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Polymedia
by Traci Belanger 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi everyone, does anyone have suggestions for articles on "polymedia" or specifically how polymedia interacts with media ecology? Thanks so much! Traci Belanger --- May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and peace today.

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For my US colleagues: an 8 minute survey, where your input might make a difference
by Patricia Aufderheide 08 May '25

08 May '25

I know, exactly what you don't need to do at this crazy point in the semester. At AU, Profs. Aram Sinnreich, Joseph Graf and I have been working with Electronic Frontier Foundation and New Media Rights to design a survey about DMCA exemption language and its accessibility. Would you be interested in taking, sharing with your students and networks, including putting on social media the survey link <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>? Here it is again: *http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>* Your generosity much appreciated! 👏 -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org paufder(a)american.edu 202-885-2069 office <202-643-5356> 240-643-4805 mobile <202-643-5356> "The world we have received also belongs to those who follow us." --Pope Francis

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Non-software uses of GitHub
by Jim Herbsleb 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

I’m looking for GitHub repositories that are used for things other than software, especially where users are actively collaborating rather than just putting together static collections. So far, we have found a few books being written, some musical transcriptions being error-checked, and some policy documents maintained online. Does anyone know of any examples of these or other categories? Any pointers much appreciated. Happy to share what we find with anyone interested. Jim ---- Jim Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University http://herbsleb.org/ Google Scholar profile: https://goo.gl/sv3p7l

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CfP: Outlaw innovation and the invention of the outlaw (EASST panel D04)
by maxigas 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

CfP: Outlaw innovation and the invention of the outlaw EASST 2018, 25-28th July 2018, Lancaster University, UK Convenors: Johan Söderberg (Göteborg University) & Maxigas (Lancaster University) Deadline for submissions: February 14th 2018. Submit abstracts and contact the conveners at: https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6286 We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to our panel at EASST 2018 The panel investigates innovation processes driven by antagonistic relations between actors on both sides of the law. We invite case studies of how mutual hostilities between actors are pursued through technological change, whereby each actor seeks to gain an edge against their adversary. Three empirical fields that exemplify this dynamic are the surge of legal highs, information security and crypto-currencies. More examples of the same thing can be found in other fields of empirical investigation and suit this panel. What we will examine under the label of "outlaw innovation" is how conflict breeds innovation. Related to this is an awareness of the tenuous relation between legislation and innovation. The "outlaw" is just another word for an innovator. Concurrently, however, capitalism strives relentlessly to subsume and integrate its own outside, turning this unknown into innovation and new markets. >From this observation follows that the purported outsider position ascribed to various grassroots innovators, users, etc., must be scrutinized. States, capital and academic actors work in conjunction with these outlawed/independent researchers to produce a shared language of common concerns around risks and opportunities inherent in technological innovation, such as in the Tor project. The legal grey zone thus emerges as an incubator of innovation for legal businesses. We encourage paper submissions utilizing diverse theoretical approaches and a wide range of case studies to explore the concept of the "outlaw innovator". -- Maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice Center for Science Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University https://relay70.metatron.ai/ Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. ~ Yeats: Burnt Norton

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Be part of the article collection on Big Data Ethics
by Daniel Thomas 22 May '19

