp ðə ˈʃutər ənd kˈwɛsʧənz ɪm æt lɛŋθ. ðə ˈstɔri ˈaʊˌtlaɪn rɪˈzəlts: ðə ˈʃutər wɑz ə ˈpæsənʤər ɪn ðə trək nɪr ðə ˈdɪksi ˈmaʊntən geɪm ˈrɛfjuʤ ɔn ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈfɔrɪst wɛst əv ˈfrɛnʧmæn leɪk ɪn ðə siˈɛrə nəˈvɑdə ɔn ðə ˈbɔrdər əv ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ənd nəˈvɑdə. ɪt wɑz 2010 ənd ðeɪ wər bɛr ˈhəntɪŋ. ðeɪ keɪm əraʊnd ə bɛnd, ənd ðɛr wɑz ə ˈbɪgˌfʊt ɪn ðə roʊd ɔn ɔl fɔrz. ðə ˈʃutər græbd hɪz gən ənd ʤəmpt aʊt əv hɪz ˈviɪkəl. ɛz hi ʤəmpt aʊt, hi sɔ ðə ˈbɪgˌfʊt gɪt əp ɔn tu lɛgz ənd stɑrt ˈrənɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ɪm ˈweɪvɪŋ hər ɑrmz æt ɪm. wɪn ðə ˈbɪgˌfʊt sɔ ðə gən, ʃi tərnd ənd ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ rən əˈweɪ. ðə ˈʃutər ʃɑt hər ɪn ðə saɪd əv ðə ʧɛst, ənd ðə ˈbʊlət ˈpɛnəˌtreɪtɪd hər ləŋz. ʃi kræʃt ɔf ˈɪntu ðə brəʃ ənd daɪd. ðə θri mɛn wɛnt daʊn ˈɪntu ðə brəʃ ənd sɔ hər ðɛr. ɪt wɑz ðɛn ðət ðeɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ʃi wɑz nɑt ə bɛr æt ɔl. ðeɪ wɔkt bæk əp ˈɔntu ðə roʊd. wɪn ðeɪ gɑt tɪ ðə roʊd, ðeɪ sɔ tu smɔl, streɪnʤ ˈkriʧərz ˈrənɪŋ təˈwɔrdz ðɛm, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɔn tu lɛgz, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪn fɔr lɛgz. ðə ˈʃutər reɪzd hɪz gən, faɪərd ənd ʃɑt wən əv ðə ˈkriʧərz dɛd. ðə ˈəðər smɔl ˈkriʧər əˈpɛrəntli ɪˈskeɪpt. ɛz ðə ˈʃutər ðə daɪɪŋ ˈkriʧərz ɪn hɪz ɑrmz, ðeɪ ɔl θri ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðət ɪt wɑz ə jəŋ ˈkriʧər əv ðə seɪm taɪp ðət gɑt ʃɑt. ðə ˈʃutər dɪd nɑt ʃut ðə jəŋ ˈbɪgˌfʊt bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz θˈrɛtənɪŋ ɪm. əˈpɛrəntli hi ʤɪst ʃɑt ɪt fər səm ənˈnoʊn ˈrizən. æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, ðeɪ ˈfɪgjərd aʊt ðət ðeɪ hæd kɪld tu. ðə tu mɛn wɪθ ðə ˈʃutər wər soʊ hɪˈstɛrɪkəl ənd ˈəpˌsɛt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈʃutɪŋz ðət ðeɪ tʊk ðə gən əˈweɪ frəm ɪm ənd ˈpɔɪntɪd ɪt æt ɪm, θˈrɛtənɪŋ ɪm. ðeɪ toʊld ɪm ðət ɪf hi traɪd tɪ ʃut əˈnəðər wən əv ðoʊz ˈænəməlz, ðeɪ wʊd ʃut ɪm ˌɪnˈstɛd. ðə ˈstɔri ɪz ðət ˈɛvriˌwən wɑz soʊ ˈəpˌsɛt baɪ ðət pɔɪnt, ðət ðeɪ lɛft ðə ˈɛriə. ðə ˈʃutər sɛd ðət ðeɪ lɛft ðə ˈænəməlz ɪn ðə roʊd. ðə ˈʃutər sɛd hi wɑz nɑt goʊɪŋ bæk tɪ ðə ˈɛriə ənˈtɪl nɛkst fɔl. ðə ˈbeɪsɪk ˈaʊˌtlaɪn əv ðə ˈstɔri ɪz ˌənˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ənd ɪz ækˈnɑlɪʤd baɪ ˈɛvriˌwən hu bɪˈlivz ðə ˈstɔri. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈdɪfərənsɪz ər əˈbaʊt ðə ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənz əv ðə ˈʃutər. 6 bɛr ˈhəntər pʊts ðə ˈʃutər ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈprɑʤɛkt (ɔp) ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən steɪt. ðə ɔp sɪz, ʤɪst traɪɪŋ tɪ kip ðə ˈʃutər aʊt əv ʤeɪl! ðə ˈʃutər ɪz sɛd tɪ bi ˈvɛri ˈfraɪtənd əv goʊɪŋ tɪ ʤeɪl ˈoʊvər ðə ˈkɪlɪŋ əv ðə tu. æt ðɪs pɔɪnt, ðə ˈstɔri simz tɪ daɪ. 7 ˈsədənli bɛr ˈhəntər ˈriəˌlaɪzɪz ðət ðə ˈʃutər ɪz ˈdipli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ɔp. ðɪs simz ɑd. waɪ ɪz ə gaɪ hu ʤɪst ʃɑt tu ˈsədənli ə ˈmeɪʤər pɑrt əv ðɪs ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən? 8 ˌmɪˈstɪrjəsli, ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈprɑʤɛkt əˈpɪrz ɔn ˈvɛriəs ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈfɔrəmz, ˈbrægɪŋ ðət ðeɪ hæv ɪˈnəf ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ˈsæmpəlz tɪ læst fər jɪrz. bɛr ˈhəntər rɪˈgɑrdz ðɪs ɛz ˈkjʊriəs ənd ˈsəˌspɛkts ðət ðə ɔp meɪ hæv ˈhɑrvəstɪd wən ər boʊθ əv ðə kɪld ər pɑrts əv ðɛm ənd ɪz ˈkipɪŋ ðɛm ɔn aɪs ˈsəmˌwɛr. 9 bizarrely*, ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈprɑʤɛkt ˌsəbˈmɪts ə ˈvɛri streɪnʤ ˈsæmpəl tɪ ˈmɛlbə ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ ˈprɑʤɛkt. ɪt rɪˈzɛmbəlz ə slaɪs ɔf ðə θaɪ əv ə ˈjumən kəˈdævər, ɪkˈsɛpt ðət ɪt ɪz ˈvɛri ˈhɛri. ðə ˈkələr əv ðə hɛr ɪz ðə seɪm ˈkələr ɛz ðət əv ðə kɪld ˈməðər ˈbɪgˌfʊt. ˈdɑktər. ˈkɛʧəm friks aʊt bɪˈkəz ʃi θɪŋks ʃi ɪz ɪn pəˈzɛʃən əv ˈtɪʃu slaɪst ɔf ə dɛd ˈjumən. ʃi ɪz ˈwərid ðət pəˈlis wɪl reɪd hər læb ənd traɪz tɪ gɪt ˈəðərz tɪ hoʊld ɪt fər hər ˌɪnˈstɛd. ðə ˈəðərz dɪˈklaɪn tɪ teɪk ɪt ɔf hər hænz. 10 bɛr ˈhəntər steɪts ðət əˈnəðər slaɪs əv dɛd ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈtɪʃu wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ səbˈmɪtəd tɪ ˈkɛʧəm, ðɪs wən ðə seɪm ˈkələr ɛz ðə ˈbeɪbi ˈbɪgˌfʊt ðət gɑt ʃɑt. noʊ wən noʊz haʊ ðə ˈsæmpəlz tɛst aʊt. 11 aɪ breɪk ðə ˈstɔri. 12 ˌpændɪˈmoʊniəm ɪnˈsuz. 13 ðə ɔp əˈpɪrz ɔn ˈfɔrəmz, əˈgriɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈbeɪsɪks əv ðə ˈstɔri: ðət ðə tu wər ʃɑt ɪn ðə taɪm ənd pleɪs wɛr ðeɪ wər kɪld. ðeɪ ˈdɪfər ɔn ðə ˌmoʊtəˈveɪʃənz əv ðə ˈʃutər. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈvil ðət ðə ˈʃutər wɛnt bæk tɪ ðə saɪt tu wiks ˈleɪtər, dəg θru ðə snoʊ ənd faʊnd ə nis ʧəŋk əv ðə dɛd ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈməðər. ðə ˈʃutər tərnd ðə ʧəŋk ˈoʊvər tɪ ðə ɔp, hu ðɛn sɛnt ɪt tɪ ˈkɛʧəm. ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti: ˈeɪdriən ˈɛrɪksən, ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈprɑʤɛkt, bɛr ˈhəntər ənd ðə ˈʃutər ɔl θɪŋk ðət ðə ˈbɪgˌfʊt ˈʃutɪŋ ˈstɔri ɪz tru ɪn ɪts ˈbeɪsɪk fækts. ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ əˈgri ðət ə ʧəŋk əv wən dɛd ˈbɪgˌfʊt wɑz sɛnt tɪ læb. ˈeɪdriən ˈɛrɪksən, ˈrɪʧərd ənd ˈkɛʧəm əˈgri ðət ˈkɛʧəm frikt aʊt wɪn ʃi gɑt ðə ˈsæmpəl bɪˈkəz ʃi θɔt ɪt wɑz frəm ə ˈjumən kəˈdævər. ˈpipəl əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ əˈgri ðət ðə lɔŋ θrɛd ɪgˈzɪstəd ənˈtɪl ɪt wɑz ʃət daʊn. ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ə hoʊks: ðə ˈʤɛnərəl kənˈkluʒən ɔn ðə nɛt ɪz ðət ðə ˈstɔri ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɪz feɪk. lɛt ˈjuˈɛs lʊk æt ðət ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti. wi noʊ ðət ðə θrɛd ɪz ril. wət ɪf ðə ˈʃutər ʤɪst meɪd əp ðə hoʊl ˈstɔri? ˈpɑsəbəl, bət aɪ du nɑt θɪŋk hi meɪd əp ðɪs ˈstɔri. aɪ laɪk ɪm æt ɔl, bət nɑt ə ˈfeɪkər ər ə hoaxer*. wət ɪf ðə ɔp ɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ əp ðə ˈstɔri? aɪ laɪk ðiz gaɪz ˈiðər, bət ðeɪ meɪk stəf əp. ðeɪ ər gʊd ˈrisərʧərz wɪθ ˈɛksələnt ˌɪnˈtɛgrəti. ðeɪ hoʊks. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ðeɪ wər baɪ ðə ˈʃutər, ˌɔlˈðoʊ aɪ bɪˈliv ðət ðɪs ˈhæpənd. ðə həŋk əv flɛʃ, soʊ ˈjumən ðət ɪt frikt aʊt ðə ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ læb, ædz ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪti tɪ ðə ˈstɔri. ðə ɔp sɪz ə ʧəŋk əv ˈbɪgˌfʊt flɛʃ frəm wən ðə kɪld. kʊd ɪt hæv bɪn? ˈpɑsəbli. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈsəmˌwən wʊd hæv hæd tɪ hæv hæd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ə ˈjumən kəˈdævər ənd ðɛn sɔd ɔf ə ʧəŋk əv ðə θaɪ. haʊ ˈlaɪkli ɪz ðət? ˈfərðər, ðɪs wʊd hæv hæd tɪ hæv bɪn ə ˈvɛri streɪnʤ ˈjumən kəˈdævər, wən ˈkəvərd wɪθ hɛr. ənd ðə hɛr wʊd hæv hæd tɪ hæv bɪn ðə ɪgˈzækt seɪm ˈkələr əv ðə hɛr əv wən əv ðə ðət gɑt ʃɑt. haʊ ˈlaɪkli ɪz ðət? kənˈkluʒən: ɛz ju kən si, ðɛr ɪz ə greɪt dil əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈɪnsədənt ðət simz tɪ pɔɪnt əˈweɪ frəm ə hoʊks ər ə laɪ. ɪn fækt, aɪ bɪˈliv ɪt ɪz ˈniðər. aɪ bɪˈliv ðə ˈbeɪsɪs fər ðə ˈstɔri ɪz tru. ðə tu wər ˌɪnˈdid ʃɑt dɛd ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər. æt list wən pis frəm wən əv ðə wɑz sɛnt ɪn baɪ ðə ɔp tɪ ˈdiˌɛˈneɪ læb fər ˈtɛstɪŋ. ðə ʧəŋk lʊkt soʊ məʧ laɪk ə slaɪs əv ˈjumən kəˈdævər ðət ðə dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə læb, ə ˌvɛtərəˈnɛriən, frikt aʊt. ðɛr ju hæv ɪt. əˈbaʊt kreɪg əv ɪn 2005 aɪ hæv əˈpɪrd ɪn ər kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈproʊˌgræmz, ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəriz ənd fɪlmz: mɪˈstɪriəs ɪnˈkaʊnərz: ˈkrɪtər", ˈsəðərn frid ˈbɪgˌfʊt, ˈtrævəl ˈʧænəlz wɪrd ˈtrævəlz: "ˈbɪgˌfʊt", ˈhɪstəri ˈʧænəlz monsterquest*: "swɔmp ˈstɔkər", ðə waɪld mæn əv ðə navidad*, ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən əˈmɛrɪkəz ˈmɑnstərz ənd ˈmɪstəriz ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə: ˈtɛksəs ˈtɛrər leɪk wərθ ˈmɑnstər, ˈænəməl ˈplænəts ˈfaɪndɪŋ ˈbɪgˌfʊt: rɪˈtərn tɪ krik ənd bist əv ðə baɪu. ʃɛr ðɪs: tˈwɪtər ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈtəmblər ˈpɑkət prɪnt |
posted by: craig woolheater on july 6th, 2011
cryptomundian skinwalker tips us off to this update.
richard lindsay has offered this chronological rundown of the events covered here on cryptomundo concerning the purported shooting of two sasquatch and the inclusion of said two sasquatch in the dna study of dr. melba ketchum. the erickson project, and/or the okympic project.
chronology of the recent bigfoot shooting story
i know most of the players in this story, and i believe that it is true. at least the shooting part. here is what happened.
1. the shooter shows up on taxidermy.net and starts a thread saying he just shot 2 bigfoots, now what do i do? the shooter is well known on the site and is a frequent contributor, though not well liked at all (regarded as unethical hunter).
2. thread quickly spins out of control going to many pages. story is revealed on the thread.
3. mods get message that shooter is being harassed and threatened by people as a result of the thread, apparently mad that he killed two bf’s.
4. thread is shut down.
5. a man named “bear hunter” from taxidermy.net gets involved, calls up the shooter and questions him at length. the story outline results:
the shooter was a passenger in the truck near the dixie mountain game refuge on the plumas national forest west of frenchman lake in the sierra nevada on the border of california and nevada. it was mid-november 2010 and they were bear hunting. they came around a bend, and there was a bigfoot in the road on all fours. the shooter grabbed his gun and jumped out of his vehicle. as he jumped out, he saw the bigfoot get up on two legs and start running towards him waving her arms at him. when the bigfoot saw the gun, she turned and started to run away. the shooter shot her in the side of the chest, and the bullet penetrated her lungs. she crashed off into the brush and died. the three men went down into the brush and saw her there. it was then that they realized that she was not a bear at all. they walked back up onto the road. when they got to the road, they saw two small, strange creatures running towards them, sometimes on two legs, sometimes in four legs. the shooter raised his gun, fired and shot one of the creatures dead. the other small creature apparently escaped. as the shooter cradled the dying creatures in his arms, they all three realized that it was a young creature of the same type that got shot. the shooter did not shoot the young bigfoot because it was threatening him. apparently he just shot it for some unknown reason. at this point, they figured out that they had killed two bigfoots. the two men with the shooter were so hysterical and upset about the shootings that they took the shooter’s gun away from him and pointed it at him, threatening him. they told him that if he tried to shoot another one of those animals, they would shoot him instead. the story is that everyone was so upset by that point, that they left the area. the shooter said that they left the animals in the road. the shooter said he was not going back to the area until next fall. the basic outline of the story is uncontroversial and is acknowledged by everyone who believes the story. the only differences are about the motivations of the shooter.
6. bear hunter puts the shooter in contact with the olympic project (op) in washington state. the op says, “we’re just trying to keep the shooter out of jail! the shooter is said to be very frightened of going to jail over the killing of the two bigfoots. at this point, the story seems to die.
7. suddenly bear hunter realizes that the shooter is deeply involved in the op. this seems odd. why is a guy who just shot two bigfoots suddenly a major part of this organization?
8. mysteriously, the olympic project appears on various bigfoot forums, bragging that they have enough bigfoot dna samples to last for years. bear hunter regards this as curious and suspects that the op may have harvested one or both of the killed bigfoots or parts of them and is keeping them on ice somewhere.
9. bizarrely, the olympic project submits a very strange sample to melba ketchum’s bigfoot dna project. it resembles a slice off the thigh of a human cadaver, except that it is very hairy. the color of the hair is the same color as that of the killed mother bigfoot. dr. ketchum freaks out because she thinks she is in possession of tissue sliced off a dead human. she is worried that police will raid her lab and tries to get others to hold it for her instead. the others decline to take it off her hands.
10. bear hunter states that another slice of dead bigfoot tissue was also submitted to ketchum, this one the same color as the baby bigfoot that got shot. no one knows how the samples test out.
11. i break the story.
12. pandemonium ensues.
13. the op appears on forums, agreeing with the basics of the story: that the two bigfoots were shot in the time and place where they were killed. they differ on the motivations of the shooter. they also reveal that the shooter went back to the site two weeks later, dug through the snow and found a nice chunk of the dead bigfoot mother. the shooter turned the chunk over to the op, who then sent it to ketchum.
credibility:
adrian erickson, the olympic project, bear hunter and the shooter all think that the bigfoot shooting story is true in its basic facts. they also agree that a chunk of one dead bigfoot was sent to ketchum’s lab.
adrian erickson, richard stubstad and ketchum agree that ketchum freaked out when she got the sample because she thought it was from a human cadaver.
people associated with taxidermy.net agree that the long thread existed until it was shut down.
possibility of a hoax: the general conclusion on the net is that the story itself is fake. let us look at that possibility.
we know that the taxidermy.net thread is real. what if the shooter just made up the whole story? it’s possible, but i do not think he made up this story. i don’t like him at all, but he’s not a faker or a hoaxer.
what if the op is making up the story? i don’t like these guys either, but they don’t make stuff up. they are good researchers with excellent integrity. they don’t hoax. however, it is possible that they were hoaxed by the shooter, although i don’t believe that this happened.
the hunk of flesh, so human that it freaked out the dna lab, adds credibility to the story. the op says it’s a chunk of bigfoot flesh from one the killed bigfoots. could it have been hoaxed? possibly. however, someone would have had to have had access to a human cadaver and then sawed off a chunk of the thigh. how likely is that? further, this would have had to have been a very strange human cadaver, one covered with hair. and the hair would have had to have been the exact same color of the hair of one of the bigfoots that got shot. how likely is that?
conclusion: as you can see, there is a great deal about this incident that seems to point away from a hoax or a lie. in fact, i believe it is neither. i believe the basis for the story is true. the two bigfoots were indeed shot dead in california in november. at least one piece from one of the bigfoots was sent in by the op to ketchum’s dna lab for testing. the chunk looked so much like a slice of human cadaver that the director of the lab, a veterinarian, freaked out.
there you have it.
about craig woolheater
co-founder of cryptomundo in 2005. i have appeared in or contributed to the following tv programs, documentaries and films: oln's mysterious encounters: "caddo critter", southern fried bigfoot, travel channel's weird travels: "bigfoot", history channel's monsterquest: "swamp stalker", the wild man of the navidad, destination america's monsters and mysteries in america: texas terror - lake worth monster, animal planet's finding bigfoot: return to boggy creek and beast of the bayou.
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zen and paddling
developing paddling skills is all about attitude. making paddling an ego trip is a cul-de-sac. an egoistical approach can of course initially create enthusiasm and perseverence, but is desctructive in the long run. every quest aiming to glorify the self is doomed, sooner or later. the paddler who paddles far, fast or in heavy conditions just to show off, will seldom achieve anything worthwhile. even reaching the goal it is a hollow triumph. to maintain the glory you have to prove yourself over and over again - ever farther, ever faster, ever bigger waves or higher falls - constantly forced to live up to a basically flawed self image and constantly afraid of being exposed.
it is not about physical strength. strength and stamina can initially compensate for and cover flaws in technique. but that path is not very long. not even the most persistent work in the gym can improve your strength for ever. but most of all - inefficient paddling is mentally depleting, be it fast or not.
it is not about motivation either. motivation often becomes a kind of arrogance, where the water, the kayak and the paddle is used for selfish purposes. the self is the end and the paddling is reduced to mere means.
the self supportive mental training that athletes often rely on in periods of setbacks is a kind of sophisticated self-deception - a shortcut to maturity - that in the long run is counterproductive. one step forward and two steps back. like other forms of addictive manipulations it must be repeated in increased doses and with shorter intervals to have the intended effect.
the difference between ego paddling and egoless paddling may seem minute. both dip alternately left and right paddle blade in the water. both breathe in and out in about the same way. both take a break when tired. both continue when rested. but still the difference is huge.
the ego paddler is like a fine instrument that is slightly out of tune. he puts the paddle in a fraction too soon or too late to get the best out of the paddle. he paddles a fraction too fast or too slow to use the rythm of the waves. he waits a fraction too long before taking that break. he does not see the light playing in the spray. his thoughts are at the next point or the next island. he is here but still not here.
his here is without quality. he wants to be there. but when he gets there he is still impatient because the there turned out to be just another here. what he yearns for is all around him but he does not want it because it is all around him. he is toiling, physically and mentally.
he does not understand that the goal is within himself and the satisfaction here and now. he does not see that if the paddling is to be more than a shallow showing off, the mind must be emptied of all self-absorbed thoughts and emotions. he does not realise that he must forget all he has learned - meaning that the skills and knowledge is there, but he is consciously unaware of them. first then, the paddling can be automated, effortless, free of the paddlers busybody control. first then, the barriers vanish.
this achieved, when all knowledge is secluded, when the conscienceness is unaware of its activity and the self is not interfering, then there are no limits. then the paddling can be perfected. | nuz 12 fərst æt faɪv ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ˌʤuˈlaɪ 25 2013 ˈeɪkɪn ˈkaʊnti, s.c*. (wrdw*) hiz noʊn əraʊnd ðə fər ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn fit, ənd ˈæftər ə ˈwʊmən prɛst ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst ɪm fər ˈsəmθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənd ɪn ə ˈwɔlˌmɑrt, ʤoʊi ˈliˌphɑrt ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ʃɛr hɪz saɪd əv ðə ˈstɔri. ˈliˌphɑrt sæt daʊn wɪθ nuz ˈlɔrə ˈwɔrən tɪ tɔk ˈprɪti ˈkændɪdli əˈbaʊt wət hi kɔlz ə fʊt əˈdɪkʃən. "aɪl əˈproʊʧ ə ˈwʊmən ənd æsk hər ɪf aɪ kʊd kɪs jʊr fit fər gʊd lək ər ˈsəmθɪŋ. ər aɪl æsk hər ɪf aɪ kʊd gɪv hər 20 ɪf aɪ hæv ðə ˈməni. ənd ðɛn ʃi sɪz jɛs ər noʊ. ɪf ʃi sɪz noʊ, aɪ goʊ ɔn." bət ɪts ə ˈhæbət ðæts ˈlændɪd ɪm ɪn ˈtrəbəl mɔr ðən ə fju taɪmz. hiz bɪn əˈkjuzd əv hərˈæsɪŋ ˈwɪmən ɪn stɔrz əraʊnd ðə ˈɛriə. ʤɪst læst wik hi pɪkt əp ən əˈsɔlt ʧɑrʤ ɪn ˈwɔlˌmɑrt ˈæftər ə ˈwʊmən sɛd hi təʧt hər lɛg, ðɛn pʊt gəm ˈəndər hər fʊt ɪn ðə ˈʧɛˌkaʊt laɪn. ʃi sɪz hi ˈɔfərd tɪ teɪk ɪt ɔf. hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlændɪd hɪmˈsɛlf ɔn ðə sɛks əˈfɛndər ˈrɛʤɪstri ˈæftər ˈlɪkɪŋ ən gərlz toʊz bæk ɪn 2000 ˈsəmθɪŋ hi sɪz wɑz ʤɪst ə ˌmɪsəndərˈstændɪŋ. ˈliˌphɑrt toʊld ˈjuˈɛs ðə ˈstɔri. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɪm, "daʊn hir æt ˈlæŋli pɑnd, ə ˈleɪdi wɪθ hər ˈdɔtər wɑz ðɛr. aɪ wɑz ˈrəbɪŋ ˈloʊʃən ɔn ðə ˈleɪdiz fit ənd hər lɛgz. ðə ˈdɔtər wɑz laɪk, du maɪn. ənd aɪ wɑz laɪk 'noʊ.' ənd ðə mɑm sɛd goʊ əˈhɛd kɪs hər fʊt ənd ʃil ʃət əp." bət ə ˈʤʊri ˈdɪdənt si ɪt ðət weɪ, ənd hi sərvd faɪv jɪrz ɪn ˈprɪzən. capt*. ˈɛrɪk ˌæbˈdələ həz sin ə lɔt əv θɪŋz ɪn lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt, bət ˈnəθɪŋ kwaɪt laɪk ðɪs. "jæ ɪt ɪz ənˈjuˌʒuəl. aɪv ˈnɛvər sin ˈɛniˌθɪŋ laɪk ðət ˌbiˈfɔr," hi sɛd. soʊ wɪθ mɔr rɪˈpɔrts əv ənˈjuˌʒuəl rɪkˈwɛsts, wɪn dɪz lɔ ɛnˈfɔrsmənt stɛp ɪn ənd seɪ ɪˈnəf ɪz ɪˈnəf? "wi doʊnt wɔnt tɪ si ˈɛniˌwən ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd. wɪr hir tɪ ɛnˈfɔrs ðə lɔ ənd wɪr hir tɪ əˈsɪst," ˌæbˈdələ sɛd. ˌæbˈdələ sɪz ðə ˈʃɛrɪfs ˈɔfəs ɪz əˈwɛr əv ˈhɪstəri, bət hi sɪz ðiz ˈɪnsədənts nid tɪ bi ˌriˈpɔrtəd fər ðɛm tɪ du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt. hi ˈɔlsoʊ sɪz nɑt tɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ðɪs kaɪnd əv bɪˈheɪvjər. "aɪ hæv ˈwɪmən kəm əp tɪ mi ənd seɪ, 'jʊr ðə fʊt gaɪ. ju ˈwɑnə kɪs maɪ fit?'" ˈliˌphɑrt sɛd. bət ˈliˌphɑrt sɪz hi ˈdəzənt wɔnt ˈwɪmən tɪ fɪr ɪm ər θɪŋk hi ɪz ə ʧaɪld məˈlɛstər. hi sɪz hi ɪz ˈhɑrmləs; hi ʤɪst laɪks fit, ənd hi laɪks ˈæskɪŋ ˈwɪmən ɪf hi kən kɪs ðɛrz. "ɪn maɪ əˈpɪnjən, aɪ doʊnt si ˈɛniˌθɪŋ rɔŋ wɪθ ˈæskɪŋ," hi sɛd. hi ʃoʊd ˈjuˈɛs hɪz "fʊt bʊk" ənd ˈpɪkʧərz əv səm əv hɪz ˈfeɪvərɪt fit. wi toʊld ɪm ðə ˈævərɪʤ ˈpərsən maɪt faɪnd ðə bʊk ə ˈlɪtəl wɪrd, ənd hi sɛd, "aɪ laɪk fit, bət aɪ noʊ aɪ ˈʃʊdənt bi goʊɪŋ aʊt ɪn ˈpəblɪk ənd ˈbɑðərɪŋ ˈwɪmən ənd ˈæskɪŋ." hi sɪz ə lɔt əv ˈwɪmən noʊ ɪm ɛz ðə "fʊt gaɪ" naʊ ənd wɪl ˈɔfər tɪ lɛt ɪm təʧ ðɛr fit fər ˈməni. "aɪ hæd ˈsəmˌbɑdi əˈproʊʧ mi ðə ˈəðər deɪ tɛl mi aɪ kʊd lɪk ðɛr ɪf aɪ gɪv ðɛm 20 ənd aɪ sɛd noʊ, aɪ wɔnt tɪ sək jʊr toʊz ər kɪs jʊr fʊt, aɪ doʊnt wɔnt jʊr," hi sɛd. bət hi sɪz ɪts ʤɪst hɑrd tɪ stɑp ˈæskɪŋ, laɪk ˈbreɪkɪŋ ən əˈdɪkʃən. "aɪ wɔnt tɪ stɑp, bət nɑt kəmˈplitli stɑp, bɪˈkəz ðæts wət aɪ laɪk. aɪ min, ðæts ɔl aɪ hæv ɪz fit," hi sɛd. wi æst ɪm ɪf hi hæd ˈɛvər ˈgɔtən ˈɛni hɛlp wɪθ ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ hɪz əˈdɪkʃən. hi sɛd hi wɑz kɔrt ˈɔrdərd tɪ si ə ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ prəˈfɛʃənəl, ənd hi ˈɪzənt əˈpoʊzd tɪ ˈgɪtɪŋ hɛlp əˈgɛn. wi hæv ðə fʊl ˈɪntərvˌju ˈpoʊstɪd hir: |
News 12 First at Five / Thursday, July 25, 2013
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW) -- He's known around the CSRA for an unusual interest in feet, and after a woman pressed charges against him for something that happened in a Wal-Mart, Joey Leaphart decided to share his side of the story.
Leaphart sat down with News 12's Laura Warren to talk pretty candidly about what he calls a foot addiction.
"I'll approach a woman and ask her if I could kiss your feet for good luck or something. Or I'll ask her if I could give her $20 if I have the money. And then she says yes or no. If she says no, I go on."
But it's a habit that's landed him in trouble more than a few times. He's been accused of harassing women in stores around the area.
Just last week he picked up an assault charge in Wal-Mart after a woman said he touched her leg, then put gum under her foot in the checkout line. She says he offered to take it off. He also landed himself on the sex offender registry after licking an 11-year-old girl's toes back in 2000, something he says was just a misunderstanding.
Leaphart told us the story. According to him, "Down here at Langley Pond, a lady with her daughter was there. I was rubbing lotion on the lady's feet and her legs. The daughter was like, do mine. And I was like 'no.' And the mom said go ahead kiss her foot and she'll shut up."
But a jury didn't see it that way, and he served five years in prison.
Capt. Eric Abdullah has seen a lot of things in law enforcement, but nothing quite like this.
"Yeah it is unusual. I've never seen anything like that before," he said.
So with more reports of Leaphart's unusual requests, when does law enforcement step in and say enough is enough?
"We don't want to see anyone getting violated. We're here to enforce the law and we're here to assist," Abdullah said.
Abdullah says the Sheriff's Office is aware of Leaphart's history, but he says these incidents need to be reported for them to do anything about it. He also says not to encourage this kind of behavior.
"I have women come up to me and say, 'You're the foot guy. You wanna kiss my feet?'" Leaphart said.
But Leaphart says he doesn't want women to fear him or think he is a child molester. He says he is harmless; he just likes feet, and he likes asking women if he can kiss theirs.
"In my opinion, I don't see anything wrong with asking," he said.
He showed us his "foot book" and pictures of some of his favorite feet. We told him the average person might find the book a little weird, and he said, "I like feet, but I know I shouldn't be going out in public and bothering women and asking."
He says a lot of women know him as the "foot guy" now and will offer to let him touch their feet for money.
"I had somebody approach me the other day tell me I could lick their flip-flop if I give them $20, and I said no, I want to suck your toes or kiss your foot, I don't want your flip-flop," he said.
But he says it's just hard to stop asking, like breaking an addiction.
"I want to stop, but not completely stop, because that's what I like. I mean, that's all I have is feet," he said.
We asked him if he had ever gotten any help with dealing with his addiction. He said he was court ordered to see a mental health professional, and he isn't opposed to getting help again.
We have the full interview posted here: | ˈgləskɪn ʃɛf ʧif ɪˈkɑnəmɪst ˈdeɪvɪd ˈroʊzənbərg wɑz ɔn ˈblumbərg ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ðɪs ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə juz. ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈmɑrkɪt ˈroʊzənbərg sɛd ðət ˌɔlˈðoʊ hoʊm ˈpraɪsɪz du əˈpɪr tɪ bi ˈkɑrvɪŋ aʊt ə ˈbɑtəm, ðɛr ər ˈmeɪʤər ˈɪʃuz ðət wɪl pʊt ˈdaʊnwərd ˈprɛʃər ɔn ˈpraɪsɪz fər ə waɪl jɛt. ɔn ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˌɪnvənˈtɔriz ənd fɔrˈkloʊʒərz, ˈroʊzənbərg toʊld ˈblumbərg: aɪ ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ðət ðɛr ɪz bɪtˈwin tu ənd θri ˈmɪljən ˈɛkˌsɛs ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈjunɪts ɔn ðə ˈmɑrkɪt fər seɪl wɪn ju kaʊnt ɪn ɔl ðə ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˌɪnvənˈtɔri, soʊ jʊr ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt æt list əˈnəðər tu ər θri jɪrz tɪ klɪr ðə ˌɪnvənˈtɔri ənd pʊt ə dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv flɔr ˈəndər hoʊm ˈpraɪsɪz. ðɛr ɪz noʊ kˈwɛʃən ðət ðə dɪˈklaɪn ɪn hoʊm ˈpraɪsɪz ɪz dɪˈsɛlərˌeɪtɪŋ. səm ˈpipəl ər ˈkleɪmɪŋ ˈvɪktəri, ðət wiv ˈæˌkʧuəli pʊt ə flɔr ˈəndər hoʊm ˈpraɪsɪz ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli. əm nɑt soʊ ʃʊr əˈbaʊt ðət. aɪ θɪŋk wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ gɪt mɔr fɔrˈkloʊzd hoʊmz naʊ ənd ɪts goʊɪŋ tɪ æd tɪ ðə ˌɪnvənˈtɔri ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. maɪ sɛns ɪz ðət wɪn ju teɪk ə lʊk æt wɛr ðə ˈvælju əv ðiz hoʊmz ər biɪŋ praɪst ɪn ðə ˈmɑrkɪtˌpleɪs, ɪts goʊɪŋ tɪ pʊt ˈoʊvərˌɔl ˈdaʊnwərd ˈprɛʃər ɔn ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈpraɪsɪz ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ðə nɛkst ˈsɛvərəl kˈwɔrtərz. |
gluskin sheff chief economist david rosenberg was on bloomberg tv this morning talking about the u.s. housing market
rosenberg said that although home prices do appear to be carving out a bottom, there are major issues that will put downward pressure on prices for a while yet.
on shadow inventories and foreclosures, rosenberg told bloomberg:
i estimate that there is between two and three million excess housing units on the market for sale when you count in all the shadow inventory, so you're talking about at least another two or three years to clear the inventory and put a definitive floor under home prices.
there is no question that the decline in home prices is decelerating. some people are claiming victory, that we've actually put a floor under home prices permanently. i'm not so sure about that.
i think we are going to get more foreclosed homes now and it's going to add to the inventory situation. my sense is that when you take a look at where the value of these homes are being priced in the marketplace, it's going to put overall downward pressure on housing prices over the course of the next several quarters. | skwɛr ˈɛnɪks collective®*®, ðə ˈplætˌfɔrm ðət brɪŋz dɪˈvərs ənd kˈwɑləti ˈɪndi ˈtaɪtəlz tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt, həz ə dil wɪθ ˈbəlˌkhɛd interactive™*™ tɪ ɪkˈsklusɪvli ˈpəblɪʃ ‘‘old-school’*’ ˈməltiˌpleɪər ˈʃutər bəˈtæljən ɔn ˈpiˈsi, ənd wən. ðɪs taɪm læst jɪr bəˈtæljən 1944 smæʃt ɪts kæmˈpeɪn wɪθ ə ˈprɑməs tɪ riˈkæpʧər ðə kɔr ˈækʃən əv ˈklæsɪk ˈməltiˌpleɪər geɪm ənd prəˈpɛl ˈɪntu ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən. ˈhævɪŋ groʊn əp pleɪɪŋ ðə sɛnˈseɪʃənəl ˈʃutərz frəm ðə tərn əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, ðə dɪˈzaɪnərz æt ˈbəlˌkhɛd ˌɪnərˈæktɪv hæv ðə moʊst ˈɪndəstri tɛkˈnɑləʤi tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈvɪsərəl ənd ˈməltiˌpleɪər ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈfiʧərɪŋ rɑ, ˈɪnfəntri ˈkɑmbæt əˈkrɔs taɪt, ˈfoʊkɪst, ənd kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv mæps. ˈæftər ðə juʤ səkˈsɛs əv læst ðə ˈtʊrɪŋ test™*™, ˈbəlˌkhɛd ˌɪnərˈæktɪv ʧoʊz wəns əˈgɛn tɪ ˈpɑrtnər wɪθ skwɛr ˈɛnɪks kəˈlɛktɪv fər ðɛr ˈleɪtəst ˈtaɪtəl. fænz ər ðə hɑrt əv ˈməltiˌpleɪər geɪmz ənd baɪ ˈʧuzɪŋ tɪ wərk wɪθ skwɛr ˈɛnɪks kəˈlɛktɪv, ˈbəlˌkhɛd ˌɪnərˈæktɪv noʊz ðə tæsk əv ɪkˈspændɪŋ ənd ˈnərʧərɪŋ bəˈtæljən kəmˈjunɪti ɪz ɪn ˈvɛri ɪkˈspɪriənst hænz. ˈhævɪŋ wɪθ ˈbəlˌkhɛd ˌbiˈfɔr ɔn ðə ˈhjuʤli səkˈsɛsfəl ðə ˈtʊrɪŋ tɛst, wi noʊ ə ˈvɛri ˈtæləntɪd ˈstudiˌoʊ ˈmeɪkɪŋ greɪt games”*”, sɛd fɪl ˈɛliət, dɪˈrɛktər əv kəmˈjunɪti ˈɪndi dɪˈvɛləpmənt æt skwɛr enix®*® ˈlɪmɪtɪd. trəst ʤoʊ ənd ðə tim ɛz wi noʊ wət ˈkeɪpəbəl əv ənd wi si ðɛm ˈæktɪvli ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ ðɛr kəmˈjunɪti. ɑr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɪz bɪlt ɔn ə faʊnˈdeɪʃən əv ˈmɪnəməm ˈpəblɪʃər ˌɪnərˈfɪrəns wɪθ ˈmæksəməm səˈpɔrt wɛr ˈnidɪd. hɛlp ˈnərʧər ənd groʊ ðə kəmˈjunɪti waɪl ˈbəlˌkhɛd kən ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈkræftɪŋ ə fænˈtæstɪk ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ bəˈtæljən rɪˈsivd səm strɔŋ ˈɔfərz frəm ˈəðər ˈvɛri bɪg ˈpəblɪʃərz ɔn bəˈtæljən 1944 bət ˈəltəmətli, ðə wən tim ðət ˈrɪli stʊd aʊt fər ˈjuˈɛs wɑz skwɛr ˈɛnɪks collective”*”, sɛd ˈbəlˌkhɛd ˈsinjər geɪm prəˈdusər ʤoʊ ˈbræmər, ““why*? bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ˈpəblɪʃt ɑr ˈpriviəs geɪm, ðə ˈtʊrɪŋ tɛst ɔn ˈpiˈsi, soʊ ˈgɔtən tɪ noʊ ðɛm wɛl ənd ðət minz wi noʊ haʊ ðeɪ wərk. ˈkruʃəli, wi noʊ ðət ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪl bi beɪst ɔn trəst; ənd ˈsəmθɪŋ wɪʧ wərks boʊθ ways”*”. ʤoʊ kənˈtɪnjud: ðə wən hænd, wi noʊ ðət fɪl ənd ðə tim wɪl kəm tɪ ˈjuˈɛs wɪθ səˈʤɛsʧənz ər aɪˈdiəz bət liv ˈjuˈɛs tɪ meɪk ðə kriˈeɪtɪv dɪˈsɪʒənz. ɔn ðə ˈəðər hænd, frəm pæst ɪkˈspɪriəns wi noʊ trəst ˈjuˈɛs (ɛz pleɪərz) tɪ meɪk ðoʊz dɪˈsɪʒənz ɪn ðə bɛst ˈɪntərɪsts əv ðə geɪm ənd ɪts kəmˈjunɪti ənd ðət kip ɑr hɛdz daʊn, wərk hɑrd, ənd dɪˈzaɪn ðə bɛst geɪm ˈpɑsəbəl. nɑt ˈoʊnli ðət ənd ɪt bi əˈsumd ˈivɪn naʊ bət ðə dil ɪˈneɪbəlz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ kip ɔl ˌaɪˌpi raɪts tɪ bəˈtæljən, ənd ɪt wɑz ɪgˈzæktli ðə seɪm θɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈtʊrɪŋ tɛst. soʊ wət kəˈlɛktɪv ɪz duɪŋ ɪz ˈhɛlpɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs bɪld ə səˈsteɪnəbəl business”*”. tɪ əˈnaʊns ðɛr ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp, ðə tim æt ˈbəlˌkhɛd ˌɪnərˈæktɪv riˈlist ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈvɪdioʊ ɪkˈspleɪnɪŋ waɪ skwɛr ˈɛnɪks kəˈlɛktɪv ɪz ðə aɪˈdil ˈpəblɪʃər fər bəˈtæljən 1944 |
square enix collective®, the platform that brings diverse and quality indie titles to market, has inked a deal with derby-based bulkhead interactive™ to exclusively publish ‘old-school’ multiplayer ww2 shooter battalion 1944™ on pc, ps4, and xbox one.
this time last year battalion 1944 smashed its crowdfunding campaign with a promise to recapture the core action of classic multiplayer fps game and propel ww2 into the next generation. having grown up playing the sensational ww2 shooters from the turn of the century, the designers at bulkhead interactive have utilised the most up-to-date industry technology to create a visceral and heart-thumping multiplayer experience featuring raw, skill-based infantry combat across tight, focused, and competitive maps.
after the huge success of last year’s the turing test™, bulkhead interactive chose once again to partner with square enix collective for their latest title. fans are the heart of multiplayer games and by choosing to work with square enix collective, bulkhead interactive knows the task of expanding and nurturing battalion 1944’s community is in very experienced hands.
“from having partnered with bulkhead before on the hugely successful the turing test, we know they’re a very talented studio making great games”, said phil elliott, director of community & indie development at square enix® limited. “we trust joe and the team as we know what they’re capable of and we see them actively listening to their community. our relationship is built on a foundation of minimum publisher interference with maximum support where needed. we’ll help nurture and grow the community while bulkhead can focus on crafting a fantastic fps experience with battalion 1944”.
“we received some strong offers from other very big publishers on battalion 1944. but ultimately, the one team that really stood out for us was square enix collective”, said bulkhead interactive’s senior game producer joe brammer, “why? because they published our previous game, the turing test on pc, so we’ve gotten to know them well and that means we know how they work. crucially, we know that the relationship will be based on trust; and something which works both ways”.
joe continued: “on the one hand, we know that phil and the team will come to us with suggestions or ideas but they’ll leave us to make the creative decisions. on the other hand, from past experience we know they’ll trust us (as fps players) to make those decisions in the best interests of the game and its community and that we’ll keep our heads down, work hard, and design the best game possible. not only that – and it shouldn’t be assumed even now – but the deal enables us to keep all ip rights to battalion, and it was exactly the same thing with the turing test. so what collective is doing is helping us build a sustainable business”.
to announce their partnership, the team at bulkhead interactive released the following video explaining why square enix collective is the ideal publisher for battalion 1944 | editor’s* noʊt: wən əv ˈsɪvəl moʊst ˈpɑpjələr ˈfiʧərz, ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs əv ˈpəblɪk ɪmˈplɔɪi ˈsæləriz, həz bɪn ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd tɪ rɪˈflɛkt əˈdɪʃənəl ˈnəmbərz fər ðə 2018 ˈfɪskəl jɪr, wɪʧ bɪˈgæn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 1 wi kriˈeɪt ə nu ˈsæləri ˈdætəˌbeɪs ˈɛvəri tu jɪrz, wɪn nu ˈjunjən ˈkɑnˌtrækts ər saɪnd ənd ə nu steɪt ˈbəʤɪt ɪz pʊt ɪn pleɪs rɪˈflɛktɪŋ ðə ˈsæləri ˌɪnˈkrisɪz. ɪf ju wərk fər ðə steɪt əv həˈwaɪˌi ənd ər ˈkɑmənli rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ““doctor”*” ər honor,”*,” ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈmeɪkɪŋ mɔr ˈməni ðən moʊst əv jʊr ˈkɑligz ɪn steɪt ˈgəvərnmənt. wən fækt ðət kən bi glind frəm ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈdætə ˈædɪd tɪ ˈsɪvəl ˈpəblɪk ɪmˈplɔɪi ˈsæləriz ˈdætəˌbeɪs fər ðə 2018 ˈfɪskəl jɪr ðət bɪˈgæn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 1 tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv əˈdɪʃənəl ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvənts hæv ʤɪst bɪn ˈædɪd, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðoʊz ˈwərkɪŋ fər ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ənd ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈʤɛnərəl steɪt ɪmˈplɔɪiz ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈəðər dɪˈpɑrtmənts. klɪk hir tɪ loʊd ðɪs ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈdætəˌbeɪs ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə moʊst əˈməŋ ðə ɪmˈplɔɪiz ʤɪst ˈædɪd tɪ ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs? ju kən faɪnd ðə ˈænsər æt ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv hɛlθ, wɛr ˈdɑktər. ˈmælkəm mɪˈʃɛlz ɪz peɪd tɪ sərv ɛz ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər əv ðə ʧaɪld ənd ˌædəˈlɛsənt ˈmɛntəl hɛlθ dɪˈvɪʒən. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈkɑntɛnt ˈflɪkər: nu həˈwaɪˌi ˈsæləri ˈdætəˌbeɪs: haʊ məʧ du wi peɪ ɑr ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvənts? ˈɔgəst 14 2017 ˈəðər hɛlθ dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈdɑktərz ənd ædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtərz ər ɪn ə peɪ reɪnʤ ðət tɑps aʊt æt ɛz ər ˈsɛvən fɪˈzɪʃənz ɪn ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈpəblɪk ˈseɪfti. ðə ˈpərsən ɪn ðə ˈʤɛnərəl steɪt ɪmˈplɔɪi ˈkætəˌgɔri ɪz ən ɪˈlɛkʃən ləˈʤɪstɪks ˈwərkər ˈərnɪŋ nɑt səˈpraɪzɪŋli, ˈʤəʤɪz ər ðə tɔp ˈərnərz æt ðə steɪt ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri. ˈkɔˌri bit səˈprim kɔrt ʧif ˈʤəstɪs mɑrk ˌrɪkˈtɛnwəld meɪks waɪl ðə ˈəðər fɔr haɪ kɔrt ˈʤəstɪsɪz meɪk ˈsərkət kɔrt ˈʤəʤɪz ərn waɪl 36 ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ˈʤəʤɪz meɪk ðə ʤuˈdɪʃiˌɛri ɪmˈplɔɪi ɪz ə ʤuˈdɪʃəl əˈsɪstənt ˈmeɪkɪŋ dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɪz ˈhɛdɪd baɪ nu ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt krɪˈstinə kishimoto*. bət ʃi ˈstɑrtɪd ˈɔgəst. 1 ənd ɪn ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs. fər ðə ˈrɛkərd, ˈmeɪkɪŋ mɔr ðən hər ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər, ˈkæθrɪn matayoshi*, hu lɛft ðə poʊst ɪn ʤun. kiθ hɑˈjɑʃi, hu sərvd ɛz ˈɪnərəm ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt fər ə mənθ, ɪz ðə doʊ ɪmˈplɔɪi ɪn ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs wɪθ ə reɪnʤ əv bət ðət wɪl ʧeɪnʤ ɛz hi rɪˈtərnz tɪ hɪz ʤɑb ɛz ˈprɪnsəpəl əv haɪ skul. moʊst haɪ skul ˈprɪnsəpəlz ər ɪn ə reɪnʤ ðət tɑps aʊt æt waɪl moʊst ˌɪnərˈmidiɪt skul ˈprɪnsəpəlz ərn əp tɪ ənd moʊst ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri ˈprɪnsəpəlz əp tɪ ˈkɔˌri bit həˈwaɪˌi teachers’*’ ˈsæləriz ˈvɛri ˈwaɪdli, wɪθ moʊst ˌɪnˈstrəktərz ˈərnɪŋ frəm tɪ ðeɪ ər ˈʤɛnərəli kənˈsɪdərd tɪ bi kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈmɛni əv ðɛr ˈmeɪnˌlænd ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts, bət ðeɪ dɪd rɪˈsiv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt peɪ ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ɪn ðɛr ˈleɪtəst ˈkɑnˌtrækt. pəˈtɛnʃəli ðə doʊ ɪmˈplɔɪiz ər θri ˈɔfəs əˈsɪstənts ɪn ðə ˈsæləri reɪnʤ əv tɪ ɪf ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ˌɪnˈkludɪd jɛt ɪn ðə nu ˈdætəˌbeɪs, ju kən ˈɔlˌweɪz ʧɛk ɑr ˈpriviəs wən fər ðə 2016 ˈfɪskəl jɪr baɪ ˈklɪkɪŋ hir. ə ˈkəpəl əv θɪŋz tɪ kip ɪn maɪnd ɛz ju pəruz ðə ˈdætəˌbeɪs: ɪmˈplɔɪiz ɪn iʧ ˈkætəˌgɔri ər dɪˈspleɪd frəm tɪ. ɛz əˈlaʊd ˈəndər steɪt lɔ, səm ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz lɪst peɪ ˈreɪnʤɪz ˌɪnˈstɛd əv spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈsæləriz fər ˈmɛni əv ðɛr ɪmˈplɔɪiz. ɪn ðoʊz ˈkeɪsɪz, ðə ˈɔrdər əv ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən ɪz ˈdɪkˌteɪtɪd baɪ ðə haɪ ɛnd əv ðə reɪnʤ. |
editor’s note: one of civil beat’s most popular features, the database of public employee salaries, has been updated to reflect additional numbers for the 2018 fiscal year, which began july 1. we create a new salary database every two years, when new union contracts are signed and a new state budget is put in place reflecting the salary increases.
if you work for the state of hawaii and are commonly referred to as “doctor” or “your honor,” you’re probably making more money than most of your colleagues in state government.
that’s one fact that can be gleaned from the latest data added to civil beat’s public employee salaries database for the 2018 fiscal year that began july 1.
tens of thousands of additional public servants have just been added, including those working for the department of education and the judiciary, as well as general state employees in several other departments.
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who’s making the most among the employees just added to the database?
you can find the answer at the department of health, where dr. malcolm michels is paid $318,756 to serve as administrator of the child and adolescent mental health division.
related content flickr: images_of_money new hawaii salary database: how much do we pay our public servants? august 14, 2017
thirty-six other health department doctors and administrators are in a pay range that tops out at $306,840, as are seven physicians in the department of public safety.
the lowest-paid person in the general state employee category is an election logistics worker earning $24,480.
not surprisingly, judges are the top earners at the state judiciary.
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supreme court chief justice mark recktenwald makes $231,468, while the other four high court justices make $223,200.
twenty-eight circuit court judges earn $201,060, while 36 district court judges make $189,480.
the lowest-paid judiciary employee is a judicial assistant making $23,643.
hawaii’s department of education is headed by new superintendent christina kishimoto. but she started aug. 1 and isn’t in the database. for the record, she’s making $240,000 — $40,000 more than her predecessor, kathryn matayoshi, who left the post in june.
keith hayashi, who served as interim superintendent for a month, is the highest-paid doe employee in the database with a range of $200,000-$250,000. but that will change as he returns to his job as principal of waipahu high school.
most high school principals are in a range that tops out at $189,119, while most intermediate school principals earn up to $160,057, and most elementary principals up to $153,523.
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hawaii teachers’ salaries vary widely, with most 10-month instructors earning from $35,467 to $72,992. they are generally considered to be low-paid compared to many of their mainland counterparts, but they did receive significant pay increases in their latest contract.
potentially the lowest-paid doe employees are three office assistants in the salary range of $23,652 to $37,800.
if the agency you’re looking for isn’t included yet in the new database, you can always check our previous one for the 2016 fiscal year by clicking here.
a couple of things to keep in mind as you peruse the database:
• employees in each category are displayed from highest-paid to lowest-paid.
• as allowed under state law, some organizations list pay ranges instead of specific salaries for many of their employees. in those cases, the order of presentation is dictated by the high end of the range. | ˈɔstən, ˈtɛksəs, dɛk. 6 (upi*) ə ˈtiˌneɪʤər ˈgræʤəˌweɪts frəm ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˈtɛksəs ðɪs ˈwiˌkɪnd æt 16 ən eɪʤ wɪn moʊst ˈstudənts hæv jɛt tɪ rɪˈsiv ðɛr haɪ skul dɪˈploʊməz. ˈændru ˈbrɪzbɪn əv ˈdɛntən, ˈtɛksəs, ˈɛnərd nɔrθ ˈsɛntrəl ˈtɛksəs ˈkɑlɪʤ æt 14 ənd ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti ə jɪr ˈleɪtər, ðə ˈɔstən ˌriˈpɔrtəd. hi kəmˈplitɪd ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts fər ə ˈbæʧələrz dɪˈgri ɪn ˈfaɪˌnæns ɪn tu jɪrz baɪ əˈtɛndɪŋ ˈsəmər skul ənd ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈhɛvi kɔrs loʊd. hi wɑz tɪ gɪt hɪz dɪˈgri ˈsənˌdi. hi sɛd ðət biɪŋ ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz ˈjəŋgər ðən hɪz ˈfɛloʊ ˈstudənts wɑz nɑt ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈprɑbləm. "səm əv maɪ prəˈfɛsərz doʊnt ˈrɪli noʊ haʊ oʊld aɪ æm," hi sɛd. "aɪ fɪt ɪn ʤɪst faɪn." ˈwɪljəm weɪ, ðə ˈfækəlti ædˈvaɪzər æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsətiz məˈkoʊm skul əv ˈbɪznɪs, dɪˈskraɪbd ˈbrɪzbɪn ɛz "ˈvɛri məˈʧʊr." ˈbrɪzbɪn wɑz hoʊm skuld, ˈkipɪŋ tɪ ə ˈrɪgərəs ˈskɛʤʊl. hɪz ˈpɛrənts lɪvd səm əv ðə taɪm ɪn ˈɔstən waɪl hi wɑz æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti tɪ hɛlp ɪm ənd əˈspɛʃəli tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən bɪˈkəz hi wɑz tu jəŋ fər ə ˈdraɪvərz ˈlaɪsəns. hi plænz tɪ goʊ tɪ ˈgræʤəˌweɪt skul bət wɔnts tɪ gɪt səm wərk ɪkˈspɪriəns fərst. |
austin, texas, dec. 6 (upi) -- a teenager graduates from the university of texas this weekend at 16, an age when most students have yet to receive their high school diplomas.
andrew brisbin of denton, texas, entered north central texas college at 14 and transferred to the university a year later, the austin american-statesman reported. he completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree in finance in two years by attending summer school and taking a heavy course load.
he was to get his degree sunday.
he said that being several years younger than his fellow students was not a major problem.
"some of my professors don't really know how old i am," he said. "i fit in just fine."
william way, the faculty adviser at the university's mccomb school of business, described brisbin as "very mature."
brisbin was home schooled, keeping to a rigorous schedule. his parents lived some of the time in austin while he was at the university to help him -- and especially to provide transportation because he was too young for a driver's license.
he plans to go to graduate school but wants to get some work experience first. | ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts naʊ həz wən kənˈfərmd keɪs əv iˈboʊlə, ðə ˈsɛnərz fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd priˈvɛnʃən sɛd, ˈmɑrkɪŋ ðə fərst dəˈmɛstɪk əˈpɪrəns əv ðə ˈdɛdli ˈvaɪrəs ðət həz ˈrævɪʤd əv ˌkɑntəˈnɛnəl ˈæfrɪkɑ. ðə iˈboʊlə ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk həz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmd ˈpəblɪk hɛlθ ˈwərkərz ɪn θri ˈæfrɪkɑn ˈkəntriz, wən əv wɪʧ wɑz ðə ˈlaɪkli saɪt əv ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən əv ðə fərst əˈmɛrɪkən keɪs. æt list fər naʊ, ðə ˈɪnsədənt rɪˈmeɪnz ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈsiˌdiˈsi əˈfɪʃəlz seɪ ðə ˈvaɪrəs hir ɪn ðə juz. fər æt list ə fju deɪz, ənd ˈəðərz hæv bɪn ɪkˈspoʊzd. ðə ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˈpeɪʃənt ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ˈdæləsɪz ˈtɛksəs hɛlθ ˌprɛzbɪˈtɪriən ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. ˈtɛksəs gəv. rɪk ˈpɛri sɪz ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv ˈʧɪldrən hu hæd ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ðə mæn ər biɪŋ ˈmɑnətərd. ɪn ə prɛs ˈkɑnfərəns ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ˈsiˌdiˈsi dɪˈrɛktər tɑm ˈfridən sɛd ðə ˈpeɪʃənt ɪn kˈwɛʃən wɑz ˈtrævəlɪŋ θru ˌlaɪˈbɪˌriə, wɛr hi meɪ hæv ˈkɑntræktəd ðə dɪˈziz. hi ˈɛnərd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ɔn ðə əv sɛpˈtɛmbər, ˈæftər wɪʧ hi sɔt kɛr. rɪˈpɔrts ˈsərfɪst ðət ðə mæn ɪz ə ˌlaɪˈbɪˌriən ˈnæʃənəl ɪn ðə juz. ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ˈrɛlətɪvz. rɛd moreu.s*. iˈboʊlə ˈpeɪʃənt sɛd hi wɑz frəm ˌlaɪˈbɪˌriə: ˈsɪstər "ðɛr meɪ bi ə smɔl ˈaʊtˌbreɪk bɪˈkəz hi dɪd wɔk əraʊnd wɪθ ˈsɪmptəmz," sɛd ˈdɛbrə spicehandler*, ən ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs dɪˈziz ˈɛkspərt æt ˈnɔrðərn ˈwɛˌstʧɛstər ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɪn maʊnt ˈkɪskoʊ, ny*. "soʊ wi meɪ si ə fju mɔr ˈkeɪsɪz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ɪm." ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ˈtɛksəs hɛlθ prəˈfɛʃənəlz wər ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ə kləʧ əv pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈsɪtɪzənz ðət meɪ hæv kəm ˈɪntu ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ðə ˈhɑspɪtəˌlaɪzd ˈvɪktɪm. ˈzækəri ˈtɑmsən, dɪˈrɛktər əv ˈdæləs ˈkaʊnti hɛlθ ənd ˈjumən ˈsərvɪsɪz, toʊld ə ˈloʊkəl ˈsteɪʃən ðət ðɛr maɪt wɛl bi "əˈnəðər keɪs ðət ɪz ə kloʊz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt wɪθ ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈpeɪʃənt." ˈfridən əˈtɛmptəd tɪ əsˈweɪʤ kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt kənˈteɪʤəs ˈifɛkt, seɪɪŋ ðət ðə ˈvaɪrəs wɑz ˈoʊnli sprɛd θru dɪˈrɛkt ˈkɑnˌtækt, ənd wɑz nɑt ˈɛrˌbɔrn. hi vaʊd ðət əˈfɪʃəlz wʊd kənˈteɪn ə pəˈtɛnʃəl sprɛd. ˈfridən ˈædɪd ðət "ðɛr ɪz noʊ daʊt ɪn maɪ maɪnd ðət wi wɪl stɑp ɪt hir," ˈfridən sɛd. |
the united states now has one confirmed case of ebola, the centers for disease control and prevention said, marking the first domestic appearance of the deadly virus that has ravaged swaths of continental africa.
the ebola epidemic has overwhelmed public health workers in three african countries, one of which was the likely site of infection of the first american case. at least for now, the incident remains isolated. however, cdc officials say the virus incubated here in the u.s. for at least a few days, and others have been exposed.
the as-yet unidentified patient is located in dallas's texas health presbyterian hospital. texas gov. rick perry says a handful of school-aged children who had contact with the man are being monitored.
in a press conference on tuesday, cdc director tom frieden said the patient in question was traveling through liberia, where he may have contracted the disease. he entered the united states on the 20th of september, after which he sought care. reports surfaced that the man is a liberian national in the u.s. visiting relatives.
read moreu.s. ebola patient said he was from liberia: sister
"there may be a small outbreak because he did walk around with symptoms," said debra spicehandler, an infectious disease expert at northern westchester hospital in mount kisco, ny. "so we may see a few more cases related to him."
on wednesday, texas health professionals were monitoring a clutch of potential citizens that may have come into contact with the hospitalized victim. zachary thompson, director of dallas county health and human services, told a local station that there might well be "another case that is a close associate with this particular patient."
frieden attempted to assuage concerns about ebola's contagious effect, saying that the virus was only spread through direct contact, and was not airborne. he vowed that officials would contain a potential spread.
frieden added that "there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here," frieden said. | ðɪs ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri ɪz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd bɪˈhaɪnd ənd tɪ ðə saɪd əv ðə ˈjunjən ˈkrɪsʧɪn ʧərʧ ɪn ˈrɪʧlənd ˈtaʊnʃɪp, ˈfaʊntən ˈkaʊnti, ˌɪndiˈænə. ˈjunjən ˈkrɪsʧɪn ʧərʧ ɪz ɔn ðə saʊθ saɪd əv ist ˈkaʊnti roʊd 560 nɔrθ, ˈəðərˌwaɪz noʊn ɛz ist ˈeɪəlzwərθ roʊd, əˈbaʊt θri maɪəlz wɛst əv ðə taʊn əv tɪ faɪnd ə greɪv ˈvɪzɪt lɪŋk ðɛr ər ˈkərəntli əˈprɑksəmətli 980 ˈbɛriəlz ɪn ðɪs tɪ maɪ əv ðə fərst ˈrɛzɪdənts əv koʊl krik ɪn ˈrɪʧlənd ˈtaʊnʃɪp, wər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə ˌprɛzbɪˈtɪriən ʧərʧ. ðeɪ riˈzɑlvd, ɪn ðə fɔl əv 1826 tɪ mit təˈgɛðər ˈɛvəri ˈsənˌdi. ðeɪ ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd ɛz ə ʧərʧ ɔn dɪˈsɛmbər 3 1827 ɑkˈtoʊbər 1 1829 ðə ʧərʧ hæd ˌɪnˈkrist tɪ forty-nine*. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə jɪr 1829 ðɪs ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən bɪlt ə haʊs əv ˈwərʃɪp, 30 ɛks 40 fit, ɔn ər nɪr ðə graʊnd naʊ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd baɪ ðə koʊl krik ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri ʧərʧ. ɪt wɑz bərnd daʊn ə jɪr ər tu ˈæftər ɪts ɪˈrɛkʃən. əˈnəðər wɑz bɪlt sun ˈæftər ɔn ʤeɪmz ˈmɪlərz lænd, ə kˈwɔrtər əv ə maɪl wɛst əv ðə fərst. ˈʤænjuˌɛri 1 1835 rɛv. ʤɑn ˈkrɔfərd bɪˈgæn ˈpriʧɪŋ, wən hæf ðə taɪm ɪn ðə koʊl krik ʧərʧ, ənd ðə ˈəðər hæf ɪn ðə məˈklur ˈneɪbərˌhʊd. rɛv. ʤɑn ˈkrɔfərd daɪd ɪn ʤun 1839 hi ɪz ˈbɛrid ɪn ðɪs ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri. ɪn 1838 ðə ʧərʧ dɪˈvaɪdɪd, ðə ˈistərn, ər ˈnuˌtaʊn ˈpɔrʃən, goʊɪŋ wɪθ ðə nu skul, ənd ðə ˈwɛstərn, ər koʊl krik ˈpɔrʃən, goʊɪŋ wɪθ ðə oʊld skul, ənd soʊ bɪˈkeɪm tu ˈʧərʧɪz. ɪn 1840 rɛv. ˈsæmjul ʤi. ˈlɔri səˈplaɪd ðə ʧərʧ fər ə taɪm. ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri, 1841 ðə rɛv. ʤɑn ˈfɛˌrʧaɪld, ə licentiate*, kəˈmɛnst ˌmɪnɪˈstiriəl ˈleɪbərz ɪn ˈnuˌtaʊn. ɪn mɑrʧ, 1841 ðə ʧərʧ əˈdɑptəd ðə neɪm ˈnuˌtaʊn ˌprɛzbɪˈtɪriən ʧərʧ. ðə koʊl krik ʧərʧ kɛpt əp ɪts ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən tɪl əˈbaʊt 1860 wɪn ɪt dɪsˈbændɪd. ˈvɪzɪt lɪŋk ən 1881 ˈkrɪsʧɪn ʧərʧ æt ðə koʊl krik ˈsɛmɪˌtɛri wɑz ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd ˌʤuˈlaɪ 17 1871 wɪθ ə ˈmɛmbərˌʃɪp əv ˈsɛvənˈtin. ðə fərst ˈmɪnɪstər wɑz ˈɛldər fɛlps, hu ˈleɪbərd fər ðə ʧərʧ wən jɪr. ɪn 1872 rɛv. ˈdəbəlju. ti. ˈwɔrbɪŋtən wɑz ɪmˈplɔɪd ɛz ˈpæstər ənd kənˈtɪnjud ənˈtɪl 1878 hi wɑz ə ˈpɑpjələr ˈpriʧər ənd ˌɪnstrəˈmɛnəl ɪn ˈbɪldɪŋ əp ənd ˈlɑrʤli ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ ðə ʧərʧ ɪn ˈnəmbərz. ɪn 1879 ðə ˈpæstərəl ˈleɪbərz əv rɛv. ti. si. smɪθ, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ˈkɑlɪʤ, wər sɪˈkjʊrd, ənd hɪz kənˈtɪnjuz æt ðə ˈprɛzənt taɪm. ðə fərst ˈɔfɪsərz əv ðə ʧərʧ wər: ˈdikənz ˈdeɪvɪd ˈwaɪtˌsɛl ənd ʤoʊˈsaɪə rəsk; klərk, ʤeɪmz rəsk. ðɛr wɑz ə ˈjunjən ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd ə ʃɔrt taɪm ˈæftər ðə ʧərʧ, wɪʧ ɪz stɪl ɪn gʊd kənˈdɪʃən, biɪŋ kɛpt əp boʊθ ˈsəmər ənd ˈwɪntər. ðə ʧərʧ naʊ ˈnəmbərz 150 ðə ˈprɛzənt ˈdikənz ər ˈdeɪvɪd ˈwaɪtˌsɛl, ˈrubən ˈlɪstər ənd ˈtɑməs ˈmɪlər. ɛm. kɪf ɪz ðə ˈprɛzənt ər tu deɪts ɔn ðə ˈdeɪtɪd ˈkɔrnər stoʊn. 1871 ðə deɪt ðə ˈjunjən ˈkrɪsʧɪn ʧərʧ wɑz ɪˈstæblɪʃt, ənd 1906 ðə deɪt ðɪs ˈbɪldɪŋ wɑz bɪlt. ðə ʧərʧ ɪz ˈkərəntli kloʊzd. ɪt stɪl həz ɔl ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ˈbjutəfəl steɪnd glæs ˈwɪndoʊz. ɪt ɪz plænd tɪ prɪˈzərv ənd rɪˈstɔr ðɪs ˈtaʊnʃɪp ɪz wən əv ˈilɛvən ˈtaʊnʃɪps ɪn ˈfaʊntən ˈkaʊnti, ˌɪndiˈænə, juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ɛz əv ðə 2010 ˈsɛnsəs, ɪts ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wɑz 950 ənd ɪt kənˈteɪnd 423 ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈjunɪts. ˈvɪzɪt lɪŋk ˈfaʊntən ˈkaʊnti laɪz ɪn ðə ˈwɛstərn pɑrt əv ðə juz. steɪt əv ˌɪndiˈænə ɔn ðə ist saɪd əv ðə ˈwɔbæʃ ˈrɪvər. ðə ˈkaʊnti wɑz əˈfɪʃəli ɪˈstæblɪʃt ɪn 1826 ənd wɑz ðə ɪn ˌɪndiˈænə. ˈvɪzɪt lɪŋk |
this cemetery is located behind and to the side of the union christian church in richland township, fountain county, indiana. union christian church is on the south side of east county road 560 north, otherwise known as east aylesworth road, about three miles west of the town of newtown.according to find a grave ( visit link ) there are currently approximately 980 burials in this cemetery.according to my research:-some of the first residents of coal creek in richland township, were members of the presbyterian church. they resolved, in the fall of 1826, to meet together every sunday. they organized as a church on december 3, 1827. october 1, 1829, the church had increased to forty-nine. during the year 1829 this organization built a house of worship, 30 x 40 feet, on or near the ground now occupied by the coal creek cemetery church. it was burned down a year or two after its erection. another was built soon after on james millers land, a quarter of a mile west of the first. january 1, 1835, rev. john crawford began preaching, one half the time in the coal creek church, and the other half in the mcclure neighborhood. rev. john crawford died in june 1839. he is buried in this cemetery. in 1838 the church divided, the eastern, or newtown portion, going with the new school, and the western, or coal creek portion, going with the old school, and so became two churches. in 1840 rev. samuel g. lowrie supplied the church for a time. in january, 1841, the rev. john fairchild, a licentiate, commenced ministerial labors in newtown. in march, 1841, the church adopted the name newtown presbyterian church. the coal creek church kept up its organization till about 1860, when it disbanded. ( visit link an 1881 history:the christian church at the coal creek cemetery was organized july 17, 1871, with a membership of seventeen. the first minister was elder phelps, who labored for the church one year. in 1872 rev. w. t. warbington was employed as pastor and continued until 1878. he was a popular preacher and instrumental in building up and largely increasing the church in numbers. in 1879 the pastoral labors of rev. t. c. smith, president of merom college, were secured, and his pastorate continues at the present time. the first officers of the church were: deacons david whitesel and josiah rusk; clerk, james rusk. there was a union sunday-school organized a short time after the church, which is still in good condition, being kept up both summer and winter. the church now numbers 150. the present deacons are david whitesel, reuben lister and thomas miller. barzillai m. kiff is the present clerk.there are two dates on the dated corner stone. 1871, the date the union christian church was established, and 1906, the date this building was built. the church is currently closed. it still has all the original beautiful stained glass windows. it is planned to preserve and restore this building.richland township is one of eleven townships in fountain county, indiana, united states. as of the 2010 census, its population was 950 and it contained 423 housing units. ( visit link fountain county lies in the western part of the u.s. state of indiana on the east side of the wabash river. the county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in indiana. ( visit link | ɪn ˌtɑˈʤikɪˌstæn, ə ˈfɔrmər ˈsoʊviˌɛt riˈpəblɪk ˈbɔrdərɪŋ æfˈgænəˌstæn, əˈθɔrətiz hæv dɪˈklɛrd wɔr ɔn ˈrædɪkəl ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ər traɪɪŋ tɪ rut aʊt pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈtɛrəˌrɪsts ɪn ðə ˈkəntri. ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ ˌtɑˈʤikɪˌstæn, ə pur ˈkəntri ˈnɛsəld ɪn ðə hɑrt əv ˈsɛntrəl ˈeɪʒə, həz bɪˈkəm ə rɪˈkrutɪŋ graʊnd fər ðə ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk steɪt (ɪz) grup. ˈsɛvərəl ˈhənərd jəŋ hæv ɔˈrɛdi gɔn tɪ swɛl ðə ræŋks əv ðə ʤiˈhɑˌdɪsts ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk ənd ˈsɪriə, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ əˈfɪʃəl ˈfɪgjərz. læst ˈsəmər, ˈprɛzɪdənt əˌθɔrəˈtɛriən rəˈʒim ˈsəfərd ə juʤ bloʊ wɪn wən əv hɪz kloʊz ˈælaɪz, ˈkərnəl khalimov*, ðə ˈfɔrmər hɛd əv ən ɪˈlit pəˈlis ˈjunɪt, ʤɔɪnd ðə ɪz grup ʤiˈhɑˌdɪsts ənd ərʤd ˈpipəl tɪ ˈfɑloʊ hɪz ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪn ə ˈvɪdioʊ ˈbrɔdˌkæst ˈɔnˌlaɪn. sɪns ðɛn, ðə əˈθɔrətiz hæv lɔnʧt ə rɪˈlɛntlɪs ˈkrækˌdaʊn ɔn ˈrædɪkəl ˌɪsˈlɑm ənd ɔn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðeɪ kənˈsɪdər tɪ bi ˈɛvədəns əv radicalisation*. mɛn ər ˈstrɔŋli ɪnˈkərəʤd tɪ ʃeɪv ðɛr bɪrdz, waɪl ðə fʊl ˌɪzˈlɑmɪk veɪl ɪz noʊ ˈlɔŋgər soʊld æt ˈmɑrkɪt stɔlz. ə rɪˈlɛntlɪs ˈkrækˌdaʊn ɔn pəˈtɛnʃəl ʤiˈhɑˌdɪsts həz bɪn lɔnʧt, æt ðə rɪsk əv ˈvaɪəleɪtɪŋ ˈbeɪsɪk ˈjumən raɪts. ɑr ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənts rɪˈpɔrt. |
in tajikistan, a former soviet republic bordering afghanistan, authorities have declared war on radical islam and are trying to root out potential terrorists in the country.
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tajikistan, a poor country nestled in the heart of central asia, has become a recruiting ground for the islamic state (is) group. several hundred young tajiks have already gone to swell the ranks of the jihadists in iraq and syria, according to official figures.
last summer, president emomali rahmon's authoritarian regime suffered a huge blow when one of his close allies, colonel gulmurod khalimov, the former head of an elite police unit, joined the is group jihadists and urged people to follow his example in a video broadcast online.
since then, the authorities have launched a relentless crackdown on radical islam and on everything they consider to be evidence of radicalisation. men are strongly encouraged to shave their beards, while the full islamic veil is no longer sold at market stalls. a relentless crackdown on potential jihadists has been launched, at the risk of violating basic human rights. our correspondents report. | ɛz ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ straɪvz tɪ mit ðə ˈprɛzənt ənd fˈjuʧər ˌnævəˈgeɪʃənəl nidz əv ðə ˈmærəˌtaɪm ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ˈsɪstəm, ɪt ɪz ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈhɛlpfəl nɑt tɪ ˈmɛnʃən ˌɪnspərˈeɪʃənəl tɪ lʊk bæk æt ˈhɪstəri. koʊst ˈsərˌveɪ həz ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈhɪstəri ðət wɛl noʊn. ɪt ɪz ə kwaɪət ˈhɪstəri əv mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən hu lɛd ðə ˈmæpɪŋ ənd ˈʧɑrtɪŋ ədˈvænsmənts ɪn ðə ˈsɛnʧəriz sɪns ˈtɑməs ˈʤɛfərsən ˈɔθərˌaɪzd ðə ˈsərˌveɪ əv ðə koʊst ɪn 1807 koʊst ˈsərˌveɪ meɪnˈteɪnz ə ˈpəblɪkli ækˈsɛsəbəl hɪˈstɔrɪkəl mæps ənd ʧɑrts kəˈlɛkʃən, wɪθ əˈbaʊt ˈɪmɪʤɪz ðət ˈɛniˌwən kən ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ənd prɪnt. fər ˈhɪstəri bəfs, ˈsərʧɪŋ θru ðə ˈɪmɪʤɪz ɪz ə greɪt weɪ tɪ faɪnd ˈɪmɪʤɪz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ jʊr ˈɛriə əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst. ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ ðə ʧɑrts, wən kən ˈɔlˌmoʊst dɪˈvɛləp ˈpərsɪnəl riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps wɪθ ðə ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl koʊst ˈsərˌveɪ əˈsɪstənts ənd hu prəˈdust səm ˈtruli ˈbjutəfəl wərk. (ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˈsɪvəl wɔr ˈspɛʃəl kəˈlɛkʃən tɪ faɪnd səm əˈspɛʃəli ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ mæps, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈpɪvətəl 1861 mæp ʃoʊɪŋ ðə ˈdɛnsɪti əv sleɪv ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈsəðərn steɪts.) ər ju kən spɛnd səm kˈwɑləti taɪm ˈbraʊzɪŋ θru ˈskɛʧɪz ənd mæps ɪn ðə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl kəˈlɛkʃən meɪnˈteɪnd baɪ ðə ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ ˈsɛntrəl ˈlaɪbrɛˌri. ðə juz. koʊst ˈsərˌveɪ (wɪʧ bɪˈkeɪm ðə juz. koʊst ənd ˈsərˌveɪ ɪn 1878 ənd wɑz ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli wən əv ðə ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈeɪʤənsiz wɪˈθɪn ˈɛˈnoʊˈeɪˈeɪ) həz ə juˈnik ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ əv ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ənd ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən. ðə ˈɛkˌsplɔɪts əv ʤɔrʤ ˈdeɪvɪdsən ənd ˈəðərz ɪn əˈlæskə ɪz əˈspɛʃəli ˈfæsəˌneɪtɪŋ ɛz wi naʊ lʊk nɔrθ tɪ ə nu ˈsɛnʧəri əv wərk ɪn ðə ˈɑrtɪk. ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə mˈjuziəm əv ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤi ənd ˌænθrəˈpɑləʤi ˈrisəntli ˈpəblɪʃt ən ˈɑrtɪkəl baɪ ʤɑn klaʊd ɪn ɪts ˈmægəˌzin, ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃənz. ðə ˈtliŋgɪt mæp əv 1869 ə ˈmæstərˌwərk əv ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs, lɪŋkt hir wɪθ ðə pərˈmɪʃən əv pɛn mˈjuziəm, ɪkˈspleɪnz haʊ ˈdeɪvɪdsən sɛt ðə toʊn fər koʊst ˈərli ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti tɪ ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv prɪˈzərvɪŋ ˈɪndiən neɪmz ɔn mæps əˈspɛʃəli, ɪn ðɪs keɪs, əv ə mæp drɔn baɪ ˈtliŋgɪt klæn ˈlidər ənd hɪz waɪvz. klaʊd ˈfərðər ɪkˈspaʊndz ɔn ðə ˌdɪˈskəvri əv mæps ɪn ə ˈrisənt ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈreɪdiˌoʊ, lɪŋkt æt əˈlæskən ˈɪnfluənst baɪ ˈneɪtɪv mapmakers*. ˈminˌwaɪl, ɔn ðə ˈəðər saɪd əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ʤeɪmz ˈtɪlmən həz ˈrɪtən əˈbaʊt koʊst ˈsərˌveɪ ˌsupərɪnˈtɛndənt ˌælɪgˈzændər bæʧ ənd əˈsɪstənt ˈfərdɪˌnænd ʒərdz, ənd ðə ˈɛfərts tɪ ˈsərˌveɪ ðə ˈflɔrɪdə rif ɪn ðə 1850s*. ðə ɪˈnɔrməti əv ðə ˈəndərˌteɪkɪŋ ɪz ðə ˈoʊvərˌɑrʧɪŋ ˈstɔri əv ðə survey,”*,” ˈtɪlmən raɪts, wɑz ˈikwəli rɪˈmɑrkəbəl fər ðə ˈbədɪŋ saɪəns, ˌhaɪdrəˈgræfɪk ˈbreɪkθˌruz ənd kriˈeɪtɪv səˈluʃənz ðət ɪˈneɪbəld it.”*.” ˈhaɪˌdroʊ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl 2012 həz ˈpəblɪʃt ðə əbˈzɔrbɪŋ ˈɑrtɪkəl, ˈsərˌveɪɪŋ ðə ˈflɔrɪdə rif. ˈtɪlmən pɔɪnts aʊt ðət ɔl ˈkrɛdɪt goʊz tɪ ðə hydrography*, bət baɪ ðə tərn əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri rɛks ɔn ðə rif wər daʊn 90 pərˈsɛnt ənd ˈrɛkɪŋ wɑz fæst bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə ˈdɪstənt memory.”*.” ðət kwaɪət ˈhɪstəri, ənd ðə ˈnuli dɪˈskəvərd kəˈnɛkʃənz tɪ əˈlæskən, spiks ˈvɑljumz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ, ənd kənˈtɪnjuɪŋ ˈprɑməs, əv ˌnævəˈgeɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræm ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃənz tɪ prɪˈzərvɪŋ laɪf ənd ˈprɑpərti əˈlɔŋ juz. ˈkoʊstəl ˈwɔtərz. |
as noaa strives to meet the present and future navigational needs of the maritime transportation system, it is sometimes helpful ‒ not to mention inspirational ‒ to look back at history. coast survey has an amazing history that isn’t well known. it is a quiet history of men and women who led the country’s mapping and charting advancements in the centuries since thomas jefferson authorized the survey of the coast in 1807.
coast survey maintains a publicly accessible historical maps and charts collection, with about 35,000 images that anyone can download and print. for history buffs, searching through the images is a great way to find images related to your area of interest. exploring the charts, one can almost develop personal relationships with the individual coast survey assistants and cartographers who produced some truly beautiful work. (check out the civil war special collection to find some especially intriguing maps, including the pivotal 1861 map showing the density of slave population in the southern states.) or you can spend some quality time browsing through little-known sketches and maps in the historical collection maintained by the noaa central library.
the u.s. coast survey (which became the u.s. coast and geodetic survey in 1878, and was eventually one of the founding agencies within noaa) has a unique heritage of scientific exploration and innovation. the exploits of george davidson and others in 1860s alaska is especially fascinating as we now look north to a new century of work in the arctic. the university of pennsylvania museum of archaeology and anthropology recently published an article by john cloud in its magazine, expeditions. the tlingit map of 1869: a masterwork of indigenous cartography, linked here with the permission of penn museum, explains how davidson set the tone for coast survey’s early sensitivity to the importance of preserving indian names on maps ‒ especially, in this case, of a map drawn by tlingit clan leader kohklux and his wives.
cloud further expounds on the discovery of davidson’s maps in a recent radio interview with kcaw radio, linked at alaskan cartography influenced by native mapmakers.
meanwhile, on the other side of the united states, james tilghman has written about coast survey superintendent alexander bache and assistant ferdinand gerdes, and the efforts to survey the florida reef in the 1850s. “if the enormity of the undertaking is the overarching story of the survey,” tilghman writes, “it was equally remarkable for the budding science, hydrographic breakthroughs and creative solutions that enabled it.” hydro international july/august 2012 has published the absorbing article, surveying the florida reef.
tilghman points out that “not all credit goes to the hydrography, but by the turn of the century wrecks on the reef were down 90 percent and wrecking was fast becoming a distant memory.” that quiet history, and the newly discovered connections to alaskan cartography, speaks volumes about the heritage, and continuing promise, of noaa’s navigation program contributions to preserving life and property along u.s. coastal waters. | mæn ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈæftər ˈgənˌfaɪt wɪθ ˈrɑbəri ˈsəˌspɛkt ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2019 ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ, ɪŋk. ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. ðɪs məˈtɪriəl meɪ nɑt bi ˈpəblɪʃt, ˈbrɔdˌkæst, riˈrɪtən, ər ˌridɪˈstrɪbjətɪd. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2019 ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ, ɪŋk. ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. ðɪs məˈtɪriəl meɪ nɑt bi ˈpəblɪʃt, ˈbrɔdˌkæst, riˈrɪtən, ər ˌridɪˈstrɪbjətɪd. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2019 ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ, ɪŋk. ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. ðɪs məˈtɪriəl meɪ nɑt bi ˈpəblɪʃt, ˈbrɔdˌkæst, riˈrɪtən, ər ˌridɪˈstrɪbjətɪd. ˈkɑpiˌraɪt 2019 ˈbrɔdˌkæstɪŋ, ɪŋk. ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd. ðɪs məˈtɪriəl meɪ nɑt bi ˈpəblɪʃt, ˈbrɔdˌkæst, riˈrɪtən, ər ˌridɪˈstrɪbjətɪd. mæn ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈæftər ˈgənˌfaɪt wɪθ ˈrɑbəri nɛkst ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs ðə sərʧ kənˈtɪnjuz fər ðə ɑrmd ˈsəˌspɛkt hu rɑbd ə gæs ˈsteɪʃən ɪn nɔrθ ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs ˈtuzˌdeɪ naɪt ənd ʃɑt ə mæn hu meɪ hæv traɪd tɪ stɑp ðə kraɪm. ə ˈkəstəmər hu pəˈlis seɪ kənˈfrəntɪd ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt ɪn frənt əv ðə stɔr wɑz ʃɑt ənd ˈkrɪtɪkəli ˈɪnʤərd. ˈbʊlət hoʊlz kən stɪl bi sin ɪn ðə grin ˈvæli ˈgroʊsəri ˈmɑrkɪt nɪr kreɪg ənd roʊdz. "aɪ goʊ ðɛr ˈɛvriˈdeɪ," sɛd ˈkəstəmər ʤərˈmeɪn ˈæʧɪsən. "ʤɪst nɑt ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ stəf laɪk ðət." pəˈlis seɪ ən ɑrmd mæn əˈtɛmptəd tɪ rɑb ðə stɔr əraʊnd 10 p.m*. ənd ə ˈkəstəmər ˌɪntərˈvind. ðə tu ɪksˈʧeɪnʤd ˈgənˌfaɪər wɪθ ðə ˈsəˌspɛkt ˈgɪtɪŋ əˈweɪ. ðə mæn hu traɪd tɪ stɑp ðə ˈrɑbəri wɑz ʃɑt ənd ˈɛndɪd əp ɪn ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ɪn ˈkrɪtɪkəl kənˈdɪʃən. "aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk aɪ kʊd kənˈfrənt ˈsəmˌbɑdi wɪθ ə gən, ɔˈrɛdi ˈrɑbɪŋ ə pleɪs," ˈæʧɪsən sɛd. ɪn ðə ˈsəmər əv 2014 ˈʤoʊzəf ˈwɪlkɑks wɑz ʃɑt ənd kɪld ɪn ə ˈwɔlˌmɑrt stɔr wɪn hi traɪd tɪ stɑp ə ˈkəpəl hu hæd kɪld tu ˈmɛˌtroʊ pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsərz æt ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈpitsə ˈrɛˌstrɑnt. waɪl hɪz ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz meɪ hæv bɪn gʊd, pəˈlis seɪ ɪts ˈnɛvər smɑrt tɪ teɪk ɔn ə ˈsəˌspɛkt. "ðə bɛst ju kən du ɪz kɔl ðə pəˈlis, ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪ ðə əˈθɔrətiz əv wəts goʊɪŋ ɔn soʊ wi kən kəm ənd dil wɪθ ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃənz laɪk ðɪs," sɛd nɔrθ ˈɛˈleɪˈɛs ˈveɪgəs pəˈlis ˈɔfɪsər ˈstivən wiz. ə əˈnəðər kənˈvinjəns stɔr nɪr wɛr ðə ˈʃutɪŋ happend*, ˈwərkər ˈnɛˌgrit sɪz ʃiz bɪn treɪnd tɪ ˈnɛvər kənˈfrənt ə ˈkrɪmənəl ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðeɪ ər ɑrmd. "doʊnt ˈɑrgju, doʊnt traɪ tɪ ˈhændəl ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən. ʤɪst lɛt ɪt ˈhæpən bɪˈkəz jʊr ˈseɪfti ɪz mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðən ˌwəˈtɛvər ðeɪ ər goʊɪŋ tɪ teɪk," ʃi sɛd. "ɪts təf ənd ɪts sæd, ju doʊnt wɔnt ˈɛnibədi tɪ gɪt hərt bət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈpipəl ˈsækrəˌfaɪs ðɛmˈsɛlvz fər ðə ˈgreɪtər əv ˈəðərz," sɛd ˈtaɪlər ˈhɛrɪs, ə ˈkəstəmər. pəˈlis seɪ ɪts ˈpɑsəbəl ðə ˈrɑbəri ˈsəˌspɛkt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ʃɑt. hi rɪˈmeɪnz ɔn ðə lus. ɪmˈplɔɪiz æt ðə ʃɛl gæs ˈsteɪʃən wʊd nɑt goʊ ɔn ˈkæmərə, bət ðeɪ ər koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθ pəˈlis ənd ˈθæŋkfəl noʊ wən ɛls wɑz hərt. |
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las vegas - the search continues for the armed suspect who robbed a gas station mini-mart in north las vegas tuesday night and shot a man who may have tried to stop the crime.
a customer who police say confronted the suspect in front of the store was shot and critically injured.
bullet holes can still be seen in the green valley grocery market near craig and pecos roads.
"i go there everyday," said customer jermaine atchison. "just not expecting stuff like that."
police say an armed man attempted to rob the store around 10 p.m. and a customer intervened.
the two exchanged gunfire with the suspect getting away. the man who tried to stop the robbery was shot and ended up in the hospital in critical condition.
"i don't think i could confront somebody with a gun, already robbing a place," atchison said.
in the summer of 2014, joseph wilcox was shot and killed in a walmart store when he tried to stop a couple who had killed two metro police officers at a nearby cici's pizza restaurant.
while his intentions may have been good, police say it's never smart to take on a suspect.
"the best you can do is call the police, notify the authorities of what's going on so we can come and deal with situations like this," said north las vegas police officer steven wiese.
a another convenience store near where the shooting happend, worker carina negrete says she's been trained to never confront a criminal whether or not they are armed.
"don't argue, don't try to handle the situation. just let it happen because your safety is more important than whatever they are going to take," she said.
"it's tough and it's sad, you don't want anybody to get hurt but sometimes people sacrifice themselves for the greater of others," said tyler harris, a customer.
police say it's possible the robbery suspect was also shot. he remains on the loose.
employees at the shell gas station would not go on camera, but they are cooperating with police and thankful no one else was hurt. | ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˌnɑməˈni ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ənd rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkænədɪt ˈdɑnəld trəmp. (lɛft, ˈʤəstɪn ˈeɪʤənsi; raɪt, ˈændru ˈeɪʤənsi) əˈmɛrɪkənz meɪ bi dɪˈvaɪdɪd ˈoʊvər wɪʧ ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈkænədɪt wʊd bɛst stɪr ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, bət ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts ðɛmˈsɛlvz ər ˌənɪkˈwɪvəkəl: ə nu poʊl ʃoʊz ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ səˈpɔrt fər ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən. ðə ˈsərˌveɪ baɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən fər ˈbɪznɪs ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks faʊnd 55 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪts ˈmɛmbərz bɪˈliv ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌnɑməˈni wʊd du ðə bɛst ʤɑb ˈmænəʤɪŋ ðə rɪˈkəvəri. ˈoʊnli 15 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts səˈpɔrtɪd ðə ʧɔɪs ənd ɪt ˈdɑnəld trəmp. ˌlɪˌbərˈtɛˌriən ˈkænədɪt ˈgɛri ˈʤɑnsən, ˈfɔrmər ˈgəvərnər əv nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ, wɑz ðə ˈrənərˌəp. trəmp ræŋkt θərd, wɪθ ʤɪst 14 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈbɪznɪs ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv ðɛr voʊt əv ˈkɑnfədɛns. θruaʊt ðɪs ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn, ˈmɛni ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts hæv wɔrnd ðət ˈsɪgnəʧər prəˈpoʊzəlz səʧ ɛz ˈpʊlɪŋ aʊt əv fri treɪd dilz wɪθ ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ənd ˈkænədə ənd ˈlɛviɪŋ ˈtɛrəfs ɔn ˈfɔrən gʊdz kʊd ˌɪnˈflɪkt səbˈstænʃəl ˈdæmɪʤ ɔn ðə rɪˈkəvəri. ə rɪˈpɔrt baɪ ˌænəˈlɪtɪks riˈlist ˈərliər ðɪs ˈsəmər prɪˈdɪktɪd ðə ˈkəntri wʊd slɪp ˈɪntu ə ˌriˈsɛʃən baɪ 2018 ənd ðə ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt reɪt wʊd raɪz tɪ pərˈsɛnt. juz. ɪˈkɑnəmi wɪl ˈwikən sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ɪf ˈmɪstər. ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ˈpɑləsiz ər ˈfʊli ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ɛz hi həz proposed,”*,” ðə ˈpeɪpər ˈsteɪtɪd. [juz. ˈbɪznɪsɪz ər ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən ˈʤɪtərz] ənˈtɪl ˈrisəntli, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðoʊz plænz əˈpɪrd tɪ ˈrɛzəˌneɪt wɪθ ðə ˈpəblɪk. trəmp hæd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd ə səbˈstænʃəl lɛd ˈoʊvər ˈklɪntən ɪn poʊlz əˈsɛsɪŋ haʊ ðeɪ wʊd ˈhændəl ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. bət ə ˈsərˌveɪ ɪn leɪt ˌʤuˈlaɪ faʊnd ˈklɪntən ˈɛlˌboʊɪŋ aʊt trəmp, 50 tɪ 48 pərˈsɛnt. ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪz stɪl wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈmɑrʤən əv ˈɛrər, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðoʊ ðə gæp bɪtˈwin ðə tu ˈkænədɪts həz ˈnɛroʊd. ˈminˌwaɪl, ə poʊl əv ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈvoʊtərz baɪ fɑks nuz ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ ʃoʊd trəmp rɪˈteɪnɪŋ hɪz ɛʤ ɔn ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi, 50 tɪ 45 pərˈsɛnt. trəmp həz meɪd səm əˈtɛmpts tɪ ˈmɑdərˌeɪt hɪz stæns. ɪn ə ˈhaɪli ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd spiʧ ðɪs mənθ, hi daɪəld bæk plænz tɪ kət ˈtæksɪz ðət wɑz ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd tɪ kɔst ə ˈwɑpɪŋ 10 ˈtrɪljən ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst ˈdɛkeɪd. ðə nu ˈvərʒən mɔr ˈkloʊsli rɪˈzɛmbəlz ə prəˈpoʊzəl ɔˈrɛdi pʊt fɔrθ baɪ haʊs ˈspikər pɔl di. raɪən (r-wis*.), wɪʧ wɑz praɪst æt lɛs ðən hæf ðət əˈmaʊnt stɪl ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl bət məʧ mɔr ˈfizəbəl. [ˈdɑnəld trəmps nu tæks plæn kʊd hæv ə bɪg ˈwɪnər: ˈdɑnəld trəmps ˈkəmpəˌniz] ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts hæv ˈɔlsoʊ ˈteɪkən ˈɪʃu wɪθ pəˈzɪʃənz ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən, wɪʧ ˌɪnˈklud ˈbɪldɪŋ ə wɔl əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈmɛksəkən ˈbɔrdər ənd vetting”*” əv ˈnuˌkəmərz. ɪn ðə ˈsərˌveɪ, 61 pərˈsɛnt əv ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts səˈpɔrtɪd ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈiziər nɑt ˈhɑrdər fər ˈɪməgrənts tɪ wərk ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts. ɔn treɪd, ə məˈʤɔrəti əv ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts sɛd ðeɪ bɪˈliv ðə ˈkəntri ʃʊd ɪkˈspænd ɪts riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps, ðoʊ ðeɪ wər mɔr ˈkɔʃəs ɔn ðə dil wɪθ ˈeɪʒə noʊn ɛz ðə ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp. pərˈsɛnt sɛd ðeɪ wər ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv mɔr ˈoʊpən treɪd, bət ʤɪst 47 pərˈsɛnt səˈpɔrtɪd ðə ɪn ɪts ˈkɑrənt fɔrm. ˈnɪrli ˌwənˈθərd əv ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts sɛd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ʃʊd nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt mɔr ˈfeɪvərəbəl tərmz. boʊθ ˈklɪntən ənd trəmp hæv əˈpoʊzd ðə ˈkɑrənt dil. |
democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton and republican candidate donald trump. (left, justin lane/european pressphoto agency; right, andrew gomert/european pressphoto agency)
americans may be divided over which presidential candidate would best steer the economy, but economists themselves are unequivocal: a new poll shows overwhelming support for hillary clinton.
the survey by the national association for business economics found 55 percent of its members believe the democratic nominee would do the best job managing the nation’s long-simmering recovery. only 15 percent of economists supported the second-place choice — and it wasn’t donald trump. libertarian candidate gary johnson, former governor of new mexico, was the runner-up. trump ranked third, with just 14 percent of economists giving the republican business executive their vote of confidence.
throughout this presidential campaign, many economists have warned that trump’s signature proposals — such as pulling out of free trade deals with mexico and canada and levying tariffs on foreign goods — could inflict substantial damage on the nation’s still-fragile recovery. a report by moody’s analytics released earlier this summer predicted the country would slip into a recession by 2018, and the unemployment rate would rise to 7.4 percent.
“the u.s. economy will weaken significantly if mr. trump’s economic policies are fully implemented as he has proposed,” the paper stated.
[u.s. businesses are getting the election jitters]
until recently, however, those plans appeared to resonate with the public. trump had enjoyed a substantial lead over clinton in polls assessing how they would handle the economy. but a cnn-orc survey in late july found clinton elbowing out trump, 50 to 48 percent.
the difference is still within the poll’s margin of error, however, though the gap between the two candidates has narrowed. meanwhile, a poll of registered voters by fox news earlier this month showed trump retaining his edge on the economy, 50 to 45 percent.
trump has made some attempts to moderate his hard-line stance. in a highly anticipated speech this month, he dialed back plans to cut taxes that was estimated to cost a whopping $10 trillion over the next decade. the new version more closely resembles a proposal already put forth by house speaker paul d. ryan (r-wis.), which was priced at less than half that amount — still controversial but much more feasible.
[donald trump's new tax plan could have a big winner: donald trump's companies]
economists have also taken issue with trump’s positions on immigration, which include building a wall along the mexican border and “extreme vetting” of newcomers. in the nabe survey, 61 percent of economists supported making it easier — not harder — for immigrants to work in the united states.
on trade, a majority of economists said they believe the country should expand its relationships, though they were more cautious on the free-trade deal with asia known as the trans-pacific partnership. sixty-five percent said they were in favor of more open trade, but just 47 percent supported the tpp in its current form. nearly one-third of economists said the united states should negotiate more favorable terms. both clinton and trump have opposed the current deal. | ɔɪl ˈkəmpəˌniz (kɑp) ənd ˈɛnərʤi (ns*) ər ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ ɪn ðə nu jɪr wɪθ ə əv ə ɔɪl ˈtæŋkər ˈkɛriɪŋ juz. ɔɪl fər ˈɛkspɔrt. ðə dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm ˈkɔrpəs ˈkrɪsti, ˈtɛksəs, wɪʧ kʊd əˈkər ɛz sun ɛz nu iv, wɪl mɑrk ðə fərst ˈkɛriər əv ˈfrili ˈtreɪdɪd juz. krud ɪn fɔr ˈdɛkeɪdz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə wɔl strit ˈʤərnəl. ɔn ɑr ˌɪnˈvɛstmənts ɪn ˈkɔrpəs ˈkrɪsti ənd ɑr saʊθ ˈtɛksəs ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ˈsɪstəm, wɑz well-positioned*, ɪkˈwɪpt ənd stæft tɪ ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli bɪˈgɪn ˈloʊdɪŋ ˈkɑrˌgoʊz fər export,”*,” ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ bræd ˈbærən sɛd ɪn ə prɛs riˈlis. wi plæn ɔn ˈfərðər ɪkˈspændɪŋ ɑr ˈkɔrpəs ˈkrɪsti ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz tɪ prəˈvaɪd mɔr ˈɔpʃənz tɪ ɑr ˈkəstəmərz tɪ muv ˈigəl fɔrd ʃeɪl krud ɔɪl, ˈwɛðər ɪt ɪz biɪŋ muvd dəˈmɛstɪkli ər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑli. tu wiks əˈgoʊ, ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə saɪnd ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ˈlɪftɪŋ ðə bæn ɔn ɪkˈspɔrtɪŋ əˈmɛrɪkən krud. ðə bæn wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd ˈdʊrɪŋ ɔɪl ˈʃɔrtɪʤɪz ˈæftər ðə ˈærəb ɔɪl ɛmˈbɑrgoʊ ɪn 1973 bət ɔɪl ˈtreɪdərz ɪkˈspɛkt ɔɪl tɪ floʊ məʧ ˈθɪkər ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ˈæftər ðə rɪˈmuvəl, sɪns krud ˈpraɪsɪz ər soʊ dɪˈprɛst əraʊnd ðə gloʊb, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈrɔɪtərz. ðə ənd ˈɛnərʤi ˈtæŋkər wɪl sɛl ɪts wɛrz tɪ ə dəʧ ɔɪl ˈtreɪdɪŋ fərm, grup. |
oil companies conocophillips (cop) and nustar energy (ns) are welcoming in the new year with a send-off of a oil tanker carrying u.s. oil for export.
the tanker’s departure from corpus christi, texas, which could occur as soon as new year’s eve, will mark the first carrier of freely traded u.s. crude in four decades, according to the wall street journal.
“based on our investments in corpus christi and our south texas pipeline system, nustar was well-positioned, equipped and staffed to immediately begin loading cargoes for export,” nustar president and ceo brad barron said in a press release. “and we plan on further expanding our corpus christi operations to provide more options to our customers to move eagle ford shale crude oil, whether it is being moved domestically or internationally.
two weeks ago, president obama signed legislation lifting the 40-year ban on exporting american crude. the ban was created during oil shortages after the arab oil embargo in 1973. but oil traders don’t expect oil to flow much thicker immediately after the ban’s removal, since crude prices are so depressed around the globe, according to reuters.
the conocophillips and nustar energy tanker will sell its wares to a dutch oil trading firm, vitol group. | ðə, saʊθ ˈnæʃənəl flæg, həz ˈrɛrli bɪn ɛz ˈprɛzənt ɔn ðə strits ɛz ɪt ɪz təˈdeɪ: swəŋ baɪ ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtərz, ˈplæstərd ɔn trəks ənd pɪʧt ˈaʊtˈsaɪd bɪg ˈbɪldɪŋz. jɛt 42 əv saʊθ ˌkɔˈriənz fil ““uncomfortable”*” wɪn ðeɪ si ɪt, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈrisənt ˈsərˌveɪ. ˈfɪfˈtin jɪrz əˈgoʊ, 90 sɛd ðeɪ wər praʊd tɪ ˈbrændɪʃ ɪt. ðət wɑz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 2002 wərld kəp, ɛz kraʊdz dɛkt aʊt ɪn ˌbænˈdænəz spərd ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl tim ɔn tɪ ðə semi-finals*. naʊ ðoʊz ˌbænˈdænəz ər wɔrn baɪ ə kraʊd wɪθ ə ˈdɪfərənt ʧænt: ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈreɪlɪŋ əˈgɛnst ðə ˌɪmˈpiʧmənt əv pɑrk geun-hye*, wɪʧ wɑz əˈphɛld baɪ ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kɔrt ɔn mɑrʧ 10th*. æt ðiz rallies”*”, pɑrˈtɪsəpənts wɛr mæsks, keɪps, hæts ənd ˈɑrmˌbændz, ənd dɪˈmænd ðə ərˈɛst əv ðə ˈmɪljənz hu hæv ˈrælid ɪn səˈpɔrt əv mɪz ˌɪmˈpiʧmənt. ðeɪ kɔl hər dɪˈtræktərz ˌkɔˈriən leftists”*”, drɔɪŋ ɔn ðə kənˈsərvətɪv fɪr ðət ˈsəðərnərz məst bi kənˈspaɪrɪŋ wɪθ ðə nɔrθ. tɪ ˈmɛni ˈoʊldər kənˈsərvətɪvz, ðə ɪz ə ˈtælɪsmən əˈgɛnst ˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm, ˈivɪn ðoʊ nɔrθ ˌkɔˈriə ˈɔlsoʊ juzd ɪt fər θri jɪrz ˈæftər ðə dɪˈvɪʒən ɪn 1945 ɪt wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ juzd baɪ ðə ˈkɪŋdəm əv ˌkɔˈriə ˌbiˈfɔr ɪts ˌænɛkˈseɪʃən baɪ ˌʤæpəˈniz kəˈloʊniəlɪsts ɪn 1910 ɪn 1972 pɑrk chung-hee*, mɪz ˈfɑðər ənd ə ˈfɔrmər ˈdɪkteɪtər, meɪd ɪt kəmˈpəlsəri fər ɔl ˈskuˌlʧɪldrən tɪ rəˈsaɪt ə plɛʤ əv əˈliʤəns tɪ ðə flæg. ðət jɪr hi ˌɪmˈpoʊzd ˈmɑrʃəl lɔ, ˈsaɪtɪŋ sɪˈkjʊrəti θrɛts. ˈmɛni təˈdeɪ rɪˈzɛnt ðiz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz. ɪz nɑt ʤɪst fər them,”*,” sɪz ə ˈsɪtɪzən səˈpɔrtɪŋ ˌɪmˈpiʧmənt ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kɔrt. ɪt ɪz nɑt ðə fərst taɪm ðət pəˈlɪtɪkəl grups hæv fɔt ˈoʊvər ðə flæg. ɪn 1980 ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsoʊlʤərz ˈmæsəkərd ˈhənərdz əv ˈsɪtɪzənz ˈproʊˌtɛstɪŋ əˈgɛnst ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri dɪkˈteɪtərˌʃɪp ɪn, ə ˈsɪti ɪn ðə south-west*. ðɛr ˈkɔfɪnz wər dreɪpt wɪθ, ənd ʃɑps ɪn ðə ˈsɪti ər sɛd tɪ hæv rən aʊt əv flægz əˈhɛd əv ðə mæs fˈjunərəl. naʊ, ðə ˈproʊˌtɛstərz hæv kleɪmd ðə flæg fər ðɛr ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr teɪk ɔn ˈpeɪtriəˌtɪzəm. ɪn rɪˈspɑns, ðə ˈsɪti əv broʊk wɪθ trəˈdɪʃən ənd dɪd nɑt hænd aʊt ðə æt ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz ɔn mɑrʧ kəˈmɛmərˌeɪtɪŋ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ˈmuvmənt. ɔn ðət deɪ ɪn 1919 ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ˈfaɪtərz weɪvd ðə ɪn dɪˈfaɪəns əv ðə kəˈloʊniəl əˈθɔrətiz, hu hæd bænd ɪt. ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌmæθ, ˈθaʊzənz əv ˌkɔˈriənz wər ˈtɔrʧərd ənd kɪld. bət əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn ðɪs jɪr sɛd ðət ðeɪ dɪd nɑt wɔnt tɪ əˈpɪr tɪ əˈpoʊz mɪz ˌɪmˈpiʧmənt. səm ər traɪɪŋ tɪ riˈkleɪm ðə ˈsɪmbəl. ˈθaʊzənz brɔt ɪt tɪ ˈræliz ɪn soʊl ɔn ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns ˈmuvmənt deɪ, ɛz wɛl ɛz tɪ ðə ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəl kɔrt tɪ hir ɪts ˈvərdɪkt ɔn mɪz pɑrk. ˈəðərz wɔnt tɪ pʊt ðə flæg əˈbəv ˈpɑləˌtɪks. kwɑn eun-hee*, ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈnæʃənəl əˈsɛmbli, həz prəˈpoʊzd ə lɔ ðət wʊd prɪˈvɛnt ðə frəm biɪŋ juzd ɪn pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈproʊˌtɛsts. əˈpɪnjən poʊlz səˈʤɛst, prɪˈdɪktəbli, ðət sˈlaɪtli mɔr ðən hæf əv saʊθ ˌkɔˈriənz dɪsəˈgri wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə. |
the taegukgi, south korea’s national flag, has rarely been as present on the country’s streets as it is today: swung by demonstrators, plastered on trucks and pitched outside big buildings. yet 42% of south koreans feel “uncomfortable” when they see it, according to a recent survey. fifteen years ago, 90% said they were proud to brandish it. that was during the 2002 fifa world cup, as crowds decked out in taegukgi-patterned bandanas spurred the national football team on to the semi-finals.
now those bandanas are worn by a crowd with a different chant: citizens railing against the impeachment of park geun-hye, which was upheld by the constitutional court on march 10th. at these “taegukgi rallies”, participants wear taegukgi masks, capes, hats and armbands, and demand the arrest of the millions who have rallied in support of ms park’s impeachment. they call her detractors “pro-north korean leftists”, drawing on the long-standing conservative fear that anti-government southerners must be conspiring with the north.
to many older conservatives, the taegukgi is a talisman against communism, even though north korea also used it for three years after the peninsula’s division in 1945. it was also used by the kingdom of korea before its annexation by japanese colonialists in 1910. in 1972 park chung-hee, ms park’s father and a former dictator, made it compulsory for all schoolchildren to recite a pledge of allegiance to the flag. that year he imposed martial law, citing security threats.
many today resent these associations. “the taegukgi is not just for them,” says a citizen supporting impeachment outside the constitutional court. it is not the first time that political groups have fought over the flag. in 1980 government soldiers massacred hundreds of citizens protesting against military dictatorship in gwangju, a city in the south-west. their coffins were draped with taegukgi, and shops in the city are said to have run out of flags ahead of the mass funeral.
now, the anti-impeachment protesters have claimed the flag for their particular take on patriotism. in response, the city of gwangju broke with tradition and did not hand out the taegukgi at celebrations on march 1st commemorating korea’s independence movement. on that day in 1919, independence fighters waved the taegukgi in defiance of the colonial authorities, who had banned it. in the aftermath, thousands of koreans were tortured and killed. but officials in gwangju this year said that they did not want to appear to oppose ms park’s impeachment.
some are trying to reclaim the symbol. thousands brought it to pro-impeachment rallies in seoul on independence movement day, as well as to the constitutional court to hear its verdict on ms park. others want to put the flag above politics. kwon eun-hee, a member of the national assembly, has proposed a law that would prevent the taegukgi from being used in political protests. opinion polls suggest, predictably, that slightly more than half of south koreans disagree with the idea. | ðə ˈneɪvəl ˈbætəl əv ðə tʊk pleɪs ɔn 18 ənd 19 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 1545 ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˌɪˈtæljən wɔrz bɪtˈwin ðə flits əv ˈfrænsɪs aɪ əv fræns ənd ˈhɛnri əv ˈɪŋglənd, ɪn ðə bɪtˈwin ˈhæmʃər ənd ðə aɪl əv waɪt. ðə ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt wɑz ˌɪnkənˈklusɪv, ənd ɪz moʊst ˈnoʊtəbəl fər ðə ˈsɪŋkɪŋ əv ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈmɛri roʊz. ɪn 1545 ˈfrænsɪs lɔnʧt ən ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ˈɪŋglənd wɪθ ˈsoʊlʤərz ɪn mɔr ðən 200 ʃɪps. əˈgɛnst ðɪs ɑrˈmɑdə ˈlɑrʤər ðən ðə ˈspænɪʃ ɑrˈmɑdə jɪrz ˈleɪtər ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ hæd əˈbaʊt ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd 80 ʃɪps. ðə frɛnʧ ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən ˈstɑrtɪd dɪˈzæstrəsli, ðə ˈflægˌʃɪp ˈpɛrɪʃɪŋ ɔn 6 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ɪn ən ˌæksəˈdɛnəl faɪər waɪlst æt ˈæŋkər ɪn ðə seɪn. ˈædmərəl klɔd ˈtrænsfərd hɪz flæg tɪ lɑ maistresse*, wɪʧ ðɛn ræn əˈgraʊnd ɛz ðə flit sɛt seɪl. ðə liks wər pæʧt ənd ðə flit krɔst ðə ˈʧænəl. ðə frɛnʧ ˈɛnərd ðə ənd ˈlændɪd trups ɔn ðə aɪl əv waɪt. ɔn 18 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ keɪm aʊt əv ˈpɔrtsməθ ənd ɪnˈgeɪʤd ðə frɛnʧ æt lɔŋ reɪnʤ, ˈlɪtəl ˈdæmɪʤ biɪŋ dən ɔn ˈiðər saɪd. lɑ wɑz kloʊz tɪ ˈsɪŋkɪŋ du tɪ hər ˈərliər ˈdæmɪʤ, bət ˌɔlˈðoʊ hæd tɪ ʧeɪnʤ hɪz ˈflægˌʃɪp əˈgɛn, ʃi wɑz seɪvd. ɔn ðə naɪt əv 18 ˌʤuˈlaɪ, ˈhɛnri daɪnd əˈbɔrd greɪt ˈhɛri, ðə ˈflægˌʃɪp əv ˈædmərəl ʤɑn ˈdədli, ˈvɪskaʊnt laɪəl. ðə nɛkst deɪ wɑz kɑm, ənd ðə frɛnʧ ɪmˈplɔɪd ðɛr ˈgæliz əˈgɛnst ðə ˌɪˈmoʊˌbil ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈvɛsəlz. təˈwɔrd ˈivnɪŋ ə briz spræŋ əp, ənd ɛz ˈmɛri roʊz, ðə ˈflægˌʃɪp əv vaɪs ˈædmərəl ʤɔrʤ ˈkæru, ədˈvænst, ʃi ˈfaʊndərd ənd sæŋk wɪθ ðə lɔs əv ɔl bət əv hər kru. ðə prɪˈsaɪs ˈrizənz ər nɑt noʊn, bət ɪt wɑz bɪˈlivd æt ðə taɪm ðət ðə kru hæd fərˈgɑtən tɪ kloʊz ðə loʊər ˈæftər ˈfaɪərrɪŋ, soʊ ðət wɪn ʃi hild ˈoʊvər ɪn ðə briz ʃi tʊk ɔn ˈwɔtər ənd sæŋk. ə ˈwɪtnəs wɪθ ðə frɛnʧ flit bɪˈlivd ðət ðə ˈgæliz hæd səŋk hər, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðɪs ɪz nɑt səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ˈəðər kənˈtɛmpərˌɛri əˈkaʊnts ənd noʊ ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈɛvədəns əv ðɪs ðə wɪnd ˈsəbsəkwəntli daɪd daʊn bət laɪəl meɪd juz əv ðə taɪdz ənd kərənts tɪ pəˈzɪʃən hɪz flit ənd dɪsˈrəpt ðə fɔrˈmeɪʃən əv ðə ˈlɑrʤər frɛnʧ ʃɪps. ðə ˌɪnˈveɪʒən əv ðə aɪl əv waɪt wɑz riˈpəlst. ðə əˈtækɪŋ trups əˈtɛmptəd tɪ dɪˈvaɪd ðə dɪˈfɛns baɪ ˈlændɪŋ æt ˈsɛvərəl saɪts bət dɪd nɑt ˈvɛnʧər ˈɪnˌlænd ər riˈgrup. ðɛr wər ˈhɛvi ˈkæʒəwəltiz ɔn boʊθ saɪdz æt ðə ˈbætəl əv bonchurch*, ðə frɛnʧ æt ˈheɪstəli riˈtritɪd ˈæftər ˈluzɪŋ ðɛr kəˈmændərz ɪn ən əˈtæk ɔn ə ˈnuli bɪlt fɔrt, ənd ðoʊz ðət ˈlændɪd æt wər ˈnidɪd] ɔn 22 ˌʤuˈlaɪ əˈneɪbəl tɪ risəˈplaɪ, ənd ˈstrəgəlɪŋ wɪθ ə ˈlikɪŋ ʃɪp ənd ˈɪlnəs əˈməŋ hɪz kru, əˈbændənd ðə ˌɪnˈveɪʒən. hi rɪˈkɔld ðə frɛnʧ trups ənd hɪz flit dɪˈpɑrtɪd. ðə nɛkst deɪ ðə frɛnʧ ˈlændɪd trups nɪr ðə taʊn əv ˈsifərd, əraʊnd 40 maɪəlz tɪ ðə ist. ðeɪ əˈtɛmptəd tɪ ˈpɪlɪʤ ə ˈnɪrˈbaɪ ˈvɪlɪʤ ənd wər rɪˈpɛld baɪ ˈloʊkəl mɪˈlɪʃə ɑrmd wɪθ longbows*. ðɛn rɪˈtərnd tɪ ˈnidɪd] noʊts ˈɛdət ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˈɛdət loades*, ˈdeɪvɪd, ðə ˈtudər ˈneɪvi: ən ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtɪv, pəˈlɪtɪkəl ənd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈhɪstəri. prɛs, aldershot*. 1992 prɛs, aldershot*. 1992 ˈmɑrsdən, ˈpitər, sild baɪ taɪm: ðə lɔs ənd rɪˈkəvəri əv ðə ˈmɛri roʊz. ðə ˌɑrkiˈɑləʤi əv ðə ˈmɛri roʊz ˈvɑljum 1 ðə ˈmɛri roʊz trəst, ˈpɔrtsməθ. 2003 ˈvɑljum 1 ðə ˈmɛri roʊz trəst, ˈpɔrtsməθ. 2003 ˈrɑʤər, ˈnɪkələs ə. ɛm., ðə ˈseɪfˌgɑrd əv ðə si: ə ˈneɪvəl ˈhɪstəri əv ˈbrɪtən w.w*. ˈnɔrtən ˈkəmpəˌni, nu jɔrk. 1997 w.w*. ˈnɔrtən ˈkəmpəˌni, nu jɔrk. 1997 stirland*, æn ʤeɪ., ˈreɪzɪŋ ðə dɛd: ðə ˈskɛlətən kru əv ˈhɛnri greɪt ʃɪp, ðə ˈmɛri roʊz. ʤɑn ˈwaɪli sənz, ˈʧɪʧɛstər. 2000 koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪts: |
the naval battle of the solent took place on 18 and 19 july 1545 during the italian wars between the fleets of francis i of france and henry viii of england, in the solent between hampshire and the isle of wight. the engagement was inconclusive, and is most notable for the sinking of the english carrack mary rose.
in 1545 francis launched an invasion of england with 30,000 soldiers in more than 200 ships. against this armada larger than the spanish armada forty-three years later the english had about 12,000 soldiers and 80 ships.
the french expedition started disastrously, the flagship carraquon perishing on 6 july in an accidental fire whilst at anchor in the seine. admiral claude d'annebault transferred his flag to la maistresse, which then ran aground as the fleet set sail. the leaks were patched and the fleet crossed the channel. the french entered the solent and landed troops on the isle of wight.
on 18 july the english came out of portsmouth and engaged the french at long range, little damage being done on either side. la maitresse was close to sinking due to her earlier damage, but although d'annebault had to change his flagship again, she was saved.
on the night of 18 july, henry dined aboard great harry, the flagship of admiral john dudley, viscount lisle.
the next day was calm, and the french employed their galleys against the immobile english vessels. toward evening a breeze sprang up, and as mary rose, the flagship of vice admiral george carew, advanced, she foundered and sank with the loss of all but 35–40 of her crew. the precise reasons are not known, but it was believed at the time that the crew had forgotten to close the lower gunports after firing, so that when she heeled over in the breeze she took on water and sank. a witness with the french fleet believed that the galleys had sunk her, although this is not supported by other contemporary accounts and no physical evidence of this remains.[1]
the wind subsequently died down but lisle made use of the tides and currents to position his fleet and disrupt the formation of the larger french ships.
the invasion of the isle of wight was repulsed. the attacking troops attempted to divide the defence by landing at several sites but did not venture inland or regroup. there were heavy casualties on both sides at the battle of bonchurch, the french at sandown hastily retreated after losing their commanders in an attack on a newly built fort, and those that landed at bembridge were ambushed.[citation needed]
on 22 july unable to resupply, and struggling with a leaking ship and illness among his crew, d'annebaulton abandoned the invasion. he recalled the french troops and his fleet departed.
the next day the french landed 1,500 troops near the town of seaford, around 40 miles to the east. they attempted to pillage a nearby village and were repelled by local militia armed with longbows. d’annebault then returned to france.[citation needed]
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coordinates: | meɪ 11 2015 ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ˌdiˈsi, ˈjuˈɛˈseɪ; ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈwɪzərdz hɛd koʊʧ ˈrændi ˈwɪtmən (ɛl) lʊks ɔn nɛkst tɪ ˈwɪzərdz ˈoʊnər tɛd (ɑr) əˈgɛnst ðə æˈtlæntə hɔks ɪn geɪm fɔr əv ðə ˈsɛkənd raʊnd əv ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ pleɪɔfs. æt ˌvɛˈraɪzən ˈsɛnər. ˈmændəˌtɔri ˈkrɛdɪt: ʤɛf təˈdeɪ spɔrts ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈwɪzərdz ˈjutəˌlaɪzd ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛnəl lig ˈvɛri ˈɔfən θruaʊt ðə kɔrs əv ðə pæst fju ˈsizənz. sɪns ðə tim ˈkərəntli hæv ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt əˈfɪliˌeɪt, ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ juz ðə ˈsɪstəm tɪ ɪts ˈpərpəs. fər ˈɪnstəns, ðə ˈrioʊ grænd ˈvæli ˈvaɪpərz ðə ˈhjustən rockets’*’ əˈfɪliˌeɪt pleɪ ðə seɪm staɪl əv ˈbæskətˌbɔl ɛz ðɛr ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ tim dɪz. soʊ, wɪn ðə ˈrɑkəts sɛnd ə pleɪər daʊn tɪ ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ, ðɛr məʧ kənfˈjuʒən. ðə pleɪərz ðət spɛnd taɪm ɪn ðə ɔˈrɛdi noʊ wət tɪ ɪkˈspɛkt. ðə tim rənz ðə seɪm ˈsɪstəm ənd ðə ˈkoʊʧɪz rən ðə seɪm pleɪz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðət ðə keɪs wɪθ ðə fɔrt weɪn mæd ænts ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ loʊn ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt əˈfɪliˌeɪt. ˈkərəntli, ðɛr ər 11 timz (ɪf ðə ˌɪndiˈænə ˈpeɪsərz dil goʊz θru) wɪˈθaʊt ə əˈfɪliˌeɪt. ðoʊz timz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈwɪzərdz, juzd ðə mæd ænts fər əˈsaɪnmənts ðɪs pæst ˈsizən. læst jɪr, ðə ˈwɪzərdz juz ðə tim ˈvɛri ˈɔfən. wɪn ðeɪ dɪd, glɛn raɪs jr*. spɛnt səm taɪm ɪn fɔrt weɪn ˌbiˈfɔr ˈəltəmətli ˈgɪtɪŋ weɪvd. ðɛr ˈlɪmɪtɪd juz əv ðə ˈsɪstəm kʊd bi ˈdiˌkrist ˈivɪn mɔr nɛkst ˈsizən, ðoʊ. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə rɪˈpɔrt frəm ðə ˈdaɪʤɛst, ðə ˈpeɪsərz wɪl lʊk tɪ ˈpərʧəs ðə mæd ænts ə tim ðət 11 ˈəðərz wər ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ tɪ ˈjutəˌlaɪz: ðə ˌɪndiˈænə ˈpeɪsərz hæv ɪkˈsprɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ˈpərʧəsɪŋ ðə fɔrt weɪn mæd ænts əv ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ dɪˈvɛləpmənt lig ɪn ə dil wɪʧ kʊd teɪk pleɪs ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈsizən, ˈməltəpəl ˈsɔrsəz tɛl ˈdaɪʤɛst. soʊ, wət du ðə ˈəðər 11 timz wɪˈθaʊt kləbz du? ɛz ðə ˈdaɪʤɛst ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt, ðə wɪl ˈprɑbəˌbli ˈjutəˌlaɪz ə flɛks əˈsaɪnmənt rul. ə kwɪk ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn əv haʊ ðət wʊd wərk: ə ˈflɛksəbəl əˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɪstəm wɪl bi ˈjutəˌlaɪzd wɪn ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ tim əˈsaɪnz ə pleɪər æt ə taɪm wɪn ðə mæd ænts ɔˈrɛdi hæv ˈiðər ðə ˈmæksəməm əv fɔr ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ pleɪərz ɔn əˈsaɪnmənt ər tu əˈsaɪnd pleɪərz æt ðə pəˈzɪʃən əv ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ pleɪər hu ɪz biɪŋ əˈsaɪnd. ɪn ˈiðər ɪˈvɛnt, ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ wɪl aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ tɪ ðə əˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ tim ˈɛni ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ tim ðət ɪz ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ əkˈsɛpt ðə əˈsaɪnd pleɪər, ənd ðə ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ tim əˈsaɪnɪŋ ðə pleɪər wɪl ʧuz ə tim frəm əˈməŋ ðoʊz timz tɪ əˈsaɪn ðə player…*… wɪθ ɔl ðət sɛd, ðə timz ðət hæv ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt əˈfɪliˌeɪt ˈɑbviəsli ˈjutəˌlaɪz ðə ˈsɪstəm ˈvɛri ˈɔfən ðɪs ˈsizən. bət wət dɪz ðət min fər ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈwɪzərdz? ˈrændi tim ɪz fʊl əv ˈvɛtərən pleɪərz ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli bi ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈɛniˌtaɪm sun. ˈivɪn ðoʊ ɪt bɪn nis tɪ si ˈkɛli ˈubər gɪt səm pleɪɪŋ taɪm ɪn ðə ˈsɪstəm, bɪˈkəz hi ˈprɑbəˌbli gɪt məʧ ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, ðə tim wɑz rɪˈləktənt tɪ juz ðə ˈsɪstəm wɪθ ˈɑˌtoʊ ˈpɔrtər hu wɑz ɪn ə ˈsɪmələr ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ˈwɪzərdz ˈoʊnər tɛd həz ɔˈrɛdi ɪkˈsprɛst ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈhævɪŋ ən ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt əˈfɪliˌeɪt, bət ðət wɪl ˈlaɪkli ˈhæpən ˈæftər ðə tim bɪldz ə ˈpræktɪs fəˈsɪlɪti. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ən ˈərliər rɪˈpɔrt, ðə ˈwɪzərdz wʊd juz ðət fəˈsɪlɪti fər ˈpræktɪs ənd ðə tim wʊd ðɛn hæv ə pleɪs tɪ pleɪ ɪts geɪmz. ðə lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs ˈleɪkərz rən ə ˈsɪmələr ˈsɪstəm wɪθ ðə l.a*. dɪˈfɛndərz. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðə ˈwɪzərdz ə tim ðət ˈjutəˌlaɪzɪz ðə ˈvɛri ˈɔfən ˈɛniˌweɪ. waɪl ðeɪ kʊd ˈbɛnəfɪt frəm ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr oʊn tim, aɪ si haʊ ðət wʊd hɛlp ðɛm ðɪs ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈsizən. ˈubər maɪt bi ðə ˈoʊnli pleɪər ɔn ðɛr ˈrɑstər ðət bɪn sɛnt daʊn. ðɪs ˈpeɪsərz dil maɪt sim laɪk ə ˈbəmər tɪ səm, bət ɪn ˌriˈæləˌti, ɪt ˈprɑbəˌbli meɪk ə ˈdɪfərəns tɪ ðə ˈwɪzərdz. |
may 11, 2015; washington, dc, usa; washington wizards head coach randy wittman (l) looks on next to wizards owner ted leonsis (r) against the atlanta hawks in game four of the second round of the nba playoffs. at verizon center. mandatory credit: geoff burke-usa today sports
the washington wizards haven’t utilized the nba developmental league very often throughout the course of the past few seasons.
since the team currently doesn’t have an independent affiliate, it’s difficult to use the system to its purpose. for instance, the rio grande valley vipers — the houston rockets’ affiliate — play the same style of basketball as their nba team does.
so, when the rockets send a player down to the nba d-league, their isn’t much confusion. the players that spend time in the d-league already know what to expect. the team runs the same system and the coaches run the same plays.
however, that isn’t the case with the fort wayne mad ants — the nba d-league’s lone independent affiliate.
currently, there are 11 teams (if the indiana pacers deal goes through) without a d-league affiliate. those teams, including the washington wizards, used the mad ants for assignments this past season.
last year, the wizards didn’t use the team very often. when they did, glen rice jr. spent some time in fort wayne before ultimately getting waived.
their limited use of the system could be decreased even more next season, though. according to a report from the d-league digest, the pacers will look to purchase the mad ants — a team that 11 others were expecting to utilize:
the indiana pacers have expressed interest in purchasing the fort wayne mad ants of the nba development league in a deal which could take place before the 2015-16 season, multiple sources tell d-league digest.
so, what do the other 11 teams without d-league clubs do?
as the d-league digest pointed out, the nbadl will probably utilize a flex assignment rule. here’s a quick breakdown of how that would work:
… a flexible assignment system will be utilized when an independent nba team assigns a player at a time when the mad ants already have either the maximum of four nba players on assignment or two assigned players at the position of the nba player who is being assigned. in either event, the nba d-league will identify to the assigning nba team any singly-affiliated nba d-league team that is willing to accept the assigned player, and the independent nba team assigning the player will choose a team from among those teams to assign the player…
with all that said, the teams that don’t have an independent affiliate obviously didn’t utilize the system very often this season. but what does that mean for the washington wizards?
randy wittman‘s team is full of veteran players and probably won’t be using the d-league anytime soon. even though it would’ve been nice to see kelly oubre get some playing time in the system, because he probably won’t get much in washington, the team was reluctant to use the system with otto porter who was in a similar situation a few years ago.
wizards owner ted leonsis has already expressed interest in potentially having an independent affiliate, but that will likely happen after the team builds a practice facility.
according to an earlier report, the wizards would use that facility for practice and the d-league team would then have a place to play its games. the los angeles lakers run a similar system with the l.a. defenders.
unfortunately, the wizards aren’t a team that utilizes the d-league very often anyway.
while they could benefit from having their own team, i don’t see how that would help them this upcoming nba season. oubre might be the only player on their roster that *might’ve* been sent down.
this pacers deal might seem like a bummer to some, but in reality, it probably won’t make a difference to the wizards. | ðə ˈifɛkts əv ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈsændi hæv bɪn ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ tɪ ðə nu ˈʤərzi ənd nu jɔrk ˈkoʊˌstlaɪnz ənd ɪn ðə mɪst əv ˈfənˌdreɪzərz, ˈʧɛrɪti ɪˈvɛnts, ənd doʊˈneɪʃən ˈsteɪʃənz, ðə fju pleɪərz rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ɔn nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkən sɔɪl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈlɑˌkaʊt hæv faʊnd ə weɪ tɪ hɛlp ðə kɔz ɪn ðɛr oʊn weɪ. ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, noʊˈvɛmbər 24th*, ˈsɛvərəl pleɪərz wɪl pleɪ ə ˈʧɛrɪti ˈhɑki geɪm ɪn əˈtlæntɪk ˈsɪti. ðə tu tim ˈkæptənz fər ðə ɪˈvɛnt wɪl bi skɑt ˈhɑrtnəl əv ðə flaɪərz ənd bræd ˈrɪʧərdz əv ðə ˈreɪnʤərz. ðɪs wɪl bi ðə fərst taɪm ðə flaɪərz ənd ˈreɪnʤərz ər ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn ə ˈsɛntəns ðət həz ˈziroʊ ˈvaɪələns ər ˈheɪtrəd ˌɪnˈvɑlvd. ɔl keɪm aʊt əv ðə blue,”*,” ˈhɑrtnəl sɛd. bræd ˈrɪʧərdz həz bɪn duɪŋ ˈʧɛrɪti wərk ɪn ˈstætən ˈaɪlənd ənd ɪm ənd ˈhɑrtnəl hæv kəm təˈgɛðər ənd plænd ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt tɪ hɛlp ðoʊz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ˈhərəˌkeɪnz ˈsændi. goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə bɪg naɪt ənd ə lɔt əv fun,”*,” ˈhɑrtnəl sɛd. ˈəðər pleɪərz ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈhɑrtnəl ənd ˈrɪʧərdz ɔn ðə aɪs ər nu ˈʤərzi ˈneɪtɪvz ˈbɑbi raɪən ənd ʤeɪmz væn ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈhɛnrɪk lundqvist*, dæn carcillo*, ˈsaɪmən ˈgægni, ʤɛf ˈhælpərn, ʤeɪmz nil, ˈkoʊbərn, timonen*, stiv eminger*, vɪl leɪˈinoʊ, braɪən bɔɪl, ˈʤoʊdi ˈʃɛli, ʤɑn ˈkɑrlsən, ˈteɪlər paɪət, stiv ˈdaʊni, weɪn ˈsɪməndz, ənd ˈʤəstɪn ˈwɪljəmz əv ðə lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs kɪŋz, ə ˈfɔrmər flaɪər hu stɪl oʊnz ə haʊs ɪn ˈævəˌlɑn, ə taʊn ðət ˈbɔrdərz əˈtlæntɪk ˈsɪti. hoʊp ə ˈhɑki geɪm ˈfiʧərɪŋ səm əv ðə tɔp pleɪərz ɪn ɑr spɔrt wɪl hɛlp ˈræli əˈdɪʃənəl səˈpɔrt fər ðə θri greɪt ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃənz ðət ər kəˈmɪtɪd tɪ ˈhɛlpɪŋ riˈbɪld ɑr area,”*,” sɛd bræd ˈrɪʧərdz. ər ɔl ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmd baɪ ðə ˈdæmɪʤd ənd dɪˈstrəkʃən kɔzd tɪ ɑr ˈɛriə baɪ ˈhərəˌkeɪnz sandy.”*.” ðə geɪm wɪl bi hɛld æt əˈtlæntɪk ˈbɔrdˌwɔk hɔl æt 7 piɛm. ˈtɪkɪts ər ɔn seɪl naʊ æt ticketmaster.com*, ɔl ˈtɪkɪtˌmæstər loʊˈkeɪʃənz, ər baɪ ˈkɔlɪŋ prəˈsidz frəm ðə ɪˈvɛnt wɪl ˈbɛnəfɪt ðə ˈɛmpaɪər rɪˈlif fənd, ˈhərəˌkeɪnz rɪˈlif fənd, ənd ðə əˈmɛrɪkən rɛd krɔs. baɪoʊ ˈleɪtəst poʊsts ʤɑn ˈfɛldmən ˈævɪd flaɪərz fæn, ˈfɔrmər ˈhɑki pleɪər, ənd ˈkɑrənt ˈdrɪŋkər. əm 27 jɪrz oʊld ənd aɪ stɪl ækt laɪk əm 12 aɪv ˈʧoʊzən tɪ wɔʧ ˈrɛgjələr ˈsizən flaɪərz geɪmz ˈoʊvər wərk, ˈgərlˌfrɛndz, ˈspɛʃəl ˈfæməli ɔˈkeɪʒənz, ənd ˈprɑpər ˈhaɪˌʤin. ənd wɪn ðə pleɪɔfs əm ʃʊr ju kən ˌɪˈmæʤən. ɪts noʊ ˈwəndər əm stɪl ˈsɪŋgəl, ˌənɛmˈplɔɪd, ənd ˈlɪvɪŋ wɪθ maɪ ˈpɛrənts. bət ənˈtɪl ˈsəmθɪŋ kəmz əˈlɔŋ ənd ˈʧeɪnʤɪz maɪ əˈpɪnjən əˈbaʊt ðə flaɪərz (ˈnəθɪŋ ˈɛvər wɪl), əm ˈtoʊtəli kul wɪθ ɪt. baɪ ðə weɪ, aɪ roʊt ə bʊk. ɪt həz ˌæbsəˈlutli ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˈhɑki. (aɪ doʊnt noʊ haʊ tɪ ˈhaɪpərlɪŋk ɪt. əm nɑt tu smɑrt.) ˈleɪtəst poʊsts baɪ ʤɑn ˈfɛldmən si ɔl) ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə flaɪərz 2013 ˈsizən ˈprivˌju ˈʤænjuˌɛri 9 2013 wət ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈlɑˌkaʊt minz fər ðə ˈfænəmz ˈʤænjuˌɛri 8 2013 nu səˈluʃən ˈʤænjuˌɛri 3 2013 |
the effects of hurricane sandy have been devastating to the new jersey and new york coastlines and in the midst of fundraisers, charity events, and donation stations, the few nhl players remaining on north american soil during this lockout have found a way to help the cause in their own way.
on saturday, november 24th, several nhl players will play a charity hockey game in atlantic city. the two team captains for the event will be scott hartnell of the flyers and brad richards of the rangers. this will be the first time the flyers and rangers are mentioned in a sentence that has zero violence or hatred involved.
“this all came out of the blue,” hartnell said. brad richards has been doing charity work in staten island and him and hartnell have come together and planned this event to help those affected by hurricane sandy. “it’s going to be a big night and a lot of fun,” hartnell said.
other players joining hartnell and richards on the ice are new jersey natives bobby ryan and james van reimsdyk as well as henrik lundqvist, dan carcillo, simon gagne, jeff halpern, james neal, braydon coburn, kimmo timonen, steve eminger, ville leino, brian boyle, jody shelley, john carlson, taylor pyatt, steve downie, wayne simmonds, and justin williams of the los angeles kings, a former flyer who still owns a house in avalon nj, a town that borders atlantic city.
“we hope a hockey game featuring some of the top players in our sport will help rally additional support for the three great organizations that are committed to helping rebuild our area,” said brad richards. “we are all overwhelmed by the damaged and destruction caused to our area by hurricane sandy.”
the game will be held at atlantic city’s boardwalk hall at 7 pm. tickets are on sale now at ticketmaster.com, all ticketmaster locations, or by calling 800-736-1420.
proceeds from the event will benefit the empire relief fund, nj hurricane relief fund, and the american red cross.
