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and steve jones says:
by Ed Lamoureux 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

<http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/07/01/internet.intelligence.ap/ index.html> New test would measure students' Web wisdom Friday, July 1, 2005; Posted: 1:03 p.m. EDT (17:03 GMT) Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell/ http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/

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Antw: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

I am out of office - for urgent requests please call +43 (0)664 8340264 (Mailbox and Callback). I will be back on July 8. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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fantasy football
by Jeremy Hunsinger 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

we still have plenty of slots in the internet researchers fantasy football league. drop me a note if you want to play. jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (july 2005)
by david silver 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/ ) include: [1] Akhtar Badshah, Sarbuland Khan, & Maria Garrido, eds., Connected for Development: Information Kiosks and Sustainability (United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, 2003) Reviewed by: Ricardo Arana (Espanol) Reviewed by: T.R. Madanmohan Reviewed by: Chris Russill Author Response: Maria Garrido (English) Author Response: Maria Garrido (Espanol) [2] Karen E. Riggs, Granny @ Work: Aging and New Technology on the Job in America (Routledge, 2003) Reviewed by: Chheng-Hong Ho Reviewed by: Meredith Tromble [3] Douglas Schuler & Peter Day, eds., Shaping the Network Society: The New Role of Civil Society in Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2004) Reviewed by: Andrew Schroeder Reviewed by: Brad McCormick Reviewed by: Julie Mactaggart Author Response: Douglas Schuler and Peter Day [4] Mia Consalvo & Susanna Paasonen, eds., Women and Everyday Uses of the Internet: Agency and Identity (Peter Lang Publishing, 2002) Reviewed by: Deborah Clark Vance Reviewed by: Sarah Whitehead Reviewed by: Kris Byrd Author Response: Susanna Paasonen [5] Jeff Rice, Writing About Cool: Hypertext and Cultural Studies in the Computer Classroom (Pearson Education Inc, 2004) Reviewed by: J. M. King Author Response: Jeff Rice Enjoy. david silver www.theseptemberproject.org

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FW: IISD is Now Recruiting for International Placement
by Miraj Khaled 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

FYI. Please note that these opprtunities are for Canadian citizens or permanent residents only. For further information, please contact Carolee Buckler at: intern-info(a)iisd.ca //// miraj ======================================== From: Carolee Buckler Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:27 AM To: WSIS Youth Caucus Subject: IISD is Now Recruiting for International Placement Greetings, I am writing to you on behalf of the Emerging Leaders for Governance Program (www.iisd.org/leaders/elg/) For 2005-2006, as part of the NetCorps Coalition, IISD is an implementing organization of the Information and Communication Technologies for Governance (ICT4G) Program under Canada Corps. The program seeks to blend together the use of information and communication technologies and e-governance within public and parapublic institutions and civil society organizations working to improve governance in developing countries. We are currently recruiting Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada between 19 and 40 years of age (the majority of applicants will be between 19 and 30 years)to undertake six month placements in Hungary, Bulgaria, Kenya, United States, and India. I would be most appreciative if you could publicize the attached information to eligible candidate. The deadline to submit applications is July 8, 05. The approximate start date is August/September. I've attached a flyer for further info. <http://files.tiggroups.org/27025/ICT4G.doc.word> Please don't hesitate to get in contact if you have any questions about the programme. Best wishes, Carolee Buckler, Project Manager International Institute for Sustainable Development http:://www.iisd.org \\\\\ Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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AoIR Elections: Voting commencing soon
by Matthew Allen 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

Dear all >From 1 July for 30 days we will be closing off discussion in the election forums and asking for all members of AoIR to VOTE :). Please make sure that if you wish to vote and are not currently a member, you join now (your conference registration will be discounted and there are other benefits). Also, it's time to review the discussion in the AoIR election forums - http://forums.aoir.org - and make your decisions. You may vote for one candidate in each category of officer (Vice-Present, Secretary, Treasurer, Grad Student) and for three candidates for the open seats. Shortly, I will let you know how to lodge your vote. Thanks Matthew Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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Spam Holocaust Fraud
by Quentin (Gad) Jones 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