22 May '19

Would you like to submit an article to an interdisciplinary article collection on "Big Data Ethics"? In collaboration with the journals (Frontiers in) Genetics, Pharmacology, Sociology, ICT, and Digital Humanities, we are organizing an interdisciplinary article collection on "Big Data Ethics" (Guest Editors: Dov Greenbaum, Daniel R. Thomas). The aim of this project is to bring together international experts to provide a comprehensive view of this topic. Would you like to participate as a contributing author? Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by experts in the relevant field and, if accepted for publication, will be free to access for all readers, and indexed in relevant repositories. This interdisciplinary collection is cross-listed across several journals and so you will need to submit your article via the journal relevant to your field so that your article is in scope of both the collection and the journal. The abstract submission deadline is 30th March but you do not have to submit an abstract in advance, this is so that we can tell you if your article seems to be in scope before you go to the trouble of writing it. It will also help us ensure we get a balance of articles across different disciplines by allowing us to spot any gaps. The manuscript deadline is 31 August 2018 but you can submit before then and the review and publication process will begin immediately. We aim to complete the review process within 30 days and the journal average of time from submission to publication is 90 days. Further details can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/7202/big-data-ethics Frontiers is owned by the Nature publishing group and is not a scam publisher. Below my signature you will find some additional information. If you have any questions on the project, please let me know. I look forward to your reply. With best regards, Daniel R. Thomas Guest Associate Editor, ELSI in Science and Genetics https://www.frontiersin.org/ -------------------INFORMATION-------------------- Discover a selection of impactful Research Topics (part of Frontiers latest Spotlight Award finalists: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2017/05/01/finalists-announced-for-2017-spotli… As an author, you will: • Participate in an article collection around a theme relevant to your research • Collaborate and grow your network by working with colleagues from around the world • Track your article impact in real-time with advanced impact metrics • Benefit from the quality seal of rigorous, transparent and fast peer review (conducted on all submissions) • Increase the visibility of your research as part of a highly discoverable content resource E-BOOKS: Frontiers will also compile an e-book (for collections with 10 or more articles), as soon as all contributing articles are published. This can be used as educational material, be sent to foundations that fund your research, to journalists and press agencies, or to your professional network. E-books are free to read and download. FRONTIERS PUBLISHING FEES: Manuscripts accepted for publication are subject to publishing fees, which vary depending on the article type. Research Topic A type articles receive a discount on publishing fees; please see here for a full fee table, and further relevant FAQs: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/publishing-fees Please note, you may be eligible for Open Access fees support via your institution: please see a list of available funding sources here: http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_publication_funds. Frontiers also has central invoicing plans with many universities, see the list here: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/institutional-membership. https://www.frontiersin.org/Registration/Register.aspx -- Dr Daniel R. Thomas Honorary Research Associate, Peterhouse Researcher, Cambridge Cybercrime Centre, University of Cambridge

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Call for Abstracts for special track on eSports and Media Management at "2018 Annual Conference of International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA)"
by Scholz, Tobias 08 May '18

08 May '18

Dear Colleagues, apologies for the cross-posting. I will organize a special track on "eSports and Media Management" at the "2018 Annual Conference of International Media Management Academic Association (IMMAA) Important dates: May 15, 2018 – Deadline for submitting abstracts and panel proposals June 15, 2018 – Notification of abstract or panel proposal acceptance July 15, 2018 – Deadline for reduced fee early-bird registrations August 15, 2018 – Final registration deadline September 13, 14 and 15, 2018 – IMMAA CONFERENCE Location: Stuttgart, Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart Media University), Germany Purpose: The competitive gaming scene surged in the recent years with tournaments filling the bird's nest in Beijing in 2017, and the League of Legends finals in 2016 attracted nearly 50 million viewers. From a media management perspective, this phenomenon is highly relevant as it targets a young audience. Furthermore, eSports draws them on a global and local level. Companies like ESPN or MTG are investing in eSports. There is a substantial overlap of actors nowadays, be it media companies, sports teams, game developer, and existing eSports teams. Besides, eSports is not a novel phenomenon; eSports is around since the Internet and had the chance to grow on its own. They have a unique way to deal with the media environment. The purpose of this special track is to tackle this interconnection between eSports and media management. What can we learn from eSports and what can eSports learn from traditional media management. It becomes evident that we have to deal with eSports from a scientific perspective as it is still heavily under-researched. Submission guidelines Paper submissions and panel proposals will be judged on the basis of extended abstracts that should be between 5 and 7 pages long (1,500 to 2,500 words) and send to: immaa2018(a)mw.hdm-stuttgart.de<mailto:immaa2018@mw.hdm-stuttgart.de> On a separate page, submitters should include with their abstracts full name, title, position, affiliation and contact information (including email address and phone number) for all contributing authors. Additional information: I am planning a special issue on the topic, and I am currently looking for a potential journal. The conference will also serve as a discussion about this issue. Furthermore, there will be a panel discussion with representatives from several eSports practitioners. If you have any questions regarding this special track or about eSports in general, please don't hesitate to contact me at tobias.scholz(a)uni-siegen.de<mailto:tobias.scholz@uni-siegen.de> And if you know a colleague who might be interested, please share this call for papers. Thank you! Best regards, Tobias Scholz _________________________________ Dr. Tobias M. Scholz Assistant Professor University of Siegen Chair for Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior www.pmg.uni-siegen.de<http://www.pmg.uni-siegen.de>

