February 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Chill.
by Lachlan Brown 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Sobriety, please, Ken Friedman Economist, Philosopher, and Party Animal Whatever you do in your liesure time is of no interest whatsoever to this forum of scholarly debate. I believe we were planning to muster for Maastricht, and thereafter Trier in the autumn to contest the American Succession to Global Hegemony? Lachlan Brown Cultural Studies Goldsmiths College >Whoa! That righteous dude Barry Wellman has come up with the dream theme of the decade. I, too, have been avalanched by letters from friends, cronies, high government colleagues, exiled colleagues, wives, nephews, and sons of the present or former dictators of Nigeria, Liberia, Congo, and Sierra Leone. So far, I've heard nothing from Zimbabwe, but I'm alert. All these people have one hundred million dollars or so in a Swiss bank, a locked box, a safe place, a bookshelf, or a desk drawer at the Centre for Urban and Community Studies. They'll give me 25% for helping them invest it. Is this an opportunity or what? The idea of a party is brilliant. Let's get them all together. It'll be a cross between the WEF, the WWF, and a TupperWare Party. I'll be there, dude. When I arrive, I'll just tell them I'm Barry Wellman. Unless he's already there, along with that other guy who has the same name. -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Win a ski trip! http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a

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Scholarship or Private Investigation?
by Lachlan Brown 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Hmmm... end this thread and move along. Legally fraught to snoop people, a number of laws, of Canada, of Ontario, of the USA and of North Corlina come into play here. Contractual matters re: Faculty of the University of Toronto and so on. Tricky. More come into play when you discuss a private investigation in a public place, ie this list with 1000+ people, most of whom you do not know. Both your namesake, Barry Wellman of North Carolina, and Amercia Online are impacted by this discussion. Unwise to continue it unless you are raising concerns concerning a breach to your own rights. In this case you have a right to make as much of a fuss as you like, as long as it does not impact the rights of others. Ethically fraught - sets a very bad example to students. Morally? What are you doing snooping via MapQuest the 'suburban crescents' of Raleigh North Carolina? One is required to assume goodwill in others and to show goodwill toward others in the social contract, and I do not see why the mediation of numerous communication and information technologies, their institutions public and private, and commercial manifestations provide reason to dump the patient work of centuries. Give the chap a call. Probably a namesake interested in his namesake. Bother us no longer with paranoia. Carry on, Net Lab. Bob Briggs, keep your strange-sounding AOL e-mail address to yourself, please. Lachlan Brown Cultural Studies Goldsmiths College In a message dated 2/20/2002 8:25:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca writes: > I checked on his name and there is someone at that address at Raleigh. In > what Mapquest suggests is a residential neighborhood (lots of suburban > crescents). > > A web search reveals nobody by that name in Raleigh. > > Is this a well-known scam or spam-finder. It is not necessarily a scam; if it is, I've surely not heard of it. But I'd also be rather cautious regarding personal mail from a complete stranger until identity and motives can be sorted out better. Many well-intentioned folks use the Internet for bona fide genealogical research, whether at a professional or amateur level. Some try to get in touch with people who might be related, not only to fill in branches of family trees but also simply to make friendly connections. Cheers, Bob Briggs (with a strange-sounding AOL e-mail address) Westport, MA -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Win a ski trip! http://www.nowcode.com/register.asp?affiliate=1net2phone3a

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Party on, dude!
by Ken Friedman 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Whoa! That righteous dude Barry Wellman has come up with the dream theme of the decade. I, too, have been avalanched by letters from friends, cronies, high government colleagues, exiled colleagues, wives, nephews, and sons of the present or former dictators of Nigeria, Liberia, Congo, and Sierra Leone. So far, I've heard nothing from Zimbabwe, but I'm alert. All these people have one hundred million dollars or so in a Swiss bank, a locked box, a safe place, a bookshelf, or a desk drawer at the Centre for Urban and Community Studies. They'll give me 25% for helping them invest it. Is this an opportunity or what? The idea of a party is brilliant. Let's get them all together. It'll be a cross between the WEF, the WWF, and a TupperWare Party. I'll be there, dude. When I arrive, I'll just tell them I'm Barry Wellman. Unless he's already there, along with that other guy who has the same name. Ken Friedman Economist, Philosopher, and Party Animal

