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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
APA: No Overflow Hotel
So, all you job seekers who, quite sensibly, were waiting to make travel arrangements until you discovered whether you had any interviews (and thus any reason to travel to New York City over the Holidays): If you're lucky enough to have interviews at the Eastern, you're on your own for a hotel! Thankfully, the APA has provided a list of nearby hotels. Enjoy the criminal booking rates!
[Snark alert...] I think the APA should increase is dues to help pay for the wonderful new hosting of the same old pathetic webshite, the classic, 1970s-style production that is Jobs for Philosophers, and the uncommon level of expertise they bring to their primary task of organizing three major professional meetings. They really deserve our support.
**Rare Non-Snarky Serious Query**: Is there any non-awkward and reliable way to organize an effort to connect lodgingless job-seekers with folks who have rooms (and available floor / cot space) at the conference hotel? I suspect there will be many people alone in double-sized rooms... At the very least, departments should be organizing this kind of thing for their people.
44 comments:
Why criticize the APA? Job seekers could easily have made reservations way in advance and cancel them a mere week ahead of time if necessary (with no penalty). It's the rare hiring institution that calls up a few days before Xmas for an interview.
- December 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I have long recommended to colleagues that they reserve their hotel room as soon as reservations open (usually early August for the APA Eastern meeting). It doesn't cost anything and you can always cancel without charge up to a few days before the meeting.
Don't blame the APA. The Marriott (the conference hotel for 2009) pleaded with APA to move the meeting out to a suburb, as they could make much more money from Europeans visiting NY over the holidays. Be grateful APA didn't do that, but stayed in Manhattan. If conference participants (or would-be participants) don't recognize what a bargain they've negotiated for us and quickly reserve their room, they have only themselves to blame.
Several list-servs typically have announcements from people seeking roommates at professional meetings (e.g., SWIP).
- December 2, 2009 at 6:27 PM
right on, apa shills. and i suppose there's no reason why someone who isn't sure if she's even going to the meeting or if she is what days and how long she's staying might see fit to not reserve a room. no reason to consider blocking others out who have firm itineraries. and you both miss the point-- the apa usually has at least one overflow hotel. and it usually gets filled too. no overflow this time. no explanation. no foresight. no concern for job seekers. but i forgot- i'm to blame! incredible.
spiros: i bet if you check you'll find both anon posts coming from apa hq.
- December 2, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Anonymous 6:39
You've got it all wrong. We're not shills for the APA. We're just anti-whiners. It's simply too easy to reserve a hotel in late summer --for as many days as you like-- and either change it or cancel it shortly before the conference. Just do it.
Philosophers are such bloody whiners.
- December 2, 2009 at 6:46 PM
anon 6:46:
no, you've got it all wrong. the apa has in the past always secured an overflow hotel (often more than one). the strategy you propose of booking a room at the conference hotel for the duration even if you are not sure you're even going or if so when and for how long seems irresponsible to me, given the fact that this would cause the conference hotel to artificially fill up more quickly and take up space for those who have the benefit of knowing their travel plans further in advance. i waited until i knew exactly what my travel plans are because i expected the apa to secure an overflow, as in previous years. but without warning they simply didn't do so this time. it's not whining to criticize them for dropping the ball this year (unless you're a shill like you).
- December 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM
"The Marriott ... pleaded with APA to move the meeting out to a suburb, as they could make much more money from Europeans visiting NY over the holidays. Be grateful APA didn't do that, but stayed in Manhattan."
Yeah, because those are the options. We either have this conference in Manhattan at a horrible time or the suburbs. We couldn't possibly have this conference at a city somewhere in the middle where it would be more affordable and more accessible for job seekers. Let's just move this shit to Dallas and have it on January 2nd. Cheap, warm, and its in the middle.
- December 2, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Echoing Anonymous 8:30, I don't see any good reason why this whole thing COULDN'T be moved to early January. God knows it would make MY life easier. As for why not move it to Dallas, well, it IS the EASTERN APA.
- December 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Sure, it's the Eastern APA meeting, but it's also the meeting at which *all* the philosophy hiring starts. I really don't understand why the hiring meeting isn't an All-APA meeting as opposed to being labeled as an "Eastern" meeting. So, why not an All-APA meeting in St. Louis or Kansas City (both very near the population center of the U.S.) or maybe at a nice airline hub city like the aforementioned Dallas?
I'm starting to think that some of us philosophers should start a competing organization.
- December 2, 2009 at 9:56 PM
When the APA has meetings in Canada, the Eastern can be held in Dallas, Kansas City, or St. Louis. I think cheap is good for the Eastern or Dec/Jan meeting because of the job seekers. I think centrally located and away from crap weather is good for the same reason.
As for a post January meeting, every year someone objects that this would be unfair to the people who work at schools that start up the first week of January. I think their numbers are small enough that we can still run a nice utilitarian argument for not running the Eastern between Xmas and NYE. Anyway, who skips a conference because of classes? No one I've ever met at the Central or Pacific.
- December 2, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Let me suggest that you write to the Eastern officers/executive committee and suggest they survey the membership on preferred locations and time. Central did exactly that with regard to preferred locations, and a few years ago polled membership on scheduling, moving from late April to February. Pacific three years ago did a poll of members regarding whether to move the location due to labor troubles at the conference hotel. It's not hard to do.
