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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Another Batman post
Leiter continues to defend Whelan's outing of publius, on the grounds that publius had attacked Whelan several times. But it seems to me that whether the attacks were fair and whether the perpetrator can be held accountable for them, are far more important than whether the attacks were perpetrated under a pseudonym. And I think it's clear that publius's attack on Whelan was fair, and that publius himself can be held accountable in spite of the pseudonym. And what seems to be falling through the cracks in this discussion is that publius's attack on Whelan was not publius's. Publius quotes and provides links to two other critical posts, one from Volokh and one from The Anonymous Liberal. It was Volokh who criticized Whelan's point, and The Anonymous Liberal who called Whelan a hack; publius merely acknowledged that Volokh and A.L. were right. So, why out publius, and not The Anonymous Liberal? (Volokh, of course, blogs under his own name.)
In comments here, Jamie rightly points out that anonymity and pseudonymity often cloak abuse, and Leiter complains that such abuse is so common that it contravenes any proposed norm in favor of cloaked speech. I don't see it. I think we can maintain a nuanced view according to which there is no protection for cloaked speech that is also abusive, while simultaneously recognizing the right to privacy and autonomy for non-abusive anonymous and pseudonymous bloggers.
--Mr. Zero
*Part of that is, I think, his own doing. He does not tend to take criticism well, even when it isn't especially vicious. I suspect this, in conjunction with his position as editor of the PGR, makes him an attractive and amusing target for bullies. When I was a kid, I got some good advice about how to deal with bullies: don't be a fun target for bullies. If you're not fun to pick on, bullies won't pick on you.
44 comments:
- Matthew Pianalto said...
One concern I have is that this talk of "protection" is a non-starter unless there are real protections for pseudonymous bloggers who have really compelling (safety) reasons for doing so in the more or less Hobbesian state of nature that is the blogosphere.
If there's a "right to privacy" that attaches to pseudonymous blogging, what's the penalty for violating that right? Poo-pooing on outers isn't going to get us very far. (Maybe I'm wrong about this?) And so I stick with my practical claim that whatever the "ethics" of blogging might be, anyone who chooses to blog pseudonymously had better watch his or her back: it's dangerous out there...What else can one do? (Would Publius win a lawsuit against Whelan?)
- June 10, 2009 at 9:49 AM
"whether the attacks were fair and whether the perpetrator can be held accountable for them, are far more important than whether the attacks were perpetrated under a pseudonym. And I think it's clear that publius's attack on Whelan was fair, and that publius himself can be held accountable in spite of the pseudonym."
I don't really have set views about this whole issue, but I have some reservations about this claim. If you're suggesting that it would okay to out someone if their attacks on you were unfair, well you're going to have to leave it up to individuals to decide for themselves whether the attacks they are subjected to are fair, and obviously people will have a tendency to find such attacks unfair. It also seems clear that someone using a pseudonym can't be held responsible to the same extent that they could be otherwise (e.g. what they say on-line can't have any influence on their personal or professional life).
I wonder if there isn't an issue about the disparity betwen Whelan and Publius. Since Whelan is using his real name and Publius wasn't, then as a result of their on-line argument Whelan is vulnerable to consequences that Publius isn't. In general, one might think that there's something fundamentally unfair about attacking someone by name while using a pseudonym (by using a pseudonym you're ensuring that the playing field isn't level). Just a thought. And of course this wouldn't apply to arguments between people who are both using pseudonyms.
- June 10, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- diomedea exulans said...
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- June 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
Dear diomedea exulans,
I deleted your comment. It's part of our comment-acceptance policy to reject comments that mention specific people, so I shouldn't have approved it. Your welcome to resubmit a nicer version if you like.
- June 10, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- diomedea exulans said...
I apologize for that. I was in a cynical mode and let that get the best of me. Correction accepted and appreciated, especially in light of the fact that my comment was most likely false.
However, I stand behind the general idea that anonymity and pseudonymity aare an important protection in the social world as well as the political.
This kind of protection always bothers those who feel they have power to dish out retribution, and even with anonymity there is often retribution when it is possible (such as "unmasking").
While I do agree that some folks get out of line with their protected criticism (as I did a moment ago), it seems that putting up with some of it (and policing and removing others) is worth the trouble it causes us. As we have also just witnessed, there are some controls for it.
But if we do away with it completely we are in danger of a kind of social oligarchical fascism (I can't think of a better or more socially acceptable term at the moment - sorry) where everyone in a position of weakness needs to walk on eggshells around those in power out of fear of retribution.
This is, as I understand, what tenure is supposed to prevent.
Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I just don't believe that philosophers are magnanimous enough to really allow a "level playing field" with all critics, despite our hyper-rational facade. This might be more clear if you consider criticizing an individual who ends up being on a search committee. We are human, and despite our best efforts to not allow these things to affect our judgments, they often do. These protections are precisely the tools the weak use in order to level that playing field a bit.
- June 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM
I agree with diomedia exulans that power disparity and fear of retribution are the usual motives for using a pseudonym or blogging anonymously. Those in power dislike the tactic simply because it nullifies a tool that they wield regularly and prefer to have at their disposal: I am x [someone who is more powerful than you] and you are y [someone who is less powerful than me], therefore I will punish you for your effort to speak truth to power. Philosophers are not immune to wielding power arbitrarily (and punishing those who do not fall in line with their edicts). Unmasking an anonymous or pseudonymous blogger who speaks truth to power is just another way of restoring the status quo ante: a world in which power disparities and fear of retribution chill free speech and criticism.
- June 10, 2009 at 3:14 PM
I agree with Anonymous 3:14 almost completely with one reservation (and question). If I understand it correctly, publius (unlike the other guy who got outed), has power. So publius did not choose a pseudonym from fear of retribution like losing tenure, etc. I thought one of publius' chief reasons for staying pseudononymous was for pedagogical purposes. What do you guys think about that--is pedagogy a good reason to mask your online views? I'm actually tempted to think yes, but I'd like to hear some other opinions.
- June 10, 2009 at 5:31 PM
I think I just confused publius and hilzoy. Scratch that. But I'm still interested in whether pedagogy is a good reason for hilzoy to use a pseudonym.
- June 10, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Testing. First time posting on a blog. Ever. Ph.D. graduate, and without revealing too much, I came from the department from hell. Where can I vent about such a thing and get advice to help the others who are still enslaved?
- June 10, 2009 at 9:16 PM
9:16, would you please reveal your identity? This is your department chair blogging. I suspect that you are [name], but before I block your scholarship renewal and force you to drop from the program, I'd like to get confirmation on your identity. You can also confirm your identity to me off-line and then I'll "out" you the next time I catch you criticizing your saintly department from heaven.
- June 11, 2009 at 6:47 AM
I never thought I'd say this, but I think Leiter's right on. Anonymity and psuedonymity are fine, but so is calling someone out who's hidden behind either of them.
- June 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
anon 1:25,
You don't think it depends on what they're hiding from?
- June 12, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Can we at least agree that levelling personal attacks while using a pseudonym is unseemly? I don't think there's anything wrong with criticizing someone's arguments while using a pseudonym (after all, the person whose arguments you criticize is in a position to respond to your reasoning). But to attack someone personally in such a way that might affect their reputation just seems unfair to me, given that you're immune to similar attacks. (None of that touches on when exactly it might be acceptable to out someone as Whelan did, though).
I'm also not sure I buy the repeated claims that more good than harm comes from anonymous posting. Surely no one has compared the amount of useful posting to the amount of vile useless posting that goes on on-line.
- June 12, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
Can we at least agree that levelling personal attacks while using a pseudonym is unseemly?
I agree with that.
Surely no one has compared the amount of useful posting to the amount of vile useless posting that goes on on-line.
I don't think you totally meant that literally, but I don't know if it's just the amounts. I mean, 4chan alone could tip the scales. You'd have to find a way to figure in quality, and I totally have no suggestions. But I think this blog is a net positive (if I say so myself), and I think it would be pretty unwise for me to be doing this under my own name. And I think Obsidian Wings is one of the best blogs going.