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Migration and Mobility in a Digital Age: Paradoxes of Connectivity and Belonging Conference, conference program announced, 10-11 April, Columbia University
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 31 Mar '18

31 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, I’d like to point you to an upcoming conference in New York, held at Columbia University: Migration and Mobility in a Digital Age: Paradoxes of Connectivity and Belonging Conference Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - Wednesday, April 11, 2018 The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room For more information, see http://heymancenter.org/events/migration-in-a-digital-age-paradoxes-of-conn… The image of Syrian refugees with a smartphone shooting ‘selfies’ upon reaching dry land has captured the international imagination (Chouliaraki, 2017; Kunstman, 2017; Risam, forthcoming 2018). It suggests an image of the ‘connected migrant’ (Diminescu, 2008), which is shaped by a profound ambivalence: migrants are expected to be people fleeing from war, violence, and poverty; they are not expected to be ‘digital natives’, equipped with technologies to navigate their difficult journeys. While smartphones are accessible, affordable, and easy to use, in the realm of the public imaginary the image of the disenfranchised and disconnected migrant remains that of the ‘have nots’, and therefore subject to ‘high tech orientalism’ (Chun, 2006, p. 73). This posits the figuration of the migrant as outside the realm of development and modern forms of communication, disenfranchised and vulnerable in order to be worthy of international aid and pity (Boltanski, 20000; Ticktin, 2008). And yet smartphones are ubiquitous, and migrants have been early adopters and heavy users of technologies for the simple reason that these technologies are ingrained in their daily practices and everyday lives, which often involve perilous crossings but also the need to keep in touch with the home front and their diasporic communities. The promise of connectivity that is guaranteed even under duress becomes fraught with the profound disconnection brought about by the disciplining gaze of Western media and publics. It is, therefore, crucial to focus on the specific way in which digital technologies bridge or magnify the gap in migration between geographical distance and digital proximity. How are affect, intimacy, and belonging negotiated online in the face of forced migration and expulsions (Sassen, 2012) but also of circular migration, expatriation, and transnational movements? This conference aims to cover a broad range of conflict-related issues on migration in a digital age. Using the latest insights from a range of interdisciplinary fields, it will explore theories of displacement such as diaspora, cosmopolitanism, and nomadism, and the transformations brought about by the digital revolution, through the analysis of virtual communities, social media platforms, and digital activism. It will also focus on media production and the regulation of information on forced migrants in a ‘post-truth’ era: fake news; the humanitarianism-securitization nexus, migration management, social and political conflicts related to migrant and diaspora communities, radicalization and online counter-terrorism, hate speech and racism, but also solidarities, activism, and protest. For more info e-mail Sandra Ponzanesi: sp3630(a)columbia.edu Program: DAY 1 Tuesday, April 10, Heyman Center, Common Room 9.00-9.30 Coffee 9.30-10.00 Opening Sarah Cole (Dean of Arts and Sciences, Division of Humanities) Introduction Sandra Ponzanesi (Utrecht University/Columbia University) 10.00-11.30 Panel I Digital Cartographies ‘in’ Time Moderator: Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University) Alex