Many people like the break between the holidays, as they can bring family and get a great deal on the hotel room at APA rates. And many like the NY meeting location as it's the only way many can afford to visit NY nowadays, with the convention rate hotels and (maybe) some travel subsidy from their home institutions.
-Ordinary professor [not an APA staffer or officer or shill]
- December 3, 2009 at 12:43 AM
"I'm starting to think that some of us philosophers should start a competing organization."
I definitely see that happening.
- December 3, 2009 at 12:47 AM
The APA CHOSE not to book an overflow hotel because it did not expect to need one and was not willing to run the risk of having to pay high "attrition" fees (in the thousands of dollars) in case it did not meet it's guaranteed number.
Here's a quote from an e-mail from the APA office:
We all understand the difficulties that this creates for members who try to book hotel space after the APA's allotment of rooms has been filled. We also all wish there were some easy way around this problem. Unfortunately, the fact that the Eastern Division Meeting is in New York rather than a city in which there is less demand for hotel space, placed the Eastern Division in a situation in which estimating room usage was uncommonly difficult. Had the division overestimated demand it would have been quite costly to the division. None of the information that was available either to the division
or to the National Office gave us any reason to believe that the demand for rooms would have been anywhere close to the high levels that we are now experiencing. Again, I surely regret the situation in which you and a number of other members now find yourselves. Unfortunately, I do not know of anything else that I can say or that any of us can do at this point, nor do I think it would have been prudent for the Eastern Division to have made higher estimates of room demand at the time when contracts were being made.
- December 3, 2009 at 2:08 AM
Anon. 7:00 still doesn't get it. APA told you there was no overflow hotel. It doesn't matter if you don't know whether you're going. And, no, the hotel will not artificially fill up.
It's remarkably stupid to wait to make a reservation until late in the fall just because you believe there will be an overflow hotel. Do you also have an overflow doctor or dentist? APA isn't there to hold your pathetic little hand. Grow up.
- December 3, 2009 at 9:55 AM
the problem is that the demand apparently far exceeds the supply of reasonably priced hotel rooms. The APA explicitly predicted that this would not be a problem. They thought that the bad economy and the poor job market would negatively affect this year's attendance. They thought that they would not even fill up the main hotel. Because of that they were unwilling to risk booking an overflow hotel because of attrition penalties in the thousands of dollars if they failed to meet their guarantee number.
But they badly underestimated the attendance, apparently, and now hundreds (apparently) of attendees will have to pay through the nose to attend.
- December 3, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
I am still inclined to blame the APA. A while ago we had a discussion at the Smoker about how dumb it was to have the E-APA meeting in New York at all, given the high price of everything in NYC. But it was pointed out by someone who claimed to have inside knowledge that meetings held in New York meetings are better attended than those held in any other city. So 2:08's correspondent's claim that the APA had no way of predicting that an overflow hotel would be necessary seems pretty implausible. Add to that a larger-than-average class of job seekers (since last year was such a wash), and it seems clear that they should have booked extra, extra hotel space.
Furthermore, pointing out that the difficulties are a function of the fact that the meeting is being held in New York in no way ameliorates the APA's responsibility, since they are responsible for the fact that the meeting is being held in New York in the first place.
- December 3, 2009 at 10:43 AM
I'm anonymous 2:08 and my correspondent is the executive director of the APA himself. He responded to my complaining e-mail. Before the part that I excerpted he pointed out that the National Office is not responsible for these decisions, by the way, they just implement the decisions of the executive committee of the Eastern DIvision.
- December 3, 2009 at 11:24 AM
You know, there are lots of graduate students who go to nyc schools, who will not be in the city during the APA. I know because I am one of them. My guess is that most of these students have places that would involve healthy commutes to the wonderful timesquare marriott, but this might be free/semi-free ish accommodation for desperate philosophers.
Maybe somebody should get a more reputable blog onto the task of putting the words out about this. Leiter maybe?
- December 3, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Re: anon 11:34.
Leiter Reports is "more respectable" than Philosophers Anonymous?
Ouch! (note: response here is vicarious)
- December 3, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Wait and see how many of those reservations are canceled at the last minute because the reams of job candidates building up the last two years don't get any interviews. I would be hasty to infer that tons of people will be attending the conference.
- December 3, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Hindsight bias, anyone?
- December 3, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Where's the evidence that people are flocking to the Eastern in droves this year? It's certainly not anything which can be inferred on the basis of the October and November JFP's. To the contrary...
For what it's worth, last year in Philly I was told the APA was nervous that not enough people would reserve rooms. Apparently, they barely made the cut. Given the horrid JFP, why should they expect more people to reserve rooms this year?
Lastly, I'm a grad student and as broke as the next guy or gal. But that didn't stop me from reserving a room last August, knowing full well that I could cancel in December if I don't get any interviews. There are plenty of reasons for criticizing the APA; I just don't see this as one of them.
- December 4, 2009 at 4:09 AM
I think I'm the informant that Mr. Zero is talking about.