- June 12, 2009 at 6:25 PM
We could compare having a pseudonym to having tenure. Both protect intellectual freedom, or the expression of ideas without fear of reprisal.
Many of the comments on here seem to imply that there is something prima facie wrong with being able to have an opinion without taking the "responsibility" of potential consequences.
But we all acknowledge, in the case of tenure, that people having the ability to express their ideas without fear of reprisal, is a social good that warrants putting aside the particularities of individual fairnesses or unfairnesses.
Why can't we say the same thing about the right to remain pseudynomous? The obligation not to unmask someone needn't be understood in terms of obligations to a particular individual, rather it is an obligation we have in virtue of living in a free society.
Just a thought.
- June 13, 2009 at 5:36 AM
This is anon who just compared pseudonymity with having tenure.
In response to myself :),one might think that the right to express oneself without fear of reprisal must be earned and vetted as it is in the case of the tenured professor.
But I wonder if this is the right way to think about who should get such a right.
- June 13, 2009 at 5:40 AM
The better way would be to shame the powerful for their reprisals against the weak. But that almost never works. The powerful have no shame. Take Ward Churchill for example..guy wrote some terrible things, upset a lot of people, had the supposed protection of tenure and CU Boulder president and a faculty review committee were able to revoke his tenure for problems with his scholarship. No amount of shaming works (see previous thread concerning the silence of many CU Boulder faculty, including members of the philosophy department). Tenure is no protection against powerful vindictive administrators or the silent majority of faculty who are by their inaction complicit in the tenure revocations of their colleagues.
- June 14, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Sorrt to be late here...trying to catch up: How exactly was the identity of the anon blogger discovered? Did someone obtain IP records from the host server, or did the blog's author also own the site? Even with an IP address, you could ascertain a general location, even a building, but without help from the institution's IT dept, how could you positively match up an IP address with a faculty office?
Now, if the anon. blogger entered his real email address in order to post, well, then he's a fool, if he truly wanted to stay anonymous. However, it would still seem to be a breach of contract to ask for one's email address under assurances of non-disclosure, only to later reveal that person's identity. Could be legal recourse.
- June 14, 2009 at 10:25 AM
As I read this over again, the last thing Mr. Zero says sounds right to me: "I think we can maintain a nuanced view according to which there is no protection for cloaked speech that is also abusive, while simultaneously recognizing the right to privacy and autonomy for non-abusive anonymous and pseudonymous bloggers."
Generally speaking, there's nothing inherently wrong with not using your real name on-line (I almost never do). But, I take it that the real issue raised by the incident in question is when is it okay to out someone as Whelan did. Mr. Zero says there should be "no protection for cloaked speech that is also abusive" and I agree. More specifically, I would add that there should be no protection for someone who levels personal attacks (using the target's real name) while using a pseudonym (because, as I said before, it's fundamentally unfair).
So, I think I would tentatively endorse the view that if someone is attacking you personally while using a pseudonym then you'd be within your rights by outing them (and the person levelling those personal attacks certainly has no business complaining). Whether that would justify Whelan's actions is another question. But I think we should grant that Leiter might have a point (and by the way, I don't think it matters whether Publius was levelling his own personal attacks or simply repeating those levelled by others).
- June 14, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Soon-to-be Jaded Dissertator said...
I want to make a quick point that I thought about adding in my original post, but ultimately left out. And that point is as much as we want to talk about the responsibilities of pseudonymous bloggers and blogging, we often neglect that even those blogging under their real names have responsibilities too.
So, following up on some points Popkin has made, I think leveling personal attacks, whether using a pseudonym or using one's real name, is unseemly full-stop. Too often there is a lack of engagement on substantive points in the blogosphere because points get lost in needless name-calling, willfully uncharitable readings, or death-match style philosophical aggression.
Why these sorts of actions are permissible and beyond reproach just because someone uses their real name and not a pseudonym is beyond me...
- June 14, 2009 at 3:28 PM
- diomedea exulans said...
There's a lot of posting here with which I agree, but I have one confusion.
I'm not sure that I'm clear on the ethical difference between a personal attack and (I suppose) a professional attack.
I do understand the difference between a fair and legitimate "attack" based on evidence and reasoning and which is germane to the question at hand, and those which are not.
I take it by "personal attacks" we have so far meant something like "cheap shots" which are intended to function as or like ad hominem arguments. These are bad.
I think there certainly is room for attacking an individual's character when there is evidence and reasoning involved and the issue is somehow germane to the discussion.
I think there is room for this whether identities are hidden or not.
We are, at the moment, discussing the appropriateness of certain actions one might take, and it seems like we are doing so in a moral mode. Let's say I have been convinced by arguments that action X is wrong. In this case, would it be unseemly to carry through the rather obvious inference and announce that a particular perpetrator of X is immoral (or bad, or a certain kind of terrible person, etc.), provided that there aren't serious questions about the evidence for the perpetrator's Xing? Does revealing my identity change the legitimacy with which I may make these claims? It seems that it shouldn't, but I'm not an ethicist (for a general lack of aptitude).
If I'm right about this, then maybe I'm just seconding STBJD's view that it is the nature of the attack itself that makes it inappropriate rather than the hidden identity of the assailant.
From this perspective, it does make such attacks appear cowardly and cruel, and it would be nice for the public opinion of the assailant's character to suffer appropriately from these actions.
It simply does not follow that we should never engage in anonymous criticism of a "personal" nature, or that anybody who does so must reveal themselves. It does suggest, however, that unmasking might be an appropriate reprisal for inappropriate personal attacks, but I'm not sure about that (nor about who gets to draw the lines, etc.).
But then again, maybe I completely misunderstand the significance of "personal"?
- June 14, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Anon 1:32 said: I would add that there should be no protection for someone who levels personal attacks (using the target's real name) while using a pseudonym (because, as I said before, it's fundamentally unfair).
So...why should a conflict between the two be resolved by outing the anon blogger rather than the other way around, e.g., give a silly nickname to the person using her real name? That is, why should the real-name user's choice to use her real name trump the other's choice of using a pseudonym? Both involve the same choices: Is it morally suprerior to choose to use one's real name? If not, then what's unfair about the situation (again, a result of two persons making their own free choices)?
- June 15, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Anon 10:25 said: How exactly was the identity of the anon blogger discovered?
Exactly! You have to jump through high legal hurdles to extract this info from ISPs, blogging sites (notably Google), etc. So unless the "anon" blogger registered her real email address (not smart), this is a difficult thing to discover. Right? Or am I missing something?
- June 15, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
How exactly was the identity of the anon blogger discovered?
I was sort of hoping that people would look it up. Publius was not a commenter on Whelan's blog, and Whelan did not discover publius's identity via email blunder or IP lookup. Someone who knew publius's real name told Whelan what it was, and Whelan published it.
- June 15, 2009 at 9:29 AM
STBJD, I think you're right that "too often there is a lack of engagement on substantive points in the blogosphere because points get lost in needless name-calling, willfully uncharitable readings, or death-match style philosophical aggression." But I don't think it follows that targeting someone's character is always inappropriate.
Anon 8:20: I don't know if it's "morally superior to choose to use one's real name"; all I'm saying is that if there's someone who blogs using their real name then someone who uses a pseudonym shouldn't attack that individual personally. That is, I don't think it would be reasonable for the anonymous individual to say "if X didn't want their reputation tarnished by anonymous posters then X shouldn't have used his real name."
- June 15, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Zero. The mystery gets, um, more mysterious.
- June 15, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Popkin said: I don't think it would be reasonable for the anonymous individual to say "if X didn't want their reputation tarnished by anonymous posters then X shouldn't have used his real name."