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latest posts john feldman avid flyers fan, former hockey player, and current drinker. i'm 27 years old and i still act like i'm 12. i've chosen to watch regular season flyers games over work, girlfriends, special family occasions, and proper hygiene. and when the playoffs start...well i'm sure you can imagine. it's no wonder i'm still single, unemployed, and living with my parents. but until something comes along and changes my opinion about the flyers (nothing ever will), i'm totally cool with it. by the way, i wrote a book. it has absolutely nothing to do with hockey. http://www.amazon.com/how-be-unsuccessful-john-feldman/dp/1469982269/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&qid=1342974305&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+be+unsuccessful (i don't know how to hyperlink it. i'm not too smart.) latest posts by john feldman see all) philadelphia flyers 2013 season preview - january 9, 2013
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new year’s solution - january 3, 2013 | ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt wɔnt tɪ kriˈeɪt ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən ˈvɪdioʊz ɔn jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs, pərˈhæps tɪ hɛlp ə frɛnd ər ˈrɛlətɪv, ər tɪ ʃoʊ haʊ ən æp ju hæv dɪˈvɛləpt wərks? pərˈhæps ju ˈsɪmpli wɔnt tɪ ˈrɛkərd jʊr ækˈtɪvɪti ɪn ə geɪm ər ˈvɪdioʊ ʧæt? ju nid ə skrin rɪˈkɔrdər tul. ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈjuzərz hæv ə ʧɔɪs əv æps (səm əv wɪʧ ˌrikˈwaɪər rut), ən əˈfɪʃəl ˈmɛθəd, ənd ˈivɪn ˈkəstəm rɑmz wɪθ ðə fəˈsɪlɪti bɪlt ɪn. faɪnd aʊt wɪʧ ˈɔpʃən ɪz bɛst fər ju. bɛst ˈpræktɪsɪz fər skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ə skrin kæst kən bi ˈtrɪki, ˈivɪn wɪθ ðə raɪt æp. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ju ʃʊd teɪk səm taɪm tɪ priˈpɛr wət duɪŋ bɪˈfɔˌrhænd. spɛnd ə fju ˈmoʊmənts ˈraɪtɪŋ ə ˈbeɪsɪk skrɪpt. ɪt hæv tɪ bi dɪˈteɪld, mɔr əv ə sɔrt əv əˈproʊʧ. ju ʃʊd ˈfɑloʊ ðɪs wɪθ ə fju ˈpræktɪs rənz, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ʃʊr ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪŋ. ˈæftər ɔl, ɪf ju meɪk ɪt lʊk təf, ɪt bi ə greɪt ˈvɪdioʊ. ˈsɪmələrli, teɪk jʊr taɪm wɪθ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ, rəʃ ər tɔk tu kˈwɪkli ɪf jʊr skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ tul səˈpɔrts ˈɑdiˌoʊ (moʊst du). ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ meɪk ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr ˈækʃənz spɪˈsɪfɪk, juz ən æp wɪθ ə ˈpɔɪntər ˈtɑgəl, tɪ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ðə pɑrt əv ðə dɪˈspleɪ ˈjuzɪŋ. ˈfeɪlɪŋ ðɪs, kəˈnɛkt ə maʊs tɪ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs ˈjuzɪŋ ˈbluˌtuθ ər haʊ tɪ kəˈnɛkt ə ˈkiˌbɔrd tɪ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn haʊ tɪ kəˈnɛkt ə ˈkiˌbɔrd tɪ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn ˈɛvər ˈwɔntɪd tɪ juz ə ril ˈkiˌbɔrd ɔn jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs? ˈləki fər ju, ɪts ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈprɪti ˈizi tɪ sɛt əp. rɛd mɔr wɪn ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ jʊr plænd ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən, taɪm tɪ hɪt record…*… bət wɪʧ æp wɪl ju juz? skrin rɪˈkɔrdər proʊ (rut) [noʊ ˈlɔŋgər əˈveɪləbəl] fər ˈmɛni, ðɪs ɪz ðə tɔp skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ æp, ˈɔfərɪŋ frənt ˈkæmərə ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən, ən ˈɪndəˌkeɪtər tɪ ʃoʊ wɛr ˈtəʧɪŋ ðə dɪˈspleɪ, ənd ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ʧuz jʊr ˈɑdiˌoʊ sɔrs ənd ˈivɪn mjut ðə klɪp tɪ ˈrɛkərd ˈɑdiˌoʊ ˈleɪtər. ðə ɛnd rɪˈzəlt ɪz ə ˈpɑlɪʃt, klɪp, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ju maɪt wɔnt tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ˈlʊkɪŋ prəˈzɛntəbəl ɪf ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪŋ jʊr oʊn hɛd ˈɪntu ðə klɪp! əv kɔrs, ðə ˈʃɔrtˌkəmɪŋ ɪz ðət ju məst hæv ə ˈrutɪd ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs tɪ juz ðɪs æp. ɪf ju ʧuz tɪ rut jʊr dɪˈvaɪs ðə kəmˈplit gaɪd tɪ ˈrutɪŋ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn ər ˈtæblət ðə kəmˈplit gaɪd tɪ ˈrutɪŋ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn ər ˈtæblət soʊ, ju wɔnt tɪ rut jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs? hɪrz ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ju nid tɪ noʊ. rɛd mɔr (ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈdɪfərz əˈkrɔs ˈmɑdəlz ənd ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz) teɪk kɛr nɑt tɪ brɪk ðə dɪˈvaɪs 6 ki tɪps tɪ əˈvɔɪd jʊr ˈrutɪd ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs 6 ki tɪps tɪ əˈvɔɪd jʊr ˈrutɪd ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs wɪn ju oʊn ə ˈrutɪd ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn ˈrənɪŋ ə ˈkəstəm rɑm, ju nid tɪ teɪk səm priˈkɔʃənz ər rɪsk "bricking*" (dɪˈstrɔɪɪŋ) jʊr dɪˈvaɪs. rɛd mɔr wɪʧ wʊd ˈrɛndər ɪt ənˈjuzəbəl. ˈrənɪŋ ˈlɑliˌpɑp skrin rɪˈkɔrdər noʊ rut wɪθ ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈlɑliˌpɑp ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈlɑliˌpɑp: wət ɪt ɪz ənd wɪn jul gɪt ɪt ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈlɑliˌpɑp: wət ɪt ɪz ənd wɪn jul gɪt ɪt ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈlɑliˌpɑp ɪz hir, bət ˈoʊnli ɔn ˈnɛksəs dɪˈvaɪsɪz. wət ɪgˈzæktli ɪz nu əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm, ənd wɪn kən ju ɪkˈspɛkt ɪt tɪ əraɪv ɔn jʊr dɪˈvaɪs? rɛd mɔr skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ həz bɪn bɪlt ˈɪntu ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd api*, wɪʧ meɪks ɪt ə hoʊl lɔt ˈiziər fər dɪˈvɛləpərz tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈkɑmpətɪnt, ˈsteɪbəl æps. wən səʧ ɪgˈzæmpəl ɪz ðə skrin rɪˈkɔrdər æp, ə səˈluʃən wɪθ ə ˈfloʊtɪŋ ˈmɛnju tɪ ɪˈneɪbəl ˈizi skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ. wɪθ ə ʧɔɪs əv ˈvɪdioʊ kˈwɑləti ˈsɛtɪŋz, ə ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn ˈtaɪmər tɪ hɛlp ju stɑrt rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ðə ˈjusfəl ˈfʊtɪʤ, ə fər riˈækʃən ʃɑts, ənd ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ drɔ ɔn skrin ənd trɪm ˈvɪdioʊz, ðɪs æp həz ɪt ɔl. ɪf ɔn ˈlɑliˌpɑp, ðɪs ɪz ðə səˈluʃən fər ju. ˈdaʊnˌloʊd skrin rɪˈkɔrdər ðə səˈluʃən: skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˈænˌdrɔɪd ɪf ən æp wərk fər ju, ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd wɪʧ kən bi ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪd frəm ɪz rikˈwaɪərd. ˈjuzɪŋ ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd diˈbəg brɪʤ nu tɪ ˈænˌdrɔɪd diˈbəg brɪʤ? haʊ tɪ meɪk ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈsɪmpəl ənd ˈizi nu tɪ ˈænˌdrɔɪd diˈbəg brɪʤ? haʊ tɪ meɪk ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈsɪmpəl ənd ˈizi ɪz ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˈjusfəl fər ˈsɛndɪŋ kəˈmændz tɪ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs frəm jʊr kəmˈpjutər. fər ðə bɪˈgɪnərz aʊt ðɛr, hɪrz ə dɛd ˈsɪmpəl weɪ tɪ juz. rɛd mɔr wɪʧ ɪz ˈbəndəld wɪθ ðə, ju kən ˈrɛkərd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈviə. ðɪs ˈmɛθəd wərks wɪθ ˈænˌdrɔɪd ənd ˈleɪtər. bɪˈgɪn baɪ kəˈnɛktɪŋ jʊr foʊn tɪ jʊr kəmˈpjutər ˈviə microusb*. lɔnʧ ðə kəˈmænd laɪn, ənd ˈɛnər: ʃɛl (rɪˈmɛmbər tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ““filename”*” fər ðə neɪm ju wɔnt tɪ gɪv ðə faɪl.) ju kən ðɛn bɪˈgɪn ðə ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃən ɔn jʊr foʊn, ənd wɪn dən, prɛs ctrl+c*. ðɪs ˈmɛθəd wɪl kriˈeɪt ən faɪl ɔn jʊr dɪˈvaɪs ˈstɔrɪʤ, soʊ ˈkɑpi ðə kəmˈplitɪd faɪl tɪ jʊr kəmˈpjutər tɪ ˌrivˈju ənd ˈɛdət. ˈrɛkərd jʊr skrin ðə oʊld ˈfæʃənd weɪ ɔl ðə ˈɔpʃənz əˈbəv ɪkˈspɛkt jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs tɪ rən ˈænˌdrɔɪd ˈʤɛli bin ər ˈleɪtər. bət wət ɪf jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs ɪz ən ˈoʊldər foʊn ər ˈtæblət? ðə ˈænsər hir ɪz tɪ juz ðə ˈænˌdrɔɪd tɪ ˈmɪrər jʊr dɪˈspleɪ ənd juz ə ˈdɛskˌtɑp ˈsɔfˌwɛr səʧ ɛz snæp snæp 7 ˌrivˈju: ˈizi ənd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkæpʧər snæp 7 ˌrivˈju: ˈizi ənd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkæpʧər ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ən ˈizi ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv ˈdɛskˌtɑp ˈkæpʧər səˈluʃən? snæp 7 ˈɔfərz ədˈvænst ˈɔpʃənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ənd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkæpʧər. bət ɪz ɪt wərθ 20 bəks? rɛd ɑr ˌrivˈju ənd tɛst ɪt ˈjɔrsɛlf wɪθ ðə... rɛd mɔr ər skrin ˈstudiˌoʊ fər ˈlɪnəks ˈlɪnəks skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ʤɪst gɑt kˈwɪkər ənd ˈiziər wɪθ ˈlɪnəks skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ʤɪst gɑt kˈwɪkər ənd ˈiziər wɪθ ˈfaɪnəli, ðɛrz ə nu ˈlɪnəks ðət ˈɔfərz gʊd pərˈfɔrməns, həz lɑts əv ˈsɛtɪŋz tɪ ʧuz frəm, ənd həz ə gʊd ˈɪnərˌfeɪs tɪ kənˈfɪgjər ɪt ɔl. teɪk ə lʊk æt ənd si fər ˈjɔrsɛlf. rɛd mɔr ɪf ðɪs wərk fər ju, ənd ˈfɔrʧənət ɪˈnəf tɪ hæv ən ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs wɪθ ən aʊt pɔrt (səm ɪgˈzɪst, ənd kən ˈizəli dɪˈspleɪ ðə skrin ɔn ə haʊ tɪ kəˈnɛkt ən ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn tɪ ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən: 7 ˈmɛθədz ðət wərk (nɑt ʤɪst) haʊ tɪ kəˈnɛkt ən ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn tɪ ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən: 7 ˈmɛθədz ðət wərk (nɑt ʤɪst) wɔnt tɪ kəˈnɛkt jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd foʊn tɪ ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən? hir ər ˈsɛvərəl səˈluʃənz fər duɪŋ soʊ, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ proʊz ənd kɑnz fər iʧ. rɛd mɔr ju kən kəˈnɛkt ðɪs tɪ ə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkæmərə ənd ˈrɛkərd ækˈtɪvɪti ɔn jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd skrin ðət weɪ. ˈfeɪlɪŋ ðɪs, ən ɪkˈsprɛs kɑrd ɔn jʊr ˈpiˈsi ər əˈdæptər ənd ə ˈsutəbəl ˈvɪdioʊ ˈkæpʧər ˈpækɪʤ kən ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈvaɪd ə səˈluʃən hir. skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ɪn ə ˈkəstəm rɑm ˈsəmˌtaɪmz, ju nid tɪ ˈbɑðər ˌɪnˈstɔlɪŋ æps. ˈsizənd rɑm ˈflæʃərz wɪl noʊ ðət ə hoʊl bənʧ əv ˈɛkstrəz ər ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ˈkəstəm rɑmz, ənd ˈvɛri ˈɔfən, skrin rɪˈkɔrdərz ər əˈməŋ ðiz ˈɛkstrəz. fər ˈɪnstəns,, wɪʧ ˈmɛnʃənd ə ˈkəpəl əv taɪmz ˈpriviəsli 5 ˈrizənz waɪ ju ʃʊd flæʃ tɪ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs 5 ˈrizənz waɪ ju ʃʊd flæʃ tɪ jʊr ˈænˌdrɔɪd dɪˈvaɪs wɪθ ə bənʧ əv ˈkəstəm rɑm ˈɔpʃənz aʊt ðɛr, ɪt kən bi hɑrd tɪ ˈsɛtəl ɔn ʤɪst wən bət ju ʃʊd ˈrɪli kənˈsɪdər. rɛd mɔr ɔn makeuseof*, həz ə in”*” skrin ˈkæpʧər æp. soʊ, ɪf ˈrənɪŋ ə ˈkəstəm rɑm, ʧɛk ðə noʊts ər hæv ə gʊd lʊk θru ðə ˈɔpʃənz ənd æps ju hæv ˌɪnˈstɔld ɔˈrɛdi. ðɛr ɪz ə ˈvɛri gʊd ʧæns ðət skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ ɪz ə kʊkt ɪn ˈɔpʃən, ənd ɔl ju hæv tɪ du ɪz ˈæktəˌveɪt ɪt. haʊ du ju ˈrɛkərd jʊr skrin? ðoʊz ər ɔl ðə bɛst ˈɔpʃənz wi faʊnd, bət ˈmeɪbi wi mɪst ˈsəmθɪŋ. naʊ wi wɔnt tɪ hir frəm ju. du ju juz skrin rɪˈkɔrdɪŋ æps? ɪz ðɛr wən ðət ju ˈfeɪvər əˈbəv ɔl ˈəðərz? lɛt ˈjuˈɛs noʊ ɪn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts. |
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want to create demonstration videos on your android device, perhaps to help a friend or relative, or to show how an app you have developed works? perhaps you simply want to record your activity in a game or video chat? you need a screen recorder tool.
android users have a choice of apps (some of which require root), an official adb method, and even custom roms with the facility built in. let’s find out which option is best for you.
best practices for screen recording
recording a screen cast can be tricky, even with the right app. as a result, you should take some time to prepare what you’re doing beforehand. spend a few moments writing a basic script. it doesn’t have to be detailed, more of a sort of cue-card approach.
you should follow this with a few practice runs, making sure you’re comfortable with the process you’re demonstrating. after all, if you make it look tough, it won’t be a great video. similarly, take your time with the video, don’t rush or talk too quickly if your screen recording tool supports audio (most do). if you want to make particular actions specific, use an app with a pointer toggle, to highlight the part of the display you’re using. failing this, connect a mouse to your android device using bluetooth or usb otg how to connect a usb keyboard to your android phone how to connect a usb keyboard to your android phone ever wanted to use a real keyboard on your android device? lucky for you, it's actually pretty easy to set up. read more .
when you’re comfortable with your planned demonstration, it’s time to hit record… but which app will you use?
scr screen recorder pro (root) [no longer available]
for many, this is the top screen recording app, offering front camera integration, an indicator to show where you’re touching the display, and the ability to choose your audio source and even mute the clip to record audio later.
the end result is a polished, professional-looking clip, although you might want to make sure you’re looking presentable if you’re integrating your own head into the clip!
of course, the shortcoming is that you must have a rooted android device to use this app. if you choose to root your device the complete guide to rooting your android phone or tablet the complete guide to rooting your android phone or tablet so, you want to root your android device? here's everything you need to know. read more (the process differs across models and manufacturers) take care not to brick the device 6 key tips to avoid bricking your rooted android device 6 key tips to avoid bricking your rooted android device when you own a rooted android phone running a custom rom, you need to take some precautions or risk "bricking" (destroying) your device. read more , which would render it unusable.
running lollipop 5.0? az screen recorder — no root
with android 5.0 lollipop android 5.0 lollipop: what it is and when you'll get it android 5.0 lollipop: what it is and when you'll get it android 5.0 lollipop is here, but only on nexus devices. what exactly is new about this operating system, and when can you expect it to arrive on your device? read more , screen recording has been built into the android api, which makes it a whole lot easier for developers to create competent, stable apps.
one such example is the az screen recorder app, a root-free solution with a largely-unobtrusive floating menu to enable easy screen recording. with a choice of video quality settings, a countdown timer to help you start recording the useful footage, a facecam for reaction shots, and the ability to draw on screen and trim videos, this app has it all. if you’re on lollipop, this is the solution for you.
download az screen recorder
the app-free solution: screen recording over android adb
if an app doesn’t work for you, the android sdk — which can be downloaded from developer.android.com/sdk — is required. using the android debug bridge new to android debug bridge? how to make the process simple and easy new to android debug bridge? how to make the process simple and easy adb is incredibly useful for sending commands to your android device from your computer. for the beginners out there, here's a dead simple way to use adb. read more , which is bundled with the sdk, you can record video via usb. this method works with android 4.4 and later.
begin by connecting your phone to your computer via microusb. launch the command line, and enter:
adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/filename.mp4
(remember to change “filename” for the name you want to give the file.)
you can then begin the demonstration on your phone, and when you’re done, press ctrl+c. this method will create an mp4 file on your device storage, so copy the completed file to your computer to review and edit.
record your screen the old fashioned way
all the options above expect your android device to run android 4.1 jelly bean or later. but what if your android device is an older phone or tablet? the answer here is to use the android sdk to mirror your device’s display and use a desktop screen-capturing software such as ashampoo snap ashampoo snap 7 review: easy screenshot and video capture ashampoo snap 7 review: easy screenshot and video capture looking for an easy & comprehensive desktop capture solution? snap 7 offers advanced screenshot options, including multi-shots and video capture. but is it worth 20 bucks? read our review and test it yourself with the... read more or screen studio for linux linux screen recording just got quicker and easier with screenstudio linux screen recording just got quicker and easier with screenstudio finally, there's a new linux screencaster that offers good performance, has lots of settings to choose from, and has a good interface to configure it all. take a look at screenstudio and see for yourself. read more .
if this doesn’t work for you, and you’re fortunate enough to have an android device with an hdmi out port (some exist, and can easily display the screen on a hdtv how to connect an android phone to a tv: 7 methods that work (not just hdmi) how to connect an android phone to a tv: 7 methods that work (not just hdmi) want to connect your android phone to a tv? here are several solutions for doing so, along with pros and cons for each. read more ), you can connect this to a digital video camera and record activity on your android screen that way. failing this, an hdmi pci express card on your pc — or usb hdmi adaptor — and a suitable video capture package can also provide a solution here.
screen recording in a custom rom
sometimes, you don’t need to bother installing apps. seasoned rom flashers will know that a whole bunch of extras are included in custom roms, and very often, screen recorders are among these extras. for instance, omnirom, which we’ve mentioned a couple of times previously 5 reasons why you should flash omnirom to your android device 5 reasons why you should flash omnirom to your android device with a bunch of custom rom options out there, it can be hard to settle on just one -- but you should really consider omnirom. read more on makeuseof, has a “cooked in” screen capture app.
so, if you’re running a custom rom, check the notes or have a good look through the options and apps you have installed already. there is a very good chance that screen recording is a cooked in option, and all you have to do is activate it.
how do you record your screen?
those are all the best options we found, but maybe we missed something. now we want to hear from you.
do you use screen recording apps? is there one that you favor above all others? let us know in the comments. | ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər faɪər ənd ˈrɛskju ˈsərvɪs ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ðə dɪˈleɪ mɛnt faɪər ˈɛnʤənz wər 17 ˈmɪnəts leɪt" tɪ ə faɪər ɪn ə ˈbɪznɪs pɑrk, ðə sɛd ə nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər faɪər kru əˈtɛndɪŋ ə 999 kɔl wɑz sɛnt tɪ ðə rɔŋ ˈæˌdrɛs baɪ ə kənˈtroʊl rum beɪst mɔr ðən 400 maɪəlz əˈweɪ. ðə kru wɑz ˈrɔŋli sɛnt tu ənd hæf maɪəlz frəm wɛr ɪt ʃʊd hæv bɪn baɪ kɔl ˈɔpərˌeɪtərz ˈwərkɪŋ ɪn ˈkɔrnwɔl. nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər ənd ˈkɔrnwɔl faɪər ənd ˈrɛskju ˈsərvɪsɪz ʃɛr kənˈtroʊl rum ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz æt pik ˈpɪriədz. ðə nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər ˈsərvɪs kənˈfərmd ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪz ˈəndər weɪ. ɪt sɛd kruz əˈtɛndɪŋ ðə ˈbɪznɪs pɑrk faɪər æt killinghall*, nɪr, wər dɪˈleɪd 10 ˈmɪnəts ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv ðə ˈmɪkˌsəp, bət ðə faɪər brɪˈgeɪdz ˈjunjən (fbu*) sɛd faɪər ˈɛnʤənz wər 17 ˈmɪnəts leɪt. ˈsaɪmən wɔl, ˈʧɛrmən əv nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər, sɛd: "ðə dɪˈleɪ kʊd hæv bɪn ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk ɪf ɪt hæd bɪn ə haʊs faɪər." ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈkɔrnwɔl ˈkaʊnsəl ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ðə ˈkrɪtɪkəl kənˈtroʊl ˈsɛntər ɪn, ˈkɔrnwɔl, 400 maɪəlz əˈweɪ frəm killinghall*, ˈhændəld ðə ˈimərʤənsi kɔl ˈwɛnzˌdeɪz kɔl wɑz ˈhændəld baɪ ðə ˈkrɪtɪkəl kənˈtroʊl ˈsɛntər ɪn, ˈkɔrnwɔl,. ˈmɪstər wɔl sɛd "kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪŋ wɪθ ˈkɔrnwɔl minz ðɛr ɪz ə ˈmæsɪv læk əv ˈloʊkəl ˈnɑlɪʤ". hi ˈædɪd: "ðə kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən bɪtˈwin kənˈtroʊl ˈsɛntərz ɪz wət ðə ˈgəvərnmənt wɔnts ənd wi əkˈsɛpt ðət, bət ən ˈɪnsədənt laɪk ðɪs ɪz ˌənækˈsɛptəbəl. "ˈsəmθɪŋ həz gɔn ˈdɛspərətli rɔŋ." nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər ənd ˈkɔrnwɔl kənˈtroʊl rum kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən lɔnʧt: ˈɔgəst 2016 kɔst: ˈkɔrnwɔl beɪs: ˈhændəlz əˈbaʊt ˈimərʤənsi kɔlz pər jɪr nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər beɪs: ˈhændəlz əˈbaʊt ˈimərʤənsi kɔlz pər jɪr eɪm: ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ kənˈtroʊl rumz æt pik taɪmz ˈkɔrnwɔl faɪər ənd ˈrɛskju ˈsərvɪs sɛd: "wɪn ɪt ɪz ˈbɪzi ˈəðər kənˈtroʊl rumz ɪn ðə ˈriʤən ər ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi ˈbɪzi, soʊ "baɪ ˈʧuzɪŋ tɪ wərk wɪθ nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər wi ər ɪn ə ˈbɛtər pəˈzɪʃən tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ hæv ɑr ˈimərʤənsi kɔlz ˈænsərd ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈbɪzi taɪmz". nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər faɪər ənd ˈrɛskju ˈsərvɪs sɛd: "ˈkɔrnwɔlz kənˈtroʊl rum wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈsimləsli rɪˈsiv kɔlz ənd dɪˈspæʧ ˈrisɔrsɪz ɔn bɪˈhæf nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər (ənd vaɪs ˈvərsə), ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈbɪzi ˈpɪriədz." oʊən ˈheɪwərd, nɔrθ ˈjɔrkʃər əˈsɪstənt ʧif faɪər ˈɔfɪsər, kənˈfərmd ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪz ˈəndər weɪ wɪθ ˈkɔrnwɔl faɪər ənd ˈrɛskju ˈsərvɪs. hi sɛd: "wi ər nɑt jɛt ʃʊr ɪf ˈsəmˌwən geɪv ˈjuˈɛs ðə rɔŋ ər ˈsəmθɪŋ wɛnt rɔŋ ɪn ðə kənˈtroʊl rum." ˈnoʊwən wɑz əˈveɪləbəl fər ˈkɑmɛnt frəm ˈkɔrnwɔl faɪər ənd ˈrɛskju ˈsərvɪs. |
image copyright north yorkshire fire and rescue service image caption the delay meant fire engines were "17 minutes late" to a fire in a business park, the fbu said
a north yorkshire fire crew attending a 999 call was sent to the wrong address by a control room based more than 400 miles away.
the harrogate crew was wrongly sent two and half miles from where it should have been by call operators working in cornwall.
north yorkshire and cornwall fire and rescue services share control room operations at peak periods.
the north yorkshire service confirmed an investigation is under way.
it said crews attending the business park fire at killinghall, near harrogate, were delayed 10 minutes as a result of the mix-up, but the fire brigades union (fbu) said fire engines were 17 minutes late.
simon wall, chairman of north yorkshire fbu, said: "the delay could have been catastrophic if it had been a house fire."
image copyright cornwall council image caption the critical control centre in tolvaddon, cornwall, 400 miles away from killinghall, handled the emergency call
wednesday's call was handled by the critical control centre in tolvaddon, cornwall,.
mr wall said "collaborating with cornwall means there is a massive lack of local knowledge".
he added: "the collaboration between control centres is what the government wants and we accept that, but an incident like this is unacceptable.
"something has gone desperately wrong."
north yorkshire and cornwall control room collaboration
launched: august 2016
cost: £3.6m
cornwall base: tolvaddon - handles about 10,500 emergency calls per year
north yorkshire base: northallerton - handles about 15,000 emergency calls per year
aim: exchanging control rooms at peak times
cornwall fire and rescue service said: "when it is busy other control rooms in the region are likely to be busy, so "by choosing to work with north yorkshire we are in a better position to be able to have our emergency calls answered during busy times".
north yorkshire fire and rescue service said: "cornwall's control room will be able to seamlessly receive calls and dispatch resources on behalf north yorkshire (and vice versa), during busy periods."
owen hayward, north yorkshire assistant chief fire officer, confirmed an investigation is under way with cornwall fire and rescue service.
he said: "we are not yet sure if someone gave us the wrong postcode or something went wrong in the control room."
no-one was available for comment from cornwall fire and rescue service. | ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə ˈmeɪʤər səkˈsɛs əv ðə 2009 əv ðə ˈpɑpjələr ˈdrægən bɔl ˈfrænˌʧaɪz, ˈdrægən bɔl ˌɛvəˈluʃən, ɪt wɑz ˈoʊnli ə ˈmætər əv taɪm ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈsikwəl hɪt ɑr skrinz. wi kən naʊ kənˈfərm ðət ə ˈsikwəl ˈtaɪtəld ˈdrægən bɔl zi: ˌrɛvəˈluʃən ɪz naʊ ɪn pərˈdəkʃən ənd wɪl bi ˈhɪtɪŋ ˈθiətərz ðɪs ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ ˈsizən. ðə fɪlm ɪz sɛt tɪ stɑr ˈnɪkɔləs keɪʤ ɛz ə jəŋ ˈmɑrʃəl ˈɑrtɪst hu ʤɪst soʊ ˈhæpənz tɪ bi wən əv ðə læst sərˈvaɪvɪŋ ˈrɛmnənts əv ən ˈeɪnʧənt ˈeɪliən reɪs noʊn ɛz ðə. keɪʤ wɪl nɑt ˈoʊnli bi pleɪɪŋ ˌhaʊˈɛvər. hi həz bɪn kæst ɪn duəl roʊlz ənd wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ pleɪ ðə ˈdæstərdli ˈeɪliən noʊn ɛz hu ʤɪst soʊ ˈhæpənz tɪ ðə ˈvɛri seɪm ˈeɪliən hu dɪˈstrɔɪd ðə ˈeɪnʧənt ˈeɪliən reɪs noʊn ɛz ðə wɪʧ ˈhæpənz tɪ bi wən əv ðə læst sərˈvaɪvɪŋ ˈmɛmbərz əv. ˈnɪkɔləs keɪʤ tʊk səm taɪm aʊt əv hɪz ˈbɪzi ˈskɛʤʊl tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ fɪlm ənd wət hi θɪŋks əv ðə ˈdrægən bɔl ˈfrænˌʧaɪz, gɑt ˈeɪliənz ɪn ɪt aɪ pleɪ tu əv ðɛm. aɪ laɪk aliens.”*.” ənˈdaʊtɪdli ˈpaʊərfəl wərdz frəm ə ˈkæptɪˌveɪtɪŋ mæn huz ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkəl mˈjuzɪŋz sərˈpæs ˈivɪn ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈskɑlərz. ˈtɪkɪts fər ˈdrægən bɔl zi: ˌrɛvəˈluʃən hæv ɔˈrɛdi soʊld aʊt ˈsɪnəməz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈneɪʃən. ɪt ˈɛni səˈpraɪz əv kɔrs ɛz tu ˈeɪliən nɪk ˈkeɪʤɪz ˈfaɪtɪŋ wən əˈnəðər ɪz ʃʊr tɪ meɪk fər ə kəmˈpɛlɪŋ ˌsɪnəˈmætɪk ɪkˈspɪriəns ðə laɪks əv wɪʧ hæv ˈnɛvər bɪn kənˈsivd. ˈdrægən bɔl zi: ˌrɛvəˈluʃən hɪts ˈθiətərz ðɪs ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ ˈsizən. ˈkæpsəl kəmˈpjutərz ækˈnɑlɪʤɪz ðət ðɪs ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɪz ɪnˈtaɪərli fɔls ənd ɪz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd ɛz ən ˈeɪprəl fulz ʤoʊk. |
following the major success of the 2009 live-action of the popular dragon ball franchise, dragon ball evolution, it was only a matter of time before a sequel hit our screens.
we can now confirm that a sequel titled dragon ball z: revolution is now in production and will be hitting theaters this holiday season. the film is set to star nicolas cage as goku a young martial artist who just so happens to be one of the last surviving remnants of an ancient alien race known as the saiyans. cage will not only be playing goku however.
he has been cast in dual roles and will also play the dastardly alien known as freiza who just so happens to the very same alien who destroyed the ancient alien race known as the saiyans which goku happens to be one of the last surviving members of.
nicolas cage took some time out of his busy schedule to comment on the upcoming film and what he thinks of the dragon ball franchise, “it’s got aliens in it – i play two of them. i like aliens.” undoubtedly powerful words from a captivating man whose philosophical musings surpass even the world’s greatest scholars.
pre-sale tickets for dragon ball z: revolution have already sold out cinemas across the nation. it isn’t any surprise of course as two alien nic cages fighting one another is sure to make for a compelling cinematic experience the likes of which have never been conceived. dragon ball z: revolution hits theaters this holiday season.
capsule computers acknowledges that this information is entirely false and is intended as an april fools joke. | ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn: noʊˈvɛmbər 6 2015 ðə "swɪs məˈʃin" stɛk) ˈbəstɪŋ ə treɪl æt ˈrəfli 6400 ˈmitərz, wɪθ bɛn ənd ˈkoʊlɪn ˈheɪli ˈfɑloʊɪŋ. [ˈfoʊˌtoʊ] [ðɪs ˈstɔri fərst əˈpɪrd ɔn ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 5 2015 ɪt ɪz ʃɛrd hir bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz wən əv ˈsɛvərəl 2015 trɪps səˈpɔrtɪd baɪ ðə məgz stəmp award—ed*.] aɪv ʤɪst ˈrisəntli rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə ˈjuˈɛs frəm maɪ ˈsɛkənd trɪp tɪ ðə ˌnɛpəˈliz ˌhɪməˈleɪə. ɪn leɪt sɛpˈtɛmbər aɪ mɛt əp wɪθ stɛk ɪn kathmandu*, ənd ðə nɛkst deɪ wi flu tɪ ðə ˈriʤən. ɑr plæn wɑz ən əˈtɛmpt ɔn ðə ˌsaʊˈθist ˈbətrəs əv ist, ðə laɪn neɪmd "ˈmunˌlaɪt səˈnɑtə" baɪ ɪts fərst ascentionists*, vɑˈlɛri ənd ˈjʊri koshelenko*. ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ, wi hæd proʊˈkjʊrd ˈpərˌmɪts fər ist ənd, fər nis ˈɔpʃənz. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ə fju deɪz əv ˈtrɛkɪŋ brɔt ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv 4800m*), ɑr "basecamp*" fər ðə fərst ˈpɔrʃən əv ɑr trɪp. ðeɪ seɪ ðət wənz ˈbɑdi "lərnz" tɪ mɔr ɪˈfɪʃəntli ðə mɔr taɪmz ɪts bɪn pʊt θru ðət ˈprɔˌsɛs, ənd ˈklɪrli pæst ˈdɛkeɪd əv ˈrəfli tu ˌhɪməˈleɪən trɪps pər jɪr həz hæd ðət ˈifɛkt. hi ɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ ɪkˈstrimli kˈwɪkli, ənd aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ɔn ðɪs trɪp ðət waɪl hi ɪz ˈvɛri fɪt ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl, hɪz "ˈfɪtnəs pərˈsɛnˌtaɪl" (ˈfɪtnəs kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈəðərz) ɪz ˈivɪn haɪər æt haɪ ˈæltɪˌtudz. ðɪs kɔzd səm ˈtɛnʃən ˈərli ɪn ðə trɪp, ɛz ðə ˈwɛðər wɑz ˈvɛri gʊd ənd wɑz ˈigər tɪ ənd gɪt ˈklaɪmɪŋ ɛz fæst ɛz ˈpɑsəbəl. æt ˈərʤɪŋ aɪ traɪd tɪ kip əp, ənd wi spɛnt ɑr fərst naɪt sˈlipɪŋ æt 6000 ˈmitərz (ɔn ðə ˈsəmɪt rɪʤ əv ist) ɔn ˈoʊnli deɪ 5 ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðɪs ˈskɛʤʊl ˈsɪmpli ˈwəzənt ˌriəˈlɪstɪk fər maɪ ˈbɑdi, ənd ˈpʊʃɪŋ tu hɑrd rɪˈzəltɪd ɪn ə ˈkɑmprəˌmaɪzd ˌɪmˈjun ˈsɪstəm ənd ˈsəbsəkwənt koʊld. æt ˈrəfli 6250 ˈmitərz. [ˈfoʊˌtoʊ] ˈkoʊlɪn ˈheɪli aɪ spɛnt ə fju naɪts daʊn æt ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv 3600m*) tɪ gɪt ˈoʊvər maɪ koʊld, waɪl dɪd səm mɔr ɔn ist. ðə ˈriʤən kən ˈhɑrdli bi kənˈsɪdərd ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən ˈklaɪmɪŋ, wɪθ ˈlɑʤɪz, ˈɪntərˌnɛt ənd sɛl ˈsərvɪs ˈnɪrli ˈɛvriˌwɛr, bət ðɪs ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər ʃʊr ɪz kənˈvinjənt, ənd meɪks ɪt ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ˈizi tɪ ˈvɛri ðə ˈæltəˌtud æt wɪʧ jʊr sˈlipɪŋ æt ˈɛni taɪm. wɪn aɪ keɪm bæk əp tɪ, fɛlt ˈfʊli ənd wɑz ˈigər tɪ juz səm əv ðə ˈɛksələnt ˈwɛðər. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, aɪ ˈsɪmpli ˈwəzənt wɛl ɪˈnəf jɛt tɪ teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ɪt. waɪl aɪ ˈhɛdɪd bæk əp ɔn ist fər ə ˈkəpəl mɔr naɪts əv, klaɪmd ðə nɔrθ feɪs əv (fər hɪz θərd taɪm!) wɪθ ɑr "gaɪd" sherpa*. ðə ˌnɛpəˈliz ˈgəvərnmənt rikˈwaɪərz ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃənz tɪ haɪər ə gaɪd, wɪʧ wi ˈdɪdənt ˈæˌkʧuəli nid, bət ˈfɔrʧənətli ɪz ə frɛnd əv sɪns ˈsɛvərəl jɪrz əˈgoʊ. ðeɪ klaɪmd (ˈɛvərəst) təˈgɛðər, ɛz ˈnɔrməl ˈklaɪmɪŋ ˈpɑrtnərz (noʊ ˈməni ɪksˈʧeɪnʤd), ɪn 2012 wɪˈθaʊt ˌsəpləˈmɛntəl ˈɑksɪʤən. ənˈlaɪk ˈmɛni hu ər ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈklaɪmɪŋ ˈmaʊntənz ˈoʊnli fər ˈbɪznɪs, ɪz jəŋ, fɪt, ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtəd ənd ˈpæʃənət əˈbaʊt ˈklaɪmɪŋ ˈmaʊntənz. hɪz wɑz ðə fərst ˌnɛpəˈliz əˈsɛnt əv ðə nɔrθ feɪs əv, wɪʧ ɪz ˈprɪti kul. aɪ wɑz əv kɔrs bəmd tɪ mɪs aʊt ɔn ðə klaɪm, bət aɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɛniˌwən ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ˈjuzɪŋ gʊd ˈwɛðər wɪn ju kən. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, ðət wɑz ˈprɪti məʧ ðə ɛnd əv ðə gʊd ˈwɛðər... əp ɔn ist fər maɪ ˈsɛkənd taɪm, aɪ fɛlt gʊd ənd slɛpt wɛl æt 6000m*. ənˈfɔrʧənətli, wɪn aɪ keɪm bæk daʊn tɪ, ðə ˈwɛðər ˈfɔrˌkæst hæd ʧeɪnʤd ˈdræstɪkli, ənd ənd aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ haɪk fər ə ˈkəpəl naɪts ənd weɪt aʊt ðə stɔrm æt loʊər ˌɛləˈveɪʃən. ˈæftər ə ˈkəpəl naɪts daʊn loʊ ɪn bəˈzɑr, wi fɛlt ˈrɛstləs ənd haɪkt bæk əp ˈvæli. ðɪs taɪm wi tərnd ist ənd haɪkt tɪ ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv 4700m*), ˌəndərˈniθ ɑr meɪn əˈbʤɛktɪv: 7800m*). ɔn ɑr weɪ bæk əp ˈvæli wi mɛt əp wɪθ ənd bɛn, ðə tu jəŋ frɛnʧ ˈklaɪmərz ðət wi hæd əreɪnʤd wɪθ bɪˈfɔˌrhænd tɪ ʃɛr ðə saʊθ feɪs ˈpərˌmɪt kɔst. ənd ˈheɪli bɪˈloʊ ən ɪˈnɔrmɪs cornice*. [ˈfoʊˌtoʊ] waɪl wi wər daʊn ɪn bəˈzɑr ɪt hæd snoʊd ə fɛr əˈmaʊnt, ənd fər ɑr fərst wik ɪn ɪt snoʊd ˈɛvəri ˌæftərˈnun. ðə əˌkjumjəˈleɪʃən wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈmæsɪv ɔn ˈɛni ˈsɪŋgəl deɪ, bət ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ðə wik ɪt ˈædɪd əp tɪ ə fɛr əˈmaʊnt əv nu snoʊ. ənˈfɔrʧənətli ðɪs wɑz ˈɔfən əˈkəmpənid baɪ wɪnd, ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈævəˌlænʧ ˈhæzərd. ˌnənðəˈlɛs, aɪ ˈmænɪʤd tɪ gɪt aʊt fər ə ˈkəpəl əˈdɪʃənəl deɪz wɪθ ənd bɛn əp tɪ 6000 ˈmitərz. waɪl ðə snoʊ paɪld əp ɔn ðə sloʊps əv, ðə deɪ ənd ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm ˈtɛmpərəʧərz bɪˈgæn tɪ drɔp, ənd ðə ˈwɛðər ˈfɔrˌkæst bɪˈgæn tɪ kɔl fər kənˈsɪstənt haɪ wɪndz əˈbəv 7000 ˈmitərz. hæd ɔˈrɛdi bɪn fɔrˈwɔrnɪŋ fər wiks əˈbaʊt ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈprɑbləm əv ˈbɪldɪŋ wɪnd. wɪθ ðə ˈkoʊldər ˈtɛmpərəʧərz wi ˈriəˌlaɪzd wid hæv tɪ ˈkɛri ə lɔt əv ˈɛkstrə ˈkloʊðɪŋ ənd ˈwɔrmər sˈlipɪŋ bægz tɪ hæv ə ʧæns əv steɪɪŋ wɔrm ɪˈnəf əp haɪ. bɪtˈwin ðɪs əˈdɪʃənəl weɪt, ðə haɪ wɪndz ənd ɔl ðə nu snoʊ, wi bɪˈgæn tɪ θɪŋk ðət ðə ˌsaʊˈθist ˈbətrəs wʊd nɑt bi ə ˌriəˈlɪstɪk əˈbʤɛktɪv. bɛn ənd, hu hæd bɪn ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ əˈtɛmpt ə ˈsɪmələrli ˈdɪfəkəlt laɪn ɔn ðə "ˈkɑbˌwɛb wɔl" (ðə ˈwɛstərn ˈpɔrʃən əv ðə saʊθ feɪs), hæd ˈsɪmələr θɔts, ənd wi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ɔl təˈgɛðər tɪ pɪn ɑr hoʊps ɔn ðə laɪn əv list rɪˈzɪstəns ɔn saʊθ ðə rut (ˈɑkə rut), bət wɪθ ə mɔr dɪˈrɛkt stɑrt tɪ ðə raɪt əv ðə ərˈɪʤənəl stɑrt. ə ˈkəpəl taɪmz wi pækt ɑr bægz fər ən əˈtɛmpt ˈoʊnli tɪ ˈkænsəl du tɪ ðə dɪˈtɪriərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈwɛðər ˈfɔrˌkæst. ɪt wɑz ə kənˈtɪnjuəli ˈdɪfəkəlt dɪˈsɪʒən ˈwɛðər tɪ traɪ ər nɑt, bɪˈkəz ðə ˈwɛðər ˈfɔrˌkæst ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ðət ðə wɪndz æt haɪ ˈæltəˌtud wər tu strɔŋ, bət bɪˈloʊ 6000 ˈmitərz ɪt simd ˈprɪti ˈplɛzənt. ˈfaɪnəli, ˈərli ɔn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ əv ɑkˈtoʊbər 23 ðə fɔr əv ˈjuˈɛs lɛft fər ən əˈtɛmpt. wi wər wɛl əˈwɛr ðət ðə əˈmaʊnt əv frɛʃ snoʊ wɑz ˈprɑbəˌbli ə ˈprɑbləm, ənd wi wər wɛl əˈwɛr ðət ðə wɪndz wər ˈlaɪkli tu haɪ əˈbəv 7000 ˈmitərz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈwɛðər ˈfɔrˌkæst ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ðət ðə sˈlaɪtli ˈlɛsər wɪndz ɔn ðə ənd wʊd bi ɑr ˈoʊnli ʃɑt ˌwətsoʊˈɛvər. stɛk, ənd æt əˈbaʊt 6600 ˈmitərz. [ˈfoʊˌtoʊ] ˈkoʊlɪn ˈheɪli wi ˈstɑrtɪd əp ðə feɪs æt əˈbaʊt 7 a.m*., ɔn ə laɪn ˈpriviəsli əˈtɛmptəd baɪ ˈʤɔrdi. ðə təreɪn wɑz ˈmoʊstli ˈizi sloʊps əv snoʊ ənd niv, wɪθ ən ɔˈkeɪʒənəl stɛp əv wi wər ɔl ˈhæpi tɪ ˈfaɪnəli bi ˈhævɪŋ ə goʊ, ənd əˈlɔŋ., ˈlɪvɪŋ əp tɪ hɪz "swɪs məˈʃin" ˈnɪkˌneɪm, dɪd ɔl əv ðə trailbreaking*, ɛz nən əv ˈjuˈɛs wər fæst ɪˈnəf tɪ kip peɪs wɪθ ɪm ˈəðərˌwaɪz. aɪ wɑz ˌɪmˈprɛst! æt ˈrəfli 6300 ˈmitərz wi ʤɔɪnd əp wɪθ ðə rut. wi meɪd ɑr ˈbɪvwæk ɔn ə ˈsətəl rɪʤ æt 6900 ˈmitərz. wi hæd meɪd ˈprɪti gʊd taɪm, ərˈaɪvɪŋ hir baɪ əˈbaʊt 2 p.m*., bət ɪt hæd ɔˈrɛdi ˈstɑrtɪd snoʊɪŋ əˈbaʊt ən aʊər ˈərliər. θruaʊt ðə ˌæftərˈnun, ˈivnɪŋ ənd naɪt ɪt snoʊd. æt fərst wi kɛpt ɑr hoʊps əp, bət ðɛn ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə naɪt ɪt gɑt ənd. baɪ ðə taɪm ɑr əˈlɑrm wɛnt ɔf æt a.m*. ɪt wɑz klɪr ðət wi wər goʊɪŋ daʊn, nɑt əp. wi pækt əp ɑr æt fərst laɪt ənd ˈhɛdɪd daʊn, ˈwɛrɪŋ ɔl əv ɑr ˈkloʊðɪŋ ənd ski ˈgɑgəlz. wɪn wi lɛft ðə krɛst əv ðə rɪʤ ˈɔntu ðə ˈliwərd ənd ˈsəni saɪd (ˈlivɪŋ ðə rut tɪ dɪˈsɛnd ðə laɪn əv ðə əˈtɛmpt), ɪt bɪˈkeɪm məʧ ˈwɔrmər, bət ðɛr wɑz ən əˈlɑrmɪŋ əˈmaʊnt əv snoʊ ðət hæd əˈkjumjəˌleɪtɪd ˈoʊvərˈnaɪt. səm sloʊps ɔn ðə dɪˈsɛnt wər waist-deep*, ənd məʧ mɔr ˈdeɪnʤərəs ðən aɪ ˈwʊdəv laɪkt. ðə nɛkst deɪ wi ðə ˈwɛðər ˈfɔrˌkæsts tɪ meɪk ʃʊr ðɛr wɑz noʊ hoʊp ɪn saɪt, ənd ðɛn bɪˈgæn ðə ˈʤərni hoʊm. aɪ ˈwʊdəv əv kɔrs ləvd tɪ hæv klaɪmd (ənd fər ðət ˈmætər), bət ˈfeɪljər ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ˈælˌpaɪn ˈklaɪmɪŋ geɪm. əm ˈhæpi tɪ æt list hæv gɔn tɪ ə haɪər ˈæltəˌtud ðən aɪd bɪn ˌbiˈfɔr 6900m*), ənd fɛlt ˈprɪti gʊd fər ə stɪnt ðɛr, wɪʧ gɪvz mi ˈkɑnfədɛns fər ðə fˈjuʧər ɔn ˈəðər ˈsəmɪts. aɪ oʊ ˈmɛni θæŋks tɪ ðə məgz stəmp əˈwɔrd, wɪʧ hɛlpt mi əˈfɔrd ðɪs trɪp. wɪˈθaʊt ɪt aɪ ˈdɛfənətli wʊd nɑt hæv bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ goʊ ənd traɪ. ˈmægəˌzin ɪz wən əv ðə ˈspɑnsərz əv ðə məgz stəmp award—ed*.] alpinist*, ɑr smɔl ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl stæf wərks hɑrd tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈstɔriz ðət ər ˈθɔtfəli ˈɛdɪtɪd, ˈθəroʊli ənd ˈbjutəfli dɪˈzaɪnd. pliz kənˈsɪdər səˈpɔrtɪŋ ɑr ˈɛfərts baɪ hir æt, ɑr smɔl ˌɛdəˈtɔriəl stæf wərks hɑrd tɪ kriˈeɪt ˈstɔriz ðət ər ˈθɔtfəli ˈɛdɪtɪd, ˈθəroʊli ənd ˈbjutəfli dɪˈzaɪnd. pliz kənˈsɪdər səˈpɔrtɪŋ ɑr ˈɛfərts baɪ səbˈskraɪbɪŋ ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt |
posted on: november 6, 2015
the "swiss machine" (ueli steck) busting a trail at roughly 6400 meters, with ben guigonnet and colin haley following. [photo] helias millerioux
[this story first appeared on colinhaley.com on november 5, 2015. it is shared here because it was one of several 2015 trips supported by the mugs stump award—ed.]
i've just recently returned to the us from my second trip to the nepalese himalaya. in late september i met up withli steck in kathmandu, and the next day we flew to the khumbu region. our plan was an alpine-style attempt on the southeast buttress of nuptsest, the line named "moonlight sonata" by its first ascentionists,leri babanov and yuri koshelenko. in addition to nuptse, we had procuredrmits for lobuchest and cholatse, for nice acclimatization options.
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a few days of trekking brought us to the village of dzongla (4800m), our "basecamp" for the first portion of our trip. they say that one's body "learns" to acclimatize more efficiently the more times it's been put through that process, and clearlyli's past decade of roughly two himalayan tripsr year has had that effect. he is able to acclimatize extremely quickly, and i realized on this trip that while he is very fit in general, his "fitnessrcentile" (fitness compared to others) is even higher at high altitudes. this caused some tensionrly in the trip, as the weather was very good andli wasger to acclimatize and get climbing as fast as possible. atli's urging i tried to keep up, and we spent our first night sleeping at 6000 meters (on the summit ridge of lobuchest) on only day 5. unfortunately, this acclimatization schedule simply wasn't realistic for my body, and pushing too hard resulted in a compromised immune system and subsequent cold.
helias at roughly 6250 meters. [photo] colin haley
i spent a few nights down at the village of debuche (3600m) to get over my cold, whileli did some more acclimatization on lobuchest. the khumbu region can hardly be considered expedition climbing, with lodges, internet andll service nearly everywhere, but this infrastructure sure is convenient, and makes it particularlysy tory the altitude at which you're sleeping at any time. when i came back up to dzongla,li felt fully acclimatized and wasger to use some of the excellent weather. unfortunately, i simply wasn't well enough acclimatized yet to take advantage of it. while i headed back up on lobuchest for a couple more nights of acclimatization,li climbed the north face of cholatse (for his third time!) with our "guide" tenji sherpa. the nepalese government requires expeditions to hire a guide, which we didn't actually need, but fortunately tenji is a friend ofli's since several years ago. they climbed chomolungma (everest) together, as normal climbing partners (no money exchanged), in 2012 without supplemental oxygen. unlike many sherpas who are interested in climbing mountains only for business, tenji is young, fit, motivated and passionate about climbing mountains. his was the first nepalese ascent of the north face of cholatse, which is pretty cool. i was of course bummed to miss out on the climb, but irstand as well as anyone the importance of using good weather when you can. unfortunately, that was pretty much the end of the good weather...
up on lobuchest for my second time, i felt good and slept well at 6000m. unfortunately, when i came back down to dzongla, the weather forecast had changed drastically, andli and i decided to hike down-valley for a couple nights and wait out the storm at lower elevation. after a couple nights down low in namche bazaar, we felt restless and hiked back uplley. this time we turnedst and hiked to the village of chukkung (4700m),rneath our main objective: nuptse (7800m). on our way back uplley we met up with helias millerioux and ben guigonnet, the two young french climbers that we had arranged with beforehand to share the nuptse south facermit cost.
guigonnet and haley below an enormous cornice. [photo] helias millerioux
while we were down in namche bazaar it had snowed a fair amount, and for our first week in chukkung it snowed every afternoon. the accumulation was never massive on any single day, but over the course of the week it added up to a fair amount of new snow. unfortunately this was often accompanied by wind, and therefore dangerous avalanche hazard. nonetheless, i managed to get out for a couple additional acclimatization days with helias and ben up to 6000 meters.
while the snow piled up on the slopes of nuptse, the day and nighttime temperatures began to drop, and the weather forecast began to call for consistent high winds above 7000 meters.li had already been forewarning for weeks about the potential problem of building wind. with the colder temperatures we realized we'd have to carry a lot of extra clothing and warmer sleeping bags to have a chance of staying warm enough up high. between this additional weight, the high winds and all the new snow, we began to think that the southeast buttress would not be a realistic objective. ben and helias, who had been hoping to attempt a similarly difficult line on the "cobweb wall" (the western portion of the south face), had similar thoughts, and we decided all together to pin our hopes on the line of least resistance on nuptse's south face—basically the british-nepali route (aka bonington route), but with a more direct start to the right of the original start.
a couple times we packed our bags for an attempt only to cancel due to the deteriorating weather forecast. it was a continually difficult decision whether to try or not, because the weather forecast indicated that the winds at high altitude were too strong, but below 6000 meters it seemed pretty pleasant. finally,rly on the morning of october 23, the four of us left chukkung for an attempt. we were well aware that the amount of fresh snow was probably a problem, and we were well aware that the winds were likely too high above 7000 meters. however, the weather forecast indicated that the slightly lesser winds on the 23rd and 24th would be our only shot whatsoever.
steck, guigonnet and millerioux at about 6600 meters. [photo] colin haley
we started up the face at about 7 a.m., on a line previously attempted by jordi tozas. the terrain was mostlysy 40-to-60-degree slopes of snow and neve, with an occasional step of ai3. we were all happy to finally be having a go, and simul-soloed along.li, living up to his "swiss machine" nickname, did all of the trailbreaking, as none of us were fast enough to keep pace with him otherwise. i was impressed! at roughly 6300 meters we joined up with the british-nepali route. we made our bivouac on a subtle ridge at 6900 meters. we had made pretty good time, arriving here by about 2 p.m., but it had already started snowing about an hourrlier.
throughout the afternoon, evening and night it snowed. at first we kept our hopes up, but then during the night it got windier and windier. by the time our alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. it was clear that we were going down, not up. we packed up our bivy at first light and headed down, wearing all of our clothing and ski goggles. when we left the crest of the ridge onto the leeward and sunny side (leaving the british-nepali route to descend the line of the tozas attempt), it became much warmer, but there was an alarming amount of snow that had accumulated overnight. some slopes on the descent were waist-deep, and much more dangerous than i would've liked. the next day we double-checked the weather forecasts to make sure there was no hope in sight, and then began the journey home.
i would've of course loved to have climbed nuptse (and cholatse for that matter), but failure is part of the alpine climbing game. i'm happy to at least have gone to a higher altitude than i'd been before (6900m), and felt pretty good for a 16-hour stint there, which gives me confidence for the future on other 7000-meter summits.
i owe many thanks to the mugs stump award, which helped me afford this trip. without it i definitely would not have been able to go and try.
[alpinist magazine is one of the sponsors of the mugs stump award—ed.]
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gerhard schroder, fostul cancelar german social-democrat şi actualul prieten al lui vladimir putin, fostul ofiţer kgb participând săptămâna trecută la petrecerea la care schroder a aniversat împlinirea a 70 de ani. fostul cancelar german este directorul comitetului de acţionari al nord stream, funcţie în care a fost numit la propunerea gazprom;
henning voscherau, fostul primar social-democrat al hamburgului şi actualul preşedinte al comitetului director al south stream, funcţie în care a ajuns cu sprijinul gazprom;
rainer seele, preşedintele camerei de comerţ ruso-germane şi directorul wintershall, subsidiara basf care are afaceri foarte importante cu gazprom (află mai multe despre aceste afaceri aici). în urmă cu puţin timp, seele declara că „ruşii sunt aliaţi de încredere şi nu ar trebui să periclităm, frivol, relaţia de încredere construită de-a lungul anilor”;
eckhard cordes, fostul ceo al metro şi actualul preşedinte al comisiei relaţiilor economice cu europa de est care declara că „nu vom permite ca munca constructivă din ultimele decenii să fie distrusă de sancţiunile” pe care liderii politici ar dori să le impună rusiei.
pumnul în mănuşă de catifea cu ajutorul căruia vladimir putin ţine europa la colţ este unul dintre sponsorii principali ai celei mai mari afaceri sportive din occident. gazpromul nu are nevoie de reclame comerciale, căci nu vinde consumatorilor direct*. dar vladimir putin are nevoie de amici şi, pentru asta este dispus să plătească oricât. mai ales că, întotdeauna se vor găsi suficienţi europeni dispuşi să accepte.gazpromul, gigantica companie de stat care deţine monopolul furnizării de gaze ruseşti şi de al cărei bun plac depinde încălzirea europenilor din cel puţin 7 ţări, este puternic implicată în industria fotbalului european, singura care are puterea să spele nu (doar) banii, ci şi imaginea. pe lângă uefa champions league, gazpromul este şi sponsor al chelsea (de aşteptat, dat fiind oligarhul rus apropiat de kremlin care este proprietarul clubului londonez) şi a popularei echipe de fotbal germane, schalke 04.(* pe teritoriul ue, gazprom are un număr mic de benzinării în românia şi bulgaria şi încearcă să-şi dezvolte o reţea de staţii de alimentare gpl)în încheierea contractului de sponsorizare cu nemţii, în valoare de 15 milioane euro pe sezon, personajul cheie a fost, preşedintele comitetului executiv al clubului. interesul lui tonnies nu este exclusiv sportiv, căci omul de afaceri are interese comerciale serioase în rusia, unde deţine 8 ferme de porci ( conform spiegel ).tonnies face parte dintr-o întreagă reţea de oameni de afaceri germani şi politicieni care întreţin în cel mai important stat al uniunii europene, germania, teza unei abordări cât mai duioase a rusiei lui vladimir putin. printre aceştia se numără:cordes, în calitatea lui de membru al comitetului director al forumului ruso-german, este de altfel unul dintre personajele importante în organizarea „dialogurilor petersburgheze”, un proiect fondat de putin şi schroder în urmă cu mai bine de un deceniu şi în timpul căruia oamenii de afaceri ruşi se întâlnesc cu politicieni germani pentru a stabili diverse proiecte de colaborare. în timpul acestor „dialoguri petersburgheze”, care primesc finanţare şi de la ministerul de externe german, subiectele incomode pentru regimul lui vladimir putin nu sunt abordate. un raport al european council on foreign relations , publicat săptămâna trecută, subliniază că, „deşi sunt cheltuiţi banii contribuabililor germani,acest tip de opacitate este o trăsătură comună a relaţiilor ruso-germane. de obicei, cercuri mici şi exclusiviste organizează întâlnirile şi iau deciziile”.practic, concluzionează raportul, deşi germanii au sperat că prin apropierea economică vor reuşi să liberalizeze mentalitatea elitei de la kremlin, rezultatul final este putinizarea cooperării ruso-germane. programate pentru sfârşitul lui aprilie 2014, "dialogurile petersburgheze" s-au desfăşurat nezdruncinate.vladimir putin are simpatizanţi în tot spectrul politic german. de la puternicul, social-democratul care conduce astăzi departamentul relaţiilor cu rusia din ministerul de externe de la berlin, şi până la, purtătorul de cuvânt pentru politică externă al creştin-democraţilor din bundestag, toţi susţin că sancţiunile economice dure aplicate kremlinului nu ar fi o soluţie dezirabilă.e greu de stabilit dacă aceste poziţii politice au în spate interesele cercurilor de afaceri mai sus menţionate sau sunt pur şi simplu o reflectare a ambivalenţei cu care germanii în general percep rusia lui putin.într-un sondaj ipsos efectuat la jumătatea lui aprilie 2014, se constata că doar 47% dintre germanii chestionaţi ar susţine sancţiuni economice contra rusiei . un sondaj forsa efectuat cu o lună înainte stabilea că 69% dintre germani consideră că adoptarea de sancţiuni împotriva rusiei nu vor fi de ajutor pentru soluţionarea crizei ucrainene. nu s-a stabilit câţi dintre aceştia sunt fanii lui schalke 04 sau ai lui franz beckenbauer.dar la întâlnirea de acum trei zile dintre barack obama şi angela merkel, cea mai des auzită formulă a fost „sancţiuni economice” la adresa rusiei. se vorbeşte deja despre a treia treaptă a sancţiunilor economice, una mai dură. deşi nu este deloc sigur că cele precedente ar fi fost cât de cât eficiente.în ciuda declaraţiilor lui barack obama, presa americană a subliniat că rubla a căzut înaintea anunţării primelor sancţiuni şi că, în realitate, ea chiar s-a stabilizat comparativ cu evoluţia dinaintea anexării crimeei. oricum menţinerea unei ruble slabe este favorabilă lui vladimir putin ( aici moise guran explică clar de ce ).apoi, similar colegilor germani, companiile multinaţionale mari cu afaceri în rusia, precum boeing, exxon sau bp, îşi continuă nestingherite afacerile cu moscova. mai mult, directorii siemens şi shell au avut întâlniri personale cu vladimir putin în perioada scursă de la anexarea crimeei.unui segment din proiectul conductelor de gaze south stream pe teritoriul austriac (proiectul păstorit de fostul primar al hamburgului) chiar în ziua în care ue anunţa extinderea sancţiunilor la mai mulţi oficiali ruşi. de menţionat că atât proiectul south stream, cât şi deja finalizatul nord stream, dezavantajează românia, ocolind-o.nici intrarea oficială a rusiei în recesiune, proclamată de fmi, sau reducerea ratei rusiei de către standard&poors, nu par a fi mai mult decât o înţepătură. vladimir osakovskiy, economistul şef al sucursalei moscovite a bank of america, a declarat pentru bloomberg că ruşii „nu au nevoie să se împrumute acum şi în niciun caz la dobânzi mari. în ciuda slăbirii economice,”.este clar că, în ciuda declaraţiilor liderilor politici, sancţiunile de până acum nu au realizat mare brânză (cât de periculoasă e strategia sancţiunilor moi explică cristian ghinea aici ). new york times sublinază , citând experţii în domeniu, că „sancţiunile oferă kremlinului o scuză, un ţap ispăşitor pentru performanţa economică slabă”.premierul rus dmitri medvedev, într-un discurs ţinut în faţa dumei, a pasat deja responsabilitatea scăderii economice a rusiei pe seama adversarilor occidentali care persecută rusia. de altfel, de fiecare dată când putin a avut probleme economice pe plan intern, le-a acoperit declanşând un război de recuperare a mândriei naţionale (cazul cecen este cel clasic).printre măsurile punitive pregătite pentru a preîntâmpina blocarea alegerilor din 25 mai s-a discutat și despre. ar fi prima sancţiune cu adevărat dură adoptată de occidentali. deocamdată, o astfel de decizie nu a fost luată.dar în ajunul alegerilor ucrainene din 25 mai, întreaga europă va privi fascinată cum 22 de bărbați tineri și bogați aleargă după o minge înconjurați de panouri albastre pe care scrie mare: gazprom.septembrie 2013: gazprom devine partener oficial al fifa până în 2018. în imagine: vladimir putin, sepp blater şi alexei miller (sursa foto: gazprom) | screenshot* ðə ˈgɑrdiən ˈɛdwərd sˈnoʊdən səkˈsɛsfəli əˈsumd ðə ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk aɪˈdɛntɪˌtiz əv tɔp əˈfɪʃəlz tɪ ˈækˌsɛs səm əv ðə ˈsikrɪt ˈnæʃənəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi ˈdɑkjəmənts hi likt, ˈrɪʧərd ɛspəˈzitoʊ, ˈmæθju koʊl ənd ˈrɑbərt əv ˈɛnˌbiˈsi nuz rɪˈpɔrt. deɪ, ðeɪ ər ˈlərnɪŋ haʊ ˈbrɪljənt [sˈnoʊdən] was,”*,” ə ˈfɔrmər juz. əˈfɪʃəl wɪθ noʊ lɛʤ əv ðə keɪs toʊld ˈɛnˌbiˈsi. ɪz waɪ ju haɪər ˈbrɪljənt ˈpipəl fər ʤɑbz laɪk ðɪs. ju haɪər smɑrt ˈpipəl. ˈbrɪljənt ˈpipəl gɪt ju ɪn trouble.”*.” ðə roʊl ɛz ə "ˈsɪstəm ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər" mɛnt ðət hi wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈækˌsɛs nsanet*, ðə intranet*, ˈjuzɪŋ ðoʊz ˈjuzər ˈproʊˌfaɪlz ənd wɪˈθaʊt ˈlivɪŋ ˈɛni ˈsɪgnəʧər. ən əˈfɪʃəl toʊld ˈɛnˌbiˈsi ðət ti hi aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˈsɛvərəl ˈɪnstənsɪz ɪn wɪʧ ðə ɪˈlit ˈhækər ˌɪmˈpərsəˌneɪtɪd əˈfɪʃəlz, ənd ðət ðə spaɪ ˈeɪʤənsiz ˌfɔˈrɛnsɪk ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪz "traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt wɪʧ haɪər ˈlɛvəl əˈfɪʃəlz sˈnoʊdən ˌɪmˈpərsəˌneɪtɪd ˈɔnˌlaɪn tɪ ˈækˌsɛs ðə moʊst ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈdɑkjəmənts." hɪz roʊl ɛz ˈsɪstəm ədˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtər ˈɔlsoʊ mɛnt ðət hi hæd ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd faɪlz frəm hɪz kəmˈpjutər tɪ ən ɪkˈstərnəl ˈstɔrɪʤ dɪˈvaɪs sˈnoʊdən rɪˈpɔrtədli ˈdaʊnˌloʊdɪd tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈɔntu θəm draɪvz ˌbiˈfɔr flaɪɪŋ frəm həˈwaɪˌi tɪ hɔŋ kɔŋg ɔn meɪ 20 ˈdæmɪʤ, ɔn ə skeɪl əv 1 tɪ 10 ɪz ə ə ˈfɔrmər ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns əˈfɪʃəl toʊld ˈɛnˌbiˈsi. ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ ɛspəˈzitoʊ ənd koʊl ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət sˈnoʊdən ˈfəŋkʃənd ɛz ə "goʊst ˈjuzər," ˈminɪŋ ðət hi wɑz ˈeɪbəl "lʊk æt ˈɛni faɪl hi ˈwɔntɪd, ənd hɪz ˈækʃənz wər ˈlɑrʤli əˈnɔdətɪd." læst wik ˈmaɪkəl ˈɪzəkɔf, koʊl, ənd ɛspəˈzitoʊ ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðət ðə ɪz "ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmd" dɪz nɑt noʊ ðə fʊl ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðə tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈdɑkjəmənts ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈkɑnˌtræktər tʊk frəm ɪts ˈsɪstəm. sˈnoʊdən ɪz ˈkərəntli ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈrəʃə. mɔr frəm ˈbɪznɪs ˌɪnˈsaɪdər |
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edward snowden successfully assumed the electronic identities of top nsa officials to access some of the secret national security agency documents he leaked, richard esposito, matthew cole and robert windrem of nbc news report.
“every day, they are learning how brilliant [snowden] was,” a former u.s. official with know ledge of the case told nbc. “this is why you don’t hire brilliant people for jobs like this. you hire smart people. brilliant people get you in trouble.”
the 30-year-old's role as a "system administrator" meant that he was able to access nsanet, the agency’s intranet, using those user profiles and without leaving any signature.
an official told nbc that t he nsa identified several instances in which the elite nsa-trained hacker impersonated officials, and that the spy agency's forensic investigation is "trying to figure out which higher level officials snowden impersonated online to access the most sensitive documents."
his role as system administrator also meant that he had the ability to download files from his computer to an external storage device snowden reportedly downloaded tens of thousands of classified documents onto thumb drives before flying from hawaii to hong kong on may 20.
“the damage, on a scale of 1 to 10, is a 12,” a former intelligence official told nbc.
on monday esposito and cole reported that snowden functioned as a "ghost user," meaning that he was able "look at any file he wanted, and his actions were largely unaudited."
last week michael isikoff, cole, and esposito reported that the nsa is "overwhelmed" does not know the full extent of the tens of thousands of documents the former nsa contractor took from its system.
snowden is currently living in russia.
more from business insider | ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: læns ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ nuz kəmz ɑr weɪ ðɪs ˌæftərˈnun: fɑnd ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈrɛkərdz ʤɛf ˈpɛˌtɪt wɑz faʊnd dɛd təˈdeɪ æt ist ˈnæʃvɪl loʊˈkeɪʃən. ðə kɔz əv dɛθ ɪz nɑt jɛt noʊn. hi wɑz 46 ˈpɛˌtɪt, ən ˈɔstən trænˈsplænt ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈpleɪfəli noʊn ɛz "ɛl jefe*," ˈoʊpənd fɑnd fərst loʊˈkeɪʃən ɪn 2013 əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈpɑrtnərz ʤɛm koʊən, ˈkoʊˌkoʊ heɪmz ənd ˈsɪlvər əv ðə ettes*, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈɑrtɪst ənd ˈprɪntˌmeɪkər ˈreɪʧəl brɪgz. ə kəˈmɪtɪd ˌɔˈdioʊˌfil ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn fər hɪz ˈfrikˌwɛnt gɪgz ənd ˈbustərˌɪzəm, ˈpɛˌtɪt prəˈvaɪdɪd ðə ˈrɛkərd ʃɑps ˌɪˈnɪʃəl stɑk wɪθ hɪz kəˈlɛkʃən əv mɔr ðən lps*. hi ənd koʊən ˈoʊpənd ə ˈsɛkənd fɑnd ˈɑbʤɛkt loʊˈkeɪʃən ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn ɪn mɑrʧ əv ðɪs jɪr. ˈpɛˌtɪt wɑz noʊn fər hɪz ˈbɔɪstərəs læf, hɪz ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpidɪk rɑk ˈnɑlɪʤ ənd hɪz kəˈlɛkʃən əv pəŋk tiz, wɪʧ wɑz ʤɪst əˈbaʊt ðə bɛst ɪn ðə geɪm. ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmuvɪŋ tɪ ˈnæʃvɪl, hi wɑz ən ɪmˈplɔɪi æt ˈɔstənz bɪˈləvəd ənd naʊ dɪˈfəŋkt ˈʧiˌpoʊ dɪsks. "ðə lɔs ɪz ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ ənd əm stɪl ɪn ʃɑk," raɪts koʊən ɪn ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk poʊst. "aɪ ləv ju ʤɛf, fɑnd ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈrɛkərdz wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ lɪv ɔn ɪn jʊr ˈɑnər, ənd wɪr ˈgɑnə ˈfɪnɪʃ wət wi ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ðə nu ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn stɔr. rɑk 'ɛn' roʊl fərˈɛvər." frɛndz əv ˈpɛˌtɪt ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd baɪ ðə sin ər stɪl ˈrilɪŋ frəm ðə nuz, bət ðeɪ plæn ɔn ˈmitɪŋ əp æt ist saɪd bɑr duks, wən əv ðə ˈrɛkərd ˈsɛlərz ˈfrikˌwɛnt hɔnts, əraʊnd 9 p.m*. təˈnaɪt, ˈɔgəst. 20 ˈəpˌdeɪt, ˈɔgəst. 23 koʊən həz lɔnʧt ə goʊ fənd mi kæmˈpeɪn ɪn ðə weɪk əv dɛθ. raɪts koʊən, "wi ər ˈæskɪŋ fər hɛlp tɪ peɪ ɔf ɔl ɪkˈspɛnsɪz hi meɪ hæv hæd, ˈɛni ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪd bɪlz, ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ɪkˈspɛnsɪz əv ʤɛfs bɪˈlɔŋɪŋz, ˈtrævəl ɪkˈspɛnsɪz fər hɪz ˈfæməli, ənd gɪv ðə ˈfæməli ˈməni tɪ dil wɪθ ˌwəˈtɛvər ɛls meɪ əraɪz." koʊən ˈɔlsoʊ raɪts ðət ə məˈmɔriəl ʃoʊ ɪz ˈtɛntətɪvli ˈskɛʤʊld fər ˈɔgəst. 29 ɪn ðə ist saɪd fɑnd ˈbæˌkjɑrd. steɪ tund fər ˈfərðər ˈəpˌdeɪts. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ: ˈmaɪkəl ˈdəbəlju. bənʧ |
photo: lance conzett
devastating news comes our way this afternoon: fond object records co-owner jeff pettit was found dead today at f.o.'s east nashville location. the cause of death is not yet known. he was 46.
pettit, an austin transplant sometimes playfully known as "el jefe," opened fond object's first location in 2013 along with partners jem cohen, coco hames and poni silver of the ettes, as well as artist and printmaker rachel briggs. a committed audiophile also known for his frequent dj gigs and rock-scene boosterism, pettit provided the record shop's initial stock with his collection of more than 20,000 lps. he and cohen opened a second fond object location downtown in march of this year.
pettit was known for his boisterous laugh, his encyclopedic rock knowledge and his collection of punk t's, which was just about the best in the game. before moving to nashville, he was an employee at austin's beloved — and now defunct — cheapo discs.
"the loss is devastating and i'm still in shock," writes cohen in a facebook post. "i love you jeff, fond object records will continue to live on in your honor, and we're gonna finish what we started with the new downtown store. rock 'n' roll forever."
friends of pettit contacted by the scene are still reeling from the news, but they plan on meeting up at east side bar duke's, one of the record seller's frequent haunts, around 9 p.m. tonight, aug. 20.
update, aug. 23: cohen has launched a go fund me campaign in the wake of pettit's death. writes cohen, "we are asking for help to pay off all expenses he may have had, any unexpected bills, transportation expenses of jeff's belongings, travel expenses for his family, and give the family money to deal with whatever else may arise." cohen also writes that a memorial show is tentatively scheduled for aug. 29 in the east side fond object's backyard. stay tuned for further updates.
photo: michael w. bunch | ˈæftər wət ˈmɛni fænz hæv kənˈsɪdərd ə lɔŋ weɪt wɑz ˈfaɪnəli riˈlist ðɪs pæst ˈtuzˌdeɪ. aɪ tʊk səm taɪm tɪ sɪt daʊn wɪθ ðə ˈsikwəl tɪ wən əv maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt geɪmz əv 2010 tɪ si ɪf ɪt wʊd lɪv əp tɪ maɪ ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz. ˈæftər kəmˈplitɪŋ ˈoʊnli ðə fərst ˈɛriə əv ðə geɪm aɪ kən seɪ, ˈoʊvərˌɔl, aɪ æm nɑt ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd. aɪ ˈɑptɪd fər ðə ˈpiˈsi ˈvərʒən əv ˈmeɪnli bɪˈkəz ɪt wɑz 10 ˈʧipər ðən ɪts dɪsk beɪst ˈkaʊntər pɑrts ənd stim ˈklɪrli nidz mɔr əv maɪ ˈməni. ðət biɪŋ sɛd, aɪ wɑz ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd baɪ wət aɪ sɔ wɪn aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ˈlʊkɪŋ θru ðə ˈmɛnju ˈsɪstəm. ðɪs wɑz ˈklɪrli ʤɪst ə pɔrt əv ðə dɪsk beɪst ˈvərʒənz əv ðə geɪm. ðɛr ər noʊ ˈɛkstrə ˈpiˈsi ˈɔpʃənz fər ˈgræfɪks ər saʊnd, ju ər pərˈzɛnəd wɪθ ən ˈɪnərˌfeɪs ˈklɪrli dɪˈzaɪnd fər juz wɪθ ə kənˈtroʊlər. ju kən tərn ɔn ənd ɔf, ʧeɪnʤ ðə skrin ˌrɛzəˈluʃən ənd ðət ɪz əˈbaʊt ɪt. ðə ˈmɛnjuz ɪn geɪm ər ʤɪst ɛz bæd. ˈjuzɪŋ ə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ðə ˈʃoʊldər ˈbətənz ənd ˈtrɪgərz, ˈnævəˌgeɪtɪŋ ðə skɪl triz, ˌɪnvənˈtɔri, ənd mæp ɪz ˈkləŋki æt bɛst. ðə ˈkɛrɪktər ˈmɑdəl ɪn ðə ˌɪnvənˈtɔri skrin ɪz əˈbaʊt ɛz ɛz ju kən gɪt, wɪʧ ɪz ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ fər ə geɪm ðət naʊ ˌɪnˈkludz lut. hæf ðə fən əv ˈhævɪŋ lut ɪz siɪŋ haʊ ɪt lʊks ɔn jʊr ˈkɛrɪktər ənd tɪ hæv tɪ liv ðə ˈmɛnju tɪ si ðət ɪz ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪŋ. ðə lut ˈsɪstəm ɪz ə nu əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈfrænˌʧaɪz. ɪn lut ɪz ˈhændəld ðə seɪm ɛz ˈɛniˌwən wʊd ɪkˈspɛkt tɪ si lut ˈhændəld. ðɛr ər træʃ ˈaɪtəmz ənd ðɛn ðə ˈstændərd grin, ˈpərpəl, ənd ˈɔrɪnʤ lut ˈlɛvəlz. ðə geɪm ˈʧeɪnʤɪz ðɪs əp ə ˈlɪtəl wɪθ ðə əˈdɪʃən əv pəˈzɛst ˈwɛpənz. pəˈzɛst ˈwɛpənz ər ˈsɪmpli ˈwɛpənz ðət kən bi fɛd ˈəðər lut tɪ ˈəpˈgreɪd ðɛr iʧ ˈlɛvəl ðə pleɪər kən gɪv nu əˈbɪləˌtiz tɪ ðə ˈwɛpən. ðɪs ɪz ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ weɪ tɪ ʧeɪnʤ əp ðə ˈstændərd lut ˈsɪstəm, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə pleɪər ʧuz bɪtˈwin ʤɪst ˈsɛlɪŋ ɔl ðɛr ˈɛkstrə ˈaɪtəmz fər goʊld ənd ˈəpˌgreɪdɪŋ wət ðeɪ hæv ɪz ə nis aɪˈdiə. ðə ˈoʊnli ˈprɑbləm ɪz ðɪs ˈsɪstəm ɪz nɑt ɪkˈspleɪnd ɪn geɪm. aɪ faʊnd ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˈfəmbəlɪŋ θru ə bɪt ənˈtɪl aɪ ˈfɪgjərd aʊt ɪgˈzæktli wət ˈəpˌgreɪdz dɪd wət. ðə fərst wɑz ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd baɪ səm ɛz ən ˈædəlt ˈkɑpi əv ˈzɛldə. ˈmɛni ˈəðərz θɔt ðət wɑz mɔr ə ˈɑməʤ ðən ə ˈkɑpi, ˌmaɪˈsɛlf ˌɪnˈkludɪd. kənˈtɪnjuz ðɪs θim bət ædz ðə ˈfɔrmjələ sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli. ðə geɪm leɪaʊt ɪz stɪl ˈvɛri ˈsɪmələr tɪ ə ˈzɛldə geɪm. ðɛr ɪz ə wərld tɪ ɪkˈsplɔr wɪθ ˈdənʤənz ˈskætərd θruaʊt. ðɪs ˌsɪməˈlɛrəti wɪθ ˈzɛldə geɪmz ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊn ɪn ɪn ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ˈbɔsɪz æt ðə ɛnd əv iʧ ˈdənʤən. ɔn tɔp əv ðət ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz dɪd æd səm əv ðə ˈgeɪmˌpleɪ məˈkænɪks əv prɪns əv ˈpərʒə. dɛθ ɪz məʧ mɔr ˈnɪmbəl ˈkɛrɪktər ðən wɔr. ɪn moʊst ˈpəzəlz wər sɑlvd θru brut fɔrs, ˈmuvɪŋ ˈɑbʤɛkts əraʊnd ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt tɪ ənˈlɑk dɔrz, ʧɛsts, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə. ɪn ðə ˈpəzəlz ɔl ˌɪnˈvɑlv wɛr dɛθ nidz tɪ gɪt tɪ ɪn ðə ˈdənʤən. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðiz ˈpəzəlz ðə geɪm ɪz ɔl əˈbaʊt platforming*, bət ɪt ɪz dən ɪn ə weɪ ðət prəˈvaɪdz ðə pleɪər wɪθ ˌɪˈmɛns ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən wɪn kəmˈplitɪd ˈflɔləsli. ˈfaɪnəli, ðə ˈkɑmbæt məˈkænɪks ər ə mɪks əv ˈnɪnʤə gaiden*, ˈdɛvəl meɪ kraɪ, ənd gɑd əv wɔr. dɛθ ˈmænɪʤɪz tɪ strɪŋ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛndləs təˈgɛðər waɪl æt ðə seɪm taɪm ˈdɑʤɪŋ ˈɪnˌkəmɪŋ əˈtæks wɪθ iz. ˈpərsənəli, aɪ ləv ðɪs staɪl əv geɪm pleɪ, wɪn ˈmæstərd ɪt gɪvz ðə pleɪər ə ˈfilɪŋ əv biɪŋ ˌɪnˈvɪnsəbəl ɪf ˈoʊnli fər brif əˈmaʊnts əv taɪm. |
after what many fans have considered a long wait darksiders ii was finally released this past tuesday. i took some time to sit down with the sequel to one of my favorite games of 2010 to see if it would live up to my expectations. after completing only the first area of the game i can say, overall, i am not disappointed.
i opted for the pc version of dsii mainly because it was $10 cheaper than its disc based counter parts and steam clearly needs more of my money. that being said, i was disappointed by what i saw when i started looking through the menu system. this was clearly just a port of the disc based versions of the game. there are no extra pc options for graphics or sound, you are presented with an interface clearly designed for use with a controller. you can turn v-sync on and off, change the screen resolution and that is about it. the menus in game are just as bad. using a combination of the shoulder buttons and triggers, navigating the skill trees, inventory, and map is clunky at best. the character model in the inventory screen is about as low-rez as you can get, which is disappointing for a game that now includes loot. half the fun of having loot is seeing how it looks on your character and to have to leave the menu to see that is disappointing.
the loot system is a new addition to the darksiders franchise. in dsii loot is handled the same as anyone would expect to see rpg loot handled. there are trash items and then the standard green, purple, and orange loot levels. the game changes this up a little with the addition of possessed weapons. possessed weapons are simply weapons that can be fed other loot to upgrade their level.with each level the player can give new abilities to the weapon. this is an interesting way to change up the standard rpg loot system, making the player choose between just selling all their extra items for gold and upgrading what they have is a nice idea. the only problem is this system is not explained in game. i found myself fumbling through a bit until i figured out exactly what upgrades did what.
the first darksiders was criticized by some as an adult copy of zelda. many others thought that was more a homage than a copy, myself included. darksiders ii continues this theme but adds the formula significantly. the game layout is still very similar to a zelda game. there is a semi-open world to explore with dungeons scattered throughout. this similarity with zelda games is also shown in in the introduction of bosses at the end of each dungeon. on top of that zelda-base the developers did add some of the gameplay mechanics of prince of persia. death is much more nimble character than war. in dsi most puzzles were solved through brute force, moving objects around the environment to unlock doors, chests, etc. in dsii the puzzles all involve where death needs to get to in the dungeon. during these puzzles the game is all about platforming, but it is done in a way that provides the player with immense satisfaction when completed flawlessly. finally, the combat mechanics are a mix of ninja gaiden, devil may cry, and god of war. death manages to string almost endless combos together while at the same time dodging incoming attacks with ease. personally, i love this style of game play, when mastered it gives the player a feeling of being invincible if only for brief amounts of time. | wɔnt mɔr hɑt nuz ˈstɔriz? saɪn əp fər ɑr ˈmɔrnɪŋ blæst hir ə prəˈpoʊzəl tɪ bæn ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts frəm ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ðə ˈjuˈɛs ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri feɪld ˈmɪzərəbli ˈæftər mɔr ðən 30 haʊs rɪˈpəblɪkənz hɛlpt wɪθ ɪts dɪˈfit. ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən, ˈspɑnsərd baɪ rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. stiv kɪŋ, ənd rɛpriˈzɛtətɪv. pɔl, r-az*, wʊd hæv bɑrd ˌɪˈligəlz frəm ˈteɪkɪŋ ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ˈfɛdərəl tæks ˈdɔlərz θru ðə wərk ˈvizə, ənd ðɛn ɛnˈlɪstɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə hɪl. mɔr ðən 30 rɪˈpəblɪkənz wɪθ mɔr ˈsɛntrɪst vjuz ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən ʤɔɪnd ɔl ˈdɛməˌkræts ɪn əˈpoʊzɪŋ ðə tu əˈmɛndmənts ˈɔfərd tɪ ə dɪˈfɛns dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈspɛndɪŋ bɪl. ðə əˈmɛndmənts feɪld ˈnɛroʊli wɪθ voʊts əv ənd rɪˈspɛktɪvli. ˈsərtən jəŋ ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts kˈwɑləˌfaɪ fər ɪf ðeɪ keɪm tɪ ðə juz. ɛz ˈmaɪnərz ənd hæv wərkt təˈwɔrd æt list ə haɪ skul ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, əˈməŋ ˈəðər ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən həz ɔˈrɛdi ˌɛnˈlɪstɪd səm rɪˈsɪpiənts θru ə ˈproʊˌgræm, ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈvaɪtəl tɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst (mavni*), ðət rɪˈkruts ˈɪməgrənts wɪθ ˈvæljud ˈfɔrən ˈlæŋgwɪʤ ər ˈmɛdɪkəl skɪlz tɪ sərv ɪn ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri. sɛd ðə ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn kənˈfərmd tɪ hɪz ˈɔfəs ðət ɪt hæd rɪˈkrutɪd 141 rɪˈsɪpiənts ɛz əv ˈeɪprəl. ə ˈnəmbər əv ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk əˈpoʊnənts əv ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən kleɪmd rɪˈpəblɪkənz wər ˈoʊnli ˈpʊʃɪŋ ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ əˈpɪr ɛz ðoʊ ðət ðeɪ səˈpɔrt ˌnɑməˈni ˈdɑnəld trəmp, hu teɪks ə strɔŋ stæns ɔn ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən. rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈvoʊtɪŋ fər ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən sɛd ɪt kloʊzd ə ˈluˌphoʊl ənd ˌɪnˈsɛnɪv ðət ðə ˈkəntri gɪvz fər ˌɪˈligəl ˈɪməgrənts tɪ geɪn ˈækˌsɛs ˈɪntu ðə ˈkəntri. saɪn əp fər ɑr ˈmɔrnɪŋ blæst hir |
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a proposal to ban illegal immigrants from joining the us military failed miserably after more than 30 house republicans helped with its defeat.
the legislation, sponsored by rep. steve king, r-ia and rep. paul gosar, r-az, would have barred illegals from taking advantage of federal tax dollars through the country’s work visa, and then enlisting in the military, according to the hill.
more than 30 republicans with more centrist views on immigration joined all democrats in opposing the two amendments offered to a defense department spending bill. the amendments failed narrowly with votes of 207-214 and 210-211, respectively. certain young illegal immigrants qualify for daca if they came to the u.s. as minors and have worked toward at least a high school education, among other requirements.the obama administration has already enlisted some daca recipients through a program, military accessions vital to the national interest (mavni), that recruits immigrants with valued foreign language or medical skills to serve in the military. gosar said the pentagon confirmed to his office that it had recruited 141 daca recipients as of april.
a number of democratic opponents of the legislation claimed republicans were only pushing the legislation in order to appear as though that they support gop nominee donald trump, who takes a strong stance on immigration.
republicans voting for the legislation said it closed a loophole and incentive that the country gives for illegal immigrants to gain access into the country.
sign up for our morning blast here | ðə ˈkɔri ˈfæməli wɔnt ə ˈfʊlər əˈkaʊnt əv ˈreɪʧəlz dɛθ ə kɔrt keɪs brɔt baɪ ðə ˈfæməli əv ˈreɪʧəl ˈkɔri, ə ˈjuˈɛs ˈproʊˌtɛstər kɪld baɪ ən ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈɑrmi ˈbʊlˌdoʊzər ɪn 2003 həz ˈbeɪgən ɪn ˈɪzriəl. ðə ˈsɪvəl ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli dɪˈfɛns ˈmɪnɪstri wɪl ˌdɪˈsaɪd ˈwɛðər ˈdæmɪʤɪz ʃʊd bi peɪd fər hər dɛθ ɪn ˈgɑzə æt ðə eɪʤ əv 23 mɪz ˈkɔri ənd ˈəðər ˈæktɪvɪsts hæd bɪn traɪɪŋ tɪ stɑp ðə ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən hoʊmz. hər ˈfæməli həz meɪnˈteɪnd ðət ə fʊl ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈkɛrid aʊt. mɪz ˈraɪtɪŋz ˈpəblɪʃt ˈpɑsʧʊməsli ənd ə pleɪ əˈbaʊt hər laɪf meɪd hər ə ˈsɪmbəl əv ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl kæmˈpeɪn ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz. əˈbaʊt 20 ˈproʊˌtɛstərz hɛld saɪnz ɪn hər ˈmɛməri ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə kɔrt ɪn ˈhaɪfə, wɛr hər ˈfæməli ər suɪŋ fər mɔr ðən ɪn ˈdæmɪʤɪz. "aɪ θɪŋk ðət ɛz ðə truθ kəmz aʊt əˈbaʊt ˈreɪʧəl, ðə truθ wɪl nɑt wund ˈɪzriəl, ðə truθ ɪz ðə stɑrt əv ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs hil. soʊ əm glæd tɪ hæv ðɪs deɪ ənd ðə stɑrt əv ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðə truθ," sɛd ðə dɛd ˈfɑðər, kreɪg ˈkɔri, ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə kɔrt. ˈdraɪvər 'ˌənəˈwɛr' ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈɑrmi kənˈkludɪd ɪn ən ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ɪn 2003 ðət ɪts ˈfɔrsɪz wər nɑt tɪ bleɪm fər mɪz dɛθ. ɪt sɛd ðət ɔn ðə deɪ ʃi daɪd, ˈbʊlˌdoʊzərz hæd bɪn ˈflætənɪŋ graʊnd ɪn ðə ˈrɛfjuʤi kæmp ɪn ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ stɑp ˈsuɪˌsaɪd ˈbɑmərz ˈriʧɪŋ ʤuɪʃ ˈtɑrgəts. mɪz ˈkɔri, ɪt wɛnt ɔn, wɑz ˈhɪdən bɪˈhaɪnd ən ˈərθˌwərk ənd ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈbʊlˌdoʊzər ˈdraɪvər wɑz nɑt əˈwɛr ʃi wɑz ðɛr. ðə pleɪ beɪst ɔn ˈreɪʧəl ˈdaɪəriz tʊrd ðə wərld ðə ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈædɪd ðət ðə ˈæktɪvɪsts ʃʊd nɑt hæv bɪn ɪn ə kloʊzd ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri zoʊn. ˈæktɪvɪsts ˈprɛzənt æt ðə taɪm hæv sɛd ʃi wɑz ˈklɪrli ˈvɪzəbəl ənd wɑz ˈlʊkɪŋ dɪˈrɛkli ˈɪntu ðə ˈkæbən əv ðə ˈbʊlˌdoʊzər. mɪz ˈfæməli sɪz ðə ˈɔrdər tɪ juz ˈbʊlˌdoʊzərz ʃʊd ˈnɛvər hæv bɪn ˈgɪvɪn waɪl ˌnɑnkəmˈbætənts ðə pis ˈæktɪvɪsts wər ɪn ðə ˈɛriə. ˈmɪstər ˈkɔri toʊld ðə ˌbibiˈsi hi bɪˈlivz ðət ðə ˈdraɪvər əv ðə ˈbʊlˌdoʊzər rɪˈsivd nu ˈɔrdərz ʤɪst ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ˈdɔtər wɑz kɪld "ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈifɛkt əv nɑt ˈlɛtɪŋ ðə ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəlz [pis ˈæktɪvɪsts] stɑp ðɛm". hi sɛd: "faɪv ˈmɪnəts ˈleɪtər, ˈreɪʧəl wɑz kɪld. soʊ wɪθ ðət ˈɔrdər əˈpɛrəntli ˈsəmθɪŋ ʧeɪnʤd ənd ˈreɪʧəl ˈdɪdənt noʊ ðə ʧeɪnʤ." mɪz ˈməðər, ˈsɪndi, dɪˈskraɪbd hər ˈdɔtər ɛz ə kəmˈpæʃənət ˈpərsən hu "ˈoʊpənd ˈpipəlz aɪz" tɪ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən ɪn ˈgɑzə. ˈdaɪəriz kɛpt ˈdʊrɪŋ hər taɪm ɪn ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz wər ˈleɪtər tərnd ˈɪntu ə pleɪ maɪ neɪm ɪz ˈreɪʧəl ˈkɔri wɪʧ həz tʊrd ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə wərld, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə wɛst bæŋk ənd ˈɪzriəl. ˈbʊkmɑrk wɪθ: dɪˈlɪʃəs ˈfeɪsˌbʊk wət ər ðiz? ˈiˌmeɪl ðɪs tɪ ə frɛnd ˈprɪntəbəl ˈvərʒən |
the corrie family want a fuller account of rachel's death a court case brought by the family of rachel corrie, a us protester killed by an israeli army bulldozer in 2003, has begun in israel. the civil action against the israeli defence ministry will decide whether damages should be paid for her death in gaza at the age of 23. ms corrie and other activists had been trying to stop the demolition of palestinian homes. her family has maintained that a full investigation was never carried out. ms corrie's writings - published posthumously - and a play about her life made her a symbol of the international campaign on behalf of palestinians. about 20 protesters held signs in her memory outside the court in haifa, where her family are suing for more than $300,000 (£200,000) in damages. "i think that as the truth comes out about rachel, the truth will not wound israel, the truth is the start of making us heal. so i'm glad to have this day and the start of finding the truth," said the dead protester's father, craig corrie, outside the court. driver 'unaware' the israeli army concluded in an investigation in 2003 that its forces were not to blame for ms corrie's death. it said that on the day she died, bulldozers had been flattening ground in the rafah refugee camp in an attempt to stop suicide bombers reaching jewish targets. ms corrie, it went on, was hidden behind an earthwork and the military bulldozer driver was not aware she was there. the play based on rachel corrie's diaries toured the world the israeli military added that the activists should not have been in a closed military zone. activists present at the time have said she was clearly visible and was looking directly into the cabin of the bulldozer. ms corrie's family says the order to use bulldozers should never have been given while non-combatants - the peace activists - were in the area. mr corrie told the bbc he believes that the driver of the bulldozer received new orders just before his daughter was killed "something to the effect of not letting the internationals [peace activists] stop them". he said: "five minutes later, rachel was killed. so with that order apparently something changed and rachel didn't know the change." ms corrie's mother, cindy, described her daughter as a compassionate person who "opened people's eyes" to the situation in gaza. diaries kept during her time in the palestinian territories were later turned into a play - my name is rachel corrie - which has toured all over the world, including the west bank and israel.
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stumbleupon what are these? e-mail this to a friend printable version | marianao* həz ˈsɛvən wɪnz ənd tu ˈlɔsɪz, ənd ðə ˈstɑki ˈʤərsən əˈsaɪd, ɪts bɛst pleɪərz ər rawboned*, ɔl ɑrmz ənd lɛgz ənd ˈstaɪlɪʃ ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti. ðə ˈpɪʧər ə min haɪ ˈfæstˌbɔl. hɪz ˈməðər toʊld mi, wɪθ ən ˌɪnˈsɪstənt slæp əv maɪ pɑmz, ðət hi wɑz ɔˈrɛdi biɪŋ ˈskaʊtəd. ɪkˈskjuz mi, ʃi sɛd. hər sən hæd ˈteɪkən ðə maʊnd. ʃi pɪkt əp hər ˈkaʊˌbɛl. ɪn bɪtˈwin ˈɪnɪŋz ənd ˈætˈbæts, ju kʊd hir ðə ˈstɔri əv ˈmɑdərn ˈkjubə. ˈpɛrənts tɔkt əv wət ðeɪ wər treɪnd fər ənd wət ðeɪ dɪd. noʊ laɪn kəˈnɛktɪd wən tɪ ðə ˈəðər. soʊ wɑn ˈkɑrloʊs treɪnd ɛz ən ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr bət həz ˈdrɪvən ə ˈtæksi fər eɪt jɪrz. treɪnd ɛz ə skɪld ˈmɛtəlˌwərkər, bət ˈleɪbərz ɪn ə ˈkɪʧən. aɪ æst wɑn ˈkɑrloʊs ɪf hi stɪl drimd əv ˈwərkɪŋ ɛz ən ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr. hi ʃʊk hɪz hɛd. æm hi sɛd. ɪz tu leɪt. bət maɪ sən. ˈroʊhɑs, ðə koʊʧ, ˈʧætɪd wɪθ wən əv hɪz pleɪərz, haʊ nɑt tɪ lɛt ðə bæt gɪt aʊt ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈbɑdi. ðɛn hi tərnd tɪ mi ənd sɛd hi hæd ˈfæməli ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn kwinz, ɪn ə pleɪs kɔld ˈɛlmhərst. ər ju ə mɛts fæn, aɪ æst ˈhoʊpfəli, ˈsikɪŋ ə kəmˈpeɪtriət. hi ʃʊk hɪz hɛd. ““yankees!”*!” ˈʤərsən ræn tɪ θərd; hi feɪld tɪ slaɪd ənd wɑz ˈɔlˌmoʊst tægd aʊt. nidz tɪ slide,”*,” hɪz ˈməðər sɛd. agree?”*?” aɪ ˈnɑdɪd. əˈmɛrɪkən əˈgriz! slide!”*!” ʃi jɛld tɪ hər sən. ə pleɪər meɪd ə ˈgreɪsfəl, ˈdaɪvɪŋ kæʧ ɪn ðə ˈaʊtˌfild, ənd ðə geɪm sun ˈɛndɪd. |
marianao has seven wins and two losses, and the stocky gerson aside, its best players are rawboned, all arms and legs and stylish intensity.
the team’s pitcher hummed a mean high fastball. his mother told me, with an insistent slap of my palms, that he was already being scouted.
excuse me, she said. her son had taken the mound. she picked up her cowbell.
in between innings and at-bats, you could hear the straitened story of modern cuba. parents talked of what they were trained for and what they did. no line connected one to the other. so juan carlos trained as an engineer but has driven a taxi for eight years. ernando trained as a skilled metalworker, but labors in a kitchen.
i asked juan carlos if he still dreamed of working as an engineer. he shook his head.
“i am 44,” he said. “it is too late. but my son. ...”
rojas, the coach, chatted with one of his players, pantomiming how not to let the bat get out in front of the body. then he turned to me and said he had family living in queens, in a place called elmhurst.
are you a mets fan, i asked hopefully, seeking a compatriot.
he shook his head. “yankees!”
gerson ran to third; he failed to slide and was almost tagged out. “he needs to slide,” his mother said. “you agree?”
i nodded.
“the american agrees! slide!” she yelled to her son.
a marianao player made a graceful, diving catch in the outfield, and the game soon ended. | wɪn ðə raɪəts broʊk aʊt ɪn ðə ˈhɪpəˌdroʊm əv ˌkɑnstæntəˈnoʊpəl ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 532 ˌθiəˈdɔrə seɪvd hər ˈhəzbənd θroʊn. ˈpəblɪk ˈbɪldɪŋz wər sɛt ɔn faɪər ənd proʊˈkleɪmd ðə nu ˈɛmpərər. ənd hɪz əˈfɪʃəlz wər ˈrɛdi tɪ fli, bət ˌθiəˈdɔrə kənˈvɪnst ðɛm ðət ˈpərpəl ɪz ðə ˈnoʊblɪst shroud’*’. tʊk kərɪʤ ənd (əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ procopius*) kɪld ˈrɛbəlz ɪn ðə ˈhɪpəˌdroʊm. təˈgɛðər wɪθ hər ˈhəzbənd, ˌθiəˈdɔrə trænsˈfɔrmd ðə ˈsɪti ˈɪntu wən əv ðə moʊst ˈsplɛndɪd ɪn ðə wərld. ʃi meɪd sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ədˈvænsmənts ɪn raɪts, ˈpæsɪŋ lɔz proʊˈhɪbətɪŋ fɔrst ˌprɑstəˈtuʃən ənd kloʊzd ˈbrɑθəlz, ənd kriˈeɪtɪd ə ˈkɑnˌvɛnt wɛr kʊd səˈpɔrt ðɛmˈsɛlvz. ʃi ɪkˈspændɪd raɪts ɪn dɪˈvɔrs, ˈprɑpərti ˈoʊnərˌʃɪp, raɪts ˈoʊvər ˈʧɪldrən, ənd fərˈbeɪd ˈkɪlɪŋ əv ə waɪf hu kəˈmɪtɪd əˈdəltəri. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɪnstɪˌtutɪd ðə dɛθ ˈpɛnəlti fər reɪp. ..ər wɑz ʃi ə ˈkreɪzi woman?…*?…. |
when the nika riots broke out in the hippodrome of constantinople in january 532, theodora saved her husband justinian’s throne. public buildings were set on fire and hypatius proclaimed the new emperor. justinian and his officials were ready to flee, but theodora convinced them that ‘royal purple is the noblest shroud’. justinian took courage and (according to procopius) killed 30,000 rebels in the hippodrome.
together with her husband, theodora transformed the city into one of the most splendid in the world. she made significant advancements in women’s rights, passing laws prohibiting forced prostitution and closed brothels, and created a convent where ex-prostitutes could support themselves. she expanded women’s rights in divorce, property ownership, rights over children, and forbade killing of a wife who committed adultery. she also instituted the death penalty for rape.
..or was she a crazy woman?…. http://www.creatinghistory.com/theodora-byzantine-empress-or-crazy-woman | it’s* bɪn ə ˈbəmpər 12 mənθs fər ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈreɪzɪŋ ˈfəndɪŋ. ɪn fækt, ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpɪtəl floʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈstɑrˌtəps ðɪs jɪr ɪz mɔr ðən θri taɪmz ðə ˈtoʊtəl reɪzd ɪn 2013 əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈdætə. ɪn ˈtoʊtəl, fərmz reɪzd ɪn 2014 ðɪs ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts ə ˌɪnˈkris ˈoʊvər ðə ˈpriviəs jɪr, ɪn wɪʧ wɑz ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, ðɪs ˈtoʊtəl əˈkaʊnts fər mɔr ðən θˌrikˈwɔrtərz əv ɔl ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpɪtəl reɪzd fər ˈstɑrˌtəps sɪns ðə stɑrt əv ˈdætə ɪn 2012 ə ˈtoʊtəl əv həz bɪn ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd ɪn ðə speɪs ˈoʊvər ðət taɪm. ðə ʧɑrt əv ˈkjumjələtɪv ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈfəndɪŋ (bɪˈloʊ) ʃoʊz tu ʤəmps ɪn fəndz reɪzd ðɪs jɪr ɪn mɑrʧ ənd ɑkˈtoʊbər. twɪn piks ɪn mɑrʧ, ə ˈnəmbər əv bɪg dilz wər kəmˈplitɪd ðət kɔzd ðə fərst əv ðoʊz spaɪks. ʧif əˈməŋ ðoʊz wɑz raʊnd reɪzd frəm ˈfɔrtrəs, ˈbɛnʧˌmɑrk ənd ˈrɪbɪt ˈkæpɪtəl. ðɪs wɑz ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ˈsərkəl ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl, wɪʧ reɪzd ʤɪst lɛs frəm ə grup əv ˌɪnˈvɛstərz ðət ˌɪnˈkludɪd əkˈsɛl ˈpɑrtnərz, ˈkæpɪtəl ənd ˈʤɛnərəl ˈkætəˌlɪst. ðət mənθ ˈɔlsoʊ sɔ sˈmɔlər bət sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt əˈmaʊnts reɪzd baɪ ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz frəm ˈhəmɪŋˌbərd ˈvɛnʧərz) ənd frəm ˈkæpɪtəl, ənd ˈəðərz). sɪks mənθs ˈleɪtər, ðə nɛkst raʊnd əv bɪg dilz tʊk pleɪs. ˈwɔlət ənd ˈdætə prəˈvaɪdər lɛd ɑkˈtoʊbər wɪθ frəm ˈvɛnʧərz, moʊˈzeɪɪk ˈvɛnʧərz ənd ˈəðərz. ˈnoʊtəbli, ðə raʊnd wɑz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈɛvər ˈsɪŋgəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt meɪd ɪn ə ˈkəmpəˌni. ˈmaɪnɪŋ fərm tʊk ˈsɛkənd pleɪs wɪθ reɪzd frəm ˈnoʊtɪd ˌɪnˈvɛstər bɪl taɪ ənd ˈəðərz. ˈpeɪmənt ˈprɑˌsɛsər kloʊzd ɪn ˈfəndɪŋ frəm ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈplætˌfɔrm ənd ˈhaɪlənd ˈkæpɪtəl ˈpɑrtnərz. sˈmɔlər raʊnz wər ˈpɛpərd θruaʊt ɑkˈtoʊbər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ reɪzd baɪ ˌkɔˈriən ˌjunəˈvərsəl coinplug*, fər ˈmaɪnɪŋ ˈhɑrdˌwɛr ˈmeɪkər ənd fər ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ solidx*. bɪg raʊnz stɪl əˈkaʊnt fər məʧ əv ðə ækˈtɪvɪti ɪn ðə ˈsɛktər. fər məʧ əv ðə jɪr, ðə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈlɑrʤəst dil iʧ mənθ wɑz ˈgreɪtər ðən ðə ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən əv ˈəðər raʊnz kəmˈplitɪd ɪn ðə seɪm ˈpɪriəd. ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃənz wər mɑrʧ ənd ɑkˈtoʊbər, wɛr ə ˈnəmbər əv lɑrʤ dilz tʊk pleɪs, ənd dɪˈsɛmbər, wɛr fəndz reɪzd wər ˈrɛlətɪvli wɛl dɪˈstrɪbjətəd. ˈfəndɪŋ ɛz ðə ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm məˈʧʊrz, soʊ du ðə dɪˈmændz əv ˈstɑrˌtəps ɪn ðə speɪs. waɪl moʊst fəndz reɪzd ər stɪl ˈæləˌkeɪtɪd tɪ sid raʊnz, ˈleɪtər steɪʤ fəndz ər naʊ ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ. ðə grupt bɑr ʧɑrt ʃoʊɪŋ ə ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn əv ˈfəndɪŋ raʊnz rɪˈvilz ðət ˈoʊnli θri mənθs wɛnt baɪ wɪˈθaʊt fərst ənd ˈsɛkənd ˈfəndɪŋ raʊnz biɪŋ əˈnaʊnst. ˈæftər mɑrʧ, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈɛvəri mənθ ʃoʊd ə mɪks əv ˈfəndɪŋ raʊnz, ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm smɔl sid raʊnz tɪ səbˈstænʃəl fərst ənd ˈsɛkənd raʊnz. ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər ənd noʊˈvɛmbər, ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpətəlɪsts ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd mɔr ˌɪnˈvɛstmənts ɔn ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈsərvɪsɪz ənd ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧər rɪˈleɪtɪd ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz səʧ ɛz tulz fər æˈdrɛsɪŋ praɪs ˌvɑləˈtɪləti, paʊər ɪˈfɪʃənsi ənd sɪˈkjʊrəti. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ˈlibrɑ reɪzd tɪ ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt əˈkaʊntəntˌsi ənd tæks kəmˈplaɪəns ˈɪntu ðə ˈsɪstəm. fər ðə ˈɛkwəti ˈmɑrkɪt, fərst ˈgloʊbəl ˈkrɛdɪt lɔnʧt ə nu dərˈɪvətɪvz ˈprɑdəkt fər ˈhoʊldərz tɪ pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪt ɪn ˈgloʊbəl ˈɛkwətiz ˈplætˌfɔrmz wɪˈθaʊt ˈkæʃɪŋ ðɛr ɪn fər ˈnæʃənəl ˈkərənsiz. baɪ ˈkɑntræst, mɔr ɪˈstæblɪʃt ˈbɪznɪs ˈmɑdəlz laɪk ɪksˈʧeɪnʤɪz ənd ˈwɔlət prəˈvaɪdərz sɔ θri ənd tu ˈstɑrˌtəps ˈkloʊzɪŋ dilz, rɪˈspɛktɪvli. ˈmaɪnərz, ˈpeɪmənt ˈprɑˌsɛsərz ənd ɔl sɔ tu ˈstɑrˌtəps ɪn iʧ ˈkætəˌgɔri reɪz ˈfəndɪŋ ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər ənd noʊˈvɛmbər. loʊˈkeɪʃən, loʊˈkeɪʃən, loʊˈkeɪʃən nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə ɪz stɪl ðə pleɪs tɪ bi fər ˈstɑrˌtəps ˈhoʊpɪŋ tɪ reɪz kæʃ fər ðɛr ˈbɪznɪs. ðə læst tu fʊl mənθs əv ðə jɪr ʃoʊd ðət ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv dilz wər kəmˈplitɪd ɪn ðə ˈjuˈɛs ənd ˈkænədə. tɛn dilz wər əˈgrid ɪn nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə, waɪl ˈeɪʒə sɔ fɔr səkˈsɛsfəl ˈɛksərˌsaɪzɪz ənd ˈjʊrəp sɔ tu. ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋli, ˈstɑrˌtəps bust ðɛr ˈʧænsɪz əv ˈkloʊzɪŋ ə dil ɪf ðeɪ ər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ. sɪks əv ðə dilz kəmˈplitɪd ɪn ðə læst tu fʊl mənθs əv ðə jɪr ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ˈkəmpəˌniz beɪst ðɛr, kəmˈpɛrd tɪ θri dilz fər fərmz ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ˈəðər ˈjuˈɛs ˈsɪtiz. ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpətəlɪsts ˈklɪrli rɪˈmeɪn ˈbʊlɪʃ ɔn ənd ɪts pəˈtɛnʃəl, ɛz ðə əˈmaʊnt əv ˈkæpɪtəl ˌɪnˈvɛstɪd krips tɪ ðə ˈdɔlər mɑrk. kənˈtrɪbjutɪd ˈrisərʧ fər ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl. ˈfiʧərd ˈɪmɪʤ ˈviə |
it’s been a bumper 12 months for bitcoin companies raising funding. in fact, the amount of venture capital flowing into bitcoin startups this year is more than three times the total raised in 2013, according to coindesk data.
in total, bitcoin firms raised $314.7m in 2014. this represents a 3.3-fold increase over the previous year, in which $93.8m was invested.
additionally, this year’s total accounts for more than three-quarters of all venture capital raised for bitcoin startups since the start of coindesk data in 2012. a total of $410.7m has been invested in the space over that time.
the chart of cumulative all-time vc funding (below) shows two jumps in funds raised this year in march and october.
twin peaks
in march, a number of big deals were completed that caused the first of those spikes.
chief among those was xapo’s $20m round raised from fortress, benchmark and ribbit capital. this was followed by circle internet financial, which raised just $3m less from a group of investors that included accel partners, pantera capital and general catalyst.
that month also saw smaller but significant amounts raised by bitcoin exchanges kraken ($5m from hummingbird ventures) and okcoin ($10m from mandra capital, ceyuan and others).
six months later, the next round of big deals took place. wallet and data provider blockchain led october fund-raising with $30.5m from lightspeed ventures, mosaic ventures and others. notably, the blockchain round was the largest ever single investment made in a bitcoin company.
bitcoin mining firm bitfury took second place with $20m raised from noted investor bill tai and others. payment processor bitnet closed $14.5m in funding from japanese e-commerce platform rakuten and highland capital partners.
smaller rounds were peppered throughout october, including $2.5m raised by korean universal coinplug, $5m for mining hardware maker spondoolies-tech and $3m for exchange solidx.
big rounds still account for much of the fund-raising activity in the bitcoin sector.
for much of the year, the single largest deal each month was greater than the combination of other rounds completed in the same period. the exceptions were march and october, where a number of large deals took place, and december, where funds raised were relatively well distributed.
later-stage funding
as the bitcoin ecosystem matures, so do the fund-raising demands of startups in the space. while most funds raised are still allocated to early-stage seed rounds, later stage funds are now increasing.
the grouped bar chart showing a breakdown of funding rounds reveals that only three months went by without later-stage first and second funding rounds being announced. after march, almost every month showed a mix of funding rounds, ranging from small seed rounds to substantial first and second rounds.
in october and november, venture capitalists concentrated more investments on financial services and infrastructure related initiatives such as tools for addressing price volatility, power efficiency and security.
for example, libra raised $500,000 to incorporate accountancy and tax compliance into the bitcoin system. for the equity market, first global credit launched a new derivatives product for bitcoin holders to participate in global equities platforms without cashing their bitcoin in for national currencies.
by contrast, more established business models like exchanges and wallet providers saw three and two startups closing fund-raising deals, respectively. miners, payment processors and universals all saw two startups in each category raise funding in october and november.
location, location, location
north america is still the place to be for startups hoping to raise cash for their business. the last two full months of the year showed that the majority of fund-raising deals were completed in the us and canada. ten deals were agreed in north america, while asia saw four successful capital-raising exercises and europe saw two.
unsurprisingly, startups boost their chances of closing a fund-raising deal if they are located in san francisco. six of the deals completed in the last two full months of the year involved companies based there, compared to three deals for firms located in other us cities.
venture capitalists clearly remain bullish on bitcoin and its potential, as the amount of capital invested creeps to the half-billion dollar mark.
bitcoiniq contributed research for this article.
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ðə dræft ɪz ə pleɪs tɪ stɑrt, ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈsaɪnɪŋz hɛlp weɪ daʊn ðə laɪn, bət ðeɪ ˈprɑbəˌbli woʊnt hɛlp wɪθ ðɪs weɪv əv ˈpɪʧɪŋ. ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ wʊd ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ə deɪ leɪt ənd ə ˈdɔlər ʃɔrt, ənd ɔl əv ə ˈsədən ɪts 2019 ənd ðə ˈrɑkiz stɪl ˈhævənt snɪft 500 ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt ðə ˈpɪʧɪŋ ðət kən lɛd tɪ ə ˈrɑkiz kənˈtɛndər, ɪt həz tɪ kəm θru treɪd (ˌsəpləˈmɛntɪŋ ðə dræft ənd saɪnz, əv kɔrs). bət timz doʊnt ʤɪst gɪv əˈweɪ ðoʊz ɑrmz. ju hæv tɪ gɪv əp ˈrɪli ˈvæljəbəl ˈæˌsɛts tɪ əkˈwaɪər ˈrɪli ˈvæljəbəl ˈæˌsɛts. wɑz ðə ˈrɑkiz' moʊst ˈvæljəbəl ˈæˌsɛt. naʊ ʤɛf ˈhɔfmən, mɪˈgɛl ˈkæstroʊ, ənd (tɪ ə ˈlɛsər ɪkˈstɛnt) ˈʤizəs tiˈnoʊkoʊ ʤɔɪn ðə paɪl əv ˈrɑkiz ˈpɪʧərz hu ʃʊd riʧ ðɛr praɪmz æt ˈrəfli ðə seɪm taɪm. ɪts ə ˈnəmbərz geɪm wɪθ ˈpɪʧɪŋ; ju kænt ʤɪst pɪn jʊr hoʊps ɔn ə ˈkəpəl əv gaɪz. 3 trɔɪ ɪz ˈɛnərɪŋ hɪz dɪˈklaɪn feɪz ˈlaɪkli həz ə bənʧ əv gʊd jɪrz lɛft ɪn ɪm. hi ɪz ˈkərəntli 30 jɪrz ənd naɪn mənθs oʊld, wɪʧ ɪz ˈhɑrdli ˈeɪnʧənt. ðə mæn kips hɪz ˈbɑdi ɪn tɔp ʃeɪp; hi ˈivɪn slips ɪn ə haɪˈpərˈbærɪk ˈʧeɪmbər tɪ kip hɪz ˈbɑdi ˈhɛlθi. bət... eɪʤ spɛrz noʊ wən. ə pəˈzɪʃən pleɪərz praɪm stəˈtɪstɪkəl jɪrz ər ðə tˈwɛntiz. ðət ˈdəzənt min hi ˌdɪsəˈpɪrz ˈɪntu ə pəf əv smoʊk wɪn hi tərnz ˈθərˌdi, bət ɪt minz ðət ˈlɛsər pərˈdəkʃən ɪz mɔr ˈlaɪkli ðən nɑt. ˈnəmbərz ər daʊn ðɪs jɪr. nɑt daʊn, ənd ðeɪ ər dɪˈprɛst baɪ ə sloʊ stɑrt tɪ ðə jɪr, bət ðə ˈwɔrnɪŋ saɪnz ər ðɛr. hi həz ðə wərst ˈstraɪˌkaʊt ənd wɔk reɪts əv hɪz kərɪr. hi həz ðə loʊəst sˈləgɪŋ pərˈsɛnɪʤ əv hɪz kərɪr (wɛl, hi dɪd ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz ˈmɑnstər ˈdeɪbju fər ðə ʤeɪz...). əv kɔrs, hi wɑz stɪl ən ˌɔlˈstɑr ənd ɪz stɪl ðə bɛst ˈʃɔrtˌstɑp ɪn ðə geɪm fər ðə rɛst əv ðə jɪr. ənd ˈprɑbəˌbli fər ðə rɛst əv 2016 tu. bət wiv ɔˈrɛdi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ðət 2015 ɪz ə bəst, ənd 2016 ˈɪzənt ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi məʧ ˈbɛtər ˈiðər. wət wɪl bi ɪn 2017 æt eɪʤ 32 ˈprɑbəˌbli stɪl gʊd; ˈmeɪbi stɪl greɪt. ər ˈmeɪbi hi wɪl luz ə stɛp. fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn hɪz kərɪr hɪz dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈnəmbərz ər pəˈdɛstriən ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈstɛlər. hi həz lʊkt ˈbɛtər ɛz ðə jɪr həz gɔn ɔn, bət əˈgɛn, hiz ə ˈʃɔrtˌstɑp hu ɪz ɔn ðə rɔŋ saɪd əv 30 ənd həz ə ˈhɪstəri əv lɛg ˈɪnʤəriz. ˈhoʊpɪŋ hi meɪnˈteɪnz hɪz pərˈfɔrməns ɛz hi ˈeɪʤɪz ɪz ə bɪg ˈgæmbəl; ðə ˈoʊnli ˈrizən tɪ meɪk ðət ˈgæmbəl ɪz ɪf jʊr ɪn moʊd. ðə ˈrɑkiz ər nɑt ɪn moʊd. ənd ˈfaɪnəli, ə ˈkɔrəˌlɛri pɔɪnt: 4 ɪf gɑt ˈɪnʤərd əˈgɛn, ər hɪz dɪˈklaɪn wɑz stip, ðə ˈrɑkiz wʊd bi ˈɛkstrə skrud ðə rɪˈtərn fər filz laɪt; ˈhɔfmən ɪz ə ˈprɑspɛkt, ˈkæstroʊ həz ə juʤ ɑrm, ənd ju kən drim ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt ɔn tiˈnoʊkoʊ, bət ˈniðər əv ðoʊz gaɪz ɪz ə fˈjuʧər eɪs. ənd wɪn jʊr ˈdilɪŋ ə pleɪər ɛz ˈtæləntɪd ɛz, ju fil laɪk ju ʃʊd gɪt ə juʤ hɔl bæk. bət laɪt rɪˈtərn ər nɑt, ðiz kʊd bi ˈrɪli kˈwɑləti pleɪərz. bət rɪˈmɛmbər læst jɪr? ɪt wɑz ə ˈʧɪli naɪt ɪn ˈpɪtsbərg, ənd slæpt ə ruˈtin graʊnd bɔl tɪ ʃɔrt, gɑt θroʊn aʊt baɪ ˈfɪfˈtin stɛps æt fərst beɪs, ənd græbd hɪz hɪp waɪl ˈlɪmpɪŋ ɔf tɪ ðə ˈdəˌgaʊt. ə fju deɪz ˈleɪtər ˈdɑktərz pərˈfɔrmd ˌɪnˈveɪsɪv hɪp ˈsərʤəri ɔn ɪm. ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˌgɛrənˈti hi wʊd ˈɛvər bi ðə pleɪər hi juzd tɪ bi. ju gɪt maɪ pɔɪnt. wɑz ənd ɪz ˈɪnʤəri proʊn. ˈmeɪbi hil ˈnɛvər hæv əˈnəðər ˈsɪriəs ˈɪnʤəri ɔn ðə ˈbeɪsˈbɔl fild əˈgɛn. bət hæd ðə ˈrɑkiz həŋ ɔn tɪ ɪm, ənd hi hæd bloʊn aʊt əˈnəðər hɪp ɪn ˈɔgəst, ɪt wʊd hæv bɪn ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk. æt ðət pɔɪnt ðə ˈrɑkiz ˈnɛvər wʊd hæv ˈgɔtən ɔf tɪ ðə frɛʃ stɑrt ðeɪ soʊ ˈdɛspərətli nid. ˈɑbviəsli wi ər ɪn ðə lænd əv ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtəkəlz hir, bət ɪf hæd ˈgɔtən hərt əˈgɛn, ˌkɑlərˈɑdoʊ ˈnɛvər wʊd hæv ˈgɔtən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ mɔr ðən ˈpɛniz ɔn ðə ˈdɔlər ɪn treɪd. ənd ˈhæŋɪŋ ɔn tɪ ɪm, æt 20 ˈmɪljən pər jɪr, ˈwɑʧɪŋ hɪz sloʊ ər ˈræpɪd dɪˈklaɪn, ˈwʊdənt hæv dən ˈɛniˌwən ˈɛni ˈfeɪvərz. ðə ˈrɑkiz gɑt θri strɔŋ ˈpɪʧɪŋ ˈprɑspɛkts frəm ðə treɪd. ˌhoʊˈzeɪ reɪɪs wɪl pleɪ ə ˈkɑmpətɪnt ˈʃɔrtˌstɑp fər ðə ˈrɑkiz ðɪs fɔl, ər ðeɪ wɪl treɪd ɪm fər əˈnəðər kˈwɑləti ˈprɑspɛkt ɪn ˈɔgəst. ˈiðər weɪ, ðə kləb ɪz aʊt frəm ˈəndər 100 ˈmɪljən fər jɪrz. ðə ˈrɑkiz ˈdɪdənt hæŋ ɔn tɪ ɪm tu lɔŋ, laɪk ðeɪ dɪd wɪθ ˈgɛrɪt ˈætkɪnz, ənd bræd hawpe*, ənd ˈmeɪbi ˈivɪn tɑd ˈhɛltən. ˈkipɪŋ wʊd bi tɪ hæŋ ɔn tɪ ə taɪm bɔm; ˈmeɪbi ɪt ˈwʊdənt goʊ ɔf, bət ˈmeɪbi ɪt wʊd. aɪ hoʊp həz ə bənʧ mɔr 7 wɔr ˈsizənz əˈhɛd əv ɪm. aɪ hoʊp hi lidz ðə blu ʤeɪz tɪ ə wərld ˈsɪriz. aɪ hoʊp hi pleɪz soʊ wɛl ðət ɪn 2030 hi gɪts ə hɔl əv feɪm plæk, wɪθ ə ˈrɑkiz hæt pərʧt ɔn hɪz brɑnz hɛd. bət ˈivɪn ɪf ɔl ðoʊz θɪŋz ˈhæpən, ðɪs wɑz ðə ˈpərˌfɪkt taɪm tɪ treɪd ɪm. ʤɛf ɪz ə kul ˈkəstəmər; hi meɪd ðə hɑrd ʧɔɪs, ənd aɪ əˈplɔd ɪm. ɪt maɪt wərk aʊt, ɪt maɪt nɑt. bət ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs wɑz saʊnd, ənd aɪ hæv mɔr feɪθ ɪn ðə hɛlθ əv ðɪs ˈfrænˌʧaɪz naʊ ðən aɪ dɪd ə wik əˈgoʊ. |
there's no doubt about it, the trade of troy tulowitzki hurts. for rockies fans it's like chiseling one of the faces off of mount rushmore. it feels almost profane to see him wear another uniform--and hitting massive home runs, like he did in his first game with the blue jays. those are our dingers, damn it. you can't have them.
but jeff bridich didn't care about the pain of rockies fans, or the nausea of watching another team reap the rewards from having the best shortstop in the game. he pulled the trigger anyway. because trading tulowitzki now, in the summer of 2015, was the absolute best time to do it. let's examine the reasons why.
1. even with a healthy tulowitzki and carlos gonzalez, the rockies weren't contending--and the outlook for 2016 and later was no better
there has been a frequent mantra repeated by rockies fans for the past three or four years: if the rockies get healthy seasons from tulo and carlos gonzalez, they can contend. it's no wonder the rockies have dwelt in fourth or fifth place of the nl west for the past four plus years; their stars are always hurt. no team could contend when their best players only play half seasons or less.
well, tulo and cargo have played healthy all year, and the rockies are still a last-place team. they got the magical confluence of health for their stars and still can't hang with the dodgers or the giants.
it's tempting to then shift the injury excuse elsewhere. colorado lost corey dickerson and justin morneau, tyler matzek and jordan lyles. yet another snake-bit season. 2016 will be better. et cetera.
those excuses can't fly anymore. injuries happen to every team in the league. it takes quality depth to overcome them; the rockies have depth in some areas, and are thin in others. and we all know where that depth is both the most crucial and currently the thinnest: at starting pitcher.
2. the next contending rockies team will be centered around starting pitching that is currently in the minors
the current rockies rotation is a mess. the loss of lyles to a foot injury and matzek to the yips definitely hurt, but let's not forget, kyle kendrick was tabbed as the opening day starter before either of those guys went down. this rotation wasn't going to lead to a contender even with an above-average offense.
and it wouldn't lead the rockies to a contending 2016 either. sure, maybe jon gray will be a solid big league pitcher by 2016; maybe he'll even be dominant. maybe tyler chatwood will come back from tommy john surgery and be useful. maybe eddie butler will figure out how to throw strikes and miss bats. maybe matzek will figure out whatever is wrong with him and lyles will come back as a serviceable number three. maybe chad bettis will continue his encouraging development ... assuming his current elbow pain isn't too nefarious.
needless to say, that's too many maybes. the odds of a strong 2016 rotation coming together with pieces currently in the system are remote. and then when the 2016 season starts collapsing just like the 2013 and 2014 and 2015 seasons, the rockies would be back where they started.
the rockies need to stockpile arms, and they have to reach their primes at roughly the same time. they had a few good pieces in-house before the tulo trade; guys like gray, butler, bettis, lyles, kyle freeland, antonio senzatela, etc. but they aren't enough. at least one or two (or three or four) of those won't do much for the team; pitcher attrition is too brutal. so how do you acquire the arms needed to build a rotation that competes with the dodgers and the giants? the draft is a place to start, and international signings help way down the line, but they probably won't help with this wave of pitching. colorado would always be a day late and a dollar short, and all of a sudden it's 2019 and the rockies still haven't sniffed .500.
in order to get the high-upside pitching that can lead to a rockies contender, it has to come through trade (supplementing the draft and int'l signs, of course). but teams don't just give away those arms. you have to give up really valuable assets to acquire really valuable assets. tulo was the rockies' most valuable asset. now jeff hoffman, miguel castro, and (to a lesser extent) jesus tinoco join the pile of early-twenties rockies pitchers who should reach their primes at roughly the same time. it's a numbers game with pitching; you can't just pin your hopes on a couple of guys.
3. troy tulowitzki is entering his decline phase
tulo likely has a bunch of good years left in him. he is currently 30 years and nine months old, which is hardly ancient. the man keeps his body in top shape; he even sleeps in a hyperbaric chamber to keep his body healthy.
but...
age spares no one. a position player's prime statistical years are the mid-to-late twenties. that doesn't mean he disappears into a puff of smoke when he turns thirty, but it means that lesser production is more likely than not.
tulowitzki's numbers are down this year. not apocalyptically down, and they are depressed by a slow start to the year, but the warning signs are there. he has the worst strikeout and walk rates of his career. he has the lowest slugging percentage of his career (well, he did before his monster debut for the jays...). of course, he was still an all-star and is still the best shortstop in the game for the rest of the year. and probably for the rest of 2016 too.
but we've already decided that 2015 is a bust, and 2016 isn't likely to be much better either. what will tulo be in 2017, at age 32? probably still good; maybe still great. or maybe he will lose a step. for the first time in his career his defensive numbers are pedestrian instead of stellar. he has looked better as the year has gone on, but again, he's a big-body shortstop who is on the wrong side of 30 and has a history of leg injuries. hoping he maintains his mvp-caliber performance as he ages is a big gamble; the only reason to make that gamble is if you're in win-now mode. the rockies are not in win-now mode.
and finally, a corollary point:
4. if tulo got injured again, or his age-related decline was steep, the rockies would be extra screwed
the return for tulo feels light; hoffman is a top-50 prospect, castro has a huge arm, and you can dream a little bit on tinoco, but neither of those guys is a can't-miss future ace. and when you're dealing a player as talented as tulo, you feel like you should get a huge haul back. but light return or not, these could be really quality players.
but remember last year? it was a chilly night in pittsburgh, and tulo slapped a routine ground ball to short, got thrown out by fifteen steps at first base, and grabbed his hip while limping off to the dugout. a few days later doctors performed invasive hip surgery on him. there was no guarantee he would ever be the player he used to be.
you get my point. tulowitzki was and is injury prone. maybe he'll never have another serious injury on the baseball field again. but had the rockies hung on to him, and he had blown out another hip in august, it would have been catastrophic. at that point the rockies never would have gotten off to the fresh start they so desperately need. obviously we are in the land of hypotheticals here, but if tulowitzki had gotten hurt again, colorado never would have gotten anything more than pennies on the dollar in trade. and hanging on to him, at $20 million per year, watching his slow or rapid decline, wouldn't have done anyone any favors.
the rockies got three strong pitching prospects from the tulo trade. jose reyes will play a competent shortstop for the rockies this fall, or they will trade him for another quality prospect in august. either way, the club is out from under $100 million for tulo's post-30s years. the rockies didn't hang on to him too long, like they did with garrett atkins, and brad hawpe, and maybe even todd helton. keeping tulo would be to hang on to a time bomb; maybe it wouldn't go off, but maybe it would.
