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TechNews.com: Challenging the Children's Internet Protection Act Guest: Paul M. Smith, lead attorney representing the American Library Association Wednesday, March 5, 2003, 3 p.m. ET
On Wednesday, March 5, the Supreme Court heard arguments in United States v. American Library Association, a case testing the constitutionality of a law designed to protect school children and library users from being exposed to pornography and other restricted speech.
The Children's Internet Protection Act requires public schools and libraries to install Internet filters on their computers so children and adults cannot view "inappropriate" information on the Internet. The law, originally passed in 2000, is being challenged by the American Library Association and others on the grounds that Internet filters could block access to First Amendment-protected information.
Paul Smith, the lead attorney representing the American Library Association, joined washingtonpost.com for a live online to discuss the case and how the justices reacted to his arguments and those of the government. Smith is a partner in Jenner & Block's Washington office.
Smith was online earlier today. Washingtonpost.com reporter David McGuire moderated the discussion.
Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions.
David McGuire: We're joined today by Paul Smith, who earlier today gave an oral argument before the Supreme Court on behalf of the American Library Association (ALA), which is challenging the controversial Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Thanks for being with us Paul. Would you mind telling us a little bit about what CIPA does, and why the ALA believes it to be unconstitutional?
Paul M. Smith: The statute attached conditions to two sources of federal subsidy for internet connections in public libraries. The libraries that accept the subsidy -- which at this point includes most public libraries in America -- are required to mandate use of filtering software by all patrons accessing the internet in their libraries. The only exception is where an adult patron goes to the supervisor and makes a case that he needs the filter turned off so he can use the internet unfiltered for a "bona fide research or other lawful purpose."
The ALA believes this law is unconstitutional because it asks libraries to treat their patrons in a manner that is itself constitutionally problematic. The internet, in our view, is a "public forum" within the meaning of the Court's First Amendment jurisprudence. That means that libraries cannot make it available and then edit out one area of disfavored content. The problem is particularly acute here because the software blocks not only sexually explicit material but also a large number of sites that are not sexually explicit at all.
In other words, we see a fundamental difference between book acquisition -- an area where librarians have to make content-based judgment calls -- and providing the Internet, where they don't.
Our second point is that even if the Internet in the library context is the same as book acquisition, the federal government has not business tampering with either one. Libraries, like public universities, ought to be immunized under the First Amendment from efforts by Congress to use the Spending Power to push them toward a particular policy choice about the information available to patrons.
Chicago, Ill.: Intellectual freedom is a basic right in a democratic society and a core value of the library profession. The American Library Association actively defends the right of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects LEGAL rights; is not sexually explicit/pornographic material received or sent electronically ILLEGAL? If I am mistaken, please clarify.
Paul M. Smith: Nearly all sexually explicit material is LEGAL for adults. The exceptions -- obscenity, child pornography -- are quite narrow. There is a broader category of speech that can constitutionally be banned for children, called harmful to minors speech. The filters, of course, also block lots of speech by mistake that is not about sex at all.
Tampa, Fla: I have heard one official from your association suggest that some libraries might want to put their Internet terminals in a private spot so people won't get offended by any pornographic material that might pop up. But doesn't this defeat the purpose of providing free Internet access to all who visit the library? Certainly it would not be a good idea for kids to come to this "private corner" if pornographic material can flash across a screen at any moment.
Paul M. Smith: The technique discussed at trial was using recessed monitors that allow only the user to see what's on the screen. That protects the user's privacy and the sensibilities of passers-by.
Alexandria, Va.: What does the ALA find so objectionable about local communities determining what is appropriate content for public computers to access on the Internet?
Paul M. Smith: Actually, the law at issue here attempts to impose a single national standard of restrictiveness. One of our arguments is that even if local librarians can constitutionally filter the internet, the feds shouldn't be able to impose that through a funding condition.
Chicago, Ill.: Do you think any constitutional means exist for prohibiting library patrons -- adult or minor -- from viewing obscene materials?
Paul M. Smith: It's already prohibited. As to enforcement -- either through filters or some other means -- the problem is that no one knows which sites cross the line from merely sexually explicit to obscene.
Melrose, Mass.: I am desperately interested in this case. What kinds of questions did the justices ask, and any speculations based on their arguments as to how any of them might rule?
Paul M. Smith: We had lots of questions about how the First Amendment applies in a library context -- whether it should be relaxed there so that editing the Internet can be treated like book-buying decisions. There were also lots of questions about whether the law has any real teeth, given the authorization to turn the filters off for adults on request. I don't speculate about the outcome, although it's fair to say the Court will be divided.
Arlington, Va.: They say that American democracy is the worst system of government in the world with the exception of all the other systems. Doesn't this old saw apply to Internet filtering as well? If I had kids, I wouldn't want them to see porn online. I couldn't possibly take them to the library all the time, so I can't be a 100 percent supervisor on their activities. So what's a parent to do? Hope the library errs toward a conservative filter policy, or else just accept that my kid will know about bondage gear before he ought to?
Paul M. Smith: There are lots of ways to protect kids in the library short of mandating filtering for everyone. For one thing, the filters let through a great deal of sexually explicit speech, and thus tend to create a false sense of security. Certainly we have pointed to systems under which parents can make the choice for their kids and where adults can make the choice for themselves. You can also have careful supervision and lots of training in the children's room, and try to shield the monitors of adults through recessed monitors, etc. The trial court found that these less restrictive options would be more effective.