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name game
by Barry Wellman 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Dear AOIR folks, I need advice. Someone e-mailed me claiming to have just found that he too is named Barry Wellman and is Jewish, having been adopted into a Raleigh NC Christian family at a young age. He's anxious to make contact with us Wellman's (of whom I am the last of my particular lineage). He gave me a strange sounding AOL return address. I checked on his name and there is someone at that address at Raleigh. In what Mapquest suggests is a residential neighborhood (lots of suburban crescents). A web search reveals nobody by that name in Raleigh. Is this a well-known scam or spam-finder. I do have a phone number to call -- thru a Yahoo finder service -- but if someone is playing a hoax on the person whose phone number it is, I don't want to deluge him. (What is the call-display blocking command, btw?) Meanwhile, I get at least one offer a day to help someone high up in Nigeria, Liberia, Congo, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe to do a scam and at the same time make me rich. Today, it was Laurent Kabila's second wife. I am thinking of throwing a cyber-party and inviting all these generous people;-) And so it goes. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] software for chat files?
by noci 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Sherri-- if you are working with text files, you might find SER's information management and retrieval programme, "SER private Brain", usefull. among a range of features, it's capable of semantic analysis- pretty usefull if you're working with large data sets. download it at www.ser.de regards, max doelling

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Looking for information and help
by Hal 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Hello: I´m a mexican student trying to write a paper for my school. I would apreciate if someone has information or has a reserch in the economic aspects of Internet2, if so please let me know. Thanks. Felipe Rosales Montiel Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México frosales(a)alumnos.itam.mx

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software for chat files?
by Sherri Condon 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

As a new member of the list, I found it a pleasure to peruse the Air-l archives to see whether my query had already been addressed. And since it hasn't, I wonder whether anyone knows of software (or even just some scripts) to work with files of chat interaction. I hate to reinvent the wheel. It's great to be back in virtual touch with my colleagues in internet research. Best wishes to all of you, Sherri -- Sherri L. Condon, Ph.D. The MITRE Corporation 11493 Sunset Hills Road Reston, Virginia 20190-5214 Phone: 703-883-5522 E-mail: scondon(a)mitre.org

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Re: [Air-l] name game
by Zunt＠aol.com 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

In a message dated 2/20/2002 8:25:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca writes: > I checked on his name and there is someone at that address at Raleigh. In > what Mapquest suggests is a residential neighborhood (lots of suburban > crescents). > > A web search reveals nobody by that name in Raleigh. > > Is this a well-known scam or spam-finder. It is not necessarily a scam; if it is, I've surely not heard of it. But I'd also be rather cautious regarding personal mail from a complete stranger until identity and motives can be sorted out better. Many well-intentioned folks use the Internet for bona fide genealogical research, whether at a professional or amateur level. Some try to get in touch with people who might be related, not only to fill in branches of family trees but also simply to make friendly connections. Cheers, Bob Briggs (with a strange-sounding AOL e-mail address) Westport, MA