It's true (4:09 AM) that last year the Eastern Division was worried that they would not get enough rooms booked and would have to pay attrition costs. But they fully expected that NY would attract far more attendees (attenders??) than Philadelphia, because it always does. I guess academics love NYC. This should not have been a surprise, and I agree with the critics who suspect the Eastern Division was too concerned with reducing its own risk (namely, the risk they'd incur if they booked an overflow hotel and then couldn't fill their block there).
Here's a constructive suggestion. Try Hotwire, or Priceline. There aren't going to be any bargains in midtown Manhattan on our dates, of course, but at least you should be able to find a place convenient to the convention for under $200. (If you just gasped when you read that, don't even look at the hotels suggested on the APA web site. That Courtyard Marriott is asking $399/night.)
- December 4, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- Tim O'Keefe said...
Many people like the break between the holidays, as they can bring family and get a great deal on the hotel room at APA rates. And many like the NY meeting location as it's the only way many can afford to visit NY nowadays, with the convention rate hotels and (maybe) some travel subsidy from their home institutions.
Well, OK, I can see that. But regarding the NYC location, at least, I'd submit that the needs of poor job-seekers easily outweigh the preferences of these people, on either utilitarian or Rawlsian maximin principles.
- December 4, 2009 at 12:50 PM
All the main hotel chains have hotels at La Guardia and JFK for $100-$150/night that week. You can find them on sites like expedia.com
New York Transit runs buses and subway lines from the airports into Manhattan.
I doubt I'm the only philosopher who stayed at the (co-ed) West Side YMCA as a grad student. They have private rooms, with private baths, fabulous location, very cheap:
Not glamorous, but if you have a job interview and/or serious budget problems, these are not unreasonable solutions.
- December 5, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Seriously, don't stay out at JFK, it's far..
- December 5, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Let's set aside the issue of whether it's problematic to reserve a room when you think you may have to cancel it later, thereby taking a reasonably priced room away from someone who could have used it (which I don't think the "shills" have adequately addressed). Does the APA seriously want to encourage people to take up this practice? Doesn't this threaten landing them with lots of high attrition fees in years hence?
Also, did the APA notify people in advance there would be no overflow hotel? It's always been my experience that there has been one in the past. So, without notification, I would have just assumed there would be one this year.
- December 5, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Bingo. If ten people book in August and cancel, no big deal... but if 100 or so people book in August and then cancel, that's a huge deal. With many job postings getting 500-600 applications, who is to say that there won't be at least 100 people who don't get any sort of interview whatsoever. That the APA would be encouraging 100s of job seekers to reserve rooms in August, knowing that many won't get an interview, seems to invite the very same negative consequences that the APA is trying to avoid.
- December 5, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Anon @ 5:13 writes:
Let's set aside the issue of whether it's problematic to reserve a room when you think you may have to cancel it later, thereby taking a reasonably priced room away from someone who could have used it...
First, no, that doesn't follow. If you get to assume in August that there will be an overflow hotel, why won't you allow me to make the same assumption? Second, I reserved a room because I thought it more likely than not that I would get at least one interview. Third, if everyone had made their reservations last August (thereby filling most, if not all, of the allotted rooms), do you think the APA would still have decided not to secure an overflow hotel?
Anon @ 8:08's reasoning is interesting (i.e. that a situation which makes it prudent to reserve in August brings a risk of significant cancellations in December). Does anyone know if the APA's ever had a problem with too many people canceling at the last minute?
- December 6, 2009 at 1:11 AM
if everyone had made their reservations last August (thereby filling most, if not all, of the allotted rooms), do you think the APA would still have decided not to secure an overflow hotel?
I believe that to get the desired rate, the Eastern Division would have had to book an overflow hotel about two years ago.
By the way, nobody's commented on this yet, but even though the Central meetings are being held during February, apparently for no other reason than that the hotels are cheap, the hotel is not cheap.
- December 6, 2009 at 5:54 AM
Central moved their meetings to February, at least in part, because the late April scheduling was problematic. (1) It often came very close to Pacific, making it difficult for people to get away from campus for both. (2) With many schools finishing their semesters in late April/early May, it was also difficult for many to get away.
Several years ago, Central discussed moving their meetings to Labor Day weekend (which is when the APSA meets), and I don't know why they abandoned that option. Perhaps it was just too early for everybody, although the political scientists seem to like their scheduling.
The results of the Central poll on preferred meeting locations are here: http://www.apaonline.org/divisions/central/meetingpoll.aspx
They conducted that poll with a notice in the annual dues notice.
If there is a groundswell of interest by Eastern members for different scheduling and/or cheap locations instead of New York, then it shouldn't be difficult to arrange such a poll in the next dues notice. The three divisions function very independently (for better or worse). Eastern members might want to contact their officers about this. They are listed here:
- December 6, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Spiros said...
Sorry to be chiming in so late in this thread. FWIW, the anon @ 6:39 (3rd comment) got it right. Why didn't the APA send out an email announcing that there would be no overflow hotel? Surely they knew this some time ago....