Melrose, Mass.: Did the technological problems of filtering come up in the oral arguments? The problems of too many legal sites being blocked arbitrarily?
Paul M. Smith: That was a large part of the case and of our presentations.
Arlington, Va.: Did either of the most conservative judges -- Scalia and Thomas -- weigh in today?
Paul M. Smith: As often occurs, Justice Scalia was very active and Justice Thomas kept his own counsel.
David McGuire: You mentioned the government's assertion that placing filters on the Internet is similar to giving librarians discretion in deciding what books they buy. What about that argument? How is filtering the Internet different from simply saying 'we don't want to buy erotic novels?'"
Paul M. Smith: As a constitutional matter, there is a big difference between buying books one at a time and letting the whole universe of content on the internet into the library and then excluding one particular portion of disfavored content. That's the essence of the First Amendment public forum doctrine. For example, the Court has held that if you allow school buildings to be used after hours, on a first-come-first-served based, for community group meetings, that becomes a public forum and you can't discriminate based on content.
Chicago, Ill.: If filters "perfectly" matched the terms of the statute (obscenity, child pornography, material harmful to minors) would they still pose a constitutional problem? What if they were required by individual, local libraries who can't hold subsidy money over librarians' heads?
Paul M. Smith: If the filters only excluded speech that is constitutionally unprotected for the user involved, that would eliminate the problem. But that is impossible for multiple reasons. The legal categories are too vague. And the Internet is constructed in such a way that if you block sexually explicit sites you will also block a lot more. For example, a sex site might have the I.P. address 184.108.40.206. Often, that same numeric address (which I made up) is used for hundreds of other web sites. To block one you have to block them all.
Columbia, Md.: Did the American Library Assn. poll its members before it decided to oppose this law, or is this a case of a national organization getting out ahead of its grassroots membership?
Paul M. Smith: I don't know about a poll. That may have occurred. But the ALA has been strongly on record on this issue for many years and gives its members regular opportunities to voice dissent. The library community clearly believes that the costs of the law outweigh its benefits, in light of the other techniques available. Only 7% of libraries have chosen to require filtering on their own.
Detroit, Mich.: How old do you think children should be before they're allowed to look at online porn? Never mind the public library issue.
Paul M. Smith: I don't have a personal view on that. I think parents should play the leading role in deciding that question.
Washington DC: The Court in 1997 in the ACLU v. Reno case seemed to suggest that filters were not at the point yet where they were a viable alternative to Congressional legislation. Did the Court seem to have a more favorable view of filters today?
Paul M. Smith: We had extensive findings about the flaws with the filters. I didn't detect anyone disagreeing with those findings factually, although there was some discussion attempting to ascertain how serious the problem really is in practice. The facts show that a large percentage of the blocks imposed on users by filters are inappropriate. The district court said an estimate of 6-15% is too low. The facts also show that filters let through a fair amount of the targeted material as well.
McLean, Va.: Are there companies that you know of that are trying to develop filters that recognize the difference between, say, a site warning of the possible defects of a condom used for anal sex vs. a porn site splattered with keywords like "anal sex?" Sorry for the salty terminology, but it seems like we have a creative enough high-tech sector to produce something like this.
Paul M. Smith: Actually, the only method they've come up with so far is to look at the sites one by one. But despite claiming they do that, a remarkably high number of safe sex sites show up on the block list. They appear to be blocked at 10 times the rate of other health sites. As for the future, our expert suggested that trying to come up with software that can screen effectively without human review is an almost insuperable problem. Certainly it won't happen anytime soon.
Chicago, IL: Did your arguments address the concern that filtering companies consider their URL lists proprietary, and may actually be engaging in viewpoint discrimination under the guise of child-friendly filters?
Paul M. Smith: Sure. We noted that they often block sites of critics of filtering. We also noted that the lists are secret, so the libraries who install the software don't actually know what's blocked until a block occurs.
David McGuire: The Supreme Court has heard previous challenges against laws seeking to prevent children from seeing obscene material online, but those laws have been directed at adult content providers, rather than schools and libraries. How does CIPA differ from those measures? In your opinion is it more or less damaging to First Amendment rights?
Paul M. Smith: It's difficult to say which kind of law has a worse impact. On the one hand, the Communications Decency Act, which required internet SPEAKERS to segregate all "indecent" material behind screens requiring adult IDs or credit cards, was very burdensome on speech because lots of speakers could not comply as a practical matter and would have been forced to stop speaking altogether. On the other hand, the CIPA law interferes with receipt of information in the library setting -- a primary locus for First Amendment activity dedicated to free inquiry. Moreover, the filters are sufficiently imperfect that a large percentage of what they block is not sexually explicit speech.
stillwater, minnesota: If you told your teenaged child you didn't want him or her to read "Queer" or "The Soft Machine" by Burroughs, that's your choice as a parent. Then let's say your kid goes to the library and uses the Internet to get to excerpts from the book. How, besides filters, can you insure that your kid will obey your orders instead of going behind your back?