Your phrasing implies that X can reasonably *want* his reputation tarnished by non-anon posters, right? Otherwise, "by anonymous posters" is a red herring and can be left out of the claim.
Now then, if the issue is really about having X's reputation tarnished, then it seems reasonable to suggest that X should not post under his real name, which both holds the opportunity of glory and also the risk of being personally attacked. If X can't take the criticism or it's not obvious that X, and not his critic, is correct, then X chose poorly in blogging under his real name. (That's exactly what the cover of anonymity is for.)
If, on the other hand, the issue is not with tarnishing X's reputation but by having it done by anon bloggers, versus real-name bloggers, then it *does* become an issue of whether real-name bloggers are morally superior. So far, no one has explained why a real-name blogger ought not be attacked by an anon blogger.
- June 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Anon 8:51, I've suggested that an anon blogger ought not to personally attack a real-name blogger because there's a basic unfairness. I don't think the question of whether it's "morally superior" to use your real name or remain anonymous is relevant here. I think people have every right to make that decision for themselves. But, if you've chosen to remain anonymous I think it's unfair of you to personally attack someone who has chosen to use their real name.
- June 16, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Yes, Popkin, but *why* is it unfair? If not because one is morally superior, then what? That's the explanation that's been missing in this discussion.
- June 16, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
anon 9:04,
Did you ever hear the expression "drag [one's] name through the mud"? You can't do that to someone if you don't know her name. You can if you do, though.
- June 17, 2009 at 5:40 AM
Uh, Anon 9:04, I've explained at least twice above why I think it's unfair. It concerns the disparity between the two parties: if you use a pseudonym and personally attack someone using their real name then you're subjecting that individual to harm that you're not vulnerable to . . . It's like a large person beating up someone half his/her size, or a professional boxer beating up someone who doesn't know how to fight, etc. etc.
- June 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Right, Popkin and Mr. Zero, but you forget that the real-name blogger willingly and freely steps into the virtual ring against unidentified combatants, some of whom will be names and others not. So this is a risk they've at least implicitly consented to; therefore, there shouldn't be issues in fairness or disparity of power.
For the record, I'd tend to agree that there's something not right with anonymously making personal or otherwise unwarranted attacks on real-name authors. The difficulty is in explaining why this is so.
For instance, could an anon poster ever criticize a real-name author reasonably? If so, when does that line get crossed, i.e., what counts as an attack that should not be protected by a veil of anonymity?
- June 17, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I don't understand this alleged "disparity between two parties" either. Typically, the blogger using his or her real name (call this person A) is a somebody in the field, i.e., tenured or rising star. And the anonymous respondent, especially one who is highly critical, is one of us garden-variety philosophers (call this person B). So who stands to lose more in that match up? The small-time philosopher, that is, B!
There are many reasons why this would be a reasonable concern: B could later apply for a job in A's department; B could submit a paper that is reviewed by A; B's criticism could be politically incorrect but nonetheless sound, which invites vicious, ad hominem counterattacks; B may simply be a private person who still deserves to be heard (unless someone can explain why one ought to blog only under one's real name); and A could be a pompous blowhard who deserves a public thrashing. Any other reasons?
This is to say that there's likely no parity or power balance even if two interlocuters used their real names, so why pretend it's a reason to prohibit anonymous attacks?
- June 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Anon 10:32: the idea that a real-name blogger has "implicitly consented" to personal attacks by anonymous bloggers is pretty implausible. Maybe he should reasonably expect such attacks, but that hardly justifies them. (Perhaps I ought to reasonably expect to have my car stolen if I park it in a certain neighbourhood, but that doesn't make it okay for someone to steal it).
Anon 1:38: I've only said attacks of a personal nature are unfair; and I didn't say they're unfair because the two parties wouldn't be completely equal in terms of their respective "power," but because the anonymous blogger is completely invulnerable to the type of attack they're levelling at the person in question.
- June 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Popkin, good point about the difference between consenting and expecting. However, note that stealing cars is an illegal or otherwise proscripted activity, whereas blogging anonymously is not, perhaps with the exception of hate speech and the usual exclusions to the First Amendment.
All things considered, I think I have to side with the other anon posters here. You previously said "It concerns the disparity between the two parties", and you did limit it to personal attacks. But that qualifications seems to be unjustified: if disparity (that is, difference in power) is the source of injustice, then it is also a fair complaint anytime an anon blogger responds to a real-name blogger.
So I think you still have some work to do: You'll need to explain why this disparity is unfair only when it involves personal attacks as opposed to other communications.
It seems that one can make the stronger argument that there's always an unfair disparity when replies are made by anon bloggers to real-name bloggers, even if they are not personal attacks. (That's why this site had tried to make all posters sign in, and many other sites still require it, right?) But I would argue that there's never an *unfair* disparity, though disparities exist.
- June 18, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Anon 9:47, I believe I've already explained why I think personal attacks are unfair in particular. When an anonymous blogger criticizes the argument of some named individual, that individual can respond by criticizing the arguments of the anonymous blogger (so there's no problem). When an anonymous blogger levels personal attacks that threaten the named individual's reputation (in such a way that his/her professional or personal life might be impacted), that individual cannot respond by returning personal attacks that threaten the anonymous blogger's reputation.
- June 18, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Popkin:...and why is that unfair? Is it fair that we fight wars in which our enemies are vastly outmatched? By what principle ought fairness be thought to include the ability to retaliate in kind? If we see a vulnerability in an enemy's defenses, ought we create the same hole in ours?
You keep asserting that it's unfair, but you never properly explain WHY it is unfair. Is the answer so obvious (to you) that it needs no defense? If that's the case, I'm sorry to badger you. But at least some respondents here seem to want more than assertions but an actual defense.
If you can't give a defense and would like to reverse your position, that's fine; no dishonor in that. Just say so, since it's starting to feel like we're running in circles.
- June 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
Dear 10:30,
I really don't get what's hard to understand. When you post something in your own name, you are linked to that posting by name. When you are criticized under your own name, you are linked by name to the criticism. When the critic uses her name, so is she. But anonymity allows the critic to shield herself from association with it, and therefore from responses to it. This seems especially vicious when the criticism is about the person, rather than the point the person was making. You make a douchy point in your own name, and your out there as the douche. You make a douchy point anonymously, and nobody knows who the douche is.
This "shield" effect comes in degrees--I'm less shielded than you are. But it's still there. You don't know who's writing this, after all.
- June 19, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Mr. Zero, you're making the same mistake Popkin is: you're merely explaining what goes on in the situation that you find offensive, but you haven't said *why* it is wrong.
Further, your last reply suggests that it's still unfair if the anon blogger makes a valid, non-personal attack, but perhaps less so. This seems incorrect, in that it may imply that no one should ever blog anonymously against a real-name blogger: why should the real-name blogger unilaterally create an obligation for the anon blogger to act in a certain way?
As for your last comment about a "shield", that is an apt analogy, for it is the real-name blogger that relinquishes her shield by her own free choice. You would have it that her decision binds a respondent to drop his shield as well? How is that fair?
- June 19, 2009 at 8:15 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
your last reply suggests that it's still unfair if the anon blogger makes a valid, non-personal attack, but perhaps less so.
I don't see why. If the attack is on point, it's the point that matters. If it gets personal, it's personal.
I mean, it seems to me that there's an asymmetry in the relationship, and this asymmetry generates unfairness with respect to personal attacks but not with respect to attacks that are "on-point." It seems to me that it's more unfair to level a personal attack if you don't reveal which person it is who levels the attack. If you don't see the asymmetry, or don't see why it's unfair, I don't know what to tell you. Perhaps you could explain why you think it's fair.
- June 19, 2009 at 9:58 AM
I've said that a personal attack by an anonymous blogger is unfair because he/she is subjecting the named blogger to harm that he/she is totally invulnerable to. That's as basic an explanation of why some practice is unfair as it's possible to give (so it doesn't make any sense to ask "but why is that unfair?"). What more do you want? What would a more basic explanation of why some practice is unfair possibly look like?