- December 6, 2009 at 1:15 PM
The real solution to this problem is for schools to stop interviewing at the Eastern APA meeting. If schools stopped spending their budgets on flying 3-4 faculty members out to the Eastern APA meeting, their hotel rooms, meals, etc., they could increase the number of campus interviews significantly (and these are the meaningful ones). Instead of going to the APA, just conduct interviews over the phone or by videoconferencing. If 13 yr old girls can talk to their friends using Skype, why not conduct the first round of interviews this way? Is there really any difference?
- December 6, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Elizabeth said...
All the main hotel chains have hotels at La Guardia and JFK for $100-$150/night that week. You can find them on sites like expedia.com
You're telling people to stay near JFK and take that long subway ride to midtown every day of the conference? For their job interviews?!
Good lord...
- December 6, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- punk-rock abd said...
(1) The small issue: The APA is out of rooms. Big deal. They ALWAYS run out of rooms at the Eastern. That's why smart job seekers book that shit early. If you didn't, that sucks, I'm sorry. =(
(2) The small solution: Check out some of the NYC hostels. There's some killer hostels with private rooms (you get your own bed but have to share a bathroom) for $50-90 a night, a short train ride (10 minutes?) from Times Square. Candy Hostel on the Upper West Side is my fav =) Best of all, you usually get access to a kitchen with free breakfast food. Cook pancakes with hippies before your interview
(3) The big issue: Where the F does the APA get off holding the job market meat market conference in the most expensive east coast cities during the most expensive travel times of year? Seriously?! I know there's a lot of east coast schools, and it's easier for our friends from across the pond, but it's a huge pain in the @$$ for us job seekers coming from the south, the west, the midwest, the mountain states, etc. And FORGET about family holidays. I don't know about your families, but mine can't afford to take a vacation to New York this time of year, and I can't afford to go both places.
(4) The big solution: Do something about this! Are there any places that are cheaper? Warmer? What about switchin' it up, west coast one year, east coast the next? What about Miami? This isn't a lawyer convention or a brain surgeon convention - it's a *philosophy* conference. Let's get real.
- December 7, 2009 at 2:14 AM
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- December 7, 2009 at 6:14 AM
NY is very expensive around Christmas, yes. The Easterns are there once every few years, and it looks like NY is about to get dropped from the rotation.
Miami is a terrible choice, though -- it's also very expensive this time of year. (Think about it.)
Philadelphia was good, and Boston will be good next year.
- December 7, 2009 at 7:01 AM
- Tim O'Keefe said...
I think Atlanta is OK too. It's a hub for Airtran and Delta, so lots of direct flights fairly cheap, and not too cold. Downtown ATL still gets pretty empty in the evenings, but it's a *lot* better than it was the last time the APA held their Eastern division meeting there.
- December 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
I booked a room for the Baltimore meeting in 2007 at the overflow hotel less than two weeks ahead of time. No Problem
anon 7:01,
I heard that these New York meetings are usually very well-attended and that the APA makes a lot of money on them and that they will not be dropping NYC. This is all hearsay, of course. But I wonder why you think it "looks like" they will.
- December 7, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Actually, I live in Miami -- and Miami is not at all expensive during this time of year. Miami BEACH is expensive. But Miami Beach is a tiny little island tourist trap.
I actually think the Miami suggestion is a good one. The Hilton Omni located in the Downtown/Performing Arts District would probably be relatively inexpensive to have the actual conference, and there is a wide range of hotels within spitting distance of it that go from totally inexpensive economy hotels to super pricey high class type places.
A full travel package from Priceline NYC to MIA for Dec 27-29 with flight, rental car, and hotel in the aforementioned area is $963 for an iffy hotel, $1,361 for the super swanky Marriott Biscayne Marina (waterfront!).
Costs for the same to NYC at this time of year? $1,451, and that's only if you fly into Newark Int'l rather than LaGuardia or JFK. And there is plenty of cheap, free, fun to be had in Miami.
AND for those who want the Eastern to stay Eastern ... Miami is totally eastern.
- December 7, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Hi Zero (this is 7:01),
The NY meetings are certainly very well attended, but I don't think the APA makes any money on them at all.
The last time I spoke to An Authority, he told me that if I liked New York I should be sure to attend this year because the negotiations for future years in NY were not going well. This conversation was over a year ago, so possibly things have changed.
I think Atlanta sounds like a good idea, Tim. Not much fun, but as you say easy to get there and relatively cheap to stay there.
Anonymous Miami guy:
Okay, good point, I hadn't realized there was such a stark distinction between Miami and the Beach. But keep in mind the Eastern cannot just book a nice hotel. It has to be a very big hotel with convention facilities. Oh, and Miami is west of Pittsburgh, which is Central, so it follows by geographical logic that Miami is Central.
- December 7, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Maybe all those people who can't get a hotel are better off...
- December 11, 2009 at 12:01 AM
- CTS said...
Here is a possibly consoling thought:
NY is rife with bed bugs, even at 'fine' hotels. Maybe a good place to avoid, anyhow?
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- December 23, 2009 at 3:50 AM


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Send me books, articles
Has anyone responded to these requests? Are they legitimate?
I ask because today I received by ground mail a strange note of this kind from someone in Asia. The note instantiates the usual form described above. But then it includes a photocopied bibliography from one of my recent publications, with roughly half of the entries circled in red. The student asks me to send her everything that's circled. The circled materials include Word and Object, several famous journal articles, one of the recent Oxford Handbooks, and my most recent book. The letter closes with the sentence, "Please send me books, articles."