Paul M. Smith: Frankly, filters wouldn't help with that kind of parental choice. They wouldn't be likely to filter the material at issue. Ultimately, parents have to supervise and train their kids to stick with the family's views about access to content. Technology is no substitute for that.
Harrisburg, PA: If the law is upheld, a library that does not filter its Internet would be ineligible for Federal funds for its internet programs. How important are these funds to most libraries?
Paul M. Smith: They are a relatively small part of overall library budgets. However, in these times of fiscal stress at the state and local level, it is quite predictable that some libraries will feel that need to comply to keep the subsidy. In any event, our argument is that as a matter of principle, federal funds should not be tied to conduct that improperly restricts the information flow to patrons.
Washington, D.C.: Seems like this issue is also one of states rights and local control over how federal money is spent. As I understand it, libraries would not be able to use federal e-rate funds to purchase filtering products and services. Did you address this issue in your arguments before the court, or did you focus solely on the constitutional issues?
Paul M. Smith: The law goes further than just limiting how federal funds could be spent. It says that if you get the federal funds, you can't, even with your own money, establish an unfiltered internet connection in the same library. We didn't make a pure federalism argument. But we did argue that under the First Amendment, some institutions of state and local government like libraries and colleges -- which are established to promote free expression and run by professionals with that goal in mind -- ought to be immune from efforts by Congress to impose its particular views about curricula or collection development or internet access.
Annandale, Va.: Doesn't the law merely state that libraries should provide SOME computers with filters, not necessarily all - for e.g., for very young kids? Is keeping kids from inadvertently viewing hardcore porn pop-up ads all that bad of thing?
Paul M. Smith: The law requires filters for all computers for all users. The only "exception" is that adults can contact a supervisor and request that a site be unblocked or that the filter be disabled so they can have unfiltered access for a "bona fide research or other lawful purpose." But the basic rule is that adults are covered too. As for protecting kids, it's a trade-off between denying them information and protecting them from some possible inadvertent contact with adult material. We advocate parental choice as a much better way to make that decision.
Pittsburgh, Pa.: A big part of the CIPA law rests on each community applying their own standards for how filters should be applied. But hasn't this been a hard standard to establish with any matter relating to First Amendment rights? So will a library in San Francisco have no filters in place, for example, with a conservative town barring any mention of sex from appearing on a library computer? Help me understand how community standards would work, if filtering does get upheld by the Supreme Court.
Paul M. Smith: It's hard to say where the law will be if CIPA is upheld. You have to see what the Court says. But it seems likely that such a decision would leave room for a fair amount of community-by-community variation in how restrictive to be.
Brooklyn, NY: Did the Court have anything to say about alternative, less restrictive means of enforcing CIPA?
Paul M. Smith: We talked a lot about alternative methods of protecting kids. There was also some discussion of interpreting the "disabling" provision in the statute so loosely that it would be very easy for an adult to get the filter turned off. But that's hard to square with the statutory text and raises a new question -- if it's very easy to turn the filter off, what's the point of requiring that it be on in the first place in every library accepting money?
Frederick Md.: I'm not sure I buy your assertion that libraries can't view lists of blocked sites from the the filtering companies. Don't filtering vendors offer their lists and/or offer you the ability to search their lists? From what I understand it is very easy to tell what is blocked, before you attempt to block it.
Paul M. Smith: The lists can't be accessed. It is possible to test any one site to see if it's blocked. But you can't see the list as a whole.
Washington, D.C.: You mentioned earlier that you argued Congress has no business using its spending power to enforce its views on public libraries. Isn't this decision just a form of "government speech?" Could you explain when Congress' spending authority is an expression of its own viewpoint as opposed to when it is an unconstitutional abridgement of a recipient's free speech rights?
Paul M. Smith: No. Libraries exist to promote private expression and private receipt of expression. A library installing a filter is not speaking; it is interfering with the ability of patrons to receive speech they want to access. Concomitantly, when the federal government funds the internet in the library and mandates filtering as a condition, it is not communicating a governmental message. It is interfering with a forum devoted to private speech.
Olney, Md.: Do you think that a majority of the justices are sympathetic to complaints about filtering software blocking sexual and health education material as lewd, or do they see that as a plus for filtering software?
Paul M. Smith: I don't know that I can speak for the Justices on this. In the trial court, the judges were very sympathetic concerning the importance of "sexual and health education material," even if it was sometimes sexually explicit. We had compelling testimony from young people about their need to be able to access such material. We also had a witness who operates a medical web site providing answers to questions people are afraid to ask. He was blocked because some of the information provided deals with sexuality. The trial court did not seem to think that was appropriate. Indeed quite the contrary.
Arlington, Va.: So, what kind of questions did Scalia ask, and how did you respond?
Paul M. Smith: He was primarily asking about the basics of the public forum doctrine and whether, once a library installs blocking software, it has taken the internet terminal out of the category of a public forum. I suggested that the doctrine does not allow the government to make a forum available to all the content under the sun EXCEPT a disfavored category.
Frederick MD: Opponents of filtering seem to be averse to suggesting ways to improve filters. What would be the problem with offering to help make it better, as opposed to claiming that filtering is flawed and should not be used at all? You make it sound like an all or nothing, when it is not.