Gil (Columbia University) “In The Same Boats": Moving Maps and Cartographies of Intersections Roopika Risam (Salem State University) Cartographies of the Living and the Dead: Mapping Global Migration Anne McNevin (The New School) Time, Digital Media, and the Figure of the Migrant 11.30-13.00 Panel II Networks, Affects and Activism Moderator: Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Claudia Minchilli (Utrecht University) Somali Women in Postcolonial Italy: Identity Construction Through Digital Connectedness Donya Alinejad (Utrecht University) Social Media and Feelings of Presence: Mobile Apps and Emotions in a Context of Transnational and Urban Mobility. Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University) Migration and Mobility in Gendered Indian Digital Social Media Spaces: Revisiting “Ghar and Bahir Break 13.00-14.00 (lunch provided for speakers only) 14.00-15.30 Panel III Digital Migration in Europe Moderator: Radha Hegde (New York University) Melis Mevsimler (Utrecht University) Divided Nation, Divided Diaspora: Crossroads of Gender and Homeland Politics in Everyday Lives of Migrant Women from Turkey in London Myria Georgiou (London School of Economics/Annenberg School of Communication, USC) The Communication Architecture of Humanitarian Securitization: Communicative Politics of Reception at Europe’s Borderland. Koen Leurs (Utrecht University) Connected Migrants and Digital Migration Studies in Europe 15.30-15.45 Coffee break 15.45-17.15 Panel IV Cosmopolitan Interruptions Moderator: Sandra Ponzanesi (Utrecht University/Columbia University) Bruce Robbins (Columbia University) The Refugee and the Beneficiary Frances Negrón-Muntaner (Columbia University) The Emptying Island: Puerto Rican Expulsion in Post-Maria Time Wouter Omen (Utrecht University) Humanitarian Communication, Common Humanities Playground Move to Case Lounge, Columbia Law School 17.30 -18.45 Keynote Chair: Sandra Ponzanesi Mirca Madianou (Goldsmith, University of London) Technocolonialism: Digital Innovation and Data in Humanitarian Practice ____________________________________________________________________ Day 2, Heyman Center Common Room 10.30-12.00 Panel V Technologies for Change: Gaming, Piracy & Conviviality Moderator: Koen Leurs (Utrecht University) Dennis Tenen (Columbia University) Global Book Piracy as Peer Preservation Jonathan Corpus Ong/Maria Rovisco (University of Massachusetts, Amherst/University of Leicester) Curating Conviviality Joost Raessens (Utrecht University/NYU) Life as a Refugee: Games for Change Break 12.00-13.00 (Lunch Provided for speakers only) 13.00-14.30 Panel VI Mediating Migration Moderator: Marianne Hirsch (Columbia University) Laura Candidatu (Utrecht University) Digital Media and Diasporic Mothering: Romanian Diaspora in Amsterdam Radha Hegde (New York University) Diasporic Itinerancy and Remediated Authenticities Ato Quayson (New York University) Modes of the Selfie from Orality to Social Media 14.30-15.00 Coffee break 15.00-16.30 Panel VII Beyond Connectivity and Surveillance Moderator: Myria Georgiou (London School of Economics/Annenberg School of Communication, USC) Sandro Mezzadra (University of Bologna/The New School) The Border Regime as a Black Box? Migration, Logistics, and Digitalization in Europe and Beyond Inderpal Grewal (Yale University) Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants: Racial logics of digital production. Miriam Ticktin (The New School) Re-imagining Border Technologies, Designing New Political Forms Move to Jerome Green Annex 17.00-18.30 Closing Keynote Chair: Sandra Ponzanesi Arjun Appadurai (New York University) Narrative Panic and the Edges of Europe For more information, see http://heymancenter.org/events/migration-in-a-digital-age-paradoxes-of-conn…