- June 19, 2009 at 10:10 AM
I've said that a personal attack by an anonymous blogger is unfair because he/she is subjecting the named blogger to harm that he/she is totally invulnerable to.
Finally, *this* is a reason why it might be considered unfair. But this reason still is not a very good one, since the principle behind it -- that one should not harm another in ways that one is not vulnerable to -- is suspect.
If we followed such a principle, we couldn't, say, complain about a business, because (assuming we don't own a business) that business could not also complain about ours, since we don't have one. You could not sue Donald Trump for $10M if he harmed you, because he could not do the same to you (assuming you're a poor schmuck like me).
At any rate, this is the last post I'll make about this. It seems that we (you) are not doing philosophy here but merely asserting possibly-commonsensical claims but nevertheless uncritical claims that I'm not sure stands up to analysis. Generally, Mr. Zero is more rigorous than that, and I'm not familiar with Popkin's record, so I was just hoping to keep us all honest here.
- June 20, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Anon 9:48: by "finally" I assume you mean "yet again" because I made the exact same claim at least twice above (see June 17, 9:56 and 7:47).
By the way, my claim does not presuppose the principle "that one should not harm another in ways that one is not vulnerable to." I'm claiming that the practice in question is unfair because the anonymous blogger is invulnerable to the type of harm that he/she is subjecting the named person. The fact that some practice is unfair is a good reason to think it's wrong and that one shouldn't engage in it (though sometimes there might be considerations that justify engaging in an unfair practice).
Finally, it should be obvious that the same reasoning would not make it unacceptable for an individual who doesn't own a business to publicly complain about some business. After all, the business owner can subject you to exactly the same type of harm that you're subjecting him/her to (i.e. the business owner can attack your reputation publicly and harm you economically by suing you).
In any event, I do hope that wasn't your last post on the topic. Perhaps if I read enough of your rigorous comments I'll eventually learn to do philosophy.
- June 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Anon 9:48,
What do you mean, "finally"? This is what Popkin said June 10, 10:37 AM.
The principle isn't that it is always, under all circumstances, wrong to harm another in a way that one is not susceptible to being harmed. It's that in a context in which certain harms are otherwise acceptable, deliberate inequality in susceptibility to them can make imposition of the harm unfair. For example, in an NHL hockey game it's morally permissible to attack another player with your fists. (Anyway I am assuming it is, since nobody ever complains about it.) But if one player in the fight is the goalie, wearing heavy body armor, that's not fair. (Similarly in baseball, if the catcher gets into a fight with the batter and doesn't remove his mask.)
I can't state the complete necessary and sufficient conditions for the inequality amounting to unfairness, but it's nonetheless pretty plausible that Popkin is right.
- June 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM

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text: Chicago Illinois The design proposes a memorial that is both destination and passage. The memorial site is currently a no-man's land of residual space left over from large-scale infrastructural planning, where Olmsted-inspired looping pathways terminate abruptly into the Beaux-Arts formality of the museum forecourts. The project seeks to to restore the green space that Burnham dedicated himself to creating. The memorial is proposed to be made of Cor-ten steel plate, in contrast with the concrete and stone that predominate the site, to make its insertion into the landscape legible and discrete. The project consciously avoids a false reconstruction of the site based on some make-believe past, and instead seeks to acknowledge the site's history, as well as its current reality brought about the redirecting of Lake Shore Drive. The memorial's industrial character serves as a subtle reminder that many parts of Burnham's Plan of 1909 were not realized due to the impact of the automobile on Chicago.


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OCEANS RISING FAST, NEW STUDIES FIND / Melting ice could raise levels up to 3 feet by 2100, scientists say
Glaciers and ice sheets on opposite ends of the Earth are melting faster than previously thought and could cause sea levels around the world to rise as much as three feet by the end of this century and 13 to 20 feet in coming centuries, scientists are reporting today.
If the researchers' estimates are correct, a rise in ocean waters projected by the new studies not only would drown many of the low-lying inhabited atolls and islands that are already endangered by rising ocean waters, it also would threaten coastal cities and harbors on every continent.
Scientists have been warning for decades that greenhouse gases from autos and industry are warming the planet and raising the seas, but the studies appearing today in the journal Science are the first to suggest that sea levels could climb as high as 20 feet as a result of global warming.
The studies by two teams of researchers are the first to combine data on long-term climate change and sea ice melting from both the north and south polar regions.
"This is a real eye-opener set of results," said geoscientist Jonathan T. Overpeck of the University of Arizona, who led one of two teams of university and government climatologists. "We need to start serious measures to reduce greenhouse gases within the next decade, (and) if we don't do something soon, we're committed to 4 to 6 meters (13 to 20 feet) of sea level rise in the future."
The scientists used models of climate change widely accepted by government and university researchers and the fossil record of episodes of global warming thousands of years ago.
The teams, which Overpeck led together with Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, a climatologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., analyzed climate and polar ice records from 130,000 years ago during a period of global warming when Earth was tilted somewhat more on its axis than it is today and its orbit around the sun was slightly different. As a result, the sun at that time warmed the north polar regions by about 5 degrees Fahrenheit, Overpeck and his colleagues calculated.
By using evidence from ice cores, stranded coral reefs, fossilized pollen and ancient ocean sediments, the team estimated that Greenland's glaciers and Arctic sea ice all melted rapidly in that period and thrust sea levels up by about 10 feet. Overpeck said that during the same period, the West Antarctic ice sheet, much of which is unstable below sea level, may have also melted along with other ice-clad coasts of Antarctica and added another 10 feet to the rise in global sea level.
The teams then compared that era to what might happen in this century if emissions of carbon dioxide and other industrial gases into the atmosphere continue to increase dramatically, as present trends foresee.
They concluded that ice in both the Artic and Antarctic regions is now melting faster than previously believed and, unless the trend is reversed, that would lead to an average global temperature increase of at least 4 degrees Fahrenheit and a rise from today's global sea level of 13 to 20 feet. Melting of glaciers on Greenland and Arctic sea ice alone could raise sea levels by considerably more than 3 feet, they calculated.
Their conclusions are already provoking controversy -- even among other scientists who are concerned about the impact of greenhouse gases on warming trends but who foresee much smaller increases in future sea levels.
John R. Christy, a noted atmospheric scientist at the University of Alabama who supports the idea that human activities are a major cause of global warming, said in an interview that "these papers don't alarm me. When you look at all the data, it's confusing but not alarming. People are searching for hard answers, and there's still a lot of speculation."
Where Overpeck's team said that "sea level rise could be faster than widely thought," Christy said: "I wish they'd written 'could or could not be faster.' "
On the other side, James Hansen, a leading NASA climate expert who recently accused White House officials of trying to censor his scientific reports, supported the findings.
The work by the two teams "is a useful contribution because they point out that sea level change may be much more rapid than we thought," Hansen said in an e-mail. "The practical problem for humanity is that ice sheet disintegration starts slowly, but once it gets going fast enough it will be out of our control and there will be no way to stop it.
"The further implication is that we have to get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions now, not wait 15 years until some magic new technology is available."
Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton geoscientist and member of the university's Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences Program, agreed with Hansen.
"These are important papers," he said in an interview, "because they provide new insights into the effects of temperature change on melting ice at both poles. They show how even modest increases in global temperatures could put the Earth in a dangerous spot.
"We don't have to know for sure how fast the glaciers and polar ice sheets would disappear to realize that this is a serious warning, and by the end of this century we could be locked into an irreversible trend that no technology could reverse."
In a report that also appears in today's issue of Science, Robert Bindschadler, a glaciologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., wrote that Canadian and European satellites monitoring glaciers around the margins of both Greenland and Antarctica provide strong support for the new findings.