Paul M. Smith: Actually our very first witness was from a library that decided to make the filter available to any patron at their option. We have no problem with that. As for making it better, the fact is that the Internet is growing and changing so fast that it's very difficult to come up with a method of accurately categorizing it. Added to that is the problem with multiple web sites having identical I.P addresses. Added to that is the fact that the legal standards for what's protected speech are so difficult to apply. So it's not as if there's any magic answer.
Baltimore: When CIPA first went through Congress, was there any sort of vocal opposition among lawmakers?
Paul M. Smith: I don't think there was much. It was attached to one of those omnibus appropriations bills, passed in late December 2000. So it wasn't really debated on the floor of the Congress I don't think.
Washington, D.C.: Was the ACLU involved in this case?
Paul M. Smith: The ACLU brought one of the two lawsuits -- as counsel for a number of library groups, web speakers, and patrons. The ALA brought a second suit on behalf of itself, other library associations, some patron groups, etc. The two cases ended up being tried together and both are in the Supreme Court now. I was counsel in the ALA case.
David McGuire: One of the core notions behind the ALA's argument seems to be that librarians are having their rights trampled by federal edicts, but haven't some librarians spoken out in favor of filtering technology, complaining that the ready availability of pornography on library terminals puts them at risk of harassment and worse?
Paul M. Smith: There have been some librarians who dislike having to deal with sexually explicit imagery appearing on terminal screens and enforcing appropriate rules of conduct. In a small number of cases, librarians have complained about the creation of a "hostile work environment" -- a form of sexual harassment.
David McGuire: Unfortunately, we're out of time. I'd like to thank Paul Smith for taking time out of what has been a very busy day to join us. Thanks also to our viewers for submitting so many thoughtful questions
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OnlineHost: Robert Jordan is a lifelong resident of Charleston, SC who served two tours of duty in Vietnam and received a degree in physics from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina.
When a injury sidelined him from a career as a nuclear engineer for the Navy more than a dozen years ago, he became a voracious reader, and the frustration with the quality of fiction he was reading drove him to begin writing himself.
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CSEmcee1: Good evening and welcome to the Globe, Mr. Jordan!
RJ: Good evening and thank you for having me!
Question: How many books will the Wheel of Time series be?
RJ: As many as it takes to reach the last scene, which has been in my head since the very beginning. And not a book more. Sorry.
Question: Whats it like to write a protagonist who frankly is batty? How do you balance likability with fading competence?
RJ: I just try to do it in the book the way I do it in real life.
Question: Mr. Jordan, are there any fantasy writers, beside yourself, that interest you?
RJ: It's a moderately long list, but ... Tad Williams, Holdstock, Ray Feist, Janny Wurts, Barry Hughart, C. S. Friedman, and really that's just the beginning, the ones that come off the top of my head.
Question: How soon can we expect Lord of Chaos to come out paperback?
RJ: About a year.
Question: What was the primary driving force behind your world (other than making lots of money)?
RJ: The driving force was creating a world populated by cultures that seemed real, but alien-- as in other.
Question: Who is your favorite of the Wheel characters?
RJ: The one I'm writing at the moment, whichever one that to be.
Question: What went on with Egwene, Mat and Fain in the dungeon The Great Hunt?
RJ: Most of it is fairly obvious, I would think. For the rest, you'll have to read and find out.
Comment: Interesting parallels between your life and Heinlein who also turned to writing after illness forced him from a military career. Mr. Jordan, how did you became interested in writing??
RJ: I was reading Mark Twain. I was five years old, and I wanted to make stories like that.
Question: how many books will there be in Wheel of Time?
RJ: Several more. I did answer this earlier.
Question: Who if any are Mr. Jordan's favorite authors?
RJ: Tad Williams, Robert Holdstock, Ray Feist, Janny Wurts, C. S. Friedman, Barry Hughart, and we'll cut it off there before it gets too long.
RJ: I assume the last question meant in the fantasy, because my favorite authors overall are Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Jane Austen.
Question: How many books are in your current series?
RJ: Perhaps we should put "how many books" on the front door of the conference. Several more.
Question: What other fields of literature are you interested in?
RJ: Just about everything except gothic novels and nurse stories.
Question: Where did you get the concept for Perrin?
RJ: Out of my head.
Question: Do you plan on any computer or video games based on the Wheel of Time?
RJ: That really depends on the companies that manufacture such things. There has been some interest. We will see what we will see.
Question: How long did it take you to come up with the world for the Wheel of Time?
RJ: About ten to twelve years.
Question: Are you going to write about the age of Legends?
RJ: No.
Question: When will your next book be out?
RJ: In a year, if everything goes all right.
Question: how do wise ones get gai'shan? (they don't fight, right?)
RJ: They can be traded, though. Besides which, there are other ways, if you read Lord of Chaos, to become gai'shain.
Question: What was your inspiration for this series? Anything specific?
RJ: I suppose the question of what it would really be like to be tapped on the shoulder and told that you were born to be the savior of mankind. Beyond that, two or three hundred things.
Question: Could Aviendha be pregnant...enquiring minds want to know!
RJ: Enquiring minds can read and find out.
Question: Have you written any books previous to the Wheel of Time set?
RJ: Yes.
Question: How did you initially break into fantasy writing? It seems like you've come from no where to suddenly be on top of the market.
RJ: I'm just another twenty-year overnight success.
Question: I lived in Charleston during Hugo--has that influenced you or the story in any way?