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i hope tulowitzki has a bunch more 7 war seasons ahead of him. i hope he leads the blue jays to a world series. i hope he plays so well that in 2030 he gets a hall of fame plaque, with a rockies hat perched on his bronze head.
but even if all those things happen, this was the perfect time to trade him. jeff bridich is a cool customer; he made the hard choice, and i applaud him. it might work out, it might not. but the process was sound, and i have more faith in the health of this franchise now than i did a week ago. | ““british* mɪˈdjivəl ˈɔrdənənsɪz əv ˈbrɪstəl ˈkɑblərz ɪn 1364 steɪt, ər ˈfɔrbɪdən tɪ poʊʧ ˈwərkərz frəm ˈəðər ˈmɛmbərz əv ðə craft.’”*.’” ˈɔrli ˈloʊbəl, ˈtælənt wɔnts tɪ bi fri bæk ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri, aɪ roʊt əˈbaʊt "ðə" ən ˌɪˈligəl əˈgrimənt bɪtˈwin ˈsɛvən tɛk ʤaɪənts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈæpəl, ˈgugəl, ənd ˌɪnˈtɛl, tɪ səˈprɛs ˈweɪʤɪz fər tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv tɛk ɪmˈplɔɪiz. ðə əˈgrimənt ˈprɑmptɪd ə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ə ˈsɛtəlmənt ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz əˈgrid tɪ kərb ðɛr riˈstrɪktɪŋ ˈhaɪrɪŋ dilz. ðə seɪm ˈkəmpəˌniz wər ðɛn hɪt wɪθ ə ˈsɪvəl sut baɪ ɪmˈplɔɪiz əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðə əˈgrimənts. ðɪs wik, ɛz ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈsəməri ˈʤəʤmənt fər ðə rɪˈzəltɪŋ klæs ˈækʃən sut lumz, ənd ˈsɛvərəl əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈmɛnʃənd (ˌɪnˈtuət, ˈpɪksɑr ənd ˈlukəsfɪlm) ˈskræmbəl tɪ ˈsɛtəl aʊt əv kɔrt, ˈpɑndoʊ həz əbˈteɪnd kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts (ɛmˈbɛdɪd bɪˈloʊ) wɪʧ ʃoʊ ˈʃɑkɪŋ ˈɛvədəns əv ə məʧ ˈlɑrʤər kənˈspɪrəsi, ˈriʧɪŋ fɑr bɪɔnd ˈsɪləkən ˈvæli. ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈgugəl ənd ˈæpəl ˈmɛmoʊz, ˈbɛrid wɪˈθɪn paɪlz əv kɔrt ˈdɑkəts ənd rivˈjud baɪ pandodaily*, ˈklɪrli ʃoʊ ðət wət bɪˈgæn ɛz ə ˈsikrɪt kɑrˈtɛl əˈgrimənt bɪtˈwin stiv ʤɑbz ənd ˈɛrɪk ʃmɪt tɪ ˌɪˈligəli fɪks ðə ˈleɪbər ˈmɑrkɪt fər ˈwərkərz, ɪkˈspændɪd wɪˈθɪn ə fju jɪrz tɪ ˌɪnˈklud ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm dɛl,, ˈiˌbeɪ ənd ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft, tɪ ˈkɑmˌkæst, klɪr ˈʧænəl, ˈdrimˌwərks, ənd ˈpəblɪk riˈleɪʃənz ˈbihəməθ. ɔl toʊld, ðə kəmˈbaɪnd əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ˈtoʊtəlz wɛl ˈoʊvər ə ˈmɪljən ɪmˈplɔɪiz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈməltəpəl ˈsɔrsəz fəˈmɪljər wɪθ ðə keɪs, ˈsɛvərəl əv ðiz ˈnuli neɪmd ˈkəmpəˌniz wər ˈɔlsoʊ səˈpinəd baɪ ðə fər ðɛr ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər kənˈfərmd ðət ɪn ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɑz ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪd baɪ ðə, ənd əˈgrid tɪ kˈwɑpərˌeɪt ˈfʊli wɪθ ðət ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən. ˈəðər ˈkəmpəˌniz kənˈfərmd ɔf ðə ˈrɛkərd ðət ðeɪ tu hæd bɪn səˈpinəd əraʊnd ðə seɪm taɪm. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt ˈəltəmətli ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɪts əˈtɛnʃən ɔn ʤɪst əˈdoʊbi, ˈæpəl, ˈgugəl, ˌɪnˈtɛl, ˌɪnˈtuət, ˈlukəsfɪlm ənd ˈpɪksɑr, ðə iˈmeɪlz ənd ˈmɛmoʊz ˈklɪrli neɪm ˈdəzənz mɔr ˈkəmpəˌniz wɪʧ, æt list ɛz fɑr ɛz ˈgugəl ənd ˈæpəl ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz wər kənˈsərnd, fɔrmd pɑrt əv ðɛr kɑrˈtɛl. ə ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˈgugəl ˈmɛˌmoʊ (əˈbəv, lɛft) ˈtaɪtəld əˈgrimənt ˈhaɪrɪŋ policy,”*,” ˈdeɪtɪŋ frəm noʊˈvɛmbər 2006 dɪˈvaɪdz ðə ˈkəmpəniz əˈgrimənts ˈɪntu tu ˈkætəˌgɔriz: nɑt koʊld call”*” ənd companies.”*.” bɪˈloʊ ðət, ðə ˈgugəl ˈmɛˌmoʊ ˈɔfərz ə brif krəˈnɑləʤi ənd lɪst əv ˈkəmpəˌniz: ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌniz hæv ˈspɛʃəl əˈgrimənts wɪθ ˈgugəl ənd ər pɑrt əv ðə nɑt koʊld call”*” lɪst. ˈifɛktɪv mɑrʧ 6 2005 ˈʤɛnənˌtɛk, ɪŋk. ˌɪnˈtɛl ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈæpəl kəmˈpjutər, ɪŋk. ˈkɑmˌkæst ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ənˈtɪl naʊ, ˈniðər (oʊnd baɪ ˈiˌbeɪ), ˈkɑmˌkæst nɔr ˈʤɛnənˌtɛk hæv bɪn ˈpəblɪkli ˈmɛnʃənd ɛz pɑrt əv ðə kɑrˈtɛl. nɔr hæv ðeɪ bɪn ˈpəblɪkli neɪmd ɪn ˈkrɪmənəl ər ˈsɪvəl ˈækʃənz rɪˈleɪtɪŋ tɪ ðɪs ˌpɑˈtɪkjələr keɪs, ˌɔlˈðoʊ boʊθ ðə ənd ðə steɪt əv ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə ər ˈkərəntli pərˈsuɪŋ ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt bət rɪˈleɪtɪd ˌæntaɪˈtrəst suts əˈgɛnst ˈiˌbeɪ. ðə fərst ˈɛntri mɑrks ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən ɪn ðə skim: ðə "ˈifɛktɪv deɪt" əv fərst əˈgrimənts, ˈərli mɑrʧ 2005 ˈfɑloʊz ə fju wiks ˈæftər stiv ʤɑbz θˈrɛtənd ˈsɛrʤi brɪn tɪ stɑp ɔl rɪˈkrutɪŋ æt ˈæpəl: ju haɪər ə ˈsɪŋgəl wən əv ðiz people,”*,” ʤɑbz iˈmeɪld brɪn, minz war.”*.” ʤɑbz θˈrɛtənd brɪn ənd ˈgugəl ɔn ˈfɛbruˌɛri 17 2005 naɪn deɪz ˈleɪtər, ˈæpəlz ˌviˈpi fər ˈjumən ˈrisɔrsɪz sɛnt aʊt ən ˌɪnˈtərnəl iˈmeɪl tɪ ˈæpəl rɪˈkrutɪŋ, ɔl, pliz æd ˈgugəl tɪ jʊr "hands-off*" lɪst. wi ˈrisəntli əˈgrid nɑt tɪ rɪˈkrut frəm wən əˈnəðər soʊ ɪf ju hir əv ˈɛni rɪˈkrutɪŋ ðeɪ ər duɪŋ əˈgɛnst ˈjuˈɛs, pliz bi ʃʊr tɪ lɛt mi noʊ. pliz ˈɔlsoʊ bi ʃʊr tɪ ˈɑnər ɑr saɪd əv ðə dil. ðət wɑz ˈfɛbruˌɛri 26 ɔn mɑrʧ 6 aɪˈdɛntɪkəl əˈgrimənt wɪθ ˈæpəl bɪˈkeɪm "ˈifɛktɪv." ðɪs ˈtaɪmlaɪn ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ɪˈstæblɪʃ bɪˈkəz ɪt ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts prɪˈsaɪsli wət meɪks ðɪs skim ˌɪˈligəl: ˈsikrɪt bɪtˈwin tu ər mɔr ˈpɑrtiz tɪ fɪks ˈweɪʤɪz ɪn ðə ˈleɪbər ˈmɑrkɪt, æt ə taɪm wɪn tɛk ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ˈweɪʤɪz wər ˈsɔrɪŋ, θˈrɛtənɪŋ ˈprɑfɪts. ðɪs ɪz ʤɪst ə ˈtaɪni ˈsæmpəl əv ðə "ˌoʊvərˈwɛlmɪŋ" ˈɛvədəns juzd baɪ boʊθ ðə ˈʤəstɪs dɪˈpɑrtmənts ˌæntaɪˈtrəst dɪˈvɪʒən, ənd ðə ˈdɪstrɪkt kɔrt ʤəʤ ɪn sæn ˌhoʊˈzeɪ, tɪ dɪˈbəŋk ðə ˈkəmpəˌni ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz' kleɪmz ðət iʧ hæd koʊˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəli ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd aɪˈdɛntɪkəl ˈpɑləsiz æt ðə seɪm taɪm, wɪθ ðə seɪm ˈkəmpəˌniz, wɪˈθaʊt noʊɪŋ wət ðə ˈəðər saɪd wɑz duɪŋ. frəm ðət pɔɪnt ɔn, ðə ˈsikrɪt kɑrˈtɛl ɪkˈspændɪd. ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr, ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2005 ˈiˌbeɪ ˈsiˌiˈoʊ mɛg ˈwɪtmən kɔld ʃmɪt kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ ðət rɪˈkrutərz wər ˈhərtɪŋ ˈprɑfɪts ənd ˈbɪznɪs æt ˈiˌbeɪ. ʃmɪt iˈmeɪld ˈmænɪʤmənt tɔp executives—*— ˈsəmərˌaɪzɪŋ, ənd vju ðət kəmˈpitɪŋ fər ˈwərkərz baɪ ˈɔfərɪŋ haɪər peɪ ˈpækɪʤɪz wɑz ““unfair”*”: frəm: ˈɛrɪk ʃmɪt sɛnt: ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, sɛpˈtɛmbər 7 2005 piɛm ˈsəbʤɪkt: foʊn kɔl frəm mɛg ˈwɪtmən du nɑt ˈfɔrwərd mɛg kɔld tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ɑr ˈhaɪrɪŋ ˈpræktɪsɪz. hir ɪz wət ʃi sɛd: 1 ˈgugəl ɪz ðə tɔk əv ðə ˈvæli bɪˈkəz wi ər ˈdraɪvɪŋ əp ˈsæləriz əˈkrɔs ðə bɔrd. ˈpipəl ər ʤɪst ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ˈjuˈɛs tɪ fɔl ənd gɪt bæk æt ˈjuˈɛs fər ɑr ““unfair”*” ˈpræktɪsɪz naʊ. 2 ɑr rɪˈkrutɪŋ ˈpræktɪsɪz ər sum”*” ənd ɪt əˈpɪrz ðət ˈsəmˌwɛr ɪn ˈgugəl wi ər ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ˈiˌbeɪ tɪ them”*” ənd ɪts ðə ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən ðət wi ər duɪŋ ðɪs əˈgɛnst ˈjɑˌhu, ˈiˌbeɪ ənd (aɪ dɪˈnaɪd ðɪs.) iˈmeɪl ˈklɪrli praɪˈɔrəˌtaɪzɪz ˈwɪtmənz ənd ˈəðər ceos*' kənˈsərnz ˈoʊvər ðə raɪts əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz ər ðə ˈkɑnsɛpt əv fɛr ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən, ˈivɪn ˈɔrdərɪŋ ə ˈgugəl ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv tɪ "faɪər ðə rɪˈkrutər [hu əˈfɛndɪd ˈwɪtmən] ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli." ʃmɪts iˈmeɪl ɛndz: ðɪs wɑz ə rəf kɔl frəm ə gʊd frɛnd. wi nid tɪ gɪt ðɪs fɪkst. wɪˈθɪn wiks əv kɔl tɪ ʃmɪt, ˈiˌbeɪ wɑz pleɪst ɔn ə ˈgugəl lɪst əv ““sensitive”*” ˈkəmpəˌniz, fər hum ˈgugəl pleɪst fjuər riˈstrɪkʃənz ɔn ɪts rɪˈkrutərz ɪkˈsɛpt æt ðə ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv rɪˈkrutmənt ˈlɛvəl. ɪt wɑz æt ðɪs taɪm ðət ˈgugəl bɪˈgæn tɪ ˌɪnˈtərnəli ˈfɔrməˌlaɪz ɪts ˌɪˈligəl ʃmɪt wɑz ˈklɪrli ˈwərid əˈbaʊt ˈgɪtɪŋ kɔt. ɪn ˈərli ɑkˈtoʊbər, 2005 ˈsinjər ˌviˈpi fər ˈjumən ˈrisɔrsɪz, ˈʃoʊnə braʊn, iˈmeɪld ʃmɪt ə dræft lɪst əv ˈkəmpəˌniz ɔn ðɛr nɑt call”*” ənd ““sensitive”*” lɪsts, ənd ðə ˈpɑləsi ˈproʊtəˌkɔlz. ʃmɪt rɪˈspɑndɪd: lʊks ˈvɛri gʊd eric”*” ʃmɪt wɑz ðɛn æst ɪf ˈgugəl seɪlz ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv kʊd ʃɛr ðə rulz ɛz ðeɪ pərˈteɪn tɪ them?”*?” ʃmɪt rɪˈspɑndɪd: wʊd prɪˈfər ðət du ɪt vərˈbæli sɪns aɪ wɔnt tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈpeɪpər treɪl ˈoʊvər wɪʧ wi kən bi sud ˈleɪtər? nɑt ʃʊr əˈbaʊt ðɪs.. θæŋks eric”*” sɛns tɪ du ˈɔrəli. aɪ agree.”*.” hɛd æt ðə taɪm, ˈʃoʊnə braʊn, əˈgrid wɪθ hər bɔs, ɪn i ˈkəmɪŋz jɪr ˈleɪtər, baɪ ðə ɛnd əv 2006 ˈgugəl ˈəpˌgreɪdɪd ˈiˌbeɪ tɪ ɪts nɑt koʊld call”*” lɪst, ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ opentv*, tɛkˈnɑləʤiz, ənd ˌɪnˈtuət əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə ərˈɪʤənəl faɪv ˈkəmpəˌniz. ““sensitive”*” ˈkəmpəˌniz lɪst (raɪt) hæd ˈminˌwaɪl groʊn tɪ ˌɪnˈklud əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn, askjeeves*, klɪr ˈʧænəl, earthlink*,, ˈlaɪkoʊs, ənd ntl*, ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈkeɪbəl ˈkəmpəˌni noʊn təˈdeɪ ɛz ˈvərʤɪn ˈmidiə. səm əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈpɑndoʊ ˈkɑnˌtæktɪd fər ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd, ɔf ðə ˈrɛkərd, ðət ðeɪ hæd nɑt əˈgrid tɪ əˈpɪr ɔn ˈgugəl ər ˈæpəlz lɪsts, ənd ðət ðɛr wər noʊ rɪˈsɪprəkəl əˈgrimənts. ˌɪnˈdid, ðət seɪm laɪn əv dɪˈfɛns wɑz juzd baɪ ˈmɛni əv ðə dɪˈfɛndənts ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt keɪs. əv kɔrs, ɪts ˈpɑsəbəl ðət ˈgugəl, ˈæpəl ər ˈəðərz ˈsɪmpli ˈædɪd ˈkəmpəˌniz tɪ ðɛr doʊnt rɪˈkrut lɪsts wɪˈθaʊt koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtɪŋ wɪθ ðɛm fərst. ðət sɛd, ɛz wi si frəm ðə ˈwɪtmən ənd ʤɑbz iˈmeɪlz əˈbəv, əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðə lɪst wɑz ˈfrikwɛntli ˈprɑmptɪd baɪ ən ˈæŋgri foʊn kɔl ər ˈhitɪd dɪˈskəʃən. wən ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ðɪs ɪz dɛl hu, dɪˈspaɪt nɑt biɪŋ ˈlɪstɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɪvəl sut ər ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, wɑz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɔn "doʊnt kɔl" lɪst ˈæftər ən ˈæŋgri iˈmeɪl frəm ˈmaɪkəl dɛl hɪmˈsɛlf. ɔn ˈeɪprəl 19 2007 dɛl roʊt tɪ ʃmɪt dell's—m.a*.]: ˈɛrɪk, aɪ ˈlərnɪd ˈrisəntli ðət ˈgugəl ɪkˈstɛnd ən ˈɔfər tɪ wən əv ɑr seɪlz gaɪz, [rɪˈdæktɪd]. nɑt ril ˈhæpi əˈbaʊt ðɪs ənd nɑt ðə kaɪnd əv θɪŋk wi wʊd ɪkˈspɛkt ˈgɪvɪn ɑr ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪp. wi ʃʊd dɪˈskəs nɛkst taɪm wi ər təˈgɛðər bət aɪ θɪŋk wi ʃʊd hæv ə ˈʤɛnərəl ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ ðət wi ər nɑt ˈæktɪvli rɪˈkrutɪŋ frəm iʧ ˈəðər. ˈmaɪkəl tu deɪz ˈleɪtər, ʃmɪt ˈfɔrwərdɪd dɛlz iˈmeɪl tɪ tu tɔp ˈgugəl ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz, ənd ˈædɪd hɪz oʊn ˈkɑmɛnt əp tɔp: lɛts pʊt ðɛm ɔn ðə "doʊnt kɔl ˈɪntu dɛl" lɪst fər ə waɪl. θæŋks ˈɛrɪk wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ prɛs ˈkəmpəˌniz tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ðə ˈrɛkərd rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ˈɛni dɪˈskəʃənz wɪʧ meɪ hæv kɔzd ðɛm tɪ bi ˈædɪd tɪ ˈgugəl ər ˈæpəlz lɪsts. ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbəl ɛz ɪt meɪ sim, ðə wɑz ʤɪst ˈgɪtɪŋ ˈstɑrtɪd. bɪtˈwin ðə ɛnd əv 2006 ənd ˈərli 2008 ɪts ˈtɛntəkəlz ˈməltəˌplaɪd, ˈriʧɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə lɪvz əv ˈwərkərz əˈkrɔs ðə gloʊb ənd əˈkrɔs mɔr ˈɪndəstriz. ə ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˈgugəl ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈtaɪtəld əˈgrimənt ˈhaɪrɪŋ policy,”*,” ˈdeɪtɪd ˈʤænjuˌɛri 7 2008 ɪkˈspændɪd ðə ˈkætəˌgɔriz ənd ˌdɛfəˈnɪʃənz əv ðə ˈsikrɪt dilz. wət ˈstɑrtɪd ɛz ə ˈmɛˌmoʊ ɪn leɪt 2006 hæd naʊ groʊn tɪ ə lɪst naɪn ˈpeɪʤɪz lɔŋ. ˈəndər ə nu ˈkætəˌgɔri, hiring,”*,” ðə ˈgugəl ˈmɛˌmoʊ lɪsts fɔr fərmz ənd ðɛr subsidiares*: ˈpɛrənt ˈkəmpəˌniz: ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft noʊˈvɛl ˈɔrəkəl sən ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɪstəmz ðiz ˈkəmpəˌniz əˈloʊn hæd ə kəmˈbaɪnd ˈwərkˌfɔrs əv wɛl ˈoʊvər ɪmˈplɔɪiz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈproʊtəˌkɔlz ˈəndər hiring”*” ˈlɪmɪtɪd ðə pækt tɪ ənd əˈbəv: iʧ əv ðiz hiring’*’ ˈkəmpəˌniz, ˈgugəl həz əˈgrid tɪ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈproʊtəˌkɔl. 1 nɑt tɪ pərˈsu ˈmænɪʤər ˈlɛvəl ənd əˈbəv ˈkænədɪts fər ˈprɑdəkt, seɪlz, ər roʊlz ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ hæv əˈplaɪd tɪ ˈgugəl; 2 ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðɛr ər noʊ riˈstrɪkʃənz tɪ ɑr rɪˈkrutɪŋ frəm ðiz ˈkəmpəˌniz æt ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl kənˈtrɪbjətər ˈlɛvəlz fər psg&a*; 3 əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, ðɛr ər noʊ riˈstrɪkʃənz æt ˈɛni ˈlɛvəl fər ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ ˈkænədɪts. ˈəndər nɑt koʊld call”*” lɪst, ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈdəbəld frəm faɪv tɪ 11 bət ðə ˈnəmbər əv ɪmˈplɔɪiz pəˈtɛnʃəli əˈfɛktɪd gru ˈsɛvərəl taɪmz mɔr ðən ðət: ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌniz (ənd baɪ əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ðɛr səbˈsɪdiˌɛriz ˈlɪstɪd ɪn əˈpɛndɪks ə) hæv ˈspɛʃəl əˈgrimənts wɪθ ˈgugəl ənd ər pɑrt əv ðə nɑt koʊld call’*’ lɪst. ˈpɛrənt ˈkəmpəˌniz: ˈæpəl, ɪŋk ˈkɑmˌkæst ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˈʤɛnənˌtɛk ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən (ˈʤunjər haɪərz əˈplaɪz tɪ səbˈsɪdiˌɛriz) ˌɪnˈtɛl ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən ˌɪnˈtuət ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft ðiz kəmˈbaɪnd ˈwərkˌfɔrs əv ʤɪst ðiz ˈilɛvən ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈtoʊtəld ˈoʊvər ɪn 2008 ðə ˌæntaɪˈtrəst ˈlɔˌsut goʊɪŋ tɪ traɪəl ɪn meɪ əˈfɛkts ˈoʊnli ɪmˈplɔɪiz əv ˈsɛvən tɛk fərmz (ˌɔlˈðoʊ θri hæv sɪns ˈsɛtəld aʊt əv kɔrt), ˈlivɪŋ moʊst əv ðə fərmz ˈlɪstɪd ɔn ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl ˈdɑkjəmənts aʊt. bət nɑt dən jɛt. lɪst əv companies,”*,” rikˈwaɪərɪŋ rɪˈkrutərz tɪ ʧɛk wɪθ ɪgˈzɛkjətɪvz fərst (wɪʧ kʊd ənd dɪd min ˈgugəl ˌɪnˈfɔrmɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈprɑspɛkt tɪ hɪz ər hər ɪmˈplɔɪər), ɪz ɛz ˈfɑloʊz: ˈpɛrənt ˈkəmpəˌniz: əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn, ɪŋk. klɪr ˈʧænəl kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃənz, ɪŋk. dɛl, ɪŋk. earthlink*, ɪŋk ˈvərʤɪn ˈmidiə, ɪŋk. (ˈfɔrmərli ntl*, ɪŋk.) bɪˈniθ ðət lɪst, ə ˈrəðər ˈkrɪptɪk ˈwɔrnɪŋ səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət ɔl əˈkrɔs ˈɪndəstriz, ˌɪˈligəl əˈgrimənts wər ˈkɑmən ˈɛvriˌwɛr: bi ˈkɔʃəs wɪn rɪˈkrutɪŋ timz frəm ˈɛni ˈkəmpəˌni tɪ kip ɑr ˈkænədɪts ənd pəˈtɛnʃəl ɪmˈplɔɪiz seɪf frəm ˈligəl ˈækʃən. moʊst ˈkəmpəˌniz hæv əˈgrimənts wɪʧ wʊd ˈlɪmət ər proʊˈhɪbət ə ˈkænədɪt frəm ˈæskɪŋ ə ˈkoʊˈwərkər tɪ ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs ɛz well.”*.” ðət ˈpæsɪʤ əˈloʊn ɪz ə ˈstənɪŋ ɪgˈzæmpəl əv nɑt ʤɪst ˈfleɪgrəntli ˌɪˈligəl ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊz haʊ fju raɪts ˈkəmpəˌniz əˈsum ðɛr ɪmˈplɔɪiz ər ɛnˈtaɪtəld tɪ, raɪts ðət əˈmɛrɪkənz teɪk fər ɛz ðə raɪt tɪ fri spiʧ, ðə raɪt tɪ əˈsɛmbli, ðə raɪt tɪ æsk wənz oʊn ˈkoʊˈwərkər ɪf hi ər ʃi wʊd bi ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈteɪkɪŋ ə ˈbɛtər ʤɑb ˈsəmˌwɛr ɛls... bət bæk tɪ ðə: ˈfaɪnəli, 2008 ˈmɛˌmoʊ lɪsts 18 ˈstæfɪŋ ˈeɪʤənsiz wɪʧ ˈgugəl həz əˈgrid nɑt tɪ rɪˈkrut frəm: ə ˈʤɛnərəl rul, wi ʃʊd nɑt bi rɪˈkrutɪŋ ˈstæfɪŋ ˈtælənt frəm ˈɛni əv ɑr əˈpruvd ˈstæfɪŋ ˈpɑrtnərz. ðə lɪsts ɔn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ peɪʤ ˈaʊˌtlaɪn ðiz ˈpɑrtnərz fər boʊθ ðə juz. ənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl staffing.”*.” əˈməŋ ðə ˈstæfɪŋ ˈeɪʤənsiz ˈlɪstɪd: ˈkɛli ˈsərvɪsɪz (ˈjuˈɛs ənd ˈwərldˈwaɪd), kforce*, ˈbɪznɪs səˈluʃənz, adecco*, ənd ˈəðərz. ənd ˈgugəl ðə ˈoʊnli ˈkəmpəˌni ðət kɛpt ə lɪst. ˈbɛrid ɪn ðə kɔrt ˈdɑkəts ɪz ən iˈmeɪl frəm ˈæpəl rɪˈkrutɪŋ ˈmænɪʤər ˈdeɪvɪd ˈælvərˌɛz tɪ ˈfɛloʊ ˈæpəl rɪˈkrutɪŋ ˈmænɪʤər ˈʤɑnəθən geɪər, ˈdeɪtɪd ˌʤuˈlaɪ 9 2009 kənˈteɪnɪŋ ə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ˈtaɪtəld ɔf (du nɑt kɔl list).”*).” ðət lɪst ˌɪnˈkludz ðə ˈəðər sɪks fərmz ʧɑrʤd baɪ ðə ənd ərˈɪʤənəli neɪmd ɪn ðə klæs ˈækʃən: əˈdoʊbi, ˈgugəl, ˌɪnˈtɛl, ˌɪnˈtuət, ˈpɪksɑr ənd ˈlukəs. bət ðə ˈæpəl nɑt call”*” lɪst ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludz ən əˈdɪʃənəl 21 ˈkəmpəˌniz nɑt ˈmɛnʃənd ɪn ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən ər ðə klæs ˈækʃən sut. əˈməŋ ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz ðət əˈpɪr tɪ hæv kənˈspaɪərd wɪθ ˈæpəl tɪ səˈprɛs ðɛr employees’*’ ˈweɪʤɪz: ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft, ˈeɪˌɛmˈdi, bɛst baɪ, cingular*, foxconn*,, ənd ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv dɪˈstrɪbjətərz laɪk mæk zoʊn, ˈpiˈsi kəˈnɛkʃən ənd ˈpiˈsi mɔl. səm əv ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ɔn nɑt kɔl list”*” bɪˈkəz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈmɛˌmoʊ, ðeɪ ʃɛr bɔrd members”*”: ˌɪnˈtuət, jcrew*, ˈnaɪki, ənd ˈʤɛnənˌtɛk, huz ˈsiˌiˈoʊ æt ðə taɪm, ˈɑrθər ˈlɛvɪnsən, sæt ɔn bɔrd əv dɪˈrɛktərz. ɔl əv ðə əˈbəv ɪz ʤɪst wəts ɪn ðə ˈmaʊntən əv kɔrt ˈdɑkjəmənts. ɪts ˈhaɪli ˈlaɪkli ðət mɔr neɪmz wɪl spɪl aʊt ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni. ˈpɑndoʊ wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ rɪˈpɔrt ˈɛni nu dɪˈvɛləpmənts ənd ˈɔlsoʊ wɪl bi ˈkəvərɪŋ ðə ˈsəməri ˈʤəʤmənt ˈhirɪŋ nɛkst wik. fər naʊ, ɪˈnəf tɪ traɪ tɪ əbˈzɔrb wət ɔl əv ðiz cross-company*, ˈsikrɪt əˈgrimənts min. moʊst ˈleɪbər ˈstɔriz əˈbaʊt weɪʤ θɛft ənd ˈkɔrpərət əˈbjuz tɛnd tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈərnərz ənd ðə moʊst ˌdɪsədˈvænɪʤd. ˈsərtənli ɪt streɪnz ˌsɛnsɪˈbɪlɪtiz tɪ kəmˈpɛr ən ˈɛkˌsplɔɪtəd ˈwərkər ɪn ðə fæst fud ər ˈriˌteɪl ˈɪndəstri tɪ tɛk ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ənd ˈproʊˌgræmərz, hu ər fɑr ˈbɛtər ˈkɑmpənˌseɪtəd, lɪv mɔr ˈkəmfərtəbli, ənd ˈrɛrli ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ˈpʊtɪŋ fud ɪn ðɛr maʊðz. ɪn tərmz əv ˈpeɪθɑs, ðɛr ɪz noʊ kəmˈpɛrəsən; ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ ˈərnərz ər ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ sərˈvaɪv, ənd ˈnɪrli ɔl əv ðə ˈwɛˈlɛʤəˌkeɪtɪd, ˈpipəl ɪn ðə ˈmidiə wərld əˈgri ðət tɛk ˈɪndəstri ˈwərkərz ər ɔl ə bənʧ əv ˈoʊvərˈpeɪd ˈmɪzəʤɪnɪst ˌlɪˌbərˈtɛˌriən bros*, ə ˈkɛrɪkəˌʧər ðət meɪks ɪt ˈpərfəktli faɪn tɪ heɪt ðə ɪnˈtaɪər klæs, ənd ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ kənˈsɪdər ðɛm ɛz pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈkɑmˌrædz stək ɪn ðə seɪm prɪˈdɪkəmənt ɛz ðə rɛst əv ðə ɪn ðɪs ˈkəntri. mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪz ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl prɪˈdɪkəmənt ðət fæst fud ˈwərkərz ʃɛr wɪθ ˈwərkərz: ðə lɔs əv paʊər ˈoʊvər ðɛr lɪvz ənd ðɛr fˈjuʧərz tɪ ðə groʊɪŋ mæs əv ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd paʊər ɪn ˈsɪləkən ˈvæli, huz ˈtɛntəkəlz ər soʊ strɔŋ naʊ ənd soʊ greɪt, ðət ˈhənərdz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈwərkərz əraʊnd ðə riˈleɪʃənz ənd ˈkeɪbəl ˈkəmpəˌni ɪmˈplɔɪiz ɪn ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ aɪlz, ˈproʊˌgræmərz ənd tɛk ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ɪn ˈrəʃə ənd ˈʧaɪnə (əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈəðər ˈdɑkjəmənts wɪʧ aɪl raɪt əˈbaʊt ðɛr lɪvz kənˈtroʊld ənd ðɛr ˈweɪʤɪz ənd ˌɑpərˈtunətiz ˈstoʊlən frəm ðɛm wɪˈθaʊt ˈɛvər noʊɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪt, ɔl ðə waɪl biɪŋ bɑmˈbɑrdɪd wɪθ ˈkəlʧərəl kænt əˈbaʊt ðə ˈwɪzdəm əv ðə fri ˈmɑrkɪt, əˈbaʊt ðə ɪˈfɪʃənsi əv fri ˈnɑlɪʤ, əˈbaʊt ðə nid tɪ teɪk ˈpərsɪnəl riˌspɑnsəˈbɪləti ənd tɪ bleɪm noʊ wən bət ˈjɔrsɛlf fər ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðət ˈhæpənz ɪn jʊr laɪf ənd jʊr kərɪr. ˈpɑndoʊ əˈtɛmptəd tɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt ðə ˈkəmpəˌniz ˈmɛnʃənd baɪ neɪm ɪn ðɪs rɪˈpɔrt, rɪkˈwɛstɪŋ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ðə ˈsɪvəl ˈlɔˌsut (ənd ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz, ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃənz). ɔl əv ðiz rɪkˈwɛsts wər meɪd æt list tu ˈbɪznɪs aʊərz ˌbiˈfɔr ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən, ɪn laɪn wɪθ ˈstændərd ˈkɑmɛnt rɪkˈwɛst ˈpɑləsi. fər iz əv ˈrɛdɪŋ, du tɪ ðə ʃɪr ˈvɑljum əv ˈkəmpəˌniz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd, ɪkˈsɛpt wɛr spɪˈsɪfɪk fækts ər biɪŋ dɪˈspjutɪd, wi hæv grupt ɔl əv ðə ˈkɑmɛnts bɪˈloʊ, ˈrəðər ðən ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðɛm inline*. wi wɪl kənˈtɪnju tɪ ˈəpˌdeɪt ðə lɪst bɪˈloʊ ɛz wi rɪˈsiv əˈdɪʃənəl ˈkɑmɛnt. ən ˌɪnˈtuət ˈspoʊkspərsən rɪˈspɑndɪd wɪθ ðɪs ˈsteɪtmənt: ˈkɑrənt ˈlɔˌsut əˈgɛnst ˈiˌbeɪ ˈmɛnʃənz ˌɪnˈtuət, bət wi ər nɑt neɪmd ɛz dɪˈfɛndənts ɪn ðə sut. rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈsɪvəl keɪs: ˌɪnˈtuət ˈɛnərd ˈɪntu ə ˈsɛtəlmənt ɪn ðə haɪ tɛk ɪmˈplɔɪi ˌæntaɪˈtrəst ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən. wi hæv əˈgrid tɪ riˈzɑlv ðɪs ˈmætər wɪˈθaʊt ækˈnɑlɪʤɪŋ ˈɛni ˈrɔŋduɪŋ. wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ bɪˈliv ɑr ˈækʃənz wər ˈfʊli kəmˈplaɪənt wɪθ ðə lɔ. ðɪs wɑz ən ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ənd ˈbərdənsəm keɪs ənd wi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ pʊt ɪt bɪˈhaɪnd ˈjuˈɛs. ˌɪnˈtuət ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnts əˈprɑksəmətli 5 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə prəˈpoʊzd klæs. rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ bɪl roʊl: bɪl ˈkæmbəl, ˈʧɛrmən əv bɔrd, ɪz ə bɔrd ˈmɛmbər æt ˈæpəl ənd hæd sərvd ɛz ən ædˈvaɪzər tɪ ˈgugəl. hi ɪz ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd əˈkrɔs ˈkəmpəˌniz fər biɪŋ juˈnikli kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪv ənd procompetitive*. θruaʊt ˈsɪləkən ˈvæli, hi həz pleɪd ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ənd pərˈdəktɪv roʊl ɪn ˈbɪldɪŋ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps ðət ˈfɑstər ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən. rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈkɑrənt ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz frəm ðə haɪ tɛk ɪmˈplɔɪi ˌæntaɪˈtrəst ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən: ðɛn ənd təˈdeɪ, bɪl teɪks hɪz fəˈduʃiˌɛri ənd ædˈvaɪzəri riˌspɑnsəˈbɪlətiz æt ˌɪnˈtuət ˈsɪriəsli, ənd wi bɪˈliv ɔl əv ˈækʃənz hæv ˈfʊli kəmˈplaɪd wɪθ ðə lɔ." ən ˈspoʊkspərsən dɪd nɑt ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ðə ˈsɪvəl klæs ˈækʃən sut, bət geɪv ˈpɑndoʊ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsteɪtmənt rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðɛr ˈsɛpərˌeɪt ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən: "ˈiˌbeɪ kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ bɪˈliv ðət ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs ənd ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl hæv ˈteɪkən ən ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd ənd əˈgrɛsɪv əˈproʊʧ tɪ ðɛr ɛnˈfɔrsmənt əv ˌæntaɪˈtrəst lɔz ɪn ðɪs ˈɪnstəns. ˌnɛvərðəˈlɛs, ˈiˌbeɪ ɪz ɪnˈgeɪʤɪŋ ɪn dɪˈskəʃənz wɪθ ðə dɪˈpɑrtmənt əv ˈʤəstɪs ənd ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ ðə ˈpɑsəbəl ˌrɛzəˈluʃən əv ðɪs ˈækʃən ənd bɪˈlivz ðət ə steɪ əv ðə ˈækʃən wɪl əˈvɔɪd ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri juz ˈrisɔrsɪz waɪl ðoʊz dɪˈskəʃənz ər ˈpɛndɪŋ." ən ˌɪnˈtɛl ˈspoʊkspərsən toʊld ˈpɑndoʊ: "wi doʊnt θɪŋk wi ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd ˈɛni lɔz, ənd wi ər goʊɪŋ tɪ kənˈtɪnju tɪ dɪˈfɛnd ɑrˈsɛlvz." ə ˈvərʤɪn ˈmidiə ˈspoʊkspərsən toʊld ˈpɑndoʊ: "ˈvərʤɪn ˈmidiə ˈɑpərˌeɪts ˈsoʊəli ɪn ðə uk*. aɪ əˈpriʃiˌeɪt ˈgugəl ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈkruts hir bət aɪ bɪˈliv ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn wət saʊnz laɪk ə ˈjuˈɛs ˈlɔˌsut." ən əˈdoʊbi ˈspoʊkspərsən toʊld ˈpɑndoʊ: "əˈdoʊbi dɪz nɑt ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˈpɛndɪŋ ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən." ə ˈkɛli ˈspoʊkspərsən sɛd ðə ˈkəmpəˌni "dɪz nɑt ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˈpɛndɪŋ ˌlɪtəˈgeɪʃən əˈgɛnst ə ˈkəstəmər." ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ˈnaɪki toʊld ˈpɑndoʊ "ˈnaɪki ɪz ˌənəˈwɛr əv ˈɛni səʧ əˈgrimənt ənd hæv noʊ ˈfərðər ˈkɑmɛnt." ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ˈeɪˌɛmˈdi dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt fər ðɪs ˈstɔri. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər əˈmərɪkəˈɑnˌlaɪn dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt fər ðɪs ˈstɔri. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt fər ðɪs ˈstɔri. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər dɛl dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt fər ðɪs ˈstɔri. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ˈɔrəkəl dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt fər ðɪs ˈstɔri. ə ˈspoʊkspərsən fər ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt fər ðɪs ˈstɔri. adecco*, ˈæpəl, bɛst baɪ, ˈbɪznɪs səˈluʃənz, klɪr ˈʧænəl, ˈkɑmˌkæst, ˈdrimˌwərks, foxconn*, ˈʤɛnənˌtɛk, ɪŋk., ˈgugəl,,, jcrew*, kforce*, ˈlukəsfɪlm, mæk zoʊn, noʊˈvɛl,,, opentv*, ˈpiˈsi kəˈnɛkʃən, ˈpiˈsi mɔl, ˈpɪksɑr, sən ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɪstəmz ənd ˈiðər kʊd nɑt bi riʧt, ər hæd nɑt rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ rɪkˈwɛsts fər ˈkɑmɛnt ɛz əv ˌpəblɪˈkeɪʃən taɪm. ˈfɑloʊ ɔl əv ɑr ˈkəvərɪʤ hir. ˈgugəl ˈpɑləsi ɪgˈzɪbɪt 1871 ˈgugəl 2006 ˈhaɪrɪŋ ˈmɛˌmoʊ lɪst lɪst ɪgˈzɪbɪt 872 |
“british medieval ordinances of bristol cobblers in 1364 state, ‘masters are forbidden to poach workers from other members of the craft.’”
— orly lobel, talent wants to be free back in january, i wrote about "the techtopus" an illegal agreement between seven tech giants, including apple, google, and intel, to suppress wages for tens of thousands of tech employees. the agreement prompted a department of justice investigation, resulting in a settlement in which the companies agreed to curb their restricting hiring deals. the same companies were then hit with a civil suit by employees affected by the agreements.
this week, as the final summary judgement for the resulting class action suit looms, and several of the companies mentioned (intuit, pixar and lucasfilm) scramble to settle out of court, pando has obtained court documents (embedded below) which show shocking evidence of a much larger conspiracy, reaching far beyond silicon valley.
confidential internal google and apple memos, buried within piles of court dockets and reviewed by pandodaily, clearly show that what began as a secret cartel agreement between apple’s steve jobs and google’s eric schmidt to illegally fix the labor market for hi-tech workers, expanded within a few years to include companies ranging from dell, ibm, ebay and microsoft, to comcast, clear channel, dreamworks, and london-based public relations behemoth wpp. all told, the combined workforces of the companies involved totals well over a million employees.
according to multiple sources familiar with the case, several of these newly named companies were also subpoenaed by the doj for their investigation. a spokesperson for ask.com confirmed that in 2009-10 the company was investigated by the doj, and agreed to cooperate fully with that investigation. other companies confirmed off the record that they too had been subpoenaed around the same time.
although the department ultimately decided to focus its attention on just adobe, apple, google, intel, intuit, lucasfilm and pixar, the emails and memos clearly name dozens more companies which, at least as far as google and apple executives were concerned, formed part of their wage-fixing cartel.
a confidential google memo (above, left) titled “special agreement hiring policy,” dating from november 2006, divides the company's wage-fixing agreements into two categories: “do not cold call” and “sensitive companies.” below that, the google memo offers a brief chronology and list of companies:
the following companies have special agreements with google and are part of the “do not cold call” list.
effective march 6, 2005:
genentech, inc. • intel corporation • apple computer • paypal, inc. • comcast corporation until now, neither paypal (owned by ebay), comcast nor genentech have been publicly mentioned as part of the wage-suppression cartel. nor have they been publicly named in criminal or civil actions relating to this particular case, although both the doj and the state of california are currently pursuing a separate but related antitrust suits against ebay.
the first entry marks the beginning of google’s participation in the wage-suppression scheme:
the "effective date" of google's first wage-fixing agreements, early march 2005, follows a few weeks after steve jobs threatened google’s sergey brin to stop all recruiting at apple: “if you hire a single one of these people,” jobs emailed brin, “that means war.”
jobs threatened brin and google on february 17, 2005; nine days later, apple's vp for human resources sent out an internal email to apple recruiting,
all,
please add google to your "hands-off" list. we recently agreed not to recruit from one another so if you hear of any recruiting they are doing against us, please be sure to let me know.
please also be sure to honor our side of the deal. that was february 26; on march 6, google's identical non-solicitation agreement with apple became "effective."
this timeline is important to establish because it demonstrates precisely what makes this scheme illegal: secret cross-agreements between two or more parties to fix wages in the labor market, at a time when tech engineer wages were soaring, threatening profits.
this is just a tiny sample of the "overwhelming" evidence used by both the justice department's antitrust division, and the district court judge in san jose, to debunk the company executives' claims that each had coincidentally implemented identical non-solicitation policies at the same time, with the same companies, without knowing what the other side was doing.
from that point on, the secret cartel expanded. later that year, in september 2005, ebay ceo meg whitman called schmidt complaining that google’s recruiters were hurting profits and business at ebay. schmidt emailed google’s “executive management committee”—the company’s top executives— summarizing whitman’s, and “the valley”’s view that competing for workers by offering higher pay packages was “unfair”:
from: eric schmidt sent: wednesday, september 7, 2005 10:52 pm subject: phone call from meg whitman
do not forward
meg called to talk about our hiring practices. here is what she said:
1. google is the talk of the valley because we are driving up salaries across the board. people are just waiting for us to fall and get back at us for our “unfair” practices now.
2. our recruiting practices are “zero sum” and it appears that somewhere in google we are targeting ebay to “hurt them” and its the reputation that we are doing this against yahoo, ebay and msft (i denied this.) schmidt’s email clearly prioritizes whitman's and other ceos' concerns over the rights of employees or the concept of fair competition, even ordering a google executive to "fire the recruiter [who offended whitman] immediately." schmidt's email ends:
this was a rough call from a good friend. we need to get this fixed.
within weeks of whitman’s call to schmidt, ebay was placed on a google list of “sensitive” companies, for whom google placed fewer restrictions on its recruiters except at the executive recruitment level. it was at this time that google began to internally formalize its illegal wage-suppression pacts—and schmidt was clearly worried about getting caught.
in early october, 2005, google’s senior vp for human resources, shona brown, emailed schmidt a draft list of companies on their “do not call” and “sensitive” lists, and the policy protocols. schmidt responded:
“this looks very good eric”
schmidt was then asked if google sales executive omid kordestani could share “with ebay/pp the rules as they pertain to them?”
schmidt responded:
“i would prefer that omid do it verbally since i don’t want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued later? not sure about this.. thanks eric”
“makes sense to do orally. i agree.”
google's hr head at the time, shona brown, agreed with her boss, in lower-case ee cummings syntax:a year later, by the end of 2006, google upgraded ebay to its “do not cold call” list, joining opentv, nvidia technologies, and intuit along with the original five companies.
google’s “sensitive” companies list (right) had meanwhile grown to include aol, askjeeves, clear channel, earthlink, ibm, lycos, and ntl, a major british cable company known today as virgin media.
some of the companies pando contacted for this article insisted, off the record, that they had not agreed to appear on google or apple's lists, and that there were no reciprocal non-solicitation agreements. indeed, that same line of defense was used by many of the defendants in the current case.
of course, it's possible that google, apple or others simply added companies to their don't recruit lists without coordinating with them first. that said, as we see from the whitman and jobs emails above, addition to the list was frequently prompted by an angry phone call or heated discussion.
one example of this is dell who, despite not being listed in the civil suit or doj investigation, was included on google's "don't call" list after an angry email from michael dell himself.
on april 19, 2007, dell wrote to schmidt [typos dell's—m.a.]:
eric,
i learned recently that google extend an offer to one of our sales guys, [redacted].
not real happy about this and not the kind of think we would expect given our partnership.
we should discuss next time we are together but i think we should have a general understanding that we are not actively recruiting from each other.
michael two days later, schmidt forwarded dell's email to two top google hr executives, and added his own comment up top:
lets put them on the "don't call into dell" list for a while. thanks eric
we'll continue to press companies to comment on the record regarding any discussions which may have caused them to be added to google or apple's lists.
* * * *
incredible as it may seem, the techtopus was just getting started. between the end of 2006 and early 2008, its tentacles multiplied, reaching into the lives of workers across the globe and across more industries.
a confidential google document titled “special agreement hiring policy,” dated january 7, 2008, expanded the categories and definitions of the company’s secret deals. what started as a two-page memo in late 2006, had now grown to a list nine pages long.
under a new category, “restricted hiring,” the google memo lists four firms and their subsidiares:
parent companies:
microsoft • novell • oracle • sun microsystems these companies alone had a combined workforce of well over 200,000 employees. however, the protocols under “restricted hiring” limited the wage-theft pact to manager-level and above: “for each of these ‘restricted hiring’ companies, google has agreed to the following protocol.
1. not to pursue manager level and above candidates for product, sales, or g&a roles even if they have applied to google;
2. however, there are no restrictions to our recruiting from these companies at individual contributor levels for psg&a;
3. additionally, there are no restrictions at any level for engineering candidates. under google’s “do not cold call” list, the number of companies doubled from five to 11, but the number of employees potentially affected grew several times more than that:
the following companies (and by association their subsidiaries listed in appendix a) have special agreements with google and are part of the ‘do not cold call’ list.
parent companies:
apple, inc • comcast corporation • doubleclick • genentech • ibm corporation (junior hires okay—also applies to subsidiaries) • illumita • intel corporation • intuit • microsoft • oglivy • wpp these combined workforce of just these eleven companies totaled over 775,000 in 2008. the antitrust lawsuit going to trial in may affects only 100,000 employees of seven tech firms (although three have since settled out of court), leaving most of the firms listed on google’s confidential documents out.
but we’re not done yet.
google’s list of “sensitive companies,” requiring recruiters to check with google’s executives first (which could and did mean google informing on the prospect to his or her employer), is as follows:
parent companies:
aol, inc. • ask.com • clear channel communications, inc. • dell, inc. • earthlink, inc • virgin media, inc. (formerly ntl, inc.) beneath that list, a rather cryptic warning suggesting that all across industries, illegal non-solicitation agreements were common everywhere: “please be cautious when recruiting teams from any company to keep our candidates and potential employees safe from legal action. most companies have non-solicit agreements which would limit or prohibit a candidate from asking a coworker to interview with us as well.” that passage alone is a stunning example of not just flagrantly illegal practices—it also shows how few rights companies assume their employees are entitled to, rights that americans take for granted—such as the right to free speech, the right to assembly, the right to ask one's own co-worker if he or she would be interested in taking a better job somewhere else...
but back to the techtopus: finally, google’s 2008 memo lists 18 staffing agencies which google has agreed not to recruit from:
“as a general rule, we should not be recruiting staffing talent from any of our approved staffing partners. the lists on the following page outline these partners for both the u.s. and international staffing.”
among the staffing agencies listed: kelly services (us and worldwide), kforce, cdi business solutions, adecco, and others.
and google isn’t the only company that kept a list. buried in the court dockets is an email from apple recruiting manager david alvarez to fellow apple recruiting manager jonathan geyer, dated july 9, 2009, containing a document titled “hands off (do not call list).”
that list includes the other six firms charged by the doj and originally named in the wage-suppression class action: adobe, google, intel, intuit, pixar and lucas. but the apple “do not call” list also includes an additional 21 companies not mentioned in the doj investigation or the class action suit. among the companies that appear to have conspired with apple to suppress their employees’ wages:
microsoft, amd, best buy, cingular, foxconn, nvidia, and a handful of distributors like mac zone, pc connection and pc mall. some of the companies are on apple’s “do not call list” because, according to the memo, they share “common board members”: intuit, jcrew, nike, and genentech, whose ceo at the time, arthur levinson, sat on apple’s board of directors.
all of the above is just what's in the mountain of pre-trial court documents. it's highly likely that more names will spill out during testimony. pando will continue to report any new developments and also will be covering the summary judgment hearing next week.
for now, it’s enough to try to absorb what all of these cross-company, cross-industry secret labor-fixing agreements mean. most labor stories about wage theft and corporate abuse tend to focus on low-wage earners and the most disadvantaged. certainly it strains one’s sensibilities to compare an exploited low-wage worker in the fast food or retail industry to tech engineers and programmers, who are far better compensated, live more comfortably, and rarely worry about putting food in their children’s mouths.
in terms of pathos, there is no comparison; minimum wage earners are struggling to survive, and nearly all of the well-educated, privileged-born people in the media world agree that tech industry workers are all a bunch of overpaid misogynist libertarian bros, a caricature that makes it perfectly fine to hate the entire class, and impossible to consider them as political comrades stuck in the same predicament as the rest of the non-multimillionaires in this country.
what’s more important is the political predicament that low-paid fast food workers share with well-paid hi-tech workers: the loss of power over their lives and their futures to the growing mass of concentrated power in silicon valley, whose tentacles are so strong now and so great, that hundreds of thousands of workers around the globe—public relations and cable company employees in the british isles, programmers and tech engineers in russia and china (according to other documents which i'll write about soon)—have their lives controlled and their wages and opportunities stolen from them without ever knowing about it, all the while being bombarded with cultural cant about the wisdom of the free market, about the efficiency of free knowledge, about the need to take personal responsibility and to blame no one but yourself for everything that happens in your life and your career.
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pando attempted to contact the companies mentioned by name in this report, requesting comment on the civil lawsuit (and in some cases, separate doj investigations). all of these requests were made at least two business hours before publication, in line with pando's standard comment request policy.
for ease of reading, due to the sheer volume of companies involved, except where specific facts are being disputed, we have grouped all of the comments below, rather than including them inline. we will continue to update the list below as we receive additional comment.
an intuit spokesperson responded with this statement:
"[t]he current lawsuit against ebay mentions intuit, but we are not named as defendants in the suit.
regarding the civil case:
intuit entered into a settlement in the high tech employee antitrust litigation. we have agreed to resolve this matter without acknowledging any wrongdoing. we continue to believe our actions were fully compliant with the law. this was an expensive and burdensome case and we wanted to put it behind us. intuit represents approximately 5 percent of the proposed class.
regarding bill campbell’s role:
bill campbell, chairman of intuit’s board, is a board member at apple and had served as an advisor to google. he is recognized across companies for being uniquely collaborative and procompetitive. throughout silicon valley, he has played an important and productive role in building relationships that foster innovation.
regarding the current allegations from the high tech employee antitrust litigation: then and today, bill takes his fiduciary and advisory responsibilities at intuit seriously, and we believe all of bill’s actions have fully complied with the law."
an ebay/paypal spokesperson did not comment on the civil class action suit, but gave pando the following statement regarding their separate doj investigation:
"ebay continues to believe that the department of justice and california attorney general have taken an unprecedented and aggressive approach to their enforcement of antitrust laws in this instance. nevertheless, ebay is engaging in discussions with the department of justice and california attorney general regarding the possible resolution of this action and believes that a stay of the action will avoid unnecessary use resources while those discussions are pending."
an intel spokesperson told pando: "we don't think we violated any laws, and we are going to continue to defend ourselves."
a virgin media spokesperson told pando: "virgin media operates solely in the uk. i appreciate google also recruits here but i don’t believe we’re involved in what sounds like a us lawsuit."
an adobe spokesperson told pando: "adobe does not comment on pending litigation."
a kelly spokesperson said the company "does not comment on pending litigation against a customer."
a spokesperson for nike told pando "nike is unaware of any such agreement and have no further comment."
a spokesperson for amd declined to comment for this story.
a spokesperson for aol declined to comment for this story.
a spokesperson for cingular/at&t declined to comment for this story.
a spokesperson for dell declined to comment for this story.
a spokesperson for oracle declined to comment for this story.
a spokesperson for microsoft declined to comment for this story.
adecco, apple, best buy, cdi business solutions, clear channel, comcast, dreamworks, foxconn, genentech, inc., google, ibm, illumita, jcrew, kforce, lucasfilm, mac zone, novell, nvidia, oglivy, opentv, pc connection, pc mall, pixar, sun microsystems and wpp either could not be reached, or had not responded to requests for comment as of publication time.
follow all of our techtopus coverage here.
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google policy 428-10
exhibit 1871
google 2006 hiring memo
hands-off list
hands-off list
exhibit 872 | ðə sɔɪəz ˈkæpsəl wɪl riʧ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl speɪs ˈsteɪʃən ɪn ɑkˈtoʊbər wɪθ θri nu crewmembers*. əˈpɑrt frəm ðə ˈkɔzməˌnɔts, 32 smɔl fɪʃ wɪl bi ˈriʧɪŋ ðə ˈɔrbətɪŋ ˈaʊtˌpoʊst baɪ ðə speɪs ˈʃətəl sɔɪəz ˈkæpsəl. fɪʃ ə taɪp əv fɪʃ ˈneɪtɪv asia—*— ər biɪŋ ˈkɛrid tɪ ðə speɪs ˈsteɪʃən fər ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk ɪkˈspɛrəmənt æt ðə speɪs læb. ˈnæsə ˈæstrəˌnɑt ˈkɛvɪn fɔrd ənd ˈrəʃən ˈkɔzməˌnɔts ənd ˈoʊləg wɪl hɛd tɪ ðə speɪs ˈsteɪʃən wɪθ ðə fɪʃ. ðeɪ ər ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ lɔnʧ tɪ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl speɪs ˈsteɪʃən ɔn ɑkˈtoʊbər 15 ənd ðə lɔnʧ wʊd bi meɪd frəm ðə ˈkɔzməˌdroʊm inkazakhstan*. ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt ɪz ˈmeɪnli eɪmd æt ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtɪŋ ðə ˈifɛkts əv ɔn fɪʃ. ðə fɪʃ wʊd bi meɪd tɪ steɪ ɪn ə ˈspɛʃəl əkˈwɑtɪk ˈhæbəˌtæt. ðɪs ˈspɛʃəl ˈhæbəˌtæt ɪz biɪŋ dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ ðə speɪs ˈsteɪʃən baɪ ə ˌroʊˈbɑtɪk ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈkɑrˌgoʊ ˈfreɪtər, ðə ənˈmænd ˈtrænsfər ər (wɪʧ həz ɔˈrɛdi əraɪvd æt ðə speɪs ˈsteɪʃən ɔn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 27 ˈkɛvɪn fɔrd sɛd ðət ðə ɪkˈspɛrəmənt wɑz ɛˈsɛnʃəli fər ˌɔstiˌɑpərˈoʊsɪs. ˈʤuli ˈrɑbənsən, ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl speɪs ˈsteɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræm ˈsaɪəntɪst, ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət ðə ˈstədi æˈnælɪˌsiz haʊ ðə ˈskɛlətəl ˈsɪstəmz əv fɪʃ ʧeɪnʤ ɪn ðə nɪr ˈweɪtləs ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt əv lɛs ər noʊ ˈgrævɪti. |
the russian-built soyuz capsule will reach the international space station in october with three new crewmembers. apart from the cosmonauts, 32 small fish will be reaching the orbiting outpost by the space shuttle soyuz tma-06m capsule. medaka fish — a type of fish native tosoutheast asia— are being carried to the space station for scientific experiment at the space lab.
nasa astronaut kevin ford and russian cosmonauts evgeny tarelkin and oleg novitskiy will head to the space station with the fish. they are scheduled to launch to the international space station on october 15 and the launch would be made from the baikonour cosmodrome inkazakhstan.
the experiment is mainly aimed at investigating the effects of microgravity on fish. the fish would be made to stay in a special aquatic habitat. this special habitat is being delivered to the space station by a robotic japanese cargo freighter, the unmanned h-2 transfer vehicle-3, or htv-3 (which has already arrived at the space station on july 27).
kevin ford said that the experiment was essentially for osteoporosis. julie robinson, an international space station program scientist, explained that the study analyses how the skeletal systems of fish change in the near weightless environment of less or no gravity. | fər ˈəðər ˈjuzɪz, si stæb ə stæb wund ɪz ə spɪˈsɪfɪk fɔrm əv ˈpɛnəˌtreɪtɪŋ ˈtrɔmə tɪ ðə skɪn ðət rɪˈzəlts frəm ə naɪf ər ə ˈsɪmələr ˈpɔɪntɪd waɪl stæb wundz ər ˈtɪpɪkəli noʊn tɪ bi kɔzd baɪ naɪvz, ðeɪ kən ˈɔlsoʊ əˈkər frəm ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈɪmpləmənts, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈbroʊkən ˈbɑtəlz ənd aɪs pɪks. moʊst ˈstæbɪŋz əˈkər bɪˈkəz əv ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl ˈvaɪələns ər θru ðə ˈtritmənt ɪz dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn ˈmɛni ˈdɪfərənt ˈvɛriəbəlz səʧ ɛz ðə ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl loʊˈkeɪʃən ənd ðə sɪˈvɛrɪti əv ðə ˈɪnʤəri. ˈivɪn ðoʊ stæb wundz ər ˌɪnˈflɪktɪd æt ə məʧ ˈgreɪtər reɪt ðən gən ʃɑt wundz, ðeɪ əˈkaʊnt fər lɛs ðən 10 əv ɔl ˈpɛnəˌtreɪtɪŋ ˈtrɔmə ˈnidɪd] ˈmænɪʤmənt ˈɛdət stæb wundz kən kɔz ˈvɛriəs ˌɪnˈtərnəl ənd ɪkˈstərnəl ˈɪnʤəriz. ðeɪ ər ˈʤɛnərəli kɔzd baɪ ˈwɛpənz, ˈminɪŋ ðə ˈɪnʤəriz ˌɪnˈflɪktɪd ɔn ə ˈpərsən ər ˈtɪpɪkəli kənˈfaɪnd tɪ ðə pæθ ɪt tʊk ˌɪnˈtərnəli, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈkɔzɪŋ ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈtɪʃu, wɪʧ ɪz ˈkɑmən əv ˈgənˌʃɑt ðə ˈæbdəmən ɪz ðə moʊst ˈkɑmənli ˈɪnʤərd ˈɛriə frəm ə stæb wund. ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃənz ðət meɪ bi ˈnidɪd dɪˈpɛndɪŋ ɔn sɪˈvɛrɪti əv ðə ˈɪnʤəri ˌɪnˈklud ˈɛrˌweɪ, ˌɪntrəˈvinəs ˈækˌsɛs, ənd kənˈtroʊl əv ðə lɛŋθ ənd saɪz əv ðə naɪf bleɪd, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə trəˈʤɛktəri ɪt ˈfɑloʊd, meɪ bi ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪn ˈplænɪŋ ˈmænɪʤmənt ɛz ɪt kən bi ə prɪˈdɪktər əv wət ˈstrəkʧərz wər ðɛr ər ˈɔlsoʊ ˈspɛʃəl kənˌsɪdərˈeɪʃənz tɪ teɪk ˈɪntu ˈifɛkt ɛz ˈgɪvɪn ðə ˈneɪʧər əv ˈɪnʤəriz, ðɛr ɪz ə haɪər ˈlaɪkliˌhʊd ðət ˈpərsənz wɪθ ðiz ˈɪnʤəriz maɪt bi ˈəndər ðə ˈɪnfluəns əv ˌɪˈlɪsət ˈsəbstənsɪz wɪʧ kən meɪk ɪt ˈhɑrdər tɪ əbˈteɪn ə kəmˈplit ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈspɛʃəl priˈkɔʃənz ʃʊd ˈɔlsoʊ bi ˈteɪkən tɪ prɪˈvɛnt ˈfərðər ˈɪnʤəri frəm ə ˈpərpəˌtreɪtər tɪ ðə ˈvɪktɪm ɪn ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈsɪmələrli tɪ ˈtritɪŋ ʃɑk, ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ kip ðə ˈprɛʃər əˈbəv 90mmhg*, meɪnˈteɪn ðə ˈpərsənz kɔr ˈbɑdi ˈtɛmpərəʧər, ənd fər prɑmpt ˈtrænspɔrt tɪ ə ˈtrɔmə ˈsɛnər ɪn səˈvɪr tɪ dɪˈtərmən ɪf ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈblidɪŋ ɪz ˈprɛzənt ə ˈfoʊkɪst əˈsɛsmənt wɪθ (fæst) ər ˌdaɪəgˈnɑstɪk (dpl*) kən bi juzd. ˈəðər ˌdaɪəgˈnɑstɪk tɛsts səʧ ɛz ə kəmˈpjutɪd toʊˈmoʊgræˌfi skæn ər ˈvɛriəs ˈkɑntræst ˈstədiz kən bi juzd tɪ mɔr dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvli ˈklæsəˌfaɪ ðə ˈɪnʤəri ɪn boʊθ sɪˈvɛrɪti ənd ˈloʊkəl wund ˌɛksplərˈeɪʃən ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈnəðər tɛkˈnik ðət meɪ bi ˈjutəˌlaɪzd tɪ dɪˈtərmən haʊ fɑr ðə ˈɑbʤɛkt ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən kən bi juzd ɪn pleɪs əv ˈsərʤəri ɛz ɪt kən ˈsəbstəˌtut ən ənˈnɛsəˌsɛri ˈsərʤəri, wɪʧ meɪks ɪt ðə prɪˈfərd ˈtritmənt əv ˈpɛnəˌtreɪtɪŋ ˈtrɔmə ˈsɛkənˌdɛri tɪ ə stæb wund wɪn ər ʃɑk ɪz nɑt ˈlæbrəˌtɔri ˌdaɪəgˈnɑstɪk ˈstədiz səʧ ɛz ə hematocrit*, waɪt bləd sɛl kaʊnt ənd ˈkɛmɪkəl tɛsts səʧ ɛz ˈlɪvər ˈfəŋkʃən tɛsts kən ˈɔlsoʊ hɛlp tɪ dɪˈtərmən ðə ɪˈfɪʃənsi əv kɛr 15 ˈsərʤəri ˈɛdət ˈsərʤɪkəl ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən meɪ bi rikˈwaɪərd bət ɪt dɪˈpɛndz ɔn wət ˈɔrgən ˈsɪstəmz ər əˈfɛktɪd baɪ ðə wund ənd ðə ɪkˈstɛnt əv ðə ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt fər kɛr prəˈvaɪdərz tɪ ˈθəroʊli ʧɛk ðə wund saɪt ˌɪˈnæsmək ɛz ə ˌlæsərˈeɪʃən əv ən ˈɑrtəri ˈɔfən rɪˈzəlts ɪn dɪˈleɪd ˌkɑmpləˈkeɪʃənz ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈlidɪŋ tɪ dɛθ. ɪn ˈkeɪsɪz wɛr ðɛr ɪz noʊ səˈspɪʃən əv ˈblidɪŋ ər ˌɪnˈfɛkʃən, ðɛr ɪz noʊ noʊn ˈbɛnəfɪt əv ˈsərʤəri tɪ kərˈɛkt ˈɛni ˈprɛzənt ˈtɪpɪkəli ə ˈsərʤɪn wɪl træk ðə pæθ əv ðə ˈwɛpən tɪ dɪˈtərmən ðə ˌænəˈtɑmɪkəl ˈstrəkʧərz ðət wər ˈdæmɪʤd ənd rɪˈpɛr ˈɛni ˈdæmɪʤ ðeɪ dim ˈsərʤɪkəl ˈpækɪŋ əv ðə wundz ɪz ˈʤɛnərəli nɑt ðə ˈfeɪvərd tɛkˈnik tɪ kənˈtroʊl ˈblidɪŋ ɛz ɪt bi kən lɛs ˈjusfəl ðən ˈfɪksɪŋ ðə dɪˈrɛkli əˈfɛktɪd ɪn səˈvɪr ˈkeɪsɪz wɪn ˌhoʊmioʊˈsteɪsəs ˈkænɑt bi meɪnˈteɪnd ðə juz əv ˈdæmɪʤ kənˈtroʊl ˈsərʤəri meɪ bi ˌɛpəˌdɛmiˈɑləʤi ˈɛdət hɪlt mɑrk lɛft frəm ə naɪf stæb wundz ər wən əv ðə moʊst ˈkɑmən fɔrmz əv ˈpɛnəˌtreɪtɪŋ ˈtrɔmə ˈgloʊbəli, bət əˈkaʊnt fər ə loʊər mɔrˈtæləti kəmˈpɛrd tɪ blənt ˈɪnʤəriz du tɪ ðɛr mɔr ˈfoʊkɪst ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ə stæb wundz kən rɪˈzəlt frəm self-infliction*, ˌæksəˈdɛnəl neɪl gən ənd ˌhaʊˈɛvər, moʊst stæb wundz ər kɔzd baɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl ˈvaɪələns, ɛz ðə ˈwɛpənz juzd tɪ ˌɪnˈflɪkt səʧ wundz ər ˈrɛdəli əˈveɪləbəl kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ˈstæbɪŋz ər ə ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈkɑmən kɔz əv ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ɪn ənd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈtɪpɪkəli dɛθ frəm stæb wundz ɪz du tɪ ˈɔrgən ˈfeɪljər ər bləd lɔs. ðeɪ ər ðə ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm əv əˈprɑksəmətli 2 əv ɪn ˈkænədə, ˈhɑməˌsaɪdz baɪ ˈstæbɪŋ ənd ˈgənˌʃɑt əˈkər ˈrɛlətɪvli ˈikwəli tɪ 980 fər ðə jɪrz 2005 tɪ ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts gənz ər ə mɔr ˈkɑmən ˈmɛθəd əv ˈhɑməˌsaɪd ˈvərsəz fər ˈstæbɪŋ ər ˈkətɪŋ ɪn stæb wundz əˈkər fɔr taɪmz mɔr ðən ˈgənˌʃɑt wundz ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəm, bət ðə mɔrˈtæləti reɪt əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ˈstæbɪŋ həz reɪnʤd frəm ɛz 85 əv ˈɪnʤəriz səˈsteɪnd frəm stæb wundz ˈoʊnli əˈfɛkt səbˌkjuˈteɪniəs moʊst əˈsɔlts rɪˈzəltɪŋ ɪn ə stæb wund əˈkər tɪ mɛn ənd ˈpərsənz əv ˈɛθnɪk ˈhɪstəri ˈɛdət səm əv ðə fərst ˈprɪnsəpəlz əv wund kɛr kəm frəm ˈhɪpəˌkreɪts hu prəˈmoʊtəd ˈkipɪŋ wundz draɪ ɪkˈsɛpt fər gaɪ də wʊd prəˈmoʊt rɪˈmuvəl əv ˈfɔrən ˈbɑdiz, riˈʤɔɪnɪŋ əv ˈsɛvərd ˈtɪʃuz, ˈmeɪntənəns əv ˈtɪʃu ˌkɑntəˈnuəti, ˌprɛzərˈveɪʃən əv ˈɔrgən ˈsəbstəns, ənd priˈvɛnʃən əv ðə fərst səkˈsɛsfəl ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən ɔn ə ˈpərsən hu wɑz stæbd ɪn ðə hɑrt wɑz pərˈfɔrmd ɪn 1896 baɪ ˈlədwɪg rɛn, ɪn wət ɪz naʊ kənˈsɪdərd ðə fərst keɪs əv hɑrt ɪn ðə leɪt ɪt wɑz hɑrd tɪ trit stæb wundz bɪˈkəz əv pur ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən əv ˈvɪktɪmz tɪ hɛlθ fəˈsɪlɪtiz ənd ðə loʊ əˈbɪləˌti fər ˈsərʤənz tɪ ˈifɛktɪvli rɪˈpɛr ˈɔrgənz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə juz əv laparotomy*, wɪʧ həz bɪn dɪˈvɛləpt ə fju jɪrz ˈərliər, hæd prəˈvaɪdɪd ˈbɛtər ˈpeɪʃənt ˈaʊtˌkəmz ðən hæd bɪn sin ˈæftər ɪts ˌɪnˈsɛpʃən, ðə juz əv ɪkˈsplɔrəˌtɔri wɑz ˈhaɪli ɪnˈkərəʤd fər "ɔl dip stæb wundz" ɪn wɪʧ ˈsərʤənz wər tɪ stɑp ˈæktɪv ˈblidɪŋ, rɪˈpɛr ˈdæmɪʤ, ənd riˈmuv bɪˈkəz wər sin tɪ ˈbɛnəfɪt ˈpeɪʃənz, ðeɪ wər juzd ɔn moʊst ˈɛvəri ˈpərsən wɪθ ən əbˈdɑmənəl stæb wund ənˈtɪl ðə wɪn ˈdɑktərz wər ɪnˈkərəʤd tɪ juz ðɛm mɔr sɪˌlɛkˈtɪvəti ɪn ˈfeɪvər əv ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˌkɔˈriən wɔr ə ˈgreɪtər ˈɛmfəsɪs wɑz pʊt ɔn ðə juz əv ˈprɛʃər ˈdrɛsɪŋz ənd tɪ ˌɪˈnɪʃəli kənˈtroʊl si ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛdət ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˈɛdət ˌbɪbliˈɑgrəfi ˈɛdət fəliʃiˈɑnoʊ, ˈdeɪvɪd vi.; ˈmæˌtɑks, ˈkɛnɪθ ɛl.; mʊr, ˈərnɪst ʤeɪ 2012 ˈtrɔmə, ˈsɛvənθ ɪˈdɪʃən (ˈtrɔmə (mʊr)) prəˈfɛʃənəl. mɑrks, ʤɑn ə. mɑrks 2014 ˈroʊzənz ˈimərʤənsi ˈmɛdəsən ˈkɑnsɛpts ənd ˈklɪnɪkəl ˈpræktɪs ɛd.). ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə, pɑ: elsevier/saunders*. pp*. ˈʧæptər. |
for other uses, see stab
a stab wound is a specific form of penetrating trauma to the skin that results from a knife or a similar pointed object.[1][2][3][4] while stab wounds are typically known to be caused by knives, they can also occur from a variety of implements, including broken bottles and ice picks. most stabbings occur because of intentional violence or through self-infliction.[5] the treatment is dependent on many different variables such as the anatomical location and the severity of the injury. even though stab wounds are inflicted at a much greater rate than gun shot wounds, they account for less than 10% of all penetrating trauma deaths.[citation needed]
management [ edit ]
stab wounds can cause various internal and external injuries. they are generally caused by low-velocity weapons, meaning the injuries inflicted on a person are typically confined to the path it took internally, instead of causing damage to surrounding tissue, which is common of gunshot wounds.[6] the abdomen is the most commonly injured area from a stab wound. interventions that may be needed depending on severity of the injury include airway, intravenous access, and control of hemorrhage.[5][7] the length and size of the knife blade, as well as the trajectory it followed, may be important in planning management as it can be a predictor of what structures were damaged.[1][3] there are also special considerations to take into effect as given the nature of injuries, there is a higher likelihood that persons with these injuries might be under the influence of illicit substances which can make it harder to obtain a complete medical history.[8] special precautions should also be taken to prevent further injury from a perpetrator to the victim in a hospital setting.[9] similarly to treating shock, it is important to keep the systolic pressure above 90mmhg, maintain the person's core body temperature, and for prompt transport to a trauma center in severe cases.[10][11]
to determine if internal bleeding is present a focused assessment with sonography (fast) or diagnostic peritoneal lavage (dpl) can be used. other diagnostic tests such as a computed tomography scan or various contrast studies can be used to more definitively classify the injury in both severity and location.[12] local wound exploration is also another technique that may be utilized to determine how far the object penetrated.[13] observation can be used in place of surgery as it can substitute an unnecessary surgery, which makes it the preferred treatment of penetrating trauma secondary to a stab wound when hypovolemia or shock is not present.[14] laboratory diagnostic studies such as a hematocrit, white blood cell count and chemical tests such as liver function tests can also help to determine the efficiency of care .[15]
surgery [ edit ]
surgical intervention may be required but it depends on what organ systems are affected by the wound and the extent of the damage.[3] it is important for care providers to thoroughly check the wound site inasmuch as a laceration of an artery often results in delayed complications sometimes leading to death. in cases where there is no suspicion of bleeding or infection, there is no known benefit of surgery to correct any present injuries.[16] typically a surgeon will track the path of the weapon to determine the anatomical structures that were damaged and repair any damage they deem necessary.[17] surgical packing of the wounds is generally not the favored technique to control bleeding as it be can less useful than fixing the directly affected organs.[18] in severe cases when homeostasis cannot be maintained the use of damage control surgery may be utilized.[19]
epidemiology [ edit ]
hilt mark left from a knife
stab wounds are one of the most common forms of penetrating trauma globally, but account for a lower mortality compared to blunt injuries due to their more focused impact on a person.[16] stab wounds can result from self-infliction, accidental nail gun injuries,[20][21] and stingray injuries,[22] however, most stab wounds are caused by intentional violence, as the weapons used to inflict such wounds are readily available compared to guns.[23] stabbings are a relatively common cause of homicide in canada[24] and the united states.[25] typically death from stab wounds is due to organ failure or blood loss. they are the mechanism of approximately 2% of suicides.[26]
in canada, homicides by stabbing and gunshot occur relatively equally (1,008 to 980 for the years 2005 to 2009).[24] in the united states guns are a more common method of homicide (9,484 versus 1,897 for stabbing or cutting in 2008).[25]
stab wounds occur four times more than gunshot wounds in the united kingdom, but the mortality rate associated with stabbing has ranged from 0-4% as 85% of injuries sustained from stab wounds only affect subcutaneous tissue.[7][9][27] most assaults resulting in a stab wound occur to men and persons of ethnic minorities.[28]
history [ edit ]
some of the first principles of wound care come from hippocrates who promoted keeping wounds dry except for irrigation.[40] guy de chauliac would promote removal of foreign bodies, rejoining of severed tissues, maintenance of tissue continuity, preservation of organ substance, and prevention of complications.[40] the first successful operation on a person who was stabbed in the heart was performed in 1896 by ludwig rehn, in what is now considered the first case of heart surgery.[41] in the late 1800s it was hard to treat stab wounds because of poor transportation of victims to health facilities and the low ability for surgeons to effectively repair organs. however, the use of laparotomy, which has been developed a few years earlier, had provided better patient outcomes than had been seen before.[42] after its inception, the use of exploratory laparotomies was highly encouraged for "all deep stab wounds" in which surgeons were to stop active bleeding, repair damage, and remove "devitalized tissues".[43] because laparotomies were seen to benefit patients, they were used on most every person with an abdominal stab wound until the 1960s when doctors were encouraged to use them more selectivity in favor of observation.[44] during the korean war a greater emphasis was put on the use of pressure dressings and tourniquets to initially control bleeding.[40]
see also [ edit ]
references [ edit ]
bibliography [ edit ]
feliciano, david v.; mattox, kenneth l.; moore, ernest j (2012). trauma, seventh edition (trauma (moore)) . mcgraw-hill professional. isbn 978-0-07-166351-9.
marx, john a. marx (2014). rosen's emergency medicine : concepts and clinical practice (8th ed.). philadelphia, pa: elsevier/saunders. pp. chapter. isbn 978-1455706051. | ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈbɔrɪs ˈʤɑnsən həz wɔrnd mˈjɑnˈmɑrz ɔŋ sæn ˈɛsˈjuˈju ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ ðət ðə ˈtritmənt əv ðə ˈməzlɪm ɪz "besmirching*" ðə ˈkəntriz ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən. ˈmɪstər ˈʤɑnsən kɔld ɔn mɪz ˈɛsˈjuˈju ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ, ðə ˈkəntriz də ˈfæktoʊ ˈlidər, tɪ "juz hər rɪˈmɑrkəbəl kˈwɑlətiz" tɪ ɛnd ˈprɛʤədɪs əˈgɛnst ˈməzlɪmz ɪn steɪt. ˈvaɪələns ɪn ðə ˈprɑvɪns ˌɪˈrəptɪd əˈbaʊt ə wik əˈgoʊ, wɪθ səm ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz fliɪŋ tɪ ˈneɪbərɪŋ ˈbæŋləˌdɛʃ. mɔr ðən 100 ˈpipəl ər θɔt tɪ hæv daɪd ɪn ðə ˈvaɪələns. ðə kleɪm ðət sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈfɔrsɪz ənd ˈbudəst mɑbz əv ˈbərnɪŋ ðɛr ˈvɪlɪʤɪz. sɪˈkjʊrəti əˈfɪʃəlz ɪn mˈjɑnˈmɑr, ˈɔlsoʊ noʊn ɛz ˈbərmə, kleɪm ðeɪ ər riˈæktɪŋ tɪ mɔr ðən 20 əˈtæks ɔn pəˈlis poʊsts baɪ ˈməzlɪm ˈmɪlətənts., ðə ˈpurɪst ˈriʤən ɪn mˈjɑnˈmɑr, ɪz hoʊm tɪ mɔr ðən ə ˈmɪljən. ðeɪ hæv feɪst ˈdɛkeɪdz əv ˌpərsəˈkjuʃən ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, wɛr ðeɪ ər nɑt kənˈsɪdərd ˈsɪtɪzənz. ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt ˈrɔɪtərz ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˈrɛfˌjuʤiz wɔk ɔn ðə ˈmədi roʊd ˈæftər ˈtrævəlɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈbɔrdər mɪz ˈɛsˈjuˈju ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ wən ðə noʊˈbɛl pis praɪz fər hər pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm ɪn mˈjɑnˈmɑr, wɪʧ lɛd tɪ ðə fərst nɑnˈmɪləˌtɛri ɪˈlɛktɪd hɛd əv steɪt ɪn ðə ˈkəntri sɪns ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ku ɪn 1962 ˌɔlˈðoʊ wɑz swɔrn ɪn ɛz ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪn 2016 ɛz mɪz ˈɛsˈjuˈju ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ ɪz ˌkɑnstəˈtuʃənəli bɑrd frəm ˈhoʊldɪŋ ðə pəˈzɪʃən ʃi ɪz kənˈsɪdərd ðə də ˈfæktoʊ ˈlidər əv ðə ˈkəntri. mɪz ˈɛsˈjuˈju ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ, hu həz ðə ˈtaɪtəl steɪt ˈkaʊnsələr əv mˈjɑnˈmɑr, keɪm tɪ ˈprɑmənəns ɪn ðə wɪn ʃi wɑz pleɪst ˈəndər haʊs ərˈɛst baɪ ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈmɪstər ˈʤɑnsən sɛd: "ɔŋ sæn ˈɛsˈjuˈju ˈkeɪˈwaɪˈaɪ ɪz ˈraɪtli rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ ˈfɪgjərz əv ɑr eɪʤ, bət ðə ˈtritmənt əv ðə ɪz əˈlæs ðə ˌrɛpjəˈteɪʃən əv ˈbərmə. "ʃi ˈfeɪsɪz juʤ ˈʧælənʤɪz ɪn hər ˈkəntri. aɪ hoʊp ʃi kən naʊ juz ɔl hər rɪˈmɑrkəbəl kˈwɑlətiz tɪ ˈjuˌnaɪt hər ˈkəntri, tɪ stɑp ðə ˈvaɪələns ənd tɪ ɛnd ðə ˈprɛʤədɪs ðət əˈflɪkts boʊθ ˈməzlɪmz ənd ˈəðər kəmˈjunɪtiz ɪn. "ɪt ɪz ˈvaɪtəl ðət ʃi rɪˈsivz ðə səˈpɔrt əv ðə bərˈmiz ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri, ənd ðət hər əˈtɛmpts æt ˈpisˌmeɪkɪŋ ər nɑt ˈfrəˌstreɪtəd. "ʃi ənd ɔl ɪn ˈbərmə wɪl hæv ɑr fʊl səˈpɔrt ɪn ðɪs." ˈmidiə ˈpleɪˌbæk ɪz ənsəˈpɔrtɪd ɔn jʊr dɪˈvaɪs ˈmidiə ˈkæpʃən ˈməzlɪm ˈwɪmən hæv bɪn ˈwipɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈbæŋləˌdɛʃ ˈbɔrdər ˈbərmə kæmˈpeɪn wɪʧ ˈlɑbiz ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈgəvərnmənts ɪn ə bɪd tɪ rɪˈstɔr ˈjumən raɪts ənd dɪˈmɑkrəsi ɪn ˈbərmə bɪˈlivz ðə ˈfɔrən ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri kʊd hæv gɔn ˈfərðər ɪn hɪz rɪˈmɑrks. ɪts dɪˈrɛktər, mɑrk farmaner*, sɛd ˈmɪstər ˈʤɑnsən ʃʊd hæv ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ɑrmd ˈfɔrsɪz' commander-in-chief*, mɪŋ ɔŋ hlaing*. hi sɛd: "mɪn ɔŋ ˈsoʊlʤərz ər ðə wənz ˈkɪlɪŋ ˈhənərdz əv ənd hi ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli ˈpərsən ɪn ˈbərmə wɪθ ðə paʊər tɪ ˈɔrdər ˈsoʊlʤərz tɪ stɑp əˈtækɪŋ ˈvɪlɪʤərz, ˈʃutɪŋ ˈʧɪldrən ənd ˈbərnɪŋ ˈfæməliz əˈlaɪv ɪn ðɛr hoʊmz." |
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foreign secretary boris johnson has warned myanmar's aung san suu kyi that the treatment of the muslim rohingya is "besmirching" the country's reputation.
mr johnson called on ms suu kyi, the country's de facto leader, to "use her remarkable qualities" to end prejudice against muslims in rakhine state.
violence in the province erupted about a week ago, with some 58,000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring bangladesh.
more than 100 people are thought to have died in the violence.
the rohingya claim that security forces and buddhist mobs of burning their villages.
security officials in myanmar, also known as burma, claim they are reacting to more than 20 attacks on police posts by muslim rohingya militants.
rakhine, the poorest region in myanmar, is home to more than a million rohingya. they have faced decades of persecution in the buddhist-majority country, where they are not considered citizens.
image copyright reuters image caption rohingya refugees walk on the muddy road after travelling over the bangladesh-myanmar border
ms suu kyi won the nobel peace prize for her political activism in myanmar, which led to the first non-military elected head of state in the country since the military coup in 1962.
although htin kyaw was sworn in as president in 2016 - as ms suu kyi is constitutionally barred from holding the position - she is considered the de facto leader of the country.
ms suu kyi, who has the title state counsellor of myanmar, came to prominence in the when she was placed under house arrest by the military government.
mr johnson said: "aung san suu kyi is rightly regarded as one of the most inspiring figures of our age, but the treatment of the rohingya is alas besmirching the reputation of burma.
"she faces huge challenges in modernising her country. i hope she can now use all her remarkable qualities to unite her country, to stop the violence and to end the prejudice that afflicts both muslims and other communities in rakhine.
"it is vital that she receives the support of the burmese military, and that her attempts at peacemaking are not frustrated.
"she and all in burma will have our full support in this."
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burma campaign uk - which lobbies european governments in a bid to restore human rights and democracy in burma - believes the foreign secretary could have gone further in his remarks.
its director, mark farmaner, said mr johnson should have also criticised the armed forces' commander-in-chief, ming aung hlaing.
he said: "min aung hlaing's soldiers are the ones killing hundreds of rohingya and he is the only person in burma with the power to order soldiers to stop attacking rohingya villagers, shooting children and burning families alive in their homes." | ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪz əˈbaʊt ðə mɛnz əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb. ɪt ɪz nɑt tɪ bi kənfˈjuzd wɪθ ðə ˈeɪnʧənt ˈroʊmən ˈgɑdəs", "ʤuv", ˈtʊrɪn", ənd tɔˈrinoʊ" ˌridərˈɛkt hir. fər ˈəðər ˈjuzɪz, si (disambiguation*) ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb. (frəm ˈlætən: iuventūs*, "juθ"; ˌɪˈtæljən prəˌnənsiˈeɪʃən: [juˈvɛntus*]), noʊn ɛz ʤuv prəˈnaʊnst ɪz ən ˌɪˈtæljən prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb ɪn ˈtʊrɪn, ˈpidˌmɑnt. ˈfaʊndɪd ɪn 1897 baɪ ə grup əv ˈstudənts, ðə kləb həz wɔrn ə blæk ənd waɪt straɪpt hoʊm kɪt sɪns 1903 ənd həz pleɪd hoʊm ˈmæʧɪz ɪn ˈdɪfərənt graʊnz əraʊnd ɪts ˈsɪti, ðə ˈleɪtəst biɪŋ ðə ˈæliənz ˈsteɪdiəm. ˈnɪkˌneɪmd ("ðə oʊld ˈleɪdi"), ðə kləb həz wən 34 əˈfɪʃəl lig ˈtaɪtəlz, 13 ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ˈtaɪtəlz ənd eɪt ˌɪˌtæliˈænə ˈtaɪtəlz, biɪŋ ðə ˈrɛkərd ˈhoʊldər fər ɔl ðiz ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz; tu ˌɪntərˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl kəps, tu ˌjʊrəˈpiən kəps ˈʧæmpiənz ligz, wən ˌjʊrəˈpiən kəp ˈwɪnərz' kəp, ə ʤɔɪnt ˈnæʃənəl ˈrɛkərd əv θri kəps, tu ˈsupər kəps ənd wən ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli, ðə saɪd lidz ðə hɪˈstɔrɪkəl ˌɪˌtæliˈænə (figc*) ranking[a*] waɪlst ɔn ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl steɪʤ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪz ðə pəˈzɪʃən ɪn ˈjʊrəp ənd ðə eɪt ɪn ðə wərld fər moʊst kənˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ˈtaɪtəlz wən wɪθ ˈilɛvən ˈhævɪŋ lɛd ðə ˈræŋkɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈsɛvən ˈsizənz sɪns ɪts ˌɪnˈsɛpʃən ɪn 1979 ðə moʊst fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən tim ənd ʤɔɪnt ˈsɛkənd ˈoʊvərˌɔl. ˈfaʊndɪd wɪθ ðə neɪm əv, ˌɪˈnɪʃəli ɛz ən æθˈlɛtɪks kləb, ɪt ɪz ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈoʊldəst əv ɪts kaɪnd stɪl ˈæktɪv ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ˈæftər ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈsɛkʃən 1893 ənd həz kəmˈpitɪd ɪn ðə tɔp flaɪt lig (riˈfɔrmjəˌleɪtɪd ɛz ə frəm 1929 sɪns ɪts ˈdeɪbju ɪn 1900 ˈæftər ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ɪts neɪm tɪ kləb, wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ðə ˈsizən, biɪŋ ˈmænɪʤd baɪ ðə ˌɪnˈdəstriəl ˈægˌnɛli ˈfæməli ˈɔlˌmoʊst kənˈtɪnjuəsli sɪns 1923.[b*] ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ðə kləb ənd ðət ˈdaɪnəsti ɪz ðə ˈoʊldəst ənd ˈlɔŋgɪst ɪn ˈnæʃənəl spɔrts, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə fərst prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈspɔrtɪŋ kləb ɪn ðə ˈkəntri, ˈhævɪŋ ɪˈstæblɪʃt ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɛz ə ˈmeɪʤər fɔrs ɪn ðə ˈnæʃənəl steɪʤ sɪns ðə ənd æt kənˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ˈlɛvəl sɪns ðə ənd bɪˈkəmɪŋ wən əv ðə fərst tɛn ˈwɛlθiəst ɪn wərld ˈfʊtˌbɔl ɪn tərmz əv ˈvælju, ˈrɛvəˌnu ənd ˈprɑfɪt sɪns ðə biɪŋ stɑkt ɪn ˌɪˌtæliˈænə sɪns ˈəndər ðə ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ˌʤioʊˈvɑni, ðə kləb wən 13 ˈtroʊfiz ɪn ðə tɛn jɪrz ˌbiˈfɔr 1986 ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ sɪks lig ˈtaɪtəlz ənd faɪv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈtaɪtəlz, ənd bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst tɪ wɪn ɔl θri ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz baɪ ðə ˈjunjən əv ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz: ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈʧæmpiənz' kəp, kəp ˈwɪnərz' kəp ənd wɪθ səkˈsɛsɪv traɪəmfs ɪn ðə 1984 ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈsupər kəp ənd 1985 ˌɪntərˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl kəp, ɪt bɪˈkəm ðə fərst ənd ðəs fɑr ˈoʊnli ɪn ðə wərld tɪ kəmˈplit ə klin swip əv ɔl kənˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ən əˈʧivmənt ðət ðeɪ wɪθ ðə ˈtaɪtəl wən ɪn ðə 1999 kəp ˈæftər əˈnəðər səkˈsɛsfəl ˈɪrə lɛd baɪ ˌmɑrˈsɛloʊ bɪˈkəmɪŋ ɪn əˈdɪʃən ðə ˈoʊnli prəˈfɛʃənəl ˌɪˈtæljən kləb tɪ hæv wən ˈɛvəri ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ ˈɑnər əˈveɪləbəl tɪ ðə fərst tim ənd baɪ ə ˈnæʃənəl ər ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈfʊtˌbɔl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən. ɪn dɪˈsɛmbər 2000 wɑz ræŋkt ˈsɛvənθ ɪn ðə hɪˈstɔrɪk ˈræŋkɪŋ əv ðə bɛst kləbz ɪn ðə ənd naɪn jɪrz ˈleɪtər wɑz ræŋkt ˈsɛkənd bɛst kləb ɪn ˈjʊrəp ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɛnʧəri beɪst ɔn ə stəˈtɪstɪkəl ˈstədi ˈsɪriz baɪ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən əv ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈhɪstəri stəˈtɪstɪks (iffhs*), ðə haɪəst fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən kləb ɪn ðə kləbz fæn beɪs ɪz ðə ˈlɑrʤəst æt ˈnæʃənəl ˈlɛvəl ənd wən əv ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ənˈlaɪk moʊst ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈspɔrtɪŋ səˈpɔrtərz' grups, wɪʧ ər ˈɔfən ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd əraʊnd ðɛr oʊn kləbz ˈsɪti əv ˈɔrəʤən, ɪt ɪz ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd θruaʊt ðə hoʊl ˈkəntri ənd ðə ˌɪˈtæljən daɪˈæspərə, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə ˈsɪmbəl əv ("anti-parochialism*") ənd italianità*à ðə kləb həz ˈɔlsoʊ prəˈvaɪdɪd ðə moʊst pleɪərz tɪ ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl ɪn əˈfɪʃəl ˈɔfən fɔrmd ðə grup ðət lɛd ðə skwɑd tɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl səkˈsɛs, moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtəntli ɪn ðə 1934 1982 ənd 2006 wərld ˈhɪstəri ˈərli jɪrz hɪˈstɔrɪk fərst ˈɛvər kləb ʃɑt, ˈsərkə 1897 tɪ 1898 wər ˈfaʊndɪd ɛz ɪn leɪt 1897 baɪ ˈpjupəlz frəm ðə ˈmæsɪˌmoʊ skul ɪn bət wər riˈneɪmd ɛz kləb tu jɪrz ðə kləb ʤɔɪnd ðə ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˈdʊrɪŋ 1900 ɪn 1904 ðə ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn rɪˈvaɪvd ðə ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz əv ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ˈtrænsfər ðə ˈtreɪnɪŋ fild frəm piˈæzə tɪ ðə mɔr əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˌvɛloʊˈdroʊm əmˈbɛrˌtoʊ aɪ. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈpɪriəd, ðə tim wɔr ə pɪŋk ənd blæk kɪt. fərst wən ðə lig ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɪn 1905 waɪl pleɪɪŋ æt ðɛr ˌvɛloʊˈdroʊm əmˈbɛrˌtoʊ aɪ graʊnd. baɪ ðɪs taɪm ðə kləb hæd ʧeɪnʤd tɪ blæk ənd waɪt straɪps, ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ˈɪŋlɪʃ saɪd ðɛr wɑz ə splɪt æt ðə kləb ɪn 1906 ˈæftər səm əv ðə stæf kənˈsɪdərd ˈmuvɪŋ ʤuv aʊt əv ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈælfrɪd dick[c*] wɑz ənˈhæpi wɪθ ðɪs ənd lɛft wɪθ səm ˈprɑmənənt pleɪərz tɪ faʊnd tɔˈrinoʊ wɪʧ ɪn tərn spɔnd ðə ˈdərbi ˈdɛlə spɛnt məʧ əv ðɪs ˈpɪriəd ˈstɛdəli riˈbɪldɪŋ ˈæftər ðə splɪt, sərˈvaɪvɪŋ ðə fərst wərld lig ˈdɑmənəns faɪæt ˈoʊnər ˌɛdˈwɑrdoʊ ˈægˌnɛli geɪnd kənˈtroʊl əv ðə kləb ɪn 1923 ənd bɪlt ə nu ðɪs hɛlpt ðə kləb tɪ ɪts ˈsɛkənd (lig ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp) ɪn ðə ˈsizən, ˈæftər ˈbitɪŋ ˈælbə ˈroʊmɑ wɪθ ən ˈægrəgət skɔr əv (ænˈtoʊnioʊ goʊlz wər ɛˈsɛnʃəl ðət ðə kləb ɪˈstæblɪʃt ˌɪtˈsɛlf ɛz ə ˈmeɪʤər fɔrs ɪn ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl sɪns ðə, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə ˈkəntriz fərst prəˈfɛʃənəl kləb ənd ðə fərst wɪθ ə fæn beɪs, wɪʧ lɛd ɪt tɪ wɪn ə ˈrɛkərd əv faɪv kənˈsɛkjətɪv ˌɪˈtæljən ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps (ðə fərst fɔr ˈəndər ðə ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ˈkɑrloʊ carcano*) ənd fɔrm ðə kɔr əv ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl tim ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə viˈtɔrioʊ ˈɪrə, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə 1934 wərld ˈʧæmpiən wɪθ stɑr pleɪərz səʧ ɛz ˈɔrsi, luˈiʤi bərtoʊˈlini, ˌʤioʊˈvɑni fərˈɑri ənd luis ˈmɑnti, əˈməŋ ˈəðərz. muvd tɪ ðə koʊmuˈnɑli, bət fər ðə rɛst əv ðə ənd ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv ðə ðeɪ wər əˈneɪbəl tɪ riˈkæpʧər ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˈdɑmənəns. ˈæftər ðə ˈsɛkənd wərld wɔr, ˈʤɑˌni ˈægˌnɛli wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ˈɑnərˌɛri ðə kləb ˈædɪd tu mɔr lig ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps tɪ ɪts neɪm ɪn ðə ənd ˈsizənz, ðə ˈlætər əv wɪʧ wɑz ˈəndər ðə ˈmænɪʤmənt əv ˈɪŋglɪʃmən ˈʤɛsi ˈkɑrvər. tu nu ˈstraɪkərz wər saɪnd ˈdʊrɪŋ ʤɑn ˈʧɑrəlz ənd ˌɪˈtæljən ˈɑrʤənˌtin ˈoʊmɑr, pleɪɪŋ əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ˈlɔŋˌtaɪm ˈmɛmbər. ðət ˈsizən sɔ əˈwɔrdɪd wɪθ ðə ˈgoʊldən stɑr fər spɔrt ˈɛksələns tɪ wɛr ɔn ðɛr ʃərts ˈæftər bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə fərst ˌɪˈtæljən saɪd tɪ wɪn tɛn lig ˈtaɪtəlz. ɪn ðə seɪm ˈsizən, bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˈɛvər pleɪər æt ðə kləb tɪ wɪn ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən əv ðə ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsizən, ðeɪ bit tɪ kəmˈplit ðɛr fərst lig ənd kəp ˈdəbəl, ˈwɪnɪŋ ə ənd ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə. rɪˈtaɪrd ɪn 1961 ɛz ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm tɔp ˈskɔrər æt ðə kləb, wɪθ 182 goʊlz ɪn ɔl ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz, ə kləb ˈrɛkərd wɪʧ stʊd fər 45 ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈdɛkeɪd, ðə kləb wən ðə lig ʤɪst wəns mɔr ɪn ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə sɔ ˈfərðər səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ ðɛr strɔŋ pəˈzɪʃən ɪn ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl. ˈəndər ˈfɔrmər pleɪər vycpálek*, ðeɪ wən ðə ɪn ənd wɪθ pleɪərz səʧ ɛz rəˈbɛrtoʊ bettega*, ˈfræŋkoʊ ənd josé*é ˈbreɪkɪŋ θru. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə rɛst əv ðə ˈdɛkeɪd, ðeɪ wən ðə lig twaɪs mɔr, wɪθ dɪˈfɛndər gaɪˈtɑnoʊ kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli. ðə ˈleɪtər wɪn wɑz ˈəndər ˌʤioʊˈvɑni, hu ˈɔlsoʊ lɛd ðə kləb tɪ ðɛr fərst ˈɛvər ˈmeɪʤər ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈtaɪtəl (ðə kəp) ɪn 1977 ənd hɛlpt ðə kləbz ˌdɑməˈneɪʃən kənˈtɪnju ɔn ˈɪntu ðə ˈərli pɑrt əv ðə ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈtɛnjər, ˈmɛni pleɪərz ˈɔlsoʊ fɔrmd ðə ˈbækˌboʊn əv ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl tim ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈɛnzoʊ səkˈsɛsfəl ˌmænɪˈʤɪriəl ˈɪrə, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə 1978 wərld kəp, ˈjʊrə 1980 ənd 1982 wərld ˈʧæmpiən ˌjʊrəˈpiən steɪʤ ðə ˈɪrə wɑz ˈhaɪli səkˈsɛsfəl ɪn ðə ənd ðə kləb ˈstɑrtɪd ðə ˈdɛkeɪd ɔf wɛl, ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə lig ˈtaɪtəl θri mɔr taɪmz baɪ ðɪs mɛnt hæd wən 20 ˌɪˈtæljən lig ˈtaɪtəlz ənd wər əˈlaʊd tɪ æd ə ˈsɛkənd ˈgoʊldən stɑr tɪ ðɛr ʃərt, ðəs bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə ˈoʊnli ˌɪˈtæljən kləb tɪ əˈʧiv əraʊnd ðɪs taɪm, ðə kləbz pleɪərz wər əˈtræktɪŋ kənˈsɪdərəbəl əˈtɛnʃən ənd ˈpaʊloʊ ˈrɔsi wɑz neɪmd ˌjʊrəˈpiən əv ðə jɪr ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hɪz ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən tɪ ˈɪtəliz ˈvɪktəri ɪn ðə 1982 wərld kəp, wɛr hi wɑz neɪmd pleɪər əv ðə ˈtʊrnəmənt. ˈfrɛnʧmæn ˈmɪʧəl wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ əˈwɔrdɪd ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən əv ðə jɪr ˈtaɪtəl fər θri jɪrz ɪn ə roʊ ɪn 1983 1984 ənd 1985 wɪʧ ɪz ə ər ðə ˈoʊnli kləb tɪ hæv pleɪərz frəm ðɛr kləb ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə əˈwɔrd ɪn fɔr kənˈsɛkjətɪv ɪt wɑz hu skɔrd ðə ˈwɪnɪŋ goʊl ɪn ðə 1985 ˌjʊrəˈpiən kəp ˈfaɪnəl əˈgɛnst ˈlɪvərˌpul, bət ðɪs wɑz mɑrd baɪ ə ˈtræʤədi wɪʧ ʧeɪnʤd ˌjʊrəˈpiən ðət jɪr, bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst kləb ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl tɪ hæv wən ɔl θri ˈmeɪʤər ənd, ˈæftər ðɛr traɪəmf ɪn ðə ˌɪntərˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl kəp, ðə kləb ˈɔlsoʊ bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst, ənd ðəs fɑr, ðə ˈoʊnli ɪn əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈhɪstəri, tɪ hæv wən ɔl ˈpɑsəbəl kənˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən tɛkˈnɪʃən (uefa*) ən əˈʧivmənt ðət ɪt wɪθ ðə ˈtaɪtəl wən ɪn ðə 1999 wɪθ ðə ɪkˈsɛpʃən əv ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ˈkloʊsli kənˈtɛstəd ˌɪˈtæljən ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp əv ðə rɛst əv ðə wər nɑt ˈvɛri səkˈsɛsfəl fər ðə kləb. ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈhævɪŋ tɪ kənˈtɛnd wɪθ diˈeɪgoʊ ˌmɑrəˈdoʊˌnəz ˈnæpəli, boʊθ əv ðə kləbz, ˈmaɪˌlæn ənd, wən ˌɪˈtæljən ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, dɪd wɪn ə ˈkoʊpə kəp ˈdəbəl ɪn 1990 ˈəndər ðə ˈgaɪdəns əv ˈfɔrmər kləb ˈlɛʤənd ˈdinoʊ ɪn 1990 ˈɔlsoʊ muvd ˈɪntu ðɛr nu hoʊm, ðə dɛl alpi*, wɪʧ wɑz bɪlt fər ðə 1990 wərld kəp. dɪˈspaɪt ðə ərˈaɪvəl əv ˌɪˈtæljən stɑr rəˈbɛrtoʊ ˈbɑʤioʊ ˈleɪtər ðət jɪr fər ə wərld ˈrɛkərd ˈtrænsfər fi, ðə ˈərli ˈəndər luˈiʤi ənd ˈsəbsəkwəntli wəns əˈgɛn ˈɔlsoʊ sɔ ˈlɪtəl səkˈsɛs fər, ɛz ðeɪ ˈoʊnli ˈmænɪʤd tɪ wɪn ðə kəp ɪn ˈsɛkənd ˈʧæmpiənz lig ənd fərst ˌɪˌtæliˈænə ˈtaɪtəlz ˌmɑrˈsɛloʊ ˈlɪpi tʊk ˈoʊvər ɛz ˈmænɪʤər æt ðə stɑrt əv ðə hɪz fərst ˈsizən æt ðə hɛlm əv ðə kləb wɑz ə səkˈsɛsfəl wən, ɛz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ðɛr fərst ə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ˈtaɪtəl sɪns ðə mid-1980s*, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˈkoʊpə ðə krɑp əv pleɪərz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈpɪriəd ˈfiʧərd fərˈɑrə, rəˈbɛrtoʊ ˈbɑʤioʊ, ənd ə jəŋ ˌɑləˈsænˌdroʊ dɛl ˈpiroʊ. ˈlɪpi lɛd tɪ ðɛr fərst ˌɪˌtæliˈænə ənd ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lig ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsizən, ˈbitɪŋ ˈeɪˌʤæks ɔn ˈpɛnəltiz ˈæftər ə drɔ ɪn wɪʧ fɑˈbritsioʊ skɔrd fər ðə kləb dɪd nɑt rɛst lɔŋ ˈæftər ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən kəp: mɔr ˈhaɪli rɪˈgɑrdɪd pleɪərz wər brɔt ˈɪntu ðə foʊld ɪn ðə fɔrm əv, fɪˈlipoʊ ənd ˈɛdgər ˈdeɪvɪdz. æt hoʊm, wən ðə ənd ə ˈtaɪtəlz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə 1996 ˈsupər ənd ðə 1996 ˌɪntərˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl riʧt ðə 1997 ənd 1998 ˈʧæmpiənz lig ˈfaɪnəlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈpɪriəd, bət lɔst aʊt tɪ ˈdɔrtmənd ənd ril məˈdrɪd ˈæftər ə ˈæbsəns, ˈlɪpi rɪˈtərnd tɪ ðə kləb ɪn 2001 ˈfɑloʊɪŋ hɪz rɪˈpleɪsmənt ˈkɑrloʊ dɪsˈmɪsəl, ˈsaɪnɪŋ bɪg neɪm pleɪərz səʧ ɛz, ˈdeɪvɪd, ˈpævəl ənd ˈlɪljən thuram*, ˈhɛlpɪŋ ðə tim tɪ tu mɔr ˈtaɪtəlz ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ənd wər ˈɔlsoʊ pɑrt əv ən ɔl ˌɪˈtæljən ˈʧæmpiənz lig ˈfaɪnəl ɪn 2003 bət lɔst aʊt tɪ ˈmaɪˌlæn ɔn ˈpɛnəltiz ˈæftər ðə geɪm ˈɛndɪd ɪn ə drɔ. æt ðə kənˈkluʒən əv ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsizən, ˈlɪpi wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ɛz ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl timz hɛd koʊʧ, ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ən ɛnd tɪ wən əv ðə moʊst ˈfrutfəl ˌmænɪˈʤɪriəl spɛlz ɪn' ˈskændəl ˈfɑbioʊ kəˈpɛloʊ wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ɛz' koʊʧ ɪn 2004 ənd lɛd ðə kləb tɪ tu mɔr kənˈsɛkjətɪv ə fərst ˈpleɪsɪz. ɪn meɪ 2006 bɪˈkeɪm wən əv ðə faɪv kləbz lɪŋkt tɪ ə 2006 ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈskændəl, ðə rɪˈzəlt əv wɪʧ sɔ ðə kləb pleɪst æt ðə ˈbɑtəm əv ðə lig ˈteɪbəl ənd ˈrɛləˌgeɪtɪd tɪ bi fər ðə fərst taɪm ɪn ɪts ˈhɪstəri. ðə kləb wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ strɪpt əv ðə 2005 ˈtaɪtəl wən ˈəndər kəˈpɛloʊ, waɪl ðə 2006 ˈtaɪtəl, ˈæftər ə ˈpɪriəd səb ˈʤudɪs, wɑz əˈsaɪnd tɪ ˌɪnˈtər ˈmɛni ki pleɪərz lɛft ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðɛr tɪ bi, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈlɪliən thuram*, stɑr ˈstraɪkər ibrahimović*ć ənd dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈstɔlwərt ˈfɑbioʊ cannavaro*. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈəðər bɪg neɪm pleɪərz səʧ ɛz ˌɑləˈsænˌdroʊ dɛl ˈpiroʊ,, ˈdeɪvɪd ənd ˈpævəl rɪˈmeɪnd tɪ hɛlp ðə kləb rɪˈtərn tɪ ə, waɪl ˈjəŋstərz frəm ðə primɑˈvɛrə (juθ tim), səʧ ɛz səˈbæsʧən ənd ˈklɔdiˌoʊ, wər ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd ˈɪntu ðə fərst tim. wən ðə bi ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp) ənd geɪnd pərˈmoʊʃən streɪt bæk əp tɪ ðə tɔp dɪˈvɪʒən ɛz lig ˈwɪnərz ˈæftər ðə ɛz ˈkæptən dɛl ˈpiroʊ kleɪmd ðə tɔp ˈskɔrər əˈwɔrd wɪθ 21 goʊlz. stɑr wɑz əˈməŋ ə grup əv pleɪərz hu rɪˈmeɪnd wɪθ ðə kləb ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðɛr dɪˈmoʊʃən tɪ bi ɪn 2006 ɛz ˈərli ɛz 2010 kənˈsɪdərd ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ðə ˈstrɪpɪŋ əv ðɛr frəm 2005 ənd ðə əv ðə 2006 ˈtaɪtəl, dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn ðə rɪˈzəlts əv traɪəlz kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðə 2006 wɪn ˈfɔrmər ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər luʧiˈɑnoʊ kənˈvɪkʃən ɪn ˈkrɪmənəl kɔrt ɪn kəˈnɛkʃən wɪθ ðə ˈskændəl wɑz ˈpɑrʃəli ˈrɪtən ɔf baɪ ðə səˈprim kɔrt ɔn 23 mɑrʧ ðə kləb sud ðə ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən (figc*) fər ˈmɪljən fər ˈdæmɪʤɪz kɔzd baɪ ðɛr 2006. ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈkɑrloʊ ˈɔfərd tɪ dɪˈskəs ˌriɪnˈsteɪtmənt əv ðə lɔst ɪn ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ fər ˈdrɑpɪŋ ðə ɔn 9 sɛpˈtɛmbər 2015 ðə səˈprim kɔrt riˈlist ə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ðət ɪkˈspleɪnd ɪts ˈfaɪnəl ˈrulɪŋ əv ðə keɪs: dɪˈspaɪt ðət rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈʧɑrʤɪz wər ˈkænsəld wɪˈθaʊt ə nu traɪəl du tɪ ˈstæʧut əv ðə kɔrt kənˈfərmd ðət wɑz ˈæktɪvli ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈspɔrtɪŋ frɔd wɪʧ wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ ˈfeɪvər ənd ˌɪnˈkris hɪz oʊn ˈpərsɪnəl ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, ɪn 2016 ðə tɑr trəˈbjunəl rɪˈʤɛktɪd ðə rɪkˈwɛst əv ˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən prəˈmoʊtəd baɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ə ˈæftər rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ ə ɪn ðə ˈsizən, əˈpɔɪntɪd ˈklɔdiˌoʊ ˌræniˈɛri ɛz ðeɪ ˈfɪnɪʃt ɪn θərd pleɪs ɪn ðɛr fərst ˈsizən bæk ɪn ðə tɔp flaɪt ənd kˈwɑləˌfaɪd fər ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lig θərd kˈwɑləˌfaɪɪŋ raʊnd ɪn ðə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri ˈsteɪʤɪz. riʧt ðə grup ˈsteɪʤɪz, wɛr ðeɪ bit ril məˈdrɪd ɪn boʊθ hoʊm ənd əˈweɪ lɛgz, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈluzɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈnɑˌkaʊt raʊnd tɪ ˈʧɛlsi. ˌræniˈɛri wɑz sækt ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə strɪŋ əv ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəl rɪˈzəlts ənd fərˈɑrə wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ɛz ˈmænɪʤər ɔn ə ˈtɛmpərˌɛri ˈbeɪsɪs fər ðə læst tu geɪmz əv ðə ˌbiˈfɔr biɪŋ ˈsəbsəkwəntli əˈpɔɪntɪd ɛz ðə ˈmænɪʤər fər ðə stɪnt ɛz ˈmænɪʤər, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, pruvd tɪ bi ˌənsəkˈsɛsfəl, wɪθ nɑkt aʊt əv ˈʧæmpiənz lig ənd ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə, ɛz wɛl ɛz ʤɪst laɪɪŋ ɔn ðə sɪksθ pleɪs ɪn ðə lig ˈteɪbəl æt ðə ɛnd əv ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2010 ˈlidɪŋ tɪ ðə dɪsˈmɪsəl əv fərˈɑrə ənd ðə ˈneɪmɪŋ əv ælˈbərtoʊ ɛz ˈkɛrˌteɪkər ˈmænɪʤər. kʊd nɑt hɛlp ðə saɪd ˌɪmˈpruv, ɛz ˈfɪnɪʃt ðə ˈsizən ɪn ˈsɛvənθ pleɪs ɪn ə. fər ðə ˈsizən, blæŋk wɑz ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ ˌɑnˈdreɪə ˈægˌnɛli ɛz ðə kləbz ˈprɛzɪdənt. ˈægˌnɛliz fərst ˈækʃən wɑz tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs ənd dɪˈrɛktər əv spɔrt əˈlɛsioʊ wɪθ ˈmænɪʤər luˈiʤi ənd dɪˈrɛktər əv spɔrt ʤɪˈsɛpi ˌhaʊˈɛvər, feɪld tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv ðɛr ˈfɔrʧənz ənd wɑz dɪsˈmɪst. ˈfɔrmər pleɪər ənd fæn ˈfeɪvərɪt ænˈtoʊnioʊ ˈkɔnteɪ, frɛʃ ˈæftər ˈwɪnɪŋ pərˈmoʊʃən wɪθ siena*, wɑz neɪmd ɛz ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2011 ˌriˈloʊkeɪtɪd tɪ ðə nu hɪˈstɔrɪk fɔr kənˈsɛkjətɪv ˈdəbəlz ənd ˈsɛvən kənˈsɛkjətɪv lig ˈtaɪtəlz wɪθ ˈkɔnteɪ ɛz ˈmænɪʤər, wɛnt ənˈbitən fər ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ə ˈsizən. təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈsɛkənd hæf əv ðə ˈsizən, ðə tim wɑz ˈmoʊstli kəmˈpitɪŋ wɪθ ˈnɔrðərn ˈraɪvəlz ˈmaɪˌlæn fər fərst pleɪs ɪn ə taɪt ˈkɑntɛst. wən ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɔn ðə ˈæftər ˈbitɪŋ ˌkægliˈɑri ənd ˈmaɪˌlæn ˈluzɪŋ tɪ ˈæftər ə wɪn ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl əˈgɛnst ˌætəˈlæntə, bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst tim tɪ goʊ ðə ˈsizən ənˈbitən ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈəðər ˈnoʊtˌwərði əˈʧivmənts ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðə ˈbɪgəst əˈweɪ wɪn æt), bɛst dɪˈfɛnsɪv ˈrɛkərd 20 goʊlz kənˈsidɪd, fjuəst ˈɛvər ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt lig ˈfɔrˌmæt) ɪn ə ənd ˈsɛkənd bɛst ɪn ðə tɔp sɪks ˌjʊrəˈpiən ligz ðət ɪn wən ə θərd kənˈsɛkjətɪv wɪθ ə ˈrɛkərd 102 pɔɪnts ənd 33 ðə ˈtaɪtəl wɑz ðə əˈfɪʃəl lig ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ɪn ðə kləbz ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ əˈʧivd ðə əv jʊˈroʊpə lig, wɛr ðeɪ wər ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd æt hoʊm əˈgɛnst catenaccio*, ˈmɪsɪŋ ðə ˈfaɪnəl æt ðə ɪn wɑz əˈpɔɪntɪd ɛz ˈmænɪʤər, wɪθ hum wən ðɛr əˈfɪʃəl ˈtaɪtəl, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ə fourth-straight*, ɛz wɛl ɛz əˈʧivɪŋ ə ˈrɛkərd tɛnθ ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə fər ðə ðə kləb ˈɔlsoʊ bit ril məˈdrɪd ɪn ðə ˈsɛmi ˈfaɪnəlz əv ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lig ɔn ˈægrəgət tɪ feɪs ˌbɑrsɪˈloʊnə ɪn ðə ˈfaɪnəl ɪn bərˈlɪn fər ðə fərst taɪm sɪns ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lɔst ðə ˈfaɪnəl tɪ ˌbɑrsɪˈloʊnə ˈæftər ən ˈərli goʊl frəm ˈaɪvən rakitić*ć, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ən ˈikwəˌlaɪzər ɪn ðə ˈmɪnət. ðɛn ˌbɑrsɪˈloʊnə tʊk ðə lɛd əˈgɛn wɪθ ə goʊl frəm luis ɪn ðə ˈmɪnət, ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ə ˈfaɪnəl ˈmɪnət goʊl baɪ ɛz wər kɔt aʊt ɔn ðə ɔn 14 dɪˈsɛmbər 2015 wən ðə ə ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb əv ðə jɪr əˈwɔrd fər ðə ˈsizən, ðə fɔrθ taɪm ɪn ɔn 25 ˈeɪprəl 2016 ðə kləb wən ðɛr ˈtaɪtəl (ənd ˈoʊvərˌɔl) sɪns læst ˈwɪnɪŋ bɪtˈwin ənd ˈæftər ˈsɛkənd pleɪs ˈnæpəli lɔst tɪ ˈroʊmɑ tɪ gɪv ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəl ˈsərtənti əv ðə ˈtaɪtəl wɪθ θri geɪmz tɪ spɛr; læst ˈluzɪŋ tɪ ɔn 25 ɑkˈtoʊbər 2015 wɪʧ lɛft ðɛm ɪn pleɪs, ˌbiˈfɔr ˈteɪkɪŋ 73 pɔɪnts əv ə ˈpɑsəbəl ɔn 21 meɪ, ðə kləb ðɛn wən ðə ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə fər ðə taɪm ənd ðɛr ˈtaɪtəl, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə fərst tim ɪn ˈɪtəliz ˈhɪstəri tɪ kəmˈplit ə ənd ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ˈdəbəlz ɪn ɔn 17 meɪ 2017 wən ðɛr ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ə wɪn ˈoʊvər (ðə fərst tim tɪ wɪn θri kənˈsɛkjətɪv fɔr deɪz ˈleɪtər ɔn 21 meɪ, bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst tim tɪ wɪn sɪks kənˈsɛkjətɪv ə ɔn 3 ʤun 2017 riʧt ə ˈsɛkənd ˈʧæmpiənz lig ˈfaɪnəl ɪn θri jɪrz, bət wər dɪˈfitɪd baɪ dɪˈfɛndɪŋ ˈʧæmpiənz ril stæmˈpid ɪn ˈtʊrɪn ˈhæpənd tɛn ˈmɪnəts ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ɛnd əv ðə ɔn 9 meɪ 2018 wən ðɛr ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ˈtaɪtəl, ənd fɔrθ ɪn ə roʊ, ɪn ə wɪn ˈoʊvər ˈmaɪˌlæn, ɪkˈstɛndɪŋ ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈrɛkərd əv səkˈsɛsɪv ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə fɔr deɪz ˈleɪtər ɔn 13 meɪ, sɪˈkjʊrd ðɛr ˈsɛvənθ kənˈsɛkjətɪv ə ˈtaɪtəl, ɪkˈstɛndɪŋ ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈrɛkərd əv səkˈsɛsɪv traɪəmfs ɪn ðə ɪn ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2018 broʊk ðə ˈrɛkərd fər ə fi peɪd fər ə pleɪər ˈoʊvər 30 jɪrz oʊld ənd ðə ˈrɛkərd fər ə fi peɪd baɪ ən ˌɪˈtæljən kləb baɪ ˈpərʧəsɪŋ ðə 33 jɪr oʊld kristiˈɑnoʊ frəm ril məˈdrɪd fər ˈmɪljən, ər, bæʤ, ˈnɪkˌneɪmz ənd ˈsɪmbəlz hæv pleɪd ɪn blæk ənd waɪt straɪpt ʃərts, wɪθ waɪt ʃɔrts, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz blæk ʃɔrts sɪns 1903 ərˈɪʤənəli, ðeɪ pleɪd ɪn pɪŋk ʃərts wɪθ ə blæk taɪ. ðə ˈfɑðər əv wən əv ðə pleɪərz meɪd ðə ˈərliəst ʃərts, bət kənˈtɪnjuəl ˈwɑʃɪŋ ˈfeɪdɪd ðə ˈkələr soʊ məʧ ðət ɪn 1903 ðə kləb sɔt tɪ ˌriˈpleɪs æst wən əv ðɛr tim ˈmɛmbərz, ˈɪŋglɪʃmən ʤɑn ˈsævɪʤ, ɪf hi hæd ˈɛni ˈkɑnˌtækts ɪn ˈɪŋglənd hu kʊd səˈplaɪ nu ʃərts ɪn ə ˈkələr ðət wʊd ˈbɛtər wɪθˈstænd ðə ˈɛləmənts. hi hæd ə frɛnd hu lɪvd ɪn ˈnɑtɪŋˌhæm, hu biɪŋ ə ˈkaʊnti səˈpɔrtər, ʃɪpt aʊt ðə blæk ənd waɪt straɪpt ʃərts tɪ hæv wɔrn ðə ʃərts ˈɛvər sɪns, kənˈsɪdərɪŋ ðə tɪ bi əˈgrɛsɪv ənd ðə bæʤ juzd bɪtˈwin 1990 ənd 2004 (lɛft), ənd ðə bæʤ juzd bɪtˈwin 2004 ənd 2017 (raɪt) əˈfɪʃəl ˈɛmbləm həz ˌəndərˈgɔn ˈdɪfərənt ənd smɔl ˌmɑdəfəˈkeɪʃənz sɪns ðə 1920s*. ðə ˈpriviəs ˌmɑdəfəˈkeɪʃən əv ðə bæʤ tʊk pleɪs ɪn 2004 wɪn ðə ˈɛmbləm əv ðə tim ʧeɪnʤd tɪ ə ˈoʊvəl ʃild əv ə taɪp juzd baɪ ˌɪˈtæljən ecclesiastics*. ɪt ɪz dɪˈvaɪdɪd ɪn faɪv ˈvərtɪkəl straɪps: tu waɪt straɪps ənd θri blæk straɪps, ˌɪnˈsaɪd wɪʧ ər ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈɛləmənts, waɪl ɪn ɪts ˈəpər ˈsɛkʃən ðə neɪm əv ðə soʊˈsaɪɪti ˌsupərəmˈpoʊzd ɔn ə waɪt ˈkɑnˌvɛks ˈsɛkʃən, ˈoʊvər ˈgoʊldən ˈkərvəʧər (goʊld fər ˈɑnər). ðə waɪt ˌsɪləˈwɛt əv ə ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ bʊl ɪz ɪn ðə loʊər ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ˈoʊvəl ʃild, ˌsupərəmˈpoʊzd ɔn ə blæk oʊld frɛnʧ ʃild ənd ðə ˈʧɑrʤɪŋ bʊl ɪz ə ˈsɪmbəl əv ðə əv ˈtʊrɪn. ðɛr ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə blæk ˌsɪləˈwɛt əv ə mˈjʊrəl kraʊn əˈbəv ðə blæk sˈfɛrɪkəl ˈtraɪˌæŋgəlz beɪs. ðɪs ɪz ə ˌrɛməˈnɪsəns tɪ əˈgəstə tourinorum*, ðə oʊld ˈsɪti əv ðə ˈroʊmən ˈɪrə wɪʧ ðə ˈprɛzənt ˈkæpɪtəl əv ˈpidˌmɑnt ˈriʤən ɪz ɪts ˈkəlʧərəl ˈɛrəs. ˈloʊgoʊ sɪns ˈsizən ɪn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2017 ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌɑnˈdreɪə ˈægˌnɛli əˈnaʊnst ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ʧeɪnʤ tɪ ðə bæʤ, rɪˈvilɪŋ ə ˈvɪdioʊ ʃoʊɪŋ ðə ˌɪntrəˈdəkʃən əv ðə nu bæʤ. ðə bæʤ ʃoʊz ðə wərd ɔn tɔp, wɪθ tu ˈkæpɪtəl ʃoʊn təˈgɛðər ɪn ˈdɪfərənt fɑnts wɪθ ə smɔl ˈoʊpənɪŋ bɪtˈwin ðɛm tɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst meɪk ə ˈbɪgər ʤeɪ. ˈægˌnɛli sɛd ðət ðə bæʤ rɪˈflɛkts "ðə weɪ əv wɑz ðə fərst tim ɪn əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈhɪstəri tɪ əˈdɑpt ə stɑr, hu ˈædɪd wən əˈbəv ðɛr bæʤ ɪn 1958 tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ðɛr tɛnθ ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ənd ə ˈtaɪtəl, ənd həz sɪns bɪˈkəm ˈpɑpjələrˌaɪzd wɪθ ˈəðər kləbz ɛz ɪn ðə pæst, ðə ˈkɑnˌvɛks ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ˈɛmbləm hæd ə blu ˈkələr (əˈnəðər ˈsɪmbəl əv ˈtʊrɪn) ənd ɪt wɑz ˈkɑnkeɪv ɪn ʃeɪp. ðə oʊld frɛnʧ ʃild ənd ðə mˈjʊrəl kraʊn, ˈɔlsoʊ ɪn ðə loʊər ˈsɛkʃən əv ðə ˈɛmbləm, hæd ə kənˈsɪdərəbli ˈgreɪtər saɪz. ðə tu "ˈgoʊldən stɑrz fər spɔrt ˈɛksələns" wər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd əˈbəv ðə ˈkɑnˌvɛks ənd ˈkɑnkeɪv ˈsɛkʃən əv' ˈɛmbləm. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə, ðə kləb ˈɛmbləm wɑz ðə blərd ˌsɪləˈwɛt əv ə ˈzibrə, əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd ðə tu ˈgoʊldən stɑrz wɪθ ðə kləbz neɪm ˈfɔrmɪŋ ən ɑrk əˈbəv. ənəˈfɪʃəli wən ðɛr lig ˈtaɪtəl ɪn bət ə dɪˈspjut wɪθ ðə, wɪʧ strɪpt əv ðɛr ənd ˈtaɪtəlz du tɪ ðɛr ˌɪnˈvɑlvmənt ɪn ə 2006 ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈskændəl, lɛft ðɛr əˈfɪʃəl ˈtoʊtəl æt 28 ðeɪ ɪˈlɛktɪd tɪ wɛr noʊ stɑrz æt ɔl ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ wən ðɛr ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ənd ðəs ərnd ðə raɪt tɪ wɛr ðɛr θərd stɑr, bət kləb ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌɑnˈdreɪə ˈægˌnɛli ˈsteɪtɪd ðət ðə kləb səˈspɛndɪd ðə juz əv ðə stɑrz ənˈtɪl əˈnəðər tim wɪnz ðɛr ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, ðəs ˈhævɪŋ ðə raɪt tɪ wɛr tu stɑrz, "tɪ' ˌhaʊˈɛvər, fər ðə ˈsizən, ˌriɪntrəˈdust ðə stɑrz ənd ˈædɪd ðə θərd stɑr tɪ ðɛr ˈʤərzi ɛz wɛl wɪθ nu kɪt ˌmænjəˈfækʧərərz əˈdidəs, ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə bæʤ fər ˈwɪnɪŋ ðɛr tɛnθ ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ðə ˈpriviəs fər ðə ˈsizən, ðɛr kɪt wɪθ ə ˈdɪfərənt teɪk ɔn ðə ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk blæk ənd waɪt fər ðə ˈsizən, ˌɪntrəˈdust ðə ʤeɪ ʃeɪpt ˈloʊgoʊ ˈɔntu ðə ðə f.c*. ˈmæˌskɑt ʤeɪ, ˌɪntrəˈdust ɪn 2015 ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2015 əˈfɪʃəli əˈnaʊnst ə nu ˈprɑʤɛkt kɔld fər ɪts ˈʤunjər səˈpɔrtərz ɔn ɪts ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt, ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪntrəˈdust ə nu ˈmæˌskɑt tɪ ɔl ɪts fænz wɪʧ ɪz kɔld ʤeɪ. ʤeɪ ɪz ə ˈzibrə, blæk ənd waɪt straɪps wɪθ ˈgoʊldən ɛʤ ˈpaɪpɪŋ ɔn ɪts ˈbɑdi, ˈgoʊldən ˈʃaɪnɪŋ aɪz, ənd θri ˈgoʊldən stɑrz ɔn ðə frənt əv ɪts ʤeɪ meɪd ɪts ˈdeɪbju æt ˈsteɪdiəm ɔn 12 sɛpˈtɛmbər ˈdʊrɪŋ ɪts ˈhɪstəri, ðə kləb həz əkˈwaɪərd ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈnɪkˌneɪmz, lɑ (ðə oʊld ˈleɪdi) biɪŋ ðə bɛst ɪgˈzæmpəl. ðə "oʊld" pɑrt əv ðə ˈnɪkˌneɪm ɪz ə pən ɔn wɪʧ minz "juθ" ɪn ˈlætən. ɪt wɑz dəraɪvd frəm ðə eɪʤ əv ðə stɑr pleɪərz təˈwɔrdz ðə ˈmɪdəl əv ðə. ðə "ˈleɪdi" pɑrt əv ðə ˈnɪkˌneɪm ɪz haʊ fænz əv ðə kləb əˈfɛkʃənətli rɪˈfərd tɪ ɪt ˌbiˈfɔr ðə. ðə kləb ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnɪkˌneɪmd lɑ (ðə ˈgərlˌfrɛnd əv ˈɪtəli), bɪˈkəz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz ɪt həz rɪˈsivd ə haɪ ˈlɛvəl əv səˈpɔrt frəm ˈsəðərn ˌɪˈtæljən ˈɪməgrənt ˈwərkərz (ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli frəm ˈneɪpəlz ənd pəˈlɛrmoʊ), hu əraɪvd ɪn ˈtʊrɪn tɪ wərk fər faɪæt sɪns ðə. ˈəðər ˈnɪkˌneɪmz ˌɪnˈklud; [lɑ] fər: ˈmædəm), aɪ (ðə black-and-whites*), lə (ðə zebras)[d*] ɪn ˈrɛfərəns tɪ'. aɪ (ðə hunchbacks*) ɪz ðə ˈnɪkˌneɪm ðət ɪz juzd tɪ dɪˈfaɪn səˈpɔrtərz, bət ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ juzd ˈsəmˌtaɪmz fər timz pleɪərz. ðə moʊst ˈwaɪdli ækˈsɛptɪd ˈɔrəʤən əv deɪts tɪ ðə ˈfɪftiz, wɪn ðə wɔr ə lɑrʤ ˈʤərzi. wɪn pleɪərz ræn ɔn ðə fild, ðə ˈʤərzi, wɪʧ hæd ə leɪst ˈoʊpənɪŋ æt ðə ʧɛst, ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪd ə bəlʤ ˈoʊvər ðə bæk (ə sɔrt əv ˈpɛrəˌʃut ˈifɛkt), ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə pleɪərz lʊk ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈænθəm əv ɪz ʤuv di ˈjuˈɛn grænd ˈɑmɔr), ər ʤuv (ˈstɔri əv ə greɪt ləv) ɪn ˈɪŋlɪʃ, ˈrɪtən baɪ ˌælɛˈsændrɑ tɔr ənd ˈklɔdiˌoʊ guidetti*, ɪn ðə ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈsɪŋər ənd mjuˈzɪʃən ˈpaʊloʊ ˈbɛli kəmˈpoʊzd ɪn ɪn 2016 ə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri fɪlm kɔld blæk ənd waɪt straɪps: ðə ˈstɔri wɑz prəˈdust baɪ ðə lɑ ˈvɪlə ˈbrəðərz əˈbaʊt ɔn 16 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2018 ðə fərst θri ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz əv ə kɔld fərst tim:, wɪʧ ˈfɑloʊd ðə kləb θruaʊt ðə ˈsizən, baɪ ˈspɛndɪŋ taɪm wɪθ ðə pleɪərz bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz boʊθ ɔn ənd ɔf ðə fild, wɑz riˈlist ɔn netflix*; ðə ˈəðər θri ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz wər riˈlist ɔn 6 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ˈsteɪdiəmz ˈæftər ðə fərst tu jɪrz 1897 ənd 1898 ˈdʊrɪŋ wɪʧ pleɪd ɪn ðə dɛl ˌvælənˈtinoʊ ənd cittadella*, ðɛr ˈmæʧɪz wər hɛld ɪn ðə piˈæzə ˈsteɪdiəm ənˈtɪl 1908 ɪkˈsɛpt ɪn 1905 (ðə fərst jɪr əv ðə) ənd ɪn 1906 jɪrz ɪn wɪʧ ɪt pleɪd æt ðə ˈkɔrsoʊ ri əmˈbɛrˌtoʊ. frəm 1909 tɪ 1922 pleɪd ðɛr ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz æt ˈkɔrsoʊ kæmp ˌbiˈfɔr ˈmuvɪŋ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ jɪr tɪ ˈkɔrsoʊ ˌmɑrˈsɪgliə kæmp, wɛr ðeɪ rɪˈmeɪnd ənˈtɪl 1933 ˈwɪnɪŋ fɔr lig ˈtaɪtəlz. æt ðə ɛnd əv 1933 ðeɪ bɪˈgæn tɪ pleɪ æt ðə nu ˌmusoʊˈlini ˈsteɪdiəm ˌɪˈnɔgərˌeɪtɪd fər ðə 1934 wərld ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪps. ˈæftər ðə ˈsɛkənd wərld wɔr, ðə ˈsteɪdiəm wɑz riˈneɪmd ɛz koʊmuˈnɑli viˈtɔrioʊ pozzo*. pleɪd hoʊm ˈmæʧɪz æt ðə graʊnd fər 57 jɪrz, ə ˈtoʊtəl əv 890 lig ðə tim kənˈtɪnjud tɪ hoʊst ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˈsɛʃənz æt ðə ˈsteɪdiəm ənˈtɪl ˌʤuˈlaɪ frəm 1990 ənˈtɪl ðə ˈsizən, ðə saɪd kənˈtɛstəd ðɛr hoʊm ˈmæʧɪz æt dɛl alpi*, bɪlt fər ðə 1990 wərld kəp, ˌɔlˈðoʊ ɪn ˈvɛri rɛr ˈsərkəmˌstænsɪz ðə kləb pleɪd səm hoʊm geɪmz ɪn ˈəðər ˈstɑˌdiɑ səʧ ɛz bɑrˈbɛrə æt pəˈlɛrmoʊ, ˈdinoʊ æt ʧɛˈsɛnə ənd ðə ʤɪˈsɛpi æt ɪn ˈɔgəst 2006 rɪˈtərnd tɪ pleɪ ɪn ðə koʊmuˈnɑli, ðɛn noʊn ɛz olimpico*, ˈæftər ðə riˈstrəkʧərɪŋ əv ðə ˈsteɪdiəm fər ðə 2006 ˈwɪntər oʊˈlɪmpɪks ˈɔnwərd. ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər 2008 əˈnaʊnst ðət ðeɪ wʊd ˌɪnˈvɛst əraʊnd ˈmɪljən tɪ bɪld ə nu graʊnd, ðə ˈsteɪdiəm, ɔn ðə saɪt əv dɛl ənˈlaɪk ðə oʊld graʊnd, ðɛr ɪz nɑt ə ˈrənɪŋ træk ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd ðə pɪʧ ɪz ˈoʊnli ˈmitərz əˈweɪ frəm ðə ðə kəˈpæsɪti ɪz wərk bɪˈgæn ˈdʊrɪŋ spərɪŋ 2009 ənd ðə ˈsteɪdiəm wɑz ˈoʊpənd ɔn 8 sɛpˈtɛmbər 2011 əˈhɛd əv ðə stɑrt əv ðə sɪns 1 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2017 ðə ˈsteɪdiəm ɪz noʊn kəˈmərʃəli ɛz ðə ˈæliənz ˈsteɪdiəm əv ˈtʊrɪn fər sɪks ˈsizənz ənˈtɪl 30 ʤun səˈpɔrtərz ɪz ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb ɪn ˈɪtəli, wɪθ ˈoʊvər 12 ˈmɪljən fænz ər tifosi*, wɪʧ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt əˈprɑksəmətli 34 əv ðə ˈtoʊtəl ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl fænz əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə ˈrisərʧ ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər 2016 baɪ ˌɪˈtæljən ˈrisərʧ ˈeɪʤənsi ˈdɛˌmoʊz ɛz wɛl ɛz wən əv ðə moʊst səˈpɔrtɪd ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləbz ɪn ðə wərld, wɪθ ˈoʊvər 300 ˈmɪljən səˈpɔrtərz 41 ˈmɪljən ɪn ˈjʊrəp ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪn ðə ˌmɛdətərˈeɪniən ˈkəntriz tɪ wɪʧ ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv ˌɪˈtæljən daɪˈæspərə hæv ðə saɪd həz fæn kləbz ˈbrænʧɪz əˈkrɔs ðə dɪˈmænd fər ˈtɪkɪts ɪn ɔˈkeɪʒənəl hoʊm geɪmz hɛld əˈweɪ frəm ˈtʊrɪn ɪz haɪ, səˈʤɛstɪŋ ðət hæv ˈstrɔŋgər səˈpɔrt ɪn ˈəðər pɑrts əv ðə ˈkəntri. ɪz ˈwaɪdli ənd əˈspɛʃəli ˈpɑpjələr θruaʊt ˈmeɪnˌlænd ˈsəðərn ˈɪtəli, ˈsɪsəli ənd ˈmɔltə, ˈlidɪŋ ðə tim tɪ hæv wən əv ðə ˈlɑrʤəst ˈfɑloʊɪŋz ɪn ɪts əˈweɪ mɔr ðən ɪn ˈtʊrɪn ˌɪtˈsɛlf. kləb ˈraɪvəlriz ˈdərbi ɪn 1930 sin frəm θaɪn 1930 hæv sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈraɪvəlriz wɪθ tu meɪn kləbz. ðɛr trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈraɪvəlz ər ˈfɛloʊ ˈtʊrɪn kləb tɔˈrinoʊ; ˈmæʧɪz bɪtˈwin ðə tu saɪdz ər noʊn ɛz ðə ˈdərbi ˈdɛlə moʊl (ˈtʊrɪn ˈdərbi). ðə ˈraɪvəlri deɪts bæk tɪ 1906 ɛz tɔˈrinoʊ wɑz ˈfaʊndɪd baɪ pleɪərz ənd stæf. ðɛr moʊst ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈraɪvəlri ɪz wɪθ, əˈnəðər bɪg ə kləb ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ˈmaɪˌlæn, ðə ˈkæpɪtəl əv ðə ˈneɪbərɪŋ ˈriʤən əv lombardy*. ˈmæʧɪz bɪtˈwin ðiz tu kləbz ər rɪˈfərd tɪ ɛz ðə ˈdərbi (ˈdərbi əv ˈɪtəli) ənd ðə tu ˈrɛgjələrli ˈʧælənʤ iʧ ˈəðər æt ðə tɔp əv ðə lig ˈteɪbəl, hɛns ðə ˌɪnˈtɛns ənˈtɪl ðə ˈskændəl wɪʧ sɔ ˈfɔrsəbli ˈrɛləˌgeɪtɪd, ðə tu wər ðə ˈoʊnli ˌɪˈtæljən kləbz tɪ hæv ˈnɛvər pleɪd bɪˈloʊ ə. ˈnoʊtəbli, ðə tu saɪdz ər ðə fərst ənd ðə ˈsɛkənd moʊst səˈpɔrtɪd kləbz ɪn ˈɪtəli ənd ðə ˈraɪvəlri həz ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪd sɪns ðə ˈleɪtər pɑrt əv ðə; ˈriʧɪŋ ɪts haɪəst ˈlɛvəlz ˈɛvər post-calciopoli*, wɪθ ðə rɪˈtərn əv tɪ ðə ˈraɪvəlri wɪθ a.c*. ˈmaɪˌlæn ɪz ə ˈraɪvəlri bɪtˈwin ðə tu moʊst ˈtaɪtəld timz ɪn ðə ˈʧælənʤ kənˈfrənts ˈɔlsoʊ tu əv ðə kləbz wɪθ ˈgreɪtər ˈbeɪsən əv səˈpɔrtərz ɛz wɛl ɛz ðoʊz wɪθ ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈtərˌnoʊvər ənd stɑk ˈmɑrkɪt ˈvælju ɪn ðə ðə bɪtˈwin ˈmaɪˌlæn ənd, ɪz rɪˈgɑrdɪd ɛz ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp əv ə, ənd boʊθ timz wər ˈɔfən ˈfaɪtɪŋ fər ðə tɔp pəˈzɪʃənz əv ðə ˈstændɪŋz, ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ˈivɪn dɪˈsaɪsɪv fər ðə əˈwɔrd əv ðə ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ˈraɪvəlriz wɪθ ənd ˈwɪmən tim ɔn 1 ʤun 2017 əˈnaʊnst ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ˈwɪmən tim baɪ əkˈwaɪərɪŋ ðə ˈwɪmənz ə ˈlaɪsəns əv ˈkjunioʊ ɔn 20 meɪ 2018 ðə ˈnuli kriˈeɪtɪd ˈwɪmənz tim wən ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ðɛr fərst pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən ɪn ˈwɪmənz ə, ˈbitɪŋ ˈbrɛsʧə ɪn ə ˈpɛnəlti ˈʃutaʊt ˈæftər ə drɔ ɪn ðə ˈsɪŋgəl mæʧ ˈtrɪgərd bɪˈkəz ðə tu timz ˈfɪnɪʃt ðə ˈsizən taɪd æt 60 juθ ˈproʊˌgræm ðə juθ ˈsɛˌtəp həz bɪn ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ɛz wən əv ðə bɛst ɪn ˈɪtəli fər prəˈdusɪŋ jəŋ waɪl nɑt ɔl ˈgræʤəˌweɪts meɪd ɪt tɪ ðə fərst tim, ˈmɛni hæv ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd səkˈsɛsfəl kərɪrz ɪn ðə ˌɪˈtæljən tɔp flaɪt. ˈəndər koʊʧ vɪnˈsɛnzoʊ kiɑˈrɛnzə, ðə primɑˈvɛrə skwɑd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪd wən əv ɪts səkˈsɛsfəl ˈpɪriədz, ˈwɪnɪŋ ɔl ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz frəm 2004 tɪ 2006 laɪk dəʧ kləb ˈeɪˌʤæks ənd ˈmɛni prɛˈmɪr lig kləbz, ˈɑpərˌeɪts ˈsɛvərəl ˈsætəˌlaɪt kləbz ənd ˈfʊtˌbɔl skulz ˈaʊtˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈkəntri (i.e*. juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts, ˈkænədə, gris, ˈsɔdi əˈreɪbiə, ɔˈstreɪljə ənd sˈwɪtsərlənd) ənd ˈnumərəs kæmps ɪn ðə ˈloʊkəl ˈriʤən tɪ ɪkˈspænd ˈtælənt ðə juθ ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtəbəl fər ɪts ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən tɪ ðə ˌɪˈtæljən ˈnæʃənəl ˈsinjər ənd juθ timz. 1934 wərld kəp ˈwɪnər combi*, 1936 goʊld ˈmɛdəl ənd 1938 wərld kəp ˈwɪnər piˈɛtroʊ rava*,, rəˈbɛrtoʊ bettega*, 1982 wərld kəp ˈhɪroʊ ˈpaʊloʊ ˈrɔsi ənd mɔr ˈrisəntli ˈklɔdiˌoʊ ənd səˈbæsʧən ər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈfɔrmər ˈgræʤəˌweɪts hu hæv gɔn ɔn tɪ meɪk ðə fərst tim ənd fʊl ˈɪtəli pleɪərz ˈkɑrənt skwɑd ɛz əv 29 ˈʤænjuˌɛri noʊt: flægz ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ˈnæʃənəl tim ɛz dɪˈfaɪnd ˈəndər ˌɛlɪʤəˈbɪlɪti rulz. pleɪərz meɪ hoʊld mɔr ðən wən ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti. noʊ. pəˈzɪʃən pleɪər noʊ. pəˈzɪʃən pleɪər aʊt ɔn loʊn ɛz əv 12 ˈfɛbruˌɛri 2019 noʊt: flægz ˈɪndəˌkeɪt ˈnæʃənəl tim ɛz dɪˈfaɪnd ˈəndər ˌɛlɪʤəˈbɪlɪti rulz. pleɪərz meɪ hoʊld mɔr ðən wən ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti. noʊ. pəˈzɪʃən pleɪər noʊ. pəˈzɪʃən pleɪər rɪˈzərv tim ˈwɪmən tim juθ timz ˌmænɪˈʤɪriəl ənd ˈtɛknɪkəl stæf sɔrs: ˈmɛdɪkəl stæf hɛd əv ˈmɛdɪkəl stæf ˈdɔktər ˌriəˌbɪləˈteɪʃən ˈspɛʃəlɪsts spɔrt ˈθɛrəpɪst pərˈfɔrməns nuˈtrɪʃənɪst sɔrs: ˈʧɛrmɪn ˈhɪstəri hæv hæd ˈnumərəs ˈʧɛrmɪn (ˌɪˈtæljən:, lɪt. 'ˈprɛzɪˌdɛnts' ər ˌɪˈtæljən: dɛl kɑnˈsiglioʊ di amministrazione*, lɪt. 'ˈʧɛrmɪn əv ðə bɔrd əv dɪˈrɛktərz') ˈoʊvər ðə kɔrs əv ðɛr ˈhɪstəri, səm əv wɪʧ hæv bɪn ðə ˈoʊnərz əv ðə kləb, ˈəðərz hæv bɪn ˈkɔrpərət ˈmænɪʤərz ðət wər ˈnɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ ðə ˈoʊnərz. ɔn tɔp əv ˈʧɛrmɪn, ðɛr wər ˈsɛvərəl ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈfɔrmər ˈʧɛrmɪn, ðət wər ˈnɑməˌneɪtəd ɛz ðə ˈɑnərˌɛri ˈʧɛrmɪn (ˌɪˈtæljən: onorari*, lɪt. 'ˈɑnərˌɛri ˌmænɪˈʤɪriəl ˈhɪstəri ˌʤioʊˈvɑni ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst ˈsərvɪŋ ənd moʊst səkˈsɛsfəl ˈmænɪʤər ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv wɪθ 14 ˈtroʊfiz bɪˈloʊ ɪz ə lɪst əv ˈmænɪʤərz frəm 1923 wɪn ðə ˈægˌnɛli ˈfæməli tʊk ˈoʊvər ənd ðə kləb bɪˈkeɪm mɔr ˈstrəkʧərd ənd ənˈtɪl ðə ˈprɛzənt ə ˈpɑrʃəl vju əv ðə kləbz ˈtroʊfi rum wɪθ ðə ˈtaɪtəlz wən bɪtˈwin 1905 ənd 2013 æt ˈɪtəliz moʊst səkˈsɛsfəl kləb əv ðə ənd ðə moʊst səkˈsɛsfəl kləb ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ˌɪˈtæljən hæv wən ðə ˌɪˈtæljən lig ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, ðə ˈkəntriz prɛˈmɪr ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ənd baɪ nɑtsioʊˈnɑli ə (lnpa*), ə ˈrɛkərd 34 taɪmz ənd hæv ðə ˈrɛkərd əv kənˈsɛkjətɪv traɪəmfs ɪn ðət ˈtʊrnəmənt (ˈsɛvən, bɪtˈwin ənd ðeɪ hæv ˈɔlsoʊ wən ðə ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə, ðə ˈkəntriz ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən, ə ˈrɛkərd 13 taɪmz, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə fərst tim tɪ rɪˈteɪn ðə ˈtroʊfi səkˈsɛsfəli wɪθ ðɛr traɪəmf ɪn ðə ˈsizən, ənd ðə fərst tɪ wɪn ɪt ɪn θri kənˈsɛkjətɪv ˈsizənz frəm ðə ˈsizən tɪ ðə ˈsizən, ənd wɛnt ɔn tɪ wɪn ɪt ə fɔrθ kənˈsɛkjətɪv taɪm ɪn ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ðə kləb hoʊldz ðə ˈrɛkərd fər ˌɪˌtæliˈænə wɪnz wɪθ eɪt, ðə moʊst ˈrisənt ˈkəmɪŋ ɪn 2018 ˈoʊvərˌɔl, hæv wən 66 əˈfɪʃəl competitions,[j*] mɔr ðən ˈɛni ˈəðər ˌɪˈtæljən kləb: 55 dəˈmɛstɪk ˈtroʊfiz (wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈrɛkərd) ənd 11 əˈfɪʃəl ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɛm, ɪn ðə ˈlætər keɪs, ðə ˈsɛkənd moʊst səkˈsɛsfəl ˌɪˈtæljən kləb ɪn ˌjʊrəˈpiən ðə kləb ɪz fɔrθ ɪn ˈjʊrəp ənd eɪθ ɪn ðə wərld wɪθ ðə moʊst ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈtaɪtəlz wən əˈfɪʃəli ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd baɪ ðɛr rɪˈspɛktɪv əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl kənˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ənd ˌɪnərˌnæʃəˈnɑli də ˈfʊtˌbɔl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən (fifa).[k*] ɪn 1977 ðə saɪd bɪˈkəm ðə fərst ɪn ˈsəðərn ˈjʊrəp tɪ hæv wən ðə kəp ənd ðə ˈoʊnli tɪ ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈhɪstəri tɪ əˈʧiv ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈtaɪtəl wɪθ ə skwɑd kəmˈpoʊzd baɪ ˈnæʃənəl ɪn 1993 ðə kləb wən ɪts θərd ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz ˈtroʊfi, ən ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd fit ɪn ðə ˈkɑntənənt ənˈtɪl ðɛn ənd ðə moʊst fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən kləb. wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə fərst ˌɪˈtæljən kləb tɪ əˈʧiv ðə ˈtaɪtəl ɪn ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈsupər kəp, ˈhævɪŋ wən ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn 1984 ənd ðə fərst ˌjʊrəˈpiən kləb tɪ wɪn ðə ˌɪntərˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl kəp ɪn 1985 sɪns ɪt wɑz riˈstrəkʧərd baɪ ˈjunjən əv ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz (uefa*) ənd də ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzɪŋ kəˈmɪti faɪv jɪrz ðə kləb həz ərnd ðə dɪˈstɪŋkʃən əv biɪŋ əˈlaʊd tɪ wɛr θri ˈgoʊldən stɑrz (ˌɪˈtæljən: stɛl) ɔn ɪts ʃərts ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪŋ ɪts lig ˈvɪktəriz, ðə tɛnθ əv wɪʧ wɑz əˈʧivd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsizən, ðə ɪn ðə ˈsizən ənd ðə ɪn ðə ˈsizən. wər ðə fərst ˌɪˈtæljən tim tɪ hæv əˈʧivd ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈdəbəl fɔr taɪmz (ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə ˌɪˈtæljən tɔp tir dɪˈvɪʒən ənd ðə ˈnæʃənəl kəp ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn ðə seɪm ˈsizən), ɪn ðə ənd ˈsizənz. ɪn ðə ˈsizən, wən ðə ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə fər ðə taɪm ənd ðɛr ˈtaɪtəl, bɪˈkəmɪŋ ðə fərst tim ɪn ˈɪtəliz ˈhɪstəri tɪ kəmˈplit ə ənd ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ˈdəbəlz ɪn ˈsizənz; wʊd goʊ ɔn tɪ wɪn əˈnəðər tu kənˈsɛkjətɪv ˈdəbəlz ɪn ənd ðə kləb ɪz juˈnik ɪn ðə wərld ɪn ˈhævɪŋ wən ɔl əˈfɪʃəl kənˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən ənd ðeɪ hæv rɪˈsivd, ɪn ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən tɪ ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə θri ˈmeɪʤər keɪs ɪn ðə ˈhɪstəri əv ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ənd ðə ˈoʊnli wən tɪ bi riʧt wɪθ ðə seɪm ðə plæk baɪ ðə ˈjunjən əv ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz (uefa*) ɔn 12 ˌʤuˈlaɪ ðə saɪd wɑz pleɪst ðə tɔp ˌɪˈtæljən ðə ˈsɛnʧəri ˈræŋkɪŋ əv ðə bɛst kləbz ɪn ðə wərld ɔn 23 dɪˈsɛmbər ənd naɪn jɪrz ˈleɪtər wɑz ræŋkt ˈsɛkənd bɛst kləb ɪn ˈjʊrəp ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈsɛnʧəri beɪst ɔn ə stəˈtɪstɪkəl ˈstədi ˈsɪriz baɪ ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌfɛdərˈeɪʃən əv ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈhɪstəri stəˈtɪstɪks, ðə haɪəst fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən kləb ɪn hæv bɪn proʊˈkleɪmd wərldz kləb tim əv ðə jɪr twaɪs 1993 ənd ənd wɑz ræŋkt ɪn haɪəst ˈræŋkɪŋ əv ˈɛni ˌɪˈtæljən ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm kləb wərld ˈræŋkɪŋ ˈpɪriəd) baɪ ðə iffhs.[l*] ˈrɛkərd kləb stəˈtɪstɪks ənd ˈrɛkərdz ˌɑləˈsænˌdroʊ dɛl ˈpiroʊ meɪd ə ˈrɛkərd 705 əˈpɪrənsəz fər, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ 478 ɪn ə ənd ɪz ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈlidɪŋ fər ðə kləb, wɪθ 290 goʊlz. ˌɑləˈsænˌdroʊ dɛl ˈpiroʊ hoʊldz' əˈfɪʃəl əˈpɪrəns ˈrɛkərd əv 705 əˈpɪrənsəz. hi tʊk ˈoʊvər frəm gaɪˈtɑnoʊ ɔn 6 mɑrʧ 2008 əˈgɛnst pəˈlɛrmoʊ. hi ˈɔlsoʊ hoʊldz ðə ˈrɛkərd fər ə əˈpɪrənsəz wɪθ 478 ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ɔl əˈfɪʃəl ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz, dɛl ˈpiroʊ ɪz ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈlidɪŋ fər, wɪθ ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ðə kləb ɪn 1993, hu wɑz ðə ˌɔlˈtaɪm sɪns 1961 kəmz ɪn ˈsɛkənd ɪn ɔl ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz wɪθ 182 ɪn ðə ˈsizən, fəˈlis ˈbɔrəl skɔrd 31 goʊlz ɪn 34 əˈpɪrənsəz, ˈsɛtɪŋ ðə kləb ˈrɛkərd fər ə goʊlz ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsizən. fərˈɛns ɪz ðə kləbz haɪəst ˈskɔrər ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈsizən wɪθ 35 goʊlz ɪn 26 əˈpɪrənsəz ɪn ðə ˈsizən (ˈrɛkərd əv ˌɪˈtæljən ˈfʊtˌbɔl). ðə moʊst goʊlz skɔrd baɪ ə pleɪər ɪn ə ˈsɪŋgəl mæʧ ɪz 6 wɪʧ ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ən ˌɪˈtæljən ˈrɛkərd. ðɪs wɑz əˈʧivd baɪ ˈoʊmɑr ɪn ə geɪm əˈgɛnst ɪn ðə ðə fərst ˈɛvər əˈfɪʃəl geɪm pɑrˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪd ɪn baɪ wɑz ɪn ðə θərd ˈfɛdərəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp, ðə ˈprɛdəˌsɛsər əv ə, əˈgɛnst ɪn ə lɔs ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈvɪktəri rɪˈkɔrdɪd baɪ wɑz əˈgɛnst cento*, ɪn ðə ˈsɛkənd raʊnd əv ðə ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ɪn ðə ˈsizən. ɪn ðə lig, ənd wər ˈfeɪməsli ɔn ðə ɛnd əv' ˈbɪgəst ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp wɪnz, wɪθ boʊθ ˈbitən ɪn ðə ˈsizən.' ˈhɛviəst ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp dɪˈfits keɪm ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ənd ˈsizənz: ðeɪ wər əˈgɛnst ˈmaɪˌlæn ɪn 1912 ənd tɔˈrinoʊ ɪn 1913 ðə ˈsaɪnɪŋ əv ɪn 2001 frəm ˈpɑrmə kɔst ˈmɪljən 100 ˈbɪljən ˈlɪrə), ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ðə ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈtrænsfər fər ə ˈgoʊlˌkipər əv ˌɔlˈtaɪm ənˈtɪl ɔn 20 mɑrʧ 2016 sɛt ə nu ə ˈrɛkərd fər ðə ˈlɔŋgɪst ˈpɪriəd wɪˈθaʊt kənˈsidɪŋ ə goʊl 974 ˈmɪnəts) ɪn ðə ˈdərbi ˈdɛlə moʊl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ɔn 26 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2016 ˈɑrʤənˌtin ˈfɔrwərd gɑnˈzɑloʊ bɪˈkeɪm ðə θərd haɪəst ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈtrænsfər əv ˌɔlˈtaɪm ənd haɪəst ˈɛvər ˈtrænsfər fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən kləb, æt ðə wɪn hi wɑz saɪnd baɪ fər ˈmɪljən frəm ɔn 8 ˈɔgəst 2016 pɔl rɪˈtərnd tɪ hɪz fərst kləb, ˈmænˌʧɛstər juˈnaɪtɪd, fər ən ˌɔlˈtaɪm ˈrɛkərd fər haɪəst ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈtrænsfər fi əv ˈmɪljən, sərˈpæsɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈrɛkərd ˈhoʊldər ˈgɛrɪθ ðə seɪl əv frəm tɪ ril məˈdrɪd əv speɪn ɪn 2001 wɑz ðə wərld ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈtrænsfər ˈrɛkərd æt ðə taɪm, ˈkɔstɪŋ ðə ˈspænɪʃ kləb əraʊnd ˈmɪljən 150 ˈbɪljən ɔn 10 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2018 kristiˈɑnoʊ bɪˈkeɪm ðə haɪəst ˈɛvər ˈtrænsfər fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən kləb wɪθ hɪz ˈmɪljən ˈtrænsfər frəm ril ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən tɪ ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl tim ˈoʊvərˌɔl, ər ðə kləb ðət həz kənˈtrɪbjutɪd ðə moʊst pleɪərz tɪ ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl tim ɪn biɪŋ ðə ˈoʊnli ˌɪˈtæljən kləb ðət həz kənˈtrɪbjutɪd pleɪərz tɪ ˈɛvəri ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl tim sɪns ðə wərld hæv kənˈtrɪbjutɪd ˈnumərəs pleɪərz tɪ ˈɪtəliz wərld kəp kæmˈpeɪnz, ðiz səkˈsɛsfəl ˈpɪriədz ˈprɪnsɪpli hæv ˌkoʊənˈsaɪdəd wɪθ tu ˈgoʊldən ˈeɪʤɪz əv ðə ˈtʊrɪn kləbz ˈhɪstəri, rɪˈfərd ɛz (ðə ˈgoʊldən quinquennium*), frəm 1931 ənˈtɪl 1935 ənd (ðə ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri ˈsaɪkəl), frəm 1972 tɪ 1986 bɪˈloʊ ər ə lɪst əv pleɪərz hu ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ðə ˈɪtəli ˈnæʃənəl tim ˈdʊrɪŋ wərld kəp ˈwɪnɪŋ tu pleɪərz hæv wən ðə ˈgoʊldən but əˈwɔrd æt ðə wərld kəp wɪθ ˈɪtəli, ˈpaʊloʊ ˈrɔsi ɪn 1982 ənd ˈsælvəˌdɔr skiˈlɑʧi ɪn 1990 ɛz wɛl ɛz kənˈtrɪbjutɪŋ tɪ ˈɪtəliz wərld kəp ˈwɪnɪŋ saɪdz, tu pleɪərz ˌælˈfreɪdoʊ ənd piˈɛtroʊ rava*, ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ˈɪtəli ɪn ðə goʊld ˈmɛdəl ˈwɪnɪŋ skwɑd æt ðə 1936 ˈsəmər oʊˈlɪmpɪks. θri pleɪərz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ðɛr ˈneɪʃən ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə 1968 ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp wɪn fər ˈɪtəli: ˈsændroʊ sɑlvɑˈdɔreɪ, ərˈnɛstoʊ ənd ˌʤiæŋˈkɑˌrloʊ ðə kləb həz ˈɔlsoʊ kənˈtrɪbjutɪd tɪ ə ˈlɛsər dɪˈgri tɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl saɪdz əv ˈəðər ˈneɪʃənz. ənd ˈkæptən ˈdɪdiər ˈdɛʃəmps wər pleɪərz wɪn ðeɪ wən ðə 1998 wərld kəp wɪθ fræns, ɛz wɛl ɛz bleɪz ɪn ðə 2018 wərld kəp, ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt ɛz ðə əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb wɪʧ səˈplaɪd ðə moʊst wərld kəp ˈwɪnərz ˈgloʊbəli θri pleɪərz hæv ˈɔlsoʊ wən ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp wɪθ ə ˈneɪʃən ˈəðər ðən ˈɪtəli, luis dɛl sɑl wən ɪt ɪn 1964 wɪθ speɪn, waɪl ðə ˈfrɛnʧmɛn ˈmɪʧəl ənd wən ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn 1984 ənd 2000 ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən sɪns 27 ʤun 1967 ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb həz bɪn ə società*à pər ənd sɪns 3 dɪˈsɛmbər 2001 ðə saɪd ɪz ˈlɪstɪd ɔn ðə ɛz əv 31 dɪˈsɛmbər 2015 ðə' ʃɛrz ər dɪˈstrɪbjətəd bɪtˈwin tɪ n.v*., ðə ˈægˌnɛli ˈfæməliz ˈhoʊldɪŋ (ə ˈkəmpəˌni əv ðə ˌʤioʊˈvɑni ˈægˌnɛli ənd grup), tɪ treɪn ˈɛlˈtiˈdi. ənd tɪ ˈəðər ɛz əv 5 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2016 treɪn ˈɛlˈtiˈdi. ˌɪnˈkrist ɪts ˈhoʊldɪŋ tɪ 10 ənd ðɛn ˈdiˌkrist tɪ sɪns 2012 ʤip bɪˈkeɪm ðə nu ˈspɑnsər əv, ə kɑr brænd əkˈwaɪərd baɪ faɪæt ˈæftər ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ˈkraɪsəs. əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ənd ˈroʊmɑ, ɪz wən əv ˈoʊnli θri ˌɪˈtæljən kləbz kˈwoʊtɪd ɔn ˌɪˌtæliˈænə (ˌɪˈtæljən stɑk ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ). wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðə ˈoʊnli əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ˈmɛmbər əv stɑr (ˌsɛgˈmɛnt əv stɑks kənˈfɔrmɪŋ tɪ haɪ rɪkˈwaɪrmənts, ˌɪˈtæljən: kɑn requisiti*), wən əv ðə meɪn ˈmɑrkɪt ˌsɛgˈmɛnt ɪn ðə ˌhaʊˈɛvər, hæd tɪ muv frəm ðə stɑr ˌsɛgˈmɛnt tɪ ˈmɑrkɪt du tɪ 2011 ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl ðə kləbz ˈtreɪnɪŋ graʊnd wɑz oʊnd baɪ ˈkæmpi di, kənˈtroʊld baɪ ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb. tɪ ɪn 2003 ðə kləb bɔt ðə lændz frəm ðə ənd ˈleɪtər ðə ˈkəmpəˌni wɑz dɪˈzɑlvd. sɪns ðɛn, həz nɑt hæd ˈɛni səbˈsɪdiˌɛri. frəm 1 ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2008 ðə kləb həz ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ə ˈseɪfti ˈmænɪʤmənt ˈsɪstəm fər ɪmˈplɔɪiz ənd ˈæθˌlits ɪn kəmˈplaɪəns wɪθ ðə rɪkˈwaɪrmənts əv ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ənd ə ˈseɪfti ˈmænɪʤmənt ˈsɪstəm ɪn ðə ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈsɛktər əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ðə kləb ɪz wən əv ðə ˈfaʊndərz əv ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən kləb əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən (eca*), wɪʧ wɑz fɔrmd ˈæftər ðə ˌdɪsəˈluʃən əv ðə ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl grup əv ˈjʊrəps moʊst ɪˈlit kləbz əv wɪʧ wər ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈfaʊndɪŋ əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə dəˈlɔɪt ˈfʊtˌbɔl ˈməni lig, ə ˈrisərʧ ˈpəblɪʃt baɪ kənˈsəltənts dəˈlɔɪt ˈtuˌʃeɪ ɔn 17 ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2014 ər ðə ˈərnɪŋ ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb ɪn ðə wərld wɪθ ən ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ˈrɛvəˌnu əv ˈmɪljən, ðə moʊst fər ən ˌɪˈtæljən ðə kləb ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ræŋkt naɪnθ ɔn fɔrbz' lɪst əv ðə moʊst ˈvæljəbəl ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləbz ɪn ðə wərld wɪθ ən ˈɛstəˌmeɪt ˈvælju əv ˈmɪljən ˈmɪljən), ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðɛm ðə ˈsɛkənd ˈrɪʧəst əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən ˈfʊtˌbɔl kləb ɪn ɔn 28 ʤun 2007 ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋ əv ʃɛr ðə tim meɪd ən ˈægrəgət nɛt lɔs ɪn ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈsizənz 2006 tɪ deɪt): nɛt ˈɪnˌkəm ənd nɛt lɔs ˈæftər ən əˈnɔdətɪd nɛt lɔs wɑz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ɪn ðə fərst naɪn mənθs əv ðə bɔrd əv dɪˈrɛktərz əˈnaʊnst ðət ə ˈkæpɪtəl ˌɪnˈkris əv ˈmɪljən wɑz plænd, ˈskɛʤʊld tɪ səbˈmɪt tɪ ðə ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdəˌnɛri ˈʃɛˌrhoʊldərz ˈmitɪŋ ɪn ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, ðə ˈsizən nɛt lɔs wɑz ɪn ðə ˈsizən, kənˈtɪnjud tɪ rɪˈkəvər frəm ˈrisənt ˈsizənz' nɛt ˈlɔsɪz θæŋks tɪ ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈpeɪmənt ɪn ˈʧæmpiənz lig ˈrɛvəˌnu ˌdɪstrəˈbjuʃən, ˈərnɪŋ ˈmɪljən. dɪˈspaɪt biɪŋ nɑkt aʊt ɪn ðə steɪʤ, tʊk ðə laɪənz ʃɛr θæŋks tɪ ðə lɑrˈgɛs əv ðə ˌɪˈtæljən ˈnæʃənəl ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈmɑrkɪt ənd ðə dɪˈvɪʒən əv ˈrɛvəˌnuz wɪθ ðə ˈoʊnli ˈəðər ˌɪˈtæljən tim ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃənz ˈfaɪnəl feɪz, kənˈfərmɪŋ ðə trɛnd əv mɑrkt ˌɪmˈpruvmənt ɪn nɛt rɪˈzəlt, ðə ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl jɪr kloʊzd wɪθ ə lɔs əv ˈmɪljən, bət wɪθ ðə fərst ˈpɑzətɪv ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈɪnˌkəm sɪns ɪn ðə ˈsizən, baɪ ðə ˈɛksələnt spɔrts rɪˈzəlts əˈʧivd (ðə fɔrθ jɪr ɪn ə roʊ əv ə ˈtaɪtəlz, ðə tɛnθ ˈkoʊpə ˌɪˈtæljə ˈtaɪtəl ənd pleɪɪŋ ðə ˈʧæmpiənz lig ˈfaɪnəl), nɛt ˈɪnˌkəm riʧt ˈmɪljən. kəmˈpɛrd tɪ ðə lɔs əv ˈmɪljən læst jɪr, ʃoʊd ə ˈpɑzətɪv ʧeɪnʤ əv ˈmɪljən ənd rɪˈtərnd tɪ ə ˈprɑfɪt ˈæftər sɪks jɪrz sɪns kɪt dilz kɪt səˈplaɪər ˈpɪriəd ˈkɑnˌtrækt əˈnaʊnsmɛnt ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˈdʊˈreɪʃən ˈvælju noʊts əˈdidəs 4 jɪrz) ˈmɪljən pər ərˈɪʤənəl ˈkɑnˌtrækt tərmz: ˈtoʊtəl ˈmɪljən 6 ðə ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɑz ˌpriməˈʧʊrli ˈəndər ˌɪmˈpruvd tərmz æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈsizən 8 jɪrz) ˈtoʊtəl ˈmɪljən pər jɪr) si ˈɔlsoʊ noʊts ˈrɛfərənsɪz ˌbɪbliˈɑgrəfi bʊks |
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juventus football club s.p.a. (from latin: iuventūs, "youth"; italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus]), colloquially known as juve ( pronounced [ˈjuːve]),[6] is an italian professional football club in turin, piedmont. founded in 1897 by a group of torinese students, the club has worn a black and white striped home kit since 1903 and has played home matches in different grounds around its city, the latest being the 41,507-capacity allianz stadium. nicknamed vecchia signora ("the old lady"), the club has won 34 official league titles, 13 coppa italia titles and eight supercoppa italiana titles, being the record holder for all these competitions; two intercontinental cups, two european cups / uefa champions leagues, one european cup winners' cup, a joint national record of three uefa cups, two uefa super cups and one uefa intertoto cup.[7][8] consequently, the side leads the historical federazione italiana giuoco calcio (figc) ranking[a] whilst on the international stage occupies the 4th position in europe and the eight in the world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies,[10] having led the uefa ranking during seven seasons since its inception in 1979, the most for an italian team and joint second overall.