Radar aboard the satellites shows that for the past five years, in both the northern and southern regions, warmer waters have been moving into cold ocean layers 3,000 feet deep where the bases of many large glaciers lie, Bindschadler said. The warm waters are rapidly increasing the rate at which those glaciers, as well as deep-rooted sea ice around them, are melting -- and thus are speeding the pace of the rise in sea level, he concluded.
This story has been corrected since it appeared in print editions.


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Johnson & Johnson Pulls Hysterectomy Device From Hospitals
FDA Advised Doctors Not to Use the Device Due to Cancer Risk in Women
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it was withdrawing a surgical tool that can spread cancer in women, effectively removing the device's largest manufacturer from the market amid a contentious debate over its use.
The company plans to tell customers world-wide in a letter Thursday to return the devices known as laparoscopic power morcellators. J&J already suspended sales of new morcellators in April after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised doctors not to use the tool, which slices up common uterine masses...


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UAGL teleconf 3 November 1999 Jon Gunderson (Chair) Ian Jacobs (Scribe) David Poehlman Gregory Rosmaita Dick Brown Al Gilman Mickey Quezner Mark Novak Harvey Bingham Kitch Barnicle Jim Allan Regrets Rich Schwerdtfeger Marja Koivunen Charles McCathieNevile Agenda [1] [1] 1) Review of action items: IJ: Deliverance of conformance statement Status : None done. IJ: Review of last call by RealNetworks: Status: Done. MQ: Found possible contact at NullSoft (WinAmp) JG: Last call annotation in issues list Status: done. JG: Contacted various people: Hans (no news), Wilson Craig, Tim Lacy. MN: Active element text: Status: Done. MN: Proposed 1.5 wording. Status: Done. Madeleine Rothberg: Still waiting for techniques. Dick Brown: Proposal to split 10.1? Status: For this call. GR: Issues about spawned windows? Status: Not done. GR: 2.5 cascading order is subsumed by proposed restructuring and I have techniques for it. Status: Done. GR: Providing author info: Status: Done. HB: Left message for Steve Anderson. No news. JG: Sent email. GR: I will look further into email for Foteos Macrides (Lynx). 2) Announcements: 1) 21 people have confirmed that they will review the document in last call. More people still pending. IJ: Please note that these people will also be good sources for press support at Recommendation time. Keep the list handy! JB: Linked from our home page. JG: Anyone know anyone at Apple? ACTION MN: Find a contact. MQ: DialPad is a Web app that allows you to call on the Internet. It uses plug-ins and is Java/Web application. 3) Netscape keyboard support page posted. JG: Include in techniques document in some form? 4) Confirmation that old Guideline 2 (Keyboard) was deleted. Resolved: Ok. 5) Issue 108: Table summary information. JG: Should this be for all user agents or in the section on dependent user agents? E.g., graphical UA conforms by presenting visual information, summary info, header info. /* Several people felt it was a general requirement for user agents */ AG: Table content already covered by another checkpoint (2.1). What's missing: 2.1 doesn't cover the *relationship* between the cell and the header. The proximity must show through when rendered to the user. You could include "association" in support for HTML. I think the requirement in the area of this checkpoint could stand to be clarified. JG: Ensure that the user has access to relationships between elements. AG: Yes, then line by line explanation in the techniques document. MQ: Tables are so important that it's worth saying it directly. KB: Is there a way to point out that the proposed table summary checkpoint is a special case of access to content? AG: Content includes metadata. DB: Are we asking the UA to give info about a table on demand? AG: Yes. (e.g., context menu). IJ: Should this checkpoint stand on its own as a specialization? GR: Yes, specialization of 2.1. IJ: Goals: a) Capture goal of making table understandable. b) Make applicable to user agents. DB: Not sure if proposal is specific enough. IJ: a) Should we be explicit in 2.1 or elsewhere that relationship information in general is important? AG: To be clearer about what you need to do (orientation), you need to capitalize on relationships in HTML. And this is critical in the table area. b) Tables: IJ: Should we be vague (allowing binary verification, however) and just rely on suggestions in techniques? JG: Any objection to adding checkpoint as stated? It seems to hold some info not in 2.1. DB: Are we requiring the user agent to provide information that has not been supplied by the author? AG: The repair techniques are more costly to implement than to implement HTML. IJ: I agree with Dick that the requirement should be for what is supplied by the author. Resolved: Incorporate proposed table checkpoint (without reference to "selected" table). Action Ian: Send revision to the list AND include in document (without necessarily rediscussing on the phone). Action Al: Send HTML discussion to list. 6) Issue 111: Relative priority checkpoints. Refer to proposal from CMN on relative priorities as done in AUGL. JG: I think there are very few checkpoints in the current doc that would require it. Also, 6.2 (implement W3C specs) is priority 2. DB: I think consistency between guidelines is a good idea. IJ: I support this proposal for the checkpoint in question. DB: I realize that there's baggage in trying to explain relative priorities. GR: I see both sides of the issue, but I've had problems with the sloughing off of problems to WCAG. Priorities in WCAG may be disputed there as well. JG: We can revisit this in last call. May reconsider at the end to see if the issue actually arises. DP: We can also provide direction in 6.2 to the effect of relative priorities. IJ: I can live with Priority 1 through last call, but I think Charles' logic holds in our case. JG: WCAG depends on some features of UA. So UA complying at level one should allow those options to be available to them. GR: WCAG is clearly transitional. There are many user agent clauses. The user agent guidelines is more forward looking. UA needs to encourage authors to use new features. AG: It's proper for UAGL to assign something higher priority in user interface than what WCAG assigns it. IJ: I propose accepting Pri 1 for last call and raising as an issue in last call. Resolved: Leave as Priority 1 and indicate that it's an issue in last call. GR: When you send out last calls, please include a reference to the issues list. Action Ian: Include this in call for review. 7) Issue 109/110/105: JG: Issue of whether user agent should be required to provide information about author-supplied configuration to the user. DB: For UA-supplied, P1. For author-supplied, P3. JG: Proposed: P3 checkpoint to provide info just about author-specified bindings. AG: It's important to know what will happen when you hit a key. It's not uninteresting to know where it came from. It's also interesting to know what's product default and what isn't. DB: So does this mean that 10.1 (input config) will remain P1 and will include author-specified? JG: Anything the UA can reasonably know about. DB: I don't think that the author-supplied info is a P1. IJ: For me, there's a minimum of making known that some behavior is associated with a binding. JG: So there is no consensus on 10.1 Priority. Possible candidate for relative priorities. JG: Does input configuration apply to other issues than bindings? Can we solve the issue by adding a specific checkpoint to address that particular concern? GR: I still think that it's a two-part question w.r.t. accesskey: - The specified key binding is not the only piece: the UA has to decide how to support if. UA needs to tell user how to invoke it. I don't think we should have a separate checkpoint. IJ: Where's the burden on the UA? DB: Not a question of burden but of priority. AG: Dick is saying it's not P1. Gregory is saying not P3. I would split it as follows: If you do it, you must document it. There's also a question about the priority of implementing. KB: I can see some benefit to knowing what's author-specified as opposed to global. GR: Please review my proposed techniques that I sent to the list (27 October). Resolved: 1) Make 10.1 for UA-supplied configuration P1. 2) Add a checkpoint that's P2 for author-specified configuration. 3) Considering merging them. Should the priority of making author-specified configuration be as high as user-agent supplied? 8) Going to last call. a) Resolved: Go to last call 5 November - 1 December with open issues noted. Two abstentions on decision to go to last call: Gregory, Mark. GR: I'm concerned that we've had enough time to work out issues. JG: I'm only aware of two issues that are still open. DB: I'm not satisfied that I've gotten enough input on this document from the IE group. That's a problem of the MS Access group. IJ: Note that Rich said ok to last call with current Techniques Document. IJ: Note that new level of document maturity (Candidate Recommendation) is likely to be adopted by the Advisory Committee during our last call. Action Ian: Incorporate changes from this call. Action Ian: Continue to add techniques. b) Resolved: Structure of the 29 October Techniques Document ok. 9) FTF Action Ian: Make meeting page available.Received on Wednesday, 3 November 1999 13:47:10 UTC
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Swiss Army knife key to Navy SEALs' survival kit
How valuable is a Swiss Army knife?