RJ: I don't think your presence influenced me at all! As for the storm, it didn't influence me either, except that I have noticed sometimes, when the wind gets high, I climb up on the roof for no particular reason.
Question: You have written in many Genre, but fantasy seems to be your most proliferate. The Conan and Wheel of Time are the most popular, it would seem. What do you attribute this too?
RJ: Good genes.
Question: have you ever thought about writing about a renegade hacker?
RJ: No, and remember, I own guns.
Question: I was wondering if you could comment on some of the clues that Randland (as we call it) seems to be written as a future earth
RJ: Time is a wheel. If you look in one direction, you are looking at the past. If you just turn around and look in the other direction, you are looking at the future. The books are set in our future and in our past, depending on which way you look.
Question: Your perspective on Shannon Miller
RJ: Do you mean Shannon Faulkner? [no response]
Question: Mr. Jordan, who is your favorite character in Wheel of Time? Who do you relate to most as a person?
RJ: My favorite character, and the one I relate to most, is the one about whom I am writing at whichever moment I happen to be writing.
Question: Are your Arthurian legend parallels intended or were they written in and only realized afterwards?
RJ: They were intended.
Question: Are you going to continue writing fantasy after the Wheel of Time and Shipwreck series are over?
RJ: Yes.
Comment: Mr. Jordan, your work is purely exceptional.
Question: Do you do much research once you begin writing? What type of things do you research?
RJ: Yes, because I need to research things like the details of exactly how a blacksmith works. For example.
Question: So how many books do you THINK are left in the series, at this point?
RJ: As many as it takes to reach the end, and not one more.
Question: Do you ever let compassion for a character affect or influence plot development?
RJ: Never.
Question: Are the men and women ever going to understand each other? I don't see the characters growing much that way.
RJ: They're going to try. We'll see how far they get. I've spent forty-odd years trying myself, and I'm not certain how far I've gotten.
Question: When did you first develop the idea for Wheel of Time? How long have you been working on it before it was accepted by a publisher?
RJ: The very first notion came to me nearly twenty years ago; I spent ten or twelve years mulling it over, told my then-publisher about it, and he offered me a contract.
Question: Why is Myrelle so heartless. she nearly let Lan die. Why?
RJ: She's dealing with a man capable of taking her head off before even she could blink and a man who's in a mental state where she can't be sure he won't.
Question: Are you considering chronicling the latter part of the Age of Legends?
RJ: No.
Comment: I was pleased to see Lord of Chaos appearing as a new bestseller in today's USA Today bestsellers list.
RJ: Thank you.
Question: Mr. Jordan, I think your series is wonderful! Do you have any plans for a new series?
RJ: New series: yes, but not until the Wheel is done.
Question: Your style of writing is so simple, yet so complex that it is a genre all it's own. Will Moiraine come back from the dead since Lanfear and Asmodean apparently have?
RJ: Read and find out -- in fact, I really suggest you read and find out.
Question: You've lived in Charleston all your life. Is there anything here that's affected your novels?
RJ: Trying to call them "palmetto bugs" so as not to terrify the tourists has nearly driven me batty. That's about it.
Question: Not that I'm complaining, but could you write the books faster? I'm dying here.
RJ: No, I can't write the bloody things any faster, and if I find out where you live, I will send my friends Little Guido and and Harry the Nail around to talk to you.
Question: Is Aran'gar really Lanfear? If she is, how did she come back?
RJ: Read And Find Out.
Question: Exactly how tall is Rand?
RJ: Six foot five to six foot six.
Question: Your plots are so detailed and intricate- do you ever get confused about what should happen when?
RJ: No.
Question: Why was Perrin not in The Fires of Heaven?
RJ: He had a lot of things to do back home, and they were all pretty boring.
Question: Mr. Jordan, Are you aware of the interest that has risen on the internet and here on AOL about your books?
RJ: Yes.
Question: What is Padan Fain's overall role in the Wheel Of Time (besides hating Rand with a passion)?
RJ: Read and find out ... except you should be able to figure out most of it by now. Think a little bit -- it's all there, really.
Comment: Your an amazing author! If only everyone else in the world was like you, then the world might be a better place.
RJ: How true, how true.
Question: What can you tell us about Kari al'Thor? Where was she from, etc.
RJ: About Kari al'Thor: you're going to have to read on to find out beyond what's already in the books.
Question: What other books have you written under your other pen names?
RJ: A number, in other genres, and they're all out of print at the moment.
Question: What is your opinion of the cover art?
RJ: I know that the covers are a hot topic for discussion, pro and con. I'd like to point out that I have had no end of letters saying that the reason they first picked up one of the books was the cover.
Question: Are you going to write any other books for different series?
RJ: Certainly not until I finish this one.
Question: Mr.Jordan are you willing to do lectures at colleges and universities?
RJ: Depending entirely on whether I have time, which I seldom do, unfortunately.
Question: Do you follow any of the AOL discussions of your writings?
RJ: Only when someone downloads and sends hard-copy to me.
Question: From what sources did you develop the concept of Wolfbrothers and the "powers" Perrin has developed in the series?
RJ: Any number of myths from Europe, North American Indians, and the Australian aborigines.
Question: Is there any symbolism or "deeper meaning" behind this series?