Of course, I'm going to ignore this request. Has anyone else gotten something this strange recently?
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I've never received these requests myself, and as a grad student I wouldn't expect to, but I noticed that the original post didn't say anything about the financial situations of the people making these requests. Surely it can't be that hard to order copies of books online, especially those printed by established academic publishers. This sounds like a scam to get free books, nothing more.
- June 24, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- vhs said...
Wow... that hurt. You're describing the content and wording of emails I have send several times. I had no idea that there was a trend of potentially bogus letters with that content - and thankfully, none of the authors I have written to have ignored my requests. That is, of course, I have never asked for them to send me hard-copies of their books but electronic versions of their papers or individual chapters.
But the rest sounds exactly like what I have written - in full honesty - to several authors. I do live in a town with a very poorly equipped philosophy department and library (i live in Alaska. There's no advanced phil-dept here. I'm here because my wife got a job here while I'm trying to finish my thesis), and I do have a hard time getting access to the material I need. So I often do take the liberty to write to the authors of papers/books to either get suggestions for further material, or ask if they could send me a pdf of some paper or ... anything that could help.
Everyone I have written to have replied either respectfully or even enthusiastic (happy that others are interested in their work), so obviously my emails must have been different from the ones you mention, but in your description they sure sound similar. Now I'm not sure how to proceed.
- June 24, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- vhs said...
@ MK: It is actually sometimes quite hard (or incredibly expensive) to get academic books online. Some academic books are only published in one small edition and only hardcover at prices that I cannot afford (and would be a 3 month salary for a lot of middle-class people in China for example).
From friends who are further up in the academic hierarchy and also have experience with book publishing I know that this is a bizarre policy of some academic publishers: If you don't make sure your contract is right, they might only publish your work in a few hundred hardback copies and sell them at ridiculous prices because they know libraries and universities will buy them - they will do no effort to make them available outside of that. Some authors might be satisfied with that, as the book goes on their CV, but others actually write because they think it might interest others and would like others to be able to read their works. This is an issue that some of the tenured people I know are dealing with (a solution for some is to insist on maintaining the paperback rights or that a cheaper paperback edition will be in the contract).
- June 24, 2009 at 2:56 PM
From 99-01 I was a peace corps volunteer in a country where it was hard to get materials in English. Part of my job consisted in teaching English and "country studies" at a university. Because neither I nor the places I worked had money to buy materials I quite often emailed peopled and asked them to send me things- sometime electronic copies of articles (this was before many people put copies on the web) but also photo-copies and the like. Several magazines and semi-scholarly journals sent me back-issues or photo-copied articles. Almost everyone replied at least in part (sometimes just to say they couldn't help) and many sent things. I, and I think my students, were extremely grateful. I'm sure it helped that I was a Peace Corps volunteer and asked to have the items sent to a university address, but I was still very glad that people usually took the request seriously. This doesn't mean, of course, that this might not be a scam or that you should spend lots of money on this. Asking you to (it seems) photo-copy random articles and send them seems odd, too. But I hope people won't always reject such requests out of hand. Helping out in such cases can often make a big difference to people who have significant trouble getting materials.
- June 24, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- Spiros said...
Cases of requests for offprints of journal articles are common and I oblige them always. The general case I'm talking about is different: the person requests delivery by ground mail books. In the specific case I came across today, the person requests that I send her copies of books written *by other people*!
- June 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- vhs said...
Yeah, requests to send physical books by ground mail does seem strange... especially nowadays, and even stranger when it's requests for books by other authors.
The part that reminded me of a lot of my emails is the "I live in a far-away place with a poorly equipped library and university". Alaska is great and all but..
- June 24, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Following up on the Peace Corps comment, every U.S. academic who gets a Fulbright lecturing award to teach abroad (about 800/year) gets a book allowance of about $1500 to buy books for the host department abroad. These are not only books you want your international students to have access to, but are also a wonderful way to build the libraries of colleges and universities around the globe.
The shipping costs to the host countries are prohibitive, so Fulbright instructs its awardees to ship the books purchased here to an address at the U.S. State Department by book rate and the State Department then sends them to the U.S. Embassy by diplomatic pouch, for free.
Given that the Fulbright Program has been in business for over half a century and sent tens of thousands of U.S. academics abroad with these book allowances, it's been quite a wonderful gesture by the U.S. to build those libraries around the world.
I have also received many of those e-mails pleading for books and delete all of them. There are better ways to address those needs, like supporting the Fulbright program.
- June 24, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- The Brooks Blog said...
I agree with Spiros. The issue is posting hard copies of books, etc. elsewhere. Of course, publishers have different rates for different countries: books bought in one country are not the same price as in the UK or US.
Furthermore, for our North American and British friends, there are various, very cheap interlibrary loan programmes. This usually amounts to no more than £1.50/$2.00 per item.
- June 25, 2009 at 7:19 AM
I think there are two different issues here. When I receive requests for electronic off-prints I comply because its free, because I can, and because I'm pleased people are reading my work. A specific request for a specific piece of work is just someone needing a little help or someone who doesn't have access to e-journals.