founded with the name of sport-club juventus, initially as an athletics club, it is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after genoa's football section (1893) and has competed uninterruptedly in the top flight league (reformulated as serie a from 1929) since its debut in 1900 after changing its name to foot-ball club juventus, with the exception of the 2006–07 season, being managed by the industrial agnelli family almost continuously since 1923.[b] the relationship between the club and that dynasty is the oldest and longest in national sports, making juventus the first professional sporting club in the country, having established itself as a major force in the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since the mid-1970s[14] and becoming one of the first ten wealthiest in world football in terms of value, revenue and profit since the mid-1990s,[15] being stocked in borsa italiana since 2001.[16]
under the management of giovanni trapattoni, the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before 1986, including six league titles and five international titles, and became the first to win all three competitions organised by the union of european football associations: the european champions' cup, cup winners' cup and uefa cup.[17] with successive triumphs in the 1984 european super cup and 1985 intercontinental cup, it become the first and thus far only in the world to complete a clean sweep of all confederation trophies;[18] an achievement that they revalidated with the title won in the 1999 uefa intertoto cup after another successful era led by marcello lippi,[19] becoming in addition the only professional italian club to have won every ongoing honour available to the first team and organised by a national or international football association. in december 2000, juventus was ranked seventh in the fifa's historic ranking of the best clubs in the world[20] and nine years later was ranked second best club in europe during the century based on a statistical study series by the international federation of football history & statistics (iffhs), the highest for an italian club in both.[21]
the club's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide.[22][23] unlike most european sporting supporters' groups, which are often concentrated around their own club's city of origin, it is widespread throughout the whole country and the italian diaspora, making juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ("anti-parochialism") and italianità ("italianness").[25] the club has also provided the most players to the italy national team—mostly in official competitions—who often formed the group that led the azzurri squad to international success, most importantly in the 1934, 1982 and 2006 fifa world cups.[27]
history
early years
historic first ever juventus club shot, circa 1897 to 1898
juventus were founded as sport-club juventus in late 1897 by pupils from the massimo d'azeglio lyceum school in turin,[28] but were renamed as foot-ball club juventus two years later.[2] the club joined the italian football championship during 1900. in 1904, the businessman ajmone-marsan revived the finances of the football club juventus, making it also possible to transfer the training field from piazza d'armi to the more appropriate velodrome umberto i. during this period, the team wore a pink and black kit. juventus first won the league championship in 1905 while playing at their velodrome umberto i ground. by this time the club colours had changed to black and white stripes, inspired by english side notts county.[29]
there was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff considered moving juve out of turin.[2] president alfred dick[c] was unhappy with this and left with some prominent players to foundc torino which in turn spawned the derby della mole.[30] juventus spent much of this period steadily rebuilding after the split, surviving the first world war.[29]
league dominance
fiat owner edoardo agnelli gained control of the club in 1923 and built a new stadium.[2] this helped the club to its second scudetto (league championship) in the 1925–26 season, after beating alba roma with an aggregate score of 12–1 (antonio vojak's goals were essential that season).[29] the club established itself as a major force in italian football since the 1930s, becoming the country's first professional club and the first with a decentralised fan base, which led it to win a record of five consecutive italian championships (the first four under the management of carlo carcano) and form the core of the italy national team during the vittorio pozzo's era, including the 1934 world champion squad,[32] with star players such as raimundo orsi, luigi bertolini, giovanni ferrari and luis monti, among others.
juventus moved to the stadio comunale, but for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of the 1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance. after the second world war, gianni agnelli was appointed honorary president.[2] the club added two more league championships to its name in the 1949–50 and 1951–52 seasons, the latter of which was under the management of englishman jesse carver. two new strikers were signed during 1957–58: welshman john charles and italian argentine omar sívori, playing alongside longtime member giampiero boniperti. that season saw juventus awarded with the golden star for sport excellence to wear on their shirts after becoming the first italian side to win ten league titles. in the same season, sívori became the first ever player at the club to win the european footballer of the year.[33] the following season, they beat fiorentina to complete their first league and cup double, winning serie a and coppa italia. boniperti retired in 1961 as the all-time top scorer at the club, with 182 goals in all competitions, a club record which stood for 45 years.[34]
during the rest of the decade, the club won the league just once more in 1966–67.[29] however, the 1970s saw juventus further solidify their strong position in italian football. under former player čestmír vycpálek, they won the scudetto in 1971–72 and 1972–73,[29] with players such as roberto bettega, franco causio and josé altafini breaking through. during the rest of the decade, they won the league twice more, with defender gaetano scirea contributing significantly. the later win was under giovanni trapattoni, who also led the club to their first ever major european title (the uefa cup) in 1977 and helped the club's domination continue on into the early part of the 1980s.[35] during trapattoni's tenure, many juventus players also formed the backbone of the italy national team during enzo bearzot's successful managerial era, including the 1978 world cup, uefa euro 1980 and 1982 world champion squads.[36][37]
european stage
the trapattoni era was highly successful in the 1980s and the club started the decade off well, winning the league title three more times by 1984.[29] this meant juventus had won 20 italian league titles and were allowed to add a second golden star to their shirt, thus becoming the only italian club to achieve this.[35] around this time, the club's players were attracting considerable attention and paolo rossi was named european footballer of the year following his contribution to italy's victory in the 1982 world cup, where he was named player of the tournament.
frenchman michel platini was also awarded the european footballer of the year title for three years in a row in 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record.[33] juventus are the only club to have players from their club winning the award in four consecutive years.[33] it was platini who scored the winning goal in the 1985 european cup final against liverpool, but this was marred by a tragedy which changed european football.[39] that year, juventus became the first club in the history of european football to have won all three major uefa competitions[17][40] and, after their triumph in the intercontinental cup, the club also became the first, and thus far, the only in association football history, to have won all possible confederation competitions,[41](the technician (uefa) 2010:5) an achievement that it revalidated with the title won in the 1999 uefa intertoto cup.[19] with the exception of winning the closely contested italian championship of 1985–86, the rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the club. as well as having to contend with diego maradona's napoli, both of the milanese clubs, milan and internazionale, won italian championships. however, juventus did win a coppa italia-uefa cup double in 1990 under the guidance of former club legend dino zoff.[29] in 1990, juventus also moved into their new home, the stadio delle alpi, which was built for the 1990 world cup. despite the arrival of italian star roberto baggio later that year for a world record transfer fee, the early 1990s under luigi maifredi and subsequently trapattoni once again also saw little success for juventus, as they only managed to win the uefa cup in 1993.[43]
second champions league and first supercoppa italiana titles
marcello lippi took over as juventus manager at the start of the 1994–95 campaign.[2] his first season at the helm of the club was a successful one, as juventus recorded their first serie a championship title since the mid-1980s, as well as the coppa italia.[29] the crop of players during this period featured ciro ferrara, roberto baggio, gianluca vialli and a young alessandro del piero. lippi led juventus to their first supercoppa italiana and the champions league the following season, beating ajax on penalties after a 1–1 draw in which fabrizio ravanelli scored for juventus.[44] the club did not rest long after winning the european cup: more highly regarded players were brought into the fold in the form of zinedine zidane, filippo inzaghi and edgar davids. at home, juventus won the 1996–97 and 1997–98 serie a titles, as well as the 1996 uefa super cup[45] and the 1996 intercontinental cup.[46] juventus reached the 1997 and 1998 champions league finals during this period, but lost out to borussia dortmund and real madrid respectively.[47][48]
after a two-and-a-half-season absence, lippi returned to the club in 2001, following his replacement carlo ancelotti's dismissal, signing big name players such as gianluigi buffon, david trezeguet, pavel nedvěd and lilian thuram, helping the team to two more scudetto titles during the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.[29] juventus were also part of an all italian champions league final in 2003, but lost out to milan on penalties after the game ended in a 0–0 draw. at the conclusion of the following season, lippi was appointed as the italy national team's head coach, bringing an end to one of the most fruitful managerial spells in juventus' history.[35]
calciopoli scandal
fabio capello was appointed as juventus' coach in 2004 and led the club to two more consecutive serie a first places. in may 2006, juventus became one of the five clubs linked to a 2006 italian football scandal, the result of which saw the club placed at the bottom of the league table and relegated to serie b for the first time in its history. the club was also stripped of the 2005 title won under capello, while the 2006 title, after a period sub judice, was assigned to inter milan.[49]
many key players left following their relegation to serie b, including lillian thuram, star striker zlatan ibrahimović and defensive stalwart fabio cannavaro. however, other big name players such as alessandro del piero, gianluigi buffon, david trezeguet and pavel nedvěd remained to help the club return to serie a, while youngsters from the primavera (youth team), such as sebastian giovinco and claudio marchisio, were integrated into the first team. juventus won the cadetti (serie b championship) and gained promotion straight back up to the top division as league winners after the 2006–07 season,[50] as captain del piero claimed the top scorer award with 21 goals.
star goalkeeeper gianluigi buffon was among a group of players who remained with the club following their demotion to serie b in 2006.
as early as 2010, juventus considered challenging the stripping of their scudetto from 2005 and the non-assignment of the 2006 title, dependent on the results of trials connected to the 2006 scandal.[51] when former general manager luciano moggi's conviction in criminal court in connection with the scandal was partially written off by the supreme court on 23 march 2015,[52] the club sued the italian football federation (figc) for €443 million for damages caused by their 2006 relegation. figc president carlo tavecchio offered to discuss reinstatement of the lost scudetti in exchange for juventus dropping the lawsuit.[53] on 9 september 2015, the supreme court released a 150-page document that explained its final ruling of the case: despite that moggi's remaining charges were cancelled without a new trial due to statute of limitations,[52] the court confirmed that moggi was actively involved in the sporting fraud which was intended to favor juventus and increase his own personal benefits.[54] eventually, in 2016 the tar tribunal rejected the request of compensation promoted by juventus.[55]
return to serie a
after returning to serie a in the 2007–08 season, juventus appointed claudio ranieri as manager.[56] they finished in third place in their first season back in the top flight and qualified for the champions league third qualifying round in the preliminary stages. juventus reached the group stages, where they beat real madrid in both home and away legs, before losing in the knockout round to chelsea. ranieri was sacked following a string of unsuccessful results and ciro ferrara was appointed as manager on a temporary basis for the last two games of the 2008–09 season,[57] before being subsequently appointed as the manager for the 2009–10 season.[58]
ferrara's stint as juventus manager, however, proved to be unsuccessful, with juventus knocked out of champions league and coppa italia, as well as just lying on the sixth place in the league table at the end of january 2010, leading to the dismissal of ferrara and the naming of alberto zaccheroni as caretaker manager. zaccheroni could not help the side improve, as juventus finished the season in seventh place in serie a. for the 2010–11 season, jean-claude blanc was replaced by andrea agnelli as the club's president. agnelli's first action was to replace zaccheroni and director of sport alessio secco with sampdoria manager luigi delneri and director of sport giuseppe marotta.[59] however, delneri failed to improve their fortunes and was dismissed. former player and fan favourite antonio conte, fresh after winning promotion with siena, was named as delneri's replacement.[60] in september 2011, juventus relocated to the new juventus stadium.[61]
historic four consecutive doubles and seven consecutive league titles
with conte as manager, juventus went unbeaten for the entire 2011–12 serie a season. towards the second half of the season, the team was mostly competing with northern rivals milan for first place in a tight contest. juventus won the title on the 37th matchday after beating cagliari 2–0 and milan losing to internazionale 4–2. after a 3–1 win in the final matchday against atalanta, juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current 38-game format.[62] other noteworthy achievements included the biggest away win (5–0 at fiorentina), best defensive record (20 goals conceded, fewest ever in the current league format) in serie a and second best in the top six european leagues that year.[63] in 2013–14, juventus won a third consecutive scudetto with a record 102 points and 33 wins.[64][65] the title was the 30th official league championship in the club's history.[66] they also achieved the semi-finals of europa league, where they were eliminated at home against ten-man benfica's catenaccio, missing the final at the juventus stadium.[67][68]
in 2014–15, massimiliano allegri was appointed as manager, with whom juventus won their 31st official title, making it a fourth-straight, as well as achieving a record tenth coppa italia for the double.[69] the club also beat real madrid in the semi finals of the champions league 3–2 on aggregate to face barcelona in the final in berlin for the first time since the 2002–03 champions league.[70] juventus lost the final to barcelona 3–1 after an early fourth-minute goal from ivan rakitić, followed by an álvaro morata equalizer in the 55th minute. then barcelona took the lead again with a goal from luis suárez in the 70th minute, followed by a final minute goal by neymar as juventus were caught out on the counterattack.[71] on 14 december 2015, juventus won the serie a football club of the year award for the 2014–15 season, the fourth time in succession.[72] on 25 april 2016, the club won their fifth-straight title (and 32nd overall) since last winning five-straight between 1930–31 and 1934–35, after second place napoli lost to roma to give juventus mathematical certainty of the title with three games to spare; last losing to sassuolo on 25 october 2015, which left them in 12th place, before taking 73 points of a possible 75.[73] on 21 may, the club then won the coppa italia for the 11th time and their second-straight title, becoming the first team in italy's history to complete serie a and coppa italia doubles in back-to-back seasons.[74][75][76]
on 17 may 2017, juventus won their 12th coppa italia title in a 2–0 win over lazio (the first team to win three consecutive championships).[77] four days later on 21 may, juventus became the first team to win six consecutive serie a titles.[78] on 3 june 2017, juventus reached a second champions league final in three years, but were defeated 1–4 by defending champions real madrid—a stampede in turin happened ten minutes before the end of the match.[79][80] on 9 may 2018, juventus won their 13th coppa italia title, and fourth in a row, in a 4–0 win over milan, extending the all-time record of successive coppa italia titles.[81] four days later on 13 may, juventus secured their seventh consecutive serie a title, extending the all-time record of successive triumphs in the competition.[82] in july 2018, juventus broke the record for a fee paid for a player over 30 years old and the record for a fee paid by an italian club by purchasing the 33 year old cristiano ronaldo from real madrid for €112 million, or £99.2 million.[83]
colours, badge, nicknames and symbols
juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie. the father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them.[84] juventus asked one of their team members, englishman john savage, if he had any contacts in england who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. he had a friend who lived in nottingham, who being a notts county supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to turin.[84] juventus have worn the shirts ever since, considering the colours to be aggressive and powerful.[84]
the juventus badge used between 1990 and 2004 (left), and the badge used between 2004 and 2017 (right)
juventus's official emblem has undergone different and small modifications since the 1920s. the previous modification of the juventus badge took place in 2004, when the emblem of the team changed to a black-and-white oval shield of a type used by italian ecclesiastics. it is divided in five vertical stripes: two white stripes and three black stripes, inside which are the following elements, while in its upper section the name of the society superimposed on a white convex section, over golden curvature (gold for honour). the white silhouette of a charging bull is in the lower section of the oval shield, superimposed on a black old french shield and the charging bull is a symbol of the comune of turin. there is also a black silhouette of a mural crown above the black spherical triangle's base. this is a reminiscence to augusta tourinorum, the old city of the roman era which the present capital of piedmont region is its cultural heiress.
juventus logo since 2017–18 season
in january 2017, president andrea agnelli announced the most recent change to the juventus badge, revealing a video showing the introduction of the new badge. the badge shows the word juventus on top, with two capital js shown together in different fonts with a small opening between them to almost make a bigger j. agnelli said that the badge reflects "the juventus way of living".[85] juventus was the first team in association football history to adopt a star, who added one above their badge in 1958 to represent their tenth italian football championship and serie a title, and has since become popularized with other clubs as well.[86]
in the past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue colour (another symbol of turin) and it was concave in shape. the old french shield and the mural crown, also in the lower section of the emblem, had a considerably greater size. the two "golden stars for sport excellence" were located above the convex and concave section of juventus' emblem. during the 1980s, the club emblem was the blurred silhouette of a zebra, alongside the two golden stars with the club's name forming an arc above.
juventus unofficially won their 30th league title in 2011–12, but a dispute with the figc, which stripped juventus of their 2004–05 and 2005–06 titles due to their involvement in a 2006 italian football scandal, left their official total at 28. they elected to wear no stars at all the following season.[87] juventus won their 30th title in 2013–14 and thus earned the right to wear their third star, but club president andrea agnelli stated that the club suspended the use of the stars until another team wins their championship, thus having the right to wear two stars, "to emphasise juventus' superiority".[88] however, for the 2015–16 season, juventus reintroduced the stars and added the third star to their jersey as well with new kit manufacturers adidas, in addition to the coppa italia badge for winning their tenth coppa italia the previous season.[89][90] for the 2016–17 season, juventus re-designed their kit with a different take on the trademark black and white stripes.[91] for the 2017–18 season, juventus introduced the j shaped logo onto the kits.[92]
the juventus f.c. mascot j, introduced in 2015
in september 2015, juventus officially announced a new project called jkids for its junior supporters on its website. along with this project, juventus also introduced a new mascot to all its fans which is called j. j is a cartoon-designed zebra, black and white stripes with golden edge piping on its body, golden shining eyes, and three golden stars on the front of its neck.[93] j made its debut at juventus stadium on 12 september 2015.[94]
during its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames, la vecchia signora (the old lady) being the best example. the "old" part of the nickname is a pun on juventus which means "youth" in latin. it was derived from the age of the juventus star players towards the middle of the 1930s. the "lady" part of the nickname is how fans of the club affectionately referred to it before the 1930s. the club is also nicknamed la fidanzata d'italia (the girlfriend of italy), because over the years it has received a high level of support from southern italian immigrant workers (particularly from naples and palermo), who arrived in turin to work for fiat since the 1930s. other nicknames include; [la] madama (piedmontese for: madam), i bianconeri (the black-and-whites), le zebre (the zebras)[d] in reference to juventus' colours. i gobbi (the hunchbacks) is the nickname that is used to define juventus supporters, but is also used sometimes for team's players. the most widely accepted origin of gobbi dates to the fifties, when the bianconeri wore a large jersey. when players ran on the field, the jersey, which had a laced opening at the chest, generated a bulge over the back (a sort of parachute effect), making the players look hunchbacked.[95]
the official anthem of juventus is juve (storia di un grande amore), or juve (story of a great love) in english, written by alessandra torre and claudio guidetti, in the version of the singer and musician paolo belli composed in 2007.[96] in 2016, a documentary film called black and white stripes: the juventus story was produced by the la villa brothers about juventus.[97] on 16 february 2018, the first three episodes of a docu-series called first team: juventus, which followed the club throughout the season, by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off the field, was released on netflix; the other three episodes were released on 6 july 2018.[98]
stadiums
after the first two years (1897 and 1898), during which juventus played in the parco del valentino and parco cittadella, their matches were held in the piazza d'armi stadium until 1908, except in 1905 (the first year of the scudetto) and in 1906, years in which it played at the corso re umberto.
from 1909 to 1922, juventus played their internal competitions at corso sebastopoli camp before moving the following year to corso marsiglia camp, where they remained until 1933, winning four league titles. at the end of 1933, they began to play at the new stadio mussolini stadium inaugurated for the 1934 world championships. after the second world war, the stadium was renamed as stadio comunale vittorio pozzo. juventus played home matches at the ground for 57 years, a total of 890 league matches.[100] the team continued to host training sessions at the stadium until july 2003.[101]
from 1990 until the 2005–06 season, the torinese side contested their home matches at stadio delle alpi, built for the 1990 fifa world cup, although in very rare circumstances the club played some home games in other stadia such as renzo barbera at palermo, dino manuzzi at cesena and the stadio giuseppe meazza at milan.[101]
in august 2006, juventus returned to play in the stadio comunale, then known as stadio olimpico, after the restructuring of the stadium for the 2006 winter olympics onward. in november 2008, juventus announced that they would invest around €120 million to build a new ground, the juventus stadium, on the site of delle alpi.[102] unlike the old ground, there is not a running track and instead the pitch is only 7.5 metres away from the stands.[3] the capacity is 41,507.[3] work began during spring 2009 and the stadium was opened on 8 september 2011, ahead of the start of the 2011–12 season.[61] since 1 july 2017, the juventus stadium is known commercially as the allianz stadium of turin for six seasons until 30 june 2023.[103]
supporters
juventus is the best-supported football club in italy, with over 12 million fans or tifosi, which represent approximately 34% of the total italian football fans according to a research published in september 2016 by italian research agency demos & pi,[22] as well as one of the most supported football clubs in the world, with over 300 million supporters (41 million in europe alone),[23] particularly in the mediterranean countries to which a large number of italian diaspora have emigrated.[104] the torinese side has fan clubs branches across the globe.[105]
demand for juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from turin is high, suggesting that juventus have stronger support in other parts of the country. juventus is widely and especially popular throughout mainland southern italy, sicily and malta, leading the team to have one of the largest followings in its away matches,[106] more than in turin itself.
club rivalries
derby d'italia in 1930 scene from thein 1930
juventus have significant rivalries with two main clubs. their traditional rivals are fellow turin club torino; matches between the two sides are known as the derby della mole (turin derby). the rivalry dates back to 1906 as torino was founded by break-away juventus players and staff. their most high-profile rivalry is with internazionale, another big serie a club located in milan, the capital of the neighbouring region of lombardy. matches between these two clubs are referred to as the derby d'italia (derby of italy) and the two regularly challenge each other at the top of the league table, hence the intense rivalry.[107] until the calciopoli scandal which saw juventus forcibly relegated, the two were the only italian clubs to have never played below serie a. notably, the two sides are the first and the second most supported clubs in italy and the rivalry has intensified since the later part of the 1990s; reaching its highest levels ever post-calciopoli, with the return of juventus to serie a.[107]
the rivalry with a.c. milan is a rivalry between the two most titled teams in italy.[108] the challenge confronts also two of the clubs with greater basin of supporters as well as those with the greatest turnover and stock market value in the country.[109] the match-ups between milan and juventus, is regarded as the championship of serie a, and both teams were often fighting for the top positions of the standings, sometimes even decisive for the award of the title.[110] they also have rivalries with roma,[111] fiorentina[112] and napoli.[113]
women team
on 1 june 2017 juventus announced the creation of juventus women team by acquiring the women's serie a licence of cuneo calcio femminile.[114][115][116] on 20 may 2018 the newly created women's team won the national title in their first participation in women's serie a, beating brescia 5–4 in a penalty shootout after a goalless draw in the single match play-off triggered because the two teams finished the season tied at 60 points.[117]
youth programme
the juventus youth set-up has been recognised as one of the best in italy for producing young talents.[118] while not all graduates made it to the first team, many have enjoyed successful careers in the italian top flight. under long-time coach vincenzo chiarenza, the primavera (under-20) squad enjoyed one of its successful periods, winning all age-group competitions from 2004 to 2006. like dutch club ajax and many premier league clubs, juventus operates several satellite clubs and football schools outside of the country (i.e. united states, canada, greece, saudi arabia, australia and switzerland) and numerous camps in the local region to expand talent scouting.[119]
the youth system is also notable for its contribution to the italian national senior and youth teams. 1934 world cup winner gianpiero combi, 1936 gold medal and 1938 world cup winner pietro rava, giampiero boniperti, roberto bettega, 1982 world cup hero paolo rossi and more recently claudio marchisio and sebastian giovinco are a number of former graduates who have gone on to make the first team and full italy squad.[120]
players
current squad
as of 29 january 2019[121]
note: flags indicate national team as defined under fifa eligibility rules. players may hold more than one non-fifa nationality.
no. position player no. position player
out on loan
as of 12 february 2019.
note: flags indicate national team as defined under fifa eligibility rules. players may hold more than one non-fifa nationality.
no. position player no. position player
reserve team
women team
youth teams
managerial and technical staff
source: juventus.com
medical staff
head of medical staff first-team doctor rehabilitation specialists
physiotherapists
sport therapist performance nutritionist
source: juventus.com
chairmen history
juventus have had numerous chairmen (italian: presidenti, lit. 'presidents' or italian: presidenti del consiglio di amministrazione, lit. 'chairmen of the board of directors') over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been corporate managers that were nominated by the owners. on top of chairmen, there were several living former chairmen, that were nominated as the honorary chairmen (italian: presidenti onorari, lit. 'honorary presidents').[166]
managerial history
giovanni trapattoni , the longest serving and most successful manager in the history of juventus with 14 trophies
below is a list of juventus managers from 1923, when the agnelli family took over and the club became more structured and organised,[2] until the present day.[167]
honours
a partial view of the club's trophy room with the titles won between 1905 and 2013 at j-museum
italy's most successful club of the century[21] and the most successful club in the history of italian football,[168] juventus have won the italian league championship, the country's premier football club competition and organised by lega nazionale professionisti serie a (lnpa), a record 34 times and have the record of consecutive triumphs in that tournament (seven, between 2011–12 and 2017–18).[35][169] they have also won the coppa italia, the country's primary single-elimination competition, a record 13 times, becoming the first team to retain the trophy successfully with their triumph in the 1959–60 season, and the first to win it in three consecutive seasons from the 2014–15 season to the 2016–17 season, and went on to win it a fourth consecutive time in 2017–18.[170] in addition, the club holds the record for supercoppa italiana wins with eight, the most recent coming in 2018.
overall, juventus have won 66 official competitions,[j] more than any other italian club: 55 domestic trophies (which is also a record) and 11 official international competitions,[171] making them, in the latter case, the second most successful italian club in european competition.[172] the club is fourth in europe and eighth in the world with the most international titles won officially recognised by their respective association football confederation and fédération internationale de football association (fifa).[k] in 1977, the torinese side become the first in southern europe to have won the uefa cup and the first—and only to date—in italian football history to achieve an international title with a squad composed by national footballers.[174] in 1993, the club won its third competition's trophy, an unprecedented feat in the continent until then and the most for an italian club. juventus was also the first italian club to achieve the title in the european super cup, having won the competition in 1984 and the first european club to win the intercontinental cup in 1985, since it was restructured by union of european football associations (uefa) and confederación sudamericana de fútbol (conmebol)'s organizing committee five years beforehand.[18]
the club has earned the distinction of being allowed to wear three golden stars (italian: stelle d'oro) on its shirts representing its league victories, the tenth of which was achieved during the 1957–58 season, the in the 1981–82 season and the 30th in the 2013–14 season. juventus were the first italian team to have achieved the national double four times (winning the italian top tier division and the national cup competition in the same season), in the 1959–60, 1994–95, 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons. in the 2015–16 season, juventus won the coppa italia for the 11th time and their second-straight title, becoming the first team in italy's history to complete serie a and coppa italia doubles in back-to-back seasons; juventus would go on to win another two consecutive doubles in 2016–17 and 2017–18.[74]
the club is unique in the world in having won all official confederation competitions[175][176] and they have received, in recognition to winning the three major uefa competitions[40]—first case in the history of the european football and the only one to be reached with the same coach—[17] the uefa plaque by the union of european football associations (uefa) on 12 july 1988.[177][178]
the torinese side was placed seventh—but the top italian club—in the fifa's century ranking of the best clubs in the world on 23 december 2000[20] and nine years later was ranked second best club in europe during the century based on a statistical study series by international federation of football history & statistics, the highest for an italian club in both.[21]
juventus have been proclaimed world's club team of the year twice (1993 and 1996)[179] and was ranked in 3rd place—the highest ranking of any italian club—in the all-time club world ranking (1991–2009 period) by the iffhs.[l]
record
club statistics and records
alessandro del piero made a record 705 appearances for juventus, including 478 in serie a and is the all-time leading goalscorer for the club, with 290 goals.
alessandro del piero holds juventus' official appearance record of 705 appearances. he took over from gaetano scirea on 6 march 2008 against palermo. he also holds the record for serie a appearances with 478. including all official competitions, del piero is the all-time leading goalscorer for juventus, with 290—since joining the club in 1993. giampiero boniperti, who was the all-time topscorer since 1961 comes in second in all competitions with 182. in the 1933–34 season, felice borel scored 31 goals in 34 appearances, setting the club record for serie a goals in a single season. ferenc hirzer is the club's highest scorer in a single season with 35 goals in 26 appearances in the 1925–26 season (record of italian football). the most goals scored by a player in a single match is 6, which is also an italian record. this was achieved by omar sívori in a game against internazionale in the 1960–61 season.[29]
the first ever official game participated in by juventus was in the third federal football championship, the predecessor of serie a, against torinese in a juventus loss 0–1. the biggest victory recorded by juventus was 15–0 against cento, in the second round of the coppa italia in the 1926–27 season. in the league, fiorentina and fiumana were famously on the end of juventus' biggest championship wins, with both beaten 11–0 in the 1928–29 season. juventus' heaviest championship defeats came during the 1911–12 and 1912–13 seasons: they were against milan in 1912 (1–8) and torino in 1913 (0–8).[29]
the signing of gianluigi buffon in 2001 from parma cost juventus €52 million (100 billion lire), making it the then-most expensive transfer for a goalkeeper of all-time until 2018.[181][182][183][184][185] on 20 march 2016, buffon set a new serie a record for the longest period without conceding a goal (974 minutes) in the derby della mole during the 2015–16 season.[186] on 26 july 2016, argentine forward gonzalo higuaín became the third highest football transfer of all-time and highest ever transfer for an italian club, at the time,[187] when he was signed by juventus for €90 million from napoli.[188] on 8 august 2016, paul pogba returned to his first club, manchester united, for an all-time record for highest football transfer fee of €105 million, surpassing the former record holder gareth bale.[189] the sale of zinédine zidane from juventus to real madrid of spain in 2001 was the world football transfer record at the time, costing the spanish club around €77.5 million (150 billion lire).[190][191] on 10 july 2018, cristiano ronaldo became the highest ever transfer for an italian club with his €100 million transfer from real madrid.[192]
contribution to the italy national team
overall, juventus are the club that has contributed the most players to the italy national team in history,[193] being the only italian club that has contributed players to every italy national team since the 2nd fifa world cup.[194] juventus have contributed numerous players to italy's world cup campaigns, these successful periods principally have coincided with two golden ages of the turin club's history, referred as quinquennio d'oro (the golden quinquennium), from 1931 until 1935, and ciclo leggendario (the legendary cycle), from 1972 to 1986.
below are a list of juventus players who represented the italy national team during world cup winning tournaments.[195]
two juventus players have won the golden boot award at the world cup with italy, paolo rossi in 1982 and salvatore schillaci in 1990. as well as contributing to italy's world cup winning sides, two juventus players alfredo foni and pietro rava, represented italy in the gold medal winning squad at the 1936 summer olympics. three juventus players represented their nation during the 1968 european football championship win for italy: sandro salvadore, ernesto càstano and giancarlo bercellino.[196]
the torinese club has also contributed to a lesser degree to the national sides of other nations. zinédine zidane and captain didier deschamps were juventus players when they won the 1998 world cup with france, as well as blaise matuidi in the 2018 world cup, making it as the association football club which supplied the most fifa world cup winners globally (25).[197] three juventus players have also won the european football championship with a nation other than italy, luis del sol won it in 1964 with spain, while the frenchmen michel platini and zidane won the competition in 1984 and 2000 respectively.[198]
financial information
since 27 june 1967, juventus football club has been a società per azioni (s.p.a.)[201] and since 3 december 2001 the torinese side is listed on the borsa italiana.[202] as of 31 december 2015, the juventus' shares are distributed between 63.8% to exor n.v., the agnelli family's holding (a company of the giovanni agnelli and c.s.a.p.a group), 5.0% to lindsell train ltd. and 31.2% to other shareholders.(<2.0%)[203][204] as of 5 july 2016, lindsell train ltd. increased its holding to 10% and then exor s.p.a decreased to 60.0%.[205][206] since 2012, jeep became the new sponsor of juventus, a car brand acquired by fiat after the 2000s global financial crisis.
along with lazio and roma, juventus is one of only three italian clubs quoted on borsa italiana (italian stock exchange). juventus was also the only association football club in the country member of star (segment of stocks conforming to high requirements, italian: segmento titoli con alti requisiti), one of the main market segment in the world.[207] however, juventus had to move from the star segment to mta market due to 2011 financial results.[208]
the club's training ground was owned by campi di vinovo s.p.a, controlled by juventus football club s.p.a. to 71.3%.[209] in 2003, the club bought the lands from the subsidiary[210] and later the company was dissolved. since then, juventus has not had any subsidiary.
from 1 july 2008, the club has implemented a safety management system for employees and athletes in compliance with the requirements of international ohsas 18001:2007 regulation[211] and a safety management system in the medical sector according to the international iso 9001:2000 resolution.[212]
the club is one of the founders of the european club association (eca), which was formed after the dissolution of the g-14, an international group of europe's most elite clubs of which juventus were also a founding member.[213]
according to the deloitte football money league, a research published by consultants deloitte touche tohmatsu on 17 january 2014, juventus are the ninth-highest earning football club in the world with an estimated revenue of €272.4 million, the most for an italian club.[214] the club is also ranked ninth on forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs in the world with an estimate value of us$850 million (€654 million), making them the second richest association football club in italy.[215]
juventus re-capitalized on 28 june 2007, increasing €104,807,731.60 of share capital.[216] the team made an aggregate net loss in the following seasons (2006 to date): –€927,569 (2006–07),[216] –€20,787,469 (2007–08),[217] net income €6,582,489 (2008–09)[218] and net loss €10,967,944 (2009–10).[219] after an unaudited €43,411,481 net loss was recorded in the first nine months of 2010–11 season,[220] the board of directors announced that a capital increase of €120 million was planned, scheduled to submit to the extraordinary shareholder's meeting in october.[221] eventually, the 2010–11 season net loss was €95,414,019.[222] in the 2012–13 season, juventus continued to recover from recent seasons' net losses thanks to the biggest payment in uefa's champions league 2012–13 revenue distribution, earning €65.3 million. despite being knocked out in the quarterfinal stage, juventus took the lion's share thanks to the largesse of the italian national tv market and the division of revenues with the only other italian team making the competition's final phase, milan.[223] confirming the trend of marked improvement in net result, the 2013–14 financial year closed with a loss of €6.7 million, but with the first positive operating income since 2006.[224] in the 2014–15 season, by the excellent sports results achieved (the fourth year in a row of serie a titles, the tenth coppa italia title and playing the champions league final), net income reached €2.3 million. compared to the loss of €6.7 million last year, 2014–15 showed a positive change of €9 million and returned to a profit after six years since 2008–09.[225]
kit deals
kit supplier period contract
announcement contract
duration value notes adidas 2015–present 2013–10-24 2015–2019 (4 years) €23.25 million per year[226] original contract terms: total €139.5 million / 2015–2021 (6 years)[227]
the contract was prematurely extened under improved terms
at the end of the 2018–2019 season 2018–12-21 2019–2027 (8 years) total €408 million[228][229]
(€51 million per year)
see also
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books | ðə ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈhɛrəld læst ˈəpˌdeɪt: ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri 2019 23843 ˈɑrtɪkəlz əˈveɪləbəl ɪˈvɛnts frəm ʤən 1999 tɪ ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri 2019 ˈɪnsədənts ənd nuz ɪn ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən lɪst baɪ: ˈfɪltər: ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ɛnˈrut ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri 2014 ˌɪnərˈækʃən bɪtˈwin ənd ˈkɔzɪz noʊz daɪv baɪ ˈsaɪmən hradecky*, kriˈeɪtɪd ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 18:26z*, læst ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 ə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈɛrbəs wɪθ 189 ˈsoʊlʤərz ənd 9 kru, wɑz ɛnˈrut æt bɪtˈwin ðə ənd æfˈgænəˌstæn. ðə fərst ˈɔfɪsər hæd lɛft ðə ˈkɑkˌpɪt ənd wɑz ɪn ðə ˈfɔrwərd ˈgæli, wɪn ˈɑkjəpənts əv ðə ˈɛrˌkræft fɛlt ə sɛnˈseɪʃən əv ˈweɪtləsnəs. ðə ˈkæptən wɑz prɛst ˈɪntu hɪz ˈhɑrnɪs, əˈtɛmptəd tɪ teɪk kənˈtroʊl ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət ənd ˈpʊlɪŋ ðə saɪd stɪk tɪ noʊ əˈveɪl. ˈæftər ðə ˈɛrˌkræft hæd lɔst 4400 fit ɪn 27 ˈsɛkəndz ðə kəˈmændər ˈmænɪʤd tɪ rɪˈkəvər ðə ˈɛrˌkræft frəm ðə daɪv. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈkɪŋdəmz ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən əˈθɔrəti (maa*) riˈlist ðɛr rɪˈpɔrt ˈsteɪtɪŋ əˈməŋst ˈəðərz: ɛz səʧ, ðə ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri həz ˈkɑnfədɛns ðət ðə kəˈmænd wɑz ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ən ˌɪnədˈvərtənt ˈfɪzɪkəl ˈɪnˌpʊt tɪ ðə baɪ minz əv ə ˈfɪzɪkəl əbˈstrəkʃən (ðə ˈkæmərə) bɪtˈwin ðə ənd ðə ˈjunɪt. ˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃənz hæv bɪn ˈkɛrid aʊt wɪʧ hæv ðə sɪˈnɛrioʊ wɪʧ həz ʃoʊn ðət ɪt ɪz ˈpɑsəbəl fər ˈɑbʤɛkts tɪ bɪˈkəm ˌɪnədˈvərtəntli lɑʤd ɪn ðə speɪs bɪtˈwin ðə ɑrm rɛst ənd ðə, ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ ən aɪˈdɛntɪkəl kəˈmænd tɪ ðət sin ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈɪnsədənt. ˈseɪfti ədˈvaɪs həz bɪn ˈɪʃud tɪ ðə ræf ənd tɪ ˈɛrbəs tɪ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ðɪs ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti. ðə ðət ðə flaɪt ˈdætə rɪˈkɔrdər rɪˈvild ðət ðə ˈkæptənz saɪd stɪk prəˈvaɪdɪd ə slaɪt səˈsteɪnd noʊz daʊn ˈɪnˌpʊt əv dɪˈgriz əˈbaʊt 104 ˈsɛkəndz praɪər tɪ ðə ˈɔnˌsɛt əv ðə ɪˈvɛnt. æt ðə ˈɔnˌsɛt əv ðə ɪˈvɛnt ðə saɪd stɪk muvd tɪ ə səˈsteɪnd fʊl noʊz daʊn dɪˈflɛkʃən. ə ˈkæmərə ɪn ðə ˈkɑkˌpɪt ʃoʊd ðət ðə ˈkæptən hæd muvd hɪz sit prɪˈsaɪsli 104 ˈsɛkəndz praɪər tɪ ðə ɪˈvɛnt ənd əˈgɛn æt ðə ˈɔnˌsɛt əv ðə ɪˈvɛnt. ðə ˈsteɪtɪd: "ðə ˈpænəl həz faʊnd ˈɛvədəns tɪ lɪŋk ðə ˈmuvmənt əv ðə sit tɪ ðə ˈmuvmənt əv ðə, ɪn ðə fɔrm əv ə ˈdɪʤɪtəl ˈkæmərə əbˈstrəkʃən wɪʧ wɑz əv ðə lɛft ɑrm rɛst ənd bɪˈhaɪnd ðə beɪs əv ðə æt ðə taɪm əv ðə ɪˈvɛnt. æˈnælɪsɪs əv ðə ˈkæmərə həz kənˈfərmd ðət ɪt wɑz biɪŋ juzd ɪn ðə θri ˈmɪnəts ˈlidɪŋ əp tɪ ðə ɪˈvɛnt. ˈfərðərˌmɔr, ˌfɔˈrɛnsɪk æˈnælɪsɪs əv ˈdæmɪʤ tɪ ðə ˈbɑdi əv ðə ˈkæmərə ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðət ɪt ɪkˈspɪriənst ə sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt kəmˈprɛʃən əˈgɛnst ðə beɪs əv ðə, kənˈsɪstənt wɪθ ˈhævɪŋ bɪn ʤæmd bɪtˈwin ðə ɑrm rɛst ənd ðə ˈjunɪt. kru ˈɪntərvˌjuz hæv kərˈɑbərˌeɪtɪd ðɪs ˈɛvədəns." ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz ər nɑt ˈkəvərd baɪ ðə ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈhɛrəld, ðə sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns əv ðɪs ɪˈvɛnt fər ˈsɪvəl ɛr ˈtrænspɔrt ˈkætəˌgɔri ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnoʊtɪd baɪ ðə, ˈprɑmptɪd ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ðɪs juˈnik ɪkˈsɛpʃən. baɪ ˈeɪˈdəbəˈljuˈbi ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈlɪˌrʤɛt ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈlɪˌrʤɛt ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈsæˌtɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ əˈnəðər ˈsaɪmən ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈlɪˌrʤɛt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ floʊ. ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈlɪˌrʤɛt ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ rəˈhul ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈændru ɛs. ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ʤeɪmz ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ (əˈnɑnəməs) ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈdiʤə vu ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ dæn ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ˈgeɪbriəl ɔn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɛf ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ (əˈnɑnəməs) ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ floʊ. ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ (əˈnɑnəməs) ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ deɪv ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 baɪ ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ, mɑr 2014 æd jʊr ˈkɑmɛnt: (mæks 1024 ˈkɛrɪktərz) jʊr neɪm: jʊr iˈmeɪl: ˈsəbʤɪkt: jʊr ˈkɑmɛnt: ðə ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈhɛrəld æps ˈænˌdrɔɪd ənd ˈioʊs səˈpɔrt ðə ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈhɛrəld wən taɪm ˈmənθli səˈpɔrt 1 ˈɪntərvˌju: ðə ˈjumən ˈfæktər neɪmd "ˈsaɪmən hradecky*" ənd ðə tim əv mæn ənd məˈʃin gɪt ðə nuz raɪt ˈɔntu jʊr ˈdɛskˌtɑp wɪn ðeɪ ˈhæpən baɪ ðə ˌeɪviˈeɪʃən ˈhɛrəld, ɔl raɪts rɪˈzərvd, riˈprɪnt ənd proʊˈhɪbətəd. wi juz ˈkʊkiz tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ju gɪt ðə bɛst ɪkˈspɪriəns ɔn ɑr saɪt, lərn mɔr |
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by simon hradecky, created thursday, mar 20th 2014 18:26z, last updated thursday, mar 20th 2014 18:31z a military airbus a330-200 with 189 soldiers and 9 crew, was enroute at fl330 between the uk and afghanistan. the first officer had left the cockpit and was in the forward galley, when occupants of the aircraft felt a sensation of weightlessness. the captain was pressed into his harness, attempted to take control disconnecting autopilot and pulling the side stick to no avail. after the aircraft had lost 4400 feet in 27 seconds the commander managed to recover the aircraft from the dive.
the united kingdom's military aviation authority (maa) released their report stating amongst others:
as such, the inquiry has confidence that the pitch-down command was the result of an inadvertent physical input to the captains side-stick by means of a physical obstruction (the camera) between the arm-rest and the side-stick unit. simulations have been carried out which have re-created the scenario which has shown that it is possible for objects to become inadvertently lodged in the space between the arm rest and the side-stick, generating an identical pitch-down command to that seen during the incident. safety advice has been issued to the raf and to airbus to highlight this possibility.
the maa analysed that the flight data recorder revealed that the captain's side stick provided a slight sustained nose down input of 0.8 degrees about 104 seconds prior to the onset of the event. at the onset of the event the side stick moved to a sustained full nose down deflection.
a camera in the cockpit showed that the captain had moved his seat precisely 104 seconds prior to the event and again at the onset of the event.
the maa stated: "the panel has found evidence to link the movement of the seat to the movement of the side-stick, in the form of a digital slr camera obstruction which was in-front of the captains left arm rest and behind the base of the captains side-stick at the time of the event. analysis of the camera has confirmed that it was being used in the three minutes leading up to the event. furthermore, forensic analysis of damage to the body of the camera indicates that it experienced a significant compression against the base of the side-stick, consistent with having been jammed between the arm rest and the side-stick unit. crew interviews have corroborated this evidence."
although military operations are not covered by the aviation herald, the significance of this event for civil air transport category operations, also noted by the maa, prompted us to this unique exception.
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(aɪ doʊnt min ˈækʧəwəl ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəriz, ʤɪst ˈdɑkjəmənts. ə ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri ˈgɪvɪn ɛz ˈɛvədəns wʊd prɪˈzuməbli bi noʊn ɛz ˈɛvədəns. ˌɔlˈðoʊ, kəm tɪ θɪŋk əv ɪt, ðɛrz baʊnd tɪ bi æt list wən ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri əˈbaʊt ðət ˈsəbʤɪkt ənd, ɪf ðɛr ˈɪzənt, dæm ɪt, aɪl meɪk wən soʊ ðət ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ əbˈsɛʃən wɪθ ðə ˈwɛðər kən bi ɛz wɛl ɛz ɪt ɪz ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd.) aɪ sɔ ɪt ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd əˈgɛn ʤɪst ə fju deɪz əˈgoʊ. ðə ˈdɑkjəmɛnt ɪn kˈwɛʃən wɑz ə ˈnuzˌpeɪpər wɪʧ hæd dɪˈvoʊtɪd ə hoʊl peɪʤ əv ˌɪtˈsɛlf tɪ ðə skup ðət ðə ˈpriviəs deɪ, læst ˈsənˌdi, hæd bɪn ənˈsizənəbli ˈsəni. moʊst əv ðə peɪʤ wɑz ˈteɪkən əp wɪθ ə ˈfoʊtəˌgræf əv ə mæn ˈsaɪkəlɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ə ˈsəni ˌprɑməˈneɪd, θri snæps əv ðə seɪm tu ˈʧɪldrən ˈpædəlɪŋ ənd, topically*, ən ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt fər ə ˈmaɪnɪŋ ˈkəmpəˌni. (aɪ kən ˈɔlˌmoʊst hir ðə ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ˈmitɪŋ: "aɪ noʊ ɪt saʊnz bət əˈwɛrnəs əv ˈmaɪnɪŋ ɛz ə kərɪr ˈhæzənt bɪn æt ðɪs ˈlɛvəl sɪns orgreave*!") ðə ˈækʧəwəl tɛkst ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ðə əˈmeɪzɪŋ fækt ðət ðɛr hæd bɪn "ˈpɪriədz əv braɪt ˈsənˌʃaɪn ənd ˈtɛmpərəʧərz wɛl əˈbəv ɑkˈtoʊbər ˈævrɪʤɪz". ðɪs kaɪnd əv rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈmæsɪvli ˌoʊvərˈɛstəˌmeɪts haʊ ˈɔfən ðə ˈtɛmpərəʧər ɪz bæŋ ɔn min. ɪts laɪk ən ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk bɪt əv ˈkrɪkɪt æˈnælɪsɪs aɪ wəns hərd. ɛz ə ˈævərɪʤ keɪm əp ɔn skrin, ðə ˈprɛzəntər rɛd ɪt aʊt ənd ˈædɪd: "ðæts ðə ˈnəmbər əv rənz hi ˈnɔrməli skɔrz." noʊ ɪt ˈɪzənt. ɔn ən ˈævərɪʤ deɪ, ˈtɛmpərəʧərz ər ˈjuʒəwəli əˈbəv ər bɪˈloʊ ðə ˈsizənəl ˈævərɪʤ. ɪt wʊd bi ən ɪkˈstrimli ɑd jɪr ər ˈrəðər ə un-odd*, ən ɪkˈsɛpʃənəli ˈnɔrməl jɪr, ən ˈaʊtlaɪər ɔn ðə græf əv ˈævərɪʤ dɪˈpɑrʧər frəm ˈævərɪʤ ɪf ˈtɛmpərəʧərz wər ɪgˈzæktli tɪ træk ˈsizənəl ˈævrɪʤɪz fər 12 mənθs. ɪn səm weɪz ɪt wɑz ən æmˈbɪʃəs pis, ˈhoʊpɪŋ pərˈhæps ðət ə ˈlɪtəl ˈsənˌʃaɪn kʊd spɑrk ðə sɔrt əv ˌɪˈrəpʃən əv ˈpəblɪk ˈɪntəˌrɛst ənd ˈsɪtɪzən fəˈtɑgrəfi ðət wi sɔ ˈdʊrɪŋ læst ˈwɪntərz snoʊz ənd æt taɪmz əv ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd ˈflədɪŋ. ðə ˈtrəbəl ɪz, ðə saɪt əv ˈʤɛnəl ˈsənˌlaɪt ˈʃaɪnɪŋ θru ˈfɑlɪŋ livz ˈdəzənt græb ðə əˈtɛnʃən laɪk ə sˈnoʊˌmæn ɪn ðə ʃeɪp əv ə ər ə kæt ˈfloʊtɪŋ daʊn ðə roʊd ɪn ən tumble-drier*. aɪ wɪʃ aɪ kʊd dɪˈrɛkt ju tɪ ə wɛr ju kʊd si ðə ˈɑrtɪkəl bət ənˈfɔrʧənətli ɪts bɪˈhaɪnd ə paywall*, ɪgˈzɛmpləri ɛz ɪt ɪz əv ðə sɔrt əv ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ðət, ɛz ˈændru mɑr ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt læst wik, ðə ˈblɔgɔsˈfir ˈsɪmpli ˈkænɑt prəˈvaɪd. ə lɛs wɛl ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd ˈɪŋlɪʃ əbˈsɛʃən, ɪn fækt wən əv wɪʧ aɪv ˈoʊnli ˈrisəntli bɪˈkəm əˈwɛr, ɪz ɑr ˌfæsəˈneɪʃən wɪθ goʊsts. aɪ θɔt ɔl ˈkəlʧərz hæd ðə seɪm ˈnəmbər əv goʊsts baɪ wɪʧ aɪ min nən bət ˈsɪmələr ˈlɛvəlz əv dɪˈluʒən əˈbaʊt ðɛm. əˈpɛrəntli nɑt: ɪts ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd ðət ˈɪŋlɪʃ ˈɔθərz hæv ˈrɪtən 70 əv ɔl ˈpəblɪʃt goʊst ˈstɔriz ənd ə 2003 poʊl faʊnd ðət 38 əv ˈbrɪtənz bɪˈliv ɪn goʊsts. ðæts ðə seɪm ɛz ðə pərˈsɛnɪʤ hu, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ə poʊl ɪn 2005 bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd. ɛz ˈfoʊkɪsɪz fər bɪˈlif goʊ, aɪv ˈɔlˌweɪz kənˈsɪdərd gɑd tɪ bi mɔr ˈmeɪnˌstrim ðən goʊsts, bət ɪt simz nɑt. aɪ noʊ lɑts əv ˈpipəl hu bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd ənd aɪ ˈʧɛrɪtəbli ʧuz tɪ əˈsum ðət moʊst əv ðɛm doʊnt bɪˈliv ɪn goʊsts. ðɪs səˈʤɛsts ðət ðɛr ər ˈəðər ˈpipəl hu bɪˈliv ɪn goʊsts ənd doʊnt bɪˈliv ɪn gɑd. ðət saʊnz laɪk ə grɪm fəˈlɑsəfi: noʊ ˈhɛvən, noʊ hɛl, ʤɪst ən ɪˈtərnəti əv ˈhɔntɪŋ. bət ˈmeɪbi ðə gɑd ənd goʊst bɪˈlivərz ər ˈbeɪsɪkli ðə seɪm ˈpipəl, ˈmeɪkɪŋ gɑd ə sɔrt əv hɛd goʊst, ər ghostherd*. ɪz ðət wət ðə ˈhoʊli goʊst ɪz ðɛn? aɪ θɔt ɪt wɑz ə bərd, ˈmeɪbi wɪθ ə grin ɪn ɪts maʊθ? ər ɪz ðət ˈsəmθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ noʊə? wət əm əˈbaʊt tɪ seɪ meɪ bi ˈhɛrəsi tɪ səm, ənd nɑt ʤɪst ðə 38 əv ju hu bɪˈliv ɪn goʊsts: aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk ɔl ðɪs ˈɪŋlɪʃ goʊst ˈlɪtərəʧər ɪz ˈvɛri gʊd. aɪ ədˈmɪt ðət əm ˈbeɪsɪŋ maɪ vju ɪnˈtaɪərli ɔn hæf ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv ˈstɔriz baɪ ˈmɪstər ʤeɪmz, bət hi ɪz səˈpoʊzd tɪ bi ðə dɔɪɪn əv ðə ˈʒɑnrə. aɪ faʊnd ðɛm bɪg ɔn ˌætməsˈfɛrɪk ˈbɪlˌdəp bət nɑt soʊ hɑt ɔn ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ˌdeɪˌnuˈmɑn ðə səˈluʃən wɑz ˈɔlˌweɪz goʊsts. ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv goʊst ˈstɔriz ɪz laɪk ən ænˈθɔləˌʤi əv huˈdənɪts ɛnˈtaɪtəld: "teɪlz ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈbətlər dɪd ɪt". ðɛrz nɑt məʧ skɪl ɪn ˈsɛtɪŋ əp ən əˈpɛrəntli ˌɪnəkˈsplɪkəbəl ənd ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ ˈsɪriz əv ɪˈvɛnts ɪf ju noʊ ju kən taɪ əp ɔl ðə lus ɛndz wɪθ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˌsupərˈnæʧərəl. ɪts laɪk ən ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈʤɑnəθən krik ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈkɪlər ɪˈskeɪpt ðə lɑkt rum baɪ ˈjuzɪŋ ˈækʧəwəl ˈmæʤɪk. bət pərˈhæps, fər goʊst bɪˈlivərz, ðə ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən "goʊsts dɪd ɪt" ˈɪzənt ənˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ bət ə ˈsæljəˌtɛri ˈwɔrnɪŋ əv ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈifɛkts əv ˈhɔntɪŋ ɪts ɑrt wɪθ ə ˈmɛsɪʤ. aɪ səˈpoʊz aɪ ʃʊd bi ˈgreɪtfəl ðət sər ˈɑrθər ˈkoʊnən dɔɪl dɪˈvaɪzd ˈʃərˌlɑk ˈhoʊmzɪz rul əv θəm: "wɪn ju hæv ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd ðə ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl, ˌwəˈtɛvər rɪˈmeɪnz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ˌɪmˈprɑbəbəl, məst bi ðə truθ," ˌbiˈfɔr hi wɑz ˈfʊli ɪn ðə grɪp əv ˈspɪrɪˌʧuəˌlɪzm. ˈəðərˌwaɪz, ˈɛvəri ˈstɔri maɪt hæv ˈɛndɪd wɪθ ðə laɪn: "ənˈlɛs, ˈwɑtsən, ɪt wɑz ɔl dən baɪ goʊsts." ðə ˈrizən fər ðɪs ˈɪŋlɪʃ əbˈsɛʃən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈdɑktər ʃeɪn mccorristine*, ə ˈrisərʧ ˈfɛloʊ æt ˈkeɪmbrɪʤ, ɪz ðə ˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən. ɪt əˈbɑlɪʃt ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈpərgəˌtɔri, ənd ˈðɛrˌfɔr ˈɛniˌθɪŋ pərˈsivd tɪ bi ə ˈgoʊstli ˌæpərˈɪʃən ˈkʊdənt bi ə ˈhɛlpfəl soʊl əˈweɪ ðə ˈsɛnʧəriz ɪn ˈhɛvənz ˈweɪtɪŋ rum bət məst ˌɪnˈstɛd bi ə dæmd ˈspɛktər, ənd ˈkɑnsəkˌwɛntli məʧ mɔr fən. gulz kˈwɪkli kɔt ɔn wɪθ ðə ˈgulɪʃ. ˈminˌwaɪl səʧ ɛz mi məst teɪk ˈsɑləs ɪn ˈdaɪnəˌsɔrz ənd ðə ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ θɔt ðət, waɪl ðɛrz noʊ səʧ θɪŋ ɛz goʊsts, æt list ðɛr juzd tɪ bi səʧ ə θɪŋ ɛz ˈmɑnstərz. fər ðə ˈɪŋlɪʃ, goʊsts sim tɪ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ ə zoʊn bɪtˈwin ˈfɪkʃən ənd rɪˈlɪʤən, bɪtˈwin ðə fən ənd ðə sɪnˈsɪr, ðə ənd ðə believed-in*. æt ˌhæləˈwin ðeɪ gɪt ləmpt təˈgɛðər wɪθ ˈvæmpaɪrz ənd ˈwɛrˌwʊlvz, ˈɛntɪtiz ðət ˈhɑrdli ˈɛniˌwən ˈrɪli bɪˈlivz ɪgˈzɪst. goʊst ˈkɑstumz əˈbaʊnd bət noʊ wən goʊz trɪk ər ˈtritɪŋ drɛst ɛz ˈʤizəs. bət ðɛn, wɪθ ɑr ˈwɛðər, ju nid mɔr səbˈstænʃəl hɛd ˈkəvərɪŋ ðən ə kraʊn əv θɔrnz. bɛst goʊ wɪθ ðə ʃit ənd ju kən pʊt jʊr ɔn ˌəndərˈniθ. |
the english obsession with the weather is well documented. by which i mean "prolifically", although i'm sure many of the documents are excellent. and now i'm adding this modest document to all that documentary evidence. (i don't mean actual documentaries, just documents. a documentary given as evidence would presumably be known as documentaryary evidence. although, come to think of it, there's bound to be at least one documentary about that subject and, if there isn't, damn it, i'll make one so that the english obsession with the weather can be as well documentaried as it is documented.)
i saw it documented again just a few days ago. the document in question was a newspaper which had devoted a whole page of itself to the scoop that the previous day, last sunday, had been unseasonably sunny. most of the page was taken up with a photograph of a man cycling along a sunny promenade, three snaps of the same two children paddling and, topically, an advertisement for a mining company. (i can almost hear the marketing meeting: "i know it sounds counterintuitive but awareness of mining as a career hasn't been at this level since orgreave!")
the actual text focused on the amazing fact that there had been "periods of bright sunshine and temperatures well above october averages". this kind of reporting massively overestimates how often the temperature is bang on mean. it's like an idiotic bit of cricket analysis i once heard. as a batsman's average came up on screen, the presenter read it out and added: "that's the number of runs he normally scores." no it isn't.
on an average day, temperatures are usually above or below the seasonal average. it would be an extremely odd year – or rather a bizarrely un-odd, an exceptionally normal year, an outlier on the graph of average departure from average – if temperatures were exactly to track seasonal averages for 12 months.
in some ways it was an ambitious piece, hoping perhaps that a little unseasonable sunshine could spark the sort of eruption of public interest and citizen photography that we saw during last winter's snows and at times of widespread flooding. the trouble is, the sight of gentle sunlight shining through falling leaves doesn't grab the attention like a snowman in the shape of a dalek or a cat floating down the road in an upturned tumble-drier. i wish i could direct you to a url where you could see the article but unfortunately it's behind a paywall, exemplary as it is of the sort of journalism that, as andrew marr pointed out last week, the blogosphere simply cannot provide.
a less well documented english obsession, in fact one of which i've only recently become aware, is our fascination with ghosts. i thought all cultures had the same number of ghosts – by which i mean none – but similar levels of delusion about them. apparently not: it's estimated that english authors have written 70% of all published ghost stories and a 2003 ipsos poll found that 38% of britons believe in ghosts. that's the same as the percentage who,ording to a eurobarometer poll in 2005, believe in god.
as focuses for belief go, i've always considered god to be more mainstream than ghosts, but it seems not. i know lots of people who believe in god and i charitably choose to assume that most of them don't believe in ghosts. this suggests that there are other people who believe in ghosts and don't believe in god. that sounds like a grim philosophy: no heaven, no hell, just an eternity of haunting. but maybe the god and ghost believers are basically the same people, making god a sort of head ghost, or ghostherd. is that what the holy ghost is then? i thought it was a bird, maybe with a green sprig in its mouth? or is that something to do with noah?
what i'm about to say may be heresy to some, and not just the 38% of you who believe in ghosts: i don't think all this english ghost literature is very good. i admit that i'm basing my view entirely on half a collection of stories by mr james, but he is supposed to be the doyen of the genre. i found them big on atmospheric build-up but not so hot on intriguing denouement – the solution was always ghosts. a collection of ghost stories is like an anthology of whodunits entitled: "tales in which the butler did it". there's not much skill in setting up an apparently inexplicable and terrifying series of events if you know you can tie up all the loose ends with something supernatural. it's like an episode of jonathan creek in which the killer escaped the locked room by using actual magic.
but perhaps, for ghost believers, the explanation "ghosts did it" isn't unsatisfying but a salutary warning of the social effects of haunting – it's art with a message. i suppose i should be grateful that sir arthur conan doyle devised sherlock holmes's rule of thumb: "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth," before he was fully in the grip of spiritualism. otherwise, every story might have ended with the line: "unless, watson, it was all done by ghosts."
the reason for this english obsession,ording to dr shane mccorristine, a research fellow at cambridge, is the reformation. it abolished the idea of purgatory, and therefore anything perceived to be a ghostly apparition couldn't be a helpful soul whiling away the centuries in heaven's waiting room but must instead be a damned spectre, and consequently much more fun. ghouls quickly caught on with the ghoulish. meanwhile sceptics such as me must take solace in dinosaurs and the entertaining thought that, while there's no such thing as ghosts, at least there used to be such a thing as monsters.
for the english, ghosts seem to occupy a liminal zone between fiction and religion, between the fun and the sincere, the dressed-up-as and the believed-in. at halloween they get lumped together with vampires and werewolves, entities that hardly anyone really believes exist. ghost costumes abound but no one goes trick or treating dressed as jesus. but then, with our weather, you need more substantial head covering than a crown of thorns. best go with the sheet and you can put your cagoule on underneath. | ʃɛr tɔp 25 ˈeɪprəl 16 haʊ læst tɔp 25 fɛrd ˈwikli aʊʧ lɪst ˈʧeɪnʤɪz: ˈwɪnərz ənd ˈluzərz ˈwikli ʧæt ˈpɔdˌkæst səbˈskraɪb naʊ ˈɔrəˌgɑn steɪt meɪnˈteɪnd ɪts ˈstræŋgəˌlhoʊld ɔn ðə noʊ. 1 spɑt ɪn ðə tɔp 25 ˈræŋkɪŋz fər ðə fɪθ kənˈsɛkjətɪv wik. ðə ˈbivərz wɛnt ɔn ðə roʊd ənd tʊk tu əv θri frəm kənˈtɛndər ˈwɔʃɪŋtən tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv tɪ ˈoʊvərˌɔl ənd ɪn ðə ˈkɑnfərəns faɪv geɪmz əˈhɛd əv ˈɛni ˈəðər tim ɪn ðə pæk. noʊ. 2 ˈluiˌvɪl ˈɔlsoʊ wən ə roʊd ˈsɪriz, sˈwipɪŋ ˈʤɔrʤə tɛk tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv tɪ ˈoʊvərˌɔl, ɪn ðə. ˈfɛloʊ paʊərz ˈklɛmsən ənd nɔrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə muvd əp wən spɑt əˈpis tɪ nos*. 3 ənd 4 ənd ˈtɛksəs tɛk klaɪmd wən spɑt tɪ noʊ. 5 fɛl θri spɑts tɪ noʊ. 6 ˈæftər ˈdrɑpɪŋ ə roʊd ˈsɪriz æt wɛst vərˈʤɪnjə. ðə ˈmaʊntɪˌnɪrz hæv wən faɪv streɪt ˈsɪriz ənd meɪd ðɛr ˈdeɪbju ɪn ðə tɔp 25 ðɪs wik, ˈʧɛkɪŋ ɪn æt noʊ. 21 ˈtɛksəs ˌriˈɛntərd ðə ˈræŋkɪŋz æt noʊ. 20 ˈæftər ˈwɪnɪŋ ɪts θərd streɪt sɛk ˈsɪriz. ənd ˌriˈpleɪst ˈstænfərd ənd ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə ɪn ðə ˈræŋkɪŋz. ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈmuvər ðɪs wik wɑz ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi steɪt, wɪʧ ˈvɔltɪd sɪks spɑts tɪ noʊ. 15 ˈæftər ˈwɪnɪŋ ə roʊd ˈsɪriz æt saʊθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə. həz wən fɔr streɪt sɛk ˈsɪriz. ðə ˈgeɪmˌkɔks ˈtəmbəld 10 spɑts tɪ noʊ. 24 ˈæftər ˈdrɑpɪŋ ðɛr θərd streɪt ˈsɪriz. weɪk ˈfɔrɪst ˈɔlsoʊ ʤəmpt sɪks spɑts tɪ noʊ. 18 ˈæftər ə wik. ðə swɛpt ˈnoʊtər deɪm tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv tɪ ɪn ðə ˈhɛdɪŋ ˈɪntu ə ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn ˈsɪriz æt ˈklɛmsən. ˈɛdɪtərz ˈɛrən fɪt ənd ˈkɛndəl ˈrɑʤərz dɪˈtərmən ðə tɔp 25 ˈræŋkɪŋz. ˈrɛkərdz ər θru geɪmz əv ˈeɪprəl 16 |
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oregon state maintained its stranglehold on the no. 1 spot in the d1baseball top 25 rankings for the fifth consecutive week. the beavers went on the road and took two of three from pac-12 contender washington to improve to 30-2 overall and 14-1 in the conference five games ahead of any other team in the pac.
no. 2 louisville also won a road series, sweeping georgia tech to improve to 31-4 overall, 15-3 in the acc. fellow acc powers clemson and north carolina moved up one spot apiece to nos. 3 and 4, and texas tech climbed one spot to no. 5. tcu fell three spots to no. 6 after dropping a road series at west virginia.
the mountaineers have won five straight series and made their debut in the d1baseball top 25 this week, checking in at no. 21. texas a&m re-entered the rankings at no. 20 after winning its third straight sec series. wvu and a&m replaced stanford and oklahoma in the rankings.
the biggest mover this week was mississippi state, which vaulted six spots to no. 15 after winning a road series at south carolina. msu has won four straight sec series. the gamecocks tumbled 10 spots to no. 24 after dropping their third straight series.
wake forest also jumped six spots to no. 18 after a 5-0 week. the deacs swept notre dame to improve to 12-6 in the acc heading into a showdown series at clemson.
d1baseball editors aaron fitt and kendall rogers determine the top 25 rankings. records are through games of april 16. | ə ˈʧɔŋˈkɪŋ dɔg, noʊn ɛz wæŋ kaɪ, həz gɔn ˈvaɪrəl ɔn ðə ʧaɪˈniz ˈɪntərˌnɛt wɪθ ˈmɪljən vjuz ɔn ɪn lɛs ðən 24 aʊərz. wæŋ kaɪ həz spɛnt ðə læst fɔr jɪrz ˈweɪtɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə dɔrz əv ə ˈloʊkəl bæŋk frəm ənˈtɪl 5pm*, ˈmuvɪŋ ˈlɪtəl, nɑt əkˈsɛptɪŋ fud, ənd ˈʧeɪsɪŋ əˈweɪ ˈəðər dɔgz frəm hɪz ““roost.”*.” ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi noʊz ʤɪst wɪn ɪgˈzæktli wæŋ kaɪ bɪˈgæn hɪz ˈdeɪˌtaɪm ˈvɪʤəl ɪn frənt əv ðə bæŋk, bət wən strit sˈwipər həz sin ðə dɔg ˈnɪrli ˈɛvriˈdeɪ fər ðə pæst tu jɪrz. ə bæŋk sɪˈkjʊrəti gɑrd ˈɔlsoʊ ˌriˈpɔrtəd siɪŋ ðə dɔg, bət ˈnoʊtɪd ðət hi ˈsɛldəm sɔ ɪt ˈweɪtɪŋ ˈæftər 5pm*. ˈmɛni pəˈdɛstriənz hu ˈfrikwəntɪd ðə ˈɛriə əˈsumd ðə dɔg wɑz ˈhoʊmləs ənˈtɪl ðeɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ɪt wɑz klin ˈɛvriˈdeɪ, wʊd wɛr ˈfæʃənəbəl ˈwɪntər ““jackets”*” ənd hæd hɪz hɛr trɪmd ɪn ðə ˈsəmərˌtaɪm. wæŋ kaɪ dɪz ˌɪnˈdid hæv ə hoʊm, ənd hɪz ˈdeɪli ˈvɪʤəl ʤɪst soʊ ˈhæpənz tɪ ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd wɪθ hɪz ˈskɛʤʊl, hu wərks ˈnɪrˈbaɪ. wæŋ kaɪ wɑz wəns ˈhoʊmləs, ənd wɑz faʊnd ˈwɑndərɪŋ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd 4 jɪrz əˈgoʊ wɪn hi wɑz əˈdɑptəd baɪ hɪz nu ˈfæməli ə ˈpɑsəbəl ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən fər hɪz ˌpərsəˈnælɪti. ˈhɛnsˈfɔrθ hi əˈkəmpəniz hɪz ˈoʊnər tɪ wərk ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ, weɪts ˈstoʊɪkli fər 8 aʊərz, ənd rɪˈtərnz ɪn ðə ˈivnɪŋ. ðə ˈoʊnər kwaɪt ʃʊr ɪf wæŋ kaɪ ɪz ˈweɪtɪŋ fər ɪm ər ə ˈpriviəs ˈmæstər, bət ɪz ˈsætɪsˌfaɪd wɪθ ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən rəˈgɑrdləs. ʧaɪˈniz ər rɪˈgɑrdɪŋ wæŋ kaɪ ɛz ə, ðə ˈfeɪməs ˈfeɪθfəl ˌʤæpəˈniz əˈkitə hu ˈweɪtɪd ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə treɪn ˈsteɪʃən ɪn fər hɪz dɪˈsist ˈoʊnər fər ˈnɪrli ə ˈdɛkeɪd. ðoʊ daɪd ɪn 1935 hɪz ˈmɛməri ənd ˈtɛstəmənt tɪ ðə ˈfeɪθfəlˌnɛs əv dɔgz lɪvz ɔn moʊst ˈrisəntli ɪn ə 2009 ˈhɑliˌwʊd ˈdrɑmə ˈstɑrɪŋ ˈrɪʧərd gir. sɔrs:, 1 2 |
a chongqing dog, known as wang cai, has gone viral on the chinese internet with 1.3 million views on youku in less than 24 hours. wang cai has spent the last four years waiting outside the doors of a local bank from 9am until 5pm, moving little, not accepting food, and chasing away other dogs from his “roost.”
nobody knows just when exactly wang cai began his daytime vigil in front of the minsheng bank, but one street sweeper has seen the dog nearly everyday for the past two years. a bank security guard also reported seeing the dog, but noted that he seldom saw it waiting after 5pm. many pedestrians who frequented the area assumed the dog was homeless until they noticed it was clean everyday, would wear fashionable winter “jackets” and had his hair trimmed in the summertime.
wang cai does indeed have a home, and his daily 9-5 vigil just so happens to coincide with his owner’s schedule, who works nearby. wang cai was once homeless, and was found wandering outside 4 years ago when he was adopted by his new family — a possible explanation for his outdoorsy personality. henceforth he accompanies his owner to work in the morning, waits stoically for 8 hours, and returns in the evening. the owner isn’t quite sure if wang cai is waiting for him or a previous master, but is satisfied with the situation regardless.
chinese are regarding wang cai as a sinofied hachiko, the famous faithful japanese akita who waited outside the shibuya train station in odate for his deceased owner for nearly a decade. though hachiko died in 1935, his memory and testament to the faithfulness of dogs lives on — most recently in a 2009 hollywood drama starring richard gere.
source: youku, netease (1 & 2) | a/n*: ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət ɪz ˈklɪrli ɪz hərz. ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðət ˈɪzənt ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli maɪn, bət hu noʊz, aɪ hæv rɛd ə lɔt əv ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz soʊ ɪf aɪ stoʊl ə ˈbəni frəm ju, lɛt mi noʊ ənd aɪ wɪl gɪv ju ˈkrɛdɪt ɪf ɪt ɪz ˈbɑðərɪŋ ju. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈsəmˌwən rivˈjud ənd riˈmaɪndɪd mi wɛr aɪ gɑt ðə ˈlɛvəl ˈsɪstəm frəm. ɪt ɪz frəm ən æmˈbroʊʒə ˈʃɛrˌwɛr geɪm frəm laɪk 10 jɪrz əˈgoʊ. soʊ ɪf ju si ɪt spərˈædɪkli θruaʊt ðə ˈstɔri, ðət ɪz wɛr ɪt ɪz frəm. ˈhɛri sləmpt ˈɪntu hɪz sit ɛz ðə kɑr pʊld əˈweɪ frəm kɪŋz krɔs. hi wɑz nɑt ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ðə ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ ˈsəmər, ənd hi ˈkʊdənt si haʊ hɪz ɔnt ənd ˈəŋkəl kʊd riækt ɪn ə ˈpɑzətɪv ˈmænər tɪ ðə ˈwɔrnɪŋ ðeɪ rɪˈsivd frəm ˈmudi ənd ðə gæŋ. ʃʊr ɪˈnəf ə maɪl frəm ðə ˈsteɪʃən ˈəŋkəl ˈvərnən bɪˈgæn ˈbɛloʊɪŋ, "hu du ðoʊz friks θɪŋk ðeɪ ər? θˈrɛtənɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs laɪk ðət. ju ˈɑrənt wərθ ðə ˈtrəbəl bɔɪ, wi ʃʊd ʤɪst liv ju ɔn ðə saɪd əv ðə roʊd." ˈhɛri kɛpt kwaɪət, hi ˈdɪdənt wɔnt tɪ ʃoʊ əp æt pleɪs ənd ɪkˈspleɪn waɪ hi ˈwəzənt æt hoʊm wɪθ hɪz ˈrɛlətɪvz. "wət əˈbaʊt ðət ˈmərdərɪŋ ˈgɑdˌfɑðər əv jʊrz? waɪ ˈdɪdənt hi kəm tɪ tɔnt ˈjuˈɛs, stɪl ˈrənɪŋ frəm ðə lɔ ɪz hi?" ˈhɛri wɪnst ɛz hɪz ˈfɪŋgərˌneɪlz bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈpəŋkʧər hɪz pɑmz. "wɪθ ˈɛni lək lɔrd wɪl kɪl ɔl ju friks ənd wi kən lɪv ˈnɔrməl lɪvz əˈgɛn." ðɪs wɑz tu məʧ fər ˈhɛri, hi ˈwəzənt ʃʊr ɪgˈzæktli wət ðə paʊər wɑz ðət wɑz ˈbɪldɪŋ əp ˌɪnˈsaɪd əv ɪm bət hi bɪˈgæn tɪ jɛl æt hɪz ˈəŋkəl, "ju ˈstupɪd ˈɪnsələnt vaɪl fæt mæn! hi woʊnt stɑp wɪθ ʤɪst ˈwɪzərdz hu əˈpoʊz ɪm; hɪz goʊl ɪz tɪ ɛnsˈleɪv jʊr kaɪnd. ˈbɛtər jɛt hi wɔnts tɪ waɪp ɔl əv ju aʊt ənd hæv ˈwɪzərdz ˈrulɪŋ ðə wərld. ju wɪl nɑt bi seɪf, ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi wɪl bi seɪf ənˈtɪl hi ɪz stɑpt." hɪz ˈəŋkəl ənd hɪz ɔnt lʊkt æt ɪm əˈbæʃt, "ɪf hi ˈɛvər keɪm əˈkrɔs ənd traɪd tɪ kɪl wən əv ˈjuˈɛs ɑr ˈɑrmi wʊd ʃut ɪm dɛd. 50 ˈkæləbər tɪ ðə hɛd ənd hid bi ˈhɪstəri." sɛd ˈvərnən, ɪn ə ˈmænər ðət geɪv ˈhɛri ðə ˈfilɪŋ ðət hi θɔt ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən wɑz ˈoʊvər. ˈhɛri bɪˈgæn tɪ læf, hi ˈdɪdənt noʊ waɪ ɪt wɑz soʊ ˈfəni, bət hi læft. hi kɛpt ˈlæfɪŋ fər hæf ə maɪl ˌbiˈfɔr ˈvərnən pʊld ˈoʊvər ənd tərnd tɪ græb ɪm, ˈʃeɪkɪŋ ɪm ˈvaɪələntli. "ju ˈstupɪd," hi ʧoʊkt aʊt, "ˈɛni fɪθ jɪr kʊd blɑk ə sˈnaɪpər ʃɑt. ənd doʊnt gɪt mi ˈstɑrtɪd ɔn nuks. wɪn ju faɪər ðə ˈmɪsəl hid ʤɪst tɪ saɪˈbɪriə ənd stɑrt ˈoʊvər ðɛr. ju. kænt. wɪn." ˈvərnən stɑpt ˈʃeɪkɪŋ hɪz ˈnɛfju ənd gɑt aʊt əv ðə kɑr. hi pʊld ˈoʊpən ˈhɛriz dɔr ənd sɛd "aʊt. gɪt aʊt əv maɪ kɑr, bɔɪ." ˈhɛri sæt ˈrɛzəˌlutli nɛkst tɪ hɪz ˈkəzən, "noʊ." bɪg ˈmiti hænz kloʊzd ɔn hɪz ˈʃoʊldərz ənd hi wɑz ˈfɔrsəbli rɪpt frəm ðə kɑr. "aɪ doʊnt wɔnt ju ɪn maɪ hoʊm ˈɛni ˈlɔŋgər, frik, aɪ doʊnt kɛr wət ju du bət jʊr noʊ ˈlɔŋgər ˈwɛlkəm wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs." ˈhɛri fraʊnd ənd lʊkt æt hɪz ɔnt, "ɔnt pəˈtunjə ju noʊ wət ˈdəmbəlˌdɔr sɛd." hɪz ɔnt lʊkt əˈweɪ frəm ˈhɛri ənd ðɛn daʊn æt hər fit. "ju kænt kɪk mi aʊt ˈəŋkəl ˈvərnən." hɪz ˈəŋkəl bɪˈgæn tɪ tərn rɛd, "ðə hɛl aɪ kænt!" hi fjumd, ˈpʊlɪŋ ˈhɛriz trəŋk frəm ðə but. ˈhɛri wɑz ˈfilɪŋ laɪt ˈhɛdɪd, hi ˈdɪdənt noʊ wət tɪ du, "ju kænt!" hi jɛld, ənd wɪθ ðət ˈaʊtˌbərst hɪz ɪnˈtaɪər wərld wɛnt waɪt. wɪn hi woʊk əp hi ˈwəzənt ʃʊr haʊ məʧ taɪm hæd pæst. ˈlʊkɪŋ əraʊnd, hi peɪld æt wət hi faʊnd. ðə kɑr wɑz tɛn fit ɪn ðə ɛr ˈhæŋɪŋ ˈhæfˈweɪ aʊt əv ə ˈbɪldɪŋ, ˈdədli ənd pəˈtunjə pæst aʊt ˌɪnˈsaɪd. ˈvərnən wɑz ˈkrəmpəld əˈgɛnst ðə seɪm ˈbɪldɪŋ səm ˈfɪfˈtin fit əˈweɪ stɪl ˈhoʊldɪŋ ˈɔntu wət wɑz lɛft əv ˈhɛriz trəŋk. hi riʧt daʊn ənd pɪkt əp hɪz ˌɪnˌvɪzəˈbɪləti kloʊk ənd ˈbækˌpæk ənd ʃəvd wən ˈɪntu ðə ˈəðər. hi kəˈlɛktəd ðə mɔr ˈpərsɪnəl ˈɑbʤɛkts ðət wər strun əˈbaʊt ənd ðɛn tʊk wən mɔr lʊk æt ðə strit. ɪn ðə ˈdɪstəns hi kʊd hir ˈimərʤənsi ˈviɪkəlz ˈkəmɪŋ ˈkloʊzər, mɔr ənd mɔr ðət hæd bɪn ˈstændɪŋ əraʊnd wər bɪˈgɪnɪŋ tɪ stər. ˈhɛri bɪˈgæn tɪ wɔk əˈweɪ frəm ðə sin ɛz fæst ɛz hi kʊd, bət ˌbiˈfɔr hi kʊd gɪt pæst ðə fərst blɑk, blæk ˌɛsˌjuˈviz keɪm aʊt əv ˈnoʊˌwɛr ənd blɑkt hɪz pæθ. mɛn ɪn dɑrk suts ənd ˈsənˌglæsɪz faɪld aʊt ənd bɪˈgæn sˈwipɪŋ ðə ˈɛriə wɪθ streɪnʤ dɪˈvaɪsɪz. ˈɔlˌmoʊst ɛz wən ðeɪ ɔl stɑpt ðɛr swips wɪθ ðɛr dɪˈvaɪsɪz ˈpɔɪntɪd æt ɪm. "lʊks laɪk ðə bɔɪ ɪz ðə sɔrs, wi ʃʊd teɪk ɪm ˈɪntu ˈkəstədi." ðə mɛn bɪˈgæn tɪ ˈsərkəl əraʊnd ɪm, ə fju ˈpʊlɪŋ gənz frəm ðɛr ˈʤækɪt ˈpɑkəts. ˌɪnˈstɪŋktɪvˌli ˈhɛri dru hɪz wɑnd ənd bækt əp, sˈloʊli ˈmeɪkɪŋ hɪz weɪ tɪ ə wɔl hi kʊd rɛst hɪz bæk əˈgɛnst. ðə wən ðət spoʊk ˌbiˈfɔr aɪd ˈhɛriz wɑnd ˌbiˈfɔr ˈpʊtɪŋ hɪz rɪst tɪ hɪz maʊθ ˌbiˈfɔr seɪɪŋ, "weasley*, lʊks laɪk wən əv jʊrz." ˈhɛriz aɪz flæʃt tɪ ðə mæn wɪn hi hərd ðə neɪm əv hɪz bɛst meɪt. "dɪd ju ʤɪst seɪ?" hi kɔld tɪ ðə mæn, ˈkipɪŋ ən aɪ ɔn ðə ˈəðər mɛn sərˈaʊndɪŋ ɪm. ðə mæn sɛd ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ ˈhɛri bət spoʊk ˈɪntu hɪz ˈreɪdiˌoʊ, "jæ ɪts klɪr, tɪ maɪ koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪts." wɪθ ə laʊd kræk ˈɑrθər nɛkst tɪ ðə lɛd sut. "smɪθ wət du ju min ɪts wən əv maɪn?" bɪˈgæn ˈɑrθər ˌbiˈfɔr hɪz aɪz fɛl ɔn ˈhɛri, "oʊ ˈmərlɪn, ˈhɛri ɪts ɪkˈspleɪnz ə lɔt ˈæˌkʧuəli. gaɪz ju kən pʊt jʊr ˈwɛpənz daʊn, ˈhɛri stoʊ jʊr wɑnd ˌbiˈfɔr ðiz weɪk əp." ˈhɛri sˈloʊli rɪˈtərnd hɪz wɑnd tɪ hɪz ˈpɑkət ˌbiˈfɔr ˈwɔkɪŋ əp tɪ ˈmɪstər., "sər, wət ɪgˈzæktli ɪz goʊɪŋ ɔn, hu ər ðiz ˈpipəl? waɪ ər ju ˈwərkɪŋ wɪθ ðɛm?" ˈmɪstər. pʊt ə ˈfɪŋgər əp tɪ ˈhɛri ənd ðɛn pʊt ə hænd aʊt tɪ ðə ˈnɪrəst sut, hu ˈhændɪd ˈoʊvər ðə dɪˈvaɪs hi wɑz ˈjuzɪŋ ˈərliər. ˈpɔɪntɪŋ ɪt æt ˈhɛri hi reɪzd hɪz ˈaɪˌbraʊz æt ˌwəˈtɛvər ðə dɪˈvaɪs wɑz ˈtɛlɪŋ ɪm. ˈtərnɪŋ tɪ ðə mæn hi kɔld smɪθ hi sɛd, "əm ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈhɛri tɪ ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz, aɪl sɛnd ðə bæk tɪ hɛlp ju aʊt." ðə mæn ˈnɑdɪd ənd bɪˈgæn ˈbɑrkɪŋ ˈɔrdərz tɪ ðə ˈəðərz. ˈɑrθər græbd ˈhɛriz ɑrm ənd boʊθ əv ðɛm frəm ðə strit. ðeɪ əˈpɪrd ɪn ə ˈvɛri nis ˈɔfəs wɪθ ˈpɪkʧərz əv ˈrɛˈdhɛdz ˈmuvɪŋ bæk ənd fɔrθ əˈkrɔs ðə dɛsk. ˈlʊkɪŋ əraʊnd ˈhɛri sɛd, "ˈmɪstər. aɪ θɔt ju wərkt fər ðə mɪsˈjuz əv ˈɑrtəˌfækts dɪˈpɑrtmənt æt ðə ˈmɪnɪstri." hi tʊk ðə ˈɔfərd sit ənd ˈmɪstər. sæt bɪˈhaɪnd hɪz dɛsk, "ˈtɛknɪkəli aɪ du. ˈhɛri wət du ju noʊ əˈbaʊt maɪnd ˈmæʤɪk, wət ðə kɔl?" ˈhɛri θɔt fər ə ˈmɪnət ənd sɛd, "wɛl ðɛr ɪz ənd raɪt? ɪz ðɛr mɔr tɪ ðə fild ðən ðət?" hɪz frɛndz dæd smaɪld æt ɪm, "məʧ mɔr ˈhɛri. ə ˈvɛri lɔŋ taɪm əˈgoʊ, bæk ɪn taɪm wɪn ˈwɪzərdz wərənt soʊ ˈsikrətɪv, ə ˈbrɪljənt dɪˈvɛləpt ə dɪˈvaɪs ðət tʊk ðə ˈlɪmət ɔf əv haʊ məʧ əv ðə breɪn ə ˈjumən həz ˈækˌsɛs tɪ. ˈwɪzərdz juz sˈlaɪtli mɔr ðən tɪ bɪˈgɪn wɪθ ənd hi ˈfɪgjərd ðət ɪf hi ˌɪnˈkrist ðə ɪˈfɪʃənsi əv hɪz oʊn breɪn hi wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ du ˈmæʤɪk." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd, rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ hɪz baɪˈɑləʤi klæs ɪn ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skul ənd ˈlərnɪŋ ðət ˈjumənz juz ˈoʊnli tɛn pərˈsɛnt əv ðɛr breɪnz. "ðə ˈprɑbləm wɑz ðət ɪt ˈdɪdənt wərk fər ˈɛvriˌwən. wɪn ə ˈwɪzərd ðə laɪks əv ˈluʃəs faʊnd aʊt əˈbaʊt ðə dɪˈvaɪs, hi əˈtɛmptəd tɪ dɪˈstrɔɪ ɪt tɪ kip ðə ˈəndər hɪz θəm. ðə ˈɑrtəˌfækt wɑz ˈnɛvər ˈfʊli dɪˈskraɪbd soʊ ɪt kʊd ˈnɛvər bi ˈrɛkriˌeɪtɪd, bət wi noʊ ðət ə lɑrʤ blæk stoʊn ðət wi θɪŋk wɑz ə ˈmitiɔˌraɪt paʊərd ɪt. wɪn ðə ˈwɪzərd dɪˈstrɔɪd ɪt, hi sɛnt ʃɑrdz əv ɪt flaɪɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə aɪlz ənd ðə səm əv ðə dəst meɪd ɪt ˈɪntu ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr. jɪrz ˈleɪtər ðə ˈkaʊnsəl ðət ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli fɔrmd ðə ˈmɪnɪstri əv ˈmæʤɪk faʊnd ðət ˈʧɪldrən wər ʃoʊɪŋ ˈæptəˌtudz fər ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈsɪmələr tɪ maɪnd ˈmæʤɪk. ðiz wər kɪdz hu wər ˈoʊnli ˈeɪbəl tɪ rɛd ə fju maɪndz ər kəmˈplitli blɑk aʊt əˈtɛmpts æt. ðæts wɪn ðeɪ fɔrmd maɪ dɪˈpɑrtmənt, ənd təˈgɛðər wɪθ səm əˈθɔrətiz ðeɪ bɪlt ðiz ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz tɪ hɛlp boʊθ wərldz dil wɪθ ˈʧɪldrən hu hæv ˈæptəˌtud fər səʧ θɪŋz. ˈɛvriˌwən sɪns ðə ɪkˈsploʊʒən əv ðə ˈɑrtəˌfækt həz bɪn ˈklæsəˌfaɪd wɪθ səm sɔrt əv ˈæptəˌtud ˈlɛvəl. wi hæv ðiz tɛsts ɪn boʊθ ənd ˈmæʤɪkəl ˈkɪndərˌgɑrtən ˈproʊˌgræmz soʊ wi kən kæʧ əˈnɑməliz ˈərli." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd, hi hæd hərd əv ɪn bʊks ðət hi hæd frəm ˈdədli. ðə ˈlidər əv ðə ˈkɑmɪks hi rɛd hæd ˌtɛləˈpæθək paʊərz tu, hi riˈmaɪndɪd ˈhɛri əv ˈdəmbəlˌdɔr ˈsəmˌtaɪmz. "bət ˈmɪstər., wət dɪz ðɪs hæv tɪ du wɪθ mi?" ˈmɪstər. stʊd ənd keɪm əraʊnd ðə dɛsk, ˈlinɪŋ əˈgɛnst ɪt ənd ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˈhɛri. "wɛl, fərst lɛt mi tɛl ju əˈbaʊt ðə ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃənz wi hæv. moʊst ər kənˈsɪdərd t5s*. ðeɪ hæv ˌæbsəˈlutli noʊ ˈæptəˌtud fər ˈɛni əˈbɪləˌti. moʊst ɪf nɑt ɔl ˈwɪzərdz ər æt list t4s*; ðeɪ ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ lərn səm maɪnd ˈmæʤɪk spɛlz wɪθ ˈpræktɪs, θɪŋz səʧ ɛz ðə ʧɑrm ənd ðə ˈmɛməri ʧɑrm ər maɪld maɪnd spɛlz. ðoʊz ðət kən lərn ənd ˈɪmpləmənt ənd ər t3's*, wɪʧ ˈɑrənt ðət æbˈnɔrməl ɛz fɑr ɛz ˈwɪzərdz goʊ bɪˈkəz ju nid tɪ bi æt list ə tɪ bɪˈkəm ən. ju woʊnt faɪnd ðət ɪn ˈɛni ˈhændˌbʊk bət trəst mi wi tɛst fər ɪt. wi əˈsumd wɪθ jʊr ˈæptəˌtud fər θroʊɪŋ ɔf ðə ənd ðə ˈhɛdˌweɪ juv bɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ wɪθ jʊr ðət jʊr ə prəˈfɛsər sneɪp ɪz ə hi ɪz ˈvɛri skɪld æt ɔl taɪps əv maɪnd ˈmæʤɪk, ɛz ˈdəmbəlˌdɔr hu ɪz ə tɔt ɪm ɔl hi noʊz. ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ə bət bɪˈkəz əv severus*' ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd ˈsəbtərfˌjuʤ hi ɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ steɪ wən stɛp əˈhɛd əv ɪm." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd, "soʊ əm ə ˈdəzənt ðət min aɪ ʃʊd bi ˈhævɪŋ ə ˈbɛtər taɪm wɪθ?" ˈmɪstər. ˈnɑdɪd, "wɛl jɛs, ənd aɪv skænd ju ə fju taɪmz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz, ju wər ə ənˈtɪl jʊr ɪnˈkaʊnər æt ðə ˈtʊrnəmənt, sɪns ðɛn juv bɪn ˈpɪŋɪŋ ɛz ə təˈdeɪ ˌhaʊˈɛvər ju keɪm əp ɛz ə hi wɔʧt ɛz ˈhɛri tʊk ɪn ðə ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən. "wət dɪz ðət min? aɪ θɔt ðə ˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃən ˈoʊnli wɛnt tɪ ˈmɪstər. ˈnɑdɪd, "wɛl ɪt ˈnɔrməli dɪz, ðə læst səˈspɛktɪd wɑz ˈmərlɪn bət wɪr ˈoʊnli goʊɪŋ ɔn ˈrumər ˈrəðər ðən ˈækʧəwəl pruf. jʊr goʊɪŋ tɪ nid tɪ steɪ hir ðɪs ˈsəmər tɪ gɪt jʊr paʊər ˈəndər kənˈtroʊl ˌbiˈfɔr rɪˈtərnɪŋ tɪ skul ɪn sɛpˈtɛmbər; aɪl bi ˈspikɪŋ tɪ ˈælbəs əˈbaʊt ðɪs təˈnaɪt. aɪl pʊl səm strɪŋz soʊ ðət ju kən hæv jʊr oʊn rum ənd aɪl əˈlaʊ ju tɪ ˈfərnɪʃ ɪt ˌhaʊˈɛvər jʊd laɪk." ˈhɛri ˈstɑrtɪd tɪ lʊk kənˈsərnd soʊ hi pʊt ə hænd ɔn hɪz ˈʃoʊldər, "ju ˈhævənt dən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ rɔŋ ˈhɛri, bət ju ər sun goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ˌæksəˈdɛnəli ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈpipəlz maɪndz. wɪr nɑt ʃʊr wət jʊr reɪnʤ wɪl bi, bət ɪf ju doʊnt stɑrt tɪ bɪld səm ˈmɛntəl ʃildz ənd lərn tɪ kənˈtroʊl jʊr paʊər jul bi bɑmˈbɑrdɪd wɪθ θɔts frəm ˈɛvriˌwən ɪn ə 1 blɑk ˈreɪdiəs, ˈmɪnəməm. wi ʤɪst wɔnt tɪ hɛlp ju. aɪl ˈɑbviəsli bi ˈkipɪŋ ðɪs frəm ðə prɛs, bət aɪl kip rɑn, ˈʤɪni, ənd ˌhərˈmaɪni ɪn ðə lup ɪf ju wɪʃ." səˈpraɪzɪŋli ˈhɛri ʃʊk hɪz hɛd, "ʤɪst tɛl ðɛm ðət əm ˈtreɪnɪŋ, doʊnt tɛl ðɛm waɪ. aɪ doʊnt wɔnt ðɛm tɪ bi ˈwərid əˈbaʊt mi ˈrɛdɪŋ ðɛr maɪndz wɪn ðeɪ si mi doʊnt noʊ haʊ wɛl ðɛl ˈhændəl ɪt." ˈmɪstər. ˈnɑdɪd, "ˌəndərˈstændəbəl ˈhɛri, aɪ wɪl ˌɪnˈfɔrm ðɛm ðət ju ər əˈweɪ æt ə ˈtreɪnɪŋ kæmp ənd ðət ðeɪ kən ˈkɑnˌtækt ju θru mi. ɪz ðət əkˈsɛptəbəl?" ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd; ˈmɪstər. wɑz ə lɔt ˈiziər tɪ dil wɪθ ðən ˈdəmbəlˌdɔr ˈɛvər wɑz. ðə tu mɛn lɛft ðə ˈɔfəs ənd wɔkt daʊn ðə hɔl ənd əp ə fju flaɪts əv stɛps, ˈstɑpɪŋ ɔn ðə fɔrθ flɔr, wɪʧ wɑz ˈleɪbəld "ˈrɛzɪdəns hɔl". ðeɪ faʊnd ˈhɛri ə rum ənd ˈmɪstər. æst ɪf ˈhɛri hæd ˈɛni noʊts hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ pæs tɪ hɪz frɛndz. ˈhɛri wɛnt tɪ rɪˈtriv ˈpɑrʧmənt ənd ə kwɪl frəm hɪz bæg bət faʊnd hɪz snæpt ənd hɪz smæʃt. "aɪ gɛs maɪ ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd ˈərliər dɪˈstrɔɪd maɪ θɪŋz, aɪl gɪt riˈstɑkt ənd raɪt ðɛm ə noʊt sun. ər ɔl ðə ˈəðər ˈpeɪʃənz hir əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈmæʤɪkəl wərld?" "ðɛr ˈstudənts ˈhɛri, nɑt ˈpeɪʃənz, wɪr nɑt traɪɪŋ tɪ kjʊr ˈɛniˌθɪŋ, ʤɪst tiʧ ju kənˈtroʊl. moʊst ˈstudənts ər əˈwɛr ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðɛr ər ə fju hu ˈhævənt dɪˈskəvərd ˈmæʤɪk jɛt, bət wi tɛnd nɑt tɪ kip ɪt ə ˈsikrɪt ɪn hir. moʊst kɪdz faɪnd aʊt baɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd wik ənd ər əˈmeɪzd baɪ wət ˈmæʤɪk kən du. wɪl stɑrt ju ˈtreɪnɪŋ ɔn kənˈtroʊl, ðɛn ˈæftər ðət wɪl tiʧ ju ðə kaɪnz əv θɪŋz ju kən du wɪθ jʊr əˈbɪləˌtiz. ju woʊnt hæv klæs wɪθ ˈəðər ˈstudənts ənˈtɪl ju kən blɑk ðɛm aʊt. nɑt ðət ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hir ˈoʊvər ðə ˈsəmər." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd ənd lʊkt əraʊnd ðə blik rum ɛz ˈmɪstər. ˈhɛdɪd aʊt. ɪt hɛld ə bɛd ənd ə ˈdrɛsər, nɑt ənˈlaɪk ðoʊz hi hæd æt ˈhɑgˌwɔrts. ɛz hi θɔt əv hɪz rum ɪn ˈhɑgˌwɔrts ðə rum bɪˈgæn tɪ ʧeɪnʤ, ðə waɪt wɔlz wər sˈloʊli ˌriˈpleɪst baɪ stoʊn wɔlz, ðə bɛd geɪnd ˈkərtənz əv ˈskɑrlət, ənd ðə ˈkɑrpət tʊk ɔn ə ˈsɪmələr hju. wən əv ðə ˈeɪʤənts frəm ðə strit əraɪvd wɪθ ðə rɪˈmeɪnz əv hɪz skul trəŋk ənd sɛt ɪt æt ðə fʊt əv ðə four-poster*. ˈhɛri fraʊnd æt ðə bɛnt ˈmɛtəl ðət wɑz ɔl ðət rɪˈmeɪnd əv keɪʤ, ˈhæpi ðət hi hæd sɛnt hər əˈhɛd frəm ðə ˈsteɪʃən. ˈsədənli ðə keɪʤ bɪˈgæn tɪ ˌɪtˈsɛlf, sˈloʊli riˈteɪkɪŋ ɪts ərˈɪʤənəl ʃeɪp. ˈhɛri aɪd ɪt ˈwɛrəli ənd lʊkt æt ðə mæn ɪn ðə sut, "dɪd ju du ðət?" ðə mæn ʃʊk hɪz hɛd ənd sɛd, "məst hæv bɪn ju ˈmɪstər. ˈpɑtər, aɪv sin ðə kɪdz hir fɪks θɪŋz laɪk ðət ɔl ðə taɪm. səm əv ðɛm wɪθ ðɛr wɑndz bət mɔr ˈɔfən ɪt ˈhæpənz ʤɪst laɪk ðət." "ə lɔt əv maɪ pəˈzɛʃənz wər ˈdæmɪʤd ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈɪnsədənt, ɪz ðɛr ˈɛni weɪ aɪ kən gɪt ˈiðər ən ˈɛskɔrt tɪ ˈælaɪ ər hæv ˈsəmˌwən du səm ˈʃɑpɪŋ fər mi?" ðə mæn ˈriˌleɪd ˈhɛriz rɪkˈwɛst ˈɪntu hɪz ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ənd ðɛn geɪv ɪm ə rɪˈspɑns, "wəns ju gɪt jʊr ʃildz ɪˈstæblɪʃt ənd fil əp tɪ goʊɪŋ aʊt ˈmɪstər. sɪz hil teɪk ju ɔn ə trɪp wɪn hi noʊz jʊr frɛndz woʊnt bi ˈɛniˌwɛr nɪr ˈləndən. ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm ju kən hɪt ðə skul ʃɑp fər səm ˈbeɪsɪk nəˈsɛsɪtiz," ðə mæn riʧt ˈɪntu hɪz ˈwɔlət ənd geɪv ˈhɛri ə fju ˈfɪfti paʊnd noʊts, "aɪ noʊ fər ə fækt ðət ju kən peɪ mi bæk wəns ju gɪt tɪ soʊ doʊnt ˈɑrgju wɪθ mi əˈbaʊt ðɪs." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd ənd sɛd, "ənd haʊ æm aɪ səˈpoʊzd tɪ peɪ ju bæk wɪn aɪ doʊnt noʊ jʊr neɪm?" ðə mæn slæpt hɪz ˈfɔrhɛd wɪθ hɪz hænd ənd ðɛn ˈɔfərd ɪt tɪ ˈhɛri, "ʤeɪk, squib*, ˈhɛri ʃʊk ɪt ənd sɛd, "ˈhɛri ˈpɑtər, boy-who-won't-die*, ˈhɑgˌwɔrts ˈgoʊldən bɔɪ, tʊk hɪz hænd ənd ðɛn stɑpt ənd stɛrd ɛz ˈhɛri sɛd "ə ˈhɛri, ju maɪt nɑt wɔnt tɪ ˈædvərˌtaɪz ðət. ʤɪst tɛl ˈpipəl jʊr ə ənd doʊnt ˈwəri tu məʧ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd ɪn ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ, "jæ aɪ gɛs ðoʊz ðət ˈɑrənt ˈwɪzərdz wʊd stɑrt ˈtritɪŋ mi laɪk ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls dɪz wəns ðeɪ lərn əˈbaʊt maɪ ˈstætəs hə?" ðə mæn læft ənd sɛd "ɪgˈzæktli. ðə stɔr ɪz daʊn ɔn graʊnd ˈlɛvəl wɪθ ðə mɛs, ðə ʤɪm, ənd ðə ˈlaɪbrɛˌri. ˈsəmˌwən wɪl weɪk ju ɪn ðə ˈmɔrnɪŋ wɪθ jʊr ˈskɛʤʊl fər ðə wik. ˈbrɛkfəst ɪz æt 7 lənʧ æt nun, ˈdɪnər æt 7 ɪf ju aʊl ʃoʊz əp sɛnd hər tɪ ðə ɔn ðə rʊf. ˈɛni kˈwɛsʧənz ˈpɑtər?" əˈgɛn ˈhɛri ʃʊk hɪz hɛd ənd ðə mæn lɛft ðə rum. ˈæftər ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ ðə rum fər ə fju ˈmɪnəts ˈhɛri faʊnd ðət ˈivɪn ðə lus brɪk ˈəndər hɪz bɛd ɪn ðə wɔl wɑz ðɛr. ˈʃeɪkɪŋ hɪz hɛd æt ðə ˈriəlɪzm hi wɔkt aʊt əv ðə rum ənd ˈhɛdɪd təˈwɔrd ðə stɛrz. ə kɔl əv, "ɔɪ! nu kɪd!" frəm ə rum hi wɑz ˈpæsɪŋ stɑpt ɪm. ˈbækˌpɛdəlɪŋ ə fju fit ˈhɛri lʊkt ˈɪntu ðə rum tɪ faɪnd ə rum ðət wɑz ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt əv ðə ˈkɑmən rum. ˈlaʊnʤɪŋ əraʊnd ə ˈsɛnər ˈkɑnsoʊl ðət haʊzd ə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən wər θri ˈtiˌneɪʤərz ˈreɪnʤɪŋ frəm ˌfɔrˈtin tɪ ˈeɪˈtin, ɔl ˈhoʊldɪŋ ɑd ˈɑbʤɛkts əˈtæʧt tɪ ˈkeɪbəlz ðət lɛd təˈwɔrd ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən. "haɪ, əm ˈhɛri," hi sɛd ˈwɔkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə rum. ɔn ðə skrin hi sɔ braɪt ˈkələrz ənd ðə wərd "pɔzd" ˈbraɪtli dɪˈspleɪd əˈkrɔs ðə skrin. "əm mɑrk," sɛd ðə blɑnd hɛrd tin hu hæd kɔld tɪ ɪm, "ðət ˈʤɪnʤər ˈoʊvər ðɛr ɪz," ðɪs keɪm wɪθ ə kraɪ əv ˌɪndɪgˈneɪʃən frəm, "ənd ðət tɔl bloʊk ɪz ˈsaɪmən." rɪˈfərɪŋ tɪ ðə tɔl dɑrk hɛrd kɪd ˈsɪtɪŋ ˈfərθəst frəm ðə dɔr. "nis tɪ mit ju gaɪz, wət ər ju əp tɪ?" mɑrk ˈʤɛsʧərd təˈwɔrd ðə ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən, "ˈsaɪmənz ˈpɛrənts sɛnt ɪm ən ɪt ʤɪst keɪm aʊt ðɪs wik, wɔnt tɪ pleɪ?" ˈhɛri ʃrəgd ənd tʊk ə sit, ˈgræbɪŋ ðə kənˈtroʊlər ðə seɪm weɪ ðə ˈəðər bɔɪz wər. ˈæftər ə fju fɔls stɑrts ˈhɛri wɑz ˈhævɪŋ ə blæst, dɪˈspaɪt ˈhævɪŋ noʊ aɪˈdiə wət hi wɑz duɪŋ, ðə rulz əv ˈmɑrioʊ wərənt ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd soʊ hi wɑz ˈreɪsɪŋ əˈlɔŋ ɛz ə grin ˈdaɪnəˌsɔr ɪn ə kɑr. waɪl ðeɪ pleɪd ənd wɪn ðeɪ wərənt ˈjɛlɪŋ ɑbˈsɛnɪtiz æt wən əˈnəðər, ðə bɔɪz gɑt tɪ noʊ wən əˈnəðər. mɑrk ənd ˈhɛri wər ðə ˈjəŋgəst ənd ðə ˈoʊnli ˈwɪzərdz. mɑrk hæd bɪn ðɛr sɪns hi wɑz 6 ənd waɪl hi ˈnɔrməli wʊd goʊ hoʊm iʧ ˈsəmər, hɪz ˈpɛrənts wər ˈsɛləˌbreɪtɪŋ ðɛr ˌænəˈvərsəri soʊ hi wɑz "stək æt skul" fər ðə ˈdʊˈreɪʃən. ˈsaɪmən ənd wər boʊθ ɪn ðɛr læst jɪrz əv ðɛr ˈproʊˌgræmz ənd wər goʊɪŋ tɪ bi treɪnd baɪ ðə ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈspɛʃəl ɑps. ˈhɛri pərkt əp æt ˈlərnɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðət, "du ðeɪ tiʧ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ faɪt wɪθ ɑr əˈbɪləˌtiz hir? aɪ ˈrɪli doʊnt noʊ wət ɪz goʊɪŋ ɔn, aɪ θɪŋk əm ˈoʊnli goʊɪŋ tɪ bi hir fər ðə ˈsəmər." ˈsaɪmən ʃrəgd, "ɪn ə weɪ ðeɪ du, ðeɪ tiʧ ju tɪ kənˈtroʊl ənd ˈfoʊkɪs jʊr paʊər, wəns ju gɪt pæst ðət feɪz, ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt ɛz ə ˈwɛpən ər ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt tɪ taɪ jʊr ʃu ɪz ˈlɪmɪtɪd ˈoʊnli baɪ jʊr ˌɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən. ˈnəθɪŋ laɪk jʊr ˈmæʤɪk wɛr ðɛr ər spɪˈsɪfɪk incantations*, wɪθ ju kən ʧeɪnʤ jʊr ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt tɪ sut jʊr wɪl, ər æt list ɛz fɑr ɛz jʊr paʊərz wɪl teɪk ju. ənd aɪ ər boʊθ ənd wi kən teɪk kɛr əv ɑrˈsɛlvz ˈprɪti wɛl." ˈhɛri ˈnɑdɪd ənd wɑz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əˈbaʊt haʊ hi kʊd juz ðɪs nu əˈbɪləˌti əˈgɛnst tɑm. ˈθɪŋkɪŋ soʊ hɑrd ɪn fækt ðət hi mɪst ðə nɛkst kˈwɛʃən frəm, "hə? ˈsɑri aɪ wɑz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ." "du ju noʊ wət jʊr ˈreɪtɪŋ ɪz?" ˈhɛri lʊkt æt ðə bɔɪz ənd ɪgˈzæmənd ðɛr riˈækʃənz ɛz hi sɛd, "əm ə əˈpɛrəntli." hi wɔʧt ðɛr aɪz goʊ waɪd, bət nɑt ˈnɪrli ɛz waɪd ɛz ˈɛni ˈgɪvɪn ˈstreɪnʤər ɪn ˈælaɪ wɪn ðeɪ ˈspɑtɪd hɪz skɑr. "ðæts ˈprɪti kul ˈhɛri, aɪv ˈoʊnli hərd əˈbaʊt ə fju əv ðoʊz ɪn ðə læst ˈdɛkeɪd, jʊr goʊɪŋ tɪ hæv loʊdz əv fən, doʊnt lɛt ðə ˌɪnˈstrəktərz skɛr jɑ." ˈhɛri grɪnd ənd ðɛn læft ɛz hɪz ˈstəmək ˈrəmbəld, "aɪ gɛs ɪts taɪm fər mi tɪ gɪt səm fud." ðeɪ ɔl lʊkt æt ðə wɔl klɑk ənd faʊnd ɪt wɑz kˈwɔrtər ˈæftər ˈsɛvən. ðeɪ pɔzd ðɛr geɪm ənd faɪld aʊt əv ðə rum ənd daʊn ðə stɛrz. a/n*: əm stɪl ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ə ˈbeɪtə ˈridər soʊ pliz ˈmɛsɪʤ mi ənd lɛt mi noʊ ɪf jʊr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd. |
a/n: anything that is clearly jk's is hers. anything that isn't is probably mine, but who knows, i have read a lot of fanfics over the years so if i stole a bunny from you, let me know and i will give you credit if it is bothering you.
also someone reviewed and reminded me where i got the psionic level system from. it is from ev:nova an ambrosia shareware game from like 10 years ago. so if you see it sporadically throughout the story, that is where it is from.
harry slumped into his seat as the car pulled away from kings cross. he was not looking forward to the upcoming summer, and he couldn't see how his aunt and uncle could react in a positive manner to the warning they received from moody and the gang. sure enough a mile from the station uncle vernon began bellowing, "who do those freaks think they are? threatening us like that. you aren't worth the trouble boy, we should just leave you on the side of the road."
harry kept quiet, he didn't want to show up at grimmauld place and explain why he wasn't at home with his relatives. "what about that murdering godfather of yours? why didn't he come to taunt us, still running from the law is he?" harry winced as his fingernails began to puncture his palms. "with any luck lord voldywhatsit will kill all you freaks and we can live normal lives again."
this was too much for harry, he wasn't sure exactly what the power was that was building up inside of him but he began to yell at his uncle, "you stupid insolent vile fat man! he won't stop with just wizards who oppose him; his goal is to enslave your kind. better yet he wants to wipe all of you out and have wizards ruling the world. you will not be safe, nobody will be safe until he is stopped."
his uncle spluttered and his aunt looked at him abashed, "if he ever came across and tried to kill one of us our army would shoot him dead. .50 caliber to the head and he'd be history." said vernon, in a manner that gave harry the feeling that he thought the conversation was over.
harry began to laugh, he didn't know why it was so funny, but he laughed. he kept laughing for half a mile before vernon pulled over and turned to grab him, shaking him violently. "you stupid muggle," he choked out, "any fifth year could block a sniper shot. and don't get me started on nukes. when you fire the missile he'd just apparate to siberia and start over there. you. can't. win."
vernon stopped shaking his nephew and got out of the car. he pulled open harry's door and said "out. get out of my car, boy."
harry sat resolutely next to his cousin, "no." big meaty hands closed on his shoulders and he was forcibly ripped from the car. "i don't want you in my home any longer, freak, i don't care what you do but you're no longer welcome with us."
harry frowned and looked at his aunt, "aunt petunia you know what dumbledore said." his aunt looked away from harry and then down at her feet. "you can't kick me out uncle vernon." his uncle began to turn red, "the hell i can't!" he fumed, pulling harry's trunk from the boot. harry was feeling light headed, he didn't know what to do, "you can't!" he yelled, and with that outburst his entire world went white.
when he woke up he wasn't sure how much time had passed. looking around, he paled at what he found. the dursley's car was ten feet in the air hanging halfway out of a building, dudley and petunia passed out inside. vernon was crumpled against the same building some fifteen feet away still holding onto what was left of harry's trunk. he reached down and picked up his invisibility cloak and backpack and shoved one into the other. he collected the more personal objects that were strewn about and then took one more look at the street.
in the distance he could hear emergency vehicles coming closer, more and more muggles that had been standing around were beginning to stir. harry began to walk away from the scene as fast as he could, but before he could get past the first block, black suv's came out of nowhere and blocked his path. men in dark suits and sunglasses filed out and began sweeping the area with strange devices. almost as one they all stopped their sweeps with their devices pointed at him.
"looks like the boy is the source, we should take him into custody." the men began to circle around him, a few pulling guns from their jacket pockets. instinctively harry drew his wand and backed up, slowly making his way to a wall he could rest his back against. the one that spoke before eyed harry's wand before putting his wrist to his mouth before saying, "weasley, looks like one of yours."
harry's eyes flashed to the man when he heard the name of his best mate. "did you just say weasley?" he called to the man, keeping an eye on the other men surrounding him. the man said nothing to harry but spoke into his radio, "yeah its clear, apparate to my coordinates." with a loud crack arthur weasley apparated next to the lead suit. "smith what do you mean its one of mine?" began arthur before his eyes fell on harry, "oh merlin, harry its you…that explains a lot actually. guys you can put your weapons down, harry stow your wand before these muggles wake up."
harry slowly returned his wand to his pocket before walking up to mr. weasley, "sir, what exactly is going on, who are these people? why are you working with them?" mr. weasley put a finger up to harry and then put a hand out to the nearest suit, who handed over the device he was using earlier. pointing it at harry he raised his eyebrows at whatever the device was telling him. turning to the man he called smith he said, "i'm taking harry to headquarters, i'll send the obliviators back to help you out." the man nodded and began barking orders to the others. arthur grabbed harry's arm and disapparated both of them from the street.
they appeared in a very nice office with pictures of redheads moving back and forth across the desk. looking around harry said, "mr. weasley i thought you worked for the misuse of muggle artifacts department at the ministry." he took the offered seat and mr. weasley sat behind his desk, "technically i do. harry what do you know about mind magic, what the muggles call psionics?" harry thought for a minute and said, "well there is legilimancy and occlumency right? is there more to the field than that?"
his friend's dad smiled at him, "much more harry. a very long time ago, back in merlin's time when wizards weren't so secretive, a brilliant muggle developed a device that took the limit off of how much of the brain a human has access to. wizards use slightly more than muggles to begin with and he figured that if he increased the efficiency of his own brain he would be able to do magic." harry nodded, remembering his biology class in elementary school and learning that humans use only ten percent of their brains.
"the problem was that it didn't work for everyone. when a pureblood wizard the likes of lucius malfoy found out about the device, he attempted to destroy it to keep the muggles under his thumb. the artifact was never fully described so it could never be recreated, but we know that a large black stone that we think was a meteorite powered it. when the wizard destroyed it, he sent shards of it flying across the isles and the some of the dust made it into the atmosphere.
years later the council that eventually formed the ministry of magic found that muggle children were showing aptitudes for something similar to mind magic. these were non-magical kids who were only able to read a few minds or completely block out attempts at legilimancy. that's when they formed my department, and together with some muggle authorities they built these headquarters to help both worlds deal with children who have aptitude for such things. everyone since the explosion of the artifact has been classified with some sort of aptitude level. we have these tests in both muggle and magical kindergarten programs so we can catch anomalies early."
harry nodded, he had heard of psionics in books that he had knicked from dudley. the leader of the x-men comics he read had telepathic powers too, he reminded harry of dumbledore sometimes. "but mr. weasley, what does this have to do with me?"
mr. weasley stood and came around the desk, leaning against it and facing harry. "well, first let me tell you about the classifications we have. most muggles are considered t5s. they have absolutely no aptitude for any psionic ability. most if not all wizards are at least t4s; they are able to learn some mind magic spells with practice, things such as the confundus charm and the memory charm are mild mind spells. those that can learn and implement legilimancy and occlumency are t3's, which aren't that abnormal as far as wizards go because you need to be at least a t3 to become an auror. you won't find that in any auror handbook but trust me we test for it. we assumed with your aptitude for throwing off the imperius and the headway you've been making with your occlumency that you're a t3. professor snape is a t2, he is very skilled at all types of mind magic, as dumbledore who is a t1, taught him all he knows. he-who-must-not-be-named is also a t1, but because of severus' dedicated subterfuge he is able to stay one step ahead of him."
harry nodded, "so i'm a t3? doesn't that mean i should be having a better time with occlumency?"
mr. weasley nodded, "well yes, and i've scanned you a few times over the years, you were a t4 until your encounter at the tri-wizard tournament, since then you've been pinging as a t3. today however you came up as a t0." he watched as harry took in the information.