RJ: There are layers, certainly, but I don't know about deeper meaning.
Question: Did you intend to have an extreme tone of Arthurian/Biblical references?
RJ: Do I have an extreme tone of same? I thought it was a mild tone of same.
Question: Am I seeing things that aren't there, or are there several references to the Arthurian Legends in the Wheel of Time?
RJ: Yes, there are. Among many others. The Arthurian legend is the most recognizable in the United States. The others are much less so and you don't pick them out as easily.
Comment: I work in a bookstore, and I can testify that your books are very popular in Kentucky. I am looking forward to finishing the series. Were you surprised at the huge following that have become almost obsessed with Wheel of Time?
RJ: Yes, very much.
Question: Does living in such an old and unique house aid you in coming up with ideas?
RJ: No.
Question: Do you have any interest in establishing a board to interact with fans ala R. Feist?
RJ: If I did, I'd never get any writing done.
Question: Can you tell us something of how you go about keeping track of such a complex world and so many characters?
RJ: Not without unzipping my head with a can opener.
Question: How did you develop the female characters in your series? They are a strength to the series, and are interesting because they seem to contain genuinely "feminine" thought patterns?
RJ: I spent forty-odd years listening to women, and besides that, they're all based on my wife.
Question: I hear your next book is "The Wheel of Shogun". Is this true?
RJ: Not exactly.
Question: Can we expect the introduction of any new, major characters?
RJ: Read and Find Out!
Question: How hard do you find it to integrate all the subplots and characters? I find that your books are much more sophisticated plot-wise than any of the other fantasy/sci-fi books that I've read.
RJ: I don't know how hard it is; I just do it.
Question: Any plans for a leather-bound copy of Lord of Chaos?
RJ: Yes, it's coming.
Question: What exactly is Padan Fain?
RJ: Read & Find Out.
Question: Having just finished The Fires of Heaven I must say that I am greatly distressed by the absence of The Wolf ... Perrin. So what's happened to him?
RJ: He will turn up again eventually. Read on.
Question: Is there something you've learned since, that you would now change in your first book?
RJ: No.
Question: Is Moraine really dead?
RJ: Read and find...out.
Question: Will you write any books about characters from the distant past, such as Artur Hawkwing?
RJ: No.
Question: I was curious about your attitude towards women. They have a strong (Aes Sedai for instance) presence in your books. I am glad you break the stereotype of 'women in chains needs Conan type to help her. When you get writers block. What do you do to get it back into form?
RJ: I've never had writer's block -- but I've sometimes had caps lock.
Question: Will what happened to Asmodean be explained in Lord of Chaos?
RJ: Read and find out
Question: Hate to ask but how many volumes total in the Wheel of Time series can we expect (I don't really want it to end)?
RJ: Several more. That's as close as I can come.
Question: Do you have any "defined" plans for your writing career after you finish Wheel of Time?
RJ: Just as far as some ideas for the next book.
Question: If you could work with any of the writers you named, who would you choose?
RJ: None of them. I work by myself. I don't see how to work with someone else, really.
Question: Any chance of your books becoming movies?
RJ: Not under my control.
Question: Robert, in just about every story that I have read, good reigns supreme. Yet, wouldn't it be interesting if evil made just a little more headway than usual?
RJ: I think that's usually what happens in what we call a "story."
Question: What is there to Lan's brother Isam, in the Waste? Is he a Darkfriend, or more?
RJ: Read and find out.
Question: How did the White Tower form after the Breaking?
RJ: Aes Sedai slowly got together.
Question: Was there anyone that helped you develop the characters?
RJ: No.
Question: Why Fantasy as a genre?
RJ: Why a duck? Why not a duck?
Question: I would like to become a writer in the future. How do you suggest I get started?
RJ: By writing.
Question: Are you ever going to expand the existing map and perhaps open up the lands east of the Spine of the World?
RJ: There are no known maps of the Aiel Waste. That has been established.
Question: If Rand's mother isn't Aiel, was she formerly Queen of Andor?
RJ: Read and find out!
Question: Why is Perrin's horse in Lord of Chaos called Slayer and not Stepper?
RJ: Because it's a different horse.
Question: Do you play any role-playing games? What are your hobbies?
RJ: My hobbies are listed on the dust jacket; they're too many to list here. One last question?
Question: I'm sorry. How long after publishing The Eye of the World did you recognize the extent of the popularity of your book, and did you know at that time that the "World" would grow to such a great proportion (i.e., that you'd have written this many books)?
RJ: I never expected anything like this, and I really don't know how long it took me to realize that the books were very popular. It rather crept up on me.
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Hi I'm new to the forum. I am a fully licensed bakery out of my home. I just recently lost my job my friends and family are being really great about sending business my way.