But I have also received a few times letters in strained English (no judgment implied) that fit Spiros's description. The author is from a poor country, would like "any" philosophy books I might send them for school, he or she does not have access to even the classics: could I spare some old books or textbooks? These are not folks in Alaska who have limited access to library materials but folks in developing countries who are asking for me to ship them a handful of volumes allegedly to further their education.
Now, I haven't done it. I don't know why. Is it a scam? Possibly, but its probably a low-end scam. Unless there is a huge market for used textbooks in Thailand, I think its probably just someone who is trying to get books they couldn't otherwise pay for. Is asking someone to send you something free a scam-in-itself? Well, that is a philosophical question, now isn't it.
I don't know why I have never responded. As I write this I fear I might have shirked some humanitarian duty. But, alas, I was either too lazy or, like Spiros, there was just something vaguely unsettling about it. I think next time I will write and ask for more details -- more information -- and then be on the lookout for any escalation that suggests Nigerian scams in the making.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Or we could do as Russell did when a very young Carnap (who was a stranger to Russell at the time) sent a letter asking after a cheap copy of Principia Mathematica: copy out all the essential material by hand.
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Russell is my hero.
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I can send you virtual books :)
- July 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM
If they are coming from China, the requests may be legitimate. Students at even relatively prestigious Chinese universities often do not have access to important philosophical works of the past fifty years or so and cannot afford to buy books on line. They will greatly appreciate any pdfs or preprints you can send or direct them to.
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+ TUESDAY NETCORDS: Open Era flashback...Djokos buy tourney...Shooting from the hip
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I am so tired of the Djokovic clan.ReplyDelete
Also remember when Nole bitched about the British ballers having everything at their disposal? You don't get to bitch about the privileged when your family can afford to buy a tournament.
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 2:05 AM
Actually, it's Amersfoort ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 4:17 AM
Actually, it's not Nole's family who can afford to buy a tournament. Nole's parents are not exactly wealthy (owners of a smallish pizza & pancakes parlour). They struggled to put him through tennis academy and finance his junior career.ReplyDelete
It's Nole himself who managed to earn a couple of millions of dollars in the last couple of years, and is now investing in the sport in his country. And it's a joint venture with Nikola Pilic, former ATP player, now coach and owner of a highly successful tennis academy in Munich, which Nole attended as a kid.
No need to be tired of the Djokovic clan. Get tired of Nole & Nikki, if you must.
- Uvijek ArgenOctober 15, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Will be more funny if the called the tournament...ReplyDelete
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Anon 7:17 thank you for correcting me. Tennis.com didn't elaborate they just said his family. I'm tired of the clan not for this but for other reasons.ReplyDelete
sara: i agree with you. they may not be buying the tourney themselves but they'll (meaning mostly daddy Srdjan) will be pulling the puppet strings.ReplyDelete


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Pasadena City College has again partnered with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), and Foothill Transit to offer low-cost public transportation passes to PCC students. The Institution Pass Card (I-TAP) allows full-time students enrolled in at least 12 units to ride the Metro buses and rail lines and Foothill Transit for $30 this semester. A one-time $5 card fee will be assessed to first-time buyers of the I-TAP. Students can visit Student Business Services (Room B203) to purchase the passes.
To ensure the student-supported program's success, PCC will also be providing shuttle service to the Metro Gold Line in Pasadena to encourage students to use transit.
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Veteran info needed soon
The Holyoke Enterprise is again featuring a special Veterans Day salute for both past veterans and current troops in the Nov. 7 edition of the newspaper.
Please submit the name, rank, branch, location and years of service for any local veteran or troop. Photos are optional. All submissions must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1.
Special hunting section in this week's paper
Johnson Publications—The Holyoke Enterprise and three Nebraska newspapers—is excited to offer a special section featuring all things hunting, including up-to-date articles, information and local advertisements, inserted in this week's newspaper.
HVFD responds to crash
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Four Microwatershed Management Plans Delivered to Municipalities, Communities and Institutions, Baja Verapaz
20 September 2012 | News story
Four Microwatershed Management Plans Delivered to Municipalities, Communities and Institutions, Baja Verapaz
Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, July 2012 (IUCN) – At an event attended by the municipal council of Cubulco, the Cubulco municipal development council (Consejo Municipal de Desarrollo–COMUDE), community leaders and institutional representatives, four management plans were officially presented on microwatersheds of the Canchel, El Xum, Chibalam rivers (Cubulco municipality) and San Rafael river (Rabinal). Their participatory preparation included input from the community development councils (Consejos Comunitarios de Desarrollo–COCODE), auxiliary community mayoral offices, coffee grower associations, agricultural and health promoters and other organized community groups.
These microwatersheds are all in the Guatemalan department of Baja Verapaz and located within the "Dry Corridor," a semi-arid strip of land with recurring periods of drought even in the rainy season, degraded soils and low yields, and where families usually plant on hillsides. Most of the region's land has been deteriorated by localized degradation, water scarcity and erratic rains, causing many crops to suffer pests and plagues.
The Dry Corridor spans the departments of El Quiché, Baja Verapaz, Chiquimula, Zacapa, El Progreso, Jutiapa and Jalapa. Some 300,000 families, or 18.7% of the nation's residents, live on its eastern side. Seventy percent of the population is rural, with an identical rate of poverty.
