[PN] Sayonara / See you at the Papyrus News Blog (29 October 2004)

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Very glad that Dr. Mark Warschauer is resuming academic leadership
via the Papyrus News Blog instead of this distribution list format.
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Mark offered me the opportunity to indicate in this last post as Editor
where my works and discussion lists can be found. See signature below.
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* Reference

RESEARCH CENTRE FOR NEW MEDIA IN LANGUAGE LEARNING
This exciting new Centre, established in 2004 at Monash University in
Melbourne, Australia, is the first of its kind world-wide. Its purpose
is to bring together international experts in the use of new media in
language education in order to:
*Foster collaborative research and establish an agreed research agenda in the field
*Provide opportunities for innovative Masters and PhD projects,
supervised collaboratively by internationally recognized researchers
More info on:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/lcl/newmedia_in_langlearn/index.html
[submitted by Uschi Felix], Director
Research Centre for New Media in Language Learning
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~ufelix/index.htm

* Periodical articles

USA: Call to presidential candidates to commit to ending torture
Amnesty International, 27 October 2004 
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR511472004

Study: Terror Warnings Up Approval Ratings 
William Kates, Associated Press [reprinted], 26 October 2004
"When the government issues a terror warning, the president's 
approval rating increases an average of nearly three points, 
a Cornell University sociologist says. ... 'From the perspective 
of social identity theory, threats of attacks from foreigners 
increase solidarity and in-group identification among Americans, 
including feelings of stronger solidarity with their leadership'"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7152.htm

Kerry’s the One
Scott McConnell, The American Conservative, 8 November 2004 issue
http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover1.html

Adventure Capitalism
"Why are our troops still there? Investigative reporter Palast uncovers 
new documents that answer these questions and more about the Bush 
administration’s grand designs on Iraq. Like everything else issued 
during this administration, the plan to overhaul the Iraqi economy 
has corporate lobbyist fingerprints all over it."
Greg Palast, Information Clearing House, 26 October 2004 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7146.htm

Baghdad Burning [Iraqi woman's blog]
I want Bush out of the White House at all costs. (And yes- who is 
*in* the White House *is* my business - Americans, you made it 
my business when you occupied my country last year) ...
He’s not about securing America or Iraq or ‘the region’- he’s about 
covering up just how inadequate he is as a person and as a leader 
with war, nonexistent WMD, fabled terrorists and bogeymen. ...
Americans, the name of your country which once stood for 
‘freedom and justice’ is tarnished worldwide.
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#109873398468953838

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