Well, the Navy SEALs, perhaps the military's most elite fighting force, puts the knife at the top of its wish list for survival kits to be issued to its members.
A solicitation for survival kits released this week by the U.S. Special Operations Command lists a variety of tools needed for people stuck in the wild trying to survive. This 31-item, "worst-case scenario" kit includes the following:
• Swiss Army knife. First developed by Swiss knife maker Karl Elsener in 1884 for his nation's army, the knife has been a standard item in any outdoors enthusiast's tool kit. New versions have included USB flash drives and cellphones.
• Rescue howler whistle. This extremely loud whistle emits a 110-decibel sound enough to attract attention to those needing help.
• Five survival matches
• Fresnel magnifying lens, which can be used to help start fires without matches.
• Sun button compass
• Bouillon packet, although the list doesn't specify if it's beef, chicken or vegetable.
• A 1-foot square piece of aluminum foil
• 10 water-purification tablets
Bought separately, the items on the list would cost at least $100, although one company, Pro Survival Kit, lists its kit for $98 on its website. The kit is unavailable for civilian buyers, the company says.
Special Operations Command is wasting little time in rounding up interested suppliers, its solicitation shows. They have until Thursday to submit their proposals.
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mvives necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 9 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Website Traffic Attraction
We are two known names in the internet marketing industry who are starting a new internet marketing podcast website that will teach people how to increase their website traffic, whether it be through offline or online methods.
One of us is a specialist when it comes to technical details and implementation of various strategies, while the other partner is a noted entrepreneur who helps start up businesses.
We would like to target solo online entrepreneurs, start up and small business owners, and online marketers trying to learn more ways to increase website traffic.
Our focus is in the US and Europe.
We would like a logo that has a separate symbol/graphic and our brand name next to the symbol, and ideally, our slogan, too.
Our brand name is: Website Traffic Attraction
Our slogan is: Increase Your Website Traffic. Get More Business.
We would like to use colors similar to the jpg attached named imi-logo.jpg.
Several other samples (sample-1, sample-2, and sample-3) that we like are attached to give you a head start. However, we are open to other more creative ideas.
Here is an IMPORTANT note to consider.
We need the logo to be in two dimensional formats. One of the logo layouts need to be horizontal in nature so that the logo can be used as a header on a website. All of the attached files are what we define as horizontal in nature.
We also need the logo to be able to look good without any of the detail being lost or unreadable that will be used as an iTunes logo. Please take a look at some of the iTunes logos to get an idea of how the logos stand out.
The dimensions will ultimately be 50x50, but you can create one at least 600x600 and that can be resized down.
The main issue is that the logo that is created needs to work both as a header logo and as an itunes logo.
We plan to make more logos for different purposes, so if we like the winners work, the winner can expect more business from us.
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Mayor's Office
The City will accept holiday trees for recycling at eight sites through Sunday, January 9. The tree collection sites are:
Hoefling Enterprises has donated grinding services, and the tree mulch will be distributed free to Lincoln residents beginning Monday, January 10. The mulch is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at 2200 S. Folsom Court on a first come, first served basis.
The City Recycling Office reminds residents recycling their trees to remove plastic bags used for transport and put them in trash cans at the recycling sites. All nails, wires and tree stands must be removed.
The City of Lincoln began offering the tree recycling program in 1987 to keep large quantities of trees from going to the landfill. Lincoln's tree recycling program is the oldest of its kind in Nebraska. In the last 23 years, the City has recycled an estimated 186,645 trees.
For more information on the tree recycling program or the City's recycling program in general, call the Recycling Hotline at 441-8215 or visit the City website, lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recycle).


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Recall 08V162000
Front Door Glass May Come off Track and/or Break
Recall Details
The bolts securing the driver and passenger front door glass may loosen and come off, causing the glass to separate from the window regulator. An abnormal noise may be noted when operating the windows. The window may bind and shatter during operation, causing the driver distraction and/or injury. Dealers will replace the driver and passenger front door glass bolts with newly designed bolts to correct this concern. The Toyota recall number is 80A. The General Motors recall number is 07273.
Our Quick Take
The driver and passenger front door glass may come off track and shatter during operation.
What Should You Do?
Toyota will notify owners of affected vehicles beginning April 16, 2008 with General Motors beginning May 21, 2008. If you are experiencing problems with one or both front door windows, or you don't receive notification and you feel you should have, please contact your dealer. It's helpful to have your vehicle identification number (VIN) when you call.


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CAMDEN, N.J.—The Radcliffe lightweight varsity eight and varsity four clinched spots in the grand finals with second-place showings in their respective heats on the first day of women's competition at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships Friday morning on the Cooper River.
The varsity eight cruised into the grand final by more than nine seconds over Georgetown, while the four topped Princeton by 2.2 seconds. The four's grand final is scheduled for 8:09 a.m. Saturday, while the eight final is at 11 a.m.
"We were very excited for this race," senior five-seat Lizzy Bate said. "We really found our speed, and we're excited about what we're going to be able to do tomorrow."
Radcliffe's varsity eight got off to a strong start, taking a slim lead on Princeton in the opening strokes. The Tigers and Black and White quickly moved away from the Hoyas, leaving them behind in the second 500 meters. Radcliffe stayed with Princeton for the first half of the race, before the Tigers went on to a 5.4-second win. The Black and White rowed a solid, comfortable second 1,000 meters, finishing in 6:45.972. Stanford and Wisconsin advanced straight to the grand final from the second heat.
"It was great in terms of energy-saving," said sophomore six-seat Emma Lucasiewicz. "You don't want to row an extra 2k that you don't have to, and I think this just put us in a really good mindset for the final. We know what we're capable of, and we're ready for it."
In the varsity four heat, Radcliffe and Princeton were in a tight race early on, but the Black and White moved away late in the first 500. Radcliffe had an answer for every Tiger surge the rest of the way and posted a time of 7:47.968, while Wisconsin won the heat in 7:26.213. Stanford and Loyola (Md.) moved on to the grand final from Heat 2.
The boats that did not earn final berths will race again in Friday afternoon's repechage.
Varsity Eight
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Princeton 6:40.568
Radcliffe 6:45.972
Georgetown 6:55.117
Heat 2
Stanford 6:37.933
Wisconsin 6:41.822
Bucknell 6:52.090
Varsity Four
Wisconsin 7:26.213
Radcliffe 7:47.968
Princeton 7:50.217
Heat 2
Stanford 7:52.514
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Yamiguru's Steampunk Pumpkin Tutorial
Here is an affordable way to turn your Halloween Trick-or-Treat plastic pumpkin bucket into a Steampunk Pumpkin. All you need is a few things lying around your own home and a bit of imagination. You don't have to use the same things I used, you are more than welcome to experiment. Hopefully this tutorial will inspire you to create your very own design. I would love to see pictures of your completed Steampunk Pumpkins!
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But I didn't borrow that much...
In the past when you've borrowed money from your parents or friends, chances are you've paid back exactly what you borrowed. When you begin to pay back your student loans, you might wonder why do you owe more than what you borrowed?
One answer is interest. Interest is what the lender charges to use their money. When you receive the loan, you will be told of the interest rate. Although the rate may differ for various lenders, the federal government sets a maximum cap for interest rates. The rate is adjusted every July 1st.
The other reason you pay back more than you borrowed is the fees charged by the various players in the process that must be deducted from the loan amount before you get the check. These fees often include the origination fee and insurance fee. If you have any concerns, be sure to ask your school's financial aid office to clarify what fees your lender will deduct.
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Afghan National Army public affairs soldiers are partnering with U.S. Soldiers here to learn valuable skills to tell the story of their burgeoning independence.