But, I'm finding that since i don't have a job everyone thinks they can call and order a cake and want it in less than 12 hours. I can't be picky cuz i need the money but i think this is a bad habit to start if they think they can call and it magically appears what happens when i have other things booked or what they want i can't do. Also theses last min orders require me to do a lot of running a round. I'm not sure how to put my foot down or if i should?
perfect example last weekend i dropped off cupcakes for a charity event on sat i got a call that night this lady want to place a order of 75 cupcakes no big deal tells me its for monday okay no come to find out if was for pick up mid day sun. okay scramble around get it done put of mothers day plans to make it call the lady and she said she forgot about it and now i have to deliver them 20 miles away the next morning . than i get a call today at 1pm a lady needs 50 cupcakes and 8in carved cake for tomorrow at 10am i quoted 90 she *****ed about but said find i sent her a invoice and started baking she called me back about 15 mins ago and said she changed her mind she was just going to buy ice cream. wtf this is why I'm having issues with last min orders to many vareables
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AAnd try to keep stocked up, so that you're not running around. If they want chai cake with kiwifruit in the frosting, say no sorry - fewer options for last minute orders - how about vanilla?
AUgh! It was showing a double post, so I deleted one and now the other is gone... No time to rewrite all that right now... Will come back later. Sorry!
Um, no. You teach people how to treat you. Develop a policy and stick to it.
Take deposits, finalize orders 1 week out, and don't let people do this to you. You may need the money, but in 6 months you will be angry, bitter and pissed off. People treat you how you let them.
"I'm sorry, I'd LOVE to help you, but I need at least 7 days' notice. Please think of me next time!"
This is not the customer's fault, this is yours. Sorry for the tough love, we all go through it. (or almost all of us!) Don't say YES to something that you won't want to repeat indefinitely. Because missing Mother's Day to do a cupcake order is insanity. So is booking a carved cake with 24hours notice.
Start as you mean to go on. Trust me, people will learn really fast. I have a 2 week policy, and sometimes that gets extended to 3 months if it's a popular date.
I think I speak for other decorators in your area that by allowing this behavior you are training customers that every decorator should be able to drop everything and not require notice for cakes. Please don't devalue yourself or your market!
Hugs, I can't imagine trying to get all that done and missing Mother's Day because of it!!!
AHe|| to the no. You are building yourself a nightmare clientele. If you keep taking orders like this, these are the only orders you will keep getting.
You won't be making any money off of people who don't even pick up the cakes they order! I wouldn't even get the flour out of the cupboard until the final payment check clears.
agree with jen and sassy. No starting on an order without payment. If you really want to do last minute orders, have something in the freezer. "Orders made less than 7 days in advance may choose between chocolate or vanilla." Period. As others have said, you teach people how to treat you.
Ok, I have a minute to rewrite this. After a long policy of never taking last minute orders, I decided to start taking some to make some extra money. For me, that means 5-14 days before the cake is due. I would never take an order with less than 5 days to go.
What I found is that the customer who orders at the last minute is pretty much a different animal than the ones who order in advance. I would go so far as to say that more than half of them are rude and inconsiderate. So I disagree with what was written above about it not being the customer's fault. I did not train these people to act like that. Some of them are downright rude in their very first email.
If you're going to deal with these people, make sure you have some rules in order
1) They must order "now" - no time to think about it because they will drop you like a hot potato if you try to give them any leeway as they are likely working several decorators with their last minute mess - they aren't just talking to you. Give a specific deadline, but no extra time, if that makes sense. Let them know if they call you after that, it will be too late. This is commonly the type of person who will completely ignore any deadline you give them.
2) That means they must pay.
3) Don't ever lower your prices for them.
4) As mentioned above, since you've decided to do this, keep stocked up to save running around picking up items. Their order has to fit with what you already have.
So the bottom line is set things up so that it works for you. Spread the word to these folks who are sending you referrals that you just can't possibly accept any more orders less than x number of days before the party. No exceptions. Then stick to it.
Word all of this nicely, but firmly.
..........got a call....lady want to place a order of 75 cupcakes....its for monday okay no...find out if was for pick up mid day sun....scramble ...get it done ...call the lady...she forgot...now i have to deliver them 20 miles away the next morning.......
SHE FORGOT?? Her negligence does NOT make an emergency for YOU! NO you do NOT need to deliver - and if you choose to then you charge for it. Gas is not cheap anymore! :) Don't let people run/ruin your life! Get a back bone. We all (o.k. most of us) have been there, done that and found out it only makes you bitter and washed up in a very short time.
As another poster said, sorry for the tough love but you do need to set the tone for *your* business.
You are not a baking machine - you are NOT a participant on cupcake wars - you can't make 1,000 cupcakes in just 2 hours - NO ONE CAN!
Yes, learn to stock up on your most commonly ordered item(s). 1/4 sheet; cuppies; what ever, bake ahead and store, well wrapped & labeled in the fzr. When someone wants to order in a hurry they only get what you have on hand (no real flavor choice)
Take to heart the advice offered here from us well seasoned decorators - it will save your sanity :)
We have a 24-hour window at work. Anything less than that your only choice is whatever is available in our case.
As everyone else has said, OP, you NEED to set parameters about last minute orders or else customers are going to steamroll over you and you NEED to stick to those parameters or else you're going to become the "last minute cake lady". You don't want that, trust me.
Oh, the other thing is it's important to get the details in writing by email. I do this anyway, but these customers may try to change things or forget what was agreed on. And even be snarky about it. Often they are so, so nice until they know you'll take the order and then they do a Jekyll/Hyde switch and start changing what was going to be very simple to something you don't have time to even discuss. Get them to reply to prove they saw the email, by asking a specific question.
I always let them know how much more personal attention and time they'd be getting if they had found me some time prior to the very last minute. But that I'm so glad circumstances had allowed me to fit them in this time. That sends a few important messages.
