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Monday, March 11, 2013
The War Against the Second Amendment Has Only Just Begun (Powerlineblog)
Marvel Adds A Dynamic Soundtrack To Its Digital Comics With Project Gamma
The digital team from Marvel Comics is at South by Southwest Interactive this year to show off some new comics reading experiences that they've created. Today they're demonstrating a technology that's currently called Project Gamma. Basically, it's a way to add music to the experience of reading a digital comic ? music that actually adapts to the pace at which you read. As a result, every reader could have a unique experience, said Peter Phillips, the senior vice president and general manager of Marvel's digital media group.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/MpBovDL3O_M/
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Harvard Says It Spied on Teachers to Save Them
Harvard isn't sorry for snooping through the emails of more than a dozen of its own deans. On Monday the university issued a length statement?explaining why?it secretly sifted through the Harvard.edu email accounts of as many as 16 deans who received?a confidential email?discussing the procedure by which students who were implicated in last year's massive cheating ring would be adjudicated. And, well, the explanation is pretty thin: They spied to save!
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According to the statement ? attributed to arts and sciences faculty dean Michael D. Smith and Harvard College dean Evelynn M. Hammonds ? Harvard officials were ?officially "concerned" that the leaked email, which was printed by?The Harvard Crimson in September, suggested that other, more sensitive documents were in danger of being disclosed (in violation of federal law):
While the specific document made public may be deemed by some as not particularly consequential, the disclosure of the document and nearly word-for-word disclosure of a confidential board conversation led to concerns that other information ? especially student information we have a duty to protect as private ? was at risk.?
In other words, Harvard now seems to care a lot more about protecting further leaks and controlling its image as a bunch of cheaters than, you know, the privacy and professionalism of its faculty.
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The statement indicates that Harvard's email probe, first reported by the Boston Globe?this weekend as?a secret process to search for certain email headers in the accounts of teachers who live on campus, turned up one resident dean who quickly admitted to forwarding the email in question to two advisees. (It's not indicated, however, if either of those advisees works for?The Crimson.) Harvard says it decided to "[protect] the privacy of the Resident Dean who had made an inadvertent error," which is why it didn't tell other deans that their emails had been searched. Because, you know, deans talk?
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The explanation is unlikely to sit well with Harvard's faculty, members of which have already expressed their discontent with Harvard's clandestine hunt for a leaked email. One professor?told?The New York Times?that he was "shocked and dismayed" about Harvard's conduct. Other professors were even more scathing: one?called the extensive search "dishonorable"; another deemed it "one of the lowest points in Harvard?s recent history?maybe Harvard?s history, period.":
It?s an invasion of privacy, a betrayal of trust, and a violation of the academic values for which the university should be advocating. And all to try to hunt down the source of a leak on a story about which the university should have been forthcoming in the first place (but of course wasn?t).
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/harvard-says-spied-teachers-save-them-171727624.html
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Run-in with China cops sparks online outrage
nandu.com
Law enforcement officers tackle fruit seller Li Shengyan in Guangzhou, China, in an incident that turned into a public relations nightmare for the authorities.
By Le Li, Producer, NBC News
Cops in China charged with fighting petty crime have become so notorious for their abuse of power that their official name, Chengguan, has become slang for thuggishness. ?Don?t be too chengguan,? one might admonish another, meaning ?don?t be such a bully.?
That reputation was given more fuel Wednesday when a newspaper ran pictures of an officer tackling a diminutive fruit vendor in the southern boomtown of Guangzhou as her 16-month-old daughter looked on. During the incident, he grabbed Li Shengyan's?neck and wrestled her to the ground after a dispute over a fruit knife.
Once such incidents would have provoked little comment and the authorities did not need to fear the court of public opinion.
nandu.com
After Li Shengyan was arrested, her 16-month-old daughter gave her a hug.
But the popularity of social media websites has changed all that. Users of China?s two most popular Twitter-like services had commented on the pictures some 7 million times by Friday, many expressing their disgust at the police.
There are now signs that those in power are being forced to take people power seriously, even if the eventual outcome is much the same.
One expert on Chinese social media said that while officials? first instincts were ?to cover up and distract attention? from controversial events, they now faced losing their jobs if they handled them badly.
Wednesday?s incident ? as described by the report in the Southern Metropolitan newspaper -- started after officials confiscated her fruit knife. One officer, Ao Dating, then threatend to take away her fruit and the cart.
Pomegranate thrown
Li then yelled at Ao and hurled a pomegranate at him. This enraged Ao and he grabbed her by the neck. ?The officer then forced her to the ground. His colleagues eventually dragged him off Li.
One picture showed Li with her hands tied -- unable to comfort her daughter as the young girl hugged her.
After the confrontation, Li was arrested and taken to a police station along with her daughter. Her cart was confiscated.
By Thursday, the story had become an internet sensation.?
?Brute!? one blogger posted.
?Can?t you be a little more civilized? Do you know how much it will traumatize the girl,? another said.
The traditional response given by officials to international press enquiries about events like this is: ?I do not know.??
However, this time, a spokeswoman for Guangzhou?s City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau was surprisingly forthcoming.
?Our bosses are investigating the incident and will inform the public once we find out,? she said. ?We are waiting for the results too.?
Jeremy Goldkorn, an expert on Chinese media and Internet culture, said local governments were increasingly held to account by higher authorities for issues raised on the blogosphere.
?If they do not react, these lower level officials like city urban management police could lose their jobs,? he said.
?The first reaction of these types of officials is just to try to cover up and distract attention from the case. Because of the speed and growth of the social media, it becomes more and more difficult for that kind of distraction happen,? he added.
Investigation blames Li
After its investigation, the law enforcement bureau said officers had been suspended and there was a report Li had been given an apology as she was released from custody.
However, the investigation blamed it on Li, accusing her of attacking officials, injuring one. A picture of Li throwing the pomegranate was also released.
The original report in the Southern Metropolitan was taken down and other websites commenting on the incident also disappeared.
Li's cart was returned, but she was left unhappy.
?They (the officials) said ?The girl, and her parents were well taken care of by the police,? she posted on a Tencent Weibo account which was registered to her. ?It was just a show. My girl?s diaper was not changed in 24 hours ? the police should face what they have done instead of writing a nice article to make themselves look good."
Huang Pei, of?NBC News, contributed to this report.
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