"what does that mean? i thought the classification only went to t1?" mr. weasley nodded, "well it normally does, the last suspected t0 was merlin but we're only going on rumor rather than actual proof. you're going to need to stay here this summer to get your power under control before returning to school in september; i'll be speaking to albus about this tonight. i'll pull some strings so that you can have your own room and i'll allow you to furnish it however you'd like."
harry started to look concerned so he put a hand on his shoulder, "you haven't done anything wrong harry, but you are soon going to be accidentally reading people's minds. we're not sure what your range will be, but if you don't start to build some mental shields and learn to control your power you'll be bombarded with thoughts from everyone in a 1 block radius, minimum. we just want to help you. i'll obviously be keeping this from the press, but i'll keep ron, ginny, and hermione in the loop if you wish."
surprisingly harry shook his head, "just tell them that i'm training, don't tell them why. i don't want them to be worried about me reading their minds when they see me again…i don't know how well they'll handle it." mr. weasley nodded, "understandable harry, i will inform them that you are away at a training camp and that they can contact you through me. is that acceptable?" harry nodded; mr. weasley was a lot easier to deal with than dumbledore ever was.
the two men left the office and walked down the hall and up a few flights of steps, stopping on the fourth floor, which was labeled "residence hall". they found harry a room and mr. weasley asked if harry had any notes he wanted to pass to his friends. harry went to retrieve parchment and a quill from his bag but found his quills snapped and his inkbottle smashed. "i guess my episode earlier destroyed my things, i'll get restocked and write them a note soon. are all the other patients here aware of the magical world?"
"they're students harry, not patients, we're not trying to cure anything, just teach you control. most students are aware however there are a few who haven't discovered magic yet, but we tend not to keep it a secret in here. most kids find out by the second week and are amazed by what magic can do. we'll start you training on control, then after that we'll teach you the kinds of things you can do with your psionic abilities. you won't have class with other students until you can block them out. not that there are many people here over the summer."
harry nodded and looked around the bleak room as mr. weasley headed out. it held a bed and a dresser, not unlike those he had at hogwarts. as he thought of his room in hogwarts the room began to change, the white walls were slowly replaced by stone walls, the bed gained curtains of gryffindor scarlet, and the carpet took on a similar hue. one of the agents from the street arrived with the remains of his school trunk and set it at the foot of the four-poster. harry frowned at the bent metal that was all that remained of hedwig's cage, happy that he had sent her ahead from the station. suddenly the cage began to untwist itself, slowly retaking its original shape.
harry eyed it warily and looked at the man in the suit, "did you do that?" the man shook his head and said, "must have been you mr. potter, i've seen the kids here fix things like that all the time. some of them with their wands but more often it happens just like that."
"a lot of my possessions were damaged during the incident, is there any way i can get either an escort to diagon ally or have someone do some shopping for me?" the man relayed harry's request into his radio and then gave him a response, "once you get your shields established and feel up to going out mr. weasley says he'll take you on a trip when he knows your friends won't be anywhere near london. in the meantime you can hit the school shop for some basic necessities," the man reached into his wallet and gave harry a few fifty pound notes, "i know for a fact that you can pay me back once you get to gringotts so don't argue with me about this."
harry nodded and said, "and how am i supposed to pay you back when i don't know your name?" the man slapped his forehead with his hand and then offered it to harry, "jake dennings, squib, t3." harry shook it and said, "harry potter, boy-who-won't-die, hogwarts golden boy, t0". dennings took his hand and then stopped and stared as harry said 't0', "uh harry, you might not want to advertise that. just tell people you're a t1 and don't worry too much about the ratings." harry nodded in understanding, "yeah i guess those that aren't wizards would start treating me like everyone else does once they learn about my status huh?" the man laughed and said "exactly. the store is down on ground level with the mess, the gym, and the library. someone will wake you in the morning with your schedule for the week. breakfast is at 7, lunch at noon, dinner at 7. if you owl shows up send her to the owlery on the roof. any questions potter?" again harry shook his head and the man left the room.
after examining the room for a few minutes harry found that even the loose brick under his bed in the wall was there. shaking his head at the realism he walked out of the room and headed toward the stairs. a call of, "oi! new kid!" from a room he was passing stopped him. backpedaling a few feet harry looked into the room to find a room that was reminiscent of the gryffindor common room. lounging around a center console that housed a tv were three teenagers ranging from fourteen to eighteen, all holding odd objects attached to cables that lead toward the tv.
"hi, i'm harry," he said walking into the room. on the screen he saw bright colors and the word "paused" brightly displayed across the screen. "i'm mark," said the blond haired teen who had called to him, "that ginger over there is coggy," this came with a cry of indignation from coggy, "and that tall bloke is simon." referring to the tall dark haired kid sitting furthest from the door.
"nice to meet you guys, what are you up to?" mark gestured toward the tv, "simon's parents sent him an n64, it just came out this week, want to play?" harry shrugged and took a seat, grabbing the three-pronged controller the same way the other boys were. after a few false starts harry was having a blast, despite having no idea what he was doing, the rules of mario kart weren't complicated so he was racing along as a green dinosaur in a car.
while they played and when they weren't yelling obscenities at one another, the boys got to know one another. mark and harry were the youngest and the only wizards. mark had been there since he was 6 and while he normally would go home each summer, his parents were celebrating their 20th anniversary so he was "stuck at school" for the duration. simon and coggy were both in their last years of their programs and were going to be trained by the muggle military to become special ops. harry perked up at learning about that, "do they teach us to fight with our abilities here? i really don't know what is going on, i think i'm only going to be here for the summer."
simon shrugged, "in a way they do, they teach you to control and focus your power, once you get past that phase, using it as a weapon or using it to tie your shoe is limited only by your imagination. nothing like your magic where there are specific incantations, with psy you can change your environment to suit your will, or at least as far as your powers will take you. coggy and i are both t2s and we can take care of ourselves pretty well." harry nodded and was thinking about how he could use this new ability against tom. thinking so hard in fact that he missed the next question from coggy, "huh? sorry i was thinking."
"do you know what your rating is?" harry looked at the boys and examined their reactions as he said, "i'm a t1 apparently." he watched their eyes go wide, but not nearly as wide as any given stranger in diagon ally when they spotted his scar. "that's pretty cool harry, i've only heard about a few of those in the last decade, you're going to have loads of fun, don't let the instructors scare ya." harry grinned and then laughed as his stomach rumbled, "i guess its time for me to get some food." they all looked at the wall clock and found it was quarter after seven. they paused their game and filed out of the room and down the stairs.
a/n: i'm still looking for a beta reader so please message me and let me know if you're interested.
-prodigalpen | ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkɑpiˌraɪt pɑ ˈɪmɪʤ ˈkæpʃən ˈdɪfərənt ˈɪnˌkəm grups ˈwɪtnəst ˈdɪfərənt ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪts, ðə ɑnz sɛd ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz wɪθ ðə loʊəst ˈɪnˌkəm feɪst ðə ˈfæstəst kɔst əv ˈlɪvɪŋ raɪz ɪn ðə pæst 11 jɪrz, ˈfɪgjərz ʃoʊ. ðə ˈraɪzɪŋ kɔst əv dəˈmɛstɪk gæs ənd ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti wɑz wən səˈʤɛstɪd ˈrizən fər ðə trɛnd. ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz wɪˈθaʊt ˈʧɪldrən ənd riˈtaɪˈriz ˈɔlsoʊ ɪkˈspɪriənst ˈfæstər praɪs ˌɪnˈkrisɪz ɪn ðɛr ˈtɪpɪkəl ˈbæskət əv gʊdz, ðə ˈɔfəs fər ˈnæʃənəl stəˈtɪstɪks (ɑnz) sɛd. ðə ɑnz ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪts fər ˈdɪfərənt ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz frəm 2003 tɪ 2014 ðoʊz hu spɛnt ðə moʊst ˈməni sɔ ðə loʊəst ˈlɛvəl əv ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən, ðə ɑnz kənˈkludɪd. ðɪs kʊd bi ɪkˈspleɪnd, ɪn pɑrt, baɪ ˈpraɪsɪz əv ˈpækɪʤ ˈhɑləˌdeɪz ənd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈbɛrli ˈraɪzɪŋ ˈoʊvər ˈrisənt jɪrz. ðə ɑnz sɛd ðət ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz ɪn ðə ˈbɑtəm 10 əv ðə ˈɪnˌkəm skeɪl hæd ən ˈævərɪʤ ˈænjuəl ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪt əv iʧ jɪr frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2003 tɪ ɑkˈtoʊbər 2014 ðɪs kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ ən ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪt əv əˈməŋ ðə ˈwɛlθiəst 10 əv ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz. ˈʤɛnərəl ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈfrænsɪs oʊˈgreɪdi sɛd: "ðɪs ʃoʊz ðət ˈpipəl ɔn loʊ ənd ˈmɪdəl ˈɪnˌkəmz hæv sin ðɛr ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈstændərdz fɔl ðə moʊst. ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz ɔn loʊər ˈɪnˌkəmz hæv feɪst ə ˈdəbəl ˈwæmi əv ðə haɪəst ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪts æt ðə seɪm taɪm ɛz ˈstægˌneɪtɪŋ ˈweɪʤɪz." ðə ɑnz sɛd ðə tɔp 10 əv ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz ɪn tərmz əv ˈspɛndɪŋ sɔ ˈpraɪsɪz raɪz, ɔn ˈævərɪʤ, baɪ ˈoʊvər ðə seɪm ˈpɪriəd. ðɪs kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ əˈməŋ ðə 10 əv ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz wɪʧ spɛnt ðə list. ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz wɪθ ˈʧɪldrən sɔ ðə kɔst əv ˈlɪvɪŋ raɪz baɪ ɔn ˈævərɪʤ iʧ jɪr, kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ fər ðoʊz wɪˈθaʊt ˈʧɪldrən. ˈhaʊsˌhoʊldz sɔ ˈpraɪsɪz raɪz ɔn ˈævərɪʤ baɪ kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ fər riˈtaɪˈriz. ˈrisərʧərz æt ðə əˈlaɪəns trəst hæv trækt ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən reɪts fər ˈdɪfərənt eɪʤ grups ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz. ɪt səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ðoʊz ˈeɪʤɪd 75 ənd ˈoʊvər spɛnt ə ˈbɪgər prəˈpɔrʃən əv ðɛr ˈɪnˌkəm ɔn gæs, ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti ənd fud ðən ˈɛni ˈəðər eɪʤ grup wɪθ ðə prəˈpɔrʃənz ˈraɪzɪŋ ˈstɛdəli wɪθ eɪʤ. ˈkɛrəˌlaɪn ˈeɪbrəˌhæmz, ˈʧɛrɪti dɪˈrɛktər æt ˈʧɛrɪti eɪʤ, sɛd: "bɪˈkəz ˈoʊldər ənd loʊər ˈɪnˌkəm grups spɛnd ə ˈgreɪtər prəˈpɔrʃən əv ðɛr ˈɪnˌkəm ɔn ɛˈsɛnʃəlz səʧ ɛz fud, fjuəl ənd ˈɛnərʤi, ðeɪ ər fɑr mɔr ˈvəlnərəbəl tɪ ðə praɪs ˌɪnˈkrisɪz wi hæv sin tɪ ðiz ˈaɪtəmz sɪns 2003 "wɪθ ˈmɪljən ˈpɛnʃənərz ˈlɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈpɑvərti ənd ə ˈfərðər wən ˈmɪljən ʤɪst əˈbəv ðə breadline*, ˈmɛni ər ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ əˈfɔrd ðə ˈbeɪsɪks, lɛt əˈloʊn ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls. jɛt æt ðə seɪm taɪm əp tɪ wərθ əv ˈpɛnʃənər ˈbɛnəfɪts goʊz ənˈkleɪmd iʧ jɪr." ðə ˈʧɛrɪti həz ə gaɪd tɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ˈbɛnəfɪts ɔn ɪts ˈwɛbˌsaɪt. |
image copyright pa image caption different income groups witnessed different inflation rates, the ons said
uk households with the lowest income faced the fastest cost of living rise in the past 11 years, figures show.
the rising cost of domestic gas and electricity was one suggested reason for the trend.
households without children and retirees also experienced faster price increases in their typical basket of goods, the office for national statistics (ons) said.
the ons analysed inflation rates for different households from 2003 to 2014.
those who spent the most money saw the lowest level of inflation, the ons concluded.
this could be explained, in part, by prices of package holidays and education barely rising over recent years.
the ons said that households in the bottom 10% of the income scale had an average annual inflation rate of 2.9% each year from january 2003 to october 2014.
this compared with an inflation rate of 2.6% among the wealthiest 10% of uk households.
tuc general secretary frances o'grady said: "this shows that people on low and middle incomes have seen their living standards fall the most. households on lower incomes have faced a double whammy of the highest inflation rates at the same time as stagnating wages."
the ons said the top 10% of households in terms of spending saw prices rise, on average, by 2.3% over the same period. this compared with 3.7% among the 10% of households which spent the least.
households with children saw the cost of living rise by 2.4% on average each year, compared with 2.7% for those without children.
non-retired households saw prices rise on average by 2.5%, compared with 2.8% for retirees.
researchers at the alliance trust have tracked inflation rates for different age groups in recent years.
it suggested that those aged 75 and over spent a bigger proportion of their income on gas, electricity and food than any other age group - with the proportions rising steadily with age.
caroline abrahams, charity director at charity age uk, said: "because older and lower income groups spend a greater proportion of their income on essentials such as food, fuel and energy, they are far more vulnerable to the price increases we have seen to these items since 2003.
"with 1.6 million pensioners living in poverty and a further one million just above the breadline, many are struggling to afford the basics, let alone anything else. yet at the same time up to £5.5bn worth of pensioner benefits goes unclaimed each year."
the charity has a guide to claiming benefits on its website. | ðə sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ hɛd koʊʧ sərʧ həz bɪn ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə pleɪs ðəs fɑr, wɪθ ðə tim ˈkæstɪŋ ə nɛt fɑr ənd waɪd fər ˈkænədɪts. ðɛr hæv bɪn ðə ˌɪnˈtərnəl ˈkænədɪts (vɪk, ʤɪm), ðə hɑt ʃɑt koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪtərz (ˈædəm geɪz, dæn kwɪn, tɑd boʊlz, ˈɔstən), ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl jəŋ riˈtrɛd (məkˈdænjəlz), ðə ˈɛldər ˈsteɪtsmən (maɪk ˈʃænəhæn), ənd moʊst ˈrisəntli, ðə ˈrumərd bɪg ˈkɑlɪʤ neɪm (gəs ˈmælzən). ʤɛd jɔrk ənd trɛnt dɪˈskəst ˈwɑnɪŋ ə ˈtiʧər, ənd ˈsəmˌwən hu wɪl bi əraʊnd fər ðə nɛkst ˈdɛkeɪd. ðeɪ meɪ ˈvɛri wɛl faɪnd ðət gaɪ, bət ɪn ðə ˈminˌtaɪm, aɪ hæv dɪˈskəvərd ə ˈbɛtər weɪ tɪ dɪˈtərmən ðə nɛkst hɛd koʊʧ əv ðə sæn frænˈsɪskoʊ: ˈɔrəˌgɑn treɪl! ɑr ˈsɪstər saɪt, vox.com*, keɪm əˈkrɔs səm greɪt nuz fər ðoʊz əv ju ˈlʊkɪŋ tɪ weɪst əˈweɪ jʊr deɪ. ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˈɑrˌkaɪv (archive.org*) ɪz ˈpʊtɪŋ təˈgɛðər ə kəˈlɛkʃən əv fri, ˈvərʒənz əv ˈklæsɪk geɪmz. wən səʧ geɪm ɪz ˈɔrəˌgɑn treɪl. aɪ pleɪd ɪt ˈfrikwɛntli ɛz ən ˌɛləˈmɛnʧri skul ˈstudənt, soʊ ˈnæʧərəli aɪ hæd tɪ gɪv ɪt ə wərl təˈdeɪ. ju kən ˈɛnər əp tɪ faɪv pɑrˈtɪsəpənts, soʊ ɛz səˈʤɛstɪd baɪ ə fju foʊks ɔn tˈwɪtər, aɪ pʊt təˈgɛðər faɪv əv ðə mɔr ˈnoʊtəbəl ˈkoʊʧɪŋ ˈkænədɪts tɪ si hu wʊd sərˈvaɪv. aɪ pleɪd wɪθ vɪk, ʤɪm, ˈædəm geɪz, dæn kwɪn ənd maɪk ˈʃænəhæn. aɪ wɛnt wɪθ hu hæd ðə bɛst ɑdz əv ˈgɪtɪŋ ðə ʤɑb əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈvɛriəs ˈɔnˌlaɪn sportsbooks*. jʊr ˈwɛlkəm tɪ traɪ ɪt aʊt ˈjɔrsɛlf ˈjuzɪŋ jʊr oʊn ˈkænədɪts. aɪ noʊ dɪd wən wɪθ ʤɛd jɔrk, trɛnt, ʤɪm ˈhɑrˌbɔ, vɪk ənd grɛg ˈroʊmən, soʊ ju kən rɛd θru hɪz. hi hæd ə lɔt mɔr dɛθs ðən mi. aɪv pʊt təˈgɛðər ə ˈgæləri əˈbəv wɪθ səm əv ðə ˈnoʊtəbəl ʃɑts frəm ðə trɪp. ˈædəm geɪz ənd ʤɪm dɛlt wɪθ sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt hɛlθ ˈɪʃuz. maɪk ˈʃænəhæn ənd dæn kwɪn draʊnd wɪn maɪ ræft ræn ˈɪntu ə rɑk. wɪn aɪ wɛnt ˈhəntɪŋ, ðə ˈlɪtəl gaɪ wɑz drɛst əp ɪn ˈkələrz, soʊ ðət sɔrt əv toʊld mi ɪˈnəf! waɪl geɪz, ənd vɪk ɔl sərˈvaɪvd, wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli wən tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ðə trɪp ˈhɛlθi. ɪn maɪ maɪnd, ðət ˈklɪrli minz ˈɔrəˌgɑn treɪl ʧoʊz ɪm tɪ lɛd ðə ˈɪntu ðə fˈjuʧər! hɛd hir tɪ pleɪ səm ˈɔrəˌgɑn treɪl. |
the san francisco 49ers head coach search has been all over the place thus far, with the team casting a net far and wide for candidates. there have been the internal candidates (vic fangio, jim tomsula), the hot shot coordinators (adam gase, dan quinn, todd bowles, teryl austin), the potential young retread (mcdaniels), the elder statesman (mike shanahan), and most recently, the rumored big college name (gus malzahn).
jed york and trent baalke discussed wanting a teacher, and someone who will be around for the next decade. they may very well find that guy, but in the meantime, i have discovered a better way to determine the next head coach of the san francisco 49ers: oregon trail!
our sister site, vox.com, came across some great news for those of you looking to waste away your day. the internet archive (archive.org) is putting together a collection of free, broswer-playable versions of classic ms-dos games. one such game is oregon trail. i played it frequently as an elementary school student, so naturally i had to give it a whirl today.
you can enter up to five participants, so as suggested by a few folks on twitter, i put together five of the more notable coaching candidates to see who would survive. i played with vic fangio, jim tomsula, adam gase, dan quinn and mike shanahan. i went with who had the best odds of getting the job according to various online sportsbooks. you're welcome to try it out yourself using your own candidates. i know tre9er did one with jed york, trent baalke, jim harbaugh, vic fangio and greg roman, so you can read through his. he had a lot more deaths than me.
i've put together a gallery above with some of the notable shots from the trip. adam gase and jim tomsula dealt with significant health issues. mike shanahan and dan quinn drowned when my raft ran into a rock. when i went hunting, the little guy was dressed up in 49ers colors, so that sort of told me enough! while gase, tomsula and vic fangio all survived, fangio was the only one to finish the trip healthy. in my mind, that clearly means oregon trail chose him to lead the 49ers into the future!
head here to play some oregon trail. | ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən tʊrd graʊnd ˈziroʊ ðə deɪ ˈæftər ðə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks (əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs) ðɛr ɪz ən ˌɪnˈhɛrənt ɪmˈbæləns ɪn ˈɛni kəmˈpɛrəsən ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ənd ˈdɑnəld trəmp. ˈklɪntən wɑz ə juz. ˈsɛnətər frəm nu jɔrk æt ðə taɪm, waɪl trəmp wɑz ə ˈpraɪvət ˈsɪtɪzən. ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz əv ðɛr rɪˈspɑnsɪz wər ˈdɪfərənt ənd ˈraɪtli soʊ. bət waɪl kæmˈpeɪnɪŋ fər ˈprɛzɪdənt 15 jɪrz ˈleɪtər, boʊθ hæv sɔt tɪ kæst ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɛz ˈlidərz ɪn ə taɪm əv ˈkraɪsəs. "aɪ wərkt ˈkloʊsli wɪθ nu ˈjɔrkərz ˈæftər fər maɪ ɪnˈtaɪər fərst tərm tɪ riˈbɪld," ˈklɪntən sɛd æt ə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk dəˈbeɪt læst fɔl. trəmp toʊld ðə kraʊd æt ə ˈræli ɪn ˈbəfəˌloʊ ɪn ˈeɪprəl ðət hi hɛlpt klɪr ˈrəbəl æt graʊnd ˈziroʊ. ɪt ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ wərθ rɪˈmɛmbərɪŋ ðət trəmp ˈflərtɪd wɪθ ə ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl rən ɪn 2000 soʊ, jɛs, hi wɑz ə ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn, nɑt ə ˈpəblɪk əˈfɪʃəl. bət hi ˈklɪrli hæd waɪt haʊs æmˈbɪʃənz, ˈivɪn ðɛn. tɪ si haʊ ˈklɪntən ənd trəmp əˈpɪrd ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk aɪ æt ðə taɪm nɑt haʊ ðeɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ bi sin naʊ aɪ hæv kəmˈpaɪld ˈɛksərpts əv ˈmidiə ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wiks ˈæftər ðə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks. ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn (sɛpt. 13 ˈʤudi ˈwʊdrəf, ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt: ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs naʊ frəm ðə ˈkæpɪtəl, ðə ˈsɛnətər frəm ðə steɪt əv nu jɔrk, ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən. ˈsɛnətər ˈklɪntən, wi hæv bɪn ˈlɪsənɪŋ tɪ səm ˈhɑrtˌbreɪkɪŋ ˈstɔriz frəm ˈpipəl ˈlʊkɪŋ fər ləvd wənz. kən ju brɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ˈɛni nu ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt rɪˈkəvəri ˈɛfərts ðɛr? ˈklɪntən: ˈʤudi, ðeɪ kənˈtɪnju. ðeɪ kənˈtɪnju, ˈivɪn ɛz wi spik. ðeɪ wɪl kənˈtɪnju ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ɪt ɪz ˈhjumənli tɪ hoʊp ðət wi kən faɪnd ˈɛni sərˈvaɪvərz. wi hæd səm gʊd nuz təˈdeɪ wɪn wi faʊnd səm əv ɑr ˈfaɪərˌfaɪtərz ənd əˈnəðər ˈsɪtɪzən. soʊ wi ər fɑr frəm ˈgɪvɪŋ əp ɔn ðɪs ˈæˌspɛkt əv ðɪs sərʧ ənd ˈrɛskju ˈmɪʃən. əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs (sɛpt. 13 ˈprɛzɪdənt bʊʃ həz ˈprɑməst nu jɔrk steɪt 20 ˈbɪljən ɪn eɪd fər ðə əˈtæk ðət ˈlɛvəld ðə wərld treɪd ˈsɛnər ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti, sɛd ðə steɪts juz. ˈsɛnətərz ˈθərzˌdeɪ. sɛnz. ˈʧɑrəlz ˈʃumər ənd ˈhɪləri ˈrɔdəm ˈklɪntən ˈimərʤd leɪt ˈθərzˌdeɪ ˌæftərˈnun frəm ə waɪt haʊs ˈmitɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt, seɪɪŋ hi hæd plɛʤd ðə əˈdɪʃənəl eɪd spəˈsɪfɪkli fər nu jɔrk. ðə tu ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈsɛnətərz æst fər ðə əˈmaʊnt ˈæftər ˈtʊrɪŋ ðə ˌdɛvəˈsteɪʃən ɪn loʊər mænˈhætən ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ naɪt, əˈkəmpənid baɪ ˈfɛdərəl ˈimərʤənsi ˈmænɪʤmənt ˈeɪʤənsi dɪˈrɛktər ʤoʊ əlˈbɔ. nu jɔrk taɪmz (sɛpt. 22 əv ɔl ðə ənˈjuˌʒuəl pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈmɛrɪʤɪz ðət hæv rɪˈzəltɪd frəm ðə ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæk ɔn əˈmɛrɪkə, fju ər ɛz ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ɛz ðə wən bɪtˈwin ˈhɪləri ˈrɔdəm ˈklɪntən ənd ˈrudɔlf ˈdəbəlju. ˌʤuliˈɑni. ðə tu wər ˈbɪtər ˈraɪvəlz fər ˈsɛvərəl mənθs læst jɪr fər ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈsɛnɪt. wən ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ˌɪnˈkludɪd ðə meɪərz ˈhɑpɪŋ tɪ ˈɑrkənˌsɑ fər ə fju aʊərz tɪ dɪˈnaʊns ˈmɪsɪz. ˈklɪntən ɔn wət hi, nɑt soʊ ˈsətəli, ˈpɔɪntɪd aʊt wɑz hər tru hoʊm tərf. ˈmɪstər. ˌʤuliˈɑni ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli drɑpt aʊt əv ðə reɪs wɪn hi ˈlərnɪd hi hæd ˈprɑˌsteɪt ˈkænsər, bət ðə ˌænəˈmɑsəti bɪtˈwin ðɛm rɪˈmeɪnd. ʤəmp tɪ ðə deɪ ˈæftər tu ˈtɛrərɪst pleɪnz slæmd ˈɪntu ðə wərld treɪd ˈsɛnər, ənd ðə tu ˈfɔrmər ˈraɪvəlz wər ˈʃɛrɪŋ ə ˈpraɪvət həg. sɪns ðɛn, ðə meɪər ənd ðə ˈsɛnətər frəm nu jɔrk hæv dɪˈvɛləpt ə ˈvɪzəbli ˈkɔrʤəl, ɪf nɑt ˈdaʊnˌraɪt wɔrm, riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp, ˈwərkɪŋ ˈkloʊsli təˈgɛðər ˈoʊpənli ənd bɪˈhaɪnd ðə sinz ɔn θɪŋz laɪk sɪˈkjʊrɪŋ 20 ˈbɪljən frəm ˈkɑŋgrəs fər nu jɔrks rɪˈkəvəri, ˈkəmfərtɪŋ ˈstrɪkən ˈfæməliz ənd ˈfɪgjərɪŋ aʊt haʊ tɪ gɪt ðə moʊst aʊt əv ˈfɛdərəl ˈeɪʤənsiz əˈsɪstɪŋ ɪn dɪˈzæstər rɪˈlif. waɪl ɔn ðɛr ˈmɛni ˈwɔkɪŋ tʊrz əv ðə ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪd saɪt, ðə meɪər ɪz ˈɔfən raɪt nɛkst tɪ ˈsɛnətər ˈklɪntən, æt taɪmz kənˈsəltɪŋ wɪθ hər ɪn ˈwɪspərz ənd, ɪn laɪt ˈmoʊmənts, ˈɛlˌboʊɪŋ hər wɪθ ə ˈlɪtəl ʤoʊk. waɪl ðə nu riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɪz ɪn ˈmɛni weɪz ən ˈaʊtˌgroʊθ əv ˈhævɪŋ tɪ lʊk aʊt fər nu jɔrk steɪts bɛst ˈɪntərɪsts, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ əˈpɪrz tɪ mɑrk ˈmɪsɪz. ˈklɪntənz fʊl trænˈzɪʃən frəm ə ˈfɔrmər fərst ˈleɪdi hu ˈhæpənd tɪ hoʊld ə ˈsɛnɪt sit tɪ tru ˈfɛdərəl ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtər, wɪθ ɔl ðə slivz ðət ðə pəˈzɪʃən ɪnˈteɪlz. əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs (ɔkt. 2 soʊ fɑr, ˈklɪntənz ˈɛfərts hæv bɪn well-received*. "ɪt simz ˈɔlˌmoʊst kræs tɪ seɪ ɪt, bət ɪf ˈɛniˌwən həz ˈprɑfətəd frəm ðɪs ˈplɪtɪkli ɪt ɪz ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən," ˈrətgərz ˌjunəˈvərsəti pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈsaɪəntɪst rɔs ˈbeɪkər sɛd. ˈklɪntən, hi sɛd, həz bɪn ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk aɪ səˈpɔrtɪŋ ˈgrivɪŋ ˈfaɪərˌfaɪtərz, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl wɪˈθaʊt məˈnɑpəˌlaɪzɪŋ ðə ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt. ˈklɪntən rɪˈsivd hər haɪəst əˈpruvəl ˈreɪtɪŋ ˈɛvər, 59 pərˈsɛnt, ɪn ə ˌjunəˈvərsəti poʊl əv nu jɔrk steɪt ˈvoʊtərz riˈlist ˈtuzˌdeɪ. "aɪ θɪŋk ʃiz ˈhændəld hərˈsɛlf ˈsupərbli," ˈfɔrmər nu jɔrk meɪər ɛd kɔʧ sɛd. ˈdɑnəld trəmp nu jɔrk taɪmz (sɛpt. 12 ˈdɑnəld trəmp, hu oʊnz səm 20 ˈbɪldɪŋz ɪn mænˈhætən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə 40 wɔl strit, sɛd ɪmˈplɔɪiz ðɛr ˈskræmbəld ˈoʊvər paɪlz əv dəˈbri ə fʊt ər tu haɪ tɪ gɪt aʊt ənd, ɪn ˈmɛni ˈkeɪsɪz, meɪd ðɛr weɪ tɪ ˈbrʊklɪn. ˈmɪstər. trəmp sɛd səm ˈɑkjəpənts əv hɪz ˈbɪldɪŋz ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd ɔn ðɛr oʊn tɪ liv, bət ˈmɛni ˈɑptɪd tɪ steɪ bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti ˈfaɪndɪŋ ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən hoʊm. hi sɛd hi ənd ˈəðər ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈoʊnərz wʊd ˈseɪfti, bət hi ækˈnɑlɪʤd haʊ ˈdɪfəkəlt ɪt wɑz tɪ gɑrd əˈgɛnst ən ɛr əˈtæk. "wɪn ðeɪ stɑrt ˈdilɪŋ wɪθ ˈɛrpleɪnz, ðæts bɪɔnd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ju kən du bət brɪŋ ɪn ðə ɛr fɔrs tɪ gɪt ðɛm ˌbiˈfɔr ðeɪ gɪt ju," hi sɛd. ˈnuzˌdeɪ (sɛpt. 14 ˈfɔrˌklɪfts ənd smɔl trəks ˈrəmbəl θru, ɛz ˈrɛˌskjuərz ənd ˈdɑktərz ʤəmp aʊt əv ðə weɪ. ðə dɛks əv ˈseɪlˌboʊts mʊrd ɪn ðə nɔrθ koʊv mərˈinə ər paɪld haɪ wɪθ dəst. ðə ˈwərkərz ər soʊ wɔrn aʊt ðət ðeɪ ˈbɛrli glæns æt ðə saɪt əv ˈdɑnəld trəmp, ˈɛvəri hɛr ɪn pleɪs ənd ˌɪmˈpɛkəbli drɛst ɪn ə blæk sut, prɛst waɪt ʃərt ənd rɛd taɪ, ˈwɔkɪŋ ˈɪntu ðə ˈplɑzə wɪθ hɪz ˈsɛljələr foʊn tɪ hɪz ɪr. "noʊ, noʊ. ðə ˈbɪldɪŋz gɔn," hi sɪz ˈɪntu ðə foʊn. nu jɔrk poʊst (sɛpt. 18 æt fərst, ˈdɑnəld trəmp ˈdɪdənt wɔnt tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə ˈtɛrəbəl ɪˈvɛnts ðət hæv ʧeɪnʤd ɑr ˈsɪtiz ˈskaɪˌlaɪn mɔr ðən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ðə həz ˈɛvər ɪˈrɛktɪd. bət ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ, wi dɪd tɔk ɔn ðə foʊn əˈbaʊt wət ʃʊd ˈhæpən æt ðə saɪt əv ðə wərld treɪd ˈsɛnər. "wəns ðeɪ gɪt ɪt klɪrd ənd ðət ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə ˈvɛri lɔŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs wi wɪl ɔl hæv ə ˈbɛtər aɪˈdiə əv wət kən bi dən ɔn ðə saɪt," trəmp sɛd. "ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈmaɪndˌsɛt ɪz tɪ pʊt əp nu taʊərz, ənd aɪ əˈgri wɪθ ðət." bət, hi sɛd, ðeɪ ˈʃʊdənt bi ˈrɛplɪkəz əv ðə daʊnd ˈbɪldɪŋz. "tɪ bi blənt, ðeɪ wər nɑt greɪt ˈbɪldɪŋz," hi sɛd. "ðeɪ ˈoʊnli bɪˈkeɪm greɪt əˈpɑn ðɛr dɪˈmaɪz læst ˈtuzˌdeɪ." wət trəmp ɪz ˈθɪŋkɪŋ əv ɪz greɪt, kəˈmændɪŋ ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər. "wət goʊz əp ðɛr ʃʊd bi ə fɔrm əv məˈmɔriəl tɪ ðə dɛd," hi sɛd. "ðə ˈbɪldɪŋz nid tɪ bi ə ˈsteɪtmənt əv ɑr feɪθ ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər." trəmp (hu ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ɪˈrɛktɪŋ ðə wərldz ˈtɔlɪst ˈbɪldɪŋ ɪn ʃəˈkɑˌgoʊ ənd hu həz ðə wərldz haɪəst əˈpɑrtmənt ˈbɪldɪŋ əˈkrɔs frəm ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz) sɛd hi ˈdɪdənt θɪŋk ˈpipəl wʊd bi əˈfreɪd tɪ lɪv ər wərk haɪ əp ˈæftər læst wiks ˈaʊˌtreɪʤ. "ðɪs ɪz ə ˈsɪti ˈlɑrʤli beɪst ɔn greɪt ˈskaɪˌskreɪpərz, ənd ðeɪ wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz bi ðə ˈɛsəns əv nu jɔrk," hi sɛd. "ðət woʊnt ʧeɪnʤ, ʤɪst ɛz ðə ˈkɛrɪktər əv ðə ˈpipəl hu lɪv hir wɪl nɑt bi ˈɔltərd baɪ ðɪs ˈtræʤədi." nu jɔrk poʊst (sɛpt. 26 haʊərd stərn həz pʊt hɪz strɛŋθ bɪˈhaɪnd ðə wərld treɪd ˈsɛnər rɪˈlif ˈɛfərt, ˈgɪtɪŋ hɪz ˈliʤənz əv fænz tɪ ˈdoʊˌneɪt mɔr ðən ˈmɪljən soʊ fɑr tɪ ðə twɪn taʊərz fənd. sɪns læst ˈfraɪˌdeɪ, stərn həz ərʤd hɪz lɔɪəl ˈlɪsənərz tɪ kɔl wən əv tu ˈnəmbərz ənd plɛʤ æt list 5 tɪ ðə ˈʧɛrɪti, wɪʧ wɑz ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ meɪər ˌʤuliˈɑni. ˈθaʊzənz əv smɔl doʊˈneɪʃənz hæv pɔrd ɪn, ənd stərnz fænz hæv fɔrkt ˈoʊvər səbˈstænʃəl səmz. dɪˈvɛləpər ˈdɑnəld trəmp, hu ˈɔfən kɔlz ɪn tɪ stərnz ʃoʊ, kɪkt ɪn |
hillary clinton toured ground zero the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks (associated press)
there is an inherent imbalance in any 9/11 comparison involving hillary clinton and donald trump. clinton was a u.s. senator from new york at the time, while trump was a private citizen. expectations of their responses were different — and rightly so.
but while campaigning for president 15 years later, both have sought to cast themselves as leaders in a time of crisis. "i worked closely with new yorkers after 9/11 for my entire first term to rebuild," clinton said at a democratic debate last fall. trump told the crowd at a rally in buffalo in april that he helped clear rubble at ground zero.
it is also worth remembering that trump flirted with a presidential run in 2000. so, yes, he was a businessman, not a public official. but he clearly had white house ambitions, even then.
to see how clinton and trump appeared in the public eye at the time — not how they would like to be seen now — i have compiled excerpts of media coverage during the weeks after the terrorist attacks.
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cnn (sept. 13): judy woodruff, cnn correspondent: joining us now from the capitol, the senator from the state of new york, hillary clinton. senator clinton, we have been listening to some heartbreaking stories from people looking for loved ones. can you bring us any new information about recovery efforts there?
clinton: judy, they continue. they continue, even as we speak. they will continue as long as it is humanly to hope that we can find any survivors. we had some good news today when we found some of our firefighters and another citizen. so we are far from giving up on this aspect of this search and rescue mission.
associated press (sept. 13): president bush has promised new york state $20 billion in aid for the attack that leveled the world trade center in new york city, said the state's u.s. senators thursday.
sens. charles schumer and hillary rodham clinton emerged late thursday afternoon from a white house meeting with the president, saying he had pledged the additional aid specifically for new york.
the two democratic senators asked for the amount after touring the devastation in lower manhattan wednesday night, accompanied by federal emergency management agency director joe allbaugh.
new york times (sept. 22): of all the unusual political marriages that have resulted from the terrorist attack on america, few are as intriguing as the one between hillary rodham clinton and rudolph w. giuliani.
the two were bitter rivals for several months last year for the united states senate. one highlight included the mayor's hopping to arkansas for a few hours to denounce mrs. clinton on what he, not so subtly, pointed out was her true home turf. mr. giuliani eventually dropped out of the race when he learned he had prostate cancer, but the animosity between them remained. jump to the day after two terrorist planes slammed into the world trade center, and the two former rivals were sharing a private hug.
since then, the mayor and the senator from new york have developed a visibly cordial, if not downright warm, relationship, working closely together openly and behind the scenes on things like securing $20 billion from congress for new york's recovery, comforting stricken families and figuring out how to get the most out of federal agencies assisting in disaster relief. while on their many walking tours of the devastated site, the mayor is often right next to senator clinton, at times consulting with her in whispers and, in light moments, elbowing her with a little joke.
while the new relationship is in many ways an outgrowth of having to look out for new york state's best interests, it also appears to mark mrs. clinton's full transition from a former first lady who happened to hold a senate seat to true federal legislator, with all the rolled-up sleeves that the position entails.
associated press (oct. 2): so far, clinton's efforts have been well-received.
"it seems almost crass to say it, but if anyone has profited from this politically it is hillary clinton," rutgers university political scientist ross baker said. clinton, he said, has been in the public eye — supporting grieving firefighters, for example — without monopolizing the limelight.
clinton received her highest approval rating ever, 59 percent, in a quinnipiac university poll of new york state voters released tuesday.
"i think she's handled herself superbly," former new york mayor ed koch said.
donald trump
new york times (sept. 12): donald trump, who owns some 20 buildings in manhattan, including the 72-story 40 wall street, said employees there scrambled over piles of debris a foot or two high to get out and, in many cases, made their way to brooklyn.
mr. trump said some occupants of his buildings decided on their own to leave, but many opted to stay because of the difficulty finding transportation home. he said he and other building owners would re-examine safety, but he acknowledged how difficult it was to guard against an air attack.
"when they start dealing with airplanes, that's beyond anything you can do but bring in the air force to get them before they get you," he said.
newsday (sept. 14): forklifts and small trucks rumble through, as rescuers and doctors jump out of the way. the decks of sailboats moored in the north cove marina are piled high with dust.
the workers are so worn out that they barely glance at the sight of donald trump, every hair in place and impeccably dressed in a black suit, pressed white shirt and red tie, walking into the plaza with his cellular phone to his ear.
"no, no. the building's gone," he says into the phone.
new york post (sept. 18): at first, donald trump didn't want to talk about the terrible events that have changed our city's skyline more than anything the mega-developer has ever erected. but yesterday, we did talk on the phone about what should happen at the site of the world trade center.
"once they get it cleared - and that is going to be a very long process - we will all have a better idea of what can be done on the site," trump said. "the current mindset is to put up new towers, and i agree with that."
but, he said, they shouldn't be replicas of the downed buildings. "to be blunt, they were not great buildings," he said. "they only became great upon their demise last tuesday."
what trump is thinking of is great, commanding architecture. "what goes up there should be a form of memorial to the dead," he said. "the buildings need to be a soul-soaring statement of our faith in the future."
trump (who is looking at erecting the world's tallest building in chicago and who has the world's highest apartment building across from the united nations) said he didn't think people would be afraid to live or work high up after last week's outrage.
"this is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and they will always be the essence of new york," he said. "that won't change, just as the character of the people who live here will not be altered by this tragedy."
new york post (sept. 26): howard stern has put his shock-jock strength behind the world trade center relief effort, getting his legions of fans to donate more than $1.5 million so far to the twin towers fund.
since last friday, stern has urged his loyal listeners to call one of two toll-free numbers and pledge at least $5 to the charity, which was established by mayor giuliani. ... thousands of small donations have poured in, and stern's well-to-do fans have forked over substantial sums.
developer donald trump, who often calls in to stern's show, kicked in $10,000. | frəm raɪən grɪm ənd sæm staɪn: ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn ɪz pɔɪzd tɪ rip ˈbɪljənz mɔr ɪn ˈfɛdərəl fəndz, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈsɔrsəz kloʊz tɪ ðə dɪˈskəʃənz. ðə ˈkɑnˌfaɪnz əv ðə ˈbəʤɪt nɪˌgoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz ɪˈstæblɪʃt baɪ ðə tu ˈpɑrtiz rɪˈzəlts ɪn ə ˈsɪstəm wɛr ˈɛvəri ˈɛkstrə ˈdɔlər goʊɪŋ tɪ ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈspɛndɪŋ ɛndz əp biɪŋ ˈɔfˌsɛt baɪ ə ˈdɔlər rɪˈdəkʃən ɪn ˈspɛndɪŋ ɔn dəˈmɛstɪk ˈsoʊʃəl ˈproʊˌgræmz. ˈdɛməˌkræts ənd rɪˈpəblɪkənz ər naʊ ˈmuvɪŋ təˈwɔrd ən əˈgrimənt ðət wʊd ˌɪnˈkris dɪˈfɛns ˈspɛndɪŋ. bət ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈsɔrsəz kloʊz tɪ ðə tɔks sɛd ðə democrats’*’ ˈspɛndɪŋ ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən rɪˈmeɪnz ˈrəfli 2 ˈbɪljən ʃaɪ əv ðət əv ðɛr rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkaʊntərˌpɑrts. ju pləs əp ðoʊz ˈɛriəz together,”*,” wən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk əˈfɪʃəl sɛd, ˈhæpənz ɪz ju hæv tɪ teɪk ɪt frəm ˈsəmˌwɛr ɛls. ənd wɛr ər ju ˈteɪkɪŋ ɪt frəm? frəm ˈleɪbər, ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, ðə [ˈnæʃənəl ˈɪnstɪˌtuts əv hɛlθ], hɛlθ kɛr, ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈseɪfti nɛt. haʊ ðeɪ ər traɪɪŋ tɪ ʤæm us.”*.” ˈfeɪvərɪt kwoʊt: rɪˈpəblɪkənz seɪ ðət ˈdɛməˌkræts nu frəm ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ðət prəˈpoʊzd kəts tɪ dɪˈfɛns ˈspɛndɪŋ wʊd bi rɪˈʤɛktɪd. ənd bɪˈkəz rɪˈpəblɪkənz ˈriʤɛkt ɪt, ðət minz wi kənˈtɪnju tɪ dɪˈmænd ɪt? gʊd, lɛt ðə rɪˈpəblɪkənz ʃət daʊn ðə ˈpɛnɪˌgɑn bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ˈrɛfˌjuz tɪ əkˈsɛpt ðə prəˈpoʊzəl. laɪk dɛr. ðeɪ wouldn’t*. bət aɪ ʤɪst bɪˈliv ɑr gaɪz blɪŋk. |
from ryan grim and sam stein:
[t]he pentagon is poised to reap billions more in federal funds, according to sources close to the discussions. the confines of the budget negotiations established by the two parties results in a system where every extra dollar going to military spending ends up being offset by a dollar reduction in spending on domestic social programs.
democrats and republicans are now moving toward an agreement that would increase defense spending. but democratic sources close to the talks said the democrats’ spending recommendation remains roughly $2 billion shy of that of their republican counterparts.
“if you plus up those areas together,” one high-ranking democratic official said, “what happens is you have to take it from somewhere else. and where are you taking it from? from labor, education, the nih [national institutes of health], health care, the social safety net. that’s how they are trying to jam us.”
favorite quote:
republicans say that democrats knew from the beginning that proposed cuts to defense spending would be rejected.
and because republicans reject it, that means we can’t continue to demand it? good, let the republicans shut down the pentagon because they refuse to accept the president’s proposal. like they’d dare. they wouldn’t. but i just can’t believe our guys won’t blink. | we’ve* sin ðə læst ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈeɪʤənts əv s.h.i.e.l.d*. ˌbiˈfɔr ðə riˈlis əv: eɪʤ əv ənd hir ər ə fju θɪŋz ju maɪt wɔnt tɪ noʊ. ɪt lidz raɪt ˈɪntu ‘‘avengers*: eɪʤ əv ultron’*’ ənd nɑt ʤɪst bɪˈkəz ˈdərti half-dozen”*” ɪz kæpt ɔf wɪθ ə klɪp frəm ðə ˈmuvi. nɑt ˈoʊnli ər ðɛr ə fju ˈnɪfti ˈistər ɛgz tɪ lʊk ˈfɔrwərd tɪ, ˈeɪʤənts əv s.h.i.e.l.d*. ˈsizən 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 19 spɛlz aʊt ɪgˈzæktli haʊ ðə ˈkɑnflɪkts əv ðə ʃoʊ wɪl ˌɪmˈpækt ðə ənd ˈivɪn waɪ ɪt ɔl ˈhæpənz ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. ðə ɔl hir, ənd nɑt ˈhæpi jɛs, ˈeɪʤənts əv s.h.i.e.l.d*. ˈsizən 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 19 dɪz ˌɪnˈklud ə ““reunion”*” əv ðə six,”*,” ɛz ɪt wər. ˈkaʊlsən, meɪ, skaɪ, fɪts, ˈsɪmənz, ənd wɔrd du goʊ ɔn ə ˈmɪʃən təˈgɛðər, ənd ðeɪ du ˈmænɪʤ tɪ wərk ɛz ə tim. (ˈmoʊstli.) bət fænz ɪkˈspɛkt oʊld ˈgrivənsɪz tɪ ˌdɪsəˈpɪr nɑt ˈivɪn kloʊz. ðə ˈdiʤə vu əv ðɛr riˈunjən stərz əp ˈəgli ˈfilɪŋz fər ðoʊz hu hæv bɪn hərt baɪ wɔrd; ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli, ðoʊz ˈfilɪŋz goʊ bɪɔnd wərdz ˈɪntu ə ˈfɪzɪkəl ˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃən wɪʧ wɪl liv vjuərz hɑrts ˈpaʊndɪŋ. ðə gɑnˈzɑləs θɪŋ ɪz bɪˈkəmɪŋ ə ˈprɑbləm ˈdərti half-dozen”*” meɪks ɪt ˈklɪrər ðən ˈɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr ðət ˈkaʊlsən ənd gɑnˈzɑləs ər ˈvɛri ɛz foʊz. boʊθ mɛn hæv ɪˈlæbərˌeɪt plɑts ɪn pleɪ, ənd boʊθ ər ˈkipɪŋ ˈsikrɪts frəm ˈpipəl ðeɪ kleɪm tɪ trəst. gɑnˈzɑləs ənd ˈkaʊlsən iʧ sim ˈkɑnfədənt ðət ðeɪ hæv ðə ˈəpər hænd ɛz ðeɪ ədˈvæns ðɛr ˈpisɪz əˈkrɔs ðə ˌmɛtəˈfɔrɪkəl ˈʧɛsˌbɔrd, bət vjuərz wɪl bi lɛs ʃʊr hu ɪz ˈrɪli ˈwɪnɪŋ. əˈspɛʃəli ɛz ðɛr ˈvæstli dɪˈvərʤənt goʊlz θˈrɛtən tɪ poʊk hoʊlz ɪn ðɛr ˈtrəstɪd ˈɔfɪsərz ənd ˈivɪn s.h.i.e.l.d*. ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ˈɑrtɪkəl kənˈtɪnjuz bɪˈloʊ ˈsəmˌwən sˈwɪʧɪz saɪdz sɔrt əv ˈmɛni ˈkɛrɪktərz ɔn ðə ʃoʊ ˌɪnˈhɪbət ˈvɛriəs ʃeɪdz əv greɪ, bət ˈeɪʤənts əv s.h.i.e.l.d*. ˈsizən 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 19 meɪks ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ ʧeɪnʤ fər wən əv ðiz ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt ˈeɪʤənts. baɪ ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd, ðɪs ˈkɛrɪktər faɪndz bæk ɪn ðə ræŋks əv s.h.i.e.l.d*. əˈpɛrəntli ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli. ðə nu dɪˈvɛləpmənt brɪŋz əˈnəðər strɔŋ ˌpərsəˈnælɪti tɪ ðə ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd, ənd ˈoʊpənz əp ˈsɛvərəl ˌɪnˈtrigɪŋ ˈɔpʃənz fər fˈjuʧər ˈɛpɪˌsoʊdz ˈθeɪtə ˈproʊtəˌkɔl ɪz rɪˈvild ðə ˈaʊˌtlaɪnz əv ˈθeɪtə ˈproʊtəˌkɔl, wɪʧ ˈkaʊlsən həz bɪn ˈkipɪŋ ˈsikrɪt, əˈpɪr tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈɛvədənt baɪ æt ðə ɛnd əv ˈdərti half-dozen.”*.” ənd ðoʊ ðə ˈditeɪlz ənd ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃənz ər veɪg, ʤɪst seɪ ðət ˈθeɪtə ɪz məʧ ˈbɪgər ðən wi wər ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ. oʊ, ənd ˈsəmˌwən daɪz nɑt ˈɛvriˌbɑdi meɪks ɪt aʊt əv tim ˈmɪʃən əˈlaɪv ənd ˈprɪti ˈʃɑkɪŋ tɪ si ɪgˈzæktli wət goʊz daʊn. ˈeɪʤənts əv s.h.i.e.l.d*. ˈsizən 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 19 ˈdərti half-dozen,”*,” ɛrz ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ˈeɪprəl 28 æt p.m*. ɔn ˈeɪˌbiˌsi. wət ər jʊr tɔp ˈθɪriz fər əv s.h.i.e.l.d.’*.’ ˈsizən 2 ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd 19 |
we’ve seen the last episode of agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. before the release of avengers: age of ultron – and here are a few things you might want to know.
it leads right into ‘avengers: age of ultron’
and not just because “the dirty half-dozen” is capped off with a clip from the movie. not only are there a few nifty easter eggs to look forward to, agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. season 2, episode 19 spells out exactly how the conflicts of the show will impact the avengers – and even why it all happens in the first place.
the gang’s all here, and they’re not happy
yes, agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. season 2, episode 19 does include a “reunion” of the show’s “original six,” as it were. coulson, may, skye, fitz, simmons, and ward do go on a mission together, and they do manage to work as a team. (mostly.)
but fans shouldn’t expect old grievances to disappear – not even close. the deja vu of their reunion stirs up ugly feelings for those who have been hurt by ward; eventually, those feelings go beyond words into a physical confrontation which will leave viewers hearts pounding.
the gonzales thing is becoming a problem
“the dirty half-dozen” makes it clearer than ever before that coulson and gonzales are very well-matched as foes. both men have elaborate plots in play, and both are keeping secrets from people they claim to trust. gonzales and coulson each seem confident that they have the upper hand as they advance their pieces across the metaphorical chessboard, but viewers will be less sure who is really winning.
especially as their vastly divergent goals threaten to poke holes in their trusted officers – and even s.h.i.e.l.d. itself.
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someone switches sides – sort of
many characters on the show inhibit various shades of gray, but agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. season 2, episode 19 makes an interesting change for one of these independent agents. by the end of the episode, this character finds him/herself back in the ranks of s.h.i.e.l.d. – apparently permanently. the new development brings another strong personality to the playground, and opens up several intriguing options for future episodes
theta protocol is revealed
the outlines of oft-teased theta protocol, which coulson has been keeping oppressively secret, appear to become evident by at the end of “the dirty half-dozen.” and though the details and implications are vague, we’ll just say that theta is much bigger than we were expecting.
oh, and someone dies
not everybody makes it out of team coulson’s mission alive – and it’s pretty shocking to see exactly what goes down.
agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. season 2, episode 19, “the dirty half-dozen,” airs on tuesday, april 28 at 9:00 p.m. on abc.
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[ˈəpˌdeɪt (ɔkt. 12 p.m*. ɛt): sɛnt ə ˈsteɪtmənt ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ: ðɪs wik mɑrk ʤeɪmz wɑz səˈspɛndɪd fər ə wik ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt əv hɪz ˌɪnəˈproʊpriɪt ˈækʃənz ənd həz ˈrɪtən ən əˈpɑləˌʤi ɪkˈsprɛsɪŋ hɪz regret.”*.”] ˈlæbəri geɪv mi ə ˈriˌkæp ˈsɪmələr tɪ wət ʃi həz sɛd ɪn ˈəðər ˈɪntərvˌjuz. ðə ˈrisənt ˈjuˈmæs ˈæmərst ˈgræʤəˌweɪt sɛd ʃi wɑz ˈwərkɪŋ æt ə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ʃut wɪn ʤeɪmz əˈproʊʧt hər ənd sɛd hi wɑz ɪn ðə ˌɛnərˈteɪnmənt ˈɪndəstri. ˈθɪŋkɪŋ hi maɪt bi ə gʊd prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈkɑnˌtækt, ˈlæbəri geɪv ɪm hər ˈnəmbər. ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst fju mənθs, ʃi ˈnɛvər ˈfɪzɪkəli sɔ ɪm əˈgɛn, bət hi wʊd tɛkst hər əˈbaʊt ˈhæŋɪŋ aʊt, ɛz wɛl ɛz sɛnd ˌənsəˈlɪsɪtɪd ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ər ˈvɪdioʊz əv ɪm æt wərk. ʃi toʊld mi ʃi wʊd ˈiðər seɪ ʃi wɑz ˈbɪzi ər rɪˈspɑnd. ʃi ˈfɪgjərd gɪt ðə ˈmɛsɪʤ, ənd ʃi wɔnt ɪm tɪ pəˈtɛnʃəli hərt hər prəˈfɛʃənəl kərɪr. ˈrɪli ʤɪst hoʊpt hi wʊd teɪk ðə hɪnt soʊ aɪ hæv tɪ hərt hɪz ˈfilɪŋz directly,”*,” ʃi sɛd, ˈleɪtər ˈædɪŋ, ˈɑbviəsli ˈwəri əˈbaʊt maɪn æt all.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ər bɪˈloʊ. ˈlæbəri ɪz ɪn blu; ʤeɪmz ɪz ɪn greɪ. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt hi blu əp, aɪ wɑz ɪn ˌdɪsbɪˈlif. aɪ hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə ðɪs prəˈfɛʃənəl, mæn hu wərks wɪθ mi ɪn ðə ˈɪndəstri həz ˈnɛvər ˈgɔtən rɪˈʤɛkʃən before,”*,” ˈlæbəri toʊld mi. ʤɪst simd tɪ ˌɪməˈtjʊr ənd ˈʧaɪldɪʃ ɪt ˈbæfəld mi. waɪ aɪ kɛpt responding.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt rɪˈpɔrtər ˈɑli rid gɑt ɪn ˈkɑnˌtækt wɪθ ʤeɪmz. ðə ˈæŋkər toʊld hər ðət ðoʊz tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz wər nɑt ɔn hɪz foʊn, ənd ðət ˈsəmˌwən ɛls wɑz ˈhoʊldɪŋ hɪz foʊn æt ðə taɪm ðə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz wər sɛnt. frəm rɪˈpɔrt ɔn hər blɔg: əv ɔl, aɪ kən tɛl ju ðət aɪ wɑz wɪθ ə bənʧ əv ˈpipəl læst naɪt ˈwɑʧɪŋ ˈkɑlɪʤ ˈfʊtˌbɔl, ənd wən əv ðə ˈpipəl aɪ wɑz wɪθ wɑz ə gərl, ənd ʃi ˈmɛnʃənd ‘‘hey*, ˈgɪtɪŋ səm tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤ frəm ðɪs gərl, alyssa’*’ tɪ wɪʧ aɪ rɪˈplaɪd ðət aɪ hæd æst hər tɪ mit əp. ˈæftər ðə gərl θru ɑr ˈpriviəs tɛksts, ʃi ˈmɛnʃənd ðət əˈlɪsə wɑz biɪŋ ə bɪʧ tɪ mi, ənd ˈwɔntɪd tɪ goʊ bæk ənd fɔrθ wɪθ hər. (ˈoʊvər tɛkst) aɪ sɛd tɪ nɑt du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ æt ɔl, ənd tɪ nɑt tɛl hər ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. soʊ ðɛn ˈæftər siɪŋ ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl, ənd nɑt ˈfaɪndɪŋ ðə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤ ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ɔn maɪ foʊn, aɪ riʧt aʊt tɪ ðə gərl hu ðɛn toʊld mi ʃi hæd blɑkt ənd dɪˈlitəd her…*… (frəm maɪ foʊn) soʊ aɪ hæd noʊ aɪˈdiə. ðə foʊn wɑz nɑt ɪn maɪ hænz fər ðət ˈpɪriəd əv taɪm læst naɪt ənd aɪ kən ˌgɛrənˈti ju ðət nən əv ðoʊz tɛksts ər ɔn maɪ foʊn. aɪ wɑz ɪkˈstrimli aɪˈreɪt wɪn aɪ rɛd ðɪs, (ˈɑrtɪkəl ˈrɪtən baɪ beɪb) ənd ðɪs ɪz ˈdɛfənətli nɑt me…*… æt ɔl, æt all.”*.” ʤeɪmz ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ðə ˈvɪdioʊz hi sɛnt wər ə rɪˈzəlt əv ɪm ɔl hɪz frɛndz. hi dɪd nɑt gɪv rid ðə neɪm əv ðə ˈəðər ˈpərsən hu maɪt hæv sɛnt ðə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤɪz tɪ ˈlæbəri. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt rid dəg əraʊnd ɔn ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt ənd faʊnd ðət ʤeɪmz juzd tɪ wərk ˈəndər ðə neɪm benarzyk”*” bət stɑpt ˈjuzɪŋ ɪt (ə blɔg əˈbaʊt saʊθ ˈflɔrɪdə spɔrts ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈɔlsoʊ sɪz hi ʧeɪnʤd hɪz neɪm). ðə æˈtlæntə ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɪn 2015 ðət ʤeɪmz hæd bɪn faɪərd frəm æˈtlæntə ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈsteɪʃən ðə geɪm wɪθ noʊ klɪr ˈrizən fər hɪz dɪˈpɑrʧər. wən ˈrumər ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə rɪˈpɔrt wɑz ðət ʤeɪmz wɑz traɪɪŋ tɪ gɪt ˈɔtəˌgræfs frəm mɛts pleɪərz. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ tɔkt tɪ ˈsɛvərəl ˈfɔrmər ˈkoʊˈwərkərz, hu ˈriˌleɪd ˈstɔriz laɪk ðɪs: ˈfɔrmər pɑrt taɪm fər 1040 pæt ˈdɑnəvən, ˌriˈkaʊntɪd ə stroʊl hi wəns tʊk wɪθ ʤeɪmz əraʊnd ðə ˈbeɪsˈbɔl fild. ˈæˌkʧuəli wən taɪm æst mi tɪ wɔk əraʊnd ðə ˈbɔlˌpɑrk wɪθ ɪm soʊ ðət hi kʊd tɔk tɪ gərlz. hi sɔ ðɪs ʧɪk ənd haʊ hɑt ʃi wɑz ənd hi hæd toʊld mi ðət hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ hɪt ɔn hər. hi kəmz əˈkrɔs ɛz ðɪs ˈkɑnfədənt mæn, bət wɪn ju gɪt tɪ noʊ ɪm ˈivɪn ʤɪst ə ˈlɪtəl bɪt, ju kən si raɪt θru ðət, ənd ju ˈriəˌlaɪz haʊ ˌənbəˈlivəbli ˌsɛlfˈkɑnʃəs hi is…*… laɪk, ɪkˈsidɪŋli. hi ɪz wən əv ðə fju ˈpipəl ðət aɪ hæv ˈɛvər sɛd tɪ hɪz feɪs ðət dɪsˈlaɪk you’*’, ənd, ə bæd person’.”*’.” aɪ sin ʤeɪmz kˈwoʊtɪd ˈɛniˌwɛr sɪns rɪˈpɔrt. ˈlæbəri toʊld mi ðət təˈnaɪt ʤeɪmz ˈtɛkstɪd hər ən əˈpɑləˌʤi. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt [beɪb ˈɑli rid] kərˈɛkʃən: ən ˈərliər ˈvərʒən sɛd ðət ʤeɪmz sɛnt ˈlæbəri ˌənsəˈlɪsɪtɪd ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ər ˈvɪdioʊz əv ɪm ˈwərkɪŋ aʊt. hi sɛnt hər ˌənsəˈlɪsɪtɪd ˈpɪkʧərz əv hɪmˈsɛlf æt wərk. |
alyssa labrie first posted on facebook privately over the weekend, saying new england sports network anchor marc james exploded at her in a string of angry text messages after she said she didn’t want to get drinks with him. labrie told me that after she heard from people saying it needed to be known, she made the post public. she’s since talked to reporters as well as nesn, and said that she heard back from them that the tv network was taking the claim seriously.
so far, nesn hasn’t said a word publicly. i’ve emailed spokesman gary roy and left him a voicemail but have not heard back. awful announcing cited a nesn source saying james was suspended for two days.
[update (oct. 12, 1:31 p.m. et): nesn sent deadspin a statement on thursday: “earlier this week marc james was suspended for a week as a result of his inappropriate actions and has written an apology expressing his regret.”]
labrie gave me a recap similar to what she has said in other interviews. the recent umass amherst graduate said she was working at a photo shoot when james approached her and said he was in the entertainment industry. thinking he might be a good professional contact, labrie gave him her number. over the next few months, she never physically saw him again, but he would text her about hanging out, as well as send unsolicited photos or videos of him at work. she told me she would either say she was busy or didn’t respond. she figured he’d get the message, and she didn’t want him to potentially hurt her professional career.
“i really just hoped he would take the hint so i wouldn’t have to hurt his feelings directly,” she said, later adding, “he obviously didn’t worry about mine at all.”
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the text messages are below. labrie is in blue; james is in grey.
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“when he blew up, i was in disbelief. i had no idea this professional, older-than-me man who works with me in the industry has never gotten rejection before,” labrie told me. “he just seemed to immature and childish ... it baffled me. why i kept responding.”
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reporter ali reid got in contact with james. the nesn anchor told her that those text messages were not on his phone, and that someone else was holding his phone at the time the text messages were sent. from reid’s report on her blog:
“first of all, i can tell you that i was with a bunch of people last night watching college football, and one of the people i was with was a girl, and she mentioned ‘hey, you’re getting some text message from this girl, alyssa’ to which i replied that i had asked her to meet up. after the girl scrolled through our previous texts, she mentioned that alyssa was being a bitch to me, and wanted to go back and forth with her. (over text) i said to not do anything at all, and to not tell her anything. so then after seeing this article, and not finding the text message exchange on my phone, i reached out to the girl who then told me she had blocked and deleted her… (from my phone) so i had no idea. the phone was not in my hands for that period of time last night and i can guarantee you that none of those texts are on my phone. i was extremely irate when i read this, (article written by babe) and this is definitely not me… at all, at all.”
james also said the videos he sent were a result of him mass-texting all his friends. he did not give reid the name of the other person who might have sent the text messages to labrie.
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reid dug around on the internet and found that james used to work under the name “marc benarzyk” but stopped using it (a blog about south florida sports coverage also says he changed his name). the atlanta journal-constitution reported in 2015 that james had been fired from atlanta radio station 92.9 the game with no clear reason for his departure. one rumor included in the report was that james was trying to get autographs from mets players. she also talked to several former coworkers, who relayed stories like this:
former part time host/board-op for whbo 1040, pat donovan, recounted a stroll he once took with james around the baseball field. “he actually one time asked me to walk around the ballpark with him so that he could talk to girls. he saw this chick and how hot she was and he had told me that he wanted to hit on her. he comes across as this confident man, but when you get to know him even just a little bit, you can see right through that, and you realize how unbelievably self-conscious he is… like, exceedingly. he is one of the few people that i have ever said to his face that ‘i dislike you’, and, ‘you’re a bad person’.”
i haven’t seen james quoted anywhere since reid’s report. labrie told me that tonight james texted her an apology.
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[babe | ali reid]
correction: an earlier version said that james sent labrie unsolicited photos or videos of him working out. he sent her unsolicited pictures of himself at work. | [+]ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ ˈθɑriəm ə ˈnukliər fjuəl, bət ɪt kən bi kənˈvərtɪd tɪ wən) baɪ ɪkˈspoʊzɪŋ ɪt tɪ ˈnuˌtrɑnz. ʤɑn eɪʧ. kəʧ ˈnɛvər plænd tɪ bi ðə ˈnəmbər wən prəˈpoʊnənt əv ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi frəm ˈθɑriəm. ðə kɔz faʊnd ɪm. ˈkəmpəˌni haɪərd ˈjuˈɛs tɪ ˈstədi ə lɑrʤ ˈnəmbər əv məˈtɪriəlz frəm ɔl əˈkrɔs ðə ˌpɪriˈɑdɪk table,”*,” tɪ lʊk fər ˈpɑsəbəl ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ˌɑpərˈtunətiz, rɪˈleɪts kəʧ, ˈprɛzɪdənt əv hoʊl wərld, ə ˈprɑdəkt ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ ənd dɪˈzaɪn kənˈsəltənsi. ˈθɑriəm wɑz ɔn ðə lɪst. ˈæftər ˈkəmɪŋ əp tɪ spid ɔn ˈɑkˌsaɪd wɑz wəns ˈwaɪdli juzd tɪ meɪk ˈmæntəlz fər gæs ˈlæntərnz, ənd səm ˈθɑriəm ˈkɑmpaʊndz ər stɪl juzd təˈdeɪ ɛz ˈkætəˌlɪsts fər pəˈtroʊliəm ˈkrækɪŋ ənd səlfˈjʊrɪk ˈæsəd geɪv hɪz əˈsɛsmənt tɪ ðə klaɪənt. ɪz ˈbeɪsɪkli garbage,”*,” hi sɛd, ˈædɪŋ ˈkæʒəwəli, ɪt maɪt ʤɪst seɪv ðə world.”*.” ðə ˈæftərˌθɔt keɪm frəm ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən kəʧ glind baɪ ˈstədiɪŋ ˈhɪstəri ənd frəm ˈskrutəˌnaɪzɪŋ ˈvɛriəs ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi ˈwɛbˌsaɪts ənd dɪˈskəʃən bɔrdz. ˌɔlˈðoʊ ðə ˈɛləmənt həz ˈlɪtəl kəˈmərʃəl juz təˈdeɪ, ˈdɛkeɪdz ˈərliər ˈpipəl hæd ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ɪts pəˈtɛnʃəl fər juz ɪn ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi. ˈstədiz kənˈdəktəd ɪn ðə ˈərli deɪz əv ðə juz. ˈnukliər ˈɪndəstri ʃoʊd ðət ˈθɑriəm kʊd bi juzd ɛz ə priˈkərsər fər ˈnukliər fjuəl tɪ rən paʊər plænts. ənd ðə ˈɛləmənt, ˈnəmbər 90 ɪn ðə ˌpɪriˈɑdɪk ˈteɪbəl, ˈɔfərd ˈnumərəs pəˈtɛnʃəl ædˈvæntɪʤɪz ɪn ˈseɪfti, kɔst, ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl weɪst ˈrɛlətɪv tɪ jərˈeɪniəm, wɪʧ wɑz əˈnəðər ˈkænədɪt tɪ paʊər kəˈmərʃəl ˈnukliər riˈæktərz. ɛz ˈhɪstəri pleɪd aʊt, ˈnukliər paʊər bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈstændərd, ənd ɪkˈsɛpt fər ə səkˈsɛsfəl ˈməltiˈjir ɪkˈspɛrəmənt æt oʊk rɪʤ ˈnæʃənəl ˈlæbrəˌtɔri (ornl*) ɪn ðə, ˈlɪtəl wɑz dən wɪθ ˈθɑriəm. soʊ ɪt wɑz ˈlɑrʤli fərˈgɑtən. bət ˈæftər ˈlərnɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðə ˈnɪrli ˌɪnɪgˈzɔstəbəl ənˈtæpt ˈɛnərʤi pəˈtɛnʃəl əv ˈθɑriəm, kəʧ kənˈkludɪd ðət ðə ˈɛləmənt kʊd hɛlp ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ groʊɪŋ ˈgloʊbəl ˈɛnərʤi nidz. hi ənd ˈəðər ˈθɑriəm ɛnˈθuziˌæsts ər naʊ spərɪŋ ˈbɪznɪsɪz ənd ˈgəvərnmənts tɪ tæp ˈɪntu pəˈtɛnʃəl. ˈθɑriəm boʊsts ˈsɛvərəl ædˈvæntɪʤɪz ˈoʊvər jərˈeɪniəm, ənd ðə səˈpɔrtərz kɔl əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðɛm ˈlaʊdli. fərst, ˈθɑriəm ɪz θri tɪ fɔr taɪmz ɛz əˈbəndənt ɛz jərˈeɪniəm ənd pəˈtɛnʃəli lɛs ɪkˈspɛnsɪv tɪ ˈprɔˌsɛs. ə fju græmz əv ˈθɑriəm kʊd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈproʊdus ɪˈnəf ˈɛnərʤi tɪ paʊər ən ˈævərɪʤ laɪf fər ə ˈdɛkeɪd. ðə ˈɛləmənt kʊd du ðɪs wɪˈθaʊt ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ məˈtɪriəl ˈjusfəl fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈwɛpənz, wɪʧ ˈsaɪdˌstɛps kənˈsərnz əˈbaʊt ˈnukliər ˌproʊlɪfərˈeɪʃən. ˈθɑriəm æt ə glæns ˈnæʧərəl ˈtiˈeɪʧ: 100 əˈbəndəns ɪn krəst ˈrɛlətɪv tɪ jərˈeɪniəm: taɪmz ɛz greɪt juz. rɪˈzərvz: ˈmɛtrɪk tənz, kʊd ˈproʊdus seɪm ˈɛnərʤi ɛz 1 ˈtrɪljən ˈbɛrəlz əv krud ɔɪl wərld rɪˈzərvz: ˈmɪljən ˈmɛtrɪk tənz mæs ˈnidɪd tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti nidz əv ˈtɪpɪkəl əˈmɛrɪkən fər wən ˈdɛkeɪd: ɑz ðɛr ər ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈbɛnəfɪts ɛz wɛl. kəmˈpɛrd wɪθ koʊl- ənd paʊər plænts, plænts, laɪk ˈəðər ˈnukliər plænts, wʊd nɑt ɪˈmɪt ˈgrinˌhaʊs ˈgæsɪz, waɪl ˈʤɛnərˌeɪtɪŋ paʊər ˈɔlˌmoʊst kənˈtɪnjuəsli, ənˈlaɪk ˈsoʊlər- ənd ˈsɪstəmz. ənd ˌɔlˈðoʊ ˈθɑriəm fjuəl wʊd ˈproʊdus ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv weɪst, ɪts wʊd pərˈsɪst fər ʤɪst tɛnz tɪ ˈhənərdz əv jɪrz ˈrəðər ðən ˈθaʊzənz əv jɪrz, ɛz ɪz ðə keɪs wɪθ jərˈeɪniəm weɪst. ˈfaɪnəli, ˈθɑriəm kəmz wɪθ ˈseɪfti ˈbɛnəfɪts, ɪts prəˈpoʊnənts kleɪm. ˈsoʊˈkɔld ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktərz kən juz ˈθɑriəm ɛz ə ˈlɪkwɪd ˈflʊˌraɪd sɔlt, wɪʧ ˈɔfərz ˈprɛʃər ənd hit ˈmænɪʤmənt ædˈvæntɪʤɪz ˈoʊvər riˈæktərz. wən dɪˈzaɪn fər ə ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktər kɔlz fər sərˈaʊndɪŋ ə fluɪd kɔr kənˈteɪnɪŋ 4 ɪn ə ˈflʊˌraɪd ˈsɑlvənt wɪθ ə ˈmoʊltən ˈblæŋkɪt əv 4 ɪn ðə seɪm ˈsɑlvənt. ðə ˈθɑriəm ɪz nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli ðə ˈnukliər fjuəl. ɪt ɪz kənˈvərtɪd tɪ ðə fjuəl,, wɪn ɪkˈspoʊzd tɪ ˈnuˌtrɑnz. ɛz ˈnukliˌaɪ ɪn ðə kɔr ˈfɪʃən, ðeɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt hit ðət ɪz ˈtrænsfərd tɪ ə gæs ðət draɪvz ə ˈtərbaɪn tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti. æt ðə seɪm taɪm, ðə jərˈeɪniəm ˈnukliˌaɪ ɪˈmɪt ˈnuˌtrɑnz ðət ˈkɑnvərt ɪn ðə ˈblæŋkɪt tɪ. ɛz jərˈeɪniəm fjuəl əˈkjumjəˌleɪts ɪn ðə ˈblæŋkɪt, ɪt gɪts kənˈvərtɪd tɪ 6 gæs, ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪd, ənd fɛd ˈɪntu ðə kɔr ˈgræʤuəli ənd kənˈtɪnjuəsli ɛz frɛʃ ˈθɑriəm ɪz ˌɪnˈʤɛktɪd ˈɪntu ðə ˈblæŋkɪt. ən ædˈvæntɪʤ əv ðɪs dɪˈzaɪn ɪz ðət ənˈlaɪk moʊst əv kəˈmərʃəl jərˈeɪniəm riˈæktərz, ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktərz wʊd ˈɔpərˌeɪt æt loʊ ˈprɛʃər ənd ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈkɛmɪkəl ˈdraɪvɪŋ fɔrs ðət kʊd lɛd tɪ ə ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈbɪlˌdəp əv ˈhaɪdrəʤən gæs, sɪz ˈdeɪvɪd ləˈblæŋk, ˈprɛzɪdənt ənd ʧif tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈɔfɪsər æt tərˈɛstriəl ˈɛnərʤi, ən ˈoʊkˌvɪl, ˈstɑrˌtəp kəˈmərʃəˌlaɪzɪŋ ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktərz. ˈfərðər, bɪˈkəz ðə fjuəl ɪz ˈlɪkwɪd, ðə hit sɔrs ɪz ˈmoʊbəl ənd ˈizəli kənˈtroʊld, ənˈlaɪk ðə keɪs wɪθ ˈsɑləd fjuəlz. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ɪf ðə riˈæktər likt ər wɑz dreɪnd əv ɪts fjuəl, ðə ˈmoʊltən sɔlt wʊd kul ənd səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ. ɪn ðə ɪˈvɛnt əv riˈæktər mælˈfəŋkʃən, ðɪs wʊd ˈtərməˌneɪt ˈnukliər riˈækʃənz ənd prɪˈvɛnt ðə sprɛd əv ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv məˈtɪriəl wɪˈθaʊt ðə nid fər plænt ˈɑpərˌeɪtər ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən. soʊ ɪf ˈθɑriəm ɪz ˈseɪfər ðən jərˈeɪniəm ənd ɪts ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi pəˈtɛnʃəl wɑz ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ˈdɛkeɪdz əˈgoʊ, waɪ həz ɪt ˈteɪkən ˈpipəl soʊ lɔŋ tɪ stɑrt ˈædvəˌkeɪtɪŋ fər ɪts juz? səm ˈnukliər əˌfɪʃəˈnɑdoʊz səˈʤɛst ðət wɪn koʊld ʧoʊz tɪ pɔr ˈmeɪʤər fəndz ˈɪntu dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ fjuəl fər ˈnukliər paʊər riˈæktərz, ðeɪ ˈfeɪvərd jərˈeɪniəm, fər wɪʧ tɛkˈnɑləʤi ənd ˈnoʊˌhaʊ wər mɔr ədˈvænst ðən ˈθɑriəm. ˈəðərz kənˈtɛnd ðət juz. ˈlidərz æt ðət taɪm wər mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn jərˈeɪniəm riˈæktərz bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər ˈbɛtər ˈsutɪd tɪ ˈbridɪŋ pluˈtoʊniəm ˈaɪsəˌtoʊps ðət wər ˈnidɪd fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz. ˈoʊvər taɪm, ˈprɛʃərˌaɪzd riˈæktərz bɪˈkeɪm ðə ˈstændərd, ənd bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ər fjuəld baɪ jərˈeɪniəm, ˈθɑriəm wɑz lɛft bɪˈhaɪnd ənd həz ˈnɛvər bɪn kəˈmərʃəˌlaɪzd. [+]ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ sɔlt paʊər ðə ˈfɪʃən əv ˈnukliˌaɪ ɪn ðɪs prəˈpoʊzd ˈnukliər riˈæktər kɔr hit, wɪʧ ɪz juzd tɪ ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ɪˌlɛkˈtrɪsəti, ənd ˈnuˌtrɑnz, wɪʧ ˈkɑnvərt ɪn ðə ˈblæŋkɪt tɪ əˈdɪʃənəl fjuəl. tɪ traɪ tɪ pʊt ɪt bæk ɔn ðə ˈnukliər paʊər ˈmɛnju, kəʧ fɔrmd ðə ˈθɑriəm ˈɛnərʤi əˈlaɪəns (ti), ə nɑnˈprɑfət ˈædvəkəsi ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtɪŋ ˈgəvərnmənt ˈlidərz ənd ðə ˈpəblɪk əˈbaʊt ˈθɑriəm ˈmɛrɪts. hi ðɛn kˈwɪkli ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd fərst ˈθɑriəm ˈɛnərʤi ˈkɑnfərəns, wɪʧ wɑz hɛld ɪn ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*. ðət wɑz 2009 læst mənθ, ɪn ˈpæloʊ ˈæltoʊ, ˈkælɪf., ti hɛld ɪts ˈsɛvənθ ˈkɑnfərəns. ˈprɑˌgrɛs ˈdʊrɪŋ ðət ˈpɪriəd həz kəm ɪn smɔl ˈɪŋkrəˌmɛnts, bət ðə wərd əˈbaʊt ˈθɑriəm ɪz ˈsərtənli ˈsprɛdɪŋ. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ə ˌjʊrəˈpiən grup wɪθ ðə seɪm goʊlz ɛz ðə əˈlaɪəns fɔrmd ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈθɑriəm ˈɛnərʤi ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən, itheo*. ðɪs grup wɪl kənˈvin ɪts fɪθ ˈkɑnfərəns ðɪs fɔl ɪn ˌmʊmˈbaɪ, ˈɪndiə, wɪʧ əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈʧaɪnə ənd ˈnɔrˌweɪ ɪz wən əv ðə fju ˈkəntriz ˈæktɪvli pərˈsuɪŋ ə ˈθɑriəm ˈnukliər ˈproʊˌgræm. boʊθ organizations’*’ ˈkɑnfərənsəz hæv groʊn, ðoʊ ðeɪ rɪˈmeɪn ˈkəpəl ˈhənərd pɑrˈtɪsəpənts æt iʧ. bət ənˈlaɪk ðə fərst ˈkɑnfərənsəz, ðə ˈmitɪŋz naʊ drɔ ˈmɛni ˈnukliər ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz, məˈtɪriəlz ˈsaɪəntɪsts, ənd ˈəðər ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈspɛʃəlɪsts, ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈvɛnʧər ˈkæpətəlɪsts ənd ˈəðər ˌɪnˈvɛstərz. ɪn ðə pæst faɪv jɪrz, ˈθɑriəm həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈteɪkən smɔl stɛps ˈfɔrwərd ɪn ˈbɪznɪs ənd ˈgəvərnmənt ˈsərkəlz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ə fju ˈstɑrˌtəp ˈkəmpəˌniz hæv bɪn lɔnʧt ənd ər ˈwərkɪŋ tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˈmoʊltən sɔlt ˈnukliər riˈæktərz. ənd ɪn ə smɔl weɪ, ˈθɑriəm həz ˈɔlsoʊ meɪd ˈɪnˌroʊdz ɔn ˈkæpɪtəl hɪl ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz. ˈæftər ˈnumərəs ˈlɑbiɪŋ trɪps tɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*., kəʧ ənd ʤeɪmz si. ˈkɛnədi səkˈsidɪd ɪn ˈgɪtɪŋ ˌɪˈnɪʃətɪvz ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˈrisənt kənˈgrɛʃənəl bɪlz. ˈkɛnədi ɪz ˈprɛzɪdənt əv θri kənˈsəltɪŋ ənd ə ˈmaɪnɪŋ ˈspɛʃəlɪst wɪθ ˌɛkspərˈtiz ɪn ˈθɑriəm ənd ˈmɪnərəlz, wɪʧ tɛnd tɪ bi ˌɪntərˈmɪŋgəld geologically*. ðə prəˈpoʊzd bɪlz, wɪʧ wər nɑt pæst, wʊd hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ə koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv kənˈsɔrʃjəm ˈkeɪpəbəl əv rɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈmɪnərəlz ənd ˈsɛpərˌeɪtɪŋ ənd ˈstɔrɪŋ ˈθɑriəm fər ˈɛnərʤi ˈrisərʧ ənd dɪˈvɛləpmənt. [+]ˌɛnˈlɑrʤ kloʊzd ˈsɪstəm ðɪs riˈæktər ˌɪnˈkludz tɛkˈnɑləʤi fər ˈpæsɪv ˈkulɪŋ ənd ˈɪnəˌgreɪts ðə riˈæktər kɔr ənd hit ɪksˈʧeɪnʤərz ɪn ə ˈhaʊzɪŋ ðət rɪˈmeɪnz sild ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm. ˈkrɛdɪt: əˈdæptɪd frəm tərˈɛstriəl ˈɛnərʤi bət səˈpɔrt fər ˈnukliər ˈɛnərʤi juˈnænəməs. ˈɑrʤən, ə ˈnukliər ˈfɪzɪsɪst ənd ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə ˈɪnstɪˌtut fər ˈɛnərʤi ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈrisərʧ, ə saɪəns ənd ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən, ˈkaʊntərz ə ˈnəmbər əv kleɪmz meɪd baɪ ˈθɑriəm səˈpɔrtərz. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, kənˈtɛndz ðət ˌreɪdioʊˈæktɪv ˈflʊˌraɪd weɪst frəm ˈθɑriəm riˈæktərz wɪl ˌrikˈwaɪər ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ ðət ˌɪnˈvɑlvz rɪsk əv kənˌtæməˈneɪʃən ənd pəˈluʃən. ənd wɪθ rɪˈspɛkt tɪ ˈnukliər ˌproʊlɪfərˈeɪʃən, ˈɑrgjuz ðət ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktərz ˈjuzɪŋ ˈθɑriəm wʊd bi mɔr vulnerable”*” ðən kəˈmərʃəl jərˈeɪniəm riˈæktərz. hi ɪkˈspleɪnz ðət ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ðət ˈkɑnvərts ˈθɑriəm tɪ prəˈsidz baɪ weɪ əv, wɪʧ həz ə half-life*. ə ˈkəntri ðət dɪz nɑt hæv ðə ˈnukliər məˈtɪriəlz ˈnidɪd tɪ meɪk ˈnukliər ˈwɛpənz, səʧ ɛz, kʊd ˈsɛpərˌeɪt aʊt ðə frəm ə riˈæktər ənd ðɛn lɛt ɪt dɪˈkeɪ tɪ ðə ˈnidɪd jərˈeɪniəm ˈaɪsəˌtoʊp, hi sɪz. ˈθɑriəm prəˈpoʊnənts ˈkaʊntər ðət tɪ ˈkɛri aʊt səʧ ə skim, ðət ˈkəntri wʊd nid tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ˌsɛpərˈeɪʃən ənd ˈprɑsɛsɪŋ tɛkˈnɑləʤi ənd əˈplaɪ ɪt æt hoʊm ər ˌkɑmənˈdɪr ˈəðər countries’*’ ˈnukliər fəˈsɪlɪtiz. ˈmuvɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ ˈɛni nu ˈθɑriəm riˈæktər dɪˈzaɪn wɪl ˌrikˈwaɪər ˈmeɪʤər ˌɪnˈvɛstmənts əv taɪm, ˈɛfərt, ənd ˈməni ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈeɪʤənsi wɪl grænt ə ˈlaɪsəns fər kəˈmərʃəl ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən. wɪθ ðɪs ɪn maɪnd, ˈkəmpəˌniz hæv əˈdɑptəd ˈvɛriəs dɪˈzaɪn ˈstrætəʤiz. tərˈɛstriəl ˈɛnərʤi, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, eɪmz tɪ spid ðə ˈrɛgjələˌtɔri ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd wɪn ˈpəblɪk əkˈsɛptəns wɪθ ə ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktər dɪˈzaɪn ɪn wɪʧ ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri riˈæktər ˈvɛsəl ɪz ə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnˌtli sild ˈsɪstəm ðət ˈhaʊsɪz ðə riˈæktər kɔr ənd ðə meɪn hit ɪksˈʧeɪnʤərz. ðə ˈjunɪt wʊd nɑt nid tɪ bi ˈoʊpənd fər rɪˈpɛrz ər rifˈjuəlɪŋ ˈdʊrɪŋ ɪts ˈɔpərˌeɪtɪŋ ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm. ˌɪnˈstɛd, plænts wʊd ˈsɪmpli ˌriˈpleɪs ðə riˈæktərz ˌpiriˈɑdɪkəli ənd ðɛn lɛt ðə oʊld wənz kul, ˈðɛrˈbaɪ ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪŋ ðə rɪsk əv ˈhæzərdəs məˈtɪriəl ɪˈskeɪpɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈætməsˌfɪr. ləˈblæŋk ˈnoʊtɪd ðət ðə riˈæktər kʊd bi fjuəld wɪθ ˈflʊˌraɪd sɔlts əv ˈθɑriəm ər jərˈeɪniəm ˈblɛndɪd wɪθ ˈəðər ˈflʊˌraɪdz. paʊər, əˈnəðər ˈstɑrˌtəp dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktərz, ˈɔlsoʊ eɪmz tɪ muv kˈwɪkli. ðə ˈkəmpəˌni prəˈpoʊzɪz tɪ bɪld skeɪld əp ˈvərʒənz əv ðə riˈæktər ˈjuzɪŋ ˈmɛθədz. ðət əˈproʊʧ wʊd ɪˈneɪbəl tɪ riˈæktərz ðət kən bi ʃɪpt ənd əˈsɛmbəld kˈwɪkli. ðə prəˈpoʊzd riˈæktər dɪˈzaɪn ˈjuzɪz ə ˈmɪksʧər əv ˈsoʊdiəm, bərˈɪliəm, jərˈeɪniəm, ənd ˈθɑriəm ˈflʊˌraɪdz. əˈnəðər weɪ tɪ pʊt ˈθɑriəm tɪ juz kˈwɪkli ɪz tɪ juz ðə ˈmɛtəl tɪ meɪk fjuəlz fər kəˈmərʃəl riˈæktərz. wət məˈklin, ɪz duɪŋ wɪθ ɪts ənd blanket”*” dɪˈzaɪn. ðiz əˈsɛmbliz əˈpɪr aɪˈdɛntɪkəl tɪ kəˈmərʃəl wənz juzd təˈdeɪ bət hæv ə juˈnik ˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃən. sid rɑdz æt ðə ˈsɛnər əv ðə əˈsɛmbli ər meɪd əv ə məˈtælɪk ˈmeɪtrɪks. ˈblæŋkɪt rɑdz pəˈzɪʃənd əˈlɔŋ ðə pərˈɪfəri kənˈteɪn ˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈpɛləts. ɛz wɪθ ðə ˈmoʊltən sɔlt dɪˈzaɪn, jərˈeɪniəm ˈfɪʃən ˈʤɛnərˌeɪts hit ənd ˈkɑnvərts tɪ, ˈðɛrˈbaɪ kriˈeɪtɪŋ mɔr fjuəl. ˈɔlsoʊ həz ə prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri dɪˈzaɪn fər ə fjuəl wɪθ ðə seɪm ˈɑkˌsaɪd ˈblæŋkɪt bət ˈjuzɪŋ ə məˈtælɪk sid. ðɪs fjuəl ˈɔfərz ən ˈifɛktɪv weɪ tɪ kənˈsum pluˈtoʊniəm ˈstɑkˌpaɪlz kriˈeɪtɪd ɛz weɪst frəm ˈkɑrənt riˈæktərz. fər ðə seɪm ˈrizənz, θɔr ˈɛnərʤi, beɪst ɪn ˈɑzloʊ, ˈnɔrˌweɪ, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈjuzɪz ˈθɑriəm təˈgɛðər wɪθ pluˈtoʊniəm ɪn əˈsɛmbliz. ðiz ˈbɪznɪs dɪˈvɛləpmənts hæv bɪn ˈkruʃəl ɪn ˈreɪzɪŋ ˈproʊˌfaɪl sˈlaɪtli. bət wən ˌækəˈdɛmɪk dɪˈvɛləpmənt meɪ bi ˈivɪn mɔr sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt. læst mənθ æt ðə ti ˈkɑnfərəns, ˈtɑməs ʤeɪ. ˈdoʊlən, ə prəˈfɛsər əv ˈnukliər ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv ˌɪləˈnɔɪz, urbana-champaign*, əˈnaʊnst ðət ðə fərst ˈtɛkstˌbʊk ɔn ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktərz ənd ˈθɑriəm fjuəl wɑz ˈnɪrli kəmˈplitɪd ənd wʊd bi ˈpəblɪʃt nɛkst jɪr. ˈdoʊlən ənd ˈəðərz θɪŋk ðət ðə bʊk ənd əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd kərˈɪkjələm kʊd hɛlp treɪn ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən əv ˈstudənts pərˈsuɪŋ ˈnukliər saɪəns ənd ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈlɑʤɪk bɪˈhaɪnd ˈθɑriəm riˈæktərz. ˈjumən səˈplaɪ ʧeɪn ɪz ˈprɑbəˌbli ðə moʊst ˈkrɪtɪkəl thing,”*,” kəʧ toʊld əˈtɛnˈdiz æt læst ˈkɑnfərəns. wi bɪlt ə ˈmoʊltən sɔlt riˈæktər təˈdeɪ, hu wʊd rən it?”*?” |
[+]enlarge transmutation thorium isn’t a nuclear fuel, but it can be converted to one (233u) by exposing it to low-energy neutrons.
john h. kutsch never planned to be the world’s number one proponent of nuclear energy from thorium. the cause found him.
“a company hired us to study a large number of materials from all across the periodic table,” to look for possible investment opportunities, relates kutsch, president of whole world, a chicago-area product engineering and design consultancy. thorium was on the list.
after coming up to speed on thorium’s uses—the oxide was once widely used to make mantles for gas lanterns, and some thorium compounds are still used today as catalysts for petroleum cracking and sulfuric acid synthesis—kutsch gave his assessment to the client. “thorium is basically garbage,” he said, adding casually, “but it might just save the world.”
the afterthought came from information kutsch gleaned by studying thorium’s history and from scrutinizing various nuclear energy websites and discussion boards. although the element has little commercial use today, decades earlier people had recognized its potential for use in nuclear energy.
studies conducted in the early days of the u.s. nuclear industry showed that thorium could be used as a precursor for nuclear fuel to run electricity-generating power plants. and the element, number 90 in the periodic table, offered numerous potential advantages in safety, cost, and environmental waste relative to uranium, which was another candidate to power commercial nuclear reactors. as history played out, uranium-fueled nuclear power became the standard, and except for a successful multiyear experiment at oak ridge national laboratory (ornl) in the 1960s, little was done with thorium. so it was largely forgotten.
but after learning about the nearly inexhaustible untapped energy potential of thorium, kutsch concluded that the element could help satisfy growing global energy needs. he and other thorium enthusiasts are now spurring businesses and governments to tap into thorium’s potential.
thorium boasts several advantages over uranium, and the element’s supporters call attention to them loudly. first, thorium is three to four times as abundant as uranium and potentially less expensive to process. a few grams of thorium could also produce enough energy to power an average american’s life for a decade. the element could do this without generating material useful for making weapons, which sidesteps concerns about nuclear proliferation.
thorium at a glance natural th: ~100% 232th abundance in earth’s crust relative to uranium: 3–4 times as great u.s. reserves: ~400,000 metric tons, could produce same energy as ~ 1 trillion barrels of crude oil world reserves: ~1.9 million metric tons mass needed to generate electricity needs of typical american for one decade: ~1/2 oz
there are environmental benefits as well. compared with coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants, thorium-fueled plants, like other nuclear plants, would not emit greenhouse gases, while generating power almost continuously, unlike solar- and wind-driven systems. and although thorium fuel would produce radioactive waste, its radiotoxicity would persist for just tens to hundreds of years rather than thousands of years, as is the case with uranium waste.
finally, thorium comes with safety benefits, its proponents claim. so-called molten salt reactors can use thorium as a liquid fluoride salt, which offers pressure and heat management advantages over today’s solid-fuel comercial reactors.
one design for a molten salt reactor calls for surrounding a fluid core containing 233uf 4 in a lithium-beryllium fluoride solvent with a molten blanket of 232thf 4 in the same solvent. the thorium is not actually the nuclear fuel. it is converted to the fuel, 233u, when exposed to low-energy neutrons. as 233u nuclei in the core fission, they generate heat that is transferred to a gas that drives a turbine to generate electricity. at the same time, the uranium nuclei emit neutrons that convert 232th in the blanket to 233u. as uranium fuel accumulates in the blanket, it gets converted to uf 6 gas, separated, and fed into the core gradually and continuously as fresh thorium is injected into the blanket.
an advantage of this design is that unlike most of today’s commercial uranium reactors, molten salt reactors would operate at low pressure and there is no chemical driving force that could lead to a dangerous buildup of hydrogen gas, says david leblanc, president and chief technology officer at terrestrial energy, an oakville, ontario-based start-up commercializing molten salt reactors. further, because the fuel is liquid, the reactor’s heat source is mobile and easily controlled, unlike the case with solid fuels. in addition, if the reactor leaked or was drained of its fuel, the molten salt would cool and solidify. in the event of reactor malfunction, this would terminate nuclear reactions and prevent the spread of radioactive material without the need for plant operator intervention.
so if thorium is safer than uranium and its nuclear energy potential was recognized decades ago, why has it taken people so long to start advocating for its use? some nuclear aficionados suggest that when cold war-era policy-makers chose to pour major funds into developing fuel for nuclear power reactors, they favored uranium, for which technology and know-how were more advanced than thorium. others contend that u.s. leaders at that time were more interested in uranium reactors because they are better suited to breeding plutonium isotopes that were needed for making nuclear weapons. over time, pressurized light-water reactors became the standard, and because they are fueled by uranium, thorium was left behind and has never been commercialized.
[+]enlarge salt power the fission of 233u nuclei in this proposed molten-salt nuclear reactor core liberates heat, which is used to generate electricity, and neutrons, which convert 232th in the blanket to additional 233u fuel.
to try to put it back on the nuclear power menu, kutsch formed the thorium energy alliance (tea), a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to educating government leaders and the public about thorium energy’s merits. he then quickly organized tea’s first thorium energy conference, which was held in washington, d.c. that was 2009. last month, in palo alto, calif., tea held its seventh conference.
progress during that period has come in small increments, but the word about thorium is certainly spreading. for example, a european group with the same goals as the u.s.-based alliance formed the international thorium energy organisation, itheo. this group will convene its fifth conference this fall in mumbai, india, which along with china and norway is one of the few countries actively pursuing a thorium nuclear program. both organizations’ conferences have grown, though they remain small—a couple hundred participants at each. but unlike the first conferences, the meetings now draw many nuclear engineers, materials scientists, and other technical specialists, as well as venture capitalists and other investors.
in the past five years, thorium has also taken small steps forward in business and government circles. for example, a few start-up companies have been launched and are working to develop molten salt nuclear reactors. and in a small way, thorium has also made inroads on capitol hill in recent years. after numerous lobbying trips to washington, d.c., kutsch and james c. kennedy succeeded in getting thorium-related initiatives included in several recent congressional bills. kennedy is president of three consulting and a mining specialist with expertise in thorium and rare-earth minerals, which tend to be intermingled geologically. the proposed bills, which were not passed, would have created a cooperative consortium capable of refining rare-earth minerals and separating and storing thorium for energy research and development.
[+]enlarge closed system this reactor includes technology for passive cooling and integrates the reactor core and heat exchangers in a housing that remains sealed during the device’s operating lifetime. credit: adapted from terrestrial energy
but support for thorium-based nuclear energy isn’t unanimous. arjun makhijani, a nuclear physicist and president of the institute for energy & environmental research, a maryland-based science and environmental organization, counters a number of claims made by thorium supporters. for example, makhijani contends that radioactive fluoride waste from thorium reactors will require expensive processing that involves risk of contamination and pollution.
and with respect to nuclear proliferation, makhijani argues that molten salt reactors using thorium would be “much more vulnerable” than today’s commercial uranium reactors. he explains that the process that converts thorium to 233u proceeds by way of 233pa, which has a 27-day half-life. a country that does not have the nuclear materials needed to make nuclear weapons, such as 233u, could separate out the 233pa from a reactor and then let it decay to the needed uranium isotope, he says. thorium proponents counter that to carry out such a scheme, that country would need to develop protactinium separation and processing technology and apply it at home or commandeer other countries’ nuclear facilities.
moving forward with any new thorium reactor design will require major investments of time, effort, and money before a regulatory agency will grant a license for commercial operation. with this in mind, companies have adopted various design strategies.
terrestrial energy, for example, aims to speed the regulatory process and win public acceptance with a molten salt reactor design in which the primary reactor vessel is a permanently sealed system that houses the reactor core and the main heat exchangers. the unit would not need to be opened for repairs or refueling during its operating lifetime. instead, plants would simply replace the reactors periodically and then let the old ones cool, thereby eliminating the risk of hazardous material escaping to the atmosphere. leblanc noted that the reactor could be fueled with fluoride salts of thorium or uranium blended with other fluorides.
thorcon power, another start-up developing molten salt reactors, also aims to move quickly. the company proposes to build scaled up versions of the 1960s ornl reactor using shipyardlike assembly-line methods. that approach would enable thorcon to mass-produce reactors that can be shipped modularly and assembled quickly. the proposed reactor design uses a mixture of sodium, beryllium, uranium, and thorium fluorides.
another way to put thorium to use quickly is to use the metal to make fuels for today’s commercial reactors. that’s what mclean, va.-based lightbridge is doing with its “seed and blanket” design. these solid-fuel-rod assemblies appear identical to commercial ones used today but have a unique composition. seed rods at the center of the assembly are made of a metallic uranium-zirconium matrix. blanket rods positioned along the periphery contain thorium-uranium oxide pellets. as with the molten salt design, uranium fission generates heat and converts 232th to 233u, thereby creating more fuel.
lightbridge also has a preliminary design for a fuel with the same thorium-uranium oxide blanket but using a metallic plutonium-zirconium seed. this fuel offers an effective way to consume plutonium stockpiles created as waste from current light-water reactors. for the same reasons, thor energy, based in oslo, norway, also uses thorium together with plutonium in solid-fuel assemblies.
these business developments have been crucial in raising thorium’s profile slightly. but one academic development may be even more significant. last month at the tea conference, thomas j. dolan, a professor of nuclear engineering at the university of illinois, urbana-champaign, announced that the first textbook on molten salt reactors and thorium fuel was nearly completed and would be published next year. dolan and others think that the book and associated curriculum could help train the next generation of students pursuing nuclear science and engineering in the logic behind thorium reactors.
“the human supply chain is probably the most critical thing,” kutsch told attendees at last month’s conference. “if we built a molten salt reactor today, who would run it?” | 28 leɪnz, ˈmɪnəts tɪ krɔs ɪz ðɪs wərst ˌɪntərˈsɛkʃən? ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, tu pəˈdɛstriənz wər səˈvɪrli ˈɪnʤərd traɪɪŋ tɪ krɔs rut 355 ənd ˈʃeɪdi groʊv roʊd ɪn ˈrɑkˌvɪl, ˈmɛrələnd. soʊ bɛn rɔs æt ˈgreɪtər ˈgreɪtər ˈwɔʃɪŋtən wɛnt aʊt tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪt. ɪt ˈɛndɪd əp biɪŋ kwaɪt ðə ədˈvɛnʧər. rɔs ˈdɑkjəˌmɛnəd hɪz əˈtɛmpt tɪ krɔs ðɪs mɑnˈstrɑsəti ɔn fʊt, ənd ɪt tʊk ɪm ə rɪˈmɑrkəbəl ˈmɪnəts: ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈkrɑsˌwɑk əˈkrɔs ðə saʊθ saɪd əv ðə ˌɪntərˈsɛkʃən (bɪˈkəz ə ˈtræfɪk laɪt hir, noʊ ənˈmɑrkt ˈkrɑsˌwɑk). ˈðɛrˌfɔr, aɪ hæd tɪ weɪt fər ðə wɔk ˈsɪgnəl tɪ krɔs ðə 9 leɪnz əv ˈʃeɪdi groʊv roʊd. ðə weɪt wɑz səbˈstænʃəl, bɪˈkəz ðɪs ɪz ə sloʊ laɪt; ðə ˈsɪgnəl ˈsaɪkəl ɪz ˈmɪnəts. wɪn aɪ riʧt ðə nɛkst ˈtræfɪk ˈaɪlənd æt di, aɪ faʊnd ə ˈbətən ðət ju prɛs tɪ gɪt ə wɔk ˈsɪgnəl. kɑz meɪd lɛft tərnz fər ə ˈlɪtəl waɪl, ðə θru leɪnz bɪˈgæn tɪ muv, ənd aɪ gɑt maɪ ˈsɪgnəl tɪ pərˈsid əˈkrɔs ðə 8 leɪnz əv rut 355 ðə wɔk ənd ˈflæʃɪŋ ˈfeɪzɪz, təˈgɛðər, ˈlæstɪd 23 ˈsɛkəndz. aɪ wɔk ˈbrɪskli, soʊ aɪ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈfɪnɪʃ ðə ˈkrɔsɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈsɪgnəl bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈsɑləd. bət ə sloʊər, ənd ˈstrɪktli law-abiding*, pəˈdɛstriən wʊd hæv hæd tɪ stɑp ɪn ðə ˈmidiən. ðɛr ɪz noʊ bɛg ˈbətən ɪn ðə ˈmidiən, soʊ ðeɪ wʊd hæv hæd tɪ noʊz haʊ əˈnəðər pəˈdɛstriən keɪm əˈlɔŋ hu ˈfɑloʊz ˈtræfɪk rulz soʊ ðət ðeɪ ˈbɑðər tɪ pʊʃ bɛg ˈbətənz. ˈhævɪŋ ˈfaɪnəli riʧt pɔɪnt i, aɪ hæd tɪ weɪt əˈgɛn fər ə wɔk ˈsɪgnəl. ðɪs taɪm aɪ hæd 10 leɪnz tɪ krɔs, bət hir ðɛr ɪz ə lɔŋ grin ðət gɪvz ju ˈplɛnti əv taɪm. ˈfaɪnəli, aɪ wɔkt əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈsaɪdˌwɔk frəm ɛf tɪ ʤi, ənd ˈæftər ˈmɪnəts aɪ əraɪvd æt ðə ˈsaʊθˌbaʊnd bəs stɑp. wət du ju θɪŋk? gɑt ˈɛni ˈəðər kənˈtɛndərz fər wərst ˌɪntərˈsɛkʃən? sɛnd ðɛm ɑr weɪ. ˈɛlsˌwɛr ɔn ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk təˈdeɪ: ˈriˌleɪz haʊ ðə ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs snoʊ rɪˈmuvəl ˈɛfərts meɪk ˈwɪntər baɪk kəmˈjutɪŋ ə əˈfɛr. ˈɔfərz θri weɪz tɪ ˌɪmˈpruv pəˈdɛstriən ˈseɪfti wɪˈθaʊt ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ strit dɪˈzaɪn. ənd ˈərbən rɪˈpɔrts ðət ˈtrænzɪt ˈsɪstəm həz sin ə pərˈsɛnt ʤəmp ɪn ˈraɪdərˌʃɪp ɪn pɑrt bɪˈkəz əv səkˈsɛsfəl ˈpɑrtnərˌʃɪps wɪθ ˈloʊkəl ˌjunəˈvərsətiz. |
28 lanes, minutes to cross — is this america’s worst intersection?
earlier this month, two pedestrians were severely injured trying to cross route 355 and shady grove road in rockville, maryland. so ben ross at greater greater washington went out to investigate.
it ended up being quite the adventure. ross documented his attempt to cross this monstrosity on foot, and it took him a remarkable eight-and-a-half minutes:
there is no crosswalk across the south side of the intersection (because there’s a traffic light here, there’s no unmarked crosswalk). therefore, i had to wait for the walk signal to cross the 9 lanes of shady grove road. the wait was substantial, because this is a slow light; the signal cycle is 2½ minutes. when i reached the next traffic island at d, i found a “beg button“—a button that you press to get a walk signal. cars made left turns for a little while, the through lanes began to move, and i got my signal to proceed across the 8 lanes of route 355. the walk and flashing don’t-walk phases, together, lasted 23 seconds. i walk briskly, so i was able to finish the 104-foot crossing before the signal became a solid don’t-walk. but a slower, and strictly law-abiding, pedestrian would have had to stop in the median. there is no beg button in the median, so they would have had to wait—who knows how long—until another pedestrian came along who follows traffic rules so punctiliously that they bother to push beg buttons. having finally reached point e, i had to wait again for a walk signal. this time i had 10 lanes to cross, but here there is a long green that gives you plenty of time. finally, i walked along the sidewalk from f to g, and after 8½ minutes i arrived at the southbound bus stop.
what do you think? got any other contenders for america’s worst intersection? send them our way.
elsewhere on the network today: copenhagenize relays how the city’s conscientious snow removal efforts make winter bike commuting a low-stress affair. streets.mn offers three ways to improve pedestrian safety without changing street design. and urban cincy reports that cincinnati’s transit system has seen a 4.2 percent jump in ridership in part because of successful partnerships with local universities. | dɪˈskrɪpʃən ðə strit fighter™*™ 2 ɛks ˈneɪkəd ˈfeɪməs ˈdɛnəm: ˈdɛnəm ʤinz ər meɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ˈkəstəm dɪˈvɛləpt ˌʤæpəˈniz strɛʧ ˈdɛnəm tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt ðə pərˈsoʊnə əv. ðə ˈfæbrɪk ɪz ˈwoʊvən wɪθ ən əˈnivən ˈbəmpi ˈtɛksʧər ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪv əv ðə ˈrəgəd ˈtəfnəs əv. strɛʧ wɑz ˈædɪd fər ˌɪnˈkrist ˈkəmfərt ənd moʊˈbɪlɪti. ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ʤinz, ðə ˌɪnˈtɪriər jɑrnz ər daɪd peɪl blu ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪzɪŋ ˈfaɪərˌbɔl tɛkˈnik. ðə ˈfeɪməs ˈaɪkɑn ɪz ɛmˈbrɔɪdərd ɔn ðə bæk ˈpɑkət. æt ðə kəfs ənd kɔɪn ˈpɑkət ɪz ə ˈkələrd ɛʤ. ˈvɛʤtəbəl tæn ˈlɛðər pæʧ ɪz soʊn ɔn ðə ˈbækˌsaɪd əv ðə ʤinz ənd ˈfiʧərz ə ˈhaɪli dɪˈteɪld ɪmˈbɔst ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən əv pərˈfɔrmɪŋ ə ɪn blue-foil*. ˈhɪdən ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ʤinz ər blu ˈpɑkət bægz wɪθ ɪn hɪz ˈdrægən pənʧ ˈækʃən poʊz. ˌɪnˈkludɪd wɪθ iʧ pɛr ɪz ə ˈpɑkət ˈflæʃər ˈfiʧərɪŋ ˈɑrtˌwərk frəm ˈkɑmɪks. ðə jɑrnz juzd tɪ meɪk ðiz ʤinz ər daɪd wɪθ ˈɪndɪˌgoʊ ɪn ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈprɔˌsɛs kɔld roʊp daɪɪŋ. ɪn ðɪs ˈprɔˌsɛs ˈoʊnli ðə ˈaʊtərˌmoʊst leɪərz əv ðə ˈkɔtən jɑrn əbˈzɔrb ðə daɪ, ˈlivɪŋ ðə kɔr əv ðə jɑrn waɪt. wɪθ prəˈlɔŋd wɛr, ˈdɛnəm meɪd frəm roʊp daɪd jɑrnz wɪl ˈgræʤuəli ʃɛd leɪərz əv ˈɪndɪˌgoʊ ənd sˈloʊli rɪˈvil ə ˈbjutəfli ˈfeɪdɪd ˈfæbrɪk. ˈwɑndərɪŋ ˈwɔrjər pərˈsoʊnə ɪz ɪmˈbɑdid ɪn ðɪs wɛr ˈprɔˌsɛs. ɛz iʧ rɑ ˈdɛnəm ɛnˈθuziˌæst ənd ˈvɪdioʊˌgeɪm fəˈnætɪk ˈwɑndər ðɪs ərθ ˈbitɪŋ əp ðɛr ʤinz, ðə ˈdɛnəm wɪl kənˈfərm tɪ ðɛr ˈbɑdi ənd feɪd ˈɪntu ə ˈpərsɪnəl pis əv ˈwɛrəbəl ɑrt. ðə ˈneɪkəd ˈfeɪməs ˈdɛnəm "wɪrd gaɪ" ɪz ə ˈstændərd ˈteɪpərd fɪt, ˈkəmfərtəbəl frəm weɪst tɪ hɪp ənd ˈteɪpərd frəm ðə ni tɪ hɛm. ˈmidiəm raɪz. weɪt: 98 ˈkɔtən, 2 pu ˌʤæpəˈniz ˈfæbrɪk meɪd ɪn ˈkænədə sku*: pliz juz ðə ˈmɛʒərɪŋ gaɪd bɪˈloʊ tɪ dɪˈtərmən jʊr bɛst fɪt fər dɪˈteɪld ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn haʊ tɪ juz ðə ˈmɛʒərɪŋ gaɪd, si ɑr ˈvɪdioʊ ər blɔg tæg saɪz 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 38 weɪst 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 frənt raɪz 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 ˈəpər θaɪ 11 12 13 ni 8 8 9 10 lɛg ˈoʊpənɪŋ 7 7 7 8 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 ˈmɛʒərmənts ər ɪn ˈɪnʧɪz ə ˈvɛriəns əv ɪz wɪˈθɪn ˈtɑlərəns |
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the street fighter™ 2 x naked & famous denim: ryu hadoken selvedge denim jeans are made using custom developed 12.5oz japanese stretch selvedge denim to represent the persona of ryu. the fabric is woven with an uneven bumpy texture representative of the rugged toughness of ryu. stretch was added for increased comfort and mobility. inside the jeans, the interior weft yarns are dyed pale blue symbolizing ryu’s hadoken fireball technique. the famous hadoken icon is embroidered on the back pocket. at the cuffs and coin pocket is a hadoken colored metallic-blue selvedge edge. anatural vegetable tan leather patch is sewn on the backside of the jeans and features a highly detailed embossed illustration of ryu performing a hadoken in blue-foil. hidden inside the jeans are blue pocket bags screen-printed with ryu in his shoryuken dragon punch action pose. included with each pair is a holofoil pocket flasher featuring eye-catching artwork from udon comics.
the yarns used to make these jeans are dyed with indigo in a special process called rope dying. in this process only the outermost layers of the cotton yarn absorb the dye, leaving the core of the yarn white. with prolonged wear, denim made from rope dyed yarns will gradually shed layers of indigo and slowly reveal a beautifully faded fabric. ryu’s wandering warrior persona is embodied in this wear process. as each raw denim enthusiast and videogame fanatic wander this earth beating up their jeans, the denim will confirm to their body and fade into a personal piece of wearable art.
the naked & famous denim "weird guy" is a standard tapered fit, comfortable from waist to hip and tapered from the knee to hem. medium rise.
weight: 12.5oz
98% cotton, 2% pu
japanese fabric
made in canada
sku: ryu167903
please use the measuring guide below to determine your best fit
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tag size 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 38 waist 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 front rise 11 11 11 11 11 11 11.5 11.5 12 upper thigh 11 11.5 11.75 11.75 12 12.25 12.5 13 13.5 knee 8 8 8.25 8.25 8.5 8.75 9 9.25 10 leg opening 7 7 7 7.25 7.5 7.5 7.75 8 8.5 inseam 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
measurements are in inches | a variance of +/- 0.5" is within tolerance | wən jɪr əˈgoʊ təˈdeɪ, aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd ðɪs ˈwɛbˌsaɪt tɪ ˈdɑkjəmɛnt maɪ ˈfɔreɪ ˈɪntu wət aɪ bɪˈliv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri ˈklæsˌrum lʊks laɪk. ðɪs ˈoʊvərˌhɔl, aɪ sɛd ə jɪr əˈgoʊ, ˌɪnˈkludɪd wɪθ ˈkɑmən kɔr, ˈhɛvi ˈɛmfəsɪs ɔn tɛkˈnɑləʤi, beɪst ˈlərnɪŋ, ˈjuzɪŋ ˈgugəl æps fər skul, ˈblɛndɪŋ maɪ ˈklæsˌrum wɪθ, ˈstudənt self-pacing*, ə fʊl brɪŋ jʊr oʊn dɪˈvaɪs (byod*) ˈproʊˌgræm, ə flɪpt ˈklæsˌrum, ənd maɪ ˈklæsˌrum wɪθ əˈʧivmənts (ˈbæʤɪz), ˈlidər bɔrdz, ˈaɪtəm ʃɑp, ənd wət aɪ bɪˈliv tɪ bi ðə fərst ˈɛvər əˈtɛmpt tɪ tərn maɪ students’*’ wərk ˈɪntu ən ˈɔltərˌneɪt ˌriˈæləˌti geɪm (arg).“*).“ ə bɪt mɔr tɪ ðɪs ˈstɔri. aɪ seɪ ðɪs ðɛn, bət aɪ æm ˈwɪlɪŋ tɪ seɪ ɪt naʊ: aɪ ˈwɔntɪd tɪ kwɪt ˈtiʧɪŋ. ɑr ˈbroʊkən ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ˈsɪstəm hæd səkt ðə laɪf aʊt əv mi. ˈwɛðər ɪt wɑz bɪˈkəz əv ˈpɑləˌtɪks, ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən, trəˈdɪʃən, ər ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈəðər θɪŋz, aɪ wɑz ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ prəˈvaɪd maɪ ˈstudənts wɪθ ðə ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ðeɪ dɪˈzərvd. aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd aɪ wʊd gɪv ɪt wən læst ʃɑt. aɪ wʊd ʧeɪnʤ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ənd du θɪŋz maɪ weɪ. ənd ɪf ɪt ˈwərˌkaʊt, ɪt ˈklɪrli mɛnt tɪ bi; aɪ wʊd kwɪt (ər bi faɪərd) ənd faɪnd ə nu kərɪr. wən jɪr ˈleɪtər ənd stɪl hir. ðɪs læst jɪr wɑz ðə bɛst ɪn maɪ ˈtiʧɪŋ kərɪr. aɪ ləvd goʊɪŋ tɪ wərk ˈɛvriˈdeɪ ənd aɪ θɪŋk maɪ kɪdz ləvd ˈkəmɪŋ tɪ klæs. lʊk æt səm əv ðɪs ˈdætə frəm ðə ɛnd əv ðə jɪr: soʊ, wət hæv aɪ ˈlərnɪd ɪn ə jɪr? goʊlz ɪn ˌrivˈju: ðiz wər ðə goʊlz aɪ sɛt fər ˌmaɪˈsɛlf læst jɪr: 1 ə ˈtɛkstˌbʊk fri ˈklæsˌrum 2 ə ˈpeɪpərləs ˈklæsˌrum 3 ˈlɛkʧər fər noʊ mɔr ðət tˈwɛnti ˈmɪnəts 4 ˈjunɪts 5 ˌɪnˈkris ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən bɪtˈwin ˈstudənt 6 ˌɪnˈkris ˈstudənt ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt 7 gɪv ə tɛd tɔk æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə jɪr ə ˈtɛkstˌbʊk fri ənd ˈpeɪpərləs ˈklæsˌrum: waɪl maɪ ˈklæsˌrum ɪz ˈmoʊstli ˈpeɪpərləs ənd ˈtɛkstˌbʊk fri, aɪ sɛt ðiz goʊlz fər ðə rɔŋ ˈrizənz. aɪ ˈwɔntɪd ə ˈpeɪpərləs, ˈtɛkstˌbʊk fri ˈklæsˌrum bɪˈkəz ɔl ðə kul kɪdz wər duɪŋ ɪt. wət aɪ ˌəndərˈstænd naʊ ɪz, nɑt əˈbaʊt biɪŋ ˈpeɪpərləs ər ˈtɛkstˌbʊk fri, əˈbaʊt ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈʧɔɪsɪz. ðə ˈtɛkstˌbʊk ɪz gʊd fər səm θɪŋz ənd səm ˈstudənts laɪk ˈpeɪpər. ðə mɔr ˈʧɔɪsɪz aɪ gɪv, ðə mɔr ˈstudənts aɪ kən riʧ. ðə mɔr ˈstudənts aɪ riʧ, ðə mɔr ðeɪ wɪl lərn. ˈlɛkʧər fər noʊ mɔr ðən tˈwɛnti ˈmɪnəts: ˈhæpi aɪ sɛt ðɪs goʊl. ɪt fɔrst maɪ klæs tɪ bɪˈkəm. ɪt fɔrst mi tɪ flɪp maɪ ˈklæsˌrum (maɪ weɪ) ənd traɪ nu θɪŋz laɪk ðə bi əˈbaʊt ɪt ˈprɑʤɛkt. boʊθ maɪ ˈstudənts ənd aɪ ər ˈhæpi aɪ tʊk ˌmaɪˈsɛlf aʊt frəm ðə frənt əv ðə klæs ənd lɛt ðɛm teɪk ʧɑrʤ. ˈjunɪts feɪld ˈmɪzərəbli. aɪ gɪt ɪt. θɪŋz wɪl bi ˈdɪfərənt ðɪs jɪr. ˌɪnˈkris ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ənd ˈstudənt ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt. ɛz ˈaʊˌtlaɪnd hir, aɪ lind ɔn tɪ ˌɪnˈkris ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ənd ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɪn maɪ ˈklæsˌrum, bət, əˈgɛn, ɪt wɑz ðə ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn biɪŋ ðət hæd ðə ˈbɪgəst ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ˈstudənt ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt. gɪv ə tɛd tɔk: aɪ wɑz ˈnɑməˌneɪtəd baɪ ə ˈkəpəl ˈkɑligz ənd kˈwɪkli rɪˈʤɛktɪd frəm ɔl tɛd ɪˈvɛnts. kul. nɑt mæd æt ju, tɛd. wət əˈbaʊt ðə ˈəðər ˈæˌspɛkts əv maɪ ˈoʊvərˌhɔl? tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪn ðə ˈklæsˌrum: aɪ ˈlərnɪd ɪz əˈnəðər ˈwɛpən ɪn ə ˈɑrsənəl juzd tɪ riʧ ˈɛvəri ˈstudənt ɛz ðeɪ faɪt ðə wɔr ɔn ˈæpəθi. tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪz nɑt ə ˈlərnɪŋ ˈaʊtˌkəm. ɪt ˈstɑrtɪd aʊt rəf, bət aɪ æm θrɪld wɪθ ðə juz əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi ɪn maɪ ˈklæsˌrum. maɪ kɪdz dɪd ə greɪt ʤɑb wɪθ ðə tulz ðeɪ hæd ənd praʊd əv haʊ ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli droʊv ˈlərnɪŋ ˈaʊtˌkəmz. wət meɪd ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈdɪfərənsɪz? ɔn ðə lɛft ɪz ˈdætə ɔn ðə raɪt ɪz læst deɪ əv skul ˈdætə. soʊ glæd aɪ wɛnt wɪθ ɛz maɪ lms*! aɪ min, lʊk æt ðoʊz ˈnəmbərz! 100 əv maɪ ˈstudənts sɛd wɑz ˈizi tɪ juz ənd hæd ə ˈpɑzətɪv ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðɛr ˈlərnɪŋ! 100 nɑt ʃʊr ɪf maɪ kɪdz wʊd bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt waɪ ɪt hæd ə ˈpɑzətɪv ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn ðɛr ˈlərnɪŋ, bət aɪ θɪŋk ɪt hæd tɪ du wɪθ əˈbɪləˌti tɪ əˈlaʊ fər ˌdɪfərˈɛnʧiˌeɪtəd ˌɪnˈstrəkʃən. students’*’ rɪˈsivd ˈdɪfərənt əˈsaɪnmənts tɪ bɛst mit ðɛr nidz, bət ðə bɛst pɑrt wɑz ˈstudənts ˈriəˌlaɪz ðeɪ wər ˈsəmˌtaɪmz duɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt wərk ðən ðɛr pɪrz. ðeɪ wər ˈgɪtɪŋ ə ˈpərsənəˌlaɪzd ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən! aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ θɪŋk hɛlpt kriˈeɪtɪd ə ˈpɑzətɪv ˈlərnɪŋ kəmˈjunɪti. ˈstudənts wər ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt mi ər iʧ ˈəðər æt ˈɛniˌtaɪm, hæd ən ˈɛriə wɛr ðeɪ kʊd ʤɪst ˈhæˌŋaʊt, ənd wər grupt ˈɪntu wən ˈmæsɪv ˈklæsˌrum wɪʧ əˈlaʊd fər mɔr kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən. wi wər ˈlərnɪŋ təˈgɛðər ənd ɪt wɑz fən! ɪf ju hərd, ʤɪst roʊld aʊt səm ˈkɪlər ˈəpˌdeɪts ənd hæv mɔr ˈkəmɪŋ. noʊ daʊt ðət wɪl bi ðə əv maɪ ˈklæsˌrum əˈgɛn nɛkst jɪr ənd fər ˈmɛni jɪrz tɪ kəm! ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔsəm ˈpipəl! maɪ klæs wɛnt ənd juzd ˈgugəl æps fər ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən fər kəˈlæbərˌeɪtɪv ˈlərnɪŋ. aɪ ləv ənd glæd aɪ ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ɪt. maɪ kɪdz ˈnɛvər fərˈgɑt ðɛr dɪˈvaɪsɪz ənd ˈtritɪd ðɛm wɪθ rɪˈspɛkt bɪˈkəz ðeɪ oʊnd ðɛm. ˈhævɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt dɪˈvaɪsɪz mɛnt wi hæd tɪ gɪt kriˈeɪtɪv ənd lərn wət iʧ dɪˈvaɪs wɑz gʊd æt. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ laɪkt haʊ hæd ˈstudənts ˈʃɛrɪŋ ənd ˈtreɪdɪŋ dɪˈvaɪsɪz tɪ bɛst mit ðɛr nidz. dɪˈvərsɪti ɪz ə gʊd θɪŋ. ɪf ˈɛvriˌwən wɑz aɪ θɪŋk ðət ˈɛkstrə ˈlɛvəl əv kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən ənd təˈgɛðərnəs wʊd bi ˈmɪsɪŋ. wɪl bi bæk ðɪs jɪr. ˈɔlsoʊ ɛnˈhænst ðɪs kəˌlæbərˈeɪʃən. wi wər ˈkɑnstəntli ˈwərkɪŋ təˈgɛðər ðɪs jɪr ənd aɪ ləvd ɪt. aɪ æm ˈhæpi wɪθ haʊ ˈstudənts gru ɪn ðɪs ˈɛriə ˈoʊvər ðə jɪr. ɔn ðə lɛft ɪz ðə fərst ˈmɑrkɪŋ ˈpɪriəd, ɔn ðə raɪt ɪz ðə læst deɪ əv skul. ðiz græfs ər əˈbaʊt mɔr ðən tɛkˈnɑləʤi. əˈbaʊt groʊθ. ˈstudənts ˈlərnɪd ə hoʊl nu weɪ tɪ lərn: təˈgɛðər. maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt pɑrt? ɔn ðə fərst deɪ əv skul, 33 ˈstudənts sɛd ðeɪ wər ɔˈrɛdi ˈkəmfərtəbəl wɪθ tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ɔn ðə læst, 17 ˈminɪŋ ˈmɛni ˈstudənts ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðeɪ hæd mɔr tɪ lərn. ðət ɪz ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈriləˈzeɪʃən fər ðɛm tɪ meɪk. ðɛr ɪz ˈɔlˌweɪz mɔr tɪ lərn ənd ɪt ɪz ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz wi ər pərˈpɛrɪŋ kɪdz fər ʤɑbz ðət ɪgˈzɪst jɛt. biɪŋ tɛk ˈsævi ɪz ən ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt skɪl tɪ pəˈzɛs. maɪ skul ə skul æt ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv maɪ kwɛst, soʊ θɪŋk ju hæv tɪ bi ɪn wən tɪ juz ɪn jʊr klæs.: dɪˈspaɪt səm sɪˈstɛmɪk flɔz, aɪ ləv ənd æm glæd aɪ ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd ɪt ðə weɪ aɪ dɪd ðɪs jɪr. aɪ θɪŋk ɪt dɪz ə greɪt ʤɑb ˈmoʊtəˌveɪtɪŋ ənd ɪnˈgeɪʤɪŋ ˈstudənts, əˈspɛʃəli məˈnɔrəti meɪlz, ənd aɪ wɪl bi ˈroʊlɪŋ ɪt aʊt əˈgɛn fər ðɪs ˈkəmɪŋ skul jɪr wɪθ ˈivɪn mɔr ˈfiʧərz. ju kən rɛd mɔr əˈbaʊt ɪt ɪn maɪ ˈdætə dəmp. maɪ ˈɔltərˌneɪt ˌriˈæləˌti geɪm wɛnt wɛl, tu, bət aɪ θɪŋk aɪ kən du ˈbɛtər. aɪ wɔnt tɪ gɪt mɔr kɪdz pleɪɪŋ, ˈlɔŋgər. bɪˈloʊ ju kən si pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən reɪts. ɔn ðə lɛft ɪz ˈdætə frəm ðə ɛnd əv ˈmɑrkɪŋ ˈpɪriəd 1 ənd ɔn ðə raɪt ɪz ˈdætə frəm ðə læst deɪ əv skul. aɪ hæd kɪdz ənd ðɛn aɪ lɔst ðɛm! aɪ nid tɪ ɪkˈspleɪn ðə ˈbɛtər ɪn ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ənd aɪ hæv dɪˈvɛləpt səm nu weɪz tɪ kip ˈstudənts pleɪɪŋ θruaʊt ðə jɪr. ˈrɪtən maɪ nu geɪm, n.o.m.a.d*, tɪ ˌɪnˈklud lɛs ˈkɛrɪktərz hu ər mɔr ˌɪnərˈæktɪv. laɪk tɪ hæv 50 pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən reɪt æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə jɪr. priˈdɪkʃən: aɪ θɪŋk ðɪs wɪl bi ðə jɪr əv ðə ˈɔltərˌneɪt ˌriˈæləˌti geɪm. wɪn aɪ ˈstɑrtɪd maɪn, fju wər ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt ənd ˈivɪn lɛs wər ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈrənɪŋ wən. ɪt fɛlt ˈvɛri ˈloʊnli. naʊ, siɪŋ ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl pleɪɪŋ əraʊnd wɪθ ðə aɪˈdiə ɪn wən fɔrm ər əˈnəðər. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈləki ɪˈnəf tɪ bi ˌɪnˈvɑlvd wɪθ tim ənd ðɛr ˌriˈæləˌti ˈlərnɪŋ experience.”*.” aɪ prɪˈdɪkt ˈɔltərˌneɪt ˌriˈæləˌti geɪmz ər goʊɪŋ tɪ bɪˈkəm ˈmeɪnˌstrim ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈkəpəl jɪrz. ʤɪst weɪt ənd si haʊ ˈmɛni ˈtiʧərz ər traɪɪŋ tɪ ˈfɪgjər aʊt wət ɪz ðɪs ˈkəmɪŋ skul jɪr. səˈpraɪz əv ðə jɪr: tˈwɪtər ˈsɪmpli, ju nid tɪ bi ɔn tˈwɪtər. aɪ ˈnɛvər θɔt aɪ wʊd gɪt ɛz məʧ aʊt əv tˈwɪtər ɛz aɪ hæv. aɪ ləvd ʃoʊɪŋ ɔf ðə əˈmeɪzɪŋ θɪŋz maɪ ˈstudənts wər duɪŋ. boʊθ ˈpɛrənts ənd ˈstudənts ləvd siɪŋ ðə fid wɪʧ ˈædɪd tɪ ɑr ˈpɑzətɪv ˈlərnɪŋ ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ juzd tˈwɪtər tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ə əv ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtərz tɪ kəˈlæbərˌeɪt wɪθ. meɪd səm greɪt frɛndz hu hæv hɛlpt ʃeɪp mi ɛz ən ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtər. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ juzd tˈwɪtər tɪ æsk ðɛm fər hɛlp. ˈnɛvər wəns wɑz aɪ lɛft ˈhæŋɪŋ. tˈwɪtər simz tɪ bi ə wərld əv ˈtæləntɪd ˈtiʧərz ʤɪst ˈweɪtɪŋ tɪ hɛlp. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ riʧt aʊt tɪ ˈkəmpəˌniz, tu. nɑt ˈoʊnli wɑz aɪ ˈeɪbəl tɪ brɪŋ ə lɔt əv fri tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈɪntu maɪ ˈklæsˌrum, bət aɪ faʊnd ə ˈsɑləd kɔr əv ˈkəmpəˌniz hu tʊk ə ˈpərsɪnəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn maɪ kɪdz ənd mi. ðə foʊks æt ʧæt, curriculet*,, tɛk ˈlərnɪŋ, ki ˈfərnɪʧər, ˈkɔrbɪt ɪŋk., noʊ rɛd ɪŋk, ənd ˈgugəl ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən ɔl pleɪd ə juʤ pɑrt ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ maɪ ˈklæsˌrum ə ˈbɛtər pleɪs tɪ lərn. ə ˈstɔri ðət bɛst səmz əp ðə paʊər əv tˈwɪtər: ˈɔsəm dɪˈrɛktər ˈmaɪkəl di. stərn meɪd ə ʃɔrt fɪlm ˈvərʒən əv. ɪt lʊkt əˈmeɪzɪŋ, bət wɑz brænd nu ənd ˈoʊnli ˈɛnərd ˈɪntu ə ˈkəpəl ˈkɑntɛsts. aɪ riʧt aʊt tɪ stərn ənd toʊld ɪm aɪ hæd ə grup əv haɪ ˈskulərz hu ʤɪst rɛd ənd wʊd ləv tɪ si hɪz ˈvərʒən. hi rɪˈspɑndɪd ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli ənd, wɪˈθɪn ə fju deɪz, aɪ hæd ə ˈkɑpi əv tɪ ʃoʊ maɪ klæs. ɪn rɪˈtərn, maɪ ˈstudənts roʊt rəvˈjuz ənd ˈɔfərd ˌtɛstɪˈmoʊniəlz ɛz tɪ ðə kˈwɑləti əv ðɪs əˈmeɪzɪŋ fɪlm. tˈwɪtər wɑz ə ˈplɛzənt səˈpraɪz ðət meɪd mi ə ˈbɛtər ˈtiʧər, ənd aɪ ɪnˈkərəʤ ˈɛvəri ˈɛʤəˌkeɪtər tɪ gɪt ɔn ɪt ənd groʊ ə kəmˈjunɪti əv kˈwɑləti ˈtiʧərz tɪ kɔl ðɛr oʊn. ˈhaɪˌlaɪt əv maɪ jɪr: ˈgugəl ˈtiʧər əˈkædəmi ˈgugəl ˈtiʧər əˈkædəmi wɑz əˈmeɪzɪŋ. ɪt wɑz wən əv ðə tɔp θri ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz əv maɪ laɪf. aɪ kən si waɪ səm kɔl ɪt ðə ˈgreɪtəst prəˈfɛʃənəl dɪˈvɛləpmənt ɔn ðə ˈplænət. wət meɪks ɪt soʊ ˈspɛʃəl ər ðə ˈpipəl. frəm ðə hu həŋ aʊt wɪθ ˈjuˈɛs, tɪ ðə ˈlidərz hu fəˈsɪləˌteɪtɪd ðə ɪˈvɛnt, tɪ ðə ˈmɛmbərz əv maɪ ˈkoʊhɔrt, ˈɛvriˌwən wɑz soʊ ˈɔsəm ənd tɔt mi tənz. ɪt ɪz ən ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈnɛvər fərˈgɛt. ju kən rɛd əˈbaʊt səm əv maɪ cohorts’*’ ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz hir ənd hir θɪŋz aɪ ˈnoʊtɪst ðɪs jɪr: aɪ ləv duɪŋ ənd ˈspikɪŋ æt ˈkɑnfərənsəz. aɪ noʊ waɪ, bət aɪ hæv ə ril ˈpæʃən fər ɪt. dən kloʊz tɪ 50 sɪns maɪ fərst wən ɪn noʊˈvɛmbər. aɪ θɪŋk aɪ meɪ bi əˈdɪktɪd. ɪz ˌɪnˈseɪn. ɪt juz tɪ teɪk mi ən aʊər tɪ meɪk ə faɪv ˈmɪnət flɪpt ˈvɪdioʊ bɪˈkəz aɪ wɑz soʊ ˌsɛlfˈkɑnʃəs. naʊ ə faɪv ˈmɪnət ˈvɪdioʊ teɪks faɪv ˈmɪnəts! aɪ juz tɪ ˈpruˌfrid ðiz poʊsts fər deɪz. naʊ ʤɪst ə fju taɪmz. waɪ? ˈgɔtən ˈoʊvər maɪ fɪr əv ˈfeɪljər. aɪ stɪl θɪŋk ə greɪt ˈraɪtər, nɔr ðə bɛst ˈtiʧər. ðə ˈdɪfərəns ɪz naʊ, ˈoʊˈkeɪ wɪθ ðət. ðə rum tɪ groʊ ɪz ˈkɑnstənt ənd ˈlərnɪŋ ɪz laɪf lɔŋ. ɪf aɪ mɪˈsteɪks, aɪ ʤɪst lərn frəm ðɛm ənd muv ɔn. dən ɪz ˈbɛtər ðən ˈpərˌfɪkt. bɪˈkəm məʧ mɔr pərˈdəktɪv naʊ. ˈgɔtən ˈoʊvər maɪ fɪr əv səkˈsɛs. aɪ teɪk mɔr rɪsks naʊ ðən ˈɛvər ˌbiˈfɔr bɪˈkəz aɪ bɪˈliv ɪn ˌmaɪˈsɛlf naʊ. ðɪs jɪr, əˈspɛʃəli ˈgugəl ˈtiʧər əˈkædəmi, wɑz ˌvæləˈdeɪʃən ðət ɔn ðə raɪt træk. aɪ weɪt tɪ ˌɪnˈvɛnt ənd dɪˈvɛləp nu weɪz fər maɪ ˈstudənts tɪ lərn. aɪ ʤɪst tərnd ˈθərˌdi. aɪ æm kənˈsɪstəntli wən əv ðə ˈjəŋgəst ˈtiʧərz ɪn əˈtɛndəns wɛˈrɛvər aɪ goʊ. waɪl ɪt həz ˈbɛnəfɪts, laɪk ˈtiʧərz traɪɪŋ tɪ fɪks mi əp wɪθ ðɛr ˈdɔtərz, aɪ bɪˈliv haʊ ˈmɛni jəŋ ˈtiʧərz ˈiðər noʊ ər teɪk ædˈvæntɪʤ əv greɪt ˈlərnɪŋ ˌɑpərˈtunətiz. gɪt aʊt ðɛr jəŋ foʊk! ðə bɛst bɪˈheɪvjər ˈmænɪʤmənt ɪz ə ˈlɛsən. ðɪs goʊlz: 1 fʊl jɪr self-paced*, ˈmæstəri ˈlərnɪŋ. 2 ˈɪmpləmənt ˈstudənt pɔrtˈfoʊliˌoʊz. 3 50 pɑrˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən ɪn n.o.m.a.d*. æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə jɪr. 4 ˈkiˌnoʊt ə ˈkɑnfərəns 5 tɛd tɔk ˈfaɪnəli, ənˈveɪlɪŋ maɪ nu ˈloʊgoʊ ˈivɪn ðoʊ ə wərk ɪn ˈprɑˌgrɛs! læst jɪr ɪt wɑz meɪk ˈlərnɪŋ ˈbɛtər fər maɪ ˈstudənts ər kwɪt. ðɪs jɪr meɪk ˈlərnɪŋ ˈbɛtər fər maɪ ˈstudənts ər daɪ traɪɪŋ. aɪ θɪŋk maɪ nu ˈloʊgoʊ ˈkæpʧərz ðət: θæŋks tɪ ˈɛvriˌwən, ˈɛvriˌwɛr. ju meɪd ðɪs jɪr wən əv ðə bɛst əv maɪ laɪf. ənˈtɪl nɛkst taɪm, |
one year ago today, i started this website to document my foray into what i believe the 21st century classroom looks like. this overhaul, i said a year ago, included “compliance with common core, heavy emphasis on technology, project/problem based learning, using google apps for school, blending my classroom with schoology, student self-pacing, a full bring your own device (byod) program, a flipped classroom, and gamifying my classroom with achievements (badges), leader boards, item shop, and what i believe to be the world’s first ever attempt to turn my students’ work into an alternate reality game (arg).“
there’s a bit more to this story. i wouldn’t say this then, but i am willing to say it now: i wanted to quit teaching. our broken education system had sucked the life out of me. whether it was because of politics, administration, tradition, or a number of other things, i was struggling to provide my students with the education they deserved. i decided i would give it one last shot. i would change everything and do things my way. and if it didn’t workout, it clearly wasn’t meant to be; i would quit (or be fired) and find a new career.
one year later and i’m still here. this last year was the best in my teaching career. i loved going to work everyday and i think my kids loved coming to class. look at some of this data from the end of the year:
so, what have i learned in a year?
goals in review:
these were the goals i set for myself last year:
1. a textbook free classroom
2. a paperless classroom
3. lecture for no more that twenty minutes
4. group/self-pacing units
5. increase competition between student
6. increase student engagement
7. give a ted talk at the end of the year
a textbook free and paperless classroom:
while my classroom is mostly paperless and textbook free, i set these goals for the wrong reasons. i wanted a paperless, textbook free classroom because all the cool kids were doing it. what i understand now is, it’s not about being paperless or textbook free, it’s about giving choices. the textbook is good for some things and some students like paper. the more choices i give, the more students i can reach. the more students i reach, the more they will learn.
lecture for no more than twenty minutes:
i’m happy i set this goal. it forced my class to become student-centered. it forced me to flip my classroom (my way) and try new things like the be about it project. both my students and i are happy i took myself out from the front of the class and let them take charge.
group/self-pacing units
failed miserably. i didn’t get it. things will be different this year.
increase competition and student engagement.
as outlined here, i leaned on gamification to increase engagement and competition in my classroom, but, again, it was the focus on being student-centered that had the biggest impact on student engagement.
give a ted talk:
i was nominated by a couple colleagues and quickly rejected from all ted events. it’s cool. i’m not mad at you, ted.
what about the other aspects of my overhaul?
technology in the classroom:
i learned edtech is another weapon in a teacher’s arsenal used to reach every student as they fight the war on apathy. technology is not a learning outcome. it started out rough, but i am thrilled with the use of technology in my classroom. my kids did a great job with the tools they had and i’m proud of how edtech eventually drove learning outcomes. what edtech made the biggest differences?
schoology – on the left is mp1 data on the right is last day of school data.
i’m so glad i went with schoology as my lms! i mean, look at those numbers! 100% of my students said schoology was easy to use and had a positive impact on their learning! 100%! i’m not sure if my kids would be able to pinpoint why it had a positive impact on their learning, but i think it had to do with schoology’s ability to allow for differentiated instruction. students’ received different assignments to best meet their needs, but the best part was students didn’t realize they were sometimes doing different work than their peers. they were getting a personalized education!
i also think schoology helped created a positive learning community. students were able to contact me or each other at anytime, had an area where they could just hangout, and were grouped into one massive classroom which allowed for more collaboration. we were learning together and it was fun!
if you haven’t heard, schoology just rolled out some killer updates and have more coming. there’s no doubt that schoology will be the hq of my classroom again next year and for many years to come!
they’re also awesome people!
byod – my class went byod and used google apps for education for collaborative learning.
i love byod and i’m glad i implemented it. my kids never forgot their devices and treated them with respect because they owned them. having different devices meant we had to get creative and learn what each device was good at. i also liked how byod had students sharing and trading devices to best meet their needs. diversity is a good thing. if everyone was 1:1, i think that extra level of collaboration and togetherness would be missing. byod will be back this year.
gafe also enhanced this collaboration. we were constantly working together this year and i loved it. i am happy with how students grew in this area over the year. on the left is the first marking period, on the right is the last day of school.
these graphs are about more than technology. they’re about growth. students learned a whole new way to learn: together. my favorite part? on the first day of school, 33 students said they were already comfortable with technology. on the last, 17. meaning many students realized they had more to learn. that is an important realization for them to make. there is always more to learn and it is important to realize we are preparing kids for jobs that don’t exist yet. being tech savvy is an important skill to possess.
my school wasn’t a gafe school at the beginning of my quest, so don’t think you have to be in one to use gafe in your class.
gamification:
despite some systemic flaws, i love gamification and am glad i implemented it the way i did this year. i think it does a great job motivating and engaging students, especially minority males, and i will be rolling it out again for this coming school year with even more features. you can read more about it in my gamification data dump.
my alternate reality game went well, too, but i think i can do better. i want to get more kids playing, longer. below you can see participation rates. on the left is data from the end of marking period 1 and on the right is data from the last day of school.
i had kids and then i lost them! i need to explain the arg better in the beginning and i have developed some new ways to keep students playing throughout the year. i’ve written my new game, n.o.m.a.d, to include less characters who are more interactive. i’d like to have 50% participation rate at the end of the year.
prediction: i think this will be the year of the alternate reality game. when i started mine, few were talking about args and even less were actually running one. it felt very lonely. now, i’m seeing a lot of people playing around with the idea in one form or another. i’m also lucky enough to be involved with pearon’s elearning team and their “alternate reality learning experience.” i predict alternate reality games are going to become mainstream in the next couple years. just wait and see how many teachers are trying to figure out what ingress is this coming school year.
surprise of the year: twitter
simply, you need to be on twitter. i never thought i would get as much out of twitter as i have.
i loved showing off the amazing things my students were doing. both parents and students loved seeing the feed which added to our positive learning environment.
i also used twitter to develop a pln of educators to collaborate with. i’ve made some great friends who have helped shape me as an educator. i also used twitter to ask them for help. never once was i left hanging. twitter seems to be a world of talented teachers just waiting to help.
i also reached out to companies, too. not only was i able to bring a lot of free technology into my classroom, but i found a solid core of companies who took a personal interest in my kids and me. the folks at backchannel chat, curriculet, schoology, tech & learning, ki furniture, corbett inc., no red ink, and google education all played a huge part in making my classroom a better place to learn.
a story that best sums up the power of twitter: awesome director michael d. stern made a short film version of poe’s berenice. it looked amazing, but was brand new and only entered into a couple contests. i reached out to stern and told him i had a group of high schoolers who just read berenice and would love to see his version. he responded immediately and, within a few days, i had a copy of berenice to show my class. in return, my students wrote reviews and offered testimonials as to the quality of this amazing film.
twitter was a pleasant surprise that made me a better teacher, and i encourage every educator to get on it and grow a community of quality teachers to call their own.
highlight of my year: google teacher academy
google teacher academy was amazing. it was one of the top three experiences of my life. i can see why some call it the greatest professional development on the planet. what makes it so special are the people. from the googlers who hung out with us, to the leaders who facilitated the event, to the members of my cohort, everyone was so awesome and taught me tons. it is an experience i’ll never forget. you can read about some of my cohorts’ experiences here and here
things i noticed this year:
i love doing pd and speaking at conferences. i don’t know why, but i have a real passion for it. i’ve done close to 50 since my first one in november. i think i may be addicted.
iste is insane.
it use to take me an hour to make a five minute flipped video because i was so self-conscious. now a five minute video takes five minutes! i use to proofread these posts for days. now just a few times. why? i’ve gotten over my fear of failure. i still don’t think i’m a great writer, nor the best teacher. the difference is now, i’m ok with that. the room to grow is constant and learning is life long. if i mistakes, i just learn from them and move on. done is better than perfect. i’ve become much more productive now.
i’ve gotten over my fear of success. i take more risks now than ever before because i believe in myself now. this year, especially google teacher academy, was validation that i’m on the right track. i can’t wait to invent and develop new ways for my students to learn.
i just turned thirty. i am consistently one of the youngest teachers in attendance wherever i go. while it has it’s benefits, like teachers trying to fix me up with their daughters, i can’t believe how many young teachers either don’t know or don’t take advantage of great learning opportunities. get out their young folk!
the best behavior management is a student-centered lesson.
this year’s goals:
1. full year self-paced, self-directed mastery learning.