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2nd CFP: SocInfo-2018
by Olessia Koltsova 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

Dear all, The 10th Social Informatics conference will be held at Higher School of Economics, St.Petersburg, on September 25-28, 2018, and will be organized by the Laboratory for Internet Studies. As usual, conference proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes for Computer Science Springer series. We would like to specially encourage social scientists to apply. Best social science papers will be published in a peer-reviewed journal that will soon be announced; no-publication participation is also possible. The SocInfo’18 Committee also invites proposals for the Workshops Day of the conference. Paper submissions are due to May 9, 2018; workshop submission deadline i April 9, 2018. Conference website: https://socinfo2018.hse.ru/ Olessia Koltsova Director, Laboratory for Internet Studies National Research University Higher School of Economics room 216, 55/2 Sedova St., 190008, St.Petersburg, Russia Phone: +7 (812) 560-00-55 www.linis.hse.ru E-mail: ekoltsova(a)hse.ru http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/202747

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WEBCAST TODAY: Governing the Internet of Things
by Joly MacFie 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

ISOC DC's collaboration with American University continues to excel. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotgov>Today, *Friday March 30 2018*, the* Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isoc-dc.org/>* (ISOC DC) and the *Internet Governance Lab* <https://internetgovernancelab.org/> will host a mini-conference *Governing the Internet of Things <https://isoc-dc.org/governing-internet-things/>* at the American University in Washington DC. The Internet’s architecture and governance structures have been designed to enable innovation, global communication and the free flow of information, but the Internet of Things presents a new range of governance challenges. An Internet embedded in the material world creates new and increased concerns around privacy, security, and the possibility of physical harm to people and disruption of material infrastructure. To what extent do the Internet’s underlying architectural and governance principles need to evolve to address these risks? What is the outlook for security and privacy in the context of ubiquitous cyber-physical systems that range from cars to medical devices to home control systems? What forms of inequality and discrimination are emerging in this environment? This panel brings together stakeholders from industry, design communities, civil society and academia to address the transformation of Internet governance in the age of cyber-physical systems. Speakers: *Cory Doctorow*, Author; *Paul Ohm*, Professor Georgetown Law; *Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino*, Open Internet of Things Certification Mark; *Gilad Rosner*, Internet of Things Privacy Forum; *Tatevik Sargsyan*, Ranking Digital Rights Project, New America Foundation; *Adam Thierer*, George Mason University; *Derrick Cogburn*, American University; *Laura DeNardis*, American University; *Andrew Rens*, American University. *What: Governing the Internet of Things <https://isoc-dc.org/governing-internet-things/>* *Where: American University, Washington DC* *When: Friday March 30 2018 9:30am-3:00pm EDT | 13:30-19:00 UTC* *Program: https://isoc-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IoTGovernance_program.pdf <https://isoc-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IoTGovernance_program.pdf>* *Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotgov <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotgov> (no captions)* *Hashtag: #IoTgov twitter <https://twitter.com/hashtag/iotgov?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/iotgov>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10025#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10025#comments> *Permalink* *http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10025 <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10025>* -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR ONLINE MATHEMATICS PROJECT
by kofi ware 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues, I respectfully write to submit a detailed information about the online mathematics projects to you in accordance with Jaclyn's suggestion. I will be grateful to receive your feedback. Please find enclosed. Many Thanks *Dr Stephen Bekoe* BA, Ghana MSc, Singapore PhD, England *Research Scientist* Geo-spatial and Information Science Division Institute for Scientific and Technological Information *Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana* On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh <jlocumpaugh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Bekoe, > This sounds like a really important project, and your email provides quite > a bit of information about the measures being used to determine (lack of) > success, but it doesn't say much about your plans to fix it? Are you > planning to develop new software? Re-write the curriculum? Use one that is > already established elsewhere? Provide hardware? > > People might have better ideas about how to help if they knew more about > the actions you were hoping to fund. > > Best, > Jaclyn Ocumpaugh > Associate Director, Penn Center for Learning Analytics > University of Pennsylvania > > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 8:02 AM, kofi ware <kofiware2000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I respectfully write to ask colleague researchers in this platform to >> suggest potential sources of funding to implement my online mathematics >> project in Ghana. >> >> An overview of the project >> >> Statistics of results from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) >> continues to show an abysmal performance of students in mathematics right >> from the basic school level to the secondary school level. >> >> For example, results released by the West African Examination Council >> (WAEC) indicate that only 25.29% of candidates who took the May/June 2015 >> West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) obtained A1-C6 >> in mathematics while 29.75% had D7-E8 and 37.17% had F9. >> >> In 2016, only 77, 108 (32.83%) of students who sat for the WASSCE passed >> in >> core mathematics obtaining between A1-C6; 65, 007 (27.68%) obtained D7-E8 >> whilst 89,477 (38.10%) had F9. >> >> In 2017, statistics from WAEC indicated that 122,450 (42.73%) had A1-C6 >> while 106,024 (37%) had D7-E8 and a total of 58, 351 (20.27%) had F9. >> >> Even though there seems to have been a considerable improvement in 2017 as >> compared to the previous two years, the general trend and overall >> performance in mathematics paints a gloomy picture and therefore, calls >> for >> concerted efforts in overcoming this hurdle. This is necessitated by the >> fact that mathematics is often included among the core subjects and as >> such >> is a pre-requisite for admission from the basic level to the secondary >> school level and subsequently from secondary schools to tertiary >> institutions. >> >> In view of this, it is important for teachers to move away from the old >> teaching methodologies and to be innovative and adopt more pragmatic >> measures to help student pass mathematics. This involves implementing >> strategies that will complement the normal class room work and grant an >> opportunity for students who are slow learners to be able to catch up with >> their colleagues. >> >> I would be grateful to receive your feedback >> >> >> *Dr Stephen Bekoe* >> BA, Ghana MSc, Singapore PhD, England >> >> *Research Scientist* >> Geo-spatial and Information Science Division >> Institute for Scientific and Technological Information >> *Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana* >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >

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