A change in the media ecology - got this just now in my inbox. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: hello Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:25:06 +0000 From: patrick berger <ptttyberg(a)msn.com> To: unlisted-recipients: ; (no To-header on input) Dear Friend What I relate to you via this message is very urgent but I urge you to read on for your assistance. There exists a dormant account belonging to a non-Swiss indigene since World War II.It may interest you to know that in July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). Most belonged to Holocaust victims. The continuing efforts of various government set up committees have since resulted in the discovery of additional dormant accounts -54,000 in December, 1999. The published lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest- bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe deposit boxes, custody accounts, and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Numbered accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were interest bearing when established. The Claims Tribunal handles processing of all claims on accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account holder (deceased) with a credit balance of 21,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me, in my bank. The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, Leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. The Claims Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no wills). Being an insider in the bank, I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. The funds will be routed via a private financial facility, being a safe haven for the funds and we can share the funds and use in investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds.All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you, to this regard, you are expected to fill out a text form. I will pay all required fees to ensure that the fund is transferred to a secured, numbered account in your name, where you will be capable of accessing the funds and gradually transfering to your country and other banks of choice in the world. You can find additional information about unclaimed funds at the following websites: http://www.swissbankclaims.com www.wiesenthal.com The Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement. I find myself priviledged to have this information and this is a great opportunity of a life time of success without risks. Due to cautious reasons, reply via email only. You may reply to me securely through this email address(pttbrg(a)yahoo.co.uk) I await your urgent response to this proposal, My Regards Mr. Patrick Berger

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IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

If you are a presenter you should already have received notice about the conference layout. The message would have gone to the lead person on any paper. For all others, the conference layout and session organization is now available online. It is an all-but-final version. I am hopeful that only errors will need to be corrected from here on. Please see these two sites: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Layout-June05.html http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Sessions-June05.html Also please note that I will be travelling most of July and will deal with email only occasionally. /Caroline ---------------------------------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign, IL, 61820 phone: 217-244-7453 fax: 217-244-3302 www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn

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[Fwd: [icie] Workshop on "Privacy from an intercultural perspective"]
by Michel J. Menou 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Apologies for multiple posting Dear colleagues, in early February 2006, the members of the project "Mobile Internet Services and Privacy" (see http://viadrina.euv-frankfurt-o.de/~mibpriv/index.html) will organize a workshop on "Privacy from an intercultural perspective" at the ZiF (Center of Interdisciplinary Studies, see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/ZIF) at the University of Bielefeld. The Workshop will address particularly younger scientists who work on that topic; travelling expenses will be refunded. Now, we are looking for about 5 to 8 participants: If you would like to participate or know somebody who would like to join us we would appreciate any suggestion. Since we have to plan a lot of things until July 1st, we ask you to answer as soon as possible but at latest until July 5th. Yours Karsten Weber -- PD Dr. phil. Karsten Weber Scientific Staff Chair of Philosophy European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) WWW : http://www.phil.euv-frankfurt-o.de E-Mail: kweber(a)euv-frankfurt-o.de Fon : +49 (0) 335 5534 2247 Fax : +49 (0) 335 5534 2817 Mobile: +49 (0) 151 1533 1550 -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005

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CIRN 2005 conference
by Michel J. Menou 29 Jun '05

29 Jun '05

Apologies for multiple posting Registration is now open for the CIRN 2005 conference which forms part of Information Society Week to be held in Cape Town from 22- 30 August. Confirmed keynote speakers for CIRN 2005 'Building Partnerships for the Information Society' 24-26 August include: - Prof Wideman Nkuhlu, the Chair of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development), Africa - Dr Satyanarayana, CEO of the National Institute of Smart Government at the International Institute of IT in Andhra Pradesh,India - Mr Flavio Zeni, Department of Public Admininstration and Development Management, UN, New York, USA - Mr Adama Samessekou, President of the Geneva WSIS preparatory process, President African Academy of languages (ACALAN), Mali - Professor Stewart Marshall, University of the West Indies The CIRN conference will include more than 90 selected presentations, workshops and panels relevant to the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit (Community Informatics). Major topics to be covered include: - Policies and strategies for successful Community Informatics - The practice of Community Informatics - Ethnographic and empowerment issues in Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a critical component of successful e-Service delivery - Evaluation and assessment of Community Informatics interventions - Infrastructure and systems for Community Informatics - Education as a critical component of Community Informatics - Community Informatics as a foundation for Government Partnerships Registration details on CIRN can be found at http://www.cirn2005.org or by contacting info(a)cirn2005.org CIRN 2005 and the www conference (http://infow3@cput.ac.za) which are being hosted by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology form part of Information Society Week being conducted under the patronage of - Mr Ebrahim Rasoul (Premier of the Western Cape) - Nomaindia Mfeketo (Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town) - Dr Marcus Balintulo (Interim Vice Chancellor, CPUT) and - Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (South African Minister for Communications) Information Society Week in the Western Cape Province of South Africa will focus on what the Information Society can do for small business, civil society, youth and government. It will consist of: - a series of workshops, training sessions, - demonstrations for all groups in civil society - a Civil Society Colloquium which will advance South African issues for the Tunis phase of the WSIS - three major conferences (CIRN2005, WWW and ICT for Women) -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the funding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41518165 Fax: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 28/06/2005

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