2. implement student portfolios.
3. >50% participation in n.o.m.a.d. at the end of the year.
4. keynote a conference
5. ted talk
finally, i’m unveiling my new logo even though it’s a work in progress! last year it was make learning better for my students or quit. this year it’s make learning better for my students or die trying. i think my new logo captures that:
thanks to everyone, everywhere. you made this year one of the best of my life.
until next time,
glhf | ˈgɑrdiən ˈfeɪbər həz saɪnd ə bʊk ɔn ˈɛdwərd sˈnoʊdən baɪ ˈgɑrdiən ˈfɔrən ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt luk ˈhɑrdɪŋ. ðə sˈnoʊdən faɪlz: ðə tru ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈstɔri əv ðə wərldz moʊst ˈwɔntɪd mæn, wɪl bi ˈpəblɪʃt ɪn spərɪŋ 2014 ˈgɑrdiən ˈfeɪbər əkˈwaɪərd wərld raɪts. ðə bʊk ˈfɑloʊz ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈɛdwərd sˈnoʊdən keɪs tɪ deɪt, waɪ ðə ˈkɑnˌtræktər riˈlist ˌɪnˈtɛləʤəns ˈdætə tɪ ˈʤərnəlɪsts, ənd bɪˈkeɪm ðə moʊst ˈwɔntɪd mæn ɪn ðə wərld. ˈhɑrdɪŋ həz ˈkəvərd ðə wɔrz ɪn ˌɪˈrɑk ənd æfˈgænəˌstæn fər ðə ˈgɑrdiən, ɛz wɛl ˈraɪtɪŋ (ˈgɑrdiən bʊks) ənd: ˌɪnˈsaɪd ˈʤuljən wɔr ɔn ˈsikrəsi (ˈgɑrdiən bʊks) ənd ðə laɪər: ðə fɔl əv ˈʤɑnəθən ˈaɪtkən (ˈpɛŋgwən), ˈnɑməˌneɪtəd fər ðə ˈɔrˌwɛl praɪz. ðə bʊk həz bɪn tərnd ˈɪntu "ðə fɪθ ɛˈsteɪt", ˈstɑrɪŋ ˈbɛnəˌdɪkt ˈkəmbərˌbæʧ ɛz assange*. ðə ˈgɑrdiən ɪz ˈhændəlɪŋ fɪlm raɪts fər ðə sˈnoʊdən faɪlz, waɪl ˈfeɪbər ɪz ˈhændəlɪŋ ɔl ˈəðər raɪts. ˈfeɪbər ənd ðə ˈgɑrdiən kriˈeɪtɪd ðə ˈgɑrdiən ˈfeɪbər ˌɪmˈprɪnt ɪn 2013 dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ ˈproʊdus ə ˈnəmbər əv nɑnˈfɪkʃən ˈtaɪtəlz. ˈpriviəsli, ˈgɑrdiən bʊks wər dɪˈstrɪbjətəd θru ˈrændəm haʊs dɪˈvɪʒən ˈkɔrnərˌstoʊn. |
guardian faber has signed a book on edward snowden by guardian foreign correspondent luke harding.
the snowden files: the true inside story of the world's most wanted man, will be published in spring 2014. guardian faber acquired world rights.
the book follows the entire edward snowden case to date, analysing why the 29-year-old nsa contractor released intelligence data to journalists, and became the most wanted man in the world.
harding has covered the wars in iraq and afghanistan for the guardian, as well writing mafiastate (guardian books) and co-writing wikileaks: inside julian assange's war on secrecy (guardian books) and the liar: the fall of jonathan aitken (penguin), nominated for the orwell prize. the wikileaks book has been turned into "the fifth estate", starring benedict cumberbatch as assange.
the guardian is handling film rights for the snowden files, while faber is handling all other rights.
faber and the guardian created the guardian faber imprint in 2013, designed to produce a number of non-fiction titles. previously, guardian books were distributed through random house division cornerstone. | ə kəˈmɪti ˈstədi ðət ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ˈmoʊʃən kɔld fər ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ gɪt ˌəndərˈweɪ nɛkst mənθ, ðə sən həz ˈlərnɪd. ɔl aɪz wɪl bi ɔn ðə ˈstændɪŋ kəˈmɪti ɔn kəˈneɪdiən ˈhɛrɪtɪʤ ɛz ɪt hirz frəm ˈdəzənz əv ˈwɪtnəsɪz tɪ ˈstədi ðə fəˈnɑməˌnɑn əv, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ˈəðər fɔrmz əv dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ənd ˈreɪˌsɪzəm. ˈlɪˌbərəl pæst ɪn ðə haʊs əv ˈkɑmənz baɪ ə voʊt əv ɔn mɑrʧ 23 ˈæftər wiks əv ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi sərˈaʊndɪŋ ðə ˈwərdɪŋ əv ðə ˈmoʊʃən. naʊ ðə kəˈmɪti wɪl pɪk əp wɛr ðə ˈmoʊʃən livz ɔf. waɪl ðə ˈmoʊʃən səˈpoʊzədli dɪˈnaʊnsɪz ɔl dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən, wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli wən ðət rɪˈsivd ə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈmɛnʃən. ˈkɑlɪd həz ˈsteɪtɪd hər ˈmoʊʃən wɑz ˈpɑrʃəli ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ ən ˈɔnˌlaɪn pəˈtɪʃən ɪkˈsklusɪvli ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ˌɪsˈlɑm. ə ˈnəmbər əv ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈpəndɪts ˈɑrgjud ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈkɑntrəˌvərsi ðət ðə ˈmoʊʃən wɑz ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ə ˈʤɛsʧər ənd wʊd ˈnɛvər əˈmaʊnt tɪ ˈɛniˌθɪŋ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər naʊ ðət ðə ˈɪʃu ɪz ˈhɛdɪd tɪ kəˈmɪti, ɪt wɪl rɪˈzəlt ɪn ə rɪˈpɔrt ðət wɪl prəˈvaɪd ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃənz ðət meɪ ˌɪnˈspaɪr ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. ˈməltəpəl ˈsɔrsəz kənˈfərmd tɪ ðə sən ðət lɪsts əv səˈʤɛstɪd ˈwɪtnəsɪz hæv ɔˈrɛdi bɪn pʊt ˈfɔrwərd. ˈtɪpɪkəli, ˈlɪˌbərəl, kənˈsərvətɪv ənd ˈmɛmbərz əv ə kəˈmɪti iʧ pʊt ˈfɔrwərd ðɛr oʊn ˈpɑrti lɪst əv ˈwɪtnəsɪz ənd ðɛn təˈgɛðər ðeɪ ˈnɛroʊ ɪt daʊn tɪ ə sˈmɔlər, mˈjuʧuəli əˈgrid əˈpɑn lɪst. ðə ˈwɪtnəsɪz ˌɪnˈvaɪtɪd tɪ ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪ fər ðɪs ˈstədi wɪl ˈlɑrʤli dɪˈtərmən ðə skoʊp ənd toʊn əv ðə kəˈmɪti ˈmitɪŋz. wɪl ðeɪ gɪv ˈikwəl taɪm tɪ ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz əv ɔl riˈlɪʤənz, ɛz wɛl ɛz ðə ˌnɑnrɪˈlɪʤəs? wɪl ðoʊz ˈspikɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈməzlɪm ˈɪʃuz bi ˈlɪˌbərəl ˈməzlɪmz ər mɔr ˈɔrθəˌdɑks, ˈvɔɪsɪz? ˈminˌwaɪl, ə pəˈtɪʃən ɔn ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈwɛbˌsaɪt ðət wɑz kriˈeɪtɪd tɪ vɔɪs ˌɑpəˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈʃɑriə lɔ ˈgeɪnɪŋ ə ˈfʊˌthoʊld ɪn ˈkænədə həz riʧt ˈsɪgnəʧərz. ðə pəˈtɪʃən ðət ˌɪnˈspaɪərd ˈmoʊʃən riʧt ˌbiˈfɔr ɪt wɑz kloʊzd fər ˈsɪgnəʧərz. |
a committee study that canada’s controversial anti-islamophobia motion called for is likely to get underway next month, the sun has learned.
all eyes will be on the standing committee on canadian heritage as it hears from dozens of witnesses to study the ill-defined phenomenon of islamophobia, along with other forms of discrimination and racism.
liberal mp iqra khalid’s m-103 passed in the house of commons by a vote of 201-91 on march 23 after weeks of controversy surrounding the wording of the motion. now the committee will pick up where the motion leaves off.
while the motion supposedly denounces all discrimination, islamophobia was the only one that received a specific mention. khalid has stated her motion was partially inspired by e-411, an online petition exclusively focused on islam.
a number of mainstream pundits argued during the controversy that the motion was nothing more than a gesture and would never amount to anything.
however now that the issue is headed to committee, it will result in a report that will provide recommendations that may inspire legislation.
multiple sources confirmed to the sun that lists of suggested witnesses have already been put forward.
typically, liberal, conservative and ndp members of a committee each put forward their own party list of witnesses and then together they narrow it down to a smaller, mutually agreed upon list.
the witnesses invited to testify for this study will largely determine the scope and tone of the committee meetings. will they give equal time to representatives of all religions, as well as the non-religious? will those speaking about muslim issues be liberal muslims or more orthodox, pro-sharia voices?
meanwhile, a petition on the government’s official e-petition website that was created to voice opposition to sharia law gaining a foothold in canada has reached 42,000 signatures.
the petition that inspired khalid’s motion reached 70,000 before it was closed for signatures. | dans* lɛs 2000 dɪ lɑ ˌhərˈmaɪni ki ə lɑ feɪɛt də oʊ siècle*. lɑ də ɛn 2015 sər lɛs ˈtreɪsɪz də ˌmɑrˈki, lə ə sillonné*é lɛs suivante*. ɛn 2018 də lɑ ɛst associé*é 2016 ɛt də feɪɛt, ˌnævəˈgeɪʃən ˈsɪrə lɑ pɔr lə də lɑ ˈfræŋkəˌfoʊn dénommé*é ɑnˈsɑmbəl lɛs lɑ vaɪ ɛt professionnel*. lɑ, d’escales*, də dɪ ˈsɛʃənz də fɔrˈmeɪʃən lɑ ˌnævəˈgeɪʃən. lɛs ɛt ˈtælənts ɛn dɪ mini-ateliers*. pɔr sɑ, ɪl ˈɑntrə 21 ɛt 34 ans*, u də ˌɪnərˌnæʃəˈnɑli də lɑ, ɛn bɑn fəˈzik ɛt seɪ ˈdʊrənt lɑ də 15 oʊ 6 2017 də fɔrˈmeɪʃən də sɛpt ˈrɑʃfərt, ɛn métropole*. éétape*, pɑr ˈjuˈɛn tɛst fəˈzik, ki ˈsɪrə pɔr lɑ fəˈnæli dɪ pɑrˈtɪsəpənts. ˈsɪrə pɔr juˈnik ə souligné*é ˈbərnərd deladrière*, də ɛn ʧɑrʤ də lɑ ɛt də ɛn. sɑ lə ˌdɔsˈjeɪ də complété*é ɛn əˈvɑnt lə 5 2017 minuit*, də ˈpɛrɪs 6 9 eɪʧ, də nouméa*) ɛt accompagné*é dɪ ˈdɑkjəmənts ˈjuˈɛn oʊ utilisé*é pɑr hermione-lafayette*, ˈjuˈɛn cv*, də passeport*. ˈkɑnˌtækt |
dans les années 2000, des passionnés ont reconstruit à l’identique la frégate hermione qui a permis à la fayette de rejoindre l’amérique au 18e siècle. après la traversée de l’atlantique en 2015 sur les traces du célèbre marquis, le navire a sillonné les côtes bretonnes l’année suivante. en 2018, à l’initiative de l’oif – dont la nouvelle-calédonie est membre associé depuis novembre 2016 – et de l’association hermione-la fayette, une navigation sera organisée dans la méditerranée pour promouvoir le mouvement citoyen de la jeunesse francophone dénommé « libres ensemble ».
les jeunes sélectionnés participeront à la vie à bord et assisteront l’équipage professionnel. la traversée, ponctuée d’une dizaine d’escales, leur permettra de suivre des sessions de formation à la navigation. les matelots seront aussi invités à partager leur expérience et leurs talents en animant des mini-ateliers.
pour pouvoir proposer sa candidature, il faut avoir entre 21 et 34 ans, être ressortissant d’un état ou gouvernement membre de l’organisation internationale de la francophonie, être en bonne forme physique et pouvoir se rendre disponible durant la période du 15 août au 6 octobre 2017 afin de suivre une formation initiale de sept jours à rochefort, en métropole. une étape, sanctionnée par un test d’aptitude physique, qui sera déterminante pour la sélection finale des participants. « ce sera pour eux une expérience formatrice unique », a souligné bernard deladrière, membre du gouvernement en charge de la francophonie et correspondant officiel de l’oif en nouvelle-calédonie.
déposer sa candidature
le dossier de candidature doit être complété en ligne avant le samedi 5 août 2017 à minuit, heure de paris (dimanche 6 août à 9 h, heure de nouméa) et accompagné des documents suivants :
- un certificat médical conforme au modèle utilisé par l’association hermione-lafayette,
- un cv,
- une copie du passeport.
contact : [email protected] | rɪk flɛr ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈboʊstɪd əˈbaʊt ˈleɪdiz ˈləvɪŋ ɪm ənd hi əˈpɛrəntli juzd tɪ ləv ðɛm bæk. ðə ˈlɛʤənˌdɛri proʊ ˈrɛsələr ˈrisəntli kleɪmd tɪ hi həz slɛpt wɪθ mɔr ðən ˈwɪmən ɪn hɪz ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ɛˈlisə ˈroʊzən. flɛr fərst meɪd ðə ˈstɑrtlɪŋ ədˈmɪʃən tɪ ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈfɪlmɪŋ əv ɪts ˈəpˌkəmɪŋ boy”*” ˌdɑkjəˈmɛnəri əˈbaʊt ɪm bət hi naʊ rɪˈgrɛts duɪŋ soʊ. aɪ sɛd wɑz ðə truθ, bət aɪ fil bæd naʊ ðət aɪ sɛd səm əv it,”*,” flɛr toʊld ˈpipəl. ˈθaʊzənd women.”*.” wɪʃ aɪ sɛd ðət bɪˈkəz əv maɪ grandkids,”*,” hi ədˈmɪts. flɛr naʊ sɪz hɪz ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ weɪz ər ɪn ðə pæst, naʊ ðət ˈmɛrid tɪ ˈwɛndi ˈbɑˌrloʊ. ˈoʊnli ləv wən naʊ. aɪ hæv ˈnɛvər dən ˈɛniˌθɪŋ sɪns aɪ mɛt wendy.”*.” du ju bɪˈliv flɛr? ˈhoʊpɪŋ hɪz waɪf dɪz. ˈθəmˌneɪl ˈfoʊˌtoʊ ˈviə bɑb təˈdeɪ spɔrts ˈɪmɪʤɪz |
ric flair always boasted about ladies loving him and he apparently used to love them back.
the legendary pro wrestler recently claimed to espn he has slept with more than 10,000 women in his lifetime, according to people’s elissa rosen. flair first made the startling admission to espn during filming of its upcoming “nature boy” documentary about him but he now regrets doing so.
“what i said was the truth, but i feel bad now that i said some of it,” flair told people. “ten thousand women.”
“i wish i hadn’t said that because of my grandkids,” he admits.
flair now says his playboy ways are in the past, now that he’s married to wendy barlow.
“i only love one now. i have never done anything since i met wendy.”
do you believe flair? hoping his wife does.
thumbnail photo via bob donnan/usa today sports images | google’s* ˈbrædli ˈhɔroʊɪts rɪˈspɑndɪd tɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈsiˌiˈoʊ mɑrk ˈrisənt ˈvərbəl ʤæb ðət ˈgugəl ɪz ʤɪst ðɛr oʊn ˈlɪtəl facebook”*” ɪn ə ˈɪntərvˌju. ˈminˌwaɪl, ˈzəkərˌbərg stɑpt baɪ ðə ˈʧɑrli roʊz ʃoʊ tɪ meɪk ə fju ˌɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃənz əv hɪz oʊn əˈbaʊt ʤɪst haʊ ˈəndərˈhændɪd ənd sˈniki hɪz ˈraɪvəlz ər. græb ðə ˈpɑpˌkɔrn, foʊks, ənd sɛt jʊr dɪˈtɛktərz tɪ fʊl bɔr. ˈgugəl+ mɔr ˈpɑpjələr ðən ju θɪŋk, ʤɪst ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ɪt rɔŋ wɪn æst fər spɪˈsɪfɪks ɔn ˈjuzər ɛnˈgeɪʤmənt ənd ˈʃɛrɪŋ ækˈtɪvɪti baɪ ˈɛmɪli ʧæŋ, ˈhɔroʊɪts dɑʤd ənd wivd laɪk ə ʧæmp, ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈjuˈɛs ðə seɪm taɪp əv tæp dæns wi sɔ frəm vɪk ɪn hɪz ˈrisənt wɛb ˈsəmɪt ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ ʤɑn bəˈtɛl. ˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈrisənt ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən ˈɛfərts ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈjuˌtub, kroʊm, ənd dɪˈrɛkt kəˈnɛkt fər brænd ˈpeɪʤɪz ɛz ˈtræfɪk ˈdraɪvərz fər ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk, hi sɛd ju æsk ˈjɔrsɛlf ðə kˈwɛʃən, haʊ ˈmɛni ˈgugəl pləs ˈjuzərz ər ˈkəmɪŋ bæk tɪ ˈgugəl ɔn ə ˈdeɪli ər ˈwikli ˈbeɪsɪs, ðə ˈnəmbər ɪz ˈstægərˌɪŋ. ɪt ɪz ˌɪnˈkəmbənt ɔn ˈjuˈɛs tɪ laɪt əp ðiz ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃənz soʊ wɛˈrɛvər ðə kəm ɔn ˈgugəl, ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzd ɛz ə ˈgugəl pləs ˈjuzər ənd gɪt əˈdɪʃənəl ˈvælju ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən fər that.”*.” tu bæd ðət ðə kˈwɛʃən. ʧæŋ ˌɪnkˈwaɪərd ɛz tɪ haʊ ˈmɛni ˈjuzərz wər ˈæktɪv ɔn ðə ˈgugəl+ saɪt ˌɪtˈsɛlf, nɑt haʊ ˈmɛni ər drægd ˈkɪkɪŋ ənd ˈskrimɪŋ ˈɪntu ɪt bɪˈkəz dɪˈskəvərɪŋ ðeɪ ɔˈrɛdi hæv ə ˈproʊˌfaɪl. ˈivɪn ɛz ˈhɔroʊɪts ˈænsərd, ˈblumbərg dɪˈspleɪd ə ˈgugəl+ ˈtræfɪk græf frəm ˈɪnˌsaɪts ðət ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪd ðə əˈpɛrənt gæp bɪtˈwin ˌriˈæləˌti əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈgugəl ənd ˌriˈæləˌti ɪn ˈʤɛnərəl. ər mɔr ˈrisənt ˈgugəl+ ˈtræfɪk stæts frəm: klɪr ðət kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ˈjuzər ækˈtɪvɪti wɪl kip ˈpɑpɪŋ əp ɛz lɔŋ ɛz ˈgugəl kənˈtɪnjuz tɪ hɛʤ ənd dɪˈflɛkt. ˈhɔroʊɪts səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ˈpipəl ər ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ˈgugəl+ ɪn ɪnˈtaɪərli ðə rɔŋ weɪ ənd ðɪs kʊd ɪkˈspleɪn ðə dɪˈskrɛpənsi bɪtˈwin pərˈsɛpʃən əv ˈjusɪʤ ənd ðət əv ðə rɛst əv ðə fri wərld. lʊk æt ɪt ɛz ə ˈprɑdəkt, dɪˈstɪŋkt frəm ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɛls duɪŋ æt ˈgugəl, hi səˈʤɛsts. ˈgugəl+ kræŋks əps ðə krip ˈfæktər wɪθ iʧ ˈɪntərvˌju ˈhɔroʊɪts traɪd tɪ ˈfərðər ˈdɪstəns ˈgugəl+ frəm ˈfeɪsˌbʊk baɪ ˈkleɪmɪŋ ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈnɛtˌwərk bɪlt ɪz juˈnikli ðɛr oʊn ənd ˈərli kəmˈpɛrəsənz bɪtˈwin ðə tu wər ʤɪst ðə rɪˈzəlt əv ˈpipəl ˈʤəmpɪŋ ðə gən. wɪn æst əˈbaʊt əˈsərʃən ðət ˈgugəl+ ɪz ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən ə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈrɪˌpɔf, hi rɪˈspɑndɪd, ər dɪˈlaɪtɪd tɪ bi ˈəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd. sərvd ˈjuˈɛs ˈvɛri wɛl tɪ deɪt, ənd faɪn baɪ ˈjuˈɛs. nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ klɪr ˈɛniˌθɪŋ up.”*.” bæm! haʊ dɛr ju, mɑrk? ˈgugəl ˈnɛvər ˈkɑpiz ər stilz ðə ˌɪnəˈveɪʃənz əv ˈəðərz, əˈspɛʃəli wɪn traɪd tɪ əkˈwaɪər sɛd ˈkəmpəˌniz ənd feɪld. (ahem*, flipboard*, groupon*, jɛlp. wɪn æst ˈwɛðər ðə tu ər ɪn dɪˈrɛkt ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ər kʊd co-exist*, hi ˈpɔɪntɪd tɪ ðə ˌpɑpjəˈlɛrəti əv ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈgugəl ˈsərvɪsɪz səʧ ɛz ˈjuˌtub ənd ɛz ˌdɪfərˈɛnʧiˌeɪtɪŋ ˈfæktərz. ɪn ðə moʊst ˈɔkwərd ˈsɛgweɪ ˈɛvər, hi muvd ˈɪntu ðə ˈtɑpɪk əv ˈgugəl+ ɛz ən aɪˈdɛntəˌti ˈprɑʤɛkt: ““today*, ðeɪ kəm bæk tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ə ˈlɑrʤli ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd steɪt. wi noʊ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl əˈbaʊt ðɛm ənd wi rɪˈmɛmbər ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl əˈbaʊt ðɛm. ðə weɪ ðət wi θɪŋk əv ˈgugəl+ ɪz ˈʧeɪnʤɪŋ ðɪs moʊd əv ˌɪnərˈækʃən soʊ ðət wi ˈæˌkʧuəli gɪt tɪ noʊ ɑr ˈjuzərz ˈdipli. wi ˌəndərˈstænd hu ðeɪ ər, wət ðeɪ ləv, hu ðeɪ noʊ, ənd ðɛn rɪˈflɛkt ðət bæk ɛz ˈvælju tɪ ðɛm, soʊ ðət ɔl ɑr ˈsərvɪsɪz gɪt ˈbɛtər wɪn ˈjuzərz juz ðɛr oʊn ˈdætə ɪn ðɛr oʊn service.”*.” wɪn wi fərst bɪˈgæn tɪ hir ðə tərm project”*” θroʊn əraʊnd ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ˈgugəl+, ɪt ˈsaʊndɪd laɪk ðə stəf əv saɪəns ˈfɪkʃən ˈmuviz. ɛz wi ˌriˈpɔrtəd ˈrisəntli, ðoʊ, ðə waɪt haʊs həz əˈfɪʃəli əˈnaʊnst ˌsərtəfəˈkeɪʃən ɛz ən aɪˈdɛntəˌti prəˈvaɪdər, wən əv ə ˈhændˌfʊl ˈɔθərˌaɪzd fər juz wɪθ ˈsərtən ˈfɛdərəl æps. ɛz ˈgugəl+ ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk kənˈtɪnju tɪ traɪ tɪ iʧ ˈəðər wɪθ ˈjuzər ˈfiʧərz ənd ˈbɛnəfɪts, θroʊɪŋ bɑrbz æt wən əˈnəðər ɪn prɛs əˈpɪrənsəz, ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈdɪfərəns bɪtˈwin ðə tu meɪ ˈɔlsoʊ bi haʊ ðeɪ ər moʊst əˈlaɪk. ðeɪ boʊθ wɔnt ˈjuzərz ɔn ðɛr ˈsərvɪs ˈæktɪv ɪnˈgeɪʤɪŋ ɪn weɪz wi hæv drimd ˈpɑsəbəl ə fju jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˈlivɪŋ ˌaɪˌpi ˈæˈdrɛsɪz, usernames*, ˈgipiˈɛs koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪts, ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɛfərənsɪz, ˈʃɑpɪŋ ˈhæbəts, ənd mɔr ɔn ðə ˈteɪbəl. ˈgugəl+ wɔnts ɔl əv jʊr ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə tɪ ˈtərgət ju fər ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz ənd pəˈtɛnʃəli fər juz ɪn səm ənˈnoʊn weɪ ɪn koʊˌɔrdəˈneɪʃən wɪθ ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk wɔnts ɔl əv jʊr ˈpərsɪnəl ˈdætə tɪ ˈtərgət ju fər ˈædvərˌtaɪzərz ənd pəˈtɛnʃəli fər juz baɪ wɪθ hum ðeɪ ˈpɑrtnər. ˈkripi. stɑp ðə ˈprɛsɪz, ðeɪ ˈrɪli ər ˈdɪfərənt ˈzəkərˌbərg ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ku ˈʃɛrəl ˈsændbərg tʊk tɪ ðə ˈʧɑrli roʊz ʃoʊ fər ðɛr ˈleɪtəst pʊl ɪn ðə ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈnɛtˌwərk ˈpleɪˌgraʊnd wɔr (ðoʊ boʊθ saɪdz dɪˈnaɪ ðɛr ɪz ə wɔr ɔl ə ˈmidiə kənˈspɪrəsi, ju si). ˈgugəl, ˈmaɪˌkroʊˈsɔft, ənd ˈjɑˌhu ər ðə ril bæd gaɪz hir, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈfaʊndər. hi kleɪmz ðeɪ kəˈlɛkt fɑr mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ˈjuzərz ðən ˈfeɪsˌbʊk dɪz. ʤɪst ðət kəˈlɛktɪŋ ðət əˈbaʊt ju bɪˈhaɪnd jʊr back,”*,” ˈzəkərˌbərg sɛd. goʊɪŋ əraʊnd ðə wɛb ənd kəˈlɛktɪŋ ðɪs juʤ əˈmaʊnt əv ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ju ənd ju ˈnɛvər noʊ that.”*.” ðɪs ɪz ˈklɪrli ə kəˈnəndrəm. noʊ wən kən əˈgri ɔn hu teɪks ðə kraʊn ɛz ˈbɪgəst ˈvɪlən ɪn ðə vaɪəˈleɪʃən əv ˈjuzər ˈpraɪvəsi! tɪ ʃɛd səm laɪt ɔn ðə ˈsəbʤɪkt, aɪ kɔld maɪ gʊd frɛndz sɛθ maɪərz ənd ˈeɪmi ˈpoʊlər, ðoʊz dɪˈtɛktərz frəm ðə naɪt live”*” ˈwiˌkɪnd ˈəpˌdeɪt ““really??”*??” skɪt. (ˌɔˈlraɪt, waɪl ɪt wʊd bi 100 pərˈsɛnt ˈɔsəm ɪf aɪ kʊd kɔl əp ðə kæst əv snl*, ðeɪ ˈrɪli hæv noʊ aɪˈdiə əˈlaɪv. hæv tɪ ˈsɛtəl fər wət aɪ θɪŋk ðeɪ wʊd seɪ, ɪf ðeɪ wər ɛz ˈnərdi ɛz aɪ æm, ˈgɪvɪn ðə aʊˈtlændɪʃ kleɪmz biɪŋ meɪd baɪ ˈgugəl ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk.) sɛθ: heɪ, ˈeɪmi, dɪd ju hir ɪkˈskjuz fər kəˈlɛktɪŋ ənd kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ ˈpraɪvət ˈjuzər ˈdætə ənd bɪˈkəmɪŋ ən aɪˈdɛntəˌti prəˈvaɪdər fər ðə fɛdz? ðeɪ kleɪm tɪ ˈbɛtər ðə ˈjuzər ɪkˈspɪriəns. aɪ min, kəm ɔn, ˈrɪli? ˈeɪmi: ˈrɪli, ˈgugəl? ðə bɛst ju kʊd du? ɪt ˈrɪli həz ˈnəθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˈdɑməˌneɪtɪŋ ðə ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈædvərˌtaɪzɪŋ wərld ənd ˈmeɪkɪŋ mɔr ˈməni ðən gɑd, ˈrɪli? ju θɪŋk wi ˈnoʊtɪs ðət jʊr reps’*’ aɪz gleɪz ˈoʊvər ənd ðeɪ stɑrt ˈsæləˌveɪtɪŋ ˈɛvəri taɪm ðeɪ wərk ðət ˈɪntu ən ˈɪntərvˌju? ˈrɪli?? sɛθ: jæ. soʊ ðeɪ kən ““help”*” ju meɪk ˈbɛtər ˈʧɔɪsɪz. kɔz ðət æd fər fæt ˈbɛli ˈrɛmədiz ðət ˈfɑloʊz mi əraʊnd ðə wɛb ˈæftər aɪ sərʧt ˈgugəl fər daɪət ədˈvaɪs wən taɪm wən taɪm ɪz ˈrɪli ˈhɛlpɪŋ mi aʊt ə lɔt. ˈrɪli, ˈgugəl. ˈeɪmi: oʊ, ˈgugəl həz ˈrɪli gɔn weɪ tu fɑr. mɑrk ˈzəkərˌbərg sɛd soʊ. aɪ min, ˈrɪli, mɑrk? ju wɔnt ˈjuˈɛs tɪ bɪˈliv ɔl ðə ˈəðər ˈkəmpəˌniz ər kəˈlɛktɪŋ ɑr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ənd ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ɪz ˈrɪli ʤɪst ˈoʊpən ənd ˈfrɛndli ənd ˈɑnəst? ˈrɪli? aɪ gɛs ðoʊz ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈstudənts ər laɪɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðɛr peɪʤ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈjuzər ˈdætə faɪlz, raɪt? ˈrɪli, mɑrk? sɛθ: ˈrɪli? ˈeɪmi: oʊ jæ. wi si ðɛm bɪˈkəz əˈmɛrɪkən, bət ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈrɪli dɪz hæv ə ˈmæsɪv ˈdætə faɪl wɪθ ˈprɪti məʧ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈɛvər dən. kəm ɔn naʊ, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, ju ˈrɪli θɪŋk baɪɪŋ jʊr laɪn ðət ðə ˈɪnəsənt ˈvɪktɪm hir? ju ˈrɪli hæv noʊ ˈəðər ˈmoʊtɪv ðən jʊr ˈpoʊniz ənd ˈbətərˌflaɪz ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪtəs ˈoʊpən soʊˈsaɪɪti? ˈrɪli? sɛθ: ˈrɪli, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk! ˈeɪmi: ˈrɪli, ˈgugəl. *boʊθ ʃeɪk -sin- ˈkəmɪŋ əp ɔn ɑr nɛkst ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd: dɪd ˈgugəl ˈrɪli stil ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd? hu ˈluzɪz ðɛr ˈtɛmpər ənd həz ə ˈdrəŋkən kɑr rɛk? ənd wɪʧ ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈnɛtˌwərk wɑz kɔt ˈrɪgɪŋ ðə ˈstudənt ˈkaʊnsəl voʊt? ju wɔnt tɪ mɪs ə ˈmɪnət. wɔnt tɪ steɪ ɔn tɔp əv ðə ˈleɪtəst sərʧ trɛnz? gɪt tɔp ˈɪnˌsaɪts ənd nuz frəm ɑr sərʧ ˈɛkspərts. səbˈskraɪb |
google’s bradley horowitz responded to facebook ceo mark zuckerberg’s recent verbal jab that google is just “building their own little facebook” in a bloomberg.com interview. meanwhile, zuckerberg stopped by the charlie rose show to make a few insinuations of his own about just how underhanded and sneaky his rivals are. grab the popcorn, folks, and set your bs detectors to full bore.
google+ more popular than you think, you’re just looking at it wrong
when asked for specifics on user engagement and sharing activity by bloomberg’s emily chang, horowitz dodged and weaved like a champ, giving us the same type of tap dance we saw from vic gundotra in his recent web 2.0 summit interview with john battelle.
citing recent integration efforts including youtube, chrome, and direct connect for brand pages as traffic drivers for the social network, he said “if you ask yourself the question, how many google plus users are coming back to google on a daily or weekly basis, the number is staggering. it is incumbent on us to light up these integrations so wherever the come on google, they’re recognized as a google plus user and get additional value proposition for that.”
too bad that wasn’t the question. chang inquired as to how many users were active on the google+ site itself, not how many are dragged kicking and screaming into it because they’re discovering they already have a profile. even as horowitz answered, bloomberg displayed a google+ traffic graph from chitika insights that highlighted the apparent gap between reality according to google and reality in general. here’s are more recent google+ traffic stats from chitika:
it’s clear that questions about user activity will keep popping up as long as google continues to hedge and deflect. horowitz suggested that people are looking at google+ in entirely the wrong way and this could explain the discrepancy between google’s perception of usage and that of the rest of the free world. don’t look at it as a siloed product, distinct from everything else they’re doing at google, he suggests.
google+ cranks ups the creep factor with each interview
horowitz tried to further distance google+ from facebook by claiming the social network they’ve built is uniquely their own and early comparisons between the two were just the result of people jumping the gun. when asked about zuckerberg’s assertion that google+ is little more than a facebook ripoff, he responded, “we are delighted to be underestimated. it’s served us very well to date, and that’s fine by us. i’m not going to clear anything up.” bam!
how dare you, mark? google never copies or steals the innovations of others, especially when they’ve tried to acquire said companies and failed. (ahem, flipboard, groupon, yelp.
when asked whether the two are in direct competition or could co-exist, he pointed to the popularity of existing google services such as youtube and gmail as differentiating factors. in the most awkward segue ever, he moved into the topic of google+ as an identity project:
“today, they come back to us a largely unidentified state. we know very little about them and we remember very little about them. the way that we think of google+ is changing this mode of interaction so that we actually get to know our users deeply. we understand who they are, what they love, who they know, and then reflect that back as value to them, so that all our services get better when users use their own data in their own service.”
when we first began to hear the term “identity project” thrown around in relation to google+, it sounded like the stuff of science fiction movies. as we reported recently, though, the white house has officially announced google’s certification as an identity provider, one of a handful authorized for use with certain federal apps.
as google+ and facebook continue to try to one-up each other with user features and benefits, throwing barbs at one another in press appearances, the biggest difference between the two may also be how they are most alike. they both want users on their service active engaging in ways we wouldn’t have dreamed possible a few years ago, leaving ip addresses, usernames, gps coordinates, personal preferences, shopping habits, and more on the table.
google+ wants all of your personal data to target you for advertisers and potentially for use in some unknown way in coordination with the federal government. facebook wants all of your personal data to target you for advertisers and potentially for use by third-party with whom they partner.
creepy.
stop the presses, they really are different
zuckerberg and facebook coo sheryl sandberg took to the charlie rose show for their latest piggy-tail pull in the social media network playground war (though both sides deny there is a war – it’s all a media conspiracy, you see). google, microsoft, and yahoo are the real bad guys here, according to the facebook founder. he claims they collect far more information about users than facebook does.
“it’s just that they’re collecting that about you behind your back,” zuckerberg said. “you’re going around the web and they’re collecting this huge amount of information about you and you never know that.”
this is clearly a conundrum. no one can agree on who takes the crown as biggest villain in the violation of user privacy! to shed some light on the subject, i called my good friends seth myers and amy poehler, those fun-loving bs detectors from the “saturday night live” weekend update “really??” skit.
(alright, while it would be 100 percent awesome if i could call up the cast of snl, they really have no idea i’m alive. you’ll have to settle for what i think they would say, if they were as nerdy as i am, given the outlandish claims being made by google and facebook.)
seth: hey, amy, did you hear google’s excuse for collecting and compiling private user data and becoming an identity provider for the feds? they claim it’s to better the user experience. i mean, come on, really?
amy: really, google? that’s the best you could do? it really has nothing to do with dominating the online advertising world and making more money than god, really? you think we don’t notice that your reps’ eyes glaze over and they start salivating every time they work that into an interview? really??
seth: yeah. it’s so they can “help” you make better choices. cause that ad for fat belly remedies that follows me around the web after i searched google for diet advice one time – one time – is really helping me out a lot. really, google.
amy: oh, google has really gone way too far. mark zuckerberg said so. i mean, really, mark? you want us to believe all the other companies are collecting our information and facebook is really just open and friendly and honest? really? i guess those european students are lying about their 1,000 page facebook user data files, right? really, mark?
seth: really?
amy: oh yeah. we can’t see them because we’re american, but facebook really does have a massive data file with pretty much everything you’ve ever done. come on now, facebook, you really think we’re buying your line that you’re the innocent victim here? you really have no other motive than your ponies and butterflies visionof serendipitous something-something-more-serendipity-and-flowers open society? really?
seth: really, facebook!
amy: really, google.
*both shake heads*
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coming up on our next episode: did google really steal facebook’s boyfriend? who loses their temper and has a drunken car wreck? and which social media network was caught rigging the student council vote? you won’t want to miss a minute.
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* no radiation leaked
* unplanned closure tightens power supply further
* pm kan aims for stability at fukushima earlier than planned (adds comments from pm kan, nuclear minister)
tokyo, july 16 (reuters) - japan’s kansai electric power co on saturday shut down one of its reactors due to technical glitches, worsening a tight power supply that is stifling manufacturers.
the no.1 reactor at kansai’s ohi plant, located 350 km (220 miles) west of tokyo, was manually closed for checks after pressure in a tank containing boric acid water fell for a time on friday night for unknown reasons, a company spokesman said.
the pressure has since come back up to the normal range, and no radiation leakage has occurred.
“power supply (in western japan) has been quite tight in the first place. this problem at ohi’s no.1 unit is making it worse,” nuclear minister goshi hosono told reporters.
“we want to keep restrictions on economic activities and people’s daily lives as little as possible. but it is quite clear that the situation has become very severe now.”
the government is already ordering power users in tokyo and surrounding areas as well as in northern japan to cut their electricity consumption by 15 percent as safety concerns following a radiation crisis at the fukushima nuclear plant keep some reactors from restarting after routine maintenance.
kansai electric, which serves the major western japan city of osaka and its vicinity, has so far been asking its clients only for voluntary reduction of power usage.
among kansai’s customers are the flagship factories of such electronic companies as panasonic corp and sharp corp .
the electric utility’s two other reactors are scheduled to go into planned maintenance next week, leaving only four of its 11 units up and running.
a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami on march 11 knocked out the cooling functions at tokyo electric power’s fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, triggering the world’s worst atomic disaster since chernobyl 25 years ago.
prime minister naoto kan said work to put the fukushima plant under control has been progressing well and that he aimed to have the “step two” of the process, in which engineers plan to bring the reactors to stability by january, completed earlier than scheduled.
“i told (heads of municipalities in fukushima) we’ll do our utmost so that people can go back to their hometown, and the ‘step two’ phase will be finished ahead of plan,” kan told reporters.
tokyo electric plans to hold a news conference on tuesday to provide an update its fukushima-related progress. (reporting by kiyoshi takenaka; editing by ron popeski and jane baird) | ˌbibiˈsi stɑr ˈʤɪmi 'kəˈmɪtɪd sɛks ækts ɔn dɛd ˈbɑdiz' waɪl ˌvɔlənˈtɪrɪŋ æt ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈəpˌdeɪtɪd ˈʤɪmi, ðə leɪt ˌbibiˈsi ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈprɛzəntər rɪˈvild tu jɪrz əˈgoʊ tɪ hæv bɪn wən əv ˈbrɪtənz moʊst proʊˈlɪfɪk sɛks əˈfɛndərz, maɪt hæv ˈsɛkʃuəli əˈbjuzd dɛd ˈbɑdiz ɪn ə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl wɛr hi wərkt ɛz ə ˌvɑlənˈtɪr, seɪ hɛlθ ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz. ɪn 2012 pəˈlis sɛd, wən əv ðə ˈbrɪtənz səˈlɛbrɪtiz ɪn ðə ənd, hæd ˈsɛkʃuəli əˈbjuzd ˈhənərdz əv ˈvɪktɪmz, ˈmeɪnli jəŋ ˈpipəl, æt ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz ənd æt ˌbibiˈsi ˈprɛməsəz ˈoʊvər sɪks ˈdɛkeɪdz ənˈtɪl hɪz dɛθ ˈeɪʤɪd 84 ɪn 2011 naʊ ə ˈsɪriz əv rɪˈpɔrts ˈkəvərɪŋ 28 ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz wɛr hi wərkt ʃoʊz juzd hɪz feɪm ənd ˈʧɛrətəbəl wərk tɪ gɪt ənˈsupərˌvaɪzd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈpeɪʃənz, ˈreɪpɪŋ ənd ˈsɛkʃuəli əˈbjuzɪŋ bɔɪz, gərlz, mɛn ənd ˈwɪmən ˈeɪʤɪd bɪtˈwin faɪv ənd 75 ɪn wɔrdz, ˈkɔrɪdərz ənd ˈɔfəsɪz. səm əv ðə ˈvɪktɪmz wər əˈtækt ɛz ðeɪ leɪ ɔn ˈhɑˌspɪtəl ˈtrɑliz ˈæftər ˌɑpərˈeɪʃənz. ðɛr ər ˈɔlsoʊ səˈʤɛsʧənz ðət, hu hæd ˈpəblɪkli ˈspoʊkən əv hɪz ˌfæsəˈneɪʃən wɪθ ðə dɛd, ˈsɛkʃuəli əˈbjuzd ˈbɑdiz ɪn ðə ˈmɔrʧuˌɛri əv lidz ˈʤɛnərəl ɪnˈfərməri ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈɪŋglənd, ˈteɪkɪŋ ædˈvæntɪʤ əv hɪz roʊl ɛz ə ˌvɑlənˈtɪr ˈpɔrtər. "ðə ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əˈbaʊt hɪz bɪˈheɪvjər ɪn ðə ˈmɔrʧuˌɛri ər ˌɪnˈkrɛdəbli ˈhɛroʊɪŋ ənd dɪˈstərbɪŋ," su ˈprɑktər, hu lɛd ðə ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən æt lidz, toʊld rɪˈpɔrtərz. ʃi sɛd, ə ˈwəˌtaɪm prəˈfɛʃənəl ˈrɛsələr hu bɪˈkeɪm ˈfeɪməs ɛz ə ˌpaɪəˈnɪrɪŋ ɪn ðə 1960s*, geɪv ðə əˈkaʊnt əv hɪz ˈækʃənz æt ðə ˈmɔrʧuˌɛri tɪ ə ˈstudənt nərs hu wərkt æt ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. "ɪt wɑz ə kwaɪət naɪt ənd wɑz ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ðɪs ˈstudənt nərs əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənd wɪn ɪt wɑz kwaɪət æt lidz ˈʤɛnərəl ɪnˈfərməri ənd sɛd ðət hi wɛnt tɪ ðə ˈmɔrʧuˌɛri æt naɪt ənd pleɪd wɪθ ðə ˈbɑdiz, ənd kəˈmɪtɪd sɛks ækts ɔn ðɛm," mɪz ˈprɑktər sɛd. "wi hæv noʊ weɪ əv ˈvɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ ɪf ðət wɑz tru ər nɑt. wi du noʊ hɪz ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə dɛd wɑz ˈprɪti ənd ðət ðə kənˈtroʊlz əraʊnd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə ˈmɔrʧuˌɛri əp tɪ ðə ˈərli wər nɑt roʊˈbəst." tu ˈwɪtnəsɪz ˈɔlsoʊ toʊld ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz, feɪmd fər hɪz lɔŋ blɑnd hɛr, ˈpɛnʧənt fər ˈgɛrɪʃ ˈaʊtˌfɪts, ənd ˈflæʃi jewellery*, wɔr rɪŋz wɪʧ hi sɛd wər meɪd frəm glæs aɪz ˈteɪkən frəm dɛd ˈbɑdiz æt ðə ˈhɑˌspɪtəl. wɑz ə ˈfrikˌwɛnt ˈvɪzɪtər æt ˌsaɪkiˈætrɪk ˈhɑˌspɪtəl, wɛr hi hæd fri reɪn ənd ə sɛt əv kiz. ðə rɪˈpɔrt sɛd hi wʊd wɔʧ ðə ˈwɪmən ʃaʊər, məˈlɛst ənd reɪp ˈpeɪʃənz ənd stæf. wi lɛt ðɛm daʊn ˈbædli: hɛlθ ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri wɑz ˈnaɪtɪd baɪ kwin ɪˈlɪzəbɪθ ənd ˈɑnərd baɪ ðə poʊp fər hɪz ˈvɑləntɛri wərk æt ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz, wɪʧ hi ˈɛkˌsplɔɪtəd tɪ geɪn ənˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ˈpeɪʃənz. hɛlθ ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈʤɛrəˌmi hənt sɛd ðə ˈneɪʃən fɛlt rɪˈvəlʃən æt hɪz kraɪmz ənd əˈpɑləˌʤaɪzd tɪ hɪz ˈvɪktɪmz, seɪɪŋ "wi lɛt ðɛm daʊn ˈbædli". "ˌhaʊˈɛvər lɔŋ əˈgoʊ ɪt meɪ hæv bɪn, ˈmɛni əv ðɛm [ðə ˈvɪktɪmz] ər stɪl riˈlɪvɪŋ ðə peɪn ðeɪ wɛnt θru," hi sɛd. "ɪf wi ˈkænɑt ənˈdu ðə pæst aɪ hoʊp ðət ˈɑnəsti ənd trænˈspɛrənsi əˈbaʊt wət ˈhæpənd kən æt list əˈliviˌeɪt səm əv ðə ˈsəfərɪŋ." ˈθərzˌdeɪz rɪˈpɔrts ər ðə ˈleɪtəst tɪ hæv bɪn kəˈmɪʃənd ˈɪntu haʊ wɑz ˈeɪbəl tɪ gɪt əˈweɪ wɪθ hɪz kraɪmz ənd waɪ ˈvɪktɪmz wər ˌɪgˈnɔrd ər nɑt bɪˈlivd. ðə əˈθɔrəti ðət ˈmɑnətərz ðə pəˈlis həz sɛd ɪt ɪz ˈsɪriəsli kənˈsərnd əˈbaʊt mɪˈsteɪks meɪd baɪ pəˈlis ˈfɔrsɪz. ən ˌɪnkˈwaɪˌri ɪn 2012 klɪrd ˌbibiˈsi ˈbɔsɪz əv ˈkəvərɪŋ əp ˌæləˈgeɪʃənz əˈgɛnst bət sɛd ðeɪ hæd mɪst ˈwɔrnɪŋz. ə æˈnælɪsɪs ˈɪntu ˌbibiˈsi ˈfeɪlɪŋz ɪz du ˈleɪtər ðɪs jɪr. kraɪmz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈprɑmptɪd ə lɑrʤ pəˈlis ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən, wɪʧ həz lɛd tɪ ðə ərˈɛst əv ˈnumərəs ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl ˈbrɪtɪʃ səˈlɛbrɪtiz. ɪn meɪ, ˈbrɪtənz səˈlɛbrɪti ˈpəblɪsɪst mæks ˈklɪfərd bɪˈkeɪm ðə fərst ˈpərsən tɪ bi kənˈvɪktəd ɪn ðə ˌɑpərˈeɪʃən fər əˈsɔltɪŋ ˈtiˌneɪʤ gərlz ɪn ðə ənd. ˈtɑpɪks: sexual-offences*, ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən, child-abuse*, united-kingdom*, ˈɪŋglənd fərst ˈpoʊstɪd |
bbc star jimmy savile 'committed sex acts on dead bodies' while volunteering at hospital
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jimmy savile, the late bbc tv presenter revealed two years ago to have been one of britain's most prolific sex offenders, might have sexually abused dead bodies in a hospital where he worked as a volunteer, say health investigators.
in 2012, police said savile, one of the britain's best-known celebrities in the 1970s and 1980s, had sexually abused hundreds of victims, mainly young people, at hospitals and at bbc premises over six decades until his death aged 84 in 2011.
now a series of reports covering 28 hospitals where he worked shows savile used his fame and charitable work to get unsupervised access to patients, raping and sexually abusing boys, girls, men and women aged between five and 75 in wards, corridors and offices.
some of the victims were attacked as they lay on hospital trolleys after operations.
there are also suggestions that savile, who had publicly spoken of his fascination with the dead, sexually abused bodies in the mortuary of leeds general infirmary in northern england, taking advantage of his role as a volunteer porter.
"the allegations about his behaviour in the mortuary are incredibly harrowing and disturbing," sue proctor, who led the investigation at leeds, told reporters.
she said savile, a one-time professional wrestler who became famous as a pioneering dj in the 1960s, gave the account of his actions at the mortuary to a student nurse who worked at a different hospital.
"it was a quiet night and savile was talking to this student nurse about what happened when it was quiet at leeds general infirmary and said that he went to the mortuary at night and played with the bodies, and committed sex acts on them," ms proctor said.
"we have no way of verifying if that was true or not. we do know his interest in the dead was pretty unwholesome and that the controls around access to the mortuary up to the early 1980s were not robust."
two witnesses also told investigators savile, famed for his long blond hair, penchant for garish outfits, and flashy jewellery, wore rings which he said were made from glass eyes taken from dead bodies at the hospital.
savile was a frequent visitor at broadmoor psychiatric hospital, where he had free rein and a set of keys. the report said he would watch the women shower, molest and rape patients and staff.
we let them down badly: uk health secretary
savile was knighted by queen elizabeth and honoured by the pope for his voluntary work at hospitals, which he exploited to gain unprecedented access to patients.
uk health secretary jeremy hunt said the nation felt revulsion at his crimes and apologised to his victims, saying "we let them down badly".
"however long ago it may have been, many of them [the victims] are still reliving the pain they went through," he said.
"if we cannot undo the past i hope that honesty and transparency about what happened can at least alleviate some of the suffering."
thursday's reports are the latest to have been commissioned into how savile was able to get away with his crimes and why victims were ignored or not believed.
the authority that monitors the police has said it is seriously concerned about mistakes made by police forces.
an inquiry in 2012 cleared bbc bosses of covering up allegations against savile but said they had missed warnings. a lengthier analysis into bbc failings is due later this year.
savile's crimes also prompted a large police operation, which has led to the arrest of numerous high-profile ageing british celebrities.
in may, britain's best-known celebrity publicist max clifford became the first person to be convicted in the operation for indecently assaulting teenage girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
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topics: sexual-offences, television, child-abuse, united-kingdom, england
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spritesmods .com creating the tamagotchi singularity - building the tamagotchi singularity
building the tamagotchi singularity
i also gave a talk about this project on the hackaday superconference 2015. there is a video available of that if you'd rather watch me talk. you can also directly view the end result if you so please.
as some of you may know, i recently moved from the netherlands to shanghai. in the long term, this is great for my hobby: i got a fair amount of stuff out of china anyway, and me moving there meant i wouldn't have to wait a month for it to arrive anymore. in the short term, my ability to build things took somewhat of a hit, though: aside from my oscilloscope and some small bits and bobs i thought i would have a hard time getting in china, i left most of my electronic stuff back in the netherlands, with the idea that i would be able to buy myself most stuff anew when i had the time.
now, i do most of my hobby projects because i like a challenge, and doing something technical without the actual need to finish it with a certain deadline has certain stress-relieving aspects to it. there certainly was enough stress in the first few weeks i was in china: i had to get a whole stack of permits, licenses, papers with stamps on it, etcetera in order to be able to work and live there. after that died down and i had a place to live, i wanted to start a new project again. but what to do? i still hadn't have a chance to re-buy my hardware hacking stuff yet.
at around the same time, the webcomix xkcd ran a strip called 'the tamagotchi hive'. it basically describes a sort of matrix, but for tamagotchis: a lot of tamagotchis are being cared for by an artificial intelligence, then networked so they can live in some sort of virtual world and be happy.
there is a rule of sorts on the internet, saying that most xkcd comics that can be implemented in real life, will be implemented in real life. there are a fair few examples of that already. i decided that now was my chance to be the one to do it.
1 next » | bət ə ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən toʊld ðət ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk, nɑt ðə waɪt haʊs, fərst prəˈpoʊzd ðə aɪˈdiə ənd ðət əˈpoʊzɪŋ vˈjuˌpɔɪnts wɪl bi ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd ɪn ðə ˈbrɔdˌkæst. ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn fərst əˈproʊʧt ðə waɪt haʊs ˈæftər ðə dɛk. 2 mæs ˈʃutɪŋ ɪn sæn ˌbərnɑrˈdinoʊ, ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən, bət ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌɪˈnɪʃəli dɪˈklaɪnd. ʃi sɛd ðət prəˈpoʊzəl spɑrkt ə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ðət lɛd tɪ ˈθərzˌdeɪz "gənz ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə" ɪˈvɛnt. ˈændərsən ˈkupər hoʊsts ðə 8 p.m*. ɛt ˈspɛʃəl frəm ʤɔrʤ ˈmeɪsən ˌjunəˈvərsəti ɪn vərˈʤɪnjə. ðə taʊn hɔl ˈsɛtɪŋ prəˈvaɪdz ˌoʊˈbɑmə wɪθ ən ˌɑpərˈtunəti tɪ meɪk hɪz keɪs ˌbiˈfɔr ə ˈpraɪmˌtaɪm ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈɔdiəns θru ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənz wɪθ səˈpɔrtərz ənd ˈkrɪtɪks, ˈrəðər ðən ˈspiʧɪz ðət ˈivɪn hiz ækˈnɑlɪʤd hæv bɪˈkəm rɪˈpɛtɪtɪv ɪn ðə weɪk əv ˈnumərəs mæs ˈʃutɪŋz. "ˈsəmˌhaʊ ðɪs həz bɪˈkəm ruˈtin," ˌoʊˈbɑmə sɛd ˈæftər ən ɑkˈtoʊbər ˈræmˌpeɪʤ æt kəmˈjunɪti ˈkɑlɪʤ ɪn ˈɔrəˌgɑn. rɪˈpɔrtɪŋ ɪz ruˈtin. maɪ rɪˈspɑns hir æt ðɪs ˈpoʊdiəm ɛndz əp biɪŋ ruˈtin. ðə ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃən ɪn ðə ˈæftərˌmæθ əv ɪt. wiv bɪˈkəm nəm tɪ ðɪs." "wi tɔkt əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈæftər ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn ənd ˈblæksbərg, ˈæftər ˈtuˌsɑn, ˈæftər ˈnuˌtaʊn, ˈæftər ərˈɔrə, ˈæftər ˈʧɑrəlstən," hi kənˈtɪnjud. "ɪt ˈkænɑt bi ðɪs ˈizi fər ˈsəmˌbɑdi hu wɔnts tɪ ˌɪnˈflɪkt hɑrm ɔn ˈəðər ˈpipəl tɪ gɪt hɪz ər hər hænz ɔn ə gən. wəts bɪˈkəm ruˈtin, əv kɔrs, ɪz ðə rɪˈspɑns frəm ðoʊz hu əˈpoʊz ˈɛni kaɪnd əv gən ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃən." waɪt haʊs prɛs ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ʤɑʃ ˈərnɪst sɛd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ðət ðə waɪt haʊs "kənˈsəltɪd" wɪθ ˈsiˈɛˈnɛn fər ðə ɪˈvɛnt, bət ðə ˈnɛtˌwərks ˈʤərnəlɪsts wɪl "ˌdɪˈsaɪd ɪgˈzæktli hu əˈtɛndz ənd hu gɪts kɔld ɔn." ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈθərzˌdeɪz prɛs ˈbrifɪŋ, ˈərnɪst sɛd ˌoʊˈbɑmə "ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd tɪ ˈtɔkɪŋ tɪ ˈpipəl ɔn boʊθ saɪdz əv ðə ˈɪʃu" ənd riˈɪtərˌeɪtɪd ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ ðə ˈsɛkənd əˈmɛndmənt, ɔlˈbiɪt wɪθ ˌrɛgjəˈleɪʃənz səʧ ɛz ðoʊz hi prəˈpoʊzd ðɪs wik. |
But a CNN spokeswoman told HuffPost that the network, not the White House, first proposed the idea and that opposing viewpoints will be represented in the broadcast.
CNN first approached the White House after the Dec. 2 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, according to the spokeswoman, but the president initially declined. She said that proposal sparked a conversation that led to Thursday's "Guns in America" event. Anderson Cooper hosts the 8 p.m. ET special from George Mason University in Virginia.
The town hall setting provides Obama with an opportunity to make his case before a primetime TV audience through conversations with supporters and critics, rather than speeches that even he's acknowledged have become repetitive in the wake of numerous mass shootings.
"Somehow this has become routine," Obama said after an October rampage at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. “The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We've become numb to this."
"We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charleston," he continued. "It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun. What's become routine, of course, is the response from those who oppose any kind of common-sense gun regulation."
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that the White House "consulted" with CNN for the event, but the network's journalists will "decide exactly who attends and who gets called on."
During Thursday's press briefing, Earnest said Obama "is looking forward to talking to people on both sides of the issue" and reiterated the president's commitment to the Second Amendment, albeit with regulations such as those he proposed this week. | ɪts wɪrd ˈkəmɪŋ hoʊm fər ðə ˈhɑləˌdeɪz. wɪn aɪ æm əraʊnd ˈpipəl aɪ ˈhævənt sin ɪn jɪrz, aɪ bɪˈheɪv ðə weɪ aɪ wɑz bæk ðɛn. ənd soʊ du ðeɪ. əm nɑt ʃʊr waɪ aɪ du ɪt. ˈmeɪbi ɪts ˈiziər tɪ ʤɪst fɔl ˈɪntu oʊld ˈhæbəts ðɛn teɪk ðə rɪsk ðət ju maɪt nɑt laɪk ðə nu ˈvərʒənz əv iʧ ˈəðər? ər ˈmeɪbi ɪts ʤɪst ˈiziər tɪ nɑt meɪk ðə ˈɛfərt. aɪv groʊn ənd ʧeɪnʤd ə lɔt ɪn ðə pæst fju jɪrz, bət wɪn əm bæk ɪn ˈhælɪˌfæks, ɪts hɑrd nɑt tɪ ækt laɪk ðə oʊld mi, ənd ɪts əˈnərvɪŋ ɛz fək. soʊ aɪ kəm hoʊm lɛs ənd lɛs ˈɔfən. aɪ laɪk ðə nu ʤoʊi mɔr. aɪ lʊk ˈbɛtər ˈneɪkəd naʊ, fər ˈɪnstəns. aɪ doʊnt noʊ haʊ ðət ˈhæpənd. ˈmeɪbi ˈnoʊˌbɑˌdi lʊks gʊd ˈneɪkəd ənˈtɪl ðeɪ liv ðɛr hoʊm taʊn. ər ˈɛniˌweɪ ˈmeɪbi ɪts hɑrd tɪ bɪˈliv ju lʊk gʊd ˈneɪkəd ənˈtɪl ju gɪt əˈweɪ. ˈmeɪbi ɪt gɪts ˈiziər tɪ bɪˈliv wəns ju goʊ ˈsəmˌwɛr nu ənd ju gɪt tɪ bi hu ju ər, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv hu ju hæd tɪ bi ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ gɪt baɪ wɛr ju wər. |
it's weird coming home for the holidays. when i am around people i haven't seen in years, i behave the way i was back then. and so do they. i'm not sure why i do it. maybe it's easier to just fall into old habits then take the risk that you might not like the new versions of each other? or maybe it's just easier to not make the effort. i've grown and changed a lot in the past few years, but when i'm back in halifax, it's hard not to act like the old me, and it's unnerving as fuck. so i come home less and less often. i like the new joey more. i look better naked now, for instance. i don't know how that happened. maybe nobody looks good naked until they leave their home town. or anyway maybe it's hard to believe you look good naked until you get away. maybe it gets easier to believe once you go somewhere new and you get to be who you are, instead of who you had to be in order to get by where you were. | ˈwɔʃɪŋtən tɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ɪz ən ˈænjuəl ˈhaɪkɪŋ ədˈvɛnʧər ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈsɪti kɪdz frəm ˈwɔʃɪŋtən, d.c*., ˌsaʊˈθist ˈmɪʃɪgən, ənd nu ˌɔˈrlinz ɔn ə ˈkæmpɪŋ trɪp tɪ klaɪm ˈmaʊntənz ənd ɪkˈsplɔr səm əv ðə moʊst ˈbjutəfəl ˈwɪldərnəs ˈɛriəz. əˈlɔŋ ðə weɪ, ðiz kɪdz wɪl si ˈænəməlz ðeɪ noʊ ɪgˈzɪstəd, swɪm ɪn frɛʃ, krɪsp leɪks, haɪk θru ləʃ ˈfɔrəsts, meɪk ðɛr oʊn ɛz wi ɔl tɛl goʊst ˈstɔriz əraʊnd ə ˈkæmpˌfaɪər ʤɪst ˈlərnɪd tɪ meɪk, lərn ˈkæmpɪŋ ənd ˈwɪldərnəs skɪlz, ənd, bɛst əv ɔl, ɪkˈsplɔr ðə greɪt ˈaʊtˈdɔrz! jʊr hɛlp ənd ˌʤɛnərˈɑsəti ɪz ðə ki tɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ðiz ˈvɛri dɪˈzərvɪŋ kɪdz ðə trɪp əv ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm. pliz kənˈtrɪbjut ɪn ˌwəˈtɛvər weɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ, ənd pliz saɪn əp fər ɑr ˈmənθli iˈmeɪl lɪst ʃɛr ˈpɪkʧərz, ˈvɪdioʊz, ənd ˈstɔriz frəm ðɪs trɪp tɪ leɪk ˈmuˌmɔ, ˈboʊlər ˈmaʊntən, ənd ðə ʤɔrʤ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈnæʃənəl ˈfɔrɪst ɪn ˈstənɪŋ ˌsaʊθˈwɛst vərˈʤɪnjə. tɪ hɛlp fənd ðɪs trɪp, ˈvɪzɪt ɑr doʊˈneɪʃən peɪʤ! ˈhɛzəˌteɪt tɪ ˈkɑnˌtækt ˈjuˈɛs wɪθ ˈɛni aɪˈdiəz, səˈʤɛsʧənz, ər kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ˈwɔʃɪŋtən tɪ ˈwɔʃɪŋtən. ɑr trɪps ər ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tɪ ðə ˈmɛməri əv ɪˈmænjuəl ˈdʊrənt, jr*. |
washington to washington is an annual hiking adventure bringing city kids from washington, d.c., southeast michigan, and new orleans on a week-long camping trip to climb mountains and explore some of the country’s most beautiful wilderness areas. along the way, these kids will see animals they didn’t know existed, swim in fresh, crisp lakes, hike through lush forests, make their own s’mores as we all tell ghost stories around a campfire they’ve just learned to make, learn camping and wilderness skills, and, best of all, explore the great outdoors!
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don’t hesitate to contact us with any ideas, suggestions, or questions about washington to washington. our trips are dedicated to the memory of emmanuel durant, jr. | ə ˈrisənt ˈstədi, lɛd baɪ, ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪvli ˈstədid ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl ɛz hi rɪˈpitɪdli ˈɪntu slip waɪl ðə ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ækˈtɪvɪti wɑz rɪˈkɔrdɪd ˈjuzɪŋ ig skælp ˌɪˈlɛktroʊdz. ðə wɑz æst tɪ prɛs ə ˈbətən wɪn hi ɪkˈspɪriənst ən ˌɪnˈtrusɪv θɔt ər ˈɪmɪʤ, ənd tɪ vərˈbæli rɪˈpɔrt ɪt tɪ ðə slip ˈrisərʧərz. ðə dɪˈskrɪpʃənz wər ˈplɛzəntli bɪˈzɑr: ə hɔrs ˈɪntu ə sɔrt əv vaɪəˈlɪn keɪs ənd ˈzɪpɪŋ ɪt up,”*,” freɪz ˈlərnɪŋ tɪ kənˈsum ˈkɑnʃəsli frəm ə master,”*,” ˈɪmɪʤ əv ə kərld əp mˈjuzɪk manuscript.”*.” ðə ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ækˈtɪvɪti əv ðə breɪn bɪˈkeɪm ˈstɛdəli mɔr prɪˈdɪktəbəl ðə ˈlɔŋgər ðə ˈpərsən leɪ ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈnɔrməl fər slip ˈɛntri. ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli ðoʊ, ðə ˌɪnˈtruʒənz wər prɪˈsidɪd nɑt baɪ ˈsədən bərsts əv ˈkɑmplɛks breɪn ækˈtɪvɪti, laɪk spɑrks ɪn ə ˈfeɪdɪŋ ˈkændəl, bət baɪ ˈsədən ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ə mɔr ˈɔrdərli breɪn steɪt. ɪz ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðə haɪˈpɑθəsəs ðət wɪn wi ˈɛnər slip, ðə breɪn ˈstɛdəli dɪsˈmæntəlz ðə ˈmɑdəlz ənd ˈkɑnsɛpts wi juz tɪ ˌɪnˈtərprət ðə wərld, ˈlidɪŋ tɪ ˈmoʊmənts əv ɪkˈspɪriəns ˌənkənˈstreɪnd baɪ ɑr ˈjuʒəwəl ˈmɛntəl ˈfɪltərz. ðɪs ɪz ˌɪnˈtuɪtɪvli əˈpilɪŋ ənd wʊd fɪt wɪθ wən əv ðə moʊst ˈkjʊriəs ˈæˌspɛkts əv ðə ɪkˈspɪriəns: ɑr θɔts kən streɪ təˈwɔrdz ˈtəmbəlɪŋ ˈhɔrsɪz, zɪps ənd vaɪəˈlɪnz bət ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ kən sim kəmˈplitli ənrɪˈmɑrkəbəl, ənd ˌɪnˈdid, ɪnˈtaɪərli ˈrizənəbəl, ənˈtɪl wi ər ˈʤoʊltɪd frəm ɑr ˈrɛvəri. ˈoʊnli æt ðɪs pɔɪnt du ðeɪ sim ɑd ər out-of-context*. ðə ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti ðət ˈpipəl hæv dɪˈtɛktɪŋ ðə ˈstreɪnʤnəs əv ðiz ɪkˈspɪriənsɪz ˈprɑmptɪd saɪˈkɑləʤəsts ˈklɛmənz ənd ˈʤænə spɛθ, boʊθ æt ðə ˌjunəˈvərsəti əv dənˈdi, tɪ ɪgˈzæmɪn rɪˈpɔrts əv ˌɪnˈtruʒənz. ɛz ˈklɛmənz sɪz, ðə tu wər ˈhoʊpɪŋ dɪˈvɛləp ə ˈtaɪmlaɪn ðət ʃoʊz wət ˈɛləmənts əv ˈkɑnʃəsnəs dɪˈklaɪn ər ˈimərʤ ɛz ˈpipəl drɪft ˈɪntu sleep.”*.” əˈplaɪɪŋ lɪŋgˈwɪstɪk æˈnælɪsɪs tɪ ˈdætə frəm ə slip læb, ðeɪ faʊnd ˈɛvədəns ðət rɪˈflɛktɪv əˈbɪləˌti tɪ ɪˈvæljuˌeɪt ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ kˈwɪkli ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə steɪt waɪl θɔts əˈbaʊt ˈfɪzɪkəl ˌɪnərˈækʃən wɪθ ðə ˌɪˈmæʤəˌnɛri wərld ˌɪnˈkrist, ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪŋ ə ʧeɪnʤ ɪn ðə ˈstrəkʧər ənd nɑt ʤɪst ðə ˈkɑntɛnt əv ˈkɑnʃəs θɔt. ˈsɪmələrli, baɪ kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ðə steɪt tɪ rɛm ˈdrimɪŋ, ə 2013 ˈstədi baɪ ðə seɪm ˈrisərʧərz kənˈfərmd ðə ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ðət waɪl drimz ˈɔfən fil ˈfʊli immersive*, tɛndz tɪ bi ɪkˈspɪriənst ɛz ɪf wi wər ˈpæsɪv ðə həˈlusənəˌtɔri θɔts ənd ˈɪmɪʤɪz əˈkərɪŋ ɛz ə prɑˈʤɛkʃən ɔn ɑr ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ sɛns əv ˌriˈæləˌti. (ɪn ə ˈfeɪməs ˈpæsɪʤ ɔn ɪn ˈɑlɪvər twɪst, ˈdɪkənz roʊt əv ˈvɪʒəˌnɛri sinz ðət pæs ˌbiˈfɔr us.”*.”) ðə fækt ðət ɑr sɛns əv ˌɪˈmərʒən ənd rɪˈflɛktɪv ˈdɪstəns frəm ɑr oʊn ɪkˈspɪriəns du nɑt ˈɔlˌweɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ slip meɪ səˈʤɛst ðeɪ ˈɔlsoʊ hæv ˈdɪfərənt roʊlz ɪn ˈweɪkɪŋ ˈkɑnʃəsnəs. |
a recent proof-of-principle study, led by noreika, intensively studied a single individual as he repeatedly transitioned into sleep while the brain’s electrical activity was recorded using eeg scalp electrodes. the would-be-sleeper was asked to press a button when he experienced an intrusive thought or image, and to verbally report it to the sleep researchers. the descriptions were pleasantly bizarre: “putting a horse into a sort of violin case and zipping it up,” “the phrase learning to consume consciously from a master,” “visual image of a curled up music manuscript.”
the electrical activity of the brain became steadily more predictable the longer the person lay still—something that’s entirely normal for sleep entry. unexpectedly though, the hypnagogic intrusions were preceded not by sudden bursts of complex brain activity, like sparks in a fading candle, but by sudden changes to a more orderly brain state. noreika is working on the hypothesis that when we enter sleep, the brain steadily dismantles the models and concepts we use to interpret the world, leading to moments of experience unconstrained by our usual mental filters.
this is intuitively appealing and would fit with one of the most curious aspects of the hypnagogic experience: our thoughts can stray towards tumbling horses, zips and violins but they also can seem completely unremarkable, and indeed, entirely reasonable, until we are jolted from our reverie. only at this point do they seem odd or out-of-context.
the difficulty that people have detecting the strangeness of these experiences prompted psychologists clemens and jana speth, both at the university of dundee, to examine reports of hypnagogic intrusions. as clemens says, the two were hoping “to develop a timeline that shows what elements of consciousness decline or emerge as people drift into sleep.” applying linguistic analysis to data from a sleep lab, they found evidence that reflective thought—the ability to evaluate ongoing experience—declined quickly during the hypnagogic state while thoughts about physical interaction with the imaginary world increased, indicating a change in the structure and not just the content of conscious thought.
similarly, by comparing the hypnagogic state to rem dreaming, a 2013 study by the same researchers confirmed the long-noted observation that while dreams often feel fully immersive, hypnagogia tends to be experienced as if we were passive observers—with the hallucinatory thoughts and images occurring as a projection on our existing sense of reality. (in a famous passage on hypnagogia in oliver twist, dickens wrote of “the visionary scenes that pass before us.”) the fact that our sense of immersion and reflective distance from our own experience do not always co-occur during sleep may suggest they also have different roles in waking consciousness. | maɪ poʊsts frəm freethoughtblogs*: ˈbɑrtən ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ˈɪʃuz ˈʧælənʤ; aɪv ækˈsɛptɪd ˈɔgəst 11 2012 æt piɛm ˈoʊˈkeɪ aɪ wɔnt ðɪs sprɛd fɑr ənd waɪd! rɪk grin əv wallbuilders*, ˈdeɪvɪd ˈbɑrtənz ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ʃoʊ, ˈpoʊstɪd ə poʊst ɔn hɪz ˈwɛbˌsaɪt seɪɪŋ: "ɪf ju kən ʃoʊ mi spɪˈsɪfɪks ðət bæk əp ðə ˈɪmɪʤ kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ðə ˈkrɪtɪks ˌɪnjuˈɛndoʊ, aɪl poʊst ɪt raɪt hir fər ðə wərld tɪ si." lɪŋk tɪ rɪk grinz poʊst: http://www.rickgreen.com/attacks-on-david-barton-same-as-tactics*- of-alinsky-hitler*/ aɪ ʤɪst ˈpoʊstɪd ə ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn rɪk grinz poʊst əkˈsɛptɪŋ hɪz ˈʧælənʤ, wɪʧ, ɛz ju kən si ɪn ðə ˈɪmɪʤ bɪˈloʊ, ɪz ˈkərəntli "əˈweɪtɪŋ ˌmɑdərˈeɪʃən." aɪ wɔnt ɪt noʊn ˈɛvriˌwɛr ðət aɪ ækˈsɛptɪd grinz ˈʧælənʤ. ˈɛniˌwən hu kən hɛlp sprɛd ðɪs θru ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə, ˈəðər blɔgz, ˌɛtˈsɛtərə., pliz du ɪt. θæŋks ɪn ədˈvæns. ˈəpˌdeɪt: rɪk grin həz ˈklɪrli bɪn ɔn hɪz blɔg poʊst sɪns aɪ səbˈmɪtəd maɪ ˈkɑmɛnt, ʃoʊn baɪ ðə skrin ˈkæpʧər bɪˈloʊ əv ɪm rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ əˈnəðər ˈkɑmɛnt. soʊ ðɛr ɪz noʊ kˈwɛʃən ðət hi həz sin maɪ ˈkɑmɛnt, bət ɪt həz nɑt jɛt bɪn əˈpruvd ənd ˈpoʊstɪd. ˈbɑrtənz ˈmɪnjən rɪk grin rɪˈspɑndz sɔrt əv ˈɔgəst 12 2012 æt æm ˈdɛbərə əv gɑd dɪˈskəʃən ˈpoʊstɪd ə ˈlɪtəl poʊst ɔn hər blɔg əˈbaʊt ˈbɑrtənz ˈreɪdiˌoʊ rɪk grin nɑt əˈpruvɪŋ maɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn hɪz blɔg poʊst. ˈdɛbərəz poʊst ɪz naʊ 1 ɔn ˈgugəl nuz ɪf ju sərʧ ɔn ˈdeɪvɪd ˈbɑrtən. əˈpɛrəntli ðɪs kɔzd ə bɪt əv dɪˈskəmfərt fər ˈmɪstər. grin, hu ˈpoʊstɪd ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ˈstætəs ˈəpˌdeɪt ɔn hɪz ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ. ˈmɪstər. grin həz əˈpɛrəntli ˈɔlsoʊ bɪn ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ maɪ ˈfeɪsˌbʊk peɪʤ, wɛr maɪ ˈmɪnjənz lərk. aɪ doʊnt hæv ˈmɪnjənz ˈɛniˌwɛr ɛls. ˈɛniˌwən əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈtɑpɪk, juz #davidbartonchallenge*. ðɪs ɪz rɪk grinz ˈprɑməst rɪˈspɑns tɪ maɪ əkˈsɛptəns əv hɪz ˈʧælənʤ? ˈɔgəst 12 2012 æt æm ˈdeɪvɪd ˈbɑrtənz ˈmɪnjən rɪk grin həz nɑt ˈpoʊstɪd maɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn hɪz ˈərliər blɔg poʊst əkˈsɛptɪŋ hɪz ˈʧælənʤ tɪ ʃoʊ spɪˈsɪfɪks ˈpruvɪŋ ðət ˈbɑrtən ɪz ə laɪər, ənd ɪt ˈdəzənt əˈpɪr ðət hi ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ. ˌɪnˈstɛd, hi həz ˈrɪtən ə ˈsɛkənd poʊst. hɪrz grinz ˈrizən fər nɑt ˈpoʊstɪŋ maɪ ˈkɑmɛnt əkˈsɛptɪŋ hɪz ˈʧælənʤ: "əm nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ poʊst rɪˈdɪkjələs, ˌənrɪˈleɪtɪd, ˌɪˈlɑʤɪkəl ramblings*, bət aɪ wɪl ˈglædli poʊst ləˈʤɪtəmət kˈwɛsʧənz əv ˈrisərʧ ər ˈʧælənʤɪz tɪ ˈɛni pɔɪnt meɪd ɪn ðə ˈʤɛfərsən bʊk." hir ɪz maɪ (stɪl əˈweɪtɪŋ ˌmɑdərˈeɪʃən) ˈkɑmɛnt ðət grin ɪz ˈkɔlɪŋ "rɪˈdɪkjələs, ˌənrɪˈleɪtɪd, ˌɪˈlɑʤɪkəl ramblings*." waɪ ər ˈdeɪvɪd ˈbɑrtən ənd rɪk grin soʊ əˈfreɪd tɪ lɛt ˈpipəl si maɪ bʊk? wɪl ˈbɑrtənz ˈmɪnjən rɪk grin "hæv taɪm" tɪ poʊst tɪ ðɪs ˈkɑmɛnt? ˈɔgəst 12 2012 æt æm aɪ hæv ʤɪst səbˈmɪtəd ə ˈsɛkənd ˈkɑmɛnt tɪ ˈbɑrtənz ˈmaʊθˌpis rɪk grin, ðɪs wən ˈgɪvɪŋ wən spɪˈsɪfɪk ɪgˈzæmpəl əv ə laɪ ɪn ˈbɑrtənz bʊk. ðɪs ɪz prɪˈsaɪsli wət ˈmɪstər. grin æst fər. frəm hɪz ˈsɛkənd poʊst: "əm stɪl ˈlʊkɪŋ fər spɪˈsɪfɪk ɪgˈzæmpəlz. əm nɑt goʊɪŋ tɪ poʊst rɪˈdɪkjələs, ˌənrɪˈleɪtɪd, ˌɪˈlɑʤɪkəl ramblings*, bət aɪ wɪl ˈglædli poʊst ləˈʤɪtəmət kˈwɛsʧənz əv ˈrisərʧ ər ˈʧælənʤɪz tɪ ˈɛni pɔɪnt meɪd ɪn ðə ˈʤɛfərsən bʊk. aɪ noʊ aɪ wɪl nɑt hæv taɪm tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl wən, bət wɪl du maɪ bɛst." bət, ɛz ju kən si ɪn haʊ hi ˈwərdɪd ðɪs ˈpɛrəˌgræf frəm hɪz ˈsɛkənd poʊst, ˈmɪstər. grin həz kaɪnd əv lɛft hɪmˈsɛlf ə ˈluˌphoʊl, noʊ daʊt ænˈtɪsəˌpeɪtɪŋ ðət aɪ wʊd du ɪgˈzæktli wət aɪ ʤɪst dɪd. hɪz ˈluˌphoʊl? hi "noʊz" hi wɪl "nɑt hæv taɪm tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ˈɛvəri ˈsɪŋgəl wən." ˈwɑnə bɛt ðət maɪn ɪz wən əv ðə wənz ðət hi "woʊnt hæv taɪm" tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ? bət, hi ˈdəzənt hæv tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ɪt. aɪ ʤɪst wɔnt ɪm tɪ poʊst ɪt, ənd ðət ˈoʊnli teɪks ðə taɪm tɪ klɪk ə ˈbətən. hɪrz ə skrin ˈkæpʧər əv ðə ˈkɑmɛnt aɪ ʤɪst səbˈmɪtəd: |
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barton radio co-host issues challenge; i've accepted
august 11, 2012 at 5:08 pm
ok ... i want this spread far and wide!
rick green of wallbuilders, david barton's radio show co-host, posted a post on his website saying: "if you can show me specifics that back up the image created by the critics innuendo, i'll post it right here for the world to see."
link to rick green's post: http://www.rickgreen.com/attacks-on-david-barton-same-as-tactics- of-alinsky-hitler/
i just posted a comment on rick green's post accepting his challenge, which, as you can see in the image below, is currently "awaiting moderation." i want it known everywhere that i accepted green's challenge.
anyone who can help spread this through social media, other blogs, etc., please do it. thanks in advance.
update: rick green has clearly been on his blog post since i submitted my comment, shown by the screen capture below of him responding to another comment. so there is no question that he has seen my comment, but it has not yet been approved and posted.
barton's minion rick green responds -- sort of
august 12, 2012 at 12:36 am
deborah beeksma of god discussion posted a little post on her blog about barton's radio co-host rick green not approving my comment on his blog post. deborah's post is now #1 on google news if you search on david barton.
apparently this caused a bit of discomfort for mr. green, who posted the following status update on his facebook page. mr. green has apparently also been visiting my facebook page, where my minions lurk. i don't have minions anywhere else.
anyone tweeting about this topic, use #davidbartonchallenge.
this is rick green's promised response to my acceptance of his challenge?
august 12, 2012 at 2:30 am
david barton's minion rick green has not posted my comment on his earlier blog post accepting his challenge to show specifics proving that barton is a liar, and it doesn't appear that he is going to. instead, he has written a second post.
here's green's reason for not posting my comment accepting his challenge:
"i'm not going to post ridiculous, unrelated, illogical ramblings, but i will gladly post legitimate questions of research or challenges to any point made in the jefferson book."
here is my (still awaiting moderation) comment that green is calling "ridiculous, unrelated, illogical ramblings."
why are david barton and rick green so afraid to let people see my book?
will barton's minion rick green "have time" to post to this comment?
august 12, 2012 at 4:20 am
i have just submitted a second comment to barton's mouthpiece rick green, this one giving one specific example of a lie in barton's book. this is precisely what mr. green asked for. from his second post:
"i'm still looking for specific examples. i'm not going to post ridiculous, unrelated, illogical ramblings, but i will gladly post legitimate questions of research or challenges to any point made in the jefferson book. i know i will not have time to respond to every single one, but will do my best."
but, as you can see in how he worded this paragraph from his second post, mr. green has kind of left himself a loophole, no doubt anticipating that i would do exactly what i just did. his loophole? he "knows" he will "not have time to respond to every single one." whadaya wanna bet that mine is one of the ones that he "won't have time" to respond to? but, he doesn't have to respond to it. i just want him to post it, and that only takes the time to click a button.
here's a screen capture of the comment i just submitted: | ddal04* kərs əv pleɪərz pæk) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ˈməltəpəl faɪl ˈfɔrˌmæts kərs əv pleɪərz pæk) ðə lig ɪz ən ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ əˈfɪʃəl ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd pleɪ kæmˈpeɪn fər ˈdənʤənz ˈdrægənz. ɪt ˈjuzɪz ðə fɪθ ɪˈdɪʃən əv ðə ˈdənʤənz ˈdrægənz rulz, ənd ˈfiʧərz ðə fərˈgɑtən rɛlmz ənd ˈsɛtɪŋ. ðɪs pleɪərz pæk ˌɪnˈkludz: gaɪd pleɪərz gaɪd ədˈvɛnʧərərz ədˈvɛnʧər ədˈvɛnʧərərz ˈkɛrɪktər ʃit kɔs ˈteɪbəl tɛnts ðə bist) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ˈməltəpəl faɪl ˈfɔrˌmæts ˈsəmθɪŋ streɪnʤ ɪz əˈfʊt wɪˈθɪn ðə kˈwɪvərɪŋ ˈfɔrɪst. soʊ məʧ soʊ ðət ˈivɪn ðə ɛlvz əv hæv lɛft ðɛr hoʊmz tɪ sik aʊt hɛlp frəm ðɛr ˈnuˈfaʊnd ˈneɪbərz. bət, ðɛr teɪlz əv ə streɪnʤ bist ər nɑt ˈərnɪŋ ðɛm ˈɛni ˈfeɪvərz; əˈspɛʃəli əˈməŋ ðə, hum ðə ɛlvz ˈsəˌspɛkt ər tɪ bleɪm fər ðɛr ɪlz. rɪˈtərn wəns mɔr tɪ ðə kˈwɪvərɪŋ ˈfɔrɪst ənd lərn ðə ˈtɛrəˌfaɪɪŋ truθ! pɑrt tu əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈpərʧəs əv ðɪs ədˈvɛnʧər ɪz ə ˈvərʒən ˈspɛʃəli kənˈvərtɪd fər juz wɪθ ðə ˈfænəsi graʊnz ˈvərʧuəl ˈteɪbəlˌtɑp ˈsɔfˌwɛr. ðə kənˈvərtɪd ədˈvɛnʧər ˈfiʧərz ɔl ðə tɛkst ənd mæps frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ədˈvɛnʧər əˈlɔŋ wɪθ əv ˈmɑnstərz, spɛlz, ˈmæʤɪk ˈaɪtəmz, eq*... ðə ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənər) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə ˈloʊkəlz ər ˈsprɛdɪŋ ˈrumərz əv ðə ˈimərʤəns əv ən ˈrɛlɪk ɪn ə rɪˈmoʊt ˈfɑrmɪŋ ˈvɪlɪʤ. ˈʃʊrli ju bi ðə ˈoʊnli wən tɪ sik ɪt, bət kən ju əˈfɔrd tɪ nɑt bi səkˈsɛsfəl ɪn ðɪs ˈmɪʃən? ənd waɪ ðeɪ kleɪmd ɪt fər ðɛmˈsɛlvz? pɑrt θri əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ˈməltəpəl faɪl ˈfɔrˌmæts ə həz kɔld ju aʊt baɪ neɪm ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈpraɪvət ˈrɛdɪŋ. ʃi reɪvd əv ən ˈɑrmi əv ðə dɛd, ə ˈdɛləkət powderbox*, ənd ə ˈbjutəfəl jɛt ˈdeɪnʤərəs ˈwʊmən. naʊ ðə ˈbərgəˌmæstər wɔnts tɪ noʊ waɪ mɔr ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ðən hi ɪz... pɑrt fɔr əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈpərʧəs əv ðɪs ədˈvɛnʧər ɪz ə ˈvərʒən ˈspɛʃəli kənˈvərtɪd fər juz wɪθ ðə ˈfænəsi graʊnz ˈvərʧuəl ˈteɪbəlˌtɑp ˈsɔfˌwɛr. ðə kənˈvərtɪd ədˈvɛnʧər ˈfiʧərz ɔl ðə tɛkst ənd mæps frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ədˈvɛnʧər əˈlɔŋ wɪθ əv ˈmɑnstərz, spɛlz, ˈmæʤɪk ˈaɪtəmz, ɪkˈwɪpmənt, ənd ˈstɔri ˈɛləmənts, pləs ðə ˈpaʊərfəl rulz ɔtəˈmeɪʃən fər wɪʧ ˈfænəsi graʊnz ɪz noʊn. ðə sir) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə taɪm həz kəm tɪ ˈvɛnʧər bɪɔnd ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv ənd ɪkˈsplɔr ðə rɛlm əv. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪn jʊr ˈtrævəlz, ju ˈhæpən əˈkrɔs ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl traɪb əv ˈdɛnəzənz əv ðə əv drɛd. du ðə ˈtruli pəˈzɛs ðə əˈbɪləˌti tɪ si ðə fˈjuʧər, ər ɪz ɪt ˈsɪmpəl ˈpɑrlər trɪks ənd dɪˈsit? pɑrt faɪv əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə ˈɪnəsənt) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə mɪsts hæv lɛd ju dip ˈɪntu swɔmp tɪ ə dɛn əv greɪt ˈivəl. wɪˈθɪn, ðə sən əv ən gɑd əˈweɪts ðə pis əv dɛθ ðət ɪˈtərnəli ɪˈludz ɪm. wɪl ju grænt ɪm hɪz rɛst, ər ˈriəˌlaɪz ðə pɑrt hi ɪz tɪ pleɪ ɪn θɪŋz tɪ kəm? pɑrt ˈsɛvən əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə ˈbroʊkən wən) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv ɪz ˈbɛrid ɪn ˈwɪntərz snoʊz ənd ˈfeɪsɪŋ stɑrˈveɪʃən. ən ənˈsin bist həz ˈrævɪʤd ðə ˈlaɪvˌstɑk kəld tɪ peɪ lɔrd tæks ənd ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪz θroʊn ˈɪntu ˈpænɪk ənd keɪɑs. kən ju faɪnd ðə ˈmɑnstər ənd seɪv ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ frəm stɑrˈveɪʃən, ər wərs? pɑrt eɪt əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə ˈpipəl əv ər ˈdɛspərɪt. ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ ɪz ɔn ðə brɪŋk əv stɑrˈveɪʃən ənd həz ˈlɪtəl ʧæns əv sərˈvaɪvɪŋ ðə hɑrʃ ˈwɪntər. ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ hæd ɪˈnəf fud ənd səˈplaɪz, lɔrd ˈtæksɪz ər du, ənd ðə ˈrulər əv dɪz nɑt əkˈsɛpt ɪkˈskjuzɪz ɛz ˈpeɪmənt. ðə ˈbərgəˌmæstər ənd ˈəðərz ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ hæv ˈrisəntli ˈlərnɪd əv ə ˈwɛlθi ɛˈsteɪt ðət maɪt hæv ɪˈnəf ˈrisɔrsɪz tɪ sɑlv boʊθ əv ˈprɑbləmz. ɪt ɪz ə tɛmˈteɪʃən hi ˈkænɑt əˈfɔrd tɪ rɪˈzɪst ər kən hi? pɑrt naɪn əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə ˈɑrtəˌfækt) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ən ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən tɪ ðə ˈæmbər ˈtɛmpəl rɪˈvilz əˈnəðər ˈmeɪʤər ˈmɪnjən əv ðə ˈɛnəmi ənd ˌənˈkəvərz ə ˈsikrɪt ˈwɛpən ðət meɪ hɛlp dɪˈfit ðɛm. pɑrt tɛn əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə ˈvɪlɪʤ əv ɪz ˈpænɪkt wɪn ə grup əv əˈpɪr æt ðə ɛʤ əv ðə wʊdz. ðeɪ brɪŋ nuz ənd ən ənˈjuˌʒuəl rɪkˈwɛst ðət rɪˈvilz ə nu foʊ. pɑrt ˈilɛvən əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə ˈreɪvən) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə hæv ə ˈprɪzənər ðət meɪ hoʊld ðə ˈænsərz tɪ ðə streɪnʤ goʊɪŋz ɔn ənd ðə ki tɪ ˈstɑpɪŋ ðə ˈɛnəmi. wət kən ju du tɪ kənˈvɪns ðɛm tɪ hænd ðə ˈprɪzənər ˈoʊvər? pɑrt twɛlv əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə ˈhɔrsmən) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ˈməltəpəl faɪl ˈfɔrˌmæts ən ənˈnoʊn fɔrs ɪz ˌɪnˈsaɪtɪŋ ðə ˈpipəl ənd ˈkriʧərz əv ðə aɪˈdɪlɪk tɪ kəˈmɪt hɔˈrɪfɪk ækts əv ˈmərdər ənd ˈkɑrnɪʤ. kən ðə ədˈvɛnʧərərz kwɛl ðə ˈtaʊrɪŋ reɪʤ əv ðə ˈræmˌpeɪʤɪŋ ˈhɔrsmən? pɑrt ˈθərˈtin əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈɛmti hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə ˈpərʧəs əv ðɪs ədˈvɛnʧər ɪz ə ˈvərʒən ˈspɛʃəli kənˈvərtɪd fər juz wɪθ ðə ˈfænəsi graʊnz ˈvərʧuəl ˈteɪbəlˌtɑp ˈsɔfˌwɛr. ðə kənˈvərtɪd ədˈvɛnʧər ˈfiʧərz ɔl ðə tɛkst ənd mæps frəm ðə ərˈɪʤənəl ədˈvɛnʧər əˈlɔŋ wɪθ əv ˈmɑnstərz, spɛlz, ˈmæʤɪk ˈaɪtəmz, ɪkˈwɪpmənt, ənd ˈstɔri ˈɛləmənts, pləs ðə ˈpaʊərfəl rulz ɔtəˈmeɪʃən fər wɪʧ ˈfænəsi graʊnz ɪz noʊn.... ðə) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: ðə ˈɛnəmi ɪz rɪˈvild, bət taɪm ʃɔrt ənd ɪf ju ər nɑt səkˈsɛsfəl ɪn jʊr ˈmɪʃən tɪ maʊnt baratok*, ləv wɪl ˈnɛvər daɪ. pɑrt ˌfɔrˈtin ənd ðə fəˈnæli əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz ðə goʊst) ˈrɛgjələr praɪs: ˈbəndəl praɪs: ˈfɔrˌmæt: oʊld ˈheɪtrədz daɪ hɑrd, bət ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ɪt ɪz ˈnɛsəˌsɛri tɪ sɛt əˈsaɪd ˈpɛˌti, ˈpərsɪnəl ˌdɪsəˈgrimənts fər ðə ˈgreɪtər gʊd. ðə hæg, greenteeth*, ɪz waɪz ənd meɪ pruv ˌɪnstrəˈmɛnəl ɪn ðə ˈtrəbəlz ðət leɪ əˈhɛd. jʊr tæsk wɪl nɑt bi ˈizi, ˌhaʊˈɛvər; ðə dɑrk ˈfɔrsɪz əv hæv ˈeɪʤənts ˈɛvriˌwɛr, ənd aɪz frəm bɪɔnd ðə greɪv noʊ daʊt wɔʧ jʊr ˈɛvəri muv. pɑrt sɪks əv ˈmɪsti ˈfɔrʧənz ənd ˈæbsənt hɑrts. ə ədˈvɛnʧər fər ˈlɛvəl ˈkɛrɪktərz |
ddal04 curse of strahd player's pack (5e)
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curse of strahd player's pack (5e) the d&d adventurer's league is an ongoing official organized play campaign for dungeons & dragons. it uses the fifth edition of the dungeons & dragons rules, and features the forgotten realms and ravenloft setting. this players pack includes: dm's guide player's guide adventurers adventure logsheet adventurers character sheet cos table tents ddal04 5e ...
ddal04-02 the beast (5e)
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something strange is afoot within the quivering forest. so much so that even the elves of greenhall have left their homes to seek out help from their newfound neighbors. but, their tales of a strange beast are not earning them any favors; especially among the vistani, whom the elves suspect are to blame for their ills. return once more to the quivering forest and learn the terrifying truth! part two of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a two-hour adventure for 1st–4th level characters also included in the purchase of this adventure is a version specially converted for use with the fantasy grounds virtual tabletop software. the converted adventure features all the text and maps from the original adventure along with cross-linking of monsters, spells, magic items, eq...
ddal04-03 the executioner (5e)
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the locals are spreading rumors of the emergence of an age-old relic in a remote farming village. surely you won’t be the only one to seek it, but can you afford to not be successful in this mission? and why haven’t they claimed it for themselves? part three of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a two-hour adventure for 1st-4th level characters ...
ddal04-04 the marionette (5e)
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a vistani fortuneteller has called you out by name during the burgomaster’s private reading. she raved of an army of the dead, a delicate powderbox, and a beautiful yet dangerous woman. now the burgomaster wants to know why you’re more important than he is... part four of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a four-hour adventure for 1st-4th level characters also included in the purchase of this adventure is a version specially converted for use with the fantasy grounds virtual tabletop software. the converted adventure features all the text and maps from the original adventure along with cross-linking of monsters, spells, magic items, equipment, and story elements, plus the powerful rules automation for which fantasy grounds is known. <...
ddal04-05 the seer (5e)
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the time has come to venture beyond the village of oranou and explore the realm of barovia. however, in your travels, you happen across an unusual tribe of people--distrusted denizens of the demiplane of dread. do the vistani truly possess the ability to see the future, or is it simple parlor tricks and deceit? part five of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a two-hour adventure for 1st-4th level characters ...
ddal04-07 the innocent (5e)
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the mists have led you deep into glumpen swamp to a den of great evil. within, the unliving son of an unliving god awaits the peace of death that eternally eludes him. will you grant him his rest, or realize the part he is to play in things to come? part seven of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a four-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
ddal04-08 the broken one (5e)
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the village of oranou is buried in winter's snows and facing starvation. an unseen beast has ravaged the livestock culled to pay lord strahd's tax and the village is thrown into panic and chaos. can you find the monster and save the village from starvation, or worse? part eight of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a two-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
ddal04-09 the tempter (5e)
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the people of oranou are desperate. the village is on the brink of starvation and has little chance of surviving the harsh winter. even if they had enough food and supplies, lord strahd’s taxes are due, and the ruler of barovia does not accept excuses as payment. the burgomaster and others in the village have recently learned of a wealthy estate that might have enough resources to solve both of oranou’s problems. it is a temptation he cannot afford to resist or can he? part nine of misty fortunes and absent hearts a two-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
ddal04-10 the artifact (5e)
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an expedition to the amber temple reveals another major minion of the enemy and uncovers a secret weapon that may help defeat them. part ten of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a four-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
ddal04-11 the donjon (5e)
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the village of oranou is panicked when a group of bloodhand orcs appear at the edge of the woods. they bring news and an unusual request that reveals a new foe. part eleven of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a 4-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
ddal04-12 the raven (5e)
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the bloodhand orcs have a prisoner that may hold the answers to the strange goings on and the key to stopping the enemy. what can you do to convince them to hand the prisoner over? part twelve of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a two-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
ddal04-13 the horseman (5e)
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an unknown force is inciting the people and creatures of the idyllic greenhall to commit horrific acts of murder and carnage. can the adventurers quell the towering rage of the rampaging horseman? part thirteen of misty fortunes and empty hearts. a 2-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters also included in the purchase of this adventure is a version specially converted for use with the fantasy grounds virtual tabletop software. the converted adventure features all the text and maps from the original adventure along with cross-linking of monsters, spells, magic items, equipment, and story elements, plus the powerful rules automation for which fantasy grounds is known....
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the enemy is revealed, but time short and if you are not successful in your mission to mount baratok, love will never die. part fourteen and the finale of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a four-hour adventure for 5th-10th level characters ...
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old hatreds die hard, but sometimes it is necessary to set aside petty, personal disagreements for the greater good. the hag, jeny greenteeth, is wise and may prove instrumental in the troubles that lay ahead. your task will not be easy, however; the dark forces of barovia have agents everywhere, and eyes from beyond the grave no doubt watch your every move. part six of misty fortunes and absent hearts. a fourhour adventure for 1st4th level characters ... | ˈləndən (ˈrɔɪtərz) ðə ˈʤɑbləs reɪt fɛl ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli ənd ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl ɪn wərk ʤəmpt ɪn ðə θri mənθs tɪ ˈfɛbruˌɛri, ɪn ə ˈwɛlkəm saɪn tɪ ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ðət fərmz ər ˈfilɪŋ mɔr ˈkɑnfədənt əˈbaʊt ˈhaɪrɪŋ. ə ˈwʊmən ˈpæsɪz ˈnoʊtɪsɪz fər ʤɑbz ɪn ðə ˈwɪndoʊ əv ə rɪˈkrutmənt ˈeɪʤənsi ɪn ˈləndən ˈeɪprəl 13 2011 məˈgrɛgər ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈbrɪtənz ˈkleɪmɪŋ ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈbɛnəfɪt tɪkt haɪər ɪn mɑrʧ, bət ðoʊz ˈfɪgjərz ər stɪl skjud baɪ ə ˈrisənt fər ˈsɪŋgəl ˈpɛrənts, ðə ˈɔfəs fər ˈnæʃənəl stəˈtɪstɪks sɛd ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ðə raɪz ɪn ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ʧaɪmz wɪθ ˈrisənt ˈsərˌveɪz ʃoʊɪŋ ðət ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ ənd ˈsərvɪsɪz fərmz plæn mɔr ˈhaɪrɪŋ, ki fər ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi ɛz ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈhənərdz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər ʤɑbz ɪn ə bɪd tɪ kət ðə ˈbəʤɪt ˈdɛfəsət. ˈəðər saɪnz ɔn ˈoʊvərˌɔl pərˈfɔrməns hæv bɪn mɪkst ənd ˈnəmbərz ˈɔlsoʊ ʃoʊd weɪʤ groʊθ sloʊɪŋ, ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ ðə steɪt əv ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi. ˈleɪbər ˈmɑrkɪt rɪˈkəvəri ɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ ə bɪt healthier,”*,” sɛd ˈvɪki ˈrɛdˌwʊd əv ˈkæpɪtəl ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪks. ðə kənˈtɪnjud fɔlz ɪn ril peɪ du nɑt boʊd wɛl fər kənˈsumər spending.”*.” ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl wɪˈθaʊt ə ʤɑb ɔn ðə brɔd ˈaɪloʊ ˈmɛʒər fɛl baɪ ɪn ðə θri mənθs tɪ ˈfɛbruˌɛri tɪ ˈmɪljən, ðə ɑnz sɛd. ðət rɪˈdust ðə ˈʤɑbləs reɪt tɪ pərˈsɛnt, bɪˈloʊ ˈfɔrˌkæsts fər ə ˈrɛdɪŋ əv pərˈsɛnt. ɪn əˈdɪʃən, ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl ɪn ɪmˈplɔɪmənt roʊz baɪ ɪn ðə θri mənθs tɪ ˈfɛbruˌɛri ðə ˈbɪgəst ˌɪnˈkris sɪns læst sɛpˈtɛmbər ənd ˈdrɪvən baɪ ðə ˈbɪgəst raɪz ɪn ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈpipəl ɪn ˈfʊlˌtaɪm ɪmˈplɔɪmənt sɪns meɪ 2007 ˈlumɪŋ rɪsks ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts ənd ˈbɪznɪs ˈlidərz wər fɑr frəm ˈsaʊndɪŋ ðə ɔl klɪr ɛz ˈifɛkts frəm ðə ˈspɛndɪŋ kəts kʊd hərt ˈsɛktərz dɪˈpɛndənt ɔn kənˈsumər ˈspɛndɪŋ. ə rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd ðɛr hæd bɪn ə bɪg ʤəmp ɪn ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈkəmpəˌniz ɪn ˈsɪriəs ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl dɪˈstrɛs, wɪθ ˈrɛˌstrɑnts ənd ðə ˈlɛʒər ˈɪndəstri hɪt ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli hɑrd ɛz ˈlumɪŋ ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər ʤɑb kəts dɛnt məræl. sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˈnəmbər əv ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər stæf wɪl hæv rɪˈsivd ˈfɔrməl ˌnoʊtəfəˈkeɪʃən əv ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ rɪˈdəndənsiz wɪʧ wɪl hæv hæd ən ˌɪmˈpækt ɔn dɪˈskrɛʃəˌnɛri kənˈsumər spending,”*,” ðə kəmˈpaɪlər ˈtreɪnər ˈnoʊtɪd. ˈɛlsˌwɛr, ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈfæʃən fərm ənd ˈspɔrtsˌwɛr stɔr ˈɑpərˌeɪtər spɔrts bəkt ə ˈglumi ˈriˌteɪl ˈklaɪmɪt wɪθ strɔŋ ˈnəmbərz, ʃoʊɪŋ ðɛr ər stɪl ˈwɪnərz ɪn taɪmz, bət dɪd wɔrn ɪt wɑz cautious”*” əˈbaʊt ˈprɑspɛkts fər ðə ˈkəmɪŋ 12 mənθs. ˈʃeɪki rɪˈkəvəri ðə ˈgəvərnmənt ɪz ˈbæŋkɪŋ ɔn ˈpraɪvət ˈbɪznɪsɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt nu ʤɑbz tɪ gɪt ðə ɪˈkɑnəmi goʊɪŋ əˈgɛn ˈæftər ə səˈpraɪz kənˈtrækʃən æt ðə ɛnd əv 2010 ““well*, ðɪs ɪz ə smɔl stɛp ɪn ðə raɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪn. ˈɑbviəsli ˈwɛlkəm wɛˈnɛvər wi si ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt kəm down,”*,” ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈmɪnɪstər krɪs ˈgreɪlɪŋ toʊld skaɪ nuz. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˈpɑzətɪv toʊn tɪ ðə ˈleɪbər ˈmɑrkɪt rɪˈpɔrt wɑz mɑrd baɪ sloʊɪŋ weɪʤ ˌɪnˈkrisɪz, wɪʧ wɪl pʊt ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈfaɪˌnænsɪz ˈəndər ˈfərðər ˈprɛʃər æt ə taɪm wɪn ˈtæksɪz ər ˈraɪzɪŋ ənd fud ənd fjuəl kɔsts kip ˈklaɪmɪŋ. ˈævərɪʤ ˈwikli ˈərnɪŋz groʊθ ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈboʊnəsɪz izd ˌənɪkˈspɛktɪdli tɪ pərˈsɛnt frəm pərˈsɛnt ɪn ðə θri mənθs tɪ ˈʤænjuˌɛri, kənˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɔrˌkæsts fər ə raɪz əv pərˈsɛnt. wɪθ ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən æt 4 pərˈsɛnt, ðət minz ril ˈɪnˌkəmz ər stɪl ˈfɑlɪŋ. ɪˈkɑnəmɪsts sɛd ˈmɑdəst weɪʤ groʊθ ʃoʊd ðə ˈleɪbər ˈmɑrkɪt rɪˈkəvəri wɑz ˈfræʤəl ənd prəˈvaɪdɪd ðə bæŋk əv ˈɪŋglənd wɪθ ˈliˌweɪ tɪ hoʊld faɪər ɔn ˈraɪzɪz ɪn ˈɪntəˌrɛst reɪts ɛz ðɛr wɑz ˈlɪtəl rɪsk əv ə ˈspaɪrəl əv haɪər ˈweɪʤɪz ðət wʊd bust ˈpraɪsɪz. məst rɪˈmɛmbər ðət ðə ˈhɛdˌwɪndz frəm ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər hæv bɪn ˈrɛlətɪvli laɪt tɪ deɪt ənd wɪl ˈstɪfən sɪgˈnɪfɪkəntli ðɪs year,”*,” sɛd ˈnidə ˈɑli, ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk ædˈvaɪzər tɪ ðə ərnst jəŋ ˈaɪtəm kləb. ðə peɪs əv ʤɑb ˈlɔsɪz ɪn ðə ˈpəblɪk ˈsɛktər ækˈsɛlərˌeɪts, ðə ˈpraɪvət ˈsɛktər wɪl hæv tɪ wərk ˈɛvər ˈhɑrdər tɪ kriˈeɪt nu ʤɑbz ɪf wi ər tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˌənɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈraɪzɪŋ again,”*,” hi ˈædɪd. ˈoʊvərˌɔl, ðə ˈfɪgjərz dɪd nɑt ˈɔltər ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz ðət ðə bæŋk wɪl nɑt rəʃ tɪ reɪz reɪts frəm ə ˈrɛkərd loʊ pərˈsɛnt. ə səˈpraɪz sˈloʊˌdaʊn ɪn ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən læst mənθ ɔl bət waɪpt aʊt ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃənz əv ˈɛni ˈtaɪtənɪŋ ɪn meɪ ənd kɔzd ˈmɑrkɪts tɪ daʊt ˈɛni muv ˌbiˈfɔr ˈɔgəst. |
london (reuters) - the jobless rate fell unexpectedly and the number of people in work jumped in the three months to february, in a welcome sign to the government that firms are feeling more confident about hiring.
a woman passes notices for jobs in the window of a recruitment agency in london april 13, 2011. reuters/luke macgregor
the number of britons claiming unemployment benefit ticked higher in march, but those figures are still skewed by a recent rule-change for single parents, the office for national statistics said on wednesday.
the rise in employment chimes with recent surveys showing that manufacturing and services firms plan more hiring, key for the economy as the government culls hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs in a bid to cut the budget deficit.
other signs on britain’s overall performance have been mixed and wednesday’s numbers also showed wage growth slowing, highlighting the still-fragile state of the economy.
“the labour market recovery is looking a bit healthier,” said vicky redwood of capital economics. “but the continued falls in real pay do not bode well for consumer spending.”
the number of people without a job on the broad ilo measure fell by 17,000 in the three months to february to 2.480 million, the ons said. that reduced the jobless rate to 7.8 percent, below forecasts for a reading of 8.0 percent.
in addition, the number of people in employment rose by 143,000 in the three months to february — the biggest increase since last september and driven by the biggest rise in the number of people in full-time employment since may 2007.
looming risks
however, economists and business leaders were far from sounding the all clear as knock-on effects from the government’s spending cuts could hurt sectors dependent on consumer spending.
a report on wednesday indicated there had been a big jump in the number of british companies in serious financial distress, with restaurants and the leisure industry hit particularly hard as looming public sector job cuts dent morale.
“a significant number of public sector staff will have received formal notification of impending redundancies which will have had an impact on discretionary consumer spending,” the report’s compiler begbies traynor noted.
elsewhere, online fashion firm asos and sportswear store operator jd sports bucked a gloomy retail climate with strong numbers, showing there are still winners in straitened times, but jd did warn it was “extremely cautious” about prospects for the coming 12 months.
shaky recovery
the government is banking on private businesses to create new jobs to get the economy going again after a surprise contraction at the end of 2010.
“well, this is a small step in the right direction. it’s obviously welcome whenever we see unemployment come down,” employment minister chris grayling told sky news.
however, the positive tone to the labour market report was marred by slowing wage increases, which will put household finances under further pressure at a time when taxes are rising and food and fuel costs keep climbing.
average weekly earnings growth including bonuses eased unexpectedly to 2.0 percent from 2.3 percent in the three months to january, confounding forecasts for a rise of 2.6 percent. with inflation at 4 percent, that means people’s real incomes are still falling.
economists said modest wage growth showed the labour market recovery was fragile and provided the bank of england with leeway to hold fire on rises in interest rates as there was little risk of a spiral of higher wages that would boost prices.
“we must remember that the headwinds from the public sector have been relatively light to date and will stiffen significantly this year,” said nida ali, economic adviser to the ernst & young item club.
“as the pace of job losses in the public sector accelerates, the private sector will have to work ever harder to create new jobs if we are to avoid unemployment rising again,” he added.
overall, the figures did not alter expectations that the bank will not rush to raise rates from a record low 0.5 percent.
a surprise slowdown in inflation last month all but wiped out expectations of any tightening in may and caused markets to doubt any move before august. | pescara* kʊd bi sɛt fər ə riˈunjən wɪθ ju ˈæftər ˈkæʧɪŋ ðə əˈtɛnʃən əv lidz juˈnaɪtɪd. ðə aɪsˈlændɪk ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ɪz biɪŋ ˈmɑnətərd baɪ lidz wɪθ hɪz ˈkɑnˌtrækt æt du tɪ ɛnd ˈæftər ðə bi ˈfaɪnəl. ər ɔn ðə vərʤ əv ˈriʧɪŋ ðə ˌɪˈtæljən tɔp flaɪt bət ðə ˌɪˈtæljən kləb hæv əˈlaʊd dil tɪ rən daʊn ənd ðə wɪl bi əˈveɪləbəl ɔn ə fri ˈtrænsfər ɪf hi ɑpts tɪ muv ɔn. hi ənd juˈnaɪtɪd hɛd koʊʧ noʊ iʧ ˈəðər wɛl ˈhævɪŋ wərkt təˈgɛðər æt ˌnɔrˈwiʤən ˈaʊtˌfɪt ˈvaɪkɪŋ bɪtˈwin 2006 ənd 2009 ən bɪˈgæn hɪz ˈsinjər kərɪr æt ˈvaɪkɪŋ ənd rɪˈmeɪnd ðɛr ənˈtɪl 2011 wɪn hi sɪˈkjʊrd ə ˈtrænsfər tɪ ˈstændərd liʤ ɪn ˈbɛlʤəm. tʊk ɪm tɪ ˈɪtəli tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər bət spɛnt ðə ˈsizən æt ˈæftər ˈsaɪnɪŋ fər ðɛm ɪn ə dil. hi rɪˈtərnd tɪ læst ˈsəmər bət ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ sik əˈnəðər ˈtrænsfər ɪf feɪl tɪ wɪn pərˈmoʊʃən. ənd bəˈloʊˌŋɑ pleɪ ðə fərst lɛg əv ðɛr bi ˈfaɪnəl təˈnaɪt, wɪθ ðə rɪˈtərn lɛg ˈskɛʤʊld fər ˈtuzˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ. dɪˈskəʃənz əˈbaʊt fˈjuʧər ər ɪkˈspɛktɪd tɪ ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪ wəns ðə pərˈmoʊʃən faɪt ɪz ˈsɛtəld. ðə ɪz ən ɪkˈspɪriəns ˈaɪslənd ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl wɪθ ˈɔlˌmoʊst 40 kæps tɪ hɪz neɪm. hi həz skɔrd 12 taɪmz frəm fər ðɪs ˈsizən, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə goʊl ɪn ðə wɪn ˈoʊvər vicenza*. ˈeɪʤənt, ʤɪm, wɑz æst baɪ ðə jɛp ɪf hi wɑz əˈwɛr əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst frəm roʊd. sɛd ðət ðət aɪ ˈkænɑt comment.”*.” lidz rɪˈkrutɪd ˈhɛvəli frəm ðə ˌɪˈtæljən ligz wɪθ ˈlɪmɪtɪd səkˈsɛs læst ˈsəmər ənd ðə kləb wɪl peɪ ˈkloʊzər əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ ˈmɑrkɪt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈtrænsfər ˈwɪndoʊ. juˈnaɪtɪd ər kloʊz tɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ ˈskɑtɪʃ ˈstraɪkər li ˈərˌwɪn ɔn ə θˈriˌjɪr ˈkɑnˌtrækt frəm ə muv wɪʧ ɪz ˈlaɪkli tɪ bi sild wɪn ˈərˌwɪn rɪˈtərnz frəm ə ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə ənd ðeɪ hæv bɪn ˈlʊkɪŋ æt dəˈmɛstɪk ˈæftər ˈfeɪlɪŋ tɪ riʧ ə kwɪk dil tɪ lænd sɑl ˈbæmbə ɔn ə ˈpərmɑˌnɛnt ˈbeɪsɪs. dɪˈskəʃənz wɪθ ˈbæmbə ə dɪˈfɛndər wɪθ ˈæmpəl ɪkˈspɪriəns əv ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ər ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ bət ðə tu saɪdz ər jɛt tɪ əˈgri ɔn ˈweɪʤɪz. ə fi wɪθ hɪz ˈkɑrənt kləb pəˈlɛrmoʊ həz ɔˈrɛdi bɪn nɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪtɪd., ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ədˈmɪtəd ɔn ðə deɪ əv hɪz əˈpɔɪntmənt ɛz hɛd koʊʧ ðət hi wɑz ˈhæpi tɪ lʊk əˈbrɔd fər ˈsaɪnɪŋz, dɪˈspaɪt ðə ɪkˈstɛnt tɪ wɪʧ ə ˌkɑzməˈpɑlətən skwɑd æt lidz ˈstrəgəld ɪn ðə ˈʧæmpiənˌʃɪp ðɪs ˈsizən. sɛd: ɔl əˈbaʊt ˈbæləns ənd ɪf ju gɪt ðə ˈbæləns ɪn ðə tim raɪt bɪtˈwin ˈnoʊˌhaʊ ənd ˈhəŋgər, ˈspɪrɪt, ˈtælənt, aɪ θɪŋk ju kən goʊ ə lɔŋ, lɔŋ weɪ. ˈjuˈɛs, wi ər ˈəndər ˌfaɪˈnænʃəl riˈstrɪkʃənz soʊ wi hæv tɪ lʊk wɛr wi ər ˈgɪtɪŋ ðət sɔrt əv ˈtælənt. ˈsəmˌtaɪmz ju hæv tɪ goʊ ˈaʊtˈsaɪd ðə tɪ faɪnd ðət sɔrt əv ˈtælənt. ðə ˈbæləns həz tɪ bi right.”*.” juˈnaɪtɪd ˈoʊnər ˈmæsɪˌmoʊ ɪz ˈkərəntli ɪn ˈɪtəli əˈtɛndɪŋ tɪ ˈpərsɪnəl ˈbɪznɪs ˈmætərz bət ɪt ɪz nɑt noʊn ɪf hi plænz tɪ ˈtrævəl tɪ wɔʧ təˈnaɪt. ˈminˌwaɪl, lidz hæv əˈgrid ə nu dil wɪθ dɪˈvɛləpmənt skwɑd ˈkæptən ˈæləks purver*. ðə wɪl teɪk əp ə ˈwənˌjɪr ˈkɑnˌtrækt wɪn hi rɪˈtərnz fər ˌpriˈsizən ˈleɪtər ðɪs mənθ. ʤeɪk ˈskɛltən, ˈstraɪkər luk ˈpɑrkɪn ənd ˈtaɪlər ˈdɛntən hæv ˈɔlsoʊ ækˈsɛptɪd nu ˈwənˌjɪr dilz. |
pescara midfielder birkir bjarnason could be set for a reunion with uwe rosler after catching the attention of leeds united.
the icelandic international is being monitored by leeds with his contract at pescara due to end after the serie b play-off final.
pescara are on the verge of reaching the italian top flight but the italian club have allowed bjarnason’s deal to run down and the 27-year-old will be available on a free transfer if he opts to move on.
he and united head coach rosler know each other well having worked together at norwegian outfit viking between 2006 and 2009.
bjarnason – an attack-minded midfielder – began his senior career at viking and remained there until 2011 when he secured a transfer to standard liege in belgium.
pescara took him to italy two years later but bjarnason spent the 2013-14 season at sampdoria after signing for them in a co-ownership deal. he returned to pescara last summer but is likely to seek another transfer if pescara fail to win promotion.
pescara and bologna play the first leg of their serie b play-off final tonight, with the return leg scheduled for tuesday evening. discussions about bjarnason’s future are expected to intensify once the promotion fight is settled.
the midfielder is an experience iceland international with almost 40 caps to his name.
he has scored 12 times from midfield for pescara this season, including a goal in the club’s play-off semi-final win over vicenza.
bjarnason’s agent, jim solbakken, was asked by the yep if he was aware of interest from elland road. solbakken said that “on that i cannot comment.”
leeds recruited heavily from the italian leagues with limited success last summer and the club will pay closer attention to the british market during the current transfer window.
united are close to signing scottish striker lee erwin on a three-year contract from motherwell – a move which is likely to be sealed when erwin returns from a holiday in america – and they have been looking at domestic centre-backs after failing to reach a quick deal to land ex-loanee sol bamba on a permanent basis.
discussions with bamba – a defender with ample experience of the championship – are ongoing but the two sides are yet to agree on wages.
a fee with his current club palermo has already been negotiated.
rosler, however, admitted on the day of his appointment as head coach that he was happy to look abroad for signings, despite the extent to which a cosmopolitan squad at leeds struggled in the championship this season.
rosler said: “it’s all about balance and if you get the balance in the team right between know-how and hunger, spirit, talent, i think you can go a long, long way.
“for us, we are under financial restrictions so we have to look where we are getting that sort of talent. sometimes you have to go outside the uk to find that sort of talent. the balance has to be right.”
united owner massimo cellino is currently in italy attending to personal business matters but it is not known if he plans to travel to watch bjarnason tonight.
meanwhile, leeds have agreed a new deal with development squad captain alex purver.
the 19-year-old midfielder will take up a one-year contract when he returns for pre-season later this month.
centre-back jake skelton, striker luke parkin and left-back tyler denton have also accepted new one-year deals. | ðə ˈbɪgəst ˈɪʃu ˈfeɪsɪŋ ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs juθ ɪz ðə læk əv ʃɛdz tɪ stɔr ðɛr kəˈnuz, sɪz ˈroʊmiˌoʊ, ðə kri ˈmɛmbər əv ˈpɑrləmɛnt fər ðə kwəˈbɛk ˈraɪdɪŋ əv abitibi-baie-james-nunavik-eeyou*. hi həz ˈrɪtən tɪ praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈʤəstɪn truˈdoʊ ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ə ˈnæʃənəl kəˈnu ənd ˈpædəl ˈproʊˌgræm tɪ bi ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə nɛkst ˈbəʤɪt. ɪt tərnz aʊt ðət ˈsæˌtaɪər dɪd nɑt daɪ wɪn ˈhɛnri ˈkɪsɪnʤər wɑz əˈwɔrdɪd ðə noʊˈbɛl pis praɪz, ɛz tɑm ˈlɛrər meɪnˈteɪnd. ðə greɪt ɪkˈsploʊʒən əv bərˈlɛsk spɑrkt baɪ ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən əv ˈdɑnəld trəmp əˈpɪrz tɪ bi ˈsipɪŋ əˈkrɔs ðə ˈbɔrdər ənd ðə ʤoʊk ɪz ɔn ɑr praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər. ɪn ðə ˈlɛtər, ˈɔlsoʊ ˈpoʊstɪd ɔn ˈfeɪsˌbʊk, sɪz hi wɑz kənˈvɪnst əˈbaʊt ðə ˈɛfɪˌkæsi əv ðɪs greɪt ˈnæʃənəl ɪnˈdɛvər baɪ ˈkɑmɛnts ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər meɪd ˈrisəntli, kˈwoʊtɪŋ truˈdoʊ ɛz seɪɪŋ hi hæd ˈspoʊkən wɪθ ʧifs hu toʊld ɪm ðeɪ ˈnidɪd juθ ˈsɛntərz ənd ˈtiˈviz fər ðɛr jəŋ ˈpipəl. wɪn ə ʧif sɪz ðət tɪ mi, aɪ ˈprɪti məʧ noʊ ðeɪ ˈæˌkʧuəli tɔkt tɪ ðɛr jəŋ ˈpipəl bɪˈkəz moʊst jəŋ ˈpipəl tɔkt tɪ wɔnt ə pleɪs tɪ stɔr ðɛr kəˈnuz ənd ˈpædəlz, soʊ ðeɪ kən kəˈnɛkt bæk aʊt ɔn ðə land,”*,” ˈlɛtər kwoʊts truˈdoʊ ɛz seɪɪŋ. raɪts, æm aɪ tɪ ˈɑrgju wɪθ jʊr ˈrisənt ˈkɑmɛnts ðət ju noʊ wət ɪz bɛst fər ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs juθ ˈfeɪsɪŋ soʊ ˈmɛni ˈkrɪtɪkəl ˈɪʃuz ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ə ˈsuɪˌsaɪd epidemic?”*?” ðə kri ðɛn ˈɔfərz tɪ ˈpædəl əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri tɪ tɛl fərst ˈneɪʃənz nɑt tɪ ˈwəri əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɪmˈpækt əv ˈprɑʤɛkts laɪk ðə ˈkaɪndər ˈmɔrgən ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ðət ðə ˈlɪˌbərəlz hæv ˈgɪvɪn ðə grin laɪt. ðə raɪt həz lɔŋ læmˈpund truˈdoʊ fər biɪŋ tu ˈstupɪd, tu ˈkæloʊ, tu ɛnˈtaɪtəld tɪ bi ə səkˈsɛsfəl praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər. bət əˈtæk ɪz məʧ mɔr ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtɪŋ bɪˈkəz ɪt kəmz frəm ðə lɛft, ɪt mɑks hɪz ˈɛrəgəns, ənd ɪt kˈwɛsʧənz hɪz ˈprɪnsəpəlz. raɪts, wɪθ ˈdrɪpɪŋ ˈsɑrˌkæzəm, ðət hi ˌəndərˈstændz ðɛr meɪ nɑt bi ɪˈnəf ˈməni fər ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ mit ɪts ˈligəl ənd ˈmɔrəl ˌɑbləˈgeɪʃən tɪ ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs juθ. dɪˈspaɪt ˈrɛtərɪk ðət hɪz ˈpraɪˌmɛri riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɪz wɪθ ˌæbərˈɪʤənəl kəˈneɪdiənz, ənd ðə ˈməni kəˈmɪtɪd ɪn ðə læst ˈbəʤɪt, ðə ʧɑrʤ ɪz klɪr ðɪs praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ɪz ə hu ˈkænɑt bi ˈtrəstɪd tɪ kip hɪz wərd. ðɪs lɔs əv feɪθ ɪn truˈdoʊ baɪ ˈvoʊtərz ɔn ðə lɛft wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɛvədənt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðɪs ˈvɪzɪt tɪ iqaluit*, wɛr hi wɑz əˈproʊʧt baɪ ə ˈwʊmən hu æst ɪm waɪ hi hæd kɪld hɪz kæmˈpeɪn ˈprɑməs ɔn ɪˈlɛktərəl rɪˈfɔrm. ˌrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃən ɪn ˈɛni fɔrm wʊd bi bæd fər canada,”*,” hi rɪˈplaɪd, tɪ ðə ˌkɑnstərˈneɪʃən əv ðə ˈwʊmən hu sɛd ʃi respectfully”*” dɪsəˈgrid. ðət də ˈfæktoʊ dɪˈfɛns əv ðə ˈstætəs kwoʊ straɪks ə ˈvɛri ˈdɪfərənt toʊn ðən ðə wən ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər əˈdɑptəd raɪt əp ənˈtɪl hi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ bi ˈflɛksəbəl ɪn ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən əv hɪz kəˈmɪtmənt tɪ rɪˈfɔrm. ˈɛniˌwən rɪˈmɛmbər ɪm seɪɪŋ, kən hæv ən ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈsɪstəm ðət dɪz ə ˈbɛtər ʤɑb əv rɪˈflɛktɪŋ ðə ˈvɔɪsɪz əv kəˈneɪdiənz frəm koʊst tɪ koʊst tɪ coast?”*?” ɔn ðə pleɪn ɔn ðə weɪ bæk frəm ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ ðə kənˈsərvətɪvz luz ðə læst ɪˈlɛkʃən, aɪ roʊt ə ˈkɑləm səˈʤɛstɪŋ ɪˈleɪʃən wʊd ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli gɪv weɪ tɪ ˈlɛtˌdaʊn. ɪn ðoʊz ˈhɛdi taɪmz, wɪn ðə mud ɪn ˈmɛni kˈwɔrtərz wɑz ə traɪˈəmfənt mɪks əv vi deɪ ənd ðə mun ˈlændɪŋ, ɪt simd ˈskɛrsli ˈpɑsəbəl. bət ˈfaɪˌnaɪt ˈrisɔrsɪz ənd ˌrilˌpɔlɪˈtɪk min ðət ˈmɛni ɔn ðə lɛft naʊ hoʊld ɑr praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ɪn ðə seɪm kənˈtɛmpʧuəs laɪt ɛz ðoʊz ɔn ðə raɪt. ðət ɪz ˈɛvədənt ɪn ðə əˈpɪnjən poʊlz, wɛr ðə ɪz ˈgræʤuəli ˈɛʤɪŋ əp frəm ðɛr ˈdoʊldrəmz pɔɪnt ər tu pər mənθ. wɪθ hɪz ʃərt ənd slivz roʊld əp, ˈənˈpləgd ənd ˈsitɪd, ɛz hi ˈtækəlz əˈnəðər ˌɪnˈtərmənəbəl townhall*, ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər kəmz əˈkrɔs ɛz ə mæn əv gʊd ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz. ˈsædli fər ɪm, hi ɪz naʊ biɪŋ ʤəʤd ɔn rɪˈzəlts, nɑt ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz. ðiz ər streɪnʤ, ˈhɛdi deɪz. ɛz ðə əˈmɛrɪkən wɪt wɪl ˈrɑʤərz sɛd lɔŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ðə ˈædˌvɛnt əv ˈdɑnəld trəmp, ˈpipəl ər naʊ ˈtritɪŋ ðɛr kəˈmidiənz ˈsɪriəsli ənd ðɛr ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ɛz ə ʤoʊk. iˈmeɪl: tˈwɪtər: |
the biggest issue facing indigenous youth is the lack of sheds to store their canoes, says romeo saganash, the cree ndp member of parliament for the quebec riding of abitibi-baie-james-nunavik-eeyou. he has written to prime minister justin trudeau calling for a national canoe and paddle program to be included in the next budget.
it turns out that satire did not die when henry kissinger was awarded the nobel peace prize, as tom lehrer maintained. the great explosion of burlesque sparked by the election of donald trump appears to be seeping across the border — and the joke is on our prime minister.
in the letter, also posted on facebook, saganash says he was convinced about the efficacy of this great national endeavour by comments the prime minister made recently, quoting trudeau as saying he had spoken with chiefs who told him they needed youth centres and tvs for their young people.
“and when a chief says that to me, i pretty much know they haven’t actually talked to their young people because most young people i’ve talked to want a place to store their canoes and paddles, so they can connect back out on the land,” saganash’s letter quotes trudeau as saying.
writes saganash, “who am i to argue with your recent comments that you know what is best for indigenous youth facing so many critical issues including a suicide epidemic?” the cree mp then offers to paddle across the country to tell first nations not to worry about the impact of projects like the kinder morgan pipeline that the liberals have given the green light.
the right has long lampooned trudeau for being too stupid, too callow, too entitled to be a successful prime minister. but saganash’s attack is much more devastating because it comes from the left, it mocks his arrogance, and it questions his principles.
saganash writes, with dripping sarcasm, that he understands there may not be enough money for the federal government to meet its legal and moral obligation to indigenous youth. despite trudeau’s rhetoric that his primary relationship is with aboriginal canadians, and the money committed in the last budget, the charge is clear — this prime minister is a promise-breaker who cannot be trusted to keep his word.
this loss of faith in trudeau by voters on the left was also evident during this week’s visit to iqaluit, where he was approached by a woman who asked him why he had killed his campaign promise on electoral reform.
“proportional representation in any form would be bad for canada,” he replied, to the consternation of the woman who said she “very respectfully” disagreed.
that de facto defence of the status quo strikes a very different tone than the one the prime minister adopted right up until he decided to be flexible in the application of his commitment to reform. anyone remember him saying, “we can have an electoral system that does a better job of reflecting the voices of canadians from coast to coast to coast?”
on the plane on the way back from witnessing the conservatives lose the last election, i wrote a column suggesting elation would inevitably give way to letdown. in those heady times, when the mood in many quarters was a triumphant mix of ve day and the moon landing, it seemed scarcely possible. but finite resources and realpolitik mean that many on the left now hold our prime minister in the same contemptuous light as those on the right. that is evident in the opinion polls, where the ndp is gradually edging up from their doldrums bya point or two per month.
with his open-necked shirt and sleeves rolled up, unplugged and seated, as he tackles another interminable townhall, the prime minister comes across as a man of good intentions. sadly for him, he is now being judged on results, not intentions.
these are strange, heady days. as the american wit will rogers said long before the advent of donald trump, people are now treating their comedians seriously and their politicians as a joke.