I also send them something which makes it very clear how to order so that they don't think they ordered when they didn't.
To me last-minute is anything a week or less, maybe two weeks depending on my mood. Those orders, if I do decide to do it in a moment of weakness, also incur a rush fee.
AThank you all!!!! when I brought it up to friends and family they thought I was just being lazy. I knew taking these on was a bad idea and i NOW have it listed on my website and Instagram that 72 hours for 3-10 in' cakes with no fondant. 5 day notice on any fondant cake and carved cakes, and 2 weeks for tiered cakes. I don't care if my family and friends think I'm being a *****. It's to much stress and running around for very little money. Especially since I'm doing job interviews and trying to get another job. I have to put my foot down now!! Because soon I won't be able to take last min orders. Thank you all again for making me see that it's okay to say no and that I must train my customers. I'm sticking to it. I just had a lady call for a cake for sat wanting fondant and I told her no! Bc only and ya know what she was okay with that.
This is why I always get paid in full before I crack the first egg. If she forgets, that is her problem, not yours. If you haven't been paid, customers will use the payment as leverage to get you to drive those 20 extra miles so you can get paid for the work you've already done.
I get a lot of last-minute calls and for now I turn them all down, and they usually are all cheap, get something quick customers. I have toyed with the idea of having a couple of simple designs (vanilla cake with vanilla icing) that can stay in the freezer for these last minute emergencies. Has anyone tried this with any success?
I could never start working on something I wasn't paid in full for. No way man. NO. WAY. Jennifer, I bet if I tried that, there would be something not good enough about it, or they would want to nit pick and add this and that, and just make it a general hassle. I was offering very simple BC cakes with a pearl border and a piped message that could be ordered with 48 hours notice up until recently, and even cut those out. People just want to push and push and try to do whatever they can to get one of my custom cakes crammed on to an eight inch cake. Nope, wasn't interested in those conversations anymore.
AThat's what I figured, AZ.
Everyone has already given you their 2 cents and you agree but I just wanted to re-enforce the point. I do baking on the side and not full time (all legal). Outside customers don't give me short notice it is ALWAYS family, friends or their referrals. My MIL asked me one Christmas if I could whip up a cake for their church dinner to feed about 100. "Nothing fancy just a bunch of those pretty sugar poinsettias you do on it." And this was on Wednesday for Sunday! It took the Hubs to get her to calm down and understand that I was not dissing her but that the "Nothing Fancy" was going to take DAYS to accomplish.
Stand your ground and keep smiling! I love to decorate and it is my stress relief from my day job so I had to decide early on not to let it cause me panic & distress just make a few bucks! Good Luck!


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This only happens in your form. I was not able to replicate with my own form yet. For the meantime, can you please inject the following CSS to your form?
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That seemed to work. The next buttons that are supposed to be hidden are hidden now!
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I was a patient on the Rawcliffe ward yesterday (13/06/20013) for an Epidural Injection, I feel i must write to say the way i was treated from the first telephone call for my appiontment, to my leaving the hospital after the Epidural was nothing short of brilliant. Everyone was so polite and looked as if they were really enjoing their jobs. It was a real change from other hospital I have been in. Congratulations! to everyone at Chorley hospital you are a fantastic team. Thank you so much for everything.you are brilliant!
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When i run the below script, it gives me no error. as well as there is no event log mail. Below is the contain of the Script
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Please let me know where i am doing mistake.
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How are you running this script. You have posted it to the powershell group but it looks like a vbscript to me. Not a huge deal but the format is different.
Second if it is a vbscript you have wrapped everything in a function but never called the function. VBscript does not have a main function like other languages, remove top and bottome lines and the script will run.
Jun 26, 2012 at 11:52 UTC
Yep - vbscript. What ocongil (who has the best avatar ever if you're a child from the 80's - I loved watching Thundarr!) said is correct. Remove the function statements at the beginning and end and you should be good.
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As Johnny was going to train Shimidramon, a Sakuyamon appeared to fight. Shimidramon and Johnny easily defeated her, and after absorbing her data, Shimidramon digivolved to Fan:Shadowdramon.
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Shadowdramon's "Shadow Clone Kaboom" was extremely useful as he could kill lots of digimon at once. When they reached the Queen Palace inside the beehive, they see that she is a legendary warrior: AncientBeetlemon! She asks why Johnny is attacking her hive, and then a mysterious voice says: "Because you're making me trouble".
And with the voice a RhinoKabuterimon appears, revealing that he is the prince of the beehive and he wants to be king soon, so he explains that all its part of his plan:
1) - Send my subordinates to stole Johnny.
2) - Johnny attacks the beehive and kill the queen, my mother.
3) - I am the new king!
But he told this BEFORE the queen dies, so instead of the queen, Johnny challenges the prince to a battle 1 x 1.
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Ok so a few days ago I posted this pic on GAG and I got a lot of positive responses to it. Now I'm deciding if I should post this on Instagram for my friends (and potential girlfriends) to see. I see that some of my friends are posting pics of their body change and I kinda want to do that too. This might seem repetitive because it's the same picture from my last post, but i figured that it isn't really that repetitive because I'm asking a different question about it. So do you guys think I should use this picture and compare it to before I started my workouts?
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