[DDN] Students Expose Sex Offender Through Wikipedia Research
Hi everyone, For those of you who follow the in's and out's of wikipedia, here's an interesting story: a group of high school students in Minnesota successfully exposed a registered sex offender who was trying to tranfer into their school by tracking entries he had edited on Wikipedia. The 22-year-old sex offender came to the school on three occasions and identified himself as Caspian James Crichton-Stuart IV, 5th Duke of Cleveland. He spoke with an English accent and insisted on being called Your Grace. Students at the school had their doubts, so they began researching the Duke of Cleveland. Examining Wikipedia's edit logs for the Duke of Cleveland, they found that someone had anonymously changed the entry several times to include information about Caspian James, before other Wikipedians removed it. They then traced another wikipedia entry about Caspian James to a person named Joshua Gardner, whom they soon identified as a sex offender in the National Sex Offender Database. For more details, please visit my blog: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/01/students_expose.html -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org (until Jan 31) As of February 1: andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Arca Foundation grant
Democratic Media Programs. The Arca Foundation is dedicated to the pursuit of social equity and justice, through supporting efforts that can affect public policy. The Foundation believes with adequate information, an organized and informed citizenry will make the right choices. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2006. Awards up to $50,000 are available. For further information, go to: http://www.arcafoundation.org/ Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] FW: [EQ] Call for Papers - III World Bank Conference on Inequality
Fyi - siobhan From: Equity, Health Human Development [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EQ] Call for Papers - III World Bank Conference on Inequality III World Bank Conference on Inequality: Inequality, Politics and Power Call for Papers: The distributions of income, wealth and political power are jointly determined, with economic status both affecting and being affected by political influence. In addition, the impact of inequality on the nature of institutions and on policy choice is one of the key channels through which income and wealth distributions affect economic performance. The III World Bank Conference on Inequality will focus on the interaction between economic and political inequalities, and on their consequences for institutional and economic development. Theoretical and empirical papers on any aspect of this subject are invited for consideration by the program committee. The conference will take place on 5-6 June 2006 in Washington, DC. It will be a plenary-only gathering, with space for up to eighteen papers and 30 minutes allocated to each paper. Accommodation and travel costs (economy) will be covered by the organizers. Where: Word Bank, Washington, DC www.worldbank.org When: 5-6 June 2006 Full papers must be submitted by March 15th, 2006. Please send an electronic version to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Decisions will be sent out by April 15th. Organizing Committee: Louise Cord [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Francisco Ferreira, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Branko Milanovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics; Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research Science issues. [DD/ IKM Area] Materials provided in this electronic list are provided as is.Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members. --- PAHO/WHO Website: http://www.paho.org/ EQUITY List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] op/ed: Telecom reform needed to bridge Latino digital divide
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Andy Carvin wrote: Hi Stephen, It would be hypocritical of me to criticize any nonprofit simply for receiving corporate funding, as corporate funding has been key to DDN's survival. [...] Did LULAC receive this money specifically to advocate for these companies? That seems unlikely. Did they have one policy position before receiving funding and shift that position afterward? I have no reason to think so. My guess would be that prior to receiving funding, LULAC had not been developing op/ed pieces concerning whether VOIP providers should or should not contribute to the Universal Service Fund. Do they try to obscure the sources of their funding or are they transparent about it? I had asked: Do you think it would have beeen helpful for LULAC or the Miami Herald to have acknowledged that in 2004, LULAC received a $1 million dollar grant from SBC, and that LULAC's Corporate Alliance Members include: ATT, BellSouth, Verizon and Sprint: http://www.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800cdvn=newsnewsarticleid=21220 http://www.lulac.org/links.html#anchor551841: While LULAC's Web site identifies funding sources, I wouldn't imagine most Miami Herald readers knew that information while reading their op/ed on telecom policy. I'm not asking these questions to challenge your facts or anything - I just don't know the answers and would be interested in your perspective. All of this raises broader questions about the role of money in digital divide policy advocacy, of course. Is one organization's funding better than another's because it came from philanthropic sources rather than corporate sources? How do organizations sincerely committed to bridging the digital divide survive in lean times without accepting corporate money? Should this even be a goal? Or do these partnerships lead to better engagement with the private sector? Most would agree that there are many circumstances when it is helpful for nonprofits to receive corporate support. But on other occasions it's inappropriate due to conflicts of interest, such as when nonprofits are attempting to provide unbiased information to consumers on the merits of consumer goods and may wish to avoid receiving support from particular purveyors of such goods, or when corporate support will undermine the capacity of nonprofits to effectively advocate on behalf of their constituents' interests in the policy arena. I haven't had any great quarrel with the way that DDN, itself, has handled such issues over the years. One rare past concern that I perhaps should have voiced at the time: While DDN was at the Benton Foundation, we'd occasionally see on the Digital Divide list something like: The Alliance for Public Technology The Benton Foundation invite you to join them for a brown bag lunch and off-the-record conversation among friends... at The Benton Foundation. In that context, do you think that DDN list readers adequately understood the relationship between the Alliance for Public Technology, Issue Dynamics, and the major phone companies and, if not, do you think that Benton Foundation staff should have tried to ensure that they did? - Steve Ronan p.s. sorry for the delayed response. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] MassMoblog Resource Request