A public affairs team from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Stewart, Ga., began visiting the Afghan National Army's, or ANA's, Kandahar Air Wing Public Affairs Office about six weeks ago, said Sgt. Luke D. Rollins, a native of Niskayuna, N.Y.
He visits the office approximately once a week, for an hour or two, and concentrates on only one topic at a time, he said.
"Last time we were here we focused mainly on writing. What elements are needed for a lead?" he asked his counterparts during a visit Jan. 26.
ANA Staff Sgt. Habibullah correctly recounted the six elements that should be written early into a news story - who, what, where, when, why and how.
Rollins said he has a wide range of subjects to cover and only a little time on each visit. Therefore, he varies the classes between writing, taking still pictures and shooting video.
"When we got here we had no idea how to do these things," said ANA Staff Sgt. Abdul Khaq. "Now we are able to use the computer and cameras. They are always willing to show us."
In the ANA, soldiers do not pick career fields, they are assigned.
"The military assigned us to this," Habibullah said. "We are happy about what we do. Every day we learn something new. Of course we look forward to them coming here. We need them."
Staff Sgt. Charles Robertson, a broadcast journalist with the 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, of Jackson, Miss., joined the effort Jan. 26, and taught the two NCOs the basics of videography.
"I thought they were very receptive," said Robertson, a Starkville, Miss., native. "They enjoyed the visit and you could tell they were learning. I really think they enjoy doing their job and they're very willing to learn."
It's important for the Afghan public affairs to become skilled quickly, Robertson said. Their mission is no different from his except for the audience. While American military public affairs units tell the story of our military's operations here to move Afghanistan toward independence, the Afghan team must tell the native population of its government's efforts.
"They need to communicate with their public the way we do," Robertson said. "They also have stories to tell."


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LiveJournal Lockouts Blamed on Hotmail
Has your LiveJournal account been compromised? Blame Hotmail, LiveJournal says.
A number of LiveJournal users found themselves locked out of their accounts recently, a phenomenon not related to friending bots, but to inactive Hotmail accounts.
"The recent break-ins resulted from hijackers finding and accessing lapsed Hotmail accounts that were used with LiveJournal accounts and publicly displayed on Profile pages in the past," LJ said in a note on its Web site. "You should be aware that Hotmail recycles e-mail addresses that haven't been used in more than a year. If you validated a Hotmail address for your journal and displayed it publicly in the past, but then let the address lapse, someone who finds and re-registers that address can use it to obtain control of the journal."
To fix the problem, LJ has added a "Manage E-mail Addresses" feature that lets you delete e-mail addresses you no longer use after six months.
"If you have been using your current validated email address for at least six months, you can delete all the other addresses associated with your account," LJ said.
LJ also urged users to utilize the "secret question" security function on the site, and warned them not to click on unknown links.
"Once the hijackers have gained control of a maintainer's email address and used it to remove all the other maintainers, they have been posting entries that may contain links to viruses and malware," the company said.Originally posted to AppScout.


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It looks like we may be seeing a tipping point for HIEs, which for many years have seen only isolated successes. According to a new report from the eHealth Initiative, the number of HIEs has grown meaningfully between last year and this year, and this year should see many new HIE organizations form. Perhaps more importantly, it looks like HIEs are taking their place as the backbone for up and coming reform efforts.
When eHI reached out to survey HIEs, it found 322 organizations to survey, up from 255 last year. Of that group, 88 HIE initiatives are at the highest stages of development on eHIs HIE development scale, an increase of 13 from last year. As researchers see it, we'll see even more growth and maturing technologies in 2013.
Over the last several years, the HIEs which have stayed on their feet and matured have almost all been propped up by federal dollars. Twenty-seven of the advanced HIEs surveyed said that the single most substantial source of funding they had was from the federal government; also, 22 of these HIEs were classified as state designated entities.
Unlike the past, however, it seems that HIEs believe they can survive without grant money from the government. Of 39 state-designated entities responding to the study, 37 said they believe it is 'very likely' or 'likely' that they will remain operational after the HITECH dollars stop flowing. An additional 31 of the SDEs said t hat it is 'very likely' or 'likely' that they will be financially sustainable three years from now even without additional federal dollars.
Now, here's where it gets really interesting (to me at least). As part of the study, the eHealth Initiative asked some questions about how HIEs were playing into preparations for the full rolllout of health reform.
What they found out is that HIEs are increasingly playing a major role in health reform-related efforts such as ACOs and/or Patient-Centered Medical Homes. More than half (109) of the HIE respondents said that they are supporting ACOs or PCMHs.
The HIEs aren't just dumb pipes either; not only are they offering technical infrastructure, they're providing data analytics services around cost efficiencies and quality improvement.
Looks like 2013 should be a pivotal year for HIEs. I for one am excited to see what HIE organizations will be able to accomplish over the next 12 months prior to full rollout of health reform. Go team HIE!


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Every time I see Continental Town & Country tires, I think "cop tires". I've seen them on countless police and security bicycles over the years; I think the Cannondale police bikes came standard with them. The T&C comes in 26 x 1.9" or 2.1" sizes. It's an inverted tread design that rolls and corners in a decent manner if not exactly sporty. The tread is just enough (more than a Schwalbe Big Apple) to handle the occasional excursion into grass or gravel for a shortcut or perhaps pursuit of a suspect. It's also a long wearing tire. Even if you're not a cop, if you're just looking for a durable city tire with enough volume to float like a Cadillac on a mission from God, these tires might be the ones for you.
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No errors or warnings, database just hangs while trying to execute simple select query on specific table. Other tables are accessible until I trying to query specific (faulty) table.
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We're pleased to carry eSun 3D printer filament. Excellent quality, vacuum packed, and on an easy-to-view transparent spool.
eSun is one of the top suppliers of 3D printer filament, and we're happy to be carrying their inventory. They are not some fly-by-night operation; eSun is an active part of the 3D printer community, and you'll often see them represented at Maker Faires and 3D Printer Expos. They take excellent care of the production methods, and each spool comes vacuum sealed in a pouch with moisture-absorbing desiccant.
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Over the years I've constantly heard horror stories, had people say "Real Programmers Dont Use VSS", and so on. BUT, then in the workplace I've worked at two companies, one, a very well known public facing high traffic website, and another high end Financial Services "Web-Based" hosted solution catering to some very large, very well known companies, which is where I currently Reside and everything's working just fine (KNOCK KNOCK!!).
I'm constantly interfacing with EXTREMELY Old technology with some of these financial institutions.. OLD LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.. which leads me to the conclusion that if it works "LEAVE IT", and that maybe there's some value in old technology? at least enough value to overrule a rewrite!? right??
Is there something fundamentally flawed with the underlying technology that VSS uses? I have a feeling that if i said "someone said VSS Sucks" they would beg to differ, most likely give me this look like i dont know -ish, and I'd never gain back their respect and my credibility (well, that'll be hard to blow.. lol), BUT, give me an argument that I can take to someone whose been coding for 30 years, that builds Platforms that leverage current technology (.NET 3.5 / SQL 2008 R2 ), write's their own ORM with scaffolding and is able to provide a quality platform that supports thousands of concurrent users on a multi-tenant hosted solution, and does not agree with any benefits from having Source Control Integrated, and yet uses the Infamous Visual Source Safe.
I have extensive experience with TFS up to 2010, and honestly I think it's great when a team (beyond developers) can embrace it. I've worked side by side with someone whose a die hard SVN'r and from a purist standpoint, I see the beauty in it (I need a bit more, out of my SS, but it surely suffices). So, why are such smarties not running away from Visual Source Safe? surely if it was so bad, it would've have been realized by now, and I would not be sitting here with this simple old, Check In, Check Out, Version Resistant, Label Intensive system. But here I am...