Preparation of the plans began with the identification and delimitation of the microwatersheds. After awareness-raising, organizational structures called microwatershed councils were formed to enable participation by all stakeholders, including COCODES, community mayors' offices, associations, cooperatives, trade associations, water commissions and other organized groups. A traditional-style board of directors integrates representation of all the communities in the microwatershed.
With technical accompaniment by IUCN, several workshops were held with municipal authorities, institutional representatives and the respective microwatershed councils to identify problems and potentialities. Projects were defined and prioritized in the areas of essential services (e.g., drinking water, irrigation, new or improved roads), environment (soil conservation, reforestation, and agroforestry nurseries), income generation (coffee production, greenhouse-grown vegetables) and food security (domestic gardens, corn and bean production).
The management plans were prepared using the Sustainable Livelihoods approach, an analytical tool that facilitates understanding of these livelihoods, especially of the least privileged populations. The approach also uses different categories of community capital: human, social, political, cultural, natural, financial and constructed. The inclusion of these aspects allowed for comprehensive planning.
Alongside this process, three dimensional models (maquettes) were constructed of each microwatershed to raise awareness about what a microwatershed is, place it within the territory and illustrate connectivity in all of the different parts of the microwatershed.
Cubulco mayor Nehemías Jared Matheu García was pleased about the plans received and expressed his interest in seeking funds for their implementation from government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and international cooperation.
The management plans are instruments the microwatershed councils use to guide their actions and make decisions toward comprehensive development based on natural resource management and environmental conservation, for the wellbeing of the microwatershed's entire population.
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|Lady Dragon volleyball looks to Yuma in Homecoming match-up
|Written by Darci Tomky
A busy week of volleyball left the Lady Dragons with one win and two losses.
Last Tuesday, Sept. 25, the team defeated Sedgwick County in three sets, 25-22, 25-23 and 25-22.
At Akron Thursday, they lost to the Rams 22-25, 11-25 and 14-25.
On their home court Saturday, the Dragons took Caliche to five sets. They won the first 25-19, but the next two went to Caliche, with Holyoke losing 19-25 and 23-25. The fourth was close, with Holyoke winning 27-25. The Dragons couldn't hold on for the win, losing the last game 11-15.
"It was a long week," said coach Michelle Vieselmeyer. "They did well—we are playing some pretty difficult teams."
Serving was key for the Dragons in the Sedgwick County game. Coach Vieselmeyer said the serving was good and that really helped them win the game. She noted Molly Brandt had some good consecutive serves in the first set, with Erin Vieselmeyer pulling out several in a row in the second set.
Maddie King and Lindsay Helgoth also got in some great hits against Sedgwick County, noted coach Vieselmeyer.
Molly Brandt (6) and Lindsay Helgoth (25) defend the net on a tight
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Two days later, the girls went into the Akron game with a lot of confidence, she said. They had them beat in the first game, but they panicked toward the end of that set and lost their confidence, letting Akron easily take the second and third matches.
"Akron doesn't have anything that we don't have," said coach Vieselmeyer. It becomes a mental game at that point.
At home on Saturday, Holyoke started out great in the first set, but they got a little too confident, according to coach Vieselmeyer, letting up their guard against the Buffaloes.
Caliche has awesome defense, she said, so that intimidated the Holyoke hitters.
After a struggle in the second and third sets, some good moments in the fourth put them back on top, including great serving by Ashley Humphreys.
"We didn't finish," said Vieselmeyer. The fifth and final set went fast, and Holyoke came away with the loss.
Stats reported
In Sedgwick County action, King led the Dragons in attacks with 34 hits including 10 kills. Humphreys grabbed 50 sets for the Dragons including 16 assists for kills. Helgoth was at the net for two solo blocks and one block assist.
In serving, Erin Vieselmeyer had the most with 18 for 18 points including three aces.
King and Erin Vieselmeyer each had 19 serve receive passes, and Humphreys had seven digs.
In Akron, King nailed 33 hits including nine kills. Setter Erin Vieselmeyer had 55 sets including 11 assists for kills.
At the net, Erin Vieselmeyer and King each had one solo block and two block assists.
Brandt led the Dragons in serves with 14 for 14 points including three aces.
In passing, Brandt got her hand on 10 digs, and King had 15 serve receives.
In the five-game Caliche match, King brought down 60 attacks including 19 kills. Erin Vieselmeyer had 77 sets including 21 assists for kills, and Lindsay Helgoth ruled the net with three solo blocks and six block assists.
Jacinda Krueger totaled the most serves with 20 for 20 points. Brandt and King each had three aces for the Dragons.
King led digs and serve receives with 17 and 30, respectively.
Junior varsity goes 1-2
Junior varsity girls brought home a nice win from Sedgwick County Tuesday, Sept. 25. They won in two sets, 25-15 and 25-17.
In Akron last Thursday, Holyoke JV lost 15-25 and 14-25.
At Saturday's home game with Caliche, JV was defeated 21-25 and 22-25.