Hi folks -- I am looking for the best solution out there for mass MMS blogging. I know blogger makes it pretty easy to set up one's own MoBlog; what, in your opinion, is the best blogging platform for collecting posts from many users, random and registered? Many thanks, Lars -- www.devarts.org + www.peacetiles.net Connecting visual artists to create a better world ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] MassMoblog Resource Request
Lars: http://www.waferbaby.com/ I have no idea what they use, but I haven't investigated it much. Maybe that's something to give you an idea, though. -todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] MassMoblog Resource Request
Drupal! Or its big brother, CivicSpace. We've been using Drupal to set up content management and community authoring on several sites so far, and I'm running it on my personal site as well. I've been writing some documentation for it, and the more I get into it, the more I get the feeling the community is growing in friendly, dynamic ways. Drupal also goes much farther than a blog, or even a collection of blogs. It includes forums, mailing list management, image galleries, internal multiple taxonomies, contact forms, and a ton of other features. Can even do built-in Google maps with the right module. Totally open source, flexible, incredibly search engine friendly (especially compared with Mambo), and includes built-in constituent relationship management (CiviCRM) if you use CivicSpace. Drupal: Drupal.org. My site: Digitalraindrop.com (some tutorials, user experiences, comparisons, etc). I'm also building an online resource for newbie Drupalers...that should go live in the very near future. Hope that helps. Dave. --- Dave A. Chakrabarti Projects Coordinator CTCNet Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] (708) 919 1026 --- Lars Hasselblad Torres wrote: Hi folks -- I am looking for the best solution out there for mass MMS blogging. I know blogger makes it pretty easy to set up one's own MoBlog; what, in your opinion, is the best blogging platform for collecting posts from many users, random and registered? Many thanks, Lars -- www.devarts.org + www.peacetiles.net Connecting visual artists to create a better world ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] MassMoblog Resource Request
Dave A. Chakrabarti wrote: Drupal! Or its big brother, CivicSpace. CivicSpace isn't a big brother, it's a specialized version... :-) In fact, it one were to look at the timeline, Drupal would be the big brother. But I agree, either one would work quite well, both have great support communities, and both are quite robust. For production servers coming out soon, you might want to be aware that Drupal 4.7 - the latest - should be out within the next month or two, so don't go *too* crazy modifying it (like I've been doing with Drupal 4.6.5...) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] MassMoblog Resource Request
Dave, thank you for the Drupal pointer. I already use CivicSpace actually, and one of the things I am looking to do is set up a system whereby people can MMS (multimedia post) to a shared blog. I am sure its coming, but I haven't seen a module yet for integrating picturephones. One thing I like about blogger is how easy it is to set up an MMS (mobile blog post) -- but what I am not so happy with is that its not so easy to just give away an email address to which anyone, or a registered user, can post to. Hope that helps clarify what I'm looking for. Weren't systems like this set up post katrina to help people find one another? Many thanks! Lars -- Lars Hasselblad Torres Researcher + Web Developer AmericaSpeaks | Engaging Citizens in Governance 802-223-4299 gizmo: lhtorres http://www.americaspeaks.org On 1/18/06 3:39 PM, Dave A. Chakrabarti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Drupal! Or its big brother, CivicSpace. We've been using Drupal to set up content management and community authoring on several sites so far, and I'm running it on my personal site as well. I've been writing some documentation for it, and the more I get into it, the more I get the feeling the community is growing in friendly, dynamic ways. Drupal also goes much farther than a blog, or even a collection of blogs. It includes forums, mailing list management, image galleries, internal multiple taxonomies, contact forms, and a ton of other features. Can even do built-in Google maps with the right module. Totally open source, flexible, incredibly search engine friendly (especially compared with Mambo), and includes built-in constituent relationship management (CiviCRM) if you use CivicSpace. Drupal: Drupal.org. My site: Digitalraindrop.com (some tutorials, user experiences, comparisons, etc). I'm also building an online resource for newbie Drupalers...that should go live in the very near future. Hope that helps. Dave. --- Dave A. Chakrabarti Projects Coordinator CTCNet Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] (708) 919 1026 --- Lars Hasselblad Torres wrote: Hi folks -- I am looking for the best solution out there for mass MMS blogging. I know blogger makes it pretty easy to set up one's own MoBlog; what, in your opinion, is the best blogging platform for collecting posts from many users, random and registered? Many thanks, Lars -- www.devarts.org + www.peacetiles.net Connecting visual artists to create a better world ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