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RE: [Air-l] Request for information on international disabled stu dents research
by HUI, Kwok Fai Philip 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Dear Colleagues, I have drafted a legal document, titled "Code of Practice on Education under Disabilitiy Discrimination Ordinance" for Hong Kong Government Agency: Equal Opportunities Commission. The document has been vetted by the Legislative Council in 2001. All interested parties could visit: www.ied.edu.hk/educode for reference. You are welcome to comment on it or locate it as one of the resources. Thank you for your attention. Philip Philip Kwok-fai HUI, Ph.D. Department of Educational Policy and Administration The Hong Kong Institute of Education 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po Hong Kong China Tel. (852) 2948-7963 (o.); (852) 9788-5676 (m.) Fax: (852) 2948-7619 Email: phui(a)ied.edu.hk <mailto:phui@ied.edu.hk> -----Original Message----- From: Ken Friedman [mailto:ken.friedman@bi.no] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:05 PM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Request for information on international disabled students research Dear Colleague, Several members of this list work in the area of communication and education for the disabled. In the course of working with the disabled, you may have come across material or information that would help Ozcan Konur in his research. If you work with your schools admissions policy or you are involved with information for the disabled, you may also be able to help him locate resources. If you can also pass this on to the appropriate administrator at your school, it will also be a great service to this project. Ken Friedman Request for information on research on access to international education by disabled international and home students An interdisciplinary research project at City University, the United Kingdom, has looked into the legal and public policy issues in access to higher education by disabled students since October 1998. A research project has been set up since June 1999 at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm and a work in progress research paper, [Konur, O. (2000) Creating enforceable civil rights for disabled students in higher education: an institutional theory perspective, Disability and Society 15(7), pp. 1041-1063, also online at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/dspaper.htm published in December 2000 may give further information about the nature and scope of this research project. This project has been self-funded by the hearing-disabled and language-learning disabled researcher who has also been a disabled student for the past seven years. This project has been extended to the research on access to international education by disabled international and home students. The expected outcome of the research would be publication of peer-reviewed papers and policy papers submitted to statutory bodies in the UK, Australia, Europe, and the US. It is also possible to publish an online resource directory at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index at the end of the project segment. The information is respectfully requested on: The case law on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The peer-reviewed research papers on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The policy papers on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The service development project reports concerning access to international education by disabled students The case studies on on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The statistical information on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The focus would be on the US, the UK, Australia, and Europe. It would cover the research on access to higher education in the host countries by disabled international students as well as the research on access to international education by the host country students. The areas of research may include the funding mechanisms for the study related costs and disability-related costs, social security benefits, advisory support offered by the statutory and or voluntary bodies, access to local national public funding, the coverage of disabled international students by the host and or foreign country disability law, higher education law, and social and health service law. Any help received for the project purposes would be publicly acknowledged. The expected life of this segment of the project is three months and it would be helpful to receive any such materials within one month from the date of this message. Further enquiries would be welcome as well as any other support help and guidance. Ozcan KONUR Postal address: Rehabilitation Resource Centre Walmsley Building, Room W223 City University, Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom. E-mail: okonur(a)hotmail.com Research project URL: http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm Phone: 020 7040 0271 _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Request for information on international disabled students research
by Ken Friedman 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Dear Colleague, Several members of this list work in the area of communication and education for the disabled. In the course of working with the disabled, you may have come across material or information that would help Ozcan Konur in his research. If you work with your schools admissions policy or you are involved with information for the disabled, you may also be able to help him locate resources. If you can also pass this on to the appropriate administrator at your school, it will also be a great service to this project. Ken Friedman Request for information on research on access to international education by disabled international and home students An interdisciplinary research project at City University, the United Kingdom, has looked into the legal and public policy issues in access to higher education by disabled students since October 1998. A research project has been set up since June 1999 at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm and a work in progress research paper, [Konur, O. (2000) Creating enforceable civil rights for disabled students in higher education: an institutional theory perspective, Disability and Society 15(7), pp. 1041-1063, also online at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/dspaper.htm published in December 2000 may give further information about the nature and scope of this research project. This project has been self-funded by the hearing-disabled and language-learning disabled researcher who has also been a disabled student for the past seven years. This project has been extended to the research on access to international education by disabled international and home students. The expected outcome of the research would be publication of peer-reviewed papers and policy papers submitted to statutory bodies in the UK, Australia, Europe, and the US. It is also possible to publish an online resource directory at http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index at the end of the project segment. The information is respectfully requested on: The case law on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The peer-reviewed research papers on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The policy papers on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The service development project reports concerning access to international education by disabled students The case studies on on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The statistical information on access to international education by students in general and by disabled students in particular The focus would be on the US, the UK, Australia, and Europe. It would cover the research on access to higher education in the host countries by disabled international students as well as the research on access to international education by the host country students. The areas of research may include the funding mechanisms for the study related costs and disability-related costs, social security benefits, advisory support offered by the statutory and or voluntary bodies, access to local national public funding, the coverage of disabled international students by the host and or foreign country disability law, higher education law, and social and health service law. Any help received for the project purposes would be publicly acknowledged. The expected life of this segment of the project is three months and it would be helpful to receive any such materials within one month from the date of this message. Further enquiries would be welcome as well as any other support help and guidance. Ozcan KONUR Postal address: Rehabilitation Resource Centre Walmsley Building, Room W223 City University, Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom. E-mail: okonur(a)hotmail.com Research project URL: http://www.student.city.ac.uk/~cx639/index.htm Phone: 020 7040 0271

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