• email: [email protected] | twitter: ivisonj | ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈhɪləri daɪæn ˈrɔdəm clintonread*: koʊən ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni əˈlɛʤɪz trəmp nu stoʊn tɔkt wɪθ əˈbaʊt ˈdiˌɛnˌsi iˈmeɪlz ˈkaʊnti ɪn ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə ʃɛrz ˈɪmɪʤ kəmˈpɛrɪŋ ˈsændərz tɪ ˈhɪtlər ˈhoʊldər: 'taɪm tɪ meɪk ðə ɪˈlɛktərəl ˈkɑlɪʤ ə ˈvɛstɪʤ əv ðə pæst' mɔr sɪz ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts nidz tɪ du məʧ mɔr ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. ˈklɪntən, ðə fər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən tɪ ðə waɪt haʊs ɪn 2016 sɛd ʃi bæks ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑməz prəˈpoʊzəl tɪ kərb ˈkɑrbən pəˈluʃən frəm paʊər plænts. ʃi ˈɔlsoʊ sɛd ðə juz. ɪz ˈmuvɪŋ ɪn ðə raɪt dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ɪn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ ˌbiˈfɔr ˈædɪŋ, "bət wi nid tɪ du soʊ məʧ mɔr." ˈklɪntən wɑz ˈspikɪŋ ˈmənˌdeɪ ˈivnɪŋ æt ðə ˈæspən aɪˈdiəz ˈfɛstɪvəl. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ˈklɪntən həz kɛpt kwaɪət ɔn səm grin ˈtɑpɪks, səʧ ɛz ˈwɛðər ðə ˈkiˌstoʊn ˈpaɪˌplaɪn ʃʊd bi bɪlt, bət ʃi ɪz ə noʊn ˈklaɪmɪt ˈpɑləsi strɛst ðə ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns əv ðə juz. ˈæktɪŋ fərst ənd ɪts roʊl ɪn ˈpʊʃɪŋ ˈəðər ˈneɪʃənz əˈlɔŋ ðə pæθ əv rɪˈdusɪŋ ˈgrinˌhaʊs gæs əv wət ˈprɛzɪdənt ˌoʊˈbɑmə ɪz duɪŋ, ənd aɪ ˈfʊli səˈpɔrt, ɪz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪt klɪr ðət ðə juz. ɪz goʊɪŋ tɪ ækt," ˈklɪntən ˈædɪd ðət ðə nu rul ˈmænˌdeɪtɪŋ steɪts kət ˈkɑrbən pəˈluʃən frəm ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ paʊər plænts ɪz ə "ə ˈvɛri kriˈeɪtɪv əˈmɛrɪkən səˈluʃən" baɪ əˈlaʊɪŋ iʧ steɪt tɪ fɔrm ɪts oʊn plæn fər haʊ tɪ mit ðə rɪˈdəkʃən ˈtɑrgəts sɛt baɪ ðə nu rulz ər ˈkruʃəl, ˈklɪntən ˈɪndəˌkeɪtɪd, bɪˈkəz ðə "juz. ˈkænɑt goʊ tɪ ən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈfɔrəm, ənˈlɛs wi hæv dən mɔr" ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ˈklɪntən rənz ɪn 2016 hər səˈpɔrt əv ˌoʊˈbɑməz ˈklaɪmɪt əˈʤɛndə, ənd pʊʃ fər mɔr ˈpɑləsiz, wʊd ˈlaɪkli pʊt hər ɪn ðə əv rɪˈpəblɪkənz hu kɔl ðə ˈprɛzɪdənts ɪˈmɪʃənz ˈstændərdz ə "wɔr ɔn koʊl" ənd ˈɛnərʤi ʤɑbz. |
former secretary of state hillary clinton hillary diane rodham clintonread: cohen testimony alleges trump knew stone talked with wikileaks about dnc emails county gop in minnesota shares image comparing sanders to hitler holder: 'time to make the electoral college a vestige of the past' more says the united states needs to do much more on climate change.
clinton, the front-runner for the democratic nomination to the white house in 2016, said she backs president obama's proposal to curb carbon pollution from power plants.
she also said the u.s. is moving in the right direction in fighting global warming before adding, "but we need to do so much more."
clinton was speaking monday evening at the aspen ideas festival.
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clinton has kept quiet on some green topics, such as whether the keystone xl pipeline should be built, but she is a known climate policy advocate.she stressed the importance of the u.s. acting first and its role in pushing other nations along the path of reducing greenhouse gas emissions."part of what president obama is doing, and i fully support, is making it clear that the u.s. is going to act," clinton said.she added that the new rule mandating states cut carbon pollution from existing power plants is a "a very creative american solution" by allowing each state to form its own plan for how to meet the reduction targets set by the epa.the new rules are crucial, clinton indicated, because the "u.s. cannot go to an international forum, unless we have done more" on climate change.if clinton runs in 2016, her support of obama's climate agenda, and push for more policies, would likely put her in the crosshairs of republicans who call the president's emissions standards a "war on coal" and energy jobs. | ˈmɔˌskaʊ (ˈspətnɪk) ðə lɔnʧ wɑz kəmˈplitɪd æt ə. ɛm. ˈmɔˌskaʊ taɪm ɔn ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ) frəm ðə lɔnʧ saɪt ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd ɪn ˈrəʃəz ˈriʤən, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈspoʊksmən. ˈspətnɪk ˈsɛrʤi ˈseɪtən ˈrɑkət tɪ lɔnʧ ɛs. ˌkɔˈriən ˈsætəˌlaɪt ɛz plænd ðə ˈmɪsəl wɪl dɪˈlɪvər ðə saʊθ ˌkɔˈriən ˈsætəˌlaɪt ˈɪntu ˈɔrbət., dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ðə ˌkɔˈriə ˈɛroʊˌspeɪs ˈrisərʧ ˈɪnstɪˌtut (ˈkɛri), wɪl bi juzd fər ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl, ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl ənd ˌoʊʃənəˈgræfɪk ˈmɑnətərɪŋ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ənd wɪl hɛlp ˈproʊdus ˈɪmɪʤɪz rikˈwaɪərd fər ˌʤiəˈgræfɪkəl ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ˈsɪstəmz (gis*). ðə lɔnʧ ɪz kənˈdəktəd wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈfreɪmˌwərk əv ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, wɪʧ ɪz ə kəˈmərʃəl speɪs lɔnʧ ˈsɪstəm ðət ˈjuzɪz ˈseɪtən ðət ər biɪŋ wɪθˈdrɔn frəm ˈsərvɪs. ðə ˌmɑdərnəˈzeɪʃən əv rs-20bs*, dɪˈvɛləpt ɪn juˈkreɪn, ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɛriər ˈrɑkəts, ɪz kənˈdəktəd baɪ ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl speɪs ˈkəmpəˌni (isc*). ˈlɔnʧɪz ər ˈkɛrid aʊt frəm ðə ˈbaɪkəˌnɔr ənd lɔnʧ ˈsɛnərz. |
moscow (sputnik) – the launch was completed at 01:08 a. m. moscow time on thursday (22:08 gmt on wednesday) from the yasny launch site located in russia's orenburg region, according to the spokesman.
© sputnik / sergey kazak russian-ukrainian satan rocket to launch s. korean satellite as planned
the rs-20b missile will deliver the south korean kompsat-3a satellite into orbit. kompsat-3a, developed by the korea aerospace research institute (kari), will be used for environmental, agricultural and oceanographic monitoring applications and will help produce high-resolution electro-optical images required for geographical information systems (gis).
the launch is conducted within the framework of the dnepr program, which is a commercial space launch system that uses ss-18 satan icbms that are being withdrawn from service.
the modernization of rs-20bs, developed in ukraine, into the dnepr carrier rockets, is conducted by the kosmotras international space company (isc). dnepr launches are carried out from the baikonur and yasny launch centers. | ðə nɛkst bæʧ əv ˈpɛnʃən kəts, ˈvoʊtɪd θru ɪn ðə læst ˈkəpəl əv jɪrz ənd sɛt tɪ kəm ˈɪntu fɔrs wɪˈθɪn ðə nɛkst tu jɪrz, wɪl teɪk ˈtoʊtəl ˈlɔsɪz fər ˈpɛnʃənərz sɪns ðə stɑrt əv ðə ˈbeɪˌlaʊt ˈpɪriəd ɪn 2010 əp tɪ 70 pərˈsɛnt. ə ˈrisənt ˌjʊrəˈpiən kəˈmɪʃən rɪˈpɔrt ɔn ðə kɔrs əv ˈbeɪˌlaʊt ˈproʊˌgræm rɪˈvild ðət ðə rɪˈfɔrmz pæst sɪns 2015 wɪl slæʃ əp tɪ 7 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə groʊs dəˈmɛstɪk ˈprɑdəkt əp tɪ 2030 ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈpɛnʃənərz ˈnɛtˌwərk həz meɪd ɪts oʊn ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃənz ənd ˈɛstəˌmeɪts ðət ðə ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ kəts wɪl ɪgˈzæsərˌbeɪt pensioners’*’ ɔˈrɛdi ˈdɪfəkəlt pəˈzɪʃən, wɪθ ˈmɪljən əv ðɛm θˈrɛtənd wɪθ ˈpɑvərti. ðə ˈnɛtˌwərk ˈɑrgjuz ðət wɪn ðə kəts ɪkˈspɛktɪd ɪn 2018 ənd 2019 ər ˈædɪd tɪ ðoʊz ˈɪmpləˌmɛnəd sɪns 2010 ðə rɪˈdəkʃən ɪn ˈpɛnʃənz wɪl riʧ 70 pərˈsɛnt. ˈnɛtˌwərk ʧif noʊts ðət tɪ ðə əˈdɪʃənəl ˈmɛʒərz əp ənˈtɪl 2019 ðə ˌflɛksəˈbɪləti ɪn ɪmˈplɔɪmənt ənd ðə rɪˈdəkʃən əv steɪt ˈfəndɪŋ frəm 18 ˈbɪljən tɪ 12 ˈbɪljən ˈjuˌroʊz, baɪ 2021 wən ɪn ˈɛvəri tu ˈpɛnʃənərz wɪl gɪt ə nɛt ˈpɛnʃən əv 550 ˈjuˌroʊz [pər mənθ]. ɪf wən ˈɔlsoʊ teɪks ˈɪntu əˈkaʊnt ðə rɪˈdəkʃən əv ðə θˈrɛˌʃoʊld, ðə nɛt əˈmaʊnt wɪl kəm tɪ 480 euros.”*.” ˈpɛnʃənərz hu rɪˈtaɪrd ˌbiˈfɔr 2016 stænd tɪ luz əp tɪ 18 pərˈsɛnt əv ðɛr meɪn ənd ɑgˈzɪljəri ˈpɛnʃənz, waɪl ðə nu ˈpɛnʃənz tɪ bi ˈɪʃud beɪst ɔn ðə lɔ ˌɪntrəˈdust ɪn meɪ 2016 baɪ ðɛn ˈmɪnɪstər wɪl bi əp tɪ 30 pərˈsɛnt loʊər. mɔr ðən riˈtaɪˈriz ɔn loʊ ˈpɛnʃənz wɪl si ðɛr ˌsəpləˈmɛnt ˈdiˌkris ɪn 2018 ɛz əˈnəðər 238 ˈmɪljən ˈjuˌroʊz pər jɪr ɪz tɪ bi slæʃt frəm ðə ˈbəʤɪt fər ˈbɛnəfɪts fər loʊ ˈɪnˌkəm ˈpɛnʃənərz. ðə ˈnəmbər əv rɪˈsɪpiənts wɪl drɔp frəm tɪ ɪn ʤɪst wən jɪr. ðɛr wɪl ˈɔlsoʊ bi ə rɪˈdəkʃən ɪn nu ɑgˈzɪljəri ˈpɛnʃənz (wɪθ ˌæpləˈkeɪʃənz ˈdeɪtɪŋ frəm ˈʤænjuˌɛri 2015 ə 6 pərˈsɛnt kət tɪ ðə rɪˈtaɪərmənt ləmp səm, ənd ə friz ɔn ɪgˈzɪstɪŋ ˈpɛnʃənz fər əˈnəðər fɔr jɪrz, ɛz riˈtaɪˈriz wɪl nɑt gɪt ðə ˈnɑmənəl reɪz ðeɪ wʊd ˈnɔrməli rɪˈsiv beɪst ɔn ðə groʊθ reɪt ənd ˌɪnˈfleɪʃən. |
the next batch of pension cuts, voted through in the last couple of years and set to come into force within the next two years, will take total losses for pensioners since the start of the bailout period in 2010 up to 70 percent.
a recent european commission report on the course of greece’s bailout program revealed that the reforms passed since 2015 will slash up to 7 percent of the country’s gross domestic product up to 2030.
the united pensioners network has made its own calculations and estimates that the impending cuts will exacerbate pensioners’ already difficult position, with 1.5 million of them threatened with poverty. the network argues that when the cuts expected in 2018 and 2019 are added to those implemented since 2010, the reduction in pensions will reach 70 percent.
network chief nikos hatzopoulos notes that “owing to the additional measures up until 2019, the flexibility in employment and the reduction of state funding from 18 billion to 12 billion euros, by 2021, one in every two pensioners will get a net pension of 550 euros [per month]. if one also takes into account the reduction of the tax-free threshold, the net amount will come to 480 euros.”
pensioners who retired before 2016 stand to lose up to 18 percent of their main and auxiliary pensions, while the new pensions to be issued based on the law introduced in may 2016 by then minister giorgos katrougalos will be up to 30 percent lower.
more than 140,000 retirees on low pensions will see their ekas supplement decrease in 2018, as another 238 million euros per year is to be slashed from the budget for benefits for low income pensioners. the number of recipients will drop from 210,000 to 70,000 in just one year.
there will also be a reduction in new auxiliary pensions (with applications dating from january 2015), a 6 percent cut to the retirement lump sum, and a freeze on existing pensions for another four years, as retirees will not get the nominal raise they would normally receive based on the growth rate and inflation. | əm ʤɔɪnd baɪ zæk (zacho*), ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər əv ˈvɪʃəs ˈsɪndɪkət ənd ˈraɪtər əv ðə ˈwikli ˈdætə ˈripər rɪˈpɔrt, əm ʤɔɪnd baɪ zæk (zacho*), ˈʤɛnərəl ˈmænɪʤər əv ˈvɪʃəs ˈsɪndɪkət ənd ˈraɪtər əv ðə ˈwikli ˈdætə ˈripər rɪˈpɔrt, wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv stəˈtɪstɪkəl æˈnælɪsɪs fər. hi spoʊk əˈbaʊt hɪz əv ˈblɪzərd geɪmz ənd ˈʤɔɪnɪŋ ˈfɔrsɪz wɪθ ˈvɪʃəs ˈsɪndɪkət tɪ kriˈeɪt ə nu taɪp əv ˈmitə rɪˈpɔrt fər. hi dɪˈskəsɪz ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈkɑnsɛpt fər ðə ˈdætə ˈripər rɪˈpɔrt, ənd haʊ ðə rɪˈpɔrt həz ˌɪmˈpruvd sɪns ɪt lɔnʧt ɪn meɪ 2016 hi spiks tɪ haʊ ðə ˈækjərət ˈdætə æˈnælɪsɪs ɪn ðə rɪˈpɔrts hæv ˈɔltərd ðə ˈlænˌskeɪp frəm haʊ ˈtʊrnəmənt ˈmæʧɪz ər kɔld baɪ ˈkæstərz tɪ haʊ ðə ˈmitə əˈdæpts ənd ˈsɛtəlz ˈæftər ə nu ɪkˈspænʧən riˈlis. æt ˈvɛriəs taɪmz θruaʊt ðə ˈɪntərvˌju, rɪˈspɑndz tɪ maɪ ˌænɪkˈdoʊtəl pərˈsɛpʃənz əv ˈkɑrənt ˈgeɪmˌpleɪ wɪθ æˈnælɪsɪs beɪst ɔn tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv geɪm rɪˈzəlts. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, hi ˈditeɪlz haʊ ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈmitə ɪz pərˈhæps ðə ˈhɛlθiɪst ɪt həz ˈɛvər bɪn, waɪ ðə ˈwɔˌrlɔk klæs ɪz ɪn səʧ ə bæd steɪt æt ðə ˈmoʊmənt, waɪ ˈpaɪrət ˈwɔrjər ɪn waɪld ɪz nɑt ɛz strɔŋ ɛz ˈpipəl meɪ θɪŋk, ənd haʊ ˈkrɪstəl roʊg ʃeɪps ðə ˈstændərd ɪkˈspɪriəns. hi tɔks əˈbaʊt ðə ˈleɪtəst əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈvɪʃəs ˈsɪndɪkət, ðə waɪld ˈdætə ˈripər rɪˈpɔrt, wɪʧ prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈsɪmələr taɪp əv stəˈtɪstɪkəl æˈnælɪsɪs tɪ ðə waɪld ˈfɔrˌmæt. ənd wi ɪkˈsplɔr ðə ˈkæʒəwəl ənd kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv əˈlʊr əv ɪn əˈdɪʃən tɪ haʊ ˈvɪʃəs ˈsɪndɪkət ˈoʊvərˌlæps æt taɪmz wɪθ ˈblɪzərd stæf, ˈstrimərz, prəˈfɛʃənəl pleɪərz, ənd ə θˈraɪvɪŋ ˈɔnˌlaɪn kəmˈjunɪti. |
i'm joined by ohad zach (zacho), general manager of vicious syndicate and writer of the weekly data reaper report,
i'm joined by ohad zach (zacho), general manager of vicious syndicate and writer of the weekly data reaper report, which provides comprehensive statistical analysis for hearthstone. he spoke about his fandom of blizzard games and joining forces with vicious syndicate to create a new type of meta report for hearthstone. he discusses the initial concept for the data reaper report, and how the report has improved since it launched in may 2016. he speaks to how the accurate data analysis in the reports have altered the hearthstone landscape - from how tournament matches are called by casters to how the meta adapts and settles after a new expansion release. at various times throughout the interview, ohad responds to my anecdotal perceptions of current hearthstone gameplay with analysis based on tens of thousands of game results. for example, he details how the current hearthstone meta is perhaps the healthiest it has ever been, why the warlock class is in such a bad state at the moment, why pirate warrior in wild is not as strong as people may think, and how crystal rogue shapes the standard experience. he talks about the latest addition to vicious syndicate, the wild data reaper report, which provides a similar type of statistical analysis to the wild format. and we explore the casual and competitive allure of hearthstone in addition to how vicious syndicate overlaps at times with blizzard staff, streamers, professional players, and a thriving online community. | ˈdɑnəld trəmp ɪz ˈɔlˌmoʊst taɪd wɪθ ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ɛz voters’*’ fərst ʧɔɪs tɪ bi ðə nɛkst ˈprɛzɪdənt, ə nu ˈmɔrnɪŋ kənˈsəlt poʊl faʊnd. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsərˌveɪ, ðə priˈzəmptɪv ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌnɑməˈni tɑps trəmp, 41 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 40 pərˈsɛnt, bət hər lɛd ɪz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈmɑrʤən əv ˈɛrər əv 2 pərˈsɛnɪʤ pɔɪnts. ðə ˈlaɪkli rɪˈpəblɪkən bɛst ʃoʊɪŋ ɪn ɑr ˈmæʧəp wɪθ ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt sɪns ðə feɪz əv ðə kæmˈpeɪn bɪˈgæn. ʤun 4 ʤun ʤun ʤun ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən 41 44 42 42 ˈdɑnəld trəmp 40 39 40 37 doʊnt əˈpɪnjən 19 18 17 21 ˈmɔrnɪŋ kənˈsəlt poʊld ˈvoʊtərz frəm ʤun 30 θru ðə ˌʤuˈlaɪ fɔrθ ˈhɑlɪˌdeɪ, ˈæftər ə ˈsikrɪt ˈmitɪŋ bɪtˈwin ˈprɛzɪdənt bɪl ˈklɪntən ənd əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl lərˈɛtə lɪnʧ ˌriɪgˈnaɪtɪd ðə dəˈbeɪt ˈoʊvər hər juz əv ə ˈpraɪvət iˈmeɪl ˈsərvər waɪl ˈsərvɪŋ ɪn ðə ˌoʊˈbɑmə ædˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən. ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ˈfɛdərəl ˈbjʊroʊ əv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən dɪˈrɛktər ʤeɪmz əˈnaʊnst hi wʊd nɑt ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ˈkrɪmənəl ˈʧɑrʤɪz əˈgɛnst hər. ɪn ðə nuəst ˈsərˌveɪ, ˈklɪntən wɑz daʊn fɔr pɔɪnts frəm ðə ˈwiˌkɪnd ˌbiˈfɔr, waɪl trəmp sɔ ʤɪst ə bust. əˈməŋ ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənts ɪn ðə ˈtuˌweɪ ˈmæʧəp, trəmp wɑz ˈfeɪvərd sˈlaɪtli tɪ ˈklɪntən, 33 pərˈsɛnt tɪ 32 pərˈsɛnt, wɪθ 35 pərˈsɛnt əv rɪˈspɑndənts ˌəndɪˈsaɪdɪd. ɪn ə θˈriˌweɪ ˈmæʧəp, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˌlɪˌbərˈtɛˌriən ˌnɑməˈni ˈgɛri ˈʤɑnsən, ə ˈhændˌfʊl əv ˈvoʊtər 11 pərˈsɛnt sɛd ðeɪ wʊd bək boʊθ ˈpɑrtiz ənd bæk ðə ˈfɔrmər nu ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ ˈgəvərnər. ˈklɪntən meɪnˈteɪnz hər slɪm ˈmɑrʤən ˈoʊvər trəmp ɪn ðət sɪˈnɛrioʊ. ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənts wər splɪt bɪtˈwin ðə ˈlidɪŋ ˈpɑrti ˈkænədɪts, 26 pərˈsɛnt fər ˈklɪntən ənd 28 pərˈsɛnt fər trəmp. əˈnəðər 19 pərˈsɛnt əv ðɛm sɛd ɪf ðə ɪˈlɛkʃən wər hɛld təˈdeɪ, ðeɪ wʊd voʊt fər ˈʤɑnsən. ˈmæʧəp ʤun 4 ʤun ʤun ʤun ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən 38 39 38 39 ˈdɑnəld trəmp 37 36 38 33 ˈgɛri ˈʤɑnsən 11 11 10 10 doʊnt əˈpɪnjən 15 13 14 19 wɪθ ðə ˈhaɪtənd ˈprɛvələns əv ˈvoʊtɪŋ, ən ˌɪnˈkris ɪn ˈtərˌnaʊt əˈməŋ ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk beɪs ɪn jɪrz həz ˈpruvən ə bun fər ðət ˈpɑrti, ənd voters’*’ rɪˈspɑnsɪz frəm ɑr nu poʊl ˌriɪnˈfɔrst ðət ˈnoʊʃən. ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən fɔr ɪn 10 ˈvoʊtərz 43 pərˈsɛnt) sɛd ðeɪ wər mɔr ˈlaɪkli tɪ voʊt fər ə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk kənˈgrɛʃənəl ˈkænədɪt ðən ə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkænədɪt. əv rɪˈspɑndənts sɛd ðeɪ ˈiðər dɪd nɑt noʊ ər hæd noʊ əˈpɪnjən. sˈlaɪtli mɔr ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənts sɛd ðeɪ səˈpɔrt ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈkænədɪt ˈoʊvər ðə rɪˈpəblɪkən ˈkænədɪt, bət 44 pərˈsɛnt sɛd ðeɪ noʊ ər hæd noʊ əˈpɪnjən. ðə ˈnæʃənəl poʊl wɑz kənˈdəktəd ʤun 4 əˈməŋ ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈsæmpəl əv ˈrɛʤɪstərd ˈvoʊtərz wɪθ ə ˈmɑrʤən əv ˈɛrər əv pləs ər ˈmaɪnəs 2 pərˈsɛnɪʤ pɔɪnts. si ənd crosstabs*. |
donald trump is almost tied with hillary clinton as voters’ first choice to be the next president, a new morning consult poll found.
according to the national survey, the presumptive democratic nominee tops trump, 41 percent to 40 percent, but her lead is within the poll’s margin of error of 2 percentage points. the likely republican nominee’s best showing in our head-to-head matchup with the former secretary of state since the general-election phase of the campaign began.
june 30-july 4 june 24-27 june 15-20 june 8-9 hillary clinton 41% 44% 42% 42% donald trump 40% 39% 40% 37% don't know/no opinion 19% 18% 17% 21%
morning consult polled voters from june 30 through the july fourth holiday, after a secret meeting between president bill clinton and attorney general loretta lynch reignited the debate over her use of a private email server while serving in the obama administration. on tuesday, federal bureau of investigation director james comey announced he would not recommend criminal charges against her.
in the newest survey, clinton was down four points from the weekend before, while trump saw just a one-point boost. among independents in the two-way matchup, trump was favored slightly to clinton, 33 percent to 32 percent, with 35 percent of respondents undecided.
in a three-way matchup, including libertarian nominee gary johnson, a handful of voter — 11 percent said they would buck both parties and back the former new mexico governor. clinton maintains her slim 1-point margin over trump in that scenario. independents were split between the leading party candidates, 26 percent for clinton and 28 percent for trump. another 19 percent of them said if the election were held today, they would vote for johnson.
general-election matchup june 30-july 4 june 24-27 june 15-20 june 8-9 hillary clinton 38% 39% 38% 39% donald trump 37% 36% 38% 33% gary johnson 11% 11% 10% 10% don't know/no opinion 15% 13% 14% 19%
with the heightened prevalence of straight-ticket voting, an increase in turnout among the democratic base in presidential-election years has proven a boon for that party, and voters’ responses from our new poll reinforced that notion.
a little more than four in 10 voters (43 percent) said they were more likely to vote for a democratic congressional candidate than a republican candidate. one-fifth of respondents said they either did not know or had no opinion. slightly more independents said they support the democratic candidate over the republican candidate, but 44 percent said they didn’t know or had no opinion.
the national poll was conducted june 30-july 4 among a national sample of 2,001 registered voters with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. see toplines and crosstabs. | wət wi ər ˈhirɪŋ frəm gən kənˈtroʊl ˈædvəˌkeɪts ɪn əˈmɛrɪkə ɪz ˈnəθɪŋ ʃɔrt əv ˈiˌmoʊʃnəli ˈdrɪvən tɪ stəˈtɪstɪks əˈsɛmbəld frəm ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈbjʊroʊ əv ˌɪnˌvɛstəˈgeɪʃən, ðə ˈsɛnər fər dɪˈziz kənˈtroʊl ənd ðə ˈfɛdərəl ˈgəvərnmənt, ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈhɑməˌsaɪdz ər ˈmɪnəˌskjul ɪn kəmˈpɛrəsən tɪ ˈəðər ðə ˈəðər killers”*” ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd wi lʊk æt ˈhɑməˌsaɪd stəˈtɪstɪks ɪn ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts klɪr ðət mɔr ˈmərdərz ər kəˈmɪtɪd wɪθ naɪvz, bæts, ˈhæmərz ənd ˈpɔɪzənz ðən wɪθ ˈfaɪˌrɑrmz. ɛz kərt ˈnɪmoʊ ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈmərdərz kəˈmɪtɪd ˈænjuəli wɪθ ˈhæmərz ənd kləbz fɑr ˈaʊtˌpeɪsɪz ðə ˈnəmbər əv ˈmərdərz kəˈmɪtɪd wɪθ ə fækts, nɑt ðə ˈdrɪvəl biɪŋ spjud baɪ ðə ˌprɑpəˈgændə məˈʃin, liv ˈjuˈɛs ˈwəndərɪŋ waɪ səm steɪt ənd ˈfɛdərəl ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz ər soʊ ˈædəmənt əˈbaʊt əˈspɛʃəli sɪns ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv gən ˈoʊnərz kloʊz tɪ 99 hæv ˈnɛvər kəˈmɪtɪd ə ˈvaɪələnt kraɪm ɪn ðɛr lɪvz, lɛt əˈloʊn juzd ə gən tɪ du ʧɑrt əˈbəv pruvz ðət ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz ənd ðoʊz hu wʊd dɪˈsɑrm əˈmɛrɪkənz baɪ goʊɪŋ soʊ fɑr ɛz tɪ hæv əlˈtɪriər ˈmoʊtɪvz ər kəmˈplitli ˈɪgnərənt əv ðə ðɛr goʊl ɪz tɪ ɪn ən ˈɛfərt tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt ə ˈtoʊtəl pəˈlis steɪt ˈoʊvər ðə əˈmɛrɪkən bi ðə fərst taɪm ðət ə ˈgəvərnmənt həz traɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ laɪk ˈwʊlfˌgæŋ ˈrɪgɪnz, ɔn ˈʤænjuˌɛri 5th*, mæk |
what we are hearing from bloviating gun control advocates in america is nothing short of emotionally driven irrationality.according to statistics assembled from the federal bureau of investigation, the center for disease control and the federal government, firearms related homicides are minuscule in comparison to other the other “big killers” in the united states.if we look at homicide statistics in the united states it’s clear that more murders are committed with knives, bats, hammers and poisons than with firearms. as kurt nimmo www.infowars.com/more-people-killed-with-hammers-and-clubs-t , “ the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outpaces the number of murders committed with a rifle.”the facts, not the drivel being spewed by the anti-gun propaganda machine, leave us wondering why some state and federal lawmakers are so adamant about www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/alert-legislation-details-sen , especially since the majority of gun owners – close to 99% – have never committed a violent crime in their lives, let alone used a gun to do so.the chart above proves that politicians and those who would disarm americans by going so far as to theintelhub.com/2013/01/05/vanity-fair-lets-repeal-the-secon have ulterior motives – or they’re completely ignorant of the facts.perhaps their goal is to http://alt-market.com/articles/1243-feinsteins-gun-control-bill-will-trigger-the-next-american-revolution in an effort to implement a total police state over the american people.it wouldn’t be the first time that a government has tried something like this.by wolfgang riggins, on january 5th, 2013by mac slavo @ shtfplan.com | sɪns ðə lɔnʧ əv ˈfɛmənɪst ˈvərsəz ˈwɪmən ɪn geɪmz, kriˈeɪtər əˈnitə həz feɪst ə wɔl əv əˈbjuz ənd θrɛts frəm ɪnˈreɪʤd ˈkrɪtɪks əv hər dɪˈteɪld ˈrisərʧ ðət ˈhaɪˌlaɪts ˈmɪzəʤɪni ɪn geɪm ˈfɪkʃən. ðɪs wik, ðə əˈbjuzərz droʊv hər aʊt əv hər oʊn hoʊm. "səm ˈvɛri ˈskɛri θrɛts hæv ʤɪst bɪn meɪd əˈgɛnst mi ənd maɪ ˈfæməli. ˈkɑnˌtæktɪŋ əˈθɔrətiz naʊ," ʃi roʊt ɔn tˈwɪtər læst naɪt. ʃi ˈleɪtər tweeted*, "əm seɪf. əˈθɔrətiz hæv bɪn ˈnoʊtəˌfaɪd. steɪɪŋ wɪθ frɛndz təˈnaɪt. əm nɑt ˈgɪvɪŋ əp. bət ðɪs hərˈæsmənt əv ˈwɪmən ɪn tɛk məst stɑp!" ˈərliər təˈdeɪ, ʃɛrd ə ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli dɪˈstərbɪŋ ˈsɪriz əv θrɛts frəm wən əˈbjuzər, əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ə ˈtrɪgər ˈwɔrnɪŋ. "aɪ ˈjuʒəwəli doʊnt ʃɛr ðə ˈrɪli ˈskɛri stəf. bət ɪts ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt fər foʊks tɪ noʊ haʊ bæd ɪt gɪts." ˈərliər ðɪs wik, ˈfɛmənɪst ˈfrikwənsi ˈpəblɪʃt ə nu ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd əv ˈvərsəz ˈwɪmən ɪn geɪmz ˈlʊkɪŋ æt ðə ˈwɪmən ɛz ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌdɛkərˈeɪʃən trope*, wɪʧ dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz "ˈlɑrʤli ˌɪnsɪgnˈjɪfɪkənt ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈkɛrɪktərz huz ˌsɛkʃuˈæləti ər ˈvɪktəmˌhʊd ɪz ˈɛkˌsplɔɪtəd ɛz ə weɪ tɪ ˌɪnfˈjuz ˈɛʤi, ˈgrɪti ər ˈreɪsi ˈfleɪvərɪŋ ˈɪntu geɪm wərldz. ðiz ˈsɛkʃuəli ˈfiˌmeɪl ˈbɑdiz ər dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ ˈfəŋkʃən ɛz ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ˈtɛksʧər waɪl ˈtɪtəˌleɪtɪŋ prɪˈzumd streɪt meɪl pleɪərz." ðə ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd həz bɪn ˈwaɪdli preɪzd ənd ʃɛrd. |
since the launch of feminist frequency's tropes vs women in games, creator anita sarkeesian has faced a wall of abuse and threats from enraged critics of her detailed research that highlights misogyny in game fiction.
this week, the abusers drove her out of her own home.
"some very scary threats have just been made against me and my family. contacting authorities now," she wrote on twitter last night.
she later tweeted, "i'm safe. authorities have been notified. staying with friends tonight. i'm not giving up. but this harassment of women in tech must stop!"
earlier today, sarkeesian shared a particularly disturbing series of threats from one abuser, along with a trigger warning. "i usually don't share the really scary stuff. but it's important for folks to know how bad it gets."
earlier this week, feminist frequency published a new episode of tropes vs women in games looking at the women as background decoration trope, which sarkeesian described as "largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited as a way to infuse edgy, gritty or racy flavoring into game worlds. these sexually objectified female bodies are designed to function as environmental texture while titillating presumed straight male players." the episode has been widely praised and shared. | frɛndz ənd fænz. aɪ hæv səm nuz. ˈoʊvər ðə nɛkst fju wiks maɪ blɔg wɪl goʊ ˈɪntu ə bɪt əv ə haɪˈeɪtəs, pərˈpɛrɪŋ fər ə bɪg ʧeɪnʤ tɪ kəm. aɪ hæv sɪns ɪts kənˈsɛpʃən bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ ənd ˈfoʊtəˌgræfɪŋ ðə ˈsɪti əv tərˈɑntoʊ ənd ˈʃɛrɪŋ ðiz ˈfoʊˌtoʊz wɪθ ju. aɪ ləv ðɪs ˈsɪti ənd ɔl əv ɪts əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈpipəl wɪʧ ɪz waɪ aɪ æm sæd tɪ seɪ ðət aɪ wɪl bi ˈlivɪŋ æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə mənθ fər ə ˈlɪtəl ˈlɔŋgər ðən ə waɪl. ðə gʊd nuz ɪz ðət ɪt ɪz nɑt ðə ɛnd əv, ˈrəðər ən ˌɛvəˈluʃən. aɪ wɪl bi ˈspɛndɪŋ maɪ læst wik ɪn ˈkænədə ɪn ðə ɑnˈtɛrioʊ ˈwɪldərnəs wɪθ səm frɛndz ənd ˈhɛdɪŋ tɪ ˈləndən fər ðə oʊˈlɪmpɪks ənd tɪ gris fər əraʊnd tu mənθs. ðɪs ɪz ɛz fɑr ɛz maɪ ˈplænɪŋ həz ˈteɪkən mi, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, aɪ wɪl ˈlaɪkli bi ˈtrævəlɪŋ tɪ ˈiðər ˈæfrɪkɑ ər saʊθ əˈmɛrɪkə ˈæftər ðɪs tɪ du səm ɪkˈsplɔrɪŋ. maɪ ˈkæmərə wɪl bi wɪθ mi ˈɛvəri stɛp əv ðə weɪ ˈdɑkjəmənɪŋ maɪ ˈʤərni, ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðɪs blɔg ˈɪntu ˈmɛni ˈkəntriz. soʊ, pliz kip ən aɪ aʊt ɪn ðə ˈkəmɪŋ wiks fər ə riˈsərʤəns əv poʊsts wɪʧ wɪl mɑrk ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ əv ən ədˈvɛnʧər. məʧ ləv. |
friends and fans. i have some news. over the next few weeks my blog will go into a bit of a hiatus, preparing for a big change to come. i have since its conception been living and photographing the city of toronto and sharing these photos with you. i love this city and all of its amazing people which is why i am sad to say that i will be leaving at the end of the month for a little longer than a while.
the good news is that it is not the end of dimibodimi, rather an evolution. i will be spending my last week in canada in the ontario wilderness with some friends and heading to london for the olympics and to greece for around two months. this is as far as my planning has taken me, however, i will likely be travelling to either africa or south america after this to do some exploring.
my camera will be with me every step of the way documenting my journey, bringing the context of this blog into many countries. so, please keep an eye out in the coming weeks for a resurgence of posts which will mark the beginning of an adventure. much love.
dimibodimi | ɛf rɑm ðə ˈpæləsɪz haɪ ˈwɪndoʊz ə greɪ ˈwʊmən wɔʧt ðə ˈglɪtərɪŋ ˈæʒər beɪ. ðɛr, ˈhənərdz əv fæt, ˈleɪdən sæt æt ˈhɑrbər, træpt baɪ ə laɪn əv wɪʧ grɪpt ðə ˈsərkjələr ˈnɛroʊ nɛk, pəˈtroʊlɪŋ. spɛks əv foʊk mɪld əˈbaʊt ðə pɔrt ˈsɪtiz ˈbɔrdˌwɔks, ˈwɑʧɪŋ ðə ˈstægnənt ˌblɑˈkeɪd. ðə ˈwʊmən saɪd, flɛrd hər ˈnɑstrəlz. ə tik dɔr klɪkt ˈoʊpən. raʊnd ðə freɪm stɛpt ə ɪn ˈʧɛri rɛd. "ˈpɑrdən mi,, ðə ˈdɛləˌgeɪts frəm ˈmeɪpəlz hæv əraɪvd." tərnd frəm hər vju əv ðə beɪ, blɪŋkt æt ðə peɪʤ. "sɛnd ðɛm ɪn, wɑn" ʃi sɛd. ðə bɔɪ ˈskərid əˈweɪ. glænst tɪ ə loʊ ˈteɪbəl ɪn ðə rumz ˈsɛnər. ə ˈsɪŋgəl, ʃɔrt ʧɛr əˈkəmpənid ɪt. ə ˈtriˌoʊ əv smɔl, rɛd ˈkʊʃənz ˈɑkjəˌpaɪd ɪts ˈsərfəs. ə boʊl əv hoʊl, ˈbɪtər ˈwɔlˌnəts ənd ə stæk əv ˈtaɪni pleɪts sæt ˌbiˈsaɪd. ʃi tərnd ðə ʧɛr tɪ feɪs ðə beɪ, stʊd wɪθ ə hænd ɔn ɪts bæk. ðɛr ˈsaʊndɪd ə klɪk ɛz ðə dɔr ˈoʊpənd əˈgɛn. ˈhoʊldɪŋ ɪt, ðə peɪʤ ˈstreɪtənd, klɪrd hɪz θroʊt. "meɪ aɪ ˈprɛzənt ðə ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən frəm ˈmeɪpəlz: ˈʧænsələr ˌluˈɛlɪn ənd stæf." raʊnd ðə dɔr freɪm hɑpt θri maɪs., ə braʊn ˈkriʧər ɪn ə, lɛd ðə ˈpɑrti. hi wɔr ə ˈhænsəm blæk ˈrɪbən ˈmɪdˌweɪ daʊn hɪz teɪl. ðə ˈəðərz wɔr ˈnutrəl, dɑrk greɪ suts. ðə ˈdɛləˌgeɪts' ˈbaʊndɪŋ ˈpætərd ˈsɔftli ɔn ðə wɔrm taɪl əv ðə rum. əˈproʊʧɪŋ, roʊz frəm ɔl fɔrz, tɪ ðə haɪt əv ðə ˈwʊmənz ni. hi ˈɔfərd ə pɔ. græspt ðə ˈfəri lɪm, ˈbɛndɪŋ loʊ. "bɑn ˈʧænsələr" ʃi sɛd. pɪŋk noʊz twɪʧt. hɪz pɪŋk, dɪsks əv ɪrz pərkt əp. "ə ˈplɛʒər tɪ mit wɪθ ju, əˈmændə. aɪ wɪʃ ɪt kʊd bi ɪn ˈbɛtər taɪmz" hi sɛd ɪn ə haɪ, kwaɪət toʊn. "ˌɪnˈdid" ˈgrɪməst. hər ɪkˈsprɛʃən ˈʃɪftɪd, naʊ grɪm. "pliz, oʊld frɛnd, hæv ə sit. jʊr roʊd wɑz lɔŋ." æt ðɪs, lɛpt ˈnɪmbli əˈtɑp ðə loʊ ˈteɪbəl. hi ˈsɛtəld əˈpɑn ə ˈkʊʃən təgd hɪz streɪt. hɪz ˈrɛtəˌnu ˈfɑloʊd. ðɛr ˈwɪskərz twɪʧt bɪˈniθ ˌɪmˈpæsɪv, waɪn ˈkələrd aɪz. pləkt ə ˈwɔlˌnət frəm ðə boʊl, tərnd ɪt ˈoʊvər ɪn hɪz pɔz. "aɪ səˈpoʊz jʊd laɪk tɪ dɪˈskəs ðə ˌblɑˈkeɪd" sɛd ðə braʊn maʊs. "ənˈfɔrʧənətli, jɛs." "ɪf juv kɔld mi hir tɪ məl ðə seɪm, mut ˈkɑnsɛpt, əm ˈsɑri tɪ hæv ˈweɪstɪd taɪm, ˈbɛlə. jʊr prɪns ˌəndərˈstændz waɪ ðə woʊnt riˈtrækt ðɛr ˈwɔrˌʃɪps" sɛd. ˈgrɪpɪŋ ðə ˈwɔlˌnət wɪθ boʊθ pɔz, hi krækt ɪt wɪθ lɔŋ, ˈjɛloʊ ˌɪnˈsaɪzərz. "ˌɪnˈdid, ənd ðeɪ meɪnˈteɪn ðɛr əˈgrɛʃən ˈoʊnli baɪ ðə əv ðə ˈtrɛʒəri" sɛd. stɛrd æt hər, noʊz tˈwɪʧɪŋ. hɪz ʤɔ ˈbɪzəli hæf ðə ˈwɔlˌnət. ʃɑrdz əv ˈwʊdi ʃɛl fɛl frəm hɪz ˈdaʊni lɪps. hi sˈwɑloʊd, hɛd ˈbɑbɪŋ. "kwaɪt" hi skwikt. "ju, maɪ dɪr ˌluˈɛlɪn, hoʊld ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv kənˈtroʊl əv ðət ˈtrɛʒəri. ju hoʊld ɪt fər ə ˈrizən." "ˈbɛlə, aɪv nɑt fərˈgɑtən maɪ ˈɔfəs." "maɪt wi spik ˈpraɪvətli?" sɛd. ˈwɪskərz twɪʧt. hi reɪzd ə pɪŋk pɔ, weɪvd hɪz maɪs əˈweɪ. ðeɪ hɑpt frəm ðə ˈteɪbəl, dɪˈskritli aʊt. ðə maʊs geɪzd æt, ˈaɪˌlɪdz tˈwɪʧɪŋ. "ju ər bɪˈheɪvɪŋ ˈɑdli" hi sɛd. "du ju ˈriˌkɔl ɑr deɪz æt ðə accademia*, ˌluˈɛlɪn?" sɛd, ˈlinɪŋ ˈfɔrwərd. "əv kɔrs." "ju əˈspaɪrd ðɛn tɪ ðə ˈɔfəs ju naʊ ˈɑkjəˌpaɪ. ju spoʊk əv ɪt ˈɔfən, əv ðə riʧ ɪt əˈfɔrdəd ju. ju rɪˈmɛmbər waɪ?" "jɛs." sɛd ðə maʊs, ˈsɔftli. "hæv ju hæd ˈɛni səkˈsɛs wɪθ jʊr ˈvɛnʧər?" ˈʃɪftɪd. "səm smɔl ˈprɑˌgrɛs. wət ər ju ˈdraɪvɪŋ æt? smaɪld, təgd ə smɔl, ˈfoʊldɪd ˈjɛloʊ ˈpeɪpər frəm hər ˈʤækɪt. "maɪ oʊn ˈprɑˌgrɛs həz bɪn səbˈstænʃəl" ʃi sɛd, ˈprɑfərd ðə ˈaɪtəm tɪ. ˈdɛləkətli, ðə maʊs tʊk ɪt, ənˈfoʊldəd ðə ˈpeɪpər. "ˈkɛrfəl" sɛd. "ɪts ɛz oʊld ɛz ju wʊd ɪkˈspɛkt." ə ˈmoʊmənt pæst ɛz ɪgˈzæmənd ðə ˈpeɪpər. hɪz sɔft saɪdz bɪˈgæn tɪ hiv ˈəndər hɪz ˈʤækɪt. fæst brɛθs ˈwɪspərd θru hɪz lɔŋ, ˈfəri noʊz. "aɪ si" hi skwikt. ˈkɛrfəli, hi ˈfoʊldɪd ðə ˈpeɪpər, hɛld ɪt ɪn boʊθ pɔz kloʊz tɪ hɪz raʊnd ˈbɑdi. hi mɛt aɪz. "aɪ ˌəndərˈstænd jʊr ˌɪnˈtɛnt." "naʊ, aɪ ˈwʊdənt deɪn səˈʤɛst jʊr ˈfeɪvərz meɪ bi bɔt." ʃi smaɪld. "ðɪs ɪz, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˈpraɪsləs." quivered*, ˈwɪskərz ablur*. "dæm ju, ˈbɛlə." "aɪ wʊd ləv tɪ dɪˈskəs ɪts ˈkɑntɛnts, ɪn ə ˈbɛtər taɪm" smaɪld, ˈgrɪmli. ðə maʊs lʊkt tɪ ˈpeɪpər ɪn hɪz pɔz, ðɛn tɪ ðə flɔr. səm ˈsaɪlənt ˈsɛkəndz pæst, fɪld ˈoʊnli wɪθ ðə ˈdɪstənt ˈmərmər əv ðə pɔrt ənd ðə ˈnərvəs ˈflɪkər əv brɛθ. "aɪ wɪl friz ðɛr ˈkrɛdɪt ˌɪˈmiˌdiətli" sɛd, əˈbrəptli. hi dɪd nɑt mit aɪz. ðə ˌblɑˈkeɪd ʃʊd ɛnd wɪˈθɪn ə ˈfɔrtˌnaɪt" hi sɛd, mɔr kˈwaɪətli. "θæŋk ju." ɪz dip ɪn ərɪrz. ɪf aɪ ˈɑrgju wɛl, ðɪs woʊnt kɔst mi maɪ ʤɑb" sɛd ðə maʊs, ˈstændɪŋ frəm hɪz ˈkʊʃən. wɪθ ˈʃeɪkɪŋ pɔz, hi təkt ðə oʊld, ˈpeɪpər ˈɪntu hɪz ˈʤækɪt. "aɪ ʃæl dɪˈpɑrt æt wəns." hi drɑpt tɪ ðə taɪl. əˈkrɔs ðə rum, ðə rɛd peɪʤ ˈprɑfərd ðə ˈoʊpən dɔr. ɛz ðə maʊs hɑpt tɪ ðə tik dɔr, roʊz, spoʊk. "ˌluˈɛlɪn" ʃi sɛd, ˈsɔftli. tərnd, fɪkst hər wɪθ wɛt aɪz. "gʊd lək wɪθ jʊr sərʧ." ðə maʊs ˈnɑdɪd, ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd raʊnd ðə dɔr freɪm. maɪs səm naɪn ˈhənərd jɪrz pæst, ɪn ðə ʧɪl əv ˈɔtəm, ðə fərst maɪs ˈimərʤd frəm bɪˈniθ ðə ruts əv ɛlmz. ðeɪ wər maɪld, smɔl ˈkriʧərz, pəˈzɛst əv ˈnɪmbəl pɔz ənd ə ˈʤɛnəl ˈlæŋgwɪʤ. frəm wɛr ðeɪ keɪm, noʊ wən nu, ənd ðə maɪs ˈkʊdənt (ər ˈwʊdənt) tɛl. wɪˈθɪn ə ˈsɛnʧəri, ðeɪ hæd ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd wɪθ soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz, ju ˈkʊdənt gɛs ðeɪ ˈhædənt bɪn hir ɔl əˈlɔŋ. ɪn ən ˈævərɪʤ deɪ əˈbaʊt taʊn, ju wɪl si ˈmɛni maɪs. jʊr ˈneɪbər ɪz ə maʊs; hi groʊz faɪn bɪˈgoʊnjəz. jʊr ˈkɑblər ɪz ə maʊs; hər ˈmɛni ˈʧɪldrən ʃaɪn ðə ʃuz. ju baɪ ˈnuzˌpeɪpərz frəm ə maʊs ɪn ə ˈbɛrət fər tuppence*. jʊr taʊnz meɪər ɪz ə maʊs; hɪz ˈfæməli həz rən ðə ˈloʊkəl flaʊər mɪl fər ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃənz. ðə fækt ðət maɪs ər smɔl ənd ˈfəri ɪz nɑt æt ɔl ən ˈɪʃu. ðeɪ wɛr kloʊðz laɪk ˈɛvriˌwən ɛls. ðeɪ ər kwaɪt klin, ˈnɛvər lɪk ðɛmˈsɛlvz ɪn ˈpəblɪk. ðeɪ teɪk əp soʊ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl speɪs, ˈrɛrli gɪt ˌəndərˈfʊt. riˈmaɪndɪŋ ˌwənˈsɛlf əv ðə fækt ðət maɪs ər ˈfəzi ənd ɪz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˈrəðər əˈnərvɪŋ, soʊ ənˈnoʊtɪst dɪz ɪt goʊ. maɪs ər ˈizəli fərˈgɪvən ðɛr fju pɪˌkjuliˈɛrətiz. ðɛr ɪkˈsprɛʃənz ənd ər ˈdɪfərənt frəm ðoʊz əv ˈjumənz, bət ˈizəli ˈlərnɪd. ðɛr kwɪk moʊd əv ˈhɑpɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪz ˈsəmˈwət ˈænəməl ɪn ˈneɪʧər, bət fərˈgɛtəbəl, ɛz maɪs stænd wɪn ðeɪ spik. ðɛr ˈtɛndənsi tɪ drɪŋk ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl (maɪs səbˈsɪst ɔn ðə ˈlɪkwɪd ɪn greɪnz ənd nəts) ɪz ɑd, bət ɪkˈskjuzəbəl, ɛz ðeɪ ˈnɛvər teɪk tu məʧ waɪn. fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, maɪs ər ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈkriʧərz. ju məst teɪk kɛr nɑt tɪ ˌɪnˈsəlt ðɛr ˈʧɪldrən, hu ər ˈnumərəs, lɛst ju ərn ðə ræθ əv ə ˈpɛrənt. (ɪf ju stɛp ɔn ə pəp, ˈpɛrɪʃ ðə θɔt.) ju məst teɪk kɛr ɪn ˈpɔɪntɪŋ aʊt ðət ə maʊs ɪz, ɪn fækt, ə maʊs. soʊ ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd wɪθ soʊˈsaɪɪti ər maɪs ðət ˈɛni səˈʤɛsʧən ðeɪ ər ˈdɪfərənt meɪ kɔz ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz əv ˈreɪˌsɪzəm. ju məst, moʊst əv ɔl, teɪk kɛr ˈnɛvər tɪ trɛd ɔn ə lɔŋ, teɪl. əˈgɛn, maɪs ər səʧ ˈnæʧərəl ˈmɛmbərz əv soʊˈsaɪɪti ðət ju wʊd ˈrɛrli ˈwəndər wɛr ðeɪ keɪm frəm, ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. ðɪs treɪl əv θɔt lidz ju tɪ ə ˈrəðər ɑd pleɪs. frəm wət wərld ˈəndər ðə ɛlmz dɪd ðeɪ krɔl frəm, ənd waɪ? ɛz ɪt tərnz aʊt, səm maɪs æsk ðə seɪm kˈwɛʃən. ðə ɛlmz səm maɪs, ənˈlaɪk ˈnɔrðərn litorans*, hoʊld ə dɪˈgri əv ˌspɪrɪˌʧuˈæləˌti. ðoʊ ɪt teɪks ə greɪt dil əv ˈprɑdɪŋ tɪ gɪt ə maʊs əv feɪθ tɪ tɛl ju, ðɛr rɪˈlɪʤən kənˈsərnz ðə wərld frəm wɪʧ ðeɪ keɪm. ðɪs rɪˈlɪʤən ɪz ə kəlt, ə kəlt wɪʧ bɪˈlivz ðə smɔl foʊk ər ɪn ˈɛksədəs frəm ðɛr hoʊm, ˈdrɪvən aʊt baɪ ˈwɪkəd ˈkriʧərz. ˈoʊnli ˈæftər ˈgeɪnɪŋ ˈwɪzdəm ənd paʊər wɪl ðə ɛlm triz əˈlaʊ maɪs tɪ rɪˈtərn tɪ ðɛr hoʊm ənd kleɪm ɪt əˈgɛn. ðə fju maɪs hu hoʊld feɪθ ɪn ðə ɛlmz teɪk ɪt əˈpɑn ðɛmˈsɛlvz tɪ dɪˈskəvər ə weɪ bæk hoʊm. tɪ eɪd ðɛr sərʧ, ðiz maɪs sik pəˈzɪʃənz əv paʊər ənd wɛlθ ɪn soʊˈsaɪɪti. ˈoʊnli wɪθ minz ənd specie*, ðeɪ bɪˈliv, kən ə maʊs bi greɪt ɪˈnəf tɪ ənˈkəvər ðə ˈsikrɪts wɪʧ ðeɪ sik. ɛz ə rɪˈzəlt, ə smɔl, ˈpaʊərfəl kəˈbɑl əv maɪs hoʊldz ə greɪt dil əv sweɪ ɔn ðə koʊst. ˈbæŋkərz, ˌpɑləˈtɪʃənz, rɔɪəl ædˈvaɪzərz. ðɛr ˌɪnˈtɛnʧənz ər mɪˈstɪriəs, ˈdrɪvən, ənd ˈruθləs. fər ðə moʊst pɑrt, ˌɪnˈhæbɪtənts əv ðə koʊst, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə məˈʤɔrəti əv maɪs, hæv noʊ ˈnɑlɪʤ əv ðə ˌɪnˈsɪpiənt ɛlmz. ðɛr ˌənkənˈsərnd θɔts ˈkænɑt səˈpoʊz ðə paʊər hɛld ɪn ðə pɔz əv ə fju, æmˈbɪʃəs maɪs. ˈɔθər' noʊt maɪs ər ə ˈfɛriˌteɪl rɪˈpleɪsmənt fər halflings*. ɪf ju wɪʃ tɪ ˈɪmpləmənt maɪs ɪn jʊr geɪm, ˈsɪmpli juz stəˈtɪstɪks. ɪf jʊr laɪk mi, jul ˌɪnˈklud fər dɪˈmɪnjətɪv saɪz. ɪf ju wɪʃ tɪ juz ðə ɛlmz, trit ðɛm ɛz ju wʊd illuminati*. |
f rom the palace's high windows , a grey woman watched the glittering azure bay. there, hundreds of fat, laden carracks sat at harbor, trapped by a line of tallships which gripped the circular inlet's narrow neck, patrolling. specks of folk milled about the port city's boardwalks, watching the stagnant blockade. the woman sighed, flared her nostrils.
a teak door clicked open. round the frame stepped a pageboy accoutered in cherry red. "pardon me, señora capard,
the delegates from maples have arrived."
capard turned from her view of the bay, blinked tiredly at the page.
"send them in, juan" she said.
the boy scurried away.
capard glanced to a low table in the room's center. a single, short chair accompanied it. a
trio of small, red cushions occupied its surface.
a bowl of whole, bitter walnuts and a stack of tiny plates sat beside.
she turned the chair to face the bay, stood with a hand on its purple-upholstered back.
there sounded a click as the door opened again. holding it, the page straightened, cleared his throat.
"may i present the delegation from maples: chancellor llewellyn spitze and staff."
round the door frame hopped three well-dressed mice. spitze, a brown creature in a houndstooth waistcoat, led the party. he wore a handsome black ribbon midway down his prehensile tail. the others wore neutral, dark grey suits. the delegates' bounding gaits pattered softly on the warm tile of the room.
approaching capard, spitze rose from all fours, straitened to the height of the woman's knee. he offered a paw. capard grasped the furry limb, bending low. "bonne gionro
, chancellor" she said.
spitze's pink nose twitched. his pink, veined discs of ears perked up. "a pleasure to meet with you, amanda. i wish it could be in better times" he said in a high, quiet tone.
"indeed" grimaced capard. her expression shifted, now grim. "please, old friend, have a seat. your road was long."
at this, spitze
leapt
nimbly atop the low table. he settled upon a cushion
, tugged his waistcoat straight. his retinue followed. their foot-long whiskers twitched beneath impassive, wine colored eyes. spitze plucked a walnut from the bowl, turned it over in his paws.
"i suppose you'd like to discuss the blockade" said the brown mouse.
"unfortunately, yes."
"if you've called me here to mull the same, moot concept, i'm sorry to have wasted time, bella. your prince understands why the belvirinians won't retract their warships" said spitze. gripping the walnut with both paws, he cracked it with long, yellow incisors.
"indeed, and they maintain their aggression only by the weal of the mapolitan treasury" said capard.
spitze stared at her, nose twitching. his jaw busily deconstructed half the walnut. shards of woody shell fell from his downy lips. he swallowed, head bobbing. "quite" he squeaked.
"you, my dear llewellyn, hold executive control of that treasury. you hold it for a reason."
"bella, i've not forgotten my office."
"might we speak privately?" said capard.
spitze's whiskers twitched. he raised a pink paw, waved his mice away. they hopped from the table, discreetly skittered out. the red-eyed mouse gazed at capard, eyelids twitching. "you are behaving oddly" he said.
"do you recall our days at the accademia, llewellyn?" said capard, leaning forward.
"of course."
"you aspired then to the office you now occupy. you spoke of it often, of the reach it afforded you. you remember why?"
"yes." said the mouse, softly.
"have you had any success with your venture?"
spitze shifted. "some small progress.
what are you driving at?
"
capard smiled, tugged a small, folded yellow paper from her jacket. "my own progress has been substantial" she said, proffered the item to spitze.
delicately, the
mouse took it, unfolded the paper. "careful" said capard. "it's as old as you would expect."
a moment passed as spitze examined the paper. his soft sides began to heave under his
houndstooth
jacket. fast breaths whispered through his long, furry nose. "i see" he squeaked. carefully, he folded the paper, held it in both paws close to his round body. he met capard's eyes. "i understand your intent."
"now, i wouldn't deign suggest your favors may be bought." she smiled. "this is, however, priceless."
spitze quivered, whiskers ablur. "damn you, bella."
"i would love to discuss its contents, in a better time" smiled capard, grimly.
the mouse looked to paper in his paws, then to the floor. some silent seconds passed, filled only with the distant murmur of the port and the nervous flicker of spitze's breath.
"i will freeze their credit immediately" said spitze, abruptly. he did not meet capard's eyes.
"
the blockade should end within a fortnight" he said, more quietly.
"thank you."
"belvirine is deep in arrears.
if i argue well, this won't cost me my job" said the mouse, standing from his cushion. with shaking paws, he tucked the old, yellowed paper into his jacket. "i shall depart at once." he dropped to the tile. across the room, the red page proffered the open door.
as the mouse hopped to the teak door, capard rose, spoke.
"llewellyn" she said, softly. spitze turned, fixed her with wet eyes.
"good luck with your search."
the mouse nodded, disappeared round the door frame.
mice
some nine hundred years past, in the chill of autumn, the first mice emerged from beneath the roots of elms. they were mild, small creatures, possessed of nimble paws and a gentle language. from where they came, no one knew, and the mice couldn't (or wouldn't) tell. within a century, they had integrated with society. nowadays, you couldn't guess they hadn't been here all along.
in an average day about town, you will see many mice. your neighbor is a mouse; he grows fine begonias. your cobbler is a mouse; her many children shine the shoes. you buy newspapers from a mouse in a beret for tuppence. your town's mayor is a mouse; his family has run the local flour mill for generations.
the fact that mice are small and furry is not at all an issue. they wear clothes like everyone else. they are quite clean, never lick themselves in public. they take up so very little space, rarely get underfoot. reminding oneself of the fact that mice are fuzzy and knee-high is actually rather unnerving, so unnoticed does it go.
mice are easily forgiven their few peculiarities. their expressions and kinesics are different from those of humans, but easily learned. their quick mode of hopping about is somewhat animal in nature, but forgettable, as mice stand when they speak. their tendency to drink very little (mice subsist on the liquid in grains and nuts) is odd, but excusable, as they never take too much wine.
for the most part, mice are sensitive creatures. you must take care not to insult their children, who are numerous, lest you earn the wrath of a parent. (if you step on a pup, perish the thought.) you must take care in pointing out that a mouse is, in fact, a mouse. so integrated with society are mice that any suggestion they are different may cause accusations of racism. you must, most of all, take care never to tread on a mouse's long, scaly tail.
again, mice are such natural members of society that you would rarely wonder where they came from, in the first place. this trail of thought leads you to a rather odd place. from what world under the elms did they crawl from, and why? as it turns out, some mice ask the same question.
the elms
some mice, unlike northern litorans, hold a degree of spirituality. though it takes a great deal of prodding to get a mouse of faith to tell you, their religion concerns the world from which they came. this religion is a cult, a cult which believes the small folk are in exodus from their home, driven out by wicked creatures. only after gaining wisdom and power will the elm trees allow mice to return to their home and claim it again.
the few mice who hold faith in the elms take it upon themselves to discover a way back home. to aid their search, these mice seek positions of power and wealth in society. only with means and specie, they believe, can a mouse be great enough to uncover the secrets which they seek.
as a result, a small, powerful cabal of mice holds a great deal of sway on the coast. bankers, politicians, royal advisers. their intentions are mysterious, driven, and ruthless.
for the most part, inhabitants of the coast, including the majority of mice, have no knowledge of the incipient elms.
their unconcerned thoughts cannot suppose the power held in the paws of a few, ambitious mice.
author' note
mice are a fairytale replacement for halflings. if you wish to implement mice in your game, simply use halfling statistics. if you're like me, you'll include modifiers for diminutive size.
if you wish to use the elms, treat them as you would illuminati. | æt list fɔr taɪmz ɪn ðə pæst jɪr, æl gɔr həz pæst əp ˌɑpərˈtunətiz tɪ ɛnˈdɔrs ˈhɪləri ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn, ˈbrəʃɪŋ ɔf kˈwɛsʧənz frəm ˈpipəl ˈmægəˌzin ənd ˈəðər ˈmidiə ˈaʊˌtlɛts wɪθ ðə ˌædməˈnɪʃən ðət stɪl tu ˈərli ɪn ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈprɔˌsɛs fər ɪm tɪ teɪk saɪdz. ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, ən eɪd tɪ ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt toʊld pəˈlɪtɪˌkoʊ steɪ ɔn ðə ˈsaɪˌdlaɪnz ənˈtɪl hɪz ˈpɑrti həz səˈlɛktɪd ɪts ˌnɑməˈni. ˈrɛtɪsəns, hɪz frɛndz ənd ˈælaɪz seɪ, ɪz ɪn pɑrt tɪ ˈmæksəˌmaɪz hɪz oʊn ˈlɛvərɪʤ ɔn ˈfaɪtɪŋ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. bət hɪz rɪˈpitɪd ˈɔlsoʊ rɪˈflɛkt ə ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ hɪz ˈfɔrmər waɪf ðət deɪts bæk mɔr ðən tu ˈdɛkeɪdz. waɪl gɔr ənd ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən meɪ nɑt bi ˈɛnəmiz, nɑt ɪgˈzæktli kloʊz frɛndz, ˈiðər. ˈstɔri kənˈtɪnjud bɪˈloʊ hæv ə lɔt əv ˈhɪstəri. mɔr ðən ðə ˈævərɪʤ bear,”*,” sɛd wən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk sɔrs kloʊz tɪ gɔr. ðə ˈhɪləri ˈraɪvəlri ˈstɑrtɪd wɪn ðə tu ˈbeɪbi ˈbumər ˈpɑləsi wɑnks əraɪvd ɪn ðə waɪt haʊs ɪn 1993 gɔr gɑt ðə nu ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛnəl ənd tɛkˈnɑləʤi pɔrtˈfoʊliˌoʊz. bɪl ˈklɪntən reɪzd ˈaɪˌbraʊz baɪ əˈsaɪnɪŋ hɪz waɪf wət wʊd bɪˈkəm ən əˈtɛmpt tɪ pæs ˌkɑmpriˈhɛnsɪv rɪˈfɔrm ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən. ju gɪv jʊr vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈsəmθɪŋ əv ðət ˈlɛvəl. ju gɪv ɪt tɪ ðə fərst lady,”*,” rɪˈkɔld ə ˈfɔrmər ˈklɪntən waɪt haʊs ˈstæfər. fərˈgɛt ðət sɔrt əv ˈstɑrtɪd ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ɔn ə ˈdaʊnwərd ˈspaɪrəl ˈərli on.”*.” waɪl gɔr ənd bɪl ˈklɪntən meɪnˈteɪnd ə strɔŋ riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp θruaʊt ðə fərst tərm, θɪŋz tʊk ə tərn ɪn ðə ˈəðər dɪˈrɛkʃɪn ˈæftər ðə ˈmɑnɪkə ləˈwɪnski ˈskændəl ˈimərʤd ɪn 1998 gɔr ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ɔn ˈkipɪŋ ðə ˈprɛzɪdənt əˈweɪ frəm hɪz oʊn waɪt haʊs bɪd ɪn 2000 ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt ənd ˈæŋgər ðət ju fil təˈwɔrd ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈklɪntən, ənd aɪ fɛlt ɪt myself,”*,” hi toʊld nu ˈhæmʃər ˈvoʊtərz ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˈpraɪˌmɛri kæmˈpeɪn. ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈhɛdˌwɪndz wər təf ɪˈnəf, ðə vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈrizənd, ənd ðeɪ gɑt ˈoʊnli mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd wɪn ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən pərˈsud ðə nɛkst stɛp əv hər oʊn kərɪr. ˈsɛnɪt reɪs ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd things,”*,” əˈnəðər ˈfɔrmər waɪt haʊs eɪd sɛd. tʊk əp ə lɔt əv ðə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈɑksɪʤən ənd ˈpɑrti ˈməni. ɪt pʊt ðə ˈspɑˌtlaɪt ɔn ðə ˈklɪntənz wɪn ɪt ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn hɪz reɪs. ɪt help.”*.” bɪl ˈklɪntən rɪˈpɔrtədli ˈrɛkənˌsaɪld wɪθ gɔr ɪn ðə deɪz ˈæftər ðə sɛpt. 11 2001 ˈtɛrərɪst əˈtæks ˈbɑndɪŋ ˈoʊvər ə ˈleɪtˌnaɪt ʧæt æt ðə ˈfɔrmər nu jɔrk hoʊm, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə nu jɔrk taɪmz. bət ˈsɔrsəz kloʊz tɪ ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈhɛviˌweɪts ɪkˈspleɪn ðət ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin gɔr ənd ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən hæd ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn ˈgɔtən tɪ ə pleɪs wɛr ɪt kʊd bi smuðd ˈoʊvər. wərldz ˈrɪli crossed,”*,” sɛd ə fɔrθ sɔrs, ðɪs wən ˈɔlsoʊ ə ˈfɔrmər ˈklɪntən waɪt haʊs eɪd. bɪn ðət məʧ connection.”*.” gɔr həz ˈsɛvərəl ˈrizənz fər ˈkipɪŋ aʊt əv ðə 2016 ˈmeɪlstrəm. wɪn hi dɪz ˈɪntərvˌjuz, ənd ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli kˈwɛsʧənz gɪt æst əˈbaʊt hɪz oʊn ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl æmˈbɪʃənz, ðə rɪˈspɑns ˈtɪpɪkəli kəmz wɪθ ə dɪˈskleɪmər ðət ə politician”*” ˈdrɪvən baɪ ən ˈɔlˌmoʊst əbˈsɛsɪv dɪˈzaɪər tɪ seɪv ðə ˈplænət. "ɪts stɪl tu ˈərli, ɪn maɪ əˈpɪnjən, tɪ ɛnˈdɔrs ə ˈkænədɪt ər pɪk ə ˈkænədɪt," gɔr toʊld ˈpipəl ˈmægəˌzin ɪn ən ˈɪntərvˌju ˈpəblɪʃt læst wik əˈhɛd əv ə plænd frəm ˈpɛrɪs tɪ reɪz əˈwɛrnəs əˈbaʊt ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ. ɪn ən iˈmeɪl ˈmənˌdeɪ tɪ pəˈlɪtɪˌkoʊ, ə gɔr ˈspoʊkspərsən wɛnt ə stɛp ˈfərðər, seɪɪŋ ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt bi ɛnˈdɔrsɪŋ ɪn ðə ˈpraɪˌmɛri æt ɔl. “[“[gore*] həz greɪt rɪˈspɛkt fər ənd riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪps wɪθ ɔl əv ðə ˈkænədɪts ˈrənɪŋ fər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən fər president,”*,” ðɪs ˈpərsən sɛd. əˈpriʃiˌeɪts ðə ˈɛmfəsɪs iʧ əv ðə ˈkænədɪts həz pleɪst ɔn ˈædvəˌkeɪtɪŋ fər səˈluʃənz tɪ ðə ˈklaɪmɪt ˈkraɪsəs ənd wɪl du ɔl ðət hi kən tɪ ɪnˈʃʊr ðət ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ rɪˈmeɪnz ə praɪˈɔrəti θruaʊt ðɪs dəˈbeɪt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, hi həz noʊ plænz tɪ ɛnˈdɔrs ə ˈkænədɪt ɪn ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk primary.”*.” kloʊz əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪts ˈɔlsoʊ noʊt ðət gɔr həz bərnd ˈbrɪʤɪz ˌbiˈfɔr wɪn hi həz ˈspoʊkən əp əˈbaʊt ˈəðər ˈdɛməˌkræts ˈrənɪŋ fər ðə waɪt haʊs. ɪn 2004 hi sæt aʊt ə ˈriˈmæʧ wɪθ ˈprɛzɪdənt ʤɔrʤ ˈdəbəlju. bʊʃ ənd ˌɪnˈstɛd geɪv hɪz ɛnˈdɔrsmənt tɪ ðə ˈsərʤɪŋ ˈkændɪdəsi əv haʊərd din, sˈnəbɪŋ hɪz ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛnɪt ˈkɑlig ənd ˈfɛloʊ 1985 ˈfrɛʃmən ˈklæsˌmeɪt ʤɑn ˈkɛri. nɑt ˈoʊnli dɪd bɪd feɪd ɪn ðə ˈaɪəwə ˈkɔrnˈfildz, gɔr ˈɔlsoʊ lɛft səm ˈfilɪŋz hərt bɪˈkəz hi bæk hɪz oʊn 2000 vaɪs ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈrənɪŋ meɪt, sɛn. ʤoʊ ˈlibərmən, ˈiðər. ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə nɛkst ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈsaɪkəl, wɪʧ ˈfiʧərd then-sen*. ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən, ən ˈəpˌstɑrt ˌɪləˈnɔɪz ˈsɛnətər neɪmd ˈbɑrək ˌoʊˈbɑmə ənd ʤɑn ˈɛdwərdz, gɔr ˈɑptɪd tɪ kip hɪz ˈpaʊdər draɪ. ˈməltəpəl ˈsɔrsəz tɛl pəˈlɪtɪˌkoʊ ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt gɑt ə kɔl frəm sɛn. tɛd ˈkɛnədi ˈərʤɪŋ ɪm tɪ ɛnˈdɔrs ˌoʊˈbɑmə. bət gɔr rɪˈzɪstɪd, ənd hi goʊ ˈpəblɪk fər ðə fˈjuʧər ˈprɛzɪdənt ənˈtɪl mɔr ðən ə wik ˈæftər ˈklɪntən hæd kənˈsidɪd. gɔr həz sɪns spəˈsɪfɪkli preɪzd ˈklɪntən wɪˈθaʊt goʊɪŋ ɔl ɪn ɔn ən ɛnˈdɔrsmənt. læst fɔl, hi toʊld ˈblumbərg ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ðət ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv steɪt wɑz capable”*” bət ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ɪt wɑz tu sun tɪ bi soʊ ˈfoʊkɪst ɔn ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk hɔrs reɪs. ɪn ən ˈərli 2014 ˈɪntərvˌju wɪθ pəˈlɪtɪˌkoʊ ˈmægəˌzin æt hɪz ˈnæʃvɪl ˈɔfəs, ˈpəblɪʃt ə fʊl jɪr ˌbiˈfɔr ˈklɪntən ˈfɔrməli əˈnaʊnst ʃi wɑz ˈrənɪŋ fər ˈprɛzɪdənt, gɔr dɪd gɪv ə ˈtɛpɪd saɪn əv wɛr hɪz səˈpɔrt kʊd ˈəltəmətli goʊ. əv kɔrs ˈfʊli əˈwɛr əv ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˌɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən ðət ʃi wɪl rən ənd ðət gɪt ðə ˌnɑməˈneɪʃən. ənd ɪf ðət ˈhæpənz, aɪ ˈsərtənli hoʊp ðət ʃi wɪnz ənd aɪ ˈsərtənli hoʊp ðət ɪf ʃi wɪnz bi ən ˈifɛktɪv ˈædvəˌkeɪt ɔn climate,”*,” hi sɛd. gɔr rɪˈkɔld ɪn ðə ˈɪntərvˌju ðət ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən hæd kɔld ɪm ɪn 2007 ˌbiˈfɔr ʃi geɪv ə ˈmeɪʤər ˈɛnərʤi ənd ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ spiʧ fər ədˈvaɪs ɔn wət ðə moʊst ˈfɔrwərd ˈlinɪŋ pəˈzɪʃənz ʃi kʊd teɪk wʊd be.”*.” aɪ ˈrɪli əˈpriʃiˌeɪtɪd that,”*,” gɔr ˈædɪd. hæv ˈɛni daʊt ðət hər hɑrt ɪz ɪn ðə raɪt pleɪs ɔn ðə ˈɪʃu ənd ðət ʃi wʊd laɪk tɪ bi ən ˈeɪʤənt fər ˈpɑzətɪv ʧeɪnʤ ɔn ðə issue.”*.” ɪn ðət noʊˈvɛmbər 2007 spiʧ, ˈgɪvɪn ɪn ˈaɪəwə, ˈklɪntən dɪd gɔr θri taɪmz. ʃi kənˈgræʧəˌleɪtɪd ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt fər ˈrisəntli ˈwɪnɪŋ ðə noʊˈbɛl pis praɪz, ənd ʃi pɪʧt wən əv hɪz aɪˈdiəz: ə nu mae”*” ˈproʊˌgræm ðət wʊd hɛlp ˈpipəl gɪt loʊnz tɪ peɪ fər mɔr ˈɛnərʤi ɪˈfɪʃənt hoʊmz. ðə ˈklɪntən kæmˈpeɪn dɪd nɑt rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ə rɪkˈwɛst fər ˈkɑmɛnt, ənd ˈsɛvərəl ˈfɔrmər gɔr eɪdz ʃrəgd ɔf kˈwɛsʧənz əˈbaʊt ðə ˈhɪləri riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp ənd ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈsaɪləns ɔn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ən əˈfɪʃəl ɛnˈdɔrsmənt. ˈklɪntən, hu hæd feɪst ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm frəm grinz fər jɪrz əv ˈdɪðərɪŋ ˈoʊvər ðə ˈkiˌstoʊn ˈpaɪˌplaɪn, həz sɪns pɪkt əp ðə ˈbækɪŋ əv ðə lig əv ˌkɑnsərˈveɪʃən ˈvoʊtərz. gɔr, wɪθ hɪz oʊn ˌɪnˈtɛns ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ɔn ˈklaɪmɪt ˈɪʃuz, kʊd hɛlp ˈbətrəs lɛft flæŋk ɛz ʃi fɛndz ɔf ə ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈʧælənʤ frəm vərˈmɑnt sɛn. ˈbərni ˈsændərz ənd ˈfɔrmər ˈmɛrələnd gəv. ˈmɑrtɪn o’malley*. bət ðə gɔr ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən sɛd ən ɛnˈdɔrsmənt wʊd nid tɪ weɪt ənˈtɪl ˈæftər ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈpraɪˌmɛriz ər ˈoʊvər ənd ðə ˌnɑməˈni ɪz səˈlɛktɪd. ˈrənɪŋ fər ˈprɛzɪdənt ɪn hər oʊn raɪt ənd ˈædvəˌkeɪtɪŋ ɔn ən ˈɪʃu ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈɪʃu tɪ ɪm. ˌɪˈnɛvətəbli wɛr ðiz tu wɪl ˌɪnərˈækt əˈgɛn ɔn ðɪs campaign,”*,” sɛd ˈmaɪkəl ˈfɛldmən, ˈfɔrmər ˈtrævəlɪŋ ʧif əv stæf frəm hɪz 2000 waɪt haʊs rən. ɪn ɪt fər æl tɪ ɛnˈdɔrs ˈɛniˌwən æt ðɪs point?”*?” ˈædɪd grɛg ˈsaɪmən, ˈfɔrmər ʧif dəˈmɛstɪk ˈpɑləsi ædˈvaɪzər. ðɪs steɪʤ əv ðə geɪm ɪf hi ˈwɔntɪd tɪ goʊ aʊt ənd kæmˈpeɪn fər ˈsəmˌbɑdi hæv gɔn aʊt ənd kæmˈpeɪnd fər hɪmˈsɛlf, nɑt fər ˈbərni ər hillary.”*.” ˈəðər ˈsɔrsəz ɪkˈspleɪnd ðət rɪˈstreɪnt ə ˈrisənt əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd prɛs kaʊnt əv ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk supərˈdɛləgəts ɪn ˌtɛnəˈsi faʊnd ðət hi ˌɪnˈdid rɪˈmeɪnz ˌənkəˈmɪtɪd ˈɔlsoʊ ˈnidɪd tɪ bi sin ɪn ðə ˈkɑntɛkst əv ðət longer-term*, ənd ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp wɪθ ðə ˈklɪntənz. ʃʊr, gɔr oʊz ˈprɛzɪdənt ˈklɪntən fər ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɪm ə ʤɑb ˈɔfər bæk ɪn 1992 bət oʊn ˈɛfərts tɪ teɪk ðə nɛkst bɪg stɛp ɪn hɪz pəˈlɪtɪkəl kərɪr ˈsəfərd ɪn noʊ smɔl pɑrt bɪˈkəz əv ðə ˈroʊlər ˈkoʊstər ˈpɑləˌtɪks əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd wɪθ ðə ləˈwɪnski ˈsɑgə ənd ðə ˈʤɛnərəl ˈdrɑmə ðət həz bɪˈkəm səˈnɑnəməs sɪns ðɛn wɪθ ˈɛniˌwən ˈrənɪŋ fər ˈɔfəs neɪmd ˈklɪntən. əv ðə stəf bɪn ˈpleɪgɪŋ ðə ˈklɪntən kæmˈpeɪn ɪz ðə stəf hi laɪk əˈbaʊt ˈsərvɪŋ wɪθ ðə clintons,”*,” sɛd ə ˈvɛtərən ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ˈɑpərətɪv hu wərkt fər gɔr. gɛs ɪz ɛnˈdɔrs ˈhɪləri ˈrɔdəm ˈklɪntən. bət ɪf hi wər tɪ kloʊz hɪz aɪz ənd wɪʃ fər ə ˈlidər hu hi wʊd wɔnt tɪ lɛd ðə wərld nɑt wɛr hi wʊd land.”*.” ɛz ˈhɪləri ˈklɪntən ˈsəfərd θru hər ˈsəmər sləmp, ɪn ˌriˈpɔrtəd ɔn ə ˈtaɪni ˈflɪkər əv ˈɪntəˌrɛst əˈməŋ gɔr səˈpɔrtərz fər ɪm tɪ maʊnt ə 2016 ˈpraɪˌmɛri ˈʧælənʤ. bət ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən, ˈbɛtsi məkˈmænəs, kˈwɪkli daʊst ˈɛni ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən ə kæmˈpeɪn wɑz ˈkəmɪŋ. noʊ truθ tɪ it,”*,” ʃi toʊld pəˈlɪtɪˌkoʊ ðə nɛkst deɪ. ɔn ˈsɑlvɪŋ ðə ˈklaɪmɪt crisis.”*.” ˌɪnˈdid, ˈælaɪz rɪˈpitɪdli dɪsˈmɪst kˈwɛsʧənz ðət ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ɛnˈdɔrsmənt ˈsaɪləns hæd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ tɪ du wɪθ ˈɛni dɪˈzaɪnz əv hɪz oʊn ɔn ˈrənɪŋ fər ˈprɛzɪdənt. bɪlt noʊ ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəl ˌɔrgənəˈzeɪʃən fər ə waɪt haʊs kæmˈpeɪn ər ˈgɪvɪn ˈɛni ˈpəblɪk ˈsteɪtmənts səˈʤɛstɪŋ ˈɪntəˌrɛst. ɔn tɔp əv ðət, ðə seɪm ˈdɛˌdlaɪnz ənd ˈəðər ˈbɛriərz ðət fɔrst ʤoʊ ˈbaɪdən tɪ teɪk ə pæs hæv ˈɔlsoʊ kəm ənd gɔn fər gɔr. əˈbaʊt ðə ˈoʊnli sɪˈnɛrioʊ ˈɛniˌwən kloʊz tɪ ðə ˈfɔrmər vaɪs ˈprɛzɪdənt wʊd ˌɛnərˈteɪn ənd ˈivɪn hir prɪˈsidɪd baɪ læfs, dɪsˈmɪsəlz ənd ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk ˈkeɪviˌæts ˌɪnˈvɑlvz ən ˈɛpɪk kəˈlæps ɔn pɑrt ˈfɑloʊd baɪ ðə ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt ˈskræmbəlɪŋ æt ðə læst ˈmɪnət fər ən ɪkˈspɪriənst rɪˈpleɪsmənt. wɪθ ə bɪt əv ɔlˈtərnətɪv ˌriˈæləˌti ˈjərnɪŋ ɪn ðə vɔɪs, wən əv ˈfɔrmər eɪdz ˈpɑzətəd: gaɪ bɪn ðə ˈvɪktɪm əv ˈklɪntən ˈskændəlz ˈoʊvər ðə jɪrz ˈmeɪbi ɪt ɪz hɪz tərn tɪ bi ə beneficiary.”*.” |
at least four times in the past year, al gore has passed up opportunities to endorse hillary clinton’s presidential campaign, brushing off questions from people magazine and other media outlets with the admonition that still too early in the democratic primary process for him to take sides. on monday, an aide to the former vice president told politico he’ll stay on the sidelines until his party has selected its nominee.
gore’s reticence, his friends and allies say, is in part to maximize his own leverage on fighting climate change. but his repeated demurrals also reflect a complicated relationship with his former boss’s wife that dates back more than two decades. while gore and hillary clinton may not be enemies, not exactly close friends, either.
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“they have a lot of history. more than the average bear,” said one democratic source close to gore.
the hillary clinton-gore rivalry started when the two baby boomer policy wonks arrived in the white house in 1993. gore got the new administration’s environmental and technology portfolios. bill clinton raised eyebrows by assigning his wife what would become an ill-fated attempt to pass comprehensive health-care reform legislation.
“usually you give your vice president something of that level. you give it to the first lady,” recalled a former clinton white house staffer. “people forget that sort of started the relationship on a downward spiral early on.”
while gore and bill clinton maintained a strong relationship throughout the president’s first term, things took a turn in the other direction after the monica lewinsky scandal emerged in 1998. gore insisted on keeping the president away from his own white house bid in 2000. “i understand the disappointment and anger that you feel toward president clinton, and i felt it myself,” he told new hampshire voters during his primary campaign. the political headwinds were tough enough, the vice president reasoned, and they got only more complicated when hillary clinton pursued the next step of her own career.
“her senate race complicated things,” another former white house aide said. “it took up a lot of the political oxygen and party money. it put the spotlight on the clintons when it wasn’t focused on his race. it didn’t help.”
bill clinton reportedly reconciled with gore in the days after the sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — bonding over a late-night chat at the former president’s new york home, according to the new york times. but sources close to the democratic heavyweights explain that the relationship between gore and hillary clinton had never even gotten to a place where it could be smoothed over.
“their worlds haven’t really crossed,” said a fourth source, this one also a former clinton white house aide. “there hasn’t been that much connection.”
gore has several reasons for keeping out of the 2016 maelstrom. when he does interviews, and inevitably questions get asked about his own never-fulfilled presidential ambitions, the response typically comes with a disclaimer that he’s a “recovering politician” driven by an almost obsessive desire to save the planet.
"it's still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate or pick a candidate," gore told people magazine in an interview published last week ahead of a planned 24-hour webcast from paris to raise awareness about climate change.
in an email monday to politico, a gore spokesperson went a step further, saying the former vice president wouldn’t be endorsing in the primary at all. “[gore] has great respect for and long-standing relationships with all of the candidates running for the democratic nomination for president,” this person said. “he appreciates the emphasis each of the candidates has placed on advocating for solutions to the climate crisis and will do all that he can to ensure that climate change remains a priority throughout this debate. however, he has no plans to endorse a candidate in the democratic primary.”
close associates also note that gore has burned bridges before when he has spoken up about other democrats running for the white house. in 2004, he sat out a rematch with president george w. bush and instead gave his endorsement to the surging anti-war candidacy of howard dean, snubbing his former senate colleague and fellow 1985 freshman classmate john kerry. not only did dean’s bid fade in the iowa cornfields, gore also left some feelings hurt because he didn’t back his own 2000 vice presidential running mate, sen. joe lieberman, either.
during the next presidential primary cycle, which featured then-sen. hillary clinton, an upstart illinois senator named barack obama and son-of-a-mill-worker john edwards, gore opted to keep his powder dry. multiple sources tell politico the former vice president got a call from sen. ted kennedy urging him to endorse obama. but gore resisted, and he didn’t go public for the future president until more than a week after clinton had conceded.
gore has since specifically praised clinton without going all in on an endorsement. last fall, he told bloomberg tv that the former secretary of state was “extremely capable” but insisted it was too soon to be so focused on the democratic horse race. in an early 2014 interview with politico magazine at his nashville office, published a full year before clinton formally announced she was running for president, gore did give a tepid sign of where his support could ultimately go.
“i’m of course fully aware of the general expectation that she will run and that she’ll get the nomination. and if that happens, i certainly hope that she wins and i certainly hope that if she wins she’ll be an effective advocate on climate,” he said.
gore recalled in the interview that hillary clinton had called him in 2007 before she gave a major energy and climate change speech “asking for advice on what the most forward leaning positions she could take would be.”
“and i really appreciated that,” gore added. “i have any doubt that her heart is in the right place on the issue and that she would like to be an agent for positive change on the issue.”
in that november 2007 speech, given in iowa, clinton did name-check gore three times. she congratulated the former vice president for recently winning the nobel peace prize, and she pitched one of his ideas: a new “connie mae” program that would help people get loans to pay for more energy efficient homes.
the clinton campaign did not respond to a request for comment, and several former gore aides shrugged off questions about the hillary clinton-gore relationship and the former vice president’s silence on making an official endorsement. clinton, who had faced criticism from greens for years of dithering over the keystone xl pipeline, has since picked up the backing of the league of conservation voters. gore, with his own intense following on climate issues, could help buttress clinton’s left flank as she fends off a primary challenge from vermont sen. bernie sanders and former maryland gov. martin o’malley. but the gore spokeswoman said an endorsement would need to wait until after the democratic primaries are over and the party’s nominee is selected.
“she’s running for president in her own right and he’s advocating on an issue that’s the most important issue to him. inevitably that’s where these two will interact again on this campaign,” said michael feldman, gore’s former traveling chief of staff from his 2000 white house run.
“what’s in it for al to endorse anyone at this point?” added greg simon, gore’s former chief domestic policy adviser. “at this stage of the game if he wanted to go out and campaign for somebody he’d have gone out and campaigned for himself, not for bernie or hillary.”
other sources explained that gore’s restraint — a recent associated press count of democratic superdelegates in tennessee found that he indeed remains uncommitted — also needed to be seen in the context of that longer-term, and oh-so complicated relationship with the clintons. sure, gore owes president clinton for making him a one-of-a-kind job offer back in 1992. but gore’s own efforts to take the next big step in his political career suffered in no small part because of the roller coaster politics associated with the lewinsky saga and the general drama that has become synonymous since then with anyone running for office named clinton.
“some of the stuff that’s been plaguing the clinton campaign … is the stuff he doesn’t like about serving with the clintons,” said a veteran democratic operative who worked for gore. “my guess is he’ll endorse hillary rodham clinton. but if he were to close his eyes and wish for a leader who he would want to lead the world not where he would land.”
as hillary clinton suffered through her summer slump, buzzfeed in mid-august reported on a tiny flicker of interest among gore supporters for him to mount a 2016 primary challenge. but the former vice president’s spokeswoman, betsy mcmanus, quickly doused any speculation a campaign was coming. “there’s no truth to it,” she told politico the next day. “he’s laser-focused on solving the climate crisis.”
indeed, gore’s allies repeatedly dismissed questions that the former vice president’s endorsement silence had anything to do with any designs of his own on running for president. he’s built no institutional organization for a white house campaign or given any public statements suggesting interest. on top of that, the same deadlines and other barriers that forced joe biden to take a pass have also come and gone for gore. about the only scenario anyone close to the former vice president would entertain — and even here preceded by laughs, dismissals and catastrophic caveats — involves an epic collapse on clinton’s part followed by the democratic establishment scrambling at the last minute for an experienced replacement.
with a bit of alternative reality yearning in the voice, one of gore’s former aides posited: “the guy who’s been the victim of clinton scandals over the years — maybe it is his turn to be a beneficiary.” | ðə ˈkæmpˌfaɪər æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈjunəˌvərs ju weɪk əp wən ˈmɔrnɪŋ tɪ faɪnd ðət ðə ɛnd taɪmz ər əˈpɑn ju. rɪˈlɪʤən wɑz ˈnɛvər jʊr θɪŋ. aɪ min, ju ˈskɛptɪkəl, bət ɪt ɔl simd soʊ fɑr ɔf. ðə mɪθs ˈpɑsəbli bi ˈrɛləvənt tɪ jʊr ʤɑb ər jʊr ˈdeɪli laɪf, soʊ ju ˈnɛvər peɪd məʧ əˈtɛnʃən tɪ ðə ˈditeɪlz. bət ðə taʊərz ər ˈlaɪtɪŋ əp, ənd ðə graʊnd ʃɪfts bɪˈniθ jʊr fit. ˈʧɪldrən frəm əˈnəðər rɛlm wɔk əˈməŋ ju ˈeɪliənz wɪθ sɔft skɪn ənd hɛr. noʊ mɪˈsteɪk. ðiz ər jʊr gɑdz, ənd ðɛr ˈstrəgəl wɪl dɪˈstrɔɪ jʊr wərld. ɔl ril. ˈhæpənɪŋ tɪ ju. ˈhæpənɪŋ fæst. ðə ˈɛnəmi rɪˈdusɪz jʊr ˈkɪŋdəm tɪ ˈrəbəl, ənd ðə mun fɔlz frəm ðə skaɪ. ðə gɑdz stɑp ɪt. ðeɪ sim tɪ noʊ haʊ. ðeɪ ˈivɪn noʊ gɑdz. soʊ ju faɪt ɛz hɑrd ɛz ju nid tɪ, ənd ju rən ɛz fɑr ɛz ju kən. ju mit ˈəðər sərˈvaɪvərz ənd ju prəˈtɛkt ðɛm. ju du ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪn jʊr paʊər tɪ hɛlp iʧ ˈəðər steɪ əˈlaɪv. ju rən fərˈɛvər. feɪt wɪl kæʧ əp wɪθ ju sun. ənd ɛz ðə hoʊl wərld bərnz daʊn əraʊnd ju, jʊr frɛndz wɪl daɪ ˌbiˈfɔr jʊr aɪz, ənd ˈnɛvər ˈivɪn lərn ðɛr neɪmz. ðoʊz ər ðə rulz. ju wɪl nɑt bi rɪˈmɛmbərd. bət ˈsəmˌwən ɛls wɪl. ˈmeɪbi ju kən hɛlp ðɛm aʊt ə ˈlɪtəl. |
the campfire at the end of the universe
you wake up one morning to find that the end times are upon you.
religion was never your thing. i mean, you weren’t skeptical, but it all seemed so far off.
the myths couldn’t possibly be relevant to your job or your daily life, so you never paid much attention to the details.
but the towers are lighting up, and the ground shifts beneath your feet. children from another realm walk among you – aliens with soft skin and hair.
there’s no mistake. these are your gods, and their struggle will destroy your world.
it’s all real. happening to you. happening fast.
the enemy reduces your kingdom to rubble, and the moon falls from the sky.
the gods won’t stop it. they don’t seem to know how.
they don’t even know they’re gods.
so you fight as hard as you need to, and you run as far as you can.
you meet other survivors and you protect them.
you do everything in your power to help each other stay alive.
you can’t run forever. fate will catch up with you soon.
and as the whole world burns down around you, your friends will die before your eyes, and you’ll never even learn their names.
those are the rules.
you will not be remembered.
but someone else will.
maybe you can help them out a little. | jɛt əˈgɛn wi ʃʊd θæŋk ɑr ˈtɛknɪk gɛst ˈblɔgər pɪr ˈkrɔɪgər (mahjqa*) fər ðɪs wən. ɪf ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪd ɪn ˈtɛknɪk, ju ʃʊd noʊ əˈbaʊt sariel*. ə ˈvɛri pərˈdəktɪv ˈbɪldər, hu teɪks hɪz taɪm tɪ ˈdɑkjəmɛnt hɪz ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈprɔˌsɛs ənd ʃɛr hɪz tɛkˈniks. ˈɔlsoʊ ˈikwəli prɑˈfɪʃənt æt boʊθ ˈsɪstəm ənd ˈtɛknɪk ˈbɪldɪŋ. soʊ ɪf ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt lɑts əv ˌfəŋkʃəˈnælɪti kræmd ˌɪnˈsaɪd ə ˈsɪŋgəl ˈjunɪt, ˈprɑbəˌbli bɛst tɪ ˈmɛnʃən hɪz ˈleɪtəst kriˈeɪʃən: ðə kəmˈplit ˈstɔri (ənd ə bɪg wən) kən bi rɛd hir. ənd ɪf ju wɔnt tɪ si ɪt ɔl æt wərk, ˈbɛtər ʧɛk ðɪs aʊt: ʃʊr, ðə ˈvɪdioʊ teɪks swit taɪm, ənd sin ðə blæk kæt troʊl əˈsɔlt ˈwægən ˌbiˈfɔr. stɪl, ðɪs ɪz ə ˈwərði ˈəpˈgreɪd ənd ə mægˈnɪfɪsənt bɪld. ˈɛdət: ɛz pɔl ˈmɛnʃənz bɪˈloʊ ðɪs ɪz nɑt ˈæˌkʧuəli beɪst ɔn ðə blæk kæt, beɪst ɔn ðə troʊl əˈsɔlt ˈwægən. ər æt list haʊ aɪ rɛd hɪz ˈkɑmɛnt |
yet again we should thank our technic guest blogger peer kreuger (mahjqa) for this one.
if you’re interested in technic, you should know about sariel. he’s a very productive builder, who takes his time to document his building process and share his techniques. he’s also equally proficient at both system and technic building. so if we’re talking about lots of functionality crammed inside a single unit, it’s probably best to mention his latest creation:
the complete story (and it’s a big one) can be read here. and if you want to see it all at work, better check this out:
sure, the video takes it’s sweet time, and we’ve seen the black cat troll assault wagon before. still, this is a worthy upgrade and a magnificent build.
edit: as paul mentions below this is not actually based on the black cat, it’s based on the troll assault wagon. or at least that’s how i read his comment ;) | ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ bɪˈkəm ˈtrɛndi nu pɛt ɪn ɛz brɪt fərm sɛlz aʊt əv tæŋks səˈplaɪərz rif ˈidən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl hæv faʊnd dɪˈmænd ɪz haɪ fər ðə nu tæŋks ðə ækˈsɛsəri həz ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈsɪstəm prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ə ˈsərkjələr ˈkɑrənt tɪ əˈlaʊ ðə ˈkriʧərz tɪ ˈkɑnstəntli floʊt ɛz ðeɪ wʊd ɪn ðə si ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ pɛts, ðə mun ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ ˈɔlsoʊ kriˈeɪt ə 'ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈlɑvə læmp' ˈifɛkt tɪ ʤæz əp hoʊm ˌɪnˈtɪriərz ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ ər bɪˈkəmɪŋ ən ənˈlaɪkli nu ˈfeɪvərɪt pɛt ɪn ˈbrɪtɪʃ hoʊmz ˈæftər ˈspɛʃəlɪst fɪʃ tæŋks lɔnʧt tɪ haʊs ðɛm hæv pruvd ə sɛl aʊt. ˌriˈpɔrtəd læst mənθ haʊ ə juz. fərm kʊd ʃɪp ðə ˌhaɪˈtɛk tæŋks tɪ ðə bət naʊ ə səˈplaɪər ɪn eastleigh*, ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən, hæv meɪd ɪt ˈiziər fər ˈbrɪtɪʃ baɪərz tɪ əˈdɑpt ðə ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈkriʧərz wɪθ ðə nu ˈkjubɪk ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ əkˈwɛriəm. rif ˈidən ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ər dɪˈstrɪbjutɪŋ ðə ˈnɑvəl tæŋks wɪʧ kən haʊs əp tɪ 12 mun ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ əˈkrɔs ðə. ənd ˈmænəʤɪŋ dɪˈrɛktər ˈsaɪmən ˈgɛrət sɛd dɪˈmænd həz bɪn soʊ haɪ ðeɪ hæv ɔˈrɛdi soʊld aʊt ənd ər ˈstrəgəlɪŋ tɪ kip əp wɪθ dɪˈmænd. skroʊl daʊn fər ˈvɪdioʊ teɪk ðɛm hoʊm: mun ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ kən naʊ bi kɛpt ɛz pɛts θæŋks tɪ ðə dɪˈvɛləpmənt əv nu tæŋks accessorise*: ðə tæŋks kəm wɪθ lɛd laɪts ðət kən bi ˈɔltərd tɪ mæʧ ðə ˌdɛkərˈeɪʃən əv ə rum ənd kriˈeɪt ə ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈlɑvə læmp ˈifɛkt ˈmɪstər ˈgɛrət ɪkˈspleɪnd haʊ ˈkipɪŋ ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ həz pɛts həz bɪn meɪd ˈpɑsəbəl θæŋks tɪ ðə ˈspɛʃəl ˈsɪstəm ðət prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈsərkjələr ˈkɑrənt tɪ əˈlaʊ ðə ˈkriʧərz tɪ ˈkɑnstəntli floʊt ɛz ðeɪ wʊd ɪn ðə si. hi sɛd: 'ˈpriviəsli ˈpipəl ˈkʊdənt kip ðɛm bɪˈkəz ðə əkˈwɛriəmz wərənt əˈveɪləbəl, ənd ðeɪ kænt bi kɛpt ɪn ˈnɔrməl fɪʃ tæŋks bɪˈkəz ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ ˌrikˈwaɪər ə ˈkɑrənt tɪ swɪm. ˈwɔtər floʊ: ðə ækˈsɛsəri həz ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈsɪstəm ðət prəˈvaɪdz ə ˈsərkjələr ˈkɑrənt tɪ əˈlaʊ ðə ˈkriʧərz tɪ ˈkɑnstəntli floʊt ɛz ðeɪ wʊd ɪn ðə si ənˈjuˌʒuəl pɛts: əp tɪ 12 mun ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ, wɪʧ doʊnt hæv stɪŋz, kən bi haʊzd ɪn ðə tæŋks ənd ðə ˈwɔtər floʊ minz ðeɪ woʊnt sɪŋk tɪ ðə ˈbɑtəm ər gɪt stək tɪ ðə saɪdz 'ɪf ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈkɑrənt, ðə ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ wʊd stɪk ɪn ðə ˈkɔrnərz əv ðə tæŋk ər ˈsɛtəl ɔn ðə ˈbɑtəm. 'ðə ˈsɪstəmz ðət wər əˈveɪləbəl ˌbiˈfɔr wər fər bɪg əkˈwɛriəmz. ðɪs mɛnt ɪt kɔst tɛnz əv ˈθaʊzənz əv paʊnz fər ən ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən tɪ hæv wən meɪd, bət naʊ wi ər ˌmænjəˈfækʧərɪŋ 50 tɪ 100 æt ə taɪm, ɪt həz brɔt ðə kɔst daʊn ˈmæsɪvli. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə tæŋks stɪl doʊnt kəm ʧip ɛz ðeɪ kɔst frəm əkˈwɛriəm ʃɑps waɪl ðə mun ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ hæv tɪ bi ˈpərʧəst ˈsɛpərətli frəm ˈspɛʃəl æt ˈpraɪsɪz bɪtˈwin 'ˈbɛtər ðən ə ˈskəlpʧər': ðə ˈkriʧərz meɪk ən ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ əˈdɪʃən tɪ ˈlɪvɪŋ ər ˈɔfəs speɪs ɪn dɪˈmænd: rif ˈidən hæv soʊld aʊt əv ðə tæŋks ɛz ˈpipəl ˈklæmər tɪ gɪt ðɛm ɪn ðɛr hoʊmz kɛr: ðə ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ nid tɪ bi fɛd wəns ˈɛvəri wən tɪ tu deɪz wɪθ ˈspɛʃəl fud ɛz wɛl ɛz ˈmeɪkɪŋ ˈɪntəˌrɛstɪŋ pɛts, ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ ər biɪŋ ˈmɑrkətɪd ɛz əˈweɪ tɪ æd ˈdeɪkɔr tɪ ðə hoʊm ər ˈɔfəs ɛz ðə tæŋk ɪz ˌɪˈluməˌneɪtəd baɪ lɛd laɪts ˈgɪvɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈprɛʃən əv 'ə ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈlɑvə læmp'. ðə ˈkəmpəniz ˈwɛbˌsaɪt steɪts ðət ðə 'ˌɪˈluməˌneɪtəd əkˈwɑtɪk ˈɑrtˌwərk' əv ðə ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ əkˈwɛriəm bits ˈɛni ɪkˈspɛnsɪv ˈskəlpʧərz ənd ˈpeɪnɪŋz. ˈmɪstər ˈgɛrət ˈædɪd: 'ðɛr ər lɛd laɪts daʊn ðə ˈsɛntər əv ðə tæŋk wɪʧ kən bi sɛt tɪ ˈdɪfərənt ər goʊ θru ðə hoʊl ˈspɛktrəm ənd laɪt əp ðə ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ laɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈlɑvə læmp. 'ðə lʊk əv ðə tæŋk ɪz ˈvɛri ˈmɑdərn ənd wərks ɛz ə dɪˈspleɪ ənd kən əˈpil tɪ ə lɔt əv ˈpipəl bɪˈkəz ɪt lʊks greɪt ənd bɪˈkəz ɪts loʊ ˈmeɪntənəns. ðə ˈʤɛliˌfɪʃ nid tɪ bi fɛd wəns ˈɛvəri wən tɪ tu deɪz wɪθ ˈspɛʃəl fud wɪʧ kən bi pleɪst θru ə ˈsɛkʃən æt ðə tɔp əv ðə tæŋk. |
jellyfish become trendy new pet in uk as brit firm sells out of hi-tech tanks
southampton-based suppliers reef eden international have found demand is high for the new tanks
the accessory has a special system providing a circular current to allow the creatures to constantly float as they would in the sea
as well as making interesting pets, the moon jellyfish also create a 'living lava lamp' effect to jazz up home interiors
jellyfish are becoming an unlikely new favourite pet in british homes after specialist fish tanks launched to house them have proved a sell out.
mailonline reported last month how a u.s. firm could ship the high-tech tanks to the uk - but now a supplier in eastleigh, southampton, have made it easier for british buyers to adopt the unusual creatures with the new cubic jellyfish aquarium.
reef eden international are distributing the novel tanks - which can house up to 12 non-stinging moon jellyfish - across the uk. and managing director simon garratt said demand has been so high they have already sold out and are struggling to keep up with demand.
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take them home: moon jellyfish can now be kept as pets thanks to the development of new tanks
accessorise: the tanks come with multi-coloured led lights that can be altered to match the decoration of a room and create a living lava lamp effect
mr garratt explained how keeping jellyfish has pets has been made possible thanks to the accessory's special system that provides a circular current to allow the creatures to constantly float as they would in the sea.
he said: 'previously people couldn't keep them because the aquariums weren't available, and they can't be kept in normal fish tanks because jellyfish require a current to swim.
water flow: the £775 accessory has a special system that provides a circular current to allow the creatures to constantly float as they would in the sea
unusual pets: up to 12 moon jellyfish, which don't have stings, can be housed in the tanks and the water flow means they won't sink to the bottom or get stuck to the sides
'if there is no current, the jellyfish would stick in the corners of the tank or settle on the bottom.
'the systems that were available before were one-offs for big aquariums. this meant it cost tens of thousands of pounds for an organisation to have one made, but now we are manufacturing 50 to 100 at a time, it has brought the cost down massively. '
however the tanks still don't come cheap as they cost £775 from aquarium shops while the moon jellyfish have to be purchased separately from special stockists at prices between £29.99-£39.99.
'better than a sculpture': the creatures make an interesting addition to living or office space
in demand: stockists reef eden have sold out of the tanks as people clamour to get them in their homes
care: the jellyfish need to be fed once every one to two days with special food
as well as making interesting pets, jellyfish are being marketed as away to add decor to the home or office as the tank is illuminated by multicolour led lights - giving the impression of 'a living lava lamp'.
the company's website states that the 'illuminated aquatic artwork' of the jellyfish aquarium beats any expensive sculptures and paintings.
mr garratt added: 'there are led lights down the centre of the tank which can be set to different colours or go through the whole spectrum and light up the jellyfish like a living lava lamp.
'the look of the tank is very modern and works as a display and can appeal to a lot of people because it looks great and because it's low maintenance. '
the jellyfish need to be fed once every one to two days with special food which can be placed through a section at the top of the tank. | ðə meɪər əv ə ˈsəðərn ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈsɪti spɑrkt ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈəˌprɔr ˈθərzˌdeɪ baɪ ˈbɑrɪŋ ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈærəb kənˈstrəkʃən ˈwərkərz frəm ʤɑbz ɪn ˈloʊkəl ˈpriˌskulz, ˈsaɪtɪŋ sɪˈkjʊrəti kənˈsərnz ˈæftər ə ræʃ əv əˈtæks baɪ ˌpælɪˈstɪniən əˈseɪlənts ˈɛlsˌwɛr ɪn ðə ˈkəntri. ðə prəˈpoʊzəl wɑz kənˈdɛmd ɛz ˈreɪsɪst baɪ ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈlidərz, bət ɪt rɪˈflɛktɪd ðə tɛns mud ɪn ðə ˈkəntri ənd ˈdipənd ˈlɔŋˌstændɪŋ dɪˈvɪʒənz bɪtˈwin ðə ˈneɪʃənz ʤuɪʃ məˈʤɔrəti ənd ˈærəb məˈnɔrəti. ən əˈpɪnjən poʊl ʃoʊd ˈsɑləd ˈpəblɪk səˈpɔrt fər ðə ˈmɛʒər. ˈɪzriəl həz bɪn ɔn ɛʤ ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ə weɪv əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən əˈtæks ðət həz kɪld 11 ˈpipəl ˈoʊvər ðə pæst mənθ, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ faɪv ðɪs wik ɪn ə ˈblədi əˈsɔlt ɔn ə ʤərˈusələm ˈsɪnəˌgɔg. moʊst əv ðə əˈtæks hæv əˈkərd ɪn ʤərˈusələm huz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən ɪz ˈrəfli ˌwənˈθərd ˌpælɪˈstɪniən wɪθ ˈdɛdli ˈstæbɪŋz ɪn tɛl ɑˈviv ənd ðə wɛst bæŋk ɛz wɛl. rɪˈspɑndɪŋ tɪ ðə ənˈrɛst, ðə meɪər əv, ˈitəˌmɑr, əˈnaʊnst ðət ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈærəb ˈleɪbərərz ˈrɛnəˌveɪtɪŋ bɔm ˈʃɛltərz ɪn ˈloʊkəl ˈkɪndərˌgɑrtənz wʊd bi bɑrd frəm ðɛr ʤɑbz. hi ˈɔlsoʊ ˈɔrdərd sɪˈkjʊrəti stɛpt əp æt kənˈstrəkʃən saɪts wɛr ˈærəb ˈleɪbərərz ər ɪmˈplɔɪd. hi sɛd ðə ˈɔrdər wɑz ə rɪˈspɑns tɪ ðə ˈsɪnəˌgɔg əˈtæk ˈtuzˌdeɪ, ɪn wɪʧ ˌpælɪˈstɪniən əˈseɪlənts kɪld fɔr ˈræˌbaɪz ənd ə pəˈlismən wɪθ mit ənd ˈgənˌfaɪər. "ˈɛniˌwən hu θɪŋks ðɪs ɪz ˌɪˈligəl kən teɪk mi tɪ kɔrt," sɛd. "æt ðɪs taɪm, aɪ prɪˈfər tɪ bi ˈteɪkən tɪ kɔrt ənd nɑt, gɑd fərˈbɪd, tɪ əˈtɛnd ðə fˈjunərəl əv wən əv ðə ˈʧɪldrən frəm ˈkɪndərˌgɑrtənz." ðə ˈwərkərz ɪn ər ˈærəb ˈsɪtɪzənz əv ˈɪzriəl, ɪn ˈkɑntræst tɪ ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən əˈtækərz frəm ðə wɛst bæŋk ənd ist ʤərˈusələm, ənd ɪt əˈpɪrd ənˈlaɪkli ðə ˈɔrdər wʊd læst fər lɔŋ. ˈʤəstɪs ˈmɪnɪstər kɔld ɪt ˌɪˈligəl ənd ˈɔrdərd ðə əˈtərni ˈʤɛnərəl tɪ teɪk ˈækʃən. "wi məst nɑt ˈʤɛnərəˌlaɪz əˈbaʊt ən ɪnˈtaɪər ˈpəblɪk du tɪ ə smɔl ənd ˈvaɪələnt məˈnɔrəti," praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər ˈbɛnʤəmən ˌnɛtənˈjɑˌhu sɛd. "ðə væst məˈʤɔrəti əv ˈɪzriəlz ˈærəb ˈsɪtɪzənz ər lɔ əˈbaɪdɪŋ ənd huˈɛvər breɪks ðə lɔ wi wɪl teɪk dɪˈtərmənd ənd ˈvɪgərəs ˈækʃən əˈgɛnst ɪm." ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈlidərz ˈpraʊdli boʊst ðə ˈkəntri ɪz ðə ˈoʊnli dɪˈmɑkrəsi ɪn ðə ˈmɪdəl ist, ənd seɪ ðeɪ pleɪs greɪt ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns ɔn prəˈtɛktɪŋ ðə ˈsɪvəl raɪts əv ðə ˈærəb məˈnɔrəti, ə dɪˈvərs grup ðət ˌɪnˈkludz ˈməzlɪmz, ˈkrɪsʧɪnz, ˈbɛdəwənz ənd druz. bət ðə ˌsɪʧuˈeɪʃən fər ˈɪzriəlz ˈærəb ˈsɪtɪzənz ɪz ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ˌpɑrˈtɪkjələrli ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈætməsˌfɪr. ˈærəbz, hu meɪk əp əˈbaʊt 20 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈɪzriəlz ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən əv 8 ˈmɪljən, ˈɔfən kəmˈpleɪn əv biɪŋ ˈtritɪd ɛz ˈsɪtɪzənz, ənd ˈsəfər frəm ə haɪ ˈpɑvərti reɪt, ʤɑb ənd ˈhaʊzɪŋ dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən ənd pur ˈpəblɪk ˈsərvɪsɪz. ˈmɛni ˈoʊpənli aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ wɪθ ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz, drɔɪŋ ˌækjəˈzeɪʃənz ðət ðeɪ ər dɪsˈlɔɪəl. ɪn ˈrisənt jɪrz, ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstər ˈlibərmən həz kɔld ɔn ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈærəbz tɪ teɪk ə ˈlɔɪəlti oʊθ ənd prəˈpoʊzd ˈbɔrdərz ˈəndər ˈɛni fˈjuʧər pis dil tɪ pleɪs lɑrʤ ˈnəmbərz əv ðɛm ɔn ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən saɪd. koenig-yair*, ðə ˈikwəl ɪmˈplɔɪmənt kəˈmɪʃənər ɪn ˈɪzriəlz ɪˈkɑnəmi ˈmɪnɪstri, sɛd ʃi həz sin ə ʤəmp ɪn kleɪmz ˈrisəntli baɪ ˈærəb ˈwərkərz hu seɪ ðeɪ hæv lɔst ðɛr ʤɑbz ɔn ˈreɪʃəl graʊnz. ʃi sɛd ʃi plænd tɪ faɪt ðə meɪər əv ɪn kɔrt ɪf hɪz ˈɔrdər ɪz nɑt rɪˈvərst. "wi hæv tɪ ˈriəˌlaɪz ðət ˈsɪtɪzənz əv ðɪs ˈkəntri hu wɔnt tɪ lɪv hir ˈkænɑt bi hɛld əˈkaʊntəbəl fər θɪŋz ðət ər biɪŋ dən baɪ ɪkˈstriməsts," ʃi sɛd. ɪn ə ˈlɛtər tɪ ənd ˌɪnˈtɪriər ˈmɪnɪstər, ðə ˈærəb ˈsɪvəl raɪts grup ɑˈdɑlə kɔld ðə dɪˈsɪʒən "ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛri ənd ˈreɪsɪst" ənd ərʤd ɪt bi rɪˈvərst. "ðɛr ɪz noʊ daʊt ðət ðɪs dɪˈsɪʒən ɪz eɪmd æt ðə ˈærəb ˈwərkərz bɪˈkəz əv hu ðeɪ ər ənd ðɛr ˈnæʃənəl əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən," ðə ˈlɛtər sɛd. kɔld ðə ˈɔrdər "ˌənækˈsɛptəbəl." ɪn, ˈdəzənz əv ˈpipəl ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtɪd leɪt ˈθərzˌdeɪ ɪn səˈpɔrt əv. ˈʧænəl 10 ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən sɛd ən əˈpɪnjən poʊl faʊnd ðət 58 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ʤuɪʃ ˈpəblɪk səˈpɔrtɪd ðə meɪər, waɪl ˈoʊnli 32 pərˈsɛnt əˈpoʊzd ɪm. ɪt sɛd ðə poʊl wɑz kənˈdəktəd baɪ ðə ˈpænəlz ˈeɪʤənsi, bət geɪv noʊ ˈditeɪlz ɔn haʊ ˈmɛni ˈpipəl hæd bɪn kˈwɛsʧənd ər ə ˈmɑrʤən əv ˈɛrər. makhlouf*, ə ˈməðər əv tu jəŋ ˈʧɪldrən ɪn, sɛd ʃi səˈpɔrtɪd ðə meɪərz dɪˈsɪʒən 100 pərˈsɛnt." ʃi ˌɪnˈsɪstɪd ðɛr wɑz noʊ ˈreɪˌsɪzəm bɪˈhaɪnd ðə muv, ənd ðət ɪn ðə ˈkɑrənt ˈklaɪmɪt əv ˈvaɪələns, səʧ ˈmɛʒərz wər ˈnidɪd tɪ prəˈtɛkt ˈʧɪldrən. "ɪts klɪr ðət ðɛr ər gʊd (ˈærəbz) ənd bæd wənz, ənd ɪts klɪr ðɛr ər mɔr gʊd wənz ðən bæd wənz. bət noʊ wən kən pɔɪnt æt ðɛm ənd seɪ hu ɪz gʊd ənd hu ɪz bæd," ʃi toʊld ˈʧænəl 10 ðə ˈrisənt ənˈrɛst həz bɪn ˈfoʊkɪst əraʊnd ʤərˈusələmz moʊst ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈhoʊli saɪt ðə ˈhɪlˌtɑp ˈkɑmpaʊnd noʊn tɪ ʤuz ɛz ðə ˈtɛmpəl maʊnt ənd tɪ ˈməzlɪmz ɛz ðə ˈnoʊbəl ˈsæŋkʧuˌɛri. ˈməzlɪm ˈlidərz fɪr ðət ˈɪzriəl ɪz ɪnˈkroʊʧɪŋ ɔn ðə saɪt ə ʧɑrʤ ðət ˌnɛtənˈjɑˌhu dɪˈnaɪz ənd ər fˈjʊriəs ˈoʊvər ˌɪzˈreɪli sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈmɛʒərz ðət hæv riˈstrɪktɪd ˈækˌsɛs fər ˈməzlɪm ˈwərʃɪpərz. moʊst əv ðə ˈvaɪələns həz bɪn ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd ɪn ʤərˈusələm, bət ðə ənˈrɛst həz ˈbeɪgən tɪ sprɛd bɪɔnd ðə ˈsɪti. ˈərliər ðɪs mənθ, ən ˌɪzˈreɪli pəˈlismən ʃɑt ənd kɪld ən ˈærəb ˈraɪətər ɪn ˈnɔrðərn ˈɪzriəl, əˈpɛrəntli ɛz hi wɑz ˈwɔkɪŋ əˈweɪ frəm ðə ˈɔfɪsər, ˈspɑrkɪŋ ˈsɛvərəl deɪz əv ˈvaɪələnt ˌdɛmənˈstreɪʃənz. ˌnɛtənˈjɑˌhu ˈleɪtər səˈʤɛstɪd ðət ˈproʊˌtɛstərz hu dɪˈnaʊns ˈɪzriəl ʃʊd muv tɪ ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniən ˈtɛrəˌtɔriz. ɔn ˈsənˌdi, ˌnɛtənˈjɑˌhu plænz tɪ ˈprɛzənt ə "ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti" lɔ tɪ hɪz ˈkæbənət ðət hi sɛd ɪz mɛnt tɪ səˈlɪdəˌfaɪ ˈɪzriəlz ˈstætəs ɛz ðə ˈhoʊmˌlænd əv ðə ʤuɪʃ ˈpipəl. ˌnɛtənˈjɑˌhu sɛd ðə lɔ "wɪl ɛnʃˈraɪn ðə fʊl ɪkˈwɑləti" əv ˈɛvəri ˈsɪtɪzən. bət ðə ˌlɛʤəsˈleɪʃən həz reɪzd fɪrz əˈməŋ ˈærəbz ðət ɪt wɪl ˈəndərˌmaɪn ðɛr ˈstætəs. ˈfɛrə, ðə dɪˈrɛktər əv ðə ˈsɛnər, ən ˈærəb ˈædvəkəsi grup, sɛd ðə nu lɔ wʊd "ˈdipən ðə dɪˌskrɪməˈneɪʃən wi feɪs, ənd ðə meɪərz ˈɔrdər ɪz pɑrt əv ðə ˌɪnˈsaɪtmənt əˈgɛnst ðə ˈærəb kəmˈjunɪti lɛd baɪ ðə praɪm ˈmɪnɪstər hɪmˈsɛlf." hi ərʤd ˈgəvərnmənt ˈlidərz "tɪ wərk təˈwɔrd ˈkɑmɪŋ ˈtɛnʧənz əˈkrɔs ðə ˈkəntri, ˌɪnˈstɛd əv ˈfænɪŋ ðə fleɪmz əv fɪr ənd mɪˈstrəst." ɪn ʤərˈusələm, ˈɪzriəl prɛst ˈfɔrwərd wɪθ ə plɛʤ tɪ stɛp əp ðə əv hoʊmz bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ tɪ ˈfæməliz əv ˌpælɪˈstɪniən əˈtækərz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ˈrisənt ˈvaɪələns. ˌɪzˈreɪli pəˈlis ˈhændɪd ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən ˈnoʊtɪsɪz tɪ ðə ˈfæməliz əv fɔr əˈtækərz ɪn ist ʤərˈusələm, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə tu əˈseɪlənts hu ˈkɛrid aʊt ðə ˈsɪnəˌgɔg əˈtæk. ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ˈɪzriəl dɪˈmɑlɪʃt ðə ist ʤərˈusələm hoʊm əv ən əˈtækər hu ræmd hɪz kɑr ˈɪntu ə ˈkraʊdɪd treɪn ˈsteɪʃən læst mənθ, ˈkɪlɪŋ ə ˈbeɪbi gərl ənd ə ˈwʊmən. gɪt ðə ˈmɑnətər ˈstɔriz ju kɛr əˈbaʊt dɪˈlɪvərd tɪ jʊr inbox*. baɪ ˈsaɪnɪŋ əp, ju əˈgri tɪ ɑr ˈpraɪvəsi ˈpɑləsi ˈminˌwaɪl, ˌɪzˈreɪli əˈθɔrətiz sɛd ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌgeɪtərz hæd kənˈkludɪd ə ˈhɪtænˌrən ˈæksədənt ðət ˈɪnʤərd θri ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈsoʊlʤərz ɪn ðə wɛst bæŋk ɔn noʊv. 5 wɑz ən ˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl əˈtæk. ðə ˈdraɪvər, aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ɛz ə ˌhɑˈmɑs ˈɑpərətɪv, tərnd hɪmˈsɛlf ˈɪntu pəˈlis, ˈkleɪmɪŋ hi lɔst kənˈtroʊl əv hɪz kɑr. bət ðə ʃɪn bɛt sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈeɪʤənsi sɛd hi ədˈmɪtəd ˈdʊrɪŋ kˈwɛsʧənɪŋ tɪ ˈtɑrgətɪŋ ðə ˈsoʊlʤərz. leɪt ˈθərzˌdeɪ, ðə ʃɪn bɛt əˈnaʊnst ɪt hæd fɔɪld ə ˌhɑˈmɑs plɑt tɪ əˈsæsəˌneɪt ˈlibərmən læst ˈsəmər. ɪt sɛd fɔr ˌpælɪˈstɪniən mɛn hæd steɪkt aʊt ðə ˈmuvmənts əv ðə ˈfɔrən ˈmɪnɪstər, hu lɪvz ɪn ə wɛst bæŋk ˈsɛtəlmənt, ənd plænd tɪ əbˈteɪn ə grəˈneɪd tɪ əˈtæk hɪz əˈfɪʃəl ˈviɪkəl. ðə əˈnaʊnsmɛnt dɪd nɑt seɪ wɪn ðə mɛn wər ərˈɛstɪd. |
the mayor of a southern israeli city sparked a national uproar thursday by barring israeli arab construction workers from jobs in local preschools, citing security concerns after a rash of attacks by palestinian assailants elsewhere in the country.
the proposal was condemned as racist by israeli leaders, but it reflected the tense mood in the country and deepened longstanding divisions between the nation's jewish majority and arab minority. an opinion poll showed solid public support for the measure.
israel has been on edge following a wave of palestinian attacks that has killed 11 people over the past month, including five this week in a bloody assault on a jerusalem synagogue. most of the attacks have occurred in jerusalem — whose population is roughly one-third palestinian — with deadly stabbings in tel aviv and the west bank as well.
responding to the unrest, the mayor of ashkelon, itamar shimoni, announced that israeli arab laborers renovating bomb shelters in local kindergartens would be barred from their jobs. he also ordered security stepped up at construction sites where arab laborers are employed.
he said the order was a response to the synagogue attack tuesday, in which palestinian assailants killed four rabbis and a drusearab policeman with meat cleavers and gunfire.
"anyone who thinks this is illegal can take me to court," shimoni said. "at this time, i prefer to be taken to court and not, god forbid, to attend the funeral of one of the children from kindergartens."
the workers in ashkelon are arab citizens of israel, in contrast to the palestinian attackers from the west bank and east jerusalem, and it appeared unlikely the order would last for long. justice minister tzipi livni called it illegal and ordered the attorney general to take action.
"we must not generalize about an entire public due to a small and violent minority," prime minister benjamin netanyahu said. "the vast majority of israel's arab citizens are law abiding and whoever breaks the law — we will take determined and vigorous action against him."
israeli leaders proudly boast the country is the only democracy in the middle east, and say they place great importance on protecting the civil rights of the arab minority, a diverse group that includes muslims, christians, bedouins and druse.
but the situation for israel's arab citizens is complicated — particularly in the current atmosphere.
arabs, who make up about 20 percent of israel's population of 8 million, often complain of being treated as second-class citizens, and suffer from a high poverty rate, job and housing discrimination and poor public services. many openly identify with the palestinians, drawing accusations that they are disloyal.
in recent years, foreign minister avigdor lieberman has called on israeli arabs to take a loyalty oath and proposed redrawingisrael's borders under any future peace deal to place large numbers of them on the palestinian side.
tziona koenig-yair, the equal employment commissioner in israel's economy ministry, said she has seen a jump in claims recently by arab workers who say they have lost their jobs on racial grounds. she said she planned to fight the mayor of ashkelon in court if his order is not reversed.
"we have to realize that citizens of this country who want to live here cannot be held accountable for things that are being done by extremists," she said.
in a letter to shimoni and interior minister gilad erdan, the arab civil rights group adalah called the decision "arbitrary and racist" and urged it be reversed. "there is no doubt that this decision is aimed at the arab workers because of who they are and their national affiliation," the letter said. erdan called the order "unacceptable."
in ashkelon, dozens of people demonstrated late thursday in support of shimoni. channel 10 tv said an opinion poll found that 58 percent of the jewish public supported the mayor, while only 32 percent opposed him. it said the poll was conducted by the panels agency, but gave no details on how many people had been questioned or a margin of error.
liraz makhlouf, a mother of two young children in ashkelon, said she supported the mayor's decision "100 percent." she insisted there was no racism behind the move, and that in the current climate of violence, such measures were needed to protect children.
"it's clear that there are good (arabs) and bad ones, and it's clear there are more good ones than bad ones. but no one can point at them and say who is good and who is bad," she told channel 10.
the recent unrest has been focused around jerusalem's most sensitive holy site — the hilltop compound known to jews as the temple mount and to muslims as the noble sanctuary.
muslim leaders fear that israel is encroaching on the site — a charge that netanyahu denies — and are furious over israeli security measures that have restricted access for muslim worshippers.
most of the violence has been concentrated in jerusalem, but the unrest has begun to spread beyond the city.
earlier this month, an israeli policeman shot and killed an arab rioter in northern israel, apparently as he was walking away from the officer, sparking several days of violent demonstrations. netanyahu later suggested that protesters who denounce israel should move to the palestinian territories.
on sunday, netanyahu plans to present a "nationality" law to his cabinet that he said is meant to solidify israel's status as the homeland of the jewish people.
netanyahu said the law "will enshrine the full equality" of every citizen. but the legislation has raised fears among arabs that it will undermine their status.
jafar farah, the director of the mossawa center, an arab advocacy group, said the new law would "deepen the discrimination we face, and the ashkelon mayor's order is part of the incitement against the arab community led by the prime minister himself."
he urged government leaders "to work toward calming tensions across the country, instead of fanning the flames of fear and mistrust."
in jerusalem, israel pressed forward with a pledge to step up the demolitions of homes belonging to families of palestinian attackers involved in recent violence.
israeli police handed demolition notices to the families of four attackers in east jerusalem, including the two assailants who carried out the synagogue attack. on wednesday, israel demolished the east jerusalem home of an attacker who rammed his car into a crowded train station last month, killing a baby girl and a 22-year-old woman.
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meanwhile, israeli authorities said investigators had concluded a hit-and-run accident that injured three israeli soldiers in the west bank on nov. 5 was an intentional attack. the driver, identified as a 23-year-old hamas operative, turned himself into police, claiming he lost control of his car. but the shin bet security agency said he admitted during questioning to targeting the soldiers.
late thursday, the shin bet announced it had foiled a hamas plot to assassinate lieberman last summer. it said four palestinian men had staked out the movements of the foreign minister, who lives in a west bank settlement, and planned to obtain a rocket-propelled grenade to attack his official vehicle. the announcement did not say when the men were arrested. | ˈɛvəri jɪr, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈgæðərz ˈθaʊzənz əv dɪˈvɛləpərz ənd ˈbɪznɪs ˈpipəl tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ðə fˈjuʧər əv ɪts ˈkəmpəˌni æt ə ˈkɑnfərəns kɔld ðə ɪˈvɛnt ɪz ˈtɪpɪkəli juzd tɪ hoʊst dɪˈskəʃənz əˈbaʊt ˈfoʊˌtoʊz, ˈvɪdioʊ, ˈʃɛrɪŋ, ənd ˈəðər ˈprɑdəkts ˈkrɪtɪkəl tɪ ðə ˈbɑtəm laɪn. bət ðɪs jɪr, ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪd tɪ traɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt. ˈfeɪsˌbʊk ˈfaʊndər ənd ˈsiˌiˈoʊ mɑrk ˈzəkərˌbərg spɛnt ˈrəfli faɪv ˈmɪnəts dɪˈnaʊnsɪŋ ðə ˈpɑləsiz əv ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl ˈhoʊpfəl ˈdɑnəld trəmp ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə ˈoʊpənɪŋ əv ðɪs ˈkiˌnoʊt. waɪl ˈzəkərˌbərg ˈnɛvər ˈmɛnʃənd trəmp baɪ neɪm, hi ˈʧælənʤd ˈmɛni əv ðə aɪˈdiəz ðət hæv ˈboʊlstərd ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl kæmˈpeɪn, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ə wɔl bɪtˈwin ðə ˈjuˈɛs ənd ˈmɛksəˌkoʊ. ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt aɪ lʊk əraʊnd ðə wərld, ˈstɑrtɪŋ tɪ si ˈpipəl ənd ˈneɪʃənz ˈtərnɪŋ ˈɪnwərd, əˈgɛnst ðə aɪˈdiə əv ə kəˈnɛktɪd wərld ənd ə ˈgloʊbəl community,”*,” ˈzəkərˌbərg sɛd. hir ˈfɪrfəl ˈvɔɪsɪz ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ˈbɪldɪŋ wɔlz ənd ˈdɪstənsɪŋ ˈpipəl ðeɪ ˈleɪbəl ɛz ‘‘others.’*.’ aɪ hir ðɛm ˈkɔlɪŋ fər ˈblɑkɪŋ fri ɪkˈsprɛʃən, fər sloʊɪŋ ˌɪməˈgreɪʃən, fər rɪˈdusɪŋ treɪd, ənd ɪn səm ˈkeɪsɪz ˈivɪn fər ˈkətɪŋ ˈækˌsɛs tɪ ðə internet,”*,” hi sɛd. teɪks kərɪʤ tɪ ʧuz hoʊp ˈoʊvər fear,”*,” ˈzəkərˌbərg sɛd ɛz hi bɪˈgæn ˈwaɪndɪŋ daʊn hɪz rænt. wɪl ˈɔlˌweɪz kɔl ju naɪiv bət ðɪs hoʊp ənd ˈɑptɪˌmɪzəm bɪˈhaɪnd ˈɛvəri ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt stɛp forward.”*.” ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt ðɪs ðə fərst taɪm ˈzəkərˌbərg həz bɪn ˈaʊtˈspoʊkən əˈbaʊt ˈpɑləˌtɪks. ðə ˌɑntrəprəˈnʊr ˈfeɪməsli ˈvɪzɪtɪd ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz læst sɛpˈtɛmbər ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ tɔk əˈbaʊt ˈʧælənʤɪz əv prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈɪntərˌnɛt ɪn rɪˈmoʊt loʊˈkeɪʃənz. ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈklɛrd ðət ˈdoʊˌneɪt ə məˈʤɔrəti əv hɪz wɛlθ tɪ ˈʧɛrɪti. wət ˈhæpənz nɛkst ɪn hɪz ˈɔnˌgoʊɪŋ fjud wɪθ trəmp rɪˈmeɪnz tɪ bi sin, bət wən θɪŋ ɪz fər ʃʊr: ˈzəkərˌbərg ɪz nɑt ə fæn əv ˈdɑnəld ˈpɑləsiz. |
every year, facebook gathers thousands of developers and business people to talk about the future of its company at a conference called f8. the event is typically used to host discussions about photos, video, sharing, and other products critical to the company’s bottom line. but this year, facebook decided to try something different.
facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg spent roughly five minutes denouncing the policies of presidential hopeful donald trump during the opening of this year’s f8 keynote. while zuckerberg never mentioned trump by name, he challenged many of the ideas that have bolstered trump’s presidential campaign, including the idea of building a wall between the us and mexico.
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“as i look around the world, i’m starting to see people and nations turning inward, against the idea of a connected world and a global community,” zuckerberg said.
“i hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as ‘others.’ i hear them calling for blocking free expression, for slowing immigration, for reducing trade, and in some cases even for cutting access to the internet,” he said.
“it takes courage to choose hope over fear,” zuckerberg said as he began winding down his rant. “people will always call you naive but it’s this hope and optimism that’s behind every important step forward.”
