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In this issue: Pledge and the "dissy"
Web site recommendations: IT/politics/misc

I have imposed a rule on the frequency of E-LISTs in an effort to stay on
track with my dissertation. I am only allowing myself to send out issues
after finishing the draft of a chapter. This seems like good public
accountability. Wish me luck.:) Yesterday, I wrapped up the Data and
Methodology section, 45 pages with 48 pages of appendixes.
I have not, however, stopped posting to my blog so if you get pangs of
E-LIST withdrawal:) do check out http://www.esztersblog.com .

And now onto the links. Thanks for reading, and for pointing me to
interesting material!

Summer program for student Internet researchers - stipends provided
http://www.webuse.umd.edu/webshop03.htm
(if you are not based in the US you should check with the organizers about
your eligibility)

CFP: Special issue of IT and Society on Digital Divides: Past, Present,
Future
http://www.itandsociety.org

CFP: New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methods
http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/main.htm

Radio frequency ID tags in your clothes - trackable for life?
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,58006,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

Court strikes down Child Online Protection Act
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/03/07/online.porn.ap/index.html

Democracy in the Dark: Public Access Restrictions from Westlaw and
LexisNexis
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jan03/barr.htm

A Million Blogs Blooms (some Irish:)
http://www.irishecho.com/search/searchstory.cfm?id=12892&issueid=298

Potential problems stemming from particular uses of cc and bcc functions
in email
http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/blt/2002-05-06/swiggart.html

Preparing for the Revolution: Information Technology and the Future of the
Research University - entire book available online for free
http://www.nap.edu/books/030908640X/html/

Feds Grab Internet Domain Names
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/05/net.forfeitures.ap/index.html

US public turns to Europe for news
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story576.html

Reporter Takes His Weblog to War
http://wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58043,00.html

U.S. Diplomat Resigns, Protesting 'Our Fervent Pursuit of War'
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/international/middleeast/27NATI.html

The War Against Ourselves - the biological and environmental consequences
of the 1991 war
http://traprockpeace.org/rokkeyesspring03.html

Authors Arrested in War Protest at White House
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/reuters20030308_272.html

Man arrested for wearing a T-shirt that said "Give peace a chance"
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/03/04/iraq.usa.shirt.reut/index.html

The Urge to Help, The Obligation Not To - letter to an unknown Iraqi
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45508-2003Feb21

Anti-Semitism is back, taking the place of intelligent criticism of Israel
and its policies
http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/commentary/opinion/gitlin_june.html

New airport security plan: every passenger is assigned a threat level (?!)
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5279926.htm
&
in response, boycott Delta
http://www.boycottdelta.org

Prank against privacy-invading supermarket shopping club cards - great:)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/10/business/10SHOP.html
&
some additional related links
http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000229.html

Women being tricked about abortion and missing the chance to get one - one
of the most depressing things I've read recently
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2002-01-08/cover_story.html

State cuts off payments ($400/month) for man's medications leaving him in
need of 24/7 hospitalization costing taxpayers (via Medicair) $3,500/day.
http://www.amptoons.com/blog/mor20030312.html#BlogID336

Afghanistan: Women's Plight Worsening after Brief Period of Hopefulness
http://www.msmagazine.com/dec02/thom2.asp

A good review of the book "Mismatch" (& thus why it's probably not worth
reading)
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/03/12/hacker/

A Writing Contest: Women's Voices in War Zones
http://www.wworld.org/programs/newItem.asp?eventID=36

At Girls' Schools, Teaching Finances as Sum of Equality
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/education/17GIRL.html

School outs gay student to parents and forces him to read Bible
http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRights.cfm?ID=12082&c=106

A happy fish story or "composting with a kick"
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1047466834283551.xml

Tampon art - very interesting and very creative
http://www.tamponart.com
Don't miss the gallery page: http://www.tamponart.com/catmain.html

Pyramid Scheme Alert
http://www.pyramidschemealert.org

Giant Chee-to and the frenzy that followed
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/05/offbeat.big.cheeto/index.html

For cow fans: cow memory game - if you've had it with Solitaire, time to
get acquainted with some cows
http://www.crazyforcows.com/concentration/smallboard.html

Today's quote:
"If you're not pissed off at the world then you're just not paying
attention."
-- Kasey Chambers, "Ignorance" song

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From E-BLOG: Berlin as a safe haven from anti-Semitism (3/16/03)
See http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000238.html for underlying links
or to comment

Last year's Literature Nobel Laureate Imre Kertesz reminds us how
unfortunate it is that the situation with Iraq is getting confounded with
so much anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli sentiment. Kertesz is spending a
year in Berlin on a writing fellowship and comments on the irony of how
that city seems to be a relative safe haven from anti-Semitic sentiments
these days. I'm afraid the article I'm referring to will only be
accessible to the few Hungarian speakers who visit this blog.