I would love to drop an argument that would be the end all argument, but if it's a matter of opinion and personal experience, there seems to be too much leeway for keeping VSS.
UPDATE: I guess the best case is to have the VSS supporters check other people's experiences and draw from that until we (please no) experience the breaking factor ourselves. Until then, i wont be engaging in a discussion to migrate off of VSS..
UPDATE 11-2012: So i was able to convince everyone at my work place that since MS is sun downing Visual Source Safe it might be time to migrate over to TFS. I was able to convince them and have recently upgraded our team to Visual Studio 2012 and TFS 2012. The migration was fairly painless, had to run analyze.exe which found a bunch of errors (not sure they'll ever affect the project) and then manually run the VSSConverter.exe. Again, painless, except it took 16 hours to migrate 5 years worth of everything.. and now we're on TFS.. much more integrated.. much more cooler.. so all in all, VSS served it's purpose for years without hick-up. There were no horror stories and Visual Source Save as source control worked just fine. so to all the nay sayers (me included). there's nothing wrong with using VSS. i wouldnt start a new project with it, and i would definitely consider migrating to TFS. (it's really not super difficult and a new "wizard" type converter is due out any day now so migrating should be painless). But from my experience, it worked just fine and got the job done.


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Its been last year since I last visited your site and I was surprised that there are new updates on the pronounciations of the characters,especially those chu noms. They were given a mandarin pronounciation. Were they used in China before? thank you so much for the explanation.
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Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award
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The award consists of a $2,000 cash award and a citation.
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Report: Deaths Increasing at US-Mexico Border
(NEW YORK) -- The number of immigrants who died while attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border saw a large increase in 2012, even though there seem to be far fewer people attempting the crossing.
According to a report released by the National Foundation for American Policy, immigrant deaths at the border rose by 27 percent in 2012. Despite the fact that the border patrol has nearly twice as many agents as it did 15 years ago, the number of deaths in crossing has more than doubled.
The 477 immigrants who died trying to cross the border in 2012 is the second highest annual total, behind only 2005.
The border patrol captured over 350,000 undocumented immigrants in 2012, as compared to over 1.5 million in 1999. With a dramatic decrease in the number of immigrants attempting the journey, it is staggering that such a large number of them are dying.
The NFAP says that these numbers suggest that the border is getting more dangerous for immigrants. Testimonies from organizations that work along the border seem to confirm this.
Geoff Boyce, a spokesman for an Arizona nonprofit called No More Deaths, told USA Today that immigrants are now crossing the border in more remote areas of the desert comprised of 900 square miles with just two paved roads.
He said the crossing takes three to four days, and is made in temperatures as high as 110 degrees, in the summer, and below freezing in winter time.
"Even the healthiest person is going to have a hard time surviving in those kinds of conditions," Boyce told USA Today.
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- Schneider Electric Services provides a variety of arc flash mitigation solutions and services for any brand of electrical equipment
- For over 100 years, Schneider Electric has been a market-leading manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment, circuit protection, power equipment, systems and services
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Mild mornings and very warm afternoons will start us off this week before temperatures cool down by Thursday in South Florida.
For Monday, expect partly cloudy skies with afternoon highs at 85 and south winds at 10-15 mph.
Tonight brings the full moon for the month under a few passing clouds with lows around 71.
Tuesday is still smoking for late February, with highs in the middle-80s.
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Online sale of fighting pups is infuriating animal lovers
The two pit bull terrier puppies were a sorry state. The photograph showed them being held up to the camera by the scruff of the neck, grasped by the tattooed hands of the person who was selling them. Their ears had been cropped illegally to make them look more aggressive.


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Fireplace Industry Warns Consumers Against Burns
(NEW YORK) – With colder weather on its way to many parts of the U.S., people are getting their fireplaces ready to bring the heat. But the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association is urging consumers to act with caution when they use their fireplaces this winter.
An industry-wide safety initiative launched Monday is warning folks about the risk of serious burns from touching the glass fronts on gas fireplaces.
Safety standard changes will go into effect for glass fireplaces in 2015, but until then, association spokeswoman Leslie Wheeler says consumers need to be careful.
"The Consumer Product Safety Commission, whom we've been working with, has said there were 200 burns a year," she said. Wheeler also suggests that people check with the manufacturer of their fire place to see if an attachable screen, which can help prevent burns, is available for purchase.
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LeTourneau University will feature author and speaker Mindy Caliguire to speak during chapel service at 10:50 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Avenue. The public is invited. Caliguire is the founder of Soul Care, a spiritual formation ministry, and director of the Transformation Ministry for the Willow Creek Association. She serves as a frequent speaker and leadership consultant, working with churches and national organizations such as Willow Creek Community Church, Seacoast Church, Renovate, Spring Arbor University and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Caliguire's books include Discovering Soul Care, Spiritual Friendship, Soul Searching and Simplicity, as well as Write for Your Soul: The Whys and Hows of Journaling. She and her husband, Jeff, live with their three adventurous teenagers in Algonquin, Ill.
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BOSTON, Mass. - Trailing by 22 midway through the second half men's basketball erased the large deficit thanks in part to a 24-6 run to nearly knock off the Anchormen of Rhode Island College Saturday afternoon in the Clark Athletic Center Gym. Unfortunately RIC held on to defeat the Beacons 70-65.
Rhode Island's narrow victory marked the 13 of the year and seventh in the Little East Conference. They now hold a 13-7 record overall, 7-2 against LEC opponents. For the Beacons they unfortunately fell to 5-14, 0-9 in the conference following Saturday's tough loss.
Four Beacons played a major part in the second half turn around with junior Gregory Young (Boston, Mass.) at the front of the group. He would finish with 10 of his 14 points in the final 20 minutes. From the field Young was 4-for-9 and had one key block and three huge steals.
Also helping to fuel the rally was big-man Kadeem Coulter (Boston, Mass.) and sophomore Omar Benabicha (Saugus, Mass.). The duo each finished with eight points, while junior Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.) dropped in seven, while also grabbing four boards. Joseph ended the day with a game-high 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting, 2-of-5 from behind the arc. He would also grab a game-best nine boards.
From the field the Beacons were red hot as they shot 44.4% (16-for-36) to outscore the Anchormen 39-26 in the second half. The Beacons defense was also solid forcing 14 of RIC's 21 turnovers, while also coming up with five steals and five blocked shots.
For the Anchormen they managed to hang on for the win thanks in part to Jacob Page's eight points and a clutch lay-up in the closing minute by Eric Alleyne which made it a three possession game. They also got four huge points (dunk and two free throws) from Chris Burton. Page finished with a team-best 12 points, while Tom Deciantis led the starting five with 11 points. Burton finished with seven points and seven rebounds and also had three of RIC's five blocks.
Rhode Island College was in total control of the first half and went into the break with a comfortable 18 point lead. They would maintain their lead through the first eight minutes of the second until UMass Boston exploded on both sides of the court. Rhode Island was unable to contain the revitalized Beacons but with some key baskets late in the half managed to slip by with the win.
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Local alumni invited to be first to enjoy new snow-free ski slope
The Liberty University Alumni Relations Office is inviting Central Virginia alumni to return to campus on Aug. 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the "245 Initiative," an event for alumni living in the 245 Zip Code. This will also be the official launch of the Lynchburg Alumni Chapter.
Those planning to attend will have an opportunity to tour Liberty's new year-round ski slope, the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, and tube on the slopes for the first time before the Aug. 29 grand opening.
The entire event is free and gives alumni a chance to reconnect with one another and access LU's first-class recreational facilities, including the new Thomas Indoor Soccer Center, the LaHaye Student Union and the LaHaye Ice Center. Plus, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. will address alumni at 1 p.m. in the Tilley Student Center. While on campus, attendees may also browse through LU's newest addition, the Liberty University Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
The festivities will include great food and games for the whole family. To RSVP for this incredible afternoon of food, fun and fellowship, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at email@example.com or call (800) 628-7973.