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this isn’t the first time zuckerberg has been outspoken about politics. the 31-year-old entrepreneur famously visited the united nations last september in order to talk about challenges of providing internet in remote locations. he’s also declared that he’ll donate a majority of his wealth to charity. what happens next in his ongoing feud with trump remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure: zuckerberg is not a fan of donald trump’s policies. | ðə meɪ naʊ bi ˈnəθɪŋ mɔr ðən ə ˈmɛməri, bət ɪt ˈnɪrli bɪˈkeɪm pɑrt əv fˈjuʧər æmˈbɪʃənz pleɪɪŋ ə roʊl ɛz pɑrt əv ə kəˈmərʃəl flit ənd ˈivɪn ən ˈɔpʃən fər ðə ˈjuˈɛs ɛr fɔrs. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ˌkɑntrəˈvərʃəl ki dɪˈsɪʒənz ənd ə ˈmeɪʤər tɛst ˈfeɪljər ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə kənˈstrəkʃən əv ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈdɛmənˌstreɪtər, ðə sɔ ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ˈkænsəld ʤɪst ɛz ðə fərst ˈviɪkəlz wər biɪŋ kənˈstrəktɪd. ˈteɪkɪŋ ʃeɪp æt ˈlɑˌkhid skəŋk wərks fəˈsɪlɪti, ðə wɑz ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd tɪ bi ə skeɪl ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp əv ə (riˈuzəbəl lɔnʧ ˈviɪkəl) kɔld ðə, dɪˈzaɪnd tɪ drəˈmætɪkəli loʊər ðə kɔsts əv ˈlɔnʧɪŋ ˈpeɪˌloʊdz ˈɪntu speɪs. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə əˈfɪʃəl ˈrizənz fər ɪts dɪˈmaɪz feɪl tɪ pɔrˈtreɪ ðə tru ˈstɔri. ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd kənˈstrəkʃən hæd bɪn goʊɪŋ wɛl ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə əˈsɛmbli əv ðə skeɪld daʊn ˈvərʒən əv ðə, wɪθ ðə lɔnʧ fəˈsɪlɪti æt ˈɛdwərdz ɛr fɔrs beɪs ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔrnjə kəmˈplitɪd əˈlɔŋ wɪθ 40 pərˈsɛnt əv ðə ədˈvænsɪz hæd bɪn meɪd wɪθ ðə ˈθərməl prəˈtɛkʃən ˈsɪstəm (tps*) wɪʧ ˈdəbəld əp ɛz ðə ˌɛroʊdaɪˈnæmɪk ʃɛl əv ðə ˈviɪkəl. ðə ˈlɪniər meɪn ˈɛnʤənz wər ɔn ˈtərgət tɪ bɪˈkəm ðə nɛkst ˌʤɛnərˈeɪʃən əv prəˈpəlʃən ˈsɪstəmz, ˌɔlˈðoʊ dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ juz ə ˈhɛvi ˈkɑpər ˈæˌlɔɪ sɔ ˈʧeɪnʤɪz tɪ ðə flaɪt kənˈtroʊl ˈsərfəsɪz du əv ən ˈsɛnər əv ˈgrævɪti. ðɪs wʊd pruv tɪ bi ə ˈmeɪʤər ənd dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ ˈprɑbləm ˈleɪtər ɪn ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs. ˈəðər ˈmaɪnər ˈɪʃuz hæd kənˈtɪnjud tɪ bi aɪərnd aʊt ənˈtɪl ə ˈkrɪtɪkəl tɛst ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪd ˈpriviəsli ˈnoʊtɪd kənˈsərnz, wən ðət wʊd æd jɪrz tɪ ðə ˈtərgət deɪt fər ðə fərst tɛst flaɪt, ˈəltəmətli ˈlidɪŋ tɪ bi ðə ɛnd əv ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ðə ˈfeɪljər əv ðə kəmˈpɑzət (ˈlɪkwɪd ˈhaɪdrəʤən) tæŋk ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈtɛstɪŋ. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðɪs wɑz noʊ səˈpraɪz tɪ ðoʊz ˈwərkɪŋ ɔn ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, wɪθ nu ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən naʊ ʃoʊɪŋ ðət ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ənd dɪˈzaɪnərz hæd ˈproʊˌtɛstəd æt ðə ˈvɛri ˈmoʊmənt ðeɪ wər ˌɪnˈfɔrmd əv ə ˈmænɪʤmənt dɪˈsɪʒən tɪ bɪld ə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk. səʧ wɑz ðə skeɪl əv ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl ˈproʊˌtɛst, ðə wɑz ˈgɪvɪn tɪ bɪld ðə ləks (ˈlɪkwɪd ˈɑksɪʤən) tæŋk aʊt əv ðə seɪm ˈæˌlɔɪ ðət ɪz ˈkərəntli juzd ɔn ðə ɪkˈstərnəl tæŋks fər ðə speɪs ˈʃətəl, ə smɔl bət ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt ˈvɪktəri fər ðə ˈproʊˌtɛstɪŋ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz æt ðə taɪm. ðə ləks tæŋk pæst ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd wɑz ˌɪnˈstɔld wɪθ ˈpləmɪŋ ənd ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks əraʊnd ðə frənt θərd əv ðə ˈstrəkʧər. jɛt stɪl, ðə tæŋk ə lɑrʤ ˈstrəkʧər wɑz tɪ bi ðə ˈsɪŋgəl moʊst ˈʧælənʤɪŋ ˈprɑʤɛkt fər ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ˌɪnˈvɑlvd ɪn ðə ˈproʊˌgræm, ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ hæd bɪn ˈeɪbəl tɪ juz ˈæˌlɔɪz. ˈbɪldɪŋ wən aʊt əv kəmˈpɑzət məˈtɪriəlz pruvd tɪ bi ɛz ˈproʊˌtɛsts ˈnoʊtɪd ˈivɪn mɔr əv ə ˈʧælənʤ, wɪθ ˈvɛri ˈlɪtəl ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ ˈlɑrʤˌskeɪl kəmˈpɑzət ˈstrəkʧərz wɪˈθɪn ðə ˈwərkˌfɔrs ˈəndərˌteɪkɪŋ ðə ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən əv ðə tæŋks. ə lɔŋ tæŋk wɑz bɪlt ənd ˈtɛstɪd æt ˈnæsə luɪs (naʊ ˈnæsə glɛn), bət ðə ˈlɑrʤər ˈstrəkʧər fər ðə wɑz goʊɪŋ tɪ bi ə stɛp tu fɑr. skəŋk works’*’ dɪˈzaɪnərz əv ðə tæŋk hæd hərd frəm ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ðət ˈstɔrɪŋ ˈlɪkwɪd ˈhaɪdrəʤən ɪn ə ˈprɛʃərˌaɪzd kəmˈpɑzət (ˈnoʊtəbli məˈtɪriəl tæŋk wɪθ ðə ˈhɑloʊ ˈhəniˌkoʊm wɔlz wɑz ˈsɪmpli dumd tɪ ˈfeɪljər bət ðɛr ədˈvaɪs wɑz ˌɪgˈnɔrd. kənˈsərnz gru wɪθ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz əv ðə tæŋk, ɛz ˈprɑbləmz ɪn ðə tæŋk ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən ˈsteɪʤɪz ˈdʊrɪŋ leɪt 1997 ənd 1998 sɔ əˈlaɪənt ˈtɛkˌsɪstəmz ˌpərsəˈnɛl traɪ tɪ faɪnd səˈluʃənz, ˌpərsəˈnɛl hu ˈɔlsoʊ lækt ɪkˈspɪriəns wɪθ kəmˈpɑzət tæŋks. ðɪs lɛd tɪ ðə fərst tæŋk ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtɪd baɪ əˈlaɪənt ɪn ˈsəniˌveɪl faʊnd tɪ hæv ənd biɪŋ sɛnt bæk tɪ traɪ ənd fɪks ðə ˈprɑbləmz. ə ˈsɛkənd tæŋk əˈpɪrd tɪ bi ɪn ə məʧ ˈbɛtər ʃeɪp ənd wɑz ʃɪpt tɪ (ˈmɑrʃəl speɪs flaɪt ˈsɛnər) ɪn ˈhəntsvɪl, ˌæləˈbæmə fər ˈtɛstɪŋ. ðə ˈfeɪljər əv ðə tæŋk ˈdʊrɪŋ ˈtɛstɪŋ æt wɑz stɪl prɪˈdɪktɪd ənd əˈkərd ɔn noʊˈvɛmbər 3 1999 ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə fɪθ steɪʤ əv ˈtɛstɪŋ. aɪˈrɑnɪkli, ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz prɪˈdɪktɪŋ ðə ˌɪmˈpɛndɪŋ ˈprɑbləm hæd ə səˈluʃən ɔˈrɛdi æt hænd. baɪ ˈfɪlɪŋ ðə ˈhəniˌkoʊm wɔlz əv ðə tæŋk wɪθ foʊm, ɛr bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈɛnər ðə ˈstrəkʧər ənd ˈlɪkwəˌfaɪ. ðɪs aɪˈdiə hæd tɪ bi rɪˈʤɛktɪd, du tɪ ðə 500 əv ˈɛkstrə weɪt biɪŋ ˈædɪd tɪ ðə æft, ˈfərðər əˈfɛktɪŋ ðə ˈsɛnər əv ˈgrævɪti, wɪʧ wɑz ɔˈrɛdi ˈhævɪŋ ˈsɪriəs ˈfɔˌlaʊt ɔn ðə dɪˈzaɪn du tɪ ðə ˈhɛvi ˈɪnʤən ræmps. ðəs ðə tæŋk wɑz dumd, ɛz prɪˈdɪktɪd. wɑz dɪˈskəvərd ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ (noʊˈvɛmbər 3 ˈivnɪŋ tɪ wən wɔl əv ðə kəmˈpɑzət ˈlɪkwɪd ˈhaɪdrəʤən tæŋk ˈkərəntli ˌəndərˈgoʊɪŋ ˈkraɪəˌʤɛnɪk ənd ˈstrəkʧərəl loʊdz testing,’*,’ ˈnoʊtɪd ən prɛs riˈlis æt ðə taɪm. ˈdæmɪʤ wɑz dɪˈskəvərd waɪl vjuɪŋ ðə tæŋk ˈoʊvər ˈvɪdioʊ ˈmɑnətərz, əˈprɑksəmətli tu aʊərz ˈæftər ðə kəmˈpliʃən əv ə tɛst ˈsaɪkəl wɪʧ əˈpɪrd tɪ bi nominal.’*.’ səʧ wɑz ðə kənˈsɛnsəs ðət ə ˈfeɪljər wɑz ðə ˈoʊnli ˈaʊtˌkəm fər ðə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk, əˈsɛmbli fəˈsɪlɪti) ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz hæd ɔˈrɛdi ˈstɑrtɪd ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs ɔn ˈhævɪŋ ðɛr oʊn tæŋk ˈrɛdi fər ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən, ðə kɔl fər ə ʧeɪnʤ əv plæn. feɪst wɪθ ə ˈprɑʤɛkt ˈfeɪljər, ˈlɑˌkhid ˈmɑrtɪn ənd ˈnæsə ˈmænɪʤərz geɪv ðə grin laɪt tɪ pərˈsid wɪθ ðə ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən əv ðə nu tæŋk. aɪˈrɑnɪkli ðɪs nu tæŋk weɪd ɪn lɛs ðən ðə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk wən əv ðə ˈrizənz fər goʊɪŋ wɪθ ə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk ɪn ðə fərst pleɪs. waɪl ðə əˈlumənəm tæŋk wɑz məʧ ˈhɛviər ðən ðə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk ɪn ðə skɪnz, ðə ʤɔɪnts wər məʧ ˈlaɪtər, wɪʧ wɑz wɛr ɔl ðə weɪt ɪn ðə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk wɑz, du tɪ ðə ʃeɪp əv ðə tæŋk rikˈwaɪərɪŋ ə lɑrʤ əˈmaʊnt əv sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈstrəkʧər, səʧ ɛz ðə ʤɔɪnts. aɪˈrɑnɪkli, ðə ərˈɪʤənəl dɪˈzaɪn əv ðə ɔn ðə drɔɪŋ bɔrd hæd ðə tæŋks meɪd aʊt əv əˈlumənəm fər ðɪs ˈrizən bət ðə kɔst pleɪd ə ˈfæktər fər ðə pəˈtɛnʃəl ˈkəstəmər beɪs. ðɛn ðə ˈhæmər bloʊ, ɛz dɪˈspaɪt ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt naʊ əˈpɪrɪŋ tɪ bi bæk ɔn træk, wɪθ ðə muv təˈwɔrdz ˈtɛstɪŋ əv ðə nu tæŋk, ðə ˈfɔrmər ˈnæsə dɪˈrɛktər ˈaɪvən əˈpɪrd ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈsəbkəˈmɪti ɔn speɪs ənd ˌɛrəˈnɔtɪks, kəˈmɪti ɔn saɪəns, æt ðə ˈjuˈɛs haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnətɪvz. hɪz ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni ɔn ˈeɪprəl 11 2001 ɔn ˈbəʤɪt rɪkˈwɛst tɛkˈnɑləʤi enterprise,’*,’ pruvd tɪ bi ðə ˈfaɪnəl bloʊ fər ðə. hɪz ˈæˌdrɛs tɪ ˈjuˈɛs ˈlɔˌmeɪkərz strɛst ðət ðə hæd tɪ kənˈtɪnju wɪθ kəmˈpɑzət tæŋks, ðəs ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt dumd tɪ ˈfeɪljər. ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈpərpəs əv ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ɪz tɪ flaɪ ɔl ðə nu tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ðət ˌɪnərˈækt wɪθ iʧ ˈəðər təˈgɛðər ɔn wən ˈviɪkəl soʊ ðət ðeɪ kən bi ˈfʊli ˈtɛstɪd ɪn ən ˌɪnərˈæktɪv flaɪt environment,’*,’ sɛd ˈdʊrɪŋ hɪz ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊni. ðət ɪz nɑt dən, ðə ˈprɪnsəpəl ˈrizən fər ðə flaɪt ˈproʊˌgræm ˌdɪsəˈpɪrz. ðoʊ ðə ˈθərməl prəˈtɛkʃən ˈsɪstəm ənd ðə ˈɪnʤən wʊd bi ˈtɛstɪd, ðə ˈstrəkʧər ənd ɪts ˌɪnərˈækʃən wɪθ ðə tæŋks ənd səˈpɔrt fər ðə ˈθərməl prəˈtɛkʃən ˈsɪstəm wʊd nɑt bi ˈtɛstɪd. sɪns ðə ˈbɪgəst sɛt əv əˈnoʊnz ɪn ðɪs ˈviɪkəl kənˌfɪgjərˈeɪʃən hæv tɪ du wɪθ ðə ˌɪnərˈækʃənz, ɪt ɪz maɪ bɪˈlif ðət tɪ flaɪ ðə ˈviɪkəl wɪθ ən əˈlumənəm tæŋk meɪks ˈlɪtəl sɛns frəm ə ˈtɛknɪkəl pɔɪnt əv vju. jɛt, ðə flaɪt əv ən wɪθ ən əˈlumənəm tæŋk wɪl ˌɪnˈkris ðə ˈdɪfɪˌkəlti əv ˈreɪzɪŋ ˈpraɪvət ˈkæpɪtəl fər ə kəˈmərʃəli dɪˈvɛləpt frəm ðə ˈmɪrli ˈvɛri ˈdɪfəkəlt tɪ ðə ɛˈsɛnʃəli ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl. aɪ wʊd ˌrɛkəˈmɛnd ɪz ðət ˈnæsə ənd ˈlɑˌkhid ˈmɑrtɪn feɪs əp tɪ ðə rɪsks ˌɪnˈhɛrənt ɪn ən ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl flaɪt ˈproʊˌgræm ənd ˌrinɪˈgoʊʃiˌeɪt ðə koʊˈɑpərˌeɪtɪv əˈgrimənt soʊ ɛz tɪ dɪˈleɪ ðə flaɪt ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn ənˈtɪl ə rɪˈpleɪsmənt kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk kən bi ˈkɑnfədəntli floʊn. ˈnæsə ənd ˈlɑˌkhid ˈmɑrtɪn ʃʊd meɪk ðə ˌɪnˈvɛstmənts rikˈwaɪərd tɪ bɪld əˈnəðər kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk ənd tɪ əbˈzɔrb ðə ˈproʊˌgræm kɔsts əv ðə dɪˈleɪ, bɪˈkəz ˈoʊnli ðɛn wɪl ðə ˈproʊˌgræm bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ mit ɪts əˈbʤɛktɪvz. tɪ du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ lɛs ɪz flaɪɪŋ fər seɪk, weɪsts ðə fəndz ɔˈrɛdi ɪkˈspɛndɪd, ənd meɪks ˈlɪtəl sense.’*.’ ˈwərkərz wər sɛd tɪ bi stənd baɪ ðə ˈkɑmɛnts əv stɪl tɪ ðɪs deɪ ə ˈhaɪli rɪˈspɛktɪd əˈθɔrəti ɔn speɪs ˌtrænspərˈteɪʃən ɔn hɪz kɔl tɪ lʊk wəns əˈgɛn æt ðə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋks, naʊ bɪˈlivd tɪ bi ˌɪmˈpɑsəbəl tɪ kərˈɛkt wɪˈθaʊt ə kəmˈplit ˌridɪˈzaɪn əv ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈviɪkəl ənd ðɛn nɑt əˈʃʊrd. baɪ ˈərli 2001 ðə ˈproʊˌgræm wɑz əˈfɪʃəli ˈkænsəld faɪv jɪrz ənd ˈbɪljən daʊn ðə laɪn. əˈfɪʃəl ˈrizənz fər ðə ˌkænsəˈleɪʃən wɑz ə dɪsəˈgrimənt ˈoʊvər ˈɛkstrə ˈfəndɪŋ frəm boʊθ ˈɪndəstri ˈpɑrtnərz, ˈnæsə ənd ˈlɑˌkhid ˈmɑrtɪn. ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðə ˌrɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən əv ðə kəmˈpɑzət tæŋk tɪ kip kɔsts daʊn tɪ prəˈspɛktɪv kəˈmərʃəl ˈɪntəˌrɛst wɑz ðə meɪn ˈrizən ˈgɪvɪn tɪ ˈwərkərz. nɑt ˈoʊnli wɑz ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ˈkænsəld, bət ɔl ðə səkˈsɛsfəl nu tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɑz leɪd tɪ rɛst əˈlɔŋ wɪθ ðə dɛθ əv ðə ðə məˈtælɪk dɪˈvɛləpt baɪ ˈgʊˌdrɪʧ ɪz stɪl sin baɪ səm ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz ɛz wən əv ðə moʊst ˌɪmˈprɛsɪv pɑrts ðət meɪd əp ðə fɔr ˈlɪniər meɪn ˈɛnʤənz wər kənˈstrəktɪd (tu fər ˈtɛstɪŋ ənd tu fər flaɪt). wən kəmˈplit ˈɪnʤən ɪz stɪl əraʊnd təˈdeɪ, dɪˈspleɪd æt ˈnæsə ˈstɛnɪs, æt list tu ˈəðərz wər ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəld. tu ləks tæŋks wər bɪlt ˈoʊvər ðə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm əv ðə kənˈstrəkʃən, boʊθ ər ˈmɔθˌbɔld æt ˈnæsə glɛn. ðə ˈpɑrʃəli bɪlt ˈviɪkəl, θɔt tɪ bi stɪl ɪn ə ˈstɔrɪʤ ˈhæŋər æt ˈɛdwərdz ɛr fɔrs beɪs, wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəld. ɔl ðɪs dɪˈspaɪt ˈɪntəˌrɛst frəm ðə ɛr fɔrs ɪn ˌrɛzərˈɛktɪŋ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt, wɪθ ˈlɑˌkhid ˈmɑrtɪn ˈleɪsˌfild ɪn ʧɑrʤ əv ðə ˈɛfərt tɪ ðə ˈproʊˌgræm ɔn æt list wən əˈkeɪʒən. iʧ taɪm ðə ɛr fɔrs meɪd rɪkˈwɛsts tɪ teɪk ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt ɛz ðɛr oʊn, ðeɪ faʊnd ðə ˌɑpərˈtunəti dɪˈnaɪd æt ðə haɪəst ˈlɛvəl əv ˈjuˈɛs ˈgəvərnmənt. ˈivɪn wɪn ɑrmd wɪθ ˈfaɪnəl ˈkɑmɛnts ɔn ðə ˈkɑmɛnts wɪʧ geɪv fʊl səˈpɔrt tɪ ðə, ˈædɪd tɪ baɪ səˈpɔrt frəm ˈnæsə ˈstɛnɪs ɔn ðə ˈɛnʤənz, ðə ɛr fɔrs naʊ traɪɪŋ tɪ hæv ðɛr oʊn flaɪɪŋ baɪ 2012 faʊnd ðə dɔr əv ðə waɪt haʊs ˈfərmli kloʊzd ʃət ɔn ˈɛni ˌpɑsəˈbɪləˌti əv ˌrɛzərˈɛktɪŋ ðə ˈprɑʤɛkt. ˈrumərz əv ə ˈfaɪnəl əˈtɛmpt baɪ ðə ɛr fɔrs keɪm ʤɪst læst jɪr, ˈoʊnli tɪ fər ðɛm tɪ hir ðə seɪm ˈænsər, ˈlaɪkli ˈɛndɪŋ ðɛr ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə ˈviɪkəl ənd ˈɔlsoʊ ðə læst rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ ˈmɑnjəmənt tɪ ðə ðə ˌsteɪtəvðɪˈɑrt lɔnʧ fəˈsɪlɪti æt ðə ˈfɪlɪps tɛst reɪnʤ, ˈɛdwərdz ɛr fɔrs beɪs. əˈgɛn, ɪt wɑz ðə waɪt haʊs ðət ˈviˌtoʊd ˈɛni nu ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃənz əv ðə noʊ pɑrt əv ðə tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɪl pleɪ ə roʊl ɪn ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər biɪŋ dɪˈvɛləpt fər ðə rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə mun, wɪθ ðə ˈeɪʤənsi ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ tɪ juz ðə kənˈsərvətɪv jɛt ˈʃətəl dəraɪvd ənd əˈpɑloʊ əˈproʊʧ. ðə wɑz ˈhaɪli ˈkrɪtəˌsaɪzd ɛz ə ˈʧəŋki flaɪɪŋ fjuəl tæŋk wɪθ ˈlɪtəl tɪ ˈɔfər wəns ðə ˈsætəˌlaɪt lɔnʧ ˈbɪznɪs dɪˈlutəd bɪtˈwin ˈsɛvərəl ˈrɛgjələr ənd ˈpruvən lɔnʧ ˈsɪstəmz əraʊnd ðə wərld. bət fər ðoʊz ðət wərkt ɔn ðə ðə pjʊr kəmˈplɛksɪti əv ðə nu ˈsɪstəm ənd ðə ʧeɪn riˈækʃənz fɛlt frəm ˈɪʃuz ənd bæd dɪˈsɪʒənz səʧ ɛz ðə ˈhɛvi ˈɪnʤən ræmps tɪ ðə rɪˈzəltɪŋ nid fər ðə loʊ weɪt əv ðə tæŋk tɪ ðə læk əv ˈɔpʃənz ˈoʊpən tɪ juz ə səˈluʃən fər ðə tæŋk ˈfeɪljərz, tərnd hər frəm ə pəˈtɛnʃəl lip ɪn speɪs ˈviɪkəl tɛkˈnɑləʤi, tɪ wən ðət bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈbɪljən waɪt ˈɛləfənt tɪ ðə tæks peɪər. |
the venturestar may now be nothing more than a memory, but it nearly became part of nasa’s future ambitions – playing a role as part of a commercial fleet and even an option for the us air force. however, controversial key decisions – and a major test failure – during the construction of the technology demonstrator, the x-33, saw the program cancelled just as the first vehicles were being constructed.
x-33:
taking shape at lockheed martin’s skunk works facility, the x-33 was intended to be a 1/3 scale prototype of a fully-operational rlv (reusable launch vehicle) called the venturestar, designed to dramatically lower the costs of launching payloads into space. however, the official reasons for its demise fail to portray the true story.
testing and construction had been going well during the assembly of the scaled down version of the venturestar, with the launch facility at edwards air force base in california completed – along with 40 percent of the x-33.
advances had been made with the thermal protection system (tps) which doubled up as the aerodynamic shell of the vehicle.
the xrs-2200 linear aerospike main engines were on target to become the next generation of liquid-fuelled propulsion systems, although rocketdyne’s decision to use narloy-z – a heavy copper alloy – saw changes to the flight control surfaces due of an aft-heavy center of gravity. this would prove to be a major – and defining – problem later in the process.
other minor issues had continued to be ironed out until a critical test highlighted previously noted concerns, one that would add years to the target date for the first test flight, ultimately leading to be the end of the program – the failure of the composite lh2 (liquid hydrogen) tank during testing.
however, this was no surprise to those working on the program, with new information now showing that engineers and designers had protested at the very moment they were informed of a management decision to build a composite lh2 tank.
such was the scale of the initial protest, the go-ahead was given to build the lox (liquid oxygen) tank out of the same aluminium-lithium alloy that is currently used on the external tanks for the space shuttle, a small but important victory for the protesting engineers at the time.
the lox tank passed testing and was installed with plumbing and electronics around the front third of the vehicle’s structure.
yet still, the lh2 tank – a large multi-lobed structure – was to be the single most challenging project for engineers involved in the x-33 program, even if they had been able to use al-li alloys.
building one out of composite materials proved to be – as protests noted – even more of a challenge, with very little experience with large-scale composite structures within the workforce undertaking the fabrication of the tanks.
a five-foot long tank was built and tested at nasa lewis (now nasa glenn), but the larger structure for the x-33 was going to be a step too far. skunk works’ designers of the lh2 tank had heard from engineers that storing liquid hydrogen in a pressurized composite (notably material im7/997-2) tank with the hollow honeycomb walls was simply doomed to failure – but their advice was ignored.
concerns grew with engineers of the tank, as problems in the lh2 tank fabrication stages during late 1997 and 1998 saw alliant techsystems personnel try to find solutions, personnel who also lacked experience with composite tanks. this led to the first tank – fabricated by alliant in sunnyvale – found to have debonds and delaminations – being sent back to try and fix the problems.
a second lh2 tank appeared to be in a much better shape and was shipped to msfc (marshall space flight center) in huntsville, alabama for testing. the failure of the tank during testing at msfc was still predicted – and occurred on november 3, 1999, during the fifth stage of testing.
ironically, engineers – predicting the impending problem – had a solution already at hand. by filling the honeycomb walls of the tank with closed-cell foam, air wouldn’t be able to enter the structure and liquefy.
this idea had to be rejected, due to the 500 kg of extra weight being added to the aft, further affecting the center of gravity, which was already having serious fallout on the design due to the heavy engine ramps.
thus the tank was doomed, as predicted.
‘damage was discovered wednesday (november 3) evening to one wall of the x-33’s composite liquid hydrogen tank currently undergoing cryogenic and structural loads testing,’ noted an msfc press release at the time. ‘the damage was discovered while viewing the tank over video monitors, approximately two hours after the completion of a test cycle which appeared to be nominal.’
such was the consensus that a failure was the only outcome for the composite tank, maf (michoud assembly facility) engineers had already started the process on having their own al-li lh2 tank ready for fabrication, pre-empting the call for a change of plan.
faced with a project failure, lockheed martin and x-33 nasa managers gave the green light to proceed with the fabrication of the new tank. ironically this new tank weighed in less than the composite tank – disproving one of the reasons for going with a composite tank in the first place.
while the aluminum lh2 tank was much heavier than the composite tank in the skins, the joints were much lighter, which was where all the weight in the composite tank was, due to the multi-lobed shape of the tank requiring a large amount of surrounding structure, such as the joints. ironically, the original design of the x-33 on the drawing board had the tanks made out of aluminum for this reason – but the cost played a factor for the potential customer base.
then the hammer blow, as despite the project now appearing to be back on track, with the move towards testing of the new lh2 tank, the much-respected former nasa director ivan bekey appeared in front of the subcommittee on space and aeronautics, committee on science, at the us house of representatives. his testimony on april 11, 2001, on nasa’s fy2001 budget request ‘aero-space technology enterprise,’ proved to be the final blow for the x-33 venturestar.
his address to us lawmakers stressed that the x-33 had to continue with composite tanks, thus making the project doomed to failure.
‘the principal purpose of the x-33 program is to fly all the new technologies that interact with each other together on one vehicle so that they can be fully tested in an interactive flight environment,’ said bekey during his testimony. ‘if that is not done, the principal reason for the flight program disappears.
‘even though the thermal protection system and the engine would be tested, the structure and its interaction with the tanks and support for the thermal protection system would not be tested. since the biggest set of unknowns in this vehicle configuration have to do with the structure-tankage-aeroshell-tps-airflow interactions, it is my belief that to fly the vehicle with an aluminum tank makes little sense from a technical point of view.
‘worse yet, the flight of an x-33 with an aluminum tank will increase the difficulty of raising private capital for a commercially developed venturestar from the merely very difficult to the essentially impossible.
‘what i would recommend is that nasa and lockheed martin face up to the risks inherent in an experimental flight program and renegotiate the x-33 cooperative agreement so as to delay the flight milestone until a replacement composite tank can be confidently flown.
‘both nasa and lockheed martin should make the investments required to build another composite tank and to absorb the program costs of the delay, because only then will the x-33 program be able to meet its objectives. to do anything less is flying for flying’s sake, wastes the funds already expended, and makes little sense.’
x-33 workers were said to be stunned by the comments of bekey – still to this day a highly respected authority on space transportation – on his call to look once again at the composite tanks, now believed to be impossible to correct without a complete redesign of the entire vehicle – and then not assured.
by early 2001, the program was officially canceled – five years and $1.5 billion down the line. official reasons for the cancellation was a disagreement over extra funding from both industry partners, nasa and lockheed martin. however, the recommendation of the composite tank to keep costs down to prospective commercial interest was the main reason given to workers.
not only was the program canceled, but all the successful new technology was laid to rest along with the death of the x-33. the metallic tps developed by bf goodrich is still seen by some engineers as one of the most impressive parts that made up the x-33.
four xrs-2200 linear aerospike main engines were constructed (two for testing and two for flight). one complete engine is still around today, displayed at nasa stennis, at least two others were disassembled.
two lox tanks were built over the lifetime of the x-33 construction, both are mothballed at nasa glenn. the partially built vehicle, thought to be still in a storage hanger at edwards air force base, was actually disassembled.
all this despite interest from the air force in resurrecting the project, with lockheed martin high-flyer cleon lacefield in charge of the effort to re-start the program on at least one occasion. each time the air force made requests to take the x-33 project as their own, they found the opportunity denied at the highest level of us government.
even when armed with lacefield’s final comments on the x-33, comments which gave full support to the al-li, added to by support from nasa stennis on the engines, the air force – now trying to have their own venturestar flying by 2012 – found the door of the white house firmly closed shut on any possibility of resurrecting the project.
rumors of a final attempt by the air force came just last year, only to for them to hear the same answer, likely ending their interest in the vehicle and also the last remaining monument to the x-33 – the state-of-the-art launch facility at the phillips test range, edwards air force base. again, it was the white house that vetoed any new evaluations of the x-33.
no part of the x-33 technology will play a role in nasa’s architecture being developed for the return to the moon, with the agency deciding to use the conservative – yet experience-rich – shuttle derived and apollo approach.
the x-33 venturestar was highly criticized as a chunky flying fuel tank with little to offer once the satellite launch business diluted between several regular and proven launch systems around the world.
but for those that worked on the x-33, the pure complexity of the new system – and the chain reactions felt from issues and bad decisions such as the heavy engine ramps to the resulting need for the low weight of the lh2 tank – to the lack of options open to use a solution for the lh2 tank failures, turned her from a potential leap in space vehicle technology, to one that became a $1.5 billion white elephant to the tax payer. | prəˈtɛktɪŋ ˈmærəˌtaɪm ənd lænd ˈbɔrdərz ɪz ə ˈdeɪli ˈʧælənʤ fər ˈjʊrəp. ˈrisərʧərz hæv bɪn ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ haʊ tɪ juz ˈleɪzərz, ˈgæmə reɪz ənd ˈnuˌtrɑn bimz tɪ ˈæˌdrɛs ðət ˈʧælənʤ. ðɪs ɪz haʊ səm nu ˈroʊˌbəts ər biɪŋ ˈpisfəli ɪnˈgeɪʤd ɔn læst frənˈtɪr əv ˈbɔrdər prəˈtɛkʃən. səm ˈvɛri ənˈjuˌʒuəl ˈrisərʧ tulz hæv bɪn ərˈaɪvɪŋ ɪn ə ˈpɪkʧərəsk pɔrt əˈlɔŋ ðə kroʊˈeɪʃən koʊst. ɪz ən ˈɛrˌpleɪn bɔm. ənd ðɛr ɪz ə vərˈaɪəti əv ˈdɪfərənt bɑmz laɪk ðɪs əˈlɔŋ ðə koʊsts əv ðə ˌmɛdətərˈeɪniən si, ðə ˈbɔltɪk si ənd ðə əˈtlæntɪk ocean,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnd ˈnukliər ˈfɪzɪsɪst valković*ć. ðeɪ ər ɪn fækt feɪk bɑmz ənd ˈprɛzənt noʊ ril rɪsk, ˈivɪn ɪf ðeɪ kənˈteɪn ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ˈnidɪd tɪ meɪk ˈdaɪnəˌmaɪt. ““hydrogen*, ˈkɑrbən, ˈɑksɪʤən ənd ˈnaɪtrəʤən. həz ˈoʊnli ðiz fɔr ˈɛləmənts. soʊ ɪt ɪz ˈizi tɪ meɪk ə ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtɪd bɔm prɪˈzərvɪŋ ðə prəˈpɔrʃən əv ðiz fɔr elements,”*,” sɛd valković*ć. ðə ˈdəmi bɑmz ər biɪŋ juzd tɪ tɛst ə ˌsəbmərˈin ˈeɪbəl tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ ˈəndərˌwɔtər ɪkˈsploʊsɪvz. ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp həz bɪn dɪˈzaɪnd baɪ ˈsaɪəntɪsts æt ə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən ˈrisərʧ ˈprɑʤɛkt eɪmd æt ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ sɪˈkjʊrəti nɪr ki ˈmærəˌtaɪm ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧərz ənd əˈlɔŋ si rʊts. ðɛr ər rɪˈpɔrts əv ən ˌənaɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ˈɑbʤɛkt laɪɪŋ ɔn ðə si flɔr, ər biɪŋ əˈtæʧt tɪ ə brɪʤ ər ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈmærəˌtaɪm ˌɪnfrəˈstrəkʧərəl ˈɛləmənt, ju kən sɛnd ɑr ˈsərˌveɪər. ɪt wɪl əˈproʊʧ ðə ˈɑbʤɛkt, pəˈzɪʃən ˌɪtˈsɛlf, du ðə ˈmɛʒərmənts, rɪˈpɔrt ðə rɪˈzəlts tɪ ðə ˈməðər ʃɪp ənd ðɛn muv əˈweɪ. ðə rɪˈzəlts əv ðə ˌɪnˈspɛkʃən wɪl bi ðə aɪˌdɛntəfəˈkeɪʃən əv ðə ˈkɛmɪkəl ˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃən əv ðə məˈtɪriəl inside,”*,” kənˈkludɪd valković*ć. ðə ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp ɪz biɪŋ ˈgɪvɪn ə ˈriˌllaɪf tɛst əˈlɔŋ ðə ˌeɪdriˈætɪk koʊst. ðə feɪk bɔm ɪz ˈkɛrfəli poʊzd ɔn ðə ˈsændi si flɔr, səm 10 ˈmitərz ˈəndərˌwɔtər. ðə ˈroʊˌbət ɪz pleɪst ˈoʊvər ɪt. ɪt ðɛn stɑrts ɪˈmɪtɪŋ ˈnuˌtrɑn bimz ðət wɪl hɛlp tɪ si ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə dɪˈvaɪs. ər ˈeɪbəl tɪ ˈpɛnəˌtreɪt məˈtɪriəlz ənd faɪnd aʊt wət ðeɪ ər meɪd frəm. ðeɪ kəˈlaɪd wɪθ ðə məˈtɪriəl ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə bɔm, ənd ðə kəˈlɪʒən prəˈdusɪz ˈgæmə reɪz. dɪˈvɛləpt ən ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪk dɪˈtɛktər ðət əˈlaʊz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ kəˈlɛkt ə ˈkɔnsənˌtreɪtɪd ˈdætə strim frəm ə ˈnuˌtrɑn bombardment,”*,” ɪkˈspleɪnd ˈprɑʤɛkt dɪˈrɛktər ˌgɪˈlaʊm sannie*. ˈspɛʃəl ˈsɔfˌwɛr trænsˈfɔrmz ðiz ˈgæmə reɪz ˈɪntu ə ˈgræfɪk ˈriˌdaʊt soʊ ˈrisərʧərz kən dɪˈtərmən ðə taɪp ənd kˈwɑntəti əv ˈɛləmənts ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə bɔm. ðə ˈriˌdaʊt ˈfɪzɪsɪst toʊld euronews*: kən si ə pik hir; ðə ˈkɑrbən. ðə ˈsɛkənd pik ˈɪndɪˌkeɪts ðə ˈprɛzəns əv ˈɑksɪʤən, ənd ðə ˈsɔfˌwɛr tɛlz ˈjuˈɛs ðə riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp bɪtˈwin ðiz tu ˈridɪŋz. ɪf ɪt rɪˈvilz ə pəˈtɛnʃəli ˈvɑlətəl ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ, laɪk hir, ðə ˈsɪstəm həz aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd ðət ðə ˈɑbʤɛkt wi ər ɪgˈzæmɪnɪŋ kənˈteɪnz explosives.”*.” ˈæftər ə kənˈklusɪv fərst tɛst, ðə feɪk bɔm ɪz rɪˈkəvərd ənd ðə ˌsəbmərˈin ɪz ˈseɪfli toʊd bæk fər səm ˈmeɪntənəns. ˈfərðər tɛsts wɪl hɛlp tɪ ɛnˈhæns ɪts ˈəndərˌwɔtər moʊˈbɪlɪti ənd ˈækjərəsi. ˈminˌwaɪl ɪn ˈpoʊlənd, ðɛr ɪz ə ˈvɛri ˈdɪfərənt ˈbɔrdər ˈʧælənʤ. ˈrisərʧərz ər siɪŋ ɪf ðeɪ kən kənˈtroʊl ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən lænd ˈbɔrdərz wɪθ ðə wilz əv ən ɔˈtɑnəməs, əˈnɑrmd ˈgeɪmˌkipər. ˈplætˌfɔrm draɪvz ˌɔˈtɑnoʊməsli tɪ ðə dɪˈzaɪərd ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən pɔɪnt. ənd ðə ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd; ˈreɪˌdɑrz, ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən ˈkæmərəz ər ˈæktɪˌveɪtɪd, soʊ ðeɪ kən dɪˈtɛkt ˈpipəl hu ər traɪɪŋ tɪ krɔs ðə ˈbɔrdər illegally,”*,” sɛd ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ənd ˈsɪstəmz ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr glowka*. wəns ðə ˈviɪkəl aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪz ˈɛni ˌɪˈligəl ˈækʃən əˈlɔŋ ðə ˈbɔrdər, ɪt ˈreɪzɪz ðə əˈlɑrm, waɪl æt ðə seɪm taɪm prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ɪts pəˈzɪʃən ənd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈdætə soʊ əˈproʊpriˌeɪt ˈækʃən kən bi plænd baɪ ˈbɔrdər gɑrdz. ˈsɪstəm ɪz ˈeɪbəl tɪ prəˈvaɪd ˈvɪdioʊ ˈdætə, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ˈnɔrməl ˈvɪdioʊ ˈfʊtɪʤ bət ˈɔlsoʊ ˌɪnfrərˈɛd ˈvɪdioʊ, ənd ˈdætə ˈkəmɪŋ frəm ˈreɪˌdɑrz. ðə meɪn ˈʧælənʤ ðət wi feɪst wɑz ðə ˌɪnəˈgreɪʃən ˌɪnˈsaɪd ðə ˈviɪkəl əv ˈkɑmplɛks ˈɛləmənts laɪk ðə ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈsɪstəm, ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈtrækɪŋ ənd dɪˈtɛkʃən əv ˈpipəl ənd ˈviɪkəlz, ənd ðə səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd kənˈtroʊl ənd kəmˌjunəˈkeɪʃən ˈfiʧərz əv ðə hoʊl system,”*,” ˈædɪd glowka*. ˌbiˈfɔr goʊɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈækʃən, ðə ˈviɪkəl ɪz ˈproʊˌgræmd əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈwɛðər ənd ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt əraʊnd ðə ˈbɔrdər ðət ɪt həz tɪ ˈsərˌveɪ. ˈplætˌfɔrm həz ən ˈɑbstəkəl dɪˈtɛkʃən ˈsɪstəm tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈɑbstəkəlz ɪt kən faɪnd ɔn ɪts weɪ. ðə ˈviɪkəl ɪz ˈɔlsoʊ ˈeɪbəl tɪ pərˈfɔrm planning’*’ baɪ ˌɪtˈsɛlf. soʊ ɪt wɪl nɑt ˈɛnər ˈfɔrbɪdən zoʊnz, fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ər ɪt wɪl bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ roʊdz wɛr ɪt ˈkænɑt goʊ. ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ɪz beɪst ɪn ˈdætə beɪs ˈsɪstəmz ðət hæv bɪn ˌɪnˈkludɪd ɪn ðə vehicle,”*,” sɛd ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ˈæləks ˈfɛldmən. ðoʊz ˈdætəˌbeɪs ˈsɪstəmz ˌɪnˈklud ˈækjərət ˌtɑpəˈgræfɪk ˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃənz əv ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt əraʊnd. fər ə ˈsɪriz əv tɛsts ɪn ˈpoʊlənd, 35 ˈdɪfərənt ˈɛləmənts wər kriˈeɪtɪd baɪ ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz. ˌɪnˈkludz ˌtɑpəˈgræfɪk ˈdætə ənd ˈɛriəl ˈdætə. fər ˈɪnstəns, ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən ɔn sərˈaʊndɪŋ ˈbɪldɪŋz, ɪts haɪts, ˈwɔtər ˈsɔrsəz, ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl ˈɛriəz, ˈfɛnsɪz, triz, roʊdz, buildings,”*,” sɛd rɪˈmoʊt ˈsɛnsɪŋ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr frəm ˈtɛknɪkəl ˈrisərʧ ˈsɛntər. ˌtɑpəˈgræfɪk ˌsɪmjəˈleɪʃənz, ˈdætə frəm ɛmˈbɛdɪd ˈkæmərəz ənd ˈreɪˌdɑrz, ənd ɔˈtɑnəməs ˌnævəˈgeɪʃən ˈsɪstəmz wər ðɛn ˈɪnəˌgreɪtɪd ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪŋgəl, ˈtrækɪŋ ənd kənˈtroʊl ˈjunɪt ˈəndər ðə ˌsupərˈvɪʒən əv ˈpɑlɪʃ ənd ˈtərkɪʃ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪrz. hæv kriˈeɪtɪd ən ɪˈnɔrmɪs ˈɑrkəˌtɛkʧər fər ðɪs ˈprɑʤɛkt. ðɪs ˈfreɪmˌwərk əˈlaʊz ˈjuˈɛs tɪ kənˈtroʊl ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈsɪstəmz frəm wən ˈsɛntər. ðə ˈnəmbər ˌɪmˈpɔrtənt, wi kən ˈhændəl ˈsɛvərəl ɔˈtɑnəməs ˈsɪstəmz here,”*,” sɛd ˌɪˌlɛkˈtrɑnɪks ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr ˌæbˈdələ inle*. ˈrisərʧərz hoʊp ðə ɔˈtɑnəməs tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɪl ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ prəˈvaɪd ə lɛs ˈrɪski, mɔr ɪˈfɪʃənt ənd rɪˈlaɪəbəl weɪ tɪ ˈsərˌveɪ ˈʧælənʤɪŋ lænd ˈbɔrdərz. fər mɔr ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈstɔri: |
protecting maritime and land borders is a daily challenge for europe. researchers have been examining how to use lasers, gamma rays and neutron beams to address that challenge.
this is how some new robots are being peacefully engaged on europe’s last frontier of border protection.
some very unusual research tools have been arriving in a picturesque port along the croatian coast.
“this is an airplane bomb. and there is a variety of different bombs like this along the coasts of the mediterranean sea, the baltic sea and the atlantic ocean,” explained nuclear physicist vladivoj valković.
they are in fact fake bombs and present no real risk, even if they contain everything needed to make dynamite.
“hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen. tnt has only these four elements. so it is easy to make a simulated bomb preserving the proportion of these four elements,” said valković.
the dummy bombs are being used to test a submarine able to identify underwater explosives.
the prototype has been designed by scientists at a european union research project aimed at improving security near europe’s key maritime infrastructures and along sea routes.
“if there are reports of an unidentified object lying on the sea floor, or being attached to a bridge or any other maritime infrastructural element, you can send our surveyor. it will approach the object, position itself, do the measurements, report the results to the mother ship and then move away. the results of the inspection will be the identification of the chemical composition of the material inside,” concluded valković.
the prototype is being given a real-life test along the adriatic coast.
the fake bomb is carefully posed on the sandy sea floor, some 10 metres underwater. the robot is placed over it. it then starts emitting neutron beams that will help to see inside the device.
“neutrons are able to penetrate materials and find out what they are made from. they collide with the material inside the bomb, and the collision produces gamma rays. we’ve developed an electronic detector that allows us to collect a concentrated data stream from a high-power neutron bombardment,” explained uncoss project director guillaume sannie.
special software transforms these gamma rays into a graphic readout so researchers can determine the type and quantity of elements inside the bomb.
analysing the readout physicist cyrille eleon told euronews: “we can see a peak here; that’s the carbon. the second peak indicates the presence of oxygen, and the software tells us the relationship between these two readings. if it reveals a potentially volatile ratio, like here, the system has identified that the object we are examining contains explosives.”
after a conclusive first test, the fake bomb is recovered and the submarine is safely towed back for some maintenance. further tests will help to enhance its underwater mobility and data-acquisition accuracy.
meanwhile in poland, there is a very different border challenge.
researchers are seeing if they can control the european union’s land borders with the wheels of an autonomous, unarmed gamekeeper.
“the platform drives autonomously to the desired observation point. and the observation system is activated; radars, observation cameras are activated, so they can detect people who are trying to cross the border illegally,” said electronics and systems engineer jakub glowka.
once the vehicle identifies any illegal action along the border, it raises the alarm, while at the same time providing its position and video data so appropriate action can be planned by border guards.
“the system is able to provide video data, including normal video footage but also infrared video, and data coming from radars. the main challenge that we faced was the integration inside the vehicle of complex elements like the autonomous driving system, autonomous tracking and detection of people and vehicles, and the sophisticated control and communication features of the whole system,” added glowka.
before going into action, the vehicle is programmed according to the specific weather and environment around the border that it has to survey.
“the platform has an obstacle detection system to avoid obstacles it can find on its way. the vehicle is also able to perform ‘path planning’ by itself. so it will not enter forbidden zones, for example, or it will be able to identify roads where it cannot go. everything is based in data base systems that have been included in the vehicle,” said electrical engineer alex feldman.
those database systems include accurate topographic simulations of the environment around.
for a series of tests in south-west poland, 35 different computer-simulated elements were created by the developers.
“it includes topographic data and aerial data. for instance, information on surrounding buildings, its heights, water sources, agricultural areas, fences, trees, roads, buildings,” said remote sensing engineer eija parmes from finland’s technical research centre.
topographic simulations, data from embedded cameras and radars, and autonomous navigation systems were then integrated into a single, easy-to-use tracking and control unit under the supervision of polish and turkish engineers.
“we have created an enormous architecture for this project. this framework allows us to control autonomous systems from one centre. the number isn’t important, we can handle several autonomous systems here,” said electronics engineer abdullah inle.
researchers hope the autonomous technology will eventually be able to provide a less risky, more efficient and reliable way to survey challenging land borders.
for more information about this story:
http://www.uncoss-project.org
http://www.talos-border.eu | ˈɪzriəl ɪz wərld ˈlidər ɪn ˈwɔtər riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ˈwɔtər tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ə lɑrʤ ˈɛkspɔrt ˈmɑrkɪt baɪ ˈɑri ʤərˈusələm, noʊv 14 (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈθərˌdi jɪrz əˈgoʊ, ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈfɑrmərz feɪst ə ˈdɔntɪŋ ʧɔɪs faɪnd ə nu ˈwɔtər sɔrs ər goʊ ˈəndər. ðɛr səˈluʃən wɑz weɪst ˈwɔtər riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ. naʊ ˈklaɪmɪt ʧeɪnʤ ɪz prɪˈzɛntɪŋ ˈəðər ˈneɪʃənz wɪθ ə ˈsɪmələr ʧɔɪs. wɪθ ˌɪnˈkrist ˈɪntəˌrɛst ˈwərldˈwaɪd, ˈɪzriəl ɪz ˈmɑrkətɪŋ ɪts weɪst ˈwɔtər riˈjuz tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ənd həz dɪˈvɛləpt ə ˈɪndəstri baɪ ˈʃɛrɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz ənd ˌɛkspərˈtiz. ˈɪzriəl bɪˈgæn kənˈfrəntɪŋ ˈwɔtər ˈskɛrsɪti wɪn ɪts meɪn ˈsɔrsəz, ðə si əv ˈgæləˌli ənd tu ˈækwəfərz, bɪˈkeɪm ˌoʊvərˈtækst ənd ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən wɑz groʊɪŋ. ðɛr wɑz ˈsɪmpli nɑt ɪˈnəf ˈwɔtər fər ˈægrɪˌkəlʧər. hæd tɪ əˈdæpt, ənd faʊnd wət æt ðə taɪm wɑz ən ənˈlaɪkli solution,”*,” sɛd ˈfɑrmər ˈjɛrən rɑt, hu ˈmænɪʤɪz ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən æt kɪˈbʊts magen*, ən ˌægrɪˈkəlʧərəl kəmˈjunɪti ɪn ˈsəðərn ˈɪzriəl. ðeɪ bɪˈgæn ðɛr fildz wɪθ riˈsaɪkəld weɪst ˈwɔtər frəm ðə dreɪnz əv tɛl ɑˈviv. æt ðə taɪm ɪt wɑz nɑt dɪˈskəst ˈoʊpənli. ˈwɔtər ˈtritmənt tɛkˈnɑləʤi wɑz nɑt ˈwɛlˈnoʊn ənd əˈθɔrətiz fɪrd ðə ˈpəblɪk wʊd ˈriʤɛkt ðə aɪˈdiə əv ˈtɔɪlət ˈwɔtər biɪŋ juzd tɪ groʊ fud. ““today*, ˈnɪrli hæf ɑr ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən kəmz frəm riˈsaɪkəld weɪst water,”*,” rɑt sɛd, ˈmeɪkɪŋ klɪr ɪt wɑz noʊ ˈizi əˈʧivmənt. baɪ ðə tərn əv ðə ˈsɛnʧəri, ˈɪzriəl wɑz stɪl ðə ˈoʊnli ˈkəntri tɪ riˈsaɪkəl weɪst ˈwɔtər ɪkˈstɛnsɪvli. ˈgloʊbəl ˈwɔrmɪŋ minz ɪts ˈneɪbərz wɪl ˌɪnˈkrisɪŋgli nid tɪ du ðə seɪm. ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ˈoʊvər ʃɛrd ˈwɔtər ˈrisɔrsɪz ɪz ə ˈsɛnsɪtɪv ˈɪʃu ɪn riˈleɪʃənz wɪθ ðə ˌpælɪˈstɪniənz ənd ˈəðər ˈærəb ˈneɪbərz, ˈtɛndɪŋ tɪ fjuəl mɔr ˈkɑnflɪkt ðən kˌwɔpərˈeɪʃən. ðə juˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz, ɪn ɪts ˈjumən dɪˈvɛləpmənt rɪˈpɔrt, ˈklæsəˌfaɪd ðə ˈmɪdəl ist ɛz ðə moʊst ˈriʤən. ɪts ˈklaɪmɪt ˈprɑʤɛkts ˈhɑtər ˈtɛmpərəʧərz ənd lɛs ˈreɪnˌfɔl ɪn ðə fˈjuʧər. ə ˈsɛpərˌeɪt u.n*. rɪˈpɔrt sɛd ðə ˈrɛgjəˌleɪtɪd juz əv ˈtritɪd ˈwɔtər kʊd rɪˈdus ˈprɛʃərz. ˈdɛmənˌstreɪts ðə potential,”*,” ɪt sɛd, ˈædɪŋ ˈəðər ˈneɪʃənz wər ˈfɑloʊɪŋ ðə lɛd əv ə ˈkəntri ðət həz ˈɔlsoʊ ˌpaɪəˈnɪrd tɛkˈniks səʧ ɛz drɪp ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən. wərld ˈlidər ˈɪzriəl həz meɪd ˈwɔtər riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ən ˈɪnəgrəl pɑrt əv ˈdeɪli laɪf ˈivɪn ɪf ˈmɛni ˈrɛzɪdənts ər nɑt əˈwɛr əv ɪt. mɔr ðən 80 pərˈsɛnt əv ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld weɪst ˈwɔtər ɪz riˈsaɪkəld, əˈmaʊnɪŋ tɪ 400 ˈmɪljən ˈkjubɪk ˈmitərz ə jɪr, ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ˈmɪnɪstri sɪz. ðət ˈreɪʃiˌoʊ ɪz fɔr taɪmz haɪər ðən ɪn ˈɛni ˈəðər ˈkəntri, əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈwɔtər əˈθɔrəti. ˈtritmənt fəˈsɪlɪtiz riˈmuv kənˈtæmənənts tɪ ə ˈlɛvəl sɛt baɪ ðə hɛlθ ˈmɪnɪstri ənd ðə ˈwɔtər ɪz ðɛn sɛnt tɪ ˈfɑrmərz. ˈbɪznɪsɪz hæv θraɪvd baɪ dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ðə moʊst ɪˈfɪʃənt səˈluʃənz, ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ ən laɪt ˈpjʊrəˌfaɪər ənd ə riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ˈsɪstəm ðət ˈjuzɪz ˈmɪljənz əv smɔl ˈplæstɪk rɪŋz tɪ brid bækˈtɪriə ənd breɪk daʊn ɔrˈgænɪk weɪst. ˈɛkspɔrts əv tɛkˈnɑləʤiz ˈtoʊtəl ˈbɪljən ə jɪr, sɛd ˈoʊdɛd distell*, hɛd əv ðə ˈwɔtər tɛkˈnɑləʤi ˈproʊˌgræm. ər tu ˈrizənz fər ðə groʊθ. ˈkəntriz ˈsərtənli ɪkˈspɛkt ðə læk əv ˈwɔtər wɪl ˌɪnˈkris. ənd ˈwɔtər həz ˈteɪkən ɔn ən ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk value,”*,” hi sɛd. ðɪs jɪr, ˈɪzriəl əˈsɛmbəld ə kəˈmɪti æt ðə ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃən fər tɪ ˈfɔrmjəˌleɪt ˌjunəˈvərsəl ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz tɪ riˈjuzɪŋ weɪst ˈwɔtər ɪn ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən. ɪz greɪt ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn ðə wərld bɪˈkəz ðeɪ ˌəndərˈstænd ðə ˈgloʊbəl ˈʃɔrtɪʤɪz. ɪt tərnz aʊt ðɛr ər ˈmɛni ˈəðər ˈkəntriz suffering,”*,” kəˈmɪti ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri ˈjɛrən sɛd. hi sɛd ðə goʊl wɑz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ˈgloʊbəl ˈstændərd ɪn lɛs ðən θri jɪrz, wɪθ ˈgaɪˌdlaɪnz ɔn haʊ tɪ bɪld ənd meɪnˈteɪn ˈwɔtər riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ ˈsɪstəmz, haʊ tɪ əˈvɔɪd ˈhɑrmɪŋ ðə ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt ənd haʊ tɪ səˈlɛkt wɪʧ fruts ənd ˈvɛʤtəbəlz tɪ groʊ. ˌɪzˈreɪli ˈlɛʤəsˌleɪtərz ər ˈdræftɪŋ ə bɪl ðət wʊd ˌrikˈwaɪər ɔl nu ˈbɪldɪŋz tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ riˈsaɪkəl water”*”, ɔl ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld ˈwɔtər weɪst ɪkˈsɛpt ðət frəm ˈtɔɪləts. ə ˈgəvərnmənt ˈstədi ˈɔlsoʊ ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd ðə kriˈeɪʃən əv ˈwɛˌtlændz tɪ hɛlp trit weɪst ˈwɔtər ˈnæʧərəli. səʧ ˈsɪstəmz hæv bɪn dɪˈskraɪbd ɛz ðə kidneys”*” ɛz ðeɪ ˈfɪltər pəˈlutənts. ˈɪzriəl həz bɪlt ə fju ˈdəzən ˈmænˈmeɪd ˈwɛˌtlændz ðət trit suɪʤ frəm cowsheds*, ˈvɪnjərdz ənd ˈɑrmi ˈbeɪsɪz, bət ðɪs rɪˈmeɪnz ən ˈɛriə wɛr ɪt lægz bɪˈhaɪnd ˈwɛstərn ˈkəntriz, sɛd ˈmɪʧəl grin, ən ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr æt ðə ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv tɛkˈnɑləʤi. ˈkəmpəˌniz ər ʃoʊɪŋ mɔr ˈɪntəˌrɛst ɪn kənˈstrəktɪd ˈwɛˌtlændz ɛz ən ɔlˈtərnətɪv tɪ ˈtritmənt plænts, ʃi sɛd. ər ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv, ðeɪ hæv loʊər ˈmeɪntənəns kɔsts ənd ðeɪ ər ə mɔr ɛsˈθɛtɪk ˈɔpʃən. aɪ hæv noʊ daʊt ðeɪ wɪl kæʧ on.”*.” (ˈɛdɪtɪŋ baɪ ˈælɪˌstɛr laɪən ənd ˈʤænɪt ˈlɔrəns) |
* israel is world leader in water recycling
* water technologies a large export market
by ari rabinovitch
jerusalem, nov 14 (reuters) - thirty years ago, israeli farmers faced a daunting choice — find a new water source or go under. their solution was waste water recycling. now climate change is presenting other nations with a similar choice.
with increased interest worldwide, israel is marketing its waste water reuse technologies and has developed a billion-dollar industry by sharing systems and expertise.
israel began confronting water scarcity when its main sources, the sea of galilee and two aquifers, became overtaxed and the population was growing. there was simply not enough water for agriculture.
“we had to adapt, and found what at the time was an unlikely solution,” said farmer yaron rot, who manages irrigation at kibbutz magen, an agricultural community in southern israel.
they began irrigating their fields with recycled waste water from the drains of tel aviv.
at the time it was not discussed openly. water treatment technology was not well-known and authorities feared the public would reject the idea of toilet water being used to grow food.
“today, nearly half our irrigation comes from recycled waste water,” rot said, making clear it was no easy achievement.
by the turn of the century, israel was still the only country to recycle waste water extensively. global warming means its neighbours will increasingly need to do the same.
competition over shared water resources is a sensitive issue in israel’s relations with the palestinians and other arab neighbours, tending to fuel more conflict than cooperation.
the united nations, in its human development report, classified the middle east as the world’s most water-stressed region. its climate modelling projects hotter temperatures and less rainfall in the future.
a separate u.n. report said the regulated use of treated water could reduce pressures.
“israel demonstrates the potential,” it said, adding other nations were following the lead of a country that has also pioneered water-saving techniques such as drip irrigation.
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israel has made water recycling an integral part of daily life — even if many residents are not aware of it.
more than 80 percent of household waste water is recycled, amounting to 400 million cubic metres a year, the environment ministry says. that ratio is four times higher than in any other country, according to israel’s water authority.
treatment facilities remove contaminants to a level set by the health ministry and the water is then sent to farmers.
businesses have thrived by developing the most efficient solutions, including an ultra-violet light purifier and a recycling system that uses millions of small plastic rings to breed bacteria and break down organic waste.
exports of water-saving technologies total $1.5 billion a year, said oded distell, head of the government’s water technology programme.
“there are two reasons for the growth. countries certainly expect the lack of water will increase. and water has taken on an economic value,” he said.
this year, israel assembled a committee at the swiss-based international organisation for standardisation to formulate universal guidelines to reusing waste water in irrigation.
“there is great interest in the world because they understand the global shortages. it turns out there are many other countries suffering,” committee secretary yaron ben-avi said.
he said the goal was to create a global standard in less than three years, with guidelines on how to build and maintain water recycling systems, how to avoid harming the environment and how to select which fruits and vegetables to grow.
israeli legislators are drafting a bill that would require all new buildings to be able to recycle “grey water”, all household water waste except that from toilets.
a government study also recommended the creation of wetlands to help treat waste water naturally. such systems have been described as the “earth’s kidneys” as they filter pollutants.
israel has built a few dozen manmade wetlands that treat sewage from cowsheds, vineyards and army bases, but this remains an area where it lags behind western countries, said michal green, an engineer at the technion institute of technology.
companies are showing more interest in constructed wetlands as an alternative to treatment plants, she said.
“they are non-energy intensive, they have lower maintenance costs and they are a more aesthetic option. i have no doubt they will catch on.” (editing by alistair lyon and janet lawrence) | ˈæftər greɪt səkˈsɛs ɔn hɪz fərst riˈlis wɪθ hɑt kriˈeɪʃənz, dɪˈmɑrzoʊ rɪˈlisɪz hɪz nu ˈgruvi ənd ˈfəŋki ˈfilɪŋ θri træk ə line”*”; ənˈdaʊtɪdli kriˈeɪtɪŋ ˈhaɪli ˌɪnˈfɛkʃəs ˈsəmər sən vaɪbz. wɪθ ə strɔŋ mˈjuzɪkəl ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌɪnˈvɑlvɪŋ biɪŋ ə ˈmɛmbər əv ðə ˈjɑmɑˌhɑ ˈkiˌbɔrd skul æt ðə eɪʤ əv eɪt, dɪˈmɑrzoʊ həz sɪns hoʊnd hɪz pərˈdəkʃən skɪlz tɪ kriˈeɪt məˈtɪkjələsli ˈkræftɪd træks ðət kənˈteɪn ɔl ðə ɛˈsɛnʃəlz əv dip haʊs, wɪθ hɪz oʊn pərˈfɛkʃəˌnɪzəm prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ðə ki tɪ hɪz saʊnz. ðɪs həz ə strɔŋ sɛns əv ʤæz ˈɪnfluəns, wɪʧ ɪz greɪt tɪ si ˈmeɪkɪŋ ə rɪˈtərn tɪ ðə sin, wɪθ strɔŋ səˈpɔrt frəm ˈɑmɛd, ˈʤeɪmi ʤoʊnz ənd li sɛts. riˈlist: ˌʤuˈlaɪ 2013 ˈdɪʤɪtəl: dɪˈmɑrzoʊ drɔ ə laɪn ˈɑdiˌoʊ klɪp: əˈdoʊbi flæʃ pleɪər (ˈvərʒən 9 ər əˈbəv) ɪz rikˈwaɪərd tɪ pleɪ ðɪs ˈɑdiˌoʊ klɪp. ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən hir. ju ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ hæv ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ɪˈneɪbəld ɪn jʊr ˈbraʊzər. dɪˈmɑrzoʊ kəˈnɛkt ˈjɔrsɛlf ˈɑdiˌoʊ klɪp: əˈdoʊbi flæʃ pleɪər (ˈvərʒən 9 ər əˈbəv) ɪz rikˈwaɪərd tɪ pleɪ ðɪs ˈɑdiˌoʊ klɪp. ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən hir. ju ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ hæv ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ɪˈneɪbəld ɪn jʊr ˈbraʊzər. dɪˈmɑrzoʊ wɪn ðeɪ kəm fər ju ˈɑdiˌoʊ klɪp: əˈdoʊbi flæʃ pleɪər (ˈvərʒən 9 ər əˈbəv) ɪz rikˈwaɪərd tɪ pleɪ ðɪs ˈɑdiˌoʊ klɪp. ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə ˈleɪtəst ˈvərʒən hir. ju ˈɔlsoʊ nid tɪ hæv ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ɪˈneɪbəld ɪn jʊr ˈbraʊzər. |
after great success on his first release with hot creations, demarzo releases his new groovy and funky feeling three track ep “draw a line”; undoubtedly creating highly infectious summer sun vibes.
with a strong musical background involving being a member of the yamaha keyboard school at the age of eight, demarzo has since honed his production skills to create meticulously crafted tracks that contain all the essentials of deep house, with his own perfectionism providing the key to his sounds. this ep has a strong sense of jazz influence, which is great to see making a return to the scene, with strong support eminating from richy ahmed, jamie jones and lee foss’s sets.
released: 22nd july 2013
digital: junodownload
demarzo – draw a line
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demarzo – connect yourself
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demarzo – when they come for you
audio clip: adobe flash player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. download the latest version here. you also need to have javascript enabled in your browser. | ˈgreɪsən ʃmɪts ˈgreɪsən bɪg tɔp ʃɛf ədˈvɛnʧər keɪm tɪ ən ɛnd wɪn hər stəft ˈʧɪkən dɪʃ fər gɛst ʤəʤ pi wi ˈhərmən wɑz dimd... wɛl, wi doʊnt ˈrɪli noʊ wət. ɪt wɑz bɪg ənd ˈfiʧərd ˈməltəpəl ˈsizənəl ˈfleɪvərz, bət ɪt ˈwəzənt ər əndərˈkʊkt, laɪk ˈsɛrəz ər ɛdz. "ðə hoʊl θɪŋ ɪz soʊ səˈbʤɛktɪv ənd aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wɑz ˈrɪli kloʊz, bət ˈəltəmətli ðeɪ laɪkt maɪn ðə list fər ˌwəˈtɛvər ˈrizən," ʃi tɛlz tvguide.com*. "ənd ðæts faɪn. ˈsəmˌwən hæd tɪ goʊ hoʊm ənd ɪt wɑz mi." bət ðə nu ʃɛf ˈdɪdənt goʊ dɪˈrɛkli hoʊm: ʃi feɪst ɔf wɪθ ˈbɛvərli ɔn læst ʧæns ˈkɪʧən tɪ wɪn ə spɑt bæk ɔn ðə ʃoʊ (ðə ˈwɪnər wɪl bi rɪˈvild ənd wɪl ðə ˌkɑmpəˈtɪʃən ɔn nɛkst wiks ˈɛpɪˌsoʊd), wɪʧ ˈdɪdənt ɪgˈzæktli θrɪl hər. faɪnd aʊt waɪ bɪˈloʊ. tɔp ʃɛfs krɪs ʤoʊnz: aɪ hæd ə bæd ˈfilɪŋ əˈbaʊt ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ əm, wɛl, əm ˈprɪti ˌgɑˈdæm ˈtæləntɪd. [læfs] aɪ doʊnt noʊ. aɪ wɑz tu skɛrd tɪ pʊt ɪt ɪn ðə ˈbæskət bɪˈkəz aɪ nu ɪt wʊd baʊns əraʊnd ə lɔt ɪn ðə strit. aɪ ˈdɪdənt ˈivɪn θɪŋk twaɪs əˈbaʊt ɪt. aɪ wɑz laɪk, "ˈoʊˈkeɪ, aɪl ˈkɛri ɪt." wi lʊkt laɪk ˈɪˌdiəts ɔn ðoʊz bikes.yeah*. bət ɪn ðə ˈmoʊmənt, aɪ fɛlt laɪk ɪt wɑz ˈiðər ɛd ər mi. ɪt ˈwəzənt ə səˈpraɪz tɪ mi ðət ɪt wɑz mi. bət ɪt ˈkʊdəv gɔn ˈiðər weɪ. aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wɑz ˈvɛri kloʊz. ənd ðə ˈɛdɪtərz hæv tɪ kip ɪt səˈspɛnsfəl ənˈtɪl ðə ɛnd, soʊ aɪ doʊnt bleɪm ðɛm fər duɪŋ ˈwəzənt ˈɛniˌθɪŋ juʤ ər spɪˈsɪfɪk laɪk [fər ɛd ənd ˈsɛrə], bət ðə θɪŋ ɪz, wɪn ju gɪt daʊn tɪ ðə ɛnd, ˈɛvriˌbɑdiz gʊd, soʊ ɪts ril ˈnɪtˌpɪki stəf. wɪθ faɪv ˈpipəl lɛft, nən əv ˈjuˈɛs ər ˈgɑnə meɪk ə ˈkræˌpi dɪʃ. jʊr ʤɪst ˈgɑnə goʊ hoʊm fər ˈlɪtəl θɪŋz. wi noʊ ðət. aɪ ˈrɪli θɪŋk ɪt ˈkʊdəv gɔn ˈiðər way.oh*, jæ, hi dɪd. hi ˈrɪli ˈdɪdənt laɪk ðət. [læfs] ɪts ɔl səˈbʤɛktɪv. ðeɪ hæv tɪ goʊ bæk ənd goʊ, "wət wɑz ðə ˈʧælənʤ? wət dɪd pi wi tɛl ðɛm? wət dɪd wi wɔnt frəm ðɪs?" ɪf jʊr dɪʃ ˈbeɪsɪkli ˈmæʧɪz ɔl əv ðoʊz, jʊr seɪf. pi wi ˈwɔntɪd ˈsəmθɪŋ ˈrɪli ˈhɛlθi ənd aɪ geɪv ɪm ən ɛg joʊk ɪn ðə ˈsɛnər əv maɪn, soʊ ˈmeɪbi ðæts ə ˈlɪtəl ˈrɪski, ju noʊ wət aɪ min? tɔp ʃɛfs ˈbɛvərli: aɪ stʊd aʊt laɪk ə sɔr θəm noʊ, aɪ ˈdɪdənt. aɪ θɪŋk ɪt wɑz ʤɪst ˈpərsɪnəl ˈprɛfərəns wɪn ɪt keɪm daʊn tɪ it.[laughs*] aɪ doʊnt noʊ ɪf ɪts ə wɪˈskɑnsən θɪŋ, bət aɪ ˈfɪgjərd fər ðɪs, sɪns ɪt wɑz ˈfæməli staɪl, ə brɛst əv ˈʧɪkən ɔn ə pleɪt ˈwʊdənt bi ˈkreɪzi. aɪ doʊnt noʊ. jʊd θɪŋk ðət aɪ ˈwʊdəv ˈlərnɪd. bət aɪ ðə θɪŋ: aɪ kænt ˈivɪn rɪˈgrɛt ɪt bɪˈkəz ɪts ʤɪst hu aɪ æm. əm ˈvɛri ˈlɪtərəl ɪn maɪ ˈθɪŋkɪŋ. soʊ wɪn ˈsəmˌbɑdi æsks mi tɪ du ˈsəmθɪŋ, əm goʊɪŋ tɪ du wət ðeɪ æst. aɪ doʊnt θɪŋk pæst ðət. aɪ doʊnt rɪˈgrɛt ɪt bɪˈkəz aɪ kænt θɪŋk ˈɛni ˈdɪfərˈɛntli. wɪθ ðə ˈθɛrən wən, ɪt wərkt təˈwɔrd maɪ ædˈvæntɪʤ. ɪt wɑz ˈlɪtərəl ənd ɪt wɑz ˈkreɪzi wɪθ ðə ʤaɪənt klɔ ˈstɪkɪŋ aʊt, ənd ɪt kaɪnd əv fɪt wɪθ ðə ˈʧælənʤ. soʊ ɪts nɑt laɪk biɪŋ ˈlɪtərəl hərt mi ɔl ðə doʊnt θɪŋk ðə ˈreɪtɪŋz wʊd bi ˈɔsəm ɪf [ðɛr wərənt ðiz taɪps əv ˈʧælənʤɪz]. aɪ doʊnt wɔnt tɪ seɪ aɪ əˈgri wɪθ ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ ðeɪ meɪd ˈjuˈɛs du. ɪn ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt, æt ðə ɛnd əv ðə ɛnd əv ðə deɪ, ɪts ə ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən ʃoʊ. aɪ θɪŋk wɪr ɔl ˈvɛri ˈhaɪli treɪnd ʃɛfs ðət ɪts ˈɔlˌmoʊst ə maɪnd geɪm ənˈtɪl ju gɪt tɪ ðə fəˈnæli. ɪts ˈɔlˌmoʊst ən ˈɛndərəns geɪm. ju hæv tɪ ʤəmp θru ɔl ðiz hups, breɪk jʊr ˈbɑdi daʊn ənd ðɛn ju kən kʊk jʊr oʊn fud. ɪt bɪˈkəmz ə maɪnd geɪm. aɪ noʊ wɪn aɪ wɛnt aʊt ðət wi wər ɪgˈzɔstɪd. aɪ ˈɔlsoʊ ˈlərnɪd ə lɔt ɪn ˈtɛksəs. aɪ wərkt ɪn ʤin ˈʤɔrʤɪz ɪn nu jɔrk ˈsɪti wi ˈdɪdənt du ˈbɑrbɪˌkju. ðɪs wɑz maɪ fərst ˈhɑrdˈkɔr ˈbɑrbɪˌkju ɪkˈspɪriəns. ɪt wɑz fən ənd wi wən. aɪl ˈnɛvər fərˈgɛt ðət ˈɛvər ɪn maɪ laɪf. aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈʧælənʤɪz wər ˈkreɪzi ənd fən ənd ˌɛnərˈteɪnɪŋ tɪ wɔʧ ɔn ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən. tɔp ʃɛfs ty-lör*: wi ˈʃʊdəv bɪn mɔr ˈɔrgəˌnaɪzd aɪ wɑz ˈæˌkʧuəli kaɪnd əv pɪst. əm nɑt ˈgɑnə laɪ. aɪ nu wɛr ˈɛvriˌbɑdiz hɛdz wər æt. bɪˈkəz ɪt ɪz mɔr ər lɛs ə maɪnd geɪm ənd jʊr ˈtɛlɪŋ jʊr ˈbɑdi tɪ du ɔl ðiz ˈʧælənʤɪz, ɪts ˈrɪli ˈdreɪnɪŋ. jʊr ˈprɪti məʧ kət ɔf frəm ðə wərld. wɪn sɛd, "pæk jʊr naɪvz ənd goʊ," aɪ ækˈsɛptɪd ɪt, soʊ ɪts hɑrd tɪ brɪŋ ɔl jʊr ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪti bæk ɔn ə fluk. ðeɪ wər laɪk, "oʊ, gɛs wət? kʊk əˈgɛn. ənd goʊ!" ɪf aɪ wɑz ənd gɑt ɪˈlɪməˌneɪtɪd tu sun ər æt list aɪ fil tu sun ɪt ˈmaɪtəv bɪn ə ˈdɪfərənt ˈstɔri, bət biɪŋ ɪn ðə tɔp 5 aɪ fil ˈdɪfərˈɛntli əˈbaʊt ɪt. aɪ θɪŋk ˈɛvriˌbɑdi ðət ɪz stɪl ɔn ˈprɑbəˌbli ʃɛrd maɪ ˈfilɪŋz. wi wər ˈrɪli bit daʊn ənd ʤɪst ˈiˌmoʊʃnəli dreɪnd. aɪ ˈwəzənt ˈrɪli ɪkˈsaɪtɪd wɪn ðeɪ geɪv mi ðət ʧæns bɪˈkəz aɪ hæd ɔˈrɛdi ɪn maɪ hɛd ækˈsɛptɪd goʊɪŋ hoʊm. bət bɪˈkəz mi biɪŋ ðə kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ˈpərsən ðət aɪ æm, ˈivɪn ɪf maɪ hɛd ɪz nɑt ˈrɪli ðɛr, wɪn ˈsəmˌbɑdi sɪz "goʊ," aɪ goʊ! wɪl hæv tɪ weɪt ənd si wət ˈhæpənz, bət aɪ ˈdɛfənətli traɪd maɪ ˈhɑrdəst ðɛr, ənd aɪ noʊ bɛv dɪd too.actually*, aɪ hæv bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ə lɔt wɪθ maɪ ˈsɪstər, wɪʧ ɪz ˌɪnˈsænɪti bɪˈkəz wi ˈprɪti məʧ ˈheɪtɪd iʧ ˈəðər ɑr hoʊl lɪvz! wi ˈnɛvər gɑt əˈlɔŋ. wɪr ˈprɪti məʧ naɪt ənd deɪ. θru ðɪs hoʊl tɔp ʃɛf ɪkˈspɪriəns, aɪv bɪn ˈbʊkɪŋ səm ɪˈvɛnts ənd ʃiz mɔr ər lɛs ðə ɪˈvɛnts ˈplænər. ɪts bɪn ˈwərkɪŋ ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli ˈnaɪsli. əm ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˈmeɪbi ʃi ənd aɪ wɪl traɪ tɪ teɪk ðət somewhere.yeah*! wət du ju noʊ əˈbaʊt ɪt?! [læfs] ɪts hɪˈlɛriəs bɪˈkəz wi lʊk ɪgˈzæktli ðə seɪm ənd saʊnd ɪgˈzæktli ðə seɪm, ɪkˈsɛpt ɑr ˌpərsəˈnælɪtiz ər soʊ ˈdɪfərənt. əm ˈbeɪsɪkli ðə wən ðət nidz tɪ bi ˈrutɪd ˈpleɪsɪz. ʃiz ə ˈlɔjər, ə nərs prækˈtɪʃənər. ʃi həz ə ˈbɪljən ˌɪˈnɪʃəlz bɪˈhaɪnd hər neɪm ənd aɪ wɛnt tɪ ˈkjulɪˌnɛri skul! bət ɪt ˈæˌkʧuəli simd tɪ wərk aʊt ˈɔsəmli ənd ɪt brɔt ɑr riˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp tɪ ə hoʊl ˈəðər ˈlɛvəl. ɪts kaɪnd əv ˈɔsəm tɪ noʊ ðət aɪ gɪt əˈlɔŋ wɪθ maɪ ˈsɪstər ˈrɪli, ˈrɪli wɛl. aɪ kʊd ˈnɛvər seɪ ðət ˌbiˈfɔr. soʊ weɪ tɪ goʊ, tɔp ʃɛf! ˈbrɪŋɪŋ ˈfæməliz təˈgɛðər! |
grayson schmitz
grayson schmitz's big top chef adventure came to an end when her stuffed chicken dish for guest judge pee wee herman was deemed... well, we don't really know what. it was big and featured multiple seasonal flavors, but it wasn't under-seasoned or undercooked, like sarah's or ed's. "the whole thing is so subjective and i think it was really close, but ultimately they liked mine the least for whatever reason," she tells tvguide.com. "and that's fine. someone had to go home and it was me." but the new york-based chef didn't go directly home: she faced off with beverly on last chance kitchen to win a spot back on the show (the winner will be revealed and will re-enter the competition on next week's episode), which didn't exactly thrill her. find out why below.
top chef's chris jones: i had a bad feeling about everything
: um, well, i'm pretty goddamn talented. [laughs] i don't know. i was too scared to put it in the basket because i knew it would bounce around a lot in the street. i didn't even think twice about it. i was like, "ok, i'll carry it." we looked like idiots on those bikes.yeah. but in the moment, i felt like it was either ed or me. it wasn't a surprise to me that it was me. but it could've gone either way. i think it was very close. and the editors have to keep it suspenseful until the end, so i don't blame them for doing that.there wasn't anything huge or specific like [for ed and sarah], but the thing is, when you get down to the end, everybody's good, so it's real nitpicky stuff. with five people left, none of us are gonna make a crappy dish. you're just gonna go home for little things. we know that. i really think it could've gone either way.oh, yeah, he did. he really didn't like that. [laughs] it's all subjective. ... they have to go back and go, "what was the challenge? what did pee wee tell them? what did we want from this?" if your dish basically matches all of those, you're safe. pee wee wanted something really healthy and i gave him an egg yolk in the center of mine, so maybe that's a little risky, you know what i mean?
top chef's beverly: i stood out like a sore thumb
no, i didn't. i think it was just personal preference when it came down to it.[laughs] i don't know if it's a wisconsin thing, but i figured for this, since it was family style, a breast of chicken on a plate wouldn't be crazy. i don't know. you'd think that i would've learned. but i didn't!here's the thing: i can't even regret it because it's just who i am. i'm very literal in my thinking. so when somebody asks me to do something, i'm going to do what they asked. i don't think past that. i don't regret it because i can't think any differently. with the charlize theron one, it worked toward my advantage. it was literal and it was crazy with the giant claw sticking out, and it kind of fit with the challenge. so it's not like being literal hurt me all the time.i don't think the ratings would be awesome if [there weren't these types of challenges]. i don't want to say i agree with everything they made us do. in retrospect, at the end of the end of the day, it's a television show. i think we're all very highly trained chefs that it's almost a mind game until you get to the finale. it's almost an endurance game. you have to jump through all these hoops, break your body down and then you can cook your own food. it becomes a mind game. i know when i went out that we were exhausted. i also learned a lot in texas. i worked in jean georges in new york city — we didn't do barbeque. this was my first hardcore barbeque experience. it was fun and we won. i'll never forget that ever in my life. i think the challenges were crazy and fun and entertaining to watch on television.
top chef's ty-lör: we should've been more organized
i was actually kind of pissed. i'm not gonna lie. i knew where everybody's heads were at. because it is more or less a mind game and you're telling your body to do all these challenges, it's really draining. you're pretty much cut off from the world. when padma said, "pack your knives and go," i accepted it, so it's hard to bring all your intensity back on a fluke. they were like, "oh, guess what? cook again. and go!" if i was nyesha and got eliminated too soon — or at least i feel too soon — it might've been a different story, but being in the top 5, i feel differently about it. i think everybody that is still on probably shared my feelings. we were really beat down and just emotionally drained. i wasn't really excited when they gave me that chance because i had already in my head accepted going home. but because me being the competitive person that i am, even if my head is not really there, when somebody says "go," i go! we'll have to wait and see what happens, but i definitely tried my hardest there, and i know bev did too.actually, i have been working a lot with my sister, which is insanity because we pretty much hated each other our whole lives! we never got along. we're pretty much night and day. through this whole top chef experience, i've been booking some events and she's more or less the events planner. it's been working really, really nicely. i'm thinking maybe she and i will try to take that somewhere.yeah! what do you know about it?! [laughs] it's hilarious because we look exactly the same and sound exactly the same, except our personalities are so different. i'm basically the one that needs to be routed places. she's a lawyer, a nurse practitioner. she has a billion initials behind her name and i went to culinary school! but it actually seemed to work out awesomely and it brought our relationship to a whole other level. it's kind of awesome to know that i get along with my sister really, really well. i could never say that before. so way to go, top chef! bringing families together! | lenovo* ənd ˌmoʊtərˈoʊlə ər hɑrd æt wərk ɔn ðə 2016 ˈmoʊtoʊ foʊnz, ənd θæŋks tɪ ə ˈrɛpjətəbəl wi meɪ hæv ˈgɔtən ɑr fərst lʊk æt wət bɪn ˈkʊkɪŋ əp. ðə ˈɪmɪʤɪz ʃoʊ ˈjuˈɛs məʧ, bət wi du gɪt ə glɪmps əv wət əˈpɪr tɪ bi ðə ˈmoʊtoʊ ɛks ənd ˈmoʊtoʊ ʤi dɪˈvaɪsɪz. ˈstɑrtɪŋ wɪθ ðə ˈmoʊtoʊ ɛks, ɪt lʊks laɪk ðɛr 2016 ˈmɑdəl wɪl ˈfaɪnəli ˌɪnˈkɔrpərˌeɪt ə ˈmɛtəl dɪˈzaɪn ɛz ðə dɪˈvaɪsɪz əˈpɪr məˈtælɪk ɪn ðə ˈfoʊˌtoʊ. nɑt ʃʊr wət ðɪs maɪt min fər ˈmoʊtoʊ ˈmeɪkər səˈpɔrt ər ɪf ðə ˈmɛtəl ˈmɑdəlz ər ʤɪst ə ˈpraɪsiər ɔlˈtərnətɪv ɔn ðə foʊn ˈplætˌfɔrm. ˈəðər ðən ðət, wi ˈnoʊtɪs məʧ əˈbaʊt ðə dɪˈvaɪs ɪkˈsɛpt fər ðət ˈprɑmənənt ˈmoʊtoʊ ˈloʊgoʊ ɔn ðə bæk, wɪʧ meɪ ər meɪ nɑt ɪˈvɛnʧəwəli ˈdəbəl ɛz ə ˈfɪŋgərˌprɪnt ˈskænər. ˈmuvɪŋ ɔn, ðə ˈmoʊtoʊ ʤi əˈpɪrz tɪ bi goʊɪŋ wɪθ ə mɔr trəˈdɪʃənəl staɪl, ðoʊ tɪ bi ɪkˈspɛktɪd ɛz ðə əˈfɔrdəbəl foʊn əv ðə bənʧ. ɪt lʊks laɪk ðət foʊn wɪl kənˈtɪnju ðə nu trəˈdɪʃən əv ˈjuzɪŋ ˈkələrfəl ʃɛlz tɪ bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ ʧeɪnʤ ðə ˈkələr əv ðə dɪˈvaɪs. haʊ ər ju ˈfilɪŋ əˈbaʊt ðiz θɪŋz? wʊd ju ˈwɛlkəm ə ˈrædɪkəl dɪˈzaɪn ʧeɪnʤ fər ðə ˈmoʊtoʊ ɛks? du ju ˈivɪn θɪŋk ðiz ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ər ˈlɛʤɪt? gɪv ˈjuˈɛs ə ˈhɑlər bɪˈloʊ wɪθ jʊr θɔts! |
lenovo and motorola are hard at work on the 2016 moto phones, and thanks to a reputable leakster we may have gotten our first look at what they’ve been cooking up. the images don’t show us much, but we do get a glimpse of what appear to be the next-gen moto x and moto g devices.
starting with the moto x, it looks like their 2016 model will finally incorporate a metal unibody design as the devices appear metallic in the photo. we’re not sure what this might mean for moto maker support or if the metal models are just a pricier alternative on the phone customization platform. other than that, we can’t notice much about the device except for that prominent moto logo on the back, which may or may not eventually double as a fingerprint scanner.
moving on, the moto g appears to be going with a more traditional style, though that’s to be expected as it’s the affordable phone of the bunch. it looks like that phone will continue the new tradition of using colorful shells to be able to change the color of the device.
how are you feeling about these things? would you welcome a radical design change for the moto x? do you even think these photos are legit? give us a holler below with your thoughts! | ðə skaɪ spɔrts ˈpəndətri tim gɪv səm əv ðɛr priˈdɪkʃənz əˈhɛd əv ðə stɑrt əv ðə 2016 ˈfɔrmjələ wən ˈsizən. pɑrt 2 ˈkəmɪŋ sun ðə skaɪ spɔrts ˈpəndətri tim gɪv səm əv ðɛr priˈdɪkʃənz əˈhɛd əv ðə stɑrt əv ðə 2016 ˈfɔrmjələ wən ˈsizən. pɑrt 2 ˈkəmɪŋ sun hu wɪl bi ɔn poʊl ɪn ɑz? wɪl ˈnikoʊ ənd luɪs bi frɛndz ər foʊz? ənd hu wɪl bi ðə 2016 səˈpraɪz ˈpækɪʤ? pleɪ ðə ˈvɪdioʊ æt ðə tɔp əv ðə peɪʤ tɪ hir ðə θɔts ənd priˈdɪkʃənz əv ˈdeɪmən hɪl, ˈmɑrtɪn brundle*, ˈʤɑni ˈhərbərt, tɛd ˈkrævɪts, ˈdeɪvɪd krɔft, ˈreɪʧəl brʊks, ˈnætəli ˈpɪŋkhəm ənd ˈsaɪmən ˈlæzɪnbi. ðə fərst reɪs əv ðə 2016 ˈsizən, ðə ɔˈstreɪljən gp*, ɪz ɪkˈsklusɪvli lɪv ɔn skaɪ spɔrts ðə reɪs ɪn ˈmɛlbərn stɑrts æt ɔn ˈsənˌdi mɑrʧ 20 |
the sky sports f1 punditry team give some of their predictions ahead of the start of the 2016 formula one season. part 2 coming soon the sky sports f1 punditry team give some of their predictions ahead of the start of the 2016 formula one season. part 2 coming soon
who will be on pole in oz? will nico and lewis be friends or foes? and who will be the 2016 surprise package?
play the video at the top of the page to hear the thoughts - and predictions - of damon hill, martin brundle, johnny herbert, ted kravitz, david croft, rachel brookes, natalie pinkham and simon lazenby.
the first race of the 2016 f1 season, the australian gp, is exclusively live on sky sports f1. the race in melbourne starts at 5am on sunday march 20. | ən ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt noʊn sɪns ˈɔgəst ˈpleɪsɪz ðə ˈpraɪvəsi əv ˈmɪljənz əv sˈnæˌpʧæt ˈjuzərz æt rɪsk. ðə ɔˈstreɪljən ˈhækər grup ˈgɪbsən sɪˈkjʊrəti ˌɪnˈfɔrmd ðə dɪˈvɛləpərz əv sˈnæˌpʧæt fɔr mənθs əˈgoʊ əˈbaʊt ðə ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt wɪʧ həz stɪl nɑt bɪn pæʧt. ðə ˌɛkˈsplɔɪt ɪn ðə ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən ˈproʊˌgræmɪŋ ˈɪnərˌfeɪs (i.e*. api*) ɪˈneɪbəlz ɪt ðət foʊn ˈnəmbərz kən bi kəˈnɛktɪd tɪ ðɛr əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪtəd username*. ˈivɪn ɪf jʊr oʊn ˈpraɪvəsi ˈsɛtɪŋz wər sɛt tɪ ðə səˈpoʊzədli haɪəst ˈlɛvəl əv sɪˈkjʊrəti, jʊr ˈjuzər ˈdætə kʊd bi kəˈlɛktəd wɪθ iz; ðə ˈpraɪvəsi əv ðə əˈprɑksəmətli 26 ˈmɪljən sˈnæˌpʧæt ˈjuzərz ɪz ˈklɪrli æt rɪsk. əˈnəðər bəg ɪn ðə koʊd meɪks ɪt ˈpɑsəbəl tɪ ˈizəli kriˈeɪt lɑrʤ ˈnəmbərz əv feɪk ˈjuzər əˈkaʊnts wɪθ ə skrɪpt. əˈdɪʃəˌnəli, ˈfoʊˌtoʊz ənd ˈvɪdioʊz kən bi wɪˈθaʊt məʧ ˈɛfərt. fər ˈdætə kəˈlɛktərz ɪt ɪz ən ˈizi geɪm tɪ kəˈlɛkt neɪmz, foʊn ˈnəmbərz ənd ˈivɪn ˈsoʊʃəl ˈmidiə ˈproʊˌfaɪlz rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ iʧ ˈəðər ənd ðɛn spaɪ ɔn ðə sˈnæˌpʧæt ˈjuzərz. əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ˈgɪbsən sɪˈkjʊrəti ɪt həz ɔˈrɛdi kəm soʊ fɑr tɪ ðə pɔɪnt ðət ˈjuzər ˈdætə həz bɪn soʊld ɪn ə "ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən ˈpækɪʤ" fər ə fju ˈdɔlərz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈɪntərˌnɛt. sˈnæˌpʧæt ɪz nɑt ˌənˈkɑmənli juzd ɛz ə soʊ kɔld 'sexting-app*'. ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðə ˈsikrɪt nud ˈpɪkʧərz ənd səˈleɪʃəs ˈmɛsɪʤɪz ˈoʊnli wɛnt tɪ ðɛr ˌɪnˈtɛndɪd rɪˈsɪpiənts rɪˈmeɪnz kˈwɛsʧənəbəl. ðɪs ˈsɪriəs ˈpraɪvəsi rɪsk kʊd bi juzd fər ər, ˈivɪn wərs, fər ˈsteɪkɪŋ, ər ˈblækˌmeɪlɪŋ sˈnæˌpʧæt ˈjuzərz. ðə ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti ˌɪtˈsɛlf wʊd hæv bɪn ˈpɑsəbəl kloʊz wɪθ ˈoʊnli tɛn laɪnz əv koʊd. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə ədˈvaɪs baɪ ˈgɪbsən sɪˈkjʊrəti həz rɪˈmeɪnd ˌəˈnænsərd ənd ˌɪgˈnɔrd tɪ ðɪs deɪ. fər ˈfərðər ˌɪnˌfɔrˈmeɪʃən: hir ju kən faɪnd ðə fʊl rɪˈpɔrt əv ðə ˌvəlnərəˈbɪlɪti əˈlɔŋ wɪθ koʊd ˈsæmpəlz ənd ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃənz fər ðə ɪnˈtaɪər ˈprɔˌsɛs. |
an exploit known since august places the privacy of millions of snapchat users at risk. the australian hacker group gibson security informed the developers of snapchat four months ago about the exploit which has still not been patched.
the exploit in the application programming interface (i.e. api) enables it that phone numbers can be connected to their associated username. even if your own privacy settings were set to the supposedly highest level of security, your user data could be collected with ease; the privacy of the approximately 26 million snapchat users is clearly at risk. another bug in the code makes it possible to easily create large numbers of fake user accounts with a script. additionally, photos and videos can be decrypted without much effort.
for data collectors it is an easy game to collect names, phone numbers and even social media profiles related to each other and then spy on the snapchat users. according to gibson security it has already come so far to the point that user data has been sold in a "combination package" for a few dollars over the internet.
snapchat is not uncommonly used as a so called 'sexting-app'. whether or not the secret nude pictures and salacious messages only went to their intended recipients remains questionable. this serious privacy risk could be used for spamming or, even worse, for staking, scamming or blackmailing snapchat users.
the vulnerability itself would have been possible close with only ten lines of code. however the advice by gibson security has remained unanswered and ignored to this day.
for further information:
gibsonsec
here you can find the full report of the vulnerability along with code samples and explanations for the entire process. | ˈkoʊkəˌnət ər əˈməŋ ðə moʊst ˌɪnˈtɛləʤənt ˌɪnˈvərtəˌbreɪts əraʊnd: ðeɪ juz tulz, ˈkɛri ðɛr ˈʃɛltərz əraʊnd fər wɪn ðeɪ nid ðɛm, ənd, ˈfɪtɪŋli, əˈdɑpt ən ˈəndərˌwɔtər ˈwɔkɪŋ ˈmoʊʃən ðæts ˈvɛri ˈsɪmələr tɪ ˈjumənz. ˈtutərd ɪn ˈsɛvərəl ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈlæŋgwɪʤɪz fər aʊərz ɔn ɛnd ənd stræpt tɪ ə stil rɑd fər ˈpɑsʧər, ˈʧaɪlˌdhʊd wɑz ˈɛniˌθɪŋ bət ˈizi. kʊd ju hæv ɪnˈdʊrd ˈəpˌbrɪŋɪŋ? ɪts noʊ ˈsikrɪt ðət ˈʧɑrəlz iv*, kɪŋ əv boʊˈhimiə, pəˈzɛst ðə spɪr əv ˈdɛstəni. bət ðə weɪ hi ˈbrændɪʃt ɪt ɪn ˈpəblɪk rɪˈvilz hɪz ˈsævi ˌəndərˈstændɪŋ əv məˈθɑləˌʤi ənd paʊər. ənˈlɑkɪŋ ðə spɪr əv tru paʊər ðə kriˈeɪtər, ˈwɪljəm ˈmoʊltən ˈmɑrstən, wɑz ə saɪˈkɑləʤəst ənd ˌɪnˈvɛntər ənd ˌɪnfˈjuzd hɪz ˈdeɪli laɪf ˈɪntu ðə ˈkɑmɪk bʊk. ðə ˈɔrəʤən ˈstɔri əv ˈwəndər ˈwʊmən ɪn ðɪs ɪkˈsklusɪv klɪp frəm ðə 1930s*, kənˈfɛdərˌeɪt ˈvɛtərənz stɛp əp tɪ ðə mɪk ənd lɛt aʊt ðɛr ˈvərʒən əv ðə ˈfɪrsəm ˈræliɪŋ kraɪ |
coconut octopuses are among the most intelligent invertebrates around: they use tools, carry their shelters around for when they need them, and, fittingly, adopt an underwater walking motion that's very similar to humans.
tutored in several european languages for hours on end and strapped to a steel rod for posture, consuelo vanderbilt's childhood was anything but easy.
could you have endured consuelo vanderbilt's upbringing? (4:30)
it's no secret that charles iv, king of bohemia, possessed the spear of destiny. but the way he brandished it in public reveals his savvy understanding of mythology and power.
unlocking the spear of destiny's true power (3:56)
the superheros creator, william moulton marston, was a harvard-trained psychologist and inventor and infused his daily life into the comic book.
the origin story of wonder woman (4:36)
in this exclusive clip from the 1930s, confederate veterans step up to the mic and let out their version of the fearsome rallying cry | ðɪs ˈɑrtɪkəl ɪz ˈoʊvər 3 jɪrz oʊld ðə ˈfəndɪŋ ˌɪnˈkludz fər ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ˈvɪktɪmz əv ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns hu ər æt 31 taɪmz ðə reɪt əv ˈwɪmən, ˈdætə ʃoʊz ə sərʤ ɪn kɔlz fər hɛlp frəm ˈwɪmən fliɪŋ ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns həz ˈprɑmptɪd ðə vɪkˈtɔriən ˈgəvərnmənt tɪ ˈæləˌkeɪt tɪ ˈfrənˌtlaɪn rɪˈspɑns ˈsərvɪsɪz. ðə ˈfəndɪŋ əˈnaʊnst ɔn ˈtuzˌdeɪ ˌɪnˈkludz ˈoʊvər fɔr jɪrz fər dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns vɪkˈtɔriə, ənd təˈwɔrdz ˌɪmˈpruvɪŋ rɪˈspɑnsɪz fər ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ˈvɪktɪmz əv ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns. ˈdætə frəm vɪkˈtɔriə pəˈlis ʃoʊz ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ɔˈstreɪljənz ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnɪd əv ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns ˈvɪktɪmz læst jɪr, dɪˈspaɪt ˈmeɪkɪŋ əp ʤɪst əv ðə ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən. ðə ˈmɪnɪstər fər ˈhaʊzɪŋ, ˈmɑrtɪn ˈfoʊli, toʊld ˈgɑrdiən ɔˈstreɪljə ðɛr hæd bɪn growth”*” ɪn ˈwɪmən ˈsikɪŋ hɛlp sɪns ðə ˈgəvərnmənt əˈnaʊnst ɪt wʊd hoʊld ə rɔɪəl kəˈmɪʃən ˈɪntu ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns. ðə kəˈmɪʃən wɪl bɪˈgɪn ɪts ˈpəblɪk ˈhirɪŋz ɔn ˈmənˌdeɪ, wɪn ˈɛkspərts ənd ˈsteɪˌkhoʊldərz wɪl dɪˈskəs haʊ ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns kən bi prɪˈvɛnɪd. fækt ðɛr ɪz mɔr əˈtɛnʃən ɔn ðə ˈɪʃu ənd ˌrɛkɪgˈnɪʃən əv ɪts ˌɪmˈpɔrtəns həz ɪnˈkərəʤd mɔr ˈwɪmən tɪ kəm ˈfɔrwərd, ˈɔfən ˈwɪmən wɪθ ˈʧɪldrən, ənd ˈfrənˌtlaɪn ˈsərvɪsɪz, ˈædvəkəsi ˌɔrgənɪˈzeɪʃənz ənd kəmˈjunɪti grups hæv ˌriˈpɔrtəd ə ˈvɛri sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt ˌɪnˈkris ɪn dɪˈmænd ɔn services,”*,” ˈfoʊli sɛd. ˈæləˌkeɪtɪd səm ˈfəndɪŋ tɪ rɪˈspɑnd tɪ ðɪs groʊθ, ənd ɪt ɪz mɛnt tɪ bi ʤɪst ən ˌɪˈnɪʃəl rɪˈspɑns tɪ groʊɪŋ demand.”*.” ðə ˈfəndɪŋ wɑz əˈnaʊnst æt ðə nu ˈhɛdˌkɔrtərz fər ðə ˌæbərˈɪʤənəl ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns priˈvɛnʃən ənd ˈligəl ˈsərvɪs ɪn ðə ˈmɛlbərn ˈsəbərb əv abbotsford*. ɪts ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv, ˌæntwəˈnɛt braybrook*, sɛd wɪθ səˈpɔrt frəm ə vɪkˈtɔriə ˈligəl eɪd ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən grænt ʃi hoʊpt tɪ dɪˈvɛləp ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈɪntu ə seɪf, ənd hoʊˈlɪstɪk centre”*” wɛr ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs sərˈvaɪvərz əv ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns kʊd ˈækˌsɛs ˈsərvɪsɪz. kəmˈjunɪti həb wɪl ˈsɛləˌbreɪt ˌæbərˈɪʤənəl ˈkəlʧər waɪl prəˈvaɪdɪŋ ˈpræktɪkəl səˈpɔrt ɪn ˈɛriəz ˈkəvərɪŋ ə reɪnʤ əv ˈligəl ˈɪʃuz, ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns, ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃən, ˈərli ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən ənd priˈvɛnʃən, əˈməŋ others,”*,” ʃi sɛd. ən ɔˈstreɪljən ˈɪnstɪˌtut əv hɛlθ ənd ˈwɛlˌfɛr rɪˈpɔrt riˈlist læst mənθ ʃoʊd ˌɪnˈdɪʤənəs ɔˈstreɪljən ˈwɪmən wər ˈteɪkən tɪ ˈhɑˌspɪtəl fər əˈsɔlt ˈɪnʤəriz æt 31 taɪmz ðə reɪt əv ˈwɪmən. ðə ʧif ɪgˈzɛkjətɪv əv dəˈmɛstɪk ˈvaɪələns vɪkˈtɔriə, fiˈoʊnə məˈkɔrmək, θæŋkt ðə ˈgəvərnmənt fər ðə ˈkrɪtɪkəl roʊl əv ə ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns pik ˈbɑdi ɪn ˈspikɪŋ ɔn bɪˈhæf əv ˈwɪmən ənd ˈʧɪldrən ɪkˈspɪriənsɪŋ ˈfæməli ˈvaɪələns ənd ðə ˈsərvɪsɪz ðət wərk wɪθ them”*”. ə rɪˈlif tɪ noʊ ðət ɑr ˈfəndɪŋ ɪz naʊ sɪˈkjʊr fər ðə nɛkst fju jɪrz; ðɪs wɪl əˈlaʊ ˈjuˈɛs tɪ gɪt ɔn wɪθ ðə ˈkrɪtɪkəl wərk əv ˈbɪldɪŋ ə ˈseɪfər ənd ˈhɛlθiər kəmˈjunɪti fər ɔl victorians,”*,” ʃi sɛd. |
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the funding includes $600,000 for indigenous victims of family violence who are hospitalised at 31 times the rate of non-indigenous women, data shows
a surge in calls for help from women fleeing family violence has prompted the victorian government to allocate $4m to frontline response services.
the funding announced on tuesday includes $1.4m over four years for domestic violence victoria, and $600,000 towards improving responses for indigenous victims of family violence.
data from victoria police shows indigenous australians represented 3.4% of family violence victims last year, despite making up just 0.9% of the state’s population.
the minister for housing, martin foley, told guardian australia there had been “enormous growth” in women seeking help since the government announced it would hold a royal commission into family violence.
the commission will begin its public hearings on monday, when experts and stakeholders will discuss how family violence can be prevented.
“the fact there is more attention on the issue and recognition of its importance has encouraged more women to come forward, often women with children, and frontline services, advocacy organisations and community groups have reported a very significant increase in demand on services,” foley said.
“so we’ve allocated some funding to respond to this growth, and it is meant to be just an initial response to growing demand.”
the funding was announced at the new headquarters for the aboriginal family violence prevention and legal service in the melbourne suburb of abbotsford.
its chief executive, antoinette braybrook, said with support from a victoria legal aid innovation grant she hoped to develop the building into a “culturally safe, tailor-made and holistic centre” where indigenous survivors of family violence could access services.
“our community hub will celebrate aboriginal culture while providing practical support in areas covering a range of legal issues, family violence, education, early intervention and prevention, among others,” she said.
an australian institute of health and welfare report released last month showed indigenous australian women were taken to hospital for assault injuries at 31 times the rate of non-indigenous women.
the chief executive of domestic violence victoria, fiona mccormack, thanked the government for “recognising the critical role of a family violence peak body in speaking on behalf of women and children experiencing family violence and the services that work with them”.
“it’s a relief to know that our funding is now secure for the next few years; this will allow us to get on with the critical work of building a safer and healthier community for all victorians,” she said. | rɪk ˈraɪli ˌbiˈfɔr ðə stɑrt əv ˈsupər boʊl ɔn ˈfɛbjəˌwɛri. 2 2014 ɪn ist ˈrəθərfərd, n.j*. ˈfoʊˌtoʊ baɪ ˈɪmɪʤɪz rɪk ˈraɪli ʧɛkt aʊt jɪrz əˈgoʊ. naʊ, ˈfaɪnəli ˈlivɪŋ. ˈraɪli hæd ɪt fərst ɔn tˈwɪtər: ðə ˈkɑləmnəst wɪl raɪt hɪz læst ˈstɔri fər ɔn ʤun 30 ənd wɪl ðɛn trænˈzɪʃən tɪ ˈkræftɪŋ ˈfiʧərz fər ˈvɛriəs ˈbrɪstəl ˌtɛləˈvɪʒən ˈprɑpərtiz. ɛz spɔrts ˈrɪʧərd daɪʧ pɔɪnts aʊt, ðə ˈmɔθˈbɔlɪŋ əv wərd ˈprɑˌsɛsər wɪl əˈlaʊ tɪ riˈʃeɪp ɪts hoʊm peɪʤ, ˈgɪvɪŋ neɪt ˈsɪlvər ənd ðə nu ə praɪm pərˈmoʊʃənəl slɑt əˈlɔŋˈsaɪd bɪl ˈsɪmənz ənd ˈgræntlənd. ɛz ˈsɪlvər ˈraɪzɪz, ˈraɪli kən bi noʊ ˈbɛtər ˈsɪmbəl əv ðə traɪəmf əv ˈmɑdərn ˈʤərnəˌlɪzəm ˈoʊvər ðə wərst ˈhæbəts əv ðə ˌoʊldˈskul prɛs. ˈraɪli ˈprɑbəˌbli ʃʊd hæv kwɪt ɪn 2009 wɪn kɔt ɪm ˈkɑpiɪŋ rɪfs frəm wən əv hɪz oʊld si ˈpisɪz. ɪf nɑt ðɛn, hi ʃʊd hæv kwɪt ðət ˈəðər taɪm ɪn 2009 wɪn kɔt ɪm ˈkɑpiɪŋ rɪfs frəm wən əv hɪz oʊld si ˈpisɪz. ɪf nɑt ðɛn, hi ʃʊd hæv kwɪt ɪn 2011 wɪn kɔt ɪm ˈkɑpiɪŋ rɪfs frəm wən əv hɪz oʊld si ˈpisɪz. ənd ɪf nɑt ðɛn, hi ʃʊd hæv kwɪt ðɪs ˈfɛbruˌɛri wɪn kɔt ɪm ˈkɑpiɪŋ rɪfs frəm wən əv hɪz oʊld ˈpisɪz. ɪn ðət læst wən, ə breɪn dəmp ɔn ˈbɔrɪŋ gɔlf ˌsɛləˈbreɪʃənz, ˈraɪli ˈkɑpid ənd ˈpeɪstɪd səʧ ɛz goʊ ˌæbsəˈlutli electro-shock*, three-alarm*, nuts!”*!” ənd pɪk əp ðə ənd faɪər ɪt laɪk ə ˈtɑmi gən æt ðə crowd.”*.” ɪn hɪz dɪˈfɛns, ˈraɪli dɪd ʧeɪnʤ ðɪs wər ˈfʊtˌbɔl, ðə gaɪ wʊd bi duɪŋ ðə ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈʧɪkən raɪt ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈəðər bench”*” tɪ ðə ðɪs wɑz ðə ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl, bi ɪn frənt əv ðə ˈəðər bench!”*!” ˈæftər paʊərɪŋ θru 15 ˈrisənt ˈraɪli ˈkɑləmz, aɪ kən rɪˈpɔrt ðət nɑt ˈjuʒəwəli ðət ˈtɛrəbəl. ðɪs pis ɔn ˈwɔrən 1 ˈbɪljən ˈbrækɪt ˈʧælənʤ ɪz ˈraɪli æt hɪz bɛst. ə fən ˈsəbʤɪkt, ə gʊd bɪt əv goʊz tɪ wən əv ðə ʤoʊks meɪd mi smaɪl. (ˈraɪli raɪts ðət ˈbəfɪt netjets*, wɪʧ səˈlɛbrɪti ʤɑks it əp laɪk ˈdɛri kwin, wɪʧ hi ˈɔlsoʊ owns.”*.”) mɔr ˈɔfən, ˈraɪli ˈfəŋkʃənz ɛz ˌɪnˈhaʊs upworthy*, riˈraɪtɪŋ ˈhɑrtˌwɔrmɪŋ ˈloʊkəl nuz ˈstɔriz krik ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪərz stænd əp fər ˈbʊlid student”*”) fər ə ˈnæʃənəl ˈɔdiəns səm skulz, ðə ˈfʊtˌbɔl pleɪərz duɪŋ ðə ˈbʊliɪŋ. æt kwin krik, ˈstɑpɪŋ it.”*.”). wɪn ˈraɪli klɔɪɪŋ, ˈfeɪkɪŋ ɪt. ˈɑbərn wɪnz ðə ˈnæʃənəl ˈtaɪtəl ˈmənˌdeɪ naɪt, aɪ swɛr goʊɪŋ tɪ it maɪ fist,”*,” hi roʊt praɪər tɪ ðə ˈtaɪtəl geɪm, ənd ˈsəmˌhaʊ aɪ bɪˈliv hɪz fɪst wɑz ɪn ˈɛni ril ˈdeɪnʤər. ˈmeɪbi bɪˈkəz wɪn hi dɪˈfɛndɪd ðə ˈwɔʃɪŋtən ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈnɪkˌneɪm baɪ kˈwoʊtɪŋ hɪz ˈneɪtɪv əˈmɛrɪkən ˈfɑðərɪnˌlɔ, hɪz dæd dɪˈklɛrd hi səˈpɔrt ðə neɪm æt ɔl ənd ðət ˈraɪli hæd tˈwɪstɪd hɪz wərdz əraʊnd. oʊ, ənd ˈraɪli feɪld tɪ ækˈnɑlɪʤ ðət ˈrɪtən ən si ˈkɑləm ðət meɪd ðə ɪgˈzækt ˈɑpəzɪt ˈɑrgjəmənt. æt list hi rɪp hɪmˈsɛlf ɔf ðət taɪm. ðɛr wɑz ˈɔlsoʊ ðɪs ˈɛˌnɛˈfɛl ˈkɑləm, wɪʧ ˈɛndɪd wɪθ ðə ˈfɑloʊɪŋ streɪnʤ ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃən: wən ˈigoʊ kən rɛk ə tim. ɪgˈzɪbɪt ə: wɪn ˈʤɑnəθən ˈmɑrtɪn stɑmpt ɔf ðə tim ˌɪnˈstɛd əv traɪɪŋ tɪ mɛnd hɪz ˈpərsɪnəl fjudz laɪk ən ˈædəlt, ðə dolphins’*’ əˈfɛnsɪv laɪn kəˈlæpst. ðeɪ wund əp ˈgɪvɪŋ əp baɪ fɑr ðə moʊst sæks ɪn ðə tɔk ɪt aʊt ɔˈrɛdi. ɪgˈzɪbɪt bi: ˈʤɛri ʤoʊnz. ˈhoʊpɪŋ ðət ðə pɑrt əˈbaʊt ˈʤɑnəθən ˈmɑrtɪn ɪz ə ʤoʊk. ɪf ɪt ɪz, aɪ gɪt ɪt. ˈiðər weɪ, ˈivɪn ˈdəmər ðən ðət ˈʤɛri ʤoʊnz gæg. ˈprɑbləm ðət soʊ ˈɔfən rɔŋ ər ðət seɪɪŋ ˈsəmθɪŋ ðə ˈbɪgəst l.a*. səˈpraɪz sɪns ˈɑrnəld ləv child”*” ˈnɪrli ɛz ˈfəni ɛz hi θɪŋks ɪt ɪz. ðət hɪz ˈkɑləm ridz ɛz ɪf bɪn ˈɛˌrlɪftɪd tɪ ðə wɛb frəm ðə lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs taɪmz, ˈsərkə ɪt filz kənˈstrɪktəd ənd pæt ɪn ən eɪʤ wɪn ˈɔnˌlaɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ tɛndz tɪ ðə dɪˈskərsɪv ənd ɪnˌθuziˈæstɪk. ðə wən bɪg θɪŋ ðət ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪz prɪˈsaɪsli meɪd neɪt ˈsɪlvər ənd bɪl ˈsɪmənz soʊ səkˈsɛsfəl: ˈpæʃən fər hɪz ˈsəbʤɪkt. ˌwəˈtɛvər ju θɪŋk əv ˈsɪmənz, ju daʊt hɪz ləv əv spɔrts ər sportswriting*. ˈpisɪz ər fʊl əv ə ˈdɪfərənt kaɪnd əv ˈɑrdər, ðə əbˈsɛsɪv zil əv ˈsəmˌwən ɔn ə kwɛst tɪ raɪt ðə rɔŋz əv ˈmeɪnˌstrim ˈpəndətri. ˈkɑləmz, baɪ ˈkɑntræst, rɛd laɪk ˈstaɪfəld jɔnz. ðə ˈkɑləmnəst həz hɪz ˈɪntərɪsts (ˈɛlˌweɪ, ˈtaɪgər), bət hi ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪt ðə spɔrts ˈdeɪtuˌdeɪ ˌɪnˈvɛstmənt ɪn goʊɪŋ tɪ wɪn ðə ˈɛnˌbiˈeɪ ˈtaɪtəl. nɑt ʤɪst ðət ˈraɪli ɪz aʊt əv aɪˈdiəz. ðət ðə sændz hæv ˈʃɪftɪd ˌəndərˈniθ ɪm ˈoʊvər ðə læst θri ˈdɛkeɪdz. ðiz deɪz, wi dɪˈmænd spɔrts nerdery*, ənd fænz kæʧ ɔn ɪf ju læk ðə ʤin. wi wɔnt tɪ spɛnd taɪm wɪθ ˈsəmˌwən hu ʤɪst kɛr. wɪn aɪ ˈkaʊntɪd ɔl əv tuθ ʤoʊks bæk ɪn ðət pɔɪnt, meɪd æt list ˈnoʊtɪd ðət hɪz wərk wɑz ʃoʊɪŋ əv complacency.”*.” naʊ, ə ˈlɪtəl mɔr ðən faɪv jɪrz ˈleɪtər, ðoʊz lʊk laɪk ðə ˈglɔri deɪz. ɪf bɪn ˈrɛdɪŋ ˈraɪli sɪns hɪz deɪz ɛz ə spɔrts ˈɪləˌstreɪtɪd ˈfiʧər ˈraɪtər, ju noʊ ðɛr wər fju ˈbɛtər bæk wɪn hi juzd tɪ gɪv ə dæm. æt hɪz bɛst, ˈkɑləmz wər ˈfəni, ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv, ənd agenda-setting*. hɪz ˈfiʧərz wər ˈbjutəfli rɔt. hɪz si ˈstɔri ɔn grɛg kəˈlæps æt ðə 1996 ˈmæstərz ɪz ə ˈmæstərˌpis əv ˈdɛˌdlaɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ, ˈwɪti ənd sæd ənd tru. əˈpɑn əˈnaʊnsɪŋ hɪz dɪˈpɑrʧər ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, ðə ˈraɪli sɛd, bɪn ˈraɪtɪŋ spɔrts fər ə ˈlɪvɪŋ, ˌnɑnˈstɑp, sɪns aɪ wɑz 20 aɪ ˈfɪgjərd aʊt ˈrisəntli ðət ˈpəblɪʃt ˈoʊvər tu ˈmɪljən wərdz, ɔl ɔn sports.”*.” ˈivɪn ɪf ˈgɪvɪŋ ˈjɔrsɛlf ˈdəbəl ˈkrɛdɪt fər ““electro-shock*, three-alarm*, nuts,”*,” stɪl ə lɔt əv wərdz, ənd æt list ə ˈmɪljən əv ðɛm wər greɪt. bi ˈləki tɪ paɪl əp ə tɛnθ ðət ˈmɛni. səm greɪt ˈspɔrtsˌraɪtərz ˈnɛvər ˌriˈtaɪər. ˈhɪroʊ (ənd tˈwɪtər ˈævəˌtɑr) ʤɪm ˈməri səˈkəmd tɪ ˈkɑrdiˌæk ərˈɛst æt eɪʤ 78 hɪz læst ˈkɑləm, faɪld frəm dɛl mɑr ˈreɪˌstræk, ræn ɪn ðə lɔs ˈænʤəlɪs taɪmz ðə deɪ hi daɪd. ðə dæn ˈʤɛŋkɪnz, hu ˈraɪli ˈfɑloʊd ɔn ðə gɔlf bit æt si, toʊld braɪən ˈkərtɪs ðət goʊɪŋ tɪ kip ˈraɪtɪŋ ðeɪ ˈkɛri mi aʊt. wət wʊd aɪ du? aɪ paint.”*.” bət noʊ ʃeɪm ɪn ˈmuvɪŋ ˈpeɪnɪŋ, ər ɪn duɪŋ ˈfiʧərz fər sportscenter*. (ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ðɛr wɑz ə fɛr əˈmaʊnt əv ʃeɪm ɪn ðɪs ˈfiʧər, bət ʧuz tɪ ˌɪgˈnɔr ðət wən.) ɪf ˈsɛntənsɪz ər ɛnˈkeɪst ɪn ˈæmbər, ðɪs æt list ɪz ə məˈnuvər. ˈraɪli meɪ ˈaɪdəˌlaɪz ˈməri, bət hɪz kərɪr ɑrk lʊks laɪk ðət əv ˈtoʊni kornheiser*, ə ˈraɪtər hu pʊt daʊn hɪz pɛn tɪ ˈfoʊkɪs ɔn ˈreɪdiˌoʊ ənd ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən. kornheiser*, ə mæn hu həz ˈnɛvər lækt fər self-loathing*, wəns toʊld ril klɪr spɔrts ðət hi stɑpt ˈraɪtɪŋ bɪˈkəz noʊ gʊd anymore.”*.” ˈraɪli gɪvz hɪmˈsɛlf ə bɪt mɔr slæk. ˈrɛdi tɪ traɪ ˈsəmθɪŋ new,”*,” hi ɪkˈspleɪnd ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ. ɪt wɑz hɪz bɛst laɪn ɪn jɪrz. |
rick reilly before the start of super bowl xlviii on feb. 2, 2014, in east rutherford, n.j. photo by elsa/getty images
rick reilly checked out years ago. now, he’s finally leaving. reilly had it first on twitter: the columnist will write his last story for espn.com on june 30 and will then transition to crafting soft-focus features for various bristol tv properties. as sports illustrated’s richard deitsch points out, the mothballing of reilly’s word processor will allow espn.com to reshape its home page, giving nate silver and the new fivethirtyeight.com a prime promotional slot alongside bill simmons and grantland. as silver rises, reilly disappears—there can be no better symbol of the triumph of modern journalism over the worst habits of the old-school press.
reilly probably should have quit in 2009, when deadspin caught him copying riffs from one of his old si pieces. if not then, he should have quit that other time in 2009 when deadspin caught him copying riffs from one of his old si pieces. if not then, he should have quit in 2011 when deadspin caught him copying riffs from one of his old si pieces. and if not then, he should have quit this february when deadspin caught him copying riffs from one of his old espn pieces. in that last one, a regurgitated brain dump on boring golf celebrations, reilly copied and pasted such stale-the-first-time zingers as “i’d go absolutely electro-shock, three-alarm, bat-guano nuts!” and “i’d pick up the flagstick and fire it like a tommy gun at the crowd.” in his defense, reilly did change “if this were football, the guy would be doing the electric chicken right in front of the other team’s bench” to the timelier “if this was the nfl, he’d be twerking in front of the other team’s bench!”
after powering through 15 recent reilly columns, i can report that they’re not usually that bat-guano terrible. this week’s piece on warren buffett’s $1 billion ncaa bracket challenge is reilly at his espn-era best. it’s a fun subject, there’s a good bit of reporting—he goes to buffett’s office!—and one of the jokes made me smile. (reilly writes that buffett “owns netjets, which celebrity jocks eat up like dairy queen, which he also owns.”) more often, reilly functions as espn.com’s in-house upworthy, rewriting heartwarming local news stories (“queen creek football players stand up for bullied special-needs student”) for a national audience (“in some schools, it’s the football players doing the bullying. at queen creek, they’re stopping it.”).
when reilly isn’t cloying, he’s faking it. “if auburn wins the national title monday night, i swear i’m going to eat my fist,” he wrote prior to the bcs title game, and somehow i didn’t believe his fist was in any real danger. maybe that’s because when he defended the washington nfl team’s nickname by quoting his native american father-in-law, his wife’s dad declared he didn’t support the name at all and that reilly had twisted his words around. oh, and reilly failed to acknowledge that he’d written an si column that made the exact opposite argument. at least he didn’t rip himself off that time.
there was also this nfl year-in-review column, which ended with the following strange observation:
one man’s ego can wreck a team.
exhibit a: when ol jonathan martin stomped off the team instead of trying to mend his personal feuds like an adult, the dolphins’ offensive line collapsed. they wound up giving up by far the most sacks in the league—58. talk it out already.
exhibit b: jerry jones.
i’m hoping that the part about jonathan martin is a joke. if it is, i don’t get it. either way, it’s even dumber than that jerry jones gag.
reilly’s problem isn’t that he’s so often wrong or that saying something “was the biggest l.a. surprise since arnold schwarzenegger’s love child” isn’t nearly as funny as he thinks it is. it’s that his column reads as if it’s been airlifted to the web from the los angeles times, circa 1984—that it feels constricted and pat in an age when online writing tends to the discursive and enthusiastic. the one big thing that reilly’s missing is precisely what’s made nate silver and bill simmons so successful: passion for his subject.
whatever you think of simmons, you can’t doubt his love of sports or sportswriting. silver’s pieces are full of a different kind of ardor, the obsessive zeal of someone on a quest to right the wrongs of mainstream punditry. reilly’s columns, by contrast, read like stifled yawns. the columnist has his interests (elway, tiger), but he can’t replicate the sports guy’s day-to-day investment in who’s going to win the nba title.
it’s not just that reilly is out of ideas. it’s that the sands have shifted underneath him over the last three decades. these days, we demand simmons-grade sports nerdery, and fans catch on if you lack the gene. we don’t want to spend time with someone who just doesn’t care. when i counted all of reilly’s tooth jokes back in 2008—at that point, he’d made at least 116—i noted that his work was showing “signs of complacency.” now, a little more than five years later, those look like the toothsome glory days.
if you’ve been reading reilly since his days as a sports illustrated feature writer, you know there were few better back when he used to give a damn. at his best, reilly’s columns were funny, incisive, and agenda-setting. his features were beautifully wrought. his si story on greg norman’s collapse at the 1996 masters is a masterpiece of deadline writing, witty and sad and true.
upon announcing his departure on wednesday, the 56-year-old reilly said, “i’ve been writing sports for a living, non-stop, since i was 20. i figured out recently that i’ve published over two million words, all on sports.” even if you’re giving yourself double credit for “electro-shock, three-alarm, bat-guano nuts,” that’s still a lot of words, and at least a million of them were great. i’ll be lucky to pile up a tenth that many.
some great sportswriters never retire. reilly’s hero (and twitter avatar) jim murray succumbed to cardiac arrest at age 78; his last column, filed from del mar racetrack, ran in the los angeles times the day he died. the 84-year-old dan jenkins, who reilly followed on the golf beat at si, told grantland’s bryan curtis that he’s going to keep writing “till they carry me out. what would i do? i don’t paint.”
but there’s no shame in moving on—in painting, or in doing four-minute features for sportscenter. (ok, there was a fair amount of shame in this feature, but let’s choose to ignore that one.) if reilly’s sentences are encased in amber, this at least is a 21st-century maneuver. reilly may idolize murray, but his career arc looks like that of tony kornheiser, a once-great writer who put down his pen to focus on radio and television. kornheiser, a man who has never lacked for self-loathing, once told real clear sports that he stopped writing because “i’m no good anymore.” reilly gives himself a bit more slack. “i’m ready to try something new,” he explained on wednesday. it was his best line in years. | ˈkəstəmərz traɪ aʊt ðə ɛr æt ðə ˈæpəl stɔr ɪn nu jɔrk ˈfɛbruˌɛri 1 2008 ˈsteɪpəltən ˈtaɪˌpeɪ (ˈrɔɪtərz) ˈæpəl wɪl teɪk dɪˈlɪvəri əv ˈnuli dɪˈvɛləpt frəm ˈtaɪˈwɑn, ə sɔrs sɛd ɔn ˈwɛnzˌdeɪ, əˈmɪd tɔk ðə juz. fərm ɪz dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ə ˈpiˈsi. ˈtaɪˈwɑn ˈspɛʃəlɪst ɔˈrɛdi meɪks smɔl skrinz fər ˈæpəl ˈaɪˌfoʊnz, ənd həz rɪˈsivd ˈɔrdərz fər ðə ˈlɑrʤər wənz ðət ər ˈrəfli ðə seɪm saɪz ɛz ðoʊz juzd ɪn ˈmɪni ˈpiˈsiz, sɛd ðə sɔrs kloʊz tɪ ðə ˈtaɪˈwɑn fərm. hi æst nɑt tɪ bi aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪd bɪˈkəz hi wɑz nɑt ˈɔθərˌaɪzd tɪ tɔk tɪ ðə ˈmidiə. hi ˈædɪd ðət hi dɪd nɑt noʊ wət ðə ˈfaɪnəl ˈprɑdəkt wʊd bi, ər hu wʊd meɪk ɪt. ˈspoʊksmən ʤeɪmz ʧɛn kənˈfərmd ˈæpəl wɑz ə ˈmeɪʤər klaɪənt əv hɪz ˈkəmpəˌni, bət dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˈɛni nu ˈprɑdəkt dɪˈvɛləpmənt. rɪˈleɪtɪd ˈkəvərɪʤ ˈæpəl roʊlz aʊt ˈtɔkɪŋ ˈaɪˌpɔd ˈʃəfəl ˈtaɪˈwɑn ˈmidiə ˌriˈpɔrtəd ðɪs wik ðət ˈæpəl, wɪʧ həz brɔt tɪ ðə ˈfɔrˌfrənt wɪθ ðə səkˈsɛs əv ɪts ˈaɪˌfoʊnz, ɪz ˈkərəntli dɪˈvɛləpɪŋ ə ˈpiˈsi, ɛz laɪnz bɪˈgɪn tɪ blər bɪtˈwin səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtəd ənd trəˈdɪʃənəl ˈpiˈsiz. səm əv ðoʊz rɪˈpɔrts hæv sɛd ðət kəmˈpjutər, ðə tɔp ˈkɑnˌtrækt ˈlæpˌtɑp ˈpiˈsi ˈmeɪkər, wʊd ˌmænjəˈfækʧər ðə ˈækʧəwəl ˈpiˈsiz fər ˈæpəl. hɔŋ kɔŋg ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən, ʤɪl tæn, sɛd ðə ˈkəmpəˌni dɪd nɑt ˈkɑmɛnt ɔn ˈmɑrkɪt ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən, waɪl ə ˈspoʊksˌwʊmən ˈɔlsoʊ dɪˈklaɪnd tɪ ˈkɑmɛnt. |
customers try out the macbook air at the apple store in new york february 1, 2008. reuters/shannon stapleton
taipei (reuters) - apple will take third-quarter delivery of newly developed 10-inch touchscreens from taiwan, a source said on wednesday, amid talk the u.s. firm is developing a touchscreen pc.
taiwan touchscreen specialist wintek already makes small screens for apple iphones, and has received orders for the larger ones that are roughly the same size as those used in mini pcs, said the source close to the taiwan firm. he asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
he added that he did not know what the final product would be, or who would make it.
wintek spokesman james chen confirmed apple was a major client of his company, but declined to comment on any new product development.
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taiwan media reported this week that apple, which has brought touchscreens to the forefront with the success of its iphones, is currently developing a touchscreen pc, as lines begin to blur between sophisticated smartphones and traditional pcs.
some of those reports have said that taiwan’s quanta computer, the world’s top contract laptop pc maker, would manufacture the actual pcs for apple.
apple’s hong kong spokeswoman, jill tan, said the company did not comment on market speculation, while a quanta spokeswoman also declined to comment. | lʊk ˌɪnˈsaɪd hɛˈloʊ ðɛr! təˈdeɪ aɪ wʊd laɪk tɪ ʃoʊ ju haʊ tɪ kriˈeɪt ən əˈmeɪzɪŋ roʊˈteɪʃən ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ˈjuzɪŋ trænsˈfɔrmz ənd ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ˈprɑpərtiz, wɪˈθaʊt ˈjuzɪŋ ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt. ju maɪt, əv kɔrs, kən ʧɛk aʊt ˈəðərz əˈmeɪzɪŋ ˈifɛkts laɪk ˈbækˌgraʊnd ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ənd pjʊr ˈloʊgoʊ ənd ˈaɪˌkɑnz. ðə aɪˈdiə ɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt ə ‘‘cube‘*‘ ˈgæləri ˈifɛkts. fju kjubz ər ˈloʊˌkeɪtəd nɪr iʧ ˈəðər wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈɪmɪʤɪz baɪnd tɪ cubes’*’ ˈfeɪsɪz. ðiz kjubz wɪl ðɛn ˈroʊˌteɪt ˌɪtˈsɛlf wən baɪ wən wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈtaɪmɪŋ ənd stɑp fər əˈwaɪl, ənd ðɛn ˈroʊˌteɪt ənd stɑp əˈgɛn ˈæftər ðɪs. ðə ˈprɔˌsɛs wɪl kip rɪˈpitɪŋ ˌɪtˈsɛlf. ʧɛk aʊt ðə ˈdɛmoʊ əˈbəv tɪ si ɪt wɪθ jʊr aɪz! ðə ˌɪˈnɪʃəl aɪˈdiə wɑz ˌɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ kjub ˈifɛkt, soʊ aɪ ˌdɪˈsaɪd tɪ kriˈeɪt wən ˈsɪmələr bət wɪθ ˈoʊnli. ˈɛniˌweɪ, ju meɪ goʊ θru ðə ˈmɑrˌkəp ənd staɪl bɪˈloʊ fər ðɪs ˌænəˈmeɪʃən ˈdɛmoʊ ɪf ju wɪʃ tɪ noʊ haʊ ɪt wərks. ˈəðərˌwaɪz ju kən ʤɪst skɪp ðə pɑrt bɪˈloʊ ənd ˌɛnˈʤɔɪ ðə kjub roʊˈteɪʃən ˈifɛkt baɪ trænsˈfɔrmz. [ˈbraʊzər ˈdɛmoʊ ˈoʊnli wərks ɔn ˈbraʊzərz ðət səˈpɔrt trænsˈfɔrmz, səʧ ɛz kroʊm ənd safari.[/browser*] bɪld ə kjub gɪt ɪt ˈstɑrtɪd wɪθ ɑr kɔr ˈɛləmənt kjub. ðɪs maɪt nɑt rɪˈleɪtɪd tɪ ɑr ˈdɛmoʊ, ˌhaʊˈɛvər ɪt wɪl bi jʊr ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl ˌbiˈfɔr ˈstɑrtɪŋ trænsˈfɔrmz. wi ɔl noʊ ðət ə ˈbeɪsɪk kjub kənˈsɪsts əv sɪks ˈfeɪsɪz, wɪʧ ər frənt, bæk, tɔp, ˈbɑtəm, lɛft ənd raɪt. soʊ wi hæv tɪ dɪˈfaɪn ðiz sɪks ˈfeɪsɪz ˈjuzɪŋ ˈɛləmənt, ənd ˌdɪfərˈɛnʃəl iʧ ˈəðər wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈklæsɪz. id="viewcontainer*"> class="cube*" class="facefront"></div*> class="faceback"></div*> class="faceleft"></div*> class="faceright"></div*> class="facetop"></div*> class="facebottom"></div*> </div*> </div*> ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ðiz ˈɛləmənts bi ˈeɪbəl tɪ bɪˈkəm ə kjub ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli wɪˈθaʊt hɛlp frəm trænsˈfɔrmz. kənˈteɪnər fər kjub ˌænəˈmeɪʃən -webkit-perspective*: 1000px*; -webkit-perspective-origin*:; kjub staɪl .kjub pəˈzɪʃən: ˈrɛlətɪv; wɪdθ:; haɪt:; trænsˈfɔrmz əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-transform-style*: preserve-3d*; -webkit-transform-origin*: 50 50 iʧ feɪs ʃɛr seɪm əˈtrɪˌbjuts .kjub pəˈzɪʃən: ˈæbsəˌlut; wɪdθ:; haɪt:; -webkit-transform-origin*: 50 50 kjub ˈfeɪsɪz ˈkələr background-color*: rɛd; -webkit-transform*: translatez(150px*); background-color*: blu; -webkit-transform*: rotatey(180deg*) rotatez(180deg*) translatez(150px*); background-color*: grin; -webkit-transform*: rotatex(90deg*) translatez(150px*); background-color*: ˈpərpəl; -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-90deg*) translatez(150px*); background-color*: blæk; -webkit-transform*: rotatey(90deg*) translatez(150px*); background-color*: ˈjɛloʊ; -webkit-transform*: rotatey(-90deg*) translatez(150px*); ðə ɪz ðə ˈɛləmənt ɪn wɪʧ ɑr ˌænəˈmeɪʃən teɪks pleɪs. ɔl ðə ˈɛləmənts ˌɪnˈsaɪd wɪl muv ənd ˈroʊˌteɪt ɪn riˈleɪʃən tɪ ðɪs wɪʧ ˌɪtˈsɛlf wɪl rɪˈmeɪn fɪkst tɪ ðə peɪʤ. ðə pərˈspɛktɪv əˈtrɪˌbjut dɪˈfaɪnz haʊ fɑr (z-axis*) ðə ˈɛləmənt ɪz pleɪst frəm ðə vju. ðə ˈlɑrʤər ðɪs ˈvælju ðə lɛs ˈɑbviəs ðə ˈifɛkt. ɪf ju peɪst ðə ənd ˈmɑrˌkəp əˈbəv ˈɪntu jʊr tɛkst ˈɛdɪtər ənd rən ɪt, ju wɪl si ə ˈkələrfəl kjub ɪf jʊr ˈbraʊzər səˈpɔrt əv trænsˈfɔrmz. ˈəðərˌwaɪz ju wɪl ˈoʊnli ˈeɪbəl tɪ si tu ˈrɛkˌtæŋgəlz wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈkələr. raɪt naʊ, traɪ ˈmɑdəˌfaɪɪŋ ðə pərˈspɛktɪv ˈvælju ənd si ðə wət ˈhæpənz tɪ ðə kjub. ˈməltəpəl kjubz ˈæftər ðə ˌfəndəˈmɛnəl əv kriˈeɪtɪŋ ə kjub ˈjuzɪŋ trænsˈfɔrmz, wi wɪl bi goʊɪŋ θru ðə ənd ˈmɑrˌkəp əv ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɔl ðə ˈvɛndər wɪl bi ɪkˈskludɪd frəm ðə koʊd, bət ju kən stɪl faɪnd ðɛm ɪn ðə faɪlz. ðə fərst stɛp ɪz tɪ kriˈeɪt fju kjubz ənd ˈkɑmbaɪn ðɛm ˈɪntu wən bɪg kjub. wi kʊd əˈʧiv ðɪs baɪ ˈdjupləˌkeɪts ðə kjub ˈmɑrˌkəp əˈbəv ənd ˈstaɪlɪŋ ɪt ˈjuzɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt. ˈæftər ðɛn, neɪm ðə cubes’*’ ˈɛləmənt wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈaɪˈdi. id="viewstage*"> class="cube*" fb"></div*> fb"></div*> lr"></div*> lr"></div*> tb"></div*> tb"></div*> </div*> class="cube*" fb"></div*> fb"></div*> lr"></div*> lr"></div*> tb"></div*> tb"></div*> </div*> class="cube*" fb"></div*> fb"></div*> lr"></div*> lr"></div*> tb"></div*> tb"></div*> </div*> </div*> ðə fər kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ðiz kjubz ər ɛz bɪˈloʊ. kənˈteɪnər fər kjub ˌænəˈmeɪʃən wɪdθ:; haɪt:; -webkit-perspective*:; -webkit-perspective-origin*: 50 50 kjub staɪl .kjub pəˈzɪʃən: ˈrɛlətɪv; floʊt: lɛft; wɪdθ:; haɪt:; kjub trænsˈfɔrmz əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-transform-style*: preserve-3d*; -webkit-transform-origin*: 50 50 kjubz' feɪs staɪl feɪs ʃɛr əˈtrɪˌbjuts .kjub background-color*: 000 background-size*:; pəˈzɪʃən: ˈæbsəˌlut; -webkit-transform-origin*: 50 50: ˈhɪdən; feɪs grup frənt ənd bæk .kjub wɪdθ:; haɪt:; feɪs grup ˈtiˈbi tɔp ənd ˈbɑtəm .kjub wɪdθ:; haɪt:; feɪs grup lɛft ənd raɪt .kjub wɪdθ: 400px*; haɪt: 400px*; ˌɪndəˈvɪʤəwəl feɪs əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-transform*: translatez(150px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatey(180deg*) rotatez(180deg*) translatez(150px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatex(90deg*) translatez(150px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-90deg*) translatez(150px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatey(90deg*) translatez(0px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatey(-90deg*) translatez(150px*); ðə əˈtrɪˌbjut ɪz juzd tɪ spɪˈsɪfɪk ˈwɛðər ər nɑt ðə ˈɛləmənt ʃʊd bi ˈvɪzəbəl wɪn nɑt ˈfeɪsɪŋ ðə skrin. ðə dɪˈfɔlt ˈvælju ɪz ˈvɪzəbəl. ɑr nɛkst tæsk ɪz tɪ baɪnd ðə cubes’*’ ˈfeɪsɪz wɪθ ˈdɪfərənt ˈɪmɪʤɪz ənd pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ ɪt əˈkɔrdɪŋ tɪ ðə kjubz loʊˈkeɪʃən. kjubz' ˈfeɪsɪz background-image*: url(../image1.jpg*); -webkit-transform*: translatez(150px*); background-image*: url(../image3.jpg*); -webkit-transform*: rotatey(180deg*) rotatez(180deg*) translatez(150px*); background-image*: url(../image2.jpg*); -webkit-transform*: rotatex(90deg*) translatez(150px*); background-image*: url(../image4.jpg*); -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-90deg*) translatez(150px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatey(90deg*) translatez(0px*); -webkit-transform*: rotatey(-90deg*) translatez(150px*); ˈbækˌgraʊnd pəˈzɪʃən background-position*: 0 0 background-position*: 0 background-position*: 0 kjub roʊˈteɪʃən naʊ, wi wɪl meɪk ðiz kjubz ˈroʊˌteɪt ˌɪtˈsɛlf ˌɔtəˈmætɪkli! ɪn ðɪs keɪs wi juz roʊˈteɪʃən. kjub staɪl .kjub position:relative*; float:left*; width:150px*; height:300px*; kjub trænsˈfɔrmz əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-transform-style*: preserve-3d*; -webkit-transform-origin*: 50 50 kjub ˌænəˈmeɪʃən əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-animation-name*: roʊˈteɪʃən; -webkit-animation-timing-function*: iz; -webkit-animation-iteration-count*: ˈɪnfənət; -webkit-animation-duration*: 15s*; ðə əˈtrɪˌbjuts əˈbəv wɪl ˈʤɛnərˌeɪt ən ˌænəˈmeɪʃən wɪθ ˈdʊˈreɪʃən əv 15 ˈsɛkəndz. ðə roʊˈteɪʃən fər wɪl bi lʊk laɪk bɪˈloʊ. ðɪs wɪl ˈroʊˌteɪt ðə kjub baɪ ənd ðɛn pɔz ɪt fər fju ˈsɛkəndz, ˈæftər ðət ðə kjub wɪl ˈroʊˌteɪt ənd pɔz əˈgɛn. roʊˈteɪʃən frəm, tɪ 10 25 -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-90deg*); 35 50 -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-180deg*); 60 75 -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-270deg*); 85 100 -webkit-transform*: rotatex(-360deg*); ju kʊd ˈæˌkʧuəli pərˈfɔrm mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd roʊˈteɪʃən laɪk ər baɪ əˈmɛndɪŋ ðə ˈvæljuz. ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ðə faɪlz fər mɔr ˈditeɪlz əˈbaʊt ˈsɛtɪŋ. ɛnˈhænsmənts baɪ ðə taɪm naʊ, ju ʃʊd ˈeɪbəl tɪ si ðə kjub roʊˈteɪʃən ˈifɛkt. ˌhaʊˈɛvər ðə ˈifɛkt lʊks ˈrɪʤɪd ənd ˌɪnˈflɛksəbəl. hɛns wi hæv tɪ du səm ɛnˈhænsmənts ɔn ðɪs. fərst, meɪk ðə roʊˈteɪʃən lʊks mɔr əˈtræktɪv baɪ ˈædɪŋ səm əˈtrɪˌbjut tɪ iʧ kjub. kjubz fɪks wɪθ ˌænəˈmeɪʃən dɪˈleɪ : 1 -webkit-animation-delay*: 1s*; : 2 -webkit-animation-delay*: 1.2s*; : 1 -webkit-animation-delay*: 1.4s*; nɛkst, æd mɔr ˈflɛksəbəl ˈizɪŋ ˌɪnˈstɛd əv dɪˈfɔlt ˈizɪŋ. kjub staɪl .kjub position:relative*; float:left*; width:200px*; height:400px*; kjub trænsˈfɔrmz əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-transform-style*: preserve-3d*; -webkit-transform-origin*: 50 50 kjub ˌænəˈmeɪʃən əˈtrɪˌbjuts -webkit-animation-name*: roʊˈteɪʃən; -webkit-animation-timing-function*: 1 -webkit-animation-iteration-count*: ˈɪnfənət; -webkit-animation-duration*: 15s*; læst, dɪˈtɛkt ˈbraʊzərz ˈjuzɪŋ ˈmidiə kˈwiri beɪst ɔn trænsˈfɔrmz ˈprɑpərtiz. ɪf ˈjuzər ˈbraʊzər səˈpɔrt ˈtrænsfɔrm, dɪˈspleɪ tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤ, ənd vaɪs ˈvərsə. <staɪl> ˈbraʊzərz fɪks .səˈpɔrtɪd dɪˈspleɪ: nən; .ənsəˈpɔrtɪd dɪˈspleɪ: blɑk; ˈbraʊzər @ˈmidiə skrin ənd (-webkit-transform-3d*) .səˈpɔrtɪd dɪˈspleɪ: blɑk; .ənsəˈpɔrtɪd dɪˈspleɪ: nən; </staɪl> class="supported">yes*! jʊr ˈbraʊzər dɪz səˈpɔrt transforms.</div*> class="unsupported">oops*! jʊr ˈbraʊzər ˈdəzənt səˈpɔrt transforms.</div*> ˈfaɪnəl θɔts ɛz ju kən si, ˈkərəntli nɑt məʧ ˈbraʊzərz ər səˈpɔrt trænsˈfɔrmz jɛt. hɛns, ju hæv tɪ kənˈsɪdər ðoʊz ˈbraʊzərz ɪn ˈɔrdər tɪ juz ðiz nu əˈtrɪˌbjuts. fər ɪgˈzæmpəl, ɪf ju juz tɪ braʊz ðə ˈdɛmoʊ peɪʤ, ju wɪl si ə sˈlaɪdɪŋ ˈifɛkt, bət ɪf ju braʊz ðə ˈdɛmoʊ peɪʤ ˈjuzɪŋ ie*, ɪt wɪl ˈoʊnli ʃoʊz ə tɛkst ˈmɛsɪʤ. ɔl əv ðiz ˈʧɛkɪŋ ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəmz ər ˈsɪmpli dən baɪ. jɛs, əv kɔrs ju kʊd bɪld mɔr ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪtəd ˈdrɔˌbæks ənd ˈifɛkts ˈjuzɪŋ ˈʤɑvəˌskrɪpt ər jquery*. bət aɪ wɪl lɛft ðə pɑrt fər ju! vju ˈdɛmoʊ ˈdaʊnˌloʊd ˈsɔrsəz |
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