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There are legitimate reasons to call 9-1-1 because they warrant a need for emergency help such as fires, robberies, and car accidents. But your iPhone not
working
to your liking is not one of them, and it certainly does not warrant
five calls to the police. However, that's exactly what Michael Alan Skopec allegedly did to the Kendall County,
Illinois, Police Department last week. All five calls to the dispatcher
were recorded and released publicly. In the first call, you can hear
Skopec slurring his speech as he asks the dispatcher why his phone is
not working and says he knows it has something to do with Apple. The
dispatcher calmly asks him if he has an emergency requiring an ambulance
or some type of assistance, and he replies no. She then directs him to
call the manufacturer of the iPhone. In Skopec's second 9-1-1 call, he
uses NSFW expletives to describe his frustration with his phone not
working properly and says he wants to break his phone. Skopec makes
three more 9-1-1 calls, each time getting the same dispatcher who
remains calm and at one point attempts to help him troubleshoot by
asking if he has the instructions for his iPhone. In her last attempt to
help Skopec with his iPhone, the dispatcher suggests he dial "0" to get
an operator who may be able to assist him more directly. After his
final call, police were dispatched to arrest Skopec and charged him with
obstructing or resisting a peace officer, which is a misdemeanor.
Reactions to Skopec's calls have tickled people's funny bones on social
media, with people saying his calls are "hilarious." But some are going as far as to call him "an idiot."
Most of us have heard of the idea of going green to protect the
environment and our planet's resources. Well, one architect in Milan has
taken the idea literally. Stefano Boeri has designed a skyscraper
apartment complex in Italy that is encompassed in "green," literally.
Milan is one of the most polluted cities in Europe, and Boeri hopes that
his designs will help counteract the problem. The complex consists of
two residential towers that Boeri calls "Bosco Verticale," which means
"vertical forest." Each apartment in the towers has an attached balcony,
which will be inhabited by a sprawling outdoor garden that surrounds
the building. Boeri created the design in response to "urban sprawl" and
the "disappearance of nature" from people's lives and the landscape.
Boeri believes that the trees planted on the balconies will be able to
respond to the city's weather -- with leafy branches providing shade in
the summer and the bare branches allowing "sunlight to permeate through
the spaces" during the winter. The total greenery will equal 10,000
square meters of forest, which will aid in the production of oxygen and
protect people from radiation and pollution. In addition, the Bosco
Verticale is designed to produce and optimize its own energy -- making
it self-sufficient. The architect posted photographs of the towers'
construction on his blog, and people on social media are envious. One person tweeted, "I want to live in an apartment forest."
There are legitimate reasons to call 9-1-1 because they warrant a need for emergency help such as fires, robberies, and car accidents. But your iPhone not
Michael Skopec
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