Upcoming action
It's Homecoming week, and Holyoke is proudly celebrating the "Year of the Dragon." They will host Yuma this Friday, with volleyball games beginning at 3:30 p.m.
The girls will also travel to St. Francis, Kan. for a tournament Saturday, Oct. 6 beginning at 9 a.m.
Holyoke Enterprise October 4, 2012


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Business as usual in the Suez…for now
February 16, 2011
As news reports continue to track the transit of two Iranian warships through the Suez Canal, global shippers may also be ready to rethink their supply chain strategies.
"So far, we have yet to learn of any disruption in the Canal," said Anne Marie Kappel ?Vice President ?World Shipping Council in Washington. "Container vessel operators continue to deploy shipments and it's business as usual."
According to Kappel, the Egyptian government has the authority to permit the warships to complete their journey to Syria, and Council constituents have not voice their concern over Israeli interference…yet.
"Obviously, everyone is monitoring the situation, but we don't see any immediate reaction among shipping companies."
Last week, however, A.P. Moller-Maersk closed its Suez container terminal for two days and DP World suspended operations near Cairo as mass protests continued to rock Egypt's capital. Furthermore, Hanjin Shipping began re-routing vessels last week from Port Said and Alexandria.
Analysts note that the Suez is a vital cargo thoroughfare for goods transiting from Asia to Europe, North America and Western Africa. Egypt's Red Sea and Mediterranean ports are growing in regional significance.
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Containerships currently account for 55 percent of the net tonnage and for 38 percent of the total number of vessels transiting the Suez Canal. The high tonnage share of the containership transit is due to the larger size of container vessels that pass the canal compared to other vessel types.
Currently there are at least 56 affected containership strings. By far the majority of these are weekly services. Out of the total, 46 strings concern Far East-Europe services. In other words, about seven or eight containerships transit the canal every day in each direction.
Should the situation worsen, the most obvious alternative would be to re-route ships via the Cape of Good Hope. This would mean a much longer journey and such a decision might be weighed against the prospects of seeing the canal reopen soon.
Alphaliner noted that the distance between Singapore and Rotterdam, for example, stands at 11,800 nautical miles via Cape of Good Hope against 8,300 nautical miles via the Suez.
Analysts also that additional seven days of 20 knots steaming (one way) and a much higher fuel bill, would be the likely consequence for shippers.
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"If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses."
Gotta tighten up the secondary. Need more speed back there.
This is how we FINISH STRONG!!!
I want to see more Sandvig next week.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
Anyone know where I can listen to the radio postgame show? I know I'm a masochist...
Obviously they need to use this as a learning experience. We scored a TD though!!! I'm a positive person.
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We could have started this thread at halftime.
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Gotta tighten up the secondary. Need more speed back there.
We need to see more of your lil bro... that's what we need!! Him and Shontrelle Johnson. Get them the ball in space and let them go to work.
Love to see a new QB.
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I think that the secondary can only do so much while Stanzi has all day to pass...
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We could have started this thread at halftime.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA) -- Police have released a photo of a man wanted in an attempted strong arm robbery and sex assault incident that occurred in the 900 block of Clopper Road on Monday.
He is accused of approaching a woman walking to third floor apartment and asking for the time at approximately 10:50 p.m. She felt uncomfortable and attempted to walk back down the stairs. The suspect then pushed her against the wall and inappropriately touched her, say police. The victim was able to get away and tried to summon help. The suspect attempted to forcibly take her purse without success.
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The video game industry continues to find new and creative ways to stick it to PC gamers.
In the latest example, EA has announced that the much-anticipated Command & Conquer 4 will require players to constantly be connected to the Internet, even for single-player campaigns.
That requirement, however, violates one of the basic tenets of the Gamer's Bill of Rights, a document released at PAX 08 by Stardock CEO Brad Wardell and Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor. EA, however, is not a signatory to the Bill of Rights. No surprise there.
Specifically, the C&C4 requirement violates this point:
Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
Ars Technica reports comments on the connection requirement made by EA Community Leader "APOC":
As of right now, you need to be online all the time to play C&C 4. This is primarily due to our 'player progression' feature so everything can be tracked. C&C 4 is not an MMO in the sense of World of Warcraft, but conceptually it has similar principles for being online all the time.
While some may be taken aback by this, we've been testing this feature internally with all of our world-wide markets. We wanted to make sure it wouldn't take away any significant market or territory from playing the game. We have not found or seen any results that have made us think otherwise…
GP: This smells like backdoor DRM from here. Even if it's not, what if you're on a laptop? What if you're on an airplane? What if your Internet connection is down?
As a longtime PC gamer who has owned every version of the C&C and Red Alert games, this just sucks.
There is perhaps a glimmer of hope in APOC's comments. We note that he starts off with "As of right now…" Does that mean that this gamer-unfriendly policy is subject to change?
It's time for PC gamers to make some noise about this nonsense.


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James 'Jim' Vernon Whitener Jr.
Published: Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 7:17 p.m.
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THOMASVILLE | James "Jim" Vernon Whitener Jr., 82, a resident of Westchester Manor and formerly of Cox Avenue, died Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, at the Hospice Home at High Point.
A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Park Place Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home and at other times at the home of his son, Roger Dale Whitener, Finch Farm Road, Trinity.
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